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THE NEW WEATHER CHIEF. WilliN L. .Moore Haw a Forecasting: System of His Own. Willis L. Moore, who has been appointed Chief of the Weather Bureau at Washington i by Secretary Morton, was chosen because of ' his remarkable ability as a weather fore WEATHEE CHIEF WILLIS L. MOORE. caster. He has had charge of the Chicago weather forecasting bureau for yeiirs, aud has a system of his own. which ho has kept a secret, but which he will apply in the future to the official forecasts. The result, it is expected, will bt- moro faithful predictions than havd ever been made before. Chief Moore entered the service when a boy, : and is familiar with the details of all its branches. He is a Republican in politics. CORNELL'S CREW BEATEN. * The Trinity Hall Men Won at Henley by Seven Lengths. Cornell's attempt to capture the grand Challenge Cup at the Henley (England) regatta ended in a fiasco. The Americans led their competitors, the Trinity Hal) crew, grandly in the second heat of the race until three-quarters of the distance had been covered. Then an accident disabled one of their men and they were thrown out of the competition. The struggle is finished as far as Cornell is concerned, and finished without a genuine test with a single one of the English crews. The Americans took the lead over Trinitj Hall at the very start and maintained if ? ? s\f Twinning until f hp WllU overjr muitoiivu ui otuu.up, mile post was nearly reached. The Cambridge men were gaining slightly, but Cornell^ lead was then more than half n length. Fennell caught a crab, and the oar handle struck hitn a blow in the side which completely disabled him. His companions tried to help him. and made three attempts to row on without his aid, but this was impossible. The Ithaca lad* rowed themselvee to a standstill. The long, surprising stroke of their opponents thoroughly wore down the shorter, snappier stroke of the Americans, and in the end the Trinity Hall men finished seven length? in frout, intho fast time of seven minutes fifteen seconds. The immediate cause of Cornell's defeat was the col'apse of Fennell. who rowed No. 6, and who tumbled from his seat at the finish in a dead faiut. The loud claims tc "fairness," ''gentlemanliness" and ''sportsmanlike conduct," of which Englishmen are so fond of boasting when 1 hey are victors were well negatived by their conduct at the conclusion of the race. The crowds on the river banks and in the boats along the shore were frantic with delight at Cornell's unfortunate situation. The Britishers were wild with delight when Trinity passed Cornell at the three-quarterx post, but words failed to express their degree of enthusiasm wheD Trinity Hall won and Cornell trailed along past the grand stand. Then the Cornell men were received with biases. They stopped rowing before they passed the judges, whe hoisted the sign "Not Rowed Out." The band played''God Save the Queen" as the crowd cheered itself hoarse, and poor Fennell lay as if dead in the bottom of the Cornel) boat, while his nearest companions splashed water in his face. The general opinion is that the Cornell crew were hopelessly overtrained, and that there was no climate or malaria about it. LIVES LOST AT A FIRE. A Stable Burnett In Detroit and a Xambet of Employee Couldn't Kucajic. Fire started in Case's livery barn, a Tourstory brick structure in Detroit. Mich., shortly after 2 o'clock a. m. Two hours later, when the firemen had succeeded in gaining control of the flames, the barn was a complete wreck and six men were dead as the result of the Are. The dead are John Shaw, aged thirty eight, oiler. Detroit; John Bowman, twenty, second cook, Bay City; Thomas Webb, fiftyfive, painter. Detroit; Edward Hughes, thirty, ehamoisman, London, Canada; James R. Shaw, twenty-three, harness maker, Caledonia. Canada: Charles Davis, stockman, Detroit. The barnmen occupied quarters ou the fourth floor, and the flames spread so rapidly that they were unable to escape by the stairway. Ladders were raised and most of them escaped by them. One of the men, John Cummins, became frenzied, and. after throwing out a bundle of clothing, threw himself headlong cut of a window. He landed at the feet of the firemen, and his? skull was crushed. It was after 4 o'clock before the firemen were able to enter the building. They mado their way to the fourth floor. In a room in the northeast corner were found the bodies of John Shaw and John Bowman. They occupied the same bed, and had evidently been suffocated. Thomas "Webb, who slept in a room in the northwest corner, was also suffocated. Then the bodies of James R. Shaw and Edward Hughe* wen1 found. They had tried to escape. Both were badly burned. Of the seventy-twc horses stabled in the base meat not one wa? injured. They were found standing in about three feet of water and were all removed safely. Froralnent People. Three large rooms were needed to hold all the eightieth-birthday presents recentlj given to Bismarck. When Dr. W. 0. Grace, the English cricket ohampion, makes a run he carries with him 250 pounds of flesh. M. Faure is the most popular President France has had in many years. Joseph B. Steams, tho inventor of the duplex system of telegraphy, died at Camden, Me., aged sixty-five. Crispi'scoat of mail recalls the fact that Bismarck wore a steel shirt forsome time after he was fired upon in Berlin, many years ago. Three eminent German artists celebrate their eightieth birthdays this year?Schrader. Menzel and Achenbaeh, the father of Max Alvary. General Lord Roberts has refused to ac * onnnintmont of Commander-ill. CCpi HID ? Chief of the British A.nny, to succeed the Duke of Cambridge. Henry M. Stanley will run for the British Parliiunent again. Wneu he was last a candidate lie was defeated, and the voters hissed him and his beautiful wife. The ex-Empress Frederick has a special scrap-book in which she collects all tho current anecdotes relating to members of the Prussian and English royal families. Dr. F. E. Clark, founder of tho Christian Endeavor, is snid to dislike very much the name "Father Clark," as it gives the impression of an old rnau, whereas he is only fortyfour. It is said that $250,000 is the amount of the fee paid by the Chiaese Government to ex-Secretary of State Foster for his services in securing the treaty with Japan. He was also offered, it is reported, any decoration in the gift of the Emperor of China, but declined this honor. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED Washington Item*. Attorney-General Harmon telegraphed Assistant District Attorney McKissick at San Francisco to use his discretion in taking an appeal in the Stanford case or amending the original bill, as he, in his judgment, might deem proper. Henry Clay England, a lawyer of Rockville, Mi!., was struck by an electric car on t he outskirts of Washington and was killed instantly. Reports of the flnai trial of the Olympia, which reached the Navy Department, show that the vessel maintained a speed of nearly twenty kuots in Sausalito Channel for four hours on natural draught, which is greater than expected. Secretary Herbert wroto to Commodore Sicard censuring the Brooklyn Navy Yard methods. Ton ships of the United States Navy have been placed under the command of Rear-Admiral Bunce for squadron practice at sea. John W. Foster has arrived at his home in Washington from China, where he served as counselor to the Chinese pence envoys in the negotiations to end the war with Japan. Mr. Foster has been absent from Washington on this mission nearly seven months. Secretary Herbert's investigation of the labor system in Brooklyn Navy Yard led to the removal of Naval Constructor Fernald and Civil Engineer Asserson. President Cleveland has pardoned Edmund I. Crittenden, of Kentucky, sentenced on June 28, 1894, to eighteen months' imprisonment in the Ohio Penitentiary on the charge of robbing the mails. Secretary Carlisle has directed thatthe new revenue cutter now being built for service alone: the New England coast be named the Daniel Manning, and that the one being built for service on the great lakes be named the W. Q. Gresham, both after former Secretaries of the Treasury. The appointment of Willis L. Moore, of Illinois, as Chief of the Weather Bureau was announced from the White House. Fishermen who, bv squatter sovereignty, occupy shanties at Sandy Hook, wore ordered to leave by the War Department. They threatened to resist eviction by arms. The Stato Department instructed Ambassador Eustis to take steps for the relief of exConsul Waller, who is ill in a French prison. Domestic. HECOBD OF TRH LE.VGCTIt CLUBS. pp- JVr Clubs. Wop. t/>4\ r'. <"lnS?. Wrv*. Pt. Baltimore 34 22 .fi07 Philadel. ..32 27 .542 Pittsburg..39 27 .501 Brooklyn. .:'3 29 .532 Boston..,. 34 24 .5SC N'ew York.31 31 .492 Chicago.. .40 29 .580 Wash'nc'n^S 35 .397 Cincinnati.36 27 .571 St. Louis, .22 43 .333 Cleveland.. 38 29 .GC7iLouisvillp.ll 49 .183 In New York City Michael McGowan layin wait for his sweetheart. Rosle Finn, who had rejected liim. and shot her dead. Z. T. Lewis, a banker and broker at Ansonia, Ohio, disappeared; he was accused of forcing bonds to the amount of ?120.000. The SchiH'tzenfest at Glendale Park, Long Island, N. Y., came to an end and F. C. Ross, of Williamsburg, was crowned ''shooting king." Daniel Werling was hanged at Pittsbursr, Tenn. He murdered his wife at her market stand on April 17. 1894. A mob visited the house of a colored man named Youncr, one mile north of Mount Ple.isant, Texas, in search of a horse thief supposed to bo concealeJ in the house. The moo urea on me lamuy, iuiunx ?u ci^iuobuyear-old sou and fatally wounding Mrs. Young. James McAvoy, a wife murderer, eluded a policeman and committed suicide by throwing himself under an elevated railway train in New York City. Ex-Police Inspector McLaughlin, of Now York City, was released on 430,000 bail pending the decision of the Court of Appeals as to a new trial. Governor Altgeld made charges of bribery against members of the Illinois Xegislature. Senator Blackburn has been called off the stump in Kentucky by the Democratic State Central Committee because of his free silver views. A tornado of terrific violence and widespread extent swept over tho country near NewtoD. Kan., destroying everything in its path. Four houses were wrecked and over thirty farm houses destroyed. Tweuty-flve persons were injured, seven of them fatally. One man was killed and sixteen peoplo were injured in a trolley-car accident at East Liverpool. Ohio. Josiah Chamberlain, a farm hand, went to his wife's boarding place at Norwich, N. Y., and after firing two bullets into her nock and abdomen killed himself. Justice Gaynor, of Brooklyo, granted to ex-Police Inspector McLaughlin, of New York City, a certificate of reasonable doubt, which acts as a stay of judgment pending decision by the Court of Appeals. The President and Mrs. Cleveland received countle?s congratulations at "Gray Gables," Buzzard's Bay, Mass., on the birth of their daughter. Abram Eckert, janitor of the Hi^h School inNanticoke, Penn., killed wealthy Frederick T. Bittenbender, chairman of a school committee. At Sun Luis Obispo. Cul.,, ex-Governor Stevenson, of Idaho, committed suicide by taking laudanum. So was a great sufferer from sciatica. Defender's trial trip, indicated that sho will have wonderful racing qualities. Sheriff Tamsen removed Warden Raabe and Keepers Schneer and Schoen, of Ludlow Street Jail, New York City, because of the lax discipline which permitted the escape of the Postofflce robbers, Killoran, Allen and Russell. Charles J. Kinsler, a Philadelphia alderman, was shot and killed, evidently by accident, while watching a flag-raising. Grover and Lola, aged eleven and thirteen years respectively, children of William Shultz, of Marceline, 111., were drowned in Bear Creek. Grovor was bathing in the creek, and the girl. hearing his screams, went to rescue him from drowning. Dernberg, Glick Jc Horner, proprietors of the Leader, one of the large department stores of Chicago, have failed. Creditors hold a chattel mortgage for 8225,000. It is said that the assets of the firm will realiza over ?400.000. Three people were drowned in the Delaware River at Beverly, N. J., by the capsizing of a boat. They were John Anderson, Frank Bevan-, a bicycle manufacturer, and Miss Marambeck. Foreign Note*. Nicola* Tierola. head of the