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CABLE SPARKS.
THE journeymen bakers ofpesth have re.

THE journeymen bakers of Pesth have re-
sumed work.
THE celebrated mechanical engineer James
Nasmyth is dead.
CAPTAIN CAsATI, the African explorer, has
entered the service of Germany.
CARPENTERS and Masons in Berlin have
struck for working day of nine hours.
THE use of the Russian language in the
schools of Finland has been made compulsory.
TIE officers of the French garrison at AL.
giers gave dinner in honor of the officers OF
the United States squadron of evolution.
In the Isr Valley, Bohemia, strikers attack
ed factories, damaged machinery and conf
PEELED weavers w)>'.were ut work to quit
THE King of DanJil,cy exchanged prisoners
captured by his forces for captive Dahomans
in the hands Of the Fnench garrison at Kato-
non.
THE British Geographical Society gave q
reception at Albert Hall, London, in honor OF
Henry H. Stanley, and gold medal was pre-
sentcd to the explorer.
ENGLISH newspapers of all shades of opin'
ion agree that the labor demonstrations IN
Hyde Park, London, WIS of an impressive
and significant character.
THE Emin relief committee of Berlin has
received II letter from DR.. Peters detailing his
travels in the Mamoni mountains, region OF
Africa from November Is to November 26.
THE explosion Of bomb in front of the
Merchants and Manufacturers Club at Bar
celonia wrecked the door and windows Of the
house and caused great excitementin the city.
In the customs department of the Argentine
Republic great frauds have been discovered
by which it is estimated the government of
that country lost i'll revenue ten millions OF
dollars annually.
A BELIEF prevails in Berlin among diplo-
mats that Chancellor Caprivi will resign, be-
cause, as 1t is said, he is disguised with the
work of the foreign office and not in sympathy
with officials under him.
THE German Iron Masters Association will
send delegation numbering over one hundred
persons 10 visit the industrial districts OF
America OH invitation Of the American lnstl-
tutc OF Mining Engineers.
ARCHBISHOP WALSH has made Il PROPOSE
tion that the corporation of The city OF Dublin
and the Chamber of Commerce constitute
themselves board Of Cancellation to act as
arbitrators in trade disputes.
IN the trial of NJ. Secretau, of copper syn
dictate fame, in Paris, the public prosecutor
demanded the conviction of the accused, who,
he said, tried to forestull the copper supply,
in order to control prices by gaining control
Of nine.tenths Of the production.
THE Berlin Reichsanzeiger says that the
state of things among the neighbors of Ger
many does not admit of Germany continuing
the present military system under which the
artillery is strengthened ut the expense OF the
infantry, therefore II bill is in preparation to
increase the field. artillery to seventy batteries
and the army corps by special troops.
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KILLED MAN AND WIFE.
lie Fatal Result of n Neighbors' Quarrel
In Rochester, n. Y.

The Fatal Result off neighbours Quarrel
In Rochester, N. Y.
Samuel Stoddard and his wife were killed
by Detective Thomas Lynch. The tragedy is
the outcome of quarrel over line fence.
The house occupied by Stoddard and his wife,
who had no children, was separated from that
of Lynch by narrow strip of garden.
a few days ago Lynch built seven-foot
line fence. II passed within few inches OF
Stoddard'S house. The latter cut part of il
down during Thursday night. The detective
heard him, took his revolver and handouts in
hand Ynd, accompanied by his son, went out.
Stoddard's wife stood in her own doorway.
The two men had some words when Stoddard
struck at Lynch with the axe, and the detec-
tive fired. The bullet missed Stoddard, but
struck his wife on the isft side of the head,
killing her instantly. Lynch shot again and
the bullet struck Stoddurd in the left breast.
lie staggered back and fell across the body of
his wife, dead.
Lynch atonce went to the Police Hcadquar-
tiers aud gave himself up. He is one Of the
oldest detectives on the force. At headquar-
tiers Lynch said both man and woman had
attacked him, and his action was in selt.de-
Tense.
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WANT GOVERNMENT AID.
The Peculiar Petition Received by Con-
gress from California.

