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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
Recent reports show that there are
not less than 80,000 paupers in L mdon,
and 85,000 of these are without shelter.
There is a movement on foot to
make October 12 the anniversary of
the discovery of America a continental
holiday.
The HydrographicOffico at Washing
ton is collecting material for a book to
be published on the efficacy of oil in
.smoothing the sea's sur.aco during
storms.
Gladstone is said to feel the loss of
lis 6,000 salary as Premier, and his
friends are urging him to apply for the
pension granted by the English Govern
ment to its ex-cabinet ministers who be
come impoverished.
Mark Twain writes to the Scotland
Literature and Art Society, of which ho
has been made a member, that he feels
as though ho had become a comrade of
Scott and Burns. And poor Scott and
Burns are dead and can't deny it says
the New York World. Mark has them
At a terrible disadvantage.
London has a population of 15,000 to
the square mile, Canton, China, has
35,000 inhabitants within the same area.
New York, leaving out the uninhabited
portion, has a population of 85,000 to
the square mile. In the Sixth Ward
there is a population of 149,000 to tho
square mile; in the Tenth Ward, 27G,
000. Pittsburgh is experiencing an in
dustrial revival just now, which Is grow
ing greater evory day From talks
with half a hundred leading manufac
turers of iron, steel, glass and coke, by
the Associated Press, it was developed
that the mills, factories and ovens are
running to their fullest capacity, and in
many instances orders are ahead for
months of steady work.
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Valerian and a tincture of opium
are used in the mftnufactnrc of one of
the most popular brands of cigarettes.
Havana flavoring," so called, is made
from the t nka-bean, which contains a
poison. Many other deleterious drugs
are used in the manufacture of ciga
rettes, and their effect upon the health
of those who smoke them to excess, as
thousands do, are often disastrous.
Ernest Epiiraim Middleton is tho
name of a baby born on August 19,
1885, in Porlock, a village of Somerset
shire, England. Ho weighs more than
fifty-eight pounds and stands three feet
high. The infant is fat, though well
formed, and not at all repulsive to look
at. His chest measures thirty inches
around, his arm eleven and one-half
inches at the elbow, and his legs a good
twenty inches.
The kind of stuff that Mrs. Parsons is
preaching about tho country maybe ab
surd but experience has proved that it
may be dangerous, nevertheless. In a
recent harangue of the socialists of New
York she declared that "at the present
anarchism was only in embryo. Soon
the middle classes would be wiped out
and the gigantic monopolists would ba
arrayed directly against the producing
masses. Then would come revolution,
Woodahed and war."
Babtholdi, tho sculptor who de
signed the statute of "Liberty Enlight
ening the World," on seeing his great
Work in position for the first time, a
few days ago, said: "The faithfulness
with which my ideas hare been carried
out pleasantly surprise me. I had
feared that some little miscalculation or
error might creep in, but I see that the
work stands as I meant it should.
There is not the slightest room for any
criticism on my part."
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One ef the most important industries
of the day is the canning trade, and
Maryland and California are the princi
pal cannng States. Maryland alone
gives employment to 60,000 persons in
canning fruits and oysters, the estimate
being 160,000,000 cans annually. The
principal canning in California is fruit
and salmon. Louisiana, Mississippi and
Florida are also assuming some import
ance in the canning of pineapples, or
anges and similar products.
The substitution of glass flooring for
boards continues to increase in Paris,
especially in those business structures
in which the cellars are used for offices.
At the bank of the Credit Lyonnals the
whole of the ground in front is paved
with large squares or blocks of rough
ened glass imbedded in a strong iron
frame, and in the cellars beneath there
is sufficient light, even on dull days, to
enable clerks to carry on their accus
tomed work 'ffithout resort to gat.
The smallest baby in Connecticut is
a York State youngster, born two
months ago at Long Lake, in the Adl
rondacks. She is the child of David K.
and Emily P. Mix, who are visiting in
New Haven, and weighs 3 1-2 pounds.
She is well formed, sound of lung and
appetite, is 18 inches long, her wrist is
6-8 ef as inch in circumference, her
hand to 1 inch across the back, her
ankles 1 1-4 inch in circumference, and
her foot 1 1-4 inches long. Her eyes
are blue, and her hair to thick and
dark
ArrAJUEKTLT the Czar lives and mores
in aa atmosphere of eleetrio suspicion.
With detectives swarming about his bed
chamber, with the movement of the Im
perial household eoacesled as the most
tospeaetrable of State secrets, with his
steps dogged by guardsmen, v(th regi
saeats eader ems la the streets wher
he takes a drive, and 60.000 er 100,001
Haiag Us railway when fee
i a toiraey. the orowaed aateerat
'is the ristisa of forebodiags and terrors
I fa Mai of aU tranquility af
HE WEAKENS.
Manager Weir on the Track of the
Confederates in the Bxpreaa
Bobbery.
Th Adams Kxpress Company! Loss Now
Admitted to b Over On Hundred
Thousand Dollar.
St. Louis, Oct. 29. Manager Weir, of the
Adams Express Company, was called out
of tho city by a telegram this evening, and
Superintendent Damsel says that they are
now sure of catching the robW. Where
he Is gon is a mystery as yet, and all in
formation as to new developments is re
filled the newspaper, but it seems proba
ble that Fotheringham has weakened and
made a confession and that his confederate
will soon be in custody. The amount stolen
Is now admitted to have been over 1100,000.
Interesting developments may be looked
for to-morrow.
The Thunderer Spiteful.
