According to IfulTmsn's Cntliolld
Directory, the tniiulicr of Catholic hi
he United State at iireseut is 0,410,
700.
Hwitzorlami, Italy, niul Ansltin
havo adopted for nrmy lino a bioyoln
which cnn lio (ohlctl niul Uermnny
will probably noon follow tho ex
ample. Iu tlin cnso of a Hiriii!;(li'M (Mo.)
man who wns on trinl in thu l'oliej
Court for keeping n vicious dog, tho
sjotnowhut singlnr verdict wns rendered
thnt lio wui nut guilty, lint niiiHt kill
the dog.
Mr. Seddon, Pruiniur of New Zen
Inud, ling introduced n bill to petition
every one nbove sixty-five, after twenty
years residenco in New Zooliuul, tin)
maximum iiinouut to lie 82.50 weekly
tiud the minimum $1.2,").
Cuts, it nppenrs, Imvo n recognized
social position iu the Fremiti nrmy,
Whore they nro trained to render wlnit
re known as "services ndniiti istrnti fs. "
The food nml drink of thcHo ijundni
Jieds lsIikuwiHu regulated by iiiiuiutur
iul decrees.
Holland disfranchises u citizen if lio
is absent from the county ten years,
itnd during that time docs not formally
notify the proper authority that lio
wishes to continue to bu regarded as n
citizen. Great Britain docs not so
easily give up hor claim to tho loyalty
of her subjects. A innu may count upon
her protection ou tho ground that his
grandfather was by birth und nlle
giauce nu Englishman, even though
ho and his father were both born and
have always lived ou foreign soil, but
without being naturalized.
A definite idea of tho increased in
terest in bicycling all over tho coun
try is obtained by noting tho increasa
in the applications at Washington fur
patents on bicycles and bicycle parts.
In 1894 there were about two hundred
cases awaiting action in the division iu
which bicycles are claused. There are
now luino 1,100 cases awaiting action,
and the work is three months behind.
During the lust fow mouths the weekly
issue of patents has beeii about four
hundred nnd tifty ; twenty-five of tlieso
were for bicycles nnd bicycle parts :
the greatest number for tires, to whieh
inventors are just now devoting their
attentiou. To tho layimiu tho issuing
of tweuty-tlve patouts weekly for bi
cycle! and bicyclo parts may not loom
a great number; how great it is ouo
can understand only by compariug
this issue with the issues for other pit
tents. To twonty-tlve patouts for bi
des and bicycle parts thcro nre issued
five for engines, twolve for electrical
apparatus, four for elovators, eleven
for farm implements, for four sewing
machines, five for car fenders, seven
for wagons, etc.
Tho Atlantic, Journal siys: In 18G7
George Feabody diod.leoviug 82,000,
000 for tho ciniHO of common school
education in tho South. Tho fund
Las been admirably managed, and the
good that has been accomplished by
it would bo hard to estimate. Un
doubtedly it has been very gruut,
espeoially as the South begun to enjoy
the benefits of Mr. Toabody'! gift at
k period wlion it was first beginning
to reoovor from the ravages of war.
During tho pnst twenty-eight years
over $2,000,000 has boon received by
outhern schools as the inoomo from
the Peabody fund. Tho administra
tion of the fund has always been iu
tho bands of ablo and distinguished
men. There have been among tho
trustoes of the Fuabody fund at dif
ferent times three presidonts of tho
United States, two chief justices
of the supremo court, several dis
tinguished state judges, famous mili
tary men of both the Union and Con
federate armies, congressmen, oabiuot
ministers, bishops, financiers like
Drexel and Morgan, populur heroes
like Grunt and FurrAgut, educators
like Mr. Winthrop, Dr. Mayo, aud
President Gilman of Johns Hopkins.
Dr. J. L. M. Currie of Virginia, who
hat been the general agent of the Poa
body fund for many years, with tho
exception of tho time when he was
Minister to Spain under President
Cleveland's first administration, is
preparing a complete history of tho
work of edaeation in the South wbioh
has been accomplished through this
great enterprise. It will bo a very
valuable book aud will probably in
duce other men of mouus to make
liboral contributions to tho cause of
edaeation. At tho close of next year
the originnl$2,000,000douatodby Mr.
Peabody is to be distributed amoug
such educational agouuios and institu
tions in the South as ahull bo desig
nated by two-thirds of the trustees of
the fund. This is in oceorjnuoo with
the terms of tho gift.
INTELLtGENGE (ROM FOREIGN LANDS.
CHOLERA PLAGUES.
With Easy A com Through ths Sue
Ctual They Entar Egypt
Clreat Britain' responsibility for tho
spread of cholera from Us original breeding
place, the delta of the (lunge III India, Is
the tuple of A pnper liy Dr. James F. Love,
of I'hllniti'lphla, written from Alexandria,
I'.gypt, nnl printed In the public health re
ports ot the current week, Issued by the
murine hospital service.
