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I. V*N SLYKE, Editor and PnWUlar. ILLINOIS. T H E N E W S R E C O R D . SUMMARY OP A WEEK'S PENINGS. MoHENRT, DIE; S*'v- HAP- UlMt News aa Flashed OWr th« Wlrti from Ail Pmrta of the World--Ke- C«rdlii( Politic*. Religion. O-- Conucre*, ud Industry. TRADE IMPROVING. fr«ap°cts for Crops AreExeMUnt, and Trad* Boom* In Sjrmn-thy. *.. • R. 0. Drx & Co.'s weekly review of trade eays: Crop prospects have groatly Improved daring the past week, particularly in southern and Northwestern regions, where there has been lack of rain, and there is now scarcely a single commercial center lxom which the crop reports are not highly favorable. It Is important that all North­ western and Southwestern reports mention rains and brighter crop prospects. At St. Paul It is stated that few localities now lack moisture, and ihe wheat rropof Minne­ sota and the Dakotas i* thought tj be secure from harm by drought. Crop prospects strengthen confidence at Kansas City, and business is improved at Louisville, decid­ edly at Montgomery and siiihtly at New Orleans. The wool market at New York- shows improvement, and a larger demand fcy manufacturers. The business failures' occurring during the past seven days num­ ber for the United States 324 and for Can­ ada 29. or a total of 253, sis compared with a total of 244 last week and 234 the week previous to the last. For the corresponding week of last year the figures were 199, rep­ resenting 178 failures in the United States and 21 in Canada. P •'Si* n BASE-BALL. of the IMff rent Clobs Accorllae to the Latest Contest* FOLLOWING is a showing of tho stand­ ing of each of the teams of tho different associations: HATTOXAL I.KAQTr*. W. L. fks.! : . *T. L. New Torks. .29 17 .630 Brooklyns,. .23 2*5 Bostons 28 21 .571 Philadelp's. .22 26 ( hieagoe 27 21 .568 rincinnati3.20 2S .ClffS£jj*Qda..25 36 .490 Pittsb'.;r^6..18 27 ' - SI^ ' AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. . W. JJ. *?c. W. I*. SeMMii.-.iJM 21 .C96Co?ambns...& 23 St. Louis *5 23 .f 10 Philadelp s. .21 32 HeJtimores. S3 22 .'X0 Louievilles .24 37 CIncinnatis..23 28 .500 Washingt'nal7 35 .469 .433 .417 .433 9A. .500 .429 .sea •i27 :1r WEFLTFR-V ASSOCIATION. W. L. iJ»c. W. L. ^o. 13nootM....29 IS .KIT Kansas C'ys.24 26 .4-*) <imabWi.... 18 ,fi0 « Sioux CHys.2.) 29 .403 MUwankeeB.il 21 .5% Denver* 20 31 .89J Minneapolis 31 21 .530 Dulaths 17 36 .321 „ FLOODS IN PENNSYLVANIA. fitreral Hoa»-s and Stables at fijoiplowa Swpt Away LKECTTBrRG (Pa.) was visited by a most terrific rainstorm which for a time assumed the proportions of a cloudburst. At G< orgetown, the water rose suddenly to a height of thirty feet, and. rushing down the mountain, struck the mass­ ive stone culvert of the West Pennsyl­ vania Railroad, complete*/ demolishing it. The torrent of water, then passed through the town, overturning houses »nd carrying half a do'.cti of them down the si ream. John Frank, who was crossing the rati road culvert, had sever­ al ribs broken and may die. All railway traffic was cut off. & & SIX KILLED, TWENTY INJURED. fearful Loss of L'fr in an Aee!dent on th* IS CENTRAL. J FIVE miles from New Orleans tho fast express train on the Illinois Central was wrecked. Six persons, it Is re* ported, were killed, and twenty more fn ured. A relief train " as sent to the stMjne of the accident with doctors, and anu.nberof a nbulances ordered to the depot t > receive and convey the wound­ ed to the hospital The wreck knocked down all the wires of the Western I nion Company on the Illinois C entral Railroad, cutting off telegraph comm'unuation. The wreck occurred near the old Sauvo plantation. . BAD REPORTS FROM KANSAS. Wet Weather L:kMy to Decrease the Wheat ^ YH<1 Nearlv One-Hnlf THE reports from Kansas are very discouraging. The wet weather is mak­ ing the outlook very gloomy. Z. O. Smith, one of the best-known grain men in Kansas City, said that if tlie bad re­ ports were confirmed the estimate for Kansas wheat wo .Id have to be cut to 35,000.00 > bushels, instead or the <I0,- ' OJO,COJ bushels it was expected to raise. The gas had escaped during the night and overcome all of the u. One of the prisoners recovered arid r an aged to escaoo during the exclteu:ent. At least three of them will die. AT Scranton, Fa., Dennis iinnley was acquitted in the courts of the murder of Patrick Barrett in February last. Mnn- ley was acquitted because tho only wit­ ness of tho killing wa* his own wife, ana she was disqualified bylaw. THE Fraternily of Financial Co-oper­ ation, one of tho notorious investment bond societies which promise S3 lor $1, is closing up its business in Cleveland at 50 cents on tho dollar. SKVEUAL New York young men were startled by a scantily dressed baby fall­ ing on the pavement among them. The dead babv's mother proved to be Paulino Rodenberg, who said that she had fallen asleep near an open window with the child in her arms. The child had fallen j three stories. j jact ev|^enc0 SINCE the fupposei. suicide of fifteen- * overwhelming. Jones declares he will year-old Mamie McQuestin at Turners- j poison himself before he will go to *r!l 1 a V T i Kftfn lisfcvA hdAii nkunv rii- j prjSOR I AT Pine Bluffs, Ark., drivors on the Foss, It seems, had been paying tttcn* tions to a young lady at Wiscoy and in doing so had usurped the place In her affections formerly occupied by Calmv , For this he had received two sound thrashings from his