FARMERS DEMANDS Legislation of Various Kinds That They Want Congress to Enact. SUB - TREASURIES NEEDED, Ylrile Dealing in Futures on Farm Productions Should bo Stopped. TUE SILVER BILL COXDEMXEP. Memorial to Congress Asking the Passage of the Tare Food Bill. SECT10XAL MEASURES DEXOUXCED Ocala, Fla., Dec 8. Early in the forenoon session of the Farmers' Alliance the financial policy of the order came up for discussion, under the report of the Commit tee on Legislation. This report as to the financial policy contained the following amended demands: First We demand tho abolition of National UanUs; we demand that the Gorernracnt shall establish sub-treasuries, or depositories in the several States, which shall loan money directly to tho people at a low rate of Interest, not to exceed 2 per cent per annum, on non-perishable farm products, and also upon real estate, with proper limitations upon the qnantitv of land and amount of money. We demand that tho amount of circulating medium be speedily in creased to not less than SO per capita. Dealing in Tutures Denounced. Second A e demand that Congress shall pass such lausas shall eflcctually prevent the deal ing in futures on all agricultural aud mechani cal productions prcserig a stringent system of procedure in trials such as shall secure tho prompt conviction of offenders and the imposi tion of such penalties as shall secure the most perlict compliance uith ttie law. Third We condemn ihe Mirer bill recently passed by Congress, and demand in lieu there of tlie free and unlimited coinage of silver. Fourth V e demand the passage of the law prohibiting alien's ownership of land, and that Congress lake prompt action tci dense some plan; and that all lands now held by railroads and other corporations in excess ot such as is actuall used and needt-d by them be reclaimed by the Government and held for actual settlers only. Equal Chances for Industries. Fifth Believing in the doctrine of equal rights to all. and special privileges to none, we demand that our national legislation shall be so framed in the future as not to build up one in dustry at the expense of another. We lurthcr demand a removal of the existing heavy tariff tax from the necessaries of life that the poor of our land tuut have. We further demand a just and equitable system of graduated tax en incomes. We believe that the money ot the country should be kept ds much as possible in the hands of i tie people, andheuce. we demand that all National and State revenues shall be limned to the necessary expenses of the Gov ernment, economically "and nunestly adminis tered. hixrli We demand the most rigid, honest and jus: State and Nation? 1 governmental con trol and supervision of the means ot public communication and transportation, and if this control ana supervision does not remove the abuses now existing, we demand the Govern ment ownership of such means of communica tion and transportation. A spirited debate followed the introduc tion ot this report. A I'lea for Pure Food. Delegate Carr, of North Carolina, pre sented a memorial of the National Farmers' Alliance to the Congress ot the United States, with reference to the Conger lard hill, now pending. This memorial recites that the delegates to the National Alliance Supreme Council representing the Farmers" Alliance organi zations in the various States and Territories ask that Congress enact as soon as possible Senate bill No. 3,991, known as the Pad dock pure food bill, which was introduced ly Senator I'addock, of Nebraska, at the instance of the Farmers' Alliance of that State, for the reasons that the delegates be lieve that ii the said bill becomes a law it will prevent adulteration and misbranding of food preparations and drugs, now so largely and generally practiced to the great iujury of the agricultural iuterests ot the country, the health of the people and the morals of the business public. The memorial continues: 15ut while praying for tbepassage of the Pad dock pure lood bill as a measure of justice to all our interest-, we desire to most earnestly and caipliaticillj piot-s. again-t the passage M Hone Bill No. 11.503, known as the Conger lard Liil, for the leason that ii proposes to ex tend the taxing power of the Goernmcrtann increase the list of articles upon which taxes are levied at a time when the tendency is toivaul reduced taxation and the demand is being made Jor the icinor.il of laxes from arti cles if necessity