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L'Anse Sentinel. a KINNEY, Pcb'k axd Trot. L'ANSE, . - MICHIGAN HEWS OP THE WEEK. Latest Intelligence From Part of th World. Adrian Gabbant, a young Italian of Chica go, wu killed by a l'anbandle train near Klverslde. . ' Tbe International Furniture Worker' Union of America, at IU annual meeting in v Indlanapotla revolved tbat It would permit ..' no man not a member of tbe union to appear before tbe organization to apeak. It wos aW so resolved tbat tbe object of tbo union la tbe abolition ot tbe entire wage system. - Patrick Gorman, foreman of tbo gas do- partnteut of tbe Utle Irou and 8tcel com pany, in Cleveland, 0, went Into tbe dry ing department to take a nup. Boon after ward tbe . beat waa turned ou aud Gorman was literally roa(ed to deatb. Another of tbe columns supporting tbe celebrated Carls-bridge, which spans tbe Moldau ltlver at Prague, Bohemia, and which wu damaged bjr tbe rerenl floods, baa collapsed, Six persona were severely in jured. ; Tbe cboleta epidemic eontlnuos at Barce- .. lona, Spain. A apeolal hospital baa been " erected tbere for tbe sufferers. Farmer Defile, who waa found tmcon acioua wltb a wound behind bit ear at Hol land, Mich during a lucid Interval staled be saw a man before be became unconscious, but did not know whether be bud beeu struck or fell Jin , a cattle-guard. ' As be Is near 70 very lHtlc'bope is entertaiued for bis rtcovery. Justice Samuel Freeman Miller died at Washington, V. 0. lie was born in Rich mond, Ky., 1816. Mb 1802 1'reMdent Lincoln : appointed Mr, MlUcr as Associato Justice of the Supreme Court, which position be re tained to tbe time of bis death. . Kx-Secretury of War Gen. W. AY. Bel knap died tuddeuly st Washington, 1). C, of heart disease, lie wa born In Now hurt,', N. Y In 1S30. Louis Bender was fatulljr Injurod by full ing from tbe top of a train at Klsdou, 111. Both bis legs were cut from bis body. E. K. Sweargln of Concordia, Ku., Btute Senator from Cloud county, committed ulclde In Atchison, Kas., by shooting him self through tbe heart. Finunciul troubles are supposed to have been the cause. Nathan Plncknoy, who about a yeur and a half ago acted as cashier at Grand Itapld, Mich., of tbe Luko Hi ore roud and skipped with ubou9-0u0 of the company's money, was sentenced to throe years' imprisonment. When released be will nave to answer to a charge of forgery preferred by Cleveland parties. John Loughlln's school-desk factory at Sidney, O., caught fire and burned lo the ground Within two hours. Tbe wureboutte, office building and lumber yard wero uuln jurcd. Tbe loss may reach $23,000, nnd win Insured for $ 21,000. Two dwellings uud tour barns were also buruod. Fire at Ashland, O,, destroyod tbo busi ness bouses ot II. F. llidglcy, Mrs. lloffmuti, and Alexander McConklc. v, Thirty -one members ot tbe crew of tbo United States steamer Xlpsiu , deserted ou one day. . L. C. Trait &, Coa cart factory at Kala mazoo, Mich., was burned. Tbo dumugo to tbe building and machinery is flu.OOO. It was tba work ot on incendlary,and tbe third tlmo Mr. Tratt has thus suffered. Frank Wooden, colored, who confessed lo setting fire to tbo resldonoo of Dr. l'uce, at Athens, La., was lynched next day. Two mon were killed In a railroad acci dent In the St. Louis tunnel. Tbe Jews lu Sebustapol bavo been ordered to leave that elty. John L. De Witt, Judge of the Common Pleas Court at Sandusky, ()., was Instantly killed by a train wbilo bunting. ' Jacob Defrel, a farmer living neur Hol land, MIclk, went on a visit to relatives. Not returning, a searching party was organ ized. They found bim unconacioiis lu n ditch, wltb a bad wound behind bis loft ear. He will 'probably die. Tbo inotivo of ibo assault Is unknown. i Tbe Corning mill connected wltb tbo Du pont Powder-Works at Wapwullopen. I'm exploded from some unknown cause. Ho . far as known no one was Injured, although tbe concussion was felt fully tweuty-tive miles distant. Two babies, one 8 and tbe other 3 year old, were asleep on the Hock: Island track at tbe edge of Dei Moines, la. Tbo passen ger train came thundering along, and ioth babies were killed. Tbe father, Peter Burg, fs a coal miner. Tbe steamer John D. Dewure was stolon from Its dock at Frankfort, Mich. Suspicion rests on Cept. Zlmmermun. Search is now being made. At Chicago Charles Wagner wn sentenced to twenty years In the penitentiary upon tbechurge of burglary and larceny. Thomas Greening, a farmer living near Cameron, Mo., shot and futally wounded William Lobmnn, wbilo tbo latter was set ting tire to Greening's burn. : C. E. Osborne, deuler