Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1889 — Page 7

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

1.-. -. ■ - DOMESTIC. A case of Asiatic cholera is reported from Tiffin, O. A Chines© divorce case hr soon to'be tried in Chicago. An eletric storm killed a number of people In Georgia. Snow has fallen in Montana and other northwestern points. Georgia is about to pension the widows of her confederate soldiers. Mississippi farmers hope for a chance to bid for the contract labor of Sullivan. Two of the Hatfield-Coy gang (Ky.) have been sentenced to the penitentiary for life. Chaos, owned by W. L. Scott, won the Futurity stakes of $30,000, at Sheepshead Bay. Fire In Laird & Norton's lumber yard at Winona, Minn., destroyed $300,000 worth of property. Mrs. George Coons died st Little Sandusky, 0., of what the doctors pronounce Asiatic cholera. The sugar refinery of the HavemyerCo., at New York was destroyed by fire Saturday evening. Loss $3,000,000. Heavy frost fell at Plattsmouth, Neb., and Dodge Center, Minn., on the 6th. Much damage was done to corn. At Atlanta, in Rising Fawn Furnaces, three negro convicts were killed by the premature explosion of dynamite. Rain in the valleys and snow In the mountains have extinguished the fires that have been raging in Montana for the past month. The largest bar of gold over cast In the world was turned out at the United States assay office, Helena, Mont., Wednesday. It weighed 500 pounds and is worth a little over SIOO,OOO. The Senatorial Committee appointed to investigate the drossed beef and transportation industries is having a hard time of it at Chicago. Mr. Armour and the other witnesses refuse to appear before the commission. ■ 1 . A duel at Malad City, Idaho. Wednesday, resulted fatally to both participants. They were younc men and both in love vqfth the same g&l. Ttifc lady is nearly crazed over the occurence and may end her own life. Six laborers of Braddock visited Beaver Falls, Pa., and going out into the woods engaged in a carousal with several kegs of beer. At night five of the men wero found dead drunk, and the other one with a bullet hole through his heart. The Blue and Gray held a State reunion at Ft. Worth, Texas, Thursday, and coni'nued Friday and Saturday. There was a large crowd in attandence. There was a big barbecue, speech-making and remarkuble good feeling oil around. It is announced by the Chicago World’s Fair Committee that all of the $5,000,000 capital stock has been informally pledged. The largest single subscription is that of Mr. George M. Pullman, who signs for SIOO,OOO. Dr. David Tilton Brown, a wealthy retired farmer, at one time chief of the famous Bloomingdale insane asylum, of New York, and who was regarded as an authority on insanity, hanged himself in his barn near Batavia, 111., Thursday, while suffering from insanity. Two men were killed, Thursday, at the mouth of the St. John’s river, Florida, by the premature explosion of dynamite. They were soldering a can of dynamite in the work of removing an obstruction from the channel. The only portion of the men that could be found was one toe. A base ball umpire was killed at Dari ington, S. C., Wednesday. He had made u decision of which the short stop did not approve. The short-stop hit the umpire over the head with a bat and killed him instantly. Only by the greatest exertion was a bloody riot prevented. The parties of the murder were sons of prominent men. - Mrs. Angelo Rusconi, said to be one of the richest women in Kentucky, was frightened to death by a “ghost” that walked nightly in a store at Bellevue, Ky. Mrs. Rusconi went to see the specter, and \ghen it appeared she dropped dead. A thorough investigation proved the ghostly visitor to be the reflection from an electric light some distance away. The British ship War Acorn, at San Francisco, was compelled to put to sea Tuesday night owing to her numerous desertions. Five sailors seized the steam ••utter Monday night and escaped to shore. Lieutenant Valentine met another deserter who knocked him down and escaped. The reason given by the sailors for the wholesale desertion is harsh treatment. Frank Hovene, of Council Bluffs, lowa dropped dead Wednesday. A post-mortem examination revealed the strange fact that his heart was on his right side. The liver was on the left side of the abdomen and the stomach was on the right. The lungs were only one-third the normal size, and were pressed upon. How the man could have lived any length of time after birth seems a mystery to the surgeons. FOREIGN. Yellow fever is raging in Spain. Typhus fever is epidemic in Toluca, Mox. It is estimated that the London dock La borers’ strike has caused a loss of $7,500,000 Legitime, Hayti’s deposed President, ar rived In New York, Thursday, on his way to France. The Mexican Government has imposed heavy duties .on imported cattle, swine, sheep, mules and goats. The London dock employers offered the strikers their terms, to go into effect Jun. 1. The offer was declined. A break was mado in the London strike Thursday, by concessions by four cr five dock companies of the terms of th,e employes. The safe in the postofflcc at St. Justin, Quebec, was broken open with dynamite, Friday night, and $1,500 in cash and regia toyed letters were stolen. The Russian polioe have arrested forty students at Kbarkoff and fifteen at Kieff. charged with nihilism. The arrests of Kieff comprised several ladiqn. At th* session of the Trades Union Congress,at Dundee,Tuesday,the census report on too oight hour movement was presented, showing 30,688 for, and 60,633 against it The flret blood shed in tbs groat Lender,