and daily use among the people. Denounced as Sectional Legislation. It is sectional legislat.ou, and therefore the Industrial morcment declares its open and un ceasing hostility to it. Jn the war of the near Suture, which will be declared by us against sectionalism, the farmer and his lriends will bo the citadel around which the heaviest battles ar" t be fought. We are not content in simply Ftiaking hands acro-s a bloodv chasm. Our work is to till up a ml efface the cbasm. We arc as many as. the Marcs, but one as the sea. Sectionalism must not, shall not, live. Upon ur banner, written above and below the plow, the sheaf and the cotton bale is anew derice born of a new era; it is -"Fraternity and unitv." Id this spirit the Conger lard bill has met with the opposition of the farmer both North and South. Sotue short speeches followed the intro duction of the memorial, and then the con vention adopted the following resolution, amid tremendous applause: "Kcsolved, That we are opposed to the Conger bill, and tbzt we favor the passage of the I'addock pure food bill." About half of the delegates, with ladies, went on au excursion to-day to Homossn, the phosphate fields, and the Gull coast. It is now predicted that the Alliance may re main in session for three days longer. FOTJTH DAKOTA'S EXPEHSES. Aiiovcmcnt Looking to the Abolishment of Manj btate Ollices. Yankton, S. D., Dec. 8. A movement is in progress among the members-elect of the Legislature looking to the abolishment of many of the State offices in the interest of economy. The finances of South Dakota are in bad shape. Warrants on the Treas urer remain unpaid, and the expense con tinues greater than the revenue. Independents and Democrats will con trol the State Legislature, and they pro pose to abolish the offices of Commissioner of Immigration, Uailroad Commissioners and State Veterinary Surgeon, aud to cut off the militia appropriation and reduce the Legislative expenses from S125.000 to 573, 000 lor the se-sion. An effort will also be made to reduce the representation to about 100 members a greater number than many of the wealthy States possess. THE UNION PACIFIG Director Ames Talks About the Company's Finamial Condition. Boston. Dec. 8. Director F. L. Ames, of .lie Union Pacific, says in an interview: ;Thc floating debt of the Union Pacific was fully explained in last year's report. It has been reduced the past year by 54,000,000, and is now about 511,600,000. We sold S7.100.000 collateral tru bonds issued against the Oregon Hallway and Naviga tion stork, and could atone time have sold all the $13,000,000. but thought them worth more, so that on account of the Oregan Hail wav and Navigation stock purchased we now have ?6,OO0,O00 bonds unsold. We have be side 52,000,000 Oregon Railway and Navi gation bonds for constrnction advances, and there has been invested in the Portland and Puret Sound road Sl.000,000. and in new equipments Sl.400,000, for which bonds have not been sold. "We have also put a large amount of money into sidetracks, new shops at Chey enne and Denver and the Union passenger station and lreight depot at Omaha. Mr. Gould knew all about the floating debt when he entered the directory, and he has discovered nothing new about it. He agreed to take care of it, and provided for the Jan uarv 1 requirements, which are less than S2.000.000. Mr. Gould expressed his great satisfaction at the appearance of cvervthing connected with the property. He has no more idea of a receivership for this proper ty than I have for the Ames building. I do not know of any scheme for funding the Union Pacific debt. Had there been no change in ownershsip or management there would have been no talk of it. We can easily pay it when the railroad bond market revives." RAILROAD TRAFFIC RATES. THE COMING MEETING OF THE PBESI DENTS IN NEW Y0EK CITY. Chairman Walker of tho Inter-State Asso ciation Denounces tho Kulnons Kato Wars anil Slakes Suggestions as to How They May Uo Stopped. New Youk, Dec. 8. To-day's Journal of Finance prints a long letter from Chair man Walker, of the Inter-State Associa tion, at Chicago, to the presidents of the Western and Southwestern railroads, and in connection therewith says: The railroad situation, so far as the Western and Southwestern roads arc concerned, seems to be growing brighter daily. The atmosphere is fast clearing, and by the time the presidents of these roads meet iu conference with the bankers of this