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
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