C. F. I,EW1S. Editor.
A. Newspaper for Ihe Familv and Fireside.
Terms: Sl-QQ. in Advance
VOL. XII.
REIDSVILLE, N. C, OCTOBER 28, 1887.
NUMBER 31.
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RAILROAD CRASHES.
.tTV'SlV
I'ASSENGKRS INJUR-
IN W1T VIRGINIA.
DK.A1)LY-
IN SOUTH
CAROLINA.
v "riv before noon Thursday tbe fast
" 'lioK.-tncnlre and Ohio Ttn.il-
llV:Jies, lining west, met witn an
.vemil"3 below Charleston, W.
Va i"
whir" twenty-six. passengers were
, if ti , .
()rl,,sS injiirc'i- iono were luueu out
wv.-r.il "r
severely hurt. The railroad
for surgical aid. The acei
-i.thfiriCK'S w"1
t was niu-'il by a defective switch, over
.),i,.h the eiiii", baggage, expross
and
passed niihirinoJ, But
mail ''
the three
Hie row-lies,-
all well filled with pissen-
1W
ai ri'
lnrown
from the track. Two of
im.w. n' tiini.-l cornpletely over, one turn-
in,: t ' ; .
T!ie following are
tbe sufTerera so far as
known:
If Ml I-
Simmo cooper,
238 .West One
Hlmlrl' !vl- Twenty-sixth street,
v,k- rizh't forearm fractured and
New
body
sli 'Jtt 1 V hrfiiised. ' . , ,,
ft-w's linker, colored Columbus, O., bauly
bruised about liodv and legs.
0 ' W;,t.ii, Taviorsvil'e, Ivy., concus
s on of the brain and tcmnray paralysis.
John Kelley, Indianapolis, In 1., scalp cut,
wri-l lis.o--at.-d and shoulder brmsod.
-Mrs. Catherine Miller, New loik C:y,
bead cut oad spine badly injured. Mrs. Mil
ler will soon bee Mil :? u mother. .'
IV F. Jlisco k, Kansas, clavicle fractur
:d,Tu ad ciit and leg bniis-d
diaries James, colored, Chirleston, W.
Vii rut mi I Ju-uiwvl id the bajek and body.
1 ii-. Win. Fowler of New York City, badly
bruised about 'the spine and hijp joint; a met
al ilnsk in his hip pocket imbedded itself in
t'M- tliiuli.
jirs. Kowler, had a foot mashqd anl sustain
ed painful lruises. ' - '".
it.t) I vi, peddler, New York City, badly
liruist'l mid injured internally.
On. J'.obiiisoii, tobacconist,' Maysville,
Kv,, sustained painful bruises'
Aiarion .Smith, United Stites Po sion
.Ant, 'h rleston, AV. V., bruisod right hip
ami both les. 1 -
Two passenei-s whe names were not
Hiiiiiil sulb ieil with broken backs, It was
fortunate th t the 11 res had gone out in the
stoves or the loss of life wJuld have been
irreat. The train was several hours late.
So hlam is atia' lied to the employees, and
the company is doing ab in its power to card
for tin; injured, many of whom were able to
continue tneir journey. ino.se wno are
worse hurt are at St. Albans, but a few hun
dred yanls from the accident.
A despnteh from Greenville, S. C says:
A disastrous eollission occurred on the Rich
mond anl Danville Air Line It ilroad
between i uyjors s station ana ureer s nine
nr. I 's north of this city, between a north
bound passenger -train and a southbound
tiniit tram. ino passenger train was
luadt'd wilh about five hundred people,
mostly excursionists returning from the At
lantH Exposition, and was four hours behind
tiiiwwlijii it pavssed Greenville. It had in
stimtious hero to pass the freight train at
tn-fw's. The freight train did not stop at
trters, but came on, and the collision
wcurrelbvo and half miles th's side of that
station, both trains running full speed at
the time. Xo attempt having be n made to
wjffiffle uier engine, there was a dreadful
Yo mien the two rushed together, and
t.4 BiaiixliiHC of human bo lies and destruc
tion ot projierty was done without a mo-
UMifs warning.
The tw o engines were completely dcmolish-
i ami thrown irora tne track. Ti.e mair.
rx re.'vs and baggage cars of the passenger
train and the first tnree cars of the freight
were totally wrecked. The passenger con
sisted of nine coaches, including two 1 ull
inau slicpi'is, baggage, express and mail
oars. Mne of the passengers in the Pullman
fltfjicrs or passenger cars were injured. All
the injured were in ihe mail and express
ws. The following list of killed ami
wounded is asnearly correct as can bo ob
tained. .I Hunt Wall, engineer of the passenger train
killed. i
Mrs.
killed.
II
npton McDowell, of Asheville,
J. H. Krwin, of Atlanta, express messen
P'f, Mrinsl y and perhaps fatally injured,
lee unit f.u.M...;.... i.'l.ii.. ' n J '
i li. Kilhan, of Greenvil.e. mail
agent,
Mipitly injured. . J .
. u. Wilson, and S. N. Dykenvm, mail
"Ki'm i ''Uy hut "(t seriously injured.
' 'ill. J,el.-. He 'l-.-i Irnin IiqiiiI linillv in.
jureii. J
i -on is ehster. (b
arm broken and
COIleussioii (1f lw.
-nss iiary Erwin and
I I . - K' I U 111
Nannie Erwin. of
ASIU'Vllli" sei-iOnslv illinrcwl
Miss yuiun, of Vashingto n, D, C
, serious-
v "U ii ret i.
Will Krwin, of Asheville, badly injured in
M'-Und chest.
T. l'ai nell, of Cliarlotte, bady scald-
ftl.
luissencer train w.in in fIinr'A nf
'Vlldlletor I ' V XTn-cKoll T.'..-; T?Kt-
"all im,i Fireman Ed Parnell. The con-
l lie tor eseaiied iriltwnf
" 1VI1VUV tlljUl f. 1 li'J .Vil-
t'lV'ineor nf t.h friirlih trniti
jumped froni ti train aiwl have not been
V!1 Since. It is l,eli,.e.,l fl,w num fpi,.hf.
