THE NEWS,
During an electrics storm, near Eastville,
Va., lightning struck a barn and stable,
setting them aflre, Three horses were
burned to death,
The Pittsburg coal mine operators and the
offiefals of the union falled to come to an
agreement, and the strike will continue,
The operators rejocted the miners’ ultimatum
to return to work at the sixty-nine-cent rate
pending arbitration, and will now reopen
the mines with new men if the strikers do
not return,
Two hundred more miners returned to
work in the Kanawha region of West Vir-
ginla. The Fairmount miners increased
their output, and there are now no signs of
a strike in the Norfolk and Western region,
Judge Goff, of the United States Cireult
Court at Richmond, Va., rendered a decision
in favor of the Bell Telephone Company,
perpetusting the injunction preventing the
elty from interfering with the lines of the
company.
The Grand Army encampment at Buffalo
is one of the most successful yet held. The
attendance is very large. President Me-
Kinley, accompanted by Secretary Alger, has
arrived to take part in the celebration.
An Ipjunetion was granted in Petersburg,
Va., to the Richmond, Petersburg and Caro-
loa Railroad Company against the Biack-
stone and Southern Railroad Company,
The board of supervisors of the Washing-
ton township, in Pennsylvania, refused to
grant a franchise to the Blue Ridge Electro
Railway Company.
Masked men bound and tortured J. M.
Irby and his wife near Sistersville, W. Va.. to
force them to where their money was
hidden, ‘
A shooting affray occurred at Keystone,
W. Va., between Policeman Carter Whithers
and John Stewart and Sam Gossett, who at-
tempted to rescue prisoners from the officer.
Withers was shot three times—throug!
beck, lungs and chest, Ten shots in all were
fired.
At Middlesboro, Ky.,
sheriff, and Young, deg
Leslie county, were both killed in a 1
over politics at Hyden, Ky., on Sunday.
Both men fought to desperation.
Shortly after the City of ¢
Cleveland for Detroit, a woman, be
be Mrs. Fiora Anderson, of Cleveland, threw
gerself into the Lake from promenade
Boats were lowered and the search-
»d, but it avall.
Hdge. beer
a sai
y flo
enti
y
tell
the
H. Steele, ex-
uty sher
George
Nam
levad to
with
who
expediti
and desert regi
1
turned to Palo
nas
of
wheat
which me
purenc
sardian
five workn
n persuade a
to return to work results
at a boarding house in the Pittabn
in which three strikers were wour
The rarriages driven
miu and John Davis,
locked while on the track at
and a trolley car ran them d
cupants were badly hurt,
Mrs. Julia Triver and Mrs. Barbara Heller,
sisters, met In Bridgeport, Conn., after a
8¢ aration of forty-three years,
Antonio Richard, a colored man, who was
arrested in louisiana, has confessed to have
ing committed sevan murders,
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BATTLE WITH BANK BURGLARS,
wheals of
respectively, became
New Haven,
wn. The oe-
Policeman Routs a Gang of Professional
Robbers and Kills One.
About 1 o'clock In the morning
Policeman Charles 8. Hemmir
ed the operations of a gang o
were trying to break into the vas
Isaac Earter & Sons’ bank at Canton, O,
& result, one of the robbers, whose name is
unknown, lies dead at the morgue. The
others escaped.
Hemminger came upon the robbers in th
dark, aud they opened fire upon him. He
fired at them and brought down one of the
burglars. Other policemen arrived, but not
in time to arrest any of the other members
of the gang. The wounded man died in an
bour or two after he was shot. He was
about twenty-five years of age, well dressed
and good looking.
The robbers were undoubtedly profession.
als, for an Investigation of the premises re.
vealed a full outfit of burglar's tools. The
robbers had begun work In a systematic
way on the foundation of the vault, and, if
not interrupted, thoy would probably have
made a good haul.
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OIL FOR MARINE ENGINES,
Navy Department Investigating Petro.
leum with u View to Its Use.
The Becretary of the Navy bas ordered
Lisut, Nathan Sargent to proceed at ones to
the ofl fields of Pennsylvania, where he will
make a careful investigation of the various
grades of petroleum prodused in that re-
gion, with a view to {ts use as fuel for mar-
ine engines. Upon the conclusion of this
work he will report to the authorities in
charge of the Newport torpedo station and
plans will be drawn for an oil engine, which
will be placed iu one of the new torpedos
boats now being bulit by the Horreshof
This will be the first attempt to ues pi
lsum as fael for the torpedo fleet, bn y
the success that has been attained with ft in
swift steam lsunches both here and abroad
the Navy Department looks very favorably
on the experiment, Bome of the advantages
expected from the new fuel are economy of
machine space and consequently greater
fael-carrying capacity; economy in cos. of
fuel aud the ability to develop extremely
high steam pressure under forced draught.
