BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS I INTERESTING HAPPENINGS OF THE WORLD FROM FAR AND NEAR. The Developments of Each Day During: the Week Caught Fresh from the llusy , Wires and Carefully Edited and Con densed for Our Readers* Thursday, July 28. Maud E. Kittrtdgo, aged nine, and Lizzie Kittridge, aged five, were arrested in Bos ton for shoplifting. The house of C. W. Whitman on Wash ington avenue, Somerville, Mass., was ran sacked by a burglar and then set afire. Mexican rangers captured and put to death six of the robbers who recently robbed a car on the Mexican international , railroad. The Hon. Wilfred Laurier has given nn ; emphatic denial to the story that he intends , to retire from the leadership of the Liberal . party. •Stephen P. Ogden, an eighteen-year-old . youth, shot and killed himself at Albauy because a fourteen-year-old girl of whom he was onamored received a letter from au othor boy. W. R. Sperry, appointed United States ; minister to Persia, is the lending Repnbli- j can nowspaper editor of Delaware, n man of much culture and has for years been an active worker in his party. Friday* July 29. John G. Stetson, clerk of the United States circuit court in Boston siuco 1807, i has resigned that position. The Standard and Laffey wire works and many othor factories in Newark have been i compelled to shut down because of the heat. Seven tramps attacked Annie Riggsby, a house girl, living in West End, Ind. They wore caught and barely escaped lynching. The various societies of the Congroga- I tional church are in session at Martha's Vineyard. This mooting is the first in the history of that denomination. The foar of a water famine hangs over Philadelphia. There is in all tho reservoirs but one-fourth of a full supply and little | more than enough to supply the city for one day. Michael Hughes, James Scanlan and Michael Cassidy, throe of tho Hudson coun ty (N. J.) ballot box stuffers, pleaded guilty < and were remanded in the custody of their bondsmen for sentence by Judge Lippin cott on Aug. 11. Saturday, July 30. At Retto, Neb., Robert Frnzier attacked Charles Stout and stamped him to death. Stout had circulated a slandorous story about Frazier. The number of deaths throughout the country caused by the terrific and prolonged heat is unprecedented. Texas fever is raging all through the In dian Territory, and groat numbers of cat tlo are dying from tho disease. There is likely to be a big row at the Stanford university when tho students re turn noxt month, as the price of living in tho college dormitories has been advanced ten dollars per month. At Somerset, Ky., Deputy Sheriff Grant Somers, while attempting to arrest John Coffee, a notorious character, was shot down by the desperado. Somers drew his re volver as he fell and wouuded Coffee. Both will die. Deputy Sheriff Wright, of Romulus, Mich., believes he has discovered an organized band who are smuggling Chinese into the United States. Monday, Aug. 1. The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company has begun a suit to shut up the saloon of James McGlen in the town of Cumberland, R. I. Fire which broke out in tho blacksmith shops of the Great Northern railroad at St. Paul destroyed property to tho value of $50,000. About 100 men aro temporarily thrown out of employment. A fire which started in the apartmeuts of Princess Henry of Battenberg in tho Her lingenberg castle, owned by tho Duke of Hesse, destroyed one wing of the castle. All the occupants were rescued amid much excitement. Two firemen were injured. A long, heavily loaded gravel car got loose in Blast Manchester, N. H., and dashed I down a steep grade into the crowded rail way yard, going at a speed of fifty miles an hour. Fortunately the track was clear and a quick witted switchman ditched tho car before it reached tho passenger station. The car just missed crashing into a passen ger train by two seconds. Tuesday, Aug. 2. Arthur Btrobel, an insane German from ; New York, was shot and killed at Los An geles, Cal. The importation of rags from France has been prohibited by the treasury department because of the cholera. Several Paris papers report an attempt to blow up with dynamite buildings in Ver sailles, but searching inquiries fail to con firm tho rumor. Receiver Wilkinson, of tho defunct Now ark (N. J.) Savings institution, began to pay depositors of the new account their final dividend of about 11 