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r / / "Ml Ell THE WID. A Cyclone's Awful Work at Wilkesbarre, Peiiii. p ^Many Persons Killed and Three Hundred Houses Destroyed, j A most disastrous tornado struck Wilkes- J barre, Penn., daring a recent afternoon, killing, as nearlj- as could be learned on the day afterward, some sixteen persou?. injur- | lag over 100 and destroying about $1,003,003 worth of property. The cyclone did its work in five minutes. It was first seen over Plymouth, Penn., to the southeast of the city. The first destruction caused by it was the demolition of some frama buildings in the rear of Jones's foundry, in South Wilkes barre. Then it cauie up the Susquehanna River, striking rsoutu Wilkesbarre, and along the line of the Delegare and Hudson Railroad to the Five Points district of the city, whence it turned and swept east over the mountains. In appearance it seemed to be a thick cloud of black smoke, a mile in height tna somo few hundred yards in width. As it leit the city it appeared to have widened into a width of five hundred yards. At the outer edges Of the column the air seomed to be sweeping with tremendous velocity up one side and down the otter, while the centre was a black whirling mass which picked up trees and houses as it' they had been but mere chips and threw them broken Into fragments hundreds of yards awa~. Desolation prevailed everywhere. Women, children and even strong men were rushing about the ruins, their taces blanched, their eyes tear-stained and terror depicted in every feature. The scenes at and around the Lehigh Valley station were terrible in the extreme. The station was filled with a crowd of people. The cries and lamentations were heartrending. Down WashingPoll street. Canal street and at | IAJU. OUW^V, - ?... , the foot of East Market street nothing met r/ the eye but wreck and ruin. No such M catastrophe ever before occurred in that valr ley. b The sweep of the cyclone at Five Points P was terrible. The frail houses were blown away. The air was filled with debris from the falling buildings. On Scott street th9 houses occupied by the families of James McGinley and James Henagar were leveled to the ground. Mrs. Eliza Jane McGinley, aged ibout twentyeight years, and her young baby were crushed to death, as was John McGinley, a youth of thirteen years. Mary Jane McGinley, the little daughter of this unhappy household, was fatally manI gled and crushed. In the ruins of the Henagar residence no trac9 of its late occupants could be found, k The scene in the Hazard wire rope works I after the passage of the cyclone was norrible. Dead and dying lay on the floor, and p their heartrending cries and groans filled the F " air in the room. The cyclone struck the rear of the large F brick building, about 200 men being employed in the works at the time. The roof ana side walls were crushed in and lay in rains all about. The bricks and ponderous machinery were | scattered all over. When the storm was imi minent the men rushed for the door, but I many of them were caught in the ruins. One by one the victims were dragged out F from under the debris. Three or four men | were taken home. Rude beds of matting were made for the victims on the floor, and physicians were summoned. Little Eddie Schmitt at the L?high Valley Railroad track was caught in the wind and his body hurled 500 feet through tho air in a curve "in a shallow pond. His parents searched the whole night through, and next - . ?i 1?,, moraine they found MS skuu crusceu u> heavy timber and his clothes covered with mire. A prominent merchant, Adam Grantz, reached home from Port Jervis that afternoon at 5 o'clock. At 5:30 he was dead. He had been married but three months. He was struck on the street trying to escape. ^ E. 3Iartin, the baker, while driving his team, tried to escape in his barnyard. The tornado (crabbed the entire back off his bakery, lifted it high in the air and dashed it on his head, killing him instantly as well as one of his horses, leaving the other safe. Joseph Kern, a milkman, was driving furiously for refuge when the "Wyoming valley ica house, torn from its foundations, smote him and his horse to the earth. The wagon was lifted in the air, and, divested of horse and harness, swept to the top of the Lehigh Valley Railroad station, 150 f&at away. Thrift hundred eirls were at work in GallancTs factory, on South Washington street. All were panic-stricken when the storm came. Mr. Gal land rushed among them and endeavored to calm and keep them together, but four or five rushed out and were 8lightly injured. Mr. Galland could not succeed in quieting those who remained in the building. They rushed about in all directions. A large number fainted, and several were thown into convulsions. The girls were gradually calmed when the storm subsideJ, and all left for their homes except those who were seized with hysterics, ana they were taken home in carnages later. Eleven persons were instantly billed, and ten were fatally injured. A great number received painful wounds. The loss to property will probably reach $1,000,000. f hu nnto nf f-hn nvclone was seven miles long and trom 100 to 300 yards wide. A careful estimate places the number of buildings demolished and partly destroyed at nearly Four hundred. Coal breakers in all directions have been more or less damaged at Parsons and Hill Creek, four miles from Wilkesbarre, Penn., and ten men were reported to have beta killed. Reports come from Sugar Notch, a Pennsylvania mining town, that the destruction of property there is terrible, and that fifteen persons were killed. The cyclone passed through the little town of Summerville, Penn., near New Milfortl, ^ on the Delaware, Lackawanna and TVestera ^ Railroad, blowing down houses and tearing up trees in its path. r A special from Harveysville, a farming town ten miles from Plymouth, Penn., says: "A terrible cyclone visited ttiLs p-ac? tais afternoon. The Methodist Episcopal Church and parsonage have been blown to atom;-. Harvey's large store is totally wrecked. Nearly all the residences have been un roofed and rendered uninhabitable. Farmhouses and crops are entirely destroyed. Elijah Tohringtr, a well-to-do farmer, wa killed and several are