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Tories OF TIIE DAT.
Nowa from Everywhere.
Chart.es Francis Arams was buried at
Quincy, Mass., on the 23d.
Princess Beatrice, wife of Prince
Henry of Battenberg, gave birth to a son
on tlio 23 I.
An agreement has been signe 1 between
the warring express companies, and rates
ere restore 1.
The session of the Cabinet on the 23d
was devoto 1 to consi (oration of the Pres
ident’s forthcoming message.
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Herreut M. Hoxie, first vice-president
of the Missouri Pacific railway Company
died at New York on the 231.
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The Canadian Government has ordered
that no vessels bo allowed to pass through
the Welland canal on Sundays.
A member of London coinpani-s have
decided to sell their lends in the north of
Ireland on easy terms to tenants.
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O'Ho nov A \ Rorsa has been retire 1 from
leadership of the Fenian Brotherhood, and
l)r. Hamilton Williams succeeds him.
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The London St'rvlirl considers the ap
pointment of Kir Robert Hamilton to the
Governorship of Tasmania a sign that Kir
Michael Hicks-Beach is weak anl irreso
lute.
The will of the late Margarets K. Lewis,
of Philadelphia, which was admitted to
probate on the 2fith, bequeaths over £200,
000 to religious and pliilanthropical pur
poses.
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Tnr Liverpool Chamber of Commerce
denounces the action of the British Gov
ernment. in giving tlio carriage of tlio
American mails to “subsidize 1 foreign
steamships.”
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For killing his wife Chandler K. Wells
was convicted of murder in the first de
gree at Ann Arbor, Mich., on the 22 I, and
was immediately sentenced to Ktate
pi Ison for life.
It is officially declared that Itosairc, in
the Argentine Republic, is infected witli
chrlsra. Several points in the country
along the I!i a do la Plata are supposed to
be also intected.
A r.VvQn was in circulation in New
York on tlie 221 that ex-Alderman Fnll
grnft, whose testimony proved him to be
n perjurer, had committed suicide, but it
lacked confirmation.
United States Distp.ict Attorney
Stone, of Pennsylvania, has written a
letter to the President asking to bo rein
stated in his position, denying that he
neglected his duties.
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The bills of the House of Representa
tives f< r draping the Capitol with mourn
ing on the occasions of both (Jranl’s and
Hendricks’ death remain unpaid for want
of an appropriation.
Pis hop Whipple had a medal struck at
the Usite l States mint at Philadelphia,
and has presented it to Engineer Thomas
I.ittle, of Portage, Wfs., in recognition of
his bravery in saving life at the Rio dis
aster.
1 he Italian faster Merlatti is sai l to be
still vivacious, but ho stiTors from pain
in the stomach, and has terrible dreams
at night. He will, if he succeeds in his
present experiment, have no desire for a
repetition.
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It is stated at Rome that ?Igr. Stranfero,
who carried tiio hats to Cardinals Gibbons
and Taschereau, will be sent to England
to negotiate with the British Government
for a renewal of diplomatic relations with
the Vatican.
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.Tpdc.k Scott, of the Illinois Supreme
Court has granted a supersedeas in tbo
Chicago Anarchist cases, which stays
their execution until the full bench of the
Supreme Court can pass upon the points
raised in their behalf.
The Government announcement of im
portant now ge ld discoveries in Australia
has. caused a general revival in the in
I dustries of the colony. Owing to recent
i rains in New South Wales the largest crop
! in inanv vears is exneete 1.
Ex-Governor Phelps of Missouri, who
di-'d receully iu St. Louii, served nineteen
consecutive years in Congreis, during
which time he made himself conspicu
ously useful, not only to his own constitu
ency, hut to the enliro West
Thos. Smith was convicted at F.oyno
City, Mich., on the 2151 of murder in the
first degree. The location of a road
through the farm of Niles Anderson
caused n dispute, and resulted in the
shooting of Anderson by Smith.
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The jury in the celebrated English case
of Charles W. Adams against his father
in-law, Lord Chief Justice Coleridge, for
libel and defamation of character, return
ed a verdict on tiie 2oth iu favor of the de
fendant on the ground of privileged com
munication. _
While T. IC. Stevens and son. twenty
years of age, were tilling a drill-hole in
the Plutis mine, near Idaho Springs, Col.,
with giant powder on the 2J 1, the charge
exploded, killing tha sou instantly. The
father was so badly injured that he died
subsequently.
Cholera has been officially declared Jto
exist iu Cor lova, South America, where
live cases and three deaths were reported
on the 2.'!d inst. In Koasario there have
been twenty-one cases and eight deaths.
