DESTROYED BY FIRE. The Western Union Apn Suffers a Heavy Loss. NEW YOIIK'S WHi FIU11 FIREMEN'S GALLANT 11ESCUE. BcTcn Vet ton Driven to tho Roof of tae Burning Structure. Nrw York. .Tuly l. "hortly before 7 O'cloi k Ibis morning flano hurl from tho I lichbourd f the Western I'liion operating room, on the seventh Moor of their inagui I; mil build, ng, corner of l'.roadwuy ami lcv street. The Ure cpi'-kly spread beyond control, ktnl ll.e entire xiitli. fifth, fourth and third Coor of Ihe immense building were soon Completely gutted. Mini telegraphic (''imiiiii ttimlion with iiit oul'i'U' tf the city was tem-rarily suspended. The olliccs of tin' Associated Frc, Executive "nn mit ! of tin Western I'niim Telegraph company ali'l office of several broker wen- destroye I. So rapidly did tho lire utend t J: tin woodwork that the escape of tli' employes 1-y the stairway wa cut off. and a number Were lowered from the windows, by means of rope, to the lop of adjoining buildings, while others hurried down the li r escape. A I'AMi' AMoXii Tilt IMII.nYIV. The lire coin). letoly destroyed tl' di tr, luting mom on the fifth lloor, tin' operat ing no!u on tlie Moor nlove, the A-sochid-d Press rooms, and the restaurant on tho seventh lloor. Seven lives were miraculous ly saved. A few luinit'- before 7 ' ! ic this morn ing the operators began t urrive t im t i wiirk. A hunt .V) men and young wom-n had rei. he I the o"ratiiig room A lues seuger boy nann-d Matt hews s iw- a pull' of smoke under a table on the tl r In-low the distributing room He s ir.ely had tlin-.' t- investigate the riie when tlie wiMnlen ta ble was in llaiin-s and (he lire wi spreading with lightning rapid ty. lie ru'ln-1 up 'u:rs to notify th ' employe that the build ill); was on l.re. They were compclle I to go through the d.tributi;ig room to p i down Ituir. A panic was the result of the messenger's Information, and the young women scream ed w hile tlie men rushed pell-mell down stair to escape t!io Humes, which in less than two minute had spread nhnoi over Ihe entire distributing rmim, burning up wire, instruments and table ui if they were so much tinder. The entire room, when the panic-stricken crowd passed through if, wii. Idled with n dense, stilling inokv. They fell over each other in their wild efforts to reai-h a place of safety. Just about thi time it I1ii1umI upon the minds of the frightened jicrsons who had caed that there were seven other on the irent tloor who had not been warned of thv-.r uullgii. All tii l.. ly this time been cut off whereby these H-rson. rouhi esc.io, nnd they were not aware i f tht-ir peril until ti e smoke rushel up the stairway leuding from the operating room in folt i mm. There were four men nnd three women on this floor, nnd teeing escape cut oil' from every juarte.r, there was nil awful panic. One of the men. seeing thcru was no pos sible menus of escape down war 1, rushed for tlie scuttle hole in the roof. The trapdoor wa pushed oil Bud the prisoner ( limbed to the roof. Hume were shooting out of the front windows, volumes of smoke pull. -J heavenward. From under the eaves of tin! great building llames were -hooting, am! the structure seemed to be crowned with tire. A UY o:- HiillUoK Wi:T I T. When tliegrc.il crowd on the i-treets.iv il.e men u-id women rush out on tin- roof cry of horror went up, for it did n-t s.-i m Jsis-ible that they could be ic-cued. The women on the roof scrciui.-d and wruni their hand, and tho men veiled: "For (io.i's fc;ike do something to nave u." l-'inally a long ladder was rushed upon the roof ol No Pay mreot and place I ngain-t the rear of the Laming lnuMicg. It dul Hot xeu. h w it 1 1 i it i feet of th i Western 1'nioii roof. Tn. Limited, however, two firemen cubs! the ladder and threw n r to the roof It was caught mi. i t ed by ouu ot the the brave iri w ho i-ecmcd to i.ever looe lier lu-rvo The iireinen pulle 1 themselve r.p h unl over bund until they reached tin- top of tho burning building, and, ami. I cheers from the thou-.au Is below', they let tho even down to pla es of nafoly. I 1.1. UN r I IIK I IliR. How the lire originated Ilo one seems tu know po-.tively, but it i surmised thai two of tl.e company's electric, light w iro became cred and M the llooring on lire. Had tho f re broken out an hour laier the los of