The Miltonvale Review du lieu suivant : Miltonvale, Kansas • 2

FRIGHTFUL. WRECK. THE PENSION OFFICE. The first coavantioa of the nioa Ir WDWS OF THU WEEK. FIEND'S CJUME 1 KANSAS STATE Heab Rosalia.

Butler Coanty. tb other the mmmi review, RICE ft BURDICK. Publishers. The Caatplestoa mt sste steaaM of OHwhiw skat lavwtiaaMa the fu- tea Otaea. Whtaa 4-omailaola Taaswr Official H4 rU FraasMMtt that Otr will am be ta rrivmt IAI a.

Washisotoe, Sept n. The Evening Capital publishes the tollewiat "Tb report ef Messrs. Ewlng, Campbell and siruoa, tb eommlsaloa that investigated the Pension OS oe, though eloaely guard ed by Interior Department officials, is gradually becoming known. Printed copies of tils report ar now, and hav beea for some time, ia the hands of all ths members of the Cabinet Commit eioaer Tanner has one, as also has Major Warner and Colonel Dudley. By de frees Its contents are being divulged.

It is known that tb report takes up each re-rating ease separately aad each case Is aa exhibit la itself. Stress is laid upon th tact that Deputy Commissioner Hiram smith, Jr received ever six thou sand dollars as a re-rating. This action ot his comes In for severe criticism in th report Whether Mr. Smith hat re turned this money or not th report uoes not state. Mr.

Smith reoeives his pension at the Topeka agency. Secretary Noble, in View of tb report of tb commission, has himself questioned Mr, Smith as to the tacts attending tb rating. It is not known definitely wheth er Mr. Smith's certificate of re-rating is signed by himself as scting commission er or by Commissioner Taaner. The pa per iu his case want through during Mr.

Tanner absence from th Pension Of fice. Th report also condemns Mr. Squires In round terms, especially for his actios in making cases special. It states that Mr. Squires possessed the stamp of Mr, Tanner as Commissioner, and affixed tt to papers without the Commissioner's knowledge.

The number ot such cases a very large number is given, and Cora tnissioner Tanner it criticised for his gross carelessness in thus intrusting his official prerogative to a mere privats secretary, who violated tbe eonndencs reposed ia him. The names ot th Pen sion-Office officials wbo caused them selves to be re-rated form a conspicuous part of th report Several were dis charged at the time by Secretary Noble, and they now point to the fact that th one who received the largest amount ot all Deputy Commissioner Smith is still in office. Said a member of the board which made the investigation! "There was but one of two things for the President to do in view of our re port, either to dismiss every one of us from ths service as unworthy of belief, or else relieve-Mr. Tanner from office, Tbe same member intimated that tbe chief culprits were still in position, but would soon follow Mr. Tanner into pri vate lire, ISO THE CORN CROP.

The Amount Aeeordlng to the Various Corn-Producing States. Chicago, Sept 28 The Farmers' Re view publishes tbe following: Present indications point to a larger crop of corn than has been anticipated by statisticians eenerallv. Tbe quality, however, will not be equal to that of 1888, except la lows, Missouri, Kentucky and Kansas. the latter State will harvest a fine crop this year to offset the failure ot last The condition of corn in Nebraska was excellent during the early part of the growing season, but hot winds in August brongbt down the high average in some counties, and early frosts damaged late planted corn in localities. The low condition of maite in other States is easily accounted for by tbe unfavorable season; Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin suffered from a cold, wet spring, which was very favorable for cut worms, fol lowed by a long drought in July and Au gust Minnesota and Dakota sulereafer rain the season through.

It is as yet too early to estimate the probable yield of shelled corn, but from the reports ot cor respondents we estimate the crop as fol lows: CsdUatoa Between Twa gcctloas a Ywrfc Cestnl Eipms Traus Several felecswr Cnw With fassevgere Wrack Maui- Victim. Cahajohasue. K. Sept. S8.

A fright ful fatal accident happened oa the Central railroad aar Palatine bridge last sight aad three sleeping car are ia a shapeless mass, while anany Uvea Lave beea lost Th accident occurred twe tniles east of Palatine bridge. The first section of the train broke down and before the second section could be flagged it raa inte the first aectioa. The first acc'-ion of th St Louis express No. which left Albany at 'clock last night brok dowa and stopped for repairs twa miles east of Pala tine bridga Tbe rear brakemaa was tent back to signal the second section, but for some unknown reason failed to perform his duty. The engineer ef the second seo tioa says he did not see him aad the first thing he taw was th lights ot th first section directly in bis front The first section was made up of baggage, mail, ex press and three passenger cars, packed with people, aud a Wagner sleeper oa the end.

Tbe crash was terrific The second sec tion telescoped into the first section, knocking out th lights and plunging every thing into darkness. Up to two o'clock four bodies had been taken out of tbe t'eeper and it was feared the total number or deaths would run up to twenty-five and possibly more, at th car was full. It is difficult to get par ticnlars. Engineer Worth of th second section was so badly injured that be Is not ex pected to survive the night Re resides in Albany. DETAILS OF THE DISASTER.

New York, Sept 28. A newspaper cor respondent telegraphs: "A serious acci dent occurred on th New York Central road at 11:40 last night, two miles east of Palatine brida Th first section of tb Bt Louis express, which left New York at ix o'clock bad broken down, an accident having happened toth steam chest, when the second section, which was composed of eight vestibule sleeping coaches drawn by a sixty-ton engine and running at the rate of thirty miles an hour, dashed into it Tbe first section was drawn by Conductor Weeks, had a baggage, express and mail cars and three coaches which were packed with people, one Wagner sleeper and two private coaches. Tbe private csr Kanka kee telescoped the first vestibule sleeper for half its length. The only damage done to tbe day coaches was the crashing of the windows and putting out the lights. The first, third and fourth tracks were littered with wreckaee.

