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South and West.

WILLIAM BLASEY was hanged in the
jailyard at Baltimore, Md, for the murder
OF his grandmother and aunt
The Central National Bank Of Broken
Bow, Neb., has closed its doors.
LEWIS DAVIS and Thomas Hughes were
instantly killed by being dropped III feet to
the bottom Of mine at Bellville, Mo-, the
hosting tub having become detached.
THE Rev. John F. Ray, of Wayne County.
Ohio, has been sentenced to two years inn
prisonment for burglary. He was minister
in the Disciples Church, and robbed hotel
at Orville, Ohio
All QCoNG TIA, having been acq uitted
of the charge Of numbering Poker Tom, a
Piute Indian, at Bridgeport, CAL, was
dragged from the courtroom and turned
over to the Indians, by whom he was cut in
to pieces. The Chinese Consul will bring the
matter to the attention of the Washington
Government.
ALLEN YOU'VE, Of Scottsboro, Ala, sud
denly became insane, and while in that con-
dition killed his wife and himself.
The town of Dowthan, Ala, was almost
wholly burned. Most Of the business por-
tion of the place is in ashes. Loss, $4,000
Miss JESSIE KoLL1N, Mss Anna koc!ller,
c. II. Anderson and A. D. Cooley were
drowned at Rockford, Iowa, by the caps:z.
ing of their boat.
BRAKEMAN JORDAN was killed, Engineers
Moore aad Abbott were fatally hurt, and
many passengers badly hurt in a collision
between the Los Angeles express and a
freight train at Port Costa, Cal.
Rev. J. q. N. MONTGOMERY, prominent
Baptist minister. committed suicide at Vim
cent, Ala, by blowing out his brains with a
shotgun. He is thought to have been insane.
STATE CONTROLLER CoLGAN, o. Cali.
fornia, has refused to sign the warrant for
$500, 600 for the California Worlds Fair
/ Commission, on the ground that the grant is
unconstitutional
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FATAL WATERSPOUT.
Loss of Life and Property on the
Texas Border.

A terrific waterspout, accompanied by a
windstorm, has visited the vicinity Of
Frazier, Greer County. Texas, causing heavy
loss of life snd property. Rain had been
falling several days and at eleven o'clock in
the night waterspout burst and in a few
minutes the streets were four feet deep IN
water, presenting the appearance Of rag
ing torrent.
All the business houses were flooded. The
men with great difficulty succeeded in re-
moving the women aud children to places Of
safety. Three persons were drowned in
Turkey Creek-Pomp Poinde1ter, young
farmer, his sister and young man named
Albright.
The dwelling house Of Captain Phillips was
lifted from its foundation and carried nearly
a mile, when it was hurled against tree
and wrecked. Phillips and one Of his daugh.
tiers caught some floating debris ard were
washed ashore half mile from where the
house was demolished. Mrs. Phillips and
her babe caught plank and were washed
into the branches Of large tree, where they
remained till next day, when they were
rescued in a boat.
A large number Of houses were blown
down and many others washed away. Dug
outs were filed with water and hundreds Of
people rendered homeless, and all their live
stock, crops and other property swept away.
A Young farmer named Burdone, who was
irving to reach the shore in a ferry boat,
was thrown from the boat and drowned.
Near Leoni thirty miles from Gainesville,
on Red River the dead bodies Of a man,
woman and little child were found in
O drift, they having been drowned during
the late overflow. The bodies have not yet
been identified. w. w. Lynn, a farmer re-
siding on Hickory Creek. was drowned in
that stream.
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THE NEWS EP1TOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

