THE NEWS. An unsuccessful attempt was made to hold up a train oa the Bt, Louis and | 00 road near Eureka, Mo, express messonger san Francls- A robber and an exchanged shots, and both were wounded. ——W. H. Metealf and W. H. MeNutt, wire tappers and swindlers, were arrested in Chicago on charges of for. gery and obtaining money under false pre. tenses, There is a colored man in Evans. ville, Ind., whose skin is turning white, —— The ship Shandon, which had long been overdue, arrived at Honolulu in distress, At Bucyrus, O,, a west-bound freight on the Pennsylvania broke in the two other parts collided, a car of oll and one of gasoline took fire and consumed hall the train, also destroying 500 feet of track, Four tramps were stealing a ride oan the oil car, end all were burned to death.——Henry Dohme shot and killed his wife in Chicago, and fatally wounded himself, sald to have two; about Jealousy is crime, Fire at Marion, Ct, destroyed $125,000 worth of property in the business part of the town, One of the principal losses was the and bank building, estate caused the gas plant owned by the Daniels £40,000, with insurance of $35, 000. of the Banta Fe before the United Fire destroyed Dakota. The Four hundred road refused to States Court at Topeka, the town of Lamore, North A RU anxious to go to work in St. Paul. Tufts, head posta elerk of the Rook Island road, reste 3 at Chieago on the charge of theft, Rev, ried at Ke employes appear men are Benjamin F. has been ar- . Bireh, an old preacher, was mar komo, Indiana, in bed, —The Noten sawmill at Wilkesbarre, burned; £15,000. An effort was made to rob the grave Jackson at the Hermitage, Nashville, ~The loss by th Chicago is $1,963,000, killed and six injured in a at Detroit, The state convention, headsd by W. Y. Atkinson Two killed and a Philadeiphia fire, In the primary at Ri nd, Va, C George DD. Wise was defeats od 1 for ( Col. Tazewell Ellett, of Richn John Harris, eme in the Was Pa., wa unsuccessful of Andrew twelve miles fron 1 % 1088 e lumber fire a One firemen Georgia nominated for govern firemen were five hm fessor Carter of Latin sity, Va, 1s « aged Worth, whe the tice on Sunday at Om tialed. A supplemental bill was tempt case tors of the the order o gasin the Coal miners were h swept fend, » gave filed gainst Debs to incl Piym erts and near throu ~Join C, Johnson, for secretary of the Phil change, at his Several packing-house Orr, a suicide in Der HO XBT of Virg mostly in gold bonds, in 8 nail k the latter had kep is valued at $30,000 and Western Railro August 1. Major jured by he Julius were Waite has withdrawn the Creek, Col teenth an adelphia, The h ado, - John of the Chicago B William and Canton, Miss, by an ex; near Chic hers in the Omaha ) -David M. known architect ; Sedpon Ado Spri wel Ver srs of inia, I ind in raos at Greenburg Minnie bathing, and drowned while crops In Color. id member Frank Be were Three workmen we n of dynamite in aston the men f Arm redu was no strike, glern Ia was ou # at « red fii The hicago teen per cent. There main building of the Northw College at Watert Wia lightaing and burned; loss $40,000; in were JWI, small, — Farmers in Indiana wheat to bh ports fom China say the missionaries th ~ Madison was banged at Norfolk for John Ix Cross Creek ( putting the longing to the company on ball time, Nine thousand men are affected, —-Dr. F. Oppelt, a pupil of Hahnemann and a skilled died in the aimshouse at eighty-seven years, are snd selling their corn, Brown, the murder of - Orders were jssued by the f Hazleton, collieries be. are in danger, liard, oal Company, © Pa. employes in all the chemist, Jethiehom, aged The speaker of the Newloundiand legisla. ture was unseated by the court because he had without av- thority and had treated voters, Tne Chi ago grand jury reported that gambling pre- vailed in the city, and that the keepers are being protected by the police, The sinims of the property owners on Grand Boulevard, in Chicago, have been sent to Washington by General Miles, Fifty thousand dollars is the aggregate amount asked by the owners of the properties damaged by the explosion of the artillery calgon July 16. <The board oMeers appointed by General Miles, it is said has re commended the payment of nearly all the elaime in full Wm, H. Bright was shot by Barney Murray in Buffalo, N, ¥. He will probably die. Applieation was made for the appointment of a receiver for the Rocka. way Valley Railroad compan A petition was presented from stockholders of the com. pany, complaining that the rosd was mis managed: that the company had no aswts, and that its liabili.des amount to more than £200,000. The