i Ucbrasha llotcs 1896 SEPTEMBER. 1896 T. W. t. r. s 3 4 5 10 11 12 17 18 19 24 25 26 6 20 27 15 16 2 I 22 23 28 29 George Bucraetta's Btore at Elk Dreek wag broken into, probably by .ramps, and a lot of clothing ami tobacco Tlie house of Isaiah Hasbrook, near Bradehaw, was entirely destroyed by Bre. The loss was about $3,000, with l,8iK) insurance. H. C. Johnson caught a thirty-pound '.urtle and a ten-pound carp near Graf ton anil brought them to town as evi dence of his prowe-s. Sam Schultz of Klk Creek had three nice hogs billed by lightning recently. The lightning struck a large, tree, under whici) the hogs were asleep. Editor Bulla of the Sun limps about these days, the remit of getting his foot into the pr -S8 machinery. Editors very frequently (jet their ' foot into it." Schuyler Quill. Some hungry person entered Ira Wil liams' cellar at Wahoo recently anl re lievel them of four loaves of bread and rpiite an amount of jelly. He evidently liked god cooking. A prohibition party advocate recently rame to Gordon to lay in supplies and politics. It was noticed that on leaving town he took a two-gallon jug of tde luioothest kind of booze. Dill Huston have prepared an ex hibit of Hall county products, which they propose shipping to the Iroquoiii county, 111., fair, under the charge of A. DeWitt. It is a fine collection. The editors of the Progress and Eye, both of Burwell, are no longer friend?, and each is throwing out hints tending to reduce or entirely annihilate confi dence in liia opponent's virtue and honor. Toentv rRttlpHnakes in an afternoon is the record made by Iw Wii.sor and J. C. Crist of Wayne not long ago. They varied in size from six inches to full grown snakes, and it wasn't much of a j day for rcakes either, Mose Croll of Kearney awoke ihBt ' Thii'Sdny night and, like the old maid, found a man in the room lh.it is, an other rutin. While Mose was trying to: load Ids fire alarm the visitor retreated hastily, but in good order. The city council of Tecumseh has pas sed a Ftringentotdinance hearing on the liquor question. I's object is to efft ct ually stop the bringing of liquor into Tecumseh from other towne for disposal either by gift or by sale. A two-year-old child of A. C Corhett ol EuMis got hold of a bottle of carbolic acid ami in trying to drink from it, ! burned i:8 mouth, face and throat so that its life was despaired of. It is now im proving and is out of danger. While hinting near Stanton recently Sherman Porter, ged fourteen, was ac cidentally shot bv Tom Stevens. The chatge of No. 8 shot passed through the leg just lelow the groin. The wound, though severe, is not regarded as fataL Sheriff llulierle of Otoe county went to PlattHinouth recently after Tom Chapman of Nebraska City, who is charged with having established pater ml relations in that burg without first going througuthe formality of a mar-J the south side of Thirty-third street, rmK8, saluting him as, he passed in. Lon Wait of Syracuse bruised bis fin-1 Ag Li HunR Q)M)f was about to en ger and a felon developed. He had it tlie Waldorf be saw standing on the lanced and the pain and drugs together ' iteM tie Hon. John W. Foster, ex-seo rer.dired him out of his mind for over , ruUry of gt8to Tney hands very twenty-four hours. He was frantic and e ,r(i jally. Mr. Foster, it will Vie re it was feared that lockjaw wold set in. niernber, actod as adviser to the famous He is now recovering, however. Chinaman during the negotiations for A villain gathered a farmer's chickens peace between China and Japan in the near Milligsn, and carelessly stowed ' j ,te war. them away in his wajron. The farmer I The viceroy did not register. Accom tracked the villain by the dust he dis- J paui-d by Mr. Foster, Mr. Rockhill, placed, and finally overtook him. He ( assistant secretary of state, and Gen jumped from his wagon and was soon era Ruger, he ascended to his apait- lost in a tangled forest of corn , but his horse and wagon, sixty-eeven chickens, a laprobe and a whip became spoils of the victor's. A stabbing affray occurred in Crete at 6:30 Tuesday evening betcen J. W. Jackson, a restaurant keeper, and George Laramy, a horse trainer, in which the trainer was'seriously and pro bably fatally injured. The men had been quarelling over the settlement of a board bill, and during the dispute Jack son, who was whittling at the t'rne, in throwing up his hands o