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y ???? ??? BLITIA FIRE OB A106. WOtJLD-BE LYNCHERS SHOT DEAD IN OHIO. \ Ail Attempt Was Being Made at Washington Court House to Hang William Dolby, a Colored Man, rAiKTlnfail m Polralnal AtaAlllt on a Farmer's Wile. Two men were killed, three fatally injured ud many others wounded at Washington bourt House, Ohio, in an attempt at lynching by a mob. William Dolby, a colored uua, the self-confessed assailant of Mrs. Mary Boyd, was the object of their wrath. Sbose instantly killed were Smith Welsh, aged eighteen, shot in head and abdomen j Jesse Judy, aged twenty-five, shot in breast, tbich and abdomen. . The wounded: Theodore Ammerman, aged twenty-two, shot in right thigh ; WillSam Saum, aged thirty-five, shot in abdomen Dow Parrott, aj?ed thlrtv, shot in right foot j Frank Nie-lerhaus, aged sixty-five, shot in left leg; G, W. Johnson and half a dozen Others, three of whom were fatally hurt. Dolby was taken from the jail to the court bouse, tried and sentenced to twenty years' Imprisonment 1q the penitentiary about as quick as it takes to "write It. Tne militia eompanies. in anticipation of trouble, had been called out, and they formed at the west ide of the court house, while the Sheriff and Deputy James Busiok went to the jail for the prisoner. The west entrance to the eourt house is about forty feet from a rear side door of the jail, and there are high steps leading to the former. A thousand people had gathered in the court nouse yard to angrily protest against the course of loaden-heelea juetioe. A . thousand people with imprecations vowed that Dolby should never be taken past them p the high steps to the hall. The Sheriff and his deputies had hardly emerged from the jail door, when the acknowledged leader of the crowd, Henry Kirk, who married Mrs. Boyd's sister, rushed toward the trembling wretoh, projected by the sworn officers of the law, and, breaking through the thin ranks of ?he stalwart guard, seized the culprit with a hand ot iron. Quick as a flash the musket #f a soldier was swung with great force and Mr. Kirk was dealt a blow in the faoe. The angry crowd surged madly forward, and in the rush swept one soldier boy around the corner and away from his company, but he quickly returned to his post. The imprecations of the thoroughly maddened srowd grew in volume and the wretched prisoner trembled like an aspen. Colonel Colt rallied his men for a supreme effort, and the prisoner was almost carried up the tteps and into the court house. After sentence had been pronounced Dolby ferokedown. Outside the crowd was clamoring for admission. It was augmented every minute. Dr. MoNair, of the Presbyterian Church, circulated among the angry men and endeavored to get them to listen to reason, but his words fell upon closed ears. Sergeant Andrews, of (Company A, one of !he three men of the company who came with the troops, and Private Lenhart, of Company B, were struck with stones while standon the ponrt house steDS durinctherush. hot stood their ground manfully. Sergeant Andrews was struck In the head with a stone lhat glanced from Private Lenhiurt. Colonel Colt at this juncture telephoned the Adjutant-General at Columbus for 200 additional troops. "It you want me to bring the man to Columbus," said Colonel Coit, "I will do it, bat it will cost blood/* Colonel Coit then Bade a speech to the crowd. "It looks very muoh," said he, 'as though yon intend to make an attack on the legal authorities. There wlll^be trouble ii you do. I call on law-abiding citizens to dispsrseand go to their homes."" At 6.10 the crowd surrounded the building ?nd with the huge improvised batteringrams pounded the doors one after another. The troops were hastened together in the 3oart house at all entronoes, The doors were barricaded from within and furniture pildd against them. * The soldiers stood with pieces cocked and ' ? ^ > ?^,,{,.1 1 oayonets uxbq wauuik iui iuu uvuis iu jiciu. Huge stones werethrown against the wooden panels, olubs crashed against them and fell bn the stone steps. Colonel Colt managed to get oat of a window and addressed the erowd, saying "If any man of you hits one at my men I will direct < him to aim directly at that man's heart." Nearly 3000 persons now surrounded the ourt house and jail, yelling "Lynch him! Lynch him!" Finally some one threw a stone which struok a soldier on the breast. Then Colonel Colt, whoa a anger was aroused, addressed the people ance more. He told them not to repeat the offence. "It you want to injure any one." sa|d he, "hit me and not those young men." With hat upiirted the Colonel walked out Into the crowd, and said "Here 1 am." His face was white'with tntrer. The crowd gathered around him, but not a man lifted his hand to strike the Colonel. It was probably well that they did not, for, standing on the court house steps were the soldiers with guns loaded waiting an order to Are. The crowd surged closer and closer to the eourt house steps, becoming bolder as the darkness increased. Colonel Coit addressed them again, or attempted to do so, but they would not listen to him. Me shouted that he would have to order ho oflldluM tr? flrn If thnr rild nftt fflll h?<*L bat on they came, and Anally the order to fire was given. Many were seen to falJ, and the mob fled like a lot of frightened sheep. Not a shot was fired by the soldiers until a door showed signs of falling in. when the troops flred the volley which resulted fatal/ Jy. The remainder of the soldiers were Utioned at the south entrance, unmindiul that part of the crowd was making an attempt to batter down the door at the north entrance. The first fright following the volley having died away, the mob became more boisterous and bold again. Soon they began gathering about the court house, and though still maintaining a respectable distance, uttered Imprecations against the soldiers, and fears were entertained for their safety i? reenforcements did not quickly come. The crowd soon began making an attempt to seoure dynamite, and swear that they would blow up the court bouse. Tho wounded and dead were carried into the engine house and the stores near bv 1' " : * "i / 'J f 1 WHITE HOUSE REDECORATED Its New Carpets Selected by Mrs. Cleveland. Tne workmen have been in possession of the White House ever since President Cleveland left Washington for Gray Gables, and the result of their labor Is most apparent in tke great East Room and tb'e Blue Parlor, fne effect of the decorations in the East Boom have been changed from silver to cold. The woodwork, which