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(CONGRESS OF BAPTISTS. 2-* i _ pi .1 ? An Important Conference to Be Held at Providence, R. I. (MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED, . \ 'Jt Will Be tho Most Adequate Representative Body of the Country'* Three and a Half Million Communicants That Has Yet Assembled?John D. Rockefeller to Attend. This has been emphatically a year of great religious gatherings. The Presbyterians at Pittsburg, the Episcopalians at Minneapolis and the Catholics at Washington have made listory in the ir respective denominational ways. It is now the turn of the Baptists. Their congress opens at Providence, R. I., on November 15. It will bo the most adejquate representative body of the country's three and a half million communicants that la* yet assembled. It will be composed of delegates, both clerical and lay, from Bapjtist churches throughout the country. Much [misunderstanding, even among Baptists, exists with raferenco to the work of the conjgress, because it does not assume any governing power. Its chief proviuce is in the reflation of matters polemical and in arranging for a systematic method of evangelisticwork. This year's gathering promises to be unnsually important in point of representation. Among the delegates is John D. Rock-*-11? 5ni-Aminont in thft Phlirch ciciicr, woiufj ?n. pn account of hid liberal endowment of its educational and eleemosj'nary institutions. The clerical representation is u'so imposing. The Rev. H. 31. Saunders, D. D.. and Walter Bauschenbuesh have been in correspondence Ifev f'V v r E?Vr t JOHN I>. R( .(Standard Oil Magnate who is a Delegate to 1 |for weeks past, and now their labors are (bearing fruit. Every prominent Baptist interest in the United States is to be represented. Homo missions have assumed great importance. Dr. Thomas J. Morgan, who is Secretary of the society in charge of this I work, has prepared a report of -unusual interest upon which the congress will take acv tion. In the West and Northwest the Baptist ;Chureh is making Riant strides, but tie lack ?f fiinHa obH rnwi is a source of embarrass meat. The funds in central are easily obtained, but trood men are by no means common. Dr. Morgan is the leader of this mission work, and what he has to say on the subject will receive great attention. One of the most interesting features of the congress will be the German element. It may not be generally known that the Baptist Church has what cue might call a special German department. The German Baptists have even a special university in the land. It is intended to extend the influence of the v church among this element, and a vary considerable elemeut in the congress will appear solely in its behalf. As for the theological seminaries, they are in a flourishing condition, and rfield afforded to their alumni may be judged from th<* following figures, which show the latest results of the church census: Regular Baptists, North. ... 810,50?"> Regular Baptis's, South 1.^511.7*0 Regular Baptists, colored i.'150,110 Baptists of other bodies, a>out. 275.000 Total 3,735.390 Tite latest reports show that the Baptists of the North now have upward of 8000 churches, the South over 17,000 and the colored about 13,000. The word church, howeror, includes organizations, and therefore it is not meant that a separate church building exists in everv case. The value of the church property of the Baptists of the North now equals more than '550,003,000. The South, wita far more Baptists, has but #19,000,030 of church property, and the nhnrnli :i trifle more than S9.03''.000. The other Baptist bo lies own some $53,000,C90.'u church property. Prominent People. The Duchess of Devonshire is a large contributor to Current literature under a norn de plume. II is stated that Madame Patti has receive I the incredible sum of $5,000,000 for her work on t&e stage. Queen Amelie, of Portugal, is studying medicine. Governor McCorkle, of West Virginia, has announced himself a3 a candidate for the ? United States Sanate. Prince Mohuramed Ali, heir presumptive of Egypt, is vastly popular, well educate! and rather a spendthrift. Ex-Senator Ingalls, of Kansas, was at Williams College with President Garfield, graduating one year before him. vvu ** 1> TJmKv vtvic rvnlv ninfttf*?n JL/r. xuc'juuio it. j years old when he invented the revolving turret firs I used on the Monitor. The Marquis Peruzzi, the husband of toe late \Y. W. Story's daughter, is ''Mas er of Ceremonies" at the Italian court. They say that Sen or Canovas is the homilies: mau m Spain, auft a is wife is the most beautiful woman in that country. 5>u Ksnry 3 ;s<.*ia;*r. the ''steel kin:;," eighty-three years of age, continues to t.iKe keen interest ia scientific matters. 1 It is siven cut. as a remarkable circumstance. that Piorre Lorillard, the tobacco king, does not us-j the weed in any form. During the past forty years Senator Sherman has been a private citizin for one day only, and Senator M)rrill, of Vermont, not for onb hour even. Barney Barnato, the S>uth African capitalist, whom Lombard street rates a. $10 j,000,000, attributes his success in life largely to the fact that he never forgets anything iu business and never re.'ers to memoranda of any sort. HONORS FOR PALMA. Elected Head of the Cuban Party Outside of the Island. Tom "is T. ui.i r.ilma, delegate of the Cuban revolution iry party, received advices in New York City that the Cuban Assembly (or Deputies) have appointed him Minister Plenipotentiary. The election took place in Jimitguayu and was unanimous. MINISTER PLENr^TENTIABY PALMA. The office of Minister Plenipotentiary makes SenorPalma. the head of the entire Cuban party outside of Cuba with power to act on its Dehau as no sees nr. oenor -i.