protect him self fiom a rush by Laramy, stabbed Laramy through the left breast, pene trating the muscles of the heart and leii lung. It Is the general opinion that the stabbing was unintentional, for both men were the best of friends until the happening. Iaramy is in a precarious condition, and his recovery is doubtful. He is a tdngle man, about twenty-five years old, and has no relatives bore. James McAfree of Tekamah was bit ten on the foot by a rattlesnake last week, but with prompt medical attention he recovered from the effect in a few days. A little son of Jeppe M. Watt of near Praha, was recently bitten by a rattle snake. E. Lamhofir proceeded to cure him with the root ol the echinacea plant commonly called the black fanison, or porcupine plant. The root is scraped and is used both externally and Intern ally. This used to be the old Indian remedy. LI AN HONORED MANDARIN Li Hong Ctang Arrive! at New York Amid Pomp and Pagea.try- WELCOMED AND GIVEN ITS FREEDOM. Gen. tlu(r .re-U Hie l;ellnUlhrd Cliliiam--ia In lth -If of IIih President oftlio l ulled tatr T" Juet uf Honor aiuageil lit America. Nko Yokk, Aug. 2it. II Hung Chang, viceroy of China, Anibas-ad-r fextraor diniry to Russia and world-i enow tied diplomat, arrived in New York yester day and became th guest of the nation. Tne stately St. Louis pam-ed Fire Is land at 10:33 a.m. with the distin guished visitor on hoard. The Btearnei made the trip from Southampton in t-ix days and three hours. She was sainted by the tooting ol whistles, tugs and steamers as she passed the lower bay and entered the narrows. The day wasape'fcct one. Bright sunlight overhead, an atmosphere clear as crystal with a tinge of autumn co li nes in it and a liirli t br--eze that milled t'e surface of tiie biv combined to make the lirs' view'hal Li Hung O.'iang had of the harbor of the metropolis a pleasant one. Added to its natural beautiei wa-t the imp sing spectacle furnished by the presenct of the finest (b et of warships I'm le Sam has evei gathered together. Tiiey were the beet of the navy and every vessel was pol ished and painted and made ready in Bristol fashion for the reception of the honored guest There was the new cruiser New York, flug-ihip of the fleet. M i tli Admiral Bunee on Ixjiird. The cruii'jrs Cincinnati, Columbia, Raleigh, Neward, the battleships Indiana and .Mass ichusetts, peerless in their class, the Maine, the Texas, the monitors Amphilrile and Terror, the ram Kalah d n and the dispatch b at Dolphin, with the reception eommitte on Imard. The men of war formed in double column and as the St. Louis paused letween the lines taluU d in turn with a roar of their batteries. When the steamer came to Castle William a salute was fired. 'I he envoy aiked what it was anil seemed pleaied when told it was in his honor. All along the water front crowds gathered and cmHS wenl UP "onor 01 l,,e " H 1 'lie;1 tMe "teamr touched pier. Li's sedan chair was gotten re 1,1 ? for him, but he turned to the 11. e i ami Saul: I do not neeil it. i !''fcr to walk upon Amencin shores." At. 1 : ) p. m., acconipanieu uy me ! odicial party, he left the steamer by a I private givngway and was greeted by j the naval militia, who heat a welcom- lug tune upon drum. The party de fended from the upx-r pier by eleva tor, which was elaborately decorated with Chines colors, to the lhair below, v. here another compsny of the naval reserves formed a cordon. Here eight carriages were in waiting for the for eigners, There wa-f a delay of half an hour in getting away. In the mean- time an immense crowd had gathered outside the American line dock at the foot of Fulton street. A large force of police was on hand and they had all tiiey could do to restrain the throng. The procession up Broadway from the battery to the Waldorf was uninter rupted by an unusual incident until Nineteenth street and Fifth avenue was reached There a little ra iimullin threw a dried lemon peel at the am bassad t'b carriage. It made a curve in the air and Geiier linger and Li had to dodge so as not to lie hit by it. There was an immense crowd at Thirty-third street and Fifth avenue, but Li entered tl.n lifit.ii illiullv The eUl'ft'rV litlPit 11 II inents. which embrace the entire first floor, The sleeping apartments are on the corner of Fifth avenue and Thirty third streets. The distinguished China man was left alone for a few minutes. At 