t V TI1E M1DDLEBUKG1I TOST. T. It. HAHTER, Ennon aud Vko'r. MIIHH.KIil lmlt, '.!., .n ly ,';, ls. A HOPEFUL FEELINO. UrcadstnfTs Acilrc and Higher nnd Provision staples Advancing. Special telcgrnms to lij-itl.itrert'$ Ptnpha aire the favorable crop rosirts of the past fortnight, nnd while indictting nopeein'. re vival In general trade, ex'-ept in strar, ahow th it 1h' feeling in business circles nt larger cities U mora tmMful, ow ing to the Improve I crop outlook ami renewed buying nt somo jKiinti in th Inter lur. The distributive movement has slacken ixl in mime lines nt Knnsts City, Burlington, Iowa, Snn Francisco and liulvoton. At must other points tho situation I practically unchanged. At Ihiongo, Unnilii, MiinionN tin nint St. Paul there nro signs f an early cxpii.s'ou of the demand Iiitributiryregiini". The Now York t ck market continued utrong in the only part of tho week, but dec-lined a little Inter rn rciiliztlion of profit mul owing to the absence nf further buying power, tho public I nving failed to enter the market to any ext. tit. lioti ln are strong and advancing, with a good investment demand. Money at New York In a shn le less eny. fall loans, however, an) 1 and V r cent Foreign exohango Is t a-d-.-r on of ferings of exchange tdlla and ojtton futures. Tim excitement in tlie sugar market con tinum, raws at Now York I eing 1S to l-l cent, and refined i to y cent higher. The rush for the former ly refiners and for the latter by Jobber and others ha ln very lieavy. Mocks of raw iu bund of do most io importers are f7,noo ( tuna lens than one yetr ago, and crop di crease in tho Went In dira (not Including Cut a, where the crop 1 n'no hortr and the rhillipplne Islands aggro gregate a deficiency of 70,000 tons. As part of the Philippine stock bus been diverted to the Pacific coast the shortage so far as the Atlantic coast U concorne 1 equal 100,000 tons. In sharp contrast to the rsinnrkahle activ ity and buoyancy in sugnr, the movements in coffee, on and off the option lint, have lvn on a restricted scale, in li ntinn renew ed and unmisinknhly hesitancy on the pirt of buyers whether for Investment or jobbing and distributing puries. The brea Istuffs mnrket Iihs lieen active, with sales of l.'JiNl.lloO bushels of wheat for exisirt at New York alone the most active week's business in over a month. Wheat clown 2 cents higher, corn 2 1-3 and oata 1 cent higher. At New York lard is 'JO points higher, but at St Louis lard only of lending provision staplot did not advance. Hogs have been selling at the high-st point of th? year at Kansas City, and are tending upward in other markets. The leports of business fa'lure number 141 in the United Stn'es this week, against 1VJ last week and 152 this week lnt year. Cana da has 18 thin week, ngilnAt 27 last week he total f failure in like United Stste since nuary 1 todt Is $,094, against 5,511 in 7. X.ZATII IN TUB RAPIDS. Six Lumbermen Drevrned In a North western Itlvcr. Nine men left the camp of the Km Clair LumW Comptny, to begin their day's work. They took a lnat fort-five niilctt west of Cul Karry, on the Pow river, and began descend ing the scries of rnpidx. When they cimetoa pfirtsge, they cirrlisl the lxat half a mile, and attempted to cross the Kauani.1 tapl lna hhort dlstiuve above chute five or six feet in height The b a got within thr feet of the Khore, when the men attnnipted to stop her by throwing a line around a Nttiuip on the b ink. They fail td.the Unit Isi ams uumnnneable and swung around in the current, acquiring such mo mentum that before anything cou'd bo done she shot over thn falls like an arrow. In the leap over the first chute the boa's nhippe 1 only a little water, irid tho s"c nd fall was jmssed without shipping nny more. Tlie men wer nlmoltitely helloss n'ld untiblo to riach the shore, for the Ixiat fairly snin in the wntcr. She ki'pt in the center of the rapids until near the third 'ntl. Then one of tho men juniKsl out of her and att -mptcd to reach the shore. The bout shot over the third fall and lamltd plump upon a jajged rock that birely showed itself above the water. Two of the men m-ninged to grasp the sma-hed Ixmt, and thn other six were swept un ler by tho rush of waters and never sihii ailn. The wrecked boa, with the two men clinging t it, wss pickisl up four miles further d iwn the river. 