rival. AT Salina, Jtan., ex-Congressman A. f PhtlUps, candidate for Congress last fall, Won tho suit brought by Dan Wagstaff, for $200 spent in Phillips; campaign. The money was spent for beer to imiu- ence voters and Phillips refused to pay it The case has been appealed and a lively sensaton as to political machine methods is promised. ^OUTHERN1NCIDENT8. AT Columbia, 8L C., six years igfb R. T. Jones brutally murdered three of his kinsmen--Edward Presley, aged 78, and his two sons, Edward and Charles. He was tried six times for his triple crime in Edgefield County, the jury in each instance failing to agree, In spito of the fact that the evidence azainst him is ville, N. J., there have been many ru mors of foul play. It was given out that the girl had committed suicide. Her story, as told by neighbors, is very sad. She was found in a pool of water four inches deep. A PKCCI-TAK disease has broken oat among the Hungarians in the Pennsyl­ vania coke regions, greatly resembling the terrible "blackleg" malady which some two years ago greatly infested Eu­ rope. There are VQO cases in the region. Their limbs present a loathsome ap­ pearance, and the disease is spreading. WESTERN HAPPENINGS. H • PI*/.'# V •• - | Hinayd a Hinrs •!!ir< f *. R'-ccENTi.t. .Tames Wa^gener, of Cro»k County, Wyoming, was taken from his ho ne by three supi.o .ed Un tod Stat-s otfeers The othnr day Mr.--. Wagg. n r f >utid th3 body of her husband h'.r.g'hj from a tree about ten mlle.< from the ranch. Wagzener had an asseJ f?l ,0JJ In cash and a large latch of horse v lie b(d raideJ cautious'v in Lis own n-vglj- borho.»d. but to'dlv haud'ed sto'eu stoc k 'consigned to him fiou the Dak and. Utah. ^ . . w it r,i (lii-tt v Ir is reported from Craves Co .my. Ky, that Payton Tead (coorcd), driver of a mail wago i between MayGeld and Cuba, was taken from his home by Wh.te Caps and s!nve then has not been seen. 1 ayton and a girl of respectable parentage had been making preparations to elope. This fact being discovered the *»id ensued. It is not khown whatbe- etme of Paytotu but the belief is that he / was hanged or shot and his body hidden. ' Pfach Crop Ou'lr.oU. FO;;, THE peach growers of the {Delaware Mid Maryland peninsula agreed that the peninsula peach crop th's year will fce about 6,000,000 baskets. JJ<a ly all the growers reported that the white and red fruit was extremely plentful, but that Abe yellow fruit was extremely scarce. All <>n t;. artf Iirnwn'"! AT Derby, Conn , C. F. Gilbert, w'.th ...Ms wife and child anil Mrs. Livingstone And Mrs. Dickerson, started down the fiver in a sailboat Nothing has been teen or heard of them since. Great ex­ citement prevails. *• ' Juhn Borubitrdt toj.v.cted. Ax Waukesha, Wis, the jury in the 0ase of John Beruhardt, charged with jf,- the killing of John Schley, a saloonkeep f' «r, returned a verdict of murder in the iliret degree. AT Rockford, Iowa, a party of four- Miss Jessie RoHin, Miss Anna Kochler, C. H. Anderson and A. D. Oooley, the two latter residents of Cedar Rapids-- were out boat riding and all were thrown into the river. Their cries of help were heard, but before they could be reached they won- all drowned. The river was dragged and all the bodies were secured. AT Port Huron, Mich., a big cave-In occurred in the Grand Trunk tunnel. The north bank for many feet gave way and sank into the cut, carrying the en­ gine house down with it and completely blocking the approach from the mouth of the tunnel for the whole length of tho cave-in. The accident Is similar to the one which occurred on the Canada side. J. B. PAKKER, an* Indian storekeeper on the outskirts of the Fond du Lac j clamation, Chippewa reservation, looks on the out­ break against the Duluth and Winn'ipeg Railroad and the lumber firm of White & McDevitt as a serious matter. The hostiles have been carrying rifies for a month. The dam had overflowed much land, hurting the hay and cither crops. By the letting out of the water 8,000,000 feet of logs are left high and dry. The Indians threaten to shoot any one who tries to repair the dam. * THE Governor of Nebraska and Gov­ ernor of Wyoming are at loggerheads over a horse thief named Kingen. This fellow skipped into Wyoming and stole a valuable horse. A mob followed him over the line for the purpose of lynching him, but instead took him back to Wy­ oming. where he was sentenced to the penitentiary. Gov. Thayer demanded of the Governor of Wyoming that Kingen be immediately returned. JVyoming's Govei nor sent back an emphatic reply In which he flatly refused to give up Kingen. Tha> er then declared that he wou.d have Kingen released if he had to march an army of militia into that ! State. Gov. Thayer is now in Wyoming. Fon some time past numerous strolling bands of Apache Indians have been seen along {he border of Arizona and New Mexico in the vicinity of the Black Kange, where the blood-thirsty old Chief Victoria and his band made their head­ quarters in 1881. The stragglers have been threatening setters. A militia company has b en organized, and at the first indication from the Inrlians that they mean trouble another war will be commenced which will drive them out of the territory or result in their exter­ mination. AT Omahfc John M. Campion, for em­ bezzling $5,40* from the Tank Line Company, was sentenced to three yeyrs in the penitentiary. Campion was a lay preacher of the Episcopal church up to the discovery of his crime. CARL