Tliero have been also three or four cases in
Buenos Ayres. __
Commodore Schlxt, chief of the Bu
reau of Equipment, in his annual report,
urges the necessity for two modern-make
steam cruiser training ships, on the
ground that it is only on such vessels that
the training necessary for modern war
fare can be given. _
Dn. John Hancock Douglass, who at
tended General Grant during his last ill
ness, has been suffering recently from
nervou . prostration. His friends hnve ad
vised him to take a tripfor his health, an l
th« doctor has decided to travel through
the Southern States.
Three Russians living near Roscoe
Dak., while going home on the night of the
ifilb,'found a bottle by tbe roadside whicu
they supposed to contain alcohol, and
drauk it. It proved to be aconite and ab
of them died from the effects. The
names have not been learned.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
A general revolt of the natives of
Southeast Africa against the Portuguese
authorities is reported in progress.
Senator Edmcnds Is to inaugurate a
war on the Administration for not en
forcing the Civil-Servico law to suit him.
Baldwin Gardiner, president of the
Pacific Stock Board at San Francisco, and
n leading stock broker of the city, has dis
appeared. His liabilities are supposed to
be about *200,000, mostly to customers.
Suit has been brought against tho Ohio
State Journal Publishing Company for
.*.10,000 damages by I)r. C. B. Montgomery,
of St. Louis, for allege 1 libel.
Letters making suggestions as to a
more permanent lias's for National banks
are being received from all parts of the
country by tlie Comptroller of the Treas
ury.
Dates have been fixed by Indian Com
missioner Atkins for hearing what St.
Louis, Chicago, Kansas City and New
York have to say regarding the rotnova
of the Indian warehouses from New York
to a point further west.
The Marine Hospital Bureau is officially
advised of tho prevalence of cholera in
Buenos Ayres.
Italy desires European concert in main
taining peace on the basis of the Berlin
treaty and the independence of the Balkan
States.
This Ghilz-i rebels recently defeated
the Ameer of Afghanistan’s troops, and
under the influence of religious fanatics
the rebellion is spreading.
IIev. Joseph Parker, D. D.,of London,
strongly opposes the inclusion in the Lib
eral party platform of a plank favoring
church disestablishment.
Sip. Chaiu.es DiLKEsays he will shortly
bring another suit to establish his inno
cence in connection with the Crawford
divorce svand il.
The Comptroller of the Currency has
authorized the California National Bank
of Nan Francisco to commence business
with a capital of tf-iOO.OOb
Application for a supersedeas, in the
cases of the convicted Chicago Anarch
ists, was made to Juslice Scott, of tho Il
linois Supreme Court, at Bloomington, 111.,
on the 21 i.
A slight fire occurred in the interior of
the statue of Liberty Enlightening the
World on the 25th
fl, m Act.pnL.oi. «PPoe(a,1 ttnof I’.OCCott
Neb., last week for murdering bis wife
and throwing the remains in a well, con
fessed the crime on the 23 1. He says he
quarrelod with her because she would not
consent to the sale of stock to pay debts.
Levi Stackpool, aged nine years, was
killed by a calf at Auburn, N. Y., on the
23d. He was holding the animal by a
rope which, in play.be had tiel around
his neck. The calf started off, threw the
boy down ard dragged him until death
resulted from strangulation.
Clement Snydek, proprietor of a beer
garden, committed suicide by shooting at
Ti'Iln, O., a, the 25th.
Two CHILDP.EN named Meisnl were
caught in the recent blizzard near Man
dan, Dak., and were frozen to death.
Erastus Brooks, the veteran editor,
died at his home on Staten Island, N. Y.,
on the 25th.
The forces of the Ameer of Afghanistan
are gradually quelling the revolt of the
Ghilzais.
A special train left St. Louis on the
25th loaded with employes of the Gould
system to atiend tlie funeral of the late II.
M. Hoxie atDes Moines, la.
A great gale occurred on Lake Michigan
on the 25th, resulting, however, in little
loss to shipping, as the navigation season
is abont over.
A skven-foot vein of ooal has been
struck at Omaha. Neb.
Five men wore instantly killed by the
explosion of the boiler of the tugboat Sun
beam, at New- York, on the 25th.
Secretary Whitney is represented as
being especially well pleased with the I i Is
for the new cruisers.
New Orleans lire in-uranco companies
have formed a combination and ad
vanced rates from ten to fifteen per rent.
President Cleveland's message is
said to be well along toward completion,
the principal i orlion being now1 in type.
