li I. THE MIDDLEIHJRGH POST. T. U. HAKTER, Editoh and Pno'it. Miiihi.ntrnait. r. . .n i.y p. imk. ALPENA'S GREAT FIRE, TIIIUTEEN HfXnitKI) HOMELESS Several Lives Lost ml Properly Val ued At $100,000 Destroyed by the rinniPK. Just sixteen yenr ngo Alpon., Michigan, w.11 lrvi.l In aIm , nnlnow thirteen block re a m-iss of -.mouldering ruins, Tho fire which cu'. sucli havoc broke out 11b nit 3 o'clock in tho nft tiki i, In tint lumber mill of II. R Moro, n liuo strii'tuto covering twoA'Ti-s of ground nn I surroumlol liy sw dust lieiips And Jidtn of refuse lunib-r. TI19 wind 11 blowing n fiorco gn'o and tin fir soon spread to tlio Detroit, liny City nd Alii!i' o iglno lions-, which was rap idly C'.inu i 'd. Mor-e' mill bwdin,; limine went next and tlio lire spn-ud on tow aid tho bny. The flro department win helpless nod thr-ro was nothing to d lnit wiit until tli Ihv hid exhaust! itself. Gilchrist's linn! er d ok, with 3,Ot,ino fiHlof siwod lumW on it, was onn In fl um-s. And tin' s-one in tlio big log fell Into th- biy nn 1 di b'tn 1 nut Into the opo 1 liike, tlio tiinl-er lioing atilnzo, m i sight long to I rviii' inli -ri' l. Tliol.urniug timliT t lire to tl Government L ghlhoiise nt tin mouth of tlio rivor end it m so n a total loss. Wlille the flro wns slowly swcptng down through 1ml f mile of tho town, tlio pnop'e worn moving out hooph M g-odi and carry tng valuuble back of tlio town. It was not ntll midnight tlio flro win under c mtrol. Over 'JoO building were burned, unit, .ion icrsons nre hom-low. Nino-tenths of these sre workingmen, nndmtof them Imvo no Insurance, Tlio losi on tlif-no LuiMinKH wil txeeed 30,IH. Three million feet of hinder, Monglng to P. W. Gilchrist, Folkerts. Mel'hee ft Co., of Aletia, and Hum w & Hurt, of Saginaw, vahicd nt 7.5(K) wns nln lost. Mm. Ann M-Lnn, of Ruffal--, was burned toaVnth. Mr. Put vin, apn 1 T:t, is ko bi.lly burned tliAt she is not expected to live. Mint Nestor An l Mrn. Shn-lioiio.nl wero also seri. ously bumnl nnd may die. Tho total loss of prniiorty will probably roach MOO.noo, Although the joop'o burmxl mit wore mostly poor 1 ilxiron thoro w a no no'u il t-uf-ferine. Ooorjie I Mnltz (.-nvo fl,(KW and tho two of tho oera houw for slepiin purposxn. Tlio skatius rink was nlso given, and all the balls ore flllud. A.N. Hpnitt, has Font the feople to meat market and I Bkers, all bills to besont him. Many f imilios saved nothing. A CliOtlMlCKST. Additional TrtIU of Devastation In AVritt Vlrulnla. As tho ravages of the storm are repaired Iditional al vies as to tbp,cztent of th de struction are roceivrd from lections not be foreoien to communication. A spcciul from Ilerea, Kitehio county, brings in the first ad vices from tho Hughes river, small stream flowing through Doddridge and Ritchie counties. On it lank the destruction wai complete. Hundreds of farmers iu these two counties, as wvll as Calhoun, Gil more and Lewi. uro absilutoly ruinel. Near Heron there was a ( loud-burnt that in a few minutes brought tho water higlier than ever known. J. H. Halter's Htoro, eiglit-en fiet above ordinary high water, was carried from its foundation and everything lelw wai swept clcuii. Every bridge on tlietii'in is gone; houxea, b irnx. granariin, haystack' and growing rrois Iihvo dapenre'l outim ly, and piles of drift and debris left ten or twelve feet deep in the valley. Kor mile tho sol wai wiiMie 1 off as elonn ox a floor, le-tviug hard, smooth, elny surface, iu Hart our county lumb -rm -u aro all hetvy Iiuhts. The 1o-h on Hughes river is pi so si at I.VW.iX'O. In H:irbour county, along the Ty garta Valley river, lightning ndih'd to the havoc, burning liayrticksa iil burns, livery ktriain in th s county was dangerously swooleu and c trrit d otf t ri Iges, mills and other building", sttckinl wheat and growing ivirn, to ssy nothing of millhius of feet of lumber. At Moatsvillv, Isuic Hoffmau's steam mill And a new iron bridge were wept away. Tho inhabitants biroly eoed to tho hills, and lint their all. The visitation is without pretido-tt in this section. Oti Wrdnedy Terra Alia, l'renton county was visiu d by a cyclone. The tray-k of the cyclone lay right through ti e heart of the town, and twisto 1 houses from their founda tions and cn'Hid rKfs huudvliof fiet from the buildings. The railroids and cou' try roads are blockwl w ith dobr;s, and sdvi'8, Are iiecciaiarily meager. One house with three women in it was carried lot) feet and st dxinu intact in the lusl of tho ttrcaui, the iUAi'tVv jttiharnie I. Hir-s are scitterel t