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LIVES LOST At A FIRE.
A Stable Burned In Detroit and q NuInbe
of Employees Couldn't Escape.

A Stable Burned In Detroit and q Number
of Employees Couldn't Escape.
Fire started in Cases livery barn, q four.
story brick structure in Detroit, Mich, short.
ly after 2 o'clock O. IN. Two hours later,
when the firemen had succeeded in gaining
control of the flames. the barn was a com
plete wreck and six men were dead as the
result Of the fire.
The dead are John Shaw. aged thirty
eight, oiler Detroit; John Bowman, twenty.
second cook, Bay City; Thomas WeEb, fifty
five, painter, Detroit; Edward Hughes,
thirty. chamoisman, London, Canada; James
R. Shaw. twenty-three, harness maker, Gale
donia. Canada: Charles Davis, stockman.
Detroit.
The barnmen occupied quarters on the
fourth floor. and the flames spread 50 rapid
ly that they were unable to escape by the
stairway Ladders we're raised and most OF
them escaped by them. One of the men,
John Cummins, became frenZied. and. after
throwing out bundle OF clothing. threw
himself headlonS cut of window. He
landed at the feet of tho flremen. and his
skull was crushed.
1t was after 4 o'clock before the flremen
we're able to enter the building. They mado
their way to the fourth floor. In room
in the northeast corner were found
the bodies OF John Shaw and John Bow.
man. They occupied the same bed, and
had evidently been sufTocated. Thomas
Webb, who slept in room in the northwest
corner, was also suffocated. Then the bodies
of James R. Shaw and Edward HugheL were
found. They had tried to escape. Both
were badly burned. OF the seventy-twc
horses stabbed in the basement not one was
injured. They were found standing in
about three feet Of water and were all re-
moved safely.
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Prominent People.

Three large rooms were needed to hold all
the eightieth-birthday presents recently
given to Bismarck.
When DR.. W. G. Grace, the English cricket
champion, makes run he carries with him
$50 pounds Of flesh.
NJ. Faure is the most popular President
France has had in many years.
Joseph B. Stearns, the inventor Of the du-
plex system Of teleSraphy, died at Camden,
Me-, aged sixty-flve.
Crispis coat of mail recalls the fact that
Bismarck wore steel shirt for some time al
ter he was fired upon in Berlin, many years
ago.
Three eminent German artists celebrate
their eichtieth birthdays this year-Schrader
Mcneil and Achenbach, the father of Max
Alvary.
General Lord Roberts has refused to ac.
cept the appointment OF Commander-in'
Chief OF the British Army, to succeed the
Duke OF Cambridge.
Henry VI. Stanley will run for the British
Parliament again. Wnen he was last can:
didate he was defeated, and the voters Missed
him and his beautiful wife.
The ex-Empress Frederick has special
scrap-book in which she collects all the cur
rent anecdotes relating to members OF the
Prussian and English royal families.
DR.. T. E. Clark, founder of the Christian
Endeavor, is said to dislike very much the
name Father Clark" rs it gives the impress
sion of an old man, whereas he Is only forty
four.
1t is said that S250,OOO is the amount OF
the fee paid by the Chinese Government to
ex-Secretary Of State Foster for his services
IN securing the treaty with Japan. He was
also offered, it Is reported. any decoration In
the gift OF the Emperor of China, but declined
this honor.
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Tho Labor World.
,don has 900 600 factory girls.

London has 20O, 900 factory girls.
Vermont has 24,894 persons employed in
its factories and turns out an annual product
valued at $50, ,066.
Men attending the pans IN salt works are
never known to have chalery, small pox,
scarlet fever or influenza
Canadian carpet manufacturers are com.
planning of the competition OF carpets and
rugs made by prison labor in British India.
The American flint glass workers have &C.
cepted last years scae, except enSravers,
who were reduced ten to twenty per cent. on
cheaper grapes.
The International Bakers Unions have in
yited the independent Bakers Unions to join
them in their efforts in trying TO lave the
bakers laws strictly enforced.
Missouri, by her Supreme Court, has de-
clnred unconstitutional the law which placed
restrictions upon the discharge OF men be-
longing to labor organizations.
Five thousand three hundred and sixty
three white men and 40, 1888 natives are en-
ployed In the sixty-seyen gold mines at the
Rand, Transvaal. South Africa.
In Paris male domestic servants are en-
couraged to marry, as they are observed to
be more settled and attentive to their duties
than when bachelors. In London such mar.
riaces are discouraged, az rendering SER
wants more attentive to their own families
than to those OF their masters.
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A DARING ESCAPE.
Three Dangerous Criminals Break jail In
New York City.

