THE NEWS,
Joseph SBegrose committed sulelde in Hazle-
ton, Pa., by throwing him-eif in front of a
passenger train at Audenried. He was ground
to pieces, Segrose was we'l known through.
out the country. He recently came fato pos-
session of considerable mosoy, and it is be.
lieved this caused him to lose his reason, ——
In the Mercer County Court of Quarter Ses-
sions, in Trenton, N. J., Judge Woodruff, on
motion of Judge Peasley, coun:el for John
L. Kuser, indicted for conspiracy against the
state in connection with the German print-
fog contracts, granted a rule to show cause
why the indic:ments should not be quashed.
we EX-Congressman Dorsey has beea in-
dicted by the Federal Court in Omaha, Neb,,
for falsifying national bank records at the
First National Bank of Ponea. An indiot.
ment last November was quashed, —— By the
the Walden
seven miles west of
coliision of two trolley cars on
and Orange Lake road,
Newburgh, N. Y., niue men were severely in-
Jurel Motormans Eugene Clary may le
obliged to undergo the amputation of a leg.
The col islon cecurred at the
valley, the grade both ways being steep.
the bottom of
made an assignment to George EK. Peasley,
Bills payable are 91,473,
$11,800, ~The West Virginia
suit for $100,000 acainst the Standard Ol!
Company aud for $50,000 r gainst the Eureka
K. Pearson, of Chicago, who
announced at the close of the commence.
ment exerches that he would give
Leahman fatally wounded Lis wileat Wilkes.
barre, Pa., by shouting ber in the left breast,
The would-be murderer irled to e cape, bat
was arrested, and placed in jall. ——Execu*
the Altoona Produce Company, a
wholesale house, The liabilities are esti.
mated at $15,000, — Grasshoppers haveap-
peared insuch quantities in certain sections
of Nebraska as to interfere with railroad
travel. —— Daniel Stetzel, of Kutztown, Pa,
was murdered while returniug to his father's
bouse, ——Polies Inspector McLaughlin has
been sentenced to two years and six months
ian which to settles
cyclone passed
Piatte, Neb, destroying much
and demolishing mapy houses, Ben Young.
a promicent farmer, was carried with his
house a long d and was
Ten prisoners, four of them murderers, tun.
neled their way out of the county jall at Pop
lar Bluff, Mo, and all but one are sill at
large. One of the murderers was captured.
Mrs. Alabama Kaootts, was struck bya
rain near York, Pa, and killed,
B. T. 8S. Hastings, aged twenty-'hree years
shot a girl named Trixie 8t, Clair, at
dusky, O., kiling her {cstantly, and then at-
tempted suicide,
in Cleveland, O.,
Convention,
Is allowed him
affairs, — A
North
up his
terrible over
stance, killed,
sane
— Delegates are gathering
to the National Eepubiican
fecretar umphrey stated
ecretary Humphrey \
celebrated the one hundred and twentieth
saniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill with
parade The boilers at the water works
plant at Union City, Tenn,, exploded, killing
Engineer Carman instastly and injuring
other persons, — A big b. lier in the Unlon
Cotton Press building, New Orleans exploded
kill ng one man and injuring a sumber of
others, ——A certificate of Incorporation of
the Terminal Railway Company, of Buffalo
with a capital of £500 000, was filed in that
elity, ——The twenty-seveoth annual conven.
tion of the National Couneil of the Junior
Order United American Mechanics opened
in Omaha, Neb. —An armed body of! men
attempted to take possession of the Schuleldt,
Distillery, at Chieago, one of the plants of
the Whiskey Trust. They exchanged shots
with the deputy marshals on guard, and
were driven away, no one being lojured on
either side,
of grasshoppers are dying near Brighton,
Col, and thereseems to be a promase that
unknown disease or other agenoy,——As a
result of a raid made by detectives in Chi.
cago, five Canadians, all said to be burglars,
and one an ex-convict, were arrestod, They
are James Cunningham, William Settles
Patrick Loney, Albert Shape and John
Clark.