life ru'mht have been enormous. Fully Tim girls and men Hre i niploved on th'e two lloor. No exai t figures can yet be given in re tr J to i he lots, tint it w ill be u avy. KILLED JJY A CONVICT. Die Attempted Train Hibbary Near Van Wert, O., an Act of itevenx j. Van Wi:i;t, O , July The reported iit teinptel robbery of train No. 4, on the Cin cinnati, Jackson and Mici Igiu U.ulroad, Friday night, in w hich Knginci-r Yn.i'h?viu tier was killed and Kiremau Koodhouse iM'.iten into insensibility, turns out to have been an act of revengi committed by Ulair Mock, an cx convict. Mock killed Vando. Tamler'i son, at Hunting Ion, in Iti 4. Kngi lieer Vumlevander was the chief witness at the trial of Mock for the crime, and Mock wore vengeance aainst him iu the court room. Mock was seen at Kuterpriso, seven miles south of here, yesterday, an 1 u'sa in the c;ty this morning t a o'clock. He hai Sot yet been arrested. Three Missing Bodies Found. MlKMArous, July 10. A earcher founn three inisin bo.li.t of the victims of the Lake O'ervais cyclone early this morolu. They were close toet her lu a marshy por tion of the lake, !Mo feet from shore. Tlie bwlles of Charles Schurmeier and ltnv. M. J'fjefle are mutilated, but that of Mrs. J. H. feburtueier waa not Oistlujel SHonr cno?s abroad. An Unprecedented ainy Ppll in n (land-The Ttusstan Yield. Lnm.ix, July 'JO - A week agj it wn ft!t that the weather in Knglan I nince the bein lilnx of June had alr.vly b s-oine a too pro tcsijuely ridiculous thing to bo discussed In ordinary latiifuae. Since then there tiat been the heavii-st rainfa 1 known in any one we-k since 1(T, nnd the whole six weeks' record is the wort since lUiU. To have to jo back nearly eighty years for a parallel affords the llritou a sort of glo my pride in the tiniiue character of the siiinrucr, but not even a Mark Tapley could pretend to comfort in its contemplation. The havoc this continuous downoour ha worked in the fashionable world ;!' regatta, last ri fete, and riverside pirtii-s is of no lat ing conseijii"iice, but the direct pecuniary loss to farmers has become Kitiething terri ble. 1 came in this morning from Shepp'T ton, some twenty mill's up the river, mi l saw literally a h indred acre of iii'-adows jti which c ke I hay was f.eir lift lis undei water. The Thumci i a swoolen and muddy flood like the Mohawk in n March frehet, and all the low lv illg t retches of laud iu the Valley are swauiH... Sunn i;rass counties, Ike Cheshire, al ready reH.rt I lint praitiially the w hole hay crop is destroyed. Two bright, hot days in the middle of this week revived a hop that the wheat might after nil he saves) in something not too far below the average crop, but the sul"e. ient tropical rain and the arctic temperature hae lisi pnttdthis. Kveryho ly admits now that it is likely o be the worst yield since the un precelented disaster of 1T!. The stock of Ku.-liii wheal is now all h'lt I'.xhnns cd, and uudertlie influence of this and the evil prospects the growing-crop price have advatic -d ah n.t another sliiilln pi r ipiart during the wi-ek. M u. h tin- same Hories coiitiliU'.1 to come Iroill tlie ('..ti'inrlil. The Kussiiiu ruble went : on the IVri-.u I'.oiirse yesterday in yin; a:hv wi li i;.eL--n-eral advjnce in the wheat m i: ki t. wh.i ii a is now evident that Uussi will large!-,- c :i trol. As to the reil c md'tion i f the 1 1 -i-i.tn rrop much uncertainty exists. h,. i !h .al rejx.rt of the month makes a e-y g o..:uy show ing. but it is siispis !. I i-i I : r.iii that this is done to favorably Mil i t evchaiiL-e. mid that Itussia, in fa. ', ha a ;..lcrni i.-c op. If this Im- trui', Kus-ia oii. l.t to i.iak.- a n at ileal of money, iits ausi-all ll,ir..j e i per force lie buyers. IlUtlNKD WITH ICfUtOSEVr. I hit llorr.hlo Crim-tofii Hvisb.md, Who Commits Miicide. I '"I'M I I . S. '., July V.C. I 'ue oft he mot horr.bl crini 's on reor I is reported from Coll.. im county. Tliccriun' was committed on Mary's Island, mi iiiifre.';i.itcd i-pot. rally tirunt livel there with Lis wife, l'h. i he and auotlie - woman, s ipposed to be too intimate wi'h 'Ir.int. freipieutly visited his wife. Wednesday la--t irant ii f..rmd the relations of his w ife that she ha1 been hex-crely hurt the week b. fore by the explo sion of a kerosene lump uud w as in a bad condition. The reMtivts found her burned from her kne -s up iu front only, ter libly charred and speis-hlcss. She diisi when mi attempt wus made to remove her. No traces ol oil could Iw found on the tloor or no traces of L'urning below the knees (( tLc woman. Tlune and contradictory state ment caused the arri st of firiint but lie escii-ed Iroiu his guards Huvmg l-en run to earth again, he reiii.n;ed permission to return to his room for a short .