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In every mile of railroad there are
seven feet ami fiur inehes that are not
covered 1V the rail.? the space left U'
tween them for expansion.
The hiest rattlesnake killed in Penn
sylvania this summer was sliingtered on
the mountain near Tyrone, ISlair coun
ty, a few days ao. It was seven feet
nine inches long anil was armed with
twenty-eight rattles.
A Msr.vivn to Indian Commissioner
Uiowning from Agent Wyman, at the
Crow Agency, Montana, reports a fatal
encouuter U tween policemen and several
supposed horse thieves. Indian Police
man Horse ISird was killed and Agent
AY man injured. The police returned
the tire and killed several of the thieves.
It is rumored in London and general
ly lelieved among business men w ho
carry on trade with Brazil that the revo
lutionists have succeeded in lauding
troops and now occupy the city of Kio
de Janiero. Nothing definite can lie
learned by telegraph, as the telegraph
companies will not handle messages in
reference to political matters.
The Democratic St-Ue convention met
at Narrisburg, on Tuesday, and nomi
nated Judge Samuel Ci. Thompson, of
Philadelphia, for Judge of the Supreme
Court, by acclamation. For state treas
ure, Frank C. Oshurn, of Pittsburg, was
nominated on the first ballot his only
competitor lieing Walter W. Patrick of
the same city. The first ballot resulted
in 411 votes for Oshurn and I7 votes for
Patrick. Osburn's nomination was then
made unanimous.
We denounce the declaration made
by the Republican state conveutiou in
favor of an enormous expansion of the
currency as unwise, improvident and
calculated to produce dangerous inflation
f values, recklessspeculation and disas-.
trous conseijuences. We favor a curren
cy of gold and silver coin, treasury and
bank notes sutlicient for the business
needs of the country; but we insist that
it shall at all times lie kept at a parity of
value. rk-iiiiM-ritlif I'litlfunn.
In the trial of C. O. Scrafford, presi
dent of the lioard of trustees of theKdin
boro state normal school, for perjury at
Krie, on Wednesday, the evidence of I.
K. Keeder, the business manager, show
el the actual expenditures was but t'2b,
fuMl instead of t,'W,(MH), us per the sworn
report to the state department. While
the indications are that Scrafford will tie
acijuitled on the charge of erjury, the
investigation shows gross mismanage
ment of the affairs of the school.
The centennial anniversary of the
laying of the corner stone of the capitol
of the United States by (Jeorge Wash
ington, Septemlier 18, IT'.W, was celebra
ted at Washington on Monday. The
streets of thecity were thronged with peo
ple. The speeches were eloquent, and the
civil and military organizations in line
made a display which has never lieen sur
passed. Thesiecch of President Cleveland
was listened to with the most earnest
attention and was loudly applauded.
Ts oH-ning one of the vaults in the
Philadelphia Mint one day la.-t week it
was discovered that aliout o.tMH) ounces
of gold were missing. The vault had.
been sealed in 1SS7 anil had not lieen
ojiened since. The gold stolen was
worth 132,HH. Henry C. Cochran
the chief weighmaster, who had lieen
an employe of the mint for 4'.i years fi
nally confessed that he was the culprit
and made restitution of all but aliout
128, (MX. Cochran has lieen committed
for trial and is in jail being uuable to
furnish bail to the amount of $ ;'0,U0.
A IVmocratie administration left
$HX),tHK,tHK) surplus in the federal treas
ury. A Republican successor, in four
years, converted this into a deficit of f ,'U),
000,000. We declare that the disturlied
financial condition of the country has
followed Republican administration, and
that business depression has resulted
from vicious legislation for which the
Republican party is solely resjumsible.
To correct and relieve these, a Demo
cratic president and a Iemoeratic con
gress are pledged, and their efforts in
that direction are entitled to the support
of tatriotic citizens regardless of party.
ltiniHTiilic l'littfttrtH.
