Jack Dillon and Happy Jack, two desperadoes, were captured, ——Mrs, Williams was killed in Duluth, Ming., in a collision with a bleyele ridden by G. 1. Hob- bins, a nineteen-year-old boy. Robbins was TOCLOSE THE FAIR Programme For The Last Day’s Exercises. i to the street crossing just was in the center of the street, A train on the Chicago, Great Western road went through a bridge near station, jured, among them Rev, R. T. Austin, Minn, ~The Chicago railroad shops, at Bloomington, -The steamship caught fire at sca, landed all safely in New York, Robert Waring, a capitalist of Newport, Ky., was forced to as- mixed Rogne, of Alton were and Xil., Gellert, closeq, which her passengers sign, because he could not renew a note £36), Somers Bhaeffor was fatally shot by robbers at Grofldale, near Reading, Pa of shipyard. An oil tank ship, with a capacity 760,000 gallons, was launched at Roach's A notice has just been posted ploying 1,200 pands, that after this week the mills will only run on alternate weeks, until business allows running on full time, Stored away in the of the goods worth neatly £3.00 ,00, warehouses mills and are until run on half-time. R. CC. Burckman, operator on the Board of trade, died home in Chicago, from an overdose of phing whether the was t8 en intentionally or death caused by an accidental overdose, an at his It is not known drug He was forty-seven Mra E ger shot and killed Heary J. Reiser, a man in Omaha, The storehouse and three of the Cable Flax Mills ¥., burned. The main was saved, In the storehouse were 300 ton of flax and hemp, which will total loss, The loss is estimated at The house of John Garmon, years old, and unmarried, Ia Rudi- club other buildings ke, N. building in Schaghtic miil were be alr in Pitts was destroyed by fire, and two of dren burned to death, Mie Italian in Newark, N. J., shot hin lying beside the body of his dea Hugh Medill, a Brighton, 8S. I., was arrested on a charge 3 iRed saloon-keeper manslaughter, in having caused the Mrs, Mary Philip Brown, banker, dead, aged sixty-two, was the wealthiest Me, Burgiars broke into the store of Doc Ran ut Pottersville, N. J., they secreted some distance away [rom Two of the thieves returned | O'Connor. is man in Portland, and stole goods whi store, re fired party of citizens, and one fell dead with bullets, and eaptured, federate soldier granite shalt, was I'enn., with interesting ceremonies, the Hon. stolen property, but w pot The other robber was w A bronze status of a C standing on a handsome unvelled at Clarksville, 8. Wilson, of Gallatin, delivering the oration Rev, Joseph C. Price, President of Living- stone College, Salisbury, N. C., died Boston, The englaeer, fireman and brakeman of a that i Toledo, Ann Arbor and Micigan freight, ran into a sink hole near Hamburg, were The Sunday-el clared unconstitutional by Judge Von Hosen burg in Austin, Tex Capt, H. H. Siverd was shot and killed in Winfleld, Kan., by Morgan Wright, -After a stubboruly tested trial, the case charged in Adrian, killed, - osing law was de- of banker Oscar Mich, , jury, ment, reached the and termin 5 Mrs, Charles Sc Ind., | While sufferin from Michael Suillisan jumped from a window, His head was caught J verdict of not guilty. was indicted in Logzanspor:, murder of Oscar Walton, delirium tremens, in a pulley line ana he choked to death in Philalel He adn Hanna John Roenville was arrested phia ited Mary for the murder of his mistress, the crime, The trial of Parkhurst, of Greenfield, with murdering her three-year-old son Saratoga, N. ¥Y., ended in a verdict of not guilty, Frederick A. Lovecraft, New York, committed baring become melancholy on account of losses in specula- tion. The Highland House in Cottage Clty, Mass. , was destroyed by fire, ——The bolier- house of the Clear Spring Colliery, West Pittston, Pa, was burned. The breaker and engine room narrowly escaped destruction, Four hundred employes will be idle peading the repairs. Loss, $4, 0°, Insured, Mrs. T. P. Martin, of Loas, Martin, and a native of Philadelphia, died in Santa Fe from nervous prostration, brought on atthe time the Atchison, Banta Fo train was held up at Cirmarron, Kansas, three months ago. She was a pas- senger on the train, and never recovered from the fright. «Assistant Engineer Or. ville T. J. Golightly was instantly killed in an elevator accident in St. Louis Italians were badly hurt in a row Mrs. who was charged in of suicide, in and fourteen years, respectively, sons fBlicting a fatal wound. (isorge Meyer and Henry