strike was spilled Wednesday, when the police fired upon a crowd of strikers .who were obstructing the loading of a vesssel and fatally wounded one man. In his speech at a banquet in Paris Saturday, Mr. Gladstone referring to the rapid inerease 6t population in America said: “I wish to recognise America’s right to be considered, prospectively at kfcst, and even now, to some dktent, the great organ of the powerful English tongue. I wish also to indulge iu feelings of satisfaction on reflecting that no cause on earth,.unless our own folly, now or hereafter, ought to divide us from one another, or revive those causes of honcgable or less honorable contention that have heretofore prevailed among us.”

DEATH DEALING DYNAMITE.

Terrible Explosion at Antwerp—3oo People Killed—l,ooo Injured. Axtwebp, Sept, 6.—Dynamite exploded to-day in a cartridge factory in the vicinity of the Bourse, killing many persons and doing much damage to property. Portions of the Bouflse were struck by burning fragments and set on fire, causing a panic in that building, which at the time was crowded. The explosion occurred in a workshop where old cartridges] were being taken to pieces. Men and women were actively at work breaking them up, and 25,000,000 had beenpartly broken up. The cartridge factory was situated behind the rocks upon which millions of cartridges were being loaded. It was adjacent to the petroleum stores, and two large Russian warehouses were set on fire, and the fire at once spread with remarjcable rapidity, until soon 80,000 barrels of oil were, burning. Police, gendarmes and troops assisted in the work of extinguishing the flames, while priests and Sisters of Charity looked after the injured. The city was enveloped in a dense smoke. At 7p. m. the fire was still' raging, and covered two acres. The flames would shoot up to an immense height. Amid the roar of the flames there was a continuous succession of loud reports, supposed to have been the ignition and explosion of packets of cartridges. Beyond the Russian tanks there were numerous houses burning. The shipping at the Africa and America docks was in danger. Two hours later the fire had been com municated to the shipping, and many vessels had been destroyed. At that hour it was estimated that the number of deaths would probably reach two hundred, while about five hundred persons were injured. It was then certain that the loss would be many million francs, and it was thought it would be impossible te extinguish the flames in less than twenty-four hours. Owing to the intense hpat the firemen were unable to approach the flames nearer than 100 yards. Sept, 7.— At midnight the latest estimate is that there are 300 dead and 1,000 injured. The explosions continue. At the American dooks all the ships have been saved, owing to the favorable direction of the wind. The stained window of the Cathedral are smashed, and it is feared that the steeple will collapse. The whole vicinity is strewn with debris. The dock-sheds and hydraulic cranes are greatly damaged. The soldiers of the garrison and a large number of citizens were assisting the firemen. Many are dropping from suffocation. The scenes at the hospitals are heartendering. King Leopold has sent a telegram expressing sympathy and asking for particulars. ihe explosion occurred in the Corvileian cartridge factory. This establishment had been condemned by tho Communal Council, but the Deputation Permanente had allowed work to continue, ana the people are much incensed at it. The victims are mostly factory girls. Windows three miles distant were shattered by the explosion. The fire is still raging, all efforts of the firemou, assisted by the military and popu lance, to quell it have so far proved unavailing. At noon Saturday it was estimated that the number of deaths will not exceed 160. Two hundred and fifty persons were seriously and 300 slightly iniured. The firemen and troops were worked through the entire night on hourly shifts. Many of them succumbed to the heat and smoke, and had to be conveyed to hospitals, insensible, on stretchers. All the workers had blackened faces and boro evidences of the sickening effects of the dense smoke which clogod their efforts. Work Monday was entirely confined to keeping the fire from spreading beyond the sheds and factories withir. the dry-dock. The wind still continued favorable. Six. million litres of petroleum are in flames, and the oil, it is expected, will continue tc burr, at least until Monday. At the moment of the explosio* many of the woramen jumped into the Scheldt, in their fright and were drowned A number of sailors and customs officers were killed on board ships by the flying bullets, and ships were riddled by the missiles. It is estimated that 2,000 tons of cartridges exploded. The noise was heard thirty miles away. The smoke which filled the air was greater in volume than that of a great battle. Human heads and other parts of bodies were found half a mile away from the scene of the disaster. One hundred and thirty whole corpses He in the morgues, and charred heaps of human re mains represent an unknown number of dead. Tho first officer of the Rea Star line steamer Zealand was terribly wounded on board his ship. The populance watched the flames all night. The noise of the exploding uai reis of oil and the falling of the ruins exactly resembled thq sounds of a battle. Those who have been deprived of thoir homos by firo are encamped upon tho river banks. The water-works, which cost £SO,OOO, arc three parts destroyed. The Minister of the Interior has visited the scene of the explosion. The King and Queen Lave telegraphed, expressing sympathy with tho sufferers. Subscriptions havo been opened for the relief of those rendered destitute by the disaster. rirnr mixehs perished. Edin nunan, Sept. 'Tho colliery explosion Thursday resulted in the death of fifty minors, only fourtet of the sixty-four men at work in the pit having been rescued. Tho scene of to* disaster waa Penick, a small town within ten miles of this city.