Loxuox, Oct 29. The second editorial
of the 7Yme of this morning is devoted to
the dedication ceremonies of the statue of
Liberty. It designates the whole affair as
being a curious festival, and asks why
liberty should be exported from France,
which has so little thereof, to America,
which has so much. The article Is written
throughout in an altogether spiteful and
contemptible vein, which shows but too
clearly the prevailing jealousy of the
United States in this country as well as
the old hatred of France. M. Bartholdl is
designated as an Alastian sculptor, who is
a convinced republican, with a propensity
for doing things that shall Insure him
against obscurity and oblivion.
A Carious Geological Discovery.
Washington, Oct. 29. While engaged In
geological work in the Atlantic Division,
Frof. Bhaler discovered a j-olnt of much
interest in its boaring on the nature of the
recent changes of level of the New England
Coast. It is that the rivers which flow
!rom south to north have a great
amount of marshes in their valleys
and hardly a trace of alluvial terrai-es,
while the rivers which run from north to
south are not bordered with swnmps, and
all have distinct terraces. He offers as an
explanation the theory that the shore has
all been tilted up to the northward, thus
partly destroying the drainage of the riv
ers which flcv, northwardly.
Another Bond Call.
Washington, Oct. 29. The Secretary of
the Treasury this afternoon issued tho 144th
call for the redemption of bonds. The call
is for 110,000,000 of bonds of the 3 per cent,
loan of 1882, and notice is given that the
principal and accrued interest of the bonds
herein below designated will be paid at
tho Treasury of the United States, in
Washington, D. C, on the first day of De
cember, ISMS, and that the interest on said
bonds will cease on that day.
An "Air and Bob" Affair in Pesrls.
Peoria, III., Oct. 29. Samuel Woolner,
a prominent distiller, was nominated to
day by the Republicans for alderman in
tho Fifth Ward. His brother, Jacob Wool
ner, who is a wealthy brewer and leading
Democrat, was immediately nominated by
his party for the same office. The situation
creates much interest, and a repetition of
the Taylor brothers' Tennessee campaign
tactics is bo ng eagerly discussed.
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Canadias Vessel Seized.
Cjiicaqo, Oct 29. U. S. Treasury In
spector HcHale seized the Canadian steam
barge Isaac Hay here to-day for towing
the schooner Severn between Chicago and
ffouth Chicago. A foreign vessel towing
another between two American ports is
subject to a penalty of fifty cents per ton
on her gross tonnage. Under this act th
vessel was seized, and will be held to await
a decision from Washington.
Crushed la the Cool.
Meadvills, Fa., Oct. 29. Thomas O.
Ferguson, a millwright of Buffalo, was in
stantly killed at the Meadvllle Distillery
(his morning while engaged in setting up
machinery. He was twenty-seven years
old and unmarried. No one witnessed th
accident, but his mangled remains found
beneath a pair of cog-wheels left no doubt
as to accidental death while surveying his
work.
An American Hanged at Victoria.
Victoria, B. C, Oct 29. Robert Evan
Sproule, a citizen of the United States, was
banged here this morning at 8:10 o'clock,
for the murder of Thomas Hamlin la June,
1685, in th Eootenay Mines. Th con
demned man ascended the scaffold wi hout
a tremor, and mad a short speech protest
ing his Innocence.
Three Trains in One Wreck.
Billows Falls, Vt., Oct 29. This morn
ing, at Oassett's Station, a mixed freight
and passenger train was run Into in the
rear by an extra freight train following it,
and that by a regular freight train, on a
bridge, wrecking all three trains. No on
was seriously injured, but the damage to
rolling-stock is large.
Brothers Sentenced for Murder.
Monmouth, III., Oct 29. William and
Jacob BirdsalL, brothers, who wer con
victed of th murder of Samuel Claybaugh
a year ago, were sentenced yesterday, the
former to fifteen years and th latter to
one year In the penitentiary.
The Regency Dentines.
Vienna, Oct 29. The i"oKeol Corre
spondence says the Regency of Bulgaria
have sent a communication to General
Kaulbars, informing him of the refusal to
raise the state of siege at Sofia and Varaa,
as he advised.
Yellow Jack's Fse;
NbwOrlbass, Oct 29. White frost is
reported at all points along Mississippi
Sound and within ten miles of this city.
At Baton Rouge the mercury fell to 40
above rero yesterday. There was a killing
frost at Jackson, Miss.
Davitt Called Horn.
Omaha, Nib., Oct 29. Michael Davitt I
in receipt of a cablegram which urgently
requests bis presence in Ireland as soon aa
practicable. His lector tour will therefore
close by th end of November.
Barthstal Pott-Oloe.
Washington. Oct 29. A new post-office
In Dakota has just been named Bartholdl
by the Post-oSloe Department
City Editor (to reporter) "How
thick is the ice on the mill-pond, Bob.
InsonP" Reporter "About an Inch."
City Editor "Well, I saw a little boy
going in that direction with a pair of
skates slung over his shoulder. You
bad better saunter down that way."
Reporter' Shall I stop him from go
Ing on the lceP' City Editor (with in
tense scorn) ' Stop him from go
ing on the ice! (Turning to speak
ing tube) Cashier, pay off Robinson
aad disoharge him." A Y. Bun.
Dr. Marler, of Borne, has discov
ered in many of the skulls in the dif
ferent Soman and Etruscan tombs, aa
well as those deposited in various mu
seums, interesting specimens of ancient
dentistry and artificial teeth. These
latter are in most cases carved out of
the teeth of some large anlmaL In many
instances these teeth are fastened to
tbe natural oaes by bauds of gold. No
cases of stopped teeth hare bees dis
covered. i i
A feseioe writer speaks of "elgsr
color" ss a fwhioaabla Mat,, Tals is
about as eleiaite as te color as'as btsj
m a pieee ef eaalk'Vis
etas,-. T.
