"THE NEWS,
Fierce forest fires are raging over hun-
dreds of miles in Colorado, South Dakota
and Wisconsin. An appeal for ald from the
Federal Government was made from ths
Black Hille.
The sheriff at Pana, Ill, telegraphed to
Governor Tanner that be had no control
over striking miners, and several companies
of the Biate militia were ordered out,
The Atlanta Transportation Company has
secured by charter or purchase a large fleet
of barges and schooners from Lake Erle to
be used in coal carrying on the const.
A farmer driving to meet his wile at a
ratiroad station near Atlantic City, N. J.,
was struck by the train which was bringing
her home sod instantly killed, The wile
witnessed the accident,
The War Department was notified that
the steamer Arkadia had besn refused per-
missfon by the Spanish authorities to unioad
her cargo at San Juan. No reason for this
action was given.
The strike of the shoo lasters, started by
the union at Brockton, is extending through-
out southeastern Massachusetts,
Auxlety is felt at San Francisco for the
eafety of the transport Beunsator, thirty-five
days out from Manila,
As a result of the many stories of distress
of prospectors at Ashcroft Trail, it 1s stated
that the Ceaadian Government is taking the
necessary steps to send aid.
Hoo. Thomas F. Bayard, former ambassa-
dor to Eugland, Secretary of State and SBen-
ator from Delaware, died at the home of his
daughter at Dedham, Mass, after an illness
of two months, He was 70 years old.
affirmation of Democratic prindiples at thelr
State Convention, but voted down an en-
dorsement of the Chieago platform, E. W,
Crane was nominated for Governor.
from Philadelphia to San Francisco
freight, The metal will be lo 1000 ounce
bars,
Applications
were made
the United States Wire and Nall Company,
fessed to setting fire to eighteen bulidings
at Pottstown and vicinity, from April, 1897,
to August, 1808,
ia, were killed, and Perry Mack, fatally
burt by an accident to a Norfolk and West-
ern freight train, near Portsmouth, Ohio.
The Nebraska conference of the Methodist
Church has
late Chancellor
University, guilty of
000 of University funds,
¢lared bim deposed from
expelled,
General John
Civil War,
B. Callis, a veteran of the
died in Lancaster,
nal resolution en which was afterwards
based the celebrated Klu-Klux-Kian bill.
The Filipino Congress is cousidering
imposition of various taxes to
for the maintenance of the army. Hitherto
the army has been chiefly supported by pub-
lic subscriptions, The natives of some of
the provinces distrust the Tugals, and insist
upon the establishment of an American pro-
tectorate,
The wrecking company engaged
Lieutsnant Hobson, at Santiago, has
ceeded in floating the Spanish cruiser In-
facta Maria Teresa. Tbe cruiser was towed
to Guantanamo Pay, asd wiil be put in con-
dition for her trip north by the repair ship
Valeas.
The report of the Special Board which ex-
amined the vessels of the auxiliary navy de-
ciares that few of them are fit for perm-
anent in ths pavy, priscipaily by
reason of po protection to the engines and
a lnck of water tight compartments,
B.20, WORK WILL CONTINUE,
Polley of Rehabilitation Will Be Con
tinued by New Organization,
The divisions of the Baltimore asd Oblo
service
celve the same sort of Improvements that
have been made on the lines east of the
Obio. Not only are the grades to be redue-
heavier motive power is to be introduced.
Ia order to carry the additional weights the
Lridges on all the divisions are being re-
placed with beavier structures and the
track relald with heavier steel rall.
been demonstrated by actual experiment
50 per cent, the average being alout 42 per
cent,
It is the hope of the receivers that within
Railroad will be an 18 foot grade from Chi-
cago to Baltimore with the exception of that
used,
A great many of the estimates for the dil-
ferent portions of the work have been made,
and those who have seen the plans state
low cost, considering the return,
ago will be continued by the new company
after the reorganization,
FOREIGN AFFAIRS,
General Kitchener has returned to Om-
durman, having established poss at Fae
sboda and on the Sabot river. At Fashoda
he found Major Mareband snd a force of
French whom he requested to retire, which
was refused,
M. Deroulede, at a mass meeting In Paris,
said Dreytus would Le lynched if he should
ever r+turn to France,
A settlement of the trouble between Chill
aud Argention Is now considered mssured.