-a.ium said that the most important duty he will have to perform as Minister, is to ask the Government of the United States for recog M/KEFELLER. he National Baptist Congress at Providence.) nition of the Cuban insurgents as belligerents. "We must." said Honor Paltna. "rely to a great extent on the sympathy ot the American people. This sympathy I am confident vrill be backed by "the Government of this country." Delegate Palma received a letter from the Chairman of the committee in charge of the Cuban celebration which was to have taken place at the Atlanta Exposition, but which, on request of President Cleveland, was postponed. The writer says that the postponement was entirely satisfactory to the committee. Tomas Estrada Palma fought in the last Cuban revolution for almost ten years. Early he was made Prime Minister, and on the death of General Carlos de Ces pedes, President of the Cuban Republic, he became head of the Provisional Government. In the closing year of the war Palma was taken prisoner. He was released after hostilities were end id and came to this country. SENATOR CHANDLER PREDICTS WAR. He Says That the United States >IuBt Fight Great Britain. Tho Concord (N. H.) Monitor, Senator Chandler's newspaper, contains a leader ! from his pen in which war with England is predicted. It has for its caption, "Our Coming War With England?A Prediction." It is summarized thus: War between thw United State3 and England is inevitable. It will aria*) on account of British disregard for our direct interests. It will also be lorccd by British encroachments upon otherNations a'l over th? world. It will be fought by us, having Russia as our European ally. | Asa war offensive on our part it may not I happen within twenty years. As a defensive war it may come sooner and should be welcomed. On? sure result will be the capture I uud permanent acquisition of Canada by the j United States. Sent to Church as Punishment. A peculiar penalty was inflicted upon three men at Norristown, Pone. John Jenkins Mahlon Murkloyund James Dolan were acquitted on the charge of assault and battery on the promise that they would accompany the prosecutor. J. B, Fisher, to church for the next twelveSuudays. 26,000 Armentans In Kevolt. According to Turkish informating, 26,003 Armenians nave revoueu ai achum. xuo Porte decided to call out part of the reserves, but lack of funds rendered mobilization of troops difficult. The Porte sent a circular note* to the Turkish representatives abroad i in regard to the recent disturbances in the provinces, in which i t is declared that the ' Armenians were the aggressors. Lowe re ( 11 Bicycle lteconl. ! A. Ii. MeDonvll, of Rochester, X. Y., rode | 100 inilos on a bicycle in 4.40.09 lowering the ' record. They All Ale OnlotlM. Miss Foster, sehool tea :'.ier at l'ecatouicn, 111.. s?verjiy whippedii pupil, the s->:t of Editor Nate Colby, oi the l'ueatoniea News, a few days ago beeause the oUor of onions was on his oreatn, rJhe uoes uot like onions, aud had so expressed herseti, ami on mis occasion took stronger measures to show ner disapproval. Tne cnildreu in ttie scliool promptly recalled against the luirouuction oi the rou as |>uuisflaiont for eating onions, ami all have eaten that ouorous vegetable raw at every scnool day meal since. Tne parents of Pecatonlca nave given up the saerea cause of liuerty even to the extent oi going around enveloped in tne odor of onions, and tne town oi Pecatoiuca is shaken to tne core over the matter. AT LA k m f Dim"nsioi)s: 100x303 feet. Thisbuildi Particularly noticeable are th<; educational e: ACHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS Railway Wrecks and Uollisions Uause Death and Destruction. VALUABLE MAIL MATTER BURNED, Crashed Into a Stand!nij Train?Two Vernon* Fatally Injure.l in a Collision at Hyde Park. Mass.?T?vo Persons Killed and Many Injured in PennsylvaniaDeath at the Crossing. A chapter of accident? on the rail, resulting in the death of a number of passengers and trainmen, the destruction of a lar^e amount of mail matter and the demolition of much railroad property occurred in various parts of the country: A rear-end collision occurre! at Hyde Pnri- Macs on thn New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad ac 5.18 p. m.. in which G. M. Austin, a brakeman, was killed; Mrs. Wiiliam Ross, of Cambridge, fatally injured, and twelve other passengers, including Congressman Elijah A. Morso, were more or less seriously hurt. The regular Mansfield accommodation traiD, due in Boston at 5.47, was just leaving the Hyde Park station, ten minutes late, when the New London and Providence express. due in Boston at 6.10, came running down from Canton Junction on a perfectly straight track, and crashed into the rear of the Mansfield train. The