THE RAILROAD STRIKE. THE END NOT YET IN SIGHT. Report! From Various Points Through out the Country. r-rn nr.niwTr.n. The rdcrnl Ktnml jury, after receiving the Instruction of United Hint" Judge tiross rtip returned Indictment against K. V. Delis, president of tho Amcrlonn railway iinlon, leorgc W. Howard, It vlcc-prcldent,S)lvea- tor Kclehcr, secretary, and L, W. Rogers, one ot It directors, an ehortly thereafter the four mm wore arrested. They are charged with conspiracy to commit na imhiwfiil act, thnt In. to block thn iiriiKnw of thn lulled Htatc mnll. Joined In the Indictment with the (our leaders wn .lame Miirwin.tho Mock Island striker who threw thn switch which derailed n mail train nt lllno Island nn thn night or .Innn HI), licit.. Howard, Kelohor and Roger wore tnkon Into thnolTIco of Dis trict Attornny Mllehrist Immediately after their arrest nml after a few hoars' detention witk released on hull 'by Judge Orusacup, tbulr bond being 10,000 each. TO AIIANOO 1TI.1MA. Thn Chicago "Journal," In a extra edition prints thn following: "No mom work will ever be done in thn ftrcsoiit shops of thn I'ullinnn Cr Company nt l'ulliiinn. Whatever niny on thn outcome of tlin existing railroad strike, those big shop will nnyi-r be own for work again. They are to lm moved from Pullman to Now Jersey. That such linn been decided upon by thn company, which 1 now only awaiting thn termination of the strike to Is-gln thn work of retiiovnl. (Icorgn W. i'nllmnn In now on hi way from thn Knit, whom hat lon for thn past wnek, to Chicago, and upon hi nriivnl here, It in thought thn pro liminnry atop for thn removal of thn work Will bo taken. In speaking nf thn decision of thn l'ullmnn t'onipnuy to removn thn works from I'ullinnn, Vice I'n-sMeut Wlckcs (aid: 'No matter how thin strike ends, the Pull, tnan shot will not be opened. We nrn going to move them from thern to a Hint" where wn will be assured of protection iu tlio prose cution of our business.' What Mtnto In that?' Mr. Wick wo asked. 'New Jersey!' ho replied. 'Thn removal of the hoi to a point In that Htuto him been decided upon, nml wn are only waiting foi thn strike to rnd to begin the work of removal from Pullman.' Till! NAVT Wll.t TAKE . AM". At thn reipiest of the Net-retnry of War the entire navnl force ut thn Mnm' Island Navy Yard, numbering several lnindr'(l bluejacket and murine, has been ordered to co-operate with the garrison at Presidio In mnintuinliiR and executing thn law. Order to move nt at.y moment am anticipated at Mnrn Inland. The cruiser Monterey waft ordered to steam tip. preparatory to tnkmg United States ma rine and sailor to Oakland. Four small galling gun for hor service and 50,000 ioiind of ammunition were placed onboard OREAT IE''HF.ASK IS RAILROAD SIIIIMSST. Effects of the strike on railroad traffic at Chicago are clearly pcn-eptlhlo In tlin ofllcinl ri'tiirim of lat wwk i ahlpinnnts. They fell off from 42.IH2 ton from the previous week and 45,7!a ton for the norreMpondlng week laxt year to 1 l.iHMi ton laxt week. The Ilaltl morn and Ohio and thn llig Four have been thn heaviest mlTcrerx. The former got out only (2 tout and the latter none whatever. MAYOR TOR ARBITRATION. Mayor ringren, of Detroit, wired Inquiring to 60 mayor of Michigan rillna and the prin cipal clUe of the coiiuiry asking their opinion a to the iM'Ht method 01 dlKioiiiugof thepnw eut Inhor dlftleultie. Tho aiiHwers almost universally favored arbitration. MORE MILITIA FOR rHICAOO. On the rwpiest of Mayor Ilopkln, ot Chicago, Oovnruor Altgnld ordered out all the remaining n-glmnnt of militia In the Mate, ordering General Hark ley, command ing the Hncond Ilrlgadn, to proceed at once to Chicago with all hi brigade, excepting five companies on duty at interior points. A TIE-VP IN WEKT VIROINIA. rmMdnnt Dnl telegraphed D. W. Knvl, at Charleston, W. Va., local snnretary of the American Hallway Union, asking him to as sist In the present strike. As s result all trainmen on the Kanawha and Michigan railroad anlvlug hore were palled In and the fire extinguished. The mails are not Inter fered with. STREET CAE MEN NOT TO BE CALLED OCT. At Columbus, O., President W. D. Mnhon, of the National Association of HI rent Car Km filoyns, announced thnt be would not call out the member of hi organisation, as it would greatly Inconvenience the publle and would not oven remotely affect Pullman. REFUSED TO STRIKE AT AKRON. At a secret meeting held at Akron. O. .to con sider the order from De'js for a strike, the Akron switchmen decided not to strike.Mauy will be laid off anyway from look ot work soon. TERMS OF RErTLEMENT REJECTED. Enguue V. Dobs, who ordered the great railway strikr, made one more ineffectual attempt at a settlement Friday. Ho drew up a proposition to the Association of Hallway Managers agreeing to have the men return to work at once provided they be reinstated In their former position without prejudice. This document was signed by President Delis, Vice-President Howard and Hecretary Kelt her, of the