ered the decree recently issued severing
diplomatie relations with lualy, and the
British minster is now recognized as repre
of the Italian minster,
Emperor Wiliam, In an address at the
opening of the new harbor at Blettin, said,
“Our future lies on the water,”
The Duke of Orleans bas sued a maal
festo denouncing the Dreylusites,
The eruption of © Vesuvius is Increasing in
violence, and it is feared that it will sssume
the proportions of that of 1872,
‘The joint high commission which is cone
sidering points of differsnos betwesn the
United States and Canada resamed its ses
soos at Q uebec,
Bodies of volunteers are being organized
fu Argentina to take the fleld agaiust Cuil
in case of war.
Owlog to the indastrial c-isis in Jamaica
the people there are unable to help tie hur-
rieaus victims on the other West Indien
Isiands,
A unumber of fishing boats were wreeked
fo the Baile sea during stormy weather and
twenty fishermen were drowned.
BANK BLOWN UP.
Cashier Shot in the Face and
May Not Survive.
IN
ROBBERY INDIANA.
Amount Taken by the Desperadoes Vari
onsly tated From Five to Fifteen Thou -
sand Dollars ~Robbers Made Escape on
Hand Oar— Reports That One or More of
the Gang Have Been Arrested.
A despatch from Frankfort, Ind., says:
The boldest and one of the most successful
bask robberies that ever occurred in this
section of the Btate was perpetrated at
Flora, a small town ten miles north of this
olty. The bank Is a private corporation,
with Willlam Lannum acting as casbier. He
was awakened by the nolse of a terrific ex-
plosion, which shattered the windows in his
residence, fifty yards from the bank,
Getting up and going to the bank, which
was In a brick bulldiog, he found the entire
building demolished, As he started Inside
he was fired upon by some unknown party
with a shotgun, the charge taking effect in
his face and blowing out one eye. The
It wes soon learn-
ed that the bank safe hud been blown to
pleces wit dynamite, sections of it haviog
been blown aoross the street, The robbers
ecured between $12,000 and $15,000,
Cashier May Die,
Cashier Lannum will probably die. The
robbers made their escapes on a havd ear,
Bank rob-
bers have been captured with the larger
Indianapolis, Ind,, (Special). ~Out of a
mass of rumors regarding the capture of
bank at Flora,
been arrested, and he is in the county juli
at Delphi, A dispatch from Deliphl says
there is no clus positively to the criminals
and money prove to be those taken at Flora,
HAVOC AMONG “IMMUNEAS"™
28 Deaths Since August, 20 Among
Force Stationed at Guantanamo,
Guantagamo, Cubn, Two
fever, one from pus.
monia and twenty-five believed to have been
caused by malaria, have occurred since
August 20 among Colonel Ray's “immune”
the Third Vol-
unteers, numbering 640, now here,
The condition of the troops is improving.
meat 8 DUmM-
ber of head of cattle having been purchased
by Colonel Ray at §75 each,
General Perez and 300 Caban troops have
arrived and are receiving rations, They are
the junta to dis-
Special.
The eity, it is believed, has less than 1,000
rations, aod the condition of the residents
of the country districts is bad, owing to lack
The conn-
try people are not allowed to enter the city.
They are in need of medicines and treat-
ment, and the aid of the Hed Cross is
wanted,
WILL SEIZE THE FLEET.
Americans to Take Fossession of
Vessels of the Filipinos.
Manila, (Special. )- When the United
States auxilary cruiser MeCulloeh captured
the insurgent steamer Abbey, formerly the
the
bey, it is believed, having
rifles, an insurgent gunboat
American vessel into Cavite,
Americans coptempiats takiag possession
of the entire insurgent fleet because the
vessels are flying an uarecoznized flag and
are liable to seizure as pirates by the war
vessels of any nation,
American cruisers have gone north, where
the steamer Flliploos 4 landiog troops.
Two steamers, which have just arrived
innded 7,000
followed ¢
and pow the
16
from the southeast of the island of Luzon.
They report that the insurgents are over-
ranniog the country, destroylog property
and bemp crops.