A MOTION, largely reducing military
pensions, has been adoptod by the French
Cham! er of Deputies.
The body of William Gaul, of Indiah
np IIS, jri'l., WUW n US 1UM IM UIU wus
near Ashland, Wis., on the 21s’, wasfound
on the 25th.
Judge Turner of the Federal Court at
Fan Antonio, Tex., held court on the 25th
(Thanksgiving Day) and excited much
criticism thereby.
Some New Orleans people are making a
fight on Consul-General Porch at tlie City
of Mexico, the apparent object being to
get in a man of their own.
It develops that Iowa opposition to Col
onel James O. Broadhead is at the bottom
of the fight against the bill creating the
new Federal circuit of Missouri and Min
nesota.
The Governor of Aleppo, in Asiatic
Turkey, recently disarmed and arrested
an Armenian who attempted to assassin
ate him.
Harry Burkshaw, a fireman, was
killed in a collision on the Cleveland &
Pittsburgh road, twenty-four miles from
Pittsburgh, on the 25th, several other per
sons being injured at the same time.
The heirs of the late Baron Rothschild,
of Frankfort, will construct a public mu
seum in which will bi exhibited the
Rothschild art collection, the richest in
the world.
Judge Noah Davis, sitting in the Court
of Oyer and Terminer in New York on the
25th, discharged the jury in the case of
John Lehman, who is charged with hav
ing killed his wife by throwing her out ol
of a window, the jurors being unable to
agree. At the last ballot they stood 11 to
1 in favor of acquittal.
The sugar experiments conducted by
the Department of Agriculture at Fort
Scott, Kas., have resulted in a great dis
appointment to the advocates of the ear
benatation theory.
Colonel Huston, cha rman of the In
diana Republican Slate central commit
tee, in an iatervisw at Dallas, claimed
the Legislature of his State for his party,
and said that Harrison would be the Sena
tor.
There were 189 failures in the United
States during the seven days ended the
2tJtb.
John Cavanaugh, of Jersey City, N
T., has been held for trial for the murde
’df Patrick Hayden.
I Dublin is agitated with the wildest ru
mors relating to the Governuieat’s jpte
ions.
A rcn on the German Savings Bank at
Davenport, la., on tbe 2l!!h caused some
excitement in that city, but it was coun
teracted by heavy deposits hy its friends,
Lawrence BkthCne, of Amargo, N.
M., hns been sent to the penitentiary for
robbing tbe mails.
Investigation shows that the Conti
nental Hotel fire at Chicago, on the 2.*>tb,
was tbe work of incendiaries. The build
ing was fired In six places.
John Mallory, a Missouri Pacific sec
tion foreman, was killed at Leavenworth,
Kas., on the 2">th, by walking off a trestle
work.
An agreement lias been entered Into be
tween German and English steamship
companies whereby emigrants’ rates will
be advanced.
St. Loris ranks seventh among the
cities of the country in special letter de
livery business for the past year.
A wealthy citizen of Birmingham,
Mich., was lately the recipient of a letter
from the Cuban shaipers who swindled
the Philadelphians.
The inside history of the packers’ strike,
as published at Chicago, places Master
Workman Butler in ti e unenviable posi
tion of having worked the strike for po
litical advancement.
A NUMBER of German Socialists who
took part in n public demonstration have
been sentenced at Berlin to various terms
of imprisonment at hard lnhor.
A SYSTEM of weather service similar to
that of the Government is to be estab
lished by the Union Pacific Railroad Com
panv all along its lines.
Extensive preparations are being made
for the celebration of tbe sixty-fifth an
niversary of the independence of the Isth
mus of Panama.
Herman Blickendorfer, whose home
was at Lebanon, Mo., while out with a
surveying party in Oregon, on the 2.‘>th,
was killed by tbe accidental discharge of
a pistol.
Proceedings have been commenced
against John Dillon, M. P., for his utter
ances on the rent question in a speech de
livered at Woodford, Ireland, on October
18.
The Winn Parrish (La.) court-house
burned on the 2(Ith with all the records.
About ono-half of the damage claims
growing out of the Rio disaster have
been settle l by the Chicago, Jldwaukee
and St. Paul Railroad Compntiy.
It is reported that the Poo family, who
were thought to have been burned to
death in Knox County, Ky., a month ago,
were in reality murdered by a neighbor
and his wife. The crime w as witnessed
bv their young son, who has (old all
about it.
It is intimated that Secretary Manning,
in his report, will recommend a two per
cent, refunding bond for the benefit of
National banks wishing to continue their
circulation.
