THE NEWS. Fire visited the town of Tolland, Conn,, wausing a loss of $20,000, upon which there was but #5000 insurance. The Johnson block, with the two tenements, the post. office, county house, and the hotel, G. F. Kibbe, proprietor, was entirely destroyed, ~The business portion of Depauw, Ind., a village thirty miles west of New Albany, Ind., was destroyed by fire. The loss Is es- timated at $40,000 with small insurance, Only one business house is left standing A band of brigunds attacked the residence of Jose Sanchez, a wealthy ranchman living near Victoria, Mexico, their object being robbery. A son of Sanchez and one of the bandits were killed. The house was pil- daged of all its valuables. ——Alonzo Clark, a race horse owner, living in St. Louis, after shooting and dangerously wounding his wife, committed sulci. e.- I. G. Ham- phrays, township treasurer of Mount Vie- toria, O., is a defaulter to the tune of $25, - 000. A boiler In Probst & Son's furniture factory, st Pomeroy, O., blew up, killing James Starkey, the engineer, and wrecking the building. of the Reading was given by the receivers. The Mechanicsville, 8, C., Alliance ap- pealed to the governor to call an extra ses- sion of the legislature to pass a stay law, —— Fully 15,000 people attended the third annual elation held in Belvidere, N. J. was an orderly one and listened atteatively to ex-Congressman Henry 8. Harris’ speech, New Jersey Farmers' Alliance, farmers why they were poor, — hina, from Hong Kong, brought to San era and famine in North China, — bee, was driven ashore there during the and is dismasted, She may be total loss built at Bangor, Me, in 1853, and in Norway. — the United States Supreme Court, Milwaukes before the Bar Association, —The disease anthrax has appeared among horses and cows near Delaware City, Del —W, J. Bunter hanged himsel! at Chester, Pa. per cent, Dr. Arthur P. Olney, a prominent physfo- fan, of Middletown, N. Y., shot himsely through the head, dying instantly. He had been in ill health for several years. ——The Association was held Howard Milligan, a Ind of six years, was bitten by a mad dog, in Wilmington, ——The Watertown, N. X., bas applied for a receiver. -—-At New Orleans Nathan Priediander shot hie wife fatally and then killed himself, —— Mexico by Carios Best, a broker, — met wore killed and several wounded Philadelphia by a scaffold giving away. ——— T. A. MeCormiok, postmaster of Rexville, N. X., was killed by an Erie train at Bath, N. Y. ~The Ford County (IIL) Bank of Thom p- son, Blackstock & Co., has assigned for the benefit of its creditors, being unable to real. ize on notes and other outstanding paper, The liabilities of the firm are $99,500 ; assets $154,000, The storm destroyed a great deal of prog erty in Savannah, and many lives are ported to be lost. — There was great struction and some loss of life, also, at Ty- bee, —-The Delaware River was bigh, and great damage was done to the shipping. Great damage was done 1o the erops in the Sehuylkill region, — Hundreds of acres corn and tomatoes were destroyed Jersey, ——At Long Braneh, res de of A FATAL WRECK. Manhattan and Rockaway Beach Excaursionists Crushed. s— 15 DEAD, 17 WOUNDED. The Late Saturday Night Trains on the Long Island Rallroad from the Two Seaside Resorts Come To- gether at Berlin with Awful Results. An accident that cost the lives of fifteen the stle village of Berlin, pear Calvary Cemetery, in the town of Newton, I. IL. The Long Island Railroad train that left Man- hattan Beach at 1.15 o'clock was overtaken the two rear cars of the five that made and the middle ear was overturned. one of the score of the The accident happened at balf an hour After midnight. It was over an hour before Ly news reached any outside point, The railroad company Immediately spatehed a relief train with ali the physicians obtainable. The ) been standing in the block to allow de. of an- The Rockaway Beach train came crushed into the rear end of the Manhattan Beach train. Both were crowded with ex. their respective resorts, There were five cars in the Manhattan Beach train, all of them open cara. The Rockaway train plunged in and plowed its way completely through the two rear cars and partly wrecked the third, Passengers in the three cars were maimed and mangled The Rockaway engine was wrecked, bers of the wrecked cars sticking into it. Upon these timbers were human beings im- Everything was spattered with the blood of the dead and the wounded, and the cries steam and the calls of the frantic trainmen, As fast as the wounded were taken from they were carried to the relief train and cared for, The doctors on board worked swiftly but well, Other doctors out in the wree k, applying restoratives and making harried dressiogs of the wounds as the sufferers were taken oof, and then the were careful treatment tracks at the