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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
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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
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ELIZABETH CAD? STANTOK. | a
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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.
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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<
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/ 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.
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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,
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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.
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. .. 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
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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
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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
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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.