FOIiTY LIVES LOST. A TERRIBLE RIVER ACCIDENT. fill llil.RU(r TIIK STF.A M F.R 10 BO 5 A ii tu tiorroM oit. BLEW The steamer Corona, of llie Ouchita Con ol (dated Line, left New Orleans, for the Ouchitarivcr with a full cargo of froinlit and good lint of passengers. She exploded her boilers ut False river, nearly opioslte Port Hudson, causing the loss of the steamer and about forty lives. I lie Anchor Line steamer I itv (if St. lO-.ii. Cunt. James O'Neil. M near by, and with his crew and boats sated many lives. The surviving passengers and crew e taken on board by ("apt. O'Neil, and verv kindlv care for by him and hi crew. dipt. T. C. Sweeny, one of the owners, who assumed command on the death of Ca. Hl.inks, nays the explosion was not duo to a too high pressure of steam. Ho had nst liad iK.ra.4inn to examine the gauge and Is pos.tivc there was not a pressure of morn than (suunls. Tliohoat hud a moderate Cargo. Hie was in midstream just below the Ininling at Arhrnth, and hud just whis 11 ed to puss the lily of St. Ixiuis, fortunately Coming down ut the time. The explosion ( liad a downward tendency and blew out thu j Lottomofthebo.it, causing her to sink im mediately. The cabin was torn in two, the ' fear portion l..uting down stream and bearing ft number of the laved. (apt. S.vccny happened to U forward ami started at oii'-o to put out the llames, which beuu to burn at several lai e". He as tin- boat Would undi ubted ly have burii-d had she hot gone down iui- : liiediately. .None of the books, papers or MhiT valuables were saved. ; ThoCity of St. Louis, which was about Koo. irds above, at mire put out her boats, and Ihe did noble work in saving lives. The' Anchor Liner stayed there several hours ren- ' leritig all the ussi-tance possible anil taking u board the rescued passengers and crew. 1 When nothing more c ilild be done she went to Hutou Rouge, where physii bins were sum- j Oioned and everything possible done for the Injured. The only dead body recuvcicl was Uiat of Kred Overman, the second bar keeper. TIIK KILI.lt AMI Wol'MU:l. The following uro lists of thu lost and luved as far as known: Crew Lost Cuptain Ulauks, J. V. Jord in, first clerk; Charles (Viler, second clerk; Bwinip llamitt, thir l clerk; I re I Dinkle Ind Pre I Vermau, barkeepers; l'at Kyan, Itcward; Pick Curtis, lirouiau; Tom Shook, Inginicr; Henry Doyle ami James Swine, porters; Mr. Tatu, barber; Henry Davis, Seek hand; Tom Cook, sailormau; Hilly Young, Heeond mate; Sam Steal, tents liny; loth captains of deck watch; eight roaster.). Paseng rs lost lr. Alwell, com doctor, and four mvro musiciuus; Mr. Scott, Smith land, l.a.; Mr. I 'avis, stockman, Texas; Mr. Koencli und Mrs. Hull', of MjH.-leu.sus; Mrs. Kaufman's nurse und olilest child. Mrs. 'lhouias Hough, of Opeloiisas, sUtur of Captain Ulauks; Mr. Wilson, of Kcd River Landing; filteen routers, iiamui unknown. Crew saved H. 11. Jollo und L. T. Haw ling, pilots; Charles Tierce, steersman; J. SiainLy, engineer; Jack Miller, mate; Hilly Kiggius, bill clerk; Hubert Cams, carpenter; Win. Fleming, second Meward; Sam liree, watchman; Tom Hums, deck hand; Milt (ilover, fireman; Pan .S'.cmeck, pantry-man; Frank Reeves, cook; Jo-ep!i liti el, l aker; C.iariiy Lambert, chamber mail; Misi Hcilly, sen nd maid; Joseph R.iy Uian, greaser; several cabin boy. Passengers mved Mrs. Henry Rl.iuk and two children, Mrs. M.inn, Mrs. Robertson, Mrs. Kaufman and chil iren, ('apt. It. i. fomwull, Mrs. J. K. Hrown, Mrs. J. J. M. r tdith, Mr. L. F. Mas on, Mr. l'.au,:!iman, M r. I'oinstock, I 'oiiabU m villi-; Mr. John Carr, Harrisonburg; Mrs. Kaufman and infant, ol fiiu'blaiiil; lluu. L. F. Mason, of Hat m lioUgO, Tho lulloivim: were wounded: Cant. U. Cornwall, slightly; Riiughiuaii. re:ding ; on l'.lackey river, not