MANY LIVES LOST. Westorn Penntylvanla Devastntod by Btormi. Tlm most violent hurricane Hint hn visit ed Western Pennsylvania for year swept over Allegheny county Momliiy evening. Two live with lot,tilid mi Immense nmoiiiit of damage enued. ntc-ples were Mown from church", fnllliivr on other I t i 1 1. 1 1 n tr Mill crushing tlnm In, houses were unroof ed, trees broken oil, (lift In som" cine torn up by tie-root, w hile the havoc caused by the hcnvy rainfall of Inst week win repeated. Ho far n reported tln-re wore two killed, one fnt nl ly Injured iiml an Injun-it more or l-s seriously. Three mctcrologle.il recor I wr- bro;i-n. It tun In tlm llist .Iiii-i llin liolti-it ilny of tho yi-nr, the thennonn l--r lit 4 o'clock win 11:1 degrees, the maximum point, 'llm rain fall for six minute li':it nil records In th" .local wi-iithi-r bureau, which extend luck V'-iirn. From 4:!M) to 4: lil over a third nt mi Ini'ti nf rain fell Into lit-- (rutin- mi th- roof of thn government huildlinr, I he other rec-onl-breakcr was thnt n veritable cold wnn passe 1 over the city during the storm. "I'll registering tlit-niioiit'-tt-r In tic wciillcr bureau showed Hint In 43 liilmi t the tem perature fi-ll Irom !U degree to 71, and th"n Wilt Itll'-k to hi, Tlm big belfry on Hit' John Wcl--y Afil v..i Methodist F.plseupnl '.Ion church, Arthur street, was Itlown oil Into a yard In th" not square, striking tho corner of n house ninl tilling ii a bn-k yard with tin- d"hrl-. 'I'll" florin seized Hi" st-eplc ol th" i I'liti-n-ary M. !'.. Church, whli-li Is over 2ft ft high, took Hi" ' Ik l'll nloiiir timl ilr-o-it It Into n neighboring urd, siloing ii torn"r oiT th" house of f. C. M" nrthy, on Klrkputrlck-st., do rln-; llm ili-41'i'iit. Tti" rear Mttloii of tlm Fifth I'tiltd Pres byterian church, Webster avenue and Wash ington street, was demolished. Probably th" saddest tontu r of th" terrible storm occurred lit Hugnr amp, which In I -rated a tnilf mil" east of Aspinwnll, nlong th" Allegheny river l ank. In the little forest of trees, numbering 1'tO, nearly nil wen- knock t'tl down hy tit" lorm mill lightning. A heavy branch frotn the tullcst sycamore tree In the grove fell with grout fori-" ovi-r th" canvas tent In which seven Allegheny boy wro seeking shelter from tho stotiti. One was klll'--t outright, nnotlitr was hii hitilly hurt tlmt In- will iln- ninl tin- oIIhth of tlm orowil wt-r" Hi'vi-ri'ly hrulitf-l nii-l Injuri'il. Kvi-n Itrlilir-'ti wi-r" wtMh'-il nwtiy li"tw"tn Coiiim'IUvIH" mill I'nloiitown on th" t on-niill-iv lllt ninl 1 iilrniont liriiu-li of t!n II. A O. ft... ...n . n j x I 1 1. I I..., nll,. lolnir Inimun'tH tlnnmu" to tin- "orn nnl outs cropn, F.ntlre op-hnrtln wt-r tulii"il runt eountry roinl ar full of fnlkn tri'i-t. Tho mfrrj-iro-round tt-ut at 1 i I . w i 1 I w Mown down mnl torn to ittw. luoi-tint niln here hn ruined tliniiinndu of dollurn' worth for the fiirment in thin valley. I,nte renortii from over Wtiihliu-ton "oun ty nhow that the ntorin wan tlm irreatent In st-ent yenni. In the oil llelil-i nil i-normonii (mount of oil win lot throuuh hrehkliiK of niiil'Mt. Ituntln-ila of lirlilu" were wa"h"d way. Traflli; on the W, A W. rnllwiiy In unieiiil"il. Two bridge were wnnhed out oonr Hw'knoyn Htntlon. At Vhiliiilelphin a heavy rainstorm hnvlnix triftuy features of a tornado jins"d over tlm city i-hortly nrter 6 o'clock. Very little dam age was done. The storm was general In eatern PennsyU vnnia, Now Jersey nnd Helawnr". I.ljlitHlntr played many prank with trolley mid el"cirio wire, ami many hams were struck liy HkIU ninfi unit di-stroyed. A storm swept over New York, accompani ed by heavy thunder nnd a brilliant display of lightning. The maximum velocity of th" wind was M miles, but this lasted only live minutes. lb-ports from the far W".t iy that th" loss Is Inestimable over Northwestern Iowa, Northwi-stcrn N"hrnska ninl Southi-ntern Houth Dakota. From Movllle, within an area extending one mile south, thr"" east, sixteen west, mid eight north of town stand ing grain everywhere suileri-d ttoin live to ton bushels to the uero, and ill many eases totally destroyed. Intlmtowu Itself many buildings were injured and can-ely a w iioie pane of glass remains. In Plymouth county, ,'lrant, Fredcnln, Meadow, Klglu nnd l'pvton townships sus tainetl the greatest los. Hoofs were licaten through by the foro" of the hall, ( ou-hl, .ru ble stock was killed and th" ground won literally trer il with dead hog and poul try. The heaviest loss was to corn, which mn beaten completely to pieces. In Sioux City the loss Is henvv, inanv buildings he trig ruined. It is estimated nt tViOil.um). The railroads ns usual were heavy suffer ers, the damage to them being immense. Ou the Baltimore nnd Ohio ritllrond a trestle east of Crouch's station was washed out, tho station platform washed away ninl several hundred yards of track covered and twisted so that it d to be i-elnid. At Flnleyvllle the track was covered for more time half a mile and numerous washouts are report.il. At Cunonshurg the water covered the fair grounds, fences were washed awav and nouses on the lowlands Hooded. (In the south side and east end of Canousburg the damage was greatest. The tires of the boil ers of the electric plant