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Some Matters of Importance in
Other Lands.
Discovery of a Plot to Assassinate
Germany's Emperor.
The Paris Figaro gives an account of the
r\f offflnmt rtn t ho noH" nf Ciur*
man Anarchists to kill Emperor William <*>n
his recent journey from Coblenz to Constance.
This startling story emanate?, according
to the Figaro, from a highly cxeditable
source. Suspicion was aroused in the
following manner, and timely precautions
were taken, to which the aged Kaiser owes
the preservation of his life. A man was arrested
in Gross-Gerau and on his jierson was
found the following communication:
"This evening, just before midnight, the
imperial special train. Be ready."
Gendarmes were immediately sent out to
scour the town for suspicious individuals.
Several arrests were made and on several
person* were found communications similar
to the one given above. For some time the
greatest consternation prevailed among
the railroad officials. Patrols and extra
guards were sent all along the railway line.
The adjacent houses were searched and the
utmost vigilance was shown by all to balk
the terrible design of some half
dozen miscreants. As an extra precaution
the imperial train was preceded by a
locomotive on which the Director of Police
rode. These measures of precaution were
crowned with success, and the Emperor
reached Constance in safety, and in complete
ignorance of the danger he had escaped.
After the passage of the imperial train the
corpse of a railroad guard was found lying
across the ties. It was revealed at the int.liA
?nfnrt.nnAf? m.on IiavI linon
fatally stabbed and then placed across the
track, in order that the dastardly murder
should appear to have been an accident As yet
no further arrests have taken place, and there
are inany who claim that this scare is merely a
Government scheme to alarm the law-abiding
people of the empire and to reconcile
them to such radical measures 0:1 the part of
the police as the wholesale arrest of the
Central Socialist Committer men on last
Friday at Berlin.
A Banquet to the Parnellitcis.
Mr. Parnell and many of his Home Rule
colleagues were entertained theotherevening
at a banquet in London by the National Liberal
club. The health of the Queen was prcnroi>osed
bv Mr. Dillwyn, and the truest* all
rose decorously and drank the toast.
Mr. Parnell eulogized Mr. Gladstone for
having put his shoulder to the wheel, and '
said that before many months the ex-Premier
would carry his policy and be recognized as
the only great man in British politics. Others
who were now attracting attention were
tempters, imitators and tinkers. Mr.
Parnell wondered how long Englishmen
would lie contented to ses
the Government march up the hill and
down again. The recent elections had forced
them to make concessions or resign. The English
Liberals might be assured that their exertions
would not ba wasted. Although in Ireland
extreme misery had been suffered during
the past eighteen months, crime had dimin- j
ished and the people had turned to constitutional
methods of ad justing their grievancc6
instead of to physical force. The Liberals
might claim therein a great success, for tbe
people recognized that through their exertions
the way had been opened to an honorable
union.
Mr. Blaine's Movements.
A London dispatch says that Mr. James G.
Blaine has decided not to go to Spithead to
witness the Jubilee naval review. Senators
Hawley and Frye and Mr. Murat Halstead
will accompany the Diplomatic Corps to
Spithead.
Another dispatch from Kin^horn,Scotland,
states that Senator, Hale, who is with Mr.
Blaine, had declared to a Scotch dignitary
that the ex-Secretary of State was not in
rnrv [?nod hpalth. The tum-nike trin
to Dunfermline shook Mr. Blaine up so
severely that he has complained ever since of
racking pains in his back. At a banquet following
tne ceremonies attending the unveiling
of Alexander IlL's monument Mr. Blaine
in response to the toast of his health said:
j "The men of Scotch blood in America
are far more numerous than they are in
Scotland, and no portion of the inhabitants
of the United Statts has contributed
more to the general welfare of the
Republic, has established higher character
ana has exhibited in all great fields of labor
more progressive talent. We must never
forget to reckon the immense influence which
Scotch blood has in the liberty-loving character
of the people.''
A Crisis in Bulgaria.
The Bulgarians are in hot water again.
There have be^n violent scenes in the Sobranie,
members of the opposition, including exPremier
Radoslavoff, being forcibly expelled.
The troops at Rustcliuk have made a hostile
demonstration against Prince Ferdinand of
Saxe-Coburg. recently elected ruler of Bulgaria.
Led by officers of the army, they
paraded the streets uttering cries of "Long
live Russia!"
The Afghan Boundary Settled.
The troublesome Afghan boundary question,
has at last been settled. Russia receives
the territory between the Kusk and the
Murghab Rivers, accepting in return the
English frontier line on the Oxus River and
renouncing her claims to districts to which
she would have been entitled according to
the terms of thcrarrangement of IStKJ.
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
Dr. Tanner, the faster, believei in faith
cure.
General Sherman is yachting off the Atlantic
coast.
General Feron, the new French Minister
of War, plays the violin like a master.
The Rev. Frank L. Norton, D. D., of
Lynn, Massachusetts,is the richest clergyman
in the United States
W. L. Green, the new Premier of the
Sandwich Islands, is a member of the Grand
Army of the Republic.
Edison says he has spent over $2,000,000 in
electrical experiments. He is now experimenting
with submarine signaling.
Mrs. Cleveland's picture is said to b?ara
marked resemblance to the composite photograph
of sixty-five Wells College girls recently
taken.
Senators Vest, Allison and Cameron and
Congressmen Reid and Thomas are now en
route to Alaska. They expect to return by
A ..m.of Oil
ilUbU,t -xy*
P. T. Barnvm was born on the 4th of July,
seventy-seven years ago. He celebrated the
event by giving a clam-bake to his children
and grandchildren.
Mr. Corcoiian, the Washington philanthropist.
is summering in the mountains of
I)eer Park, Maryland, much benefited in
health by the change.
John Greenleaf "Whittier and Robert
Purvis, of Philadelphia, are said to be the
only original members now living of the
American Anti-Slavery Society..
Miss Luella Varney, of Cleveland, is a
rising sculptor. She has recently finished a
bust of Bishop Gilmore, of that city, which
* exhibits much force and is a striking likeness.
Mrs. Picket, widow of the Confederate
General George E. Picket, was married when
she wns fifteen years of age. Her son was
born before his" mother had reached her
eighteenth year.