It pulls attention to the faet that thu opor
atlon of the Hue ennal Is not an unmixed
good, Inasmuch nu It make I'.gypt the high
way ol travel to the orient nml thus opens
the way tor the env and speedy trnnemls
slim of'chtdera to pjiropo mid Amerlcn by
mentis ot the n li li tl n I pilgrimage to Mecca,
III whieh the Mohiiiiinii'diiu ot tmlla piirtlc.
Ipnte In large tmnihers. 1 he cholera plague
now raging In Fgypt hud Its origin In
the pilgrimage of la-t spring ami nlreudy Its
victims iiuniiier lll.nuo.
"In consideration ot the fact," fays Dr.
Love "that the eiirrent of travel which
pusses to many parts of Europe nml theneo
to the l ulled Htutos, rentrAllres In Alexan
dria, your correspondent believe that the
uifognurd ot those countries lies In the abso
lute exclusion of cholera from F.gypt aud
suggest the following provisions to Hint end.
'J he Mohammedan ejcodus from India should
he cffeetually stopi'd it l it 1 1 It Is shown that
no pllgi Im curries eontutflous or Infectious
disease with 1 1 1 m. When pilgrims congrogute
prior to thu departure for .Mown rigid sunl
tury mcasur. should h enforced ill order
that no germ-laden devotcn shall depart.
Again all pilgrims should he detained to de
termine wlietlier any eholein exists among
Ihem, The secondary points of departure
from Mecca should ho also he carulully
Kiiarded which might best be don') at the en
trances of the Hue, canal.
"These recommendations should ho Im
pressed upon the British government and
tln-lr ollh'inis In India to the end that the
Asiatic cholera In tho present day of rapid
transportation nnd large transcontinental
travel, might not be permitted to follow all
who may pass through India or have later
course with those wlio havo resided there, ns
It did with the recent arrival of a body of
llrltlsli troops from llomhny to Huukliu, In
F.gypt, whero several cases of the dread dis
ease broke out, proving the fact that the
source of the evil Is In India."
LIKE A BIRO.
William Paul's Flying Maohint Went
Thiough ths Air.
The first free test of Octave Chanuth Alba
tross souring machine, invented and con
structed by William Paul, was made at Mil
lers, I ii' I. , under favorable conditions. While
the machine was heavily loaded with ballast
so as to prevent It from flying any great dis
tance, was anchored by four rnpi each 200
feet long, the three points which the trial
was to decide llrst, as to whether It would
leave the chute evenly, second, whether It
would right Itself In the air, aud third,
whether when It commenced to desoend It
would move downward slowly and alight
easily, were all determined In a manner
gratifying both to its Inventor and owner.
The (light n.isloss than 100 feet, but the
descent and linsl alighting on the sand were
as graceiul and even as these ot the bird
from which the machine was patterned. The
trial proved that tho machine Is perfectly
safe, a proof which was the more acceptable
Inasmuub as It has been assorted that the
ninchlne was dangerous and Hint an attempt
to 11 y It would be sure to result In the death
of the operator.
imcendiabY FIBE.
Thret Labor Leaders Arreited at Cleveland
for Violent Harangues.
Three labor agltAtors wore arrested In the
fmblln square at Cleveland, O., Hopt 15th, on
he charge of muklng incendiary speeches.
They were taken to the city prison aud at
once liberated on bond, after which they re.
turned to the public square and delivered
addresses much milder In tone. In the pub
lic square is a log cabin which wus erected
tor centennial purposes. Since the celebra
tion is over tint cnbln has been made the
headquarters ot the l'ntrlotlo league, which
will give an excursion to Canton, Bent. 20.
Uownrd Dennis, one of the Prohibition
bolters and a free silver agitator, took the
platform aud delivered a fiery address, In
which he advocated that the crowd tear
down the cabin, because it was being used
tor political purposes, he said. Ills speech
Incited the crowd, and some ot the men
started toward It. Policemen arrested Den
nis for Inceudlary speech, and while they
were on the way to prison with him Oeorge
Gordon, Peter Witt and Htove Frelr, labor
agitators, took the stand to complete the
work begun by Dennis. They were warned
by policemen thnt they would be arrested if
they talked violence, but they did not heed
the warning, it Is claimed by the police.
They were arrested, tukv n to prison and re
leased on ball.
Gordon was formerly on the reporters'
staff of the Cleveland Plain Doaleri Peter
Witt Is president of the Cleveland Central
Labor union, and Frelr is the business agent
of the Holler Mukers' brotherhood, and
member of the executive oommlttee ot the
Brown company strikers. All ot the reen
claim that tney were exercising their consti
tutional right to free speech, and they will
make a test ot the cases against them.
A FINANCIAL CRISIS.
It is Likely to be Added to Cuba's If any
Troubles.
The Spanish bank of Havana has
suspeudod the solo of drafts on
Hpain, payable In bank notes, and
has bought of a wall known bunker a
druft tor 100.000 on the United Mates, pay
ing for it a large per cent. Doth of these
tacts have caused a heavy depreciation in
the bank's notes, and they are at ID per cent,
discount. There were no operations on the
produce exchange Tuesday, and It is stated
that a llnnuclnl crisis Is imminent.