J. Meyer, carriage manufacturers of New York, assigned, — Chief John P, Brooks, of the United States Secret Service in Newark, N. J. PRESENTATION OF AWARDS All the Commissioners and Lady Managers to Be Praesent, the Awards to Be Announced and Then a Blaze of F:re- works. A programme of exercises for The last official day of reported to the national con the World's Exposition was ission by the committee on ceremonies, It recommended that the exercises should | be held in Festival at 1 P. + M., October 30, at bo A national Hall, begianing to flags would and timed conclude sunset, when the national lowered throughout the grounds, d sun- of the salute will be fired at sunrise, noon sot, Part of the exercises will consis list of exhibitors, presentation of the awards to Ld foreign and domestic Ihe nus tional commissioners, lady managers, direc- and be tors, foreign and state commissioners executive officers of the exposition will invited to partici the Un platform will be Pre as master of ceremon the director-general, the and vice se prosid national commission sud the presi presidents anager On his } board, dent and viee-g vari art on Lhe in the alternoon, and buildings will be specially ng i at night and the fair will ol w.ilb aborate dis; ! iispiay of fireworks RR —" CABLE SPARKS. A statue to Emperor William I was un by his vel od at Bremen grandson, the presen Emperor, There are rumors in South Africa that the column sent out the Matabels | met with defeat, Ing Moors Ba ainst are throwing up entren around Melil with the 8 8 oof ; i a recent war meeting and parade in a riot, in which several men and workingmen were joj 3 Ime great « hine bas besa a destroyed by 0 to 866, 0) Lorn Sariser Phere was no insuratos, BY and Home Secretary LEW quith addressed public meetings near Liver. pool and Glasgow upon political questions HTER, { the radionl f or Evorxz I: leader « pe party, ron Prussian Landiag, to be elected in about two e's will in Berlin the weeks, + A ministerial crisis is expected in Austria over the franchise bill introduced by Count Taaffe, It is reported that the Count has resigned, Ir is reported from Calcutta that the im- port of silver has been stopped In the State markets of Candabar, Ghurnl, i Jellaiabad, i Tux London Lancet Keeley has abandoned against that paper bichloride of gold Tug strike of coal miners Ia the ( hatlorol distriet by the Kaights of Labor proves to be a fiasco. About 8,000 men quit work on Monday, but to-day 7,700 0 went back to the pits and at once went to work. LOUNTERS Babul and Dr, Hibed announces that his comments upon the anit for for ture, ordered them JLoonen, who was shot Ly wn gardener, Is recovering from the effects of the wound in her ueck. A represontative of Emperor William will be present at the funeral of Count Blucher, who was killed by the gardoner at the same time his wife was wounded, ——————————— SEVEN WERE MANGLED. ! An Eleetric Car Runs Down a Horse Car in Chicago. Hilton, was begun in New York. RIOTERS INDICTED, RE comm Nineteen Roanoke Citizens Acoused of Felony and Misdemeanor, The Roanoke Grand Jury summoned to investigate the riot acts of lnwlessness on September 20 and 21 have just made their report. Nineteen indictments are made for felony and misdemeanor, The report commends the action of the Mayor for trying to uphold the laws, but questions the advisability of the officials in directing the militin to withdraw alter the erowd had been dispersed by the firing, and censures the police or the oMelals for order- ing the negro, Thomas Smith, to bs removed from the jail, and after removal in not tak- dng him to » piace of safety, Seven persons were injured, one probably fatally, in a collision between a street oar sad an electric car at Bixtythird and Hal- | stead streets, Chicago, The motar ear was making rapid time nlong West Sixty-third street, When it ap- proached Halstead street the motorman saw a horse car near the crossing on its north bound journey. He endeavored to slow down, but was unable to do so in time to prevent a collision, The horse oar was overturned and knoeked partly to one side, The car being of open pattern, most of the passengers escaped before the collision enme, The conductor and driver of the horse car blame the motor employes for the accident, They say the car was making too fast time, ——— 1 II Empetior William bas accepled the rosig- nation of Gen, von Kaltenborn-Stachau, minister of war, who will be given command of ap army corps. His successor Is Gen. Brousort Schillendort, FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Ct Extra Bession. BENATE. Gin Day,-~In the Senate there wers but made, and they were those of the two Nevada senators, Messrs Stewart snd Jones, I'he latter assured the Senate, belore taking his sent, that there was no intention on the part of the opponents « f the Hepeal bill to wrolong Lhe further than was necosshry to enable then to state thelr own views clearly to the Senate and to the people, 681 Day.