Distressful snowstorm, are the latest visitations which hare fallen upon Silesia. When the people are not starving to death, exclaims the Washington Mtr, thry are drowned by inundation; and when the water go? down, a late snowstorm comet to blight the crojis and freeze the poor Cottager in tho highlands. Tho poet who thought variety tho wry spire of tifo missed a deal of pleasure by not hav ing the lines of his career riist in this Prussian province. t Itow quickly even an old settled region may bo restocked with game, asserts the tan Francisco L'hronMt, is shown by tho experience with the Cape Cod region in Mas.irhusctt. The long neck of study (and has 50,000 arret of woodlAtid, and lis years ago nil hunting of deer in these woods wns prohibited. Although tho game was well nigh exterminated when the protective law was passed, the woods arc now full of deer. Such a method, if followed in the West, would result in nn ibundiincc of giunu where now the pot- fiuntcr has slaughtered about every itui Ciul of any value for food or pelt. The declination of Colonel W. . Ilrudley, of Kentucky, to serve as Amcri- tan Minister-Resident at Corea.was rattled (so state the Atlanta 1'tntitttinu) bv the fact that the Corean r preventatives of tliis country are obliged to support, a great Bmny inipeeunioiiH Americans. It up pears that many Americans who go to i'orea settle theuiM'lves upon the Minister, ho is compelled to maintain them or let them starve. Instances are cited where Americans have made purchases in Coreu and ordered the bills sent to the Minister. As the salary is only $7500, n Ministct ran not sate much if ho become a charita ble organization. Three Republicans bo tides Bradley refused tho iiptHiintmcnU The following tribute to American valor, as displayed during the dreadful hurricane at Satnoa, is from the London Ttlcyrnj'h: '"Consider the scene and tho matchless heroism and generosity of this Yankee crew. Almost Mire of instant death themselves, they could see the Queen's ship fighting the hurricane and appreciate the gallantry of the elTort with the generous pleasure of true mariner. We do not know in all the naval record" any sound which makes a finer rnuic tljon the ear tliali the cheer of the Fren ton's men. It was distressed manhood ialuting triumphant manhood, the doomed saluting the saved. It was pluckier and more human than any cry raised upon tho deck of a victorious line-of-batt'.e ship. It can never be forgotten by Knglismeu (peaking of Americans. That dauntless cheer to the Calliope was the cxprissivu nf an immortal courage." ..'T"j -- -- -- J In the center of the gloomy African forest, Stanley cunie across the famous dwarf tribes, which have excited the curiosity of civilization ever since th'-y svc:v first ib-M-ribcd by Paul l)u Chuillu. j Like many others of J)u Chaillu's iliseov. eries, these dwarfs were I'.iil: believed to e u fiction of the French traveler's im agination; but I;iti r Afriean explorers have continued the story which he told. Iti Chaillu reported the tiny saau's ,, .e exceedingly shy, but not :u lively bos. tile. They simply deserted th- ir earth lints and fled to the woo.".; on the ap proach of stranger. Stanley's cxp.-ri-nce with them wi IIIUcll less uu'n c able, lie reports them to have been the mo; annoying foes encountered on hi- whole march. It was their custom to hide be hind trees and shoot at the white men with jHiisoned arrows; and no advance could win their friendship. The dwarfs of lJu Chaillu und the earlier cxplori rs lived liiuh nearer to the coast, and the differ-t-uce in disposition between the various kavugc tribes of Africa is ijuite as marked lu in the civilized jicoplcs of Kuropc. Jt has bieu settled, announces the New York TtU'jram, that uoljody is obliged to pay the value ($2500) of the cargo thrown rvcr'joard by the Missouri to save th llusiUiurk's passengers. ( f course the in surance men are never responsible for fcuy sentimental net id Immunity. It's t rift ly business with them. A maritime authority sa: "A ajitain is justified in throwing part of his cargo overboard in raM of a scwrc gale, when be considers it ncccs-nry to save hi ship and the rest of the vessel's cargo. The insurance on the cai'jo holds and there i no ipustiuu rtgunliijg the pavmi'tit. lint in tin pre-.vnt case the circuinsiaui cs wcie dif fercitt. No sui li neei s.