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TRAIN WHEGtBD BT BOIS: .Youns: Desoera^oes Ditch a Fast Mall, Causing Two Deaths. INTENDED TO ROB PASSENGERS. A yew York Central Express Thrown From the Track Near Rome, V. ? The Engine, Four Mall Cars and Two Sleeper* DemollsJie 1?Engineer Hayes and a Tramp Killed. Fourbovs, who had been in the habit of raadintr dime novels and who decided they > would like to be?om? full fledged desperadoes, wrecked the limited fast mail train on the New York Central Railroad, three miles west of Rome, N. V. Two men were killed and several others badly hurt. The younsf train wreckers were quickly arrested, after one of them had confessed the crime. They were locked up in the police station in the City Hall at Rome, and th6 place was surrounded that nicrht by a lar?e crowd of excited citizens, who freelv emressed the opinion tha' the prisoners should be lynched. All the policemen of ihecity remained on <3utr to oroteot the lade. The wreeters had broken open the company's too'house nearby, and obtained a wrench and crowbar, with which all the spikes and flsh-olates on two opposite rails on the southerly track had been removed. The two released rails wore left in their places on th? track. As the train, comprising four mail and three sleeping cars, came along, at the rate of about fortv milas an hour, the locomotive left the track, hounded over the t'es. and fell sideways into the ditoh /1oo*v An fKa orvnfVi eMa f\t fho track. The flrst two mail cars shot over the Murine, the first one landing fully seventylive feet from the point where the engine left the track. The second and third mail care eame together in ''V" shape, and the wreok of the engine lay in the open space between them. Under the second mail car. pinned down by a nair of trucks, and stone dead, was found Engineer Hager. The fourth mallear was toppled part way over. The first two sleepers were oartly turned over, and the last one remained on the tracks. Strange to say. the two loose rails had not been thrown from the roadbed, the last car remaining upon them. There were about fifty passengers in the three sleeoers. and not one of them was hurt. The paesencers< wer? taken east on another train, shortlv after the accident. The killed an<i wounded in the smash-UD are: Nathan N. Hager. engineer, Albany, killed; Robert Bond, of Syracuse, a tramd. riding on platform between first and second mail cars, die^ after being removed from wreck: E. Rsardon, J. E. Levine, l H. D. Robinson, F. N. Paddook, C. W. Sackett. M J. M^Carthv, R. B. Peck, Charles R. Reynolds. John R. Macv, Syracuse, riding on platform between first and ??r?nnr! mail enra richt foot smashed and I amputated; C. Warner, Albany, fireman. As soon as the wreck became known to : the railroad authorities Detective Latham, ' of Utica. betran working ud the oase. In ! ] the bushes near the track was found a black | 1 derby hat with the name "Hildreth" written . on the I'n'ne. Inquiry showed that a boy named John Watson Hildreth was in the crowd looking at the wreck. The detective j arrested him and charged him with the 1 ] erime. He denied the charge, but soon broke down and coatessed havinjr been eneraared in the work of wrecking the train. Hildreth tea son of J. Homor Hildretb, a wealthy j lawyer, of New York City. He is wayward , and had been sent to the country to escape ; the temptations of city life. i : Hildreth is sixteen years old. He impli- ] rated "Frel" Bristol, eighteen years old: J Herbert P. Lato. sixteen years old. and 1 Theodore Hibbard, nineteen years old. all of 1 Borne. 1 All the boys were arrested and have made s full confession to District Attorney Klock * and the railroad detectives. ' Hildreth says the object of the wrenk was ' robbery ofj passenpers. He says he and his ' companions were the one3 who loosened a * fishplate at th? same place a week before, ' when they tried to wreok a train. 1 Joseph Wilkes, eighteen yearsoid, w.i3 arrested as a witness. It is asserted he is one i of the nriqrin'tfo's of the olan. but his cour- * aere failed him whoa the time came for ac- ' tioo. Hibbard said that the four boy3 each had ; j . revolvers and intended to go among the J passengers and demand their valuables and money, but when they saw what they had 1 Jnn? xrara tnn s(VirAd nnd flfid. ~ ~ * " ; CRASH ON BROOKLYN BRIDGE. 1 yatal Disaster Primarily Due to a Remarkably Dense Foe. A bad smash-up occurred near the Brooklyn end of the big Brooklyn Bridge at 7.20 o'clock a. m., in which two men were killed. , One man had both his legs cut off. His , body was hurled into the middle of a cur from the rear platform. The other was J bruised about the body and sustained inter- ' ha I injuries. ' The dead men are: Thomas Cooper, < twenty-seven years old, a conductor on the '< train, both less cut off, George Granite, < twenty-eieht years old, a passenger, left leg 1 /tciicVioH -fnlran tA tho ltrnnlrlvn Hna_ 1 ratal, where his leg was amputated before < tie died. The accident occurred just at the time < when the heavy fog was thickest. One train ' was standing west of the Brooklyn terminal ] waiting for the train ahead to be switched > over to the westbound tiaek. Asecond train i bound from New York City came bowling < along at a high rate of speed, and evidently the conductor could not seethe train ahead / ' until he was within a few feet of it. He put on the brakes, but it was too late. The train crashed into the one ahead of it, telescoping the rear car and hurling before j it the two injured men, who were standing ! on the rear platform. I There were not more than twenty-five or , , thirty passengers in each of the two trains. ! ' Travel from New York to Brooklyn at this > hour in the morning is always light. Had j ; the accident occurred a little later, or bad ' \ th? collision been on the westbound instead o.' the eastbound track, the lo?& of life would ktve been large. i As it was, however, all of the passengers in both trains were badly shaken up and j tnanv more or iess bruised. Many were hurled from their seats to the floor. j A llig Strike. Members of the Housesmiths and Bridge- ] men's Union went on a strike on eighteen 1 large buildings in New York City for the 1 eight-hour day, and nearly twenty thousand men were made idle in consequence. Stolen < ootid In Stndents' Kooms. By the arrest of two Union College students. the mystery ot several burglaries which have taken place in Schenectady. N. Y.. during thi lust few weeks has been solved. C. G. Humphrey, of Uatuvia, N. Y., class of '98, an'l C. O. Miller, of Sidney, N. j Y.. class of '99, are the uoy<$ under ar- ' rest. Humphrey is a sophomore ana Miller a freshman. They roomed together and in : their room was lound a wagon load of prop- I trly that seemed to connect them with at I least a half dozen burglaries. Among the I nic es recovered were snotguns, mandolins, | revolvers, canned meats and innumerable other thing.