Orent Britain pays the Coufiuent
tipwnrd" of 870,000,000 for sugar, and
grows not mi onnco.
Btiutents of the census figure that
there lire (150,000 mure mule humnn
being!! in tho Unitoil States tbnn fe
male. The distribution, however, it
tiueven.
. .
It may bo n fact, philosophizes the
New York Advertiser, thut the world
owci every mnn a livitip;, but it is a
fnct also that thousands are too lazy
to collect tho debt,
. As a means of showing how far the
world is from becoming overpopulnt
ed economists assert that the entire
population of the United States could
livo comfortably in the singlo State of
Tex us.
The Ilussinn Government will prob
ably stop sending prisoners to Siberia,
for the sake of the colonist, nuil in
stead use Saghalien, Archangel aud
other far northern islands, which are
more terrible plnoes of abode f'inn
oven Siberia, whither the rush of peas
ants is now compur ablo to that i'lto
our owu Western States at the height
of the boom.
Africa offers ft prolific) field for rail
road development, accordiug to a
Western anthority. There is an area
of 11,500,000 square miles about four
times tho size of tho United States
and there are only 8,000 miles of rail
way. The population of Africa is
108,000,000, while in this eouutry it
is only 05,000,000. Our railroad
mileage is 181,000 mile.
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The great mass of Indians in tho
United States are self-supporting and
only about one-fourth receive assist
anco from the Government. Probably
one of the richest peoples in the world
are the 1,500 Osage Indians, who have
in addition to a large reservation,
homes and cattlo more than $3,000,000
in the United States Treasury, from
which they rcceive$100,000each qnur
ter.
The Now York Journal of Com
merce estimates that bicycles absorb
this year about 800,000,000 in tho
United Statos alone. It is stated that
the following trades are sufferers from
the prosperity of the bicycle business:
Jewelry, clothing, furniture, piano
and all classes of musical instruments,
liquors, cigars, theatres, and tho en
tire range of objects on which fiimi
lies expend tho margins of their in'
comes that can be spared from the
necessaries of life.
i i
It seems to tire New York Tost to
be necessary to count a revival for the
love of oratory among the features at
the close of the century, nt least in the
United States. In our colleges during
the last vear tho prize orator, from
being almost ignored by 'his follows,
advanced to a place among the college
heroes aud bade fair to crowd aside
the crack oarsmen, the deadly inter
ferer. and the high iumpor. In tho
political field we nre sceiug oratory
winning equal recognition.
A million milas of nacadamiaod
road would cost $4,000,000,000, but
wonld disponso with about half the
draft animals in tho country, and thus
save $737,000,000 in the annual food
bill. This is three per cent, iuterost
on $36,000,000,000. Consequently, if
road bonds were issued bearing three
per oent. iu to rest, the New England
Homestead estimates that more than
6,000,000 miles of macadamized road
oould be bnilt without increasing the
annual expenses one dollar. The peo
pie are paying three per cent, on 836,
000,000 in order to keep up the pros1
eot bad roads, , So the apostlci ol
good roads figure;
The criminologists maintain that
criminality as well as insanity is
disease, the indications of which may
be found in an abnormal configuration
of the sknll and other physical peoul
iarities. They go so far as to assert
that it ia wholly safe to imprison
men, before any overt act, whose
beads show a symmetry and whose
faoial linos are so-and-so, on the
ground that they are condemned by
inheritance to a criminal career wbiob
no education or environment can more
than modify in small measure or post
pone. It should be aaid that it
only in small proportion even of
confirmed and incurable criminals
that what are called criminal charao
teristics 'of sknll and face aro found
and that tbere is still to be discov
ered obaraoteristio and invariable evi
denoa of cerebral lesion in tbe exaini
nation of the brains of dead crimiuuls.
However, tbe persistence of criminal
ity in oiroumBtancestbat are altogether
unfavorable gives support to tbe theo
ry that a proportion of criminals are
not such from free choice, but from a
law of their nature, wbiob they csunot
evade,
WRECK UNO RUIN III IIS 1RHCK-
A FURIOUS GALE.
Atlnntto Coait Btatos Bwept by a Dsstrne-
tlvs Harrloms. -
A lmrrtenno swept over Ilrunswlok anil
along the Oeorgln const Tuesday which re
sulted In great destruction of property and
tho loss of eovcral lives.
Owlnir to the nrostriillon of llio wires It
was 1 o'olook Wednesday morning before
telegraphic otniminleatlon Willi Urunswlck
was restored, it was men u-arwu
least four person, namely -William Daniels,
Aliel Davis. John Jefferson, and n baby, all
colored, lust their lives In the storm. Many
other persons nre Known to o wtounj
hurt, and when full report are obtnlniill
thorn Is no doubt tho dentil list Will be
lengthened.