THE PRESIDENT CELEBRATES.

He Receives an Ovation from Pennsylvania People aad Makes a Speech. The President and Mrs. Harrison attended the I ‘Old Log College” celebration on toe old Tennent farm near Harts ville, Pa., Thursday.- The log college was established in 1726 by William Tenneht an Oeurished until 1743, when Princeton College was founded, and it may be said that the Princeton institution of learning sprang up from the primitive college established by Tennent An immense Crowd was in attendance at the celebration. The President and party arrived from Washington Wednesday evening and spent the night at Mr. Wanamaker’s country home at Jenkintown. Early Thursday the Presidential party started for the place where the exercises where held, driving in carriages over the old York road, a distance of about eight miles. The route which the party traveled was profusely decorated with flags and bunting, the farm houses, fences and trees showing evidence of the peoples intention to make the President’s journey memorable. At 11 :80 the President, leaning on the arm of Mr. Wanamaker, entered tho large tent and was given a most enthusiastic welcome. They were followed, by others of the party, and all toof front seats on the raised platform. The ladies of the party were drossed very handsomely, and carried beautiful bouquets. Mr. Harrison’s Journey had been one continual ovation. The entire eight miles of road was lined with people, and cheering was frequent. The President made a brief speech, in which he said: “I have had illustrated to me here to-day one of toe consistent graces and tenets of the Presbyterian Church. Nothing, I assure you, short of toe robust embodiment of the doctrine of the perseverance of the saints in the person of our distinguished brother, the Chairman, who has just introduced me, could have overcome the difficulties which seem to be iu the way o| those attending celebrations. I have also had iflustrated to me, I regret to say, another of the results ,of persistent Presbyterianism. I never at any time promised to make any address here to-day. [Laughter.] “I never authorized anyone te say so. There are many embarrassing things to be encountered in this life, among them there to none more embarrassing than being associated on the platform or sitting at the table next to gentlemen with manuscripts in their pockets vtoen one is not similarly provided. [Great laughter. ] “I thank you for yonr hospitable treatment of me and mine to-day, and I must say I have much pleasure in being here, for every impulse of honest pride that stirs your hearts moves mine. I am glad to stand here at the sources of a great movement. I have seen toe Mississippi River pouring into its enormous gulf, and I have had tho pleasure of standing at the source of the great Missouri; but what is the force and energy implied by these rushing streams when compared with the movement inaugurated here. [Applause.] lam glad to be here to help celebrate one of those great impulses springing from a small beginning, and yet how far-reaching in its results wad effects. I don’t want unduly to exalt the Presbyterian Church, and yet I think historians who have been untouched by partisanship testify that it has been magnificently pressed onward. Let us take no backward steps. Let us continue to merit the favor of God and do His work until the world shall cease to move. Steadfastness is our characteristic; our enemies have called It obstinacy, and there are occasions when even that trait and that characteristic have its services. Let us, my friends, continue to be steadfast to the faith nurtured and strengthened on this sacred spot.” In concluding his address the President said: ‘‘Let me kindly thank yourfor this most cordial and brotherly greeting. Let me wish that this day will close as auspiciously as it has opened. Let me hope that the scholarly addresses which yen have heard read from manuscript, will convey new thoughts to your minds, and that you will carry away from here pleasant recollections of the day’s celebration." At the close of toe President’s address there was a scene of wild excitement for five minutes—men and women cheering and waving handkerchiefs, and in other ways demonstrating their approval of toe Chief Executive’s sentiments. The Presidential party returned to Washington, Friday. •