fatally injured.'' FOETT PERSONS INJUEED. Desperate Battle Between Railroad Men ar.d Village Authorities. There was a desperate battle at Continental crossing, ruinam county. ua:o, oetween employes of the Clover Leaf Railroad and the village. The village laid a sewer under the tracks, and a large force of railroad employes tore it up. In response to a telegram for assistance Sheriff Williamson went to tha seece of trouble with a posse of citizens and one company of militia. Ia th-3 light that followed there were 200 men on eacn side Guns, revolvers, clubs, and stones were freely uso !. About forty persons were hurt, but none fatally. The rioters were finally repulsed and the sewer recaptured. HUNDBEDS MADE HOMELESS Hie Town of Austin, Penii., Nearly Wiped Out by Fire. A fire started on Main street, Penn.. a few flights ago and burned with great fierceness cntil 4 o'clock next morning, wiping out the business portion of the town, including the Buffalo Hardware Company's establishment and the Ellsworth House. Forty-two business houses were burned and >' * large number of dwellings. Hundreds of * people were made homeless. The loss is estimated at half a million dollar. The town will ba rebuilt. Six ne -v guillotines have been ordered by the French Government for Algeria, Tunis, Tonquin and other French colonies. Ths colonists have been for some time clamoring tor new machines, and M. Deiblar, the puo lie executioner, is now superintending tneir construction at the guillotine factory in Fori* THE NEW^ EPITOMIZED, Eastern and Middle States. Tut: Grand Army Encampment at Boston, Mass., installed the new officers and then adjourned. Miss Florence Sullivan, of New York city, and F. L. Hurlbut, of Buffalo, N. Y., were drowned at Spring Lake, N. J. Four would-be rescuers were saved with much difficulty. Dr. Charles Steele Thompson, the oldest living graduate of Yale Medical School, died at Hartford, Conn. He was ninety years old. A hail storm did a great deal of damage to the tobacco crop in the vicinity of Lancaster, Penn., which Ls just ripe and unusually fine. Many acres of the crop in the southern part of the county were cut to pieces. The loss will be very large. The North Atlantic Squadron executed many evolutions for the benefit of the G. A. R. spectators off Boston (Mass.) Harbor.after which the Atlanta, Kearsage, Yorktown, Dolphin, Petrel and Cushing sailed for New York. Joseph A. Jameson*, banker, of the firm of Jameson, Smith & Co., of New York city, hanged himself. He was sixty-seven years old and very wealthy. ' ^ o*- pn wrt. 1H? UUUUL'.l Ui lai iiuiu , R. L, were partially destroyed by fire. The loss was estimated at from $350,000 to $400,000. There were several collisions between the Pinkerton men, who are guarding the New York Central's property at Albany, X. Y., and citizens. Three citizens were wounded and fifteen Pinkertons had to be placed under the care of surgeons. Three hundrsd switchmen went on strike from the West Shore and New York Central Railroads' yards in Buffalo, N. Y. Grand Master Powderly, of the Knights of Labor; Mr. Sargent, of the Federation of Railway Employes, and other leaders held a conference at Buffalo, N. Y., on the New York Central strike. Henry C. Farrington, a photographer, in a fit of mental depression committed sulfide by jumoing from the Washington Bridge at New York city. He fell a distance of 190 feet. The Rev. John H. A. Boaiberger, D. D., LL. D? President of Ursicus College, Col legeville, Penn., died at that place alter au Illness of ten days. He was born in Lancaster, Penn., January 13,1S17. Arr explosion of gas occurred in the South VTilkesbarre (Penn.) shaft fatally burning two miners named Benjamin. Price and Benjamin Collett. South and West. Hext.t E. Waldo, of Minneapolis, Hi an., r.nd Miss Gussie Hoifman, of Kansas City, Mo., were drowned at Tacoma, Wash., while flsiiing. The Straightout Democratic Executive Committee of South Carolina was deposed by the Tillmanites at the Columbia Convention; the Straishtouts organized to put a ticket in the field against Tillman and the Farmers' Alliance. Near Booneville, Owsley County, Ky., John Bowman knocked his cousin, Henry Bowman, down, after which John's sister, Topsy, cut Henry's heart out with a bowie knife. The girl claimed that Henry had insulted her. Two brothers, named Nate and Joe Wilson, residing near Kahoka, Mo., becama involved in a quarrel, and Joe drew a knife and disembowelled the other, killing him. E.vsin'EEH Lon" SijJpsox aud an unknown tramp were killed by a collision on tha Cincinnati Southern road at Danville, Ky. Two daughters of Samuel McLeary were fatally injured at Columbus, Ind., in a runaway. Harris, Wolf& Davis recently drilled an oil well north of Findlay, Ohio, which is, without doubt, the greatest producer ever j struck. It flowed over 1000 barrels the first I hour. The Nebraska State Democratic Convention convened at Omaha and placed Jame3 E. Eovd in nomination for Governor. At North Platte. Neb., Edward Newman shot his wife and then himself. Both were instantly killed. The only cause known is that the wife dLsoboyed the orders of her husband. All the switchmen employed in the freight yards of the Wabash Railroad at Chicago, 111., to the number of 200 struck, and freight traffic on the road is at a complete standstill. John Phillips, colored, wasTianged at Boyd ton, Va., for the murder of Captain R. C. Over by, a prominent citizen and plantar. A vert poor counterfeit on the twentydollar silver certificate has made its appearance in the South. It is of the act of 1S73, series 1880, check letter C., B. K. Bruce, Register, with Decaturs portrait. The entire impression is very indistinct. Fire at Augusta, Kan., destroyed one of the best business blocks in the city with aD estimated loss of $00,000. Samcel Jacobso.v, a prominent business man, was shot through toe breast and fatally wounded by footpads at San Francisco, Caf. He was ordered to throw up his hands, but before he could obey the order on* of the ? ? /j?