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CHURCH A.SSEMIJLY.
CL03E.I VNIOX DESIRED.
Twin Oro.it Churches Arc Drawing
Together.
The rr(V torinn ;ciicr..l Assembly at
Furutogn. X. Y., was nnel with prayer
ty Ilcv. Pr llcrrirk Johnson, of Chicago,
l.ev. Pr. tn. II Hubert, tin- retiring ni'l
srso r. then delivered hi sermon. He took
for li is F'll'jtT t " I he Privileges mi l 011-0-jupnt
bli.Mtioii" of the Presbyterian
ChuMi." Mr dwelt tit mm li length Upon
the ed n ati 'ii i! mi l missionary work of Ilia
cLurih. Pen liin the 'pi-linu of revision
if the Westminster t'oiif. s-iuii of Faith, lit?
est.il :
"Notwithtan''.mg the few objei Unliable
scages, the alligul ineorrei t interpreta
tions of scripture, ami tin' ipic.tinnahl. phi
It (. hy 11! two or IIitk pai.tgraph in our
Standards, they rc u marvel uf skill ami
dialectic uctiniiii. I Ley ure bused largely
on Hod's Sovereignty. It is tl't Mil li
amir, ignty, however, us implies arbitrari
ness or 1 1 lj I it n--, lillt Such us aba-M ti
ri'ii'l ami encourage the lowly.
" I Uv-- doctrines have 1 1 en dnwn out'
io Is word in mhIi a way us to forbid the
In. iking i f any (- :.t,n I changi- in tin til
without doing v inlete e to tliat mini. They
tell usthat tin- Lord i Im'f a iii iltitii ! hi' li
man i an luimbi r 1 1 1 ire the f . n 1 1 1 : 1 1 . i
of the m rl I. 'J 'hi') u:e pred. stun- 1 to he
C0lif"riii"l to thr iina,l I'f Ills Sill, lliat II"
might be the I.rst b.rn among many bido
rcii. ' 1I"W iill'.l tllf J Ihihtle nf mr el-l'T-
h:p, presbv ti ru s ami o.ir creed l' dcvcl
t j cvl.' Not ly lulsoim cull. k'. i -s, ii"t hy limn
in g rcsol ul phi in rn-hyl-rica or synod.,
and imt by In ,iii I ii.-i u-M.'iiK in the g her
I assembly, hut I y putting at oik.' our
boulders to the wheel. We are tn-tlay u
Un tin ! to tin n ai.il ani'ls. "ir tiiinit-r
bil l li'ctut'i rs over ti i- whole Uii1 ure mil-luii-
y will' Ihiij; imtv w.T'l uii'l iit fthis
sreiuhly. ."i-lir rhun lies of every name
re rayin nni li"uiiri that our
,!el.l'crut."hi may hu luiirkiiJ witli the
J re-elu e of the I'ivme iirit. 'J he hie
rarchy jf lioliie.lhut I u.i always lonke l iihu
our t liureli lis the Knvi-r tx'liilii thethr.'lie
'f I'rotifitaiit ( hr.-tiii'iity. is lio iiii; that
the cpirit of di'i-ofl mi y coiilouml ovr toiin
till ami ileal a ili'iiilly hlow at our ruviii;;
liill it'lii. I't all our ili lil-eratioii anu uc
tiolis be ilirei teil towanl brnii-'iiiK ahout Hie
glorious ilay forelohl t'.v the ro het "
At the afternoon liiretuiK liev. WilUaru
t. Moore, P.P., of (V.luinhus was elittej
moderator, aiel maile a abort aihln.
MINERS ENTOMDED ALIVE.
A Cae-ln Corerlrn Ten Acret Burie
wentjr:veii Men.
The long series nf awful mine disasters
that have viiiel ttiis valley within the t
year rearheil a cllinax in the entonibini? of
7 itmi in the llartforil mine nf the fhixh
atil WiiVenbarre Coal Company at Arbley,
three miles from WCkesharre.
That jsirtion of the mine In which the
men were is known us No. 4 slo); ami the
cave-in, If it diil not overwhelm them at
once, shut off ull ni'-ans of reaching the sur
face. KeM-uing parties were ut out organ
i"i anil an otieiiiiiK broken through into a
iniittwny ulon the Ix-'l of the mountain
stream, w here the chambers in thai mrt of.
the mine came within a few feet from tl.e
surface.
At S o'rlock the news w as pnsseil that they
lull MH'C'i"iil in breaking through the
chamber I eneath the cave. The t n I) toil
cil on in silcii'- lint. I :!, wlien there was
n commotion at the mouth of the 'lark open
nil.', ainl the foreman crawlel out on h;s
haii'ls ami knees aii'l aiinouiu'e l that they
hail fotiml one ol the victims, 'le was ly.ii;
at the bottom of a : f.K't plane a'nl in iT'ler
to rcM iii' him it I" f.iiiH- ihV' sary to i"ivi r
a man ili wii with ii rnc, This watl"i,p
ami the t harreil mi I li'.-n k'-iu'il form of An
thony I'royne, the lirl of the ictini", iin
h"iti-l to the km fin', lie was still a .ive,
but hi- injuries lire i oi,siiere. I.iIhI.
