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ANOTHER HORROR.
Further Details of the Kanawha Valley
Disaster-Lives Lost.


PARKERsBURG, wv. Va.), July Gotham
estimate can hardly yet be formed of the
great calamity that has swept over Little
Kanawha Valley, but enough is known to
mark it as the most destructive in life and
property ever occurring in West Virginia.
The scene of the greatest disaster was on
Pond Creek, Jackson county, and Tucker
Creek, Writ county. Pond Creek rose
twenty-five feet in an hour, from cloud
burst. The water spread from hill 10 hill
and carried all before it. Four men took
refuge in Thomas mill. The mill was
washed away and Edward Bass was
drowned. Thomas Black and his newly
welded wife were washed from
their home and persisted. Thomas Hughes
his wife and four children fed from their
home but the water overlook them and
none escaped but Hughes. On Tucker
creek seven lives are reported lost, but no
definite information can be obtained. The
loss to property is immense, and will run
up into the millions.
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CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Sad Ending of a CoIored Excursion Part
in Georgia.

Sad Ending of a Colored Excursion Party
in Georgia.
SAVANNAH (Ga.) }, July 20th.-The steamer
St. Nicholas, with five hundred colored ex-
cursionists on board, ran into closed
drawbridge over ST. Augustine creek, four
miles south of Savannah, tonight, demoI-
ishing the forward part of the steamer,
killing two women, and ipjuring twenty
eight men and women, some of whom will
die. Captain Boulineau, who commanded
the steamer, said the engines were re-
versed and backing when the crash
came. The forward decks were crowded.
The upper deck was carried away and the
pilot house and hurricane deck crashed
down on the mass of people, burying them
beneath its weight. One of the dead bodies
was that of a colored cook and the other is
an unknown young woman.
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WELCOMED IN SCOTLAND.
Parneu is Given a Grand Reception il
the City of Edinburgh.

the City OF Edinburgh.
EDINBURGH, July 2Oth.-The freedom OF
the city was conferred upon Parnell to. day.
The presentation took place in the Corn
Exchange, which was packed to the doors,
while hundreds were unable to gain admit
lance. The Earl of Aberdeen was in the
chair. Parnell was given an enthusiastic
reception, the immense audience rising and
cheering for several minutes. Populations
from all the liberal societies in Scotland
presented addresses. Gladstone, in letter
to the Earl of Aberdeen, wrote:
The time has not yet arrived for detailing
the memorable experience of Parnell dur
ing the last two years. | believe his ex
perience to be unparalleled in the history
of British statesmen in Parliament for the
past two centuries. / consider Parnellites
to be, in the best sense, conservatives.
They have been a restorative force of great
value to the peace OF Ireland and the honor
of England, while tyranny of government
has deepened aversion of Ireland"
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STEEL VESSELS.
a Company to Establish Ship Building
Yards at Chicago.

a Company to Establish Ship Building
Yards at Chicago.
CHICAGO, July Goth 1t is announced
that the Illinois Steel Company, recently
Incorporated as a consolidation of three
great iron and steel companies in this
neighborhood, has decided TO go into the
business of building steel vessels for en-
ployment in lake commerce. 1t is under
stood the ship-yards TO be created are to be
located in South Chicago. At Duluth, on
Jnly 10Th, the Minnesota Iron Company
voted 10 place Its 81 500, 600 surplus in the
hands of the Directors. This company is
controlled by the Illinois Steel Company,
and the voting of this surplus was to put it
at thst company's disposal. ". L. Bah
cock, Superintendent of the Union Dry
dock Company, at Buffalo, has been Sc
lected as the head of the mechanical de-
partment OF the proposed yards.
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member of the genus homo, but his wife
did not like the idea of her husband liter
ally wearing a dead mans shoes, so one
day they vanished. The doctor does
not say word, but he thinks he knows
who is responsible for their disappearance.
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Ii is generally believed by ex-Secretary
Bayard's neighbors that he will soon re-
enter politics, beginning with the next
State campaign in Delaware. Just at
present. however, he seems TO be wholly
engrossed with his domestic affairs and in
improving his residence at Delamore.
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me after the fight, that he had
strange feeling, but whether he
was dIugged or not do not know"
Johnston. of the Police Gazette, when
seen, said Flynn, who put up the ring, said
TO him (Johnston): Richard K. Fox
would give $1,000 if he knew what l
learned at Richburg." Nothing more def
mite could be learned.
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Custom Collectors.