-. The .Sultan Writes a lle:n:?rkable Letter. An incident that is unparalleled in the an- ' a i>? iiuo'iis^ diplomacy occurred at the eon.'eience of the Colonial agents in 1 London. This was the reading of a i lec.er from the Sultan of Turkey I to L jra Salisoury, oegging him to j niak^a speecn that Wwuld onset the one delivered on the occasion of the banquet given by the new Lord Mayor of London. The buitan as&ed mm to te'il the English people oi uis earnest desire to carry out the reforms in Armenia demanded Dy the Powers and 1 pledged his honor ;o uo so. Utah Mormons tor Canada. A big colony ol Mormons has left Utah for Aloerta, Canada. ' ' i .li.r' CONGRESSIONAL CONTESTS. tj Twenty-nine Seats In the House of Kepre- * ' "-liatlves Disputed. The Cnntjress which convenes on December 2 will ha called upon to settle some important contests. Notices ol contest? have been filed from twenty-nine districts, distributed nmoncr twelve States, of which onlv two are Northern. The contestants are all Republicans. M The following able (fives the names of the contestants, the State and the nominee elected on the face of the returns: State. Elected on. Contestant. Tl Alabama.. .O. P. Harrison.. .W. C. Harrison Alabama.. .O. A. Robbins.. .TV. F. Aldrich Alabama.. ..T. P. Cobb A. T. Goodwin Alabama...O.W.XJn^erwood.-T N. Aldrich O?orf?la.....T. W. Maddox...W. H. Fetton Tllinoip T. F. Downing. ..T. I. Rinsker Kentucky.. .W. O. Owens....Oeortje"Denny Kentucky.. ..T. 31. Kendall... .N. Tj. Hopkins T,ouisiana..C. F. Bvi^k H. T). Co'eman Y< Louisiana. .AndrewPrice. ..T. Peattie jj Louisiana..C. .T. JV>atner....A. .Henoit , Maryland .R. W. Rnsk W. A. Booza ' Missouri.. .John C. Tarsney.R. T. Vanhora to New York...T. J. Wnlsh J. M. Mitchell J); New York. .Henrv C. Miner..T. .T. Camnbell . New York. .G. B. McClelland.T*. A. Cheesboro N.Carolina.F. A. Woo<lard...H.P. Cheatham *u N. Carol in a.-T, G. Khaw C.W.Thomnson at N.Carolina.-T. A. Loekhart..c.. F. Martin S.Carolina.W. E'Mot* G. W.Murray ,. S. Carolina. A. C. LaHmer.. .R. Voo*man * S. Harolina..T. L. M^Laurin. ..T. F,. Wilson dl S.Carolina.J. W. Stokes....T. B. .Tohnson at Texas .T. Abbott .T. C. Keasby w Texas M. Crowlev A. .T. Rosenthal ti< Virjrinia....W. C. MoKinney.R. T. Thorp ({j Virginia..,.C. A. Swanson. ..G W. Cornell ja Vircrinia....P. .T. Ofey .T. H. Hotje oe Virginia....H. St. G. Tucker.J. B. Yost. 01 The corrected fleures ot the House, after D the Committee on Congested Seats has Dassed unon the merits ot the contests, will show a in Republican membership of 270 and reduce te the Democratic representation to eiehty- w nine. This figure may be reduced by three or four. m fa WORK OF LIFE SAVERS. dl sa More Than Five Thonsanrt Persona Res- fjj caed by the Crews This Year. v( According to the report of the General In Superintendent of the Lire Savin? Service for the fiscal year endel June 30 Ia9t, the 0? number ot disasters to documented vessels fc within the field of the operations of the ser- D vice during the year was 483. There ware P< on board these vessels 5402 nersons. of whom fif< 5392 were saved and twentv lost. Eitrht hun- ai drei and three shipwrecked persons received o< sucoor in the stations, to whom 3232 days' tt relief in the aggregate was afforded. pi The estimated valnes of the vessels involved was $8.'t01,275. and that of their re cargoes S2.G45.3R0. making a total value of cc propertv imperiled $10,647,235. Of this amount $9,145,085 was saved and $1,502.150 m lost. The number of vessels totally lost was re seventv-three. w In addition there were 192 casualities to ce small craft. on hoard of which were 421 per- Di sons, of whom 415 were saved. Life savins; Yi crews also resoued 110 oersons who had fallen m from wharves, piers, etc. D The crews saved and assisted in saving ra 379 vessels, valued, with their cargoes, at If S3.56l.6S5, and rendered assistance of minor d< Importance to 181 other vessels in distress, dl besides warning from danger by signals of to patrolmen 249 vessels. The cost of mainraining tho service for the year was $1,345,- 0\ 323.40. to tii CHIEF HAZEN ON COUNTERFEITS. & His Men Have Seize! Some 2.KOO.OOO of ? Theua in tlie Last Fiscal Year. W. P. Hazen, Chief of the 8ecret Service d< Division of the Unite! States Treasury De ra partment, reports that during the last fiscal year his force made 803 arrests and secured 0j I8t convictions. They *ook counterfeit tii money of a face value of more than $2,500.- is )00. and recovered 123.000 stolen United ac States postage stamps. In regard to the prevention of counterfeiting, Chief Hazen ta makes this snggestion: lie ' The numerous counterfeits produced by in he photo-lithographic and similar processes to luring the past year confirm the statement re made in my report for the preceding year, fn namely, that this art has made it compara- to lively easy to imitate the most skilfully en- oil rraved design, and that the danger from s& this source was j^rave and increasing. "I must now call attention to the fact that in several of tho most dangerous counterfeits in Df late were printed on paper containing ao listributed silk threads, so closely imitating all the distinctive paper used by the Govern- mi ment as to render it impossible for the pub- ap lie to rieteot the counterfeit by this means. fo< rhis suggests that by the use of peculiar no tints and combinations of tints, and by hav- th Ing designs prepared and engraved in the or highest degree of the art. lies the greatest go 3afety against counterfeiting." HOLMES'S LAWYER ARRESTED. M Sir. Shoemaker Held for Subornation ot PerJ ury. The argument for a new trial for the con- ^ rfcted murderer, H. H. Holmes, was heard in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, j Philadelphia, PenD., and this re- ^ markabln case furnished another sensa- ho tion. W. A. Shoemaker, senior counsel for no the prisoner, produced an affidavit in court ^ illegins: that Pietsel, the murdered man. contemplated suicide. To the amaze- m( ment of the spectators and the shocked y6 astonishment of the Court, Distriot At- \y torney Graham proved the affidavit to be False and showed that Mr.Shoemaker had paid th B20 to the woman who swore to it for doing ke so. Shoemaker wa3 so overcome by this ex- pe posure that he could make no explanation. 