Published by Koanoke Publishiko Co. ' . ' ' . ' "FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTII."
VOL. II.. tt -V PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE , 20, 1890
C. V. Acbbon, Business JUnagek.
no. r.
THE NEWS.
Charles X. Bailey, one of the Northern Pa
cific train robbers, was captured at New Salem,
D, John Burk, a stock dealer, was rob-
heel and terribly beaten by footpads in the
streets of Chicago. Robert Lawless, a des
perate character, was killed while trying to
Rain adniissiontna house near Mount Carmcl,
Pa.- E. II. Caldwell, a railroad contractor
at East Point, Ga., fell from a window and was
instantly killed. Burglars got away with
$20,000 worth of jewelry from W. D Nortone,
of GJoversville, N. J. J udge Wallace has
dismissed the writ of hobeascorpusin Kemm
ler's case.-- Edward F. CoHtello,abrakem'anl
' living in Palmer, Mass, shot and killed his
Infant child and then attempted his wife's life.
. ' An explosion of natural gas caused the
death of Mrs. Kepp and hor daughter Lizzie,
in Allegheny City, Pa.--Mri W. W. Dicker
on has bcerf nominated for Congress by the
Democrats, to succeed Carlisle. Roberts 8.
Wallace and J. B. Lowit, charged with rob
bing the editor of Wallace's Monthly of $50,
000, were brought to New York from Havana
-James Bannon fatally shot his brother-in-
lawj Daniel McNichols.in New York.- De
Witt county, 111., was visited by a cyclone
which did great damage.' Henry Capwell
of Mill City,' Pa., was seriously wounded by
Harry Post, a baker. Cnusn iealnuslv.-
Morgan Lewis was killed by lightning near
Olyphant; Pa.-- Lightning set fire to andde-'
stroyed the plant' of the Manhattan:Electrio
Light Company iir New York. -The iron
.steamship Hondo wasf burned to the water's
edge in New York. - . ; '
. A runaway horse dashed through th'ecenter
of an open street car at Fall River, Mass., kill
ing Miss Jennie Burke. -Whitecapsin Har
rison county, Thd. inflicted seventy-five lashes
on the1 back of Walter Rowe, a farmer,' whom
they charged with stealing chickens.-- A hew
elevator just completed for the Kentucky Cen
tral Railroad at a cost of $75,000 was burneuV
-the monument to the Uonlederate dead in
Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Va-i was un
veiled in the presence of ten thousand people.,
-One hundred iron workers employed in
Thomas Marrel's shipyard at Newburg, N. V,
went on strike. The business portion of the
town of Colchester, Ct., 'Was destroyed by fire.
Total losses $50,000. --Broker Pell, who
wrecked the Leno Hill Bank of New .York
city, was sentenced to seven and a-half yeaij
in state prison. In a collision of Freight
trains at Warrenton, 'Mo.,1 seven men, were
killed, fire injured and fifteen race horses also
killed. A mortgage for $2,000,000, given by
the Reading and Chesapeake Coal and Rail
road Company to the Farmers' Loan and Trust
Company, was recorded at Reading, Pa., the
line to run from Reading to Havre-de-Grace,
Md. There are ninety-seven candidates for
the errtirestnnniil Hoot. vnratpd hv Carlisle.
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The- thirty-eighth annual session of the
International Typographical Union opened in
Atlanta, Ga. Sympathy with the striking
street-men in Columbus, O., led to riotous
scenes. Joseph Montag, ft carpenter of Chi
cago, aged fifty-seven yeanv shot and killed
his wife and committed suicide.-- --The Trera
bath Hotel at Wilkesbarre, Pa., was burned;
and one or the guests, W. Paul Banbaugh,waa
burned to death. - ' '
In a collision between a construction and a
freight train, , near tHannibal, Mo., Firemen
Arthur Taylor and Berry Nelson were scalded
to death, and both engineers were injured.
James Pi erson, one of New York 's ex-"boodle
aldermen,' was fatally injured by a railroad
at Jersey City. Harris A. Smiler, a Salva
tion Army lieutenant, was convicted in New
York of murdering his. third wife. -Four
hundred Sons of Veterans, from all parts of
Pennsylvania, are attending the tenth annual
convention of the order at Wilkesbarre.
Fifty weavers employed in the Bethlehem, Pa
silk mill struck against a ten per cent, reduc
tion in wages. During the four weeks end
ing June 7, sixtynewassembliesoftheKnights
of Labor were organized, Bidsforover five
million dollars' worth of new naval ye$
were opened at the Navy Department. -ft
Thomas Sutton died after existing ninety-six
days without solid food.- O. H. Stevens, of
Kansas City, was buncoed out of $1,500 by a
young women.- -Black's Opera House at St.;
Johns, Quebec, was destroyed by fire.
