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ROW AT A DANCE.
A Drunken Tough the Cause of q Tragedy
in Colorado Ballroom.

A Drunken Tough the Cause of a Tragedy
in Colorado Ballroom.
DURANGO, Colo, Aug. 4.-News has
just been received here of terrible
tragedy which occurred at ball in the
Blue mountains last Friday night.
While the dancing was going on, a
tough character by the name of Tom
Roach insisted upon dancing. He was
not allowed to dance and raised row.
Frank Fl. Hyde tried to quell the dis
turbance and was stabbed by Roach In
several places. A cowboy by the he.name
of William McCord tried to pacify
Roach This seemed to enrage Roach
more than ever, and drawing his gun
he killed McCord ON the spot. A boy
slipped away to house near by and &C.
curing Winchester returned to the
ballroom and took aim and fred at
Roach, killing Mrs. Walton, an estirna-
BILE lady living in the community. In
the excitement Roach escaped and il
still at large.
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Mysterious shooting Afrair.

New YORK, Aug. A mysterious
shooting case occurred in the apartment
house $50 West Forty-second street.
While Charles G. Goodwin was en-
gagged in writing letter in his room
Bertram Webster, an acquaintance,
opened the door and stood upon the
Threshold with a revolver in his hand.
Without uttering word Webster fred
at Goodwin, who fell to the floor with
bullet in his abdomen. Webster
coolly walked down stairs and told the
janitor that Goodwin was sick and
needed doctor, after which he disap-
peared and has not been seen since.
Goodwin was taken to the hospital and
will probably die.
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BOILER EXPLODED.
Disastrous Fire Results From an Exp1o-
aA

Disastrous Fire Results From an Explo-
sion at Milivale, Pa.
PITTsBURG, Aug. AT 10 o'clock a.
M, a boiler exploded in Watkins box
factory, corner of Grand and Hooker
streets, Millvale. The damage by the
explosion was small. Fire, however,
quickly enveloped the two ive-story
buildings, one of which was occupied
by A. Watkins box factory, the other
by Lutz Bros, jelly and preserve manu-
facturers. At noon the flames were
burning furiously, threatening the de-
struction Of the village. Fire engines
were sent from Allegheny City and
Sharpsburg. Millvale is located just
outside Of Allegheny City limits on the
Allegheny river and opposite Forty
third street. Pittsburg. The fire was
under control at / p. m. Several ad-
joining buildings were badly damaged.
The loss will reach $65, 900.
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CITIZENS ENRAGEp.
The Trustees of Haughville, a suburb q
Indianapolis, Requested to Resign.

The Trustees of Haughville, a Suburb of
Indianapolis, Requested to Resign.
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. A detachment
of police has been called to the suburb
of Haughvilie to protect the trustees
from violence at the hands of enraged
citizens. Notices have been posted on
their doors declaring that they will be
"dealt" with If they do not resign.
After reciting various charges against
the trustees the notice says: 1--WE can
endure hardships, trials and troubles TO
shelter, feed and sustain our wives and
little ones, who have toiled with us, hop
ing to see the day when the mortgages on
our little homes are lifted, but before
we will submit to see our homes 60 to
Eli in the gluttonous pockets of shylocks
we will take the law in our own hands;
and God have mercy ON your souls.
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Drunken Italians Murder Father.
Mother and Five Children, and
Plumber the House.
A Posse In Pursuit and Eight OF the
Dagoes Reported to Have Been
Shot Dead.
The Terrible Tragedy Took Place In
Wayne County, w. va.-Fatal
Row at q Dance.