Miss Mollis Garfield is to wed J. Stanley
Browne in September. Miss Garfield ig
now twenty one years of age. and it is taid
she fell in love with Mr. Browne when he wa9
President Garfield's private Secretary.
Professor Richard A. Rroctor. the
eminent English astronomer, has decided to
become an American citizen. He bas purchased
a tra t of land at Orange Lake. Kla.,
and is erecting a cosy cottage. Professor
Proctor was born in 1&J7.
Commissioner Coleman, of the Department
of Agriculture, has accepted the invitation
of the Otsego County (N. Y.) Agricultural
Society to deliver the annual address at
the fair of the society, to be held at C'oooers.
town on September 21. Otsego is the Com
'< wissioner's native county.
The daughter of the late General Zachary
Taylor, Mrs. Danbridge, is now a resident of
Winchester, Va. As Miss Betty Taylor she
was one of the most accomplished ladies ever
in the White House. She married General j
Taylor's Adjutant, Co'.onel Bliss, and after his
.demise married Phillip Danridge. 1
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! NEWS SUMMARY
Eastern and Middle States.
A fire in New York destroyed a five-story
wareliouse with contents. Seven firemen
were I down through the first-story windows
by an explosion, and badly injured. The estimated
damage is $500,(WO.
Vice-President A. B. Hill, of the New
York Stock Exchange, expire*! suddenly in
the Board room just after publicly announcing
the death of a fellow broker and friend.
From many of the cities and towns in the
Eastern and Middle States come reports that
the heat of Sunday was the greatest felt in
many years. At many places tne thermometer
passed the 100 point. Numerous fatal cases
of sunstroke occdrrecL
A collision* between a freight and a
passenger-train near Mountclair, N. J.,
caused the death of fireman Harry Whithara
and serious injuries to many travelers.
A sudden squall in New York Bay and
adjacent waters ujiset many small craft and
resulted in some loss of life.
Ax appalling mortality among children is
reported from Pittsburg and Allegheny City,
Penu., where in six weeks 1,137 little ones,
seventy-five per cent, of them under two
years of age, nave diet!.
Previous to his return to Washington
from the Clinton centennial Mr. and Mrs.
Cleveland spent a day at Fayetteville N.
Y.. where the President lived for eleven
of the first fourteen years of his life. He
held a reception and made a short address.
South and West.
The National Educational Convention in
Chicago appointed a committee to communicate
with the aDDronriate committee in Con
gress in behalf of national aid to education,
I especially in the South.
A large quantity of stock was drowned
in Arizona by a cloudburst.
The hot weather that prevailed on Sunday
in the East was just as severe throughout
the South and West. At Chicago the
thermometer reached 102, the highest in
thirty years, and at other points in the West
it was equally hot. At the Joliet (111.) penitentiary
sixteen convicts were overcome by
the heat, two dying. Many deaths from sunstroke
and prostration are reported from
Western cities. At Augusta, Ga., the thermometer
rose to 104.
The sum of $1)00,000 has already been subscribed
for next year's Cincinnati Centenial
Exposition.
The Terrc Haute Car Works, with the exception
of the foundry, have been burned.
Loss $100,000.
A farmer name Coonrad was lynched at
Nelson, Neb., for murdering a neighbor and
causing the death of the latter's wife by the
shock.
A virulent type of flux, having some
symptoms of cholera, is epidemic around
Eversonville, Ind. A large number of children
are down with it, and at least twenty
deaths have occurred.
The Milwaukee Common Council has
passed a resolution inviting President Cleveland
to visit that city.
R. M. T. Hunter, ex-Speaker of Congress,
ex-United States Senator and ex-Confederate
Secretary of State, died a few days since
at 111s Home in ?.ssex county, \ a. ne was ,
born in 1800, and since the war had served as ,
Governor of Virginia. 1
Oxey Cherry, an eleven-year-old colored <
girl of Barn wall, S. C.. lias been convic ted i
of the murder of the white infant she was ]
nursing, and has been sentenced to be hanged
in September. i
The St. Anthony elevator, an immense 1
triple building near St. Paul, Minn., has bx*n ]
destroyed by fire. It contained 1,100,000
bushels of wheat. Ths loss on building and 1
machinery alone is $250,000.
Crops in Missouri and Kansas are suffer- j
ing greatly from drought.
Washington. 1
John G. Walker, of Texas, has been appointed
Consul-General and Secretary of '
Legation at Bogota, vice V. O. King, resigned.
The count of the cash and securities in the '
United States Treasurer's office, which began (
l r i>o i ? i 1...1 mi- _ r i 1
juav nas oeen couciuaeu. i ne iuiius on
hand amounted to ?95,500,000, of which '
*61,500.000 was in standard silver dollars,
$25,000,000 in gold coin, $2,000,000 in frac- '
tional silver coin, and the balance in notes
and securities. 1
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Foreign. 1
The Ameer of Afghanistan has won one <
battle and lost another with the insurgents.
Mount Etna is again in a state of eruption,
and earthquakes are reported in Sicily
and along the Italian coasts. I
A Socialist plot to assa.ssinato Emperor i
William, of Germany, is said to have been
unearthed, and many arrests have been made.
Wm. Dillon and other prominent Home
Rule leaders were present at the eviction
of tenants at Coolgranay, Ireland. Speeches
of encouragement were made to the evicted
tenants by Dillon and others.
The town of Becariac, Mexico, a place containg
1,200 inhabitants, has been entirely dei
stroyed by a series of earthquake shocks.
The British House of Commons went formally
in a body to the House of Lords, where
the royal assent was given to the Irish Crimes
Act Amendment bill, an J it was thus made
the law of the realm.
Six Swiss tourists, including three sons of |
the Director of Zuri?h College, have been
lost in the Alps.
The French Senate has voted to increase ]
the army by adding twenty-two new regi
mcnts. ]
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LATER NEWS.
SylvaxvsCobb, Jr., the well-known story
writer, died a few days since at Boston, aged
sixty-four years.
A secret conference of leading Knights of
Labor was recently hold in the East, and an
address was issued which appeals to the members
of the Order all over the country to send
delegates to the General Assembly at Minneapolis
in October who will favor the adoption
of a new constitution.
