THE KEYSTONE STATE
ITEMS WHICH ARE OF PARTICULAR
INTEREST TO PEN N SYLVAN IANS.
Brltf Mention of Matters Which Evert*
body Should Know About—A Week's
Accidents and Crimes Accurately aud
Concisely Chronicled.
POTTBVILLE, July 12.—William Simpson,
©f Port Carbon, aged fourteen years, en
tered bail l>efore Justice of the Peace Hill
for attempting to kill a companion named
George B. McElrath, aged sixteen. Simp
son insulted McElrath aud the lattoi
thrashod him. He then turned and startod
to go away. Simpson drew a large pocket
knife and stealing up behind his companion
stabbed him in the back. The wound will
not provo fatal.
A New Coal llullroad.
HARRISBURG, July 12.— A charter was
granted here to the Altoona and Philips
burg Connecting Railroad company, with
main office in Philadelphia, capital SIIOO,OOO.
The road will run from Janesville, Clear
field county, to Philipsburg, Center county,
twenty miles, connecting with the Beech
Creek railroad and Pennsylvania railroad.
This road, with the Altoona, Clearfield and
Northern (formerly Wopsonuock) and the
Altoona Short line, will make the shortest
line between north and south, running
throngh the center of the soft coal region at
the north and tapping the Broad Top and
Cumberland regions at the south.
Killed by a Fall of Coal.
ST. CLAIR, July 12.— Michael Mitchell was
instantly killed by a fall of coal in the Pine
Foreßt colliery.
Shenandoah's Hoy Hero.
SHENANDOAH, July 12.— Tommy aud
Johnny Mathews, aged nino and eleven, I
played ball close by the railroad. Johnny I
ran after a ball knocked on the tracks, when |
Tommy noticed a train approaching at great ,
speed. He ran screaming to his brother's I
assistance, and succeediA in rescuing him
uninjured, but before he had time to escape !
the engine struck him, fatally injuring him. j
Corporal Uourrell Shoots Himself.
PHILADELPHIA, July 12.—The departure I
of the troops from the station at Thirty
second and Market streets for Homestead, I
was marred by a painful accident to Cor- I
poral Steene Bourrell. While carelessly ex- !
hibiting his revolver to a companion his !
finger prossed against the trigger. The
bullet buried itself in Bourrell's thigh, in
dieting a painful wound.
Plnkerton Men Denounced.
LANCASTER, July 12. —A mass meeting
was held at the court house under the ans- i
pices of the Central Labor union. Speeches <
were made by John J. Gallagher aud George
Chance, of Philadelphia. Resolutions con
demning the Pinkertons and approving the (
course of the men were adopted.
Drowned in the Raceway.
E ASTON, July 12.—The body of Clarence 1
Clifton, forty years old, of Easton, was
found drowned in the raceway of a mill. It I
is supposed that he fell in, and being very
ill was unable to help himself.
No Levee for OH City.
HARRISBURG, July 12. —The state board '
of health has decided that it has no juris
diction in the matter of improving the sani- j
tary conditions of Oil City and Titusville by
the erection of a levee.
Rescued by a Policeman.
PHILADELPHIA, July 12.—John Dukes,
forty years old, was suffocated by sewer
gas in a manhole at Mervine and Diamond
streets. John Rechter and James Hallo- j
way, who went down the manhole to rescue !
Dukes, were also overcome. Policeman
John Toinlinson then made the descent i
and brought up the body of Dukos, as well
as Rechter and Holloway, both of whom
were unconscious. When ho came up the
policeman fell in a swoon.
No More Plnkerton Men.
PITTSBURG, July 12.—1t is Reported that
H. C. Frick, the manager of the Carnegie
works, informs the burgess of Homestead
that he does not intend to send any more
Plnkerton "specials'' there to protect the
mills. This was in reply to a message which
he received from Mayor Gourloy by Chiet
Brown, of the department of public safety,
telling him that if he brought any more
Pinkerton men to Homestead they would
bo immediately arrested, held for trial and
their weapons seized.
Young Lovers Elope.
' PHILADELPHIA, July 12.— Because their
parents objected to the wedding, Harry
Hamilton and Annie Mead, of Philadelphia,
both under twenty years, eloped, were mar- j
ried in Camden and went to Wilkesbarre to
live. Hamilton's father brought the groom
to this city and the bride is now waiting to
hear from her parents.
llayei In Hopeful.