An estlmuto places tho property ions nt
Urunswlck nlonu nt ff "0o,u(HI.
1 ho stnrm was severe In Knstern Pennsyl
vania nud badly crippled the Pennsylvania
rnllrond between Alioona mid Iliirrlsburg,
washing out a tunnel at Ardenhelra, near
Huntingdon, l.ustboiinil trams wore seni to
llnrrlelmrg by way of Tyrone and Lock
Haven.
The lined eliniinel nnd cofferdam of the
new reservoir ut Klttanning Point were bail
Iv damaged. At llenratta, on the Altoonn
d'lvlslnn, tlin railroad bridge was washed
away. At Point Mew, a summer resort on
tho Junliila, about 14 miles In an Altoonn,
many cottages wens washed awav.
1 he storm practically piiruiywu urn u,
D. v4iim enst. west, north nud south. In
soniti places the ronilbeds have been washed
awav, there are inumomnin iihiiismiior, mm
in oilier lociilltles Hie tracks nrn obstructed
by fallen trees, which were uprooted and
iiirred away by the fury of the gule.
Th" excessive rainfall caused a big ovor
llow in the Juulnln river nnd its tributaries,
nuil entailed great destruction to property.
A cloudburst occurred west of Huntingdon
nt midnight. .Many of lh principal streets
were submerged, cedars Hooded, side streets
wahrd out, and tevernl hcuds of entile
drowned.
Triifllo on the middle division of the Penn
sylvania railroad was suspended, owing to
several washouts between lluntlngdou mid
l.ewlstown, nml a landslide on .lack s moun
tain, which covered the tracks for n distance
of 2"iO yards, under hundreds of tons of do
brls. All the available wrecking crews on
tho middle division were called uut.
The loss of life at many points was great
At Havnniiah. (in., the hurricane cost
nearly n dozen lives and entailed a llunuclal
loss of nearly ?l,00i),iW0.
A special rrom Jacksonville, 1111., says: ii
Is a conservative estimate to say that BO
peoplu have lost their lives from yesterday R
lurrlcaue. and the number may run much
higher.
Tho destruction of tho Pennsylvania rail
road brldg" across the 8uso,uchuniia at Co
lumbia overshadows all else In relative Im-
norlance. Tile bridge, which omnrlscd 27
spans, was completely demolished. It was
Insured for fcduo.OUO, nnd everything whs
carried away, except the stone piers, the
single Iron span nnd one of the stone shore
spans. The bridge proper was crushed to
splinters.- It was lifted bodily off the piers
nnd denoslted lust above In the water, a por
tion resting on the piers. Not a timber Is
left stntnllug.
A report from Jacksonville. Fin.. sny9i
At La (.'rosso, 15 buildings were dstroyed.
Ilev. W. A. llarr, Sirs. t. . Jlcintosn anu
her bnbv were killed. Near there four la
borer, who were In a cabin at the turpen
tine farm, were crushed uy a inning tree.
Newborrv. In west Alnbnma. Is totally wreck
ed, t;. H. Kastlln, Mrs. Nancy Ulmstcad
and David Jones were killed.
At this place a number of people took re
fuge In a box ear which vius lu the path of
the cyeloue. It was blown ulong the track
nud then off It, for BO feet, nnd every porson
In it was badly injured. Move Mason and
Ueorgo Johnston have since died.
At (Irndy, a small place, 13 houses were
blown down, a woman was killed, but a babe
at her breast was unhurt, although It bad
been carried somo distance by the wind.
The Hen Islands, oil (leorgla nud Houth
Carolina, had almost n repetition of the
storm of 1HU3. Almost every cottage nnd
cabin in the wake of the storm was destroy
ed, but the water was not piled upon them
as In 1Hs:i, consequently the suiiering was
not so severe.
Tho fatalities on tho Hon Islands were due
to accidents from fulling timbers or trees
more than to water. Only those who Imp
peued to be caught out III bonis were
drowned. The number of fatalities on the
Ken Islands is not known, but it Is believed It
will go over 100.
Twenty negroes were klllod on the rice
plantations by falling timbers. The Hca
island cotton crop is nacuy unmnguu, ine
cotton being washed off the stalks.
At Lake llutler, llrndford county, C. II.
Harkey, Mrs. J, M. Fitch aud her Infant
wern fatally hurt. Many buildings were
blown down.
At this place the wind blew to pieces two
ears loaded with bricks, nnd a negro, Henry
Hulllvun, who was 300 yards away, was kill
ed by being struck by one of the flying
bricks.
On Judge Richard's turpentine fnrm four
convicts were killed by fulling trees. In
linker eouuty four towns were almost to
tally destroyed. They are MoOlonny,
Hnndorson, Olen Ht, Mary and Olustee.
