Disasters, Accidents and Fatalities.
Mary Stanton, a pretty young actress
ied at New York. A post mortem exami-
‘nation showed that her death was caused by
excessive cigarette smoking. Miss Staston
came here last winter from Cincinnati, O.
It is said that she smoked a dozen packages
©f cigarettes a day.
Two little boys named Nieman were
Burned to death in their home at St. Louis.
‘Their parents had locked them in and went
visiting. It is supposed the children found
‘Some matches and set the house on fire.
XE. D. Campbell, a professor in the Ann
Arbor. Mich., University, while at work in
the chemical laboratory, over. a glass re-
‘ceiver containing hydrogen and oxygen, the
8as exploded and both his eyes were de-
Stroyed. His eyes were removed by the
surgeons.
At Iron River, Mich., an eHlerly Polish
Woman, named Mrs. Martin Falorski, was
arrested and looked up in the small frame
structure used as a jail, where she was left
alone for the night. Next morning the jail
was found to be a heap of ashes, in which
was found the charre¢ remains of the
‘woman,
At Saginaw, Mich., tne bodies of Mrs.
Hattie Ormond and her nine-months-old
‘son were found in a cistern at the family
yesidence. It is presumed that the drown-
ing was accidental. Mrs. Ormond was only
eighteen years old.
Washington News.
Part of the Star newspaper building was
burned. Loss by fire and water; $25,000; in-
sured. Sixty printers escaped with diffi-
culty.
Secretary Elkins directed the Department
‘Quartermaster at St. Louis to send immedi-
‘ately 300 tents to the Mayor of Columbus
Miss. for the benefit of the sufferers from the
recent floods.
The vessels to eomprise the Behring Sea
fleet during the coming sealing season are
‘the Mohican, the Adams,the Ranger and the
Yorktown, two revenue cutters, the Corwin
and the Rush and the fish commissioner's
steamer, the Albatross. England, it is un-
derstood, will'send three gunboats to assist
n police duty. The Thetis will not be taken
away from the submarine cable survey
work. Allthe vessels areto be under way
early in-May.
‘The New Orleans affair was finally and
tisfactorily settled. The United States
government has paid to the families of the
victims the sum of $25,000. The diplomatic
lations between Italy and America are
aestored.
~ Secretary Foster requested the resignation
«of John E. Milholland, chief inspector of the
ammigration bureau at New York.
A letter has been received from Represen-
tative Springer, at Virginia Beach, stating
‘that his condition continues to improve and
he has gained twelve pounds since he left
Washington.
‘The condition of Mrs. Harrison is much
The House Committee on Postoffices and
Postroads completed its appropriation bill
Hor the next fiscal year. The bill carries an
appropriatson of about $80,000,000, against
$77,921,222 appropriated for the current year.
“This is about $323,400 less than the estimates
submitted.
Minister Albert G. Porter, who is now ut
Indianapolis, Ind. received a telegram from
Secretary of State Blaine instructing him to
seturn to Rome. Minister Porter left for
“Washington. He expressed much satis-
Faction af the settlement of difference be-
tween this Government and Italy.
A bill was reported favorably to the House
#0 declare all Indians citizens who have
attended school ten years at the Govern-
anent’s expense, provided they are 21 years
of age.
President Harrison proclaimed the exist-
ence of an international copyright agree-
fment with Germany.
Capital, Labor and Industrial,
A new organization to be called the In.
ternational Federation of Machinery trades
~ awas organized in Chicago, witha member-
ship of 50,000.
. Beaver Falls (Pa.), merchant tailors have
4 signed their journeymen’s scale.
New Orleans street car companies, to pre.
went a tie-up, have conceded the demand of
drivers for a reduction of their working day
17 to 12 hours at the same wages—
mion workman at the Piqua (0.) tin mill
‘on strike.
‘A majority of the Durham, England.
jiners now on strike have again voted to
tinue the strike.