The insurgents made an attack on Arroyo
Nsranjo, eleven miles from Havana, but
were repulsed.
The polios announce thnt they have made
a capture of documents which nre the most
Important yet secured with reference to the
relielllon. It Is said thnt persons lately ar
restod are oom promised by the documents,
OS well as others.
A CORRESPONDENT KILLED.
I Ths Stats Department Inquiring Into His
Execution.
The state department at Washington hat
taken steps to have a thorough Investigation
made ot the circumstances s unrounding the
killing of Charles Qovin, a young American
aocompauylug the Cuban revolutionary army,
In the capacity of correspondent for a Flori
da newspaper.
Atllduvlis procured by counsel for the ram.
ily ot Uovln go to show that while he was
with a force of rebels under Mujor Valencia
at Corredus near Havana lust July, a strong
(ores of Hpanlbh troops were encountered
and Uovln, who was unurmed,and It Is assert
ed was non-oombatant, surrendered to the
Bpanlsh oolouel. It Is alleged that although
he was supplied with an Ainerlaon pussport
and papers to establish his newspaper con
nectfon be wss executed on the day follow
ing Ills capture, without an opportunity to
elalut and exercise his rights under treaty us
an American citizen. Consul General Lea
, will endeavor to asuertsln all the facts as the
basis for further action by the state depart-
I meut, . r .
IX MEN KILLED.
0., H. A D. Pay Trala Wrecked en a Oradt
Near Connsrsvllle, Ind.
Six men were killed a number of others
badly Injured Friday morning In a wreck on
ths Clnclnnntl, Hamilton A Dayton near
t'onnetsvllle, Ind., about 40 miles east ot
Inillnnnpolis.
1 he dend nrei
r.NOINKKH HWF.F.TMAN ot Dnyton,
FIIIF.MAN K1NHK.Y of Cincinnati.
CtlMU'CTUIl (IKOIIUE ilOUHE of Indian
apolis. Fill KM AN HIOIIFH of Indianapolis.
PAVMAHIKH .1 ANHF.NO.
AHHIHTANT l'AYMAMTF.ll HCAI.TON.
The Injured sret
Flshhnck, porter of the pay car. badly
hurti F.. Wysong, foreman of bridges nnd
and buildings, badly hurt; J. M. Iloiirke,
rondmnster, slightly Injured; Coneannon,
englnemnn, of Hamilton, supposed to be
fatally Injured! M. Ilrowu, conductor pay
car, badly hurt.
1 he accident wns one, of the worst that
has happened In that part of tho state for
years. 1 he pay ear was following the regu
lar frelgbt train No. Iir, eastbouuil. lloth
were running as extrn trains.
The freight stopped at an out of the way
place and put part of the trnln on a siding,
taking the rest to Halter's switch. The crew
took the engine ot the freight nnd started
back to I.ongwood. When one nnd a half
nilli-s east ot I.ongwood the wild engine met
the pny car. It was down grade ami impos
sible to stop. Thu two engines enme to
gether with a terrible crush ami the pay car
wus thrown on Its side in the ditch.
DAMAGE BY STORM.
Orsst Losses Caused by Wind and Ball.
Ons Msn Killed.
The storm of wind, hnll nnd rain which
swept over the l'.nstcrn part of Pennsylvania
Thursday night was the most severe that has
visited this section In a long time. Hcores of
buildings were unroofed, some of them ruin
ed, thousands of panes of window-glass nud
many skylights being shattered, while the
apple and other Into crops were almost de
stroyed. The storm was the most severe In
Chester, Montgomery, llcrks, Ducks, Lehigh
and I'Vcomlng counties. Iu the vicinity of
Hutllcld, In Montgomery county, about SO
houses and barns were unroofed. Two grist
mills owned by Oeorge Hnyder were wreck
ed, together with his dwelling. Ileports re.
eelved from Hheuandoiih state that all tho
anple orchards In the Catawls'a Valley have
la-en stripped of their fruit. Three thousand
flam's of glass were broken. The large green
louses of J. I.. Dalton at llloomsburg wero
damaged to the extent of $.'1,000, aud several
houses were unroofed.
Ill Willlamsport and vicinity grent damage
was done. Oeorge Welkel, a farmer, wns
killed by lightning while at work In
his cornfield. A portion of the Williams
port rolling mill was blown down, nnd
every window on the north and west sides
of the big Central avenue school building
wns broken. Fruit trees In the lllnke Hole
Valley were stripped of their fruit.
The country surrounding Pending suffered
considerably. Many houses and barns wero
badly damaged. Fruit trees and windows
nenr West Chester suffered severely Irom
the lnrge hall stones and the heavy winds.
OIL IN IRDIAN TERRITORY.
Pennsylvania Man Developing anExtsnslvs
New Field.
