LuisuAsr. ('-NMIIRAVr AM.KGKfl TO HAVK TMIMINKI) (IX UOKIIr'.l.') lltiATH. 25 MEN WERE CONCERNED. Ilrpw Ileans from ft llm, It U Said, the It lurk llnan Keltic the tut! Pawn-Onv-rrnor Iterkhain Ha Organised K'vhI mate Guard Mllltla Flocking to Frank fort -Alountftfloner Coming. Frankfort, Ky., (Special.) A letter re ceived liy State's Altorni-y Kobcrt P.. Frank lin says that Iirnnslleld ItiTtram, Sheriff ol llreckinrldge county, who recently died ol pneumonia, revealed on bis death lied a plot of which be had knowledge to murder Wil liam Gocbnl. According to the story 215 men drew lot (o determine who should do the killing. Twenty-llvo banns, 24 white and 1 lla!k, were planed In a hex and enuh ot the 2E men drew a beau. The man getting the Mack bean agreed Iwiforohaud to kill the Democratic aspirant for Governor. The plot was revealed. It In snld, and rev eral pcrjons warned Goebel thnt be would be killed II he exposed himself In public. The warnings were not heeded. Detectives, 1' Is ald, have been working on the clue given by the letter, but It Is not known whether ttjey bare succeeded in securing definite SVldeliOC. Tho first move on the part of J. C. W. lieck ham's followers toward the formation 3t a State guard under his administration wai taken when (Illy Cleric leu Marshall circu lated a paper and enlisted the requisite num ticr of 'mun who are to compose a new com pany. The guns for this company have been provided "by cltlfons here, most of tbem being either needle guns or Winchesters. In the ulternoon a report gained currency that Taylor bnd given his soldl-rs orders to arrest jieokhain and other officers of the Democratic State Government. On account of this report tho men sulfated by Captain Marsbnll were assembled at tho City Hull, armed and sworn In as special police for the purpose of protecting the Democratic oftlcers Who are still quartered at the Capital Hotel, Taylor Gets Hidiiforeeinoiits. Taylor's soldiers, who are on guard at the State House, were reinforced by the arrival ot the Itarbourvlllo cotnpauy. of 71 men, all of whom are fully armed and equipped. (.'ol. David 11. Murray, ot Clover I'olnt. lias been appointed by lieckham assistant Adjutant-Oenerai with the rank of Colonel, and be was sworn In, Harlan Wblttaker and W. II. Culton. who were confined In jail here, charged with com p 1 jlty In tho assassination of Goebol, were removed from the Jail and taken In a hnok to Shelbyvllle, where they were placed on a train and sent to Louisville under heavy guard. It Is understood they will be kept in the Louisville Jail till the April term of the Circuit' Court, when they will be returned here for trial. The military, authorities hero refused to permit the looal police and civil o filers to cu ter the Executive building tor the purpose ol arresting Seoretary of Htato Caleb Powers and Capt. John W, Davis, charged with be ing anvessorlus to the Goebel assassination. In the morning City Marshal Itlchardson applied at the Executive building and de manded to be aduilttod for the purpose, o! nirestlng Powers and Davis, was turned luiok, and the warrants were then turned over to Hherllt Sutor. The Sheriff also pre- dented lilmsolf at tho Executive building and demanded admittance. He was re Xerred by tho officer in obnrgo to Colonel Morrow, and the latter, being found, said: "I am sorry, Mr. HherllT, but It Is against Governor Taylor a orders to let anyone lute the building to-day." The Executive Mansion was watched nil day by a largo numlmr of deputies, hut nc attempt was made to enter by force. When the Chesapeake and Ohio east bound train pulled In from Louisville n do.en policemen and half as many deputies wert , at tho station to see If either Davis or Powers attempted to board It. "All aboard!" called out the conductor, ni the, train started off. As It did so u aoldlor dashed from the corner on tho oppo- site side from the station and, throwing him self upon the platform ot the second car, Jerked the boll cord, and the train came to n stop. Then quick ns a flash 30 soldier?, with Powers and Davis In their midst, ench lu regulation full-dress uniform, lustuntly runheil upon the cars. Llnutniiaut-Colonel forrow In charge of the squad. "Anything tho matterV" Inquired tho con ductor, ns ho peered out nnd saw the blue coats tilling on the train. "No, nothing the mntter unless yon delay this train here," responded a soldier, nnd with another jerk of the rope the train was off and the ."..en speeding toward Lexington ns fust ns steam could carry them. A reward of tl.BOll for the arrest of Pow irs and Davis was offered by Justus Goebel and Arthur Goebel. brothers of tho lute William Goebel. W. H. Taylor has Issued n Jong statement In which ho says he has Issued pardons to . everyone connected with the Htato Govern ment aoousod of complicity In William Goo bel's murder. I.Kr'T HI.'T WI.IMIO. 'llir Head Hero. I.nuton, Could tight ItetlMr Than Save, Washington, (Hpeclal. ) Letters of ndmln litratlon were Issued to Mrs. Mary (.'. Law ton In the matter of tho cstuto ot her de roased husband, MnJ.