sjtomrftf no two board together. Lightning Accompanied tlio wind ai.d added toitsUrrors, doing much damiige. i i :h i 1 : 1 1 a r 1 : 1 1 i J'-1 m 1: 1: n s. l'niiarlinr for Another llebellion Aicalnkt tlio Dominion (ovc iiiinciit. There is iioih ubt that tho half broils on the bunks of tho hUiskntchewnn are (ettiug derMT.ite, and are procuring foranotlier.irm-t-d rebtdliou against the Dominion (Jovtru- nient. The ienp claim thst since re'ellion their condition bus Iks ii growing worse, and It is now simply deplora'de. They say the troops robUd them of their ponn'silonH, for which 110 coiniHjiiwttioii his I eon mudo, With out cro and without mnl grain, they have been se-mvly ab'o to snlist. The ray f the buffulo is past and they on get 110 game. Tbey have seut for (iahriel Duiunut to come to thtdr aJfftstniico ai d offer to p'aoo themselvita. under his leajlorhliip, swianng Ihaty).' -41 stand by him and give the la.it drofl jAr blood. ItTfthi lerstood that the Governm-nt II considerably alarmed at the roporU of or jaiiitition Ami itrinol resUtance waich have reacheil bt aluarteis, ami that the Lieuten ant Governor of tho Terrltorios and the Dep uty Minihtoi-of t'10 Interior are o 1 th"ir way West with order to investigito the state ot affairs, and if p ss;b!o to treat with tLe hilf-Jjio-i 'a. CONDITION OP TUB CUOPf ratlmnto of Yield of AVIntep Wheat I'roapoct for Corn and Oat a, Tlie following crop summiry apprnr In this week's nlition of the furwier's iVriVic; "The neither during last week ciut.nuel favorablo for tho growing cnj, as also for the winter w he it and liny hnrved, both of w hich aio now Wing vigorously pmhe I. While complaints of Injury by ins-ctstosmud gniln continue to bo r cjiv il, they d not hi lleato so serious In jurv ns was fearidi arlier in the seai m, A c niipilntion of tin roorts of thowiek on estimate I yiild per nore of w inter who it and of t o-nt of c.inditiou of spring when', oit.s nn I cirn, give tlio follow iug avcrnif'-s by Htnt-s: Ohio Kit in iut d yie'd of winter wlmnlpT ncn ll.o 1 inliels; c.inditioii of onls, lf.i; corn, MI..V ludi ini K-tirrn'ed yiel I of winter-whn per ncre, 11 1 u-liels; coi.ditiou of 1 ats K.."i; corn li'ii 7. Miiiois Wnle--w he t ir n"ro, 11 2 lmh el; iprin-whui'. con litlon, U.'.T; outs, K '; corn, '."1 .V low 11 Yield of winter wlio.t lit biish"l: condition offprint who it, Is.'.'; o it, til.; i' rn, W Miss nil I Yi"ld of winte--wl:i nt wr acre. II bushels; condition of outs. 1.7 ; com, '.'. Kunnis Ktiuiiit- d vie d of w inter wl e it x r aero, i.7;e 'iid tiou of spring Vthc it; 1M ; outs, '.M.4;corn, 101.1. Nebraska Coinlitioii of spring wheit, t'l; nn', HH.I; corn, l'K. Miimosot 1 C01 diti in of spring wluiitJ.-'; outs, UV? j corn, s, Tho Hignil Service roort ssys: llcoris from tho corn A'ld wheat StnU s of tho cen trid valleys of the Northwest indicate that tho weather during th past wis-k hns I ismi favorablo for the growing cro, isjss-in'Iy corn, poUtoes nnd griiMi, wliiclj Imve douM Iiks Ins'U gel. ci ally improved by reisut lains. Hsins in tho midd e Atlantic St.iUs din ing the past week sllpht'y delayed bnrvrst work, nnd has greatly Improvcl the condition of tlio (.'rowing crops, e-peciully c jru a id po tatoiM. to .voii ioitri:iTL'iiii Kinlly. the Alien l.unilloril, to Kcll His lllinoiH Holdings. It Is learned tlm', I.andloid Scully Is about to soil his Illinois holdings. Ho owns 4,HM seres In Sangamon, 1.1, oon In Ignn and 10 (XK) ncres in .Mrlx in ami other counties, in which ho I a for sevvial yeaispnst curr.ed on tho Irish rack-renting system. lAstyeir two bills wore Introduce 1 in tho legislature lcoklng to the extirpation of alien Scully nnd his system. The measures mssed after A l ord light, and wero at ouct approved by tho Governor. Under tbo pro visions of these acts alien hin t owners wore Ihhiii.1 to dispose of their re:ilty within six years, under jiennlty of forfeiture, unle t in tho meantime they beciuie citizons of the UniUd Slates. Scully's American repre sentative is now pit'! nring to sell all the hind owned by him In Illinois. It comprises some of the rieh-st farming land in the State. Scully Also has enormous tracts of lands In Nebraska and Kansas, where tho same sys tem of rack renting is pursued. MARIETTA CENTKNNIAU Anniversary of tlio InaugurAt ion of Civil Government lor tho North wont. The Centennial celo'iratlon opened auspi ciously favored with ddightful weather. Great numbers are in uttoml i ico. At the opening iu Centennial H ill, G iv. J. It. For kor preside