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mmmmmmmmmmmmmi BRAINED -Itf-TMWR A TERRIBLE FATE. .1 AN ARCH Y8 GRAVE. WISCONSIN STATE NEWS. Oji the 12tb Majc'e Berthune, who was made insane by the death of her husband The News of the WeeR. EAJJ CTrRW NEWS COMPAlSY.

5 BAU CLATRB. MANY HAVE BEEN LOST. A Terrible Snow-Storm Along- tne Lower Bo Lavrrvnee- Cms in Mnek Aexlctr Knmeetms Crafts Were Ovt la ta Blinding Gale aad It I Feared Msy Feraons retiskted. QoxbEC, Nov. 10.

A snow-storm nd gale which In severity has seen few squals even in winter here set in late yesterday afternoon and continued until noon Friday. It extended over the whole of Quebec and tbe maritine province. Dispatches from Lower Quebec say that two and a half feet of soow has fallen all along the lower St. Lawrence, and that serious fears are entertained that there bas been large loss of life among the fUhernien an both shores of the gulf. At L'Islet, forty-three miles below Que.

bee, the snow-storm was reported so thick that tho light-bouse at the point could not be seen fifty feet awav. and the fog stgnala could ba bear J. A gale of Wind (was blowing all night and continued Friday tncrning. the waves washing ctear over tho slant and ear dangering tbe struct era At River du Loup and Farther Point it is said that a fleet of vessels are anchored thero, among them the Liverpool steamer Sardinian. At Matane a lumber-lcden schooner is ash re and her crew were in the rigging all night.

They were rescued badly frost bitten. One cf them can not survive. week ago a Norwegian steamer went ashore iu the sme spot and all her crew were lost xcapt the captain and steward. At Mngdulea the Beaver line steamer Lake Ontario, for Liverpool, was reported as pais ng with two of her boats gone. It wks snow.ng heavily and a tea wa on that ci'mplcte'y burled tbe steamer.

Tho steauicr Po'ma, 1 1-temptiug to run U10 n- rt'a of Sag-inayo, was compelled to into Trinity bay, where she dragged her anchors and went ashore cn the rccits. Tbe captain is reported drow'ael. It is known that 1 a iaige number Vf fish. eg ats were below Auiiosti Tboulay, but none of them have been Leardtf since. It is impossiblo that tbey all can have escaped.

Tho storm waa tbe most furious known on the gulf for msny years. The steamer Montreal left bcra for Montreal Thursday night with two pasr.ngers on board. She has not beard of since, although the passage usually takes eleven hours. From R'mouski, tbe last gulf station ot the International nil way, there causes a story that a fishing smack with tbreo men aboard had been lost. No names or particulars are given.

Telegraph wires are down and tra ns are deiayed by the snow, and communication With the gulf sgn-il station is practically impoasiblo. The Government light-house tender Napoleon was sent out Thursday afternoon to patrol the coast and succor wrecked or derelict vessels. It is feared that there will be a fearful tale to tell of the loss of life among tho gulf fishermen. LONDON'S FIEND AGAIN, fie Kills Another Woman Near the Seen of HI Former Crimes The Hodyof Hie. X.atret Victim Mutilated In tne Most Horribly Knocking Manner.

London, Nov. 10. The murder fiend has added another to his list of victims. Yesterday morning the bady of a woman cut into pieces was discovered In a bouse on Dorset street, Kpitalfidlds. The police are endeavoring to track the murderer with tbe aid of bioadbounds.

The appear a tfee of the remains was frightful, and the mut.lation was even greater tban in tbe pre vious 'cases. The bead bad been severed1' and placed beneath one of tbe arms. Tho eura and nose had been cutoff. Tbe body had been disemboweled, and tbe flesh was torn frcm tbe th gb. The womb and other organs were missing.

Tho skin had been torn off the forehead and cheeks. One hand had been pushed into tho stomach. The victim, liko all the others, was a dissolute woman. Se was married, and her husband was a porter. Tbey bad livel together at spasmodic intervals.

Her name believed to have been Lizzie Fisher, but ta most of the habitues of the haunts sho visited tho was known aa Mary Jane. She bad a rocm in the bouse wbere she murdered. She carried a latch-key, and no one knows at what our she entered the bouse Thursday night, and probably no one saw the man who accompanied her. Therefore it is hardly likely that ho will ever be identified. He might easily have left the houae at any time between 1 and 6 o'clock this morning without attracting attention.

The doctors who have examined the remains refuse to make any statement unt.l tbe inquest is held Three bloodhounds belonging to private citizens were taken to tho place wbere tbe body lay and placed on the scent of the murderer, but they were un-blo to keep It for any great dis tance, and all hope of running the assassin down with their assistance will have to be abandoned. The remains were mut.lated in the same horrible manner as were those of tbe women murdered in WbftecbapeL In the House of Commons Mr. Couy-beare, member for Camborne, asked whether, inv.ewof the latest Wbitecbapel murder. Sir Charles Warren ought not tc to superseded as Chief Commissioner oi Police bf a man Lccustomed to investigate crime. The Speaker gave the member notice that the question must be sub tted in writing.

Sp.talflelds is In the ast end of London and about ball a mile from Whltechapel, tbe scene of tne other murders. It resemble the latter locality la general characteristics, belnji inuebiteU largely by tbe pojrer daises. Over the Precipice. Niagara Falls. N.

Nov. 10. About 4 o'clock Friday afternoon two gentlemen from Buffalo while viewing Prospect Park noticed a stranger about 25 years old standing close to tbe parapet wall at tb brin of the fa'ls. One of the gentlemen rem rked to his friend: "I wonder bom far down a boat could come and gel uack." Tbe stranger replied: "I don't know bow far a boat could ga, but I will show yon bow far I can ga" Throwing sway half smoked gar he jumped over th wall into tho water a few feet from the brink and at once passod over the fall. A watch was set for tbe body and in abonl half an hour it was found lying in an eddy just beyond where the falling watei strikes.

It was a raw a to the shore. Tb body was badly broken up and had ra ce ved several severe cuts. Both coat and vest were gono and the tronier were bad ly torn. There was nothing in tbt trousers' pocket but a red bandana band kerchief. KILLED BY HIS SPOUSE.

An Iowa Farmer's Wlfr, Who la Thought to Be Demented. Fees an Aze oa Hrl Hnaband with ratal EflTeet Baring Family Iowa Citt, Nov. 10 Samuel Brown. farmer, who lived near North Liberty, village of this county, was killed by hit wife Friday morning. Mrs.

Brown was not of perfectly sound mind and her temper was naturally v.olcnl Friday morning, after an unusually angry d. sputa wits her husband over a trivial matter, she seized so axe and pursued him through th house, hackinar him repeateily, and finally felling him to the floor dead. Mrs. Brows bas been arrested and will be examined at to ber sanity. 1 A Historical Building Damaged.

Albaxt. N.Y.. Not. 10. Tbe south wln ef the Historical Albany Academy build lug was damaged by Are Thursday night; and it Is feared that all the records are destroyed.