were put out and the town was In darkness. At Prosperity the rain storm was the heav iest ever known, the precipitation amount ing to two Inches in two hours. Ten mile creek at that point was the highest ever known. Daniel Dile came near losing his life In Attempting to save a horse so rapid was the rise. In the West Middletown re. gion the worst damage was to culverts. At Penn Station the wind caught the two story frame dwelling of John Driestadl nnd completely oemollMitvi u. me uniliy osenpeu Just as the roof was lifted and lost the entire contents, ltnin Hooded tho lower part of the town and along llruah creek residents were forced to leave their dwellings, the water reaching almoet to the top ot the first story ot the buildings. Altogether six houses wore unroofed and about two score Hooded JAMESON'S PARTY GUILTY. Lord Chief Jnitios Buiiell Emphasised ths Trial's Importance. The case of Dr. Jameson, Maj. 6L Johu Willoughby, MJ. Rulelgh Orcy, Col. II. F. 'White, Maj. C. White and the Hon. Henry F. Coventry, who too k prominent parts in tbe recent raids into the Transvaul, wo con tinued in Uie high courts of justiim in Lou don, July VI, before Lord Chief Justice itue sell, Huron Pollock uud Mr. Justice lluw kiun. The defendants are churned with vio lating the foreign enlistment act of 1H70, in that they took purt in au armed expedition against a state with which Great Brltuiu was at peace. Counsel for the defense and the prosecu tion submitted their eases, aud Lord Chief Justice Kuiotell began to sum up tbe cose. At that time the court room was crowded, interest lu the case reviving as it draws to a close. Among tuoje present were many well-known society ladles. Lord Itussell .einphasused the Importance of the trial. He said that the crime with whleb the defendant! were charged might entail consequences which nobody could - foresee. There bad been no attempt to guiu say the statements of the witnesses for the prosecution, but if the jury had any real doubt as to the nature of tbe defendants' acts they would give them the benefits of '1U . All the defendants were found guilty. Boston Wool Market Meager sales and a general llstnese are th eharaoterlstlc of the wool market lust now, and the outlook Is far bom reassurlug. ENDED IN A FIGHT. BoolalMt Congress In London Abruptly Adjourned. The fourth International soilnllst trade congress opened In London. July 27, HflO delegate from nil purls of Kuropeniitl from the Fulled Htates, Australia nnd the Argen tine llepubllii itclng present. Among the ileli'giiles are ci) representatives of British trade unions. Among lb" American delegates nre Luelnn Haiilnl, of the soclalNt trade and labor nl II- au Matthew Mairulre, who repre-ents the soeallt labor party, of New Jersey: II. Bes lold, who represcnis the brewery employes, and M. Hal-Li Alining III" French delegates nre repre. sctitntf,cs of Ihe bourse du Travail, of Purls, Lyons, habit Fllciiuo nnd other indiistrlul centers and the federation of syndicates, Theticrinnn delegates Include two members of the rt'lclwtng. It Is expected that th" congress will bo more Important than those held In Paris lu I In Brussels in lH'.il nnd In Zurich lu IH'M. A bire majority i.f the dclcgati voted against the admission of anarchists when th" I'liestlon of whether they should he re ceived us iociHt''s was mooted In tbtt plenary congress. The itnnreblsts, who were present with their credentials as trades unionists. Insisted upon the right of speaking. Tin Fniill-h and Herman delegates warmly opposed their being allowed to air their views on any subject before tlm congress nnd eliiinort'd for an Immcilintt vo'.e of th"lr ex pulsion. A prolonged uproar followed, the anarchists and their supporters being appar ently ib-lniiliit-it that they should be receiv ed lis del "i;ntis. l b chilli mini's b. was rung for several minute in n vain attempt to secure order, both sides shouting at once. Finally the an archists tried to storm the platform, and then occurred n most dlsuract.ful scene. Their opponents rallied In Inuit of the pltitfrrm and hurled the anarchists back In llstlculT en counters. The delegates of the British Independent labor party sided with the anarchists lu their efforts to command recognition. .latin s Kelr Hurdle, who formerly repre sented the labor party In the house of com mons, was conspicuous for his bawling and his personal threats against the chairman. It having been found Impossible to restore ev-'ii a semblance ol order, the chairman dt clare l the emigres niljuiirneil until to-nior-ro'.v, and onb re 1 the hall to be cleared. After the adjournment the deegnt-s form ed in groups in tin street In Iront of tbe ball and continued tln lr excited debates for a time. The police, however, did nut allow tlicinto ta!k unmolested nndtlie groups were continually broken up by orders from the constables, who peremptorily ordered them to "move on." THE INDIANS WANT TO DANCE. The Agent Wont Allow Thim to Learn New shindig. The dancing fever ha again broken out among the Indians of the Cheyenne ami Ar apahoe reservation lu Oklahoma. As the re sult of the visit of 1.0 f oloroda Indians of the I'lu and Pueblo tribes, the Indians have dis obeyed the orders of the agent, Captain