I. The ad lros w.is by lit. ltov. U 1 shop Gilmour of Cleveland. Gov. Forakor in introliicin tlw spoikor referretl to the historical associations of the pot and the hour, and also to tho lu -ttlmt the influence of the lives of the pioms-rs had boen frit not only throughout Aine-ici, but in ICurope. He Slid that lo iglou hid come to these shores with the pilgrim fathers, a id that it had gone w ith t:ieir d s-co'idu'its and successors to all c iruers of tli country. HUhop Gilmour sp iko in 1 ireful, distinct enunciation and without m inuscript. His subjo t, 'Heligion and Civil G iveruine it,' wan tieuti-d in a broa I, p pular nn I Cith ilio apirit. Those who feunl or funciol tint llishop Gilmour might ai-copt tlm opirtu ii ty to interject c eel found no c use for com plaint He hold that gnvernine it cumeifrom Gov), tho form is from tho pjoplo. MEXICAN l-'I.OOI) KCKFKIU.US. Torrlblo Kxpi-rlcncca of tlio Victim of the Ia-oii Heluge. IjiIc a 1 vice a from Le-in, Mexlci, the prin cipal scene of the jro it fliKid, lay: "Mas e of loopleare picket in portuls, stables and ever availuhlo place of shelter, averaging one jwrsou to less than a iqunre yard of spneo, with piles of fl ig m uting laid on the ground for be-Is and a fow miserable rags for cover. afl ahlo-ht d ed moil have beo'i forisa I yaW y (jToTk by the Govemmsnt. IUtious ojb ,l''y id ill' a, arj Issued, ami everything jxi-toliTS-JstJ mo ti iclieve the suff rors. Chil Uivn uptrj:elve jvnrs of a;onrea uong tliosi 111 ikh. s w ithnut a thresd of clothing aid nt night are wia;pcd iu whatever ra;s the fam ily li ive for c ivoring. Anything whatever of fisil or clothing, 110 matter hotv piHr, is received with extreme gratitude. I 1 view of tho uaturo of the buildings involved they I oing construcUKt of ab-du Hid the groit mini r of them which were dostroyvd, it it still bchuvol that the b lics of many hun died p-oplo U'O in tho ruins. Homo 3X1 woio msivvreil, but the stench was so gre it that furthers a ch wai ab uwloiiod. Tho Taraohiito Fallcil. At Coney Mend, ten miles up the river from Cincinnati, Siimuol Young m ule an am ount of 10,000 feet in a hot-sir I alloonand let go to in ke descent In bis paruchute. The parachute for OJO feet did not open, and he went down into 25-feet of water in the rivor and rank to the bottom. Wlie 1 he came up he got tangle I in the paraoliu o, tut was res cued by U a men unhurt. IlAnglng of StAnyard. Ebenf fr Ktsnyurd, the Youughtown mur derer, was hangl at the Ohio I'oiiitentliiry at 1 o'clcc', Fridiy. He appirmtly pissd a pitas 11. t day, anl was very talkative. He plsyod an a xirde-m for a short tiun before b went upon the sc iffuli. AN EASTtTlN CYCLONE. Many Vessels Wrcicd Along the Atlantic t'lAst. A dl astfns thnn tor stortt awept over E isteni Ni w England We Ino lay nVgVu I rom 37 mils beyond Wabham to within A short distauca of Cambridge, following the oourse of the Charles river, the cyclone cut swath luo yards wide, playing havoc along Its pa h. At Itolierl'i Mill, beyond Wnllhsm, it turne I half adozi-ii houses, and tore up by tlio roots Sjijo shtdo anl fruit tro.w. In Wnltham it followed Adams, Orange and Moody streets, unroofing whole blocks of hnus s, into which the rain pourel, iucroas ing tho loss and confusion. From Wa'.lhim it s'ru -k Newton, f assing through Newton Center and Newtonvlllo, bloin d iwn telegraph wires, trees by hun dicls, ami unroofing doens of tho hntid souic s'.i'iimerc ttnsj that adorn that ari. tocrntio center. In Watertown Thomai D.i'.lis's hosiery mills wero (bsnnntlcd, twen ty housos unroofeil a id five demolished. No trees nre left In tho town. Elsewhere the storm was very violent. It swept over City Point, South H s'o:i, nn r'K ling lnmses, ib inolishiug tn-es an I caus ing frighlwi"d po plo to tako to tho street in alarm. No ls of life is known here, but the damage Is heavy. When tho gale struck the bay it rati foul of tho anchorage grounds of tho S mth Hostnn Esbnn Ynciit Clu'.i. Hero somi twenty yoehts, mostly sloojw, wero at anchor. With no warning the squall struck them, a ho ivy swell rose, and in 10 minutes tn of the sloopi had cipsigod or Itoen swamp I, an I hid gone down. Great excitement prevails, for, as n-unl, one or more of the crew sleep on board at night, And as the evening previous was fnir, the fe irs are that last night was no ex ception and some of the unfortunates have gone down with tha ves-els Divers are at work hunting for bodies. In tho city of Boston it wss accompanied by heavy rain and brilliant lightning, but the d 'linage is slight. On the capo tho win 1 blew a hurrlcAne. Tho telegraph lines are down and very littlt c in bo obtniii'-d. Many fishing vm-ols art ashore and tho damage must lie groat. Over SO towns rejiort buildings struck by lightuitig, and, In most oises, burned. TKADi: Of THE WEEK. Itiislnrss Dull, Hut noil Crops Co lino a More Hopeful l-'ccling. II. O. Oun k Co., in their weekly review of trade, Niy; Quiet h ' efiilnesi prevails. Hu-iiieKS now Is dul1. That It is going to b) good, more fuvorublo crop prosss.