10 THE COLUMMAN, HLOOMSIIURG, PA. THE NEWS. T Fire damaged the Omaha and Grnnt smel tot In Durnngo, Co., 1 50, 000, destroying the reoslvlng house, sampler, roater and several mailer building. The (Ire caught from tho Potior room, and lor two hours the entire riant, representing $1,000,000, was in danger o( total destruction, Clen. John C. Black, United States district attorney at Chicago, recolvod ins ructions to Investigate the al leged combination o( Chicago packers to control the price o( beef. Iils instructions oames from Attorney General Harmon. The St, James, a old hotel, centrally located In Columbia, O., was damaged by lite to the amount ol (10,010 at 4 A. M. Many guests bad to be saved by ladder. No ono was let or burr. Martin Adams, ol Cinoinnatl, who caused tbe death o( John Ohmer by put. ting strychnine Into n int of beor, was hanged In the penitentiary auncx at Gs'um bus. United States Revenue Collector Bond las received Information ol the capture in Harden county, Tennessee, near the Mlssls Ippl lino, of Ueorge Davis and Dob Thoma two noted desperate moonshiner?. Nelsou Miller, a colored man, charged in Wllkes tarre, l a., with the murder or three Hun garians, was found guilty ot murder In thi : first degree. At Ilot Springs, Ark., a Are destroyed the raclflo Hotel, the Crescent Houte, adjoining, the Valley Livery Stables, the Jewish Asy lum, and five cottages to the rear of tbe racl flo Hotel, involving a loss ot $59,000, which was only portly Itisured. While the wind was blowing forty miles an hour, fire was de stroyed in tbe Moore it Galloway lumber yard, North Fond du Lao, Mich. The mill and about ten million feet of lumber wero burned. Lo?s $140,000 ) Insurance $73,450. The Chicago Methodist ministers, who have undertaken to secure, through tbe rope, greater religious freedom for the Tro testants ot Teru, Ecuador and Dllvla, have, In response to circular letters, received en couragement from Justin McCarthy, Alger non Charles Swinburne, and tbe hUtorlan, W. E. H. Lecky. All five companies of the Michigan troops, stationed at Isbpemlng, Mich., to prevent lawlessness during tbe miner.' strike, loft tor their homes. Daniel Corry, ol Boston, was struok and killed by tbe Taclflc Excres. near Tyrone. Ta. Gov. McCorkle has appointed the following delegates to represent West Virginia at the first annual convention of tbo International Deep V aterways Association, at Clevelandr United States Senator S. B. El kins, George A. Burt, State Senator N. E. Whltaker, Hon. Frank Henrne and ex-Gov. A. B. Fleming. ijy tne explosion ot a lamp in tbe dwelling ot Leon Eucblnsky In Pittsburg, two daugh ters of Eucblnsky, agud six and eight years were fatally burned. Dr. L. S. McDonald, who rescued the children from the flame, was severely burned, and will probably lose the sight of one eye. Five Indians were killed and several others wounded In a fight with ranchmen, who lost three men. The large frame icehouse of Frank Rlchirds, near Bustleton, a suburb ol Philadelphia, was de stroyed by Are. A great quantity of lo was destroy e J. Loss, 20,000. Various coun ties In Pennsylvania tear a water fumino un less there Is a rainstorm within a few day. Hev. Thos. C. Hanna fought two bur glars who entered bis room In Stonington, Ct. They cut and beat him, but got nothing, Two men were killed on tho Amboy di vision of tbe Pennsylvania Railroad - at Ulgbtstown, X. J., while attempting to cross tbe tracks. John Lemmons was lound guliiy c! murder at Chattanooga, Teno,, In the first degree for the killing ot Eugene Lynch, a constable, lait March. A verdict of murder In tbe first degree was returned at Cheyenne, Wyo. , against E. S. Crocker, one ot the most prominent stockmen of Wyom ng, who has been on trial for two weeks, charged with tbe murder In January of bis partner, Harvey Booth. Erwin Clarke, a diamond broker who dis appeared from Denver. Col., July 25, with