TROUBLE IN THE SOUTH.

A race war near Greenwood, Miss., of threatened large proportions, has been averted. Four negro ring leaders were killed. Troops were sent to the scene cf the trouble. Dispatches of Tuesday say: Upon the arrival of the troops It was learn ed that a party of about 160 negroes, well armed with Winchester rifles, were encamped near Cane Lake, a distance of six 6r eight miles from Minter City. A reconnoitering party of citizens numbering about fifty men, was organized and proceeded to interview the belligerent blacks. After riding for some time through a dense forest of cane and vines, they ar rived at the place designated as the camp of the negroes, but to their surprise they had moved to some other place. Search was at once instituted. Part of the men were detailed to go in different directions and make a thorough search of the entire surrounding country in order to discover their whereabouts ... ;; . A party, while passing through the plantation of Mr. C. A. Lowes, came upon Adolph Horton and Jack Dial and they weir commanded to surrender. Without regarding the command of the officers they drew their pistols and started to run, when they were shot down. These two were very desperate and mischevious, and had been the principal aiders of Cromwell and Thomas in arousing the negroes of this county. The other leaders were killed Wednesday morning while resisting arrest. Thomas, Allen and Cromwell, the moving spirits of the insurrection, hars not been arrested, but the whites and the betterclass of negroes are determined to bring them to Justice. George Allen is the one who killed a no m laßt Sunday nig]ht on Mr. Townsend's plantation for refusing to Join his band and it is believed ho is still in this county.

Cromwell is an ex-convict and one of the principal instigators of the riot Rtor whereabouts at present are unknown, but there are about seventy-five or one hundred men searching the woodik for Allen and hts accomplices, of whom there Ore about eighL A letter from Le Flore county, La., Saturday, says: Armed negroes are now scattered in squads in toe swamps, and are being pursued toy 800 armed whitomen. The negroes being refused ammunition at Jameson’B store, on the Tallahatchie River, burned the buildings. A posse pursued them and about forty negroes were killed. Many negroes were killed at toe other end of the parish. Govenor Lowry is severly denounced by the white people of LC Flore for not sending Cromwell book to them. They charge that Colonel Jones Hamilton, lessee of the State penitentiary, used his influence to save Cromwell, who is an exconvict.

REBELLIOUS KNIGHTS TEMPLARS.

The lows Controversy Looms tip to Mar the Festivities of the Triennial Conclave. The controversy between Grand Commander Roome and the Grand Commandery of the State of lerwa over the adoption of a new ritual is one of toe most important questions that will come before the approaching triennial conclave for action. The lowa Commandery declines to follow Grand Commander Roome’s order for the adoption of a new ritual, on the ground that it was beyond his power to issue such an order. Thereupon toe Grand Commander declared the lowa Knights to be in a state of rebellion, and is intondicting all Templar intercourse with them by the Knights of other States. The lowa Knights have made arrangements to attend the conclave next month, the Grand Recorder writing that from five hundred to eight hundred would be present from that State. This coming to the knowledge of Grand Commander Roome, he has notified the local committee on arrangements for the parade to allow no lowa Commanderies in the procession. His order will be obeyed by toe committee, and no place will be found for the lowa Knights.