revolutionary party iu Peru, has been elected President of the ltepublic. Tomas P.ilma wns officially declared President of the Cuban revolutionary party in Atner ca, and JIanuel Sanguilly the homo President. The Minister of the Interior of Korea has fled; the Kins had ordered his arrest ou the charge of treason. Spain asked for a disavowal of the Ambassador Eustis alleged interview, in which he was reported to say that the United States favored the cause of the Cuban insurgents, and a denial was officially made by Minister Taylor at Madrid. Cornell University crew won the first heat at the Henley regatta in England owing to the failure of the Leander crew, their strongest rivals, to finish the race. Fire destroyed 'ISO houses in the town of Samitow. Government of Lomaha, Poland. Two thousand people were rendered homeless. The Prince of Wales announced that he would not be able to visit the United States to see the America's Cup yacht race. Th<? railway station at Dortmund, Ger many, \v:is destroyed l>y lltv and two men wen* Killed by the falling of its walls. Ambtu-oa'lor Must is pn'-siclo.l ut the Fourth of July banquet given in I'aris by the Arnurican Chamber of Commo/ce. Michael Clearv was convicted in Ireland of burning his wife to death as a witch. A dispatch from Madrid, Spain, sav3 that a committee of the Ministers will arrange a settlement of the Mora claim. Four hundred Cuban insurgents, under Amador Guerra, were defeated in two battles in I'alma Salta?, Cuba. Their leader and three lieutenants wore killed, together with sixty men. The loss of the Government troops was seventeen killed and about the same number wounded. Expeditions for Cuba are leaving North, South and Central America. A WAYE OF DEVASTATION Storms Sweep Over Many States With Fatal Effect. A FIERCE GALE IN CHICAGO. Severe Storms in Various Parts of the "West and South?More than Forty People Perish and Loss Estimated at Millions, Caused by Winds and Floods?Fields of Grain Swept Bare. Tlie entire eastern watershed of the Rocky Mountains, from the Nebraska and Iowa lines to Texas, was swept by a fierce and destructive storm. Iteports of loss of life and destruction of property camo with every telegram. and the dowupour, which was at first regarded as a blessing, grew into a wave of devastation. Fields of grain that promised the most bountiful yield in many years were swept bare of vegetation. In several instances the seas of rain were abetted in their work of destruction by tornadoes. The loss was appalling, and tho.se to whom the angry elements spared life have little left to sustain it. The stories of storm were so similar that a statistical summary is all loft to tell. The storm's focus embraced an area of 200 miles square, with the southwestern corner of Missouri as the centre. The greatest loss of life is reported from Winona, Mo. whore twelve corpses were found, and as many more persons wore reported missing. At Baxter Springs, in Southwestern Kansas, five were killed and eleven seriously injured by a tornado that accompanied the storm. One person w;i3 drowned at Columbus' and two at Ottawa, Kan. At Vun Bnren, Ark., a woman and her child were drowned. A family of five were encamped on the banks of Fisk Creek, in the Indian Territory. Nothing <?f them or their belongings was found after the storm except a part of their wagon on a pile of driftwood. At Thornasville, Mo., where the rainfall was four inches in one hour, live lives were lost. Reports were received of loss of life as follows: Three at Fayetteville. Ark.: one at Paoli, Kan.: one at Richards, Kan., and six of a hunting party in the ludian Territory. This gives a known and probable loss of forty-three lives. This total, it was thought, would be increased when the receding water permitted a thorough search. The loss in property can be placed in the millions. Dwellings, fences, and farm buildings were carried ofT and wasron and railroad bridges swept away. Thirty of the eighty buildings la Winona, Mo., succumbed. Five residences, a churcli and a warehouse went down ut Baxter Springs. Six bridges went oat in Russell County. Kansas. About Jefferson City, Mo., many square miles of growing grain were covered witti debris. Traffic on the Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad was temporarily suspended. Reports of damage to property other than above noted oome from five points in Kansas, nine in Missouri, six in Arkansas, and two in the Indian Territory. The storm spent itself in Illinois, but, having lost its forc?, provod a b'essing to crops. The above summaries give ouly a fraction of loss in property. The greatest burden falls upon the farmers, as the season is too far spout to plant new crops, and suffering must surely follow in the storm's wake. Details of individual suffering and experiences recall the horrors of the Johustowu disaster. Winona. Mo., was one-third wiped out by a cloudburst. Eleven persons were drowned and the financial loss will reach at least $Gi),000. The dead are: The Rev. G. W. Duncan, Mrs. G. W. Duncan, Mi-s Mattle Duncan, Mrs. Crawford, "laughter of G. W. Duncan; Miss Crawford. Mrs. George Kevins, Norma Nevits. daughter of L. Lloyd Wrighm. Maggie Cannon, John Morris, Mrs. Kevins. The bodies ot Mrs. Crawfoni. Maggie Cannon and Mrs. Kevins were found two miles below the town. At iu.o ciock p. in. mere w;is au .hyiui iuirent raging, and the water stood from four to twelve feet in the streets. A half hour later, with the downpour unabated, many of the buildings were no longer able to Resist the avalanche of water and boiran breaking and drifting with the current. Pike Creek, which runs through the northwestern part of town, caught the debris and the struggling people carrying all away toward Current River. The lightning was vivid, and quick, successive flashes showed men, women and children struggling in the torrent. They were clinging to brokeri timbers, and cries for help could be beard above the roar and din. At Willow Springs, Mo., the storm had developed into a cloudburst near Winona. Seven bodies were recovered from the flood and it was feared that the loss of life would reach fifteen. At Highland. 