The secretary of the treasury rejorts
that since the passage of the McKinley
law the bounties on sugar, up to and in
cluding August, have amounted to $15,
4V,fol. Most of this has gone to the
t-tate of 1-ouisiana, Texas coming in
Sit ond. For the tiscal year ending lust
July the sugar U.untics amounted to
$;,:75,0OO, and of this amount 3,7hV
S.'!l was for cane sugar and went to the
states of Texas and Ixiuisiana, nine
tenths to Ixjuisiana. Of course the
planters who get the "pork'; are iu favor
of the Hiilisidy system. Some of theui
bag as high as f i!lH),(KH) in bounties and
then have their sugar to sell at the market
price. Ixiuisiana sells its sugar for about
$12,Ot0,mo in the markets and then
draws $8,000,000 from the federal treas
ury for raising it. This is one of the
jLeauties lA XcKiuleyisiu.
It is clearly useless says the PhiWJ 1
phia Ttuu-t for the ways means commit
tee to prolong the hearing of interested
manufacturers in opposition to a revis
ion of the tariff. If the committee re
ouires information or advice on any
Secial subject it may lie rightly sought
and easily obtained from those ijualified
to give it. On the general iiiestioii
whether the tariff should le modilietl or
let alone, the committee ret pi ires no ad
vice; it has had its unmistakable instruc
tions from the people.
With very few exceptions, the represen
tative of various industiies, who have ap
peared tiefore the committee at this time,
have given it n information whatever.
Instead of giving the actual figures upon
which an intelligent opinion could be
formed the cost of material, the cost of
labor, the value of the finished product
and the price of comta-ting products of
foreign manufacture ttiey have nearly
all eoutented themselves with pulling
long faces and coinplaiiing that business
is now so bad under theexisting tariff that
they lo not want anv chantre. It is a
waste of time to listen to these illogical
complaints.
The tariff policy for which the coun
try declared in the election of Cleveland is
one of principles more than of sched
ules. It is that the tariff shall no long
er lie framed in the interest of special
classes, but in the interest of the whole
mass of the people, the workers and the
consumers, anil not the capitalists alone.
The greatest good to the greatest num
ber may suggest the reduction or the re
tention of existing duties, but in either
case it is the common goid that is to lie
considered before the special interests,
whether real or imagined, of some indi
vidual, corporation or trust. To carry
out this task is the business of Congress
through its chosen committee, a com
mittee entirely capable aud that can lie
trusted to approach its task w ith intelli
gent and impartial judgment.
The Protectionist writers, says the
Philadelphia Jitcoid, who shut their eyes
to palpable facts and seek to terrorize the
country, by insisting that the late mon
etary stringency and the resulting busi
ness depression should lie attributed to
the fear of tariff revision, must have
unbounded confidence in the public gul
libility. Within the last twenty years
we have had three similar conditions of
industrial stoppages, financial distress,
and disturbed credit. People with the
shortest memories have not forgotten
the troubles of ISTo, 1N.S-1 and 1S'.1, and
the frantic efforts to stay the progress of
panic by the outpour of funds from the
Federal Treasury.
Protective tariffs are the nursing
mothers of industrial conditions that
bring on periodical seasons of business
distress which can lie predicted with al
most as much certainty as are the
eclipses of the moon. The first effect of
tariff houuty is to sti initiate production
and raise the prices of protected wares.
Then follow the enlargement of plant
and the building of new factories. Then
come ovei production, lower prices, re
duced wages. Then there is attempted
rectification by combination, the crea
tion of trusts, and the demand for larger
bounty at the hands of the (iovernment.
Finally, there is a smash, liquidation,
and ruin for the undermost. The pro
cess of blowing the bubble up until it
bursts of attenuation is afterward repeat
ed. There is no cure for panic in an
overdose of Protection. There is no
danger of panic as a result of Democrat
ic administration.
TiiEopeningnf the Cherokee strip on
Saturday takes its place in govermental
history as the giving away of nearly the
last piece of land which I'ncle Sam has
for this purpose. There is now no un
settled and empty area suitable for farm
ing. The Indians, however, may be in
duced in the future to give up some of
the land they now occupy, but at pres
ent the territory for white occupants is
full.
Out of the l.'iO.OOO people who rushed
into the new country on Saturday in the
race for farms probably half will lie dis
apjHiinted. Tne territory is 'JoO miles
long, by aliout fid miles wide, covering
aliout ll.tKH) square miles. This will af
ford farms of ltio acres to about -!.", H H)
people, but, alas, there are aliout three
times that many "boomers."