^-4 .Ta. lieu Ui CU. lut; ***** ^ " cobsoa died. ilKS. Dela McCabe sbot and killed Judge Mas Stein, of Hidalgo County, Texas. The Jefferson Iron Works at Steubenville Ohio, were destroyed by fire. The loss is es. timated at ?100,000, and a large number of . men are thrown out of employment. Eleven* houses and stores were destroyed by fire at Winona, 111. Loss, $-30,000. Edward Hake, of St. Louis, Mo., who, ibout three weeks a?o, took -fWOO out of his father's safe and left the city with it, shot his wife and then fired a bullet into his owu breast, inflicting a mortal wound. The woman was fatally injured. The channel span of the Ohio River connecting bridge was swung into place at Pitts burg, Ponn., anil one of th9 greatest engineering feats of a century was accomplished. A very light snow, the first of the season, fell at Denver, Col. Williaji Dixeex and Luni Haggard were instantly killed at Lincoln, Neb., by the exSlesion of a boiler at the new gas works. he boiler was old and rotten. Five thousand people a ambled at Lawreneeburg, Tenu., and witnessed the ceremonies connected with the laying of the cornerstone of a monument to the memory of Davy Crockett, one of the oldest of Tennessee's eons. The mountain regions along the Big Sandy River, in Kentucky, are swept bv flux. Water, impregnated with alkali', and the excessive heat, are the supposed causes. There have been many fatal cases. Mabgaeet Soloma.v, the last survivor of the Wyandotte tri jo of Indians, died at her home, near Sandusky, Ohio. A tef.p.ible storm struc'.i Senccaville, Ohio, causing the death of three men. Washington. The President nominated Ahrnhnm T. Parker, of New York, to be an Assistant Attorney-General; John A. Williams, of Arkansas, to be United States District Judgo for the Eastern District of .Arkansas, and William Grimes, of Oklahoma, to be Marshal of the United States for th? Territorj of Oklahoma. Surgeon-General John Moore, United States Army, has been placed on the retired list, by operation of law, on account of age. . Tj:e Acting Secretary of State transmitted to Congress the correspondence bstwesn the American and French Governments cn the pork restriction policy of France. The President made the following nominations: John F. Gowey, of Washington, to be Consul-General of the Unite! States at Kauagawa; Xeels P. A. Bornholdt, of Denmark, now Consular Agent at Riga, to be Consul of the United States at that place. Brigadier-Ge.veral Johx TV. Moore, Surgeon-General of the Army, was placed on the retired list on account of age, and the President nominated Colonel J. H. Baxter, the Senior Colonel of the corps aud Chief Medical Purveyor of the Army, to succeed him. The Senate in executive session confirmed tho following nominations; Alexander Clark, of Iowa,as Minister Resident and Consul-General to Liberia, Africa; John A. Bradford, of Pennsylvania. Consul at Antigua, West Indies; Samuel McXutt, of Iowa, Consul at Maracaibo; Adam Liberknecht, of Illinois, Consul at Tampico. The bill granting leave of absence to per diem employes In the customs service nas been passed by both Houses of Congress. Tjffi Seaote passed the General Deficiency bill, with all the amendments agreed upon in committee of tbe whole, including those appropriating 31,23!>,C8S for the payment of tne French spoliation claims. Secretary Wisdom issued a circular notifying holders of four and a half per cent bonds that $15,000,000 worth of them will be redeemed, with interest, upon presentation at the Treasury Department. The records of the Pension Office 3how that up to a recent date there had been received 372,931 applications for pension under tho Department Pension Act of June 27, 1800. Foreign. The panic among the Christian inhabitants of Armenia is spreading. Hundreds are fleeing to Persia. Small pox has brofcen out in toe- Guatemalan array on tho Salvadorian frontier. A flood prevails In the Ganges, in India. The river has overflowed its banks and the surrounding country i? inundated to an extent never Defore known. There has been great los3 of life. At Bonthain. in Celebes, Japan, a house boy ran amuck, killing eight persons and mortally -wounding four more, besides injuring several otters^ He was Anally killed. The Welsh railway strike is ended* the employers making concessions to- the men. Asiatic cholera has broken out at Nicolnipff. on the Black Sea. Emperor William, o? Germany, left Berlin to visit the Czar in St. Petersburg,. Russia. The Russian Squadron of Evolution sailed to meet Emperor William of Germany on his journey to St. Petersburg. A fire occurred in Tokio, Japan, recently, destroying 1000 houses. Cholera bas- broken out on the Turkish frigate E3tongrove, at Yokohama. A cholera epidemic is rapidly gaining ground in Japan, 303 cases and 179 eaths naving been reported in Nogasakitzen. Cholera has broken out in Cairo, Egypt, and there is a panic among tho people of that eity. The Behrin? Sea negotiations were discussed in the British House of Commons. Recext floods in Beloochistan have done enormous damage to property and many persons have been drowned. The Bolan Railway for a distance of six miles havebeeD swept away and the great military road has been partly destroyed. Russia has ordered 530, ow ruies id France. HiiPEROR "WrLLiAM, of Germany, arrived at Reval, Russia, and was received with royal honors in behalf of the Czar. The miners at Ostrau, Austria, hava gone out on another strike. Infantry were despatched to the place from Olmutz to maintain order. Holland's Mill at Mile3 Platting, near Manchester, England, has been burned. The loss is 8800,000. A cyclon'e and hailstorm in the Department of Aube, France, ravaged eighteen communes, destroying the harvested and growing crop. The loss is estimated at nearly 85,000,000. The British Parliament was prorogued bj. commission. The Queen's speech; contained no feature of special importance. Peace has been arranged between Guate mala and Salvador on terms favorable, to th( latter. Davis Dalton, an American, swam thf English Channel on his back in twonty-thra and a half hours. Emperor TVilmam, of Germany,presented Czar and Czarina with a carriage at th6 rrarvu meeuuij. The Czar and Emperor William, of Germany, attended the Russian army manoeuvres. A case of Asiatic cholera has appeared in London, England. The Mount Athos Monastery, near Eelgrade, was partially destroyed by fire, and twelve monks lost their lives in trying to save the sacred vessel