A.K. Woodson, and bavu spent two days ami nights In wild revelry. Tlie visitors came for the purpose of teach ing the Cheyi'iines nnd Arnpalmes n new dance originated by their tribes, but Wood sou forbutle them to have the dance or to In fore in any way with the Indians, who, up to that time, bud been iiiletly working on their allotments, l lm Colorado went ordered to return to their reservation, but instead, with several hundred Cbcyeiiii'-s and Arapuhoes, they went to Cantonment, lift mllos north of the Canadian river, mid began their dance, i hlj agent sent Indian policemen with or ders to disperse the dancers and send the visitors In tine. They were having a great feast in uftiltton to the dance. They sullen ly olvcyeil the agent's orders. They declared llial their iliince was simply n "corn dunce," but it Is claimed that It was tho ghost dunce or something similar to It. The chief concern of tlm ng'-nt has been to keiM the Indians nt work on tle-lr allotments and break up their savage customs, but they t!o not take kindly to restraint. The agents lnt"if"iciii"i wlth tlielr d.mco has Incensed them mid trouble is feared. ITALIAN WARSHIP SUNK. Struck by Lightning and Her Commander Torpedoed Her. During a thunderstorm lightning struck the coast defense warship ltomn and set lire to her. The Haines spread rapldlv, In spite of the effort of the crow to subdue them, nnd her commander, seeing that they were up pronchingtlm powder magazine, gave ordtrs to attach a torpedo to the hull of the vessel ami then for nil bauds to abandon ship. When the small boats containing the crew were at a safe distance the torpedo was dis charged, tearing a great hole lu the hull and causing the Koma to quickly sluk. Nobody was hurt. The ltoma was a central battery, wooden, slngle-serew, lark-rigged vessel of 0,1170 tons. She was 2iil feet 4 inches long, 07 feet 4 Inches beam and 24 feet 1 inch mean draught of water. Hho was built nt (lenoa 111 lsiii. Her engine were of 'J.H19 ludicnted horse pewer, and she nnd a speed ot 13 knots. Her armament consisted or St large aud magazine guns. BEC00MIZED THE UNION. Oliver Company Signs ths Amalgamated Soale. After a meeting betweeu D. B. Oliver, general manager of the Olivi r Iron and hteel Company, of Pittsburg, operating mills on South -seventh street, and the conference committee ot the Amalgamated Association, an ugrecuieut ou the ttfalu was reached. This mill hue been uuu-uiiion since lMli'l, but under the terms of the agreement arrived at the Amalgamated Association will bo rec. ogub-.cd anil its wag" scale paid lu nil de partments. The union workmen of the houth Hide are much grutlllcd with the re sult of the conference. The Creseunt Tinned Pinto Company, of Cleveland, signed the wuge scale of the Amalgamated Association, Tuesday, and will sturt its plant Immediately, Nearly all the tinned plate mills west of the Alleghculcs have now sigued the scale. NEWS NOTES, Chnrlny Farley, nged 80, was run over and cut all to pieces at Portsmouth, U. Prof. Khuw, (or two years principal of the schools of tireeiisburg, Pa., has been elect ed pridclpul ot of tbe schools at t'auul Dover J. Henry Lyons, living near Point Pleasant, quarreled with his wife aud she left him, but returned Tuesday, aud that night he shot aud killed her Robbert Garrett, formerly President of the Baltimore A Ohio Hal! wav, died at his cot tage in Dyer Park, Md., Wuduesday. Miss Mary H.wlug. of Martins Ferry. Ohio, was tired of life and ate a quantity of con centrated lye. Owing to her prompt discov ery bur life tuuy be saved. The Democrtttlo committee of New York met at the HotTuiau house mid lu a ten uilu ute session decided to call the state conven tion for Buffalo Ueptember 10. It Is said David Ii. Paige, the contractor, made notorious through the Huutiugtou forgeries at Cleveland, U left Houth Auierl America some time ago and Is now lu tug-land cms nunc situs. DEATH'S CARNIVAL. Raiding Express and Pennsylvania Ei aursion Collide Near Atlantio City. - A collision attended with most nppnlllng results occurred nt wbnt Is known as "The Meadows.", two miles from Atlniille lily Tlitirsdiiy.nt n point wherethe Pennsylvania, or West Jersey tracks cross those of the Heading line.. The Pennsylvania train wns outbound nnd, It Is said, through the carelessness of the limn in the watch lower, both trains collided. The engine of thn Penusvlvniila train plough'-d Into nml through three of the ears on the other line. Hundreds of passengers were pinioned beneath the wreck, ninl all the reports agree In saying that nt least K) are kliletl and I Ml wounded. I' wo of the de railed nnd wrecked enrs caught lire, nnd In that way many of the injured were roasted alive. Fveryenr waajnmmfd with pnsenger to lis fulb st capacity. As soon ns the news reached Atlantic city the utmost consterna tion prevailed, but the authorities were eipinl to tfle emergency. Belief trains were dispatched to the scene loaded with cots nml bearing starts of surgeons. As ipilek ns tho bodies were recovered I hey were carried Into the lecal hospitals and undertaking shops. A general lire alarm was sounded, nml tho department allied In the work of digging for the victims. The llrst Ilea. ling relief train bore Into At Inrillc City 