W. II. Horton, of Drockwnyvllle, I's., who
went to Missouri to engage iu lumber opera
tions, soma years ago, Is buck for a brief
visit. In addition to bis lumber Interests,
Mr. Horton Is the organizer of the Cherokee
OH and Ons company, which is now opera
ting nenr Chelsea, In'lndlan Territory. This
Held Is 111 the Cherokee Nation, and Mr. llor
tou's company has 110,0011 acres under lense,
While this tleld Is not yet fully developed,
It promises to be an Important factor iu oil
firodiiclng. The product Is a high-grade
ubrlcntlug oil, ami is found nt a depth of
from 110 feet and downward. The company
have already live wells drilled, which pro
duce from one-half to two barrels a day
each.
GUILTY OF NEGLIGENCE.
Engineer and Conductor Confess ths Wrsok
Wss Dus to Carelsssness.
William Mock, engineer, nnd John Wat
son, conductor, both ot the V. A L. E., In
court at Now Castle, Pn., entered a plea of
guilty to negligence ns railroad employes.
On the evening ol December 7, last, the
Pittsburg flyer on the V. A L. E. ran into a
freight train nt Wampum, and ns a result
Kuglni-er Frank Adams was killed, Mali
Clerk ltlshop Injured, Fireman Dnut was
badly hurt, und their were several others In
jured. The coroner's jury found them guilty of
negligence. The evidence showed at tho
triul that the two had neglected to use the
proper precautions. After about half of the
testimony was taken the two pleaded guilty,
and were remanded for sentence. There are
now several cases for damages pending In
the Youngstown courts against the l'.AL.E,,
arising from the cases.
Enooh Pratt Dead.
Enoch Pratt, tho millionaire banker nnd
philanthropist of Ilaltimore died Thursday
night.
Enoch Pratt was born In North Middle
borough, Mass., Heptember 10, lHOM. In
1691 he came to Baltimore and established
himself as a commission merchant. A little
lutur on ha founded the wholesale Iron house
of Pratt ft Keith which afterward became
that of E. Pratt A Dro. At ttm.tlme of his
death Mr. Pratt was president 'and director
of the National farmers and planters bank,
the duties of which nosltions have devolved
upon him for the post 45 years. He wns vice
president and director of the V. W. A 11.
railroad for twenty-seven years, also presi
dent and director In numerous other Institu
tions and prominently Identified for ninny
years past with railroad building aud ship
ping Interests.
Bell Remanded.
Edward Bell, the alleged Irish dynamiter
recently arret ted in Glasgow, was arraigned
at llow street police court, I.oudou. He la
desorlbod as Edward Bell, alias Edward J.
Ivory, un American and a hotel-keeper, of
311 Lexington avenue, Now York. Dell Is
accused ot conspiring with others to cause
an explosion in the Culled Kingdom. After
formal evidence of his arrest had been given
by the police he wus remanded for a week
and removed to llolloway Jul!.
Tour Corpses Disoovsrsd.
The oharred remains of four bodies were
found In the wreckage of a burned freight
train at Wellington, 111. It Is known that 10
or 12 tramps were on the train, and as 23
ears wore enveloped In flames simultaneously,
It Is thought nouo of them escaped. One
corpse found was Identified by a railroad
card in the pocket as A. L. lienton, of Hallua
lodge No. 6, Ulutor, Missouri.
Italy Makes Psaos.
A Borne correspondent says that peace has
been concluded by Italy with Abyssinia.
Menellk demanded 2,016,000 lire (about
400,000). not as a ransom, but ss compensa
tion for the cost of maintaining bis prison
ers. The restriction of the limits of F.rythrla
was also demanded tu exchange for the
opening up of commercial relutlons. Itassia
supported these oondltlous.
Men and Horses Earned.
Two men and 25 horses lost their lives
Tuesday morning Iu a fire that partially de
stroyed Albert Aluuger's livery atuble ut Mil
waukee, Wis.
UNDER GENERAL WEUER'8 SOIL
ARRESTS IN HAVANA.
Folic Carry Forgsd Papsrs to Implicate
ths Victims.
The number of arrests In Havana Is In
creasing every day, especially among rich
and prominent people When the police go
to arrest persons suspected of sympathy with
tho revolution they carry forged papers Im.
pllcatlng the persons. On tho trial these
papers nre brought out as having been found
In the house or on the person of the prisoner.
A building Is being prepared to be used as a
prison tor women. t'pto the present time
all women who hnve been arrested on sus
picion of ssslsilng I he rebellion have been
east Into cells wlu'to disorderly women are
detained. Nearly all members of the high
courts are now In prison, nnd most ot the
physicians nre either In Jail or have left the
country. Wealthy persons can obtain their
relense hy paying a largo sum of money,
The denths at the military hospitals are
Increasing every day, The bodies of soldier
and civilians nro thrown together Into a cart
without coffins, taken to the cemetery nt
night nnd thrown Into a ditch. A thin layer
of dirt Is spread over the bodies and the ditch
Is left open for tho next lond. Most ditches
have two layers ot bodies, but some have
three. From 20 to 20 bodies nre In a layer.
