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Accident.

BALTrMoRE, March 10.-The train
which left Washington Mt 400 yes
terday afternoon on the Baltimore &
Potomac road for this city was wreck
ed by a washout near Winans Sta
ton, about eight miles south Of Bal
timore. A south bound train had
passed over the road but few min
utes before, and the north bound
train was running at speed Of abou;
twenty miles per hour when the ac-
cident occurred. The train consist
ed of one baggage, two express, two
combination and two passenger cars
The engine and :he tender, the bag
gage and express cars and one com
bination car were wrecked. The
engine fell over and L. M'Keeyer
the fireman, was caught under II
and killed. None of the passengers
were injured. The authorities OF
the road in this city were notified
and a train was sent out to which
the passengers were transferred and
they reached the city at $50 o'clock.
About seventy-five feet of the road
bed was washed out. M'Keever. the
man killed, was the fireman on the
train IN which ex-President HAYES
was a passenger last Saturday after
noon, and escaped from that acct
dent uninlured.
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Cremation.

WAsnNGToN, Pas. March a.-The
body Of Arthur Strabos was taken
from the easket this morning with
out ceremony and wrapped in a
sheet soaked in alum water. II
was then laid on the iron crib. .ad
at 8 o'clock it was placed IN the re-
tort OF the i.eMoyne furnace. At
A2z the furnace door was opened
and revealed the body gradually
wasting away. Atl0:2J 4. m. The
head began to crVmlle, and three
quarters of ain hour later nothing
remained but a few bones. Atl1;30
the furnace was scaled up 10 cool.
incineration beng then regarded as
oalnpleie, There were present Mr..
Deyore. undertaken OF Pittsburgh
7. r. Roberts, of Lunday's Lane.
Erie county; A. G.. Quimby, OF
Crawford county, and Capt. James
NJ. Cox, of Philadelphia.
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a Zig Leap.

TREyrox, N.J., March S.-Abrani
iyrighc, a burglar, made a desperate
attempt to escape from the custody
of an officer having him in charge
by louping from a PENNSYLVANIA
railroad train last night The pris-
oner. with another burglar, broke
into country store aad post office
AZ Red Valley, Monmouth county,
and carried away load of goods.
Detective Brady, of Chambersburg.
traced him 10 Williamsburg and
there arrested him on Sunday, when
he agreed to come without rcqui-
sition to this State. Brady and his
manaeled prisoner boarded the five
O'Clock tsain from n. T., TO this city.
Just before the train reached Mon
mouth junction he asked permiss-
ion to 60 to the end Of the car and
Ii was accorded him. He leaped
from the window Of the closet and
fell, terribly cut and bruised, by the
railroad track. Brady missed him
at once. The train was stopped and
backed up to where he yet lay un-
conscious. lie was taken on board
and carried to Trenton. Heis dan
gerously injured.
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PENNSYLVANIA National Guard

WASHINGTON. March 1.-THE Ex,
ecutive Committee on Inaugural
Ceremonies has addressed, through
Captain corbin, the following letter
to Governor Hoyt, of Pennsylvania
on behalf of the Executive Com
mittee:
81 desire to tank you, and
through you the officers and men
Of the National Guard of your State,
for the fine display and soldierly
bearing during the parade in this
city on the 4th inst. | will add
that not complaint has come to US
Of the misconduct of single officer
or soldier Of the entire command.
Their drill and soldieriy bearing
drew forth praise of every one, and
their conduct while in this city
gave evidence of their high moral
worth as men and citizens.
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fnccndiaryisDl.

RosITA, Col, March 1e.-Ear!y
this morning q fire broke out III
l.ii.lefs grocery store, and spreading
thence, destroyed the entire bust.
ness portion of the city, including
the post Office and its contents, to-
gether with several stocks of mer-
chandise. The fire was evidently Of
incendiary origin, an clubhouse, the
,eo~housc and the floor of the gro
cery having been saturated with
coal-oil. The clubhouse was first
discovered to be on fire, and iIame-
diatcly afterward the flames broke
out i'll the interior of the store, and
an explosion soon occurred, scatter
ing fire brands in every dircction.
The water supply from the mills
was soon exhausted, and the flames
were allowed to take their course.
The loss is estimated at $4,000.
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whirled 60 Death.