27 mangled corpses. Thn next train, not nu hour Inter, parried I "i of the innimcd nnd wounded, ami two of llieso cled spoil after reaching tbe city. Train after train piled to the scene of llm wreck nnd tolled back east with Its gbastiy load. A later report snysi As n result of the terrible collision ou the Meadows Thursday evening between tint Heading railroad ex press from Philadelphia mid the Brldgetoii excursion train out of Atlantic City, 44 peo ple are dead nml 41 nre lying In the hospltn niortt or less seriously hurt. Of the Injured st-vernl nre expected to die. Besides those seriously enough hurt to be In the hospital, n score or more were bruised and shaken up and went to cottages. The fearliil shock of the collision Is Illustrated In the fact that of tbe 44 tlcnd 42 were killed outright. Of tho dead 12 have been Idt-iitllletl, and the bodies nf three w omen, one mutt nnd n boy nre lying nt th" undertakers' shops nwnlting claimants. The resioiisbillly for the acci dent Is hard to place nt this time, but the burden of it seems to rest upon tbe ilend en gineer of the Heading train, Kdward I'arr, though nu oDIclul Investigation may clear his name. BRYAN WILL THINK IT OVER. Cen t Decide on ths Acceptance of th Popu list Nomination. Henutor Jones, of Arkansas, chairman of the Democratic Nutloual committee, went to Lincoln, Neb., and had a conference with Mr. Bryan and flow Holeomb. Just before leaving Mr. Junes that he would leave It to tlm common sense of the people to right the nomination of Watson. No ilellnlte action, he said, would be taken at this time in re gard to the acceptnu ir declinntloii of the Populist nomination by Mr. Bryan. Nelintor Jones added that the uotiilcntlon meeting In New York would take place August 10. (lov. Holeomb said that Mr. Bryan would probably accept the Ht. Louis nomination. Mr. Bryan said that It nil depended upon the conditions attached to It. II" added: "I appreciate the desire manifested t Kt. Louis to consolltiiito nil the freesllver forces mid regret that they did not nominate Mr. Hewall also. He stands squarely on tho Chi cago platform nnd has defended our cause against greater opposition than we have had to meet in the West nnd Houth, The Popu list platform is In tunny questions substant ially identical with the Chlcugo platform i It goes beyond the Chicago platform, however, indorses some policies which I tin not np prove of. I shall do nothing that will endan ger the success nf bimetallism, nor shall I do anything unfair to Mr. Hewall. Th" complications that so"iti imminent be cause of Ihe seeming inicessity of putting up two sets of Bryan electros In ease ho re mained tho fmitllduto of the Populist party was another of tlm dlfllcullles whMi time must he trusted to remove, said Mr. Bryan. Mr Hewell said that the action of the HL Louis convention does not change his atti tude of plans the least particle. Hesnld that his declaration curried bis answer to tlie question whether he would resign from the ticket. Thomas E. Watson, thn Populist nomlneo for Vice President, was seen at his home lu Thomson, tin. He said he would accept the nomination and tbnt If Bryan accepted ho believes tbe ticket will be elected. It Is now said that thn nntloual Democra tic committee will establish headquarters In Washington with a briiuoh In the west. Too portion of Henator Dubois of Idaho will be control of the western department. AX OHIO LAW. Tho nomination ot Bryan by the Populists will cause a test ot the Dana law lu Ohio, which prohibits the placing of the name of a man as a candidate on the olllelal ballot more than once, tlool lawyers say the law Is a sound one, aud will be upheld, nnd should thnt be the case curious complica tions will follow. CONDITION 07 CHOPS Proipecti of a Orsat Corn Yield. Penmyl vanla Reports Favorable. The weather bureau prop bulletin for the week contains the following general remarks Heavy rains have Injured crops In the Ohio valley, eeiieclully lu West Virginia, where local freshets have been very destructive. Although corn has sulTered to some extent from heavy rains in Ohio and the Central Mississippi valley aud drought In Southwes tern Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas, the general outlook for an exception ally lino crop continues promising. Indiana reports "a grcnt crop almost fissured" Pennsylvania Conditions continue excel lent for rapid growth: army worms very de structive in many localities: out uoi general. West Virginia Floods did untold damage to erops In northern nail western portions, ut terly destroying them in many narrow val leys: oats nnd grass sulTered greatly, but ex tent uot yet fully kuowu;wheut ana potatoes reported rotting. Ohio Oats and wheat rottlug and sprout ing lu shock and stack: corn, pastures, to bacco aud gardens have made fair growth, where not Hooded but excessive mobture is Injuring all crops, r'rult dropping. Revsng With a Bullet At Orlando, Fin., W. Bailey Tucker, gen eral manager of the Tavares, Atlantio and Oulf railroad, wns shot by Alfred Ht. Clair Abrams, prosecuting attorney of Lake coun ty. One bullet struck Tucker in the head nnd lullictod an ugiy wound. Tbe physi cians say he may recover. Abrams was late ly tho autl-rnllroatl candidate