The News Condensed

Sevf.nty guarda in camp at Seag-irt, N. J.. were poisoned by drinking from cups washed in oxalic aeiil. INDIOTMEBTB were fonnd aguinst Col. Ainsworth, Qeorge bant, William Covert and Frank Sasse for the Pord'a theater disaster in Washington in which twenty-two persons were killed. THJt VVisconsin t"Ire and Marine Insurance compauy's bank In Milwattkee, the oldest bank in 1 he state and having the largest line of depositors, elosed its doors with heavy liabilities. Other bank iailureB were: The. Farmers' national at Findlay, O.v the Briatol Banking and Triist eompany it Knoxville, I Tenn., the Indianapolis national and the Bank of ooiriïneree at Indianapolis, Ind., and the Merchante' national, the Louisville deposit and the Fourth national banks at Louisville, Ky. Fokbst tires were raging along1 the linea of the Green lïay & Chicago and Milwankee & St. Paul railroads in VVood connty, Wis., where the large cranberry marshes are located. Tuk business portion of Hollow Rock, Tenn., was destroyed by fíre, only the Record office and Lovelace Bros. store remaininj? standing. Tuk New York, Lake Erie & Western railroad has gone into the hands of receivers. A WAitiíAXT was issued for U. H. Nemitz, representativo at the world's fair of thirty-five Swisa watch manufacturera, who had disappeared, together with $40,000 worth of exhibits. In a wreek on the Ohio Valley road near Moiganfield, Ky., Robert Vandorn, engineer; Frank Threlkeg, fireman, and Marión Davis, head brakeraan, were killed. A FKEIOHT train crashed through a trcstle on the St. Louis, Chicago Sr St. Paul poad near Alton, 111., and Conductor Buvrill was killed and three brakemen iatally injured. ACCOKDme to Inspector öcharf the systein in use in New York to enforce the provisions of the Chinese exclusión act is a farce. SPBEADING rails caused the wrecking of a world's fair excursión train on the Pittsburg-h & Western road near Akron, O., and forty-two persons were injured, three fatally. Mus. Lkonaiu) Fritznchk was shot through the heart and instantly killed while in hor bed at Burlington, Ia. Her husband and four other persons were arrested as the murdercrs. A cyclone at Sandoval, 111., wrecked houses and uprooted trees. The 3. Obermann Ure win? eompany in Milwaukee failed for $295,500. Forty-foub states and six foreijrn countries were represented in the parade of commercial travelers in Chicago, and 12,000 men were in line. Ripley & Bronson, iron merchauts in St. Louis, made an assignment with liabilities of $150,000. The total collections f rom all sources of internal revenue during1 the last fiscal year were $161,002,000, an increase of $7,145,000 over the previous year. Mus. Hexhy Mayback. of Clarence Center, N. Y., cut her throat and that of her 7-months-old baby. She left a note sayinjf she feared her child was going to die and she could not live without it. Sevkral large factories in Lewiston, Me., and Worcester. Mass., closed for an indefinite period, throwing thousands of persons out of work. Alkxandek Smitu & Sons' big carpet milis at Yonkers, N. Y., shut down, throwing 5,000 hands out of employment. The milis turned out 22 miles of carpet a day. Dan Arata, an Italian who murdered B. C. Lightfoot, a grand army veteran, was taken f rom jail at Denver by a mob and hanged and his body was riddled with bullets. In Wisconsin the private bank of John Lienlokken at La Crosse, and the German exchange bank at Portage closed their doors. M BS. W. H. Clement and her daughter, Mra. Julia Fraer, were fatally injured by the cars at a crossing in Morrow, O. In a fight at a picnic at Bon Aqua, given by people at Warner, Tenn., three men were fatally cut with knives. Out of 3,S52 national banks in the United States ninoty-five have suspended payment since January 1, 1893. Of the latter number twelve have resumed business. C. W. Cannon, dealer in real estáte at Helena, Mont., failed for $240,000. A. M. Haltor, a