Hut the Republic is still young. If it
has no more land to give away at nomi
nal prices, it at least offers tioundlcss op
portunities to i n hi .-try aud thrift. It is
still the nation where hope and a fair
chance are every man's xscssioti. It is
Still the best fed nation iu the world: the
only one in which the ioorest workmen
may, in good times, put meat on his ta
ble every day in the year and go to sleep
at night in full confidence that his chil
dren will lalior under no institutional
disadvantage in comiietition with others
for prosperity or distinction.
A bill proposing the settlement and
payment in full of pensions growing out
of the late war of the rebellion has been
introduced in the House by Representa
tive Hudson, of Kansas. It provides
that any iensioner may surrender his
certificate and receive in full payment of
all claims against the Government on
account thereof ten times the anuual
payment thereon. These payments shall
lie made in legal tender greenliacks, re
deemable after five years iu coin. This
act shall not apply to the obligations of
the Government towards minor children
of deceased soldiers now on the iensiou
rolls. Widows and minor children of
jiensioners who shall surrender their
certificate under this act shall not lie
entitled to receive othei pension.
Congressman M. D. IIaktkk, of Ohio,
was the first manufacturer to tie heard
by the committee on ways and means,
which has entered upon the task of pre
paring a new tariff bill. ( V.ugriiiian
ll.ii ter is an extensive manufacturer of
agricultural inplcments and he favors
ulsSolute free trade in such'articles, lie
lieving that the United Slates can out
strip the whole world in their manufacture.
V a-hinirinn letter.
Wash in. ;roN, D. C, Sept. 1", IS'.":,.
It seems difficult for the Republicans
to understand that the Democrat in
Congres intend to redeem the promises
made in tlie Chicago platform. They
actually seemed to think that it wasp.s
sible to cajole the iN-liux rats into leltil g
the McKinley tariff law, which Wa- de
nounced from every 1 .-m.H-ratic slump
ami in the columns of every 1 Vm. n tatic
newspajier in the land during the. I.i.-t
campaign, remain on the statute, luniks,
for a while anyway. And their mis
take in the tariff hti-im-ss, which i now
very plain to them, taught them noth
ing. They are now engaged in the use
less business of trying to frighten the
Democrats out of the notion of re ahug
the Federal election laws, laws which
made the notorious John 1. Davenport
a Mssitii!itV and which in the hands of
an unscrupulous administration have in
the past (and may in the future, if al
lowed to stand) surrounded the voting
places of American citizens with bayon
ets in the hands of soldiers.
The number of Democrats w ho can In
frightened by Republican twaddle is
small, ami as Representative Mc.Millin
said early in the session, "let those Dem
ocrats who feel timid about carrying out
the Chicago platform go to the rear;
there will lie enough left in front to do
the fighting.1' The Tucker bill for the
repeal of all laws providing for Federal
suiKTvision of elections has Ih-cii rejioi i I
to the House and will l- given the r i l; 1 1 1
of way until passed. How long it will
take to pass it depends largely upon cir
cumstances. The Democrats are J r
fectly willing that it shall ! fully de
bated, and no attempt will be made to
force il vote until legitimate debate has
l.eeii exhausted, but no lillibiistering will
be allowed.
F.verything indicates that the debate
on the Vorhecs rejieal bill is drawing
near its end in the Senate ami that the
lung contest of personal endurance by
means of a continuous session of the
Senate with a quorum always present
or within call will soon begin. Another
attempt, in fact, several of them, were
made this week to get President Cleve
land's consent to some sort of a compro
mise that would secure an immediate
vot3 and avoid the hard feelings between
Senators which always follow prolonged
sessions, but Mr. Cleveland was inflexi
ble. A number of the Democratic Sen
ators who will vote for the Vorhecs bill
are tiersonally w illing to agree to a com
promise that would in some shajie rec
ognizesilver. Put having promised Mr.
Cleveland that they would vote for the
unconditional repeal they do not feel at
lilierty to do so without bis consent.
The House comnrttee on Foreign Af
fairs will rejMirt a bill providing a substi
tute for the much-discussed Geary anti
Chinese law. The bill introduced by
Representative Kverett, of Massachu
setts, is now lieing considered by the
committee and will probably be favora
bly rejiorted, with slight modifications
suggested by Representative Geary, of
California. So many sensational state
ments have riH-ently lieen made concern
intr the intentions of the administration
that Attorney General Olney gave out an
otlicial statement this week that the Gea
ry law would not Im- enforced until Con
gress acts, and that the Government does
not acquiesce in the interpretation given
the law by Judge Rose in his recent de
cision, as to the right of piivate citizens
to bring proceedings against theCh.nese
and call upon the government to pro
vide for their deportation.