-ts lml ssip!o t) hope. In fin.Miciul markols there s nowhere disturb nice, though the uuprc o-d-iiti-d volume of loins at Now York nlsa ipiiMtions th it are not yet answerel. llioro is no present expansion of legitim ite trade to exp'Aiu it, And if iniportnti' spiK-ulutions are prep iring they are well co-iceale I. The repirt from interior xiiits reflect the spirit w itb most f requnt reference to improv ed crop prospects. A to cotton there 1 some contra 1 ction. In the Mississippi valley too much ruin is by some reported with conse quut excess of woods. Corn and osta would probably exceed any previous yield if the weather should prove entirely favorablo from this time onward through harvest, but the mint of greatest clanger is not yet past. In oil dir- ctlons the influence of mere sj eculition upon values is just now an unhealthy sign. Stocks have a IvaiiomI, the more ao ive aver, eging about t-i er share higher than a week ago, and yet the course of events would have justifle I some decline, Hogs, eggs an l pota to's are higher, while coffee is half acout lower than last week. The industrial outlook is not entirely en couraging, though the strike of iron workers ecu is about to end. An advance in circu'ur prices of coal is eiecud. The cotton man ufacturer still holds prices well, with ad vance iu a few grados, but ti e outlook for woolens does not chaugo. The closing of ctrpet mill is supposed to indicate over supply. Foreign exchange is we iker, and the supply of foreign cipitat has not cva-eL Money is abundant, not only here, but at every other point leportiug. Iu almost every instance, a's, collections are now re porte I as ra'isfactory or improving. The biihinesi fnilures during the list sovo i diys number for the United States iilrt; for Canala, 24; total, 240, compared with 214 ast week and 17U for the ooriespouding week of last year. A Southern riaguc. Priva'e informstlon has lieen rr-cdvcl to tlvs effect that Plant City, South Flonds, where fever sickness Is re'Kirted existing, has been entirely depopulated with the exception of two or three persons who are unable to be removed and a few attend Hits It is stu'e I also on authentic authority that the build iugs, furniture, bedding, &c, will all Iss en tirely consumed by Are In order toeffectually destroy any germs of disease. A strict cor don will also lo kept up about the city and vicinity night and diy till frost conies, In order to prevent any person from going into other lections of the State. At the Kevolvcr'a Muzzle, A cowboy walked into the bink of Li Jun ta, Kan., aud coveted Hufus Phillips, the raihier, with a revolver ordered him to drop all the funds of tho bank into u big he pluccd on the CJunter. The cooler complied with ala rlty, And tho during rohbr u5 once mounted his horso and escuis d. Tho nuoutit of the loss is variously estimate I at from f!u,()U to f'JS.OOU. Tuereisno clue to the robber. The Standard Ilea rors Selected by the Varioua Tartles. The Washington Critia has compiled a complete list of th Presidential candidate who have been nominated for the election of November next: Democratic Preidont. Grover Cleveland, of New York: Vice President, Allen G. 1 hurman, of Ohio. Republican President. Benjamin Harri son, of Indiana; Vica 'President, Levi P. Morton, of New York. Prohibition President. Clinton B. Flsk, of New Jersey;' Vice President, John A Iirooks, of Missouri. Union Ibor Party President, A. J. Rtreeter. of Illinois; Vice President, Charle K Cunningham, of Arkansas. Unites Labor President, Kobert IL Cow. drey, of Illhsols; Vice President, W. H. T. akeUold, of Kansas, Industrial Ileform President, Albert E. Redstone, of California; Vioe President, John Colvlu, of Kansas. Koual Kiifhts Preildent, Uelva A. Lock wood, of Washington; Vice Pretileut, Al fred IL Love, of 1'euusylvanla. GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. GLEANED FIIOM ALL SOURCES. tho Main Facta ReUted Wlthont v Unieoesisrjr Word. A rrob of 39 men attacked the