several thousand dollars' worth ot diamonds, entrusted to him for sale, has been arrested at San Francisco, and will be brought back to Denver. He was traced by means ot let ters mailed to him from Louisville by bis wife. John R. Lanier was shot and killed at Point rieaiant, W.Va.,by Ihomas Potts. Tbe crew ol the schoonerJMenuncaluck, from Ptrth Amboy, K.J., narrowly escaped drown ing, and were landed at Lynn. Tbe ques tion of the revival of AmerIoau shipping was discussed at tbe International Deep Water ways Convention, In Cleveland. Tbe Irish Mew Movement Convention, in session In Chi cago, pasted resolutions demanding the free dom of Ireland from English rule. Holt Robinson, white, and a negro, name un known, were killed In a shaft at Wlntor Rock coal mines, In Chesterfield, Va., tbe sides caving In. John 8. Matthews was sen tenced to four years In tbe penitentiary for embezzlement in Martlnsbur.W. Va. Mis. V olet Haskell, who last June left her hus band at Deer Isle, Maine, and married tbe colored leader of tbe Pickaninny Band at Cincinnati, and shortly afterwards returned and was forgiven by her husband committed suicide. DESOLATION IN CUBA. Refugees Tell Pitiful Stories of Hardships Caused by the War. Tbe British steamship Ca'mors, Captain UcLeod, which arrived at Philadelphia from Baracoa, Cuba, brought Into port some Cuba refugees and news ol the complete des:r'.ic tion of tbe port of Yumurl, Cuba, on the 18th instant, by the insurgent forces. The entire place was burned down. Hun dreds of people were left homeless and with out any plaoe to go. 3 hey were tiubsequently driven back over the mouutalus and the huge elevators erected by the fruit exporters for carrying tne Daoauas aown from the moun tains of Yumurl tor shipment were then de stroyed. Miguel Arrue, a well-known fruit exporter, was among the paiseugers. acoompanled by his wife and lumlly. He tel s pitiful stories ot tbe manner in wbloh he was treated and compelled to flee to this oountry, glviug up ' i verytblng be possessed. Bluoe the breaking out of the troub be says lit i la the Island has been unbearable. The Spanish troops prevent householders from laying In stock of provisions, From day to day thiy are composed to corns Into the town aud secure only sufficient provisions to last tor one day. This Is dons for fear tbe Cubans will feed (be insurgents, whom tbs Spaniards attempted to starve. ATLANTA'S FAIR. The Danger of Deforestation Emphasized. ALL WOODS AT THE FAIR. Dr. Fernow.cf the Forestry Division Writes About the Atlanta Exhibit and the Good It Does. The rustle building In which tho iorestry and mining exhibits nro coutninoJ Is ono of the most interesting on the Exposition grounds. Tbe Iorestry exhibits have all beon Installed under the direction of Dr. 11. E. Fernow the well known head ot the Forestry Division of the Agricultural Department a. Washington, On tbe top of the building is one of the Inrge.-t roof gardens in the world. The entire building Is lighted with over five hundre I lights and make an Imiresslveeffoot at night. The forestry exMblt coutalns many in structive tiling". On I t l"C of a lrng 'TV. S.--M ' EI.KCTRICITV. leaf pine tree 3?2 years Old. Auutner Is it machine by which hundreds of young trees were planted in the West In a single day. SHU another Interesting exhibit is that pre parel by Dr. Fernow hhowlng the destruc tive effect of denuJiug'hllls of their lores t growth, the maun r In which to re-tore the forests and the effect alter restoration. thi FoitKsrnv ixuiniTg. Dr. Fernow, h;is furnirhed tbe fo lowing article on Ms department: Tne Idea which prevndes tbe display In the Foiostry Derar.rnent is to bring before th i vl-ltor all Information obtainable regarding tbe extent, dis ributlon, character and u-e-fu ness of the forest resources ol the South em States. 'Iho exhibits therefore are prim arily not of a commercial and competitive character, but tbe Instructive fentures are made mrst prominent. Tuerefo.