-l ilc. Almost immediately the report of a j! in w as heard uud it was found that he had placed the muzzle of his musket against Ins stomach and exploded it, blowing a hole clear through himself. It is thought keroseu was poured over his w ife by himself uud the other wo man, anil that she wus then set on Ure. HE TOM 1I AW KED TUEM, An Indian Trisoner Cuts Up Five of JIl Follow Conv cts. ('ot.tvu''. (., July I J. Thisnfteriioi.n an Indian from Indiana Territory, in the pen:, tentiary for l'J years for killing a man. Recur-, d a t.roudaxc and commenced to ut and tomahawk his fellow prisoners conliued lu the idle house. Hestirted iu to brain a dozen, nnd did cut up ami mangle live. Ho cut open Ihe head of Jacob Gross, who will likely die; then cut a dangerous hole in Kre.l Cunningham's head, split open the shoul.b r of t harlrs U reeve, made a dnngerous pa-li in the l-rauhiui of Mike Ml lain, and cut the nose oil' of a fifth convict. I'.y this time his wild yells brought the deputy warden, w ho hud the hove turned on him until he weak ened, when ho was disarmed und thrown into a cell. The unoriginal was oswild us a lunatic, and his attempted luassacro stirrcl up the whole ini-titulion. 'I ho physicians will examine him to-morrow when 1 uo- ilow li, us it is thought he in crmv. A DAROE CUT IN TWO. Tho Lako fctuamor City of Dotroit TJ1A tho Work. Hrrr.oiT, July 17. This evening at 0;no as the steamer C.tv of Hetroit. with three ex cursion paries aboard, wus just within the city limits, her steam steering apparatus gave out und she sheered uhout uud ran Into the steam barge Kesota, owned in Cleveland, cutting her completely in two umidships. The Kesiitu's curgo wus iron oro und it slippel into the river. Captain Klick and a crew of 17 were rescued The mot her of the stewart was drowned and the capluiu's wife wus saved by a seaman diving ufter her as she wus sinking. Judge Nichols of llulavia, O., was quite severely injured by the brcuking of some shrouds. While the passengers were fright ened, there was no panic. The damage to the Detroit's hull is placed at I.V.tioO, and she will be on the dry docks for three weeks. The Kesota was valued at f -'O.lWO and is a otal wreck. DiaTTtEasiNt ACCIDENT. A Pleasure Yacht Run Down and Fiva l'eopla Probably Drowned. Aiexamhiia Hay, X. Y., July 17. The steamer HI. Lawrence, returning at 10:l" o'ch- k to-night from an excursion, ran down the bteam pleasure yacht, Cuthlene, with 10 passengers on board from Hrudford, pa. Five are missing. The niissing ure Mr. und Mrs. I). H. Pemberton, Mrs. W. 1. Hart und Miss Maggie Henry, all of Pradford, and John fc'ciiccal, the Ureuivu of the Catblene. FINANCE AND TRADE. WEEKLY COMMERCIAL IlEVIEW. rha LaUtt Be porta Heeslrsd By Don's Agency. NVw Yorh, July ia. U. J. Dun A Co.'! re'kly review of trade says: The Silver bill bas Is-en pssseil and Is sig iesl by the Presi dent, hut has had scarcely any effis-t on th market as yet, excptinn the advance In bf lilver to ! i 3ti, followeil by a decline to ftL No change appears in money markets, and foreign exchange remains steady at a point R hich admits exports of gold, engagements for to-day beitm hHlf a million for Germany. The bank of Mng'and lost l.'iO W) during :he wisfk, and the later advices from .South America aie less encouraging. The Indus trial outlook is not improved by delays In l'ongre, nor by drought in some Western States which seems likely to cut down th field of wheat. iNciitCsSKii voi.rttr or Hf ss;r.. The volume of business still continue rery large for the season, and the prevailing lone in most every department of trade Is :onlident ami hopeful. Wetern hide are higher, nnd there Is a good retail trade In lunimer goods, though w holesale trade il tutet. 