| Eastern anu MluuIe SChtcSs
SECRETARY PROCTOR delivered their di
| plomas to the sixty-four members OF the
| graduating class at West Point IN. ~ Mill
tary Academy.
G. MASON MOODY, who has been Treas
urer Of Franklin County, Mass, for htteen
| years. has confessed to having used $l6, l6s
belonging to the county in his private busi'
| ness.
H. H. YARD, of Philadelphia, was arrested,
charged with conspiracy with ex- City Treas
! urer BarGsley to defraud the city Of Phila-
delphia; another deficit of over s4OO, 600 was
discovered in Bardsleys accounts. The Su'
preme Court has handed down decision
that W. Redwood White, appointed City
, Treasurer by Governor Pattison, is the
| proper appointee to succeed Bardsley. Rich
ard q. Oellers, appointed by the City Coun-
Gil, is ousted.
The West Philadelphia penny abattoir
! was destroyed by fire. 1t was large struc-
ture. covering several acres. Many cattle
persisted. The loss is $500, 00O.
A WHOLE family-father, mother and son
was swept out Of existence by fire which
completely Quilted a ivs-story brick apart
ment house in New York City.
ANDREW KRATowISKI and John Mehen
were hurled into the air By fast freight
near Mahanoy Plane, Penn, and both were
instantly killed.
FULLY fifty thousand persons visited
Father Mollinger's church. on Troy Hill,
Pittsburg, in honor of st. Anthony's Day,
hoping to be miraculously cured Of their
bodily ills.
The Princeton Baseball Club defeated tho
Yale nine in New York City by the score of
five to two, thus winning the intercollegiate
championship.
SEvILL ScHoFIELD, a woolen manufac-
turer of Philadelphia. Penn, failed for
81. 100000.
Two Italians were killed and three Others
fatally injured by dynamite explosion or
ply and pipe line of the East Jersey Water
Company, between Bloomingdale and Pomp-
ton.
JOHN ADAMS, aged nineteen, and Miss
Jessie Orr, the eighteen-year old daughter
Of William Orr, sexton OF the Episcopal
Church at Whitehall, N. Y, were drowned
in Lake Champlain while disembarking from
a pleasure boat at Chubb's Landing.
JOSEPH KLINE EMMEr, the famous Ger
man dialect comedian, popularity known as
"Our Fritz" died at Cornwall, N. Y, at the
age of fifty.
THE new United States Circuit Court of
Appeals organized in New York City. The
Judges wear black silk robes like those worn
in the Supreme Court at Washington. JUS
tice Blatchford opened the proceedings by
reading the act under which the new court
was established. On behalf of the Bar
Joseph II. Choate made short address,
THE great Suburban race, worth SIS, ,OOO,
was run at Sheepshead Bay IN. ~ course
before 81, 900 people. 1t was won by Loan
taxa. first; Major Domo, second; Cassius,
third; time 2:07.
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To Contributors.

Tayerner, of the Boston Post, makes
q suggestion which may be commended,
with some grains of allowance, to all
contributors to The Companion. Il
doubt" he says. IF Shakespeare him
self would have furnished good copy if
he had attempted to put down his plays
with pencil and a pad" and he con-
tinues:
The late Philip Welch, who flooded
all the comic papers and some OF the
serious ones, with the most original. the
most concise and pointed paragraphs,
wrote each one-they were always
short-in the middle OF sheet of good,
thick note paper.
Thus he secured two advantages.
Having sheet Of paper for each Joke,
he was under no temptation to lengthen
his witticism to suit the page; and the
nature of his material, such as one
would use for an invitation to an even
ing pal ty, naturally led him to be con:
else and tinished-to have q beautiful
bon mot in the middle OF beautiful
e1panse Of white.
I will only add that make these OBJ
servstions chiefly for the benefit Of my
friend Penloper, whose comparative
failure as a hamorist attribute to his
use of cheap yellow paper, and al Ill
sharl'ened pencil.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

COLONEL LEBEL, inventor OF the Leoel
rife, is dead.
POPE LEO XIII. will grant no more pri.
vate audiences.
AMEL1E RrvEs CHANLER is in Paris en-
gagged in literary work.
MARK TWAIN says T. B. Aldrich IS the wit
tiest man he ever met.
THE Grand Lodge Of Free Masons elected
William Sherer, Grand Master.
SECRETARY BLAINE is said to be rapidly
improving in health at Bar Harbor, Me.
ALAN ARTHUR, son OF the late President
Arthur, Is six feet four inches In height, very
erect and slender.
GENERAL ScHoEIELD's bride-slect, Miss
Kilbourne, Of Iowa, Is thirty-four years
younger than he ts
FRANK DEMpsrER SHERMAN, the poet, Is
a professor in the Columbia School OF Mines
in New York City.
LORD DuN1o, the new Earl of Claucarty,
husband of Belle Billion, has taken his seat
in the British House Of Lords.
PRESIDENT DIAz; of Mexico, has q strain
of Indian blood In his veins, a. had bis pro-
decessors, Juarez and Hidalgo.
THE Empress Frederick has caused an old
ruin near her new caStae 70 Do turnso in1o
hospital, and she personally attends patients
therein.
VICE ADMIRAL ADAMS is to succeed Vice
Admiral Watson in command OF the English
North Atlantic squadron, and will hoist his
flag abroad the Hercules.
MAJOR TURNER GOLDSMITH, Of Atlanta:
Ca, enjoys the distinction Of having lived
under twenty y-one Presidents. He Is eighty
nine wears old and has host Of descendants.
REAR ADMIRAL CARTER, who died few
days ago, is said to be the only naval ofhcer
of his rank who had previously been
major general in the Unite1 States army.
THE Duke of Portland IS the champion
subscriber to newspapers. He takes all tne
papers of England and heap more from all
over creation. The preceding duke used 20
do the same thing and filed up three houses
with them.
WHEN Ex-Governor Long, Of Boston, once
disturbed the harmony Of a meeting oyer
which he was presiding by asking MISS
Susan B. Anthony, who was delivering an
address, to ''speak louder he was snapped
up with the reply: 81 speak louder than you
do Governor"
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Sanerstitious Chinese Gamblers.