-ity existed and, while the gi-neial public nuv applaud liini, the owners of the cargo nbjei-t to losing their property. 1 ugni-with the llnird of I'tnierw riters that under these rircumstttlH e the firm cannot lecover from them. Their only recourse will be to utti.ch ti.e Missouri for their rluiiut." This, continues the 'JrUnim, is a cheer ful hequcl to such u heroic jMTformuuec. If it has taken the Christum world ISM vcars to tind out that no provision exists for indemnifying life-savers on the high .eas, it is time fur the world to cut it viviolu teeth. Kvcry di ha LI juuv t- the lii'uU. ili'V. but tiie c:.ts ALL IN 0NE FOLD. VIOTonY FOIl THE COLOHED I'KOPLK rrr-sbytcrlana Declare Against Sepa rate Chnrches. The lively discussion on the question of oo. operation with the Southern Church, which took place In the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, wttheeue of bring nf( a large audience to Dr. Crosby's church In anticipation of bearing a continuance ol the debate. Almost the first thing done was the read log of a telegram from the Mated Clerk ol the Southern Assembly now In amnion, an nouncing that that body ha 1 adopted th m ajority rejsjrt In favor of cooerallon in the home and foreign field, In the evangel Irttlon of the colored jieople ami eo-cpra-tion In matter of publication, eto , by a vote of W to 27. The statement was received with epplaue. Itev. John Fox, a Kentucklnn, continue I hi talk on the opposition to co-oeration The white people of the country during the rait century, be in id, havo not observed that Christ Ian equality betwiwii the two rnos that they should have ob-erved. They should now try to break d iwn this lingering orelullo, and he would therefore vote a?alnat the majority rep-irt Is oiass it advo- citivl separate churches for white snicil errd. T .e dhata on the third s?o'on of the mv prity report c pnrntartM in ths evai,iil hsvtion of the colored people was continue I. Th report Is the time as that aloptel iy the Southern Assembly, Itev. Dr. Joseph L Smith, chilrnun of the committee lint drew up the rort, held that the matter of sep-irateehurc'w wasdonrelby tlieolorl psnple themselves. Rev. Pr. Strjker, of Chicago, rail he wi old vote for no rejiort Unit nsko I one Chrlstain t stand asidi at the communion aol in favor of auothrr. Ho moved tt rrike out the part of the remrt which read: While conceding the existing eilustio i it (the Northern Assembly) approves the pilicy of separate cbuichea, Preabyteries and Sy resit, subje t to the choice of the eolorod people thems-lves.' vote ou Dr. Ntryker's amend-nent wot taken, and it was csrried by about 403 to Pi With this exeption the piir as a whole was adopted, and the piper on co op eration wae aho approved. The next thing was to adopt the majority rep rted as a wh"le as amended This was do m, only a few'nors being heard when the cpiuitio I was put. The report of th Standing Commdt- on Church llrwtion win thn prmeoU-l by K'V Dr. Jhn K. Handy, of Kiiwia. Therep.rl t.iid that many aple lis had lxeu receive I ful new churches. During tho year the Boar I aided In building lV-J church's and expend-d ovir '.ts,(S)0. The estim r.e for ths aiininf rer orj irJ,)"0. Th n-p-irt wasalopteL A TIIAIV IASIIi:i To IMI CI'S. Wrecked ly riends and 1'ortj-flve 1'crsonn Mangled. The weet-bound trln on the St. Louis and Bin Funclsco IUilroad, which left St. Ixmit atV:15r. M., was wrecked at a point Uiree mil' went of ulllran, Mo., which placj it Co miles west of BL Iru a. Nat a pasa-ngrr itcuped unhurt, and forty-five ar known to have leen seriuutly injure), though no duatlis are jvt repot to I. Tut t ro in was running at a high rate of sietd when u Menly, without warning, the track g-ive way and the locmotive, baggage otr and five coachiM wwntover thoembaiikiiunt, tiiu two klorpt-rs leiuaiiiiiig on the traolc For. u lately thre wrre no ttrtt la any of tti Cirs, au I tho jolt eitiiiKUiH.ifd the light im uiwliale'y, otherwiMi a coi fligratlou would h.ivtt Ussu auoi, and tlieru in uo telling how many liv miglit have ln-n lost. As it wan. moat of the forward cars wer nna.ilnsl into