Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 25 July 1895 — Page 2

Democratic Press. DECATUR, Democratic Press Co., - Publishers. - THE NEWS KECOKD. SUMMARY OF A WEEK'S HAPPENINGS. The Latest News as Flashed «?v*r the Wires from AU Farts of the World—Regarding Polities. Religion, Casualties. Commerce, and Industry. TRAIN ROBBERS Hold Up a Lake Shore Train Near Stryker, Ohio. The Lake Shore train, known as the New York and Chicago express, west bound, was held up a few minutes after midnight Wednesday, at a blind switch between Archbold and Stryker, Ohio, and the contents of the local United States express safe taken. The men were unable to get into the other safe and no effort was made to molest the passengers. The point where the hold-up occurred is a desolate spot. The switch was thrown, showing a red light, and Engineer Mike Tirenan stopped ins train just as the point was reached. At that moment his head light was shot out and two men with revolvers jumped aboarfl at the same time. Entrance to the express car was effected by the robbers shooting the windows out. They placed a sentinel at the rear of the train and the crew were got allowed to leave the cars. Conductor Darling was ordered to keep still. The contents of the safe cannot be learned at this time, but the amount was not large. The officials were notified in a singular manner. Two tramps were on the pilot and jumped oft when the train began to slacken up. They ran to Archbold and gave the alarm. Wants the Bull Fight Prevented. The proposed.exliibition of the Spanish bull fight at the Atlanta Exposition, will be frowned on by the United States authorities. The Secretary of the Treasury lias received from William Hosea Ballou of New York, a Vice President of the American Humane Association, a letter protesting against the proposed bull fight at the Atlanta Exposition, and asking the Secretary to use his good offices to avert a National scandal, by preventing the importation of the bulls on the ground of their being‘immoral imports.'” If these exhibitions are given, Mr. Ballou says, all persons connected therewith will be arrested and prosecuted. No action has yet been taken, but it is the opinion of some of the officials that the Government will not interfere in the matter. Reckless Driving Results Fatally. Williamstown (Mass.) special: Four men were killed at the Dug-a-Way, a grade crossing on the Fitchburg railroad, two miles west of here. They, with two other men. were returning from a drive to Pownal. The highway, because of a stream, makes two crossings of the railroad track within 1,000 feet of each other. The party made the first one safely, but the second was hidden by trees. An express locomotive struck their wagon, demolishing it, killing the four men instantly and also one of the horses. One of the survivors says that all had been drinking and were reckless when warned not to drive upon the track. Killed by Lightning, During a severe electric storm E. K. Brantinghani, aged 25, a farmer, living six miles south of Salem, Ohio, was instantly killed by lightning. He was in front of his house, standing near an apple tree, Which was connected by a wire clothesline to a large maple back of his house, several yards distant. The lightning struck the maple and switched on the wire to the apple tree, the terminus of the wire. Leaving the wire, the bolt struck Brantingham in the ear, killing him. Charles Blythe, who stood near, but opposite from the tree, was not shocked. Brantinghani's wife stood in the door and saw her husband fail dead. Causes Trouble. San Francisco special: The publication of Governor Budd’s proposed proclamation regarding semi-military organizations bearing arms, has caused a tumult among the foreign societies who have arms in their quarters and have been in the habit of drilling upon state occasions. The officers of the French and Swiss military societies are particularly demonstrative in their talk. The intended proclamation is stirring up a tumult which will probadly end m the United States courts. Baby will Press the Button** Baby Marion Cleveland will start the machinery at the o[>ening of the cotton state’s exposition at Atlanta, Ga. A wire will be run into Gray Gables and another into the exposition grounds. The signal w ill be given from Atlanta and the baby will touch the button. Mr. Cleveland was originally invited to come to the opening and start the machinery, as he did at the world’s fair, but his engagements would not permit. He will come a month later. Fiendish Murder. Three-year-old Ida Gebhard, who mysteriously disappeared from home in West Indianapolis last week, was found dead in a stable, about one square from her home. The body wa found in a box covered by rubbish and every indication points to murder. Her skull was crushed and there are evidences which show that she was assaulted. Suspicion points to a man named John Stinson. Five People Drowned. William Lundstedt, of 87 Cossey street, Brooklyn, with Fred and Frank Sunbeirn, Mrs. Fred Sunbeirn and two others, went out for a sail. They were caught in tlie storm, their boat capsized and all except Lnndstedt were drowned. The bodies were recovered by the tug John Temple, of New York. Valuable Vein of Lead. »'* oid has been received from the vicinity of Marietta. Ind., of the discovery of a valuable vein of lead by workmen while digging a well or. a farm owned by Dr. W. T. Brandy. A specimen weighs twelve pounds three ounces, and it appears to be almost pure. A SIO,OOO Blaze. At the village of Diamond, Ohio, fire de- i stroyed a saloon, two dwellings and the | railroad depot. Loss $10,0o<): insurance small.

