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- WITHOUT WARNING. Four Railroad Men Meet Death Near Warwick, N. .Y. - Locomotive Boiler Explodes While Running at a High Rate, and They Are " . Krightfully Mangled—Rutnors of ; a Disaster Down South. New York, Nov. 11.—A special dispatch to the Recorder from Warwick, N. Y., says: With an awful roar Lehigh & Hudson engine No. 13 blew up Sunday and caused the death of four men. Thedeadare: Herbertßeetner, fireman, lSaston; William Cooper, engineer, Philadelphia; Martin O’Neil, . conductor, Belvidere; James L. Sloan, brakeman, Phillipsburg. The force of the explosion was so great that the boiler was thrown from the trucks, but the latter remained on the rails. The train, consi§ting of 30 cars, although it was running on a down grade, .was stopped by the brakemen, but not until it had run fully a mile and a half. ! The victims of the accident' were hurled in all directions, their clothing stripped from their bodies and the tat- - tered garments fell in branches of trees’ , L]ong the tracks, where they remained hanging. The first body found was Cooper’s. It wag pinioned under the shattered boiler. He had been crushed to death by the mass of iron and steel. O’Neill had been blown on the rails and run over by the train, his body cut to picces and otherwise horribly mutilated, while Sloan was hanging unconscious on a barb wire fence, 50 feet away. He only lived a few minutes, dying in great, agony. Fireman Beetner was blown out, of the cab and landed in an open fiell 20 yards from the scene of the explosion. His coat, vest and shirt were torn from his back, and when found by the rescuing party, he was wandering in a dazed c¢ondition, clad only in his shoes, stockings and trousers. He was taken to Easton, but he did not long survive. The train, it seems, started from Maybrook without a conductor, at 9:45 = o’clock last night, and ran to Hudson Junction before his absence was dis- - covered, Then the engineer put the train on a siding and ran back and picked up the conductor. Conductor (’Neill remained on the engine, where Le was joined by his head brakeman, when the train was again started. The explosion occurred before the train had proceeded five miles further.No explanation of the cause of the accident has been advanced, but it is supposed to have been due to low water in the boiler. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 11.—There has been an accident on the Louisville & Nashville railroad near Franklin, i 8 - miles south of Nashville. Many reports are in circulation, and it is stated both engineers and several passengers have been killed. It is impossible to learn anything except that a New Orleans train and a freight train ran into each other four miles south of Franklin, and many lives were lost, including passengers. i

- KNIGHTS OF LABOR. Constitution to Be Revised at the Coming o Convention. Washington, Nov. 11.—The annual coavention of the Knights of Labor will be held in. Washington, beginning tomorrow and continuing for an indefinite period, possibly two weeks. This is the session at which the constitution will be revised, every alternate year being devoted to that. None of the officers or members of the executive committee are to be elcted this year. The convention will be composed of one de!legite from each of the 75 state and district assemblies, representing more than 3,000 members apiece. Abeut half -of the local assemblies are not afiiliated ‘with either state.or district assembly, but communicate directly with the executive committee through the head--quarters in this city. The past year is reported to have been a fairly prosperous one with the order, which now numbers about 250,000 members,

AT HIS OWN REQUEST. Rear Admiral Carpenter Relieved of Com=~ mand of the Asiatic Station. Washington, Nov. 11.-—Orders have been issued -by Secretary Herbert relieving Rear Admiral Carpenter from command of the Asiatic station. This action was taken at Admiral Carpenter’s request, us his wife is ill and he wanted to pe with her. His place wiil be filled by Commodore F. V. McNair, present president of the naval examining and retiring board, who will leave this city for his station on the 30th jinst. During the period he has been in command of the Asiatic station, «bout one year, Admiral Carpenter-has done a good deal toward protecting the lives of Anierican citizens and missionaries whose safety has been jeopardized by the serious recent troubles in China. REEEL ADVANCE CHECKED. Big Battle in Cuba Results in Defeat for .lns%yts. Washington, NoVsidl.—The! Spanish minister has rec:’eiveél%n'unofiifiul dispateh {from Cuba confirming’ the reports of an engagement. between the governruent forces and the insurgents. Thirty-six insurgents were left on the ficld, indicating a heavy loss in killed and wounded. The dispatch adds that the engagement had an important moval effect in assuring that the insurgents would not be able to cross the river and enter the Matanzas district.

