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News in General. In Boone township, Indiana, a large crowd of men went to the home of William and Ed Conrad for the purpose of lynching the two boys, who were suspected of killing their father last winter. The young Conrads. who were well armed. fired into the crowd. killing John Timberlake, William Wiswell. Edward Houston and Isaac Howe, and fatally wounding William May. The Conrads esraped. The Michigan Stove Company has closed its shops and about 1100 men are thrown out of employment. The impossibility of securing currency to pay the men was the cause. Rob't H. Coleman, the "iron king" of Lebanon Valley, Pa., has confessed judgments aggregating $306,500, which, with other liens previously entered. swells the aggregate of his liabilities to $5,604,000. The Chicago Title &Trust Company has been appointed receiver for Badeneich Bros. lumber dealers. The assets are placed at $700,900 liabilities, $500,000. A freight train on the Peoria & Eastern railroad broke in two on a trestle near Danville, III., and the rear portion was run into by another freight. The middle span of the trestle, 25 cars of grain, two cabooses and an engine were destroyed. Loss $100,000 It is asserted that 15 men who were stealing a ride were killed, but only one body, that of a brakeman, has been found. Bank suspensions have been reported as follows: First National Bank of White Sulphur Springs, Mont. : Central National, Greencastle, Ind., Bank of Abington and Exchange & Deposit Bank. Lynehburg, Va.: Exchange Bank, Wheeling, W. V.: Marston. Larson & Davis, bankers at Lake Crystal Minn. Pension Commissioner Loehran has extended until October 10 the period within which pensioners whose pensions have been suspended may make proof of their right to receive them. At McCreery, Ark., a negro killed an old and respectable citizen and wounded Chief Patterson of Woodruff county, Ark. The murderer was arrested, but escaped to the woods. He was pursued by citizens and lynched. The furniture factory of the Judkins Manufacturing Company at Hanson Park, III., was burned. Loss $100,000; partly covered by insurance.
