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A BOLD EXPRESS ROBBERY [, A Wells-Fargo Agent at Colorado Springs Held Up by Masked Men. 1 A ROflTY OF ffi?n.nnO TAKEN. ! JBevolvers Pointed at Hid Head Indnco the \Vellg-Fargo Express Aj;ent to Open the Safe?A Posse Scoured the Country With Bloodhounds for tho Robber.-.?Xo Trace Found. The W ells-Fargo express office at the Santa Fe statifln in Colorado Springs, Col., was robbed of $20,000 late in the night. Immediately after the departure of the night express, at 9.42. George Krout, the express agent, stepped from the platform into his office, a2d was confronted ty two masked men. who leveled revolvers at his head and ordered him to oprn the safe. This he did, and they helped themselves to two packages of money containing $5000 and $15,000 respectively. They then made their escape. The money was nart of a consignment of $50,000 sent from Denver to Cripple Creek, the remainder of vhich was in the safe, but was not found. Krout was bad ly frightened when confronted by the rob'sers, one of whom, stepping close to the tsrent, said: ''Not a word ? ? ??? Trr?? ?*A*I fA Anfln fViof Cafa UU1U JKJU. HO uaui tTUU ?v vyou %u?i and be quick about It. Hurry up." Krout at first denied that there was any monnv in the safe. The revolver was pressed against him and he was told 10 open the safe or suffer the consequences, and he finally complied. The robbers then ordered him to undress himself and get into bed. and after he had done so one of the robbers drew the bed-olothing tightly over Krout's head and fastened it down. Krout heard one of them bay: "Now open the door and see if there is anv one about." He heard the door slide back and bump, and then one of the robbers said: "Wait now, we may have missed something. Let c as take a good long look over the place and ? aee." When Krout at last gained courage to a Jump out of bed and go outside, there was tno one in sight. An alarm was given, and s by eleven o'clock posses were scouring the v vicinity of the station on the eastern out a skirts of tne town, but no trace of the rob- a bers was found. Finally two bloodhounds i were put on the trail, and it was found the a men had gone along Pike's Peak avenue a through the heart of the city. On the the- s ory that they would go to Cripple Creek over the Cheyenne mountain road, a posse H Started for that city to head them off. The Buuiuu njci-m was uui iuv varus nnnj uum q Krout's office while the robbery was being j, committed, but he did not see the robbers j and knew nothing about the matter. j MRS. STANTON'S BIRTHDAY. jj It* Eightieth Anniversary Celebrated by ^ 3000 Women. ^ To do honor to Elizabeth Cady Stanton 1; three thousand women gathered at the Metro- ? polltan Opera House, New York City, under a the management of the National Council of gi Women of the United States.. There were C many men, too, but they were of less im- a portance. Essentially, it was women's 1 tribute to a woman, the reunion of the Pi- n oneers and Friends of WQman's Progress, to S celebrate the eightieth birthday of Mrs. Stan- a ton. Only one man was allowed upon the n programme, John E. Hedges, who appeared b because Mayor Strong was sick and had to v ptay at home. . r - ? n Mm ^ % ; ii ?:?>* 0 ' i n ELIZABETH CAD? STANTOK. | a ? ! n On the staore lh9re were three chairs in n khe floral throne over which the name b "Stanton" stool out in white roses, and they were occupied by that witty exponent F of the feminine militant, Susan B. Anthony, s] )md the President of the National Council b &f Women, Mrs. Mary Lowe Dick.nson, who v presided. The stage was set with the palace <ji >oene. and beside and behind the chair of ? rtate sat ninety womea prominent in their rJ lex's cause, two of whom were colored. o The great auditorium was filled from pit a to topmost gallery, aad the majority of the ci boxes on the grand tier were elaborately decorated with flowers and the insignia of g the various local women's organizations. o When the chief figure, and the most impos- ti flmiM amnnc n.11 fha trnmfln r?u m n fnr. M *ard 10 her place nt the front of the stage. c< escorted by Mrs. Mary Lowe Dickinson and n iliss Susan B. Anthony. the whole audience ^ tose. waving handkerchiefs and applauding, | tl is Mrs. Stanton took her seat, looking with her majestic face crowned with its t>eautiful white hair, like a queen upon her throne. Mrs. Dickinson and Miss Anthony took the seats on fach side of her. Then the programme began with a cornet quartet Jf by tne Parke sisters. Nest Mrs. Dickinson, n who presided, made a brief opening address. C Other addresses were delivered by Job E. li Hedges, Miss Mary Cary Thomas, Susan B. S Anthony and Rev. Aona B. Shaw. b Mrs. Stanton's address was greeted with si great applause. c Mrs* Fannie Barrier Williams, a colored c woman, who first came into prominence at r< the time of the World's Fair, then made a 1 pathetic plea in behalf of the women of her I raoe. ' A number of other papers were read, and the audience was not dismissed until a late hour. it A Steamship Sinks a Bark. : > The Ward Line steamship Niagara, Cap- P .Aiu vjfuiiuir, a rum now xurtv., icpuria iuav .. q the ran down and sank the American bark ii William Hales, Captain Coombs, oft Cape a Henlopen. Captain Coombs, the mate and ' t 3ve seamen o{ the William Hales were saved | v ind Ave men were lost. p The Labor World. Vermont quarries employ 4000 men. n English railroads employ 400,000 men. tl The new Bicycle Worker's National Union c begins with 2000 members. 