Show telegraphic NEWS charleston west va july A 4 yesterday afternoon a man named robinson colored shot and killed chas williams colored at caperton the trouble grew out of williams intimacy with robinsons wife robinson escaped but later ered to the officers and was taken b by a mob of blacks and whites and lynched robinsons Bobin sons wile wife whom the mob sought took to the mountains and escaped the fate of her paramour LONDON july 4 the rhe thistle and jrex had another race on the clyde today going over the same course as on Ss saturday there was wais more wind today the thistle again got away a head ahead at the first round and led by 6 5 minutes and 10 seconds the thistle won easily although the wind died away toward the close PARIS july A 4 the reception usually held at the united states legation on the ath of july did not hocur to today d day a y owing to the ill health of Mrs McLane MeLane the wife of the minister NEW YORK july 4 the fourth of july here was oppressively hot the thermometer dancing up among the nineties business was entirely suspended there were several YACHT RACES the best being the regatta of the larch mont club on the sound bound in which no less than forty eight vessels took part the chief interest centered in the contest between the shamrock and titana the latter winning by two and a half minutes the united labor party held a rather thinly attended celebration of the day at the academy of music at which john mccaskin Maskin Mc Me and others delivered speeches the veterans of 1812 celebrated the fourth by raising the flag on the old fort in central park a reunion and a dinner there are only three of the veterans living in this vicinity they are general abram dally aged 91 years george brigger aged 90 and penny fenny morris aged 88 TAMMANY HALL HAIJ intha in the wigwam held its itis celebration of the day governor fitzhugh lee of virginia was down on the for the first long talk B W e e was received with applause that shook the building and he had only begun began his speech with the words away down in old virginia where I 1 live when he was laterra interrupted t d b by a call for three cheers tor for le virginia irgin fia which were heartily fiven given virginia today loday to lo day he be said clasps alps asps hands with new york in the bearty hearty celebration of ef the day their citizens are smoking the pipe I 1 e of bace together he wished stjohn john IFf kellys ellys eye could look down upon the ithe scene and see how closer ayad and closer the sections are coming together 1 I hear the voice of the grand soldier who sleeps at riverside saying let us have peace 11 GOVERNOR WILSON of west virginia spoke next the there re conciliation between the states he said is s completed and it if there are stragglers stragglers who have not yet learned that the war is over they are indeed to be pitied 1 letters of regret were read from the president governor hill bill general sherman secretaries bayard babara endicott and fairchild At attorney general garland torner speaker carlis carlisle and many othe others rs A closing short talk was made by congressman S 6 cox who made the late incident of ahe the battle flags the text for a sarcastic arraignment of the republican party especially governor foraker who would he be said it he be had bad lived in the daya when a babe was born IN BETH BETHLEHEM I 1 HEM have sent on to jerusalem for an order enjoining the heavenly host from staging peace on earth and good will to all al men and a mandamus adamus ma compelling compel them to sine hate on earth ill will to men president cleveland in his bis letter of regret said in part while abile there has bab been the greatest propriety in the annual celebration so long continued of orthis this day by the society founded upon patriotic principles and doted devoted to the creed most in consonance with the preservation and protection of the american institutions it seems to me at this time when the party with which this society Is affiliated is largely charged with the responsibility of guiding the course of the government overn ment the celebrating of the ath of auly july should in the language of your invitation revive with more than usual fervor the memories which gave significance to the day dav 11 EULOGY ON LOGAN PUTNAM ct july 4 only about 1000 persons were present at tile the celebration eb given by rowen at roods town today to day among the addresses was one by ron hon clarke E carr of galesburg who delivered an eloquent eulogy on the late john A logan ex secretary windom spoke on the fhe saloon in politics senators harrison of indiana and allison of iowa were not able tp be on oil hand washington luly july 4 the president spent the fourth of july very quietly riding in from oak view in the morning as usual and rejoining mrs cleveland there in the afternoon IN LONDON LONDON july 4 the independence day reception at the american legation in london today to day was the largest ever held among toe tae guests were james russell lowell mr and mrs james G blaine and miss blaine the day was appropriately observed by americans in alt all the leading cities ot europe phelps proposed the fourth no country to americans like home responded to by blaine who said the united states Is the only country with a known birthday alithe all the rest