-J DUPED AND BEATEN. A 1'ITTSIiritGll Gill IAS M I ST A K l She Finds Out Hint Iter Titled Hus band I a lV-tinlless Unite, Anot In r failure must lx ntlil 1 to tho long lint of unhappy unions ln'twwn Enrioin ti tlii ami Arm rlcan dollar. I'm ii In talking liotit the i Men termination of tho honey tiiiHii of fount nml Countoss Dl Montercale, fmco Mis Virginli Knox, of Pittsburgh. Their marriage wan celebrated nlxnit a fnrt night a.jo in Pittsburgh with groat eclat. The bridal con 'l" arrive-1 in Paris lust Sun Any ami engaged a in t of rims at the Ibi tol llcllovu", in tho Avenui Dj I'brporn, T'mr itory to out inning their Journey to tlii cnstlo which th" Count suld his mother fMcso I on tho A-lrintlc. It was apparent that the bride was not happy. Early on Monday moriiiii the guat were nrousnl ly shrieks from tlm Countess' ehainlsT, follow ed by ciii for help. Some guots dressed hastily nn.l r in to tho corridor. The mali nger of the li. it fl lur.it open the iloor uud found the Countess struggling with Inr lrutnl It ii-l and, Iht linir dishcvclo I, her slight dress torn an I Iht buly bruise I. 'i'ho Count relia-e I hit victim who rushisl to tiio ni:iin i"r, crying l' chiiigly: "Save tii" from hiinl Turn him out of th bote! ; lie li.ii no money, h can't pay you, turn him out.'' 1 1 e 'oiint prot sle 1 n.;ryn-t the inbTfcr twe timl nil inpto I to i nil Ins wife bo k, win rijUxiii slio g ive lit mi a stinging blow in th" fa'-e w it'i Ii T clcnche I list. lie tried to U-turn tun blow, but was p-c-Vetited by Hie manager and the nrile gu The unfortunate l r.d- tol l tho m-inngcr she h el i fen thoroughly deceive I in Ii r hu I'Hlo. SI1 belli ve 1 Inm to lu n liim of llienliH, I lit h ni'lie i t'Ki 1 lie that lie will II t only p 'lii iless but an inhuman hru'o. At first she suppl.e I him lit einlly w ith nimuy, but nothing n tine I tK!ti!y him. When Mio refuvil to give Inm more ho coinuieiie (1 beating h'T. Th'.' iniiiiiii r t"hl tin-couple ho ro,iM not lillow gne-lH to be 1 i-t in Ii ii, nii'l that tiny must leave ti e hotel mmi" li il. lv. 'llioun fortunate wife, who il-ep y fi It th-di-gr c.-, burst into (" in anil Im I to be allowed t i remain, but tho maunder wan iuexoiuble. They wcio obliged to have, uud took the curly truiu for Italy. tivi; mi;x Miiiii u Terrible ItcNiilt of n ltoiler I'xplo-s ion on ii 1'ai'in Near Heading;. A terril le accident, rc-iiltuig in the killing t)f live men nii'l injury of many others, took iia"Oiuar l!e a.ling, Pa., o:i tho farm of Jot evis Sji'iyJ. A steam threshing machine was in opera tion, iiinl the boiler cxpl.dd with fen lul force, spreading ili'-li'ii'lion on every haul. The kill. '.1 niv: Wm. Hover, aged Id years; Joseph Mui'iiiih r. ngo I II, the only support of his widowed hist 'r; Ivi ie M ill erger, ug'd 10; Joseph Spayd, ugi d about '!, nil 1 lrwiu Duutelboi g T, ll"'l 1'.'. Tin-si men wer enaiil in oer.'iti'l thu thnviliing in lelini i wneii tho i.oil'TK burst nml were Btaii'lin but a few f' et from tho latter, mil when the sin l;e Irel rh are lawny It terrible, a -elie was prmente I. The Unlicsof all five were lyini; some ilistanee nw iy, luiv iiiK 1 cvn liiirle I from thirty to H'ty feet, ter ribly mutilate.!. Th binly of Mjchnn r win liurlisl I'leiiuiil throii'i the Went hei b .uliiijj of the barn. The buililiu w.it i oiiiplet"ly wre' k'il, Tin1 f reo of the explosion win felt lor miles up .no 1. Ci.Kire lliiin. I'shit., Sr., was I n lly injure.! nb lit the li alinnl eimiot r.eiv. r. -luiir Hoover n ('"ivisl nevere bruit s. John l'vi Kol wu: iiiti i-i ally injurisl, nn. thr.e otheis I'.c ivoi injui'ki of u moit m.tiuu-1 chnraciur. A cooi, ;or.i5u: One Inn llobls I'p n Train ami Sicill'i'H SOK.OOO. Aft the ino .miii- tr n:i from Ciueiim itl on tiiNrtlieiit"rii Hiitm I was iilmut liOmiltM from New ( rlia , a heavily beaiil 'il man with a r. il hainlk -roliief ah ml his mouth ti liiiiHh) his voiva, out. 're I the Iriigu e ir timl nlrie I Henry C.MeElriwti hul l up his bail Is, ttu oriler oiiforo-il by tin' uui..:'. of a revolver. Churl n U". Livory, Bilti inuro A; Ohio exi'ess ini'sseii(;er, was siTVisi likewise. Tho robber then lunclo Iowery oM'ii up the valuabl-s. When this was ilone, tho rb' cr oi ilere 1 o leh of th men to place over their hemls canvas sacks us.l in conveying exprti matter, ami then h" fast cue 1 the i-aeks about tint waistK of en h in ench a manner tint they c ul 1 not miik any outcry. '1 hen, taking the two sicks of money, Lo left tho car, afUr carefully looking nil tha looi of both comp ii tmeiits. lie piillnl the liell roK, which stojipsl tho train, tlien jerked it to start a;aiuninl I! il. The amount Eocured is placed at (iiO,UUJ, Iioi il Sack 1 1 1 Io'h I ii i urc, Accoriling to iliplnmatii rtiipietto Ijonl Kiekville is now simply a privat i in liviilu il, fiml is at lib rty to regular his inovoaieuts to suit liim-i lf ami in aeeor i moo with tho Instructions of his uwi government, lie may rein iiu in Washiiigiou in leiTiitidy, but he is mi linger t do llritisli Minister, nor will th Kt no Iiep irtinent recognizo him in uny ollli'ial capii ity wlritever. Many yi ars ngo it was tho custom to give n l'i reign -Minister who ha 1 Ik-'H ili-missl tenty-fuur h nir! to ipiit tlio country. 