THE NEWS, In an explosion at the Cambria Iron Works several men wera hurt,—-—-Aaron Lymau, a Hoeman, met with a horrible death in Cin: einnati by falling upon a live wire, ——Dur- glars ransacked {wo business establishments in Norfolk, Va, and escaped ——Captain Wm. J. Jones, of the ship Bidston Hill, at Newport News, Va., was held for the action of the federal grand jury for ordering a cus- tom-house inspector ¢ff his vesse'.——The Delaware State Senate passed the House bill making Margaret H. and Rosalle Wilson the jaughters and heirs of J. Edward Addicks, ——Judge Wood discharged Charles J. and Frack R. D. Meadowcroft, insolvent bank- ers, from indictment in Chicago on charge® of 1eceiving money when thay knew their bank was nsolvent Dr. J. B. Murphy, of Chicago, was elected president of the Na, {onal Association of Rallway Surgeons its session in Chicago. Herman Spar! was acquitted in the United oharge of assisting in the murder of Second Mate Maurice Fitzgerald, the bark Heaper, He former trial, and Court reversed the case, ol American was found guilty on a the United States Supreme The Knights of Pythias, at Indiana, decided {0 make war on the Improved Order Knights of Pythias, —— Ten people were killed in the cycione near Wichita, Kan. ——Ex-Cot Ciertk D. W. Sonder, who disappeared from Fort Wayne, Ind., four months ago, and went to Africa, has come back,——At Omaha, Neb,, William H. Megquies, assistant casbler of First National Bank, committed suicide by shoot. ing himselt through the bead at the residence of George Barker, president of National Bink of Commerce. ——At Taz:we!l, Tenn. Grant Doore, a tough character, was the de- fendant in a trial belore Justice Mayes, Bl Carroll was a witness, and Doo him with swearing toa lie. A quarrel en- sued, in which Doore shot Carroll, who died from the ef the wound. Doore arrested. —-—-David Kasner was arrested at Canton, O., for ing materials, mo in his possession. nts Aly the 1 the | te charged was yunterfeiting, Counterfeit. ids and Kasper is a of the lawyer Michener, of Canton, who was arrested in Massillon, April 27, for passing counterfeit gold coins, coln were found Ld onfederate Howard E. Thomas was arrested in Ph'l. Vaited States Court at Topeka, Kan., accus- ing him of sending an obscene photograph through the mails. ——The steamer A, e.t was sunk ia Lake H The first meeting of the Supreme Couneil, TUuoilormed Rank Knights in Indianap known as . geacy. with be broken, —The decision of Judge Smih the famous suit of the Stocktor Harvester and Agric ton, Cal, against the seventy-two recover $00,000 as insurance on Ever. the (oe, is, Oo th LL The pottery combin Akron-Canton Stoo Combine tural Works, in St Glenns aad to property ol years ago, Falls, other insurance mpanies, the plaintiff burned severa: rendered ia favor of the Harvester Con for the full amount. Tom Metzel, © the most-sought-lo ts in the ¢ was arrested in Chicago swind.ing the Nations war on a charge | Bank of Butte, Mon,, a week ago, out of §€000 by mosns of a forged check. XMetzel's panion, said te be Charles Whiteman or Charles Marion es caped. When arrested £4000 fa bifla were found on Metzel's person. Frederick A. Frenchy ed to death at g2id and solored, was burn- Dol. ——An un, 3 made to wreck an Wilmiagton, ’ cuccessful effort was lantie Coastiine train near Charleston, 8 — A nine-raonths’ drouth was broken in Oklahoma ——The National i laiiway Surgeons met in Chicago, ——Gover- oor Morton granted a resp te of one week 10 Dr. Parker, from New York ashore near Smith's Island tion, Virginia. The saved. ——The Central Turner, propritor, in Pottstown, Pa., on executions amounting to $14,000. Mrs. Tarner Is creditor. The nwels are £10,000, — F. Cutaiar was committed by the coroner's jury in Philadelphia for the murder of Jo- banna Logue. - ton of electrie cars as mall distributors, The Trablg Commercial Company, of Lar. amie, Wyo., bas made an assignment to EK. MM. Crumline, The liabilities are $80,000 ; as. sets nominally £100,000, The direct cause of the failure was a fire a month ago, by which the firm lost £70,000, —G. A. K Hall in Elyr.a, Ohio, was almost demolished by a terrific gas explosion. A gas jet was in some way opened without being lit, and filied the