-e variety 1 the striking leature. Where tbo different types of forest growth are to be found is shown by a soiies of maps A botanical display of ni-bore-eent fWa TltANSrOUTATION. Shows tne 288 rpec.e. and tbo two.ty ieudiui: timbers may be studied with more detail in the display occupying the central f oriiori of the building. Tbe remarkable s ze to which somo of tbe species attain Is illustrated by exhibits from North Carolina. The beauty of color hu I ot grain are shown in an exhibit from Ai knntas nnd In a series of highly pol.shed columns which line the cen'er aisle. A remarkable exhibit Irotn Michigan of veneers of tbe finest early woods In size.', such as have never be fore been polished, shows the reman able beauty of these curious grains. From these displays the student of f outh- ern forest resources can learn that for variety of kind, nf qnalltv Hurt rf appearance no UaVa MANUFACTURES AND J.UIKIt.Vl. AKT8. other country can vie with the woods of the South, This statement is not vitiated even by the most attractive display ot thi Argen tine Itepub'io which oocuples tbe entire east wall of tbe bulldiug. Its woodsare tbe rich est In color, but bave little variety ot grain, and are hard to work. This variety In ap plication is brought out by a series of panels, which indicate the use ot wood in tbe kitchen, in tbe laundry, in tbe grocery, tbe workshop, tbe field and the garden, in fishing and boat ing and in every ct er occupation of man. All are represented in such manner as to show tbe gradual developnent from the rough blooic bewo In the forest to the finished article. SWEPT BY FIERCE STORMS. The Intense Eeat Brought to Abrupt End, A terrlflo storm swept over the olty of Mil waukee, Wis., the wind reaching a velocity of 60 miles an hour. A number of trees and small sheds were blown down, but no serious damago was done. In the state a number ot fatal accidents are reported, and others will probably be beard from. Many telegraph wires ate down. Laorosse, Wis. The long spell of heat ended suddenly with a furious rain, In which nearly halt an inch ot water fell In 30 mln. utes. The rain was accompanied with wlud reaoblng an extreme velocity ol nearly 45 miles an hour. The streets are Uttered .with branches, and many large trees were blown down. Several plate-glass windows were blown in. The temperature was 91 Just be fore the storm, and after the storm 6X Balfour, tbe great English Conservative leader, has written a letter suggesting a testimonial to Tom Morris, whose name is held In h gb honor wberevor golfers congre gate, as for a quarter ot a century he has been (rses-kespar of the Links of St. Andrew, and now u In bis seventy-fifth year. CABLE SPARK3- Tbo town ot Frlesach, in the Province of Carinthla, Austria, has been devastated by fire. The population ot Frleeiioi is about 1,500. Cubans expect that Mexico will shortly re oognizo their rights as lolllKerenK A band of 800 insurgents Is said (o bave been defeated near Uuauin.inmo. Mrs. Langtry's Jew-1 bsx, tald to contain wels valued at 1200,0 0, has been stolen from her banker l y m uns of a forged order tor its dollvery to the bjarer. '1 lie s enmshlp Edam, of the No tlierlands Amcrlcan Line, was sunk by collision In the English channel. Every person on board was ravi'd nnd taken to I'.ymo'jth. The llu'slnn inlnlsteroi forolgn affairs and a general of the Kusslnn army witnessed tbe maneuvers of the Freuea army, aud their pr Bnce Is considered very significant The Dowager Princess of llnttenburg, whose son, Prince llonry of Ilattenlurg I the husbnnd oi Queen Victoria's youugost daugh ter, Princess Iisatrlce, ts dead nt Dartnstult, Advices have been received at London, frcin tbe east coast of Greenland that a ship supposed to be Dr. Naneu's From, was sighted at the end of July stuck fast la an Ice drift. The condition ol aflalrs In