'I'his lias long since lieeu i.bairlon.i I, an I it is likely that L'irJ Saclcvill j will not exercise limine haste to leave tho Unite I HtiUs. If tie follows diplomatic piece. lents h i will for war l t his own 0 v.tii ni -nt tho notiflcatinii reeuiveil frrnii tho pr.-si.lent nml in dim course will receive leave of absence for an in ilcllnlte period. No fur h T action in his case will le taken by tho United titatos Uov. sirnuifnt. Fired Into a Cruwdeil Train. An unknown scoundrel llred into a crowds ed train on the Wat ash ro.sd liich was re turning Tuesday evening from tho K.'publi can Rally at I'eru. The train had renclusl tha el'y liinlU of Wabash who I a bullet crushed through tho window of one of the conch e and whizzo I by the fnc.n of Town-hip Trustoj Curry, and County Susiriuto idut ilycrs, TIki'o U no ciuo ti the miscro iuU FOIt titVI-H Van Baker Fnnml (inlltjr of Mnrder In th Firat Decree. At Wellsburg, W. Va., Ilia Jury in th Van D. Baker case retun (ul a verdict of guilty of murder in tho lint degree, with the pennlt y of Imprisonment for life. The trial lusted twenty-six dnys, and when ths) Terdict wm retidero I linker fell off hit chair In a faint On June 10, 1SS7, Mrs. DruiilU McWIia and her daughter, Mrs. I '.liti linker, were found In their house at Hollhlny's Cove, W. Va., with their beads beat and liscked all to pieces with a bar of iron and an nx. Biker was Im mediately supcctrd, nnd In a few days was arrestisl. His first trial resulted In a verdict of guilty of murder In tho first degree, with hanging as th" p -unity. In the following Octo! er Judge lloyd rendered a decision gtnnting a new trial. linker was lsrn nenr the villng" of Inde pendence, Wnsliington county, I'.i., in IfM't, and was iinmrd for the then Prnnident of the United HUtcs. Mis father is Willlnm linker, a shoi'iiiaker, now n-slding in Cross Creek village, Wnhinton county, Pa. His moth er is still living, but is in fivblo health. II ) weuriol nn edncat Ion ly his own exertions, and taught school nt rntlerson's Mills, liur gettstown, I'aris, Cmsi Creek village, and Clnysvillo, l'n., mid later was prinelp d of the public schools of Knt l.ivi rpisil, Ohio, lirownsvil o nnd Heaver Kails, l'a; In all tin mi places lie h I trouble. In later ye irs lie went to Salin i, Ohio, where he purchase I an interest in find edited the lumloninn, I lit in a short time Ii" sold out nnd left for Steu bi liville, Ohio. On the way up the Ohio riv er, on the steamer I,. H. Knell, his wife be came suddenly but mysteiioiisly ill, and die 1 before tstellls'liville was re'iehe I. He lifter ward nt iited n Morn in linllid iy's Cove, where he Is cani" acquainted wi h nnd innr rie I Miss Klisi McWlri. one of his vi. t ins He then went to Minuesotn to te it h, uinl it was after his return that tho murders wi ro c iniiuitted. H i had m-veii childn-ii by his (list wife nnd two brothers IV v. IVrrin linker, j.nst.ir of the riedivt'Tian I'hurch nt H 'llcvenion, l'.i., nnd one ho is a un veyor lit C 'lun biis, O. Ho is a man of coiisid' r.ibl.i tale - t as nn i I i rikt'ir, nnd, hid itn.it I eea for his wicked and vindictive (lisp. Nition, would h ive mad his maik in his profession. He "ill b' taken at onisj. to the Moundsville l'euitentiaiy t liegin bis life hciiUiiiCo of s. ihtuy coi lliiement. AX AI'l'AbMMi Al( il(i;xr. Seventeen ."l-ii Itilleil in a Coal Miall, An explosion oci urre I nt the mines of the Kettle t'li ek foal Company located ill Clin ton county, l'a., on the line of the I'liilad iU phi tainl Erie Cailrii.'id. TIk supeiintemle it, lieorge I Miller, up n hearing a lie ivy re port at the new No. - drift, pris is-dcd to tho sh I whi'ii he nt once siw that a violent ex plosion had tiilo ii place. 