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BREVITIES.
While Mr. Cleveland is whining around
i.n l telling how the people ought to treat
the President it may occur to somebody to
tell him how the President ought to treat
the people. Philadelphia Press.
Mugwump Harvey, the Wilkes-Barre
former, oesu to prison for twelve years.
This will interfere with the effectiveness
hut not with the earnestness of his oppo
sition to the dreadfully wicked republican
party. Philadelphia Press.
X Good Definition. "What is forever?"
.asked the Sunday-school superintendent of
a little girl.. -. '
"The army and navy," was the guileless
answer. You see, she had heard the eho
rns of the "Red, White and Blue." Hart
fin'd Jiturna.
PorrLAK Among the People. He (after
church) What a verjT eloquent man the
He v. Dr. Whitechoker is, Miss Breezy. I
v as delighted with him.
JShe (of Chicago) Yes, there are no flies
on Dr. Whitechoker. Xetc York; Journal
. ( 'iiiKinerrf.
Gave Himself . Away. Magistrate (to
party who has been arrested on suspicion)
You claim to be a Delaware peach grow
er? Suspicious Party Y'es, sir.
Magistrate How is the peach crop this
year?
Suspicious party Big, enormous.
Magistrate Lock him up. He's no Del
aware peach grower.
Mrs. A. (who is taking French lessons)
"Now, Bridget, when Professor Blanque
comes you must say 'Entrez' to him, and
he will know what you mean and come in
to the parlor." The bell rings, and Brid
get goes to the door.. It is the professor.
"Ontario," says Bridget; "wud ye walk
into the. parler, snr?" The professor walk-
edin, and Bridget reported her triumph to
'the cook. Harper's Bazaar.
The count of the cash in the Treasury
shows that whilst in twenty years of re
publican rule there occurred a shortage of
two cents, in the two years of democratic
rule there has been a shortage of $20. The
republican shortage of two cents was after
wards found in a dark corner of a Treasury
vault, and it is probable that the democrat
ic shortage of $20 may be found in a dark
corner of some spoilsman's pocket Phlla
' 'phh't J'ress.
Training Journalists. Editor What's
this I see? "The light fantastic toe?
You mean that they danced, don't you?
Reporter Y'es, but
Editor No bnts about it. When people
dance thev dance. And by the piper! "The
wee sua' hours. " Now, what are the wee
sraa' hours?
Reporter Why, why, I thought every
body Editor Well, you were mistaken. If peo
ple dance until after midnight just say so.
Composition costs out here, young man.
Omaha World.
The Power of Pedantry. "Yes," said
Mr. Mallv sadlr. "I lost my case lost
it bv the injudicious language of my
lawver, Mr. Lallv." "Why, how
was that, Mr. Mally?" "Why, when my
lawyer was closing his argument he thought
to make a point by saying: 'Let justice be
done; though the heavens fall.'" "I
shouldn't think that would have injured
jour case." "It did, for the lawyer on the
other side in closing said: 'Hat justUia runt
rol"i,i.' That settled the business with
the jury, and I had to pay the damages."
Boston Courier.
THE SLANDERER.
Slander, the foulest whelp of sin. The man
In whom this spirit entered wat, undone.
His tongue was set on fire of hell! his heart
Was black as death; his legs were faint
with haste ' .
To propagate the lie his soul had framed;
His pillow was the peace of families ;
Destroyed the sigh of innocence reproach-
Broken'f riendships, and the strife of broth
Yet did'he spwe his sleep and hear the clock
Number the midnight watches, on his bed
Devising mischief more; and early rose
And made most hellish meals of good men s
From Sof'to door you might nave seen
- him speed, - x. - i
Or placed amidst a group of gaPolfs .
And whispering in their ears with his foul
Peace ed the neighborhood in which he
His hauntl! and, like a moral pestilence
Before his breath the healthy blooms and
shoots . , ' ,wt
Of social joy and happiness decayed.
Fools only in his company ere seen, , .
And those forsaken of God, and to them-
selves given up.
The prudent shunned him and his house ;
As one who had a deadly moral plague.