1 ind ar the close of the argument he was held th In $1500 ball by the Court to answer the tri charge of subornation of perjury. Up Af k HALF-MILE ON HANDS AND KNEES, dli mi Thirty Miners Crawl Through a Tunnel to A a Place of Safety. he lmrtv miners at tne L.enz coal mine, ten miles south of East St. Louis, Mo., had a nar- in row escape from suffocation a few mornings ^ ago. They were at work in a drift eighty jji; feet below the surface. The steam pipe from Fx th9 engine room above burst and steam poured into the mine, cutting off the fresh air. The men rushed to the cage, and in their hurry to ascend the shaft trampled . 1 upon each other in the darkness. l2< But the engine had stopped, and they could not be lifted to the surface. An old, gray w< haired miner named Thompson called upon ' them all to follow him on their hands and m) knees and keep their heads close to the Jq ground. He lea them through an old tunnei a half-mile long to the Oak Hill mine, where , they were hauled up. Some of the boys and P young miners were panting for breath. The wri old fellows stuck it out best, but it was a ( hard journey for all. ar ? rei A Surplus of Hay. Reports received at the office of the Hay Trade Journal, Canajoharie, N. Y., confirm *n former statements that the surplus of hay at interior points in Quebec is such that a good 00 demand will be required to move the surplus ?P before the new crop presents itself, and while ' prices are advanced, owing to the pressure is of buyers for American account, thay are not co so high as to prohibit shipment. co Drought Injures Australia'* Wheat Crop, esl Owing to the prolonged drought the wheat Cc yield in the Australian colonies will barely , 00 supply local demands. None will be availa- . Vvii* tn.. ! in; Mit IVI CAi/UU. I I P? : 40 \ rrwont slende a Horse to Africa. ! A Vermont horse, New England, a young standard-ored stallion, one of the most valu. able animals in the State, will be shipped cu from New \ork at an early date to South , , Africa. This horse is of thy pure blood Morgan family, by the noted horse Daniel Lam- ' bert, dam L?y Vermont Black Haws. Hehts> been very successful in the exhibition ring, ? having won no less than seventeen first premiums in hisclass of standard-bred stock norses. The price paid was $40 0. He is de saicl to be the second horse ever senl to At- Jh rica irom the United States. | *ai Mining Silver in Ireland. en Tipperary's sliver mines, after being close 1 for forty years, are to oe worked again. th dv of IBM TO COMEBACK ? ? T uie ilkyrie's Owner to fleiterate Hi: Charges of Fraud. ru< esci oot LUSTRIOUS JURY SELECTED. Km T 10 ?w York Yacht Club Acts?Mr. Is?- mH T lln't Letter of Befntation Me?ti With me Hearty Indorsement ? Ex-Secretary far. Whitney, J. Plerpont Morgan and A the George L. RIves to Prohe the Charges. ^ Frfl At an enthusiastic meeting hold In New >rlc City William C. Whitney, J. Plerpont t-na organ and George L. Rives were appoint- r>0i 1 by the New York Yacht Club a committee its investigate the charges made by Lord 1 anraven regarding the changing of the kllast of the Defender. They were given jj0] .'1 power to rtpresefit the club and to take for ly action they may see proper. are The club house was far too small to hold ^ e members, comprising many of the most pr0 stinguished men In the United States, who dut tended 1he called meeting. While the <nc hole of Dunraven's four-column explanasn in the Field as to why the Valkyrie III. d not win the last America's Cup race was Id before the members, the ohief interest ^ ntred In the charges of fraud against C. urP Taolfn an A +Via nf>i flr mftmhflrq of thft PHI' efender syndicate. ba' Commodore Brown, after catling the meet- "H g to order, had Secretary Ortdie read a let- wa; r from 0. Oliver Iselin, which was received 000 ith three rousing cheers. 1 Mr. Iselln's letter to the club Is a anly, straightforward statement of the ^ cts and, demonstrates th? absur- j Ity of Dunraven's charpe. Mr. Iselln * iys It was a practical impossibility ir the ballast to have been changed without s knowledge. He personally examined sr hold and every part of her on the momg of the 7th, immediately before the race, ^ id knows the absolute falsity of the impu- of 3 ,tion. Continuing, Mr. Iselin says: "I 8U1 >nslder myself, therefore, as standing be- C re the world solemnly oharged by Lord at unraven with an offense as base ns could' of < )aslbly be imputed to a sportsman and a q mtleman, and which I indignantly resent me id repel?and more than that: with having 'mo sti ayed the oonfldence of my associates in le ownership of the Defender, the trust (jrc laced in mo by the New York Yaoht Club id the good name of my country, whose ue, iputation for fair play was involved in 1he , >ntest." <; After approving Mr. Iselln's letter, a comunication from H. Maitland Keraev. Dun- J?r iven's representative in the United States, r~ as read, stating that Mr. Kersey had relived a cable from Dunraven, who ex- ^ . eased willingness to appear before the New ark 7aoht Clnb, or the Cup Comittee, if the club so desired. Lord bot unraven said that, while he thought it I ,ther late now to investigate the oharges, sta the olub or any committee deemed it to be sto sslrable he would plaoo himself at their j sposal, and that he wonld be ready to sail {r;, r New York on December <: if necessary. the Then Captain Lewis Cas* Ledyard. the 1 vner of the schooner yaoht Montauk, sprang ^ i ma ibbi noa uueruu mo I'-murtiun rwwiu3D, whioh was seconded by Cap'aln Ogden . ' oelet of the steam yaoht White Lad ye: "Whereas, The London Field has lately 9 ade publio certain charges purporting to J ive been made by the Earl of Dunraven In cot iference to the recent cuo races sailed un- bo< >r the challenge of the Boyal Yaoht 8quad- SftI n; and, - bat 'Whereaa, This club Is of the opinion that >twithstanding the extraordinary coniuot the Earl of Dunraven In respect to the i me and manner of making such chart:es. It bri dne to Its honor and dignity that suitable fro ition should be taken In relation thereto. j, "Easolved, That J. Plerpont Monran. Willm C. Whitney and George L. Rives are , . >reby appointed a committee, with power | . J their discretion to add to their number, | y e whom the matter of said charges Is hereby | *: ferred, and that said committee shall have | Ue 11 power to represent this club in reference I 3 the matter, and to take, on behalf of the | wr tab and In its name, any action which may Cit em to them proper in the premises.'' j ch? Mr. Iselin's letter caused more enthusiasm ] j the club house than has been seen there fes. some time, but when the above resolution wa .pointing a committee