Evening Gazette

              -—:— ,tii " - —— "■ "  Jglik: iSci FA.. MON DAY, £0fcus» ,, . TT two*&jtTof TlfE FLAm1 Tn*D lC«rD Twin wrmm• a '"'1 hi Bockawat, L.L, Auc w lim ' 0C** Bw ta » Mhnaaot* Lu» Wore two exciting scenes on the tarry-boat bar Centre. r on it» trip from Far Rookaway Tillage across . u . rr»ek bay to tha beach on tha ooean ride batweea 2 and 8 o'clock yesterday aftaraoon taw 1*1 M*ula( «|ll« Ceanm«4 pJstty an? stylishly irtmii woma/TSi T «,OQ* y af Daatrare*. boat was about midway in the stream when rtamfcer or MU«M«s "~*V ttand' HfM. MmninQ . . . • ■ »—gg »#rr m MaMMPAj war it D ■UIOBX 680. Weakly established I860 FOOCHOTV BOMBARDED A DEFICIT or ALMOST A MILLION LIFE IN NEW 0RK Wfft ON THE WAR PATH. MD or *o Tariff, "ThtVu th« Ouw the Basalt of the U •r the tton r" ! ... I* Is dte question upon *bWi tbe oomicg Presidential campaign will be (wight J|ia the question which hu wptli tM*leading mind* of both great political parties for the put fifty years, «*C** ahen 0»«™hrtlowed for • tine by the great question of "Shall the IJmon be Preserved?" Mad to post our•elves, and be prepared to vote undentedingly upon this great question. While there are honest differences of opinion, and there is much that may be said, both In Mror of and sfindMwa trade, one thing is oerttin, and that la, yen cannot find a medietas tftat will oure Coughs, Colds, Asthma, or any disease of the throat or lungs, equal to 0. 0. C\ (Ourtis' dough Compound.) Try it Seven Chinese Gunboats Sunk and FtBBuces of Msssat C»»»tft K. M. A Saturday *i«h» Scene is a T *•«■»•» of Ik* TriM Oram*- ■las OoUn4*Di Kick BMAm, Dww, Col., Aug. Nothing hu bM made public regarding the effect of Secretary Teller's request, made to OeeroUui of War Lincoln, for troop* to bring the Utes In Srathweetern Colorado back onto their reservation. Speaker Carlisle says there an* troops enough at Fort Lewi* to accomplish all that i* desired, and a company of loldiers i* now at Pint* Spring*, about 100 mil«e west of Dnraago, ready to pMHNl the property and lives or a* many of the *0ttlen as possible. Bat one company b not enongh, and t is not far enough west. Mr. Carlisle has just learned, from authority that he considers reliable, that about sixty Uncompaghre utea have appeared in Southwest Colorado, between Piedra and Pinos creeks, and are supposed to bd on the war path. A friendly Ute gave warding to one of the ranchmen, saying that those Indians were not there for any good, and advising him to move *way, which be did. If the report is true the presence of the Unoompagbre* may compHtsto matters so that another Indian war will follow the effort to drive the wandering Indians to their reservation. It Was evident from Mr. Carlii la's manner that In feared this result* but did ndt like to think it possible. * Mr. Carlisle say* that the ranchman aro now venturing to return to their rangeq and homes, and are endeavoring to estimate their losses. All the boras were stolen thai the Indians could steal, and many cattle were killed. Mr. Carlisle says he lost ISO bead of horses, and he does not know how many cattle. the Arsenal Destroyed. Newark, N. J., Ang. 25. — Alderman James F. Connolly, chairman of the finance committee of the common council, two yean ago offered a resolution in tbat body to the effect that steps be taken to secure an expert examination of the accounts of the Ccnhity of Essex. The resolution  adopted, but no official investigation has yet been undertaken. The matter has recently been referred to with renewed interest, in oonsequence of the expert investigation which the city's accounts have been under going, and also the special investigation ordered by the Board Qf Freeholders to be made into the affairs of the County Lunatic Asylifm. Expert Edward Mullen, who is employed at the City Hal£ has just made an examinaC40i of the county reports made during the.past twelve yean and has found a "shortage'1 in one of the sinking funds of nearly (700,000. This is ia the department known as "the Essex Road Board Sinking Fund." aunt House DMiit1 Ike Mistake mf ■ 1r*rthy The French Fleet Unscathed—Hope Remaining Tbat the BIMcnlty May be Settled Voder the Aus- lad—A Wealthy Bootblack. Causht by Nos*. t —"Tjr'r: n*w Yarn*, Aug. 86.