Advocates of Silver to Form a Separate Polltical Party. S:in Francisco, Nov.ll.—United States Senator John P. Jones is strongly of the opinion that there will be a separate silver party in the campaign of nextl year. The formation of such a party is 10 grow out of the coming silver confere (t Chicago, he thinks. The Chi('tlgfirenée is to take place some time near the Christmas holidays, iuthe hope that it may have an effect on congress. A call is now being prepared by the executive committee,which grew out of the Memphis convention of last sulmer. ; . Crowned a Statue. w\'e? Orleans, Nov. 11.—Sunday morning at the historic convent of the Ursuline nuns the statue of “Our Lady of Prompt Succor” was crowned with a dgiadem of gold and jewels, whose in--1 ri??c worth is many-thousand dollars, ard the dceasion was made one of great pomp and ceremony by the prominent (.’g’g,hiu city and state. 5 ‘ ng Nov. 11.—Six wellknown and desperate criminals brok W o npon copnts il Sy gt Hnd succeeded in” making goo B L s

. WANTS MORE. FORTS. Gen. Miles Calls Attention in His Report to the Coasts’ Condition. ‘Washington, Nov. 11.—An important exposition of the defenzeless condition of the coasts of the United States is made by Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, com‘manding the army, in his annual report to the secrdtary of war. It has been estimated that to fortify all our coasts would cost in the neighborhood of $125,000,000. To put the Pacific coast in a proper condition of defense would require in the neighborhood of 375 modern guns and mortars, with their proper carriages and munitions. It has also been estimated that their cost would be something like $31,000,000. Gen. Miles has recommended in the past that $250,000 be appropriated to perfect titles to strategic points necesssry. ta be occupied for the defense of the DPacific coast; that $1,000,000 be appropriated for the establishment of a plant to be constructed under the direction of a board of officers of the army and navy to be ordered by the president for the construction of effective guns and war materials for both army and navy on the western coast, and that $25,000,000, or such portion of it as could be utilized in four years, be authorized to be expended for the construction of the most improved and eflective guns and war materials as will be required on the coast. Itisbelieved ithat Gen. Miles makes recommendations of a somewhat similar character in theannual report. He also irged the appropriation of a large sum for the erection of fortifications for the protection of the Atlantic coast. Suggestions are also made with reference to the great lakes. : : LATE ADVICES FROM TURKEY.

Armenian Massacres Believed to Have Been Ordered from Constantinople. London, Nov. 11.—A dispatch to the Times from Constantinople says that as proof that the Armenian massacres are ‘ordered from the Yildiz kiosk—not necessarily with the sultan’s knowledge, but by influential men of the palace party, anxious to discredit the administration of Kiamil Pasha, recently grand vizier—the instance of Diarbekir is worth citing. M. Gambon, the French ambassador, after learning of the two days’ rioting at Diarbekir, threatened to hold Alexandretta with the French squadron until the resignation of the governor had been brought about. Two hours after this threat reached the Yildiz kiosk Diarbekir was tranquil.. The Times correspondent says that this is an eloquent fact explaining the situation, and that many other instances point the same way. The diplomatic corps consider the lives of Christians endangered throughout all the Asiatic provinces, but it is not believed that they are in any especial danger at Constantinople. Advices received by the Chronicle from Constantinople are to the effect that a consul has just arrived there, and that he describes the whole country from Erzeroumn and Trebizond as being completely devastated. Every Armenian town and village is in ruins. Heaps of unburied bodies are found everywhere. :

CHINAMAN, KILLED. : Said to Have Been the Victim of a Chicago Father’'s Rage. e Chicago, Nov. 11.—Lui Doe¢ Dun, keeper of a Chinese laundry at 37th and Ilalsted streets, was murdered Sunday under mysterious circumstances. According to the story told by Chinese witnesses a man entered Dun’s place of business and asked for a package of laundry. On being told there was nothing there for him the stranger shot the Chinaman dead and made his escape. The police. had been unable to obtain any clew to the identity of the murderer until late in the evening, when a telephone message was received at police headquarters from Lawyer George ‘A. Trude saying that Dun’s slayer would be present at the inquest to-day; that he accused Dun of assaulting his 13-year-old daughter and would plead justification. The name of the murderer is stili unknown to the police. DEFENDED HIS TRUST. Robbers Kill an Express Agent, But Fail to Get His Money, Stockton, Cal., Nov. 11.—While the stages from Oakdale and Angeles were changing horses at Chinese Camp early Saturday morning George Morris, the assistant postmaster and express agent, was shot .o death by two robbers. Five thousand dollars in coin was shipped from Oakdale on the stage and the robbers were evidently aware of the fact. Morris had the money with him at the time and when called upon to surrender opened fire on the robbers. One of the men returned the fire, riddling Morris’ body with buckshot. They then left without taking the money.

LENZ'S MURDERERS CAUGHT. Kleven Kurds Are Taken to Erzeroum to Be Tried. Cénstantinop]e, Nov. 11. — Eleven Kurds charged with the murder of Frank G. Lenz, of Pittsburgh, Pa., who started to ride around the world on a bicycle and disappeared in Armenia, have been arrested and taken to Erzeroum, in order to be tried there in tha presence of the British consul, in the absence of an American consul, their arrest, being to a certain degree due to the search which William A. Sachslebin ma@e for the missing rider, who represented a New York publication. May Get a Big Glucose Factory., Sioux City, Ta., Nov. 11.—Sioux City has practically secured next to the largest glucose factor_y! in the world: C. Anson Potter, of New York, representing eastern capitalists, signed an agreement 1o put in a $1,000,000 plant if $75,000 bonus was raised. Two-thirds of the amount was raised at a meeting of business men Saturday night, and the rest will be easily secured. The plant will employ 600 hands and use ‘ 15,000 bushels of corn . daily. New 4 York’s big glucose factory will be the only one in the world larger than the factory here, . Fatal Duel Between Girls. | Lawrence, Kan., Nov. 11.—Ella Lan« ‘ was fatally stabbed by Alice Thurston Saturday night. The Thurston girl was | on the streets with Ella Lane's lover and was attacked by the jealous Lane girl with a knife. The two girls folight for some time, and Ella Lans died from her wounds in u short time. . Ko New arial for Huyward. 8 Minneapolis, Minn,, Nov. 11.—The supreme court has aflirmed the decision of Judge Smith, of the district court, who refused to grant Harry Hayward, cong vieted of the murder of Miss Cathurine Ging on December § last, a new triul,

