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Connecticut western news., 1895-07-18
Thousand. Visit the Scene.

HACKESsACK, N. J., July 15.-Between 40, 900 and 50, 900 persons visited tho scene of the ruin and devastation caused by Sat urday's tornado at Cherry Hill Sunday Some of the unfortunates whose homes were wrecked sat about during the day wondering what was in store for them. Hackensack and the other towns have re- sponded promptly to the call for aid made by the people of Cherry Hill. Committees have been organized in several of the towns. The most important Is the one here Prompt measures were taken, and between the amounts subscribed and that gathered in boxes at the ruins of tho vil- lage there is now enough money to keep tho unfortunates in food for few days.
 Viewed in the light of day, tho ruin ap- pearcd more complete. Everywhere in the path of the storm were ruins. The tan gled heap of timber by the railroad track told where the depot went to pieces. This pile of wreckage showed house had been thrown down, and that one where a barn had been razed by the winds. The leafless trees that withstood the strain of the whirlwind gave the appearance of midwin- ter. On two sides, as viewed from tho con-. ter of the town, there were banks of green, but where the storm swept everything was bleak and bare.
 Three were killed in the storm The two Polish laborers reported killed by the fall of the barn in which they had sought shelter are alive in the hospital here. They are Andrew Sautel and Anton Hoffman. Both are badly injured. Sautel's left leg, right arm and nose are broken, and his body Is covered with bruises.
 The dead are Conrad Freidman, the Ahrens baby and Anton Fischer. Mrs. Ahrens was also injured, but will recover. Edgar Chinook, the doctors think, will die. His skull is fractured.
Connecticut western news., 1895-07-18
MT. Isaacs. Imported Cactus.

That ardent student of Horticulture, Colonel Alfred Isaacs, is not so passion ately absorbed in the flora of foreign lands as he used to be. The poppy and the pallid pelargonium are good enough for him, he says. MT. Isaacs is gov ernment collector in the office at the his desk sits Q row of alligator pears and some sweet potatoes blooming in bottles of water. The other day this display was increased by the arrival of Q queer looking plant in an earthen fowerpot. A note attached to the plant described it as Hawaiian cactus and very rare.
 "Those fellows at the Oceanic dock are getting good in their old ago." re- marked Mir. Isaacs as he poured a cup of water on the cactus and placed it in the warm sunlight.
 In size and shape the Hawaiian cactus resembled penholder covered with a thin grayish white foliage. The upper end of the plant was tied to stick in- serted in the soil of the pot. Taken as whole, the cactus was not a promising object, but Mir. Isaacs attended to it with loving care. Twice day he wa tered it, according to instructions, yet the cactus did not appear to thrive.
 ''It must be tho climate" said MT. Isaacs But the hot weather of the past two days aroused the latent energies of the Hawaiian specimen to remarkable ex- tent. It began to shed a fragrance round about that made Mr. ISaacs sick and drove sea captains out o3 the office. The aroma of that imported cactus was siln. | ply asphyxiating, so much so that the sagacious collector said:
 'tI am beginning to smell rat. '' | MT. Isaacs was right. He pulled the cactus up by the roots and exposed a rat, which should have been buried deeper or thrown overheard two weeks | ago, and now MT. Isaacs is trying to find out who palmcd off rats tail as Hawaiian cactus San Francisco | Chronicle.
Connecticut western news., 1895-07-18
General Marketa-

NEW YORK, July l6. FLOUR-State and western quiet and steady; city mills patents, S4.i014 70. winter patents, S3S5G4: city mills cleurs. S4l5g4-20; winter straights. s35Od3.Sh
 WHEAT-No. red opened weak under dis appointing cables. hut afterward tnIlu- enced by bad spring wheat crop news and lad a cent rally; September, 7l40724c.; October, 72a729sc.
 CORN-No. 3 opened weaker, but recovered with wheat: crop news WAS favorable; Septcm- Der. 50(tjgsc.
 OATS-No. dull and featureless; track, white state, 3t0Da0c: track. white western, BIO 5gc
 PORK-wesk: new mess. sl2501l325; fsmi- ly, sI2.i0Gl3.
 LARD-Dull: prime western steam. s60a nominal.
 BUTTER Quiet: state dairy, l11l6>ac.; state creamery. Tic.
 CHEEsE-Quct; large, ea7SSc.; small. s,fo sac.
 EGGS Quiet: state and Pennsylvania. l3]2D 15c.: western. l2IIa 1.l4c.
 SUGAR-Raw steady: fair refining. 27sc.; centri ugal g6 test, 3lc.; refined. steady; crushed. l-lBll514c.; powdered, 454G4 l5-l6c.
 TURPENTINE-Stcadie at asGe2S5sc.
 MOLASSE Els Steady; New Orleans, 291;S2c. RICE-S' esly; domestic, As0C14c.; Japan. gsG4lac. HAY-Fi-m; shipping, so0soc.; good to choice, aSpUc.
Connecticut western news., 1895-07-18
LIBERALS STILL LOSING.
Explorer Stanley and Labor Leader Burns
 Elected to Commons