heretofore was silvery white, has been changed to white and gold. The columns, the mantles and the woodwork around the windows and doors have been tinned with irold. uddinc to th? hpmitv and ricaness of the apartment. The crystal shandeliers have been repolished, and a new earpet to harmonize with the brilliant decorations has been put down. Toe Blue Parlor, in which the President was married, and in which the President holds official receptions and other executive entertainments, has been provided with a new carpet to match the silk decorations on the wall. It is a beautiful pattern of electric blue, with laurel wreaths of a shade iigbtar. It was selected by Mrs. Cleveland, and was made expressly for the Blue Room. Tae Bed P.irlor, which is the pride of Mrs. Cleveland, h:is been provided with a new c*pet, lo match the rich, warm decorations, which were designed and executed under the personal supervision of Mrs. Cleveland. New lace curtains are to hang from tho windows of the Blue and Red Parlors, and from those of the State dining-room. Several additions have been made to the conservatory, and many rare and beautiful plants have 1KW11 UUUSOU iur WllllCl UiUUlUlU^. The work of paintin? the exterior of the building is nearlng completion. The gilding of the fence tips and the Ironwork is nil that is required of the painters. The scaffolding has been removed and the old mandon looks as bright and clean Inside as out. The tootwalk from the gateway to the portico has been laid in granolithic pavement. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern and Middle States* M^ynakd Fleet, aged forty-two, of CentreDort. N. Y? while out rowing with an Italian at Fort Eaton, was drownecl through the boat capsizing. The Italian also lost his life. Gasolixe exploded In the small tent show of a man named Lind In White Plains, N. Y., and Edna Hurbert, one of the company, was burned to death. Neably all the members of the Cabinet attended the ceremonies dedicatory of the old Holland Purchase Land Office at Batavia, N. Y., to the memory of Bobert Morris, the revolutionary financier. Becretary Carlisle and Secretary Gresham delivered the addresses of the occasion. Bx a vote of 885 to 75 the weavers of Pall River, Mass., decided not to return to their looms. By a vote of zSO ta 191 the carders decided to resume work under protest. Thbee iuohes of snow fell in the Pennsylvania Alleghenies. Snow fell also In Chenango County and In the Adlrondacks In flew rorfc. Ambassadob Thomas F. Batabd arrived at New York from England on a short vacation. Thomas B. Reed was the chief speaker at the Republloan ratification meeting In Cooper Union, New York City. His speech was devoted exclusively to National issues.* A sailboat disaster which caused the loss of three lives occurred off the western end of Coney Island, New York. The sailing party consisted of Walter Booth, Frank Mclntyre, James Ford and Frank Brltton, all young men living at that place. Only Booth was saved. Snow was reported in a number of districts of Pennsylvania, Western New York and Vermont. Chables H. Tbowbbedqx, a prominent banker and the cashier of the Mechanics' Bank, New Haven, Conn., was shot by his brother Elisha, the ball passing through the fleshy part ot his left leg. He had refused to lend money to his brother. South and West. Bobzbt Mabquis, aged seventy, of Kokomo, Ind., a helpless paralytic, had his little grandson hand him a saucer, which containedarsenic, and hold it to his Hps. Marquis died in a few moments. Ax appointee of Mrs. Lease, the Kansas Jopulist, made oath that she asked him to rob the State for his and her benefit, and told him the State paid for her World's Fair trip. A duel to deafx occurred between an old man named Stipling and his son, living ten miles south of Waco, Texas. The father was shot and mortally wounded and the I son's skull crashed. Sarah Robinsojj, wife of a convicted burglar, confessed, In Cleveland, Ohio, to the killing of Montgomery Gibbs, a Buffalo lawyer. The Pacific Express office, in. The Dalles, Oregon, was robbed of $14,000 or $15,000. A probable clew to the robbers Is that they came on the train with the treasure box, and knew where it was consigned with its contents. Willis Gbiffey, a colored man, was taken from the county jail at Princeton, Ky., and hanged. Griffey assaulted Miss Lena Berry, the adopted daughter of a wealthy Christian County couple. Washington. Judge McComas, of the Distriot of Columbia Supreme Court, denied the application of Miles Sugar Company, of Louisiana, for a mandamus to compel Secretary Carlisle to appoint inspectors to ascertain the sugar production of the company. Secretary or the Navt Herbert issued an order charging the Bureau of Construction and Repairs with responsibility for the stability of war ships. Secbetaby Carlisle decided that Levi P. Morton's under coaohman, John James Howard, will have to be deported as an alien contract laborer. JLUJfc Uiiiiuax &yyvil W1 VWWiUV\<V4V Ml V# Matthews upon the naval yards and docks estimates the expenditures for the next fiscal year at W,861,295. The leading feature of tne report is thec'suggestion by the chief of the urgent need for at least four new dry dooks, to be located at League Island, Penn. j Boston, Norfolk and Mare Island, Gal. Thieves stole $1300 worth ol diamonds from Mrs. Melville W. Fuller, wife of the Chief Justice in Washington, and returned them when it was found they were suspected. Foreign. China fs now suing for peace,' and she offers to pay a l?rge war indemnity, as well as to recogulze tne national Independence of Korea. The Czarewitoh and two Grand Dukes are to be made a Council of -Regency lor Russia in the absence of the Czar. Pbefect Hebbeba, of Peru, has routed the guerillas under Carlos Plerola at Huarez, killing ninety,, wounding forty others and capturing arms and baggage. Thk French ship Alice was sunk in the River Scheldt by coming In collision with the Swedish ship Balder. Sis of the Alice's crew were drowned. Bussian troops, equipped for a campaign, are accumulating rapidly on China's border. BsLorox held her first Parliamentary election with universal suffrage. Oebmajty rejected England's proposal to Join the Powers in intervention in the war between China and Japan. Tri boundary dispute between Mexico and Ouatamala has been adjusted. The Japanese Parliament has been summoned to meet in extra session to disouss the war; two more British cruisers have been ordered to Chinese waters. A selves wreath from American admirera was presented to Johann 8trauss by Budolph