—Michael Farrell, of Jfo. 46 Hester street, was arraigned before Judge Qorman at, the Essex Market court yesterday, charged with a murderous attack on his wife Annie. Mrs. Farrell now lies in a serious oonditlon in Bellevua hospital. On Saturday night about 8:30 o'clock he gave Ms wife money to bay food for the bouse. Instead of getting the food she ■pent the money in nun. Returning home in an intoxicated condition the huxband, who was also under the influence of liquor, sttnek bis wife aad kioked her in the abdomen with such force and cruelty that the floor of the room was oovered with blood. Cei|ri«-«hr BM Flaa Was eailt' pices of Prince Blsmarek. tiie woman, who had'beeu ing in ti* forward part of the thmI, ran rapidly to tlw nide rail and sprang uwbtrd. Borertl oersons were standing near by at, the time, out go quick were the novemehts of the woman that they were unable to reach her in time to be of any servioe. The alarm was given instantly, the ferryboat tacked and a boat lowwwd. The woman was buoyed up by her clothing Jptd was picked up after some difficulty and takpiion board the forry-boat The efforts of the rescuers were watched anxioualy by the passengers, some of them being so nervous as to be utterly prostrated, and several of the women fainted. Upon being taken on the ferry-boat the wo«Cd-be suicide tfaa found to be greatly excited. Efforts to quiet her were only partially success.ui, and at her roque.it shj was left alone. A lew minutes later, While jio one was watching her, she sprang to tho rail and flung herself jgain into the water. The second attempt at self-destruction caused ereu more excitement than th? first. The boat was again lowered and the woman was rescued, her escape from death by drowning being a very narrow one. She was then held forcibly in a seat ami upon reaching Far Roekaway village as file d in a hotel. She was in a frantic condition and refused to give her name or residence, and declared her intention of taking her lift at the first opportunity, exclaiming, "My $od, let me die, I have ncWY to live for, I'm ruipad," &c. She is about 85 years ot age, "decidedly handsome, intelligent, and apfnara to be w«U connected. 81m was richly dreiaad in a black 41k suit, with bead Qalnesborough hat. It is n New York. ib» or friends. Mm«lr«k«r Lo*don, Aug. 2(l—Dispatchos from English sources confirm the news of the French successes at Foo-Chow, and even carry the story to a later hour of Saturday. When Admiral Courbet ordered his ironolads to oyen flra he was gallently responded to by a squadron of ten Chinese gunboats on the rivei Mill. ■ These were officered by Europeans, and the Chinese gunners served their pieces well, but the calibre of the guns was too small for the shot to inflict sorioua Injury on the French. The latter flred with terrible effect, and the discipline was perfect.If Inn., Aug. 35.—One of the most disaPFons ire* in (he history of Duluth occurred here. The u* and planing mills of Little tc Simonds, at Rice's Point, together with aH their machinery, tracks and mill outfit and 7,500,000 foet of sawed lumber, are ajptal lost. The Are started about 8  in the engine-room of the saw mill, and spread throojh it and the adjointtig planing mill so rapidly that only a small piece of machinery was saved. R. S. Curtis,' Bingham too, N. T. The Are then caught in the yard, threequarters of a mile long by one-quarter of a mile wide, which was piled with lumber to the height of twenty feet, and helped by a strong wind completely cleaned the yard out. The losses and insurance me about as follows: The legislature twelve years ago passed a law creating a commission in this county to construct public roads. The act authorised the issuing of bonds by the county authorities to prosecute the work, and that the money necessary should be raised in ten annual instalments. The act pledged all mdhey receivod from assessments on the property benefitted by the improvements for the redemption of the bonds. The original bonds were issued in 187L 1872, 1878 and 1874 and are now all matured, the last issue, (200,000,having fallen due in July last. Expert Mullen finds that although the receipts from benefits and the special tax of one-tenth of the costs annually levied exceed the original debt, there is still due (448,000 of outstanding bonds, for the payment of which there is no money in the fund. He finds that t'%D commissioners have reissued $187,000 new bonds The original debt was (1,483,000. The total collections from benefits and the special tax paid into the sinking fund—not counting interest on the investments which the commissioners are supposed to have madeamount to (1,400,000. With accruing interest the expert finds that there should be on hand (1,816,003. The sinking fiyid commission of the county is composed of the finance oommittee (and the director ei-offlcio) of the board of chosen freeholders. From the moment the French guns got the range ou tha Chinese boats a pitiless rain at iron was kept up. In vain t!ie Chinese graft stsamed hither and thithw. Onj by one they went down with great gaping holes In their sides, until seven of the well-fought gunboats had sunk with the dragon-flag still flying. The remainder were captured for want of unwouuded men to serve the guns. Tlie French fleet now moved up tho river uid took position opposite the great arsenal }f Foo-Chow. Its flanking forts and water batteries replied at first with some spirit; but the Flench shells wore dropping beyond The screamsof the sufferer brought in the neighbors, who carried- her to the station house. The ambulanoe was sent for, and sb6 was Conveyed to Bellevue hospital. Officer Owen Gallagher, of the Eldrldge street station, on entering the room, found the prisoner lying asleep on the floor in the pool of his wife's blood; a pistol lay beside his head. The sleeper was aroused and taken to the station house. He admitted kicking his wi'«. He was held to await the resuit of her iii j ; ies.  