Abies Gridley, aged four years, fell
upon u stove during the absence of her
mother at Akron, O., on the 20th, and was
so severely burned that death ensued
shortly.
Robert Hill shot and killed his bro
ther, Tony, at Atlanta, Ga., on the 20th,
and then, placing the pistol to his own
temple, killed himself. Tho trouble was
caused by whiskey.
Mrs. Charles Smith met with a horri- :
ble death at Charlotte, Mich., on the 20th.
While working about tho house her cloth
ing caught fire and she was burned to a
crisp.
A most remarkable haul of fish was j
made at Peoria, 111., on the 20th hy Walters
& Co. At one haul of tho sein they
brought in 35,000 pounds of fish. The
largest three were cat-fish, weighing to
gether sixty-fivo pounds, the largest
weighing forty pounds. The entire catch
was shipped to Kansas City.
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LATE NEWS ITEMS.
The postoffice at Conway, Ark., was eu_
ti red by burglars on tbe night of the 27th,
who robbed the safe of a considerable sum
of money. Four registered letters, con
taining several hundred dollars, were also
taken.
The Bureau of Statistics reports the
value of our imports for tho year ending
October 31st at •■>(>50,40!),770, against f.572,
137,378 for the preceding twelve mouths,
and the experts at 1607,020,863, against
1710,072,017.
Everything is said to he booming in
Sheffield, Ala. Strangers are constantly
arriving, and operations in real estate are
brisk. The sales on the 27th amounted to
123,000.
Congressman Catching*, of Missis
sippi, i.s preparing a very important bill,
which lie will introiluco immediately upi n
the assembling of Congress, providing b r
the protection of owners and masters of
inland steaii ere, to tie eutilied “An inland
marine shipping bill.”
Tun Socialists of New York were elated
■m the 27th over the action of Judge 8tm e
in granting a stay of proceedings to the
Chicago Anarchists, but their jubilations
did not take the shape of a public demon
stration.
Fire at Duluth, Minn., on the 27th, de
stroyed 880,000 bushels of grain, together
with several luildiugs. The aggregate loss
is $84(1,010.
It is stated that the revenue from the
tax on oleomargarine which wont into ef
fect on the 1st of November, will amount
to $100,000 for the month.
S. S. II. Clarke, formerly manager of
the Union Pacific ruilroud, has been ap
pointed as first vice-president of the Mis
souri Pacific railroad, vice H. M. iloxlo
deceased.
The municipal council of Paris has re
quested United Slates Minister McLane to
intercede with the Governor of Illinois in
behalf of the condemned Anarchists ol
Chicago.
In the reefut blizzard in Mon'nna the
loss of stock w as immense. Whole Bo- Us
of sheep have been lost and prcsumal ly
perished.
Return* to the Marine Department,
Ottowa, show that the stoim which
swept all the lakes ou 17th and l*tb wa
terribly disastrous. Thirty-seven live
were lost and thirty three vessels, worth
$039,100, were wrecked.
The corn crop of (he country this year
is said to be 1,050,000,000 bushels. The
same authority gives the coutump ion as
more than this, namely: 1*0,0 0,0 0
bushels used in liuniau food, 024,000,00
for working animals, 2 >,000,000 (or seed
100,000,000 for the production of spirits ami
glucose, 05,000,000 for export, and 9 VI,CO),
00) for tbj fond of meat producing animals.
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS,
It Is stated that some of the wealthiest
taxpayers in Wvthe County, Va., have
purchased coupons and propose to use
them in the payment of their State taxes.
Francis Darnell and his seventeen-year
old son visited Gritlin, On., the other day,
and crowds followed them. The father is
four feet four inches tall, and the son
three feet and one inch.
The French and Eversole factions in
Parry County, Ky., had a battle at Hazard
n few days ago, where one man was
killed, when it was agreed that all differ
ences be left to arbitration.
Miss Jetinie Lamar, daughter of Secre
tary Lamar, is to appoar in Washington
soviet}' Ibis winter. She is described as
a typical Southern 1 eauty, tall, graceful
and of pleasant address.
By authority from the Attorney-Gen
eral of the LTnited States, Marshal Jehu
Carroll offers $.ViO reward for the arrest
and delivery at Fort Smith, Ark., of Joo
Stulzer, charged with complicity in the
murder of Th oraas and John Mahoney cu
February 16, 1886, in the Cherokee Notion.
His accomplice, Patrick McCarty, is now
in jail at Fort Smith under sentence of
death for this murder, the execution to
take place January 14, 1887.