3 Six thousand coal miners at Hazleton, y Penn., have resumed wort, the drought hav- ? tug been broken. Work on the Albany (X. Y.) State Capitol aras suspended for two days to permit the 60 J workmen to vote. Mr. Griffin, the statistician, says that in n Sr^at Britain the average wa.^es per annum d !or men is ?195. and for women .?i25. ii There are sixteen gold beaters' shops in 'Jew York City and vicinity. They employ t IC6 uuiun men .?ui eignteen non-union men. Work at the Washington ordnance fouudry , 8 to be expedited in order that the big guns for the battleship Oregon may be finished ^ with the least possible delay. ; ,j The coal miners aud operators of Ohio c ncrnH 1 to anlimif tVin trar*^ n n a^li i-?n t C\ tVlA > arbitration of John Little, a member of the \ Ohio State Board of Arbitration. t The iron an 1 steel mills bav? not only t started up with great activity, but they have heavy orders to fill, and the "output is at the rate of 11,OJO.OJO tons a year, a greater amount then has ever been rr.ade in this | country, or in any one Nation of Europe < during any previous year. ' I A NOTABLE WEDDING. Sx-Secretary TFhltney's Daughter B 3Ira. A. H. Paget. One of the principal weddings of the re -sseond only in Interest to that of Miss Va ler'oilt and the Duke of Marlborough?c sured at noon at St. Thomas's Church, Ne fork City, when Miss Pauline Whitney b jame the wife of Almerie Hugh Paeret. T) 5ride is the eldest daughter of William IrVhitney, former Secretary of the Navy, aj aas been a marked favorite in society sin tier debut, three years ago. Mr. Paget is i Englishman by birth, but for a number pears has been living in America, in the We Se is a son of the late General Lord Pag< >f England, and a grandson of the first Me juis of Anglesey. He is the third Paget wl ias chosen an American woman for a wi: rhe marriage took place in the presence i distinguished as3*9mblage, which includ :he President of the United States, the Seci oTO nt the Nn.vv the Seereturv of War ai nembers of the diplomatic corps, amo: ^hem were Sir Julian Pauncefote, Lo iVestmeath and Mavroyeni Bey. 1TB9. ALMZBIO HUOH PAGET. The ceremony was performed by Bishop 1 !. Potter, assisted by Bishop Leonard ar lev. John W. Brown, Rector of St. Thomas' The decorations were elaborate, but chasl nd in excellent taste. Twelve arche tventy feet high, of white chrysanthemum panned tbe center aisle. A double prate < rhite roses and lilies stood closed ope bout half way up the aisle, and was close fter the bridal party had passed throng] 'he chancel was decorated with white ros< nd lilies and palms. The galleries we] domed with palms, from which depende treamers of creen. Before the arrival of the weddlnj* part n admirable programme of music was rei ered by Dr. GeorgeW. vVHrren. the organ! f the church, a stringed orchestra, led b Tahan Franko. with Edouard'de Beszk Ime. Nordica, Mme. Marie Graham an Ime. Weinerd as soloists. Long before the hour appointed for tl eremontf the churoh and galleries wei illed. President Cleveland arrived at 11.4! le was escorted by the ushers to a froi ew, and seated almost.opposite the centi f the chancel. He was followed immediati 7 by Secretary Herbert and Colonel Dani 1. Lamont and wife, who were seated ju cross the aisle from the President. It was just 12.10 when the bridal pari (arted up the aisle. Mr. Pasret's best mai terald Paget, his brother, stood by his sir t the chancel steps as ths party' advance! "he ushers were followed by the bride laids, Miss Dimock, Miss Barney, Mi loane. Miss Gertrude Vanderbllr, Miss Ben nd Miss Brown. Their costumes were < loire poplin, with short trains, all out allk ut differing in color. The bridesmaids alf rore velvet hats, high in front, with blac osettes and tall feathers. They carrie luffs instead of bouquets. Following them came the four little flow< iris. Tbey were Laura Whitney, a cousii 'ranees Bingham, Katherine Bamey and 11 le Dorothy wnttney, tne Dnae 3 sisto "hey looked very charming in frocks < rhite silk and mousselln* de soie. The rore large white hats, with white feather nd carried baskets filled with pink an rhite roses and lilies. Next came the bride on the arm of h< it her. She looked stately and elegant 1 rell as beautiful In her rich gown of heav earl silk. The skirt was cut with a tral 3ur yards long, the petticoat of white glftc ilk being finished in a deep flounce oflac 'he veil of Point d'Angleterra lace was hel 1 place by a band of orange blossoms encl ling the head. The bride carried a bouqu f bride roses and lilies of the valley, an rore a diamond brooch, the gift of tfc room. During the ceremony, which was ohon tiroughout, the hymn, "0, Perfect Love,' ras sung by the choir. After the