THE M1DDLEMJRGII TOST. T. n. HAHTEn, Kditou akd Tro'r. iimiiLKiu nun, vi., .iff. 2, i. WORK AM) WAGES. Till: 1 IITY I'Ol UTIl MGNER. Standard Iron ami Steel Company Accept tlio Amalgamated Scale. Tli Standard Iron Comjiany, of Bridge port, O., with nine single pu Id'lng furnace anil six double one, manufacturing stojl and cnrriuntol fmn, I tlio fifty fourth mill to io cipt tlio Amalgamated scale. It employ al-out 500 men. Secretary Joseph I. Weeks, of tho Western Iron Am .cl'itlnii, m-nt out a circular to tho members which contain a resume ef th ooiiflii't between tlio Manufacturers' Associa tion utnl tlio Amalgamated Association, and asks all member carefully to distinguish be tween the bitter orgntiijitlnn ami tlio Wort em Inn Association, n.s tho Iron Association l.as nothing whatever to ilo with wage, ex cepting Hint it anil govern tho basis upin which w igi- are computed. The circular de precate the threatened dcrtloti from tho orgnniz it Ion Iwiuho of tho strike, ami eaH oil n'l 11 auufacturers to maintain the Integ rity uf tho Western Iron AsM-lation, lie causo it nloiio win keep up ric liy prevent ing cutting. Siro:nry Win. Martin, writing of tho tre.nl lu roforri.l to in the elrnular mention' d, ay; "In 1V-2, nftor n 10 strike fur an a Ivunro In wage, tho Amalgamated As- elation found Itself in much tho same dilcin tna iia tho Manufacturers' Association did prior to taking tho ahovo 'tim. Hut lu stcn I of tho Aiimlgrwut d Association Con. ferciice Committee calling a meeting I t It f If, it sought a further conference with I ho manufacturers, and offeebsl nsottlemeuttlrit enilrni'il all association mill, no that when the conference adjourned tlnnj wis no need fir 'iiiiliviiliml action.' Why this paving tlio way for individual action on tho part of tho manufacturer, when an example of united action wa not thorn by tho Amalgamated Association In 1W2, I ill Ill cult to comprehend. Ono sido or tho other must loso in any conbot, and no disgrace at taches to those who h se after having (,ino their U'st to win. (.'an it ho possible that any such action wa intended lo hams the Amal gamate! Association! Tho unino tactic wouM have lieon plnyed ly the Amal;nia'cl Asioc ation in 1SS2, oa n mio mill would havo run on nt tho adviincvl rnto ruthcrj'lmn havo cUxk! idlo and run tho rUk of lying their triido. Therefore, to Invit tho AinnlKiiiunted Awoelntion thus after uoh mannniniom treatment lioliig meUvl out t) the other kido iu lJ Is hardly fair, even In war. It In ttut lishliiK a precedent thut m.iy rocoil at oiuo future time." On the nltjht of July 24 tho MR(jet run In tlio history of tlio converting dopartmetit of tho K'lgur ThoiupRon work was mado f3 tuatM, or moro than Coo tons of atoel. Th run wan epjiil to any ever ma lo in tho Union tool Mill nt Chicigo, they havlnu turned out fraction over 1,200 tona of stoul Iu a 24-hour run. Tho strike which ha lieon polnu on at Oliver linn, & Phillips' South Fifteenth troet mill, 1'itUliurK'li, Pa., for boiiio time, enuwl hy the dichar;o of a man who cir rieil tho iron from the shears to tho hammer, has levn settled liy the mnu being placed Ixick iu his old position. Tho N'liliouil Tulio Work I shtpplnj; a lnru ipuiutity of 4 and fl-inch tito to 11 -llo. ernon, l'u , which will IhmhixI for tho piping of several mile of thc s'reotn of that town. Tlio litrict Kxncutivu ltonrd of Aswiuhly Ho. 3 K. of I, donated several huinlnil doN liir to the htrikei-sii, the 1'ittnliurn Forgo and Iron 'niiiiiv's jilnnt. The Ilrickmnkcr' R"nIo for the SiiJinn Work wn adjusted. The s'llesinen niitb-r wm hii I o-it, a the proprietors have I ecu given until Auyiut 1st to hiu tho scale. MKK " Ctlli:s LI K II The WM u? fa pi Get a Doao of Tliclr Mi'ilii'iuo, At last, oftT yo-'ir of uninterrupted law-I.-wiie-s and outrage, tho WhiUi Cs of Craw ford county, In I., have b en met by nfew ru. olute m n and punished in a manner befitting tlieir own bloo-ly uctionj. O.i isst Monday night a crowd of thoso lnwlir.-nkern yisiUNl tho home of two girU iiamod Wincmnti, living nor Marietta, a hiiiiII Immlut iu the hills of Crawford county, six mile from tho Air line Hiih mi I, Tho girls, who are necuseil of ln.