dangerous; Mr. Coin' I Itock, Polia'doiville, slightly; J. J. Mer edith, Columbia, La., sbghlly: Wayne, a Ion of Henry Flanks, slightly hurt about face; Charles A. I'earce, of New Orleans, eulded. None of the injureil aro expected to die. l'ilot KolliiiKs badly scalded on the hands; ('apt. T. Sweeny, slightly hurt by Hying timbers; Mrs. K. V. Hubert.son siighl ly hurt. The Corona was on her first trp of the leasoii aii'l had but recently coum out of thu dry ducks, where slio receive! repairs amounting to nearly (IJ.OM, Sho was built at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Sweeny Fro.., of that city, about he.eu years ago and had a carrying capacity of about bales of Cotton. At the time of the accident bhu win valued ut f Jii.uwj. TIIR WEEK S BCST.TBW. voi.t MB or oritRATiog ciirr x cu bt a ciosia MOXLY HAUKKT. II. O. Dun & Co.'a weekly review of trad says: A closer money market, at ws anticipat ed last week, has checked operations to some extent. The shipment of tl.OuO.tO) gold to Eur by a firm cigaged in placing two large loans for foreign (toveriiments, and therefore anxious to prevent further advance, in Ilankol 'Knglun I rates, was all the clearer evidence of the actual demand, because mailt at asmallerlossthan reckoned at the rurrent rate of exchange. A sud den fall in the rata from 1 1 ss to $ I s J was followed by (in itp ward movement again, and it seems not Im probable that the exigencies of the Argentine Kepiiblic and the placing of the Russian loan may for soma time to come uirect the money market here. October disbursements und moderate purchases of bon is have made tha market easier for the pre'ent, but the rata on call, after ri-iug from il to 8 jer cent., rose even to 'M p-r cent. The ren. irts of business from all parts of i the cout.try show incro.is-'d activity on the ; whole, thoiuh in soiim branches trade is not . . . up to the Septi'inlicr level, unica i nnna j businesi larger than a year ago, with hoivy t country orders, showing a largj demand and : tasv linaneid condition tliroiigtiout the Vut. The year's receipts or cereals fall off alit'le, but of provisions are nearly doubled. Cleveland finds all branches improving, and lactones full of orders. Pitt -burh liots higher prie-s for Iron arid d, lie; glass biiMiiesnctive. with Works all operating, and the c oal trade dull, waiting water for tin) river movement. Tlirougboti' th" West ex cellent crops are the basis of larg.- buying by the fanning districts, an 1 confident hop. -4 as to the trade for f.ho rest of the year. Hank exchanges fr S -pteniber show an increase over last year of only '1 per cent at New York, percent at H iton, Pnila (Mphi.i and Chic igo, and "J p.T cent at all other cit.es taken together. The iron btnin ;s is in s urn danger of running into an unhealthy "boom,'' so great is the anxiety of many to stimulate the demand. The Sugar Trust seoias not unlikely to follow the cnpjier sy udicitt! an 1 th'i c tt u ronier.as l"a-t as far as prices ar.c uii rne I. Haw s ig ir is lower, thu demand for i: m snmplion b.-ing slack, an I meinwhile heavy siles of Sugar Trust stock havj il" pressed the price to about 0 cents. Cotton Oil Trust Is also heavily sold and declined t-harply. Tin is lower at 2uJo and lead ijuiet at 3.'Jc. SNAP SHOTS. HOME AND FOREIGN JOTTINGS. fits riTii or MARY MATTRns nmrrLY rcr. Or MOMIKl TUP. W F.STM I NST Ell COXITES ION. ;iie pni.