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0?'"t '' BURM IID-OCEAN. I i ? . i The Terrible Fire That Destroyed the Steamer Egypt. Awful Suffering and Death of the 640 Cattle on Board. A cablegram from London, England, give? the following particulars of the destruction by Are at sea of tlu National lino steamer Egypt: The steamer Manhattan, having on board the survivors of the wrecked Egypt, has arrived at Dover. The statement of the survivors of the Egypt gives the story of that vessel's terrible accident in mid-ocean. The ship sailed from Ne*- York cn July 9, and lay to in the Narrows until the "next day awaiting the arrival of G40 head of cattle. On Thursday an alarm of fire was raised, and it was discovered that flames wore bursting forth from the starboard side of the steamer. The first alarm was given between 10 and 11 o'clock in the evening, and every effort was immediately made to Keep the fire down. Every man" of the crew ind the cattle attendants was summoned on deck, the steam pumps were forced, and in addition to them steam was turned into the hold by means of boilers with auxiliary pipes attached. Despite these more than ordinary efforts the fire gained with marvelous rapidity, and so furious were the flames that the metal of the vessel became heated to such an extent that the paint curled from its foundation and * laid like strips of paper on tho deck and blew off upon the water. The engine rooms were so hot that the men were driven for safety to the open air, rehiring every few moments only to find the water thrown up by the ' pumps rising rapidly and the flames unabated. At 3 o'clock in the morning the water la the engine room was knee deep, and the fire had made such headway that all hands were driven from below and were unable to re^^urn. The deck, notwithstanding the con ?tant flood of water flowing over it, very > shortly became almost unbearable, and the men wore driven to the small boats, convinced that farther attempts at saving the vessel would be useless. When the last small boat left, the Egypt was a mass of flames, which rose high Into the air, climbing about" the tall masts, leaping from every port, and lighting the sea for miles. As the Captain's gig left the side of the ship the foremast plunged into the ocean. The position of the crew and cattlemen was still dangerous, for the boats had been In the water but a short time when it was found they leaked badly, and it required constant exertion to bail them out. Fortunately at about 6 o'clock in the morning the German ship Gustav Oscar, bound from Bremen to New York, was sighted and took the men aboard, transf erring them later iD the same day to the tank steamer Manhattan, carrying a cargo of powder and bound from New York to Hull. Captain 3umner of the Egyut was almost blinded by the terrific smoke and the intolerable heat, and for three days after being rescued he was sightless. There were 640 head of cattle on the Egypt, and all were either burned to death or, breaking loose ani plunging overboard, were drowned. About 337 of these were between decks, the balance of the WO were on deck. The crew partially succeeded in jettisoning the cotton, but the flames rolled steadily upward, increasing in volume and strength, until the whole interior became a furnace unapproachable by man, and which speedily put an end to "the sufferings of the poor brutes confined below. But the horrors to which the cattle on deck were subjected aroused the sympathy of the men even in the midst of their own peril. Thosa cattle that were lightly tethered broke loose, and, maddened by the beat, they leaped into the sea, while those nlore securely tied remained pulling and ^dragging at their halters until, envel^5ped in the flames, they fell through the charred deck into the holJ beneath. Nothing could be done to relieve them, or even to alleviate their terrible sufferings. Their bellowings were heard above every other sound, and even hours later, when the Manhattan passed over the course the wrecked steamer had taken, a hundred or more cattle were seen swimming in the sea, using every effort *? tvtienwTT f/\ eown fHoir 1 i X7CK nn.'l making toward any craft they espied oil the swelling bosom of the ocean. "When last seen the Egypt was drifting ilowly toward the horizoD, a sheet of fire, rhe roaring of the flames and the heartrending bellowing of more than a half thousand cattle died gradually away In the distance, growing less distinct svery moment, until nothing remained in sight excepting the slight glimmer that to the wrecked men seemed to be sinking slowly into the sea. According to an official statement the fire occurred 11U0 miles from Laud's End. A FAMILY BURNED. Incendiaries Set Fire to the l?ev. David Plumb's House at Coles, Ind. Incendiaries set fire to the residence of tha Rev. David Plumb, at Coles, Ind., a short distance across the river from Louisville, Cv.. at an early hour in the morning. ilrs. Plumb and three children were burned to death, and Mr. Plumb was so badly burned ihat he soon died. THE LABOB WORLD. Cotton manufacturing is beginning on an extensive scale in Japan. . The average earnings per year of wage levorkers in Massachusetts is 5419. Detroit (Mich.) electic light company PEsures tho lives of its employes for $5000 ?ach. The builders' strike at Hamburg, Germany, has ended in tho surrender of the men. Is many localities in the Southern States a ton of besseaier pis-iron can be produced Xor ?8.50. Organized Inbor in Nebraska has determined to take independent political action this fall. The social democrats of Germany are doing their best to organize the workin^nf Rurlin. The largo number of 2G3 Unites railroad companies retain in their service permanently disabled employes. "Wages in the more important trades over the continent of Europe have increased since 1320 from thirty-five to fifty per cent. There is a large technical school in Tokio, Japan, and the Government is doing its best to instruct the people In all mechauical arts. The largest trade union is that of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel "Workers, which is now said to number 55,000 " members. There is a bill before Congress called the | Vacation bill, which allows postofllce clerks .fifteen days'leave of absence with full pay eaca year. Over a thousand waiters in St. Louis Mo., have struck. They want ?30 a month, a contract for a year and the employment of nono but union men. In London, England, wages in tha tailoring trade are only about half of those in Fans, where