WRECK AID RUIN III IIS TRACK. A FURIOUS GALE. AGREEMENT TJPOH TURKEY. Atlnntle Coast lutes Swept by t Destruc tive; Harriosne. A hurricane swept over Druuswlck ond lout; the Georgia coast Tuesday which re sulted lu great destruction of property onJ the loss of several live. Owing to tho prostration of tho wires it was 1 u'rlfinK Wednesday morning before telegraphic communication with Brunswick m restored. It wn then l'iiru'ii Hint nt least four persons, namely -Wiliitim Ininlols, AIh-1 lavl.-, John Jctlcr-nui, ninl n I al y, all colored, 1. .-t thfir llxc In tho storm. .Many other persons an' known to bo seriously hurt, nii'l when full rcpr. rts nre obtainable there Is lio ll I i I t tin) death lint will I HI lengthened. An i-'titniit" i In the property loss nt Brunswick ui' lit e.'Aio.onu. Tin- storm xxas scxi r' in Lastcru Pennsyl vania and t adiy crippled the Ponnsylxanin railroad between AUiint mid llarrisburg. wii.-Llau i. in a tunnel ut A r 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . m-iir lllllltlllg'h'll, L.lstbuUIld tNllh WT' IM'Ilt tl llarrisburg ''J' way' ot Tyrone nml Lock HilVf 11. The Hood rlilllilli'l fill . I cofferdam of tho now ri-'T"ir nt Kittunnlng 1'uliit were bad ly damagnl. At lii'iir ittii, on tint Altoolin i i i v i h 1 1 , tlin raiirijinl I -ri wax washed awav. At point low, a summer resort on tin' .liimatii, uOi.wt II mil'!) (rum Altoonn, lliimy ri . tin; s x-ro washed ilxav. 1 in- do mi I'ra.'tl aliy paralyzed the II. A (I. "V-t'Tll cast, Wo.-t, ll'irtll lltld SOlltll. in Kniin' places tin" roadbed havn lifn xvaslu-d nwiix. there an' tuutiicriihlo landslide, and In other localities tln track ap" obstructed liy fallen trees, which wept uprooted Hint earreil nwuy bv tin- fury of tht Kale. 1 ha evcsslvo rninf.ill caused a big over How in tno Juniata river und its tributaries, ami entailed great destruction to property. A cloudburst occurred of Huntingdon at midnight. Many of the prliii'lpal street were submerged, cellar Hooded, Side street wahi'il out, und several head of cuttlo llp'WIiecl, Trunin on tin' middle division of tho Penn sylvania railroad wan suspended, owing to several xvu.-bout between Huntingdon ami J.ewlstoxvn, ami a landslide on .luck motui tiiln. which covered the tracks for a distance of I'.'iO yards, uinler hundreds of tons of de bris. All tin' available wrecking crews on the middle illvilnii were ealleil out. Thel'MMof life ut tnaiiy points wa.4 Kreat At Saviioiiiili, (in., tli" hurrleaiio cost nearly a ilnzen nvex airl entalleil a lliiaueinl h o'f iioarly tl.lKHi.OiK). A c lal (ruin JaekHiiiitille, I'la., hiivh: It Ik a einittervnllvii eHtiniate to fay tluit M peoplii have iot their lives from yotenlay't inirrli'imi'. mi l tlio iui:iitnT may run mueh higher. I he (lentrui'tlim of the rMiiii-ylviiiiin rult r.ui'l brt'lk"' aTi'M tlie Supii'liiiiina at I'm liimbla overshii'loWK all eh In p lullve liu portanee. 'I'he brllne, whleh o jn.prlwil -j7 hpllllH, WII.K eolllpletely ii IH)llll".l. It was iiiKiire.l for 4:HM,Wi(i. ami everything wan i iirrlej away, exee t the ytoiin I'ier. tho Hlnulu Iron Hpau and one of tho ntoiio hliore Hpaim. '1 lie brlilco proper wan crunheil to hpllliter!. It Wild lifted bodily off the piers and deposited just above lu tho water, a por tion resting on thi piers. Not a timber U left st,'lllillll. A report from Jneksoiivllle. I'lii.. nays: - At I. a Crosse, .' liiilldiuitH were dehtroyed. !v. W. A. liarr, Mrs. I'. I'. Meliitosh nml her baby were killed. Near thero four la iioren, who were In a eabln at tho turpen tine farm, were crushed by a falling in e. Newberry, In west Alabama, Is totally wreck ed. ('. S. KiiHtlln, Mrs. Naney Uhiibtend and I'avld Jouefiwere killed. At this plaee a iiiimber of people took re fuce in n box oar whleh wax lu tho path of the ryeloiie. It was blown nloiiK tho track and then off I;, for .'tl feet, and every person In it.waa bsiUy Injured. Hteve Mason and (ieorK Johnston have since tiled. At (irady, u small place, 12 houses worn blown down, a woman wus killed, but n babe at tier bruast was unhurt, nlthmiKii it had been enrried Ponie distance by tho wind. The Sea inlnuds, olT tieoVk'ia and South Carollua, luul nlmost a repetition of tho Mtorin of lH'.i;). Almost ox-cry coHau" and cabin in the xvake id the Htorm xvns ilestroy ed, but the water xvns not piled upon them ns in lss:, i'i,iiM ,uently the siilleriiiK was Hot so severe. 1 he fatalities on the Sea Islands wero due to accidents (ruin fulliiu: timbers or trees more than to water, duly tljose who hap pened to be raUfllt out ill boats xvere drowned. 'I he number of fatalities on the Sea Islands Is not known, but it Is believed It xvlll ko over lull. Txvoiity negroes wero killed on the rice plantations by falliiiir timbers. The Sea i-land cotton crop is ba lly damaged, the cotton beiiii: xva-hed off the stalks. At Lake Huili r, Bradford countv, f. II. Ilarkiy, Mrs. ,1. M. 1 ib'h and her infant xvere fatally hurt. Many buildings witc blown down. At this place t!n xvlnd blew to pb s two cars loinied xvilli bricks, and a iieyro, Henry Sullivan, who wa :HH yards away, was kill ed by beliiK htruck by olio of the llyiiii brbks. On .luile ;char.l's tiirpeiitiiie farm four convicts were killed by lulllio; tnes. In Jlaker county four towns wero almost to. tally de.