A HARVEST OF DEATH. Exploding Boilers Wreck the “Journal” Building at Detroit. The Dead Bodies of Thirty-Three Men Exhumed from the Ruins—Fire Break- . ing Out Adds to Its Horrors—A . | Careless Enginecr, i | < R . Detroit, Mich., Nov. 7.—At three ' minutes to nine o’clock Wednesday morning the battery of boilers in the building of the Evening Journal exploded, wrecking the buildings Nos. 45 and 47 West Larned street, killing at least 40 persong, wounding 20 others more or less seriously and causing a loney loss of $60,000. ; _ The firstintimation the neighborhood got of the disaster was from the tre--mendous report followed by a blinding cloud of debris, smoke and steam and before this had cleared away the whole five floors and the people working upon them were in one inextricable wreck. The force of the explosion had thrown down the wall between Nos. 45 and 47 Larned street and the joists which rested on it caime tumbling dowa, tearing themselves away from the adjoining wall. - The firemlen were there in a minute from the next corner. The whole downtown division cf the department followed, and willing volunteers from the crowd that collected pitched in to help dig into the ruins. Several bodies were thus rescued within a very short period of time. Then came the horrors of the calamity. As the workers dug into the debris and the air got into it the furnace fires set the mass ablaze, and the rescuers were driven back by the smoke, through which came muffled cries for help.- Streams of water turned on the blaze soon checked the tire so that the work of rescue might go on, but not until at least three persons had fallen victims to the tlames. Detroit, Mich., Nov. B.—The work of recovering the bodies of the victims ol the Journal boiler explosion continued all day Thursday. By Friday noon all the debris will have been explored and the last of the bodies recovered. Up to six o’clock Thursday morning 18 bodies had been taken out of the ruins, nearly all of them frightfully burned. Asthe workers got into that portion of the debris into which fire had not crept the condition of the corpses recovered was found to be bEtter. Death had come to the victims of the disaster so suddenly that many of them were found in the very attitudes in' which they were a% the moment of the explosion. TFifteen corpses were taken out of the ruins between six o’clock a. m. and five o’clock p. m. : Following is a revised list of the dead: i : ! George G. Hiller, John Francis Derby, Joseph Bradley, l.ouis G. Riecher, Rosa Bretz, Emma Lichtenberg, Anna Wiedbusgch, Katie Leonard, M. Rosa Morgan, John Breitenbecher, John Koerber, Ernest P’arkin, Jennie Neubauer, Bertha Wiedbusch, James Ross, Henry Larivere, John . Dommer, Walter P. Saxby, Lizzie Tapley, Henry Clou Walish, John J. Reuter, George | H. Soule, George Shaw, Willie Hawes, Carrie M. Bower, Hattie Hiller, Michael Ward. | Minnie Liese, William W. Dunlap, Adolph Schreiber, Jr.;, John Gordon, Catherine HilEill"’ldLon Fritz, Lizzie Wiedbusch, Charles ‘

The cause of the fatality was developed Thursday, when a piece of one of the boilers was uncovered by the wreckers. The boiler had been tora in two in the middle tubes, rivets and plates parting as cleanly as if they were cut by a cold chisel. A piece of this boiler had evidently been driven in each direction by the force of the explosion. ‘The portion found disclosed to the expert engineers who examined it at once that the cause of the explosion was low water. The iron showed that it had Lbeen superheated and the absence of scale confirm the opinion.: The city boiler inspector coincided with this view after his examination. This throws the responsibility upon the engineer and the owners of the building, the former of 1 hom had been repeatedly warned that he was too careless by néighboring engineers, while the owners of the property had been given at least one formal notice that he was negligent. The owners of the property are the heirs of the late Congressman Newberry, who was in his lifetime the business partner of Senator McMillay. ~ After the coroner's inquest the matter of responsibility will probably be taken up by the grand jury now in sesgion. As all the families of the victims are in humnible circumstances, Gen. IR. A. Alger has headed a movement to raise a fund for their relief, some of the victims being the sole support of aged parents. The fund promises to be a large one. Three of the persons injured are in a dangerous condition. Detroit, Mich., Nov. 9.—Tl'he walls adjoining the wrezked portion of the Journal building have been braced ard the work of digging in the ruins progresses rapidly and with a greater degree of safety. Three more bodies were taken out. They were those of Lizzie Weidbusch, employed in Hiller’s bindery: Charles Lind, aged 20, also an employe of the bindery; Annje Uhlik, press woman in Hiller's bindery. Late in the evening the body of James B. Thomas, a machinist, was taken from ‘the ruins of the Journal building. This is the 37th body recovered, and, according to the list of missing, was the last body left in the wreek. = | Prosecuting Attorney Fraser ordered the arrest of Engincer Thompson, of the wrecked building.

