THE NEWS, t between cattle thisves Lake, thieves A desperate fight between and cow men, Froeviis county, Tex., in which killed and two wounded, wounded, but not seriously, pletely destroyed the Grand Opera House in Springfield, Mo. and was insured for $235,000, was owned by F. 8. Heflern, of the Committee on Rivers and the National House of near two were One cow man wag Fire com- The building cost The property A delegation Harbors of Representatives ar BY FIRE DAMP (Thirteen Miners Mangled a Dubois, Pa. vestigation into the needs of canal of harbor, schooner Mattie L. Ford, of capsized during a squall in River, and two of the crow Pearl Bryan's headless in Greencastle, Ind, killed in Aocomne o ing upon him, Five bucket raided in Clieago, and thirty men on charges of violating bling. The battleship Indiana was safely docked at Port Royal, 8. C. Mra Jacob Rhoades, an aged widow of Plainfield, near Carlisle, Pa., was aoc to death. I'he stores of Movitz Treate, Bland & Co., at West I’ burned out. Total k S40 000, A Fire Lloyds Association is to be in the South, 8. C Judge Harvey, at Huntington, cided that the sociations Ansonia, Ct, { a briek building. fell from and tally David Goodfriend dlesby ro, Ky faventor, —John Miller & Son J., the : Hon. Alo chief justice of the Court, to su ceased. - fatally road near Eastman, in Ma burned, was fatally quarrel over the skirts, I'he at Washington, - The Vallis Louis, assigned. $55,000, tees of the loston The oyster the Cohansey were drowned, Bailey Thomas shops ntally hurned & Cabe and int, Va., were As W. Va capital stock of utlding as in At re an upj was fatally ¢ killed weed the by an ac mas, Maine, ar 5, have Bros. Iron C Liabilities § ir Altagaid nivers Lrovern [iinols 1 at Champaign, Ill. the American flag over ings as the law requires, bersburg, Pa, caused a lo The C. N. Nelson sold its interests the adjoining ers being the Frade ests. The sale inclu 125,000,000 feet annu ber and iron mines an for refu Lumber in Cleq jest y, vast tracts of i A spec ial meeting of the Ce Commi Pe ae of ¢ govern Mrs. Francis hundred d Mr. Brown testifled that fear of against structed the jur eer nbination companies making elsctri ttoe was hel Davids y On of all th atus has been made at Boston, stock will be ten milli W. H. Brown has i charge of heresy by the Associ gregational Churehes of the dist Haven, before which he was put Ison and H. Bloom failed Tex. Liabilities $2 000 000 Hiram H. Morrison, at Bost that he choked wife to Smith shot and robert W, Vance, near bean ac in Lrnave ¥ assets 81, his killed his Pendleton, Ky. Beymour Eddy and an Italian were killed by dynamite Bn, XN YX Moore, aged twenty, missing since last st mer from West Chester, Pa., bas joined the Baivation Army In New York, Fire destroyed the buildiag In Davenport, , by the Washburn-Halligan Coffea Company, and plant of the Daily Leader, was $85 000, on judgment notes aggregating over $20,000 bave been issued against Haugh J. Hamil, trading as B. Hamil & Bro turers, with a sreditors’ claims are principally for loaned, The failure is attributed to the pre. valent business depression. Fire ally destroyed the organ pipe factory of Fenelon McCullom, at Mansfield Depot Ct, The loss is placed at $20,000, partly covered by insurance, ——Lovern, the leader of the gang of train robbers who attempted to hold ap a train iast week, out his throat in jail in Visalia, Cal., and probably will die, Mrs, Florence H. Morrison was found dead {a her apartments in Boston, and the medical ex. sminer says she was choked to death, ——The general officers of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union decided not to hold the ext national convention in San Francisco, as first intended, and it is probable that it will be Esid in St. Louis, ——Bamnel P. Lang- fon, a wealthy coal operator, was arrested in Philadelphia on suspicion of having been anplicated in the death of Annie McGrath, a girl of eighteen yours, with whom he had been living. near Lewist -Jessie cecupied slightly damaged the The total | Executions Wa partly Insured, nanufao- The ney , yarn mili in Georgetown. practie- AN ARMY IN REVOLT. Mutiny In Bolivia and Beveral Persons Killed and Wounded. Word received in Lima, Peru, says that a muflny has broken out in the army in Boli- via, several persous having been killed and wounded, The outbreak has been attended with great excitement, It is now thought probable that the elec. tions will not take place on account of the mutiny, as it is feared that some one will be imposed upon the country by force of arms, It is rumored in London that the govern. ment will ask Parliament for a further al lowanae for the Prince of Wales on behaif of his children, Men the the the Were Not