Tbey can not be replaced. In thU building, which baa stood for nearly century, Joseph Henry, while Profeoi of Povsics from 128 to 1832, made bis flr.l experiments with electricity througk circuits of wire. Dan Gets a Place. Wiaim. Nov.

10. Secrets rr Lav mont Is said to have accepted a posit! 1 in tbe OElce OI one 01 me large me icior ance companies of New York, and will da vote himself henceforth to insurance work Steve Brodle Hart. Hjohlaxo, N. Nov. 1 a Early Fridaj morning Brodie jumped from bridge Into the Hudson river, the distsne being 212 feet.

He bad three ribs brokes and bis shoulder was seriously hart, bm it is net known that be susta oed interna' injuries. When taken from tbe watei blood-was flowing from his nose aad earn Ha. 11 nrobJi3 meeting ha bees called here to urge upon tbe Govern nject tbo advisability of pushing th sor rey ef the route for Um propeeed eaali across the Pacific Ocean and of providiaf for an early ccmnleOon of the great wort as a measure more than ever necessarj Tha Tombs ef 8 pie Paws. -ret aad Piseaw; at ClMr Their Former reUowcis, em versary mt Their BmrleJ A Qd Or derly Aeeemblaga Moved to Tears by the Keadlng or Parsons' rare well Letter to Hit hildren. Chicago, Nov.

11 Between 4,000 and 5,000 men and women braved the bleak November wind and stood for two hours on the damp sod in aid helm Cemetery Hnnday afternoon to dc honor to tbe memories of Spies, Parsons, En ire Fischer and Lingg. Most of tbe women were in deep mourning, while the men had crape bands around their coat sleeves or hats, or badges of the same material upon their Fire out of six displayed a red satin ribbon, tbe symbol ot revolution. As a result of the ultimatum of Mayor Roche there was no parade in tbe city. It waa 5 o'clock when tbo formal exercises at the cemetery commenced. Previous to this a number of magnificent floral offerings had been placed upon the five graves.

The assemblage was called to order by George A Schilling, who reminded those present that they had met together on that beautiful autumn day to celebrate tbe death of five American he" roes, and Robert ReiueL editor ot Dcr TmfeL, of Detroit, delivered a brief address in German. When be bad 00 n-clu ied, fifty pupils of tbo Northwestern Socialist Sunday-School, boys and girls, aang in German tbe song: For truth and right" 'i hen, with a letter in his hand, George Schilling stepped forward and read the letter written by Parsons to his children with tbo injunction that it was not to be opened until tho first anniversary of his death. Schilling broke tbe seal with a trembling hand and commenced to read w.tb a voice choked with emotion. Tbe effect of the first few sentences npon tbe audience was electrical. Tears began to roll down tbe faces of the men and women, and before the reading was completed it seemed as though one weird sob and moan from the thousands of throats was mingling with the wailing of the wind as it swept through the lifeless branches of tbe trees.

Tho letter in full reads as follows: Drscsos No. Cook Oncirrr Jan, Chicago, Nov. 9, 1H87. 7'e Mf 1 mrUmg, Prtc nu Lilt I ChUdrt. A' ri B.

Partont, aad Ha SMtr, I ulu td Purtont: AS 1 write this word I blot your names with a tear. We will oeTer meet again. Oh. my children, how deeply, dearly, year papa yon. We snow onr lore by brina; for our loTed ones.

We also prove onr lore by dy-ng, when neeestary, for tbem. Of my life and tbe eaae of my cruel death you will learn from others. Your father Is a self-offered sacrifice npon the alter of liberty and happiness. To yoa I leave tbe letrary of aa booest name and a duty doae. Preserve It, circulate It.

Be true to yourselves, you can not the a be falae to other. Be sober. Industrious and ehocrfuL Your mother an, sho Is tbe greatest, tbe noblest ot women, love, honor and otey ber. My cbldren, my precloos ones. I request 10a to read this parting message on each recurring anniversary of my death la re-membranoe of blm who dies not alone for yoa bnt for the children yet unborn.

Bless yon, my darlings farewell. Your father, "ALBBBT R. PARMOXS." Tbe weeping and sobbing continued for some minutes after tbe renting bad concluded, when 500 voices of tbo United Mannerchor sang: "At the Grave of Our Friends' Other addresses followed In English and German, and after a final song by tbe Mannerchor tbe exercises closed and the crowd quiotly returned to tho city. Dispatches from New York, Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, Boston, Baltimore. Milwaukee, Newark London and other ties, say the Anarchists honored tho memories of tbeir dead comrades on Saturday and Sunday.

The meetings were in the main orderly, and the speeches wero not of the one-time fiery spec.es. LATE RtTURNS. Mo Official Report of the Result or the Election Yet Received from Any of the States West Virginia Still Claimed by Both I'artlr. The latest estimate on the plurality for Fifcr for Governor of Illinois Is 13,000. Returns from thirty-nine counties ia Indiana show that the vote for Fisk was 5,719.

The same counties in 1SS1 gave St. John 1.649, and in 18j (iale 5.U94. showing a gain over 1SS4 of 24.6 per cent, and over 1886 of 10 per cent. If the same rate of gain sustained in other counties the total vote in tbe State 11 be about 10.000. Both parties claim West Virginia the Democrats by from b00 to 1,000 majority.

and the Republicans by 300. It is said tbe latter have secured the Legislature, adding another to the Republican list in tbe united States Senate Tbo Republicans claim to have gained ono Congressman. Tbe official result in Virginia ia not yet known, but a Democratic majority oOt.OOO for Cleveland will probably be shown when tho count is finished. In California additional returns on the vote for President show a total of 116,734 for Harr son and 103.253 for Cleveland with 5,000 or 6,000 votes to bear from. Nebraska returns indicate a Kornb'icao gain of a.000 in tbe Btato and 80,000 pin ral ly for Harrison, with an increase in the aggregate vote of Nebraska of 53,000 over that of four year ago Governor Thayer's majority will be between JO, 000 and 22,000.

Complete returns from all the towns and wants in New Hampshire gave Harrison, 45,723: Cleveland, 43.444: Fisk, Harri son's plurality is 2,24 For Governor tbero is no chocie. The Legislature beiug Repub lican. bewever, will boose Goodell. Full returns from Oregon have not been received but sufficient figures are In to justify Harrison's majority in the State being o-t: mated at not lest fian 7.500 In Washington Territory John B- Al'en's majority over Vorl ees (Dem.) for Delegate to Congress will not be less than 5.000. Montana gives Carter (Rep.) for Con great 4.700 major.ty snd tbe Leg.slature will Save a large Republican majority.

A plurality cf 73,610 for Harrison Is shown by tbe returcs so far received In Pennsylvania There are yet four counties to be heard from. Returns from all bnt seven counties In Georgia shew Cleveland's plurality to bo 58 257. An entire Democratic delegation ia elected to Congres. Heavy Fire Leasee la Panama. Sax Fmaxciso, Not.

12 Tbe steamer from Panama brings sn account of a big fire which took place recently In the neighborhood ofMVilleta, Colombia. Tho fire originated in stubble, and owing to a strong breeae tbe names caught the bouses of tbe town. Many children perished In tbe conflagration. Heavy losse of cattle and produce are reporteJ. At Cartba-gena there bad been great loss from drought and forest fires.