LoNDor July 15.-Sir William Har- courts defeat In Derby is still tho sensa- tion in political circles. 1t is admitted on all sides that the Liberals aro beginning very badly. Of Il0 members thus far elected, 96 arc Unionists, 10 Liberals and ( Parnellites. Eight Liberal seats have been captured by tho Unionists, and tho Radicals have captured one Unionist scat, that at Perth.
 LONDON, July 16.--The total results of the parliamentary elections for which re- turns have been made are as follows:
 Conservatives, 151; Liberal Unionists, e1; Liberals, ss; Parncllitos, 1; McCar- thyites, 4; Labor, 1. Total, 204.
 As compared with the parliament which has just been dissolved, 2i seats thus TO- turned show gains for the Unionists, and five are gains for the Liberals.
 There was intense excitement in the London streets last night as result of the elections. Tho thcaters and restaurants wero almost deserted. Early in the even ing tremendous crowd gathered in front of tho National Liberal club, whero tho results were thrown upon a great screen by lime light and stercopticon. Tho club itself was crowded early. All the promi- nent members were present save tho mem- bers of the house of commons, who wero absent canvasslng for the election. A largo notice was displayed in the club lobby stating that members who were willing to canvass for the elections or to lend vehi- cles for the cause would please ooinmuni- cate with tho secretary.
 The bulletin announcing Horny M. Stanley's election was received with hiss es and cries of Professional politloianpi
 Immense throngs surgcd through Fleet cfr all ha ha lfa pf ha elections were placarded as fast as received at the newspaper offices All vehicular traffic and even the running of bicycles were suspended. Many men and women waved their hats and umbrellas at the announcement that Burns was elected. Some Conservative gains were hisscd and "boood, but tho majority of the crowds everywhere seemed to be Conservative in their sympathics.
 It Is announced this morning that John Macleod. who Is the candidate for re-elco- tion as Liberal from Suthorlandshiro, has offered to retire In favor of Sir VII liam Harcourt.
 Sir William Harcourt telegraphed to n political friend in London; "I have no in- tention whatever of retiring from public life, and shall persevere as long as am able in the Liberal cause"
 LONDON, July 17.-The returns from tho parliamentary elections up to this morning show tho following results:
 Conservatives, 200; Liberal Unionists, 81; Liberals A; Parnellites, 4; McCar- invites, 12; Labor, 1. Total, 29a.
 The gains which the Unionists have se- cured in the elections thus far held Insure them a majority of 32 in tho next house, even if the remainder of tho seats to be voted on remain the same as heretofore.
Connecticut western news., 1895-07-18
HE GOT OUT.
Hut First Explained to the Conductor Why
 He Did So.

Hut First Explained to the Conductor Why
 He Did So.
 He may have bcen haysced. Ho looked It. but way down doep in his eyes the second time you looked you seemed to no- tice suspicion of real "sliokness' that escaped you at first.
 He held ticket to Tccumsch when he got on tho train at Topeka, and ho gave 1t up promptly to tho conductor on demand. Whom tho conductor came through the train after it had left Tecumseh, ho was surprised to scc tho same man sitting com plaoently in tho same scat.
 "Ticket, !" said the conductor.
 Haven't got any" " said the man.
 "Then you'll have to pay," said the conductor.
 "Can't do 1t, n said the man.
 "rhen In have to put you of" said the conductor. .. "what, right out hero In tho countryf" asked tho man. Right out here in tho country" TO piled the conductor.
 A good many of tho other passengers were interested at once and the argument continued. The conductor noticed-he said aftcrward-that the man kept looking out of the window as he talked and did not seem to be in hurry Of course the train was running all the time.
 The farmer finally wont down into his pocket and got out his ursc. He was not In hurry about 1t, and after he had open cd 1t seemed lost in thought
 "Come" said tho conductor. "I can't fool with you all day."
 "Must pay or get of, ehf' asked the farmer.
 ''I said that, replied the man with the punch. There was another moments si. ience. The farmer took another look out of tho window.
 "I guess you can put mo of, " he said.
 The train was stopped, and tho conductor went with tho man to the rear platform to sec that he got of and staid off
 "See that white house over theref" asked tho son of toll.
 The conductor could see 1t easily.
 That's where I work, " said the farmer; "This Is the nearest the railroad comes to 1t. I am much obliged to you for letting mo of hero. was afraid I wouldn't be able to keep you interested till wo got hero. Have n cigarf" And tho granger jumped lightly to the ground and was gone.
 The train was two minutes behind time before tho conductor recovered his breath. "Well, I'll he -," Inc said in hum- blod tono, and then he went in and kicked the nowsboy. --Topola State Journal.
Connecticut western news., 1895-07-18
L. A. w. MEET ENDS.
Titus Equals Johnson's Five Mile Record In
 tho Finish Races.