onUiBre-iiS. The explanation of th'i aecid'oit aivvn by the truinmvu was that the sp.ki-s und llso- p a U- had lun rem .vd from tlie rail ut th curvu, tliun having the rail t o loowi on thf tu. Who runoved t iv sp kmaud plates if not known, but the sui isjiltioo is the work wa dutie by train rob ui-u, although uo rob- t traputiiiau h j-irm,e -. Tie road ofll emU claim it i a cluir cjsj of traiu-reck inc. HANK vki: ki;i. ( UNliler Arrealcl lor HiealliM $1!J!. UIIOlii Develop HI- Coal liaiiUS set sutioiial siinoii'irnmeat mid ihat the Kcrnuum City Hank had Ihhu pUci-1 in the hands of an aanineo and lht (i'iri!e Joa-up.ite cuahier, wa uielr arri cUiriiHl Willi a etiurtegi of ovr IHW.Ort). hioli may probably ranch i' J.'XIi). Mr. JM.up baa buwi a trusUi oM.m.I ur the bank for six yea's. Th iiiiine'llti cu of the failure was the rwkUw baodinitof tilt bulk's funds by lanlor Juup. wbi inula ufortuiaU iwulatioiia in ! lauds and who waa blgU hvrr. The taaok receive I depotita u; u itil it was cloawd by the director.' orders, and avvaral f the woimtii dpoiUini, fre' Siwt with excitement, faiotel Uwn the ttrrats. lu drp lailors Include, U-aides busm.a men of rcr anion, a large numler of thrifty .ivrmsn worki'iiium, the ainouot dp Milwl ranching nearly l,Ow,tW). The couuty l SaiiKht for :0,'00. Jup' liond is only ti',M, bis fatliHr-tn-Uw and Judge Jup, a brother, Ulng bis londameu. Thu dirvctirs will not telk, and hojwto tuieoror the difficulty. Mr. Jo sup bus uilibwla card, In wuteh h aays ha will make ko1 all losu fr whicu Ut m tw ruspontibl". lll.VISIO.N or 1 II t'.l It FAITH. lYcabf is-rlan tit I'm It to a Voto ol J lie Church. A' t'ie (jonerul A-aombly of the Northern Presbyter .a i Cuu c i. H'v. D . Tnouiijeon, ''imiiiii n of loo Cuu uiltii on li il lis and Overture, rep rted tlia' the c muiitles bal r.-c.ovod overtures from P. ei ytniians ask ing that revi-iooa -o ma le iu ths srtiosiol co'ife ioo of fait'.i. Th com mttes 1'iou 'lit Itcil i et oo on ttw mallor all nl I not le t ik- u at pi ea-ii' , a '1 su :k-1 d tut s c iiiimu. uicia'iou L io d lo ud Ir w I Ut n I oua ol t iw Pn sby it r tss u d r lie ontrol of tbs Ciooorul Awiu'dy, asking t lem if thr ri a ro vi .em ol It co iij, ail if SJ, tj waut i x uU DH WOODftOW'8 CAS& Another Rod Hot Time en RvofsUlosi at Chattanooga. At the 8cnithr Preshyierlat Assembly meeting the report Involving Dr. Wood row and evolution was oille I op. Elder James Lyons, of Virginia, began reading erlMoisma of the Assembly's decision In regsr.l to Dr. Woodrowciae which appear la Dr. Wood row's paper. Dr. Woodrow arose a id add If his private character was thus to be discuses ed he wanted the protection of the Assem 'My or a full opp irtunity to defend himself. The Miderator appealed from this decision . but was not sustained. Dr. Oerandau, of the Charleston Presby tery, said j 'Wswerea presbytery and an deavore I to stop the m mtht of galnsayera against the fold. Truth Of O 1 was uttered by that assembly when It declared that the temples were not silent in regard to the na ture of man's creation. The opposition say the scriptures are silent. We say that It Is an error. We hold that they are not sllontk Wssty that man's oody was crettel out of the dust Dr. Wood row acknowedjei In his address In 1S8( that the body of Eve was an exception to the opara'.ljn of the law of evolution; and why notthebily of Adaml Tb scriptures describe the creation of Adam; and no prinefpd nf evolution can break the word of .Clod. Had we not, as guardians of the church, the right to prhlblt tho circiilttion of such a folse doc r.nel After all, this m liter comes to the old quetion whether we as a churoh are to consider the Soriplures a ailunt or not In record to the manner of er. ation. Tns Oeneral Assembly sild not, Chsrlwtoi Pres. by Wy sal I not, and I hop this Omar.d A- aomlily will ssy tho tame. Will this astern I ly cnler out a file and shoot down this pres bytery for being a little over- ilous la de fending O-d's teach nf The vote was sgsinst Dr. Womlrow lit aye t-i f!3 nnos, thus sustaining the Cbarles tin Presbytery. WIIKUR CIIOXIN WAS SIjAIX. A CottsgeOccupieii by Two Irishmen Ilcltrvr.il to I to I ho Pisco. Dr. Crouln, it la now believed, was foully