'I lie iiece-s iry ar iiiiigeinents were ipiickly mad" to enrry tho air to thu face of tli" wreck and men entered the luino to learn tl.e particulars uf what bud occurred. All app ili' g state of nffairs was found in side. Oi the 'Jl men who had I re i working in tho diilt only thno or four escael deal h or injury. At the end of nn hour's html work 11 il ad I odi. s were rccovcnsl from the drift. Two of tin so w ho w re in junsl subs, ipiently die 1. One man win miss ing mid his remains wre bund out in the WimsIs, wli"ie tliey bill been blown by the force of the explosion tlnotigh the nir shut t, Tho t"t il i ii ii it er of kill d or fatally injur. . I win found to be 17. .Ml I lit 4 of thiilll Were Huegari ins or Italians wlmo naniei aro not furnished. The lour Enlisli s caking men are named S innn I Ki. linger, I'at.iick D.m li II, Michael t 'ulTan audJ. Cnrlistnii. 'J'ho driver, imiind J. i'arrel, was entering tho drill when the explo-ion occurre I. Hu was thrown Inward the mouth and escape I. Hi mule was k lied, John Kariell, a mule driver, tolls this sb ry: ' I was behind pushing the car ami in sticking up my In n I saw n II i-li. I imiiin iliately ilnip.ts to the ground, moving ipiii k ly as p is.s;l.i. toward the mouth of the drift and is.nH'd niiinjanil: My mule ami n Swele miner filongsnl of th" animal were killed instantly. 1 felt but little of the ef fects of tho explosion nil 1 its force must htvo been all abovu me, nltliouh nil the timbers at tlio mouth of tho shaft were carried out M) fist b 'Voiid tho mouth of the drift." Tlio land upon which these miiies nre situ nted is the pneity of E Igar Munson, of WilliumsHirt. It in leased to a millibar of gentli iu-ii from New Vnrk mid Williuius port, who began op. rations lust February. A FATAL l:XI'Iit.SIO.V. Ono Man Killed ti nil Two Injiireil. An explosion n sulting in tlu death of one man, and tho serious. It' not fatai injury of two otherss, i ceured at Zug & Co. ' Sable Iron mill, corner of E'.nu and ThirUonth s'.riH ts, l'lttsburgh. Tho entire furna 'o was d- niolishisl and tho r'M.f mid sides of tho mill badly fia.'tiir.d. TIhtj were thnsi 1 1 I 'll engagisl ut woilc nt tlio furnaco ut the time. Coorgo Smith, a pui idler, ri-hidiug in I, ics'k alley, Alio glieuy, was liorrilily burno 1 about tho fueo uinl chest, and one mm wns completely severed from tlio bo ly. He died just ns ho wns b 'ing taken 1 1 tho Wist I'enn Hospital. John ' twn, t wentysevo I years of nge, liv ingoii S iwinill alley, Allegheny, was buuisl nboiit the face an I ba -k. Ho was ulso taken to the hospital, but Ids woiimiIs are not us seri ous nsat llrst reported. J. S'pli Klein, a man 111 ty years of age, living on ltoyal stre t, Al legheny, was in tin set of takinu his dinner bucket from his little sou. Ho v..s blown out fig linst tho furnaco opjs site and fell with a largo mas-of the hot nn bit upon bis head sud shoulders. Ho wns terribly burned in (ho fuco mid neck. His hair wns all scorched uir, ns w'ero his long white whiskers. There is but little hosi of his recovery. His son u-tuiiicd some bruises and lost his front teeth, but was not otherwise seriously in. lured. Twonty-two Drowned. The Norwegian bark Nor, Captain Bjon ness, from Now York, Octotier 2, for Stettin collided with and sink th) stunner Hniiiiund, hum off Cowes. Twenty-six persons are missing and nre supposed to have boon drown eL Eight survivors havo landed ut Wey mouth, lho Nor as al.auloaid. Her crow have Undo I GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. GLEANED I HOM ALL KOUnciH The Main Facts Itetated Without Un necoasary Words. Two hnndrrd students of Ann tlarbor, Mich., started out for a lark on Ilallowe'en night. They first endeavored to break up a Democratic procession, but wcrs unsuccess ful, and then interfered in 'a Republican meeting, but were ejected. Three of their number wore arnsted. During a Democratic rally at Koknmo, Ind Monday night, Abner Miller, an old Kildier, shouted for Harrison, when ho was set upon and given a terrible beating by young Freeman Hoi son. Millor died, and Hoi son was jailed on a charge of man slaughter, llobson claims to have been drunk. The vlllngo of Howling Oreen, 34 miles north of Findlny, O., 1m l a narrow escape from total destruction bjr fire. Fifteen bust ness houses, Including the Horn house, was entirely destroyed before the Are was gotten under control. Most of the buildings were new-, being loeib d in the district dostroyo I by flro several mouths ago. Loss, :s),0(X); liiMirnnce, f:),(JO0. A patMit llre-es-ipi wlilo'l was h -lug test e-1 fit tin Moiionuhel.i li 'im, Pittsburgh, I rok" nnd tlireo boys, John Du l ly, J unci Mcllugh nn I Daniel Nagl., w ro precipit itel from the Ufth-t.ry wind nv to the pavement (silow. Dud ly wns inst uitl kdl-l, Mc Hugh livisl a few m miiMits an I Ni,!o now lies at tho Homo ipithic II up t il with a muttered arm and oilier injur, im that may yet prove fatal. Ti;e OoviTnm.Mit of the province of Q icb kj ire taking steps t In bico minyof th i .VM,. 