Published by Koakokb Publishing Co.
C. V. Ausbow, Bobinebs Manager.
'TOR (OD. FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH."
VOL. II.
PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1890.
NO. 11.
THE NEWS.
An old man named Rhea was struck by
lightning while walking on a road in Bath,
, Va. New York detectives Lave captured
two of the gang of counterfeiters who have
been flooding tho ' country with bogus two
dollar silver certificates. Because one
uuicner ox uanvuie, Va,, was Imprisoned for
violating a city ordinance, the others closed
their stalls and refused to sell meats until the
, ordinance ; ; was changed. The ' Natural
Bridge property in Virginia has been sold to
a Massachusetts and Virginia syndicate foi
$300,000. In a collision between a freight
and a work train on the Northern Central
Railroad, near, York, several men were in
jured, a lot of boys killed and cars demolished.
- Frank Vjllerman, secretary of the Ger
man and the Continental Building and Loan
Associations of Denver, Col.j is short in his
accounts about $30,000, and has turned over to
the associations about $10,000 worth of prop
erty and resigned. Morris Sullivan's sixteen-year-old
son, at Anna, 111., tried to rob
and murder his parents.. -Delegates of dairy
associations in nineteen states met in Chicago
to organize tin association to prepare an ex-
, hibit forthe World's Fair. Three members
vi ine i.iniujr oi nenry came, ai Winnipeg,
Manitoba, were killed at supper by a stroke
of lightning. A family of five persons were
burned to death at Quebec- Sections of
Minnesota were swept by another terrible
storm; a chair factory in North St. Paul being
demolished. -Wm. , Griffin, aged ninety
years, in attempting to rescue his little grand
son from drowning at Toronto lost his own
Jife. Millard Densel, fell out of a window
at York, Pa., and killed himself.- Three
. brothers named Goldner were killed by light
ning while sitting together on a lounge at
, Norwalk, Ohio. The National Womans'
Relief Corps Home for Soldiers' Mothers,
Wives and Army Nurses, at Madison, Lake
:.; county, Ohio, was dedicated under the direc
tion of Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer, of Philadel
phia, national president of the Woman's Re
lief Corps.';,:;- ' ; : "Z :.'..-'.
A committeeof the World's Fair Commission
is in Philadelphia conferring with gentlemen
who figured prominently in the Centennial
. Exhibition committee.- Herbert and John
Kennedy, Jr., of the Tarentum (Pa;) Bank,
have been arrested, charged with embezzle,
ftacnt Congressman Kerr, of Clearfield, Pa
Was chosen chairman of the Democratic Penn
sylvania State Committee. Joseph Griffin,
a farmer, of Dyersburg, Tenn.,'shot and killed
a farm hand who had made indecent propo
sals to his daughter. The west-bound limited
express on the Erie' collided with a freight on
a curve near Ashland, O. The freight had
broken down. Engineer Jonn Dido, of the
limited express, reversed his engine and
jumped. lie escaped with a few bruises. The
engine and four freight cars were demolished.
- Lieutenant C. V. Donaldson, of the United
States infantry at Fort Grant, Arizona, and
Miss Lottie Spurgeon were drowned at Santa
Ana, Cal. Four large breweries of Min
neapolis have consolidated with a capital of
$1,000,000. E. II. El well, editorof the Port
land (Me.) Transcript, died at Bar Harbor of
heart disease. Wm. Johnson, aged sixteen
years, who was bitten by a dog three months
. ago at Lowell, Mass., died of hydrophobia.
A Hfpnm annwviu hiirnpd nn T,V Minlitomn
insight of Chicago. Loss $3,000. -Johnllae-
berle, of Philadelphia, has sued Charles Beyer
for $50,000 damages for the loss ofhis wife,who,
he claims, committed suicide because of false
charges made by Haeberle. George Ball,"
manager of the Belding soda works at Marys
ville, Cal., was murdered, his clothing rifled,
and the building fired to hide the crime.
The body of Matthias Berger, known in Berks
and Schuylkill counties; Pa., as the "Blue
Mountain Hermit," was found about one mile
A 1 . , . "W 1 1
jrom nis nut on ine due Mountains, jc oui
' play is suspected. Painters set , fire to a
church steeple in Brockton, Mass., and nearly
the whole town was destroyed. t
A passenger train on the Jamea river divi
sion of the Cincinnati and Ohio Railroad, at
Gladstone, Va., ran into a freight train, and a
negro tramp was killed, and Engineer Wm.
Clowe aud Fireman W. G. Miller inj ured -The
general offices of the Northern Pacifio"
Express Company, at Chicago, were entered
by masked thieves, who, at the point of re
. vol vers, compelled two clerks to hand over
$l0,000.:-One hundred and fifty people were
prostrated by. drinking contaminated water
from an old well at a picnio near Solon, la.
