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LATER NEWS.

4 cLouDBuRsT washed away an entire field
of growing grain in Penn Valley, Pennsyi-
vania. -
JUDGE JOHN M CRUMp committed suicide
at his residence. in New London, Conn, by
the use of shotgun. Mr.. Crump was Judge
Of the Common Pleas for New London Coun-
ty and editor OF the New London Day. He
had been In failing health for several weeks.
A STORM ragged with great fury in the
suburbs Of New York City james Curtis
was killed by lightning at Weehawken,
others were knocked unconscious in other
parts OF New Jersey, and much damage was
done to churches and buildings OF various
kinds. James Flanagan, hneman, was
killed near Bergen Field. he was up teie-
graph pole when lightning struck #.
FIVE grooms and jockeys were hurt and
nine OF Mr.. Rawleys race horses killed IN q
railroad wreck at Stillman Valley, III. Loss
over $4,000.
ADMIRAL ERBEy astonished the Navy De-
partment by cabling that $4,000 will be
needed to repair the Chicago's boilers in
Antwerp, although before the warship left
here they were guaranteed for eighteen
months.
SECRETARY Herbert approved the finding
of the Columbia Court OF Inquiry, which
censured Captain Sumner for not being on
the bridge when passing Bulkhead Shoals
and for not slowing down. This closes the
matter.
TEE President returned from his trip down
the bay and held tue usual Cabinet meeting.
He was much benefited by the trip. The
party did no fishing. the Maple being kept
under way all the time.
NEAR San Pedro. Mexico, two children
were murdered for SO, which they had got
from pawnbroker on household goods.
TEE nine Yale athletes to compete against
the Oxford men on July IA left New York
City for England on the steamship New York
VERMONT Republicans nominated S. A.
Woodbury. for Governor. .:zg
SIDNEY PLuMMER. q colored man, beat
colored boy to death near Berlin, n. j.,
threw the body into creek and claimed that
he had been drowned. - u
CALIFORNIA Republicans nominated NJ. NJ.
Estee for Governor and declared for free
coinage OF silver and woman suffrage.
AN incendiary fire in a coal mine at Lew
isburg, Ala, imprisoned fifty new miners.
Four were instantly killed.
THE Senatorial sugar inquiry came to q
halt for lack of witnesses. sf
PENSION COMMISSIONER LocHRES estimates
a surplus Of $25, 900 900 on account Of PEN
sions for the fiscal year.
TIE Portuguese Minister, Senior Thomas
de Soma Roza. who has represented his
country in Washington since December goth,
1889, presented his letters OF recall to Presi-
dent Cleveland with the usual formal
courtesies.
The steamer Meath Abbey, of Swansea, has
been waecked off Nash Point, England. The
captain and three sailors were drowned.
The Anti-Lords Conference at Leeds,
England, called on the Government to in
troduce bill to deprive the House OF Peers
of veto power.
Ex-PREs1pENT LoEEN!, Of the rebel gov
ernment Of Brazil, has been executed by
shooting.
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TRIES TO KILL CRISPI.
tMarat'' Fires at ItaIy's
Premier In Rome.