111., a clcuburst did great damage. In many fields the water was deep enough tc swim a horse. Hundreds of shocks of wheat were destroyed, miles of fencing were washed away, and much live stock was drowned. A windstorm extending from Anselm,N. D,, fifteen miles west of Fargo, and from one to two miles wide, damaged <10.000 to 40,000 acres of grain, throw buildings from th?lr fnuvwlafistiw !?rwl ilitlncAfl fhn Pmintrv. Four inches of raiu fell in A few hours. A terrific storm struck El Iteno. Oklahoma. Many small frame structures were overturned and great damage was done to some of the best buildings in the city. The Kerfoot Hotel was perforated with flying gravel stones that broke nearly all the windows out of the west .side. The l'irst National Bank front was blown in. One of the worst storms in the history of Peoria. III., swept over the city, followed by a light rain. Great damage was done to buildings. sevoral being twisted and moved from their foundations. The roofs of several business buildings wore blown to the street, and the running of street cars was seriously interfered with. Awnings were toru down and windowssmashed in. West of there the damage was great. A terrific wind and raiu storm struck Chicago, III., and caused disaster ami several deaths. The first warning of the storm was at 6 p, m. in the shape of dense elouus of dust whirled along at a tremendous speed and before which men found difficulty in standing. It was less than a half hour when the force of the tornado had spent itself, but the rain poured in torrents for an hour longer. At 11 o'clock p. m. the list of fatalities in the city was said to be at least eight or ten. Charles Kline, John Ross aud Charles Leesbrook were sailing in a boat named the Pilot. Thev had been out to the Government Breakwater, about a mile from the Chicago shore of the lake. They started for shore shortly before the squall struck them, and they were drowued in sight of thousands. The damage to the property through the city was great, especially in the business portion. Thousand of dollars' worth of plate glass windows were broken, and many buildings were flooded by the breaking of pipes, roofs and other parts of the buildings. The day had been one of the most oppressively hot of the season, and tens of thousands of persons had sought the parks. The storm caught them and thousands were drenched. Up to a late hour, bedraggled women and crying children erowded the street cars At the Call Park a crowd of 8000 watched the Chicago-Cleveland contest aud stayed until caught in the down pour; xeiegrapn aud electric light wires were broken. The Dispatch, a small steam launch, wont down in the middle of tho hike, at Lake Geneva, Wis., at 6 a. m., and six persons, all on board, were drowned. They wore: Dr. Franc, Assistant Superintendent of the Insane Asylum at Elgin. III.. Mrs. Frauc, his wife, and their child; Father Iiogan. Catholic priest at Harvard, III.; Mrs. liogau, his sister-in-ilaw. of Harvard, III.; John L'reston. of Lako Geneva, engineer of the boat. Tho Dispatch had beeu hired for the day by tho party. The engineer advised remaining in harbor at Camp Elgin, but his passengers insisted on crossing tho lake to Kayes Park. When about midway across the squall struck tho boat, and she went down in 250 feet of water. All on board sank at once. A tornado swept over Pine Bluff, Ark,, and adjacent territory at 11 o'clock p. m. Small buildings and numerous parts of houses in the city wero hurled away for great distances. A tornado swept across Eatonton and Morgan County in Georgia. At Willard station, 1 Ga., every house was wrccked and Henry Adams, white, and Bob Hardy, colored, wen killed. Buildings, fences and crops on the 1] Martin plantation were carried away. Ovet r in Morgan County Andrew Penick"? * farm buildings and house were blown away. Penick and his family were buried in the falling timbers, and Pen- ? ick and his wife were badly hurt. The home A of Jim Collier was demolished and two ol his children were fatally injured. Robertson's plantation was swept clear of everything standing.' The Robertson family took refuge in tbe cellar. Twenty persons were n badly injured. " r i TRIO 0" GIRLS NOW. A The President's Third Daughter Born at ''Gray Gables," ilia Summer Home. At "Gray Gables," the summer home of President Cleveland, at Buzzard's Bay, Mass., a little girl was born to Mrs. Cleveland at 4.30 o'clock p. m. Dr. Joseph D. Bryant, the attending physician, said that mother Be and child were doing well. r DB. J. D. BEY ANT. g' (The family physician of the Clevoland3.) tr 1 I* Ruth and Esther, the other daughters of :{, Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland, were born respective- ~ ly on October 3. 1391, and on September 9, 1893. Ruth was born at Mr. Cleveland's residence at 816 Madison avenue, in New York ^ City, which was the Cleveland*' home for a y time after they left the White House in 18S9. j Ruth weighed eiajht pounds at her birth. . Esther was born in the White House after Mr. Cleveland's second term had be^un. ^ h< RIVER STbAMbR LU3I. ,n Passenzer* Drowned in tha Wreck of the P1 Lady Lee on the Mississippi. Six persons were known to have been \Y drowned, and two others were believed to 111 have gone down with the steamer Lady Lee, which ran into a sua? and sank in the ce Mississippi River at the head of Island Forty, near Memphis. Tenn. tfc The known victims are Harry Robinson, a baker; Mary Windex, passenger, bound for w Dean's Island; her female companion, whose th name is unknown; Colonel IVvaeher.paasen- ri ger. bound for Osceola; Mrs. Mamie Stewart, cr bound for Dean's Island, and Teter Watson, bi colored, of Memphis. w The steamer, which was a stern wheeler, in o^ued by James Lee A Co., of Memphis, left si Memphis for Osceola at four o'clock p. m. st ' She carried many deck and cabin passengers m I and a fair cargo. Captain Henry Cooper was in charge. ' " sp | At the head of Island Forty a stop was si; m.vle to discharge some freight. The vessel bi backed out anil was about a hundred yards ai from shore wheu she struck a snag, which sc ripped a great hole in her hull near the VI wheel. in The pilot headed for shore, and the en- 01 gineers put on lull steam, with the hope of ot running aground. The vessel had proceeded ta only a few feet shoreward when sue gave a great lurch. The passenger.?, in obedience ta to Captain Cooper, had flocked on top of the Bi hurricane deck. When the boat lurched a w great many jumped overboard. J( The engineers, tindiug themselves neck in high in water, turned on the last pound of bj steam and ran on deck. The boat righted ci herself and hurried shoreward, until the di j waters extinguished the fires and the wheels th stopped and tho steamer secwea :uia phqk. The water was flfte*n feet deep at that point, and the passengers who had not jumped or fallen overboard were taken ashore in the small boats. 