for the Legis lature lu Luke County. He was defeated and charged that Tucker had brought It about by unfair im-au. Th Port Grants Conoeieloni. As a result of tbe cabinet council th Turkish government has made formal com plaint to the government ot Greece regard ing the alleged shipment ot arms and ammu nition fruin Ureeoe to tbe Island of Crete for the use ot the insurgents there, and relative to the appearance of armed bands in Mace donia, pointing out the dauger therefrom to the peace of Europe, aud adding that Ureec would be held resuouslbl lor it. HEAT RECORDS BROKEN. Mueh Suffering In Several Lorg Cities Many Prostration, lleports received by tclcgrnph from Ihe principal cities nnd towns of thn west and south bring tidings of unusually hot weather. In Cincinnati ninny men were overcome by the bent, HI, Louis reports '14 persons prostrated by heat, and many of them will probably die. Thirty-six horses fell dead nil the streets and scores of dogs wt-rn driven mad by the high temperature, Thcrmriint-ters marked lis. degrees nnd tlm suffering was Increased by thn humidity In the ntiiiospbere, 'I wo deaths were reported - Frederick Totissnlnt. n tailor lu tho Hoiitlu-rn hotel, and Hlcharil Tassall, a laborer. Martin Taylor, a street cleaner In Cincin nati, dli-d, nml M. Kobald. a bnker, Is In a critical condition. A number of horses fell dead In tlm street. At Louisville thn hot weather record for fifteen yenrs wns broken. Tho thermometer registered IM degrees III the shade. Two laborers tiled from hent prostration. In Illinois there was great suffering from the hent. III tjullicy the hottest liny nf the venr wns registered, tho mercury ninrklng Its) degrees lu the shade. There were numer ous prostrations, but none of th-m serious, The hottest ilny of llm yenr was registered nt Centralis, where the mark was 10:1 In the shade. In I nrlylo, III., th" mercury climbed up to 104 lu tho shade, nnd two deaths re sulted. SWEPT INTO ETERNITY. Several Coal Miner Wert Drowned at Cecil. Thirteen merrymakers were preparing for n dance in the boarding house of Hainm'l McKlnney, at Cecil, Washington county, Hominy night, when they were carried away almost without n moment's warning, cooped up in n floating house, mid seven of them were drowned. Three of the victims belong ed to one family. Before being rescued tho others were in' the water, some for hours, others all night, Thn dead were found strewed nil along tho valley of .Miller's linn thn nearest two miles from the secne of the disaster, and Ihe fur thest eight miles below where) tin) house went adrift. ' The dead nre: Mrs. Hiimuel McKlnney, aged CO years, wife of the proprietor of tho wrecked house. Margaret McKlnney, nged 80 years, tin marrled. her eldest daughter. .liiines McKlnney, nged H yenrs, youngest son. C. F. "Clyde" llentty, oil pumper, aged 25 yenrs, unmarried, of Bradford. J. C. Illgulns, oil pumper, unmarried, nged CO yenrs, of OH City. Jennie Holmes, u neighbor, nged 18 years, unmarried. VI ii-on t Wilkinson, oil driller, of Oil City, aged 3i years, unmarried. PRINTING A CIRCULAR. Treasury OfBoials Decide to Inu Finanoial Fsots and Figures. Ho numerous are thn questions brought to the treasury by every mail seeking Informa tion relative to financial and currency mat ters thnt the over worked clerlunl force of the director of the mint has Is-en totally un able to answer them. All available copies of the report of the director for Inst yenr.whlch contained tables anil Information nml would answer n large portion of tlm queries have been exhausted anil at last tho department has lilt upon a device of printing n circular containing In succinct form statements of facts relative to the eolnuge, bullion produc tion, circulation per capita In various countries nml such Information ns will meet tho needs of the many persttus who are now seeking facts on which to base conclusions respect lug the issues of the enmpnigu. The malter embodied In this eirciilnr ha been cnrefully considered nud has the npprovnl of the secrt-tiiry of tlie trensuiy. It Is expect ed thnt tho circular will tie received from the printer for distribution nbotit the end of the week. GERMAN CRUISER LOST. Wrecked By a Typhoon and Only Ten Men Bared. The (lermnu third-class cruiser, litis, wns lost In a typhoon on July 22, ten miles north ward of tbe Hhaii Tung promontory, which Is about ,75 miles southeast of dice I'oo. Ten of the men were saved. All the others, in cluding the olllcers. perished. The litis wns a huiiiII cruiser of 4-10 tons displacement with two ten ami aud one llalf centlmeter guns nnd two light guns. Him was launched 111 1H7H, having cost about 131,000. The number of men ou board Is unknown. WORKING ON WAR SHIPS. Six Tesesls Being Mad Ready for Sorvloe at Brooklyn. The navy yard workmen are bending all their energy to the task of getting the six war vessels now In their hands ready to leave the yard by the end of the week, to take their placos In the North Atlatr.ic squadron. Admiral Dunce will soon take bis fleet out to sea for the summer maneu vers. It Is hoped on Hunduy to have all the ships now In the yard at unchor off Tomp klnsvtlle, H. I. The New York slipped down the bay at high tide Tuesday. Thn cruisers Newark aud IteleigU