. The town of Sherman, N. Y., was partially
destroyed by fire. Loss, $50,000. John D.
. Henley, of Lake Village, N. II., in a fit of
ft 3pspondency, cut his throat. He was a prom
inent member of the Grand Army.- An ac
commodation train on the Monon Railroad,
near Smithville, Ind., collided with a freight
train and ten lives were lost. Joseph R.
Huntley, a lawyer of Long Island, was sen
tenced to nine years in the State prison for
embezzling $21,000 belonging to clients.
Bernard Clifford, a farmer near La Grange,
Ky., was struck by lightning and instantly
killed. He was just going into his stable with
bis step-son, Willie Smith, when the lightning
was seen to envelop him and the crash was
heard. Mrs. Floretta Russell, of Ottawa,
Kansas, was robbed of $10,000 in cash, which
she was carrying in a hand-satchel on the
streets of Omaha. Miss Nancy "Goodrich,
110 years old, died in Bloomfield, Ct., hei
birthplace., She had been in good health.
A monument is being made at Rutland, Vt.,
to be erected at Annapolis in memory of the
ill-futoH Tinnnpttf mill f'nminnniloi' Tl Tvtit
. Thomas Martin, Johi McNulty and John
McDonald, miV V, employed by thePennsyl
vania Coal Coiftnany at Pittston, Pa., were
arrested forthe murder of James Hughes, ol
Oregon. -Th Gould headquarters, Mer
chanti' Exchange aud Henderson Buildings,
at Dallas, Texas, were destroyed by tire; low
$150,000. f ' ' ' ,
A to uno man who macfe a wager thai
ho could court thirty young women in
cne month saya he is now "on his last
lap." He r ill win by a tight sneeze.
DHATH OF GEN. FREMONT
He Expires Suddenly in New, York of
Peritonitis.
Sketch of Ills Expeditions Through) the
Rocky Mountain Which 'Earned Htm
th Title of "Pathfinder."
1 General, Fremont died at his residence 49
West Twenty-fifth street, New York city, at 4
o'clock of peritonitis. His death was sudden
and unexpected. ? ... - ;
GENIRAL JOHW O. FREMONT.
John Charles Fremont was a brave Ameri
can explorer and general, and was known as
the "Pathfinder" of the Rocky Mountains. He
was born January 21, 1813, atSavannah, Geor.
gia, and was the son of a Frenchman and a
Virginia mother. He graduated at Charles
ton College, South Carolina, and became a
professor of mathematics in the navy about
1835, but he soon resigned that position. In
1838-39 he assisted Nicqllett in exploration of
the upper Valley of the Mississippi. He was
appointed a second lieutenant of the topo
graphical engineers in 1838 and was ordered
in 1841 to explore and survey the river, Pes
Moines. In October of that year ho married
a daughter ot Senator Benton, of Missouri.
Having formed a project to explore the
Rocky 'Mountains and to open an overland
route to the Pacific Ocean he began the ardu
ous enterprise under the government's author
ity in May, 1842. He axamined the South
Pass of the Rocky Mountains and ascended in
August the highest peak of the Wind River
Mountains, which is 13,570 feet above the sea,
and is now called Fremont's Peak. In the
autumn of that year he returned to Washing
ton and published a report of his discoveries,
which was commended by Humboldt in his
"Aspects of Nature." '
In the summer of 1843 he conducted another
expedition up the valley of the Platte and
through the South Pass, explored Greatnlt
Lake and made important geographical dis
coveries. He arrived in November at Fort
Vancouver, near the mouth of the Columbia
river and in the ensuing winter attempted to
return by a more southern route, but his
progress was arrested by deep snows and his
J .arty suffered severely from hunger tnd cold,
laving changed his course, he reached the
Sacramento river in March, 1844, and return
ing through the Great Basin and the South
Pass, arrived at Kansas in July. The daring
and fortitude exhibited in this exhibition
among hostile savages and inhospitable deserts
have hardly been surpassed in the records of
human adventure.
Soon after his return he was promoted to
the rank of captain and prepared a report of
his second expedition. In the spring of 1845
he conducted a third expedition, to explore
the Sierra Nevada in California, He was at
tacked by Mexicans near Monterey in March.
1846, defended himself with success, was raised
to the rank of lieutenant colonel in May, and
was appointed Governor of California by Com
modore Stockton, whose authority was dis
puted by General Kearney. Fremont, how
ever, continued to recognize Commodore
Stockton as his superior and was arrested by
General Kearney, who ordered him to report
to the Adjutant-General at Washington. He
was tried by a court-martial, and found guilty
of mutiny and disobedience, for which he was
pardoned by the Presidenct, but he declined
the pardon and resigned his commission.