city, it is very probable that there will hare been" arranged before that time a basis upon which those officials bare already agreed, so that in that eveut the meeting will be not ranch more than a formal one to offi cially confirm the action taken. The letter of Mr. Walker outlines the difficulties that hare bceu in existence and indicates a way in which these difficulties can be settled ami rates restored aud main tained on a permanent basis. Mr. Walker does not think that the present legislative attitude of Congress and the States toward the railways of the country have been the sole cause of the difficulties under which they labor. He s-iys that the root ol the matter is competition. There is a conflict of interest between the producers and con sumers in every industry. It Is not unnatural that the public which buys transportation should desire to stimulate com petition among the carriers which sell it. At in other industries the rivalries ot individuals hate been encouraged and intensified until ttiey banc become the occasion of general dis aster. Competition as it now exists among car riers is simply war. And the situation pleases the unreflecting public. These two points may as well bo accepted at the start. Mr. Walker then goes on to say that it is an insult to the presidents to say that these things are beyond their control. They have the power to put an end to every unfair species of unfair competition throughout the entire territory between Chicago and the Eocky Mountains. He concludes by sug gesting an agreement providing for a rate division and a traffic division. THE CHICAGO EXPOSITION. Germans Who Will Oppose the Sunday Closing Movement Chicago, Dec. 8. It is rumored at World's Fair headquarters that a number of prominent Germans have protested against paying their subscriptions until such time as they are given positive infor mation as to whether the Exposition is to be closed on Sundays or not. They are decid edly opposed to the closing of the fair on Sunday. '"I do not think the ladies will ask any thing of Congress at this session," said Mrs. Palmer, presideut of the Board of Lady Managers', to-day. "rtTiinl7resunied the lady president, "that Congress js not going to interfere with the present national act or the work of the lady managers." The ladies have arrived at this conclusion within a few days. A little while ago they thought it advisable to appoint a committee of eight to go be ore Congress and prevent if possible any disastrous action upon an amendment to reduce the Board of Lady managers to 20, which amendment, it was understood, Congressman Frank, ot Mis souri, Intended to introduce. They have about come to the conclusion to trust to their masculine friends to take care of their interests Presideut Palmer, of the National Com mission, is expected to arrive here to-night or to-morrow, aud it is expected by Wednes day that he and Mr. Peck, of the local directory, will be ready to leave for Wash ington to lay before the President the docu ments on which the chief magistrate will f mnd Ins proclamation to the nation. A SLIGHT SKIBMISH, Indians at Buffalo (Jap Try to Capture Sev eral Cowboys. Chicago, Dec. 8. General Miles this morning received a telegram lrom Buffalo Gap, under date of December C, which says: "Yesterday afternoon a party of 13 Sioux, at the entrance to the Bad Lands, endeav ored to cut off and capture three cowboys. The ranchmen in the vicinity of the Bad Lands arc sending the women and children into this town. There are no rifles or am munition and none have been received here, although application has been made for them in order that the settlers may arm themselves." Shortly after this letter was received a telegram came lrom the same place, dated to-day. saying: "Itanchmen and Indians' had a slight skirmish. The situation is be coming serious, for the settlers are unarmed. Can you supply 50 good rifles and ammuni tion so that settlers can defend themselves?" Geueral Miles will leave for the scene of the Indian trouble to-morrow. SUFFERING IN THE DAK0TAS. The Northern State Mad at the Resolution of Congressman Ilanhbroiigh. Geand Forks, N. D., Dec 8. The Chamber of Commerce and the Business Men's Association have administered a severe rebuke to Congressman Hansbrough lor introducing a resolution in Congress asking for an appropriation of 5500,000 for destitute citizens, of North Dakota. These business bodies insist that North Dakota