1ue EeCu1f0T GctltiOf1 INtCcfFSN ny Oo'A-
Eress from California.
Copies of an appeal containing the sigma
lures of 1924 citizens of San francisco, pray
ing for Federal aid, have been received by
members of the Senate and House. The ap-
peal states that lowing to unprecedented bad
weather, the evils of competition, and, most
of all, vicious financial system" the petit
rioners find themselves and their families,
with thousands of their fellow-citizens, in a
condition of helpless dcstitution.
eve have appealed to our local authorities
and fellow-citizens in vain" saysthe petition.
Comparatively nothing has been done. A
few thousand dollars have been subscribed,
giving work 10 some thousands of the more
fortunate of the many thousand sufferers
among u.s. This assistance having apparently
exhausted the means or willingness OF. those
who could assist us, we turn with anxious
hearts to the Federal Government, trusting,
hoping that the Government can and will aid
US in our dire distress"
The petitioners suggest that 100000 be
loaned to the city and county of San Francisco
until the California Legislature can meet
and pass an enabling net for the issue OF bonds
covering the amount at two per cent per
annum. to be made payable to the United
States Government.
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WORK AND WORKERS.

THE iourneymen bakers in Washington, ID
C.. demanded reduction in hours from IL le
10 Der day. with half an hour for lundh. Thell
demand was granted.
The Master Builders Association in Boston
has under consideration request from the
Building Laborers' Union for III advance ol
rs cents per duy in wages.
THE minority of the strikers III the planning
mills. box factories and sash, door and blind
factories in Chicago have returned TO work ai
the bosses terms Of ten hours per day.
EDWIN STOKES, of Philadelphia, who went
TO San Francisco 10 take the place Of one Of
the striking iron moulders, WIS nearly killed
by crowd of men whom he says are strikers
A DISPATCH from Helena, Montana, say:
that the Livingston Smelling Company aud
the Great Falls Smelling Company have closed
down. There is rumor that the closing IS 8
preliminary step towards combination be-
tween them.
THE coachman and the employees of the
street car and omnibus linesih Havana, Cuba.
who have been on strike, have resumed work;
The garbage collectors, slaughterers' men and
many railway hands are on strike. Tne Silk
ers are orderly.
ONE thousand coal miners in the bitumi-
nous region, near Washington, Indiana have
struck for an advance in wages, refusing to
abide by the decision ofthe Tcrre Houte Con;
vention, which, they claim, Disseminated
against that market.
ALI. but one.third of the contractors in Nil.
waukee have granted the demands of the car
pcnters for an eieht-hour day The men have
decided to remain at work for week longer
TO rive the remaining constructors On opp0r-
tunity to consider the question.
Two hundred and seyenty.fve miners EN-
ployed by by, the Decatur Coal Company, in De.
catnr, Illinois, have quit work. They have
been getting 70 cents per ton and Will Walt
Workers for the State of Illinois fixes the
price for the district.
A CONTRA CT was made by which the United
States Government Ordnance Works of Bos-
ton will be moved to East Chattanooga, Ten
nessee at once The company guarantee to
nut in works to cost $500 600 and employ over
5000 skilled mechanics. Competition ofcheap
Southern iron forced the removal.
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TEN PEOPLE DROWNED.
An ovrr-Crowded Eopthn Yacht Cap
sizes in the Ohio River.

sizes in the Ohio River.
A naptha yacht containing twenty people
capsizcd in the Ohio River ut Wheeling, W..
Va, and only ten of them were resuced. The
base ball game in Island Park had just closed,
and the pier of the Naphtha Yacht Ferry
Company was crowded with people anxious
to get home.
The Gertrude, built for ten passengers, came
in, und in an instant eighteen people, besides
the engineer and tillerman were in1ide, send
ing the boat almost to the waters edge. In
tho party were two women. They were sit
ting on one side near where the tller rope
passes through the pulleys. When the yacht
neared shore Mrs. Mendel's dress caught in
the pulley and the tillcr rope drew it III, clog,
ging the pulley wheel and rendering the TILL
erman helpless to move the rudder
The engineer lost his wits and allowed the
machinery to become unmanageable. me
yacht was pointing at sand barge moored at
the wharf The course of the yacht could not
be changed and the engineer neglected to re.
the fat bow of the sand barge and the yacht
turned upside down.
The current at that point is swift and the
fiat bottomed barge, lying as it did, caused an
increased suction, which drew the yacht and
people, except two, under it.
The ten men drowned, were all members of
force ofnon-union carpenters brought from
Columbus, Ohio, and had been put to work on
IL building near the ball park. The names Of
the men are unknown.
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TRADES INDICATOR.
General Improvement in Business Done
the Country Over.
Great Increase of Strikes and Favorable
Settlements Obtained by the Men
Stock SneculufIon Active.

