China has twenty tunes as muca cou! as Europe. The Detroit Free Press thinks ‘Ameri. can wheelmen are doing a greit work in the interest of improved roads in this country.” A well known educator has expressed the opinion that while university exten there is danger son 1s an excellent thing, of running it into the ground. The Railroad Gazette insists that auto. matic couplers should not be made obli- 1900, the may only be applied to new cars that are built, gatory until reform 80 Western Australia is about eight times of the United population, according to 18901, 49.782. 10,000 more males than females, Kingdom. ts of about the size the Census was are The cost of woman's ation in various American colleaes is as Cornell, $500; Michigan, 8370: Welles. ley, $350; Smith, $400, Bryn Mawr, $450; £400; Harvard Annex, $600, A Sussex UC follows: Vassar, (En announces, on the authority of gland) that nine out of brides swear to ‘| and honor ove and a berry” instead of rant recalls there York fort; that New Were are being erecte slowly but surely crumilis of them, a correspondent beginning the ro the clear, to appear at the wk which rises sheer green water, years ago that point was th loveliest spot on the and, and served the nnuated, weather-beaten station, whence a storm fishing fleet they looked t when was brewing, or when was Now br cover the deep grass; overdue. cks and mortar the primi sents have disappeared, and the German blue. coat reigns supreme. Close to the Gov. ernment House, in the f powder is being built, ar ver the warchouse graves of the old Frisian Kings the walls of big barracks are rising Among the very foremost agitators for the building of beiter country roads is A. of Pennsylvania, who made this the subject ex.Governor James Beaver, of an executive message during his term of office. Governor Beaver has written for the Forum an explanation why most fiad it so difficult to The » become accustomed coinmunities oh ge good roads. shoo! tax, to; sustomed to be taxed for he says, we have 80 we have become ac charitable institutions aad for the relief but habit of generations, of the poor; in most States the 80 far as concerns the improvement of roads, has been the ineffective of the roads,” so that mos, men have not only had it firmly fixed roads are not pruper sub je system ‘working their minds that its for direct taxation, but that the highways might be made by a small contribution of per- socal labor. It is this loog and deep. rooted habit and unwillingness to pay a direct sufficient tax that is the primary cause of our National disgrace in having #0 few good highways; and the remedy lies in such an agitation as is happily now going on in most Btates for a keener public appreciation of the direct commercial benefits of well-built roads, | | | | | | | RIOTING IN BUFFALO. Serious Results of a Switeh- men’s Strike, Property Burned end Ordered Out. Rai ailroad 1roops Erie and N. XY. There the Railroads at Bulfalo, A strike of switchmen on Lehigh Valle has turned out to be a serious matter, had been more less trouble between ths strikers and their gympathizers and the mon who were doing the strikers’ work, and a few wrrel., Things bezan serious aspect at two ¢ morning when a series of in- simultaneously in Eighteen or with wool, other and two The fires desultory assaults oe to put on a ook in t cendiary fires broke out the Lehigh Valey yards twenyg freight cars filled cotton, hay and various chandise, two passenger coaches watchmen's houses were burned occurred at places where the firemen © not successiully stay the flames, on account of an absence of water, besides the difficulty of access to the fires The fire first discovered known as the east-bound yards, Here the watchman saw flames burst from the Jitt office building, and ran to the alarm. This spot is fully a hall mile the west yards, He had not he turned ar had burst out In the at § cover nger « mores oC was in what is give from half the distance whan yd and saw that the flames among the 5X or more cars, meantime Yardmast gone Hed ire properiy. A Conflict With the Strikers th 3 Valiey Buffalo, There were tween the mob on one and px mn the the la #lessness spres in the nu extent of space C., Doyle deemed 16 ry to military aid § ihe strests in the eastern part of t } the Lehigh Valley and Erie roa filled evening with crow daof ot and Boys hurrye ing to and from the ce of disturbance, Ihe Beventy-fi urth R