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t'rlme anil Pennllle.
At Roise City, I !.iii, two niakcl men
ntt red the 4itnt:ii c. and lit the : 1 1 1 of a
pistol, compelled ' .ttiia-tiT I.tmiard to
hand ovit l.-ifun cu-h. Tin; roMur cs-
C"cl.
John Kl'k, 21 year old, a Pitts'. irT.
butcher, shot mi l killc I hh 21-vrar -old
heart, Ida Kngle, at 1 "1 Spring iardeti
venue, AlWIn'iiy, I'ii. It i tli'in.'ht t'i li
ft murder, it 1 1 1 1 if Hi w.i it 1 1 -t pet 'uliar
fine. An nir of mystery envelopes the
whole ii flair. K 11 k claims it was a culental.
Rev. .1. J. (!. Webster, of r.ii!timr coin
mittcd suicide Mt Charleston, V. Va.. ly
jumping fmm a tli ir.l story window in Hotel
Ruffiier to the pavement In-low, btc.ik ng
hi ntsk. It n r'liimriil that a sen-sitlioh-1
scutnlal iscohhe.trd with tin-suicid.'. lit
is ll.MM.l to have I-! II ill-.lllt'.
I'ntrii k Ki-lli-y, ii I ,Vt. u peddler, wa
killiil on SuinLiy lA on Little llivt r. near
I'ishville, La . by a rang of i.:!it uegt..
Kour .f tin- n-k-pf wen- caught und Iumi -I.
and the lyncher r-in r-i.iit f tin- n-t
of the gamr. Tl.e killing w.t f. r tL j-ur-Isx-
of getting tin- peddler's m-itii-y.
Mrs. Minnie I'iio ni -hot 1 1 j 1 by her
worthless husband, Peter lino, nl'- Ntin t
Mai in' brakeruau, ut Law n m r. Mu-.
M. M' I'onaM, of 1 1 -.i- k I n::-. N. Y..
Wax danger --ns!y -.tabu-d in ibe t.i . k l y his
wife, and will probably die.
Henry Pavi, living near l'r.iri .ley, Mv,
Shot and killed his i ni in ! aw. John V;!t.
nil woun.led his' rratcl. l iid. two ; ,r .;..
with a shot gun. W'nt 1 1 I l.i-i wife Lai
separated and he m attempt nr to take tic
(liilil front hi' fathers hoii-e v. hen tin'
fatln-r in lw h-it h.-fii. liuvii i in w
toly.
At 'unt. -11,(1., .Ijiii'i Mi i ii
', in hi-1" ii
I.. W.ilt.n
lioin", shut hii i-nipl.iynr, l.nui.
liiiiij.'h. thru h)ul lu wife. :in! w ith mn-tln r
Liillct fn-tu hi revulwr l-W-vv out ln- i n
lirainw. Mfi'nr-ly Im l f-ni'nl Walti-nl-.m ;li
n0 l.i i!-lll vi-.u.a!i, the tl.l '.i-
trUi-eily fl!..wl.
tijtire Suolt w f .itally wmiit'le I l-y nil
UtikMnUU l.'i yi-ar i-l.l ho;.- at I'lii.-ao. Sn.it
toM the hoy to leave a ImiMinr wln-n- he
nan workinc. anJ the yor.th iln-w a r-vol.
Vi-r, liri-il two tihot', hit h i-am-tl thrini,;h
Fvutt'i ltinj."t, ouJ then e-tai-oil.
At Waufi.ica, Wir., AMi-mblyinun l-'rej
lea wiin arrt-httsl for tin- tinir.lcr of Tanker
Meail in Ii wln-u the hank fiife m also
rohU-d IJii.iaa; in i.ii-h unl sn-urities.
Ctlier have leer. rmiiutdd and iimru urreilo
wdi fo'i.-w.
A niii-kci iimb of about 7"i men broke in
. , , " . , .
ut Nwfolk, a., Sa.nrd.y i..Kl.t
e.1 ...lor.,.1 mun lmn,.-l Uaac
to (lie jui
hllU l.-.
I'.'an.loii
M . t in tLv jojro.Ct.ti'i. .i.-ed him to
tree, dchpite the pitiful roli sts of hi- nu
who tut fUiyinx iu the jnil with him.
At Waaluatov, I. KowarilT. Sibnei
drr wan i-oiivirti-d of the inunh r of his wife
n! bi brutbi-r lD-luw. 1- tank 11. unlink, on
the uii;ht f Juuuary 'M, JviJ. I I. trap-dy
otctirred iik Mtm. S- hneid- r. In r brother and
ibUr '- rrturu.'jji,' from i hun h.
apllKl, Labor unit I n.lu.i rln I,
riiaroa (IV. i ( r)-uter", nft.-r a t-bort
trike, were- j-runt J t J. 'm a day.