chancellor of New Jersey ap. pointed ex-Governor G. C., Ludlow. ——Er« press Messenger Stewart and a eclored pore ter wore badly hurt in a wreek on the Alas bama Great Southern road, near Trenton, Ga. no passengers hort, A Chinese [aun dry trust was formed at Albaoy. BE. M. Hammond, a lawyer, who attained somo kind of fame while a member of the florida Legislature by leaving a party of members opposed to the election of Benator Call in orossing over Into Georgia to break a quoram and evade the Sergennt-at- Arms, has mst renounced the law and entered the Methodist ministry. expended public money FOREST FIRES C—O At Least 1 Persons Perish in the Phillips Fire, STORY OF THE FATAL RAFT. Men, Women and Children Fleeing From the Flames, Rushed Unon the Raft, Which Speediiy took Fire and Left Them to Perish, All that is known of & certainty forty-eight hours after the destruction of the town of Phillips, Wis, regarding the loss of human life in the flaming sea is that sixteen persons per- ished by fire and water in the burning of the raft on which they sought an escape from the flames on the Bayou, The most conservative estimate of the loss made by the principal sufferers Is £1,500 000, one-third of which falls on the Davis Lu ompany. The charred body of many victims are expected to be found in the debris of the big lumber yard near the bridge which was burned over fled ler the flery and mber C Women and when ne bridge fell un: children thera wave, It omen ehildren perished in the flaming masa. A sembiance of order was created out of the smoking Governor Peck and his staff and relief parties with provision from Marshfield and Ste Point, The were welcomed more than exeapt thirty-seven vans Ail bulldings are in ashes, At ared of forest a the cer daybreak a dense smoke covered hun red miles SGUars, a iter was this desolate flre.swent lit city. More than 2.500 persons have fled sar by. 1 relief trains reached 8 o'clock, One was in rege W, Peck and Blevyens NOreaux An ie ym Marsh pham, flal feld, he eral [ouss Was open that are left st suildines fn the ¢ yulidings in the { is no way of esti bridge waen Sway ver been told, bensive Bollea, ing sear al yon narrative a lumbe Mmthouse when a nur shildren cams toward ge ir men following 1 attempted to pash a iS caught small boats and others re All these perished. As boats were overloaded they The ned to the water's edge, Governor Pook discovered that a saloon yutside the city limits was open and several sank. The Governor wa the saloon, A made by appropriating The local relief commit. statement to the pablie, sheriff to of has issued a for their liberal contributions TO KEEP THE TROOPS OUT. to Curb Federal Actin in Strikes Benntor Allen to-day introduced a bill pro- or naval forces ol ww, unless the it the Legislature is not in session and caunot be convened in time to make application. The use of the military as a posse comita- tus to mid in the services of any writ by a Federal Court or iis officers is also prohib. fted until the civil forces and the State militia shall have been exhausted. The sams provision as the last mentioned is also made io the protection of commerce and the mails in session, or if it can be couvened, or of ———a KILLED BY STRIKTIRS. One of a KNumber of Altsmgh to Kill Baginesr is Paceesslul sss the new enginesrs on the Chicago & Eastern Hlinols who took the places of strikers, Cabs have been fired into the past week. Albert Burns, an engineer, whoss home is at Galesburg, was shot in his cab at the june tion, near Danville, Lil, dying shortly after FIFTY-THIRD CONGRES3 FENATE. In the Benate the Viee Presi- Mr. Allen introduced a bill to provide for the issue of 8560,000,000 in treasury notes, to be distributed pro rata among the states “for the relief of the needy poor.” The report of the conferees on the Agricultural Appropriation bill, announcing agrecment on all the amendments but the one appropriating €1,060,000 for the bx. termination of the HRHussinn (histle, was agreed to. The Benats inaisted on this nmount, and sent the bill back to conference, The Hoss joint resolution further extending the approprintions until August 14th was passed, 1801 Day. —In the Benate the last of the appropriations bills, the general defleiency, wis reported and ordered to be printed, The House bill to provide for a uniform system of bankruptey was reported by Mr, George, who gave notice he would eall it up for con- sideration Monday next, The House bill to subject to State taxation national bank notes and United St tronsury notes was called up, but its Immediate consideration being sbjected to by Mr, Bherman, the bill went over