William H. Laden*, two weeks married,
shot his bride and her mother and then killed
himself at his home in New York. He was
crazed by drink. His mother-in-law was
probably fatally injured; his wife will recover.
A fierce storm has swept over a large section
of West Virginia, doing great damage to
buildings and crops. At Rockport a circus
tent was blown away, and a dozen spectators |
were injured. r
Three or four persons were shot, one
fatally, during a sham battle between cowboys
and Indians at a circus exhibition in
Clinton, Iowa. It is supposed a loaded revolver
was used accidentally by one of the performers.
Oscar J. Harvey, the Treasury Department
forger, has been sentenced to twelve
years' imprisonment at hard labor in the
Albany penitentiary.
Two Indian delegations?oue from Oregon
and the other from Idaho?have been in
"Washington within a few days. The former
presented claims for horses stolen and houses
burned by the Nez Perces ten years ago, and
the latter want to obtain permission to negotiate
with railroad companies seeking a
right of way through their reservation.
The President and Mrs. Cleveland returned
to the White House from their New
York trip on Wednesday. Mrs. Cleveland
was twenty-three years old on Thursday,
July 81.
Official returns show tlint 9,140 persons
weie evicted in Ireland during the quarter
ended June :>0. Of these lt>S were readmitted
as tenants and .r>,~i7 as caretakers.
Mrs. Langtry's recent naturalization in
California is bringing out the fact that the
act is not wholly unprecedented. Prior to
the naturalization of Mrs. Brackenridge. of
Pennsylvania, a handsome Cuban, Mrs.
Woolson, took out papers in 1872.
A man eighty-three years of age has just
been liberated from the galleys in Italy after
having served out a term of fifty-seven years.
His crime was homicide.
AMD TEE WORLD.
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Interesting Talcs Told by Tele's
graph and Cable.
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A British Vessel Seized by a
United States Revenue Cutter,
By the Alaska Commercial Company's
steamer Dora, which has arrived at San
Francisco from Ounalaska, Alaska, information
is received of the seizure of
two vessels for sealing within the
limits prescribed by the United States
Government. The craft are the American
schooner Challenge, of thirty tons, from
Seattle, and the British steam schooner Annie
Beck, hailing from Victoria. Both seizures
were made by the United States revenue
cutter Richard Bush, and the vessels and
crews were sent on to Sitka. Tlio
Chalk nge was taken in Ekeston,
Onekston Islands. When overhauled
by the Bash no seals were to be seen, but
there was blood on deck, and other evidences
that the crew had been engaged in sealing.
The Kush took charge of her in spite of the
protest of the Captain, who urged that every
ikin lie lia.(l was ontaineu in tne open wau-rs
of the Pacific. The Hush took the prize to
Omialaska.
Two days later the Annie Beck was seized
near St. George, which is not from Ounalaska.
As in the case of the Challenge, there
was blood on deck, and the crew appeared as
if they had been hard it. Her Captain set np
a protest, and threatened to seek redress from
the British Government. He was sent off to
Sitka, where he, as well as the American Captain,
will lie tried.
When the-Dora departed from Ounalaska
there was a fleet of twenty sealers hovering
off Sanrvck under the espionaga of the Rush.
Others were reported at Unge, and the officers
of the Rush were in need of assistance.
A Town Swept by a Tornado.
Waupaca, a town of about 2,000 inhabitants,
the country seat of Waupaca
County, Wis., has been visited by a tornado
which caused heavy damage to property, but
was unattended by loss of life. Toward 5
o'clock p. M. heavy black clouds
began to gather in the southeast and
in the course of a few minutes had developed
into a well defined tornado. It came rushirg
along at a great speed and was accompanied
by thunder and lightning. The terrified people
of the town sought safety in cellars and
in the more substantial brick buildings,
where they remained (luring me iew minutes
that the storm lasted. In less time than
it takes to write it. the opera-house
two hotels, a church and numerous private
houses were either totally or partially
wrecked. The opera house was a mass of
ruins. The steeple of the Episcopal Church
was blown down and sent crashing into the
interior of the edifice, the walls of which
were alone left standing.
A Bishop Murdered.
Information has been received from Ounalaska,
Alaska, that Bishop Seghers, a
Catholic missionary, was murdered by his
companion one night in November last.
The scene of the tragedy was on the banks
jf the Yukon River, abiut 500 miles from its
inouth, and fully sixty miles from any human
habitation. The murderer is Frank Fuller, a
young man from Portland, Oregon, who
nceompanied the Bishop as a companion
and servant. He gave himself
up. No cause for the deed is given.
I'lie Bishop was former!}- of Baltimore, Md.,
Mid prior to being named as Bishop of
Alaska was the Archbishop of Oregon and
Washington Territory. He left for Alaska
last summer to perfonn missionary work
iraong the Indians, but was allowed by the
Papal See to retain his honorary title as Archbishop.
Terrible Effect of the Heat in Chicago.
At the lowest estimate l.'!0 persons have met
iheir deaths in Chicago witnin the last few
lays, either directly from sunstroke or from
:he effects of the extreme heat, besides -(j:)
babies, less than a year old, that succumbed.
"There has never been anything like it in the
rity at any previous time," said the coroner.
"I can't see what we are going to do," he
continued. 'The number of bodies awaiting
the verdict of the coroner's jury is hourly increasing.
It will take days with our present
force before our work on tbe present ueau
:an be finished."
Tlie Rebellion in Afghanistan.
Thirty thousand insurgent tribesmen have
gathered at Ataghai to oppose the Ameer's
general, Gholam. The mutineers who escaped
from Herat joined the insurgents, and there
has been a renewal of the disturbance at that
place. It is reported that the Ameer has
summoned four Barlakshan regiments to reinforce
the garrison at Cabul.
The Pope and the Knifflits of Labor.
Advices from Rome state that the Congregation
of the Propaganda is awaiting the report
of a meeting of eleven American Bishops,
presided over by Cardinal Gibboni, before
pronouncing finally whether the Vatican
approves or condemns the order of the
Knights of Labor.
rilowing up a Saloon with Dynamite
A dispatch from Marion, Ind., says: "The
building occupied by Ira J. Smith as a liquor
shop, which ne had just opened up in the
town of Fairmount, was destroyod with dynamite
last night. Several adjoining buildings
were ruined. Fairmount has a Quaker population,
and no liquor shop has ever been permitted
to start. The loss is about $0,000."