AsBURY PARK, N. J., July 12.-The cy- clers who have throngcd this place since the beginning of the week settled down to practical business after enjoying them selves by road runs hops and sight seeing for the last few days, and the racing pro- gramme was begun.
 The first race on the programme was for novices, Glass A, at one mile. c. c. Dirnberger of Buffalo beat Donald Mckay of Denver in 2:37 5. The winner is only 16 years old and has just left school He is a brother of Mike Dirnberger, and last Monday rode a paced mile in 2:09 and half mile in .59.
 The trials for the two mile national championship were e1ccllently contested, and seve-. mon qualified for the final. It was won by Nat Butler in 4:26.
 The one mile open Class B race was won by Bald of Buffalo, with +. J. Titus second. Mayo and Saunders paced the men.
 AsBURY PARK, N. J., July 16.-The sixteenth annual meet of the l.. A. w, which was brought to very successful close here last evening, was in every way a big success, and although the greater part of the visiting cyclists had left for their homes there were nearly B. 900 people at the athletic grounds when tho final races of the meet were contested.
Connecticut western news., 1895-07-18

PRESIDENT CLARK. the day at the mammoth meetings in Mechanics hall and the two great tents Williston and En- deavor was exceeded at night by yet more mammoth gatherings at the same places.
 Every address delivered last evening was of importance and interest At the Mechanics building Rev. Francis E. Clark, D. D., of Boston, founder and pres ident of the society, delivered his annual address. The address was also read in Tent Williston by Rev. H. T. McEwen, Ph. D., of New York and in Tent Endeavor by Professor James Lewis Howe of Lexing- ton, Ky. Thus it was heard by 29, 900 peo- pie, for in each of the pure white canvas temples there was mighty throng 10, 900 strong, and at Mechanics building Were gathered 5000 more.
 A Chorus of Eight Hundred Voices.
 The story it contained was story of success that exceeded hopes almost auda- cious in their sanguinity, and it evoked the utmost enthusiasm, which was ex- pressed in such hosannas as modern Athens had never heard before.
 The meeting in Tent Williston at night was perhaps She greatest of the three. The announced address of Rev. Russell H. Conwell, D. D., IL. D., drew a great crowd, and it is not invidious to state that 1t will prove to have been the feature of the entire convention.
 An address of Rev. Tennis Hamlin, D. D., of Washington, who was ex-President Harrison's pastor, and whose subject was Washington, 1896" also helped to draw to Tent Williston the biggest crowd of the evening. MT. ". E. Pennell of Washington spoke in Tent Endeavor on the same sub- ject.
 The choruses, too, at all three meetings surpassed all that has yet been attempted in musical line since the meeting began. Eight hundred singers were included in
Connecticut western news., 1895-07-18
HORR-HARvEY DEBATE.
Champions of stiver and Gold Standards
 Meet


 CHICAGO, July 17.-There began at the Illinois club what promises to bo one of the most noteworthy forensic battles ever fought. Tho issue is gold or.silver for the national currency, and the champion of the ono is Roswell G. Horr of Michigan; of the other, W. H. Harvey of Chicago, of Coins Financial School" fame.
 The debate, which will be delivered in chunks of about 1 1000 words each, is ex- pccted to continue eight days. To the up- holders of the yellow metal the privilege of opening was granted, according to agreement.
 Mir. Horr was obliged to confine his preliminary argument to 1000 words, and was answered by Mir. Harvey to the same extent. Then the Michigan congressman replied. and was followed by tho expound- CT of free coin.
 After this both men stood ready to an- swer any questions which might be pro- pounded to them by members of the audi ence.
 The debate took place In the assembly room of tho Illinois club. The room was fitted up like small amphitheater, but there were seats for only goo persons. Ad- mission was by card only, and all others who arc interested will hnve to content themselves with reading tho accounts of the wordy fray in the daily papers.
Connecticut western news., 1895-07-18
DEATH HER DOOM.
Maria Barbeyi Convicted of Murder Tn tn
 First Degree.