until tomorrow 18811 Dax, dent presided, auton 18018 Day, ~The Reonte discusses in question before the was the Sundry Civil bill, which was d at odd moments througl the that & great many im- endments were adopted, Final » bill was not reached, however large number of amendments out portant an action on the wing to the 191er Day. The Senate passed the Bundry An amendment was adopted to in. ase the quarantine fund from $644,000 to 1.000 000 I'he PFéasiad i 34 1 introduesd by Mr, Chandier lool y investigation of the Dominion Coal Company was. Inid before the Senate, 21 rise to A sharp Mr. ¢ u ore 192%p Day. } the Mena th 100 DROWNED. Japanese Gunners Send Deadly Bullets into the Enemy. THE VICTORS ARE ELATED. Only Forty Chinese Soldiers Sur= Vived the Sinking of thair Ship- Many Kilied Before She Went Down-Army and Navy Re- serves Called Out. A despateh from London difficulty of obtaining ticence of Oriental Any varying reports from the in the East, , Eng. says: The news, to the re. led to the sent of war confirmed from owing officials, has but pow it is Japanese over the Chinese fleet was in a decisive one, XN itael! arly 1,700 Chinese troops wont down on the Kow-Sung were swept by Japaness gu A disp hinese warship after its decks bh from Shangh Ta the which was cap- that Khan, p of Round Isiand, is a vessel of an iipped poorl though completely outs , the troog B86 orijser hie 4 » get away 1 their Killed be. 1,700 men rest salely § eoliacte] at the ports ior ¢ and grain bride raer, ANN, t 8 dis 1% Siale mn tae mrged a drive one of his wag mpanying the resumed at the West MU” wnuk shiopa of the 8t, Paul Railroad Co pany, giving employment i Thin plant wt sunod with 1.GOO men y B00 mon. is Nes Milwaukee, haa re s and the Fully-Warren Biove works with 400 Eth, ii Ix the conte mpd proces § associates, 18% against Debs in Chicago, Judges Woods (3roas ip inaidad that the answer lofen ants was fot fihe goonelusive, and that tos. tony in support of the information would be recived, Sit 8 Newrox, Master of the Drother- f Railway Tr on for the disiriot between and including Dasion and Troy, has received orders from 8, EK. Wilkiason, Grand Master, to for expulsion any member of the Order whostruek In sympathy with the A, EK 1 Tur Receivers of the Atehison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad have decided to ome Ploy no more man who are mombors of labor Unions, and discharge employees who retain membarship in “any organizaiion that could bo in any way prejudicial to the wellare «f the road.” Ovea 1,200 Italians, employed by Contras. tors Woolfolk and Sillery, of the New York, Now Haven and Hartford Rallroad improve. monts, at Mount Vernon and Pelhamville, N. , Btrack against a reduc ion of wages from $110 a day to 95 cents. Rioting was begun, tut the strikers were driven off by a strong foros of pelics. and the leaders of the strike were arrested — on TERRIFIC HAILSTORM. Five or Ten Thousand Acres Stripped of All Growing Crops. A severe hailstorm did much damage in Btovens county, Minn, The townships of Framnas, Swan Lake and Darnan, and south toward Hancock saffored most, From five to ten thousand acres wore completely stripped of all growing crops, while a greater amount of jerritory was partially destroyed rainm report country much damaged. This is the third 0 wine Josuliny, ai the lous ly for Shai ro son sewn Arveraly fut mkitary 2 t against the atta on board ol b When the vous 4 be confy that prevailed no att ade to lower an al AYE Sars the small boats, t oven had sach sooald bh vied only mall percen sf those board, port, whi on § ard the trans- Every foreigner on tv sh had been ch nt from an English e her kilied 2 be fighting or went lown with the vessel when she Teundered, Only a short time #iapsed Letween the ex the foundering of went down sods Inland, at which place artered by the Chine vers AN PAnY was oil piosion of the torpedo and tha transport, The denly near Shopiont your her, AI FATAL EXPLOSION IN CHICAGO, Three Men Killed by un New Esplosive—~The Inven. tor Injured. Charles H, Rudd, who was in charge of a party of men blasting rock at Doelse & Shop. herd's Hawthorne stones works, brought a new invention of his own, which he called “Raddite,’ for blasting purposes, to the yards and announesd that he would make an experiment at noon. His men were slanding about bins when a charge of giant powder was plated in a hole which had been drilled into the rook, In some mannes anknown the powder became Ignited and a tareité explo sion followed, killing three and injuring two thors, a—— sans HAWAIIANS ACQUIESCENT. i — Bexrosly Any Lack of Popular Agroemens With the