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J Ay VOLUME II. WASHINGTON, N. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1887. NUMBER 13, fi H h wwm IUKECTOKY. MAILS. itlHin and Greenville Due 1 1 A l p. in. mioses at 10 p. m. North and South side river mail puc Monday, "Wednesday and Friday at p. m. Closes at following mornings. Cilice hours 9 a. m. to 10 p, m. Money Order and Registry Depart ment 9 a. ni. to P- m. STATE GOVERNMENT. Governor--Alfred M. Scales. Lieut. Governor Chas. M. s.vri-tarv of State William Stedman. L. Saun- Auditor-- 1 Kooerts. Tro:i.surer Donald W. Bain. Sunt, of Public Instruction S. M. rir.vr. Attorney General T. H. Davidson. STATE IJOAKD OF AGRICULTURE. ('Pinmi?si ner John Robinson. Secretary T. K. Brunei'. Chemist Charles VY . money, Jr. General Immigration atrick. Asrent- J. T. COUNTY. Sheri :I and Treasurer, R. T. Hodge 's Superior Court Clerk G. Wilkens. Putter of Deeds Burton, Stilley. Surveyor J. F. Latham. Commissioners Dr. W. J. Bullock, x n-. tit- ni J 'o T 1T t fenair u, J . i. iuueiu, r. i. nocrges, F. 1. Hooker, H. N. Waters. Board of Education J. L. Winfield. fchair'n. P. II. Johason and F. B. Guil ford. Superintendent of Public Instruction Jev. Nat Harding. Superintendent Tavioe. of Health Dr. D. T. CITY. )hyor C. M. Brown, Clerk John D. Sparrow. Treasurer W, Z. Morton. ' Chief of Police M. J. Fowler. Councilmen C M. Brown, W. B. Morton, S. R. Fowler, Jonathan Havens, W. II. Howard, .Alfred D. Peyton. CHURCHES. Episcopal Rev. Nat. Harding, Rec tr. bervices every feunaay morning ana night. Sunday School at 3.30 p. m. RevrNat. Harding. Superintendent. Presbyterian Rev, S. M. Smith, pas tor. Services- every Sunday morning and night. Sunday School at 3,30 p. m. Superintendent, Jas. L. Fowle. Methodist Rev. W. R. Ware, pastor, Services every Sunday iiorning and ev- T.-auYi. Superintendent, Warren Mayo. ddy School,' 3. 30 p. m. TEMPERANCE MEETINGS. Keiorm Club Kegfuiar meeting every Tuesday w. c. nijrht at 7.30 at Club Rooms. T. U. Regular meetings Thursday. 3 p. m., at Rooms Club. of Reform Cub and Union Prayer Meeting every Sunday, in Town Hall, at 2.30 p. m. Mass Meeting in Court House every 2d Thursday niht in each month. LODGES. Orr Lodge, No. 104, A. F. and A. M. meets at Masonic Hall, 1st and 3d Tues day nights of each month E. S. Hovt, W. M., R. T. Hodges, Secretary. " Phaianx Lodge, No. 10, I. 0. 01 F. Meets every Friday night at their hall Gilbert Rumbey, .P. N. G., J. R. Ross, Secretary. Washington Lodge, No. 1490, Knights of Honor. Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday nights at Odd Fellows' Hall A. P. Crabtree, Dictator, J. D. Myeis Repor ter. J. R. Ross, F. Reporter. Chicora Council, No. 350 American Legions of Honor. Meets every 2nd and 4th Thursday nights at Odd Tellows' Hall-C. M. Brown, Commander, Win. M. Cherry, Collector. Pamlico Lodge, No. 715, Knights and Ladies of Honor. Meets 2nd and 4th Monday nights at Odd Fellows' Hall Wm. M. Cherry, Protector, T. B. Bowen. Secretary. Excelsior Lodge, No. 31, O. G. C. Meets 1st and 2nd Tuesday nights at Odd Fellows' Hall-C, W. Tayloe, Com mander, Wm. Cherry, Secretary. The Mutual Live Stock Insurance Company, of Washington, N- C OFFICE, CORNER MARKET & SECOND STS Opposite the Court House, WASHINGTON, N. C- Washington Mutual Benefit Insurance Company. CHARTERED BY THE LEGISLA TURE OF NORTH CAROLINA. Issues Policies on Life, Health and Accidents risks; also Fire risks taken, and a General Insurance business done. Office, Opposite the Court House. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TOBACCO STORE S.H,WHLIiIAMS,Propr. Sole Agent for Ralph's Sweet Snuff All Brands of Snuff) Cigars and Tobacco. Everything in the Tobacco line, and New . Goods constantly on hand 7:l:ly TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. Eastern and Middje States. Chief-Justice Ulysses Mercur, of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, died at the residence of his son in Wallingford, Penn., Monday, aged seventy-one years. The two rear cars of a train left the track at Pownal Station, Vt. , and were wrecked. Twelve persons were injured more or less severely. Editor O'Brien has sailed from New York for England. The night previous to his de parture prominent citizens of New York gave a banquet in his honor, and he was given $25,000 to help in the campaign in Ireland. After the banquet he was escorted to the steamer by the Sixty-ninth Kegiment. The constitutional prohibitory amendment