-Gen. Henry W J.nwton. Mrs, Lawtou set forth la ber petition for the letters that she had made diligent seurel nnd Inquiry for a will ot the deceased nnd bad not found any or obtained any lu'oruiH tlon that bo left or made one. Those entitled to the estate, It Is explained are the tour children ot the deceased Gen oral. The petition seta forth that at the tlun fit his death tho only personal estate of Oeh eral I.awton consisted of his accumulated pay a an officer of the army, amounting t about 1,01)1). Tun Killed an I Oun Ksraped. Trenton, N. J., fSpeclal.) - Three men were truck by a train on the Philadelphia nu Jleadlng Hallway neur Hopewell. Two o them wore killed ami the third Hint a mlra colons escape from death. Killed Ills llrother-lii-I.UH. Kioux City, la., (Special.) Christ, iiauei was killed ky Ernest Myers, his brother-ln law, thirty miles east of here, lloth men arc farmers. Itauer met death in defending his mother, with whom Myers had picked quarrel. Myers had been drinking. Thtl'tucu firm llitmed Oiil. Hedllnld, la.. (Hiieclal. J lire lu the biul fiess portion of this town completely wiped tmt all tho business houses ou the south slds ot Main stroct. The loss Is estimated at aboul 'ZO.OliO, ouly partially covered by Insurance, Thirteen llrms were burned out. The orlglu wf the lire-is unknown. A Succession of Murders. Columbia, H. C, (Special.,) -II. It. Carroll was shot uud allien oy v. r. wQiiuson at nt Itlackvllle, carrou was io uitve iieeu ..i...t n em nnmlnir session of court at llarn- well next week, for the killing ol Jaiuei jflollu lust Christmas, llolln himself had killed his man, young llerrltt, Just year 4rmous to nut own iragiu umuu, Mouev for l.llluokaluiil. ' u.uhtiiirtun. rSi.enlal.l Tha Hennlu Com lulltoe ou 1'orelgn Itelatlons authorized the reporting of an amendment to the Dlplo- A r,r,rftrrlMtlfn bill aliDroorlutlliir irllU.. imuM 1. 1 , - t ' 000 to be paid to ex-Queen Lllluokalaui and providing for an Annual donation of lO,00t Iht NtWS. Democratic Governor lleckhnm, ot Ken. tueky, began the orgnnlr.atloD of a state guard at Frankfort, to be armed with Win chesters. Itepiihllcan Governor Taylor's troops at the Htato 'Capitol were also rein forced, A clash may occur at any moment. Caleb Powers, Hepuollcan secretary of state, arrested at Lexington on the charge ot being Implicated In the killing of Goebel protests bis Innocence, and says all he wants Is a fair trial. Governor Taylor declares the entire proceeding Is a Dotuocratlo conspiracy. Dr. Pitrkburst. as nresldent of the Hoeloty for tho Prevention of Crime, sent a letter to District Attorney Gardiner telling blm to turn his virtuous indignation upon anumbci of places lu New York which are considers- bly more Immoral than Wallack's Theater. Kev. Samuel C. Ed-all, missionary bisbop of North Dnkotn, has been appointed acting uccessor to .he late Itev. Mnhlon N. Gilbert, blsoop co-ndjutor of the Protestant Episco pal Diocese ot Minnesota. Two more hold-ups wero reported in Nor- oik. In one instance the footpad, l'rank Williamson, was arrested by his intended victim, Mr. Parsons, and banded over to the police. Captain Malum has written an article tot Leslie's Weekly, dwelling upon the necessity of a large navy for the maintenance of the Monroe doctrine. Unofficial advices received in Cincinnati from Home declare that Henry Moeller, chancellor ot tho archdlocesu ot Clncinnntl, bus been appointed Jtlshop ot Columbus. Three more dead bodies were removed from the lied Ash mine, W. Vn., but the bodies of twenty-eight more victims remain in tho mine. William P. Miller, tho Franklin Syndicate mnu, was heurd In bankruptcy proceedings lu New York, 11) refused to answer ques tions. Isalnh Gary, colored, was sent up for six months for attempling to burglarise tho resi dence of Mrs. Jewell, ut Port Norfolk, Va. Captain IS. G. Patterson, member of the Virginia House ot Delegates from Uocklng bam county, died iu Ulchmoiid. Adam Helpucr. a wealthy merchant tailor of Grafton, W. Va., committed suicide by leaping Into the Valley river. The revenue service steamer Onondaga left Norfolk to search for the missing Hpnn Ish steamer Minerva. Philip Kuntz was convicted In Norrlstown, Pa,, of manslaughter lu causing the death of Pierce W. Cope. Thomas J. Williams was sentenced lu Htnunton, Va., to three years In the peniten tiary tor attempted rape. Fire did about tfi ,000 worth of dumngo to the factory and warehouses ot Mnmuel Uacon A Sons, In Laurel, Del. It. Gnrnett Willis died in Fredericksburg. Va., from the effects of a wound received during the Civil War. Three hundred non-union workmen, un der police gunrd. were put to work on build ings in Chicago. . I.esolutlons wero passed by (be New York Produce Exchange asking for Justice to Puerto ltico. The convention was continued in Cleve land, O., ot the National Council of Jewish Women. The II. Kyd Douglas Camp, Sons ot Vet erans," was organl.ed In Hhepherdstowu, W. Va. Fire wiped out 4500,000 worth of property lu Leads, H. D. The estimate ot the number of victims of the lied Ash mine disaster near I'iro Creek, W. Va., vary between llfly-two nnd sixty. Tblrty-four were tukon from the mine, twenty-nine being dead nnd five seriously In jured. George W. Drake, the famous Kentucky moonshiner detective, and a man named Ford were killed near Torrent, Ky., by Wil liam Ht John. A suspected cose of bubonic plague de veloped In Chinatown, Han 1'r.iucisco, and that suction of the city was quarantined. The National Tube Company, ut McKees port, Pn., advanced the wages of four thou sand men ten per cent. Smallpox Is carrying off nl.irgo percentage of the population lu the southern part of Mississippi. Fire in tho retail dry-goods district in Philadelphia caused a loss of $700,00,). Charles Albright, aged fifteen, was killed by a train near Meyersdale, Pu. Two hundred und thirty men Joined the strikers iu Chicago. Over a hundred minors wero entombed by .in explosion In the lied Ash mine, at Fire Creek, W. Va., on the south branch of the Chesapeuke und Ohio Hallway. Moro than thirty dead bodies have been taken out. Congressman Alfred ('. Hariner. known as the 'Father of tho House," who has served thirteen full terms in Cougress ns rep resentative of tho Filth Pennsylvania dis trict, died lu Philadelphia, at the age ot .seventy-live years. The grand Jury in New York brought In indictments against six men, holding them responsible for dlsscmlnatiug tho talso ru mors that brought ubout a decline lu If rook -lyn llupld Transit stock.' Edward C. Flanagan, who murdered two women, killed one limn and attempted the lire of another, was tried, convicted and sentenced numerous times, died In prison at Atlanta, On. The strike of thirty electric crane men at the works of the Pressed Steel Car Company lu Pittsburg. Pu., throw a thousand men out ot work. Proceedings were instituted in lirooklyn ngaiust the Haltliiiore nnd Ohio Hailroad Company by Hobert 1.. Cutting, on behalf of the stockholders of tho titnteu Isluud Hapld Transit Hullway Company. Police Magistrate Mott In New York beld Olgn Kethursole, Hamilton Hevelle, Marcus Mayer and Theodore Moss for trlul ou the charge of presenting an Immoral play ("Supho"; ut Wulluck's Theater. Cecil Leslie, advertising aguut ot the I'ruukllu Syndlcute, - was arrested In lirook lyn ou two charges ot conspiracy and grand lurueuy, and plead not guilty. The bolder ot one share of the stock of the Iilackwell-Durham Company prevents Its bale to the American Tobacco Company, One hundred thousand dollars was given to New York University for the building of u Hall of Fame tor Great Americans. A broken rail threw a passenger train over nu embankment near Huntington, Pa. The conductor was killed audnnumberof passen gers Injured. Miss Alice Connelly was found unconscious lu her home In Norfolk. Vn., having been at tacked by some unknown burglar. Edward II. Holder, a New York broker, failed, bis liabilities being K'7'J,4i.".. The Governor of West Ylrgluiu pardoned Henry It. Christie, a II io prisoner. The Independent Wludow Glass Associa tion has given up the struggle. The Democrats, Populists and Silver He publicans of Kaunas held a meeting to settle their differences ns to the State oltlcus and get together for the State campaign. A number of nou-uulouUts Joined tha strikers Iu Chicago. President Jordan, of Leland Stanford Uni versity, lu a lecture lu Chicago, expressed the opinion that tho century would witness the downfall ut Grout Hrltuln. Miss Lillian Hutu, duughter ot a million aire lumberman of Stillwater, Minn,, eloped with Albert 8. Franklin, ft negro, und mar ried him in Chicago, luceudlury attempts to burn the bouso ot Hev. Cornelius Illyasevlts, ot St. Paul's Uni ted Greek Churah, in Wllkesbarro, Pa., drove the minister Insane. Some unknown person mixed an acid with the holy ashes lu St, Hose's Catholic. Church, Merlden, Ct,, and the worshipers were badly burned. 50 FERISHJN MINE. I ltKlllTM I. F.X PI.OHION AT FIRK 'ItKKK, WKST VlltfllMIA. BODIES BADLY MANGLED. The Wives and Millili-cn of the Victims Crowd About the Mines, and Many of the Women am Ilnld Itack hjr the Ke llef Parties From 111. king Their Mves to Find Their Loved Ones. Flro Creek, W. Vu., (Special.) -Tho first explosion of gas that has ever occurred In the New Hiver Valley happened at Hed Ash Tuesdny morning at 7.30. The force ot tho explosion was so great thnt cars standing 200 feet In one of the entries were blown out to the mouth of the mine, nnd a hole 1'2 feet In diameter wns blown In the mountnln side sue fourth of a mile from the mouth of tho mine and wns clearly felt In the Hush Hun mine, one mile distant. Nearly 60 men are killed nnd Manager Shlrkey has ordered that number of cofllns. Tho mine Is completely wrecked, and the icene of tho explosion cannot be reached. lno Itndlcs Recovered. Only nine bodies have been recovered, In cluding those of Quarrels, Hackney, Jack ion nnd Washington. These were close to tho mouth of tho mine. The rest cannot bo gotten, ns tho firedamp overcomes the men before they are hardly Inside aud they can work but a few minutes nt a time. The ex citement is great, but not nearly so great ns might be Imagined, FZxperlenee of Kye-Witnesses. M. C. Splx, coko boss, said he saw tho cloud of dust, wreeltnge, ears and other de bris come out of the mine, and know what It was. Georgu Tucker said he was standing at tho mouth ot the mine nnd heard a loud explo sion and saw lire, nnd when ho came to be was under a pile of wreckage, severely In jured. State Mine Inspector Edward G. Plncknoy, of Montgomery, W. Va., snys tho mine had good ventilation, no holes or pockets In the roof, and that every precaution was used to prevent accidents, but that they might hnve been drawing pillars, and In the holes caused by them the gas might have accumulated iu the mine. Iu time sufficient wns gathered to produce the explosion. Further thnn this Mr. Plncknoy would say nothing, as ho said be could not make bis report public until filed In the Inspector's office. What the Superintendent Hays. John Lalug, mine superintendent of tho mines, was seen by a correspondent. He had been working all day In the mine and was suffer lug from the gn.s. When ques tioned in regard to the explosion, ho said that be bad been mine superintendent for a long time and that he had never known of o serious nn explosion before. -Hn bnd never thought such nn explosion possible in this mine; that while be bad noticed some little gas In the mine, it was not considered dnngerous; that tbey bnd seen some little fire on the coal, but that every precaution known bad been taken; that tbey bad a competent boss, whose duty It was to sec that no one carrying an exposed light