Pike County Democrat, Volume 26, Number 18, Petersburg, Pike County, 13 September 1895 — Page 2

Cbtgifet&mttth! ^Democratj ______________ i i ’ K. XoO. 8TOOP8, Editor and Proprietor. PETERSBURG. - - - INDIANA Advices by steamer from the orient iay that cholera increases in China, the death rate exceeding 1,500 daily. The twelfth annual convention of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists met in Washington, on the 5th. with nearly 100 members present from all parts of the country. The board of health of Portland, j Ore., has taken steps to quarantine that port against a threatened ^invasion of cholera from Honolulu, where the plague is epidemic. Failures for the week ended the •th, as reported by R. G. Dun «fc Co., were: For the United States 186, against | 819 for the corresponding week last ; year, and for Canada 88, against 47 last year. According to the Manufacturers* Record of Baltimore, Md., seventy- j seven new cotton mills, with an aggregate of over 300,000 spindles, haves been projected m the south duriug the past three months. News of a horrible ' massacre by Spanish jsoldiers in Cuba was received on the 5th. It was said that women and children were ruthlessly butchered by the savage soldiery, and that nameless outrages were inflicted upon the persons of many of the victims. The nihilist scare prevailing in the j Russian capital has become vdry in- | tense, and the measures taken to pro- j tect the emperor and other members of i the imperial family suggest a return of j the days marking the worst period of j the reign of Alexander III. The Trades Union congress at <J*ar- I diff, Wales, unanimously' adopted a j resolution, on thetith, expressing stfra- j pathy with the workingmen of tier- j many in their strugglefor liberty, and condemning the German emperor for ; his interference with the rights of the press. I On the 4th Sir M. W. Ridley, Briiisli home secretary', stated in parliament that the home office had no power to order a public inquiry under judicial forms in the case of Mrs. Mayhriek, now serving a life sentence ih Woking prison for the murder of her husband.

A. 15. Champion, of Cincinnati, who about twenty-five years ago, organized the old Red Stocking Baseball club, which distinguished itself by playing a whole season with all the leading clubs of the United States without losing a single game, died in London on the 3d. The United States consul at Kiel, Mr. Henry Robertson, in a letter to the state department, ^charges Rear-Admiral Kirkland, comniknding the European squadron, with failure to extend to him official courtesies during the celebration 'of the opening' of the Kiel ship canal. -apt. The imperial Chinese chancellor, Li Hung Chang, has issued a proclamation extolling, the virtues of the foreign missionaries, who, he says, do good without hope of reward, and warning the Chinese not to meddle with them to their hurt at the peril of condign punishment. \ Fravd orders were issued, on the 6th, by the postmaster-general against the following concerns and the use of the mails denied them: G. He nr}’ & Co. and the Dixon Watch Co., of Chicago.; "George llye, of Milwaukee; the Southern Construction Co. and John 11. Fleming, of St. Louis. A dispatch to the Tail Mall Gazette from Hong-Kong, on the 6th, said, the leader of the Ku-Cheng massacre had been captured by the authorities. The total number of persons thus far arrested for participation in the outrages at Ku-Cheng was 130, of whom twenty-three had been convicted. On the 4th a special from Clarksville, Tenn,, said that Mrs. Carlisle had '■ written to a friend in Christian county, Ky., that Secretary Carlisle is a candidate for the democratic presidential nomination, and will have his name placed before the party as the present administration’s favorite.

On the Rd the twenty-first annual convention of the Railway Postal Clerks’ Benefit association opened at the Palmer house in Chicago. The annual report of the secretary showed a surplus of $83,000,- a gain of $12,000 during the year. Claims aggregating $386,000 have been paid since the association was organized. A dispatch from St. Petersburg, on the 2d, stated that the Russian police had discovered a widespread plot against the life of the czar and other x members of the royal family. Some of the leaders had been arrested. Bombs, arms and revolutionary pamphlets had been seized by the police of Moscow during domiciliary visits. On the 3d Dr. George W. Fraker, the insurance stvindler, arrived in Kansas City, Mo., in custody of his captors, And was at once placed in prison. He was met at the depot by the sheriff of Ray county, who placed him under arrest on five charges of attempt -to defraud and obtaining money under false pretenses, upon which he is liable to receive sentences aggregating thirtyfive years. In the British house of commons, on the 5th, Mr. George N. Curzon, under foreign secretary, stated that while the documents i||ceived from the Congo country in regard to the execution of the British trader Stokes by the Belgian authorities do not contain all of the information desired, they contain euongh to show the very serious character of the case.