has been defeated in the Massachusetts House by a vote of 131) yeas to 74 nays not the necessary two-thirds. Mr. James G. Blaixe, accompanied by his wife and two daughters, sailed on Wednes day from New York for Europe. He will make a tour of Europe, and expects to be gone about a year. The vote in the Republican Legislative caucus at Loncord tor a nominee to succeed the late Senator Pike as United States Senator from New Hampshire resulted in the success ot v imam hi. Chandler on the nrst ballot. As the Republicans have a majority in the Legislature. Mr. Chandler s nomination was equivalent to an election. The NaVal Court investigating the recent collision between the ocean steamers Celtic and Brittanie severely censured the Captains of both vessels. The President and Mrs. Cleveland left the Adirondacks Thursday morning, after a pleas ant sojourn of two weeks. The party spent most of their time fishing. Friday morning Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland breakfasted with Governor Hill in the Executive Mansion at Albany. Three strikers were shot in a conflict with miners at Winton, Penn. The Pennsylvania Remiblican State Con vention will be held at Harrisburg on August 17th. The flames have destroyed the Havemever sugar refinery at Green point, opposite Jsew York. Adjoining property was also burned. Total estimated loss. .fi)!),O00. It has been decided in a test case brought by the New York hotel keepers in the Su preme Court that they have no right to sell spirituous liquors to guests on Sundays. South and West. An omnibus lo dal with people returning from a picnic was overturned near Cincin nati, and all the occupants, forty in number, were thrown down an embankment. Six per sons, most of them 'oung ladies, were seri ously injured. A quarrel between Professor Posey, Prin cipal of the High School at Henderson, Ky., and Professor Clark, the General Superin tendent of Public Schools, ended by the former shooting the latter twice, inflicting comparatively slight wounds. The quarrel took place in the High School, and created a panic among the pupils. Posey was arrested. The thirty-eighth annual convention of the American Medical Association has been in session at Chicago. A band of seventeen Apache Indians have gone on the warpath in Arizona. Troops have been sent after them. Johx M axxix. Marshal of Morehead, Ky. , was badly wounded while trying to arrest John and William Logan, brothers. The posse accompanying Manniu killed both the Logans. Charles Spexcerv one of the best known men in Dakota, has been indicted for cattle stealing. General W. W. Averill, of the Union Army, was orator of the day at the Con federate Memorial celebration, on Thursday, in Staunton, Va. Governor Lee presided. Yellow fever is abating in Key West and is thought to be under control. Washington. Mr. W. W. Corcoran, the millionaire philanthropist of Washington, was suddenly stricken with paralysis in the left arm and leg Monday afternoon while at dinner. The redemption of trade dollars to date amounts to about $7,001, 000. and Treasury officials think that few more are outstanding. There is talk of testing the legality of the Inter-State Commission in the courts. Secretary Fairchild has issued a circu lar in regard to contagious disease in which he says that the President has determined to establish, by means of the vessels of the revenue marine, a National patrol of the coast of the United States. An order has been issued by the War De partment directing the dismissal, "without character," of W. H. Green, the only colored man that was ever admitted to the' Signal Service. He was on duty at Rochester, N. Y., and it is stated that his record has been very unsatisfactory. THKState Department is opposed to pau per immigration. June returns of the Department of Agri culture indicate a reduction of nearly two per cent, in the winter wheat area, and an in crease of six per cent, in the spring wheat area. The total area of wheat is about 57, 000,000 acres a fraction of one per cent, more than that of the previous crop. The average for winter wheat is 84.9, and for spring wheat the average is 87.3. The con dition of cotton averages 96.9$ which has been exceeded only three times since 1870. Foreign. The summer monsoon, which annually brings the rainy season in India,has appeared. The crops of the country depend upon this yearly visitation. It is reported that hidden treasure to the value of 95,000,000 sterling has been discov ered in