BENSON, the Scandla Bank de­ faulter, who misappropriated 84,500, was sentenced to forty-five days in the county jail at Minneapolis This light sentence was in view of extenuating cir­ cumstances. Wmr.E some laborers at Gary, III, were loading crushed stone onto a car they were horrified at seeing the head and body of a man. It proved to be the body of their fellow laborer, Hermann Kreuger. He was horribly crushed an.d mangled and must have su'Tend a torc[- ble death. Kreuger was employed in the stone quarry of Kimball «fc Cobb at street railroad quit the service of the company because tho stock had not been fed. The drivers say the mules had nothing to eat for four days. AFTER a few days' travel over It by electric cars, tho great iron and steel bridge over the Tennessee River at Chat­ tanooga, built by the county at a cost of §225,000, was found to be charged with electricity, several persons receiving shocks. The trolley wire was cut by the £ar company, and the danger is thought to be over. AT New Orleans, the jury fn the case of Thomas J. McCrystal and John Cooney, charged with attempting to bribe J. Gormley, who had been summoned as a tales juror In tbe Hennessy case, return­ ed a verdict of guilty. Judge Marr senienced McCrystal to one year in the penitentiary, the full term provided bj law. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. DURING its term the United States Supreme Court disposed of 617 cases, i This breaks the record. The largest I number of cases ever disposed of by the qourt heretofore in oho session is 470. POLITICAL PORRIDGE. AT Columbus, O., the Republican State Convention placed in nomination, byac- the following ticket: Gov­ ernor. William McKinley, Jr.; Lieu­ tenant Governor, Andrew . L. Harris; Auditor, Ebenezer W. Poo; Attornef General, John K. Richards. FOREIGN GOSSIP. A CHINA steamer arrived at San Fran­ cisco with details of the beheading of fifteen Chinese at Kowloon City, opposite Hong Kong, among whom were the three leaders of the pirates who looted the steamer Namoa five months ago, killed the captain and mate, and secured over $30,000 worth of corn and goods. QUEEN VICTORIA has decided that the Duke of Fife's daughter (the recently born granddaughter of the Prince ot Wales) is only entitled to rank as the daughter of a duke and not as a prin­ cess of the blood royal. Two ENGINEERS and a car full of pas­ sengers plunged through a bridge In Switzerland, In the Canton of Basel. Every passenger in the submerged car • and all the trainmen were drowned. The number of killed is sixty, and of injured one hundred. It was an excur­ sion train. ABOUT a year ago, Paul Cram pel, the French explorer, arrived at Loango, on the west coast of Africa, north of the Congo, and a recent cablegram from Paris says that the members of the ex­ pedition have been killed and eaten by the natives of Matonga. Crampel would tell no one the purpose of his expe­ dition. FRESH AND NEW8Y, A GANG of thirteen robbers, ranging in age from 14 to 19 years, has been dis­ covered and placed under arrest at ! Columbus, Ind. The boys had been read­ ing wild West stories. NINE Japanese women, who were re­ fused admission to this country on the ground that they had been brought here for immoral purposes, were released from custody by Judge Dealy, of Port­ land, Oregon. J. J. C. ABBOTT has been called upon to form a Canadian Ministry, and has undertaken the task. w It was in con­ formity with his excellency's desire that J. J. C. Abbott undertook the formation of a cabinet, and tbe gentleman's de­ cision was arrived at with a full under­ standing,with those of his colleagues who had l>een spoken of in connection with the Premiership, and with assur- andes from them of their cordial sijp- the catch to the Danube, will sail for Beliring Sea, expecting, as last year, no interterence from any one. The fleet numbers forty-nine vesse s. HABK£T EEfOBtSi &50 4.00 8.5 J .60 (£ .38 «a .78 & .18 & .06H«* .15 & 4J50 & A 0.00 & 4.75 <a) 5.60- .99 % .62 .83 .80 .18 .W54 .10 fi.50 8.50 8.00 COO •»7 & •63V,<g @ 5.75 (<% 4.60 <&. 4.75 .97* ,U<<I .48 * BA8TERN OCCURRENCES. T J CONSIDERABLE excitement was caused ||; |n Yonkers, N. Y., by the discovery of H ©ver 8,000 pounds of dynamite stored In v a disused ice house close by the town. % V" There was explosive enough to demolish lialf the town. J. B. Seawell &Co. have S1 ^ & lease of the ice house, and it is ru ' 7 mored that the firm has been carrying «on a contraband traffic in the explosive. > THERE was a scene of excitement at Yonkors, N. Y., when all the prisoners In the cells at police headquarters were port. _ , ""I nV-- ®tQ.n° ?CeS S™# I Ttie s^amer" Danube°eiailed from Vic- crusher it flows into a arge bin. It was , . T> „ . . .. „ „ , „„ lvreuger's duty to stand Sii 5 platform J? •' ^ ? A ^ ^ ? by the bin and attend to the filling. It ^humagm Islands and bi»ng Sack is thought that while leveling the stone , seal catch already made between in the bin Kreuger lost his balance and j British Columbia and the Shumagin fell in. The noise of the crusher drowned ! Islands, which is reported to n umber his cries for help and the falling stone i ~o,4oo s^na. The fieet, after delivering slowly covered him and gradually crush- j " ed his life oiii j TTTICA, 111., the busy little cement and j brick manufacturing town and the seat \ of many cozy and pretty homes, was de­ vastated by a cloud-burst. An ominous black cloud hung