with power was read Yo: 1 thought of dignity was forgotten tor the pni oment, and the men of millions shouted n iproval with the vehemence of a victorious, sei, otball team. The resolution was passed ; 'g ' ,f nnlw nrith iinonimnin naaont- hnf in/mnfth I " e same spirit which prevailed at the mem- | * able tpa party which surprised the world ent me hundred years ago. LYNCHED AT FREDERICK. MO. A,J ob Walts Until a Salvation Array Girl ? Offers Up a Prayer. James Goings, a young colored man, ggedfood at the resldenoe of Hamilton ilsbert, near Frederick, Md. After eat- i g voraolously he attacked Mis3 Liz3 Jones, who was alone in the jjj3 iuse. The colored man broke her , se and cut her with a razor. He wa3 T.V rested, and held for a hearing. A few "7; iurs later he was taken from the lall by a 3b and hanged to a tree on which, a few 1 are ago, the colored man Bigus was to i ache! for a similar orlme. Tui As the rope wus thrown over the limb of Thi e tree, a Salvation Army lass who had Ste] pt by the side of the doomed man asked A rmission to pray for him. the The men paused, while the victim with atrr e rope about hia neok, crouched by the opt je. Beside him knelt the wo nan, who offered ^ i a last petition for the condemned man. oth ter a short prayer the woman arose and jna ^appeared in the darkness. A moment r are and Goings was suspended in midair. ' . single shot was fired. Some one sent a , illet into Goings's body. It pierced his P10 art and ended his agony. lra A member of the-mob made a brief speech, sur which he said they were there with' the 1 ifortunate wretch, not in a spirit of malice, of it to make an example of him, and to teach Mo 3 race that they must let the women of sev ederick County alone. A safe The Labor World. (*al Coal and ice cart men ure about to organ} In New York City. J)" In labor circles it is said the eight-hour , >rk day movement is gaining griJUnd. ^ The annual convention of the United GarJ |Hr, ant Workers of America was held this yea- inp Baltimore. gqu An out-of-work fund for old and unem- 142 Dyed members is to be established by Wait- sail s' Union No. 1, of New York City.- 11 One hundred and thirty-two local unions Gn e now affiliated with the National union of can tail clerks, and the number is increasing bit" jadlly. , 188 Progressive Varnishers' Union won a strike I New York City for a 83.50 a day wage. me Arbitrator Judge Little decide! the Ohio un( al miners' wage question in favor of the 'eratora. ^h The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers the only large labor organization In this , untry which still refuses admission to !lf,? lored men. !lu; A. library and reading room is about to be tablished by the Lansing (Mlua.) Trades |llu ?unoil, and this is a good example to all of ntral bodies. t ro A. general strike of Pittsburg plumbers was Oer auijurated for the restoration of the ten r cent, reduction two years ago. About ,riE (J men went out. n?] The late Barou Tauchnilz, the great pubher, was so popular amouc his employes y;i| nl so just to them that a strike never oc- llrtJ rred in his establishment. vol There is a little village named Marknen- y rchen, in Saxony, where evury working prt, rson?men, women and children?is en- ,, ged in the manufacture of violins. jec General Master Workman Sovereign, of ;uu! e Knights of Labor, says he will positively V1C, dine a re-election. He declares mat at y e end of his present term he will go to . rming in Arkansas. 'nu. There are not far from a million men in the y lployment of the railroad corporations in , e United Btatee, and a large proportion of ' em hold places of responsibility, Involving .. itles which can be performed only by men steady ?ebriety. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED1 Washington llem?. * lift monitor Ajax Is to be turned over J Government to the Western Division New Jersey naval militia, he Department of Justice decided th ssell. the allege! postofflce robber, wl ipe'l from jail in New York City, cou bo extradited from Belgium on a char aurelary. he President appointed .Tobn L. Peak, isas City, Mo., .Minister to Switzerland, 'he new battleship Indiana has been f< lly accepted by the Government, he Supreme Court held a session to eoi morate the late Justice Jackson. Seci y Olney delivered a eulogistic address. in*. ??iier diih rujecLou mn uiu^ucn? State Department to secure the release husband as an act of courtesy fr< mce to the United States. .ttorney-General Harmon has decid t under the present tariff law goodsi ii ted by the United State" Government I own use are entitled to free entry, 'he Life Saviner Bureau of the Treasu Dartment hns notified Arthur J)omin )erintendent of life saving stations ig Island, that plans and specifloatic a new station to be built at East Mfirt under preparation 'he Secretary of the Treasury has docid t articles bought in Canada, being t ducts of another country, will have iahle value in this country that doe.'i n lude the Canadian customs duty. Doinentlc. laniel H. Brenizer. Secretary and Trai r of the Citizens' Trust and Surety Co' ly. Philadelphia. Penn., disappeared *fl ring embezzled $25,000 of trust securit:i< *he business portion of Madlso ivillo, K i burned, involving a loss of about $& Tie sponge ?chooner Shamrock, of E st. foundered in the Gulf of St. Marlii j, Fla., and six of the cr;!w were drowni n New Orleans. La., Patrick A. Heai rtally wounded Charlus F Porter, ghbor, with whom he quarrelled monl ). shot Porter's child and made an unsi sful attempt at sc.ioide. ilcaeus Hooper, the first Republican Mai Baltimore, Md., in thirty years, was int rated. )ver a thousand Xndianfi Republicans n Indianapolis and indorsed the candid* General Harrison for tho Presidency. ?he annual dinner of the Chamber of Co rce of New York City wa3 held at D nico's; Secretary Carlisle made a plea i wrflAnhGflbfl And I ' lOlliOUirUW V* ?UW ases were also made by Senator Burrow nrlfis Emorv Smith, Mayor 8trong and t 7. Dr. 3L W. Stryker. Jharcres against- Sheriff Tamsen. of N rk Citv, were presented to Governor Mi i by R-publlcans and members of Go vernment clubs, who ask his remoi m office. in express train on the Great Northf llroad was held up by armed robb< ht miles from St. Cloud, Minn., but )ty was secured. few gold discoveries In Colorado ha rted an era of wild speculation in mini oks. Jmploves of the Penn Steel Company il at Philadelphia, Penn.. for defraudl i Government were acquitted. ohn M. Gano, a City Marshal, attached i Eighth Dlstriot Civil Court, New Y< y, shot himself dead in the Marsha >m in the Court House at Twenty-th set and Eighth avenue. esus