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WOEFUL WRECK.
An Op Bwlteh Caases a Dreadful Disas
ter Tweatr-Mx Utm Lost,
Fobtaok, Wis., Oct 28. Last' night soon
after midnight th west-bound limited was
ditched at East Rio Biding, a small station
about thirteen miles east of Portag, on
the main lln of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St Paul road. Thar are two side-tracks
at th place, and at th time the train was
due there last night both wer occupied by
freights, one by a wild train, and the other
by Train No. H, which had just pulled in
from the west to allow the limited to pass.
No. 14 was very long. One report
says the rear brakeman, whose
business it was to close the switch
after the train, for some reason neglected
it altogether to do so. Th other and more
probable story Is that ha started back to
close the switch, but before ha could reach
it the limited, which does not' stop at any
except large places, came tearing down
grade at fifty miles an hour and left the
rails at the open switch. Th sidings are in
cut where the road curves, so that the
switch-light can not be seen from the east
nntll a train is within a few rods i so the en
gineer of the limited could not see the switch
light turned wrong until too late to stop.
The engine left the track, ran a short dis
tance, and brought up against tbe sloe oi
the cut, toppling over. The baggage-car
and two regular coaches followed, whila
four sleepers kept the rails. The engine
and the cars that went off were badly
smashed, and soon took fire from the stove.
All passengers in tho sleepers got out un
injured, except slight bruises, but in one
day coach thirteen were pinned in and lit
erally burned to death. Many others were
injured by the severe shaking up. The
names of the victims are not yet known
here. The whole train, except one sleeper
which they were able to uncouple and
draw away, was burued up. The fire
seemed to catch instantaneously, liko a
spai k applied to a barrel of powder. The
collision and the fire came at the same
time. The cries of the victims who wero
pinned down in the coach were heart
rending, but they lasted not longer than
four or five minutes, when all were smoth
ered to death. A late dispatch estimates
the number of people burned at twenty-six.
A force of men has been engaged ton ght
in raking over the ruins of the coaches. At
eleven o'clock the charred remains of
eleven victims had been taken out.
Bis; Profits of the Two Sams.
Toronto, Ont , Oct 23. Sam Jones aud
Sam Small, the Georgia evangelists, who
have been conducting services here daily
since the 8th instant, assisted by Profes
sors Excell of Chicago, and Maxwell, of
Cincinnati, held their farewell services
yostorday,at which over five thousand peo
ple were present Mr. Jones was presented
with n draft for 2,500, on behalf of himself
and fellow-laborers, as a substantial recog
nition of their work. William Oooderbam,
a prominent distiller, Bent a sum, amount
not g ven, to be invested for the benefit of
the evangelists' wives.
Cholera's Terrible Ravage In Japan
Ban Fkiscisco, Oct 28. The steamer
San Pablo ariiveil to-day with Hong Kong
dates to October 2 and Yokohama to Octo
ber 13. Though cholera in Japan is some
what abating, the mortality is still ei.or
mous. From September 21 to October 7
there were 0,014 cases, and 4,435 deaths.
In Toklo483 new cases occurred, anl 409
deaths. Returns for four weeks ending
September 25, give 34,903 cases, and 23,774
deaths. The average mortality is over 63
per cent.
Engineer Held Responsible.
Madison, Wis., Oct 28. To-day Martin
Kelly, engineer of the wild engine which
collided with a passenger train near Fine
Bluff, on tho Northwestern road, was ar
rested, charged with manslaughter. He
was hold in S1.500 ball for trial. The coro
ner's jury found that Kelly was responsi
ble for Henry Schwenck's deitb, inasmuch
as he was running his engine contrary to
tbe Etmd'ng rules of the company when
the ace dent occurred.
2 A Steam Hand Car.
Indianafolis, lND.,Oct 28. The Wabssh
railway officials are investigating the latest
invention in railway machinery, which is
a band car operated by steam. One of
these cars Is in dally and successful use in
the Toledo yards. A miniature steam en
gine is fixed below tbe platform, and tbs
car can be made to ran either backwards
or forwards at tho will of the operator by
simply changing the reverse lever. It will
probably come into general use.
Duplex Telegraphy from Trains.
Washington, Oct 28. Two patents bar
been issued to Mr. Luo'us J. Phelps, of New
York, on duplex telegraphy. Under these
inventions it is claimed that the same wire
used for telegraphing to or from trains
man be worked "duplex," thereby enabling
it to be used as an ordinary Mors wire be
tween stations, and simultaneously used
for telegraphing to anl from moving
trains.
Spanish Army Surprise.
Madbid, Oct 28. A sensation has been
caused throughout the country by changes
In the army, Including the dismissal of
1,400 first-class sergeants and the promo
tion of thirteen hundred sub-lieutenants to
lieutenancies. The removal of the ser
geants was decided upon to prevent a re
currence of army conspiracies by distrib
uting the likely authors oi such plots all
over the country.
Revolt Against Churchill.
London, Oct 28. Rumors are in persist
ant circulation in and about tho clubs that
Lord Salisbury finds much difficulty in re
straining tbe patrician members of th
Government from resigning their offices as
a protest against th radicalism of Lord
Randolph Churchill, and that this difficulty
is dally Increasing.
Mayor Carter Harrison Declines.
Chicago, III., Oct 23. Mayor Harrison,
this afternoon, sent a letter to tbe Chair
man of tbe Third District Democratic Con
gressional Committee declining to be a
candidate for Congress in that district
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"Wire Pool Formed.
' Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct 28. Representa
tives of the principal wire manufactories
of tae;TJnited Btates met in this city to-day
and formed a national association by elect
lag C G. Washburn, of Worcester, Mass.,
president, and R. H. Johnson, of Brooklyn,
secretary and treasurer. Th purpose cl
tbe organisation are mutual protection
and the systematic adjustment of prices,
Diesiu tbe Pulpit.
London, Oct 28. Rev. John Adams, of
Hew xork, aiea suddenly while delivering
e sermon in tbe pulpit of tbe Cslvlnist
Chapel, la Beaumaris, Wales. His allmsat
was heart disease.
Iiady Fassenjrer killed iaaTaaaeL
Baston, Pa., Oct 28. White aa excursion
train was passing through th long tuaatl
oa tee Lehigh Valtoy road aaar Pateaburg,
IT. J., last night, Miss Lotti Quick, aged
tweaty-two, becoming feist, went te the
door tor air. The train gave a vioUat
larch aad preetplteted sUssQaJekrioleatly
aaaiaat theslee of the taaaeL saaagUag
her la a terrible saaaaer.
Hi
aitaera Injareel fry aa Kxptoetoa.
Bcbavtos, Fa., Oat. . Aa ezplesloa ef
aredaatp oeeerree 'at the Johartoa sale
aswetaiaafteraeea, eeiee reealtsd la the
ef tea saea,,eaeef weens, Mis
DANGER AHEAD.
Russia Sounds a Note of Warning to
Bulgaria.
Vanishment afAlesander's Foes Will be th
Signal for War The Regency Guarding
Against Plotting Kanlbars.
Sofia, Oct 27. General Kanlbars has
notified the regency that If tho conspira
tors against Prince Alexander be punished,
the Russian Government will have recourse
to extreme measures. The Regents, sus
pecting that it is Kaulbars' intention dur
ing their absence at Tiruova to as
sist the Zankoffites in Sofia to form
a new Ministry, have taken the precau
tion to cause the arrest of all suspected
persons, and have ordered the troops to
be in readiness to suppress a revolt A
state of slegnwill be proclaimed in tbe
event of a coup d'etat being attempted.
Another Russian war ship is going to Var
na. A protocol has been s gued renewing
diplomatic relations between Serviaand
Bulgaria. It provides for a treaty of com
merce and for the reference of several dis
putes to a joint commission. A pro-
Russian meeting, which had been called
to take place in this city, and which
General Kaulbars liadpromised to attend,
has been prohibited. A state of siege has
been proclaimed here. M. Karaveloff re
fuses to go toTirnova because of a fear of
being insulted or assaulted. He argues
that it is useless to convoke the Sobranjein
the face of tho Russian opposition. The
Sobranje, he snys, has no right to depose
him from the Regency, and declares that
if It does he will retire, under protest.
8t. Petersbukq, Oct 27. The Official
Messenger says: The anarchy which pre
vails in Bulgaria prevents tbe Russian
Consuls from protecting the lawful inter
ests of Russian residents. After General
Kaulbars had left Varna several Russians
were arrested on illegal pretexts. Two
Rutsian cruisers were therefore dispatched
to tho place.
Pcstu, Oct 37 The X'mzet, a semi-official
organ, dwells upon the advantages
that would acci ue to Italy by a close alli
ance with Austria-Hungary on tbe Balkan
question. Ol her papers comment upou th
isolation of England, and suggest the ad
visability of an alliance between Austria
Hungary, I:aly and England.
Wlue at the Communion.
Chicaoo, Oct 27. The General Conven
tion of the Protestant Episcopal Church re
sumed Its sofslon at the Central Music Hall
this forenoon. A message was received
from the House of Bishops declaring that
the unfermented juice of the grapo in the
sacrament is not wot ranted by the ox-
ample of our Lord, and was an unau hor
i.ed departure from the practice of the
catholic church; and fiat the mixing of
water with the use of wine was not objec
tionable, providod it be not done rltualistl
cally until authorized by a change of the
rubrics. The message did not require any
action by the deputies.
Scientific School Building Burned.
Ci.i-.vei.and, O., Oct 27. The magnificent
building of the Case School of Allied
Science at the East End, which was com
pleted and opened ono year ago atacostof
1200,000, was destroyed by fire at an early
hour this morning. The physiological and
chemical apparatus and the geological col
lection n ere among the finest in the coun
try. The chemical appliances were valued
at 120,000. It is thought that the building
and its contents wero insured for about
(15,000. There were from fifty to sixty
student in the school. Case School was
butit with money left by the latoLeonaid
Case, the Clorvland millionaire philan
thropist Desperation of a Wildcat.
WlLKESBARiti:, Fa., Oct. 27. GcorgeRob
ineon, a fireman employed at the Keystone
mines, had a terrible battle with a wildcat
last night. Tbe animal, made mad with
hunger, attacked him while he was at
work in the i reakcr, tearing his coat from
his back and lacerating his face and arms
in a terrible manner. Robinson cried
loudly for help, and a half-dozen breaker
boys responded. The cat still showed fight,
and it was with much difficulty that the
lads succeeded iu driving tbe beast off, al
though they punished him severe)" with
shovels and picks.
'Book of t he Dead."
New Bhunswick, N. J., Oct 27. An
Egyptian papyrus 42 feet long, containing
all the chapters of the "Book of the Dead,"
has just been received and unrolled at the
Sage Library in this city. It was secured
for the library about six months ago by
the Rev. Dr. Lanstng,e ell-known mission
ary in Egypt Experts, because of the in
frequent use of hieratio characters, pro
nounce it to have been written nearly 8,000
years ago. It is declared to bo a fuller and
more complete copy than tbe Turin Papy
rus, fac-similed by Lepiius.
A Lucky Veteran.