Experienced at Work But the Cause of Is Unknown. and Explosion A terrible explosion of gas occurred at the Berwind-White shaft, {a the eastern Hm + Dubois, Pa., and 13 miners were killed, which the eo up push the in various directibns for big we The mine is a new one, pany has been and Crews $ wening opening in shifts headings to Eighteen men went on at 7 -14 goin and 4 into the soutl morning PRES IDERT'S ORDER. “In the exer President by the 3, of the act entitied ‘An act improve the fil approved January 16, 1853 the Secretary of the Interior as to jaclude among thereunder and » lnatinn wi ut 3 VIRION, Ciark, asaistiant property clerk, storeke # 4 # [aid YA AL Lhd glerieal posits lerieal positi dian schools: Hkewiss ¢ tations of the Ind am the supervisor « ipactor, sacher of ir larmer, nurse, tress, “But Indians shall be eligi! of said posit fitness as may be require of the Interior and with sertification by the civii-se ment to Any but they shall not be frou positions to the departrnental service, “Approved, “Grover CLEVELAND, nnn —I——— A Chambers neg neg if 8 permanent Board ns were simi Rial T. Ritchie, Jonrd of Trade, and a membe Thers were present as guests besides Mr. Ritehie, T. W, Russell, Parliamentary secre several of Sir A. K. Roliis a conflict with he sald, that thers would apon be a happy solution. The Government bad always its which, it was believed, would be approved by Englishmen. tween Great Britain and the United States, The American Government, he continued, was now considering proposals emanating from Lord Salisbury, which it was hoped would result in the establishment of a system by which arbitration would be possible in all cases, George NK. Curzon, Parliamentary secre. tary of the Foreign Office, replied to the toast “Foreign Representatives,” He sulog- ized the services of diplomats, Mutinous conduct on the part of the Thir- teenth Hussars is reported from Dundalk, Ireland. The cavalrymen are said to have hacked to pieces twenty-eight saddies and bridles. Bevera: of the hussars have been arrested. FITIY-FOURTH CONGRESS. HOUBE. Eranry-sixra Day.—The House spent most of the day considering the Curtis bill abolish the death penalty in all cases where it is prescribed in the federal HAVE in cases of murder and rape, The bill makes no changes in the penities that can be ine flieted by military and naval courts-martial, 1 he bili failed to pasa for want of a quorum, Eranry-sevexti Day. —8enator Hill's Si) to remove the restrictions ¢ ust the ap pointment as officers of the aud navy us who held commis nthe reg ular army or navy before the war, and who subsequently took part in the side of the Confederncy the Benate during the he fght over the Yenezaela bound: I the House after two with but one d nting vole Boutelle, of Maine, Erouwry-gromru Day the naval appropriatd statutes, f no f pers Pls jas I'he H u bl and the hed § the paragra reinting to the pavy, he DI earried 1.611.004, ; t i the irrent Dattieshis Wis ren increas nw, E KEW NAVY, Hease As *4 Tone Battles) The naval appropriation use with Indy, « Rep. and Johpe Cala Hulick (Rep., O., I'he House by a large majority and Bobinson (Rep recommendation of the commities, the position for six battle-ships mustering voles against 134, The bill, as passed, carries $31,611,034, and authorizes the construction of four battle ships and 15 torpedo-boats, the total cost of whish will bein the neighborhood of 35,000 - 000, It was decided to allow three hours for general debate on the paragraph relating to the increase of the navy: Mr. Hanley a mem- ber of the naval committee, who favored a larger increase of the navy than the majority of the committee, argued in favor an amendment, which he gave notice he wouid battie-ships ¢ oi from four to six. Although his people lived a thousand miles away from tidewater, he said, they were patriotic enough and proud enough to desire to ses their country with a navy fitting her position as the greatest country on the globe. He thought it was time for the United States to enter upon a distinetively national policy, He referred to the aggressions of Great Brit. ain and our other foreign complications as an argument for a strong navy. ———————————— The Dutch in South Africa are said to be nursing a strong feeling of resentment toward Great Britain, and the burghers are sald to be arming for a struggle. The situa tions of affairs is said to be alarming. 