FINANCE AND TRADE. TT1IE CONDITIO OF BUSINESS. VNrAKAM.ri.RD ACTIVITY I.V AM. IXOCKMOr l.COITIMATt TltAt'K UCPUHrKD. R. O. Inn it Co.'s HVeWjf Urriew of Traitt fays: The (iovernmcnt report wu Very encouraging, lut tl.e loss of gold by the (Emit foreign banks over tl.lno.iMiby Eng land, tl.OOO.onO by (icrmnny an. I M.'jnO.OOO by France was large enough to Increase ) prehensions nf monetary pressure. Ijirge shipments went from Loudon to Uruzil and Eypt. These two opening In tl uctic.-s ruled the markets during the week Crnj nre Urge anil busi ness heavy and the commercial outlook most favorable, but money is comparatively close, nd there ii a iossibility thut it may be closer yet, At New York, thin f.ir, there lias been no increase, but rather a relaxation of pressure, and for.-in exchange is unal tered since Ust week. The outward move ment nf products is large, tho exports Imiii New York for two weeks exceeding Inst years by 10.7 per cent, w hile the increase in Imtxirts is but 3 per cent, l.argo foreign in vestments of capital in American industrial enterprises are reporled, and of late no con iderable foreign selling of securities. Hut the movement of money to the inter ior continues large, the Treasury alone for warding I'd,""' on Thursday. I'.eports do Hot indicate increasing pressure In the in terior money market". Though there is ti!hl Hess at Philadelphia, considerable string ency at Cleveland, mid the market is linn al P.ostoii anil the demand is active at all cities reporlinif, the supply at nearly ull is ample, nndthenu icipatcd rise in rates at (hcagu ilix-s not yet occur. At I'hiladclphia, as here, there is a inure confident feeling, and the Treasury during the past week has made considerable purchases of bunds, mid in all disbursed f I,1uu,i.mj more than it lias taken in. The volume of trade is increaini!iit nearly all interior Hiut.s rciortiug, and this Involv- a large demand for money. The bank clearings last week were "J st cent, larger thun last year at New York, 1! per cent. I-mailer at Boston, l'liilitdelphia and 'hicago but 11 er rent, larger ut all other citie, taken together. This increase at jsiints where cculative activity bus least inllueiice indictites a greater Volume of legitmiite busi 1 1 ess than has ever been recorded at this seas on in any previous year, and the heavy rail road earnings, 10 s-r cent, abovo last year for September tells the same story. The lioverninent crop reort was rather a surprise to many, as it (drifted wheat esti mates from: "a fraction over Vi" to 1- 8 bu fdiels st ai re, making thu probable yield :iot much hi low ftsi.issi.noo bushels. The acrvuge is still somewhat uncertain The corn report indicates the largest crop ever rinsed, and the same may be said of cotton, with the proper reservation that early frosts may yet greatly reduce the out come. With heavy crops business in all de partments will be stimulated, and at the fame time the demand for money will be in creased, for of late wheat exports have been ...moderate, Hlld .h'Jiigri C"t'ou goes out mora .Vigt-anayearugoltts n '.cast 111 port against bills negotiated sometime' since. The wheat market wns rising when the crop report came and shows still n advance on J cents for the week, but w ith u declin ing tendency and sale. of only t",0 O.uoO bushels, while corn is i and oats e lower, am) cotton lc lower, with sales of M.'lnoo. bales in ii week. I'ork propui Is ure not much change.l, coQ. uud sugar u little weaiii-r, oil and the mliior mi t.ils suhstan tially unchanged. Another indication of the general prosjier ity is seen in the large sales of hoots and hliucs, though prices were never so low at any previous time, and leather just now tpioted tirm is u low us ut any time In ''' years. I.OIM) HOWES (iUAVE. WOIlKMItN lUSClVKIt IT IN TIIK TKoMiKllo.il. sriiKKTS Of While lad irers were engaged in digging a sewer in one of tins principal streets of Ticon deroga, N. Y., they struck a tombstone. At tlio bottom of it was loiinj h colli u contain ing thu bones of a human being. The stone was washe I oir and found to contain the in scription and dale of the death of Iord Howe. The skull was intact, but the rest ol the bones were disjointed mil considerably decayed. Lord Howe, or George Augustus Howe, was born in England in 17-1, and was shot dead in the battle at Ticon lerogi on July 8, 17. V. He