900 I' reiich t' inadi ius who h ive left tint province t settlo in fie Unit" I Slates, t ) re turn t ) tho I m I of their birth. At IliiUMvile. (1 1 tVilliam II irri.s in. In a lit of j alotisy, a'lot his lit'.lo niivi do id w hile Klie was silting by the flivsi lo. Ho nisi h 't his sister, w Kiadiu h'T iuthi hip, ll'.er lie att"iiijite I suici le. At Terro II iiiie, I id., Tii"s lay night dur iugn litic il p nn le a ni'iii named Gallo way fatally tdio. Dollio Phillips, ng.sl 'J', w ho was stii'l ling on the si lew ilk watciiiu,i the display. 1 lie murderer esc ipe 1. Tho operators i f c ml mines In en ted along the various r iilroii I lines in the Pittsburgh dis trict nt n n c -lit nn eting, adopted a resolution declaring tint in accord nice with tho (igne ment ma li' In-t February at. tho Iuter Stato convention of miners nn I oparnt r, miners wages si. nil be a Ivanc-l from TI to VJ centi s-r ton on November 1. It is uiiderKtooI, however, that i'oin tit'.rs in !' iinsylvania and other St ites will unko a like n.lvauc A Poli-h bauk'-r, who formerly did busi- I essnmong his countrymen in New York, h it so far learned Ann r'c iu ways :is to move to Canada with his di'insit rs' mniey. Tho Aiding Seer tnry of tho Treasury esti mates that j'.I.Oi) i will bo ne.sled topiytho expenses of the el -ct r il ill 's .-tigers, at the r no ol '!' iv-its per mile ono way, for bring ing t1 e v.. ti s of the electors for President nnd Vice-Ptioid tit nt the coming election, to the h -at. of Government. Tiio messenger fivin Annitp ills, M I , will recivo th,i small-e-t fniioiint, tl'l.oil, n-nl tho miss Miger from Sdeni, Ore., tha largest, f'.'sS. The Western Mes-'iigeiN will hiive wll.t ii CJlloiju ally know ii us a "i.i.'ii.i'." While 1 elngpiirsu. d by rii officer for firing II stone nt one of the new sr-en oil thel'h cago st iiel cars, Thursday night, John .Villur, a striker, fell down and broke his neck. 1 ho large-t gns well In Northern Pennsyl' vania, was struck nlmut three miles from Hln til. d l nml 14 from Warren. It is owue I by llorion, Cnry & Co., Shi lllell. Its roar dm I heird fivo miles. Tno to .Is were Mown out of the bole, and the gas cannot bo saved until the pressure su sides. Charles Huff, a Pitt-burgh & Western brakeman, foil bi t ween two cars at K ivounu, Ohio, find was killed. Elwnrd Hall, nged IS years, of McKocs port, Ph., was killed while hunting near Elg in uer, l'a., by tho accidental dischurgo uf his B'i. In sinking a well for wnWnenr Glen R ist on, W. Va., Daniel M.Cur.llo fired a blast in it, and instantly u c iliimii of lUo shot up with a roar. It has Imii ih clunsl nutural gas by all who havo visited the place, and is duily increasing in strength. Andrew Johnson, n cripplo living near lied Hill, Ky., has unearthed a copjier kettle tills ed with gold nnds lver coin. Tho kettle was inscribed "October, 17"4" Tho treasure uinuiiuted to ov. r $'.',000, Fivo Cardinal have b"on appointed by thu Pom to examine into tlio matter of tho res toration of diplomatic relations with Eng land, to tho end of deti rmining the limit of the concessions which can lo made by 1Kb Vuticau. In Wo' ster Groves, a suburb of Rt, Lou's, three negroes nssiultid Alice and Euiiuii link er, daughters of a well-known citizen. Two of the assailants were arrested, and when ur- nigned uinl IdciiHIled tho father of tho girls ilro w a pistol nnd discharged it at ono of them, but w ithout effect, liefore ho cjuld Urea second shot ho was restialuod. Tho dead bodies of Adeline Taylor and Al len Taylor, bnt h colored, were found in tho l usemeut of the E lgllcld lluptist Church par soi age, N isliville, Tenu. Taylor was Jeulous nml is believed to have murJorod his wife ami then committed suicide. ISuit l as t een entered against Cnptnin Hnnw, of the steamer Hecin, which nrrivoil nt Tucomn, W. T., tiunday, by 10 i-adms, charging the csiitain with cruelty. Tho men claim they were fod on rottcu meat and po titocsnndw.re shnmofully nbusod during tho w hole voyage from England to Amerioi. Charles Schuley nnd John and George Huil st ir aro in j ill at Cuiiton, O., charged with robbery at Gallon. The men had $100 worth of jewelry, guns, revolvers and opera glasses on their stsoiis when arrested. The chHngo from narrow to standard gnuge by the Cleveland, Canton and Southern Hall way w ill be completed by November 18. Tho road will be furnisho 1 with an entire now oulllt of rolling stock. There is talk of ex tending it from Coschocbm to Ziuesville, and also of it eventually being a link t ) con met Cbicnio and