In dry goods In De catur, Mich., was closed up. Liabilities, 12,800 assets, 13,000. Tbe bones of twenty Chinamen at llock ' Springs, Wyo., some of them the victims of tbe labor riots there, are being shipped to China for burial. A misplaced switch on the Kana City St. Joseph and Council Bluffs road, at Pa cific Junction, Iu caused a collision be tween a west-bound freight and a switch engine and caboose In charge of Engineer James Clarke. Clarko was killed aud both engines broken up. . Steve Jacobs, a notorious negro criminal and desperado, waa executed at Lumberton, N. C, for tbe murder ot three women near tbere several months ago. ' Fred Braadstad, owner of tbe Wlnlbrop and Mitchell Mines, arrived at Isbpemlng, Mich and compromised with bis men, 6001a number, who have resumed work Tbe other mines refuse to make any conces sions whatever, and tbe strikers at a meet ing held decided to atay out. - Lorlng A. Robertson, a leather merchant, was found desd in bis room at the St, George Hotel in Brooklyn. He was about 00 years old and unmarried. Ill e-utel It is said, will reach almost 1,000,000. , , Tilly M. Lewis, a prominent merchant and politician of Clinton, Miss was ssss . slnated by an unknown man in front of bis residence. - , . ' -. An explosion occurred In tlie Py rotecbnle School at Bourjres, Department of Cher, France. Ten persons were killed and many Injured. . -'- A brakemsn was killed and thirty can of freight were destroyed by a eollialoa on tba Cc-:ng road at Panl Brook, Pa. , Edward Caton, a rig armaker, twenty-five years of age, com in I lied suicide In tbe rear of tbe White Mouse, in Washington. He squeezed bis bead in between tbe Iron rail ings of tbe fence that surrounds "the grounds and chocked himself to death. ; CMsry and Eliza McGouigle, living near Cumberland, Unt, were mysteriously mur dered while returning from school. Charles E. Klllam, of tba Michigan Buggy Company, was found dead nesr tba Grand llaplds A Indiana ltullroud tracks at Kala mazoo, Micb. A deep cut in tbe bead was tbeouly wouud and tbe ofllclals are mysti fied as to tbe cause of bis death. On tbe Cincinnati and Newark division; at Union Station, a Journal ot a, freight car ou an extra east-bound freight broke, fourtoeu cars were plied up in one confused mass, and the double track blocked. o one was hurt. Tbo dead body of E. J. Wagner, a peddler, was found lying on tbe floor of bis room in Cbicugo. His friends say be wus a victim of morphine, and think that when be retired be probably look an overdose. Tbe settlers west of the Missouri Itiver are complaining bitterly because the lu dlans along the While Itiver have started prairie tires aud burned tbe grass oft the ranges. William Roxhtirr, at one time a promi nent man In Allegau county, Michigan, commuted suicide by bunging ut the' Kal amazoo Asylum. He bad become tnsune through a $100 loss lu a wheat deul years ago. An unexpected and heavy flow of gas was struck in a well near Lima, O and the fluid catching tire from tbe lamps In tbo derrick caused a lerrltio explosion. F. Ernhurdi was futally burned and C. Braut und Kalpb Putnam were budly Injured. A young man named Msthlas drove to the residence of Johnson Spiers, near Clarence, la a former employer, and upon being or dered off tbe place drew a revolver and fired upon Spiers and son several times without effect. He then shot himself, In flicting a iatal wound. Unrequited love tor Spiers' daughter led to tbe shooting. Henry Hawortb of Cookc.Neb., wo killed by tbe curs In St. Louis, Mo. A tire in tbe Academy of Music Building at Pittsburg damaged tbo structure to the ex lent of about 1 10,000. AJ Francis Lingo, a negro, bits been found re sponsible by tho Coroner's Jury for tbe deuth of Mrs. Miller, vlioe body was found iu the weeds near Cumdsn, '. J recently. Cuptaln Enrigbt of the schooner Arthur shot bis wife three times while .in company wltb a man iiumcd William Murphy lu Toledo, Olilo. She lies in a precarious con dition. Murphy was also shot, the ball striking Ills nose nnd glancing ucross bis left cheek. Knrlght wus arrested. La grlppo has struck Burlington, Iowa Two deaths from tho dleuso uro reported. The business portion of tho Village of Pickrjill. Neb., wss almogtcoinplclely wiped out by lire. The loss will aggregate 1:1,000; partially insured. Two l'an-IIundlo freights came In collision near Fra.cysliurg, Ohio, causing Ibo demol ition of lioih engines uud about twenty cars. Trainmen saved their lives hy Jumlng. The wreck wus ouo of the worst ever happening on the roud. . Henry Beuurcgnrd, when pnsslng through the woods neur Ishpeming, Mich., wus