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debtors are two of the causes that are
in league against us.
MASSACHUSETTS has a new law for
the protection of minority stockholders
and the securing of publicity in corpo
rate affairs. Every company chartered
in that State must file at the State
House, on the request of any stock
holder, between thirty and sixty days
before its annual meeting, complete lists
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Ir nothing else is done by the inter
mnational conference of American gov
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The dollar of America should be ac
cepted at its face value in all American
countries, and the convenience of such
coin can hardly be exaggerated, and the
establishment of such a monetary basis
can but have a salutary influence upon
the restoration of silver and gold to an
equality in the financial world. '
ONE reason why American writers
put their best work into a short story is
that they are so well paid. The maga
zines are on the alert to get hold of any .
thing fresh and striking. Work is‘
judged on its merits. - Many an ambi- |
tious novel does not pay its author so |
much as a good short story. One novel
a year is certainly a good production—
few writers can keep that pace—while
half a dozen short stories might be pro
duced in the same time.
“THE Commissioner of Patents has
ascertained that it is a common practice
among the clerks under him to borrow
money from attorneys and solicitors of
patents who have business before the
department. An order has been issued
requiring all such loans to be repaid by
the 30th. It seems plain that the Com
missioner has been extremely lenient.
He could nov have been blamed for dis
charging the offending clerks, because
they must have known that in placing
themselves under pecuniary obligations
to the attorneys they were grossly weak
ening their official positions.
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JAMES STONE, a jockey (colored), ‘
who has been on trial on a charge of
killing a Coney Island bartender named
Miller, was found guilty of murder in
the first degree by a jury which deliber
ated for less than one hour. Stone had
been tried twice previously and in both |
.cases the jury disagreed. His convic
tion will be differently regarded, ac
cording to the construction placed on
the evidence, but, generally speaking,
the man who has twice stood trial for
one offense and is only convicted on the
third attempt, is entitled to alittle more
sympathy than if his experience at
ourt had not been quite so extensive.
e ——— Ay P ———
Long coats and polonaises are in
high favor with our ladies, but there
are also many basques and round waists
with seperate skirts, straight in effect
yet are slightly draped over a found
ation skirt. A half tailor suit of camel’s
hair on page 3 of this number illustrates
‘this style. A new basque with square
tabs, and the pointed waist bands are
very popular. Care should be taken in
draping the tops of coat sleeves, the
style is not becoming to any but very
slender figures.
—Advertisers will find it to thelr ad
vantage to advertise in this paper.
Terms —cash and cheap. .
VIOLENT WIND STORMS.
PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY AND
MARYLAND VISITED.
PEOPLE KILLED AND INJURED--MANY |
BUILDINGS AND TREES DEMOL
ISHED. |
NORRISTOWN, Pa., May 10.—The
tornado that passed over Norristown
and surrounding country, about five
o’clock this evening, was the fiercest
and by far the most destructive known
1n this section of country since 1878.‘
The gale vented its fury on buildings,
sheds, trees, chimneys and almost any
thing movable in its path, and 'lasted
about ten minutes. The wind was
preceded by an ominous darkening
of the skies, making 1t neces
sary to resort to lights in dwell
ings and factories. The darkness
was made the more intense by
the clouds of dust that flled
the air. As far as heard from, no one
was killed or injured, but the wind
played some very costly pranks as re
gards buildings. At che Hospltal for
the Insane weather vanes : ere blown
off and chrushed through the roofs.
The roof of the carpenter shop was
raised about one foot, and was at once
secured by means of ropes. The shed
ding of Sbaffer Brothers’ brick yards
were blown away. Smith & Hamill’s
brick yard sheds crsahed into Robert
Morris’s hennery and Kkilled 50 or
more head of poultry. The entire roof
of the pavilion at the Norristown Base
Ball and Athletic Grounds was lifted
off bodily, carried nearly 200 feet, and
dropped into a quarry. The roof of
one of a block of four houses on
Spruce street was torn entirely off and
the tin of three others in the same
block rolled into sheets and carried
away. The roofs of a block of six
three-story and another block of five
two-story dwellings on Kohn street
were carried across back yards and
across a 20-foot alley, crashing into
the frame back buildings of dwellings
fronting on the next street, completely
wrecking the kitchens and projecting
bath rcoms and bay windows. In this
quarter of the town, where the destruc
tion was the greatest, consternation
prevailed. Fairview Heights, a wooded
resort on the other side of the Schuyl
kill, presents a scene of genuine havoc.