The bodies nre taken just as they come from
the beds. Many of them have no clothing
when they nro taken from the hospitals anil
no shroud Is wrapped around them. The
officials here snv that the Hpnnish ministry
has lost nil faith In Weyler, and that by
November next he will bo so discredited by
all classes, civil and military, that he will
have to leave the Island They say that Is
the reason tho government Is now giving
him everything he asks.
Bnapiolons Vessel Seised.
Tho filibustering stenmer Throo Friends
wns seized nt Fernando by the government
authorities. The vessel had Just taken on A
lnrge enrgo of eonl nnd provisions and was
on the point of leaving when the special cus
toms Inspector went abroad and took charge.
It was supposed thnt tho steamer was on the
mint of starting mi nnother expedition to
'ubn, arms und men to be taken aboard at
sea.
VILLAINS FOILED.
Attempt to Wrsok an Exprsss on the Penn
sylvania Railroad.
An attempt was made to wreck trnln No.
D, known as tho western express, which was
due In rittHburg at 7:45 Wednesday morning,
nenr Newport, on the Pennsylvania railroad.
The express train pulled out of Harris
burg station a tew minutes behind time and
was making good speed. When about an
hour's ride out of the elty and on a sharp
curve nenr Newport the engineer saw a few
rods ahead ot his train a plieof ties and rails
looming up before him. The distance be
tween the train and the obstruction was
short, but the engineer quickly reversed bis
throttle and threw on the air brakes with all
force.
The sudden use of the emergency brake
set the ears to vibrating and Jerking at such
a rate that In some of the forward coaches
the passengers had a hard time to keep In
the berths. The engine struck the obstruc
tion, but not with much force. The ties and
mils not being fastened down slid along In
front of the engine for some distance.
After the train wns brought to a standstill
the ciew got off and examined the obstruc
tion. It wns made of new ties and a num.
tier of old rails. Had it not been for the wet
track which caused the obstruction to slide,
ths engine would have been derailed. The
train was a heavy one made up ot pullmsn
sleepers nnd one baggage car.
This Is the second attempt made In a short
time to wreck No. 0 nt the same point. The
ofilclnls ou the middle division think that It
Is some one In the vicinity who has a grudge
against tho company and Is trying In this
way to get revenge.
ARRIVED AT BAR J A.
Anglo Egyptian Foros With 15,000 Men
Still Pushing Up ths Nils.
The expedition of the Anglo-Egyptlnn
troops numbering nbout 15,000 men, under
the sidar, General Sir Herbert Kitchener,ar
rlved at Barja on the Nile, Heptember 17, from
Farelg, after a wearisome march of eight
miles over a very bad track of country. In
tense hent prevailed, but the troops are all
In first class condition. The present stop
ping place Is only 15 miles from Kerma,
where the Dervishes ure known to be con
centmtiug a strong force ot cavalry and In
fantry. An advance will be made to Kubedeb, on
the third cataract of the Nile, which point
will be occupied by the sldnr and his main
force ot the expedition. Kobedeh Is only
about four miles from and within easy reach
striking distance of Kerma which Is just
above the third cataract, and which the Der
vishes have made the rallying point tor
heavy reinforcements of cavalry.
Kerma has been looked to ns the point
where the first battle would occur, but the
reconnolsances thus far made have failed to
develop any force of the enemy. It Is not
expected, however, utter the desperate kind
of fighting done by the Dervishes At Ferkeh
that they will retire from Kerma without a
fight.
PROTECTION FOB THE CZAR.
English Polio will Guard him from Dyna
mit Assassins.
After a conference between Lord Salisbury
and one ot the assistant police commission
ers, It was ordered thst most elaborate pre
cautions be taken for the safety of the Czar,
and Csarlnn, upon their arrival at Lelth, ou
Heptember 21, on their way to visit the
Queen, at Balmoral. Orders have been given
that no one shall lie allowed upon the land
ing stuge where the Mussian Imperial party
will debark, except persons attired in oourt
dress. The landing stage will be guarded
by hundreds of police and the route taken
by thehs'mujestles will be lined with troops.
It Is denied at Paris that Alexander Hulll
van had been arrested. The French public
ridicule tho whole story of the existence of a
dynamite conspiracy, which they declare Is
an English political trick Intended to Inter
fere with the proposed visit to France of the
Czar. The French eabinet give so ilttle
credenoe to the English police officials' story
of a dynamite conspiracy that It will prob
ably refuse to grant the request for Tynan's
extradition.
Elsotrloity for Clsaning Wells.
The new electric appllanoe to clean paraf
fins out of clogged oil wells wus successfully
tried at Butler, Pa., by F. A. Flanagan, of
Washington, D. C. The apparatus consists of a
cartridge or heater 4 feet long and l Inches
In diameter over which Is a galvanized iron
jacket which almost fills the casing. The re
mainder of the outfit consists of a reel of In
sulated oable, a Crocker-Wheeler dynamo of
125 volts and a small engine, all of which
can be mounted ou the ordinary teamster's
wagon and hauled to any polut In the oil
field with a single team ot horses. The first
and very successful experiment was made on
the Powel Ash farm, in Forward township
Restores ths Dead to Lif.