-troyed. They are Mciilenny, Sanderson, (ilea St. Mary and Dlustee. No one WIS killed outright ill these towns, tuit 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 y were Injured, iimoiiK' xvhoui xxas Mrs. C. S llicbanlson, .lames McAlplu and North Wei si. r. all of whom will die. Atl.lveOuk the destruction is complete, tut no lo-s of Hie is reported. Near elU'ru the hou.-e of Amos White xx as do-troyeil and two of Ids children xvere killed. At Lake City elicit I'lisincss liousi nml tl'lrtiin p'.-idilices xvere destroyed. Mrs. Sarah l'n tchcr nml two boys were killed, me) I 'orii Jenniiu.'s nud Jonas Meldciry xvcro tatally injured. HOW WASHINGTON BUFFERED Injury to tho White Houbo end Other Public Buildings. The tornado which struck Washington be tween 11 p. in, and midnight, ripped oil' some of tho copiui: of the Whito House, and laid low most of the historic trees lu tho Whito House grounds, including tho elm treo which Lincoln planted. It curried away part ol tho roof of tho Statu I'epnrtmeut, where tho ofllclnl documents are stowed, but left them uninjured. Tho costly roof of tho I'atent Uflh'tt wan rolled up and distributed nil around tho tielKhborhood, and skylights bait an Inch thick wero beaten lu. Tho rest. deuce of tho French Minister was loft roof lesn, and tho embassy of llreat lirltalu Buffer ed tho loos ot tho portico. The slato roof ot tho Church ot the Cove nant wbero l'resldent Harrison used to wor ship, wan blown down aud each uquare slata planted itself upright In tho park which sur rounds the edlllce. Tho tower of tho Now York Avcuuo Presbyterian church was re duced to mutchood. Nearly overy other church lu tho city suffered more or less. The tower of tho tiraud opera house, former ly Albauifh's, xviu blown dowu, and the de bris still obstructs the wbolo width of one of the broadest streets lu Washington. Thous ands of trees lu the parks were torn up by tba the roots or hopelessly Injured. The total destruction ot property In this city In esti mated at 1 500,000. There were to lives lost, but 2i porsous were injured by fallluK walls aud braucbes. In Alexandria, tho Virginian suburb of Washiugtou, Just across the 1'otomuc river, the damage is rstimuled at not less tbuu 100,000, and at least two . lives are known to be lost.' The killed lire Mm. Louiiu iiolt aud W'llllsm L. Stewart, crushed to death by falling walls. Two hundred Jiuuse were bsdly damaged by tba storm. The Orest Power Sepertesl to Hare Com to a Conclusion. It Is confidently stated In Tlerlin that Boa mania aud Greece haro Joined the alliance of Oornmny, Austria and Italy, which thus Rains two raluahln aids In the event of war upon Turkey. There Is, bowexror, a ftrowlnir disposition bore to regard the solution of the Turkish question M being on the eve of completion by an amicable agreement amonff the great powers, and It Is taken (or granted that all likelihood ot the partition of Turkey In the near future baa vanished. The semi official pree make much of thn supposed Influence with Huron ton Jeltfeh. tho Ger man nmbiHsndor to Turkey, exorcise over the Sultan, which tho pnper ascribe to tho Turkish monarch's conviction that the rep resentative of (lermuny at Constant iuoplu Is not actuated by ncliwti aim. The papers nlso connect with this presumed feeling oti tho part of the Kultau tho reported depar ture from Constantinople for Iierlln of Gen. ( ruiukoff. a German officer In the Ottoman eervlce, as the lieapT of nn autograph letter frmu the Siillaii to the Kaiser. It Is stated that the I'om-niinicntioii expresses the Sul tan's gratitude at the attitude assumed by Germany In the Turkish crisis mid aecrlls the tron'oli s in Turkey tu revolutionary agi tators. Tho Sultan also, according to re port, assure the Kaiser that tho Christians in Turkey will be absolutely safeguarded unless tin y Indulge In anarchistic excesses 0. A. fi. 0RDFB8 I8SVED. The New Commacder-in-Chlef Hakes Eii Appointments. The following order was Issued from tho Headquarters Grand Army of the Ilepubllo Omaha, Nob., Oct. 3. Tho following MitlT nppolntmcnt nre here by announced: Adjutant-general, Comrade ( hnrlce :. Hurtnelster of Umnhn, Neb.; ouartermaster-gciieral. Comrade Augustus .1. Hurl. link of Chicago; Inspector-general, Comrade Charles A. Suydam of Philadelphia, I'll.: Judge advocate general, Comade Albert ( lark, Uollesley Hills, Mass.: senior able ile camp and chlef'of staff, Comrade J. C. Wln nns, I'roy, O. T hey will be obeyed aud re spected accordingly. The following comrndes will constitute the executive committee of the national council of administration: William 11. Arm strong. Indianapolis; F. M. hterrett, St. Louis; Albert HchelTer, ML 1'nul; Thomas W, Scott, Falrlleld, 111.; ( baric A. Shaw, llrook tvn, N. Y.i Koscoo l, Ilx, liirrliu Springs, Mich.: . I. S. Kent, Trenton, N.J. Captalu K. L. Zellnskl, r. S. A., New York, I hereby nppoiutcd special aide in charge of military Instruction lu public schools with authority to select from each department, to bo mimed to the commanders