In 1848, Fremont attempted at his own ex
pense another expedition across the continent
through the northern part of Mexico, but the
guide lost his way, and the party after under
going incredible sufferings, in which one
third ol the number perished, Were compelled
to return. In 1849 he settled in California
and exerted his influence to make California
a free State. He was one of the Senator's
chosen to represent that state in the Federal
Senate in 1850. In 1852 the King of Prussia
gave him a gold medal for his valuable dis
covery; so also did the Royal Geographical
Society of London. In 1853 he conducted at
his own expense an exploring party to the
Pacific, and succeeded in finding a new route
about latitude 38 north.
He was nominated for President by the Re
publican National Convention in June. 1856,
as the competitor of James Buchanan, the
Democratic candidate, who was elected. Fre
mont received 114 electorial votes cast by
eleven States, against 174 votes given to his
opponent.
In May, 1861, he was appointed a Major
General of the regular army, and commander
of the departmentof the Missouri, or Western
district. In August he issued an order forthe
emancipation of the slaves of those who should
take arms against the United States, but this
act was disapproved and annulled by the
President, who considered it premature. He
was removed from command in November,
1861. In March, 1862, he was appointed to the
command of the Mountain department, in-,
eluding parts of Virginia, Kentucky and Ten
nessee. He fought an indecisive battle against
Stonewall Jackson's troops at Cross Keys, in
June, 1862, and soon resigned his command.
After his resignation he took no further ac
tive part in war or in politics until 1878,when
he was appointed Governor of Arizona. He
served a few years and then came East, where
he had lived ever since.
TIRED OF WAITING.
A Boy Murders Ills Parents to Get Pos
session of their Property.
Ataleof youthful depravity hard to believe
comes from Goreville, a small town in the
western edge of Johnson county, Illinois, re
mote from railway and telegraph stations.
On Monday night when everyone was asleep
a man supposed ut the time to be a burglar
broke into the honsa of a farmer named Mor
ris Sullivan. - On being spoken to he fired a
pistol at the bed in whicn Sullivan and his
wife were sleeping. The ball struck Sullivan
in the breast, inflicting fatal injuries.
Mrs. Sullivan jumped out of bed and threw
herself upon the murderer, but the pistol was
discharged again and she fell, wounded in the
lett breast. Her injuries are pronounced fatal.
By this time the alarm had been given, and
the neighbors came in. On securing the mur
derer he whs found to be Sullivan's 16-year-old
son. He is now in jail.
A few months ago rue boy poisoned some
water which he gave to his parents, but this
attempt at murder failed. He gives1 as his
reason for committing the cri-ne that he was
tired oi waiting for the old folks' property.
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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
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Senate Session.
154th Day. The Senate resumed considera
tion of the two shipping bills, and pawed
them by a strict party vote. The tariff bill
was, on motion of Mr. Morrill, taken up and
has become the unfinished business. After
an executive session the Senate adjourned,
v 155th Day. The presiding officer, Mr. In
galls, announced his signature to the Silver
bill. The Senate proceeded to the considera
tion of the sundry civil appropriation bill.
After disposing of 60 of the 114 pages of the
bill, it was laid aside till tomorrow, and at
6.50 o'clock the Senate adjourned.
J 156TH DAY. Senate bill granting to the
State of Washington a section of public land
for a soldiers' home and as a training ground
for the State malitia, was passed. The Senate
took up the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill,
at page 60, the first item being one of $200,000
for surveying the publio lands, the Commit
tee on Appropriations recommending an in
crease of that amount to $600,000. The mat
ter was discussed by Messrs. Gorman, Vest,
Reagan, Jones, Teller Morgan, Stewart, Alli
son and Dolph. Without disposing of the
amendment, the Senate, at 6 P. M., adjourned.
157th Day. Mr. Teller introduced a bill
giving a pension of $2,000 a year to Mrs. Jessie
r remont Referred to Committee on Pensions.
The House bill to establish a national mili
tary park at the battlefield of Chickaraaueo
was passed, with some minor amendments.
The Senate took up the Sundry Civil Appro
priation bill. Mr. Call, at 6 P. M., was on the
floor, when, without action on the pending
amendment, the Senate adjourned, having dis
posed to-day of only three pages of the bill.
158th Day. The Senate resumed consider-'
ation of the sundry civil appropriation bill,
and spent the day discussing an amendment.
No progress was made. Mr. Allison offered
a resolution, which he said he would not ask
immediate action on, making it in order at
any time to move that debate on any amend
ment or on all amendments to appropriation
bills be limited to five minutes for each Sen
ator the question on such motion to be de
termined without debate. ;
Hons Sessions.