TEE WEEK'S SUiQlARY
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OF TELEGRAPHIC NEWS CON
DENSED ' FOR BUSY READERS.
Events That Have Happened In All rartii
of the ATorld ISoiled Down to Pointed!
Paragraphs Personal Mention of thI
Doing, and Sayings of Many People.
An tne case or Frank Swan and others.
irusiees, against the Baltimore i and Ohici
Kailroad company and the Central Ohic
Railroad company, to set aside as fraudulent
the issue by the latter company of ea.aW.OOO
of bonds, Justice Merwin, in the supreme
court at Utica, N. Y., denied a j motion to
set aside the service of the summons and alscj
a motion for leave to amend the summons, j
The anniversary of the death of President
Juarez ' was observed with great enthusiasm1
in the City of Mexico. Hundreds of build-)
ings displayed the Mexican colors draped
with black and many American fla3 were
seen at half niast. : j j
The basket clew in the case of the unknown
girl murdered at Rahway is developing. Arl
old resident declares that he saw a basket ati
Mrs. Baker's house mended in the same manj
ner as that found near the murdered girl.
Mrs,
Mary Broderick, SO 3-ears of age, set
her house at Waltham, Mass.. while!
fire to
lighting a fire with kerosene, and was burned
to death, j j . j ;.
At the general meeting of the shareholder
of the j West Ontario Pacific road held at
Montreal, the lease in perpetuity to the
Canadian Pacific road was authorized.
At Wilkinson, Hancock county, Ind.,
mob o nearly 100 persons broke into Wilson's
barroom and smashed the f urniture with a
sledge jammer. : I
John Tihsman, of MatamorasJ Pa., com!
mitted suicide at Port Jarvis, N. Y, by
taking laudanum. He had recently been dis
charged from the employ of the Erie Railway
company, j 1 j j . . .J
Two blocks of buildings were burned atf
Ovrensboro, Ky.; Tlio water works wereliot
working. Nine buildings were burned and
twelve J horses. The loss is $50,000 and the
insurance about $20,000.
The mortality among children in Pittsburg
and Allegheny during the past six weeks has
been very j heavy. In J une otf) children
under 5 years of age died, and since July 1
there have 5G3 deaths. j
The jcoercion biil for Ireland j having re
ceived the royal sanction, iias become a law.
Andrew Williams and Robert ! West were
killed and Robert Williams, brother of the1
first named, fatally injured by a tree falling
on their buggy; Tuesday afternoon, fifteen
miles south of Terre Haute, Ind
as
they
were returning from a funeral.
Governor Leslie, of Montana, has respited .
Hart, the Ifoulder City murderer, until Frfj
day, Abg. 20, to give the supreme court timst
to pass! on the bill of exceptions from the
court below. ; j ;
Martin Lewis, who has been systematically
robbing jewelers in New York city for some
time, by purchasing diamonds and giving
worthless checks on Boston and Philadelphia
banks, j has been arrested. It is believed he
has victimized jewelers all over the country
It is! reported, the news coming through
Russian i sources, thit M. Radoslavoff, late
prime minister of Bulgaria, has been arrested
for treason by the Bulgarian authorities.
A niortgage of $10,000,000, executed in
favor tf i the Mercantile Trust company, of.
New York, by the Pittsburg and Western
Railroad company, was recorded at New
Castle, Pa. ; ' ;
Daniel McMasters and Alexander McNeil,
of the ;fishing schooner Grace L. Fears, who
were adrift four days in a dory near the
Banks,) were brought into Gloucester by the
schooner Malel Kenniston. j j
A woman named Ross has been arrested at
Caraguet, N. B., for killing her infant by
forcing a spoon down its throat, j It is sus-
pected that she killed two other children of
hers, who died recently. She is not married
A New York carpenter named William Hj
Laden last night shot his bride of three weeks
and he- mother. Afterward the dementec
man put a bullet in his own head.! ;
A collision occurred on the Norfolk and
Western railroad, six miles west of Peters
burg, I etween two freight trains. One of
the locomotives and ten cars were badly
wrecked. All trains were delayed. j
Andrew i William and Robert West were
kided and Robert Williams, brother of the
first named, was fatally injured by a tree
which fell on their buggy, fifteen miles south
of Terre Haute, Ind., as they were returning
from ai funeral. ! ? j
. A family feud has broken out" afresh in
Illinois with the assassination of James D,
Belt at Cave-:n-Rock. j I
James F. Clark, of Cooperstown, N. Y.
has forwarded to New York the first bale of
this year's hops. It weighed 173 pounds.