approval, for appoint ment ns aide do camp, one comrade to take charge of this work In his department, mid report his action to Captain Zallnskl. Com rade Andrew T raynor of Omaha, Is hereby appointed special" aide in charge of trans portation, to whom nil matters pertaining thereto will be referred. CUBANS WON A VICTORY. Killed and Wounded Ona Thousand Span iards Near Artemiia. Letters from Havana state that Antonio Maceo, in n recent attack ou the trocha, lu Meted terrible losses ou the Spaniards, more than 1,000 being killed aud wounded. Tho light xvns llerccstnear Artemlsa.whero Anto nio Maceo led n picked force of Insurgents against tho Spanish column commanded by Gen. Aralus. Tho Spaniards were aroused from sleep to nud a hail of Insurgent bullets falling upon them, uud became panic-stricken. Thu In surgents hud severul dynamite guns, and they xvere used with terrible effect, the shells bursting among the Spaniards and striking them down by the scores. Many Spanish ot llccrs were killed. The Insurgents captured six pieces of artillery and many thousands of cartridge and many thou.sand stuiids of arms. 'This was the opeulug of W'eyler'cnnipnb;u lu the extreme ea.st of the Island uud has proved a dismal fullure. He used every effort of censorship to prevent tho news from being made public and severely reprimanded the editor ol "LI Diarlo del Kjerclto," the army organ, for during to print a lew details. FOUR STUDENTS PERISHED. An Indian School in the Territory Hurned to the Oround. Spencer Academy, located t"n ullcs wet of Antlers, I. T., burned to ashes togi ther with all furniture and four Choclaw boys burned up in the Humes. Their name are John Smith, liiiniel James, Thomas Kun iotubblo, William Wilson. Those Injured are Alfred llryun, bruLsd and burned in the heud: Harris Fisher, sprained font ; Coltoii llacon, leg sprained; Ldwurl (lark, jaw bono broken; Sam spring, burned in the face, hea l ami shoul ders and xx rist sprained. The origin of the lire Is supposed to lie Incendiary, as no one xxas occupying the room in which the lire broke out and there hud been no lire in it this season. Superintendent J. 11. .letter, who is lu charge ol tin- schools, beard the Humes pop ping, and xvlc'ii he got up the stairway was ou lire. He ran to the outside and woke all the boys and barely saved his own life, I lie boys threw Uclr beds out of the windows and jumped to the ground on them. One of the boys who xxas burned to death was a cripple and tho other three wire In, rooms where there were no window. It Is said their inoaus and groans were hoiirtslekcuing in the extreme. Tint academy xvns built by the Choctaw nation mid 102 boys xvere thvre when it burned. Kverythlng Is a total loss, as tho nation did not carry any insurance. A Crank. The police of New York received a com munication from Philadelphia asking theui to keep a lookout for u crank who leit that city sayiug he was going in search of Mrs. Cleveland, The man is said to be demented, and for, fear he may cause trouble the police lu nil tli" Luslcrn cities huvu been asked to keep a watch lor him. Ile (sunder the im pretsiou that Mrs, Cleveland will provide for film if tie can talk to h r, and he says that bo will not htoii until he doc llnd her. Tho mini's liauio is John lloiiiissia. lie IsaVout for ty years old uud dresses like a clergyman. More Troops From Spain. Tho government has decided to send 40.. 000 more troops to Cuba to reinforce thu Bpauisb army in the Island, and also to strengthen the forces In I'orto Klco aud the rblllpptue islands with 3,000 and 8,000 men respectively. A free pardon has been offered to all who have evaded service In the army ou condition that they return and complete their terms of service. Advices from Havana say tba Insurgents havo executed Uie rebel loader Hoderiguez by bunging. The reason la not stated. 1,000 Armenians Killed. A dispntch from Constantinople says that the Turkish marines aided the rabble to loot the Artneulau houses in Galatea ou Sunday. I'atrols ure parading the elty In uuusuul numbers, and the police have been notified that some outbreak will occur. The governor of Kharput telegraphs that a thousand Arm. enlans xvere clubbed to death at Nikdo on buuduy. The sultan has given 150.000 to Indemnify the foreigners injured lu tho tuus- DEATH ON THE LAKES. four Ken Drowaed Off the Government Pier at Milwaukee. The Inrge barge Sumatra foundered off the government pier nt Milwaukee, Win., Sept. 90, and four of the crew wore drowned. The dead are all from West Bay CTty.Mlch. They are: Arthur Ilurnstod. ' Chnrle llemmer. 