THE NEWS
———
Justice O'Brien, of the Bupreme Court,
New York, upheld the demurrer of John D,
Rockefeller and other directors of the Stand-
ard Oil Trust, to the complaint of George
Rice, a certifloate-holder, in which he sought
a judicial dissolution of the trust and an ae-
counting. The trust is being dissolved vol-
untarily. ——Wm, Mulloy committed sulelde
while aboard the steamer Fremont, when off
Cape Porpoise, Me. He lived in Boston,
The drug house of Samuel L Jones & Co,, in
Wilkesbarre, Pa., was closed by the sheriff,
wl. A. Hilliard, who embezzled a large
sum of money from the Chicago Tribune
while acting as cashier for that paper, was
sentenced to four years in the penitentiary.
we The body of Wm, H. Parvin, aged fifty-
five years, president of the Eastland National
Bank, at Eastland, Texas, was found in aroom
at a hotel in Fort Worth, with a bullet hole
in the right temple. He had been dead nearly
twenty-four hours,-——During a quarrel in
& saloon in Chicago, John McKay was fatally
stabbed by “Duke” Delaney. Delanoy fled
and so far has escaped capture. McKay died
at the county hospital. ——N. B., Haynes &
Co., wholesale milliners in Chicago, have
falled. It was one of the oidest houses in
Chicago. A voluntary assignment was made
to protect the interest of all creditors
The Williams block in Muskegon, Mich, was
destroyed by fire, Jesse E. Smith, kilied
his divorced wife in Kankakee, Iii, and her
¢ompanion, and then committed suicine,
Adolph Messer and Herman Bachel, while
walking on the tracks of the West Penn Rall-
road, near Tarentum, were run by a
train and instantly killed, They were glass
decorators. ——A big fire in Richmond caused
& loss of $10,000 to Kratz & Co,, $15,000 to
Putney & Watts, and $5,000 to Taylor & Lo.
~The wrecked Commercial Bank of Brook-
Iyn opened its doors to pay depositors, —
The smallpox epidemic has become so alarm-
ing in Elizabeth, N. J., that extreme meas-
ures have been adopted by the health au-
thorities, All Italians in this vicinity are be-
ing vaccinated, Children from the infected
districts have been excluded from the public
schools, ——Welcome H. Hathaway, who
took $100,000 from the Fall River banks by
forged warehouse receipts and other methods
was arraigned in the Superior Court in Taun-
ton, He pleaded guilty and sentence was
deferred, ——The trial of the suit of ex-Gover-
nor Evans and other stockholders {nthe Con-
solidated Union Pacifle, Denver and Gall
Railroad corporation against the Union Paci.
down
the appointment of a receiver pending the
suit was begun in Denver before Judge Hal-
Jett, of ‘he United States Circuit Court,
Prendergast, the murderer of Carter Har-
Philadelphia Mint, was found guilty in tbe
000 worth of gold bars from the mist, 3
an explosion of natural gas in the flatteniog
Greensburg, Pa. James Plocketts and William
Reeves were terribly burned. Their recov.
ery is doubtful. The furnaces was consider.
ably damaged by the force of the upheaval,
and a quantity of stock was destroyed. —
Three men were roasted to death at a fire in
Newberne, Tenn., while trylag to save prop-
Railway near Tipton, Mo,, will probably re-
salt in the death of two men. ——H. M, Eaton
twenty-five years of age, night operator for
the Southern Pacific Raliroad Company, was
shot and killed while on duty in his office, at
Davisville, Cal.—— Typhoid fever is epidemic
in St, Louis, ——A verdiet of not guilty in the
murder trial of BE. W, Harris, editor of the
Greenville (Tex. ) Herald, was rendered after
s long trial, Harris killed Dr. Yowell at
Denison, Tex., for slandering his wile,
In South Louisville, Ky., Jeflerson Gordon
shot and fatally wounded William Shumate,
bis brother-in-law. Gordon had been ar.
rested for abuse of his family, and was being
taken to a justice's office, when Shumate
opened fire on him, Gordon drew a revolver
and returned the fire, one bullet going
through Shumate’s head and another taking
effect in the left shoulder. ——The tug Charles
K. Btone sank at Pler 1, North River, Now
York. Two men on it were drowned. They
were Harry BR. Rogers, the nineteen-year-old
son of Robert Rogers, of 64 Barrow street,
«nd the fireman, known only as “William.”