'ottori g.xHls are strong, but wool favors buyers. The Chicago Hoard of Trade s!atistics con tinue to show a rreat increase over last year iu movement of all grains and Hour and in meats, the increase in dressed beef being three fold, and in lard, cheese nnd buttel ia'ge, with considerable gain in live itock, Wool and hides. Pool in.! shoe sales are n little slack but in dry grinds and clothing hist year'ssulet re Riirp.is.sed and payments ure good. Cleve land note the largest trade since last year, though seasonably quiet ut present, and sul. ttutit'.ally the same is reported from 1'etroil nd St. i'aiil, Minti'-apolis increases iti week's output of Hour above li,OM barrels, m1 report a strong lumber market Trads is g. o l at Dimiliaiind lii nver, but dull am) iua-tive at Jaek-oni!le. The live-stnek inovenient at Kansas City is large, but ul low prices. u rrr.r. To.xr in iiiosj. A rather better tone is rexrte.l in tht riiiladelphia iron market. Shipments foi ix months have bs?n T .t.u'i tons, and salei ma le u! ready cover about Ihree months more of production. Large consumption ol ropper sustains the price at 17 cents, am! manipulation has placed tin at '.'I.V cents, Ut lead is dull at 4 .'.' cents. Coal is lower. Wool is dull and in limited demand. No definite improvement is seen in the woolen g.m I market. I. ittle is doing ut. present In knit goods. The s-eulai ve markets have been curiously variable. Wheat is more than half a cent lower than a week sgo, notwithstanding so-ue evi denes uf injury from lirouth; the stock tarried over from the last crop year is esti mated ut WI,'. m,ij to 7o,nw,oxi bushels, which, witli n yield even smaller than is now expected, will more than meet ull prob iblc requirements. Corn has advanced near ly half u cent higher again in spite of favor ib'e corn prospects. Hogs nit 1 p -rk pro ducts are weaker, and coffee uncharged, though thedistributlon wus very moderate. Haw sugar has been advanced a sixteenth, ihough refined is lower mid the Spreckles product is otfered below that of the trust. The business fuilun-s occurring through out the country during thu last seven duys number LtiT, us compared witli a total of I'.'T Rt week. For the cnrrespondilijr week uf last veur the f.g-.ires were .0.1. III3 HELATlVESJiriCTlMIZED. An Alleged Dead Man B ports That lie is Alive and Well. Tur.NTn:, N. J., July 1A remnrkable case of traMicking in the sympathies of re latives has come to light here. Mrs. Peter Staliuan. re-iding ut No : 1VJ I erry street, received a telegraph over u luoiitli ago iisUing f inds for the buriul of hr brother K Iwurd C. I! ikiiii, of No. il Ji Fast Str.s't, Kansa- City. She forwanbsl tlie amount iciuuttded by F. Hone, the iiinl.'rt.iker, mi I req i sted a decent burial. A b-itr wa received hist night from the alleged dead man, stating that he was pros pering ami would be ill Trenton within thu next live tiny". 'J his was naturally a revelation to the family of IM ward Ploom, who have gone into mourning, and his mother lias been made ill by the re sjrt of his iieatii. Ilesnles the letter, unniuiniciig the death, a letter signed by Fre 1 A. Murso, of Kansas City, was previoii-ly re eived by Mrs, Sial man, stating that her brother was very ill and w anted t in s. Money was sent at once. Later lame it letter from C. A. Wright, urg ing luoi.ey to be scut for a consultation an 1 an operation th.it might save his life. This also was sent. I.:i'er came tiie dispute)! nil- liounc'.iig his doath. I he family sent iu ull nearly f. no, uud they ure now uwure that tiny have lieen duped by some sharer in Kansas i ity w ho l.svo traded on sonio iu fonuution obtained from Edward Illuutn. THE WORK Of UUOLAUS. 6hcrrpdsvill, O., Almost Destroyed by Fire, Cuus.ng a Loss of $00,000. Canton, , July L'n. The village of Slier- rodsvil e, iu Carroll c nty, wus swept ly lire Friday nighl. 'I he loss is put ut t'i.).