T. J. Boasso, formerly chief of aids in
Now Orleans, under sentence of fourteen
years’ imprisonment for forgery, and John
Souiat, of St. Landres Parish, under life
sentence, escaped from the penitentiary at
Baton Kouge a few nights ago by break
ing through (he wall of the hospital into
the cotton factory and thence making
their way through a large gate. They
were undoubtedly assisted by some one
outside, ns the hinges on the gate had
been wrenched from the bricks of the wall
from the outside.
A syndicate has been formed to build a
railroad from Memphis to Nashville,
Tenn.
John Davis, a negro, was lynched by a
mob at Randolph, Ala., a few days ago,
his offense having been a criminal assault
on a wh ite lady.
Jacob Maas, of Cocbrau, On., has as
signed, with liabilities between $40,000
and $50,000 and assets about the same
amount.
colonel 1,1 ward ts. Jones, prominent at
Gettysburg, nml Department Commander
of the O. A. K. for Tennessee and Georgia,
died at Nashville a few nights ago.
Mr. McGee, who was elected to the
Georgia Legislature bv the farmers of
Murray County, has introduced a bill lim
iting mercantile profits on the necessities
of life to fifteen per cent, under severe
penalties. The measure lias some chance
of pnssing the House.
A switch engine in the yard of the In
ternational & Great Northern at Houston,
Tex., cut oif the foot of John Ityan, a well
known railroader. Amputation of the
lower portion of the leg was necessary.
He was sent to the Missouri Pacific Hos
pital at Palestine.
The lawyers of Nashville, Tenn., have
offered the Lawyers’ stake, of tfl.UOh, to be
run for at the spring meeting of the Nash
ville Blood-Horse Association. The race
is for three-year-olds, and the distance is
one and one-sixteenth miles.
C. F. Ilfrey, a well-known German citi
zen of Harris County, Tex., was found
dead in liis room a few days ago. He was
a country merchant for a long time, and
finally became proprietor of the Arlington j
Hotel, a railway house. Mhe cause of his j
death is not known.
The final survey for th e extension of the j
Memphis & Charleston railroad from j
Stevenson, Ala., to Chattanooga, Tenn., |
is in progress. As soon as the survey is i
completed it is believed the work will be I
commenced.
The colored people of Owensboro, Ky., I
some lima since made a proposition to the ]
State Educational Board offering fifte'’n j
acres of land, worth $1,A00, or $5*)0 cash, in
return for the establishment in that city i
of the State Colored Normal School. Col- !
onel J. O. Hodges, of Lexington, visited j
Owensboro recently to select a location 1
for the school, and work will be begun at
or.ce.
A petition, signed by cigbty-eigbt citi
zens, has been presented to Attorney-Gen
eral Cunn ingham, of Louisiana, praying
him to take proceedings before the Su
preme Court for the removal from office
of Judge Honry E. Lazarus, of Division,
E, Civil District Court, in New Orleans. I
The petition charges him with nenfeas- j
ance, mis feasance, gross misconduct, in
competence-. abuse of judicial power, etc. j
R. G. Thomas & Codoalers in dry
goods, clothing, boots and shoes, at
Brownsville, Tenn., made an assignment j
a few days ago. Their liabilities are ,
placed at $£0,000, due mostly to Memphis j
firms; assets $I0,000-in stock and $10,000 in
accounts. The firm is composed of It. ft.
Thomas and T. E. Glass, the latter of
whom is the principal stickholder of the
Brownsville Furniture Company.
A north-bound freight on the Mobile &
Ohio railroad, while passing an unlocked i
sw itch in leaving Mobile a few days ago, 1
worked the switch open and two cars and
a caboose were ditched. Of the four per
sons in the caboose, one, a brakeman, j
jumped and escaped. Conductor Frazer
was thrown out the door and fell on the
sidewalk, breaking his hipbone. W. E. \
Cole, president of the Cole Pole Road En- j
gine Company, of Richmond und Nash
ville, had his foot crushed and log injured i
by a box falling on it.
The North Georgia Metbogist Confer- 1
ence has just completed an important
special session. Rev. Joseph Jones, a
brother of the celebrated evangelist, Sam j
Jones, went to Ringgold some time since
and began a revival. He used the vilest
pulpit language to a mixed congregation,
which fairly set his hearers wild with in
dignation. His conduct was reported to
the conference, which has denounced the
minister in the severest terms. He will
not be allowed to preach in that district
again until the General Conference of the
State disposes of the chargest against
him.
Christmas will soon be here.
In Virgiuia amateur sportsuieu are
learning to shoot wild turkeys an l other
large game with medium-sized rifles.