followed her later. The Terror will Join tho squadron Thursday aud on Sat urday morning the Cincinnati and the ram Katahdln will leave the yard. The cmiser Montgomery Is to snil down the const and relieve the battleship ship Maine, which Is now bunting the lllibucters In ihe neighbor hood of Key West. The Columbia is now on her way, south with the monitor Pussulc, which Is to lie turned over to the Georgia Nnvnl Militia. Hhe will return to the lleut later. SIX SLAIN IN A RACE RIOT. Three White and Three Blaoks Bit th Duet. A raoe riot occurred 43 miles northeast ol Jasper, Flo. Hlx men were killed aud eight persons, two of whom were women, wound ed. Those killed are said to be Henry John son, Albert tiulllvan, Edward Jobuson (white) Jim Wolomon, Amos Campbell, Ike Mitchell (colored ). The names of the wound ed have not been learned. The tragedy occurred at Haggard' tur pentine still, where many colored men are employed. The colored men gave a "festi val" and while It was In progress, a numbei of white men intruded and tbe shooting re- suited. , Railroad Work Stopped. Because of the general depression In busi ness the Pennsylvania Itailroud Company decided to stop all work on lu line wherevei possible, In order to reduce expenses. At the same time it was ordered that all contem plated Improvements should be laid aside foi the present, For some time past the com pany has been retrenching ami only a few weeks ngo orders were issued restricting ab' new work. MINOR MENTION. In New York 5.000 overcoat and sack ooai makers have Joined the tailors' strike. Arrests of persons connected with an Im pending Polish revolutionary movement buvt been made lu Warsaw. J. N. Coffee, president of the date board ol pharnfucy of Illinois, was stabbed and lu stautly killed Hunday night by Dr. Crabr GENERAL DISASTER. Iloueie Wrecked - Lives Loit and Crop Destroyed. Two hundred people of Kleiibcnvllln, Ohio, were ninde homeless s a result of a cloud burst that occurred Thursday afternoon. The center of tlm storm was directly ovsr the Benjamin Johnson farm, west of town, on n hlllsld", nnd thn water fell In one vast sheet nml swept down the valley, wrecking everything In lis path. Tho people In the low lands, alarmed by tho recent floods, were prepared for disaster, and fled to tlm hill thnt Him I'ermar s and Fisher's run: thus no lives were lost, although mnny were in Im minent danger. The water lenped down the valley with Irresistible force bridges, stables nnd out buildings crumbled nt Its approach and add ing to tlm danger by the debris swimming along with the torn-nl. When the houses in Ihe track of tbe angry waters were reached they went down like cardboard Thirty or forty resiliences were wrecked, tl hl"f sufferers being IIcIm'ccb I'lnlnlintim, William lllsib-n, Hubert llltehie, James Burdess, An drew Albaiigh, Benjamin Wise, limit ritroiid, John Hurt and Henry Bowman. The latter was proprietor of a store which, with ill Its stock, is gone. A destructive cyclone visited fllouster, a mining town, 7." nilles south of Columbus, O., at H o'clock Wednesday night. Heveral houses were mashed in pieces ami a number of others were wreiichcn from tlndr founda tion J. L. Dougherty, while In front of bis store, was completely hurled under the board sidewalk. His back was broken and he died later from his Injuries. A terrible storm, accompanied by lightning arid n cloudburst passed over Wellsvllle, O,, and vicinity about 8 o'clock Thursday after noon nnd did thousands of dollars worth of .l... ...... 'CI... ... SI ir. .11- ... .1.- . ,..,i,k.. i hi- u ii in ,'iwrK'iu liens ill lite ! "(let f liiw (- !..,. tl... -I.-..- Tl.. ('fleets of the New Home Fishing eliib of Pittsburg, who were ramping In Hiitihs hol low, were swept away, the members barely escaping with tlnlr lives. The burns of William Fife and John Mick, near (Hn-gow. were struck bv llghtii'iig mid burned: total loss, es.iSiO. The Irish Bldge s -hool lions. was struck by lightning and buriieihlos 11. 000. lb-ports from towns In Western I'ennnvl vanln and West Virginia tell of a repetition of tho Hoods nml storms that have been raging almost every day during tho past week. Th" dnmnge to building and crop Is very great and luruiv ictsoiis have nerlsli- ed. The village nf 'Nowrytown. Indiana county, Pa., was almost wiped out. TRADE REVIEW. Bueineis Condition Hive Improved bat Bueines Has Not. II. O. Dun A Co.' Weekly Iteview of Trade, ays: Business conditions have clearly Improved, though business has not it Is the torpid season, and better prospects hnve little effect as yet. The signing of n eompaet to control foreign exchange by a syndicate, pledging the use of tiSO.OQU.OOO for that purpose, may render it unnecessary to use much of the gold, and It has given some stocks a slight advance, Oold exports have been stopped and foreign trude Is more promising of an early demund for our pro ducts. The prospects for largo crops ol cot ton and oorn are still excellent. Two Important labor eoulest have been settled, Including that of the puddle rs and Ihe Brown Hoisting Works at Cleveland, Wlib-h recently caused tbe troop to he call ed out. But the strike of the garment work ers has extended, although apparently near mi eud. ' None suppose