asiiassinated in ths vacant cottage at 18TS Ashland avenue, Chicago. Several members ut the press gained an entrance Into ths cot tege that was occupied for a night or two ty two mysterious young Irishmen, who rented it from Kul Ivan, tne iceman. They discov ered blood ttaius oo tho front parlor fl'ior, In the corner of the lek parlor, in ths hallway ai.d on the front steps. Ths steps were saturated with blood and the ttaius could tie plainly seen, although the murderers evidently male an effort to wi'p away the evidouce of thuir rime. The front pari r is no d ulit where the murderers beat out the brai. t of the physician. The fl Kr la daubud r-ckU-ly with brown paint, sad it can be plainly st-n that the work was not done by an exwrt, and tint the job wot done in a hurry. Uut the mur lur.-rs did not tuo- c d in completely covering up the life blooj of Dr. C'ronin. They did tti work In tu -h baste that there urj sevorit p.ace where bl iod signs n'ru iiercptibl.. O is sp it in tho mi idle of the ro in is especially nogleoted, ud largo blood stains c in be p aiuly toon. It Ustit.Hlthit Mij. Simpsi.i, a uotorN out pickpocket, was once offcrid $1,000 to kill Croniu by a p ihcioflL-T who arrests I him while picking pock -ti. his very offic r Is now at work o i the Con In can. Simp sou's family h id b eii treated by Crouln and he betrayvd tho p ot to the doctor, rlmp tmwas seen lat Tu-diiy wit'i p'enty ol money and is said to have gone to Canada. A finger like th it of a worn in bat beo found iu tl.esxwfr neir where Croiiiu's body wasfouml, and it is thought that a woman liny have been murder! sttlis aaine time as Crouin. Tin: c. r. ahskmhit. Ilrport of l bo Iloartl of Publication si in Ut Ic ol tho Cburcli. The (itoieral Atscinbly of tliu United l'res- byterlnu Chuicli it hi semiiou at Springflol I, Ouio. The Hoard f I iiblicution reports tales of Hililcs and 1'ialiii liotiks during the pat year aKKr)atiii M,l.V.b7; donations J,17'J..V). Tolul bunineas of the year, .V.',i"'J 87. Ag Uregato circulation of peri.xlicuU, W.G'iS.OJO eopios. The Bubbath KcIkkiI C'ommitue of ths Board rejiorts a total attendance of 70 ,371 ; tverao attendance, S4.10H, The committee recommends that the lust Ksbbatb of June of this year and next year beappointed missionary days; apointuuint of a delegate to the Woild's Convention of Sabbath (schools, and that tho third Sabbath of Octo ber be observed as a day of special prayer for the schools. The statistics of ths Cburcli show: Presby teries, 00; ministers, 7Wj congregations, 903; members receivod on profeasiou, 7,UM ; total membership, 101, KM; BabhalD schools, aalationary aoc-Utlvs, 781; total coairibulion, $1,110,653. New Law lor I'ennsylvaulsv. Ooveruor Ileiver approved ths hill author- ,rig the foroitttiou of orisirationt for the pur o-e of driving and Hotting stwl igs, luoils-r and tlnitesr onstroims not excoe u ig miles In lo igth, ami the hoaiU of all atroans not excwlint 1M lilies long from their souroi, an I for Ihe foi mations of corcir.itlous for the stor age, tiunainiwio i and traiisportatl fi of water to private power for iiianufuc'uring. purisre-a. be latter provision was Inserted alt e iustince of the lioavor Fulls Industry. Tho (Jovoruor also approved the following bills: Authorising r i I, bridge, telegraph, forry, water, gas, light and inclined plane eomptnlos to borrow money; reiptil'lug iountiet to pay fl 75 por week, wnicU iu c u les clothing, toward the race of the in II gent li sane In Ktite luiuiliu hisipitsls, aud i rovidieg thit fie Stats pay ad over that amount rnjmred not sxeeeding $4 a week fl s Siats's suare is about r,oo0 a year, Lost With All on Hoard.) Advices from Bt. Pierre state that two Ash ing veaa. li. the lid i and (J isrtre Freros, h cU left Krsiioe some time ago for ths New IS ml ind fl b'l ies, with 175 men on board, have been loet aud thit all Lands bars double ;. s o-n drowned. GENERAL NEWS ITEMS GLEANED FROM ALXi SOOROltS. Tb Main Facts Ilelated Without TJnaeoeeaary Word a SW BStsftxatsss) Ths Connsetlonl House of Representatives Indefinitely postponed ths bill limiting ths saloons In licensed towns to one for every WO Inhabitant The P. B, R, Co. has been buying property p Baltimore from its Union station to City