CATLETTsBuRa, KY, Aug. 4.-Wayne
county, West Virginia, was the scene OF
q series of murders on Friday night
Mr.. Brumfeld, his wife and five chill
dren were murdered in the most horri-
BILE manner and their bodies consumed
by fire. About midnight fifty Italian
laborers became drunk and started on q
tour of devastation. The Brumfeld
family were thought to have considera-
BILE of money. The Italians went to
Brumfeld's residence and were refused
admittance. Doors and windows We're
then forced open. Mr.. Broomfield and
his two half grown sons fought with
desperation, but were finally murdered,
their throats being cut from ear to ear.
Mrs. Brurlfield and her three little
children Were next killed by the
drunken Italians, who then searched
the house for money and set it on fire.
Mr.. Brumfeld was influential and
wealthy. Two or three wears ago while
county commissioner he opposed the
building of new court house and thus
made many enemies. The court house
was built, and it is thought that FRIDAY
nights work was the result Of the ole
feud, and that Brumfield's enemies
piled the Italians with liquor and theI
pointed out the path to the residence.
Eight Dagoes Reported killed.
CATLETTsBURG, KY, Aug. "A ru
NOR is current upon the streets that
sheriff's posse, in attempting to captur
the body of Italians who murdered tn
Brumfeld family, were forced to fire o
the assassins with terrible effect, eigh
dagoes being instantly killed
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Chicago Underground Railway.

CHICAGO, Aug. A. Incorporation
papers were issued Saturday by the Sec
retary of state to concern TO be known
as the Wabash Avenue Subrailway
Transportation company. The capital
stock Of the new corporation is fixed at
SIC, ,000, 900, and the purpose is declared
TO Be the construction OF line of un-
derground railway from the North line
OF the Chicago river, at Cass street,
south under the Central line of Wabash
avenue to Eighty-frst street, with all
necessary branches, switches, turn
tables and curves along the line.
Wealthy New York and Philadelphia
parties are back of the scheme.
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A Strike Settled.

EINpLAY, o., Aug. 4.--The managers
of ahe Salem Wire Nail company, of
this city, and the employees had con-
ference which resulted in a settlement
of the strike which had been on for a
week in reference to the scale. 1t is
understood the managers refused to sign
the scale prepared by the Amalgamated
association, but presented one of their
own. According to this scale the men
are required to put in more hours, but
are paid better wages. The mill will
resume at once with $50 employees.
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Blaine,s Niece Injured.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-Miss Maggie
Blaine, niece Of Secretary Blaine, was
seriously injured by jumping from a
carriage while the horse attached to it
was beyond the control of the driver.
Miss Blaine in her fall struck head
foremost upon the pavement, causing
concnssion of the brain. The young
lady was badly cut about the head, but
the physicians think her injuries will
not prove fatal.
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Died in Great Agony.

SAGINAW, Mich, Aug. A. Morris
Godfrey, the 17-year-old boy afflicted
with hydrophobia as the result of dog
bite on July 4, died Saturday in great
agony. He was conscious between fits
of raving until an early hour in the
morning, when the spasms increased in
length and violence, finally producing
death. From the first he called fre.
quently for water, but no sooner was Il
brought than he was seized with con-
vulsions, and he was unable to take q
drop.
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A BISHOP DEAD.

Father Flasch, OF la Crosse. Passes
Away After Long Illness.
LA CROSSE, Wis, Aug. 4. Right Rev.
Bishop Kilian Flasch, of this diocese,
died at a. M, aged so years. He was
consecrated bishop Aug. 81, 1881, and
his administration of the diocese has
been remarkably successful. He was a
victim of cancer of the stomach, the
first symptoms of the dread disease hav-
ing become manifest last November. He
is survived by two sisters, who are
members of the Order Of Notre Dame.
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Russian Sailors Welcomed.

PARIS, Aug. a. 4.-Workmen employed
at the Cherbourg arsenal gave an en-
thusiastic welcome to the crews of the
Russian war ship now there, treating
them to punch at the town hall, and
carrying Commander Korniloff around
the hall on their shoulders, amid cries
OF "Vive Russia"
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In the Interest of the Exposition.

WASHINGTON, Aug. A Brazilian
paper notices the appointment by the
ladies' commission Of the Columbian
Exposition, of emissaries to visit the
different countries In the interest of
The exposition; and mentions the ex-
pected arrival in Brazil Of Miss Shiller,
representing the Chicago Herald.
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mig Real Estate Failure.