All crops have bees lost entirely, and In some places tbe fire has destroyed several valuable prop erties, including an immense sugar cane plantation, on which tbe buildings and 15,000 coffee plants were consumed by the llamca. Tbe Snow-storm la Knaaaa. Kaxsas Citt. Nov. 11 Considerable damage was done by the snow-storm which raged on Friday sod Fndsy night Tbe storm was accompanied by a high wind which prostrated telegraph wire in Missouri Kansas and Colorado.

Railroad travel is also impeded on most of the roads centering in this city. A Free Pardoa Offered. ief of the Metropolitan Police, has issued a proclamation offering a free pardon .11 III. WKItA.tlAl derer may have bad, provided be will give UllOtlllUIDD UILU wu WW IHHrucr er's apprehension. Three Pereoat Cwa4 la a Baralag Bwelliaa- at Veraoe Ceeter, Jf.

T. Utica. K. Nov. 13 Frederick Knorr, his wi.e aad 11 -year-old daughter Anna perihed in their burning dwelling at Ver non Center at 11 o'clock Sunday.

Severn! attempts to enter tbe bouse and rescue the inmates were futile- The charred remain of the three were found in the cellar, tbe limbs being nearly burned off. The llage has no adequate protection against fire. 8 ax Fa ax ci 00, Nov. 13 McCoe's car rings factory, Prisgle's sbca factory as Fink Behind ler's furniture factory wwi burned Saturday nig t. Total loss abon HOOdXO: Uiuxaaee, (30.000.

in tbe recent mine explosion at Flttsbarg, set lire to her house, and she and tour, ot her children perished in the flames. Nxenoss wero sorting rags in a store at Paris. on the 12th when tbey found $16,000 between tbe leaves of an old book. Where the book came from was not I Tbi Henrietta (Tex.) court-house was blown up by dynamite on the lZtb. It was believed that a desire to destroy the records was at the bottom of the affair.

Ox the 12th William M. Peterson, a Swede, and Mr. and Mr. D. K.

Paulson were asphyxiated by coal gas in Chicago. Ox the 13th the annual session of tho General Assembly of the Knights of Labor commenced at Indianapolis, General Master "Workman Powderly presiding. J. B. Barry endeavored tospeak, but Mr.

Powderly told, aim that baving been expelled be had no rights there, and must go. He again tried to make an explanation, as he said, but was compelled to leave the hall. j. Ox tbe 13th th odies of Eula Jones White, a chambermaid, Major White, of Atlanta, and Thomas Moore, of Bloom-ington, were taken from the ruins of Bryant's European Hotel, which burned recently at Chattanooga, Tenn. Nxab Cozad, the dead bodies of Hiram Katen and William Ashley, district school directors, were found concealed in a bay-stack on the 13th.

Tax death of- Easter Gains, a colored woman, occurred on tbe 13th at Newport, at the age of one hundred and twen ty-three year a Reports that many Grand Army men were suffering in Dakota owing to a failure of crops were denied on tho 13th. A treaty was signed by the Southern TJtes at Ignacio, on the 13th consent ing to tbeir removal to Utah. Ox the 13th three Mormon elders who were proselyting near Jasper, Ala, were tarred and feathered by indignant citizens and driven out of town. Governor Gordon was on the 13th in augurated for his second term at Atlanta, Ga. The Legislature of Alabama convened at Montgomery en tho 13th.

The premature explosion of a dynamite blast oa the 13th in a rock quarry near Lexington, killed Mike Gormley, the owner of the quarry, and John Hayes was fatally wounded I Ox the 13th Judge Tburman celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday at his home in Columbus, O. The Supreme Court i of Kansas decided on the 13th that an ordinance passed by the City Council of Wellington forbidding tbe Salvation Army toj parade tbe streets was unconstitutional and void Governor Gut, of the Chickasaw Na tion, was not killed as reported recently. the would-be assassin's bullet missing him. In an accident on tho 13th on tbe Rich mond Danville road1 near Toccoa, seven coaches were burned and several persons were injured, I FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. On the Sth Michael Din wood ie, who dis appeared frcm Toronto, Ont, thirty years ago under circumstances which led to tbe belief that he had been murdered, turned up and was looking for his relatives.

He had been among the mines of Central America and had made a large fortune. Nansen, who, with four Norwegian ath letes, started from Copenhagen in May to explore the Interior of Greenland, succeeded in safely crossing the inland ice and arrived at Godthaab on the 9th. M. Larordere's proposal to submit tbe new constitution of France to a popular tote was adopted by the Paris Commune on the 9th. I Br the collapse of a house in London, persons were killed and twenty injured on the 9th.

Cairo advices of the 9th say that seventy thousand followers of the Mahdi attacked tho town of Sedai, west of Dar-foor. The garrison repulsed tbe assailants and killed three thousand, but the Mahdists reattacked and captured the town. At Quebec, six inches of snow fell on the 9th. I (On the 9th another woman was mysteriously murdered in London and her body was lrightfully mutilated. At Salgotarja, Austria, the coal mines were flooded on the 9th, and twenty miners were drowned.

Wkstmark, the Swedish explorer, received a letter in Berlin on tho 10th from a friend on tbe Congo expressing a confident belief that Stanley, tho explorer, was dead. The loss by fire of many houses and coffee plantations near Villeta, Cuba," was reported on the 10th, and many children also perished in the conflagration. Seventy persons were drowned in the recent collision between the steamers Theodore Rugia and Nantes in the British channel. Two sons of Rev. Dr.

Burries, of Kings ton, were drowned on tlia 12th while on), duck hunting. In Courtlandt, John Armstrong shot and fatally wounded his wife on the 12th and was in turn fatally wounded by his son. TniRTY armed Turks made a raid "on the Servian town of Reiski on the 13th. The peasants rallied and offered a determined resistance to the invaders, and during the struggle many were kdied. In many districts of heavy rains-had on ttie caused floods.

A fire destroyed the castle of Liben-werda, nearT3a)le. Saxony, on the 13th, and the castle physician, his wile and child and' two servants were burned to death. LATER. Ait r.ocident ccmrrod at the ice bonseof the People's la Cou.puny at Ddham, on i he 14 that cnusedf tbe death of two men and the srripus injury of four otbera Workmen were erg'aue 1 in constructing four additional In klings under one roof 150 feet long by 100 feet A strong gust of wind struck the rtially LuUt bul'd'ng and mod it to the ground carrying the workmen -with-it, some ot them from a height of CO feet Wic Showers was Lauged st Lebanon, on the for ki'ling his two grandchildren in May 18S7. Show was 65 years: of age.

W. SHOKTnr.iDGE and Dr. Robert Na-bors of Monte vallo, a few nights ago duel wiih bowie knives in a dark ened loom. The door was broken down by neighbors and tbe Doctor rushed out, covered with blood'into the street where he met a negro named Keen.m, whom he attacked and attempted to kill. They negro secured a jjun and clnbbed his as ilant to death.