WASHINGTON, July 20th.-On the request
of Acting Secretary of State Wharton, the
Treasury Department has directed the Col
lector of Customs at New York to admit
free of duty and charges certain household
effects belonging to Oscar S. Strauss, late
United States Minister to Turkey.
Acting Secretary of the Treasury has d.
rected the Collector of Customs at San
Francisco to admit free of duty the wreck
age of the United States steamship Trenton
from Samoa, consigned to the Command
ant of the navy yard at Mare Island.
Cost of Calling in Bonds.
WASHINGTON, July 20th.-Under the cir
cular of April 17th, 1888, the Treasury
Department has purchased Sl51 AS, $50
worth of bonds, at total cost OF Sl75, 3d.
$50 10. From August Sd, when the Gov
eminent first began purchasing bonds, to
and including to-day. the amount pur-
chased has been $155, 769, 100, at a cost, IN
Guiding the premium, of 1902, 522, OLA 81.
Had the bonds been allowed to mature, the
cost would have been $23S, 405 07S 81. The
Government therefore saves S35, 1888, 004 04.
Land Decisions.
WASHINGTON, July 2Oth.-Assistant Sec
rotary of the Interior Chandler has af-
firmed the decision of the Land Commits
sioner in dismissing John Mowen's contest
against the homestead entry of Lazzaro
Guermolius for certain tracts of land in
the Sacramento Land District, California
He also affirmed the decision of the same
officer allowing David Logan's timber cash
entry for a tract of land in the Pueblo
Land District, California, and dismissing
Howard Chadbourne's contest against it.
Pauncefote's Mission.
WASHINGTON, July 20th-Pauncefote,
who sails for Europe to-day from New
York, it is reported carries a rough draft
of an agreement between Great Britain and
the United States concerning the Canadian
aud Behring Sea questions, to be submitted
to Salisbury for consideration and sugges-
ton.
Early Closing.
WASHINGTON, July 20th.-All the Gov
eminent departments closed to-day at 3
o'clock and will continue to do so each
Saturday during the hot weather.
New Postofiice.
WASHINGTON, July 20th.-A new post
office has been established at Arch Bishop,
Los Angeles county, California, with Oliver
\. Brooks as postmaster.
Pension Awards.
WASHINGTON, July 20th.-Original in
valids, Christian Shortz. Jonathan n.
Howes; increase, Samuel Deal.
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SANTA ROSA,
4 New Industry, the Manufacture q
Cream of Tartar- Military Cannn

Cream of Tartar-Military Camp.
SANTA Rosa. July 20th.-A. Tomassini
has leased part of the WOODEN mill lot in
this city and began the construction of the
necessary buildings for cream of tartar fac
tory. 1t is an entirely new industry in
this part the country. Cream oftartar will
be manufactured from grape pomace, which
will be furnished by the adjacent winery.
Two gamblers from San Francisco re-
Gently opened faro bank here and pre-
pared to fleece the grangers. They lost
So, 600 and pulled up stakes yesterday, con-
Guiding this is not their lucky town. The
bank was broken.
The First Infantry arrived at midnight
and wss received at the depot by the local
militia with band and escorted TO camp.
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THE BIRMINGHAM TRAGEDY.
A Truce Called in Order to Relieve a
Dying Man.

Dying Man.
BIRMINGHAM (Ala.), July 20th.-The
Deputy Sheriffs all returned from Mud
creek this afternoon. Scroggins, who re-
NAMED to guard the gin house at the scene
of the Simpson Houghton tragedy yester-
day, told the inmates they might go undis-
turbed if they would let him go to take
care of Deputy Morgan, who was lying
wounded in the sun and pleading for water
at point covered by their guns. They
agreed, and came out and went away.
When the deputies arrived they had four
teen hours start, and no pursuit was at
tempted Morgan is still alive, though des-
perately wounded.
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INDIAN HEMP.
Sullivan Slugged Him, and Some One
Dragged Him.