Pittsburg by a uew route. The Brotherhood ot Locomotive Engineers' convention, at Itlch nond, Va., by a msjnrlty if one, adopted a plan of f ler.nlon with tha firemen, br.ikemen and switi'h nen, by which Sich brotliorhooil Istoretilii it Individuality, but no memler of one Is to repines a mem ber of another, In ens? of a strike. The In tor -Si ate Co-timerco Commission has called upon all subi.dizo I railroad and tole jrapti rompinies t ren-irt whether they' ara maintaining the petatngtclegrngh lines fof the ue of tha Oovernmeiit or the public, for commercial ami oth-r purpos-s, without ills. riininati n, and whether thy h ire m ide and continue such arran;emeau for the in terchange of business with any telegraph eompany. While four young men James Ilnyes, Henry Qormley, Wm. Hoelan ami Chailes Cogan were sailing in Dorchester Pay their boat capsisod and the three first mentioned were drownel. An explosion occurred In the Campsgnac coal pit, in the department of Aveyron. The bodies of 4'J of the 80 miners killed havo been recovered. The bodies wre fearfully mangled and only a few identified. The annual orerfi jw of tho Nile Is far nar rower In extent than usual this year. The water hns not risen to It usu il height, and the Egyptians are fearing destitution and famine. Moreover they nre binning tho sln rt water on tho Falss Prophet Adolph Di ling accident illy shot and killed A. V. Se lenU-rg while out gunning no ir AN bionn, Pa. A freight train on tin Nyno I!ailr n 1 jiimp.'d th track nt Puivennn, Old i. Nino inm were d"iuoli-lied, with their contents, and th track blocko I for nine hours. TloKiwson controversy, which attracted ' much nttention in Chicngo somo time siiuv, hns Isen finally settlisl to tho siti-f .c tion of nil i-oncern' il. Mrs. Kaw-on is to n- ceivo ii,INliiand a divorc from Inr husbniid on the ground of desert ion. Mr. Ramon is to retract th" charges m nlo njain-t her in Ids bill find nil litigation is to I e w ithdrawn, including the criminal prosecution ngulnst Mrs. I law-sou for shooting nt lawyer Whit ney. Suit Ins Icon cnmtn Mici-d by by tho At torney General of California b forfeit tho charter of the American Sugar H'llning Company, of S.vi FrnnciK".i, for surrendering I hi niniingemi'iit of its business lo tho Sugar llollneries Company. President Cleveland hns signifle I his Into'i tionof attending with his entire Cabinet tin Cetit Minial cel-br.ition of (ioorgetown 17ni versify, D. C. , to I o held F.-bruiry t! J, next. The Piesident w ill deliver the honorary do glees to be nw.irdedon the occasion. THE llll.liS SHAKEN. A MfiKii.lne of Mu-o (Myccrine Ex pbnlcil. On the hill nlwt a mile back of Shiiiinopin, l'a., was a nilro glyc.-rino magazine owned by V. y. Hickman, the explosive s'ored there in I cing ui l for tho pat'isini tf shooting wells in the Washington oil ll'ld- There was stored thero betweo i two and three tons of nitro glycerine. Tho iimg izino stood on the highest hill in tho iielgid'orhoo., with no hoiisis within a milo. Just howthestulT wiw fired Is mystery, but it exploded Siitulsy night with a tremendous shack. The theory ndv aiiced is tint a i . r o, m c lining across the c.iuntry, winnttractin'. by a brush lire burning m iir tho mugizine; that ufter warming himself he spio I the m igiiino uinl went in, nn I Is-iug ignorant of tin- pres ence of the s'.uir so ngitatelit tint it ex ploli'd, Tlio tramp was seeni arly Sunday night rear tlio place uu.l has not I eon seen since. The wi i k is nwful. Whero the in ignzino stoisl tlien--s now a hole 'ii or -." feet d n-p, over loo lect in circiiniference, nnd it is esli lnated tliat i.o irly .IM yards of earth was blown nwny and tho gen r.il tear up is over an eighth of u milo in extout. Tin trcs nro marly blown to kindling wuod and only a fow splint ts of th" building can bo found. The h .uses of William and H ibert Green and Houry .McCoy, a h ilf milo from tho explo sion, weio badly wrecked. Pe iplo in the houses were thrown from their Imj Is. Doors were wrenched from their binges, nnd win do ws were blown in. . Diagonally across tho river, at Economy, the shutters of tho Soci ety store, which are held on by iron bars, were blown oir, and tho windows were shat tered. A MAN OF ItliOOD. Murderer Auselilng- Given Details ol Hitchcock Iliiit-licry. Ausclilug, the murderer of tho Hitcheocks and of old man Fuegli, has prepared a written account of his lifo and crimes, which fills two columns. It diff -rs little from tho coufes sioiis ho has ma le, except that ho gives now details of llio butchery of tho Hitchc iclis, the unfortunate Illinois couple, whoso fruit furm was coveted. Ho