The observatory, 200 feet high, was
leveled to the ground at one blow,
Trees were uprooted and twisted and
the large pavilion considerably dam
aged. The Knickerbocker ice houses
along the Schuylkill, west of the town,
are badly twisted and partly unroofed,
At the Star Glass Works, where a force
of men was engaged roofing a new
building with sheet iron, heavy sticks
of timber and plates of iron were
caught up by the gale and scurried
hither and thither across the building.
The roof of the new engine house at
the Watsunk Furnace was lifted off |
nd feil on the old engine house. Two
boats of the Schuylkill Navigationl
Company became unmanageable in the
Schuylkill at Watsunk, and it was
neceasary to cut the towlines to save
the mules. The coal shed of William
Davis Jr., & Co., at Conshohocken, |
was totally demolished, and out-hou
-828 ar ¢ s n.all shedding were carned‘
or tly guie for 100 feet or more. i
CHESTER COUNTY. |
W ksT CHESTER, Pa., May 10.—A
wind storm of an aimost cyclonic char
acter passed over this borough, at 4.45
this afternoon, which for a time struck
terror to the minds of the people be
cause of the weird and threatening ap
pearance of the surging clouds. Tele
graph and telephone wires were
suapped and thrown Into great disorder
in a twinkling and many trees and
{ences were twisted off and felled with
great force. A flylng lhimb of a tree
struck a horse ridden by a young man
and felled the animal to the ground as
though it had been struck with a
sledge. Another limb crashed into
a carriage and wrecked it 1n the most
complete manner. On the West Chester
and Philadelphia Railroad, near Ash
bourne Station, the storm i 3 reported
to have been very severe, and a bag
gdge car was crushed by a falling tree
and the engine tank had two holes
made in it, The irain was running at
the time and thépostal agent and pas
‘sengers DNArrowly escaped with theu"
lives. Boxes, barrels and signs were
‘caught by the gale and sent in many
‘directions. The eload was of a peculiar
hue, and its velocity was something
like seventy miles an hour. At Mal
vern, one car of a freight train, filled
with cattle, was unroofed without any
further damage.
BERKS AND SCHUYLKILL COUNTIES,
READING, Pa., May 10.—When the
heavy storm-cloud gathered over this
city at 4.30 o’clock this afternoon
causing an oppressive atmosphere and
a darkness not before known at that
hour of the day almost everyone
thought of the terrible eyclone on Jan
uary 9th, four months ago, when the
Reading silk mill and other buildings
were wrecked and over 20 lives lost.
The wind was terrific. On the out
skitts of this city it twisted off
large trees like pipe-stems, Half a
dozen houses were unrvofed, three
In one row, near the corner of
Eleventh and Douglass streets,creating
great consternation among the oc
cupants. The stacks of several indus
trial establishments were blown over.
Many wires are down, and communi
cation with some of the country dis
tricts is cut off. Throughout the
Lebanon Valley the trees in numerous
orchards are twisted off like straw, and
several barns were unroofed.
The storm seems to have been most
severe in Schuylkill county. At
Auburn a hotel was unroofed. At
Freemont and Schuylkill Haver seve
ral houses were seized and toppled over.
In this city a wagon, attached to a
pair of horses, was_completely over
turned. It wasso ‘gkgmt business
places were illumin the same as at
night. At landingville the tops of
many houses were carried away. Fences
‘were carried away, and none of the
railscan be found. Fields, in which
were growing erops, were washed out,
leaving not a vestige of vegitation in
the earth. The storm disappeared as
suddenly as it came, and in fifteen
minutes all was over. Crops were
seriously damaged, many trees being
stripped of all their blossoms. It is
‘believed to have been a portion of the
recent Western storm,
PoTTSVILLE, Pa., May 10:—At 4
o’clock this afternoon a terrific wind
and rain stormn swept over this city,
causing great damage. Trées fences
and awnings were prostrated, chim
neys blown down and many buildings
unroofed and otherwise injured. In
some cases heavy metallic roofs were
carried a distance of nearly a square.
While the tornado was at its height
a panic occurred amongst the female
operatives of the silk mill, and a
stampede was made for the exits, Sallie
Reichart fell down a flight of stairs
and sustalned serious injuries, being
unconscious for several hours. So in
tense was the excitement that it was
found necessary to dismiss the opera
tives and suspend operations. No loss
of life and no other serious injury is
reported from any quarter.