-nvTciiY or luirvswicK ih-xi.am AoAiN.sr iiik ruoi-osr.u i;i:vihio.n. The Presbytery of the New Ilrunswick. nt lis annual meeting in New Hrunswick, N. J., Uiscusstsl the proHsed revision of the West minster Confession of Faith. The New Hrunswick Presbytery embraces in its boundaries Princeton College and Seminary, and the members of the faculties of both were present in force to take part in the dis cussion. Ex-President McdwU expre-se-1 himself wholly in favor of revision. There is danger," he said, "in stirring up this mat ter, but there is more danger in Ignoring it or postponing it. Thu movement in favor of revision hits litis been pushed very earnestly by tho young men, and it w ill assuredly bo pushed in the future. Kovision seems likely to come, and if it must come it is better that there should bo no hesitancy, hut that tho movement should bn guided hy tho older and moro conserva'ivo men, und guided Courageously and openly. It may be doubted If sumo pass iges are contained in tho Word of God. Now, in logic it is law that then) hall be nothing in the conclusion for w hich there is not a foundation in the premise, beiici) what is not in the Word of (iod must lint be in tho Coiifcmioll." Among tho other sjH-akers were Dr. Dnf- I field, of Princeton, who made the principal I argument for revision, S caking from tha J historical point of view us wi II as theologi- j cul. Pr. Wurtiel I, of Princeton Seminary, j professor of theology, oppos-d rovi-ion on . the ground that the pre.-ent Confession was the correct expression of the general senti ment of the church and a satisfactory Inter nretutioii of tho scriptural faith if il-elf properly Interpreted. Other opposed to ro vision were Prs. Hodge, Podge, (ireennnd j ,1( t.xl",isi,,i, ,,fa so la water fountain Bwan. Tho Presbytery nppiieu tu me nega tive to the overture ol the (Jeueral Assembly, asking whether it favored a revision ot tlui Confession, thirty-four voting against re vision audtixtii'u for it- Two TWO plll'ltl.F. TKAtiFPIFH. IM'SIIVMlS Mlltl'ltll Till- III WITHS AMI rur.N ku i. riii'.MO.i.vK.s. Charles II art man, a salo in'ieeper at San iluKy, O., i-h t his wifu and then kilhsl him hclf. Ilartman had Mi.-pectel his wife of in fidelity. He opened a letter add essed to her and in it found positive proof of her un faithfulness. He begin drinking heavily, und he tdiowcd her tho letter. While she was reading it ho drew a pistol and shot her, then turned the weapon on himself and sent a bullet into his brain. Mrs. Hartuiau will do. At Matt hiii, III., two mouths ugo II. F. Moor, a widower, married Mrs. Pelia II el- big. They soon Vlarrelled, '"' occupied tho s inio house, Mrs. Moo e going to tho homo il" her sister at ninht. Moore hacked his w ife about the fii 'o and head w ith a hatchet, and, retiring to tho upper room, too a doso ofprussx acid and was dead in 10 minutes. KILLED AT Pit A YEll-M FETING. a MA AND HIS LITTI.K DAITOIITKt fTLLY CIIOT ANOTIIEII MAN WOL'MUUI. At Moss Point, Mississippi, during prayer meeting services at tho Presbyterian church lome one fired a shot Into tho congregation through the frout door of tho building and Instantly killed Mr. Pan K. Mclnnis and mortally wounded his little daughter, Miss Nellie. Mr. Henry Hlumer was also seri ously wounded, receiving 11 to buckshot in hiishouldor, There is no clue to the perpe trator of tho horrihlo act and no nuo knows what prompted tho deed. A large foot- truck was found back of the church. Tha whole community U greatly excited. J.W. Dean, a railroad workman of Tucket county. W. Va., lately on trial for bigamy, has left 8t.0e rge In company with a young girl of good family. It Is alloged bo has four wives liviua. A tanner of Marlon county, Illinois, named McIIatton has been sent to the peni tentiary for one year for perjury In under valuation of his property In making his re turn to the tat assessor. Ha returned his horses at V: cattle at t".) and mules at 113. He submitted evidence on bis trial that other stock on his farm were not his roerty, but the State's witnesses swore to tho con rary, and he was sent to the penitentiary, besides Laving I-IS In costs taxed against him. George Myers, mnrrled, and Mattie Silb) eloped from near Peerless. Mrs. Myers got a pistol and overtook tho runaways at Peer less an 1 opened firo on the woman, wtilch resulted in prubably fatally woiui htu her. rk collision occurred rietween a passenger and a freight train at Laswit, In P'Wn. Four railway olllcials, who were on lb prrsi'ner train, were killed, and many in the passengers wete injureil. Smallpox Is rnging at Socorro, New Mexico. Hoii!.