is able to provide for all its needy, and protest against the- adoption of the Hansbrough resolution. A dispatch from Pierre, S. D., says that Lieutenant Governor Fletcher states that there is much destitution among the farmers of South Dakota, nil the reports to the con trary notwithstanding. He could not see any good that could be gained by concealing the fact. Among the counties he named as being'iu a bad way were Brown. McPher son, Campbell, Walworth, Edwards and Spink. There the crops had partly failed. GAGGED THE WATCHMAN. San Francisco Burglars Force tho Safe In a Theater. Sax Francisco, Dec. a Three masked men last night bound and gagged William Johnson, janitor and night watchman of the Wigwam Theater, and then proceeded to open the safe with dynamite. According to Johuson, they worked an hour and a half before they succeeded in opening it, whence they took 51,900 in cash, seTeral watches and some stage jewelry. After the robbers left the place Johnson managed, by hard work, to release himself, and notified the police, who are now work ing on the case. Mr. Meyers, proprietor of the theater, states that the jewelry was val ued at $1,000. THE FIRST WITNESS To Keturu to This Country From See ing Dr. Koch's Lymph Tested TELLS OP THE RESULTS OBTAINED. Some Highly Interesting Testimony From Dr. J. Kiddie Goffe. METHOD OP IXJECTIXG THE LI1IPH ifrrciAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.! New York, Dec. 8. Among the first, if not the first, physicians to return to this country after studying the Koch method of consumption in the clinics under the imme diate supervision of Dr. Koch in Berlin, is Dr. J. Riddle Goffe, of this city, who arrived to-day on the Saale, of the North German Lloyd Line. Dr. Gofle was in Europe at the lime Dr. Koch's announcement was made public, and at once went to Berlin. Having iutended to do some work abroad, Dr. Goffe was well supplied with letters of introduc tion, and easily entered the clinics and hos pitals that are under the immediate charge of Dr. Koch. There he studied at first-hand the methods of the investigator. Dr. Goffe gave to a reporter an account of the work of Dr. Koch, of the present state of feeling in Berlin, and the attitude entertained toward the great discoverer by a large number of physicians seen personally by him. Said Dr. Goffe: Yes, 1 came directly from Berlin, where I passed some time in study in tho clinics of Dr. Bergmann and Dr. Cornet, pnpils and repre sentatives of Dr. Koch. They are in fact his assistants and make a practical application of the lymph which ho prepares. Dr. Koch, it may he said, does not directly experiment on pitients. Thero I have observed the treatment for both lnpus and tuberculosis on people of all ages and conditions, though it should be ex plained that persons in an advanced stage of consumption are not experimented on. Method Pursued With Patients. Every patient that is brought into the clinic roust hare inado out a complete table, showing his physical condition, and a diagnosis is then made of his disease. This description is read aloud and changed if necessary after each treat ment, in order to show what effect the previous inoculation has had. In this way it is possible for the physicians attending the clinics o get au accurate idea of the effect of the lymph. These clinics present a strango appearance. So great is the interest, that the operating rooms are crowded to the doors, and even In the halls and corridors there are physicians srruggling to get In. It is therefore a matter of some difficulty to get near enough to observe carefully the operations. Some of the patients treated are kept at the hospital all the time; others, who are more slightly affected, are per mitted to go to their work while awaiting another inoculation. A very great depression follows the uso of the lymph, and while it is usual to inoculate daily. If, by reason of this depression, the pa tient has not sufficiently rallied, the treatment is deferred. Outdoor and laboring patients are inoculated about noon, andas the reaction be gins about six hours after inoculation, it per mits the patient to recover from the depression by the lollviing morning. Injecting the Curative Lymph. The inoculation is always made In the back, just over tho shoulder blade. This spot is se lected by Dr. Koch as being most free from ab scess and local irritations. As each patient is treated, it is stated how manr injections