and relic3 in the chapels and churches. The property destroyed includes four churches, ten houses and two graneries. The situation in Armenia is daily becoming more deplorable. There has been a wholesale massacre of Christians at Moosb. brigands attacked the Speco Monastery at Name, Italy, in broad daylight and carried off much valuable booty, besides killing three monks who were striving to defend their property. LATEBJTEWS. Elizabeth Joxes, colored, thirty-flve years old, drowned her eight-months-old child in a tub of water in the cellar of her house in Philadelphia, Penn., and then hanged herself. T. V. Powdeblt, General Master Workman of the Knights of Labor, issued from New York city the official statement of the Executive Board of the OrJer giving its side of the controversy with the New York Central road and plainly indicating that there would be a strike of all the Knights on the whole Vanderbilt system. The accident on the Old Colony Railroad at Quincy, Mass., was caused by a jack be ing left under a rail by workmen who were repairing the rood. Four more of the victims have died, making the number of the killed twenty-five. Two female convicts were burned to death near Washington, Ga., in a house on the farm of H. J. Hill, who has a lease of all convicts in that judicial district. The biggest illicit distillery in Arkansas, located in Pike County, has been destroyed by United States officers. The distillery was located in a deep mountain gulch and hemmed in on all sides by rugged hills. The Wisconsin Republican Stato Convention met at Milwaukee and renominated Governor Hoard. Joseph B. Treat, of Monroe, was named for Lieutenant-Governor. Thz North Carolina State Democratic f'.-.r.vpnh'on n> Tinl^icrh nnminntw} iiirlirsal ticket and adjourned. Chief Justice Merritnan and Justice Clark were nominated by acclamation, and the nine Superior Court Judges were unanimously indorsed for reelection. The West Virginia Republicans, in Slate Convention assembled, nominated Francis M. Reynolds .for Judge of the Supreme Court. The President left Washington for Cape May, N. j., where he intended to remain a week. He was fifty-seven years old on the day of his departure, and went to celebrate the anniversary with his family. The special committee appointed to investigate tho charges brought by Represantative Cooper against the Commissioner of Pensions, Green B. Raum, began its work. The committee consists of Messrs. Morrill, Sawyer, Smyser, Goodnight and Lewis. The Secretary of the Interior has denied Governor Prince's request that troops be ordered into New Mexico to prevent further outrages by White Caps. As unknown plague is ravaging the fishing towns on the French shore, Newfound1 ,1 1UUU. A tornado swept through the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland, doing an immense amount of damage. The villages of Lavallee and Ioux were devastated, and whole forests were destroyed. Many persons were injured. The storm lasted threc^minutes. The Sultan of Morocco has defeated the rebels of Zemmour and beheaded eighty of them. Se.vhor Barbosa has resigned as Minister of Finance, of Brazil, and is succeeded by General Floriano. Senhor Peisoto has been at)pointed Minister of War. - " KILLEfl IN A. MECEr" A Frightful Disaster oil tlie OIJ Colony Railroad. A Score of Passengers CrusEed" and Scalded to Death., A terrible accident occurred' a fewdiiys ago on the Old Colony Railroad in Massachusetts, by which seventeen passengers and a fireman were instantly killed and the engineer and fifty or more passengers were injured, some fatally. The train was the Vinoyard express, due in Boston at 1:10p.ir: from Wood's Holl and Martha'3 Vineyard, and consisted of five or sis parlor cars.. The accident happened just after tin train : passed the Quincy station, and nearly under what is known as the President's Bridge, as ^ t a.? j -m o :a?i TaK*. 1116 GOmcsuitm ui rrc&tucuu uvuu , v^juuii/jr Adams is nearby. There is a deep cut at this point. The locomotive jumped the rail to the outward track. The baggage car, smoking car and Pullman left the track, but slid by, and, although. considerably shaken up, few of their passengers were hurt. Tho fourth car, however, did not slkl6,bu6 struck the locomotive,and was badly smashed. In this car were about seventy passenger?* and hero it was that most of the. fatalities occurred. They were due almost-entirely-to the escaping 1 steam from the locomotive.-. Thisfourth car rode upon the engine and'.was,-so smashed and broken by the shock. that< ihe scalding steam from the locomotive found an pasy entrance. Many of the passengers were held down by the seats and others- by the wreckage, and were unahte- to. extricate them-edves. The engine set Ore to the train. The passengers were for the most part injured by escaping steam, many- being frightfully scalaed. The Quincy. Fire Department was. called to the scene as quickly as possible, and shortly afterward the fire was extinguished.. The dead and injured, were- then taken out, the latter being token' into private houses and to the Qtiincy Hospital. A passengw w.ho.'waa ita the eecond car of the train says-that he-thinks all the killed and i im'nrorl nmnnc the. nassengers were CgCU pantsofthefoorth. <m\ Be says ha, saw eight dead bodies, aad states that others say they saw more. All the surgeons in Quincy, Mass.,. were summoned to the spot and the lawns on each side of the railroad were covered with, killed and injured. Heroic efforts were made by the train-hands and passengers to rescue some of the passenger^ and they succeeded in removing twenty or more who TBgro only slightly injured. There were 301 passengers in the train, ICO being from Brockton, Masj, Fireman Ryan was caught between the passenger car and engine and killed. Engineer Billick. who jumped frorxs hi3 engine, but not until he had done all that was possible to avoid the wreck, wa3 fajured about th& head and badly scalded. Conductor Steadman and ono of the brakemen sus- J tained severe bruises aboui the face and hands. Some of the passengers who had the presence of mind to act broke the windows and escaped with slight wounds. Where tho engine and the car came iato collision were several women an 1 children steamed