crew of a freigl train of the Chlosgo, Burlington ti Qulncy Railroad lnfhe Ht. Paul yard. Engi neer Trrd. IIoolo anl Fircinnu Dan Barkylo were leverely injurxd. Th RioGrandi river la.low thit not a drop cA-i entor the AcequlA, wiirh furnlshei Irrigation to the people of El Past,Txas, J ami lirmers in tlio vicinity, naroens, nower b'd. slindi tree &o., are sulTorlng greatly lor luck of wa'.er. J. R. Mason, who was on trln' nt Ashland, Ohio, fir the murder of Editor Reynolds, WAS tcrjuittod. The big training stable of Wm. Run, At D.invillo, Ky., was Lurncl, iiicltiding 33 vnlinlilo horses, entailing a loss of t75,OiO. APwrt Apple nn I Joseph Akens w oro kill d nnd hre'j others seriously injured by a fall of ninrlilcof a ipiarry mnr Norristiwn, Pa. SLts. Msry Jonkens, of Tecumsidi, Ind., hot and fatally woundcl her nlo -e, H ittlo Dclnnn, for taking apples from her 01c hard. T10 manufacturers and dealers in cotton bigjing of tho United Ktttcs, have formed A combination for the purposo of controlling the mirket and putting up tho pries. John P. Egsn, a 0 d'ector for the St Louis Vst- Ditpatch, has ilisnppomsl, lost ing a shotlage In his accounts mid a wronged wife, having aire idy one wife in Sa i Francisco. Heavy gnle have prevailed on tho river Tye and the English channel. A nunilvr of imnll vessels have boon wi e.'keJ along the Fnnch ooast. Thote have liesn heavy storms In HungAry, deitroylng much property And tho harvest. Mmy iM-isons wore killed by the hail stones. The Pittsburgh, Canonsburg And State IJ110 Rsilrcal, with a capital of f JOO.OOO, wisfoumhdat Whotdlng, W. Va. It will bsild a Hi o from Pittsburgh to Canonshurg, aid through the Washington oil fields towards Wollsburg, W. Va. Tho birnd and all-shops In tho Erlo Coun ty Penitentiary, nt Huff do, N. Y., wore do stroye I by Hi 13, causing a loss of $1.1,000. By direction of the Secretary of War, Ma J. Axauder C. M. Pennington, of the Fourth Artillery, is detailed to Visit the several en campments of tho National Guards of Puuu sy.vuuia this summer. Ihool I Ben Hollidny stone mansion, about three miles from White Pliins, N. Y., owned by White'nw R-id, wns destroyed by fire. The loss will leu "h f.ou,00U; insurance about two-thirds. Two freight trains collidol on the Westorn North Carolina railroad, near Aslivillo.wreck Ingboth engines and smaihing upanum'erof cars. A negro brakeman was killol and flvo persons wounded, though not seriously. While a train on tho Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan roa I was crossing the bridge over EH river, near North Manchester, Ind., late 8;tnrday rafternoon,the structure collapsed and the locomotive au ITIve cirTTeirTi "wetvic",4n, , MTheb'x feet to the shallow water below. Engineer Rndahaugh was feriously hurt. The wrock took fire and the broken car wore burned. Dr. Wm. Pepper, who has been In frequent communication with Ibe physic aus in atten dance upon Gaueral Sheridan, say that his removal from the atmosphore of Washing ton was a nicessity. While the g'Oit danger from heart failure has lecn arrested, another danger of the first maguitudo remains, and that is In the direction of fniiuro of vitality and of nervous exhaustion. In consequence of a washout on I he Ft. Worth and Denver Rtilroad, a north-bound psssuigor train was precipitated through a bridge early Suudiiy miming. Engineer Smith and Pircins.n Wilsm were iustantly kilh da-nl a num'or of piss-ngers bud y shaken up. The op'o of Connenut Like are making an attumpt to stop Sunday excursions to that pla'Ns. Richard Rtmlall ami Miss F.nnie Foster of Sharpsville, Pa, eloe.l oil July 4, and were marr.rd at Jamestown, N. Y. Bert Whltscre, of Alliance, O., died or Saturday night of blood -oisoning, which a isuel uft-r the amputation of a foot crush- iu a railroa i accidont. Four printers, O. K. Witter, Fred Tucker and James ThouqMon, of Chicagt, aud Wal ter Wall, of Dallas, Tex., started from the latter plsco to explore the Trinity river. On Sunday Witter wns brought buck dying. He a d the p ir;y ha i suffered great hardships. Mallh d ditd near the ancient town of Talico. Ho il .us not kuow whether the other are alive or not. Rev. James Wiley, of tbo Covenanter Church, AdiiiiHville, I'.i., has accpto la c ill from a church at New G ililee, Pa., and will go to his new llo'd in a fewdiys. Jos-jph Lindsiy, a colrol ort r of th( Central II0U1I, It aiisvillc, Pa., died in a dot. tist'scair at that pise. Chloroform had lee-i administered with tbo iutuutiou of ex tracting a too'.h. BOO LIVES LOST. Dynamite Vko1 10 Clear thoFaasagc of Corpse. A dispatch from Capetown says that the Do eers mine, in Kimberly, the scene of the lire Widnesday night, has be .