LIGHTNING FREAKS.
Lightning struck the Lyon County (Kansas)
Court Hous<>, tore the gas meter from its
I>lace, ignited the gas, aud set tho building
afire.
A negro lad in Atlanta was so frightened
by a thunderbolt which struck a tree against
which he was leaning that he became a hopeless
maniac.
Lightning mnde splinters of tho foremast
of tho schooner Alfred H. Kemp, of Albany,
while the Captain and crew stood
upon her decks, yet not a man was injured.
James CaRMICHaki.. of Spring Hill Mines,
Ont, was standing on tho porch of his home
with two friends, when lightning instantly
killed him, while neither of his friends received
the slightest injury.
Lightning pc-eled the bark from a tree in
Rich woods township, Illinois, and, cutting it
into six-inch pieces, drove them into the
weather boarding of a house several feet
away, so that tho whole front was decorated.
Lightning entered tho residence of (x. S.
Meaoham at Fruitland Park, Fla., and
meandered around the premises until, meetmviKi-r.lln
nmmct flip ivnll if
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ripp?d out the ribs and made a bonfire of
the cover. It then left by the door.
The p ints of the cultivator with which
Frank Strait, of Corn hip," Iowa, was ploughinp,
were melted by lightning, and Strait
was killed. The only mark on his body was
a dark blue spot on the side of his neck. His
shoes and stockings wens t jrn to slireds.
Two visitors at Marshfiehl, Wis., live to
tell a wonderful story of lightning. One of
them was struck upon the shoulder, the current
passing down his leg and through the
sole of his shoe, ni:tkiug a clean-cut round
nolo in the leather and entering the floor.
The other was likewise struck on the shoulder,
and the fluid passed out through his slippers,
making six clear-cut holes through the toe
of each of them.
u-pwsv arRANTTCftS.
The total debt of Mexico is $150,000,000.
The world's railroads carried 7,400,000
people last year.
Two millions United States postal cards are
printed dally at present.
Chicago, on the basis of its new directory,
claims a population of 800,000.
There uro $100,009,000 invested in the
watch industry of this country.
The whole length of mail routes in operation
in the United States amounts to .'575,000
miles.
Sunday bull fights have been added to the
list of entertainments for visitors at Los
Angeles, C'al.
There are more than sixty thousand persons
confined in the penal institutions of the
United States.
The lessees of 1,000 convicts in Georgia net
at least $75,000 per year on their labor, after
paying the state $25,000.
There will be a joint Convention of the
North American and Northwestern Beekeepers'
Societies in Chicago, November 9,10
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SHAEP SENTENCED.
Four Years' Imprisonment and a ,
Fine of $5,000. !
jacoo onarp, ine agea rresiuenc 01 inBroadway
Railway Company, of New York
city, has been sentenced to four years' ira
prisonment at hard labor and to pay a fine of
$5,000 for bribing the Aldermen of the Board
of 1884 to grant his company a charter. Describing
the scene when sentence was pronounced
by Judge Barrett, a metropolitan ,
paper says:
All the counsel for the defense were present
except Judge Full :rton. Judge Barrett came
to court with his face yellow and drawn from
his bilious attack.
Judge Nelson made a motion for a new
trial and the motion was denied, and then
District Attorney Martine said:
"The defendant, Jacob Sharp, has boon convicted
of bribery, and it now becomes my
duty to ask the Court to imposa sentence. Because
of the allegations made regarding Mr.
Sharp's health, it became necessary for me to
give the Court all the information I could on
this point."
Then Mr. Martine read two certificates prepared
by Drs. Hamilton and Janeway, who
said that Sharp was suffering from an affection
of the heart with a suggestion of dia
betes. Dr. Hamilton had inso-ctcd the hos- l
pital at Sing Sing prison, and reported that I
it was a fine, clem place,with plenty of fresh I
air and pure milk. |
Judge Nelson made an appeal for mercy, i
and then Chief Clerk Sparks asked of Sharp:
"What have you now to say why sentence
should not be pronounced against youf
Mr. Sharp raised his head, his eyes moved
restlessly about, and his lips moved. Two
court officers seized him ana tried to raise
him to his feet, but Judge Barrett
said that he might keep his seat,
and he sank back heavily into his
chair. His head fell forward as Judge
Barrett began to speak. Mi-s. Sharp and
Peter Mitchell vigorously fanned him. Judge
Barrett then made a lengthy address, which
brought tears into the eyes of the convict's
faithful wife. Judge Barrett told Sharp that
he and Kerr and Foshay, of the Broadway
Bailway Company, were thieves
as well as brilje givers, and that
Sharp, with a million in his pocket obtained
by theft and bribery, and with 110 sign of repentance
or 'restitution, had little ground on
which to seek for mt-rcy. The Judge wound
up his address as follows:
"The recommendation of the mast intelligent
and laithful jury will be considered, the
prison'r's ill health will be considered, and
the unfortunate position of his wife and family
will lie considered. On tho other hand
there must be considered tho fact that he
stands before us to-day not confessing his
guilt but denying it, and holding on to the
money he got by bribery.
"Now what is the proper modicum under all
these circumstances* My conclusion is this,
and this is the judgment of the Court, that
this defendant be confined at hard labor in
the State prison for a period of four years
and lie fined $5,000."
As the sentence was pronounced Mr. Sharp
raised his head quickly and looked at Judge
Barrett. His expression was brighter than it
has been for many days, there was a sparkle
in his eyes, and he looked as though he fully
realized the situation and was agreeably disappointed.
A rush was made for the doors by the
crowd, but quiet was restored after a sharp
struggle and then the lawyers gathered
about Judge Barret The defence were
afraid their client would be locked up
in the Tombs, but the Judge refusea
to discuss this matter, saying it
was a question which must be decided by the
Sheriff. Mr. Sharp was assisted down the
flight of stairs to the Sheriffs office. He
6eemed overcome, and tremblod violently.
His wife leaned over him, wiping his forehead
and fanning him. His son-in-law,
John H. Selmes supported him until he recovered
himself. From the Sheriff's office Sharp
was taken back to Ludlow Street Jail, thonce
to be taken to Sing Sing. Later a temporary
stay of proceedings was granted;
COLLISION ON THE RAIL
The Cars Catch Fire, ancl Many
Persons Killed or Injured.
