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BATTLE mm MINERS.
Ken Shot and a Mill Blown Up
in Idaho.
Union Defeat Non-Union Miners
and Take Seventy Prisoners.
The terrible strut ?'e between union miners
and mine ownei'3 in the (,'oeur d'Alene
District of Idaho, which was patched np
bout two months ago, started again a few
days ago and resulted in a savage fight, in
which six men wera killed and seven
wtinrl/v) SJoi'Qnfn nnn.nninn man wara
taken prisoners and the Frisco mill was
blown up. Tbe trouole came to a head in
the town of Gem in a tight between uniou
and non-union men at the Frisco and Gem
mines. The tight lasted several hours.
Tbe Frisco mill i3 a complete wreck.
After the mill was blown ur> the non-union
men hung out a flag of truce. Hostilities
then ceased, and several mea surrendered.
The men were placed under guard at the
Miners' Union headquarters at Gem. The
union men have resolved to drive every
nan-union man out of the district. Women
anri children have been removed to places of
Mfety.
The strike in the Coeur d'Alene be^an
about nine months ago. The fight was between
the Mine Owners' Association, organised
to resist the demands of the Miners'
Union. Twelve mines, incluiing all the
leading ones, are in the former organization,
and money has been freely contributed
to carry on the fight. The
former rates of wages were $3.50 per
day to miners and shovelers, and the
trike grew out of the reduction in shovellers'
wages to 13 per day. All the miners
working underground demanded $3.50.
There were no acts of hostility when the
strike began, but the Miners' Union did ita
best to prevent by peaceable means men
working: at the reduced wages. The United
States Circuit Court issued an injunction fo>
bidding any one Irom interfering wita tne
men employed by the companies.
About two mouths a^o matters were
itraightened out and work went on as usual,
but since the Carnegie troubles began the
old question of wages has been revived by
tha men. The Governor ordered out the
miiitia.
Both the Gem and Frisco mines were
guarded by men behind barricades an i
armed with Winchesters, and as the canon
is narrow the men behind the barricades
could sweep two railroad tracks and the
country road with bullets. The Gam mine
barricade is within 300 feet of the centre of
the town of Gem.
On the morning of the battle at 5 o'clock,
a miner Irom the Gem started for Burke,
and when opposite the Frisco mine he was
fired uoon. He ran oack to the Gem. Several
hundred miners in the meantime got
around the hills, up the canon above the
mine, loaded a Union Pacific car with 750
pounds of giant powder, and sent the car
down the track toward the Frisco mine,
and directly in front of the mill the explosion
occurred, shattering the mill and making
it a complete wreck.
The noD-union men then showei the white
flag and surrendered. They were marched
to tbe Miners' Union hall and guarded. No
indignities were offered them after surrender.
While the fight was on at the Frisco,
the Gem Guards suddenly began firing volley
after vollev into the town of Gem, ridilin:;
the buildings.
Atout 8 o'clock the truce occurred, and
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United States Marshals appeared on the
scene. The train was stopped by armed
guards of the Gem miu?. The Sheriff took
the mail on bis shoulders and passed on
to Gem. The guards levelled their
rifles at him, but dropped them
when they learned his identity. At Gem
several hundred men were huddled in the
ntreet with rifles and revolvers. At noon
the Gem mine forca surrendered to the
union men. The Frisco and Gem were the
only non-union mines in the east end of
Coe'ur d'Alene.
A Spokane special says the union miners
in the Poor Man and Tiger mines quit work
and captured all the non-union men working
in the Union mine, near Burke.
A TERRIFIC LANDSLIDE.
A Detached Glacier From Mont Blanc
Works Appalling Havoc.
v A heavy landslide occurred, a few days
since, at Saint Gervais-les-Bains, in Savoy.
The accident occurred at 3 a. h., when near
lj all the residents were asleep. The thermal
establishment was completely destroyed by j
huge masses of rock.
Many of the visitors were among the victims.
One hundred and eighty bodies bad
been recovered on the day after the tragedy.
The Bionnassay glacier, which extends from
the northwest side of Mont Blanc, became
detached and swept down . the side of the
mountain, carrying the baths and the hamlet
ol Le Fayet into the River Arve.
Tlie c-acier fell into the mountain torrent,
carrying away the hamlet of Blonnay and
Ailing the torrent with masses of ice. The
masses of ice and the wreckage of the village
formed a dam which effectually restrained
the waters for sometime.
Finally the dam broke and the waters
burst like a cataract into the stream of Bon
Nant. The inmates of the bath-houses were
awakened about 2:15 a. m. by the sound of
rushing waters and a loud crashing noise.
Before they were able to leave the build*
' "? t/irront with tha debri9 of the
Tillage and large ma^es of ice, crashed
against the bath houses. Three of the
buildings were entirely destroyed and
another one partially, while tha fifth building
sustained no damage.
The wreckage of houses was swept on for
miles into the Arve. Down the latter stream
oorpsas an! wreckage 8oateJ all day long.
It was believed that seventy-five persons
perished at the baths alone, and at least
fifty of the inhabitants of Le Fayet were
drowned.
Those whoso lives were not crushed out
beneath tr.eir houses were swept away into
the river rnd drowned. There were undoubtedly
many bodies buried under the
masses of debris that could never be recovered.
Most of the visitors at the wrecked
hotel belonged in Geneva, Switzerland. It
was reported that 200 lives had been lost.
It;
; CONDITION OF CROPS.
Nut So Good as Last Years, but Still
a Fine Showing is Made.
The July returns to the statistician o! th?
Department of Agriculture make the foilo >v
ing averages of condition:'Cora, 81.1, winter
wheat, 89.6; spring wheat, 93.9; oat<,
87.2; rye, 92.8; barley, 92; potatoes,
90; tobacNX), 92.7. Th? acreage of corn
is reported as 95.6 of the actual area of last
year. Of potatoes thio year's area shows
94.-, and ot tobacco 97.3.