It ' su i.e. that l'ro ne wandered away
from the rest of tin men, und in his effo't to
l.ii'i a wav i 'it tired thesis in an old iliam
bir If this explosion reaehel the otlnT
men their chances nf cm ape are very Mi-:ht.
Nearly a score of houses on the surface a:e
ehattered and destroyed and the families
were comi I'.ed to I'c e l'..r tin ir live?. As it
looks How very ht'ie hope is titer'ailied
that any of the men w ill he ri-scin d n ive.
The follow mt! is a list of men who are
Vtio n to be itnirisntic I: John II.tti-- ii.
Anthony l'roMie, Mich.vl nhalley. .lohn
Allen, Mil hael Henry.' banes .lames
ial!ii.:iier, Kohert liolieilz. Hairy
Kills Wiliains, nweii Wil'iinis
Kiiu.lt
,I"!lC-
John
Hurry
und
rUEsnYTEUI MV AfltEMBLY.
Methods of Hevlmon of laith Further
I'lst'Ussill.
There as a 'are atleii lams- at the 1'res
byterian liener.il A.ssembly Satur lay. The
olillllittee on He vision nf the I 'nlifessiori of
I-ailh an I iileehism ri'srted p-oresn and
was praiited pi-riiiissioii to make a liual re
i"tt at the next next ieiicr.il Assembly
t oii;i.ratiiiii of the res.rt ol the Coiii
tmttee on Met IiihN of Ke isimi was rcuui
til. Pr. Howard Crosby aid their were
two iiiesioii: Can our constitution be
amended, and if so hoiv? Is the adoption
act a I 1 14 1 1 I Hy inpiaii no I that cannot Iih
touched' We have only two utierances that
are lunimin the inloption a:t and that
t l.ui.se of the I huciplinc that says that a. l
Incuts to the discipline and dm trinl iu.ift be
proposed by rn-shyleries and iielorsed by
two-thirds of them. Itut c.io itutionul
rules and the a lopiinu a' t is no initf ele,
can be amended by u inajoi ty. It is
therefore u lower tl.itik' llian the viisti'
tiitmn; it is n lucre constitutional
rule. 'oiv, us to the mellii'd of pro
)'sili.' a chanjie. This nrist always he by
the .sseinhlv. I it I he oert ure for this must
always Im from Presbyteries. Hence when
oiie lhird or one half ol I hem dis-irc such a
m tion we must p.iss it itnw ii to them the
Asenih!y i sinnply an ev halite thrnUK'i
w ha h the Tie-1. Mi ries i. m.e to know w hat
is ill. i r own in. nd. We only propose to
them that they shall propose. I his has
i"t iiin' to d " ith rev isii,h i,r anti-revisiioti.
AIM 'and '. .i r i 1 men on both fides of (hat
qiiisiioii un e that this report provided a
Clear and .M-t ami s niplv way of avoiditu;
iin.iri hy. It hlcws that we do not meau to
I reak the law , but that we propose to I'm an
interpretation of that which baa Ihvh diller-
ently umlcrst I, so uvonliui! courusioii.
No n'l lesiastn al body could bind Itself for.
ever w ithout prm 1. linrn that it was w imt
than it exer would I' afterwards. We
oillit to rei onie no nu ll nebulous infuJli
tihty in t lie adopting net.
Governor lleaver arc it-d against the adop
tion of I he report. Hedid Imt believe that
the adopting iu't was himliui; on the Asseiu.
lily. Ilev. Pr. H" t said the r port wits in
ti'inlisl to mitke rcviion easier, and if adopt
ed there would he no end of the change
that would be made ill the future the Pres
byterian Chinch launched upon a hea of
troiib is. He advised caution ill putting
hum!- upon the ark which contains the
faith and form of the church founded hy the
inspired wisdom of the fathers.
Kidcr Henry S. Pay, of New York, said
the Assembly nui-t not do us the report
reem to do impair the co-ordinate power
of the Assembly to slia mid formulate the
matters sent down to the I'rcshyteriiii for
approval. ly keeping this power the As
sembly prevents a numerical minority from
effecting a radical change. China, for ex
ample, would have more power than the
w hole State of New Jersey, He moved that
lection 4 of the rciort, whih compels the
Assembly to scud dow n proposals, even if it
does imt approve them, be stricken out, und
this was seconded.
A mitt: t.x plosion.
Powder in a Uavanna Store Scatter!
Death Broadcast.
A lire br. ke out in Ysasi's hardware store,
Uavanna, Cuba, and in a short time the
flame reached a barrel of jHiwder ill tint
building, and a terrible rxplotinii followed.