1'ntrick l'eterson, 1'etor Anderson. Cnpt. Charles Johnson, Mate John Bur beck nud Ira I'enser, the cook, wore rescued by the tug Simpson. The Sumatra xxas bound down from Chi cago, with a loud of railroad iron, nnd lu. tended to stop nt Milwaukee arid pick up tho llatlie Well, she wns leaking ou her way up, and bad the pumps working all night. The sen was running high, and the crew bad great difficulty In keeping her from sjuklng. W hen she reached South point she got In the trough of the sea, uud in n short tiitie her hatches were wnshed off and her rail oar rli.sl away. The steamer souuded her whistle nnd the tug siinpsou at once put out for the wp'ck. Tho sea nt that time was running very high, and great trouble wnstcxpcriouccd In getting near the sinking barge. Just ns the Simpson reached tho Sumatra thu latter foundered. The tugmcn succeeded iu rescu ing the cook nud mate from the wreckage. The life saving crew was on hand and work ed hard to save the other men, but all were drowned, with the exception of the captain. The Sumatra Is badly broken up, and only her nyist can be seen out of water now. Tho wreck occurred about a mile and a naif nut from thu harbor entrance. The ul-fated barge went down with scarcely a moment's notice, and, according to the statement of ('apt. Johnson and the mate, the crew did not even have time to mount the rigging nfter reallz.ug that tho vessel was fouuder Ing. Grent damage to property nnd ninny acci dents resulted from the furious gale on the lakes. The most serious accident lu the port of Chicago occurred when the schooner Seaman broke from her moorings in Slip L nt the foot of Iliimlolph street, aud while be ing hurled about by the storm wrecked nnd sunk half a dozen smaller craft. A number of men had narrow escapes. LAST YEAR WITH THE INDIANS. Commissioner Browning Encouraged at the Progress Among Redskins. The commissioner of Indian affair, rtrowuing, has submitted hi annual report. He snys that with no outbreak during the year tho education nud civilization of the ludinns bus progressed uud thu uiuln effort iivw Is and for years must be to get the Indian on hi allotment, so a to become self-supporting. The Indians are Incoming adepts lu handicrafts nnd received from the government over half n million dollars for work dope. Thu commissioner reviews the steps taken by Congress to extinguish tho rlulm of the Ogdea Laud company to tho lands of tho Seneca in Nexv York state. The question of the llshery right of tho Ya kima Indians, In the extreme northwest, 1 still troublesome because of the Infringe ment by tho white upon Indian right which have not beou su -esfully protected. Ldiicutlou has progressed rapidly lu the government nud industrial training schools. There were enrolled lu nil schools !i3,:iu'i pu pils. The c iminisslonor praises the work of the Held matrons, lie suggest.! that tho commission appointed to treat with several tribe of Indians for their lands bo continued to clear up the work of making sale Of laud nnd tho execution ot deeds. Nearly all ap plications for iudlans for exhibition pur poses have been refused. The commissioner lay stress upon the need of legislation re straining the sale of liquor in Indian reser vations. COLLISION. Appalling Wreck Between Two B. ft 0 Freight Trains. The most horrible wreck which has over occurred on the Pittsburg division of tho Baltimore. A Ohio occurred Thursday near Sand 1'iiteh, about 10 miles wrst of llyud man, 1'a. '1 he story as toll l y Conductor Harbaugh, xvho xxas on freight train No. 74, eastbouinl, Is that when his train reached Sand Patch, and Just before descending the heavy grade, a test xvas mailt) of the airbrakes ou 10 curs which CMinprised about one-half of tho train. Kverythlng was found in llrst-class working order, and with a c rew made up ot old and experlen I men they started east. W bile guing through the tunnel the con ductor felt the train check twice lu rapid sin sslon and then dash ahead, and when It passed out of the tunnel it xxas going ut light iilng spe d and ou a dead runaway. W hen part way doxvu the grade train N'o. 71 collided with freight rain No. .:, west bound, xx uli-li xxas standlug still, uud which had orders to meet three miles In-low. The trains came together with the result that be tween 45 and tio curs with both engines were completely demolished. I.ngineer ane, of train 74, was injured perhaps fatally. John Coruell, front brake, man, xvas seriously Injured. Fireman Oweu was also seriously injured. Fireman Shaw wis bruised very badly. Other trainmen were cut and bruised, 12 trumps wore taken out, two ol whom luedcud. TRAIN HELD UP. A Hotel Bobbed. ' - Early' last Buuday morning 'one of the most seusatloual uud daring robberies ever committed In Allegheny county occurred at Wall station. m ttio Pennsylvania railroad. Bobbers Havo an Express and Its Occu t pants at Their Mercy. The eastbouud, No. 2, passenger train, duo lit Alburqucrqlie, N'. M., N:I3 from tho west, was held up at Itlo Puerco bridge, about Ii0 miles from that city. As soou a tho train pulled out of the statiou It was halted by several masked men, uud the cypres mes senger commanded to open the doors of Id car. A general fiisilludo of shots kept tho pu.