Tu<5 average condition of corn in July,
1891. was 92.8. The condition in principal
States for July, 1892, is as follows: Oaio, 30;
Indiana, 72; Illinois. 70; Iowa. 75; Missouri,
75; Kansas, 81; Nebraska. 81; Georgia, 95;
Texas, 95, Tennessee,92; Keutucky, 9U. The
jacreage averages in the same State3 aiv:
Ohio, 90; Indiana, 84; Illinois, 84; Iowa, S7;
Missouri, 86; Kansas, 9i); Nebraska, 97;
Georgia, 110; Texas, 107; Tennessee, 102;
Kentucky, 96.
Toe condition of winter wh?at on Ju'ia 1
was 88.3: July of last year 9 >;l.
State averages now are' Pennsylvania,
92; Kentucky, 97; Ohio, 83;
Michigan, SS; Indiana, 85; Illinois, !Xt;
VV isconsin, SU; Missouri, $4; Kinsas, :
Cali:ornia, 93, Oregon, 91. Conditio:) .
spring wheat <">n June 1 was 92.8; iu Juiy
last year 94.1. State average* now ur<:
Minnesota, 92; Iow<), 8S; Nebraska.^ Ss:
Bouth Dakota, 95; North Dakota, 9J; Wasakigtou,
'JO; Oregon, 91.
Condition ot' all wheat on July 1, 1S92, 90;
on June 1, 89.7; July, 1SJ1, 95.5. Condition
of oats June l,b$?; Juiy of 1891, 87.G.
AT a meeting o* the "West Park Boar J,
Chicago, a resolution was presente 1 ami
adopted, appointing a conynittee to formulate
and put into operation a financial plan
by which a magnificent monument in memory
of James A. Garfield will be erected in
Uarfieid Park. It wiil be in the shape o a
bronze equestrian statue upon a graniU
jpdetstal, and will cost I109.00U.
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Eastern and Middle States.
The pavers in New York City declared
their strike off and yielded to the contractors.
The stern of the schooner Henry R. Tilton
was torn off near Sandy Hook,N. J., by
a shell from a ten-inch gun that vras fired
from the Government Droving grounds.
The projectile weighel 575 pounds, and was
fired with a full servicecharge of 250 pounds
of powder.
Yale College has declined Oxford's
challenge for a boat-race in ngland.
Ellen* Jans and Fannie Emerson and
Ellen Lowrey, employes of the Duubarton
Flax Sp nning Co upany, were drowned on
the Battenkill at Greenwich, N. Y., a few
afternoons since.
Inhabitants of Woodbridge, N. J., and
surroundiug country arrael and began^a
systematic iookouc lor toe mcenumnos "">?
within two boars destroyed four bams and
thirty horses, the value of, which was $26,000.
Cyrus W. Field, the New York financier,
after be had been ili tor some time was dedared
hopelessly insane.
President Harrisov left Lnon Lake, N.
Y., on his way to Saratoga.
Charles Parson's, aged seventeen; Willie
Day, twelve, and Fred Pierce, twelve,
got beyond their depth while bathing at
New Portland, Me., and were drownea before
assistance could be rendered.
The President made an address before the
National Educational Aassociation at Saratoga,
N. Y.
South and West.
The corn crop in Northern Texas, Indian
Territory and Nebraska will be the largest
known for fifteen years. The cotton crop is
also promising.
A 300-foot wall running along the Newport
News Railroad yard in Memphis, Tenn.,
fell and killed three men named Hunter,
Hogan and Bell.
Thomas McCullouqh and G. W. Alwell,
of Clarksville, Tenn, two young men
who were making an excursion trip through
the East, were drowned a few days ago near
Harfs Island, N. Y., in the midst of the
Thousand Islands.
Jeptha D. New, a mamberof the Indiana
Appellate Court, and a candidate for. reelection,
committed suicide at his home at
Vernon, Ind.
County Treasurer Fuller at Paris,
rr? " *snno tn o 000 in his accounts.
IVJ 11 AO OUVi v vsrwvv
The money was loaned to friends.
Two lepers have been discovered upon the
Martia ranch, twelve miles above Boise City,
Idaho.
James O'Dat, brother of Hank O'Day,
tbe ball player, who was wounded with
other Pinkerton men at Homestead, Penn.,
died, a few days since, at Chesterton, Ind.
Michael Slater, one of Pinker ton's men, who
was in the battle of Homestead, went crazy
in Chicago, and, entering a house, shot at
everybody in si^ht.
The flood in the Bigbee and Warrior
Rivers, of Alabama, following so closely on
the floods of May, caused great destruction
and suffering. The cltizans .called on Governor
Jones for aid and asked him to invoke
help from Congress. Advancing merchants
were badly hurt by this double loss of crops,
it being bow too late for any replanting.
At Paducah, Ky., seventy-five armed
colored men had a conflict with the Sheriff's
posse, and one of the latter was fatally
wounded.
Washington.
Ii? consequence of suggestions by SurgeonGeneral
Wyman, of the Marine Hospital
Service, the United States Treasury Department
has taken step3 for the thorough
disinfection of the baggage of immigrants
arrlviving at New York from the cholera
districts of Europe.
Tsunejiro Miyaoki has been presented to
the State Department as the new Secretary
of the Japanese Legation at Washington.
Nearlt 9000 money order offices have been
established lately.
At the request of Brazil and the Argentine
Republic Pi esident Harrison has conFentedto
act as the arbitrator to determine
the qaestiou of the true boundary of what
Is known as the Argentine State of Miss.ones.
From the records of the Postofflce Department
it appears that there were 67,105
postoffices in the United States on June 30,
1892, which is an increase of 2776 over the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1891. During the
past year 1228 postoffices were discontinued
lor various causes. There were 223
resignations from the service and thirtythree
removals.
J. D. Washburn, Minister from the
United States to Switzerland, has resigned.
The Commissioner of Patents has decided
that Joseph W. Swan and not Thomas A
Edison is the original inventor of an electric
light carbon.
a oirwarra uttt.t.tttw ioonari from Wash
ington shows that tha Presbyterian Church
of the United States of America has 6717
organizations, 6663 chnrch buildings, valued
at 174,455,300, and 788,334 communicants.