Chinese gamblers are not less super
stitious than those Of other races. The
owners of the gaming establishments use
nothing but white in the decoration OF
the quarters they occupy, because this is
the color of mourning as we'll as the hue
of the robes worn by the spirits OF the
dead in the after world. It is always
considered inauspiciois, is associated
with the idea of losing money and is be-;
lieved to bring bad fortune to the patrons,
with corresponding gains to the com!
panies. Pieces of orange peel are kept
in the box with the fan tan cash to bring
good luck to the house. In San Fran
cisco each gambling house provides a
supper nightly for its customers. Any
one may cat what he wants without
charge, but the meal is consumed in 81.
lence, because it is considered unlucky
to talk. Gamblers on their way to play
fan tan turn back If any one jostles them.
They refrain from reading books before
playing, because the word for "book" in
the provincial patois is the same as the
word for ''lose." The almanac, which is
properly termed the "star book" is al5
ways referred to as "lucky stars, " to avoid
the omninous designation. Gamblers use
the almanac great deal in the selection
of lucky and unlucky days. 1t also con.
tains rules for the Interpretation Of
dreams, to which the utmost Importance
is attached. ~ ;
Many devices are resorted to IL order
to secure the winning numbers in the lot:
! terry. Some mark the tickets With their
eyes closed, while others mark such OF
the characters as when read in succession
will form happy sentence. A young
child is often called upon to mark the
tickets. At the shrine of the god OF war
eighty splints of bamboo, marked with
the eighty lottery characters, are Or
dinarily kept for the convenience OF gam
blers. who make selection from them at
random and mark their tickets accord
ingly. Among the questions asked on
the occasion of the new years pilgrimage
to the temple Is whether the votary will
be fortunate at play during the coming
twelvemonth. Many burn incense and
mock money before the god when they
intend gambling, and in fan-tan cellar
tablet is invariably erected to the lord
of the place, a tutelary divinity who is
thought to rule the household ghosts
Washington Star.
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LATER NEWS,

RAIN fell throughout tho Adirondacks II
New York, and the forest fires which hac
been raging for week and threatening thu
entire section were eItinguished
FRANK FALLAMALL, ito eight-year- old
son OF mechanic of B-swStars, n. Y, was
accidentally saot and kilei by his brother
Fred, four years older than himse
The eighth annual National Prohibition
camp meeting will be held at oakland Park.
ILL.,, from July to 90.
A TIE placed on the track caused wreck
on the Chicago Milwaukee, anil St. Paul
Railroad, near Cool Rapids, Iowa, by which
three were killed and many injured.
The Assistant Secretary OF tho Treasury
has appointed Hon. Charles Grosvenor on
the Special Commission to visit foreign
countries in the interest of tine Worlds
Fair
WILLIAM SYPHAx, one Of Washington's
most respected colored citizens, died there a
few days ago. He was connected with all
the prominent movements in that city for the
advancement of his people, He entered tao
Interior Department in 1851, and served
under nine diff erent Secretaries.
A wATERsPoUT fell on tina mountains in
which is situated the Conception silver Il ine,
in the State of San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
Eight persons were killed and large mum.
Der were injured.
A HEAVY rain and hail storm did damage
70 the extent of many thousand" of dollars
around Thorold, Canada. Hails.ones of a
great size fell. Ther. were many washouts
on the Welland end Niagara Central rail
Says, and traffic had to be suspended. The
crops are almost annihilatei.
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Problems for Inventors.