Sanguinary conflicts have taken place ai
Cebu and Tolio.
PRISON DOORS OPENED,
Blanco at Last Orders Release of Politi.
eal Oflenders In Cuba.
Havana (Special).—The official Gazette
oral Blaoeo, asd bearing date of Beptember
27, granting pardon 10 and ordering the re-
Orders have been given to the Spanish
forces at Holguin to mares to Gibara, con-
centrale there and hold themselves in
readiness for shipment to Spain, The
troops at Puerto Principe are ordered to
go to Nuevitas, those on the Juc ro-Moron
trocha to Ban Fernando and those at
Maozanilio to Cienfuegos,
The third aad foarth divisions of the First
Army Corps will embark at Mantezas and
the first and second divisions of the same
corps at Havana, The forees la the Province
of Planar del Rio aud the divisioa engaged in
the defenee of Havaos, with General Blanco
and his staff, will also embark at Havaoa,
The Spanish provisional forces organized
here will be Incorporated in Lhe ranks of the
expeditionary troops of the army returning
to Spain. A part of the “mobiizados” —ir-
replat troops will be disband.d,
Each battalion Is authorized to sell the
boraes, mules and oxen belonglog to it, A
the sale by auction of the cavalry horses and
the mules of the commissary department.
At n meeting of the Havaua city connell a
commutication was read from the colonial
secretary of justice, directiog that of the
§50,000 delivered by the Spanish lank to
the city treasurer, asum be applied to the
{ ayment of the sainries of city oMeials long
due, The order of tis secreiary wits overs
ruled by the eouneil, whieh authorized the
mayor to apply the satire sum to the jay-
ment of more turgent obilgations, The coune
oll also decided to reclaim the gronad be
jonging to the city, which had been given
10 the cultivation zons during the war,
Tariff On Books Bent te Porto Mico,
A Washington speoini says: Dy order of
the War Department, books print-d in Eog-
lish are to ba admitted Into ports of Porto
Rico under the control of the United Hiktes
at 2.50 per 100 kilos. Under Spanish
raie a diseriminatiog duty of 13 pescs was
charged on Eaglish books.
From Baltimore Morning Herald,
MR. BATARD DEAD
Delaware's Noted Statesman
Passes Away.
ILL FOR SIX WEEKS.
A Distinguished Public Career Peacefully
Ended His Body is to Be Taken to Del
sware-The Illness That Ended His Life
Due to Old Age Services to He in Swed-
ish Church, Wilmington.
nn .
A special from Dedham, Mass, says
Thomas F. Bayard died at 4.80 o'clock Wed-
nesday afternoon at “Karistein,” the sum-
mer residence of bis daughter, Mrs. Bamuel
D. Warren, after an iliness of six weeks,
His death was without pain,
His wife, his
ren and Miss Florence Bayard-—aud bis son,
Thomas F., Jr. him draw his (ast
breath. His third daughter, the Countess
Lagenhaupt, Is on her way to Dedham from
abroad,
About the middie of
came hore to be
He was slok, but it was
ness was merely due to declining years,
steadily grew weaker,
spells of semi-consclousness and of deliriom.
A consuitation.of physicians was heid August
26, and they agreed
suffering from arterio-sclerosis, and a gen-
eral breaking dows, incident to age.
teric meleroais is an Increase of connective
tissue of the walls of vital arteries, gradoal-
iy closing them, Mr. Bayard suffered pain
to no noticeable
saw
August
deney was 10 sleep,
During the frst lew weeks of his lliness
Mr. Bayard was able to sit up, but as the
aod never again rose from ft. Much of
time he was in a semi-conscions condition,
seldom repoguiziog any of the family and
at intervals having sinkiog spells, sccom-
panied by choking. These left bim aiways
wenker,
Tuesday it became evident
was a question of only a few hours, Kill be
logered, having a slight rally during the
night, and dering the morning his condition
showed Jittie change. Al 4 o'clock he began
to sink rapidly, asd bai! an hour later he
quietly passed away,
THE PRESIDENTS TRIBUTE,
Mr. Bayard's Berviees Entitle Him to a
Piace on the Roll of Great Americans.