worneu are happy to earn rroaa fifty cents to eighty cents a aay. Statistics compiled by the factory inspector of Baden, Germany, show that the rate of mortality among the children of cigarmakers is as high a3 forty-eight per cent. Up to last year miners worked twelve hours a day in New South Wales and seven -flours in tne North of England, yet coal at 1 the former cost twenty-five per cent, more to raise to the pit's mouth. There is an extraordinary rush of orders at locomotive works, car works, and at ship and boat vards. The mills supplying iron and steel for ships and boats will be crowded with work up to the end of the year. Woken in London sew shirts for fourteen cents to sixteen cents a dozen. finding their 'own cotton and paying thirty-six cents a week rent for the machines. By hard work * woman can make two dozen shirts a day. L THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern ami Middle States. Trrr 2^, 000 striking cloak op?rators nn 1 ?ontraeiors and the manufacturers in New York city havj agree I upon a settlement, | and the men bare gone back to work. The village of Earlville in Madison County, N". Y., was partially destroyed by fir?. Tiio ?ntire business portion, including the opera louse, was burned. Domimf. Jacobs, a patient at tin State insane Asylum, at Providence, Ft. I., got at i plate of black fly paper. Ha drank the poisonous water and tnea ate the paper, dying in thirty minutes. Two men were killed by the explosion of powder in the corning mill of Laflin & Rand, Mountain View, N. J. Heavy rains have been falling, and the irought that threatened Connecticut crops .s broken. Frederick Douglass, United States Minister to Hayt:, returned to New York on a leave of absence. Governor Abbett received the officers ind guests of the Second New Jersey Brigade 1. n:-*. v T in camp as oeu win, .1. ? . Mrs. Dexnis Hayes, of Albany, N. Y., thirty-eight years old, the mother of seven shiJdren, burled her youngest child, age J eighteen months, into the Normanskiil Creelc, and then threw herself into the water. Both bodies were recovered. At Wo!cottville, 5". Y., a lunatic named Yago beat Poormaster Scbultz so severely witn a shovel and an axe that Schultz died in the evening. The cruiser Philadelphia went formally into commission at Mares' Island, Philadelphia, and is now a vessel of war of the United States. Charles H. Cramp, senior 1 memherofthe firm of William Cramp & ! Sons, made the presentation speech, and the vessel was received in the name of the Government by Captain Robert L. Bradford, her commander. ^^ oatTflnfaan VilAtvuba J?, xnajirou.i, oo? tuwwu, was killed with a tablefork, ia Philadelphia, Penn., by his fourteen-year-old brother whom he was teasing. The Squadron of Evolution, the finest fleet of war vessels ever sent by the United States Government to the ports of the principal nations, returned home and anchored in the harbor of New York. They were the Chicago, Boston and Atlanta. The Yorktown had returned alone some time ago. The last run of the fleet was from Brazil. The United States steamer Despatch arrived at New London, Conn., with Secretary Tracy on board, who is making a tour of inspection along the coast. J. E. Ttgerlo & Co., manufacturers oi fertilizers in Philadelphia, Penn., havt failed. An estimate places the assets al ?348,000 and liabilities at $317,000. A max dressed as a workingman appearei at the rear window of the postofflce in Law. rence, Mass.. where an addition is building, * *-t i.. L.u 1 ri and asxea trie ciqts. tayre to cuiu uus ran ui a tape line while he made some measurements. The clerk complied with the request, and a CDmpanion of the man entered the money order office and stole ?125. South and West. The loss by the washout on the Coloradc Central Railroad is estimated at ?250,000 The track washed out covers altogether 6 distance of twenty miles. The iron bridgt at the forks of the creek looks like a bundle of wire, it has been so taugled up. The Colorado Midland Railroad has let a contract to Michael H. Keefe, of Butte, Montana, for the construction of a tunnel. It will be 9350 feet long, the third longest ii the United States, and will cost $1,000,000. Minnesota Republicans, in convention at St. Paul, renominated Governor Merriam; the Republicans of Nebraska, in session at LincolD, nominated JL D. Richards foi Governor. A fire iu Spokano Falls. Washington, de stroydd property valued at $143,00J. W. J. Bullard's boarding-hoase at Savannah, Ga., a threr-story brick dwelling, was blown up in a mysterious way. Three persons were Killed and six injured. Thomas Wilson, colored, was hanged w Martinsville, Va., for the murder of Jin Davis. He and Davis quarreled about i woman. At Ripon, Cal., the seven-year-old son ol G. W. Masters, wnile playing with matche*. set fire to some coal oil and the hous3 was destroyed. George and Warren, Masters': sons, and a baby girl perished in the flames The South Carolina Farmers' Allianc. Convention at Columbia declared in favor o. the Sub-Treasury scheme. At Magazine, Logan County, Ark., Caj> tain William Ellington and his son, \V. E Ellington, were killed by W. Mclnturf, a well-known detective. James M. Damson, a member of the California State Assembly from Los Angeles, ha: been arrested on several charges of forgery State Senator Benjamin Silver, o: Baltimore, the son-in-law of the defaulting Treasurer Archer, died at his home in Belair. Md., of peritonitis. Mr. Silver was thirty one years of age. The village of Bairdstown, Ohio, has beei almost wiped out by incendiary fires. St. Paul is indignant, while Minneapolis is delighted, over the order for a recount ol the two cities. The Monitor Plow works at Minneapolis Minn., were totally destroyed by fire. Loss ?100,0<X). The crops of South Dakota were reportec to be withered by excessive heat, and it wa. feared the sufferings of last year would bi repeated. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company has mortgaged the jntire systea to the Central Trust of New Tors foi $75,000,000. A freight train on the Southern Pacific was wrecked at Willsburg, Oregon. A wo man and her two children were killed. The business portion of Creighton, Neb., has been destroyed by fire. City Clerk Albert Geohegan*, of Paris, 111., is missing, and his accounts are short between ?5000 and ?10,001 This amount was taken from the City Treasury and the bank with which the city aocouut was kept. He has been living extravagantly. Fires along the line of the Santa Fe Railroad, between Dodge and Great Bend, in Kansas, have destroyed thousands of acres | of grass and corn. The People's Independent Party of Nebraska, met iu State Convention at Lincoln. The gathering comprised "over 1K)J delegates. J. H. Powers.of Hitchcock County, nominated for Governor. "Washington. The Board of Customs Appraisers held a meeting at the Treasury Departuiant and organized by unanimously electing Colonel Tichenor President of the Board. President Harrison' accompanied by Postmaster-General Wanarnaker, Secretary Proctor, Attorney-General Miller, of his Cabinet, and General Schofleld, visited the camp of the Pennsylvania National Guarc at Mount Gretna whare he reviewed the i U000 troops, including the United States Army detachment. He returned to Washington in the afternoon. The Treasury Department has decided that natives of Alaska have no right to kill pup fur seals for food and clothing. The Federal Election bill has been referred to the Senate Committee on Privileges and j Elections. A fire in Washinorton completely guttel the carriage manufactory of William Wal| ter's Son. Loss, $o0,000. The Secretary of the Interior ordered a j recount of the population of the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis. The Senate will meet hereafter daily at 11 ! k. m. and adjourn about 0 r. m., a resolution to that effect having been adopted without opposition. The President made the following nominations : To be United States Consuls?John S. Bradford, of Pennsylvania, at Antigua, West Indies; and William G. Riley, of Virginia, at Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. Superintendent of Census Porter said that he hoped to be able to announce officially within three week3 the total population ol the United States. The count is being made at the rate of three and a quarter millions every twenty-four hours. Thb President sent a message to Congress, urging legislation that would enable tha Postomce Department to close the mails to lottery companies. The number of applications for pension under the act of June 27 which, up io a recent date, had been received at the Pension Office approximated 260,000. . Foreign. i The ArgontinJ War Minister has resigaol and anotner crisis has arisen at Bj3nos Ayres. A mob attackc i a number of stores in tin city of Santiago, the capital of Chili, and sacked them. The military was called upjn to quell the disturbance an.l the troops soon restored order. A HOHKiBi.fi case of cannibalism is reported from Cairo, E.^ypt. A colored woman employed as nurse in a Coptic family, apparently s?ized with a sudden recurrence or savage instincts, killed two children of bet employer and devoured their bodies. At Oletzko, Austria, lightning struck n farm house and killed the owner, his wife and a servant. r ke.ncii crops nave oeen aevasrateu oy the heavy rains. The loss in wheat Is estimated at $100,000,000. Thirty Arabs wore killed in the recent fighting at Melilla, Morocco. A band of Arnauts recently made a night attack upon the Montenegrin village of Rogmore, surprising the inhabitants, many of whom were murdered. Tho Arnauts plundered the village an 1 left. Afterward the band was attacked by Turkish troops, and In the fight which ensued sixty Arnauts were killed and many others woundel. War has been formally declared between San Salvador and Guatemala. A very severe hail storm visited Einbro. Canada, literally stripping fields of grain oi nil Tho Violl ws? qi-> f>r>nln?9 that it could be scooped up in wagon loads. The Earl of Jersey has been appcinted Governor of New South Wales by the British Gorernment. At Rosebiyn, Manitoba, two farm or s named Duncanson and Patterson, wete overcome by gas in repairing an old well and both were brought to the surface dead. The operation performed by Professoi Fuchs, or Vienna, Austria, on the Shah'i first wife has proved unsuccsssful, and slu is now totally blind. An attempt was made to assassinate President Barillas of Guatemala. General Rivas, with 6000 Indians, hai joined the Salvadorian army. Two local trains conveying men to wort on the Manchester (England) Canal came into collision, and a number of wagons were thrown over the canal bank. Four m2D were killed and fifty injured. The village of Brae, in Switzerland, has been visited by a very disastrous Are. Many buildings were destroyed and four women were killed and many persons were injured. The United States Consul at Palermo, Sicily, warns Americans against visiting there,owing to the resumption of brigandage in that country. Focr hundred Armenians were arrested at Constantinople, Turkey, for complicity in the recent demonstration against the Patriarch. Cholera is epidemic in Mecca, Arabia. There have been thirteen cases, seven of which were fatal. An explosion of fire damp occurred in the Pelissier pit at St. Etienne, France. It is reported that 130 men were killed and thirtyfive injured. REVOLT Df BUENOS AYBES, The Insurgents in Complete Possession of the Government. A cablegram from Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic, says: The plot to over* throw the Government, which hf been sua pected for some weeks and the existence' of which has been so many times denied, hug uku uzu rieu ouu, ana jrresiuenc ur. ouarez Celtnara i3 a fugitive. The Tenth Regiment, headed by its officers, revolted, and the outbreak soon became general and included the troops in the garrison. Tho city was garrisoned by 4000 troops ani 8000 armed policemen. The soldiers at once marched into the streets and began firing. All the shops were closed, and the banks and the Bourse soon shut their doors. The Government, with the aid of a few loyal soldiers and the police, tried to isolate the insurgents and desperate fighting soon resulted. Many were killed on both sides, but the insurgents steadily advanced toward the Plaza de la Victoria, where the President's palaco and the Town Hall are situated. A revolutionary government has been announce 1 with Senor Arem as President and Senor Romero as Minister of Finance, to suoceed Senor Garcia, who is held a prisoner by the revolutionists. President Celmara has declared the whole Republic in a state of siege. The National Guard has been called to arms. Five more battalions of the marine arsenal and part of the artillery have declared in favor of the revolutionists. The postal and telegraph offices are surrounded by soldiers. The revolutionists claim they have completely triumphed. TheGovernorof Bueno3 Ayres is seriously wounded. President Celmara embarked from the ,?1_ *_!