ceremony a wedding breakfas ras served at the house of Mr. Whitney t bout four hundred guests. The house ws lagniflcently decorated, and the newl larried pair greeted their friends in ower of pink orchids and bridesmaid lose: ine neaua 01 me orine was pruuuseu u resident Cleveland, to which Mr. Paget r< ponded, his wife standing oeside him. Tfc ride's bouquet wns then broken up and d Ided among her attendants. The weddln nke was distributed to the guests in plai rhite boxes tied with bows of white sati Ibbon. Mr. and Mrs. Paget left on the 'clock train on the New York, New Have nd Hartford Railroad for Mr. Dimock ountry place at South Coventry, Conn. Mrs. Paget's going away dress was of dar reen cloth, with a plain skirt. The waist: f dark green silk figured with pink carat on?, and with cream lace trimmings at th eck. A plain jacket and a chinchilla cat avered the waist. She carried a chinchilJ luff. Her hat was of dark green, trimme 'ith gray feathers. Showers of rioe we] irown at her. Murderer Keleased by Friends. A dispatch from Purvis, Miss., says tl ill at that place was broken into about mi< lght and "Will" Purvis, the convicted Whii apper, under sentence to be hanged, we berated. Purvis whs once hanged by tt heriff at Columbia, but was saved by tt reaking of the rope. The Sheriff was pei naded to postpone further attempts to ex< ute the sentence of the law until the cou: ould review the case. The Supreme Cou esentenced Purvis to be hanged Decemtx 1. Many doubt the guilt of the prisoner. R?port on Chlclcamaaj?a Park.' The commission in charge of the establisl lent of the Chickamauga and Chattanoog ational Park has subnlitted Its r> art to the Seoretary of War. I tie date of the last report the par omprised 5521 acres. "The Sherman flgh ag ground," fcrty-seven acres, on Missloi ry Ridge, has since been purohaded. Effor o secure additional lands were made bi rere discontinued because of the exorbitai rices asked by the owners. Said He'd Kill His Sister, and Did. A ten-year-old son of Farmer George Dei ,1s shot his fifteen-year-old sister throug he head, at Crosby, Tenn., killing her. Ri ently, while ill, ne asked her to give hi ometningto ear, but, obeying the doctor rders, she refused. The boy then said: ou don't give it to me I will kill you wht get well." General Sllles's Recommendations. General Miles in his annual report recor aends the building of big guns for seacoR lefease, und says we are far behind tho a; u equipment ior war. "iVar?lil|? Texas Injured. According to a statement from Washingtt he Navy Department received a report fro Commodore Sicard, of the Navy Yard Jrooklyii, tnat tho second-class battle sh r?'Ka?, n jiv in dry dock at the yard, had r .........i inliirlua rr> h?r fruoio and bOttO t ujui.vm hrough it settling of the ship on the kt j.oeka .shortly after she was put into d lock. Her frames have ouckled as those < he (.'oiumoia did. ?o\-en .Hen Killed in a Colliery. An explosion occurred in the Blackw Colliery, at Alfreton, ne?r Derby, Englan :>y which seven men were killed. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED e- Wanhinjrton Item*. <j The convention to settle the claims of ar Canadian sealers has been finished by Secretary Olnev and Sir Julian Pauncefote. ^ nSecretary Olney has recalled Messrs. " Chilton and Hunter, who were sent to estab- * w lish Consulates in Armenia, on account of If e- obstacles thrown in their way by the Turks. <j hfl Secretary Herbert has extended 3ixmonths o C. tho time for the completion of the three ti id eunboats under contract at Newport News, n 00 Va. n Yi General Master 'Workman Sovereicm de- ? livered an address nt the nineteenth annual Jj ,/ convention of the Knights of Labor. The c ' principal feature of the address was an apu' peal to the General Assembly to give tD his fe recent order boycotting National bank-notes 0j an official sanction. ed Cae3ar CeLso Moreno, who was convicted :e- some days ago of a criminal libel on Earon nd Fava, the Italian Ambassador, was sentenced or in the District Criminal Court to ninety days rd in the District jail. The Supreme Court of the United 8tates reconvened after a recess of several weeks. Secretary Olney received an intimation of the willingness of France to release John L. Waller, ex-United States Consul to Madagascar. from prison as an actofgraclousness to the United States.' Congress will be called upon to appropriate nearly S6.000.000 for building war vessels already authorized. ' Secretary Herbert issued orders relieving , ** ? 