the palace of a deceased Vizier at Ra bat, Morocco. The Sultan, it is said,has con fiscated the treasure and is having it con veyed to the imperial coffers. A Calcutta dispatch says that remnants of the steamer Sir John Lawrence have been picked up, and that she was undoubtedly lost in a recent cyclone off the coast of India The steamer carried 730 passengers, the larger part of them native ladies, and all the best families in Calcutta are in mourning for lost relatives, or friends. Fifty-three miners were killed by the ex plosion in a Westphalia coal mine. Prof. Herrmann, the noted prestidigita teur, died a f ewdays ago in Carlsbad, Ger many, at the age of sixty-six. A Spanish expedition of 800 men captured a fortified rebel village on the Island of Ta- Eula after severe fighting. The losses were eavy on both sides. The great bridge over the Tay in Scotland has been finished at a total cpst of $3,500,000. The army of India now consists of 73,000 Europeans and 145,000 natives. Reports of officers of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows in session at Madison, Wis., show that the order is retrograding in mem ship, there being a loss of 400 in the year 1886, including 144 deaths. The present mem bership is 15,013, with seventy-five lodges. I OTHER LANDS. SOME OCCURRENCES OF INTEREST IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. Stubborn Resistance Against Eviction by Irish Tenants. Evictions at Bodykc, Ireland, were re sumed on Friday, and there was a repetition of the exciting scenes which have attended numerous attempts to evict tenants. The Sheriff and his body guard were stubbornly resisted at the house of a tenant named O'Hal oran. A hillside near the house was covered with an excited mob,jwho cheered the defend ers of the premises, and urged them to hold out. O'Halloran and his party had dug a trench around the house and barricaded the lower rooms, while the upper portion of the house was occupied by ten men, including two who had returned irom America, and some wo men. The bailiffs made an attack on the wall of the house with a crowbar, but were re ceived with scalding water and lied. An in spector of police, with drawn sword, then mounted a ladder placed against the side of the house, but was beaten down. A constable with a rifle and fixed bayonet next mounted the ladder, but his head was battered by the defenders. Several gashes were inflicted upon him and he retired. An other constable also attempted to climb the ladder, but failed. A second ladder was then procured, and several constables mounted it, but were beaten down. Mr. Cox essayed to climb up a ladder to speak to the inmates of the house, but the po.ice prevented him from doing so. Finally a constable entered with a rifle and fixed bayonet, but the rifle was wrested Irom him and his safety was imperilled when Father Hannan entered and secured a cessation or hostilities. The inmates were then arrested, and the eviction was carried out. When Father Hannan entered O'Halloran's house O'Halloran had Constable Norton raised aloft and was in the act of throwing him out of the window, while a sister of O'Halloran was charging another constable with Norton's rifle and bayonet. The crowd of peasants who surrounded the place jeered at the evictors, whereupon they were charged by the police, who brutally beat several of the peasants with their batons. Fate of the Coercion Bill. In the British House of Commons Mr. Smith moved t lie resolution previously an nounced requesting that at 10 p. m. on the 17th inst., the Chairman forthwith put the question on any motion, amendment or pro Iosal touching the clause of the Crimes bill then under discussion, then on the clause it self, and finally on each remaining clause. He urged that the step was forced upori the Government by continued obstruction. Mr. Gladstone said that a longer notice should have been given of this important motion. The pi-esent state of business and the entire paralysis of Parliament had caused intense dissatisfaction throughout the coun try, but the position had sbeen brought about by the Government themselves. They had been pursuing the false and evil policy of coercion without the justification pleaded on former occasions. Mr. Parnell said he could not understand the infatuity of the Government in rushing blindfold along a road which they had already seen would lead to the greatest dis order in Ireland. The Government speakers had harped on the theme of "obstruction." As