American Itallway Union. This proposition was taken by Debs to Mayor Hopkln, who, in company with Alderman Mortlllen. chairman of tho City Council Corumtttoe of Arbitration, presented it to Chairman Nt. John and Htrlke Managnr Egan. of the managers' association, aud alter the Individual members of the aMwi-latlou had been consulted it was returned to Mayor Hopkins without answer and with the Ulor matlon tbut no commnnicntion whatever from Debs, Howard aud Kclihur could be re oelved or considered by the managers' asso ciation. The refusal of the general managers to even consider the proposition, which would necessitate the dismissal of all men engaged to All strikers' plaoes and would place the in again in the power of the organization, was a decided set-back to the union. When the statement of the managers was read to General Master Hovereign, of the Knights of Labor, he said savagely: vy(, that renews the light. We will light It to the bitter end, aud will die fighting." Debs left his hotel before the statement was Issued. He said before ha went: "II thoy refuse to accept tho terms we will renew tu light, and follow It up to the bitter ud." Four Bandits Bob 13 Men. Thirteen men while riding west In a bos ear on the Ft. Wayne road, and while the train was passing Geneva station, close to llenver Falls, Pa., live nion got on board, with drawa revolvers. Four ot the men covered the 18 with their guns, while tbo other deliberately robbed them, one at a time, of their watches, money, and all their pos sessions, and then under threat ot instant death the robbers made every man strip to bis under elotblug. The clothing was then carefully made into one bundle, and the rour vers climbed off at Wallace Hun, taking everything with them. The citizens ot Homewood took the badly frightened men In charge, and ant hunting up clothing for them. The mem were all Baltimore and Ohio railroad men. Pop Lao Nsar to Dsath. The Roman Cat hollo hierarchy of Austria ad H uugary have received notice from Home that the physical ooudltlon of the Pope It alarming, and the cardinals have been warn ed to bs la readiness to assemble at tu Vati can at a mgmeul i notion. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Summarised Proceedings of Onr lw Maker at Washington, ox ni'Niinr.n An itt-ixth rAT. Kematk-In the Nnnntn to-dny Mr. Pcffei offered en nmnllm resolution providing "First, that all public functions ought to lie exercised through puMIc agentsi second.thnt all Intnrstiiln railrond ought to lm brought under onn pontrol and the eupcrvinlon ol public ofllcer and charge for trnin trans. tortiitlon of person and property throughout ho United State might to lm uniform and thnt wage of employe ought to lm regulat ed by law and bnld promptly In money; third thnt all poal tsvl ought to be owned and Worked by thn government and thnt thn wages of thn employed should bn paid In money when dm'; fourth, that all money used by the pnopln ought to bn supplied only by thn gov ernment of thn United Htnte, and that tin rate of interest ought to lm uniform In nil Htntesj that all revenue of the government ought to lm rniscil by taxi- nn real estate, Thn resolution went over until to-morrow without action or comment. After thn transaction of Homo Imsliin ol minor linportnnen thn snnntn took up thf nnvy appropriation bill. Mr. Illnckburn nn hotinccd the death ol Itepn-sentntlvi) Mnn'tis C. I.lsln of Kentucky last Hntiirday, and after thn adoption of thn customary resolution! thn senate adjourned at 4:25 o'clock. llovsr..- (Inn nf thn congressional measure! Inspired by tho strike I a resolution offered to-day by llepn-sentatlvo Draper, of Mas sachusetts looking to an Incrensn nf th regular army. It direct thn pnmmltten on military alTnlr to lniiilro what ; inercasn, II any, ahould lm madn in tlm Vmy of th United Ktate. Thn resolution wn refcrres1 to the committee on military affair. OiE niMPRM) An SIXTT-SF.VETII DAT. Hekatk.--When the senate met to-day, and after the transaction of some routine busi ness, the resolution Introduced by Henntoi I'effer yi-Mcrdny was laid beforn thn senate. Mr, I'effer discussed bis resolution, which looks to thn government pontrol of the rail, way and poal Held, and thn adoption nf the doctrine of a single tax. Thn resolution waf bitterly denounced by Henntor Davis, ol Minnesota, Uorden, ot (ieurgla, and Daniels, of Virginia. HorsR. Nothing of importance was ac complished in tho lower house to-day, th session lieln short one iitiMimrn and stxtt-kihiitu pat. Hkxatk. Thn Henntn I making up for lost time and I now disposing of thn appropria tion bill nt a rapid rati". The record tor to dny Is three; the dlplonintln and consular. tho Invalid pension and thn military academy appropriation bills. Thn strike ipnstlon again agitated ti e serenity of tbn senate, although nothing ilk thn Hery passion of yesterday s spceche onthe same subject mnrked to-ilav'ff proceeding. After an hour's debate, In which thn llrmnns. couraK'o and patriotism of the Jui'sldent wn commended by nil Mr. iiiiiel resolution, briefly Indorsing the president's action mid pledging him thn sympathy nnd support of thn nation, was adopted a a substitute for Henntor I'effer' resolution. An amendment favoring arbitra tion was defeated, II to 33. At 81J o'clock the senate ndjourned. House. Thn llousn this aftnrnoon pnei) thn bill providing for thn forfeiture nf.14.OIIO, 000 acres ot Western railroad land granted. ONE HfSOnHD AND l XTY-NINTH DAY. Pknate The upper house of Congress held a short and uninteresting session. llovsr..