wont n where the gas was known to be; that wherever gas In the slightest was tbey bad signboards, and the men were cautioned nevor to go Into these places until the ,11 ru bors bad written on these boards thnt he bad examined the places In question nnd they wore safe. Mr. Lalng said that their system ot ventilation was perfect, as tbey had two good fans und their courses were double nnd drove the pure air up to tho face of the coal when the men were working. - He soys the explosion occurred nbout 7 A. M., and there were between 50 and CO men In nt the time. Had It occurred SO minutes later there would have been lG'J mon in the mine. The sight of the poor blackened bodies thnt have been taken from the mines is aw ful. Tbey were burnt almost beyond recog nition, nnd a white man can hardly be dis tlugulbhcd from a blaok man, Itesuliers ut Work. The rescuing pnrty is working In 10-inln-utes shifts, but can do little, although they are working heroically. The after-damp is holding tbem back, and a man goes lu, walks out in a few minutes, or Is brought gasping to the light, A ml no doctor grubs the mun, cold water la applied to his face and then a little whisky is given blm nnd he staggers on to fresh air. In the course ot an hour he goes back to the work ot resoue. MANGI.i:i Ilk' CKAMIlMi TltAlNS. Fcui- Hundred Minors In u Hud Wreck Two Killed, llriizll, Ind,, (Special.) A miners' train, carrying 1 0 workmen at the mines north of here to their homes In this city, wns run into by a local freight train on the Chicago nnd Eastern Illinois Hailroad, and the caboose aud two cars were smashed to splinters. Melvlu Esster aud Charles Crow pry wero Instantly killed, nnd more than forty per sons severely Injured. Among those sei- lously Injured, many of whom will die, are: Thomas llarrowmai, both lugs broken; Will Dodwell, injured internally; William Lumsecn, arm broken, injured in chott; Samuel Lynch, internal injuries; John Dick son, back brokoi; Thomas Dnvls, both aims broken; John Little, arm broken; Wll lum Vesper, internal Injuries. The wreck occurred in n deep cut lu tho center ot a short curve. Tho rullroad com pany ut once sent aspeclul triilunnd brought the wounded to this city. All the vehicles obtainable at the livery stables and from private homes were secured to take the uien to their homes. Engineer William Mcintosh und Fireman Ed Slteehau, ou tbo freight train, were Injured by jumping when they observed the Impending danger. The wreck age caught lire, aud the rescuers were forced to make a heroic light to prevent those pinned In the wreck from being cremated. Medals fur Sailors, Washington, (Special.) Secretary Long has returned to the House Military Com mittee with his approval the draft ot a bill submitted to blm and introduced by Hepre sentullve Hull, ot Connecticut. appropriating 420, OX) to provide medals for the sailors who participated lu the battle of July 3 off San tiago. The measure is so framed as to avoid iu vldlous distinction aud the renewul ot old animosities. WAI. SON ltKI.ll.Vr.il. The Admiral Will I.vuve for Home ou the llulthnore. Wasblugtou, (Special.) -Ou account of the delicate condition ot Admiral Watson's health he has been authorized to transfer bis Hug to the Baltimore, which vessel Is to be detached from the Aslatio Squadron, und to proceed home by way ot the Suex Canal and Mediterraueau Sea. Heur-Admlrul George C. Ilemey, at present in command of tho Portsmouth (N. II.) Navy-yard, will be ordered to succrel Hear Admlrul Watson In oomiuaud of tl o Aslath) Stuliou. ENGLAND'S NK W TASK. Dutch Io tho Colony In It e volt lu Two Districts. Caps Town, (By Cable.) Nearly the whole ot the Dutch population of the Prleska and Keuburdt districts are In rebellion. Many ot the Dutch from neighboring dis tricts are repor.ed to have Joined them, notably Plot Mooluian, who will lead tbt rebels. la the Kelehstag Count von Hoalow said Germany was favorably disposed to The Hague Gout rsnco la so fur as It did not Juo pardlxt) ber right to protest ber laraomta. BOERS DRIVEN BACK. l ord Huberts Iteports Successful Operations-Gen. French Did the Hardest Part of the Fighting. London, (Uy Cable.)-The War Office has Just posted tho following advices from Lord Hoi erls: "Poplar Grove, Wednesday. We had a very successful day and have tompletely routed the enemy, who are In full retreat. "The position which they occupied Is ex tremely str ng and cunningly arranged with a second line of Intrenchinents, which would have caused us heavy los had a direct attack been made. "Tne turning movement wns necessnrlly wide, owing to the nature of the ground, and tho cavalry and horse artillery horses are much done up, "Tho llghlng was practically confined to tho cavalry division, which, hb usual, did ex ceedingly well, nnd General French reports thnt the horso artillery batteries did great execution among' the enemy. "Our ensunlties were about fifty. I regret to saj- that Lieutenant Keswick wns killed and Lieutenant Halley was severely wound ed, both of the Twelfth Lancers. Lieutenaut De Cresplgny, of tho Second Life Guards, was severely wounded. Hemnlnlng casual ties will bo telegraphed later. "Generals Dewet and Delarey commanded the P.oer forces." Earlier in tho dny, In a despatch to tho War OHIee. announcing his Intended attack on the Doers. Lord ltoberls had given the following ns the disposition of tho forces: "The enemy occupied a position four miles north nnd fcieven miles south of the Moilder lllver. ' I placed General Colvllle's division on the north bank nnd General Kelly-Kenny's and Tucker's divisions, with cavalry, ou the south bank. Tho cavalry illvlslonsucceedcd In turning the enemy's left Hank, opening a rond for tho Sixth Division, which is ndvauc lug without having been obliged to fire uehot up to the present time. The euomy nre In full retreat towards the north and east. They are lielng closely followed by cavalry, horse artillery and mounted Infantry, while Tucker's Seventh Division, Colvllle's Ninth Division aud the Guards brigade, under Pole-Cnrew, nre making tholr way across the river at Poplars Drift, whero I propose to place nit headquarters." A Jl I LI. ION LOST 11 V A FIHK, A Disastrous Contlngrstlon in the Dy (iooiU District In Philadelphia. 