engine of the Providence tiftin plowed Into the rear car for a distance of Ave or six feet and caused this car to telescope the one ahead. Between these cars was Brakeman Austin, who was caught and remained jammed in the wreak for nearly an hour. It was nearly 6.30 before the unfortunato brakeman could be extricated from the mass of debris between the telescoped cars, and he died shortly afterward in the station waiting room. Both his legs were brokeu and he was jammed frightfully about the body. TWO LIVES CRUSHED OUT. The Locomotive Hnrlcd From the Traclt Into a Canal. Daniel Wolfklll, enirineer. and J. W. Haines, fireman, on a Pennsylvania passenger train were killed in a wreck near Bailey's, Penn. Their homes were in Harrlsburz. As a passenger train and a freight train were passing shortly after two o'clock a. m.. an axle on a freight car broke, throwing several cars in front of the passenger train. The engine plowed into the cars and the passenger train piled up on .top or tnem. Fire started immediately, and four mail car* and their contents ware destroyed, excsnt a few sacks for Louisville, Ky., St. Louis, Mo., and Oregon. Wolfkill and Haines were thrown from their cab into the canal and their engim* tumbled in on top of them. Their bodies were recovered in a horribly muti'ated condition. C. A. Chamberlain, of Harrlsbunr. Penn., a mail clerk, had an arm broken. Seven other mail clerks were injurel slightly. No passengers were hurt. The total loss, through the destruction of mail. will, ir i? believed, amount to $100,000. The registered letter pouches from New York, Boston. Hartford and H&rrisburg, for delivery at Pittsburg and Chicago, were burneJ. Throngh the Air tt Death. Joanua Scala, wife of Michael Snila. anl Josephina Afrea, wife of Erasmus G. Atron. were run down and instantly killed at Trotting Course Cove, near Glendale, Long Is!- J and, N. Y., by a train. Mrs. Atrea was forty-one years old. while her companion, Mrs. Scala, was thirty-nine. The J women were engaged with two other Italians' gathering cinders. When rhey saw the locomotive almost upon them, they seemed to lose all presence of mind an I did not stir until they were struck by the locomotive. They were hurled a distance o" twenty-flve feet and fell dead at once. Both bo lies were mangled. When the bodies were examined ?65.23 was round seweu m mn-. Atrea's corsets. Mrs. 8cala had $105 hidden away In the same manner. Killed In a Collision. A stock train on the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad backed in on the "Y" at Bowie, Md., to permit an express train to pas'. A work train on the Pope's Creek line ran into I he rearof thestocktrain. The following were kille.l: F. A. Ellis,a drover,of Fort Springs,"W. Va.; "Kit," Hearn, a construction foreman, of Baltimore. The following were injured: A. E. Johnson, a drover, of Fort Springs. W. Va., head bruised and cut; W. W. McClelland, a drover, of Greenbrier County, W. Va.. breast injured; J. M. Staggs. a drover, of Greenbrier County, W. Va., head injured. Perished at a Railway Crossing. Richard Rourke, a grocer, formerly of Schuylerville, and his wife, while attempting to drive over the Rock street crossing, Saratoga. N. Y., were struck by an express train. The flagman had warned them of danger, hut they paid no heed. Rourke was instantly killed and his wife sustained fatal injuries. Fired a Trestle. Local freight train south-bound from Columbia On the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad was wrecked four miles from Savannah, Ga. Some one set Are to a trestle over a ravine and fourteen cars wont down. The cars were burned, as were 420 bales of cotton and other freight. The total loss is about $30,000. Terribly Mangled. At Long Point, N. Y., a Fall Brook passenger train struok George Turner as he was driving across the track. Turner was instantly killed and his body terribly mangleii. CONDITION OF THE ARMY. High Standard ot Discipline Attained and Higher-Grade Men KnlUted. The annual report of Inspe^tor-Gen^ri! ~ iL-J. Krecicinriage snows mat iuc kuuh o.ui- .i A.rniv has attained a high staudarl of cipline, and that the officers, generally, in competent ami efficient. There ha* besu a ery marked improvement in the character of the men seeking admission to the ranks, and the great care .vith which recruits are selected, it is said, is evidenced by the fact that only about on j in eight is found to possess the requisite qualifications. Applicants for enlistment h'iv> been numerous. In one city alone over 8 >09 applicants presented themselves. At the close of the year there were 101 schools and colleges at which military instruction was given by officers of the army to 19,546 pupils, au increase of nearly 3 <00 over the number of pupils at the close of the previous year. Every year, it i3 stated, ."hows a marked increase in the popularity of the military feature ol instruction. V' c ' ' r' NTA EXPOSITION?NEGRO BUIL ner Is devoted to ?. display otthe industrial ( xhibits, including the technical instruction c< THE NEWS EPITOMIZED Washington Item*. The annual report of Captain TV. T. Sam] 'son, Chief of tho Naval Bureau of Or.lnanc contains an estimate of $6,457,984 for carr ing out the plans of the bureau for the flsc year ending June 30, 1897. The Navy Department announce? tin Commander Oscar F. Heyerman. Unite States Nav\\ retired, died on the Havel, i sea, on October 27. Commander Heyermr was in command of the Kearsarjje* wh< that ship was wrecked on Roncador R?ef. Minister Terrell has cabled th?