Hinshaw Sentenced. E : Danville, Ind., Nov. 6.—William L. Hinshaw, the wife-murderer, was sentenced to the penitentiary for life Tuesday. When dsked if he had anything to say, he arose and for 20 minutes held the closest attention of the crowded courtroom. He said that he was going. to ¢ living death entirely innocent of the crime of which he was echarged. He had no fault to find with anyone connected with his trial, Tlle believed they did what they thought was their duty. But a great mistake had been made, and an innocent man ivas being punished. ; | €lerk Shoots n Burglar. fooid Anna, 11, Nov. 6.—At Reynoldsville, u small station en the Chicago & Texas railroad, Monday night an unknown mun who attempted to force an entrance into u store through a window ‘was shot and innstantly killed by a clerk who slept in the store. Enpgland Gives Up Trinidad. A Rio Janeiro, Nov. 6. — The British naval commander in Brazilian waters h s been informed that the English government acknowledges Drazil's righty in the island of Trinidad, The British fleet it Rio Janeiro for Montevideo Moaday mights: . . . i 3 L :

THE BIG WEDDING. Bemszelo Yanderbils Becomes the lbncbess of Maljlborough’. New Yorlk, Nov.7.—The much-talked-of weddiry of Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt and the duke of Marlborough took place Wednesday in St. Thomas’ ghurch. The hour set for the beginning| of the ceremony was 12 o'clock. - Atthat hour the church wus thronged with representatives of New York’s smartest society, gathered to witness the ceremony. The church was decorated gorgeously for the occasion, the floral dispiay being without doubt the mast lavish that New York has ever known. At 12 o'clock the officiating clergy, attired in their clerical robes, entered P \‘\\\ . o &.»!\ ) N | Rfl‘ ))‘:\‘\y N e= N i - [ @ Ny P =@ & P '."~/~"‘(fl 4 = NN { Y| £ v ',";4';. @ \.\\\ " = &s :s 3 = AR RSy e, - Bl %‘5l/‘!“ '6%. o PN s S | Cagp o q ' ‘\ = R Ay i "::”"/\ - l /Rl “w | b ,“K‘“,‘ fily }v“y ¥ s\\L‘\ B A '\\ ]/; : :t o , \\fl\‘&fi“ \ V DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH.

from the vestry room. Bishop LittleJjohn, who officiated, followed by Bishop Potter and Rev. John Wesley Brown, rector of the church, took their stations at the chancel and waited the arrival of the bride and bridegrjom. The Bridal Procession. E The'bridal procession formed jin the southern vestibule. Organist Warren began the wedding march from “Lohengrin.”’ : | The duke of Marlborough with his best man, his ccusin, Hon. Ivor Guest, entered the church from the yestry room and took their posts at the right of the chancel and awaited the coming of the bride. The duke v?ore a irock suit of dark-gray cloth, a/white ascot tie, patent-leather ,shoe% and white gloves. ; The ushers marched up the side aisles and took their stations in front of and at either side of the chanceli The bridesmaids led the bridal proci%ssion. Then came Miss Vanderbilt gn the arm of her father and carrying|in her left hand the bridal bouquet. She was dressed in white satin, high-necked with very full sleeve, close fitting beJow the elbow and reaching over the band in the shape of a gauntlet. The whole costume was a very elaborate affair, which may well be imagined when it is known that Miss Vande:trbilt’s wedding gown and lingerie worn at the ceremony cost $6,720, her '\'Nhitti satin slippers with diamond’ studded buckles alone ecosting $175. ‘ . The Marriage Ceremony.. : The bridesmaids took positifms at either side of the chancel. The bridegroom stepped forward and took the right hand of Miss Vanderbilt and led her to the chancel steps. The marriage rite of the Episcopal chureh then