like a pall for a few minutes over the place and then belched forth such a volume of water as even Utica, the scene of many floods, had hever beheld before. A few hours after the first deluge came the water receded, and while no loss of life was reported, the great amount of damage began to dawn upon the residents of the place. Not a dwelling or place of business was spared from the water's fury, and household goods to the value of thousands of dol­ lars were ruined. Beautiful lawDS were despoiled, and sand and mud to the depth of several inches covered the floors and carpet* of dwellings. AT Keokuk, Iowa, the marriage of Miss Georgia Kilbourne, daughter of Mrs. George Kilbourne, of that city, and Major General John M. Scoffield, rom- manding the armies of the United States, took place In St. John's Episcopalian BHEEP^..V.. Church. All of Keokuk's .exclusive so- " ciety was present to witness the cere­ mony. CARI. BLOCK, a Bacino, Wis., harness- maker in poor circumstances^ received a letter from a wealthy brother in Bres- lau, Germany, saying that as he was about to marry a second wife, he wanted to provide for his two brothers and two sisters, and had set aside for each of them 820,000. MM .TON* C. BROWN, a prominent busi­ ness man of East St. Louis, and his wife quarreled, and Mrs. Brown applied for a divorce on the grounds of extreme and repeated cruelty. Mr. Brown waived all rights of defense, and in five mlnntes the divorce was granted. Mrs. Brown immediately left for Pittsburg, Pa. REV. C. A. Foss, a young Presbyterian minister, occupying pulpits at Canton and Lanesboro, Minn., is wearing two black eyes and having the appearance otherwise of being the victim of assault CHICAGO. CATTLB--Common to prime.. Hons--Shipping grade* HU K K P WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COKH--No. 3 OATS--No. 2 RYE--No. 2 Bu'iTER--Choice Creamery. .... CHEESE--Full Cream, flats EGGS-- Fresh POTATOES--New, per bri. INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE-- Shiplua HOGS--Cboicelight. SHEEP--Common to prime...... WHEAT--No. 2 Red COBS--No. lJWhlte OATS--No. 2 White BT. LOUIS. CATTLB Hoos WBEtT-Mo.l Had Co an--No. a OATO--No. 3 KTE--No.a CINCINNAVI. CATTLE ."J HOGS. If IS TREMISK ABBOTT. HK WILL UNDERTAKE TO FORM A CANADIAN MINISTRY. ***• tM* t cattcru 1%iid« HJ» their Henrty Tho French Consider Hi* £«U>c I«tn MI AflVont to Them--Sir John Thompson Declined the Place. Tho lion ,T. J. C. Abbott has been called upon to form a Canadian Ministry, and has undertaken the taslc. Under the circumstances, Lord Stan­ ley, in calling upon Senator Abbott to frame a government, has done the only th nx that appeared feasible to enable tho Tory party to hold control of the treasury benches at Ottawa. Mr John Thomp on was first called, but ho soon discovered when he under­ took the formation of a cabinet that It was a task he was unable to carry to a successful issue. He discovered that the ultra-Protestant province of Ontar.o, which gave Sir John Macdonald's Gov­ ernment a support of forty eight mem­ bers. wonld not accept him as Prime Minister, he having at ono time turned from Protestant to Catholic. Sir Charles Tupper 9 attempt to wrock the Grand Trunk* Railway, the second largest cor­ poration in tho country, put him out of the raco, so that Senator Abbott was the only one whom it was possible for the Governor General to call npon, lest he took up Sir Hector Langevin, who cer­ tainly, by right of senoritv, should have been called. In passing over Sir Hector, Lord Stanley has Ignored tho French Canadian race. In advocating the candidature of Sir Charles Tupper, the Cittee t. the Govern­ ment organ at Ottawa, said a provisional Ministry will be a public proclamation of weakness, a Dag of truco never yet displayed by Conservatives. Mr. Chap'eau was quits eertaln that Sir • ohi Thomp on womd bo Premier. He protested strongly against any pro TORLTENTS OF WATER ' H&5T. J. .1. C. ABBOTT. Visional arrangement with respoct to the Premiership. He said: "We are fresh from the electorate, a:id we can form a strong Ministry. Sir John Thomps-n, to my mind, is the only man who can give a guarantee of stability in the re­ organisation of the Government and the party. He will meet with difficul­ ties, and we believe that our Ontario friends will see that it is their duty and interest to join and co operate at this juncture." John J. Caldwell Abbott was born on March 12, 182aa, in the rectory of St Andrew's Parish, County of Argenequil, Quebec. His father was the Rev. Joseph Abbott, M. A., who in 1818 came from England and settled at St. Andrew as the first Anglican incumbent. Mr. Abbott graduated from McGill College, Montreal, and r i 6nce entered upon the study of law. At the age of 27 years he was called to the bar of Lower Canada. It was not until 1850 that he entered political life as member for his native county in the Assembly of Canada, From that time onward he took an active part in the transactions of the House, notably in reference to commercial matters. He was made a Q. C. in 186; and for a short time was member of the Sand field-Mao- donald Ministry as Solicitor General In 1864 he introduced and fought through tho House the "insol­ vent act," probably his chief work as a legislator. In 1867, npon confederation, Mr. Abbott was elected to the House of Commons. In tho nego­ tiations of the syndicate, of which Sir Hifgli Allan was chief, for the Pacific Railway charter, Mr. Abbott acted as counsel, and through his confidential clerk's treachery the fannous private correspondence which caused \he Pacific scandal saw the light. In the defeat of the Government at that time Mr. Abbott shared, and remained in private life until 1880. He was elected in that year and sat through Parliament until 1887, when he retired. He was subsequently elevated to the Senate, of which he has of !at« been the Government leader. Next to the insolvency act, the measure by which his reputation has been most enhanced is the jury law consolidation act for lower Canada. FOR HIS MOTHER. 