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VOL. X. HWA IE BTDfE! Wreck in Pittsburg by an Ex plosion of Natural Gas. SEVEN PERSONS KILLED, THIRTY INJURED AND FIFTEEN HOUSES DEMOLISHED. PANIC IN THE SMOKY CITY. Horrible Catastrophe of Burn*. Fractured Skulls and Broken Bone* Fearful Scenes —Pedestrian# killed on the Street and in a Street Car. Phtsfubg, Feb 2.—A terrific natural gas explosion took place at the < u nor of Thirty fourth an 1 Butler st. reels. The explosion originated in the cellar of August Mueller’s saloon, which v.as entirely dene'.shed; else tff <ah-ons of George Morris u; I Larry Eb bert, bail-lings on opposite side of the street, ■were badly shattered. Shutters were torn off and windows br-uen. The drug store of George Pease was wrecked. Immediately after the explo sion t *ol place. The ilw< r and M rris stdoouß took lire and were burned to me ground. The explosion was caused by gas leaking from the gas mains leading frowthe gas wells at Murraysville, Westmoreland county, to the’ frofa 'mills in Uii.- city. It is sup; ■ sed the gas forced its wny through the Mm l ar's cel ar. and when the lat ter, with a lighted candle, went to tap an ale barrel, the explosion took place Fifteen persons were injured, some of th ■m fatally. It is now stated that there w t .wo explos ions, the first in Hermendorfer’s btr cher shop, the second in Mueller’s cellar, reported in the first dispatch. People passing on the side walk w»>re blown across the stm t, and the entire first floor of the saloon whh blown up. Dr. Steinert, standing at the bar, was blown to the ceil ..g, f II bac k i » the ■ Lar and was ba-lly burned. Fred Quiser bad his skull fractured and wid die. The barkeeper stan 1- ing at the saloon door was blown across the street. Fred Zinser, ptusiug along the street, vi as struck by dying debris, his > ve knock ■ 1 out and his skull fractured H -will di*. Amelia Oschenhurst was ba ily burne I and her left leg broken She will die A butcher named Ovenhart, driving along the Mr _*t, was blown from his wagon and badly hurt. Just a few moment* after the occurrence a citizens line car paced in front of the wrecked buildings ' led with passengers, and a second exp'- > ; occurred, and the car was thrown from the track by the force of the uph< al. The « -rnation among the passengers was moi an a panic, and scarcely one of the whoi umber escaped without more or hiss injury. The driver was blown from his position and so severely injured that he may not recover. At the same time pieces of timber and flying debris of all kind hurled in the air by the second explosion, and caused havoc among those who had gathered in the vicinity, and the list of injured was swelled UD'il it had reached betweeu twenty and thirty. Several other eruptions followed, and the number of hous *s embraced was increased to ten or fifteen. After twenty minutes past twelve the sig nal that the fire nad been extinguished was lent in, but s areeiy ten minutes iiad elapsed until another alarm was sounded from the lame box, and additional steamers hurried to the spot, not only to aid in extinguishing the flames, but to assist in aiding in the care of the injured and hunting for those who were supposed to be buried under the build ings which had been involved in the general destruction. The latest news is that seven persons were killed by the first explosion. The excitement Ib tearful. At the recent explosion at Sharpsburg the Indignant property owners threatened to tear up the gas mams, but by means of wise coun sel were dissuaded from their purpose. This latest explosion is likely to cause a general outbreak. Death After the Dance. Sandusky, 0., Feb 2.—A merry party of nine were sleighing homeward from a bail at Fort Clinton to their home in Oak Harbor. They had just reached the Three-mile cross ing when the Lake Shore train came thunder ing down upoh them. Rus Rice, who was driving, urged the hordes to their utmost en deav ’s, and with a frightened spring they jumped across the track, but only in time to permit, the sleigh to be struck in the middle. All of the occupants of the sleigh except Rice were struck and dashed, some on one side, some on the other. Stephen Hail, of Detroit, and Jennie Whipple, of Wauseon, were killed instantly. The wounded, some fatally, are: Charles Vogel and wife, Abe Thierwaehter and wife, John Vogel and wife. Rice escaped uninjured. The train stopped, backed up, took the dead and dying on board, and carried them to Oak Harbor. Arriving there they were laid tenderly on the floor m the sitting room till carriages could be sent for. Messengers were dispatched to notify the families and other relatives. With daylight the news spread through the town and nearly the whole population gathered at the grief stricken homes with offers of ail, supplies and care So widespread a calamity has never before visited the town, ine dead and wounded are all young people with a wide circle of friends, relatives and acquain tances. A Mother’s Awful Fate. Altoona, Pa., Feb. 2.