PorTsviLLE, Pa., May 10.—During
a thunderstorm at Mahanoy City this
afternoon a Polish miner named Betz,
returning from work at Ellangowan
Colliery was struck by lightning and
killed, Two others were also struck
and paralyzed, but will probably re
coyer.
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY.
SHAMOKIN, Pa., May liUu.—A tor
nado struck this section at 3.35 this
afternoon, wrecking eight new unoccu
pied tenement houses, unroofing many
dwellings and destreying barns and
out-buildings by the wholesale. No
lives were lost.
SUNBURY, Pa., May 10.—The storm
this afternoon was very severe 1n this
city. Trees were blown down, houses
unroofed and the Clement House,
one of the principal hotels, was un
roofed, and the brick end of the build
ing fell into the street, several persons
narrowly escaping injurv.
LAWRENCE COUNTY. |
NEWCASTLE, Pa., May 10.—A ter
rific wind, hail and thunder storm
passed over this city about two o’clock
this afternoon, breaking window panes
and blowing down shade trees.
During the storm the residence of
ex-County Treasurer James Reynolds
was struck by lightning, and Mrs.
Reynolds and a daughter were stunned
by the shock. They remaired in an
unconscious condition for two hours,
but they will recover,
LYCOMING COUNTY.
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., May 10.—Dur
ing the exhibition by the Barnum show
here this afternoon a violent storm
suddenly came up, and a panic was
created 1n the large tent. The canvas
began to give way, and it begam to
look as though it would cowe down
bodily. Many of the poles were lifted
three or four feet from the ground,
and the greatest exertion on the part of 1
attaches of the show was required to
hold them down. ‘
The vast audience made a rush to
get out, and the wildest excitement{
prevailed for a time. Managers shouted
and tried in vain to quiet the people,
but as the storm continued and the
danger of the tent coming down In
creased they then urged the people to
get out as fast as possible. Fortunately
by using all exits and going under the
canvas the people all passed out with
out serious results. One lady in her]
haste fell over a rope and broke her
wrist, The other tents did not fare
so well. |
The dressing room, the menagarie
and the tent covering the freaks were
all blown down flat. Three cages of
animals were overturned and some
valuable specimens were injured, an
antilope being so badly crippied that it
had to be Killed.
A number of buildings throughout
the city were badly strained by the
storm, and some of them threatened to
fall, but the general damage heard of
bhas not been serious,
PERRY COUNTY.
NEWPORT, Perry Co., Pa., May 10.
—A tornado not lasting over fifteen
minutes struck this place with terrific
force between 3 and 4 o’clock this af
ternoon. The large exhibition build
‘ing on the ground of the Perry County
'Agricultural Society was totaily de
‘molished, and part of the roof of the
grand stand was blown bodily into a
i field 200 vards distant. Charles Meyers,
‘aged eight years, son of William
Myers, was instautly killed by the fall
ng timbers,
ALLEGEENY COUNTY.
PITTSBURG, Pa., May 10.—A heavy
' thunder storm, accompanied by im
'mense hailstones, passed over this sec
tion abeut 6 o'cleck this evening. cool
ing the atmosphere very materially.
PHILADELPHIA, FPa., May 10.—
Shortly after 5 o’clock this afternoon a
furious wind storm, which combined
‘all the elements of the cyclone of the
Western prairies, swept over the city
with the velocity of fifty-eight miles
an hour. In many respects 1t was the
most remarkable the city has expe
rienced for years. It came with a cloud
of dust so dense that it changed
the atmosphere from the brightness of
midday to the darkness of night.
It blinded and stified people on the
streets who ran terror-stricken to
places of safety. It demolished Floral
Hall at the State Fair Grounds, bury
ing a man and a horse in the ruins. It
unroofed scores of houses in every
quarter. Carriages were overturned
and dashed against street corners and
{cheir occupants tilted into the gutters.
Trees were uprooted in many parts of
fthe city. Telegraph, telephone and
electric light wires went down in com
‘mon ruin, and owing to the derange
\ ment of the police wires, the city was
for hours in ignorance of the damage
‘in remote quarters of the city. It :8
‘remarkable that no fatalities have so
far been reported in tne city.
| New Jersey.
AT BURLINGTON.
BURLINGTON, N, J., May 10.—The
tornado which wisited Burlington at 4
to-day was the worst seen here. The
wind blew terribly, dust and flying
debris filling the air for over an hour.