"Just how the acci lent happened is at this hour (on o'clock) not Weeks says his rear brakeman was sent back, but Engineer North, cf tbe second section, who was very badly hurt, says he did not see bim. North is in a bad way. He bad a pillow uuder his face and looked very ghastly. "Every seat in tbe car was taien. One half of the passengers were women.

Thoy made a wild break for tbe door, but were deterred from jumping out into the dark by tbe cooler-beaded passengers. The wreck could not have occurred in a more unfavorable place. On the left fifty feet below is the roaring Mohawk river. Tbe lights had all been extinguished and all was total darkness. One-half of the passengers were wrapped in slumbering dreams and awoke to find themselves in extreme darkness and all confusion.

"There was not a surgeon or a doctor on tbe train and it was with the greatest difficulty tbat whisky and braudy were procured for the wounded. It was not till a large bonfire was uilton the north side of the track that a realizing sensd of tho accident was obtained. Already six wounded passengers, including one lady, had been taken from the Wagner sleeping car. Axes, saws and picks were procured and willing bands at onco set to work to cot away tbe side of the telescoped cars. How many are dead or wounded it is impossible to tell as yet "Engineer Weeks of the first section said: 'My engine had broken down and I was out by thi side of my engine when tbe crash came.

I immediately sent my fireman back to see what was the matter and Conductor Abel dispatched a flagman to Palatiue bridge, two miles away, for "It was just by a miracle that the disaster was not rendered ten fold more terrible. Within five minutes after tbo crash the meat express came tearing along the fourth track at tbe rate ot thirty miles an hour. It was stopped just in time, else it would have dashed into the debris of the wreck. Tbe second Atlantic express due in New York at 7:30 a. m.

was hailed at the station just as it was pulling out" IS MRS. BENDER ALIVE? An Old Woman Thoutht to He Her Living in Nile, Mich. Nilks, Sept 28 Mrs. Bender, cf the notorious Kansas family of that name, is said to living in this town. The Benders John Bender and his wife and their daughter Kate lived in a sparsely settled part of Kansas years ago and are known to have murdered many chance passengers for their money and buried their bodies.

The uiuraers ioriu one of the most sensational chapters in the history of American crime. Tho woman supposed to be Mrs. Bender has been a wanderer nil her lif a Sho has had many liustands and many tempornry hemes, She has lived here auout itn years, but claims she was hero at the time of the Kansas murders. She says she rented a house of Judge Fish here nineteen years ago, but the Judge's books show that it was between ten and eleven vears ago. Sbe comes and goes, no one knows where, and pretends to be peddling.

A tintype of the suspected woman sent to a man named coie in new York, who knew the Benders and was at their home in Kansas two weeks before their flight was sent back with this reply, "This picture is an exact like ness of Mrs. Bender." One sent to B. Smith, of Parsons, was recognized as Mrs. Bander. The discovery tbat Mrs.

Bender was living here Is said to have been made by the merest chance in Kansas. The Secretary of the Interlc Kcntlers a Decinlon on an Appeal Case. Washinotok. Sept 28 In the ex parte case of Alraham L. Miner, on appeal from tbe decision ot the local officers ot Marys-vllle, CaL, the Secretary of th Interior In a decision rendored holds tbat under tbe school grant of the tixteonth and thirty-sixth seotions to tbe Stat ot California, the title rests on tbe date of survey, and if the lands, although In fact mineral, were not then known to be mineral, the subsequent discovery of their mineral character dots not affect or diveit tbe State's title.

This decisiou overrules that In the case of Colorado, rendered by Secretary Vilss December 10, Investigating Jefferson Ilarra'oksl Washington, Bept 28. The War Department has been firm to Its promise that ths reoent allegations as to mismanagement at Jefferson barracks, Ma, would be fully Investigated. Ths preliminary inspection was mad and warranted th appointment of a court of Inquiry, which has been named by Seoretary Proctor, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry W. Lawtou, Inspector-General ot th Army, will conduct the examination and Captain Fred Ebttein will act at secretary. Adjutant-General Kelton said that soldiers and civilians would be examined thoroughly, snd It deemed necessary after tbe homing board would be appointed to try those 'a authority, hibitary LcagB of PeoBsyLiania, a oa-partisaa scbesna, having fas its purpose tbe suppression of the tjaloea putside of party lines, was held at Harriaborg, Pa, the SGth, with about 109 delegates ia attendance.

Ibe fenrteenth aaaaal convention of tho America Bankers Association adjourned at Kansas City, Ma.oa the 26th. The fallowing ameers war elected: Charles Parsons, of Bt, Louis, president; Uortoa licHichaelt, of Philadelphia, first vice-president; George F. Baker, of Kew York, treasurer. William B. Greene, of New York, was elected secretary IX V.

Reiser, of Kaasas City, was suade vice- president for ltisaoari and i. it Unlvane, Topes: viceprslasnt for Kaasas. EivibaL hundred Biackfeet aad Sioux Indians recently held a grand aghot' feast" at Fort Abraham which was given by tb relatives ta aoacr. those who died or bad beea killed ia battla AT Carnegie's Edgar Thomson steel works at Braddock, Pa, the bottom at en the largest blast furnaces gave way and tons of tuoltea metal poured forth. injuring several persons so severely that they are likely to dia Tbe Canadian Minister of Customs has ordered an inquiry into the smuggling of whisky into Canada, whol shiploads of American whisky beiug brought int Canada by the St.