'lied an 1 fled Ti,.... lis.-u. i-
i r "-. i.; l bliuut WlfVR 111
lirt
I O ld at til-'
I'lace of the disaster,
mittiie tract
1:
was on a level surface. "The
"wr was evii ..ntl.. i.
am inexcusable negiiSence, and a strict in
ttgation will bo made.
THIEVES ON HORSEBACK.
iAbes
pnaiojicouiitor in AVhicli Two
t liiiws Are Fatally HurU '
'A the summer asrang of horse-thieves
'"ivi-steil Howard and ad joining counJ
m Nebraska, and succeeded in running
pv'ral valnal.le horses. " Their methods
aliii;; wore so ably executed that theyj
I'l in eluding the officers for severai
'-lSrt,y
established stations, and
ir horses from station to station
ui'. ,iWl
) : i -1 , t . . 1 x l : r 1 ... . -
,( uiuu iney were saieiy uut
. m ti,- I,
ill. 1
i i i i rJ. ii--if-i-ixT ami TflTflfl
ima 1a ieers suspicions were fastened
liist-if u ot . 'hi, a cowboy, who has made
.. .. 1
i"Vci lln T li t rnnrmr hvlus KMiL'.
smith'
; Mvds, and Jim Tay.or and
. who lo a great deal of travel
fountry without any visible
'I'litti lcarnn.1 f Via iffixon: mav
Ubi'ir
ftlmw. i ail,i they skipped out in a
;landen3v l,1,wtion through the sand-
th uh. " 1,I1S "i .Northwestern Nebraska,
olli
II,.. ......
T and their
iKsse in close pur-
3ol. i '.""ie rs
eame
uion the thieves,
Hi
n shelter with n. settlor who
n ,
,'uo"OUt. Thev wnro cluciunrr on
h,M SUM.
by their lorses in a stable.
' ,l iii "wy soon rea
hkiud v. '.','nuntvi to d;era1
"'m!,. ' ," -v mont el the
'?! ..u V?u? rush for libert
rather than
eir horses
f huli(.Vi ' 1 Ior lltei-ty, amid a
lli- .
tiii-v. l- - losse.
sm),-j uv a stea(y nre at the
U.'h.l 1
uoie was snflfc f j.
I'y."" buUett wounds.
, w"vm UliUCl
'U;' S!H rZP7efataL Strohl,
;":i! f t i W hls hor?e into a ravine
i-n-;,
i ana was almost innfi
wwvuuuj,
, ,5Hi,, i " ., 1 "m oincers re
T:iif'ther om! nV,e &Fm' There
b,n' Joi othcers think they wiU ap-
oneKl.r;"'? ore
nrroin V ....
i5ra & ''w Void 0t,,',1'iOtLr11
u lu Uata nf V,.... i. 101 l''lS Se.SD.i lo
-vi mem bvUcs.
IT-
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
E&sterrfknd Middle stte.
Henry Schafkek. of I'ottviii pmn
seventy-one years old, in an insane fit of
groundless jealousy shot and killed his wife,
aged fifty-six yeara, ani then put an end to
tuinrelf with a pistol balL
A SAWMILL hnilor omlUl . itrj.
Brownsville. Penn.. killin-r tvn hmti,
named Kelly and wrecking the milL
bENAToa Frtje, of Maine, spoke before tho
Convention of the Ammran shinnin.. i
dustnal League at Boston, saying tnat Con
gress should "put its hand into thftfc Kir
plus and pay for sailing merchant ships under
the American flag." Ten States were repre
sented m the Convention. '
The corner-stone of the nw rinrV TTni
sity was laid at Worcester, Mass. General
Charles Devens presided at tha fWPmi in imt
and Senator George P. Hoar made the
address. Mr. Jonas G. Clark ha given
5,000,000 for the purposes of the University.
as express train crashed into two oalace
cars at the Iloboken (N. J.) depot, com-
pieueiy wreciung them as well as an office
building. Engineer Dunn was killed.
Heurt GEonoR
leaders of the rival labor faction in
York, had a lively Sunday night debate be
thcatre S audienco in a Metropolitan.
Two
brothers named Cunningham were
to pieces, and another 1 1 1 f 1 n liamul
blown
Schmidtke
- uuuuni
was seriouslv ininnvi kvtho
plosion of a boiler on a small steam launch
at New York.
. Sonlh and West.
The twentv-fourth
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers at
Chicago, was welcomed by Governor Oglesbv
and Mayor Roche. Chief Arthur, in his an -
nual address, spoke strongly against strikes
and m favor of abstinence from drink Tha
Brotherhood now numbers 23,000 men.
a he twenty-nrst annual convention
American Architects has just been held
Chicago.
m . .
of
in
The General Assembly of the Knights of
Labor at MinneanolLs has adionmari TVTo-
year the Convention will be held at Indian
apolis. The Anti-Horse Thief Association of Mis
souri has been holding its annual convention
m the town of Mexico. 'The deliberations
were secret.
Governor Gray has urged the Federal
Court officers to undertake the prosecution
of the night marauders and whippers of men
and women in Southwestern Indiana, known
as the White Caps.
Violent winds and heavy rain have been
demolishing property in Southern Louisiaua.
Colonel A. H. MoNTGOMERy,President of
the Memphis Jockey Club, fell dead of apo
plexy a few days -inceon the race track.
Extraordinary precautions were taken
to protect the Chicago jail, as an outbreak
and attempt to rescue the condemned Anar
chists was expected. A large body of police
were placed in and about the prison.
A fire in St. Louis destroyed or badly
damaged a number of big stores, causing a
total estimated loss of over 250, 0J0. :
Mr. E. B. Wash buhne, the distinguished
ex-Minister of the United States to France,
died suddenly a few days since at Chicago.
He was born in Maine in 1816, went West in
lSI'J, served sixteen years in Congress, and
was Secretary of State under Grant for a
month.
Perry Ackers, a shiftless resident of
Maxwell, 111., borrowed a revolver, and
starting out with the remark that he was
goin; to "wipo out some old scoreSj" mur
dered Justice Schmetzer and Mayor French.
Then Ackers killed himself.
Washington.
Messrs. Oberly and Edgerton, two of
the three Civil .Service Comaiis.jion:rs, do
not agreo upon smm construction! of the
Civil Service law. Tho former opposes
political organizations of officeholders at tho
National Capital; the latter thinks they have
a right to exist.