1 he nun who juinpsl from tho boit liefore she went over the falls reached tho Kh ro In an ex hausted condition. r.XPIHEl) IN AtiONY. Two Deaths I'rom llydropbobln at Chicago A Terrible hocne. Two deaths from hydrophobia occurred in Chicago. Tho tirst case was Eluie Kelly, a three-year old gn l, who wus liitUiu by a small dog u few tlnys ago, Hhe kuffeivd greatly, but her death was lend. re i comparatively painless by the free use of morphino. The other C4m was that of Daniel Moralr ity, a laboring man, til ton nine mouths ago, who died at too County Hospital, utter suffer ing terrible agony. W lull tho convulsions tint sei&sl him the veins on his neck stood out like whip cords. The eyei bocume diluted and bulge i out in an abnormal way. Tlie frame of the grtt uiusculur follow assuuitsi rigidity, and IU e musc.es contracted until it would soeui that they wo uld burst the skin. The expression on the face was frightful with dilstjd pupils and blool besmeared kills, the eyes stood out and rolled about in the wildest way. Strong mm held him and, watching every movement, gum del aiiusl his continuous snapping. Tho man smed possessed of the strength if a lleiculot, and it was only by the most ktrenuous efforts that he was ivsiraiued from J.iluir iniui-v to his attendants. Finally he fell buck xhauite l, gasd oucaor twice and more violent oonvuUiou i-u lie o.i. In the liiidot of this he articulated an almost luuu l iole (jiool bye,' the mJiclw rnlapiej and he died. A CLIcago barber claim to Lave made $ 131,40 ni t bo result! of hii own labor during convention week. MATRIMONIAL DIFFICULTIES OP KINO MILAN AND NATALIE. QUEEN Why tho Crown Trine of Servia was Taken From His Mother and He stored to HI Father. Hecent European dispatches have devoted much space to tho troubles of the beautiful Oueen Natalie, divorced wife of King Milan, of Servia. A London cablegram gives an In- lirht Into the political features of the trouble betwiH"ii the royal twiir. An interesting oketch of the career of King Milan nnd tuccn Nntelie are also given in the cablegram. e tpiotc as follows: The case of yueen Natalie, of S-rvia, has fnrnisli'd a very emotional topic to tho Kurotienn tiress, nnd unstinted abuse is ponre-t out on liismarck for tearing the yining I'rinco from his mother's arms and exiling the helpless woman from (iermany. I hero is no uotiiit t tint King .Milan in private life is a jxilished villain, deserving tiny ninount of h ird luck, nnd quite unlit to lie iniriiite t with the nlucatinn of his twelve-venr-old boy, but there is no isR'cinl reaxon for abusing liismarck. His business is to look after the interests of Herman V and her allies. and he cannot nlford to ls inllnenced by tho particular woes of any one woman, no matter KtNO MILAN. how deserving. Heidcs, (,ltneii Natalie did interfere in politics, anil schemed to have Kusian influence predominant in Servia. If the Hiissinns can tliev will makeKervia lUis siau. but Austria wi(l do all she can to keep the little country imleciident, as a boiler lictwccn her nnd Russia. So King Milan widely keeps in with Austria. Austria wants the coming King of Servia to follow in his father's footsteps, and so (Iermany, to oblige Austria, has turned the l'rince over to his papn. Queen Natalie has asked the Kniperor of Austria for permission to reside in Vienna, but Kranr. Josef has replied unfavorably, recommending her to take up her abode in tielgium or Kngland. Koth the (ierman and the Austrian governments treat her as a dangerous political intriguante, and do not care to have her within the circles which surround them. QVV.KS NATAI.IK. King Milan was educated at Paris. He succeeded l'rince Michael on the Servinn throne in IWiMnt tho age of fourteen, in IsT.V shortly liefore tho war with Turkey, Milan visited Kussia. At the cltv of Kishi- lie If, Southern Kussia. Milan was received with irrent honors. I he (tovernor irnve a imblic reception w hich was attendisl by the entire nobility of the province, and it was on ttiat occasion taut .Milan was prcsente.1 to Natalie, who wns young, ciiurmiug, nignly accomplished, ami tlie oniv naiigliler or a rich iioblcuiun, Colonel Koshko. Milan nwilisl luonev and the ciksI will of the Hus sians. and he saw nt once tlmt he could gain Uith by weiiilmg Natalie. The marriage of thn young couple was one or tho greatest social events in that provincial town. The Oar, his courtiers, and the entire nobility of Kussia took a neon interest in the welfare or the iwir, aim tlie present tlmt came pour ing