163d Day. Mr. Conger, of Iowa, called
up the conference report on the Silver bill in
the House this morning, and proceeded to
argue in its favor. Speeches on the same side
of the question were made by Messrs. Cutch
eon of Michigan, Herman of Oregon, Morrow
of California, Cannon of Illinois, Grosvenor
of Ohio, Niedringhaus of Missouri, Perkins
of Kansas, Townsend of Colorado, Beckwith
of New York, Darlington of Pennsylvania.
Milliken of Maine, Smith of Illinois and
Dingley of Maine. Mr. Bland, of Missouri,
led the opposition, and denounced the bill in
every particular. He was seconded by Messrs.
McRae of Arkansas, Williams of Illinois,
Shively of Indiana and Allen of Mississippi.
The four hours allowed for debate having ex
pired, the previbus question was considered
as ordered, and the vote was taken up on
agreeing to the conference report It was
agreed to by a strict party vote yeas 122, nays
90. The House then adjourned.
164th Day. Mr. McComas reported favor
ably Senate bill to apply a portion of the pro
ceeds of the sales of public lands to the sup
port of the agricultural colleges. The Atkin
son bill, relating to the Baltimore and Potomac
Railroad in the District of Columbia, with
instructions to report back a substitute pro
viding for the removal of the present passen
ger station to the intersection of Maryland
and Virginia avenues before January 1, 1894,
165th Day. The House went into commit
tee of the whole, Mr. Burrows (Mich.) in the
chair, for the consideration of the bill appro
priating $636,189 for an additional clerical
force to carry into effect the provisions of the
Dependent Pension act The additional force
provided for is 636. It was voted to limit the
general debate to two hours. The bill was
discussed by Messrs. Dockery, Cutcheon, En
loe, Cooper, Cannon, Sayers and others. The
committee then rose, the bill was passed, and
the House, at 5.10, adjourned.
166th Day. The House journal having
been read, Mr. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, ob
iected to its approval, and the yeas and nays
were ordered on the question "Shall the jour
nal be approved?" It was agreed to. The
House then went into committee of the whole,
Mr. Peters, of Kansas, in the chair, on the
land-grant forfeiture bill. After some debate
the committee rose and Mr. Sweeney, of Iowa,
presented the conference report on the bill
authorizing the construction of bridges across
the Iowa River at Wapello, la. On agreeing
to the report Mr. Rogers, of Arkansas, raised
the point of no quorum and a call of the House
was ordered. Only 142 members less than a
quorum responded to their names. The
House then adjourned.
167th DAY.-Immediately after the read
ing of the Journal the House went into com
mittee of the whole Mr. Peters of Kansas, in
the chair on the land grant forfeiture bill.
A short debate, participated in by Mr. Rae, of
Arkansas; Mr. Cobb of Alabama, and Mr.
Payton, of Illinois, ensued, but the heat of the
chamber was so great that a majority of the
members sought the breezes to be found in
the, lobby, and but little attention was given
to the dincussiou. Several amendments were
offered, all of which were rejected, and after
ward the bill was passed. The House then
adjourned.
THREE PERSONS DROWNED.
An Accident on Lake Alachna, In Florida
Which Nearly Resulted tn 13 Deaths. .
'A party of 13 were out in a sailboat on
Alachua Lake, Florida, in that portion of it
known as "The Sink."
When about a mile from shore the boat
capsized and all were thrown into the water.
Ten were saved by clinging to the boat, but
three of the party were drowned.
The accident waa witnessed by several on
hore and boats put out at once to the rescne.
Several were tangled in the rigging and caught
under the boat in 6iich a manner that they
were almost drowned. It is supposed thatthe
ladies and children were caught under the
sail.
One of fhe eye witnesses jumped into his
buggy and rode into the town, and like wild
fire the news spread that all the thirteen were
lost. In five minutes not a vehicle was to be
had, and the citizens by one impulse were on
their way to "The Sink.,?
ANOTHER STORM AT ST. PAUL.
Property Badly Damaged, Bat No Lives
Lost This Time
Another heavy storm visited parts of Min
nesota. At Bed Wing and Lake City the heavy
beating rain is thought to have done some
damage to crops, but ether property is all
right. ;. v .
Marine, a little towe near Stillwater, as well
as Stillwater itself, wus reported wiped out,
hut the latest advices are aVainst that report
The worst effect of this torntfdo was in North
St. Paul, a suburb of the city.Hthere tho storm
played havoc with property for a few minutes,
but fortunately, no km of li fe resulted.
VICTIMS OF THE STORM.
One Hundred Lives Lnst on Lake
Pepin, Minnesota.
i tyitet Vnltn Lashed Into Fury Whole
FantMlfS Drown Together A Wide '
Track of Death.