Anarchist "Marat'' Fires at ItaIy's
Premier In Rome.
Premier Crispi, of Italy, was shot at while
driving from his residence in Rome to the
Chamber Of Deputies in q closed carriage.
The carriage was turning from the Via Gre
goriana into the Via Capolecasa at 2.20
o'clock when o man, apparently lettering on
the sidewalk, put his hand to his breast,
drew a revolver and dashed into the street
almost up to the carriage. He then lifted
his revolver, took short aim at the Premier
and fired.
Signor Crispi was uninjured. He promptly
sprung out OF his carriage with the intention
OF seizing the would-be assassin. The latter.
however, was almost Immediately seized by
the people attracted to the spot by the report
OF the revolver.
In, moment the neiShborhood was
crowded with excited people rowing VEN
gennce rush was made for the assassin,
who was struggling with his captors near the
PremieS's carriage, ana he would undoubt-
edlY have been Iynched had 1t lot been for
the prompt arrival OF the policemen.
The miscreant who tried to kill tho Pre-
mier was with difficulty conveyed to the
nearest police station after arrest. There he
gave the name Of Paola LeEa, and SAIL be
Is u joiner. He is also known Us "Iarat.'
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Judge William Walter Phelps, ex-MinisteI
to Germany, died after q lingering illness
few mornings ago at his home at Teaneck
nec- Englewood, N. J. The exact nature oi
Judge Phelps's ailment was never definitely
stated by his physicians. It was generally
believed that he was suffering from pulmon.
ary trouble. complicated by typhoid fever:
He never enjoyed robust constitution and
it was known that be inherited pulmonary
weakness.
William Walter Phelps was born in New
York City August "a, 1889. His earliest an
cestor In this country was William Phelps.
brother OF the John Phelps who was prt-
yate secretary to Oliver Cromwell. John j.
Phelps, the father OF William Walter, made
q large fortune in business, and was the or
ganizer and first president OF the Delaware,
Lackawanna d Western Railroad Company.
William Walter Phelps was graduated from
Yale College In 1860, and three years later re-
ceived the degree Of LIB. at the Colum-
bia Law School. Entering active practice
he became counsel for the Rock Island and
the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroads, the United States Trust Com
paay and other corporations, before he
was thirty years old. He was On enthusias-
tic Republican, and had been the sue
cessiul counsel for his sisters father-in-law,
William E. Dodge, In his noted contest for
q seat in the House of Representatives and
in 1879 he was elected Ito Congress from tho
Fifth New Jersey District, in which he re-
sided. His opponent was A. 3. Woodruff. MIR.
Phelps's independence caused his defeat at
the next Congressional election. The dis
trict In which he had been elected by 2715
majority chose his opponent by seven votes.
IN 10 IA o1d I'M no MI fo6
States Minister TO Austria, where he was
very popular. He resigned after Gar
fields death and was elncted to Con-
gress from his old district, con-
tinuing to serve through three successive
terms. He was named by President Har-
rison in March. 1889, one of the three Com
missioners to adjust with the German Gov
eminent the complications In reference to
the Samoan Islands. The success achieved
by the commission in its conferences with
Prince Bismarck was attended by the
treaty which Mr.. Phelps brought back on
his return. In the following June he was
voy Extraordinary to the German court.
Mr.. Phelps was appointed by Governor Werts
in February, 1898, one Of the judges OF the
New Jersey Court OF Errors and Appeals.
Soon after his graduation at Yale he
married q daughter OF Joseph E. Sheffield.
the founder Of the Sheffield Scientific
School, at New Haven, and his family
consisted OF his wife, two sons and o
daughter. The elder son Is Captain John
joy Phelps, who was named for his grand
father and received from him 10000 as a
special gift. Sheffield Phelps, the second
SON, has fine talents, and among his other
Accomplishments Is that OF a poet. He has
adopted journalism as pursuit. The edaugh-
ter. Marian, was married June 1, 1893, TO Dr.
Franz Won Rottenburg, of Berlin, Imperial
Under Secretary Of the Interior. Nine. Won
Rottenburg resides In Berlin.
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PEARY RELIEF PARTY.
The Departure of the Expedition for
theArctic Region.

The Departure of the Expedition for
theArctic Region.
The members 0: the auxiliary Peary party,
who will go to North Greenland 20 bring
back the Arctic explorer and his family as.
sociates, after their year in high latitudes,
sailed from Brooklyn by the Red Cross
steamer Fortia for Newfoundland. The six
members of the party, under the charge OF
Henry G. Bryant, OF Philadelphia, went
aboard the vessel at Eobinson's stores.
The only Brooklyn member OF tho parry is
Herbert L. Bridgman, IL personal friend OF
Lieutenant Pear. His wife, Mrs. Helen
Bartlett Bridsman, accompanies him rs far
rs St. Johns, Newfoundland. From that
point Mr. Bryant's party will proceed by tao
mailing steamer Falcon to Bowdoin Bay,
North Greenland, where the Peary cNpedi-
ton passed the winter. where Mrs. Peary ana
some other members Of the party, 1t Is ex-
pected, will be found.
The party is equipped with snowshoes, 2
whaleboat, sleeping-bags, ice-axes, ana
other articles needed for Arctic travel anu
comfort, and the necessary weapons.
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KILLED BY LOCUSTS.
Little George Pavek Was Stung by o
Swarm Of Them.