United Mine Workers of district 17,
est Virginia, have prepared their scale to
resented to the operators on May 1, and
to the national executive board for
‘and the firm is securing hors to
Ata meeting at London, the Durham
ners on the third ballot reiterated their
ans 0., have
gal wines, 10 take stock in the joint
The Lily White State ican conven:
n was held'at Dallas, Texas. A full State
: ticket was named, headed by Andres Jack-
son Houston, son of General Sam Houston,
for Governor.
Up to date every county in Wisconsin that
has chosen delegates to the State convention
has selected men known to be followers of
ex-President Cleveland, and the party lead-
ers now say it is practically certain he will
have a solid delegation from that State in
the national convention.
The State Executive Committee of the
Georgia State Alliance met at Atlanta, Ga.,
and unanimously passed a resolution de-
manding that all counties which have in-
dorsed the People’s party movement must
rescind such action promptly or surrender
their charters.
The colored Republicans of Maryland, in
mass meeting at Baltimore, demanded that
they be given four of the sixteen delegates
to the Republican National Convention.
The Michigan Republican State "Conven-
tion met at Detroit to choose delegates to the
National Convention. Of the delegates at
men next. No instructions were given. v
The N. C. State Republican Convention
met at Raleigh. James H. Young. colored,
Collector of the Port of Wilmington, was
chosen Temporary Chairman, and address-
ed the convention. John B. Earles was re-
elected Chairman of the State Hepublican
Executive Committee. The whole ticket
was nominated.
The Wyoming Democratic State Conven-
tion which met at Douglass. Six del
and six alternates were elected the
Chicago Convention. The delegation was
uninstructed, but favors D. B. Hill for
President.
The Republican Stats Jonvention of
Florida met at Jacksonville and elected
delegates at large to the Minneapolis con-
vention. They are instructed to vote for
Benjamin Harrison for President.
The N. C. Republican State Convention
met at Raleigh and elected delegates to the
National Convention, after resolutions #n-
structing them to vote for Harrison first,
last and all the time had been adopted by
acclamation.
The Republican State Convention of
Seattle, Wash., elected delegates to Minne-
apolis. The platform adopted indorses the
administration of President Harrison.
Crime and Penalties.
In a fight between four negro train rob-
bers and a posse of officers at Birmingham,
Ala., one of the robbers, Tom Wright, was
killed. The other three after a desperate
chase and fight were captured.
Miss Mary Anderson,daughter of a promi-
nent citizen in Webster "Grove; St. Louis,
She had previously received a letter from
her lover which had a depressing effect up-
‘on her spirits.
Louis Harriot, the murderer of Mrs.
Leonard, was hanged at Freehold, N. J.
Elijah Haley, of Philadelphia, crazed by
dyspepsia, killed himself by cutting his
throat. ;
George Gerry, a variety actor at the
World's theatre, Boston, Mass., shot and
fatally wounded a young women who had
been living with him as his wife.
John Yates and Lester Coke both loved the
the same girl, who lives near Cove City, Ga.
Yates removed his rival by stabbing him .to
the heart. The murderer isin hiding.
Financial and Commercial.
The movementto form a trust of the
glass factories of the Ohio valley in opposi-
tion to the United States combine has fallen
through
A Saginaw syndicate has bought a timber
tract on Ottawa river, Canada, expecting to
cut therefrom 500,000,000 feet of pine, for
$800,000. Another Saginaw firm has pur-
chased almost as valuable a tract.
The Lehigh Iron Company,of Allentown,
Pa., which failed a few days ago for about
$300,000, has assigned.
The St. Paul, Minn., German Fire Insur-
ance company made an assignment for the
benefit of its creditors on account of insuf-
ficient business. Its stockholders are the
only persons who will suffer, and all obli-
gations will be met in full. The St. Paul
German Accident Insurance company is not
affected by the failure,
The New York Interstate Bank went into
‘voluntary liquidation. All the depositors
have been paid in full.
The directors of the Southern Lumber
Manufacturers Association have raised the
price of yellow pine lumber 50 cents a thou-
sand, to take effect on May 1.
Legislative.
In the provincial assembly the bill pro.
viding for thre admission of women to study
and practicelaw in Ontario passed a third
reading.