_ t ? i 1 ~ \ i uu ijucuu. kjx. a foreign ship. The Governor of Cordova, brother of toe President, also escaped. The revolutionists liberated General Manuel J. Campos, who was awaiting trial, and who has now placed himself at the head of the revolutionary party. A policeman in mere wantonness split an Englishman's head open with his sabre, and a bystander shot the policeman down. In the afternoon the revolutioniry Government issued its first decree. This ordered the mobilization of the National Guard and appointed Nicolas Menales Chief of Police. At five o'clock in the afternoon two attacks were made by the Government troops oa citizen battalions. The troops were repulsed both times. Policemen and artillerymen are lying dead in heaps. The Cbief of Police, Capde Vila, is wounded. The Minister of War is reported killed. Sharp fighting continues around the artillery barracks. The losses on both sides were heavy. Many buildings were destroyed. The navy remains neutral. Senor Pellegrini, the Vice President, has assumed the Presidencv. Buenos Ayres Bombarded. A second cablegram from the seat of hostilities in the Argentine Republic gave the following particulars: The revolutionarymovement continued to spread, and the fighting between the Government troops and the rebels was soon resumed and a desperate struggle followed. The Government forces wore defeated and 1000 of them were killed or wounds 1. The insurgent army boaibarde 1 the Government House and the barracks in Buenos Ayres. The offiners of the navy, after long hesitation ami seeing that the success of tha revolution seemed assured, joined the insurI gents. The guns of the ships were at once trained on the loyalist strongholds and after some parleying a bombardment began. This action so alarmed the Government that a truce was at once declared and an armistice of twenty-four hours arrangedRIOT IN CONSTANTINOPLE, The Greek Patriarch Maltreated, and Soldiers and Kioters Killed. A larcracrowi of Armenians eathered iu the Armenian cathedral in Constantinople, Turkey, for the purpose of remonstrating with the Patriarch of the church for his weak action toward the Porte regarding the outrages perpetrated by Turks in Armenia, and to demand his resignation. One of the crowd mounted a chair in the cathedral and demanded that the Patriarch explain the events that had occurred at Erzeroum and the position of affairs in Armenia. Tho Patriarch protested against the action of the mob and declared that the sacred edifice was not a place for such a demonstration. This answer to their demand exasperated the mob and they rushed upon the Patriarch, dragged him from the pulpit and otherwise maltreated hi in. Military assistance v/as asked for to quell the disturbance. A body of Turkish troops was sent to restore order, but when they entered the cathedral and tried to clear the building they met with desperate resistance. The mob was armed with revolvers and spiked staves, and a bloody conflict ensued between them and the troops. Four of the soldiers and three of the rioters were killed and others were injured before the mob were driven from the building. Martial law has been proclaimed in the Kroom quarter, which is patroled by cavalry. There is a good reason for believing that the present disturbance among the Armen- ' of Constantinople has been fomented by Russian agents and Is part of a general plan j In order to bring on a war. A GIFT OF $4,000,000. Tlie World's Contribution to the Johnstown Sufferers. How the Greatest Charity Ever Known Has Been Distributed. The most magnificent charity fund ever contributed in the world's history was tho Johnstown (Penn.) relief fund of over $4,000,000, an account of the distribution of which is now published for tho first time in full. The report of Secretary Kramer, of tho Flood Relief Commission, appointed to distribute tho fluids, is very interesting. Mr. Kramer gives a brief sketch of the destruction wrought by the flood aud the incidents leading up to the organization of the commission. He states that there was distributed by the commission iu the eastern part of Pennsylvania, outsid9 of Cambria county, ?241,408.58 in cash and $50(36.63 in supplies. In these eastern districts seventy-eight percnnq were drowned, a correct list of tuflm being furnished by the commission. The total cash contributions to the euf ferers, so far as the commission ha3 been able to obtain information, amounts to $4,116,801.48. Mention is made of tho work at Johnstown under General Hastings, of the commissary and clothing departments, shelter, aid societies, the care of the sick and injured, burial of tho dead, general relief and the drowuetl. Regarding the drowned Mr. Kramer says the most careful investigation, continued to the present time, shows the number to have been 2143. Ninety-nine families, numbering from two to ten members each, wero entirely washed away. Of flood widows there are 134, and 198 widowers. The orphans and half-orphans reach tho number of 5(J5. There wero found and identified 1115, found and not identified 636, missing 391. Various plans were proposed to the commission regarding the distribution of tho fund, all based on information more or les3 accurate, 'and all providing for giving a specific sum to each of certain persons, by classes, regardless of loss and based only on their necessities, and a percentage on tho property loss of others, arranged also by classes. This general system of classification was adopted and kept in view all through the worli, but it was found that there were so many cases in each class that required exceptional consideration that it finally became to a large extent an adjustment in each case, based upon many and important con siderations. Tho opinions of the members I of the commission, and of those active in the | work, were modified by experience, and while the general principles were maintained, the details were changed several times, but as each change was to the advantage of the more helpless part of the community, criticism of delay occasioned was disarmed on the 8th of July. The sum of $10 per capita was paid each person who had suffered loss by the flood. A board of inquiry, consisting of Johnstown citizens, classified the sufferers into six classes, the first three being based on their necessities only and the last three on their losses. On the first distribution, ?41C,4?2 were paid out. As in the distribution of the $10 per capita, so it was found that many persons by the payment made under the first distribution had received as large a proportion of the fund as was required by their circumstances, and to such no further payment was made. At a meeting of the commission held on September 13, an appropriation of $1,600,000 was made for distribution in the Conemaugh Valley, a fixed proportion being designated for the several dasscj. This is known as the final distribution. The number of statements on file amounted to 1 ?1 A10.VI n COAT. WJ"?y. LIB Si l rect'jvcu ci-iw uacii, uiu-vj .