DULLNESS. Tile Midsummer Brings the Usual Slowness in Business and Manufac- | taring Circles. R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of I Trade says: The week’s news is not en- j tirely encouraging, but is all the more nat- ; ural because there are signs of midsummer | dullness. Wheat prospects are not quite I so good as last week, still there are lower prices as corn and cotton have been low- I ered. The exports of gold aud less favor- I able treasury returns for July are not un- i expected anil mean nothing as to coming ' business. There is a perceptible decrease I in the demand for most manufactured | products and the actual distribution to consumers natually lessens in midsummer. i Much recent buying was to anticipate the rise in prices and such purchases fall off I when prices have risen. There are still I numerous advances in wages and strikes j grow more numerous and important, in ' part because business was unusually large I in the first half of July, but the tone meets ; reasonable exjieetations. A heavy bank i failure at Montreal does not affect finances here, and is passing there with less distur- j bance than feared. The failures for the week have been 256 in the United States against 236 last year, and thirty-nine in Canada against fortyfour last year. THE STORM. — Great Damage Done in the North- I west. St. Paul i Minn.) special: The storm which struck this section at 1 o’clock Sat- i urday morning was the severest in several years, the fail of rain in St. Paul and Minneapolis being over two inches. The destruction was greatest along the river between St. Paul and LaCrosse, the washouts on the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. | Paul being so serious that trains could not ■ run on that road. Several of the afternoon I trains, including the fast mail, were brought in many hours late over the Burlington’s tracks. Lightning struck the Hotel Lafayette at Minnetonka Beach, but ■ did no special damage. Joseph Polz. who resides in Blooming I Prairie Township, Steele County, was I struck by lightning and instantly killed. A eveloue struck and wrecked William i Hellenbaek’s house on White River, s. D. It would have killed or seriously injured himself and family had they not taken refuge in a cyclone cave. A large log lying I on the floor of the house w ith a lantern was not even moved. In some localities much hail fell doing some damage to crops. Reports from Western Wisconsin points I indicate that grain which was just ripen- | ing, was badly lodged. A CLOUDBURST Sweep* Down Upon Silver City, N. M. White Water (N. M.) special: Couriers have arrived here from Silver City with the startling news that a cloudburst had swept down u|a>n that place, carrying death and , destruction in its path. The couriers said i that they hail none of the particulars of the I disaster, except that the report was that twenty jieople had been crushed to death by the collapse of the Timmer House, the largest hotel in the place, and in other ' buildings that were ruined. The Santa Fe officials declare that the I advices are that no lives were lost, but | that the hotel and several buildings were ! ruined. They hud only meagre bulletins, and declare tha t all communication with the ill-fated town was cutoff by the cloudburst. All the bridges on the Silver City ■ division of the Santa Fe road have been ■ washed out and large sections of the track I have been washed from the roadbed. The greatest apprehension is felt here for the I jieople of Silver City. It is feared many of I them have perished. A relief party has , started out from here. A TOWN WIPED OUT. Holton* Mil’ll,, Swept by Fire and Little of It Left to Tell the Story. The town of Holton, Mich., was licked I up by fierce flames which started in an old | and unoccupied barn owned by’ J. P. Utter. ! It is thought a match or lighted cigar stub ignighted the building which was dry as tinder, and fanned by a stiff wind, was not long in going down before the flames. The flames spread with astonishing rapidity, next attacking the barn, kotel Kingstadt’s saloon, Thompson’s blacksmith shop and house. Dr. Biack’s office, and S. P. Murphy’s general store. The only business I building- left are the grist mill, G. A.R. Hall, Henderson's store, two drug stores, and a meat market. Holton