EES e, i £ —— - =3 ity 7 , W~ - ¥ | % A . i o “‘é%!r 553 Q\ | i = b / ‘2?; N AN . ;4‘/431 Q) /Ig’? / g\t 4 i' ,;\:: ,""' : LAY ej 7 ~{' ‘ DPUEE OF MARLBOROUGH. | followed, Bishop Littlejohn officiating. Immediately after he had given his daughter away Mr, Vanderbiit lquietly left the church. \When the marriage ceremony was over the duke and his bride went tothe vestry room and signed | the marriage register. At the same time each of the bridesmaids took a basket of nosegays and marched back up the aisle distributing them among the guests. As the duke and his bride reentered the church the orchestra played the wedding march of Tannhauser. The bridesmaids returned to -the ¢hancel and the bridal party marched down the aisle, the ushers leading. The brides- 1 maids followed them and then came the duke and his bride. After them came Mrs. Vanderbilt on the arm of | Mr. Guest. The party ilmmediately entered cariages and drove to Mr’fs. Vanderbilt’s house, where the reception and breakfast followed. ' f Chased 2,200 Miles. | Memphis, Tenn., Nov. s.—Sheriff M. 1. Patterson, of Woodruff county, Ark., passed through here with J. Mf] Leslie, slias Ryan, alias Lewis, whom he arrested at Okolona. Miss. His chase of the man extended over 2.200 miles, but the crimess warranted the petsistent rvursuit. Leslie is wanted for twe bigamous narriages in Texas and Arkansas and known forgeries in ’bmaha. Neb., and other cities, with a line of the latter ¢rimes the length of which is not known, b Want Best Reinstated. i : Duluth, Minn, Nov. 6.—The employes of the Great Northern |at Superior were Tuesday circulmtix‘xélv a petition for the immediate reinstatement of Engineer Best, president o}’ the A. R. U. lodge at that point, who was discharged Monday night for being a member of the committee who waited on President Hill at St. Paul. The men worship Best on account of his heroic action in the Hinckley fire a year ago, which resulted it the saving of u train loitd of people, and if he is njt taken Lack they will probably vote t | go out. Favor Freedom of Cuba.l el - Philadeiphia, Nov. 5.—A meeting under the wuspices of the Youn#; Men's Congress of Philadelphin was! held at the acadeiny of musie Mond? night, ut whicl strong resolutions werg adopted wrging upon Spain to give Cuba the right to govern itself. ; e Half of u Town Burned,| - Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 5. -Fire at Dryant, 18 miles south of this eity, de< stroyed over half of the town. |Among the buildings burned were threg stores, 4 newspaper office, a liotel and several residences. . The loss is estinjuted at sl L

A BROKEN WEEK. ' flow the Elections Affect the Trade of . the Country. o New York, Nov. 9.—R. G. Dunn & Co., in their weekly review of trade, say: It has been a broken week,and just before and after elections in thé most important s%ates operations rarely have much significance. Stocks and products are weaker, and there is some decrease in the number of .establishments at work, both for reasons having nothing to do with questions of government. 'lwre controlling power at present is the effort to readjust prices after the remarkable rise of last summer in important materials and products, with the struggle of great combinations to prevent decline. . The price of Bessemer pig is lower, $14.75 at Pittsburgh, and billets are lower becaus: there is scarcely any demand for rails at the combination price; structural E contracts are now few, and the demand | for wire and wire nails has been curtailed . by the trusl’s advance of prices 176 per - cent. in four-months. Large western and castern orders for cars help the demand for bar, but finished products are -quite generally sold below quotations, which are now lower than they were two months &go. ; '.l‘h.e United States Leather company, aclding great quantities produced from high-priqed hides, finds outside concerns reducing prices of leather and has stopped ‘production for 60 days, in order to control t_he market. Rough calf is two cents lower this wecek, with other kinds unchanged. Meanwhile the great boot and shoe manufacture is embarrassed, even to the stoprage of very many works, by the refusal of jobbers to purchase, in the belief that | leather and shoes must decline in accord - with hides. i . Many woolen mills ‘are also closing to | walit for orders though the demand is fairly