hare been administered and the quantity, together with the results. All the operations are made openly, so as to preclude the idea of fraud, and to give the visiting physicians the best possible means of observation. Everything is done with the greatest care. There is, however, not much use in being there, as the system of inoculation is so simple. The essential thing is the lymph. The more advanced the disease, the smaller the quantity of lymph injected and the less frequently was it given, as the dangers of depression and re action are all the greater. There is a pathetic side of the case. Physicians have come with patients from all over tho world. Many of them are in an advanced stage of consumption, and as is well known concerning tho character of the disease, they are all hopeful. But none of these advanced cases are received at the clinics. Danger in Their Hopefulness. Berlin is filled with theso consumptives, and without doubt a great, though perhaps unavoidable danger, has been occasioned to the consumptive classes in their being led by their own hopefulness to journey to Berlin. As regards the attitude of mind of the physicians at Berlin, both resident and from abroad, toward the remedy, Dr. Goffe said: The impression in the clinic is that enough has been seen to warrant the belief that a great discovery has been made. It Is thought to bo a cure for certain cases withlu certain limits. 1 saw a very largo number of people operated upon in the clinic and there was great and evi dent improvement in many of these coses. I talked with physicians from Scotland. Eng land, Austria and Paris, and the general atti tude is one of belief in Dr. Koch aud hopeful ness in bis discovery. Dr. Koch himself spends all his available time manufacturing the lymph, which is a deli cate work and demands hi constant super vision. There are always crowds of physicians on band to talk with him, but after an audi ence has been given to a few he slips away to his work. Nature of the Lymph a Secret. Of course the nature of the lymph is not known. Opinion there is divided. Sorue think that it is a chemical compound; somo that it is a cultivated form of some bacillus; some that it is a kind of virus-like vaccine, and some be lieve it to be a ptomain that is, a secretion found in tissue where bacilli bare been secreted. One thing is certain, the excitement in tho cure must be toned down to reach tho exact limitations of its use. People expect too much. Just before Dr. Goffe departed from Ber lin, the announcement was made that on the IStb of the present month lymph would be sold in small bottles for. 25 marks per bottle, a sum representing about S6 25. The amount will be small, but it will be capa ble of great dilution, and the quantity will be sufficient to make about 100 injections. Gofle made arrangements to have more of the lymph sent to him as soon as it was pos sible to procure it. At present, Dr. Koch will dispose of more of it to physicians for private use. It must go to some hospital or public institution, where it will be possible to get a large ex perience and extended results in a brief time, and where many physicians can ob serve and note the results ot its injection. A HUMAN LEG FOUND. The Body of a Tenth Victim of tho Joliet Disaster Still Buried. Joliet, 111., Dec. 8. The workmen en gaged in removing the debris where the catastrophe at the blast furnace of the Illinois Steel Company occurred Thurs day, were horrified to-Jay by the discovery of the leg of a man. There is no body to match it, and tlo con clusion is inevitable that there is another body in the ruins of the collapsed furnace. One of the injured, Orluf Johnson, died to day, making the ninth victim. HAT MAKERS FAIL. Price, Sherman & Co., of Philadelphia, Make an Assignment. Philadelphia, Dec. 8. The hat manu facturing firm of Price, Sherman & Co. made an assignment to-day. Their assignment precipitated the failure of Frederick S. Sherman, a retail dealer in hats and lurs. A judgment note with execution was this niter noon entered in Common Pleas Court No. 1 by Roberts, Cushmnn & Co.. of New York, against C. B. Sherman, Charle' T. Sherman and Price, Sherman & Co. for $78, 812. An Important Meeting. New York, Dec 8. An important meet ing is being held here to-day by the officers of the' American Export and Trading Com pany with a party of capitalists and Mexi can officials, who are negotiating the pur chase of a block of