The body of William Hickey, with the
head and the right foot severed, was found
on the I New York Central tracks- in Lock
port,'If.iY; - '!!, J
Governor Leslie, of Montana, has respited
Hart, the Boulder City murderer, until Aug
6, in order that the supreme court may pass
upon eL bill of exceptions. i '
Sir Ambrose : Shea has arrived at St,
John's N. F., from England, and after he
has had a holiday he will go to Nassau to
assume the governorship of the Bahamas. j
The ! steam toarge Peter Cooper, owned in
New York, was burned at the wharf of the
3Sew York silicate works, mouth of Patuxent
river; damage, $3,000. '
At the National Shoe Dealers' convention
at Chicago G. G. Pierce, of Chicago, was
elected president; L. I. Arkush, of New
York, secretary, and F. H. Tasker, of Brook
lyn, treasurer. !
The! owner of a French smack has been
fined 5 at Folkstone for fishing in English
waters. , ' 7 "I
Tiszador Castle, the residence of Count
Andrassy, has been destroyed by fire. j
The I Mount Vernon and Eastchester Rail
road company has obtained an injunction
restraining the New York, New Haven and
Hartford from removing Scott's bridge in
Westchester county, N. Y., which is used by
the plaintiff corporation. The order also
prohibits Interference with the plaintiffs'
right to use this bridge. I j
Governor and Mrs. Beaver, of Pennsylva
il'a, were on the grounds at Chatauqua and
visited several of the class rooms. '
The boiler 0 E. L. Chamberlain's saw mill
at Natchez, Miss., exploded, wrecking the
mill, killing Dorsey Scott, a colored fireman,
md injuring Mr. Chamberlain, the engineer
ind proprietor, and two or three others.
Jack! Strauss, who is said to be a well
known Boston crook, was arrested at Bridge
port and held on suspicion of having been
concerned in the burglary at Fairchild's
jewelry store. He had a diamond ring, two
studs and f.VM in his possession.
The freight rate 'war in progress between
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe company
and the Texas Traffic association's roads,
since the opening of the Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe Une to Kansas City, was virtually
brought to a close. The old rates are to be
restored, j ' ' , '
M. De Lessi'jw! will visit the Panama canal
works soon.
DeWitt H. Newkirky of Kingston, com
mitted suicide at the New Osborne house, in
Rochester, by taking morphine. He was a
defaulter to the extent of $50,000, and had
roistered as J. 1L Downing, of Albany.
Ahe bodies of the six Swiss tourists who
were lost (while attempting to ascend the
Jungfrau without a guide have been found
at the bottom of a precipice.
A fire in the underwear factory of, the
Standard Manufacturing company, at Jack
son, Mich.,1 destroyed property worth nearly
$100,000. ; v
The Roumanian war minister has 'given a
contract toj the Grason works, near Magde
burg, lor cannon and other war material, to
cost $i;400,000.
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Nine new cases of yellow fever have de
veloped at Key West, Fla., but no deaths
have occurred. The new cases are mostly
children, j
An express train over the New Haven road
struck two: horses and a buggy driven by
Henry Jennings, of Southport, Conn., and
killed the horses and fatally injured Mr. Jen
nings, j I "
The railway station agents at Minneapolis
reconsidered their action and decided to hold
their next session at Philadelphia instead of
Mammoth Cave. !
The Pavonia, which arrives at Boston next
Frida will bring back from Ireland the re
mains of the late venerable Father Murphy,
for so j aaahy years pastor of St Mary's
Catholic church at I Fall River, who died
while visiting the land of his birth.