Ou mills and machinery, 145,000 insurance; valued at (65,000. On lumber in the yard, $55,008 iusurnnca; valued at $60,000. All the mill insurance is hold by Chicago companies, tic the lunger 1,000,000 feet are OKnsd by Cutler, Gilbert & Pearson, who were having it sawed. The ground between the burned lumber yard and that of Dttnkin, Gamble A Co. is all sawdust and slabs, through which the fire will burn for several days. Win" ■ • 4 J . ijMifvniijB Republican " i ..-i-'itiiwi'l "'•;: llD f» .ii*(lia--wf! them in the arsenal itself. A tremendous Nbv York, Aug. 26.—A young French couple called- at polioe head quartan and asked C.r a baby. They spoke English laiper'oi *u* Capt. Ynle soon gathered iron. tuey had not lost a child and nivor had any to loee, but felt that the; would like to have one, and thought the1 could ; t one • t police headquarters Th ' «smD«  Uatro i H fat# uu Uan^ WetDb of cD fur a Imby! t!ie dux n 01 in. Olio o: girl, took tilt it hi her arms and turning call hiui pa respond wD —, strangely at — . tha  sternly, " Why, that baby is not yours. I'iMpeetlac the Baby Crop. A DEMONIACAL MURDER. ixplosion that shook the earth showed that ft French shell had fallen into a powder magazine. From that moment the Chinese firing ceased. For three hours the French pins poured a storm of shell upon the irsena), which was now on Are in several A S3 5,000 Fire In Brotklr*. I Brooklyn, Aug. 85.—A Are occurred in the east wing of tlie fire-story brick building, extending from 88 to 88 Btafe street, and used for manufacturing purpqtej. The Ore spread so rapidly through foe upper floor that the occupants were much frightened and would have thrown tMir furniture out of the windows had they not been restrained by the police. Three alarms ware sent out, and the firemen kept the flames to the east end of the bailding. The floor! were all gutted and the machinery and contents almost totally destroyed. The loss amounts to $35,003. I* tk« rC uC lbo»u Him. A Mnr TDkM Hli Intent m Oat Coopkrhtowk, N. y., Aug. 25.—Yenter•tlay Fmimore Clayton, of the town of Middfefleld, shot and killed hi* only mo, need two yoori. Clayton baa been a drinking man for several years, and hfcd suffered from d«lirium tremens for several days prior to the murder. He took the boy out into'the yard and shot him throngfc the he*4,C»ying: "He is now in heaven, and hatter off." 1 He then want into the house and triad to take the Uvea of the ramaladsr of the family, which eqawted of hie wife and mother, who succeeded In taking the pistol frost him, but not until they had given him some severe blows upon the head with a bail dub. Ha le now suffering from the. effects at these blows, and is not mimIwi Of tfce terrible crime he baa committed. Clayton te a young farmer, about thirty yean old, of * respectable family. He has been lodged in JaiL ■ ■ - The 8igual to cease fil ing wna at length jiven, and it was soon that the place whb utterly destroyed. tin directed them upntnIr»To ™ •l». aaying that whatever .M J*0* cuiild 4w found up the,., lira **A?!rJg ihetmoueM it iMttkiMn, vfi|,or- |, crpnn Hllla W to the man bado thaWblld to k a. The youngster did not . aflT—VtalL thi* request and louked sc _ . ,Y . ■he mar Mrm. Webb said ettff?_and T,4enU Toward nightfall several detachments of ■ailors and marines landed without opposiiiou. The Chinese batteries ware deserted tnd the place was in the hands of the French. No advance was attempted am the city of Poo-Chow itself. The French fleet cannot iscehd the river any further. &METERY. STOPPED BY HER HUSBAND. 'rlglitoned A Nnnb.r of HalMlaga BnMrti. Mtora at Cyprea ___ ,ideut« in Olendale, last Williamsburg and Fresh Pond—little ciwna just outside the limita of Brooklyn, have been greatly excited rectntlyby occasional glimpses of a man who ia said to Ira* quentthe woodj in the neighborhood and who rill about in an exceedingly sqint eostume composed sMely of oak loaves. Efforts have been mad* to capture' the strange individual Utt so far they have proved unavailing, the man was last se«a on Tuesday evening when Mrs. Robert McKensie, of Ma 308 Twenty-first Itreet, South Brooklyn, was attracted by a sued nasi 011 of scmaan and beheld a feeble jold woman endeavoring to escape from the strange man. When.the aged lady reached Mrs. McKensie's side she said that whil(| sitting at her lot in the cemttery the nude figure approached her by a leaping movement, and made the most frightful grimaces and gesticulated wildly. The woman gave her name §3 Mrs. Banftild. of