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AFTER MANY YEARS.
A Murder Mystery solved by Dying Wo.
mans Confession.

ROCHESTER,, N, Y, August Sl,-In oCto.
bsr, 1850, Chris Bermon was murdered
with an axe at his home on Jennings
street in this city, The affair was a most
mysterious one, no clue being obtsinable
at the time to the murdsrsrs. The trsg-
edy was q horrible one and created no lit
tie excitement at the time, The police
used all means TO discover the perpetrators
but what was called "The Mystery Of the
Jennings Tract" was never solved.
Late last evening Mrs, Bsrmon, wife Of
the murdered man, and Jacob Sternmil-
Ter her brother.in-law, were arrested and
locked up In jail on q charge OF having
committed the crime, A full confession
OF the murder Is now In the hands OF the
police, made by the mother OF Bermon's
wife, who il now on her death'bed, She
is an old woman and was witness to the
tragedy which she alleges was committed
has kept the secret and now old end ready
to die abe could not endure the thought Of
carrying 1t to her grave and so told
Mrs, Matte Reeden, q neighbor,
last Saturday, Mrs, Reeden told the pc
lice and the arrests were made, The
dying woman and Mr.. Bermon were arrest.
ed in 1880 on charges Of murder on Suspl-
Clon, but the fact could he proved against
them and they were discharged, The
alleged motive was the love Of sternmiller
for the Victims vile. He Ia a scavenger,
and is worth from $4,000 to SIS 600. His
wife ia q sister OF Mrs. Bermon.
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TIE 1toNIE CLup
Denies that any of its Members Sought I,
Take tho Life Of pOwderly.

Denies that any OF Its Members Sought to
Take tho Life Of Powlerly.
NRw YoRK, August 3l.-The members
Of the now famous Home Club repudiate
as cSnard the disclosures as 10 the al.
legged plot to assassinats General Master
Workman Powderly. Some Of the enc.
mics Of tho club are disposed to credit
them and intimate that they are but q
Ssmple Of the dark records OF an unGcrup.
ulous secret organization.
In further explanation Of the story
William Brown, IN original member Of
the Home Club said: "The whole animus
Of our attack was Centered upon r. D.
Layton, then called the Grand Secretary
Of the Executive Board Of the Knights Of
Labor. lie was the Home Clubs bitter.
cat opponent and we felt that II he could
be made TO know we were In earnest he
would stop annoying uB. Layton had
MI, Powderly's ear and was debating O
policy that II kept DIP would have dc.
sItoycd tho organization In Brooklyn and
10 New York.
We opposed Powdetly's election at
Cleveland because we didn't like his
views upon tho strike then In force In the
ulen Cove Starch Works. But there was
Layton intriguing against us, I know
That Layton was being followed EbOut
lfom onB place 10 another ID this city by d
couple Of fellows who would surely have
given hin q heating II they had got a
chance, They did not propose 10 kill him,
There was no effort 10 attack powdefly,
That story was started by Layton.
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BALTIMORE, AuSu,t 3l.-Henderson's
former colleagues took kindly To hls curves
to-day and the homo club won easily, be.
Ing assisted by the costly errors Of the
visitors. Scofei Baltimore o; BROOKLYN 3,
PnlLADELpHfA, August 3l.--The game
this afternoon between the Athletic and
"MeiB" clubs was marked by loose field.
Ing on both sides. The visitors won tho
game In the tenth inning. scorei Ath.
lBliC, Al "MstB" 8.
sr. LOUIS, August 3l.-The Browns again
defeated tile UlnClnnatis this afternoon.
Reardon, o 81. Lonis amateur, pitched two
innings for the ClnOnnatls, but was very
Wild, and was finally replaced by Rich.
lnond, who was not much Of O success
againit the champions. FouIS pitched q
good game, tho visitors making but Eve
hits olI hl4 delivery. sCorei 81 Louis, 1Oj
Cincinnati, 4.
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NEW YoRK pEN1ocRAcY
UncertaIn us to Calling state Convention
this Year,