—A belated citizen passing the residence of George Love found flames issuing from every window on the first floor. Love and family sleep on the second floor. The citizen instantly raised the cry of fire, and rushed to awaken the family. The shouting in the street awakened Mr. and Mrs. Love and they rushed to the window. Ascer taining their danger they hastened back to the bed-room and seised their children Mr. Love, with one child under each arm, leaped to the ground with only a few bruises. Mrs. Love appeared at the window a few seconds later with the remaining child. “Jump!” yelled the dozen of half-dressed men who had by this time gathered in the yard. “Jump for your life! Throw him to me!" shouted the agonized hus band She stood a moment, seemingly unde cided, and then, dazed with fear or overcome by the heat and smoke and the excitement of the hour, she dropped across the window-sill, still clasping her child to her bosom. A groan of agony burst from the crowd which had by this time gathered, and many turned away, Sailj) i s* wines. unable to endure the awful * b.t. No ladders coui Ibe pro. nr- Y o hull- \ . possible; and thej j, before :i., eyes oi ter Uu b;i' 1 and friends and neighbors, Mrs. Love <»u.. her chi! I burned to death, and foil nto the rel hot ashes of their home. The husband is neatly frantic with grief, an.l piteoush calls Lif dead* rite by name. A kind neighbor has opened ins h use for him ami the twu sur viving ehialren. THE PLUCKY REPORTER Goes to Jail with His Secret, Committed for Comempt of Court. Roches fek, Feb. 2.—John Dennis, jr., the reporter who is supposed t.o be the author of a series of articles on municipal corrup tion, bribery of juries, etc., which have ap t-eared in the Democrat and Chronicle, when Ltefore the grand jury refused to <iivulge the source from which he derived the informa tion contained in the article which so excited the wrath of the Hon. George Raines, who acted as rouns. 1 for Alderman J. Miller Kelly in the recent trial of that gentleman for ac ?- pting a bribe from the Baltimore and Ohio !'■ - , rnpli Company. The article purported to be an interview between the reporter and in “oi l political lawyer,” ami the i-lentity of this “political lawyer” was what the grand jury desired to discover, and which Dennis refuse 1 to reveal. The jury then went into tho supreme court, an 1 District Attorney Taylor read the qu s‘i >ns pro pounded to Dennis and his answer st hereto, tin* Gist ri t attorney th-m a idr sh- I the judge in b ’half of the reporter, stating that in do ing to answer he was governed by a rule .)f his office, and further, that upon the case is pr-seated by Mr. Raines, he <-ouJd not an iWt>r vithout criminating himself. Ln regard th matter->f crimination, Justice Ruin ■y state ! to Dennis that there was no libel in me as tide ami no action could possibly bo bo pan there >n. The court then aske 1 Mr. Den nis if he still refuse Ito answer. Mr. Dennis replied that, without any disreejn *t to the X»urt, he must decline to do so. Ju- ice Ram i' y th- n committed him to tho c amty jail tor cent, mpt until such tinw as he w,.s pre crod to answer the question, and Shei iff i.l.muQn took Dennis to the “Blue Eagle,” ns :.be jm! is genet ally called. .kt the jati ho lias become very M much of a ‘l;o!i,” an i was visited by a large number of visitors, who complimented him upon his >luck m refusing to reveal the name of tho party who had given him his information, wt a meeting of the newspaper men of the 'ity, a series of resolutions was prepared, ‘ailing the attention of the ju Ige to what hey deemed an injus’ice in committing Den ns without bail, while mm charged with ;>rilw»ry, perjury and other felonious crimes, whom he attempted to bring to justice, are flowed to be at large upon bail. Mr. George Moss, city e liror of the Union, was >.’s > subpoenaed before the grand jury to Xistifv as to the authorship of certain articles published in Ihe Union concerning municipal Mrrupti ii, but ns these were not libelous he iecline I to divulge the names of the writers, Mid ihe questions were not pn >•-!. Theex ict cause of this difference in the treatment )f Lb. two wiim smmi does not appear. FATAL ENDING TO A DANCE. %n Aged Fiddler Frozen to Death m d Ills Throe CompauioßH Badly Frost bi I ion. Hoi’.nei > sville, Feb. 2. -Royal Stephens, )f M ir_. vide, I’a , who had played the vio jn hi all the country dances in that cummu aity for nearly forty years, startml with a pary of five others to return h(•me after a lance at Sleight’s tavern, nice m: ■ distant, it wa« bitter cold The four ha 1 l>ceri -b ink ing I;<*.