Columdus, Ink., Oct 27. Daniel Stout,
of this county, was a sol .ier in an Indiana
regiment during the war, and who lost his
eyesight by exposure while in tbe army.
He was very poor and was led around by
his little daughters, who so d notions. Iu
that way, and by the charity of bis neigh
bors, he was able to live. On last Friday
he drew his back pension, amounting to
$10 482 and T1 per month for the remain
der of his life.
Two Negroea Lynched.
Little Rock, Abk., Oct 27. James N.
Hamilton, a wealthy planter, was mur
dered near here a few days ago. Two ne
groes suspected of tbe crime were to-day
lynched by a mob.
Arrival of Mormons.
Philadelphia, Oct 27. Tbe steamship
British King arrived here to day with 807
Mormon converts. They will proceed to
Bait Lake.
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Post-Office Official Arrested.
Chicago, Oct. 27. M. D. Allen, who was
formerly assistant clerk for Colonel Bolton.
late superintendent of second-class matter
at tbs post-office, wus arrested this morn
ing for complicity in the defalcations of
the Colonel. He was held in $5,000 bonds
until next Wednesday.
Filibusters Shot.
New Orleans, Oct 27. Advices from
Porto Rico stute that ou tho 10th General
Delgado, Lieutenant-Colonel Garcia, Com
mander Cortes and Lieutenant Loyons,
leasers in tne recent niiDustering expedi
tion to Honduras, were taken from prison
and shot
Preacher Beheaded by a Cable Oar.
Kansas Citt, Mo., Oct 27.-Rv. R. T.
Pierce, pastor of the Methodist Church at
Butler, Mo., was visiting in th city to-day.
He alighted from a moving train on th
ttghth street cable road this afternoon,
aad, losing sis balaace, fell under the
wheals, which severed his head from his
body,
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Better Keep Oat of Mexlee.
Et Paso, Tsx., OetST. EdlterCattiagis
aero conducting a sehssas to ealiet tea
taoassad awa to tavaee Mxioo tar the
parpeaeef oeaaerias; the tare Btatesaf
.cblaaahae, Soaore aad Parana aad
st isMog a mahHsA- '
HADDOOK CONSPIRACY.
Another Murder Added to th First Bark
, i and Horrible Crime.
i nzaMntim. t - Oct 9fl. The dlaantear-
eace of Henry Peters, on of tho Import,
ant witnesses of th Haddock murder at
Blou t City, and the Intimation that he
had been killed to prevent his telling tales,
has bean noarly confirmed. On the 4th of
this month the body of a stranger was found
in th willows about a mil from
Crescent, near Council Bluffs. It was
bsdly decomposed and could not be Identi
fied. The place where th body was found
was on which could be reached by a skiff
coming down the Missouri, and it is thought
that the men cam down th river after
the Haddock murder, brought the body of
this man and hid it there. In a pocktt
was found n crumpled piece of paper on
which was written: "Miss Mine Newman,
Capitol avenue. H. Ragburn." Tho body
was burled in the potter's field at Council
Bluffs, but to-day an examination of th
clothing was mado, leading to the almost
complete identification of Peters. It is
thought that he, too, was killed by th
Haddock murderers to prevent his reveal
ing the first assassins.
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HEAVY EXPRESS ROBBERY.
Aa Adams Express Messenger the Tlotla
of a Shrawd Trick.
St. Louis, Oct 28. The Adams Express
car attached to passenger train No. 3 on
tbe St Louis and San Francisco road,
which left this city at 8:25 last night, was
robbed of over $40,000 in cash between here
and Pacific, Mo. From meager reports, it
seems that before tbe train left this city a
man giving the nam of Cummlngs pre
sented letters to the express messenger, Mr.
Fotheringham, purporting to be signed
by the officers of tbe compiny,
stating that Cummlngs was about to
take a "run" on the line, and asking Foth
eringham to give him the points. When
near Meremac the stranger overponered
the messenger, gagged him and bound him
to the safe, a ter which he coolly rifled the
car. H t cut open the bags containing th
silver, but took nom of it At Meremao
the robber left the train. The robbery was
not d.scovered until the train reached Pa
cific, when the express car was broken open
and Messenger Frotherlngham found tied
to the safe.
Christians Tortured and Burned.
London, Oct 20. Details have been re
ceived of the massacre of native Christians
of Uganda, Africa, by the order of King
Mwanga. Tho massacre began in June,
and was directly due to the refusal of a
Christian lad actinias the King's page to
commit an abominable crime, Many
Christians were tortured, mutilated and
speared, and thirty-two wer burned alive
together. The appeals of the missionaries
for a cessation of the atrocities were una
vailable. The fate of these unfortunates
did not serve to frighten candidates for
baptism, and within a week after the mas
sacre many natives were baptizod at their
own desire. Leaflets containing extracts
from the Scripture, prayers and hymns in
the Uganda language are freely bought by
the people, although their possession in
volves danger of punishment.
Iitves With His Neck Broke.
Baraboo, Wis., Oct 26. Andrew Hamil
ton, the stockman who fell off the cars at
this place Friday and broke his neck, was
removed to his home in Evansvllle, Wis.,
bunday. He stood the journey all right.
This case is attracting the atteutien of the
medical fraternity throughout the State.
The shock, from the fall paralysed Hamil
ton's whole body from the neck down, yet
he has the power of speech, and converses
with all visitors. This is supposed to be
tho first case on record of a person living
bo long with a broken neck.
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Belle Plalne's Natural Water-Works.