to death, while some were badly mangled. A reporter who waa on tho tram says: "The engine jumped tho track on the west side, ^hinging into the steep bank adjoining the Adams estate. The nine cars attached to tho engine plunged after it.. Tho first three?a bag* gage, a Pullman aad a smoking car?went past tha ensino, but the fourth car, a pas senger coacA, collided with the engine and was instantly filled with escaping steam. Tho next five cars remained on tho track, but tho occupants were oaajy snaKen up. xoeuiiub^u passenger car was completely wrecked. It contained seventy-fivo passengers, men, women and children. The windows on the east sido were all closed, thereby preventing the steam from escaping. The scenes about the car were of the wildest description. "Women and children were searching for their protectors, while stout hearted men fainted as the steamed bodies of a dozen women and children were being taken from the ruins. Somo of the occupants broke through the windows and escaped with slight wounds. Where tho engine end the car collided several women ana children steamed to (Jeath, whilo some were badly mangled/- , There 15" a very baa curvo near the President's Bridge, and to this, together with the fact that tho road was undergoing repairs, i3 attributed tho causa ot t!ie accident. The Old Colony Railroad ranis with tho best of New England" corporations. Its management ba3 always been characterized by still and prudenco. There had been no serious disaster on the lines of this corporation since the collision at Wollaston in 1878, when fifteen persons were killed and 150 were more or less injured. ,THE LABOB WOBLD. A r?ew workman's free school is to be established in Morrisania, New York. A Catholic congress to deal with labor questions is to be held in Coblenz, Germany. Fewer Canadians than usual have crossed over the line to help Maine farmers to get in their hay this year. Mjie. Jeanwe de Fiuenbep.o, head waitress of a French normal school, has just been made a chevalier of the Legion of Honor. Ix a large factory in London,_ England^ I 500 girls are paid tnree cems an aour, awu are subject to stringent rules and hoary tines. Nearly 100,000 men are idle on account of a great strike in Wales. There ia much suffering in portions of the country owing to the strike. Female field laborers, both in Italy and Germany, are so common that they excite little attention after one haa been there a month or so. The Cunard Steamship Company employ3 not less than 10,000 men, and during the past forty-four years nas lost neither a vessel nor a life through accident. Art. the stewarts an<} officers' servants on the new United States cruiser Philadelphia, just gone into commission, are Japanese. There are twenty-two of them. By order of JCftiser Wjlheim, all Goven> mo^t factory workmen s children who are weak or ailing will have a holiday at the seaside at the GovernmentV expense. It seems as if in Italy only'wogien and convicts do the hard labor, in Rome, where there is an immense amount of .'new building and work being done, the women find as much employment as the men. Feuale wood-sawyers in Munich, Bavaria, are very common. Tho women do the sawing, tho men stand by and split tho wood?after it is sawed?or piio it into the rack for the women to carry to the cellar I The strike of employes ol Ine railways in "J'aleg continues. The greater portion of the mea nave turned their unif orms over to the raiiroad officials, and bap received their wfttje! up to the time they went on strike. There are employed on the railroads of United States about TOO,000 men; nearly 57,000 of these aro employed on an average only one day per month, A great many are employed only from one to two months a year. Tue union sailors and firemen of Portland, Me., will hereafter demand the following monthly rate of wages: First mate, S4!J; second mate, ?35; seamen, ?30; donkeymen, &io; cooks and stewards, $40. No union sailor will be allowed to sliiD with non-union men. Tiie goldbeaters in new York and vicinity are greatly alarmed over tha contemplate-! reduction of wages. They are now receiving 85 for each "beating," and at this rate a man can make about ?1:4 a week, and if exceptionally good at the trade tliis figure may be increased to 515. Emperor "William's proposition to haro the English trades unions help him to formulate legislation for the workingmen has given great satisfaction in English labor circles. He proposes to organize a privy council composed entirely of workingmen, whos members should receive a salary, to advise the Government In labor matters and prepare legislation. The general scarcity of common labor is beginning to be seriously felt in the wholesale lumber-yards and at the mills and camps of Wisconsin and Michigan. Strikes have occurred at Eau Claire and Ashland, but have subsided at the first-named place. There is some apprehension among; lumbermen in , the States named that the labor situation will become a serious problem In tha coming full that will force a readjustment of wages aa&i [ the value of logs and lumber. TRAIN HE Seven OirtTaws Rifle an Express a?r in Missouri. The Bandits Secure Nearly $90,000 and Then Escape. A Missouri Pacific express train, bound west, loaded with a heavy consignment ?j valuable express mattes- for the Western coast, which is due to arrive in' Sedalia, Moh at throe o'clock a-. sr., was stopped by seven masked highwaymen thirteen miles east of that city at a place- known as- "Robbers' Cut," and made famous by a robbery committed by the celebrated James A. Younger's gang some years- ago. The town is-named Ottervilleandisa watering station. The express train was approaching the tank when tho engineer and fireman were-startled by a cry of "Hands up!" Turning, they looked into the muzzles of four revolvers held by two masked men. Tne tram was stopped and tne engineer was compelled to-proceed' with, ttue- bandS&s to the express car, while the remaining five robbere, three oil ono side-of the train, and two on the other,, held the passengers-in awe. The express- messenger was ordfeneU out, and while one of the-two-held, himi covered with his revolver- the-other entered tha-car and took possession, of all the money in sight The messenger