Senator Canton’s Congressional reappor-
tionment bill passed the N. Y. Assembly
without amendment—ayes 66, nays 59—and
the bill was signed by the Governor.
The bill al'owing women to vote for all
State officers, including the governor, passed
the New York assembly by 69 votes. ‘Phil’?
Wissing of the Eighth district opposed the
bill in a speech so vile that it made the wo-
men, who had gathered to hear the debate,
cover their faces to hide their burning
blushes of shame. Every sentence contain-
ed'a double meaning. When Wessing ceased
Col. Webster demanded that his language
be expunged from the record. A dozen
members were instantly on their feet to
second the demand and a motion to ex-
punge was carried in thunder tones.
In the New York Senate a bill was passed
fixing the wages in New York City for la-
borers at $2 a day.
Mortuary.
The casket containing the remains of Walt
‘Whitman, which, since the day of his funer-
al, has rested upon the trestles on the floor
of the tomb in the cemetery, was on Satur-
day placed in the cript prepared for itand
hermetically sealed.
Hon. Alexander Mackenzie died at To-
ronto, Ont. He was born in Perthshire,
Scot!and, in 1822; and came to Canada in
1842. In business he was a builder, and
then the publisher of a newspaper. In
politics he was a Liberal. He first entered
| parliament in 1861, when he was elected to
| the united parliament of Upper and Lower
Canada for the Lambin division.
large, all are Alger men first and Harrison -
committed suicide by poisoning on Tuesday. |'
Miss Amelia B. Ed the
lecturer and nei Birt London.”
was 61, years of age.
Senator Stephens, representing the Bed-
ford division of Quebec, Canada, is dead,
aged 78. He was a liberal in politics.
#After an illness of only two days, Judge
John McMichael expired at New Castle, Pa.
He was elected in 1884, and was one of the
best and most favorably k aown law Judges
in Pennsylvania.
> Fires
At Leavenworth Kan., four stores. Loss,
$1000,000; nearly tovered by insurance.
At Orange, Tex., several saw mills, a store
and residence. Loss $63,000; insured.
The main building of Clark university for
colored students, near Atlanta, Ga., was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss estimated at "810, 000,
The paper mill of Z. & W. Crane, of
Coltsville, Mass., known as the government
mill, and where all the United States bank
and treasury note paper has been made for
thirteen years, was burned. The loss will
be $125,000; insurance, $75,000.
The City mills, Flint, Mich., owned by J.
E. Burrows & Co:, which were well stocked
with flour and grain, and G. A. Cartharin’s
elevator, adjoining, were burned. The
total loss is over $35,000; insurance, $8,000.
The Weather.
A terrific storm of wind, snow and hail
is raging all over the West and Northwest
and the prospects are that great damage will
be done to fruits and cereals. Trains are
delayed and telegraph wires are down in
many localities. It has snowed hard over
the greater portion of Minnesota, - North
and South Dakota, Wisconsin, Illinois and
Towa, the depth ranging from four to eight
inches.
Snow fell to-day in Dublin, in the Mid-
lands and in the South of England.
At Boone, Ia., there are nearly 18 inches
of snow on the level. Sleighs are out and
the sleighing is good. A terrible snow storm
blocked the railroads for 30 miles south of
Albert Lea, Minn. Drifts were from 6 to
10 feet deep.
Three inches of snow fell at Newark, N.
J. Much dmage has been done in the
farming section.
Political.
The result of the electionin Newport. R.
I., makes the complexion of the next legis-
lature 66 Republicans, 31 Democrats, with
11 assemblymen to be chosen.
James H. Manning, Democrat, was elect
ed Mayor of Albany, N. Y., by over 5,000
majority. The entire Democratic city
ticket was elected yesterday bp over 5,000
majority. The Republicans gained two in
the Board of Aldermen and twe in the
Board of Supervisors.
Sanitary Items.
Eleven more persons afflicted with small.
pox were discovered in overcrowded tene-
ment heuses in New York City, where
hundreds have been exposed. The health
officials fear that the dreaded disease may
become epidemic.