Hall, and has now prepared plans for an alevated road Into the heart of the city slm dar to that la Philadelphia. The Ohio Democratio Stete Committee de rided that ths State Convention should bs held at Dtyton on Aujuit 37 and 23. On the farm of Mr. Hayden, near Wichita, Kansas, ths father, mother, child and hired man are deathly sick, and two cows and a fcorse lie dead lu the barn yard. It would teem from the death of the animals that ths poison cams from the well. The court at Eaton, O , refused anew trial to Elmer L. Sharkey, convlotod of the mur der of his motlier, Sharkey was sentenced to hang oo September 13. Rev. J. W. Weatherold, of HunUngton. W. V'a , died Tuosdty night of blood poison Ing. Three we-k ego he ttepp.-d on a brass taok and this slight injury coat him hit life. A mine of graphite hss been discovered an the farm of J. II. Perch, near PlatUburg, Mo. 1 he vein la 4, feet wid. snd 300 feel long. It will be developed for stove poliaa, lubric iting powders and lead pmcl a The grand Jui y of Union county, New Jer sey, hande I Into court three Indictments againat (Ji-iioral J. Msdison Drak,Comman der of the Veteran Z .uaves, for criminal li boh lie was held In 11,5 )0 boil The most dialroui May storm and freehot thst hss occurrel In many years was xpcrioiiced Monday and Tueadiy at Still water, N. Y. Ths canal ovet flowed and the crojsi on the lowlands wore ruined. Foul inches of water fell at Coinstxks, Wshiug- ion county, snd the cros were badly dam aged. A lurious storm of wind, rain and bail foil at Sandy Hill and vicinity. Cm- tldrrahla damage was dons to cros by the storm. The Hudson Iver has rinen aboaf three feet at Troy owing to the rains. The Supreme Court of O'.iio has doclded the cao of the State ag tlnst II nry S. Ives and (ioorge IL Slayer in favor of the defend ants. The prosecuting attorney of II unilton county bad tikan exceptions to the ruling ol Judge Bhroeder, of ths Commxi Pleas Court, whire the Jury was direct! to bring in a verdict for auuittil, tin dtfonda ite bj Ing on trial fur awuKtling the tlK'k holders of the Cincinnati, Ilimilton and Dayton Railroad. The exceptions were overruled and the case dismiaatd. The H-year-old son of Peter Schrlber, a prominent oil man of Uil City, foil from the roof of a threo-stc ry building, a diitauco of 35 feet, breaking both arms, Ths Commisdoneri of In liana and West moreland oiuntlus, at a conference at Oi eoni burg, decided to Jointly build a bridge across the Conemaugh river at New Florence It will be 3J5 feet long and cm'- m. Mrs. Alex. Cummings, a;ed abuut 35 years, while carriage riding at Oil City, was thrown from her carriage and t-verely lujtired , pro'i ably fatally. The accident wis cauied b the horse taking fright at a pumping oil well. The barn of D. A. Realty, of M iiinlngtoii, Marlon county, W. Va.,waa burned recent ly, snd susp. clou rested on one Ilawklulierry, and he was arrested and placet in a neigh bor's bouse. That night a buu I of masked iiwn broke into thebous, took Hawkinb- rry out, beat him cruelly aud bung him to a tree, ruuuing him up and dowu several timet, trying to extort a confsaalon from him. llawkinl orry wot found nearly de-id by some neighbors, who carol fur him, and en Invest ialiou reveals that he was inno cent of the crime charged uginat him, The mouiliers of tho W onion's Chris' inn Tompttranue Union iu I hilodelphla have d. elded net lo visit tho o!ls on June 18, wl,o i the vote will Lu taken on ibo l'roliit Ulon Amonduioiit Tnoy will bold prayer nieot iugi In churches lu various parte of tiie city all through the duy, and ho) to uccomphah mora by thU means thau by soliciting voUk. The people of the Dakotas are diacusning the (piettio.i of whothertwo Houaoiare mo.. t .ry or dvsirable ilia IK's'ature, and wheth er It would not be better lo h ive but one. Oonoral Iew Wallan-i and Nuthunlel I). Tunker have boon elrciasl as l.'nitol States Commlwlonors to Hiyti. They will cm for with Illppolyte and endeavor to tucuie posos and a fsw locations tuiteblvfor ooaliug ttstloiis. Heyon4 this their insn uciiout are secret. AHlow t-.ari iHiuako. The C-cidontal and O.ieutal Coiupiuy' ttoamshiu Il.tlglo arrival at San Fraucisoo, bringing Cbluoao and Jupotiose advloes to