No one wis killed outright In these towns,
but many were injured, among whom was
Mrs. 0. H. lttchnrdson, James MoAlpln and
North Webster, all of whom will die.
At Live Onk the destruction Is complete,
dot no loss of life Is reported.
Near Welborn the house of Amos White
was destroyed and two of bis ohildren were
killed. At Lake City eight business houses
and thirteen residences were destroyed. Mrs.
Sarah Fletcher and two boys were killed,
and Dora Jennings and Jonas Mulberry were
fatally Injured.
HOW WASHINGTON SUFFERED.
Injury to ths White Bonis and Other
Fublie Building!.
Tbe tornado which struck Washington be
tween 11 p. m. and midnight, lipped off
some of the ooplng of the White House and
laid low most of the hlstorla trees in the
White House grounds, including the elm
tree which Lincoln planted. It carried away
part of the root of the Btate Department,
where the ofllolal doouments are stowed, but
left them uninjured. The costly roof of the
Patent Office was rolled up and distributed
all around the neighborhood, and skylights
half an Inch thick were beaten In. The resi
dence of he Frenoh Minister was left root
less, and tbe embassy of Great Ilrltaln suffer
ed the loss ot the portico.
The slate roof of the Church ot the Cove
nant where President Harrison used to wor
ship, was blown down and each square slate
planted Itself upright In the park which sur
rounds tbe edifice. The tower of the New
York Avenue Presbyterian church was re
duced to matchood. Nearly every other
church in the city suffered more or less.
The tower of the Grand opera house, former
ly Albaugh's, was blown down, and the de
bris still obstructs the whole width of one of
the broadest streets to Washington. Thous
ands of trees In tbe parks were torn up by tho
the roots or hopelessly Injured. The totul
destruction of property In this city la esti
mated at 500,000. Tbere were to lives lost,
but 24 pursuns were Injured by fulling walls
and branches.
In Alexandria, the Virginian suburb ol
Washington, just auroas the Potomac river,
the damage Is estimated at not less thou
1 100,000, and at least two lives are known
to be lost. The killed are Mrs. Louisa Holt
and William V. Htewart. crushed to death
by falling walls. Two hundred bouses were
badly damaged by the storm.
HIGHER THAN EIFFEL'S.
Chlesgosns to Look Down From in Altitude
of Nearly 1,200 Feet
From nn attitude ef 1,150 feet Chicago
proposes to look down upon tho rest of the
world, says the New York Herald. A tower
which surpasses In height the F.lfTol struc
ture of I'nris, Is projected by tho citizens of
the Windy City, nnd already laud on which
to build has been secured and actual work
hns begun.
The cloud disturbing structure Is the out
come of a patriotic desire by Chlcngonn to
fly the American ting higher than any other
banner in the world. The structure Is to be
kuown n the City Tower, and as nn attrac
tion, it Will outrival anything before under
taken, except the Worlds rnir. iiieiinseot
the tower Is to be KM feet square, and will
occupy nn entire city blo 'k.
At thn bno from the four corner supports,
each of v 1 1 1 . 1 1 Is BO feet sipmre, will rise
arches 'inn feet across and ttiesamn In height.
These tirohes will support the llrst lauding,
which will have 110. tli'O scpinre feel of floor
ing, where 22,000 persons enn bo accommo
dated nt one time. There is n distance of
"MS feet from the ground to this llrst landing.
After pmdng tbe llrst landing thorn Is no
other lauding until one nscends another 225
feet up In the air. '1 here nt a height of 450
feet Is to be thn platform 150 feet siiuire.
This second platform Is about ns high as the
top of the limit Pyramid of Fgypt, or the
Washington Monument. Six hundred nnd
seventy-live feet above the ground Is the
third landing, far higher tluia any building
in Chicago. At an elevation of 1.000 feet
above the earth Is the fourth landing, nnd
from there stairs lead up to the very top of
the tower.
Thirty-four elcvntors are to be used In this
tower. They will be operated by electricity,
the power being derived from the plant used
In lighting the ptriletiire. There will be
enough steel used lu the construction of the
tower to build nnd erpilp a small railwny.
The plan of construction Is very similar to
Hint employed In thn F.lttel Tower. Tho
steel framework narrows an It rises In tho
sir, until nt the height of 1.000 feet, the
fourth landing Is but 25 feet In diameter, or
one-tenth tbe sire of tbe lower landing.
There nre to be ninny unliUe features In
connection with this scheme, but they are
not to be all amusement features, llestdes
llreworks, balloons, parachutes nnd tight
rope performances, thero Is to be a restaur
ant on each landing. A theater in which
there will be continuous performances, and
a bicycle rink are also to be provided, while
nt the very topmost landing there will be
powerful telescopes nnd nlso searchlights.