the company's lands, which it is said will yield to it a.net profit ol over $100,000. The company have over 20, 000,000 worth of property in its possession .for development which it it organizing sub sidiary companies to manage. These will eventually make the American- Company one of the richest and best paying corpora tions in America, THE PITTSBUKG DISPATCH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, FAVOES FBEE SILVER. How a Change In the Standard of Value v Would .Help the Farmers. W. A, Douglass, of Gilpin county, Cal., arrived in Pittsburg- a lew days ago after an absence from the city of 14 years. He was formerly engaged in the lumber business here, and was well and favorably known. He says the city has grown remarkably since he left it,and as he sat in Major Kay's office, on Water street, yesterday, he said he could scarcely recognize somo of the old landmarks. In speaking of his life in the West, Mr. Douglass said: "I haven't seen an Indian in Colorado, so that we are not bothered by the redskins in that State. The production of gold aud silver is as heavy to-day as it was 20 years ago. Leadville is the largest camp, and turns out about $12,000,000 in silver every veair. Gilpin county, where I live, is a gold camp. In Colorado we are all in favor of free silver coinage. At first I thought it was not good policy, but I have changed my mind. As we are calling in the bonds, we must have something sub stantial on which to issue currency. There is not enough gold produced to make it the standard of value. The yearly yield of gold is onlj $50,000,000, and this would not be $1 per head ol an addition to the currency of the country. So small an amount added annually would not be suffi cient to take cure ot tlie iucrease iu busi ness. "If the United States should adopt silver, it is strong enough to force Germany.France and England to use the same standard. England to-day buys our silver at 90 cents per ounce, makes it into dollars and ex changes them for Indian wheat, thereby se curing a reduction of 10 cents per bushel over the American farmer. If the Government makes silver free, it will put a stop to this practice, and place Eng land on the same basis with America. 1 am a Republican, but I must say that the pol icy ol the party has not done much for the grangers. The McKtnley bill protects the manufacturer, but leaves the lollowers of Agricola to shift for themselves. There is something radically wrong when a beautiful country like Kansas is in a bankrupt con dition. The larmers are in the majority in the States, but their very strength 'may break the backbone of their alliance." HOW FIGLEY MET HIS DEATH. The Coroner Investigating the Fatality at the liberty Street Firo. Coroner McDowell yesterday afternoon be gan the inquiry into the death of Joseph Elmer Figley, of No. H engine company, who was killed by the falling wall at Friday morning's fire on Liberty street George J. Lang, a member of No. 11 en gine company, was the only witness ex amined. Mr. Lamb testified that No. 11 company reached tho fire shortly after 1 o'clock on November 5. They were ordered by Chief Evans to go into Spring alley with their line and fight the fire from the rear. The witness and Elmer Figley were at the nozzle and were playing on the Harris building when a piece of glass from one of the windows in the Maginn building fell and struck Figley in the hand, drawing blood. The fireman left the line for a few minutes, but soon returned and laughed about being cut. A short time after this they heard an explo sion in the Harris building and saw the walls totter. Figley told the witness to drop the line and run; the witness ran back toward Garrison alley while Figley ran into Keiler's yard, where his body was found about 5 A. M., under about two feet of debris, by the witness and some others; he was dead when found. They had only bejen in service about 20 miuutes when the wall tell. After hearing this witness the inquest was continued until Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. WALKED OVEE THE BLUFF. Edward Kearney Falls One Hundred Feet and .Breaks Ills Neck. Edward Kearney, a well-known resident' of Dinwiddie street,' was killed yesterday morning by walking over the bluff during a fit of temporary aberration. Kearney got up about 3 o'clock yesterday morning and told his wile he was going into the next room. Instead of that he left the house, without putting on any clothing. When