the Congo Free State is said to be I ordering on anarchy. Tbe Uolgtan troops bave been frequently de feated, aud the natives are said to bave re sorted to cannibalism. Tbe Brl.lsh foreign offloo denies th9 lerort that tbe Porte has accepted tbe plan of re form In the administration of affairs in Ai tnen n, which was BU i.mltted by tbe powers signatory to the treaty of liorlln. Two men were killed and five lujured at a bull-light at Sawangel Mexico, on account of a floor giving away. Suwangol is a pretty sjlurbau town, the favorite rainy-season re' sort of tho aristocracy of Mexico City. A court-martial at Havana has condemned the captain ot an American steamer Mas o tte to eight years and the firemen to ten years' imprisonment at hard labor for land lug cartridges In Cuba lor tbe insurgents. GEN. SCHOFIELD'S RETIREMENT It Will Occur on Saturday, but There Will Be No Special Corcmoniej. The lejal retirement, on account of age, of Lieutennnt-General Scholleld, the head of the army wl I be marked by uo p.-clnl ceremony. The actual teim nation of Gen eral fccbofleld's connection with tbe an.lvo lUt ends on the 29. b ius'. He hns completed all important plans and tasks which be lm I iu view and bus lit.!, hud his final report to the Secretary of War, in which documen". be hat embodied an account of bis recent lengthy trnn contlnen al tour nnd Alaskan visit. Ou this trip be inspected a 1 tbe Iil pottnnt posts, nnd Included In bis ol sana tion tne military stations iu the E before he returned to Washington. The Secretary, following a custom ot loag htanding, w II ls-ue u geueral ord -r to the army announcing General Scholleld' retire ment an I add tbe tribute wtiloj it Is the rule to j ay prominent cfllcers cn their retirement. It is probailetbat ut ttiesnmetiuieor sh.r.ly nf erward the Secre.ary vi 1 direct General M.les to report ut army heudqu.irte.-a. I: is understood that Uero is alru.idy a well de-' veloped plau to approach tbe next Co igress u i. d secure for GeLerul Miles the rank and perquisites ol tbo grade ol lieutoaunt gene.ai. General Mllcs'g friends w 11 me tbe e'ova tlon of General Schofl Id as a rea-ou to.- ex tending to his successor, mau ot ac ive and oonsplcuous gullattry dur ng the war, the h ghest title and pay whloti can 'be held by ii u army o fiber and which can only bio D ferred by special act o.' Conrers. It Is pos sible, believe many observers ot nrmy mat ters, that the grn le will I e permanently re v vd for be'.ional uton tho army i filoi-r who chances to be commanding general of tbe army. WORK AND WORKtRS. The Dexter mine, near Ishpemlng, Mlcti., resumed operations with a full complement ot men and at tbe company's terms. Tbe miners would not wait for the union to bold Its meeting. The miners Btrlke at Isbpeming and Xe gaunee, Mich., was Uecla-ed iff. It was a que.tion whether the strike tbuld be ended by desortions from the ranks ot tbe union or whether tbe union would yield to the drift of tbe tide and end tbestnki In a mamcr that would pre.trve Its Integrity. Three hundred ot the Iron moulders In Boston and vlciulty, employed in eight ol the eleven foundries, struck for an iuorease ot wages, abolition ot tbe piece system and recognition ot tbe union working card. Tbrei of tbe eleten louudrles Involved In tbe controversy have settled on a satisfac tory basil, und their employes remained at work. Solicitor Reevos, of tbe Treasury Depart ment, has decldoi that a contrao. made with an alien outside tbe Unitol States, to do work in tbe United tituies, oven if the contractor dees net financially assist the alien to come to this couutry, constitutes a violation ot the Alien Coutruot Labor law, and subjects Us violator to the penalties at tached. A Milwaukee despa ch says that the Illi nois Bteel Company bus made an Important concession to t-e tonuage men employed nt Its 11 ly View works. "It bus been practi cally decided that the men