PHILADELPHIA, July 12.—John W. Hayes,
general secretary aud treasurer of the
Knights of Labor, says that the People's
party will carry five or six states iu Novem
ber.
Their Death Warrants Signed.
HARRISBURG, July 9.— Governor Pattison
signed the death warrants of William F.
Keck, convicted of murder in Lehigh coun
ty, and Henry Davis, convicted of murder
in Philadelphia county. Both executions
will take place on Thursday, Sept. 8.
Smallpox at Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, July 9.—On account of
one case of smallpox the steamer Indiana,
from Liverpool, is quarantined at Lagarotto.
Butler Held for Trial.
CHESTER, July 9.—Samuel Butler, who
was arrested in Chicago on Tuesday charged
with embezzling tuxes to the amount of
$7,000, appeared with his counsel before
'Squire Pike at Morris. Indefanlt of SIO,OOO
bail he was committed to the county jail to !
await trial.
Murphy Wants the Reward.
PITTSBURG, July 8. -Detective P. J. Mur- j
phy made a written demand on the county
commissioners for the SI,OOO offered by
them for the capture of F. C. Fitzsiraraons, |
the murderer of Detectivo Gilkinson.
Will Have a Good Time and Then Die. '
HUNTINGDON, July B. —Abram Stegman,
aged eighteen, absconded with several
hundred dollars of his brother's money. He
stated in a note that after spending the
money he would commit suicide.
The Corpse Was Alive.
CHESTER, July 7.— Thomas Kelly, a colored
man, was found at Market street wharf
apparently dead and the body was removed
to the coroner's office and placed in the ice
box, where the supposed corpse kicked the
lid off. The man had been stupefied with
liquor.
A Rich Beggar.
PHILADELPHIA, July 7.— With over $2,000
to her credit in the bank Bridget Ida Het
tacker, forty-one years old, a poorly clad
woman, with an infant in her arms, was ar
rested at the request of a merchant who
was importuned for aid by the woman.
Numerous complaints about tho woman
hare been pouring into police headquarters •
frithia I fee put WOUUL Bto mi held.
'■lll " —r-
ASTOR 18 NOT DEAD.
( The Cablegram Reporting His Sudden
Death WHS a Forgery.
LONDON, July 18.— William Waldorf As
j tor is not dead. The report that he had
expired was cabled to his New York agent
by some malicious person for the purpose,
llt is thought, of annoying the family. The
| first intimation that wus received of such
a report having gained currency came in
| Ihe shape of a cable of condolence from the
! rmployees in Mr. Astor's New York office,
ronveying their heartfelt sympathy and
regret. From this it is assumed that some
one in London cabled to the office in New
York, and whether it was done through
private malice or for the purpose of stock
jobbing, of course, cannot be determined
until the author of the dispatch is discov
ered.
! In reply to a note explaining the situa
| tion in New York and the contradictory re
! ports that had been received frcan London
In regard to her husband Mrs. Astor sent
out word that Mr. Astor was much better.
A cable received from New York states
that Manager Bartletfc, of the Astor estate,
received the announcement of Mr. Astor's
death by cable from Mr. Adams, Mr. As
tor's agent in London. At least the cable
was signed by him, and Mr. Bartlett sup
-1 posed that it was authentic.
Mr. Adams said: "The telegram that is
reported to have come from me is a clear
forgery. I emphatically deny sending any
such telegram, and shall take immediate
proceedings to ferret out the forger of the
telegram. I saw Mr. Astor a few hours ago
and ho was as jolly as a 'sand boy.' He
treated the affair 4vith levity and said he
Was used to being made a ghost.
"Although Mr. Astor," continued Mr.
Adams, "says the affair cannot affect him,
Ido not intend to let the matter drop. I
have cabled Mr. Baldwin denying that I
sent him the telegram asking for full par
ticulars. The telegram was possibly sent to
influence Wall street, but it cannot injure
iMr A3tor. He is makiug rapid progress
I toward recovery."
OVER THREE HUNDRED PERISHED.
St. Gervuls, Switzerland's Famous Health
Resort, Swept Away.