says thu'' wlnu hi siw ths deed at tho farm m nlo nut and signed to him by Hitch, cock, who exiK'cted to get his money in two duys, ho was seizsl with the impulse to kill them, us ho thought ho would Have no trouble in holding tho hind. Ho killed tho husband in tho barn wit Ii two bl.ws of a sharp hatchet, uud then went to tho kitchen and murilcrot tho wife in tho sumo way. Then he h tilled tho I smiles two mils, buried I hem, changed his clothes ami culmly went to work on the farm, whero ho wus arrested. Ho iliil not have sense enough to even put away Mr. Hitchcock's tssst clothes, which she hud laid out rea ly for church next day. The murder of Fuegh was also to got jioi session of tho land and imu .'y ha wus sup posed to havo hoarded. Moth DucllUts Killed. Information hus b -on received of a fatal duel between two well-known citiz-ns of El mer county, All., at a point near Goodbope, Tho men, John Itsy nnd W. T. Wilkersonj purchased a lare tract of laud for specula tive purposes last wo k. When tho surveys were mudo, a dispute uro-o as to who should take (osossion of a curtain portion of it. Blows followed, but thu combatants were eparat'd. Friday the men met again and began firing at each other with pis'ols. K ay was shot in tho heart aud instantly killed. Wilkorsoii was so ba lly hurt that ho only lived long enough to toll the story of the shooting, lijth men wore well known, Ituy haying bosu tho Cuuty Treusurer, A CLEVEH TRAIN ROBDEHY. Dandlta Overpower Mexican Central Men and Secure $3,000. A shrewdly planned and neatly executed train roblry was committed on ths Mexican Central P-allrovL The northbound passe. i gar train had r ached a point twolvo miles from Ban Jose, when three masked men crawled over ths tender of the engine, and with drawn revolvers, comjielled the en gineer to stop th train. Ths robbers then uncoupled the two passenger can and ran on with the rest of ths train about six miles further when another stop was mido. Here ths thioves broke In ths end door of th i express car, but, while they were dilng so, the me-senger Jumped out of ths sid door and escsped in the darkness, carrying away with him the key to trfs safe. The robbers were thorefore unable to open ths safo, and secured only two packages of silver ooin amounting to t'2,600, which were lying on the car floor. They next uncoupled the en glno and enrno on with thnt alone, running ti within three mlloi of Pao del Norte, where they abandoned it. Ik-fore leaving the loco motive they started it back down the rotd with a wide ope-t throttle, and it run alwut four miles, stopping for want of steam. The robbers are suppose I to have gmm ncross the river, but there Is no i hie to thoir Identity except that they ore Americans. They cut the telegraph wires in a -vernl places, and the first news of tho rohliery was not receive 1 tin til four hours nftr It iveiirred A FATAL I'ltllMJIll' WRECK. Three Persona Killed nml Two linilly Wounded A Cow tho Cmise. A freight train on tho Louisville, Njw Or lenns & Texas I'.ailrond struck a cow un.l was thrown from tlm track. The engino and 13 c-irs were wreck" I. Three nn il wa r" kill d ami two wounde 1. Tho in mi are Ch irhs S -y inour, of New Orleans, and Jack Conwny, of Vicksl.urg, both employes of the rond, nnd nn unknown tinmp who w.is Ft allng a rl lo. Tlio wounde I nro J. I M irtin, n boiler mnker of Vicksbur.f, Mis.s., and J.m Iirow n, colore I. Ilolh were taken to the hospital. Thoy are l ot expecte I to live. The Railroad War in nnntln. A pr'K-lninatioii has bis-n Issued calling the Iygi-lature to ims't 011 Novemb r I'.I t tnke some nctii 11 in n g aril to tho railroad situ i tion, which has become very serious. Tho matt r wid count I cforo the Suprom" Court nt Ottawa next week, nml 110 doubt thero will U other delays. Tl.o Canadian Pacillc w ill likely Miccic.l in its efforts to block tlio con struction of the linoto Portage 1:1 Prairie this fall. The only tru-i rennsly for relief from the Canadian Fur fie and tho Dominion Gov ernment is thought to I o annexation to the United Stab s. Koine i 0 men tiro encamped nt tho disputed crossing, and tho Canadian Pncilli; Company hns brought 100 Dominion infantry and -loo shopmen to thu scene. A Inrgo Sinn lor Dealli l;ossos. Tho rate of damages for 1 ws of lifo in th Mud Kmi iliMi-ti'routho Iliigh Vuliey Uail road was ostabtishod by Win. Conned, tin; uiilli ii alro coal op .rator w ho represonU tho company. Thcsawere llx-1 nt f:l,5 ) whers tho death of the head of tho fami.y was in. volved, au lat$l,Q00 for the d -nth of chil dren, On this basis two payments were made. These figures have Isen