Shor Lridge was fouud in tha room dead and literacy cat Bubo lars at Ru.h City, on the of tbe 13ch Hew open the safe of Joseph Jtoppe, secnr rig on'y abont $'60. On tbe Omaha tra on the night of the 14 h. when near West Superior, Wia, several occupants cf the smoking cir, got into an al ercation over trivial matters in wb'ch an unknown man fignred prominently. Af er knock. ng down several persons be drew a revolver and sho; Ben Swiizer through the n-c', and another man In the cheek.

Firing became genexl and the ssengrs Lecami panic stricken One man rushed into the Indies car and fired several shots one ot which bit Frank Bagger in the lez. Tbe train siopi ed and the unknown man 680061'. Two man were Dcdly pounded abont thi bead. A fast freight running eas; on the Burlington ro id on the night of th struck a "frog" and joirp.d trac'i just in time to tbe engine of a p- ssenger train that had just palled ont ot Downer's IU. Both engines were wrecked and the engineer and fireman of the passenger train were fatally injnred.

Thk Supreme Court ot the TJ. on the 14 deci led that the will in favor of wife or children is no part of assets of deceased. That the benefit i uries can collect wii boat any deduction on tccoutt ef debts of deceased. A mad dog st Iadianapolis, on the 13th bit Miss Cora Wa sb oa toth arms. Mr.

Walsh in attempting to rescue his daughter was had'y butea. TLe dog siarte 1 on a ti ght through tbe city citing least 50 animals and fisal'y aUccVel a small cb Id tearing omt oae citei and one eye After a chsse of two miles th- dog Tax hcose of Mrs. Frank Knecbt at Ply-irotua. was burned airing tie early boar ot the 14th and her children Fannie and Frank. ged 7 and persbsd to tn name.

KrKafcht hid left the house orn errand and dating her absence a lampex- fploded which erased tbe accident lbs v. vuum of a Horrible iai z.Twai Afterwarle Cats HU Own Tkm Monday morn hg erv that Feter Howe end his eged wife fad bn Cbrdered by dninken and fellow named Charles Burk-rfwho Uter fn the day fcv cottmg hi threat. Mr. to ble in tb room and lighted a Ump. She turned around and in almost no apace of Ume.

ITtbout looking into the mrdr poo-ple's bed-room, blewtbe Ught out and three-quarters ot a nu ln" Mrs. Howe's daughters, and there breathlessly announced that lieved tbeir father and mother had been murdered. An eiamiuation 00" that her surmise was loo true. Bo in air. and Mrs.

Howe were found room with broken skulls. Lpon tb table in tbe room on which their lamp-stood lay a freight car coupl ng-pin bespattered with blood. Further examination showed that tho murderer had gained access and had left tbe bense by a door opening upon the top of a jrcb on tbo west aide of the house. A taosler lying near showed siens of baving been Suspicion seemed to center at otfcf ia tbe minds of m-ny upon rkhard, diaboiical-looking man. who came herd" some sis weeks ago from Woodfird County jaiL Suggestions of bia arrest were made, but as he bad teen aeen npon tbe streets ia tbe morning at 6:15 o'clock, snd as bis appearance was cool and collected, his arrest was postponed for a time, ln less thsn thirty minutes after the double murder was known, hi-wever.

ti cry was raised that Burkbard bad killed by cutting bis throat. He died in a few minutes without confessing any thing. The inauest uron the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Howe developed tbe fact that Burk-hard hsd called on his stepdaughter.

Sarah Richardson, for ber wages, and, being refused, said he could get a check on Howe's bank and it wouldn't be Tf rged, either. Tbe jury was discharged jecl to Coroner Cicndeaeo, of La tUlle, talked with Sarah Richardson and told ber be knew she ba 1 not told all she knew. Sho then confessed that Burkhard entered tbe house Sunday night; dIJ his fiendish work down stairs: came to ber room; told what ho bad done, end. aflr an attempt to outrage her. he left tlu bouse.

She lay all night not daring to tbe alarm lest be waylay and murder ber. It is supposed that Burkhard killed bis vict mi that bis step-daughter taigiit come into possession of money premised her it ste would stay with tbe Howes during their lifetime. She once in possession of this money be felt It would be an easy matter for him to secure it from ber. Mr. Howe was 70 years old snd a native of Connecticut.

His fe was about 60. He was an early settler of Wcnona and had acquired property worth several hundred thousand dollars. He and bis sons owned the Wenona National Bank. Mr. Howe was very generous and very popular.

His business was widely extended and be was consequently well known. Mr. Howe established two schools for freed men in the South, one at Memphis, and one at New Iberia, La. He bad always been a strong opponent of all set jt or icrs, never withholding mrney where he deemed it would advance the cause of CRAZED BY GRIEF. Awful Act or a Maniac Mother The Widow or One or tbe IxMt Kansas Itinera Fires Her Oll-Sat orated Dwell-In; She and Four of llrr Children (turned to Brath.

PiTTi-Brao, Nov. 13. As tbe men came up from tbo fatal mine shaft at 11 o'clock Sunday morning a shriek was heard, and Marie Berthune, wife of Louis Berthune, fell senseless as she recognised the mangled remains of her bus-band Her swoon was of long duration, and when she recovered sho bad a dazed look and refused to speak or notice any one. Her constant vacant stare showed that her reason had gone, but as she evlaced no disposition to become violent littlo attention" was paid to her, and all day long she aat at her door regardless of the cnes of her five children, tbe youngest a babe five months old. Late Sunday evening sho apparently aroused from ber ttunor and took ber children to the improvised morgue where lay the body of ber husband.

She led eca cliiid up to the ghastly corpse, and still with that awful ailenco which bad marked her from tbe beginning of her bereavement, led them away to the littlo hut which had sheltered them in tho past. No attention was paid to ber by those who busy witn the dead and dy ng. but about midnieht a cry of fire from tbo village of Frontenac leathered a crowd of worker from tbe mine to the atreeta. It was seen tbet the Berthune cabin was in flames, and willing bands erere soon at work to save tbe inmates. Tbe eldest child, girl of years, succeeded in escaping from tbe fire which devoured tbe rest of the family, and ber st ry was ono thai sent a thrill of horror through her hearers.

She a that ber mother sent each of her chil dren to bod with a kiss aad then aat down near tbe stove. Tbe girl could not sleep and lay watching her mother, who, after killing for aome tne, took tbe can of coal oil and poured It over herself and tbe bed-clothes of the children. Tbe grief-stricken women then set fire to some paper and scattered it about tbe room, and soon the wbolo placd was In flames. The dsurhter struggled a short with her mother In an endeavor to getaway, but tbe burning oil on ber mother caused auch intense beat tbat she soon relaxed ber graap. Tbe girl finally managed to retool of the dorr, where she fell exhausted and frightfully turned.

Tbe cabin burned like tinder and soon nothing was left bnt the glowinar ember from which were raked tbe charred bodies of tbe insane mother and ber four children. ANOTHER SACK VI LIE CASE. Caaae ot the Oemaad for the DUalml of ledge Denny from Cores. New York. Nov.