T he plan of having a l ulled Unites meteo
rological station at the very top of the tower
when It Is completed has already been dis
cussed nt Washington nnd favorably consid
ered by the olllcials, and it Is very probable
that Hot only will Chicago bonst the highest
structure of man's making upon which to
Moat the Stars and Htrlpes, higher than the
trl-eolor of Franco or the red cross of Ht.
George, but the city will have the most re
markable scientllle observation statlun on
earth- an astronomical observation above
the very clouds, yet In the midst of the cltyi
a laboratory of the Chicago University nnd a
cioud surrounded signal tower lor me gov
eminent weather mnn.
The most Important observations of all on
such n tower would be those relating to at
mospheric electricity. What changes take
place lit this bight, which are not duplicated
at the earth's surfuce' A few observations
nt the Washington monument have already
shown some remarkable comparisons. Tbere
Is hardly a point regarding dlruunl change,
abnormal change or seasonable change of
meteorological element tbnt would not beeue-
oessfully aided by records from such a tower.
Jo guard against the possibility of acci
dent from gules the tower will be peculiarly
ornceu ana noueu. j-.ugineer claim tnai
when properly constructed there Is less
danger In such a structure from the wind or
earthquake than In ninny a less lofty build
ing, At the corner of each landing there is to be
built a small circular booth, small as com
pared with the rest of thn building, but lu
reullty a very sizable structure. There will
be accommodations in the tower for 40,000
noolilfl Ht nno tlme.ntid in thnt rpsnect It will
be the largest building In the world. A lease
of the tower for ten years hns already been
slgnod by a syndicate of Chicago nud New
lork men, and the constructors claim tnai
the tower will be completed nnd rendy for
business next summer.
FOUR HEN SUFFOCATED.
Met a Horrible Death In the Hold of a
Vessel.
Three of the orew and a stowaway of the
Iron steamship Cyrus, Ilrltlsh, ( apt. Hlinms,
from Philadelphia for Norfolk, met a borrl
bio death while the steamer was lying off the
pinrautlue station nt Marcus Honk, in the
1 Ida ware. Tbe killed arei Alfred T. Ileeks,
first nialei Hans Jnggors, II remain Frederick
llllner, a sailor) uu unknown man, a stow
away.
The men In lowering a bnrrel of oil Into
the bold ol the vessel accidentally burst It
and to save the oil procured another barrel.
Olio of the men struck a nintcb and Ignited
the fluid. The hold ot the vessel was soon
filled with Humes aud smoke and the four
meu were sulfoeated before they could be
rescued by the captain und the remainder of
the crew. The lire was extinguished bofore
much damage was done to tbe vessel.
Tho bodies ot tbe unfortunate mon were
removed by the coroner. The captain and
the crew are mostly Englishmen and the ves
sel came irom Java.
SHORT OF MAIL SACKS.
Ths Flood of Campaign Literature Swamps
ths Fostal Facilities.
Tbe activity ot the headquarters of the
various presidential nominees In sending out
public documonts and other literature has
somewhat embarrased the postofllce depart
ment vy overtaxing us man ung acuities.
me result was an order Issued to postmuat
ers throughout tbe country directing nil stir
plus mail equipment to be promptly forward
ed to regular depositories! nlso that when
mull sacks containing documents or other
mutter are received by any postmaster, tney
must oe empiicu at onoe anu promptly lor
warded to the proper depositories. If mem
hers of cougrebs or others have been permit
ted to iiixe irom a postontce encxs contain
nig matter addressed to them, the postmasu
should demand the Immediate return of such
sacks uud forward them with other surplus.
She Was Dsosivsd.
Elizabeth Oraffmeyer.a domestloin a Fitts
burg family, answered a matrimonial adver
tisement In a Chicago paper. After some
correspondence sbe was told to come to
Chicago and become the wife of her corres
pondent. J he girl aid as directed and was
met at the depot by a handsome young fel
low, who took her to a place where a fake
oeremony wus performed, tine una too and
?ald s2o to tbe officiating "clergyman,
bat night her supposed husband left ber.
After waiting for him to return three days
sbe reported tbe matter to the police and
then returned to Pittsburg. Friends here
gave her transportation to New Vork, where
sue nas an uucie.
1,000 Armsnisns Killed.
A dispatch from Constantinople says that
the Turkish marines aided the rabble to loot
the Armeulun housas lu Galatea on Hunday,
Patrols are parading the city In unusual
numbers, and the police have been notilled
thnt some outbreak will occur. The governor
of Khar put telegraphs that a thousand Arm
enians were clubbed to death at Nikde on
Sunday. The sultan has given A'150.000 t
indemnify the foreigners Injured In the mas-
aaores.
DEATH ON THE LAKES.
Four Hsa Drowned Off the Government
Fisr at Milwaukee.
The lnrge bnrge Rumntra foundered off the
government pier nl Milwaukee, Wis., Sept.