(KiO. John Jenkins ami his sou were ptobubly fatal v burnel. I'm eh of them .to un conscious when rescued from a burning building. Thevillag' was utmost totally destroyed uud many of the people are living in burns Three of the burned buildings ure supposed to have bicu plundered uud then u t on tiie by burglars, as two shots were lired at the iiuin Nvho discovered the lire. A reward of H.uJiJ has bueu oilcred for the incendiaries SOFTEN 8 IRON ORR A Discovery Announosd by a Westing house Agent- St Pait.. Mi.n., July 18.:. A. Daigh, of the Westinghouse FUctric Company, bus hoeii in Tower, Minn., ut thu iron mines rif thu last week, eierimeuting witli electricity and iron ore iu thu interest of his company. lie. declares that he has discovered a pro cess by which he can centre the rays of an urt: liht u Kn a piece Iron ore, and thereby Rotten it to such u d- greous tobe able to work it with (rreully reduced amount of labor. It has not yet been known , with what success his lub irs bute been tuck ELEMENTS LET LOOSE. A Terrlflo Storm Sweeps Orer Parta of Pennsylvania, Ohio and New Jersey. rHiLAPri.riiiA, July 1". A terrific thun der and bail storm swept over Philadelphia, Sonthestern Pennsylvania and New Jersey this evening, doing an immense amount of damage. The new agricultural works at llallstown were blown down and John Free man killed. Lansdale was flooded and sev eral barns struck by lightning and burned. At Trenton, N. J., hail of remarkable size fell, Ixinis Schlu-el and Michael Corooran were killed by lightning under n tree. Two passenger trains on the Lehigh Valley Railroad narrowly escaped being wrecked between Hethlehem and llentown. Hoth train had to stop frequently to allow tele graph poles and trees to be removed from the track. The storm was very severe ot Chester, the lightning doing much damage to building, 'i he yacht Richmond, with nine men on board, was turned bottom upward i.lT Port Richmond, but all the men were saved. Twenty persons in all were rescued from cap'izvd sailboats. The Harbour thread mill's stack nt Allen town, '.20 feet high, was blown down, rush ing the engine house. Much damage wo also done at Reading. NoRwai.k, (into., July 17. A violent wind nd rain torm struck Monroeville, this county, at fl o'clock to-night, doing terrible damage. Lightning struck Otto Cel.lnors house, killing his three sous, who were fitting on lounge. The electricity e.vno down the chimney. Kate Smith, a neighs bor, who wa in the house at the time, was hmlly burned about the arms. Fitiit, Pa., July 17. A hurricane struck Girurd, west of Krie, this afternoon and came near demolishing the whole town. Scores of houses and barns were unroofed, and the Frebyicrian hurch, a cosily edifice, was unroofed uud almost destroyed. The damage to tres-s and farm property In the wake of the storm will be large. Ai.toonx, Pa.. July 17. A heavy rain and thunder storm passed over this city about 7 o'clock this evening doing serious damage to property. Many cellars were tilled. Train men report a lire at UalliUin, caused by lightning. R ii tWAV, L. I.. July 17. Ihiring the storm tvnight ,-i driver of a wagon was kil led and his horse also klilel. Several 'r sons were stunned by lightning, and much damage was done to buildings and crops. Wn.l.tAM.-rr.iiT, Pa.. July 17. A tornado swept over an I through this city this after noon, the worst ever witnessed li re. Many buildings were blown down an 1 lumy un roofed, but io person was hurt. WELL GUARDED FltDM WITCHES A Child Imprisoned Biz Yexrs by liar Lunatio Mother. Xiwai-Ro, N Y.,'July 17. IC i.-.a Steckler, 00 yeurs old, waa arros'ed to day charged with imprisoning her daughter Anna for tlie past six yexrs. Anna is years old and an only daughter, and the mother declared that she had locked her up as u means of preserv ing her from wit-'hes. Mrs. Steckler seven years ago lost son. Joseph. Soon after wards her husband died, while another fon had a portion bf his hand removed by acci dent, lier trebles turned the woman't bead. The girl was rigidly kept from fruaklng to another child. Annus health waa natur ally impaired by this s.-clusion. Wuon brought hefo e the court she was almost as much of an imb"ile us the mother herself. She could nut toll her own name or a;e, hud never had u playmate m her youu life and did not know what a tttre was. When dressed doll wus given Anna, the child went into ecstacies over it, willingly accompany ing the olhcers when they told her they wouid tuke lier to play with other children. QUITE A Pf NMAN. A Man Just Out cf Tr. son and Married Aiun in 1 rouble. Ni:w YoliK. J-.;ly li..