At a uiw-tinjrof wiiidow- f-la-- in uiufai tur
rs at ( hii aM, Ui are uii-iubi rs ul tin-
Combine, it di-i i b- l to i In-.-rie
on June 1, iioinjd of July 1
fore cuit'niilnte 1 Tlii r" .if,
luudem (h k of j rii-en.
'Hi I'nioii tiicteri in Tole lo
tin.- f.l.'..
JIS hl-lrto
HO cllltllG
t)., t.
i the
in
Mil
att-
nuinlier of IT.'i, trurk fur an mlvain i-waj-i-
from t.'to t.'.."ni n-r iluy. Tin--li
ivern rt-fun- the iurn-.u-i-. lint I. r-ii.ti
linu an-1 a bitter lij-lit is )nhah.
At Meubenville, , tlii- tni-r. hunt ti.bira
aiKed tij tliiiou wale and tin-strike of l'ii
inen an-I (.'! is ou-r I In n.cr. haut.if'.-r
the inilip bauijui led 'be i iu.;..!i and d,,.
latternTeiui'li il tlnj.- utupli.yer.s.
Tbei iud uiini in the Kanawha va'.b-v.W
V., hi Ii lon-d r-ntly mi an-nuiit i f ti1(
lecisiin uf tJic W'l-st Virginia h ipteme c.url
de luriiii; tin; uiinin; Jaw nni-oiistitutimial,
Lave rt-kiiud o4-ratiuii undi-r th frtuor
rulei.
The Ktrilw ordered by the Hoard of WuJk
Jn; m !i 'n'tes j-aiuft tii I'elhatli HoJ
HoiHiin; Coutpany, Ne- Vv,rk City. :.
ettled in favor of the ptrikera. '1 he aree
meut takea elV.-t iniuie.liate!y. It iih-;lu
(hat about Ivtiim-n on btr:k in the bud
icft trailea will ivturu to wA!k.
A reduotion in wages of LT rentf -er dar
in all work at th L. M. Morris foundry lit
rittbur:, led t a a-yiku of Ce n venty-llve
rctioyn
Koilowinr the i mnpie of th Adatin V.x
r"iiniiany and tin-I", S. lxoress nini
ny, tle Southern Kxprea ioui-aiiy bin
diw barged about !m-j .n iiie.v ut-r for
Scing ;iirtiiber of tU Meem:ers' Hiothi-r-liood.
The r.rotlu rh r.-l nun ay greatly
iwoiu-need, and a-liuit jtj.nt the .roni.t and
alrciaivp aition of the i ia; pan us ha. robbed
tb oriMjiiutkm i f all .. u-ni y.
At a joibt luet tiii): o ',, IninriHi iid oi
raU)m at t'oluiubus, c , it were uii.in jnous
Jy ajrrwd that lat year jua-es for uimiij;
dtiould lie (oiiuuiii'd thin year.
The total kbi'UieiitN ( f ax-tbrai-ite foJ for
the year up lo April J umountrd to '.i,;
toua, an im-rease of M7,ti. tuna over fie
J rodiuUuu fur tlu hanie pc.-ii. J of 1 1 1 .
EL A. ftjoih, a printer of Heading, J1...
Lai autxl a nutu lr of ineiuhrra of tli
TypopraphioaJ union of that it", cliargiii
them with oonpirii.g w prevent him frota
(getting work.
I'ark liro. it Co.. owners of tu Ulark
Ihamond Kteel Worka, l'itubnrtr, lave re-liu-d
the wanei tiftlic men in the Htneltin
department. There ia fear anions the n ver
1 hundred other uuyi etuployt-d in the
workalhat their wagea will be retimed u!m.
The mill duea nut employ union jucn ut
HkoTy Pkwamp Tolllerr, near Fhara
rnokin, I'a., employing 400 men. bat ra
mmed after a suspension of four mor.tb.
The Mount l.anra furnace, five miles
north of Ke.idiii(, l'a., went out of blast a
month iih ow in? to the low priee of iron,
and is now Ix-intr dismantled, lis owner
dec mini; it unprofitable to continue it oper
ation!). It hns bi-eu eoiidurted a an anthra
cite furnnee fur i! year, previoui to whit Ii
It uod rhnreonl, an 1 was one of the olb-st
furnai-ea in (he t'nited States.
Itiaaoiera. An Ideiits ami I'atnlillea.
The Illinnis State building at the world
fa.r promrN. Chii'a ; i, w .w struck bv a
unall cyclone. The toner and half
of memorial hall w.-re wre' keil. Toe
is between f pi.trno mi l Jii.oho. Two polit-p-meii
Itoar by were nearly killed.
At lialtville, Va., two damihtcia of W'or-
b y M. White, Mis.es Carrie and Mattie,
ii.-i-d and 17 yean n-pet tively, and tln-ir
little 4 -year-old liiore. May White, Were
drowned in the Il'ilstniie river. They were
att'inptiii( to eros the river t- visit friends
and when about half way over tie boat be
gan to leak and went down.
ltiirinu a thunderstorm at I'tUn'huni, 111.,
Ixn I ale wa instantly Willed by lightning
and his brother probably fatally injure.l.