specxilator, also failed for i(00,000. Charles C. Lockstaedt, a prominent Germán of Chicago, swindled several banks out of $75,000 by means of forg-ed securities and fled. The large dry-goods firm of II. M. Brown & Co. at Cleveland, O., failed for $100,000. A boiler flue in a lumber mili at Olympia, Wash., collapsed, instantly killing William Welch, fireman, and fatally injuring three others. The sale of the entire Florida Central & Peninsular railway system to the Plant Investment eompany of Jacksonville, Fla., for $13,000,000 was announced. A Y acht f rom Salisbury, Md., was capsized in the Wiconico river and John Canting-, Lulu Johnson, Nellie Patrick, Marión Smith and Marguerite Taylor were drowned. A violent storm visited the IS'ew England states, doing great damage to property in many places. The forty-seventh anniversary of Liberian independence was celebrated by the dedication of that country's pavillion on the world's fair grounds. SnERiFF M. M. S.mith, of Cleveland county, Ark., was robbed in Little Rock of 81,288 of state funds. Sevex lives were lost and great damage to property was done at Pueblo, Col., by floods. Housec veere swct away by the torrent. As A resalt of the war ap-ainst liquor dealers n lirooklyn, lud., Qeorg'e -Moss' saloon was demolished by dynainite. Moss defled the people. Nine of the largest lead mines at Aurora, Mo., closed down to await devclopun-uts. Benjamin h. Ticxnob, of Boston, doing business as ïicknor fe Co., publishers, made an assignment. Bask failures were reported as follows: Oregon national at I'ortland, Ore., Farmers) at Mount Sterling, Ky., First national at Middlesburo, K3'., Traders' at Mount 8 Ky., Bank of Sparta and M. A. Thayer & Co. 's bank at Sparta. Wis., First national and Montana national at Helena, Mont., and the National granite state bank at Exeter, N. I!. MoBE than 1,000 men were thrown out of employment by the closing oi the Strange slik milis at Paterson, X. .J. Fi.amks destroyed thirty-four buildings in th; business portion of Fifield, Wis., the loss f:200,ÜOO. Jkwelbt manniactnrersin Plalnville, Xorth Attleboro and Attleboro, !:i--.. have closed their shops, throwing 3,000 aa out of work. Xa.n.vik Hovt, of Topoka, Kan., 10 years old, was arrested in Siouz City, Ia., for stealing a horse and buggy. She traveled 200 miles before being captnred. The mereantile houses of Neal Currie at Tracy and Currie, Minn., were closed. the liabillties $100,000. Wii.i.iAM Maiilhtt, an Indianapolie letter carrier, has commeneed suit against the government to test the legality of the eight-hour law. Tuk American Tube & Iron company of l'ittsburtfh, I'a., was placed inareceiver's hands with liabilities of 11,250,000; assets, f-2,7U0,0U0. A heavy fall of snow occurred in lirewster county, Tex. The Wilmington (Del.) Dental Manufacturing company went into the hands of a recelrer with liabilities of $200,000. W. 11. Ibvinö, of Boston, committed suicide in Chicago by fillinf his mouth witli powder and applyinfí a match. He left a note sayinsj he was tired ol life. W11.1.1AM (r. Tavi.oh was electrocnted at Auburn, X. "Y., for killing Solomon Johnson, a fellow convict in Auburn prison, on September 20 last. The Goodwin pants factory at Evansville, Ind., was burned, the loss being $100,000. ( . D. Tayloi?, manager of the Interstate Investment company at the Dalles, Oro., was arrested on the charge of embezzling ?500,ÜO. S. 11. MoBRISON, an extensivo lumber merchant in Philadelphia, failed for 1100,000. Schooi, elections were held in all ol the country districts in Kansas and the woinan vote showed au inci-ease of 100 per cent. There were 3S6 business failures reported in the United States during the seven days ended on the 2Sth. In the week preceding there were 467, and during the corresponding time in 1892 the number was 171. Habdy Caldwki.i., of Middle Fork, Ky., killed himself and wife. Domestic trouble was the cause. At