George Hoffman, j aged 65, a prominent
brewer, of Baltimore, shot himself through
the brain and died ; shortly after. He had
suffered from rheumatism for several years
and his mind is thought to have been af
fected, j j. :
The first special transcontinental train of
ten cars from California passed throngh
Chicago, five cars being dropped at that city
and the other five taken on to New York.
The freight on the ten carloads from San
Francisco to Chicago was $3,000.
George D. Colby, aged 30 year s, superin
tendent of the Gere Iron works at Port Ley
den, Lewis county, was drowned While bath-.
ing in the St. Lawrence river, near Thousan d
Islands park. His body was recovered.
A man who has been doing business in the
open board of trade at Chicago under the
name of George Brown, was arrested in that
city as being Horace C. Jacques, who several
years ago burned his elevator at Poseyville,
Ind., collected the i insurance and left bis
creditors in the lurch, getting away with
$30,000. He confessed.
M. KatkofT, the editor of The Moscow Ga
zette, who has been seriously ill, is slightly
better. j
, Mr. Robert M. McLane, the American
minister to France, attended the British
naval review at Spithead.
Mr. Balfour, chief secretary for Ireland,
has arrived! at Dublin.; Alb the division
magistrates and leading county officials have
been summoned to attend a conference on
the condition of Ireland .
Daniel Lyons, the murderer of Joseph J.
Quinn,! the young athlete, has not been
brought from Pittsburg to this city. A
requisition! will be sen for him, and' he will
prolably be surrendered to the New York
authorities during the latter part of this week.
The body of Michael J. Dixon, the ice
rream manufacturer, has been recovered and
brought to New York city with that of John
P. Ryan. The appearance of Mr. Dixon's
body proves that he was not killed by light
ning, but was drowned while insensible from
the electric shock.
Four more Brooklyn milk dealers were ar
raigned before Justice Massey on the com
plaints of the agents of the state dairy com
mission. They pleaded guilty and were fined
$25 each. J A warning accompanied the fine.
Theodore Thomas obtained in the supreme
court an attachment against the National
Opera company to recover $18,000 alleged ar
rearages of salary as musical director of the
company. I
The Seventy-first regiment and the Tenth
battalion relieved the Twenty-third regiment
at the state camp, the ceremonies being con
ducted in a drenching rain.
Ten captains of police were examined by
the civil service board for promotion to the
two positions of inspector.
The Oswego Board of Trade elected a dele
gation of forty representatives to attend the
meeting of the Union for the Protection of
the Canals, to be held at Rochester, J uly 2S.
Dewitt C. Littlejohn is chairman of the dele
gation.! i !
Henry Heintzetling, one of the convicted
Baltimore judges of election, who failed to
appear when his confederates were sentenced,
surrendered himself in the criminal court.
Judge j Duffy sentenced him to two years in
jail and to pay a fine f $1,000.
William H. Starbuck admitted that he had
purchased j a controlling interest in the She
pa ug railroad and that it would become a
part of the New England system.
James Weeden, the pugilist, who was shot
by Officer Thompson, of Allegheny City, has
since died.! Thompson gave himself up. He
claims that he shot Weeden in self defense,
A Chicago paper says that the friends of
Joseph C.i Mackin, who was convicted of
perjury in connection with- the election
frauds trial in 1S85 and sentenced to Joliet
for five years, are making a formidable effort
to secure his pardon.
Ex-Governor Hoadley, of Ohio, says
President Cleveland will be renominated, be
ing the unanimous choice of his party, and
that he can defeat Blaine or any other Re
publican who may be nominated.
Immense damage has been done by a hail
storm near Wabash, Ind. Crops were ruined.
DAMAGE BY THE STORM.
HEAVY RAINS AND CLOUD BURSTS
IN NEW ENGLAND.
Eighteen Lives Reported Ixtt la !aia
chusett Train Saspeuded Ketween
Washouts Dams Carried Away and
Low Lands Submerged.
Newark, N. J., July 25. Tbs violent
thunder storms that have prevailed during
the past two days have done almost inestim
able damage throughout this county. This
is especially the case on the land of farmers
along the upper Passaic. Here the hay crop
is entirely cut off. Added to thii the large
quantities of water that have fallen have
flooded the cultivated lands and destroyed
many valuable crops. Hons an I trees in
all the surrounding towns were struck by
lightning, but no special damage i reported.