-The appropriation bill are fnt being Ponslderpd and at thn present rato of progress it is probable that next week will see them all disposed of. To-day two morn Im portant bill were passed, the army and tho tortlllcntlons appropriation bills, while somo frogres wa madn on tho river and harbor all. The only interesting discussions ot tlin day occurred during tho consideration ot the army bill. Hevernl bills of minor import nucn wcrn nnsacd and conferee tvnra an. pointed on the military academy and diplo matic and appropriation bill. Tho House to-day agreed to tho Henntn amendments to thn bill for thn admission of Utah as a Htatn, and after discussion of a bill for retiring of fleers of the rnvenno cutter service, under the special order adopted yesterday. It proceed ed with the consideration ot bills reported from the Foreign Affairs Committee. Eleven bills were passed none ot national impor tance. ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTIETH" DAT. Senate. Outside of continued debate by the tariff bill ponferrens, nothing of Impor tance was accomplished and the senate ad urnnd. House. The house agreed to the report of the confnrrees on the pension appropriation bill to-day. The remainder of the day was devoted to the consideration of nrivate bill. Although several were debated, none were passeu. ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIRST DAT. Senate.-The plan slowly nnd laboriously evolved by a Joint committee ol the two houses for a reorganization of the executive departments of the government, and which was incorporated m the legislative, execu tive and Judicial appropriation bill, was the only portion of that measure which provoked any debate in the senate to-dav. The bill went through the committee ol'tho whole In to the senate, but there were so many amend ments on rntber trifling matters offered by Individual senators that the bill did not rna"b Its final passage. House. Outside of routine business no business of Importance was transacted and the House adjourned. SHOT DEAD BY REGULARS. A Company of Soldiers Fire Into a Mob at Spring Valley, 111. Compauy C. of the Flfteouth regiment, regulars, commanded by Captain Conrad, oame Into collL-lon with the mob at Spring Valley, III., and after patiently enduring vol ley after volley of stones, flred into thecrowd killing two men and wounding several others. Tim casualties are as follows: Killed Dominie Hurlmer, Italian, shot through the burt4; John Huloll, ltuliuu, shot through the breast. Injured Walter Gregory, dcputy( ribs broken, badly bruised: Lush Kolb, deputy, shot iu thigh; rl. T. Powell, deputy, shot twice In face; unknown Italian, rioter, shot by Powell; unknown rioter, hand aud arm badly lacerated by bayonet while the militia were oleariug strrets." The tight occurred when a Itock Island train bearing the troops pulled into the depot. At the time of its arrival a large mob ol Lithuuauinns, Poles and Huns were gathered upon the bill overlooking the deiiot. The arrival ol the train was greeted with yells and jeers, and stones began to rattle down upon thn depot platform belore one ol tho soldiers had left the oar. As the men tiled out on the depot platform they were greeted with a chorus ol yells, and the stones rained down around them. Captain Conrad raised bis band and called to the mob to ceaso. It obeyed him lor an in stant, but seeing the troops remained passive, regained Its viclousness and rained stones at the soldiers, at the same time drawing closer aud becoming mora threatening. Captain Conrad ordered bis men to aim, aud as mors stones came at them he gave the word to lire. The men brokf tor the timber when the llre Ing began, and have not assembled lluoe. The troops went back to Chicago. CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH- Two Una Lost in a Tenement District jrire in Baa Francisco. Twenty small dwellings were dost roved .nd two human lives lost In a lire on North Beach, near Ban Francisco. Cal. Thnu bouses were the bomee ol many poor families, some of tbem lost everything. The total property loss Is estimated at M),000. ....... ... ...uni. sous oi air. r. Leldeuker. one aged 8 aud thn oil,- ,,. years, were missing. Their bodies were found burned to a oritp in the ruin. LATEST NEWS SUMMARIZED FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. What la Transpiring the World Over. Important Events Briefly Told. PAMTAt. AND I.APon. Mine striker nt Ornnt. Ky.,burn.v) a