The whole structure was blown to pieces,
and many peiso is were killed. Among the
dead are four tire chiefs .S nores ... usset,
Xciiiuvit'Jh, O'.'ur, Conill, l'runi'eco Ordo
nez, and the Vencfiie'aii Consul, Kennr
Krancesi'ii Silva, who happened to be ill
front of the building ut the time of the ri
plosion. In a Iditioii to the killed over loo
jtou are injured.
PRESTO.
8TRANOERS WITH A Tilt
BOX.
They Bunco Jams Matuira out of Fir
Thousand Dollars.
Penning, Anthony 1'iah
I i rrv, Thomas I'.auss. John Juu.c:
four Hungarian laborers.
A later rep rt says l'ire It iss John A'.len
and Hubert llobert had also been taken
out. both terribly, perhaps fatally, burned.
All the entombed miners at Ashlc; are
dead.
Fxploring pa'ties have found 19 dead ia
tb mine, and six 1 1 1 r e are inisiu.
After working hard all night the rescuing
parties at the ill fated mine discovered, at 7
o'clock the body of (ieorge U'l-s, one i f the
t'litoiubed men. He was sitting up hi one
ol the gang ways, and w as able to talk. He
aid he travelled away from the other men
immediately after the Cave-in, and lu.tde for
(ha abandoned workers. He thought the
tnen must all be safe in one of the breasts.
This news caused great rejoicing among
Ihe rescuers, as they tiiougbt the whole
pirty must be safe. The news whs scut to
tlje people on the outside, and th-re w.u
great cheering, but ih.sj".v of the multitude
was short-lived. Kus died as s sin as lie
was brought into the open air. He hud in
haled the fatal gas.
Hut the worst was to come and the fall
extent of the dis iMcr was soon learned. The
rescuing party, w ho had pushed their way
further into tho mine, tame across ten dead
bodies iu the third lift of the It.ihiinore vein.
The men were clasped into each others
arms. I hefr were brought iu the nirlitc ai
soon as possible.
Suieriutendent Phillips a.iys the men
were killed by uu explos. mi of ga, When
the cave-in occurred all the lights were
blown out. It was then dangerous to re
lightthe lamp-, but one of the in iuers named
Allen, insisted on lighting his and taid I
am going to h ive light to get out of here."
As soon iu he lit his lamp the gas exploited.
Out of the IU meu iu Use luiueUO aiu dtati.
AOAIN8T PACK VUE HOUSES.
Senate Uil! I'rotecting tho Liquor Laws
Of ttUi'e.
The I'om'eittie on the Judiciary reporteil
to the Senate a substitute for the bill Mil"
jei t ng imported liipior to the laws of the
Scveial Mates. I he sub-t it lite provides that
lio St ite shall I e In Id to be limited or re
strained ill its power to prohibit, rcgu'ute,
control or tax the sale, keeping for sale or the
transHir.a mil as an article of commerce, or
otherwise to be deliverd within its own
limits of any fermented. ditilled or other
iiitoxicii ing lii lids or liipiors by reason
of lhef.n l Unit 'be same hae been imported
mtosu' h State from beyond its limits wheth
er they shull or shall not have been paid
t hereon anv tax duty, import or excise to
the I nitcd States.
Mr. Hoar c xi'laincd to the Senate that the
law was rendered necessary by a rco-iit de
cision of the Supreme Court.
"Original package" houses for the sulo of
li'pmr liuvc been opened in Toieka, Kuu.,
und oilier large cities of Kansas.
Original package'' houses arc springing
up ull over Iowa und liipior will soon be as
plenty us before the Prohibition amendment
wus passe I.
A number of Pittsburg liquor dealers who
were relused license have consulted attorneys
with a view to going into tho "original
package" business, if the attorney advise
that they ciiu do so without endangering
their liK-rtr. P. C. Puffy, of the "Old Pat
tery," und 8. Sproyer, of South Twelfth
trtvt, ure ready to open package houses at
a day's nofce. 'larcntum und other dry
boroughs of the county ulso expect to have
puckuge holism iu a few day.
Jsnien Magitire a well-known resident of
Lima, Ohio was very cleverly buncoed out
of 5,l0 by two strangers. Mr. Magulrf
lately sold a f irm in P.-rry township foi
lii.'Oi which he. b'oiL'ht to Limn and d
tKisile'l in the bank. He move I hi family
Into the city after selling the firm, and has
been taking the world eu;', living on
Kehby street. The bunco gam was played
in this way: One of the men hired ahorse
and buggy at a livery stable, and driring out
to the iai:uire n-sidence asked the propel
road to take to Hume station. He was di
rected and afterward got into conversation
with Vuguire all the while acting as if ht
was drut. k, or else very simple minded. He
d splayed a roll of money amounting to
Id, ou. Jut then the other stranger ap
peared on the scene and said that the man In
the buggy was silly to carry so much moiiej
with him. The last man was a large
man, ami told S aguire his name
w as Porter and he w as a director of the First
National bank, and a member of the Trinity
M. K. church. Maguireand the large man
asked the man in the buggy why lie did not
deposit his money in the buna. He replied
that banks were unsafe.