Among the things which inventors are
hunting for now is a contrivance for ac-
cumulating and storing up power that
goes to waste-.the blowing winds, the
rising tides, the suns heat and the change
of temperature between night and day.
Over every town is power daily wasted,
a hundred times as much as that town
could ever use.
Another thing: How to get electricity
from heat directly, without turning it
into steam at such tremendous loss. A
quarter of a pound of coal should pro-
duce horsepower for an hour. The
chemist will dominate coming inventions.
All our fuel will presently be furnished
in the form of gas. In q quarter OF q
century more we shall wonder why man
was ever such fool as to carry coal into
the house and burn it. Perhaps the
time will come when condensed sun
shine will be sold in the market, just
as canned corn is now sold.-Th
Continent
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MCKINLEY NOMINATED.
Ohio Republicans Select Him fol
Their Standard Bearer

Ohio Republicans Select Him for
Their Standard Bearer.
Ex-Congressman William Mckinley, Jr. :,
was nominated for Governor Of Ohio by &C
clamation by the State Republican Conven-
tion at Columbus His nanls was presented
by Ex-Governor Foraker
It was the second day OF the convention
and most of tho noted Republicans Of the
State were present. Prayer opened the pro-
ceedings and then the report Of the Commit
tee oD Credentials was presented.
Amid cheers General Asa Bushnell, or
Clark County, was chosen Permanent Chair
man, and E. J. Kessinger, Of Athens, Per-
manent Secretary.
Chairman Bushnell made brief address,
and declared nominations in order. In an
instant Ex-Governor Foraker was upon his
feet.
Cheers came from every throat in the vast
audience, and then, in brief speech, the eN-
Governor placed the mama OF Major Nc
Kinley in nomination.
Colonel Harlan, colored politician, Sec
onde1 the nomination in the name of 30, 900
colored voters, and then with threa cheers
Major Mckinley was made the choice OF the
Convention by acclamation,
he was quickly escorted to the hall by a
committee, and in brief speech expressed
his thanks for the nomination.
Andrew L. Harris, Of Preble County, was
then nominated for Lieutenant-Governor
Ebeneza W. Poe, OF Wood County, was re.
nominated for Auditor and W. T. Cope, OF
Cleveland, was nominated for State Treas
ursr.
The platform adopted reafirms the devo-
ton of the party to the doctrine of protec-
tion, recognizes the Mckinley bill as the
ablest expression of that principle, and
pledges support to it, "always having in
view its Improvement as changed conditions
or experience may require"
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Midgets and Giants at a Wedding.

A wedding of an extraordinary char
acter took place at the Registrars Office
at South Shields recently, the bridal pair
being little lady miss, who IS only.
thirty.two inches in height, and Profes-
sor Hedley, solo euphonium PLAYER, who
is six feet one inch in height. The gen
tleman who gave the lady away was N:
Hubert, man without arms, who signed
the marriage certificate as witness with
a pen between his teeth, and the brides
maids were Nina, an American giantess,
who is forty-four stone in weight, and
setonella, the "Fire Queen" The best
man was Captain Dallas, who is seven
feet ten inches in height, aud General
Metelcne, who is twenty-nine and one
half inches in height, formed one OF the
party, all of whom are connected with a
mena gerie and circus which is travelling
through the coyntry.-RM 4aM Gasstte.
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FIFTEEN BEHEADED,
One Executfoner Does the Work Be-
fore q Big Crowd.

