The News Condensed

The International Typographical union met in annual convention at Louisville. Thtee men were killed and four others seriously injured by the bursting- oí a steam pipe in the rail mili in Chicag-o of the Illinois Steel company. The visible supply of grain in the United States on the 8th was: Wheat, 73,642,000 bushels; corn, 3,905,000 bushels; oats, 8,650,000 bushels; rye, 453,000 bushels; barley 2,700,000 bushels. A Rock Island freight train was wrecked near Seyinour, Ia., and three train hands were killed and one injured. i The strike of the New Bedford j (Mass.) spinners, which involved 80,000 persons, was ended, a compromise having been cffected. A EKCEIVEB was appointed for the j Peoría (111.) Iron & Steel company, the liabilities of which were put at 8202. 6S6. Raymond Martin and Robert Rye, living near Henderson, Ky., foug-ht a, duel with axes about a girl and killed, each other. A mob broke into the jail at Irvine, Ky., and lynched Alexander Richardi ; son, a white man, who had been ; rested for murder and attempted as-. Seventeen members oí Battery D in Chicajro were dishonorably discharge for reí to drill because they had not received pay for service. The üniversity Press of Cambridg-e, Mass., the oldest establishment in America, founded in 1639, wa forced to assin. The South Carolina supreme courtj handed down an opinión tlie constitutionality of the Tillman disi pensary law. The ' National Horseshoers, associa tion convened at Uoston. Ín his annual report Gov. Ilugheg protests ag-ainst the return of Gerona imo to Arizona and the proposed with-. drawal of troops. During the past year the gold output was 82,050,250; j Bilver, 81, 700,300, and copper, 42,376,500 pounds. The engineer and two of the crew oi a runaway train near Asherville, N. C, tvere killed. The fire losses in the United Statea for the week ended on the 6th aggregated SI, 288,000, of which those entailing a loss of 10,000 or more made up 8958,000 and the smaller fires $330,000. Foub persons were killed in a wreek on the Rock Island road near Harvard, Iowa. The aeting attorney general has rendered an opinión tb at the word "wool" in the tariff act refers to the hair oi Bheep only. Contracts for the second section o1 the Hennepiu canal have been flrmed by the government and the work will be pushed. Maby Rersee was killed by Frank Bczick at Scranton, Pa., because she would not marry Mm. The girl arrived from Germany only a day or two before. Through its minister the Chilian government has paid into the state department at Washing-ton $45,564.35, in I satisfaction of war claims. Fous miners were hemmed in by flames in a coliiery at Shamokin Pi The carpenter whose carelessness ! caused the fire was suffocated. A hurricane struck Pensacola, Fla., ■wrecking many buildings and forcing a suspension of business. Several vesseis were wrecked. Gborge Reams, a farmer living near Charles City, la., murdered his wife with a razor and then cut his own throat. The wholesale business in New York of llilton, Hughes & Co., the old house of A. T. Stewart & Co., is to be elosed out. Benjamin Musgrave, of Terre Haute, Ind., while drunk fatally jured his mother witli'a liatchet. The corner stone was laid of the commercial travelers' home at Binghamton, N. Y. William Bics and Bichard Brown were sentenced to two years' imprisonment each at St. Louis for attempting to wreek a Missouri Pacific train during the recent labor troubles. All the cloakmakers in New York, Bome 12,000 in number, went on a strike íor a ten-hour day and abroga tion of pieee work. It was reported that during a heavy wind in New York city two houses were blown down and twelve persons killed. James Chambeks, a democrat, shot and killed William Weaver, a populist, n Early county, Ga., in a quarrel over he election resul ts. Both were prominent farmers. The National Associatlon of Agricultural Implement manufacturers met in annual convention at the Grand Pacific hotel in Chicago. Goveknment returns for October show a slight gain in the percentages of all crops excepting cotton. 1t was reported that forty old soldiers had been robbed and murdered at the national military home in Day.ton, O., in the past few years and only jassing' notice taken of the crimes. Firk destroyed the establishments oí tho Cleveland Foundry company and the Enterprise Desk and Stamping company in Cleveland, the loss being $125.000. The annual meeting of the American board of foreign missionB commenced in the Congregational cliurch at MadiBon, Wis. Troop L, the last of the Indian companies, has been disbanded, the government considering them poor soldiers. The twentieth annual convention of the American Banker's association was opened in Baltimore with 300 members Dresent. J. J. P. Odell, of Chicago, waselected president of the American Bankers' associatinn in sessioii at Baltimore. Charles B. Allen, alias Harry Conwaj', leader of a gang of bank swindlers, was nrrested in Chicago and confessed his crimes. Kathas Green, Elsworth McAfee and William Green perished in a burnIng hay