They find it less trouble to shoot the game
several hundred yards distant with a
rifle than employing the old, elaborate
plan of blinds, and of creepiug within a
few feet of game with an old-fashioned
shotgun.
The returns of the recent election in
Georgia for members of the Fiitieth Con
gress show that cut of an average voting
poputatiou of 200,000 but 57,377 votes were
cast in anv one of the Congrejsioual di ••
trlota.
THE DEADLY DAMP.
Another I'ennxy!vanla Foal Aline Horror—
An Kx|»:o«ioti lloricx Over Fifty Afen.
\Y ii.keskakiik, I’a., Nov. 26.—Shortly
»ficr tlie miners ami laborers entered the
I'onyngham shaft this mornipg an explo
tion of eas took place. Between twenty
»nd thirty miners aie said to bo killed,
Iradly burned or seriously Injured. This
shaft is known to contain considerable gas
nut Is owned and operated by tho
Delaware A. Hudson Coal Company.
Tho explosion occurred in a
shanty al the foot of the shaft, wlneli was
occupied hy the lire boss. No work was
lone yesterday, consequently there was a
larger quantity of gaa than usual in lire
shaft. The men are neiv being removed
from the pit and taken to their homes or to
the hospital in ambulances amt wagons.
I.ATKi: DISPATCH.
The accident in tho Coyngtiam shaft oc
curred at ten minutes past seven this morn
ing, while tl>e men were getting ready to to
to work. About fitly met:, miners and
laborers, were sitting at the foot of the |
shaft awaiting for the inside boss when a |
terrible explosion took place. Only
three or four, as far as can be as
certained. escaped without injury. Most j
of the men were sent to their homes at
mice ami as they are scattered far and near, |
longdistance* from the shaft, no account of
the result of the injuries at this writing can |
bo obtained. It is known, however, that
several, possibly twelve or fifteen, will d o,
olhets will be scarred and maimed j
for life. The disaster was caused j
hy Cornelius Boyle, a mine j
laborer, who stepped into a worked
out chamlier which was tilled with gas with
a lighted lamp in his hat. Boyle w ill die.
Many mules were killed and wounded. The
damage to the inside workings of the shaft
is great. Fire Bosses William Williams and
William Evans are repotted fatally burned.
There is gie.it excitement in and about the
shaft.
TEKKIBI.E SCENES.
Wii.ki siiAitiiE, Pa.. Nov. 27.—The scene
at the Cony tig lie. m colliery while the injured
men were being taken from (lie shaft was
terrible. A crowd of several hundred per
sons had gathered at the mouth of tho
shaft, among them the wives, mothers and
daughters of the injured men. As they
were taken out of the pit they were brought
to the engine house, and the women made
desperate efforts to gain entrance. Their
entreaties and frantic demonstrations of
grier were tcrnnie, out mey were Kent out
side the building while the blackened,
seorched and bleeding victims were
wrapped'in blankets soaked in oil. The
floor of tlie eng tie bouse was covered will)
writhing Imman forms so disfigured by the
fire as to tie unrecognizable. As fast as
possible they were taken to the hospital or
to their homes, and so rapidly was the work
done that by nine o'clock every one had
been taken oat and carried away.
The rrcovery of the following is believed
to be hopeless: Hugh Sweeny, aged 27,
laborer, unmarried; Edward Kerns, aged
gy, laborer, unmarried; Kcliard Coulter,
aged 2(3, miner, wife and family; Condy
Shannon, aged 21, miner, wife and large
family; Thomas O’Jiiien, aged KO, miner,
wife nud large family; Cornelius Hoyle,
aged 28, miner, wife and family, reported
dead; John Cannon, aged 40, miner, wife
and family; Christopher Bnmdage, aged
25, laborer, unmarried; Mich <el O'Brien,
aged 20, laborer, unmarried; Daniel Ferry,
aged 22, miner, wife and largo family ; John
Dougherty, aged 81, laborer, unmarried;
Denis McCabe, aged 40, miner, unmarried.
HOW IT OCCTltltEI).