\ilv all night, and were all under the .niluence of liquor when they left the tav th, md they took with them in the >,'cigh a half {nllon diimj- hn of apple whisky. Two hours ifter the party had left the team came back ;<> the tavern <m a run, with only the fr ont b l>- of the sleigh attached to them. Two i en drove out to see what had become of the ileigh load. They met two of the party, James Malone a rd Win Jay, walki: ; in the road toward tho tavern. They were intoxica ted, but managed to say that th< ir horses had run away, an i that one of their companions, Charles Jay, had stopjred at a tarmhouse, but th- y did not know where the old fiddlr r was nor the fourth companion, Jerry Ball. Ihe m-n from the tavern continued on their way, and a mile from Morey ville found Stev jns lying by the roadside. There were sins if life about him, but he whs dea l bef< r e they reached Moreyville with him. There were no marks of injury on him, and it is luppusct that he had frozen to death. The diea who were with him cun give no cause M the runaway. Near where tae ol t man lay there w-re marks of the sleigh being turned around in the road, and the tracks of the hors sshow that they began to run at the top of their speed. The feet and ears of all four of the men were terribly frozen. Chari- s Jay’s fe -t will have to be amputated Jerry Ball was not found till late in th" day, whin h-i wis discovered in the bay mow of the Morey ville tavern He knew nothing of the runaway. He was badly cut about the hea I and fare, and ha 1 evidently been thrown out 31 the sic gh. Four Angers on his right hand were so badly frozen that they were am putated. S evens was seventy years oi l an 1 leaves a daughter in comfortable circuin itances. He had never been intemperate. PhPadelphia and Heading Receivers. Philadelphia, Feb. 2.— Julges McKen nan and Butier have mn e the fallowing order m the United States circuit court on the re civers of the Philadelphia and Read ing Railroad company: “And now to-wit: January 30,1865, it is ordered that the rec eiv ers pay out no money without a special order of the court providing for the same except to defray the running expenses of the roads under tbeir charge, including the wages and salaries of ail persons imine 'lately connected with that service, embracing civil engineers, to keep the property of the railroad company trucks, buil lings, etc. —in proper repair and to defray the expenses of operating the mines a.id other works and transacting the business generally of the coal and iron com pany and repairing and preserving the prop erty of said company.” The Carnival Over. Montreal, Feb. 2. Fri ly was comfort-a bb* warm an 1 bright and outdoor sports were freely indulged in. The farmers’ drive con sisted of several hundral sleighs right from the farm and driven at random through the principal streets. The grand carnival ball in the evening was a brilliant affair. Among the notables here is Lord Ganuoyle. The in coming trains brought very few visitors and the outgoing ones were heavily laden with departing guests. The carnival ( f 1885 is about over and may be fairly cLassed as a thoroughly successful one. Boonlei’s Arrested for Rebellion* Arkansas City, Kas., Feb. 2.—Late Fri day night- Capt Cou n h, H. H. Stafford, Geo. W. Brown and Col. S. E. Wilcox, the leading spirits of the Oklahoma boomers, were ar rested by the United States marshal on a dis patch from Gen. Hatch. The charges against them are conspiracy and rebellion against the United States government. They were all taken to Wichita, where they wiii have a preliminary hearing. It if understood that other bacmers are to be arrested. The ar rests have caused great indignation. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY lORNING, FEBRUARY 3. 1885. LONIOX’SSHARPBOBBIES BECOMING RIDICULOUS IN THEIR ZEAL AGAINST DYNAMITERS. Goodman, the Suspect, Discharged—A Plot Against ?' unple Bar- Who In Cunning hain? ard's Rebolutlon A Bill for German Workingmen. London, Feb. J— Aman supposed to be a dynamiter was arrested on a train near Derby, and a large quantity of -xpiosive compounds were sou id in his pOMession He was imme diately ana ned, charged with writing men acing letters to the civic authorities of Derby, threatening the destruction of the town hall. He gave his name hr Newbald, and admitted that ho had written the letters. He was re manded tor a week for further examination. The police exjiect to establish the prisoner’s complicity with the London explosions. Goodman, the susjiected dynamiter who was arrested on Friday at his lodging in North street, is still held by the police. He was arraigned before a magistrate and given a secret h<-siring. The police informed the magistrate that they were in possession of evidence enough against the prisoner to war rant his further detention, an I the magistrate accordingly remanded him. The police are in posw s don of the place in which Goodman lolged, and are evidently awaiting to arrest all persons who may cjill. In some instances detectives have so constructed matters con nected with this arrest as to make it plain that they are endeavoring to deceive the press and throw the reporters off, lest Good man’s companions should obtain the slightest information in regard to their doings.