place with gas, When Janitor Martin Fider struck a mateh in the hall a heavy explosion lollowed, Flder was terribly burned. An explosion occurred in the Hagley yard of E, I. Dupont de Nemours & Co,, in Wilmington, when two of the rolling mills were blown up, shaking the neighborhood for some distance around, Fortunately, no fatalit es occurred, uo one being in the mills at the time, The C. M. Sanger Sons Company, wholesale sad. diery dealers in Milwaukee, made an assign. ment to Oscar H. Plerce, the bookkeeper of the company. The bond of the assignee was fixed at $83,000, The assignment is thé re. sult of the assassination of Emil A. Sanger who was the president of the company. a — TRAIN ROBBERS DRIVEN OFF. Worsted by a Train Crew at the Price of the Engineer's Life, The Chicago and Alton passenger train, due at Springfield, Ill, at 1230 A, M., was boarded by robbers at Carlinville, who, at a place one-half mile north of there, attacked the tralnmet and ordered them to hold up their hands, The engineer and fireman ree fused and a dosperate fight began. Six shots were fired and engineer Holmes was killed, One of the robbers was recaptured and the other two escaped, A posse was organized and started in persuit. Engloser Holmes body was taken to Carlinville, He was one of the oldest engineers on the road, The rob. bers secured nothing. A Buchannan,——-The schooner Norfolk, lils-aaving to went Crow-—+ix men Hotel, William W, was closed by the shernifl the Tae steam yacht Oaelda, which arrived at New York from Nassau, N, P., reported that when off Hatteras she saw the bark Wm. H Dietz, bound from Brunswiek for Philade. phia, on fire and abandoned, This Is proba bly the vessel reported by the steamer Dune i TEN KILLED. Kansas Cyclone Spreads Ruin in Its Narrow Path. A Whirling Black Cloud Struck the Farming Country South of Pat. terson, Kans, and Left Noth- ing Standing In its Way, 2in, and loss of life were crowd Friseile whicl aado’s pathway, ~ Favs doe mits Jounal oa Mrs BStinet The b celiar barnessed and unb family of four were all Killed A weal-tn Fe was Leld at Halstead unt passed, ind passenger train onthe Santa the st Where it crc ssel the track te.e. graph lines, poles, wires and all were swept away, The train w wrecked bad th # the bh uid certain it gone abead. pees destroyed were orchards, &e., is lined wiih whiie the pathway ol the storm carcasses of dead horses, bogs, and other animals, The joss will be great, as the district ited was settied by well-to-do {armer, A — WAR IN THE EAST AT AN END. Between China and Japan. Important advices indicating the termina tion of the war between { ina and Japan were received in Washington. of negotiations are ia Do respect the information leads to positive impressions that the war Is practically over, an 1 izh Is given in them to clearly presenta 8i aad a {a thorough cOnsONANCe with the United Press reports of an early settlement of the war in the east, Not among the jeast inter. esting facts contained in the assurance re coived in Washington, is 1.4 Hung Chaag has been instructed by the imperial dynasty to make his immediate return to Pekin, the in. structions themselves growing out of thesug- gestion from the peace ambassador acing in his capacity as minister { leaipotent ary, und the meaning whereof is to be instructed only in the light of indicating that upon h's ar. rival at the Chinese seat of government final and decisive action will be taken in ex ‘hang- ing ratifications of the peace treaty & ready in virtual existence, Few other facts are conveyed in the ad- vices citing these facts, but an interesting one in keeping with the assertions that a peaceful solution of the war has been reach. ed is oontained in the fact that Hon, John W. Foster, ex-Secretary of State, whose dip- lomatie funotions have, it is considered, had appreciable weight on both sides in the set. tement of the all-imporiant disputes, leit Pekin and Is expected to arrive in Washing. ton about the latter part of June, coming by way of Cheloo and Tien-Tela, In official quarters in Washington, these faots, limited as they are in detailed clrbum- stances, seem clearly to indicate i nearer ap, pronch to a definite pence than any that has been heretofore