Mrs. Kearney discovered her husband's absence she notified the police, and Officer Shaffer started to search for him. He hunted for several hours, hut without avail. About daylight it occurred to the officer that Kearney might have fallen over the bluff. He started out Second avenue, and when near the r.nbinson Coke Worts found Kearney's dead body. He had cither walked or fallen over the bluff, which at this point is over 100 feet high. His death was instan taneous, his neck being broken in the fall. The deceased for some time had been sickly and often showed signs of insanity, but was never violeut. It is supposed that he was suffering from temporary insanity when he left the house and walked over the bluff and met his death. WHALERS HESCUED AT SEA. Six Men Supposed to Ilavo Been Lost Picked Up in the Pacific. San Francisco, Dec. 8. -The steamer China brought from Hong Kong to-day Mate H. A. Martin, William Griffith, James Cook and John Peters, who, with two others, lelt the whaling bark Charles W. Morgan in Okhotsk Sea September 1, in pur suit o" a whale. They became lost in a fog, and when the Morgan arrived at this port some weeks ago, they were supposed to have perished. The men, however, succeeded in reaching "Vladi vostock. where they were transferred to Hong Kong, where two of them have re mained. CUT HIS WIFE'S THROAT. A Jealous Negro Then Tries to End His Life- in the Same Manner. St. Paul, Dee. 8. This morning Ed Finley, a colored musician, murdered his wife by cutting her throat from ear to ear with a shoe knife, and then tried to commit suicide in the same manner. He was discovered in time to save bis life, but was very badly wounded. The cause of the tragedy was insane jealousy. After cutting his wile's throat be crushed her skull with a piece of wood. The couple were married in Chicago two years ago, and have quarreled frequently since. SMALL SCRAPS OF LOCAL NEWS. About a dozen Scotch aud Welsh people left for Wales and Scotland last evening to spend Christmas at their old homes. A meeting of persons Interested in the rc naving of Stanton avenue will be held at the McCandless scboolhouse on Thursday evening. A SEW turn-table is to be placed beside the Panhandle square'house by tho Union station. The present turn-table is too small for heavy locomotives. James Rogers, of No. 61 Arthur street, fell from a wagon last night and was ruu over. He had bis right arm fractured- and sustained in ternal injuries. Only 22 deaths were reported in Allegheny last week, which shows the city to be in ex tremely good health. There were 12 males and 10 females on the list. TUE Iron City Microscopical Society will hold a meeting this evening at Its rooms on Sixth street. Prof. J. Gordon Ogden will talk about "The Crawfish." , The alarm from station 18, Allegheny, at 5 o'clock: yesterday.afternoon. was cansed by a slight fir in a dwelling house on California avenue. No damage resulted. A verdict of death 'at the hands of parties unknown was returned yesterday In the case of William Coltman, who died at the West Penn Hospital from a beating received near Mc Donald station. Fire alarm: 162, at 10:10 last night, was cansed by a washhquse burning in the rear of Dr. G. B. Sweeny's residence, Allentown. No: 11 Engine Company made the trip to the top of the KnoxviUe incline in just two minutes. A YOUTHFUL FIEND. Tho 15-Year-Old Murderer of Two Companions on Trial FOR HIS COWARDLY CRIME. A Being With No Tisible Idea of Moral responsibility. niS TICTIMS SHUT WHILE ASLEEP IRPECIAt. TELIORAM TO THK DIRPATCIM Cheyenne, Wto., Dec. 8. The trial of Charles Miller, the 15-year-old boy who murdered the young St. Joseph men, Fish baugh and Emerson, in a box car near here September 27, is pending in the District Court, So far testimony corroborative of the boy's confession to the donble murder is all the evidence intro duced. He shot the two young men while they slept. One died instantly, the other living several hours with a terrible wound in his right temple. Miller left the freight and followed his victims to Cheyenne on a passenger train. He left town next day, going to Brother's, near Manhattan, Kan. He was there just two weeks when he told the horrible story of the cowardly double murder. The young men killed had grown up in St Joseph, and were reputable citizens of good families. They resigned responsible positions to come West, and started tramping with a common purse of S150. For this money