egiment and most of the Sixty-fifth moved down from the William street m to Queen street when it becen jent that the strikers were massing there. All the after. noon there were indications of the trouble that was brewing The strikers gathered near the woldiers and jeered and howlel at them Cnce or would strike Mice renera send fo fii the stati crossing an exasperated soldier out at his tormentors or threaten them with his bayonet, and a num ber of fights were stopped by the interfere ence of the police or the National Guard officers, Finally,at 8 o police, with half a dozen men, crowd back They refused to threatened to sweep on path if interfered with, The dered clubs drawn, and by means of their P tent persuasion the mob was driven wok fro, the bridge. On William street it made a stand and was chargsd by Sergeant Lambrecht with fifteen policemen. Clubs were used freely, and finally the strikers and their sympathizers broke and fled But, although broken up for the time, the strikers and their friends soon drifted back to their place under the bridge. This time they meant business, It was now hall past 9, and the deep shadow from the trestles con coaled the strikers, while a bright bonfire burning near General Doyle's headquarters threw a strong light over the forms of the soldiers lying on the gras Suddenly a large rock thrown by some one in the shadow fell near a man belong ing to Company OG of the Seventy fourth Regiment, commanded by Captain Damer, This company was nearest the strikers, A storm of smaller stones and dirt followed, and the mob set up a yell, The soldiers sprang to their feet, Damer gave the order to fall in, Still the mob continued yelling and throwing mis giles, A drummer beat the long roll, Ex cited by the sound and exasperated by the attacks of the strikers, Company M's men started forward, when the door house whersa General Doyle narters was thrown open, and Captain of Police Kilroy, who had been conferring with the General, ran out at full speed, Calling to his men to follow him, he twice ‘clock Captain Kilroy, of the ordered the move and from their the po Captain or mers | 1 Captain | rushed among the yelling mo and the now | thoroughly exasperated soldiers “Keep back, boys, kesp back’ he shouted to the soldiers, “Ne can manage this our salves. For God's sake, don't shed the first blood! Keep back.” The soldiers paused for a moment, and at that moment twenty Sheunan had followed Qaptalnt (Hiro op duke ato sodiors. "Tha Captain | drew his club, “Clubs out, and charge!” he shouted, and the twenty polic:men, with sticks drawn, fell upon the strikers, The latter retreated step by step until they got to Willinm street, where they stoppel and fought viciously, How it would have ended is doubtful, but at that moment a de- tachment of the Sixty-fifth Regiment, with bayonots fixed, cams down William street at double quick and attacked the mob on the left flank, They stabbed for ponents, and in a mob was In rapil them bleeding from but none of them hey were followed by the police, who used thelr clubs vigorously, driving them hall a mile down William street on a run, Guards were then established and no one permitted to go near the tracks who satisfactory account of the legs of their ope very few seconds the many of wounds, injured. rotreat, bayonet seriously could not himsalt, give n Governor Flower at Albany, An Albany dispatch state! that Governor Flower arrived there at 1:30 A.M Ho was ruet at the station by Adjutant General Por ter. The Governor sald he had not been summoned to Albany by any recent commu mication, but thought he ought to be there, General Porter told him he had just received word from General Doyle that he kad ordered out of his brigs on $he requisision of tu : if. The Gover- no; & the wh Wo . the Sheriff has had he has asked for thus far, more, If he newsds more have them, We stop! In all about 1200 additional soidiers Fourth Brigade were ordered out they reached Buffalo the troops formed a grand total of nearly all the troops and he can have rust must of the When called out Strike {ved York wt i jared The Contral Switchmen More Troops Ordered Sixth Day of the Strike aR 4 rk © ity and tw (YHars might 0 tae Charles the Forty on duty nd wider } he Centra ka for five ¢ Cr tra y guarded th fixed bay the tracks Ir guard by the aw ani down the Ur hav ven out arried Da yonel presen the challenge gave a satis the cOrpora iptorily ta