nrr.ved nt after n c ireful consultation with muuy of tho filllicted relative ami nro tho rcs'ilt of an av erage of tho claims present!. It is oxpe -t-'d that most of tho death losies will bo i.djust;d on this btsis. Tho detths in nil numb -r sixty-three, most of w hom nro children, and tin losses tvill therefoi'O f.Hit ui over (100.000. l'owilcrly'i Axo I 'alls). ??otiisa has lieeu receivisl from Secretary Hayes, of the (loir 1 al Executive li mrd of tho Knights of Lu r, by District Assonib'y "J hat J. M. Hloonier, Pa t Master Workmnn of the O'do Statu Assembly, nml ealitor cf the Industrial .Wir.s, of Toledo, has ls-eii ox polled from the Or It r for violation of his oIj ligatious and conduct unliec 'in ug to a Knight, Knights say that liloomer was blackballed wln-n first he applied for a Imis siou, mid thtt uf tor wards ho gainol a linis sioii frudulently. He ii also iieeusscd of lry iug to break up tho District Assembly. A Murdrrer'ai Confession. Fred An-chlag, now In ja I at Ijoj Angeles, Cab, under tin sentence of death, for the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Hitchcock, at Garden Grove, s imo mouths ago, has mado a written eonfessioa of tho murder of Julius Fough, in Koptomlwr, lss7. Feugh was a neighbor of Aiischlog, who then resided in liutto county. Anschleg claims thnt ho was luspiro.l to kill Feugh by two men, Goorgo Htenger and ono lladger, in onlor to obtain Feugh's money. Ktenger wns arrestod in Han Fi a cisco, lladjor's whorvubouts are unknown, Shot by Hlghwaj inen. Information has beou received from Mercer county, W, Va., that on Sunday last four white travelers, on a highway, were attneked by a baud of in-gio s, two of tho travelers shot and thoir bodies robbe I of 100 1, Tlio other two mou, Win. Henderson nnd Michael Johnson, tTCitp-daild wont to liinin well, tho county seal of Mercer, w'lero they gavo tho nlai in. Fifty men at once went in puisuit, but so far liave boon unsucco sful, as the outlaws t'HiU to tl.o mouiilaius ill tho neighborhood of thu Kenu ky liue. Shot 11 in Nii-co and Sister. At llim-sville, Liberty county, Ga., Wm. Harrison; in an inexplicable fit of Jealousy, shot his little iiii'ce dead, without warning, while sitting by the fireside. He thou fired at his sister, wounding her in the hip. She will probably recover. Harrison fled, but . returned, a linittting his crime, and said he I had attempted suicidu by jumping Into a '. well. Later be denied all knowledge of tho I crime. Harrison said bo had been driukiug ' heavily. Mysterious Murders. 1 he fifth mysterious murdor In at many months ia reported from Carton county, Wy ouiing Territory. The body of John Gros, hurt, a well known ranchman, has been found with a bullet holo in the brain. During the summer he bud trouble with mercenary hunters, who slaughtered gamo for the hides and horns, and it Is tupofed that they way laid and shot hint. Grosburt bad Leou cietd probably a week. BUSINESS REVIEW. THE CONDITION OF TRADH l T . n - 'i i-iivriH rirrrjmillj 1111S7 liespjl x-oiitics, pecuiatton lieing Alone Dull. R. O. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trs,i, snyst The Interrnptlon of tra le by political,, i , 1 1 t . . piriiiuiiv una iiiiji-niKi, mm IS naiurnl, 4 vet the volume of business continues larp, thin usual, and prohahly larger than In previous year at this season. The slngl fM that bank exchanges outside of New Yor In the lost week but one of a I'resl.lentj: campaign, exceeded those of last year bi I per cent, the clearings of last yeir h. Ing been exceptionally large, proves tint th volume of business is unprecedented, for onj a part of tho Increase can lie attributeltc excess of speculative operations. Indeed, , speculative markets npvar to havo Isw. more a (Tec ted by political Interest than oth deiartmenls of business, and In stocks lb. I ales, in now ork have been only aliom 1,100,000 shares for the week, in wheat ahom 3), 400,000 bush Is, in cotton aliout ,Vini bales, and In other markets rather siuai:9 thin usunL Tho wool market Is firm, holders lielnj In. di'posed to soil nt present, except at fu; pricos, and while many manufacturers nn ileferring purchases, others nre buying fre-W Tho dry g-iods trndo hns been ccinpiri!ive quiet, the demand for ni"u ' woolens knitgixxls b lug modernte, and for ilr.j gornls quito Irregulnr, while cotton go.lr. generally firmer without largo trail led,,,,. It is reported t'mt nn advuusa of fivo cntu In carpets will sisin bo elT;cted, and in th. clothing trade an Increase in tho consinp. I live uoninml Is nots. iJits nml h'"s selling fre"y nt full rntes, nml it is remark J that there has been an exceptionally lar.