scene of the accident. fojured were carried in there. One physicians was stationed them as they were brought in When ali the wounded had been found that could be the relief train itarte! with them for Loog Island City, They woers met there Hospital owns, Two were placed in it and The three-naster Three doned off Cape Fear. were washed overboard ——A woman, to be suffering from Asiatic Histers was aban- botels and other buildings at Rockaway | Beach, the flames being fanned by the high wind, James Battin, a Newark, N. J. millionaire, died in a faith-cure home at the age of eighty-seven, — Marie Prescott, the actress, died In New York, Joes Mitchell was fatally shot in Fayelte county, W. Va, by a constable, while resisting arrest, SHOOTING AFFRAY. A Promising Young Lawyer is Mur- dered and Avenyed. A horrible ense in the oounty court at Stanton, Ky., cost the county attorney, W H. Averitt, his life and caused Robert Hard. wick to receive wounds from which he will die. The shooting oceurred on the street, Bobert Hardwick, who was under t= inl, called to Averitt across the street and hot words passed, when Hardwick informed the Sttorney that he intended to kill him. Averitt tan his hand fn his pocket, and ns he was in the act of pulling his pistol Hardwick fired 8 charge of buckshot in the young man's breast. The shot struck Averitt a litle to the right of the breast plate and entersd his chest, tearing his heart and lungs to pleces, In falling Averitt reeled and landed at the feet of hin friend, Asa Pettit, with whom he was walking. Pettit ran into a store nearby and securing a Wiuchester made for Har. wick and fired twice at the slayer of his friend. Hardwick fell with a bullet hole in Ais side and his recovery is uncertain, The affair has caused great excitoment and may result in further trouble, Averitt waa a promising young lawyer and had hundreds of friends. Hardwick has several brothers and relatives, who vow they will kill Pettit on sight. Hardwick at a previous term of court threatened Averitt's life. Ir 1s noticed at Pittsburg that the hard . $ : i i i i i returned for more, Meanwhile express every sort were pressed into service to the wounded to the hospital quickly. Beventeen of them were taken to the hos. pital in all, of whom two died upon the way thers, The dead were taken by another sperial get to the scene of the accident, and placed in Brandon. —— Ii WORK AND WORKERS, Tux Findlay (Ohio) Rolling Mill Company be paid partly in cheks, Busixxss at Swift & Co.'s packing house at Kansas City, was suspended because of the strike of the butchers, Tux blast furnaces at the central works of down, throwing several hundred mea out of work. Tux Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad Company paid its men in checks, and the switchmen, being unable to discount their checks, struck, Yarnges and Moony's shoe shop, at Alton N. H., which has a pay-roll of $80,600 yenrly, closed indefinitely, because of inability to make collections, A Dexven, Colorado, relief committees has offered two carioads of flour and two of pots’ toes to President Gompers for the unem. ployed in New York city, Tux unemployed in San Francisco have organized the “United Brotherhood of Lavoe.” A free employment agency and soup kitchen are among the plans of the Brotherhood, A axxzmat strike on the Chicago, Mil Waukee and 85¢ Paul Ballroad is said to be likely to ocour {f the company insists on the reduction of 10 per cent. in the wages of the tralamen, President Walters, of the Coal Miners’ Union, took a mob of about 850 men to Frontenac, Kansas, aud preveuted most of the men from going to Work in the Santa Fe mines, under the agreement réached with the company. Norio was given in the mills of the Grest Falis Manufacturing Co., st Homersworth N. H., that » cut-down in all departments o' 10 per cent. will go inw effect this week, In No. 8 mill, which makes course goods, there will be two-thirds reduction in foros, A teLzomax from Fort Wayne, Indiana, says that freight business on the Psnosyl vanis Company # ines has boen 80 slack for Yat iia on indefinitely. dismissed between Fort FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Extra Session. BENATE, 18rn Dav.—-In the Benate the question of the right of the governor of a stute to ap- point a senator to lll a vacancy caused by the expiration of a regular term, and not happening by resignation or otherwise, wis decided in the pegative, The final votes in the two cuses from Montana and Washington, declaring Mr, Mantie and Mr. Allen not en- titled to seats. were 32 to 20. There was no vote necessary to be taken In the third of these cases, that from Wyoming, Mr. Beck- with having resigned his appointment more than a month ago. 19 Day.