--Chuil'S l.osce wa u prisoner to-day in .lellrrson Market court on a charge of forgery, lie is :'l years old and has servel a lour-yeur term iu State s prison for forgery. P.efore he was arrested uud sent to prison he tr.it a g;rl to whom he Ins came engaged. When he was seiitencd she promised to I'e true tu him. Four month ago his 'inie "s up and Ut hnntel up tho girl and u week ugo innr ritsl her. While L ce was in prison prepv rations were made for Keniluk-r's electrocu tion, uud I.osee W.is ile'.ajled to ussist the elts-triciun, who to .'; a fancy to him and promised to get him work when his tinit wus up. He kept his word uud I.osee se cured employment with the Arc Lamp Company tn July 4 he went out with some friends, and running shorl of money forg'-d u check for 4., nnd a few 'lays later another for IK. On the Mb he was married, and yesterday he xvus artested und he'd for trial. His wifeisthedaughterof a wealthy Mott Haven futnily. HE WOULD B4IKO BAItf. ATouni Lunatio Sits Fire to a Church for that Purpose. NrVAPA, Mo., July 10. James rHowari the lS-yeur-old son i f A. II llowurd of hakt township, near here, w ho has been deranged for several yeurs, und was at one time confined In the Insane asylum hero, left his father's house .-uuday morning, say- j nig he wus going to bring on a rain ti save the crops. He went to u country church no ir by, which he set on fire, uud then sturt'ed u bluzu in a number of hay ricks half a mile awuy. He w as J let-ted and arrested. He declared that it wus his inteu lion to have burned all the hay in the neigh borhood, snd also the new town of Riehurds, in order to brii-.g on a ruin. The lire iu the church was discovered and extinguished before great ilumugu was done. Howard waa taken at once before tlie probate cojrt, and aguiu sent to his old quurters iu the in auue asylum. BUUN fcD TO DEATH. A Mother and Four Children Perish by t lame. Valparaiso, Inn., July lft-The residence of John Hamlett. ncir here, wus burned this morning. Mrs. I lancet and four children, the eldest uhout 8 yean oil, wre burned (o dcuth. Tho house wus tot illy consumed. No person knows how the I'iro originate I. Mr. Humlett wus ubsont ut Ch'.'sterton He bat arrived hurt uud U crazy wi'h crief. LATE NEWS IN BRIEF. ROME AND POREION NOTES. Condensed Items From Many Points of Interest. The Kaltnnore Ac Diilo railroad company till erect the largest transfer aheds In the world on their road .V) miles west of Wash ington. T.ley will be capablo of holding l0 0 cars. Pierre Mirandu, wife and three children were rousted to death In a burning house at Quebec, the firemen being ignorant of their presence and devoting their energies to Rav ing the surrounding property. Pour hunderod deaths from smallpox lire reported to have occurre. at Saltillo, .Mex co, in the la-t three months. John M. Weber was yesterday nominated for congresR from the Twenty-first New York district by the R-publicans. Richard C oker, the Tammany leader, sailed from New York forermany yester day morning, being accompanied by his wife and children. The President yeterday appointed 0 L. Spalding, of Michigan assistant secretary of the treasury, vice Ueorgj C. Tichuor re tgned. New York policemen am searching for eCbinauiRii named Tseng Ah Jen, who is said to have the leprosy, and whom his friends are concealing. The Iem.)cratic State convention of Wisconsin Will be held at Milwaukee on August 27, and that of Michigan at Grand Ilapids on September 12. Four of the Belgian cigar mskers who were to have been shipped back as contract laborers, Wednesday, escaped from the steamship Hclgiaiilau I, and ar still lu New Tork. Fred Meddlar, w bile drunk, wus killed by a train at Whe ling. .T. C. Tisld's machine and boiler works at Putterson, N. J, were d.siroyed by lire. Li.ss tlV', . The Servian Syiiinl has rejecte 1 the peti tion of ex 2 l'-en Natalie tor n rehearing as to the legality of her divorce from ex-King Milan. Wheat nnd oats nre well under w ay iu North and South Dakota, uud com promises linely, but rain is badly needed for small grain. The large p'aning mills, frt-iry. liimb-r yard and sheds owned by lh W. Sherman, at (ileii Full, N. Y., were detroyil by lire yi-!crday. Loss, llli.i.ssi; no insurance, Joseph (ilessner, ileuler in hoot uud shoe, at Massillon, O., was closed by the Sherill on an execution issued to satisfy a judgment note for t-Vi l in favor of his w i:e 'I he dead body of a man, suppose 1 to bo I Moses Silverthorn, of iimden, N. J., was I found ut Fetter's