4 | MRS. 0'LEARY_DEAD. I She Owned the Famous Cow That Started P* the Great Chicago Fire. pC Mrs. Catherine O'Leary, wno was the Qi owner of tho fractious cow which, fn a barn ra in the rear of No. 137 De Kover street, on a 10 memorable eight in October. 1371, kicked m over a lamp and started a blaze which cost Chicago $19 >,003,000, is dead. Since the ?n night of mat historic conflagration Mrs. o? O'Leary's life was embittered by the popular m belief that sue indirectly was responsibie for ro | the loss of life and enormous destruction of th property. She denied tho .story vigorously, w and to tho committee which investigated the Are and its causes made affidavit that the fa allegations about herself and the cow and rc the lamp were uot true: but the world was T' against her. Then she became silent. En- fa treaties and flattering monetary offers were a alike unavailing. She would say neither yea nor nay, even to her friends, and a request to tell the story for publication usually aroused her to a pitch of frenzy : n AGREED TO DIE TOGETHER. I S. A. Field* Kills HU Wife anil Child and ] Then Commits Suicide. ju 8. A. Fields, until recently editor nf tlxe m Post at Polo. Mo., out the throats of his wife 3t and baby with a razor, aud then ended his life in the same manner. The bodies wero g( found in a garden 200 yards troai the house C( of his father-in-law, live miles from Meai- A. ville, Mo. Fields an 1 his family were visit- bt iii? there at the time. A note was found in Mrs. FieMs's pocket saying that everything d< they bad was to be left to her mother, Mrs. ei Thomas. fl< It is evident that Fields aud bis wife hal rs agreed to die together, for she went into the ta house after they ha I left it, put on an old cl dress, and then wont back to be killed. Fields was a lawyer by profession ami was ai about thirty-live years of a^e. but had made st a failure of his oractice. Two years ago he d< attempted his own life by throwing himself E out of asacoud-story window. 9C at LITTLE GIRLS MURDERED. ei ! A Sories of Terrible Crimes on the Out- ^ skirts of London. A series of outrages and murders of little ui girls of ages ranging from four to seven years p hasreated great excitement among the work- ft ing classes in the district of Walthamstow, seven miles northeast of London, England. Within two months flvo little ones have been decoyed from near their homes and vanished completely. Searching parties have subsequeufly found their bodies in the it llelds stripped of all their clothing, and giv- yi iaa evidence of the most outrageous treatment. In every <-ase the victims have n been children who haw. been playing g( along the roadside or on their way in the dls I charge of short erraiMs. run luimcuuuo cause of di'ath iiv every instance hits bean P strangulation. Tho miscreant usually hides n the bodies of his victims iu secluded places iu the llelds aud under budges and covers ci them with leaves. w cl Woraati 'J'ies the Knot. > K<n\ Ella G. Thorp, a roving preacher, and ^ a young couple from D -utley, Ivan.. met by ^ appointment at tho Keystone Hotel ju Wichita, Kan., and the lady performed the c| wedding ceremony. The couple were L. C. n Kennedy and Sirs. S. F. Helvie. The wed- ic ding attracted much atteution from the fact that a woman tied the knot. It i.s the Jlrst . instance of tho kind knowu to have occurred 1 in Kansas. | Big Fire at Oswego, N. 1". At Oswego, N. 1".. s?verai buildings on East Second street, occupied by mercantile tj firms, were destroyed by lire. The loss was ri $153,000 and insurance $80,450. Mrs. Isaac v Bond, forcy-fleveu years old, was seriously tl i b turned. mt RIOT B KM. j Fourth of July Parade of Various ^ Orders Put to Rout. ISTOLS DRAWN AND FIRED. ( "Little Red School Ilouse" and tho Orange Ribbons Started the Fight, and 1 After Several Encounters the recession Was Broken Up?A Cavalryman Rescues Distressed Women. The Fourth of July parade of tho various icieties of Boston, Mass., and vicinity at ast Boston ended in a pitched battle be- 1 peen aomo of the paraders and tho specta- ( ?rs, in which sticks, stones and revolvers t ere used with fatal effect. The paradore ? presented A. P. A. lodges, Patriotic Sons 9 ! America, Orango lodges, the Order of I nited Workmen, and other kindred socle- f es. t John W. Wills, a laborer of East Boston, t ' - I - A i n.lu t le 01 iu? apeciaions, wiw auui uuu m.nuui.; Hod. and Michael Doyle, of East Bostou, ^ id his head split open with a club. A c >ung man named Stewart had his nose cut ? I with a sabre in the hands of out) of tho j! iraders, Patrick Kelly sustained a sevore J alp wound, whether from a club or a bul- J t was not known, and Officer A. S. Bates ? as hit in the mouth with a brick thrown by f 1 unknown person, and lost several toetn ' asides suffering from severe lacerations. It is claimed that the trouble all resulted , om tho persistence or those who managed ? te parade in introducing as a feature afloat * presenting, "the little red school house," * hich from its association as the emblem of : te American Protective Association had jcome obnoxious to many porsons. So reat was the interest excited by this con- ? oversy and the expressed determination of e ie paraders to display the school house J lat fully 30.000 visitors (gathered (lt East oston. The police officials, in anticipation * ! any hostile demonstration, had a special |uadof 350 men.underthejdirectionofDepur Superintendent Pierce'and Captain Irish, * i addition to the East Boston force, on duty, J it they marched at the head of the nroccs- * on. J At soveral points tho crowd hissed at the * rteen hundred paraders, and the school ? juse. but uo further demonstration was . ade until the rearof the parade hud reached * utnam street, when the crowd tried to over- ? irn the last carriage, in which rode several . dies, one wearing an orange costume. 