Vlulpando and Feliciano Chav ivicted of murdering and burning 1 iy of young Thomas Martinez in Soi ita Fe County on January 28 last, wi iged at Santa Fe, New Mexico, befor* msand people In the valley north of t y. Lttorney-General Haacook decided nor ft suit to enjoin tne iodrcco ir m doing business in New York State. l bright comet ha3 been discovered frc ik University, Cal. lutual concessions brought back peace i Presbyterian Church at Chaumont. of which Rev. W. N. Cleveland, Presidi iveland's brother, is pastor. ohn Knight, captain of the lighter Aji s murdered abroad that craft at New Yc y. John M tchell, his mate, was he irged with the orlme. aoob Beresheim, a boy of fourteen, c< sad that he killed William Krauel, v s found mysteriouslv murdered in N rk City, and' told a terrible story of t ivity. ilie Norwelgan stoamship Leon \ zed at Philadelphia on complaint of I mish Consul. Ire at West Carthage, N. Y.. destroyed I :ire business section of the village exc< 9 vacant store. The kisses aggregate 93 insurance, $10,500. Jassachusetts Day was celebrated at I anta (Ga.) Exposition. lenator Hill, of New York, decided to the lecture platform and to make his d : in Chicago on December 6. Forelsm Not?*. Ltehanistan's Ameer \s burning men al his wrath because hij son failed to pi ide Great Britain to accept an Envoy fri court. abez Balfour and throe associates in I >erator and allied companies were C( ted in London of fraud. 'hree Austrian warships recently order prepare for service in connection with 1 rkish troubles have siiled for the Aeget * Turks are reported to be really taki ps to protect life and property. idvicea from Cuba tiro to the effect tl insurgent leaders have ordered the < action of all sugar plantations found ;ratiori. inthony M. Ruiz, of Brooklyn, and thi er American citizens were kidnapped .gua by British marines, so it was ted. tori Steckolman, the South African i rer, was drowned while attempting Dsfer a cargo of Afrii-an merchandise f boats from land to shipboard, 'he coronation of Emper or Nioholas I Russia, has been fixed to ta e place scow. May 24, the data of th* savant enth birthday of Queen Victoria. l marriage has been arranged with oflflc ction between Princess H'mriette, eldc lghter of Princa Philippe, Count nders, and niece of King Leopold, a nee Emmanuel d'Orlaans, only son of t e d'Alencon. ohn W. Macicay, toe Amencau mum s, has sent to the city of Nancy, Francs ?e sum of money for tho purpose of ere a statue of Jeanne D'Arc upon t lire of St. Nieholas-rlu-Port, where, 9, Jeanne offered prayere to her patr at, St. Lorraine. lustem Pasha, the Turkish Ambaisador jat Britain, is dead. Rasten Pasha b aethe successor to Musurus Pasha as Ai sador of the Sublime Porte at London 5. ,ord Suffl3ld and Mr. 8utbost, as inti diaries on behalf of the Ashantee envo; lertook that the British demand reiati having a resident ?<: Coomassie and t er demands contained in the ultimati Sing Prempeh, shall be satisfied. T ig will also pay the cost of the prest parations for sending an expediti linst him. Thus there will be no As ee war. 'ae new British battleship Jupiter w nched in the Clyde. She is a sister st the Magnificent, which was launch m the Chatham dock, varus last x/ece 'ho populace of Messina were bad rlitened uy a series o[ earthquakes ai I iro:n iheirhuiisos. No damage wasdot [ iua,'erSiiire, of th ! Cjmnareial Uank e, Victoria, shot his wife and two eh 11, and then killed himself With his I yjr. enezuela reports that the alledged Roj II revolution is suppressed. 'he Japanese Government will con! orations upon Ministers ?>ua aad Den I several othei Americans lor their si t's in the war with China. i is reported that the British Governme i deciued to join Canada in the escahlia ut of a last transatlantic service. l^ord comes from ijowe Township, Ca i, that the farmers there, awed by pre e of troops, tire now willing to pay taxa mers are paying wao never expejtei \ the day they would do so. ' * " .Vr.-SVJ-.fc' V V ' "s V ^w?7* ~ PIDNGEfl TOTHBIEDEATfl by of Frightful Accident to a Crowded Street tio Car in Cleveland. Ill ge or THROUGH AN OPEN DRAW. >r- "" The Car Was Going Over the Central Yla? J. dnct?The Gate Was Open, and the Car ren iuu Jteec jinio me vu/nuu^a of River?Some One Made an Awfal Mi?? ^ take?Searching for the Bodies. A heavy electric motor car containing bfrtween twenty aDd thirty passengers went 'or through the draw of the Central Viaduct in Cleveland, Ohio, at 7.45 o'clock p. m. and ry dropped one hundred and one feet to the y- river below. Every passenger in the car wa3 ing either killed or injured. It is a horror the on like of whitf., had never occurred at Cleveland before. Nineteen persons met death instantly. ? The Central Viaduct, where the accident ,ot occurred, is a long stone and iron structure i which crosses the Valley Railroad and the Cuyahoga River and connects Jennings avenue on the south side with Central avenue on the east The draw was open for a tug is- drawing a schooner which was about to pass no- beneath the bridge. As usual, the gates ter were closed on both sides of the draw and es. danger lights were displayed to guard v against accidents. j)'J An electric oar came along from the east ' toward the south side. It belonged to the Cedar and Jenaing3 avenue branch of the Consolidated line, and had over a score of , passengers, a conductor and motorman aboard At what is known as the "derailing switch." about 200 feet from the draw. ?? the conductor alighted, as is the custom of th? all conductors, to see if all was right. The lie- car oame to a standstill and the motorman waited for orders. 70? The conductor, for some unaccountable lu- reason, failed to seethe red signal of danger or the closed gates, and signaled to the a6l motorman, John Rodgere, to come ahead. The motorman turned on the electrio ourrent, the conductor jumped aboard the car and at considerable speed the vehicle neared * the death trap. A few reet from the draw it dawned upon r?r the motorman that the draw was open, and ia' he threw the handle and applied the brakes. JP* The bridge captain, seeing the approaching De car. shouted like a madman, but the car was already on the down grade to the draw, and ew the brakes would not hold it on the slippery or- rails. od Thn motorman. realizing his danger, leaped ral off the front platform, ran down the viaduct In the direction of Central avenue, and dis>rn appeared in the darkness. At the same in5rs stant two male passengers jumped off the no reai1 platform and escaped death. The oar reached the closed iron gates and T9 in an instant the crash of snapping iron and n_ breaking