shall not be re quired to wear tags, and that It the new system is Introduced at all tbe mu need only show the brass checks to the time keepers whenever they are required." AUDIENCE GOT AWAY IN TIME. Barnum ft Bailey's Circus Tents Wrecked by an An Iowa Cyolone. A terrlflo wind, bail, and rainstorm passed over Burlington, Iowa. Barnum & Bailey's cirous was giving a performance and dis. missed tbs audlenoe. Tbs main tent, ani mal tent, and boarding tent were blown to strips and completely wrecked. No one was injured. Tbe'animals were badly frightened and nearly stampeded betore the storm wss over. No lives were lost, although it was re ported that several people wars kUled. GUATEMALA SETTLES. Jays Indemnity for Arresting and Beating Ameiicans. 5 he Htale Department l as succeeded In settling nn Indemnity claim against thcGtia temnlan Government in behalf of throe American laborers, W. H. Argall, Henry Tbouias and Itobert Pardee. The matter has teen pending for about a year. The throe Americans concerned were employed by a Mr. Van de Putte near the olty of Guatemala to demoll-h a small shed and carry tho ma terial to a desi, rated spot. While In the no: ofcairyliigoutlhose directions, the Amrr. cun lab r rswere artostcd ly the Guatetua. Inn police nnd tuken to tho penitentiary. Tiny were not uerved with warrants, nor wero they told of thi ohargo agnlust thorn. Ihey were furnished with neltbor warrant nor charge, but woro placed, according to tho description from our legation la Guate mala, In a vlie, dirty prison With thieve.', robbers and murderer?, without having even violated a Inw or having the Intention to do so. Inquiry of Guatemalan officials developed the fuct that ibesbed 'which tbo Americans weie demolishing for their Belgian employer bad beou erected by an offlier of the Gov. eminent on land which Vaude Ptitto claimed to be his. IheolTiUse ol the Guatemalan Government was somewhat aiigravaied l y tho fact that tbe Minister's messenger sont to confer with tbo prisoners in the penltentlnty was denied admission, and our r quest to tbe Guatemalan Minister of Foiclgn Affaii8 for permission to send cur Vice Counsel Gen eral on a similar errand was not re; lied to Tbo 8. ate Department pressed the Guate malan Government for an explanation, and It has been lorced to acknowledge tbe culpa bility ot tbo Guatemalan ifflcals. Argall bas been paid an indemnity ot GJJ and Thomas and Paidoe bnre received each. (300 ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE. Chief Constructor Philip niobborn, of the United Btates Navy, is one t the few officers ot high rank who are not graduates of An napolis. He began bis career as an appren t ce In the Cbarlestown Navy Yard. Secretary Lumont Las diiecled that tho new army regulations shall contain tho require ment that ut the last note of retroa', while tbe national Hag Is being lowered, the band ,hall play "The Star Spangled panner." Ihe regulations also provide that whenever the nat onal flag carried by troops passes offi cers and soldiers not in ranks thoy shall sa lute it. Dr. E. M. McComas, a druggist of Wash ington, bas Just returned there from an amus Ing trip to the Eastern Shore of . Maryland where he wns taken for the President and in i.plte of all denials was believed to be G over himself. Dr. McComas welgliB 200 pounds and declares he does not look like the Presi dent In ordinary at but when be has flonned a fishing rig looks for all the world like some of the cartoons of tbo Chlet Execu tive. Philip Tnul and George Goodwin Bllfs, two young men, one a senior at Princeton, tbe other a graduate of the samo college, came Into a fortune ot 100,010 In Chicago the other day, wbich-hnd been held in tru-t forfiemfor many years. The two young men are the sons of tbe famous gospel song writer, P. P. Bliss, who lot his life iu the A-htabu a Bridge dl-aster. Dacember 29, 187C. and left them orphans. At the