is a village, settled in and has 250 inhabitants. It is in Holton township, northeast corner of Muskegon County. The loss will amount to SIO,OOO or $15,000, with very little insurance, as the rate was I very high, 4 per cent. The hotel was i owned by the Muskegon Brewing company | and valued at $2,000. Soldiers Moving. Lander i Wyo.) sjiecial: What is going on at Ft. Washakie seems to be a military secret. Word, however, comes from there that the Indian Judges, two policemen, who were sent to Jackson's Hole 10 or 12 days ago. has returned. They report that they were detained as captives by the Bannocks for several days, but at last made their escape. Nothing has transpired to indicate what the report is, except that a movement of an armed body of troops from the tori is apparent, as wagons are being loaded with supplies and everything is active. Preparations are going forward for some kind of a movement, but with only 42 men at the post, it will not be a formidable army. A Purse for Kate Chase. New York sjiecial: The wealthy friends of Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague have come to her rescue and have raised a sum sufficient to maintain her in comfort for the rest of her life. It is understood that the amount subscribed is $50,000, to which Senator Brice, John Wanamaker, and C. S. Sorg contributed $5,000 apiece. The other contributors are prominent republicans in this city, Washington. Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Providence, with the exception of William C. Whitney, whose contribution is said to be the largest of all. All Mines Closed, Ishpeming iMieh.j special: The strike of the iron miners of Ishjieming and Negaunee is gaining strength. All mines are now comjiletely tied up. The other day a monster demonstration was held, with fully 4,000 men in line, and five brass bands. Sympathy is with the men. It is projwsed that the miners’ wives and children join in a parade, when eight to ten thousand will be in line. , Trolley Car Held Up in Daylight. At the pointof a pistol a single highwayman stopped an electric ear on South Main street. Wichita, Kan. Fully fifty people saw the robbery. Fred. Miller of Kansas City, the only passenger, was comjielled at the point of a pistol to give up all In's money, S7O, and the conductor was relieved

' of his gold watch and some small change. | The robber ran through an alley and eai caped. Cost of the Census. i It has cost twelve million dollars to ' enumerate the people of the United States, i It was five years last June since the : eleventh census was taken, and yet Correl D. Wright, who is in charge of the census : at present, does not exjiect to have this | work completed before the end of the year, | when the twenty-fifth volume will l>e I finished. There are very many people I who seriously question whether a census that costs that much money really pays. The tenth census cost $5 785. 254. This I last census is supposed to have covered the 1 ground better, and to have made valuable l additions to the information in regard to I the country. Ex-Governor Foraker Has a Narrow Escape. A special dispatch from Springfield, ' Ohio, says t Ex-Gevernor J. B. Foraker i had a narrow escape from death the other i night. He was on a Boston sleejier on the : Big Four train w hich reaches this city at 18:40 p.m. Between Dayton and Enon a large stone was thrown through the window and barely missed his head. Glass from the broken window cut his face badly, but he was not seriously injured. The stone w i ighi’d at least two pounits. , It is sujqiosed that it was thrown by a tramp. Remarkable Escajie. , Iron Mountain (Micb.) sjiecial: The imJ prisoned miners at the I’ew abic mine have i lieen released and not one of them was injured." The escape is considered the most remarkable one in the history of mining. The men suffered no great inconvenience. They heard the first crash of the breaking timbers and made their escape to a dry i drift of the first level before the accident occurred. A Battle iu Cuba. Havana sjiecial: A dispatch from Governor Luque of the province of Santa Clara, I rejiorts that Lieutenant Teruel, at the head I of two combined columns of troops, Ims I engaged in battle and disbursed the insurI gent's band under the leadership of Zayas, captured a quantity of