tipple and blacksmith slioi. The Walston miner In thn rnnxsutawnny mgtnn have gone back to work. The Wire Sail Company nt Nnw Castln.Pa., Signed the scale and will resume. Tim stnnl worker and tho company nt Mingo .function, ., have adjusted their scale amicaiiiy. T. It, Meflnlrn, nt the Executive Hoard nt the K night ol Labor. ny the present trouble win rmuii in me lormauon oi a new political Thn nnltnim, O.. Plnel and Iron Company Signed thn Amalgamated cale nnd I, IMS) peo ple will go to work a soon as the supply nt vusf can on seen mo. The Shnnago Vsllny Steel Company. of New Castln, P., madn nn agreement Willi thn men and will resume work at once. Concession were mane by both eldm. One hundred and twenlv.nvn man t-ltrt have been on a strike at the Enport nokn worss m eirnnreinnu county, ra.,r'tnrneii 10 wora at tne old rates. Others are exiMrct ed to lollow. Since the withdrawal of troop In the Chop, tnw Nation, the striking coal miner havn re sumed rioting. Several small bodle of work ing miner at Kreb were driven from thn bit aud assaulted. A company ot cavalry una own uruereu to rireiia. CHARTER, ACCIDENT AND FATAI.tTIES, P. C. Ilnnford, vlcn president of the pmiionni j.ine'i un lompnny, committed iib-ldn In Chicago. W. H. Hrandnrstnin. a non-union railrond man, wa accldenlly shot and killed by a companion at nctroit. Michael Drlseoll and William Smith were killed at Itoston by the coliai.se of a nortlon of Lewis's wharf, and throe other men were seriously nurt. The Chicago, Iliirllnglon nnd Qulncy bridges at Knrlvllle, III., and Corning, In., were burned by sparks from locomotive as a result ol dry weather. Conconnully, thn principal town In thn mining district nt O'Knnngiin, Washington, wo struck by a cloudburst, whluh carried away nearly every building In the town. An unknown man, well drefased, about S5 yc'.r of age committed suicide by Jumping from the Long bridge aero tho Potomac river nt Washington. F'rom mnrks on his clothing it is thought he wn from Iloston. fly thn burning of thn stnnmer Mos. at Frero, Mich., Frank Smith, son of the cni- tuin, lost Ills lite, l.iiulnner t'onnnll wa probably fatally burned, nnd Will I.eroy was so nearly sunocatuu mat no may not re cover. At Lake Oeneva, Wis., Hotel Whiting, one of the largest hostelrle on the lake shore burned. The house wn full of guests, who bun-lyescnpcd with their lives, nnd lost nearly all their personal effects. The hotel Is a total lose, it was valued at tto.000. TRIBES AND I'ENAI.TIER. William I. Hrondwell, a banker, was nr. rested in Now York Saturday for converting to bis own use I45.27V.61 belonging to Kb euezer A, Kinsley. FOREIGN. The German Ilundersrntk has rejectod the bill repealing the laws against Jesuits. Provincial elections In llritish Columbia resulted In a safe majority for the Govern ment. Ten thousand Jnpanese troops are to be sent to Corea, and war is regarded as in evitable. The Summer Palace Theater In Brussels was burned Tuesday night after tbo perform ance had been finished. The constitutional convention of Hawaii resolved to close Its labors July 8, to pro claim the constitution July 4, and that Presi dent Dole take the oath of office on the Same day. A bomb was exploded In Pllscn. Germany, on Sunday eveniug in front of a hotel In which a German society was holding a re union. One of the members was killed and several were injured. MISCELLANEOUS. Populist in camp near Washington fear that they have been deserted by their lo.d ers. Jealousy caused John Drake to kill bis wife and commit suicide at Anderson, lud. Four hundred Coxeyltes, under the com mand of (lea. Jeffreys, left Duluth on Satur day tor lluttalo on a scow towed by a tug. The cruiser Minneapolis passed out of the ens ol the Deluware on the way to her trial trip off the coast ol Massachusetts. The Itepnbllcans of the Sixteenth congres sional di-trict of Illinois nominated (ien. John L Hinuker, ot Carliuvllle by acclama tion. The Seattle contingent of Coxeyltes arriv ed at St. Ignace, Mich., and were sent by stenmer to Mackinaw City, on their wuy to Washington. J. F. Werner, ot Chicago, wbo is making a tour of the world on a wager ol 1,0 i, ar rived in Philadelphia from London. Ho has It) days in which to reach Chicago. J. K. Hnyden, receiver of the defunct Cnpital Nutioual Hank of Lincoln, Neb., has begun suit aguinst the resident stockholders to rooover 13,7U8 of unearned divi dends. Associate Justice Jackson, of the United States Supreme Court, is very ill at Louis villa. Tho railroads decline to attempt to move his private cur unless guaranteed pro tection by Federal troops. Tbe triennial meeting of the genernl grand chapter of ltoyal Arch Masons aud general grand oouucil of ltoyal and Secret Masters, which was to have been bold at Topeka Kaa., on July 17, have been postponed to August 22, on acuouut ot the strike. MUTINY IN PRISON. They Befuae to Work and Attack Of flosrs. The prisoner In tbe house ot correction at South Iloston mutinied and refused to work. The