BosToy, Aug. 4.--Samuel Hano, o
real estate dealer at Alleton, has as
signed. Liabilities, $500, 900; assets,
81 ,000, 600. Cause, lack OF ready cash.
The Samuel Hano company to which
Mr.. Hano sold out . year agois not in
volYed.
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Kantnokx State EIection.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Aug. 4.-The cleo
ton for state officers, legislative repre-.
sentatives and the adoption or rejection
of the new constitution passed off
quietly, an unusually light vote being
polled. The Democratic state ticket has
won. The Republicans viii probably
make gain In the Legislature. The
constitution was adoped BY about II, 600
majority.
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Burned i'm a Hotel.

PALMER, Mass, Aug. 4.-Rev. Mr..
Williams, retired Congregational
minister, was burned to death by the
burning of the Weeks House, in this
city, at "a. M The other thirty-five
guests escaped in their night clothes.
Mr.. Williams body was found near the
door after the fire was out. The guests
lost all their property. Loss ON building
$50 600.
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All the Men Out.
l:rick Layers Strike.

: OMAHA, Aug. ALI the bricklayers
in the city except the employees of two
firms have struck for e,ght hours work
with eight hours pay and seven hours
on Saturdays at the same pay. The
bosses refused to pay for the hour not
worked Saturday, hence the strike.
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wales win Not visit Carlsbad.

LONDON, Aug. disappointment
reigns in Carlsbad over the announce
ment that the Prince of Wales will not
go there about the middle of August as
announced, but viii take his pleasure
at Hamburg.
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To Excapa from . Drunken Huspana.

NEW York, Aug. 4.-To escape the
fury of drunken husband, Mrs. Bow
meyer, occupying the second floor fat
OF 632 East Thirteenth street, threw
herself out of rear window OF her
apartments. receiving internal injuries
from the effects of which she may die.
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Canned salmon Poisoned Them.

Boston, Aug. 4.--Josephine and Fred
Willard, aged respectively IS and II
years, were poisoned by eating canned
salmon. They were taken to the hos
pital where their condition is pro-
nounced critical.
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A Railroad onieial Drowned.

WINNIPEG, Man., Aug. 4.-William
A. Thompson, Canadian Pacific off,
cial, was drowned in the Red river while
bathinp
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ATTACKED THE WORKS.
A strike at the Omaha Smelling Works
Assumes n Serious Aspect.