presented. en ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE. The Rev, C. TU, Starkweather, an Epis. opal minister, has been elected Mayor of Buperior, Wis. He declares himself in favor of open saloons Sunday, men's clubs,’ Rov, W, 8B, Langfo'd, secre ary of the Doard of Missions of the Episcopal Chuarob, Lenrs a striking reser ter, for whom cailing them ‘‘poor viance to Bishop Pot. Dr, gestures ate very like those of his ccolesinstical superior, Mr. Arthur Ballou gol! 1 practicing Terrace, he is often mistaken, Laagford’'s precise mode of speech, and unconscious mannerisms with He has been » in Cariton House of Mr. Robert Lowe used to ride a bieyele, no Parliamentarian of the first rank hus patronize content r as an outdoor on bieye under Akers-Douglass, the approving eye Rince 1 that steed till now, Mr, Balfour's exampie is likely to be d to the ax on- sively followe iisgust of London cabmen, Sigeau, chief of the Pondos, who Is about 30 yoars of age, bas j st Tow: AVWIL been visiting Cape He was greatly His gr powned as the an in Eu fas still much to impressed with what Le raw, Faka, was ro- in Poodoland, Bigean is clad garments, but He Is very ied do earn, super- stitious, and was accom pi his sight. seeing excursions by his witehi-doctor, Lieutenant Loals M. SBtoddar, who was an wer on board the Monh at tho time of sr historic fight with the Merrimac, is a werved of three the of- man f Oi » } t are living— 1. M. Btod- as the three ier ther every sconces. isd in Cr hi Teoreau, mrape, towa jall horesau ihe ialle fense was to bt, which be refused on prioecipie. “I sald Mr. pever beoerd a maz tuples, WURK AND WORKERS the operators O., that they sirikers Dave as both the mi In New York 2 sirike in obedience 10 aa i ote on’ Progressive Union. The Work went od Lor o aer ol trike is for an increase of in the rate of wages over i inst year, oyed at the Germania, Pa the Wheel. BAYES mines of Snr , Ch 4 ing division strook against a reduction in the miniog rate from 62 to 60 cents, Mr. Floerishelm says be will Lezin to import mea. The North worksare at I Braceh Steel Company, whose aville, Mountoar county, Pa. wii soon start u which bas been 1853, owing to the better prices now asked by bloom aad billet manufacturers, A meeting of delegates from essemer Steel plant, since its const uetion io the Drother. of Illinois, In- , Ohio, Kentucky and West Virgiuia is Chlel Bar. goat and reoreiacry Aracid are present to ex- emplify the new ritual for the second degree, Samuel K. Wilson, the mii Trenton, N. J., whose em- been on for the past ration of the second hood of Locomotive Firemen diag at which ia session in Cincinnati, foaaire woolen manufacturer of ployes have a slrike seven weeks for the rest 10 per cent, reduction made in their wages inst fall, met a delegation of the striking ‘weavers, and consented to their demands, A TORNADO IN OMAHA, os Demolished and Persons Hurt Before Daylight northern part of Omaka, Nob, pumber of dwellings and and destroying many trees, Bevel persons are reported in. jured, The storm only struek the earth for A mo ment and then rebounded into the air. Its sotrse was from northeast to southwest; It was abut a block in width and only covered a territory of about four blocks long. Some of the residents who saw it from a vantage of three or four blocks away said that as ue rly ae could be seen in the darkness it iooked as though a bunch of clouds came swirliag through the air from the northeast and after striking the cottages bounded lato the alr like a ball Outside of the Immediate neighborhood of the devastation the wind was no greater than it was 1a other portions of the city, Immedl- ately alter the greatest force of the wind had sutaided rain fell in torrents 81. Jossrn, Mo. —A severe rain, bail and wind storm struck this city, Lite damage was done, but north of here, where tho storm was mors severe, it ia feared the bail injured the frult orop. The rain was badly needed. Ln a aI AAA SAA Amalie Rives-Ohanler has Jost her sylph, ike proportions and ls said to be growing stout, Mrs. Chanler recently visited Ban Franoisco, where she made the oustomary ‘rip through Chinatown and then departed, the demoiishiag 8 A tornado struck outhouses Co —— Causing Heavy