2a wards the death He Was aba' com* tdenco in death of found unconscious. There were six ... prisoners confined (or trivial offenses- * by * young man named Caine. the son • »' of W. W. C-aine, of Wiscoy. Rev. Mr. WHKAT--Ho. 8 Ued. COBS-NO. 9 OATS-NO. S Mixed DETEOIU. CATTLE. HOOB HREKP W UK AT--No. 2 Bed.............. COJIN--No. 3 Yellow OATS--No. 9 White. TOLEDO, WHEAT .«*»»' COBC--Caah OATS--No. 1 White...... CLOVEB SUED EAST LIBKRTY. CATTLE--Common to Prime.... HOGS--Lifiht BHKKP--Medium LAMB& MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring............ CORN--No. 3 OATS--No. 2 White.......,...w... KYK--NO. 1 BARLEY--NO. 9... .1 FORK--Meat. NEW YOBK. ^t/ATTLEa»• »•«( #*•••••••••••••••• Hooa KHKEP WHBAT--NO. 3 Bed COB.V--No. 9 OATS--Mixed Western. BUTT KB--Creamery... Eooe--Western................ 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One morning he was found dead in his room in Now York hotel. It was a delib­ erate case of self-murder. He left letters Which gave directions for tho care of his body. Aveling also died from morphine. But th« strange part of it all was that Edwaids was en­ gaged to play the leading role in "Paul Kauver" next reason. Ho was a mem­ ber of tho Actors' Order of Friendship. His wife, who is a professional woman, lives'at 331 West Thirty-fourth street, New York. She contemplated joining the company of which her husband was a member. The remains were shipped East to be placed at the side of hl9 mother, whom he loved so dearly. O N F I R E A T SEA. The Steamer City of Richmond TlurMt ened with Destru-tinn but Is Saved. The steamship Servia, at Queenstown from New York, reports that she sighted the Richmond flying signals of dis­ tress. On making inquiries it was learned that the cargo of the City of Richmond was on Are. The 8ervia steamed slowly alongside the City of Richmond until Browhead was sighted. The fire had been dis­ covered two days before, when a cabin passenger noticed that the floor of his state-room was hot Heat once gave an alarm and the crow was promptly arous­ ed. On examination smoke was found to be issuing from the forehold. The smell Indicated that cotton was burning. Steam and water were injected into tho •hold iu hope of putting the fire out Don'ts for tbe Table. DON'T find fault and pick about yonr food. DON'T talk with your neuth filled with food. DON'T soli the table-doth with bones, parings, etc. DON'T laugh lon41* er talk boisteroiuh ly, at the tabl*. The Flood) Were Caused by Cloudbursts, and Here Unparalleled In Their Sud­ denness--Enormous Destruction ot l>rsp- •rty--Xliree children Drowned in Mglit •f Their Mother. The villase ot Utica, III, was the scene of a c!oud-burst that is almost without parallel A few minutes before noon an omin­ ous-looking cloud was observed hanging over the village and with a peculiar rolling motiou shilling first east, then no.thward, and then apparently rolling back upon its path until it came directly over the town *• The darkness that attended the gath­ ering storm was like that ofnight. The people were terror stricken and looked at ono another in speechless suspense. Suddenly the floodgates of the heavens wero opened and at one awful burst a torrent poured itself upon the village, and almost instantly the streets wero burled under water that rpse over lawns, porches an 1 then into the houses, driv­ ing the people from tholr homes and their places of business ta seok safety on the highest points available. 'J he excitement and angufeh of tho fleeing panic-stricken villagers was ter­ rible in the extreme. Many of them be leved their last hour had come. Mothers hugged their children to their breasts and prayed for deliverance. Others, not entirely paralyzed with fear, devoted themselves to saving their property from ruin. Within a few moments of the cloud­ burst the water was mlly six feet deep in tho streets. When it began receding the great damage to property could bo "iscerned. <• Sidewaik.-, fences, and bridges were washed away; dwellings and places of business were part ally ruined, and household goods on tho lower I'oors were render d worthless. The hock Is an l's new doub'e-track iron railroad bridge over tho Peguin Soggin creek was washed away, and four cars on a siding at the new cement works were carried down the stream. The canal bank broke in several places, which increased the vofifHe of water, and kck No. 13, just west of Uti­ ca, was torn out . Large gauss of men were immediately at work removing the areat beds of sand which washed upon the track from tho Utlca pits, while others were replacing the broken bridge. The loss Is hard to approximate, but i515u,ooo is a conserva­ tive figure In Hilton, a small town across the river from Peoria, numerous houses were washed from their foundations and the people fled in their night-clotht