ST. LouIs, March IA dispatch
to the Repa5Iicaa from Clarksville,
Mo, says: "B. G.. Read, superin-
tendent of a papermill ut that place,
went into the basement Of the mill
this afternoon to oil a shaft journal,
when he was caught by nut on a
pulley wheel and carried around the
shaft Il number of times. Both Of
his feet were beaten off by striking
against the floor above. The cngi-
neers attention was attrscted by the
noise, and he shut off steam. On
going into the basement lie found
Reads mangled and dead body
hanging from the shaft. Deceased
came from Pulaski, n. u, last jane,
and assisted in organizing the mill
company of which he was mem
her
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Cut up

WAsHINeToS, March 1l.-To-night
while Lewis Colquitt, brother Of
Gov. Colquitt, of Georgia, Yancey
Martin and A. Il. McBee, were play
ing pool in the National Hotel, the
three got into a row oyer remark
made by one about woman, and
LETT the billiard room in anger.
When in front Of the hotel Colquitt
drew knife and cut a frightful cash
in Martins neck. He also cut No
Bee in the left eye and across the
face when he attempted to interfere.
Coiquitt then threw the knife away
and made his escape. The wound
ed men received prompt treatment,
and were sent home. Their wounds
are not necessarily dangerous. All
are we'll connected. Colquitt is mar
ried, and holds a clerksnip in the
Sixth Auditors Office; Martin IS a
clerk in the Treasury. and McBee is
q cle~k in the Capital.
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Venerable OmciaI.

WAsHISNToS March ..-Judge
James Lawrensen, an old attache OF
the office, who also acts as notary
public for the Post-oflice Depart
Iment, administered the oath of of
flee TO Postmaster General James to-
day.
Judge Lawrensen has filled c cier-
ical position in the department at
Washington since 1884, period of
lorty-seyen years. Previous to en-
tering the department he served ff-
teen years in the Baltimore Post-of
flee, having entered that Office in
1919. Since his connection With
the department at Washington he
has administered Ihe oath Of office
to seventeen Post-masters General.
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Omce Eobbed.

LOUISVILLE, March 10.-Between
two and three o'clock yesterday
morning. Frank Brewer, night clerk,
was in charge Of the Office of the
American Union express company,
when four masked men entered at
the rear. In not over five minutes
afterwards Brewer was lying gagged
and bound in the corner, and the
quartctte had possession Of the keys
ofthe safe; also of the combination,
which was written on a paper in
Brewers pocket. The burglars struck
a bonanza, helping themselves to
cash to Che ampFnt of from 5000
to $4,000 Tie detectives some
time during the morning succeeded
in arresting four employees of the
express company. The agent stat
ed that all the property may be re-
covered.
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PHILADELPHIA, March 11-Wolf
gang Kisling, after .iaying reached
his three score an ten, took his
lite in most singu! IT way last night
Kisling resided IN Grams avenue
Roxborough, and yesterday sold
his little property and afterwards
appeared to regret it. Last night be
disappeared and was not found I'm
til this morning, and then it was
discovered that he had plunged his
head into a barrel Of rain water and
held il there until he became sallO-
Gated. When found, this morning
the ice had formed on the surface
and around the submerged portion
OF his body. No other reason can
be assigned for the mans suicide
exeep, the melancholy, consequent
upon the regret at having sold his
property.
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Revenge.

Sr. I.aUis, March 9.-Miohael J..
REILLY, an ex-letter carrier, formerly
a policeman, while. descending
from the third to the second story
of the shoe factory of Philip Grant
& Co, about IL o'clock this morn
ing, met Albert G. Hatch, former
employe Of Grant & Co. who was
going up Stairs, ana shol him in The
head, killing him instantly. From
acquaintances OF both men it is
learned that Reilly had sedueed
Hatch's wife, and had on two or
three occasions taken her away
from home and spent two or three
days and nights With her at a time
Hatch yowed vengeance, and openly
and repeatedly stated that he would
kill REILLY on sight. When they
met on TIE stairway this morning
Hatch attempted to draw weapon,
but REILLY was too quick for him,
and sent Q bullet through bis brain
before he could get his pistol out.
Hatch's hand was in bis pistol
pocket when hp died, RELY was
taken to the police station, butrefus.,
es 10 make a statement until he has
consulted a lawyer.
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PoRT JERvIs, \. y, March To-
Jchiol Aumic, a brakeman on the
Eastern Division of the Erie Road,
was assaulted by tramps on his train
at Sterling Junction, n. j., at an
early hour yesterday. a. the train
was leaving Goshen he saw some
men getting upon car. When the
train was nearing Sterling Juncti n
he went to the car, and when he
approached the men one of them
wrenched the break-stick out of
Aumick's hand and struck him over
the head with it. The two men
elinched when the tramp drew a
pistol and shot Aumick, the ball
striking him Oh the tight side of the
lower jaw and passing out ct the
back Of his head.
Aumick was thrown from the car
in a partially insensible condition.
When the train arrived at Suffern
he was missed and the engine was
sun haek after him. lie was found
living beside the track, and was tax
en- to Port Jeryis. His brains were
oozing from the wound. and the
man was in a very bad condition.
An ante-mortem statement was
taken, Aumick's story was about
as given.
His switch key was stolen from
him, and it is thought this IS one
of tha objects of the attack upon
him by the tramps, who have es
capped.
Agmick is twenty-one years Old,
and his parents live at Mongagp, a
few miles west of Port JerYis. He
has had trouble with tramps be-
fore,
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Four Negroes Lynehed.