PARIS, July 18. —A terrific storm swept
over the Chamounix and Arve valleys in
Switzerland. Rain fell in torrents, and the
' enormous quantity of water precipitated
caused the river Arve to rise suddenly to a
; great height. The swelling of the mountain
stream led to the inundation of the country
along the banks, and great damage was
done at many places.
The worst disaster was at St. Gorvais, the
famous health resort. The village was prac
tically swept away by a landslide caused by
the storm, and it is reported that 200 resi
dents aud visitors were drowned or buried
under the landslide. The celebrated baths
were destroyed and at least half the build
ings in the place were demolished.
The Arvo is filled with floating debris,
mingled with which are many corpses of
men, women and children, besides hundreds
of carcasses of cattle, goats and other ani
mals.
; Over 150 bodies have been recovered from
the Arve and from the ruins of houses. It
is believod that there are many bodies bur
i ied under the mass of debris.
Onehundrod and fifty bodies have already
been found at St. Gervais.
Seventy-five Reported Drowned.
I PEORIA, Ills., July 18.—It Is supposed that
the tugboat Frankie Folsom capsized and
sunk on Lake Peoria with 150 people on
board. Seventy-five people are reported to
have been drowned.
ST. JOHNS IN RUINS.
Nevernl Lives Lost In the Fire—The Loss
Will Aggregate #'<5,000,000.
ST. JOHNS, N. F., July 11.— It is now esti
mated that the great fire which has been
raging here has created a loss of property
aggregating $25,000,000 and has rendered
10,000 persons homeless.
The steamer Alert and the brig Dover
were burned at their docks and five men of
their crews were either burned to death or
jumped into the harbor aud were drowned.
Two children were burned to death in the
city, and a man named Lindsay dropped
dead from fright during the progress of tho
flames. The names of the others who wore
killed or burned are not yet recorded.
The origin of the fire is not a mystery. A
careless smoker lighted his pipe in a barn in
| the northern suburbs of the city and threw
down the burning match. Half an hour
later a volume of flame and living embers
were rushing down over the entire length
, of the city toward the water.
Ntate Didders Get the Contracts.
HARRISBURG, July 13.—Secretary of the
Common wealth Harrity has awarded con
tracts for state supplies, etc., only to state
bidders, because of the failure of foreign
corporations to comply with a law enabling
them to do business within the state.
General Agent Lord Arrested.
BOSTON, July 12.—Charles F. Lord, gen
eral agent of the National Cash Register
company for Massachusetts, whoso officers
and agents were indicted by the United
States grand jury, was arrested.
Fell Dead in Church.
BOSTON, July 11.—Lieutenant Colonel
Chase E. Blunt, of the Engineer corps, U.
8. A., fell dead during services in Trinity
church.
General Markets.
NEW YORK, July 12.-COTTON-Spot lots
Hteady; futures, weak; July, 7.04 c.; August,
j 7.08o.; Boptember, 7.14 c.
FLOUR - Ruled in buyers' favor at slight do
oline; Minnesota extra, superfine,
$1.00®2.f10; fine, 81.70jt2.25; city mill o*tras,
s4.ssff&4 40 for West Indies.
! WHEAT—Opened steady at V£c. advance
fell tic., and at noon was steady; receipts,
j 200,250 bushels; shipments. 206,721 bushels; No.
i 2 red winter, 88c. cash; July, 83}$c.; August,
82%e.; September,
' CORN—Opened steady at Vic. decline, fsll lc.
and at noon was weak; receipts, - bushels;
shipments, 10 bushels; No. 2 mixed, cash, 55c.;
August, 53Vi; September, 53Vic.
i OATS—Weak; receipts, 107,400 bushels;
I HhipmontH, 65 bushels; No 2 mixed, 35c.; July,
Mftc.; August, 34He.; SoptoinW, 34^c.
RYE—Unsettled and lower; 70®79c. in ear
, lots.
BARLEY—Entirely nominal.
MOLASSES-Dull and unchanged; New Or
leans, 30Q36c. for good to fancy,
j SUGAR Refined in moderate demand; cut
loaf and crushed, 5<85V6c.; powdered. ;
granulated, 4%((&4%c.; mold A, 4Vt>®4osc.; cubes,
4%&4% c.
I COFFEE Spot lots steady and unchanged;
fair Rio cargoes, 14^0.
RICE Firm, fair, extra, C®6Vic.