marfA bArberf Conp1cted or muruer Tn the
 First Degree.
 NEW YORK, July 16.-With haggard cheeks and dazed expression Maria Barberi heard the jury pronounce her guilty of murder in Sae first degree for staying her lover, Dominica Cataldo, on April 26. When it was interpreted to her, she said nothing and merely bowed her head.
 The jury was out an hour and 17 minutes. Maria was remanded to tho Tombs until Thursday and was led away, seemingly in a stupefed condition, by Mrs. Foster, the "Tombs Angel" and a court attendant.
 Maria Barberi Is the first woman in this state condemned to death since the pas sage of the law making eleotrocution the death penalty. AS the case now stands, Maria is adjudged by the jury a subject for tho electric chair. There is but one sentence for murder in the first degree.
 Few believe, however, that Maria will ever sit in the death chair. The case, it was reported last night, would be taken to the court of appeals, and if that court did not order new trial tho governor would be appealed to to commute the death sen tence to imprisonment
Connecticut western news., 1895-07-18
The Convention Ends.

BOSTON, July 16.-The fourteenth in- ternational Christian Endeavor conven- tion is ended. It has overtowered all con temporary events in the city or state per haps in the entire country. During its con- tinuance more than 500 meetings have been held. Approximately 50, 900 manly men and womanly women have come from all corners of the North American conti- nent as delegates. Others have come from strange and distant and obscure lands, and the greatest and most powerful nations of the earth have been represented In this vast gathering.
 The convention held here has been the greatest religious event the world has ever seen, its promoters believing its influence for good incalculable.
 Three great meetings were held in Bos- ton last night. They closed the convention in manner entirely befitting Its charac- ter. Thirty thousand people gathered in Mechanics hall and Tents Williston and Endcavor.
 The meetings at these places were marked with a sort of spirituality that has not so notably characterized any pre- vious meetings of the week.
Connecticut western news., 1895-07-18
STAMBUlOFF ATTACKED.
Ex-Premier Probably Fatally Wounded by
 Bold Assnssins. .#=

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 Bold Assnssins.
 SOFIA, July 16.-M. Stambuloff, ex- premier of Bulgaria. was returning home last evening from the Union club, accom- panied by colleague, NJ. Petcoff, when they were attacked e four persons armed with revolvers and knives. Nj. Stambuloff received several wounds in tho head and lost a quantity of blood. His condition is serious.
 The assailants attacked the carriage, compelling tho coachInan to stop. NJ. Stambuloff's servant fired his revolver, but missed the mark. M. Stambuloff jumped out and received immediately a cut which almost severed his hand from the wrist. NJ. Stambuloff then tried to es- cape, but was followed and stabbed in the head and received revolver shot, when he fell to tho ground, where his assailants continued their stabs, badly wounding his other hand. NJ. Petcoff, running to his assistance, was also stabbed.
 Several arrests have been made. There is great indignation felt in the city. The attack was made upon frequented street.
 It is greatly remarked now that the last number of the government newspaper or gan, Mir, violently attacked NJ. Stambu- loff, accusing him of being foreign spy. The outrage Is believed to be tho personal vengeance of persons who suffered during his regime as premier.
Connecticut western news., 1895-07-18
A TORNADO'S WORK.
NEW JERSEY AND LONG ISLAND
 SWEPT BY FIERCE WINDS.
The storm Struck Only In Spots, but Where It Hit Death and Destruction Were wroaght-ReIief For the Sufferers From the Storm.


 HAcKENsA 3K, N. J., July 14.-A terrific storm swept over this section Saturday afternoon, doing great damage. At Cherry Hill a small village few miles from this place, it developed cyclonic fury, attended by the demolition of tho village and a number of deaths Cherry Hill received the full sweep of the winds fury, and within minute after the storm broke 27 houses, nearly the entire number in the village, were wrecked.
 The cyclone made a clean path through the center of the place, carrying everything before it. Houses were unroofed or thrown down, trees were uprooted and the crops in the fields leveled to the ground. At the present time 1t is known that five were killed, and the injured are numbered by scores, many of them, 1t is believed, fatally.
 Tho dead are: Conrad Friederman, ho- tlekeeper; three unknown Polish laborers and a child of William Ahrens.
 The storm came from tho northwest, heralded by great banks of clouds and a stirring breeze The atmosphere was warm for time and then cold and after a sec- ond rush of warmth came the cyclone, car rying death and destruction in Its course. The storm center was about 300 feet in width, and tho strip over which 1t passed Is a mass of ruins. Not building in its path was spared. Those that were not completely demolished were unroofed or moved from their foundations. Great masses of wrcckage were carried through tho mir by the gale, adding to the destruo- tion.
 Among the buildings wrecked was the Dutch Reformed church, brick structure, recently erected. The depot, standing be- tween the tracks of the New York and New Jersey railroad, was demolished. The wind first tore the roof from the building and landed it 100 feet away. Then the walls fell. The station agent was taken from the ruins later badly injured. The freight depot was also wrecked and the big platform carried several hundred feet from its place.
Connecticut western news., 1895-07-18
Tho Usual Mistake.