New ORLEANS, La, March IA
special to the DegGc4ai from Little
Rock, Ark, says that information
has been received of the lynchinq
iof four negroes implicated in the
murder of lshmael, near Joncsboro,
Craighead county, by a gang ol
masked men, variously estima;edsai
from two to three hundred. The
iyncherS sprans out of the woods
sGrsoanned the building where the
negroes had been temporarily plac-
cd, overpowered the guards. and
taking the prisoners. hanged them
to tree nesr by, and dispersed as
silently and rs quickly as they had
gathered.
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Breach of Promise

TEERE HAUTE, Ind, March 10
Mrs. Mollie Nuckle5erry, a wiis
30 years of age, shot at George
buckle on the street YESTERDAY. i
missed him, the shot hitting g. Il
and inhicting q slight wound j
Arbuekle is a prominent merea-
here and Is Gl years OF age A
Nucklsb.erry was formerly q c.a,s.
his store and alleges that he psl-
Ell TO marry her and has neglect
TO do So.
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4 Serious Railroad Accident.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, March 13.-At
O'Clock this morning n freight train
ran into yard train on the Pan.
Handle bridge in South Pittsburgh.
throwing three goldolas and the ten
der Of the yard engine off the bridge
into The street, fifty feet below. The
conductor Of the yard train, Charles
Carney, was instantly killed. Pat
rick Cullin, q brakeman, had his
skull fractured, legs broken aad was
otherwise injured, so that his reeov-
oF9 i dophtiui. Il. Harrison, anoth-
er brakeman, had his legs broken
and fingers cut of. His injuries.
however, are not considered danger
Gus. The accident was caused hy
both trains getting info the same
block al once, the operator, Foster,
having a white signal up. Foster
says he did not know the yard train
was coming, as the fog was too dense
to see it. Coroner Hope had him
placed under arrest, but the Jury ex-
onerated him and he was released.
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ARRAY.

CspfSSATi, March 10.-A feud
has long existed between Joseph
McDermot and Mat Lightfoot, both
farmers Of Kentucky. They met
last evening and the quarrel being
renewed, both drew pistols. At
tempts to separate them failed, and
both fired about the same time. A
ball from MeDermott's pistol took
effect in lightfoot's left hip, intlict-
ing painful wound, while Light
foot's aim was more fatal, his pistol
ball piercing MeDermotts heart,
killing him instantly. Lightfoot,
not knowing that he killed his man,
fred three more shots at him as he
lay on the ground. Eghttoot was
at once arrested.
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THE CZAR OF RUSSIA ASSAs-
SgNATED IN THE
SiRILISTS.
Hls cARRiiGa BLOWN II AND NM
sHLF HORRIBLY MuTlLATED-
THE AssAssINs AR
RESTED.

LoSDox. March IA dispatch
from st. Petersburg to Reuters Tel
egram Company says: As the En-
peror was returning from parade
in the Michel Manege. about two
o'clock this afternoon, 4 bomb was
thrown which explode ! under the
Cars carriage, which was consider
ABLY damage. The zar alighted
unhurt. but 4 .econd h,mb explod-
ed at his ieet, shatteriag both legs
below his knee and inilicting other
terrible iniurie, The Car was inn
mediately conveyed in an uncon-
scous state to the Winter Palace,
where he died at 4:30 o'clock this
afternoon. Two persons We're con-
oerned in the crime, one of whom
was seized Immediately. The ex-
plosion also killed an officer and
two Cossacls Many policemenand
other persons were injured.
"The imperial carriage was attack
ell ON the Katerinafsky Canal, oppo-
posite the imperial stables. While
the Emperor was returning with the
Grand Duke Michael, from the Mi
chael palace, in close carriage, es-
eorted by eight Cossacks, the first
bomb fell near the carriage, destroy
ing the back part of it. The Gar
and his brother alighted uniniured.
The assassin, on being seized by a
colonel Of thepolice, drew arevolver,
but was prevented from firing it.
The second bomb was then thrown
by another person, and fell close to
/ the Cars feet, its explosion shatter-
ing both legs. The Car fell, crying
/ for help. Colonel Dorjibky, though
himself much injured, raised the
Emperor, who was conveyed to the
/ Winter Palace in Colonel Doriibky' S
sleigh. Large crowds assembled
before the palace, but were kept
/ back by troup of Cossacks. The
/ imperial family were all assembled
at the death-bed. The Council OF
State ives Immediately convened.
Al places of public resort are clos
ea.n
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Murder.