entered the army ut un very early age, soon rose to distinction, and in 1707 was sent to this country to command the Sixth ltiy.iment. (in July 0, 17.H, under Commander-in-Chief James Ahercrombie, he landed at the outlet of Lake George. Coining auddenly Unui the French forces two days later at Fort Tieouderoa he fell at tliu heal of his corps iu thu ensuing skirmidh. KILLED BY A HOUSE THIEF. TWO TKlUioNS KITAI.I.V Hllor IIV A MTolllol' I II! Ml VI L. At Lagrange, Pa., Eugene Shtppey a no. Curious horse thief, drove to Miller uud Do Witt's farm juuied from the wugon, uud taking up a shotgun, deliberately shot and fatally wounded thedriver, Charles Tanurey, He then went to u house near by uud fired a vhot ut Mrs. Itu-sy and her daughter Mary, the mother being tuortul y wounded. No cause can be assigned for thu uct, but it is believed thut he w as out of his mind. Tan nery U reported dead. Shippey was ar rested. Six oriiu Dibri-tok in Prison. Attach, ments have been issue 1 in Paris against the property of nine of the directors of the bank rupt Comptoir d Escoiupte, which was ruin ed by the failure of the copper corner. Six of the respomible directors of the institu tion are now imprisoned, having been Con. victodof violating the Hanking law iu ad vancing the funds of the bank as loan upon copper certificates, Cars Sm,shrdakd a Ma Kim.rp Tha northbound freight train on the Richmond 4 Danville road broke in two soon after leaving Danville, and the rear section col iMart with the cars In front, leaultlngina bad smashup. Hrakeman Farley, of Man i Chester, was killed. nd Brakeman Owen badly injured about the bead. NOJTNION. Tint f HrsBtTrniAJr cm iii-H south will stars ITsKLf. The New Orleans Presbytery was in session (lie past week, and the jiieiition of organic union rnme before the assembly. The action of the Chattanooga body In May last in lovor thereof came up fur ratification. The Key. Dr. 11. M. Palmer submitted a resolution of dissent, elaborating ihrae specific grounds: First, alliance with a foreign body should be the work of the Presbyteries themselves. as tin separation was the result of their individual action; second, in the pl.s.i of blending there is reintroduced the vicious principle which brought upon the Chureli many wihm, term inating In a schism w hich now is rather glazed over than beale I. " We humbly sub mil." the resolution concludes, "that It Is lncoinH'tent for any court of the Church from the lowest to the highest, to enter Umii any legislation which looks to the dismem berment of their own body. . The same con siderations w hich lead the assembly to give this counsel and to prearrange, for such ec i !esiat:t al combination, should prevail for the mergti.g of the whole ho ly into that of the other, ami thus abandoning all claims ton rightful separate existence. In this ac tion we respectfully insist the assembly transcended its authority." The venerable prelate was promptly an tagoni.ed by the younger members of the Presbytery, notably the Kevs. I'. I.. Fergu son and W. W. Elwang; but D's. F. K. Marhtttn ond II. M. Smith ar.:ued In behalf of Pr. Palmer's position. Itefore going to a ballot l'r. Palmer tried to convince the younger members that bis motion was the correct Men and that they should trust more to the experience to the older heads, lie s lid he had M'l-n u church of the Norlhen Presbyterians alongside of the Southern Presbyterians. The North with her wealth tried to overrule the South. He believed that the churches on :ht to stay us there are. The North would not conocde.ii- r Would the South, lie then culled lor iihullnt on his ob jections, and they were adopted H loll, and he body sine tli,'. Tin: sco iuii d valley. Pestilence has followed the flood in the Coiiemaiigh Valley, and the horrors of ty phoid lever now confront tho stricken co pie. As near ai can be estimated 'JUivrsons ure sick with tho terrible disease and kin dred fevers, while 'JO deaths are tradable to its cause during the past month, As no ac curate health statistics urn kept in tho valley, it is impossible, to learn the exact number of invalids. A reporter interviewed four physi cians of the 'JO who are practicing in the neighborhood. One reorted 37 cases of typhoid, another 15, another L'3 and the fourth 'JO. From these figures the total is estimated. The cause of the spread of the discaso is