-n explored by a ptrty of searchers. M white and 200 ha tlves were found to have been bumed to death. The cause of the terrible calamity v as as follows: Whili the shift were being changed the hauling wire broke And the skip rushed down the shaft with frightful rapidity. Tha oil lamps were broken and the blazing fluid quickly Ignit-d Ihe w oxlen rasing .of the shaft. F aim sin great, volume shot up the shaft, completely preventing egress. The mine wa soon filled with arnoke, and the light carried by the minora were rendered useless. The panic stricken native aud white, in thoir effort to escape, became massed togother iu the galleries and ware siiff cited to d ath. The roscuei, who sub sequently explored the mine were compslltd to ue dynamite to clear the pissige of orpses. It is behoved that 300 livei wre lost by the disaster, Tbe d image to the miuo is estimated at (100,000. A CONFESSED DYNAMITER. Alexander Smith aaya He XV n I'rcs cnt When llowlcsj l aod a Cart ridga Ttie hope that there would be further art ling developments In the dynamite conspira cy attracted A large crowd to the hearing be fore United K-tit ei omnibsioner Hoyne, nt Chicago. Bowie's confession cuVer iicatly SO mgs of leg il op, mid is now in the linn Is of the attorney for the pro-oju'on. He says in his statement that whoi be went into the conspiracy he did not Kallzo tie enormity of the crime Into wniou lie wni inuurhing. lie diil not c 1111- prehendtbat it wou involvo the lives of hundre ds of'iiiu.Vjiif'iieTrjI.i-.tluil.'hP i !ci ol the conspiracy w.is not to tn'io tho lives' in I nsietigers, but, I y continued Injury to pa icngrr conches and loc iinotlvvR, drive away tho busine s of the road, nnd thus lnjuro it in a degice tl nt would bo trrenrn'lo. Alexander Smith, tha Auimiiu Brotliei'lmod flreniati who tnrmd informer, was tlu 111 t witness c tile I. Ho wns iiitemipt-d nt the vety outset by inayer Div.d, for tliod-ten-e, moving ti n, n I evidence comvriiing inform er How ies be stric ken out on the ground that he was not under invest igal ion. David al-o asked to have the testimony of informer ICel ley nnd witiie Lloyd liulhlled, b s n iso they mentioned none of the ilcfci dunis 1 ut llowlis, aud tho rvldcno wa- tlureloro inis inple'c. Tho decision on Ihe oint was reserved, a id Smith wont on with li s testimony. He said Bowles showed liltn s finodynnniit' the first time he ever s e:i it in his life. Bowhs took him out for a buggy ride on the occaHloii. Bowles broko a twig from a tree to tierforato a hole iu the dynamite cart ridge, so that he could insert n c ip. Ho went with Bowles iu a buggy from Aurora to put one of the ciirti id ;is on tho tia -k of ttit Chicago, Burlington and (Juincy rood. Continuing, witness said: "Howie put the dynamite on the track, and after we got aliout amilo ami a half away we hoaid tin dynamite gooff. When we got to Auroral got out of the buggy aud ho w ent on. Tin next day he told mi be won d leave unothoi cartridge with me and told me to put it on tlio trm k, but he did not rail w ith one." lie raid a isickigc containing dynamite was given him on June 14 by H luerelsc 1. The latter mi 1 to h'm, G ami give th-in a goo. I rc-jro to-night.' Couliiiuiug, Smith Mill: 'I took the cirtrldgo that night an 1 Vent pist the depot, just lielow tho dpot, an 1 put it on the track ne.ir the s on iplmre. I put one cap in iu C'u no buck to Aurora thesimo way nnd fooled urouudtow n a I. tile and thon went to bsl. I saw H iiiei-eiso 1 next dny, 1111 1 he usk xl me if I hud d me nny.tiing. I sdl I had. Biuereiseii then Slid: 'I thought you hid. I he ird some noise.' Itwisnbiut V o'clock at night when I put the dynamite on the track. Roderick mil Wilson met me next d ly a d asked me if I hud reon Bowles. Tint m on th 3 morning of the oth of July. I siw Biw ei before 1 mw them. Bowles said he wanted to got some dynamite ami cup. Ho also toll ino to find God ling, and I went nnd found him atMille hoe store, on Muiu strict. God- ding g tter to bis wife, and Mrs. GoJ- ding w t mo the pue'injo which tuyo, which I took out. neddy. amltecaCtrlii.e Tlie cr 'examination of Kollcy wa re sumed t the afternoon amidou, but nothing of Importance wss el. cited, and by agreement of counsel, further hearing was pjstpjneX TO COLONIZE PALESTINE Dr. Slvert ha Project to Plant a G re At Nation in the Holy Ijand. Rev