* State D partment from Constantinople that he 'lu | warned the Porte that Turkey will he he responsible for the safety of every America missionary. The alleged defects in the United S-at' battle ship Maine were found by the Na\ Department to be due solely to impropi stowage of her stores. William Becket has been appointed coacl man to President Cleveland. Becket is middle-acred colored man and has lived i Washington all his life. For years he h: driven a public vehicle. Electricity will supplant the old system < gas lighting now in vogue at the CaDito and hereafter the House and Senate will r ceive their illumination from a flnel equipped electric plant which has just bee inatalleJ. Domestic. James Doylo and Joe Eramett. two of Bu falo BUl's rough riders, quarrelled at A lanta, Ga. Doyle shot and killed Emme and made his escape. Theshootingoccurre In a camp at the exposition grounds. The Rev. V. Snlndler, of Shakopee, Minn was either murdered or in a fit of desponi ency took his own life. The bsdy was foun in a little irrove. Three bullet holes wei found near his heart and a revolver lay b< side him. Dr. Orlando E. Bradford, the convicts counterfeiter, turned State's evidence i New York City against the Brockway ganj Judge Brown in the United States Circu sentenced him to six years in the King Pftiinfr Ponlfonfiort* A crash in industrial sharps created gre; excitement on the Philadelphia Stock Ej chance. There was a shrinkage in the valu of Ave industrial specialties of 84,650,000' i two hours. Burglars entered the PostofTlce at Dariei Conn., blew open the safe, stole stamps an money and then set fire to the building. The General Term. Supreme Court, sui tained Justice B'-afh's decision forhiddin the use of the State Democracy's emblei (the rooster) above the New York Democrat! State ticket on the official ballot. Chief Engineer Green,of the Dock Depar ment, New York City, swore in the Account Commissioners' investigation that he ser two *125 checks to Kichard Croker in orde to hold his position. At Columbia, S. C.. the Constitution! Convention took a vote on the. propositio to allow woman's suffrage with property an educational qualifications. The cause < woman was beaten by a vote of 121 to twei ty-slx. ' H. FI. Holmes, on trial for murder in Phi adelphia, Penn., indicated that his line < defence would be that Pitezel committe suicide while drunk. Holmes's lawyer ri turned to his defence. An enthusiastic meeting was held i Cooper Union. New York City, for the pui pose of arousing enthusiasm for the issuanc of SO.OuO.OOO of bonds for the improvemer of the canals of the State. James J. Van Alen was arrpstea in i>ev port, R. I., on ii writ sworn out by Colom S. P. Colt, charging alienation of hia wife affections, and gave $200,000 bail. In New York City. District Attorney Fe lows recommended the dismissal of Lexo inquiry indictments, and the Committee c Seventy's representatives consented. The faculty of the University of Virginii Charlottesville, Ya.. appointed a comrnitte to secure the rebuilding of the burned rc tundn. Justice Beac'a decided, in New York Citj that the Stnte Democracy's emblem (th rooster) could not be printed on the officii ballot above the names of tho candidates o the Democratic State ticket. Thirty million bushels of eoal, ready fc shipment from Pittsburg could not be move owinc to low water. Epidemics of diseae caused by staenant water are productive c distress in Western Pennsylvania. Dr. James B. Carpenter, brother-in-law < ex-Governor P.aswell P. Flower, killed bin self in Qouverneur, N. Y. The 213th anniversary of the landing < William Penti was celebrated by the 13J,0C public school pupils of Philadelphia. Cuban Day. at tho Atlanta Exposition, hs been postponed to December 17. Great anxiety is felt for the winter when crop in the West, because of the long coutit ued drought. Patrick King Callahan, of New Yori. jumped from the highest part of the Pougl keepsie (N. Y.) Bridge? i distance of 212 fee ?and died. He once jumped from th j Brooklyn Bridge. Foreign Note*. Advices from San Domingo say that fu ther serious uprisings occurred in the nortl ern and eastern parts of that Republic. Goi ernmont troops were sent to the scenes of iL disturbances. A dispatch from Tientsin says an a^ro* ment was signed with China granting t Germany a crown concession. President Faure, of France, summoned .V Bourgeois, Republican Radical, to the pa hco, and requested him to form a Ministry M. Bourgeois accepted the invitation. Unconfirmed a'lvi-es from Havana wore t the effect that General Maximo Gomez, th Commander-in-chief of the Cuban insui gents, had resijjno.1 on account of hi wounds. The tra ."!?!r British Lion of Turnout h lias bei'U run flown iu ill? Nort aii?i live o; tr'r nmv urowneu. Tir: Belfast :tul Olascfowshipbuildershav concfiiV'il tlio <l?minul3 of ihnir nmoloyes fo (i'i i:i '.