-uiger says ho will siend tha winter in Egypt. The Fiiropean wheat crop Is L Kl.Wl.OOO ouhels short aco ir ling to State department 'eports. The sultan' is making dazzling prepara tions for Kmperor William's visit to Con btiilitinople October 2s. The grand jury ot Chicago has returned indictments against James F. Moore and William Wright for selling lottery tickets. The New York Central is going to build the im innati louisville und Dayton Hail road, now being surveyed. Property for large yards bus been purchased at Cinciu nutt. Some f. hi started a run on the Dime Pav ings Hank of Peoria, 111., Thursday. Tho otlicials paid out many thousands and kept ceu up to 11 o'clock at night. All that was taken out was dex.si(od again. Warden wr'ght, of the WiMtern Peniten tiary, has solved a perplexing problem. He has found means of employment for 713 con victs under his charge. The warden has found a market for the production of tha broom factory ho established lost August. Au-traliu has ugreisl to tuko all the brooinf tic can send. Mrs. Maeltac, wife of a Tresbyteria clergyman in St. John, N. H has beeq poisoned by stiychiiiue.w hiidi wus in candy sent to her husband by mail. 'I wo othej ministers in St. John roceived poisouuf vaudy in the same way The I'an-Amciican delegate?, who went U West Point on Thursdiy evening, returned to New York Saturday afternoon, makin the trip down tho Hudson river on thi cruiser Y'orktown. They wero transferred from the Yorktown to tho Puritan, whicfc left for 1! oston in tho evening. Tho National Assembly of (iuatomalu has approved a contract lor building a ruilroad from Purl Harrios, on thu Atlai. tic side, tq the capital of the H-puMic. Major Wilson Sp.vinl Commissioner, sold in Springfield, Illinois, under til i order ol the Federal Court, the St. L'juis and Chica go ruilroud, limning from Springfield toMt. Olive, -111 miles. The road was pun luisi d bj A. H. Joliue, of New Yoik, n j r Mi.tin (leorge Cop-el, D. P. Withers and Frank C. Holiius. Admiral Port'-r is lying d in ;urously ill si his home in Johnstown, I!. I. Pierre, tho n.'w capital of South Dakota, iseujoyiiig a b ooai that r'.vats oklah m.'s. Famum's great and only show will lead the I, ir l Mayor's procenioit a'. L mdon on Novemb r Tho working women of tha F.:st End, Lon don, are n w linug orgr.i j I prior to a d.t luai.d for lietter pay. I'll Pie- i-iL m-i-.iut. a c il irjil m m. was kui- OHIO gOTE3 At Toronto, Arthur Owens, aged 23 yean, dropped dead ot heart diseasa while talk !ng to a friend. Work has been commonee.! on the new Cleveland Pittsburgh depot, at Toronto. It will cost 12.000. Llir.la Oohl fell down statrs at Marietta nd broke her arm. W. II. II. Carey has been appointed Store keeper in tho First Ohio Hevcnuo District. Tha residence of Dr. L. M. Guise, at Find lay, was destroyed by fire. Lss, 13,000. At Empire, Joseph Crngo Sunday night ii fatally stabbed his brother William in tha stonineh. Joseidi had cone home drunk 110111 HAMILTON WANTS A DFTOUCE, toBRST kay scits roa ait anncli.mrnt or Till TIM THAT BIND HIM TO RVA. Robert Hay Hamilton began an action for divorce from his wife. Evangelina Hamil ton, who is now at Mays Landing, N.J, awaiting transportation for the crime of av saulllng Nurse Mary Ann Donnelly. Tha suit is brought