Michael Conlon, a soap manufacturer of San
Francisco, shot and fatally wounded his wife
Atreasury agent tracked a number of Chi
nese ,who landed iu . Mexico a month ago to
Arizona and arrested them on the desert when
they had nearly perished for want of water.
By the breaking of a bin in a Chicago ele
vator 80,000 pounds of wheat poured down
upon Simo'n Bur man and Timothy Lynch, in
stantly killing them The Union Pacific
Railroad Company : has granted the demands
of its men. for an increase of wages. Mag
tic Baker, aged ten, Lola,' Al red and Chas.
Seib, aged respectfully 0, 7 and 3 years; were
drowned nt Rapids City, 111., their boat strik
ing the slmft of an old water-wheel belonging
to a mill and capsized. Miss Bell Mitchell
was' fatally, and Mrs.'. Edward V. Mitchell
(eriously, injured in a runaway accident at
Oswego, N. Y. :
" DISCIPLINFD iJY FLAME3.
A Small Boy Utera'Iy Roasts Ills Sister
to Death.
Nellie Dougherty, aged eleven years, daugh
ter of Patrick Dougherty, of Hazleton, Pa.,
was fatally burned 'by her brother, who is,
shout a year younger. The children had been
fishing. The boy built a fire to roast some
frogs which he expected to catch. Becoming
enraged at his sifter for some trivial act he
dragged her to the fire and held her over it
until her clothing became ignitul; but believ
ing that he could entingniwh it without seri
ously injuring her, he delayed in releasing
her. "When he did it was too late. Her skirts
were already ablaze, and all efforts to extin
guish them proved futile. 1
' In her desperation the child ran to a stream
dene by and threw herself into it. Some men
were passing arid they arrived just in time to
save the lite of the boy, whose clothing had
slso caught tire in his erlortsto save his sister.
The little girl was tnken from the writer un
conweioiis, She w hs horribly burned about the
body find legs and died a tew hours later, The
boy will recover.
STATE OF TRADE.
A Review of the Business Prospects
Throughout the . United States. r
Prospects of Silver legislation Increases
Business and Enlargens Bank Clear- :
lugs Trade Fairly Active.
, Special telegrams to BradstreePa indicate
only a fairly active general trade movement.
Prices of cotton and leather hoare advanced
F,at and West, which tends to produce higher
quotations for cotton fabrics and boots and
shoes, for which,demand is good. J At Phila
delphia there is a fair jobbing demand for
stock renewals, and crude iron is a little firmer.
At Pittsburg it is reported the volume of the
Spring trade will about equal that of 1889. i :
Business has been stimulated at St. Louis
by excellent weather, while at Memphis it is
only fairly active and at Cincinnati moderate.
There is an improved demand at New Or
leans, but the total volume of orders from the
interior is less than we expected. The like is
reported from Kansas City, and at Omaha
trade is ' not ; brisK, notwithstanding higher
prices for farm products stimulated trade dur
ing the Spring. At Chicago, however, there
appears to have been an active and very gen
eral demand in staples, but at St. Paul rela
tively less activity is reported, though trade
thdre has been of large volume.
Active speculation bas enlarged, clearings,
and the graud total for, thirty-seven cities is
the largest on record. The gain at a II cities is
'.'2.4 per cent, over April last, and 19.5 per cent
over May last year. At cities other, than New
York the gain over April is ten per cent, and
over May iHst year 13.5 per cent., the total
clearingsat 37 cities aggregated $35,778,150,448;
for the live months the clearings at o7 cities
aggregated $24,553,108,698.' a gain over last
year of 9.5 per cent, which in turn gained H
per cent, over the five months of 1888.
- Stock speculation'has returned to a bullish
basis on the prosriect of silver legislation,
though the market is narrow and professional,
the Trust stocks bving the feature. Available
stocks of wheat declined very slowly -during
May, owing to heavy shipments of wheat by
farmers, stimulated by high prices.4 This, with
a large, increase iii the quantity 'afloadfo
Europe, serves to increase stocks in sight in
Europe, America and afloat about 2,000,000
bushels as compared with May 1st. ' During
January and February these stocks declined
10,000,000 bushels per monthf Jt he decreases
were smaller in the t wo fol lowing months.while
in May stocks piled up to excess of consump
tive demands, something quite unusual at this
secson. . v. '. , ' .
Exports of w heat, (and flour as wheat), on
both coasts equaj 2,324.610 bushels this week,
against l,778,yy bushels in the like week
year ago, and 1,692,' &6 bushels last week.
Total shipments July 1, 18SP, to date, equal
100,502,544 bushels against 81,861,433 bushels
in a like portion of 1888-1889.