Lawrence route. Two tramps recently took possession of tb town of Holland, lows, intimidating tb constable and setting fire to a build ing with a broken lamp. Tbey then want to Heinbeck, where tbey were overhauled by the sheriff. In attempting to arrest them Archie Neat was sboc ia the neck by on of the tramps, receiving fatal injuries. Dr.

J. B. Blaine, on of Euelewood's (PL) prominent doctors, has been arrested oa tbe charge of performing a criminal operation on his niece, Mrs. Jessie JL Bar ker. Tbe woman was said to be ia a crit ical condition.

Five persons were lately drowned In a shallow pond at couth Watuppa, ty tbe capsixing ot a row boat. One at least of the party was said to have been drunk. A recent telegram from Ensenada, Lower California, said tbat city was threatened with total destruction from brush fires. Sau Carlos, a neighboring town, was reported in flames. A Fire at Cresco, Iowa, recently burned twenty-two business places.

Lass, 001 i Conqhessmas W. L. Bcott lately ad dressed a long letter from Erie, to Governor Filer, bearing ou the Spring Valley troubles, and claiming that be was paying for mining all that be was war ranted in a competitive market. Toe Utah Commissioi on tbe 27th passed resolutions favoring Chicago for ibe World's Fair. A DispAtca from Canajoharle, N.

said that a frightful collision occurred on the 27th on the Kew York Central rail road, near Palatine bridge, in which tbe death list was likely to foot up twenty or mora The dock laborers at Rotterdam went out on a ttrike- recently and tbe cigar- makers and other occupations joined the movement. AT Walker Station. Ala, the other day Deputy Sheriff King Vann was shot and killed by a negro named John Steele, whom he was trying to arrest Tbe negro was afterward captured by a mob and bis body riddled by bullets, causing Instant death. A RECENT dispatch from London said tbat the first consignin-nt ot Chicago cattle bad arrived at Mains, and con tract! had b-en made for a portion ot 60,000 head more during October. Tbe plan of shipments to tbe Interior cities iu the Continent was no longer doubtful The fourth annual convention of the Brotborbood of St Andrew began at Cleveland, on the 27ih, with about SS0 delegates present M.

of the Polish National Alliance and Endowment Insur ance organization at Cbicago was reported as having Joseph a wealthy mill owner Of Philadelphia, has been sent to Ibe insane asylum through brooding over tbe burning of one of his mills in which fifteen persona lost their lives 7 wo bodies have been taken from tbe del risat One was identified as that of Mrs. Ed Swineford, of St, Louis, wbo met ber death on the day express. Business failures (Dun's report) for tbe week ending September 8 number 192, as compared with a total of 108 last week and 103 tbe week prevloua For tbe cor responding week of last year the figures were 22 1 he five-story building of the Westing- bouse Electric Light works at Pittsburgh, was partly burned tbe other night Tbe origin of the fire was unknown. Loss. J60, 000, fully covered by lnsuranos.

ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES. The report of tbe Rochester Asylum in restigatlug committee entirely exonerated Dr. Bowers from any cu'pible neglect in tbe management of tbe asylum, but makes stringent suggestions tor the regulation of attendants, by whom twenty atrocities are proved to have been com mitted. Hon. B.

B. Ftile), one of the first settlers of Denver and twice mayor ot that city, died there suddonly the other afternoon of apoplexy. A sensation has been caused at Ports mouth, by the discovery that medical diplomas were fold by a bogus med- cal college called Trinity University of Medicine and Surgery, Laving nominal headquarters at Bennington, Vt. Besides Now England being victim ml, hundreds bad been purchased throughout tbe South and West Colosel Robert Pattos Crockett, the only remaining son of Davy Crockett, died recently at Rucker's. creek, near Gran- bury, aged seventy-three.

Cleauino house re urns for the week andod September 28 showed an average ncreaie of 2.1 compared with tbe corre sponding period of last year. In New York i he decrease wai 0.6. Auericax securities were not very buoyant on the London market during the week ended September 28. Continental bourses wore qniot but firm. Suit has boon brought In th United States court against th) Djs Moines Nav igation Company and otlu rs to dotermine th title to ths Das Moines (Iowa) river lands.

The expenditure of $30,000,000 by two syndicate for ths control ot an extraordinary aggregate of Industrial en terprises in the States was computed in Chicago on the 28 1 h. Ths deal -mbrnces a chain of elevators from the Minnesota and Dakota wheat districts to Chicago, flour mills In Minneapolis and breweries In Chicago and tbe itt Attorney-General Rogers, ot Louis- tana, admitted lately that baby bonds had been abstracted or otherwise tam pered with to the amount of 400,003, Ac cording to bli figures the defalcations al ready discovered will reach mors than A oomoress of tb Socialist Lalior party convened In Cbicago on ths 28th. The delegates are sll Germans, A recent dispaloh from Guthrie, tt said that there was a movement among three Indian tribes tbe Iowas, Otoes snd Mlssourls to consolidate and that tbs agent at Rock Creek agency, was uuabls to obeok tbs movement A Oiukd rsunion and parade of th Grand Army posts of Easurn Pennsyl vania (ook pi so at Reading, ort tht 28ib, Over 6,009 men marched In line. Grand Rapids and Holland business man propost to run a cannl from ths former oily to Holland and Lak Michigan at a probable cost of ft WW, 000, Gleaned tj Tel'traph end Kail FKRSOK AL AMD rOUTICAU The Secretary of Ui Treasury has ac cepted tbs resignation of Dr. James P.