COUNSEL for the condemned Chicago
Anarchists appeared in the United States
Supreme Court and applied for a writ of
error in behalf of the condemned men.
Roger A. Pryor made the argument for
the prisoners. The. other counsel were
Benjamin F. Butler, of Massachusetts; ex
Congressman J. R. Tucker, of Virginia, and
Messrs. Black and Solomon, of Chicago.
Nine law points were made in the appeal.
Foreign.
Severe snowstorms, accompanied iii some
parts by a hurricane, are reported from Italy.
Crops and animals were greatly injikred, a
number of houses were unroofed at Pisa, and
several persons drowned in Lake Como.
The carpenter of a Russian schooner mur
dered tho Captain and fivo of the crew, and
then threw their bodies overboard.
Heavy inundations in Cuba have flooded
large districts and rendered many people
homeless.
The Australian steamer Cheviot has been
wrecked. Many pf the passengers and crew
were drowned
Scenes of violence in connection with tho
eviction pf tenants on Iris estates are sti'l
reported almost daily.
Mrs James A. Garfield and her
daughter Mollie have arrived in England.
The biggest steamer in the world, tho
GirtUElvster11' has been 5501(1 at auction for
5 11 k), 000.
The steamer Upupa collided with and sunk
the German bark Planteur off Beahy Head
Great Britain. Out of f ourteon persons on
the bark only two were saved.
SYRACUSE HAS A BIG FIRE.
Throe Large Establishments Go and a
Theatre Audience Frightened
Lass $40O,OOO.
The largest fire hat Syracuse, N. Y., has
experienced for ten years occurred, when
t'-reebf its largest business firms were burned
out, besides many smaller ones; Loss, $400,
000, about half covered by insurance. The
buildings burned were on South Salina street
between Walter and Railroad streets. The
rear of the buildings jutted against the Wiet
ing Opera-House, which was filled w.th peo
ple to see Joe Emmit. A panic was only
prevented by the coolness of Mr. Emmet
and Manager Lehnan, who assured the peo
ple that there was no immediate danger.
The house was soon cleared, but notbefora
the walls near the stage were Very hot
There were several explosions of Cart
ridges in Everson & Ca's hardware store,
but fortunately the firemen and crowds of
people escaped in time. The fHmes were
carried north along South Salina street
towards tho Wieting block, the largest in
the city, but the heavy brick fire walls
saved it David R. Putman, while endeav
oring to save some of the goods in the third
story in the Everson block, was hemmed in
by the fire and his escape cut off. He was
rescued from a window by a ladder, just as
the flames had reached him.
The fire was discovered about 8 o'clock in
Barney Lambley & Co.'s dry-gooJs store.
Two young men escaped to tne street with
difficulty after placing the books in the safe.
The flames spread to Geirgo C. Young &
Co.'s dry-gsods store, located on the first and
second "floors of a four-story block. This
building burned furiously and was soon gut-
tea irom top to Dotcom. iu iuiiu uwr
was occupied by Frank Enny, wholesale
jeweller, and Dr. George E. Hill, dentist,
and the fourth by offices. Eversoa & Co.'s
hardware store, four stories high, was
completely destroy-d. The firm, occupied
two floors and over them was IL IL Warn
er's silver and gold plating works The
stock in every building was completely
destroyed. , .. ;
SPEECH BY GLADSTONE.
DEMANDING A STATUTORY PARLIA
MENT FOB THE IRISH PEOPLE.
The British Minister Sererely Arraigned
bj the Ex-Premier.
The Congress of the Liberal Federation
opened tho other day at Nottingham, Eng
land. Ex-Premier Gladstone made a speech,
in which he reviewed the situation in Ireland
and denounced the British Government for
the manner in which it was dealing wit'a the
Irish question. His rising to speak was the
signal for loud and prolonged cheering.
Mr. Gladstone said he would tell them
pTainly that ho wa? not there to say smooth
things. It was a deplorable fact that the set
tling of the great Irish question, might have
been settled last year had their been a dispo
sition to discuss it in a spirit of candor and
fairness, had been again B3t aside and was still
penning, its duhcultiei aggravated and its f
prospects uncertain. He had always told tha
Conservatives that the choice lay between 1
coercion and home rule. Thi Conservative!
had told them that home rule was an i lls
ureaiu, uut events naa snown tnat it was
not
A croreion bill had been passed against
combinations, against the liberty of the press
and the right of public meeting, and not
against crime. The Irish spectacle was now
a grave and serious one, and if it continued it
would drive Ireland into such a state that
the difficulties of the Government would be
come almost insurmountable.
Mr. Gladstone denied that he proposed horns
rule simply to advance Liberal interests. It
was doubtful, he said, whether the Tories ac
cepted hom3 rule in it3 broad principle!
in the same way that they accepted his
proposals in 1872 and in 1-81. He
wanted a statutory Parliament in Dublin,
subject to imperial control. There was
nothing to prevent any reasonable man from
agreeing with the Liberals' Irish proposals
without reference to thi3 or that particular
or detail. The immediate necessity of the
day was to watch the way in which Ireland
was now governed.
If the government persisted in their rash
and foolish policy it would naturally lead to
political demoralization, and render it in th9
highest degree difficult, even for Englishmen
and a Parliamant truly representing their
best and most enlightsned conclusions, to deal
rapidly and beneficially wifch Ireland. Only
one word could describle the present system
of Irish govei nment . It was "impertinence.'1
The events of the hist few weeks in Ire
land would n )t have been tolerated in Eng
land. He condemned the action of the
authorities al Mitchellstown. He admitted
having used t iie words, ,lR9ra9mb?r Mitch
ellstown!" Tho affair must and would be
remembered. The country had an account
to settle wilh the government ' in con
nection with that affair. The Mihellstown
authorities were undoubtedly wrong, yet Mr.
Balfour, in behalf of the Government, un
equivocally assumed tin responsibility for
their acts. The worst feature of the
Mitchellstown incident was that the action
of tho authorities there had becom3 a model
and pattern for the whole of Ireland.
The whole system of government in Ireland
required to be thoroughly reformed,root and
branch. There had been a break down in the
Government in all essentials. A radical
change was wanted, and such a change an
enfranchised nation alone could accomplish.