The round house of the Pennsylvania
Railroad at East Burlington was com
pletely demolished by the wind, not a
timber left standing. In all parts of
vhe city trees were uprooted and sev
eral roofs were wrecked, A large tree
on Broad street blew across the rail
road track, which delayed trains for
two hours. The carriage of J. E.
Atkinson, occupied by himself and
wile, was completely wrecked while
driving along the road. Both were
thrown in a ditch and received serious
injuries.
Maryland.
FREDERICK, Md,, May 10. —A smal}
cyclone is reported from the Potomac
Valley, near the Point of Rocks, 70
miles above Washington. Twenty
five men at work on a railroad trestle
over the river at that point, were
swept off into the water, sixty feet
below, and the wreck of the bridge fell
on some of them, and several were
killed. The others succeeded in
swimming ashore. |
Wires are down 1n all directions in
Western Maryland, and it is impossible
up to midnight to obtain details of the
disaster.
—Five tramps attacked James
Burns in Altoona, Penna., on the
morning of the 14th, and robbed hlm]
of $3O. They also stripped him of his
clothing and left him for dead. Subse
quently a fight took place between the
city policemen and the tramps and four
of the gang were captured, manacled
and taken to jail. A gang of men sur- |
rounded the house of a farmer named
Phelton, at Rogersville, Kentucky, on
the evening of the 11th, and attempted
to take him out. Phelton shot and
l;llled two of the gang, and the others
ed.
—A hotel in course of erection in
Tacoma, Washington Territory, was
blown down by the wind shortly before
6 o’clock on the evening of the 13th.
Five men were killed and four injured.
At last accounts there were still some
laborers buried in the debris. A fall
of coal in the Huron mine, 1n Hough
ton, Michigan, on the evening of the
13th, killed two miners and badly in-!
jured two others. John Forester and
Wm. Nolan, residents of New Hamp-'
ton, lowa, got drunk on the 11th. The |
former, in his drunken stupor, laid on!
the railroad track and was killed by a
passing train. The latter, while on his
way home, drove off a bridgeand broxe
his neck.
—A wind storm at Lumberton,North
Carolina, on the afternoon of the 14th,
unroofed the railroad warehouse and
telegraph office. A severe hail storm
occurred the same evening at Tolsnot
Station, on the Wilmington and Wel
don Railroad, in the same State. “The
fast mail train had to move cautiously
and was delayed two hours.”” Some
panes of glass were broken 1n the car
windows, a tree was blown across the
track, and much damage was done to
the crops. Telegrams from various
points in Minnesota and Dakota give
accounts of heavy rain and snow fall
on the 14th. The crops have suffered,
but the rain fall will save the crops.
—One man was Kkillel and three!
others were fatally iniured by a terrible
accident at the Michigan Car Works,
in Detroit, on the afternoon of the 14th.
A gang of laborers were unloading a
car-load of iron, when some part of the
brace holding the load broke and
several tons of wron fell on the men,
completely burying them. @ When the
victims were liberated, Joseph Ben
scotte was dead and his three com
panions were mortally injured. All
leave large families. An explosion of
dynamite occurred at Osceola Mine, at
Ishpeming, Michigan, on the 15th, in
}juring four Austrian miners, two, 1t is
‘thought, fatally. The accident oc
curred through the carelessness of one
of the men injured.
i —Yeter Matthews, aged 50 years,
was killed and George Kochberger fa
tally hurt, on the 14th, by the fall of an
old church in Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
near which they were excavating for a
new hotel bullding. Two other work
men were slightly injured. Mary
Weldon, a young girl, was accidently
killed in Rockford, Illinois, on the 14th.
A boy was playing with a revolver,
and the girl went 10 lock into the
barrel, when the weapon was dis
charged. James Kelly, a produce
dealer in Lexington, Kentucky, was
found unconscious in his room in a
hotel in New Brunswick, New Jersey,
on the morning of the 15th, the gas
bhaving been left partially turned on.
He died in the afternooun.
—The body of a well-dressed man,
about 30 years of age, which had been
kept at the bottom by heavy weights,
rose on the morning of the 15th in the
'Harlem river, at New York, and was
washed ashore. A piece of iron, weigh
‘ing over 20 pounds, was tied to the
rnight leg with stout packing cord, also
a black silk umbrella, There was a
double case lady’s gold watch in his
pocket, and In his scarf a pim of gold
representing an owl clutckbing a cross
bar with a star on ItB head.
—A telegram from Keading says that
letters have been received from Br, J.
‘M. Brause, in Oklanama, showing that
'he was not murdered, as reported. !
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