No one can call at the White House
without becoming aware of the satisfac
tion tliat is felt from the President down
to the humblest employe over the good
fortune that has follwed Mis, Cleveland
and her girl baby. Congratulations are
still (muring in by mail from all sections
ot the country and from all classes of
people.
Jerry Simpson's refusal to engage in
a joint debate w ith Congressman Marshall
('Cyclone Jim"), of Virginia, when
they were lioth speaking at the same Vir
ginia town the other day" has Ix-cn the
cause of Jerry's getting a lot of dialling
from his colleagues in the House. Jer
ry comes from a cyclone country anil he
knows the danger to exiected from,
and wisely declines to knowingly put
himself in the path of one.
The tariff hearings In-fore the House
Ways and Means committee have at
times Ix-en quite interesting this week,
and several manufacturers' agents w ho
found themselves confounded when they
presented the stock protection arguments
went away thoroughly convinced that
the IVmocrats on that committee are
much lietter Misted on the practical
workings of the present tariff than the
newspapers generally have given thou
credit fur being. Tom Reed continues
to play the role of clown. M.
A Theatre Fire ( a uses llealli.
Dinion, Ills.f September l'..A t M .-.O
o'clock this evening during the perform
ance of "Michael Strogoff by the Mell-ville-Raldw
in company iu the new opera
house, lire from the fireworks used in
the lire scene ignited the scenery. In
a few minutes the entire interior was a
roaring furnace. The audience w as cau
tioned to stand still and many remained
standing.
This delay nearly caused a holocaust.
Twenty pismis were burned, of whom
three or four were fatally injured and
five seriously. It is thought that every -ImmIv
got out of the house, but this is
not known to Ik- a fact. The loss is
$ii, t Ml to the house. The theatrical com.
pany lost everything iu wardrobe and
scenery and ?J,tMNi rash. The flames
are lievond control and it is believed that
the- w ill spread to surrounding blocks.
Looks Like a Strike.
Cincinnati, O. Sept. IS. President
Ingalls met the committee of the train
men of the Rig Four this afternoon and
received from them their request for a
revocation of the order to reduce their
wage. Mr. Ingalls, in a very few words,
gave them a jiolite but firm refusal, say
ing a confcrrcnce or discussion was use
less. They then asked if he Would see
the chiefs of their various orders. This
he agreed to do, but it is not likely that
lie will y ield to them aud a strike suns
inevitable.
Disappeared f rom the Train.
Lancaster, S-pt. l.. On ScptemlT
4 Daniel Kriedcr and Samuel Hess, iwo
fanners living near Ijtndisville, went to
the World's Fair together. Krirder has
returned home and he tells a strange
story concerning his partner. They
came back by way of Niagara Falls, and
when near the susjiensioii bridge Hess
complained of sicklies and walked out
upon the platform. Kriedcr did not see
him again, although he searched the
train for him.
Near M illi-rsx ille Misu,Hi.-e, Teim.. tlie
residence of Milton Meyers, a wealtliy
farinrr, was totally de-trnveil by lire on
Fi May i.ijjlit, ami three children, aged lo.
S anil It years, were tun mil. Tin? rest ,f
tin; family barely escaped wilh their lives.
Mrs. Meyers, with an infant two weeks
ohl, juniM-d from the second story window,
and bol)i are in a precarious condition.
Highest of all in Leavening Tower. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
ABSOLUTELY PURE
A i:ibl RoMiery.
Ham m K, SeptemU-r, 1". A train on
the Mineral Range railroad was held up
U-tween bereand Calumet by four mask,
eil men this morning, and robi-ed of .-rTo
lMi of 'all i met and J b-cla money . F.very
thing is is a turmoil. No blood was
Shed.
The train roblu-rv was on the Mineral
Range railroad, a narrow guage road run
ning between Houghton and Calumet,
with brunches extending to several small
ermines. Calumet gives employment
to over '2. oi mi men. The company pays
about the loth of each month. The
money ta ken t i day w as sent from east
ern banks by the company.