the leading clearing houses in the United States the exchanges during the week ended on the 28th aggregated 1887,988,509, against 1979,443.234 the previeras week. The decrease as conipared with the corresponding week of lSili, was 10.7. lUv Earl, 80 years old, started to walk to Chicago from New London, ('nnn., a distanee of 950 miles, on a vrager of f100 that he can cover the distanee in forty-two days. Hkxry Miller (colored) was hanget at Dallas, Tex., for the murder of Policeman Drewer; Alexander lïrown (colored) was executed at liastrop, Tex. for wife-raurder, and Ida Hiers (col ored) was hanged at Waterloo, S. C. for the murder of her half-brother. A negro named Isaac Ilarper was lynched by a mob at Calera, Va., for assault on a white woman. Fire in the Union Indurated Fiber eompany's works at Lockport, N. Y. destroyed the entire plant. Loss, $100,000. Half of Wakeinan, O., a town witl a population of 000, was destroyed by tire. Louis Irig. of Chadron, Neb., diet afteracontinuousslcepof threemonths caused by exposuro to a violent snovvstorm. Trade at all points was reported to be restricted, but the outlook was more hopeful. The statistieian of the interstate commerce commission sa3-s railwaya o the United States are gi-adually being amalgamated into acoinprehensive sys te in. ÍS Mobile, Ala., Bolivar lludson, a man 011 years old, was convicted of a murder committed twent3--four year ayo and giren a sentenee of flveyears By the explosión of a pot of varnisl whieh was boiling in a Pittsburgh saloon Joseph Hussell and Maggie Mitchell were killed and three others were injured. In a criminal courtrooin at Russelville, Ala., Clark Bichardson cut the throat of Jóhn Ligon. Testimony in a divorce case started the fatal quarrel. Two Tiioi's.uD men were thrown out of employment by the suspension of all work at the Vermillion mines in Minnesota. J. F. IHiKXNAN, an ex-convict, and "Hroneho Jim" have been arrested at Denver as leaders of the mob that lynched Arata, the murderer. Cash wheat sold at 58% cents in Chicago, which was the lowest price anybody in the trade now could remember hearing of. BAJOS failures were reported as follows: First national at Ureat Falls, MoDt. , First national at Middlesboro, Ivy., Farmers and Merehants at Covington, Ind. , German-American at Port Washington, Wis-, Seymour's bank at Chippewa Falls, Wis., C. V?. Chopln & Co.'s bank at Stanton, Mich.. and the Union lianking company at Portland, Ore. The villages of Prentice and Medford in Wisconsin, were almost entirely swept away by forest fires. The exporta of wheat from all United States ports for the week ended on the 28th Jshow a total of 4,303,000 bushels, against 5,077,000 bushels the previous week. A ci.oudbürst north of Pueblo, Col., washed away scores of ranch houses and barns and fenees, drowned hundreds of cattle and ruined 100 farmers. Patrick McViixa, sexton of a Catholic cemetery at Paterson, N. J., lighted nis pipe and threw the match into tho grasa, The fire which enued swept the cemetery and marred the heatlb tone a Bt a wreek on the Penn.sylvani;i rosd at Indianapolis si x persons were seriously injured. Caiiieii's mili at Ludington, Mlch., including a large amount oí lamber and shingles, wu deatroyed by tire. Loss, (125,000. Wiluam Washington, of York, Pa., dropped dead while beating Ma wife. PERSONAL AND POUTICAL. il McAtot, founder of the Mo Avoy Brewing coinpan}'. died at bis ïome in Chicago, aged 68 years. Bbv. Jeremiah Pobter, aged 89 rears, died suddenly at iiis home in Ueloit. Wis., of old age. 1 1 1 - was a pioneer in religÍOU8 work in the west. i I OW a ni i MUTCKLKB ( dein.) was eleeted ;o congresa f rom the Eighth district ol Pennsylvania to fill the vaeancy caused ly the deatb of his father. i.t:. i.KiscK W. MOBÖAN, of Mount Vernon, O., the only surviving general of the Mexican war, died at Furtress Sdonroe, Va., where he badgone tor his nealth. Naxcv Quixbv