I PORK-Steady ; old moss, $11.76&15.T5
j LARD Stoady, August, $7.42; September,
$7.52.
BUTTER—DuII, but steady; western ex
tras, 20Vi®Jllo.; state creamery, firsts to extras,
, 106621 c.; state dairy, half tut*' extrae, 10(JiliUc
CHEESE—Light demand; prices steady;
i state factory, full cream, white, fancy, BVso.;
j EGGS—Firm; state, fresh, li-)4(fcl7o.; weat-
I ern. prime, MftlflVie.
TURPENTINE—Firmer; 30©30^ c .
j ROSIN- Light demand; strained, f1.22U;
I good strained, $1.25.
TALLOW Steady; prime city, 5-lte.
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS
INTERESTING HAPPENINGS OF THE
! WORLD FROM FAR AND NEAR.
The Developments of Each Day During
the Week Caught Fresh from the Busy
Wires and Carefully Edited and Con
densed for Our Headers.
Thursday, July 7.
Mrs. Ed McGabe, aged fifty, of Eagle
j Puss, Tex., was brutally murdered by a
I halfwitted hired man, who said ftie woman
eursed and threatened to kill him.
i Grenier, the clerk in the French navy de
' partition t who was arrested for soiling offl-
I cial documents to Captain Borup, had a
j salary of only SB6O a year, and had not been
j promoted In six years. This fact has
changed public feeling with regard to him.
| The French commissioners to the Chicago
World's fair propose to ask the French min
i istry for a lnrgor grant toward French ex
j hibits at the fair.
Miss Annie, the eighteen-year-old daugh
ter of Governor John N. Stone, of Missouri,
has eloped with E. L. McKie, a very poor
young man, of Water Valley, Miss.
Senators Wan-en and Carey, of Wyoming,
were hung in effigy at Ogden, U. T., by in
dignant citizens for voting against the free
coinage of silver in the United States sen
ate.
Friday, July 8.
Arthur Stocker, who shot and killed his
wife and wounded her sistej*. Mamie Tier
, ney, was taken from the Hudson county
! jail to the state prison at Trenton to servo a
; term of ten years.
A French soldier, Dick Floury, of the
Seventeenth infantry, shot Jennie Poi
! guette, at Cheyenne, Wy., and then shot
; himself. The girl was badly wounded, tho
bullot having passed ontirely through hor
j body. Floury was killed instantly.
While running thirty miles an hour
through the West Havorstraw yards, the
Catskill Mountain and Suratogn express of
tho West Shore road struck and killed Mrs.
I Cook, a resident of Haverstrato, N. Y.
i Secretary Foster, of tho treasury, has
i gone off on a fishing trip.
' Ten cars of Cooke & Whitby's circus traiu
1 were derailed seven miles south of Mc-
Gregor, Wis. Two men were killed.
Pucker colliery, of Shenandoah, Pa., will
start up in a few days, after an idleness of
four inontha
Saturday, July 0.
Coroner Thomas Burke, of Perth Amboy,
yesterday found the body of a child in a box
in the woods opposite Florida grove.
Five hundred residents of Newark are
said to be victims of tho Brooklj n Co-opera
tive association, which failed on Friday. H.
M. Marchbunk, the defaulting manager of
the Commercial Enterprise company, was
also the agent of the Brooklyn Co-operative
associatlbn.
John Downward, who made such a des
perate attempt to murder his wife, Fannie,
at her home, No. 32 Cooper street, Williams
burg, and thon shot himself, died in St.
Catherine's hospital. Mrs. Downward is
recovering from her wounds.
The French government has concluded to
ask tho chambers for 800,000 francs more
for the Chicago World's fair.
Maria Fraser, of Somerville, Mass.,
strangled her three-weeks-old babo at the
Tewksbury almhouse.
Monday, July 11.
The Princess of W ales left Copenhagen
on her way home.
The Portuguese bark Maria Lelia, Cap
tain Morse, arrived at New Bedford, Mass.,
from Brava, Cape Vord islands. Charleß F.
Morse, a trader who came on the bark, says
that when he left Bruva there was fear of
a famine there.
John Booth, one of tho men who escaped
from the Cliarlestown (Mass.) state prison
on Friday, was captured in tho woods neai
Belmont, Mass. He was returned to the
prison.