Three Dangerous Criminals Break jail In
New York City.
Joe" Kiloran Charlie Allen and
Harry" Russell, notorious criminals await
ing examination on the charge OF robbing
many postofflces, escaped from Ludlow
Street Jail. New York City, on the Fourth
Of July.
Allen snatched tho jail keys from Keeper
Schneer, and while Killoran and Russell
covered the terrified man with reyolvers
Allen unlocked the three doors which STOOD
between them and liberty
Then the burglars walked out, locking the
doors behind them, thus shutting their jail
ers in and delaying pursuit. AS the men
fed northward In Ludlow street they sepa-
rated, Just as the crowd attracted by the
tardy alarm Of the keepers began to give
chase.
Killoran ran for the Second avenue III,
and Allen and Russell, who had evidently
studied the route, bolted into alleys in the
Gensely crowded tenement district between
Essex and Norfolk streets, crossed roofs, de-
scended fire escapes, plunged into cellars,
shook of pursuit and disappeared.
How the men got possession OF the revolv-
ers with which they cowed the keeper was
mystery, but there was strong suspicion
that bribery was at the bottom OF the jail
breaking. which was one OF the most re-
markable on record.
A reward OF $40 o each was offered by the
Federal authorities for the recapture OF the
three thieves.
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RIVER STEAMER LOST.
Passengers Drowned in the Wreck of the
Lady Leo on the Mississippi.

Lady Leo on the Mississippi.
Six persons were known to have been
drowned, and two others were believed to
have gone down with the steamer Lady Lee,
which ran into a snag and sank in the
Mississippi River at the head Of Island
Forty. near Memphis. Tenn.
The known victims are Harry Robinson,
baker; Mary Wndex, passenger, bound for
Deans Island; her female companion, whose
name is unknown: Colonel Preacher. .pas5en-
ger, bound for O5ceola: Mrs. Mamie Stewart,
bound for Dean $ Island, and Peter Watson,
co!ored. Of Memphis.
The steamer, which was starn wheeler,
owned by James Lee & Co.. Of Memphis. left
Memphis for Osceola ut four o'clock p. m.
She carried many deck and cabin passengers
and Il fair cargo. Captain Henry Cooper
was in charge.
At the head of Island Forty stop was
made to discharge some freight. The vessel
backed out and was about a hundred yards
from shore when she struck snag, which
ripped great hole in her hull near the
wheel.
The pilot headed for shore, and the en-
gineers put on full steam. with the hope OF
running aground. The vessel had proceeded
only few feet shoreward when she gave
great !lrch. The passengers. in obedience
to Captain Cooper, had focked on top of the
hurricane deck. When the boat lurched a
great many jumped overboard.
The engineers. finding themselves neck
high in water, turned on the last pound OF
steam and ran on deck. The boat righted
herself and hurried shoreward. until the
, waters extinsushei the fires and the wheels
stopped and the steamer settled and sank.
The water was fifteen feet deep at that
point and the passengers who had not
Jumped or fallen overheard were taken
ashore in the small boats.
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THE NEWS EPlTOMIzED
Washington Items.

Acknowledgement Harmon telegraphed AS
sistaut District Attorney McKissick at San
Francisco TO use his discretion in taking an
appeal in the Stanford case or amending the
original bill. as he, in his judgment. might
deem proper.
Henry Clay England. lawyer of Rock
vile, Nd, was struck by an electric car on
the outskirts Of Washington and was killed
instantly.
Reports OF the final trial Of the Olympia,
whick reached the Navy Department, show
that the vessel maintained speed OF nearly
twenty knots in Sausalito Channel for four
hours on natural draught, which is greater
than expected.
Secretary Herbert wrote to Commodore
Sicard censuring the Brooklyn Navy Yard
methods.
Ten ships Of the United States Navy have
been placed under the command OF Rear-Ad-
miral Bunce for squadron practice at sea.
John W. Foster has arrived at his home in
Washington from China, where he served as
counselor to the Chinese peace ENJOYS in the
negotiations to end the war with Japan
Mr.. Foster has been absent from Washington
on this mission nearly seven months.
Secretary Herhert's investigation Of the
labor system in Brooklyn Navy Yard led to
the removal OF Naval Constructor Fernald
and Civil Engineer Asserson.
President Cleveland has pardoned Edmund
/. Crittenden, of Kentucky, sentenced on
June %. 1894. to eighteen months imprison-
ment in the Ohio Penitentiary on the charge
of robbing the mails.
Secretary Carlisle has directed thatthe new
revenue cutter now being built for service
along the New England coast be named the
Daniel Manning, and that the one being
built for service on the great lakes be named
the W. Q. Gresham. both after former Secre-
taries Of the Treasury.
The appointment of Willis L. Moore, Of
Illinois, as Chief of the Weather Bureau was
announced from the White House.
Fishermen who, by squatter sovereignty.
occupy shanties at Sandy Hook. were ordered
to leave by the War Department. They
threatened to resist eviction by arms.
The State Department instructed Ambassa-
dor Eustis to take steps for the relief Of eX-
Consul Waller, who is ill in u French prison.
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HOT FIGHTING IN CUBA.
Insurgents Lost ESQ and spaniards Fifty
in One Battle.