a matter of fact the Irish members had not lifted one voice against any measure, ex cept this Coercion bill, which they were bound to resist to the utmost. He concluded by moving an amendment that the House de cline to sanction a resolution limiting free dom of debate and assailing the rights of minorities. Mr. ParnelTs amendment was rejected by 284 to 107. Health of Kaiser and Crown Prince. It is officially announced that Emperor William, of Germany, in consequence of an abdominal cramp, has been confined to his bed for the last few days. He is also suffer ing from catarrhal irritation of the eyelid s Dr. Mackenzie and all the German special ists in attendance upon the German Crown Prince have held a very long consultation. Professor Virchow reported the result of his microscopical examination of the growth last removed from the Prince's throat. The re port was exceedingly reassuring, and left no doubt of the ultimate recovery of the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince has gone to Lon don, and during his stay there will reside near the Crystal Palace. Dr. Mackenzie will visit him regularly. Earthquakes in Turkestan. Severe shocks of earthquake have oc curred at Vernome, in Turkestan. The town was almost entirely destroyed. One j hundred and twenty persons were killed and 125 injured. Among the lat ter is General Friede, the Governor of the province of Semiretchinsk. Shocks con tinued to be felt at intervals. The inhabit ants of the town were panic-stricken, and fled for safety to the open country. The Pope's Jubilee Gift to the Queen. The Pope's gift to Queen Victoria on the occasion of her jubilee consists of a mosaic reproduction of Raphael's fresco represent ing an allegorical figure of Poetry. The work was executed in the Vatican. Mgr. Scilla will convey the gift to England, and he will be ac companied by Fathers Zalesca and Meri, two young priests of the Ecclesiastical Academy, whom the Pope will, in honor of the occasion, create Bishops. DYNAMITE IN THE GRASS. A Sexton's Lawn Mower Explodes a Cartridge in the Churchyard. A dispatch from Rochester, N. Y., says: Sexton McGowan was patiently trundling the lawn-mower over the grass on the plot belonging to the Second Baptist Church on North avenue, when his work was interrupt' ed by a deafening explosion. The lawn mower went soaring toward the apex church spire and the sexton was hurled to the ground. r After the smoke had cleared away Sexton McGown was found with his face, arms and legs severely cut and brui ed, and the lawn jnower had a piece of steel of considerable size blown out of its cylinder. It had struck a dynamite cartridge in the 'grass. The cartridge was about three inches long. Where it exploded there is a hole in the ground of considerable depth and a foot in diameter. There is no clue to the identity of the man who placed the cartridge there, and no one can conjecture what was his mo- X The crowd that gathered assisted Sexton McGowan to a place where his wounds could be attended to by a physician. His injuries, though serious, are not considered dangerous. CONDITION OF THE CROPS. Official Returns of the Department oi Agriculture. Washixgtox, D. C The June returns of the Department of Agricultue indicates a reduction of nearly two per cent, in the area of winter wheat. Changes in acreage of states are very slight, except in Kansas! where a reduction of 22 per cent, is reported, caused by bad harvests and low prices. The spring wheat area has been enlarged six per cent. ,f rom increase of immigration and farm making West of the Mississippi in the dis tricts traversed by the Northern Pacific Railroad Most of the increase is in Dakota, which reports an increment of 24 per cent. The total area of wheat is about 37,000.000 acres, a fraction, of one per cent, more tnan that of the previous crop. In condition of winter wheat there is nc marked change, the average. being 84.9, a re duction of nine-tenths of tne per cent. In 188(5 the June average was 92.7. Returns of short straw are very numerous. In some districts there ai e indications t!iat ttie yield of grain will be larger proportionally than of straw. If there is no increase from this cause, the yield must be less than an average. The harvest is already in progress up to the thirty-eighth degre of north latitude. Condition of spring wheat is good in Da kota and territories westward, but below average records in Wisconsin, Minnesota. Iowa and Nebraska. The general average for