I The amount of gold coin and bullion in
the United States Treasury is $111,071,257, a
, decrease of $3,250,000 since July L
Captain Heath has reported to the War
Department that the sinking of the Tilton
off Sandy Hook, N. J., by a shot from a taninch
rifle was beyond prevention.
Secretary Foster has ordered the collection
of $500 fine from the American steamer
Oteri for violating the neutrality laws by
aiding the insurgents in Honduras. This is
the steamer lately reported pressed into the
Honduras service.
Foreign.
The cholera epidemic is spreading
throughout Europe, The disease has made
unmuranivi in tha militarv camn. near
St. Petersburg, Russia, and new cases ara
reported near Paris.
Isaac Cooks and Louis Colton, cotton
brokers of Liverpool, England, have failed
with liabilities ot $3,750,000.
A Honduras special despatch announces
the complete triumph of the revolution and
the capture of President Leiba.
~"A phenomenal number of wolves are attacking
cattle and even men in the Province
of Kostroma, Russia. The animals evince a
savagery and boldness that have never been
witnessed before in that region, and many of
the country people are terror stricken. A
grand wolf hunt is proposed to get rid of the
animals.
A disastrous fire at Chrtetiansand, Norway,
laid in ruins half the best part of the
town, including 356 of the principal houses 1
and numerous public buildings. The loss
will reach the sum of $3,500,000.
A further eruption of Mount Etna occurred
a tew days since. The Mayor of
Nicolosi declared that a terrible volcanic
ov. reak was impending. The inhabitants '
ot Catania, Italy, and the surrounning country
were in a state of consternation.
The elections in Mexico resulted in the reelection
of President Diaz, unopposed.
Four deaths attributed to cholera are repr>rt->i
from Auoervilliers, five miles north
of Paris, France. ?
A BOAr containing a number of members
of thj Isenheim Musical Society, who were
makinr an excursion on the river at Strasburg,
Germany, capsized, and eleven men
were drowned.
'1 h k execution of Ravachol, the Frenc'a
r
Anarchist and murderer, too* place soon alter
daylight at Pari*. The condemned man
conducted himself in a most outrageous
manner, strugglinr with his guards and uttering
blasphemous crie< on tlis way to the
guillotin-*
A cablegram from London states that
William Waldorf As tor is not dead. The
report that he had expired was cabled to his
New York ag^nt by some malicious person
for the purpose, it is thought, of annoying |
the family.
According to the United State3 AgrrcuTtural
Department's report, the acreage of
winter wheat is about the same as last year,
and the condition slightly better. The
acreage devoted to oats is about the same
as last year, with condition below the average.
The acreage devoted to rye is slightly
below last year. The condition is estimated
at nine. There is a sligut increase iu the
acreage of barley, with condition two per
cent, oetter than iast year.
KOBert li. Oaknxr has sailed fro n New
; York lor Alr.ca with a phonograph to
study the language of the monkeys. He
took intro>"hictions to chiefs of various
' tribes spoken into the phonograph by Stanly,
Du Uhaillu and other explorers.
WORLD'S FAIR NOTES.
Iir June more than 90,000 people, or a
daily average of 3100, visited the World's
Fair grounds and paid twenty-five cento
each to see the sights.
More than 100,000 cabinet specimens, all
of them fine ones, have already been secured
for the mineral exhibit which Colorado
will make at the World's Fair.
The Portuguese Minister, at Washington,
has made application for space in the Woman's
Building at the World's Fair for
exhibit from the women of Portugal.
All of the great World's Fair buildings,
except two, are practically finished. A portion
of the interior finishing anl decorating
is all that remains to be done on most of
them.
At the World's Fair an oyster exhibit will
be made by the Shell Fish Commission of
Connecticut. An oyster bed, models of
oyster boats, the system or dredging, etc.,
will be shown.
The generators that George Westing bouse
is building to furnish electricity for the 93.000
incandescent lamps at the World's Fair
are to be the largest in the world. One of
them will operate 20,000 lamps.
The Exposition authorities have appropriated
$175,000 for the purpose of providing
orchestra music for the World's Fair. They
also set apart $12,503 for the entertainment
of distinguished composers and orchestra
leaders who have bean invited.
Two of the cannon which, it i3 believed
were at one time mounted on' board Christopher's
Columbus's flagship, were received
it Chicago recently. Tne cannon are of the
incient and clumsy pattern of such guns
turned out in the fifteenth century.
New York will have one of the finest
State buildings at the World's Fair. It will
be ninety feet wide bv 200 feet long, and
three stories high, inclusive of donated
material and decorations the structure will
represent an expenditure of more than $150,lX)0.
A syndicate, representing men of influence
and money in both Austria and the
United States, is making arrangements to
produce in Chicago during the World's Pair
the famed Passion Play exactly as it has
been given for centuries, at intervals of ten
years, by the people of Ober-Ammergau,
Bavaria.
Just back of the New York building, at
the World's Fair in a depressed area, will be
spread out flat an immense topographical
map of that State. It will be thirty-six feet
long and twenty-six feet wide, and will show
tha mountains, forests, rivers, towns and all
of the great natural and artificial features
of State scenery.
Tax rich and powerful princes of India,
writes Consul-General Ballantine, are preparing
to send to the World's Fair a large
collection of exhibits, including artistic articles
of gold and silver, ivory carvings,
paintings, laquer and damask work, embroidery,
lace, silver filagree work, etc.
Several of the princes have decided to visit
the Fair with tneir retinues.
Accommodations fox musical entertainments
at the World's Fair have been decided
upon, Aid the construction of the necessary
buildings has be so ordered. They include a
recital nail, seating 500 people; a music hall
with accommodation for 130 players, 300
singera and an audience of 2000; a festival
hall for performances upon the largest possible
scale, with 200 players, 2000 singers
and an audience of 7000.
PIPIT-SECOND C0US3E33.
In the Senate.
127th Day.?Conference reports on the
Indian Appropriation bill, the Military
Academy bill, the Legislative Appropriation
bill, the Postoffice Appropriation bil
and the bill approving the funding act
of Arizona were presented and agreed to
The Anti-Option bill was reported without
recommendation?Messrs. Palmer,
Voorhees and Hale debated the Homestead
(Penn.) riots.