80, nnd four of the crow were drowned. The
dead sre all from West liny t'lty.Mloh. They
arei
Arthur Durnsted.
Charles Hemmer.
Patrick Peterson.
Peter Anderson.
( not. ( barb's Johnson. Mate Joha Bnr-
lieck and lrn l'euser. the Cook, were rescued
by thn tug Hlmpson.
The rtiunatrn was hound down from Chl
engo, with a loud of railroad Iron, nnd In
tended to stop nt Milwaukee nnd pick up tho
name iv cos. rum wns leaking on ner wny
up, nnd hBil the pumps working nil night.
Tho sen mu ruiinlnir lilch. niol thn crow had
great dllllciilty In keeping her from sltiklng.
When she renehed Houth pulnt she got lu the
trough of the sea, and In a short time her
Hatches were washed off nnd her rails enr
rled away. The steniner sounded her whistle
nnd Hie tug slmpson nt once put out for tbe
Wreck.
The sen nt that time was running very
high, nnd great trouble wns experienced In
getting near the sinking barge. Just ns the
Hlmpson reached the Hunuitra tho latter
foundered. The tugmen succeeded In rescu-
ug the cook nud mnte from the wrecknge.
The life saving crew was on baud aud work
ed hard to save the other men, but nil were
drowned, with the exception of the captain.
The Humutrn is badly broken up. nnd only
her mast can be seen out of wnter now. The
wn-ck occurred about a mile and ahnlf out
from the harbor entrance. The Ill-fated
barge went down with scarcely a moment's
notice, nnd, according to tho statement of
( apt. Johnson nnd the mnte, the crew did
not even have time to mount the rigging
nfter realising thnt the vessel wns founder
ing. Orcnt dnmngn to property nnd mnnv acci
dents resulted from tbe furious gale on the
lakes. J he most serious accident lu the
ort of Chicago occurred when the schooner
Henmnu broke from her moorings In Hllp E
nt the foot of llnudolph street, and while be
ing hurled iiiiout by the storm wrecked and
sunk half a dor.cn smaller crult, A number
of men hud narrow escapes.
LAST TEAR WITH THE INDIANS.
Commissioner Browning; Enoouraged at ths
Progress Among Redskins.
Tho commissioner of Indian affairs,
Drowning, has submitted his annual report.
He says that with no outbreaks during the
year thn education nnd civilization of the
Indians hns progressed nnd the main effort
now is bdii tor years must be to get tbe
Indians on his allotment, so as to become
self-supporting. T he Indlnns nre becoming
nuepis in nnnuicrnns anu received from the
government over hnlf a million dollnrs for
work done, Tho commissioner reviews the
steps taken by congiess to extinguish the
cniiiu oi uiu uguuu jjiiuu compniiy to tue
lands of the Henecns In New York stnte.
The iiiestlon of the fishery right of thn Ya
kima Indians, In the extreme northwest, is
still troublesome because of the Infringe
ments by tbe whites upon Indian rights
which nave not been successfully protected.
Education has progressed rapidly In tbe
government nnd Industrial training schools.
There were enrolled In nil schools 23,352 pu
pils. The ojmmlsslonor prnUirs tbe work of
the field matrons. He suggests tbnt the
commission appointed to treat with several
tribes of ludlaus for their lands be continued
to clear up tbe work of making sales of laud
nnd the execution ot deeds. Nearly all ap
plications tor inaisus lor exiuoiiion pur
poses huve been refused. The oommlssloner
lays stress upon the need of legislation ro
straining the sale of liquor In ludian reser
vniious.
COLLISION.
Appalling Wreok Between Two & k 0
Freight Trains.
The most horrible wreok which hns ever
occurred on the Pittsburg division of the
Ilnltlmore A Ohio occurred Thursdny nenr
nana rtitcu, auout iu nines west oi liynci
man, I'n.
The story ns told by Conductor Hnrhatigh
who was on freight train No. 74, ensibound
Is that when his train reached Hand Patch
nnd Just before descending the heavy grade.
a test was made of the airbrakes on IB cars
which comprised about oue-hiut of the train
Everything was found In first-class working
order, uud with a orew made up of old and
experienced men tney started east.
While going through the tunnel the con'
ductor felt the train check twice In rapid
succession und then dash ahead, and when
It passed out of the tunnel It was going at
lightning speed and on a dead runaway.
When part way down the grade trntu No.
74 collided with freight train No. U6, west
bound, wnieh was standing still, and which
had orders to meet three miles below. The
trains came together with tho result that be
tween 45 and lie cars with both engines were
completely demolished.
Engineer Zuuo, of train 74. was Injured
perbups fatally. John Cornell, front brake
ninn, was seriously Injured. Fireman Owen
was also seriously Injured. Fireman Hhaw
wrs bruised very badly. Other trainmen
were out and bruised, 12 trumps were taken
out, two oi wuoui are ueau.