Nearly one hundred lives were lost by the
overturning of the little excursion steamer Sea
Wing by the tornado on Lake Pepin. The
boat came down the lake from Diamond Bluff,
a small place about seventeen miles north of
Lake City, on an excursion to the encamp
ment of the First Regiment, N. G. S- M.,which
is being held a mile below the city. The
steamer started back on the homeward trip
about eight o'clock, and, although there were
signs of an approaching storm, it was not con
sidered in any way serious, and no danger was
anticipated.! '
The boat was crowded, about 150 men,
women and children from Red Wing and
Diamond Bluff beingon board, and about fifty
people on a barge, which was attached to the
side of the steamer. When about opposite
Lake City the boat began to feel the effects of
the storm, but the officers kept on their way.
The storm increased as the boat continued up
the hike, and in fifteen minutes was at its
height.
A point of land runs out from the Minne
sota shore just above this place, across from
what is known as Maiden Rock. To pass
around this point it was necessary for the
steamer to turn slightly towanls the Wiscon
sin shore, and immediately the hurricane had
seized hold of the already struggling and
cracking vessel and twisted herout of tnecon
trol of her engines and crew. An attempt to
beach her failed, and over she went with her
load of passengers. The barge Jim Grant,
which was in tow, and on which about one
quarter of the excursionists had crowded, was
also seized, her awning being crushed in and
the passengers thrown into the water. This
happened just below the point, and as the
helpless hulks drifted before the gale the
tteamer righted itself for a moment, but
another moment wasagain keeled over, and so
badly torn by the storm she could but lie help
less and let the waves wash over her. The
barge had broken loose from the steamer and
Iril'ted down opposite the town, and those still
m board, about twenty in number, were res
cued. ,
Tho steamer drifted in back on the Point
nd sank with most of those on board. Many
were saved, however, and the heroism of a few
cannot le slightly 'praised. , Corporal B. L.
Perry, of St Paul compelled the spectators to
assist him, and saved the lives of eighteen of
those who were still clinging to the wreck. He
went out on the lake when the storm was t
its height, and seemed to know no fear. Others
there were like him, and over sixty were res
cued from what seemed certain death. Some
boats cruised around for several hours, and
picked up some three score of struggling but
itill living victims of the storm.
As soon as the word reached the camp vol
unteers were called for, and every one volun
teered toassistin rescuingtheliving.or search
ing for the dead. Adjutant General Mullen
immediately took charge of the regimentand
the search was begun and carried on. Body
after body of men, women and children in
some cases, almost of whole families waa
taken from the water some of them alive,
others unconscious, but not dead, and yet
others from which the breath of life had for
sver fled. An invaluable service in the work,
both of resuscitation and of laying out the dead,
was rendered by the excellent ambulance
corps, which had been but recently organized.
Sad experiences ore many, but remarkable
escapes are not lacking.
The Association Press man had just secured
the names of the latest discovered victims,
when a stranger, whose anxiety was apparent
In every movement, stepped up and asked:
"Is my daughter heard from yet?"
"What is the name?" ;
"Bertha Winters," was the response, and an
inclination of the head anu a motion toward
the written list told the bereaved father ofhis
affliction, and he turned away to go after the
lifeless clay of his child.
"And my boy is not among them," was the
sadly half-consolatory remark of Contractor
Carlson, who had worked feverishly all night
un 1 all day without finding a trace of his son.
And so it went on. Fast as the bodies were
taken from the watei they were identified by
mourning friends and relatives, and placed in
coffins for transportation to their homes.
By two o'clock fifty bodies had been recov.
ered, identified and sent to Red Wing. By
eight o'clock eight more had taken the same
mournful journey, and at three o'clock in the
afternoon seven others were added to the grue
some number that had been carried by boat to
Red Wing.
Major Fitzgerald, surgeon of the regiment,
also had charge of the hospital corps, and alsc
of the arrangements for the handling of the
bodies. He says death was very quick in ever j
ease, and that there was scarcely any evidence
of there having been any struggle on the part
of the dying. Neither had any of the bodiet
any bruises or other marks of injury upon
them. Death was quick and painless.
When morning came the weary all night
workers were replaced by relief from their
comrades, and the work went on successfully
and smoothly. The barge lay quietly on the
water just above town, and toppled over on
the port side, had drifted against her tow, and
fogether they lay, the shattered reminders of
the storm's power and man's weakness. With
axes holes were chopped in the decks aud
ropes fastened to the bodies under the watei
and these drawn to the surface, carried ashore
and turned over to the ambulance corps. The
bodies of those who went down with the steam
er were taken out of the cabin through a hole
cut in the pilot-house and through tiie cabin
door.
Believing that still some bodies were to be
found in the half dismantled wreck, General
Mullen ordered the tearing awayot the upper
works of the vessel, and the pushing of tne
wreck farther toward the shore, where she
wasrighted. General Mullen and his military
helpers went all through the Sea Wing, re
covering three mere bodies bringing the total
up to sixty-five, and convincing themselves
that no more bodies were to be found there.