Two cases of typhus fever and one death
from the disease occurred at Providence, R.
1. Thereis reason to believe: that the dis-
ease will spread.
Turf News.
At the annual horse show day at Gratz
‘park, Cincinnati, O., over $1,000,000 worth of
thoroughbred and trotting stallions and
hackney horses were on exhibition. Among
the visiting sta'lions were two hackneys™ be-
longing to John A. Logan, of Youngstown,
O. R.S. Strader bought from Charles Moore
the yearling filly Ora Clay, for $1,000. R. B.
Metcalf has bought of W. W. O'Donnell, Le-
banon, Tenn., the chestnut filly Preference,
3 years old.
She
Crops.
Peach prospects are uninjured from the
late cold snap in at least some Indiana
counties.
The Michigan crop report says the wheat
plant has sustained no material injury.
There is an average decrease of 23 per cent.
in the cotton acreage in the Southwest.
Judicial.
Judge McPherson handed down an opinion
at Harrisburg, Pa., declaring the accident
jnsurance plan of the Philadelphia Inquirer
a violation of the insurance laws and ex-
cluding it from continuing it.
Railroad News.
In the Lehigh Valley shops at Wilkes-
barre, Pa., many hundreds of workmen are
reduced to half time until further orders.
Personal.
Ex-Senator Evarts, of New York, is suffer-
ing from an effection of the eyes which is
incurable and he may go totally blind.
Miscellaneous,
William Smith, of Chicage, accused of
holding his little daughter, Kittie, against a
hot stove and burning both her arms so
that amputation was necessary, was acquit-
ted. The armless child resolutely refused
to incriminate the father. “His defense was
that she was subject to fits, and that the
affair was an accident.
James W. Cooper, who served on the jury
in the Schneider murder case at Washing:
ton, D. C., died on Tuesday. The long con-
finement and consequent mental strain had
affected him, and when he was discharged
hehad lost over 30 pounds.
Twelve specimen sheep from Bushire, the
principal entrepot of Persia, on the Persian
gulf, have arrived at London. They are
consigned to the agricultural department at
Washington, D. C,, by Truxton Beale, the
American consul general at Teheran, to
whom they were sent from Bushire.
A revival in the African Methodist church
at Corsicana, Tex., has been so successful
that it has attracted members from other
churches. This aroused so muc h ill-feeling
that someone burned the Methodist church
and parsonageto the ground, Many ar-
rests have been made.
Bombs Thrown Into a Procession.
Capiz, O., April 18.—On Holy Thursday
there was a public procession of worshipers,
the priests bearing religious emblems and
relics. Everybody in the procession was
passing slowly along, without the least
thought of danger, when suddenly two
petards directly into the procession.
confusion and excitement the villains ‘who
threw the petards made their escape. = A
number of the precessionists were more . or
less injured by the explosion, but fortu
as killed.
nately nobody . was
well-known
men in the crowd of onlookers threw two }
Inthe |
UBLE WITH ITALY ENDED.
The vs. Pays Over: /125,000. Francs &a
Indemnity for ned Italians.
“Diplomatic | ns Re-
new ed.
WasmiNGTON, Aptil 16.—A settlement has
been arrived at between the United States
and Italy respecting the lynching of the
Italians at New Orleans. The following
correspondence on the subject,is sufficiently
1 et ;
SEpisnBIory DEPARTMENT OF STATE, }
‘WASHINGTON, ApH 16, 1s
Marquis Imperiali, an des Affairs of Italy.
Sir. Loongratulate you that the onli ex-
isting between t! ho Unlled States and Italy, growing
out of the lam le massacre at New Orleans in
, is'about to be terminated. The
ouch an injury there should
the: aisastion on of Linas
ee and oP
Re ta oid d frien ions ot the el
tes and Italy may be resto othing
untoward may ever again occur to Jhat Bo as
harmonious friendship.
I avail myself of this occasion to assure Jog that
Jour Drolonsed service, at this capital as Ch
des Affairs, has been mar]
Ss you gratert and nd acceptablo to
ment of the 5, to renew Be you the
assurance of my high Consideration.