The men who committed the rol.l-ry
were evidently acquainted with the man
ner in which the Calumet and I In la
companies paid its empbiy-s and tin
day on which the money is usually
sllipjied to them. The robin rv occurred
almm '.' :;o t'nis morning. The mineral
range train coming to Calumet w as held
up by four highwaymen almut half way
between Calumet and Hancock. The
engineer and fuel nan were covered with
revolvers by two of the robln-rs, while
the other two ordered the express mess
inger to put the contents of the safe in a
bag which one of the robln-rs curried.
The in. ssinger immediately complied
and handed ov r some $7t'. tM, consign
ed to the Calumet and Hecla companies,
and which w:-sa part of the money to
le paid by them in the monthly pay-roll.
Securing tl. I-tMKity, the robbers tired a
shot and ordered the engineer to "go
ahead quick," which he did. and the
whole affair was such a surprise that the
passengers knew nothing of the trouble
until the train started.
Hancock. Mich. Septemlier, 1" John
Chelliew, Jack King and Jack k'choe
have been arrested on suspicion of be
ing concerned in the robbery of the Min
eral Range train this morning. They
drove out of town early this morning
and were seen returning from the region
where the roMicryloccnrred about half
past ten o'clock the time of the n-jmrt
of the "bold us'' reac hed here. The
train was stopi-d at Boston, a Haw sta
tion. Two masked men boarded the en
gine but the two wiio I oa rdi 1 1 the bag
gage car were not masked The descrip
tion given of the two latter almost tal
lies with those of k'choe and Chelliew.
The 7", M t was all in currency and
would have ln-en paid to the miners to
morrow. Change in Alsace-Lorraine.
JWlin, Sept. is. Refore leaving
Stuttgart on Saturday evening F.mperor
William had a long conferreiice with
Chancellor von Caprivi. The-subject is
said to have lieen the projected assimi
lation of Alsace Lorraine with the rest
of the empire. The Frankfort tlnztltf
says that the Km jieror's purose is no
longer limited to the mere aliolition of
exceptional laws. 1 1 is desire now is to
have Alsace incorporated into the Grand
Duchy of Raden. whose Jh-o'j le have al
most the same dialec t, customs and even
traditions with the Alsatians.
Lorraine will l- treated somewhat dif
ferently. It is inhabited by jieoj.le of
French tendencies and language and has
little in common w ith any German state.
It. therefore-, will Im- annexed to Prussia,
although its affairs w ill In- administeriil
by a s-cial department, situated proba
bly in In-rlin. This plan originated
with General von Caprivi. It is agreea
ble to the JaiijM-ror, w ho w i-hes to mark
his sojourn iu the provinces by some act
signifying that Germany has taken def
inite xis.--ssion of the territory, despite
all hopes of the French to the contrary.
t hiiliTa's l.'avages.
i lie extent in ine ravages oi cuoiera
iu the Old World is great. As showing!
the results of this .-courage, it is stated!
that in May last some '.1,000 pilgrims j
have left Tuiu and other ports for Mec
ca, and of this number only half have
returned, tin-otheis having fallen vie
tims to cholera. The siirvivcrs tell ter
rible tales of suffering. On June ill,
loo. (Ml pilgrims were gathered on the
sacred mount to hear a solemn address
prior to the proceeding for Mecca.
Manv were starving. The mount re
sembled a battle lield, U-ing Strewn with J
the corps-S of the victims of the -sti-lence,
among whom were lying hun
dreds of the j m Mir wretches who were dy
ing from the dread disease. So fright
ful was the condition of affairs that no
one dared to approac h the place. Fi
nally a batallion of 7(M Turkish soldiers
was sent to bury the dead and r-scue the
living. Five hundn u of tin se soldieis
lost their Jivt-s as a result of their devo
tion to duty. Of the batallion only 2K)
escaped the jiCftilclice.
No Flagman ltaek.
CiitCAoo, Sept. 10.- Nine people were
killed and live fatally and lifteeii badly
hurt in a rear-end collision last night
between two sections of the Rig F-mr
train No 4., at Materno. Roth trains
were tilled with World's fair jieople, and
the list of dead and injured are made up
of thrm.