May 3. Ths Japan Mail states that an carthrpitka of ths moat unusual character wasreooidol at 2;07 r. St., April 14, In the Heimnolonioal Olworvatery of tlw IuiHirial Unlvoraity at 'loklo. Tne pecliarity of the pheuomuiioa ! was not iu iu violouci. but In ttie extreme I alowliioss "of its oscillation, it taking from four to seven seconds to complete ono forth and back no tion, cidefly in a horizontal plana lying south snd north. Tnere were a few vr.i- cal motions, however, of epi illy slow lied oda Tho phenomenon lotted 10 minutes and 30 socoiids, uo damage being done, as yet re ported. Yokohama psers rIvo an account of the severe pumthmont of two Jtptnuae journal ists who published, with a sketch, a lilwnd 0 institution picture of a ikuUnou on the Em peror's tnrone, Oils was son onood to three years' impi itoum nit aud lliiml, while the other rosivod one year lu prlaou aud was usd. Snow Ktorm In Ohio. The country about three and one-half mllei north of Findlay, Ohio, was visited by a slight mow storm Wednesday, tbs ground being covered to a sufficient depth to permit children on their way to school to amuse themselves msklng snowballs. At Tillln, shortly after midnight, there was a heavy thunder storm, fo lool two hour later by uta-'ly au IhuU of snow, TIIE rfEAUTT 108E91 Bensstlonal Peat area of the Famosts Case Tho Fair rialnt.tr Held Onlliy. Tka notable divoroe cats of Carter T Car ter, wbloh has been on trial for several weeks In ths circuit court of Chicago, beforsi Judge Jamleson, wss finished Wednesday, when the jury came In wit'i the verdict. Tho suit wss brought by Mrs. Leslie Carter, who . Z , . ,, . i charged her husband with unnameablo of fenses. Mr. Carter filed a cross bill charging bis wifs with Infidelity. Ths prominence of the parties, the untnual beau ty of Mrs. Carter, and other mtttert anuiual In ... , , ,. . , . . . .. such bearings, mads It a celebrated case, and . . . , ' . ths court room baa been crowded since ths iii n i .l . .. trial began. During Its progress tba testl ."..." , , , mony took ths listeuors In Imtglnatlon over . . . a gooo part oi etiropet gave tne in gutniaet . .. r , ,, ... ... ... of ths royal prodigality with which Mrs. . . , L . . . varier isviansii nionoj ou porsonai au irn mentsand riulpHges though her hasbttid was by no means a rich man: trac-d the payment to her of several large check s drawn by a prominent merchant of New York; mads evident her friendship for Kyrle Bd low, the acUsr; touched upon ber relations with her physician; and, In short, develop ed a series of senationt to sstisfy the expec tationt of ths most pruriently inclined. At tho opening sf the court It was announc ed that an agreement had been reacheL The verdict when announce 1 was to the ef feet that Mrs. Carter was guilty aw charged In the crowbill and that Mr. Carter wat not guilty of the cbsrgaj preferred against him lu bis wife's bill. STATISTICS OK 1. A noil. The) Annual Report of the Ohio Commlaalonsr Ths advance sheets of the annual report of Hon. D. A. Fasselt, Commiadoner of the Bureau of Lvlwr Stotiatica, have been print ed. The report contains mush valuable sta tistical Information relative to the condition of business and tl s wages received by various classes of workmen In the Slat. Among other things to be found in the report is a table giving a number of uncanceled mort gage on real esttts In O do Jmuary , 1870, till January 1, 188. and of the amount of Indebtedness in every township in the State. This Is something never before attempted by any of the precee ling Comini&doners of La bor. Tbs total numtsrr of mortgages is HaH.fHO, representing a total mortgage in dehtodnrnsot WUW-XXi 78, while the at awaed valuation of real saUts Is placed at 1,5W),2C3.VJ3. Another Interesting table Is the one giving the numl or of employes In the different nmn Ufacluring establishments in 107 eithis and villages of the State, together with a com parative statement of the value of the prod uct and cnpital In vosbxl. It shows that 1 W, 001 men, 3:1,11 women and 18,400 biys, or 24-1,(174 men , womou and boys, united with .'02,9'JJ,h3J produced 1348,519,450. Under this head he puts down the number of men employed In Columbus at 10,700, women at 2,fW), loys