sugg stlou ot j Mr. Moody a fund was colleeto 1 for the boys i nud this fund with the luaurnnce on their j father's life and the song book royalties has I nmounlod to tbe handsome sum now in their I own bands. I Herr Friedr'oh Nietzeehe, who was assailed by Simon Max Nordau as one of tbe worst examples ot modern degenernto, bas neatly turned the tables on his critic by hnvlng an artole, written by himself In 1888, publi-hed this month. It takes .SorJuu's vliw ot W.ig ner i HCH7. Nietzecbe's tn-t of a good music as It does not make bun "perspire." He is ojoI when listening to "larmeu," but per spires horribly In "Parjifal." Wanner is a decadant, a disease, a rattlesnake that fas cinates the very young. His music Is "gym nnstlcs of tlie loathsome on theroieof en harmonics." All .that Is in Nordau's own view, and as It anticipates him by seven yean She retort is perfect. SUNK BY A TORPEDO. ifferent Explanation of the Wrecking of tho Spanish Cruiser. An entirely different explanation of tb sinking ot the Spanish cru.ser Bnrcuslegul, aud tbe loss it 16 lives in the harbor ol Hav ana is made in letters received lu l'hilado.. phla by a distinguished member of the Cubuu revolutionary party. According to the news telegraphed from Havana tbe day after the catastrophe was due to a collision between the cruiser aud tho merchant 8. earner Morter.t. It is now stated as an absolute fact that the ISaicuste gui was sunk by a floating torpedo launched by an adventurous party ot Cuban,9. The Cuban leader who received the letter suidi ''The Spanish Government kuows lull well what sunk tte r bes. cruiser in the Cubnu water, and sent to their deaths Adin rnl Delgode Purejo, In commuud ot the Spanish navy In Cuban waters, 7 officers aud 34 men. We know that buforo the dispatch relating to the accident was sent it was carefully tditi d by tbe pr ss oeusor." A DESTRUCTIVE CYCLONE. Tears a Church From Its Foundations and Levels All Before It. A terrlflo cyclone swept over Door county pinlnsula In Wisconsin, demolishing fully thirty buildings. The principal losses were suffered by tbe farmers. At Clay Banks tbe large Shlloh Church was twisted from its foundations, lifted bodily Into tbe air and dumped bottom up several rods from its foundations. It U a coaBs ot bricks, sto-e and lumber, aud bas no semblance of a building. For a distance ot twenty miles the cyolone cut a swath through timber and aoross farms, leveling everything before it. No on was killed, and only two persons are known to bare been hurt PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS. Epltoms of IfswsOlssnei From Tarloai Parts of the State. IS chard Hershoy of Ka-t Goshen Town ship, was serlouily Itijjtoj by the butstlng of a fcun. Et-Judge Harvey was pait.fully cut In the back of the head In a collision on tne Alleu town Traction HoaJ. Th-s Injury Is not serious. Bernordina Dl Jorlonnd Teter Antonio passnrella are tinder arrest at Hazleton, charged with blowing up tbe bakery of Mai teo Gerod on Juno 2fi. The Bethlehem Iron Company has shipped side armor plates weighing sixty-eight tons lor tbo Massnchu-ef.e, to Cramps' shipyard. Klchard Wills, i3 years old, ol Falrview, near Altoonn, becoming despondent because he could find no work to do, dinuk four ounces ot laudanum and died In n few hours. A horse driven ly Mrs. Lewis Ilousseau, nt Bristol, was Irightened by a passlug train and dashed into a telegraph pjle. Mrs. Kos eau sustained lorlous Internal Injuries and tho carriage was demolished. Thomas V. Moyor, aged about 70 years, and a tanner by occupation, while attempt ing to close a second-story window in the County Almslioue Hospital, Lsbanon whore he hud been under trentment for a cancerous disease, tell to the ground and sustained in juria, which subseqMtntly resulted In bis death. Alfred Mol', of South Allentown, wns shot and dangerously wounded whl e attempting to rob tbo ben roost of John Wleaud, nS