- THE NEWS. Fire destroyed the business portion of the town of Osceola, Ark. a river town a few miles north of Memphis, It is believed that the loss will reach &100,000, The charges against Grand Master Powell and Graod Secretary Perham, of the Order of Railway Telegraphers, accusing them of violating the anti-alien labor law at Peroria, Iii, have fallen through. George Westerman, of Madrid, Mo., aged sixty, shot his young stepdaughter at his home and then blew his own brains out. He bad been suspected of eriminal Intimacy with bis stepdaughter for some time, Achilles Felker, of Scranton, Pa., who murdered Cora Gouldsboro, Wayne County, because she refused to mar- ry him, and then escaped, was found dead at Saydersville, Monroe County, having killed himself, Section Superintendent Huges, of the Leigh Valley Railroad, at Waterloo, N. X., was stabbed so badly that death result, His assailant is a man “Shorty” Lyous, who, after the afflray, gave himself up to the polie In the District Court at Lincoln, Neb, Judge Cornish has granted the application of the Pacille Expr ¢ ! porary injunction preveating he Board of rates, as il law passed by Gress, of is likely to known ns mpauy tor rtation fr ywered to do last Legisiat burg, Ya. ransp The report at Harris ditors appointed by the Dauphin County Court to tions pass upor Xe] and make distribution un the hands of the receiver of ti rder ofl Solon has just been made a balan on hand to be icate holders Mrs, Viegi + charged with Hattie Bethel r { her puu- ent at the peniten- ) The es has besa tried {our each of the trials resulting lo a hung jury. times, While examing bis home near Coalamout, jrewer acei- dently shot bi V A-YEAr-o laughter, ¥ ing through Some mis- the entire oh her body ehiev Jus boy are sald t have placed a load of shat in the a unknown } Mr. Brower, A TOWN IN ASHE, Windsor, Novia Scotia, Visited By a Destructive Fire. LOSS NEARLY $3,000,000 An Area Nearly a Mile Square Swewnt by Over Three Thousand Fer Lightning Belfeved to Lives Known the Flames sons Homeless Have Started the Fire- No to Have Been Lost, A despatch from Halifax, N. 8., says Historie Windsor, one of the most beautiful towns in the province, was devastated by fire Sunday morning, For six hours, niog shortly before 3 A, M., the fire by & violent northwest gale, raged so flerce ly that the local fire department was abso lutely helpless to cope with it, and within after its began to call for outside assistance. the town bad begin fanned half an hour discovery the mayor Long before noon most completely eaten up, the ered by the Hames the { bulldings occupying t a dozen scorched struct being square, and of the buildings that escanj on factory, King's ( h, the Edge Hil the Buflrin Hote Tho latter is the No XN by a contlagration of 3.0080 have been taken bean visi Over fons, residents of neighboring towns, while the sufferers have gone lifax or are sheltered In army tants arec ta by a detachment « the gar rison city. The fire started ina barn behind the Mar {ue block, In the beart of the business dis- trict. The high gale prevalllag carried the flames to other buildings before the firemen had time to get at work, and in a short time the showers of sp dire tions had ignited a » th — lhe surroun hie vacant pi ops from Arks ied iB ail dings. Tht rr » Burry During the pe brick structure COLRURY storm He a fames bi Thomas 8 his wife pois Irwin Brow: yurder Emanuel Crullan, of R , mads a second attempt to escape from jail in risviile, W, Va. Dr. H. H. Irwin » convicted in Woo Mrs. Wilkins death by maipractics, The dome in a Cinclonati theatre fell dur- ing a performance, killing three people and seriously injuring many others, The American Board of Commissioners of foreign missions decided to meet next year in Grand Rapids, Mich, At Kendallville, Ind., robbers death Adam Hoffman because he give up his money, Thirteen-year-old Guthrie, Okla., is five-year-old boy Ell Shaw, nephew of one of the two women killed in Camden, N. J., was arrested forthe crime, Four well-known crooks were arrested in Chicago, and $25,000 worth of plunder se- cured, Three men were killed and three Injured in a mine explosion near Pottavilie, Pa. Tom Parker, a colored man, was lynched in Arkansas. The thirteen assailants of Mrs, William Gleason, in Newport News, Ky., were in- dicted, Gus Schneider, who worked for a Mrs, Murphy on a farm about flve miles from Binghamton, N. Y., bound his employer with ropes ia the absence of her son, stole £1 000 in gold sand banknotes from her trunk and disappeared. Schneider went to the Mur phy's residence atout three weeks agoasa tramp and was given employment, The Btate committee of the National Dem- oeratic party has nominated Warren Switz- ler, of Omaha, to be a candidate for supreme judge instead of James M. Woolworth, who resigned, Bwitzler was chairman of the convention in Omaha and has attracted cop- siderable attention by reason of his speech on that occasion, choked to would not John charged Matthews, of with killing a uave Deen stru y ISO ¥ susp r POSTAL TRANSPORTATION. Developments in this of the Service. wre than { The estimat 350 whieh is mated expend! ial rate of | servic $90 in # 55 current year The estimates