-iug uiichiiHto, were taken from their born, Ui' I to a tree and brutilly whlpieil. Tholr pti-uiih aroused some of their friends living in the vicinity, who iniin iliately tsik meas uros to nvenso tho outrage on tlu iorsons of Vie n ulnt. ir-i. It is the custom of tho White Can a, after liiiliiisvring p'.iuiihmiit to rid up to a house near uad tiieu notify thoNn living there of tho uctloii 1 1 1 y have taken, and Cajiii in Hiding them to Inform tho noightioi'hood. Tho frieml) of tho girls, knowing this, formed an aiuliush iu a donst wood liesi le tho rotil. iii.d when tho gang rode by, (lred into the party, putting them to llight. Next morning it win found that oni of tho Whito 0-ijw, a lit in i nmed S mil n-s, h id be.Mi woun led and that llinir (iregory, who kvepi a store at Miri-ttii, must htvo boun hurt also, ns bloody tracks liad b.en found le iding t ) his resiili-nc , lul l ho liiutsulf hail not Ihjou seen sine . Tiiis is tho first tlnr nny opposition bns been uliown tliis bauil of lw lnvakor and there is much exciUnnent in tho lufghhor Iiool as to what tho ouU'omo will bo. rioino of the p-siplo predii't diro punishmtiiit for tho during men who had tho nerve to attack tho so-called regulators, while others ay tho White t'as huvo boon taught a lesson and will uot bo out again soon. It is little hurd to get information, us ono cannot toll wheth er ho is talking to a plaiu citizen or a While Cap, Sad Fxperleni'o, At Kowburg, Jf, Y., Nolllo Sharp, a Ihlrtoii-ytar-old girl, btartod in ihnrgoof a plcuio party to Wuhhlngtoii's hiadiiuartors. Iiistal of rtinaining th.-re she wont to the Vuleof Avocu, on gunsmi.-k creek, and with Others cnjoy.d wading. Tlio hut of her brother I low oir iu tho wuter, and to ro oover it Nellie went byon l hor depth and ra drowned in sight of a seoro of childioa. Jhe body ba b-.-ca recovwol, TI1R KANSAS TltAOEDT. Ilowth Men at Woodsdalo Were Murdered, Colonel Sim Wood, an old resident of Kansas, and In whose honor the town of Wood I ale wa named, hasarrircxl from the scene of the Hteen county trouble. Th Colonel said the proent fued started at the liond election in Voorhees on the 221 of June. Bam Robinson, city marshal of Hugotown, knock 1 down James Oar rand, Deputy Sheriff of the county. He also committed an awault on O. T. Dyers, of Lafayette. Pyers went to Woo1la'e and swore out a warraiit.chnrgtnR Robinson with assiult with intent to kill. Vols warrant was p'aeod In the hand of E. K. Bhort to serve. Short, with Under Sheriff Osrrand, went to Hugotown to serve It. Robinson resisted arrest, and men with Winchesters drove the Under Sheriff and constable out of town, firing some 40 shot at them. Ho explains how a pursuit wa orgnnfand, and the feud grew until Thumlay morning, whon J. C. Trice arrived at Woo lsdale and stntod that Sheriff Cross and bis party, who were after Robinson and hi gan, bad Icon w.iylald at Haymaker's ennip, !li miles from WooiUdale. Cross' men picketed their horse out and lay down outside their tents and went to sle p. Twa hour afterward a party of 33 men, headod by Robinson, surprised Cross and his posso asleep, took them prisoners and disarmol theui. They were then stood up in a row and dclihera'cly riddled with bullets. The'r arms and valuablis were taken by Robinson and his psrty, and they d'partl, leaving tho men whoro they fell, Tlo names of the dead men are: T. M. Cross, sheriff of the county j W. H. Wilcox, lately from Tub-do, Ohio; C. W. Fjitoo, a real ess tate agont at Woodsdnle, formerly from Il linois, and Herbert Tauiuy, formerly from Flora, Rlinois. The whole northern part nf the citinty Is arming, and they have declare 1 their Inten tion to wle out Hugotown. The attempt will be fiercely roiisted and their wilt be more bloodshed. INVESTIGATING I M M IG It ATION. Tlio Congressional Commltfco Find thut tho KxlNtlnir liAwa aro Incftlclf nt. The Congressional Oimmittee appointed to Invisitfgate tho immigratinn affair of th country, nut nt Witmgter Hotel, New York, with Chairman Fori! of Michigan; Morrow, of Califomin, and duenther. ol Wiscousln, beli.a; pr.-snt. Castle Garden whs not reprefoutod. The first witnoss was K I Hsi, jiaswnger agent of the Hamburg lino of steamers. He sai l that bis company had HHM agento overj the eoun try.and aliout 4(1 jH-rcent of their sales were prepaid passages for frieivls in Eurois. H' never knew of any quantity of ticket lieing sold to ono person or an agency. About 73 !er cent, of the pxwieiigora of his line were emigrants and during the past Ave yesr2i,. S15 hadlmen Inn lod at Custle Girden from Hamburg st amer. Tlie line sells ticket from any point in Eurojie to a-iy point In America, but before purchasing every man bo to prcssunt a pBiort showing that he is allowo-1 to emigrate and ha not commltto 1 any crime, no a -kuowledgel that th prin cipal point was whether the man was liable for military duty. No ticket were allowed to bo sold ou the installment plan. Mr. Covel v. of the Anchor line, told of Italian immigration and its growth. Italian tickjU "vera usually bought by banker in Now York, and 75 per cut. of -the immi grants stopped in Now York, One jarty could only purcba.se ten blank tickets. The examination of Mr. Iedcrer, of the Rd Star Line, c uiclud! tho sesdon. The testi mony indicates insufficient legislation. At tho afternoon session a number of wit Heme testiflo i that tho emigrant who cune iu !nrg iiuml or from tho south of Europe, generally como on jirepald ticket, and that these were often purchased by Now York employment ugents in quantities, I'OHKIGN NKWS. The to unship City of lVkin, from Hong Kong and Yokohama, ha arrived ut San Francisco. Sho will bo quarantined on ac count of tho roorU of cholcrt in Hong Kong. Sho brings a Ivicos of particulars of the emeuto in Seoul, tho capital of Corea, which occurred on Ju'io 20. It orlginaM 1 in the revival of tho ubsurd rumors directed against foreigner. Tho Gazette state that some Chlnefce spread a reiwt that a lot of Corean children hud lssn purehasl by Ainricu miisionn rliw, put to death and b ilod for modlulno-i. This rejsirt greatly cxeitod tho natives, and tho (iovernment.iii anticipating an outbreak, took tho precaution of c tiling in the mis hioimrlMs fr.im tho country district and plao ed them in an out-of-tho-w ay placo for safety. Nino Coroiiu officials, who wore charged with consummating tlio it tie of the children, wore siczed by tho infuriated popul ice and pub to death by decapitation. Tlio exo.'Utions took place iu the public stroit. News of tho outbro ik was sont by tho fors elgn residents at Seoul to ClieiiiiilHi, to the isjuimauders of tho foreign war vessels there, and assistance requested. On tho night of the r.ith inst., the iimn-of-war Essex and tho Aspiu, Fivncli, and a Russian cruiser, Inn l cd thnsj detalchmonts of men, who procinfd ed ill seiHMato Isidies to Seoul to protest to the mil boritio there. Meanwhile the t'orein official had sent bodies of troop to guard tho foreign cwsulitcs. Further details are lucking. Tho Amnricaji niuii-of war Juniata Ktnrto 1 from Chomulp on Juno 21st to pro. coid to tho seuno, but wont atliore near (lough Island. Hio win got olf safely on tho following day and prucjodod on her way. IHiring tho wwk priKwding July 24 ninety deaths from cholera occunol at Hong Konjr . . I'atul Tire nt Mnyniird. The (Ire at Msynnrd, O., by which William I'rotecr, bis son, and a boarder tuuue,i John Morgan were burnol to do tth, is now sup. sot to have originated by a match thrown aw-uy by one of the intoxicated board -rs, as tho entire crowd wore buving a spreo, Wed nesiluy having been tholr psyday. Frossi-r U aves a wife and six children. K van D.ivls escaped douth, as did Evun Morgan.by jump ing through a socon I story window; the lat ter, bowover, bud one of bis legs brokjn. The throo-itory houe oocupinl by Ace lirou ton, ndj lining Iros.sor's wai d.stroyo.1. The houses were owned by the Cleveland, Loraine and Whoaliug Railrwil Company, and were not insured. Loss, $1,8J0. The romiint of Ihe vlctluu wero ioterrod ut St. Clulisvillo. , BUSINESS. CONriNCED IMPROVKMENr RK POIITED. Tho Iron Association Collapse Bene ficial to Trade. R. G. Dun Si Co.' weekly trade review says; Th lmprovtmnt oontlnurs. Tb collapse of the Western Iron Manufacturers Association has set nearly all the mill at work and mske pig iron firmer, but liar Iron wraker. Stocks bar teen strengthened by a decision arresting the enforcement of the Iowa rate. Wars of rate do not ceat, and inter-State decisions on many Important caae are d 'ferrel. The not earn ing of 82 roads In May showel a low of 8.4 per cent, though their gross earnings gained fl.4 per cent, a'd the gslns In gross earning for July have bopn less than half a Urge, Statement show that 2,423 mile of rosd have been placed in the hands of receiver during the half year, with tl53,0."0,n00 bond and stocks, against only 4iS mile and $2V 200.0.W bond and stocks for tho first half of last yesr. Rut the average price of stock h risen about tl. 40 per shore, though they are lea strong of Into. Reports of domestic trade are almost uni formly encouraging, for, though dullness yet prevails, Improvement appear at many point. The clesrjngs at all cities exceed last last year's by 10.3 per cent, and outside of New