due, according to the statement of Ir. Ma thews, local member of the Statu Hoard of Health, to the debilitated condition of tho residents of the valley and to the poor shel ter alTbrdfd by the temporary structures t lint aro inhabited. At his suggestion a number of the Oklahoma hull were visited, and the Condition of Affairs Investigated, 1 RAIDED IJY A MOB. 4!f onto man's ATTFMrr to urx a saloon r A I'llUIIIIIITION TOW N. Several weeks ao the t.iwn of Lafayclto, 0 , passed a prohibition ordinance, and ull the saloons were clou I. A few days ttg a laloonkeeHTof Lima went to Lafayette and 9pene l a pi ce. He was w.iite I upon by a committee, who in funnel him that his bus .tiess was not require I there, but. he c i itiu ucd, and theto.vn olllci lis got out an injunc tion to stop him. Th Judge decided in his favor, and he resumed business with more Openness than ever. The saiMui w: bombarded by a crowd of several hundred persons. They came sup plied with stones and sledge hammers, mid. surrounding the pla"e, commence I to storm it. The doors und windows were broken and the crowd rushed In. Thu bar was bat tered down, mi mm broken, an I heads of barrels kii"cked in and tho contents wasted. The place was alaios; torn down uud every, thing ruitiu l. NEWSPAPER PLUCK, rr will ncovR a covsriiin-Y to iilvckmail A M MIIMl or I' M' i: IIS. Several years ug ) a sensational story was lent out from Wuyno county, W. Ya., to the i-licet that ouu V. A. Witcher had killed his wile and hudb -cn lynched for the crime. It was published in neurly every paper In West Virginia, and inmost of tho metropolitan journals. Witcher immtdiate ly began a great many suits for libel. Neurly ill of thu papers sued compromised the case. The New Yoik Times, however, is standing trial, and the depusitions are now being taken. Tho Tiiiics will set up in its defense thut tho dispatch was sunt out with Witch- er's knowledge, und it was a part of a con Piracy to blackmail leading newspuners. MURDERER CAPTURED. 4 1HUV1.INI) m:.;iio who kii.i.ku a WlttTS MAM WITil A HOCK. j Charles Sanders, who murdored a man in Clear Spring, Md., near liugerstowu, on February ii, isss, has been captured. A white man by the numeof Hurt called him a "nigger" while Sanders was riding in a political parade. Later in tho day they met again, whereupon Sunders picked lip s rock mid si ruck Hart, killing him. Sanders was urrested ut Wilnierding by Chief Kirciier, of Allegheny City, w ho has been after him forulmoit two yeirs, having located him twice l:i tho meantime, but up to thistiiua ho had sucueedul in eluding ur lest. A Siiki'iikki) I ioins His Flock The rec tor of Gwu'tnysgor, Wules, headed a party of bu ili lis who hud previously been repeut edly driven oir in an attempt lo collect tithes. After a fierce light with the recalcitrant peo ple with sticks alid Hones, in which the rec tor fought with great valor, the bailiffs fled, aud the enterprising preacher was forced to liehi. Disastrous Floods ibt Franci. Disas. trous floods prevail in the Department of the Jura. A number of bridges have been carried away by the high water. Lotis Le Haulnier, the capital of the department, is inundated and a number of villages are sur round! by water The military are actively tueaged iu laving life and property, SNAP SHOTS. home and foreign jottings tiii rrra or MAKT MATTRU aiEriY put. OP MCMtrt Electricity has gained it first legnl victory as a killer of murderers, Judge Day ruling at Auburn, N. Y., that the present electric exe cution law of that State is constitutional. Tho points ru'ed on were whether death by electricity was cruel and whether it can be brought about with celerity and certainty; and both (oiuts were decided in the a (Urina tive. The electric light companies who are opening tho law will carry the test rase ruled on up to the highest court for a decis ive opinion. The conclave of the Knights Tomplur of the United States at Washington, Is reiortel to have 2',000 Knights in ut'endancc. At the first conclave In lsl(J there were only 600 present. From a very small beginning the order has grown to have membership of 7-1.. I!) divided into thirty-six command erics, mid the prospects lor growth are How better than ever before in its history. The output of tho blist furnaces of the county ol Allegheny, Ph., for tho month of September was ll.liHt ns more than