A HEEDED MOVE.
Ministers Gather to Dlsonss ths Evangelisa
tion of Greater New York.
Ministers of all denominations crowded
the parlors of the Y. M. C. A, hall. New York
In response to a call having for Its objoot the
evangeiizution or ureuior Mew Kork. Key,
J. Al. King presided, opinions were dovl'l
ed ns to the expediency of holding public,
meetings iu cosmopolitan centers under the
tbe auspices of tho clergy.
After much discussion It was decided to In
dorse the project of holding public
meetings In Cooper Union Hall as a begin
ning. Other meetings in different parts of
the city as well as In Brooklyn and Jersey
City, will follow. Mr. Dwigbt Moody, Mr.
Kaukey, Mr. Needbam and John McNeil, of
Aberdeen, Hcoliaud, will open tbe campaign
of evangelization in Cooper Union on Nov
ember tt,
Mors Troops From Spain.
The government bos decided to send 40,
000 more troops to Cuba to reinforce the
Hpanlsb army in tbe Island, and also to
strengthen the forces in Porto lileo nnd tbe
Philippine Islands with 2.000 and 8,000 men
respectively. A free pardon bos been offered
to all who have evaded service in the army
on condition that they return and complete
their terms of service.
Advices from Havana say the insurgents
have executed the rebel loader Koderlguez
by banging. Tbe reason is not stuted.
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.
Li Hung Chang has arrived at Yokohama
from his swing around the world. He im
mediately re-embarked for Tein-Tsln.
George Warren was arrested in the Mis
souri Paolllo railway office at lit Louis on a
charge from Baltimore of obtaining money
by false pretense.
The Peary exploring party returned to
North Hyduey, Cape Breton, on Hnturday.
They fulled to bring along the huge meteor
ite thut Peary found at Cupe York.
Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst signalised his re
turn from Eurojie to tbe pulpit of Madison
Bquare .Presbyterian church Hunday by
iiteacblng a sermon on tbe political situs-ion.
WERE MANY FAILURES.
Ths Defaulted Liabilities in Thsm Much
Above ths Formal.
11. O. Dun A Co. 'a weekly review of trade
aysi
The complete report of failures for the
quarter which ended Wednesday shows an
Increase. In number they were 8'f per cent,
less tbnn In tho pnnle quarter of IK0;1. Fail
ures tor thn quarter show tbnt liabilities
were 1 1. 1 per cent less, amounting to tlS-,
215,!I4'., ngnlnst 97,H(l.(:s2 In the previous
n a year. 1 ho total nubilities were nearly
HS.OOO.OOO for a single miartor. Compari
sons nrn given showing that In only six quar
ters In 22 years have defaulted liabilities been
so large.
the continued ndvnnee In whont Is mnhilv
dun to short crops nbrond nnd unusual de
mand. Atlnntle exports for the qunrter end
ing with Heptemlier, Hour included, were
2:i,iui,2I4 bushels, ngnlnst 24,H2i.20 Inst
yenr. Cotton hns weakened alter Its sudden
rise hscniise tbe demnnd for goods hns re
lapsed Into hnrd-to-mouth buying. There
nre nnmlstnkubly encouraging progress In
the great Industries, although the actual
gain iu working force employed or In new
orders received is sngnt. nut ine strong de
mnnd for mnterlnls, for pig Iron, hides nnd
wool, lis for cotton, does not llmlnlsb, and
has already gone far enough to stiffen prices.
In wool prices are scarcely stronger, but rep.
resent actual sales more nearly tbnn In pnst
weeks. Hevcral klndsof dress goods, flannel
suitings nnd fancy worsteds are selling a
shade lower.
lluvlng of lli'ssemer Pig again lifts rltts-
burg quotations to HI. 70., without sny gen-
enn guln In tho demnnd lor finished pro
ducts, nnd steel burs for the first time sre
sold nt lc, ngnlnst 2c asked by the associa
tion for iron bars. Plates ami rails are In
less demnnd, but there is heavy buying of
sheets nt the west. Confidence thnt" reviv
ing business must bring a grenter demnnd
than nil the works enn meet Induces tbe va
rious assoclntlons to make no change In
their prices. The minor metals nre not
strong, lake copper being 10,'e, tin nt 12.W)o
anu lean nnnut xnc.
llrndstreet's review of the New Vork stock
murket snysi The mnrket wns not nlTeeted
uy inn auvnnce ol exchange rates nnd the
consequent stopping ot gold-Importing ar
rangements. That that tbe treasury re
serve Is up to 124.000,000 or more and thnt
money on limn can be nnd at u per cent out
weigh all unfavorable elements nn the situa
tion. The ndvnnee on wheat had a tendency
to strengthen the stock mnrket, nnd It was
believed thnt in a number of Important
trading stocks powerful pools and manipu
lative Interests have been actively nt work.