1'htludolphln, (Speclul.) A lire entailing an estimated loss of over 700,000 occurred iu the retail dry goods district. The confla gration originated lu the engine room ot Shonemun Pros., dry goods and millinery store, ut Eighth and Arch streets. The engine room was In the basement at the center ot the str jeture. It Is said that while the lire wub being drawn from the furnaces sparks communicated with some waste paper, nnd the little blaze spread with as tffitfshlng rapidity to the upper floors, .This was at 7:15 o'clock, and the em ployes had not yetcwrlved. A general alarm was sounded, but all efforts to save the building wore fruitless, and It was leveled. The loss Is pluced at $:t00,000. Marks Bros.' dry goods store, adjoining, was partly dam aged by smoke and water, and their store house was completely gutted, entailing an estimated loss of .')00,00(l. The Shonemun building was tout stories nnd Murks live stories lii height. The flimies spread to tho six-story building on Cherry street occupied by Meyerhoff Pros., manufacturers ot women's and chil dren's clothing, und tho Philadelphia Elec trical Equipment Company. Nothing wns left of this place but the walls, and tho loss Is pluced nt f 203.0011. Several smaller build ings were moi-o or less seriously damuged. About l.ijOO persons, men, women and children, were thrown out of employment by tbo lire. ANOTHKIt .HI'KKL I'OMI' tXT, Oho Incorporated at Cliiirlenlow:i With a Capital of One Million. Chnrlestown, W. Vn., (Special.) A steul coucorn wus Incorporated hero with a sub scribed cupltal ot tl,000,000, ot which $100,000 Is already paid up. The Incorpora tors uro James N. Vunce, John D. Culbert son and Frank J. Heurn, all of Wheeling, aud Arthur F. Luko and Edmuud C, Con verse, of New York. Tho main ofltco of the company will be at Wheeling, and the com pany will begin at once the manufacture of steel and Iron, Charters' have also been Is sued to the Ideal Mutual Improvement Com pany, of Huntington, with an authorized capital of (00,000. The Incorporators aro P. y. Payne aud N'. H. Gordon, of Hunting ton; D. Stratum, of St. Albans. W. A. Har per and W. W. Tackle, of Winchester, Ky. The Morguntown Hrldge and Investment Company, of Morguntown, with an author ized capital of ir25O,0OO, Tho Incorporators aro nil of Morguntown. I1HK AT JSI.IZAI11.TII. Tim Lou Will Iteneh I'lfly Thousand Hollars. Piirkersbtirg, W. Vu., (Special.) -The town of Elizabeth, Wirt county, narrowly escaped being wiped out by ilro huuduy. About 4 o clock A. M., lire broke out Iu the rear of Mrs. Snyre's millinery store und spread rapidly throughout a row of build- lugs opposite the courthouse, Including Flluo's jewelry store, the Elizabeth Drug Company's establishment, tho general stor s of Gray Hros. anil the grocery of it. E. Wood hard. These structures, together with their contents, wero destroyed. Tho buildings were tho property of Mrs. Kendall. There Is uo flro department nt Elizabeth, and the Humes were fought by a bucket brigade. Just after tho Uro broke out the authorities of this city were telephoned fur und hud the city lire engines and men all ready to start for the scone on a special train on the Little Kuiiuwhu Valley Hullroud when word wus received that the Hie wus under control. The loss Is estimated ut tW,0W. A World's Iteeord llrokuit. Minneapolis, Minn., (i Special.) -Churl. Hanson, n Swede, lifted SCO pounds with one linger without a harness. The accomplish ment of this tout breaks the world's record tor one-finger lift, 5,'.;!;,, pounds, lifted In t'hlcugo. May 7, 1890, by Louis Cyr, a French man. Hansen now claims the world's chain ploiibhlp f.TV.ie one-linger lift, und will de fend his tltlo against ull comers. KILI.CI) AT LAST. l.torgc Druko, Kuluous IMnuiitti'Iit Detec- tlve, Shot by Old F.neiuy, Lexington, Ky., (Speclul.) George W. Drake, the famous mountain detective und ux-deputy United Stutus Marshal, and ft muu named Ford were shot to death neur Tor rent, Ky., by Wllllum St. John. It is reported to be the result of bad fee; lug ot long standing between Drake nud St. John. Drake Is said to have run dowa more moonshiners and criminals iu tho mountains 3t Eastern Kentucky thun uuy other oll'.oer lu the service. It AV AGED II V h U Vl.ril'O.V. An Appalling State of AITuirs Itevealed In Southern MUslssippL Jackson, Miss., (Special,) Au official re port made to the Hinds County Hoard of Supervisors reveals an appalling statu ot ilfulrs iu tha Jonesvllle neighborhood, lu the southern part of tbu county. Tho community Is literally honeycombed with smallpox of the most virulent und loathsome tortu, und during the past six weeks nearly ouo hundred deaths have oc curred. On sumo days tho death rate has been so large that it was Impossible to lecure couinr, ana rude casitets were nnoin (rout runs. AGUINALOfl'S MOB. SKNOR LALA 1ILA1HKS ANTI-IMPERIALISTS fUK HLOOIWHF.I). MEETS LEAGUE OFFICIALS. War Prolonged by the Documents Hunt Out