Aronson, of New York, during the composer's golden Jubilee celebration at Vienna, Austria. Advices from the Uruguayan frontier say that an army of 3000 Brazilian revolters has defeated the Government troops In Rio Grande do Sul. A MOUNTAINEER LYNCHED. He Killed a Kentucky Sheriff at the Fair Grounds. Oscar Morton, the young mountain desperado who murdered Sheriff William Sim?, of Lee County, at the Beattyville (Ky.) fair grounds, was taken out of the Beattyville jail by a mob of nearly two hundred men and hanged from * a bridge thnt spans Muddy Creek at Beattyville. He killed a man in Breathitt County sev erai montns ago, ana wnue trying to gel into the fair grounds at Beattyvilie without a ticket was remonstrated with by Sherilt Sims. He drew a revolver from each pocket and began shooting. He hit the Bherifl three times, one bullet going through fhv heart, TURNED A SOMERSAULT. t Singular Effect of a Locomotive Boiler Explosion. One of the most remarkable accidents in the history of steam railroading has Just occurred at Glen Ridge (N. J.) station, on the Bloomfleld branch of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. It 'is n rare thing, for a locomotive boiler to explode, but in this case not only did the boiler of a passenger train engine burst, but it did in such u way that the great locomotive, weighing 97,000 pounds, wa3 tossed into the air clear of the ground and turned over end on end. The engineer, CharleB Boland, and the flroman, Elmer Cummings, were both seriously injured, and the latter died about midnight. TOO MANY BOBBERIES, Pacific Express Company Closes In dian Territory Offices. On account of recent robberies, the Pacific Express Company has a notice posted in the offices in Indian Territory, to the effect that it will not receive any money or valuables for transportation, nor issue any money orders until further notice. There is a report that all Paoiflo Express offices In the Territory are to be discontinueJ. t TW8 TKiM ROBBERIES. $51,000 TAKEN IN CALIFORNIA; $180,000 IN VIRGINIA. The California Robbers Forced the Engineer to Run the Engine and the Express Agent to Give Up the Money?Masked Men Loot the the Safe In Virginia. On the same day two daring train robberies occurred, one in California and the other Jn Virginia. Two robbers held up a train near Sacramento, Cal., and robbed the oxpress car of bags containing $51,000 In gold. The northbound express between Rlohmond an 1 Washington was held up by a gang of robbers at Aqula Creek, Ya. They secured about $180,000. A despatch from Sacramento says : The enst-bound overland train, due here at 9 o'clock p. m., was held up hvtwo ra^n about elx miles below this city. The track walker was first robbed and then forced to start to town. The train robbers then covered the enelneer and firemen with cruns and com polled them to accompany them to the express car. Messenger Paj?e shot twice at the bandits. The engineer and fireman called upon Pajre to open the door, as the train robbers were polnj? to shoot them If he did not, and were prepared to blow up the car wrth dynamite. He complied with their request in order to save their lives, and the robbets looted the oar of four baps of coin containing about $51,000. They then cut loose the engine, boarded it, and ran toward the city. The engine was finally released and set on a wild rrun toward the train, but by th? time it had reached its destination the steam had run so low that the collision caused little damage. The robberi marie their escape. Engineer William Scott tells this story of the hold-up : "We were running on time, and would haye been in Sacramento In about fifteen minutes. The train ran over two torpedoes, and I thrust my head out of the window and saw that we were beinpr flagged. Everything was properly done, and I had no suspicion of anything bein? wronjr until the engine stopped, when two men armed with repeating rifles sprang into the cab. They ordered Fireman Lincoln and myself to dismount and go with them to the express oar, which they ordered us to uncouple. They acoompanied us back to the engine and made us pull out about threequarters of a mile to a point between two trestles. While we were uncoupling the car the conductor and the brakeman got off the train and the robbers shot at them. After stopping the enpino between the trestles the men made us go back with them to the express car. They called to the messenger to open tho door or they would kill the fireman and myself. I knew tho robbers were determined, and pleaded with the messenger to open the door. The robbers told hfm that they would not hurt him If he did, nnd he opened It. i'hey ordered us to get Into the oar, one of them following us. The messenger gave up the keys to the boxes, and the robbers opened them, taking out four sacks of money, two of th^m being po heavy that one man could not lift both. Then they ordered us ahead of them to help-carry sacks of money, and we walked back to the engine, the robbers constantly punching us In our backs with the muzzles of their guns. When we got to the engine the robbers jumped upon It, opened the throttle,, and the engine sprang away down the track. After they arrived in the neighborhood of Sacramento they Jumped off, reversed the lever, and sent the engine back over the track under a full head of steam. The engine struok the train, bat did not do much damage. Fireman E. S. Lincoln, who got a good view of the robbers, pays there is no doubt of their being men whothoroughiyunderstood railroading. The backs of Scott and Lincoln are covered with bruises, caused by the proddinjzs from the ends of the rifles held by the robbers. James Colton, who was beating his way to Sacramento from Suisuri, probably saw more of the robbery than any one else. His story is as follows: "Asthe train slowed up,i climbed ud In the back end of the tender and lay down, while Hanley went inside the storm doors. The next thing, I saw the two robbers run Up, one on eaoh side of the engine. The big one fired his rifle off, and said to the en gineer: 'Get down out of that, and be quick abont it.' The engineer replied, 'I will, I will; don't kill me; I'll mind yon. The englneer and fireman accompanied the rob> hers, who kept poking them wltl their guns. The tall one said, 'Get a move on yon. They went back and uncoupled the four forward cars from the pass* enger coaches, and brought the fireman and engineer back to the engine. The tall man stood on the platform of the first oar and said to the engineer: 'Pull out now and sro till 1 tell you to stop.