Loss of Life and Property in France, OVER A HUNDRED DROWNED. Million of Tons of Water Let Loose on a Peaceful Valley to Carry Death and Destruction in Its Course Help for the Afflicted People. By the Bouzey in of the great dyke at bursting { the Vosges, the Epinal district of France, the whole Aviere Valley has beon laid in ruins, over a hundred lives have been lost and millions of dollars’ of property One hundred fiiteon deaths have already been re bodies have been recovered, It worth i and sorted } poried, but destroyed Mie fifty believel that the death jist will be greatly of QXCcH-8 the d It is sup- into fr in the figures above given when all tricts devastated are heard from. posed that many of the dead were swept ' iso.ated places, where it will be a long belore the | s are found, yi The volume ol water dyke Is estimated break was made 1 this breach ‘he w { waler swept if wreckage many pisces Lhe early out of tbe ground and th curred will bo very heavy. 4 he viere, a small owstream, is now » places a mile and a half The wiue, raliway aul places los sintion were pt away and ul Nearly every | »od was either damaged that they w The co ’ wt d £23 msirgclion os ie yeas 1d 2 Le Germ i Paris, was meieas due utributed by Heine bas sont which will be appl lerers, The prefect of th all the districts affected bas organized the employe roads, and will HOON As Pr gs ible regio aided by military, im ia oT nmunication, a0 3 smployes and - ! | immediately search for the dead and bury all the dead saimals they may fin The municipal authorities are working un. seasingly order out of the chaos prevailing. 9.0 persons from the near-by towns and surroundiag country visited the scene of distributing elie] and making Over 50.- hie the disaster, enc sis DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES. 81% men were kille! and several injured by the eollapse of an amphitheatre surrounding a cockpit at Hualta, Mex, A despatch that Henry DBarnrenter, a who was bitten by a oat six weeks ago, died from 12-year-old boy, after suffering two days from hydrophobia Ix Providence, BR. 1., an electric ran into a wagon, in which was a party of young Emily Handy, 12 years old, was probably fatally injared, and four seriously, Tillie Ransche, the 6-year-oll o! George Rausch, who was taken 1 after eating some “April fool’ candy, died in New York. The child showed symptoms of ar. senical poisoning. Tug Brothers of Nazareth Home, on the priory farm, at Chestnut Ridgs, N. Y., was destroyed by fire. The children wore ali gotton salely out of the building. The loss will exoced £30,0.0, §1x tons of nitro-glyocerine in the factory of the Ohio and Indiana Torpedo Compacy, at Lima, O., exploded. Many windows were broken and other damage was done to the bu dings, but no person was injured. Tag towboats Onward and IL N. Bunton struck the Norfolk and Western Raliroad bridge at Kenova, W. Va, wi ecking 13 barges and sinking 13,000 bushels of coal, The loss will amount *o about £30,000, Tux Navy Department received a telegram announcing thrt Coxswain John Johnson was killed on the new cruiser Olympia, off San Diego, en Wednesday, by an accident happening to a five-inch-rapid-fire gun, Captain Wilkie, of the steamship Bowden at Baltimore, from Port Antonio, Jamaica’ reported a large steamer, apparently atout 2,500 tons, ashore at Caps False, Bouth of Cape Henry. She was lylog broad.ide on the shore and was rolling heavily, Charles Wheeler, of Dexter, Me, and Charles J. Kolley and his wife, of Berlin Falls, was ssphyxintod by escaplog illumi. oating gos In a hotel at Concord, N. H. Kel ley, who was on his welding trip, is in a aritical condition, Wheeler, who was resuscitated, sald he bad blown out the gas CAT people, PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS. Epitome of News Gleaned From Various Parts of the Stats Beoator White arousel bis chairman ecolieaguoes by ol Mauy bills were acted upon accusing commiites | Lillis, i i J ir ast bye pocieing in Lot branches, Ia the new Legislative apportionment bill most changes aflzci the Western part of 1 EBtate, The dispute cn Bible reading in the Waver- ly Bebool Loard will azain Le re. erred to the Lackawanoa Courts, The Pennsylvania elected oi Funeral