satisfactory for some dress goods ar'_xd worsteds, and the Washington mills open clay worsteds at ten cents advance. But nrices of these and most qualities of woolens_ are still unsteady, for manufacturers do not know yet what they have to meet. : 3 Wheat fallis back with great reluctance trom its summer rise of 20 cents, but has declined 114 cents for the week, western receipts being 8,019,910 bushelg, against 3,245,032 for the sume week last year. Belief in a crop much smaller than last year’'s has to resist actual receipts of 45,725,368 ouchels in six weeks against 3,665,005 last jear, and Atlantic exports have been only 4,830,945 bushels, flour included, against 13,847,619 last year. : © The habilities of firms failing in October were $16,179,536, against -$10,772,943 in five weeks last year, and §24,954,132 in 1892. Failures for the week have been 280 in the United States against 261 last year and 49 in Canada against 42 last year. ; BRITONS WIN. ' Crack Oarsmen of America Defeated at Austin, Tex. Austin, Tex., Nov. 9.—An immense crowd, witnessed the final contests between the American and English oarsmen in the great vegatta Thursday, ond they saw the tail feather of the American eagle plucked. The first cvent was the single scull, three miles, oue turn, between J. Gaadaur and Ilogers,Americans,and Dubear and Haines, Ilnglish, for the world's championship, Kichard K. Fox’s challenge cup and $1.,000. The race was won by Gaudaur in 21 minutes. Gaudaftr's time over the same course last year was 20:49. The second race was the greatest fouroared contest probably ever witnessed in America. It was a close and beautiful aguatic contest, showing the result of careful scientific training and breaking the world’s record. The oarsmen were: English—Bubear, Barry, Haines and Wingate. Americans — Teemer, Rogers, C. Gaudaur and J. Gaudaur. ‘ It is conceded that the Americans had. the best boat, best oars, hest outrigged, ‘ bt the Inglish-in a four-oared scull cutelassed them in regularity and even- b ness of stroke. It was a ease of high training and scientific work ever the less scientifie. ‘Admiral Shufeldt Dead. Washington, Nov. B.—Rear Admiral Robert W. Shufeldt, retired, died at his residence in this city at 10:30 o'cloek Thursday morning after a long illness following an attack of the grip and an | aceident while driving about a year ago. | He was appointed a midshipman from New York in May, 1839, became rear admiral in May, 1883, and retired m 1884. He had a most notable record, having opened Corea to the world by treaty, surveyed the Tehuantepec canal route and played an important part in the civil war. African Explorer *“Successful.” Philadelphia, Nov. 6.—A’ cablegram was received in this city Monday evening from Dr. Donaldson Smith, dated Aden, bearing the one word, “Success-| ful,” This news established the safety | of the plucky Philadelphian who fori the pust year and a half has been exploring the wilds of eastern Africa, and at the same time puts an end to the doubt as to his safety which had been felt by those interested in the expedition for the past few months. Marsh Kires Extinguished. La Porte, Ind., Nov. B.—The long dvought in the Kankakee region was broken Wednesday night by rain, the first which has fallen {for 60 days. Wednesday the people assembled at the village churches and prayed for rain. An estimate Thursday morning‘ Ilaces the total damage by marsh and forest fires in the five counties, Lake, Porter, La Porte, St. Joseph and Pulaski, at $150,000. . ’ Streak of Isonanza Ore. ' . ' . Colorado Springs, Col., Nov. 6.—ln the Airheart lease of the Anchoria-Leland company's claims at Cripple Creek, a six-inch streak of bonanza ore has just been encountered at a depth of 232 feet. Select samples from a half ton of the are assays $27,240.80 to the ton. Sylvanite abennds. The strike is one of the inast marvelous yet made in the gold camp. Running along with this is auother seven-inch streak that assays 32 ouunces to the ton. - Prominent Ohioan Gone. (olumbus, -0., " Nov. 9. — Robert Sherard, of Steubenville, a prominent cupitalist. and long prominently identified with the republican organization in Ohio, died Friday morning, aged 73. He was @ member of the state senate from 1862 to 1864, and was a Harrison elector in the last presidential election. ; : fienautk;l;‘ Promised in Parts. 2