—-In the Senate Mr. Voorhees reported the House bill repealing part of the Bherman act, with an amendment isthe nas ture of un gubstitute, Mr, Teller objgoeted to ite consideration, snd it went over, Mr. Btewart's resolution directing the Necretary of the Treasury to inform the Senate if there Is danger of a deflelency fu the revenues of the government during the current year, and if so, the probable amount, and what legisia- tion will be necessary to supply the defl- elency, Finunce Committee yeas 40, nays 16 Mr, Gordon spoke in favor of repealing the pur- 20rn Day. —In the Benste Mr. Sherman made a speech two hours in length on silver question. It was an exhaustive and He fav of the Mr. silver, Wole tt Mr. Benate fre 21st Dav.-~In the the Sherman law, that the position although he ad- #0 taken by him and bar to his further political The resolution offered last week by , of Kansas, in reference to aational banks refusing to pay checks of their depositors ju currency was taken up, and that of a was referred to the Finance Committee by & vote of 85 to 21. 21st Day.--The House bill to repeal the purchasing clause of the Bherman act got fairly under way in the Benate, It was taken up early in the morning hour in order to Mr. Vance, of North Carolina, to make a speech agafust it. When be got through, an effort was made to sim- pilfy the further parliamentary line of pro ceeding In the consideration of the bill by having the committes’s substitute pro forma, 2; that all amendments to be offer. d might be amendments in the first degree, instead Mf in the second, which would tend to wih and simplify matters. That propo- ws falled to be adoj ded, other senators, HOUSE, Day.—In the House on the Wilson bilL ment, free coinage at a ratio defeated --yons 134, nays 226. The vote on the amendment for a ratio 17 to | was de- yeas 100, nays 240, he amendment neking for the ratio of 15 to | was defeated yeas 102, nays 238. The 18 10 1 mtio wos defeated -yons 05, nays 237. The 20 to } ratio was beaten yeas 119, nays 220 The the vole was Biand's amend i6 to 1, was 18rm taken of the Bland-Allison act of 1878 was lost yous 136, nays 218. The Wilson bill repealing the Shermah act was then passed--yoas, 240, nays 110; a majority of 1380, 191 Dav. 1 he feature of the House pro- ceodings was the debut of Mr. Crisp as a speaker on the foor. He was lad to leave his chair by some caustic criticisms made by of rules The discussion between the two leaders was No the rules, 20re Dav.~In the House the proposed code of rules wa. debated pro and con, both under the hour rule and the five-minote rule. Liltle attention was paid to the speeches, Without disposing of the rules the House at 5: 5 adjourned, 2isr Day. 1s the House the rules were discussed, but little or no progress was made. The Banking and Currency and the Coinage Weights and Measures Committe report at any time and these were the only noteworthy changes made in the pew code jut there = an snendmeot still pending that, if sdopted, may be found to be far reaching in its ef. fects, It was offered by Mr. Boatner. of Louisiana, awd provides for s practical cloture whenever a member, in charge of a measure on the foor, sees 01 to ask for it No action was taken on this amendment be- Zier Dav.—The rules, which will govern the procestiings of the present House, were again discussed without astiracting much on the verge of a partisan debate, TURKEY'S PROTECTION. ——— Will Hereafter By Given to Mis- sionaries. the assault on has borne Under instructions from the State De. outrage and the punishment of the guilty 10 see that the promises 80 freely given are carried out to the letter, Heroalter the vizier of Mosul will given vizerial letter to missionaries traveling through bis provines recommending the bearer to the protection of the authorities, and a military escort will be furnished all inissionaries who desire it. Furthermore, the v zier has sent an offloer and troops to the scene of the outrage with Instructions to investigate and make arrests, bul owing to the remote situation of the place no repors bas yet been received A PROTEST FROM CHINA. The Prosbyteri in mn “Synod Dissatiefiod With the Geary Law. The Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mis sione recoived from the Synod of China resolutions concerning the effect of the Chinese exclusion law upon the cause of Christianity in the Empire, This report fs the first ofMelal action taken by any religious body in China upon that subject since the act was declared constitutional, The document states that the synod rep. resents five Prosbyterios, with mearly 6000 native Ohristisos, scattered from Pekin to Canton and indirectly the whole Christian Church in Chine. It states its dissatistao. tion with the Geary law and concludes: If the American people dusire to restrict immigration SCORES LOST. Life and Property Destroyed on the Southern Coast. BIG LOSSES AT SAVANNA The Cotton and Tobacco