s to the rail real grade and the hills. The water in l.ou-es at Farmdale rose a- depth of three feet, and the people narrowly escaped drown­ ing. Herds of cattle, horses, hogs, and chickens wero swept away, and the crops of farmers for a large tract of land in the vahey were utterly ruined. The only fatality reported was in the Cop­ peras Creek valley, just across the line in Fulton County. A family named Gray had a cabin in the val oy, and when the flood left the banks of Copperas Creek and rushed dov/n the va?ioy tbe inmates grew alarmed The father took his three boys and sta ted to the hills, while the mother refused to leave the house. When half-way across the valley a float­ ing log struck Gray and stunned him. The rushing water drowned the boys (aged 12, 8, and 5), and he narrovrly es­ caped by clinging to tho log. His wife got on the roof of the house and was rescued. - A water spout deluged tho country north and east of Canton, and did great damage to property. At Farmington 300 yards of the Central Iowa hallway was washed out- Three bridges of the Lake Erie and Western R^ad between Cranda!l and F'armdale were destroyed by a cloud­ burst which flooded F'arm Creek Valley. Five other bridges were, crippied. Sev­ eral trains had narrow escapes and all were de'ayed. The storm waa local and conlined to a email area. 8CHOFIELD-KILBOURNE. Celebration of Their Nuptials at the Home of the I'rlde. Gen. John M. Schofield, commander- in-chief o? the United Stat3s army, has capitulated. His marriage to Miss Geor­ gia Kilbourne, of Keokuk. Iowa, was solemnized at the bride's home.and scores of the gallant soldier's friends were pres­ ent at the ceren ony. The bride, Miss Georgia Kilbourne, is a beautiful young woman, about 26 years old,whose father is ono of the wea thiest and best known men in Iowa. Her a EM. JOHN 11. SCHOTIZLD. grandfather was David Kilbourne, a cap­ ita 1st and contractor, who moved from New York to the State we4t of tho Mis­ sissippi almost in its infancy. He proj­ ected many of its first railroads and public improvements, His son, George Kilbourne, married a daughter of jProf. Wells, who for many years conducted the military school for boys at Peekskili. Miss Kilbourne is well educated, is possessed of a comfortablo fortune in her own right and will have more from her mother. She has traveled exten­ sively and is an accomplished and welt- polsed young woman who will be a bril­ liant accession to the social corps of the MISS OaOBGIA K. MLBOCRKE. Army. She is cspee?a'Iy winsome in conversation, inheriting from both her parents uncommon gifts of wit, versa­ tility and fluency. She has a petlto fig­ ure, symmetrical and graceful, and un­ derstands perfectly the art of dressing A BEAR-BACK RIDE. ? *h» lidtlBi Adventure of m Boaver . Trapper ta Alabama. 'Beaver Smith, the hunter and trapper, wjfc©roams all over Georgia and A lab am *1. trapping beaver and otter,had an exciting adyantnre with a big black bear not long ago, cays a Birmingham (Ala.) correspondent of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Smith had his traps set along the banks of tbe Tallapoosa River, in Randolph County, and had been catching a number of fine, fat beaver. One morning he went to one of his traps, which was a mile down the river from his camp, and was surprised to find that he had caught a bear in­ stead of beaver. He was just in time, as the bear had pulled the light steel trap from its fastenings and was making off with the traj hanging to his foot with a grip he could not shake off. Smith had left his gun at the camp, and, see­ ing that the bear was in an ugly humor and disposed to show fight, his first im­ pulse was to let go. But it would carry off,1m steel-traps, and steel-traps cost money. Then Jack suddenly remem­ bered that a strolling showman who was in the neighborhood bad offered him $50 for a live bear. This decided him; he would capture the bear alive and se­ cure the money. Smith decided the safest and best plan to capture the ani­ mal would be to get hold of one end of the steel-trap chain and fasten it securely to a tree. This would hold bruin until he could go and get help enough to tie him. The bear was walk­ ing off down the bank of the river, oc­ casionally turning to snap and growl at the steel-trap that held one hind foot in a viselike grip. Smith ran up and se­ cured the end of itbe chain without trouble, but as he stopped to fasten it to a tree the fun commenced. The bear, with a savage growl, tvrned and made a rnsh for him. He dodged behind the tree just in time to save himself from an embrace that would have been fatal. In a moment the bear had turned and was after him again, and then began a race around the tree, Smith all the time holding on to the chain. Finally they got away from the tree and nearer the bank of the river. Smith caught his foot under a vine and fell. He rose quickly, the bear stumbled, and then someway, Smith says he will never know just how it happened, he found himself astride the animal's back. He still held to the chain. Bruin tried to shake off his rider, but getting a firm hold on the long hair of the beast Smith held on. A new idea suddenly entered the head of the bear, and with another growl he plunged into the river. Still the now thoroughly frightened hunter held on, and the bear, with only his nose above water, struck out for the opposite bank of the river. He swam about 100 feet from the bank, and