Ma. 116 Java stroet, Gh-oenpoint. Mr* McKensie, when she saw the man, brandished a pruning knife p*nC headiuil threatened to Kill him if he Spproaehsd any nearer. With a maniacal smile the wild man, as he is called, ran away, shouting tome unintelligible gibberish. Hupt. Juhn t. Rtmcie, of the cemetery, *js that If?uent 90mplaints have Been made about lisorderly parsons being seen In the back part of the oemetery. He discredited the wild man story, but stated that very strange ftories were always to be heard concerning weird Inhabitants of graveyard. FIVE MINUTES FOR PRATER. Portlawd, Ore., Aug. 81—Spokane Fall*, W. T., *u visited by a heavy Ire Saturday. A number of building* were totally destroyed, among them thejpoet* office. Most of its contents were saved. The load is about (30,000, lightly insured. Aug. 26.—No official confirmation of the (access of the Jfrench operations it Foo Chow weta received in Paris up to six o'clock lost evening. A cable news •eporter learned from one of the officials of «he French foreign office that the governnent Hoes not expect to receive Admiral wourbet's dispatches until this afternoon, at ihe earliest The French officials believe ihat the accounts received by th« press are locurate, because the movements reported kre strictly in acoordonoe with tlie orders jiven to Admiral Courbet No complica:ions arising from the interference with the sommercial interests of Germany, England Dr any other power are anticipated by the French foreign office, and your correspondent's informant stated that the privileges Df neutral nations would b? respected as far (4S they were. consistent with the tactics of Trance. He added: "There is no possibility Df France consenting to refer the matter to irbitration, or to permit any diplomatic intervention. Franco can take care of her iwn interests and honor. She will now Dush the matter to the ond. and you will ee that she w ill dictate her own terms to China." No Official Confirmation. Srt. Jones, of Lone Island City, Loses Her (Escort sa4 Her Jewelry. Lomo Ibland Cmr, Aug. 25.—Mr. Isaac Jones is general manager of Miller's Mtel, in this city. Ha and his wife were both members of the Baptist church. Mr. Eugene Gray, the son of the president of the board of assessors, and liis attend the same church. Mrs. Jones is quite young. She is a blonde, and lier husband is rather gray and nearing SO. Lately he has feared for his domestic happiness. A week ago his wife, it is averred, told the neighbors that she was tired of Htn, and that she would soil out the household goods and move. She didn't go, but Mr. Jones has been rather suspicions and on the lookout ever since. He has chiefly suspocted Mr. Eugene Gray. Mr. Gray looks to be over 28 years old. Then the nature of the misunderstanding came out, and the French Woman blushed rosy red in her embarrassment. Ilia couple Kara evidently in comfortable circumstances and were so much in earnest in their desire to get a babv that Mrs. Webb referred them to Superintendent Blake, who con allow them to adopt one out of the nursery at Blackwell's island, It they find one there that they are willing to take. law 1KI1I and Lumber Yards Bsrstl Portland, Ore., Aug. 25.—The saw mill anC} lumber yard of Small ft Ellis, near Rathdrum, Idaho, totally destroyed b/ Or.'. The loss will reach $58,000. The .Biuraope is very light. The owners of the mill are large railroad contractor! * The Homes Best the tfteyelea. Chicago, Aug. 28. — The horse-bicycle contest waa concluded Saturday night in the preeenceof a great crowd. Anderson, the horseman, won the conteet, he baring oovered 874 miles in six days of twelve hours each. RATOATfW A Sllai Must's Apelocr. NiwYomc, Aug. 85.—William Sullivan, old and blind, earned money to purchase his Sunday dinner by playing a fiddle in the streets in Yorkville. Elated by his success he became disorderly, and Policeman Sheridan; of the Bast Thirty-fifth street station, arrested him. He was brought before Justice Duffy in the Yorkville Court yesterday and produced a bag full or pennies to pay a DM at $D imposed by the justice. Oas by one the blind man dropped the pnnntss "tnto Policeman Hartfngton's (jutstretch palms until the officer's arms acted, and he uttered an unoomplimentary remark about "fiddler's change." Sullivan heard the remark, apologized to the court for having nothing but "fiddler's change," and had his fins remitted for his politeness. East Baoinaw, MiCfh„ Aug. 25. —The a*, chinet shops of John Jaeluou at Saginaw City, burned yesterday. Loss, $25,000; insurance, $13,000. Machine Shops Burned. Prince on his bicyds mads 455 miles, and Armaido, the pedoitrienne covered 416, their aggregate score bstfeft three miles less than thai of the rider. fH ■T C \\ • * wt . r 7; At 12:80 o'clock yesterday afternoon a young woman was standing in earnest conversation witb a handsome young man in the Hunter's Point railroad depot. -They were in the crowd waiMng for the Long Branch train. They stood very near the entrance to the cars, and wh4n the gateman shouted "All aboard for Long Branch and way stations," they started for the cars. But they were suddenly stopped by a middleaged man bareheaded and costless. This man was Mr. Jones and the young woman was Mrs. Jones. Mr. Jones grabbed his wifo first, and then reached for the young man, but Mrs. Jones shrieked. -New Uss4s)a ■aapatle Mlee. A SLEEP-WALKER'S FATAL FALL Nbw Larxdo, Moi., Aug. 86.