Assumes N SeFROuS A&peCts
OMAHA. Aug. 4.-Trouble at the
Omaha and Grant Smelling works over |
the eight-hour day has taken moro seri-
ous aspect. The men had been working |
eleven and twelve-hour shifts and have
many time agitated the question Of
the shifts of eight hours each. When
the eight-hour law went into effect Sat
urday the company demanded the men
to sign contract binding them to
work the same hours for the same pay
as before. The men not willing to do
this were asked to report to the main
Office in writing. Several did so. Those
who made reports were promptly dis
charged. This created much dissatis-
faction and all night mutterings Of dis
content were heard.
A strong guard were put on watch at
| the works and trouble averted at the
time At Z p. m. the day shift men
assembled at the hall in Bohemiantown
and there in Bohemian, Polish and
/ other foreign tongues, discussed
the question. When the oratory
| had sufficiently aroused the meh
/ they marched in body to the
4 work and drove the men from the fur
naces and other parts of the buildings.
Police were on duty but could do moth
ing with the mob. At late hour the
mob was bowling about the company's
office. The works employed nearly
200 men, all Bohemians and Poles,
Any attempt to start up the works
again will apparently precipitate blood
shed.
III All the Men Out.
OMAHA, Aug. 4.-When the employs
of the smelter who had not struck Sun
day night arrived at the works Monda,
morning they were met by the striker
and the situation explained to them
, and not man would go to work despit,
, the earnest entreaties of Mr.. Nash, VIII
saw in their refusal heavy loss to tn
: company. About ten foremen are a
,, work and they tried to save the fur
naces, but their efforts were futile an
the furnaces which were not run las
night are now a mass of chilled ore.
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down not long ago. he has erected new
ones. which are busily engaged In execnt-
ing some large orders for wood pavement.
The Princes income from his mills and
other industrial works is reported 10 be up
ward of $4,000 q year.
EX-SENATOR BRUCE. of Mississippi, rot
only does not believe in negro emigration
to Liberia, but he maintains that. with a
million and a third of colored children at
public schools In this country, 5000 in
private schools aud 5000 in parochSal
schools, more than seventy institutions
of superior education for negroes. and
property valued at SIS. 10000 In the hards
of the race IN Virginia alone. the negrs,es
gre becoming as genuinely American as the
whites.
IT 10 q move plea that Q Georgia woman
sets M for divorce. She says that when.
before marriage. she told her sweetheart
she was willing to share bis poverty and
live on bread and water, he pied ged his
sacred honor that if she would furnish the
bread he would hustle around and get the
water. And SO they were married: but
hardly was the honeymoon ended before
the collector came around and cut or she
street pipe for the non-payment of :he
water rate.
Mrs. GRAY, in Hamiin Garland's story.
1.-THE Return of q Private gives her ideas
of girls in love. They amt no use In the
whole blessed week." she says. Sundays
they're a-lookinp down the road. expectin'
he'll come. Sunday afternoons they cent
think o Dothin' else. cause he's here. Mon
day morniD's they're sleepy and kind o
dreamy and elimpsy and good fer nothin'
on Tuesday aud Wednesday. Thursday
they git aDsent-minded an begin to look Oft
towards Sunday agin. an NOPE around an
let the d~ish-water git cold. right under
their noses. Friday they break dishes and
go Oh IN the bes room and SWIVEL an look
out o. tbr winder. Saturdays they have
queer spurts o workIn' like all possessed.
an spirits o friZzin their hair. An sun.
day they BEGIN il all owe agin."
A TOUCH OF MATURE
To the under dog in the fight, they say,
Ones sympathies should incline.
Mine always do IN the strongest way
When the under DOG is mine.
But a change of mind may he quickly wrought
And our syrnpathies otherwise run.
For the under dog 1 have little thought
When mine IL the upper one.
New York Press.
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For many years past there has been a
story current among iron manufacturers
that the process of making what is
of which has been generally conceded to
English manufacturers, was really dis
covered and applied first in this country.
This claim has support in the fact that
VIII e. the first English patent expired
and a renewal was asked for it was re-
fused on the ground that there was a
prior American patent covering the
same process. 1t has been claimed that
furnaces for the manufacture of steel by
his process were established in Ken
lucky by William Kelly, the inventor.
about 1850, and it is now announced hat
after considerable effort the location of
the furnaces has been determined. They
were in Lyon county, Kentucky, and a
son of the inventor, now living in Louis
vile, says they were worked several
years. He says his father ruined him.
self financially in trying to perfect his
process. though he actually carried on
the manufacture of steel by it for sew
eral years. 1t is further claimed that
Kelly's furnace was visited by a num-
Der of English iron men, who obtained
his method, had it patented in England
and established the celebrated Bessemer
steel-works, which made such enormous
profits. Efforts are now being made to
secure the old furnace in Kentucky for
exhibition at the Chicago worlds fair.
Mr.. w. C.. Kelly, son of the inventor re-
ferred to, says he has in his possession
full descriptions of the furnaces estab-
lished by his father and of each success
sive stage of the experiments, with
drawings of the steel.converters, etc.
The establishment of this claim might
not be of any practical value, but it
would nave decided historic interest.
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did so, but the sub-treasury element had
cause to mistrust him. He went to the
Alliance convention last week, but was
portunity to declare himself. But the
Alliance was determined to solve all
doubts regarding the Senator, 80 it
passed a resolution calling upon him to
explain to the convention his position
upon the s~ub-treasury and other schemes
set forth in the Ocala platform. This
move was a poser, and the man who had
led armies into terrible battle sneaked
out of the Alliance convention. His
friends urged that "the Generals all
right" but the convention strenuously
insisted upon an explanation. General
Gordon. however, did not again enter
the convention, but his lodging proved
to all that he had put himself in a false
position in order to secure an election
to the Senate.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, is another
Southerner with an election pending
who has refused to indorse the Ocala
platform. When asked what he thought
of the su~b-treasury scheme he boldly
declared that cit is the least sensible
and most impracticable plan of finance
that | have ever heard Of" and he fur
ther stigmatized it as a proposition to
establish a national "pawnbroker's
shop"
The Journal has no sympathy with
the political views and purposes of either
of these Southern men. Indeed, SD far
as the policy which they have established
in the South is concerned, it could not be
more Objectionable than it is. Never
theless, in public life, the spectacle of
men who stand by their convictions
when it may cost them high position. and
hurl defiance at those who threaten their
destruction if they do not yield, is in
spring. Defeat may come to such men.
but men regardless of political bias
will hold them in respect. Gen. Gordon
has been rather a popular character in
the North, but since he has catered to
the Alliance, and hen lodged to avoid
open declaration, he has lost caste, while
the manliness and courage of George
and Morgan command respect. The re-
suit in Georges case shows that it is the
best policy to be true to conviction, and
that manliness and courage prevail.
With a good cause, he has, by a cour-
ageous course, snatched victory from
what appeared three months ago to be
hopeless disaster. The era of catering
structing straddling platforms to win
votes from both sides, is at an end.
Assured that a cause is right, and that
an idea, no matter how attractive, is per-
n~icious. the party will win in the end
which courageously declares for and
fights for the right.
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property is hardly worth the holding as
an investment for their savings. This
tax, it must be remembered. is a State.
and not a local tax, and the local officials
have no power to change or reduce it to
the amount of one cent.
In addition to this now comes g Board
of Public Works, appointed by a Demo-
cratic Mayor, which persists in ordering
expensive asphalt and brick improve
ments on remote streets where travel is
light and where the people are strug-
Cling to pay for their little homes. If
ready burdened with debts upon their
homes, and with increased taxation soon
coming upon them, are met with the
cold bloOded and brutal declaration that
it is no part of the duty of the Board of
Public Works to inquire into the ability
of the people to pay for such expensive
improvements, but that If the property
along the line of the streets to be i'm
proved is of sufficient value to pay for
the work the contracts will be made,
and they must meet the demands of the
contractor even if the property must be
sold to pay the assessment.
The people of Indianapolis are not
Directing to public Improvements. On
the contrary. they favor them. But a
''dead-leveT system that forces upon the
laboring people on Coburn, Greer and
Stevens streets the same expensive pave
ments that are asked for by the resi-
dents on North Meridian, Delaware and
Pennsylvania streets is wrongful and
oppressive, and should be changed with
out delay. Let all the streets be i'm
proved as rapidly as possible, but let the
character of the improvements be de-
termined by the localities in which they
are to be made and by the financial con-
dition of the people upon whom the cost
is to be- assessed.
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AN EXAMPLE AND A WARNING.