-.soiigor terrorized. At 10:10 o'clock a message wa received fri'iu ltlo Puerco stating that one of the holds-tip. Cole Young, Is dead. The rob bers, alter cutting tho engine and express car from the train, run to the bridge, sev eral hundred yard away. Tho pump mau reported having heard au explusiou, nud bo. Hove thu robbers have burned up an excur sion car. WERE MANY FAILURES. MR. WHITNEY'S MARRIA0E. Nona of the Ez-Ssoretsry'i Family Attended the Ceremony. F.x-Secrotary of the Navy William C. Whit ney wus married at St. Lawreuoo's Episcopal church at Bur II arbor, Mo,,Tuosduy, to Mrs. Edith 8. liaudolph. N'o Invitations wore Is sued uud none of Mr. Whitney's family were present. Mrs. ltaudolph asked few friends verbally, who afterward went to her home, the Anchorage, for breakfast. Mrs. Ban dolph's brother, Fred May, attended to the church duties. Mr. Whitney was attended by Mr. Brun, tbe Duulsh minister, aud tba bride was attended by her two children. The church wus beautifully deouruted uud tbrouged with people. Mr. Whitney said that he only became engaged to Mr. liaudolph lust Friday. Oue of the earliest telegram of congratulation came from President Clove, luud. Mr. Whitney has beou suffering from rbeu mutism ever sluce be came to Bar Harbor and bos not yet recovered. The coujjle w,Ul rematu nor for a week "" The Defaulted Liabilities la Them Maeh t Above the Normal. II. G. Dun ft Co. 'a weekly review of trade ayt The complete report of failure for the quarter which ended Wednesday shows an Increase, In number they were S.ttf per cent, less than In tbe panic quarter of lrtys. Fall. UP'I for the quarter show that liabilities were li.l per cent less, amounting to TS-, 2!i.M' against t97.H9,r.82 In thu previous bnlf year. The total liabilities were nearly tHfi,000,000 for a single quarter. Compari son are given showing tbat In only six quar ter In 32 years have defaulted liabilities been o large. The continued advance In whent Is mainly due to short crop abroad and unusual de mand. Atlantic export for the quarter end tug with Heptomls-r, Hour Included, were 'J.l.m.m bushels, against V4, 820.00 last year. Cotton ha weakened after It sudden rlo hecause the demniid for good line re lapsed Into hnrd-to-mouth buying. There nro unmistakably encouraging progress In the great Industrie, although tho actual gain In working force employed or In new orders received Is slight But the strong de mand for materials, for pig Iron, hldea nnd wool, na for cotton, dor not diminish, and ha already gone far enough to stiffen price. In wool prices are scarcely stronger, but rep. resent actual sale morn nearly than in past week. Several kludsof dp' goods, flannel suitings nnd fancy worsteds are selling a shade lower. Buying of liiKscmer pig ngntn lift Pitts burg quotations to 11.75., without any gen eral gain In tho demand for finished pro ducts, nnd steel bar for tho first time are sol 1 nt 1c, against lie asked by the associa tion for Iron bar. Plate and rails are in le demand, but theru is heavy buying of sheet nt the west. Coulldeuce that reviv ing business must bring a greater demand than nil the works enn meet Induce the va rious association to make no change In their price. The minor metals nre not strong, lake eopx-r being 10.' e, tin nt U.U0e nnd lend nbout 2. He. Bradstreet'a review of the New ork stock market says: The market was not affected by the advance of exchange rate and the consequent stopping ot gold-Importing ar rangements. That that thu treasury re serve I up to 124,000,000 or more and thnt money on time can be had nt 0 per cent out weigh nil unfavorable elements on the situa tion. Tbe advance on wheat had a tendency to strengthen tho stock market, nnd It was lseveil that in a number of Important trading stock powerful pools and mnnlpu halve Interest have been actively at Work. London ha not been a factor, though price of American securities havo been generally strong. TOO DELIBERATE. Secured AH the Money in the Bank, but Two of Them Were Shot Tho FTrst National bank of Joseph, Wal lowa county, Oregon, wo robbed of 2,000 by three men, one of whom I dead, another badly wounded, while the third Is being pur sued by a posse of citizens. At the time of tho hold-up there wero four customers lu tho bank. Cashier McCully bad occasion to go to a vault. When ho came buck bo was cou frouted with a shotguu In tho hands of a robber and told to throw up his baud. Tho customers bad already compiled with the request and McCully did likewise. Ouu of tho robbers leaped over the railing nnd opened the- private door through which tho men were made to pass, nud were then lined up against the wall. Oue robber took bis position at the door uud compelled all passersby to halt aud throw up their hands. The third robber went Into the vault, taking all tbu coin nud currency, even to the nickels, uud placed them In a sack. He then demanded from McCully tho keys to the pri vate boxes and ransacked them. By this time the report that tbe bank was being robbed reached the citizen, several of whom armed themselves uud awaited the appearance of tho robber. When they np iieurod, Alexander Lionnelly, a young man 25 years of age, opened lire, and killed one robber Instantly and wounded uuother, bit ting him twice. The third robber had the sack containing the coin, uud succeeded In reaching bis horse, which xvas standing nearby. The dead robber wa named Brown, while tho one who escaped was Cy Fit.bugb. Tho wouuded robber l unknown. 