per cent. Almost $700,000 will be paid out. The case against J. H. Cross nnd A. G. McDaniels, who wore arrested in Deuver on the charge of having robbed President Moffat, of tho First National bank, of $21,- 000, was dismissed for want of proof. Governor Flower has appointed John Berry, of Mount Vernon, one of the man agers of the Reformatory for Women to be established in Westchester county, in place of ex-Senator Stevens, who declined the office. Dr. Talmage preachod four times in Glas gow Sunday. Boatswain Riggen's body is expected to arrive in Philadelphia Aug. 10. Wednesday, Aug. 3. f The police of Providence, R. 1., have is sued a circular offering SSOO reward for in formation that will lead to tho arrest and conviction of the murderers of Anthony S. llaswell. The state department has issued extra dition papers in the case of John llarnett, under arrest in Now York city for omt>ez xlement in Ireland. The Champion iron mine at Champion, Mich., has closed down for an indefinite period. Six hundred men are out of em ployment. Charles Findlay, nineteen, son of the late state treasurer of California, has been ar rested in San Francisco on two charges of obtaining goods under false pretenses. George Gage, a wealthy farmer living near Dover, N. H., was persuaded by two men to buy of them for $6,500 a "gold brick," which they told him was worth SB,OOO. The piece of metal was found to be worth about four dollars. The swindlers escaped. The plans for the celebration of Columbiau Day at New Brunswick, N. J., are likely to fall through, owing to a wrangle about precedence of the right in the line which the firemen and civic authorities have got ten into CAL WOOD ELECTROCUTED. Three Shocks Given—Ho Gravely Accuses His Victim. DANNEMOKA, N. Y., Aug. 3.—The first infliction of the death penalty at Clinton prison by electricity was on Joseph, better known as Cal Wood. Wood, who is a man of about thirty-eight years of age and physically a good specimen of manhood, passed his last night on earth as quietly as he had previous ones, and aside from a slight nervousness, apparont more particu larly in the face, inet his death calmly and without any evidont interest in tho mothod of execution. Three shocks were given. When tho straps were removed it was shown that the body was in the same posi tion and the face preserved the same ap pearance as when the man sat down. The lips were not drawn, the eyes and mouth closed naturally, and the only indication of CAL WOOD. the current was a blister on the loft leg caused by tho overheated water flowing from tho sponge in the electrode. During the execution Mrs. Wood and her brother-in-law sat in the hotel parlor across from the prison entrance, and when the witnesses came out she burst into tears and buried her face in her hands. After the autopsy was finished they took possession of the body. The chaplain and warden are both in possession of a statement of Wood in which ho says that the murdorod man was guilty of incest with his daughter, Wood's wife, and that he killed Pasco because of that. Mrs. Wood was asked by a United Press reporter if this was so. She said Cal was a good man and always told tho truth. Just here Wood's brother Charles inter fered and told her she must not talk. Judgo Whitman, who was counsel for Wood, said, however, Mrs. Wood confirms in every particular Wood's story and says that her father was immorally intimate with her. THE ORDER OF THE IRON HALL. Somerby Says That the Concern Is Solid In Every Way. INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. B.—Supreme Justice Freeman Somerby, of the Iron Hall, in an swer to a reporter's question said: "The order is solid in every way and will bo vin dicated in the courts. I did not hoar of tho Iron Hall receivership until after 1 o'clock on Saturday. In New York I made a speech and paid out $16,00u to the members of the New York branch. I have not tried to evade anybody. "I have not read tho complaint and only know in a general way what the charges are. My accounts aro all right aud lam not afraid to have a thorough investigation of them. The Philadelphia matter is an im portant factor in this suit. I believe that the assets of the Keystone bank are more than enough to take care of any funds that the Iron Hall may have on deposit there." Mr. Somerby intimated that after a con sultation with his attorneys he might have a statement to make. A Man Blown to Atoms. BALTIMORE, Aug. 2.