Dry goods are in moderate; sale at Eastern
markets. Cotton goods are generally very
strong, and advances are reported of from i ot
a cent to one cent on leading classes of goods.
Print, cloths alone show weakness, and are
nearly 1-16 lower on slow demand.' Jobbers
report trade rather slow, as usual at this sea
son. Woolens are in restricted movement, and
short time is reported in many cassimerc,
hosiery and flannel mills.
, Wool is quiet and unchanged. Receipts oi
new wool are large, but not sufficiently so to
influence prices. Raw cotton is 5-15 of a cent
lower. Crop accounts, are improving.
Business failures reported to Bradatreet'i
number 175 in the United states this week,
against 140 last week and 201 this week last
year, Canada had 27 this week, against 12
last week. ' The total njniber or failures in
the United States, January 1st to date, is 4,943
against 5,245 in a like portion of 1889. r .
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DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES.
Forja workmen wer injured, Wm. Fre
fatally, by the fall of a portion of a new
building in Dunbury, Connecticut. '
Wli.tlE.and Harry Patterson, aged respec
tively 12 and 9 years, were drowned while
bathing in the Brandy wine, near Wilmington,
Delaware. '
' The village of Loveland, eight miles below
Missouri Valley, Iowa, was almost entirely
destroyed by a "water spout." Several per
sous are reported to have perished. , .
PAKT of the ruins of an old church in Free
port, Illinois, fell, carrying down with it five
inen all of whom were injured, Chas. Rudolph
and Peter Zimmerman, it is feared, fatally. .
Geobge Hayes, a brakeman, waskilled at
Windsor, Ontario, by being caught between
cars. Hayes was the principal witness for the
Dominion in the celebrated Birchell-Benwell
murder case. " , -
'p A FAMILY named Campeau, living in Lake
George, a village 40 miles from Ottawa On
tario, were poisoned by eating wild parsnips.
Two boys died and the doctor fears that the
grandfather and another child will die. ,, :J
A TELEGRAM from Lima, Peril, reports that
the severest earthquake known there for many
rears occurred about 10 minutes before. 2
o'clock A. M. It was lollowed by two otheK
shocKS, wnicn, tnougn milder tnan tne nrst,
were of more than the average severity.' .
- Mes) Robert Morrow attempted to light
a fire with kerosene at her home in Durango,
Colorado.': An explosion occurred which set
fire to the clothes of the woman, her 4-yeax-old
son and her young baby. They all three
perished in the house, which was burned be
fore any assistance could be rendered. .
; John Kane, aged 4 years, fell into a mill
pond in Dednam, Massachusetts, and was
swept the whole length of the covered flume,
150 feet, in a raging torrent six feet deep. Ha
was taken out of the rack near the wheel in
an unconscious condition, but was soon resus
citated. He was appareutly uninjured.
A PARTY of young people left Leadille,
Colorado, on a tshing tripdown the Arkansas
river. When they reached the Midland
bridge a young man named Breanan attempt
ed to assist Annie Berry and . Laura May to
cross upon a plunk which was laid across the
stream. When in the centre of the plank it
turned, throwing all thre into the roaring
waters. ; After a nurd struggle Brennan man
aged to save himself, but the two girls were
drowned, . .
REVENGED BY A BROTHER. ,
Owen Bradley Kills a Man for Vlhlpplng
One of I1U Family. ' ,
. Owen Bradley fatally shot Price Jennins,
at Lexington, Ky. Jenkins whipped William
Bradley, Owen's brother. WhenOwen Brad
ley returned from the Latonia race track at a
late hour he learned of what had happened and
swore vengence.
Ei?ht yesrs ngo Owen Rradley was sent to
the penitentiary for horse stealing, but was
pardoned mit for the active part he took jn
preventing a general outbreak of the convicts,
when M-vcrul of thorn were killed while try
ing to e fleet wholesale release. Two years
at'o Emreiie Hutcll shot him, it was thought
fatally, but In- finally recovered. y"
Owen Brad ley has been on the tuff about
six years and i: considered one of ,thi luckiest
(rs.i-" ff ihorouiihbrcds in the Wist.
SOUTHERN ITEMS.
. , INTERESTING . NEWS COMPItEli
FROM MANY SOURCES. , ,
Over one hundred houses are now in course
of erection at Charlottesville Va.
Aaron Calhoun, of Pendleton county, Va.,
fell into a small stream and was 'drowned. -George
McAfee, of Clarksburg, W.' Va., aged
17 years, was drowned while bathing in Elk
creek. 1 - ,
The tax rate for St. Mary's county, Md, for
1890 is 93 cents on the $100 a reduction of 4
cents over that of last year. . ,
The spot where Gen. A. P. Hill was killed,
near Petersburg, Va., has been identified and
a marble tablet will be erected toonark it. ,
The Odd Fellows of Oxford, N. C, have
decided to erect a temple at a cost of $10,000,
It will be three stories high and 40x100 feet.