A Washington special says: President Me-
Kigley sent the following telegram of econ-
dolence to the widow of ex-Secrelary of
State Bayard:
“With sincere sorrow | learn of the death
of your husband and beg to express to you
my heartfelt sympathy, Mr, Bayard's high
attainments and sterling qualities endeared
him to all who knew him, while his distin-
guished services to his country add bis name
to the roll of illustrious Americans,
“Wittaam McKisipy."”
Acting Beecretary Adee, of the State De.
partment, has sent the following telegram
to Mrs. Bayard
“Permit me to add my assurance of sor-
row and sympathy by reason of the death of
one whom [I esteemed In publie life and
loved as a trun friend. The State Depart
ment, over which De so worthily presided
and which he represented abroad with dis-
tinction, pays a just tribute of honor and
reversuce to his memory,”
Thought » Burglar Was a Mouse.
Nora Gibbs thought she heard mice
seamplog through an upper room at the
home of her father, in Chambersburg, Pa.,
while the father, also waking in the night,
was sure a deaught of wisd bad blown out a
night lamp, In the morning both discov
ered that a burglar bad secisted himself in
an apper room, snd that he bad extin-
guished the lamp to avoid detection, The
midnight prowler rified the elothing of the
tamily, stole three gold watches, $50 in eur
rency and a quantity of jewelry,
A Fhysitinu fas sabe,
A special livin Voledy, Uli, says: Dr, F.
A Tuud, 8 Wel KuUWE pu yswion, esstant
supe ritondont of Sue Susie Hospital (or the
fusuue, Dus developed raves in violent
form aud is pow lu Uuicage wmking trem
ment. br. Todd was vistes by a dog at the
SEYIUIL B LOuLE BO. A Bumuer of paticuis
were ithe at tue same Lime, No further
cious Live as you developed.
Chimsse Kmperor's Lilness.
A dispaten 10 toe Loodon dimes trom Pek-
16 says au imperinl edict bas Leen Mssued
expressing regret at ibe Emperor's increas
ing hi-henith, snd commanding tae gover
nore Of il Sue proviuees Lo send their mst
phiysicinue 0 Pekin. Tous the people are
being prepared for any aggravation ln the
Emperor's linens or ior bis death, whieh
pow woud not affect the situsbivn,
sUvosssion welg already provided for,
%
DREYFUS VICTORY.
Paris Court Will Now Pass on
the Dreyfus Petition.
A REVISION OF TRIAL.
The Premier Has to Beg, Plead and
Threaten the Other Ministers to Yield
for Revision One Minister Predicts the
Cabinet's Downfall in a Fortnight-A
Biormy Beene.
Paris, (Special. At & meeting of the
eabinet, all the ministers belog present, a
decision was taken in favor of a revision of
the trial of Capt. Alfred Dreyfus and the
in the case will be sent to the
The cabinet ordered
tice, M. Barrion, to lay before the Court of
Cassation the petition of Madame Dreyfus,
wils of the prisoser of Devil's Island, for
revision of her husband's case. The court
the minister of jus-
the first trial of Dreylus was vitinted by the
forgery committed by the late Lisutenast.
Colopel Henry, who was a witbess
in the case. If
be void a pew
ing forged a document
desided to one
The minister of
proceedings are to Le taken
mediately against soy one “attacking
army.’
The cabinet
the
The minister of
rumored that
He loft the mestiog before
remarking that he was “completely voice-
lesa,”
It is understood that M. Brisson literally
wrung concent from the cabinet for a
vision, after a remarkable display of elo-
inflgence and the
stormiest scenes, His mrongest opponent
was M, Rarrisn, the minister of justice, who
also expressed a desire to resign and who
warned the other ministers that they were
assuming 8 terrible responsibility. Viger
and M. Maroejouls, minlster of commerce,
supported M. Sarrien,
Mr. Brisson, it is said, fell into a violent
passion and declared tearfully that the min.
isters ought to eredit kim with usderstand-
ing sli the difficulties and the best way of
mesting them, Should they abandon him
now by refusing a revision, be sald it would
be to faoe dishonor.