MES G. BLAINE.
ASHINGTON, April 18, 1892.
gis Exoellency Tames of . Blaine, Sterctary of’ mm
Mz. SECRETARY OF STATE: —You were Plea
inform me by your note of to-day that th i derad
Government: Jad 4 decided to pay to tals by Nay
indemnity th of 125,000 Li to be distri
ed by the Itall ku Goveranient among the families pra
imsof the Madsa-
1. in the city of
expressed
hy Bi ident
woul tan end ncident to
hi h that de, Sy occurrence a Sp -e, and
ride would Tien fly re ont Detween the two:coun-
s woul ree
ah pe
the la. he y the President in os
fees a r last, and after having fails ly Lapprock
WOr ora yegre etand censure
he Chief ire Hitars of the
So ie reccommendations
ory wisdom
Govern t of His
ty is n ad that the UO) nited States
acknowledge that it is thelr solemn duty, and at the
game time a great pleasure, to pay an indemnity to
al
’s Government does not hesitate to ac-
pt this indemni y, mon ut-projadic e to the Jd
Charan ‘which it may be proper for the partiés to
ake, and, Sih the re Ee obtained suf.
Sent, 1 1tsces 9s no Sgn Lghy. the relations betwee:
which relations choald
ents Ot
should z not again
Ll age hav on ally been in the
Bath apd, as as it is to be hoped tl t they will ever be,
e
Sure the foregoing to your knowledge, in
Yor of the authorization given me by His Excel-
lency, the Marquis di Rudini Pres dent of the
Council, Affairs,
ie honor
lomatic relations be-
tates are this moment
ave
LA oeloncy 4 ab tne a
tween Italy and the United
fully re-established,
ten moreover in obedience to instructions
te inform you, that poSding he Minister's
feturn to oe Capital, Ihave e of the
oval 1 Legislation, in ‘the ey of Fi d'Af.
Be Pleased to accept, etc.,
IMPERIALL
The money which was paid to Marquis
Imperiali, was taken from the fund which
is usually appropriated for the State De-
Dartiwens to be used in emergencies and for
ial and extraordinary purposes, such as
i ® preseht. The fund for the current year
amonnted to ,000,and has been drawn
upon in addition to this $25,000 ‘for ‘expen-
ses at Santiago and Val raiso during fhe
Chilian controversy, and to meet expen
Sontiected with the Bering Sea negotia-
ions,
Rome, April 16—The newspapers this
mornin contain editorials on the settlemen
of the New Orleans difficulty. They are
unanimous in expressing satisfaction with
the terms offered by the United States gov-
ernment, and the acceptance of the same og
Italy, andthe hope is earnestly exprassan
that the friendly relations now resumed will
dever be interripred | in the future.
dependent of the republic of Brazil.
Smallpox is still raging at San Salvador in
spite of all efforts tocheck it.
Fire at Nogoya, Japan, March 22, destroy-
entailing a loss of $350,000,
A Russian ukase has been issued prohi-
biting even the naturalized foreigners from
settling outside the townsin Volhynia or tc
possess real estate in Volhynia unless they
embrace the religion of the Orthodox Greek
church.
Cholera is spreading at an’ alarming rate
in Punjaub, British India.
Anna Sainio, wife of a professor at the
State college at Tavastehuns. Finland, who
was charged with having murdered her hus-
band, has been found guilty. The courl
sentenced her to be beheaded and ordered
that her body be afterwards burned. The
woman is only 22 years old. She was marri-
ed to Prof. Sainio in 1889, and has one child
An epidemic of black smallpox is raging
in Poland, especially on the Gallician fron-
tier. |The disease. is very fatal, most of
those who are attacked dying on the third
day.
Cholerine in a virulent form is raging in
the Nanterre penitentiary, France. Fifty
two convicts died last week.
The empress of Germany has forbidder
the ladies of the Berlin court to read Frenck
novels. She has dismissed two maids o1
honor for joking with the emperor.