Crops Heavily Damaged -New Jersey Seaside Resorts Again Swept By Breakers- The Storm Has Cone to Canada. The hurricane which swept over the Bouthern Coast caused greater damage fo life and property in its path from Florida to New York than any similar storm for years, The storm which was In Bouth. through Central New York, and crossing into Canada The effects of the storm in Baltimore and Al centre, Virginia, moved Peunsylvania, Central rie number of ves. with the steamers broug The wind played havoe bt re. experiences’ and of various jer John E. albot ecunty. was done Incoming bay ugh The sank at Trappe Landing, 7 casunities, stean Ome considerable damage - of Maryland emptying into it, waters of Chinese wos driven by a bay , the submerged The the done steague bay southern wind up into Sinepuxent of and the ralliroad bridge was gale caused Potomae in the iow ground Ocean City wus damaged, an uousually bigh tide in river and some damage ¢ highest-tide the Basque and Port De. at Have de against Rome Was southern counties, 1 ever known was experienced in de Graces Grace the in- posit Several vessels were damaged raliroad bri dustrial estat by being driven ige across the river damaged The lower part lishments were on Elk River, in Cecil of Annapol Hep Va. been greatly damaged, probably to tent of onethird, Th» in Ace and Northamption counties was very severs boats were driv ousiderable dam. county is was Dooded, to Danville, orop the ex. sets from sections ad jacent represent that the tobacco has storm Oa and many small an ashore, In other sections of Virginia ail: The wind on the resched a velocity to the corn crop is reported, North Caroline Coast of 78 miles an hour. The ner Three Sisters, bound from Savasnahb to Philadelphia with lumber, three masted soho was wrocked and abandoned off the and Capt Isase , were drowned, At Ker. uses were wrecked Caps Fear, Johpson Heads, mate, the master bundred b man killed, No material damage was done at Philadel. phils beyond the fic of the strects along the Delaware river froal. Th ocughout Pean. the fruit and corn crop were greatly Rimpson, nerdvile a and a wo wling S¥ivania injured, New York caught The bay was wind, and th ished in Brookiyn the storm. bigh houses were the edge of inshed into fury by the irteen usnfinishiod dem Along the New Jersey coast much was dons to bulldings on the beach at the Ya: lous resorts, in Bavannah, Adm anniversary of great hurricane « Bavanuah was by ofie 0 the severest storms it has ever knows, Havoc mi of the the I iss] swept The storm began early in the afterooon and it O clock inervased from then anti betwoon 11 and 12 at night, in a terrific early ia the After the first Inax, It began raining morning, bot only in gusts, fail ot on did afternoon. not begia of again until destraction miduight., All the wharves aloag the river frost, the ocean steamship companies and Florida and Western Rallroad wharves were under wa.er and the tide was A view of the city at that surpassed tha: of the great hurricane of Ins. The ruin at quarantine is immeasurable, Nothing is standing where one of the fAnest stations on the South Atlantic was twenty. four hours ago except the doctor's house, The wharves are gone ; the new fumigation is in the bottom of the sea, The list of fatalities are gradually growing vad it is iposs ible 10 tell to what extent it will grow. Several bodies of drowned per sons have been picied up and search is now being made for others who are missing Every bour seems 10 bring some new story of a death as a result of the storm. Twenty-seven lives are reported Jost and forty or filly persons are reported missing. Twelve barks and barkentines which were anchored at quarmutine station were hiown high and dry upon the marsh, and some of them were carried by the storm acruss the marshes on an island two miles distant from the station. One of the vessels at Tybee was completely capsized and three clubhouses on the island were blown entirely down. Others were flooded and the people sought shelter wherever they could find it, It is reported that sight of the crew of a terrapin sloop, which went ashore on the south end, were drowned, The Hotel Tybee is considerably damaged in front, Its verandss and tathbouses are gone, The Knights ol Pythiss clubbouse was washod away. Two of the collages of the Cottage Ciub are gone, The water swept with tremendous foree over this part of the teland, railroad tracks being carried from 200 to 500 feet. The church steeples were demolished, and at least 500 large treos were blown down. se, III... Oxuy one Columbian souvenir ootn has been received at the United States Treasury for redemption. It is therefore argued that the coins ure 1 romainer of the 5,000,000 will yet go ot a high premium. PENNSYLVANIA By EMS, Epitome of News Gleaned from Various Parts of the Btate