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CURRENT TOPICS THE HEWS IN BRIEFPERSONAL AND GENERAL. aSrcRETART Herbert has ordered the United States Marine band to attend the ceremonies atChickamauga during' the dedication of the national park there the latter part of the present month. There was a commotion at the Indiana pol is stock yards, on the 3d; over the discovery that a consignment of hogs received from Kansas City was cholera infected. The hogs were at once quarantined. There were 150 in the infected lot, and ten had died since the consignment was received. The funeral of Mrs. E. Bliss, a wealthy woman who died August SO, was held in New York city on the 3d, and immediately afterward the daughter of the dead woman, Mrs. Alice Fleming, was arrested, charged with murdering her mother by poison. A meeting of Cuban insurgent delegates at Najasa. recently, proclaimed a constitution for the republic on a federal basis of five states. They also elected the marquis* of Santa Lucia president and < appointed various officers. On the 3d the sixth annual convention of the National Letter Carriers’ association was formally opened in Philadelphia. There were over 500 delegates present. On the 4th, while Sidney Duke, a farmer, living near Washington, Ind., was in his bain during a storm, the building was blown down and he was fatally injured. . ^

1 he public debt statement,issued on the 4th, shows a net increase in the public debt, less cash in the treasury, during August of $2,815,418.08. On the 4th the Boston & Albany extensive wliarf and freight sheds in East Boston, known as Pier 1, Grand Junction docks, were destroyed by fire; loss, SMK),000. The sheds were filled with freight of various kinds, none of which could be saved. On the 4tli a cyclone passed over Huntington, Tenn. The depot building was unroofed and much damage was done to freight stored there. Thirteen houses were demolished, and one negro fatally injured. Several, bookmakers at the Victoria club in London, on the 4tlx, offered one to three against the Defender. In a runaway accident at North Easton, Mass., the daughter of Gov. Ames sustained a fracture of the skull, rendering her condition critical. Secretary of War »Lamont has signed an order permitting the construction of a bridge over the Ohio river at East Liverpool, O. Tiie Morgan-Belmont syndicate, on the 4th, deposited. 52,500,000 in gold in the subtreasury at New York to cover current withdrawals of SI.700,000 and engagementsfor $1,000,000 more for export. The syndicate, in addition, deposited a large sum in gold to its own* credit, which will be used to fill the gaps caused by withdrawals prior to October 1. “Since issuing my circular of July 25 announcing that there would be no seed distributed this year by the department of agriculture, I have not received one protest from a farmer against this' action,” said Secretary Morton of the department of agriculture, on the 4tli. “and the government is saving SlfiS,0019 a year.” Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras have agreed to unite under the title of “The Greater Republics of Central. America.” This name is to be in forye until Guatemala aud Costa Rica euter the consolidation, when the combined republics will be styled “The Republic of Central America.” The twelfth annual St. Louis exposition was opened, on the evening of the 4th, with due ceremony. Speeches were made by President Boyd and Mayor Walbridge, and, with a flood of joyous music John Phillip Sousa and his incomparable band started the annual series of concerts which have rendered the exposition so popular. C. W. Rippey, who, three years ago, shot John W. Mackav, the millionaire, in San Francisco, for which he served six months in jail, is now pursuing Charles L. Fair. The latter’s friends fear that Rippey will try to repeat the

murderous attack. On the 4th five employes of the Provdence (R. I.) Gas. Co. went to their death in the cellar of the Westfield street gas holder by asplu’xiation- The dead men were engaged in repairing a leak when overcome. The Paris Matin says the supplementary credits which will be voted for the prosecution of the French campaign in Madagascar will amount to 50.000,000 francs. A bold attempt was made, on the 5th, to explode a bomb in Rothschilds* bank in the Rue Lafitte, Paris. While the business of the day was at its height a man walked into the bank carrying ufider his arm a bomb, to which was attached a lighted fuse. One of the detectives employed in the bank, who was standing near, sprang upon the man, seised the bomb and extinguished the fuse in time to prevent an explosion. The inquiry into the recent outrages at Ku-Cheng is proceeding to the satisfaction of the British and American consuls, who are receiving the facilities they demanded in connection with the examinatibns. The British parliament was prorogued, on the 5th, until November lft.