Mr. Gladstone drew a glowing picture in
defenca of his administration of tha law in
Ireland and elsewhere in the Empire. He ex
pressed himself as perfectly confident that i f
a general election were held immediately it
would result in the return of a Parliament
resolved to do justice to Ireland.
BLAZE IN ST. LOUIS.
A Furniture Factory and Busines3
Houses Burned Half a Million '
Gone.
The most destructive fire that has occurred
in St Louis in more than a year broke out in
the Woolman-Todd Company's wholesale
boot and shoe house, 413 Washington aveuue.
It soon communicated to John Martin &
Co.'s wholesale clothing house, next door on
tho east, in the same building, and then,
sweeping swiftly through both stories, ign -ted
the rear part of the large five-story ware
rooms of the Scarrett Furnishing Company,
which were fil ed from cellar to garret with
furniture. Here the fire raged with great
fury, and in the course of an hour the entire
building was gutted and all its contents de
stroyed. South of the Scarrett building, No
(507, was the building of the Mitchell Furni
ture Company, the fourth and fifth stories of
which were entrely ruined and the lower
floors flooded with water. North of the Sc r
rett building. No. (515 jind 617 were occu
pied by Ieonard Roos, extensive furriers.
The stores were also completely gutted, and
their contents either wholly destroyed or
damaged beyond repair. Adjoining the
Woolman-Todd Company, on Washington
avenue, was Koerner's saloon und restaurant.
This was crushed by a falling wall and after
woia H,ii-nl On the corner of fourth
street and Washington avenue, within the
anle male by the stores of John Martin &
Co aid the Scarrett Furniture Company,
stands the large retail dry goods store of
W7m F. Crowe & Co., which escaped the
fire, bnt a part of its west wall was broken
iu bV the falling of the east wall of Martin
& Cb.'s bu lding, and the goods were dam
red bv water and smoke to tho amount of
about 10,000, which is covered by insurance.
The second and third floors over k-oerner s
saloon were occupied by A. Weiss & Co ,
manufacturers of underwear and cIohK'.
Their loss is $30,000, i surance. $20,000. I he
other losses, as near as they can be asc?r
tained are: Scarrett Furniture Company,
toss $125,000, i suranco $75,000; Wooiman,
Todd & Co., loss $100,000 insurance ?50,000;
John Martin & Co., loss $7.-,000to $.00,000,
i nsurance $50,.0 );lieonard Roos, loss on stock
fixtures, itc, 75,00 J, nearly covered by in
surance. Mr. Roos also had a large amount
of furs of all description, belonging to ladies,
which he had kept through the summer on
storage, and which w ere insured f jr about
$.S0,0J0. The value of them is not known.
They are without doubt entirely destroyed.
Mi tchel's Furniture Company, losslOOO,
insurance $12,000; Koerner's lo 12,000; in
suranc et,000. The total loss will fall but lit
tie short of half a million.
While the above fl was raging the Pauley
Jail Building and Manufacturing Company's
works on Decalb street, between Barton and
Trndeau streets,took fire and were destroyed.
Loss SXUWOon stock $10,000 on buildine; in
sured for $30,000 to $40,000 The concern
has contracts for jail at Lake City and
other places to the amount of $300,000.
A FATAL EXPLOSION.
Three Men Killed, Two More Wound
ed arid a Building Set on Fire.
E. C. Wilsdon left his japan oven, at Ses
sions & Sons' foundry, at Bristol, Conn., in
the room where a dozen men and boys, were
at work, to go to his dinner. He had but
just gone out when the oven exploded with
fearful violence," instantly killing one man
and two boys, lacerating two others and
setting the building on fire. It wai some
time before the flames were subdued! and
then there mere dragged forth the charred
remains of the three victims. Theyare John
Shane, aged thirty-one; Burt Cleveland,
aged eighteen, and Willie Young, aged
fifteen. The wounded are Daniel Griffin and
William Bonnier. No reason can be assign
ed for the accident The exp osion drew
hundreds to tbe scene and the excitement
was great, particuJary before it was learned
how many victims there were in the fmes.
The damage to the building is about tl004
A BANK PRESIDENT GONE
SAILING
FOR FRANCE
Creditors Who Thought There Was
Something Crooked Papers for ,
His Arrest Nearly iteady-llis
- Trunks Went Before lli m.
Charles L. Phillips, president of tbe de
funct Columbian Bank at Philadelphia, has
left the country, having sailed for Havre,
France on the Campagnie Generate Trans
atlantique steamer La Champagn from New
York. His departure was sudden and known
to but very few, and the belief is general I
that he left the country to escapa criminal
prosecution for the part he took in the mis
management of the broken bank,
The Columbian Bank, which also had a
savings fund branch in ftertuaown, closed
its doors on J nly 80, and made au "assignment
in favor of its creditors. The liabilities were
claimed by the officers to have been between
$200,000 and $300,000, and. the assets more
than double that amount Tho appraisers,
however, after about eight weeks' work,
found that the assets consisted principally
of worthless stocks and merchandise in ware
houses on which advances ha I been made,
in some cases equal to the full , value of the
gooJs, and notes made and indorsed by Phil
lips and his associates The saving f und de
positors were mostly working people who
had deposited the savings of years with Phil
lips and his associates, amounting to about
$N),0U0.
Several meetings of depositors were held,
and counsel had been retaiued.
The depositors demanded the arrest of Phil
lips on a criminal charge. He only laughed
at the threat, an-t told them that the failure
of the bank was an honest oe, and they
would all receive their money in time, and
declare! there was no fraud about the f ail
ure, and said it could not te helped.
The chairman of t he depositors' association
which was formed at one of the meetings,
when informed of President Phillips' flight,
said: "We have been doing all we could
to find evidence that would warrant his
arrest on a criminal ch irge, and we were
just getting matters in good shape. We
wanted to be sure of having evidence enough
to convict him and send him to prison before
we made any move in the matter. He has
no doubt heard of what was being done, and
taken time by the forelock and got out of
danger. A certain transaction of his canio
to light, and we think was actionable, and he
may have receive 1 a hint of it It was gen
erally understood his tru-'ks were sent away
some time ago, and his flight is no surprise
to us."