for tho annulment of tha marriage on tho ground of fraud. Mr. Hamilton, In referring to his mar riage, says that his wife's maiden name was Evangelina L. Steele, and fiat they wera married January 7, 189. His consent to the marriage was obtained through the defend ant's representation in March, 1HSS, that she was about to become a mother. In the sama year, between December 17 and January 10, he received letters from Elmira, N. Y., rep resenting that she had been delivered of a child. January 0, the day before the mar riage, female chill was presented to the plaintifT a his own. The relations existing between tho plaintiff an I tha woman prior to the marriagu were such that her representations might have been truo. Cut for the.se representations the plaintiff would not have married her. Hamilton says he now has good reasons to believe that the women's representations were false and that the child was foisted up on him. It was in August of this year that he first liecame convinced of tho deception pratiecd upon him, and since Hint time ho has not waived any of his righ by Cohabit ing with her. Hy way of complaint, tho plaintiffsaysthatiit the time of his mar- jisturl), Iilinoi, ,,iricts as excellent. na:e, ami prior mereio, wio uciciiuam uau a husband livinu. C"t-"r FIRED FIRST. J dial from ti tt tt 2.50 to 15.00,, to 10.00 1-50 to 3.73 3.50 upward 3.00 1.00 to 5.00 20c nr. and was abusing his wife when William in- I toy 8 Ciipfl from 5c lin terf,;rea' " If lira ir . The barn on the farm of John Pawmillet i u . V about six miles wen of Lima, was destroyed Ilers - ajHlKCrcblcfft, by fire Sunday night with its contents, in-illp 11 fid lino llality. eluding seven head of horses, ten head of.liin, Glotll and Tvi 1 cattle and all farm implement. Loss about ' . IVtl i.-,,ooo. fS largo stock of Addison Ilishop, well known citizen ot oliday goods of every "Martins Ferry, was killed by tho cars on positively not be Utl tbe C, & P. road. He was 64 years old. John Mcrallahan, a well known citizen i of Youngstown, who has been seriously iir1 I,lorf, I WOUId TC forsomstimu, became suddenly insane Sun-ft COllt IllliailCO of p;l Uy. President McPride, of the Miners' I'nlon is at Canton, ami regards tho prosiiei-t foi - the settlement of the miners' trouble In thi MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRACY. Till! Y WERF. WARNED. Monunii r.i.iiriiH Mr at home when tiih WHITKl'AI'S IAI.I.KK. News comes from Wilson county, Tenn., that the Mornioii elders have been driven out by the White Caps. The elders disap- are I soino lime ago, when the agitation was hot a4aui-t llieni, but a lew days ago returned believing tho storm to have blown over. However, the people who warned them proposed to luuUo tho threats good. Forty men, in sked nud robed in white, visited tho houses of Wm. Harrett, Thomas Smith und Lee Harrett, where the elders have been secluded, but borne one had given them va ning and not an elder was to be found. These men were cautioned ugaiiist allowing the elders to ever darken their doors again. The elders left tho county. A number of converts have declare ! thev are done with Mormonisin. The experience of a woman in tho neighborhood, now iu Bowles, Hy., has had a beneficial effect Hie went to Utah as a convert but is back in her old home warning others. HELENA VKJILANTES. The figures "3-7-77," tho warnii g of v gi lantes to hard cases, were chalked on street corners and printed in tho evening apvni of Helena, Mont., Thursday. This call for a return to the methods of early day was ocoasiune 1 by tho discov ery of four fires In as many houses tho night before, in the heart of tho busi ness suction. All the fires wera put out be fore kcrlous damage was done, and in each case It was found that rags had been satura ted with oil and tired. The incendiaries are evidently the same gang who have been in Northwest towns during the summer, ami to whom the big fire In Hutto, lust Sunday, is attributed policJ. V Washington, .