NEW ORLEANS, March S.-A dis.
patch to the Democrat rom Littl,
Rock reports horrible murder al
Jonesboro, Craighead county, Ar,
kansas. Matte Ishmael, eighteen
years old, was LETT alone in a holst
While her father vent to- a mill. On
ms return he found his daughter
'ying on the floor welteringin a pool
OIL blood. She had been murdered
with club or an axe. The object
OF the murder was robbery. Her
lather beng wealthy, 1t was suppos-
ed cd there was large sum of money
~ ,hs honse. The place was ran
sacked but no money was found 4
number of negroes have keen arrest
ed 81 VS.
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Killed.

FARNEIS, KY, March l1-le
before dark last evening Matt lL.,
foot. son OF DR. J. J. Iight.coi. %
Joseph McDermott met 10 the j.
Office and renewed qaaue. a-a
an old grudge. They drew F,-
and fired simultaneously, when y
Dermott fell dead. shot through z
heart. f.ightfoot was dangerous
wounded in the thigh. Both n-
were young and of reputable i.-
lies This place is ncknamed Y
Confederate Cross Roads. The n1-
by which it is popularity known.
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Desperate ARRAY at Mount Savage
Md

CUMBERLAND, March 10.-A ter
rible tragedy occurred this evening
at Mount Savage. 1t seems that a
young man by the name of Alexan-
der Thrasher had a fracas On
Wednesday night with Joseph Pratt,
both aged about 30 years. blows be-
ing struck, but no deadly weapons
used. This evening about 4:30
O'Clock the same parties met again,
Pratt being accompanied by Frank
and George, two younger brothers,
and after a few words Thrasher
rushed at Joseph Pratt with a knife
and stabbed him in the heart, killing
him instantly, and about the same
time cut Frank in the right side,
but not dangerously. Dr. Alexan-
der Thompson, physician of the
Cumberland and Pennsylvania Rail
road, attended the wounded and ex-
amined the body of the deceased.
ThFasher was arrested by the citi-
sens ana made no resistance. Il
jury OF inquest was empanneled,
but owing to the lateness Of the
hour their verdict has not been
made public. The affair causes in
tense excitement, both at Mount
Savage and in this city. Both
young men are respectfully connect
ed, their parents being alive. Their
fathers being p. J. Thrasher, former
ly q merchant of Mount Savage,
and James Pratt, well-known and
highly respectfully connected farmer.
The cause of the difficulty is un-
known. The locality of the tragedy
was in the centre of the town, and
can be seen from the depot. Thrash
ed will be delivered to Sheriff Han
ekamp early tomorrow morning.
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Terrific Explosion.

CHICAGO. March IA large stone
weighing 2,6o0 pounds, in the flour
ing mills of August Fisher, exploded
last evening with loud noise, and
four persons were more or less seri-
ously injured by flying pieces. The
stane was an imported article, four
feet in diameter and a foot thick and
was making about 275 revolutions
per minute, John Birthouger, q
stone-dresser, engaged at work on a
neighboring stone, had both his legs
broken by flying pieces, and thesoles
were torn from both his boots. Mr..
Fisher, standing ten feet from the
stone, had his left leg broken in three
places above the knee. Theodore
Blokele, stone-dresser. had his face
terribly disiigured. Mr.. Taylor, a
commission merchant, who was in
the mill on business, was lifted from
tho floor and thrown twenty feet, but
was not seriously injured. Itissup-
posed there was flaw in the iron
band, which gave way under the CEN
trifugal force when the speed of the
stone was accelerated by the absence
of corn in the hopper,
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4 Good Honsewiie.