~W. A. Powell was arrested in Scranton,
Pa, a8 a crank too dangerous to be at large,
wp party of kidnappers were fired upon
by J. H. Kealt and his friends, in New Al.
bany, Ind., who lay in walt for them, and
one of the number, Stephen Whitman, was
killed. -
Fire destroyed the carriage furnishing and
bardware house of Paddoek & Hawley, in
St. Louls, involving a loss of $200.00), Two
firemen were hurt.——The officers of the
State Farmers and Mercbants' Bank, of Min.
neapolis, were indicted for malfeasance, —
A desperate and fatal culting affray took
place in front of the malin entrance to the
Grand Opera House, at Meridian, Mise., be.
tween Herbert A. Rhodes, a furniture dealer,
snd Wm. Wilson, an employe of the Queen
and Crescent Raliroad. Rhodes may recover,
but Wilson's wound will prove fatal
Chateau Larned accidentally killed C. Hardy
Kittridge at Barnegat Cottage, N. J., and on
the following day killed himself. —-- Selomon
#. Guthrie, a prominent business man of
Buffalo, died there, The National Grange,
in session in Syracuse, N. Y., enlled upon
President Cleveland to dismiss Secretary
Morton. ~The police of Providence, R. 1,
are looking for Dr. Charles Hailleyisk, re-
cently practising in that city, His wife and
three children have just arrived (rom a Ger
man province. He bad sent for them, and
they expected to meet him, but he disap-
peared. ——The minister of the United States
ut Bt, Petersburg reports that he has receivel
from the nobility of that capital an address
of thanks of the Russian people for the ald
sent them from the United Sintes during the
famine periods of the last two years.
James IL. Raxnirs, the aothor of “Mary.
land, My Maryland,” is now connected with
the office of the Beaate’s sergeant-at-arms,
Mr, Rendall receives requests from all over
tho English-speaking world for autograph
eopies of his song.
sins IIs
Bix hundred Italian laborers, employed
$v the Carnegle (as Company in laying a
main fn Armstrong county, Pa, have gone
on strike for an increase of wages of from
#110 91.50 por helm
BLOUNT'S REPORT
Regarding the Revolution In
the Hawaiian Islands.
LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS.
The Commissioner Says that Mr,
Stevens was Responsible for the
Queen's Overthrow- Hauling
Down the Flag—-The Cause.
Secretary Gresham made public all the cor-
respoudence between the Secretary of Slate
and James H. Blount, commissioner and
later minister to the Hawalian Islands
beginning with a copy of the instructions
given Mr. Blount on March 11, 1868, prior to
his departure from Washington for Honolulu,
and the last part ending with a brief letter
his eonge, as follows
“The condition of parties in the islands is
one of quiescenes, The action of the United
States is awaited by all as a matter of peces-
eity., This condition, it can be assumed, will
remain until the proposition to annex is ac-
cepted or rejected. In the latter contingency
po sudden movement Is likely to occur, The
present government can only rest on the use
of the military force, possessnd of most of
the arms in tho islands, with a small white
population to draw from to strengthen it
Uitimately it will fall without fail. It may
preserve its existence for a yoar or two, but
not longer.”
Then he adds that he has done bis duty as
well as he could, “considering I was
rounded by persons interested iu misieadiog
me." And bis private aflairs necessitated bis
return home
Secretary Gresham's letter of Instructions
to Mr. Blount, dated March 11, define clearly
how far, io the opinion of the President, the
use of armed force ls permissible by the
United States to pull down or set up govern-
ments, Mr, Gresham says:
‘In the judgment of the President, jour
sur-
paval forces in Hawallal™ walters,
! our
citizens : and while abstainlog Irom any mak-
the
you
domestic ¢0c-
should
with
cerns of the jslands, indicate
your willingness to Intervene your
a peaceful
settlement of troubles within the limits of
“Shofild it be necessary to land an armed
of popular disturbance, when the Jjocal au.
thority may be unable to
tection 10 the life and property of the
gens of the United States, the assent of such
authority should first be obtained, if it
be done without prejudice to interests
invaded,
“Your power in this
however, be claimed to the exclusion of
give adequate pro
Citi
can
the
4
regard should not,
sit
jlar methods by the representatives of other
{f th and
powers for the protection of ihe
property of their citizens or subjects residing
in the islands
“Whiie the United States claim no right to
interfere in the political or domestic affairs,
or in the internal conflicts of the Hawaiian
Islands, otherwise than as herein stated, or
for the purpose of maintaining any treaty or
other rights which they possess, this govern.
ment will adbere to its consistent and estab.
lished policy in relation to them, and it will
interference by
lives
aot acquiesce in domestic
other powers.”