that the exchnnge syndicate Is interested to Ho more than bridge over a period in which merchandise exports have been light, J'.xchniige In foreign trndn Is already In tbe helpful dlrectllon domestic exports front New York having for four weeks been 17 per cent larger while Imports have been 20 per cent smaller than lust yeur, mid last week 2n per cent smaller Wheat Is already going out with more freedom than is usual for th" season. Lower railroad rates helped corn to n.nke a new record ut no. 12 cents, nnd prospects are gent-rally favorable. Cotton advance 1 by quarters on reports of Injury, but there are really few w ho expect b'ss than a lurge yield. Heveral weeks of extremely slack demand for cotton orders, have brought further re duction In print cloth to 2.44 cents Instead of the advuuee expected in consequence of the stoppage of 5,000.000 spindles, but prints are selling more freely, while brown nud bleached goods are dull, except for export kinds. The woolen mills do not get many order, light weights ojienlng 5 to 7 1-2 per cent lower In price than last year and sales of wool now '"ported are less than a quarter of a full week's consumption. Leather Is stubbornly held without change In prices, nud in some grades is really scarce ultlioiigh manufacturers are buying only for actual needs, but hides have turned down ward sharply at Chicago, declining 5 er cout for the week with heavy accumulations ANOTHER WARNING. President Cleveland Iisuei a Second Cabsn Proclamation. The president bos Issued a proclamation, benring date of Ju'y 27, agulu commanding citizens to observe neutrality toward Cuto. The proclamation refers to the original proclamation of June 12, 195, demanding au observance ol neutrality laws in respect of the Cuban infrurrectluu, and gives notice, that nil violations will be vigorously prose cuted. Th" president cites the deci-loii f the supreme court In the Wiborg rase, con struing the statues relative to military ex peditions, 'cimspiraeies and tbe extension of aid by furnishing transportation, in order that citizens muy not be misled as to tll-i meaning of tbe neutrality luws. Three Tear For Horeland. Ma, William C. Moreland, lute city attor ney of Pittsburg, Is now convict A liilo in tho Western neuiteutlury. His late assistant iu cilice, W. II. House, is in the sheriif 's cus tody. They received their seutence in crimi nal court W eduesday forenoon. Moreland was ordered to pay a Hue of 42ti,M8 and undergo three years' ImprUoumeut In the rsnltcntlary. House was sentenced to pay 1,000 tine and be Imprisoned two years and three months. These are the officials who, according to auditors' reports drew 4106, 503 65 (merest on city funds, aud on quitting office left behind them a shortage of iiJ'r 528 10. Vitiud By Whit Cap. At Modoito, a small town north of Bloom Ington, Iud.,Humlny night thirty White Caps called at tbe residence of Sirs. Nettie Chris man nud demanded ndmlt-slou, which was re fused. The leaders forced the door open and Mrs. Chrtsman was taken from her home, robed only iu her night clothes, aud hauged by her wrists to the limb of a tree, Hhe re oeived a terrible beating with switches. Not content with their work, the gang carried all of her household goods and deposited them lu the highway aud then fired the resi dence. No reason Is given for tbe outrage, otber than an unfounded rumor concerning I her character. The woman U In a precarious I condition. WAGES WAR ON WOMEN. Bloody Weyler Wrealu Hit Vengeanc on' Inanrgents' Wlvel. Ofnernl Weyler lias nt la descended to waging open wnrfnrs on wo:n"n. I'nrrassed and defeated hi all his attempt to conquer the Insurgents In the field, he ba taken the opportunity to avenge himself upon their defenseless families. Tlm wife of the Insurgent lender Holongo has been arrested nnd east Into prison at l a Iteeiijhins ami so bas the wife of Dr. Trujillo. Imrliig the recent skirmishes In the prov Inecs of Plnor ib-l Bio and Nnntn ( lara, the Insurgent left eighteen killed on the llehl, among their dead being an Amaron, nnd re tired with their wounded. The troops had one officer and twenty soldiers wounded. Major Ygli-slas bus dlspurscd nn Insurgent force nt ( iingo, mountain province of Mntan r.ns. Ho captured the enemy's enmp and de stroyed a hospital used l y the Insurgent, The latter had live killed nnd the troops captured two prisoners. I he Insurgents fired upon an Artemn train nt tlm farm of llelumen, province of J'innr del Itlo. They removed the rails, derailed the cars, four of which contnln'-d pnssengnrs Including many Indie. 1 lie Oovcrnor of I'lnar del Bin, Honor Hodrlgii'-z Han Pedro, was traveling on the same train. The Insurgents have also derailed Hire passenger cars of a train near Consolaclon, prnvli of plnar del lllo. Fourteen insurgents have surrendered to the Spanish authorities at Cardcnas,provlnc of Matan7.as, Three Insurgent prisoners, Louis Muro, Miguel Alvarez nud itodrigucj! Antonio Carlo were shot at the Castle of Han Heverluo, Matnmm. In ortler to brevent the pasnge of a con voy of provisions and ammunition for Calb. ngiinn the Insurgents have binned the bridge on-r the river Tunleu, near Hanetl Hplrltus, Province of Huntn ( lara. Another train has Is-en dvnamited In tho Sum Itas district of the Province of Puerto Principe. There wns no loss of life. Tlie Insurgent leaders In the province of Hanllago De Cuba are prohibiting the farm ers from preparing their Held lor the next crop of sugar enim. After the arrival of tlm reinforcements on their way from Hpaln to Havana Captain flcuoral Weyler will assume personal direc tion of tlm campaign a-.