-.iturdiy. The jury inv---t:g aiiug tho South Engle. wood disaster at Cilc i has censure I tha olllcersof tho Mid for n-'gligciic j, in addi tion to holding Engineer Twonibley and hit fireman for murder. The base ball championship seuson ended Fatiinlay, with Nev; York the winner of the pennant, und Pittsburg in fifth pluco. Thomas White, a Camden, New Jersey boy. robbed his employer of f-UO which he intended Meiu!iiig on Alice St. Clair, a viiiiiii' woman connected With a toll Wilt circus. , Largo deposits of valuable Iron ore have list been discovered on a number of farms in the famous Mi Idlet own Valley, Md. The varieties so far fouti I uro known us becului . . . , i i. ..i iron. A lurgi portion oi mo luuo ui in ready been leased to a Haliimore syndicate, nud tho Cumbriu Iron Company, of Peiui tylvunia, is also negotiating. l.-iit hu aoiHiiuted Edward O. Lee-h, of the District of C iluinbia. Director of tho Mint. Kx-lYesndmii It. It. Hayes is visiting the home of tho Hiirelows at West Hrattlebor oiigh, Mass., tha home of his grandparents Three counterfeiters Kmc Reynolds, John Lucas nd J. II. McUrid.t. the hitter an old ull'en ler. have b.-e:i arrested in Indiumi J iii couuterfoiling old coins. Wm. McDonald, clork in a dru? storo at tit. John, N. II., is in custody, churged with being tao person who sout the poisoned :audv through tho mail which caused th lloalh of Mrs. McKao U)HT IN THE RECENT GALE. AH OCE STMMni FofMiKTtS niMTr.E.I (. TIIK Uiaw I'KHISIICU. Advices received from !st. Jago relate u ter rible accident ut sea. On August '.".i the steamer Eariimoor, Cuptuin Richanl (i-uy. cleared from Halt-more for Rio de Janeiro. When otl tho West Indies tho vessel en countered the cyclone that ravuged the At luntic cast during the fust week in fcptein bei. Wio labored several days In the heavy seas and then began to fill. The mun gave uphold, and on the fith of S-ptember de rided to abandon the shin. I wo boats were luiinched. In one of llieni wero the lir-t illieer, Puinter; Second Engineer Meldrmn and five seatneii. In tho long b .at were Captain Cray, the lir-t engineer, sei-m I ulli cer and 10 others of the crew and Jo iii-ii-The long boat containing 1!) men has not bsK-n beard from. It probably never will be, as it wus greatly overburdened and tho survivors of the wreck do not think it could have withstood the storm's fury. The St. Jago dispatch suys that First Olli cer Painter und Second Engineer Meldruni have arrived at Nassau in a bout with live 1 1 the crew. Tho men arc in a horrible condi tion, being mere living skeletons. When their bout was picked up just outside of Nas sau they were lying in the bottom uiui'de M move. For 10 days they had hud innhiii to eat. nud their only drink had be- n obtain ed by stretching cloths und obtui'.iiug rain watar. RY FIRE. tOl'R HEX AROUSED FHoM T1IF.IR SLEEP TO BB U Lit. Nit I). At Winona. Miss., a fire hroko out in R. E. Lott's two story rcstuurant. This was a prominent building on First strejt. It win ouly a few minutes after tuo alarm was loundeit before tho (lames hat completely enveloped the ro-t iiiraut, tho upper story of which was used us a sleeping apartment. Nine men wero so in I a-leep in the upper story; live of the uiuu escaped, but four wero burned to de ith. All oftheui were prominent citizens of their respective communities and werj on route home from Memphis, whero they went to purchase g md-. Every ell'ort was made to save them, but the llitues were well under headway before discuverc I, and by the time stilll :i 'lit help arrived the