officers In charge ot tbe shops endeavor ed to suppress the disturbance, but without effect, and tbe oftVers drew their clubs and charged on tbe prisoner. The men resisted aud attacked the officers with tools, stools and anything they could lay their bandit on. Unable to drive them into their cells the of ficers finally drew their revolvers and Arid several shout luto tbe convicts. Uuly oue shot took effect. This struck a convict iu the cheek and effectually frightened tbu muti neers. Hupt. Wnitteu state that the wound Is not a serious one. Tue injured man was oue of the leaders In tbe outbreak, buveral I the convicts were suvvroly eluibed. GEN- MILES' ORDER. Defines the Duties of Soldier In Enforc ing Cleveland's Proclamation At Chicago the following order was Issued by Hen. Mile: "To all United States troops serving In the department of tlin Missouri -The act of vio lence committed during the past few day In tlin stopping of mnll train and xit road; thn blockading of th Interstate commerce; thn ojmn detlnnee and violation of the Injunc tion of thn United Slate court: thn assault iiHin tin-federalforcnslnthn lawful discharge ol their duties: thn destruction, pillngn and looting of the Inland commerce property lm longlng to itizens of tlm different states. nnd other octant relwlllon and lawlessness, have linen of such phnraclnr that thn duties of thn military authorities am more clearly dellned. "1'hn pro 'lamatlnn ot thn president lor thn commander-ln-chlcf of thn land and naval fori-n and the statn militia When Palled Into service I understood by thn nillltnry to lie in theltitcrest of humanity and to avoid the useless wastn of llfn It possible. It In an ex ecutive onler for all law-abiding citizen to svpnrntn themselves from thn law brenknr and thorn In actual hostility to tbn action of thn United Mutes court and thn law ot thn national government. He hn dellned thn at titude of these law-breaker to bn that of ennmli' of the government, nnd hencn It I thn duty ot the military force to aid ths United Stat- marshals to disperse, capture or destroy all bodies of men olmtriictlng the mall route and in actual hostility to the ln unction ot thn United Htuti-s court nnd the nwsofthn United States. 'This doe not change the relation of the federal official with thosn of thn local auth ority, a It i exmeted that the state and municipal government will maintain peacn and good order within the territory of their Jurisdiction. Should they fall or lm over- (lowered thn military force will assist them, nit not to the extent of Inavlng unprotected property belonging to or under tho protec tion of thn United State.' "Thn officer In the Immediate command of trnni must lm the Judge as to what use to make of thn force In Id command In execut ing his orders, and In case serious action be reipilred and there be tlinn, hn will communi cate wilh his next superior tor his Instruc tion." "The enrnest effort of thn lnw-abdlng citizen havn done much to Improve the con dition of nffalr during the Inst few days, nnd I earnestly reiii"-t all law abiding citizen to do whatever possible to assist In maintaining thn civil government and the authority of tho municipal, state and federal government In preserving peace and good order." TELECR A PlTTicKI NGS- Thn cholera Is spreading In China. 40.000 natives havn already died from thn disease. Forty thousand delegates are In nttendnncn at tho Christian Endeavor convention now In progress nt Cleveland. The official report shows that there were 143 new cases of cholera and 34 death from the disease In St. Petersburg. Albert Shetlnn, a young man subject to Ills, was attacked while drawing water from a well near Huntington, W. Vo., fell head foremost Into tbe opening and was tnken out dead. An unknown negro, 10 years of age, wn lynvnni at juioxi, Mis., for attempting to ossniilt a white woman. Shortlv l,ef,,rn ,i.. light bo was taken from the Jail by unknown persons anu nanged. The Now York Ihrabtt eorrespondnnt In Montevideo sends word that rumors ore rife there that tbo "white." under the l,.,!r.l,l of ex-President Uerrerny Obes, are active In planning a revolution. Justice Jlarrett, of the Supreme Court, New lorx, issuea an order admitting Erastus Wl man to ball In the mm of :lonm fh.ri Broadway Itouss qualified as bondsman, and .nr. niman was released. A destructive forest fire raged In the 8,0 00 acre timber tract of Clark, Kizer and Klpp, a low miles north ot Punxsutawnev. p. I .r,. quantities of newly-pealnd bark aud much vaiuauie timber wero destroyed. Mrs. Joseph Nahadll. a Dohemlnn woman and her grandchild, 2 yeers old, were burned to aeatn. and Joseph Nahadll, the husband nd grandfather, wa severely burned, at Colllnsburg, Pa., by the explosion ot an oil James Hogan, of Brooklyn, N. Y., nftor an suercaiion wun his son Danlol, went to bis ton's bedside while the latter was nsleen .ml lealt bim several blows with a piece of iron pipe, causing a compound fracture of tbe tnuii. Bernard F.Oentsch, ex-Assemblymnn and