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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.
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