—Because of some secret information or orders received from the city of Mexico, the poiloe of this city, Friday night, without previous warning, arreeted every person seen en the strsate after 10 o'cloefc. About flfty mm and women wpr* forced to remain in Jail all %ight The authorities offer no reasonable explanation for the proceeding. A Penneylvtiula Lawyer Steps Praia • Balcony and Is Killed. Wilkesbarre, Ang. 28.—W. R. Kingman, a well-known member of the Lucerne county bar and o&e of the county auditors, disd at en early hour Saturday mornlnf. While laboring under an attack of sonambolisBi.be rdhe from bed and tfalked throngh the open window of hla room to the balcony and from there feel ta the sidewalk. He was picked ap in a state of inasmfbllity and never regained ooBsetonmess. .*« The Consulate Buildings Looted. Cite naff MtTite. London, Aug. 25.—The Times correspondmt sends further details of the bombardment »f Foo-Chow. The Chinese looted the conl ilat) buildings early in the engagement •ompletely gutting them. The bombardment is described as sickening. The French illowed no quarter, and shelledthe disabled Shiam vessels as long as they remained kbove w atur. The French had eight ironjlad men-of-war in action, while the Chinese lad nine small gunboats, all but two of vhich were destroyed. English vossels saved nany wounded Chinese who were floating in ;ae water. Xamuh, Aug. 2&—Th»r» ia a good proapact of the final conclusion of a treaty ot oommaree between the United States awl Cuba. Hm leading Spanish jafan editorially point to tea fast that, nnlsss Quba and Fort Rico hare a favorable treaty with the United States, the English of the X?t»t India oolnntaa will, which mm death ta A PsIlMMI's Cnrlonliy SfMUki. "Go, run, run, or hell kill you I" The young man went. N*w You, Aag. 26. —Policeman McNally saw Thomas Fair, a fifteen-year-old boy, counting a roll of bflk in Mulberry street aider a gas lamp. There wis 117 in tha roll. Tha policeman asked Fair wtisrs ha had got it Tha boy told him ta find out. He art rested the boy as an initiative step and Kept him overflight In the Mulberry street station. Then he informed the Children's Society. They learned yesterday that Fair was treasurer of the Tarenab Brady Cfeowder Club of Mott sMMfand that the money was lawfully in Fair's possession. The boy waa discharged. He was * native of Wert Virginia, served u a captain of artillery in tho . QwMtnb army, asan aids-da-oamp toOs*. Jack eon, —it ocaftor tfas war was elected principal of the Charlottes town college until that institution broke qp. Ho then came to jtfcta city about ten years ago, and for some time conducted the academy here. In 1878 ho wai C**ri to the bar, and had acquired a contidorable practice. Of lafe years Kin great mental ability has been impaired by heavy drinkiiig,trnmSr- jB Ai .. --All £When Mr. Jones was left alone with his wife he loet no time in upbraiding her, but let her do all the talking, which she did so earnestly eg to make several of the passengpas miss their train. Mr. Jones, paid no heed, but set to work removing his wifa'k jewelry. He took off two gold bracelets, and a silver bangle with a lot of engraved dimes attached. Then he took her watch, necklace and earrings. Aa each piece of jewelry disappeared in turn, Mrs. Jonerf screams grew louder, and finally Policeman Cody separated them. A Texas ■■••■Mary Executed by lu- USE ILL. C(l|aant Vtratra, Hmivilu, Tann., Aug. 86.—Some of the; mormon con vests of Lewis county hare become demoralised and an selling their plaeee and leaving for Utah. HMtiia Tnliy, •a old. resident of lli«IMr, wasao anxloaa to get away that be aoliJbU farm of acres, together with utfoalls, live stock, etc., worth $3,500, for |600l Oatcsviixs, Tex, Aug. 36.