Dr. Siverthn, of Chic igo, the origi nator of the movement for the rebuilding of Palestine, Milled for Europe on tho Anchor line ste unship Atich ir.a, aid will at once le gist active work to carry out his ambitious project. The movemoiit for th rebui lding and reiottlotiiont of tho Holy Ltud has ex citeil ilo-p interoit not only in this coun ry, but throughout England and Scot land. Dr. Hi vert tin expcUi thit a large e uigrution from E iglaud and America will fl iw into the Holy Lmd e.'irlv in tlu autumn. Tbo pio neers nre earnes', religiou and prac aud do not exKCt thit tho re duration :lcl will be brought about by any miru.'ulou inven tion. Dr. Siverth hns worko I out c ireful plaus for the re luilding of Jurusalo n, with its tern pli, public build ngfc, gn'es a id wills, In hir mony with the prophetic doHcriptiou of tho Bible. The Ho irews propjr will only form about one-sixth of the new pipulation, the rest being English and American, and as soon as a sufllcio.it iiumtwr of people are there to form th nucleus of the now nation Dr. Sivertba expi-c that the powers of Eu rope will unite in lec'ariug Pulestlue in le pendent uud neutral. Iu speaking of his hop-s and nntielp itions, Dr. Siverth 1 ru'd: ' Tue questio i is one that has alria ty Iimii iiiscuet by Europian statesmen, aud the disjiosal of Palestine so far li u been a ibfll ull pr litem, bn-uusi tho population there for 1H0J ya"s his not been accustome I to s 'If-goveruiiio it. Ten yeirs ago, just before the Berlin treary, statesman expressed th-msidve frei'y that Paleitino ought to bo ma U a uvutinl nation IlkeSwilz. erlimd or Belgium. A gi en. mmy nion an I women of lurgo w-oilth have I e ui intereste I in this enterprise, an I tho pi ms niiot their apiirovul." Iiiiiiiigralion 10 lie Investigated. Tho House Committee to investigato tha importKtion of coutn.ct luloreis, convlctr, pUHrs, and other clnrsis of imiii grants iu I violition of law c-it.sists of Missrs. F rl, of Michigan, Chairman; Oates, of Alubsnia; Spluo'a, of New Y. rk; Morrow, of Califor nia, and Gu nthor, of Wiscousiii. Ti e com' mittee umy col duct it Investlf at 01 at such time and p'a. esisitm y deem proper and may sit thrt u;h the rec ss of Congresv The flint subject to be investigated will be the Italian immigration into New Yvrk city. Tbe committal will visit the I'aciflo oast later to investigate the mttter of Chinese immigration. Man and Dcet PcrUh. The livory sUb'e of II. C. Springer, At Buffa'o, N. Y., wa entirely destroy id by tire. The flames spread rspdly that two employ , JsmeiBurkhart and Richard Bien nto, wee bun el to dra'h. Twenty-two bom- were a'sn bun.o 1 to death. Tho loss is t-stimatid ut fUJ.OOO, with (10,000 iust.r aucu, X N DESTRUCTIVE FLOOD IN THE MONONUAIIELA DIVER, Unparalleled Destruction of Frop eriy Tho West lunnilatcd. Rstn begun falling in the Monongnhela Valley 8unday evening And cntitlntis.1 un til Tue lay morning, resulting in destructive floods. From Pitts'mrgh to the mountain, f Astnesscs of Randolph county, West Virginia, towns have lieen ravngrd, manufactories bave been inundn'ol, boitshnveben sunk, house and lumber have been fl ute I off, Holds with their wheat In shock nnd growing crops have lecndovaktited, famHfTes driven to'tbe'lill for fhdtr,nni'tn many Instnneoi the rccu- TUlb'Kion of years of toil and .If-denial have Iwn lost hi nn hour. Tho 1 -a es entnih d by tho 11 xl will not fall short of $:!, 000,000, a largo proportion of which fulls wit'i crushing effect upon tho people of the thriving counties of Mouonga Ha, Mnrion, Taylor, Harrison, Lewis, Bar bour, Up-hnr a id Randolph, in West Vir ginia. In Pennsylvania the losvs nra In tho coun ties of Allegheny, Washington, Wis'more land, Faye'U and Greene, the ho it lost being; In Allegheny, Washington and Fayette. Th-se los-s fall most hnovily up m tho own ers of coal property, railroa I compnnls nnl farmers. Notwithstanding the suddmness of tha coming of the water a id the are 1 of distribution, the loss of fl it, bnrgoi anil smsllrr river craft bnve leen c Jtnp rntively sinn'l, ami tieiirly all b sit owners are con gratulntlng tin Intel vts on their good for tune. In Pittsburgh pmp-r much of the loss hoe fallen upin the owner of shantyts ats And botthouso, but thei are for the most part Insignificant. The ownors of mill property will lose largely, ami have to undergo no end of inconvenience on account of this invasion, of their mills by the water, putting out the fires, and rusting anl almost ruining ths vnl ua'de mut-hitiery. Littlo lumW or other movable prop.