In Bloomfield, Montclair, and other places
small brooks overflowed their banks, and
goods stored away in cellars, amounting to
BeveMl thousand dollars, were destroyed. On
the Greenwood Lake railroad several small
washouts are reported, but none is said to be
of a serious nature. In this city the damage
was confined to the overflow of sewers, which
made living in basements in certain parts of
the city impossible.
DoveH, N. IL, July 25. Since 8 p. m.
Thursday until the same hr ur last night, nine
inches of rain had fallen. The Cocheco river
is a roaring torrent. At 7 o'clock last
night the; volume cf water rushing over
the Cocheco dam was thirty-seven inches
and increasing hourly. All low lands through
out this'region are covered with water. A
great part of the hay crop has been spoiled,
and several highway bridges are in danger
of being carried away.
SrnixGFiELD, Mass., July 25. A special
from Great Barrington reports that eighteen
lives were lost by the flood.
Great Barrington, Mass., July 25. The
cloud birst of Friday morning caused great
damage jto property along the banks of Green
river, which were overflowed for miles
around, j I Williams' bridge, at Alford, a
structure sixty-five feet long and ten feet
abovo tho ordinary level of the river, was
swept away. Kellogg's grist mill, below the
village, was saved only by opening the water
gates after the dam had been seriously dam
aged. On the dam of the Berkshire Heights
reservoir the water stood four feet deep.
Springfield, Mass., July 25. At Miller's
Falls much damage was done Saturday night
and yesterday by the heavy rains. Two pas
senger trains and one freight, with five car
loads of hogs, are stalled on the' Fitchburg
road, within two miles of that village, by
washouts and landslides. A dozen washouts
have occurred within twenty-four hours.
Teams returning from Ewing, to which place
passengers were transf erred.narrowly escaped
swamping on the banks of Miller's river. The
freight house at Miller's Falls has been under
mined, one side of it already having settled
three feet, j
Hookset, N. H., July 25. As a Result of
the rainstorm of Saturday night, the high
ways and lowlands were flooded yesterday.
It was the heaviest storm in several years,
five inches of rain having fallen.
Lake Pleasant, Mass., July 25. The
most severe rain -ever known in this vicinity
prevailed Saturday night. All the mountain
streams are swollen, and their roaring can
be heard for miles. No trains passed here
yesterday.1 There is a washout, twenty feet
deep, on the Fitchburg road, near Ewing.
The Connecticut river is very high. High
ways are badly damaged and many bridges
were swept away.
New Haven, Conn., July 25. Torrents
of rain have fallen during the past few days.
There has been considerable damage done in
the country hereabout. The heat is exces
sive and the death rate unprecedented. .
Manchester, N. H., July 25. The
severest storm in this locality in many years
has been in progress since Thursday and rain
is still falling. Many, streets have been
rendered impassable by torrents of water
pouring through them. In four hours Satur
day night 3.04 inches of water fell. On
Hall street a culvert gave way, the rush
ing waters tearing up the street for hundreds
of feet and demolishing the car tracks. No
cars were run on the horse railroad yester
day. All the streets near Wilson hill are
submerged. The Merriraac river i3 a seeth
ing torrent, and unless there is a speedy ces
sation of the downpour some of the mills
will be unable to run. Serious damage in
this direction is feared. The rainfall since
Thursday up to 7 o'clock last evening was
7.40 inches.
New Brunswick, N. J., July 25. There
have been twenty-four hoiirs' constant rain
here. The Raritan river has overflowed its
banks from Bound Brook to the bay.
Bokden town, N. J. , July 25. The heavy
rains of tha past two days have caused a
freshet in the Delaware river at this place.
The wharves are covered with water.
Chatham, July 25. Saturday morning at
6:30 o'clock one of the severest rain storms
ever known passed over some portions of
Columbia county. The section between
Martindale and Hillsdale, on the Harlem
railroad, was visited by several cloud bursts.