this Year,
New YoRK, August Sl.-The World
prints the following; Chairman 0'Brien
decided last night to issue a call for the
meeting Of the Democratic State Com
mittee at Saratoga on September 13 or II,
when will be decided the question
whether that party will call State Con-
yention. Mr.. o'Brien some time ago
had circulars issued to the members Of
the Committee asking their opinion as 10
the adviaabillty OF calling convention.
He received replies from nearly all the
members.
The Committee was pretty evenly
divided on the subject and it was decided
that the only satisfactory way 10 settle the
matter was 10 call meeting Of the Com
mlttee. Those members who oppose the
calling Of convention give as their rea-
sons the unnecessary expense, the danger
OF committing q mistake on the labor
question and the fear that an endorsement
Of the National Administration will not
be adopted. Another reason advanced is
the necessity for reorgsnizlng the State
Committee.
Many persons believe that the smoke
from the Aqueduct ngitation has involved
Mr.. O'Brlen 10 an extent that will neCeS-
state his retirement from the chairman
ship Of the Committee.
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DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes arrived at
New York yesterday from his visit TO
Europe.
At Niles, O., Mrs. r. A. wilkinson was
thrown from butchers cart and her neck
broken.
Don Jose Lupez Santa Anna, son Of Santa
Anna, the old Mexican General, com.
mittel suicide at Havana, aged slxty'dve
years.
George Kratel, Cleveland butcher,
died from q bite on tue arm by u COW,
from the throat OF which he had attempt.
ed to remove an apple.
r. p. Thomas was shot and killed at
Paris, KY, by his sister.in.law, Mrs. Pat
Hunt. No satisfactory explanation ot the
sensational affair Is given.
James L. Donaldson, late book.keoper
for Adam Gray & Co., insurance agents,
Cincinnati, committed suicide by shoot
Ing himself In the hCad with pistol.
Fire yesterday morning entirely destroy.
ed tho large iourBiory furniture factory Of
George Peck, Baltimore, together with all
It's contents stock and machinery. The
damage is Estimated at $4,000, without
insurance.
On the Harper farm, near Old Deposit
Station, nine miles from Louisville, Mar.
tin Duke shot and fatally wounded James
Finn, hia broLher.ln.law, The trouble
arose from q quarrel between their wives.
Duke escaped,
Citizens In the nelghborhood Of Rome,
o seized a farmer named Simon DUph,
coated him with tar atsl feathers, and
cub bisCled him TO other outfages. He had
made himself obnoxious by spreading
slandefa against respectable women.
A south.bound passenger train on the
Cincinnati Southern railroad was wrecked
near Dry Ridge, thirty.ono miles from
Cincinnati, yesterday morning, Mat
Coonbs, the oldeat engineer on the road,
was killed, The ConduCtof fireman and
baggage.masler were hurt The pasSen.
gers escaped injury,
The four story manufacturing building
numbers %, 05 and O7, West Washington
street. Chicago, was burned early yeBtef.
day morning Edward u, BwlnOy, man.
ui CluFer Of office furniture, loses $26,OO0j !
Insurance $1,000. Newman Bios, mAnu.
laolurUt Of organs, logs $4,000, partly In
sured, LosS on the building 81, 800, lully
insured,
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NRw YoRE, August Sl.-The strike OF
clothing cutters in this city Is nearing the
end. only eight hundred are now out,
fifteen hundred having resumed work
upon their demands being acceded to.
The boss plumbers will post their new
rules tomorrow, and the journeymen will
cips ttOubs 81 4 IN tbe U apprentcssbp sv5e
The journeymen want It limited and the
bosses do not. The strike will be a gen.
eral one. Unfinished work In buildings
will be completed before the plumbers
concerned 60 out. The men In the build.
ing trades will aid the plumbers.
The Retail Hat SRlesmen's Protective
Association has issued circular calling
on all clergymen to aid 1t in obtaining a
closing OF the hat stores on Sunday and
early closing on week day evenings.
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WASHINGTON, D. O., August 3l.-At
0:55 o'clock tonight the desks in tho
Associated Press office in the corridor and
building began to vibrate in peculiar but
unmistakabl0 fashion that suggested an
earthquake. A few minutes later the jan
ltor reported that the upper stories Of the
building were rocking back and forth, the
night manager Of the Western Union
Telegraph Office made similar announce
meut, with the additional information
that tho clock on the western wall OF
tho room had stopped. Telephone messages
from a gentleman connected with the
Associated Press office who lives on
Massachusetts, avenue and from other
points In the city reported that the orna-
ments on mantel pieces were rattling.
The telegraph operators In Atlantaa few
minutes before had notified the Wash.
ington operators that the shock was
coming and to look out for 1t, but no at
tention was paid to the warning sit was
regarded as joke.
Two sheCks occurred, the second shock
Of longer duration and more severe than
the tirst and q few seconds later. 1t was
felt in all parts Of the city and created con-
siderable CONSERVATION. AT Albaugh's
Opera House the large audience
became frightened by the shaking Of the
building, and stampede ensued. The
occupants Of the galleries, mainly gentle
men, jumped to their feet as soon as the
shaking began and rushed pell nell out
on the street. No one was injured.
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Irisa fortunate thing that last nights
mild earthquake shock did not come tie
night before when there was an immenle
crowd Of people assembled to witness Il 9
natural gas illumination. The trembllr 6
oil the earth at that time would probably
have bred q panic in the deuscIy pack d
crowd; and, more probably still, the FIST
impulse would have been TO connect Il Q
disturbance with the unfamiliar fore
which was be'ching flame from pipe a
hundred feet higher.
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ntnrdnr in.lnnli III a iln,lA,rnp.