3 ?J?? n?rtftmmand flf near Aamirtii uum ~? the Asiatic station and directing him to rt- "j turn home without delay. i A board of Naval officers has submitted a report on the performances at Indian Head of a novel American rapid-Are arm?the \ ;Browning automatic gun. The invention is J remarkable for simplicity and strength of meohanism and ease and rapidity of action. Four hundred rounds were fired in one min ute and forty-nine seconds. V [ First Assistant Postmaster-General Jones ^ has submitted his report. It calls attention ? to a saving in his branch of the service dur- E ing the last year of 81,395,577. Mr. Jones * Recommends an appropriation of 817,000,000 6 to cover compensation of postmasters for the ? next fiscal year, and $10,500,000 for clerk ? hire at first and second class postofflces. Mr. ? Jone3 does not favor maintaining experi- ? I. mental free delivery service in towns tnd P id villages. n s. 0 :e Domentlc. Drummers' Day at the Exposition drew 5000 commercial travelers to Atlanta, Ga. ^ ,n Governor Atkinson has called the attenid tion of the Georgia Legislature to the oruelties practiced by the chain-gang guards, as The Manhattan Elevated Railroad. New b; re York City, carried 11,435,498 fewer passen- rp rran thin vpnr than last vear. 35.224,831 , fewer thanin 1893 and has a deficit. * y Stephen B. Dunk, of the tribe of Jackson E x" Whites, of the Ramapo Mountains, was taker tojnilat Haokensack, N. J., on the charge ? of having, with two other men of . the tribe, *; stolen a valuable horse from the stables at " l<i Darlington of A. B. Darling. ie Ex-Speaker Crisp addressed the Georgia h .6 Legislature. He declared himself unequivoe cally in favor of the free, unlimited and in. n lt dependent coinage of silver, at a ratio of 16 |r e to 1. A a- The first United State9 Court ever held in b; el Tahlequah, Indian Territory, was opened a o: 9t few days ago, with Judge W. II. Springer on n the bench. B 7 Charles Ernst, conductor, and John Adams, '3 brakeman, asleep in a caboose, were killed . l,e in a collision of freight trains at Warwick, " Ohio. J At the unveiling at Hartford, Conn., of the sj d statue to Colonel Thomas Knowlton. the fl Revolutionary hero, addresses were made by Charles Dudley Warner, Governor 0. VinJ(j cent Coffin and P. H. Woodward. N >k At a session of the Nation al convention in _ id Baltimore, Md., of the United Garment Workers a resolution was passed favoring >r the establishment of an eight-hour work-day i; in all branches of the United Garment Work- . t- ers of America, to be affected gradually, r. A construction train was run into by n c< if freight train near America, Ala. Of si >y twenty laborers asleep in the caboose of tt s. the work train four were killel, viz.: An- Ji id thony Cunningham, Moses McGee, Joe 2f Davis and Luke Bailey, and two?Jake gi >r Bailey and Steve McDonald?were fatally inis jured. u< V " - - ?? -_J TTT TT o nl / uovernor .Brown anu ?t. n. nowunu, ? ? clerk in the Auditor's office, quarrelled in ' the State House, Frankfort, Ky., passed the ol r| lie and would have come to blow3 had by* sfanders not interfered. Newhall accused pi *: the Governor of voting they Republican ai ticket. & ie Runaway freight cars, descending a steep grade, struck a combination train near Short Hills, N. J., causing a bad wreck, fol?? lowed by fire. Herman Rush, the engineer, p was killed and two men injured. ^ it The eleventh annual Horse Show was ^ o opened at MadisonSquara Garden, New York g is City, with an immense and. fashionable au- 0) y diencein attendance. g a The committee appointed by the Pennsyl- h 9' vania Senate began its investigation of tl ? charges of corruption in the city govornment of Philadelphia. I. William Krauel. a middle aged German, g was mysteriously murdered in the n kitchen of a restaurant he was about to open H n at New York City. The body was rot found g< 4 until thirty-six hours after the tragely. g n Charles Tubberts. of Syracuse. N. Y., a tl 's boiler maker, while at work on the city water ai tower, fell a distance of forty-five feet. He k died at the Ellis Hospital shortly afterward. [s Josiah Quincy was nominated for Mayor *' or Boston Dy tne democrats. '? Policeman Tremper. of Mount Vernon, N. . Y., was caught robbing a trunk in the railway baggage-roOm. Heis accused of several t? f0 burglaries. 8 A boiler explosion on the Lehigh and Hud- T son River Railroad near Warwick, N. Y., n killed Martin O'Neil, conductor; William n: Cooper, engineer, and James L. Sloan, h ie brakeman. Herbert Bittner, fireman, was K j seriously injured. h The price of the Chicago Tribune, one of the p' te largest papers in the West, has been reduced 13 from two cents to one cent to its city sub16 scribers. r. Complete success has attended the first ? month's operations of the street railway mail H service oa the Third avenue line in New 61 5 York City. T 3r Particles of gold were discovered at Ham- p mond Brothers' gravel pit, near Elsrin, III., ? while workinsover the prravel, and George Chisholm,'mining expert, says that the particles are Renuino gold, and indications are that a pocket will be discovered. Foreign Note*. y; Advices from Constantinople are to the Ij effect that all the Christian Armenian teach- p ers between Erzeroum and Trebizond have it been massacred. ts The Municipal Council of Vienna wa3 dis- V it solved by a decree of the Austrian Emperor *a it because it insisted upon re-electing Dr. si Luger, an anti-Semite, Mnyor of the city. h United States Ambassador Thomas F. Bayard was tne recipient of the freedom of b j. the city of Dundee, Scotland. Mr. Bayard C . delivered an address upon the subject. "In- d ternational Comity, Founded Upon Interua8 tional Courtesy, Based Upon International p m Obligations." Thore was no real conflict, he n 's said, between Great Britain and America. h rf _ Japan and China hrvve signed a treaty providing for the evacuation of the Liau- j Tons Peninsula on pavment of an additional indemnity of ?3'.),000,000. 