About one mile south of Martindale
a sheet of water several miles long and about
half a mi 'e wide washed the fields, taking
away the farmers' crops,, all the highway
bridges lor miles, and at two different
places took away the Harlem railroad em
bankme it for sixty feet. In two other places
about 2O0 feet of track was washed out. The
Harlem train leaving Chatham at 6 a. m.
Saturday i still lying between two of these
washouts, 'the track being taken away on
either side of them. Tlie company will prob
ably not be able to repair the track so as to
run trains for four or five days. One farmer,
named Niver, had part of his barns carried
several hundred feet.
Converted to Georgeism.
New York, July 25. Rev. Dr. Howard
Henderson, of the Sixty-first street Metho
dist church, in his sermon last night declared
hirnspif a convert to Henry George's views,
which, he said, were consonant with Chris
tianity. - ;
The International Chess Tournament.
Berxjit, July 25. In the international
chess tournament at Frankfort Bardelebew
defeated Schallop, Blackburn defeated Burn,
English defeated McKenzie, Farrusch de
defeated Paulsen and Weiss defeated Burn.
PATRIOTIC BOULANGER
Making Prieids by Refusing to Adopt
Unconstitutional aiethods.
London, July 25. Paris advices report
that Gen. Boulanger has gained many friends
by the statement in La France newspaper,
that he refused to head a coup d'etat. The
paper undoutteily speaks as the ex-minister
of War's organ. It offers to publish the
names of nearly 100 French statesmen who
were in the conspiracy. The publication of
the article has caused much excitement
among the Parisians, as it is recognized as
the culmination of hostilities between Bou
langer and his enemies. It will no longer
be possible for the anti-Boulangists to
accuse the general of playing a bom
bastic part, unless they accept ls
challenge to have the government order
him to give the names of those concerned in
the alleged attempt to violate the constitu
tion, It is the conviction that he has the
proofs of his assertion at hand which is win
ning him fresh adherents. Here, in London,
it must be admitted that Boulanger is almost
universally regarded as a true patriot. To
unprejudiced observers here his loyalty in
refusing to take advantage of popular clamor
to demand retention in control of the army,
and his subsequent quiet acceptance "of a
command in exile from Paris, have been ap
preciated as the acts of a true soldier. Many
are inclined to accept as true the persistent
assertions of his eulogists that he would event
ually prove his disinterestedness, and show
that he had saved France from revolution, and
if the La France articlo proves to.be well
founded, it would seem as if these predictions
were soon to be verified. The question of
vital interest now is whether the government
will notice the challenge or ignore it The
matter is pretty sure to be brought up in the
chambers, and an exciting session is looked
for. There is little room for doubt that in
case the matter comes, up in the deputies in
the form suggested by La France, and the
government fails to show good grounds for
disregarding the challenge, a cabinet crisis
will result. If Gen.' Boulanger comes out of
this affair with credit, and is recalled to the
war ministry, his seat there will have a
security which it lacked before, and which
will enable him to carry through the policy
of revenge with which he is credited by Ger
nianj if he really desires to do so. The im
portance of the La France episode may thus
prove to be great.
Now There May he a Duel.
Paris, July 25. M. Cassagnac published a
flat denial of the story that eighty-four
generals proposed a coup d'etat to Gen.
Boulanger, and challenged La France to pub
lish their names. La France asked Gen.
Ferron's permission to publish the names.
After denying the story, M. Cassagnac
printed an article headed "Coward I Liar!"
The result is that M. Laur, admitting him
self to be author of the original letters refer
ring to the matter, has challenged M. Cas
sagrnac to fight a duel.
JAY GOULD'S RAILROAD TIES.
Employes Said to he Interested In Over
charges for Them.
St. Louis, July 25. The Globe-Democrat
prints an article which says that in a recent
trip over his southwestern roads Mr. Gould
made discoveries which are said to have
greatly surprised him and . caused consider
able uneasiness among some of his trusted
officers.
Notwithstanding the shrewdness of Mr.