Tbs treasury gold reserve, with all the withdrawals and deposits accounted for, stood, on the 5th, at $99,987,507, or $73,000 below the reserra limit. An immense landslide near tha town of Bray, 13 miles southeast of Dublin, menaces the destruction of the great main conveying the water supply to that city. Janas 0’Mallet, who, it is said, has robbed various railroads of thousands of dollars, was arrested by. the police in Chicago on the night of the 5th. O’Malley was employed as a conductor on the Minneapolis, St. Paul &. Saulte Ste. Marie railroad, and for nearly five years is believed to have been the leader of a gang of conspirators which systematically robbed the cars of the company. Br the arrest of Robert Ritson, of Philadelphia, on the 5th, the police think they have unearthed a gigantic system of swindling by bogus drafts printed in the names of eleven different national banks and drawn to the correspondents of those banks in Louisville, Boston, Milwaukee, Indianapolis and Chicago and on five banks in New York city. M nit's ship and dry dock warehouse at Port Dalhousie, Ont., was destroyed by fire on the 5th. The steamer St. Magnus, lying in dry dock for repairs, was burned to the water's edge, and Capt. Becker, of Cleveland, one of the oldest captains on the upper lakes, who was asleep on the boat, was so badly burned that he died in the hospital a few hours later. After many years of service as a receiving ship at New York, lying at anchorage in the North river, the old United States steamship Minnesota is to be put out of commission and the boys ordered to be transferred to the Vermont, lying at the Brooklyn navy yard. Bill Williams, alias Lloyd Mayre, alias John McMahon, one of the most noted desperadoes in the west, and “Svho has always sworn that he would not be taken alive, was arrested by officers, on the 5th, and lies in jail at Leadville, Col. Williams murdered James Blount in Leadville in 1887. He was leader of the Cripple Creek gang that robbed ;the Wells-Fargo express of 530,000.

advices irom Moscow ana sc Petersburg, on the 6th, stated that 900 persons known or suspected to be nihilists had been arrested by the police of those cities, and large quantities of bombs, firearms and dynamite seized in their lodgings and haunts. A siiakp earthquake shock, lasting six seconds, was felt at Helena, Butte and Great Falls, Mont., at 12:80 o’clock on the morning of the 6th. It was most severe at Helena, lasting fully six seconds there, and slightly less at the other places named. The Dominion Trades and Labor council, in session in London, Ont., decided, on the Cth, by a majority of one, to admit representatives of the socialist labor party to membership. Westminster church, in Minneapolis, Minn., was damaged §50,000 by fire on the 6th. Driven from Cow Island and refused admittance to either Mississippi or Arkansas, Caleb Norman, a smallpox patient, attempted to run the gauntlet at Walls, Miss., and was shot and killed, on the 5th, by Quarantine Officer Turner. During a heavy electrical storm at Des Moines, la., on the .6th, several buildings were struck by lightning, and i4-year-old Eddie Caldwell was killed while asleep. LATE NEWS ITEMS. Mrs Clara Arthur, a young woman who attempted to jump from the Brooklyn bridge some time ago, but was prevented by the police, dropped off quietly in the darkness at 8:30 o’clock on the morning of the 7th. When picked up she was unconscious, but soon recovered from the effects of her daring feat She was placed under arrest charged with-attempting suicide. A rebellion has broken out in the province of Kan-Suh, China, and assumed a very sertou^ phase. The imperial army has been routed by the rebels, who have captured eleven cities. In official circles in Pekin the question is being discussed of asking the assistance of Russia to suppress the outbreak. Sukridan P. Reap, United States consul at Tien-Tsin, and Consul Francis M. Barber, naval attache of theUnited States legation at Tokio, have been selected as members of the independent commission which the United States will send to investigate the attacks oh missionaries at Cheng-Tu and vicinity.

