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South and West.

A DESPERATE fight occurred between q
gang Cf riotous tramps and number of cltl'
zens at Annville, Penn, in which revolvers
and knives were freely used Four citizens
and two of their assailants were wounded,
and one Of the latter captured by the police
CORRECTED returns from all the towns and
cities of Massachusetts, give for Governor
Ames (Rep.J 12l,652; Andrew, tDem.) ll2,-
25S; Lothrop (Pro) $3.50.
IN California the Democrats have major
ity of about thirteen in the Legislature, and
will probably re. elect Senator Hearst to the
United States Senate. The vote for Governor
was so close it was thought the result could
only be decided by an official count.
The Indiana Legislature is Democratic by
about thirteen majority on joint ballot, which
secures Democratic successor to United
States Senator Harrison.
TIE official count in the Sixth Kentucky
Congressional District was completed on the
5th, and shows majority Of 76S for Speaker
Carlisle over Mr.. Thoebe, the Labor nominee.
THE dead body of Sheriff Ferney, Of Lake
county, Ind, was found in a clump of woods
near Plymolth, riddled with bullets. The
assassin is supposed to be one Perrin, who
was wanted by the Sheriff.
EDWARD KELLY, while repairing an elec
trio light wire at Cleveland, Ohio, inadver-
tantly touched q portion of the uncovered
conductor and was instantly killed.
GEORGE THoEBE, candidate against
Speaker Carlisle for Congress in the Sixth
Kentucky district, announces his intention
to contest the election of Mr. Carlisle on the
ground that the returns were 'doctored."
The Arkansas Prohibitionists carried thir-
ty counties in the recent election, polling 65,-
900 votes in total Of 140, 900.
Two wealthy Texas ranchmen fought a
duel with rifles in Seavala County, one of
them-Hiram Bennett, worth $3.50, ,000-being
killed. A business disagreement was the
cause.
ANOTHER earthquake shock Of some Sc
verify visited portions of the South few
days ago.
THE Chicago meat packers have passed
resolutions declaring they will not employ
members of any labor "rganization. The two
militia regiments called out by the Governor
took up their quarters in the stock yards on
The Sth. About 10000 stock yard em 1loyes
were then on strike, the men refusing to
work ten hours day.
GEYsERs in the Yellowstone Park are in
disturbed state, the earth in the vicinity
Quakes ard an eruption is expected.
GENERAL GORDON was inaugurated Gov
ernor of Georgia 40 Atlanta with imposing
ceremonies.
FoTHERINGHAM, the express messenger re-
Gently robbie of q large sum while on train
in Missouri, has been arrested at st. Louis
on the charge that he was an accompltce in
the robbery.
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4 FATHERS CRIME
Numbering His Wife and Two Lit
tie Children.
Taken From Jail by Enraged Neigh
bors and Lynched.