to the Islands 1 bo Itebel Chieftain Heads Theiu In His Soldiers and Declare! That the Americans Want lllui lo Con tinue the War. Hoston, Mass., (Special.) -Hniiiou lleye Lain, a native of Manila, who Is lecturing on the Philippines, visited the oflloe ot the Anti-Imperialist League by request of Sec retary Irving Wlnslow. William Lloyd Gar rison was ulso preseut. The three had a long talk, after which Mr. Lain said that he nnd his new formed ac quaintances could hardly agree on a single point. During the conversation Mr. I.nlu told the Boston men that Agulnuido's following Is nmong the uneducated, nnd that be tills these people with stories, inuklntf them be belleve thnt If they accept American govern ment they will only return to Spanish op pression. Mr. Lulu further said: "Agulnnldo Is assisted by tho antl-lmper-lallsts In this country. These latter he blames for the bloodshed In the Pnillpplnes. They hnve sent documents to that country a id these are published In the Filipino papers. "Agulnnldo rends them and shows theiu to bis followers with tho statement: 'I told you that the Americans want us to continue the war.' As a result, the poor fellows continue to light.". OLD TltOOPS ItM l ltMM). Those Longest In Philippines Arc In He Itclieved. Washington, ( Special. V- The War Depart ment has taken tho lultln. steps towards ren ovating the military forces In the Philippines by returning In small detiichmeutslhe troops who bnve seeu longest service there und re placing them by recruits raised in this country. The movement began last woe', when in structions were sent to General Otis to pick out a battalion from ouch ot three regiments which hud been longest In the Philippines, namely, the Fourteenth, Eighteenth and Twenty-third Infantry nnd return them to the United States. The Eighteenth Infantry is scattered through the Island of Punuy; the Twenty third Is In the Isluuds of Cebu and Jolo and the Fourteenth Is at Manila. The men picked out for return will bo those whose term ot enlistment are about to expire or those broken In health. While General Otis has not yet slgnllled what force ho requlresto compensate for the witbdrawul ot these three battalions, the department Is proceeding on the assumption that the recruits gathered in New York ready to leave for Manila on tho Sumner when that transport Is completed will suffice. TROOPS CALLED FOR. Generals Young anil Hood Ask for Iteln forceineuw Itebels Attack Ajiarrl Town, Manlln, (By Cable.) -Generals Young und Hood are asking for reinforcements, nud u battalion ot the Forty-eighth Heglment has been sent to Apnrrl. Other troops will fol low. Tho re.be.la rACtltlv ttHTMidtMtlHv at. tacked Aparrl for several hours, but were. uuauy driven away. Details of the ulliiii are lackiug. The rebels nre holding reuulous in the Province of North Ilocos, and the Hed Kntl pnuan Cross, sympolic of resistance, is again appearing among the natives. It is believed thut the Insurgent generals, Tlno and Flores, have been driven by General Young Into Genernl Hood's district, south of Aparrl, ino. ruct that General oung Is unublc, Wlllir to lack of tr.iona Ia ii,l,,tln nu.rl. sons In all the towns occunled has had a hud effect on the natives. General t:lte.n has return ...I f.rf.i. leaving garrleons in tho provinces of North and South Cumurlnos. The expedition lost seven raeu killed aud ton wounded. On en tering New Caoeres, Province of South -marines, General Dates learned that 2.000 nsurirunts had dennrteil ihu sum. ..I,,,, 'ei.- Americans Immediately scut out three pur suing columns, encountering tl.M mamuln three suoull engagements nnd killing a total oi su men. The Soanlsh nrlsonors n.nurt timt n. enemy bits divided Into small bunds lu tht uiouuiuins unuer tne leadership of Gunen.l Legaspi. The town of irlcc lum been l.nr,,..,i by the enemy. Both provinces were thor oughly scouted. The luhnbltiiuts of tho dis trict of Llbninnnn, Including Ahella, the provincial uovernor, nnd other ofllclals, are oiuruiug iu uieir nomes. Auellu has I lued a uroclumutlon callinif ur.r.n th.. ni.iin,. to submit to the Americans. Liberated Drlosts from that the Insurgents killed 6i Cbluumeu and 40 Spaniards at the town of Culubungu. It Is estimated that there are 100,1 00 bales of hemp In tho Comarlnus provinces. Twelve huudred well-armed Insurgents formerly of Cnvite Province, with a Chinese general in command, surround the towns id Aiuay nnu j.eguspl. They huvo effected three night uttuuks und eoulluually buruss the Forty-seventh Heglment, which lias lost 8 men killed aud HO wouuded lu defending those towns. COM.MITTLI) SI II I D . Truglc Drulh of I'. M. It.-viu.bU ut Put-. sons, w. Vu. Parsons. W. Va.. (Snoclul il' i holds, a prominent lumber dealer of this town, commuieu suicide in tho office of his mill at Thomas. He cut his throat with a knife, und onlv lived u short time v.i a- It assigned tor tho deed. ( Ircult Court Is In session. At this term will come up the celebrated Keens ciise. Fred D. Kerns was tried ut the June lenu oi the Circuit Court here for the murder of MUh Lucy Doy, In Davis, lust April. He wascou vlcted of murder iu the lirst .i-,r sentenced to the penitentiary for life. The supreme court reversed this verdict, and now the case Is bauk tor a new trial. lutul F-liiloii, Plimpton, N. J., (Special.) The Smith Fuse Manufactory at this place blew up and tour persons were killed aud u number more or less injured. Tho killed are: John lihoda, William Cad mus, William H. TaluiHge, John Merrllt, u boy. They were at work lu the factory with ubout 30 other men uud girls. The bodies ol