—John Howard, aged 00, a farmer, wai arrested, charged with burning several stacks at wheat Jn Hamilton county, thirty miles from here. Tho officers stopped for the night on their way to Lampasas, at a tavern at Longford's Cave. At midnight a mob came from Hamilton county, and dragged Howard out of bed. They took him shivering,:.without Nothing, to an open field, and after gtjring him five minutes for prayer, ridllleanim with bullets. Howard had lived on the edge of Hamilton county for ten years. He bore a better imputation than many of hfa neighbors, who, it is supposed, composed the mob. The authorities are Aaking no effort to arrest the murderers. An Example of Barbarians. London, Aug. 2fc—The Times corresponding the only one present, characterizes the lotion of the French during the engagement is hellish, and presenting an example of liar- Jexism unworthy even of savages. The French ironclads continued to shell the town ong after the Chinese had ceased firing. Ti:e safety of the British and other nonsombatant vessels in the harbor was greatly indangered during the engagement by the arge number of burning junks which had lean cut loose from their moorings and alowed to float about Two of the Chinese (unboats were blown up by French torpedoes ffhile they were sinking. PITTSTON, Mr. Jones slipped the jewelry into hia pocket and went quietly back to his business. When he was gone Mrs. Jones took the bD '] for Greenpoint. Mr. Jones said that .# didn't have anything to say. mixing the Uufsl with tha Pleasant Nxw Yens, Aug. 36.—"X never saw so many people in the parte as thare waa here . Xwiay," said Sergeant England yesterday. ••They crowded the drives, the rides, the walks, the grass, trees, statues, everything." Mr. Henry Bergh sat on a bench watching the gents. He ordered several teams to be unharnessed for a rest Where the goats stand many pretty women assemble. Mr. Bergh nt among the pretty women. The New York state Ktremea. UttCA, N. V, Aug. 25.—The Bute Firemen's association' mot her® to-day. The business men's committee have the matter of receptions in charge, and have made out an elaborate programme. There will be over 100 companies and 40 bands in line at the grand parade Friday afternoon. The Qitiaens of Vtlca l*av« given valuable*prises to bo competed for during the week. The bigness session opened at the City Opera "Bouse at 10 a. m. , when Mayor Sherman delivered an address of welcome to the delegates. ' The convention promises to be the most largely artended of guy in the history of the State Firemen's association. Wednesday Evening, August 27,* Washington, Aug. 25.—Assistant Secretary of State Davis has received a cable dispatch from Consul Fletcher at Genoa, ■fessls Stricken by Ohelers, At a Negro Camp meeting. announcing that cholera suddenly attacked Speasio, Italy, on the 22d Inst, and that sixty-one cases and forty-nine deaths had been reported. fhder the Atiflcw tflhc Pnincess Anne, Md., Aug. 25.—The negroes of this saction of the state are holding camp meetings here at which whisky is freely dispensed. Yesterday morning a black named Milton Wilson procured a keg of the fiery fluid and was doing a thriving business in the sale of it, when he accused a darkey namei Hamp Blvans of getting a drink and not paying for it, and followed his accusation up with a Uunning blow, inflicting a dangerous wound on  Somebody then knocked Wilson down, when the latter, regaining his feet, plunged a knife into the throat of James Bivans, a brother of Hamp, wiling Mm Instantly. The murderer then fled and has not yet been captured.  Anxious to Kxtanoae the Body. Tii« Porte Bsdlass. CENTRAL Caught by His Nose. London, Aug. £5.—Public feeling has been much disturbed by the fatal case of tlleged cholera which recently occurred at L Waterford, Inland. The ooruse was mysteriously buried before any official examination could be made. Now that cholera is alleged as the cause of dtath the government officials are anxtoos to sxhume and examine the body so as to set the matter at rest The difficulty is that no one knows whars or by'whom it was liuried. A reward has been offered to any one who will "give information tending to indicate these faeta, bat so ffr without success. The doctor. l»ho attended the patient asserts that the case was unmistakably one of Asiatiu cholera, and the rapid decomponltibrt of the body is alleged, as the excuse for its hasty Intel meal, ! r Loudon, Aug. 26.—Earl Granville has proposed to the Forte that Turkey shall occupy two Red Sea pofts and send an lrouclad to Alexandria, to be kept there permanently. The Sultan has declined this proposition, saying that he first wishes to see the British evacuate Egypt. Looking; to Prince Blumsrek New York, Aug. 25.—William D. Blgelow, the night clerk of the Grand union hotel, who ran away on July 29 with |1,009 from the hotel safe, and was arrested at Fort Plain on Friday, was halid in fOUO at the Tombs. The circulars sent out by Inspector Byrnes described him as a man with a tremendous red nose. It waa tha noee that betrayed him at Fort Plain. Blaine and Logan Ctab, Paris, Aug. 25.