L.vwwii.i, died at Columbus, ().. aged 100 years. W. S. Mki.i.kn. general manager ol the Northern Pacific and Wisconsin Central roads, died at Victoria, B C, of heart paralvsis. FOREIGN. CnOLERA was ravaeing St. Louis, the capital of French Senegambia, and had made its appearance at Alessandria Italy. Nink men were killed and twenty seriously wounded by an explosión at a dynainite factory near Havre, France. Foub iirxnüKD houses were wrecked and many persons killed and injured by au explosión of a powder magazine at Cantón, China. ])i:. .limx Kak, the Arctic explorer, died in London. Advices from Honolulú say tbat ïf the United States decline to annex llawaii the provisional government will expel the queen. The steamer Pearl ran into and sunk thesteamer Archibald Finney off Xorth Bock, Ireland, and seven persons on the Finney were drowned. A NEW annexation treaty has been drafted by the new provisional government of llawaii for submission to the United States. In the Iiritish house of commons a hand to hand right took place over the home rule question and many disgraceful scènes were enacted. ÍS a spirit of retaliation (iermany has decided to put an additional "0 per cent. tax on Russian producís imported into Germany. A pibe which started in Bercy, a suburb of Paris, destroyed thirty houses and did damatre to the extent of 4.000,000 francs. Kari, Smktaxa, a conviet at Prague, has confessed to a murder for which John Olkowski is serving a twelve-year sentence in Pennsvlvania. Exoi.ish coal miners to the number of U5Ü.000 went on a strike, by order oí the Miners' federation in London. LATER. The percentages ot the baseball clubs in the National league for the week ended on the 29 th were as follows: Boston, .63; Philadelphia, .628; Pittsburgh, .590; Cleveland. .668; Hrooklyn, .513; New York, .4T4: Cincinnati. .408; St Louis, .408; Chicago, .430; Iialtimore. .483; Washington, .397; Louisville, .303. At the Logan eounty poor farm near Lincoln, 111., Grandina ilernon died at the age of 103 years atid 5 months. Ci.auk II. BUFOKD and Miss Fannie Sudlow, prominent young people of Rock Island, 111., nx-ro drowned wliile bathing in the river near llock Island. FOUBTKRD persons were arrested charged with the murder on Jul3r 17 of S. P. Bradshaw at Kingston. 111. Thk fire whicb had U-en burning for three days through the cranberry bogs near Efff? llarbor. N. J., was checked by rain. The damag-e was 8350,000. A Pacific Express wagon was held up on the streets of Wiehita, Kan., by three negroes and robbed of 97,500. Tuk Siamese govermnent has accepted all the terma of the French ultimatum in order to prevent war. It was claimed that employés of the Northwestern Paciüe Elevator nimpany of Minnesota had issued forge! lnplicate grain certificates and victimzed seventy-three New Englamt banks to the extent of tl, 500, 000. The Saj'les Woolen Mili company at Killingly, Conn., with a capital stock of $1,000,000, made an assignment In accordance with the order of the council of administration the gates o: the world's fair were opened on Bun day. The attendance proved to be the smallest of any day since the fair begun, but 18,037 persons paying for admission. The wholesale drug house of L. H Ilarris in Pittsburgh was destroyed by üre, entailing a loss of $100,000. Wili, Tuompson and Tom Preston negro boys, were tortured to death by a mob at Gaston, S. C. They were guilty of criminal assault. AmiAM Fardon, teller of the First national bank of Paterson, N. J. , con fessed that he stole Í 10,050. ]!axk failures were reported as follows: First national at Kankakee, 111. Dollar savings bank at Youngstown O.; Citizens' Savings and Loan associa tion at Akron, O.; Commercial national Ainsworth national and Portland sav ings banks at Portland, Ore.; Commer cial at Eau Claire, Wis.; Savings at Baraboo, Wis.; First national at Ash land, Wis.; Exchange at Nunda, 111., and the Commercial at Eau Claire, Wis.