Intelligence has been received at Larned,
Kansas, from Hodgeman County Of terri.
bic crime committed near Marena, in the e1.
treme southeast corner Of Hodgeman county.
Some seven years ago handsome young
woman named Lowber fell desperately in
love with Sam Purple, a man whose reputa-
ton for sobriety and nildness Of nature
was not by any means excellent. Against
the wishes Of all to whom the Joung
woman was in any way connected, they were
married and settled down near Marena- They
never lived very happily together, and Pur-
pies viciousness eliminated Fri lay morning
in the murder Of part Of his family and in his
own death at the hands Of an enraged mob
three days later. At the time of the murder
his family consisted Of seven persons-hlm-
self, his wife, his wife's sister and four little
children, the youngest Of whom was only
three weeks old.
Friday morning his wife arose as usual
and prepared breakfast. She then went to
awaken her husband, which so enraged him
as to incite him to the heinous crime
which soon followed He sprang vio-
lently from his bed and, seizing his re-
volver, shot his wife through the body,
from which wound she died at once. The
new born babe was next fred at, with the
same result He next shot and killed an
other OF his children. His sister-in-law, Miss
Lowber, was then selected and fred at, the
ball pasSing through the arm and lodging
somewhere in the shoulder. As this emptied
his revolver he proceeded to load his shotgun
in order to complete tue work.
A slight mistake in this was the only thing
that stopped the deadly proceedings. The
powder was poured into one barrel, and, by
cl,,fS int fho ho
endcavored to blow off the head Of another
chill, but as there was nothing except powder
in the barrel the child s face was only severe
ly burned by the explosion. A heavy blanket
was seized and wrapped round the suffering
child, and this was secur, ly bound by
heavy wire in the hope that be might ac-
complish by suffocation what he had failci
in with the gun. The child will recover,
though fearfully disfgured about the face.
The murderer then mounted horse and
started across the fields toward Marena, with
the avowed purpose of killing his wies
mother ard father. Before he could accom-
plish this, however, the wounded young lady
mado her way to the village and notified the
inhabitants Of what had happened, and they
had congregated for resistance On see
ing that his plan had been frustrated,
Purple fastened to Jetmore and
surrendered himself to the authorities.
There he was PLACED IN jail and surrounded
by heavy guard. Last nighta mob Of one
hundred men went quietly. to the Jail and
demanded the prisoner, and he was delivered
to them with little ceremony. He was then
taken back to the scene Of his crime and
hanged to tree.
Only one member Of the family escaped Sc
rious injury, and that was the murderer's
little boy, who had concealed himself under
his bed when he heard his father coming.
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THE CROPS.

Revised Returns Received by the
Agricultural Department..
From revised returns to the Agricultural
artment it appears that the yield OF corn
is twenty-five bushels per acre, making q
product, upon tho present adjust
mcnt Of acreage, of 1,&s,Ooo,Oo0
bushels. The potato product is nearly
the same as last year. with higher yields in
the East and lower in the West. The aver
age is seventy-thrce bushels per acre, giving
n product cf lr:,, 600, ,OJD bushels. The buck
wheat crop makes yicld of about thirteen
ing ll,0VO,OO0 bushels. The apparent pro.
duction of tobacco is at rate
slightly exceeding an average, of Of seventy
ponnds per acre, or about 4S5, OOo, 900 pounds,
which is equal to the average requirements M5e
are rate of yield for the hay crop is close to
one and two-tentLs tons per acre. and the aiF
Iarent product about 5,VO4OW tons
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FEDERAL REVENUES.
Figures From the Commissioners OF
Customs Annual Report.

Figures From the Commissioners Of
Customs Annual Report.
The annual report Of Commissioner Of
Customs McCalmont shows that during the
past fiscal year there was paid into the
Treaslry from sources, the accounts relating
to which are settled in his Office, sl94, ,3S4 ,569
of whi III Sl92, ,397, ,S4 was received from Gus
toms duty. During the same period there
was aid out foT expenses connected with the
administration of this branch of the Govern.
ment service s24, ,24G, So, 427, ,Gl2 of which
was on account of expenses of collecting the
revenue from customs.
Tue total collections of internal revenue
from the time the present system was organ
lied, July l, 1852, up to June 3D. 1886, were
3,4;iS, 29O, 455. The States in which the ag.
gregate collections reached over sl00, 0,0CO, ,0y
were: New York, SGOG, 700, 900; Illinois,
S426, ,G00,NEl; Ohio, S372,6M,G0J; Pennsyl-
vania, s2SS, 100000; Kentucky, S204, 400, ,OUO:
Massachusetts, $195, 7OO, 900; Missouri, $127,-
50O,00J; Indiana, Sis, ,G0),000; Virginia,
S105, 10000, and New Jersey, s104, 1850.
"The aggregate receipts from internal
revenue" said an officer of the Treasury,
"were sufficient to have paid the entire public
debt at its highest figure, 81, 1885, 431 ,57l, and
leave balance Of s65l, ,S59, ,Ss4, if they hal
been applied TO that purpose"
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Foreign.