arms, provisions, • etc. It is believed that a number of rebels I were killed. Two Plagues. Dr. Burgess. United States medical in- ' spector at Havana, ina rejiort to the Marine I hospital service, states that yellow’ fever i is increasing at an alarming state among ■ the eivillian population of Havana. The Marine hospital service is also inI formed that cholera is epidemic at II iogo, : Japan. Fell in a Tub. The two small children of Elijah Clark, I a prosjierons farmer, near Mt. Olivet, Ky., . were drowned by falling into a tub of w ater. A neighbor noticed the children's feet stricking out of the tub. and on investigation found that the little ones had ; fallen in head first, probably while playing, j and suffocated. Deadly Collision. A Big Four freight train ran into the rear I of a Chicago, Peoria and st. Louis passenger train at Grove sideing. a few miles below Peoria, 111., badly wrecking the engine | and killing one and injuring three jieople. Over-Boomed. A lady who went from Washington to Alaska last winter and who has been in the heart of the Yukon country, writes that | that region has been over-boomed and tiiat ■ many prospectors will leave there this fall. Drivers Collide. i Jones, of Wauseon, and Picket, of Toledo, I two well-known drivers, while speeding horses at Bryan. Ohio, ran into each other. I Jones received serious injuries internally and Picket sustained a broken arms. Spain will Pay It. Washington sjiecial: Senor De Lome, the Spanish Minister, called upon Secretary Olney to give him official notice of the I decision of the Spanish Government to pay the Mora elain- $1,500,000. Stain buloff Dead. Sofia special: Ex-Premier Stambulon, who was assassinated in the street on Monday, died at 3:30 o’clock Friday morning of the terrible wounds he received at the hands of his assailants. Killed by the Cars. Grover Thompson, a boy 11 years old, was run over and killed by a train on the T. and O. C. Railroad, at Columbus, Ohio. He was attempting to steal a ride when the accident occurred. Fatal save In. i Two men were killed, one fatally in1 jured and two others frightfully maimed 1 by the eave-in of t>JO tons of earth in a sewer excavation at Harrison. N. J. THE MARKETS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.75 to $6,00; hogs, shipping grades. $3.00 to $5.50; she: p. fair to choice. $ ’ 50 to $4.75; wheat. No. 2 red, 66e to 67c; corn. No. 2,44 cto 45e: oats. No. 2. 23 to 24c; rye, No. 2,48 cto 50c; butter, choice creamery. 16c to 17c; eggs, fresh. : lie to 13c; potatoes, new. per barrel, $1.75 to $2.50; broom corn, common growth to fine brush, 4c to 6%c per lb. .odianapllliS l.lit.le, nllippiug, $5.50; hogs, choice light, $-3.00 to $5.25; sheep, I'ommoii to prime, $2.00 to $4.00; wheat. No. 2,63 cto 65c; born, No. 1. w hite. 44c to 45c; oats. No. 2 white. 28c to 30c. St. Louis—Cattle. $3.00 to $5.75; hogs. $4.1X1 to $5.50; wheat, No. 2 red. 66c to 67c; corn. No. 2 yellow. 41c to 43c; oats. ' No. 2 white, 24c to 26c; rye. No. 2. 40e to 48c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.50 to $5.50: hogs. $3.00 to $5.25; sheep. $2.50 to $3.75: wheat. No. 2. 67c to 68c; corn. No. 2. mixed. 45c to 4tii-: oats. No, 2 mixed. 27 to 29c; rye. No. 2. 44e to 4<sc. ’ Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $6.00: hogs, $4,110 to $5,511; sheep. S2DO to $3.75; | wheat. No. 2 red. tllte to 70c; corn. No. 2 1 I yellow. 44c to 45c; oats, No. 2 w hite, 29c : to 31c: rye. 47c to 49e. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 risi. 71c to 72c; corn. No. 2 mixed. 46c to 48c: oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 25c: rye. No. 2. 46e to is ■; ’ clover ei cil. prime. $5.70 to $5.75. Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $6.00; hogs, 1 $3.00 to $5.75: sheep. $3.00 to $4.25; ■ wheat. No. 1 hard. 72c to 74c: corn. x'o. ’ 2 r»l<’ ”»3 z No. 2 ' v hito J I 3fc te 33e. I Milwaukee—Wheat. No. 2 spring. 67c to 68c; corn. No. 3. 4,Sc to 49c; oats. No. 2 white, 27c to 28c; barley. No. 2,47 ctc 49c: rye. No. 1. .53c to 55c; jiork. mess, ■ $10.50 to $ll.OO i New York Cattle. $3.00 to $6.00; hoga, • ; $4.00 to $5.75; sheep. $2.50 to $4.25; s j wheat. No. 2 red. 72c to 73c; corn. No 2, 1 . 51c to 52c; oats. No. 2 white. 31c to 33e; > 1 butter, creamery, 15e to 18c; eggs. West I era, 12c to 14c.