mis taken for a bear mid shot. Joe Tlctjcns, aged A3, n wealth farmer who lived at TlotJuiH, neur Clinton, Iowa, was thrown from his wagon and bud bis neck broken. Ayotiusson of Ixwls Meyers, of Mem phis, Mo., died of hydrophobia. Mr. Mey ers was also bitten. Four boys, sons of prominent citizens ot Spokane Fulls, Wusb sro under arrest on the churgo of burglary. In their place of rendezvous wero found n full set of burg lar's tools and a number of valises contain ing valuables of nil kinds. Gov. Campbell, of Ohio, bus refusod to pardon Isuuo Smith, tbo l'lko county mur derer. Tbo execution will tuko placo Oct. a. Patrick Csrr was killed nnd Charles Pruetl fatally injured by a Irslgbt trulu ucur Itocbester, Pu while trumping on tbe truck. Ilurold McDcrmoll, 10 years old, of Brownsville, Tuun., sccldentully shot bis sister, Mls Floy, with a turget rifle. Her wound is duiigerous. Nullum Willct, of Norwulk, Cnl., Is under arrest ou tbo cburge of murdering II. B. Woodward In Andsi on couuty, Texas, sev enteen ycurs ago. Mrs. Driscoll, the young woman who shot ben-elf In Chicago, and who has been hovering between lite and death for u few days, bus died. Al Lewis, 23 years ot age, Jumped from a north-bound truiu ou the Illinois Central lu Chicago, uud sustained a compound frac ture of the leg. He fell in front of a south bound train. Health Olllcer Michael Con neli drugged bim awuy Just lu tlmo to save bis life. Lewis wss taken to a bonpituL MAltKKT ItKI'OUT. - ' CHICAGO. llRKVEs-Kxtra Mfttfit.TOO lbs (ioixt to fsiicy iiteoN Poor to inedl um steers.... Cows .,, Vcnl Cnlves MiLru Cowh er heuU IIimw Mlxcil hr.EKP Native Wus at No U i)ilnt Con No. tf Oats No. S Potatoes t tuiflicl I'oULTznr fhlekeii, live, r lb... lll('k ., Turkeys " " " liurrsn Choice C reamery I.ow (?rn(lfi . nczsE Full Cream HIT Umleu iQos Fresh, er dos T. LOU18. IIkktes Cholco nntlves Ilooa Choice mieep W u eat-No. S, lted i'okm ico. ii Oats.... MILWAUKEE. Wheat Xo. 9, Bed .. Voun i Oats DETROIT, Wheat No. t,' Red Cohm... Oats . 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Those wbo sponk well are not eager to" speak much. , . DRIVEN TO HER DEATH. DRLNK WAS TIlK CAUSE i)f A WOMIK'8 ' . ' SUICIDE. . t v. ritey lllew Up Vrug WoreA flair-Cut. tee Hut Nut s lUrber Oihor Co- " "t dansad News . ' Whlky and Ralelde. Jsmet McKsown, un employe ot Robert Goelet, crosKod the cottage lawn to the cliffs to cast bis lines for bis morning's supply of llsh at Newport, It. I. .. He saw the body ot'a woman washing about the shallows amoug tho rocks. He called the police ami the body was taken V the staliou, where Walter KiisselL tbe deutl woman's husband, claimed It. No tuquest was held, as the cause of berdoalh is known. tibe returned from it visit to Fall ltlver a littlo the worse for liquor. She was abameJ to go home to her busbaud aud children in thut condliiou, so she took a room at a friend's boue. She visited ber family the next morning, and Mr. Bussed told her she might return to the place where she spent tbo ulgbt. Becoming desperate she wandered away to the cliff aud sat dowu to drown Iter grief iu drink. During the afiernoou a purty of men found ber ly ing on a rock below ibo cliffs. Before the tide could rlo aud sweep her away they carried ber to tbe bclgths abovd and sum moned tbe police. She slept off the effects ot the liquor In a cell at the station, and sobbed bitterly when slid discovered , ber whereabouts, bho begged to have ber dis grace bidden from ber children. She again visited ber home. Finding ber busbund's temper unchanged, sho left nguln nnd was not seen until ber body was found. Mr. Itustell Is a Now York caterer, wbo spends eucb summer at Newport. lllew Up p Drug Stare. M. T. Handcock's drug store, at Morgan town, I ud., wus wrecked by dynamite about VI o'clock at night. Tills Is the second blocK thut baa beon blown up In tbat town Within the lust ten duys. Tho bomb was placed iu tliewalJ near the liquors and oils. J. T. Norman, another druggist, bus been notified that bis store will be next to receive atten tion. Williura Mustclmun, another drug deuler, bus received a notlco to quit tho town and Is moving bis goods according to ruqucsl. Tbo whole trouble bus growu out of the Icmperuncu people being unublo to reach their place by duo course of law und tliu fact thut a grout many drunken brawls have recently taken placo, iu which men and women h'uW both llgured. There Is no clew to the perpetrators, and there Is no dixpoHitlou on tlie part of law-abiding citi zen to interfere. Tho duinuge lo tho build lug uud goods will amouiit to $13,000. A Ilittd ltobbery. When Itobort