York S.S per cent, with large gains at Boston, Chlcigo and New Orleans. The com plaint of slow collections lncre, however, especiiUy in connection with the distribution of manufacture! goods. At Philadelphia and Pittsburgh a lietter fooling appear In the metsl branches, and at Bsltitnore an 1 Detroit In dry goods and boots and shoes, but E istern manufacturers are still uncertain. The foreign trade for June showed import exceeding export by (t8,20o,S40, and for th half year the excess wa ffd ,403,220. Against this tho net exports of gold and silver for the half year were 17,4HS,R31, so that when interest and undervaluations are considered the movement of foreign capital tbia way appear to have exceeded $100,000,000 for th half year. Export of merchandise from New York In July khiw a decrease of eight p-r cent. In value, sgainst one per cent in cre'so in Import, and for the past year ex port havo been msller than any other sine 178, except the year 1HS5-0, while import have only been exceo lod In one year, 1SS1-2, and then leas than 1 1, 000,0 O. Speculative markets are not active, and wh-at has changed but little. Crop pros. iect have cause I corn to decline 1 cent and oat cent; but lard, pork and live hogs are stronger. Oil is 1,V reuta weaker, and cotton and coffee are unchanged. The trxasury ha taken in during the past week 12,000,000 more money than it ha paid out, but report from all Interior point represent money In ample supply for all legitimate business, with a general deficiency of de mand. Once more the country close a crop year with a surplus of over 51,000,000 bushel of wheat oa hand unsold, and the latest report indicate that the supply for ex ports during the coming yoar will exoeed 143,000,000 bushels, export for the past rr having been lees than 120.000.000 huhlr'- The failure attending half yearly settle ment have been numerous; for four Wfekt the number iu the United States bas been 611 against S94 last year, but In Canada only 82, aainst 95 lsst year. The busln failings during the last seven day number 221, a compared with 228 last week, and 240 th week previous to the last For the corres ponding week of last year th failure uuiu ticrvd 1S4. OUIt MINERAL WEALTH The Output Last Yoar the Largest In liiHtory. Mr. David E. Day, chief of the division of mining statistic, ha aubmittet a summary of the mineral prolucta of the United State In lo7 in advance of the ofuelal refiort. Th toUl value it WW.oOtt.lMi, It show a won derful gain over 181, aud is $100,0)0,000 groat-T than the output of l8o, The Unite t Slates leads the world in the produotioa of mineral. The principal gain ia RUT were ia the production of metallic ores and the fuel necessary for melting them. The production ef pig iron aloue increased more than $24,. 000,000, The high price of oopper caused a notable expansion In that industry. The product of ooal is the largest ever record d. Taken a a whole, the report shows great prosperity for the mining ii dustry. The grand total value of more than half a million dollar, the re port ays, resulted not only from an increase in the quantity of mineral miaul, but also from a great advauoe in the price of metals. It may be several years before this total is exoteded, aud th year 1&S8 will fall consider ably Ik'Iow it Among many reasons for the decrease this yoar I the deciiue la railroad building. OHIO'S BIO COItN CHOI. A rrospect That tho Yield Will ltcuch Over 85.000, OOO llushcltf. The farmers In Ohio are fet ling good over the promising indications for one of the lurg est corn crops in the history of the State. This crop has been a partial failure for a miHilier of years and high prices have ruled, while wheat lias been ridiculously low. Ow ing to tho drouth last full and the injury re ceived by the thawing out and freezing dur ing the winter a largo percentage of tlu ho it llelds were plowe 1 up iu the spring and corn substituted. The increased acreago dovoted to corn makes the area larger than ever befo -, while the favorable weather of the p ist few weeks indicate that the yield will ream a full average. ( It is now estimated that the crop will not full short of K'i,0OJ,Ou0 bushels, and it may exceed that estimate by one or two million bushuls. Vendetta on Train. On the Ohio Valley Railroad t'aln, nea Blackford, Ky., Win. Card well, a passenger attempted to shoot a man mutual Nichols, of Blackford, Ky., with a shotgun. Nichols te emed the gun and mortally wounded Card, noil in the abdomon. r