The storm has c.i'Im d seven washouts on the
Vandalia hue between that town un-l Tcrro
Haute.
Two little children of a colored man
earned Milh r were b ft alone in his hou-e at
St. I.u'lis. Jiuriin; their patents' ul..iine
the house i :iu.:ht lite and the tliiMivu wi re
burned to death.
A small town in l'irkens county, t hirka
taw Nation, N. !., was wiped out by a i
clotie. Twe perxoiis were killed outright
and several injured.
A terriib-eyclone struck oleait, N. V.,
m reckini! i veral houses and a cbur. h. Hie
Wo-iici. Mrs. Stir.td.T, w.n killed utid a
iiutnl'i-r i f people eriiitlly injured. I'liere
wt-rel'i pie in the church which wal
bftetl In in its foundation und carr.o l .'I
feet away.
At l'ort Madison, la , ci-u pivipie hist
their lives in a lire which broke nut in Mr-Iiito-Ii
.V Pease's store. Tin' family of S, V'
Kit' I. en. livini: in the building, Sevan in all.
wete burii.-d to death.
At Nashville. Teun., about fifty rs . i s
were poi-mie I by rutin)! ice cream a! a
vh in !i !-o. ml.
At I.'-in: Main! city, I.. I , the boiler of
all elu-int- while fttlchii-! Hear the L'-HiJ
Island Ibiilmad sho.s, blew up with a
tremendous report. I. 'ht men Wetu in
jure i. llM' of them fatally.
Wiixhlnalnn Nrtrs.
A bill was favorably reported from the
hoii'i-pustoiliee and post-roads committee
Which reclassifies the railway sjsta! clerks
and Hdds two new cla-es at salaries not
i-xi ceil. nil respectively (I. iioo ami l.o0
besides ill creasing the minimum salaries
of all other la.-es, except the lirst, by
ubi.ut tl'" n year.
Tin- IIoiic adopted a resolution inijuirinn
nho'iiir tin- i "tnintor i-tu-rI ilirt-rto
,, h,m.Wl)f ie ( the PllVl.
L I ,el,! i,rv:,AlMv.-..
In r the Postmaster tieneral directetl
.1
The house committee on rivers tlecided to
construct a movable d.tiu at the mouth of
the I leaver river. Pa.) under the direction
( f tl.e piveriinif nt.
The President has approved the act to
protei t foreign exhibitors at the World'
Columbian exposition from prosecution ex
hibiting wan s protected by American pat
ents and trade marks, and the tu t chunitiii;
tl.e time for holding the circuit and district
courts in the district of W est Virginia.
lie pn-xentative 1'iekersoii, of Kentc ky.re-
I poite ! to tue hou-e from the banking and
I funviu y i oniinittee a lull to require the re-
di in tiou of bank notes which may have
I lueu lo-t by or Mi den froiu any national
bank and put ii) circulation before hcing
I Hi-nc'i by the oilii-ers of the bunk, or where
t Key te i--ue iim,ii the forced signal ureJ
cl sm n i Hi. ers.
The ptesideiit returned Iroin hi snipe
thootit..' tr.p. lie isjni; I health and re
ports bavins a pleasant time and uuiyi s-fu)
limit.
I Ire
At lloiinia. l.a., two blinks of h'l-incss
lioii-cson Main street burned. !., t ,o,noj,
partially insured.
I ire destroy e.1 nearly every house in Mil
ton, Saiila llos.i county, Ala. The total
d.iuiujie is e-timatetl at t"'),'"111; itiKirance,
At Mand.-tn. . lb, the Methodist church,
Ami Prohibit ionists are accuse-1 of kindling
tl -'e.
At Msoula, Mont , the Northern Pacific
Hpital was buri.ed. All the patients and
WoM i af the furniture wrussjved. I.o.s. t.V.1,.
1.
At IVlltnan, 111., the market house build
luif. owue.t by the town of Pullmun. Lous
("o.ooo.
The Pittsluirj; (ilasj House at I t aver
l alla. Pu., was tlestroyed by tire cn Sutur
day, eutailiiiK a loss of tTu.iuo. The iiiur
utnv ia 11. ca i.
At Nebrufka City, Neb., the Iiurlimtton
tiridjie over tbe Miraoiiri river, damage
f lij.uuu. austtQ liy u art-less w atchniau,
Nar Waterfurd, N. J., the must
tive forekt tire fur years intltcte I
eic.tsluiy f 10,1 km.
destruc
l.iinajea .MlM-ellaaraua.
All applicituts for license in Charlotte, X.
C, were refuse I on the ground of bad cliur
inter. Then Thomas J. Wilson, n Metluid
ist, applied uu l was ttr.iute I license. Ilia
churi h eipelll him for it.