hadi not had time-t?'close the safe before ho wfvB captured. The robbers secured about $M,QO(k. While tho robbery was going on in the express car the fireman or the locomotive made a bold attempt to warn the-passengers, but was promptly intercepted by the standing guard. "lne- conductor cams- upon the scene, but being unarmed, beat a hasty retreat and warned the passengers, to conceal their valuables*. Bat the robbers evidently had no intention of molesting the occupants of the cars, for upon securing all the wealth in sight in the express car they jumped from tho train,.and,, ordering tho-engineer to pull out, stood with leveled gun? antil the train had disappeared. No attempt at resistanc&was made. Upon tho arrival of the express train at Sedalia, Mo.,, a posse was immediately organized, and under charge of Railway Detective Delong and Sheriff Smith,of Pettis County, went in a OvaaiaI t HI ?M /"v tkrt a lift nivM? n TKfl DpTXKU UCUU \AJ U1CXCUUU1 lUCiUUUClJl* AUG robbers- were all afoot, acd the trail was followed several hundred yards in the soft earth to a point where the gang divided. Bloodhounds were then procured and placed on the trail After fcilowing it up for some time they stopped and refused to proceed further. The posse divided, and after a mile had been passed over the trails led into the woods and both were lost. Horses were thea secured and a complete securing of the country began. It was thought by many that some of the gang were farmers living in the country about Otterville and that the remainder were reg ular highwayman. The chief whu directed all the movements of the hand wn:i a tall, slender, vet wirv man. It is evident t!oe robbery was planned by one well acquaints*! with the running of trains on the Misscari Pacific, as the train usually carries valuable express packages from the East. HFTY-FIBST CONGRESS. In the Senate. 1S2d, Day.?Mr. Vest's amendment reducing the rate of duty fixed by the Finance Committee in the Tin Plate paragraph of the Tariff bill was rejected; the bill was discussed by Messrs. Mitchell, Bate, Higgles and others. 183d Day.?The River and Harbor bill was liscu;sed. Among other amendments reported by the Committee on Appropriations and agreed to by the Senate was one in? creasing the appropriation for the Potomac River, at V? ashingtoa, from ?240,000 to KJOO.OCX). 184th Dav.?The River and Harbor bill was passed; a conference upon it will bo had. There wai a vote on requiring solid bridges across the Harlem; but th& proposition was defeatod by twenty-six to twenty-two, and the whole subject was then dropped. 185th Day.?The General Daficiency bill was passed. ...Mr. Plumb's amendment to tho tin plate paragraph of th9 Tariff bill was discussed, out no vote was reached upon It Mr. Quay introduc2d his "order of business." 186th Day.?Twenty-ono paragraphs of the metal schedule of tne Tariff bill were disposed of.... Mr. Hoar gave notice of two amendments to Mr. Quay's resolution providing that the Senate adjourn after disposing of the Tariff bill. 187th Day.?Mr. Hoar offered two amendments to the Quay resolution; speeches were I made by Mr. Hoar, Mr. Frye, Mr. Edmunds and Mr" Hiscock, but no action was taken i ? - - - v i. - a kill ... .The iletai scoetiuie ot me itu iu um again under discussion... .Tbo House amendments to the Agricultural College bill and to the Meat Inspection hill w?ra concurred in. .. In the House. 102d Dat.?Mr.O'Neill favorably reported the Senate concurrent resolution requesting the President to convey to the widow of General Ulysses S. Grant, the desire of Congress that the body of General Grant be removed to and buried in Arlington National Cemetery....Mr. Struble askel unanimous conscnt for the consideration of the joint resolution for the aid of the destitute persons in Oklahoma. Mr. Walker, of Massachusetts, and Mr. McClammy, of North Carolina, objected.... Mr. Belden asked unanimous consent fgr th? consideration of the bill granting leaves of afcsence to per diem employes In the custom service. Mr. Cheadle, of Indiana, objected... .No further business was attempted because of the absence of a quorum. * 193d Dat.?Thd fioniereiice report on the Indian Appropriation bill was agreed to.... Mr. Belden made another unsuccessful effort to s^ure the passage of the Senate bill granting leaves of absence to per diem employes in the customs service; Mr. Kerr, of Iowa, objecting....At the evening session Sir. Perkins, of Kansas, in the chair) the ouse passed 136 private pension bills. ltmtn Day.?The Anti-Lottery bill wee passed. ...The conference report on the bill to establish ^national park ^th? battlefield of Chickainauga, wasagreFdto. Tb?House, after a tbjjee days' contest, passed the bill for the relier of the executors of the estate of Donald McKay. It gives them the right to proceed in th9 Court of Claims for losses incurred fn the building of monitors of the United States Navy. The vote on the bill was eightj-three to sixty-flva. The Speaker found it i?ccisar>* *A r>n-i2ta quorum. 19oxh Day.?The majority rejk?n< oi the Elections Committee In the Chalmers-Morgan contest, in favor of Mr. Morgan, the sitting member, was agree to; Mr. Chalmers argued in his own behalf. llHJlg Dat.?The Agricultural College bill was passed?.. .Mr. Thomas moved to lay upon the table the motion to consider the motion tiy wnicn uie nouse passeu me Nathaniel McKay bill. It was agreed to?yeas, 92; nays, 73. This finally passes thebiO.... The Alien Land Law bill was discussed during the balance of the day. 19?th Day.?The Meat Inspection bill was passed The bill to amend the Alien Lana law was laid on the table.... Mr. Richardson, by request, introduced a bill to repeal the act to incorporate the Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua. FIVE LIVES LOST, Twelve Miles of Railroad Washed Away. A disastrous cloudburst occurred in Colorado Springs, Col., tho other day. Tho result was that two Uvea were lost at thai place, and thrco of a family who were camping on Dry Creek wore also lost. A f 1 lOA B *.? n ?iv\niA/1 A KAHM down on tho city, and as it approached it | grew denser. A row moments at'ter a solid block of water poured down, and was followed by hail. Itoofs were beaten in, signs ' burled to the ground and walls undermined by the water and hall. An unknown Swede who lived in the flats be'ow town was swept away, and a womau who went down toward the creek could not be found by the party of searchers. Twelve miles of railroad tracks were washed away on the Midlands. The duration o? the storm was twenty minutes and it3 path was a mile wide. The cloud came from the northwest. The damage will amount to at least $200,000 in the city and vicinity. At Rocky Ford all the irrigating ditches were overflowed and broken, aoing great in- i }ury to the surrounding country. V *vr V r.. ' > HOUSEHOLD MITTEES. CANJfED PEARS.