A REMARKABLE storm cloud has burst over
the lake district of England The storm was
the heaviest ever known in that locality.
The damage to property was very large and
many cattle were lost.
A AnEAvY storm throughout Great Britain
has resulted in some loss Of life and great de-
struction of marine property.
FRED ARCHER, the foremost English horse
Jockey, is dead; He shot himself while in; in a
cans the best known of his many turf vic
tories was the winning of the Derby on the
American horse Iroquois. HIS income as
jockey was from $4,000 to $780, ,ooO year.
A STATE of siege has been proclaimed
throughout Bulgaria
THERE was no serious disturbance in Lon
don on Lord Mayors day, as had been an
ticipated. All th, shops along the, route
of the procession were closed and bar
rioaded, and all tue available police and mi
lita were on hand to prevent any demonstra.
tion on the part of the Socialists, who had
been interdicted by the authorities from hold
ing parade.
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Missouri continues to attract attention
on account of her marvellous products.
In one issue of the Missouri Republican
record is made of six-months old colt
weighing $50 pounds; a pig of the same
age born with but three legs; calf thai
weighs but twenty pounds, and so small
that it cannot reach its "dinner;;" rad.
ish twenty-five inches around, twenty
two inches long, and weighing 19s
pounds; the discovery of gold in Jasper
county, and man who, in January last,
received at short range pistol shot, the
ball entering the left eye, and going
through the brain, and who now is as
we'll as q man can be.
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NEWS SUMMARY
Eastern and Middle States

McCABE, one of the New York Aldermen
Judged insane.
The twelve-year-olds son of Joseph Doelger,
a millionaire New York brewer, died sud.
denly, as was supposed Of heart disease, while
playing in the street. An autopsy showed
that he had been strangled by collar but
ton, which he had been carrying in his mouth
and which had lodged in the windpipe.
THE will of the late Henrietta Lenox, OF
New York, which disposes of an estate worth
from $1,000, 600 to S10, 000, 900, Is to be con.
tested by some of the heirs on the ground OF
undue influence.
DELAWARE official returns complete foot
no: For Governor-Biggs Dem:l, 1892;
Hofrooker (Pro), 1882 For Congress
Pennington pem;), 1885; Cooper (rrol
1856. The Legislature is solidly Democratic.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY on the 5th began
a four days celebration of her 250th birth
yates.
THE followers Of Henry George, the de-
feated candidate of the workingmen for the
New York Mayoralty, held IN enthusiastic
meeting aud organized new party under
the name of the Progressive Democracy.
Steps have also been taken to form new
labor party in Philadelphia
WITH the exception of NJ. Bartholdi, all
the representatives of the French Govern.
ment who took part in the unveillns OF
Liberty's Statue have sailed for France.
Two deer poachers were surprised by
two State Deputies named Hill and Niles on
the Machias River in Maine. One OF the
poachers fired twice a. the Deputies, killing
both.
JUDGE WALES, of the United States
Court, decides that the State Of New Jersey
has jurisdiction over a case Of homicide on
board Belgian ship at Jersey City as
against the claims of Belgium.
THE Woman Suffrage bill passed in the
lower House Of the Vermont Legislature was
defeated in the Senate by eighteen nays to
ten yeas
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LATER NEWS.