Great Increase Of Strikes and Favorable
Settlements Obtained by the Men
Stock Speculation Active.
Special kilograms to BradstrcctS report sub
siantial gains inthe movement of general MGR
chandisc notably at Western and Southern
points. Exceptionally favorablereports come
from the recently flooded region Of Louisiana,
where the demand for goods is more than meet
ing expectations and collections are improv-
ing In the Northwest higher prices for farm
products have stimulated trade and made col
lcctions easier. In some regions, however,
frosts affected the previously bright crop out
look, while in others rains have had an op-
positc influence. San Francisco advices are
that Signal Service wheat crop reports from
California to Washington present too gloomy
an aspect. On May San Francisco resumed
shipments of breadstufls to Australia, Il sig
niicant fact sending to Sydney 1928 centals
of corn and 225 barrels of flour.
The number of strikes during the first nine
days of May exceed all previous records tor
similar period. They number 145, involving
probably no fewer than $4,000 strikers. There
were sixty-fve strikes on May alone. Thus
far the strikers have made substantial gains.
The carpenters strike for a shorter day has
practically succeeded, meeting at New York
and Brooklyn hardly any opposition. In Hi
nois $4,000 coal miners have obtained an ad-
vance and will resume work.
Exports of wheat (and liourl from both
coasts this week equal ,S73 $40 bushels, against
! ,273,1l5 bushels i'll the like week year ago,
| and 3,747 ,04S bushels lust week
The total shipped July to date is o., 320, S6S
bushels, against IS 1871 AS bushels IN the same
time in ISSS-S9 Stocks of available wheat. on
both coasts, are slightly in excess of the total
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KIDNAPPED FORTY YEARS AGO.
a Child Restored TO His Relatives After
He Reaches Middle Life.

= Cn1Iu RESTORED TO t1lS Ite1HtlFcS AltcI
He Reaches Middle Life.
The climax is soon to be reached at Rock
Island, Ill, of case that would have seemed
in fiction almost impossible. In Savannah,
n. Y, a boy named Hiram Gregg, the Oldest
of large family of children, was stolen from
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Gregg. The
boy disappeared near Mud Creek, a stream on
the banks of which he was playing, and his
parents supposed he was drowned. After
dragging the creek for him, they gave him up.
They afterward moved to Rock Island, and
the father died there two years and half ago,
one of the pioneers of the town. : lie left with
his widow several children. Now tits learned
from a. J. Seakry, of West Point Hope County,
MINI, that Hiram Gregg is living at Richard
son, Polk County, Wis. under the name of G.
a. Gage, the name given him by his abductor,
who was an inscriptions woman and who
kidnapped him to be revengcd on his parents,
with whom she had trouble. She brought
him up in ignorance of his real name and he
never knew who his parents were until few
weeks ago. Correspondence has been carried
on and the Grcggs are certain that they have
found the long-missing member of their fun
lily and that he will be at Rock Island this
week. Hc is now forty-three years of age and
has family. The woman who kidnapped
him left him at the time of his marriage.
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EXPLOSION OF POWDER MILLS.
Three of the yyorkmcn Killed and Others
Injured.

The entire plant of the Consumers Powder
Co., located near lyinton, Pa, was destroyed
at 1880 o'clock in the morning by an e1plo-
sion and fire. The force of the explosion was
terrific.
The workmen had no opportunity to escape,
and three are reported as being instantly
killed )one of them being William Mellett),
and several others badly injured. All the
buildings in the vicinity of the works were
partially destroyed.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-05-17

FERDINAND J. DREER, of Philadelphia, has
presented to the Historical Society of Penn
sylyania, acollection of 5000 autograph letters
and rcliquary curios. The collection embraces
natures of distinguished men and women Of
the last one hundred years,
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-05-17
OKLAHOMA OFFICERS.
The President Names Those who VIII
Rule Over the New Territory.
The President has sent 10 the Senate thefol-
lowing nominations fer the Territory Of Okla

George w. Steele, of Indiana, Governor;
prcme Court Officials, Edward g. Green, of
illinois, Chief Justice; Abraham J. Seay, of
Missouri, and John G. Clark, Of Wisconsin,
Associate Justices; Warren S. Lnrty, of Vir-
gina, United States Marshal; Horace Sped,
OF Oklahoma, United States attorney.
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PROF. FORSTER, of Breslau, states that 5UJ
cases have come under his notice iii which the
eyesisht has been effected by the disturbance
Of the circulation cause by wearing tight col
lars.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-05-17