Middlt-toii, a Big Four rail road operator ut Nortt ludiunupolix, lud., lock od up from his work ul 3 o'clock in the morning bo found a man tandiug before his oltlco with a bundkerchicf lied over tbo lower part of bis face. Tho follow iusiunt ly fired ut' bim through the window, tho bullet striking bis lo. .Middle ton fell to the floor uud the robber, supposing lil:n dead, entered tho room and rilled bis pockets. He made no attempt to tuko any of the railroad properly. When the robber had left Middloion crawled to bis table and sent a mcuo to tho traiu dispatcher In Indianapolis lolling hi in what bud hap pened. , "Jack, ike If air Cutter." Still nuo'.hcr outriigo.oii tho part of "Jack, tbe Hair Cutter" Is reported. For tho sixth tlmo within three weeks a Detroit woman has been bulted on tbo public street, roughly handled, uud forcibly ahoru other locks. Millie Mui-coux, a shopgirl, on her way homo w as stopped by tbe fellow . on Shcrmuii street, bhe wus frightened und sturtcd to husleu along but "Jack, the Hair Culler" seized ber. Throwing one arm over her face, bo quickly cut off her hair with a razor, slightly scratching Miss Mar cou.v'a our as he did so. Then he fled, while Millio rail scrckming homeward. Heavy Storm In West VI rg; In lis. A great storm swept over Wheeling, W. Va. Co in in u n leu t lou Is cut off from up the Wheeling Creek Valley, aud It Isimposiiible to say what tbe extent of the damage is. Tho Baltimore nnd Ohio railroad is the severest ufferer. Two or three bridges were swept away between Wheeling and Pittsburg, and tralllu is entirely suspended. Great crowds aro fathered about the Main street bridge, Wheeling, which it expected to go every moment. This is tbo structure erected in place ot the bridge which went out after u klmllur storm two years ago and carried with it twenty-live people Tbe twocrecks which runs through lliu elty are raging torrents Cellars are flooded und great dsniago hat been done. Tho electrical displays wus mag nificent. - In the valley of Caldwell's Bun, wliero a dozen llvos were lot In lft8, six or eight fumllies were flooded and their bridges cur ried awuy, while a number of cuttle wore d row ued and much property destroyed. A Sad MItMk. A freight-train of the Miuucota Eastern and a stock-train of the Omaha line collided on the. Great Northern truck ut Coino, Minn., one person being killed and nearly n dozen injurod. James Hill of West Su perior, the llreiuan of the Eastern train, was scalded to dcuth under his en gine. John Brown lout right bund, aud Win. Johnston of Wa-biugtou State, on bis way with a load of cattle lo Chicago, was badly bin mo I und Injured lot eruully. Absulom Anderson was cut iu the left aide, John Gander in the faee, aud James English in the temple, and Frank Young bud part ot bis nose cut off. A dozen horses snd cattle were allied. A new switchman, wbo has been at work only three days, switched tbo Minnesota Eastern train on tbe wrong truck. He bas fled. The Injured men are being cared for at St. Joseph Hospltul, Su Pauu ' . NellU Will Wed. Nellie Bly. tho young woman who made the circuit of tho globe of a New York daily newspaper, la to marry and nettle down to a quiet life. Elizabeth Jjialunu who set out airaultaneoual with Nellie Bly to make the round for n monthly publication, ia to remove to England. Boll Pound In the Lnke. Annlo V. Dallas and ber lover, Lawrence McBetb, a piano player, quarreled recently in Cbicugo. Ncxtevenlng the woman'a body was found In the lake and a day later the muii's remains were fithed out ot tbe water not far from where the woman was discov ered. Whether tbe couple met deatb by accident, suicide, or murder mar never be known. Some ot tbe police are inclined to believe the woman was thrown Into tbe wa ter by bT lover and thut be subsequently drowned himself. The woman wus about 24 years old and ber former homo was at Edensvllle, Ind. Mc Belli Is said to be from Sarula, Canada. The victims bad been living together lor some time. VI. Vlu -.. I Three men lost tbelr lives and a woman was fatally injuiel at a small' Are wbicb broke out shortly before 2 o'clock In tbe morning In Putuam's Hotel, Chicago, Tba three rueu were burned to death la their beds. . Tbe woman was Injured by lumping from tbe fourlb floor to tbe side walk. Tbe dead are: Edward Peyton, colored porterabout 60 yours of age, smothered by smoke; Unknown white man, a guest, smothered; Unknown while man, a guest, smothered and burned beyond recognition. ' Tbe Injured are: Mrs.Cbaries ltobinson, fa tally Injured by leaping from a fourtb-story window to tbe sidewalk. Taken in an un