walls hud fallen in. Itwasonlv bv the most heroic (forts that tho adjoining building an I st xkj wero tuvo 1. THAT AWFUL VENDETTA. THE ItATriEI.D-M CoV KI!I'l) 11KNKWEO A UlllHi:, Ol'.OOM AND MIMhTKIl HlloT. The old Hatlield-MoCoy feud has broken out again, and ut bust three more lives have been sacrificed in the bloody vono-' ta winch has now lasted over seven years. The shoot ing occurred ut a marriuge ut tho farm house of Peter McCoy. His daughter was to become tho wile of John Hand, a rotative of the Huttiel I gang, and members of both factions had sworn to pre vent the union. Haml ha 1 never been con nected with the disputes of tho factions, und refused to recognize tho leaders, Tuesday night the bridal party assembled in McCoy's house, and just as young Hand ami .Miss Mctsiy stood before tho rainist.T a volley was poured through a window, which killed both oftheui and fatally wounded the min ister. Reports say that the farmers ami mountuiuuers are looking for tho murderers, but no trace of them have been found. WmiC or THE STATE COMVrNTtOK DKNI NCIA TIO or RtlTllLU.-A.SiS. Tha Democratic State Convention wa' vailed to order at Worcester, Mass. by Chair maul'. A. C lliiia. Mr. Collins was madi , teniorary chairman and tho usual commit tecs were uppoilited. Nathan Matthews, Jr., of Huston, wa- made permanent chairman. On taking tin i chair Mr. Matthews addressed tho coiiven j tion nt considerable length, eulogizing the Democracy and denouncing tho Repub. i m . n tt licun iiduiinistrutlon. k I The platform endorses the Nutlotial Demo' j ratic plutform ofiaS; realllrms prevloiu , demands for free raw materials, lucludinr I free wool; favo s reciprocity betwoen tin United States and Canada, and closer com mercial relations with Mexico; o poses thi j scheme for a National Election Law; con demns tha pres- nt administration and say that pension legislstion for tho benefit of in valid soldiers and sailors who fought their country should be just and liberal. E. II. Mavnard nominated Hon. Wm. F Russell, of Cambridge, for Uovcrnor, an the nomination was uiudo unanimously belongs to TOADS. FATAL OCEAN COLLISION. ,l7ES and Tinware I 1TJRGH, PA. TRANS-ATLANTIC STEAMFB COLl.ll'M WITII BCHOONKIt. The trans-Atlantic steamer Geographic, o the Hossiere Line, Captain l oussett com manding, bound from Montreal to South ainpton with cattle, sheep and n cargo t general merchandise, which left Sydney, ( 11.. on Tuesilay. collided with tho Novf Bcotian sailing vessel, Minnie Swift, miles off St. Pierre. The Minnie Swift sun1 within two minutes, drowning, as nearly t. can be ascertained, two women, three t hi dren and ten men. Tho others, with part r)W you au ilmnChse vaHctv (if the Norwegian vessel who had previou-1 . been picked up, got on board of tho steame which, despite all cllorts, also minic ai i clock a. in. Two bouts coirfcuoing ubo R.i, ttprsons w hich out oir from tho steam arlv In the morninc. are still missing. TL third boat, with tho captain and 15 othe wus picked up by tho schooner, Sister l.i and brought to St. Pierre. BTORM ON LAKE HURON. dimvkn AHnoui:clcfant line of Combination id Summer. 1889.! DnabIle H r i n I'linnnmnn uo t III Ml WX ATI' mu.uiuuuiiuu.a Cloth, Satincs, T ash Dress Good!. Century Cloth, White J)icss('oni VKSSKIJI liAMAIini AMI HUE AMI WIIKKI.MAN Kll.l l.n. Dispatches from seve'al point repo trrrilic norm on l.uko Huron. A buo strucktlu propeller ( I'.eg , smaslud in port rail and instantly kille i M.iteThoi M. Fisher. Wneeluiati T hiiii is II c.vl a of tho propeller Rmedale, was killed dii' the storm. Every siiKooitna winei broke,, an,, , Us rapid revol.itions it st Qf QaSSimereS, A dispatch from Port Huron says n vessels put in badly damad and v 'JjjmDrOlCierieS. ,t.l nuliorent dill'-reut poin'S. 