'ord was sent to the front for police assistice, and a squad of twenty oflicers was sent ick. A skirmish followed between tho owd and the officers and Michael Doyle re- F lived a severe clubbing. Stewart's noso was cut off by a saber in ie hands of Albert E Andrews, of Evcrott, * Crivate in tho Rosebury Horse Guards, o was in full uniform, and who went to ie assistance of the occupants of the car- ? age. By this incident the feeling of the owd was intensified, and when the parade . oice up and those who had participated ' ?! ?> nmftjoHina in .>iimniTiiW to the ferrV orifrr to roach Boston, a group of between xty and seventy was surrounded on Border J reel by a crowd, who commenced hooting ' id throwing stones. A dozen revolvers were drawn and in re?on.se to the fusillade of stone* eight or nine " iota were flreii. The firing of the revolvers jj ought a large body of police to the spot ? id the mob was soon dispersed. As tho s nne was cleared the officers found John illisdeadin thestreet. wltha bullet wound . , his right side, and Patrick A. Kelly seri- ? isly wounded about the head. Several J her persons, slightly injured, had been I ken away by their friends. J It was claimed by six witnesses who were ? ken to the station house that Harold 2 rown, who was arrested, did the shooting t hich killed Wills and wounded Kelly. ? )hn Ross, also arrested, was said to have jjurod several ethers who were taken away j! ' their frionds. Wills was a laborer by oc- 1 ipation, and leaves a widow and six chil en. There is deep feeling over the affair a j-oughout Boston. a BREAK DOWN OF A BRIDGE. 0 *x a 1 D?fnfn a RImt. $ and Several Fatally Injured. At six o'clock p. m. while about 300 of the >puJ.ition of Bristol, Ind., a village of 500 >pulation, were gathered on a bridge span- j ng the St. Joseph River, watching a tub ce, 100 feet of the sidewalk went down, Trying with it about 100 persons. The dis- e nee was thirty feet, and the iron fell on s any of those in the water. The town became crazed with excitement, i i a 9hort time, by almost superhuman j forts, the frightened people were all re- i oved from the water, physicians from surtunding country hurried to the place, and { e injured cared for as well as circumstances t ould permit. c None w;is killed outright, but several were a tally injured, among them Dr. C. E. Dut- j w. Twenty-three were seriously hurt. a wenty others received olinor injuries. In r ct, nearly every one on the bridge suffered wound of some kind. , A DARING ESCAPE. e c liree Dangerous Criminals Break Jail In . New York City. c Joe" Killoran 'Charlie Allen and t Harry" Russell, notorious criminals await- f ,g examination on the charge of robbing r any nostoffices, escaped from Ludlow :reet Jail. New York City, ou the Fourtli r .'July. t Allen snatched tho jail keys from Keeper i :hneer, and while Killoran and Iiusaell ( >vored the terrified man with revolvers j lien unlocked the three doors which stood t jtween them and liberty. 9 Then the burglars walked out, locking the ^ sors behind them, thus shutting their jail's in and delaying pursuit. As the men 3d northward in Ludlow street they sepaited, just as the crowd attracted by the irdy alarm of the keepers began to give , lase. 1 Killoran ran for the Second avenue "L," ( id Allen and Russell, who had evidently ] udied the route, bolted into alleys in the r 3nsely orowded tenement district between c ssex and Norfolk streets, crossed roofs, de- ? sended fire escapes, plunged into cellars, 1 look off pursuit and disappeared. How the men got possession of the revolv- c s with which they cowed the keeper was a g ysfery, but there was a strong suspicion g lat bribery was at the bottom of the jallreaking, whlca was one of the most rearkable on record. A reward of $10.0 cach was offered by the ederal authorities for the recapture of the ireo thieves. ? The Labor World. London has '200,000 factory girls. Vermont has 24,8W persons employed in s factories und turns out an annual product I atued at $30,340,066. ^ Men attending the pans in salt works are ever known to have chalerv, small pox, :arlet fever or influenza. a Canadian carpet manufacturers are com- b laining of the competition of carpets and lgs made by prison labor in British India. " The American flint glass workers have acspted last year's sea e, except engravers, u ho were reduced ten to twenty per cent, on j aeaper grapes. k The International Bakers' Unions have inited the Independent Bakers' Unions to join 10m in their efforts in trying to Lave the nkers' laws strictly enforced. Missouri, by her Supreme Court, has de- ? lared unconstitutional the law which placed ? istrictions upon the discharge of men be- ^ mging to labor organizations. Five thousand throe hundred and sixtyiree white men and 40,888 natives are emloyed in the sixty-seven gold mines at the land, Transvaal. South Africa. c In Paris male domestic servants are en- j duraged to marry, as they are observed to ? e more settled ana attentive to their duties lan when bachelors. In London suoh marlages are discouraged, as rendering serauts more attentive to their own families han to those of their masters. e b i 1LMTEB OF PlfflilS [ Terrible Collision on the Grand Trunk Railway in Canada. ;ars telescoped and wrecked 'ho Second Soctlon of an Excursion Train Dashes at Full Speed Int3 the First? ?ne ?icuin* ner? x~injnmo >v .? Shrine of St. Anne de Beaupre?An Kn< Elncer's Awful Blunder. A terrible accident occurred on the Grand Trunk Railroad at Craig's Road, Quebec, Canada. A special excursion passenger rain, rushing along in tho darkness of the iarly morning, crashed into another excUrion train preceding it, killed thirteen peo>le, and wounded thirty. The trains were llled with pilgrims en route from 8her> >rooke, Richmond and Windsor Mills o Levis, where they were to cross over 0 Quebec and proceed to the shrine at 8t. Lnne de Beau pre. One was following the ?ther