The Pittshnruli postotlh e w ill, m July J,
enter the lirM erode o( tirst-clasa ollieei. l'or
the year ending Mjrch 111. the irros receipt
of the office have been f'lo;i.!ii.l jo. Accord
Inn to law where the receipt excetsl iai,taju
per annum, thcorhceis placed in the mini
mum tlas, and the salary of the poMnihster
U im reased lo M.oou a year. The increase
in the receipt at 1'itti.burh has been very
marked. The amount for the last quarter
wua elNi.'.itiJ 7(1.
ts'aturday, W. C. Wutaoii and S. M.
Herr, tjf the ( hiciiu opium urn 1 cure jnMi
tution, .t.iblished in Colunibu, Ohio, a,er
nrresttnj for luusini,' the death of a patient.
A MableaJid beveu horses wire burned at
JlruLurtf.
That Weather.
Around Miller, S. D.,tnow drift areelghl
feet deep.
A aevere bl iriard ratted In Central and
Western Nebraska Thurtxlay.
Snow fell to the depth of two Inohc ovet
the greater part of Southwet Texan, begin
nin? about M mile west and reaching into
the northwestern border f Mexico. Snow
1 extremely rare in that section and some
Injury isexpc ted to be rejmrted.
A tornado in Km ul k tier county, Ark., de
molished many dwellings, killed one man
and injured many others.
The country between t'orpux f Tiristl nnd
Laredo, Texas, is in a deplorable condition.
Crops nte lost and cattle are dyint? by thou
nntls. The liones of the dead ntiitnal ar
boinj! collectcsl in creat pile at every Mexi
can National l'ailroad station. It is the
worst drought for years.
At Hiifrcrstown, Md., two inches of snow
fell Sunday.
"anttarr llema.
There i an epidemic of smallpox In west
ern Schuylkill county, Pu. There arc !J0
cases at Tower ( ity.
The New York health lnsectators found
five case of smallpox in a tunament. Ten
families live in tho house. Three other
case were foudd nearby.
The disease Iik hIIv known as "black dipl
th. -ria," because of the fact that the throat
of those attacked by it turn black within a
few hour, litis been iihirmitiitly prevalent
for the past fc-v weeks in some part of
1 lelaware and Sullivan counties, N.Y. Many
deaths have occurred, those atllii ted with it
usually living w ithin -I hour after the first
symptom occur.
Jinll. Inl.
The I'nited S'atex supreme court, Justices
I'ield and Harland dissetititi)!, dismissed
the w rite of error in the case of John O'N'eil
vs. the state of Vermont, holding that State
lnplor laws ma) be enforced against out
siders. The South Pakota Supremo court at
Pieire decided that private parties may do
banking busitu-s without Incorporating. It
has also sustained the prohibition law iu its
entirety. The banking law is declared un
constitutional. and a mandamus was ordered
iss'inl conipellini.' the State Auditor to pay J
per cent, on the fees from insurance com
panies to lire companies in various cities of
the State.
Tlie Nebraska gubernatorial controversy
is at last ended. The Supreme court handed
do" n a ile, i-:. m iletiyini! the application
of John M. Thayer for a reopening of the
"ase.
f '(invention New
The republican State convention at
Portland nominated presidential electors
nnd elected delegate to the Minneap ilia
cnuvcu'iotl. Although the plat oriu adopt
ed commend the administration of Presi
dent Harrison, the delegates are not iu
striacted. J.'epbii.'atis in State Convention at Totl-
land, Ore., nominated a State ticket and se
lected delegates to the National Convention.
They are uiiin-tructed, but are sjlid
Harrison men. The completion of the Ni
caragua Canal w ur;cd by the conven
I'.UII .
Itellaloa.
The New- York M. K. Conference, In e
dion in lirook yn. decided, without discus,
siou. by u vote of la to ,Vt, uguiiist the ad
mission of women iu the Conference.
The New ark Methodist Kpiscopal conler
einc vottd bi for to liT aga nst ie presen
tation of a memorial admitting women del
egates to the coming general conference at
Omaha.
At P.o.ton the Southern New Ktulan 1
Methisl st Pp scopal t'onfere ICO Votisl 71
too.7 against aiiuittiiig women to thu Gen
eral oiift ri-m e
I.ealxlutlTe.
The Maryland legislature adjourned sine
die Tuesday. The bouse of delegates, as
sistisi by a number i f Autiapoli tough,
celel rated the udjoiiriiiiient by firing cau
lii'U crai kcrs. Imv. !m ii appeared in the
lobby and ordered the irowd to d.sj.vrse,
but a tin y would n,,t move he ordered the
cle trie lights turned off.
tiovernor Abbett. of New Jersey, has
vetoed the bill legalizing the Heading ileal,
rtiiaiicliil nnil t'oniinerclnl.
Win. K. Hart A Co.. iron merchant at
xlT Walnut street. Philadelphia, lnade an
assignment. Ihe Ii mi has been doing a
business of ubout f .'.'io,J on a capital ot
7.'i,non.
The I.timberinen's exchange, with a Jo,
0oo,ii capital, has been organized in Macon,
(a. It is saitl to be a gigantic trust embrac
ing all the milling firm in the State,
( riiM.