A HEN at Conestoga, in Lancaster county,
Pa, has distinguished herself by laying nine
double-yolk eggs,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-02-07

louisville, Ky. Jan. as.-A snccia,
. !" ,ne rost from owensboro. XIV. savs.
ne cincinnati 4 Memphis racket M
Soto' NJ N. Dean commander c,.c,,
nFe one mile below Owcnsboro u, ~
ociock this morning. and was soon co,,,.
III p'a'.ly destroyed. The boat was quickly
aun % 'ne Kentucky shore when iho fjrc
was discovered, and the passengers and
Al OF the crew were saycJ a~
c'pt possibly. one Of the arcmon
nrown Richardson. colorcd INV,
Y missing The fire was discovered u
ms cook-room, just after tho boat M
""hrd out from the shore. -
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me Zig SNOW rl.c 49,.
I ,,..- me Raising ~ Tho ."'''r
( es'n =" snow Hound T.,,,, ''"'A.a
ers ~ Work. ''''"' >ho,-l.
rAN Francisco. Jan % n.
KY which has been king \ \. 's XIV
- 'h' >ierras towards raI~Inr ,, '''s ns.'
W. 2" me Central Pacific r.,a r'''N'
'o"n yesterday in the iinal 'l... ''"i'
'a'n'ns near Cascade. Tl. ,.,,.' r.
'e'n working for fifteen day. M" H''
vus'y and y was thought the hig o,s ,'n''
'"'' "o'a together until tho rns .'''
'''area' but the strain wa. I'm I. ""
ana " was completely diSal1., "'1'p'
oniy TWO hundred yards ~ MI ~"'n
oank remained. An army of .hu. a'''s'
remained at work ali niyl,, v'','n
away the remaining snow ols,r.n. ',A'
nve ears Of delayed mail WHEN '.''"s
sent west from Reno last MIX, "''r
which Will be the first train thrss,,, "a'
John coughlin, telegraph o,cr.,..
s'sco' died az his lonely station t.
aays ago Of pneumonia. rhree ,n, '.'
including doctor. went ~ ~ "'.'
Ance on snow shoes. but arrived ,',T
:" save his life. and he was bur;., x; * "
'now DRIFT His body was removed
sacramento , yesterday. where his fun.r'
u took place to-day. "'''
Mrs. McVcan. wife OF Sur,eo, =
aean' 81 Jefferson Barracks. d,ea
ruckec, Monday, Of diphthcria. w,.;,a
= one o. the west-bound trains.
Yesterday Lucia Zarctta. M. Nex,...
''uget' said 70 be the smallest human
eng In the world. passenger on ,ra
ame train, died at Truckcc from I'LL.
tic fever. - -
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Mother Kills Her Sljs xs(.s,s~ -
"ss ~ Dnshing Its Is~e1 Arnl>~s 4
TRENTON. y. J.. Jan. "a horr,h,e
case Of infanticidc was brought II i;~he
mere yesterday. The cruel mo,her =
una craig twenty-year-old colored
Riri' VINO has been EMPLOYED a. ~.
past Tour months as domestic - nv.
home 81 Joseph Hannum. a retired srs
wealthy Quaker. living on East Harovc,.
street The girl acknowledge tbat
.ne child was born alive. and nor want
IN - she took thy the bod \ and dashed
~ mead against the bed post. kill-i
ing u instantly. The county phvxician
neid an autopsy. which showed tbat ~
'n'id mad been brutality killed af,er
oirtn' and AZ two o'clock this Afternoon
"a inquest will be held az the rifv
norguc The authorities have nlaceJ
ne woman under arrest. and she Viii
Il taken 70 the jail as soon AZ her can.
'ition VIII permit IL. The case viii ~
Investigated BY the grand jury now IN
ess'on' and II Is likely that tia
ear'iess mother will be tried az the
om'ng term Of court. She 4 an pn-
iarrird woman Of more than averaro
lteliigencc. and claims that The father
Inc child Is Casper Hutchinson. 4
'netecn-ycar-old colored waiter VIVA
'rmerly lived here. but who now works
Philadelphia.
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shocking Results OF Boiler Ex,,..,.
railing at Rock Greek. ". "a.
firrsnrKcH. Pa. Jan. ao.--A sncc;.,
" the Times from Charleston. W 4,
says; horrible boiler explosion n.
cured at the saw-mill ,of A. h. Ie.r,.
on Falling Rock creek. twen,v-s.,
miles from here Tuesday, which kill.1
three men. "'''''1
The mill had stopped 70 tlph.c,
loose belt Eight men we've work,r@ !
ana near the mill when. 4 few MIME.
before noon. terrific Explosion o.-
cured demolishing the hiil and NIL
,hinery. IT,
Joe Wright, aged TWEEN Av.tlxe -
Hing a saw when the cXnlns,on
,urred The saw was brokeIk 70 n,eces
,ne piece Of which cut Wriglkt's throat
,hild. ""7 ani
Morgan Hoover was blown al hundred
Yards and driven. feet forcmoA ipt.
noiio" log up to his waist lie Mas hor-
IDLY mangled and instantly killeAl Ia
caves widow and seven childrex
hud Mullins, aged twcnty-thrcx. In
'ie, had his skull crushed. cut ~ thA
'pdomen. eyes and face scaldedl He
My lived a few hours
The cause ~ the exnlos;o,
nown. The engineer says there X,as
ienty q water in the boiler. The uxill
al only started operations Mondav 80
shut down for repairs.
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CURRENT TOPICS.