and there was supposed to be an inerval of twenty minutes between them. Che forward train was making good time, laving left Richmond at 10 o'clock the light before. On the rear of this train was 1 Pullman car, in which were the priests ind others in charge of the party, and it was ?? fVila nir fhaJ- most of the loss of life oo lurred. The first train reached Craig's Road about I a. m., and stopped at the tank to take pater. Due precautions were taken, and he semaphore was thrown to danger. Only ho train men were about. The Pullman car n the rear was wrapped in silence. Suddenly there was a great crash?the econd train coming at full speed had dashed nto the rear Pullman of the first section, lo great was the impetus of the colliding rain that the encrtne embedded itself in the talace car, and the latter plunged forward ind partially telescoped the first-cln&scarlmnediately In front. Every berth in the Pulluan was wrecked, and some of the occupants vho were killed never knew what hap>ened to them. They died sleeping. Others iwoke to their horrible surroundings and osition, maimed, bleeding, and bruised, concious of litl le but tho agony that racked hem. It was an awful scene. The cries of he wounded, the moans of the dying, the outpouring of passengers from cars that rere not badly damaged, and the hui . i:.g orms of the uninjured trainmen, with thuir lickering lanterns, all combined to make a ight seldom exceeded in tragic horror. The work of rescue was begun as soon as lossible. When the blinding clouds of team had subsided the trainmen, priests^ nd others pot together and the deaa ana rounded were taken from the ruins of the ngine, the Pullman, and the first-class car nd removed to temporary quarters, where ha women of the party ministered s best they could to the wants of the aatmed pilgrims. They tore off their dotting and made bandages for gaping wounds nd tried, in the absence of enough medical id to go round, to stanch the flow of blood nd properly cleanse the wounds. All of the rounded who could be moved were plaoed n board and sent to Levis. ft is hard to say when the blame for the ccident rests. It has been suggested that Jngineer McLeod of the colliding train may lave dozed off to sleep and then have missed eeing the warning semaphore and was* unonsclous of his whereabouts. The following is a list of the dead: 'harles Bedard, mail clerk. Richmond; Miss ledard, Richmond; Hector McLeod, engineer, tichmond; Richard L. Perkins, fireman, Richmond; the Rev. J. L. Mercier, Riohnond: the Rev. F. P. Dignan, Windsor Mills; Ir. Cogan, Richmond; Miss Valin, St. oseph de' Levis: Miss Phaneuf. St. Joseph le* Levis; Mrs. J. B. Cayer, Danville; Mts3 )elicourte, Shefford; aunt of Miss Vatin, lame unknown, St Joseph de' Levis; John )'Farrell, Capleton. The scene in the Hotel Dieu. at Levis, ,fter the arrival of the wounded from the trrectt was sometning wawu nu. <3y%-YiiLu.^ao an never forget. The unfortunate pilgrims .11 occupied beds in different wards of the lospital, and were attended by physicians ?f Levis and Quebec and by nuns and ladies if Levis. The cries of some of them were earful to hear. HOT FICHTINC IN CUBA. insurgents Lost 280 and Spaniards Fifty in One Battle. Advices from Santiago de Cuba are to the fleet that Major Sanchez, commanding a Ipanish Government force, discovered 1500 nsurgents under command of the rebel ihief, Eabi, strongly posted near Manzanllo. Major Sanchez sent a message to Major iznar inviting him to join forces and attack he rebels. The insurgents captured the aessenger and hanged him. They then sent t reply to Major Sanchez's message, signing lajor Aznar's name to it, directing that an attack on the insurgents be made at another lolnt Major Sanchez fell into the trap and ad'anced as directed in the forged message, lis force was attacked suddenly by the rebils In a narrow defile. The insurgents vinrrTA/i iho Sniinish trooos in fine style. The troops were unable to manoeuvre owng to the lack of space. Two sergeants, me at the head of thirty and the other at he head of twelve men, gained commanding lositions, and succeeded in checking the inurgents, shooting all that came within auge of their rifles. Their fire was so deadly that the rebels nade no further attempt to charge and the roops were enabled to escape from the defile n which they had been ambushed. The Jovernment force then attacked the main josstions of the rebels and compelled them o retreat. The insurgents lost 280 killed. Che Government loss was fifty killed and vounded. Lincoln Day in Connecticut, October 15. Both Houses of the Connecticut General Assembly at Hartford passed a bill making )ctober 15 a legal holiday, to be known as Lincoln Day. The General Assembly had jreviously refused to pass a bill making Llnioln's birthday, February 12. a legal holiday >n account of the nearness to Washington's urthday, February 22. The long session of the General Assembly >f 1895, the longest in the history of the itate, extending over a period of more than lx months, was then brought to a close. Wheat Injured In Argentine. The reports from the Argentine Confed ration say tliat tno wneai mere nas Deeu inured by aa excess of rain. Murdered Father acd Son. Howlett Howton was called to his door at ,ewiston, Ky., by a man unknown to him. le was then seized by eight masked men nd taken to a barn in the rear of his house nd shot dead. The men returned to the ouse and murdered Howton's father. The old man begged for mercy, but the len stood him up in the corner of the room a the presence of his wife and daughters, so hat the shots would not hit any_other mem er of the family, and tliu-u urea ssvi-nu Imes. No cause for the double murder is nown. A Freezing Night Out West. Ice formed ou water iu tubs forty miles lorlh of Sioux City, Iowa, on the night of uly 9. The corn looks as if it was injured, 'here were light frosts in low places in iouth Dakota, but no damage was done. Forty Workmen Killed. A caisson of a large bridge in course 0/ onstruction by a French Arm at Nasel-Hama igypt, sank with forty workmen, ail of whom rere killed. duly Four Buffaloes In Captivity. At present there are but four buffaloes on xhibition in the United States, two of thes? sing