-. Pare, cut in halves -and remove' tHo* core. Throw in very cold water; when sufficient to put up at one time isprepared,. drain and weigh, put in a preserve kettle,1 cover with boiling water and. simmer about twenty minutes. Makc'-syrup of a quarter of a pound of sugar.and a pint of water for every pound of pears,.let. boil and skim. Lift the pears carefully from | >be kettle and drop one piece at a time in the boiling syrup, let them heat, put in. i the cans and seal.?Boston Oullitator BAKED TOMATOES WITH RICE.. The Carolina style of serving baked' tomatoes will furnish a hearty dinner for a farmer's family when meat is not. easily obtainable. "We would all be healthier i if less meat were eaten in very hot ;wcather, and vegetables; and. oereala > were more largely inawgea.m;. la&o ! large, sound, ripe tomatoes. Gut. a; piece I off the top about an inch in: circumference and with a small spoon take out 1 heseeds and water, leaving in,the pulp. Meantime have a pint of rice cooking in a. quart of boiling broth which, you may ihave made from the bones-of any roast;, season with salt and the half. of. a green pepper cut very fine;. cook for fifteen, minutes, when the. broth will, have been absorbed; drop in two ounces of butter ' and draw to the back of the range for. ten, minutes; then fill:the tomatoes,, put oa the covers, put a .little butter over each : and bake for half an ho]U^^Afnerican .AgricuUuriit. SAKDWICIIESi. Jam sandwiches are the prettiest thing* and newest things. for afternoon tea. Peach jam, strawberry, .aprioot and plum make the bjast sandwiches. Of course ;the bread must bo cut thin and well guttered before the jam Spread between the slices,.it only on. the ground of ^economy, as the sama pieces of bread do .for both..I^arge strawberries.cut.in slices a quarterrof an inch thick, strewn with [sifted sugar, and put betweoa thin slices of French roll spread with, fresh butter, or better still, with: heavy cream, make exquisite sandwiches, and. so do pone applea. or bannas. treated in the same fashion. Cream, cheese sandwiches, sugared, not Baited, are delicious, served ;with. strawberries. For savory sandwialies, lettuce, cucumbers and tomato ase much nicer, at this, time of year than the anchovias and caviare, and smoked sardines that make such pleasant and dainty additions to. the afternoon tea table in ndnter. Have you tried a very Bimple sandwich made of nasturtium leaf, sprinkled with a little salt, and set between two thin circular pieces of bread and butter of ita own size? If not it will be a surprise to you to find how dainty it is in flavor.?Boston Trantcript. ROOTS AND STUBBLE AS MAMTBE. The value of roots and stubble as manure is generally underrated. The Storrs Experiment Station has conducted a series of observations upon the subject, as follows: Sections of soil containing roots were taken at various depths from six inches to forty-two inches. It was found that under average conditions from " < - _ x_ _ A - * it- A taree-iourins to nme-teacua ot me roota were in the upper six inches. Some of the results afford the following interest* ing comparison of the weight per acre of roots and stubble, and the value thereof: Cow peas, to the depth of 3| feet, gave 1097 pounds of roots and itubble which contained nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash to the total value of $48.22; timothy and red top, to the depth of three feet, gave a value of $21.59 per acre; buckwheat, to the depth of one foot, gave a value of $1.23; wheat roots alone, $1.49; clover roota alone, $S.09, rich clover stubble having a manuriiU value of $3.08 per 2000 pounds.] Othf^oLsejYations confirm the fact that clover roots S& i&i&k C^ts&.I'jrge percentages" of all three o{ the iiySf ISJuftble.ingredients of plant fjod. All tie ffg$yj?$m to i?Jj>ly tha? clover and other leguminous planwtavetlie greatest manurial value; timothy and other grasses stand next, and the grain crops leave the least amount of plant food in the stubble. The value of clover on grain lands is thus partially accounted for.?Boston Cultivator. HOUSEHOLD HOTS. Use lukewarm water and milk instead of soap in washing oilcloth. Polish your irons when you do your stove, and you will have no trouble,with thflm^ ~ People in good health require eight hours' sleep. Thin, nervous people require ten. A paste ot eartn ana water appuea immediately to the sting of a bee or wasp will alleviate the pain. Finger marks can be removed from' varnished furniture by rubbing them with a soft cloth wet with sweet oil. . In making cold starch for fine materials flour should always be used; corn starch often leaves little specks of dust that are very hard to remove. An offensive breath may be made pure by rinsing the mouth a few times day with a'mixture o? a" teaspoonful of j tincturT~of H^rrh to a tumblerful of water. | In every family there arc always some members who ao not nrcc DeciatcaK rare. A good plan is to have half the beefsteak well done and the other half rare, then everybody will be pleased. Tan can be removed from the hands or face by covering them with a thick paste made magnesia and water. Let the paste remain on for a short time then wash it ! olf with castile soap and warm water. A bouquet of sweet herbe for seasoning soup3, sauces and stewed meats consists of one sprig of thyme, two bay leaves and three sprigs of parsley. A sprig of sweet majoram may be added if the flavor is liked. A bottle of bromine loft uncorked in a closed room for twelve hours will thoroughly disinfect the room and destroy all i 4. 1:r_ r\ ?u? i* ;* ! 