-.'w each; class 3, $300 each; class 4, nil average of 30 per cent., and class 5, about ten per cent, of their respective losses. To class 6 no payment was made, because it was not necessary. The Johnstown board of inquiry subsequently revised this work, reducing the amounts to some extent, but not materially. The amount received by ths widows was $1S3,2S1, and the sum of $109,500 has been set aside lor their children. For the care of children made orphans by the flood $119,G16.SS has been set aside The amount of loss in the Conemaugh Valley, as sworn to by claimants, reached the sum of $9,074,105, added to this the loss on corporate, church and borough property of $2,107,500 runs the total up to $11,671,605. A lengthy statement is then made of the amount received by each individual, making a total of $2,378,285. Mr. Kramer says that the labor involved in deciding the claims and awarding amounts was very great, and was attended with many difficulties. Tne sworn statements of a number of cases werefound to be utterly unreliable because of theexaggerated values given in them, and with all the care taken mistakes have doubtless been made because of an improper presentation of circumstances. The receipts of the committee were as follows: From Governor Beaver, $1,236,140.45; from the Philadelphia Relief Committee, $600,000; from the Pittsburg Rplinf fommit.tpp ?500.000; from the New York Relief Committee,?516, iy?.8o?a total of $2,912,346.30. Tho expenditures in the | Conemaugh Valley were $2,592,036.68; in the State outfide of the Conemaugh Valley, $246,475.26; general and office expenses, $5,i2S.S9, or a total of $2,845,140. S3. Tho commission has $67,205.47 cash in its hands. Attached to the report is an appendix showing that contributions came from forty-six States and Territories and fourteen foreign countries. A MINING TOWN BURNED, Fifteen Hundred Persons Made Homeless by a Fire in Idaho. The town of Wallace, Idaho, has been burned, and only two buildings were saved, and those were the railroad stations. The loss will probably be $200,000. The fire started in a saloon. The high wind carrisd the flames to the adjoining buildings, all of which were frame. The water facilities were good, but the firemen could not chock the progress of tho flames. The following leading business houses have been burned; Holly, Mason, Marks & Co., the PostofHce Building, the Heller House, White & Bender, general storo of MeElroy ? ? - ' xr , ru ni P r. cc voacier, mc^uu o. mvoio, ioiopuvuu ? change, Joseph Carlson, J. C. McCurJy, Carter House, Club Theatre, with a score of saloons, restaurants, offices, etc. A private despatch said that 1500 people were homeless. Wallace is the leading mining town of Coeur d'Aleuo district aud will undoubtedly be rebuilt. EXCURSIONISTS PERISH. Eight Persons Drowned anil a Score Injured Near Baltimore, Md. The steamer Virginia collided with the steamer Louise between Steelton and Fort Carroll, near Baltimore, >Id., and at least sight of the Louise's passengers were killed while a number of others were seriously injured. The Virginia is blamed by the passenger* on the Louise. The latter is an excursion boat and was on her way up from Tolchester with about fifteen hundrei people. Just after passing Fort Carroll she met the Virginia on tier way from the city to Norfolk. The Virginia was espected to t-hft but instead the bi? vessel carue along head on and struck the excursion boat near the wheelhouse, tearing out the entire side leaving a hole eight feet deep, through which the water poured as the Virginia pulled out. It was reported that a number fell overboard. The greater number were hurt by the flying splinters. THREE MEN KILLED. A. Complication ot Fatal Accidents Follows a Collision. An express train on the West Pennsylvania Railroad struck a two-horse team and driver at a crossing near Herr'3 station, Pena. The driver and horses were killed instantly. A gang of laborers who were constructing a sewer at the roadside became so frightened at the accident that they let go their bold on a large cast iron pipe. The pipe fell into the ditch upon two men, killing one and fatally injuring the other. fifty-hbstjSSIHH In the Senate. lfrlrrt Day.?Tlio Indian Appropriati^W bill was passed... .Mr. Sherman introduced n hill to incorporate the Red Cross Society, with Clara Barton, George Kennau, J. 8. Hubbell, M. D., and others as its incorporators. .. .Mr. Morgan introduced a bill to fix the limit of value and to provide for the free coinage of silver. IGoTH Day.?Mr. Sherman offered a resolution instructing the Committee on Printing to report whether any abuses exist in printing matter iu the Congressional Record that ought not to printed tnerein... .Shortly after 1 o'clock the Senate took up the Tariff bill, and Mr. Vance addressef the Senate. He was followed by Messrs. Plumb, Aldrich, McPherson. Morgan, Sherman aud George. IGGth Day.?The Senate resumed consideration of the Tariff bill and was addressed by Mr. Morgan and Mr. Colquitt, who spoke against the bill... .The House bill was passed, allowing Mrs. General Crook $2000 a year; Senate bills were also passed giving a like pansion to Mrs. Fremont and to Mrs. McClellan.... An amendment to ttie dui "to reauce tae amount of bonds to be required of national banks and to restore to the channels of trade the excessive accumulations of lawful money in the Treasury'1 was proposed by Mr. Plumb ... .The House amendments to the "Original Package" bill were non-concurred in by the Senate, and a conference was ordered. Messrs. Wilson, of Iowa; Mr. Edmunds and Mr. George were appointed conferees. 167th Day.?Messrs. Vest and Turpie spoke on th3 Tariff bill; Mr. McPherson's resolution to recommit the measure to the Finance Committee was defeated. The reading of the bill by paragraphs for amendments was then begun?the first schedule being that as to chemicals, oils and paints.... The Revenue Marine Transfer bill was discussed. 