it no person was all lines except at swriam y at William ot he two the Regiment, under the « nani Hardy, were on guard at | coal trestle, four miles out fi limits, and were keeping a p the treaties continuously, the mm relief, two hours on and four hours Two strikers w arrestee! during rning for breaking a train on ths Cm tracks near the bridgs Fhe train was ling out, whan it brooks in two ne vo engioe Fwo men seen to ju rom the train where it broke and ro @ grass, They were can zht aniacre MOON WOO wars nos Oy a wars arr am» oalind th i bs kille | ton arrastal the had cone from Pa ramen, but hal dai de tl ny the situstiva hay wars gn ! from the Kot line works td wa me tral Just pul ware gh tracks two ireatenin 2 the working told the oabe, as thy guoion men, that they wou they stopped work, W i that they work as awit mn ooking ova up. msn f I" J h f sWil wn to to locked Fhe Seventh Day. inning f the <P, f the tines that had ny was oroken ration out at the the trestle seventh day vol the fenons been A hy at Erie ra her riotol yards Lwo men enteral oil yard near Baily avenue, Baffalo, and began peiting a crew of en who were engaged in making up a yr the K yards tran None they but fiers of th were hi’, nard of wm rajiroal men nioag ie trestle on d th a volley of st ped It with a volley of gave Lhe alar uble time and bul ward t LE we y ran bu were me I iy retur at mes I'he men on the trestle ran and two more voll sre fire! after then, but the bul Jota whistied wide of the mark and the stone throwers disaspeare | in the darkness The shots alarmed the pickets all along the line, bBowever, and in a few minutes a oo npany of soldiers were in hot pursuit A member of the | wenty.swcond Kegziment of New York Clty was seriously stabbed The soldier was assaulted by thrse men on Fife Farm, wheres the regiment was sta tionsl, He roovivel three serious outs fa the left arm, the wounds being deso, The soxlilier wan sent Buffalo and taken to Now Yo k Garand of the aye Ww into caster Nwitcamen Sweeney, leader tated, in an interview, that in all 475 men were out on strike, divided among the roads as follows: New York Lae Erie and Western, 88: Lake Shore an Michigan Southern, 6; New York, Chicago and Bt. Lovis, 47; New York Central and Hudwon River, 195: West Shore, 41; Lehigh Valley, 84; Buifalo Creek, 3; Buffalo Creek (non. inion men), 3, During the any two of the strikers were arrested for assaulting men at work on the railroads and locke | up. The Chief of Police also ordered the arrest of all persons making any disturbance. and. as a result of " triers order, more than $00 persons wers taken tw the polics stations of Baffalo in patrol wagons during the evening. It was claimed by the railroad officials that as far as the switchmen were concerned, the strike was at an end, as during the day freight trains worse moved with almost ac customed regularity, Master Workman NBwoeoney in the evening addressed to officials of tied-up roads n formal lett or recitin r the history of the de mands of the swit for ten hours work wt previou overtime and for the right ! dis. charge uspended to higher 4 } tration and the be chow these two The L Bwoeney hmen rates, statement tion towar definite stat taken by t WORLD'S FAIR NOTES, Wares Ohba Tis ity A yw ve a wre iad exnibit at the ian CrENMANY the ( been at has rid's ———————— - A HUMAN VAMPIRE of to PDreadial o Washington trator Fimoes Faken i wn tweniy iw a fshing saa the ast a crew men FOArs the sums { abs disappear: failen pr the mys alterward his hold, Aang Dear were sma n the the bo pen sel a wat Lies be by seeing Br bodies and 1 He was po, and trie ineanity, guilty and to be hanged A few got for the exerution Fre fered and orderad him remove | ernment [nsane Asylum at Washing Before the transfer was effertsd Hrown kiliedd one of bis kespers with a chair, when discoversd he was lapping his viet ’ blood. He was sent to Wasaington and again back to the Bay State Penitentiary for fifteen years, Hepever saw the light of day, being conflaed in a dungeon an alone, When the Government ments for the transfer of Columbus, Massachusetiy insisted that Brown be taken along. On arriving at Columbus he stabbel a guard with a fork, He will be removed Washingto i, BR a, A. R. ENCAMPMENT, Sixty Thousand ‘Veterans Expected at tie Opening in Washington, It is expectel that 100,000 people will visit Washington at the coming Grand Army encampment, 63,000 of whom