Three months ago it seemed impos-
sible for a Democrat in Mississippi who
would not subscribe to the sub-treasury
heresy to be chosen to the United States
Senate. The Alliance seemed to have
captured the rank and file of the Democ-
treasury heresy. Senator George, whose
reelection is pending. and who is a
popular man, could have had a walk.
over if he would have indorsed the sub
treasury scheme. Believing it to be
wholly bad. he declined to do anything
of the kind, but, on the contrary, de-
clared that he would discuss the ques-
ton before the people with the advo-
Gates of the scheme. He has closed his
canvass. meeting the Alliance leaders
and s~ub-treasury Democrats before
many audiences, and the result, as
shown by the county conventions, is that
he has secured twO-thirds of the candi-
dates who will be elected to the Legis-
%lature, and has turned public sentiment
against the sub-treasnry plan.
Senator-elect Gordon. of Georgia, in
common with other leaders and the At
lanta Constitution, catered to the AL
lance political element. To secure it's
votes in the Legislature for United
States Senator, he caused it to be an
nounced that he was in sympathy with
the purposes of the Alliance and would
become q member at an early day. He
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absurd to assume that because one man,
even though that man be the President
of the United States, indicates his pur-
pose to block certain propositions, dis
cussion of the question should cease"
Perhaps So, but the assurance of one
man, when that man happens to be the
President of the Uoited States, is a
pretty good guaranty that free silver
coinage will not come to pass during
this administration.