* One of the robbers kept his gun aimed At the engineer. Then the men compelled the engineer and fireman to go back to the express oar and call the messenger. The messenger began to shoot at once, but was Implored not to by the engineer. I saw the lour come back presently, bearing a sack each? and heard the large man say the sacks weighed about seventy-five pounds, though the two carried by the railroad men were larger than the other two. They put the sacks on the engine, told us to get away from the maohlne and then they pulled out.'1 The Virginia Hold-Up. A telegram from Richmond says: The north-bound passenger train on the Rich mond, J;'reaericKsr>urfc ana jpotomao Kailroad. which left here at 7 o'clock p. m., was held up near Quantico. The engineer and fireman were forced from their engine, and the engine was cut loose and sent ahead. The express car was then entered, the messengers covered with pistols and the safe blown open and robbed. The runaway locomotive was 3topped at Qaantico by obstructing the track. It is stated that there was an unusually large amount of money on the train, probably $50,000. The robbers, seven in number, were masked, and did not blow open the safe as first reported. They forced the messenger to open it. The railroad company has offered 81000 reward for the arrest of any one of the robbers. The express messenger has now reported that the safe contained $150,000. The robbers secured this and all of the express packages containing money. It is thought the amount will foot up to about $180.000. A large part of this money was 6hipped Irom Richmond. None of the passengers was molested. After the robbery the thieves made off with their booty in the direction of the Potomac River, where it is supposed they had a boat in waiting to take them to the Maryland side. None of the rob* bers entered the passenger coaches. COST OF THE GOVERNMENT. Total Appropriations Voted by the Fifty-third Congress. The annual volume showing the appropriations made and the new offices created by Congress, etc., required by law to be prepared under the direction of the Committees on Appropriations, has just been completed, and shows that the total specific appropriations made at the first and second sessions of the Fifty-third Congress amount to $391,156,005, the permanent appropriations, $101,074,680, making a grand total of $492,230,685. The new offices created are 474 in number, at an annual cost ot $631,712. and the offices omitted and abolished ar" 923 In number, nt an annual cost of $1,235,992. making a net reduction in number of 449, ami in nmount, $581,179. The salaries increased are ten in number, at an annual cost of $33,741, and the salaries reducd are sixtynine. at an annuil <v,s!' of $26,800. or a net reduction of fifty-nine in number uud a net increase of $6911. FISHERMEN DROWNED, Fifteen Bodies Pound on the Beach Near Apalachicola, Fla.* The saddest feature of tne recent storm was the drowning of fifteen fishermen, all white, near Sand Island, about ten miles from Apalachicola, Fla. It wa$ known that these men were In the gale, but It was hoped that they had escaped. Since the gale subsided searching parties have been looking along the beoeh for them, and their bodies were found. " LATER NEWS. Kingbtox-ok-the-Hudsox, N. Y.t commemorated the burning of the town by the British in 1777. "Black" diphtheria is raging at Waddington, N. Y. Oscar Drake accldently shot and killed his niece, Nellie Drake, sir years old, at East Metuchen, N. J. Drake, who is twenty-four years old and unmarried, was cleaning guns. The Pittsburg (Penn.) Chamber of Commerce has indorsed a resolution for the consolidation of Pittsburg, Allegheny and the surrounding towns. The Homer State Bank in Nebraska was robbed of $1600 in 1891. The money has been found in a well on a place where the cashier formerly lived. A conscience contribution of $326.25 from Massillon, Ohio, was received by Treasurer Morgan at "Washington. Secretary Carlisle appointed William F. Murray, of Boston, an immigrant inspector. Judoe Macon B. Allen, the first colored man admitted to the bar in the United States, died in Washington. He was admitted to the bar at Boston on May 3.1845. He removed to Charleston, 8. C., after the war, and was Judge ot the Criminal Court and of the Probate Co art. Emperor William II., in Wiesbaden, ?ru3 ia, unveiled the monument In memory cf his grandfather, Emperor William L, and formally opened the new Royal Theatre erected by the municipality. Negotiations for peace between China and Japan have been broken off. The Austrian Finance Minister In hia budget shows a surplus of 23,500,000 florins. While out fishing at Anglesea, N. J., the boat was capsized and its occupants, Charles Borg and Albin Swanson, were drowned. Harris Olnet and James Dalton, jockey?, were found dead in a room in the Metropolitan Hotel, Brooklyn. They were asphyxiated by gas. A man believed to be one of the Acqula Creek train robbers was arrested at Cumberland, Md. One hundred and twentt-jtcve of the descendants of Mrs. ZettaSwarts, of Chicago, 105 years old, followed her to the grave. The French ultimatum to Madagasoar demands an exclusive protectorate over the Island, and that a French garrison shall be stationed at Antananarivo. TTTF TUT A TNTP'S TOTAL. XUJJ XULU111 JJ KJ AXVMbMI Jncle Sam's First Battle Ship Exceeds Requirements. The first official trial of a composite built ship?hui; constructed by a navy yard and motive power by outside contractors?was made off New London, Conn., in Lon?Island Sound, when the United States battle ship Maine demonstrated tothe satis faction of the Official Board and the proprietors of the Qaintard Iron Works, who built her machinery, that the vessel's engines will make the 9000 indicated horse power called for in the contract with the Navy Department. It is estimated by experts that the excess will be from 400 to 600 horse power, and entitle tne machinery contractors, N. F. Palmer k Co., to a handsome premium. For four hours she raced down Long Island Sound, her engines strained to the utmost capacity, her hull quivering from stem to stern under the terrific pounding of shafts and piston rods. It was not a test of Bpeed, and there were no results by which her highest speed could be ascertained, for, although heV engines were working under forced draught and her screws were revolving at meir maximum i speed, the Maine, during all those four hours, was rushing Into a stiff breeze that ' almost neutralized her momentum, and j against a strong current, whose resistance J would