then, seeming to realize that he was handi­ capped by the weight on his back, he turned and went back. As the bear struggled up the muddy bank Smith leaped off, and wrapping the end of the chain attached, to the steel-trap around a small tree he fastened it, and then he had bruin a captive. He lost no time in going after help, but when he re­ turned in an hour the bear was gone. The animal had pulled its captive foot out of the trap. A quantity of skin and flesh had been pulled of the bear's leg, but it was loose and gone. Smith did not attempt to find the animal again. He says bear-liunting is not his occupa­ tion. • "Tbe Rallrosd ol Lore." " Igota queer request from a^wtt<" ductor for a pass the other day," said prominent Chicago railroad man in the Southern corridor yesterday. "He asked for a pass to one point for a young lady whom he designated as Miss Parker, and from there to Chicago for the same young lady as Mrs. Elliott, his own name. I inquired how this was, and when I received the explanation I allowed the passes. He was on his regular run and did not care to lay off a day, even though he was going to be married. He had his home all nicely furnished in Chicago, and the voung lady was to meet him at the stat&n where her parents lived. A minister was to board the train there, also, and they were to be married on board his train . "Everything went off all right and they were married accord­ ing to the programme. The only trou­ ble was that the marriage service wa9 a little longer than he expected and he had to suspend operations for a oouple of minutes for his train to make a sta­ tion. "They are now quietly living in Chi­ cago and have a very pretty|little home. The train crew furnished the witnesses to the ceremony, and altogether it was an ideaLrailroad man's wedving. Sev­ eral presents were received by the young couple, and the passengers took uo a purse, which they gave to the bride." hi MI Stopped Wrttlil|. One of the younger literary women who has made the beginning of an ex­ cellent reputation, though she is too young to have become as yet widely known, makes the statement that she h'as definitely and for some years laid down her pen. The reasons she gives for resigning the foothold she has struggled for are not without interest. "I have noticed for some time," she says, "that I have been unable to be or­ dinarily civil to my little girl. I am busy and I can not keep my temper when, in the middle of a paragraph, baby interrupts me. The cliip&x came just a few days ago. The child entered the library a few minutes before lunch hour, walking slowly and timidly. She came to my desk and put a little bowl in front of me. " 'Mamma,' she said *1 have picked you thirty-six dandelion blossoms.' * 'Thank you,' I answered. I will look at them while I am writing/ "A minute later I heard her in tho next room with her grandmother, 'Grandma,' she said, 'mamma really atopped writing to thank me.' "1 threw ddwn my pen. If it seemed strange to my baby that I thanked her it it time I stopped book-making."-- Well SattHflert. "When the late Archbishop Tait was passing some time in a little village of Perthshire, he received an unexpected and no doubt a pleasing expression of appreciation. As far as it went, the tribute to his ability as a preacher was sincere. He had given instructions for bis letters to be sent to the local post- office, to be called for. The day lie arrived in the village ho walked down to the general shop,whio!i also dil duty for tho poatofiice, and asked, "Are there any letters for the Archbishop .of Can tebnry?" The storekeeper had something to say before he answered the question. "Maybe you'll be that purrsen yesel'? "Well," said the Archbishop, "as a matter of fact, I am." "Well," the postmaster oontinued, earnestly, I have a son, and he is in a shop in London, and ho told me that he aince gaed to St. Paul's Cathedral to nro imnnpo JjV Y ljf IIlO illVilillll* A DESPERATE CONVICT, NOT HEARTLESS. " William Uxcanb, a Kotorloa* TMtt Thought Only or Bt« Mother, Though Mortally Wounded--Shot While Trying: to Kob a Stranger. William I angosch, a Ch'cago tough,, was fataliv shot, in Schroeder's saloon,. 72 North Pesplalnos street. In company with Charles Ilemm'ng he called for a. drick. Schroeder and his son Fred were behind the bar. Near by stood W. H. Holliday, a manufacturer of saw-mill tools, 140 West Lake street, who waa counting over S5'J in bills. From the manner In which the two men called for liquor and at the same time eyed Mr. Holliday's mon >y, tho proprietor SUB- Sected them, liefore he could give Eolliday warnins Lan^osch and hla companion stepped up to Holliday s side, each taking him by the arm. Schroedeir ^ seized a billiard cue, shouting to Holli­ day to guard his money. The fight that followed was a lively one. In it Lan?oseh received the shot- that will cost him his life. Schroeder attempted to fell him to the floor with tho cue, but was grappled, Langoach. overpowering'the saloon-keeper, knock­ ing him down with,his own weapon. Meanwhi'e, Hemming and Holliday were fighting fiercely. Mrs. Schroeder hear­ ing the scufi.e ran Into the room, only to- be knocked down. Ju^t as the men were preparing to leave Fred Schrocdor, who had gone up-stairs for a revolver, rushed into the sa'ooa. llis sudden appearance put a stop to procee Jings. Seeing hla mother and iather both lying on the. floor, young Schroeder diJ not hesitate to fire immediately, leveling his gun directly at l.angosch. 