Hotel. Bethlehem, Pa , Sun. lay. Death was caused by asphyxia tion. It is supposed to lu suicide. A man named J. Kinsley, supposed to be a resident of tireenville, Conn., was killed by being h: ruck by u locomotive at Phila delphia. Negotiations are about concluded for the transfer of tho 8. F. Hess fc Co cigarette fac tory at Rochester, N. Y., to the Americun Tobacco company. Dr. R. C. Work, professor of physiology cf the Southern Medical College, died ut At lanta, (iu. lie was one of the bst known physicians in Georgia. ins DurciiErts btkuck. They Would Sell a Town No Meat Till It Changed an Ordinance. DAMVii.i.r. Va , July 17. One of the most furious strikes on record has just ended here. Several days ago a butcher wus imprisoned for violating a city ordinance, whereupon all the butcher closed iheir stalls and swore they would sell no more meats until the ordinance was channel. Since that time no fresh meat could he botuht ill tlie market for love or money, and the people were put to great inconvenience. The butchers at luft decided that they were get tin-; the worst of tlie so-c.illed Rt -ike an I ull will open ut the old sland to-ni irr w. CHOKED THE GUARD. Throe Prisoners Escape From the Work houso at Dayton. I'avtis, O., July is Prisoners In the City Workhouse nt lucked the guard, last evening, and, rendering him powerless and then s p?e'.hlesi by choking loni, took uwuy nis keys uud revolver. William Johnson, Frank Wilson and Charles J.i' ks. hi escape 1, but Mrs. Martin, wife of the Superintendent, burred the egress of the others. A trusty prisoner who gave the ularm was attacked bv somu of his com panions und ulniosi killed. POISONED BY CANNED MEAT. An Entire Family Tsk-m Down asd Five Children May Die. K.vr Cuiii. Wis., July -0. A poor fam ily mimed Kingb'rg, in Shawtow.i, consist ing of fa: her, mother, and seven children, had canned meat for their Sunday dinner this iifternoon. Two hours later they were seiiii'l with violent sickness. Tlie physicaii is siill working on Co m. Ha thinks four or live of tlie children may die. Fscspsd by tho Rope Route. CAtf.o, ti.t... Inly is. Eight priscners con lined in the Pulaski county jail, ut Mount City, sevn miles above here, eced Ut night. Some outside parly smuggled a r e to them, uud they reach e 1 thu ground through the scntllo U jU. None of theuituw been rccji turcj. An Old Lady Beats Two Rattlers. GRrxKHiii M, Pa., July 17 An old lun named llurgler, 80 years of age, who was strolling over the ridge ut l.auro'sville, came across two hugli rattlesnkes thi morning, each with 11 rattles. The reptiles ut omi showed light, and for a while a desperute struggle ensued, but the old Jady succeedel in killing them both, and brought them triumphantly to town. A 'Warwick former h.nl a ganp "f trump in hm yurt n few lit)B ujfo bi rcluseit to oluy his o.-ilcrs to "move on." Ho showetl rt inufkulilu presenco ol initnl when lie vc:turn;il u lilvo of liecs. Tho trump ilin ipicurcil, but not until many uul eutt'crid. 1 TBI VALTJBOr A WXTX. John Baeberl Asks 030,000 of Charles Beyer. rmnnrt.rntA, July 10. John Haeherfe a soap manufacturer, whose wife, Johanna committed suicide on June 2, Irit), brought fuit to-day against Charles Beyer for l.yi,. 00J damages, alleging that Beyer caused the suicide and thus robins him of an affectionate wife not only, but of ber services, which he deemed x-ery Valu. ble both in his home and In his w hole.nl. soap store. Haeberle alleges that becaus his wi'ehod refused in a civil aetion to t.s tify against him and In favor of Heyer. tl: plaintiff In that action (Reyen had sw1(rn In the hearing of several persons "that , would bring Haeberle'i wife to the groim.j and trample her under his feet." Proeee. ing to eluciihite In detail the ground of asHr, tion, Haeberle In his complaint says: "The plaintiff says that his wife, altlnrigr, strong cf will nnd of physical p,ff fillicient to cope with the avoo. tions and necessary duties of life, was .f a nervous and delicate tmierame:it, easily worried, harassed and annoyeil, and tbst the defendant, knowing these things trying to worry her and destroy her tesee of mind and drive her to nnnlne, and dia'h, accuseil her b-fore h:tr and other jron, of having tti.'