President Faure hastily returned to Parla,
but M. Brisson went to Boils de Boulogne,
probably to avold presidential interference
until the papers should have announced the
decision In favor of a revision, M. Faure
being still strongly against a revision,
The eriminal ehamber of the Court of
Cassation, which will examine the Dossler,
consists of Afleen judges aud & president,
who happens to be a Hebrew,
The crowds outside the ministry of the in-
terior, where the cabinet coutcll was held,
loudly cheered the ministers, and there were
shouts of “Vive Brisson!” “Vive la Be
vision!"
The city Is excited and the bourse is in a
disturbed condition. Conservative papers
council the people to remain ealm. It is
doubtful if the action of the cabinet is popu-
lar among the masses, particularly the
country people, who “still eling to the fetich
of the army's honor.”
Spanish Pings Captured by Dewey,
A Washington special says: Two valuable
souvenirs of the capture of Manila were re-
eoived at the Navy Department from Ad-
miral Dewey. One is “the official flag of
Mantis,” sewed to which was a memoran-
dum, showing that the flag was “hauled
down August 18 1898 by Flag Lieutenant
Brumby acd Signal Boys Stanton and Fer-
guson, of the fAagship Olympia, after the
surrender of the city to the combined naval
and military forees of the United States.’
The other souvenir was “the flag of the
Spanish armed transport Cebu, eaptured at
Manila, August 13, 1808." Thess flags were
turned over to the chief elerk of the Navy
Department for transmission to the Naval
Academy,
West Virginian Haliroad Values.
The ftate boned of public works made ita
return of raliroad propsny ln the State to
the auditor for taxation, The total is #21.
635.824, against a total last year of $22,700,
578. The decrease is dus to the small mile.
age bullt the past year and depreciation of
old roads, The Baltimors and Ohlo, Char
leston, Clendenin and Button and West Vir.
ginia Central and Pitsburg roads show the
greatest Improvement in value, while the
Norlolk and Western, Chesapeake and Ohio
and West Virginia and Pittsburg show heuvy
deprecistion,
re.
READY FOR WORK
McKinley's Commission to In-
vestigate War Department.
EXCHANGE OF VIEWS,
Commissioners Advised, If They Find
Any Difficuty In Getting Testimony or
Papers, To Communicate With the Fres-
ident, Who Wi Endeavor to Smooth
Thelr Way Yor Then,
A Washington special says: The first meet-
fog of the commission to investigates the
conduct of the War Department during the
war with Spain was beld Saturday morn-
iug., The nine members of the commission
us completed are:
Mal.-Gen, Grenville M. Dodge, of Iowa
Col. J. A. Bexton, of lilinols,
Capt, E. P. Howell, of Georgia.
Mej.~Gep. J. M. Wilson, Chie! of Engineers
of the United Btutes Army.
Hon, Charles Denby, of Indians,
ister to Chins,
Ex-Gov. Urban
mont,
Ex-Gov,
vania,
Maj.-Gen. A. M'D. McCook,
(retired).
Dr. Phineas 8B, Conner, of Cinelonati,
The commission organized by electing
Grenville M. Dodge, chairman,
MHebard Weightman, of Washington,
tery;
office to be military recorder,
iate Min -
A. Woodbury, of Ver-
James A. Beaver, of Peonsyl-
of the army,
The President's Instructions,
The commission spent an hour and 8 haif
with the President before procesding to the
room assigned it at War Department,
The conference with the President consisted
the
as 10 the scope of the commission's investi.
gation, in which the President participated
freely. He told the members that the or-
ganization of the commission bad been un-
derianken at the request of Secretary Alger,
and read a letter from the secretary in which
he made the request. The President bad
put his own views in writing, and read them
before proceeding to a verbal discussion. In
this statement he sald that complaints had
been directed especially at the surgeon-gen-
eral’s, the quartermaster-genersi's and
commissary-general’'s departments
sriwy, and be suggested that the conduet of
these departments should
consideration. To this specific
d that it was his desire that
the
of the
receive especial
and del
military organization
necessary, be made the subject
the
should, If it appeared
of Muquiry,
sayiog that Le wished the commission to go
to the bottom of the subject {n all cases and
proceed with its work without fear or favor
“I1."" he sald, In the jaformal discussior
that occurred, "the commission should have
diMouity io securiog the attendance of wit
passes or in oliainiag access to
thought 10 be essential to
ts jabors, 1 hope the matter will be brought
when I will do all
difficulty. 1
field,
will do all that it is possibie for me to d
The suggestion was nls
made to the commission that the first eflors
should be to secure general Information Ir
papers
ths prosecution of
in my
wan
and i
power to overcome ihe
the time in which the work was performed
Charges of Criminal Negect.