for the month of August, und 2.1..h:W tons more than for the month of September, IsM. The price has increased, to, with thu output. Pittsburgh is reaping her share of the gold en harvest. The go ise lian.;i Itili in the Iron City. According to the returns received from all the I-egis'a ive districts in the State of South Dakota tho liepiiblieans have elected 135 of the 109 members. The Democrats have 27 and seven are lndeieiidenls with liepuhllcan proclivities. The Itcpublic.m majority on Joint ballot will bo IM7. The Hey nf Tunis has sent an expe litlon comprising POO soldiers to Ffax, where a large body of ntlvi Insurgents are encamp ed who defy thi Hoy's authority ami rrfusa lo lay down their arms. A drfperate fight U expected. The Mandatd t'il Company has lost. Its suit at Toledo to prevent a railroad from crossing its leused territory, James O. Credit, colored, has been refus ed admission as a student to the Hitltimore University School of Medicinu and the Maryland University. At St. Louis Mrs. Iuiisa Ernest, while In sane, leasl from the big steel bridge 118 fe't to the water. She was rescued uud is apparently uninjured. At Coney Island. N. Y., the Hoynton bicy cle engine for a siuele rail w as tested before a large crowd of railroad men. it drew a two-story passenger couch. Thocarsaeao narrow that trains can puss on un ordinary railroad truck. At Wiirrcnton, Ga., Major McGregor shot and killed J. M. W. Cody. Cody was under indictment for shooting McGregor Deoenibci 27, 17. Both are wealthy mid tho cause ol their hatred is a mystery. A womun isiu it, of course. George H. Williams, colored, author of a history of tho negro in tho United States and a lecturer, is engaged to un English girl of good family. Tliey met ou the ocean and w in soon oe w cu. Miss Elizabeth Huckett Is at Chicago. She was m irricd in Australia to Julius Mail house. When she discovered Julius was ft bigamls. ho llisl. Slio pursued him 10,000 miles uud now rejoices in seeing him behind bars. The report of the committee of ti;u M. R. Conference ut Pittsburg in the investigation of 'Colonel Dunks was handed in to 11. shop l'oss. It was us follows: "We find him guilty of the charge nf immoral conduct in threat ening the li.e of a fellow mini and iudcfumu tion of character, and ullix us a eiially thut he be susieiuled from the miuis ry for one year uud also be reprimanded before the Conference by the liishop." The recom mendations were carr.ed out by the liishop. Colonel Danks was much alio ted w hile the liishop was admonishing him. HISSED THE STAR AND STRIPF-S. SOCIALISTS CIIKK.U TI1R KH KLAU AM) TltK tU'KAKRK OK TIIK HAY. When the stars und stripes were raised ut the Socialist mass meeting iu Yorwaert's Turner Hull at Chicago Sunday the flag was greeted with hisses, which were succee led by a hurst of applause when tho red Hug was unfurled iffid Instencd on the side of the plat form. After this demonstration Martin Schiuiedinger was chosen chuirmau of the meeting. He introduced Ser gius E. Sheviteh, of New York, w ho poses as the leader of the radical simon pure Socialists of America. He spoke in German and secured tho sympathy of audi- tors ut the sturt by declaring the hanging of the Anarchists the gravest crime ever per Titrated in America. This statement uud every statement of tho sort thut ho uttered was loudly applauded: Little was done at the business session of the convention of the K.H'iulistie Labor nartv in the morning. The reort of the Executive Committee was reud and committees were appointed. THREE M FN' KILLED. While a w recking force of tho Michigan Central railroad was uttemptmg to raise a disubbd engine, thu una or irAiio ot the wrecking apparatus broke und a portion of it fell on the workiiigiueii beneath, instant ly killing two of the force and so budly In luring uiiothcr that he died 30 minutes ul'ter the accident. The mimes of thu victims ure: George Ruby, machines!, uge I 50, of Juck son, married and lath r of a family; Peter Quinn, conductor, of West Ury City, uged 4.2. married; John Tanblevitch, brakeiuun, ged .., of Hay City, single. DnouonT to Grim. A. C. Johnson and 3 II. Royd have been arrested at Denver, Col., charged with sending lottery circulars and tickets through the mails. The men are sa'd to have conducted their business undei the name of A. Cross St Co., running an al leged corporation