conscious condition to the County Hospital. Baby, months old, child ot Mrs. ltobinson, wbo leaped with It In ber arms. At Manistee, Mich., Louis Sands' "Red" mill, salt block, salt sbed, and 1,000.000 shingles burned. About 60,000 barrels of suit were ruined. Loss about $160,000; In surance about t60,000. Fire completely destroyed tbo Pillow & Hersey Manufacturing Company's rolllng in 11 K in Montreul, throwing 800 men out ot j employment. The buildings andplnutare fully coverod by Insurance. Loss $80,000. A fire broke out lu a saloon in the Couch-, nor brick block at La liurpe, 111. detroylng . the block and several stocks of goods. Tbo ; loss Is about $15,000. Some meu were gumb- j Hug in tbe saloon at a lalo hour. I Price & Adams' locomotive and machine works iu Nuxhvllle, Tcnn, were entirely destroyed by lire. Navajo Ulrls and Marriage. A government agent reports to the Indiun Bureau that the moat formid able obstacle to the education of the ! Navajo girls ia the practice of early ', murriuge. The practice is held in all Indian tribes, but more especially in the -iioutlierti tribes. While ail life, animal ; lis well as vegetable, matures more ' run id I v there, nlill imUuritv of life 1 umontr the Indian girls la forced to the ! extreme. Marriages often occur at twelve or fourteen yeurs of age. All the traditions and usage of the Indians favor early marriages, and if the girl is not married before fifteen it is a notice- able circumstance. I Many girls would prefer remaining In I school, but the unwritten laws of the race, ko potential, are nguinst such conduct Some prefer nn early mar- j ringe, because an unmarried woman has no power, while the old woman has a; very strong influence, and girls who ' ire mothers ut twelve or fourteen are old nt thirty. There is one tribe where a feast is made when the girl reaches the period of womanhood, hoping she will Und u husuund during the festivi ties; if not married at the end of the lirst month or the second month an other feast is made with the same in tention. ' Caauallles In Chlcusro. An unknown woman about 60 years of ugo und quite comfortably clad met un in stuntdeuth. While an engine on the North western roud was going north the uufor tunuto creature deliberately walked In front ot It, and was In an Instant ground almost to a pulp. Her beud wuh completely se- . vcred from the trunk, and wus found some twenty -live feet from the mangled body . alongside the truck. j James Clerkins, a laboring man, wbilo at- tempting to crosa the Lake Slioro tracks nt Fiftb-nftb street in trout of a city -bound pusciiger truln, was kuocked down und dan gerously hurt, lie was removed to bis home. i Nicholas Kocnljr, a boy 11 years of age, wus run over and killed by a wagbti at the corner of Ashland and Chicago avenues. The boy's dead body was taken to the borne ot bis parents. . Tho driver of the tcuni hur ried awuy, aud ofllccrs were started in pur suit. : Two toughs entered Mr. Bagley's boat building shop and asked for a can iu wbicb to get beer. They were ordered out, but In stead of going attacked Mr. Bugley, serious ly injuring bim. Killed Illimelf In Saloon. Despondent and crazed by drink, Robert Reynolds killed himself in a Cbicugo sa loon. Reynolds was a traveling man, and for tbe lust three weeks hud beeu drunk al most constantly. He entered tbo saloon wllh Nellie Lalme. Both were drunk. Af ter drinking Reynolds suddenly cried out thut be wus going to kill blnnelf, and in tbo mime UiHtant tired a . bullet through bis heart. He died almost instantly. The Lalme woman wus taken to tho station. She suys thut Reynolds came to Chicago from Kan- ' sos City, where bis father Is a wealthy shoo ' deulor. She also claims thut he asked ber to marry bim, uud that ber refusal was tbe eaiiite of his suicide. She said tbat be bud stolon $1,000 from bU futher und thut bo bud been drugged repeatedly and robbed ot most of the money. Tho barkeeper at tho hotel where Reynolds lodged, who claimed to have been lullniufely acquainted with bim, suys that his home was iu New York und tbat ull his troubles are duo to desertion by bis wife. . : : - ,1 Unique Shooting Affray. ' The villuge of Muscotuh, near Atchison, Kan., was iho scene of u unique sbootiug affray. A Mrs. Plummer accused Dr. Mar tin, who keeps a drug store thero, of selling ber husband-liquor, and called at bis, store add Immediately begun shoolingatblin With a revolver. She fired three times, one of the bullets taking effect iu the doctor's leg. But bo wus not disabled and promptly pulled bis own revolver, but his excitement overcame bun and be wus unable to use It. A