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BLITIA FIRE OB A106.
WOtJLD-BE LYNCHERS SHOT
DEAD IN OHIO.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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,
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.