of burglars’ tools and firearms. The
men are said to have been driven outo! Can,
ada by the Dominion authorities, —— William
Nelson, postmaster at the National Soldiers
Home, at Milwaukeo, Wis, is under arrest
tharged with embezzlement of €1,180.46 of
the funds of the office, ——~C, F, Halling, who
bas been on trial several days at Johnstown,
N. Y., for the murder of Louis Kloss at Op-
peaheim last fall, was sentenced to Danne.
mora for life, — Edward Rodgers, a seaman
on the steamer Ravensdale, 8 charged, at
Chester, Pa., with stabbiog Matthew Brown,
eaptain of the steamer, ——Lawyer Bemple,
counsel of Theo, Lambert, who was to have
been hangel at Camden, N, J,, has obtained
a stay by appealing to the United States SBa-
preme Court.——Adam Lawsky was instantly
killed, and Peter Domerit so badly hurt that
he died in an hour, by the falling of 8 mass
of clay and rook in King’s stripping mine at
Eckely, Pa.—The picking establishment of
Welssinger Bros, at Mount Carmel, Pa., was
destroyed by fire, Loss $10,000,
five
A NOTABLE HANGING EVENT.
Crowds of (Country People Attracted to the
Execution of August Bergman.
August Bergman, who murdered his
brother Julius in Bterling, N. J., on February
23cd, 1893, was hanged for the erime in Mor.
ris county jail,
The exacution of Bergman was the first’
ona in eight years In Morris county, and ft
attracted a big erowd of people, Farmers
from the surrounding country drove In town
in thelr wagons, and Morrissown presented a
sort of fholiday appearance, Many of the
farmers brought thelr Junch with. them and
did not leave Norristown until after the seal.
fold had been taken down and the execution
was over,
E lison's great-grandfather lived tothe age
of 102, His grandfather died at 1(8 and one
of his aunts at 103, while his own father ls
still alive at 9)
The widow of Sir Richard Sutton, of Gen.
esta-America'’s cup fame, is about to be mar-
riled again. Lady Sutton's second will bea
slergyman-—a curate,
Miss Mindora L. Berry, of Oakland, Cal,
Is to conduct a summer school for the “due
sation of prospective missionaries to China
and Japan, She is an enthusiast on the sub-
ject of missions, and has worked as a mis.
sionary fa China herself
Dr. Claudius B. Webster, for many years
United States Consul at ShefMeld, England,
and prior t» that time principal of a young
ladies’ seminary in Norwich, Conn. is now
the old: st su viving graduate of Dartmouth
College, having bien grad uated in 1836.
Herbert Brennan, Jr., {8 the hero ol the
Loug Island Century Run which was beld last
Saturday. Young Brennan is only 10 years
of age, and he rode the century in gool style
Hs father says that the
youugster is all right and he dces not anlel-
pate any evil effects from the run
Mrs, Willlam Rockefeller will bulld a new
parsonage for the First Baptist at
Tarrytown, on the lot near the church pur.
chased by Mr. Rockefeller some time
The new parsonage will be bulit of
brick, with stone trimmings, The specifica
Yhy 2 pad
Charebh,
ago,
mattied
John Joseph Kalu, the nes Archbishop of
St, Louls, was born In Martinsburg, Va,
May, 31, 1842. pre; aratory
education at St, Charies Seminary, in How-
ard County, Md, and fin'shed kis course at
8t, Mary's Unirvereity, in Balt !
He received his
He was
Kane, of
They proicunce
their names alike,
The Macleods have Leen
the Chureh «
leading men in
f Scotland for more than a
ater I
fourth
over the general assembly,
Donald Ma
Rev. Dr
gow, bas just been chosen for that offic,
ao +
r of “Good Words,"
traveled over most of the loves
ing and fishing, is a eap:ial sto
most [asdionable
Ginggow
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INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY.