One of the counsel for the depositors said:.
"We wore almost ready to arrest him. The
affidavit on which the warrant of arrest
would have been issued has been prepared
and would have been p aced in the hands of
the district attorney in a few days.
'The affidavit sets forth that stock was
bought by Phillips in his own name for a
small sum, and immediately sold to the bunk
at an - enormous advance. The depositors
were swindled by Phillips.
"He could be extradited, but the expense
would be greater than thes 3 poor people can
bear."
Phillips a short time ago sent his children-
to France, ana gossip men saia ne was genu
ine his own trunk with them, and would
soon follow.
An Phi f artel nhia taDer says in explanation
f PresfePhillips'sudden departure for France
' Mr Philhrva nhnntsiT weeks aco Kent hia
ree younger cnuaren to tne nome or tsaron
e Lorme. a French nobleman and intimate
personal friend, who resides near a convent
1U V ill U 11 lit? 1V19UCU .1X1.1 . X UI111M O 1.UUU1CU IAS
be educated. The children were sent tJ
France, because it was the expressed wish of
the nobleman that they, should come and
live with him while attending school. Ten
davs ajro, the Baroness de Lorme died sucL
denly of heart disease, making it necessary
f r Mr. Phillips to sail quickly,' to provide
other arrangements for his children in the
event of unexpected changes in the Baron de
Lorme s domestic arrangements."
AN INCENDIARY SERVANT.
She Stole the Jewelry, Fired the House
and Has Run Away. .
Some time ago Charles J. Roe, took up
his residence in his fine house in the valley
between Sharon and Norwood, Mass. He
took as a servant a girl named Kate Agnes
Gleasob. Shortly after hiring the girl, in
May last, stones were thrown through the
windows at night, three valuable Shetland
poniis were poisoned, money and jewelry
taken at certaiu timas, and finally on Juno
19. tha house was set oa fire and burned to
the grou d, entailing a loss of $20,000.
Some time after the fire the Gleason pirl
went to Mrs Roe's sister, who lived with him
brintrinsr certain nieces of iewelrv which she
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said she found in the ruins. The articles
bore no trace of injurv. and suspicion was
aroused against the frirl. It was found that
she had thrown tho stones, poisoned the
ponies and stolen the valuables. She did
not confess, however, to setting fire to the
house. A. warrant was obtained for her
arrest, but owine to th? cirl's promising to
return some of the jewelry if she was adow-
ed time it was not servea, ana ine gin
fled. '
She was traced to Cambridge but disap
peared before the officers arrived. The story
hail, been kent-auiet bv the officers, who
hone! to cantnre her. She is about nineteen
of tall and raw-toned, with a
prominent nose and red face,
GQSSIP OF THE DIAMOND.
talks of again entering the
Southern League next season.
Mike Kelly'-i salary of $4,300 will, it is
said, suffer no reduction next year.
Tmc KWninrr and dining-room cars of tbe
Detroit-St Louis combination cost $32,000
for the trip.
Those twentv-two games in succession that
Bennett caught did much to give the Detroit
club the pennant
.: . The St. Louis club last year placed to its
credit the highest number of champion vic
tories ever won by any club, namely, 93.
Thr Northwestern League was tbe only
minor league in the country that retained its
original membership intact throughout the
season.
iThe shortest game on record for 17 was
that played at Oshkosh, September 10, be
tween the Oshkosh and Eau Claire teams,
viz., lh. 8m.
The Detroit League champions easily
showed their superiority over the St Louis
American Association champions, in tbe se
ries of games for the world's championship.
President Nimick. of tbe Pittsburg Base
ball (Club, has been in Chicago trying to
transfer Anson, the Chicago first baseman
and captain, to his team. It is said be offered
$15,ft i0 for the player named, anl that Presi
dent SpauWing demanded fJS.OOQ.
The championship season of all the
Leagues, both great and small, is now
ended. Detroit won the pennant of the
National League. In the Association St
Louis has agaia had a walk-Over. Of the
minor Leagues, Oshkosh won the North
western Leagu championship. Toronto
came' to tbe front in the International
League on the homestretch; Lowell bore off
the palm in the New England League; New
Orleans captured tbe Southern League pen
nant and Topeka walked o.T with th West
ern Leagne championship.
Great Britain has 13,000 , Band of
and juvenile temperance s-xrietiea,
an aggregate membership of 1,6 A), 000,
Hope
with
A REVOLT OF THE K. OF L
Knights Opposed to ihe Minneapolis
Proceedings. Ieclare Their
- - , Independenc?.
The dissenters from the action taken at the
Minneapolis convention have declared open
war with the executive board of the Kights
of Labolyand have issued their declaration
of independence. On returning from the
convention about thirty-five delegates, rep
resenting fifteen states, stopped in Chicago
and determined to bring about a reorganiza
tion of the order. They elected a pro visional
committee, five members, cf which Charles
F. Seib was made secretary. A long com
munication was drafted at Secretary Seib's
office and forwarded in circular form to the
Knights of Labor all over this country. It
declares that it is "Our duty to reorganize
the Order of the Knights of Labor on a basis
which will secure tbe autonomy of the trades
and the sovereignty of the districts in all
pertaining to their trade and local affairs,
and to prevent it from being used in the
future as a machine to fill the coffers of de
signing and unscrupulous men, as it is by
those now in power. We afiir u the follow
ing to be the reasons that have compiled
this serious action on our part: The general
office has become a luxurious haunt for men
whose chief aim is to benefit self, pecuniarily
and otherwise, and is no longer the Jerusalem
I of the humble and honest Knight. There
has been for more t oan a year, beginning
prior to tho Richmond session, an under
standing, which, for lack of a better word,
we will call a conspiracy, for the purpose of
holding the salaried positions, elective aud
appointive, in and under the General As
sembly. ' This conspiracy has used the secret
channels and the funds of the order to
manufacture sentiment for certain members
and against others. Certain persons, some
times called 'general lecturers 'general
organizers,' 'general instructors' and general
many other things, have teen paid extrava
gant sums, both as wages and expenses,
when their chief work was to 'fix' certain
districts. The lobbyists of railroad corpora
tions would torn green -ith envy did they
know the superlative excellence attained by
these bloodsuckers of the Knights of Labor.