| Goodman was unexpectedly brought before the ma-.istrate again later in the day and was released, the police confessing their in ability to connect him with any conspiracy. This proceeding on the part of the police is considered remarkable, and their recent over zealous efforts to trace and arrest dynamitere is fast bringing them .nto ridicule. The new law courts at Temple Bar are guarded by an extra force of police. These precautions are take*'* inconsequence of the receipt by the author ities of a letter which gives in full the details of a plot to destroy the buildings by an explosion of dynamite. The garrison at Tynemouth has been spec ially oidared to search all visitors to the bar racks and to guard tho entrances to th • mag azine The shipping iu the Tyne has been watched to an unusual extent since the Lon don explosions to prevent the importation of dynamite. - The Irish police who were brought over from Dublin to aid in solving the mystery of Saturday’s dynamite outrages have failed to identify • James Gilbert Cunningham, alias Dalton, who was arrested and remanded for a week on suspicion oi' being implicated in the explosion at the tower. The prisoner has been photographed, despite his protests, and copies of the portrait were mailed to New Ybrk. The United Irishman, of Dublin, denounces the re- < !it dynamite outrages in London as the work of men who pretend to believe that they can serve Ireland by carrying on a campaign against stone walls and stained glass. Bayard Resolution Denounced. Chicago, Feb. 2. —A conspicuous member of the Fenian brotherhood is authority for the statement that at a meeting of Irish- Airn ri an here the resolutions introduced in the United States senate by Senator Bayard was denounced, and that the Irish supporters of Congressman Cobb, of Indiana, were re quested to show their appreciation of his con duct upon his return homo. It was also de clared that s7,‘-dO was subscribed this after noon to be employed as a skirmishing fund against England. A newspaper here printed a cablegram quoting Mr. Labouchere, editor of tho Lon don Truth, bs saying: “The name of the man at rhe bottom of tho dynamite outrage is Met dl'i r y. How I know is no matter, but I know ’ Capt. John McCafferty alleged to be the Irish agitator referred to, publishes the following: To whom it may concern: Labouehen-. of the London Truth, Is a shame less liar-an assassin of character. John McCafkerty. Capt. McCafferty, it is said, w is tried in Dublin in 1867 for high treason, and sen tenced to death along with many others. Five or six years later tho sentence was com mute i to banishment, and since that time he has worked in this country as a speculator and mining operator. Capt. McCafferty’s name has been heretofore coupled with the dynamiters Some two years ago tho report was circulated that informer Carey’s dis clo-ures implicated McCafferty, and it was even alleged that he was none other than the mysb rious “Number One.” Capt. McCafferty strongly denied all connection with Carey, end protested tdiat he had no sympathy with assassins and murdereis. For the Relief of German Worldngnien. Berlin, Feb. 3.—ln the reiebsh'; members of the socialistic party brought forward a bill for the pr<»tcction of workingmen. Among the provisions of the measure is one, strictly prohibiting the hiring out of prisoners to private corporations. The bill also prohibits employers from compelling their employes to labor after nightfall without extra compen sation. Another clause of the bill makes the employment of children under fourteen years of ag<s illegal, and provides for the punish ment by fine and imprisonment, of any em ployer found guilty of violating this clause. The introduction of the bill caused consider able surprise, and it is generally viewed as a substitute for the workingmen’s protection bill, recently introduced by Prince Bismarck, which was opposed because of its impract ibili’y. The bill fathered by Bismarck, sought, among other things, to establish a fixed number of hours to constitute a work ing day. Cunningham an Old Plotter. St. Louis, Feb. 2. —The Post-Dispatch printed an article based on a statement by a “well-known local dynamiter,” to the effect that Cunningham, now under airest in Lon don in connection with the recent explosions, is the same young fellow who two years ago lived here, and who was written up at the time as an infernal muchine maker, and full of sch nn s to blo w up all of the public build ings in London. He was known here as M nha.-l J Byrne. He also Jived in Chicago, w’>ere he was known as James Gilbert, and in Phila lelphia, where he went by the name of James Cunningham. He claimed to have been obliged to leave Ireland because he was implicate lin the murder of a landlord. He was iu Denver last August, but since then he has not been heard from. Bieaking Up a Swindling Game. Cleveland, Feb. 2. —The government au thoritb arrested at Hazleton, in this state, on the charge of using the mails for fraudu lent pui poH ‘s, a man named Peter Rosenberg er, formerly chief of police at Kitaning, Pa., and subsequently publisher of a news paper called the Paragon in McKeesport. Rosenberger has been advertising what he cads the “boodle game.” He sent letters to various parties in Ohio and Kentucky, offer ing to sell them an excellent quality of coun teifeit money that could not be detected Bven by experts. His price was thirty-three cents on tin <l>l Jm In his letter he gave minute instru' tions to the parties logo to a first-class I 'tel airl register, and to then in quire of certain I >. si ness men for his place. After other mysti •ions movements, Rosen berger was to meut them with th * amount of money desired. Some of th» so letters fell Into the hands of the authorities, and by fol lowing the directions enclosed Rosenberger wils arrertu 1. The fact is he never made or hu I in his p.