CLEVELAND, August 5l.-Near Niles, o.,
yesterday the dead body Of Mrs. X, A.
Williamson, who had been driving In the
country, was found by the road side. Her
neck was broken and II was supposed at
tho time that the hors had run
away and thrown her from tue
carriage, causing her death. To-day
II was learned there was no runaway, and
the wotnan's husband asked tho coroner
10 make full investigation, lie believing
that his vile had been murdered. II 10
asserted that Mts, Williamson had Consld.
cradle money In her possession. Two
trAtnpe have been arrested al Niles, and
there IL much excitement,
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ovATIoNs no ALEXANDER
In Ills Journey Through bulgaria to th
ranItuI

In Ills Journey Through Bulgaria TO tho
Capital.
BUCHAREST, August 31.-The leaders Of
the conspiracy against Prince Alexander
including the Treasurer Of the Revolu.
tionary fund have taken refuge in this
city. The Government decided to expel
them aud notified the refugees that they
must leave. The conspirators then ap-
psaled 10 the Russian Legation for pro-
lection. kilograms were passing between
the Legation aud ST. Petersburg during
the whole Of last night. Prince Alexan.
der will arrive. at PhillpoppolIs to-
norrow.
TIRNoRA, August 3l.-Prince Alexsn.
doris journey hOre from Sistova was q
series Of ovationg. The people headed by
priests locked to the different points on
tho route Of the procession and greeted
the Prince with joyous shoutsoi welcome.
A large crowd left Tirnoya 10 meet the
Prince at q point Eve miles distant and es.
corted him into the town amid great
enthusiasm. An address Of welcome was
presented on behalf OF the populace, and
In reply Prince Alexander congratulated
TirnOva upon having commenced the
counter revolution In his favor. Itis now
said that Prince Alexander will probably
proceed to Philipoppolis to-day.
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IInnlnn.Courtney IInco.

RocKAwAY BEAcn, N. v, August 81
The fnal articles Of agreement between
Hahlan and Courtney weresigned tonight.
The winner gets 90 percent and the loser
40. The course is three miles. Both fflen
arc confident and both are in excellent
condition. The betting is Sl0O to $75 In
favor Of Hanlsn. Courtney went over the
course In 20 minutes. Tonight he made
q bet OF 500 with Hanlan that he would
either make Hsnlan break the record OF
he would beat him.
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TraEedy nt a NCgro re.tlyal.