—Theodore Penny packer and Joseph Hughes were in a boat fishing and using dynamite for tho purpose of killing fish. A pieco of the dynamite ex ploded, killing Pounypacker and seriously injuring Hughes. Pennypacker's body was literally blown into atoms. There was noth ing left of it except a portion of the breast bone, which was driven into the body of Hughes. Knight Made No Requests. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 3.—The will of Ed ward C. Knight, the late sugar refiner, pro vides only for the appointment of the ex ecutors and makes no bequests, so the prop erty, worth $6,000,000, must now bo di vided in accordance with tho interstate j laws. He Saved the Woman. WILLI AMSPORT, Pa., Aug. 2.—While row ing iu the Susquehanna river with Miss Mary Eck, William Harinton, one of the best known young men of Williamsport, was drowned after saving tho young lady when their boat capsized. Kx-Senator Kennedy Dead. ANNAPOLIS, Md., Aug. 2. Ex-United States Senator Anthony Kennedy, aged eighty-two, died here. Senator Kennedy was born in Baltimore on Dec. 21, 1810. Ho was educated at the Charlestown academy, Jefferson county, Va. He Dreaded Insanity. ('APE CHARLES,Va., Aug. 2.—Hon. Thomas C. Parramore, of Drummondtown, com mitted suicide by drowning. Ho loft a note saying that he had long been suffering from locomotorataxia and had a horror of becoming insane. Will Call Her llrooklyn. j WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. —Secretary Tracy will give the name of Brooklyn to the new armored cruiser recently authorized by con gress. The vessel will bo very similar to the New York. Delivered Up by Quebec. MONTREAL, Aug. 3.-—The alleged mur : derors Rosenzweig and Blank were do- I livered to the chief of police of Towanda, | Pa., who arrived here with extradition papers. Hepburn Sworn In. WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—A. B. Hepburn, the new comptroller of the currency, was hworn into office and at once entered upon the discharge of his duties. Shot Hi Nephew. ! DANBURY, Conn., Aug. 2. —Michael O'Don -1 noil shot and probably fatally wounded his nephew, Michael Kelly, in a quarrel over an invitation to drink. Philadelphia to Sue Yardley. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. I.—Philadelphia will sue Receiver Yardley of the Keystone bank for $52,369.77, which llardsley received tho day before the failure. To Help Home ltule. NEW YORK, July 27.—Mr. Eugene Kelly, treasurer of tho National Federation of America, cabled $2,500 to the National party in Ireland* THE POLITICAL FIELD THE REPUBLICAN ADVISORY COM MITTEE TO BE A SECRET ONE. The Democratic Committees Appointed by Chairman Ifarrlty Ex-Secretary Blaine Will Take the Stump for the Nominees of Ills Party. AUGUSTA, Me., Aug. 3. Ex-Secretary Blaine will take the stump for tho Republi can natlonnl ticket. No definite statomont can yet be made as to the number of speeches Mr. Blaine will make nor the places at which they will be delivered. These matters of detail are, however, boing arranged. Mr. Manley loft here for Bar Harbor in obedience to a summons from the ex-secre tary of state. Before he left he announced that the object of his mission was to consult with Mr. Blaine with a view to arranging dates where the speeches will be made. It is expected that Mr. Blaine's voice in advocacy of the claims of the Republican national caudidato will first be heard in this state. The campaign in Maine will bo opened Aug 17. It will be a very vigorous I one, Chairman Manley having arranged for meetings to be held in every section and corner of the state. Ho hopes to so manage matters that Mr. Blaine will appear all along the line. While Mr. Manley is absent he will call on Mr. Hale. The congressman will also take the field. The Hon. Henry B. Cleves, candidate for governor, will also take the stump. The corps ot speakers from abroad will be as able a one as ever entered the state and will include Major McKinley, of Ohio; Mr. Burrows, of Michigan; Hon. J. P. Dolliver, of Iowa; Hon. Joseph Hawloy, of Connec ticut; Senator Wolcott, of Colorado, and j General Goorge Sheridan of Washington. A SECRET COMMITTEE. The Republican National Advisory Board Not to Be Made Public. WASHINGTON, July 29. J. S. Clarkson ; and J. N. Huston, of the Republican nation al committee, joined Chairman Carter in ! Washington. With Senator Felton, of Cali fornia, they called