ARMIES OF THE LORD. ERIGADE OF BAPTISTS MASSED AT BALTIMORE. Fifteen Thousand Young Crusaders Take Possession of the Monumental City—Fifth International Convent ion —Pan-American Religious Congress. Baptists in Baltimore. On the heels of the great gathering of Christian Endeavorers at Boston, and almost before their peans of praise had ceased to echo through the U nd, came the assembling in Baltimore of the hosts of the Baptist Young People’s Union of America. It was the fifth international convention of the organization, and the 15,000 delegates, who brought with them nearly as many of their kindred, came from every section of every State in the Union, as well as from Canada and from Mexico. Owing to the fact that Baltimore has no hall large enough to accommoa £>' ;-i /_ 7 I - ■ ■ ’WiJ ~~ OFFICERS OF THE BAPTIST UNION. John H. Chapman. Rev. R. F. Y. Pieroe. Rev. 0. P. G .fford. Miss Elia F. Haigh. Rev. J. B. Cranflll. J. O. Staples. Rev. F. L. Wilkins, D. D. date so great a gathering, a mammoth tent was erected at the Madison street entrance to Druid Hill Park, which is said to have been the largest stretch of canvasseverput up in the world. It afforded space for 12,000 chairs, covered a tract of land 325 by 195 feet, and was supported by jioles fifty feet in height. Under the shelter of this great canvas 10,000 delegates assembled on the opening morning at 10 o'clock, when the convention was called to order by President Chapman, of Chicago. The devotional exercises, which were characterized by great enthusiasm and fervor, were led by Rev. Dr. C. A. Iloobs, of Delavan. Wis. Praise and prayer occupied nearly half an hour, and welcoming addresses were then in order. Eugene Levering, of the Eutaw Place Church, spoke for the churches of Baltimore; Rev. 11. W. Wharton, of the Brantly Memorial Church,

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sjxike for the Young People's Society of Baltimore: and response on behalf of the board of managers of the international union and the delegates was made by Rev. Dr. A. C. Dixon, of Brooklyn. The latter laid special stress ujion the fact that this was the first time that Mexico had sent delegates to the convention, and gave an especial greeting to those from the provinces of Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba. A rousing reception was given to the Indefatigable general secretary. Dr. Frank L. Williams, when he took the platform for the purpose of reading the general report of the general managers, and after this document had been disposed of without discussion two brief addresses were delivered, one upon culture for service, by Rev. Dr. Wallace, of Toronto, and the other ujwin the Junior Society as the hope of the movement, by Rev. Dr. R. D. Grant, of Portland, Oregon. The afternoon session was prefaced by a praise service led by Rev. L. B. Thomas, of Colorado Springs, and the conTention resolved itself into an open parliament at which systematic and proportionate I giving was discussed by a number of speakers. A feature of the great gathering was the i attendance of nearly 600 young Baptist wheelmen from New York and Philadelphia, who rode from those cities to Baltimore on their wheels. Nearly 1.500 more wheelmen came from Virginia, West Virginia, and points in Maryland. LIBERALS WIPED OUT. Sustained Crushing Defeats in Recent ! British Elections. At the dose of the polls throughout I Great Britain Wednesday the returns ' showed that 408 members, out of a total of 650, had been elected. The results so far are decisive, and all that shall occur hereafter will merely enlarge the proportions of the liberal defeat. Os the members already chosen 296 are tories and unionists.” Only 112 members of all shades of the opposition have been elected. Os this number but 70 are regular liberals of the Gladstone school. This is Do t a mere revolution. The liberal party i 8 S” 11 ’ 11 is not possible that out of the -40 or 2uo members yet to be elected that party will secure enough to make a formidable opposition to any measure I winch the tory government may propose. Probable that the Irish party of all factions will have at least half as many members as the liberal party, count- .