-.'iu-it' of five pi:;* en*. in tiv-ir \r.i Th" iiier-'JUrt is to jo into vu ijt Fiiormry noxl. Th" .n'l.j'ri 1 oT S." J i r." /: . am 1' nt-'fsjn. r.).?o>*rly P-'-ni-n* :i-i C.'ii'f S reiary tii? (' ?!ony c?T Vk't.iria. T!i? Spanish ?un'ioat Alvamdo. \* i???*i wliiii! oh hi?r way from her Ouil?lt?rs* on ill to Cuba. watsuvurulv ila-na^' i i-y lision with the s.fhooniT Tyri-oniiel anil \vi subsequently taken to Qn> .vjt for r< pairs, awl tli'T : urrastetl at tin: instnnee <. the s"hoon'T'< owner, has t-ee:i release;! o bowls furu'sV 1 by her bnil .ers. Th'i B'itLs'i Admiralty ('oar. has nr.i nouii-oil jit lament in tun -a.se oi the sinkui of the Netherlands-Vneri ::m linn steam1 E la*nbythe Br.tish steirwr Turkertvi ol Start Point on Sqiteinber 19. 'i',11 Com Mil Is that tin' Turic:$t?in alone is bl.nvib! for thi oliision, iironu *li as sh.i shoul have reverse 1 hi* .r.;iu.s a)jaor thau sli id. D|NG. t |J Tr - Co ichlevemenfa of the colored people ol the South, At >uuected with the industrial arts. Di " LYNCHERS IT BULLETS. p Two of a Mob Killed in a Jail Corridor at Tiffin, Ohio. at * FIERCE ATTACK ON A PRISON. a P- Attempt to Take the Life of the Man "Who |1^ Had Killed the City Marshal?Doorg ,n Mattered Down and the Sheriff DIsarmed-?T)esperate i'iirlit l?.v Mnddcned hi " Farmers?Militia Ordered Oat. >r Henry Mutchler, Jr.. and Christian Mats j. were shot dead by guards in an attack on a the jail at Tiffin, Ohio. They were members Q of a mob that overpowered the Sheriff and 13 attempted to take Leander J. Martin from his ceil to lynch him for th* murder of Au1, gustSchultz, Tiffin's City Marshal. After a ft- terrific fight the guards drove th<* mob from the jail and later the prisoner was removed to Fremont. Miller, or, as he called himseU. Martin, went to Tiffin as a tramp twelve years ago j and was given employment and a home on t_ the farm of Peter Sheidler. in the Dunkard tt settlement, near the hamlet of Watson, eight p( !<* miles north of Tiffin. c< He got into an altercation with two neighbors and relatives, an 1 threatened their rc d lives with a revolver. One of them went'.o ]g :e Tiffin and secured th^s-m irc* of-i wirr.mt }. for Miller's arros*. Whpn Marshal Schultz p] and Officer Sweeney reached Miller's home d: j at 8 o'clock they found him heivily armed c< and the door of his residence barred by a h' f rifl*. ci ?! The officers expostulated with the man, ej and were finally permitted to enter the house, d k?iirm. nf fhocun jinrl Tl UUl ?rJL11101 lOinturu poov^ivuv. ... ^ . .. ^ warned the officers that he would not be " taken alive. Watch in? their opportunity, r" they wrenched the rifle from Miller's grasp. h 16 and supposinc him to be harmless, attempted S{ n to escort him to their busrgy. when he drew f{ from a concealed belt a navy revolver and tl i. flred thrc shot at the officer.". One of these <?( d grazed Officer Sweeney and the others took effect in the body of Marshal Schultz. h 3_ By the aid of a farmer Miller was over- 1< g powered, placed in the vehicle and the party si n started for TifflD. Marshal Schultz dyiner in o |0 the bucrgy when half the distance had been it traversed. q . Scbultz's funeral was largely attended, the p F" farmers for miles around joining the friends ? . of the Marshal living in town. After the w jj; services there was much threatening talk, b especially amone the farmers, and as even- p ine drew on few had taken thair departure b tot home. n This was not taken seriously, however, but ]g 'J the Sheriff armed his six guards with Win- p chesters for safety. At midnight the town d was quiet, but an hour later the mob attacked jr the jail. it I- They overpowered the Sheriff, too'j away d >f ais revolver and gained entrance to the hall- o! d way. Then they broke opeu the solid steal w s- door that separated them from the jail. Be- jr <a n lionw semi-circular barred ir .? ? n door, which was attacked with sledgeham- ^ r- mers. . AT :e After pleading art'' threats had failed to d, it get the men to desist the guards flred their iE revolvers into the ceilinsr.. The sound of the r_ firearms did not make the crowd flinch. hi 8j As a last resort, the cuards, following the w i'g command of the Sheriff, turned heir denthflealing weapons direct upon th" attacking iE pnrty and noured a vo'ley of lead into them. hi The six Winchester bulls brouorht death to n( ^ Henry Mutchler, Jr.. and Christian Matz. fc )l They fell lifeless where they had stoo 1 helo- w ing in the work of batterin? down the ob- R) t. stacles to the cell in which Martin lay. tt ;e croacbing in fear of his life. p, >- The bodies of the two men were carried ?e away by their comrades. This tragic check ;t only served to add to the fury of the mob. pj e The work of demolition was brought to a il ston onlv because certain members of the n( Q mob had jjou9 from the scene to secure dy- ^ namite with which to destroy the jail, te While the vain search for the explosive w j was in progress two policemen went to Mar- ai , tin's ceil, un'ocked the door, handcuffed ai .f him, took him from the jail by a rear door w and drove at a furious pace to Fremont, twenty-four miles away. The guards disap- ^ " peared from the jail as soon as word catne l* that Martin was safely away. at The mob soon learned that the object of ]tt if their vancjeance was no lonsrer within reach, w 10 and slowly dispersed after the hunt