began they know not when and grew in power ower they know knew not how if f there gad bad not been a fourth england and americal america combi combined would not be so great as each actually is there is no republican and no democrat today to day alt all are americans great enthusiasm was manifested there were 1800 guests at minister phelps reception including many notables CHICAGO july 4 A special dispatch to a morning paper from cairo mich says mrs rooks brooks whose peculiar disappearance from her home at juniatta near here and whose sensational letter from her place of imprisonment in colorado was given wide publicity has returned home with a remarkable story which she told today to day amid a torrent of tears she is looking haggard and careworn her wrists bear evidence of her assertion that she was brutally tied up and her finger ends certainly look as if her claim that an attempt was made to draw her nails with pincers is true SHE SAID twenty two yrs ars ago I 1 was en liged to be married to t marcus van dore ore he entered the army was wounded came home and died he was possessed of a competency but just before his death this was increased by a large legacy from france marcus was a descendant of count van dore a french nobleman this legacy was all in cash and bonds before his deatle made a will bequeathing me the instrument was drawn by lawyer of indiana it was not until several years later that I 1 became becane appraised of the nature ot of the will and was then married to mr brooks when I 1 spoke of roving proving my mv claim my husband grew ing indignant ignaut and declared that I 1 might take my LOVERS MONEY and go the trouble over the money was the only cloud that came into our married III life e and for 14 years I 1 brooded blooded over it then came a letter from a lawyer stating that the money was lying idle and that I 1 should claim it it was in the custody of ann marcus sister later we met and entered into a correspondence which was kept up until Miss left for france before she went an understanding was reached that I 1 should have the money whenever I 1 claim claimed eft it and to prevent fraud we IL greed agreed upon a seel secief et mark to attach to ail checks and drafts last fall a letter came asking me to meet the lady in st louis but instead of meet iric her lawyer appeared on the ace scene ne and gave me a draft for together with in cash I 1 then went TO DENVER and shortly afterward received a note asking nie me to meet miss van dore at pueblo I 1 went there and ag again gain appeared telling me that miss van dore was dying I 1 fainted and when I 1 regained consciousness found myself a prisoner the draft and cash I 1 had secreted in my bustle but my jailers secured it I 1 was kept imprisoned in a room for weeks alone and while there shut out from all womanly companionship and deprived of all care and attention so greatly needed my babe casborn was born they killed my babe before my very eyes three weeks ago agg a man entered my room and said 1 was free to go he explained the delay by saying that the man who kept me prisoner said I 1 was his ais crazy sister the tortures to which 1 I was subjected look here and mrs brooks held up her hand to view when I 1 had recovered sufficiently I 1 went to SAN FRANCISCO and there I 1 met anne butterfield my cousin together we started east but becoming comine be suspicious that she was in conspiracy against nay my liberty I 1 skipped out of the car one night taking with me her hat bat dress pocketbook book and ticket I 1 waited until the next train and then proceeded proceed edon on my journey mrs brooks shows the booty taken from miss butterfield Butter neld as evidence that she is telling the truth mr brooks says he be has no doubt as to tile the truth of his cifes story the couple appeared to be fond of each other and there is nothing sentimental about either mrs brooks attributes her release to the publication a month ago of the fact that detectives had been put at work on her case by friends IT IS DENIED PUEBLO july 4 in reference to the sensational telegram by the associated press from chicago about mrs brooks and her story ot of imprisonment and extortion there is nothing whatever to j or corroborate it dr thombs who has been superintendent of the state insane asylum ever since it was started says there has never been a child born at the asylum and the woman was never there though in her previous story she claimed to have bave been confined in a lunatic asylum it is not beli believed eyed that the woman ever was in pueblo CHICAGO july C 4 another boodler wardner varnel Varn ellef the insane asylum lum has been compelled 0 belled to go to jail on OB account of the iffla iff insufficiency li of his bail bonds his friends have ha e been active la ia his bib behalf all day but have not yet secured ball FE nelon FALL SOnt J july uly 4 three brothers named moffat aged 12 15 and 1 17 years were drowned today to day while bathing in burnt river cincinnati july 4 the immenga brick malt house of the weber brewing company burned to the ground tonight to night several adjacent buildings were badly damaged and the losses will aggregate nicholas rose was crushed to death under a falling wall an unknown man supposed to be an employed of the malt house bouse tell fell from the fourth