will be veterans, The encampment opens Neoptem- ber 10th, and Chairman Edson says there is no nck of money to provide for the enter tainment of the Lig crowd, A number of buildings are being put up to be used as wenping barracks, twa of which will pro. vide for 50,000 men, The feeding of such a large numuer of paople is no slight task, but the ariangements which have been made promise well, The ratironds are making great preparations, and expect to be taxed to their utmost capacity. Toe parade on the Inst day of the meeting wil Le a monster one, wn = Brown davs siden an made arrange its criminals to o—— . Owen Classy, a Maine hunter, knows the forests of tho Pine Tree State by heart, have ing bunted and worked in them for nearly filty years, He has killed 222 bears during that period, and entertains very little re. spect for bruin's courage, ACCORDING 10 A recent census there are about $0,000 Daupers in not counts ing insane persons in asylutas and vagrants, THE NEWS EPITOMIZED, Eastern and Middle States. Tue body of Bamus Dauohin County, Ps the Pennsylvania $1.0) Conewngo Btation, [+ was nocidentally thr ing the night another Tue American A vancement of voeution at clon Tus almost w Httle ! mn 1 of t yi from a while pass Kellar, Sheriff of found beside track, oast of supposed that he train dure ing from one car tw Vas roa w the Ad annual cone Del,, has been fty build ' { roy ed yea, damarons Washi igton Foreign, a summer res Five § : wr the i Forn jae Al inmates « Tredegar, | aan ag has been 1 ACtoun juaran « estabiish mark on : Wares has had Wk Frag renders Hlussia, Tue notorious Duke in bis thirty York City girl in 1876 a London concert hall Belwoo 1, Fhe mare mother. the Dowager D ter, to the Duke © only two days before three children Evnorz has had a ho rising to bevond the oo some places ninth year bsg Tux Swiss villages o Stephen have Fifteen hundred tourist lost everything they brerny gwand, : (ir er tand al wkd coast izing wito wors w At WEIN and Den - nwt named age of the ahs of Manel yasaire, his daath wavs thom ¢ huairel roury Ars in a lolwald and St destroved by fire, a at the former place Proven ond ssn I—— A FATAL FESTIVAL. Six Persons Killed and Many Injured by an Explosion The festival of St Cosa, Italy, of Fireworks, Ansalino was closed at with fireworks in place, A crowd of several the market hundred had gathered around ths spot where the fire works were set was ignited, them fire and panic, Bix men were sirack off. A were sot too near a burning “wheel ” The rods ware driven in all dis rections through the crowd, bunch of wokets and oarrying with inthe face or neck by the rods, and wers so badly torn and bursed that they have since died, The sparks sot fire to the light gowns worn by atcearal girls, and before the fire could haut ished four of the young women Hnguiehe injured, dren were trample |, In the panic many hil Seven mon suffered fractures of arms or while they were pogo A stru | dered boat VIEWED BY THOUSANDS, The biggin, the Murdered Lying in State, Indy ot Seaman, The body of Charles W. Wing 8 tale of ¢ steamship Baltimore, has under the Liberty Dell Hall in Phila and spon by thoy The rong shortly aft be phis, Wh ince Ou A Uren Southern, Pigeons per paar DRESSED PON Turkeys Selected Mixed weights Toms, fair t kens-Phila LL br . Fowls—St and Penn. Western, per 1b Ducks Western, per ib Eastern, per ib... .. Spring, L. 1., per It Geose Spring Eastern, per it Squabs-- Dark, per doz..... Light, per doz...... «2 VEIETARLES Chk 10's per Potatoms—SBouthern, s:conds, Norfolk, bb . Eastern Shore, per bb, Le Lin bulk, per bhi Cabbage, L. 1, per 10 Norfolk, per barra Onions Western, per bb State, per LO Squash ars yw, pet barrel, L, yoliow, barrel I L. white, barrel Peas, ¥ Jaresy, i bbl. basi ot Long Island, per bag. ... Cucumbers, Norfolk, orate. .. Long ldand, per 100, String beans, Lo L, bag... Tomatoos, Acme, eto, crate. Grant, eto. per erate. , GRAIN, ETC Flour ~Ulty Mill Extra..... 48 PROB. ooo vee sven snes § Wheat<No, 2 Re. oiiviines Rye--Stato,...., senan Barley —Tworowsd Nate Corn—Ungraded Mixed. ,... Oate—No, 2 White, ......... Mixed Western, ..... cc Hay «Good to Choloe, vo... StrawLong Rye. ...coivnnee ‘ Lard City Steam. ......... 7.500 LIVE STOCK. Reoves, City dressed........ © Milch Cows, com, SeA. 40 fou 20 0 Calves, City dressed... ....... # a . on N 13 rr TY Eee AREAL ARR: Ad
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