U)ion them from all parts of lust 'tars country were estinmle.1 at twenty million moles, in untune s company Milan vuutet all the principal cities of Kuwtia and was met with boundless enthusiasm everywhere. Soon after Milan's return to Belgrade the war against Turkey commenced. i'he Kus- sians took a deep interest in it. Thousands of young KusHinn studeuU enlisted in the Ser vian arinv. KusMiun olliisjrs volunteered to light in the Servian ranks, and in every Rus sian town and village money was collected for the Servian treasury. Natalie was adored by the subjects of her husband. She liecame thn heroine of Servia. After the Kussian Turkish war Servia was considerably en larked. Milan fell victim to the ambit. on of becoming a King. At the Kussia u court he met with no suci-ess. The Car opposed his asp. rations for a kingly title. Milan turned to Austria. He was given to understand that he would lie allow eil to en toy that title If lie became Austria's ally, lie accepted these conditions, niu in ms- ne prociaimea mm se r Mug. Krom thut time dates Natalie's niatrimo mul misery. Mr an constantly kept his eye on Vienus, while Natalie wus leaning toward Kussia. Milan wantasl to educate his heir alter the Austrian fashion, while Natalie iu sisted on his being a Russian ColoneL While Milan was making riving visits to Vienna and waiting at the lobbies of Austria's roy alty lor audiences with Miiis-ror rran Josef, Nutulie was taking triiia to Kuss.a aud was meeting with enthusiastic receptions every wnere. Filially they separated. Milnn surroundei himself with g'sy girls and ballet dancers and t egnn to Imlulgu in most scandalous de baucheries. Natalie livei (piietly at Bel grade. In Ihm a revolution broke out in Servia. It was suppressed. The relie s were captuttsl and tune' y-six of them were sen teiicetl to death. Natalit laid aside her wo manly pride and visited her husband, the King. She begged him for mercy for the prisoners, "Will you consent to live here and be the chamber woman of Mlla Nanoul" asked the Klnir. Mlla. Nanon was an ex-bal et dancer. The Queen was horrified. She left h-r husband in disgust Kiftv-six o' the prisoners were shot. In IMA Natulie ex-rte I all means t) prevent the war with Bulgaria. The war took place. Milan assumed command of the Servian army. While Priuoe Alexander of Batteuberg was pushing his force i forward with relentless energy, Milan was indulging in wild f 'rules at his headquarters. He was igunmiiiously beaten and driven out of Bulgaria. Milan attempted to prevail Unon Natalie to consent voluntarily to a divorce. When he saw that his efforts wore fruitless he tried to involve the (,iueeu in some si-andul. Hav ing failed in this he bean to systematically ferswuU) her. She was treated as a prisoner, ler palace was kept constantly under the urveilance of gendarmes. Natalie could not IV. ? s '" v. . go out. nor receive callers. Her allowances were limited. Che could not even complain. In IH7 Natalie secretly left Rervia, taking with her , her aim, the Crown Wince Alexander. She went to Russia and sprnit several months on the southern coast of Cri men, where an nnsncceasful attempt was made by agent of King Milan to abduct her son. 1- mm Crimea she went to Italy, and from Italy to Wlesliaden. The Germna police showed themselves obliging to Milan They wrested the young Prince out of ths hands of his loving mother, and turned him over to his cruel and disslated father. The Crown IYins is twelve years old. He wss nsml by Natalie, after Car Alexandtr II. of Hiissia. He will never succeed h:s father, as Kussia is anxiously waiting for an opportunity to overthrow the Obrenovicli dynasty and place l'rince Peter Kara-Ueorge on the Servian throne. FATAL F.XPLONlON. Six Men f caldcd to Death On a Tow boot. Ono of the most frightful nccldenta whic'i lias occurred among Pittsburgh 1 aU ts k plc on tho towboat Conroy, owned by Thomis Pawcett & Rons whllo she was at Westport, 20 milrsalsive Loulsvlllo. A strain pte burst and six nion were scalded to death. Tho following is a list of the victims : Win . Page, English, about 23 years old: rcsidctic nmktiowii. Win, Carrlgnn, Irish, 1C years old; resi dence Soho, Pittsburgh. IloWt Jones, about .15 years old, married; resid-i;Ct Jacks Hun, Pa. Win. Uigley, 4'2 yom old, married; real denco Allegheny City, Pa. Chis. Luster, 60 yoirs of aej rcsidnc Jnck Itun, Pa. George McCunn, 2-4 yeatf old; rosldonco