In eonciuding bis remarks the
sald
“There bas been in many quarters severe
of the war with
erimminal neglect of
President
the conduct
Charges of the
in trassporiation bave been 80
that, whether true or false, they have mad:
a deep lx pression upon the ecuntry.
my earpest desire that you shall thoroughly
investigate these charges and make the fail
est examiostion of the administration of the
War Department in all of iis branches, with
the view to ewablishing the truth or falsity
of these accusations, 1 putupon yous
limit to the scope of your investigation, Ol
ali the departments connected with
perutiny and +x.
amination, apd shall afford every facility
for the most searchisg loquiry. The
cords of the War Department and the as
sistance of its officers shall be subject
your call,
persistant
tis
the
my wish that your investigation shall be
thorough and complete that your report
when made, will fix the
any failure or fault by reason of neglect
incompetency or maladministration upor
the officers and bureaus responsible there
for—if it be found that the evils compinined
of have existed,
gave their servios, If thers have beer
wrongs committed, the wrongdoers mus!
pot escape conviction and punishment.”
Proceedings fhoud Be Fable
It bas not yet been positively decided ir
what manner the comunission will proceed
with its work. The widespread interest ir
its proceedings and the importance attached
to the investigations justifies the geners
demand that, so far as possible, its proceed.
ings shall be conducted In public, The
President informed the commission that this
was not to bea star-chamber inquiry. It
was decided by the commission that all ln
formation should be given out through the
chairman, the investigation beiag conducted,
for the present at least, behind closed doors.
A Jacksonville Mail Clerk Arrested.
Postoffics Inspector Rosson has arrested
Thos, Miller, a mating clerk, who has been
employed in the Jacksonville (Fia.) offiee
peven years, A large quantity of mall was
tound in Miller's possession and consider
Able money was recovered. Miller made ¢
full confession soon after belog arrested.
For two years the inspectors have beea try-
ing to trace missing matter,
sh a
A New Lord Mayor of London,
Sir John V. Moore, an alderman of the sity
of London and senior partner of Moore
Brothers, tea merchants, has been eleoted
Jord mayor of Londos, to sucosed Horatio
David Davies, He was born In 1826 ba
the ward of Candlewick since
1880 and was sheriff of the city of London in
1899-04,
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THE KEYSTONE STATE
iLatest News Gleaned irom
Various Parts.
A———
AN AWFUL TRAGEDY.
Mrs. Peter Leonard Succumbs to Her
Fearful Injuries in Chester Hospital
Blight Clues to the Guilty ~ Two Men Are
Now in Custody Name of One of Them
Murmured by the Sufferers
Murder is the charge which must bs an-
{swered by the perpetrators of the brutal
{ erime in the little old cabin at Chester snd
i of which aged Peter Leonard aud his wife
| were the vietims, for the woman suecumbed
| 10 her fearful injories. The vitality of the
| oetogenarion was a marvel to the physicians
of the Chester Hospital, Beaten until her
| gray bairs reeked with blood and her body
| as covered with bruises she Jay unecon-
| velous but with the breuth of life in ber sll
{ through ihe long night, and daybresk saw
| hor still keeping up the unequal fight with
{ feath, But no flesh and blood eounid sur-
{ tive such fearful wounds and the end finally
itame at § o'clock P.M, The murderous as-
| sallants of the old couple have not been ap-
| prebended, but the police are on the traf],
{ snd it is bellleved that a definite clue wili
{ #8 developed In a few days, Minus Delaney,
the solored neighbor of the Leonards, is still
ender lock and key at the City Hall, and
| While he denies all knowledge of the affairit
{8 believed that he will the police
| raluabie information, Chief Berry took into
{ tustody Joseph Brown, a colored Iaborer,
| Who is said to have been in the eabin Friday
tvening. No charge was preferred, Lut be
{was locked up, Owiog to the serious nature
{of Mr. Leonard's wounds District Attorney
| W. I. Behaffor has not been abies to take his
itatement, Minus, however, has been wen
| Honed by both husband snd wife as impli
{ tated in the deed, and this statement was
{made at the time the old couple was
tred with their
wounds in their
rests,
furnish
discoy-
many bicod-enerusted
cabin at Frout and Welsh
District Attorney © shaufler. who is
woding every assistance i Police
the murder,
has the assistance of Dr, J. lL. Forwood,
Or. D. W, Jefleris and Dr. F. ¥. Lose. Dr.