.m and ecretel .',(.) and upward of in..npr belonging to her husband, and that she fjejsisited inch money with strangers, ,;(, the intention of driving her husband t, bankruptcy and financial ruin; that ltev,f gave utterunce to the lalse rumors to ds.tr., the marilial relations and felicity pxi.'.n.j between them: and that, knowing the tim.ii, nervous nature of Mrs. Haeberle, he infurni. eil her in person of these accusations, t. clared he Would find jsjople to a I lt ;i ut : their truth, and demanded of the plain:. t wife the sum of l") as hush tuoiieey ,,r blackmail. "Mrs. Haeberle thereupon became ilit. trocted with grief and trouble, was so Wur. rie.l and annoyed ut the lelentless ere- j. cutiotis that on June H, she wa ilr.v.n to take her life und terminate h.-r ei.-'u, by itiison."' mat:ki;t.s. I ITlsbl K'.lt. APPf.Pi V M t HL'TTFK i reatnery Countrv'roll CUKES. i 'bio full cream... New York EGGS Pul'LTRY hit kens, y nuir Tiirkevf, V It . . POT A TOES -Rose.'. SLKD.S) t 'lovi r. country T' mot by l'lue gross M.llet WHEAT No. red No. 3 red CORN No. : yellow eur Mixed ear Shelled mixed OATS New No. i! white RYF New No. I't'hioar.il Pa. FLol'R Funcy winter pin's. Funcy soring pal's.. Clear' winter live Hour ITAY Tini'othv 4 rn.-jjm H ! ID J T J : l i 7 si !; h :i 3 : ) 14 ". 1 t 1 -' i i : ?ii :' s I ' 47 s 4! U 41 ; i; " ri : .'. .'. :u .-. -. . .'. 4 r i i ; : ;; -i) Loose, from wagons. MIDDLINGS White 1: i l'l IM It IK) li uo 41 111 It il .jj : Prun . Chop feed.... KALT1H0KI. wheat-No. 2red RYE CO UN OATS Weetern BITTER EGGS 9". X i'i is HAY Western CINCIS.sJATI. WHEAT No. 2 Red RYE 8.-. $ ff .'il M : :i il l.' - u i: 7Vr 4 ' !i l'l 4J 4! ,'i i 4S i' ;.i 0 ' Ci.VJ .,el 1 . i" -', 7 .", 4 7' .'ii 0'" '.ii ;,; ,'.S 41 4'. ; 'n l' 4 5 ' v 4 CORN OATS EGGS PORK li L'TT Lit run si. m. rui . FI.OrR-F.imilv WtiH.vr No. J. Re.1 t 3 CORN No. -2. Mixed OATS P intruded White RYE No. lll'TTER reaniirv Extra.... CHEEsE N. Y. 1 till Cream.. NEW YollK. CATTLE f. SI1EKP LAM liS Hogs Live FI.olP, IVtiif WHEAT No. U Red KYE State CORN l licruded MixcJ . . . . OATS Mixed Western BUTTER ( reiiiuery Factory CHEESE Suite Fuctor .... Skims Eight ... Western EGGS State and l'ciiii riTE-JTOCK. Bovsments and Fvioes, at Central Eton Yards, East Liberty, Pa. CATTLfc. Goo-t 1. "uirti l,4i l-11). cattle at 4H'.usi goisl l.ltsini ','. . -lb, do., 4(.il " C'iiini"ii; tSAKlll.U l-It'. (Ill, o.l.'ll.lH 8.1; stock'TS in t quality. i u.".Je. small thin shippiiu' hnfrf aud steers iJ Hc; bulls and dry c.is. w iiiiilily, H'is c: veal calve were u-.'sin ' small supply und ruled strong sold .n i":' K by thu deck nnd i.iiuTc in asina 1 w.iy. It' not expecied that these prices will ls' uiam turned during the week. m IT. Thets'.es were: '.'cars of r.vra Oh: . svetier lO.'lbs. ut .'iiif; I car go id :"H sinrpH fi 4 c: (i . good td lb spring lauib at 7c. !' do., 4 lbs, ut il 11 c; dei'k -tn in-n. Ohio sheep, at 4 !'";: car Wol''t:i. W h led in Ohm. at .'i l.'ie dei k gool s at i3'.c; de k fair s i-lb do. at 4 ', 1 'r Pennsvlvunia sprini lauibs, i". a' l 'c deck do., .'' dbs, ut bp.:; I car oluos. T.l 7c; deck vearliugs an. I Kin -. l" l s ut i' dis k 85-11) yearling m :i decks l.i.r ill.'' Kl lbs. ut ,'i.'; I car Induina", ' 4 11". at s " The pens we-e pretty will ile.irel f 4. M, jjoo i evidence ol'an uctive in.1- 11 U.S. Thempplv f.v.led up '.'ft cur o-Min'-, cars lust Monday; iiolwillisland.iig supply tiie inarict was h oiv and .satun. Jinces barelv realized. Yorkeu mid ","J, weight, Philudelphi i hogs, nt . !' t" ' " tru hevy lions, ;;u tlis. und ir "' hurd to disjiose of at unv price, as tis-y not wuiite.1. If there hud been a lull'W the market would huve litic.i u haul uUt- Wool. . u BosTow.-Ttiere has been a steady tr a small way in wool and Y":w.tt the same as hist rtporied Ohio W w4 selling at HK.13.0 and XX ",;, ,1 above at : 3(i 4e: Michigan X !';''. ing at LJ(u.'Uk'; No. 1 combing . ; nui 4u!l;Oh.o line deluino. ,3 c; M ''urrt S4c; TerriK ry wools .piiel; b-' "r. , (v fine. S.r)it' 8o for tine inediuui an ' (ilf f..r nisHlmm. Spring I ex .w""'?ll fl,ri demand at 20(" 4c. ami l" 'i sells moktlyut I7 J-k-. wil h "'' '; '.le lot l-lfW Mo. Oregon wii dull ul -, ,,,'piiilei best Ea-tern mid MJtn Use !'r fit wool. Ki 4uc lorsui-sT und .-(; ' ulfc ii ... i r, I'urncl WOUU'i" aiuilAiisu nvuif no-. .
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