London has not been a tnetor, though prices
oi American securities nave been generally
strong.
TOO DELIBERATE.
Bsoured All ths Money in ths Bank, but
Two of Them Were Shot
The First National bank of Joseph, Wat
Iowa county, Oregon, was robbed of 2,000
by three men, one of whom Is dead, another
bndly wounded, while the third la being mir
sued by n posse of citizens. At tbe time ol
the hold-up thero were four customers In tbe
bank. Cashier McCully had occasion to go
to a vault. When lie cume back he was con'
fronted with a sbotguu in the hands of a
robber and told to throw uu bis hnuds. The
oustomers hud nlrendy compiled with the
request nnd Alccully did likewise.
One ot the robbers leaped over the railing
and openeil the private door through which
tbe men were made to pass, and were then
lined up ngnlnst the wall. One robber took
his position at the door and compelled nil
pnssersiiy to bait and throw up their bands.
The third robber went Into the vault, taking
nil tbe coin nnd currency, even to the
nicseis, anu pinced mem in n suck, tie then
demanded from McCully the keys to the pre
vine noxes and ransacked them.
liy this time the report thnt the bank wns
being rubbed reached tbe citizens, several of
whom armed themselves uud awaited the
appearance of tho robbers. When they ap
peared, Alexander Donnelly, a young man
25 years of age, opened lire, anil killed one
robber Instantly nnd wounded another, bit
ting him twice. The third robber bail tbe
sack containing the coin, nnd succeeded in
reaching his horse, which wus standing
ncurby.
The dead robber was nnmed Itrown, while
the one who escaped wus Cy Fitzbugh, The
wounded robber is unknown.
SIX PERSONS DROWNED.
Part of the Town of Benton, Arliona, Was
Washed Awsy.
A special from Ilenson, Arizona, says:
Part of the town was washed away nnd six
persons drownod in a flood from a cloud
burst In tne Whotstono mountains, 12 miles
southwest of town. The dead whose bodies
have been reoovered arei
William Heek, a bnrber, his wlfo and two
children, sud Oscnr Ashburn. a cattle mini.
Four more persons are missing. It Is be
lieved great loss of life and destruction of
property will be reported from nil ulong tbe
Hnn Pedro river until It empties Into
the Olio. Tbe details of tbe disaster
at Ilenson and aocurnte description of tbe
extent of the eloudburst have not been re
ceived, but the ruin must have onourred
along tho whole length of the Whetstone
mountains, as tbe Hood from the western
end of tbe same range tore out three
miles of the Heuthern Pacific track 12 miles
west of Benson. A wall of wnter at least 12
miles was poured into the Han Pedro river;
hence there Is apprehension felt for tbe
safety of persons lu the valley.
FUBI0H IN INDIANA.
The Fopallst Committee Finally Adopts a
Basis.
The Populist committee met In Indian
apolis, Ind,, Bept. 29, to consldor fusion
with tbe Democrats, and aftor being in ses
sion all day adjourned to-night sine die after
adopting tbe following resolution:
"Itesolved, by tbe committee of thirteen
on matters of electors of the Populist party,
In order to close our ranks and unite our
forces In the statu of Indiuua in securing the
eleotlon of our nominee for president, W. J.
Bryan, and do full justice to our vioe-presl-deutlal
nominee, Thomas E. Watson, that
we nomluute five Populist eleotors and tun
Democratic- eleotors and certify to the same
as the eleotors that shall be placed on the
Populist party state ticket ol Indians.
The eleotors of the Fourth and Thirteenth
districts are the Populist nominees tor con
gress, and their selection as electors leaves
tne noni oiear lor tno jjemooratio nominees,
W. U. Uolman and J. W. Kruger.
Bis Children Lose Thstr Llvss.
Tuesday night's storm blew down the coal
breaker at Natalie, belonging to the Penn
sylvania Anthracite Coal Company, Mix
tenement houses belonging to the camp were
destroyed by lire and six children, inmates.
lost tbelr lives. The lire originated from a
stove overtiming in one ortne summer kitch
ens from tne shaking b , tbe wind.
BRIEF MENTION.
It Is rumored that yellow fever has ap
Deared at Munzanlllo.
A coroner's Inquest at Montreal decided
that Lee Tung, a Chinaman, died of leprosy.
Five hundred fugitive Armenians are de
pendent upon cburtty at Marseilles, France.
London cabmen are striking against a
rule which permits only privileged drivers
to solicit passengers at railway stations. .
A report comes from London that Prin
cess Beatrice, tbe oldest daughter ot tbe
Prince of Wales, eontemplutes entering a
eoDVunt
THE FOOTPADS WERE FOILED.
