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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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\ 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
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ilkyrie's Owner to fleiterate Hi:
Charges of Fraud. ru<
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LUSTRIOUS JURY SELECTED.
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10 ?w York Yacht Club Acts?Mr. Is?- mH
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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.
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~ 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,
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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