Baron Fava has received orders to return
to his post at the Italian Legation at Wash-
ington.
EXPRESS ROBBERS AT WORK.
They Hold Up a Passenger Train Near
New Orleans, Securing About $2,000,
New ©Orreaxs, April 16.—A passenger
train on the Illinois Central road was held
up by robbers bétween Arcola and Tan-
gipopa Sieions, and the express car rifled of
about $2, .
When train arrived at Hammond sta-
tian a stranger jumped aboard the engine,
and drawing a pair of pistols on the engi-
neer and fireman ordered them to go ahead,
which they did. The train was scheduled
to take a siding at Independence to allow
another train to pass, and when that point
was reached four other robbers got aboard
he engine... As soon as the ‘southbound
ttrain had passed the robbers forced the en-
gineer'and fireman to goto the express car
and compel the messenger to open the door.
He refused to doso, but an entrance was
effected nevertheless, and while some of the
robbers held the passengers in check the
others compelled the messenger to open the
safes, from which they secure 1 about $2,000
and made their escape. None of the pas-
sengers were molested. A Sheriff and
. posse aided by bloodhounds are tracking
the fleeing robbers.
“Burrendered to United State Troops.
. DEXVER, April 18—Word has been received
"mere that the cattlemen who were besieged
‘released by the United States troops, who
“disarmed them and took them as prisoners
to Fort Mekinney, 7
it is “lution offered by Mr. Si
ville,
§llachi 3, Of
ed the temple and tower and 1,300 houses,
by rustlers at the L. A. Ranch have been
1 constitutional
jon of Senators b; $e aif ihe
le, pending which Mr. Cameron ca
Dae session on the alleged betrays]
of Senate secrets by Senate employes
a the House to-day the Followin bills
: To make West Point, Va., a
rt of entry and delivery; anthorizing
She: ashington and Oregon Bridge Com-
any to construct a bridge across the Colum-
pe river; repealin hs ~-of last session
allowing the Secre War to léase a
pier at the mouth of | The Chicago river, Chis
cago. This being District Day the House
proceeded with the consideration of bibls
relating to the District of Columbia,
TurspAY.—After Joutine business the reso.
tewart in ‘relation to te
thle purchase of silver and the coinage of
standard silver dollars having been fen
and amended (on motion of Mr. Sh
by inserting the words ‘‘and a detal state
ment of the amoun t purchased each day.”
sMr. Stewart addressed the Senate on the sub-
ject. After a lengthy debate the joint reso-
Iotion for a constitutional amendment was
referred to the Committee on Privileges and
Elections and the Senate having passed a
number of bills on the calendar adjourned.
The session of the House to-day was with-
out special interest. Mr. Allen of Mississip-
pi,asked unanimous consent for the present
eonsideration of a joint resolution a
rating $50,000 for purchase und distribu-,
Fon tence stores to the sufferers
from pik overflow of the Tombigbee river
and its tributaries. | Mr, Kilgore of Texas,
objected, and the resolution \ was referred.
“The House then went info committee of the
whole (Mr. O'Ferral, of Virginia, in the
chair) on the urgenc Jeficiency appr mas
tion bill, and soon after adj ed,
WEDNESDAY.—In the senate Mr. olph,
from the Committee on Forei Relations,
‘reported back the House bill for the abso-
lute prohibition of the coming of Chinese
into the United States with a substitute.
After discussion the bill, with the substi-
tute, was placed on the calendar. The.