called the Denver State Loiter Company, capital prize $7,300, which, with 3.00J other prizes, were to bt collected through Ban Francisco or Denvei banks and express offices. The first drawing was to oe Held October 10. The men were taken before Commissioner Brazee and held iu I1.00J bail. JIAITIS FDBY FIRE. rOBTHI tCCONPTIMR Til MVnl'S BROOKLYN TABKRKACLI IS BUHNRD, The 'famous Brooklyn Tabernacle of which the Rev Dr. T. DeWitt Talmage Is pastor, has for the second time In its history received Its baptism of lire and for second time been totally destroyed. The fire was diicovered at 2:4) Hundiy morning. The flames had gained such headway, however, that the firemen were almost helpless, and turned their attention to saving the adjoin ing buildings. It was at first supposed that the flumes or iginated in a defective flue, but tho sexton dunlcs that there wits any fire In the furnace. Workmen had been putting electric lights in the building ami it is now thought that durlni a thunder storm in the night light ning surcharged the wires anil caused some of the woodwork of the interior to Ignite. The Insurance amounts to (l,45, in American and English companies. The building cost fl 18,0 , organ I JO, 000, furni ture iJil.Ooo, Improvements s7,0oo, orna mentation tl.oOJ, carets $2,0 0. Dr. Tal mage has issued an address to tho public, appealing for aid. He stys the church has never confined its w ork to its own locality. It has never been large enough to accommo date ull who came. Tho apKal concludes: "It is now desired to build something wor thy of our city and the cause of God, We want f lOn.Ooo, which, added to the insur ance, will build what is nee le I. 1 make mi apical to ail our friends throughout Christ endom, to all denominations, to all creeli and those of no creed nt nil to como to our assistance. I ask all rca Icn of my sermons the world over to contribute W hut we, do as a Church depends upon the immediate response to ihiscall." Dr. Talmage mlds that ho will postpone hislrip to the Holy Lund ou account of the fire. The Trustees have secured the Academy of Music as a temporary place of worship. A VILLAGE BURNED, rim vn.i.mx rrt r ok i.cMurn and mam Rtll.lUNOrt 1'KSTIloVKD. Fire broke out iu Cook's lumber yard al Rcritcnt River, Out .ninety miles from Suult Ste Marie, Mich. A heavy northwest wind blowing extended the Haines to thedockf and warehouses of this extensive lirm, and at Op. m. tho whole town was uliro. There are forty buildings iu the town, general stores and dwelling houses. , A scWal train and lire engines and a brigade of Suult Sti Marie firemen left at once for the scene ol tho conflagration. Fifty million feet ol lumber, this year's cut, has been con sumed. The loss is estimated at $-loO,000. The vicinity is strewn w ith household good! and homeless families for acres. The Africa and schooner Mar-pus, which were loading Bt tho docks, pulled out into the luke unc are safe. The fire was extinguished early Sunday morning, there being a few buildings aud the saw-mill saved, but no lumber. Cook Bros, proprietors of the Industries, had tin finest fire protection on their premises of any firm In this section, but tho strong wind spread the fire rapidly. The stock was iu snred for about half the loss. There art tbont 200 people homeless and temporary tructnrers are being erected to bouse them A BOOM FOR THE SOUTH. ORBsT MAWrKACTURINO ACTIVITV KEPORIED-" LAiiue balks or LAN P. Bpcciul dispatches to tho .Uninidcftnrri Ueconl report tho organization in London England, of a large company to build iron and steel works at Middlrsborough, Ky., and tho commencement of work ut tho same town on two furnaces of l.'0 tons daily capa city each, to cost about t IOO.OvO. Iu the lust two weeks 17 or 18 new furnace projects huvo been reported iu the south, und contracts have already been Hindu for building about one bulf of them, while a do.eii or more are be ing organiicd and will shortly bo made pub lic. The sales of mineral and timber lands for the week in large tracts have aggregated probably half u million acres, while negotia tions ure K'iiiln for still larger bodies, in cluding yoo,0Kj or 401i,0u0 acres of timber land in Mississippi and severul hundred thousand acres in East Tennessee, tho pur chase of the latter by a Id.ooo.OOO company having been virtually cloned. COX FISCATING 11 PR CA RGO. AN