The Southern Railway to
water Terminus at
The past week i+ one of
is history of the South
now suterprises
bave been made pusile,
facturers’ Record has received
" ¢
sdrmatioa of the report that
Rallway Company w.ll make iis
and
eured control of over two miles of
'
principal
tidewat :r terminus at Norfolk bas se
walter
iront on which to erect ware wharves
Delta
mile
mies
Bens
ihe
30
an elevator and other buildings,
Construction Company will vuild
of raliroad near Now Urleans
bushel
ias0 a 52,000
two
’
presses, and ¢s ablish a new saipping point
on the Mississippl River, maki «g an iovesi-
EIain e.evalor 3.00) (on
com
ment of ov.r #1 500,000, New York parties
Are interested in it,
O:her projects reported to the Manufao-
wrers' Record during
£100,009, a 5,000 spindle, a 4,520 spindle and
ia
a $230,000
the week inc.ude a
mill North Carolina,
cotion manufacturing purpec
spladie m
ses ; in South
Carona a 60)) il, also one of
several
A $200.
£125 000
and and lum-
Arkansas, J
00J cottonseed delinter company,
umber company, a $500,000
ber company are to locale in
implement plant and a comj
which will develop 100,000 acres of coal and
timber
ny
ny
land wii locate in Tennesses; while
£50,000
company and
Virginia re.
por.s £200,000 lumber company, also severa
new of mills and raw mills, Io Mississippi
a £100,000 development company is to begin
operations; while new enterprises in Florida
Texas enterprises
company, £5,000 coiton oll
Weat
inciude
lumber
works for
ice plants and
The activity in bulidiog is
75,000 chureh propos«d at
umber mills,
ing at Galveston, Tex.
New
£6).
Ia;
0 ofMle bulld.
Orleans, and hotels in
EN ——
SHE GAVE THEM POISON.
Then Takes a Fatal Do.e Herself
farmer, (near Bhelisburg, Iowa, polsoned
hersell and three of her six children. Hho
was known to be insane, All four died. Mrs
Gillis started out of the house witha 4 yoar-
iew rods from the door she fell to the ground
where both were found dead, Her husband
was feeding stock at the time,
EXPLOSION IN NEW ORLEANS.
Clement B. Penrose, Manager of the Union
Cotton Press.
One of the boilers of the Union Cotton
Presa, situated at the corner of South Peters
and Terpsiohore sireots, exploded while be.
ing tested. Mr. Clement B. Penrose, man.
ager of the press, was Instantly killed and
thirteen others were Injured. The walls of
the boller house fell in, The cause of the ex-
plasion 1s unknown,
Mr. Penrose was a prominent citizen. He
WAS a part owner of the compress and was a
member of the school board,
I —
STAGE ROBBERS GET $6,000
Masked Mexicans Kill the Driver of an
Arizona Coach.
The stage runnlog from Dishes to Naoae
sari, Sonora, was held up, halfway bstwoeen
the two points, In Mexico, by five masked
Moxioans.
‘They killed the driver and secured $6,000,
ns
EL GANAL FETE
Hamburg Full of Kings, Princes
and Grand Dukes.
OUR WARSHIPS THERE.
Formal Openingofthe Canala Great
Success—~Enormous Crowd Gath
ering to View the Cere~
monies,
with a total displacement of 21,747 tons, 7!
officers and 1470 men ; France by three ves
sols wit 18,80) tons displacement, G6) officers
and 1497 men ; Hussis by thre»
vessels, with 20 R72 tons, 70 officers and 1395
men; Austria Hungary by four vessels with «
total displacement of 12,804 tons, 52
and 1212 men; Scandinavia by five with b5 of-
ficers, 675 men and 5504 tons; Bpain by three
with 56 officers, 12 and 10366 tons:
Denmark, by six, with 32 officers, 137) men
and 2060 tons; Holland, ty two with 25 offi-
cers, 413 mon and 4775 tons; by
officers aud 420 650
with
all
officers
13
Ié
men
Roumania
men and
corveliee
in
Of ths of §420,00),
£231,500, was used in prepars-
grant more
There bas teen an enormous influx of |
visitors to Hamburg to view the ceremonios
es incident npon the opening of
North Fea canal at
and spec'ac
the Bltie
many,
Ace 3 Depart.