The weekly statement of the New York city associated banks, issued on the 7th. showed the following changes: Reserve, decrease, $4,303,150; loans, increase, $5,106,000; specie, decrease, $03^,100; legal tenders, decrease, $2,884,700; deposits, increase, $1,025,400; circulation, increase, $150,000. The first of the races to be sailed by the American yacht Defender and the British yacht Valkyrie III. was sailed off Sandy Hook, Conn., on the 7th, and was won by the Defender, which beat her opponent 8 minutes and 49 seconds. The dedication of their home near Cheltenham station, Montgomery county, by the Improved Order of Red ^Men of Pennsylvania, took place, on the 7th, In the presence of several thousand members of the degree of Pocahontas. Fire in the timbering of the Osceola copper mine at Houghton, Mich., on the morning of the 7th, cut off the retreat of thirty-six miners, for whose escape from death scarcely a ray of hope was entertained. Ox the 7th the banks of &ew York city held $34,846,775 in excess of the requirements of the 25-per-cent. rule. The treasury gold reserve was, on the 7th, officially stated at $100,113,007. subject to a deduction of $1,600,090. Masonic temple at Boyleston and Tremont street, Boston, was damaged $100,000 by l\re on the 8th.

H00S1ER HAPPENINGS. News Briefly Told from Various Towns in Indiana. Father of Ae tl-SUiverjr Journalism. La Forte, lud., Sept 5.—Buried in the Quaker cemetery, a few miles west of Westville, this county, is the father of.anti-slavery journalism. His name was Charles Osborn, and with the printer's craft he combined that of a Quaker preacher. Research after the first anti-slavery literature has brought to light the first two papers published as. advocates of the freedom of the negro. The first was started by Osborn in East Tennessee, and later one at Mount Pleasant, O. A. Williams, of Westville, interested himself in placing this honor where it belongs and has secured evidence substantiating Osborn's rights, and the distinction is now fully accorded the deceased Quaker. ’

Taxn Cannot Me Collected. Indianapolis. Ind., Sept. 5.—The ! circuit court decided that taxes assessed against the express companies doing business in the slate by the state board of tax commissioners cannot be collected. The board last year assessed the companies a t f 1.357,973. The assessment was made t:uder the law of 1893, and was ob the mileage basis. The court holds that the companies can be assessed on their tangible property only. The attorr ey general will appeal the case to the supreme court. Indiana Saloon Men la Hart I Lack. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 5.—The liquor dealers held a stite meeting here, and reports from all parts of the state show the local option feature of the Nicholson law is resulting in three out of every four saloons In the towns and small cities being re fused licenses on account of remonstrances. The liquor dealers’ action was decidedly indefinite, it being recognized that little can be done. Test cases h ave already been prepared and they art waiting for the decision of the higher courts. Policeman Shot at a Dance. Evansville, Ind., Sept 5.—Patrolman Kell}* was shot between the eyes and he may die. lie vas maintaining order at a dance and about midnight four young fellows created a disturbance. Kelly ejected them from the hall, and as soon a; they were outside two brothers. ‘ Ben” and “Lee” Handorf, assaulted him. Kelly grabbed Ben aud tried to get Lee. Ben pulled a revolver and shot the officer in the face. Ben escaped aud the patrolman was taken to the hos >ital. Unconscious on the Tracks. Brazil, Ind., Sept. S.—James Pique was found lying unconscious across the Chicago & South Eastern railway track just north of this city. His head was badly bruised and swollen. He is in a critical condition. It is believed that he was waylaid, and robbed, as it is claimed he had considerable money, which is missing. A pedestrian saw his prostrate form lying across the track, and removed it just in time to save him from being cut to pieces by a train._ Wrecked the House in Their Joy. Anderson, Ind., Sept. 5.—John Hopkins, of Wales, arrived in the city to make his home in this country with his brother William, who has been living here for several months. They began to celebrate the event by drinking aud finally threw Mrs. JK opkins out of the window, took the table by the four legs and tossed it ind the dishes up against the ceiling breaking it, and tossed the furniture out of the window and demolished everything. Fire Extinguishes with Dynamite. Muncik, Ind., Sept. 5.—The big gas well on fire at Selim, which threatened the destruction of t ie town was harnessed with dynamite. A long wire was stretched near the roaring blaze and the dynamite plaeed on a pulley and 'drawn into the fire. The explosion did the work perfectly, extinguishing the blaze, but shook the country for several miles around. Family Relations Unpleasant. South Bend, ltd., Sept. 5.—Fred Bills, for thirteen years a trusted employe of the United States Express company in 'South Bend, has disappeared, leaving hi; wife and five children, and saying ho would never again return to this city. Mr. Bills said his family relations wire not pleasant, and Mrs. Bills refuses to say anything on that point._