-mle. mand for boots, especially from tho We Tl.e oal train Is Just now wnn 'What djll nnd tho nc' Ion of tho Interstn'.o Coiniu r-t I lsiiwaitsl with spi cial interest in the pr ccsslings instituted by Coxo brothers ff I nlleged di-critiiination by the E 'high V all j. r.ut the output of nnthr.icito cintimi 'i ua. prece lently largo. 1110 kkjck mirKec is ios active, iu; siiouger, nun 1110 nverne price 01 iu- inop, nctivo stock is a fraction higher th in a w,,.; aga Tho Treasury has taken in during tt week $1,400,000 moro gold thnn it has piii out, but has put out $H,ooo,0 ):i umro si;v.f rertillcutos unl legal lenders, nn 1 th: money market h ro is fully m;. plied, with low rntos unci nn.-ei Tho exports increase! n little, exc e lin- thoso of last year for tho past four w.s t. alsaut 3 per cent, whil tho Imports full l low lust year s ahout 7 per cont. Witt whiMit, corn, cofTi-e, lard and petroleum a lit-1 tlo lower than a week ngo, tho general aver-1 ago of prices nevertheless remains subenv tially unchanged, tho quotations of arluvs not objects of spi culiitiuu being on tho nlioli I a little highr. Tho business failure! during tho last ttavk number for tho Unit"! States '.Ml, n'.d (or Canada ns compared with in th Unite I States ami 20 in Camilla during tin oi responding week 1 ist voir. Cyclone in Iowa. A cyclone struck Laprte, I wi, cunlr.M from tho northwest Union II ill w-is d-awl- Mied nnd a 1 irgo number of houses wrre un roofed ai d blown down, s. ctions of buiMii.-il Is-'lng curried many llocks away. Nearly all I tho stores in the business portion of the t"t I suffered great duuinge. Tho tesiduueo uf Sin- dk-rs Wulker wns blown to ntonis, nnd tb I children rolle 1 nliotit tho ground. The m th.: was foriously hurt. No other in jurim nre re-1 jMirteiL Tho loss on property is 7.1, ono. II- ports of damage uro coinliiij in from ud tuns. A Iloy lturncl to Death. The residence of John Coomli r, a farmer, I IS miles from Wubash. Indiana, was destroy ed by lire, and tho lJ.yonr-old son of Satnua Sholtv. who wns visiting there, was buniel to death. The remainder of tlio inmates ol tho houso escapeil with difllf ulty, not lsii:j nblo to nivo anything but their clotuiug. MUSIC AND DltAMA. A monl jiknt to tho lute lister Wnllueiil proposuii. 'i'liK French actor, Coiiuoliu. fiieaks ex. lent English. Jank Ha hi no mado her stago dobututtU ugo oi inroo yeurs. I att i is singing in concerts iu Wu!e far tlm Lenellt of tlio poor. HuMro.N has a live-cent pluce of aiiiuein.".t m. I I ... I .1... V ... I ... I . 1 1,-iiiivi! uo is lehoioueou. Simh Kkkvkn. tho agod teuor, hus pub- iisiicu ins uuiouiogrupuy. AT least thirty theatrical cnmbiiiutioiu lift .iew i orK in one uny rei'eutly. Jiikei-hink Hii.kv, of Cincinnati, Is a ne uir. iier spvciiiuy is lluiiileu It is stilted that Mury Anderson brings to this country with her 1W dresses un t Ml wigs. Lewis Moiikisiiv, one of tho cleverest of American leinliug men, is "baru storming lu Arizona avil New Mexico. ItKXhY Wattkhson will li-turo next spring ami go to California. His niujoi'l in uu; m -narriago a raiiuro; Kri'AiiT ltoiisiiN is pn'pnring for tl presentation next season of tlio uow lby wi iiu u i or mm uy rsteeio -ilui kaye. Tin: Car has ordered that henceforth all tho dramatic artists of the Itus-iuu iiuiierut i neat ro uro to wear a uiuloriii in public TlloliAH NkI.sds PakK and H eh.nd -Mill- comb Johnston uro to bo umong too popular ivnu. ri iiuui meir own writings tins season. "ClIW AHII Ct(NM-KM-V.na draiiiu in four acts, by ciiurles Alfre-l It y ri e uud Artliur uliucli, is a very rout success in England- 1'KKI'AIIATIIINH uro now lajiug llll'lu ff tlie apisarance of Miss Mury Anders ui , i miner s i iicat.ro, in .Miw uric, III Winter's Tale. ' niixitY ntviNU has arranzol w Jules Claretie for an Englisli vorsioi "Mohniuiiied, ' which is shortly to bo uuceu si mo rreucii theatre. lil'KKAbo Hill's Wimi Wkst hss Iniu'.ea, lor the sensoii, at Kiclnnnnd. and tho Indiuus were sent to then- re I lions uru-r new clothing tiad beou gij iiieui uy jur. touv. Maiok PoNUsuys he will give Chj ai. i ejHsw a n ggor suiiiry to locture I New York Central Uuiircuil Coiiip a Hon I to give him as its Preside! DeiMiw i l ii ,t suy uotjtheMujor,, nun 10 can iiguiii. Is conversation with a Chlcn.afo repnrtffl sir. l.aw rensa iiarrett sul.t I hut iieuiiii w booth e.n t lo remain m Nn I V'ori fit' throughout the third season of (their iirtulK' I pui lu -ikiiip ;s,si-!0. T'ua s.-ui -u" follofiW I A if nine : IVliuii i sfTiny c- rnu 11; r .hey uiuy g j to E;il i po.
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