Senate then proceededed to consideration of
bills on the calendar—disposing of the
principal ones as follows: To: reorganize
he artillery and infantry of the army and
to increase its efficiency.” Passed. Authoriz-
ing the Secretary of War to cause an explor-
ation and survey to be made of the interior
of the territory of Alaska. Passed. House
bill to establis:
the several in of artillery, cavalry and
infantry of the army. Passed. Forthe ex-
amination and promotion of enlisted men
of the army to 2 e grade of second lieuten-
ant. Passed. > pravide for fixing a juni-
form standard x classification and ading
of wheat, corn, oats, barley and sye. Pass
The Senate then proceeded to executive
business, referring to the appropriate com-
mittees a number of nominations as well as
a comminication receiv from the Presi-
det, and then a; journed. 4 Bbof
After passin a bi. inting right of wa
throu the ny ey to the Cay
klahoma and Gulf Railroad company,
the House went into committee of the
whole, Mr. Shively, of Indiana, in the chair,
on the naval appropriation bill. Mr. Bou-
telle, of Maine, moved to amend the para-
graph for the increase of the navy by 0
viding for two ast, sea-going coast-line
pisceont of rout a0 000
tons of a ceeding $4,000,000
eac rine action, 3 Committee rose
and the House adjourned.
TaURsDAY—The Senate early in its s session
went to the calendar and padsed a large
number of bills. Among them were: A bill
appropriating $500,000 for the erection of an
itional wing to the National Myseu
‘Washington; a “hill eltending gree x
livery totowns of 5, oo inh
000 annual postal
tal nde
*FripAY—The House today accomplished
nothing whatever in the way of legislation.
Numberless bills ported for the
erection of public buildings, and the House
then went into Commit! )
the private calendar. ‘Not being able to
malke any headway the House adjourned.
Sarurpay—The Senate wasmot in session.
After the disposal of routine bus
the Hoilise wend into mmi
whole, Mr. Bhively.ot 1 ian.
on the naval-appr
dleton, of hCoA,
tion made b
the bill the ¢ Hanes for hen i of
one grmed cruiser, and also Mr. Brutelle's
amendment for the gonstriction of two
battleshi ips and torped . "Pendin
further discussion the committe TOSe an
the House adjourned.
pe Ql eee. >
THE LAST SAD ACT.
The Bodies of the Hill Farm Mine Vie
tims Recovered.
ness to-day
of the
Uniontown, PA., April 13.—The last three :
of the Hill farm mine victims were found in’
the main slope to-day. Two bodies were
found yesterday and one, that of Barney
Maust, was found a week ago.
All the bodies were badly decomposed.
Maust’s body was identified by the coal
checks in his pocket. :
The presence of checks or other articles
on the other bodies ‘were all that led to
their identification. The bodies were placed
in rough boxes and after being viewed! by
Coroner Holbert and his jury they were
quietly interred.
The names of the six men are as follows:
" James McCune, aged 32, left a widow and
one child; Peter Eagan, 26 years old, left a
widow aud five children; William Hays,
aged 21 years, unmarried, his is ‘the trap-
per boy whose lamp fired the gas); Milwon'
Turney; 26 years old; left a widow and ‘two
children; Joseph Bigley, 30 years old, left a
widow and ¢hildren;
years old, left'a widow, but no children.
emai A rite
IT COST NINE LIVES.
The Moosic Powder Mills, Near Wilkes:
barre, Blown Up.
‘WILKESBARRE, PA., April 14.—A frightful
explosion of powder Gompletery demolished
the mills of the Moosic Powder Company
to-day. The shocks were felt over a radius
of 40 miles, and thousands of people in sur-
rounding towns rushed out of doors, think-
an earthquake had taken place.
Eight men were killed and one fatally} in-
jur The dead are: John
‘Aaron Coolbaugh, Bdward J. Vand rberg,
Caradog Reese,
Allen Smail'and George Allis.
The loss will reach $20,000. ’
The explosion occurre in the packing
room, wheére 800 kegs of ‘der were stored
at the time, moh weighing'25 pounds. Its
believed by those 1-ft, who opened the
mills, that the accident was caused by fric:
tion from one os the rollers, but this is all
that will ever be known about, it.
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Forty Natives Killed
OALoUTTA, April. 18, ~The Lushals, who
have been harrassing the British line of
communications between Lungle and Dam-
agiri, attacked the British camp at Tuichohg
on Aptil 6. After four hours’ fighting they
were repulsed with 40 killed. The same
party attacked Capt. Shakespeare’ 8 column
on April 7 and the Talthuama stockade on
April 9. The Lushais were defeated on
each occasion.
ounded.
lineal promotion throughout
or 35.