Forwood and Dr ca ed as ex-
perts in the famous tweyer murder
irial, and will pre
pf the evidence
Chie! of
Berry, in the investigation of
Jefferis were
¥ Him
Ye YaiusUie io the apaiysls
found in the and
which has Leen secured by the At-
eabin,
District
iworney. The Lhe
¥ wd from
; fence polots straight to «
Ged 4 eis
foulest
It.
wers
with
In.
As
re.
when ber
nie Was
yews. A broken china dining piste,
stained with blood, indicates that this bad
been hurled at Mrs, Leonard. Finding thst
she still resisted the men wrenched off a lea
ne of the
trimes this county has ever witnessed,
would seem assalianis,
or more men, had
ard and
Samed by the Lear
tliat the wh
drinking
6 Friday night,
they
iwo
been
Leon Lis wile
attempted an
{wauit upon the grayhaired won She
sisted with all ber strength,
husband came 0
[knocked 4
IRE,
and
her assistance
2! the poplar dining table, and splitting this
into heavy ¢ ictims into in.
sensibility and secomplishied their purpose,
While the bodies
¥ + af #
bs Leagt their ¥
vie.
re.
LOeir
oa the floor, the
sumed drinking as the bico
bier and a iy :
they extinguished the ok
the door,
>
in their biocod
sonseious
tims lay ds eoocily
j-stained
indicate,
y and groped
their victims
their way § ieaviog
Tonsane Man's Freak,
George Wiison Barrett plead gulitly on
September 8 at Hostingdon to charges ol
burglary and shonting with intent kil
Louis Leister, and was sentenced eight
years Barrett acted strangely
and was subject to epileptic fits, and many
thought he was insane, After trial =
| the penitentiary be Wrote to Deputy Sberif
Wilson and told him that if he would write
to Superintendent Kane, of the Jusane
Asylum, at Howard RB. 1, he won d find
that bis real name was James J. MoGuaigie
and that he had escaped from thal instite-
| tion ou July 26, six days after the date of
the alleged burgiary and shooting. His st.
torpey at once communicated with Buperis.
| tendent Crane, who Barrett's
| statement in every particular and his de
: seription of MeGunigie tallies exactly witk
| that of Barrett, Barreit was found wan
| dering in the streets of Tyrone in his stook-
ing feet about a week alter the Leister burg:
| lary, and being questioned by the officers,
| claimed that be was the man who committed
the erime,
10
to
lo
in prison,
Lis
confirmed
Three Barns Destroyed.
A fire whieh for & time threatened to be
| yery destructive, broke out at Bloomsburg.
The blaze started ln a large barn owned by
George Trump, pear the Columbia County
Falr Grounds, The fames spread rapidly
and it was only through the efficient ser
vioss of the fire department that the exhibi-
tion buildings ob the fair grounds were
saved. The two barns owned by Mr. Trump
and one belonging to Contractor Thomas
Gorrey were entirely destroyed, together
with their contents excepting the live stook,
It is thought that the biage was the work of
an incendiary. The loss is $10,000.
Lost Both Lege.
Frank Deshler, about 30 years of age, had
both legs ent off on the East Penn branch of
the philadelphia & Beadiog Raliroad near
Allentown. Deshler was not found until
four bours after the accident, The most re-
markable thing Is that he did Dot loss con.
sciousness during this time, although be
was very weak from the ios ol
blood.
Big Stes! Plant,
The Desssmor Furnnce Company, of the
Mahoning and Shenango Valleys, will build
a #2,000,000 steel mill at Sharon. The plant
will be large enough to utilize the prodact
of eighteen furoaoes comprising the associa.
tion, and Sharon will be the central