128th Day.?Mr. Hill introduced a bill
changing the dates for the dedication of the
buildings of the World's Fair from the 12th
to th$ 21st of October, 1892, aud the bill was
passed The Sundry Civil bill was considered.
129th Day.?Mr. Mandarson introduced
a bill directing the Secretary of State to
affix the great seal of the United States to
the document entitled 'The Administration
of the (government of the United States at
the Beginning of the 400th anniversary of
the Discovery of America" The Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill was discussed.
130th Day.?Mr. Washburn spoke in support
or the Anti-Option bill The proposal
to close the World's Fair on Sunday was dis*
cussed.
131st Day.?The Anti-Option bill was put
bacK upon the calendar, losing its advantageous
position Sunday closing of the
World's Fair was discussed.
132d Dav.?The World's Fair appropriation
bill was pass ad. The Quay proviso for
Sunday closing of the Fair and the Peffer
amendment for prohibiting the sale of intoxicating
liquor were adopted in Committee
of the Whole.
In the House.
149th Day.?The Silver bill wa3 referred
to the Coinage Committee A debate was
naa on tne nomesceaa jrenn.i not??jar.
Rockwell submittal the conferanca report
on the Indian Appropriation bill and it was
agreed to.
130th Dat.?The rules were suspended
and the Tin-Plate, Lead Ore and Utah Government
Dills were pas39d^?The bill limiting
the amount of wearing apparel imported
free by United Statej residents to $100 was
passed.
1518t Dat.?The Stewart bill for the free
coinage of silver was favorably reported
without amendment The House devoted
the remainder of the day to the discussion
of conference, t lose on the Postofflce and
Invalid Pension Appropriation bills and the
Arizona Funding being agreed to. The reports
on the Naval and the legislative Appropriation
bills were disagreed to, and
new conferences were ordered.
15'3d Day.?The Speaker appointed Messrs.
Herbert, Lawson, of Virginia, and Dolliver
as conferreas on the Naval Appropriation
bill -Mr. Wheeler submitted the conference
report on the Military Academy
Appropriation bill. The report was agreed
to?yeas, 113; nays, 96??On motion of
Mr. Bentley a bill was passed appropriate
$250,000 for the publication of
the Eleventh Census Mr. Dockery presented
a disagreeing report on the District
of Columbia Appropriation bill. A further
% AnJnMAfj nra
WULDiOUi;? U1UDIOU?04* , vuvunaivu p* wsented
a disagreeing report on the Army
Appropriation bill. Af further conference
was ordered.
154tu Day.?The resolution proposing a
Constitutional amendment as to election of
Senators was discussed.
155th Day.?The Rules Committee's resolution
to consider the Silver bill was defeated
by a vote of 154 to 138 The House
then proceeded to the consideration of the
conference report on private bills.
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ATTACKED BY A CE AZY MAN
Judge Clate, ot Albany, N. Y., Has a
Lively Tussle in His Office.
Edward McDonald, a middle-aged laborer,
who is supposed to be insane, entered
County Judge Clute's office at Albany, N.
Y., and demanded ttiat ne 31511 a uum.
The Judge refused and attamptoi to leave
the office. McDonald struck ta9 Judge and
tried to draw a revolver when the Judgo
grappled with him, and for a few minutes
there was a lively tussle around the offic.\
The Judge, still holding on to tho infuriated
man, manage 1 to touch an electric
button and the office boy in an adjoining
room responded. The boy grabbed
) McDonald by the lags and he was backod
against the wall, all the while miking
a vigorous tight. Finally the boy got
the revolver ous of McDonald'* pocket.
The Judge continued to hold him and the
boy secured a policeman. McDonald was
taken to Police Headquarters and committal
to jail. Ho has been a defendant in a divorce
suit and has been hanging around Judge
Clute's office for some ttma. The note which
he wished sigued was made payable to any
one.
An Eastern firm advertises for a
number of ladies with unusually long
hair, promising them permanent positions
at a good salary. This indicates
that another infallible hair-res to ra1
tive is about to be put on tho markets
ST. JOHN'S DEVASTATED.
The Centre of New Foundland's
Capita! Swept by Flames.
All the Principal Buildings in the
City Laid in Ashes.
A dispatch from St. Joba's, New Fouodland.
says: A southwest gala was blowing
over'the city during the afternoon when a
Ore broke out in a building on Long s Hill.
The city of St. John's is built on the side
of a steep hill. The harbor runs east and
west, and the heart of the city is comprised
in the section froca the Allan Line wharf in
the east to the dry dock at the head of the
harbor in the west, a distance of a mile and
a haK.
The principal business houses are along
this stretch. The resideuces and public
buildings extend up and back over the brow
of the mountain for nearly a mile. Long's
Hill runs southwest from the English Cathedral
up the mountain side to Le Marchmopt
road, upon which the Catholic Cathedral is
built The same street leads to the harbor,
and the whole distance is through the heart
of the city.
The houses at the top of this hill are of
wood, very old and an ea3y pray to a Are.
The water at such an altitude was naturally
defective, and notwithstanding the tremendous
exertions of the Are men, the flames
were carried down towards ths city with
appalling rapidity.
The high wind, carrying live embera in
every direction, ignited a score of conflagrations
at onca, so that within half an hour
from the first outbreak the Fire Department
and people were utterly helpless, and
the centre of the city was abandoned to its
fat".
Tne first large building to become a prey
to cue fiery flames was the new Methodist
C ?llege and boar.iing hall recently erected
it a cost of $40,000, and the educational
headquarters of Methodism in the colony.
Frnm hpra th? flames leaned to the mac
niticent Masonic Temple, erected at a cost of
4M.OOO, and a portion of which was used as
the general Protestant Academy. Sweeping
down the hill, the flames next licked up the
Grower Street Methodist Brick Church, the
oldest and largest in the city.
Then, across the street to the superb
cathedral of the English Church, 120 feet ia
length and fifty-six feet broad. This was
designed by Sir Gilbert Scott, and was conceded
to be the finest piece of Gothic architecture
on the Continent.