at Central Park, New York City. ? / V' " ' n CHBISTIAHEfiLEAVOBffl Their Thirteenth International Convention Held in Boston. , THE CITY A TENTED FIELD. | Thousands Camp on the Famous Common ?Mass Meetings Held Dally?The So( clety's Marvelous Growth?A World- . .Wide Organization, With Nearly Two Million Members. There Is hardly a spot on the civilized globe that was not represented at the thirteenth Christian Endeavor Convention, whloh assembled this year In Boston, Mass. The old city was decked in holiday attire to welcome her guests, most of the business houses and publio regiences displaying bunting and emblems. BEV. DB. r. E. CLARK. (Founder of the Y. P. 8. of C. E.) A mammoth dry-goods house in Tremont street had its entire front covered by aa electrical design. The Park Square station of the New Haven road was tastefully decorated. The churches were decked out with flags, and in more than fifty pulpits on the Sunday before the convocation the sermons touched on the convention. The two greut tents on the Common, with > " a capacity of 10,000 people each, were amply equipped with electric lights and *eats arranged as in an amphitheatre. Tho nhorus of t ' 80C0 voices was the largest evur heard in Boston. Whm In mhlrth fhn wnoro! ntihlta JLUU 1Q(HU1V Ui nuivu fcuv nvUw.M. manifested the greatest Interest was I the three great mass meetings hnld oach day iu Mechanics' Hall and iu thn tents. Those were addressed by some of th? most noted evangelists from all parts of the world, and the addresses were supplemented by "open parliament*." lasting for ahaifhourormora. Next In general interest were th?> ' ommittee conferences, held simultaneously at fifteen different churches, each representing a special department of Endeavor work. Another feature which excited great enthusiasm was the State rallies, receptions and general sooial occupations at the State headquarters. These State rallies were held In the different State headquarters In Boston. There were also several loeal receptions at the hotel headquarters, given by the vartoue city delegations to the officers of the United Society. On the third afternoon of the convention an informal reception was tendored to the 8tate and Territorial officers of the Christian Endeavor by the United Society in Cotlan HalL Over 800 Invitations were issued foi this. A unique feature was the series of noondaj meetings held at factories, stores and whnrvM irherever thev could be arranged. More than one hundred .companies of work-' ere organized in various parts of the country i to take charge of these meetings. i The first National Convention of the Young People's Society of. Christian Endeavor wat held in Portland, Me. ("its birthplace), In 1882. The membership then was 481, comprising six societies. At the twelfth convention held in Cleveland, Ohio, in June, 1894; 28,741 societies, with a membership of 1,724,-' 400, were represented. Eev. Dr. Francis E. Clark, of the Williston Church, of Portland, Me., was the originator of the society. Being desirous of inter- - > estlng the young people in church work he Invited them to his house and talked to them about it, and their enthusiasm being aroused, he asked them to sign this pledge: "Trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ foi strength, I promise Him that I will strive tc do whatever He would like to have me do. that I will pray to Him ;md road the Bible every day, and that, just so far as I know how, throughout my whole life, I will endeavor to lead a Christian life. As an active member I promise to be truo to all mj duties, to be present at and to take some part aside from singing In every meeting, unless hindered by some reason which I can conscientiously give to my Lord aud Master, Jesus Christ. If obliged to be absent from the monthly consecration meeting, I will, if? possible, send an excuse for my absence to the society." The first name subscribed to this pledge was that of W. H. Pennell, who has over Bince been prominent In the society. It was not long before every ehuroh In Portland had a similar society. A member of Williston Ohurcb moved to Lincoln. Neb., and carried the idea there. Anotner member moved to South Hadley, Mass., and started a society there. And so it spread, not only throughout this country.but to foreign countries, uutil it has reacned every civilized country on the globe, und, in fact, some which are not civilized. The National Game. Boston has released Pitcher Wilson to Cleveland. Lango, of Chicago, is again troubled with ' Oharlie-horso. Breltenstein, of St. Louis, is being hit very hard of late. Comiskey has seven left-handed batsmen on his St. Paul team. Pitcher Abb9y, late of Chicago, has been signed by Brooklyn. Cleveland is doing sacrifice hitting lately that cannot be beaten. Breitenstcin. of St. Louis, seems to have no torror for the Cincinnatis. Hawley. of Pittsburg, has hit twenty-one men in the games be has pitched this season. First Baseman Stafford, of New Orleans, got 165 for making a home run in a recent game. The Brooklyn team made a season's record by playing four consecutive errorless games. Physicians have decided that Holliday, of Cincinnati, cannot play ball any more this season. Griffith, of Chicago, has won more games thau any other pitcher of the League this 9eason. Anson, of Chicago, is fielding better than ever tbis season, and is far from weak with the stick. The Pittsburgh are depending on "killing the ball" rather than scientific batting for runs. They have lost ground by the prac tice. The Baltimores as fielders, batters and base runners have no superiors, but they are weak in tu<> uox. Catcher Kinslow was released unconditionally by Pittsburg. without being giveu the usualten days' uotice. St. Louis and Louisville are playing good ball, but both teams seem to have more than their share of hard luck. Tucker is playing a marvelous flrat base for Boston. Hh aud Beckley, of Pittsburg, easily lead all the first basemen. First Busman Tebeau. of Cleveland, is weakest on high-thrown balls. Generally it Is just the reverse with first basemen. Bancroft now believes that the Louisville team was organized to go around the country and scaro ball teams which art looking for snaps. _