3 George Henry Broughton, the distinguish. ed American artist, has been elected to full membership in the British Royal Academy, i BAYARD CENSURE. by 106 Iajority, AMBASSADOR MAY RESIGN Partisan Speeches Officers Condemned--No Enthuse the Work Vote Cast. fasm In small The House of Representatives resolution ng for his speeches at Edinburgh, Scotls passed the eensur Ambassador Bayard on, England, The resolution was adopte ' a partisan vote, The firs iesignates the Amba 1 vt i by a v me and i are Was & ARBITRATE. Before Are sproa le pdicated by the memorial ar o the government torial inl of of the News Feral ITY 8 reply @ letter Ia the most hope from HUry we have had for a lopg time We hope that ie i portends a the international situa quarters We presage & hew aring of f the may even dream that it will and brighter era in the world’s history. “It ia not perfectiy clear whether the ques tion or whether the government has adopted Lord Rosebery's policy. “if Lord Salisbury is able to convert his words into deads, he will go far to make his present term of office illustrious and bene ficient.” The Chronisle, also Liberal, echoes the Daily News’ hopes that the United States wiil reciprocate our good will, “If 80,” the Chronicle says, “there is no need to trouble ourselves [urther about Venezuela,” ROBBED OF $50,000. Beads asd Cash Takes Fron as Old Man Whe Lived Alone in Chicago. Christopher Schrage, who is seventy-five years old and lives alone at 171 South Jeffer- son street, Chicago, was bound and gagged by two men, at 6:30 o'clock, and robbed of money and papers amounting in value to more than $50,000, The old man livea entirely alone and bas always kept his money and securities in a safe in a rear room in bis house It was a matter of common report that he was in the habit of counting his money every evening pefore closing up bis house for the night, They did not injure the old man to any ex- tent, but threatened him wita death if he at. tempted to make any noise for at least hall aa hour after they had left the house, The valuables taken included $45,000 worth of Cook county and wo city bonds, mort. gages amounting to $5,000, $900 in registered government bonds, $500 In currency and £1,000 in gold. definite cle tion in one © stormiest t has been advanced a stage merely PERRSYLVANIA ITEMS. Epitome of News (leaned Prom Various the Hiate Jacob Miller, New Cumberland v Irart trouble While the wo nged 72, dropped in the wn saw i lear had } John Murra Company 5 1in« ers , droppin fously injures Burton J guilty of forge ourt, was refu and sentenced Pe itentinry nt bathro he broks hi % and was he was en The inring the own. d ecenped Farragu flagship He jsaves a wid and two chilidren Frank McCully was str yY a Creek lo i " } and fatally injur witness in the OR against Bert Winters and charged with robbing office, Margaret Hogg, the five ter of John Hogg, of Carnegie, burns received at play, Bhe fel TEAr- her clothing catching the « she had received terrible | Owen O'Brien, Reading Raliroad at Consh : box along the river. Inside was a no follows: “Who will find this give it to Dessie Fulmer, the wife of John D Fulmer. I was ia the flood and I wrote thi section nite please 1ell her that I tried to save my life, but I dide’t The The box and nots baggage master at the Reading Station. BOYS PLAYED BANDIT. in Jail. Two young white boys of near Montgom: ery, Ala, named Lioyd, one seventeen years of age, ‘he other nineteen old, blackened their faces and held up and robbed W., RB Highiower, Ramer, Mr. Highlower was in the act of closiag up the office when the young men entered and stuck the muzzle of a pistol under his nose, On demand he delivered what money he had As the boye were leaving with their plun- der the agent snatched his pistol from a drawer and covering one of them compe. ded him to surrender and locked him un The agent pursued the other boy and finally over took and captured him, The boys say they have been reading dime novels, ———————— MANY MINERS ENTOMBED. No Hepe of Rescue Terrible Accident in a New Zealand Mine. A terrible explosion of fire-damp has taken place in a mine at Brunnerton, New Zealand, Five persons were killed outright and sixty more entombed, with no hope of being res coed, DISASTERS ARD CABU #594] wind trains were under Guill ray MLD : MARKETS. ah Ae HOGS Pho Liear Hams Mess I’ ori LARD ar Best refine BUTTER -Fiz Vader Fine Creamery RB CHEESE. N. XY. Fancy... § N. XY. Flats Bhim Cheese EGOR-Riate I. North Carolina LIVE POULTRY Ducks, per Turkeys, per TOBACCO, Bound common Middiing Fancy LIVE STOCK. SHEED. ... . Hogs. MUSKREAT. Baccoon Hed Fox . Skunk Black, Opossum Mink. Mier FEW YORK VIOUR-8outhern....... 8 81 WHEAT --No. 2 Bed 7 RYE Westara..........u CORN-<No. B...c000000din OATB-NO.8....c.c00rucm BUTTER--State.......... EGOS--State. ..... cove PE FLOUR-—Southern.......8 WHEAT —No. 2 Red...... CORN-—-No. 8.........0000 §ATS. Ne, Booiiininiinim UTTER-—8tate FRAC REE REN EGGS-—Penna. ft TERRE BEN AL rw LA Bf 4
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