Pituburgh. Win. Kelley, about 35 yoars old; resldonce unknown. Patrick Kelly was scalded, I ut not futally ard all the rost of the crew escaped. When the boat reached Westjwrt, 20 rni'es up, everything, according to the first mate' story, was running smoothly. He twk a walk lack to the cabin and found all quiet Ho stopjied and talked to his friend, George McCann, who was lying on a lower terth near the door. The latter half rose In Ids lied, and remarked: "I'd soon Is) home with my family." Then ho lay down and wont to sleep. The mate returned to tho pilot house and was conversing with Captain Kouo, the lilot. They wore then two miles above Westport Suddenly thre wus a terriflo ex plosion. The whole boat became enveloped In steam, and tho machinery stopped. The captain, who was asleep, hitr- riislly dressed, e tiled his men, and mndo preirntiont to land. The yawl was lowered, a line taken on, and tho boat w as towed ashore nnd male fast to a treo. Then the Cajitain proceeded to the after cab in w hore the explosion occurred. Win. Page lay near tho door, den I, the blood rushing from his mouth and ears, and the flesh scalded (iff his body. Win. Hairlgan was in bis brrth. Hisdeath must have been Instantaneous, for ho lay in the tuine position as when he retired. Ilotssrt Jones was on the floor, and birely olive. Ho was horribly burned and lived but fifteen minutes. Uo died with bis wife's name on bis lips. Wm. Blgley was still alive when found, but died In ton minutes. Charles Luster was found outside of tho cojilit, lying on h't fac. ' E . !. Col "dead, and told them that he had run out there as soon as he could recover from the shock of the explosion. Ho was almost I a Wed, his skin was parched, and little jots of blood stood out from the pores of bis body. In two hours he was dend. George McCann lay 1eid In exactly the same position he was in when tho first mute loft him, but half an hour before. William Kelley was pulled out from undor his bunk and was alive, but he was also tor rib y burned. Charles Clintnl ers, tho other ma'i who slept in the cabin, was blown out of tho door, and had a miraculous escape. The oflli-ers of the boat can give no explan ation of the accident and claim the ninchin ery was inspected lust February, and was then iu exoellout condition. FAHMKHS FIUlin.NU FIRE. Great Destruction of Timber, Cropa and Farm lluildlug In New York. The nnusially dry we ither that has pro vailed throughout Northern New York for tho past six weeks, besides ruiulng the bay orop, has resulted in a large loss to farmers and others by lire. lit some placet standing timber, hay, grain, po. tatocs, fencet and farm buildings have l-eeu destroyed in spile of the deeperate efforts of the inhabitants to save thjm. Tbo losses so far have been heaviest iu Lewis county. On the Texas road there is scarcely a farmer who hst not lost wood or bark, a field of grain or hay, or many rods of fence. The farmers fought the fire a whole day. Sixty thousand feet of logs piled near Voodrire's saw mill, in the town of Creyhan, were burned and it was only by the greatest efforts that the mill was s ived. Iu tho Ii ar Town district, Ijwla county, over 2,000 acres of land have been burned over, aud thousands of fet of first-class spruce, hem lock and pine logs, hundreds of cords of wood ro uly for the niarkot, and some of the best cedar landi hive boon do-itroyed. Fires hsve alto done much damagd In the towns of Champion, Lcroy, Wilna and Phil adelphia, iu Jtfferson c.iunty. The other day netrly every man, woman and child iu the village of Great Bend was engafed for a good portion of the day fighting fir j to save the place from destruction. Extensive fires which cannot be controlled, are raging in tho vicinity of Luke Bonuimrto, aud all along tho borders of the Dig Woods from Jayvillo south. Nothing but a heavy rain will stay tbo ravages of ths flams, aid unless it c tines soon immense dainige wilt I e done. The losses so far can hard y be es timated but they will amount to many thoubat Js of dollars. Forty Victims Avenged. At Jai)r, Ark., tho notorious despnado, Wush Middloton, was killed by an officer while resisting arrest Mid lletoit has boon a mortal terror to Southwestern Missouri a :d Northwestern Arkawai for several yetn. do wss a border scout during the war and is said to have kllUd 40 men during bis career. Ho also belonged to the 'Hull Knobber and 'Uplundor' oiginisitions; was