Rew Government, — The following Honolulu advices per the Alameda srrived at San Franeiseo: “Since the proclamation of the republic perfect quiet has reigned, Royalists protests have ceased and the general situation is perfect fo gilesteeth ‘the probent | orn of govern. election ill prota be het in Oetober, ns ore mored, bowover, that two sberet conlersn ces have been held na week betwe and native royalists, looking to a restoration PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS Fyitome of Bews Gleans) from ef tho Btata Varions Pay Pittston police are engaged In ferreting out an alleged mafia, Beven arrests have made, It is reported that two men have been killed and others are Reading captured most of the prizes at the Mt Gretna musical fete, Three been “marked” YOOoRiinls persons were seriously injured by and the house of J. H. Bream was burned, Great damage was done to erops by bail ia Laneaster and Erie counties, Btrikers tried to prevent work at Valley coke ovens of the Frick Company by destroy- ing with dynamite a section of water pipe. The 8 the alleged saunty jal at Doyles tified that be drank b the A serious Damoaratie #t the moet] tate Board of Charities investigated mismanagement of the an ser with the Sheriff and Wa. COBYIeL Los. jatior, row WAS ng of the Franklin County Com. fizht between Harrity and Harrlty committenmon resulted in favor of grand the breach in the party has bly widened, Faysite( rie armon and was drive Kid Dim, Lrensure 1 Wilkes-Barre to serve a senler pag atl Bleeit logs, General Manager Felton the Pennsylvania Steel Works Felix Nelsance while visiting frien became violer iy is at Port Bowkley and nto DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES. im "Tamourl BMALL-POX Tr the town of Batheriord, J. SOUTHERN oh A is suffering Ir drought anc epidemic in yn Aa excessive pro- ionged heat wave, Taner bricklayers and a boy were killed al Winona, Minnesota, caving in of thie walls of a cistern, Taree workmen were instantly killed and wo more fatally injured Ly the fail of an pievator in the Clausen and Price Brewery Baliding in New York city. Josix Corriss, a gardeaer, and Maggie Collins, his daughter, aged 16, was mortally wounded, at Cunningham, Alabama, by a young son of Collins, them for bargiam, A Grand Rapids and Indiana passenger train, southbound, was wrecked at La Otte, ladiana, by someone who had driven a stake into a frog. None ol the passengers were seriously injured. A Cuicaso express on the Big Four road collided with a ireight engine at Grilliths Ohio, killing Frank Taylor, the fireman on {relight engine, and throe tramps on the head end of the mali ear. Several of the tralnmen and passongers wero injured, Tux south and north bound freight trains a the Texas and Pacific Railroad were in collision at Towe, City, Texas, Michael Volts, Cuosaries Hollund, KY. Dee, posts] clorks; Edw. Grigim, engineor; Prodedick Marshall, Apress messenger; James Jones, porter, and die fireman, name unknown, and a tramp ware killed, Avvices have reached Saltillo, Mexico, of x cloud burst in the mountains 0 the Pietra District, southwest of that city A number of houses of ranchmen and several herds of saeep were washed away by the torrent of water that rushed down the mountain ravines, Fifteen men ave known to have boon drowned, by ihe YOO mIsLOoK Goneral Dooth, of the Salvation Army and bis captains of either sax have bosn ofMisiaily deciared to bo ministers of religion CABLE SPARKS. Tux Freneh anti-anarchist bill was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies by a vole of 208 to 164, M., Deoruaner, n French Deputy, has chal. lenged M. Clomeuos an upon au's newspaper, La Jus- aa for attack him fn MM. Chl Lice, ETC Canora gpreading in Galicia Is rapidly i i the western district of Cre eastern districts near the Bis Witriam the Xowloun fied for corrupt cannot he inte at the bend of disnd povernment Warre WAY. , Was disqualis practices at tie elec id office for three years, Nonwroiax sealers believe that the st ip of Captain Nunsen's Aretie erushis expedition has beeg The Jas bans En { Tromsos « iin the jee, kson expedition i its north, way Novros, former! Banox . y Bussian consul at Roenigsberg, bas been expelled from Guar. many lor secretly inspecting the i fort worls at Pillay, accompanied by a Russian admi Gozo Tarexo, Japanese minister at Las boen recalied Ly the home skino, who was ¢ Vern appoints is are reg £31 Wes t si Bpsin, RE-OPENED Bouth Ca DISPERSARIES oling. Tillman Balossmen. ¥ bite Penn HAY Choice Tim why (ood to Prime. .... STHAW —Kye in ca? Wheat Blocks... 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