Paris, Nov. 9. — L'lntransigeant asserts that the government is ybout to reopen the question of the Panama canal scandals and that it will prosecule a prominent member of the parliament in eonnection with them. Polsoned at Q_WJRETE*F east. Ottawa, 11, Nov, 9,—At the wedding of John 'l'. Cakiwell; mayor of Cherryvale, Kan.. and Miss Alcetta Malaby, at Grand Ridge Thursday night, all the guests were poisoned by pressed chicken, which had been prepared several days in advanee. Although no deuths ave likely to occur, many of those aftiicted are still*quite sick, including the bride and groou. AR e Big Vessel Owner Dead. . Oswego, N. Y., Noy. B.—Edward 8. Mitehell, ex-mayor und until' vecently | an exteusive vessel owner, died Friday, b o o

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. . International Lesson for November 17, 1895-—-Saul Rejected—l Sam. 15:10-23, - Specially Arranged from Peloubet’s Notes. GoLDUX TEXT.—To obey is better than sacrifice.—l Sam. 15:22, THE SECTION includes chapters 13 to 15, together with a vlew of the closing period of Saul’s life. . TiMe.—Perhaps about B. C. 1065, at least ten years after the inauguration of Savl—Keil According to Usher, B. C. 1079 PLACE.—Cilgal, in the Jordan valley, near Jericho. ; i LESSON NOTES. ) Taz lIRsT TEST OF SAUL, 13:2-15.— This occurred about two years after Saul began to reign. The whole Philistine ration had been aroused. Saul assembled the Israelites at Gibeah, but they were poorly armed, whereas their opponents were well cquipved. Samuel had agreed to ecome within seven days and make known the will of God. Six days had gone. and Samuel had not appeared. Toa commander like Saul, who saw that every moment's delay weakened his own forces and strengthened the enemy, such delay seemed almost intolerable. At the last moment Saul yielded to the temptation to offer the offerings, contrary to God's law and his agreement with Samuel, and press into action. Just then the prophet appeared on the scene. Saul had failed in the hour of trial. ; . TeE SEecoxD TEsT, 15:1-9.—Samuel brought a commandment of the Lord to Saul that he should declare war against the Amalekites, and utterly destroy them and all their possessions. . The kingdom of God could not extend according to God’s promise, unlessthese people were either peaceful or vut of existence. They would not be peaceful; thercfore they must pass out of existence. , The marauding Amalekites weze rich in cattle, sheep, camels and asses, and they carried their wealth with them wherever they went. But the Israelites were commanded to destroy.all this ‘wealth. The reason was no doubt to hold the motives of the Israelites on a high plane. Saul led two hundred and ten thousand Israelites against the Amalekites and -mnearly annihilated themj; but he spared -their king, probably to grace his triumph on his return; and, with his consent, the people brought home alive for their farms the best of the cattle and sheep, destroying only the vile and the refuse. ‘ SAUL BrouGHT FACE To FACE WITH His SiNx.—Vs. 10. “Came the word of the Lord unto Samuel:” Probably at Ramah, his home. ‘lt repenteth me:” He did not regret his action, but his feelings and his action were changed toward Saulf ‘“‘Anditgrieved Samuel:” Literally, it burned (in him). ‘‘And he cried unto t Lord all night:” This shows how deeply Saul’s disobedience cut his very healrt. 12. “Saul came to Carmel:” Not Mount Carmel, but a city about seven miles southeast of Hebron. ‘‘And, behold, he set him up a place:” a monument. - “And is gone about,” taken another road than that by which Samuel had come. ‘“And gone down'to Gilgal.” 13. ‘“*Blessed be thou,” ete., a form of welcome. ‘I have performed tlie commandment of the Lord:” So he tried to persuade himself, by looking only at that part of his conduct which was in accordance with the command. 14. **What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep?” Saul is convicted of falsehood Ly the voices of the animals which he has spared, contrary to God’s eommand. : ’ Savr’s VAN Excusks.—Saul makes four excuses for what he had done. - First, he did obey, in making the expedition and almost exterminating the Amalekites. n Second, he saved only the best, that it would be so unwise to destroy. . Third, the pcople were to blame. 15. “The people spared the bes}.” v Fourth, they broke the command for the Lord’s own sake. ““Tosacrifice unto the Lord thy God:” Even if the cattle spared were really intended as sacrifices to the Lord, not only the people, but Saul, also, would have had their own interests in view, since the {lesh of thank-offerings was appropriated to sacrificial meals. 17. **When thou wast little * * * the Lord anointed thee king:” All you have and are is the gift of God. 18, *The sinners the Amalekites:” Here we see why they were to be destroyed. : 19. “Didst fly upon the spoil:” “Ily” expresses his eager, passionate craving. 20. *‘l have obeyed:” Saul was.not penitent, but -blind still. ‘And have brought Agag:” Contrary to the express command of God, and yet he sees in it a proof of obedience. SAvL CoNDEMNED; and rejected from the Divine plan to which he was selected by God. ‘‘And Samuel said:” Inspired by the Spirit of God. ‘‘Hath the Lord as great delight,” ete. Ao From its very nature, ‘“‘to obey is better than sacrifice,” for itis the very thing for which the sacrifice is required. 23, “‘Rebellion is as the sin of witcheraft.” Public disobedience was trea~ son to God, a renmouncing of God, as really as was seeking from witches and demons what could only come from God. ‘“And stubbornness,” obstinate resistance to Him, is' no better than *iniquity (or idolatry,.as in R. v.) and idolatry:” teraphim, housechold idols. ‘“Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord.” Because thou hast shown thysclf utterly unfit to be king of God’s people, whose only hope of prosperity lay in obedience to God. “He hath also rejected thee from being king.” S : i

TOLD. OF PEOPLE. - Henry Miller and Charles Lex, twao California men, own more than 14,000,900 acres of land in three states. This joined would malke a property half the size of New York. Sunsberg, the champion chess player of the world, is an inveterate smoker. His favorite tobacco takes the form of green cigars, and during one game he will consume six or seven from his case. Dr. Andree has selected his companions for the balloon expedition to the ncrth pole. ‘One is the meteorologist, I'khom, of Stockholm; the other is Neils Strindberg, an amanuensis in the Stockholm university. Peels Otto, the insane king f Bavaria, has just cclebrated his 46th birthday—that s, it was celebrated throughout his eountry by a religious service,” Since his aceession to'the throne the mad sovereign has never left the castle of Fuerstenried, whieh is surrounded by Sito T B e et

Meissonier’s statue has been dedicated in Paris. It stands in the infanta’s garden of the Louvre, facing _the church of Bt. Germain I'Auxerrois.

'INDIANA STATE NEWS. MEMBERS of .the Young Men’s Christian association from all parts of the Hoosier State ‘assemblied in Terre Hauate a few days ago. The annual state convention was formally onened, and a large number of prominent speakers addressed the delegates. -MRs. GEO. ANDERsSON, aged 47, died suddenly at Muncie, and the suspicion that she met with foul play was so strong that an investigation was made.Heart trouble is the reason given by Coroner Bowers. ! -THE Presbyterian and First Baptiss churches, Crawfordsville, are looking' for shepherds, oLt THE state auditor declares that officials will indulge in no more junketing pichics. - - Tue granddaughter of Geo. Pavey, of Somerset, fell down the cellar steps a few days ago and died from the effects of the injuries, which were considered slight at-the time. : ALBERT 'FENSELER, a driller at Van Buren,was shot and instantly killed by City Marshal ' Cartwright. Fenseler had been on a ‘‘tear” all day, and had attacked the marshal. Mgs. CnrisTlNE HASSE, aged 70 years, was mysteriously spirited away from Crown Point, the other evening by some unknown parties, and no possible clue as to her whereabouts can be found. "An alarm was raiséd and over five hundred citizens turned ont in‘the search. "The old lady was possessed of considerable property, and was on the eve of departure for Fremont, Neb. Her relatives are frantic over her disappearance and fear she has been foully dealt with. . ‘'Two masked highswaymen held up Orla Turner and Charles Stephens, farmers, living at Bartonia, near Winchester, as they were returning from church. © About five dollars in money and a number of valuable papers were obtained. - : :