11 Jndge Penny's trouble in Coiea was tbe writing of a letter. He was appointed trom re on as L'nitel La let Consul at HbangbaL Duiiog the A rthurAil ministration he found himself out ot a job and waa apiointed American advisor to ibe King of Cores st a salary of fit 000 a- year. In an evil moment Judge Penny wr: te a letter showing that Corea was not a vassal of China. 1 be letter got into print and bis recall has been demanded by tbe Chinese Government. Onr Government, however, is in no wsy reeoonsible for Denny, as be was appointed by tbe King of Cores.

PYNAMITE IN TEXAS. A Fart of the Calrt-Haau I. Blowa Do are by Cakaowa Parti. HcxkirrTA. Tex No is i v.t.v Mondav moraine tk A i v.

a terrific exDloaion. but tbe Republicans wefto celebrating no Investigation was made at the time. An hour later it was discovered that a por- uon oi tne court-bcuse bad been blown down. An the fact that dynamite bad been placed suuer a wing oi in nuuaia? ana almost total lv rli ilmrxd it Smldliin ili.i.i Bw WHIS on the public square were also daxarrd. uoixnm lust, laair to Oeelroy the record was at tbo tottoca of the affair.

Terry Mae Herva Has Term. rVwir Out TTnlLa nas rninsoa to grant the mandamus applied for by David Terre at lha wtan compel ton circuit coort to issssa a writ of Labeaa mm irom confinement in Alameda County jail, to which ba waa eeotlv seas fne the United Mia tea Circuit Court ia cooaeo- bo tone us baron will case. i vTeUase a th St cheetev Fire. RoCBEl-rra nonlas Mr hmimmi r- Gauge sed Lantern works ruins Monday, which make fourteen surely dead m4 Un Believed to Have He Lost la the Mine Explosion at Pitta torst XvBa. Tnlrty-Jflne Bodies lie covered Piteous Sonet.

Pittsbcbo. Not. 12. Three mora oodles ere taken "Trom the wrecked Frontenao mine Sunday, making thirty- nine altogether recovered: There are probably fifty more in tbe mine. Most of tbe victims were shockingly mutilated.

There was nothing left of ths first man brought up from tbe dreadful bole but a bleeding, pulpy trunk. Tbe bead and arms and legs bad been blown off. Many of the searchers fainted at tbeir work. Some of tbe victims were found buried beneath immense weights of slate, while others were discov ered in groups and in all kinds of posl-t on a Two men, who have not been identified, were so tightly locked in each other's arms that it was with great diffl eultythey were torn apart. Tbeir eyes bad been blown out by tbe explosion ana their faces so horribly crushed that tbe bones were ground into the flesh.

Pittsburg, Nov. 12. The explo sion in shaft No. 2 of the Cherokee Pitts burg Coal Company's mine at Frontenat, Friday night proved to be the most appalling that has ever occurrea in this country and brought death to the homes of dozens of families in Pittsburg, Frontenao and Gifard. Tbe explosion occurred at 5:80 o'clock, when the usual daily blast was fired.

One of the blasts proved to be defective and shot a stream of flame into tbe air. Ignit ing the gas and fine particles of tbe coal- dust stirred up by two previous blasts, and in an instant a vat, terriflo explosion took place which knocked all of the miners on their faces, hurled masses of coal upon them and shook every part of the mine. One hundred and sixty -tour nieq were in tbe mine, and of that number about half were uninjured and found their way to the air shaft and escaped. Tbe explosion was beard in every part of Frontenac and Pittsburg, and in a incredi bly short time the road leading to the ne was thronged with wives, mothers and daughters of tho miners with looks of ter ror upon their faces hastening to the scene. Hundreds of citizens and miners joined tbe throng of anxious relatives about tbe shaft, and as a fortunate miner emerged from tho air shaft in safety he was seized by the wife, mother or daughter and carried off home.

On account of tbe air fan being damaged and the shaft blockaded by the debris tbe work of rescuing could not be begun un til after midnight, when a rescuing party descended the shaft and began bo robing for the living. The most horrible sight met tneir gaze. The dead lay in pile in every entry on the north and woat sides, while tbe pi ssageways were strewn with dead men, mules and wrecked carts. The air was bad, and a num ber of tho rescuing party were prostrated and had to be carried out, but their places were supplied with ready volunteers. In some entries every man was dead and mangled and burned in tho most horrible manner.

Here and there in pro tected spots a man was found yet a.ive, and he was quick carried to tbe surface. where a large force of physicians had been organized to receive m. Only fourteen of such wero found, but the last one was not rescued until after daylight yesterday morning. They wero all terribly burned and tbe greater part of them will yet die. Arrangements wore then made to bring up tbe dead, and at noon that work was begun and carried on rapidly.

Thirty-six bodies were found in three entries on the north and west sides, where the work had to be stopped until other parts of tho mine could be so cured so that it could be explored and the dead recovered. It will require three days to get all tbe bodies, and, as many are burned and mangled beyond recognition, the names of all the dead will never be learned. Tbe portions not explored con tain a large number of bodies, whteh Will swell the number lost to nearly eighty. Various causes are assigned for the ac cident, but the best informed of tbe miners agree that it was tbe result of an overcharge of powder imperfectly put in by an unskilled miner in tho third entry on tbe north side, where French and Italians were employed. In that part of the mine the damage of the explosion was greatest and not a single person in tbe entries near escaped death and their bodies were horribly mangled.

Tbe desolation in Frontenac is complete and general. One-half of the homes in that little vi.lage have lost their bread -winner, and the piteous cries of tbe stricken ones are a sad incident of the calamity. Many of tbe families are destitute, and a subscription for their benefit was started, and HOD subscribed in a few moments by employes in shafts Nos. 1 and 3. One of the men who escaped said that he ran through the main way to tbe air shaft.

The miners had gathered in bunches, and all were engaged in prayer, not even trying to escape. Shaft No. 2 was opened about two years ago, and Is 130 feet in depth and employed a full force of about 200 miners, and is tbe largest of tbe three owned by the company at Frontenac Tbe miners censured the company for employing incompetent miners, which they say made the operation of the mine so dangerous that many of tbe best miners hud quit it and gone to other mines at Wear City and Esenhere. About a week airo a defective blast was fired, and it was only an accident that an explosion did not occur then. A number of the miners protested, and several rerused to go into the mines again.

SEVENTY PER NS DROWNEO. Heavy Loss of Lile the Collision Between the Theodore Kugla and Nantes. New York, Nov. 12. Theodore Buger Co.

of 60 New street have received a dispatch from Trovuille, France, that their steamship Theodore Rugia had foundered in tbe British channel after collision w.tb a supposed French ship, and that all on board had perished. The French ship mentioned is the Nantes of tbe Cunard line. At the office of tbe Cunard line it was learned that the Nantes is one of three small steamships that ply between Liverpool and Havre. Captain Adolpb Meyer, of tbe ug her wo mates and five seamen were rescued and landed at Trouvllle. The rest, sixteen in all, are missing.