8 British troops were ordered to Africa :o fi Q* join the expedition against th?; King ?f st Ashante.;. 0 jo Xubar Ptielin. Premier >! Kuypt, resigned; h Mustapha Tehmy Pacha was app l in 1 his place. t A severe gale did great dam.igu to .-iii;ipingon the English ooasts. t A Moslem moti atta.'kel an Eu^li.-h mis- j 111 sion near Jerusalem. ' Three firms of shipbuilders ou the Clyde lP decided to reopen their yards. The British B" Government Is said to have .strongly inti- ' in- mated its desire that the lockout should 11 jel ceaS)># ii ry r ^ A formidable uprising of Druses in Syria fldded to the seriousness of the situation in ? Turkey. The proposed international exhibition in I Berlin in 1896 has been founl impossible. ? Stronger pressure than over is being ( d, brought to bear on the British Government j to prohibit the free importation of American < an I Canadian sheep on the ground of the < rapid spread of scab. ' .'. *J ' : >. - - v.*..- i - CONGRESSMAN-ELECT CUMMINGS 'lie New BepreaeDtatlre From tot Ter New York DUtrlct. Amos J. Cummlnga, who waa eleo' ) fill the vacancy In the Tenth N ork Congressional District, will be 1 jader of th3 New York City CongreBsio: elegation In the House of Repmentativ wing to Ills long periods of service in ] ional legislation. Congressman-elect Cu lings is a prominent New York newspa; lan, and has served in the Fiftieth, Fit rat, Fifty-second and Fifty-third C< resses. He resigned from the Fifty-th longress to accept the appointment of Bi amos J. truanffiyas. ray Commissioner tendered to him by Ma; Hlroy. Mayor Strong removed him fr fflce last June on account of hie being romineatly Identified with Tammany H? [o is now a Sachem of the Tammany I lety, or Columbian Order. Mr. Cummingswas born in Broome Coun few York, in 1841. Last year he was theci idate for Congress in the Thirteenth C< resslonal District, and was defeated by I hannon, the Republican candidate, by a 1 undred votes. He has been twice Preside f the New York Press Club. BEARS KILLED TWO MEN. resh Venison Attracted the Haii{ Brutes in Wisconsin. Two neonle were killed at Foxboro. Wi y bears, and two more were badly Injun he bears, three in number, were flna Hied. The men killed were "Dave" Falst nd Maguire, a tramp woodsman. Pra urnett and "Tom" Grady were injured. Foxboro is in the heavy pine woods on t astern Minnesota Railway, twenty-fl dies from Superior. Marren's Hotel is jsort for hunters and woodsmen. Marr as had venison stored in a hut baok of ] otel and it attracted the bears. Falston, Maguire, Burnett and Grady, w rere stopping in the hotel, heard the bei i the hut and attempted to capture the s they entered the hut they were attack y the bears, all of them big fellows. No (the men were armed, and inside of a f linutes Falston and Maguire were kill< urnett and Grady escaped after being b: rbittten and clawed. Marren and Smith heard the screams le men and wont to the hut with their rifl he bears had ;.ust emerged from the pla l pursuit of .Burnett and Grady, and w< lot. It took nix shots from a heavy fori re-calibre rifl a to kill one of them. EW JERSEY HAS 1,672,942 SOUl he State Census Show a Gain of 228,0 Since 1890. Secretary of State Kelsey and his ex erks have Jast finished corapilllng the Sti snsus of New Jersey taken la9t July. 10W3 some remarkable fads. According 19 figures there are 1,672,942 persons InN srsey, the females exceeding the males $28. The population has increased 22S,< nee 1890. There are 279,755 dwellings In the Sta jcommodatlng 357,873 families. The f ign population is 357,172, of which 93,; re Irish, 118,823 Germans and 144,916 ther Nations. By the census the county of Bargen laced In the list of second-class count! id Plainfleld, Brldgeton and Perth Ami om third class to second class cities. A Remarkable Dee d of Heroism. William Brown, a fireman on the Vail ivlslon, saw Florence Kelley, the two-ye Id child of Martin Kelley. on the bridge le foot of Miller street, Mlddletown, Cot !e sprang from the engine, and, seizing 1 ilia, rolled down the embankment with h rown's escape was as marvellous as I eroism, for ue sprang direotly in front le engine, which was going at full speed Shot Bot i Brotheri. Near Roaxana, Lee County, Ala., J. [ayes, one of the best known farmers In i late, shot and killed Miohael and E'er arper, brothers and tenants on his plum on. Hayes and the Harpers quarrel bout the payment oi rent. Admiral Shufeld Dead. Rear Admiral Robert W. Shufeld, retln V?la nftoMnnrtQ In Wftflhlntrfftn OlI'V lou ab iiiJ ieoiuvuww u* *? w.j >r a long illness, following an attaok of I rip and an accident while driving about ear ago. He was appointed a midshipm om New York, May, 1839, became Rear I liral in May, 1883, and retired in 1884. ad a most notable record, having oper orea to the world by treaty, surveyed' uantepeo Canal route and played an i ortant part in