Two of the Former Shot, One
Cut With a Razor.
PROPOSED CONFERENCE.
Several of De Armitt's Men Tried to Per,
sunde the Strikers to Return to Work,
and In the Quarrel Resnlting the Latte"
Were Hurt-The Aggressive Workmen
Escaped,
A despateh from Plttaburg, Pa., says:
Religious services were held in several of
the strikers’ camps Sunday, and all were
largely attended, but, notwithstanding the
religious spirit pervadi ng the camps, a con-
flict between workers and strikers took
place fa the afternoon, during which three
#trikers wore badly hurt, but none are in a
ierious condition. Five of the men who are
working for the New York and
Gas Coal Company went to William
non's boarding housh, about one and a half
nlies from Oak Hill Tipple, where a num-
ser of strikers are quartered, for the pur-
ose of persuading the strikers to
work. Tne meeting was a stor
resulted In Antonto Podasky bein
the heart, the bullet golng alm
ais body. Grongron Pimold was sh
ve, and Bostisle
tazor. The inj
This was the
img furl:
worgmd
ak Hii
t
‘he yr ! Xs ‘rove iY
I'h reg 4 1 y Camp
Cleveland
Nes.
Dalmeso Was
aggressive
"ir ¢ . } ib
fi o% q be i the men fn
ha
strikers
& Lhey are giver
| DeArmitt
o“ She .
DEES APPEALS TO M'KINLEY.
Urges the President to End the Strike by
Force.
But s
There fa a
try.
lown in the battle against starvation
The President
can act, Let him
calling upon the operators t
meet and allow the miners living wages
within forty-eight hours under penalty of
having thelr mines soi] by the government
and operated In the interest of the pe
“That would settle
The ion's defenses are
asures are io order,
he United States jsaue
rociamation
pie.
the matter in an
Something has got , and
julekly. If Indiasa allows the fami-
of 8000 luckiess Jab
she will not
itis
he done
rers to be tortured
f starvation escape the pen-
7. aud the same Is true of all other States
and the country at large.
“Evaozxe ¥,
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BEETS FOR SUGAR,
Diss,
Farmers Are Told at a Convention of
Growers That There is a Good Profit,
The first convention of the sugar beet
growers ever held in the United States took
piace at Rome, N. Y. It was called by the
first New York beet fugar company, which
Las just established a fact ry at Bome, and
for which about nine hundred farmers in
Oneida, Madison, Onondaga, Monroe, Her-
kKimer and other counties in the sugar beet
belt, are raising beets,
H. &. Bedell, of Rome, chalrman of the
convention, told them that the sugar beet
crop would yield, according to the very low-
est estimate, a net profit of $15 to €25 an
acre,
San Francisco, It is reported that a Eye
dicate headed by Georges W, MeNear, the
Pacific Coast wheat king, will establish an
extensive beet sugar plant at Cookotta, Con
tra Costa county. The amount to be invest
ed is placed at 2,500,000,
SE
YELLOW FEVER IN CUBA,
Reports Indicate a Decrease, but the In-
Spector Says They are Misleading.
Reports to the United States marine hos-
pital service from the various parts of Cuba
fodicate a general increase of malarial and
perolelous fevers in the island and a corre-
sponding decrease of yellow fover,
Dr. Brunner, sanitary inspector at Ha.
vana, says, in his last report, that this indi.
estion of the condition of affairs fs decep.
five, snd that the deaths from fever are bee
3 Pabsorbed by those credited to ther dis.
The military hospitals are filled with
patients, and the mortality from all causes
shows each week a steady increases and cor
respondingly increased ratio per 1,000,
Dr. Caminero, inspector at Santiago,
states that the siokness and mortality in the
villages near Santiago are appalling, Cristo,
with a population of 2,000, has from thres
to five deaths dally, and St Louls, with
about 3,000, shows about four deaths dally,
Heo says ysllow fever among the soldiers ls
causing many deaths,
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PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS.
Mrs, Lazaruk, a Hungarian woman, of
Freeland, was held for court on the charge
of assaulting Mr, Dougherty, a bliad man,
with a broom stick,
Poter Difazio, an Italian, was
jured by falling into the wheel pit {
ware and Hadson plane No, 29, at Carbon
dale, while watching a trip of cars go up
the plane,
Charles
Willlamaport,
olitded with »
bead with great
e¢uselon 2i the brain,
David Holden, supervisor of Letterkenny
Township, while making a quick turn in the
out
fatally in
Dela
Rich, son of Dr. T. C. Rich.