Road Dispute at Hammond. Hammond, Ind., Sept. 5.—Under the road law passed bj the last legislature, which, allows the lounding of a township for the purpose of building gravel roads, the officei s here propose to cause the construction of gravel roads in North township to cost $200,000, but every move will lx contested by indignant taxpayers. Held fo:- Bigamy. Washington, lid., sept. 5.—W. J. Whitney, who clai ns to be a traveling detective, is held here on the charge of bigamy. Two me nths ago he married a Miss Fretz, of Ocoo, and it is now alleged that he has i. wife at Toledo, G., and another .at Hi;ksville, O. Killed by a •'ellow Patient. Indianapolis, nd.. Sept. 5.—The deathof Nathan loniboo, a patient in the insane hospital near this city, brought to light the fact that death was due to injuries received on Saturday last at the hands of Samuel Richards, a fellow pat ent. Afraid of J tin Stepmother. S*-Til Bend, ]fed., Sept. 5.—Harry Mitchell, aged 11 years, of Oberlin, fled to this city to e scape his stepmother, saying she beat' lim so that he could no longer stand it and threatened tc poison^him if he did not leave. Kloped with a Prise Fighter. Anderson, Ind , Sept. 5.—Miss Kate Conde, a belle of Anderson and worth $50,000 in her own right, eloped with “Lon” Reed, a prizefighter and sporting man, and the couple were married at Connersville.

MINERS ENTRAPPED. Cat Offbr Plr* In » Mirhlcua Crppcr Jlln* -—Thirty Mom SapponMl In hr Wt-Onlf Our Poor Chillier of Eic«|f» Thr»ath an Abandoned I ire In Mine abaft—Paihrtin bee nr a nt Ihr Mouth of the Mine. Hocgutox, Mich.. Sept. ?.—At 12:30 /clock this afternoon tire was discovered by timbermen in the thirtyseventh level of the Osceola copper - mine. The timberuten at once rushed to the shaft and when brought to the suriace in the big bucket gave the alarm. Thirty miners were at work at the time, and up to a late hour tonight but one person had been rescued. a pump boy, and he died shortly after reaching the open air. The blaze on the thirty-seventh level is 2,600 fee t below the earth’s surface. The underground workings,are heavily timbered with pine and as the fire spread it generated great quantities of carbonic acid gas, which sank to the lower level, so that death from suffocation is as certain to all in the level below the thirty-seventh as to those