glas3 was heard. This alarmed the conductor, who had stepped inside, and he was seen to make a dash for the rear on door, but he was too late. A second later nS the car swayed on the edge of the awful spaoe. steadied and toppled over. [ to The car struck upon a projection of piles irk in the abutment beneath the draw, then il's turning and collapsing it fell into the river Ird below, scattering its passengers in all directions and breaking the towline between ez> the tug and schooner that were passing, the A few groans were heard by the men who tth happened to be on the docks below. Those 3re who witnessed the acoldent oalled to- the , a men on the tug to pick up the people, but he oaly two passengers?one man and one woman?were rescued. t The first person rescued from the wreck t was Patrick Loolev. who was taken to the Cleveland General Hospital. "The orash, which resulted in the preoipi131 tating of the car over the viaduct, came without a moment's waring," he said. ''We to went down like a flash, the car strikingsomo N. hard obstruction before we plunged into the Hit water. This orach knocked me senseless, and I remember nothing more until I was ax taken out of the water." (r!t' Only a part of the roof of the car was vislble when the flreboat arrived. Firemen ' rigged up a raft and took their yawl from which they fished with pike poles for the ?.n" bodies, eight of which were taken from the rftn water without much trouble. Thousands of citizens went to the scene of le" the accident, crowded upon the great bridge, and went down to the valley below to get a vas sight of the rescue work. 1 the The verified list of the dead is as follows: Mrs. Minnie C. Brown; Miss Bessie Davis; :he Harry W. Foster; Mrs. A. A. Hoffman; Ger?pt tie Hoffman, three years old: Harvey Hoff3(. man,seven years old: Edward Hoffman; Louis F. Haletz, mail carrier; James McLaughlin; tve Curt Lopehne or Clement, Henry W. Mecklenburg; Marie Mettgen; Mrs. Martha Palmer; Augusta Sarinski; Mrs. John A. J?0 Sauernheimer. At the hour this list was '?" given out four persons known to have been aboard the oar were missing, and it was believed they had perished. Augustus Rodgers. the motorman in oharge ive of the car, was arrested. He stated that Consr ductor Hoffman gave him the signal to go am ahead. he EIGHT HUNDRED SLAIN IN HARPOOT. >n Eight of the American Board'* Twelve 'Ad Mission Bulletins* isurnea. 'Kg ln The State Department has received a ng cablegram from United States Minister to Turkey Terrell, stating that eight Christian tat missions at Harpoot, Armenia, had been burned and that about 8DD persons had been 1D killed. Eight of the twelve buildings belonging to fee the American mia-ions were sicked and a! burned. The missionaries, however, esra caped.' The Porte had assured United States ?x- Minister Terrell that the property and lives tc of Amerlcaus would be protected, and that it gendarmes had been detailed to guard the mission. j The 4010 Armenians who were beseiged by Kurds in Gurao, in the vlllayet of Sivas, ... are said to have been massacred. In the district of Mardin, where there is a . . large Christian population of Chaldean3 and "V 8yrlans, a number of villages have been >3t, burned and the people have been left destl?! tut*. The mission property destroyed at Harpoot belonged to the American Board of Foreign Missions, which furnishes the fol>n lowing information: The value of the prop, a erty reported destroyed was between 975,000 ci- and 8100,003. The "mission was one of the he most prosperous and was considered the in most secure from trouble, on (n The Dake Carrie* Away His Bride, le- The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough sailed from New York for Gibraltar on the 1D North German Lloyd steamship Fulda, 3r' A Decreane in Immiirratlon. ^3, [ye Dr. John H. Senner. Commissioner of Imhe migration at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, ,ni completed his annual report. It shows that during the last six months of 1893 and the ml first six months of 1891 there were 219,046 ?D persons entered Ht the Port of New York, and that (turinc the succeeding twelvemonths up to July 1.1895. there were but 190,928, a falling r?s off for the year of 29,118. Duriug the fiscal ilp year 1893-94 the number of emigrants to Eued rope wns 29,782, and in the fiscal year 1894tn 95 the number was 14,528. The total number -' 1.1 .1 ImmU.onto ?t,u flon?| I Ul urunil^'l UUUUM, MV II^VUI lly year 1893-94 was 2022, and during the fiscal u i I year 13'J1-'J5 2077. jit I Canadian Militia Called Out. re. A requisition calling out the Canadian militia to assist the Provincial police in colas lecting taxes in Lowe township was presented to the military authorities. The requisition was granted, and one hundred by men went to Lowe under command of Lieu;r. tenant-Colonel Wright, of the Forty-third. at b. Pathetic Fate of Actor and Actress. The *ell known English actors, Arthur n" Dacre and his wife, have committed suioide at Sidney, New South Wale3 The nots were t' caused by despondency arising from their unsuccessful tour of Australia. Dacre shot 1 hla wife and then killed himself, I " "" ' ' . : V * : MILES'S RECOMMENDATIONS. Hll I?enort Concerning the Condition of the Department of the East. General Miles, who commanded the Department of the East dnrins? the last fiscal year, In his annual report says the instruction and efficiency of the cavalry was excellent. The instruction of the artillery was embarrassed by want of modern artillery and material, but in their absence the officers have made creditable efforts to keep abreast of the times. The General recommends that the posts b? supplied for practice work with heavy artillerv. and that provision be made for the enlistment for ton years of a special class of non-commlssione i officers to bo trained as experts in artillery fire. The efficiency of the artillerv. bo said, was excellent. AJ1 th? infantry in tb? department and part of the artillerv had b*en armed wl'h the new rifle, which had sriven satisfaction except in the sighting and some minor defect". The discipline was excellent and the trials by court martial abow a considerable reduction, notwithstanding the increase in the strength of the command. The consolidated Dost mess was not entirely satisfactory, and Iheold comoany messes believed to be better. General Miles mentions briefly the need for srarrisons at the seaboard ports, a subject that he has treated at greater length in his *?