-alnst Antonio Macea In the l'rovinee of Plnar tie! Bio. HELD UP FOR $2,000,000. A Railroad Superintendent Had a Wild Eyed Crank to Deal With. A Superintendent William II. Peddles, of the Central Ituliroad, of New Jersey, was seated nt his desk In his office in the ComJ munlpnw station a wild-eyed man entered and walked up to Mr. Poddies' desk. In husky voice he said that he had come to de mand 2.000.0nO lu Central itailroad bonds, an 1 In Baltimore and Ohio railroad bonds. Mr. Freddies, after looking the man over, concluded that he had a crank to deal with. He noticed flint a piece of Iron, to which was attached a stout cord, protruded from one of his pockets. Th" superintendent, Instead of seizing the mnu, Is-gan to talk to him. He told him ho did not keep large sunis of money or railroad bonds there, and that if ho would step over to the office of H u per In dent Charles A. Thi'inpson, of the power house, h might be accommodated. 'Ihe fellow, who had one hand nn the Iron slungshot In his coat pocket, thanked the superintendent, and. turning, walk'-d out and went dlreet to the motor power hou.se. A messenger from tho superintendent's office got to the power house before the man did, and Mr. Thompson was lilt-pared to receive him. W ben be entered he told Mr. Thomp son tbnt Superintendent Peddle sent him to get S2.000.000 in railroad bonds and that he did not want to be kept waiting long. Mr. Thompson said: "Now my friend. If you'll Just step with me into nn office next dor I will see what I can do for you" Tlm man readllv followed Mr. Thorr.fsjon Into the office of 't hief Detective La!g", of the railroad company. B"foro the fellow eo'ild realize it or make use of his Iron weapon, be was a prisoner. After some re sistance, bo was handcuffed and taken to the I'olice court, where he deseribed himself as lentil M Mlnchani, .'to years old of Sew York. The pl-ce of Iron which was taken from his coat pocket wits a foot In length. Th justice committed tlm mau pending an Ilv stigaticn as to his sanity. TELEGRAPHIC TICKS. Three villages have Icon burned. In th province of Heilno, Cret t. Th-re are five male convict to one female convl .'t lu English prisons. 1 The semi-c iinual dividend of the Central Ohio, leased to the Baltimore k Ohio will be pnsi-ed. James C'nsheragu wo banged at Fort Smith, Ark,, for the murder of a man named Thock. All tho whisky dlstillees In Kentucky have consented to an almost total suspension of production for IS months. The Htaver and Abbott Manufacturing Company of Chicago, has assigned. Aseeta, fJOO.dUO; liabilities, tlW.OlsJ. George Helzter was shot and killed In hi saloon in Cincinnati by two masked men who came in and demanded money. At a reunion of the Thirtieth Georgia regi ment two Confederates were kilted and four other seriously shocked by a bolt ot light ning. The big auditorium at Ht. Louis In which tbe late conventions were bld will lie turned Into a public garden, something like Madi son Hquare. At Hedalia, Mo.. Martlu Crawford was tak en Irom the sheri'T and hanged to a trc He was charged with u serious oflunse by the parent of a 16-year-old girl. William F. Harrlty, until recently the chair man ol the Democratic national committee, and for years a leader In the party councils, announces hi retirement from politics Mrs. Henry Webster was fatally shot by her eldest son Thursday night at her home, ncur Butler. Ind., nud her husband was knocked insensible, when the assassin mad his escape. W. E. Burt, a member of one of the beet and most respectable families of Austin, Tex., murdered bis wife and two children, aged two and four years, last Friday night and placed the dead bodies in a cistern. H. D. Worden, the eallroad striker charged with wrecking the railway bridge near Sacra ' nieuto. Cel., two years ago, and thereby causing the deaths of ogiu-er Clark sud three Vnlted Htates soldiers, must bang. T. L. Lewis, secretary of the Ohio Mine Workers, sent out a call for a special meet ing at Columtus, O., August 11 for theadop. tiou of measures for the enforcement of the (iresent scale agreement, which bas been vlo atett Tbe paper in the case of Heott Jackson, convicted of the murder of Pearl Bryan near Ft. Thomas, Kv., have been tiled la tbeoourt of appeals of Frankfort. Ky. The eoui I asked to grant new trial au the ground oi specified errors. Tbe Creek government bas resolved to take measure to prevent the departure of voluuteers or war material for Crete. An other tight is reported to have occurred be tween Oreek band and Turkish troops' la the Interior of Macedonia. Tbe free silver wing ot th Prohibition party held a big ratification meeting at Cleveland on Wednesday which was address ed by their candidal for President, Charles F. Bentley, of Nebraska, and by a format candidate. Governor bt Jehu, of Kan,
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