a bloody out law generally, aud the eople aio lejolixd at his taking oft. SENEKAL NEWS ITEMS. GLEANED FUOM ALL SOURCES, Tho Main Facta Related Wlthon Uuneoroaary Word a Amno Kenneson, a workman employed In a itons quarry at Elforts station, near New oomerstown, Ohio, was instantly killed by a huge mast of earth caving in on him while at work, A companion named Belcher was also very btdly Injured. Tho four-year-old son cf Resin Brown, a farmer living near New Garden, Btnrk county, Ohio, fell und T tl.o knives of a mowing machine, and was rut In rach a hor rible manner that death roiultoJ in a short time. , , A cloud-burst, or water-spout, heir rur cell station, on the river Duchee, Indiana( was followel by a remarkably heavy rnlu. The railroad tracks and surrounding country were oovend with two feet of water. The farmers of Crawford county, 111., lave resolved not to rabo sny wheat, birloy or ryo for the next three years In an effort to exterminate tho chinch- bug. The farm to will exert their influeno to this end with farmers in adjacont counties. John Bowman Cumminga, an engineer, committed suicide In New York. In March, 1S80, be was sentenced to Imprisonment for abducting hissister-iu-law,Misa Alice Welsso, of Middleport, O. Thn possongor railway cmp'oyeo of Phila delphia I ave passed resolutions indorsing a demand for tell hours' work ami appointing a committee of och of tho rondt to see all tho men and s-cure their promisj to join iu tho movement A volcanic eruption hat occurred nt Mnk mats, in Japan, by which 400 persons were killei aud 1,000 injure!. Benjamin Beuneton, wife and child, of Co calico, Pa., visited Henry Bounmch, of Hoi delburg township, Borks c mity, o.l Tuev diy. Tbo child Ml into the well and was d row no I. Whon tho mother beard of it sho wns in tho barn and fell d iwn tho buy-mow. She was seriously injured. The North Gorman Lloyd steamship Fulda, which has arrived from Bremen, ran down a'l unknown fldiiug schooner on the banks of New Fouudland. A donso fog pro vailel at the tlmo, and the sehoonoa disap iwnrel astern a'.mott liiimn liatdy after the collision. B Hits put out in search of her, but as show, is not fouu 1 it is fouro 1 tht sbu was j lout, with all bands, Tho Western Iron Asclstion Is dissolvciL The conferencj committee of tho association met at the af icittion rooni in Pittsburgh, snd after a lonx sitting came to the oouclu lion thtt it was butter to dissolve. The sev eral firms which h id vowe I allegiance to the association, and who agreed with the other members to st ind out against tho Amalgam ated sc tie bro iking faith a id signing, canned the fatal disruption of the organization. A sad catastrophe is reported front Lake Minnetonka, Minn,, where four young men, whose names were not reported, were drown cd while yachting. At Wheeling, Thomas Kolly and Harry Christy, con vie ed recently of tho murdor of Police Offl'"r Glenn, were sentenced to im vtrlsotimontidt life. Tho great Eu Claire Lumber Company, with headquarters at St. Louis, announced its retirement from business, haviug sold its $4,000,000 plant to the lumber trust Michael Mack, a fourteon-year-old boy under arrest for burglary, escape 1 from tbo St Louis polio and juni 1 into the Missis sippi river, swimming two miles and a half before he wus capturtd. Putrick Kelly, the siilor in custody at Now York for the murder of twoshipmutoiat sea, confossetl his crime an t requested to be hangod as kojii as M)ssihb A large sewer pljie factory is being erected at E tst Palestine, O. Owen Sheeky has been oppolntol post master at lUukiu statiou, Baltimore aud Ohio Bailroa 1. Flossie, tho two-yoir-o'd daughtor of John Montgomery, full into a cistern at Alii mo, O., on Suturday and was drowno L The miners in tbo Huntingdon district are said to Imj iu a starving condition, and unlesi there is a compromise soou an outbreak is feared. At New York Mrs. Mtry V. Yznaga, a levler iu th o ultra fushlona'de circles of tho metropolis, and who recently secure 1 a Cali fornia divorc from Fernando Ycnaga, was married to Win. (i. Tiff tny. In Now York City H trry Bogers, an 18 yotr-old tough, stu'ds-d and killed a corns panion, Win. Dunn, IT yea s old. Near Livermore, Ky., tho boiliet of two unknown men were found in Buck creek strupol togotlior and with thoir skulls cloven with some sl arp Inst umeiit At Brooklyn Marcus Tollman, aged 14 years, became eugulfed in a quicksand while bathing