for dynamite had proved fruitless. cc L5 Their raue was then turned to the deputies and the frowd became so threatening jj . in the raorninsr that the Sheriff called for f0 troops and four companies were sent by ^ l" Governor McKinley. Colonel Kounts. of Toledo, as ranking officer, assumed command n( of the militia. ju i ' ni .? pa FIPF IN A FAViOUS COLLECE. J* bu Partial Destruction of the University of [[' Virginia. co Fire destroyed the rotuu la and public hill w( 10 it the University of Virginia at Charlottes' ^ ville. Va. It started in the annex to the pj' J* rotunda, and before its force was spent plj not only the annex and its contents of [ great value were totally destroyed, but the 1- old rotunda, which stood as a monument to ' Thomas Jefferson, the founder of the uuiver- ^ sity, and built after plans of hi? owu, was a ^a 0 mass of ruin. The Mayor telegraphed to . e neighboring cities for assistance. Rich- ,J mond, Lynchburg and Staunton responded sni promptly. ' Under the supervision of Professor Echols coi the corps of students mad* strenuous tin- j 11 delivers by th? use of dynamite to prevent bei the spread of the lire to the rolundi). So mas- . slve was the structure leading to the rotunda ? that the dynamite h?id little impression. Pro- 1' fessor Echols, standing on the roof of th.?li- J i' brary building, threw a large quantity of Uil dynamite to the roof of the unm*::. tio A crash followed. a:id hiirniiig ira^m'tits 1 of hrick and timber wnr? thrown in every di- <>rt; rection. On each side of the portico were eai massive pillars or Italian marble, whicli ^ i. were carved in Italy at great cost for 3Ir. tj0 Jefferson. These could not be overthrown. @rt i- The students succeeded in saving thou- . s sands of the librarj books and some of the paintings. Among the portraits burued was \ >" that of Jefferson. The statue of Jefferson, 301 which is very heavy, was dragged from the I burning building. Two-thirds of the books can and the magnificent painting. ''School of vot Athens," which cost $40,000, were destroyed, shn t Bucket brigades undoubte<ily saved near-by of! IT buildings. The intense desire to sive the T university is shown by the fact that ladies aoi even took their place in line. The rotunda larj i was that part of the building completed in the e Mr. Jefferson's day, and in which, in 1825, a f jhe reception wa? held at which Lafayette and I other distinguished men assisted. i " ': : ;v.r^|p ."OOLMESTO THE BAB ial Begun of the Alleged Greatest Murderer of Modern Times. INDUCTING HIS OWN CASE. e Killing of Pltezel One of the Twenty two Murders of Which Holme* Is Accused?Court Refused a Postponement, Thereupon the Prisoner's Counsel Withdrew. . 3ne of the greatest criminal cases of the itury began at Philadelphia, Penn., when irman W. Mudgett, better known a3 H. H. times, the confessed life insurance swind1 and the alleged murderer, was placed on al in the Court of Oyer and Terminer on 3 charge of having murdered Benjamin F. 3tze!. Judge Arnold presided. The mmonwealth was represented by District torney George S. Graham and Assistant strict Attorney Thomas W. Barlow, and 9 defence was in the hands of Vf. H. Shoeiker and Samuel P. Rotan. h. h. holmes, alias mudgett. In anticipation of the orowd of morbid aople who would be attracted to the scene, jraons of police guarded all the entrances, ad only those having business in the court>om were admitted. Holmes is suspected of having murdered ai last twenty-three persons, the mo3t of them i furtheriils insurance frauds that he had lanned. There are men. women and chllren among his alleged victims, and twc juntries and a dozen States have harbored im at different periods in his long career of rime, and have, it is believed, evidence lough against him to Hang him. He is inlet ed for murder in Pennsylvania, Indiana, linois and Canada. Holmes came of a respectable country >wn family in New Hampshire. He learneJ Is trade of insurance swindling while a udent at the University of Michigan. A illow student proposed a swindle by which lev could make a little money. It was suejssful, and Holmes kep1- on at the business. When Holmes left the University in 1878, e was twenty-oae years old. When he was >oked ud for an insurance swindle last jring he closed a career of seventeen yean I crime, not a single day of which had not, : is believed, been spent in the planning ol inrder, always of some one who suposed him a friend. He filled in the tim? 1th robberies, great and small, with leading 'omin astray, with blackmailing. He hac (lilt over several houses into den3 for the erpetration of his crimes, with trap-doors, lind passages, quick-lime pits. The murder of Benjamin Pitezel, one of the ist in the series, was done in Philadelphia, itezel thought he was to profit by theswinle, and that he was to die only so far as the isurance companies were concerned. Bui was tho real Pitezel who died in Philaelphia. and Holmes, appearing as a benevlent former employer of Pitezel and bo felt sorry for the widow, aided i the identification which caused the isurance company to pay over the 610,000, rhile the insurance company was satisfied ith the identification, it suspected a murer, and a long investigation resulted in th? idictment of Holmes. Meanwhile