4 o'clock he gave audience in the hall to the 100 or more silken robed Chinese merchants. of New York. Fenln Horry for Ititllnna Wahiiinutok, Aug. 29. -The report of Governor Foster of Louisiana upon the lynching of three Sicilians charged with murder and confined in the parish jail oi Hahnville, St Charles parish, just lie low New Orleans, in resjiect to which Baron Fava, the Italian ambassador, in the name of his government, has asked reparation from the United States, has been received at the state department. The governor makes the customary re ply in such cases that the perpetrators of the deed are unknown to the author ities, who are taking all possible steps in the matter. WanU lo l.rava Her. Ran Francisco, Aug. 29. Frederick Belasco, the acior, a brother of David Belasco, the well known playwright, whose recent suit against N. K. Fair banks, the millionaire pork packer ol Chicago, gained him world-wide no toriety, has sued lor a divorce from his wife, Grace Belasco, now in New York, and whom he charged with desertion. Belasco was married In Wisconsin in 18113. His wife and he were then play ing in the same company and travelled together as far as this city. 1 Ur loi y tf a t ire. ILruoiiTos, Mich., August 28. An other sawdust town has gone where 0 many have preceded it. Ontonagon, the olcest settlement on Luke Superior between the Soo and Bayfield, is no more, and its 1,S(K) homeless and hun gry inhahitan's are depending for food and shelter upon charity. The s'ory of its det motion in a few brief hours Tuesday afternoon in piti fully like the stories from a score of other lumbering towns in the northwert wkich have been wiped from the earth in a few hours. Smoldering forest ares had burned in the swamp south of the Diamond Ma ch company's big mills d.r two 'weeks. At noon the wind freshened. At 1 the hr-t mill caught fire, despite a fire department creditable to the to vn and i f the special firemen and apparatus of tlie mat -h company. The wast s de mill speedily became a seethim: ma-x of tl.ui.es. TheaiitoniaMC sprinklers deluded the v. hole interior uith water, imt fie gale fr m the south west drove the (lames i .to the lumber along the river, where 00,000. 000 feet of pine luuiher w.n stacked in piles as high as a three-to-y building. The Haines from the lumber yard hlaz-d 200 or more leet high, and dense snuke an I brands of lire made the Berne a hidwius and frightful one. Few families saved anything from their home-. The couri-e of the (lames whs s ) rapid that the people were content toe. cape with life. The -rater in the river became heated to an unbearable point, and the storm upon Lake Super ior precluded taking refuge there. By 6 o'c ock the destruction til the vilhigi was complete, and not a soul re mained in th i town proper. Prior to abandoning his post at the railway de pot the operator had sent out an appeal for ad. The regular train headed this way was caught at I'ori. The engineer told to disregard schedule and get to Rockland as quickly as possible. He ca'ri d out his instructions and the train came (lying into this station ahead ol time. From here toward Ontonagon progress w4 slow, owing to the dense smoke, but li e engineer managed to get within about a mile of the doomed vil lage. The train picked up all the peo ple found beside the track and brought them to this place, where they were made as comfortable for the night ss the limited accommodations of the ham let would permit. Many of the people, particularly those who had some members of their f.miily missing, did not wait for dawn, out as soon as the glow in the northern sky died down started toward their former home. As soon as daylight came the train crew of the St. Paul railway, aided by citizens, loaded into a box car all the coihing and provisions that could be collected and set out for Ontonagon. Tlie town presents a sad sight, es pecially to one entering from the south by way of the railroad. As soon as the grale down into ihe village is reached nil tiiat can he seen is a drjary waste of ashes. Tiie buildings of the Diamond Match company lined both sides of the river and of these, together with the main part of the village, which was on the east hank of the village, nothing re mains except a few shanties on the out skirts. The west side was sparsely set tled, but even its email proportions have been reduced. The ruins are still