The shattered old hulk was then left to drift
at will, and her broken and battered frame
work was in sad contrast with the bright
skies and smooth waters.
During the morning a systematic patrol ol
the water over which the hulls had drifted
after being first struck by the gale had been
kept up by citizens of Lake City, After the
lat bodies had been taken from the wreck,
General Mullen pressed into service all the
rowboats within reach, and, with four soldiers
in each boat, began a thorough dragging of
the lake all about the scene ot the disaster.
There were a good many who made use of
the life-preservers, but probably none bad as
good ami as much use ot them as had Robert
Adams, a seventeen-year-old son of Dr. Adaras,
of Lake City, and another boy whose homo it
in Red Wing. They secured three life pre
servers, and were in the water for six hours
before being rescued. Young Adams could
swim, but his companion could not They had
the good ense to float quietly, and not attempt
to fight against the waves to tliMhore. Dur
Jug the six hours they were in the water, 1'mm
nine to three, they were buttVtted bv the Ml-
jlowp end blown hither and yoa by the gsie.
t They tirt drifted about a mile down past town,
and then a change in the wind carried them
up the river to Frontenac, where they were
rescued, still alive and well, but considerably
the worse for their hard experience.
Captain Wcthcrn, proprietor and command
er of the Sea Wing, has been severely bl aimed
by the citizens and others for what they allege
to have been criminal negligence on his part
in pulling out into the lake with snch a
crowd when the sky looked so threatening.
The captain's wife and two of his three
childreu lost their lives under the waves, and
that fact, together with the loss of his vessel
and the great loss of life, has so broken hiui
that ho bas kept out of (right
CABLE SPARKS.
The pope is reported to be in feeble health.
The new Italian consul at New Orleans is
Signer Corti. - . 'N
Tfkkby insists on England fixing a day for
the evacuation of Egypt
Djevad Pasha has definitely been ap
pointed governor of Crete.
The Emperor of Germany has started on a
tour of the Norwegian coast
China intends to borrow a great quantity
of American Silver to build strategic railways.
A Paris newspaper says Gen. Boulangerhas
asked the French government to pardon him.
The French crunboat Fnsee while attempt
ing to enter the harbur of Toulon stranded on
a rock. .
PSOTTA, the American amateur oarsman,
was defeated by G.G. B. Kennedy at the Henly
regatta, England.
In the House of Lords the Marquis ot Salis
bury defended England's action in ceding
Heligoland to Germany.
The United States man-of-war Saratogo
struck on Duke Rock, off Plymouth, England,
and was slightly injured.
The mayor of Sheffield, Eng, acceding to
a petition of 2,000 burgesses, has called a meet
ing to protest against the McKinley bill.
The letter-carriers of London who threat
ened to go on a strike if the non-union men
in the service were not dismissed have failed
to carry out their intention. ;
The Elberfelder Zeitung says that Chancel
lor von Cnprivi has formally approved the
cession of the Vitu Company's righta to the
German East Africa Company.
Editor Parke, of the North London Press,
who was sentenced to one year's imprisonment
for libeling the Earl of Euston, has been re
leased from jail, owing to ill-health.
While the fleet accompanying Emperor
William was entering Christiana a gun on
board the Friedrich der Grosse exploded pre
maturely, terribly injuring five of the crew.
President Charles Kendall Adams, o
Cornell University, was married in London
to Mrs. Marry Matthews Barnes, widow of
the late A. S. Barnes, a well-known book pub
lisher. ' Members of the independent New York
shooting team now in Berlin as participants
in the international rifle contest paid a visit
to Bismarck, and were received cordiaUy by
the Prince. , -
Col.v Martenovics, a cousin of Prince
Nicholas, ruler of Montenegro, was murdered
in the market place of Cettiuge, and imme
diately afterward his murderer was seized by a
crowd and lynched on the spot
The Official Journal of Montenegro, refer
ring to the quarrels between Servia and Hun
gary, expresses the hope that the dangers
threatening the Servians will lead to internal
unity and the formation of an alliance with
kindred peoples against the common enemy.
. It is reported in London that a number of
changes will take place in the British cabi
net, the principal one being the promotion of
Lord Randolph Churchill to the leadership
of thegoverument forces in the House of Com
mons in place of William II. Smith, who will
be elevated to the peerage.
ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE
Bishop Newman has gone to Japan on an
extended visit -
Queen Natalie of Servia has insured her
life for $200,000 for the benefi.fr of her son.
Vice-President Morton will spend most
of the summer at his residence at Rninebeck.
Senator Sherman's large fortune is said
to yield him an annual income of 12 per cent
Mr. BALFOTRnever reads newspapers, Eng.
lish or American, and is a firm believer in the
desultory reading of books.