clerk In tbe store shied a can of paint at the woman, bitting ber on tbo cheek, and be then followed her out upon the sidewalk and threw bricks at her, but she escaped without serious Injury. Dr. Martin sworo out a warrant and she was arrested ou a charge ot assault with Intent to kill. , 1 A llniiqaet Under a Itiver. The opening of traffic by tbe tunnel un- dor the bt. Clair River between Canada and tbe United Btates will be made tbe occasion of a remarkable banquet In tbe tunnel Itself. Tbe table will be 1,000 feet long, 600 feet on either aide of the International boundary. Tbe Chairman will be seated exactly on tbe ne. un tbe Canadian side of bim will be the President of tbe United Stales and on tbe American side the Governor-General of Canada. 1 ' Narrow Eneape of laengers. A catastrophe was narrowly averted on a lake steamer. Tbe steamer Re mora, for Port Huron, Mich., with about fifty passen gers abroad, was discovered on fire when about aix miles from St. Clair Flats. The passengers were all driven to the upper deck by tbe flames and smoke. Tbe fire was foiisht Ineffectually by tbe crow until tbe tug Jessie came alongside and poured water Into the bald, subduing tbe flumes. After examination It was found that Ibe bold was uninjured and tbe vessel proceeded. Many of the passengers returned to Detroit by tbe Jessie, toe much unnerved by tbelr frightful experience to continue ou tbe Rsmors, CEUSHED TO DEATH.. WIND . STOKM AND BAIN CACSK A WALL 10 FALL.. Killed by riamea-AYoathral Wage Bob k . ber Telegraphic Ilrevltlea from All Folate. . ' A Fatal Aeeldenr. A falling wall at tbe ruins of tbe Chicago Crucible Meet Casting company's works, in Cbleago, crushed three men and a team of mules to death and seriously Injured a mau and a boy. .The dead are: Christian Bread, aged 46; John Petacb. aged 47; an un known laborer, 1st search ot work. The In jured arot Lenke, August, aged 42, Internal injuries; Charlea Gilow, aged 14, leg broken und Internal Injuries. Tbe wall bad been standing since tbo com pany's works were burned some months ago. It was an eighteen-lnch wall and about thirty feet high. Several men sought shelter from tbe wind and rain behind It, and Christian Bread, who was hauling bricks for reconstructing tbe works, drove up. lie bad scarcely slopped when his mules -as If by instinct, began to act strungely and wanted lo move ou. In an ger be Jerked tbe relna and struck them a smsrs blow wltb tbe whip, in another In stant there was a loud cry ot alarm. The mules leaped forwurd and the men started from their shelter. But they were too late. Tbe wall came down with a tcrrltlo crash whlcn mude tbe wludows rattle for blocks around. Men and women from neighboring bouses ran to tee what had happened. In a few minutes a great crowd bad collected lu spite of tbe driving ruin, and a gung of men were working lo suve victims. . For a time It was not knowu how many men were burled. Charles Gilow was the first res cued. He wus bleeding and unconscious, but recovered consciousness and was able to ull bow many wero burled in tbe ruins. Killed by FUmes. VA four-story building on Middle street, London, England, was destroyed by fire. Six persons were buruod to death and thirteen were Injured. Tbo lire broke out iu the work-shops on tbe upper floor. There wero thirty peraons lu the building. Two minutes after tbe lire was discovered tbe building was a muss of flames. The spread of the tire wus so rapid thut the work-people found every avenue of escape, except tho windows, cut off. Through theso some of the employes Jumped to tbe ground. Five women employed by tbe II rm were killed by Jump ing from Hie windows. Btaore Kobbed hr m Ilor. The overland a!nr wuarnlihoH iitnr ITLliili. Cal. Wells, Fargo & Co.'s treasure-box and ! the United Stutes mull wero taken. Wbilo I the robber was cuttiug tho mall-sacks open ! Driver McDanlels suupped a pistol at bim, ' but it A'ould not go off. The robber re- , treated aud tired two shots ut the driver, I neither of which took effect. Tbo robber ! wus caught at Cloverdale. He proved to be a boy about 18 years old, a stranger In that . community. He traveled somo sixty .miles j afoot before he wus captured. He hUcceeded I lu getting about $100 from the stage. Ho ' bus ud in i tied thut be committed the crime. I ConflagratJono. A fire at 8 o'clock in tbe morning de stroyed the center ot tho business part ot Bruinerd, Minn. The fire first appeared In the Commercial hotel and many of tho guests barely escaped with their lives, women being taken out of upper windows In their night drestcs. The supply of water fell short, and