-s-cssion any counterfeit money. His victims wore .net at the hooel, ’he money received from them, and a package of brown paper coutuinii..: the suppose! counterfeit bills given in return. The swindled parties did not dare ■. plain to the police, as they were them*?!. liable to arrest for attempt ing to buy the counterfeit money. Rosen berger played a similar game on saloon kee|>- ers. He would offer them illi -it whisky at low rates. When they wont with him to his house he would collect the money and imme diately raise an alarm that would frighten the wuukl-be dealers in illicit liquor out of the place. kilpatr7ck's~pretty AIDE. A Romance of the War Revived In a Chi cago Police Court. Chicago, Feb. 2.—A romance of the late war is revived m the police court. One day in the spring of when Gen Judson Kil patrick’s army was marching through South Uarolina, an unusually engaging; mil pretty little woman came to the roads, la and in quired for the general. To him she said sha was a school teach r from Vermont, stranded by the war and asked tho privi'e m of moving with the army. She was put into an ambu lance, and subsequently occupied a family carriage “foraged’’ by the soldiers. One day there was a now ofllcer upon the general’s staff, a boyish-looking fellow whose face bad never yet needed a razor. * He sat on his horse rather awkwardly at first, and oven after many days was unable to arrive at the easy gait of the veteran cavalryman. ho D that young fellow?” «on Id be the qupstiou along the ranks as tho staff would iweep by on a gallop “That’s Capt Charley,” would be the re mark with a wink. When the truth was known some men sneered, others bit their lips. AU agreed it might have been ex pected. At any rate, it was no man's par ticular businosH. Very likely the general would provide for tho girl when a railroad should be reached, “( apt. Charley” rode with Kilpatriik through, th--<' iroliu.iM. One lay there was a stubborn fi.dit in which one regiment got separate 1 from thb main body. It was neciissary that orders be s nt it. No body cared to go, for Ihe vn Bey was swept with grape, canister and shells, but Capt. Übarley's bla<*k eyes were blazing. Turning to Kilpatrick, ho said: • “Let me go, general.” “Go, then Take low ground there in the hollow and ride like the devil.” Ail watched the dapple-gray as he spun along an unused wagon-track iu' tho hollow. A redoubled roar of artillery and the sharp snap of rilles Lol 1 it was no summer shower through which Capt. Charley was riding. The rider disap peared ami cessation of firing by the detached regiment told that the order had been de livered. Thon came the regiment sweeping up the main, road and a cleared field, their sabres flashing in the sun. ('apt. Cuurley es Bayed to come back and join his chief. Just at that moment when the ai le-de-camp reached tie last elevation in bis perilous path, an enormous shell exploded, seemingly over his head. Capt. Charley fell to the earth, but bis well-trained and faithful horse stood fasl. Half a dozen of the escorts that now came up without orders rushed down th" hid, picked up the unconscious body and conveyed it to a place of safety, where the brigade sur geon said no bones were broken, but DiaC Capt. Ch u'iey would never ag dn hear the voice of loved ones. He was incurai ly deaf from concussion. The stirgeon a.so indulged iu some muttering concerning a gen- ial who would allow a woman to ride with his staff officers. “Capt. Charley’’ had seen the last of the war. A fi*w days in the hospital re store 1 her to health, but ner unc.-s pre vented her making a living at her former oc cupation. She drifted into the alums of Washin..’ton and New York, and lastly to Chicago. Dissipation made her an old woman before her time. She was arraigned for bt ing drunk and disorderly and was sent to the house of correction. Washington Notes. Washington, Feb. 2. —The president has sppoin. I Jno. Charlton, of Le v Ya k City, a member of the board of Indian commission ers, to Luke the place of Cornelius It. Agnew, resigned. The indications are that the demo'ratie side of the house will a Ijourn to New Y . .as soon as Mr Cleveland gets there. 