GALVESTON, TEX, August Sl.-A special
to the News from Hearne says: A desper.
ate shooting ARRAY occurred Sunday night
at a negro festival here, in which a negro
named Castlebury was killed and three
others wounded. About twelve shots
were fred into the crowd and a perfect
pandemonium enEued. II is strange that
more were not killed, as large number
Of persons were in the grounds at the
time the trouble commenced. Deputy
sherifis Brady and Griffin went to the
scene Of the tragedy and arrested Eve me-
groeg on suspicion Of being implicated in
the shooting. Il is said q woman was the
cause Of the killing.
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IA TRUE DEMOCRAT" returns to the as.
Blult with renewed vigor. His remarks
are the moro puugent because when he
deal, with facts he seems to know what
he is talking about. Tho INTELLldEScER
Is quite willing to afford him a means, and
tho best means, OF communicating with
his party; and yet some Of his personal
illusions and inierenccs are, II ho will per-
nit tho suggestion, not in the best spirit
ltMr, lIandan or any other gentleman
in Office or out Of office, prefers to use his
influence in favor OF ono candidate for the
Legislature or another, or in bshalt Of Mr..
Camden, why is that construed to open
him to special criticism any more than
though he threw his weight on the side Of
Governor Wilson, or Ex-Governor Jack.
son, or Hon. John j. Davis, or any other
gentleman Of the opposition2 This Is sup.
posed to be free country, Mr.. True
Democrat
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THERE was large demand for yeater'
days lSrGLLlagScEB containing tho full
and picturesque report Of the introduction
olna.ural gas into Wheeling,and attending
ceremonies. A large extra edition had to
be supplemented later In the morning
These papers we're for the most part sent
away from home to let the world know
what wU are doing. Let us hope that they
may be ss bread cast upon the waters.
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CHICAGO, August 3l.-The erratiC &C.
tion on the part Of the barometer in the
signal office here this evening caused the
sergeant in charge to pause in the middle
OF an observation. His hands he noticed
trembled violently, and for moment he
thought himself III. The rocking OF large
chair In the middle OF the room and the
rattling OF bottles on ohelf quickly
brought him to realization that a quake oi
the earth was In progress. The first wave
began at 0:0l y. NJ. and lasted six or seven
seconds. It's motion was west to east, and
there we're aboutthreeoriour vibrations to
the second. The barometer went up one
one.hundrcdths OF an inch in seven min.
utes. Soon alter the shock It marked
3O.17, and continued to rise rapidly. The
effects Of the shock were not generally
noticed In Chicago except In the upper
stories OF tall buildings. Persons who
happened to be converting by telephone
suddenly found themselves cut of,
and for q time the blame for the trouble
was heaped unsparingly upon the central
nE1iha
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Pir1snuRoH, Pa, August Sl.-ThSre
will bo general resumption Of green
glass bottle factories oil the West tO.mor.
row. The resumption will be quite a vic.
tory ior the home Glass blowers. They
made q eight 10 havO the brewing com.
panlfsuse hone made bottles instead Oi
Importing them, aud now that they have
succeeded In their demand they predict
2 very bfisk trade. The factories have
been closed lot the usual two months SUM
mVr vacation,
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cinxnin,,ll,a Sllnklnr lin.

CLEVELAND, August 3l.-At $3.50 city
time on earthquake shock lasting about
one minute occurred here. Buildings
swayed perceptibly. No damage Is yet
reported. People left tho theatres and
ran into the street aud great excitement
Al the Opera House and the Academy
OF Music people wero staitled by hesway.
ing Of the chandeliers and at once a stamp.
edo for the street took place. Nearly
every person left his seat, but nobody was
hurt In the rush. Everybody was fright.
enod, but only q few realized
that an earthquake was the cause
Of the Commolion. Many supposed that
a violent explosion had occurred some.
where In the suburbs, and the newspaper
offices we're bsslpged by people curious to
learn what had happened. Guests OF
hotels left their roomb In confusion. At
the Lincoln, Alarge llyO.story apartment
house, tho widest excitement prevailed.
Men and women rushed through the
house and several ladies tainted. People
playing billiards were Rstonlghed % see
the balls roll about tile table. Clocks
whose pehduums ewing east and west
stopped at 100, local time.
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CHICAGO, August Sl.-A special says
that flve armed mon boarded passenger
train at East 81. Louis last evening, and
took Jimmy Carroll, the notorious bank
robber from Deputy Sheriff James RiChey,
Of Galesburg, ILL.,, WHO had Carroll IN
charge, and who was taking him 10 Gales.
burg for trial, he having been connected
in big bank robbery there some yearB
ago. Carroll escaped 10 Canada shortly
after the Galeaburg burglary, but was Of.
rested and sent 10 prison ior crime he
had previously committed Ia that Coun.
try. Until then he had always escaped
conviction.
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Very Distinctly rolt 1t COLUMBUS.

CoLuMDus, August t3l.-Reports are
coming from all over the city that the
shock Of earthquake was distinctly felt
about $3.50 p. NJ. 1t was more perceptlble
in the larger buildings. at the Asylum
for the Insane the furniture was turned
around and the patients became 30
alarmed that the attendants had trouble
in getting them to return to their wards.
At the Institute for the Blind the shock
was go strong that rocking chairs on the
floor were made to start in motion, aud
the chandeliers wUreswayed dtoandfr fro with
such force that they continued in motion
for some time afterwards.
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BASE BALL.
Pittsburgh Celebrates tho Return Home by
Defeating LouisyIiIo.