am Nuun, of Marion, Ky., a frieud of Curdwoll, then opened fir on Nichols with a rovolver. Nichols returned the fire, but neither was hurt The cause of the affray wo a lawnult - no mov rnoDCcr. The Ontpnt for the Flrt Half of the Year Show a Falling Oft. The Americin Iron and Steel Association ha received from the manufacturer com plete statistic of th production of pig iron, bessemer steel Ingot and betermer steel rail In the United State in the first six month of the present year; also complete statistic of th stock of unsold pig Iron in the bands of manufacturer or their sgeuU, on th 80th day of June last The total production of pig Iron in this United State in the first six months of 1988 amounted to 8,382,503 net ton of 8,000 pounds, or 8,020,002 gross ton of 2,240 pounds. Our proluctlon In the list six months of 1887 wa 8,771, 01.! net tons, or 8,307,853 groat ton. Our decreased pro mo tion In the first half of 1899 wa wholly in Bessemer pig iron. The production of foun dry and mill pig Iron In the first half of tbia year wa slightly in excess of that of the last half 1887. All the Important Northern and West ern pig-iron producing states show a decreas ed production in pig-iron in the first half of this year, a compared with the last balf of last year, except Ohio, which production in the lost tlx months was the highest attained in the history of the State in a similar erlod of time. The production of pig-iron by the nine Southern State of Allma, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia, Marylund, Teias and North Cuolina in the first balf of 1883 wa 443,71 gross tons, against 432,330 groat tons in the first half of 187. Tbe stock of pig-iron which were un sold in the hand of manufacturer or their agent on th 30th of Juue last, and which were not intended for the consumption of the manufacturers, amounted to 868,273 gross tons, against 301, IKK) gross ton on the 21st of Dootmber last. The production of Bessemer steel Ingot in the Unit.nl Stttet in th first balf of lH'sS, including 31,070 nec ton of Clapp Griffith ingot, wa 1,334,23 net tons, or l,23i,071 gross ton, against 1.C50.785 net tons, or 1,473,915 gross ton in the but half of 1387, a decrease of 237,044 gross tona The production of Bessemer steel rails In tbe first balf of 1883 was 775,201 net tons, or 0V2.1V7 gross ton, against 1,140,117 net tons, or 1,023,320 gross tons in the last balf of lSb7. DEALT IN DYNAMITE. Another Anarchist Plotter In Jail Infernal Machine Heady for Deadly Work. Tbe drag net of tbe law enmeshed another of tbe Anarchist who sought revenge upon the representatives of the law iu the persons of Bon field, Gary and Grinnell, of Chicago. A gunsmith, named Rudolph Sebic, was ar rested in Chicago, and ia now behind the prison bar under bonds of $7,000. He i charge 1 with being the indi vidual who furnished dynamite to the con spirator who intendel to assassinate the three law officers mot prominent in tho Hay market prosecution. Sebic acknowledge that ho ha bean Ille gally dealing In dynamite, and that he ha old over fifty pounds of the explosive to va rious persona within a year. He will only admit having sold ten pound to Chicagoant, -CI7U assert that he cannot reineral er who they were. Inspect or Bon field says he bns proof that the ten pounds. If not moro, went to Hronek, Chape k and Chleboon. It is definitely known that SeMc bought on May 20th, from the American Powder Company in Chicago, twenty five pound of dynamite. It is ten pouu Is of this pun-hose that bas been traced to the recently arrested ashasKin. Sel ic claims that ten pounds of the twenty-five went to a farmer In Nebras ka. On the 31 day or June be puro'iased 2o pounds more, which he cluims to have sold to a farmer in Minnesota, but Is unable to give his name or to looate biin. Inspector Bonfleld ia posit I v, that Sebto wa in league with tbe three dynamiters arrest da few days since, and sold them the explosive with which they expi ctsl to destroy Judge Grinnell and Gary. Sebic ia a Bohemian, 29 ye irs of ge, and of intelligent appearance. He un derstand and speaks but little Englis'u Inspector Bonfiekl also captnrel several Infernal machine. They are made of tine, four and a half or five inches in height, of cylindrical shape, two aad a half inchest In diameter. These Ins de cylinder are tilled with dynamite, and betwten them and the outside covering the space is filled full of cut glaes, lead slug sad broken iron. In the to of the inside cylinders