NEW YORK, July 20th.-The Erening
Nelcs, in an extra, prints story to the
effect that letter has peen received from a
well-known newspaper man in the South,
in which the writer says he is confident
Kilrain was drusged previous to his battle
with Sullivan, and that the business was
doneat Richburg the night before the battle.
Kilrain being given Indian hemp mixed
IL Jelly, and this drug. aided by the torrid
sun. did its work. The Netrs reporter called
on Frank Stevenson in regard to the mat
ter, and Stevenson said !" KilraiH informed
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MONTANA CONVENTION.
A New York Democrat Asks That the
New State be Called jefferson.


New State be Called jefferson.
HELENA (Mont), July 20th.-Eaton of
Park county to-day presented to the Con-
vention a communication from New York,
signed Chadwick, requesting that the new
State be called Jefferson.
The matter created considerable merri-
ment. The petitioner stated that he felt
convinced it would result to the glory of
the Convention, aud secure a Democratic
majority in the State.
The Committee on Finance reported un.
favorably on the gambling bill, prohibiting
all manner Of games in places where liquor
Is solid.
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DRIVEN TO STARVATION.
stories of Destitution in Northern Dakota
and Canada.

and Canada.
GRAFTON ID. IT, July 20th.-Crops in the
Canadian Northwest and along the Dakota
line are in bad shape. Farmers are almost
destitute, and some instances are reported
where they are suosiding on field mice
west proper the crops are wiped out.
A party Of emigrants from the Souris
country were met Thursday at the bound
airy ,line. They had travelled 800 miles
through a well-settled country on the Ca
madam side without seeing fair crop, and
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Oueen yictorla.s Hea1th.

LONDON, July 20th-In view of declin-
ing health, Queen Victoria is making ar
rangements for the Prince of Wales to
relieve her of the labor OF State docu-
ments. The Prince in this case assumes
all responsibilities and wishes, it is said, to
adopt the title of Prince Regent and have
the use of Buckingham Palace and Wind
sor Castle. the Queen retiring TO Osborne
and Balmoral. If the arrangement is car
ried out, Albert Victor will obtain the
MarIhnrouub HnuSa
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The Whitechape1 Fiend.

LONDON, July 20th-rhe man who gave
himself up yesterday claiming that he was
the Ripper, said his name was BrOdie. and
that he left London in September for Kim
berley, South Africa. He was an ex-con-
Wet and reached Southampton on Monday,
making the return voyage as fireman.
Brodie was pronounced insane from con-
sumption and hard use of liquor. He was
arraigued before the Police Magistrate this
morning and remanded for one week, He
insists that bis confession is true.
Seditious Assemblies.
PARIS, July 10Th M. Constans, Minis
ter of the Interior, has decided TO form a
body of police consisting of 100 men, apart
from the regular force, whose special duties
it shall be to suppress seditious assemblies.
The National says: The Government
proposes TO warn electors that General Bou-
LANCER is ineligible as a candidate for the
Councils General"
Paradox, the New English Yacht.
LONDON, July 2Oth.-The Cirque Ports
yacht regatta took place : to-day. Public
interest was centered on the appearance of
the yacht Paradox, this being her first race.
Six yachts started. The Paradox early in
the race, withdrew, owing TO an accident.
She will try again on Monday.
American Salt Company.
LONDON, July 20th.-Five- sixths of the
amount of the capital stock in the Amer
lean Salt Company, reserved for Great Brit
ain, has already been subscribed by share
holders in the Salt Union.
Paper Mills Destroyed.
PARIS, Jply 20th.-The Vaudel Paper
Mills, near Pontarlier, were burned to-day.
The loss is enormous.
Death of a Noted Austrian.
VIENNA, July 20th.-Count julius An
dressy. formerly Imperial Prime Minister
of Austria, is dead.
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NEW LONDON, July 0th.--George GoulG
vehemen,ly denies the reported marriage
of his brother Edwin
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ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST.
Washington Territory to Have Five
Suprems judges.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT SANTA ROSA.
Arizona Washouts-Cream of Tartar
Manufacturing-M
Encampments.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT SANTA ROSA.
WASHINGTON TERRITORY.

ESPECIAL DISPATCHES 10 THE REcoRpUN1oS.l
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EAST OF TIE ROCKIES.
A Democratic Proposition to Call
Montana I" Jefferson. ("
A CHURCH PILLAR in TROUBLE.
Hogan, the Aeronaut, Turns Up All
Right-Racing on the East
ern Turf-Etc.
LABOR TROUBLES.

lsyroA1 DISPATCHES TO THE RsoozD-Ua1os. !
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In FOREIGN LANDS.
The Clash Of Arms will Soon be
Heard Throughout Europe,
DECLINING HEALTH OF VICTORIA.
Councils of War-Germany Apollo
gizes TO Switzerland-Par-
nell in Scotland.
WAR INEVITABLE.

ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REooRD-uMos.l
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WASHINGTON CULLINGS.
Important Construction Of the Tim
ber-Cultufe act.
OLD GER0NIxe's APACHE BAND.
President HARRISON Harmonizes the
Split in Vfrginia-Presiden-
tial Appointments.
OLD GER0NIMe,s APACHE BAND.
HARR1soN AND HAkMoNY.

Especial DISPATCHES TO THE REooRD-UNIoN.I
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STRIKERS DISPERSED.

WEST SUPERIOR (Wis), July 20th.-The
Griffin Rifles of Eau Claire county arrived
this morning, and during the afternoon
disposed of a crowd of 600 striking laborers,
who were marching through the streets.
Eleven arrests were made. The Mayor
ordered all saloons closed. The strikers
have gathered in the suburbs and are con-
sulting. 1t is feared they will make
trouble.
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Silk Weavers at Paterson, n. j., Refuse
a Reduction of Wages.
PATERSON On. j., July 20th.-More than
800 operatives in the silk mills here are on
strike, because, owing TO hard times, the
employers are forced to close or reduce
wages 10 per cent. Notice of the reduc-
ton was posted to-day and the workers
struck.
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STREET LABoRERs STRIKE HARD.

w EST SUPERIOR IWIs.J, July ZULn.--A
general strike was inaugurated by street
laborers yesterday. Over 600 men quit
work on the refusal of their demand for an
visited the St. Paul and Pacific docks,
where gang of men was working under
police protection. They overawed the
police and routed the 'scabs." The
strikers are ugly. A company of the State
militia was sent for and will arrive this
morning.
WEST SUPERIOR (Wis.). July 20.h.-A
company of State militia arrived here at 9
o'clock this morning. All was quiet
among the strikers, but no action has been
taken to settle the strike
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Good Crop Prospects.

ST. PAUL (Minn.), July 20th.-Reports
from Dakota and other parts of the North
west indicate the wheat crop to be much
better than expected. There probably will
be three-fourths or two-thirds of an aver
age crop in North Dakota. Recent rains
have placed the fields in fine condition.
Northern Minnesota wheat will be the best
weld for years, and western Wisconsin and
Iowa will have good crops.
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CHICAGO, July 20th.-The announcement
that Commander-in-C Chief Warner, OF the
G. A. R issued an order urging all posts
to send as many delegates as possible to the
National Encampment, meets with dis
favor here. Grand Army men here claim
that Warner should have supported the &C.
ton of the nine Department Commanders
who met here in July, advising the posts
not to attend
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-12-12
FOR EGGS IN WINTER.

''To get many eggs in winter one must
give the hens some care and attention
and furnish them with warm and com
Portable quarters. The pullets that were
hatched early and the yearli1gs of last
spring will be the best layers. After
fowls pass their second year IS general
thing they are not profitable as layers.
Better kill them off than to keep old
fowls. 1t is also good thineto change,
either by buying or exchanging eggs for
a setting, or by Introducing some good
fowls from neighbours flock. To in
duce laying give plenty of neat scraps
and some green food. See that they
have gravel and plenty of pure water,
and while they may run out freely dur
ing pleasant days be careful and keep
them housed up IN cold, stormy weather
Don't allow them to run out on the snow
or in rain storms. They must be kept
out of windy weather and cold draughts
if they are to lay eggs in the winter
months. If they can be allowed TO run
in the animal stables in the daytime it
will increase the egg production, and a
roosting place where they get some
warmth from the stabbed ANNA wFer-
ever it is all practicable, will ha' a-.d
effect on their living They wa ..
fciency OF food CT a mixed cHueaiee,
mostly hard grains of differen If
but not so much as to make then
NeU York World.
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A SpeculatOr's Nerve.