During a fight between a Sheriff's posse and
a gang of outlaws and murderers in Winston,
county, Alabama, Henry Barficld, a despera
do, was killed. ; , .
The new assessment of the city of Manches
ter, .Va, shows an increase of $953,393. This
is an increase of nearly 70 per cent, in taxable
values over the previous aHsessment.
Walter Fox, of Lexington, a printer, who
recently patented an electric danger signal,
has sold his invention toaCharlottesvillesyn
dieate for $30,000, and gets fifty shares of the
stock. ' ",. , '
The army-worm is now in many sections of
Dorchester county. Md., but the wheat is so
far advanced that the pest will not prove as
destructive as in the lower couuties of the
peninsula. ',
t"-There has never been a season wh!n..th.ft.
outlook for fine crops were better in North
Carolina. ' If no accident occurs there will be
a larger yield of cotton and cereals han for
many years. ". ' v "
The Farmers' Alliance tobacco factory in
Durham, N. Cn is now an assured fact, and
work wm be commenced in a few days, as all
the necessary machinery has been placed in
the building. .. ' ' . j; .t
Five thousand menare at work on the western
extension of the Norfolk. fe Western Railroad
at this time. The extension will be 190 miles
fromthit fork of the Elk Horn to the Ohio
river at Irontou. . , . - .";
--During a thunderstorm .the storehouse of
A. D Ellis, nine miles north of Louisburg,
N. C., was struck by lightning and entirely
destroyed. There no insurance on either house
V or goods, and the loss is about $2,800. . .
A splendid quarry of granite has just been
discovered on land in the vicinity of Greens
boro, N. C, owned loy ex-Governor Scales and
others. f The quantity is said to be Unlimited,
and the find will be developed at once.
Three persons named Stallard, father, sou
and daughter, in Wise county Va., have been
arrested for lamperiug with, the mails by Post
office Inspector rttatnenborough. Stallard was
a postmaster at o;ne of the cross-roads.
While drilling for oil at the Colfax well, in
Marion county, W. Va., the drill, at a depth
of eighteen feet, struck a ledge of iron ore n ve
feet thick and very rich in quality. . A few
feet deeper a second vein three feet thick was
struck. - - .
; Av dispatch received . in Richmond, Va,
states that a collisioiroccurred six miles' east
of the natural tunnel on the South Atlantic
and Ohio Railroad, between a passenger mixed
train and a construction train. Both engines
were demolished. , .
A new academy, at which advanced studies
can be pursued, will be opened at Oxford, Tal
bot county, Md., in the Fall, but Major Bur
gesswho at one time conducted, a school at
the place, will in no way be connected with
the new enterprise. .
j William Taylor, living at Hambleton, on
the West Virginia Central Jtailroad, acciden
tally shot his 18-year-old daughter while
handling a revolver. T ball entered near
the left eye, taking a com se almost around the
skull, coming out near Jhe right eye. r x
At Griffithsville, Lincoln county, West Vir
ginia, Alexander Stowers and Tom Wheeler
quarreled because Wheeler persisted in cross
ing Stowers's field. Stowers knocked Wheeler
down, when the latter got up, seized a keen
bladed axe and cut off Stowers's right arm at
the shoulder. ': ;. - t ., ' . ' .'. '
John - Phillips,- colored, was convicted at
Boydtown, the county seat of Mecklenburg
county, Va,of the murder of Capt. R. C Over
by, and sentenced to be hanged August 15,
1890. . The prisoner was taken to Petersburg
in charge of thelPetersburg Grays, who were
on duty at the trial.
A few days ago diptheria of a malignant
type broke out in the family of Mr. Richard
Kefauver, a farmer, residingnear Middletown,
Md- which resulted in the death of two daugh
ters. There are six children remaining in the
family, and Willie, aged three years, is at
present dangewtasly ill. !
Adeedftrust for $3,000,000 from the Lynch
burg arw jDurhain Railroad Company to the
Mercarii e Trust Company, of New York, has
Deen n
fi I !l in the clerk'g office of the Lynch
Cj "ifffation Court. This deed of trust is
burg CI 'juration
executl Jn sken
and exVnsiu o& the road
The city of Richmond, Vs., through counsel
instituted a suit against the estate and the
sureties of the late Alex. R. Woodson, city col-
i lector: for $38,570.26. This is the amount an
f V 1, i: .1.1 .
expert oook Keeper wnoexamineu me accounts
of the late Mr. Woodson reported to be due the
city of Richmond by him.