have taken at least two miles each j hour from the speed of the fastest boat la | the world. The object of the trip was to test the power i of her engines. The Qulntard Iron Company | built these engines to attain 9000 horsa i power, as required by their contract with the j Government. For each one horse power over 9000 they are to ^receive $100, and for eacb one horse power that the engines lack of this number tney are to pay the Government $100. The company expected to develop 10.000 horse power and gain a bonus of $100,000. Whether their hopes were realized will not be known for two or three days, for this test had to be made by means of diagrams, which it takes long and intricate mathematical calculation to work out. As the course, however, ran parallel with the twenty-flve mile course that had been laid out for the Ericsson, the officers of the Maine gauged her speed as nearly as they could by the buoys that had been anchored at intervals of three knots. The five* fhft mf-A nf Qnopri at luuuwmg ujiiiw >?? -?- -- -j which the vessel traveled from buoy to buoy 14.51, 15.78, 16.29, 15.93, 17.83, 16.64,16.59, 16.54, 16.07. The groat difference iu the speed at various intervals was due to fluctuations in the wind. HOWARD'S REPORT. Annual Resume of the oepartment ol the East. The annual report made by Genera! Howard to the Adjutant-General, under date of August 31, has just been made puhlic at the War Department. It shows that vary peaceful conditions existed through out the Department of the East during the past year, although the Debs insurrection extended slightly into Indiana, and that only one regiment of General Howard's command, the Ninth Infantry, whicn was sent to Chicago, had any | active duty. The National Guard of all the States east of the Mississippi, the General says,-is well organized, but tnere will always ( be need for National troops. Regarding the regulations governing post | exchanges General Howard says: ''I be, lieve the increase of cases of courts martial is largely due to these exchanges. I form this opinion from the cases that 1 ?? liallavA fhorl^lnL-. i IIIVO CUUIO UOlUiC AJ-iU, UUU kUVJ v. *.?**?. jng habit is increased by the encouragement given them. As I myself am regarded as extreme, the words of the department inspector are at least suggestive: 'From the amount of beer consumed in them (the exchanges) it is to be feared that we shall have many rheumatic and gouty soldiers in the course of time, providing the restriction on length of service is taken off.'" NEW DIPHTHERIA CUBE. A Government Physician to Introduce It Into This Country. Surgeon-General Wyman, of the United States army, received a preliminary report from Passed Assistant J. J. K'nvoun from tho Pasteur Institute in Faris. where he is making special study of the methods of Professor Roux in tho treatment of diptheria by me.-ins of serum Injection1. Dr. Kinvoun says ho is convinced that Professor Roux has been too modest in his claims for the efficacy of this treatment. The discovery is one of tho greatest in medicine, ami has passed through tho experimental stage and laid a foundation for a new system of preventative moilicino. Dr. Kinyoun is acquiring familiarity in tho laboratory and at tho diphtheria hospital with the various steps which aro the essential in the preparation of the serum and its administration, under tho direct tutlago of Professor Roux, and is preparing to bring with him on his return the nocessary material. He will be able to give such instruction as may be necessary for State Boards of Health to prepare it themselws. From Paris Dr. Kinyoun will go to Berlin to continue his special investigation. He will return between the middle and last of November, and will put into operation in tho laboratory of the Marine Hospital Bureau at Washington the results of his labors abroad. THE LABOR WORLD, The tin plate faotorles are all shutting down. Ten thousand tons of new 9teel rails have been ordered by the Baltimore and Ohio. The chances of securing employment are said to be better In Western cities than in the East Eight hours will be the official day's work In the shops of the Pennsylvania Batlroaa until March 1. PzjfNSYLVANiA directors have under consideration a plan to make Saturday a half holiday the year round. Evebt trainman laid off by the Pennsylvania owing to depressed business has been re-employed on full time. The International Typographical Union held its forty-second annual session at Louisville, Ky., with 125 delegates present. Wrlliam Hebbick, a machinist of Indianapolis, Ind., has fallen heir to a fortune of $300,000, left by a relative in England. Mill operatives numbering 20,000 In New Bedford, Mass., were advised by their leaders to accept a reduction and end the strike. The employes of the Parke3burg (Penn.^ iron works, 300 in number, have been notified of a reduction of ten per cent, in their wages. It has been discovered that by a blunder on the part of the Legislature of Michigan, of 1893, the convict contract labor of that State has been abolished. Westers Pennsylvania Iron men say that the Mahoning Valley, Ohio, and not Allegheney Oonnty, Is now the ohtet iron-producing community in the country. Within the past decade the sweater shops have multiplied in New York City from seven to ten hundred; Chicago has nine hundred, while Philadelphia and other cities have their share of them. Gebhany adopted a system of compulsory insurance of workingmen against accidents some twenty years ago, and its results have been such as ;to thoroughly vindicate its practical useiulness. Rzpobts from nine Western States show that many factories have resumed or increased their forces since thg new Tariff law was enacted, and that both wholesale and j retail trade has greatly improved. The biggest strike that New Bedford, Mass., ever had Is practically ended. The strike lasted eight weeks, and during that f time much more suffering was endured by the idle operatives than will be ever known. A Mi^riNO was reoently held in Westphalia, Germany, for the purpose of organizing, Christian workmen, both Protestant and Catholic, into trades unions in order to counterbalance the effect of the socialistic unions WELSH maamactuxers uto au uunuio iui the return of the British tin-plate workers Who went to the United States that they have offered them free transportation, In additlon to guaranteeing them employment, if they will return. The strike among the shirtmakers of New York has brought out some appalling facts. The average wage earnings of the women employed In the