Captain Bradford, of the schooner Hattie
Evelyn, at New Bedford, Mass., reports
that on July i) he passed tho derelict ship
Fred B. Taylor. Hhe bad been recently sot
on fire, but did not appear burned. Hei
afterpart was about fifteen feet out ol
water and is a very dangerous obstruction.
St. Mary's new cemetery at Amsterdam,
N. Y., was consecrated by Vicar General
Burke, of Albany, assisted by several clergy
men and altar boys of St. Mary's church.
A Chicago policeman was set upon by a
crowd in a saloon, Sunday, and killed his
prisoner, who was kicking him, aftor he j
had been knocked down.
Tuesday, July 12.
Thore is a smallpox epidemic in Victoria, '
B. C.
Lynn, Hill & Heath, bookmakers, ot
Washington, say their general manager,
Frank Barnard, has robbed them of $33,000. j
The first murder of the campaign in Ala
bama occurred at Birininghum, when
White Dellard was stabbed to the heart by |
William Green.
Frank Dwyer was instantly killed while
switching in the New York, Lake Erie and
Western railroad yards at West Susque
hanna, Pa.
A. W. Trotter, a flagman of the Delaware
and Hudson railroad at Mechauicuville, N.
Y., was struck and killed by a train.
The big plant of the Edison General Elec
trical company at Schenectady, N. Y , is to
be enlarged by the erection of three build
ings.
Alexander G. Mclvoan, business managei
of the Presbyterian News company at
Toronto, is missing. a defaulter.
Near Morgantown, iCy., Bud Lawson
killed his brother, Lop Lawson, with a club.
They were both drunk.
At Han Diego, Col., tho British schoonoi
Eliza Edwards wus fined $1,400 for taking a
cargo at Santa Barbara without complying
with the customs regulations.
Wednesday, July 18.
Members of the Salvation Army have been
put in jail iu Brainord, Minn., for blocking
streets and sidewulks.
A violent storm swept Manitoba, and in
some districts everything in its path was
destroyed. Houses, barns, fences and fac
tories were blown down, and the body of
Miss Dobson was found in the ruins of her
father's home. Several people were injured.
The Champion and Lake Superior mines
at Ishpeming, Mich., havo shut down, throw
ing 1,000 men out of employment.
P. H. Donahue, Associated Press corre
spondent at Lawrence, Mnss., was killed by
a falling ladder at a fire.
Boston labor leaders say there is no foun
dation for the story of a proposed arming
and drilling of a secret organization there
to overthrow tbe Piukertons.
At Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland, the
Parnellites made an attack on Himons
Temperance hotel and demolished it. They
also attucked and damaged other buildings.
The London Timeß' St. Petersburg cor
respondent says that The Official Gazette
confirms the reports of cholera rioting at
Astrakhan, and says that people drag
cor pete out of the hospital, believing that
patient# were burled alive In quicklime.
THE NEWS OF CONGRESS.
Proceedings of the Senate and House at
Washington.
WASHINGTON, July 7.— There was a larger
attendance on the Democratic side of the
house, and after agreeing to the conference
report on the river and harbor bill the free
coinage men felt confident that the silver
| bill would be referred to the committee on
| coinage, weights and measures. Their ef
j forts were not successful, however, al
though they worked zealously to that end.
I The anti-silver contingent succeeded in flli-
I blistering against the reference of the Bilver
j bill to the committee on coinage, weights
j and measures, and by dilatory motions tied
the house till adjournment.
! WASHINGTON, July B.— There was a spir
| ited debate in the senate on the question of
; investigating the causes of the Homestead
. (Pa.) riots and the employment of the Pink
j ortons. Mr. Palmer, of Illinois, gave ex
pression to some very advanced views on
j the relations of labor and capital, and there
j waa a very warm political discussion be
| tween Messrs. Voorhees, of Indiana, and
j Hale, of Maine. The questiou as to whether
an investigation should be ordered was re
ferred to the committee on contingent ex
penses with a request that they report at
, once. The balance of tfiie day was devoted
i to the consideration of the sundry civil bill.
| In the house the silver bill was referred
to tho committee on coinage, weights and
measures without opposition, the antisil
verites ceasing to filibuster. They expect
I to beat the measure if it comes before the
house on a direct vote. The rest of the ses
sion was consumed in the and dis
position of resolutions reported the com
mittee on judiciary regarding an investiga
! tioii of the Pinkerton detective forces and
their employment by corporations engaged
in interstate commerce, and especially the
trouble and riots at Homestead, Pa. The
report was adopted.