spring wheat is 87.3, which is lower than in recent years, but thirteen points higher; than in 1881. At harvesting last year the condition averaged 80. Dry weather in April has been injurious to winter wheat. Insects have committed greater depredations than usual. The cen tral belt westward from Pennsylvania and Virginia has suffered local damage from the Hessian fly, and the chinch bug has wrought injury in Illinois, Missouri and Kansas. The area of t ';e winter rye has been dimin ished over fi per cent., mainly by a lrge re duction in Kansas. Condition is better than that of wheat, as usual, averaging 88.9. An apparent enlargement of the barley acreage of 3 per cent, is indicated. The in crease is in Dakota, Calif ornia, Oregon and the territories. Condition averages 87, being slight .y above that of wheat. There is a continuance of the extension of oats culture. The increase is 4 per cent. This crop has taken a part of the area for merly in wheat in Kansas, an advance of 30 per cent, over the acreage of last year. The increas is large in the Northwest, and there is a tendency to enlargement in all sections of the country. In th acreage of cotton an increase of one p'T cent, is reported. There appears to be a slight decline in the States of the Atlantic coast, and an increase west of the Mississippi. The State averages are: Virginia, 90: North Carolina, 99.5; South Carolina, 98; Georgia, 1H.5; Florida, 97; Alabama, 100; Mississippi, 100.4; Louisiana, 102; Texas, 106; Arkansas, 102.5; Tennessee, 100. Condition of cotton is higher than in any June since 1880, averaging 90,9, and has only bee i exceeded three times since 1870. The best yield in 1 hat period, however, was in 1SS2, when the June condition was 89, a figure that has been discounted six times since 1870. It is a good begin: ing, but does not ensure a good crop. The state averages are: Vir ginia, 92; North Carolina, 99; South Caro lina, 98; Georgia, 90; Florida, 98; Alabama, J9; Mississippi. 90; Louisiana, 97: Texas, 91; Arkansas, 98, Tennessee, 97: general average W.9. There is, generally, and unusually good "stand." or "plant." In Texas, the early planted did not come up well; late planting is better. There is not a full plant in some fields in Arkansas. Clean cultivation is re ported as a rule, and a healthy cjlor an I good growth. A LUCKY POSTPONEMENT. People Attending an Auction Sale Narrowly Escape Being; Killed. A special dispatch from Richmond, Va., says: Mr. Geo H. Poindexter was conducting an auction sale of the 'tobacco factory of H. Edward, Thursday. At two o'clock he sug gested that as those present were probably weary, the sale of machinery on the second floor" of the factoi y should be postponed until the next day. This suggestion was briefly discussed and finely agreed to a very lucky agreement, as the sequekshowed, for at four o'clock the second floor o. the factory gave way, falhng and carrying a large quantity of machinery down with it. About one hun dred, persons had been present at the sale, and a look at the ruins indicates that few would have lived had the sale been continued. But for the fortunate stopping of the sale before the second story wae reached, there would have been many a mourning family in Richmond. MARKETS. Baltimore Flour City Mills, extra,$3.25 a$3.75; Wheat Southern Fultz, 9nacts; Corn Southern White, 52a53cts, Yellow, 48a 49 cts. ; Oats Southern and Pennsylvania, 3oa37cts. ; Rye Maryland and Pennsylvania, 58a(J0cts. ; Hay Maryland and Pennsylvania 14a$1450; Straw Wheat, 7.50a$8.00; Butter, Eastern Creamery, 17al8cts. , near-by receipts 18a20cts. ; Cheese Eastern Fancy Cream, 11 allcts., Western, tdy,alOc,. ; Eggs 10al7; Cattle 4.25a$5.12; Swine ojaficts.; Sheep and Lamb 24 a4 cts. ; Tobacco Leaf Inferior, la$1.50, Good Common, 3a$4, Middling, 5a$6, Good to fine red, 7a$9, Fancy, 9a$12. New York Flour Southern Common to fair extra, 3.50a$4; Wheat No. 1 Whit -, 90 a97 cts. ; Rye State, 54a5fi; Corn Southern Yellow, 47a48cts. ; Oats White State, 38a39 cts. ; Butter State, 14al9 cts. ; Cheese State, llal4cts. ; Eggs 14al4 cts. Philadelphia Flour Pennsylvania, fancy, 3.50a$4; Wheat Pennsylvania and Southern Red, 96a97 cts ; Rye Pennsylvania 57a58cts. ; Corn Southern Yellow, 4oa47 cts; Oats 3fia37 cts. ; Butter State, 18al9 cts. ; Cheese N. Y. Factory, lla!2 cts. ; Eggs State, 12al3 cts. A CLOUDBURST. A Town Deluged With Water, and Several Houses Carried Away. A dispatch from Wilkesbarre, Pa., says: The Wyoming Valley was