fulminating cap are pVsced with fuses attached. Inspector Bonfleld will not say whether or not these macuinoj were fouad ia Sebic' house. A Hare Verdict. The coroner's jury assembled at th scene of the recent collision on the Norfolk and Western railroad rendered a verJlet as fol lows: "We, tho Jury, find the Norfolk and West, ern Railroad Company guilty of neglect in ending compliot d ord r not easily under stood by the employe of the company, a sbowu by tbe evidence atlductol before this jury, and for it failure to designate engine No. 3, which would have prevented this col lision; and it is the opinion of this jury that tbe Norfolk and Western management should be bold responsible for tbe rejulu of this disaster." Ec-hnc Or The Flood. Colonel E. P. Roberts, of tho Monongahola Navigation Company, ho returned from a trip up tho river as far a Lock 0. "The newspapers," be said, "did not got ho'd of all tbe loss occasioned by th recent ttood. Above Browusville there is no telegraph telegraph communication, to you o mid not It aru of it Whole bams w ere swept away, large garden destroyed, fences carrlel away and whole crop destroyed. The flood wa the biggest known lu the history of tho river. It wot fully two ftet higher than that of 'S3. Our lock suffered little damage aud witbiu a day after tbe water went down we had our niachlucry working agaiu." War Claim Allowed. The Senate Committed on Claim hot rec ommended that 12,500 be allowed to the Ger man Evangelical Church of Martinsburg, W, Vs., on account of the d struct ion of tbe building and it furniture in 18fi3 while in posesslou of tbe army. It also recommends that C. M. ('buffer, of Berkley county, be allowed $1,500 for rent of his warehouse iu Martitibburg during tlio war. LATE NEWS lit BRIEF, , A fight between the McCoy and detective took place in Pike county, mar the West j Virginia line, a few days ago. John Dotaon, of the McCoy party, wa kill I It was also !tate I that fourteen were wounded, but tbe name are not given. Th detective were unhurt The Minnesota State Prohibition Convcn. tl nominated th following ticket; Gove nor, Hugh Harrieoij Secretary of State, Pe ;ter Thompson; Treasurer, John IL Allan. No nomination wa mado for Lieut Gov. Tbe Engineers' Brotherhood ba issued an other appeal to to the American people, urg ing all worklngmen to tiuu Burlington. It reminds the publio that the strike Is not off, and that the road is l sing all tbe tim . Tbe appeal concludes: 'Our loys are all opposed to any boycott being spuing against tho 'Q' road. They believe that if ihestr.kers employ only moderate measure the conipmy will soon 'be glad to them back on niodcrat term. The Is st men on the 'Q' road are la Illinois. Other line of the system, w here tho inferior men r working, suffer s many ac cident that tho company wilt not much longer endure their expensive ignorance, Tbe 000th anniversary of tho introduction of Christianity into Russia wa celebrated nt Kief with great pomp. A tiu nlior of bish op and deputations from Asiatic and Euro, peau Russia were present. The loading ec clesiastics of the Gieek Church wero nls) lu attendance. Gen. Iguatieff, as President of the Sluv Society, took a p.uiuiiient part iu the pi'oc.eding. The postage rate on see 1 and plant ba been reduced from one cent p-r ounce to one cent per two ounce. The former rato di criminated against American seedsmen and in favor of Canadian, th postal regula tion permitted toed to be mailed in Cannla and forwarded to any part of tho United State for on cent per ounce. Tho new rate prevent such undue competition. The banks of the Skeeua river, British Columbia, are rexrted by pjoplo who bnve escaped from Hszleton, to be lined with In. dians, armed with Winchster rifle, await ing the appearance of the force sent out to quell th,o uprising at Skeora Fork. The Indian have threatened to massacre all the white settlers at Hnzleton. The discovery of a rich qnart mine six miles from tho mouth of Ruby creek , and 50 miltsi from the town of I'alouse, W. T., bs caused much excitement iu that neighbor hood. A theif stole an entire wagon load of brick at Indiana a day or two ago. Two men were badly burne 1 by ac explo sion at the Sharpsvilio furnace lust Saturday night The barn of S 'lorn in Kelstir, near Scott dale, Whs burne' L Lmks, $2,0 )0. By tho explosion of a lamp Oliver Sang lei's boarding house, Johnstown, was destroy ed by fire, ent tiling a loss of $4,0J0. The twenty-third annual reunion of the