ment at Washington, the American men-of
Kle!, Ger
rd ng to orders by the Navy
war at Kiel will be illuminated by e ectriclty
every night during their stay at that port, It
1s intended that the crui er New York shall
i with 2,000
{the rexalning
be provide incandescent lights,
and each o three :hips of Ad-
sbout 1,50)
les the usual power ul search lights, The
ndescent lights will le arranged accord-
o Lrilli ant designs, each vessel carrying
around
miral Kuklaond's fleet
will have
in
ing t
the pliot house an immerse hisd
and
The
AR [make
DA and is-siays, and up
4
own aod arout gs nokealakes
UCulted States met-ol-war Ww
slaboraie displays of Lreworks duriog the
nrogross of the fete
[rogroes the fotes
The rosal reception rocing
which Empe William will re.
saive ihe German nat
and fl ted «
jecorated
siate rooms io the
ler,
The watarway op*
bas besa navigable jor | vyesels for Over
a hundred years, In i
pleted the Eld»r Canal, which |
way betwees Kiel Bay and
there was ccm
rsa walters |
Baltic,
Mann of
wo k foliowed a
langth being 108 miles
only seven fee’ so tha
ern Davy was nothing 6 1840 the:alore the
ing, in transportation to anp fro of the guests
pro-
In
large
and of the material and
visions needed for tneir entertaioment,
hiring small crafts and chartering
steamers for the conveyance of the BJO guests
The bal
to defray
of the Emperor and thelr suite,
poe, some $200,000 will bo use i
the cost of hospitality to be extended to the
officers of the foreign squadrons, inciulding a
grand bali for the officers and a dinner for
the crews,
Among the more important war ve sels
i Crise
flagship of Rear Adm
here are the armors: rs San Francisco
ral Kirkland, (
bia, New York an Marblehead, from
g
i
United States; the battiesh
iI,
\ussian P
ander flagshi and armored
orpedo boats,
‘
be presence « { 80 sarge a
n the barbor ex ra pre
Oo, a new sigaal =
ation
the bu
tional Dat
Ing virid «iy the
gramme of {estivi corem
piace in the open air at Holtenau
where the Emjperor perforn
the ceremony on Friday has Deen embellish
ed by bands ome designs io landscape gar.
iening and the lighthouse in close proximity
ree brouzs reliefs of Em
OVER TREE CANAL AT GRURNXEXTEAL,
II. Beneath tue relie! medallion of the old
or.
nament«l, on which is engraved in giit let.
William I, laid
the Baltic Canalon June
ters “His Maj=s'y, Experor
!
blows with
retmans yadertook the present magnificent
rork, with its depth of 50 feet and its bread!
of over 210 feet, with enthusiasm,
NAVAL OFTICERS INTRODUCED,
At 8 o'clock the war vessels of the fourteen
ations represented hoisted their flags to |
he strains of the anthems of their respective
sountries, The official introduction of the |
lorelgn admirals and commandars to the port |
saptain and mi itary commandant of Kiel
seeurre dl on board the Mars and concluded
with the official interchange of visita The
Mars hoisted the flag of Admiral Knorr and
the latter subsequently, accompanied by the
commanders of the foreign squadrons and
nany officers of various nations, started for
Hamburg ia order to meet the Emperor,
At Holtenau there was a scens feverish ae
Hivty throughout the morning as the work-
men put the flashing touches upon the
decorations at tho end of the casal, The
splendor of the preparations Is the object of
universal admiration, The Imperial tent
richly decorated and stands an object of great
interest to the right of the lighthouse, oppos-
ite which lies the last stone of the canal,
which was put in piace by the Emperor. In
this tent his M-jesty entertained the invited
guests and made a speech.
THE REFREAENTATIVE suirs,
Germany has about fifty large and small
vessels of the imperial navy at the opening
exercises, while the other nations are repre.
sented about as follows
Great Dritain by ten vessels with a total
d oat of 78,660 tons, 171 oMeers and
4200 men ; Italy u nine vessels, with a total
dis ent of 38,017 tone, 180 officers and
ber permanent welfare, in token of her might
The lighthouse and the block of masonry
stone are surrounded by enormous scaffold.
fogs, afford ng seating room for about 15.-
the banquet took place and the bay where
the international naval demonstration came
off can be seen,
THE GREAT BANQUET.