—It is hoped that tho Chinese trouble may yet be arranged under ihe auspices of Prince Bismarck. It is re- Carded as a noteworthy fact that the Baron le Courcel, French ambassador to Germany, was summoned to Palis Friday, and reJ iurned to Berlin on tho same traiu with Li 'ong Pao, the Chinese minister. Baron do Jourcd? was overheard to remark to a member of the Chinese legation at the depot: "Let us hope that this journey will be favortble to each of us." CONDENSED NEWS. Fifty Indian children from Aibubueque, N. M., are now en route to the Indian school at Carlisle, Pa. Of PITtSTON. (Inter ■■••ball Gsuh, The trial of Thomas Be buy, of Lancaster, Penn., for the murder of Barney Short, is in progress at Beading, Pqpn. At Cincinnati—Cincinnati, U; Columbus, 2. A Wealthy Boot Blaek. At Louisville TionisriUs, 0; Toledo, I, JAMES WOOD, A Locomotive moving ■ Home. " Wabash, Ind., Aug. 25.—A gang o( house movers had got a barn squarely across the Wabash track when a freight train, running at a pretty high rate of speed, struck the building amidships and scattered it along the rijht of way for 100 feet. The front work of the locomotive was badly damaged. The ongineer and firemen both jumped and escaped injury. Nxw York, Aug. 25.—An Italian dwarf named Ferdinand Rooco, about GO years old, who blacks boot* on Washington square, was found intoxicated by a Park officer. Hu had D9-25 in his possession. It waa Mid In the Jefferson Market Court that Roooo was worth $20,000. Justice ffctttrson sent him to the Island for four months. Mr*. Jane Johnson, of Henderson street, Jersey City, was rescued from drowning yeeterday by Kdward J. Wbelaii. Benjamin J. Wolfe, of Baltimore, was fatally injured at the Kastt-ni depot, Boston, while stepping off a moving train. Edward J. Battersby, of Brie and Sixteenth streets, Jersey City, was stabbed W the faoe yesterday by his intoxicated wife. U a barroom quarrel at Atlanta, Ga., festerday Bugfcne Robinson C* that jriay -as killed by IW White, of Philadelphia. At St. Louis, the Indlaaapolia and Bt tenia pra waa called ea-acewnt U dark* ueu. Tb« aoare waa 8tQ.& M itatm Nyinpathjr for (lie Chinese. iwl » ' r -j i Wr HU Natural 1.1ft. Lmahos, Ky., Aug. *—The Jury in the om of the Commonwealth against Morgan Johnson for killing Q. h. Aril,» penitentiary guard, near tUaplgoe On lUy • iart, returned a vardio*. sentencing Um to *« servitude in the state penitentiary. . Oift. Traiaer i|tl« (fsku. - Naw H/.vmn, ipoken by tbe schqpner D. A. lfadwteMg. London, Aug. 25.— The abuse of England by the French press, and especially by that lection of it which is delivered to represent the government, is beginning to arouso in London a strong sympathy with the Chinese, which finds expression in the editorials of the leading papers. Ope of the Sunday papars pitches the key note by saying it would be a good thing for the world if the whole French fleet had been sent to the bottom of Lbs sea. Of Washington, D. C, *• Talk Over • Dsiss Kleetoral • Ticket, .. f,4 last «hs They Were. Hiw Yoiui Aug. as.—Kr. Goorga O, K ,uamA N*w You, Aug. 25.—A young couple who arrived in a mudooyered buggy at • small hotel in Third avanaer near the Harlem bridge, described by the escort in the register as "J. Styer and lady, bride and groom."  onss, cbainqan of the Greenback Label »rty, baa linlad all members of the stab »mmlt(ee and county officers of that part] a bo present at a meeting to ha held at Um Stui-tevant house, ia,this city. M 8 o'clock, next Friday erentMf, to otmfit with the committee appointed tar tfa.tfru, Anti- Monopoly League an|MkEMkjUstrial organisations ticket to ba voted election. in Jtcoorihaos call for rue BaltimobS, An*. *—Slat^^o*jm aged man. Maiding at XH Henrietta strsat, went to his family phyiicisa, Dr. Bell, and that ha wished to uasiteaarat bene ' At an early boor yeeterday morning Dr. Bell was snmmanai to the Beat* residence, aHh be found Mrs. Bcott writhing in the throes of death. She was beyond human aid and THE ELOQUENT MINER, QABLE BRIEFS. United States Minister Taft has had a farewell interview with the emperor at Vienna, and will leave tor St. Petersburg at once. An elaborate programme of qptertainment mm been prepared far the member* of the1 asaociatidn who visit Toronto next month. » ' i*S^2®ts,'lStShri Shore railroad, fcjr leaping from a moving train. . v muu bam wman at MMH Ajtopiker ofif.tional repuUUoe, «Dod an especially powerful advocate of the WORKIKOUBN'S OAOBH, will ot lb* evening. j nrH'rm: rm ieu *** 6BK. E. 8 OSBORNE, Wreck of a Troop Ship. R. Wetorich, a sugar merchant of Vienna, has failed, with liabilities of $8;800,000. He has asked his creditors 1®r an extension of time for ono year. '•1st the Battle €Do On." Loudon, Aug. 25.—The French transport Aveyron was wrecked off Cape GiuodafuL Two hundred and eighty-six of the officer* sud crew have reached Aden, and 300 remain at Guardaful. The Aveyron left Baigon on July 24 with men returning to France. The British man-of-war Briton has been dispatCAied to Cape Guordaful to render assistance. Louibviixb, Ky., Aug. 26.