Insurgents Lost ESQ and Spaniards Fifty
in One Battle.
Adyices from Santiago de Cuba are to the
effect that Major Sanchez, commanding
Spanish Government force, discovered 1900
insurgents under command OF the rebel
chief, Rabi, strongly posted near Manzan-
lilo.
Major Sanchez sent message TO MAJOR
Aznar inviting him to join forces and attack
the rebels. The insurgents captured the
messenger and hanged him. They then sent
a reply to Major Sanchez's message, signing
Major Aznar's name to It, directing that an
attack on the insurgents be made at another
point.
Major Sanchez fell into the trap and ad-
vanced as directed in the forged message.
His force was attacked suddenly by the reb-
els In a narrow deflle. The insurgents
charged the Spanish troops in fine style.
The troops were unable to maneuVre oW-
inc to the lack of space. Two sergeants,
one at the head Of thirty and the other at
the head of twelve men, gained commanding
positions, and succeeded in checking the In
surgents, shooting all that came within
range Of their rifles.
Their fire was go deadly that the rebels
made no further attempt to charge and the
troops were enabled to escape from the dehlc
In which they had been ambushed. The
Government force then attacked the main
posstions of the rebels and compelled them
TO retreat. The insurgents lost 2So killed;
The Government loss was fifty killed and
wounded.
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Foreign Notes.

Nicolas Pierola. head of the revolutionary
party in Peru, has been elected President Of
the Republic.
Tomas Palma was officially declared Pres-
dent OF the Cuban revolutionary party 10
Amer ca and Manuel Sanguilly the homo
President
The Minister of the Interior Of Korea has
fed; the King had ordered bis arrest on the
charge OF treason.
Spain asked for disavowal Of the Ambas-
sador Eustis alleged interview in which he
was reported to say that the United States
favored the cause of the Cuban insurgents.
and denial was officially made by Minister
Taylor Mt Madrid.
Cornell University crew won the first heat
at the Henley regatta in England owing to
the failure of the Laander crew, their strong
est rivals. to finish the race.
Fire destroyed $50 houses in the town Of
Sambrow Government OF Lomsha, Poland.
Two thousand people were rendered home
less.
The Prince Of Wales announced that he
would not be able to visit the United States
to see the Americas Cup yacht race.
The railway station at Dortmun1. Ger
many. was destroyed by fire aud two men
were killed by the falling OF its walls.
Ambassador Eustis presided at the Fourth
OF July banquet given in Paris by the Aneri-
can Chamber of Commerce.
Michael Cleary was convicted in Ireland
OF burning his wife to death as Il witch.
A dispatch from Madrid, SPUN, SAYS that
q committee Of the Ministers will arrange a
settlement Of the Mora claim.
Four hundred Cuban insurgents, under
| Amador Guerra, were defeated in two bat
| ties in Palma Saltas, Cuba Their leader
| and three lieutenants were killed, together
| with sixty men. The loss ofthe Government
| troops was seventeen killed and about the
same number wounded. Expeditions for
| Cuba are leaving North. South and Central
| America.
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CORNeLL'S CREW BEATEN.
The Trinity Hall Men Won at Henley by
Seven Lengths.