factories is from $3 to $3 per week. A girl must sew four collars or four shin sleeves to make a cent. At a meeting of the Weavers' Union, held at Fall River. Mass., It was voted to make another strike allowance to members, amounting in .all to about $4000. It was also voted to stay out of the mills until present Indications in the market are changed, of the manufacturers offer a restoration ol wages. Since July 14tb, 1890, the sum ol $2b,977 has been paid out by the union oq account of breakdowns and strikes. SCHOFIELD'S REPORT^ The Major-General Comman<J|jpg Warns Us of China's Misfortunes. The annual report of the Major-General sommanding the army?the last one, probacy, that General J. M. Schofleld will be sailed upon to write before retirement?has lust been issued. General Sohofleld has taken for his text the reports made * to him Uy department commanders describing the efforts neoessary to put down domestlo disturbinoes throughout the country, and particularly in Chicago. These disturbances leverely tested the efflclenoy of the irmy, but, while the latter responded aobly to the test, it was clearly demonitrated that a more severe outbreak would have been beyond the control of the very small organization. He pleads aarnestly for "an inorease of two additional regiments of cavalry to patrol the long lines of railroad under Government protection, w?Mrtimnnfa nf nrtlllprv for sea- I LWU ttUUUlUUrti ,uvuw w. oast defense and the conversion of the pressnt twenty-flve infantry regiments into Ibree-battalion organizations. He dwells Darticularly upon the necessity of empowering the President to subitantially increase the regular army tooting I without waiting for delaying legislation. He warns us also of the possibility of invasion by a foreign country, and would have us take warning by China's resent humiliation at the hands of little Japan. It is not, say9 he, beoause the Chinese are lacking in talent or general. sducatlon or military courage, but bejause they have failed to develop ihelr military etrength and resources. On more than one occasion the military and militia have been opposed by infuriated' mobs twice as jrreat in numbers as the most formidable combination of Indian warriors that the army has 4 ever been called upon | heretofore to meet'. The success of the i troops so tar was due to the recent redistribution, which permitted of readier con- [ centration In the big oltles. General Schofleld considers that the time has now come when the people of the United States should dismiss the overconnaence born of past experience and provide fortifications for the extended seacoasJs of the country, where the interests of the United States must be defended and protected if this country is to continue to be a first class nation. Armies, although well disciplined, well instructed and perfectly armed, cannot defend the sea coast against modern ships of war. Suitable fortifications with effective high power armament are the only possible means of such defence. Henco no time should be lost in prosecuting the system of fortifications and armament heretofore inaugurated, until all the great seaports of the country are plaoed in a satisfactory condition for effective defence against any possible attack. The most liberal appropriations for this purpose will be the wisest economy. PUNISHING A COWARD, An Ohio National Guardsman Whc [Evaded Service. The penalty of cowardice is being visited at Columbus upon Private Dearth, a member of Company C, Fourteenth Regiment Ohio National Guard, in a peculiar manner. When the regiment was ordered by Governor McKinley into active service in Belmont County to quell the riotous miners in Juna last, Dearth hastily left the city and successfully eluded the commanding officers. There was apparently no excuse for tin. man's absence except fear of performing active service. He was summoned to appear before a court-martial and stood trial for desertion. The court found Dearth guilty, and ho was dishonorably discharged from the service and sentenced to iliteen days' imprisonment. The authorities, not wishing to send the to jail, erected a pen six by nine feet in the centre of the armory building, and Dearth is now serving his time under the eye of a guard. lie is not allowed to leave tlio little coop even for exercise, and his presence in the improvised prison serves as a warning to others who regard lightly their obligations as soldiers when entering the Nervice of the State. CONFESSED TO MURDERS, George Van Taylor Cuts His Thioat In Jail. Stricfcen by remorse for having killed his chum, Gus Genosmere, George Tan Taylor committed suicide in the vlllagsjail, Cheboygan, Mich., where he was held on the charge of murder, by cutting his throat. Ho left a letter in which he confessed that he and an accomplice, whose name he did not ?lve, murdered Genesmere, and also that he had committed twelve other murders. Ho robbed Genesmere of $511 and told whore the money was hidden. Van Taylor was but twenty-two years old. PENSION OFFICE REPORT. Pensloneis oa the Rolls?New Clalma JS'alllng Off. The report of the Commissioner of Pensions for the fiscal year ended Jane 30,1894, , has been forwarded to the Secretary of the Interior. It says that the nnmber of pensioners on the roll3 June 30.1893, was 966,012; that during the year 39.085 new pensioners were added to the rolls, and 2393 previously dropped were restored, while 87.951 hare been dropped for death and other causes, and on June, 30,1894, the nnmber of pensioners upon the rolls was 969.544. The number of pension certificates Issuod during the year was 80,213, and 132,873 claims of all classes were rejected. On July 1,1894. there were undisposed of and in different stages of preparation and advancement claims for pension and for increase to the amount of 619,027, of which 287,209 claims?originals, widows, and dependents?are on behalf of persons not already on the rolls. These claims, save some recently filed, have been examined more than once and found lacking in ess en- j tlal evidence. They are the lame cases that have come down through the past years. I New claims of all kinds have fallen off from 363,799 in 1891 to 40,148 in 1894, the fact bein? that original claims for pensions under existing laws are substantially all in, and the bulk of new claims are for increase, or for widows and dependents. The amount paid for pensions during the year was $139,804,461.05. leaving a balance in the Treasury of $25,205,712.65 of the appropriation. Muoh dishonesty and fraud, mainly attributable to unscrupulous claim