While the miners were engaged in genial
chats tiie thundering report of an explosion
rang through the dark corridors and in a
second the frantic men hurried to the foot
of the shaft, all anxiously peering upward,
.'n less time limit it takes to teli it the
deadly gas flame circled around f heir heads
and agoniz ng screams rent the air. Many
fell at once in a heap, while others, less in
jured, diopped on lliei’’ knees ami put their
blistered beads into the stream of water
that ran along the gangway. The tact that i
the men were in such close proximity to Hie j
shaft rendered their removal to the surface
an expeditious nutter. In two hours ail
were safely taken up. As they came up to j
the surface, two or three at a time, the
liorroistr.eken crowds at the month of the
shaft peered anxiously at the faces of Hie'
men. It was impossible to recognize any !
of them »t that time. In some instances |
tiie skin had been ripped off in masses, .
leaving the purple flesh exposed, which in
tinn was begrimed with coal dirt to an
extent that nu de tne facial disfigurement
horrible to look at. As each man was
lifted from tlio cage a thick blanket was
thrown completely over him and lie was
hurried away to one of Hie neighbor ug
offices. Some were taken to their homes.
All sorts of conveyances were sent to the
scene. It was a cruel sight to see many of j
Hie sufferers passed into common coal eaits j
and jolted over rickety roads and pavements. '
MEXICAN REFORM.
ri»e *>\stem of the States Collecting Im
port Duties on Goods iu Trauslt Abol
Islied.
City ok Mexico, Xov, 27.—Au Impor
tant economic reform was formally pro
claimed yesterday. A movement lias been
going on for some time for putting an end
to Hie system of taxation whereby tho i
States collected duties on national ana for
eign merchandise in transit through their
respective territories, a system which has
been pronounced by railway managers more
harmful to the development of the internal
commerce of the country than any
other plan that could have been
devised. In May last a constitu
tional amendment was submitted to the
States forbidding the Imposition of transit
duties, import duties on products of other
States and on the exportation of merchan
dise, either manufactured articles or pro
ducts of the soil. The amendment also forbids
tho Slates to assign special routes for the
conveyance of coo Is of native origin, as lias
heretofore been done; also to put a higher
duty on foreign goods than will be fixed
by federal law. It is expected that Con
gress will fix a uniform tax of five per
cent, ad valorem. This amendment having
been adopted by the majority of the
Mates lias received the sanction of
both chambers or Congress and was
proclaimed iu tiie usual form, being read in
various points in the city and copies of it
posted on walls. Tho ceremony took place
lie'.ween nine o’clock and noon yesterday,
troope forming part of the official proces
sion through Hie city.
Kxpccte * Default.
Philadelphia, Xov. 27.—There is a
good deal of talk in financial circles over
the announcement by tho Heading railroad
receivers that they will default on the in
terest on the consolidated mortgage bonds
due December I. It is said that instead of
the bondholders joining in the foreclosure
suit, they w.ll demand redress from the
court in another way. There is also some
prospect that ihe court will be asked to re
strain the payment of further iuterest on
the floating debt. The difference* in the
hoard of reconstruction trustees have. It is
said, inci cased, ‘and a report prevails that
they have come to a dead lock on the reor
ganization plan.
A TERRIBLE DEED.
Religion* Kirllfmrnl End* In Insanity nnd
M n rder.
Leavenworth, Kan., Nov. 2ft.—A spec
ial dispatch from llavensville, a small town
in Jackson County, eighty-five miles west
of here, tells of a revolting crime com
mitted near that place last Wednesday
night. A young farmer named Kiiodes
Clements while going home from
prajer meeting witli auother farmer
named Samuel Gordon, suddenly be
came insane and killed the latter with
a club. Not returning home, a search
was commenced for Clements and he was
found some distance from the road sitting
beside ttie body of the man he had mur
dered eating his heart, lie had cut off the
head from Gordon’s body and had torn out
the heart, lungs aud liver and was devour
ing them. Clements was secured and is
now in jail, a raving maniac.
DETAILS.
Leavenworth. Kan., Nov. 27.—Inspect
ing the horrible story of cannibalism and
murder Coin llavensville, the following
particulars are given: Jtev. Bailiff, of
llavensville. lias been conducting a religious
revival at the Buck’s Grove Church for
several days, aud there has been consider
able interest manifested, and a laige num
ber united with tlie church. Among otiiers
who piofessed conversion on last Sunday
evening was Ithodes Clements, a man about
thirty years of age. At tlie time, heshowed
considerable excitement which gave rise to
suspicion tiiat his mind was somewhat un
balanced. He, however, appeared perfectly
sane during Monday, n,'.again Monday night
at church he appeared to be unduly exercised.
Tuesday, however, lie seemed all right.
Tuesday evening lie was on hand again at
the chuich, and on this occasion appeared
to completely lose iiis mind ami became
perfectly wild, so much so as to seriously
disturb the meeting. After the meet
ing lie and Mr. Samuel .Gordon
started off together and passed the
place where Clements lived. Mr. Simeon
Beach, fearing that something was wrong,
followed them and attempted to speak to
them, but they evaded him by turning east.