Kimball. fenusylvania, as Director of the Mint, a take effect October IS, and as granted aim leave of absence an til tbat day. It is reported is Washington that Ren- reseutativ Nutting ot New York, who has beea seriousty ill for a long time, will resign aooa miles he recover, so at to give another Kspubiicaa a chance. J. Q.

A. fiROCKttr has beea nominated for Governor by iiassachusjtt Republi cans. RcpeBUCAsS of Alabama have nomin ated General James EL Chalmers for Gov ernor. The Wyoming Constitutional conven tion has sdopted a clause positively forbidding combinations to prevent eompe tition or control prices and products. Republicans of New Tore met at Sara toga on the 2Mb.

After adopting a plat- fo- the following ticket was nominated: Secretary of State, John J. Gilbert, of Franklin County; Comptroller, Martin W. Cook, of Monroe; Treasurer, Ira Hedges; Attorney-General, James Varaum, of New York; 6tats Engineer and Surveyor, W. P. Van Ranssalear; Judge Court of Appeals, Alfred Haigut, of Buffalo.

Eishop Abbam R. Kimball, of Salt Like ti died on the 25. at Kanosh, Utah. a mitel CaldweLI, ex-presldent of Vasser College, died suddenly oa the 20th after a brief illness. He was a native of Jfewburyport, and was for seven years president of Vassar.

William Walteb mitLPS. tbe new American Minister, has presented his credentials to tb Emperor William of Ger many. The Wyoming Constitutional conven tloa on the SO -h selected Cheyenne as the seat of government for ten years, or until majority of the people vole a change. Tnn President and party 'arrived in Washington from Deer Park on the STtb and proceeded direct to tbe White House. Emmons Blaine, son of Secretary Blaine, was mar ied at Rich field Springs, N.

Y-, cn the ibth to Mist Annita Me- Coi n.lck, duughter of tbe late Cyrus Mc- Coi mitk. of Chicago. Many disi inguished guests from Chicago and other portion! of the country were in attendance and the wedding although a quiet was yet quite brilliant affair. MISCELLANEOUS. It Is reported that dynamite was ex ploded at the Peterpof station lust pre vious to tbe Czar leaving for Copenhagen.

Tbe statio-i was wrecked and a signal man was killed. Mrs. Josephine Gurlet, now In the Joliet (111.) penitentiary (or abducting Annie Rodmond of Chicago, has confessed that the child was stolen to go as a child actress in a snap company. Tun Kew York Daily Graphic, 1 which bat been in financial difficulties for a long time, has suspended publication. George Francis Train was arrested at Boston recently on a writ sworn out by tt M.

Miller, of Toledo, oa a judgment note for $1,009." Train says the debt grew out of a transaction in 1S72 and says he will not pay it as it is unjust. Sheriff Flack, lllinm Flack, hi son, Judge Ambrose Monell, Joseph L. Weeks, referee in the Flack divorce case, and Mrs. Raymond have been indicted for conspir acy la oonnection with (be Flack divorce suit. A freight train Crashed Into a passen ger coach of the Hock Island road on' the" outskirts of Chicago on tbe evening of tbe 2 lib.

Five pa iiws were killed and even seriously wounded. Tbe engineer of tbs freight wes said to have been in toxicated at the time. On the night of the 21th a number cf larded the Ban I a Fe train ten inles south of Fort Worth, and after intimidating the railroadmen and pasjen gers rebbed tbe express of two money packoei of 35 000 and escaped. The National Bankers' Association met in annual convention at Kansas City, Mo. on the Sot ti.

Tns fast mail train on the Motile Ohio road was held up the other morning by robbers at Buckatunna, Wayne County, and the mail car rifled. Lewis Bros. the dry goods commission merchants of Kew York, have made their formal offer to their creditors to compromise at 67K cents on the dollar. This is 'ii cents more than thoy and tbe assignee thought tbey could pay when their schedules were filed. Eliza Cook, the English poetess, died on the 25th.

She was born in 1818. The men employed In parnell's quarry, Ireland, threatened to strike recently because of an obnoxious foreman. The boiler at the sawmill of Frits Berlin, exploded recently. John Fritz, Edward frits, Oliver. Rosa, David Ross and David Baker were instantly killed.

Two brothers named Brant were badly Injured, Sol Fcrnzll, a nogro, w3 hanged recently by a mob at Winona, Miss. He had assaulted a white girl. The jury in tho Ives case at New York disagreed, standing ten for conviction and two for He was remanded to the Tombs for a new trial. It is reported tbat Christians in Crete are being flogged and tortured and women subjected to gross indignities. A Greek gunboat has dispatched to Crete to put a stop to outrages.

A 1UOINK, special says: Rev. A. F. Packepe, a Lutheran minister who came here two years ago, has absconded with a portion of tbe money raised to build a new church. He caused a split In tbe congregation shortly after his arrival.

Alono the line of the Mississippi Cen tral the whites are organising in opposition to the blacks, already organized. A grave state ot affairs exists. A Miss GxEASOit was killed and Mr. and Mrs. Gale were seriously injured by their carriage being struck by a freight train recently at Hardin, near Greeley, Lot The schooner Alpha, ot PortTownsend, is thought to have been lost at tea.