One Hundredth Reglmnit, P. V. (Round. beud), will be held at New Wilmington on August 22. Tbe extensive sawmill of Williams & Forso man, of Williumstiort, wa destroyed by fire. Loss, $50,000; Inturauco, $25,000, John Wingrovo, a miner, employed at John Ettlng' private coal mine, Bullskin ownshlp, Fayette couuty, bal one leg out off by a fall of slute. At Tliompsonvlllo Ky., a boy named Hamilton shot and instantly killed two com psuions, aged 11 and 12 years resjiectively. The boy wero playing 'Indian fighters' and Hamilton was snapping a gun, not knowing il to - e loado I, wluu it .was d oh irgod with the above rciults. Tho daughter of a Liverpool, England, merchant, and heiress to $10J,000, Miss Lucy Rostron, elocd last Thiusdty with a stable groom nam si Aspln, who is mtrriod and th ' father of flvo children. Her father and broth' er overtook the runaway couple a th ef were aliout to embark for America, Four railroader of the Ohio & Misslssipp roftl were poisoned at West Cairo, Illinois, by some drug being accidentally put in their coff. o. It U feared their live ctnnot be raved. Samuel Haynes, who Is serving a life sen tence for murder in Uie Massachusetts Peni tentiary, is said to tie the imir lerer of W. IX Elliott, a citizen uf Glouburn, Maine, on Fobrunry 5, The Canadian cabinet is considering the imestiou of allowing citizen of the United HlaU to use the Wolland and other Canadian riinals on terms of equality with citizens of tbe Dominion. Hartley Campbell, tho dramatist, who ha for some time been confino 1 in an asylum for tbe inmue, died of general porosis. COXTK.VCr LABOR LAW. V Hill Making Important Changes It Uw'oin mended. Tho bill introduced by Sonn'or Blair at tlio reipiutt of the Federation of L ibor, to amend tho law prohibiting the importation of for cigm rs under contract, makes a number of minor changes iu the phraseology of the. law us well es ono or two changes of a somewhat iuiK)rtunt character. Tho ilrst motion, which imidd it unlawful to assist tho "Importation of foreigners" into this country undjr agree ment or contract to perform Isbor, isameudud by milking the paragraph read: Tin impor tation of any alien or foreign luloror, me chanic, artist or urtisan, under agreement to ei form labor.' This amendment doe away witli tho provisions authorizing tho Secretary of the Tieisury to ent.T into a contract with Mate Commissions to tuko charge of tho exe cution of tbe provisions of the act within the lsjundaries of their respective States and designates tho Coltuctots of Customs at tho various ports of tho Unite I States as tho per sons upon Vili'im shall devolvj the duties heretofore authorized to be entrusted to Stute Commissions, Raid to lie In Canada George F, Howell, tbe young bank dork of Patohogue.L. I., whose acaouut wore recent ly discovered to be short over $3,000, hearing that the sheriff wa after him with a warrant for hi arrest, drove over to Medford station ind boarded a tralu for Now York. Th friend of young Howell ma le np the defi ciency, but it wot too late, at District Attor ney Smith hid procured a warrant for tho foung man's arrett It is said that Howoll ha goue to Cana la, BURIED ALIVE. HE WILL NEVEU FORGET IT. John Anderson Tell Mow He Lived Nine Day In the WcIL John Anderson, of Johnstown, Neb., wbo wa Imprisoned In a well nine day and wa released, says that when the boards and sand :loeod In over him he wo crowded into a box tlxnit two feet squire and with not enough, room for htm to stand erect He could not got on his knee or sit down but had to stay In a crouching position dur ing tbe whole of hi imprisonment 'For the first three days,' snld Anderson, 'I got along very well, but after that I bepnn to. want water badly. Tho fourth day, wbon It rallied, I brard what I thought was water slowly dropping. Feeling around I found It and holding my mouth oen managed to got aliout a dozen drop of water, which gave me much relief. I had nodiflbmlty In bre iths Ing until tho well below mo camo to ueur bo. lug filled by fund occasionally coming in, caustd I y the digger above. I bad breathed Die air over so much that It ba 1 b e nu Im pure, causing me to feel a smothering sona. tio, but aliout this tinio the rescuer got near enough to me to let in air from alve, "By having a good supply of chewing to liflcco I did uot suffer so much for food as might have I wn expected. From tho I can ning I could bear considerable tbnt wss said and done above. I heard the wagon whon it started to