There were about sixty men on the Nantes, besides a valuable cargo. Th places tbe total loss of life at between seventy and eighty. The financial loss is about (500,000. Eleven Men Kllle-t In tbe Rochester Disaster. Rochester, N.

Nov. 12. Forty mea were set to work Sunday morning excavating tbe debris of tbe steam gauge and lantern works burned Friday night. Two more charred bodies were taken from the ruins, making eleven so far known to have been killed. There are twenty-one known to be m'ssing and six others who are thought to be victims.

In blow.ng up the walls th dynamite this morning about twenty-five feet of dcuble fire-wall topped over on the adjoining building and crushed tbe roof and six floors into tbe sub-basement. Tbe walls were left standing. The damage will amount to abont 25.000. Peveon, Swindler and Bigamist. Wasbixotox.

Nov. 12. Marion D. Newman, who was recently arrested at the instance of Miss Kate a department clerk for alleged breach of prcm sc. and obtaining moey under false pretenses, still in jail.

Tbe detectives found from his correspondence that he ordained a Methodist deacon by Bishop Haven in Maine in 1878, and an elder by Bishop Simpson In New Jersey in 187S. It also appears that he has a wife in Indianapolis, another in Jackson, and another in Philadelphia. The Department of Agriculture esti. mates the yield ot corn in the United States at 2,000,000.000 bushels. Jumped from Bridge.

1 SrarsGnEi-n, Nov. 12. Sarah B. Fairer, of Keene, N. age 1 19 years, a student in the Freshman class of Smith College, Northampton, jumped from tbe Massachusetts Central railroad bridge into tbe Connecticut river Sunday, a distance of sixty feet, and was drownel.

Her father died recently and it is opposed that melancholy bad unsettled ber mind. She was an attractive young lady and a general favorite Ur her -class. While driving in a boggy near Cbant-bersburg. Saturday, Levi Overcaak and Levi Bergeastock were struck by train. Cveacash was killed aad ale oca Dnsio 1 aeriotul ianred.

Turned Her Ont, Emily Scbaefer, a young girl, was found wandering on the lake front at Milwankee the other night, and told an officer that she was going to drown herself. Her mother, sho said, had turned her out of doors on learning she was in a delicate condition. She was taken home, and ber mother refused her admission. The police then took ber to tbe hospital, where she was delivered of a dead child. Koon after she died from childbirth and exposure.

There was great' indignation, against her parents. Monona Lake Assembly. At the annual meeting of the board ot directors of tbe Monona Lake Assembly, beld recently in Madison, Senator W. S. Main, of Madison, was elected President: F.

S. Stein, of Milwaukee. First Vice- President; G. Durant, of Racine, Second Vice-Fresident; Secretary, J. C.

Mosley, Madison Treasurer, Edward Sumner, Madisou; Superintendent of Instruction. J. D. Hurlburt, New York; Musical Di rector, H. R.

Palmer, New York. Tbe next encampment will ba held from July 23 to AUgU3t 6, 1SS9. A Itig Fire at Brando 1. Fire early the other morning destroyeo most cf the business portion of Brandon, including drv-aroods. druss.

millinerv furniture and confectionery stores, the post-: fflro and Good Templars' Hall. The principal losers were W. Ferguson dry-goods, 12.000; AVeinstag Son, dry (16.003: Turuer Fowler, dniir. sts, 4.0J0. The total losi was about with one-fourth insurance.

I "Frisky" Darnett Goes Free. S. Burnett, proprietor of the People's Theater in Dulutb, and the West Superior Theater, who was arrested for shooting Frank Hayes, of Duluth, in a restaurant at West Superior, bad a pre- liminary examination in the police court the other day, and was d.scharged. The testimony of a number of witnesses showed beyond doubt that he acted ia self-defense. The Xewj Condensed.

Ashland has a citizjn who helped make the cloth from which the suit was made wuica wuiiani iienry Harrison woro when ho was inaugurate! in 1840. August Dassenbrock, of Horicon. shot himself accidentally while hunting a few days ago. Ha was seriously but Dot fatally injured. I The Common Council of tho city of Ash land has made a contract for a firo alarm telegraph system to cost $2,500.

A newly-married couplo blew out the gas at a Milwaukee hotel a few nights ago, out an open transom saved them from death. i A ciscoette weighing fifteen pounds was caught in Green bay recently. This fish- seldom seen in tho upper lakes is com-mom in Lake Ontario. Enoch Evans, of Monroe, celebrated bis one hundredth birthday recently. He was able to read w.tbuut tbe aid ot spectacles and he conversed in a lively manner.

A town is being platted at the junction of the Milwaukee Northern and the Minneapolis, Sault Sto. Marie Atlantic rail ways. Henry Barnett shot and seriously wound ed John Hayes, his discharged employe, at West Suporior the other day in a quarrel growin out of Hayes' discharge Frank Tc3sen, of Cold Spring, pleaded guilty the other day to robbing his grandfather of fSOO, and was sentenced to Wau- pun for ono year. Almon Hutchinson, ton years old. of An-! pieton, was recently committed to the Stato Reform School on a charge of bur glary.

James H. McCorm'ck, claimine to be a La Cross business man, was a few days ago adjudged insane at Dubuque, Ia, and placed in an asylum. Peter Truax, of Eau Claire, has sold the Inter-State Lumber Company about KX) worth of lumber, all of this season's cut. August Dassenbrock, of Horicon, shot "himself accidentally while hunting re cently. Ho was seriously but not fatally hurt.

A. V7. McCarlin, who had been a resi dent of Wisconsin for forty-flye years. died recently at bis borne near Water-town, aged eighty-two years. Mrs.

Fred Lang, of La Crosse, suffered a paralytic stroke while attending the funeral of a friend recentlv, and lived but a few Eiht Eau Claire sportsmen have re turned from a trip to Dakota, having bagged sixtecu hundred ducks and geese in two weeks. Captain Edwards, of Appleton, has re ceived a collection of bombshells which he p. eked un on various battlefields during tbe rebellion. a A box-car' jumped the track at Colum bus recently, striking Chadbourn's warehouse and partly demolishing it. One side of the building was completely torn out.

Frank Tessen, of Cald Spring, Pal myra, pleaded guilty recently to stealing 4800 from his grandfather, and was sentenced to one year in Waupun. Andrew Rfesser's saw and grist mills and dock at Sister Bay were burned the other night at a loss of 130,000. Governor Rusk has appointed C. C. Coo, register of deeis of Barron County, vice A G.

Barton, deceased. Hanry Schwin was appointed district attorney of Ozaukee County, vice W. C. Pors, resigned. "Weed's saw-mill on Clack river at Hurley was burned the other day.

Loss, 25,000. William E. Rowe, a prominent citizen of Arena, died suddenly of apoplexy the other day in Milwaukee, aged sixty-n ne years. A fire at C2ntervillo a few days ago destroyed Sche.be's brewery. Lass, insurance, $18,500.