Two of the dead are David Jackson,
if Cynthia. O., and Charles Kimmel of
Dayton. T he nanus of the other seven
dead iiersons are not known. The fatal
ly hurt are: L. Rlonton of Cincin
nati; Libhie of Cy nthia; Mrs. .1. Foster
of Springfield; Je.-se Morse, of Cincinnati
and Allicrt Jay Shelter, Rippley.
The resionsihiliiy for the collision is
placed upon the conductor in charge of
the first train. The first section stopicd
to take water, but sent no tlagnrrm liack,
and the other train came down the track
at high speed, crushing into the first
section with tremendous force.
Another reHirt says the engineer of
the Second train was asleep when the
collision occured.
The Itoiler Ittirsts.
Rkaiuno, Septemlier IS. The Tem
ple furnaces, six miles from this city,
resumed operations this morning, after
asusH-nsion of a few days. A small Uiiler
furnishing ste im for an engine used in
pumping wafer into the larger boilers,
exploded, .Mattering its fragments and
lioilmg water in all directions.
Nathaniel Hawkins, the engineer,
aged till, was standing close by and was
badly scalded. William Rosier, aged
1'.', was hit by pieces of the Imilcr and
was fatally injured. His right arm was
torn off at theellmw, he was hurt-internally
and luidly cut alxiut the head.
George liosler, his father, was badly tilt
aliout the lace.
Powder
N. AIIHTIM K AOIftUM.
1 lappy and content is a i.mie with "The Ro
cheater," a lamp w ith the liht f themurning.
Catal.guca,urac Ko.hestcrLauipCoNcwYork.
Ill mii'er-iooi that .lolm .Jacuti Astor
an 1 other capitalists will undertake the
ciiiisiriii-th-ii of an underground railway
system at Ni-m York.
The large puddle mill of the Glasgow
iron company at l.tl-l.w n i . -uiio-.l oper
ations, after a leiiirtliy idleness, nivinp
eiiiiVyiiieiit to a lar'e iniinU-r of hands.
L tier-in lienrv II. Putter, secretary
of the Mciiiphi- Cotton Lxchangc. from
various (Kiints show that tin-cotton c rop
bus n severely dainaued and cut short.
Chitrlfo Montgomery . aued Tl years, a
resident of illiaiu-irt. who has U-en ill
fur a long time, while in a lit of despond
ency mi Thursday commuted suicide by
taUini; a dose of pal is ureeii.
The Sunt.ui y Ihtilij. says that a butch
er, of Trevortoii, found a walchni the
stoutai h of a steer he killed on Friday last.
The edges were corroded, bul otherwise
the timepiece was all riirht.
Within the next ten days twenty-two
glass factories throughout the .-ountiy
w ill U- in iicration, after a shut down for
nearly four mouths. They will give em
ployment to uear'y lo.ouo men. The facto
ries starling up will run on the pailial
pavmefit plan, w bile the financial strinueri
cv la-ts. AU.ut ' m r cent of theuioiicy is
retained hy the employers.
The Pennsylvania state miiidiiiK at
the World's- fair will lie transferred to the
Chicago naval academy at the close of the
exposition. It is tielieved that the build
ing can U lifted from its present founda
tions moved lo the lake front for $IO -mm.
The Illinois naval reserve will use
the building as an aruioiy and wih proba
bly purchase I he fill nit lire.
Iu .lohieoii county. Vyi., there is
what is called the Ruriiitig mountain. It
is an immense coal hank thai has tieeu on
lire ever since the first white man visited
t la t count ry. There are many traditions
umongttie Indians us to the oriiiin of the
tire, hut all point to its trreat antiquity,
and it is pusvjMe that the bunk has been
Im ruing for t w ii or t hree hundred years.
Miss VioU Dietrich, aged ears, of
Kokoino. Ind.. headed a hand of highway
men and rolihe.l four nsip!e there Sunday
night. Her plan w as to induce reputable
citieiis to protect her on the plan that she
feared to le on the street alone. She led
her icliiiis dow ii a dark street w here her
aecoiiiplii-es lay concealed. The female
t hii-f and t w o of her accomplices are under
arrest.