Swarm Of Them.
The first death this season from the sting
Of seventeen-year locusts occurred In the
mountains back of West Point, ny
The victim is George Pavek. the ten-year-
old son Of John q. Pavek, who holds the
position OF general service clerk on the mil
itary post at West Point.
The Pavek family live in the mountains,
six or seven miles southwest Of the military
post, and George was one Of several chill
dren. He, with others of the younger mem-
bers OF the family, wandered out on the
mountain from the Pavek residence.
Locusts had been remarkably numerous
and very destructive In that vicinity for sew
eral days The children had not gone far
when they were set upon by big swarm OF
the insects.
Little George was bitten upon the hands
and face. The children hurried homeward,
but on the way there the bitten boys face
and hands and hisarms began to swell and
become discolored.
A physician was sent for but did not arrive
for some time. In the meantime little
George suffered terribly from the effects OF
the poisonous stings. Medical aid was un-
availing and he died during the evening.
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WIFE, CHILD AND SELF,
Made Desperate by Hunger, Hoosier
Borrows a Gun and Ends ALL

The grown sons Of George Brock found
the bodies OF their father, their mother and
their youngest brother in a secluded hollow
near Gorden, Ind. The bodies were inclosed
in rude pen, built by Brock to keep the
hogs from devourinS them.
The fact that the pen had been built shows
that Brock had planned the murders care.
fully. He persuaded his wife and boy ia
leave the house with him, on the pretenss OF
going to call on the mother OF Mrs.
Brock, who lived a short distancs
away. When they neared the hollow
where he had erected the pen, Brock
shot and killed his wife and son with q
gun he had borrowed from his brother
in-law, and then dragged the bodies inside
the pen. There were evidences Of struggle
between the husband and wife, before Brock
killed her. After covering the heads OF bis
two victims with sacks, Brock lay down on
the ground beside the body OF his wife. BY
the aid OF wagon spoke he touched of the
gun. His head was blown of, and was
found some distance away. He had been
made desperate by poverty and hunger.
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YOUNG PEOPLE DROWNED.
Terrible Disaster to a Holiday Party
In Samara, Russia.

A dispatch from Sanara, the capital Of
the Russian Government OF that name, says
that while party OF young people we're re-
turning from tete on the River Jek forty
five were drowned by the sinking of the
ferryboat which was carrying them across
tho water.
The boat was leaking and overcrowded,
fully seventy people being on board. The
passengers, alarmed at the rapidly rising
water within the ferryboat. became panic
water.
When near Bugulme the ferryboat sank,
and then commenced terrible struggle for
life. The drowning people, few OF whom
could swim. clutched frantically at each
other in their efforts to keep themselves
above water, but forty-ave out OF the seventy
were drowned.
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South and West.

MINERS conventions in number Of coal
mining districts voted to return to work on
the basis Of the Columbus agreement the
blockade on coal-carrying roads In Ohio
was broken.
GOVERNOR STONE, Of Mississippi, has
pardoned ex-Treasurer W. L. Hemingway.
sentenced December l, 1890, to five years In
the penitentiary for failure to turn over to
his successor in Office 15,612.19.
ADDISON BERRY, Of Frederick, Nd, was
killed and stripped OF .dl his clothing by o
lightning bolt.
TIE Alabama miners voted to- continue on
strike; two bridges were blown up.
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will be forty feet to the mile. The basement
to the slope of the ground to Eighth avenue.
1t will be utilized for trucks and other land
vehicles.
In all fifteen present railroads will be
connected with the bridge andits approaches
The New York aud New Jersey Bridge Com
pany expects to build the bridge In four
years after the completion of the prelimln-
aries, and the cost Is estimated OF $40,0 ,0O0,-
600.
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SUNK BY AN ICEBERG.
A Fishing Schooner and Twelve Lives
Lost.

The schooner Rose, of which Henry Gosse
was master, bound from Spaniards' Bay,
New Foundland, to Labrador, for the sum-
mer fishery. with crews numbering hfty-flve
persons on board. struck an iceberg of
Partridge Point in dense fog, and
sank In ten minutes. The iceberg
being low and fat, iorty-three per-
sons managed 10 climb upon II.
The other twelve. eight men, two women
and two boys. sank with the vessel. The
survivors consisted OF twenty-seyen men,
nine women and seven children. But TOR
the accessibility of the iceberg none OF them
would have been saved. The body OF one
woman was recovered.
Soon afterward the crew OF the Irene,
which was passing. heard their cries, ana
took off the castaways.
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shore at or near Seventy-flrst street via
duct will take trains down to Thirty-eighth
street, on n line between Eleventh and
Twelfth avenues, thence the viaduct will
curve east and reach q grand depot filling
the space from Thiry-seventht to Thirty ninth
streets, from Eighth avenue to Broadway.
This station will be 400 feet by 1900 feet in
plan, and the drawings show a grand and
roomy hotel facing on Broadway for two
blocks.
The grade Of the two-nile-iong viaduot
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CHINESE PIRATES WHIPPED
Thirty two Killed In Fight and Many
Drowned.