three of Mrs. Pitezel's children fid been lured away from her. Their bodies ere found in the Holmes Toronto den. Directly after the prisoner had been placed i the dock and Judge Arnold hAd taken is seat on the bench, Holmes's two attorsys, Messrs. Botan and Shoemaker, asked ir a continuance of the case. This request as reiusea. xaeu lUU uoiouuuui o laivjra; inounoed that they would withdraw from le case. The Judge expressed his sui> rise at such unprecedented action at the iginning of a murder trial, and told th< 70 attorneys that if they withdrew thej aced themselves in jeopardy of being disirred. The two lawyers left the court-room jthwithstanding this advice. The Courl len ordered the trial to proceed. Still dermined to have no delay, the Commonealth's officers consulted with ihe Judge, id then called upon Everett A. Schoflelc id J. M. Fahy, young members of the bar, ho agreed to assume responsibility. Holmes, however, objected on the ground at as he knew none of tiiese gentlemen he d not care to entrust his life to them. He inounced that he would not accept the wyers appointed by the Court, and that he ould conduct his own defense. A hum of astonishment went around the lurt-room, but, alone and without a friend r his side, his iron nerve did not give way. e exercised his right of challenge, and bere the jury was obtained, eighteen men had lenset aside ly htm. The opening address of the District Attor>y, which followed the swearing in of the j ry, was forcible throughout, but his de-! meiatlon of Holme3, which was at timea irticularly severe, had no outward effect >on the accused. Folmes's composure was jnderful, and during the narrative he isied himself in taking copious notes oi e prosecuting officer's address. The Court ordered an adjournment at the nclusion of his address., but before this is announced by the crier Holmes arose )m his seat in the dock and asked Judge nold to instruct the prison authorities to iicehim in a lighted cell and have him supled with writing material. The Judge reled that this would be attended to. The Labor World. 3t. Andrew's Bay, Fla., is pining fcr a j rber. Knights of Labor are reorganizing long- ' oremen. The wages of the Hoekin? Valley (Ohio) operators have been increased. great many new reduction plants have in erected in Colorado during the year. ]rlassblowing has commenced at Brighton. J., giving employment to about 30'J men. ?rnnee is about to establish evening nunI training in all schools for primary eJucan. Th'i strike of the gold beater.? for an inase of wages froiu s" a wejk to ?12 bine general. ?ho strike has been broken by the restimpu of Tvork by the miners of the Camp jek (Ohio) mine. n railroad circles oar shops are reported be opening up in all parts of the country, ne of them having beon closed for years. )elogates to the convention of the Amerii Federation of Labor will be required to b on the question whether its local unions II be permitted to affiliate with Knights Labor. 'he Southern Paclflc morning trains are <r carrying out from New Orleans ;e numbers of laborers, who are seeking Louisiana eane fields for the harvest, sse laborers are oolored and Italians. AKBOM. PESSIOS EEPflET Commissioner Lochren Tells How the Nation Rewards Its Heroes. ' fHfK ROLLS CONTAIN 970,524 NAMES. ? Daring the Year 39,185 New Pensions "Wero Granted and 4200 That Had Been Dropped From the "Rolls Were Restored ?There Were 27,316 Deaths and 14*575 Pensions TTeve Dropped. ' .Tudpre Loehren. Commisaionar of Pensions. ua= suomntea nis annual report to tne secretary of the Interior. It shows that tip to Jane 30,1891, there were 989,544 pensioners, and during the past year 39,^85 new pen- ^ sions were granted and 4206 restored that .. had been dropped from the rolls, making an aggregate roll of 1,012,935. There were 27.816 deaths and 14,575 pensions dropped dor- ,J Ing the past year, making the number on the y rolls on June 30,1895. 970,524, an Increase during the year of 980. Unless further pension legislation Is enacted the Commissioner thinks that the appropriation of $140,000,000 will be sufficient for the nayment of pensions for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1896. The estimates for 1897 are the same as for 1896, except for an additional $3900 for better quarters for the '. agent at Buffalo, N. Y. The Commissioner states that aside from discontinuing illegal pensions, the work of the Board of Revision has been beneficial In discouraging the filing of claims without > merit. Tbe woik of the law division was excel- jY \ i lent iD deteotine crimes, in pension prosecutions, and in discovering illegal practices'.-. < among pension attorneys. Two hundred and ninety-four persons were convicted, the most important being W. Bowen Moore. of Buffalo, N. Y.,and George M. Van Lenven, of Lime Springs. Iowa, both attorneys with a large pension clientage. The Commissioner compliments the work of the Pension Examiners in the field and says that the fact that this force pervades the entire country and is likely to discover and bring to light any frauds that may be attempted, exercises a constantly restrain- . ^ ing Influence upon dishonest claimants and. i attorneys. The act of March 2, 1895, increasing the c - rate of certain pensioners to $6 per month made an increase of il.KM A A Annnnllv In the payment of pensions, and the act re- 1 ' pealing the act of March 3. 