tho four persous killed were badly mungled, uud some of tbem blown to pieces, Percy Jacobus was blowu into the river und budly hurt. OVKKTl'ltKS Folt I'KAL'K. The Conditions Suuli that Great llrilaln Would Not Listen to Tliem. London, (By Cable.) The Dully News makes the following edltorlulunuouuuement: It was rumored lu London aud we have tome reason for believing the rumor to he correct that the two republics made In formal and unofUclal overtures ot pence, "Unfortuuutely, the coudltlous suggested are of such a uhuracter ns to preclude the possibility of leading to any result. Terms which might bnve been gludly accepted be fore tho war, la order to avert it, are Im possible after the war, with ull the s.icrlllco It has eutullcd." LEAVING CAPE COLONY. The llonrn arc Itetreatlns; Tram All of That Section (len. Drabnnt Attack Them. London, F.np., (By Cable.) The Boars nre evacuating all of Northern Cape Colony, currying their guns and supplies with them, A force remains nt Norval's point, presuma bly to oppose it ltrltlsh advance across the Orange river there. General Brabant, com manding a division of colonial troops, at tacked n foroe ot Boers at I.nbuschagneg nek, on the road from Dordrecht to James town. I.abuschngnes nek is about 35 miles northeast of Storkstroom. General llrabant, It Is stated, gained throe positions, nnd ns night closed was facing ltocrs posted on an opposite hill. Tho British loss was six killed and IN wounded. Fighting has begun to the enstwnrd of Osfonteln, in tho Orange Free State, whero Lord Huberts' malu army is stationed. Gen eral French, with a largo mounted foroe, found Boers Intrenched In a strong position on a kopje nnd fighting was In progress when tho last mossngo wns sent. Helnforcements nre runchlng Lord Hoberts dally. A Lon don cablegram says his army must number between 00,0 0 and 60,000 men, If nnt more. General Puller's forces in Natal numbors 40,000. Good judges In London now place the totul force of Honrs in the field nt fi,000. All or part of the Transvaal Hoers who re cently faced Genernl Iluller In Natal are re treating to Illcgnrsiierg, 33 miles north of LBdysmlth. A British force will march through Zululnnd and try to Intercept them north of HIggarsberg. Some of tho Freo Staters huvo ret red to Van Roenen's Pass, and the mass of troops from both republics is believed to be nsmbllng nt Wlnbnrg, 70 miles northeast of ISIoumforitein. It Is ofllclally announced at Bloemfonteln thut "General Oronje, with from 2,000 to H.000 men, surrendered owing to sonrclty of food nnd ammunition." A Cape Town dis patch states that tho Boer prlsouers captured at Paardetierg inukn n total of 4,600. The differeueo in tho figure may bo accounted for if tho Capo Town total Is tnken to repre sent not only thoso captured with CronJe February '11, but tho others captured In the operations which ended In Cronjo's sur render. Dr. W. J. Loyds, Europoan diplomatic ageut of the Transvaal, authorizes ft denial of the report that he rocelved news that Mufeklng bud been relieved. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Opposition to the F.-nporor's bill for nn In crease iu tho navy is increasing in the Rcloh stag. The trouble between tho French Canadians and the English In Montreal continues threat ening. ' Mr. Hobert J. Iiuohannn, secretary ot the Lafayette Monument Commission, presented to President Loubettha first ot the La fays tie souvenir dollars. The Montreal Express, on the Canadian Paclllc, went down an embankment,' near Burkton and a number ot passengers were Injured. The Influenza is now raging in Tarls, President Lou bo t, Cardinal Hlobard and other prominent people being among the sufferers. The University cf Edinburg will confer the degreo of dootor of Inws upon United States Ambassador Cboate. Charles Eugloton was sent up for five years In London for bigamy.' He admitted having six wives. The German schooner Ida foundered oft Dungeness., All but two of the crow were drowned. The Prlnes nnd Princess of Wales opened tho big new tenement buildings In London. Tho secret instructions issued by the Prus sian Minister of tho Interior wero that no statistical information about tho contraven tion of the food adulteration law should be given the American consuls. The British punitive expedition seut to nveugo the murder of two commissioners in the Moughern district, Dunnah, killed 80 villagers nnd burned 2,000 houses; Tbo HiiBslun government, it is nanl, will lease a Persian harbor on terms similar to thoso of the leuso of Port Arthur. Lady Louise MitdeleinnTIghe, who dunccd at the famous hnll in Brussels, died at Wood stock, County Kilkenny. Tho German Reichstag passed the third reading ot the motion to repenltbe so-called "dictatorship paragraph" iu force in Alsace Lorraine. Major Mcliride, who raised nn Irish bri gs le tor tbo Hoers, was defeated in his con test to succeed Miahnel Duvltt In Purlls inont. Tho German battleship Snohseon stranded nour Kiel, and lu attempting to lighten tho warship ouo ot her guns was lost. During ft carnival procession nt Caracas, Venezuela, an ineffectual attempt was made to shoot President Castro. Paul Doechauel, president of the French Chamber ot Deputies, In a speech In Paris spoke warnlugly ngaiust demonstrations of Anglophobia, Klug Oscar of Swedou expresses the hope that the wars iu South Africa and the Philip pines will soon bo ended. Tbo naw Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs strenuously op poses tho demand of tho Norwegians for a separate minister ot 'foreign nlTttlrs nnd u separate representation abroad. FIELD OF LABOR. Chicago