Miss Mary E. Bart, the second woman to
be elected to the Chicago Board of Education,
is the author of several books.
Mendelssohn, the composer, has a cousin
who is the leader of a band of Russian Nihi
lists, and who was recently arrested for threat
ening the life of the Czar.
Judge J. P. Smith, of Fort Worth, who is
now worth $1,0W,0U0, onee walked from Ken
tucky to Texas, because he did not have enough
money to pay nis passage.
Carlisle's successor in the National House
ot Representatives W. W. Diekerson is a
tall, dark-faced man who looks more like a
preacher than a politician.
The Countess of Tolstoi is a tall, beau
tiful woman, and very fond of society. She
was in London lately as a delegate to the
liberal Woman's Federation.,
General BoulangerIs said to be writing
a drama with Robert Emmett, the young lrisii
hero, as the central figure. It is to be brought
out at the Free Theatre in Paria.
George Westinghouse is having a cot
tage built entirely of marble at Lenox, Mass.,
at a cost of $60U,u00. A large marble build
ing will contain the electric light plant
Mrs Hendricks is a fine-looking-woman
with dark eyes and hair that was once black,
but is now turning gray. She is a brilliant
converser and a woman of unusual ability.
Jefferson Davis' body in the receiving
vault of the Army of Northern Virginia, is
guarded by a member of the G. A. R. by day
and two ex-confederate veterans by night
Thomas B. Ramro, ef Morristown, N. J.,
has just been restored to possession of his
property, valued at $4O,0lW, which was taken
from huu 17 years ago, when the court de
clared him to be a habitual drunkard
Theodore Tilton is described by a lady
who recently saw him in the new salon in
Paris. He bas grown stout and his long, white
hair was pushed behind his ears and bis face
had a restful look, peculiar to men oi leisure.
Cardinal Manning's aversion to strong
drink in every form is so great that twice in
articulo mortis he has refused stimulants, and
he alludes triumphantly to the fact that he got
w ell each time as proof that stimulants are
never necessary.
Fathes iGNATits, who is now on his way
to this country, is regarded at home as a harm
less sort of crank, lie is a native Cornish
man, and in 18b2 began his movement to estab
lish monkish brotherhoods in the English
Church by reviving the order of St Benedict
lie was once shot at
William Heywood, of Lancaster, the old
est lawyer in Hew Hampshire in actual prac
tice, appeared in two Coos county cases re
cently. He is over 80 years old. Though his
voice was somewhat feeble, his arguments were
clear and to the point. lie has been a person
of considerable interest during the preset! t law
! term, ' - . S: - '
TRADE OF THE WEEK. ;
The Hot Weather Has a Depressing
Effect on Trade.
Bank Clearing for the Weelt-r:xpoU :
of Wheat and Floor The Total Num
ber of BdiIuch Failures Up to Date.,
Special telegrams to Bradstreet'$ indicate
that general trade throughout the country ba
still further felt the restraining influence of
the midsummer season. The severity of hot
weather in Missouri and Nebraska haa re
suited in a. drough' but early showers, it is
thought, may recover some of the loss to crops
from drouth in Nebraska. One effect ef the
extreme heat West lias been an advance!
in prices of canned goods. i '
The New York 6tock market' is dull, but
tends to rise on the Silver bill and the pros
pective settlement of Western railroad diffi
culties, thongh gold shipments and foreign
selling, consequent on the South American
panic, exert some disturbing influence.
Bank clearings at 51 cities, lor the week
ending July 10, are $917,596,716, a decrease
from this week last year of 19 pe' cent New
York Citv's clearines. which constitute 65.8
per cent, for the grand total, are less than those
cf the like period last year by over 28 per
cent, while at oOother cities the loss Is 2.3 per
cent Gross railway earnings of compa
nies for June show total aggregate receipts of
$32,502,761, an increase over Jnne last year of
8.65 per cent. The month of May, it will be
remembered, showed a gain over May, 1889, ot
nearly 14 per cent, rate cutting, water com
petition and reduced June f-nings. For the
six months 133 roads report earnings of $205,
449,831. a gain over last year of 11.8 per cent
on a mileage increase of 2.6 per cent
Heavy receipts of hogs at Western packing
centers broke the back of the little boom in
lard started early in the week and prices close
about where they did a week ago. Hogs are
5c cheaper. Mess pork is steady at former
quotations. Wheat haa been stronger on a
fair demand, decreasing stocks, a small crop
outlook at home and reports of damage to
wheat in Europe. Prices are lie higher on
the week. European available stocks of wheat,
stocks afloat for Europe and supplies availa
ble in the United States, both courts, aggre
gated 69,000,000 bushela July 1, 1890, against
66,000,000 bushels one year before. On. Jan
uary 1, 1890, the foregoing stocks amounted to
115,000,000 bushels as compared with 130,000,
000 bushels on January 1, 1889. During June,
1890, European afloat, and American wheat
stocks decreased fully 15,000,000 bushels, two
thirds of which decline was abroad. Raw
sugar is steady and unchanged, while refined
is 1-lGc upon reduced production of soft grades.