/\m mandlnsr the Army, and oloses with recommendations for new buildinm and improvements at most posts In the Department of the East. THIEVES LOOTED A POSTOFFIC?. Summit, N. J., the Scene of a Bold Bobbery of ?t*mpa. Thieves broke into the postofllce at Summit, N. J. They first forood the look from the cellar door, and passing through the cellar went fo the stairs whloh led to the ground floor of the postoffloe. They immediately went to work on the bis: safe, which stood in a corner of the room. A hole was drilled in the door of the safe, close to the combination lock, and a fuse was then inserted. The thieves placed some heavy blankets and evidently the^ coats on the safe so as to deaden the noise. They then touched the fuse off. The &afe door was blown open and the thieves then thoroughly ransacked the safe. They secured over #5000 worth of BtamDS of all denominations, and also secured $500 in cash which was in the little iron box in the safe. There was $150 worth of money orders and seven reentered letters in the safe too. but the thieves in their haste to complete the job and sret away evidently overlooked these. The registered letters amounted to several hundred dollars. The charge of dynamite was so heavy the entire back of the safe was blown out by it The robbery was not discovered until 6 o'clock a. m.. when Mrs. Bridget Lane, the postmistress, went to the postofflce to open the plaoe for the day. The thieves evidently went to Newark from 8ummit in order to <?et a trolley car or railroad train for New York. THIRTY-TWO BUILOINGS BURNED. Two Merchants, Arrested for Arson, In Danger or Lynching. The Star Store at Purcell, Indian Territory. took Are while a high wind blew, and the flames spread rapidly and soon ravaged the entire north side of the street, made up of frame buildings. The wind inoreased almost to a tornado and drove the flames across the street. Blaachard <k Wood's dry goods store and Campbell's drug store, which had just been built, were consumed, and every building on the blook was more or less damaged. The east side of Canadian avenue was swept for a block and a half. The flre is supposed to have been of incendiary origin. and A. Froug/of the Star Store, dry goods, was arrested, charged with arson; parties testify to having seen him leaving his building just as tbe flames broke out. P. Glucksman, manager of the Chickasaw Mercantile Compaay, is also in jail on the same charge. Witnesses claim to have seen him during the progress of the flre enter his store, which was thought to be out of danger, pour ooal oil around, and light It. Indignation was great, and for a time lynching seemed certain. Thirty-two buildings were destroyed. The total loss loots up about $150,000. Cruiser Ordered to Smyrna. The United States cruiser Minneapolis received orders to take on coal and other stores without delay, and to sail for Smyrna. Asia Minor. Her duty will be to assist the flagship San Francisco and the cruiser Marblehead In protecting the interests of American missionaries and other oitlzens of the United States. The action of the Government was brought abouf through numerous appeals from missionary organizations and prominent men in vhls country to inorease the United States naval force on the coast ol Asia Minor. Bis Triumph for America. A private despatch from St. Petersburg confirms the report that the bids of the Bethieham (Penn.) Iron Company an I the Carnegie Iron Company for furnishing the armor-plating for two new Russian warships, have been accepted, and the American firm* have been awarded three-quarters of the entire order. This is considered here as a great triumph for the American firm, and likely to be the opening wedge for fvrther large contracts for America. Fratricide and Suicide. Alvin Thomas, thirteen years old, killed his brother William, agei eleven, at English, Ind.. and then committed suicide. The younger brother reported Alvin for playing truant from school. Ice Palace In Colorado. Leadville, Col., is to have an ice palact this winter, money having been raised bj subscription for its erection. Where Klnga Congregate. There were seven or eight kin?s, granc dukes and other suoh folks visiting Pari4 during uctoDer. Prominent People. Queen Victoria's daily income is ?9000. Gladstone will spend the winter at Monte Carlo. GeneralSchofleld has colluded to return to Chicago to live. 8enator Hill, of New York, will lecture on "Liberty" in ten cities. Lieutenant Perry announces that bfe ha= learned the Eskimo language. It is said that the Prince of Wales receives 200 begging letters, on an average, every day. Henry Watterson, editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, is going toEuropeto write a life of Abraham Lincoln. Richard Watson Glider Is probably the best known of New York's poets. Count Tolstoi recently refused two big offers for a story he had written, an 1 gave it to a magazine for nothing. Sir A gernon Borthwick, editor of the London Morning Post, is the first journalist who has been raised to the British peerage. Governor Brown, of Kentucky, proposes to move to Louisville and en^a<e in the practice ot law at the expiration of his term of office. Count Badenyi. the new Prime Minister of Austria, is descended from an Italian cook, who was in the service of one of the las: Kinsrs of Poland. He ha* not a hah- on bis (lead. The poet oT tii9 Fifty-fourth Congress is Rowland Blenuerh isset Mahany, from the Tairty-ssooad Nsw York District. Ha is a native of Buffalo.and has had a stiff struggle with fortune. They say that Lord Roaebery, ??x-Prime Minister ot Great Britain, is writing a novel. H*j has been at it a long time, and Is a very careful workman, as he is now rewriting the tale for the third time. General Duohesne, commander of the Frenoh army that routed the Hovas in M i laifiscar.woa the Cross of the Legion of Honor at Solferino. anil is now flfty-elght years old. He distinguished himself in the war of 1870 :iud in the Tonquia campaign. At present ie is on the high tide of popular esteem and f he desires may perhaps succeed Boulanger a the role of the "man on horseback." I t AGRIGOLTHBAL BUB 1 Statistics and Suggestions From Se<> retarv Morton's Statement FARMERS NOTTHE DEBTORCLASS ' % L B ^ ? *? i, * 2 He Deplore* tbe Unfl itterlnj PUee Held . j In Foreign Market* by Oar Cheese? Apple Export* Boomlnj-'Improred Road Conatractloa?The Fatare of ^ Farms and Fanning. Secretary Morton's ttiirJ annual report oa . ' the Department of Aijricultura Is a-briefer document than tbe two which preceded it. [t disousses the work of the several bureaus . ^ of the department, asserting that expend!tures have been reduced in some of them for - > the sake of economy and increased in others (or the sake of efficiency. Much of the matter of the report has been