Next the Orange Hall and the Palace of
Bishop Jona3 were consumed. Continuing
its swath, the next victim of its prey was
the Supreme Court House, on Duckworth
street; the Police Headquarters, the magnificent
Athenaeum Building, containing the
Government offica?, law offices, Government
Savings Bank, a large public hall and reading-room.
Proceeding alon? Duckworth street, the
Union Bank building, the Commercial Bank,
tho fine brick and stone Presbyterian
Church, and the Telegram newspaper office
were quickly destroye 1.
Thea the flames took complete possession
of the great business establishments and flsh
warehouses on Water street^ sodq extending
to the wharves, from which the shipping
had to haul out into the harbor for safety.
But long before tbi?. and whlie the fire was
rushing with irresistable fury toward the
waterfront, it was also spreading easterly
from its original starting point, and before
the people were aware of it the majestic pile
of freestone, with its twin towers, the Catholic
Cathedral, was ablaze.
Two-thirds of the population of St. John's
are Catholic and worshiped in this vast
structure. It was one of the largest and
most magnificent places of worship in the
New World, and was built of cut limestone
and Irish granite.
'mere was iiccie nope oc savin? me convent
and the College of St. Bonaventure.
At 8 o'clock the operators were driven from
the telegraph and cable offices by the flames,
which soon claimed those buildings.
At that hour over 500 buildings had b99n
destroyed, including all the principal structures
in the city,and the flames were spreading
in all directions, being carried with great
ve.ocity east and south.
It was feared that the Governor's palaceL
the Parliament Buildings and Colonial
offices would tw also swept away.
Later Details.
Further advices from St. John's bring reports
of loss of life and say that the victims
ar? six children and one man. Two-thirds
of the buildings in the city have been destroyed.
It is believed that 15,000 people must be
homeless, as the city is two-thirds burned
over. The homeless people are camped in
the fields.
Eferything is destroyed from Birch'3Cove
east to the wharves of the Allan line The
flames made a clean sweep, and the work of
destruction is appalling. The fire was
caused by the carelees use of a match in a
barn on Long's Hill. At 10 o'clock next
morning the fire ceased burning only for
lack of fue1. .
One vessel was burned in the harbor and
several put out to m. The steamer Bona
Vista ran the gauntlet while on flre and was
mohH Th? Inn* la mtim&tad at <20.000.000.
The principal street of St. John's is more
than a mile in length. and every building in
it was of stone or Driclc. After the Are in
1846 the authorities refused to permit wooden
buildings to be erected in the street. This
street has been practically destroys?.
The Parliament buildings have oeen destroyed.
At the time the last dispatch was
sent fully 600 buildings had been burned.
KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION.
A Fatal Accident on a Lake Genera
(Switzerland) Steamer.
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A terrible accident occurred in Switzerland
a few days ago at Ouchy, Canton of
Vaud, on lake Geneva. The boiler of the
Mont Blanc plying on the lake, which was
lying at her pier at Ouchy, exploded.
Twenty-six of those on board the steamer
were killed outright and thirty were injured.
Many of the passengers were blown into the
lake, from which they were rescued by
small boats which put out from the shore.
The steamer was oaaiy aamagen.
Tha victims were chiefly English and
French visitor!--, women and children. A
horrifying sight was witnessed in the saloon
of the Mouc Blanc when tbe rescuers were
able to get in. The ateam had poured
through the saloon door, blocking the only
means of escape. Most of the portholes were
closed, and as there was no way of dissipating
the dense volumes of steam the unfortunate
passengers were roasted alive.
The victims had been hurled pell mell with
the boat's furniture, lamps, etc., to the end
of the saloou, where they lay in a heap. The
bodies of oight dead persons were found
huddled with the bodies of twenty-four
others yet alive, who were writhing oa the
floor and shrieking in agony.
Some were literally scalped, the hair and
flesh being boiled from their heid.s,and their
faces wera scorched and swollen beyond
recognition. The hands of some looked like
gloves turned inside out. Several who were
alive when carried out of the cabin soon
died, some before they could be removed
from the vessel and others on the way to
the hospital.
ETNA'S VIOLENT ERUPTION.
The Village ot (Jiapre Destroyed by
an Earthquake.
The oruption of Mount Etna is rapidly increasing
in vnlenc?. The tires in the. craters
show great activitj . Loud explosions ara
continually taking place.
A severe earth shock occurred which reduced
to ruins ths village of Giarre, on the
coast of Sicily, five hours' jonrney from the
craters of the volcano. The population of
(iiarre is about IS.000. The whole country
suffered severely from the shock.
, Engineers have been sent to threatened
points to prevent vast quantities of lava
that are being thrown out by the volcano
from entering the wells from which the
population obtain their supply of water.
Should the lava cooie in contact with the
' water the steam generated would destroy the
wells.
Marble in quantity aas bean discovered
> /n Sussex County, Neiv Jersey, near Stanhope.
It is the first find of consequence in
the State. The ledges are estimated to bo
worth I100.00U.
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THE LABOR WORLD.
EjLNSAS needs 20,000 farm hands.
Nearly 150,000 iron workmen in Pittsburg,
Penn., are idle.
In some of the Western cities hod-carriers
are called "masons' tenders."
Workmen are being discharged in Germany
for singing the "Marseillaise."
More thad five million Italian tromen are
employed in industrial agricultural pursuite.
During Ma? there were about 2030 strikes
in this country, involving over 500,00i)
workmen.
New labor unions have been organised in
P.hioaoo hv ratal I rl?rlf? hnrl'man ?nri lariv
stenographers.
London omnibus men work from eighty
to ninety-five hours per week and receive
only twelve cents an hour.
Ore diggers in the South work from sunrise
to sundown for |1 per day, and the majority
are paid in store orders.
The South Australian Labor -Party has
purchased a 915.000 copper mini) to give
work to its unemployed members.
In Saxony about seventy per cent, of the
workingmen earn less than $150 per year
because the factories are filled with women
I and children.
Berlin has a salesgirls' union, numbering
over 800 members. They pay ten cents dues
per month and receive medical aid and help
in securing positions.
About 18,000 men are employed in navigating
1114 steamers and 6339 barges on the
Mississippi and tributaries, and thsy earn an
average of 1350 per annum.