The most shocking and fatal railroad accident
that has happened in Western Ontario
for many years occurred at St. Thomas
about 7:30 the other n'ght. As
a special freight train on the
Michigan Central Railway, Engineer O'Shea
and Conductor Faatz, was crossing on the
London and Port Stanley Railroad track it
struc': an excursion train on the London and
Port Stanley track curbing hundreds
of pleasure seekers. Both trains rushed
neadlong to their fate, there
being little or no warning to
check the speed of either. The excursion
train struck the freight train a few cars from
the engine and almost instantly the wreck of
cars that was speedily piled up on one another
was in flames. Unfortunately two
cars of petroleum, consigned to Windsor,
were attached to the freight train. These
soon took fire and burned very rapidly.
The burning oil from thein ran in liquid
streams of flame to adjacent buildings, and
destroyed many of them. The heat was so
fierce that all efforts to reach the crushed and
burning excursionists was cut off for a time.
The tire brigade was soon out, but was unable
to do little more than confine the tire
to the buildings it had already taken hold
of. The sight was a dreadful
one, and the horrors of it were emphasized by
the agonizing cries of the human beings who,
pinned in by the wreck, were being roasted
to death. Locomotives approached the wreck
from three directions and pulled the burning
cars from the wreck.
The fire was soon extinguished. Eager
helpers then turned their attention to the
burning mass of cars in the wreck, but when
the firemen were rapidly getting control of
the flames one of the oil tanks exploded,
scorching and burning scores of persons in
the large crowd who were watching the
wreck. The injured were removed to places
of safety. Many were injured by flying
pieces of timber.
After the explosion the work of rescuing
the I todies of the unfortunate persons penned
up in the wreck who had not already been
burned to death was commenced, and in half
an hour nine bodies were removed, most of
them charred beyond recognition, but the
majority supposed to be women and children.
The remains.of Engineer Harry Donnelly,
of London, one of the oldest on the
Grand Trunk Railway, whose engine tipped
over on him and crushed hiin to death as he
was jumping from his engine, was
found. His fireman, who was badly
burned, escaped with his life. Fireman
Poutford, of the St. Thomas
fire brigade, who was on top of the building
near the wreck when the explosion of the oil
tank occurred, was almost completely enveloped
in a mass of burning oil and'fatally
burned.
A men and eccentric Frenchman,
who was recently shot and nearly killed
by the l'nglish girl whom ho calls his
wife, had cannon, revolvers, and rifles
in his house instead of bells. A sixpounder
brass canuon fired once summoned
the butler; fired twice it called
the cook; threo times, the coachman.
Fire discharges of the revolver ia
rapid succession brought the chambermaid;
seven shots meant that the chambermaid
&hould appear with hot water,
Vn fnndlps -were allowed to be blown I
out, but were to be extinguished by |
pistol shots. All the servants wero j
provided with rovolvers, and from j
morning till night there were constant
cannonading and re-.olver shots.
Mrs. John Chandler, who lives
about six miles oast of Marietta, Ga., I
set a goose in the spring. The goose J
sat on the eggs about a week, and died ;
on the nest. She was taken off the j
nest, and a gander, mate of the goose, j
took her place and sat three weeks,
when the eggs hatched, six in number.
He cares for the little orphans just like
a mother goose, covers them at night,
and during the day leads them to
Vhere the prass is the greenest
,r ACRES OF BLAZING OIL.
|
Great Destruction of Standard
Oil Company Property.
The Flames Sweep Everything for
a Quarter of a Mile.
A fire broke out in the warehouse of the
' Standard Oil Company's immense plant on
I Constable Hook, near Bergen Point, N. J., at
I 1ft xl i 1
u uuck tnu uluur illuming, tinu uiau
to the cooperage and then to the oil tanks. It
also caught the buildings of T. & S. C.
White's sulphur manufactory. The Standard
Oil people telephoned to Greenpoint, Long
Island, for their tngs. The flames spread rapidly,
and half the town and all the factories
were threatened.
The origin suggested spontaneous combustion.
There was a startling explosion, a
dense cloud of black smoke and a sucession
of eruptions of flame. The flames could not
have traveled more rapidly hid trains of powder
streaked the floor. The heavy smoke
rolled thicker and faster each moment, and
when the flames had quickly enveloped the
premises there was a reliction in the sky that
attracted attention for miles around.
The Standard Oil Company's possessions on
the Hook included the plant of the Tidewater
Pipe Line Company, the Polar
am /-i At. _ r\:i n
uii company, me uecun uu company,
ami other absorbed companies,
and employed several hundred men.
Work is carried on there by
night ai well as by (lav. There are forty or
fifty oil tanks on the ftook, and on the waterfront
are manufactories, the Bayonue Chemical
Works and the Oxford Copper and Sulphur
Company among them.
At 2:IJ0 o'clock the fire was raging along
the wharves, and was s'.owly eating its way
inward toward the town, licking up small oil
tanks and buildings on its way. At this time
the large lumber yard of A. W. Booth &
Brother, directly in line of the fire, and
the Standard Match Factory, were in great
dang.T. The whole Fire Department of
Bergen Point, as well as the engines of the
surrounding small towns were doing
good service, but the flames had such
a base of operations in the burning oil
that it was a difficult battle. From time to
time the firemen were driven back by the
bursting of the tanks. The Standard Oil
Company's barrel factory, supply house, and
warehouse were entirely consumed. There
were six very loud oil tank explosions, but
no lives were lost.
The lire extended from the Standard warehouse,
where it was first discovered, to the
barrel factory, a distance of a quarter of a
mile, burning everything in its way. TugU,...*..
s.n1t.>,1 ft.n.v. ,...-.11
wuivw ncic v^uucvt Hum uiHMi/.iu uo IICU aa
from Bergen Point. About a dozen tanks
were ablaze at 2.45 o'clock.
At thi e: o'clock the tire department found
it impossible to check the headway of the
flames, which were* spreading rapidly to the
long lines of oil tanks. At four o'clock the
fire was under control.
The lass will be very heavy. It is estimated
at .?1,000,000.