A band Of pirates with eight junks planned
TO attack Tanchi, walled village in the dis
trict of Esinning QuangtsunS, China The
villagers, learning of the intention, pro.
cured the assistance of some Yamen run.
rers and soldiers, so that when the pirates
arrived they were surrounded BY force OF
500.
There was q desperate fight, in which
thirty-two pirates were killed ands three
CAPTURED. Three of the junks were seized,
and many pirates were drowned while trying
20 escape the rest OF the squadron. Eight
villagers were wounded, one mostally.
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HARVEsTERs DROWNED.
They Were Going Home From ireland
to Scotland.

A passenger boat returning to Westpors
Quay, Ireland, from Achil Island, with eighty
harvesters. to be shipped to Scotland, cap.
sized, PROBABLY because it was overcrowdsd.
Thirty bodies were recovered. The number
saved was not yet known.
The drowned were young people Of both
sexes, inhabitants OF Achll Islsnd, and were
accustomed to migrate each year to England
and Scotland. Tho people Of the island are
extremely poor.
The disaster was due to an attempt to
turn the boat without lowering sail. Most
OF the victims were kept unde. wafer by the
sails, which were fully set when the vessel
went over. The thirty bodies were brought
to Westport.
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Observed In New York.

The National, State ani municipal flags
we're displayed on the City Hall a2d many
public and private buildings In Now York
CITY, in commemoratlon OF the 117th annt-
versary OF the adoption Of the Stars and
Stripes as the National ensign.
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Mrss CLARA BARTON and the Red Cross
oto n hnve closed the (leld OF relief at Beau
fort S. C. The Sea Islands, with their
nopulation of s.. 900, after nine months OF
hard work, are left in a condition to support
themselves. The cyclone Of August. 1888,
destroyed over 1000 lives, devastated $4,000
scres of land. and ruined 5000 cabins.
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As result of the privileges extended to
Chinese exhibitors by Congress in connec-
ton with the Midwinter Fair. San Francisco,
Cal, it is slated that fully $50 Chinese lebor-
ers have gained adnlittance to the country,
and are doubtless now registered
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THOMAS J. BARTER, Of Kansas City, No.,
shot two bullets into his brain the other day.
and considerable of his brain; but the MN
q sensihle, and Is likely to recover.
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FAIR EDIFICE GONE.

Ue DeIa"dre bullu1nT TOWeU Away
on the Lake.
The Delaware building at the World Fair
Grounds. Chicago, has been moved to Wolf
Lake, Ind, where it is used as club house.
It has purchased by the Wolf Lake Hunting
and Fishing Club. It was placed on rollers
and moved down to the lake shore at Jack
son Park, where large scows were anchored
to receive it.
BY means OF great skids the building was
rolled down on the scows. It was then
firmly lashed in place, and TWO tugs towed
the pride OF Delaware to its destination.
twelve miles away
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THREE THIEVES LYNCHED.
Farmers Vengeance Wreaked Upon
Horse Stealers in Kentucky.

Horse Stealers In Kentucky.
seventy-fre farmers OF Mason County,
Kentucky, hanged Archie. Burt and William
Haines, colored. who were said to have
been stealing horses and sheep. Two Of the
colored men lived at Gallipolis. Ohio.
Later. It was reported that the victims had
been terrorizinS the vicinity. They were
seen stealing by several stockmen. VINO were
compelled to move on at the muzzles Of re-
yolvers This enraGed the people OF tho
neighborhood, and they concludedto organ
izc u lynchiny mob. with the above result.
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TIE manager Of the Church Emigration
Society OF London says that notwithstand-
ing the decrease in the total emigration to
Canada this year the number OF families ap-
plying for assistance is steadily increasing.
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BALTIMORE, not to be outdone by Boston
and Philadelphia, has decided to follow the
example ofthose cities, and the park police
In that city are now mounted on bicycles.
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HUDSON RIVER BRIDGE.

A Splendid Structure to Connect New
York and New Jersey.
The Presidents signature to the New York
and New Jersey Bridge Company's bill put
that dual concern in the way OF proceeding
with its project without further delay. The
whole scheme has been under consideration
for wears and both the New York and New
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Chile Wants Gold.