visited by a ter rific rain-storm. At Nanticoke there was a cloudburst, which did great damage to prop erty and created consternation among the inhabitants. The water fell in greit vol umes, and in a few moments the streets were entirely submerged. Several residences were carried, away. Thirty tenement-houses were entirely surrounded by water before the in mates could escare. and thev were forced to o to tne top or their nouses tor sarety, fter the rain ceased they were rescued by parties in boats. The roadbed of the Penn sylvania Railroad was washed out for nearly 200 feet, stopping all trains for some time. DESTRUCTIVE mm MAM HOUSES IN A PENNSYLVANIA TOWN INUNDATED. Great Damage Inflicted in West Virginia and Ohio, The town of Nanticoke, Penn. , was visited by a rainstorm the other afternoon which did a great deal of damage. A cloud over the central portion of the borough burst and let down the rain in torrents. In a short time the streets were entirely submerged, in some places the water being three feet deep. Main street, which is a receptacle for all the water from the surrounding hills, was turned into a river. The sewers were unable to carry off the water and burst. This let the water into the cellars of all the business houses in the street, damaging thou sands of dollars' worth of goods. As the rain fall increased the volume of water grew larger, and after passing in and out of the cellars made its way down Broadway to Arch street. Here it swamped a number of houses and carried them off their foundations. A dwelling occupied by Evan Morris sank about twenty feet, the earth underneath be ing washed away. The stove in the kitchen was upset and the ruins were soon in flames. Several of the neighbors w ent to the rescue of the inmates and succeeded after great difficulty in getting them out alive. Mr. Morris, who is an invalid, sustained injuries whieh may result in his death. The fire brigade were unable to get to the fire, but the rain soon quenched the flames. The butcher shop of John Kushke was wrecked and all the meat 'Went out with the flood. The water next entered the mouth of No. 4 Slope, but not in sufficient quantity to do much damage. When the large boiler- houses of the Susquehanna Coal Company were reached the river of water flowed in rapidly and soon reached the fire boxes, put out the fire and compelled a suspension of operation in the mines for the day. In a swamp in the rear of the armory are about twelve tenement houses occupied by laborers. The water surrounded the houses on all sides, and entirely submerged the first floors. The terror-stricken inmates were given no chance to make their escape, and, fearing death by drowning, they climbed to the roofs, whence they were rescued by parties in boats. All the railroad tracks lead ing from the coal breakers to the main track of the Pennsylvania Railroad were sub merged, and in some places the tracks were wasned away. It was about 3:30 when the station agent at the Pennsylvania depot hap pened to look up the track to the north. The next moment he saw about one hun dred tons of loose sand washed down from the high embankment on the track. The Hazelton express was about due. He rushed out of his office and up the track just in time to stop the train as it was rounding the curve. The engine was reversed go sud denly that the passengers were thrown out of their seats. The sand was piled up on the track for a distance of forty yards and the track was washed out 100 feet. Supt. Walters telegraphed at once for the wrecking train. The merchants on Main street will be heavy losers. The loss of property will reach $100,000. The deluge from the skies lasted forty minutes. Heavy Storms in West Virginia and Ohio. Almost continuous heavy storms lasting ten days have done a very large amount of dam age throughout West Virginia and con tiguous territory in Ohio. Railroad travel has been greatly interrupted, bridges washed away, live stock drowned, crops ruined, and great amounts of valuable lumber carried off. No through trains ran on the Ohio River Road south of Wheeling City for four days, and three or four passenger trains were blocked at Sisters ville. At New-Martinsviile, W. Va., the Meth odist church was wrecked by lightning. So much wet weather in June has not been known for a dozen years. ESCAPED FROM SALT LAKE. Experience of a Young English Con vert to Mormonism. t A dispatch from New York says: A wo man about 20 years old was accosted by Policeman Brennan in