The officer had arrested prisoner for drunkenness, and the judge, for some reason, dismissed him, the officer not being present. whon the case was called. Later he met the late prisoner on the street.
 "Hello!" he exclaimed in astonish- ment "What arc you doing out hero?"
 "On my way home," smiled the pris- oner.
 "Eow did you get out?"
 "'ihe judge discharged me" !"
 "How did that happon?'
 .'I don't know" and the offender smiled again. 1T guess he didn't know I was loaded. '-Detroit Free Press.
Connecticut western news., 1895-07-18
On Long Island.

wooDHAvEN, N. r., July 15.-wood- haven and Union Course suffered almost as much as did Cherry Hill, N. J. Houses were unroofed and blown down. Only one fatality so far has been reported, but 16 are reported injured.
 The storm at these points was similar to that at Cherry Hill-a whlriwind. Houses were blown down and trees uprooted In the path of the storm. The tract over which 1t swept was a mile long by an eighth of a mile wide.
Connecticut western news., 1895-07-18
SPAIN WILL PAY.
Has Agreed to Immediate Settlement of
 the Mora Claims.

Has Agreed to an Immediate Settlement of
 the Mora Claims.
 MADRID, July 1b.-Tho spanish foreign and colonial ministers have finally agreed to the immediate payment of tho Morn in- demnity, which was recently demanded by the United States through Minister TAy- Tor
 WASHINGTON, July ib. -Spain's pay ment of the Mora claim, es indicated by cable, will at last defeat the intrigucs of American and foreign claim sharps. For years coterie of diplomats at Washing ton and Madrid havo sought to make the settlement of this historic award condition. al on tho acknowledgment of counter claims by the United States.
 The story of all this plotting to muict the government of millions brought to light a serious diplomatic scandal, and showed how tho Mora claim has secretly been made to figure as an important moi dent in a scheme for securing tho trans fer of Cuba to tho United States.
Connecticut western news., 1895-07-18
Rescued Three Yaoht.men.

PHIkADELPHIA, July 16. - Captain Thompson of tho schooner Nellie Lamper, which arrived from Lynn, Mass, in bal last, rescued three men from drowning on the afternoon of July 10, five miles this side of Vineyard Haven. Their catboat capsized, having been struck by squall. The men were c. G. Fisher of Philadel- phia and A. Woodbridge and Nathaniel Glidden of Medford, Mass. When picked up, the men were almost exhausted and tiff with cold
Connecticut western news., 1895-07-18
English Syndicate Buying Mills.

OswEGo, N. Y, July 12.-The worsted mills at Oswego Falls, among the largest of their kind in this country, have become the property of an English syndicate, com posed mostly of Bradford (England) capi- talists. Charles Fletcher of Providence, the former owner and proprietor, will di- rect the concern for three years, and the present business management will con tinue for a like period. It is stated that within six months this syndicate will make an effort to purchase the majority of the woolen mills of the east.
Connecticut western news., 1895-07-18
New Road From Washington to the Sc.

BALTIMORE, July 16.-The Peninsular Construction company has been formed of Baltimore capitalists to build railroad from Queenstown, on Chesapeake bay, to Rohoboth Beach, on the Atlantic ocean. 1t will form n new route from Washington and Baitimore to the seacoast, and much shorter than the present routes.
Connecticut western news., 1895-07-18
Eaulx SuIndlc

"what do you thlnkf" said Eel Bill. "I list about had the dough in mo fist fer a gold brick which I had put in throo days In flxln, when tho blamo rube's hands got to shakin, an ho dropped 1t, an it broke"
 Hard luok," said one of "tho push"
 "No hard luck about 1t. was swim dlod Teller I bought that brick from warranted it to be tho best payin brick an would stand anything. But guess they amt nobody honest these days."-Indiap. apolis Journal.