Gould, the article says, there were in his con
fidence some persons who were making lively
work with his profits. In his Southern trip
Mr. Gould discovered that the price paid for
railrool ties at Bald Knob, Gulliver and
Forest City, Ark., was from 21 to 23 cents
apiece, and when compared with the price
paid to Contractor Cowan, he found that the
company had got the worst of it to the ex
tent of nearly 10 cents per tie. In Texas Mr.
Gould is said to have learned that ties for
which hi3 road had paid 38 cents apiece had
been supplied to contractors within ten miles
of Texarkana for 23 cents, while in other
sections of Texas the cost to the contractor
had been from 28 to 30 cents. Mr. Gould
further learned, it is claimed, that this
corner in the market scooped in not only
the Iron Mountain, but the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy,
the Rock Island, and even others, and that
the corner had been nurtured for three years.
The number of ties for which exorbitant
prices had been paid exceeded 10,000,000, and
the Missouri Pacific is said to have lost about
$1,000,000: It is alleged that there were some
changes in the subordinate departments of
the road as the result of this discovery, and
the idea is conveyed that some of Mr. Gould's
trusted officials were concerned in the large
profits made on these ties.
Effect of the Land lillL
London, July 25. In an interview yester
day Mr. William O'Brien, M. P., editor of
United Ireland, expressed his belief that the
first effect of the government's land bill
would be to bankrupt and destroy a major
ity of the landlords, and its next effect
would be to destroy the government, who
had purchased office by concessions which
were destructive of party independence. The
plan of campaign had forced the ministry,
after six months' bitter opposition , to adopt
some of the principles contended for in the
bill originally proposed by Mr. ParnelL
A Condemned Man Lynched.
Nebraska City, Neb., July 25. Lee
Shillenberger, who -was in jail here under
sentence of death for fatally beating his 9-year-old
girl last fall was lynched yesterday.
The party which did the work was composed
of determined farmers from the vicinity of
Shillenberger's former home. They organ
ized near the cemetery south of the city and
about 1:30 a. m. marched to the jail. The
guards were taken entirely by surprise and
were easily ogercome.
Drowned in the Passaic River.
Paterson. N. J.f July 25. George
Roberts, of No. 7 Cross street, together with
Georgo Garaside, George Dolan, J ames Hend
ricks and Michael Mendel went rowing on
the Passaic river last night. They were all
intoxicated, and during a scuffle the boat
was upset and Roberts was drowned. His
companions reported the accident at police
headquarters.
Aiue ifarp, tne lad who shot himself on
the grave of his pet dog, was buried at Bryn
Mawr, Pa.
THE OHIO REPUBLICANS
IV partitions for s Wrtn Welcome at
Toledo The Sherman Room.
Tolxdo, July 23. Since the Greenback
craze swept over Toledo like a storm, no in
terest has been taken in any political gather
ing held here like that manifested in the com
ing Republican convention. The reasons for
this are two the Sherman-Blaine fUht, and
the royal reception planned by the city.
Delegates, candidates, and distinguished
visitors will receive tha freedom of the city.
Excursions to Lake Erie and the natural gas
fields are being arranged. Three thousand
dollars have been raised for the purpose of
entertaining the city's guests. Sherman fuid
Foraker will come in on special trains
and will be met by the Grant and Logan
clubs, 'and will be tendered a reception.
Memorial hall, in which the convention will
be held, is a scene of beaoty. Red, white
and blue bunting, old battle flags and banners
hang suspended from the walls and ceilings.
The headquarters of the Toledo lYi ss club,
where newspaper representatives will be en
tertained, are tteing fitUxl up expensively.
Unless some accident happens, natural gas
will first be turned on and burned in this
city during the convention. Gangs of men
are at work night and day on the pipo lines.
Special free trains from Mansfield will run
every day with delegations 1 waring banners
inscribed, ''Sherman for President and
"Foraker for Governor. These delegations
will come in the interest of Sherman and
work for his indorsement.
Mansfield, O., July 25. The Richland
county convention have chosen Senator John
Sherman as leader of the Richland county
delegation to the Ohio State Republican
convention. The convention also adopted a
resolution instructing the delegates to in
dorse John Sherman as a candidate for the
presidency.
A BATTLE RAGING Ipl KENTUCKY.