Postmaster in Buffalo. N. Y.. under (hn ltnr- rlson administration, committed suicide oy shooting. Business troubles are sup posed to have caused the act. He wa 59 year old. Tbo cruiser Minneapolis returned to Ttoston from her trial trip, on which she made an Average of U3.U3 knots per hour, entitling the Cramps, her builders, to 1M.600 In premiums. the Minneapolis beat tbe Columbia's record quarter ot a knot. The Great Northern Exoresa Cnmnnnv wn rouoeu ot 11,000 at Wlckes, 20 miles east ol Helena, Montaun, The money belonged to Bach, Carey A Co,, wholesale grocers. Tho robbers overpowered the express wagon driver aud took tbo whole outfit. Robert I.o;an shot and killed Daniel T.ov . lock and Frederick Sullivan on a stnirn pnnch in Nevada, because be susuocted them of in. nmscy with bis wife. She was on tho stage wnen ne UUI the shootlnir and when he ston. ped for wnter she shot ber husband dead. A great Prairie flro onthe ceded Rlom roans. vation lands in South Dakota bas burned aver a tract of 50 or 70 miles. A settlement Of ItuSSiunS on Medicine crnelr was tvinml out and several fatally burned. The damage to property ana stock cannot be stated, but 1 enormous. POISONED BY ICE CREAM. Thirty Fsrson Poisoned-One Dead and a ores vying. About thirty persons were notannAd ho ant ing ice cream at West Union. Ill All b.v. been under physicians' care, and Mrs. R. L. Donham bas died in great agony, and two or tlirun nlliAm m . . 1. . .... A. .1 ... . . . supposed that tbe milk wo polsoned'by he lm In a. vamuI . It V. - ... .... 1. .... v - . . . ...... ihfujiiii VUIIUIU, flV otbor cause can be asslgxed so far. Brained by an Enraged Negro At Clarksburg. Pa.. Carl Robinson, a well- known colored man, tound bis young siatei on tbe street with a negro named Kuzy Moore. Robinson interrupted them, and ut ter considerable argument Induced the girl to kocompauy bim borne. Moore followed them to a lonely spot, when, springing on Robin sou's back, he brained him with a bootjack, causing his death. The woman did not glv the ahum until tbe murderer bad eecaimd, and be is still uncaught. The negroes hers are excited and throatun to lyuuu Moors when be is captured. HEAVY ARMOR PIERCED. Failure of the 17-Inch Carnegie Har eylsed Plate. A 17-Inch Harveylzeil armor plntn, mnnii-fa'-tured by the Carnegie company, mnt with dlsnster at thn test at Indian Head. The pinto Itself cost 2 1. W HI, weighed ill) ton, nnd was on" of a group nf plate weighing rt1 tons, which nro worth to the Cnricglo com pany '24H,0MI. Tlin plate had Imeii made with n great cam as possible y thn Cnrneglc company, nnd it was Imped that a succcslu group had lmnn secured, for It wa desired to remove, as far a possible, thn doubt cast on llnrveylzed steel plntc by thn failure of thn IM-luch plate niadn by thn linthlc hern company, nnd tested somo time ago. This plate was a sound and fine specimen of llnrveylzed nrmor as ha ever been turned out. At least thnt I what the Carnegie company thought. Thn ncoiul test was thn nun Hint did tlin dnmngn. '1 hn Wheeler-Sterling 12-Inch shell weighing RfiO pound wn used, with Htnl nuuds of brown prismatic powder, giving nn Initial velocity of 1.H5H foot pounds, and an energy of 20,87b foot ton. l l.e iill pierced the plntn entirely, smash Ing through thn thren and a half feet of oak backing three feet of oak supports, throuili 50 feet of earth beyond, aud into the woods ior loo yarn. This wn tho first shnll of the kind which was manufactured by purely American pro. u.Tw--s, which nnu ueeu ueveiopeil iu mis country. The shot did n much damage as any shot ever uni. i ne result wa entlrelyunexpected lo thn Carnegie and the ordinance officer. ("apt. Sntnson said the shell wn a phenom enal one and Hie plate soft. '1 he failure on such a goon plate was entirely Inexplicable. In the first test a Carpenter special Sn. SS. weighing H.ri0 pounds, was usi-d, with nchargn oi znu pouiinH oi hrown prlniatln powder. Thn velocity ot the shell was 1.410 feet, nnd It ha-' an energy of 11,7211 foot tons. The. Mien pierced the plate mi j inches, and with out being smashed the shell rebounded some 00 fwt. Thn plntn wn iinern'-ked and the structure n rigid as ever. Tho shot exhib ited thnt the shell wit phenomenal, nnd bad comn In contact with nn Insufficient hardened Harvey plate, although tho company tlioinht It hud done everything necessary to Innku the plntn perfect. Representing the Carnegln company were Chairman II. C. Frb-k, Second Vlcechalrmnn Schouinker, Attorney p. C. Knox and super intendent oi tun armor pinto manufacture, Hlllllllll UIIUSICKOr, HKI OND TEST. Thn second test of fragments of thn Cnr negln 17-Inch llnrvcvlzeil plate, held at Indian Head by Hecretary Herbert order, was much morn sat islactorv than tlin first. Thn pro- eetlln used was selected from the snme lot n the one which tnileil to pierce tbn ll-tlilchcin platn In thn tests of May last. It wn a Car. penter MO-pound shell, fired with tlin same velocity, l.H.10 feet per second, mid wilh the