168th Day.?Messrs. Hiscock, Jones, of Arkansas; Gorman, McPherson, Voorhees and others spoke on the Tariff bill; three amendments were defeated....Mr. Ingalls introduced a bill to establish an executive department of communication for the purpose of transmitting telegraphic and telephonic communications for the people at cost. 169th Day.?The Senate decided to meet hereafter at 10 a. m., instead of 11. and the daily sessions are to last until 6 p. m., or later.. .Mr. Morrill spoke on the Tariff bill ....Mr. Sherman reported an amendment to the Deficiency bill, appropriating $30,000, in addition to the $100,000 already available, for the purpose of carrying out the treaties between the United States and Mexico providing for the relocation of thd boundary line between the two countries. In tbc House. 174th Day.?The journal having been road and approved the House proceeded to vote upon the committee amendments to thj .bankruptcy t?iu. rne commutes amendments having been disposed of, an amendment was adopted enforcing the laws of the States giving wages for labor a preference. The bill was then passed. 175th Day.?Tne Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was considered in Committee of the Whole. Pending further debate the committee rose, and the House, at 5 o'clock, took a recess until 8 o'clock, the evening session being for the consideration of private pension bills, a large number of which were passed. 176th Day.?Mr. McKinley, from the Committee on Rules, reported a resolution directing the Speaker to appoint a committee of five members to investigate the charges brought against Pension Commissioner Raum by Representative Cooper, of Indiana. Adopted... .The House went into Committee of the Whole on the Senate amendments to the Sundry Civil bill. Those regarding the irrigation of the arid lands were attacked, but no vote was reached... .Non-concurrencs was recommended in several Senate amend ments, and the committee rose with the bill still pending. The House then adjourned. 177th Day.?In Committee of the Whole the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was discussed. The recommendations of the Com -nit+sYA A t?Anrio ftArvc WflPft O rrTCWvl tA AT UU Ui/i tuvivua VI V wwx. cept the Senate irrigation amendment, which passed over until the other matters were disposed of. Without disposing of all the amendments the committee rose. 178th Dat.?la Committee of the Whole the Sundry Civil bill was further considered; Mr. Struble, of Iowa, made an attack upon the Speaker, and was rebuked by Mr. Cannon ... .Mr. Cannon reported a joint resolution, providing temporarily (until August 14) for such of the expenditures of the Government as have not been provided for by the appropriation bills which have already become laws. The resolution was passed. 179th Day.?The conference report on the District of Columbia Appropriation bill was agreed to... .The Senate amendments to the Sundry Civil bill were further discussed.... The Speaker laid before the House fifteen requests for leave of absence. The requests were passed over for the present....The Speaker announced the appointment of the following members on the committee to investigate the charges against Pension Commissioner Raum: Messrs. Morrill, Sawyer, Smyser, Goodnight and Martin, of Indiana. SENECA FALLS BURNED. The Business Portion of the City a Heap of Ashes and Debris. A serious Are broke out in Seneca Falls, *T ,r *-Ua mA?ninfl> of oVvrvnf A lit UUriUg tuo mvii inu^, uw uwvuw m o'clock,in the northern part of the town. It speedily passed beyond the control of the local fire companies, and help was telegraphed for from Waterloo, Oreneva and other adjacent Elaces. The Postoffice, the Hoag House, >pera House, telegraph and telephone offices and thirty stores were destroyed, the loss being estimated at $1,000,000. The fire started in the Pew building, a regular fire trap, against the erection of which violent protests were made a few years ago, and in a short time the entire building was blazing. It could be approached only on one side, as the firemen could no5 endure the fierce heat. The flames spread quickly to the Phoenix block, in which were the electric light plant, pest office, express office, and Western union office, all of which were consumed. Within four hours fifteen stores were ruined. The flames crossed the street from the Pew building to the Opara House. That, with all of FcQl streot on that side east to Sheldon block, was destroyed. On State street the fire extended to and destroyed Kellogg's livery stable, but all his stock was saverl. Twenty-five of the build' "? Tv.iro of hrink and from two to three '"b" ? stories in height, and only 0110 of them for business purposes was vacant. Three of the best equipped printing offices in the State, the Courier, Reveille and Journal, lib buried in the ruins. The mail was wholly removed from the Postoffice, but the safe could not be reached. The books, money, stamps, etc., it was hoped, were safely wut down in the waters of the race-way beneath. Grand Army Hall, in the third story of the Daniels block, is among the things that were. A part of the records of Cross Post, including its charter, and the irreparable loss of many relics and mementoes, will bo a sourca of regret to veterans. John Duff, of tho paid fire department, bad a leg broken by a flying pipo and hose. All the saloons are closed during the day by order cf President Rumsey. SAN" SALVADOE'S EEYOLT, The Rebel Army Saidro Have Fought Six Successful Battles. News has just been receive! confirming the reports of tho success of the Salvadoriaa forces beyond the frontier in Guatemalan territory. The Salvador army has now gained six battles and has captured quantities of arms and ammunition. Many hava been killed and wounded on both sides. The Salvadorian forces are now pushing their way into the interior of Guatemala and wrifk eiiOi?Qaa of nrorr Stan. (irPftt UrO IlJCCUlUfc nibuaucvws-i-w?vV ? enthusiasm prevails. The intention is to overthrow the Government of President Barillas before coming to auy agreement with Guatemala. San Salvador is determined to free herself from the yoke of Guatemala and assure her own liberty and independence. Advices from Guatemala are to the effect that Ezeta's army attacked the Guatemalans near the frontier in Guatemalan territory, that the Salvadorians were defeated nnd routed, and that they fled back to San Salvador territory, leaving on the field many dead and wounded and three cannons, which the Guatemalans captured. The Guatemalans were under command of General Sanchez. Eiglit Person^^HHBHjH dreds of House^HH|^^H The flourishing city of Lawrence^^M| has been visited by one of the most destnH tive