The grand banquet at which 10 0 guests
participated, including the diplomatic rep.
resentatives of the various natogs, was
given in a structure ol original design, the
iatter being based on an idea of the Em.
peror himsell, The structure is a fac-simile
of a huge vessel of ancient construction as
n vogue in the seventeenth century,
At the banque: Emperor William toasted
the United States Navy and the band played
“Hail Columbia.” The French Admiral,
hand ;and the Russian Admiral, Bkrydioft
will be seated on his left. Home 300 yachts
and other private pleasure and passenger
o:a't wers assigned positions in Kel harbor
anl immediate vicinity, To enable the
Hamburg: Berlin Railway to bring the thou.
anda of visitors from every part of Germany
to the soens ol the dedication, all freight
traffo was ordered suspended on that line
during the three days from June 18 to 22.
The newspapers of the world are represented
but of the 250 who ex a desire to
participate, but 150 could be accommodated
wv the Government. At the Im Ban.
quet but fifteen representatives of the fir.
men; the United States by four vesselng
| capt pros wll bo admitted,
STORM IN KANSAS
Twenty Dwellings Destroed
and Many Persons Hurt,
BIG STORM IN NEBRASKA
| Startling Spectacle Seen from a
Rallroad Train
ness the
Passengers Wit-
Formation and De~
scent of the Clouds.
A special to the Kansas Times fre
ford, Kan, sess:
Aboutbocock P. M., »
this place,
m Hart
tornado struck
coming from the
swosping everything in it
southwest, and
which
id th
width,
was
# path,
clean cut and about 10) fes: in tov.
eral per-ons were injured so badly that they
are not expected to live far as
No one, 80
known, was kilied outright,
Twelve hous & were destroyed, as well as
many barns and outhouses, Among the
bouses destroyed were those of Judge ( ombe,
Mrs. Rawsons, Cla‘e
ley, J. A. Th
frey Schwarle
msoen
TT ’ rf $e 3 *
sho rool of Charles ymicy's house
was
ited off as cleanly : » had beep
utiinished, The re-
racture was unbarmed,
put up and the
mainder of
Many other houses were m
The total |
ire or less dam.
aged, Oss if estimated at #20 000,
FAN EYE WITNESS
traveling from
on the incoming Mis.
Hart.
train
salesman
I was
Texas !
raio due at
vu as the was
stopping ng ioticed tothe south.
west a p cullarly shag
the passenger
6 Ariy ike a bali
ng. Its joc iiiar
ur alteniion,
0 slre
turn dar
WESTERN ARID LANDS.
Millions and Millions of Acres to Be Re
claimed for Beitiers
aores Are
mes ead
Congress
the general
8S ate in
Millions and 1
be added to res k
the Wast, The last
viding that
fo
areas of
aw rad
government shall 4d
which there are ar d
enacted a
nate 'o sach
{llion mores
of such land: on con rec ame.
ation is done by the Sis
Already Idaho
plied with ali th
have taken steps towards secur ng a millic
Liege.
and E,
have
bave com-
ties of the law, and
i)
in their borders
acres of lands wit!
tenan:-Governor of Idaho,
Meads, of Wyoming, toth
been appointed by
enginesrs,
weir respective States to
Toeilr
mission promises to be very successiul for
eomplete the fnal arrangements
they are rece. ving from Land Commissioner
Lamoreux the most cordial co-operation
“The steps which are now being taken to
transform an itimenss section of arid coun-
try into fertile and frui:fal Sel is,” said the
commissioner, “wil, without doubt, Le lar,
reaching In their effects, Up to the presant
t.me the arid sect ons of the West have been
iylng barren because the goverament eouid
sot be indeoad to eater upon wholesale irri.
gation, and private corporations found the
task both gigantic and, ia a certain sense,
unprofitable
“Under the new law, however, the State Is
to sell the lands in sections of not over 160
acres tO any one person {or such price as
oan be obtained. The government retains
possession for five years, and if at the end of
that time the reclamation appears to be per-
manent, the title to the and passes 10 the
State and theooe to a seitier, This means
homes aad farms for a “wuititade of people,
Millions and million ol acres will in course
of time be reciaimed under these now condi-
tions. The work may not aad doubtiess will
not be finished iz your day or mine, but it
bas begun aod that means everything.”