Des Moines, Ia., Oct 26. Tho city coun
cil of Belle Plaine have advertised for bids
from parties who would attempt to control
their great spouting artesian well, had
twenty-five responses, and have awarded
tbe contract to a Marsballtown man. He
is to shut off or control tbe well tor $2,000,
and work has been begun. The flow of th
well for several weeks past has been 8,600,
000 gallons every twenty-four hours. Bine
tbe contract of closing tbe old well was 1st
a new well, three miles southeast of town,
has begun spouting, sending a two-inch
stream many feet in th air.
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Texas Dressed Beef for Loudon.
Galveston, Tex., Oct 26. The steamer
Rowena, which has b?en fitted with refrig
erating compartments by the Antlo-Amer
lean Fresh-meat Company, of London, has
arrived here to take tbe first cargo of fresh
beef to London from any Texas port She
will carry 800 tons on her initial trip. If
the venture proves a success the Rowena
will make regular trips, and other vessels
will be constructed for the Texas trade.
Vision of the Holy Virgin.
Behlin, Oct 20. The populace of Dombi
in Upper Silesia, are excited over a boy's
vision of tbe Holy Virgin in the hollow of
a tree. As thousands were flocking to
worship at the spot, and as tbe police and
military were unable to disperse the con
stantly increasing throngs, the authorities
yesterday gave orders that the tree be
felled and burned, which was accordingly
done.
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Murderers Further Besplted.
St. Louis, Oct 26. On account of th
great length of the testimony in the Max
well and Chinese Highbinders' cases, Judge
Van Wagoner, before whom tbe cases were
tried, has found it necessary to grant fur
ther time to the attorneys for tbe defend
ants to prepare transcript in the cases,
and extended the time in both until next
New Year's Day.
No Hope for Spronle.
Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 26. The Minister of
Justice holds no hope for Bproule, th
American citizen under sentence of death
at Victoria, B. C, whose reprieve expires
on the 29th inst
In Honor of the French Delegates.
Naw York, Oct 26, The Academy of
Music was gayly decorated to-night In
honor of the French Delegates to the un
veiling of the statute of Liberty, who were
tendered a reception by the Circle Fran
caise d L'Harmonie. A distinguished
audience was present, including a very
large representation from th Frrach
colony.
Foreign Malls.
Washington, Oct. 26. Tbe number of
Utters snt to. foreign countries last year
was 87,002,898, wilb 47,049,064 newspapers,
while 80,406,847 Utters and 96,700,080 papers
wer received.
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WastUnjftoa .Territory.
Washington, D. a,- Oct 86. Governor
Watson C. Squire, of Washington Terri
tory, has submitted his annual report to
th Secretary of th Interior. The report
is a long aad Interesting paprooaoralag
a pert of the eoaatry that has developed
ssaay sources ef wealth, bat still reasalas
eossperatlvely unsettled, with superb
faraUag leads, theasaaas of aeres ef se
pore tlssber, cool aad Iroa.
Killed ta the Oearlasj.
aUrCrrr, Mice., Oet- St-Beware CetV
Tta, eaestweaty-twe, was UteraUy tera s
pieees thtsaseraiejf by the gearing at the
TATE NEWS ITEMS.
Loeal Option In Ohio.
Below will be .Sound a llsvotthe towns
which ap to date have passes! ,the local op-
Won law :
Tuten.
Ada .
Agosta
Andover....
Barnesvllle....
County. " Pop. far If 80.
..Hardln.....................l,760
...Marlon .... - -
....Ashtabula...- 720
Belmont....... .... .8,489
Bediord
Beverley .,
DloomEeld.......
Bloom vllle
Bowling Green
Cantlold .:....
Carrollton. ......
Cedarvll e.. ..
Chardon. !......
Cridersville....
...Cuyahoga.......-....... too
...Washington 844
. Morrow MJJ
..Seneca...,-.. ......... ,080
....wood ....
Mshonlng .....
..Carroll-
..Green
..Geauga
...Auglaize
SMI
... .1.188
. 1.181
......l.Utl
.... seo
... 24.M
96S
oHU)
.1,047
96
1.D03
LOW
,..,...1,319
J.. Slit
ISO
.... TKI
1.4M
Cayahoga Falls....,
Bummit
Do GraD Loaan..
East Liverpool Columbiana
Fellcltv
Clermont..
Garrettsvllle
Geneva
Jefferson
Portage...........
.....Aehtnuula
Ashtabula...
Densnco
Illcksvllic
Leesburg..
Higninna... ..
Llttlo Sandusky Wyandot.
Maaison lmkv
Manchester Adams
McComb Hancock..
Medina Medina...
Mentor, Lake
MUlvllle Butler....
Mount Orob Brown
New London Huron
Valneaville - Lake
411
1,484
64U
150
243
1,11
8,m
, 0)4
44S
1,303
Quaker City Guernsey
itusnsyivania ..
Ballnovlllo ..
Loaan..
..Columbiana.
Seville. Medina,
MV
008
Shrevt Wavne. . .
TJrbana .
..Chamtialan 8.S83
Van Lue
Viii- Wert ,
Wat nesvlllo
Wellington.. ,
Wellsvlilo ,
West Salem..,
Wilioughbv..,
Whltchouse...
....Hancock 4M
.-. Van Wert 4,079
...Warren TKI
. . .Lorain -. . .1.811
....Columbiana 3,87!
...Wnyno 878
Lake 1.001
.. .Lucas - OH
John Francis, aprisoner in the peniton.
tlary, and a principal witness in the
Columbus tally-sheet forgeries, escaped out
of the court-room on the 2Cth and drove off
in a buggy. He was recaptured that night,
however, and returned to the prison.
Twenty charming widows own twenty
fertile end adjoining farms in Greene
County.
Miss Sallie Lake was badly lacerated by
a pet bear making an attack upon her at
the residence of Elva E. Smith, near New
ark. She will recover.