iht senate A. not ia session ~, fh. PAN
ih me House the only Important ,nat
~ considered WAS the Customs Admlnl>trn
We piii, thc pending amendment being IN !.
requiring goods about the payment " ~.
duty on which there l. an, eanfrn,,r.> 4. ~
NAN "a the custody ~ the oo,ernm.n,
p'n1lns settlement. which Was nnAily de
fsatcd ~
me senate was not In session on IN. 3s,h
..-i a. tne House, immediately after IN. read .
Tx - me journal. the Customs Atlministra
49, ~" ~as taken up IN committee ~ thu
n".s. Amendments offered b., Mes~r~.
hland and Hreekinridgc we're lost NJ ~,
hinirH offered an additional section r.lat.
'hs 20 the withdrawal OF bonded .roo,ls
~n'eh Was adopted After several Other
amendments had been offered and rejected
snr committee arose and reported the hi
~ the House. when IL was passed. r.br,.rx
- Was assigned for eulogl.s to ~. ,n.,n'.r,'
Of Illinois AAehu'
- ne senate, on the 9th. the resolution
.'nerfhins the maitrcamenf of Henry II
fsuncc. az Aberdeen. Miss the roof.r ~.
~ "oN the efiigy 81 Secretary Proc tor. am,
was beaten and driven out ~ tow, ~ =.
doing. Was taken up. ana NJ w.,,,'.,, -
I''c'eu speech in opposition 20 ~ adam
non being followed BY senators cb.nd,a~
inSsiis and Hoar. In favor Of the rexolu,i,.,,
- y. House bills were Introduced m.
f'P4 'ae'ns t<vvo,vv for a post ONCE Al chi /
eaxo' repeating the cotton tax: "a pensin, /
ana orphans Of persons Killed for Il
= - seAsvhs since the close 81 the war. i
ana ~. 4 resolution congrasulsting the peonle
- brazil on HE assumption 81 SELF rnx...,, |
."e"t- OH amend ing the Tarin net ~
y, ~ ~. ~aS passed The bill appropriatlng ~.
rp'Vp TOT the erection Of three nited - 49,
prisons WAS passed
~ the senate. on the 18th tb. M, =, - |
SO the treasurer OF the United states N
4. amount now charged 70 him and depoxi
~ ~4su the several States. WAS pnS-e.t y.
as also, the Direct Tax bill Tn. remain.
- ~ the open session was consumed 4, / :
'as.u discussion 81 the resolution regard =
X the late Aberdeen kMls~) Outrage II f
e house the bill granting certain public v
- - tne CITY OF st. Augustine Fla. for \ -
- passed. one or two other bills
ere PASSED. and the House devote, ,f..,,,
discussion Of bill reported from M. ..,,,,, W
ittee on banking and currency 10 nrovi,,. | ).
the issue ~ circulating notes 10 <afi.,,ai y,
mixing associations =
the Senate. the 18th. the renorf ar ~
policy board" on the needs and require ia
nts 81 the navy Was transmitted res. or
si"n calling on the Secretary II ~.
'a>ury for information a. to amounts due
southern states on Indian Trust funds ne
the direct tax OF 1861 was adopted. ana
AueheA proceeded to address the sen | wi
On the bill for free coinage OF silver. mr.,
ne mousse scene OF tumult and riot un- ,
siea since the days OF reconstrucflon Il
precipitated BY the Speaker max in . Sci
{ OF members present ana NOT VOTING ~ Co,
smith jackson W.. Va election ca. YEA
gaming their names for record. The ar =
from the decision 81 the Speaker had
Sttn 4eclucd when the House adiournsi -
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DETROIT Mich. Jan. 3o.-Thc COM
mice appointed 70 audit the account
q Dr. Charles O'Ecilly. tho treasurer ~
,he National Land League. began their
iapors IN this city Yesterday. The cam
mittcc organized by selecting Mavor
nusning. 81 Omaha, chairman. and
In''ip n. Cahill. Of 81. Louis. Secretary
y was unanimously decided ID hoiI
open meetings q the committee. and ~
make detailed examination IL the
oooks' the report 70 b. published in
pamphlet form. Tho committee com-
'ncnced work last evening and viii
propaoiy finish their labcrs BY tonight.