HUNG 1,000 FEET IN THE AIR.

A Lad at Portland, Ore., Involuntarily Takes a Thrilling Balloon Trip. A very exciting incident occurred at Portland, Ote., Saturday evening. Prof. Redmond, an seron aut, was to make an ascension in a hot air balloon. Just as the large air ship sailed skyward, a lad aged twelve years, named Eddie Hill, became entangled in the ropes attached to toe trapeze. His got caught in a half noose and the boy coqjd hot extricate himself. He clung desperately to toe ropes with both hands, and by winding them around both arms managed to save himself frolh falling, and from choking to death. The balloon rose over 1,000 feet and drifted several miles away to the southeast, finally coming down as Tight as a feather, landing The lad without a scratch. The boy was frightened nearly to death, but soon recovered after finding himself safely on earth. Professor Redmond did not go up at all, for if he hkd his weight would have choked the boy to death. When he saw how the lad was caught he let go the ropes and remained on the ground. Great ex citement prevailed during toe time the balloon was in toe air.

INHUMAN ATROCITY.

Robbers Beat a Merchant to Death and Then Partially Crema 1 e Hls Body. C. S. Walters, -who kept a grocery at Sewell’s Point, Va., was found murdered in his bedroom Monday morning. It is supposed that the parties called at the store and woke up Walters, and as he opened the door he was struck senseless with a club and then beaten to death. The broken skull and mangled face plainly showed the manner of death. The murderers then robbed the store of SBO and a lot of merchandise, after which Walters’s body was placed between two cotton mattresses and set on fire. The firo burned slowly, and when the body was found fey members of toe family one arm and a portion of the face was feurned off. The authorities were notified, and two negroes who acted suspiciously in a boat near Sewell’s Point, were arrested, brought to Norfolk, and lodged in Jail. Both had spots of blood on toeir clothing, and are believed to have concealed the plunder.

A SHOCKING STORY.

A dispatch from Birmingham, Ala., says: One of the most remarkable murder cases ever recorded in Alabama is on trial in the Fayette County Criminal Court. L. R. Smith was employed last spring as a detective. He arrested Jackson, the negro he killed, thinking he was a murderer. He afterward learned ho was mistaken in his man. In order to secure his reward,Smith told the Negro he would release him if Jackson would allow him to cut off one of his ears. Jackson’s ears were marked similarly to those of tbe negro wanted. The negro agreed aud the ear was cut off. Smith then feared that Jackson would b;tray him, and determined to kill him. He gave him the choice of hanging himself or being hanged. The negro choose the former, and while pretending to search for a suitable place made a break for liborty. Smith fired and too negro fall Smith left, believing him dead. The negro liveu, however, to tell the tale, and Ms dying statement is the prinbipal evidence

PEARL DISCOVERIES.

A dispatch from Albany, Wis., says: The pearl excitement in this vicinity is now at its higbt. Although clams are getting scarce and the divers have to dig in mud in the bottom of the river, the finds arc more numerous and valuable than ever. The largest and by far the most valuable pearl in Wisconsin was found Thursday. A New York buyer offered $3,500 for it, but his figure was considered too low. Hundreds of small pearls are found and sold daily. The purchasers are agents of Chicago, New York and Paris houses. Visitors and clam-hunters are pouring into tbe village; and the banks of the river for allies are dotted with tents. •

JUSTICE FIELD TESTIFIES.