anticipated In publications from time to time during the fiscal year and since its close. The more impor- , tant points not heretofore made publto are y y v subjoined. ' S Speaking of the export trade in dairy prod- % nee of the United States, the report points out the fact that in cheese the United States, while a large shipper to British markets, holds the conspicuously unflattering place in the extreme rear as to quality and price, and as the only one of the oompetltozs for this trade whose business shows a serious J' falling off. This he attributes to the deterloratlon in the quality of American cheeses by adulteration with oleo and other ingredients. In butter tho United States is out of the race, supplying less than one per cent. of the British demand for foreign batters, notwithstanding the faot that Great Britain ' ^ Imported In eight months $46,900,000 worth of batter. . . . ' The work of the WeftherBureau for the ' Jgj year cost 1878,439, and owing to reduced expenditures, which were accompanied by increased efficiency, 155,000 will ultimately be covered into the Treasury from the amount appropriated. It is claimed that Jhe warnings of cold waves seoared from freezing more than 92,975,000 worth of perishable agricultural products which otherwise woald v have been lost. ? During the fiscal year there were 818,711. : j barrels of apples shipped abroad, valaed at $1,954,318, and 7,137,842 pounds of dried apples, of the value of $461,214. The variety $ wbioh has sold for the highest price in British markets is the Albemarle pippin, whioh ,.r/ is successfully grown to its greatest perfec- ' tion in the State of Virginia. California fruits made marked gains in Earopean markets during the year. Improved road construction is progressing , :y, In many of the States, and more than halt the States have passed new road laws within the last year. It Is proposed during the com* ing year to secure the co-operation of agricultural colleges and experlmedt stations in the object lesson method of disseminating information regarding improve! roa Is. They will be taught to construct model roads on ; he farms of their experiment stations or opt their college grounds, where they ean be regularly used, and thus become a lesson t? all the farmers who visit them. The expenditures of the department for the years 1893-4-5 were $1,811,768 less than the ., > amount appropriated for that period. The Secretary recommends that tnis sum, together with the two or three hanired thousand dollars that could be sectdred from a ' <. sale of the property new occupied by the Weather Bureau, be Invested intty construction of a suitable building for the Department. - The report doses with a discussion of "the future of farms and farming In the United States," in whioh the Secretary compares the < Indebtedness of the various classes of owners. "These figures," he says, "show an enormous and constant indebtedness of .the - j banks and bankers, alongside of which the money in farm mortonges and the debts . -1 owned by farmers are relatively insignificant. The debts of railroads, bankes, manufao- . turers, and merchants entitle them, andjiot the farmers to be called the 'debtor olass' la America." REV. SAMUEL F. SMITH DEAD. Author of "America" Die* Suddenly In Boston Railway Station. Bay. Samuel Franois Smith, "author of "America," dropped dead In a railway train In the New York and New England depot at Boston, Mass. In spite of his great age ha -A Shad accepted an in* vttation to preach at BeadTille. He left hi* . V home in Newton Centre in good spirits, oat the exertion wan evidently too much foi him. His body wu ' taken back to Newton - < Centre. His wife, Wh? is eipchty-two yean wfk grit? Pro5trate<* 8amuel Francil Smith was born in Boston and celebrated birthday ^October 15 last. He attended the . BET. 8. r. SMITH. Boston Latin Sohool "J* and then Harvard College, from which he was graduated in 1829, having as class mats Oliver Wendell Holmes. He completed his education at Andover Theological ; Seminary, graduating in 1832. 1 1 the lattec year, while yet a student there, Lowell Mason, through whose efforts the study of music was introduced Into the public schools of Boston and elsewhere, brought Mr. Smith a number of German music books from whioh he requested a translation of some songa suitable to American children. In the collodion Mr. Smith found the tun? whioh England sings to the word* of "God Save the Queen" and claims as h-r own, but which the Danes and Germans equally claim to be s original with them. On a scrap of paper he hvmn << A morlnu1 fn i?(\ with UUWj/VSOU fcUO ujut M MH.V.VW r-y - ... the music. The verses were written in half an hour. Its popularity spread until it became National. In 1834 Mr. Smith was ordained to tha Baptist Ministry and accepted a pistorate In Waterville, Me., where he served until 1842, at the same time holding the Professorship of Modern Languages in Waterville College, now Colby University. From 1842 to 1854 he occupied a pastorate in Newton, Mass. While there he composed a book of hymns, entitled "The Psalmist," which has since become the standard hymn-books of the Baptist Church in this country, and many other hymns and poems, whloh were pu? llshed under the title of "Lyric Gains.'' From 1842 to 4843 he was editor Of the Christian Review In Boston, and from 1854 to 1859 edited various publications of the Baptist Missionary Union. In 1875 to 1876 and 1880 to 1882 he visited the chief missionarv stations in Europe and Asia. He received the degree of D. D. from Waterville Collect* in 1854. I ' '< . Gloucester'* Tale of the Sea. Tho statistics setting forth the Josses of Gloucester (Mass.) fishing vessels and sail- < ors tor the year ending November 1 show that eleven vessels, with a total valuation of $70,000. have beeu lost, while ninety men , have Derlshed. Last year 137 men were lost. KaUln Crop lteporr. The conclusion has been reached at Fresno, Cal., from data gathered during the pa9t few days, that the raisin crop will be materially short in comparison with last year's output. The shortage i"> variously estimated at from 259 to 1000 car.-. Venezuela In Kerult. Another revolution has begun in Venezuela. Dr. Kojas Paul is the loader. Uprisings are reported from different States. The Government declares that the disturbances are of no importance. Argentina's Kapid-Klre Guns. Argentina's rapid-firing field guns, bought in Europe, are reported to be the best in the world. 'O A Fortunate Town. The city of Marysville, Wash., -./Ill levy n? taxes nart vear. as Its aurDlus uai the re oeijrtj from lloenses will meot all fjpsasea. ' m