and was smoth -red to death, Tho Marine Hospital Bureau is informed that Asiatic cholera is epldeuiio in Houg Kong. Rev, E. P. Roo, the novelist, suddenly ex pired at his borne at Cornwall-oii-tho-Uudson Thursday night from neuralgia of tbo hi art. Tho Senate confirmed the nomination of Hugh W. Wier, of Pittsburgh, Pa., to bo C'hiof J ustico of the Supreme Court of Idaho. In Nebraska City, Nebraska, during a drunksn row a, a Gemini gjthuring Charles HoffmeUter bud bis skull crushed, and Jack You of and John Hart were shot aud severe ly wounded. At Clear Lnke, lows, Mrs, Jessie McKin ney shot and fatally wounded J. V. Sullivan, of Forest City, who with two other men, was prowling about her residence and re fuse! to leave when d scovered. A dispatch from Waly Haifa stys that three bouts loalel with native fugitives who Utt that placi during the attack of the Dervishes on ths 20th inst., sank in the river, and that 153 persons were drowned. There is great negligence and inefficiency in enforcing tbo anti-Chiness act in Sn Francisco. For tho first six months of this year 10.0J0 coolies arrived from China and Japan, while only 8,000 returnel. List month the arrival from China and Japan were 4,30'.), the largest number resdved iu any one mouth since tho Restriction Act went iuto The French Chamber of Deputies refused to abolish dueling. There ha been a decide turn for the ht tor in the case of Hon. Samuel J. Rtndall, and there is now ground for hops that ho will up -e lily recover. Tho Independent Labor Party of fhs Unite t States, through Its gran I Council, has declared In favor of the election of Har rison and Morton. The work of tho bailiffs engsged In making evictions at Kilnish, County Cinre, la being obstmcte I by the people, who have destroy ed all the bridges lietween Kllrnsh and Kll kee and ttken other measures to delay tho progress of tho evlctors. The chapel bells are bMng tilted to warn the people of the ap preach of tho officers. The plan of c tmpnlgn lias lieen adopted by the tenants on tho Mur phy estates at Tralee, County Kirry. $15,000 nooi'i MONEY. 1 wo Countcrfeltrr Cnpinrod In rittatiiiritli. A young mat named Grahnm, who boards at No. 14 Fourth avenue, Pittsburgh, went to City Unit and Inquired for the dec ectlves. Officer Cou 'son w s on duty. Grslinm then told Coubon that he bad his suspicions abiut a couple of well-dressed young men, nlout 25 years of age, win were lionrdiiig where ho was, and ba I been there but n short time; that a gray-l eirdo I farmer wns w ith them, nnd it lookxl as if they were trying to piny the hoodie game on lilin. Coulson telephone I to the Central stat'on 'or Sergetnt Styx to meet Irin on Smithflelil jtreet, corner Diamond Alley, and started at nnro for the loctlity determiinsl to arrest the whole party and prove his suspicions after, want The two rflloors hurrbd down to No. 14 Fourth avenuo and met the two young men in the bull just coming out He took hold of the first one, took the grip fuck from him and handed his prisoner over to officer Styx. Walking back to the room on the ground floor the second mat called Coulson by name and said he knew so and so, and sd led: "Here Is all I bavo got, take it and cut me loo e. Here is a thousand dollars, t ike it and let ine go." "I.etuss.-e your money," raid Coubot, whereupon the young man pulled out two pscksgos of twenty dollar I i I If. five hundred in each package. Coulson i a in mod them in bis pocket, and tho counterfeiter then said, "let go my arm," Coulson replied: "If you try to run I will kill you," anil he took a firm er grip on his arm and lifted the he tvy s itcli- ol out of bis hind. The old man followed along and the who'e party were locked up in the Central Station. 1 he large satchel when exnmliiel at the I 'entrul Station contained l-'l'i.Ooo of hand o tiiely execute 1 counterfeit money, and there was over (10,000 in the small one. ARMING THE CRUISERS. Progress of the Uun and Carriages Tor the Ncw Ycaaela or War. At the Washington Navy Yard tho ord nance officials report very gratifying progresf on the guns for the new vesso's of war. There tre now thlrty-flve six-inch broacbdoadlng rifl 'S under way, and some of these are well advanced toward completion. Fourteen ars complete in all thoir arta, and will probably reach the proving grouuds within a few weeks. The two six-inch guns for the Chicago are practically Hiiishtd. The lost one is being sighted One