at the White House and spent some time with President Harrison, discussiug tho political situation and the 1 necessities aud probabilities of tho cam- ' paign. One thing they talked of with much 1 interest was the work of the literary bureau \ of tho campaign, which is to be under Mr. ' Clarkson's management, and the character 1 and number of publications of political mat- ' ter was discussed. I ' Another thing that was discussed was the | organization of au advisory committee. Chairman Carter said that tho names of j this committee would not be made public J by him, even after it had been decided upon. I I The opening of branch headquarters in * Chicago under a subcommittee of the na- * tional committee was under consideration, f and President Harrison and Chairman (Jar- * ter are said to have united in a request to 1 Mr. Huston, of Indiana, to take charge of " the Chicago branch. Mr. Huston is said to 1 have stated that he could not devoto so ' much of his time to the campaign as tho chairmanship of that subcommittee would I require, but announced his willingness to j take a place on the subcommittee. Messrs. i R. G. Evans, of Minnesota, and E. H. Bose water, of Nebraska, are mentioued as two other members of the subcommittee. Mr. Evans is also spoken of as possible chairman | THE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEES. Chairman Harrlty Appoints Ills Lleuten- ( ants —He Says Harmony Rules. ; t NEW YORK, July 30.—1n accordance with C the resolutions adopted by the Democratic 1 national committee on July 21, Chairman i William F. Harrity announced the executive < committee of twenty-five members and the , campaign committee of nino members. ! The names of those constituting the ad visory board will not be made known until after the first meeting of the campaign committee, which probably will bo held on ' Thursday next, Aug. 4. The executive committee is as follows: ' M. F. Tarpey, California; Charles French, Connecticut; Charles 8. Thomas, Colorado; | Samuel Pasco, Florida; Clark Howell, Jr., Georgia; J. J. Richardson, Iowa; Charles W. Blair, Kansas; Thomas H. Sherley, Ken tucky; James Jeffries, Louisiana; Arthur Bewail, Maine; Arthur P. Gorman, Mary land; Daniel J. Campau, Michigan; Michael Moran, Minnesota; Charles 8. Lowry, Mis- I Bissippi; John G. Prather, Missouri; Alvah | W. Sulloway, New Hampshire; Miles Ross, ! New Jersey; William F. Sheehan, New York; M. W. Ransom, North Carolina; Cal vin S. Brice, Ohio; Samuel R. Honey, Rhode Island; Holmes Cum'mings, Tennessee; O. j T. Holt, Texas; Bradley B. Bmalley, Ver- | mont, and Basil B. Gordon, Virginia; Wil- I liam F. Harrity, of Pennsylvania, chairman ' ex-officio; 8. P. Bheerin, of Indiana, secre tary ex-officio. The campaigu committee consists of Cal vin 8. Brice, of Ohio; A. P. Gorman, of i Maryland; William F. Sbeehan, of Now York; B. B. Smalley, of Vermont; M. W. Ransom, of North Carolina; B. T. Cable, of ' Illinois; E. O. Wall, of Wisconsin; Josiah Quincy, of Massachusetts, and William F. Harrity, of Pennsylvania. Justice Daniels' Opinion. NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—ln a letter to Sen tor Hiscock retired Justice Daniels renders an opinion in which ho holds that the late extra session of the state legislature had no authority even to attempt to reapportion tho senate and assembly districts and pro nouncing the legislation unconstitutional. The opinion is a lengthy one, and in it : Judge Daniels says that the courts have full power to restrain elections by the now districts, the reapportionment boing uncon stitutional. Michigan's Special Session. LANSING, Mich., Aug. 2.—Governor Win ans issued a proclamation convening the legislature of the state in special session Aug. 5 for the purpose of rearranging tho senate districts and apportioning anew tho representatives among the counties and dis tricts, the last reapportionment law having been declared unconstitutional. Knute Nelson Nominated. ST. PAUL, July 29.—At the Republican ! Btate convention tho name of Knuto Nelson, ! of Alexandria, was the only one presented for the governorship and he was nominated ! by acclamation. David M. Clough, of Min neapolis, was nominated for lieutenant gov- | ernor without opposition. Rawlins for Governor. ROCK SPRINGS, Wy., July 29. —At the Democratic state convention Dr. Osborne, of Rawlins, was nominated for governor on the thirty-seventh ballot. Merlden'g Car Strike. MKRIDEN, Conn., July 29.