Barney ' Maust, 29
bons, |
aniel Carey, Moses Tucker, :
The British had pont five
WORLD'S FE}
. Fiscoxsix will have a 880,000
A 100-7247.05D bearing orang
San Gabriel, is one of the
“the Ro vote of the |
OSTRICH eggs,
nei is A nn
prize competiti
Pb maa oy Caps tolong. South.
frat sent to Chicago next’
Ew HAMPSHIRE, which claims to be
“Seer of ects Swi has ap,
tely to erect wiss chale
Wor s Fair Building. SH
A NUMBER of owners of Steam yachts |
New York intend to utilizes them
port -and their friends to t
R. 8. idl of Newburn, N. C., claims=
to have fragments of the chain which re—
strained Columbtis when he ‘was in prison,
god he intends to.exhibit them at the
J. C. Calhoun, of New York, says he
ieces of the house in San “Domingo in which:
es was imprisoned and’ he hss
similar di :
lal ete CoMissToNER ALEXANDER
Roms to the effect
there will be a fine exhibit of the m
tapestries, Columbian relics, and other
ures of the Vatician which
been on ‘exhibition. He further reports th
the Ethnographic Museum of Rome
mbian ‘antiq
THE Missouri World's Fair Board has f
warded to Chicago ning tree trunks to.c
poss three of the eolumns of the rusticc
Dido aretind he £2 r i
trunks are ca specimens o
white oak, = oak, ash, cy, =
and ory n has also —
of timber al
ns
Great Western ilway of
wir exhibit in the Rate,
984. The Habiicies Suage contracts
already made are $4,602,724. -
fave been £6,252, A ns the ent
m. stock Ax bi
tional Gamiraiest
more is needed; including $700,000 for~
awards, sd
An Ancient Austrian Custom. ae
VieNNA—In compliance with ‘an: anciensic |
custom, Emperot Francis Joseph on’ Holy
at the Imperial Palace. This custom is. an
imitation of the washing of the feet of the:
disciples by Christ, and has been followed”
by the emperors of the house of Hapsburgs
from time immemorial. ' After thé cere
mony the Kaiser presented to each -of thes,
old men a purse containing 30 pieces of sik.
ver, accompanying the gift by a few”
kindly words. i
em sag
TERRIBLE FIRE IN TOKIO. :
. Six Thousand Houses Burned and 500%
: i Lives Lost, i
Loxnox, April | 13.—Dispatches frgme :
China to-day say that great ‘damage tow
property and a heavy loss of life has re-.
sulted from a fire in Tokio last Sunday..
Itis reported 6,000: houses were | destroyeds
and 50 lives lost. There are also a number
of persons missing. Pa
Three Ohio Machinists Killed.
Liya, O., April 14.—A violent _explosi
took place to-day i in Hardy's machine sh
by which three men werekilled. A piston.
head brought to the shop for repairs = was+
put into the furnaces, and the heat converte
ed the water it contained into steamn. The~
furnace was blown to fragients. W.Henry,.
Frank Josett and Dave Hogan were struck:
by the red hot fragments and almost in--
stantly killed.
Flood Bufferers Housed in Tents,
Government tents were received here fcon=1
signed to the Mayor, who is distributing
them to those made homeless by the TeCents :
flood.
Stub Ends of Thought.
Measures )
‘Masters Mind.
Murders )
‘Give a man an inch and he will.
take an ell, but not of toothache. Lo
We oftener suspect a man of vicer
than of virtue. ;
His thoughts hung upon his words:
as beautiful pictureson hooks of gold.
: Age should make a woman beauti-
ul. -
If life were twice as long we prop
ably would not be twice as good. ©
We learn to love with easy teach
Mouth :
ing
% is really easier to pay a bill thao
to shirk it. z
A rich man may have all the pleas--
ures in life and still there is ju
much for the next one. .
m
To be married Is Bot alway to bo~.
erried. He
Thursday washed the feet of 12 poor mems
Covumsus, Miss, April 18.—Four hundred