the Pennsylvania railroad depot in Jersey City because she ap peared to be in mental distress. She said she had relatives named Griffin in. South Eighth street, Williamsburg, and the police mam told her how to go to that city. To a reporter she told the following story: Her name is Eleanor Paston. About a month ago she, in company with seventeen other converts, who had been secured in Cornwall, England, was taken to Salt Lake City by Elder Bascom. She and Amelia Clegge were taken under the roof of Elder .bascom. Bascom bad three other wives, the principal one of whom was Hannah, a gray-haired woman, who became jealous and angry. Both the converts objecte i to be coming members of the elder's household. So on - night they tied together some clothing and lowered themselves out of the window. They ran a short distance and found them selves in an alley near the tabernacle. Here they were discovered by Elder Junius T. Wells, a Mormon who, Miss Payson says, sides with' the government. He took the two women to a stable and providod them with male attire. On the following morning he took them to the s ation and put them on the train. While they were standing on the platform Elder Bascom came along and inquired of Elder Wells whether he knew where the missing women were. Bascom failed to recognize them in their new garb. On the train they related their story to the women passengers, who provided them with -suitable clothing, while the gentlemen made up a purse for them. At Omaha Miss Clegge left the train in company with a lady who had promised her a situation, while Eleanor continued on to Jersey City. , 1 Miss raston is oi Drignt mteuect. one I savs she had no idea of the intention of Bas- com to marry ner uniu sue reouueu ouu Lake Cfty. A CRUEL JOKE. Res i Its in the Drowning of a Man and Boy. A dispatch from Wheeling, W. Va., says: Two lives were lost by drowning here. The steamers Princess and Elaine were lying at the wharf, and the engineer of the former Knat. thinking to play a practical joice on wiofl tioIav nnA of the crew of the latter. ! on the mud valve of the boilers sud- denly, at the same time yelling tto Baley to jump Baley sprang from the deck into the river and was swept away. A small boy named Eugene Fortney fell off a large stone into deep water and was also drowned. UNDER FALLING WALLS. Thrilling Scenes at a Fire Men Cov ered With Blazing Oil. A dispatch from Chattanooga, Tenn. , says : A tank of gasoline exploded on the first floor of the two story brick building near the northeast corner of Fourth and Market Sts., and caused a disastrous and fatal fire. The flames spread rapidly, and made their way into a two-story brick building adjoining on the south, the first floor of whieh was oc cupied by George J. Moehring, grocer. The Morgan House, a three-story frame building . north of where the explosion occured was soon enveloped in flame, and the proprietress, Mrs. Melissa Smith and family, barely es caped with their lives. Twenty-three men who lodged in the huuse lost all their posses sions. The flames spread with remarkable rapidity, and although the firemen fought them bravely and contested every inch, yet the Are gained steadily, being fed w.th all kinds of inflamable material. Henry Iler and Mat Peake, two nozzlemen of Lookout Fire Comany, ascended to the top of a burn ing building and were doing noble service, when the rear wall fell, burvinar the unfor tunate men in a mass of debris. A dozen heroic citizens and firemen, led by Chief Whiteside, rushed to rescue the men. The fire was raging on all sides of them, and walls were tottering, and men were shriek ing for the rescuers to flee for their lives, but their appea' only caused their efforts to be redoubled. Peake was buried up to his chin in hot debris, and a portion of his hand and head were the only signs to indicate where the men were buried. Peake was res cued in an unconscious condition, and will die from the effects of his terrible burns and internal injuriet Iler was found dead under a mass of debris. Humphrey Reeves, man ager of the Standard Gas Machine and Economizer Company, was blown out of the building, across the pavement, with his f clothes ablaze. He threw himself into the gut- rer ana exiinguisuea tue nre, out; not until 'fieuwas horribly burned. His condition is dangerous, but not necessarily fatal. James Reynolds and W. D. Miller, of Washington, D. C, two white men, and Peter Jones, col ored, were also terribly burned by the ex