was riding a bieyele when
milk wagon, striking
force and sustaining
the road upset his buggy, was thrown
and so badly injured that he died,
Jewelry store at Marietta
by burglars and robbed of
They broke off the
ntalning the most
thelr
8. R. Stibgens'
was broken inte
goods worth #200, om
biosations of two
valuable jewelry, in
pafes
fatile efforts to
open them
While descendis
Glen Unie
yond of
Barney
ridiag or
Gualino
ga heavy
$0 vears of age, wi
in Chester Creek
in
is th t
ught shi
Negent
orely g
isan
WAS Say
iy inn a Hal
‘UK iL a Held
panions, when a
6 distant part
rowd,
eight and literally
dy dismembered and hardly
identify the remains, How
ceurred is not known,
James Williams, of Edwardsville. a mining
*ontractor, died suddenly while at work in
the No. 4 colliery of the Kingston Coal Com
pany at Edwardsville. He had fired & blast
and was on his way back to look at the fall,
when he was seen to stagger and settle slow.
iyon the ground. When his feliow w rk-
men reached him he was dead, Heart dis
case was the sngee,
The American
af Central Por ney
parade at
afl
left te
tant
sent
the accel
Demisnstration Association
vania will hoid its annus)
Lehighton on Labor Day. The
air wiil be in chargs of the Patriotic Order
Sons of America and Junior Opder United
At least 5.000 visitors
are expected to participate in the parade
To add special interest prizes are offered to
participating camps,
The barn of David Nailor, situated near
Carlisle, was struck by lightning and burned.
A horse and cow were destroyed in the burn-
Ing structure,
Walter DeKalb, son of Byivester DeKalb,
of Banatogn, near Pottstown, trod on a rusty
vail last week, The wound inflamed, re-
sulting in lockjaw, and the Young man died
a terrible death
Edmond Bender, s Moxbham moulder, and
A victim of the morphine habit, dled in
Johnstown from an overdose of the deadly
drag. He leaves a wife and several chilis
dren.
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A medallion of Pasteur, executed by the
weulptor Auguste Patey, will be placed in
the wall of the laboratory where the
solentist worked, in the Eools Normale Irs.
The medallion is of bronze, with a wreath of
oak and Isurel, in pink marble, around ft,
and bears the dates of his principal die
eoveries [rom 1887 to 1885. ¢
SNASNINATED,
RDA
Uruguay's Ruler Falls Like
Premier Canovas.
Followed
the Shot-Tragedy Ended the Te Deum
and a National Fete
onthe Life of the President
Not Unexpected.
His Arrest
During a national fete which was held at
Montevideo, President J
| shot and killed by an assassin,
The weapon used by the assassin was o re-
volver,
of
rurred just as he was leaving the
where a Te Deum
SAsSsin was arrested,
Arredondo,
President Borda die
after he
enor Cuestas
ad the
The assassination the President oe
Cathedral,
}
had been sung. The as
He
is a youth named
Was shot,
presi
has assun Presid
ad Interim
The
Borda of
assassination
Uruguay was
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FEARLS IN ARKANSAS
Valuable Discoveries
A Mila
Made in Lakes and
Rivers Klondike Fever,
3 Yeries
nade an the
teanie
’
La '
are
rier
has spent ma
at stream A staff reg
ans Garstle, wh
vestigating the matter says the
the State that are rich
ite 121
in Ba
ped that in th
p ™ ESE 0
vev it 4 ¢
vey in the ree of
3 heir du.
weent dis
i
ha a
: he
80 Many
Tories
over in bidory were
hh large liscovered,
thirty t
on thing t
pearis
fifty grains in welght
find in the pos.
fish for pearls
lor of the pearls found
the texture is
ountry lads who
for pastime. The ec
iz that of a saline rose
first
casi
CIRES,
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BOUND AND TORTURED.
Masked Robbers Fail to Force a Man andl
His Wife to Give Up Their Money.
J. M. Irby, who lives near Sistersville. W,
Va.. went to town and drew $750 for ofl pro-
duced on his farm At night three masked
men went to Irby’s home, broke open the
door, knocked Irby senseless with a élub,
bound and gagged his wife, and tortured
ber with burning candles for two hours,
trying to compel ber to tell where the money
was, Irby regained consciousness, and the
burglars then tortured him for two bours,
They finally saw that they conid not draw
out the information wanted, and left the
couple bound band and fool. They were
discovered by neighbors, Mrs, Irby is ina
eritieal condition, and the doetors are una
ble to determine the nature of the wound
made on Irby's head.
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A Great Improvement,
The B. & 0, officials are very mush pleased
with certain statistics that have recently
been prepared, of the performance of freight
trains on the Second division, which handies
all the east and west bound traffo between
Baltimore and Cumberland. Before the
new freight engines were purchased, and
the improvements wade in the track, in the
way of straightening curves snd reducing
grades, the average number of cars to the
train was 285. Now with more powerful
aud modern motive power and a better
track, the average is 40 cars per train, an
increase of 41 per cent. On the Third
division, Cumberland to Grafton, wheres
there are grades 125 feet to the mile, the
engines used to haul 1054 loads to the train,
Now the average is 25%; loads per train, an
increase of 31 per cert.