J.Charlton Simpson, a grominent contrac
tor, builder and.nnaertaker, of Fincastle, Bote
tout county, Va, committed suicide. Vhile
preparing a coffin for the burial of alittlecfaild
he broke from his wareroom, ran half a mile
to a secluded place and plunged a knife in his
breast. He lived only a few minutes after a
nursuing party found him. . .
Two boys, Willi Potter and'John Davis,
sons oi tne mayor and clem ot court of Beau
fort,
brt, N. C, ages respectfully, 16 and 17 years,
eft their home to eo swimniinc. Thev failed
1
to retuniTind search was made, resuitingm the
finding of a boat containing all their closes.
The pre v ai 1 ing opinion is that on e was d ro wned
in attempting to aid the other, v ; ' 2 '
W. F. Snyder, of Philadelphia, has sold to
the Potomao Mining and Reduction Company ;
a tract of iron lands on the Potomac river,
twelve miles from Leesburg, Va, and oppo
site the Point of Rocks depot of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, know as the Old Furnace
tract, containing 626 acres, for $20,000. hi;
Conrad Hartagon, aged about 60 years, a
native of Frankfort-on-the-Main, died at his
residence, near Emmitsbnrg, Md, from the ef
fects of an overdose of laudanum, with suicidal
intent. ' On two other occasions during the
past few years he had made unsuccessful at
tempts at euicide, once by poison and once by
cuttingan artery. From theevidence gathered
the authorities deemed an inquest unnecessary.
The proposition t issue $60,000 worth of
county bonds and lend the proceeds to the Del
aware and Chesapeake Railway Company to
aid in the const ruction of the proposed Greens
borough and Federalsbnrg Railroad was voted
on in Denton, Md, at a Rpecial election. The
county will be secured by a first mortgage on
the entire line of 22 miles, and the Joan will
bearintercst attherate of two per ccntper an
num. ' -The
Shickle, Harrison & Howard Iron Co.,
of St. Louis, who employ ohout l.Of.K.r men in
their immense establishment, have formed a
new company, to be known as the Hon ard-H ar
rit'3 I rtn C rr.pai'j, m i: h a c&i ltd! ot 0
Thev will erect an extensive plant at B
mer, Ala, and go largely into the pipe-mali
branch of the iron business, i ney go to Bt
mer to be nearer the point of productio
J rig metal, and also to get the advantag1
ower freights. . ' -
The negotiations which have been gointf
for the past two montns Between tne Aetna
Standard Rollincr Mills, of Wheeling. W.
continues and the representatives of an l!
lish syndicate for the sale of the mills, can
an agreement, as fer as the Aetna is concert
Tne price paid is 3iou,uw, ana a xorieii oi
000 has been deposited. The negotiation.'
the Standard Mill have not been com pic
but they will be in a week or ten days.
management of .the Aetna will remain at
head of the enterprise for the next two yu
The commencement exercises of the Uni
sitv of North Carolina, were held at Chi
Hill, in the presence of a large and enthun
Irt naomVilacA A rVioi'i" nf hiatnrv tins n
endorsed in the university by the Alumni 1
eociation. Col. W, H. S. Burgwyn, profe.l, ,
of history, is to write the history of North CAo-T
lina. A gift of $10,000 has been made to Che I
university Dy lion. J. Ai. uarr, oi jjurnam, .
, and a donation of $12,000 by Hon. Jas.
Grant, of California, but formerly of Daven
port, la. The trustees have elected Horace
H. Williams, a graduate of the university, to
the chair .of moral philosophy.
DAKOTA TRAIN ROBBERS.
A Clever Express Messenger Outwits the
Thieve by Hiding the Money .
The Northeri-oifialbonnd passenger
train was robbed by masked 1tnen near New
SalemN. D., a few days ago., :
. Two miles ejUt of New Salem and 25 miles
west of Mandan the engineer and fireman were
susprised by Swo masked men climbing over
the tender and ordering the train stopped at
the ends of big revolvers. The summons was
obeyed. . Express Meraenger Angevine, hear
ing shots fired forward, and suspecting some
thing, hid $600 irr money from the safe.locked
the safe, also locked the small safe, put outthe
lights and ran back to New Salem. The mail
car was first tackled by the robbers. Only
one mail agent wits in the car and he immedi
ately obeyed orders by turning over the mail
matter. , .. , , '
A number of registered letters were rifled
and then the two robbers turned their atten
tion to the express cr. This they found deserted,
much to their chagrin, and mistaking the fire
man for the express messenger, they ordered
him at the point of pistols to open the safes.
He protested that he knew nothing about it
and finaUv satisfied the robbers. The train
backed to New Salem and finally carneoneast.