The large man then showed Muguire a
roll of money, nmiciiitlng. he said, tolsso,
Blld proposed that Maguire go to the bunk
and draw f .' Hy this means they would
influence, tho man in the buggy to il''Hsit
his money. Mug lin- cime up town and
drew out of the Mi,:o National bank l",
and ret u riii-l with it. Ihe large man pros
duced a tin h"X, and plae tig his money in
it, toll Maguire to put in his ioii.
which ho did, and '.Inn the halfwitted
man in the buggy put iu his rol
and all got in the buggy and drove out South
Main street. Hefore al ghting, however. Ma
guire and the large m ill had arranged before
reaching the ( hicago A Atlantic tracks .Mu
guire should alight, and return to the bank
on a street cur. So when the end of Main
street was reached Maguire got out, ami
came back to the bank todeposit the money,
w hich he supposed w ould amount to 13 .ox.
i'ion opening the box it was empty. The
box had been changed during the buggy
ride, and Mr. S uguire was minus his .(i.
i h' confidence men lt no time in getting
out of the city. Maguire say he cuu idciit.lj
the purties.
THIED BELr-CHUCIFICriON.
A Demented Young Man Trie to Nail
Himself to a Cross in a Church.
Several hundred worshimr ill Kt. Mark'
Hi'mani atholicCaurch, at Hristol, Pa, the
other night noticed that a fine-looking oung
mini who movej from one pew to another
until be bad reaehisl the seat directly In
front of the ultar, was laboring under ner
vous etc t. iu mi;. He was Charles J. Cur, 1
ran, of No Ka esire-t. Hristol.
'I he congregation was astounded w hen In
enlere I the enclosure in font of the altar, I
and placing his hand on one of the arms of
a large wooden cross in the chancel attempt- t leritim ite trade und
el to drive a uuil through hi palm with a ' (nickel-shops, panic
si..,,,- neiim orouiii with mm. lie hail i ,,ce , member.
partially succeeded befire I uther Vaiider
grift could stop hiiu.
Curran told h' Ii-mn-l thus -,r
--sil'- Llirr, ' ,,... idling
to otter himself as a sarrlfut' to the iorT. i
He is about ;i years of age and h.i worked
in several of the large mill in Hristol.
Father Molir. who is connected with St.
Mark's church, said that Curran has been
mildly deranged for several year and be
thought that the tnigie death of Patrick
i ov le, a relative of C irraii. who was drown-
k 1 a few days ugo.hud aggravated his malady, A.
MISS BLAINE'S MARRIAOE,
Wedded to Walter Damrosch-Soma of
tha Costume Described.
Margaret Isabella Rlulne, oldest daughter
of the Secretary of State, was married Satur
day afternoon at the residence of her father,
In Washington t ity, to Walter Pamrosch,
ol New York. It was one o' the most fash
ionable wed ling In Washington sine that
of Nellie tirjitt-8artori. The ceremony
was performcJ by Re. .Mr. O. W. D mglas,
rector of St. John' Episcopal Church, in
Ihedrawingsrooru of the Hlalne residence.
President and Mrs. Harrison were among
tha guest.
The bride's wedding dress was of white
aiouselline do soic, drape I over white silk.
At the foot of the straight, long drapery was
a scalloped border of npplbpie einbroidery.
Tha bislice bal dei'p frills of crepe lisse
around the V shaied osming. She wore lio
Jewels save u spray tit diamond mnrguerites
and a dlsniond buttc-rlly holding her veil In
place. The groom relieved the somherncss
of his Prince Alliert frock by a w ee bunch of
daisies as a bmittoniiiere.
Mrs. Harrison wore to the wedding a cos
tume of black Chautilly lace drape 1 over
bluck ami white striped silk. Her little lace
and jet bonnet had a few dark hrvsiuithe.
mums In It, and the entire costume was ex
tremely Ix'coining and rub. Mrs. McKee
had on a French dress of carnation India
silk floaered In black. The waist was
hirrei into the bell, iiml the loiiir, stral.dit
dra)ery hnd a Ibci ce of black tb'ead l.e i
around lis edge. Her bin' k lace lm: bal u
big bunch ol re I tarnations. M . Mi rtmi
Wore a blue an I white llowere I rhina sj.k.
Her three younger daughters were in sample
w hite frocks.
THE "BIO FOUR" FUL3.
The Larg-st Bucket-Shop in thn Ctnintrj
Ooes Undor.
ock llxi liaiig".
I'"iir Huck'l
No. is p,r..
M'l to b" the
lnrgi"t colieern of th" kin I in th.' cm-it ry,
sucoumlMsl to the inevitable and "laid
down" on its crowd of country cmt.nii'Ts.