The wholesale grocery bouse of Jacob Wllauer at Milwaukee, was damaged by fire to the extent of WO.OOO the other morning. A switch engine and freight train col lided at La Crosse recently aud Frank Wortemby, who was riding on the front end of the engine, was badly hurt. The seven-year-old daughter of F. F. Blair, of Eau Claire, was quite seriously scalded recently while passing an open window through which a quantity of boiling water was thrown, it falling on her face and neck.

Samuel Brockman. sewer Inspector in Milwaukee, fell twenty feet into a sewer recently, seriously injuring his spiral column. A large circular saw in a mill at Wausau struck a spike in a log a tow days aga and burst into a thousand pieces. Nj one was injured. An c'ort was being mad to discover tbe party who placed tbe spike in tbe log.

Charles Finn, a farmer living in Patch Grove, Grant Ounty, was struck by lightning tbe other marning. He was driving a load of cora from his field to his barn when ho was struck, and was instantly killed. Henry Hamilton, of Berlin, died recently at the age of ninety-two years. He bad resided there since Thomas Milmine, a conductor on the Chicago, Milwaukee St. Paul road, was run over and, killed at Portcrfield the other morning.

An enthusiastic Republican at Janes-ville was recently blessed with a pair of twins and named tbem Harrison -and Morton without a moment's delay. He declared that theirs was the cry of victory. A man entered Newburg's jewelry store at West Bend recently and asked to see some rings. Selecting a valuable one. he pointed a pistol at the clerk and backed out of the building, making bis escape with the ring.

A little child named Gonean fell from a chair on a stove at Eau Claire a few days ago, receiving bad burns. The Prospect Hotel, one of the largest hotels in Kaukauna, was burned recently. The hotel fixtures and saloon stock, tbe property of David Curtin, tbe proprietor, were nearly all destroyed and two-thirdt of the building slso. Tbe court recently reversed tbe decision of tbe lower 'court which sentenced So-qnet, of Brown Caanty, to prison for life for the murder of his wife The reversal is made because of admission of evidence incompetent. ease is therefore remanded.

i William Post, ef Fend dn Lac. disco ered a man in his cellar a few nights ago. The intruder refused to surrender and Mr. Post fired three shots at him. Bone takinj effect, however.

Tbe burglar escaped. PT TELEGRAPH, AND J4AIL. FROM WASHINGTON. Thbke were 226 business la lares in tbe States during tbe seven days ended on the 9th, against 275 the previous seven days. At twenty-six leading clearing-houses in the United.

States the exchanges during tbe week ended on the 10th aggregated $903,309,123, against $1,079,845,128 the pre vious week. As compared wltn tne corre i ponding week ef VSST the decrease amount ed to 6. per cent. "Tub Department of Agriculture on tbe 10th estimated the yield cf corn in the United States ft two thousand million Dusneis. Ox tbe 10th Marvin Newman, a com mercial traveler, was arrested in Wash ington on tbe charge or baving seven wives.

A decision was by the United State Supreme 12th to the effect that Sell secured his telephone pat ent by fraud, and that it should be revoked and an nailed. 1 A T. Bbittax, a well-known "Washing ton lawyer, was on tbe 13th designated by the Executive Committee of the Republican National Committee to take charge of tbe ceremonies attending the inauguration of President Harrison in March next. In bis annual report on tbe 12th Gov ernor Swineford, of 9 Alaska, says the white population has greatly increased during the past year, owing to tbe exten sion of mining operations and tbe development of tbe salmon canning industry. The total population is 49,850, of which 85,000 are natives.

Packages of silver dollars arrived at the Treasury Department on tbe 13th from tbe New Orleans mint from which about $1,500 had been taken and shot and pieces of lead substituted therefor. The aggregate earnings of one hundred railroads for October were $29,448,058, against $29,374,475 in 1SS7, an increase of $123, 5S3. THE EAST. Daniel Phillips, of Louisville, N. who voted Cfor Madison in 1803 cast his twentieth Presidential ballot at the recent election for General Harrison.

Mr. Phillips is one hundred years old, and has voted at every Presidential election since 1803. Lx'rixo the past ten months of the current calendar year the total amount of fire losses in tbe United States and Canada was $104,595,520, against 1102,953.325 during the same months last year, and $95,400,000 during tbe same months the year before. The lotal loss in October was 15,945,500, against in October, 1S87, and in October, 1SSG. Ox the 9th an unknown man jumped into the river at Niagara Falls and was carried over falls.

A fire in be steam gauge and lantern works at Rochester, If. on the 9th resulted In the death of six persons, four others being fatally wouiMed. Tbe smoke was so dense that tbe men could not reach tho flro-cscapes, and were compelled to jump from the third story. Bomb two hundred workmen at the Brooklyn (N. navy yard were discharged on the i'th because of lack of work.

The carpet mills of San ford Son, at Amsterdam, N. which had been shut down for' some time, resumed operation on the 9th, giving employment to two thousand persons On the 9th Steve Brodie'jumped from the Poughkeepsie (N. bridge into the Hudson river, two hundred and twelve feet, and received injuries from which he may die. Tbe leap was made for a wagor of $500. On the Uth FrederickKnorr, hie wife and eleven-year-old daughter Anna perished in their burning dwelling at Vernon Center, N.

Y. Advices of tho 11th say that thirty-three lives were lost in a recent fire at Rochester, N. Y. An explosion ot after-damp on the 10th in Brown Son's, coajl mine near Boston, fatally burned four persons. During the past season fourteen vessels hailing from Gloucester, were lost at sea, one more than in the previous year, and sixty-three lives were lost and sixteen children made fatherless.

The sentence of death imposed, on Mrs. Sarah J. Kobinsou, of Massachusetts, for killing her brother-in-law, was on the 12th UOmiL'Uted to solitary imprisonment for life, PSittRAS Rogers was arrested at Me-ohantflsburg. Pa on the 12th on the charge of ui'son, aud confessed to beiDg tbe leader of Kaug that had set lire to three factories, causing a total loss of $100,000. John McKini.ay, of Albany, N.

wSiolesalo flour dealer, failed on tho 13th for Fikr Pullman sleeper on a New York express train near Concinaugh, on the 13th, and some of the passengers had a nnrrw escape. ArTrenton, N. Charles Ruggabere, aged aixtocn years, a clerk earning four dollars a week in a cai pet store, eloped on tho Kill; willi, l.ulu llolz, aged thirteen years, daughter of Anton Hblz, a wealthy Herman. Fire swept away Watson's stores at Brooklyn, N. occupied by the Fulton (rain Milling Company, on the 13th, causing a loss of Wokkinci if rls ef New York City on the organized a society lor iheir mental and moral iuii.rovomcnt.

A fire in tho Wheeler elevator at Buffalo. N. damaged property ou the 13th to the exteut of WEST AND SOUTH. Governor Uojjdon, ol Georgia, in the recent election received votes, with not more than 400 against him. While playing with a revolver the eight-year-old son of E.

U. Darrs shot himself through the heart on. the Sth at Shelby -ville, lnl. Shirk's jewelry store at Anderson, was entered by burglars on the 8th while the proprietor wai at supper and robbed of 12.000 worth of watehes, rings and chains. i' Tub hotel at Long Branch on the coast twenty miles from Los Angeles, was entirely destroyed by fire on the Sth.