.lessee Mitchell, colored, was lynched
at Amelia C. II. Va.. on Friday nighl. He
hud Im-cii couvii-teil twice of rape iim.ii a
w hin- child r." years of age some tw o year
ago but had sol ten new trials on techni
calities. The third trial was to have ta
ken place to day. A inoh of tweiity-ti
H-ople liroke ox-u the jail alter midnicht
aud took Mitchell out and hung him to a
tree and ijllietly dispersed.
Constable Williams, of Pig's Far. Pot
ter con niy, u small lumiH-r camp near Aus
tin, shot and killed u man named Glover,
w ho iutei fen d w it h him w hile making un
arn-st. The man whom he tried to a nest
is named Kennedy. He retiir-M-l the con
st a bh " Ii re and in all a half doen shots
were exchanged. Kennedy succeeded ill
escaping from the constable iu the excite
Inelil I hat Pillowed t he shootintr.
John. I. lister, of the ieorgetilW II C
cle .hi!., --la i III to In- the ehum'iioli I went V
foiir lioui bicyclist of America. Itctween
fouro'clock Saturday afternoon and the
-aim-1 inn-Sum'ay afternoon lie rode u".1.!.?
miles i Ii ii-. lireitkiiig . the ici-oid recently
made hy !..'. Wald. of the Washington
Road Huh. who covered lT:t.H mile- iu
twenty-four times. The run was made
on t In- fond nil road, along the I'oiomac
ri vi-r.
The hig Ui. r-i.l.' In,!! and Steel Coln
pany. employing about nii'li, resumed
work iu all its departments on Monday.
Tin- plant is.next toCarncgie's Homestead
works, ilic la rues i in the Ohio Valley.
The plant has U-eu shut down for neatly
three months. The Aetna-Standard
Works, which employ, when running full,
'.".m men. w ill i.t on all its departments
this week. giiiig employment, to over
1mm nu n.
A mirier just in from llawiu-c reser
vation D.'l., stales that a terrilie prairie
tire is rauing there and hundreds of settlers
have Ix-en eomM-lled to abandon w ami us,
teiils and oiitlits and flee for their lives
on their horses. Several dead Uxlies have
been found, and it is feared that many w ill
perish. The Imomers are returning to-day
by the hundred, and there is a line several
hundred strong at the barber shops
and hat In .Minis waiting their turn to get
cleaned.
(". W. Rail infer, a prominent business
man of West Mausliel.l. went lo Itelle
fontaiue .. to!eiosil floo. He found the
hank closed, and started lo drive home,
twelve miles, regardless of the entreaties
of his friends. His horse and buggy were
found afterwurd four miles east of there,
the horse almost exhausted. His bank
book was found in the buggy. His hat
and empty iockcthook were found near
Rush Creek lake, three miles from there.
He was undoubtedly murdered.
Jacob Staman. a farmer of Manns town
ship, Lancaster county, had a thrilling ex
perience and a marvelous escape from
death on Monday morning. He. wasdri
ing a market wugou aud while crossing
the Columbia aud Port deposit railroad,
near Washington tiorougii, was struck by
a locomotive. The horse was instantly
kill.-d. the wagon knocked into splinters
and Staman was burled into the Susque
hanna river, some thirty feet away. For
tunately he lauded into a shallow place
and without any serious injury.
Matlie Sides, a Columbia irirl, linlshed
washing dishes in very hot water, aud lo
arrange something, thrust her right arm
into the ice Uix. The rold atmosphere
paralv.-d her arm which fell helpless to
her side. In a few r.iinnles her hand lie
came cramiM-d aud the arm swelled to
tw ice its normal sie. The paralysis then
passi-d from the arm into the neck aud
face producing lockjaw, from which she
suffered excruciating pain. A physician
was then summoned but medicine was of
no avail. Finally hot irons were applied
aud gave relief.
William Clausen, a miner employed in
a coal bank in Connellsville tow nship, Fri
day week found a frog in a cavity in a
lump of coal broken by him, says the Kit
tanning l.hjht. Clausen placed the froR
ill an air-tight pan. At first it showed no
signs of life, but after lieing in the pun
about six hours it began to move aliout.
After ten hours' exposure to the light it
was as lively as any modern specimen. In
sie the frog is much larger than the or
dinary pond fro, and the color of the skill
is brilliant. It weighs about three quar
ters of a pound.
EtfERYTMNC OH WHEEtS.