Italia* workmen testify their respect
for Christopher Columbus by donating several
days' work on his monument at Eighth
avenue and Sixty-ninth street, New York
City.
Tne labor men in those parts of Australia
where wages are still high and men have
plenty of work, as their number is not too
large for the trade, are protesting against
mo uroverameub imuiue u w muiuau pun
to the unempioyed workmen huddled up ia
the 3eaport3 and other large cities.
From the la3t report of the Labor Commissioner
of Michigan it appears that 207
persons own one-third of Detroit, with a
population of 225,000. It also shows that the
ground on which the cities of the State stand
is worth as much as the 11,000,030 acres occupied
by the 1,100,000 farm population.
Thk average production of man, woman
and child in the United States increased in
the thirty years between 1S50 and 1880 from
about twenty-five cents to forty cents per
day, an increase of over sixty p6? cent. That
this gain is due to mechanical assistance is
perhaps shown by the fact that in Italy, a
country which still makes little use of elaborate
machinery, no such increase is shown.
T0BNAD0 SINKS A STEAMF&
Many Lives Lost on the Pleasure
Craft Fraukte Folsom at Peoria.
The river steamer Frankie Fole?m, from
Pekin, 111., with seventy persons on board,
was sunk in Peona Lake a few nights ago.
Twenty of her passengers were drowned,
despite the efforts of the crew and the rescued
passengers to save them.
When it was seen that the vessel was sure
to sink the panic on board was heartrending
to witness. The passengers made frantio
efforts to avoid the awful fate which stared
them in the face, and their appeals for help
were pitiful to h9or.
Professor Paine had been giving a pyrotechnic
display there for the past two weeks,
and a good view of the exhibition could be
obtained from the lake in thenorthern part
of the city, and large numbers on excursion
boats and small rowboats took advantage of
the free exhibition.
It was a tornado that caused the disaster.
At 10 o'clock the tornado swept unannounced
over Peoria, 111,, leaving death and destruction
on all sides. At Lake View Park, a
mile above the city, a representation of
Pompeii was being given.
For this occasion the Folsom came up
with forty passengers. A landing was made,
and two or three couples joined the party.
There were also fifteen got on the boat at
the park, so that the passenger list reached
fully sixty.
As the boat came out of the landing and
started down to the city she was struck by
the tornado and turned over. She was about
midway in the river and sank rapidly.
LYNCHED IMMEDIATELY,
lledfern Killed Dunn in the Alternoon
and a. Mob Haneed Him That Nijfht.
Shortly after midnight a mob took J. Redfern,
white, from jail at Frankly n, Ely.,
and hanged him. Redfern had shot and instantly
killed P. Dunn, for many years Cir
cuit Court Clerk.
Mr. Dunn had been trying to get Redfern
out of one of his houses, and went to the
place with a colored man namei John
Hobby. Without a word Redfern opened
fire with a shotgun, and fatally wounded
the colored man. Dnnn had in the meantime
retreated, but Redfern ran after him
and fired a charge of squirrel shot through
his head.
SLOWLY SHOT TO DEATH.
| A Mexican Murderer Has to be Fired
at Four Times.
Luciano Islag, who murdered his paramour
and her mother some months ago, was executed
a few days ago in the City of Mexico.
The moment that the 'prison wardens left
his side he lifted the bandage from his eyes
and shouted defian; ly to the soldiers to tire.
A discharge followed and several bullets
ontered his body. He was not killed by ttia
tirst tire.
The sergeant advanced to give him the
death-shot, but his hand trembled and the
bullet grazed the head. A second and third
shot were discharged before Islam's life was
extinct.
CONVICTS ESCAPE.
A. Wholesale Delivery al, the Charlestown
(?a?9.) state Prison.
A wholesale escape of nine of the most
daring criminals in Cbarlestown (Mass.)
State Prison occurred the other afternoon
when all were supposed to be at work in the
shops. The men were all long-term convicts,
and sentenced to from five to thirty
years.
They got into the sewer by sawing out t'ns
bars of a manbote in the rear of tbe prisonyard
. They then crept 800 feet through a
pipe hardly three feet in diameter, and when
they emerged scattered in all directions.
FLOODS IN THE SOOTH.
Loss ot Life and Great Damage Dae
to Heavy Rains.
The rainfall iD Tennessee, Arkansas
Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana during
ten days has been unprecedented The rivers
have flooded the lowlands and the damage
done to growing crops is incalculable.
At Columbus, Miss., the Tombigbee River >
vras thirty-tive feet above low-water mark-.
People were driven from the lowlands and
hundreds of cuttle drownei. Several lives
have been lost. Five colored men were
drowned ten miles below Memphis. The
wheat tfrop in West Tennessee is ruined.
TORNADO IN MANITOBA.
Great Damage to Property by a Fur
iuus Wind storm.
A furious storm has swept over Manitoba. J
In several districts everything in its path
was destroyed, houses being blown down aad
machinery and barns smashed to fragments.
Several people were hurt, and one life is
known to have been lost?Miss Dobson, of
Douglas District, whose body wa3 fouaa in
the ruins of her father's hou3e. Scores of
horses an) cattle were killed outright and
their bodies carried from one field to another.
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CYRUS f. FIELD,
The Great Financier Breathes
His Last Near Dobbs Ferry.
Life Sketch of the Man Who Laid
Atlantic Gable.
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CYRUS W. FIELD.
Cyrus W. Field died at 9:53 o'clock a few
mornings ago at his counfry honn in Ardsley
Park, near Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. There
were present at tha deathbed Mr. Field's
three brothers, Rev. Henry M. Field, David
Dudley Field and Justice Stephen J. Field,
his daughter, Mrs. Isabella Judson, and her
two sons, Cyrus Field Judsoa and Frank
Judson.
Early that morning Mr. Field, after a
restless night, had a delirium spell. Dr.
Coutant was at once summoned and gave
tbe patient an opiate. It proved fruitless,
however, and Mr. Field became more restless.
He continued delirious until the end.