tornadoes known to the New England Slates. Eight persons were killed and sixtj seriously injured. Seventy buildings were wrecked and destroyed and six hundred people made homeless. The following Is a correct list of th? killed: Michael Higgins, Mrs. Mary Lyons, Ma mil O'Connell. Mrs. Jeremiah O Connell, Helen Cutler, Mrs. John Collins, Collins, child; Julia Beatty. The devastation ha3 been complete. For a distance of a mile there is a well-defined pathway about 500 feet wide, in which nothing remains of a prosperous section of that manufacturing city but wrecked building3 and streets piled high with debris. lne storm struck tbe city shortly befori ten o'clock in the morning. The wind at the time was east and the rain falling hearily. Heavy black clouds shot from behind the western hills high into the sky for a moment, and then the thick mass parted. Down shot.black streaks, and in a moment the crash came. Buildings were crushed like the shells of eggs, whole houses wen lifted from the cellars and terror seized th? dwellers. The storm struck first on Broadway, aboui five hundred rods from the Boston and Maine Railroad station at South Lawrence, and continuing its path of destruction near ly parallel with the Merrimack River deal to North Andover. Its path was only aboul five hundred feet wide. At the Essex Company's dam it seemed tc divide. There the centre of the storm wen) through Salem street to Blanchard, tearing down or uprooting all in its pathway. Aftei overturning a number of freight cars standing near the Salem street bridge and killing a switchman named Higgins, who was standing near by, it smashed in the window: of St. Patrick's Catholic church and blew down all the telegraph and telephone wire* in the locality. The wind then passed through the centre of Springfield street, upon which thero were nearly one hundred houses and tenement blocks. With but three exceptions every house on both sides of that street between Blanchard and South Union streets was either totally or partly wrecked. The house of Thomas Evans, the Daly family and of James Lyons in the valley wera ground into kindling wood. The very first victim of the catastrophe was Mrs. Jama3 Jjyons, who flea into her house at the first signal of the coming storm. Her house fell to piece3 the moment the wind struck it, and she was crushed and mangled under the falling ruins. From under one root five persons were taken. None of them were aead, but all were severely injured and mangled terribly. One of these, a nine-year-old boy, had his arm broken in five places, and in his terror and agony shouted pathetically for his mother. While she, almost as badly injured, was on her knees in the street thanking God with uplifted hands that her little family was no worse off. The greatest force of the storm was manifest in the mile it traversed through South Lawrence. Fortunately, there were no large or brick buildings in that district, the great mills and factories being on the north side of the river. The section was occupied largely by the mill operatives and was covered with cosey cottages. The39 had nearly all been built during the last dozen yean and would average about $2000 to $3000 in value. These were all destroyed. TT7U-4 4-ama/)A IY Uttb bCVLLltfU pcuuuoi OWUVI DU(7 lA/t UOUU was the fact that some of the oldest and most rotten houses stood It well, while new blooks of brick and wood fell in masses of ruins. About one house in five failed to stand the 6hock, and now lie in a heap of rubbish. Those which still stand have all lost shutters, chimneys or windows. Some of the wrecked houses were set on fire, but rain prevented any serious spread of the flames. South Lawrence, the scene of the tornado's havoc, is the appellation attached to that portion of Lawrence lying on the south side of the Merrimac River. It contains within tbe corporate limits 3012 acres. The storm also passed over Haverhill, Ma3s., bursting sewers and flooding streets and basements. The watar put out the fires in Saunders's boiler house, stopping the work in the shoe factory. At Lowell, Mass., the rainfall was so great that the sewers overflowed into the streets. PBOMIJENT PEOPLE. . Count Von Molteb will bo ninety yeari old October 28. Meissonier, the French painter, is seventy* seven years old. P. T. Barnum has made 211,000,000 In tin circus business. Bismarck looks twenty years youngex than his pictures. Mr. Gladstone makes it a rule never to travel on Sundays. Will Carlton receives an average ol $300 for his poems. Paste tra, the great French scientist, cootemplates a visit to America. Postmaster-General Wanamaker hai 510 young men in his Bible class. Ex-Mator Abraji S. Hewitt, of New York city, is seriously ill in Europe. Major-General Schofield, now commanding tbe army, entered it In 1853. Taiiag.vo, the great tenor, is going to retire from the stage and buy an Italian estate. The remains of General Clinton B. Fisk, the great temperance leader, were interred at Coldwater, Mich. I Explorer Hexrt M. Stanley's manu! e/M-irvj-. ic vpi-r leerible. and scarcely an altera I tioiTis made in a folio. | Lydia Beckeh,leader of the woman's sufifrag j movement, died recently at Genera, Switzerland, from diphtheria. Senator Wade Hampton*, of South Carolina, has sacrificed the gray side whiskers that have been his facial characteristic for so many years. Whexever Potter Palmer, of Chicago, patronizes his own hotel and restaurant ha pays his way like auy other guest, but he never tips a waiter. When* Governor Ross, of Texas retires from his executive office he will become the President of the Agricultural aud Mechanical College of that State. Professor C. B. Richards, of the Sheffield Scientific School, Yale College, has boon made by the French Government a chevalier of the Legion of Honor. It is announced on very good authority that Senator Sherman, of Ohio, has decided to retire to private life at the expiration ot his present term in 1893. The Czar of Russia is said to devote a large part of his leisure to collecting birds' eggs and postage stamps. Many or the eggs he secured when a young boy. appretahy Elaine is a large owner of oil territory in West Virginia and a member ol a company which will soon erect a pipe lina and tanks of a capacity of 300,000 barrels ol OIL William R. Hearst, son of the California Senator and editor of the San Francisco Examiner, is a young man of twenty-seven. He is tall and athletic and ha3 traveled widely. A. P. Peterson*, the Attorney-General of the Hawaiian Islands, was born in