WASHINGTON, July 9. -At the instance of
Mr. Hill, of New York, the senate passed a
bill changing the date of tho dedication of
the World's Columbian exposition buildings
at Chicago from Oct. 12 to Oct. 21, 1802, so
as not to interfere with the Columbian
| celebration authorized by the legislature of
New York for the former date.
It being suspension day in the house,
when a two-thirds vote will pass any bill,
the minority attempted to filibuster. The
Democrats worked as a unit and succeeded
in bringing delinquent members to vote.
Tho tin plate bill was passed by a vote of
207 to 50, the largest vote of the day. The
| silver lead ore bill, reducing duty on lead to
! cents per pound on the lead coutents,
and admitting free the lead contained in sil
ver ore, was passed by a vote of 165 to 02.
WASHINGTON, July 12.—The senate had a
field day of oratory—a two and a half
speech by Mr. Washburn on the antioption
bill and three hours of the liveliest kind of
discussion on the Sunday closing proviso of
the World's fair appropriation in tho sun
dry civil bill. Ex-Senator Palmer, of Mich
igan, president of the Worlds fair commis
sion, occupied a seat on the floor of the
senate. The general trend of the debate
indicated a present intention of the World's
fair managers to open the art gallorios and
tho grounds on Sunday, but to stop the run
ning of machinery; also to provide a pa
vilion for religious services and to give
sacred concerts. Without roaching a vote
on the question or doing more than to elicit
a strongly marked diversity of views, the
senate adjourned.
The house proceedings were devoid of in
terest, as it was district day, and no legisla
tion was accomplished for the capital of the
nation.
| WASHINGTON, July 18.—The senate pre
sented two surprises—a brief silver debate
and a test vote on the antioption bill. Tho
silver question came up through some cor
respondence put in by Mr. Palmer, of
Illinois, tending to show that it would tako
two years and a half to coin the silver
bullion now in the treasury as required by
the Stewart bill without entering upon any
new coinage.
On motion of Mr. Washburn by a decisive
vote of 38 to 15 (which really was 84 to 14,
as Mr. Hawley voted nay by mistake) the
senate agreed to take up the bill.
Though the bill was subsequently sent
back to the calendar it remains liable to be
takon up for action by a similar vote at any
time.
The subject under discussion in the house
was a constitutional amendment to elect
senators by a difect vote of tho people. The
debate was entirely technical, and but little
attention was paid to the question by tho
members.
Etna's Eruption Getting: Serious.
NAPLES, July 12.— The eruption of Mount
Etna is assuming terrific proportions, and
the stream of molten lava that proceeds
from the vast crater is increasing in width
and volume. Ten kilometers of cultivated
land have already been destroyed. The
river of lava is 500 meters wido and travels
slowly, but its scorching heat can be felt at
a long distance.
Eire Bugs at Work.
WOODBRIDGE, N. J., July 12.— The stables
of the Salamander company's works, the sta
ble of the Htaten Island terra cotta works,
J. Phifer's barn and the barn of Duvid Mc-
Vieate were simultaneously set on fise at a
lato hour at uigkt aud burned to the ground.
Twenty horses were burned to death.
King lu Murderers' Row.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 12.— Colonel H.
Clay King, who was sentenced by the su
premo court at Jackson to be hanged on
Aug. 12 next for murdering the Hon. David
Poston, was brought to this city and placed
in a jail coll on murderers' row, whore he
will remain until executed.
The Governor's Daughter Eloped.
JACKSON, Miss., July 11.— The 150 of Jack
son society was shocked by the news of the
elopement of Miss Annie, the eighteen-year
old daughter of Governor John N. Stone,
with E. L. McKie, a very poor young man,
of Water Valley, Miss.
Twenty-nix Were Killed.
BERNE, July 11.— The steamer Mont Blanc
was carrying a load of passengers, including
a number of tourists, on Lake Geneva,when
the boiler exploded, killing twenty-six per
tons and wounding a number of others.
Cleveland's Private Secretary.