The express messenger remained in cognito
and got on the train as it left New Salem. The
passengers were not touched. One put his head
out of the window during theMifay, but was
told to get hia back and a bullet whizzed past
his head as a reminder that orders had.better
be obeyed.
Aposseofmen with the Sheriff, mounted and
armed, left Mandaneon a special train for the
scene of the daring robbery. The robbers com-
Selled Engineer. Kilmartin to break in the
oor of fhe postal car. ' Only four masked men
were seen at any one time, and suspicions are
rife that only two were engaged in the work.
During the controversy in the mail car the
mask fell from the face of one man, who is re
.ported to be of medium height and build, light
hair and with several days' growth of light
beard. As the district around N ew Salem is
peopled by quiet, law-abiding settlers, the rob
Jery is presumed to be the work of people un-
Known in mat pari oi tne country. . ,
ENTOMBED ALIVE.
A Chicago Man Awful Fate He Dies In
. Hi Grave.
A Chicago paper prints the following story
and gives a three column account with details
that seem to afiirm its truthr , J
The .funeral of John Buske, who died sud
denly, was held at his residence, and after the
services the body was earried to the cemetery;
While the body was lying in the casket the
friends had remarked at the life-like appear
ance of the face, but the doctor had pro
nounced the man dead and the sorrowing
relatives did not feel like going contrary to
the doctors opinion. '.
" When the cortege reached the cemetery
some one suggested that the coffin should be
opened, but this was voted down, notwith
standing that a tapping from the inside of the
coffin indicated that there was life there. As
the body was being lowered into the grave
the tapping became more pronounced, but the
people had assembled for a funeral and it had
to take place. , ; ft .
The coffin was dropped into the grave, the
earth fell on the casket and in a short tiuethe
little mound covered the secret covered it
for a time merely, for the grave was opened,
the coffin removed and an examination of the
body showed that the victim had been mur
dered through the carelessness of the attend
ants. Buske's body was' twisted, his features
distorted, his tongue bitten nearly in two and
his finger nails imbedded in the flesh. There
was every indication that a horrble struggle
had taken place. - -'
FORTY BURNS) TO DEATH.
Result of an Awful Conflagration In lb
Ural Mountains, Russia
, Reports have been received in St. Peters
burg of disastrous conflagrations and great
loss of life and property in the mining dis
tricts oi the Ural mountains.
The iron works at Ufaleisk and Newjanck,
a thousand , dwelling-houses, four school
houses, three churches, the hospitals and the
magazines were completely destroyed.
lorty persons were burned to death, and
18,000 were made homeless by the destruction
of the towns.
MARKETS ' '
BArrlMOREFlour City Mllls,extra,$4.75
$5.00. .Wheat Southern riltz. eWajtiS,
brn Southern White, 4546c, Ifellow
41(a42c. Oatt Southern and Pennsylvania
31(0)330, Ryo Mary land and Pennsylvania
6162o. Hay Maryland and Pennsylvania
12.50$13.00. 1 Straw Wheat, 7.5O$3.50.
Butter Eastern Creamery, 1415c, near-by
receipts 12(a) 13c, Cheese Eastern Fancy
Uream, lUMiic, vvwtern, ytsje. r.g
14i15c. Tobacco, Leaf Interior, 1$2.00,
Good Common, 3.00$4. Middling, 6$7.00.
Good to fine red, 8&$9. Fancy, 10(o13.
, New Yowc Flour Southern Good to
choice extra, $3.053.15. W heat No. 1 White
D5196. Rye State 5800c. , Corn South
ern Yellow, 42i42c. .Oats Whit. State
34i3Sic. Butter State, 1 S;184c. Ctoeet
State 95 10c. Eggs 14i14c. :
; Phlladeiphia Flour Pennsylvania
fancy, 4.25(3! 1.75. Wheat, Pennsylvania and
Southern ft d, 93(96. Rye Pennsylvania
5H(itXXs. Co.n Southern Yellow; 40i401c
Oats S5(5i3.r)ic. Butter State, 14(14c.
Cheese-New York Factory, 10(,10c Eggs
State, 15& 15 Jc. '
4 CATTLE. ' ' .
Baitimore Beet $4.7,'f.i.$5.O0. Sheep
H.(H(a$5.H). Hops H.dvQi .0. - ; ;
New York Beet M..'iii; ),7.7J. Sheep'
H'Hi :5,'. i. n.i-s-4 ?.' ri ' ill -
l'.-r 1 nT TiTy Be-f -i -i' i$4"a Sheeiv.