--Mr., of Nevada, uigens on Jones, dally tion of CHRSO early the speech nguninst the Bilver Pur. Repeal Lill, which he commenced last week, His colleague, Mr. Btew art resumed the bill co nmence i by him sey eral weeks ago but did pot conclude jt. Mr, Pugh, of Alabama, brief speech nguinst the Repeal bil Ihe House joint resolution tendering the acknowledgments of the government and the people of the United States to ench of the loreign govern ments that co-operated in the Chicago Expo- sition, was amended and passed Grn Day, - The entire day taken up with made on the Renate the argument upon the Purchase Repesl biil, sithough some legislative matters were disposed of by uns is consent. Mr Feller (Rep. ), of Colorado, nnd Mr. Stewart (Hep No vada, continued the speeches w they have been delivering 1 savers! weeks, and Mr, Squire (Hep, ), of W ton, expressed his view advocacy of in was Milver "wr i REDIDK~ expinnaiion and an at t herctotore offered of the day in disposing Mewar Moen iii was iaken Ee against the Mr ithe H ight about by the A ws existing nor tive refigious organization and other West arraign the society in This was resentel by Me Ho i pols ; Mr, Diagiey, or Maine, Mr. Morse Massachusetts ; Mr. Pavoter, of Kentucky, and other members Finally, Mr. Weadook threw oll on the ubind water I¥y an nouncing that he would withdraw the ne morial unti upant of the seat was present to speak himself. Mr. Springer, of Hilinols, from the Committees on Banking and Currency, reported a resolution calling on the Treasury Department for certain in. formation concerning state banks. This ted great opposition and called forth a irited dol in which Messrs, Hall, of Missouri snson, of Indiana ; Springer, of Illinois; D ngley, of Maine; MeMillin, of Tennosses ; Blair, of New Hampshire, and Sperry, of Copnesticut, took part. The question of agreeing to the resolution showed the alwence of a quorum and the House adjourned, C—O THE FAIR'S FINANCES, ——— Tie Total Paid Admissions Exp:cted to Reach 21,000,000. With only one full week leit of the oMeia Exposition season a close estimate can be snd very rn MN ates a ad pkins, © fre the ovo far eonoesgionnires Jackson Midway. Chief Clerk Blackman, of the ad- ministrations and lepartmonta, in collections will aggregate 4.000.000, after deducting the percentage to the Exposition, resents about 20 per cent of the gross re- Most of the concessionaires have cent, into the Exposition treasury, ‘The the Fair, Fair with fortunes in their pockets are Col onel Cody and his collengues, who were told by President Higinbotham when they opened negotiations to put the Wild West Show on the ground that it was not refined enough, They leased a big tract of land just outside the Fair gates, and reaped a golden harvest, Lhe total paid admissions up to the closing hour Monday was 19,712,996, and Suporin- tendent Tucker said the Ngures would go to 20,500,000 by next Saturday, leaving Sunday and Monday, which should bring tho grand total up to 21,005,000 if the weather is favors able, * msn III 51.551 i Tas steamers between Europe and North America carry on an average about 70,000 Passengers a wonth, : PEOPLE AND EVENTS. | Over 40,000,000 trees have been planted in “reforest’’ the country, | . | In Chinese the letter “*) being pronounced, and each pronupciation i bas a different No has 140 ways of meaning, living reptile possesses true power of flight, and only one, the “fl ing dragon.” bas any power of sustaining itself in the alr, Hamu dye is considersd so detrimental to { long life that a Paris insurance company re- | fuses to insure the lives of persons who use it. Tur machinery are 1-1000 of an inch in dinmeter, They i and diamonds, smallest holes plerced by modern are bored through sapphires, rubles Ixvestioarioss of raindrops lead to of the less hollow, the large drops must onclusion that some be more or fix they fail when striking 9 wet the whole surfuce inclosed within the drop. Tue smallest republic in the world is Now 40 ployed one of the islands of the 1 he Europeans, and 500 black workmen en