BOSTON, July o.—Robert Lincoln O'Brien,
of the reporters' staff of The Transcript, has
just received an appointment as private
secretary to ex-President Cleveland.
Eight Convicts Escape.
BOSTON, July 9. —Nine long term convicts
made their escape from the state prison at
Charlestown through a sewer, and all but
one are now at large.
Ten Men Killed.
BAN FRANCISCO, July 11.— Three maga
zines of the Giant Powder company at
West Berkley exploded and ten men were
killed.
A Summer Hotel Burned.
WATERT*WN, N. Y., July 11.— The Rath
bun, a summer hotel at Cape Vincent, mm
destroyed by fire.
CYRUS W. FIELD DEAD
THE ATLANTIC CABLE WILL BE HIS
j EVERLASTING MONUMENT.
He Spurned Disasters and Repeated
Failures and Finally Moored the New
World Alongside the Old, and Thus
Became Honored of All Men.
NEW YORK, July 13.— Cyrus W. Field's
death at Ardsley park, Dobbe Ferry, al
though expected for some time, came with
a shock to his friends and was heard with
regret by the public, whose benefactor he
was.
Cyrus West Field was born in Stockbridge,
Mass., on Nov. 80, 1819. His father, the
Rev. David Dudley Field, bad some literary
reputation in New England. He had gone
to Stockbridge from Haddam, Conn., a few
years before the birth of Cyrus. When
young Field was fifteen years old he came
to New York, where his brother, David
Dudley, already in practice as a lawyer, got
for him a clerkship in A. T. Stewart's store.
At tho end of his term of apprenticeship he
went into business for himself as a junk
dealer and paper maker. In spite of one
failure, he made enough in twelve years to
l)o able to retire from business. He was
thirty-three years old when he did this.
When he was twenty-two ho had married
Miss Mary Bryan Stone, of Guilford, Conn.,
by whom he has had six children, and who
died only a few months ago.
It was very soon after this retirement that
OTBVB W. TOLD,
he became interested in the subject of sub
marine telegraphy. It was brought to his
attention by a telegraph operator named
Glsborne, who had secured a charter from
the Newfoundland legislature for a cable
between St. Johns and New York. A cable
was laid across the Gulf of St. Lawrence
after great difficulties.
Mr. Field then induced Peter Cooper,
Moses Taylor, Marshall O. Roberts and
Chandler White to join him in the enter
prise. A company was formed under the
title of the New York, Newfoundland and
London Telegraph company. It was thir
teen years after this before any results
worth speaking of wore obtained. This was
tho most remarkable period of Field's life.
He bore up against rebuffs of all kinds and
financial disaster which would have easily
subdued most men. He made fifty journeys
across the Atlantic on behalf of his scheme.
A few great men encouraged him. Mr.
Thackeray and John Bright were among
them.
The Cable Laid.
After a long series of dismal failures a
cable was laid iu 1858. Two ships, one com
ing from Newfoundland and the other from
Ireland, met and spliced the onds together.
Messages were sent over this cable for a
few weeks, and then it became useless.
This failure was doubly disheartening, and
nothing more was done for some years.
Cyrus continued his agitation of the cable
scheme, however, and in 1865 the huge
Great Eastoru was chartered to lay another
cable. By this time Sir William Thomson
had perfected his instruments for measur
ing currents and for ascertaining the posi
tion of snbmarine cables. On the first oc
casion the Great Eastern had gone about
1,200 miles, when tho cable parted.
The cable layers succeeded in getting hold
of the cable again, but the rope with which
it was hauling up gave way, and there was
not enough rope to make another attempt.
It was also too late in the season and too
rough to continue the work that year. In
1866 the Great Eastern went out again, suc
ceeding in laying a new cable and in pick
ing up the one abandonod in tho previous
year. On July 27 communication was es
tablished between the two continents, and
since then it lias never been interrupted.
Honors were heaped on Field. Congress
presented him with a gold medal and the
thanks of the nation. Lord Palmerston de
clared that the British government would
have known how to honor him had he
been a British subject. John Bright said j
he had moored the New World alongside of j
the Old.
He was the last person to receive the hon
orary freedom of the city of New York. A
gold snuff box wus given to him at the same
timo. Ho also got the thanks of the state :
of Wisconsin, with a gold medal; the thanks j
of the American Chamber of Commerce of j
Liverpool, with a gold medal; a decoration ■
from Kiug Victor Emmanuel of Italy; a sil
ver service from George Peabody, aud in
numerable thanks and gold medals from all
over the world.