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tioUmTstCTirpiii rii"t acmyw wTtmvwBf, and
6W residents were compelled to desert their
homes. Many will lose their entire house
hold effects. The village of Manawa, South
of that city on Lake Manawa, is under five
feet of water and entirely deserted. The ter
ritory in the South part of Council Blufls, for
a distance of three miles to the Southeast, is
under four feetof water. All the farms in the
Pegon Valley, which includes Boomer, Hazel
del and Crescent Townships, are flooded un
der three feet of water. In Cass County the
BotnaRiver is out of its banks and overflow
ing the bottom. Corn fields on low lands are
submerged and the crops are ruined.
At Clinton, Iowa, a terrific gale blew from
10 to 3, breaking down trees, wrecking a large
house, taking away part, of the roof of the
High School building in Lyons and doing
other similar damage. It caught the steamer
Nina, with a log raft, wrecking two brails
valued at $3000, . A, bridge on the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy Railroad, over Red
ford Slaugh, caught fire, destroying 175 feet of
It, so that trains could not cross. Not a drop
of rain fell during the whole storm, nor were
there any clouds, but the gale was terrific,
coming from the (Southwest.
Ontario Storm-Swept ' '
BAEKIE, Ont. The most disastrous flood
that ever visited this town took place in con
sequence of two days' heavy rain. The main
drain caved in and was, consequently of no
nse in carrying away the tremendous flow
that came down from the hills along the roads
like immense rivers. -All the streets in the
central portion of the town -were completely
submerged, the principal business thorough
fares presented an awful sight. . The water
was fully two feet deep, and many stores were
flooded. The streets in the vicinity of Five
Points are washed away to a depth of from
si to eight feet. The chasm at present is
fully fifty feet wide. ...The vast body of water
which rushed down carried everything in its
path to the bay. The railway track is washed
away and traffic is blocked. ' A number of
freight cars were washed into the bay. . The
rainfall was phenomenal.
A cloudburst occurred a few miles from
Brooklyn which caused the creek which runs
through i that village to assume the propor
tions of a mighty river and a great amount
of property was destroyed and a number of
buildings carried away. Six bridges and the
roads were washed out in all directions. Ow
ing to the track being washed away railway
coram unication with the village is interrupted.
The amount of damage to roads and bridges
in Brooklyn Township is placed at $ 25,U00
and that is only part of Ihe whoie loss.
,- Damage In Jfew. Yorli, State"..
Eimira. N. Y. The most terrific thunder
storm of the year prevailed here.0; The house
of James A. Ward was struck, by lightning
and burned.., At Waverley there was- cJoud
burst and the streets and many cellaw v
flooded, doing much damage. The Erie S
were also covered for a timei An ErieV
senger train was caught in the storm be
A averiy and the passengers were greatly
rifled by the unprecedented severity of
hail storm which prevailed. At Leraysvi
Pa ten eowg on A. Stephens' farm were kil
by lightning while standing under a ti
Silas Kogg, a farmer who lived near MictuJ
NY., was killed by lightning while seek
sneiter nnaer a tree.
Lightning's Four Victims.
Charleston,1 W. Va. Lightning did sd
terrible worK at the pioneer cxal wor
six miles above this city. During the hea
storm a stroke of lightning struck the ecl
pany's barn, balling lorn juices, stable b
Sumner Stephenson, a colored boy, and v
tially paralyzing William Dills,the compan
store superintendent, ana a boy named V
Alexander. -
: Stephenson's clothes were ignited by
lightning. Dills and Alexander will recov
but ; narrowly escaped instant death. T
barn was slightly injured.
How Burlington Suffered. t
Bcrlington, N. J. Burlington was
ited by a severe electric storm. A vacii
house on Pearl Street and several large trj
were struck by lightning and badly shatterd
Miss Ridie Pettit, residing ; on , Eede
Street, was sitting at. a window in whichf
wire screen was adjusted, at her home
bolt of the fluid entered the house, striki
Miss Pettit paralyzing her left side. Wh
she regained consciousness she was tak
with a severe neaiorrnage-
SMOTHERED IN WHEAT.
Two Workmen tn a Chicago Elevnt
Crushed to Death.
William P. Harvay & Co.'s grain elevat
was the scene of an accident in which tv
laboring men, Simon Purman and Timotl,
Lynch, were instantly killed. ,
In company with Peter Gill thev wera
gaged in emptying a grain bin containing &
000 pounds of wheat. . The bin in which tb
were at work wasalmsMt empty and the weig
of the grain in the adjoining bin caused tl
partition to break, and the broken partith
crashed down upon the men in the empty bi
and the 80,000 pounds of wheat covered the
Up. - "r' "'", 1
GUI struggled out of the bin, getting : hi
hands upon a beam over his head and drel
himself up out of danger, lie gave the alarm
aud when the grain was removed, and ti l
broken partition raised the crushed remain!
or furman and Lynch were found.