too i ot to permit a search in them and ai there is no water at hand to pour on them, it will he a couple of days before inyiidng could be done. A Mnli In (;)iilMiiiliiole jOndon, Aug. 28. A dispatch to a lo- al news agency from Constantinople sys; Mobs were in possession of a 'arge portion of Constantinople yester day. Late In the afternoon a body of men armed with revolversand bombs invaded the Ottoman bank, killing a number of gendarmes on guard. The employes of the bank fled to the quar ters occupied by tlie tobacco syndicate, which has control of the collt-cton ol the taxes on tobacco throughout the empire. The invaders mounted the roof of the building and from the opt-n windows fired at the police in the street below. The police returned the fusil lade and several perBonswere killed and wounded. Shops were sacked and bazaars invaded and the wildest excite ment prevailed throughout certain quar ters cf Constantinople. A later report says that there is no doubt but that the movement was revo lutionary in plan and scope; that it had its origin at secret meet.nga of Armen ians. Her maj -sty's ship Dryad at ence left Therapia, where she was anchored and proceeded to this city. It U also ex pected that the French and Italian guard Bhips will reach Constantinople oarly in the morning. Mult do ttettar. Conbtantinoi'Lk, Aug. 28. United States Minister Alexander W. Terrell has notified the Turkish government that Ihe latler's answer to the demands of the United States for idemnity as a result of the burning of the American missions at Kharpu' and Marash is not satisfactory. A Heavy Lmi Uy Fire 8aui.t Stic Mahik, Mich., Aug. 28. Fifteen buildings were burned here yes terday, causing a loss of $300,000, half covered by insurance. Th fire started in North Water street. Among the burned buildings are the Soo National bank block, the Premlauer block, Chip pewa house, Cleveland house, Metz ger block, Perry hotel, pottofflce and the United States customs office, tele phone exchange and a number of wood en structures. v hMtllTS uF PUiilib uu The Supreme Lodge in Session it Clefe land,0.. with a Large Attendance. ANNUAL REF0RTS WERE SUBMITTED. The Ordpr bluiifU fer Amr-rlci mill Ameri can S- utiiii-n'v I'.. -it. on no IliB I'utliullc IJurrliuil B-laleti Oi.i:vel am), ()., Aug. 27 The su preme lolgeofthe Knights of Pythias met in the New Pythian temple yester day. There were present I'M supreme repre.-entatives and twenty-five past su preme chancellors. Tlie latter may sit with the supremf lodge, but have no vote. Mayor McKisson addressed the lo'lge and presented the kei 8 of the city of Cleveland. Supreme Chancellor Richie accept d ii. a happy speech. The annual report of the supreme chancellor was then given out. The number of subordinate lodges at the beginning of the year are given as 9,404, an increase of 4 since Dec-mher 31, 1893. The total membership of the otder January 1, was 44,f).'!9, an increase of 20,024 in the two proceeding years. Touching on the question of establishing the order in foreign lands, he said: "I have had applications from Eng land, Germany, Australia, West Indies, and Central America. I may say that tne selli -linens, the i xclusiveness of the people of other lands would not tend to promote the growth of this American order. We are great enough, with enough to do at home." Regarding the Catholic question, he reports: "Our position is well defined and it is a matter to be disposed of en tirely by the individual members who belong to the Catholic church. The re sult of this, no doubt, has been a consi derable loss of membership. I have found in a number of states, where the Catholic memlierhhip was targe, that we have been visibly affected by it. But no member of this order should be cen sured for the following the dictation of his conscience." There in no equivocation in the report on German rituals. He says: "Our orher stands for Americanism. It saye to those coming to our country not car ing to know our language, not eating tc observe our laws, not caring for our cus toms, thrice welcome will be the ship that carries you back to the land from whence you came." Harmony In Michigan. Bay City, Mh-h., Aug. "7. The con ference committee of the democrats, populists and union silveritcs, which adjourned early yesterday morning with out reaching an agreement, went into . r II I , . bession again at 9 o clock. An agree- ment was reached about 10:30 and tht several conventions met in joint con veniion yesterday afternoon to receive the report of the full committee. Headed by a band the silver and pop'ihst delegates marched in a body to the democratic convention hall' w .ere they were received with wild enthusiasm. When the delegates were finally seated a joint convention waf organized to cover legal formalities, Thomas K. Karkwortu was made chair man and F. II Ilosf.