One Executfoner Does the Work Be-
fore q Big Crowd.
The China steamer which arrived at San
Francisco, Cal, few days ago, brought de-
tails of the beheading Of fifteen Chinese at
Kcwoloon, opposite Hong Kong.
Among the victims were thres Leaders Of
the pirates who looted the steamer Namoa
five months ago, killed the Captain aAd
mate, and secured $50, 600 in coiu and goods.
A great crowd witnessed the spectacle,
which was made more repulsive by the cyni-
ers had their hands tied behind them.
The chief executioner and two assistants
thrust their keen swords into the sand and
amused themselves chatting the police. The
pirates were among the first lot Of prisoners
who arrived, and howl Of e1ecration from
the crowd greeted their appearance "You," !"
said the Chief executioner, laying his hands
on the shoulder of q tall, thin man, with
keen, piercing eyes. "We'u begin with
you"
"All right, responded the pirate leader,
'Im number one" he had been swearing
in English and Chinese, one Of tho Chinese
officers said, on the way to the execution
ground. =.
He was placed at one end Of square, and all
the others knelt In line with him. A few sec
onds sufficed 10 put them in order, and then
the slaughter began. Lai Atsat, the pirate
,, leader, kept looking around at the execu'
toner, while that worthy examined his
! sword and while hs held bis long, thin neck
outstretched, he continued to speak as if he
wished the spectators to know he was not
afraid.
"You may kill me now," ho sad, "but I'll
revive again"
Now, don't move" said the executiouer,
as he pulled the pirates pigtail out OF the
The kneeling man said something about
everybody having his own luck, and as he
said it the sword came down and he was nc
more.
The others, most miserablelooking
wretches, shud dered and gave one unwilling
look around. They had not long to wait,
for the brawny e1ecutionsr was getting
through his work with great cslerity
prefacing each stroke with the warning,
Don't move" and accompanying each blow
with vigorous utterance Of Chinese ex'
preston, which might be rendered into
English as Done for"
When he came to the pirate who had
planned the expedition to ssizs the steamer,
he saw this fellow hal lost his nerve. He
swore roughly at him, but the victim was
20 nervous that his head moved.
The heavy sword fell on the shoulders, and
the head did not roll off. His legs moved
convusively till the e1ecutioner, after chop.
ping or the heads Of tho Others, returned
and dispatched him. The whole bloody work
onlv occuDied few minutes.
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Washington.

The court-martial in the case Of Command
er Lyon, who was charged with negligence
in stranding the Triana while on the way to
rescue the crew of the Galena, wrecked at
Gay Head, Mass, has found that the official
was not guilty cf the charge.
THE contract for making the steel forg-
ings for the Haskell multicharge gun has
been awarded by the War Department to
the Bethlehem Iron Company, Of Reading,
Penn.
SECRETARY FOSTER has decided to sustain
Mr.. Meredith, Chief Of the Bureau Of En-
craving and Printing, in his controversy
with the Knights Of Labor, and has refused
to direct the reinstatement OF the plate print
ers discharged by Mr.. Meredith.
COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY LACEY,
in his report to Secretary Foster Of his ac-
ton in the Keystone Bank wreckage. in
Philadelphia, relieves himself of all Blame,
and says that Bank Examiner Drew's report
did not reveal the real state of affairs.
GEORGE BOWIE and Charles Washington,
both young co!ored men, had an alter
cation in Washington, during which Wash
ton cut Bowie slightly. Bowie then took
the knife from Washington AMI disen-
boweled him.
BY a formal order issued from the War
Department the field or union of the nation
al flag in use in the army will hereafter con-
sist of forty-four stars in six rows, the upper
and lower rows to have eight stars, and the
second, third, fourth and fifth rows seven
stars each, in blue field.
J. D. OWEN, the newly appointed Super
intendent Of immigration, qualified at ths
Treasury Department and entered at oncc
on the discharge OF his duties.
E. T. HALL, Of Ohio, has been selected as
Chief Clerk of the new immigration Bureau
of the Treasury Department.
GENERAL GRosvENoR, Chairman Of the
Immigration Commission to visit Europe, has
sent his resignation to Secretary Foster.
The National Chautauqua at Glen Echo, a
suburb about seven miles from Washington
City, was opened with series Of interesting
exercises. The main building is an amphi-
theatre 206 feet in diameter, seating COLO leo
pie, and built Of solid stone at cost OF
$l50,00O.
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Foreign.


In the recent Galician storms fifty persons
were killed.
JULIO MERzBUCaER, one OF the Spanish
American agents of the New York Life In.
surance Company, robbed the company OF
$312, COZ.
HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA has or
dered that the name of Sir William Gordon
Cumming, the plaintiff in the baccarat suit
shall be stricken from the army list.
The striking omnibus drivers Of London.
England, have accepted the companies
terms. The concessions made by the latter
will cost them not less than s4500O0.
SOLEMN requiem services in enumeration
of the death of Sir John A. Macdonald late
Premier of Canada, were held at Westmin-
ister Abbey, London, England.
The laundresses Of Lonl Ion, supported by
numerous trade societies. aggregatlng $1,000
persons, held q demonstration in Hyde Park.
John Burns and all the labor leaders spoke
in favor of a worI-day o. eli ght hours, and
Louise Michel harangued the crowd from the
Socialist platform.