AMERICAN SCIlOONKII HKT.KD UY MEXICAN ITHTOMS OKKlCtALS. Two weeks ago the American schooner Annie G. sailed from S.in Francisco for the Mexican coast on a trading expedition. She was loaded with provisions, and com manded by Cupt. M. OIscu. It appeared on the manifest, and when the arrived al Altutu, Mcx.,a few days ago she wasst-lz d by Mexi can custom officials. They asserted that she tried to evade paying custom dues, and fixed upon a fine of f 1,000 as tho proper thin j. Captain Olsen telegraphed Wright Si Brown, of this city, owners of tbo schonn. er, und was instructed to resist the claim. Captain Olsen will place the cuse iu tho bands of tho nearest American Consul. Meanwhile the Mexicans have possession of the schooner and ure confiscating her cargo. AGAINST EIGHT HOURS. tux NATIONAL TVKOTIIErAt DBCLJ A0A1NKT TUB UOVLMENT. The National Typothelue in session al Bt, Louis, Missouri, considered tho apprentice system aud tho el ht-hour agitation, The committee recommended the readoption of the old style of apprenticeship and the ro port wus fuvorubly received. With reference to the eight-hour agitation resolutions were udopted declaring that every master printer should resist a shorter work day. Thu reso lultous also set forth that thero is nothing iu the state of the business to Justify such a reduction In the hours or labor. J he reso lutions caused much discussion but they were adopted by a good majority. Tnc Mirers' Lono Strike. The strike of the block coal miners at Urazil, Ind., has en tered its sixth month, and the idle men seem as determined u ever. Some of those at work are being induced to quit, and the strikers still demand arbitration. A cur load of provisions aud clothing has been received from Indianapolis. Relief is promised from the General Assembly of the KuiglitsofLu bor, and the general public is responding to appeals. COLLTSIOa. URATR BCSCLTf rROU A r-ISRIOARDRD OBTltK. Freight train No. S3, on the Cleveland, Loralneand Wheeling railroad, southbound, collided with a work train one mil west of Bridgeport, Friday morning. The work train had two coaches, contain ing 100 miners on their way to work at the Wheeling Creek coal mines. Thofrcl bt train had orders to lookout for the work train and not to pass the Wheel ing Creek mines until the arrival of the work train. This ordor was disregarded, and resulted In a terrible collision. The engineer aud fireman and many min ers J u in ed and saved their lives. Eleven miners were more or less Injured, and one of them, mi m ol Moore has since died. A special from Bridgeport gives the follow ing details of the accident: A serious and what might have been a tcrrihlo railroad ac denf, hapiHiicd one mile west of here. The coal train going west on the C, L. A W., and carrying about GO miners to their work at the C. L W. Coal Works, collided with a fast freight coming west. Both engines and tenders were crushed to pieces, and the cars containing tho workmen wero thrown from the track and torn to splinters. The engineers and firemen jumivd and suved themselves with slight bruises. The accident fell heaviest on the miners. Samuel Tracy had three ribs broken and Is injured internally. It is believed he will die. David Moore was terribly bruised a'mut tho head nnd body; his injuries nre fatal. Na than Clay was bruised about the hca I and body; he may recover. William Stitt had a leg and foot hurt. David Richardson hud an arm broken In two places nnd shoulder dis locuteJ. John Johnson nnd Thomas Mar den had their legs cms e l. Eight or ten otlnrs wero injured, but their wounds aro not serious. The u :cident was due to tho enstbound train running on tho coal train's time, nnd fault Is found with the engineer and nondue tor. An effort wus made to stop the freight beforo the wreck occurred, but it was iiupos-liossible. A ROYAL VISIT. CZAR ASD l.MI'UlOB RNHAGI 1I A IIUUOINU MATCH. The Czar arrived 111 Ilcrlin Friday morn ing. He was accompanied by the Grand Duke George, his second son. Tho Enieror William, several of the royal princes, Prince llisiuurck, Count Herbert Hism.trck and a nuuib.T of generals and court olllcials received too Czar and Grand Duke at the Lchrtor station. The Czar was attired in the uniform of the German Alexander Regiment, of which ho is honorary Colo. ill. He and Emperor Wil liam embraced repeated y. Afler their greeting was over, tho Czar turned to Prince Kismarck and shook bauds with him. lie also held a briuf conversation with tlu Chancellor. 