Pittsburgh Celebrates tho Return Home by
Defeating Louisville.
PITTSBURGH, August 81, = The Pitts.
burghs strengthened their hold on second
place to-day by defeating the Louisyilles.
The game was exciting but loosely played.
Attendance 5000. Score.
1nnlnsS."...,.. ...-. / 2Sl5
g. sI'TSSEsn. teSIH !.....:...... ] 5fSG3SS 55--5
Earned runs, Plttsburgh 1; Louisville 8.
Two base hits, Barkley, Browning, Heck.
cd balls, Carroll /, Cook 2. First base on
balls, Off Morris /, or Hecker 4. First
base on errors, Pittsburgh / Louisville 2.
Struck ont, by Morris l; by IieCker 1.
Errors, Pittburgh 8; Louisville s. First
base hits, Pittsburgh 81 Louisville 10.
Umpire Walsh.
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Tue State Press Association starts Of
well. Some familiar iaces are missing.
but there arc some new ones to fill up the
ranks. Last night the Association listen
ed to novel and able address from Mr..
Thompson, OF the Keyssr Echo. Tonight
brings the banquet, which tits hoped the
visiting friends may find worthy OF their
ssrlous attention.
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sourn RoYALroN, W., August 81
Nearly the entire business portion OF this
village and number dwellings were de-
stroysd last night by the most destructive
fire that has ever visited this vicinity. At
one time It seemed as II the whole village
was doomed, but after a fierce battle with
the flames, in which the villagers received
substantial aid from neighboring towns,
the fire was got under control shortly
after 2 Am, but not until fourteen stores
and nine residences wsre burned. The
loss Ia estimated at $4,000.
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Prlnters Frlghtsned,

CINCINNATI, o., August Sl,-At 9:l6 P,
NJ, a slight shock Of earthquake was felt
here, The printers in the Sun office
started to run down stairs, thinking the
building was falling, The shock was
quite peIcsptible at the telephone ex-
change and other buildings, but 1t was not
noticed much by people on the streets.
The officers and reporters at police
headquarters in the city building made q
stampede from the shaky building into
the street, AT all the hotels there was
more or less fright and confusion but no
casualties, The same may be said Of the
theatres, although . panic was narrowly
aYerted at Heuck's. All the clocks
in the Western Union Telegraph
Office stopped at s;45, standard time,
Probably the worst scare Of the night
was in the composing room Of the
Commercial Gd;cte office, There the terri
lied printers jumped out OF the windows
to the ROOT OF theadiOining building q dis
tance Of six feet. One Of them was some
what bruised in hls haste, but was not
BeFiouslY hurt,
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Mnrlrred nll q tnnDlK Hand.

MI. CARNEL, Pa, August Sl,-Anthony
Gillespie, prominent grocer, Of Mt. Oar.
mel, left here on horse back for shamokin
yesterday. Last evening the horse Was
found roaming through the fields and a
search discovered Glllesps'B dead body
on an abandoned road. A bullet holu was
found In bis head. Three rough CharaO.
tetg who, were seen In the vicinity are buS.
pected Of this murder,
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Mr.. Geo. Y. Willing, Of Manchester,
Mich, writes. "My vile has been almost
helpless for FIVE years, no helpless that she
could not turn over In bed alone. She
used two Bottles Of Electric Blttefs, and ID
30 mitch improved, that Bho "a able now
10 do her own work.
Electric Elltters will do all that IA claimed
for them. Hundreds Of testimonials attest
their great. curative powers, Only hity
COnM a bottle at Logan 4 Co.'s, uTEAW
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Ir SOW looks as if Russia were deter
mined to force war on Europe from her
intorneddliug with the Bulgarian affair
II war does come It promises to be one OF
the rrea!eat conflicts Of the century, and
when It is over themap Of EurOpe will be
materially changed.
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A perrnaea whIls MonlnI,. pDnlll

NEw YoRk, August 3l,-'rhe police were
notified this morning that q white woman
had been lying dead in q house, No. 2S7
West Thirty.second street, since Friday
last. She had died under spgplCious cir.
Cunstances, and no steps had been taken
10 have her buried, The dead woman,
Hannah o O'Rourke, had been living With
a Colored man named Sayles. The neigh.
bors say saylss was itl the habit Of beat.
lug her, and as the body was covered with
bruises, cuts and Rashss, Bayles WAS Rf.
rested and held 10 await the result Of tho
CotonBt's Inquest,
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LONDON, August 3l.-rhe last OF the
preliminary races In the international
sculling sweepstakes were rowed to-day.
There were two heats, frst between vii.
liam Beach, Of Australia, and George
Bubear, Of England, and the other be.
tween John Teemer, Of the United States,
and Matterson, OF Australia. Beach and
Teemer XeFo the Minnerg.