The cotton crop of the Half coiift of Mexi
co i a failure.
Vermont ha yielded only a quarter crop
of maple sugar tint season.
Peraoaal.
It was stated at the residence of Judge La
mar of the Supreme Court that there was
no decided change apparent in hi condi
tion, lie ia slow ly convulescirig.
Martuarr.
Wm. W. Saubbury, ex-l'uited State Sen
atorund chancellor of the State of I'elawure
since '74, died suddenly ut Dover, Del., of
apoplexy, agcsl 2.
Kallrnad Nrwn
The Lehigh Valley shoji at Kaston, Pu.,
will be closed three days a week until fur
ther notice. The shops employ tiou men.
I'allilenl.
The lb-publicans rarrie 1 Dcs Moines and
and the Dcmocrata Dubuque, Iowa.
TWELVE PERSONS INJURED,
Several Seriously, in a Wrack on thl
Cleveland, Akron and Columbut
Boad.
Mr. VmNoN, ().. April 0. One of tin
most serious wrecks that has occurred on
the Cleveland, Akron and Columbus rail
road for several year, happened about 23
miles east of here, ut a point called the
SuiiMiiit, a very steep grude, where the two
freight came in collision. Those most
seriously hurt are a follow: T. It. Heed,
engineer; Mr. Jonathan Tipton, of lllack
Creek; Mrs. W. H.Latt, of Columbus; V.
L. Koch, of Millersbtirg; If. Irwin, of West
ervill; H. L. Searing, of Danville.
About six of the box cars in the freight
(ruin were smashod, nnd over live hour
C ere rcquirti' Vsletir the track.
NEARLY FOUR SCORE LOST
BY FLOOD AND SHIPWRECK
Andtha Returns Not Tat all In. Mlsaint
Vessela Supposed to bs Wrecked.
TURKS VBsrL kXD H Ml rROtlASLT LOST.
I'liiLAriRt.riiiA, April 11. Shipping cir
cles are at present greatly alarmed over the
probable loss of three veel, the crew,
numbering 4H person, and property to the
valuation of ubout iLMS.oon. The vewcls
are the Herman steamship Alarich, Captain
Kgger. from Hitelve, Kebruary 22. for
Philadelphia or New York; the Itjlian bark
Immacob t.i. Captain Muro, which sailed
from Cienfucgos January 1W for this port,
nnd the schooner Taylor Ksmaith from
Norfolk March 2 for New York. The
Itritish ship Walby, from llermti l March
:tofor this port. Is slightly overdue, and
some anxiety i felt concerning her.
AT I.KAST 14 lUloWSKP.
P.iKMiN'.ilAM, Al.A., Apr.l 11. Some dis
astrous (IimkI new Is coming In from Col
umbim, Mis.. The liver rose over two feet
higher than ever in it history, and tip to to-
uiirht ha fallen oiilv s'x feet. The town ll
full of tieople who come from the surround-
Im? iilantation and are being fed ny the
titizen. The lossof life i great. Kourteen
pi-rfons ore known to have been drowned.
What is the loss of life in the wide territory
c ivi-rcd by the flood, cannot be told.
nEVOXDIM lt nouDK.if.
The body of a girl has been discovered uti
ilertieath the fir of a cottage near llandou,
2o mile southwest of Cork, Ireland. The
body w.i hum! anil then covered w ith ce
ment in a manner identical with that fol
lowed by Murderer Deeming at Liverpool.
Yaqui Indian nnd Mexican troops h id a
fight ul San Miguel, Mox., and three In
dian were killed.
Five cadet in the military school at
Hill harest, who belotiif to a sworn society
known as "The Suicide Club," have com
mitted suicide re-ently by shoiting tliem
lelve. In a prioti revolt in (iranada. Spain,
three convicts were killed by gendarme.
Jacob Newmatin, a laborer of Danti',
poisoned hi family of ten, two of w hom
dfed.
The Piritish and 1'reiich tioverntnents
have agreed to prolong the modus vivendi in
regard to Newfoundland fisheries.
The Persian (iovertiuient will pay the To
bacco Corporation J,."m0 indemnity for
the abolition of the tobacco monopoly.
The sentinel w ho on Sttiirday last killed
a man who had assaulted him in front of the
barrat ks of the Third regiment of the guard
In Iterbn, has been promoted to be a cor
poral. President Diaz, of y,,,,v' V1" l'cn re-
v.iimiii
J , .-"IJ'-.n .firm i 'i ll. il leinw In.r t '
a 1 1 1 1 -1.1 1 ' esl..iee v. Itli
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il ahl. soiu
In ciiilsi-1 ln liate passeil
' v It I o nit relief, Mild
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ii...... .,is-sUlu. . - ches
tlrt ..' '... die,
Theu'.'.irus issu.-d by the London bnard
of trade for Mardi show that the imports
increased 7, 'J-'si.imi i pound and the export
decreased pi.o r.t.n.si pounds n cum pared
with those for the corresponding month last
year.