In a letter dated April 6, Mr. an-
pounces his arrival ac Honolulu aud tells of
bis refusal, against the strong urging of Min-
fster Stevens, to accept a house avd the use
of servants, carriages, horses, &e., furnished
by the provisional government,
“whatever I wanted for it from nothing up.”
He siso notes the refusal of tenders from the
ex-Queen and others
Appended to a letter of April 8, In which
Mr. Blount deplores the preverted influence
of Minister Stevens snd Consul-General
Seversnce, to whom heaseribes the existence
Blount
following occurs,
Admiral Skerrett: “I called nt the Navy
Department on the 30th of December to see
as 1 was going to leave the next day for San
and perform your duty, as I know you will,
and everything will be satisfactory.’
“f remarked : ‘Me, Tracy, I want to ask
you about these Hawaiian affairs. When I
felande. I was told then
States Government did not wish
the islands of Hawail.’
the government have changed,
be very glad to annex Hawaii’
They will
means can be used to persuade these people
to come into the United States,”
On April 21 Mr, Blount says he wns called
on by Claus Spreckels, but, says Mr, Blount :
“how much or how little Mr. Hpreokels
knows about this matter I am unable to say,
as I do not kdow.”
On the same day Mr, Blount, for the see.
ond time disapproved of a request of the pro.
wsionun! government that the American forces
be landed for drill, “The landing of the
troops, ponding negotiations between the
Queen and President Dole,” the commissioner
says, “might be used to impress the former
with fear that troops were landed fo lend
foros to the provisional government in bring.
ing her to an adjustment. I dK not think
proper to communicate the reason to Mr,
Steveas or any other person save Admiral
Bkerrett.
Mr. Blount says he called on the Ex.Queen
and informed her that no person was author
tween herself and the provisional govern.
ment, and the Queen replied that she did not
futend to enter juto any negotiations until
the Washington Government had taken ac
tion on Mr. B ount's report,
On May 4 Mr. Blount wrote: *‘At this time
the indications aro unmistakeable that a
large majority of the people of the is ands
1 do not
look for any change from this situation
through future information. There is a
strong disposition on the part of the annex-
ation element to suppress expressions against
annexation by social and business hostility.”
In the third part of the correspondence is
printed a statement of Mr, Voluney V. Ashford,
dated March 8, 1803, in which he says he bas
to Hawailan affairs at Mr. Biount's request,
This statement refers to Queen Liluokaland
“a reigning sovervign who had at least
ex pense,
bis strangled corpse to the throne ; a woman
vices, such as had contributed
people, who believed her
promises to restore them to an equal fran-
chise,
professions
In another part of his extraordinary com.
Me. Ashlord
‘pull’ on the Qusen consisted
munication says: “Wilson's
in the fact that
for many years be has been her favorite par
amour (she has s:wveral The
immediately contiguous to her apartments in
that he might
a near asd more
the ‘Luagalow anluns enter by
convenient way a seandal
at which even the most the
people drow the line. The palr openly lived
together in the Queen's cottage at Waikiki (&
suburb of Honolulu) daring and
oltuase of untive
suceeed ug
the ‘sandbayg’ episode at the palace
ceding the descent upon the league.
piace was formerly an assignation
bulit by the Queen and openly used for that
purpose, under the
This
house,
business manager, formerly her native coach.