mow in Jlercer county. I'Ïve men were killed, two fatally i hurt and several more seriously burned, , by a boiler explosión at Shamokin, Pa. I Cobbktï and Fitzsiminons signed ticlee to fight aiter July 1, 1S95, at Jacksonville, Fia., for a purse of 41,000 and $10,000 a side. The steamer Hartford went upon the rocks near Woodville, N. Y.. and Capt. O'Toole aud his crew of six men were lost. Maj. Gen. Schofield, in his annual report to the secretary of war, asks for an increase in the nationa] forces, eays state troops are not enough and that the g-overnment should be allpowerful against uprisings. Julius Lichtenberg, a Detroit school inspector indicted for a bribe, shot himself fatally. In a pacing race between Robert J. and Joe Patchen at Sioux City, Ia., the former won three straight heats, the last one in 2:03XAt the annual session in Evausville, Ind., of the American Humane society J. J. Shortall, of Chicago, was reelected president. Fubious gales swept Lake Erie and lower Lake Iluron, severa! larg-e boats and injuring a number of sailors. The twenty-üfth annual convention of the North American Beekeepers' association met at St. Joseph, Mo. Twenty-fivk railroad men, includinff E. V. Debs, were indicted by the federal grand jury in Milwaukee. The eighteenth annual meeting oí j the American Humane association convenett at Evansville, Ind. Geobge Van Taylor, of Detroit, Mich., committed suicide in jail, leaving a letter in which he confessed to having committed twelve murders. At the annual convention of republican league clubs of Illinois, held in Springfield, C. W. Raymond, of lroquois county, was elected president. An unfinished building in New York was blown down by the wind, killing six persons and in ju ring thirteen others. The American Debenture company of Chicago, one of the largest concerns of its kind in the country, went into the hands of a receiver with liabilitiea of $1,500,000. Mbs. Muleb, wife of Lon Miller, a wealthy farmer near Liberty, 111, and : her 10-year-old daughter were killed by robbers. The First national bank of Kearney, Neb., suspended because unable to raake collections. On account of the f ailure of the corn erop all the hogs in Nebraska wera being shipped into States where feed j can be secured. The exchanges at the leading clearing houses in the United States during the week ended on the ]2th aggregated $927,428,877, against 8999,555,127 the previous week. The increase, compared with the week in 1893, was 8. 0. Negbo Cathoncs, in nationalconventioti at Baltimore, petitioned the president to protect colored men. The report of Commissioner of Pensions Lochren for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1894, shows that the number of pensioners on the rolls at that time was 959,544. The amountpaid for pensions the year was 8139,804,401, leaving a in the treasury of $25,205,713 af the appropriation. Tuekis were 231 business failures in the United States in the seven days ended on trie VX,B, agamsc üiy me wees previous and .393 in the corresponding time in 189S. OsCLIME paced an exhibition mile at Sionx City, la., in 2:04, lo wering his own world's record of 2:07 M. The striking spinners at Fall River, Mass., voted to aecept a reduction of 10 per cent, and return to work. Gov. Mitchell says he will convene the Florida legislature if necessary to prevent the Corbett-I'ltzsimmons fight in that state. Pkof. David Swino's death ends the organizatior. in Chicago of the Central church. No successor will be named. A labor parliament will be held in Chicago on November 13, at which the relations of labor and capital will be disciissed by leading tuinkers from all standpoints with a view to bettering present conditions. The schooner Sea Foam capsized at Shears, in the Delaware bay, and the captain and crew of five men perished. December wheat sold down to 563 cents in New York, the lowestprice in the history of the market there. Seven masked robbers held up a fast mail train near Quantico, Va., and rifled the express car and mail pouches, securing1 probably 50,000. Fübther advices state that the two bandits who robbed the Overland express near Sacramento, Cal., secured between $50,000 and $75,000. Wholesale grocers of Chicago are leaders in a revolt against the sugar trust which is spreading over the entire country. The will of Richard Smith, the wealthy typefounder, leavesmore than 81,000,000 to the city of Philadelphia. G. W. Howakd, vice president of tha American Railway union, had hia pocket picked in Chicago of a book contaming forty railroad passes. The federal grand jury at Madison, Wis., found indictments uirainst fiftyeiffht persons charged with stealinj land. The Buffalo county national bank al Kearney, Neb. , closed its doors. A km eü tramps took possession of ï freiffht train in Ohio and terrorized the crew and passengers for an hour, PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. Paul Bebgee, the oldest negro min strel in America, died in Philadelphia, aged 70 years. Anti-Hii,i, democrats of New York agreed on Everctt P. Wheeler, of New