Humor all' 'Cting the ship have bin in
circulation ever since th - fai.ureof P ir.i i ,v
Wright two weeks ago, but it o'.it-of-toivu
clients still continued toentr. is, their money
in its hands.
The evpe -te 1 trouble culminate 1 M i id.iv.
alien the sheriff attempted to levy a i at
tachment issued in a suit to r.v iver ( i,oi,
alleged tube due John F. !. of 1 1. we m,
N. Y. Pee was agent or c irrespon lent for
the " Hig Four.'' He wa iiccus'oml to
j pay the winnings of Ins cio'imi'Ts o it of
I In own pocket and then draw mi his prin
cipals for the amount. When this am cm:
I rvached l-H,'"'. according to Pee's figures, it
I was disputisl, the Hlg Four c'.slining th i'
there was only II ,sn due him. Dee the.i
! cotnnienciKl this suit.
I It Is alleged th it this bucket shop ha I over
I'M ollices scattered alt o.er Am-nci Imiii
I Montreal to New I irh ans. It bo, isle I that
lis prolis were fl.o '.oo i or more n yar. It
Seems that most of this,, profits mil-t hae
been swallowed up in the recent revival ot
the g iiieral war o i
I. iring. of t'.nc.g i.
but he retired Tin-
firm claims a membership iu the pioduc-
Exchange and in V "i oiisoli.' 1 "
-jtrolnum K''""'' K "
II the iliMir -a l'ie:r liauisomciy
furnished tilllces. The "Hig Four" ha I
many private wires to their ollices in ml,, r
cities, and it is said lli-y paid ih- Wes ci u
l liioii Telegraph C inipany for wire jciv
ilcges from l.'Ki.on to u." injur.
MURDERED.
THE VICTIMS WERE WEALTHY.
An Aged Couple and Their Bon Killed, tn
Their Own U,me. -
The Public lirain and S
better known u th 'Hig
Shop," with lo'al oili.'i'i at
way, New York, an I supi
s r. xcnaii
tfi u
ng , J sign in
KILLED HIS WIFE
nOHROUS PILED O.V HORORRS.
A Cyclone and a Conflagration Bweesi
Away a Hussian Town.
Horrible scenes are reported as having oc-cur-ed
during the burning of Tmu-k, the
capital nf Western S bena. 'Ihe pla e was
visit-d siniuli.incously by u conll igralion
and ii cyclone, the result of the combined
lis stir being the destruction of three
quarters ol the buildings, w hich were of
woo , and the loss of hundreds of lives. Th
Cathedral, situated iu the high town, is in
ashes. The walls of the edifice
in falling crushed a'.: udjaceut
h"rpital. burying the inmates, who wera
subsequently roasted alive. Ihe garrison
brutally refu-e l to render the least assistance
to saving lives and procrty ou the plea that
they had enough to do to protect the bar
rucks and other tiovirnment buihiliigs.
As if lire and w ater were riot capable of
indicting misery em u ;U ou the unfortunate
outcasts, I lie su.riu wa-followed by a (lids
ileu fall iu the teuiicralure, and soon the tic
vustcd city was buried beneath a mantle of
snow lliul ud led Hinging wounds to the suf
fering thousands of shelterless men, women
ami children.
RAN INTO AN ICEBERO.
A Young Hoosier Cools With a xioaded,
Revolver,
John Sieberry, aged L', lived with h!
wife, aged is, on a farm near IHufUun, south
of Ft. Wayne, Ind. i h-y weremarrled I
year ago, but their married life had been
very uuple.uaut, and they parted about
three month ago, only recently agreeing to
bury all ditUculiics and live together again.
Wednesday evening the husband entered
the house, approached hi wife and pointed
a revolver at her breast, exclaiming in a
playful manner, " Look out I " He snapped
the weapon Hire times, und suddenly it ex
ploded. The young wife immediately ex
pired, the ball entering her hetrt. Her hus
band was crazed wilh 'rief, and would havt
committed suicide had it not been for theln
terference of neighbors. He U being kept in
custudy, jieudiiigun imjuebU
Th Steamship Farisiart Narrowly Es
cape Destruction.
The Allan Line steamship Parisian, nar
rowly escuiies disaster off the Hank of New
foundland. A heavy fog prevailed, and tha steamer
was running cautiously at the rate of six
miles au hour. The lookout lighted a liua
iceberg about 40 yards ahead. The engines
were immediately reversed, but the steamer
ran onto a portion of it at a distance of
about 12 feet
Fur a time the huge ship shivered from
the shock, and great excitement prevailed
ou board, a panic being prevented only by
the self-possession of the oflicera. Th ves
sel Uy on her broadside for a full minute,
and Capt. Richie ordered all hand on deck,
and the crew to stand by the boat. The
vessel, however, soon settled back into clear
water uulnjured. Had the vesel been run
ning at a greater speed nothing could have
aaved her from Complete wreck and great
loss of life
A FOOT Or' 11 AIL FELL.