D. strict and local assemblies have been sus
pended or exp. lied and deprived of a vo
7 . I 1 1 . 11 1 A-1-
in the General Assembly becauso they were
known as opponents to the iiolicy of the con-
sDirators. The records of the General As
sembly have been fixed and doctored so as to
rul out or admit, as the caso might he,
General Assembly representatives. Many
thousands of dollars of tho order's funds l ave
been illegally expended. Extravagant hotel
bills contracted by the families of general
officers h ve been paid out of the order's
funds, as have family laundry and bar bills.
Funds have been donated and loaned to
officers and their families and friends for
their own personal use. The boycofi has
been used to injure the labor pr ss, union es
tablishments and tho products of Knights of
Labor and union labor for the sole purpose
of 'downing' workingmen and women who
could not be used by the conspirators. In
spite of the decrease of membership, the
have increased the annual expenditures of
the general officers to half a million dollars.
There is no itemized account or receipts to
expenditures issued either quarterly, as had
formerly been the custom, or to th0 General
Assembly.
HURLED TO DEATH.
Two Sisters Killed by a Fast Express
Train.
When the engine of the fast express of the
Pennsylvania Railroad thundered into the
d pot at Lancaster, Pa, the pilot was spat-
Ltered with blood. Shortly before the train
w as due, and when Rank's station, eight
miles away had been, reached, the engineer
saw a whit3 covered farmer's wagon ahead.
A freight train had . just passed, and the
.wagon having stopped for it, proceeded to
cross, the occupants not hearing the fast ex
press on account of the noise of the freight,
The whistle was sounded, the air brakes were
promptly applied, but in an instant the train
was at the crossing, tho engine struck the
wagon and horse and hurled them high in
the air.
Tho forms of two women were hurled down
an embankment, where their mangled bodies
were found. They were s sters, married
to brothers, and their names were Mrs.
Jacob Stoltzfus, of Lea cock township, and
Mrs. Barbara Stoltzfus, who was visiting
from Kans .s. They are middle aged ladies,
and stand high in the peculiar religious sect
to which they belong. They were returning
home in the wagon f rqm the city. -
Mrs. Stoltzfus was hurl d fifty yards and
killed instantly. Her sister died in a few
minutes after being picked up. ; .
POLITICS IN A CONVENT.
Quarrel Anions? Nuns Over the ' Elec
tion of a Mother Superior.
a$3.62; Wheat Southern Fultz, 80a81ct;
Corn Southern White, 57aVn t, Yellow, 50a
51 cts. ; Oats Southern and J Pennsylvania
30a35cts. ; Rye Maryland andPennsylvania
SOafiOcta ; Hay Maryland and Pennsylvania
13 50a$1450; Straw Wheat, 7.50a$S; Butter,
Eastern Creamery, 2Ca27cts. , near-by recei pbi
19a20cts:C!heeae Eastern Fany Cream, 12J4
al3cts., Western, 12al2ctai Eggs ISalU;
Cattle 2.50a$4.00; Swine 4 tiafiicta ;
Sheep ami Lamb 3a4K ets; Tobacco
Leaf Inferior, la$2.50, Goal Common, 3 .Via
$4 50, Middling, 5a$6.00 Good to fine red, 7a$y
Fancy, 10a$12. I
New York Flour Southern Common to
fair extra, a25aH(Xt Wbeafc-ro.l Whit,S2
aSScta.; Rye State, 54aSf: Corn Southern
Yellow, 51a52cts.; Oats White State, S3a34
eta ; Butter State, 17a20 eta ; Cheese Slate,
lOalOJcta; Eggs 19a20 cts.
Philadelphia Flour Pennsylvania,
fancy, 3.50a$4; Wheat Pennsylvania ami
Southern Red, 82aS3 cts; Rve Pennsylvania
57a58cta ; Corn SouthernVellow, 51a52 cts.
Oats 3Ga37 eta; Butter State, 18al9 cU.;
Cheese N. Y. Factory, llali cts.; Eggs
State, ITalScta.
""Thi services of General Pryor, J. Ran
dolph Tucker, and General Butler it is ex
pected will cost the Anarchist Ccmcaittee
$25,000. General Butler's fess bare been
sruaranteed bv District Aavml.l s tm ami ivt
J Knight, of Labor.,
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A FIERCE FIGHT.
YIGILANTES BATTLE WITII 1IES-
PEKAD0KS IN THE ISDIA3C
TERRITORY.
The YlgUant.es Hare Eight Hen Killed
and Lhrht Wounded.
A special dispatch from ;Wawolla, Indian
Territory, pays: "OnTJUV v a desperate
fight took place on theJnorf . fork of the Ar.
kansas River bet wv o i Bmi I Trainer's gang
of outlaws and a vi jilajKcorom-'ttca under
the leadership of Hotari Henderson, a 8xtch
half-brool, which followed them frora tDuck-
worth's store,in the Creek Nation, on the occa
sion of a raid there o: Wednesday. Thl ont
law.flndin out the si as of the force which was
following tbem, decided to risk an encounter,
and made haste to reach the river pllfV
where they cou'd find shelter behind trees
and in ravines which line the banks on either
6ila In this they succeeded so well that
when the vigilantes came up they were en
tirely, for the time, at the mercy of two score
of outlaws.
Henderson then took hU men a short dts-
tauce up the river where a fording placa could
t found, crossed and to k up p.tionson
the other side of .the stream from the out
laws, and wherj his ni3ii were as well pro
tected njs t nose ot l minor, i no river at this
point is only about one hundred yards wide.
and across this distance, from Thursday
morning until Thursday ni?ht, bullets were
ungmg on their mission or death.
When the vigilantes had succeeded in ob
taining tbh position they found they had
tost three men and two m ire were seriouslv
wounded. As Tra'ner found the enemy in
his rear on the oppoute or tho river, he sent
half of his men down the stream to cross and
come up on tho ot ier tide, lighting under
cover of the trees. In this they were sur
prised by the a yvuors, who met them half
way and opened f.re upon them, checking
their course and driving them panic-stricken
and precipitately back. In endeavoring to
rally his men. Bill Chuet wan killed, and be
fore the river could be reached an l forded
John Leech, one of tho robber gan was shot
on n s horse, but not killed.