1UMLL lilt. Vyuc nuu uoo uicu cajo au is far more effectual than the fumes of bhrning sulphur. Many people find veal very indigestible and some become seriously ill after eating it. Chicken salad that is one part chicken and three parts veal should not be served to any guest unless he is told of the combination. To keep the copper boiler bright polish once a week with a mixture made of ten cents' w.orth of oxalic acid powder and a quart of water. Rub on with a, flannel rag. The solution is poisonous ind should be placed out of children's reach. Very little of the fluid is neces-, ;ary to polish the boiler. A quart will last some months. .. * . . j WORDS OF WISDOM. If yoa want to feel right, do right, i Everybody gains when a bad man; -;| dies. The-higher men rise the more dependent they become. A fool thinks he is right because ha oan't see very far. Tha blinded man is the one who: thinks he has bo- faults. A short sighted man is a money maker for other people. If. yoa want to know the truth you must take oflE your glasses. The truth always gives life to thoso who take it to-their hearts. A man who knows.a great deal knows better than to- try to teQ it. A hypocrite's mouth has more death . .M in it than that of a mad dog. The less, a man knows the more ho finds- fault with other people. A. contented spirit is better than & bank account of seven figures. If you. want to keep on thinking well of. amanr don't go his security. The surest way to become poor ia earnest is- to try to keep all you get. To be. slow to anger is better than to own the? best kind of a seven shooter. ; Tha man who is a bully to his wife or child is- a coward in the presence of men.. When a man is in the mud up to his neck ili is poor time to put on a clean. shixt, A. man who hates to find out that he is, wrong,, has a good deal of the mula ia him. A pig with a gold ring in its nose , will squeal for swill whenever it gets , -3 hungry. The fellow who looks at the sua through smoked glass can't see any brightness. If a man fires a gun in his own house and knocks ofE your thumb, Wn? is to blame for it? The man who thinks he knows it all can never walk arm in arm with knowledge of any kind. Blessed are the merciful. Don't forget it when you have a mortgage on the property of a widow. A bad man digs a pit for others ant then shuts his eyes and falls into it. Give any rogue rope enough and he will hang himself. To be zealous of good works doesn't mean to hold down a store box and \ whittle while your wife is at home hard 33 at work trying to make a living. The man with the fattest pocketbook doesn't always smoke the best cigars nor wear the finest clothes. It's the man who can least afiord the cost who wears the reddest nose.?Indianapolis (Ind.) RarnsHorni. Bolivia's Sky-Piercing Mountains. Scarcely one-fourth of Bolivia's area is under cultivation, a large portion of it being occupied by sky-piercing mount= ains. The great Andean system, that extends from Panama to Patagonia, here divides into two distinct ranges; that running nearest the sea having but few iw>aks of extraordinarv height, while the r - w. . eastern range, known as the Cordillera ' / Real (Royal Mountains, a name well deserved), divides again into five separata parallel chains, extending north and south. All the principal peaks, as well ^ as the various ranges bear local names of a jaw-breaking character, with most of which I need not trouble you. The third range, "counting from .the sea, is called the Portugalate, and in it are some famous silver mines and a considerable town, all of the same name, Potpsi, with its cx^ustless treasures of gold and silver, is also among these mfiuutain^ a^Jh^alqu^ a pea? nearl* . 9n. odd feet hiorh. .Near Potosi the great Cordillera Seal scal?er? u" jn^o fom .S|j minor ranges, the first threeoF t&enT spreading out near the centre of the republic and surrounding the fertile valley of Cochabamba. Farther northward these four parallel rows of mountains reunite with the main range and form what is known as tnc Nuda do Cochabamba. Thence they all run on together in five . 30 unbroken lines away up to Cuzco in central Peru, a distance of more than 700 , miles, and all the way north from Cochabamba the mountains are continually covered with ice and snow. In this republic the 4?des present their most bleak and forbidding aspect, as well as their I vleW?. ^t^een La Paz ^nd I As- ^VorT H kJUiaitV I>UV1V> (Mg UiUIV * V>VlU peaks, among the highest of which are Illiniani, over 26,000 feet, and Uliyapa, which attains an altitude of 27,630 feet. ?Washington Star. TYonderfnl Echoes. '* ' In the Roman Campagna in Italy, at the sepulcher of Metella, the wife of Sulla, there is an echo which repeats five times in five different keys. It will also repeat a hexameter line, or any other sentence which can be spoken in two and a half seconds. An CCh^jyJlich repeats seventeen timej is to* oe iCZZt Iu Germany, between Bingen and Coblontz, on !.'lQ D^s^f the River Naha. A peculiaritv of echo is that, although the speaker's voice may be alr/*ost inaudible, yet the volume of sound apparently increases in the scho. In the chapel of the Abercorn family it Paisley, Scotland, the shutting of the ioor produces an echo which sounds iike distant thunder. The echo of the "Eagle's Nest," at Cillarney, Irehnd, is said to repeat a bu|le note at least 100 time3; the effect of iring a caimou is to give the impression )f thunders of artillery which die in the listance. Between the two wings of the castle or Simonetta, two iniles out from Milan, rtaly, the report of a pistol is repeated sixty times; a single musical instrument iroduces the effect of a full orchestra.? Chicago Times. A Duke's Vast Domain. ^|pf The Duke of Northumberland is one of :he largest landed proprietors in Great Britain. To say nothing of hi3 owninga n London, his possesions in Surrey, Middlesex and Northumberland aggregate 200,000 acres, with a rent roll of 8873, 300 per annum. In Northumberland iloiie he owns five castles, but it is said chat the larger part of his enormous income is derived from hid proprietary interest In Drummond's bank. The Marquis of Salisbury, Premier at present, owns 20,000 acres, and as much of bis real estate lies in London he is vary, very dch.?Chicago Newt, .