In an effort to itimu lute the water works tho ma chinery broke and tbo firemen were loft helpless. From the hotel tho fire spread rap idly in three direction. It raged for three hours, and finally, when it died out for lack of materia., the best parts of three blocks bad been comsumed. Sixteen business houses were among tbe buildings burned, besides the Commercial, the oldest hotel on the line of the Northern Puellio Road. Tbe j St. Francis Catholic Church was destroyed, together with the new parsonage and many valuable record. The total loss cannot be estimated closely at this time, but will be upward of $160,000, wltb not over $30,000 Insurance. . Fire destroyed buildings occupied by Howe, boots and sboes; Smith, grocery ; Minnlx & Morrill, dry good; A. B. Smith, Implement; Hart As Mitchell, dry goods and the postofflce and News office at Fairfield Neb. Loss, $19,000; Insurance, $11,000. j Wife Murder at Iiavenwnrih. I Tho Coroner's lurv In the - nt Un Matilda Davis, who was found dead In her bed two days aro have returned a verdict to the effect that she was smothered to deatb by her husband, David Davis. Ho has been removed to the county Jail. During the ex amination testimony was produced which showed that Davis was on ex-convict and thut only a month ago his wife paid a lum ber firm in Leavenworth $200 to keep them from prosecuting bim for the theft of u large quantity of material from their yards. A will which Mrs. Duvls made two weeks ugo, lu wnicli she bequeathed ber property ; to her children, cannot be found, und it is the supposition thut Duvis destroyed it, j r imbed In Front ot an Engine. ' Tho killing of ono man nnd the probable fatuity Injuring of another at Orrvllle, O., turns out to bavo been deliberate murder. Coroner Solon Boydstou of Orrvllle, who was acting as policeman during the fair, bud John Swconey in custody on the depot platform. Sweeney saw a "pnl" In the crowd aud made a signal to htm. The latter stepped up, and Just as the switch englno wa going by shoved Boydston In frout of IU The Coroner retained his grip on Sweeney as be went down, and both men were run over. Tbo Coroner was Instantly killed and ' i tbe prisoner fatally Injured. ' ' . I Mrs. MeCabe Defended liar Honor. ! Mrs. McCabe, tbe American lady who shot . Max Stein, a wealthy merchant of Keyuoso, Mex., and wbo Is In Jail at Matamoras, bas tent an account of tbe homicide, with an ap peal to American wives and mothers for as sistance to aid In ber defense. She ssysi "I shot Max Stein, a rich merchant, because of Indecent proposals to me and bis threat tbat as an officer be would Imprison me unless I submitted to bis will. While my husband was sick in bed be assaulted me, and to pre- . vent being violated I shot him desd." They Would lie Amaions. Borne women ia Qalicla, Austria, have' sent to the Emperor Francis Joseph a petition worded as follows: "Sire: We women of Gallcia, prostrate at the foot of the throue, present this our ardent request: At present, whereas every man, young or old, ia liable to military service, we women, often ' more robust and courageous than ef feminate men.think we ought not lo be excluded. The arms now in use art ' well made and easy to handle. We, therefore, pray your Majesty te Insti tute a corps of Amazon volunteers," ' WIN PEP MI33ILE3 An Englishman recommends tomatoes as ; a remody for dyspepsia and biliousness. , Six female doctors were received Into the faculty ot medicine la Paris In ono week. A Philadelphia mendicant known as "Blind Johnny" Is said to be worth, $30,000. France has tho accumulation of agos, and there are aoventy-alx mllUonalroa la the republic . ' , The centennial of the discovery of cool In Pennsylvania to to be celebrated In Sep tember, 1S91. ' It is woll enough for sH to aspire, Thackeray used to say "all claret would be port if It could. A good many states havo laws forbidding tho sale of cigarettes to boys, but generally it Is a dead law. It is estimated that fully 4,000 Pennsyl anlans are In the -employ of the UnlDd States government It was John Ilenry Newman who aaldt 'Somo mud atlcks longer than other mud but no mud Is immortal." ' Tbe Milwaukee JrftsWaayst "Mistakes, are gentle reminders' that we aro becoming too confldont in oursolves." The business section of New York is growing so fast that tho gentry aro being crowded out ot Fifth avenuo. Mon who are eurly and are wot not to speak to you, only show their boorlshnesa. Gentlemen don't do that way. A boy In Pccksvillo, N. Y., is said to have looked in succession two eels whose comblno length was seven feet. ' , ' Five gonoratlons of ono family