'lernflt: Cyclone Sweeps Through
Chio.
.V terrilic cyclonic wave, ruin and hail
itorni passed over parts of Congress, 'union,
Milchester und hippewa toA'iihlp, Wayne
.'unity. Miii . between.'! and 4 o'clock Sun
lay afterii'Min. doing a tremendous amount
uf daimige. The slorin swept a section H
miles in width ami lk iu length. Ihe most
serious damage wus done in and
neur the village of Coiigri-ss and Kowsburg.
Iu Congress every pane of glass facing north
und west. unprotected by blinds, was broken
by the hailstones which ranged In sie from
a 'U to u hell's egg, and feb to the depth o,
S inches oil the level, l'utire orchards ami
it rips of oak timbers were blown ilowu or
w istcd to the ground Many houses, barns
mid outbuildings wiTs' unroofed or blown
down. The ha lsloiies were so large and fell
with such force us to be drivc'i I'irougli
roofs covere I with oak shingles. At Kows
burg bail fell to the depth of s to l.1 inches
on the level ami uriiieu to I lie in t n ol
inches. Hundreds nfsbecp were k lie I by
the hail.
TUB TLIMEb BPAB.ED IT.
A Reminder of Chios go' Great Fir to b
Torn Down.
The Ogden residence, the most conspicu
ous landmirk of Chicago's great lire, is to
be razed to the ground. Ihe old house on
Ouk street, ii -ar Clark, surrouu le I by
tree. a frame structure, and set back from the
treet iu the center of a square, was the on, y
building in the miles ol lire-devustuted ilis
trict that esc iped destruction by the llain-s
in 1871. It was then uue of the handsoinesl
dwellings in theci'y. but for somo time pa t
ha been unoccupied and dilapidated. When
the timber and debris is oulofthewuv
ground will be broken there immediately
for a Uw building planned to stand for
centuries, and to be the pen ianenl quarlu
ofthegreitt Newbury Library, now tcujt
rarilv located a few blocks distant.
A horrible triple murder was committed
at the house of John Crouch, about a quiir
ter ol a mile from Uentleysville, I'a., some
time during Tttuaday night. John Crouch,
a farmer, ag'il AO years, his wife and son
Andrew, aged 35 year, were found dead In
their house, with throats cut from ear to
ear, at an early hour next morning. The
ion's heal was terribly bruised, showing
evidence of a struggle with the murder
ers. All the victims' bodies were
cold, indicating that the bloody work
had bisrn committed during the fore part of
the night. The ct jcle presented was an
awful one, and the apartments of the house
wherein the b.slies were fonn I were soaked
and bespattered with the life-blood of the
victi ms. The appearance of the house show
ed that a thorough search of the premises
bad been made, us though the object of the
murderers was to obtain plunder, and there
mut have leen several in the party.
The Crouch family were among the most
resMvtahlc and well to-do eople of the com
munity, and were usually supposed to huve
large sums of money about the house. In
fact they were known to Secrete large
amounts in this wat".
The discovery of ihe awful tragedy was
mad; early iu the morning by a funall boy
name I Crawford, who went to the Crouch
j home bi return a borrowed saw He rai js'd
at the door, and receiving no answer, looked
through the window and was horrified to see
the old gentleman lying dead by the kitchen
I disir, covered with blond. Ho at once ran
1 home and told his father what.he ha I seen.
' Mr. 'r.iwford raisisl an alarm, summoning
, the neighbors to the scene. On entering
uiu no jse uiey iouuii me Hid loiks skulls
broken and their faces terribly mangled,
while the son's neck was broken mid the
throa s of all tlsree w ere cut. Note, letters.
! new spapers, clojhing and other articles were
sniftered over the Moors, showing that tho
murderers ha I made a thorough search of
the house.
j I he instrument of death was found in
the form of a club covered wi'ii bloisl.
There were evidences of a d speratc strug
gle In the room where the bodies were found,
tables and chairs being overturned and brok
en, while the clothing of young Crouch w as
badly torn, allowing clearly that he bad
grappled with the fiends In au attempt to
protect the lives of his venerable parents.
WEST 13 HELD FOR MURDER.
His White Partner Arrested as an Acces
sory With Him.
The hearing in the case of Wm. West,
charged w ith the murder of the Crouch fam
ily, took place in "ity Hall, at Monouguhelu
City, Pa. 'Siuire Mitchell, the nearest
neighbor, testified to going to Crouch's
house Wednesday morning, w hen told by
Harry Craw ford there was something wrong
at Crouch's. He told how the bodies were
found and that the bureau drawers in the
bedroom seemed to hive been tuuiered
with.