-ril, secretary. Nominations for g ivernor were then declare 1 in order. The silver men nomi nated Charles P. High of Grand Rapids, and democrats, Justin R. Whiting ol St. Clair. Then the convention ad , i ,i journed. When it re-assembled late in the evening a joint executive campaign com mittee waB appointed. The populist! then in open convention rescinded the unit rule and the chairman announced that Messrs. Whiting and Sligh had agreed to abide by the will of the con vent ion, the defeated aspirant for the governship to take the second place on the ticket I The following ticket was nominated: Governor, Charles R. Sligh. i r Lieutenant-governor, Justin R. Whit ing. ! State treasurer, Otto E. Karste ol Gogebic. ! Auditor-general, A. E. Cole oi Liv ingston, j Attorney-general, Alfred J. Murphy of Detroit. The name of the ticket will be "dem ocratic people's union silver ticket." The viznetto will be a representation ol a silver dollar and a picture of Bryan, j iBve-tlR-mlng; Hi'' County lliltal. j Omaha, Aug, 27 The board of coun ty commissioners held an investigation of the county hospital in accordance with a resolution passed several weeksi ago. Allot the members were present and the investigation was com-' menced at 11 a. m., and was not ad journed until 11 p. m., when the hoard concluded to await the preparation ol the stenographic report before deciding upon the verdict. I The time of the board was taken up until 6 p. ni., in listening to the testi. , monyof the matron, Mrs. Howell, and the witnesses she produced to substan tiate the statements she had made. The remainder of the time was occu pied by hearing what the other em ployes of the institution had to say for themselves. A Very I'UBgy 1'ng. Baltimohk, Aug. 27. James J. Cor bett made the following answer to the proposition telegraphed from San Fran cisco to the effect that if he would re-1 lease hlrp, Sharkey, could get a "go" j with Fitzsiminons previous to the Cor-bott-Sharkey fight. Oorbett said: "I positively refuse to consider any such . proposition. Until I meet Sharkey no . one else shall. I am ready to meet him In three weekf or less. After he hat met me he can set on all the bouts hi ' j wants w ith the San Francisco man." I Allurr 1 .r.:... Lkaoville, Colo., Aug 20 Six men ere arrested yesterday morning at the instance of the manager of tiie Coro nado mine. They are Morris Jones, Charlt s Lindetrom, William C. Rule, Tom Conners, James Quigley and Rich aid Owens. It is charged that they have leen in the habit of s anding out side the big fence surrounding the mine and watching everylody who goes io. They stopped a man named Charles Taven, who was about to en ter the gate, and upon searching him found a letter in his possession from the manager of the mine to the Buper iutendent instructing the uj.erintend ent to put the bearer to work at 2 50 per day. The men are alleged to have warned him to leave ton and he prom ised to do so. Instead he went directly to the manager and told his story. The arrests followed. The men were taken before Juetici of the Peace Ur.tnt, hut the c ise bb fore JJustice Grant was dismissed by the district attorney and the men were brought liefore Judge Ower, who held them in o00 bail each. Judge Ower made the following announcement from the bench : "I desire to reiterate what I have be fore stated that law and order inut pre vail in Lake county ; that all itg courts are open for the redress of grievances and the procesh of any and all of them runs unobstructed anywhere in the county. While I have no complaint to make against jiiv of the lower courts, tnig court will remain in con tinuous ses sion in order that thote persons who wish to do so can make their original complaint in this court." The citizens,' con unit tee appointed to arbitrate the difference between the miners and their employes reported yestsrday tha'. their conference w ith tiie mine owners had not amounted