dAIRs D. FISH, e1-president Of the sus'
pendel Marine Bank, and partner Of Fcrdin'
and Ward in swindling operations wa.
examined in the Auburn IN. ~ prison by
his physician, who will report to President
Cleveland that he is mental and physical
wreck, who ought to be released on the
ground Of humanity.
A FIRE in Philadelphia destroyed block
Of business buildings, causing loss Of about
s175,OO
REPUBLICANS will contest the seats Of five
Democrats in the Indiana Legislature
OHIo's official vote gives Robinson Rep.)
34O,S95, Mcbride Dem.l, 529,3l4, Smith
pro-, 2s,G57, Bonsal (Green.), 1,9o2. Robin
sons plurality, II, 1,5Sl.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND is busy at his
Forthcoming message to Congress, which
meets Monday, December g.
THE total number of persons condemned to
Imprisonment for life for participation in the
recent Spanish revolution is go.
THE Bulgarian Sobranje Chamber OF
Deputies elected Prince Waldemar, the
third son of the King of Denmark, as success
sor to Prince Alexander on the throne OF
Bulgaria.
The United Presbyterian Church confer
ence, held at Pittsburg, adopted a resolution
condemning the use of the organ in church.
THE Prohibition vote in Pennsylvania at
the recent election was about 10000; the
Greenba * Labor vo about 5000.
GOVERNORS PATrisoS, of Pennsylvania,
Robbie, of Maine, ard other gentlemen of
prominence addressed the National Grange,
in annual session at Philadelphia
TwENrY-sIx vessels have been lost on the
Great Lakes during the re; ent storms, repre-
senting value Of :S0),000.
THREE fishermen were drowned in Lake
Huron, by the loss of their boat in gale.
A MOONLIGHT fight between rangers and
fence cutters in Texas resulted in the death
of two of the latter.
ALLIDAY WREN (colcred) was hanged in
presence of 5000 people at Pittsboro. N. c.,
for brutally assaulting two aged white
women.
REPRESENTATIVES of the dairy interests
in oil parts of the country were present at
the annual convention in Chicago.
THE United States mints have been busy
supplying an unprecedented demand for PEN
nies and nickels. About 1000, 900 pennies are
now in circulation throughout the country.
M. PAUL BERT, the French Minister Resi-
dent at AMMAN and scientist of eminence,
is dead.
A RAILROAD bridge across the River Po
in Italy be- ame dislodged by floods, and a
train was thrown into the water. Five per-
sons were drowned.
GOLD is quoted at twenty-eight per cent
premium in Buenos Ayres.
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PANIC At A FIRE.
An Explosion Which Blew Out
the Wall Of a Factory.
A Number of Young Men and
Women Badly Injured.

An explosion occurred in the cigar box
mandatory of Henry H. Sheep a. Co.,
! 1,704 and l,705 Randolph street, Philadef
phia, the other afternoon, which blew out
the rear wall, badly injuring number ol
young mon, women, and girls, AMI i'm
perilling the lives of over one hun
dred more. The mandatory is a three
story brick structure, with depth of 150
feet. The first and second floors were used
as n planning mill and carpenter shop, and on
the third floor were employed about twonty-
five girls in pasting paper lining in the boxes.
Just before the explosion the engineer
started up steam by throwing large amount
of sawduSt on the fire, and then starte6 to the
Randolph street front of the building.
He says that le hal been there but
few minutes when he was startled
by nm explosion, which was fol-
lowed by the upper portion of the rear wall
falling out and the screams Of the women in
the upper stt;ry Bricks were flying in all di-
lections, and in loss than minnie afterward
the whole rear portion of the mill seemed to be
in flames. The greatest excitement existed
among the hands employed in tue building
Some of them ran for tho stairway leading
to the street. others ran to tue windows, and
few started to climb out, but they were
their companions.
In the meantime the flames were spreading
from one floor to another. and crowds, at
tractcd by the smoke and the screams Of the
women, bio o,Iicd the street, but the excite
uient among them was so great that they
seemed powerless for a time to render
any assistan"e. At length several men
run iuto tho building and got them
oil out. Some of the girls and young women
were bleeding aud others were badly burned.
The fire burned stubbornly despite the eff
forts Of the tiremcn, and in remarkably
short time tue two upper stories of the fac
tory and the shedding in the rear were
ablize One girl, Carrie Bruner aged
eighteen, was missing. The following is
list of the injured: Ella Stocker,
aged 81, badly burned about the face and
hauds; Carrie Muller, ~ years, burned about
tn. body: Emma Mulder, 1G years, burned
about the face: Mary L. Knecht, l5years, face
and body burne 1; Amanda Cook, - years,
burned about the face, back, and hands; john
Pollock II years, injured about the head by
falling bri Ks; Joseph Rehmer II years,
hands hally burned; John Klenselhafer, 21
years, head cut and hands injured; George
Kimball, - years, head and face cut;
Charles Brown, Is yelrs, head, hands and
face cut; Daniel Fries, an old man, head
and ia g burned and arm cut.
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THE .MINTS
Summary of Director Kfmbal's Re
port--A Years Coinage.