[Tie won. Home rule pe»cefullv settled. There is no th™ " 1 ir.g question to cause anxiety—nothing I thTwill not be adjusted by quiet diplomacy. — DIE BEFORE TAKING OFFICE. Five Members of the Fifty-fourth Congress Claimed b, the Reaper. The Fifty-fourth Congress is but a few . davs more than four months old, and ■ only seven months have elapsed since | the election of its members, and yet there have been seven casualties in the ranks , of the House of Representatives chosen ■■ last November, five by death and two by | resignation. Those who bare died in-1 elude, liesides Representative I red-rick Remann, whose funeral occurred M «slnesday tn the Eighth Illinois District, the | following: Myron B. Wright (Rep.) of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania District, Nov. 13, . 1894; James H. Codding elected to fill i the vacancy. Philip S. Post (Rep.) of the Tenth Illi- ] nois District, Jan. 6, 1895: place will be filled by George W. Prince. Andrew J. Campbell ißep.) of the Tenth New York District. Di e. G. 1594. William Cogswell (Rep.), Sixth Massachusetts, May 22. Mr. Campbell was elected in Gen. Dan Sickles’ old district in New York, and his successor is likely to be a Democrat. In the other two cases there is no change expected in the political bias of the new representatives. PAN-AMERICAN CONGRESS. Notable Religious Gathering in To-ronto-Tlbjccts of the Meeting. Religion and education, the supreme forces of moral and intellectual progress, I were the themes discussed before the ■ Pan-American Congress of Religion and 1 Education, which assembßJ at Tor r.to. : This congress may be considered as the legitimate fruitage of the great parliament of religions of 1893, which set in I motion and gave powerful impetus to those forces which make for unity among the people of the earth. The object of the Pan-American congress is to bring all who are interested in the spread of the true gospel into a closer association, one with another, and into sympathetic relationship in all the great educational, philanthropic and reform movements of modern Christianity. The inaugural session of the congress ojiened at the Horticultural Pavilion in the presence of several thousand citizens and delegates. On the platform, which was handsomely decorated, sat Lieut. Gov. Kirkpatrick, the Rev. S. G. Smith of St. Paul, President of the congress; Mayor Kennedy, and many other distinguished persons. The chair was occu-

jiied by W. B. McMurrieh, Q. C„ of the Joint Local Conimitti-e. Appropriate addresses es welcome were delivered by the Lieutenant Governor, Mayor Kennedy, and the Rev. Dr. Thomas, after which the President of the congress and several other noted delegates mad? suitable replies. The Rev. Dr. Samuel G. Smith, President of the congress, returning thanks for the generous welcome tendered them, referred in graceful terms to the way in u hich the British and American flags were intertwined in the decorations, and amid applause expressed his hojie that not until the crack of doom tvould the two be rent asunder. The Rer. Father Rvan of Toronto delivered a short and able speech. Archbishop Walsh had commissioned him to exjircss his welcome and tender the hospitality of St. Michaels’ palace to the delegates. •'irs. Charles Hcnrotln. of Chicago President of the Federation of Women’s - n._3 of A.mcFica, theu &<]<lresß?d th° meeting Rabbi Elzas spoke on behalf ,of the Jewish delegates. The Rev. Dr. ■ lv' Akron ’ °’ uio ’ spoke briefI ly. Mrs. Lydia von Finkelstein- Mountford a native of Jerusalem, closed the speiftmg. At the evening session C. C Bonney was the first speaker, his topic bp ing The New Movement for the Unity and Peace of the World.” 7 News of Minor Note. Baron Schenck was accidentally killed at a race meeting at Darmstadt. j Frank Kabatehnik, the Cleveland flre- | bug, was given nineteen years in prison. lire destroyed business nnd residence property at Oswego, N. Y. valued J : SIOO,OOO. “ at Congressman ‘’Tom” Reed is riding a bteycle at Washington, but has not appeared m publie. TM ' Vl | Or ; 811 Ohio Congressman. 8«!./ e8 u rt T d , h)s wife and fled to the bandwieh I®l®iids bi^°F neSrOartlisht trimmers were killed by com.ng in contact with a live wire at Augusta, Ga. A toy balloon caused the destruction of the Santa Rita copper and iron mill at ooo er Clty ’ I *’ M ’ The loss was $ lO0 <- At Russell, Ky., Charles Sutton, aged 8. and Homer Likens, aged 7 were i«vXtom ikeDS1 ° SthiSli£eintr^t <>