'I he members of the Czar's suite were then presented to t he suite of Emperor William, after which tho guard of honor delilol Inf. r; the Czar, tho bund playing tho Russian na tional hymn. Tho party then proceeded to the statu carriages which?wercin wuiting.and drove through the Rrandonburg gite across the Koeuigspluts and to the Russian Em bassy, the horses going on a fast trot for the entire distance. The streets were crowded with eoplo nnd tho decorations of public and private buildings surpassed in all ro sieets anything of the kind ever before dis play on the occAssion of the visit of a foreign sovereign to the German cspitul. CIAS DESTROYS A FAMILY. 4 MOTHER AND TIIIIKK I'llll.DHK.V lit I'.MU) TO HEATH. At Davis Switch, a small village 13 inilej from lirudford, Pa., tho dwelling of Patrick Daily was burned and his wifu und three sons, aged 13. 11 and 0 respectively, wero roasted in the llamcs While t'io Daily family wero at supper, the father stepiHsl to the cook stove to turn oil' the gas. He unintentionally shut the throttle tight und on t ruing it on again the house was filled with gas. An explosion fol lowed uud ill uu instuiil theentiiu huusj wus in Haines. Tho three boys and the mother fi 11 pros tra'e on tho floor, overcome bv the heat und flames. Mr. Daily rushed out of the housi to cull assistance, but all ellorts to save tin unfortunate inmates wero futile, Tho hous was entirely consumed in a few moments. The charred uud blackened bodies of the four victims presented u sickening sight. Mrs. Daily's Ue.h wus cooked to tho bono. The three sons were not so horribly burned as the mother, but their blackened bodies, could not be identified until pluced side by tide. '1 ho gus pressure wus very strong, tho gas pipo running direct from a neighboring oil well to thu cooking stove. Mr. Duily is severely, but not fatally burn ed about the hcud nnd face, and is almost crazed with grief. FOR FOUR MILLION'S. IICNTIKUTOS SELLS 11 IS GUATEMALAN RAlLROAIi TO 1 1I K UOVEItNMLVr. C. P. Huntington and C. F. Croker hav sold the roud running from Jaun de Guate mala to Guutemula to the Government ol thut Stuto for 11,000,000. The road w ill now be extended, it is said, to Port subel. on the Gulf coast, a distunce of'iW miles, the capi tal for the enterprise having ul ready been subscribed by a syndicate of French capital ists. Port Ysabel is only three days distance bv steam from New Orleuns, and the new road is expected tooin-ii a Urge trulllo bo l ween New Orleuns, Uuuteiuula and ban Francisco. SHOT THE BOY. HUNTER MISTAKES HIS COMPANION EOR OAMR AND KILLS U1M. Oscar Bchmedol, aged seven years, was shot early on a York county, Pa., idll by Newell Morlund. a railroader of llnrrlsburg. The boy died. Morlund took the little fel low with hlra on a gun trip. Young Sclimed el wandered away several yards from the lent before daylight and was mistaken for game by Morlund, who fired a load of buck shot into lilnu IIowmE French Voted. Tba sggregat vote polled on September 22, at the general elections for members of the Chamber of Deputies is as follows: Republican, 4, 12, 3.V); Conservative. 2,3tO,(Ud; Roulaiigist, !, oar.uoo. 6TOUM. AND FIRE. THE VOYAOi: OF THE fXIO: LOSO A1B DKSrXRVTC STRro ,L rls Urt iirroio work or Tiis orru.M CRKW. Runnlnsrln the very teeth of a ; v tossed her like a chip on the w.ir, . with a fire burning lii one of ,cr e,.n k'-ml era which thruutenod to destroy n19 er, and which officers and crew w,rki a"1 ond night to subdue, is the history 0f a sn part of the voyage of the big I.r,t u -t Unionist, which, stemnod InU Nt. y 7 from Llverool Tuesday. It was on September::! that :,0 fi, n d left Liverpool for New York. Tu.r , heuvy western gale blowing wltetitbe s eim erleft port. On tho mil the wind vei t ! the north-northwest and blew with alnnrt hurricane force. A heavy cros, the big steamer to pitch so heivily tat sailors could har lly keep their fvt, j M night they bad to huh themselves Y " ttieir bunks. On the 27lh tho storm uh.ite-l slilf'it ly, but on the Sth ths win I wuit.