Mr. Field's death has been expected for a
week. It was his wonderful vitality and
robust health of former years that kept him
alive so long. After his serious illness three
months ago in New York he was removed
to his country house. Here he was only able
to drive out occasionally with his daughter
and brother David.
A month ago he fell ill again and took to
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his DeCL Mr, rieiu usu ueeu suum iuj
mental and physical troubles brought on by
his son's failure.
It was decided that the remains be taken
to Stockbridge, Mass., for interment.
Cyrus West Field was born in Stockbridge,
Mass., November 30, 1S19. His
father was a clergyman. At tift?en Cyrus
went to New York and became a clerk in
the store of A. T. Stewart At twenty-one
he began the manufacture and sale of paper.
He became interested in the project of carrying
a telegraph line across the Atlantic,
and during the next thirteen years
visited England many times in interest of
the undertaking, which finally resulted in
the formation of the Atlantic Telegraph
Company. The work was pushed forward
and anally in 1858 the first communlcatioc
with England by telegraph was established.
After working a few weeks the cable
failed, and the war intervening; the enterprise
was abandoned until 1863, when
another cable was laid, and on July 27,1866,
telegraphic communication was opened between
the continents which has never been
interrupted since. For this work Mr. Field
has b9en styled "The Columbus of Modern
Timet." In 1873 Mr. Fields became interested
in the rapid transit problem of New
York, and the elevated railroad system is
the result.
Five years ago Mr. Field became a member
of the firm of Field, Lindley & Co., but
retired from business in 1830. Hiss wife
died at Dobbs Ferry in November, 1801.
He has two sons, Cyrus W. Field, Jr., and
Edwin M. Field, who is confined in an insane
asylum near Buffalo. One daughter,
Alice,, is also an occupant of an insane asylum.
Mr. Field has three brothers, who are
distinguisned Americans. They are David
Dudley Field, Stephen W. Field and H. M.
Kield.
THE NATIONAL GAME.
Ewinq, New York's captain, doesn't
coach his men.
Cla&kson, released by Boston, signed
with Cleveland.
BaS3ETT. late of New Forks, has been assigned
to Louisville.
Killen is about the only reliable twirler
on the Washington staff.
Corcoran leads the Brooklyns in sacrifice
hits, having made sixteen.
Pitchers Keefe, Viau, Stein and Craneall
discards?are doing good work.
The New York team does less noisy coaching
than any team in the League.
Cincinnati intends to play out the entire
season, accidents barred, with twelve men.
Richardson, the crack second baseman of
the Washington*, wants the bunt hit abolished.
Anson is playing a game at first for the
Chicagos that would release any other
player
Glasscock in his best days did not excel
the splendid short stopping he is doing for
St. Louis. . ,
"Long John" Rzillt, last with Cincinnati,
has announced his permanent retirement
from the ball field.
In Cincinnati the other day, for the first
time on record, three Chinese paid for admission
to the ball game.
Boston's strongest point is her base-running,
as the team has stolen over twice as
many bases as opponents.
Thompson, of Philadelphia, has recovered
bis batting form of 1835-6-7, when he was
the wonder of the pountry.
The Bakimores have bad their salaries
cut down all the way from $100 to 12-50 each
a month, and not a man escaped.
Six weeks ago Philadelphia refused Washington's
offer of SISW for Mulvey's release.
Now he has been released unconditionally
and placed in the League pool.
Who would have imagined that the Louisvilles
would finish so near the bottom?
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Several accidents ana tne squauuuug
the players have hurt the club a great deal.
Comisket, of Cincinnati, doesn't favor
home talent on a ball team. He says horns
players suffer too much from the attention
of over-enthusiastic friends and companions.
The Chicago Club has made a draft upon
the Joliet Club of the Illinois-Iowa Leajju}
for the services of Decker and Conner.*.
According to the rules, Chicago must Day
Joliet $500 each for ths drafted men. Conners
has a battin? average of over 300 and
stands high in fielding. Decker is a first
baseman aad slugger.
KECORD OF the I.EAatTK CLUBS.
far. Per
Clobs. Won. Lost, ctj Clubs. Won. Los'. <*t.
Boston 52 22 .703, W'ashiag'nltt H .461
Brooklyn...51 M .662;.Chicago...31 i!) .443
Philad'lp'a.4d 30 .605 it. Louis.31 4i .42.5
Cincinnati.44 31 .587|New York3l 43 .410
Cleveland ..40 33 .o4iiLouisville.30 47 ,39i
Pittsburg. .37 3J ,4S7, Baltimore. 2U 53 .^67
POWDER MILL BLOWN UP.
Three Americana and Three Chinese
Killsd in California.
An explosion occurred at the Judsoa
Giaut Pow.ler Works near West Berkeley,
i?i? .">'w fmm San Francisco. Ca!.,
IWCIVO UIMV- ?
just after 9 o'clock in the morning,
destroying the works and much
property "for several miles around. Five
shocks were felt in San Francisco within a
few minutes, the last four being of terrific
forc9, shaking buildings, cracking a number
of walls, and breaking plate-glass in buildings
eight blocks up from the water front.
Sir lives are known to have been lostthree
white men and threa Chinamen.
Thousands of people visited the scene of the
explosion next day and gazsd wonderingly
at the immense cavities dug in the side of the
hill by the force of the explosion, and at the
wrecks of the buildings. The damage to tha
I powder and chemical works is estimated a6
over 1200,000 and probably $26,000 mors
damage was done in San Francisco and OaJ?
land by windows breaking.
LATER NEW?. H
E~-LrEU tenant govirnor francis B. Hfl
Loomis, of New London, Conn., died inflH
Hartford a few days ago. He was bora in HHj
Lyme, Conn., April 9, 1312. Safi
Theresa Blessing, eighteen, and Louisa Hj
Heany, fourteen, both of Providence, were IH
drowned while bathing off Pleasant Bluff, ^Hj
R'r* mi
Oeobos H. wzxskts a^ed twenty-seven. Wj
Superintendent of the Newburg (N. 7.} HH
Paper Box Manufactory, discharged all tbe B9
employes and then committed suicide by
shooting, jHfl
Striking minere at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, l9fl
blew up a bridge to prevent the entry of Hfl
thfl FwiAPftl frrvrvrw
Sixrczir lives were lost by the capsizing
of the pleasure steamer Frankie Folsoai at EH
Peoria, 111. I
Two persons were fatally hart and a large Hfl|
number of buildings destroyed by a tornado EH
at Springfield, Ohio. At least 100 dwell- bH
ings are wrecked Tue Zlon German- Lathoran
Church was str uck by lightning and al- HM
most totally destrojed. i BH
Bob Mastzbsok, a despera o, shot and HH
fatally wounded Sheriff Bowles at Spokane, .