At Kl Porvenir, a colony near Cienfugos,
Cuba. IS, Hl.',ii pounds of sugar cane have
been destroyed by lire.
The Krctich Senate unanimously adopted
the credit asked for by the tioveriimeiit for
the expenses of the Kreiu h exhibit at the
Chicago World Pair. The credit passed
the Chamber of Deputies Thursday.
At Holfast. Allen Spiller, n gutimiiker,
killed his wife and two children with a
hammer nnd a razor, and atttiupted sui
cide. He was insane from losa of employ.
inent and illness.
THE BPRINO ELECTIONS.
litiiiiiiM'oitT, Conn. The Republicans cur
ried tl.e municipal cl clion here.
KvANsvn.i.r, Im. The municipal election
here resulted in a sweeping victory for the
ltcpulriican and Reform Democrats.
I.vnunh.Mii'H. Ileptiblicau won in Lan
sing, Huron, Coldwa'er, Sheboygan, Sagi
naw, Hillsdale and l"inu; thu Democrat in
Adrian, Negauuce mid Dowagiac.
Coi.t Miics, . The ohm municipal eleo
timis show very general Republican Buecesr
esautl ot raonlinary gain for the Republi
can even over the vote for McKinley last
year.
HAirrroKii, Conx. After a lively contest
William Waldo Hyde, Democrat, was elcct
ed Mayor by 4,Hi( to 3.K2S for Henry 0.
Dwight, Republican. The total vote win
about l.Moti greater than two years ago.
Hr.i.iN V, Mont. The Democrat elected
John Curtain for Mayor ami six out of
eight Alderman The Republicans elected
Treasurer am! Police Magistrate. Last year
the Republicans elected the Mayor by 438
majority.
Toi-kka, Kan. Return from the various
city elections In Kansas show that In most
places the woman's vote was very light.
The novelty of voting seem to have worn
off. In the city of Put win, a suburb of
Toieka, le a than ' votes were jNtlled by
women,
llLtwiMtmiTON, III. In the school election
here over 1.1" " women exercised the right of
franchise granted to them in such elections
by the last Legislature. The greatest Inter
est was taken in the election. For a long
time Mrs Raymond ha been Superinten
dent of the city schools, and ha always
given female the preference in appointing
teachers. Strange to say, the women nearly
all voted for the two candidates for school
directors who were opposed to this so-called
"petticoat-regime," and the amis were suc
cessful. Ut. Hmilton Oat a Vardtot of $3,000.
Cincinnati, April 7. The Jury in the
dumage cae of Hamilton vcrsuj Oriftiths dt
Sons to-day gave plantiff a verdict of IS.OOiJ.
Theplantiff is the widow of the McKees
port clergyman who was killed here last
May by a falling stone from a buildmj iti
ccmrse of erection.
EHODE ISLAND ELECTION.
TtM LArsmt Tote Kver Polled The
Kepobllcana Snoceaafo.1.
d. ncasiLt. "now;.
Complete returna from all parts of Rhoda
Island show a tottl vote on the Ktat ticket
of M.599, an increase of about 10.OK) over
the largeat ever polled before. The two
parties raked every city anl town almost
bare of voters, an I goliout an unexpwted
full vote. Tbe following U the result for
Governor :
Krown, Kennbllean
Ward well. Democrat Xi.KZi
ttllhert. Prohlbitioniat l.
Hvii-ton. Peonle's candtdnte 11
HcMttorimr ?3
Hrown'a plurality, W7.
Hcown's majority, ltftl.
Pull and Utter, the Kepubllcsn candidate
for Lteutenant-tJovernor an t Secretarv of
Htat, are also elected by s-nall majorities,
but there wa no election of Attorney-Oon-eral
and tk-neral Treasurer. The citie of
l'roviitenee, New port and Voonocket went
Uomooratio on tbe State ticket.
W. T. C. WARDWELU
The Lelalativa return a iowed a rood Re
publican majority in both branchua already,
with beweeu IS and 20 vacancies yet to be
' In tb rienat ito-'n'tcana electoi
nber and the Democrata 9 m.Wa
chosen at th aecond election. The
tood 8(1 Kepu'huana aul 111 Demo
tln-tlTi ballot. 'or at the aecond
cues ei") "noa. oi vn if". .
Jr Ii i -vrnof tig- and Newrart. In the former
wera rhoann. and in Nawoort onlv 1 of ft.
Tbe other failurea were scattered among the
suiall towns.
1 he control of the Legislature by the Re
publicans gives them the choice of their can
ilulates for Attorney-Ueneral an t Ueneral
Treasurer, and acurea tbe re-dlectioti of
Ne.son W. Aldrieb to tbe UniUvd Statoa
bc-iiato.
CONDITION OF BUSINESS.
Evidence That There is Improvement at
Many Points.