He Tills of Hls Relations With Terry— The Mentor of Terry. When the case of Deputy Marshal Nagle was resumed in toe Federal Court at San Francisco, Friday, several witnesses who had known Judge Terry lor years were examined, and their general statements wWe to the effect that Terry had never been in the habit of making idle threats, and was regarded as a dangerous man when his passion was aroused. Justice Field was examined briefly. He detailed a number of occurrences previous to the killing of Judge Tetry, including toedecision he had rendered against Mrs. Terry a year ago and the. affair in the court room at toe time, which resulted in Terry and his wife being imprisoned for contempt

In relation to the tragedy at Lathrop last month he said: ‘‘Deputy Marshal Nagle and myself entered toe dining room at Latnrop for breakfast and soon after taking our seats, Judge Terry and his wife, who were on the some train, also entered the room, and as they passed down the aisle Mrs. Terry glanced at me a moment, and then turned about and left the place. Judge Terry seated himself, but arose immediately and came toward me. Before realizing what he intended to do, I felt a powerful blow on my neck. I turned around and saw Terry’s giant form towering over me, with hiscHnched fist uparised. I then heard Nagle say: ‘Stop that, I am an officer-’ I then heard two pistol shots in quick succession, and saw Terry fall to the floor. I was dazed for a monlent, but soon realized that Terry had received his death wound, and arose and left the room.” Justice Fields, in responserto questions, expressed an opinion that if Nagle had not shot Terry, he (Field) would have been dead within the next five seconds. He said the expression of Terry’s face when he raised his hand to strike a second time could not be mistaken. It was full of malice and murder. Justice Field declared that he had never had any difficulty with Terry of any nature whatever prior to the rendering of judgment in the Sharon case a year ago. In fact, they had always been on the most friendly terms. Terry had often tried cases before him, and on entering court he always spoke to him pleasantly. During the last year or two, however, he seemed entirely changed and to have lost the respect which he formerly had for the courts. Justice Field added that the story of his having Terry to support him for President a few years ago was pure fiction.

Deputy Marshal David Nagle was ex amined and related the details of the tragedy in the Lathrop dining-room last month. He said that when Judge Terry approached Justice Field he had no idea he was going to make an attack, but before he could interfere Terry slapped the justice on the face with his right hand and repeated the blow with his left hand, striking the justice a second time on the back of the head. Nagle continued: “I was on my feet in an Instant, and, throwing out my right hand to keep Terry off, I shouted: ‘Stop that; lam aU. S. officer.’ Terry then directed his attention to me. He has his right arm in position as if about to deliver .another blow, and as he turned his glance upon me he looked like an infuriated beast. His elenched fist immediately sought his bosom. Believing my life was in danger, I immediately drew my pistol with my left hand, and; catching it with my right, fired two shots in quick succession, and Terry fell to the floor. I believe Terry would have cut me to pieces, and perhaps Justice Field, if I had not acted promptly. He looked like a maddened giant. I knew he had always carried a knife, and I believed lie had one on him then. I knew him to be a giant in strength, and proposed to take no chances with him. For that reason I Held my pistol iu both hands, so that he could uol take it away from me. After the shooting was over and I had got Justice Field on the train again, I told the conductor to look out for Mrs. Terry, for I did not like to injure a woman, but would surely protect Justice Field.”

OVER THE FALLS.

steve Brcdie Accomnllgh s the FVat in a Biubber Suit. Steve Brodie accomplished the perilo's feat, Saturday, of going over Niagara Falls in a rubber suit. Brodie and party arrived at Clifton, Friday night. TheJsput up at the Waverly Hotel and registered under fictitious names in order to avoid suspicion. Brodie left the hotel with the party at 4 a. m. John McCarthy and Ernest Gcrold and Brodie went to a point ‘IOO feet above the falls. He then stripped and had his body padded with eotton batting, then put on the rubber suit, which was inflated fifty-two inches around the waist and sev-enty-five inches arouna the chest the headgear being also inflated, while.two steel bands protected his body. At 5:30 Brodie, with his paddle,entered the water. He caught the current, waved his paddle to Gerold and McCarthy, and a few seconds later was shot over the center of the Horse Shoe Falls, and luckily he was shot with lightning rapidity over the outside of one of the falling volumes of water and was quickly lost in the mist and foam. He was buried from view for nearly two minutes, when a black speck, covered with a thick, white coating was seen bobbing and jumping to and fro in the boiling cauldron of rushing, gurgling waters. Jn a short time Brodie was caught in the rushing waters and carried at a brisk pace toward the American shore, and then, ail of a sudden, he was hurried toward the Canadian shore, where John Ledger had ropes ready to drag him from the water. Ledger was stripped and swam out 300 ieet with a rope, fuatened to his waist, while W. E. Harding held the other end on shore. Ledger, after several attempts, reached Brodie, fastened the rope to the iron bands round his Waist and then swam back and assisted in pulling the daring swimmer ashore. On Brodie being lifted on the rocky shore he was qnickly stripped and brandy poured in small quantities on his temples while he was rubbed and chafed, but he was insensible and blood oozed from his mouth, nose and ears' probably from the shock or concussion For twenty minutes Brodie la> until