Alphens Crawford testified to hnving seen
. .... ...
v if i going wmi An ty i. ruiich to the house
'
won In the fall
with $7. but
went upstairs with Anly
Mrs Fmley testilled that on the afternoon
of Tuesdav she saw n ir.au cross Jones's
fields about Jo i yards from her house He
was it tall man. wearing a '"tig coat and
currying a cane. He w- walking very
rapidly in the direction of Moiioiigahelin
City. It was a:ter 4 o'clock.
The coal recovered in J-'aver Falls was
then show ii. It was put 0 by ntlicer Korn
man. Witness said it wof'iot the coat Worn
by the man she saw. t was longer than
this one. The man ceiil to be taller than
Kornmun. She was all u a hut. hut could
lint blent fy it.
Jennie Jones saw t) same man Tuesday
afternoon between .1 u I o clock. He wus
a tall man, wore da clothes, but was too
far away to tell iihc about him. He wus
going northeast.
Win. lireeulee stifled to footprints
through tbelieldsa' -'"it the shoes brought
out bv ollicers title 'be tracks verv close Iv,
ha slnies were I ones woru by West tin
Tuesday.
Captain Coulf lestilied that ha saw
Writ neur his p'1' near Monongahela City
on Tuesday '";! about Wheii
showed the coilc fud the one worn bv
West that cveiK eeemed to be longer in
the skirt. HM'kt"l us if he had been mil
in the rain didn't hceiu to be much
fatigued.
Mrs. (Jam testifiel to West and the
white wnmM"l,l,'ng at her house Tuesday
night and ,re l'Sitively that West had a
satchel wi1'"1' 'le left her house after II
o'clock V''wy with the woman and
walked tir"1 ' s'ation. Saw him short
ly after i'KJown the railroud in u north
erly dir"-
Thou '''le corroborated the story of
Mis J. "'"I Mm- I inley in regard to the
in u n "' the fields.
Pi Pedsworth testified that he saw
Aml;-ouch at a o'clock Tuesday after
iiool If Mains teMilied to seeing An.lv
(Y, I minutes before 3; bsd hiiu help
.,) horses away, and left Andy ut the
nen ne siurtetl for home.
rles Hoover, of Allechenv t.!H-.l ...
mo prisoner in Allegheny market
u.y u.iernooii. t est presente.1 him an
. 'unl uy ma uncie, lfa-.il Harker, for
iioover let him have the nioiiey.but
",","r"" " aia the order was
gery.
KETSTONR STATU CULL IN 08,
A proposition to borrow IV),000 for .
O'.igh iuiprovenionte was defeated at l!pt
at a tecial election on (Saturday.
Daniel Hennett, Pennsylvania rail
brakeman living at Perry, was killed
railroad near Latrobe Saturday tnornii,
James P.ivis, an engineer, died a'. V.
ting Saturday fromabudet wound itirl;
by William Say, a jealous husband,
ago.
The Mahoning Valley miners, hum
60 to tn). will on Wednesday notify .
employers that the desire the Ciji ii;
icnle of prices.
Saul Snyuer r"Sidenc9 :.1 Ke. k
Westmoreliind county, wus burned
Ionsrd Firie. a car inspector, w.u j.
Wy fatally injured by being strut i,
engine at (ireensbunf.
The striking street car drivers of .
Falls coniprouiistsl with the compi j
ceiving an advance to t ier day
The enntrnctors a. Wasliington, l'i
granted their striking carpenters' (..
for shorter tmnrs, nut ar not ren ;
discharge their non-union workmen.
Dr. Satuud Wakeliel.l. ngwl ''l
preaclnsl ut Wf't Newton last Sim iiv
preached the first Metho list serin .a ;
town, Sept.
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LIVE-STOCK MAHKET3.
Movements and Price. at ths C?:
Yards, East Liberty.
C.vrri k.
While tTTe supply was light thi'il" :
of buyers was larger than u-ul. ,v;l
having the ulvaiitnge .11.1 n ,t .'.,
make Ihe best of it luclu.e.i 111 !!'
were me lollowing; .' cars riin'
jiiuuinas weighing I.imki t.. I bo f.,
' I Toe; 1 car averiiging !iso It., y 1
do., I lls Its. -I,,-; 1 ,1 ,,, l.Joi It.
I do. do , 1,4'i'. tt.s, ,r) 10,-; a ., ,,f
lis ted averaging l. lisi o l,.'.i '
"40i-; this hitler cattle was niekisl. ttr
prime l,i to i,.'sii Ih. cat :e at i ;'
I I.201 to .;t nil,, ,,,. Ht 4 ( lv
to J.1O0 10, llo. ut I IO111 1 1, c
. HIIKKI- AM' I Oil's.
salesinen report prices the ... jji
1 lose 01 last Week, but 2 '. c ..r
last Moii.luy. Ihe market .is!i:lfi
the pens having b i wed ci-ir-lii
III. Bllll Sil .'smell i'..nr .IK- ,.,,,.! P.
nei.rn us oeing well S ltlsti.- I.