same powder cnarge as tlio projectile which pierced the plntn. This shot jderced tho plate, but did not go clenr through It, the point projecting nlsiut two Inches beyond the back, but the shell re mained llrm in thn plntn, Thn plntn wn crocked, but tills wn to lm expected of any line which nan Had tnren shot llreii at It, Ihe projectile was not seriously dHinngcd, Captain Sampson, nfter the result of tlin sec- oud test, said thut If the nrst shots had n-t'-d In the sniiiu wuy as the last, the plntn would have been accepted. As It Is, the group of 13 Barbette plutoj for tbu Oregon have been ro- ei;ieij. PRENDERGAST HANGED- He Wa Oxme to the Last-An Extra ordinary Criminal. Patrick Eugene Prendergast, the assaniln of Mayor Carter Harrison, was banged on 1-ridf.y at 11:48 o'clock. As Is the custom the assassin was closely guarded by bailiff during tho night. Be tween 6 and 7 o'clock he partook heartily of a breakfast, and about u o'clock tiu aui.i ... Jailer Morris that he wo again hungry. The jiiiiui nan me pnaouer s-rvea wilti another hearty menl. This Prendnrgast disposed ol quickly. The assassin talked freely with his .-i-.iitiiit! u-ivisers, nnu several limes, aii rarentlv feelinir that ihev wi.ni.i .1.,.-. i,i.., remarkedi "You must stay with me to the end." On the scaffold he stood wltbo-.it apparent tear. While the flunl arrangement wero be. Ing made the assassin gamely held himself erect and calm. Jailor Morris placed tho rope around hi neck and au Instaut later tne ooiiy snot downward, the head twisted to onn side, the neck havimr I men ar.r,,. broken. Nine minutes after tbe tiigger wa i,r""K." was pronounceu need. The crime and criminal alike were extra ordinary. Prendnrgast was 23 years old and a uowepnper carrier. His egotism amounted to s passion and hi consuming desire wa to see uis name in print. bile considered a cow ard, he was willing to risk everything for notoriety. At lost it occurred to' bim that application for a high office would secure nun lue notoriety He craved, and accordingly he appeared in Corporation Counsel Adolpti Kraus' office and announced thnt ho desired to succeed Mr. Kraus in the position. Mr. Krnus laughed at bim and took tbo announce, ment as ajoke. He next called upon Mayor Harrison, and. with all the gravity he could master stuted his desire to be appointed corporation coun sel. But the mayor was in good humor and chaffed Prendergast good-nnttircdiv. and speedily forgot bim. The Incident did not get Into the papers and again Prendergast called upon the mayor and hinted that If bis request slid not secure prompt attention it would be worse Nr Mr. Harrison. Mr. Har rlson treated the threat lightly but ordered Preiidergnst out of the office. A third time he visited tie mayor's office, but on thl o; easlon wa reo dved brusquely and warned to keep away and trouble the mayor no more. Despernto in his determination to se cure notoriety aud enraged at his failure, Prendergast at last worked himself into a frenzied momentary courage. On the night of Ootols-r an, f03, Frend-r-gast called at the mayor's residence whiletbe Intter was at dinner. Mr. Harrison came walking toward tbe door and as be did so Preudergast II red. The assassin rau Into tbe street and went to the police station and sur rendered. About the same time Mayor Har rison expired. Fierce Forest Fire. Forest fire are causing rlous losses to Imnliermen near Bradford, Pa. Many des tructive Ores are raging between Bradford and Kinzua, In the hemlock district, truvem ed by tbe Western New Yorkl V Pennsylvan ia railroad. At Peek- switch, near Marsh burg, a pile ot sawiogs containing 350, UK) feet of timber was destroyed, and a tome of men are at work trying to con tine tbe flames to one locality. The logs destroyed belong to Weed, Mundy A Co., Bradford, and are partly insured. i East of Morrison's, three miles It Corydon township, 2.000.0 O feet of hemlock logs own ed by the United Lumber and Coal Company, of Oil City, and tbe Warren Packtrd Com- fiany, ot Warren, have been destroyud. Faui lles at tbe lumber camps thereabouts have moved to planes of safety. taking their house hold goods with them. At T burstou's camp, Corydon township, the people barely escaped from their houses before tbe flames destroyed all the proiwrty In the place. The tires are the result of the recent dry spell, and as rain bos commenced to fall, It is likely there will be no further danger. Ocean Steamer Collide. Tbe nnssnnimp steu ma V I a .1 1 ... I . Lam.j from SebastoHl for Odessa, come in colli sion with on Italian steamer, near Euiatoria, a town nf loi&aia nn tl,.. wru.u-n ....... . ... . I. -- - - - , .-.. . .... .mna wuu ' I Crimea. Tbe Vladimir was so badly injured that she sank. Some of tbe passengers wero saved, but it is believed that folly (1J person QETTINQ READY FOR WAR. The Celestial Kmplr Fntly Alive, to the Latest Improvement. Any ono who thinks thnt China In eslfop t whnt I going on In the mod cm win hi hat only to visit one of its groat government gun fitctorins to lie convinced of thU mistake-, write Mr. Frank (. ('nrpent -r. 1 have iiont some tlmo nt tlio work of tho Wash ington navy yard.