R. tl. Dun A Co. 'a Wrrkly 7?.-i-i'-m- of Tnule
rays: Another week brings additional proof
(-factual improvement in business at many
points, w hile slacknc.s at a lew ia explained
by i aiises obviously local und temporary,
lixireiiie low price for cotton still depress
the ; South, nnd production of iron iu excesa
of i It-maud has caused thu failure of one
company und the closing of several fur
iiaees. Spring brings the usual revival iu
building and in demand for materials, ut
some points larger than usual. The money
markets continue abundantly supplied and
cusy, w ith no trace of the presuru often
n-eii ubout April I, und while, ut most
points, the demand is only moderate, at
koine of importuned uu increased demand
is reported.
The report from other cities on the
w hole are f.(Vornhle. At Huston there is
further improvement. Wcatern reports uro
lavorab.e and Southern better.
At Philadelphia the failure of an iron
house, following that of the I.chign Inm
Company, depit-sst that trade, hut the dry
goods trade is better with satisfactory de
mand. At Pittsburg stock increase ami
there i no improvement in products, shi-.
incuts ot coke lieing the lowest for the year
thus far, but the glass trade is steady and
trade in hardware brighter. At Cleveland
all line improve except pig iron and ore,
but money is in light demand.
At Chicago reieipts ol com and barley in
crease threelold, ot wheat, oat ami rye
twoiohl, cum pu red with last year, of dressed
beef one half and of Hour one-third, and
soine increase is seen in hogs, cuttle and
wixil, with decrease in lard, butter and
cheese and especially cured meat. At Min
neapolis there i u marked increase, with
unusual prosa-cts for the lumber trade, but
Hour i dull and low.
The business failures during the last seven
days number for ihe I'nitetl states 177, Cun
ia :1, total 4h, h compared with lilsj last
week and :ill tue weeK previous to the lust,
and M for the corresponding week of luat
year.
A GIRL'jj HOMtUBLel aUlCIDE.
SbeOosaOut to Qa'her Eirzs, but Cuts
HsrTbroit With a Raior.
East LivKiti'iKii., o April tl Sadie Smith,
daughter of John W, Smith, living neat
Highlandtovvn, VI milts from this city, cut
her throat '.mi night with a razor. She had
gone to the barn for cg.es, Her continued
absence caused her mother to send a little
brother to tell her to conic to the house.
The svreims of the litt e fellow culled the
mother to the barn, und Sadie was found
lying on some straw with her throat cut
from car to ear, with her father's razor in
her hands. She was only 18 yeur old. No
reaaon has yet been fouud whv she took Lei
life.
DEEMING GUILTY.
The
Jury Returna a Verdict Charg-lna
'Wilful Murder.
Melbockne, April 0 A verdict of wilful
murder has been returned by the Jury in
Ihe Deeming case. The arionet maintains
the stolid manner he has shown since Lit
arrest and during bis trial.
RUSSIA'S MUL FAMINE:
00NDITI0N 07 THE PEASANTS
Many of Them Commit Sulolde Because
of the Hopsleaaneaa of Thslr
Potttton. Uaury Practiced
to the Extremt.
The special correspondent of Renter'
Teleprnph Company semis to London, from
Nit) ji. Novogorod, Russia, lengthy ac
count of the awful condition of the famine
tricken Russians. He says: ''Here is a
hut without Mooring; a you enter it you
tread upon the bare ground. There is no
duel tor the big stove, and the hut is Inade
quately warmed by a small charcoal brazier
fi'aced In the center. Tho monthly allow
nce of bread last the occupants for two
weeks and a half. Three families have
ought refuge in this single hut, and bum
alternately their re?ctivo share of fuel,
consisting almost exclusively now of the
roof of the deerted cabins and even tbe
woodwork of the huta themselvc. Reing
without sheepskins, these famishing
peasants are unable to seek work, to go
begging, or to do anything but sit passively
huddled together, bemoaning their wretch
ed lies, j"
"Case of suicide are common, and here ;
is a typical example. A solitary peasant, "
without relation or friends, landless and
helpless, had earned hia living for years
honestlv a a shepherd. Ho wa 51 year I
old. The famine overtook hi village, nn I
he lost In occupation, 'ihe villa'.-i-rs had
no food for themselves, still les for him.'
What was he to do? Despair seized him ..
and he put an end to hia joyless life, in
another case which was brought to my '
knowledge, the father of a family commit!- :
ed suicide under the following circum
stance. He was 3'.l yesrs obi, nnd lm l
failed to obtain work. "After starving for a :
fortnight, the lielplesspes of Ins case an I i
trie of hi hungry lillle one were too f
much for him. lle'begged from bouse tor,
house for three dav. and collected n few I
crust ami a little Hour, vvnich he 1 not t
touch himself, but gave it to his children. '
lie then reliniui.shed the struggle and died f.
bv his own bands.