Cornelrs attempt to capture the grand
Challenge Cup at the Henley (EnglandD re-
gatta ended in fasco. The Ameri-
cans led their competitors, the Trinity Hall
crew, grandly in the second heat of the
race until three-quarters of the distance had
been covered. Then an accident dis
abled one Of their men and they were thrown
out of the competition. The struggle ls
finished as far as Cornell is concerned, and
finished without q genuine test with single
one Of the English crews.
The Americans took the lend over Trinity
Hall at the very start and maintained II
with every indication OF winning until the
mile post was nearly reached. The Cam
bridge men were gaining slightly, but Cor
nell's lead was then more than hall a
length. Fennell caught crab, and the
oar handle struck him blow in the
side which completely disabled him.
His companions tried to help him. and made
three attempts to row on without his aid,
but this was impossible. The Ithaca lads
rowed themselves to standstill. The long,
surprising stroke of their opponents thor
ouchly wore down the shorter, snapper
stroke of the Americans. and in the end the
Trinity Hall men finished seven lengths
in front, in the fast time of seven minutes
fifteen seconds.
The immediate cause of Cornell's defeat
was the col apse Of Fennell. who rowed No.
5, and who tumbled from his seat at the
finish in dead faint The loud claims tc
"fair..ess," ''gentlemanliness" and 'sports.
manlike conduct" Of which Enslishnen are
80 fond Of boasting when they are victors
were we'll negatived by their conduct at the
conclusion Of the race.
The crowds on the river banks and IN the
boats along the shore were frantic with de.
light ut Cornelrs unfortunate situation. The
Britishers were wild with delight when
Trinity passed Cornell at the three-quar-
tiers post, but words failed TO ,ex'
press their degree of enthusiasm when
Trinity Hall won and Cornell trailed along
past the grand stand. Then the Cornell
men were received with hisses They stopped
rowing before they passed the judges, who
hoisted the sign "Not Rowed Out. The
band played "God Save the Queen as the
crowd cheered itself hoarse, and poor Fenneli
lay as if dead in the bottom OF the Corneii
boat, while his nearest companions splashed
water in his face. The general opinion Is
that the Cornell crew were hopelessly over
trained, and that there was no climate or
malaria about il.
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The National Game,

Boston has released Pitcher Wilson to
Cleveland.
Lange, OF Chicago is again troubled With
Oharne-horso
Breltenstein, or St. Louis, IL being hit
very hard OF late.
Comiskey has seven left-handed batsmen
on his st. Paul team.
Pitcher Abbey, late OF Chicago, has been
signed by Brooklyn.
Cleveland is doing sacrifice hitting lately
that cannot be beaten.
Breitenstein. Of St. Louis, seems to haveno
terror for the Cincinnatis.
Hawley, OF Pfttsburg, has hit twenty-one
men in the games he has pitched this season.
First Baseman Stafford, OF New Orleans, got
s65 for making O home run In recent
game.
The Brooklyn team made a seasons rec
ord by playing four consecutive errorless
games.
Physicians have decided that Holiday, of
Cincinnati, cannot play ball any more this
season.
Griffith, OF Chicago, has won moro games
than any other pitcher Of the League this
season.
Anson, OF Chicago, is fielding better than
ever this season, aud is far from weak with
the stick.
The Plttsburgs are depending on "killing
the ball" rather than scientific batting for
runs. They have lost ground by the prac-
tice.
The Baltimores as nelders, batters and
base runners have no superiors, but they are
weak in the box.
Catcher Kinslow was released uncondition-
ally by Pittsburg. without being given the
usual ten days notice.
st. Louis and Louisville are playing good
ball. but both teams seem to have more than
their share OF hard luck.
Tucker Is playing marvellous first base
for Boston. He and Beckley, OF Pittsburg.
easily lead all the first basemen.
First Baseman Tebeau. OF Cleveland, is
weakest on high-thrown balls. Generally 1t
Is Just the reverse with first basemen.
Bancroft now believes that the Louisville
team was organized to 60 around the coun-
try and scare ball teams which are looking
for snaps.
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LITTLE GIRLS MURDERED.
4 Series of Terrible Crimes on the Out
skirts of London.

4 Series of Terrible Crimes on the Out
skirts of London.
A series OF outrages and murders OF little
girls of ages ranging from four to seven years
has created great excitement among the work.
ing classes in tho district OF Walthamstow,
seven miles northeast Of Lond on, Eng land.
Within two months five little ones have
been decoved from near their homes and
vanished completely. Searching parties
have subsequently, found their bodies in the
fields stripped OF all their clothing, and CIV
ing evidence OF the most outrageous treat
ment. In every case the victims have
been children who have been playing
along the roadside or on their way in the dis
charge of short rrranls. The Immediate
cause OF death il every instance has been
strangulation. The mlscreant usually nldes
the bodies of his victims in secluded places
in the fields and under hedges and covers
them with leaves.
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AGREED TO DIE TOGETHER.
S. A. Fields Kills His Wife and Child and
Then Commits Suicide.