John Cuaiilton, a lawyer of N'lsonvllle
jumped from a .train while laboring under
a fit of insanity, and fled to the woods,
where his friends afterward found him al
most naked.
Babnbart Btillwell, a farmer near Ak
ron, was bunkoed out of $1,000 by a pair ' of
sharpers.
Geo. T. Seitex, Clerk of the Cincinnati
Board of Publlo Works, testified before
Judge Fitzgerald recently, to his having
shared in the swindles of that body, and
having divided the money with James Mor
gan, a fellow-member. After the examina
tion Morgan , was bound over in (5,000 bail.
Setter was also bound over in $15,000. which
was furnished.
A bio black bear has been kept in the roar
of a saloon on Sheriff street, Cleveland, for
two years past Tbe other day Rosle Dora
breck, two years and six months old, at
tempted to play with tbe brute. The bear
caught the girl and killed her almost in
stantl crushing her head and body in a
most horrible manner. P. W. Curran, the
owner of tho bear, has been arrested on a
charge of manslaughter.
jAcon Bnooas, a well-known saddler of
Canal Dover, was found dead in his shop
on the 26th, with his forehead crushed in.)
A gold watch and sixty dollars in money
that be bad are missing, and murder is sus
pected. A large vein of gas was struck at Fre
mont James Coomb, a Lima saloonlst, suicided.
A brilliant meteor startled the people
of Coshocton the other night
Burolabs cracked the Fan-Handle safe
at Harblns, and stole 800 railroad tickets.
Auocsta Nevss, aged twenty-five years,
a German girl, was so homesick that she
tried to suicide by hanging at Springfield.
She will be sent back to Germany.
Frank Habw, the well-known caterer,
of Cincinnati, died in New York on tbs
27th, of typhoid pneumonia.
Major Jas. Morgan, at the Cincinnati
Board of Public Affairs, has withdrawn
from that body and asks that his name be
dropped from th pay-roll until the crimi
nal charges against him have been dispos
ed of.
Firs broke out ia one of tbe shops inside
th pen tentiary walls at an early hour th
other morning, and did considerable dam
age. It was first discovered in I be shop of
the Columbus Wbsel and Bending Com
pany, a three-story brick structure. The
fire was discovered near the boiler-house,
from which it spread rapidly among the
combustible material contained in the
building. The prison fire department was
at once put to work, but for a time tbe
stand-pipe proved a failure, and tbe city
fire department took charge. The interior
of the wheel-shop was entirely consumed.
One of the walls fell with a terrific crash.
Consider ng that the fire was in about the
worst part of the inclosure, th loss was
small. The owners of tbe destroyed shop
areEberly, Killalre & Co., most of the
firm being residents of Pennsylvania. Tbe
loss to the State will not exceed $10,000.
The loss of the firm of Eberly, Killalre tc
Co. Is about 160,000; insured for $26,50J.
There are other small losses, mostly dam
age to machinery.
The famous fat Heater baby died at its
home near Trenton, Tuscarawas county, a
few nights ago. It was twenty months old
and weighed elgbty-flve pounds. The child
measured thirty-three inches around the
chest, forty at the waist and twenty-five
inches around tbe tblgb. Up to the fatal
night It bad enjoyed perfect health and
was always exceedingly good-natured. A
fatty substance bad grown around tbe
heart, which U supposed to have caused its
death. It baa always been an object of
great curiosity and p eple went for miles
around to see the fat Heeter baby.
Natural gas U to be piped from Fostoria
to Fremont Gas has been struck at .Fre
mont at 450 feet
At Toledo John Bennett and Michael
Bweeney, who were arrested by the police
and turned over to the U. B. authorities,
were examined by U. B. Commissioner
Hall, and bound over to tbe next term of
court in the sum of $1,000 each. They could
not put up ball and went to JalL In their
possession were a complete set of counter
feiter's tools end material, J and several
spurious coins. '
H. L. Austin and A. P. Rich, two New
ark Salvat onlsts, were' arrested a few days
ago tor throwing a boy dowa stairs and
breaking his collar-bone.
The largest oil Well .a Ohio was struck
at Lima, a few days ago. Lima lies la the
richest oil belt in the world.
Two barks oa th fsrm of Benjamin Da
vis, in Washingt n Township, Montgomery
County, burned at a Ute hour th other
night, with th year's crops, ooasistiac of
bay and grain, six hundred bushU of
wheat, seven hundred bushsU oats, twenty
tons hey, aad all bis tana implomate and
ataehlaery, aad three horse aad two eetts.
Loss $o,000, with ae, iasereaee- eaeept em
her ead hey, ia tbe Ohio Fansers'.
Dirarasau Is reglag.ia JkesMribera
part of Payette Coeety. At JesteteoaviUe
asii West Laacaeter the eeheais hev
essesdeaeeeeaatof a '4 ..,
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Fret Una's Tielia, states aiaeyesse age at
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MISCELLANEOUS.
The Canadian Pactflo railroad
cltttms,to have tho highest bridge In the
world. It is 248 foot above the ground,
A now through sleeping car from
Now York to San Francisco is to be
called "Kindness," bconuso kindness
goes a long way. Wa-hlnrjloH Oi-ilie.
The bravest are not alwars tho ton
dcrcM, as tho poet sings. There is the
red game rooster, for instance; lie wilt
fight a b'rd double hi size, but he cuts
up tough in pot-pie. Boston Gazette.
A clerk in n mens furnishing store
says that thu man who buttons the loft
s'ulu of his collar flr-t makes a mistake,
tor he uses his right hand for that and
then uses his left for tho more difficult
task of button'ng tho other aide. He
should revervto tlio process. A. Y.
Sun.