Two hlen Killed in a Desperate l ight
Hetween a Sheriff ami Outlaw.
Williamsburg, Ky., July 25. A bloody
fight began Saturday in Bell county, Ky.,
and is still progressing. Two men are known
to have been killed and many more will
doubtless meet their fatelefore the battle is
ended. .
The sheriff summoned a posse to arrest tho
Turners, living on Yellow creek, in that
ctunty, who resisted, and in the fight which
ensued George Thomas, of the posse and
George Turner, of the other side, were killed.
Each side has been re-enforced, and the fight
is raging hotter' than at first. George
Thomas, who was killed, formerly lived in
this town, and his brothers live here still.
They received the news of their brother's
death by telephone, and left immediately
forthe scene of the conflict.
They are bold, fearless men and used to
the smell of gunpowder. They will prove no
mean addition to the sheriff's posse. Later
developments are anxiously awaited here.
This bloody encounter, coming, as it does, so
soon after the Craig Tolliver fight and a
similar feud in a neighboring county, haa
caused much excitement. Yhere is a general
feeling of insecurity, and if this present out
break is not stopped immediately it is prob
able that the governor wfll be called upon tS
enforce order.
A BOODLER'S ESCAPE.
Bobs Tweed Plan Successfully Worked
by McUarlgle In Chicago.
Chicago, July 25. A sensation was caused
here early yesterday by the discovery that
W. J. McGarigle, ex-warden of the county
hospital, who was recently convicted- of
being concerned in the wholesale robbery of
the county, had escaped. McGarigle and
Engineer McDonald, of the hospital, had been
jointly convicted and sentenced to three
years in the penitentiary. Judge SUepp&rU
had refused to admit them to bail, and they
were in-custody awaiting the result of a.mo
tfbn for a new trial. Between 8 and 9 p. m.
Sheriff Natson took McGarigle to the house
of the latter, where a conference - was to be
held with States Attorney Grinnell, between
whom and the escaped boodlcr there appears
to have been several conversations of late.
While at his home the prisoner decided to
take a bath, and retirod for that purpose.
After waiting for some time the sheriff be
came uneasy, and on going to the bath
room found that his man hadfiod. The po
lice were at once notified and search was be
gun, but so far nothing has been learned of
the fugitive's whereabouts. There are rumors
that McGarigle has been spirited away in ac
cordance with a plan of the states attorney,
but for what purpose has not been made
clear. - - t -
A Foal Murder.
Albany, N. Y., July 25. A special from
Mechanics ville, N. Y., to The Press says:
"The foulest crime that has ever darkened
this secion of the country was perpetrated
during the rain storm of yesterday morning,
the victim being a Hungarian named Thomas
S. MichaeL The scene of the murder was on
the highway to Round lake, about two miles
from Mechanics ville. Michael left home
Saturday evening to "rlsit a sister in Still
water, and having spent the evening there
started for home at 11 o'clock. That was the
last seen of him until morning, when his
bruised and mangled remains were discov
ered hidden under some bushes. He was
stabbed three times miSer the chin and then
was undoubtedly kicked and pounded with a
stone, as his head was battered to one mass
of blood. OfScers arrested a fellow Hun
garian named Robeinski, who had boarded
with MichaeL Blood ws found on Itobein
ski's clothes when arrested, and as he had
threatened to kill Michael the officers held
him for the murder.
Another Monument at Gettysburg.
GETTTSBtTEO, July 25. A committee of
the Ninety-sixth Pennsylvania regiment.
First brigade. Second division, Sixth ccps,
arrived from Potts ville Saturday evening.
They have decided to place a monument on
their brigade line, in front of Little Round
Top, to be dedicated on Sept, 14 next.
Suicide With Bat Fatson.
New York, July 25. Gertrude Beecroft,
aged 17, of 207 West Forty-seventh street,
was rebuked by her mother for staying out
lata. She took rat poison and died after
much suffering.
Pittsburg's First Kaeman Dead.
Boston, July 25. AL McKinnon, Pitts
burg first baseman, died yesterday of
typhoid, fever at the Waverly house ixx
1 Charlestown.
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