The fight from this on was continue ! across
the stream, the bankaof which were lined at
distances of about live rods apart with sharp
shooters. No sooner was a head, arm or any
part oi a bony vis u e on either side than a
leaden bullet was seeking to End a lodgment
therein.
As Thursday night wan coming on. Hen
derson called his men in for consultation,
when it was found that of his force eight
were killed and eight hnd received
serious though not fatal wounds. The
force - was in th:s way rlu'ed one
half, and it was thought best to remove the
wounded here and go back homeland stir up
reinforcements, ihe dead were buried and
tha wounded, it WAR found nffor riroaainop
i their wounds, were able to return home with
the rest of the party. It is thought as many
of the outlaws were killed as of lh3 pursuing
party, though this will never bo known.
The following is a list of the killed:
James Saunders, Oaks, Cherokee Nation,
shot through head; F. Fourmill, Garfield,
Cherokee Nation, shot through the body;
Redrock Chapin, Lukfia, Choctaw Nation,
shot in five places; Bushy Sakaswa, Patrick,
Cherokee Nation, phot through body; Chief
Parr, Oaks, Chero'tee Nation, shot in the
head; Samuel H. Elleter, Eufaula, Creek
Nation, shot twice in boly; Walter Ains
worth, ranger, from near Mackogee; Dar
ling Price, settler, from near Camp Creek,
Cherokee Nation.
Henry Ayres, a well-to-do man from Chero
kee Nation, who was one of the party with
Henderson, says tjhat Bud Trainer was killed
during the fight He is of opinion that not
lea than fifteen were killed outright upon
bct'a sides, and thinks one-half the outlaws
who were not killed were wounded. It is by
no means certain that another party will be
organized to hunt down the outlaws, as it is
thought the severe lesson they have liecn
taught will tend to drive them from the Ter
ritory, or at least to put a quietus on their
lawlessness.
IT MEANT CONTROL
Remarkable Sale of Shares Sto
orth $1,000 Brings $41,350
at Auction.
.Some years ago C. W. Fo da, then Cashier
of the Farmers National Bank,of Constantine,
Mich. , absconded. He left behind ten shares
of stock of the par value of $1, (XX), which
were attached by the bank and possession of
them obtained by a dicision of the State
Supreme Court six months ago. The bank
inz laws prohibited the bmkfrom holding
its stock more than six months. Bank Ex
aminer Nash found the situation of affairs
on Sept 1 last and advised 'with the Comp
troller of the Currency ,and lie ordered a sale
at public auction. As tbe stockholders could
not agree on a division tbe stock was dis
posed of to the highest U ders. The ten
shares with the accruing dividends, had a
alueof $180 each, but it was seen i
s the bidding opened that their value
be calculated on the basis of what it
orth to have a controlling interest of
k of the banlc
Barry, Jr., President: John O.
z. Cashier, and Mrs. Rebecca Thorn e
HatKtTB. 1 uc ill Ruaro uivukuw
and was captured by Scburtz. lie
second at $2,200. the third at $3,001
others at larger amount, paying
nor. for tax sharea C 11. liarrv.J r.
.344 for four, tbe last being purchased
i, giving him a majority ot au tne
Thus ten khares, having a par valne
sold for $41,350. A curious addi-
rest was riven tbe anair from the
Mr. Barry was recently defeated as
te for fostmaster vy the same nun
be bidding, seemed mostd terminel
control of a majority ox tne oanK s
CTED HIS OWN CHILD.
-1 Browne a Wealthy 1 1 hod o
ander, Cjumoi Excitement
f n Newport.
Villiam E. Browne, a wealthy resi
Wickford, R, L, came to Newport,
acted his o n child, which was in
thecusvudyof his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Browne,
who are well known, have not lived together
for some months. Under the arrangement
made between tbe couple Mrs. Browne wa.
to have the custody of their chi'J, a girl
four years o'd, and of excep ional beauty,
and he was to have permission to visit tb j
cLikl at intervals. For several weeks he has
not been to Newport, Where Mrs. Browno
has had her residence for near y a year. Ho
did not write to know how the child v as
doing, and bis apparent lack of interest gave
the im7ressioaktaat be was willing to be es
tranged. ? W ben he arrived and called to see tbe child
b's wife and her friends were somewhat ur
prised, as he offered no explanation of hia
long absence. As usual be was left alone
with bis little eirL An hour or so after bis
arrival a servant had occasion to entrr tbq
room. She found it empty, and at once told
Mr. Browce. The husband bad taken the
'child in bis arms and carried it to one of tbd
harbor wharfs, where a sailboat awaitud
him. He took the child to this, tbe boat wa-J
pushed off. and they set saiL ' Mrs. Brotte'n
friends reported tbe affair to tbe police, bat,
tkey were powerless to help her. It w no,
known in what direction the runaway bus
band bes got, but the wife propo es to at,
ionee take such legal step as will enable ben
'to follow him.
RELIGIOUS.
: j! . Tb End of Sammrr.
Thinner the leaves of tbe larches show.
Motionless hell in the languid air; '
Fainter by wayside the swwtbrWs grow.
Kie biooni laying toetr gold lioarts iar,
: Languishing, one by one;
1 Summer is almoat loi
rWper-hued rows have long ainre died ;
SuVnt t he bint through the wh he mud fly ;
Down of the thistles by hot sun dried.
covers with ale nece vines growing nigh;
il little brooks calmer run;
: Summer is almost dono.
Later tbe flash of tho sunrise creeps,
Shortening the reign of the Riow-couung
day;
Earlier shade of the twilight crwps,
UVor the swallows skimming away;
Crickets tlietr notes have begun:
Summer is almuet done. - -
. God'a Leva.