William Young, au Iron worker of Youngs
town, O., olulms to have discovered a pro
cess by which he can restore life to persons
who nave been drowned. He has been
making experiments with ruts and cats by
placing them in a rain barrel until appar
ently dead, aud then bringing them to life.
The preparation Id a secret, which Young
claims he discovered In making experiment.
FINANCIAL CRASH.
As Old Hollldaysburg Prlvats Bank Cloiei
It Door Friday Morning.
The private banking house of Gardner
Morrow A Co., ot Hollldaysburg, Pa., the
oldest In Central Pennsylvania, closed Its
doors Friday morning. The following no
tice, posted on the bank door, greeted the
eyes of Its depositors:
"To the l'ublic- Owing to the renernl dn-
f'ression In huslress, the manifest Impossl
dllty of making collections, and with a view
to affording the most ample opportunity to
all our creditors, wo havo deemed It proper
to close our doors nnd suspend business.
We have made an assignment to Mr. John
Crce for the benefit of our creditors, nnd
with the time ami opportunity thus afforded
to convert our assets, we hope nnd exneet to
pay our creditors every dollar of Indebted-
ness. We auk the patience and Indulgence
of all depositors, and the work of liquida
tion will be commenced nt once.
"(lARHNKa, Monnow A Co.
"Beptemlwr 17, 1H!HI."
Thomas II. Hucklltig, clothier; Henry L.
Hunker, butcher; nnd Charles E. Iteed, i
grocer, three prominent merchants, who are
debtors ot the Gardner, Morrow A Co. Imnk, I
havo failed. Their stores wero closed on j
executions for (25,000.
Tho banking house of Gardner, Morrow A
Co., thnt assigned for tho benefit of Its ered-
iters, Is the Inst ot several firms of private
bankers thnt have succeeded to th" owner
ship and the operation ol a branch of thu
Farmers bank, of Lancaster, that was es
tablished In 11 jllldayshurg in 1X60. It wus
reputed to be one of the most staunch llnnu- j
clal Institutions in the state. The senior ;
memlier of the firm. ex-.Iudire Onrdner. died !
a tew years ngo. The deed of assignment
wns executed by Col. William Jack and An-
thony H. Morrow, Esq., who are the survlv- :
lug partners. Tim bank wns rated as worth '
H0(,0(MI. Ex-Judge A. H. Lnndls, nttorney
lor the linnk, claims that the depositors will
be paid dollar fur dollar. There are no pre
ferred creditors.
THE ROUTE ANNOUNCED.
Row the Big Follow Will Travel and Talk
in tho West
The route of Gen. Alger's party composed
of ex-officers of tho Union army, who nro to
make speeches In various western states, for
the purpose of Influencing voti-s of veterans
In the interest of the gold standard lias been
agreed upon. They will travel iu his private
car ond the guests will be Gen. O. O. How
ard, Gen. Daniel E. Hlekles, Oen. Frank
Klgel, Adlt.-Oen. Thomas J. Htewnrt and
Corporal Tanner.
The first stop will bo made nt Chicago,
where a meeting will be held iu the Audi
torium the night ol the 21st. The22lnnd
2.1d will bo devoted to Wisconsin, the 24th
nnd i.'ith to Minnesota, the 2nth and 2Hth to
lowaj the 2i'th and .'Kith to Nebraska, Octo
ber 1, 2 and 8 to Kansas, the 6th, 7th, Mil
nnd (Uh to Illinois. 10th, 12th nnd 1:1th to
Indiana, 14th to Louisville, Ky., 15th, Kith
nnd 17th to Ohio, week beginning October 1!)
to Michigan. It Is possible that the party
may stop at Ht. Louis October 5.
NEGRO BAPTISTS.
Convention of their National Association
at St. Loni.
Over 1,000 delegates, representing 1,000,
000 negro Baptists of America, assembled In
the First Baptist church, Ht. Louis, Mo., on
the 17th, nnd will remain In session for a
wuulf TI.A kC,.HHl,.t It'tl. ,I,A I7tll A.1,,,,,,1
Convention of the National Colored Baptist i
association.
Hev. Dr. E. C. Morris, of Helens, Ark.,
president ot the association, called the con
vention to order. He then Introduced Mayor
Walbriilge, who welcomed the delegates to
the city Hev. J. H. Klrtley extended the
welcome of the white Baptist churches of tho
city, and Hev. J. L. Cohron and II. H. Colo
undertook a similar office In behalf of the
eolored churches. These preliminaries over,
President Morris addressed the convention,
outlining the work before it. Itev A. H.
Jackson, of New Orleans, preached the open
ing sermon.
The afternoon session was devoted to pre.
llminlnry work aud th annual address of
the president.
GOLD DEMOCRATS' CANDIDATE.
Hay Walker, Jr., and Benjamin 0. Pott
Nominated for Congresssmsn-at-Large.
The Pennsylvania Jeffersonlnn Rtnte Com
mittee ot the National Democratic party with
other leading sound money Democrats met
in Philadelphia to arrange details of organi
zation throughout the Statu.