THE PRESIDENTS PEEIL,
Accident to a Train Carrying the
Presidential Party.
An accident to the special train carrying
President Cleveland and his party, during
their recent trip in New York State, might
have ended most disastrously but for Fireman
John Percgo's bravery in a moment of
extreme danger. As it was, the engineer,
William Kiley, was killed, and the entire
train had a narrow escapa from destruction.
The story of what occurred inside of the
special is told as follows by one of the passengers
: "We had been running at a high
rate of speed ever since leaving Clayton.
Tho tracks ahead of us were clear to
Alder Creek and we were not to
make another stop before getting there.
The party was rather fatigued after
the day's jaunt, and the conversation was
not very livelv. I remember hearing tho
three shrill whistles of theenginc and a min
lite later rue steam was <'Kal"al/
windows like nun. At that moment
Supt. Hammond, who was in a forward compartment
of the car. came hurrying in and
pulled the safety rope. The steam and the
whistling had led me to believe that something
was the matter, and the action of the
superintendent confirmed my fears.
"Mrs. Cleveland was talking quietly with
Mrs. Kernan, and evidently had not the
slightest suspicion of danger. I looked at
the President. He sat there calm and
dignified, as usual, but it was plain to see that
he had seen all that I had and was on the
alert. There were others of the men. including
Commissioner Kernan, who apprehended
serious danger, but nobody moved or said a
word to alarm the ladies. The train came
to a stop after running about two
miles, and when we went out
on the front platform we found the fireman,
who had crawled over the tender, soaked
with steam. He said the engineer had
jumped or been thrown from the cab
when the accident first occurred. He did not
know what was the cause of the trouble, and
we couldn't tell right away, because the
steam was still escaping in a cloud from
the boiler. Supt. Hammond promptly
sent out men to Hag the night express, which
was following close behind us, and others
were sent back to look for the engineer,
He was found lifeless and mangled near the
whistling post. The railroad ties all the way
back were nicked two or three inches deep,
and many of them had actually been
pounded into splinters by the threshing
of the broken rod. The special
was attached to the night express which came
up two or three minutes later, and it was not
till we were well on our way home once
more that the true'state of atfairs was made
J known to Mrs. Cleveland and the other
I ladies.
"Mrs. Cleveland, as well as the President,
expressed the deepest sympathy for the unfortunate
cng neer, and Mrs. Cleveland immediately
inuuired his name, fearing it was
Hay, who has been with the President and herself
on so many of their trips. The death of
the engineer caused a feeling of gloom to
come over the entire party.
"If the fireman hau not stopped the engine
I presume we should have met with a very se
lious accident, and l say it snows great uravery
on his pu t to have returned to the spot
in the cub where his comrade had met death
only a minute before. The cab was in cloud
of steam at the time and the fireman did not
know what terrible danger he might be facing."
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC,
Mrs. Jennie Palmer-Heames, of Detroit,
has written a comic opera,
Madame Christine Nilssox is expected to
sing in this country next season in concert.
Her price is supposed to be $2,51)0 a concert.
"The Little Sinner" is the title of a new
five-act comedy-drama which Mr. Howard P.
Taylor has just finished writing for Maggie
Mitchell.
Miss Carren Campbell, an American
violinist, has been astonishing the Germans
with her magnificent playing. She promises
to excel Camill aUrso.
Mr. Augustin Daly, of New York, pro
poses to present the "Taming of the Shrew'1
in London next summer in a way that will
equal the representation given in this country
by Mr. Henry Irving.
James P. Voorhees, a son of the Indiana
Senator, is writing a play, which ho expects
to have finished and ready for production this
fall. The piece will deal with some of the existing
conditions of the labor question.
Carl Rosa's English Opera Company will
include Mine. Marie Roze.Mrs. Burns, Messrs.
Runcio. Crotty and Sauvage. Among the
works in this year's reportoire will l>e
"Lohengrin," "Nordisa," "Masaniello," and
Masse's "Galathee."
Master Joseph Hoffman, the wonderful
young pianist, made such a success in London
that ho will return to fill further engagements
there this fall and again next spring,
making a tour of the English provinces l>etween
nis metropolitan engagements.
The new bridge on the Tay, Scotland,
where the former one collapsed on Deceinl er
ou 1UT<1 It- nhnnt
as'against $1,750,000 for the old one, and is a
much more solid-looking structure.
Mns. "Wilson, of Lamar, Mo., is engaged
in the silk industry as a Southwestern experiment.
She has raised 15,000 worms on the
leaves of the osage orange tree, the cocoons
are reeled off, and she 18 preparing knitting
and embroidering silk.
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THE NATIONAL GAME,
The Chicagos of to-day are not the derided
club of a month ago. [
New Orleans has found in Charleston I
her toughest opponent.
5 Forty games in the International League
have been won by a single run. ;
Hackett, of Hartford, is considered the
best short stop of the Eastern League.
There have been two triple plavs made in
the League This season?one by the Bostons
and one by the Detroits.
All over California baseball is on the
boom, every town almost, has a good club,
j and others are being organized.
One of the most curious of coincidences haa
I taken place in Philadelphia The Chicagoet
| won three straight games by a score of 5 to 3.
I A Cleveland club agent, who was in the
towns of the Southern League looking for
players, says the Southern League cannot
i last raucn longer.
A short time ago there took place at Mil- 1
waukee one of the most remarkable games '
ever played. For fifteen innings neither the r
home club nor the Oshkosh Club scored. The '
game was won in the seventeenth inning by J
Milwaukee?i to 3.
One of the long home run hits of the New j
Orleans slugger, Cartwright, was recently J
measured. i he ball dropped in a soft place ,
and stuck right where it fell; hence correct 1
measurement was possible. It was found
that the man had batted the ball exactly 585 .
feet.
B Pittsburgh, "Washington and Philadelphia are
better olf for batteries than Now York
and Detroit, but rank ever so much lower,
because they do not back their batteries up in
the field and with the bat as those clubs do. ,
It takes more than good batteries, essential
as they are, to land a club at the top.