the Civil War. A Hold-Up In New York Clty*"^ Three masked thieves shot and kill iohard Pope in the saloon of Walters Bro' rs, at Brown street and Southern ton ard, in New York City. It was a holdl regular Wild West style. After kllll ope, who resisted, the other occupants le barrom held up their hands in obediei > orders and the place was robbed. Prominent People. Wilhelmina, the young Queen of Hollai rears bloomers when cycling. Major-Goneral C. B. Knnwles has been i ointed to the command of the British Ari l India. A check for 525,000 has been sent to ] 7. G. Graoe, England's "Grand Old Ma t cricket, representing the 100,005 sliilli inscriptions to the testimonial started im by the Daily Telegraph. The Prussian Order of Merit, which H ert Spencer has declined, whs accepted arlyle, who would never accept any otl ecorution. President Diaz, of Mexico, at sixty-f ossesses the bodily and mental activity o inn of twenty, due, he says, to tho fant tl 0 has been a great eater and a good sleep Sir Walter Wilkin, London's new L< layor, is a member of a larpe business ri ,'h!ch makes tho sale of German yeas; pecialty, nnd has reaped a fortuue the ro*_i. Barney Barnato, the "Knftlr King." wh normous profits in South African mil ave lately startled the world,is really aan Sernard Isaacs. He was once a cin urabler. James Wbitcomb r.ilev and Julian II; home are the neatest ehirogtaphists am?: ho literary men of this generation. Tii landwriting is alnios: identical in styl Ine, clean-cut and legible. C. E. Bortchgrevink, who claims to hi >een the first man to set foot <<n the gr mtarctic continent, is in Europe organizl m exploring expedition thither, for wli 1 South African millionaire is paying the i >euses. Desmond Fitzgerald, the Knight of Ol lied recently at (Hin Castle, Cou Limerick. Like the linight of Kerry, iCnight of Glin is a hereditary knighthi ireated by a Fitzgerald of Desmond iu 'ourteenth century, by his authority 3ount Palestine, without the interposlt )f the crownj, ; 4 i, GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT. itb Effects of Rains and the Drouth on Corn and Cotton. ted Returns to the Department of Agriculture ew make the corn crop the largest in volume on the record, with a rate of yield, however, someaal what less than that indicated by th? rees, turns for October, being 26.2 bushels per Ya- acre. In the Atlantio States, except those im- about middle latitude, the yield appears to per be largest of high quality. In the Virginias ty- and Carollnas, some counties of Pennsylf>n vania and Maryland, the greater part of th( ird Great Lakes and Ohio Valley, Californit lb- and New Mexico, reports are conflict? ing owing to the different action ol the universal drouth upon difTerenl soils, rich bottom lands giving at abundant yield, while upland and claj trants are very short. The whole Missour basin reports a great falling off from earliei estimates, the extreme dry weather havinj converted fair promise into a comparativi lauure in Nebraska anct adjoining dwio while considerable damage is asoribed t< untimely frosts near the Rooky Mountain; and along the Northern border. There an many complaints of the chinch bug an< army worm, while the rotting of ears b; V soaking summer rains has made a large par ^ of the crop unmerchantable in some interio * States. S The average yield of buckwheat is 26.: ^ bushels against 16.1 last year. The average ^ yield of potatoes is 100.7 bushels per acre s5S\ tobacco 748 pounds and hay 1.06 tons. Th< lw% crop of apples is reported as 71.1 per cent, o ] | a full crop. IW The cotton returns for November show ai (/ average yield per acre for the entire cottoi ,J bolt of 155.6 pounds. A large majority o W the correspondents of the department com ' plain of a short yield, many reporting "half crop," "poorest in thirty years,'' o something similar. ^ HER BABY AS A SACRIFICE. om 80 Mrg. Gildner Smothered Her Three-Weelii ill. Old Child. The life of the three-weeks-old son of Ella ty, Gildner, a foundryman, of Allentown, Penn, in- was offered up as an imaginary sacriflca t God by its mother. Gildner had frequently been warned b; enf members of hip wife's family that it was no safe to intrust children to her, but no step were taken to remove hertoa p'aceof safety As Gildner returned from work his younj daughter ran down the street to meet him _ She told Dim mat tne oaoy was ueau, uu would say no more. When Gilflner reachei the house he found his wife walking up am Is., down the room, seemingly content and hap 3(j py. In the cradle in the kitchen was th ..' dead child. Its face was discolored and th( "y features distorted. Its body was also dis on colored. One of the girls said her mothe nk had stabbed the baby with a butcher knife but the only indication of this was wound he on the ankles. Ive Coroner Yost was summoned, and to hie a the mother said that God wanted the chili en and it was her duty to offer it up as a sacri Us flee. He came to, the conclusion that thi child bad been suffocated by the mothe ho holding her hand over its nose and moutb. HX3 The jury exonerated Mrs. Gildner. but rec m. ommended her removal to an insane asy ed lum. Her insanity dates back four years me and since her son was beheaded by a coa ew train two months ago she has become mucl ad. worse. She seems to be insane on rellgiou id- subjects. ot MOB RULE IN ASIA MINOR. es. * ice Mlniater Terrell Think* 10,000 Armenian 3re Have Been Killed in a Month.