Twesry-vive thousand people attended the grangers’ pienie and exhibition at Will ins Grove, Woman suffragists were the principal speakers, D. Bamsey Parrensox, of Philadelphia, as- signee of the Keystone Standard Watch Com- pany, hus brought suit at Lancaster against Hugh M. North to recover $300,000, Mivvran O, Graves,of Kleckersville, worth #150,000, committed suicide by hanging him- self to a tree, Davio Hessmivorn, 8 prominent man of Alburtis, has disappeared, Bacurros Houace Reivexypss, a farmer, living near Pottstown was found dead on his premises with a bullet hole in his heart ani & revolver, not his own, in his hand. Coroner Mauger, of Douglassville, gating, Gronox E. WiLLians, at ove time an influ. ential citizenof Mesuch Chunk, fell gead on but it was no doubt Last Spriog he business Deputy is investi Four weeks I'he deceased was 54 soldier of the late war with a | brilliant army record, Wire sitting on the porch Louella Fridy, of Mou stung on the middie of her home | near Anger of her Bhe instantly | could not hear ! utville, Colum- right hand by a yeilow became partly paraly or speak. Her whole and she suffered great Lane might die jacket, and ody began to zed swell, pals, Physicians from Weler were « were wmiled in and fears that she | entertained, were applied and her oo Tre 4-year-old dsu Sradenvilie, fell Bestorativeg | ndition improved, ghter of Michael Bansky | of ba sixty-foot well and | was drowned, Mus. Many Wartess, of Easton, is visiting | ber danghter, Mrs. Frank Peters, Ie thiehem, Mrs. Walters is 103 years oid, and enjoys IssTaveoron Cmantes 1. Wrres, of L high University, has scoepted the professorsiip of mechavicsl engineering at the of Lansing, Mich Tux Hotel Barker hack while orc msing the Peuosylvania Rallro at Havsover, was | struck by a freight engine, injuring E. P. Kittinger, Wil Frank Hofer, Thomas Waltz and demo ishing the vehicle Faasxx Cosumax, McKeesport, drowned in Monongabela River, Port Marion. He was in a skiff al the steamer Adam Jiecolw The the sles striking to the the officers © Siate Coliege, Bam ue mer, was | the near | ngside i wheels of the skift | bottom, A { the mer was and sending slarted Cushman etintired Coroner's jury ttenmbont 4 men Patterson 1 The men struc Eran bundr esi ry. t ment Firgek at rowing men out ecause they d ol! employ- | id not receive their pay A torna io at Eagle's Mera, through the eut a swath iarter of a mile wide, i and did cottages, the | injured, bave been idle for forest a q deste ved Judge Wiis & house some damage to the sure vanding contusion of y wers bioad Neanry 15 000 men who bat none of bis fam il $overal weeks went to work in the Phitaburg | district and the indisutions are that the bard & sare Is over there A great gutbering of muilroad men, firemen. conductors, switehmen, telegraph operators, was at Hazleton which the subject of the varions beneficial organisa. ombining «il inciud. ing euginesr. brake | at foderat ng ihe orders under one bead, Ex Susaror A. D. Haniax bas announced | i bis candidacy lor Biate Pressurer, because of the probability of the | somination of Judge Fell for the Supreme Judgesnip, sud with the idea that the State | 1 romrurer nomination should come from the steru part of the State, Jog Moone, an Italian shoemaker, of Bris. | tween 1he vwo men, Owax Campi. of Norristown, aged 22, feil from a twelvedoot scaffold and sustained in- Juries which may prove fatal, Lev: Knvarniox, aged 25, was killed om the Reading Raliroad at Valley Forge while AX uns nown man, about 85 years old, sup- posed to be a Greek, wae instantly killed on the Philadelphia and Beading Railroad sear Norristown, Joux McKesen, a farmer employee of Theodore Lond, of Gradyville, who stole a borse and wagon and then fred the Bond barn, was captored Tax conlectionnry store of ¥,. W. Polte, on Main street, Norristown, wanes robbed under the glare of an electric light. A sliver watch and $2.10 were secured, A large sum of money in the store was overlooked by the thief, A shooting affray cocurred at the Metho- dist enmp me. ting at Rawlinsvilla, Twenty thousand people were on the grounds, the number of people assembled being the largest ever seen in that seotion and intense excite. ment prevailed, Joba Patton, a well-known farmer, met his hired man in the camp and the pair became involved in a quarrel, The hired man drew a pistol and aimed at Pat ton's head. He pulled the trigger, but a by- stander struck his arm and the muzzie was knocked downward. The bullet struck Patton's lag, passed clear through it. The wounhi-be murderer was arrested. farmers’ pilonic and exhibition at Willisms Grove was well attended and temperance addresses were made by leading Prohibitionists under the ausploes of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Michael Sehall, of York, wes mysteriously shot while