"You see that rather sleepy looking
tall man going by, said man sitting in
a brokers' Office to Chicago journal re.
porter. The latter saw man six feet
two inches tall, rather large hands anc
feet, square slightly STOPPING shoulders
no whiskers, but brown, partly cropped
mustache, rather small eyes pretty wei
hidden by large derby hat worn lew in
front. He had long, swinging gait but
did not walk as if in any hurry.
s'Let me tell you about little nerve
he displayed once" said the gentleman,
"He was among other spectators attend
ing the cali in the provision market. In
bidding for $50 barrels of pork for 5
certain month he accidentally bid 81 per
barrel over the market. The offerings
came freely of course and he kept on
taking the pork until he had bought
about 5000 barrels.
Just then a friend rushed to his ear aud
surprised him by telling him he was pay
81 over the market. The rest of the
trade was amazed. He did not get ex.
cited. He saw he was in a hole but he
did not let any one elst know it. He al
once began bidding for still larger
amounts, and even put the price up 8
little higher.
Then the trade went wild. They
thought his friend had given him a tip
on piece of great bull news. He kept
on buying at his own price. Presently
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CHICKEN PIE.

Cut two chickens in pieces as for fric-
assoc, and boil them until tender.
Chickens year old need to be cooked
for one and half hours. Let them cool
in the water they were boiled in, then
remove the skin and arrange the pieces
in deep dish holding about three
quarts, sprinkle each layer with season
ing of salt and pepper, using about two
teaspoonfuls of salt in all. Put four
tablespoonful of butter into sauce pan,
and beat it until soft; add four table
spoonfus of flour, and beat to cream;
then add a chopped onion, two slices of
carrot, a sprig of parsley, a little mace,
and three pints of water in which the
chicken was boiled. Heat the mixture
slowly to the boiling point, and strain
the sauce over the meat. Make light
pie-paste, or puff paste, roll it out and
cut an opening in the center for the
steam TO escape, and cover the chicken,
turning the edge of the crust inside the
dish. Bake in moderate oven for one
and quarter hours.
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Tabby Epioycd The Spectacle.

A Court street merchant saw strange
combat in his store the other morning.
1t was in the middle of the forenoon and
he was busy casting up accounts at the
back of the room when he heard a
singular squeaking under one of the
shelves and moment later out rolled
three gray rats engaged in pueilistic
encounter that would have done honor to
Peter jackson. They clawed and bit at
each other savagcly and were so much
absorbed in the fight that they paid no
attention to the lockers on. A cat walked
leisurely up and stood by watching the
row with as much interest as if she had
bet up After about two minutes the
rats came 70 a realizing sense of their
position, broke away and scsmpered of
into their holes. 1t looked rs if some rat
family had been rushing the growler and
ended their carousal like men.-Bing-
hamto1s On. ~ Republican.
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The Singing Tree,

One OF the most remarkable trees known
to the botanist is 5e singing tree OF
Queensland, Australia. 1t hardly attains
to the dignity of tree, seldom growing
to be more than ten or twelve feet in
height, which, even in this country Of
less luxuriant vegetation, would rank in
with the shrubs and bushes. Whether
the tree is foot or twelve in height il
always grows in cone shape, with whit.
i.h, birch colored limbs and trunk, with
saucer-shaped, dark colored leaves and
flaming red berries. The edge Of the pc.
culiarly shaped leaf is deeply notched, each
point being provided with thorn like
that on the thistle. This thorn is the ia.
nous 'sting" about which travellers tell
wonderful stories.
A puncture from one of these thorns
leaves no mark, but the pain is said to be
maddening in the extreme. If one is
stung on the right hand the pain extends
all over that side of the body, causing ex
cruciating agony for hours, and even
days aftefward, having, in fact, been
known to cause loss of the senses or even
partial or total paralysis. An Australian
hunter tells of how he was reminded dur
ing every damp spell, for period OF
nine years, of slight wound on the wrist,
caused by one of the withered leaves OF
this tree blowing from one of the bushes
and touching him in its fight.
If horse, while grazing, accidentally
touches his nose to one of these leaves he
exhibits every symptom of an animal suf
-fering from hydrophobia. He rushe
open -mouthed at every moving thing, tree.
man, weed OF anything that attracts hi:
attention, and almost invariably must be
disposed of in the same manner as suf
fering from the terrible malady above
mentioned. Dogs that have been stung
on the leg by the poisonous spikes of the
singing tree chew off the limb above tn.
wound and seem to think the pain caused
by the amputation slight compared tt
that caused by the sting.