town for lutnlier, and heard some one say the man is dead ami tbe order given to try to pull my box out When they la gan to pull I knew there was great danger of the boards giving way and crushing me, and for my own safety and to give evldenroof I c'ng alive, I cut tin rope and heard the excili ng talk that prevailed when it wa discovered that I was alive. It was music to me, and from that tlmo on I wa hopeful of luing rescued. "About the sixth day I felt something crawling on my hand and found It to lie a fly. I thought by this an opening had boon made from alove. I wa correct, for soon a wot rag wa passed to me. In reaching it to me It become covered with sand, but no honey ever tasted better than that wet rag. Soon a bottle of water and a piece of bread wero given me, and I was truly thankful. "From this time on I began to gain strength, and by helping my rescuers tbe tinio passed quicker tbun one could tuppos When my feet, which nro bnJIy swollen, nre 'oetter, and I dare eat a square meal, I will be all right" ON XII I! WAU 1'ATIL Tho Camiadnrs) Indian, Near San CarloM, Arizona, are Creating Trouble. General Howard has telegraphed to San FiancU-cj, conveying a disp.itch ho received from the commanding olllev nt Suit Cailos, Arizona, concerning tho Indian troub'e tbeie. Captain Lee, of tho Tenth Cavalry, was sent out with his troop to look for a small body of Indians who woro entrenched, but they bnl fled when tho troop arrived. About 5 or 0 p. in., ng-mey c itt e on a graz ing camp, were attacked tiy a party of In dians, 13 miles from Sun Carlos. Th tout and herders fled, and what bccime of the cattle is at yet unknown. There may ba serious trouble. Tha bands are thoso of the Cossad irs and the Chilchuaiin, TORNADO IN ILLINOIS. Tree Uprooted and Grain Destroyed Hot Weather In Dakota. A tornado, cutting a swath about two hundred yards in width, and going to tho Northwest, bnrely missed Falrmoiint, III It swept everything liofore it, tearing down fences, trees, etc. Tlu graiu over which it passe 1 was literally torn out by the roots. The residence of T. J. D.ivls, two mile! distant, wasdcmolihhod and bis orchard uprooted and carried away. No lost of life; is reported Special dispatches from Grand Forks, Aberdeen and Sioux Falls, Dak., say that tbe hrnvy ralus and extremely hot weather of tho past week have seriously dam aged wheat At Sioux Fulls tho temperature; was 100 iu tho shade, A FATAL EXPLOSION. Tramps Supposed to Have noon lilown Up In a Nitro-Gly-ccrliie Fuctory. Tho Rock Nitro-GIycerim Compny's foe tory, two miles south of Lima, O., was sot on fire and soon after exploded with great force. Tho building was reduced to splinters, and pieces of flosh were found some dUtunoo away. It is supposed several tramps were killed.Rs a number of them were seen around there a few minutes b foro tho explosiou, PENNSYLVANIA NOTES. Throughout C-utre, Blair, Hunting Ion, Clinton, M.fllin and Cleurfluld counties tho grain crop just hirvotted shows a larger yield than any previou crop for 25 years, aud tho graiu is all of a superior quality. Tbo fruit crop is eipnlly abundant, an 1 it is th night that by tho first of October upplo will not bring 2i outs pur butheL Hinry Worsing, living nuar Ursln, Pa.r die 1 July 2(1, iu bis SStli year. Ho lesve five children, thirty grandchildren a'ldtixty-uiue-grvut-gruu (children. Tbo South West Pennsylvania Tips Line Company will lay a threo inch line from Washington to Nineveh, u distnuco of about 2J milot, at onc. Thoy will commence to distribute pipj Wednesday. Tiiis milk's tho claim that the well is a good one ail assured feci. Th) Western Atluutlo Coinpu iy is also tslkin; of luying a line. A train on tbo main track of tho Pennsyl vania railroad ran in'.o a freight backing out of a tiding at Cresson, wrecking olevo i car of tho train, together with their valuable con tents. Burglar entered tbe furnishing store of Chirlts Rugor, Now Brighton, and oirrioA off ciuipulgu goo Is, sloeve buttons, etc A rattlesnake was killed by a party of sur veyors, near WilliauiHort, which bad 43 rat ties, the reptile bolug loss tbau throe feet long. , 1HI tie oournat figure that the annual honey product of North America is about 100,000,000 pounds, and it value is noarlr $13,000,000. The annual wax product to about .'0l,0K) pounds, audit value is more thau IIOO.OjO. There are about 300,000 per sons keepiug bees iu North America, j i !. i .t , . . .
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