COLIMA SURVIVORS.
ihroe Members of the Steamers Crew Return.
ing from Mexico.
The steamer City of Bydaey,
eilio, is carrying to San Francisco, three of
the survivors of the lcs: Colima. Their
names ars John Rezinous, J. Jokeman, Santa
Maria-—all of the crew,
They boarded the Sydaey at Manzanillo,
They are members of the party who got
ashore in Il'eboat number §, and wero alter.
ward found by the steamer Maneatian, The
survivors found by the Barracouta to have
gone South, Chilberg has gone to Guate.
mala, Bryan, to New York, and five at Man.
wanilio have loft for thelr respective des ina.
tions,
The latest reports from Mansaniila say
that ninety miles south of Manzanillo, twe
women avd one man, survivors of (he Cole
fms, are liviag on a ranch,
from Man
PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS.
Epitcme of News Gleaned From Various Parts
. of the Bate
Officer James Callaban, at Columbia, was
shot Ly a tramp in trylag to make an arrest,
bitten on
Henry Blitd. g, 7 yes old, was
the head by a suake at Shamokin,
Demeritt were
of ciay and
ai Eckley.
4
BECOLG
BiMsNOUSe
Adam laweky nad Peter
killed by the lniling of 4 mass
roe in Kng's Biripping miue
Jobin Liscoln, sald to be a cousin
to Avraham Liscoin, died in the
at Reading,
By a fall of rock two Hungarians were
Hazleton 1oelr
Lovelawsky and Peter
abor-
k lied at King's Btripplug,
0ines Adam
are
Domard, The men were ew ployed ns
ers aud were engaged in 8 spacs where ex-
amount
opeaing,
cavations pad been made,
and
s believed was weakened by 6 Diast
A large
overtu .g i1ae
cay
» buried bencalll Loos
IA Wsky Was taken oul
ue AmUUIALNCEe Was
be Bospitsel Dut
Pardons again postponed
yn of the Hugh F.
convicted Homestead labor
case of
, aged 30 years, was mur.
Tae er was
George
5
jurgiars
oA
office
blew
at Beaver
, Was prob.
COOKIE LTeak-
fire
OAD TAD
t fanned
burned
ters tore the
pdraugh
acd
burniog clothes irom her body and was
badly secreh about the hands and
Mra Pe a critical condition.
arm
re Was lu
overnor Haslings gave a number of hear.
Jelegations ia the interest of various
or a seat on the sew Supe ior
and measures awaiting his
roceedings
$2
in foreciosure of a mat
at
age
13,000 were satered Allentown
By runving a switeh engine oan the main
of the Central Raliroad of New Jersey,
Wilkes-Barre a rucaway oar was
The eng.ne was deralied.
A number ol wage conferences have been
Dear
While fighting the fire in Hazle Mine's
en.aged in reopeniog a hole above the tim.
bers in an effort to reach the seat of the fire,
The timbers suddenly gave way and the top
came down on the miners. A huge mass of
stuff covered Condy, smothering him to
death,
John McGovern, 40 years of age, a railroad
committed
uicide by shooling himsell through the
brain. Fioancial troubie Is given as the
cause of the de d. He left four letters, one
sddressed to his wilow, one to the firm of
which be was a member, and two others, the
pddresses of which the Coroner will not
give,
Ex-Congressmen Lemuel Amerman and
John T. Richards, ol Borantos, and ex
Attorney General HL W. Padmer, of Wilkes
Barre, have gone tu Winchester, Va., to are
range for pilaciog a monam-nt over the
grave of ex-Jadge Joba Haodley, of
Scranton, who is buried in Winchester,
———
HE BLED TO DEATH.
A Gun in the Hands of a School Boy Explodes
With Fatal Effcet.
James Kospp and Watkin Quick, two
school boys, wett hunting near Livesays'
Mills, Charleston, W, Va,
They holel a ground hog and while trying
to get him out the gun was accidently dise
charged, the load taking effect in Koapp's
abdomen, severing an artery and causing
him to bleed to death in hall an hour,