story of the root roof next door and joe gardner received fatal injuries in like manner several firemen received receive e d painful injuries and it is feared bodies will be found in the ruins NASHVILLE mo july 4 two brothers named bass killed by lightning today to day and two women were severely and perhaps fatally shocked louisville ky july 4 emu emil caldwell Cald welland and claude summers two boys aged 17 took refuge under a tree during a storm this morning and were instantly killed by the lightning five other people there at the same time were completely paralyzed by the shock QUINCY ill july 4 the much talked ot leap from a ballon was made by professor thomas baldwin at the fair grounds in this city today to day over people witnessed the performance which was very daring baldwin ascended to a height of one mile and then holding his parachute launched himself into space the I 1 parachute ara chute was about eighteen feet in glameyer gl diameter ameter and aad made of co cords ads and strong silk when the jump was made it was closed and the first feet the aeronaut 3 dropped like a rock then as the parachute expanded the speed became lass less rapid and the aeronaut and his strange apparatus floated STEADILY DOWN like a bird it was a grand sight the descent was accomplished in three minutes and twenty seconds baldwin struck the ground with some force but not enough to injure him film tae ane descent varied about a quarter of a mile from the vertical and the prof professor assor struck the ground about a naile milt and a half from where the ascent was made his attempt to collapse the balloon when jumping failed and it soared away skyward when relived relieved of its weight baldwin is a native of quincy and 26 years old he was for a num ber bar ot of years engaged in the newspaper business here dibut for the last few years has been studying athletics and he made a similar leap in call california tornia last winter the distance being 1000 feet NEW YORK july 4 the deaths reported to toe me health board sunday 9 numbered this is the largest figure figare for one day since 1876 MADRID july 4 in the senate sunday sanday kelior castillo made a bitter speech in which he denounced the in military tary party for opposing necessary reforms with a view of upsetting the ministry he announced that general river the leader of the party would be dismissed from his bis post of diorec tor general of infantry A violent scene followed this during which general river was made to pose pobe as a martyr BERLIN joiy 4 the trial of mein klein and comrades implicated in the affair opened at leipsic today to day klein kleia admitted he acted as a french spy under orders of in return tor for a monthly allowance of marks that he sent plans and de signs of the fortresses of strasburg bt and mayence mayance to the french minister of war grebert aud and erhardt pleaded not guilty PARIS july A 4 figaro asserts that the heir of the great kingdom meaning the crown prince frederick william of Pru prussia asia has visited the viscount of paris at sheen house for the purpose of warning him that a flo boulanger ministry means war between france and germany within a month merth after taking effect and that the policy adopted by the monarchic party may be based on that warning LONDON july 4 cholera has appeared at Rocell altin carabela Cal abela where there have already been reported 17 cases case and sand nine deaths the outlook there is ominous is as the weather lis is unusually warm ERIE penn july 5 the town of Clare clarendon naon in the upper oil country was almost wiped out of existence last night by a conflagration over one li hundred undred business houses and dwellings were consumed before one this morning and the flames were still spreading the town had no fire department and the people were compelled to light fight the flames with buckets of water the fire started in the centre of town originating from the careless use of fireworks and having reached the oil tanks the destruction of the town was speedily wrought john stewart was caught by a bursting tank and cremated it is feared ciany many others have shared a similar simi larfate fate all alithe the business portion of the town is destroyed the greatest excitement prevails the valley is full of flaming and seething na oil and the peo people e I 1 panic stricken have fled to the hi hillside Is id e for safety no estimate has been pa put t upon the loss but it will reach eh ha half if a million with little insurance FITCHBURG mass july 5 A terr ible accident occurred yesterday afternoon on the horse railroad in which a woman was killed and two more passengers received injuries probably fatal while several others were badly hurt the car had bad ninety people on board on their way to see a ball game the horses became frightened aud the driver lost control of the animals some one shouted from the platform jump for your life in an instant the passengers rs became panic stricken and made a sudden rush pushing several off the car NEW july 5 gus sundstrom and J F robinson champion swimmers respectively of america and england last evening swam the first of three contests to decide the worlds championship sundstrom won in 21 aua minutes YUMA calif ornia july 5 nah D azaz the Apache was found of murder in the first degree |