T F be began to shiver and gesticulate with his hands. He gradually recovered eon* sciousness and it was then found that his injuries were not serious. In describing his experience, Brodie says that after he. entered the river he weakened, and Would have given anything in the world if he could have reached terra firma once more. He attempted to get ashore by using his paddles, when the swift current swept him bock and turned his feet toward the brink of the cataract. When he saw that it was impossible to gut odtfi© felt toe sams as a man that was to meet death,, and prayed for dear life. JuSt as he come to tbe ; brink of the falls hebeoamo unconscious through fright and remained so until he struck the water. Then he again lost consciousness apd knew no more until he found himself lying on his rubber suit at the waters edge.

POLITICAL.

Pennsylvania Democrats assembled at Harrisburg, Wednesday, and Edward A. Bigler, ft>r State Treasurer. The platform applauds tor action of President Cleveland looking toward tariff reform and reaffirms the declaration of principles made by the Democracy at Jjt Louis in 1888, especially that demanding a revision and reduction of tariff taxes. It favors the admission free of duty of All raw material where it-will enlarge our product and increase the demand for labor. It denounces trusts and accepts the division of the people of Pennsylvania on {he prohibition amendment as a declaration in favor of a reasonable, just and effective regulation of toe traffic in ardent spirits. It favors the Australian ballot system and advocates a liberal pension law, in order to have justice done honorably discharged soldiers who, by reason, of their wounds and other infirmities, are prevented from performing manual labor, but the giving of pensions te other persons is denounced as an injustice to those on titled to this recognition. Mr. Foran, of Philadelphia, pre sented a resolution, which was unanimously adopted, commending the course of hfr. Gladstone in his attitude toward the Irish people. John L. Sullivan announces himself as a candidate for Congressman. Sullivan is located in what is known as “Pit Collin’s district.” It has a reliable Democratic majority of 7,000, and is controlled by Irish voters. Those who know tbe district Will say that if Sullivan would only keep sober, escape tbe Mississippi penitentiary and cultivate popularity he might capture the nomination next year. The novelty of having the champion prize-fighter of the world occupy a seat in the House would undoubtedly give zest to the campaign and a nadvantage to the champion. Massachusetts Prohibitionists Wednes 1 day, nominated Dr. John Blackman for Governor, and B. F. Streetevant for Lieu-tenant-governor. Mr. Kempton, on taking the chair, delivered a speech of considerable length, In which he reviewed with great severity the record of the Republicans towards temperance legislation, and expressed “heart-felt sympathy for those Republicans who are striving to secure reform by toe aid of that party.” The Union Labor party held its conven- ‘ tion at Des Moines, lowa, Wednesday,with one hundred delegates present. Apjitforrn was adopted reaffirming the princl pies of the old Greenback party "ree tram}, more money, opposition to banks, railroads and trusts. A full State ticket was nominated. Mr. Wilkinson Call, senior United States Senator from Florida, has addressed.an open letter to Colonel W. D. Chiptoy, Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee, declining to meet hip in oint discussion before the people of Florida. Andrew Price, Democratic candidate tpr Congress In toe Third Louisiana Distrtqt, was elected by 6,000 majority over JL G. Minor, Republican. The Prohibitionists of Rhode ESfend nominated a full State ticket. Mr. Cleveland may make some speeches in Ohio this fall.

The President and Cabins! have finsffiy decided against the calling sf tbe extra session of Congress.

THE MARKETS.

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