6IX PERSONS DROWNED. Part of the Town of Benson, Arizona, Was Washed Away. A special from Benson, Arizona, snys: Part of the town wu washed uxxay und six persons drowned In u Hood from u cloud burst in the Whetstone mountains, 12 mile southwest of town. The dead xvhose bodies have beou recovered are: Wllliiun Seek, a barber, his wife and two children, uud Oscar Ashburu, a cattle mau. l our more persons nre missing. It is be lieved great loss of llfu uud destruction of property w ill be reported Irom all along the San Pedro river until It empties Into the Gila. The details of thu disaster at Benson nnd accurate description of the exteut of the cloudburst have not been re ceived, but tho raiu must have occurred along the whole length of tho Whetstone mountains, as tho Hood from tho western end of the sumo range tore out three miles of the Seulhcru I'ucltlc track l'J miles west of Benson. A wall of wiuer at least 12 miles was poured Into tho Sau Pedro river; hence there is n prehension felt tor tho safety of persons in the valley. FU8ICN IN INDIANA. The Fopuliet Committee Finally Adopts Basil. Tho Populist committed met In Indian apolis, lad., Sept. to consider fusion w ith the lii'mocruts, and lifter belug lu ses sion nil day adjourned to-night sine die utter adopting tnu following resolution: "liesolved, by tho committee of thirteen ou matter of electors of the Populist party, in order to close our ranks uud unite our forces in the state of Indiana in securing thu election of our nominee for president, W. J. Bryuu, uud do full justice to our vice-presidential nominee, Thomas I'.. Watson, that wo nominate live Populist elector uud teu Democratic elector aud certify to the sumo as the electors that shall be placed on tho Populist party state ticket of Indiana. The electors of the Fourth and Thirteenth districts are the Populist nominees for con gress, and their selection as elect rs leaves the Held clear for the Democratic nominees, W. H. Uolman aud J. W. Kruger. 8iz Children Lose Their Lives. Tuesday night's storm blew down the coal breaker at Natalie, bulocglug to the Penn sylvania Anthracite Coal Company. Blx tenement houses belonging to the camp were destroyed by lire aud six children, Inmate, lost their live. Tbe lire originated from a stove overtuning lu one of the summer kitch ens from tbo shaking b the wind. BRIEF MENTION. It la rumored that yellow fover has ap peared at Mauzanlllo. A coroner's iuquest at Montreal decided that Lee Tung, a Chinaman, died of leprosy. Five huudred fugitive Armenians are de peudout upon oburlty at Marseilles, France, London cubmen are striking against rule which permit only privileged driver to solicit passengers at railway stations. A report comes from London that Prin ces Beatrice, the oldest daughter ot tbe Prince of Wales, contemplate entering a convent I FLORISR VILLAGE DESTROYED. 1 t WAVE OP DEATH. ! x , '. Wind, Water and Fir Desolate' Cedar Keys. Cedar Keys, Florida, Is a place ot denota tion and death. It wan thriving town of 1,500 inhabitant. Today many of tbe poo pie are corpses, scores of others are Injured, and there am but a few house loft standing' Twenty corpse have been recovered, but few have tmen Identified, o mutilated were they by falling timber. Many of the corpse were dug out of the mud, in which they were buried by the tidal wave that swept over the town Tuesdur morning. The town I situated nt the mouth of the Huwanee river, ou a number of small key, connected by a number of bridge. It had no protection, and went to piece when tho West India hurricane with a velocity of 80 mile nn hour came roaring from the gulf. The storm struck the place about .1:30 Tuesday morning nud continued for severul hours. Though warning had been given, nothing Indicated a blow ot unusual severity. I'p to 11 o'clock the night wn cnltn nnd quiet. At that hour a moderate breeze sprung up from the eastward, Incn nslng gradually until a ,40-mile wind wus blowing. About 4 a. in. It blew n tornado and sudden ly changed to the southwest, bringing In a deluge of water, the tide rising two feet high er than In the memorable gale of Is'.H, which wa ut that time said to be the worst storm on record. At 7 o'clock an immense tidal wave came' In from the south, carrying destruction with It. Boats, wharvc nnd small houses wero hurled upon the shore nnd breaking Into fragments, covered the street with wreckage nnd rendered them almost Impassable. Whlio tbo torrent of water was rushing through every open space, It would take the strongest man oft his feet. It wa this tidal wave that caused tbe principal loss of life. Many home were swept from their foundation aud tho Inmate drowned. Of the iil) bodies recovered 1J are white and 8 colored, Of the white six N'longed to the Whitson family, a mother, four child ren and a young lady visitor. Thu other four white victim were men. Of the eight negroe ouly one, Peter Woodson, has been identltlcd. The loss of life nt Cedar Key proper I a Dothiug lu coinpuriscu with the number of spongers and fishermen who were drowned, Tbe Mary LTi7.a came lu this morning dl masted. She report that at dnrk Monday night nearly UK) vessel were nnhored on the sponge bar bslow Cedar Keys, nud nil of them but about 20 were lost. These bouts carried frytn four to ten men each, and tho loss of life was great. Eight corpse have already been