gunning. He is a leading citizen and the inhabitants of York un excited over the occurrence, Near Contesville nn attempt was made io ~wreok the Western express on the Penosyl. vania Railroad. Hpikes had beon drawn and hes fish plates removed from two lengths of 51.10 ——— THE WILSON BILL Passed By a Majority of One Hundred and Thirty. AGAINST FREE COINAGE. All the Sliver Amendments De-~ feated In Detall-Average Major~ ity Against the White Metal Measures 131.28, The Wilson bill for the repeal of the pur chase cinuse of the Bherman law passed the More than two-thirds of the members of the House recorded them ssives in favor of the repeal of the purchase law and the establishment currency of the United States on a The passage of the bill was not & sur- sliver. of sound 1a basis, prise to any ove, but the overwhelming vote 152 most The loteuss interest that was taken in the that two bours before the time forthe session owded to crowd nthe galleries were or their ulinost re. capacity, and the for three hours and a half lis- sll after roll-¢ vas mained seated nil wit upon tr. Boed, has much attention as w quences of Mr, ( us Legtowed the elo. Nek the ockran and M ieries fill up an bour before the Bpeaker called the bt ouse to order, The advocates of the § t Wore kpew bad : They they won their ght, Messrs, Rayner Tracey, Cockran, Harter prominent on the sound money been in the leadership side were groups of Leartily ngratulated of their ywers and were n their admirable management the eam sured the paign. Even when their victory A the 0 "w for each one} had taken upon of Was managers of work, bimsell the task bt had » ceased 10 ¥ seeing that & cert ain number of members were present to vot, ity should not atsenoce of “ir id also Mr, The consequence 80 that their 18a jor be reduced in any opel her ny way by the of their forces. They held th men re- markably well, as d his WES an unusus ly 349 members out of a total of 254 rded on the Bret and last two leaving but five alsentess. Two of Grabam, of New York, and Sheil, of uth Carolina, were paired, and one, Mr. Cooper, of Wisconsin, was away after reaching the A by atelegram announcing that his wife was dying Bland on side, large vote being reco roles, Roy onlled capi cnn IIs CABLE SPARKS, Tex striking cabmen the po Hee, ol Naples attacked Tux Arab soldiers st Kismayoo, near bave risen in revoll, Tux House of L bome-rule bill on September §. Tur government report for the past week shows cholera @ be on the inc in sia. Ir is said the demands of Zan~ rds expect to take up the a Hus. the French en sod the terms of the uitima- tum. Tax Duke of Edinburg has the fleet resigned his of the British navy. Tonkey has established five tine agaist vessels arriving ports, Ax alleged ered in South Russia days’ from guaran. Kassiag discov- conspiracy has been to separate Ukrain Puixce Hxsxny of Prussia represented the the Jtalinn navy, i7 is said that Russia is making an effort Biax has deposited the guarantee of three willion fraues required to insure the payment of Freneh indemnity. Faaxce will pot send military attaches to German maneuvers this fall because the sham battle-fleid is to be around Metz. Hossrr Ixaris, marine eugineer for the Cusard Steamship Company, was drowned by the upsetting of a sailboat, Tux police officials st Bome who are held reeponsible for not suppressiog the anti French ricting have boen dismissed from office, Tuzne are indications that the strike of English coal miners will soon end by the wen resuming work without insisting upon an advance. Foun thousand striking Welsh miners stanied 10 march over the mountains to the Ebbw Vale mines 0 induce their comrades to quit work, vut all «ft the ranks before reaching their destination. Lord Dunraven's yacht Valkyrie sailea for New York to compete for the America’s cup. Dunraven's horse won at the York Au- gust meoting, and the coincidence was voted by sporting men. Pastor Sropcien, formerly German court chaplain, who is celebrate. forthe animosity he eatertaing for the Hebrews, sailed {rom Hamburg for New York on the steamer Au- gusta Victoria. He is to make a lecturing tour of the United States, ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRAIN The Pennsylvania Western Express Narrowly Escapes Demolition. An attempt was made to wreck the western express on the Pensayivania Raliroad, a short distance east of Coatesville, Pa, and 18 i remarkable that the two sections of the train were not hurled down a twenty foot embankment. The spikes bad been drawn snd the fish plates removed from two lengths of rails, but one bolt being left to hold them in pince. Fortunately the two sections of the train ran over the loose mils in safety. The western express is the most valuable train run over he oasyivatia toed. The work of 3 :
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