Plymouth, Mass. He received his early education in Hawaii, but finished his studies in New England. Emperor William, or uermany, ens uoclared that tho next birthday of Count Von Moltke shall be kept as a national holiday. The famous strategist was born October 28, 1800, at Perchirn, Mecklenburg. Jl"stice~Miller,~ of the "Supreme Court of the United States, has been on the bench twenty-eight years. His commission was signed by President Lincoln, and dates back further than any other member of the Court. Crazy Kixa Otto, of Bavaria, refused all food for three days. His physicians denied him cigarettes, and he lost flesh rapidly. He consented to eat on condition that hi3 cigarattes should be restored, and now every meal must be paid for at tha rate qI twenty cigarettes years. sixth Regiment He served in both hou^^^H^^^HflDSMHN^^B^B and was a Mason and an The Tennessee republican^^^^HH^^^BH^D met in Nashville. Lewis T. Baxter inated for Governor by acclamation. He.vrt Dudlet, colored, was hanged at ^VD3| Scran ton. Miss, for murder. He ascended ^^BRH the scaffold without exhibiting any signs of fear. There was a large crowd present. The business part of Travera, Cal, has been practically wiped out by fire. The loss v/as fully $100,003. All of the large stores, including the hotel and livery stable, together with nineteen horses, were burned. Br a runaway accident at Lima, Ohio, Archie Smith, aged nineteen years, and Robert Grant, a young boy, were Instantly killed and Mellville Greenwall seriously injured. The President nominated Louis Desmarais, of Louisiana, to be coiner of th9 mint of the United States at New Orleans, and Thadcteua S. Sharretta, of Maryland, to be General Ap^ praiser of Merchandise; the nominations ' were confirmed by the Senate. \ The President left Washington during the aft<?rnoon for Cape May Point, N. J., where he was to spend a week with his family. The Postofflce authorities of Paris," Franca, discovered that over $23,000 had been stolen from a registered mail bag which had been cut in transit. The cholera epidemic is diminishing in Valencia, Spain. From ten to fifteen case* are reported daily, of which about one-half prove fatal. The Salzath River in Austria has overflowed its banks and Inundated the surrounding country. Many persons along the line of the river have been drowned and their houses destroyed. The Russian Government has decided to enforce the edicts oI 1S82 against the Hebrews. Qtjiet was restored in Buenos Ayree, Argentine Repablic; the revolutionary leaders have agreed to the terms of the Government and a general amnesty has been c-.-a.ii ted. CHILDBEN SLAUGHTERED. Three Little Girls Crashed to Death by a Locomotive. A terrible accident happened near Paterson, N. J., to a party of children returning from a blackberrying trip. There were Mamie, age twelve, Nellie, age ten, and Willie, a^e four, and Jennie Warren, aga three, ana Jennie Drewster, age twelve. The children started to cross the River. side Bridge, and had got about half way over when they saw a train coming from tha east. To get out of the way of this they crossed over on the other track, and did not notice that another train was approaching on that track. . -asgK When the two trains bore down upon them the little children screamed. The engineer of the train from the west on the Erie Road did not notice them until it was too late to stop the train. When the train had passed, the mangled bodies of Jennie Drewster and Mamie and Nellie Warren were found. They wera ali dead. Jennie Warren, the youngest, escaped with a scalp wound. Willie Warren fell through the bridge into the water, a distance of thirty feet, and waded ashore. The Riverside Bridge is used exclusively for the passage of trains. The children attempted to cross it as ? shortcut to their homes. , i <*t ?????? THE BIOTS AT EEZEHOAM. i Fifty Dead Victims of the Butchery? One Hundred Missing. The following details of the recent riots at ( Erzeroam, Montenegro, have been received. The soldiery were ordered to disperse 1 Armenians who were holding a meet ing in a churchyard. The soldiers . began a massacre of the Armenians; and the Turkish populace joined in the attack. The shops ana houses of the Armenians were pillaged. The Hack lasted four hours. The British Consulate at which ' on the same night' a fete was being given for the benefit of poor Armenians, was stoned and its gates and windows were broken. The Consul and the members of his family took refuge in the caliars of the building and the fete was abandoned. The American Mission served as a refuge for fifty fugitives. Numbers of Americans, relying on the promises of Turks to escort them to places of safety, were murdered in the streets. Fifcy bodies have been found, mostly of persons who were bayonetted S50 persons were wounded and 100 are missing. A FAMILY Di'STBOYED. Frightful Accident at a Railway Crossing in West Virginia. A frightful railroad accident occurred at Grafton, XV. Ya.., resulting in the death of i five people, members of one family. Just a r.ouC tne time me west Douna accommoaation train was due Wm. Golden,his wife and threa children started to cross the main line 1 of the Baltimore and Ohio road near the Railroad Hotel, but seeing a yard engine coming up the road they stopped to let it pass. Mr. Golden was holding his two-year-old ' bov in his arms and his wife a three-monthsold baby. When watching the engine the passenger train struck the family, instantly [ killing the husband, wife and two children ; and fatally injuring the boy who was in his father's arms, tbe little fellow dying in an hour. i NEWSY GLEANINGS. i ' Chin*a has but one railroad. ! Chicago's population is 1,101,233. Great Britain's crops will be short. There ara 109 deer forests in Scotland. Capitatjsts in Maine are boring for coal Yellow feveb is raging in Havana, Cuba. The crop of cherries turned out to be very light. Terrific heat is reported on the Pacific coast. Belgium now contains mw itants. The Kansas wheat crop this year headi the list. Is and around Charlotte, N. C., there ar? thirty-two cotton mills. The area in corn in the United States this year is about 33,570,000 acres. There aro fully 10,000 dealers in New York city engaged in handling fruit. The fattest woman in Paris, France, is dead. She weighed 470 pounds. Belgium is recruiting hundreds of Soudanese natives for the Congo State. The preseut cost of sustaining the Federal Government is $1,000,000 a day. The Government -of Russia is about 6ft form a special Ministry of ^gicalfrgq,