- whore are b-lnjf limit tbo gun for our largest war hips. Wo tit-ldo ourselves on thorn a a nation, and eoMsldor thorn among tho llnost gun works of tho world. Away out h?ro In China tlioie nie f-lmllar fotindrlo doing evon mora wonderful, work, and that to a lni p;u extent with, native mnilu machinery, anl Just now with Chinese Iron ami coal. No one knows much about the min eral rosour.-oa of China. Hut coal and. Iron aro snld to exist in nearly overy ono of the eighteen alu'en or it ovlnce of the ompli-o, and there have been, somo Iron mine which have leer, w.irkud for year. L'p to this time China has been Imnoiting tho taw ma terial for her arsenal, hut she 1 now oxpjrlmcntlng with her own supplies, and themanuiai ttiring China of tho future will probably bo en Irely inde pendent of the rent of the world. The coal and Iron formations of the piov Inco of Chill are said to lie tbo largest In tho world, and the prod net I tin urt ass'ed. Iho lion now ue hore come from the province of Hunan, In aliout the center of China, and some Idea of it character may be learned from a test which was reiii ntly mado here. A shot was cast of thin Iron for a three-Inch rllle, and It wa fired against a target with the samo charge' and the same gun In comp jtltlon with Imported shot of st'cl. Too steel shot penetrated tho target, but nonoof them went thrn.igh It. Tho Chinuso cnst-1 tin hot passed clear through tho target and wa lost. C. A. Rimo A Co., of Tolelo, Oiilo, have received grain report from the six prm :l ptl winter wheat Htnte, w ll-ll gartlly produce about two-thirds ot the winter w in it crop and eeirly h-tlf of the total wii iat rop of the Unite I Hlates. From the i It appear that the yield will be abovs tbe average, save In p irti of K ins is. Orn.t.BJti, a schoolmaster of Bdfslar-Les-ciennont, France, accidentally killed on of his small pupils while giving thn-n a grnphln history ot tne as-iinatlon of Pres ident Carnot. Ths pior teacher, dlstra-jted at bis deed, tiled to kill himself. MAIIKET3. FITTsnCRO. tint whoi.kssle ran M ARK hives IIELOW. n"l!. nt-BA!DrEKIl. WHEAT No. 1 Ked f SI ' No. 2 Ited mj 67 COKN-No. 2 Yellow ear... M ta High Mixed ear t f3 No. 2 Yellow Knelled to hi Knelled Mixed 4! tQ oats-No. l W hite r4 r,r, No. 2 White M f.4 No. 3 White 61 f'1 Mixed 47 ,a IIYB-No. 1 67 If No. 2 Western, New 65 .''8 Fl.Ol'K Kani-r winter pat. f) Ml 8 75 Fancy Hpring patents 3 to 4 2D Fancy Straight winter.... 2 HO 8 15 XXXflakers 2 60 2 75- Kye Flour 8 0 8 25 buckwheat Flour 2 00 2 25 HAY-Baled No. 1 Tim'y.. 14 00 14 75 Hsled No. 2 Timothy 12 60 13 00 Mixed Clover 10 to 12 00 Timothy from country... 15 00 10 00 FEKD-No. 1 W'h Md V T 15 60 10 0 No. 2 W hite Middling... 14 60 jj ry, Hrown Middling J3 60 II .'0 Hrsn, bulk )4 25 14 75 6TRAW-Whet 0 00 fi 50- Qt... 0 60 7 00 ,.-.r. . nsinr raoiu-cTs. BUTTER Elgin Creamery Fancy Creamery Fancy country roll Low grade A cooking.... CHKEHK Ohio, new....... New York, new Wisconsin Hwiss Limbtirver (New nisk)... 21 22 17 1H 14 15 5 e 74 9 !'l ui in ... FBI-IT ASK VFclXTABLX. APPLES-Fsncy, V bbl... 4 00 6 f0 Fair to choice. V bbl.... 4 00 4 60 Common, y bbl l K5 1 uo 1'FKKIKs dooseberrei, per qt 0 ft BEANPTr''' P ' 10 11 N Y 4 Mfnsw)neanafibi). 2 Oo 2 10 Lima Means, lb 4 5 rOTATOKH- Fsncy V bit 45 50 fweet. per bbl.... 8 50 8 75 ONIONS Y'llow(ilobe!bu o 7d Mixed Country.... 60 to roixTarrri l.iv chickens 9 pr 45 60 Liv Duck f) pr 40 5i Live (lees V pr 75 ! Live Turkeys V B 8 0 Dressed chickens V lb.... M K Pressed ducks V ft, ( n Dressed turkeys V lb 11 12 Dresaeil ge-se N9r lb 7 H EOGHp Ohio fresh. .. 1.4 13 Houtbern ni ij FKATHEKH- Extra live Geese lb..... 65 0 No 1 Extra live geese sirb 40 4 Country. Isrte. -sced.... !-5 40 MliK'KI.LtMOt;. EEED.S Clover 02 lbs 6 35 fc ( O Timothy prime 2 S5 2 i't blue grass ) 40 1 (O BAtirt Country mixed.... i 1 xlONEY' While clover.... 12 13 Buckwhrst if i MAl'I.KSYKL'l'. new crop. .'o & CIDEK countrv sweet Vbbt 6 00 0 So CINCIUNATI. FI-OUR WHEAT No. 2 Red 12 35SI2 fO K r-.-0. u... CORN Mixed. OATS , EtKiS BITTER 55 45 54 21 9 10 rmi.AMi.riUA. FLOUR- 3 l.vm 05 WHEAT No. 2. Ren fsl .'u COUS-No. 2. Mixed An it OATS-Xo. 2. Whit 67 fta rL I J tit-Creamery Eur. 24 30 EiiUS I'a. Firsts i J2 FLOCR Psf.nt. o a os WHEAT-Xo Kd..i....r 60 cj Kl Western 6i t2 CtlHN Sa ! i OATS-Mixed Western'.'.. 62 64 BUTTER-Creamery u is luun-juitunriiin 11 13 tiv rrxa Hi post. CAST LIBFKTY, Fimst-Bii STOCK TARD. Per 100 lbs. Prima RImm 5 15 to 4 5-1 to 2 .Vi to S 25 4 K 4 OO s ; 5 00 Good butcher Com mon Hulls and dry cow Veal CalvHa rrmheows, per bead.' , 4 60 to IS 00 to 45 UO 8 00 to 3 fO 3 no to 3 75 2 00 to 2 50 8 00 to 4 75 A 75 to 0 IX) 6 Ot to 5 15 3 (010 4 U user. Prime 95 to inIn. Uooil mixed lom mon 7o to 75 lb beep.. spring Ulllis, ., Pelected , Prime Yorker liuughi. ,,,,,,
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