Directors Assc cers a ciation Pits rie nt per at Wiliam Baliz tel ke Laucas- by lesr gm ¢ ler, wa ghiot oanded orinilly w Adam Berish his discharged bartender Wile-mus« Char es Garrat i advisors, s instituted at Holliday ® sale of the ros na, Ci ' Therelis a good bit lof : box at the cl feed JUUg ° James Hen Wilkes -Bar © Reich, By a fall of rock Patrick Noone was ins.antly kille injured. Noone and lin Scranton, and his laborer slightly nlx cagaged ia Lis rer Tere whes a siab of rock over five pearly six inches thick fo out of Noopo's body, He age and married. Six driver boys at the Ash Colliery the Work Ded ha struck work bacause they i todo yi spraggers and wanted spragger’s pay for it. 81.65 aday. Four hundred men are out of work as a result of the strike, Hon. Mor- an B. Williams, vice-president of the com- pany, said the emp oyees’ demands would wot be allowed. 80 mar but thirty-four passed by the Logislature, of these six bave ween vetood Ly Governor and the re- wainder were approved. samuel acs have been the Carpenier, suspected of killing Mra Blackwell, at Phillipsburg, tried to kill bimsel! in the Easton Jail iwo women and a podceman were ser- fousiy hurt and four houses were wrecked Ly a natural gas explosion in Wilkinsburg Secretary Elge, of the State Board of Agriculture, says that in bis high prics of beel is unwarranted. Fire in Pittsburg caused a loss of £20,030 and it is thought a sick man was burned to death, John H. Sprow, one of the best foundry men in Chester county, died at his residence 2410 West Third sireet, of lockjaw, ihe re suit of injuries received. Mr, Sprow fell while boarding a car in Philadelphia, break- ing a flager, and receiving injuries about the neck. He was brought home when lock. jaw set in. While walking on the Pennsylvania Rall read tracks west of Lancaster, William Haines was murderously assauliel, He be- easme unconscious and when found by a track wa ker blood was flowing irom a wound in his abdomen and his body was otherwise mutilated, He oan give no de scription of his assailants aad the objest of the attack is a mystery, as Do attempt was made to rob him. He was brougat to a hos pital and his condition is eritiaal EIGHTEEN YEARS IN PRISON. Train Robber Morgan Refused a New Trial by a Virginia Court. The Supreme Court of Appeals refused a writ of error in the oase of the Acquia Creek train robber, who was arrested in Cincinnati and taken to Stafford county, Va., for trial This settles it and Morgan must go to the penitentiary for eighteen years, No power cna now save him escept the Goveraor a Fire in a Pitisburg A frame dweill in the East End, Weaver and bis family, three lives were lost, Mr. Weaver was 11 with typhoid fever and could not Le t Frederic of the © he other victims were Vm, Mitchell, a purse, who was Ir. Weaver, He remained it 1a the he with Ls eX sving him, asc t rgd A 1 Lis own with great difficu lition Ir Says He Has e to say what plish, Ali I can say 1 have I shall give to Police Comr view to the we | nisvosta of ti nierests of th strikers and MARKETS. BALTIMORE. GRAIN, ETO 'R~Balto, Best Pat} High rade EXira,.. WHEAT, 2 Bed..... STHAW Hye in car Ids.. Wheat BlookS...ecevess Ont BloCKS. co veens sss CANXED GOODS. TOMATOES—8tnd. No, 3 Np 9 Se0ODAS. cco coverrassnine CORN—Dry Pack..coceee Molst.oosconnsss EIDES. CITY STEERSB..cccvensesl CIty COWB.oossscorsnnes southern No. seteran Sig POTATOES & VEGETABLES. POTATOES—Burbanks..$ ONIONS. ccoveessrssssnnss Re o en nm Qe 40 PROVISIONS. HOGEPRODUCTS-shids.$ Clear ribsides.... conve Hamas... Mess Pork, per bar..... LARD—Crude...ccovvvese Best refined. ccocensnsrve BUTTER. I'TTER-—Fine Crmy....5 Under fine Creamery L EE Rolls. cavene CHEESE. CHEESE-N.Y. Fancy...§ 12 N. Y.fat8.coovercessnes 124 Shim Cheese. cove irene 6 EGGS. EGOB—State..ccvvvissend North Caroling. ..ceeese @ 8 122 8 10 LIVE POULTRY. CHICKENS-—Hens. ... cc 8 Ducks, per B..cicianse TOBACCO. Infer's.$ 150 30 11 TOBACCO--M4. Sound COMMON. ceesenee S00 MidAlnG. « «evs sesesrses 800 FanCY cosccccasssssasass 1000 LIVE BTOCK. BEEF-—Best Beeves......8 500 Good to Fair...c.ceeeee 475 SHEEP. .csssessvcrnrsanin 300 Hogs 400 FURS AND SKINS, MUSKRAT.ccocvrrnnneesd Raccoo! 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