--.i around to the west-south wet, n 0 morning of .September 3). whmi t!i fire first notiCivl the Unionist W l, ,.,a.ni against a gale and sea which u m t bunel her. It was late In tho morning, ti, v,w was about mid wean, when Chief iij ,t. tenbrow, who was on the bridg -, MA ., . iinei i siuokc lorcing Its way lr,ni i mi Iff neath the bunker hatch on th,. ,r, f j ton onuKe. iiecaiiei t apt. lr pi.it:,, cnari rosiiii ami together tliey I I..O..I. 4 .1 .. .1 i'i tin IIMIVII. lll-IPfl VOIIIIIlU Ol S'll from the hatchway, ill oust sill " "iir.- 'Ci'i ig tl. Captain. All hands were ut 'II . milium. e l, the hatch was clos hI and every crvvi.-t filled with oakum. Two holes were, -r mtli hatch and barrels of water were p , ire I ii,- tho bunker. The hat !i , removed and two of the irr went down mid began pissing cul from tin Hirt bunker into-the saddle back, --rcr hutch coal bunker. This bunker r.-.ic!i entirely across the vessel, and uls a t.ai i feeder for tho port and star-board b.ui'fr, from the bottom of which coal can 1 ., taincd in the tire room. There were ! 1j0 tons iu the iort bunker, w here the lit was raging. The men were relieved at I o'clock, when firemen Juim Karri'!'. i. Thomas Pearson took their plies H.i!ta hour later the smoke, and sulphur., is overcame the men. They were rescue J dilllculty, and did not recover coiis icisi for some hours. During this time the ship was ptch;;j and tossing so thut the men cm 1 1 lurllyrt. tain their feet. The hatch was cln-e-l :l,m a after the men were taken out and kop: c s-J until 3 o'clock 'luesduy morniiu'. waJs water was being constantly pour 1 un lbs fire. Then tho hatch was a.iiu r-aol aud tho men sent down in rel ivsof two t again make an attomjit to put out the fin An oillcer bad churgt uf (id relay aud the uien inn relieved every Alteon minutes. Ths they worked all that day. The siuuU vi gas compelled them to stop work, uni at batch went on again, while the wa'er par ed as before until H o'clock Veli)fliy morning, when the work of rem v n im coal was begun again. Thu storm I ia-1 in creased and the men had found it t!,m impossible to work. Still they kept .Ir; ately ou, urged by olllcers, w ho tuo tli( share of toil with tho rest. A O r'.u'r lrl.liit. ttni-ntv n-liftn ond ofllccr Heminiug was on the lr;Lf.bi heard a subdued report und saw the K bunker and the cross bunker hat In ilr to tho air, when a tongtis of lire run up ly to the masthead. Tho gas h i I v. W The hutches fell into thu b ink n, l :t s secured wiih dilllculty and again tV' , .... nsi. l I i k Uow n i no uose was lurnu i on aPi"i -there was auother explosion un 1 this t-" the p irt hatch struck Engineer l.i imu head. He was iiotsuriuusiy hurt fliJfj' ered alley way on the port side wa vrli and tho tiro room was ulm i nnhmui Capt. Keal men uecuiei in cu throuirh the iron snlo ol tue uiiiikit. h"" was accomplished and tho water turnf.i- the blazing mass at 0 o'clock that in -rn-aj Uv 7-.Hl o'clock tba fire Was out. TlieU- tuin and engineer, exploring the 11 . . . . i . ..ii- in'-: I a - I.. Tl.a lfni.mit U'.f! b'iot ' tei'l. at Sumlerlftiul. Kna.. ni tlicreibre, ttliuost a now vto:. Two mfn who wore exftini'ir.? 1C and loiiir Hinco iiliiimloncu ecu near Btdlview, Tn., last week. ' thoroughly frightened at "" 1 iireHUined to Le robbers or glins! inoHDL'otorsjwero cropiiig tln-ir. - . . ii . to tho black UeptUS ol me w hou Ruddenlv tlu re was u wut within, (ihostlv forms MMirm-ui thorn and rotreatcd into the d.ck- llliuil. w ... - n thev iiiiulo a hiiMtV retreat, l u limn m-.i iiw, t. ltivi.sima.e . . ... i. lUtrj Jl pui ivm ' mala or robbers or phantom- lailis W- tery iii this way: H kh;-' ' i.. .i. . .. inlntli-- UIO IU Vll lllllill in H""is to seek a cool retreat fi: lU weathor und tho Hies, n:nl thts no doubt Homo of Ins oiin'" frightened the niiiipi OtriTt A St iil-Ll-s. At the annuJ." of the Western Uulon Telegraph in Kniv York. th old board nf Jirts.-" r.f,lelM.I wlll.oiil iniiosltlllll. s...-. . . ........ ii... ...i ....... nni in: 111.11, 1UI LU. .V... shows net earnings of fti,21i.""' ' t-t St 117 1711 ...-op net V.iTM'F previous year. After payment I .11 .1 .. ufl ' aim an cuarKus iiiero " year's business of 1.07it. surplus on June 30, tW.CU iJl. r... f!i ASSINI0 IH TUB V ISB.-M''- " Kelley celebrated mass at ths rii da, N. Y., aud shortly after rt" of the wine wa Uken sic. . . t- . l - 1 1 l rl'lSOII1 tened to a drug store, whers v"' I A ..V m 1 him Ufm. A" the wine shows that it had bo nenla.
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