The National League is now in its twelfth
year. Chicago and Boston are the only reI
maininrr nnim'nol momh^rc onH hnf aavan nf
the players who started out with the League
are in its ranks at present. Morrill, Sutton
aud Burdock are now with Boston; O'Rourke, ,
New York; Hines, Washington; Anson,
Chicago, and White is with the Detroite. 1
If the nine best players in the League could
be formed into one team, according to averages
at present, it would be composed as followers:
Ferguson of the Philadelphias,pitcher;
Myers of Indianapolis, catcher; Morrill of the
Bostons, first base; Richardson of the New
Yorks, second base; Sutton of the Bostons,
I third base; Smith of the Pittsburghs, shortstop;
Dalrymple and Coleman of the same
cluo. left and right fielders respectively, and
Johnston of Boston, centre field.
the national league record.
Won. Lost. Won. Lost
Detroit 41 20 Boston 37 25
Pittsburgh 23 30 New York....34 31
Philadelphia..31 32 Indianapolis... 18 44
Chicago 37 22 Washington...23 34
the american association.
ITon. Lost. Won. Lost
St. Louis 52 19 I Baltimore 41 24 j
Brooklyn 33 32 | Cincinnati....43 31
Louisville 39 32 I Athletic 31 39
j Metropolitan..18 47 ' Cleveland 17 49
the international league.
Won. Lost. Won. Lost. 1
Newark 34 10 Syracuse 29 21
R ochester..... 25 25 Binghamton.. 19 20
Toronto 27 22 Hamilton 27 25
Buffalo 34 23 Jersey City...22 25
Scranton. 10 19 Utica 12 40
eastern league.
Won. Lost. Won. Lost.
Hartford 32 22 I New Haven...25 27
Waterbury.. .29 20 | Danbury 19 30
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Won. Lost. Won. Lost.
New Orleans..3S 17 Charleston...31 21
Nashville 27 23 Birmingham. 3 25
Memphis 37 18
THE LABOR WORLD.
The loss of employers and workers by the
Pennsylvania coke strike is computed thus
lar to ue trou,uw.
The stove molders,Perry & Co., of Albany,
are preparing to erect one of the largest
foundries in tne country.
This year's railroad construction, according
to present indications, will reach 12,000
miles of main track. There are 200,000 miles
of track in the world.
There are 2,000,000 men engaged in the
building trades of the United States, and
while spending their lives in putting roofs
over other men s heads not one in ten owns the
roof over his own.
The Bethleham, Pa., Iron Company is now
erecting new steel forging and armor plate
works. The company will soon begin work <
on the large Government contract recently
awarded to them.
Until 1848 it was imprisonment for any
man in England to mention the question of a
rise in wages to his employer, and it was
treason for three men to meet together or
combine to get their wages raised.
The value of the coal produced last year in
in the United States was $147,112,755, or
about $2.50 per head of population. In gross
tons the amount was 90,144,829 tons. Pennsylvania
led off with 63,000,000 tons, and
Idaho makes the tail with 1,500 tons. Pennsylania's
bill was $71,588,126.
Victor Delahaye, a representative of the
machinists of Paris, France, is now traveling
through tnis country, investigating tne lextile
machinery used here. Two-thirds of that
machinery used in France is imported from
Eng'and. Mr. Delahaye says the Parisian
machinists propose to supply the home demand
by establishing a co-operative factory,
and have petitioned the government for a
loan of 6,000,000 francs with which to start
At the recent convention of tin National
Plasterers' Union it was decided to make the
organization an international one. as applicatioas
for charters were received from Canadian
plasterers.
It is reported from Pittsburg that notwitB*
standing the shut-down of the blast furnaces
on account of the coke strike, the ore shipment
from the lakes show a large increase
i over last year, and it is estimacea mat, me
production this year will be 1,000,000 to us in
I excess of what it was in 1SSG.
The development of bituminous coal lands
this year will be greater than for any year
since the war. Large tracts for development
have been bought up, and the coal from the
most of these will be in the market by the
first of next year. The Pennsylvania, Heading,
and Lehigh Valley companies expect by
, new connections to get into other bituminous
) territory than which they now reach.
THE MARKETS.
new york. 29
Beef, good to prime 7l4" 7%
Calves, com'n to prime N @ HIJ
Sheep ^ <$
Lambs... 1" (?5 I'-va
Hogs?Live 5/4? '
Dressed ; ?
Flour?Ex. St, good to fancy 4 40 4 50
"West, good to choice 3 <55 w 4 SHt
Wheat-No. 2, Red Sift?
Rye?State <50 @
Barley?State <X) (<& 75
Corn?Ungraded Mixed.... 4"> @ 4f<3?
Oats?White State a
Mixed Western ... 3:i @ :54
Hay?Mai. to prime 75 @ 85
Straw?No. 1. ttye 55 @ (50
Lard?City Steain 0 50 @ 7 00
Rntfcer?State Cieamery.... U0 (c? 21
iJairy 10 @ HI
West. Im. Creamery 14 @ Hi
Factory 10 (<? 14 ,
Cheese?State factory It ? 10
Skims 'I4
Western V*
Eggs?State aud Penn 15 (g l'>) j 1
BUFFALO.
Steers?Western 3 75 @ 4 25
Sheen?Good to Choice 4 00 @4 23
Lamus?Western ? (aj (i 50
Hogs?Good to Choice Yorks 5 45 (ij 5 55
Elour 4 75 (fd 5 15 '
Wheat?No. 1 S'J (<n S3Jj j
Corn?No. 2, Mixed 43 ("! 4:>1 j
Oats?No. 2. Mixed 31 @ 31 H
Barley?State *>4 (12 03
BOSTON.
Beef?Good to choke 12 @ 12,'a
Hogs?Live 5\?<$ 0
Northern Dressed.... tijgfrC 7lf '
Pork?Ex. Prime.per libl. ..12 00 (<(.12 50
t>i? a rr. ur, 4 '.mi i
A'iUUl kJJJl XUg ?T UCUl/ |'t*w w. - - - VT
Corn?High Mixed ,!>U '<5 M
Oats?Extra White 41?^@ 42
Rye?State M ($ 65
WATEUTOWN" (MASS.) CATTLE MAKKET.
Beef? Dressed weight (>%(>$ 7
Sheep?Live weight 5
Lamb 5 (ft 5!.J
Hogs?Northern ? @ <)>?
PHILADELPHIA
Flour?Petin. extra. family... 4 00 @ 4 35
Wheat?No. 2. Red 81 @ 8U?