agents, was uncovered, and there were 194 convictions in the United States Courts within the year for pension frauds, perjuries, and IVifiOIiOS* RT.ATW BY DRUNKARDS. Two Persons Shot to Death and Three Seriously Wounded. As a result of. a drunken riot at Maltby, Penn., one person was instantly killed, two were "fatally wounded and two others seriously injured. The killed and injured are: George Sivoskl, aged seventeen years, head blown to pieces; Lizzie Fosky, aged fifteen years, fatally shot in the back and abdomen; John Jenkins, aged twenty-eight years, fatally I shot in the abdomen and left hand blown off; I Maggie Moore, aged fourteen years, shot in the arm and both legs; Thomas Moore, aged j twenty-three years, shot in both legs, left knee shattered. Michael Paloskl became intoxicated, and, j jying to the saloon of John Moore, started a (faarrel. He was ordered from the saloon, , and,becoming enraged, went home and procured a shotgun. On his way back to the saloon he encountered Dan Ityan, who was sitting on his porch together with Lizzie Fosky and Maggie Moore. Ryan advised Paloski to go home, but the latter raised his gun and fired. The two girls received most ol the shot. John Moore, who had been attracted by the shooting, picked up his sister and Ryan I gathered up the Fosky girl in his arms. The drunken fiend emptied the contents of the second barrel Into the girls, Moore receiving part of the load In his knee. The shooting attracted a large crowd, and Paloskl was joined by two of his country inen, who were also supplied with guns. John Jenkins attempted to arrest Paloski, when he received a load of shot In his stomach. The three men escaped into their boarding-house and barricaded the door. People living on the opposite side of the street had their heads out of the windows. One of these was Oeorge Sivoskl. One of the men, seeing the head of the boy, took deliberate aim and fired, the full charge striking the unfortunate boy on the left side of the head, tearing half of hit) head and faoe away. The boy fell dead. FOUR WOMEN PERISH, Catholic Sisters and Patients Burned to Death In Houston, Texas. The worst fire in the history of Houston, Texas, broke out at 2.40 a. m., and before it was placed under control at 4.80 o'clock, not onlv had a large amount of property been destroyed, but two Sisters of St. Joseph were burned to death. Two infirmary patients also perished, and a third sister was danger* ously injured. The fire originated in the San Jaointo Hotel, or rather boarding house, at Franklin and San Jacinto streets, from which the blaze spread rapidly to adjoining small buildings of St. Joseph s infirmary on Franklin street, destroying also a large two-story frame annex and then the new four-story briok main building. The destruction of these buildings was accompanied by loss of life. Sisters Doleral and Jane were burned beyond all possibility of recognition, while Sister Ciotbilde was fearfully burned about the face, neck, arms and breast, her recovery being in doubt. Two patients were also missing,but there was not the slightest doubt that these also per lshed. "FIGHT IT OUT." We Refuse to Interfere Between China und Japan. The United States has beep invited by the quadruple alliaace?Great Britain, France, Germany and Russia?to join it in a friendly iaterveatioa in the war between China and Japaa. The iavicatloa is coached la the choicest of diplomatic language. The horrors of the war are depicted la elequeat terms. The wisdom of stoppiag it is set forth la a very fetchiag maaaer, and the benefits to mankind and to commerce to be obtained from a reetoration of peace are clearly described. The invitation has been declined. The declination is based on the time-honored policy of this Government to avoid any entangling: alliances with foreign powers. Acknowledgement is made ot the truth of what the invitation has to say about the desirability of the restoration of peace, etc. But ia the polite language of diplomacy it is pointed out that this couatry has so far thrlvea very well attending to ita business, aad that so loag as it coatiaues to prosper by that policy it will not depart from it. CHINESE REBELS IN ARMS. 1 They Take a Garrison Demaaded for the Empire's Defease. A dispatch from Shanghai, China, confirms the report that rebellion has broken out 100 miles from Huakow. The rebels are fairly armed aad very reok"j less. They attacked the Government buildings, which wero feebly defended by 1 lo/al troops. The latter were soon deI fnnt-nd nnrt many of them were killed. Many others joined the rebels. Two mandarin's were killed. The province Is almost denuded of troops, and the rebels are dally gaining strength. ALL FRANCE ASTONISHED. Cross of the Lesion of Ilonor Bestowed Upon a German Officer. The people of France are astonished hy ' the net of the French Government in conj ferrincr the Cross of the Lenion of Honor upon Cap lain von Ruwkiud, the German | military attache nt P iris. Tho Berlin correspondent of the Daily ' Xcts ascribes the bestowal the linnor ' upon Captain Susskin l to Emr>eror Wil!1 inm's panlouinjf of the French spit* and his j sympathetic attitude on the deaths of ex! President MeMabon an 1 President Carnof. i DISASTROUS FOR FISHERS. The Gloucester (Mass.) Fleet Reports 112 Men and 12S) Vessels Lost, j The record of disasters to tho fishing fl<?et ; for the year ending Ootober is the largest ever known at Gloucester, Mass., in a singlo season. Twenty-nlno vessels, with an aggregate tonnage of 2354 tons, and 112 men were lost, against ten vessels and fifty-three men last 1 year. * ' : .. ..i A CRAZY MOTHER'S DEED. Burned Herself and Three Children In a Barn at Elizabeth, N. J. Mrs. Thomas Harrigan locked herself and three little children into the barn In the reafr-^ of her home on Grler avenue, at Elizabeth, N. J., set Are to a mow of hay and all font perished in the flames. Mrs. Harrigan was suffering from temporary Insanity, caused by malaria. Mrs. Harrigan called at Farmer McGandless's for her dally supply of milk that morning and he says tnat he did not notice anvthlng unusual in her notions. I About 11 o'clock Miss Eate Harrigan, a sister-in-law of the dead woman, and Miss Bebecca Hall, who live near by, discovered the barn in flames and gave the alarm. They then ran towards the bouse and saw smoke pouring out of the kitohen window. They rushed In and found a large box full of wood burning alongside the ohlmney, Which they tossed into the yard. Meanwhile other neighbors gathered at the soene, and surprise was expressed at the