His Monument to Andre.
Mr. Field's house on the Hudson was
called Ardsley, from the house which his
ancestor Zachariah built in 1680. Some
years ago Mr. Field created a stir on the or
dinarily peaceful banks of the Hudson by
putting up a monument to Major Andre,
tho young English officer who bravely un
dertook tho duties of a spy and was very
properly shot by General Washington's or
ders when caught.
As Andre was captured by three local
beroeß, whose deed is also commemorated
in stone, local and national patriotism
moved Mr. Field's neighbors to pull the
monumont down. He put it up agaiu and
they pulled it down again, and in time he
grew tired. Mr. Field was freely accused
if anglomania. This offense consisted in
tubmitting to the friendship of the most
eminent Englishmen of the present and the
last generation.
Mr. Field was careful of his personal ap
pearance, but his dress was quiet. It was
marked by one peculiarity, an emerald
given to him in South America which he
always wore iu his shirt front. His conver
sation was rapid and witty, and he could
get through more business in five minutes
than many in an hour. His recent troubles
are too well known to need repeating here.
I.entlier Merchants Fail.
BOSTON, July 12. McConnell & Shaw,
sole leather commission merchants, 105
South street, failed with liabilities of about
♦300,000.
Knvarhul Executed.
PARI*, July 11.— Ravscbol was executed
this louininp.
Don't Miss This!
For if you do you will lose money by it.
WE NOW BEGIN
Neuburger's Annual Clearing Sale.
We will offer our entire stock, which is the largest in
this region, at prices that will astonish you. Call
early if you are looking for bargains as this sale will .
last '
W&m TEN Days ONEY !
During this time we will sell goods at prices lower than
were ever before heard of.
In the Dry Goods department you can buy:
Handsome dress gingliam-print calicoes, 6 cents per yard; re
duced from 10 cents.
Apron gingham will be sold at 5 cents per yard.
All the leading shades in double-width cashmere, which was
sold at lfi cents is now going at 10 cents per yard.
As handsome an assortment of Scotch and zephyr dress ging
hams as you have ever seen, which we sold at 20 cents, will
now go at 12£ cents per yard. **
Sockwood, best sheeting, we will sell at 17J cents per yard,
reducing it from 25 cents.
Fifty different shades of Bedford cord, Manchester chevron
and Henrietta cloth, which were sold at 45 cents, will now
go at 25 cents per yard.
Hosiery department quotes the following:
Men's seamless socks, 5 cents per pair.
Boys' outing cloth waists, 15 cents each.
Men's outing cloth shirts, 20 cents each.
Ladies' ribbed summer vests, 4 for 25 cents.
Ladies' chemise, 25 cents.
We have just received an elegant line of ladies' shirt waists
and will sell them from 35 cents upward.
Shoe department makes the following announcement:
We have just received a large consignment from the East,
and have not yet had time to quote juices. But we will
say that they will go at juices on which we defy cotnpeti- *
tion. Call and examine them.
Clothing prices are marked as follows:
We are selling boys' 40-cent knee jiants at 25 cents.
Men's #1.25 pants are now going at 75 cents j>er [>air.
Boys' blouse suits, 60 cents.
Men's #O.OO suits reduced to #3.00.
Men's Custom-made #O.OO wood-brown cassimere suits re
duced to #5.00.
Men's absolutely fast-color blue suits at #0.50; reduced from
#IO.OO.
We have lowest marks on all goods in our lines of
Ladies' and Gents' Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps,
Trunks, Valises, Notions, Etc.
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BARGAIN EMPORIUM,
P. 0. S. of A. Building, Freeland, Pa.
Wt 4ft
FOR
And Hardware of Every Description. *
REPAIRING DONE ON SHORT NOTICE.
We are prepared to do roofing and spouting in the most
improved manner and at reasonable rates. We have the
choicest line of miners' goods in Freeland. Our mining oil,
selling at 20, 25 and 30 cents per gallon, cannot be surpassscd.
Samples sent to anyone on application.
Fishing Tackle and
Sporting Goods.
Q\RKQECK'S,
CENTRE STREET, FREELAND, PA.