man, All and many
scandalous acts are matter of
thuse other equally
pulls notor-
iy at the capital and have been aired aud
sommented upon in scathing terms by the
native press of Honolulu; but the
press were either gagged by the palace party
or kept silent to avoid
scandal abroad,
the effects of the
These statements against the deposed
Queen are discredited by Mr. Blount
Mr. Blount’
bodied in
# conclusions of fact are em.
his report to Recretary Gresham
ated July 17
filling 37 large prioted
It Is avery |
page
very closely that he ander
n
Ye nline
himsell to &
face, |
r nowhere does he make the
suggestion or recommendation,
all proffers of hospitality on
the islands he says he took up hi
Hotel, paasad
several days in receiving calls, and soon
quarters
at the Hawalian where he
caine aware that all minds were
shxiously looking to the action ©
States Government,
The troops of the Boston were «
tary duty for the provisional
with the Bag foating
government building, andl, says the
American
“within it the provisional government
ducted
feels
avowed purpose
its bas ness under an American pro
rate, 10 be continued, sccording fo the
of the Amoriean
Minister,
during negotiations with the United States
for annexation.
This brings the story dowa to the ind
which ereated such a
the
scribes as
{ hauling
American fag, wiaich
follows
“My instructions directs
quiries whieh, in the interest of can
trifth, could not be the mis
lone when
thousands of Hawailan citizens were [ull of
uncertainty as to what the Amor
lean troops, the American flag and the Amer
ican protectorate Loplied. It
sary that all these influsnces
drawn before those log
presence of
soe ed nooo.
with
tiries could be prose
mist be
cuted in a manner befitting the dign ty and
power of the United Slates,
“Inspired with such feelings and confident
no disorder would ensue, I directed the re
moval of the flag of the United States from
the government
the American troops to their vessels
buiiding and the return of
This
was accomplished without any demonstra
tion of joy or grief on the part of the popu-
lace,
“The afternoon
with President Dole, in response to my in-
before
ment was now able to preserve order, although
Mr. Blount says that it seemed strange to
suppose that there was any necessity for
landing troops. “And,” referring again to
tion for such a purpose without any sugges
otherwise
be construed than as co nplicity with their
This was the first time that
notice ta the existing governments
events,
show
making much of
that
testimony
had been enlled upon to yield, and quoting
Minister Stevens himsell na sayiog that he
knew the barracks and sistion<house had
not been delivered up at the time; that he
did not care for that for twenty-five men
well armed could run the whole crowd,
Btevens' despatch to Secretary Foster js
quoted where he says he recognized the
government alter it was in possession of all
government bulldiogs, and Me. Blount says
“the quickest recognition was the perform.
anes of his pledge to the commitiee of
safety,”
He eriticises a similar statoment made by
the Hawaiian commissioners fo Mr. Foster
and says : “Did the spirit of annexation mis.
ivad these gentlomen? If not, what malign
influence tempted President Dole to a con.
trary statement In his cited letter to the
Amerioan Minister?”
Says Mr. Blount: “The leaders of the rev.
olationary movement would not have under.
ernment. Dut for this their mass-meeting
a —————————————————————
request to land the troops would have teen
made. Had the troops not been landed no
moasures for the organization of a new gov.
ernment would have been taken,
“The American Minister sald the revolu.
the part each was to net to the very end.”
Io concluding this report, for tho remain.
dor is made up entirely of statistical matter
and a disquisition upon the trade of the is-
land and the character of the population,
Mr. Blount says ;
“That n deap wrong has been done
Queen and native race by American officials
pervades the native mind and
Queen, ns well as a hope for redress from
to note the
people to cope
this connection it Is imponant
inability of the Hawalian
eronchments,
“I'bo suddenness of the
United States troops, the
landing of the
quick rec
United States had no knowledge of these oc
what had ceeurred at a fulure
This, too, must
disapprove of
have contributed ic
suggestions of
the
have
that
could
who could have supposed eircum-
stances surrounding her Leet
the United States?
‘Her uniform conduct and the prevailing
Hel, as well as theirs, that the spirit of jus
y
store her crown.’
COLUMBIA AT THE HEAD.
Demonstrated to Be the SBwiftest Bhip
in the World.