ten-inch gun is iedy except tho bresch-plug, and that is in a forward itute. One ten-Inch gun bu already been completed, and is now at the proving grounds awaiting the arrival of some spec al grades of powder befor.1 being subjected to the statu tory test. The third ten-Inch gu i is within three months of completion. Tho work upon gun earring s Is also being actively pushed. Of the twenty six-inch con tinl pivot c irringes for the new shis, six will be rfalv by Scptemler 1; the remainder are in process of construe ion. Two of the iour eight-inch cirriagt for the Chictgo are nearly finishe I, one is promised August 1 and the other a month later. The other two are in advanced stag . Sufficient six-inc'i a-id eight-inch projec tiles ars nu hand to supply the first thioj hi, including the Chica;o. All for tho Boston are re tdy for delivery. The turrett mounts for ten-inch guns and mounts for Hotchkiss rapid fire a id machine guns are in a very fu'isfuctiry suite, 'ihe entire work ing force of the ynnl now comprises 555 men. Over 200 men ere employed on the new gun shoiM, work Uxm which is progressing satis factorily, since tho trouble with the quick rau I in ths shrinking pits has Ims.hi overcome. WHISKY OK 11 LOO D. How tho Local Option Law la En forct'.l in Kentucky, Thoio is a bitter fight iu progress over the whisky ipietliou at llu'Inti Court Hoiiso, Ky., which b dt fair too. id iu hloodditd County Judge Ia wis belie vjs thut a greitdat of whisky is being sold in the town in spite of the local prohibition 1-tw. Several grocery men were tried a few d tys a o on the charge, but no proof wm pro luc d. Tueir ar rest angered the uccua-d, and as Jud0 Leis rode cut of town that evening he barely esca.Msl Icing shot by John II. Barley, one of them. Ltwis ro te ba 'k into town and assembling the oppono its of the traffic prooto ltd to toirch thi stores of John M. H:nir, M. K. Howard and others suspected. They fouu 1 liquor iu several a id rollolthe barre.s into the streets and emp tied the contents on the ground. Tnis wus doue undor a guur lof two ity nun with Win chesters. The other day the whisky men tallied and the two factions eiciuuterel in the street A buudie I shots were tired, but uobody was killed. Five meu were csrritd off btdly wouudtd, however. The Wall Collapsed. Disastrous results followed an attempt to pull down an old building owned by the Gr mtnla Singing Society, at Chicago, the mem bers of which duslred to erect a more preten tious structure. While tho work of demoli tiou wat going on one of the walls facing north Clark street and Grout Place collaps ed, and a uumbur of persons were caught by the falling mis. Tho contractor iu charge, inas. Wickior, was killed outright, and a 1 1 borer suffered a s inllar fate. The othor vic tim were isiceii out. aiive. Boute wero se vere y Injured. WRECK AN RUIN tVILD 6CENES O TERnOlV Tbo City of Wheeling -Ptwhclmcl By a Clond-Uut, The rain storm which burst er ths city of Wheeling and the surround, country at six o'clock Wtd lesday evening ,( tho most d.saitrous ever known, far stassing tho groa i storm of t n day ag 1 Ono hour and tot minutes six Inches of wo. foil, acJ Companlelby dashes of halt. T. flIMls ret suiting swept down tho narrow ,leys of the runs and snia'l streims dobouing from ho hills and emptying into tut O ikvith ir resistible fores at 1 tho da nige to roiwrty and tho loss of lif') are ap allinga In tho Ca' twcll's ru i discric:, jmtutsldo tho city limits, half a d sm dwelliii) were wept away nnd l'J potple were drned, the Victims ba.n Tlioma Htwley, wiinnd four children, and Mrs. Stenzd, twoni dren, two niecot, Mist's A'inio atl.Hco) Wa tgard, of Miltonsbtrg, (J ilo, a id uhtt Ilohman, wboatttiuptol tj rescue thi youo; bwliot. At Bogg's Bun ex-Sheriff Hnry Kep. was drowno I on his way homo, as was alica German family of five, whoio ntmos are nt obtainable at present Along the valley of Wheeling crook frorc Ave to 15 miles out tho loss is reporte 1 ter rible, but a'l communication is cut off. The United Pro s report siytt About 1 o'clock, while a nuinlier of po ple werestondsi Ing on one of the bridgoi of the Btltimore and Ohio spntnlng Who ding cr. ok, watch ing the swift flow of the waters bearing wrecked shanties and debris of all kinds, tbo truc'.uro suddenly gtve wiy, precipitating all who were standing on it into the fliod. The number of peoplo who wereon tho bridge Is not known, the estimates