'" The custom of giving aim 'in Ihe nami i:,
of Christ,' which is univer-al in lluss-a, au l -is
one of the most beautiful trait in the j
character of the people, ha not prove! off
much avail to ihe destitute this winter
Mendicants knock at the doors nnd win- ;
dows of dwelling, how to the ground anl
mutter: "Kor Cbr'.!' sake.' 'The peasant
housewif" instantly collects a few crust an I ' ;
gives them to the applicant. It is coniilcri"l .
a sin to turn the petitioner away, and even
in such large town as Moscow and St.;
Petersburg this practice is kept up. Peop.c "
with such customs must have been I'M j '.
inured to hardship and privation, but tb.
year the bow has snapped and the old usage" . ,
of Orthodox Russia have failed to kei ; (
want trom tlie door. There has been n i
one to practicethem." J i
The correspi indent quote from ofllcinl re-:
ports, showing the hopelessness of the situn i
linu, and the extreme usury practicetl. lli
adds: "In many part of Nisbegorsl tl.t i
peasants are living on inuhroonis ami hre.i;'.
in tide from tares and busk. Anxiouxto im
prove their condition and help thetnsclvc-i 1
the peasantsof Nishcgonsl. w ho are iitnonpij. I
the most intelligent in Russia, early pr.-a I
pared to face tbe famine. Many of them so. " 4
all they had ami emigrated to Siberia at. ;
other provinces, but their wanderings seldoiJ j
bro'lglit them to a laud of promise, and i S -a
luinv instance I hey were ordered hack t i
their native district by flu- police." I
"Comietent authorities have told me thd
It will tn Lie Itussia M veitrti to recover front
I the effects the liiiiiiiic There . arei-oV
f pecU for u luir crop. f " f
WENT SOWN PRAYINO).
A Teacher and Eiirht of His Boyil
Drowned in Boston Bay.
r.tvsToN, April l.'. sttiiilav night an ir
structor and 10 bovs connected with tl.
Huston Karui School, at Thompson'. Islitiiir
were capsized in u sailboat, and the instruct
tot nnd eight of the boy drow ned. i i.ei
following are the names of the victi ms: At
F. Norberge, instructor, ajjed about -I'l year
Frank K. Hitchcock, aged 1'.; Homer I
Thatcher. 17; (ieorge 1-'. Kllis, lii; Thorn..
Phillip. Hi; Wm. W. Cumin, 17; Charles Ii
U raves, 17; Harry K. Loud, 10; Adelbert II
Packard, M.
The rescued boy were (). W. Clenn
aged 17, and Charles A. Limb, ngd Pi.
Tbe party had been to thu city to alter.:
church. and the accident occurred while tl.t"
were returning. I
At a point between Spectacle and Tin in;-'5D
son island a sudden squall struck the bunt
whit h was a small one, and t upsized her: "
a moment. The entire crew was thrown in: "
the ice cold water, but managed toclimb ii
on the upturned boat and clung to the b :
torn. The night was very dark and thi'shot.
were deserted. The boys and tent her elm
to the bust until they became numb w:::
cold and dropp'd, one by one, into t!.
water and drowned, except two, who In'.
c
Ik
lb
hi
on for four hour while the boat slowir
drifted to shore, when they were picked
ami cared for. 'The instruc tor was the lir-i1?
to go. ?"
VmU offered prayer or a word of farewe
to the other a he gave ui hi hold on liff '
Supt. Ilradley, of the school came to
dty this morning am! notified the police ii
the accident, when the work of searchiu
for the lost at once began.
h
A Family of Five Murdered.
Ui
Montkviiiko, Vm-ocav, April S. NeJi
Ouadiiloupe, I'niguuy. an Italian naim-io
Traversi, his wife and thrise children, tlioSa
eldest a girl 22 years of age, were foui.l
murdered in their home yesterday. Th'Ct
bodies showed numerous duguer wotiniitfO
Traversi recently realized f 1,') from tli'US
sule of hi crops, ami the nioiiey, w hit-It wa-'Xi
known to he in hi house, is now tnissini'.
The identity (1 the murderer i U!it
known, but it i believed that they were avai
quaiiitaiicesof the victims. 101
10
TEN VILLAGES BURNED. f
Five People Are Dead and Many Thou-no
ande Homeless In Hungary, ri
Virss.t, April 12. Ten villages in lliinu
gury have been burned. The spread of t!:'
llauieH wua assisted by dry and wind;
weather. Large stores of corn and man.-
head of cattle have been burned. Kive i"'.
sons were killed and thousands are bona1'
Una. a'
Twlna Were No Novslty. '
MtiipLKTow N, N, Y.. April 7 The center
fin ires of the town of Tmnolrma rieluusr"
COUIltV. (liaclose tliM riitilnrtf ulila i-mi I
Abram Ostrom, sited 0, who Is the futla'
of 27 chlldren.of whom 20, 10 of them twit-' rrj
a'6 by one wife -hia third she being ou'i
. . iu
Liberty Will fehtn Brighter. (d
Nrw Yoiik, April 7 The SIsKi-cainl'
power light With which Liberty enlightf:
tho world down the bav ia to bu renlm-cJ I
oue of RXJ.UOJ-cuudle power.
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