The triple-screw United States cruiser
Columbia, frst called the Pirate, on ber of.
ficial run over the government's
forty-four
veraged 23 Bl knots an hour during »
hour's run under
measured
Course, nearly
four
foreed draugh,
eceding all previous records on
thus ex-
a similiar run
f
the shipbuilders and well-wishers,
tract which the
The con-
governmest
Willlam Cramp's 8hij
with
mops
As thi
tiGts
Knits,
has
3d Engine Co
calls for a speed of 21 knots an hour
is exoveded by ote and ote quarier
be crulser's bull
£350 1
ders earn a premium of
rate of 50.0 0 for
The
t
of water into the port engine along with the
00, xt the }
. i oRci
quarter Enot of excess spe i
slonin Decessitaled the slowing up of the en.
Zine OR more than one oocRsion
and une
doutded
ing
brip ap the «
r
¥ prevented the ship from aversg-
over 28 knots an Qu the
bdm,
with all
triad
arse ihe ite
conditions favorable spurted between
$
the seventh an distance of
.idm
d eight buoys, a
fies, and she achieved the extraordi-
:
nary average of 215.31 knots an bowur, eclips-
A all previous records and placiog ber abe
sciutely st the head of the world's fast craft,
The course over which the Columbia was
ig, Just 183
feet jess than 44 knots
as nearly straight ss was possibile to
from Cape Aun, ines. to Cape 1
Muine,
¥
All of the «
It extends iu a line
make NH
of poise,
ots Of the behavior and performance of the
They wail
a "ZB-knotter
Andrade, who
ship, waite in the
opinion that
she is aud Chie! Engineer
bad charge of the cruiser's
maetiinery, declares he will get that
out of her.
speed
Edwin 8. Crap. in an
trial, sald he is satisfied with the results. He
geviares she Is ready lor a ir.p around the
she floats now, without
change watever in her
DEATH OF JUDGE JACOB.
world just as
Hs Was For Bix Years Governor of
West Virginia.
Joba LL Jacob, from 1871
of West Virginia, from 188
the Circuit Court lor the counties
Brooke Ohio and Marshall, from
the jegisiature from
county, and from 1879 to IBS|
the Legislature from Wheeling,
from heart failure on Twelfth
a few minutes alter four o'clock in
the afternoon, while on his way to a consul.
Judge Jacob
wes born near Romney, Hampshire county,
member of
whire
fell dead
He removed Ww
He returned to Virginia at about
his profession, enteriug polities in 1860. He
Governor, and has since vesided in Wheel-
in his profession
He was president
A wile
PEOPLE AND EVENTS.
J. C. Hixnicus, of Charleston, 8 C., wears
the fron cross of Prussia for valorous service
performed in the Franco Prussian War,
Mu. Guramsroxe has conferred the profes.
sorship of Greek of Oxford upon Dr. logram
Bywater, a scholar of great reputation in
Europe,
Mu, W, Wawponr Aston has about $8,000,
000 invested in his two great hotels on Filth
avenue, His bill for furniture was something
over 81,000,000.
Govenson-Evrer Gupewsaton, of Massa.
causetis, was born lu England. The Old
Bay State has never before elected u foreign.
born citizen to her chief executive chair,
Tux railroad chapel car evangelist, the
Rev, Boston Bmith, fs meeting with great
success in the Northwest, Mr, Smith was the
first missionary to utiline the railroad oar as
a chapel
Dr. Wicuiax Towssnsn Portes, professor
of physiology at the 8t, Louis Medical Cols
loge, is to suceeed Dr. William HH. Howells
as associate professor of physiology In the
medieal department of Harvard,
Da Cook, a former fellow traveler with
Licutenant Perry, the Arctic explorer, who
has recently returned from a short northward
trip on his own aocount, is confident that the
Se
CABLE SPARKS.
Hanan Beaxuanrpr is playing
houses in Paris,
to poor
to assist in the bunt for auschisis
Tur Belgians are preparing to
the French expedition tu the Congo,
declined to make an
Hubinstein has
rn
Exyrenon Wirnian is entertainiug the
Tur Bight Hav. Ernest B. Wilberioree, D,
D., Bishop of Newcastle, Eng. ,
ih
MorMax
is seriously
the United States
pave made arrangements fur the
of 3.000,0.0 acres of io the
Mexico,
hus
leaders from
purcinse
nnd State of
Chihuahbus,
from Alriea
beyun i
Proy, Ganxen returned
and declares that he has learned,
it ean be learned by man.
ixronrts have been circulating in London
Bank of Eugiand, apd
Times says there has been irregularities in
aflecting the the
and
the
ue, and a conference will be Leld
EsorLisf mine-owners siriking em-
ployees have meditation of
Mr, Gindsic
acoe pled
with
Tus
Lord Roseberry as chalrman
for
Gounod comuities is arranging
Paris of the
ded 10 erect
ile
mance in
It has been desi
wer in Morceau
perior
master's works,
B memorial
Park.