Franceville, Hebrides, inhabitants consist of by an Fron It hia Ha woman was no *h company. fT the Japan that fn oertaln age hitherto been the law in an tL married by the authorities picked out & man and com. peiled him to fhe Mika just abol j this u Ix order 10 save sustruet ther, with =» quart Fas mR WORLD'S FAIR POULTRY. ihe san i Plymouth RB the iepiny « bers abogt S numbers fairs they dO BO Hrahmas are iard specimes of the nrg Ham. ver pea cited breasts, ear 10 the 1h barring © als ate 4 strong class Ne Ariy ail breeds are represenied, The bantams , with many remarkably neat jtnens among the games fowis also poultry who come There Is a large display of aquatic of turi evs There are tweniy-iwo judges aod two Judges, en pigecn wid their “scoring” at 1 o'clock Wednes- The judges complain very much of the prevent their placing the relative iny vod tape restrictions, which making very rapid progress Score-card explains in awards, the merits of each specimen, and at regular poul- t*y shows they decide without further parley the proper placing of the premiums, Here the judge is compelled, in addition 10 the a written report, that ano! hor, peore-cand, to make out stating why one bird is better Prauciieal methods are ignored and instead of new de. partures made that confuse ene Instead of completing the judging the case, lighten in a most two days, as should be ft will take three times as long. A THEY FELL 200 FEET. Aun Elevator at the Fair Drops with Thirteen Passeng rs. Ibirteen visitors to the Fair fell in an ele- valor 20) feet from the landing under great rool of the Manufactures Buliding. Their lives were saved car, which or ght and from the floor, : Elevatorman Ben Sharp had just started held it thirty feet the roof, with a car crowded with passen. trol of the ear and it shot downward at a tremendous speed. The oar is supposed t) from exceeding a certain rate of speed, heavy load caused it to drop 2 0 Jeet belory these checks worked. all the efforts of the elevatorman the oar could not be moved. fled by the sudden descent and it was not Over hall the passedge.s were men in the oar danger, women and it was all the could do to quiet them, A number of Columbian guards saw the ear drop and sont in a call to the fire depart- ment, Marshal O'Malley accompanied by the hook and ladder truck came to the build- ing. A thirty-foot Indder was placed against the cage and Marshal O'Malley and Lisuten- ont Ryan assisted the ngers to descend, Tux striking miners at 8. Helens, Lancs. shire, attacked and destroyed the colliery offices and best back the policemen who attempted to disperse the mob. There wee » | DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES Oxy man was killed and three fatally in jured by the Liviog way of a span of a bridge aevoss the Des Moines at Elden, in. killed in » the New York Division of the Reading Hallroad, near : Trenton Junction, river, Vive unknown tramps were collision between freight tralus of the west of Guadainjara, Mexico, Tur recent storm which swept along Pacifie Const, much caused loss to stockuen and formers, and entire villages were swept away, The aumber of lives lost ig now placed at 150 Five men were killed und five badly injur By a premature plosion of dynamite which was 10 ed in Emiogton, 111, 2 i be used for well, near the scene of the explosion were badly damaged of Gn. blasting =» Buildings Two deaths and 40 new ut Bru irted fied yell TW Tw # In (i fever are reported pEwick, Hew CAseR Were reps on Bt. Simon land, and threo ut Jessup, Burgeon eral Wyman regards the rate of mortally fhe Brunswick lightest ever known, dense fog Pukiso a Limited dash % {) I Penunsyivania y & Trelghbt train at Wells. ur tralnmen were killed others seriously Injure that {he sigua’s were all wins 80 dense that the Ter west Wabash road, ior ot, glory 10 the sorne, A private stand bad Leer erected right us the br of the battieshiy and hereon stoo Irving M. BS Iron Works Captain He ert Grenaral Co7 vernor Pennoys 1 i pers pes were Miss Daley state of oreg presenting i in Shelby, representing the Miss Ruth Dolph, daugh- ’ 1 "a Oregon, had been iesignated by Secretary Herbert (0 represent the navy, but the you indy was usable to bus prose nt On arrival of the yinent two min the the the of belug utes before noon rd conne cling dogshores, instead severed by historic hatchet, was cat by a guiliotice set free by the pressing of an elociric bution by Miss She by. The guillotine in its Iall severed the cord, which held two twenty-five pound weights