SINK IN GENOA GULF. ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY. ! EIGHT ARE DROWNED. Fatal Collison of Steamers--ger* Caught Aalecp - C«ta»tr#gfc, Due to a Heavy Fog—Killed at t Crossing Plot toOverthrow UuwbU. Go Down to Death. Death came swiftly Sunday mornings J 14S passengers and crew of the s’evag I Mana P., from Naples to La PlaU. jgj » about (o touch at Genoa. The Marisp was sunk by collision with the • Ortigia, out-bound. The scene of this, I the most terrible disaster known to j waters of the Gulf of Genoa, was Just off the light-house of the Molo Nuoto. at the 'j entrance to the harbor of Genoa. A dense I fog had prevailed over the harbor all night. Both vessels were running at fujj speed, and the sinking of the Maria p. was but the incident of a moment Boats from the Ortigia were immediately j, o t ■ out, but only succeeded in rescuing forty. I two of the people of the unfortunate boat. When there was no longer use for search the Ortigia steamed slowly back to ths city for repairs and to deliver the surffvors to the authorities. It was full noon when Genoa learned of the eatas'rophe, which crowded the quays with people and filled the churches with kneeling people offering prayers for the dead. The list I of the drowned has not been secured. The Maria I’, was a coasting vessel used in the South American trade. La [ Plata, on the Magdalena River in the United States of Colombia, was the cue ternary end of her journey. She was owned in Naples and her captain's name was Ferrara. The steamer always touched at Genoa, f n r th?it port is th* chief outlet via The Mediterranean fvrtfte manufacturers of Northern Italy and i Switzerland. The harbor of Genoa is considered one of the finest on the continent and is under full government supervision. It was 1:30 when the Molo Nuoto wai rounded under high The pilot, I straining his eyes to pierce the darknesi ahead, caugnt a faint glimpse of dim i lights. This was the first warning of the proximity of the Ortigia to the Maria P. I There was a wild scream from the pilot, 1 which those passenger* awake and die lookout heard. The engineers were sig- i naled to reverse, but it was too late. The . ' bow of the Ortigia crashed into the star- ; j board side of the Maria P., penetrating for nearly forty feet and tearing up the decks as if they were paper. Almost instantly after the collision the Ortigia withdrew, aud the water rushed in, sink- i ing the Maria P. in three minutes. No one can tell, not even the survivors, what happened on the decks and in the cabins of the Maria P. after the frightful shock. She sank so quickly that those asleep never knew how death came to | them, while those awake, crew and passengers, found themselves struggling for life in the waters of the gulf. Although the bow of the Ortigia was ; smashed for a distance of twelve feet ! along the water line, her officers held her | at the scene of the disaster for six hours, while her boats searched the waters, res- . ■ cuing fourteen of the crew and twenty- ' i eight of the passengers. PLOT TO OVERTHROW HAWAII. 1 Viiitrd States Authorities Receive Startling Information* The customs authorities of the Puget Sound district have been instru ted by the government to keep a sharp lo"kout for filibustering parties fitting out forth? Hawaiian Islands. A few days age it was reported vessels were openly loading and freighting to the islands munitions of war. Orders have now been issued to closely watch and search all vessels bound to the South Sea for arms. It is believed a large quantity of arms and ammunition have been smuggled into Hawaii from Puget Sound. It is r tively known that secret agents of the royalists dispatched one small consignment to the islands last October. source of information says an uprising i» planned to commence Sept. 1. and that 4,200 men will be in readiness to bear arms against the government. The insurgents, after being repeatedly drilled in Southern California, expect to get their stores and assistance from Puget Sound. FOUR KILLED AT A CROSSING. Struck by a Fitchburg Express Near Willianistown* Mass. Four men were instantly killed while crossing the Fitchburg Railroad traek about two miles from NV:.. Mass. A party of six men were riding io a two-seated covered carriage. They were returning to North Adams from i nington and were struck by a west-boun-express. Two of the men, Clorence Prindle and Edward White, both of Wiili&ffis • town, escaped by jumping. As the men ' approached the crossing a freight tram was passing eastward. They waited uni til the LUbuuse of the freight train hf > gone by and then started to proceed, ap- > parently not seeing the west-bor.n<i tram. which was advancinsr across the tra when the engine struck it. i ; TO BETTER THE MAIL SERVICE Directory of All the United State# Schools Being; Compiled. In the foreign mail division of the - } letter office there is now being com? • a directory of all the schools, big and - tie, in the United States. The prepara r tion of this directory is not as remarkble as the need for it Nearly every day from 10.000 to 15,000 foreign letters rea-'t this division addressed simply to echo ' 1 or colleges in America with n county or State named in the addrrs>. The high state of perfection to v> ' u j “blind reading” has attained in the dea letter office is evident when it is 3 that 75 per cent, of these letters t speedily dispatched to their destinan 1 The others go back unopened to the P’ • i eral postoffices of the country wb ’’ - itamp they bear. Told In a Few Lines. ’ Fred Sheland struck Peter Gardiner - ft quarrel at Duluth, Minn., and Hsrdioer died. 6 Stewart Harvey fatally stabbed R■ • 6 man Vry in a saloon fight at St. Joseph Mo. f John C. Gobel, a wealthy electrician t New York City, has sued his wife • - divorce. John Nihle’s son and daughter, a- (] respectively 10 and 12, were drowned a' e Neche, N. D.