- FIRE at Bremen, twelve miles northeast of Plymouth, destroyed a livery barn and eleven horses, also ' Dr. Church’s office. Total loss, $2,000; no insurance. ; ’ : - Wirriam BeLL fell from a new building at the Midland Steel works, in Muncie, and was fatally injured. He fell a distance of thirty feet, alighting on his feet. : WHaILE taking the belting from the shafts at the Western Association’s Starch works, in West Hammopd, Geppi Gragido, assistant engineer, was caught in a pulley and whirled to death. = ' i . THE attorney general has prepared an opinion sustaining the state auditor in holding that a legislative appropriation made for.a year can not be used in paying the bills incurred during a previous year: , : ~Mms. IsalaH DAvis, who eloped from Logansport recently with Wm. Garner, returned the other morning and was forgiven by her husband. - . ‘J. L. BRODGEN, of Orestis, is in jail, charged by his sister, Rebecea Brodgen, with taking two horses belonging to her and trading them for a saloon:at Gilman: ' , . At Jeffersonville, Maud Übelhart, 4 vears of age, was burned almost to a crisp. . The child was playing with matches and her clothing became ignited. ’ For over a week the white pupils of one of the Indianapolis schools and the colored pupils' of another have been having a regular race war. THE. trial of Dr. W. L. Breyfogle, charged with embezzling the funds of the New Albany Banking Co., has been set for. December 9.

- VeErNox McCAaxNoN, of Brookville, accidentally discharged. a shotgun while his hand was-covering the muzzle. . . " Jonx HAmMmoxD, of Sullivan, after séven years’ search for his ex-wife and child, Myrtle, found them at Kokomo. A sTEAM cornhusker took off an arm for William Banks, near Warsaw. - "Mes. TuaNIE NIcHOLSON, of near Salem, was badly bitten by a vicious dog: e : THE state tax commission has given the Indiana & Illinois Southern railroad until December 15, to pay its taxes on the compromise basis of 6,000 a mile. P ' THE authorities have ordered Andersonians to part with their cats. It has been found that the animals have in many cases diphtheria and are spreading it. _ ; - Ar Shelbyville Nora and May Porterfield were thrown from their buggy and possibly - fatally injured. They are prominent young ladies. ‘'Their animal took frightat a.%icyclbe. : "THE case against Wm. C. Winstandley, charged with embezzlement for receiving a deposit in a bank about to assign, has been nollied at Paoli. | AT Madison Wm, ‘Colvin was sentenced to five yearsin the Jeffersonvilleprison a few days since for horse stealing. - His companion, Donahue, was sent up for five years last spring. Colvin and Donahue *lived in Clark county. ~ They went into Jefferson county under pretext to arrest Charles Arbucle, a wealthy farmer, and by intimidation got a horse and bill of sale from him. They sold the horse at Charlestown for §2O and fled. Cole, a weak-minded accomplice,was not prosecuted. : 3

W, LioN. of Hortonville, has fallen heir to $50,000 in ‘British gold. A 1 Warsaw Jacob Goshart, a farmer aged 45, committed suicide by hanging, while in a fit of temporary insanity. A compANY of Chicago capitalists " have signed contracts to locate a steel plant at Alexandria in consideration of a $50,000 bonus and a free gas fuel ‘franchise. They are incorporated under the laws of Illinois, and will begin work at once putting in the plant. It is to employ five hundred men before the bonus is paid. Two FIRE engines collided at Indianapolis. Several firemen were badly hut, and ‘*Frank,” a magnificent horse, was so badly hurt it had to be Kitbed, oo Sy . H.'J. Humpurey’s dead body was found near Brownstown, partially devoured by hogs. ; - W. R. CovErt won the damage suit brought against him by Mrs. Dr. Hillgass at Andersom. a Tue Howe Co., of Indianapolis, has begun work on the water works it is putting in at Rushville,and has alarge force of men employed. The works | will cost $60,000; v " __'fue confession of James Brown, the K%sgl’ét« train robber, was confirmed the other day when :;Qh{*rig Simons, of Noble county; went east of Rome City |by the description ‘%%&Mfi dug up a large number of express ‘money o 1 defs W 3: ch they secured in ;;»" (, "’\','_ P ;u"fl‘c\:g *“'“,’»fi’&.«'x‘{'“fi:‘ft: ghagabbere. NSt