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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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."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.