aprettv full and detailed report uflb'
nr-n: .'iieuei'K coiniium tiMlilli it-
: I deck fair, aolh i ihio slurti,
lalrH, ii,. Washington uitv. l'i, it" I
deck fair SI h. (Ihio,, ij , ,',.. .., V
liiicltiiliiig a niiiiiherofeivesi. I i V I 1 1
i'. II). yearlings at U l-lc; I car 'l"
siieep, Xm- l car fair ulii'S '
4-Mc.deck (ircenc coiintv. I'.i ''
fl lbs , s!tic;,is'k fair T.lli-. "In '"' '
-: deck fuirK'i lb. she.Mi, .V . .lis i '''
iO:; deck thin ewe, ii.' lb.
lambs, 4u H,s t ; j
llm :d
While the market was ge!.ers..'y1
lime uragsrv it was all ilngi' i""
is-ct.sl under thi- f-iri-nniwiMiir-1 I'rreM
iiooui I lie sumeasut the close 'it i'
but .VniiK- lower t .an th i-e
1 hlladelphia hom sold ut l.'ii
s. -oc, and Yorker at 4. Jo lf "
when we led lb i-.r.l. ,.v ir n .-Kri'M
be pretty well clean-1 before tlin-'
day.
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liosTo.-r)j.ra ha been
One of the McCoy Gang Killed,
Pnve stratlon, or the .VcCoy gang, was
killed by being run over by a train on the
Clicii.eiike and Ohm hailrnud. Mrattou i mjge to Fort Huach aca, a distan '
killed four of the II at Held gang during the I milvf makilig a distance of Jl5 miU' "l
le id in l.oi'.iii rouiitv. n nd was a tvi'lcal I i..,u., u;,,., mi,o,,. TiiB"
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Jistance heretolore made with a si
FLA8UINO ME88AOE8
the Most emarkable Achievement Ever J"'"! ,ile,lni Allegheny otllcer. testirie.)
Made In Heliogr.phing. """"'', "e 'M Flute re.
Th. crealest achievement vet made in h " ' ,, tb' Wt.
. . i. i i i "'"ii ioiu nun in the presence of i iillct
rumohiiiLr sun accoiiiiilishetl durliiB nn i- .. 1 ut" UI "incef
tice in the depurtuKiu of Aritona by i l "" co' J to
tenant , .lU-n.yr who .uaeeitetl in Tbli eld(H, U(e
n.l.ng a n.e...ge by rngle I as .1 & H clwUm Alderman Holland id.
from Mt. He,,.,, ott McOowe, olding West for murder and remamll i "X
Mount ruham. near Fort Grant, wh I .............. ciuuhuiu,, iU(
aas receivrti uy i.hiiuiii .nuimy. i
ter, by turning hi instrument, Hush
hid mail." He was probably intoxicate!
wli"U he g it Jo the way of the train
ia said to be about TO miles.
Two riitHTFin flHliormen quarreled
alioiit tho ow nornliiti of a liout ami
nop her wunl.l fcuri emler Lis claim. 'J'b
lamt w as iiiinlly aawt-a iu two, uud eaclt
look a jf.i t.
for wool during the asi w
have amounted to L'l.'aiT.i) s.i IU. U"
Of Australian Wool lire rximrteil. b'1"'
tic grades ure .piiet. Micliigiiu X 9,M
quoted at L"J lo iAIc, and sab-sit
are reportrtl. .Vo, a combing '
In small stock, being held ul ' '"f. J
tiiio ue aine sells at 3j to : is-, stu "
ueiaiiie ut M to 5 c. 'J t-rritory "
at to uue for line, ,Vi to .V c f. r n"Z
ami 0 to 5 c fur iniiliinn. IneiJ1'
Winds have been ouiel. Ne
forma has ! saiiio. ui i t.i :u- '
wool, u'liiu uiii, .ui. ..r ..iiHi.tCi
------ , r.n i ui v .
4 i to 47I1. I'ntii m. ,n in .....,. . i rf-r-st '
and extrus at g5 to Hoc. In ni t''!
mere have been la'ge sulci at i uv
lMt tvniitu fiiiiMl .,! .tuu.l..
I'lllLAlittl-lllA WlMll-SliKk'f' ,
Stead v filiin iio...u.-..l,. .ml
Villi. XX and ahovv M to 4 X '
men, um. . 7 loJV; cotrse, KIJ L' .
York. Mlcliii'ini In, Iim.,1. .mi ij!1-
or X and XX. M to 3Ie: nie.liinit'
c.iarso, at to 3.V; line washe-l u.:"',
XX, a to 7c: medium wiislieai"""1, ,
delaine III In 4 'e .... .r. ,1,. 'A 1K .
Wasiitd ..'limbing. XI o c: .
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s-s, (iitToiiim mi tvu-iic I com" ii - ; .1
V to .kic; course do.. .114 to ..', M ':,wl
to tar, Terntoriul. IU to I'.'c.
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