'J'hey say that they uu ■ rstan 1 that his purpose tbero is to be easy of access to the party leaders and ad vin rs, and they are making pr<-parations for pilgrimages to New York. Some are going in delegations, and others will go quietly and alone. Mr. Cleveland, it is understood, will extend speci/d invitations to none except those whose names he is thinking of in con nection with the cabinet, or who are recog nized party leaders, though it will not n<:ces sarily follow that all those invite 1 to a con ference are to be fi tally accepted as the prop t men for the positions. Oth rs will visit him under what it is understood to be a general invitati >n to all the democratic states men who wi h to give him their advice. As soon as the president-elect takes up his quarters in New York be will be met there by a large delegation of members from sev eral of the w -stern states and territories be sides the II inuis delegation to push Mr. Sprin r er for the interior departm nt. The McDonald men are also gettin ready for a pilgri nage. Pendleton’s friends are busy with his boom, and the Virginia delegation will probably take some action to indicate their de?ire that Mr. Bui hour should be made postmaster g neral. When the president asks a favor of the senate it is n-t often refused An 1 so Will iam Mason. Wright, who entered West P int iu tiie class which will graduate iu 188 b, but who failed and left the a ademy un i who was n -inmate I for second lieutenant in the Second infantry has been confix med. Mean while bis more capable associates will pur sue their studies, be graduated in IbSii, and if the presi lent has not filled too nriny places with civilians, they may get a place upon the army register a good many points lower than the gentlemen who have displayed greater capacity for mastering the art of war. The nomination has been denounced as an outrage even by members of th<* senate, and as an a t of gross injustice to aspirants for place who are not “sticka” Work for Carmakers. Schenectady, N Y.. Feb. 2—Dr. W. Seward Webb, president of the Wagner Cal Company, has inspected the J »n s car worki boil. Dr. Webb said that he would send a large number of cars to the works to be re paired and rebuilt, and would no do ibt sup ply enough work to keep the wonts running to their full capacity, with ord rs for new cars and with cars to be repaired. It is ex pected that the works in this city will U made one of tho piincipal manufactories oi Wagner curs Articles of incorporation of the Mt. Auburn cable railroad company, of Cincinnati, havt bwu filed. EVANGELICAL POWER? OR IS MESMER’SM THE SECRET OF MRS. WOODWORTH’S INFLUENCE? One of Her Female Converts Explains the Sensations ol a Trance —And Tel’s of Her Vetsion of the Heavenly .Jeru salem The People Puzzled. Indianapolis, Ind , Feb. 2.—Tho reports from the Hartlord City religious craze, car ried on under Mrs. Woo 1 worth, are beyond belief. Mrs Wood worth is well known in tho state and enjoys a good reputation. Some instances of the so-called conversions rival and outdo the celebrated “Yerks” in Ken tucky a half century ago. Among the con versions is a man familiarly known about town, whose name is withh Id from publica tion, a man us convivial habits, and who on one occasion was “loaded to the guards.” Determined on breaking up the meeting, he marched within ten feet of the pulpit and be gan a ton ent of profane abuse until, as he says, his tongue, tailed him. He sat silent, annoyed at being overcome by a woman who had caused th; result without making any special effort in bis direction. He seems, as he says, when asked what his sensations are like, not to un lerstand what it is, but replies in an injured tone of a man who has been personally affronted, “Go up yourself and find out.” All sorts of theories are out as to the secret of tae evangi?lic‘al power. Tiie belief gen erally seems to be that of imismorisin, al though Mrs. Woodworth denies that she pos sesses any power of mesmerism. She saya that it is truly tho power of God. If mes merisfii it is, she must have some way of se curing private interviews with her subjects and boinling them to her will afterw ud, for she certainly does not have an opportunity, for it in church. In no instance can the writer find out that this has been done. A strange phase of this revival, and one not at tendant on tho ordinary meetings, is the ef fect that the revival fever has on persons away from the church. One young woman went to an evening service, and at its conclu-' Bion went home, where she talked on the usual topics before retiring. A whole night Intervened, and at breakfast tho young lady jid not appear. She was found sitting up in bed, cold mi l apparently stiff, with wile staring ey; <, her pulse • barely perceptible, and not •«!».»