Five hundred men working on the Bay de Chaleurs railway, in Canada, have struck for several months' back pay, amounting to 41, 000. Bliss syrup factory at Kansas City, was burned out early on the morning of the Loss, 550,000. In surnnco on contents, A brisk snow storm prevailed on the 26! in Northern and Western Wisoonsiir. Two miners were killed by ack damp In an abandoned shaft nearPoitsvilla, recently. Emkrt's large coap factory, Ivorydale, 0H was destroyed by fire tbs other night, causing $120,000 damage.

The Temple ot Heaven at Pokln, China, containing the great throne of the sacred dragon, has been des'royed by lira The M. Laflin and Rind powder milt ai Cressona, blew up recently. The ex plosion was terrl do In force. William Schropp, Samuel Stotst and Henry R.ld were killed and a number of other work men Injured. Bt the collapse of an unfinished house In Milan, Italy, five persons were killed and twenty Injured.

Tbe fifth annual convention of the Ger man-American leehnlcker vereln was in session In Washington. (. At the business meeting of the? society ot tbe Army of tbe Tennasise hold at Cincinnati on the 56th, oftioers -were sleoted st follows: President, General T. Sherman I recording secretary, Colonel M. Dayton treasurer, General Woe corresponding secretary, General Hick oa of of of A Young: Lady Druyged, Outraged and Left For Dead.

A stelfm of Terra Assteag the Wuea tl Coaerqeeae Bis Viamsl Threat A Kearclt Orgaalsed tijr Masked Babetha, Sept 10 This city was plunged into a state of wild rzeitesnent shortly after aooa yesterday by th report of one ot the most fiendish outrage that has ever occurred ia this part of the country. For some weeks past th community aav been periodically chocked by th dastardly actions ot an unknown villain. Young ladies returning from places of worsh ip bars beea assailed by this fiend. A aumber ot ladies, some th wives of respectable and wealthy citi-sens, hav received letters written ia red ink warning them upon pain of an agonizing death to leave their hatbands and fly with th unknown writer. Mr.

Jerome J. Hoetetter was informed tbat anless fa immediately abandoned bit fs that he would shot and hit wife abducted. Mr. Hos tetter was not at horn when th letter was received and th alarmed woman, almott paralysed with fright, wrapped her baby in a blanket and left the house taking refug in a grain field, wher sh was discovered upon bar husband's return. She has since been confined to her room by sickness brought on by annonyous letters.

Last Wednesday evening Miss Eva Purtty, th twenty-year- old daughter ot Oliver Purtty, one of the wealth iest farmers ia this neighborhood, received a similar message. Both of tb young lady's pa rents are ta th East; leaving Eva at bom under tb protection of two stalwart brothers to car for tbe house. Although somewhat alarmed herself by th receipt of tb missive. little apprehension was felt for ber safety by the boys. After eating a hearty breakfast ths two brother left tb house to visit a neighboring farmer and signifying their intention of being absent several hours.

While clearing away the dishes from th dining room table a masked man silently stole into tb apartment and upon turning around Miss Purtty was suddenly chloroformed by brute, wh0 Warj.ed her to make no outorv and take the medicine which he held in a bottla Tbe terrified young woman immediately screamed and be gan a strueele to escape iroin ner captor's toils. The which contained chloroform, was applied to ber nostrils and sbe quickly lost consciousness. Raising tne limp ooay in bis arms tbe fiend carried her to a corn field, where he committed a horrible out rage, mutilating her person in a terrible manner. After having accomplished hit vile purpose tbe monster took a visl of car bolic acid from bis pocket and poured tb Contents down the victim's throat, and leaving ber for dead made bit escape. An alarm was given when she was found an bour later and nearly 600 armed men, under tb leadership of Express Agent L.

W. Phillips, mounted their horses and started for the scene of tbe crime. An organized search throughout this country resulted in the capture by Messrs. Phillips and Don Russell of a tramp wbo answered tbs di script Ion given of tbe perpetrator. The prisoner who gave his name as Rich ard Hollow claimed to be working bis way to Kansas City where he bad friends.

On a-count ot the enraged foeling of the populace the tramp was taken to Hia walh-i, whore he was placed in tbe county ill to prevent lynching. An investiga tion fails to identify Hollow with Ibe dastardly deed, an 1 after a sufficient length of time be will probably be lib erated. It was developed tbat a great deal of jealousy bat existed among tbe residents ot tbe eastern portion of tbe town, and rumor bints to a discarded lover of Miss Purtty as ths perpetrator of the outrage. The victim, wbo is at tbe houie of J. Hooper, is beyond all hope of recovery en 1 will die.

The mouth and stomach are horribly burned by the iad ly acid. An Indignation meeting was held yesterday afternoon and steps are being taken to fasten the crime npon tbe suspected lover, who resides within few miles of, Purity'1 house, if tbe facts will warrant it The unfor tunate young lady regained conscious ncss for a few moments about six o'clock this evening and was able to give a fair description of her assailant, wbo she be lieves bears some enmity against her. Dr. Irwin, who hachargeof the case, says that it is one of tbe most aggravated of its kind that has ever come to his knowledge. "The victim will not live until another funset," said the doctor, "os the acid has burned through the lining of the bowels and peritonitis bus set in, which ill accomplish the Work intended by her murderer.