Attaekod a Sandy Lake Wheelman, Who
Xnooksd Both Senseless.
C. t', Steel, ot Handy Lnkn, while traveling
on a wheel near Rhenkleyvllle, was nttacked
by footpads. One struck nt him with a club,
but be evaded the blow, and, snntchlng the
cudgel from his assailant, struck him over
the hend, knocking htm lnsenslbln. He
treated tho other desperado similarly, nnd
then rone to a farm House lor neip, lenvimt
his assailants lying on the ground. When
ho returned with a party of men, both tlui
robbers hnd departed, a large pool of blood
on the rood being tbe only evidence of the
encounter.
Murnhv Pros.' well on the Finney fnrm nt
Finney station, Washington county, on the
Ilnltlmore A Ohio railroad, was brought In
Wednesday nnd Is producing HO bnrrels per
hour. The result was a big surprise to local
oil men and will greatly stlmiilute operations
In that section, imring the llrst eleven hours
tho woll produced 300 barrels.
Mrs. (leorgo W. Hlmpson, wlfo of a prom
inent Indiana eouuty farmer, Hunday morn
ing rend n paper ueiure the first I lilted
l'resbyterlnii Hunday school nt Indians.
Afterwards she felt faint nnd wns tnknu to
the cilice of Dr. l.breuleld, where she died
of heart failure.
The Cndet Drum corps of Ilenver Falls,
which was arrested at New llrlgbton, Hntur
day, for littering tho street with paper, wns
dismissed, and the magistrate censured the
officer who made tho arrests for his officious
ness. Operations will be resumed at the Eleanor
Iron works, of Holldnysburg, nnd the Tyrone
Iron works, of Tyrone, nfter a long period of
Idleness. These two plants will give em
ployment to COO men.
In court nt Benvcr tho ltoehcstor Tumbler
compnuy withdrew Its application for an In
junction ngnlnst Its former employes, the
difficulties between the parties having bueu
amicably settled.
Alexnnder Alkens, nged 6D. formerly a
&lnsterer In Pittsburg, took laudanum nt
louongnhcln ('ity, nud though a physician
wns summoned he refused to submit to treat
ment nnd died.
Joseph Mortimer, who rnn the American
lnundry nt Mendvllle, hns disappeared. He
bad threatened to kill Ills wife. Hhe snys he
smoked 100 cigarette a day aud that this
affected his mind.
A set of silver forks ami spoons was found
burled In the woods near 1'redonio, which
wore Identified as tbe property of Dr. Mn
Elrath of Jackson Center. They were stolen
six yenrs ago.
At Irwin Hunday night, the engine at tho
electric light plant broke nnd the town wns
left In darkness. All the churches were dis
missed but the Presbyterlnu, whore lamps
were used.
lierry's church, near Zellonople, which
was damaged by lightning several months
ago, bus been repaired, and Is much finer
tbnn before it was rededicated Hunday.
The (Ireensburg glass works did not start
np with non-union hands us announced. Thn
men who had arrived to go to work were aU
persuaded to leave.
The Eighty-flfth Pennsylvania volunteer 1
held their nnniinl reunion at UrownsvlllA
and iu spite of the bad weather it was a sucf
Edward Martin and Charles Hillmnn found
a turtle near Monongnbela City, which had
Jnmes C. Corrin's name engraved on It in
1811.
The unknown mnn burled nt Erie a week
ago was exhumed and positively Identified
as Wndsworth Wymnn of Buffalo, N. Y.
George Grooms, colored, aconsed of fe
lonious assault at west Alexander, surrend-
ed to the sheriff at Washington.
David Bennlnghoff of Charleston, Mercer
county, fell from a chestnut tree near bis
home nnd was fatally hurt
The public schools at Chlcorn, are closed
owing to the serious Illness of the principal
and one of the teachers.
Both Killed In Dnel.
Thomas Newkirk and Henry Ashoraft
fought a duel at Mlddlesboroagb, Ky., with
Winchesters. They wore both suitors of
Mary Dean. Both men were killed.
MAIiKKTS.
MTTSHUKO.
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wheat-no, i d.
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Vaacy Country HolL, , , 14 15
CllkKsiC Ohio, uew 7 8
New York, new. 7 8
I rultasd Vegetable.
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tlKANti ilaad-picked, per bu I Su 111
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M lanellanaans.
KEDS Clover ex lbs $ B 1 B 80
1 uuolbr, p'"" 1 40 1 70
blue Oruaa J att 8 uu
UAfUk DYKCf, new 60 SO
ClJJait couuiry, sweet, bbl 8 UU B Ml
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BL IT JUt Creamery IS 18
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Good, l.vv to 1, SOU lbs....- 4 SU 4 40
ltdy, l.oouto i,i5ua . 4 10 4 80
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