Washington, and was himself shot and killed M
by the latter. afl
The Kansas Prohibitionists nominated a j^fl
complete State ticket at Topeka, headed by KM
J. O. Pickering for G-ovarnor u
Thk President had signed the Pension Appropriation
bill and the River and Harbor |H|
Appropriation bill.
The Senate passed the World's Fair bill NHm
by a vote of fifty-onj to fourteen. Mr. Bfljj
Poller's proposition that liquor shall not be Hjj
soia on tne r air grounds, aai jar. yuays
Sunday closing amendment were adopted*
The returns from the Midlothian district'
of Edinburghshire, Scotland, show that
Gladstone is re-elect9d to tha British Parlia- .
ment by a majority of less than 700 votw.
llie Liberal leader receive.! 5750, and hi*
Liberal-Union opponanS, 5077.
The Argentine torpedo catcher RosalM
foundered in a storm off the coast of
Uruguay. The oScars were saved. The
crew, numbering seventy, at last report*,
were missing.
Widespread rioting in Snain has been
caused by the octroi duties.
The work of searching for ths bodies o?
those who lost their lives in the t rrible disaster
at St. Gervals-les-Bains, vhea the
Bionassy Glacier broke loose from vHe side
of Mont Blanc and swept down the ravine
in which St Gervais is situated, was cod*
tinued. Seventy-five persons staying
at the hotel, forty servants and forty-fire
peasants of La Fayet, were killed. ' i
A balloon left Havre, France, with threa
passengers, all of whom were drowned. f
During an election row between the Parnellites
and anti-Parnellites at Shall,
County Cork, Ireland, one man was killed
and several were seriously injured*
SILVER MEN BEATEN.
The House Refuses to Take Up the Senate
Bill.
The silver question, which has been before
the Fifty-second Congress sine 3 last Decernber,
was finally settled in the House a few .
days ago. The bill itself was not voted upon,
but on the test vote, taken on the resolution
reported from tbe Committee on Rules to
take up the bill lor consideration, free silver
coinage was defeated by a majority of
twenty-eight. 'j
In the House, after the regular order, Mr.
Catchings, of Mississippi, offered the resolution
from the Committee on Rules setting
apart two days for the consideration
of the Silver bill, and Mr. Bland, of '
Missouri, opened the debate for the free-silver
advocates and presented an amendment
forbidding any dilatory motions after 3 v.
jr., wnen a voce was to do am on cae oui u mm
the resolution of the Committee on Rales B
was adopted. V
This resolution was supported by Mr. ?
Bartine. But Mr. Clark, of Alabama, went ]M
back on his previous record on the silver fl
question, ana opposed the resolution, and fl
Mr. Patterson, of Tennessee, pursued a g
similar course, and threw consternation in
to the camp of the Silverites.
At 1:15 o'clock Mr. Catchings demanded fi
the previous question. Tracey demanded g
the yeas and nays. I
The previous question was seconded aad I
resulted: yeas, 163; nays, 129. B
Speaker Crisp at his own request was
corded in the negative. fl
The resolution to consider the Free Coin
age bill was defeated: yeas, 13(5: nays, 138. 3j
Speaker Crisp voted aye.
TOUEISTS KILLED. 8
A Picnic Party Was Struck by a I
Freight Train, B
At the crossing of the Middletown aad I
Wart3boro turnpike and the 0 ntario and 1
Western Railroad at Middletown, N. Y., a <1
carriage was strucx oy a ireigat train ana
four persons were killed and fire others in- '
jured, two seriously. Most of thd partju--1
were New Yorkers summering at Bloom* /'
ingsburg.
The four killed are S. L. Frank, of Brooklyn:
his wife; George A. Welch, of New
York, and Miss TessieM. McCoy, of New
York. The rest of the party were injured
more or less. ' - J
The party had been out picnicking and
were returning home to Case's Hotel in
Bloomings burg at three in the morning. At
the crossing a freight train had been cut in
two for switching purposes. The first half
of the train passed and into the gap intervening
between that and the second naif the
carriage was driven.
The carriage was struck and the occupants
scattered over the tracks, the four killed being
crushed beneath the wheels or the cars.
The bodies of the dead were sent to their
homes in New York and Brooklyn on the
Erie's afternoon express.
DEATH IN" FLAMES.
Mrs. Broderick and Her Three Chit*
drea Suffocated.
Mrs. Annie Broderick and her three chil*
dren were suffocated in a fire, which waa
caused by the explosion of a lamp at No.- 67
East 118th street, New York City. The flr?
was discovered at 3:40 o'clock, but before
the engines could reach the house the flames
had gained such headway that it was impossible
to rescue the inruates. The dead children
are: Mary, five years; Richard, eighteen
month;, and John, nine months.
Mrs. Broderick w.n a widow, a hardworking
and good looking woman. The
house in which she and the children livei is
a little squatter's sh.iuty, with a floor measuring
12x16 feet, an i a low csilins.
There is a little attic overhead. It was
U38das a sleeping p!ac>. Thera was only
? ' Hiora on! idtn that ttlA
ruuiu i<JL una fo ?
little family creot every nij<ht by the nokety
ladder that led to the attic.
BURNED AND SUFFOCATED.
Eight Children Lose Their Lives ia a
Burning Building.
A terrible disaster at Berkhampstead,
England, Insulted in the death of eight
children.
A planing mill baying caught Are tha
:arelaker endeavored to reach the basement,
where his eight children were sleeping. Five
were suffocated on the staircase, while th?
Other three were burned to death.
The wif-i was rescued frow an upper
window.
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