S. A. Fields Kills His Wife and Child and
Then Commits Suicide.
8. A. Fields. until recently edito- OF the
Post at Polo. No. cut the throats OF his wife
and baby with a razor, and then euded his
life in the same manner. The bodies were
found in garlen 200 yards from the house
of his father-in-law, five miles from Mead
Vile, Mo. Fields and his family were visit
ing there at the time A note was found IN
Mrs Fielis's pocket saying that everything
they had was to be left to her mother, Mrs.
Thomas.
II is evident thai Fields aud his wife hal
agreed to die together, for she went into the
house after they hal left it, put on an old
dress, and then went back to be Killed.
Fields was lawyer by profession and was
about thirty-llye years OF age. but hau maae
Il failure OF his practice. Two years ago he
attempted his own life BY throwing himself
cut of a seeoud-story window
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killed. Buildings. fences and crops on the
Martin plantation were carried away. Ovel
in Morgan County Andrew Penick's
farm buildings and house were blown
away. Penick and his family
were buried in the falling timbers, and Pen.
lex and his wife were badly hurt. The home
OF jim Collier was demolished and two Of
his children were fatally injured. Robert
sons plantation was swept clear Of every.
thing standing. The Robertson family took
refuge in the cellar. Twenty persons we're
badly injured.
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Murdered Father ar5 Son.

Lewiston, Ky., by man unknown to him.
He was then seized by eight masked men
and taken to barn in the rear Of his house
and shot dead. The men returned to the
house and murdered Howton's father.
The old man begged for mercy, but the
men stood him up in the corner of the room
In the presence OF his wife and daughters, so
that the shots would not hit any, other mem;
Der OF the family, and then fired several
times. No cause for the double murder is
known.
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Woman Ties the Knot.

!, Eev. Ella G.. Thorp. arovins preacher, and
:. young couple from Bentley, Kan: met by
appointment at tho Keystone Hotel in
Wichita, Kan, and the lady performed the
welding ceremony. The couple we're l.. Z.
Kennedy and Mrs. 5. F. Helvie. The we'd
ding attracted much attention from the fact
that a woman tied the knot. 1t is the iirst
instance of the kind known to have occurred
in Kansas.
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BREAK DOWN OF A BRIDGE.
A Hundred Persons Thrown Into River,
and Several Fatally Injured.

and Several Fatally Injured.
At six o'clock p. m. while about 300 of the
population Of Bristol, Ind, a village OF 500
population, were gathered on bridge span
ming the St. Joseph River, watching a tub
race, 100 feet Of the sidewalk went down.
carrying with it about 100 persons. The dis
tance was thirty feet, and the iron fell on
many Of those in the water.
The town became crazed with excitement.
In a short time, by almost superhuman
efforts. the frightened people were all re-
moved from the water, physicians from sur.
rounding country hurried to the place, and
the injured cared for as we'll as circumstances
would permit.
None was killed outright, but several were
fatally injured. among them DR.. c: E. Dut-
row. Twenty-three were seriously hurt.
Twenty others received minor injuries. In
fact, nearly every one on the bridge suffered
wound Of some kind.
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Big Fire at Oswego, n. Y.

At Oswego, N. Y. several buildings on
East Seco ID street, occupied by mercantile
firms. were destroyed by fire. Tho loss was
S153 COO and insurance $780, ,450. Mrs. Isaac
Bond, forty-seven years old, was seriously
burned.
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MRS. O'LEARY DEAD.
She Owned the Famous Cow Thnt Started
the Great Chicago Fire.

tile Great chicago flre.
Mrs. Catherine O'Leary. VINO was the
owner OF tho fractious cow which. in barn
i'll the rear OF No. 1877 De Kover street, on a
memorable night in October. 1871. kicked
over lamp and started blaze which cost
Chicago sl9 1000, 900, is dead. Since the
night OF that historic conhagration Mrs.
O'Leary's life was embittered by the popular
belief that sac Indirectly was responsible for
the loss of life and enormous destruction OF
property. She denied the story vigorously,
and to the committee which investigated the
fire and its causes made affidavit that the
allegations about herself and the COW and
the lamp were not true: but the world was
against her Then she became silent. En-
treuties and flattering monetary offers were
alike unavailing. She would say neither yea
nor nay, even to her friends, and request
to tell the story for publication usually
aroused her to pitch Of frenzy