Loss, $100,000. A Ft Riors snow-storm prevailed all over Kansas on thePth. the heaviest ever known at this season of the ycarS An explosion iu a coal mine near Pittsburg. entombed ono hundred and fifty-eight men on tbe Sth who were at work one hunlrei and twelve feet from the surface, and it was feared that all perished. John Locki.in, of Monroevillc, a prominent business man, while crossing the track of the Fort Wayne road on the 9th was struck by a train and instantly killed.

Tns White and Muskatitusk rivers overflowed all the bottom lands near Seymour, on tth. A number ot livestock were drowned and thousands of bushels of corn were washed awar. i On the 9th Samuel Brown, a-farmerliv-ing near North Liberty, was murdered by bis insane wife. A fire destroyed several factories at San Francisco ou the 10th, causiug a loss of lUO.OA). Tub jath of Colonel John Knapp.

one of the founders of the Mituri Reimbtic, occurred in St Louis on the rith, at the age of seventy years. In a Cincinnati ice house on the 10th Oscar Huffman, a tiuner, fell through a hatchway and was killed. Adolph Nie-baus. a peered over tbe opening to see companion and also fell over and lost his life. Ox tbe llth the wife of Dr.

Cooper, a wealthy physician at Terr Haute, romm tted suicide by hanging herself from a door. Sorrow over the death of a son was the supposed cause. WniLE drank cn the 10th W. A. Scheu-maker, postmaster at Carbon HUL tried to kill his wife, when she shot him dead.

Ox tbe 10th a snow storm blockaded all roads leading to St. Joseph, Mo. EMsnTv lives were lost by the recent coal mine disaster at Pittsburg. Kan. In Morton County, a desperate gang ot horse-thieves was captured on.

the 10th. Karly en the meraingof tbe 19th. Peter Howe, of Wencna, lit, aa elderly aad wealtbv banker, and his wife were murdered in their beds by Chatjea L- Bnrk-hart. whose step-4anghtr was a domestic in tbe Howe family. Burkhart was sos-pected, and discovering that he was bstng watched be cemm tted suicide.

Drunken spite at tbe Howes for interfering with bis plans tor his step-daughter was supposed to have ceased the crime, Mrs. LANGTBThas a fortune of Clara Louise Kellogg has $300,000, Fanny Davenport $150,000, and Kate Claxton is said to be worth $125,000. A babt born the other night near Crawfordsville, Ind. named William Henry Harrison Tippecanoe Brat-ton by its enthusiastic Republican parents. Samuel L.

Clemens -'Mark Twain is trying to perfect a new type-setting machine, with which ha expects to revolutionize the art of printing. worn by the female employes in the United States Mints are never washed. When too soiled for use they are burned to save the gold that adheres to them. A man who yas severely injured in a row in- New pfork the other day had his wounds photographed so that their extent could be shown in court after they had healed. Kixg Khoulalonkorx sends his royal brother of China as a wedding present a big gold foot-stool studded with largo rubie3.

The gift is said to be worth $200,000. In order to test the question of how many cigars a man ought to smoke in a day a Cincinnati man smoked "fifty-one. The question was settled. lie lias gone to an idiot asylum. Under the laws of France a person who is reported dead by a legal official must remain dead, no matter how much he comes to life.

If he wants to live he must take some other name. The hair and beards of mir.sva employed in the Martin White mine in Nevada became permanently green through the agency of some unknown mineral released in the roasting of the ore. 3 The wife of a Wall street broker in New York has invented a machine for making wire rope, and sold the patent for $25,000 cash and a big royalty. She got the idea from a device she used in twisting worsted. Choi's in Guatemala havu been cut short by a severe drought.

In many departments of Salvador all crops have been lost for want of rain. In Nicaragua also a famine is threatened on account ot the drought. Rev. C. A.

Johnson announces that as a result of. much study, in just thirty-two years from now the electricity stored in the earth will come in contact with the heated matter insido-and blow the whole world up. Accoimhnu to official statistics there were 2.C17 avalanches last winter iu Tyrol and Vonarlberg. The number of human lives lost fifty-three, and nbout 500 birass were killed. Many hundred buildings were de-btroyed.

Chief of Hie" Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, sayf that," considering the number of passengers carried, and the great mileage, railway accidents are relatively much smaller and less frequent than twenty-live years ago. James Eduy. of iVoVidence 1 recently dug up fifteen hundred Silver coins in his buck yard. at lioi'soneolc. They were planted there, by uu mot-nun1 of his who sailed with Captain Kidd, buried his treasure on his farm ami left a chart locating it.

Mr. Kdily would keep on digging. Joseph W. McC.yxn, a rompositoron tlie New York Mail a)it Express, recently performed the astonishing feat of setting 2.127 ems of solid nonpareil iu one hour, on a wager of 2." with Haley, of the that no compositor in New York City could sot 2,000 cms in an licniij The feat was performed in the ftci eompobing-rooni. At St- Louis a few days ago a veterinary surgeon, and formerly a dentist, filled three dried' teeth of a valuable liorse.

the third case of equine teeth-tilling on record. The animal had suffered terribly from toothache and was unable at times to eat or drink. The operation lasted about an hour.and the horse bore the pain without winc ing. HEX Dr. Fulton" married Miss White down in Maryland the other day the ring used was made of a-gold button that was on tho wedding-gown of the bridegroom's mother, and a marvelously-tattered shoo was sent by an old darky along with the informa-tionthat it was raie of the last pair that marstor." the bride's father, bought for him in slavery times, and ho wanted it Hung after young mistress to insure her good luck.

Amstkkpam claims to have become tho chief European tobacco market, on account of the tine quality of tho Sumatra tobacco which is bought there. American cigar manufacturers are said to Iks specially eager to get this tobacco. Sumatra sent to Holland in 17 lifcvOOO bales, worth about of which $5,800,000 wrth was purchased by American buyers. The Dutch tobacco companies make enormous profits, the dividends of the Deli Company having been 10'J per' and those of tho Arendsburg Company lb!) per cent, in a recent year. An.

extraordinary burglary occurred recently in New Orleans. No rain had fallen there for weejis and a water fa mi no was the eousequoneo. In one purt of the city where water was scarce a Mr. Lot to had erected a cistern which he kept well supplied. The other morning-, however, he awoke to find that burglars had broken into his place.aud carried off two thousand gallons of water, leaving not enough to make a cup of coffee.

He had no idea how the burglars -ret to his cistern, and he could not identify his lost property the chances of its recovery were hopeless. ihimbic was originally called a thumb bell by the English, because worn on the thumb, then a thumble, and finally it present name. Thimbles were formerly made only of iron and brass, but iu comparatively late years they have been made of gold, silver, steel, horn, ivory, glass and pearl. In Chiua beautiful carved pearl thimbles are seen with the end of geld. The first thimble introduced into 5iam was a bridal gift from the King to the Queen; it is shaped like lotus bud.

made of gold, studded with diamonds und aiTunged. to spell the Queen's Qme Kaeoat ie sow a manlao. fw tha fmDorlal defense..