A poxn towhich a
of the great com pe
lighted fuse was al-
tached, wus found on a balcony of a Barce-
jonas builldiag, | frout of which =a
An
jarge
CEPIORIOL Was
Tur wariare against the Kifflians is
being
fribesmen sttacked a
waged with suergy
nyeying {reassure LCIOORIDE 10
Kuan of Morocco und secured over $50.0 0
in ecin
csr ERI scsi
SEVEN ON THE DEAD LIST,
in Detreit,
By
briek bullding to
Detroit, Mich. , occupied by Edson,
Co., wholesale dry goods,
the burning of the five-story fron-front
202 Jefferson avenue,
Moore &
BEYER £0 pic yoe
Jost thelr lives, a fireman was Lad
and will ren
neighbor
The
injured
the monetary oss
rd of 800, 000,
fire started between the fo
at the rear of the building and
frightful rapidity. The great
rity of the employes were at junch when
s ¥ ‘
the alarm was given, Lut there were eight or
pige of them left on the upper floors. Brad-
ley Dunning and James McEay
the filth -8oor w=»
Both recels nd
Ve in i ibjunes qua
iroppoed from
te
Jule,
ndows os a bale of
died alter
g taken to a hospita
The awful spectacie of McKay's and
i )
i over bel
nt was hardly
% saw another rd
a
jow nearest the er. He
dently on his hands an knees
i and suffocating in the dense BMuOKE
sill, Inid one arn
0 shield bis face 11
hand tried
his
himself to the open air just beyond,
dea
bis body
within.
iosed around hin
view
Meanwhile a
alarm
general
3, and pearly all the o
ve department respotided,
The floors of the Edison-Moore building
t time alter the fire
the
a shi
Bates-street
A mon
oud reports and the entire ihuer part
ent Wier there were
two
of the building collapsed. This undoubtedly
prevented the spread of the flames
opened
After the fire a rogister was at an
the missing were asoerta ned, of the
Several
Ome
thrilling escapes,
iremen were hurt
The bulldiag occupied by Edson, Moore
the estate of Francis
Alms and was valued at $112000. There is
$50 000 Edson, Moore &
Co, estimate their loss at $50.0 0, on which
was owned Ly
insurance on if
a ———
DICASTERS AND CASUALTIES
33 a boiler «xplosion in a saw mill at
Ax examination of the Chicago Board of
Tur«x were five new cases of yellow fever
A comosEa’'s jury at Battle Creek, Michi
finding Conductor
Harry
disaster casts,
Scott and Eagineer
Heott is to Le tried
Nuws reached, Enid, Oklahoma Territory,
from
5) miles west of Enid,
Saturday night. They were living
Tux Coroner's jury st Chicago, which in.
A passenger train'on the Eastern Alabama
PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS.
Parts of the Btate
Ar Williamsport fifteen Philadelphians
were fined by Alderman Leonard for work-
Jous Besser was beheaded by » {rain af
Foustown,
Maniox Cessna, son of Hon, Joba Cesspa,
Bedlord,
Des Wm
fled suicide ut
You farmer of
tnenr Fawn Grove, aged about 26, eomumnitied
Hangy Ha youn z
suicide by banging hime! Lo a reiter iu his
barn,
Tuy
sore of Douterich &
Elzab thtown, was broken
Oldweiler, in
nto and clothing
and genersl merchandise of the value of #500
was inken,
A p.sease which lnffles the best veterinary
ong
Chester Counly.
skill has appeared a. the horses ol
Southern
less of New Garden Township, bas
four fine farm horses
Wins
Know was joade $ilie
from the disease,
with a revolver she did not
won, ayo
of New Garden Township, was shot in the
auded,
Jonathan Shainline,
bare ang gir.