ti'h AHentowa. On Wednesday nig .t a numb-r of pullots wer stolen from Mr. Wieatid Fri day he anticipate I another visit, nud in tho evening he kept Wf tell with a shotgun. If0 bad not long to waif, for soon two men were seen creeping with a bag in tbo illree lon of the hen hous '. Mr. Wleau I took aim nnd fited. One ot the men gave a yell and dropped to the ground, while the other es caped. Mr. Wieind was surprised to find that txo wmnded man was roe, of his tieighb.'rs, Alfred Moll. He was shot iu the leg, nnd he Is so ser ously Injured that nm putation may te necessary. Moll said bis compat.ion was Charle ScholL The large barn of J. L Heyd at Camp Hill, was destroys 1 by fire. This year's crops, nil tbe farming implements and three calves are involved In tbe lo.-s, wblch ts estimated at $1000. The Cre Is supposed to bave been ac eidontally c.iuser', by a tramp, who bad teen permitted to loge in tbe tarn during th night. George W. Schrum, ot York, an employee ot the Wo torn Maryland Iinilroad, was fat ally injured at tbe llano rur yard. He at tempted to board the engine tender aud slipped, the tender nnd eogino passing over ilin, cutting oft both his legs. Hi Wksa new employee of the rond having recently come from tbe Wait, whoie he hail rerved in the United States Army. As Mrs. Matthew Bach was returnlug to Mount Curmel Iroin Mud Valley with 7o, tbs montub wgii of her three son-, she was at- tucked by three men. but made her eeeaps. safely ly displaying an empty revolvor and threatening to shoot to kill. A little ohlld of Georgo Soger, of near Soott. dale, drauk a portion of u can of oouoeutruted lye, and alter suffering great agony for an hour died. Tne remains of an uuknown man wers found near Pat ne.ter's Crossing, bhumokin, tbe notorious stumping ground of the Mollle Maguires, on the Philadelphia & Beading K-illrond. The man hud been literally ground to piecos, not a ple.ro of his body largs euouuh by which to identify him Loiug found. Williuin Abbey, a H-yeurs-old boy of Mill vale, Allegheny County, was lodged in Jail al Unioutown, on a charge of horse stealing, Ueoameto the home of Blchard Herbert, near Conuellsvllle, and told a pitiful story ol bis bard lines siuce the death of bis parents, which induced Mr. Herbert to take c.ire o) him. Young Abbey remained severul weeki and did such light work as they gave him tc da Friday night he left, taking Mr. Her bert's riding horse, also his revolver and tome other things. Tbe horse and other ar. tieles Btolen ware reoovered. A lour-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred. E. Bowland, who llv near l armmg ton, was playing in the barnyard while ber grandinotbor was at work. Finally the child was missed, nnd niter a long search she was found drowned in a can ot milk. Three masked men entered the house o Michael B chtol, in Woodbury Township' and demanded of Miss Beobtel that the play dance music. Tbe young woman refused. The men then drew tbelr revolers nnd de manded money. Mr. Bechtel gave them $10 which did not satl-fy them. They then de liberately ransack -d tbe house, la. log money and other valuables. There N no chie to tbe Identity ot the robbers. Mrs. Edward McGeebau Is dying at her home in Georgetown, near Wllkes-Barre, ot Injuries inflicted by ber intoxicated hus band. He had beea on a spree for some days, and returned borne and from what can be learned Irom tbe oblldren tried to get his wife to give him some money. She hud none, and on her refusal he knooked ber down, beat ber with a pick handle, and then jumped on her head and chest with his heavy mining boots. lie loft her uncon scious and bleeding profusely, and tbe eldest child, a boy of 10 years, ran to a neighbor's and gave tbe a'arra. McGeehan was arrested in the woods, and when told that bis wife was dying begged plteously to osi ber. Ha was jailed. SWIFT TIME BY RAIL. A New York Central Train Goes 147 Miles in 