York city, for governor and he will make the race. Oapt. Wii.liam Coba, the oldest captain in the employ of the Pacifio Mail " Ames Myson for the murder of Dudley Carrey and Jackeon Ilicks for the murder of James Preel were hanfjed at Union Springs, Ala. At an incendiary tenement house flre in Boston two men leaped to death and two others were fatally hurt. The Lakeport stage was held up Ly a lone bandit near Tieta Station, Cal., and the Wells-Fargx express box stolen. Steainship company, died at San Francisco. Levi P. Mokton has writtén a letter formally acceptingf the republican nomination for governor of New York. Fuxkral services of the late Andrew Gregg Curtin, the war governor ol Pennsvlvania, were held in Bellefonte. Thk funeral services of Dr. Olivel "Wendell Ilolmes were held in Boston. They were simple and largely attended. Nominations for congress were mada as follows: New Jersey, Sixth district, T. D. English (dem.); Eighth, C. N. Fowler (rep.). Ehode Island, First district, Melville Buil (rep.); Second, W. O. Arnold (rep.). New Vork, Sev enth district, Franklin T. Bartlett; Eighth, James J. Walsh; Ninth, Hcnry C. Miner; Tenth, Daniel E. Sickles; Eleventh, William Sulzer; Twelfth, GeorgeB. McGlellan; Thirteenth, Amos J. Cummings; Fourteenth, John Connollj; Fifteeath, Jacob A. Cantor, all democrats. Pekbt Mayo, of Calhoun county, haa been placed on the Michigan ! cratic ticket for lieutenant governor to j Í succeed J. Milton Jordán, declined Mayo is the populist candidate for tha same oflice. Attobnet General Moloney rules that Illinois women must furnish their own bailo ts and not vote with the men. Charles F. Durston, aged 54, warden of Sing (N. Y.) prison, died after two weeks' illness with malignant typhoid fever. Uncontradicted rumors were to the effect that ííellie Grant Sartoris was to inarry Gen. H. K. Douglas, oí Baltimore. FOREIGN. Minister Dknby has warned Americana that Pekin is likely to be attacked by the Japanese. Removal oí ■women and children is urg'ed. Thk military barraoks at Granada, Nicaragua, were blown up and 200 persons were killed and much of the city destroyed. Prof. Zaccharits was said to hava informed the czar of Kussia that hia : maiady was incurable, though his lifü j might be prolonged. Dispatches from Shanghai state that 40,000 Japanese troops had been landed on the Chinese boundary. In a railway accident at St. Anne, Que., three men were killed and threa others fatally injured. Thihtt persoDS lost theh' Iives and many vessels were vvrecked íd a gala which swept the coast of Newfoundland. An alleged plot to kill the czar veas discovered in Kussia and many arresta were made among army ofQcers. Kaffiks entered the port of Lourenzo Márquez, burned several buildings and murdered seventeen persons. England was endeavoriug to enlist other powers in an effort to stop the Chinese-Japanese war. Owing to the abrogation of the reciprocity treaty with Brazil, importers of that country will sue the United States for duties whioh have been paid. LATER. Duking a riot amonfr drunken Slavs at Maltby, Pa., a boy ivas shot dead, two girls fatally wounded and two persons badly hurt. The French boat Alice was sunk by a collision in a fog near Antwerp anc six of her seamen drowned. Col. Breckinridge was suspended from communion by the congregation of Mount Horeb (Ky.) Presbyterian church until February. Frank McIntybe, James Ford and Frank Britton, of ïiew Brighton, N. Y., were drowned by the capsizing of a boat. Snow feil in many counties of Pennsylvania to the depth of 3 inches. OsoabMortok, a wealthy resident of Stanton, Ky., shot and killed Sheriff William Simms as the result of an old feud. A mob took Morton from jai] and hanged him. Oran Foilett, a prominent official and newspaper writer of Ohio, died at Sandusky, aged 95 years. Hbnby H. Green, a elassmate of Gen. Grant at West Point and a MexiI can war veteran, died at Mora, N. M., aged 71 years. ïwo younö daughters of John N. Scateherd and Miss Emily Wood, Mrs. Scatcherd's sister, were killed by an entrine at a crossing in Buffalo, N. Y. Experimento at au Omaha distillery of tnakintr spirits from beet sugar molasses proved very successful. In vestig ation showed that the soldier's home. at Dayton, O., was hauuted by thieves who rob the inmates on pension days. Experts disoovered that Stark county, O., had been robbed of $17,000 by dishonest officials. At Ogden, U. T., De Camp, McGonnell and King were found guilty of attempted train duringthe A. R. U. strike and was senteneed to four years and De Camp and McConnell to twelve years each in he penitentiary. MKS. Ada weiner, wno shot and killed her husband at San Francisco while he slept, was sentenced to life imprisonment. Radicals and Irish were moving to crush the English house of lords and would force Kosebery to act or resign. In the Fourth New York district the democrats nominated V. J. Coombs for congress and in the Sixth James E. Howell. j Twbsiy-one persons were seriously injured and property worth 40,000 destroyed by a train collision at New Orleans.