varying from 20 'to 30. E ght persons were rescue! at a dis tance of a mile from ths point whore tho bridge was located, and it Is fearod that from, 10 to 2J srsons have perished. At Caldwell's run, in tho lower end of tho city, four dwellings were swept away by tho flood and eleven persons drowned. A young tiiatt named Roman, the wife and four child ren of Thomas Howley, three members of tho family of John Stens dl, a d tiryman, and two visitors at bis bouse, aro among those bellevs d to 13 drown I, and it is feared there aro more to bs inclu led in the number. Much damage is reporte I from the Wheeling Creek Coal Works, mady dwetliniS In the creek bottom having been flooded from their foun dations, and only savod by colliding with tho boundary fenc. Myron W'. Hubl ard, of tho Ann of Hubbard & Paull, wholesilo grocers, is supposed to hove been drown d, as he was on tbo wreck ed Baltimore and Ohto bridgo when it fell. No street enrsar running oo account of bridges In the city having gone out spsnning Caldwell's run. The Valley of Wheeling Creek is full of ghastly sight, for miles the shores are dot ted here and there with the b .diei of human beings, boro', farm annlmals and household pets, nnd the wreckago of houses aud out buildings. AtTriadclpbla tliodimaie was especially great. Search resulted In the discovery of a number of bodies of those who lived at Tria tlolphio. Most of tbera wore found among the drift which collected at Elm Grove, soma distancj below. William Gaston, aged sixty years, wealthy and prominent mm, who owned tbo famous "Gaston Orchard," was drowned, a was his wife. The body of Charles Caul Bell, aged fifty, -was found among some drift wot d. Mrs. Jane Fay, wife of Muses Fay and her two daughters, Alice and Belle, both of whom were grown up, wero found (lea 1 near Elm Grove. Tho bodies of two brothers named Gorman, both young men, were recoverol in a me mow, where they had been burl.xl by tho furious waters. All these iople lived at Trhde'phla, At noon the best estimate by conservative peo ple of the number of livei lost is tweuty-flve, and the lost to property f 153.0J0. The names of the persons drowned at Cald well's Run are: Wife and four children of Thomas How ly; Mrs. Stenzel, a widow, her son Herman, aged 20, a daughter, two nieces. Anna and Alice Wingird, of Miltonalurg, Ohio, who were visiting, and a hirol girl. name unknown ;Jobu Holmun, while uttempt to rescue the Stenzol family, was also drowns d. As yet but two bodies bavo been recov ered, those of Mrs, Steosel and Alicj Win gard. DELVGC IX OHIO. St. Clalraville, Ohio, and vicinity were visitel by a most terriflo thunder storm, vio lent winds, and a rainfall that eclipsed the average waterspout. Grain fields were laid was'e, shocked wheat was swept away and the growing corn It not to t o s en. The Bel lalre & St Clairsville and the St. Clairsville & Northern Railroads aro almost entirely washed out The incoming train on the li. & O. wss stranded at Echo, and the trainmen snd passengers as I est they could escaped with their lives, the water, filled with drift, running to tho headlight of the engiuo. Sev eral narrow escijies are reported. CROPS IN EASTERN OHIO. Not So Much 1)4 mnged a Wus Ex1 itoctcd A iSountiful Har vest Ahead. Inquiry of farmers in Etstcrn Ohio elicits the information that the crops are not in such a t!emoralixetl comlitlou ss was anticipated from the drought in the sp-ing and the coo s'ant rains since July 1. In Columbians, Cirroll ard tho upper end of Jefferson county the effeJt of the drought is not very notice able but iu BoUnint, Harrison and tbo lower end of Jefferson county, ths ground was so badly jh relied Ihtt it has not wholly recovered under tbo recent : warm rains. Hay is light, and the crop of .' grass, timothy aud clover will be very short t Wheat is only moderate, though niucb ; heavier than anticipated. Of oats a aior: than average crop will bo l arveiied, Cora' never looked better at this soasoii, the stalky bMng blgb and sturdy snd the eais glvinjj indications of being full sni sound. AlonJ the river, however, and u;i the sinu'l stream., the corn was bally- dtmiged by the recent high waters, Tho early orop of potatoes i very short, but those p'anttd lute promise to niaterlilln very he4vy. Upon the whole tho farmers of E istern Ohio I ave every ret' sou to hope for a buuutif ul harvest . i
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