Coffee is quiet and steady, with little change
in prices.
Exports of wheat and flour as wheat, both
coasts, this week equal 1,738,302 bushels,
against 1,215,428 bushels last week, and as com
pared with 1,558,055 bushels in the week end
ing July 12, 1890. Indian corn exports, both
toasts, equal 1,885,864 bushels this week
against 1,520,792 bushels last week.
Cotton was depressed, but closed steady and
but little below last week, uncertainty about
August delivery nearly offsetting early un
favorable Liverpool cables. New crop is
slightly weaker on good crop advices.
Business failures reported to Bradttreet's
number 134 in the United States this week
against 102 last week, and 218 this week last
year. Canada had 32 this week, against 13
last week.
The total number of failures in the United
States January 1 to date is 5,702 against 6255
in a like portion of 1889.
A TEKRLBLEEXPL0SI0N.
Sixteen Ton of Powder Goes Off, Kill
tng Ten Person.
A terrible explosion occurred at King's pow
der mills,on the Little Miami Railroad, twenty,
nine miles east of Cincinnati. Ten persons
were killed and thirty injured. Two empty
freight cars were being rolled on to a sidetrack
where a car containing five hundred kegs of
gunpowder was standing.
As the cars struck there was a terrible ex
plosion, and immediately afterward another
can containing 800 kegs of gunpowder ex
ploded, making 1,300 kegs altogether. Wm.
Frauly, abrakeman in the service of the Little
Miami, was standing on one of the empty cars
when the explosion occurred. His body must
have been blown to atoms, although no trace
of it has yet been found. Five other persons
supposed to be employed in the powder com
pany were killed. The King Powder Com
pany and the Peters Cartridge works have
works on both sides of the river along the
railroad. The explosion occurred on the south
side, and the destruction was enormous. There
arc a number of cottages occupied by work
men in the powder factory and situated close
to the track. These were shattered by the explo
sion and their inmates injured. Twelve or fif
teen girls at work in the cartridge factory were
crippled bytheexplosion. The railway station
ana the freight house belonging to the Little
Miami Railroad, together with all the adjacent
buildings, were set on fire and totally consumed,
The track and ties of railroad are fairly torn
out of ground and a great hole made in the
ground. . -
CRUSHED BY A STUMP.
Twelve Mule Couldn't More It Off the
Man. . . , i .
Kirk Conaway, a young farm hand work
ing near Pocomoke, Del, met with an awful
death.
He was engaged in hauling sand, and while
loading his wagon from near a tree stump of
immense size the stump fell on him.
Twelve head of mules were fastened to it to
remove it, but to no avail. The imprisoned
man was finally dug out, but not until life was
extinct -
MARKETS.
Baltimore Flour City M ills, cxtrn.lt.S 1
$5.00. Wheat Southern Fults, 96M S7.
Com Southern White, 487iH9c., Yellow,
4849c. Oats Southern aucl Pennsylvania
3437c. Rye Maryland and Pennsylvania
6556c. Hay Maryland and Pennsylvania
11.50$12.50. Straw Wheat, 7MdlfS.r .
Butter Eastern Creamery, 16fi$l7cs noar-by
receipts 1213c Cheese Eastern Fnncv
Cream, 8i9c Western, 771c. Eggs ll(rt
14Jc Tobacco, Leaf Interior, lfi)$lo0, Good
Common, 4$5.00, Middling, 6(a.$8.00, Good
to fine red, 9$10.0X Fancy, 10$13.W.
New YORKFlour Southern Good M
choice extra, 3.05 $3.15. Wheat No. 1 Whit
C6!97c. Rye tate5860c Com South,
era Yellow, 4344c Oats White, Stat
3435c. Butter State. 17(a) ISc Cheese
State, 78c Egg 14K3)14ic,
Philadelphia Flour Pennsylvania
fancy, 45$4.75. Wheat, Pennsylvania ami
Southern Red, 92192Jc Rye-Peniisylvarii.i,
5860c. Corn Southern Yellow, 41(42,,'.
Oats 37p7ic. Butter State, liimi?.
Cheese New York Factory, 1010jo, Lgss
State, 1516c.
- Baltimore Beef -3.25($1.75. She-p -S.00foi$3.75,
Hosts 4.000 4. 15.
New Yoek iieef 6.25f.n?7.25. : Sheep
4.00fc.00.. Ilogs 4&$ !.
East Liberty Beef-4.4f HJO, ; "