plosion. i Several other firemen were slightly in jured and some overcome by the heat. The iMorgan House and the brick structure occu 'pied by the gas company were owned by J. T. and C. F. Duffee ; loss $4,000, insurance 82,000. The double two story brick house on the corner, and also one in the rear, were the property of R. W. Hagan, loss $4,000, insuranca $1,300. The tenants in the upper stories of all the burned buildings lost all their effects. George Moehring, grocer, saved most of his stock, and his loss will not exceed five hundred dollars. HELD FOR HEAVY RANSOM. A Woman Who Had Just Inherited a Fortune Kidnapped. A dispatch from Detroit, Mich., says: A remarkable case of kidnapping and robbery, in which a Tuscola county woman is the victim, has just been made public. Last fall Mrs. Albert Brooks, of Juniata, Tuscola county, went to Denver to take possession of $80,000 in cash and real estate left her, she said, by an uncle. She reached Denver safely, received the money and made ar rangements for the management of the property. Since the time nothing has been heard of the woman, and several weeks ago Mr. Brooks went West to unravel the mys tery, if possible. He has returned and reports that no clue was found to the missing woman, and that he had placed the matter in. the ha -ids of detectives. A sister of Mrs. Brooks, who also received $SO,000 from the uncle, has put $10,000 in the hands of Den ver officers, to be used in finding her sister. Since Mr. Brooks has returned home he has received a letter from his wife, mailed at Boston, but indorsed by the postoffice authorities as having being forwarded from California for mailing. The letter is a plea for help. It says she is held a captive by a gang of men, who have already secured $20, 000 of her money, and are determined to have it all. The woman's captors tortured her in every imaginable way. She does not say where her place of confinement is. Last week a Denver detective at work upon the case, wired Mr. Brooks that he had discover ed the building in which Mrs, Brooks is im prisoned but has bee . unable to communicate with her. To add to the mystery' T. North, a Vassar banker recently received a package of letters, written by Tuscola county people to Mrs. Brooks, but no reason is given for sending them. Mr. Brooks is a poor man, and he has ex pended largely of his meager means to dis cover the whereabouts. of his wife and ex plain the mystery. PROHIBITIONISrS SCARED. A Main Whiskey Dealer Does a Great Business in Imported Liquors. A special dispatch from Augusta, Me. , says. 'The prohibitory law has just received a mest terrific set-back, and the people- are everywhere discussing the! new phase put on the liquor question by the action of Michael Burns, a well-known liquor dealer, who has brought to Augusta from Liverpool a large invoice of foreign distilled spirits, which he is selling to all who wish to purchase them all over the state. Mr. Burns closed his shop in March last and departed for Liverpool, where he entered into negotiations with one -of the largest importing houses in that city, or in the world for an unlimited supply of all kinds of distilled spirits. The United States law protects all persons importing liquors from foreign countries from prosecu tion under any state Prohibitory law for selling such goods in the original unbroken packages, and Mr. Burns has landed in Au gust an advance lot of the finest Irish whis key and Jamaica rum ever imported to that section. The goods came through the Port land custom-house, nd arrived there by freight. When the goods reached the depot they were loaded upon a cart and hauled w through the streets with the police officers looking upon the scene with wildly staring eves. Mr. Burn's store is now stocked with tne goods, and they are piled up in his win dows before the admiring gaze of til oppo nents of the prohibitory law. The retail price of the goods has been made so low as to be in easy reach of the purchasing public. The sales have already been tremendous. The prohibitionist are taken by surprise, and copies of the United St.tes Revised Statutes are in great demand." Advices from Alaska say white men are constantly migrating to the country, and its condition is rapidly improving as to civiliza tion and trade. There are many induce ments to hardy and industrious men to settle, in the way of fishing, stock raising, ardear ing, fur hunting and mining, .g.
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