Mr. Marts then followed them, or attempted
to, but they managed to evade him and got
out of Ins sight. He, however, came up
with them a half hour later, about a niiie
east of tlie church, and found Clements had
Gordon down on the ground tearing him
like a wild beast. Seeing tne frenzy that
possessed the maniac, ami saiisneu inai me
victim was already dead, lie did not dare,
single-handed, to interfere; but hastened
away tor assistance. In a few minutes lie
returned with J. Dorcas, Samuel
Clements and Charles llarrett, and
together they took the maniac in
charge, lie had fearfully mutilated his
victim, having torn the flesh from his face
and body and scattered it around over the
ground. What seems strange and almost
incredible is that the crazy man had no
knife and had used none, but had so fear
fully mutilated his victim with his hands
and teeth. There was a dog along with
him and it is possible that the dog may
have helped the madman in the terrible
work, as it, as well as Clements, was cov
ered with blood. The victim of this fear
ful tragedy is a man over sixty years of
age and lias been a citizen of that neigh
borhood for many years. He has for years
been a religious enthusiast, and lias fre
quently been called cranky on this subject.
There are those who believe that on this
fatal evening both men were crazy. They
can only, on this theory, reconcile the
strange fact that they persistently kept to
gether and evaded those who would have
taken them in charge.
ADJUDGED INSANE.
Holton, Ivan., Nov. ;i~.—lthode Clem
ent, the madman who murdered Sam Gor
don in the west part of the county Tuesday
night, was yesterday adjudged insane in the
Probate Court, and will be sent to the asy
lum at Topeka in a day or two. News
comes to this city that two more men bad
gone crazy in that neighborhood, the result
ol' the religions excitement prevailing.
THAT POLICE SCANDAL.
Dissatisfaction With the Decision of the
District Commissioners—The l'resirieut'a
Views.
Washington, Nov. 10.—The decision of
the District Commissioners in the police
scandal case continues to excite a great deal
of comment Disagreement with the ver
dict and dissatisfaction witli the dismissal
of Lieutenant Arnold are heard everywhere.
On one point there seems to be a pretty
general agreement in public, and that is
that Major Walker, however excellent
in bis intentions and integrity, is not
the proper person to fill the position
of superintendent of po ice. Prior
to the decision, members of Congress gen
erally were quite indignant, and some
threaten a Congressional investigation un
less the Commissioners gave a satisfactory
verdict, but the retirement of Major Walker
seems to have amleased Congressional
wrath, ami members are now apparently
willing to let the matter drop. Colonel
Laniout, tire President's private secretary,
according to the Star last evening, is au
thority for the statement that the President
has lost no sleep on account of the police
muddle. This remark was not intended,
however, to convey the inn ression that the
President took no interest in tire matter,
but rather that he did not feel inclined
to interfere either by expressing an
opinion relating strictly to District affairs.
The Critic on the other hand, publishes au
interview with a gentleman who bad talked
with the Chief Magistrate, and reports him
saying: “The President takes a deep in
terest in the matter, and from the tenor of
the conversation had with him this morn
ing, 1 should not be surprised if there was
a sudden upheaval at the Commissioners
office. One tiling you may rest assured of
and that is tins police force will be through
ly overhauled and a reorganization per
fected which will prevent any repetition ot
the present scandal.”
4 > .—
KttVcts of a Sliock.
Buchanan’, Mich., Nov. 26.—Several
weeks ago the body ot a man was picked
up near the depot in this city. It was
supposed to be that of Beardsman, a Ber
rien County farmer, who was away, amt
| word was sent to his wife. Beardsman
| was not the victim, but when lie returned
| to Ills home to-day be found his wife’s
' black hair changed to snow white aud her
1 mind shattered so she did not know him.
llie identity ot the body lias uot yet been
I discovered.
l’he Collegial!*.
i Princkton, N. J., Nov. 26.—After the
j foot ball game here yesterday, many of the
! collegians became intoxicated aner reach
j in^the village and became involved in a
liHt in the barroom of the Nassau Hotel.
Several other fights occurred at other pails
of the town and at the railroad station Kob
ert S. Greene, Jr., Pr;ucton, I8S5, son of
Governor-elect Greene, was knocked down
: by a hacUiuan, who Jumped on him and in
1 Jmed him quite severely, one of ids anus
j tiring broken in two places. The trackman
has uot as yet been, arrested. A free fight
j occurred at the depot between Princeton
1 and Vale students, but was stopped t*eiwp
j any one was hurt,