at 3"i0, w ith nn Invested capital of 8,.Vl,7iX), while the value of the aunuI product is pi iced at $14010,5)0. SKVHV MEN INJCItr.D. Disastrous Kxploxiou of Gas In a Iloalon Hotel. An rzplosloi of gas occurred In the b mo ment of the Van Noes House, Boston, early Wednutd iy morning. The windows of the hotel werj blown out and those in tho vicinity smashed, while the lower pn-lloii of the hotel was wrocie I. E I ward Levers, the pirlcr, was danger ously burnel and Is not expected to live; Ellis Zirditiki was dangerously burned alKiut the face and body;H -rbert Russell, clerk In the bote', was badly burnel aUmt the hinds, held and face; Nicholas Emery, ago! 07, alobnter ped dler, mid Clement launders, wero cut about tho bands and face by lais. They are all in thu lii.Hjdtiil. Two mm standing in the en-trunc-i were blown aeroas tlm stroot, but ess oaped without serious injury. The c.iuso is aaid t) havo boon the lighting of a inaU-li iu the basement, where s gns-purs ifylng machine bad been disconnected from tho service pipus, which bail Iwen left un p unned. It ia supp ae 1 one of the men now in tho hospital lit the match. ritdl l' I.IVKH LOST. fi ten mere Collide Near Montreal, and onotJoea to lliej Ilotloiu. The steamsliiis Cynthia aid Polynesian collided near Ioug Point, twolve miles east of Moutrotl. bight lives were 1 sit. The collision oocurre I iu the chsnnol op- KJHite L ng Point, Tho Cyulhia, Cspt, Dou- ildson, was a freighter and was inward bound from Ulasgow. Tho Polynesian wat outward bound with froight and passengers for Liverpool. Immediately after the collision the Cyu- tola sank In twalvs fathoms of water. Ths rurvivors irom ths Cynthia swam ashors and ths Polynesian proceeded to QueUiO lu a dnputged ooiiilltiou. FIHK KL.I.W llAl.r A FAMILY. Five Persons Ilumed to Ucain id a Virginia Homo. Ths house of Hev. K. C. Clsrke, five mllss from Virginia Ho tch, Vs., was burned. Mr. Clarke, his two daughters, son and a nleoe wero roasted todoath lu the burning bulla Ing. Mrs. CUrke and two children and ths governess, Miss Klla IJWgoou, eecapau vj tumolnir from tbe wlmJow in tueir nigm clothes. Tbe fire is thought to have been of Incendiary origin. Mr. Clarke was pastor or the London Bridge Baptist Churoh, in Prim. ceae Anns couuty, and a preacher 1 great ability. Sensational Uevelopments. Ths litest developments In the Dr. Cronln tragmly are very sensational. It Is urged that not only was bs irioa, o onviovou, found guilty of treason to ths Clsn-Na OasI and murdered by a oommittee of that s iclety selected by secret ha' lot, but that a number of other prominent Irishmen were oonvioled aid sentenoil a!s, amoig them Father (lloasou and Jo in I) iv y. Tue C ilomo po lice are miking arroaiadally of susp.-ct , Ur, Crouiii'sfunur il loik pi tue yesterlay aud w as one of th 1 1 iret'. ev ir so j i In Chic io. Huvuu thoustu I iuj i woi'j iu Hue lu the pro octal iu. COMMERCIAL TUB CONDITIO OP DUSt Dua Finds It Blight ly Improved Be, rrloes Still Low. R. O. Dun ; Co.'s weekly review of saysi The reports this week are a lilt a ni. encouraging. With a volume oflm.i. . .. . un,"ies "lrl "n" - - , uartartik, cidedly better crop prospects, and of late Is a better feeling in the branches of Irxluttn and trade which have been most ''-nn i Iron, cool and wool look better, snd a h i. . . , ... . , ""u tnts I trade In cotton Is expected to follow u. , , .. ' . ,u low lh birgs auction on Thur-diiy. The I , . , ,, I of prloes continues to decline, nartici..i . . , . , w .u 7 1 "lc'llri? (for products for which th. re It mm ' i , .: , . . . . " 1 ulotlon, and during the patt Weak th. r.n .. .. . hot been three-ousrters of one per cant u spits of some advance In cotton, wuol, and but be Greater aotivity and brit priors In ths stock market reflect a ftlh of increase 1 c infldeuoe In the busing oj look. Tne review says wool Is a shade strmpr becans! growers are taking prlt-es a slsjve tbe market, but manufacturer! ir holding i. IT for I etter pric a f,r gooJu. q, May 15 tbe average of prie st was oneteith of a cent higher thin on May 1. Cottm are stronger because of giod prices reality at last week't suctioni cotton 1, ilitij stronger; dry goods not more than s..; but with a more coufl lent fteiing. Tlx r view continues; 'There Is a better feeling, hut as yet njt out ImpToveme it of price lu the inn and steel trade. While SmihornNi. 