ft bore. Smoke is pouring' in dense volumes from the mouth of every shaft in the mine, and escape through those open* ings is impossible. The fire is evidently gaiuiug very rapidly. The only hope for the thirty imprisoned men to effect their escape is through an old clrtft which opens at about th^ fifteenth level into the south Hecla branch of the. famous Calumet and Hecla mine, but that drift was abandoned years ago. and doubtless is choked up with decayed timber. Hut it is the only possible avenue of escape, aud the hopes" of the miners’ friends cling desperately to it. Gathered about the shafts of the Osceola are the wives, mothers and children of the uufortunate men, anxiously awaiting further news from their loved ones. The scenes are very pathetic, but bevong the doubtful assurance that the men may have found the abandoned lleela drift, little comfort can be extended. Every effort is being put forth to rescue the unfortunate men. ,but hope is not high. The O^ceola fis, next to the Tamarack. the chiePcopper producer in the Clark Bigelow group. It has been in continuous operation since 1888, and paid average dividends of $10,000 aunually. Upwards of ‘-'00 men were at work in the levels of the mine when the fire started. Many of these were taken to the main shatt and brought to the surface in the great buckets in a fainting condition. It is now utterly impossible to quench the fire by the usual methods and preparations are being made to close the mouths of the shafts to shut off the air. The side shaft leadiug to the thirty-seventh level is hermetically sealed, but the other shafts will not be closed so long as hope remains. It is believed it will ; take a mouth to extinguish the flames. This is thought to be the worst disaster in point of loss of life in the copper mining history of Michigan. MEN AND MONEY MISSING. / Sint ‘< n Thousand Dollars Stolen from the Attains Express Oftlee in Terre Haute. Terre Haute, Ind., Sept. 8.—Much excitement was caused last night by the discovery that the Adams Express I oltiee had been robbed of a targe sum of money. J. D. Fa'rdeu, cashier of the Adams Express office, and J. li. Harnett, city ticket agent of the Vaudalia, who has his office in the same I room, are missing. They disappeared Friday night. A package containing ^ SI0.000, deposited Friday by Internal Iteveuue Collector Jump, to be shipped to the Cincinnati subtreasury, is also missing. The theft may go much larger. The safe was locked bv Farden, who atouedcnew the combination, aud an expert is at work on the safe to open it. Farden was a former pension clerk at Washington, and has been cashier here two .years. No trace of either can be found. At 10 o'clock last night it was positively ascertained that the $16,000 package was stolen. A locksmith succeeded in opening the safe and the money was gone. The records of the office show it was not shipped, so that there is no doubt but that Farden carried it with him when he left here at 1 o'clock yesterday morning, going east over the Big Four. No other evidence of crookedness has been found inr Farden’s accounts. Farden is a hard drinker, and it is said has beeu drunk several nights within the last week with Agei-i Barnett. They were fast friends. No trace of Barnett can bj f _>uud.

Looking for Clew*—The Wives of tk« Robbers Su*pectetl. Terre Him, Ind.. Sept. 9.— Superintendent of the Attains Express Co. of Columbus, O., arrived yesterday and took charge of the investigation into express robbery by which Cashier J. Don Fardeu and Vaudalia Ticket Agent J. R. Harnett on Friday night got awajr with one 816,000 package and various other sums that will run into higher figures. The two men have covered their tracks well and no further clews have been obtained. Mr. Curtis, the superintended. immediately sent for the police and had a conference. The Pinkerton a*, ney has been notified, and its drag net is at work to capture them before they can get away with much of the money. Suspicion is attached to the wives of Harnett and Fardqo, that they know all about the robbery because of alleged suspicious actions on the night !of their husbands' disappearance. LAID HER CHILD AND HERSELF On the Tracks of a Kailroaa He fore qn Onru*tilng Train. Toledo, O., Sept. 8.—A special from Creston says: A middle-aged woman, j who is .unknown to anybody here, i killed her child and afterwards committed suicide in a shocking manner yesterday afternoon. She was seen j to walk along the tracks of the. Wheel- ! ing road south of the depot, but no at* | tention was paid to her till the train I was pulling in. Then she laid* her child on the rails, and threw'dierself in front ofathe locomotive.

THE DEFENDER WON Tko Initial Rare for the America's rap— Valkyrie III. Lead at the stnrt.llut os the Ketarn the ttrltish Cb»ll»n(«r ballad to Hold Her Own nod the Yaakaa Flyer Came In wtt h a Good Land. New Yohk, Sept. 8.—All hail Defender. The aluminum ami bronze boat defeated Valkyrie III. 8 minute* 49 seconds In the first of the races for the America's cup yesterday. Twenty thousand people on the greatest flotilla that e»er assembled off Sandy i llook witnessed the race, and there was a scene of hilarious joy when tha Defender crossed ..the line fully twomiles ahead of. Lord Dunraven's boat. The joy of the multitude was undoubtedly.Increased by the fact that the Valkyrie led the Yankee boat for the first hour. She walked away front, the Defender in a way that led Englishmen to fondly hope that their day had come at, las® bright visions of the America's cup floated before their eyes, while the pit riot ic Americans who were packed tier above tier on the many decked excursion steamers