to any thing and they had given up the idea of doing anything more, The mine own ers expect to make a test with the Coro- nado mine. Worrying Hie hjiaul h Soli! Ii ra Havana, Aug. 20 The decree which it is said Captain General Weyler will shortly iesue prohibitii g the grinding of the sugar crop will also forbid the gathering of the coffee i.Top. Fel pe F'.spauola Traviezo, a prisoner of war, was sh. t at Ma-anzas yeHterday. A military train having on board the Spanish column under command of Colonel Celmllos, came into collision yesterday at the station at Guanaba, in the province of Miitanz-is, with a freight train. A number of the cars were, shat tered and the locomotive ol the train bearing the soldiers was wvecked. Twenty soldiers were injured. The en gineer of the military train was arrested I Oil DUnillLIUII l utinu I' Cl-nirniii. . , ' .... ;..!.. ..( I..,,.,,. .,......,t,;i,l.. tnr (Via ! accident. i A party of insurgents attempted to ' destroy a passenger train at Kl Palmo, I province f Matanzas, by explodin dynam te beneath the cars. Fortunate ly, howevu,-, no one was killed. It is reported that a train was de railed yesterday between Jovellanoeand Colon, but no details of the affair caD vet be obtained. Wataon on I lie Mump Washington, Aug 20. Chairman ! Butler of the populist national commit tee lias announced that Tom Watson, the populist candidate for vice presi dent, would begin his speaking tour at Dallas, Tex., o:i l abor cay, Septembei ! 7, and from that time fo-ward would be I on tiie stump until election day. From Dallas, Mr. Watson will go north as fai as Nebraska, returning by way of Mis- souri and Arkansas, and thence tc Georgia, where he will remain until Georgia's early election. After that oc- curs, Mr. Watson w.ll again entel tHie northwest, going as lar as Idahc and Washingion. He w ill coie east in time to give some attention to eastern states before election. The exact list ol western dates will be announced latter, Mr. Butler says that his advices from . Idaho indicate that there are hopes ol an adjustment by a proper recognition of the silver republicans, so that the silver elements will work together. i He thinks the adjustment will be along the lines of fusion adopted in Minnesota, Washington and South Dakota. The executive committee of the silvei I party has been called to meet. It will ( be tiie first meeting of the committee since the St Louis convention, and ii regarded as an important one, the ob ject being to arrange plans for the cam- ' paign. Chairman Lane of the national committee will not be here. ; ftHiiunlnary Conllict I Wahiiinoton, Aug. 26. The State de partment baa received word of a san guinary conflict between a party of ex plorers in Peru and a band of Peiuvian Indians. The report is made by Consul Leon at Callao, Peru, who nceived the details from the United States consular at an interior point. The exploring party was led by an American named Cooper. Tiiere were ten in the party, including two Germans who are the only ones who have thus (ur rei.i.rinit Th men lost their wav in . , , the dense forests and after great suffer- ing from hunger were attacked by a band from the Campa tribe of Indians, Denver Klrm ialla. Dknvkii, Col., Aug. 26. The Appel clothing company yesterday evening turned over Us property to mortagagees, Otto Mears, of this city, being desig nated as agent for the mortgagees, ct which the First National.bank heads lh list. No statement of assets and liabili ties is given out. The Appel clothing company occupied a handsome four star v block at the corner of Sixteenth and Larimer streets, and was one of the leading firms of the city. THREE TRAINS IN A WRECK Trail of Hnman Freight Buns InU Some Wrecked Freight Cars SEVERAL KILLED AND OTHERS INJURIED A Thro (h Ki-re--B the I'ittabarc and Western rra.iiriia.4l Cornea to Grief at Valencia, Pa., A Voug Lilt ot Wounded and ly DC PiTTSBt'Ko, Aug., 25. The through express train from Chicago on the Pittshueg & Western, which was due in this city at 12:30 p. m. was wrecked at Valencia, a small station twenty miles west of here, at 11:30 yesterday and more than a score of passenge's were injured, four of whom may die. Just before the passenger train readied Valencia theie was a collision of freight trains, which threw a number of freight cars on the main track and the express train, coming along at the rate