■ b» speak. VVuen . two or three hours intel hue came out of the supposed trance she seemed greatly worried, and whon rested told t hat with one except’m the scenes that si! )h i 1 witnessed were glorious. The exception was that of a body of angels marching down to hell with lost souls. Viola M Dermott is a woman above the average height, with a very pale face that is saved from b ing plain by a pair of hand lome bln k eyes, which have anything but a restful look when she is interviewed. She Bays: “1 know as W"ll as anything when this trance is coming on, for I have been in a trance fivedilfuionttiin : s M»' bauds get cold as ice an i I feel my arms stiffening. My eyes get hard and the imide of the church or room grows Smaller Tha’durkness begiifs at tho outer e lg -s of the room and comes toward me from ail si les mid gets closer I become more Icy and stiff, and then the is gone. I can’t talk mi l don’t want to talk. 1 am in both worlds—in this because I can hoar ev erything tnat is said aroun i m 3, au 1 in the other because 1 can see the great while throne.” “How does it look?” was asked. “I hardly know how to tell you. It is something like a chair, only a great deal larger than I ever saw.” “D i you boo anything else?” “Yes; golden streets with angels passing around turough them. There are habita tions or paradises as you would cali them. They rise u » on each side, glorious and mag nificent. The light is not white, but radiant and blight -oh, so bright and glorious Igo there by two ways—one with nothing on my mind, mid ad is happiness; the other is to have a sinner to save, and then I am praying and pleading for him. That is hard work and I sutT ,r My coining back is just the tame as my going. There is no time of total unconsciousness between. lam always very much worried afterward.” This young woman has been a member of the chun h about two years. To Be Tried for Grave Robbery. Sycamore BL, Feb. 2—Witnesses in the grave robbing cases of Waterman and Rhinkle are b( ig summoned for the Kane county mi l Winncmago circuit courts The cases are somewhat noted. Wallace Water man and Newton Shinkle were students in Rush medical college, Chicago, the former living at Sycamore and the latter at Rochelle. Some tirrif* in January, 1884, Mrs. Mary Hoyt’s gr ve was found to be desecrated, and therobb* r.» traced to DeKalb, where it was discovered that they had shipped the body to Chi u 'o. D tactive work followed, and the cap; nr of tne young men was the conse quence Wat rinan is scarce eighteen, though iShinkl *is somewhat past his majority. The feeling f :ii ■ people which was at 'he time of the c- minitud of thecrirne very indignant, has su 1 . (led. bympathy is with Waterman, an i tho belief is lully expressed that he can not bo convicted, but the rumor is well founded that Waterman divulged more to Sheriff Wood than was for his good. .Khinkle figuied widely iu the Cornell university boat club’s European tour by selling the race, for which he was ostracised by the students. Only a Drop of Nitro-Glycerine. Wa iio n, Pa., Feb. 2.—Benjamin Grey, a blacl ini th in the mi idle oil field, was called ujm» by a weli-shooter to make borne repairs on the rn mi ng gear of his wagon, which he used iu carry mg nitroglycerine. Grey crawled in under the wagon. He found a bolt broken, aud took his hammer to drive it out to ma lie room for a new one. A deioening explosion f lio wed the first stroke ol the ham mer. The wagon was shattered to pieces, which were thrown in ev. ry direction Grey was knocked scnseicss to the ground, and so badly injured that his life is despaired of. The owner of the wagon stood several feet away, but was thrown to the ground. One wheel of tho wagon was cur rind into a tree twenty feet distant. The explosion is ac counted for on the theory that a quantity of nitru-glycei ine bad leakei out of a can at some tnn while being truusporteii from the factory, and ha I coilecte 1 ou the ruimiug gear of the wagon. The blow from the hum mer was all that was needed to explode it. Prentiss Sticks by Grant. Boston, F b 2.—A Chicago special to the Record st.y- Gen. B. M. Prentiss, who fought in the battle of Shiloh, thinks Grant’s account of the bailie is eminently just, and that the adverse cri;i< ism which it lias raised is er roneous. He said: “I have no doubt that Grant woulu have won the battle without Buell’s aid, although the latter’s frt sh troops undoubtedly jxerted a powerful moral influ ence on the exhausted soldiers. The attack was a surprise in that Grant, while he knew the enemy to be near, did not expect them so soon. Jo: nson’s article in the Century is the best description of the fight 1 have read, though some of his opininns regarding the military tactics are, of course, offered with A cofilederate bias.” THE CONDENSER. Fresh, Plthv News Items Boiled Down for the Hurried Bender. The new state off! -ers of Illinois were in stalled Friday. John Berry suspected of baru burnlng.waa arrested at Lexington, Ky. A reward of Si,(XX) is offered for the arrest of the Covington (Ky.) diamond robbers. Irwin Faraiiee, near Juanita, Neb., killed Harrison Young by a blow of the flat, break ing his neck Alex Anderson and Charles Weckstrum were killed at St. Paul, Minn., by a caving bank of earth. Julius Noglefeid and wife, cl Detroit, were poisoned by drinking peppermint tea, and the husband died. Speaker Carlisle has called upon Mr. Cleve land in obedience to a summons from Cleve land for (tonsultation. The Spanish consul general of New York has remitted SIO,OOO for the relief of sufferers from earthquakes in Spain. A. J. Mfclntosh, of Salem, and