Captain Jnck, of Mount Airy, N. J.,
rusts his claim to everlasting fame up
on tho fact that he has frequently oatea
ono hundred oysters ut a single sitting.
There Is room for suspicion that in
transmission of this important fact a
s.tllablohas been dropped from the
gallant Captain's name. tf. Y. Mail.
A colored boy t Newborn, N. C,
was bitten by a rultlcsnako tho other
day. and there being no doctor acccssU
blu h's companions tl.lg a hole in the
ground and placed both legs in it up
to the hips, packing the mud securely
around him. Thu poison we extracted
and tho boy is now well.
News travels 'slowly In Frnnce.
Tho French Consul at l'liiladclphia re
ceives something liko half a dozen let
ters a w::ck from French people who
claim to be relatives of old Stephen
Uirnrd, asking whether it is truo or not
that ho is duiul ami has left a targe
fortune. Spri'iqfic d (Mut.) Union.
In Holland ladies tiro gradually as
suming the occupations of the pharma
ceutical assistants. The periodical State
examinations havo just boon held, and
tho result is highly favorable to the sex.
Out of a total of li tv-iivo candidates,
nineteen out of thirty-ono fomale can
didates and only eight of twenty-four
male candidates wero successful.'
A middlo-ngrd German farmer vis
ited Hondout. N. Y., the other day in
search of a wife. A young man offered
to conduct him to tho right woman for
thirtveu dollars. The oiler was nc
coptud, tho woman proved acceptable
and willing, and it "marriage cere
mony" was performed by tho two
jumping over a broomstick. The
farmer took his onsily-won bride to his
home in Duchess County. Troy Times.'
Charlotto Thompson was recoutly
playing "Jane Eyre to very Blender'
houses in Buffalo, and could not under
stand the reason until told that the
people of that city were so jealous of
thu city of Rochester that they could,
not stand the fact that the principal!
male character was called Lord!
Rochester. A placard was immedi
ately prepared announcing that tlio;
character would be named Lord Buf
falo. Tbe story goes that there was
standing room only at the next per
formance. Exehanjc.
In the recent changes made in our
horso railroads, a Hibernian conductor
was given a routo considerably longer;
than the one he was accustomed to
and extending into a terr'tory with;
which he was not familiar. Unfor
tunately his first trip under the new
arrangement was made at dusk, and
when he arrived at tho terminus of the
old routo he thrust his head into the
car and exclaimed: "Anny av yez as
wants to get out beyant will kape yer
eyes paled. Divil another sthrato do I
know barrln' the ono we've just
passed. Boston Commercial Bulletin.
A California newspaper says thati
the jollicst sport among juvenile Re-I
noites is lighting ants. They scrape up
a shovelful of these busy insects front
one colony and carry them to the
next nearest colony, dumping them to-,
gcther. The result is immediately a,
pitched battle, which is fought most
viciously, the little warriors literally
tearing each other to pieces, until the
last of the interlopers is dead. They
tight in pairs, or in threes, fours and
bunches, as it happens to come handiest,'
but it is always "fight to finish," and.
no quarter nsuca or shown.
Mrs. Wiggors "Dear met What
do you meauP This stuff you have
bought for my new dress Is not a bit
like the sample I gave you. Why, it's
miserably poor- don't believe it cost
a cent ovor 'ten cents a yard, and that
1 selected was $3." Mr. Wiggers
"Well, that was the best I could do.
You see, Mr. Blank, the only man clerk
in that store, hadn't any thing like your
sample in hlsdepartment." "Of course
not: but what has that to do with it?"
"Well, all the girls in tho other depart
ments looked so pretty and sweet that
I thought as a married man I ought to
keep away from them." "O, well,
never mind, dear, I'll wear it." Omaha
World.
An Item having appeared in sev
eral Western papurs to tho effect that
"wheat is the only crop which can be
produced iu Southern California with
out Irrigation," tho Daily Ban Dicyan
enters an indignant protest, and asks
that this piece of unintentional ruisin
format'on be corrected. That paper
states that "wheat is only one of
tho many cereals raised in Southern
California. Corn, oats, rye and barter
aro among tho products of our rich soli,
raised in large quantities without any
irrigation other that which the ground
receives during the fall and spring rains.
Vegetables of ail kinds and many varie
ties of fruits, Including grapes, aro pro
duced in the same manner."
"Among the funny feminine fasl.
ions of the season is that of tbe little
bonnet which one so often see
strangelv contrasted against an enor
mous cdltico of hat," says the Bostoa
Beacon. "This peculiar creation, with
its two concave segments descending;
over the posterior lobes of the brain,
and its apex rising pointedly upward,
may bo ravUbingly delightful to the
female mind and may, from certala
points of view, seem not unbecoming;
but to the ordinary masculine eye it
looks as if the wearer s neaa wore
tlrmly held in the clutch oi a vast and.
vehement, oven tuoueu wuaiy ornate,
claru-sliell."
The use of the Suez Canal in
moving tbe tea crop from China to
America is rapidly being abandoned
for the swifter means afforded; by our
trans-continental railways. Ia, 1881 the
bolkoltae snipments were via tne
Sues Canal. In 1886 the shipments by
that route to America were out ,3M.
197 pounds, walls 8aa FranoUco re-,
celved,!2,496,167 pounds. This year
the imports by way of 8ajs Francisco
hare reached S0.6fc.JW poaads, while
those via the Saoa Caaal feare fallen off
te7.68.(lpoaads. treat Yokohama
to New York by the eaaal takes sixty
days.. by Baa Fraaelsooforty-alaedays.
laearaaoe aad freight charges art
disilatohad; aad the tea, haiaf Treeher,
U said to he better whs taVMhi.t
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