—N0 more cars lave been started on the street railroad Aid everything is quiet CYRUS W. FIELD'S WILL. The Estate and Life Insurance Will Amount to About 90.10,000. ! WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., Aug. 3.— A peti ! tion was filed in the surrogate's office ask ing leave to file tho will of tho late Cyrus ! W. Field. | The will sots aside $50,000 in trust for the ! dead man's insane daughter, Alice D. Field, of Pleasantville, N. Y., and directs the re | mainder to bo dividod fn five equal parts, ! ouo to become tho property of Grace E. | Lindloy, the second to go to Isabel Judson, the third to Fannie F. Andrews. The fourth part is to be invested by the execu tors for the benefit of Edward M. Field, the insane son. The fifth part is to be invosted I for Cyrus W. Field. j The estate is ostimated to be worth $350,- i 000, and tho life insurance policies for about $300,000 will make the total estate to be i dividod about $050,000. The writ is return ; able Oct. 2 and a contest is not probable. | ALICE WEEPS ON FREDA'S GRAVE. ; Then Miss Mitchell Is Taken to Her In sane Asylum Home. MEMPHIS, Aug. 2.— Alice Mitchell was taken to the insane asylum at Bolivar, Tonn., at 5 o'clock. Previous to her de parture she expressed ft desire to visit Elm wood cemetery and view the grave of her victim, Freda Ward. Her request was granted, and in company with her father and mother, under guard of the sheriff, she was driven to the cemetery. She displayed ; great emotion, and as she gazed upon the little mound of earth tears flowed in pro fusion. Before leaving she gathered a handful of flowers from the grave, which she seemed I to treasure and which she pressed to her bosom and carried them with her to her secluded home at the asylum. Her father and mother were her companions to Bolivar, where she was conveyed under escort of a : deputy shoriff. Aeronaut Hobe's Frightful Fall. ST. PAUL, Aug. I.—Five thousand poople at Inver grove, just south of this city, were the horrified spectators of a terrible fall to death of Professor Hobe, the aeronaut. When the balloon reached the usual alti tude Hobe could be seen tugging at the valve cord, which would not work. Before he could manipulate it the balloon was at least 3,000 feet above the earth. In the regular way he cut IOOBC the parachute and shot rapidly earthward, but to the horror of the crowd the parachute did not expand, and the unfortunate aeronaut fell like a shot toward the ground. So great was the force of the fall that he was driven in the soft ground to a depth of ten feet and in stantly killed. It required the work of an hour to reach the body. Chicago liankn Robbed. CHICAGO, Aug. 3. The dischnrge of George Cartels, paying toller of the Central Trußt and Saviugs bauk, and his subsequent flight with $3,000 of the firm's cash, has un earthed a gigantic conspiracy to defraud ! five Chicago bauks. Tho scheme was partly I successful, and over $50,000 was secured i from Cartels' former employers, but was made good by reputable men who had ' vouched for tho integrity and business ' ability of tho young men who bad engaged i in the deal. Another bank is said to have | lost $20,000, which amount was also made good by the same security. The Horrors of Cholera. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 3.—A Russian newspaper correspondent who has just re turned from the Russian Caucasus says that tho deaths from cholera in that region in the last thirty days number 50,000. In the villages the people are unable to bury their dead, and the bodies lie in the houses for days, polluting the air and spreading the disoase. Whole families die without care of any kind, and the first knowledge of their illness is often communicated to their neighbors by tho odors from tho decomposed corpses. Ex-President Bogran .Shot. PANAMA (via Galveston), Aug. B.—ln the Honduras revolution General Leonardo Nuila has been completely successful and ex-President Bogran has boen shot. Dr. Bonilla is provisional president and tho ' country is fairly tranquil. Biggin's Doily to Lie in State. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 3.— Mayor Stuart has granted the use of Independence hall for tho purpose of having the body of Charles W. Riggin, who was assassinated in Chili, lie in state on its arrival from Val paraiso. Chief Renville Dead. SISSETON AGENCY, S. D., Aug. I.