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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