T can measure narental love. Jfow broad. .
how long, and strong, ami deep it Ut It U
asoaa neep ne, which parent only ran
fathom. But tho love displayed on yonder
bloody cross, where Ood's own Son Is jrwh-
lng lor us, no man or angH lias a line in
measure. The cm u nierenoe of the earth.
the altitude of tbe sua, the distance of the
Elancta those havelee determined; but tin
oight, depth, breadth, and length of th
love of uod pass our knowledge. Such is th
Father against whom all of us have sinned a
thousand times! Walk the shore wttere the
ocean sleojis fn Summer calm; or lashed Into
fury by the Winter's tefnpest is thundering
on her Kauds;'and when you bavo immliervd
the drops of her waves, tho sand on Iwr
rounding beach, you have numlicrod God's
mercies and your ains. Well tlKrefore may
we en to Him with the contrition of tlm
prodigal in our hearU, and his confession on
our lips: "Father I have sinned againxt
Heaven, and in thy sight" The spirit of
God helping ua to go to God, lie assured that
the father who seeing his son afar olT, ran to
meet him, fell on his neck and kisiind him
was but an image of Him who, not sparing
His own Son, but giving Htm up to death
that we might live, invites and now awaits
our coming. I Dr. Guthrie.
Col Manlfet.
Do any ask of the divlno love! Iet them
loom of it in the Saviour's love, as He kneeW
at the grave of Iazarus; as lie weeps over
Jerusalem; as He blesses little children; ni
He heals tbe sick or comforts the sorrowful;
as He soothe the dying malefactor on th"
cross, would we know ot the diviuo lor-
givencss? It is here in this one sweet sen
tence1 of mercy: "Neither do I condemn
thee; go and sin no more." Would we know
of the divine activity I It is all revealed in
the sleepless nights of preparation ieiit
alone on the mountains in prayer; the day
devoted to teaching and healing; tho tireless
erralndsof mercy from village to village.
Would we know of the divino patience and
endurance! We have but to wat h the calm,
quiet way in which He meets His tietrayer
and the company that take Him; the falsi
accusations to which He listens in silence; tb
ridicule, the taunts, the blows dealt by
savage hands, the cowardice of Pilate, tha
scourge, tho thorn-crown, the cross.
And so, we ask nt last, iV ould any know
God the Infinite? We point to Hia humanity
and say: "He who invited the weary ami the
heavyi-lnden to His breowt; He whom even
the winds and seas obeyed; Ho who declared
Himself 'tho Way, the Truth, and the Life;'
He whose spirit has inspired, comforted, ay,
saved the struggling souls of men. He, surely,
is. jGod manifest" i Footprints of t he
Saviour. Upon Ling Font;.
Aliout sixteen mils east of Ningpo, China,
Men n noted mountain. Ling Fung, to which
tens of thousands, frprn all itarts of Chs
kiang,;goup yearly to 'worship.' The find
day of the ceremonies few beside women
attend. Although the path up tho mountain (
was iaved. and tho tecper awvnts were f ur
nisbed with steps, still it was a tedious climb,
even for one with natural feet The wonder
grew upon us how the women, with llieir lit
tle bandaged stubs, could not only climb tbe
mountain, but walk miles to reach it Af
we nca red the place we were twset by vender
of incense sticks, urging us to buy. Arriving
at a level Kpnee, about half war up th
mountain, we found rows of wretched straw
huts on either side of the path leading to a
building scarcely more than a shed, contain- '
ing one large room. In it were a few small,
dilapidated idols, before which theiopl
burnt incense sticks ami mado pros
trations. A desire to worship was by
no means the only motive that lrought
these eager throngs hither. They had come
to make preparation for ' death. And the
prefaratioti considered nceemary wan nut
purity of h'-nrt and ' life, but money. Thntu
multitudes had left their homes and busy
pursuits to eoine hither for the special pur
pose of buyingoills of credit to be burnt at
death in order to anrure a large um of mon-.
ey in the next world. These bills of credit,
costing twenty-four rash, or about two cents,
are small ntri of yellow nper, upon which
are roughly printed a few diameter. Thene
are supmsodto be good for., about thirteen
hundred dollar after death, lb-hind tabb
stood men welling thene bill Others were
busy stamping with red paint pieces of cot
con clothj which were carried away as evi
dence that they had been to the sacred apt.
Tbe more year they make this pilgrimage,
awl tlio more bills of credit they girt, the
greater will lo their merit and wealth in tho
next life.- Woman's Work in China.
How to Destroy the lilbU.
First to get rid of all tbe copies In all tlw
languages there are lfiO.OOO.OW copies, say,
of the OH ami New Ttament in one Iwolc
and portions of the bok you mut have ail
these piled together into a pyramidal mans
and reduced to ashes bf-fore y. can say you
lave destroyed tbe Bible. Then go to the
librarie of the world, aud when you have
rejected, there cveryWk thnt contains a
reference to the OH and New TentamenU you
most eliminate from every book all such pas
sages; and until you have so treated ever
book of poetry and prose, exercising all
Ideas of grandeur and i purity and ten
derness anil beauty for the knowledge and
power of which the port anl prowj
writers were Indebted to the Bible until you
have taken all tbeee from between the bin 1
ings ami turned them into ahes, leaving tbe
emaaculated fragment behuxl not until
then have you destroyed the Bible. Have
you done it, then I Once more. Go to the
court of La", and having sousht out tbe
pandects and codes, you must master every
principal of law, end study what it may have
derivel from the Old and New TekUmrnU,
and have all such passages removed from the
code ft jurisprudence, you most then CO
through the galleries of art throughout the
workl, cnl you nut4 ulash and daub
over and obliterate the achievement
that the genius of the arti-t hat
produeeil nmt until thea have you de
stroyed the Bible. Have you done It then!
What o-xtf You mm visit every eun-r-vatory
of rom-ic, and not until tb world
shall stanirl voiceleesa to it masters, not
until then hare you destroyed tbe Bible.
Then you1 must vfeit the Uptfcrtrk- of tbe
chnrcLeii and from the Uptnaual roll you
must era- all Cbrtotian name tbe name of
John and Mary-for they suggest the Kcriit
nres,ani tne register i stamjed w ith the
Bible, Have you done it then? No, tlre
is one ciy of the Bible still
lirimr. T It , is the remetrry of
the ChrWian. Tbe cwneteries, while they
exist, are Bibles, and to suppress tle bo-4,
to let xxt a trace rf it be discoveml, you
must rax from gravestone to gravton
and with mallet and chisel cot out every
name that is tiblical, and every inM-irins
passage of scripture graven tliereon. To de
stroy the Bible you must blot front the mem
ory of every Christian it promises and com
fort. Not until you have done all thi can
you destroy tbe Lublc-lDr. Guard. .
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