for th i 1 % in. ludes steamboat 8470 000 messenger service, “transportation ther similiar de $225,000, year of pneumatic tubes or vieos, by purchase or otherwise, ™ wagon £50000, Last pneumatic postal tube wountry, that in Phila- Since then foir more contracts have uted, in Philadelphia, New York, loston and between New York and Brook- lyn. service, there was only one in operation in the delphia. been exe HIGHWAYMEN ON A TRAIN. Three Armed Men Attack Romain Oper. stanski, While riding into Elyria, Ohio, on a Lake Shore freight train, Romain Operstans ki, of Pittsburg, was attacked by three highway- men, also aboard the train. Operstanski showed fight and was shot. The bigh- waymen escaped, Oparstanski was taken to the Haron Street Hospital, la Cleveland, where he died 1 he murderers are thought to be members of an organized gang which frequents the line of the Lake Bhore Railroad, A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY. Fxlled Spanish Anarchist Refased Aasy- jum in Mexico or United States. Jose Ventre, the alleged anarchist, finds no resting place, the French steamship peo pie refusing to take him back to France, and Immigration Commissioner Powderly of the United States denying an asylum in this country, He was suspected of complicity in the Bar- eelona explosion, and as no proof was held against him, he was banished, coming to this country. Veotrs was among the eighteen persons acquitted, but exiled. He is a young man of good appearance, but Is now iiterstlly 8 man without a country. FOREIGN NEWS, The British cabinet consldored sition to reopen the Indias mints to us proposed by Benator Wolcott, Itis un- derstood the decision was agulost the prop. osition, Edward Langtry, the husbausd of Lily Langtry, the actress, died in the asylum for the insane at Chester, England and heir of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough was christeged In the Chapel Royal, 8t, James Palace, Lon- don, the Prince of Wales acting as sponsor the propo iver, The infant son Iriton was wrecked t is believed one The constivg steamer on the Cuban coast, and hundred and fifty persons were drowned A servant of Wm. T. Townes, of Virginia United Btates consul at Rio Janeiro, made an unsuceosslul attempt to murder him, British continue sion of the bimetallist question don Dally News declares end to the 1 ment is involved.’ the discus and the Lon ‘there must bo an newspapers piracy Lord Londonderry resig of the Northern Uni socintions at Berwick and In a letter giving his wgainst subordinati { iplesa to the d in ination Chamberla whi would lead to a Ihe union idorse position and re The British United States the Bey Col. Jose Z ban republic to will win their f} The Coug Henry, defe soldiers near killing four bun the survivors to are starving The Logdon Gl tions with the cab verament will violate, London fost against | A bar LIVES LOST INTHE FLAMES Hotel Fire, ng ever awakenad 1, leaped fron y, but ia; ed and u he remains Electricity is | lamp recently pia Fountain brushes for palntin with & sockeit in place of a serew over the neck of a palst which paint leeds through an orifice briaties Bieycle pedals are being made with an ad- justabie extension at rear to slide into the hollow of the shoe next to the heel and prevent tha foot from slipping on the pedal To prevent the freezing of running water in pipes globules of heated air are forced in- ta the pipe at short intervals to warm the pipes and keep the temperature above the freezing point, A Yew ceatreboard for yachts is hinged to the keel of the boat and controlled by a lavar to counteract the tendency of the boat to keel over under the wind pressure act- ing upon the salis, In a sew combined cane and umbrella the stick is made hollow to contain the {rame- work and cover of the umbrelia, which are of such shape that they can be closed into a very small space, the To prevent the overflow of water in a now gravity fliter a rod runs downward through the valve and ends in a hollow ball, which rises and shats off tho supply as soon as the lower chamber is full, . To assist in mending tire punctures on the road a spirit lamp is attached to & rod for burning out the puncture hole so the plug will fit, the bieyele pump being vsed to blow the flame and heat the rod. A new cooking utensil has slots in opposite sides of the interior to support a semi-cirey- lar vessel having a bail and cover, thus permitting its use for cooking meat and vegeiables at the same time without mixing. A combined fountain pen and clinic ther. mometer has besa invented for doetors’ use ecnsisting of a double eylinder with a place for the thermometer in the inner one and a reservoir between the two to contain ink, CONFERENCE, the Commission Rejected. MONEY Proposals of American SALISBURY REPLIES. The English Does Not Bee the Desirability of an Government International Contr rence, to Consider Any Practioal Would Lead to bur is Ready that Other Suggestions the Settlement 1. Hay the re py « the GEORGE MM. FIL LLMAN DEAD He Fapirvea nt His Magn Vralrie Avenues TO MANU FAUTURE FUEL, A Pittsburg Firm Will Make It of Slack mud Cuaulm. f i UN Orr, 61 Bandosky st Mr. Orr demonstrated ti} character can be made for out of anthracite