in position, 1 hese struck the dogsh weights res, and knocking thom out, set At the same moment Miss Alnsworth pressed another i lowing = bottle of California be vessel in motion button, al champagne to rash against the bow in a thousand Thus was the from pieces, and spill its contents over it big ship christened on her the ways, down which she glided sadly into depart ure | the bay, a mighty cheer arising from the ad- miring throng, and bands ire, and with every whistle round and about sending forth a sereeich of enthus asm, The | Oregon, when compleied will cost, exclusive playing naational of armament, four million dollars, ————“———— A LION BROKE LOO3E. He Killed a Trotti ng Horss in the Stable Where He Was Confined. The vicinity of East Eighteenth street, Irving Place ani Third avenue, New York, was {0 a state almost bordering on a panie, In a stable at 113 East Eighteenth street for the past month, five lions in two cages { have been confined. Wallace, the largest of fa unitamable, susceadsd in getting loos, and the stable was closed and he was allowed to roam about the building i free. For a time he was apparently quiet | nad then he began to annoy the neighbor | hood by his howling. In this room was also kept a trotting horse | whic was to have been sent to Europes. The horse nud the lions are owned hy Frank | the lions, who Central Park. Mr. that the horse had been killed. Up to midnight he had not been captured, were gathered in the street at the time listen- ing to the roars of the animal, fie ps et A sraxianp has succeeded in extracting from u certain fally substance, which he claims is capable of being trans PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS, Epitome of News Gleaned from Various Part of the Btate from towns ul Herox road from © effect that the ug the Penneyl. to Malvern are to have work sid Winter. decided papers that on arbrook 10 Lhe citizens thers are fears of much dis ress this Av Harrisharg J Kimontor jlgre fon that Ex-Beustor Cralgs nomination were null and Becretary Harrity ruled ae Judy n sMorm w the regular Democratic ticket in the Monroe be placed Lo district, Ine State Bord of Pardons recommended refused six the pardouing of two prisoners, ng sieations, (one being thatof Hugh Demp- the Homestead ix Hun ged w prisoner), agrrevied at “ Blephen ZArinne wore th participating in nay causs the } death of Angelo Patriviciwiz, orted in Beranton that Andrew waa tiie that fa td BEIT 3 Lhe TEDOT.. Iron Works sdgrmnents an abd Lhe asscls are Burke GUSK In Iaxing wi breaker of snd William rfleld at . 8! the LisLWwWo down a plece ry had bold of the trestle and feel, Gregor AT LARTL was elo E. Denniston, deceased that the company earned the Board week it will bout 2 per cent this of Hugh The ive carelully gone is suid bave Wars Pardons meet Adiey pies the of the over the papers Dempsey, Homestead poisoner, members board hu and it practi cided what to do, Mas, bacnes Logax, of « Ly thy Olis, who “fh into revealing . Henutified the four was tortured pasked n i &50 Pittsturg as the robbers, the we hiding place ¢ jail a Tun session of Pennsylvania Synod Aston, was taken up Wilda eda “ational missionary reports ARGUMENT Was ige Simonton, at Harrisburg, in the matter of y the ertillontes of nos heard by JG the excep iivalion and W hite, Decigi vn tions 1 # papers of Candidates Ingrarry apd Metrezal, ithe drivere ppany. of Wilkes he took with d won, Clyde, who About Boot, ae Brobet was driving in the upper part ol the city, violently struck a stone and the boy wis throws over the dashboard and fell use der the wheels, which passa] over his chest crushing his life out The father is stupified with grict, feared be Waex Char es Brolst, one of for the White Haven load his rounds ite the seat beside him our-yvesr ol instantly and it is Waite Editor Ferrel, of Nanticoce, was driving home from Wilkes-Barre late sb night he was fo. lowdd Ly some one who shot at him twice: with a revolver, The bul lets flew wide of the mark and Mr. Ferrel was pot injured. He swore oul a warrant for the arrest o! Constine Pushinss, charge ing him with the shooting, and in defiant of $300 bail the accused was commited to Jali to await trial. A few days ago Ferrel pate lished an article referring 10 Pushin, who swore he would have revenge. Dr omrseaia bas in some extent for several months past been epidem © at Shippensburg, and a number of deaths have renited from the malady, ——— Luey Sroxe, known the world over
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