Many ladies who have received similar warnings from the in human monster are in a state of abject terror, and armed guards have been placed to watch the bouses, although the fiend will hardly attempt another outrage so soon after his last fatal work. A RIOT. Several II andrert Negroes Arm Themselves and Threaten to Burn the Town. Birmingham, Ala, Sept. 2ft Sheriff Smith left for Pratt mines Friday night with a strong civil posse and tbe Jefferson Volunteers to quell a reported race riot or attempt to lynch Deputy Sheriff Maxwell.

From tbe most reliable reports Obtainable at this time it seems tbat several hundred negroes at the mines have armed themselves and threaten to lynch Maxwell and burn the town. The white people became much alarmed and sent messengers to tbs city begging tbe sheriff to send them help as quickly as possible. A train from the mines arriving here at ten o'clock brongbt in about 200 women and children, wbo are seeking safety in this city. Tbs trouble seems to havh grown out of the killing of a negro wcm.fl by Deputy (Sheriff Maxwell. It is said that tbe negroes at tbe mines have been very troublesome of late, and were 1lannlng mischief of some kind.

Tbe illlng of tbe woman seems to have furnished tbetu the opening they were waiting for. Many of tbe negrcei there are ex-convicts and very hard characters. The Paris correspondent ot an American paper writosot his observations at tbe Expositiou: "It appears to me tbat we are laying too much stress upon tbs superior inte lieence of American me chanics. Ih-Ejrouean mechanic is not the stupid fellow we bare pictured bim as being. I hav talked with Etsass and Bolglnn mechanics, bolng referred to them becauso tbey could and the exhibitor could not speak English mechanics 'en' gaged in erecting machinery at the r.x position and found tbsm men ot excellent intelligence and having a good deal ot knowledge ot mechanical matters.

All our traditions are against Ibis, but traditions komstlmes falsify facts In mechanics' tools, bowevei squares, standard scales, vernolrs, micromotors and the like I have seen nothing tbat appesrs to me as good as those of American manufacture. These American tools' look better, are oleaner cut and mors convenient la wood-working machinery I think we excel at the Exposition. i-Our machinery appears to do Letter work, and to do It mors completely; that Is, it leaver lets work to be don by hand. I have, however) asvsr seen bolter castings than- most ot those In th European machinery, In general t-parance ths citings made on th contlneut indicate that tbe tuotrier does not us th trowel and sleek as much as th Amailoin molder. In steel cast lngs Euri-pi i ftp-art to be ahead of us In ths matter of producing sounds," day a faruer-fcirad a man by the a ante of Edwards aad his wife to assist oa the farm, the wosnaa to car for tbe children.

A saaa by the name of Bloomer aad his wife also uitil the latter havinc a three-year-old child. While all the par ties, except tb Edwards woman, were ia the field this child aiaappaamd. Ezcite meat raa high aad the neighbors took possasaioa of Edwards aad bis wns, mam had told contradictory stories about the child's disappearance. The woman la her fright contested (hat she suia it ana her husband's statements led to th same conclusion. Edwards and his wifs were reDeatediT atrun? no to ret th truth oat of them but th body of th child could not be found Several aigbtt alterwaras th little on was found saf and wall oa th doorsteps of a neighbor twe tniles away.

It had evidently been kidnaped, bat by whom aad for what purpose is not known, aad tb matter was being further investigated. The quiet village of -Bossvill recently had a sensation. Jacob KnykendalL a young man, in a fit ot insanity, shot and seriously wounded his wife and then barricaded his door and defied the town. Sheriff Fuller was telephoned the situation at ToseVa and be dispatched Deputy Dis-brow to th scene, who found th madman still defiant. Th officer conferred with a physician and resolved to chloro form Kuykendall, which he did by squirt ing th drug through th keyhole ontil the man was insensible, its was than takes to jail at Topeka.

The charters for two new corporations were recently filed with th Secretary of State, th combined capital stock of which was placed at $15,500,000. Th place of business Is Kansas City, Kan. and tht object is to smelt ores by a short method process recently discovered by George tt. Chick, of California, The directors for each company aret David J. Brewer, Thomas 8 tarns and Nelson F.

A cars, of Leavenworth: George H. Chick, of San Franciscoi John H. Krnll, William H. Whiteside and Marvin R. King, of Kansas City, Ma The Governor has anp ointed the follow lng delegates to th Wheat Growers' con vention to be held at St Louis Octoher23t a C.

King, of Atchison I Charles Rob a- son, of Lawrence) W. J. Lingenfeller, of Wellington, and F. Burd. of Bender.

W. H.HIGOINBOTHAK, who was recently convicted at Manhattan of receiving de posits when he knew bis bank was In failing conditon, has been granted a new trial It is stated that all creditors ot his bank will be paid in fulL Five towns in Kansas have women mayors and there are twenty-five women serving in City Councils, three police judges, twelve connty superintendents, several city clerks and treasurers and about 2 X) on ccbool boards. A CALL has been issued tors convention of county treasurers ot the State to held at Topeka October 15 The annual convention of ths Christian Church of Kansas, recently held at Topeka, was largely attended. ABOUT dark the other night a brutal assault was made upon Sister Camllle of th Convent of tbe Sacred Heart, in tb convent school house at Emporia, after tbe scholars and other teachers bad left Sbe was struck over the head a number of times with a slung shot or other weapon, until knocked nnconsciou then kicked and stamped npon until supposed to be dead. Her assailant was supposed to be a young railroader from Terre Haute, Ind named Murray, wbo became infatuated with ber while tbe nursed bim in a hos pital in Terre Haute, and which pace his persecutions forced her to leave to avoid him, but who bad followed her.