* United States Minister Terrell sent a not' to Halil Bifat Pasha, the new Grand Vizie .S, of Turkey, saying that in view of presen circumstances he was unable to make a con >00 gratulatory call upon the occasion o the Pasha's appointment to the office o Grand Vizier. He was compelled t< lay diplomatic usage aside in order first t< ito demand protection for Americans in Asii It Minor, and he proposed to call upon th t0 Grand Vizier for that purpose. Missionaries Herrick, Peet and Dwlgh make an earnest appeal to the United State for aid for the destitute. It is estimate; JUJ that 250,000 Armenians in the ravaged dls tricts are in a state of starvation. Minister Terrell expresses the opinion tha r?" upward of 10,000 Armenians nave eeen mas " J sacred during the last thirty days, and fear 01 that the worst of the outrages In a numbe . of localities have not been reported. Hi " cordially endorses the missionaries' appea es? for aid. l0F There have been fresh massacres and pil 1 aging in the neighborhood of Angora ant Pain. One thousand bodies of murdered Ar . menians lie in the streets of towns near An ley gora and Pulu, and many inhabitants of vil lages in the vicinity of Hadjin have been as ar" sasstnated. at Armenians, after being goaded to despera m. tion, attacked the Turkish soldiery at Zei :he toun, Asia Minor, and have practically takei er. possession of the town, his 0f EDWARD WEMPLE UNDER ARREST The Ex-State Comptroller of New York ii ^ Charged With Argon. Jjq Ex-State Comptroller of New York Edwarc Wemple was arrested at his home in Fiilton ville, N. Y., on the charge of incendiarism ed He was released on $10,000 bail. He is accused of setting Are to the nev dwelling of Herbert H. Fonda. A baskei filled with shavings and newspapers, sonkec with kerosene oil, was placed against a dooi in the rear of the house. The flames wert discovered by L. V. Peck, cashier of tht aI" Fultonville Bank, and were extinguished ir lh? time to save the house. : r Wemple is also charged with having set an flr? to the Wemple foundry building, which Ld- was burned a few weeks ago. A committee He of citizens has been at work collecting evlted dence in the case since that time. He is also Ce- suspected of having caused several other inm* cendiary fires in Fultonville during the past few months. Wemple is one of the best-known Democratic politicians in the Mohawk Valley, He has spent large sums of money in polited tics. He became addicted to drink and took th- the gold cure, but there was no Improve. ment in his habits. It is thought his mind is affected, and a mania for burning buildup ings has developed. He is forty-nine years i of old* ' He began his political career as a Supervisor of the town of Glen, in which Fultonville is located. He was then elected to the Assembly, then as a Representative in Congress, which was followed by a term in the _ j State Senate. Before being elected to the of' flee of State Comptroller, and then re-elected he received a very handsome complimentarj vote in the Saratoga Democratic Conventior for Governor. Prominent People, E ng In point oi service Amos .T. Cummmgs. o for New York City, will be the oldest member it the next Congress. er- Mrs. Julia Ward Howe was re-elected by President of the Association for the Adler vancement of Women at New Orleans. The Queen of Portugal has been studying lve medicine for some time in ^r<ier to be but f a ter able to care for her invalid husband. >at Qiiohu Victoria wholly refuses to be mannr. aged by her physicians, having very decided ed ideas of her own on health aud hygiene, rm King Oscar of Norway aud awe leu takes t i great interest in American new>paj>nrs ? esre pecially in their views oa European politics. P. A. B. Wideuer, the Philadelphia slroei mni'nntA lliw J?ri-.Lni?lMl fol* till! 1C.1 building of a matfuiticent s:oam Vii*!hf, in 5U? which ii" will spend nv./ years on a iour oi the gio'ie. iv."- "Murk Twain" J;a- been quite a jn-'jliH< >nn inventor. Hi* holds a number of patontloit duo to hi# own ingenuity, ao;nu of which c? have been quite prolltable. At th" age of ninety-three. Sidney Cooper iv of tin- lloyal A'-ademy, is painting pictures i;at for the exhibition next spring. Ho wits mi It' ing aii associate fifty year- ago. ic'1 Loril Napier and Ettriuk, who jnst before ex* the war was British Minister at Washington. and later was Ambassa lor at St. Peteiaburg tin. and at Berlin, has just celebrated 'lis golden nty wedding. Engels, the late German Socialist leader, 3?" directed by will that his body should be cremated and the ashes cast into" the sea. In ,lM this way ho sought to make a posthumous 'oa expression of contempt fr,r the t'joorv of the resurrection. i '7 ' . . .. v STYLES IN MESS. %?a B SOME OF THE LATEST DECREES com ' OP DAME FASHION. roui lot Descriptions of a Home Gown of ?.