2 Hours and IS Minutes. A special train created a new record be tween Albany and (Syracuse on the New York Ceutral, making the 117 miles In two hours aud fifteen minutes. The official time wssi Lelt Albany 6.G8.39 A. M. i arrive I Syracuse 8.13.30. The train consisted ot two cafs, drawn by engine No. 999. Tbe New York World also ran a speolal exclusively for Its e litlon and made time as IoIIowji Lett Albany 0.22.30 A.M.) arrived ryraouse 8.4112. This train would bave broken the record, but was frequently de layed lu not getting clear traok signals at signal towers. As it was she was within two mlnutos of the best previous record of 110 minutes SS seoonds. i DOCTORS BAFFLED. A Patient Livos with If early Two Ouneo of Leil in His Brain. Tart done of two !)8-"nlll)ro builds 0. bedded in the bialn of William Beit, who si. tempted to commit stilcldo a short time ago over being Jilted in n love affair, was re moved from bis brain nt Pit sburg. An si" tempt was mado to extract tho other ,iPCe of loaf, but thoy were surrounded by SU(,0 vital organs that it was i. lven up, Still, tht doctors say that Bert may llvo lor a nmnlt of yenrs with ono bullet aud part of antthe, Iu bis gray mattor. Ho bore tbetnrrlblo ordoal throug'i which he passed In the afternoon wonder ully nnd was dlsappointod that both of tlm tu. lets had not been removed. Tho piece o! tn let removed was fully three-quarters of an Inch in length and was flattened, evidently Irom oontnot with tho bono before It enteral tbe brain. To show how remarkable this ense Is It lj only necessary to stale that tho probe was In. sorted to Itseutlro length Into tho head with out encountering any obstruction, and t probe can ba passed to a depth of five inches That Bert should live after all this has Imp. poned to him, nud with i.early two ounces c lead attache I to his brain, is the most re markable occurrenoo that has ever developer In Ilia hlstor ot surgery in this part ol th, couutry. A CALL TO DR. TALMAOE. First Presbyterian Church Invites Him to Bs. come Its Co-Pastor. The congregation of the First rresbyte.'las Church ot Washington, D. C, met, and l.ys unanimous vote deolded to extend aca!l to the Bov. Dr. T. DoWItt Talmage to come to the church as cj-postor with Dr. Sunder land. Tho call, as read by Dr. Sunderland nnd adopted by the congregation, 1 as lol lows: 1 "The connregntion of tbe First rrcsbyter lan Church of Washington, I). C, being on sufllc ent grounds well sat is lied with the mln. .s erlnl qualifications, of you, the K v. Er T. DeWitt Tulmago, and having gooJ hopes Iroin our knowledge ot your past eminent labors that your ministrations In tho goiptl Will be profitable to our spiritual Interests, do earnestly, unanimously, harmoniously and heartily, not ono voice dissenting, call anil desire you to undertake the office of co-pastor in said congregation, promislug you it the discharge of your duty all proper sup port, encouragement and obedience Iu tbs Lord. "And that you may be free from worldi? cares and avocations, considering your wel and wlde-kuowa ability and generosity, do not assume to spoclfy any definite sum 0 money lor your recompense, but we do here by promise, pledge and oblige ourselves to pay to you such sums ot mi ney nnd nt sucb times ns shall be mutually satisfactory uuriig the time of your being nnd remaining in ttic relation to tbe said church to which we do hereby call you." In presenting the call to the congregation 1 Dr. Sunderland told them whnt bad been done In the matter up to date nnd lulortaea them of the conditions under which Dr. Tal. range had said be would come. MARKETS. EALTIUORtt. GRAIN. KTO. FLOD U Bnlto. Best Pat. fn) 3 5 Hiirli Grade Kxt 3CJ WHKAT-.NV. IWd S wUK.N No.2 Whit 44 DA IS Southern & Penn. 21 2''i tYK N.. a 4.1 H 11 Y Choice Timothy. .. 14 10 l1 Good to Prime 14 0J US) M'UAW live in cur Ids.. 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