Summary of Director Kfmball's Re-
port-A Years Coinage.
Dr. James P. Kimball, the Director of the
Mint, has submitted to the Secretary of the
Treasury his annual report for the fiscal year
ended June so, 1885. While the volume Of
work executed at the mints during the year
was greater, he says, thar that Of the pre-
vious year, the total expenditures were less
by Sl97, 7,0Sg. The total earnings of the mints
during the year amounted to ST, ,032. ESQ, Of
which SIS, 763, ,S51 consisted of seignorage on
silver dollars. The total expenses and losses
Of all kinds amounted to 81, ,429, ,591. The
coinage of gold amounted to $34, or, $50,
against S24, ,G6l, l23 in the preceding year.
Of the gold coinage, $27, ,0S0, 600 was e1eeuted
at San Francisco and the balance ut Phila-
delphia.
The silver coinage amounted to s3t, ,022 ,347,
against ST., ,S4S, ,959 in the preceding year.
OF tho coinage Of the year $2ss, S35s !Oj con-
sisted of silver dollars and the remainder of
subsidiary coin The value Of the FOLD bull
lion imported into the United States was ST.
O73, ,45S; exported, S27, ,3G5, $50. The import
of gold coin was $780, sol; exported, $l5,-
H0,9l7. The import of silver bullion was
4,l5l, ,43S; exported, $40, $780, ,G56, o. which
ISIS consisted Of trade dollarA
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BLOWN TO ATOMS.
Terrific Explosion of 5000 Pounds
of fNitro-Glycerine.

Terrific Explosion of 5000 Pounds
of fNitro-Glycerine.
The second terrible explosion since June
last in the dynamite factories at Lake Hop
atkong, Morris county, N. j., occurred the
other afternoon in the works Of Hector, De
Castro G. Co., better known as the Forcite
Works The firrn employs about $50 men,
and in order to guard against just such ca
lamity as occurred the various departments
are isolated as much as possible in frame
buildings. The entire works are about half
mile square.
The explosion happened in one Of the two
mixing houses. In these buildings the nitric
acid and glycerine are mixed, and the work
is considered the most dangerous in the en-
tire process. About ESQ eight men were
working in the first mixing house. One
workman saw a thin wreath of smoke curl
up from the mixing tubs, aud crying: "Run
for your lives" he started for the door. The
others knew the meaning of the warning, ,and
dropping everything they fled through any
means Of exit.
The warning came none too soon. Hardly
had the men reached the air when terrific
explosion occurred. Over three thousand
pountS VI ulIIo-stJCSllue s"ep1 tue iiaA
building from the earth as leaf before
hurricane, and tore up the ground in all di-
rections. A suffocating, impenetrable cloud
of smoke arose. and before the terrified work
men could realize what had happened another
explosion occurred in q dope mill near by.
The second explosion was not so great as the
stroye1.
AS the cloud of smoke cleared away scores
of workmen and farmers rushed from all
quarters to help the unfortunate. One man
was killed and a score Of others were injured.
Three or four of the in iurei are not expected
to recover. As near as could be learned the
first explosion was the result of spontaneous
generation of heat When the men in the
dope mill heard the explosion they ran for
their lives.
Nitro-slycerine was being mixed in ves-
sci, and it is said the mixture exploded,
owing to the lack OF proper attention The
scene after the explosion was extremely
rushed from the little frame cottages of the
workmen to the spot waiting and sobbing,
fearful lest soma dear one was among the
unfortunates
The terrific detonations were heard fer
miles about, and at Dover, nine miles dis
tant, windows and doors ratified as If an
earthquake had occurrel. The report Of the
disaster soon spread and all the doctors in
the neighborhooi hurried thther.
The EXPLOSION last June occurred at the
works of the American Dynamite Company.
About three hundred pounds of dynam;ts
were exploded in mixing house at that
time and of the ten men who were in the
building only about three hundred pounds
of flesh and bones were ever recovered. The
timely warning of the workmen Yesterday
fortunately avertcd. a r'petiticn of the
calamity.
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THE NEXT SENATE
How the Upper House OF Congress:
May Be Divided.