^)< Figured Batiste and a Skirt > In Godet Style-A efl.e' 1 Velvet Rage. i - wor be f [ *1 T^IGURED batiste in ecrue, the |=/ lavender and green, made the it is l_* pretty gown in the double- a& i column illustration. This is row r a favorite mode for all styles of fab1 rios. The loose-fitting fronts and r back in Wateau design are disposed F t " l 5 I!? 1L..1 ?/>/! d over nnea iiuiugo urn uuuiiuui i>u tug , figure and gracefully display its lines veh > ?? * 'f# 4 ? mm ? w ? s ?? m-* * ' ^jj|P'' a * A HOME GOWN OP FIGU] e t and curves. The Byron collar neatly and ( finishes the neck, the semi-girdle in con: . pointed oatline (which is inserted at alwi l the under-arm seams) confining tbe wall < fullness at the waist line in front. The wra] 3 foil-topped leg o' mutton sleeves are mns I adjusted with a single seam and plainly fane e completed with faciugs at the wrists, says Gowns in this style are made from velv outing and French flannel, merino, froc cashmere, crepon, camel's hair and ? ladies' cloth, with collar and belt of velvet, silk or other contrasting materials. The girdle and fitted linj ings can be omitted if a loose adjustr ment is preferred. - The quantity of 44-inch wide mamolro tVklO iVrttPIl fftf ICl iai X Cl| Ull gu t,\j Uiaau vuw BwnM . a lady having a 32-inch bast measure I in 5 yards; for a 36*inoh size, ^ * yards; for a 40-inch size, 5J yards; j/L\ " for a 42-inch size, 5} yards. tSt A HANDSOME SKIRT. V6 Black satin made this handsome i skirt in pronounced godet style, in \ the second large illustration. The widely gored front is smoothly fitted at the top and gradually distends to the lower edge. The side gores fit 9 smoothly and fall below the hips in deep outstanding flutes, the three 1 godeta in back being arranged in small , ' box plaits at the top. A plaoket opening is finished in the seam at the % left side of centre back, a straight belt j? 7 completing the top of the skirt. A 'I [ stiff- interlining throughout is a mat- Jj r ter of chobe, a more distinguished f 3 air being imparted by at least a deep 5 faoing of some stifl fabrio between the STn 1 lining and material. The bottom is ? plainly completed. An elastio strap velv i' holds the godets in position at the ture ' back, a stay of tape or ribbon be- thin ing tacked underneath all around, ablj Crepon, Gros-de-Londres, plain and one fancy silks, cote de Cheval, cheviot, kno .4 HANDSOME SKIRT IN < . serge and other silk, wool or mixed leas fabrics will all develop stylishly by will : the mode. for The quantity of 44-inch wide ma- N terial required to make thin skirt for in h a lady having a 22*inch waist measure ; velv | is 6 yards; for a 2G*inch size, yards ; 'still I for a 30-inch size, 6i vards. I moi * I ,)( RUFFLES AND BELTS. ?Var< Now, t hut ruffles are come back as horn a skirt trimming, it is altogether likely nese that wo shall see heavy woolen gowns cuu.' decorated with machine hemmed wor ruffles! Such horrors have been in the past, and they will probably be revived. Silk ruffles hemmed on a 50n1 machine aro a perfect nightmare, but hi if you don't watch your dressmaker, that is just what she will do for yon, T and often against your direct protest. 120, Don't let her gather your ruffles cn ing / I maohine either, or etltoh'tiieto flW^^p r dress with the machine. 9 elts are as popular as ever, and, oi , H i'se, will remain so at long as thr'^BK ad waists stay in. A pretty fano|| | a belt) is to make one of ring*, Bj :heted with Bilk of the color yOB , and then join the rings in pointed > ' fl 3t, running the rows with bright red ribbons. No buokle should ba f S n with such a belt, bat it should astened with a big bow or rosette, , fl color of the ribbons, with which- 7 M i run. The rings should be abont ' nch in diameter and at least throe I VELVET ALL THE RAGS. 9 or dressy street wear, or the car* j : ;e, nothing is more in favor than I et; it combines so richly with fmyv '"jjiI BED BATISTE. - -M gives one a wonderfully coay, : 'M ifortable look. The story book* ;;|f iys describe their princesses* as sing abort in velvet gowns, ?& pped in prioelees fnrs. The idea t have oanght the fashionable y, for all the feminine world, i the New York Press, has gone et-macL There are velvet street d ks, velvet evening frocks, JSH COAT rs BLACK PATTERNED VZLVBT et coats, velvet bodices, velvet piohats and fancy velvet muffs; any* ';M g in which velvet may be reason* I r employed. And then velvet is fl of the few things the mondainea I w will not become common. At I t the Lyons silk velvets they wear not, for they are far too costly the ordinary purse. ot long ago every grand dame had ler wardrobe a richly embroidoreil et cloak ; many of them have them , aiul fortunately they are onca e springing into favor. stted velvets are being sold by tho J, to be made into cloaks, but enow toey ao not nave tnericni of the "old-timers," probably be<e many of the old ones were hand * k. *V? he British Empire in 1783 did not tain 50,000,000 inhabitants; no* as 350,000,000 and is still growing. he Pennsylvania Railroad carried 000 passengers to Louisville dur* the G. A. R. week.