. IcoLiisioN in, Virginia;
Both Bnsrlnea Demolished Six Men Ksrli
ously Injured." :
A special dispatch from Richmond, Vai
states that a collision occurred six miles eaa
-.t. , t m i " i it t . !
oi me iM aturu i unnei, on souwi Auanii
and Ohio Railroad, between a passenger mixe
train and a construction train. Both engine
were demolished. ' .'h ' "
The injured are: 5v " I ::
Jeff Price, commercial agent BristelTenn
lnjureU internally, wul prolbly die. I
Charles Carpenter, engineer, leg broen.
Frank Surfttce, Lynchburg, Bote hrok'
and otherwise injured."'-'""
N IL Beachhoard, Milton Tottn,-;Joier
P. Morris, fOBfiUutttoo h0i, iajurei mv.
: r JTY-FIRST , CQHGEEpa
t Senate Sessions. ,
125th Day Among the bills rrporTen ffom
committees and placed on the csflcndar were
the following: Senate bill fur the assessment
and collection of wster main taxes. A new
conference was ordered on the Dependent
Pension bill, and Messrs. Davis, Sawyer and
Blodgett were appointed conferees on the part
of the Senate. The Silver bill was taken up
and Mr. Plumb addressed the Senate. A ftr
an extended argument the bill was laid nsnle.
After an executive session the Senate ad
journed. - ' '
. 126TH Day. The Senate proceeded to the
consideration of bills on the calendar, and the
following among others were passed: The
Senate bill to provide an additional sssocii-te
justice of the Snpreme Court of the Territory
of Arizona. The House bill relieving the
Southern Exposition, at Louisville, Ky.,fr!in
liability for duties on certain goods from Rus
sia sent for exhibition. After passing a num
ber of bills, the Senate adjouoned. , .
127th, Dat:. The Senate Silver bill was
taken iip, and Mr. Coekrell addressed the Sen
ate. At the cWeof Mr. Ooekrell's speech the
House Silver bill was laid before the Senate.
It was ordered printed and laid on the tab!.
Mr. Vest asked the Senate to take up the bnl
reported by him from the select committee oa
the transportation and sale of meat product.1!,
"to prohibit monopoly in thetransportation of
cattle to foreign countries," and stated, as a
reason why action should be taken immedi
ately .that the ta ri ff bi ll.as he had been i nform od
by a memberof the Finance Committee ,wouM
be before the Senate within a week. The Sen
ate without acting on the bill adjourned.
i 128th Day. On Motion of Mr. Morrill, the
House Silver bill was referred to the Einnnee
Conimittee. The Senate Silver bill was taken
up, and unanimous eonsent was given thi.it
after threeo'elock on Fridayuext debatesha'l
be limited to five minates by any senator on
any question. Mr. Call made a speech, after
which the Silver bill went over till to-mor-rowi'
The conference report on the bill to
cure a site for the city postoffic of Washington
was read. ; The site selected by the Senate is
the one fixed ri" the square on the south
side of Pennsylvania Ave. between Eleven li
and Twelfth streets. The cost of the site ss
not to exceed $800,000. The report was agreed
to without division. The Senate then, after ,
an executive session, adjourned. . -
i 129th Da Y. The Senate bill extending the
criminal jurisdiction of the circuit and dis
trict courts to the great Lakes and their con
necting waters, was passed. Mr. Morrill,
from the Committee on Finance, reported
back,, favorably,, and with sundry amende,
ments, the House Silver bill. The Senate
Silver bill was taken np, and Mr.- Eustis ai
dressed the Senate. The bill went over till
to-morrow. Mr. Allison, from the conference
committee on the Pension Appropriation bill,
presented a report and stated that the only
point of disagreement was the amendment
adopted by the Senate increasing the number
of pension agents from eighteen to twenty. A
further conference was asked. The Senate
then passed seventy-five individual pension
bills, aud adjdtirned.
... V . -, ', I, -: - ',' -
House Sessions.
134th Day. The silver debate was re
sumed in the House. After speeches by
Messrs. Lind, Lacy; Walker, Peritins and
McRae, the House took a recess until eight
o'ck! the evening session .being devoted to.
a general debate oa the Silver bill. v . f
135th DAY. In the'House" before the be
ginning of the debate on the silver bill, Mr
Conger, in charge of the bill, at the request ol
Mr. Pay son, modified his substitute so as to
provide that the treasury notes issued in pur
suance of the bill shall be a legal tender in
payment of all dqfcts,. pnblie and private,
strikingoutthe following words: Except where
otherwise expresslystipulated in thecontract.'
Pebate was then continued until 3 o'clock,
nen the previous question was considered ns
lered. Mr. Bland moved to recommit thn
ull. with Instructions to the committee to r?-
rrortn tree en-Tinge mil ine mooon