may export coal. Philadelphia has 105 unions. Japun cooks earn Ii5l per week. Austria's 00,000 coal miners struck. New York is to have u pie trust. Japan eotlou mills are consolidating. Bostou has 12,000 municipal employees, Alabama Is to huvo u State federation. New York ate Inst year 077,280,120 eggs. Grlflln, tin., Is to have a -!u,UH) knitting mill. America has seventeen oloomnrgnrliie fuc lories. New York has a co-oporutive cigarette makers' union, The United States nnd Canada contain 400,000 ooul miners. Providence curpcutcrs will demand the t Ight-hour day. New York unionists want a"lnbor-luw en forcement Inspector." During tho past four years l'JO, 000,000 union hat labels have been used. The Iron Holders' Union of New York Is worth $3.1,000 uud bus 8,000 members. Ohio's legislature killed a paper thut re quired equal puy for men and women. Tarupool, Austria, has a municipal bak er v, and sells bread nt cost price to citizens. Dresden, Germany, publishes a daily paper, and all pro, Us are spent ou publiu parks. Leeds, England, bat city ownership of slaughterhouse und incut market costing VJ 0,i 00. Berne, Switzerland, has n municipal slaughterhouse, water works, lighting plant, &o. Vienna opera! s municipal brickyards and sells part ot the product to private parties,. The ratio of meu io women among the public school teachers lu Massachusetts is 1 to 10.2. No fewer thun iT,000 people nre Injured in manufacturing Industries of tiew York State ycurly. Tho Syracuse Labor World hut started nu agitation among the worklngiuen of thai olty, ulmlng at the nbundsnment of the Erie Csniil as n waterway nnd the construction on Its line ot ft railroad to lu owued uud operated by the H tat. KEYST0r ' 'I lie' )l f,id I I sn PUBLIC OFFlCEi' tor' Dnnpbln Couiiiy fn " "-am-.s. Ilg Increase l vi,, t'c sylvanln-N'ew Vo-iivl pany Purchase. n. '.'' ill.: - tin ibert. Ih William Dolts the Hoard ot Poor bin 11,01 Allontown on a e,rt, L, ns a public, ofllwr. J nnd mot his fel0'.. fro board, to whom Imt., 1 f Immediately after i v" Gromau ordered ',., P1"" Information ngnlmt ik'Lk and Deibert placed nt in si ft hearing. Aldermwit, 1 Constable Gruele ,m.l mnndod ball to thm, f - was furnished by ti,,,, gg1 director, Frnnk iMV.f llnillng of Irregularis. I l Deibert by tho eeiiM ' been told. The nii,it.bi AnntliA, lt.......t v It wns nmdo Ollt irj Wrlgh t, of Westctlia furnished pr.ni. 5k to Mrs. Kmri.li r Inged 10.50 denies thnt he f. i rnU eeivod the mnn Is going IVit ; J county auditors in 1 Dolbort's alleged ,Pir that ho realizes that mistake. He ex pre), kg. imburse tho county l Xaj! suysthe chnrge will lTani whether Deibert r. . - k ii Payment ,,fi. f0 The question ot jcs time" to nsk for thr note, one thnt has iw ii. A courts of PennsylviiDi, nn opinion from Juiln burg. In Mti7, lNiw.ft. Hnuk discounted u not, for for 7,000 for the b. t W. Belly, it being In, IO 1 Holly. The note mi. t ci ment until Mnrcli. g f( could not pay, ami th?-car exeoutor of the eii.lor- ns H ml "ho .. "reasonable time" for L had expired, tho tl:" thirty-three months. 1 a81 contending that then fou until demand was rJnw' Judge Slmonton deJ saying: "Tho neces jiuo olsions (of our oun t . promises on which tlinr as indorser in the case Vs. not mndo within a m.':, held liable. The conr f any burd and fast rule Is a reasonable time r, of payment must beta.': on demand. There b:9tt" decides thnt u delay i'P0 Is reasonable, ami It failure of the pliilntu in, of the note iu eontroi-'it tbo ninker until the thirty-three months !:j0m nnd indorsed ami iH m indorser wns disebv.'v j her Indorsement, li therefore, dlroeteil t f favor of tho defen.lnt: " lllod within thotlmr; mi' Is tt: To Ma A deal has been the Wlnslow Automo! York, secures tlielkic1" and the Lonape llloy 8 ley, n representative) ' f 80 that the demand lerli I ccods their capmily imr tholr present work. -Is ) transfer is undo ui; will bo m ado to tin' pi I u u new industry to bi'!1jm employment to ::00 m ' ' iont ludue .Hliik junf Superior Court Jua, who was taken suJi!-'j,er, ugo. wns removed lr- dolphla to recehc tr -, Chirurglcitl Hospital f the prlvato car ot .1' law, Deputy Attorn') Uo M. L. IJncon tuvomp f .1 nv lllKliel Uul'1; Vl The Amnlganiati.il Hroc for March uud April j nnd resulted In an M to from 5.75 to ll. 'ft puli gives nn ndvnuceeNre, ore, making an lneMmrB( July 1, orU7 per cenl lte Ibis Is the bighMt n; tlnco 1870, mid n'T,','1,'i0li lu Eastern Ohio ami1' " :to' Nail Sciiilil'KdH( DIood poisoning J,f scratch ou the tiinai! r while handling l'r'i,e , loath of Jorouiiali S r I Pottstowu bakery, f 11 small nail In tic 11ut years of age. f0"11 ... ve Coiitily.l.iiU'l't' .l AuoverheatciHtu""" ronnty jail and oourr B'"' Plnlnlleid, caused n"bftt building before h Vwot I rlsoncrs were in tl" "0, ( flenl Hotel wirr; Thieves cntere.l tb'Jcy, the ubseucoof the f '.tv.l and, brouklng opcutl- ign I shotting contnlulnS'tl j, -' "PI' Inf.Ues lioubers entered m) noe It. Young, M;d u 4!),M0 cigars. ' rea Howard C. Orwik' lnty farmer residing Wiimi unsuccessful "'"""'.flu shooting himself t,; . tj revolver. County Solicitor H ' ecutton for 108.H lol ndelluquent tax c""-' and bis sureties, Adams, of Flcet; It Judge: Ml" J"p b great baste to wrote to the f armhouue that tur to her to emptP iil reply: "M1M J"1vc, a week each. f('J ' room; $6 wh ! Houne la very large brock '. Table of the f f , rrpftm 111 bout ground. 1. flUnnnnl of Doetscrlpt tht'i' ha matter (N I reud: "I ei oulo 4V. lu uan AS D1J J.0 her as loug as sue war the ground 11 r
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