Buggies, "Wagons, Farm Machinery,
Saw Mills, Engines and Boilers.
Oliver Invented and Gave to tho
World the Chilled Plow.
wLswm. OLIVER CHILLED PLOWS
MADE ONLY BY THE
Oliver Chilled Plow Works,
South Bend, Indiana,
ARE THE BEST GENERAL PURPOSE PLOWS IN THE WORLD.
A strong statement but a true one, for these plows are better
known, have reached a larger sale, have had a longer run, have proved
more popular and given better satisfaction than any other plows on
the face of the globe.
We mean the GENUINE OLIVER, and not the imitations claim
ing to be the Oliver, or equally as good. Such imitations are on the
market, placed there by unscrupulous manufacturers who seek to trade
on the good name of the Oliver.
Look out for imitations, buy oniy the genuine Oliver plows and
repairs, and be sure you are right before you take the plow home.
"Once more Beware of "bogus" Oliver plows and repairs, and
take none but the genuine, made by the Oliver Chilled Plow Works,
South Bend, Indiana.
Xook at My Unconditional Guarantee.
I cufirantee the Rice Coil Spring Vehicles to be the priest
riding and most durable made in the world. If sifter six. weeks
tri 1 the Rice Coil is found not to be the easiest riding spring you
ever used, I will exchange for any other style.
MILBURN
Hollow
AXLE.
MY CUSTOMERS SAY
IT IS THE
Easiest Running, Best Made, Best Painted, Best Ironed Wagon
They Can Buy.
EVERYONE GUARANTEED.
:?-.lll.l!l'UX NEW Kl'oKC LEA VKS
snob ldi:i:s.
The Weak
est Point in a
Spoke is where
it enters the
Hub. Milburn
is the Strong- r
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These four MUe are same a
used bv other maiiufactiirer of
Farm Wagons.
MILBURN NEW HUB.
t3fSeml for special circulars and price of anything in my line.
IsT . 33 . SWANK,
307 Cor. Main and Bedford Streets,
J0HNST0WN.PA.
1 w $
See Paris, and you have
W KAUFMANN'S, and you
Kaufman
o; embracing over five
employing over one
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mentin Pittsburg where you can get anything
'a VOU mnv w.nnt..iclipthai" -11, " ()
7 . V"-' .iv-mwi iu kiuiuc tx person or o
7 furnish a homein the greatest possible variety
ft and at the lowest possible nrices. V
KflUFJUftNN'S.
fi Fifth Ave. and Smithfield St.. Pittsburg.
ffe ' tS Sample seat free.
Facts
FOR
Farmers
KNOKMOl'S iXt'KKASK
IX SAI.KS IX
RICE
COIL
SPRINGS !
THE Wool) AT J:oTll TllKoAT AM)
The Huh is
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and the Spokes
lo not come
together.
seen France!
have seen Pittsburg!
acres of floor space and
thousand handsmore 2
fev-i in riiuuiirtr
Mall Orders Promptly filled.
Vijxssssf. FARM
NEW
Dress Woolens
AUTUMN AND WINTKK.
We're chitw iiiK ilimieiie lint-. ui,, ,
ileMrable Mutls, well-lxiiii'iit u!nl , '. '.'.
lecled from the ol the .-;., ,,',.
duct iiiiii, of Ixilh foreign ai..l ii,,,,,,.. ('
loom".
11 ices to suit you all, from :.w i,, f . .
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A very desirable and etu-ie raia-,. ,,
new
FILL DRESS
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Two-tolleil lill'llc. MlMlii,.
I'laids Check!", etc.. in 11,,
lieu color coinMiial ion-. - , ai
Inch ' cent xlii ll.
At 45 Cents
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I"- iiite an item, and worth hi.tkocj ,,;
thc-.c time.
When you come to the Wevi,.!!, I', ,,
KvoMUon. the la I ml tt;in-il !,,,
cahlc and electric car-, will Inn.' v,.,,
t lie A lleli heliy Mile III three lillliu!.-. .,,
it uortli voni viol'- to i-imii.- 1,1 ii . .
if Von ha e a ny trailing to no.
if you're not coinint; to the .,
rite n for
SAMPLES. PRICES,
and a copy of our
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or write us any way, bet her vi.hiii..
t he cily oi not .
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