Murray Hush, of Delaware county, named
for Cougressmun-at-lnrge. Benjamin C'.l'otts,
of Media, who resigned tho Allentown nomi
nation tor the same office. Judson D.
Brooks, of Allegheny, nominated Hay Walk
er, Jr., of Allegliety, to whom he referred irs
one of the first of the delegates to tho Chica
go coavention to express his disapproval of
that ticket. The names of Messrs i'otts and
Walker were unanimously ordered to be
placed on the ticket.
The committee then ratified the filling of
these vacancies on the electoral ticket: Elev
enth Congressional district, Orlando 8.
Johnson, Korautoni Twenty-first John Y.
Woods, Greeusburgt Twenty-fifth Thomas
Bradford, New Brighton ana Twenty-Hixth,
Wm. A. Galbreatb, Erie.
HAD A REAL ACCIDENT, TOO.
Seven or Eight People Soalded at an Ex
bition Smashnp.
The prearranged collision . between two
stock trains on the Missouri, Kansas A Texas
railway near Waco, Texas, took place as ad
vertised, but ended in a real accident
A place was selected on an open pralrlo
and a grand stand had been built. When the
hour arrived 4, 130 people were present The
trains sturted two miles apart. The engi
neers tied down the whistles, pulled open
the throttles and leaped off, aud the two
wild trains rushed upon each other. They
came together at a point about midway, as
Intended, und with so awful crash plied in a
big heap of smoking ruin.
Following the collision there arose wild
scream of agouy from the crowd. One ot
the locomotive boilers burst at the Instant ot
collision and wounded seven or eight per
sons, some ot them fatally.
Bryan' Intinerary.
Chairman McConvllle, of the Democratic
national speakers' bureau, has given out the
following intinerary of Mr. Bryan: Leaves
New York midnight of September 29; Wash
ington, D. C, early morning of Heptember
30; Martlnsburg at 11 a. m. ; Keyser at 3 p.
m. October 1, Clarksburg, at 10 a, m.;
Farkersburg. at 2 p. m. ; W heeling at mid
night October 2, Charleston, nt 10:30 a. in.;
Huntington, at 1 p. m., to Cincinnati, taking
Ohio A Mississippi train to Ht Louis, where
he addresses silver Democratic clubs October
8. October 6, Memphis, morning; Nashville,
evening.
Norfolk and Western Sold.
Special Masters Charles Sharp and George
E. Bowdon sold at publio auction at Nor
folk, Vu., the main line ot tho Norfolk A
Western road from Norfolk to Bristol for
3,000,000. The purchasers were Messrs.
George Coppcll, J. Kennedy Todd, Victor
Noruwitz and W. E. Glyun, representing the
reorganization committee of the bondhold
ers. The qualification deposit and first pay
ment, aggregating t250,t,00, was paid In
760,000 worth ot 100-year mortgage bonds
of the Mereautile Trust Compauy of New
York. There was only one bid.
raonEin
C W. STONE FOR SENATOR.
Cameron County Rspnblietns Indor th
Warren Congretimaa.
The Itnpublloan convention of Cameron
county re-nominated If. II. Mullln for tho
leglslnturei J. W. Lewis, assoclnto judgoi
Frank Mtindy,ohor!rf;F. II. Mltchnll,ooruner(
E. W. Gosklll and Chnrlcs Gleason, commis
sioners; W. H. Lunge and Alva L. Enslgne,
auditors. H. 0. Olmstead was re-oleotei
chairman of tho county committee. V. W.
Htonn wus endorsed for United Htnte Rcn
stor nnd the re-enactment of the Mullln
homestead bill Is asked for
Grove City eollegn opened with a' mnch
Inrger attendance than a year ago. At pres
ent thero nro at least 40 more students, with
more to come. The changes In tho faculty
and enlargement of enpnclty have nttracted
many new students. Tho new athletic Held
ailjoinliig the eollcge campus Is one of Hie
finest in the Htnte. Tho foot ball team I
getting under wny. The prospects are
bright for A great college year In scholarship
and athletics. 1
Art autopsy on the body of George W,
Urndy, colored, of Willlamsport, who died of
Bright' disease, revealed the fact that his
heirt weighed twenty-eight ounces. Tho
averago adult heart weighs ten ounces,
rhyslclnns sny this Is the Inrgest human
heart on record. A piece of bono two and
onn-hnlf Inches long was found Iu tho brnln.
Ex-Councilman Thomas Downey, Junior
member of the wholosaln drug firm of Blnlr
A Downey, of Corry, was killed In a run
away at Cump Brandy, In tho woods nenr
Itldgwny, In Elk cc:.ity. His skull was
crushed. He lenvs a wife and children.
James Htool and Dora Bitter, both of Mill
Creek, wero arreated by United Htntes Mar
shal Campbell for sending an obsceno letter
through the mail to David Hitter and Mary
Hitter. They wero hold under $500 ball for
a hearing.