sat for their photographa In a alngle group at Springfield, Pa., a few daya ago. Of oourso if there is a failure in Ireland of the potato crop there will certainly bo "a tale of woe" and there may be a famine. A military cordon has been established around Lisbon to provont the entrance of any person from a cholera Infected district. Hs abolition of the slave trade at Zansi baivis the first good effect of English influ ence thoro. Now lot us see if It will stay abolished. Germany has one doctor to 1,600 of popu lation, France one to 8,107, tbe Unitea Kingdom one to 1,834, but the United States one to 600. Denmark bosldes being several other very useful things Is a sort of universal "hennery." It annually exports-over Ul million eggs. . It is claimed that Tularo county, Califor nia, will lose a round half million dollars this year for want ot ships . to carry its grain to Liverpool. . The long rains in France have ruined the wheat harvest, and tho f armors aro greatly depressed. Fancy prices are paid for tho left-over gralu of last year. Many Settlors In tho Big Bend, Wash., country have been driven away by the ravages of squirrels that swarm in count less numbers In that region. ' Tho Russian government has made an appropriation of 1,530 roubles annually for the maintenance of a Pasteur instituto in Tlflis for tho euro of hydrophobia. At L'Oricnt Arsenal, in France, a great Ironclad war vessel of ll.OJO tons Is nearly completed. It is strongly armed with un menso cannon in revolving towers. It is said that thoro are 7,00) vacant houses in Kansas City, Mo., and that it has lost many thousand' of population tho past two years slnco its "boom" collapsed. While sleeping in tho railroad station at Pittsburg a traveler dreamed that his futher was drowning before his eyes, and his piti ful appeals for help almost created a panic. An English medical writer asserts that cancer is not hereditary In the vast majori ty ot coses no less than 60 per cent being caused by external influences upon the sufferers. The Italian minister of agriculture haa recently purchased in England a splendid stallion named Melton for $30,000. It Is Intended for tbe royal stables at Venaria and Pisco. Tho roost valuable metal In the world is said to be gallium, which Is worth $3,230 an ounce. Calcium brings $1,800 a pound and cerium $1,033 per pound. Oold is worth $340 a pound. After forty years of work In the employ of a Yorkr Me., manufactory -tho corpor ation has rewarded tho faithful aorvlces of Fannie Ilutchlna by placing her in an old ladies' home. An eighteen-year-old youth at Cleveland went to the circus and laughed so much that he has been unable to stop laugh ing since. Doctors say the show af fected his brain. A faithful dog in Hamilton, Ohio, didn't abandon its attempt to arouso its drunken owner who hnd fallen asleep on the rail road track, until an engine cut off its leg. The man escaped injury. A bookbinder in Vionna was called upon to bind a volume of 103 leaves worth 100, 000 guidon. Each leaf was a bond for 1,000,003 gulden, tho book being the owner's gift to his only daughter. China waa on old empire long before -Julius Ctcsar was master of the world so far as he knew It, but up to date it has only ono railroad of eighty-one miles. Tho cost of building it was $3,000 per mile. J. W. R. Holey, ot Carnesvlllo, Ga., la the champion Ushorman of that section. He caught an eel from W. C. Hall's carp pond that was 8 feet 0 inches long, 9 inches in circumference and weighed aix pounds. Fifteen millions of dollars Is mentioned as the value of the art treasures accum ulated In Halford House by Sir Richard Wallace, and it Is rumored that all this will go, under tho will, to the English nation. ...... - Peter . B. Swoney Is trying to got New York to undertake improvements along the banks of the Hudson similar to thoso In London besldo the Thames. He wants a grand driveway extending several milos to becreatod. Wilson Zackery, colored, of Summer, 8. C, had a log burned when a child, but It gave him no trouble until hoaeverely In jured It two years .ago, Tbe sore refused to heal, and a day or two ago It had to bo amputated. A negro drayman wbilo driving a dray heavily loaded with merchandise at Macon, lost his balance and fell off, and the dray passed directly over his neck. Strange to. aay, it was not broken, but tho negro's In juries vere serious. . . . ' , A tree In Nashville caught fire from an electric wire Ono limb was burned entire ly off. A policeman threw water on the burning limb with a hoae, and when the water struck the fir he experienced a sever eleotrto shock. - " V