—Gab riel Reuville, tho venerable chief of tho ' Siesston and Mapcton tribes, the best i known of the Indians of the northwest, 1 died at his house at this ageucy. Once a Famous Actress. ■ NEW YORK, July 28.—Mrs. Carrie Jami- j son, who supported Edwin Forest, Char- | I lotto Cushman, Davenport, Murdoch, Booth and Barrett, was buried from tho Church of I the Transfiguration. A Bullet In Ills Head. HASTINGS, Neb., Aug. B.—D. 8. Cole, a prominent and well known citizen, was found dead in a little old house two blocks from his residence with a bullet bole under his right oar. De Mores to Be Tried. PARIS, Aug. B.—The Marquis do Mores was committed for trial for manslaughter, and the four seconds concerned in his duel with Captain Mayer wero held. An Extra Court Term. ALBANY, July 29.— Governor Flower has appointed an extraordinary general terra of the supremo court for the fifth department to be held at Buffalo Aug. 16. The Wire Drawers' Scale. ! PITTSBURG, Aug. 3.— The wire drawers' scale has been settled for the coming year and the mills will start up within a week. ; 1892 AUGUST. 1892 Su. Mo. Tu. We. Th. Fr. Sa. fTT4 77 7_B T JLO D. i 2 13 14 15 76 JL7 18 19 20 21 221 23 24 25 26 27 28 j 29 To 31 MOON'S PHASES. \Full Q 0:67 | AK.V nn 6:60 v£sMoon O a. m. WMoon ut* a. m. €<jSi&ls i2 I I Quarter 30 THE KEYSTONE STATE ITEMS WHICH ARE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO PENNSYLVANIANS. Brief Mention of Matters Which Every body Should Know About —A Week's Accidents and Crimes Accurately and Concisely Chronicled. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2.— The death is an nounced at Germantown of Mrs. Caroline Hyde Butler Laing, the authoress. Escaped to Meet Death. READING, Aug. 2.— While escaping from an officer George Hudick, a Hungarian, aged twenty-two years, jumped into the fichuylkill river and was drowned. The Cornerstone Laid. MANHEIM, Aug. 2. The cornerstone of Grace Lutherun church at Manheim was laid. Killed by a Street Car. CHESTER, Aug. 2.—Hannah R. Galvin, aged two years, was instantly killed by be ing run over by a street car. Eight Thousand at Wilkesbarre. W ILKESBAKRE, Aug. I.—One of the most notable gatherings ever held in this city occurred here in the grand joint meeting in the armory of members of the Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, Order of Railway Trainmen, Order of Railway Conductors, Order of Railway Telegraphors, Switch men's Mutual Aid association and Ladies' auxilliary of the B. L. E. and O. R. C. Mem bers of the above orders to the number o 1 B,(XX), from all parts of the United States and Canada, attended the meeting. Coal Goes Up. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. I.—Beginning today the circular price of coal for this city is ad vanced fifteen cents at the mines by the ; Reading and Pennsylvania railroads, mak- i ing an increase of about fifty cents since the first of the year. Furnaces Shut Down. PITTSBURG, Aug. I.—The Dunbar com pany have shut down their two furnaces indefinitely, owing to lack of orders. Three hundred men were thrown out of employ ment. Death Came from the Clouds. PITTSBURG, July 31.—Solomon Richardson and William Castle, employed as laborers in Highland park, were struck and instantly killed by lightning. A half dozen others were stunned but not seriously injured by the same bolt. A New Pennsylvania Railroad. HARRISBURG, July 81.—The state depart ment granted a charter for 999 years to the Alleghany and Lawrence Railroad compa ny. The road is to run from Bryant, in ; Alleghany county, to Moravia, in Lawrence I county. Robbed of His Savings. ALLENTOWN, July 31.—The house ot Joseph Anthony, a farmer near Allentown, was robbed of $482 while the family were in the harvest field. A Reading Contractor Missing. READING, July 31.—Henry M. Wagner, a Reading contractor, is missing. Doth Sisters Are Ninety. KENNETT SQUARE, July 31.—The Stack house sisters, twins, living near Kennett j Square, celebrated the ninetieth anniver sary of their birth. One Effect of the Coal Combine. PHILADELPHIA, July 31.—The mining em ployees of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company for the first time in three years wiil be paid at the full two-fifty basis rate for the last two weeks of July and first half of August. The rate is based on the selling price of coal, wages fluctuating accordingly. Destructive Pennsylvania Storm. IIARRIBBURG, July 29.