This Is said to be tbe third attempt he has made upon ber life because sbe refused to leave tbe convent and become hit wife, Ths fellow had not been arrested. Willford Wichita druggists, have been sued for 10,000 damages by Mrs. Annie Webster, who claims that tbe firm sold her husbaud a drink of whisky. Tbe Governor has granted a pardon, on recommendation of ths State Board ot Pardons, to Julius I. Bailey, of Reno County, who was sentenced Septembet It 1(83, to be hanged th murder of bis father, Jcs ah P.

Bailey. Bailey has been in the penitentiary since 18S3, and it is believed be is entirely innocent ot tbe Governor Humph riy has appointed the following delegates to tbe Farmers' Congress to be held at Montgomery, Ala, on November 18, 1.4, and 15: At large, A. P. Forsythe, of Montgomery County; A. Smith.

McPherson County; First Congressional district J. W. Schroder, of Jefferson County; Second, Kick Reitz, of Johnson; Third, N. W. Taylor, of Craw ford; FcUrth, J.

W. Johnson, of Green wood; Fifth, James Smith, of Clay; Sixth, William Simpson, of Norton Seventh, John Kelley, Sedgwick. 'The young man Latham who recently mysteriously disappeared from Sedgwick was found dead a few days later in tbe grass by tbe He had committed suicide, but no canss was assigned. WtfiLK parties were recently excavat ing a sewer tt Salina a petrified bone was discovered at a depth of twenty-two feet that' appeared to be tbe thighbone of a man from tbe hip to tbe knee, which if a human bon, was tbat of a man who must have weighed 610 pounds. Charters were recently filed with the Secretary of State of.

the Junction City ft Fort Riley Rapid Transit Street Railway Company, chief onlce at Junction City, Capital stock $50,000, and for tbe Centra Kansas Camp Mining Association. TBE State convention of tbe Christian Church, wl.tch mot recently at Topeka, raised by personal pledges $30,000, completing the endowment for the Garfield University at Wichita of S100.0M. It was a marvelous thing to do, for that Cnurch is not strong In this State. Tbe students of the University and tbeir literary socie ties pledged 4.000. Tbe professors and other ot Wichita gave $5,000, be sides donations previously raised.

Tbs other day G. W. Gay, a carpenter, met with a sudden death while prospect ing for coal in an old shot a farm he recently purchased near Fort Scott bugo boulder weighing two tons fell upon bim. He leaves a wife and ton, the latter young man. KX'Uovkrnob Martin, who has tnen seriously ill for several weeks at his home in Atchison, Is reported to be slowly re covering.

Henrt Pratt, one of tbe most respeoted cltitent ot Lirned, was killed by a mad bull the other day, being gored aud trampled beyond recognition. The other morning Charles Howell, ged twenty-three years, membsr of the Iron gang engaged In constructing the root of the capltol building at Topeka, fell from the roof tb the bitement the building, a dlstanoe ot 12) feet, sustain lng Injuries from which be died within an hour. The Leavenworth sugar factory has started up with a fall force of 15? men; Durino the reo nt fair at Topeka on ot the great attractions was ths baby show at whlc'r 138 fold mothers exhibited as many babies, representing twenty oouu Ilea Tbe rremlum was an elegant lm ported baly carriage, which a Topeka mother triumphantly wheeled her Hula darling eff In, whilst 137 otber mothers oast jealous glanoes sf er her. Tb babies wsr stoically Indifferent. i It Is asserted that not In tbs last fifteen years hat taers been th demand for frnl cans snd jars In Kansas that has been this season.

The Government It said to be well satisfied with th results ot th expert nents In sugar making st tbo vailoui Sills throughout Kansas, i CURRENT COIOIENT. A Chicago man recently sent two hundred dollar) conscienea money to the United states Treasury. The novelty of seeing two women arraigned for highway robbery was recently one of the features of the proceedings in the Tombs police court at New York. A State immigration convention was held in Louisville, recently tinder the auspices of the State League of Commercial Clubs. Governor IJuclt-ner presided.

All IIekk, the imported English stallion, owned by llurgess of Winona, 111., recently died at the State Fair groundi He as four years old and valued at flO.OOQ. Joseph Hakvev, a wealthy mill owner of Philadelphia, has beon sent to the insane asylum through brooding over the burning of one of his mills in which fifteen persons, mostly young girls, lost their lives. The secretary of the Brotherhood of St Andrew, which was recently In an nual convention at Chicago, created quite a sensation among the members by denouncing in his address theaters. dances and card parties. I Emperor William has refused to mitigate the severity of the imperial regulations concerning passports, and the inconvenience to which hundreds of travelers in Germany are daily subjected seems as far from removal as ever.

Newspapers in the City of Mexico demand of the Government that it forbid the entrance into that country of Syrian and Turkish beggars. A nun ber of Chinamen arrived at Tampico recently and departed immediately for loxas. Ten double-cabbed monster locomotives will soon bo out of the shops for jsa on the Rook Island road. It is stated that this road will endeavor to make the fastest time between Kansas City and Denver of any of the compet ing lines. The Municipal Commission of Paris, ranee, has decided that the votes cast for General Boulanger in Mont martre in the recent elections are null and void, and has doclared M.