of thirty miles an hour, plunged into the wrecked freight cars. Nearly every car of the express waB wrecked and the escape of the passengers from instant death is re markable. The injured: Mrs W. B, March, Talmage, O., ekull fractured; will probably die. John Curry, Pleasant Hill, Pa., lower jaw fractured, throat cut; will die. Mrs. J W. Morse, Lodi,0., lower jaw, cheek bone and collar bone fractured re covery doubtful. Miss Maud Bennett, Allegheny, Pa., serious contusion of left temple, nose cut and bruised. Mary Bennett, head cut and face bruised. Walter Smith, Akron, 0., scalp wound. MrB. E. M.Cramer, Appollo, Pa., seri ous scalp wound. Belle Cramer, injured slightly intern ally. Grant Culbert, Alleghney, Pa., right forearm fractured, face and scalp wound. Jennie Cramer, slight scalp wound. Dr. J. T. Tierney, Alleghey, Pa., seri ous scalp wound. J. W. McMillin, engineer, Bennett, Pa., both feet crushed. Charles Smith, fireman, Bennett, Pa., ankle sprained, head cut. Many others were more or less in jured. The injured were brought to the Allegheny general hospital on a special train. The Chicago expresa train does not generally stop at Valencia, and was running at a high rate of sped when the engineer noticed the debris on the tracks. The engineer immediately re versed and applied the brakes, but though the speed of the express was diminished Somewhat, it struck the freight cars on the main track with frightful force and freight cars and engine rolled in a great mass of torn wood and iron over an embankment into the ditch below. The engineer and fireman of the ex press, when they saw that a collision was inevitable, jumped and escaped with severe injuries. The tender, mail and passenger coaches piled up over each other and rolled down the em bankment on the wrecked engine and freight cars. Clouds of steam and smoke from the disabled engine en veloped the scene and added to the distress of the injured passenger pinioned in the wreck, who feared the debris' would take fire and burn them alive. Meanwhile the express crew and the passengers who were not in jured, the people cf Valencia and the freight crew, were near at hand and I rushed to the aid of the injured, and a special train with surgeons was at once dispatched lrom Allegheny to the Bcene of the wreck. The freight cars which were struck by the express train were heavily loaded with large iron piping. These heavy tubes were burled with great force through the sides of the day coaches and most of the Jatal in juries to passengers were prodused by them. Succeed Hoke Hinlth, Buzzard's Bav, Mass., Aug. 26. Piesideut Cleveland announced yester day that David R. Francis, ex-governor of Missouri, had been appointed secre tary of the interior, vice Hoke Smith, resigned, and that he will assume the duties of his office September 1. St. Louis, Aug. 25. David Rowland Francis, the successor of Hon. Hoke Smith as secretary of the interior, wai born of Scotch-Irish parents in Rich mond, Ky., October 1, 1850. Supple menting common school education in Kentucky, he graduated from Washing ton university in this city in 1870 with the degree of bachelor bf aits. After three years' apprenticeship in commer cial life, he organised the D. R. Francis & Bro. Commission company, which is still one of the leading linns operating at the merchant's exchange. In 1883 he was elected vice piesident of the exchange and the next year wae chosen president. He has been a life long democrat and in 1884 waH a dele gate to the convention that nominated Mr. Cleveland for president. The fol lowing year he wss elected mayor of St. Louis by 1,400 majority, overcoming former republican victory of 14,000. Long needed municipal reform flour ished under his administration. Ia IBOS ne Was eiecieu g-ivernor ui an a,-! kv one 0 i19 heaviest maioritli 1888 he was elected givernor of Mil ever achieved by his party in Missouri. and his wise conuuci oi me oiuce is aim criterion. llrooklyn a Good Oner. Boston, Aug. 25. In the preliminary or practical trial, yesterday the cruiser Brooklyn developed an average speed closely approaching twenty-one knot. The trial was made over the govern ment official trial course from off Cap Ann, Mass., to a point off Poini Porpoise, Me., and return. The meas ured distance between the two point! is forty-one and one-half, thus making the run of eighty-three knots, excluding the turn.)