11 cheinuii' arrived in Poit II Monday evening. H"r Captain rep-rt IbBChemunit'sttirpuinp bur-,t in the I..,. Tlia stunner drift u I in tho troi the sea und shifted her car 40. .She r at Port Huron almost 011 her beam ei1 RIVER 1 M PRO VEM ENTM. (GD'oceii'ics! Selinsgrove. COVERS ALL CASES, AM THE NEW WARSHIP. In a few days the Hnrcaii of Construction and Repair and Engineering will have com pleted their calculation for the official ro port of tho triul of the Charleston and when thut Is done the Navy Department will ac cept tho vi sscl. The contractors, the Union Iron Works Company, of 6an Francisco, will fulfer a penalty of tlO.COO for lack of The city Is patroloJ by spaclul ) hoise-power, tho contract calling for 7,000 nud but 0,700 being indicated- lMl'OltTANT M'ClsloN IIEOAUIIIMO BEIZLItKI IN IILIIIU.MI Judgo Sawyer of S.ui Fruncise.o, has rend ered a decision which covors the cases of all sealers aeued iu Hcrliing Sea. In lM-i" tho Seuling schooner San Diego, owned by L. N. Handy, was seized by tho cutter Rush und ordered to tiika. Sho went, and nearly 0") skins wero condemned, brought here by Marshal Atkins and sold. Handy tried to enjoin tho sale here on the ground that Alankan Court orders did uot hold but Judgo Sawyer overruled this. 1 he lame principal involved in this decision holds in the cases of the two sealers thut cams here Instead of going to Sitka. It U also claimed that it implies to all seizures by the Rush this year, as orders will hold good no matter where the seized vessel have taken refuge. TncExoni's or Ntur'um. An Imniigri tion society which has been recently estah. lished in Topeka, Kan., in connection with the late exodus of negroes of Oklahoma, bat received letters from Tennosnee, Georgia, Alabama, Louisianu and the Caroliuus, stut- lug that there would be ?J,(r3 negro emi grants from those States us soon as they tuo gather their crops auJ get roady to leave. - ird I. 1 1 Rr nr irnnnn mil i' 1111 hiiiiiii CltlFF OK MUIMSXIW CASEY WILL LOOK TIIK GOVKIINMKNT WOltK. General Casey, Chief of Euginoersl''t gOOi to gO 1111(1 t he muko an extensive tour of imH'.;i Uovernment worn on river utn narov proveinents. Tho yearly increasa character of expenditure has reachf iioint where it becomes uooesiary to more riirid Hiitiervisiou. (Jen. Cas make a report to tho Secretary 1 uiHiu which ho proooies to mnke . . 1 n. recommendations to tho President .J.' aonronriatious. a lew years a't ) am to from three to live millions, no;wT' KOaTTOVifATTrTI Vfl Kato upwards of Ul.ikW.iKO yearly; uJ iJCaVCl tUWIl,! .-t 1 1 m i if It'll veil II 4 (1 1 ifil u I tt - ''" ,rrn CltU i,..., tli'vr water course having no relation U. , 1 , ' 1 " , 1 7. L : 1. :., .. ..V mereeand which it U l'Ul Vt and HUoei law line of I)relioo l.en.iasey win nr visn iuu ivuuii.st asMOftuient and DrettieHt style F Ohio rivers and tim 1 n-iawa nuer. A MAIL-CARRIER HELD , Hetwoen Leaksvillrt au I Palestlno, Willie L itt, tho 1 year old mail rid. .... I. tu..i i,,:imL-.iI mnti. uriue.l Winchester rill j an J a pistol. Tliey f' not 1 Iu.- nf Iho 11111.il noiicb and'1 l"vJ ro folded tho hoy, lea lin him into the whero the sack was cut open and c secured by the robbers. There wero b1 ..'tiisxk.l lilt I,, tl, Imr Tlmlr CC are unknown. illenge belief when compared to11 A MailAoknt Who Didn't Flinch'018' atur robbers entered the mail car of a'l. j f' dle& Nashville train at lUzalpatcllLOLU 111 VJUlllft Ruturdav niitht and starto J to shoot J li Norri", when a derate .tr.,4 eaper their Bood. Is tl.M sued. Norris succeedod in taking a r from one of the men and pitcho I 1 out of the window. This is tho hoc tempt made to rob the mail iu that within a week. ew and Fresh, tllotlKM JBverytliiDg!
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