Cora?State Yellow 4!) @ 50
Oats Mixe 1 38 @ 3!)'^
Rye State ? @ 53
? V --0
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BEFORE THE DAWN.
rbe silence of the summer night?
V space or two before its flight,
-"alls deeper on the dewy height
*.nd hollow, where all webby-white,
The early mists begin to float:
\.nd then the peaceful hush is stirred?
rhe first sweet carol of a bird
"rom out the solemn dark is heard,
A clear, awakening note.
IVe hear it, rousing from a dream,
\nd know while all things earthly seem
tVrapped close in n ght, a vague white glean*
Is surely broadening to a beam
Of flaring light and fervent power;
\ drowsy fancy of the dawn
Monies to us, in a moment gone?
Perhaps a fairy on the lawn
Is creeping from each flower.
Perhaps between the night and day,
rhe elves do meet and dance away
rhe mystic hour when mortals stay
Enchained by slumber's potent sway,
And vanish when the east grows red.
kndin good truth must fairies ply
A. hundred arts while yet the s:cy
[s dark, before the planets die,
Or the late moon has fled.
rhey tint the velvet sward anew,
And brim the lilybells with dew,
And tinge the skies with tender blue,
And trail white veils of vapor through,
The treetops and the valleys low;
rhey stir and fan the drowsy air,
And scatter fragrance everywhere;
And pin white blossoms here and there
Like starry flecks of snow.
And lo! when daylight breaks serene,
Upon the widespread, radiant scene?
rhe bloom of flowers, the dewy gveen
Of treetops, with white webs between
The early glow of lane and lawn,
We look, and utter words of praise,
But reck not of the heaven-sent fays
Who set the picture for our gaze
And flit before the dawn.
?Haiti's Whitney.
PITH AND POINT. i
ik
Old as the hills?The valleys.
A legal blank?The idiotic lawyer.
A clcan steal?Takincr wash off the
line.
Wants the earth?A shipwrecked mariner.?Uariscille
Breeze.
Man's aim in life is to gain a name,
woman's is to change her name.
A large head is a sign of brains, but abig
head is a sign of folly.?Philadelphia
Call.
A piece of her cake she'd give?how kind?
Whenever to ask he did see fit;
Now they are married, a piece of her mind
She will give without his asking for it.
?GoodaWs Sun,
A novel under the curious name of
"The Wasp" is just published. It musthave
a bad ending.?Life.
It's great fun to see a young woman j
play the piano and fight flies at the same* '
time.?Burlington Free Press.
Old Mother Earth bears testimony tothe
fact that the plough and the harrow
arc great dent-ists.?l'onlera Gazette.
"I've lost my appetite," he cried,
"And good digestion crowned it"
"Alas!" a hungry tramp repled,
"I sadly fear I've found it."
?Sittings.
Notwithstanding that it is the green apple
season, the small boy gets along
swimmingly most of the time.?Boston
Courier.
The small boy in a frolic am
Robs the orchard of its apples, B
And his in'ards cruel colic *
Subsequently grimly grapples, f
?Boston Couricif
"Johnny," said the minister, ratierseverely,
"doyou chew tobacco?" "Yes,
sir,'; was the reply, "but I'm clean out
just now; Jimmy Brown's got some,. though."?
Waxhinyton Critic.
Truth, crushed to earth, will rise again,
It springeth quickly up;
And those who nave tried the experiment says It's
the same with a barrel hoop.
-Tid-Bits.
A wet handkerchief or a cabbage-leaf"
inside a man's hat in these sweltering
days may be pardoned, but the housewife
draws the line when he comes home with
a brick in it.?Baltimore Herald.
There are 2.4C0 unmarried women m ? *
the foreign missionary field. A hateful
old bachelor suggests that they go into the
field becausc they are determined to
boss somebody, if only a heathen male.
?Philadelphia Call.
Oft in the chilly night,
Ere solar rays had bound us,
Have we for heat cried out
With blankets all around us.
J.ut now when Sol has got the call
To burn us up like tether, *v
We sigh for ice, with breezes nice,
And civil-service weather.
?Xew York Journal
A certain farmer of Hart County, talking
about his cotton crop, told us that hi*
preacher's patch was the best cotton hehad.
"Where is your preacher's patch
located?" we asked. "Right in the centre
of the field." "Why did you put it in the '
centre of the field?" "So that the Lord
couldn't send rain on the prcacher'ff
patch without raiuing on mine.'"?Savannah
News.
Yalne of Dead Horses.
"Say, what yer goin' to do with that
old nag?" shouted a passing cart driver
to a man who was superintending the re.
- i.*? _.:n
movai 01 a umcss noise uu muun 3iv-?i?
"Lots," answered the other. 'We'll
first of all ship the old hulk to the glue
factory. There the hide will. be taken
off and sent to a tannery, and the flesh -Vi
removed from the boats. The bones are
very valuable, and when the frame is
separated they are distributed into piles.
Shin bones arc worth $40 a ton. They
arc used for knife handles. Thigh bones
bring more. They go to Europe at $75
a ton, and come back here after a while
in the shape of tooth brush handles. The
foreleg bones are made into parasol handles,
collar buttons, trousers buttons and
other small articles of usefulness. Glue
comes from the water in which the bones
lire boiled, while the dust from the sawing
of the bones makes excellent medicinc
for cattle and poultry. All the rest
that can't be made into bone black is
i,ii in<n nowrlpr :?nd sold for fer
tilizing purposes."
' We!!, who'd thought that old carcass
was wuth so much!" cxclaiined the carter
in surprise.?P}til<vh'1j>?ti<t Bulletin.
Motion at I'est.
At the Royal Institution, London,
Mr. Wiinshurst lias exhibited an exceedingly
interesting experiment in which
small type placed on a ilisc revolving
several thousand times a minute was dis
tinctly seen and read while in motion.
This was accomplished by means cf an
electrical arrangement which caused
brilliant sparks to illuminate the print
at the exact instant only when the type
was vertical. But for the buzzing produced
by the great velocity <?f the disc
the words would have been supposed to
be at rest. This beautiful application of
the electric sj>ark gives a ready means of f.
observing any and all changes which
may take place in either matter or machinery
in rapid motion.