were very glum. There was only a five-knot breexe at the start, and Valkyrie was going through the water faster than the Defender in^the light air. ■’’There was a lumpy sea on, and quite a swell came in from the "ocean, but the buffeting of the wires against the Britisher's bow did not keep her back. She outpointed and out footed the Herreshoff boat to the amazement of the great erowd of spectators. But after establishing a lead of a good quarter of a mile the wind having freshened, the cup chal - lenger failed to hold her own -and the Yankee yacht began to gain. When the crowd saw it! there was ^general brighteniug up, and as it became plain that the pro Vuet of American brains was picking up her rival, a cheer went up and tug boat whistles screeched. As both yachts were beating to windward, it is impossible to say when the Defender overhauled the British boat; but it was about 1:25 p. m., when the boats had covered nearly half of the fifteen miles of windward work. Once the Defender got her gait there was no cate ling her, and as the wind continued to freshen sheopened up a very large gap between her stern and the bow of Lord Dun raven’s Wat. When the Defender reached the o»ter mark she had an advantage of three minutes and twenty-seconds. There was a big demonstration as the Yankee boat made the turn. The wind having shifted,® the runhome became a broad reach, audit was of constant gain for the American boat. Going home the gain was 4 minutes S3 seconds. With the time allowance of 29seconds, the Defender's victory was 8 minutes, 49 seconds*. The wind was ten knots at the finish. Yesterday's race showed that Valkyrie III. moved like a ghost in a wind of less than six knots, and that she seemed speedier than the Defender in that wind It also showed that with a. wind of from,eight to ten knots in both windward' work and broadreaching the JSnglish boat could not keep the pace set by the Defender. Both yachts were somewhat interfered with by the’attendant fleet, but the patrol yachts kept a fairly clear course except at the start and finish. S WIND AND RAIN Wreck tlie State Normal School at Em- ^ l>oria, Kitn.—Other Damage Done. Emporia, Kan., Sept. 9. —A-severe wind and rain “Storm, passed over Emporia about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon,'and did considerable damage, although, as far as can be learned, no ‘ lives were lost. The most damage was done at the State Normal sehool, the new east wing, which cost §50,000 and was but lately dedicated, being reduced to a mass of ruins. The north gable end was blown in and the roof rolled up like paper aad carried off half a bloek. The entire inside of Albert Taylor l hall was open to the storm of rain. Tlfe damage is estimated at about SI 0,000. V ’ • The wreck, however, will not interfere with, the sehool work, as fifty rooms in the main building yet remain uuinjured. A special meeting of the norniul board of regents .has boon called by wire for Tuesday at 2 p. in. Considerable other damage was don* down town. Clark's Wholesale furnTture store was partially unroofed and his stock of goods more or less damaged. Basements and cellars throughout the city are flooded. Fonr inches of water fell in less than two hours. But iueager)re ports have as yet been receireiF^frtrtn the surrounding country, where it is feared the damage haa beemgreat. «> At\lIartford, twelve miles southeast of here, several houses are reported blown down and one Woman, Miss. Bessie lienry, is dangerously injured. At Neosho Rapids, a church, several dwellings and a livery stable are reported destroyed. A Santa Fe Widge, with 1,003 feet of track, is washed away near Reading.

An Attempt to Hlow Up » Church to Obtain Coins Placed in the Coroerwtons*. Gbsknvili.i5. Mich., Sept. 9.—An explosion of dynamite occurred at aa early hour yesterday morning at theFirst Congregational church in thiscity, but little datphge was done. Itis supposed that the charge had been put under the cornerstone of the* church by thieves who expected to* obtain money which, was believed to have been put in the cornerstone at» Vhe time it was laid. __ BOSTON’S MASONIC TEMPLE, Damaged to the Extent of One Huudredl Tkiomnd Dollars by Eire. Boston, Sept. 8.—Boston’s Masonic* temple, corner of Boyleston and 'Fremont streets, was badly damaged byfire and water yesterday. The fire* started in one of the upper stories, andi practically destroyed all above the* third floor of the seven-story buildingThe damage to building and contents^ including Knights Templar and masonic lodge regalia, swords, banners^ ' and other paraphernalia, is estimated! at *100,000.