— York was visited by a severe storm. Houses were unroofod, buildings wrecked and one man was killed. In Lancaster county great damage was done by lightning. Near Reading six barns ! wero struck at once. A Young Philadelphia Borgia. PHILADELPHIA, July 29. —Because of an upbraiding for lettiug loose a parrot, Cath arine McCurdy, thirteen years, of Nine teenth and Christian streets, attempted to kill Charles Zellor with poison. Bho was arrested. Scranton Took First Honors. READING, July 29.— The state sanger bund held a monster street parade in Reading. The prizes of Tuesday's singiug contest were awarded, the Scranton society winning first honor, the Wilkesbarre san gerbund second and the Williarasport turn verein third. Hit Him with a Hatchet. PHILADELPHIA, July 29.— Edward Com fort, sixteen years old, struck his father, Winchester Comfort, of 1413 North Seven teenth street, on the head with a hatchet, causing a compound fracture of the skull. He claims to have done it in defense of Mrs. Comfort. Diamond Cut Diamond. PHILADELPHIA, July 28.— For working the badger game on Milt Davis, a notorious bunco steerer, and relieving him of a roll of | I money, Edward Keown, Nellie Keown, John Betz and Anthony Hauley were held in SI,OOO bail. The Fifteenth Victim. | POTTBVILLE, July 28.— Tho fifteenth body J has been found and removed from York Farm colliery. A citizens' meeting to raise funds for the families of the victims has been called. A Women Accused. j PHILADELPHIA, July 28.— Mrs. William Wood, daughter-in-law of ex-Chief of De tectives Charles Wood, is charged with em bezzling $4,000 from C. J. Heppe & Co. Pattison Gets the Protest. I IIARRIBBURG, July 28. —Governor Patti son has received a communication from the Pennsylvania newspaper correspondents in Washington protesting against the punish | ment of Private lams at Homestead. The : governor has not yet taken any action on : the protest and simply acknowledged its ! receipt. Lightning .Strikes Three Brothers. I PHILIPSBURG, July 28.— During a heavy storm tho three Runk brothers, living I near Philipsburg, were struck by light ning and one of them was fatally injured. Conductors as Freight Robbers, I MEADVILLE, July 28.—Conductors Ed ward Jones and Alfred R. Gould and Brakeman Edward Coglan, of the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad, were arrested at Meadville for robbing freight cars. Stolen carpots were fouud on the floor of each of the three houses in which | they lived. Joneß confessed. Ex-Governor Hoyt Very 111. WILKESBARRE, July 28.— Ex-Governor Henry M. Hoyt is seriously ill at his resi dence in Wilkesbarre. A professional nurse is iu constant attendance. His malady is said to be a complete destruction of the nervous system. Signed by Governor Pattison. IIARRIBBURG, July 28.—Governor Pat tison signed the application for the par don of John and EVederick Williams, of York county, they having boen recently convicted of larceny. 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, whicli 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 'f For Tih Days Oyly ! During this time we will sell goods at prices lower than were ever before heard ol'. In the Dry Goods department you can buy: Handsome dress gingliam-print calicoes, 0 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 15 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 2<> cents, will now go at 12J cents per yard. Lockwood, 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' shirtwaists 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 prices. But we will say that they will go at prices on which we defy competi- . tion. Call and examine them. Clothing prices arc marked as follows: We are selling boys' 40-cent knee pants at 25 cents. Men's $1.25 pants are now going at 75 cents per pair. Boys' blouse suits, 50 cents. Men's SO.OO suits reduced to $3.00. Men's Custom-made $9.00 wood-brown cassimere suits re duced to $5.00. Men's absolutely fast-color blue suits at $0.50; reduced from SIO.OO. We have lowest marks on all goods in our lines of Ladies' and Gents' Furnishing Coods, Hats, Caps, Trunks, Valises, Notions, Etc. Utitgfc llti'Hif s%?*'§ BARGAIN EMPORIUM, P. 0. S. of A. Building, Freeland, Pa. Wi FOR 03 " 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 surpasssed. Samples sent to anyone on application. Pishing' Tackle and Sporting' Goods. BIRKBEGK'S, CENTRE STREET, FREELAND, PA.
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