—At the height of a sham battle between three Kentucky regime its at the lair grounds Saturday, private Edward Stephens, of Battery B, Frankfort Light Artillery, shoved a cartridge into the mud* of a sixty pound gun. The shell exploded, and young at-phrm' right arm was blown off at the elbow. The accident occurred in the presenoe of four brother* of the unfortunate youth. Tlx gallant young soldier stood at Ida poet however, Mid holding up the mangled stump, cried out: Won't atop for me, let the battle go on." He than fell fainting under th« wheels of his gun. It la believed he will di« from the waand. g«e In the llaU »f Belle Isle. Qusbec, Aug. as.- -Savaral inward Taenia report heavy masses of loe in the QuW'Wnl Six deaths from cholera have occurred at Marseilles, and nine respectively in the departments of Aude and Herault and tetj in Cunes, a province of Italy. The colored K. P. Confereaee now sitting n Baltimore has fallen into difficulty and nay break up in a disagreement on the eleo iiou of a president. iii.viHtf Mont Candidate for Congrewman-a* , ' Lw*®- C ..aaw w...-! Dispatches just received at London announced the death of the king of Ashantee from small pox. His funeral ceremonies included the sacrifice of 800 persons. ■The Virginia legislature is attempting by re-enactment to oarry the coming election by llaw the United States eourte have Just deilarsd unconstitutional. ▲ legislative committee are now examines the books of the lien ten' and Mech sues' bank, of Fetunbarg, Va., looking after she state funds on deposit] The contract for the erection or the new lepot of the Pennsylvania railroad at Jersey ;ity has been awarded to Oof rode tc Thayer, Df Philadelphia. fur Cg4,SOO. •eslh sf Ml). MMm Vhrrr. Chicago, Aug. Dean Terry, pastor of Ht Patrick's church, and one of the oldest Catholic clergymen in the citfr, dropped dead on the street last evening. HM"«Mwe* sappoaed to have «Mil Apoplexy. London, Aug. 25.—It is stated liere upon Information received that Chinese troops will now enter Tonquin for the purpose of permanent occupation. To Enter Tonquin. Mr. George G. Ward, general superintendent of tbo Mackay-Bennott Commercial Cable company, sailed Ov m London yeaterdey on the City of Komu tor New York. and tbe ssveral Oouoly and District Candidates of the Party are all wDmM t» be pcaaaot A Katen by a Bear. A dispatch from London announces that Henry Gaorge Bolin, tbo well-known antiquarian, who became notorious as the only literary opponent of the repeal of the paper duty in 1860, is dead, aged 88. mistook kle Daughter for a Burjlar. expired shortly after the doctor arrived. Tbo post mortem examination revealed arsenic iu the stomach. Bell, remembering the prescription occurrence, charged Scott with poisoning Mi wife, and had hhaa arrw—L J i A Tw rule's Fall Durlst a Meraa. Ottawa, Ont., Aug. 25.—A farmer ntfmed Lo Blanc, living near Shrewsbury, went to ths woods yesterday directing his little daughter be sent with his dinner. A ■D D•. m. , no d uller having arrived, he gtnrted for home. Having gone somo distance he saw a bear .'casting on some object He fired aiW the aultual dropiwd dead, at ito feet the horrified farmer saw the body of his daughter almost beyoud recognition, and in lior .*tand the can which oontaitt*A lier father's CH*nei; Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 25.—Th unaa Huling, who livea at Bells Bend, ten mllei from this city, mistook his daughter for a burglar, and shot and killed He.wai not aware that she had gone out, and hearing her trying to raise a window he discharged two barrels of a gun looded with Canton, O., Aug. 25.—During« heavy rain storm two a half pound snapping turtle (ell from the sky with such force that the ■hell was cracked. It rebounded Uke a ball. It is still alive. u :.'i TC1 A dispatch from Dublin saya that Earl Spencer replied to Archbishop McSvilly'a petition to investigate the allegations mads by Casey intiis confession, nu.l says: "Ths fullest inquiries have been made intoCaaey'i confession with the result of Lulling tha* Casey's statement as reported by rour gratf Is absolutely false." ' All t)De bodies have been reeovmd from he burning mine irt Buck  iear Shainekio, Pa., upd all the effortsin now du«v*«l toward extinguishing* fire. The ileMruclioii oUHe Morgan ineiweleum in TJedar Hill* Cemetery, Hartford, .-.-as an Mt of vandalism and igit the work of ana grlbn ssaUng revenfpk, The shaft wfil. M. L rase {Iferswa Proas Hla Cart. should mark this opening of Um eamiatfgo on the paH of tbe Republicans of tfustoa and vicinity, ta which dt who are favorable to the eiaotion of BL4UTK acd LOQAJI aw be wail represented. Radius, Wis., .Aug. 26.—While riilinj in •n English cart on his farm here, J. i. Case was thrown ten feet by hi« horse running away. He was stunned, and his back and •boulders were badly injured. Ha has reeently refused 945,000 for Jay-Byo-Sp* *W«sitD. Trotter Ssm Ib li«T, . by torn mud oi-e Kittson's hay am' with soored for the first half-mils,but C«s heat trim made in oaly Ml in the direction of the noise. When he got a light and stood over is sup. Kid burglar, he found he bad literally tor* daughter to pieces.