Andrew Carnegie is a freeman ol seven
Boottish towns,
Professor Edon, of It
the whole of Dante's
hours,
Mrs, Elizabeth A. Reed, of Chicago
elected a member of the Royal Asiatt
of London, this in honor of her sue cepsful
work in Hindoo and Persian literature,
Dr. Ekholaruy, who associated
Herr Andree in his pr jected | Oynuge
lust year that he declined to jolr
in the present attempt because the
leaked gas and was unsafe,
President M ‘Kinley receives an average of
60 begging letters a day. Pe Arts
of the ceuntry write soliciting his aid get
them out of tre The other the
Gmwount requested was $2
Kalser William is a great
graphs, and he especin
tures of military
the last the
century, of which he
Earnest
who
has been
Wis with
RilOONH
declares
balioon
3
plein all §
oO
uble
5.000
and
Hogan, the
i# the author of
to Me" and other darktown m
in New York, and a re;
he has been sued |
wife,
senator Tu
the frst mar
in this
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WASHINGTON
CABLE SPARKS.
Pirates looted the
Gear Cape Baba, Asia
The Duke of
ber of loyal ad
Another explosi
rk was presented
3
dresses at 1
united from firing
Hantinople Ne
Prince Henri of
ver from the won
his duel with the Count
General Azcarraga
unors {ha
Captain-General Weyler
The Czar received 2
wore
ngress of medicine at )
The Ameer of Afghani
rbidding his subj
rebels who are in arms agalpst
government.
he high price of bread in
ing much distress amos
government is
Franoe is caus.
, and the
relief by
urged
be peace negotiations between the gov.
ernment of Uruguay and insurgents
hive failed, and it fs announced officially
that the war will go on.
Senor Sagasta, the Spanish liberal leader,
is sald to have written a letter in which be
stated that the Caban attrocities are ‘raise.
ing a thrill of horror in Europe.”
The King of Benin, in West Africa. has
made his obeleance to the British authorities,
who captured Benin City after the massacre
of Consul Phillipe and bis expedition.
Mr. Louis H. Davies, Canadian minister of
marine and fisheries, said io an address in
London that all sentiment in favor of Caste
dian union with the United States bad dis
appeared in his country,
The poliee of Constantinople have ar
rested two Armenians, at whose residences
they found two bombs. The prisoners con-
fessed that they intended to commit out
rages by the use of these bombs at the Bus.
slan and German embassies,
Information received at Christiana, Nore
way. confirms the report that a message
from Herr Andree was found on a pigeon
which was shot on the north coast of Lap.
land, From the message it is inferred that
ie explorer had passed 8 degrees of north
the
Fifty seames ns
ROM GOLD FIELDS,
Successful Prospectors Create a
Sensation at Skagua.
SCARCITY OF FOOD.
Flenty of Gola Little
Houte
but Yery
Along the Dangerous
Five Bix
for Now
fo Eat
letween
snd
Gold
Hegion,
Thousand
the
Delvers
in Kiondike
i
High Prices Prevail.
ther
t were hig
sold ents
wes
’
:
8
i
Lt
2 3
} weights were the
the
Kiondiker
amber. It
| thir
No gold
ntlities
teen miles
has yeti been §
the north
hink i be there,
turning men cleaned up $8,000
h and still have aimost all their
Skaguay is heartened by the
gold and ail the
umping over a &7%
i oes
}
tvs % ss ut
ATU Gauss
" hearts are th
HAWAII STILL FREE.
The American Fiag Not Raised Over the
Island,
A desnateh from San Francisco says: The
| steamer Coptic brings the foliowing advices
| from Honolulu under date of August 15,
The American flag bas not yet been raised
over Hawaii and there is no indications that
1 will be, Just before the last steamer left
for San Francisco, on July 27, it was rumor
| od that on August 20h the United States
Minister would take possession of the fe
lands. He was to receive definite Instrae-
tions on the steamer Monowa, arriving at
Honoluld July 20, but evidently they fniled
to come, as the raising of the flag has not
been talked of,
The Hawallan Government has doolined to
Eraist a permanent register under the Hae
wailan flag for the Pacific Mail Steamship
China. She was granted a temporary reg-
ister by the Hawallan consul at London.
The China is a British-built vessel, and the
Hawaiian government olaims that the sale
of the ship to Col. MoFariane, a Hawalian
subject, fs not a bona fide one.
Admiral Miller took command of the Pa~
eifie squadron, relie
who will depart to