The good housewife, when 3.
giving her house its spring rlu
sing, should bear in mind sha,.
dear inmates OF her house ars1.
precious than many hoDses, and-
their systems need cleansing bg-
rifying the b.oo.j, regulating
stomach aRd bowels to prevent q
cure The diseases arising :nom sr-
malaria and miasma. and she E.
know that there = nothing thar d
do 1t so perfectly and surely 8; FL
Bitters, the purest and best Of ns
Concord, Y. H. PatrH
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Deaths from Starvation.

BERLIN, March l0,-An Alex
andrla newspaper states that a trav-
etaeF named Gessi, who was second
u command to Gordon Pacha at
the time of the latter's camnaign
against the slave traders, and who
has since been engaged in similar
9nefatlons in Darfur, arrived al
n hhartoum on the I'd inst. an., "a
died of hunger W N''''
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Hairbreadth E.-o,,

George Iioghglrti-. em,
the Philadelphia and Fsa5.
at PottsviIle, met with 1,-..
cape from instant death - 4
day. He was engaged n ~
up iron castings BIZ ge-r--t
iron weight, which wss IN
fall a considerable distsrl.
the castings This conicl 4
ofiron, weighing ono fl.eg..,
had been hoisted nearly ub =.
required height, when t5.
snapped and it fcll U,...
stood in 81 i a posilioa ,at,
whizzed past bin, it took ~
leather apron, and struck ,fa..
within Q hairs br5alth ofE:.t
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OIL Fire.

PHILADELPHIA, March 9.-This
morning a fire broke out in the Bel
mont Oil Works. ". l.. Elkins &
Co. proprietors, at Twenty-fourth
and Mifiin streets. The flames
spread rapidly and twas soon found
necessary to send in second alarm
to get additional fire companies to
the scene of the confiagration. The
fire broke out in the henzine agita-
tor, located close to the gasoline
works, at the time the agitator was
full, containing two hundred bar
rels. 1t was a frame building with
sheet iron covering. The building
and contents were entirely destroy
ed. The flames then spread to the
gasoline works. These were series
of brick buildings, one, two apd
three stories high. These were en-
tigely DESTROYED, A high northeast
wind prevailing drove the fire in a
southwesterly direction along Milf
fin street. Then the stable, lubrica-
ting oil shed, and three or four
dwellings used by employees of the
establishment were burned. The
lubricating oil building, containing
tanks and barrels, next to the shed,
were destroyed, as were the contents,
consisting of about two hundred
barrels of oil. The canning house
was greatly damaged. Total loss
100000 inoinsurance.
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IT is announced at Harrisburg
that Governor Hoyt viii appoint
Dr. Higbee, of Mercersburg College
State Superintendent of Schools. DIR.
Wiekersham's term expired in June
last, and he has been holding over
ever since. The Governor has now
selected his successor. who 6ill be
nominated within short time.
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4 President Plagued.

WASHINGTON, March s0.-sI don I
know" said a gentleman to-day, a
Republican Congressman, whether
The President and cabinet would
have been more troubled and wor-
ried by hordes of ollice-seekers had
the Democrats carried the election.
but / am certain if Hancock had
suffered a much seyerer siege than
Garfield is undergoing he would
have beei. killed. Garfield looked
10 me thoroughly used up to-day,
and there is not the slightest pros
pect of relief for hiB: unless he can
muster up courage to shut himself
up and appoint an army of secreta-
rics to see people for him. How
would it be, by the way, to intro
duce custom of publishing all APP
plieations for Office in the ncwspa-
pers? 1t strikes me as good
plan.
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Loss OF Life.

LONDON, March "Details Of the
earthquake which occurred at Gas
samacciola, on the Island of Ischina
in the Mediterranean, on Friday af
ternoon, confirm the reports Of great
damage to property and heavy loss
of life The first shock occurred al
1870 p. m and the second an hour
later, and this lasted seven seconds,
accompanied by noise like subter-
ranean thunder This was followed
by the crash of falling houses and
shrieks of the victims. The loss OF
life is estimated at 200, und the
damage to house property at l 600
600 frances. 1t was first supposed
that it was connected with the par
tial eruption of Vesuvius on the Sd
inst, but Professor Palmieri thinks
the catastrophe was due to some 10
cal phenomena, such as the sudden
sinking of the ground owing to the
corrosive action of the minin.
springs.
A dispatch to the Nescs from Ma
pies reports that another shock OF
earthquake occurred at Casamaccio-
Ia on Monday. Eleven more bodies
have been found.
The Ne,os dispatch from Rome
says the latest report showed that
l26 persons have been killed and
40 injured.