absence of Mrs. Harrigan and her children. \ Search was made In the house, and the hor- J IKla t Ml * U kA/*AH A n vnn An f Wa 1 X A L/Xu UUkU UC^aa IV UOWU UU IUQ OW7WU4bled people that they had perished In the flames In the barn. There was nothing to do bat wait until the fire burned Itself oat, as the place was far removed from hydrants. ' It did not take long In the heavy wind blowing for the barn to be entirely con* pruned, and then search was made In the embers lor bodies. ' The charred trunks of the mother and children were found lying In a heap In s ^ corner of the barn on the ground. Women fainted at the frightful spectacle. Mrs. Harrigan was a comely woman oZ thirty years. The children were Walter, aged six; William, aged four, and IsabelU, aged fourteen months. Thomas Harrigan, the husband and father, Is a vegetable peddler. JAPANESE TAKE WI-JTJ. Chinese Defenders Driven Across the Yuloo River. A dispatch to the Central News from Tokio says that a detachment of Japanese cavalry and infantry attacked and routed a Iama a# OfWi P.hlnooA of Wf-Tti on/1 fTiaf fha AUiVU Vi HVWU UUAwwW (M> II ?-V U| VUU kUV place remains in the hands ot the Japanese. The Central News correspondent In Wi-Ju gives further details of the battle. He says tnatthe Japanese force had been greatly delayed in its advance by the badness of the roads. The heavv guns could be brought forward only slowly, and the troops were! compelled often to wait for (supplies.) Pioneer troops had to be used repeatedly to make roads passable. When the main Japanese column reached Yung-Chon, a short distance south of Wi-Ju, there waa 'ao^sign of the enemy Four days later the scouts who had been sent out toward! Wi-Ju reported that a small -Chinese force still occupied the .city. The strength of the enemy was estimated^ at about 2000. A strong body of In-' fantrv and cavalry, supported by light artillery, was thrown forward at once. The Chinese offered little resistance. They retired before the first attacking party and eventually broke and fled across the Yaloo. The Chinese loss was hardly more than 100 killed and wounded. The Japanese line of communication Is now complete throughout Korea. It is reported to the Japanese officials la fnlrln that 10 (MM Phinma troons occntiv tha north bank or the Yaloo River, where they have completed eight batteries and are bulla* ing more. A Commercial Cable deepatoh from, Sharffchai announces that the tiro Japanese; students surrendered to the Chinese authorities by the American Consul in that city have been barbarously exeouted at Nankin. . SLAUGHTER IN THE STORM. A. Cargo of 233 Cattle and 187 Sheep Killed. ? Cattlemen who reached New York on the National Line steamer Greece, from London, brought news that the Europe, another ship of the same line, encountered a terrific storm during her last run to London, and lost nearly half of the live stock she oarried. i, Owing to an aocldent to ber steering gear the Europe rolled helplessly In the trough of the sea for twelve hours, and a pitiable al&nirhter of her sheeD and oat tie resulted. The Europe sailed from New York with a miscellaneous cargo, In addition to whloh she carried 684 cattle and 599 sheep. She ran Into a terrific northwesterly gale, and before night her rudder chain parted, and It was impossible to keep her head to the wind. She fell off and rolled heavily, shipping seas continually, until the cattle pens on the main and spar decks were flooded. The bedding was washed from beneath the feet of the cattle, and the flooring became so slippery that they could not stand. Dead cattle lay about all over the ship an Sour later, while from the pens which had stood the strain an inoessant bellowing told that the slaughter continued. A sheep pen on the port side gave way, too, and many ot the animals were crushed to death. In some Instances plunging bullocks where thrown Into the sheep pens, and struggled there until they died. The crew was " -?J iltAnrih tha ?ri n r\ sranu, una otcu uivuku mm " ?? abated In the morning a heavy sea was still' running, and It was not until four In the af-' ternoon that the steering gear was repaired and the steamer got under wav. Then the sailors proceoded to clean the decks. They threw overboard 233 cattle and 187 sheep. Others were subsequently killed. CAUGHT BETWEEN TEAMS. The Sad End of a Day's Outing in the Suburbs of Buffalo, N. Y. A terrible accident, that now has three deaths to Its score, occurred at Buffalo, N. Y. Miss Emily R. S. Wood and two daugh> ters of John N. Scatcherd went for a drive along the Niagara boulevard. The girls who went with Miss "Wood wore aged eleven and Are years respectively. They drove up to the house of Mrs. John 0. Glennv, on Calvin street, and returned along Parksido avenue to where it is crossed by the Now York Central's belt lino. The elder*girl was driving, and Miss Wood was reaiing aloud from a newspaper. Seeing the belt line passenger train approaching, the girl who was driving whipped the horso over ahead of it. A Central freight tniln going east escaped the notice of the occupants of the phaeton. The engine struck the carriage and threw it clear up on the pilot, breaking It to pieces. The younger child was instantly killed. The older died soon after she was taken to the house of Mrs. Glenay. Miss Wood was ?o seriously hurt that she died at 9 o'olock p. m. FKOM THE JAWS OF DEATH. A Prisoner Respited When About to Be Executed. Silas Lewis, one of the Wilburton Choctaw political prisoners, was to have been shot t< death at Tuska Horn ma, Indian Territory the day and hour bning set for his execution. All arrangements wvre perfected. Th( prisoner, heavily manacled, with arms folded, had taken his seat on the deathbox, and the two guards stood ready, with rifles placed to their shoulders, to send the missiles of death into the prisioner's bre'ist, when a courier rode up, his horse foaming, and at a distance of 100 yards hailed th6 Captain of the guard and ordered him to stop proceedines. He conveyed an ordei from Judge Holson respiting Lewis fox thirty days, according to instructions of the Interior Department. Had the rider been one minat? later, his order would have teen us ;les?. This la the fourth respite Ljwis has had. FKOM THE SAME BEAM. Two Murderers Hiin?ed at UnlonH^ Springs, Ala. Ames Myson. for the mur.ler of Dadlej^H Carrey, and Jackson Hicks, for the murde^B of James Breel, were hanged at Unlo^H Springs, Ala., at 12.40 o'clock p. m. Both were colored an 1 ware hanged froE^J jhe same beam. Both professed religion tore ascending the gallows.