culm, and cheaper ihe proposes to meet the price of hard and soft coa A pinnt, it is claimed, to hake 3000 tons a day. Mr, Orr says his fuel is smokeless, and he has overcoms the dripplogs 80 common in the German brickquettes made with rosin and pitch. hia ming . x 5 % itaminogs sjack CRG Pany can be erected for $1500 WELLS FARGO ROBBED OF GOLD, A California Office Relieved of 82.000 in the Yellow Metal. When the Reno stage was leaving Quiney, Cal, the driver and the express messenger found that the office of the Wells-Fargo Company bad been robbed of an express box containing #2000 In gold. The tele- phone and telegraph wires leading from Quincy had been cut, so that no iatimation of the robbery reached any other town une til brought by stagethus leaving the robbers ampie opportunity to conseal their identity and make good their racape. DESTROYED BY FIRE, Town Wiped Out and Two Men Lose Their Lives. The town of Iowa Hill, a mining camp of about 500 inhabitants, in California, was completely destroyed by fire, Two men wure burnt to death and several others ine jured, Stanley to Return to Journalism, The London Bunday Times announces that Henry M. Stanley is going to Balu WAYO af a guest of the Chartered Company. It is stated there that Mr, Stanley will re | sume Journalism, ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE, Dr. Hills, of Mauch of age, rode in a pacing ra the other day, nnd won it, bie Ln Explorer William ivens from Pres pive cones enl objects over ne BOuare miles, Ihe Alblon (Mich, ) Hecorder is for the statement that there Is in that citys fawily in which the birthday soniversari { of the luther, mother, ident Disz's Government an exe sion to explore for archueoiopl rritory embracing 8,000 uthority two daughters and a son [nll upon the sane date Rev, Dr, York reporter that he resi of the American Board Forelgu Missi he is too old t % Richard HB, Btorrs tells a Ne presider nmissloner yum wim pl AMise he Carry with those of Mrs Crindst FROST IN FEVER DISTRICT Yewer Casea Develop in New Orleans i'r. Gulieras Sammoned to Alabama keeps « away and y travel with shut, while armed guards stand u yf the conches, This is the The State board of health of yellow fever at at Nitta Yuma, Ave at Edwards, JacEsox, Mise reporis { Clinton, two Ut New CABOS five at Cayuga, Louis, NEUTRALITY ISCOSTLY. United Blates Has Spent Nearly Two MI Hons te Prevent Filibusterin, A Washington special to the New Herald says: ‘Everything possible bas done by this government to discharges the York boen laws,” sald Secretary of the Navy Losg In answer to a question regarding the efforts put forth by the government to intercept filibustering expeditions intended for Cuba. “The navy,” be continued, “has maintain. ed a cordon of sBips along the coast, espec. ally in Southern walers, where Rlibusters have shown the greatest activity, The Treasury Department has kept a flest of revenue cutters on patro, amy.” As further evidence «f the diligence of this goverminent an estimate was made showing that the government has so far ex. pended nearly $2,000,000 to prevent the de parture of filibustering expeditions from this coast, Lospox. ~The Madrid correspondent of the Daily Mail says: “Senor De Lome, the spanish Minister at Washington, has been instructed to notify the Ameriean govern. ment that henceforth fiibustering eoxpedi tions will be regarded as breaches of inter. national law.” TIE KEYSTONE STATE. News Various Gleaned from Parts. [atest SHOT HIS DAUGHTER, Cat's Bite Was Fatal - Child Develops Hy- drophobis and Must Man's Wife lu Westmoreland County. Liquor ies In Agony Deulor Fay Damages to Injured Distress Among Varmers silshing the era WHE MO the companys factory Patterson's upon the bank. Charierol were broken by the shock of explosion. The engineer of the boat was on board at the time, bad m death at Charlerod body was blown 600 Windows in the who 8 marvelous escape Ir Ignatz Holyoke, employed by Ivan Sinko, a butcher, at Breslau, was arrested on the charge of stealing $1550 from his employer, Ivan Bink Holyoke had the ran of the business and the handiing of the money and was trusted in every way. He was captared just as be was leaving town and a railroad tigket for the West was found on his person, Three hundred aad twenty-eight doliare in dlls and sliver, a revolver, a zsazor, two gold rings, a ring of kevs and other small trinkets were found on bis person, While out gunning in Juniaia County, sane G. Seller was ascidentally but not dangerousiy shot by a member of the party, George Armstrong's oreamery at Evans. burg was broken into by thieves, About 800 pounds of butter was stolen, The thieves carried off their plunder in a wagon, James Langdon and two companions were arrested at Looust Gap on the charge of baving burglarized five barber shops, a gen eral store and a shoe ostablishment at Mt, Carmel. The burglars secured a big quan- tity of plunder, ¥ AA 5. Sir Edwin Arnold Marries a Japanese, Sir Edwin Arnold, the poet and journal- ist, author of the “Lights of Asia.” and sol league of Mr. J. M. Lepage in the editors ship of the London Dally Telegraph, mar- ried a Japanese lady in London. rin i pa
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