sheriff of Washington county, Ind., made an assign ment, with s2'j, 135 preferences. The health board of New York claims to have discovered that quinine is adulterated to ah enormous extent by druggists in that city. The number of failures for the week ended. January 30, according to R. G. Dun <& Co., was 354, a.4 compared with 411 the preceding week. The president, vice president and cashier of the Planters’ and Mechanics’ Bank, of Peters burg, Va.. were acquitted of the charge of conspiracy. It has been discovered that white women In San I’fancisco sell their illegitimate female offspring to tho Chinese, who train them for the harem. An anthracite coal stove in Cincinnati ex plode I, breaking the windows of the ro<>m, removing a door from one hinge and demol ishing furniture. Two other members of the Krall family, mysteriously poisoned at Bunker Hill, Pa., died, and the remaining three are considered beyond recovery. The city clerk, an ex-assistant city sur veyor and a number of councilnn- > and aider men <»f R" luster, N. Y., have b"» u indicted for official bribery. The iron manufacturers of Cleveland and the Mahoning valley resolved to shut down from February 15 till June 1 if prices do not improve in the meantime. J. 11. Dietz was arrested at Hi lena, Mon., for forgeries committed at New Richmond, Wis., aggregating SI,BOO. His operations in Los Angeles, Cal., and Helena amounted to SB,OOO. Peter Megmeyer was kille 1 by a south bound tiai'i at the Harrison avenue crossing Df theC., W. and B. railroad, near Cincin nati. He. attempted to cross the track in front of the train, with actions that indica ted suicide. The majority report of the committee on resolutions of the national silver convention I reported of the Biand aqt, limiting the monthly coinage of silver to $4,000,000. The minority report favored unlimited coinage. The family of a St. Louis deaf mute, John Meyers, was poisoned by eating bread made of flour that had been purchased for the pur pose of making paste. Two of the children died, and the other members of the family are sick. Lafayette Melton was hanged at Corning, Ark., for the murder of Franklin Hale, four years ago. Melton belonged to the ku-klux brotherhood, and was convicted on the testi mony of one of his companions, wuo turned state’s evidence. “A WIFE OF MILETUS." John McCullough’s New Play* Over Which lie if- Enthusiastic. New York. Feb. 2.—John McCullough, the tragedian, is living quietly at the Sturte vant house, m this city, occasionally taking a run out of town for a few days, but always returning to make his home with his old Cali fornia friend, Lewis Lelend. He appears |to be in very good health, and his deep, rich voice was never in better condition than it is now. Mr. McCullough cherishes the idea of returning to the stage soon, and be is now en gaged in studying a new part in a tragedy which has been written for him by a Greek. Th' •piece- is entitled “A. Wife of Miletus,” and the tragt dian is very enthusiastic over it. He says that it is one of the most beautiful plays be ever read, and he confidently ex pected it to tie a great success with both the critics and the public. He expects to pro duce it early in the spring, probably in Bos ton, and he is studying very bard to create a new character which, be believes, will be come as famous as bis “Virgin!us” or his “iSpartacus ” The story of tbe tragedy is that of a young married woman who is stolen from Miletus by a band oi Gauls and falls in love with the chief of the band, the character designed for Mr. McCullough. Tbe chief returns her love, but is too noble minded to take her from her husband, to whom he has pledged her return on the payment of a ransom. Tbe hus band procures the ransom and goes with it to the chief’s camp, where tbe wife tempts the chief to murder him in his sleep. The chief resists the temptation and visits a l>und of Druids, of whom he asks if he can make any sufficient a tenement should he take the woman from her husliand in violation of his plighted word to allow her to be ra .somed. The Druids give him no hope, and auv.se him if he cannot tear his unlawful love from his heart, to either kill the woman or himself. He takes th" woman to the spot where her husbanu is to receive her, when she again pleads with bun not to send her away and finally Hire a lens to desert her husband and make her way back to his camp. Then the chiet, a< ting on the order of the Druids, kills the woman and sacrifices himself with the same dagger. Tbe passionate scenes in this tragedy, Mi McCullough says, an* full of power, and be is confident that he will achieve a grand triumph when he has se lected bis company and placed the piece on tbe stage. Double Murder. Little Rock, Ark., Feb 2.—A terrible murder was committed Wednesday night about 10 o’clock on J. Wakefield s farm, in Phillips county. Matilda Flannigan, colored, and an unknown colored man were killed and partially burned. The woman was kii.ed in her room and the man in the yard. 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