1 f. uoiry Is still freely offered here at 10, tho grndetofNol Northorn are Uik-n imrt freely at 114 at Ph ltdelphia a id it is b pj that the decline bat beeo arre.tisl. Bir ir it In Ivtter demand; plate and tni k, though atthe lowest prices of tho ysir, are w iito the full eapscliy of worksj s rii 'tur il irxi u tub ly active, and there is good buins la wrought pi; eat the lute advance. Hut la rails no chango appear, and th ru-i nf orders is at about tM 75 at mill. In anthra cite coal an advauce In prices Juno 1 U u, nuunced, snd many mines are iesum;n work, tbe total output to date Mug 1 , ia tons below last year's. Liad is weaker, t if clsion by the Treasury of Imporis nf Jl-ti. can telng awaited. Tlu has alr4ui abroad and sells st The agruitunt to bold lake cjpper at 13o Is not expciej bj consum- rs to prevent a further dtc:ina, au the buying is therefore restricted. Ao-oacs from Interior cities tre without Important change anywhere, and ibiti full volume of busines for tho sason, tU bunk exchaiiROS outsido New York exta. ing last year's bynlout 7 erceiit. Moow Is everywhere in stitllcieut supply, ami tis light domtnd causes unusual pleth irast;iit poiiits. The Western distributing cnun are all encouraged by exceptionally fatoe able crop prospects, which are alto full k speculative markets. Wheat has ieciiia) la to&l,V and was even lower during-1 we k; c-nta have declined lc. undiMM t. with bu tmcd rato sales. Pork prmlnctii a sliade wuakur aud 11 mr 10 to S )e p.r Uim lower. TIIAIN ltonitKll.S. Tsrentjr-Ttirro Care It.fl-U la CP Nlgbt Valuable Booty Secured. Brls, Pa., has long bsen Infas'-id witi i gang of tbe most persistent and ireae!i car robbers in this siclion of tht couitrj and with the sxceptlon of three compw tlvoly unlmport int cases, no arneti for te rntitoriat commltts I have re'iiltej k .n(,.f lnn In three vears past. Tbs It's exploit of the thieves is the breakin; ops and robbing of 31 freight cars of ths Pw tvlvanla Company that ca-oethsra otad Pittsburg and Erie Roilrosd on Friday n k The affair htt just been reports I. Valis property to a large amount is report! I . . . a . .lam Thiiiia pal no exauv iiuiii.i. by railroad officials to be the groatait itsii tbe kind on reeord. Dr. Croiiiu's l'uto. The dead body of Dr. Crouin, the Irs American, who strangely diaipp-'areifrc bis home in Chicago two weeks ag wasf Wednesday evening iu Lakevitor, s.j:u it taiKW uorth of the city, in a sower. A Llw towel was wrapied ulx ut tlio heai nat of the body was stark niikud. A Ita lic emldum which tho doctor ulwayi liftxt his tkiu tusMiidel ub nit Ins tie'" untouchL Oa tho doailmiu's tJ iloson deop cuts whlc I ha I s.'voro 1 I'm and indented the skull. It is taoupi.iU' the polios thai Dr. Croniii wus f juI v dered. Want tho Sabbath Kept Bet" 10 IDS Douwera i-raaujti . -..u 1,,. H.liltltll 0" anoe was eonsldorsl, reoouuiK .hl ' . Jlln tl,.l rVnireeaa e ianffS IhSUk'J'2' -""l'""- " ' . . ... i . i i li nuii i insi- i.ar n ftiimuv in au ii. w " -- . . i i . . i . . i. i .. (hitlts from bavlua tbs Insu.uistlon occur uvauiiiina "i - . sdopta law sgsinst Kundiy works of nscesali v sn I merer. vork f Work for rrrednien Tl.. TT..K.I Prual.vtjiriaii Oeiierui bly asiopted tbe report of the Hoinl men's Mission after a long discus.!"" WitheisjMKiu, of Alb ghsiiy, Corn'T'' Becretary of ths Board , mado a st-t"' fo lows In referen -e lo the work: "0j' 000,000 colored people lu the South. ramead and ous-hslf tnat numte' ikaaohoola Wulle tuers is yt of psejudlos lu lbs Sou h sgninst t ran, vet the Soutlier.l P pi I more for the Kreodinsu than tue yr - Ul 1 North." rUeky Hrpubilcan Con" J . T,.Mieai State oonventlon i .j 0,njj,uu for treaurr, to 14 n.xt Aurnist. John Z. Birrell, .in- Th. raoolutlons endorse the P' - ;"" I onant tne nni e the sentiment 'no U"10", thoull ever go ts tbe alms boa also endorse the Blair eduottt J"1 w 1 1 Ull II (it U 4V 4 vws s, we Fls , havo a cat that I 10 ami baa ioeaente.1 thj firm WH' isge of 12 kittout peresr fo; J'' - tuaklojf a total ol ltt'J kineii
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