How the Upper House OF Congress
May Be Divided.
ION the Sd of next March, says the Wash
ington Star Independents, "the terms Of
sixteen Republicans and nine Democratic
Senators will expire. The Republicans who's
terms will then end are Messrs Williams ire
Gently elected, of California; Hawley, OF
Connecticut; Harrison, Of Indiana; Hale,
of Maine;. Dawes, Of Massachusetts,;
Conger, of Michigan; Mcmillan, OF
Minnesota; Van Wyck, of Nebraska: Sewell,
of New Jersey; Miller, of New YORK:
Sherman, of Ohio Mitchell, of Pennsyl-
vania; Adri:h, of Rhode Island; Edmonds.
of Vermont: Malone, of Virginia, and
Sawyer, of Wisconsin. On the Democratic
side the terms Of Messrs. Gray, Of Delaware;
Jones, of Florida; German, Of Maryland;
George, Of Mississippi; Cockrell, OF Missouri;
Fair, of Nevada; Whitthorne, Of Tennessee;
giuia, will end. Of the sixteen Republi. ans
who will retire twelve will certainly be sue
ceedGi by men Of the same party. MeSsrs.
Sherman, Aldrch and Edmunds have been
reelected, and the Legislatures of Come I'll
cut, Maine, Massachusetts,, Mi :higan, Mime
sofa, Nebraska, New York, Pennsylvania,
and Wisconsin are Republican. The Demo-
Gratis lose one of the nine whose terms expire
(Fair of Neyala), and are secure of the re-
mainder, so that if the Legislatures Of Cali
fornia, Indiana and New Jersey prove TO
be Democratic the result Of the change in
the Senate after the third Of March
will be a net loss Of three to the Republicans,
q Democrat having been chosen to succeed
Malone from Virginia Inc present Senate
stands IL Republicans. 81 Democrats, and l
Readiuster (Riddleberger). But Senator
Van Wyck comes back from Nebraska, as O
peoples candidate. He male his fight before
the whole people, and won on IN issue Of
opposition to corporations. During his
present term he has not hesitated on o, ,ca-
sions to antagonize his party, and under the
conditions of his reelection he may be more
independent still.
Leaving Van Wyck and Riddleberger out
Of the count, the next Senate will stand
provided the Democrats secure the three
doubtful States mentioned, thirty-sevep Re-
publicans and thirty-scven Democrats
Thus Messrs Van Wyck and Riddlebergcr
would hold the balance Of power. In con.
ne"tion with th, probable situation, it is q
fact worth mentioning that both Van Wyck
and Ridd!oGcrger have given evidences of 4
kindly feeling for tho Administration.
In the event Of any contii
between the Executive and the
Senate. tho two votes from Nebraska and
Virginia would determine the issre. Van
Wyck and Ri,ldlebergcr would have this
power by cooperating with the Democrats
TO orgauile the Senate, or, should Van Wyck
vote with the Republicans AMI R;dd.eberger
with the Democrats Oh the question of crgan-
[zation, there would be tie, and there is no
Vice-PreSident to throw tho deciding vote"