washed ashore. Tbu schooner Bosalla wa sunk and eight of her crew wero drowned. The handsome Methodist Eplscrpal Church South, thu Cedar Key high school building, the Christian church and three colored churches, the Suwiiueo Ice factory, Wolf's cedar mill and tho Fugle Pencil Com pany' mill, also the large lumber mill of V. J. llerlong and the planing mill of George W. Myer A Hon aud score of private resi dences were wrecked by tho wlud nnd waves. Koine of the handsomest and ap parently most substautiul buildings uru dam aged beyond repair. Unliable riexvs of the storm from the west ern part of Levy nnd Alachua counties have just reached Jacksonville. Net less than U00 families are left destitute, nil their bouses, fence nnd crops nre totally destroyed, and what they bad gathered was blown away With tho bulldiug. The difficulty in recovering the dead at Cedar Key arises from the fact thut tho town Is built upon several small keys. Tho bridge connecting these keys wore swept away and the ouly communication 4 by means of bouts, ot which there are but a few lt. Then, too, most of the victims were burled deep In mud and many of the bodies will probably never bo recovered. EBITI8H TARS DB0WNED. Seven Rescuers From the Cruiser Satellite Swamped. The sailing schooner L. M. Morrill, of Pontile, Wash., arrived Monday night, direct from Cunlusku, after hi no months scaling on the Japan coast and Bering sea. The schooner brings tho new of tbo loss of eeven men from tho British cruiser Satel lite, In Dutch harbor, on thu night of Sep tember 4, during ouu of the worst storm that ever struck thu coast. Tho men went out lu one of tho ship' bouts, to savo an other smaller bout from tho vessel, contain ing two men. Light men. under command of the llrst lieutenant, were iu thu boat that left the Satellite, It wus, us fur iu could 1st learned, picked up bodily by the wind and overturned. One of thu sullorsswam ashore, but the other were never seen again. The next morning their boat wa seen high uud dry ou tho beach on tho opposite stdu from tho town. The two men whom the lieuten ant's crow started out to savo reached thu luud In sufctv. Freo Delivery Extended; Washington. Oct. L Thu system of freo delivery of malls in the rural district is to be introduced lu Westmoreland countv, Pa,, Wllhlu thu next few (lavs. postohToo In spector Lew is, stationd ut Philadelphia, aud was orucre.i to iniiko arrangements rr tho inaugiiatloii of tho plan. It is proposed to deliver all mail to tho farmers once a day and do uxvuy with Urn existing practice of compelling them to cull ut tho country post olllce fur their mutter. The sum of ;iu,0iK) Is available for thu Introduction of the system, uud ouu county iu each rtate will bo selected for a trial. Thu carriers will deliver mail from wagons, but bicycles will bo Used wherever practicable. The new system was Introduced lu Jefferson county, W. Vu., also. Wenamaker's Big Bargain. Bobert ('. Ogden, of tho llrm of John Wanainaker, returned from New York and confirmed the report of the purchase by his fi rm of the entire business of the lutu llrm of Hilton. Hughes A Co., of New York. The transaction Includes tho purchase of tho real estate of tho original llrm of A. T. Stewa.t A Co., consisting ot tho great store ut Brood way uud Teuth street, tho btuble und outtlt of the delivery service and all tho merchan dise. Tbe Philadelphia llrm will enter im mediately upou the occupancy of tho prem ise of It now purchase, and will run tho buslncM upon tbe same Hue a the Waua uiuker store there. Dardanelles Protected. An trade just Issued, orders thn formation of a flotilla of ten torpedo bout for the de fense ot the Dardeuolle. This action 1 the result of tbe recommendation of Gen. Tehl katchoff, the Russian officer, who recently Inspected the forts of the Dardeuelle. Letter received from Kharput confirm the report of tbe recent massacres at Egln and estimate the number of tbe killed at ii, 000. Great excitement ha been caused at Galatea by the action of the Turkish oflloer who paraded the streets, brandishing his saber, abusing the Armenians and declarlug tbat they ought to be killed. Thurman Died la Debt. A petition wa filed In tbe Probate cour at Cincinnati, which shows that Allen G Thurman wa badly in debt when be died It wus tiled by hi sou and grandson. Ailon W. Thurman and Allen U. Thurman. bis ex ecutors. They ask thut certulu reul ostute be sot aside to pay his debt. These, they say, amount to nearly 50,000. A mortgage for 13,000 I held against tha estate by tbu Prudential Life Insuronoe company. They ssy that he luXt personalty to the a,niuunt of wo ouly. - SEVEN PEOPLE KILLEj Frightful Bailroad Wreck a t . Terrified Passenger Bwicl!,, ' A frightful railroad wreck, atw. serious 16ns ot life and made ttor the self murder of oneof the trrftw i 5 enger, occurred nt 6 o'clock Sun,. Ing ou the Snnto Fe road, two tnl.Zi of Osage City, Ka. The seven dJT have been recovered from tho wr-i J feared other victim are burled l.rr ;' dnbrR The wrecked train xtm M bound paseenger No. 2, the ,, ,5 lieh A thrillliitf ,rmriaiM . M New Mexico on Irldny night i,'tl 'l"llll j'1 wreca wo cnei nr the cxMni. . holler i.l tha l.n.nllt ., ' r . J V The should have stopped for water ni n.. .H but lielng behind time, he endiaVuB,f 'i to the next tank. ""k J The engineer nnd Amman both , In the wreck. The train had rri'l two uill'i Is'yond thu pdace. u-i.. J 1 rlfllo explosions were heard, en. j nun niliri, The locomotive wn Completely fk Thn exiircsN. hut?irairo ntnl i,n . ' ' came crashing upon the wrecki.il ' 1 lh.i,illl,l I ''C'fd ..... . ............ ...... . n. fll-rp,,, , ' one heap of wreckage. The c,,t,'r rear were nil derailed, but th . riding in the rear escaped ,.r, ; ' The wrecked wn ninrked by n.,n.,r Ivlldnat ertm ffikl, ,t. Mr.,..,.,, ft.. . 1 in: ITITVJ sengor. lhe nerve of many w.,,, J pitch as a result of their exi.ri,.. ''i road agent In New Mo.,. nil, ."I crash came tho llrst Impression ,;; ?. wa that the tratu hnd been . by robber. One passenger, Wia lor, of Los Angeles, Oil.. I'll r..t:ii .' go, seemed to lose hi rensou I'M'., i, ,'' . U ... .1. IT ua vinnii cniiit. Ill urt'W a ll.i.f,. ruvknl M.,,1 In 4I.A a..... 1 . ' " w. ., i.nu au . 'l (Jl terrified passengers, took his " ... ler bail been drinking licuviiv. or the excitement nnd confu-i.. i,i,. . - done to rescue tho Injured m 1 r-rr..-.'. uoaa uouic until uawu. Scxin b ,, flnally recovered. Tho dead are: Wm. Bivklcr, .. Cal., F.nglnecr Htnimp, Tpeki, K,,r ' man Harry Holltster, 1oiei,n' wi ..r, ......, a,,..,,H t. ii.'i.. Among those Injured nnv ; Maxwell, nn editor on th- F.v.r.isf Colorado Spring, Colo., hm, , ,Li i'ui anil onuiy nruisen. ..' t; , men or mall clerks weic f-ron-,y t: ; KILLED BY A Bnoir.EK. Toung Boy Blows Out Anot'.er'i l with a Cue. John Andrews, 8 years of ,., j eon of Andrew J. Audruxvs, i iv.t Ohio, killed hi 3-year-old I r th r. Til climbed upon n chnlr nn I i.r .!!, .', shotgun. Tho younger I. r tlnrn l. .I...- . . I I k . , . UUK UUl Ol W1I. Wlieil (JOUn i !:, 1 t-l nt lilm and pulled tho t r, I, r- little one' brain out. lie sleeping in au adjoining room, ai.lnl ea by the report oi the gun. ornT-i ; to llnd the child dend. It Is i.. t 4 murder wn tho boy' Intcntl"-,. K- understand the nature u( tic x; tJ Bfllli;tlon bad prevented his ( u,v- ripening, aud Intellectually he to hi years. DEFICIT 625,19 1129. The Government I Bunning Bi.jH Than Last Yo.u. Tho comparative stateiii' i.t f and expenditures of the gmv-i- j month of September shows t!. t a- to havo been 21,5s4.2l I. mi l tb -:l ture t2iS,57tf,&.)5, leaving n l ;;t mouth of il.VXt'i'Jl. lie d'.t three months of tho pro- nt : e2S,l'.l4,12'J, a compared w::hi U.h81.tiah for the corri'spntnliLiti.'J year. Tbo receipt during tin-Ivi show a Jjm as compan d mill, last year of nearly $3,:lh:i.M fr a ' and uuout f sno.ouu from intirnurto! Fatal Bailroad Wrjcl By n wreck on tho I.ehUli Yaij ( mile east of Ilutavia, N. ., ot:' in I mau Kimbull, wa killed, u:. l i:..vj nl McCurthy was filially li,ui bound freight tralu o. .iiu ;. ini.'in track ut Niagara .Iiiii 't'. i H Lehigh connect with lv;i:."t" ! tho Now York Central, pr l.jtiv I hot i.mrniil. While st.in In . t: lino a douhlo helider, aN wfi- thunderiug up behind and .nt'.tii roar of tho standing train, i i.i'j. for aouarter of a mile nl-tytsJ Just then n westbound 1 r-i : nnd added to the devH-tiiticii'y.tl to the derailed curs. 'I lie wain a gale, and somo of the ,Mr 'The lire resisted all cll. rts U n- for hour. Tho wreck I" vrry I remarkable that no m-T' tr-Injured. Kites aud B J'.oti Secretary Laniotil's ( rtl. t-; nort will contain a r"c, ::,n,'t:V increase lu tho uppr .priuti nf ' Service of the iirmy. '1 Ii" ' is wanted to enable thi- I ni: i ' vice to make experiment- v.iu i.uo In tin) iirini'. The Signal Service of t! " H ineiit has authorl.ed t;.w t-'-l somo investigation xxiih I .n. ' eriior' Island. Llectii city it ' Miitwiclli.ti U'ilh III,- eMicRX-tf"' slble, some dovlco xvlll i "pf signal can be ex liai.g J : poluts. Fatalities atsFurusI Thu cast house i f tl: l -l' Temple station, live n,;! I'll., wns blown down by a doyen workmen xvere in ' men were pinned doxvn I )'!'' and it was some time i: - ...,u,,l....l The killed are: '..lxvir! -I Siuunel Trout. The n.j Collar. Joseph liotlicnli'i William Hehadler. W 'lliiam badly hurt, uud it is Isii' them will die. MaJeaobuietU Cs:"::' The convention of Mu - ...... ... ,l,,,0i,l,l m' 1 - Alalia t Jl .,tvi it ..,.' j mi. I r,r..l,l..nlljil elect' r It" 1 11.. ol..., Tl,.. hull u'h. . I'lrt Tbo gathering wus very !'; A and ursi gallery were '""",1 or -more dolouutes. Hon. s.f'J nominated for governor V ci . .. .. kj. t .. iihn VW acclamation. The St. LouM domed. Murdered sni The headless body ofs, found in the Mouoiwahflst Grove aud a fuxv days W found burled lu sand sun r yards from wbero the bodj ( vest and hut was found . from where the bean were Ideiitllled ns th'"': J old resident of Plllsuum, LATE TELEGBAfSf The amount of tax 1?" 'j TDuraauy was ris.WVi" i Mr. Frazer.abrldsol ' J killed huisolf In Cslrv I cause. J Tbe Bank of Atlsiitif,.Jpj failed, with llablllti" " ' of 150,000. Duke Albert,of 'urt' injured oy a wounu tbe Austrian Alps. Ind '.!PL the lit ii f. :
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