head and daugerousdy wor
Wane the daugter ¢
of Fair View Yarn, near Norristown, was
entertaining 6 part)
friends thieves drove
up to the iar
uer's fhesnery and Lauled
g
, i
BWAY Nearly a bande
At Harrisburg Jud
'
t
eigion in the first of
dred of his fined fow
on gave a de
CHBCE, TEVEr
=,
ge Bi
he Laker
¥ing the valuation placed on capital stock by
the Auditor General,
AT a secret conference at be-
sted officials
manufacturers, a
Pittsburg
tween Amalgam and fron and
sheet steel compromise
was effected,
B F. Sreixes, 10 years old
to setting five to
has
confessed
Martin Musser's barn in
Rapho Township.
in Beranton
as a result of business depression,
Tux
Guar destitution is reported
Tamaqua Sehool Board is negotinting
for a plot of ground on which 10 build a new
school house
Josers KussLir, a miner employed at the
York Farm Colliery
injured Ly the
blast,
at Pottsville, was fatally
premature explosion of a
Fixes Deir, loyed by the
Navigation Com
a brakeman emg
Lehigh Cosl and
from a
fell
tured and
pany,
car and bad an arm Irs
otherwise seriously inj
Tuy
was
New Evangelical Church at Newman.
town has just been completed and dedicated
A pleasing feature of the special services was
an
four
a sermon by Rev, Isane Hess, of Reading,
Evangelical pastor, who is more than
BOOTE FEHTS id,
At the last meeting of the Heading School
Board $f was deci
the public
ied to
teach typewritiog in
schools. An additional amount of
philosophical apparatus was also ordered for
department, which it is
the natural i
strengthen in
science 5
the intention of the board 1
every way.
Keven and
disastrous
death
wrestle bos pas ened 4
peop! tnrued to
several were badly injured by a
fire at Deaver
While
BILE A at Easton,
Frank Remnerer severed an
artery and ble
New Holland
ir Greepland and the
A passenger car
RBaliroad caught fire n«
passengers 1 v with their lives
The Nations il and Varnish Asso
ciation met in |
William
itsburae.
Barrett, of Erie, a cigarmaker and
prominent leader in or circies, committed
fo B
suicide bw 2
aking p
John 8. Jromn, ¢
he
fatally injured
f Reading, a fireman
run
on
Beading Raliroad, was over and
in Bridgeport.
Amos Hydecker,
aged 5%, a prominent
#rock
Grand
Army man of
by a Pen
As Governor Pattison has signed the death
warrant
peyivanis train and killed,
o! murderer Charles Salyards and
J 1854, as the date
his execution, the prisoner's counsel bave
the case to the Board of
winted January 28
ny
decided to appea
Pardons,
Representatives of the various newspapers
ized a press club, slecting
President, A. M.
Joseph H. Appel;
Gast ; treasurer, Edward M
mittee on Constitution and
H. W. BucRius, H. H.
Hensel : George DD. Brientnall, Charles M.
A meeting will be held within
two woeks to complete the preliminaries of
8! Lancaster orga
the Joliowing officers:
Slade
secretary, C. A
Kauffman ; O«
By-laws, Paul Efe,
vice-president,
Mary Burns, an ll-yraroid girl, was
fatally burned Ly an alleged witch doctress,
Frank Clark, a 10 year-old boy, robbed a
in Pittsburg while crowds
Frank Dougherty, a 15-year-old boy, was
Mrs. Mary Williams was tortured into con-
An experiment is to be made at a Wyoming
The wrecking car of the Philadelphia »
bridge: James Parker's big gray mare,
which was pasturing in the meadows of
Bridgeport, wandered from the fleld, and at-
tempting to cross the trestie bridge over the
canal, Falling between the trestles the
animal arose and fell several times, tearing
(ff three shoes and otherwise injuring Ri
soll. Fioally it conid not move and the
wrecking onr's big crane lifted it bodily and
carried it suspended in the air fiity yards oh
a place of salety.
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644 WERE DROWNED,
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Latest Reports from the Food Dis: ricts
of Japan.
Further particulars of the recent flood in
Okayama have been received from Japan by
the steamer Delgle, pin
They show 644 denths from drowning, 444
Injured, 3207 houses washed away, 6852
houses nearly or quite destroyed, 47.499
buildings partly wrecked and 7519 neres of
land more or loss damaged, The survivers