'Ihe latter sank to the floor instantly.' The police arrested Hem miner and Fred Schroeder. Langtsch was removed to his home, where upon examination it. was found the bu let ha 1 passed entirely! through his stomach and lodged in bi& back. The attenJing physician said he could not live. Langosch is a well-knowa character and served a term in Joliet. Mr. and Mrs Schroeder wero not seri­ ously injured, although their wounds, were of a painful nature. . Langosch is a notorious character, and has been feared by almost every one who knew him. he was released from the penitentiary only five weeks ago, but since then has been known to have taken no less than six rides in the patrol wagon. On one occasion ho en­ gaged in a fizht and was stabbed eleven times, the marks of which are still fresh on his body. But, criminal that he is, he showed a tenderness after being shot* which touched the hearts of th« officers, who, all their lives, have been ac­ customed to scenes of violence and hard character. Langosch pos­ itively refused to be taken to <the hospital, and insisted on being carried to his home. Officer Byrnes asked him if he had any one to care for him at home, and he replied that he had a "kind old mother." When the patrol came within 100 feet of the house Lan­ gosch begged the officers to allow him to walk the remainder of tho way. He said his mother would faint, and the thought of that hurt him more than the fatal wound in his body. The officers grant­ ed his request and Langosch withOQt assistance walked to his mother's house. With the ut-nost composure he seated himself in a summer-house and buttoned his clothes so that no blood was seen.< The mother, who is 63 years old, alarm­ ed by the presence of the oncers, came in wringing ,her hand-. When Langosch saw her he crossed his legs and, putting a cigar to his mouth, said: "Mother, give me a match." Mrs. Langosch brought him a match, and the cigar was lit. He took a few puffs and a quantity of blood filled his mouth. Even then he seemed to forget that he was mortally wounded, and, thinking only of his mother, asked an officer to step aside that he might spit in the weeds, where his mother would not see the blood. A physician arrived and ordered him to be placed on a bed. Langosch would not be carried, but arose and walked con­ fidently into another room, where he lay down. There his nerve did not desert him. He requested not to be chloro­ formed while the bullet was probed for, saying that it must be donr> while his eyes were open, that his mother would not' think him badly hurt. And he even, went so far as to ask for a razor that he might reach around to his back and cut the, fatal bullet out himself. A> CLOSE SEALING SEASON. An Agreement Beached by American an<t Brrlull Authorities. The agreement for a closed season in Bering Sea was signed by the represent­ atives of the two Governments, William F. Wharton, Acting Secretary for tho United States, and Sir .iulian Paunce- fote for England, and th8 President at once issued his proclamation ordering the stoppage of seal killing, and warning off the poachers. By the pro­ visions of the new modus vivendi both governments prohibit the killing of seals (except the 7,500 necessary for tho sup­ port of the Indians) until the first of next May. To this end both govern­ ments will co-operate to the extent of their ability, and the naval vessels of both powers, are authorized to s«eize the vessels found disobeying the agreement, with this important proviso, that vessels so seized shall bo turned over to the authorities to which they belong for trial, the captors supplying the evidence. Thus at last the orders have come from the United States and from Great Brit- tain that tho Canadian seal murderers, must desist from their brutal work, at least until next May, by which time the two countries may have settled by arbi­ tration, and our naval vessels will pro­ ceed at once to the sea to enforce the proclamation of the President. There is room for congratulation all round. Great Britain may be congratulated for its decision to no longer support tho murderous pretensions of the Canadian poachers. The administration may be congratulated upon establishing a modus vivendi pending tho arbitration. The female seals may ba congratulated upon escaping from tho heart-ess Canadian butchers, and all the seals in ^Behring Sea (excepting the unlucky 7,:»00 who mu t sacrifice themselves for food and clothing) may bo. congratulated al&othat they will have at least one season of immunity from harpoons and clubs. <J' -.'..fi.' Vi Mi' Ass . ^ the Told I n a Few Words. ^ IT costs Americans about 51,000,& year to stop their teeth. OF the twelve largest cities in world three are In Japan. IN Lapland dress fashions have not i changed for a thousand years. IT costs more to keen a poor HORSES3*1 than it does to k$ep a good one. NOTHING is so indicative of deepest culture as a tender consideration Of the ignorant LADIES at a patriotic ball in Paris pledged themselves never to dance with a German. THE French ^cartridge works at Bourges are woiking on double Govern- ment orders. No BOOKS are so legible as the lives of men; no characters so plain as their ? moral conduct. 1 THE best harbor In the world is that of i Riode Janeiro, with Sydney, Australia* * aclose second, -.r.0* " -V "FIR \ ,V-\. ; i-'-'S 4 Z, ' { -V iSv k.-j '•'J ir.i* . . .