1893. whloh forbade the payment of pensions to non- > residents after July 1, 1893, increased the payments durinsr the last four months of the year 1895 about (275,000. Over 10U dismissals of clerks were tirade in the bureau during the year. The Commissioner thinks it would be equitable and ' humane for Congress to make somfr moderate provision to aid the clerks disabled by long and fiiithful service who cannot perform their work and are discharged. BURNED AT THE STAKE. >' A Murderer Set on Fire in the Public Square at Tyler, Texas. Henry Hilliard, colored, who killed Mrs. < Bell, was burned at the stake on the pnblio square at Tyler, Texas. The crime for ^ I which he was punished was the murder of , i Mrs. Leonard Bell, the wife of a young farmer. living four miles northeast of Tyler. ; She was outraged, her throat was out, her body cut half in two lengthwise. 8he was found lying in the public road a short time aiici waiu. ~'r j' Hllliard fled, but was arrested at Longnew and hurried baf k to Tyler, then taken by a mob from the officers and removed to ' the scene of his crime. He made a-fall confession. "I was coming down the road," he said, At) '*nnd saw Mrs. Bell In the road. 8he was scared of me. and I knew that if I passed her J she would sny that I tried to attack her, and ">}$ I concluded that I would assault her and then kill her. I cut her throat and left." 1 It was unanimously decided to burn Hil- \ Hard, and it was ai^reed that he should suffer his penalty in the public square. Twelve thousand persons were assembled there. Large crowds of women and children - . ' were spectators. A scaffold wa3 erected in the centre of the square and kindling wood, , j coal oil and straw were placed in position. The murderer was lashed to an iron rail extended through the platform, and Mr. Bell, the husband of the murdered woman, applied the match. The flames shot upward, enveloping the man in sheets o?f fire. He begged for merey, j but was not permitted to burn at once. The ! fire was freouently quenched, and, after the lapse of a few minutes, started again. Prom the time the match was applied until hi* , death was fifty minutes. TWO ELECTRICAL EXECUTIONS. George Smith and Charles Davit Pat to Death In Clinton Prlun. George H. Smith and Charles N. Davis were executed by electricity at 1L39 and 11.57 respectively a few mornings ago in Clinton Prison at Dannenora, N. Y. Both executions were perfectly satisfactory. A current of 1750 volts was turned on In each case, maintained for five seconds, and then reduced to 200 volts. In Smith's case it was allowed to continue for one minute and twenty seconds, and in Davis's for one minute and thirty-five seconds. In neither cose was there a sign of life after the first shock. The official time for the two executions w?3 twenty-one and a half minutes. Smith was convicted of the murder on June 15 of this year ot Philip Rlchtmeyer, an asred German for whom he had worked. The motives were revenue for supposed ill treatment and also robbery. Davis was convicted of the murder on May 19 of this year of 31ay Shannon, a six-yearold child who lived at Cohoos, >'. T. It was evident that the child had been assaulted be| fore she whs killed. Her bodv was found in an abandoned part ot the canal near'Cohoes, j frightfully mutilated. When Davis was arj rested indignation against him ran so high i that he was hurried away to Albany for safe keeping. He was convicted on September la. There was no appeal in the case. The Cleveland* Go to Woodier. President and Mrs. Cleveland, their children and several servants moved from the White House, ba? and baggage, to Woodley, the President's country place, near Wash ?? ? u. ?uA?. lDgtOn. i Bl'V Will iUIt&O II UUUIDJ lunu borne until the social season begins. The President will coma to the White House every day his presence Is necessary. AsU? for Autl-Lynching; Legislation. Governor Atkinson sent his annual message to the Georgia Legislature. He recommends that the General Assembly pass a law giving the family of a person taken from officers and lynched the right to sue the county for the full value of his life. He also asks that the Governor be authorized to remove from oftlce the man from whose custody a person who was lynched was taken. BrltUH Bine Kibboners. n?aotflwj nrocwnf tim:? 7 ft fin flfifi lul abstainers from all alcoholic drinks in Great Britain. Horrible Fate of Two Cowooyg. V Advices were received of the horrible fate that befell two cowooys. Warner Reid and Bob Christian, working on the J, A. ranoh, near Si 1 vert on. Briscoe County, in the Texas Pauhaudle. The men, with others, were rounding up cattle when a vivid flash of lightning enveloped them and their herd of cattle, throwing the latter right and left and knocking down the norses ridden by the cowboys. A great hole wa3 burned in P.oid's head and nis spine blistered all the way down. Christian was killed by the shock without especial external manifestations. Reld's legs were also badly burned, his horse's legs scorched, the saddle torn to fragments and a deep hole made in the ground where the bolt entered. K&ay of the cattle were killed.