Joffrin, the labor candidate, who received the next highest number of votes, elected The New York Daily Graphic has gone into the hands of the sheriff. It was an experiment in the field of illus trated journalism and has never been successful, though every thing that could be done for It by changes of ownership and politics has been tried. In an interview General Boulanjrer said he had no hopo of his party hav ing a majority In the new Chamber of Deputies. Ho hud not, however, lost fuith in the future. The Government, ho declared, had everywhere stolen votes, with ravon-like characteristics, The Republican majority would prove unmanageable, be said, and France would soon bo calling him to power.

A late dispatch from Helena, Mont. rays that the half has not been told of the ravages of drought and fire this season in that State. The long con tinned dry weather and great forest and prairie tires have left the trrazin lands in such condition that the cattle can not obtain proper subsistence from them. The cattle are already in very poor condition, and if there should come a hard winter many of xnciD would perish. Secretary Trace has decided to accept the new cruiser Charleston which is at San Francisco, from its builders, but has not given any orders to that end, as he is awaiting the ac tion of the bureaus of engineering and construction, who are now considerin the official report on the last trial of the vessel.

The Charleston, during her trial, showed an average speed of over 18 knots an hour and a horsepower of over G.80Q. The Opera House at Hartford.Conn., was crowded to overflowing the other evening to witness the historical tableaux given in part as a testimonial to Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe. The tableaux illustrated national events from Columbus to dale and were do-signed especially to show the progress of womrin. Tho authoress and man-ngcr was Miss Cora Seott Pond, of Boston.

Mrs. Livermore was lecturer. Mrs. Isabcllo Berry Hooker personated Mrs. Stowo.

Before Justice Frindiviile nt Chicago recently James Nicollet, an Italian, accused his wife Emily of living with Salvntore Lemor, also an Italian. The woman said her husband had tired of her and sold her to Salvatore for $10. Salvatore corroborated the statement, and tho woman said: "Of course I obeyed James when he told me to live with Salvatore. I do not think I am guilty when my husband ordered me to do so." She also said that the child was not her husband's ns he had sold it for f5. Nothing was done by the Justice in these matters.

but Lemor was fined $30 for carrying concealed weapons. I A general combination of the win dow glass factories west of the Alleghany mountains, which has been so freely talked of within the past few weeks, now appears to have been given up. Along with that went also a scheme to build an immense tank factory by capital furnished by the various manure sturers. After weigh lng and Investigating the matter several Pittsburgh manufacturers and Eastern capitalists who were interested arrived at the conclusion' that to organize a trtist or to purchase a con trol of all factories or to build tank furnaces of any size was now not the Jcliif for several reasons, State. vlM ButheU.

Illinois 84 Indiana 3.07,7 36 4.T4T.6.KI 87 Kentucky 3 80 Missouri 4 Iowa 42 336 Kansas 2 40 448. 8 Nebraska 4,629.677 8s .75 927,728 Michigan SO 84,4.2,16 Wl-consin 1.016, 84 SH Dakota 816 61 23 8 .5 Assuming tbat the crop in otber States ill be equal to that of 1888. or 625,278, 000 tushels, the total crop of 18S9 will be 2.263.292.(93. against a total in 18:8 of 1,987,190,000. We summarize tbe reports of correspondents relative to tbe present condition of corn as follows: Illinois.

92 per cent; Indiana, 91; Ohio, 81; Ken tucky, 101; Missouri, 108; Kansas, 110; Nebraska, 90; Wisconsin, 79; Michigan, C9; Minnesota, 82; Dakota, It TROUBLE BREWING. Important Affidavits as to the Great Strike of 1880 Likely to Cause Trouble In the K. of L. St. Louis, Sept 28.

Important depositions bearing upon the great strike of 1886 have been taken here very quietly, but when the re silt becomes known in Knights of Labor circles it Is likely to cause a large sized row. The recent war between Mortimer D. Shaw, of this city, and Master Workman Powderly, in which a number of prominent knights of this city became involved, and which is bringing Master Workman Powderly and bis entire executive board to St Louis, Is really the cause which has led to the present trouble. Tbe depositions taken were from a number of dissatified knights, who, having been in the inside of tbe affairs of tbe great strike, have been able to give testimony of great importance to the Missouri Pacific railway, which will be used in de fense of the damage suits instituted by the men prosecuted for the Wyandotte train wrecking. These- depositions contain startling charges against the leaders of the knights.

Among other things alleged is a plot to blow up tbe big Eads bridge here. Gold Mining in China. Portland, Sept 28. News of the discovery of rich gold-bearing quartz in the province ot Canton, China, about 103 miles from ths city ot Canton, has been received here by Seld Back, a prominent Chinese merchant Chinese merchants of the Pacifio coast have organized a company. Experts from New York wbo examined tbe ledge report that the rock assays from $375 to $400 per too.

Ths Isdge Is a mile snd a half long and thirty feet thick. The Governor ot the proviaoe Issued a proclamation against mining. It is tbe Intention of the com pany to spend $200,000 for machinery in tbe United states. A Collapsed Trust. I Cahtoh, Sspt 28.

When th great Due ber watoh case works were removing here from Cincinnati, and ths Bampdeu works from Springfield, with 6,000 people, the $11,000,000 watch trust com blned on the Dusber enterprise and ex pelled It from the association. At that tlms this trust controlled tb Jobbers of tb country. This compelled th estab lishment of Individual jobbing houses. A dlspstoh from New York says that four ot th largest Jobbers In th country, from Boston, Chicago, Now York and Buffalo, hav gon out of ths trust Tbs fight has bean th most bitter ever known and th Independent manufacturers and jobbers re undoubtedly coming out suean. uuioypor,.