-rty h-u Is 04 carried away from tho city, but from p lints ab ive millions of feet of valuable timber an 1 lumbor have come down and bsan c irrlod of into the Onlo, a total loss to lute owner. The latcd news is to therflVot that the flixsl In both the Valley ami West Fork branches of tho MoiKinguhela river is such as was never before known. At Fairmont, West Va., tho Mononpahela was fully two fi et, some say thi oj foot, higher than it w as in I'd J, when it was higher than at any other time within the mem ry of tho oldest inhubitnut. The dint ruction to projierty is beyond present computation, but enough is known to warrant the declar itiou that neir ly every house and most of 1 ho fencing on low lands betne n Fairmont and Clurks hurgoii the West Fork, and as far, at; leist, as Grafton on the Vail y river, h is bom swept away. From early dawn until 4 P. X , the Monong ihela continue 1 to rise, nn 1 during that time the channel was constantly filled with hoii'Os, fencing, steim tlni'ier, w logs, shrcks of what, parte of bridge and other debris, denoting the havoc of the rushing; waters. come (cn or twelve bouses wrre swept from the town of Washington, one a large! frame that had just been completed It is reported also that the public brufge that rpsns the river at that point on the Fairmont and Sliinnston turnpike was takou out, to gether with a flouring mill Tbe Gaston mines, just above Ff.irmount, wire floe ded, while the company's traok was submerged and it locomotive was for a time half under water. The large county bridge near Gaston nnd the expensive railroad bridge ere -te I a short time since by Mr. Henry Y. Attrill for the New E iglaud, Fair, mount and Wetorn Coal Company, wen both destroyed. One-half the bouses in Johnstown, one mile ab we. F lirmount, and mnny in Rivesville, four mile bolow, wertr submerged The Jackson mill, one of Fnlrmount's ol 'est landmarks, that withstood the HrhI of fii, was carried out b tut 11 o'clock ami floated down to the Fuirmount, Morgan to wit & Pittsburgh Railrosd bridge, 0110 mile be low, where it went to pieces, with a'out one thousand bushels of whiat In its upper lories. The Barnpsville Manufacturing ComptnyV near buildings and costly ma"hinery were damaged by the overflow from Buffalo rreelc Joseph M. Fleming's sawmill at Johnstown suffer o I great damage from overflow ; aIso six or aeven flouring mills, 1 cited At differ ent points, were washed away. Tho factory and storehouse of the Palatine Queonsware Pottery were under water, and of couiso'suf fund, heavily. Tbe West Fairmont shaft mines wore flood ed by bsckwater from the river, notwith- sttnd'ng every exertion to close ths opening. These mines have heavy contracts, and 1(X men are thrown oat. of employment till the mil. os can be free! from water. Tlio low w ill probably reach 300,O00,posiibly $400,000, a d will fall largely where it can be least cosily liorne, AtGraf ton, the Valley river bnom, In which thousand of logs bad lodged, gave way, car rying destruction in Its pith. The planing mill of Morgan & Magill w as swe;it away, os wasths Fetterman briil;n, about two miles below town. At 7 o'clock the rivi r b d risen fully twenty feet, ami was twenty-nine feet. In tl 0 chai.eL It was momentarily feinxl Ilia, the 1 ailroid bridge would b swept away a d which would have resulted hud the water risen a font higher. h' oa oral buildings, including sawmills, fca, were washed down the river, and were crush ed to atoms when they struck the stiung Iron rsilrrod bridge. A largo number of dwelling houses In South Grafton and West; Grafton wi re flooded to a depth of 10 or 15 f. o , nudt tho 1 sues ore severe. .V Ictinel Barrett Ioit a kiln of brick valuedi H 2,ft00. G. W. Curtin & Co. lost in logs, to,, uboui 140,000 to $.j0,00J. Batch'oy &. Co., pump faotory, about H3.000 t $15,000, Toe Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad laoom lletely floodel, end no tialns have pass'd over it It is thought their loss will In lies vv. This flood so for is more diststroua to Grafton than the fire of a year o. The total da ma e at UiwU-sburg lf thn blghrst water ever ever known there w.'x" r-neh one hundrel and two ity-five thonsand d .liar, fsevotttie 1 houses, one siwniill, one pi mlng mill, one Hulimsn pitont iron 1 ait ral bridge waswadied a ay; It wns just thirty-three years ago since th.i last, bin flooil nCbi at river. Five faiiiil.es Uxvn luti al) tbey possessed, ? w
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