The Bureau OF American Republics Is ao'
yised that the Chilean Government mas IS
sued decree ordering oil customs duties TO
be paid in gold.
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FoRrY-f1vE Coxeyites have been sentenced
to jail for sixty days for seizing train In
Heron, Idaho. They will be distributed
among the various iails OF the county.
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INDIA ranks third among the countries OF
the world for wheat production: 1t total
wheat crop last year was 203, zoo, ,0oo bushels.
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jersey Legislatures havo passed acts Great
ing commissions to locate the bridge and it,

approaches.
The bill provides for the sanction OF the
Secretary OF War, through his engineers, Of
the plans of the company. The present
plans, as prepared Professionally BY Engi-
neers Thomas @. Clarke and Charles B.
Brush, provide for aspau of 1000 feet with n
clear height above the spring high tides OF
$50 feet. There will be width enough for
six tracks, and upon reaching the New York
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DISGUISED AZ st. NICHOLAS,

cd the roof aud prepared 20 ascend the
wide chimney and appear 10 the chill
aJsn from out the oayornous depths Of
the great fireplace. His body filled
tho huo and wheA about eight feet
from the top his clothing caught on a
protesting stone aud hs stuck fast
Finding that he could not release him
self lao began calling for help, but his
wife was sound asleep and il WAS four
o'clock ia the morning before she
awakened. She called 10 her husband
and feeble yuies from the chimney
answered her. Mrs. Gotholtz immedi-
stely reused tho children and sent them
.eurrying away to call the neighbors
II was only aftor an hours hard work
aud the tearing down Of the greater
part OF the chimney that the patcrnal
santa Claus WAS rescued, more dead
than alive, from his uncomfortable
DDhiti0u.
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men have . peculiar cry, indicating
when 10 shoot the cars on the trcstles.
il IS something like "Wah-lloo-o-
whOopl" Jims cage was moved 10 the
side of the house where the coal yard
Is the other dsv, and through the win
dow he heard the cries Of the train.
men and saw the cars shoot The cry
wasn't in Jim's vocabulary, and he
took 20 IL like duck does 10 water.
That night lie began topractice on the
vocal signal. The imitation was a
littl0 ragged edged OF first, but the
festive bird soon bad his vocal chords
trained down 90 the accompaniment.
Then he waited for his chance. II
came the following day. The window
where his cage was placed had been
put up in order 10 air the room. The
coal train came putting along. There
was a little drilling and section was
taken out. part OF which was 20 90 on
the trestle Of the coal yard. Then
camo Jim'S opportunity. Before the
two center cars could be coupled the
mischevous bird inflated Lis lungs and
shrieked. "Wah-Iloo-o-Whoop.'
The engineer pulled the lever and
AWAY shot the uncouplcd section of
the trestlc. II WAS up the incline be
fore half the force had been expended
and three of tho ears jumped the guard
and tumbled into the yard below. The
trainInen stood aghast with astOnish
ment. and Jim-why, he just grinncd
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Notice

The Peoples Savings Bank. doing busi-
ness at Chllicothr, iu the state Of NJ ss0u-
rl. viii take notice that 10 has been sued
iu the district court Of Logan county,
Territory Of Oklahoma, by o. &. Seely,
who did on the 18th day of March, 4. ID.
l-Ji tile li. uciition against il IN the Office
OF the clerk 0f said court iu a case where
in the said o. G.. Seely Is plaintiff, aud
the said, The Peoples Savings Bank Is
defendant numbered 1868, and that il must
answer said petition on OF before the 2Cth
day of April. 4 -. 1891, or the same will
be- taken as true and judgment viii b
rendered against IL accordingly, declarin
null and vol defendant claim Of an in
tercst FOO, or leila upon the following de-
-ciibcd real estate situated Ia said county
Of Logan. Oklahoma Territory, to-Wit:
Lots sixteen, 40 seventeen (7j aud
eighteen usJ boo block thirty-eight (3sj ia
thc subdivision Of the original tOwnsite
OF Guthrie. known as East Guthrie, ac-
cordibg "a the recorded plat thereof and
forever quieting plaintiffs title 10 said
real estate aud for cost Of suit
%. &. SEELY, Plaintiff.
By Merick a. Foster his attorneys.
ATTEST; LOUIS T.. PITrs,
lsEALl e1-i-tw Clerk District Court.