Mercer county Is practically free of debt
and the only outstanding bonds are held by
a Jamestown farmer. They amount to
1500, but tho interest ceased on Mav 1. This
year tho county has redeemed over (57,000
in bonds.
Beaver Falls O. A. It. post having purchas
ed a number of lino new guns, determined to
Sell the old ones, but were notified that they
must not do so. as they are the proporty of
the government, merely loaned to tho post,
A grht mill will be put up at once on the
site of the ono recently burned nt Meroer. It
will be built by a stock company. They ex
pect to erect a 25,090 mill with all modern
mprovements nnd then lease It
William Alexander, convicted nt Union
town, of murder In tho second degree lost
week for killing ( buries Houeh was sentenc
ed 15 years to the Western penitentiary by
Judge Ewlng.
Anthony Hovee, an umbrella mender, of
Beaver Falls, Is said to lei one ot three heirs
to a (400,000 fortune left by John Jean
Bovee, a French Irou manufacturer.
The Cambria Iron works, of Johnstown,
have resumed operations, giving 8,000 men
employment. Enough orders are on hand to
keep the works going all winter.
Hcvernl hundred acres of land have been
leased by tho Htandard Oil company from
Hhnron nnd Wheatland county fnrmers and
wells will be sunk ut once to find oil.
At Bunnla, burglars entered tho postofnee,
Peterson's general store snd Owen's mill
inery store and stole a number of article
and a small sum In money.
Ken.- Huntingdon, Ilobert Huckle and his
two children were severely shocked by light
ning. Two trees were shuttered und a num
ber of chickens killed.
Thieves robU'd the house of John Allison
at New Brighton, while the family were at
church, and got a watch nnd (150 worth ol
olothlug and jewelry.
John Hamilton. a young married man.aged
20, fell sixty-five feet nt the Cumbria mills at
Johnstown and was killed. His skull was
horribly crushed.
John Wlshart, a clerk In the Mahoning
Company store at Dunbar, was attacked by
two highwaymen, robbed ot his money and
left unconscious.
A reduction of 10 per oent went Into effect
at the Thompson coal mines, near Beaver
Falls The miners accepted It.
Amzl Franklin, wanted in Fayette county
for assault on Mrs. Miller at Unlontown, wus
arrested at Mouongnhela.
During a drunken row nt Milwood mines,
near Oreensburg, Kundny night, a miner
named Johu Peterson was shot through the
lett lung.
At Ebensburg, John Ifelstrom was fonnd
guilty of arson. He wns churgod with burn
ing tils factory at Johnstown to secure the
Insurance.
At a Tollsh wedding at Morrell a fight
broke out und Alvln Jones was dangerously
wounded and several others painfully hurt
William Bessford, a Baltimore A Ohio
brnkeman, wn run over and killed near the
West Virginia line, beyond West Alexandria.
The galvanizing department of the Sharon
irou works, which has been Idle for tbreo
months, resumed operation this week.
The furnaccmen at New Castle, Ts., have,
been notified of a reduotlon of 25 per cent In,
their wages after Heptember 21.
Nathan WTntersteln, aged 60, was struck
and killed ut Halls station on the Philadel
phia A Reading railroad.
A handsome new Methodist Episcopal
church was dedicated at West Columbia,
near Monongahelu, on Sunday.
Fire ot unknown origin destroyed the flour
ing mill of Andrew Davis at Greenville, with,
all its contents.
A Chinese laundry nt Brownsville wss en
tered by burglars Sunday night and (445 in
ash stolen.
A spirited contest Is on at Everett, over the
appointment as postmaster. There are four
candidates.
Thomas Casey of Toledo. was run over and
killed while trying to board a freight train at
Erie.
Ths wire nail mill scale was signed at New
Castle and the factory will start up Monday.
Thomas McVarry was killed at Erie while
trying to board a freight train.
NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATS
Indorse Bryan and Sewatl a th Stat
Convention In Trenton.
Ths moat positive feature of th New Jer
ssy Demooratla State Convention at Tron
ton was th hostility on all side to men.
who advooated the gold standard and at the
am time did not resign from State and
other regular Damsoratla committees. As
sonsequsnce of this feeling a resolution in
troduced by Former Judge Samuel Forbes
Bigelow, of Essex County, expelling these
men from the oounoils of the party, was car
ried by acclamation. Augustus W. Cutler
was the Temporary Chairman, and Senator
(V. J. Daly the Permanent Chairman. Both)
studs speeches strongly favoring Bryan and
Jewall and the National platform. An ad
lirass was also made by Congressman McMtl
Un. ot Tennessee.
The platform adopted ratifies and endorse
the National Demooratla platform and the
jundldntes nominated thernoa, declare on
tlterahle opposition to trusts, charts the
Rapublionns with extravagance, demands
equal taxation and denouuuea Interference
of employers In influencing the labor vote.
Johnson Cornish, of Warren County, aud
Eckhard Bndd, ot Burllnftton County, wero
ehosen ns candidate for Electors-al-Lnrga,
snd eight candidate for District Klcctor
wera named previous to adjournment.