Miller, who joined them on the road, planned their assassina tion and did the murder. His court demeanor is a quiet, uncon cerned air. He is a being with no idea of moral crime. His mother died when he was born, and his father, a saloon keeper, died nine years ago. The boy was sent to an or phan asylum, then bound to a farmer in Minnesota, and next to a farmer in Kansas. He proved utterly incorrigible, running away at every opportunity. There is no claim that he is insane. The plan of counsel is to allow a conviction, then move for a pardon. The court room is crowded. Among the spectators are the father and mother of Emerson, one of the young m en murdered. HUNDREDS WERE KILLED. Terrible Explosions and Fires Itcported From Chinese Provinces. JSrXCIAL TELEGnAH TO THE DIlFATCn. San Feascisco, Dec. 1. The Shanghai Mercury, received by steamer to-day, gives details of a series of remarkable ex plosions in several Chinese prov inces At Wuhu, in Faiping Foo, the Government powder mills blew up early in November on Sun day morning, with a loss of 300 lives and the wrecking of all the houses iu the vicinity. Oi the SO people at work in the mills at the time, only two legs were found. Another disastrous explosion occurred at the same place, which wreeked a thousand houses, but no further details have been given. A gunpowder explosion occurred in Pachow, in the Province of Ahnwei, and as a result one-half of the city was consumed by fire. Afire at Nitigpo on November 7 destroyed 70 houses, in cluding 20 new buildings just erected by the Roman Catholic Mission. The native girl who caused the fire by using kerosene was burned to death. MISHAPS OF A DAY. Three Injured Men Kccclved in the Alle r gheny General Hospital. l The accidents were not few yesterday, but none are fatal. Bones were broken by falls on icy pavements, and some limbs were crushed in machinery. Jonx InoMPSON Three Injured men were received at the Allegheny General Hospital yesterday afternoon. John Thompson, an em ploye at the Pittsburg and Western Railroad machine shops, was caught in some machinery and badly squeezed and bruised about tho body. His injuries arc not fatal. John Donahue John Donahue, employed at the Pittsburg Locomotive Works, bad his foot crushed by a piece of machinery falling on it. Arthur Hadley Arthur Hadlev, while at work at No. 314 Duquesne way. received acoin pound fracture of the lower nart of his leg by some machinery falling on him. Willie Coxw ay Willie Conway, a Bouth side boy, fell on the pavement yesterday and broke his arm. Mrs. Norman Mrs. Norman fell on Butler street and broke an arm. NATIONAL B0AED OF TRADE. The First Day's Proceedings ot tho Annual Meeting at Now Orleans. New Orlkans, Dec 8. The National Board of Trade met here to-day, 75 members being present. A. K. Miller presided and Mayor Shakespeare welcomed the delegates. The report of the Executive Council railed attention to the objects and servic.es of the organization, went into a detailed review of what had been done during the past year and suggested subjects to be acted upon at the present meeting. An amendment to the constitution mak Wnshington the placet for holding the annual meetings of the board was defeated. A number of amendments in relation to membership were agreed to. The reports of the committee on "uniform commercial legislation in the States" and the "trusts" were laid over in the absence ot the respec tive chairmen. TBAIN E0BBEES' PLANS Nicely Nipped In the IIuiI by tho Arrest of the Gang's Leader. Alton, III., Dec. 8. Henry Levy, alias Samuel Seelig, was arrested in St. Louis Saturday. Seelig and some companions had planned to board the Chicago train on Tues day, at a point between here and St. Louis. One of the gang was to cut the wires work ing to St. Louts and to Chicago, and when the train had started he was to uncouple the engine, which would be boarded by several of the gang and run up to Alton summit. While this was going on the rest of the gang was to rob the express car and the passen gers. It was thought that the place selected for the robbery was the cut north of the city, where, on account of the heavy grade, trains going north run slowly. The arrest ot See lig, however, frustrated all the plans. BAN OVEE TWO PEES0NS. The Mercy Hospital Amhnlanco Injures a Father and Son. The ambulance of the Mercy Hospital knocked down Anthony Wallet and his 15-year-old son just opposite Magee street, on Filth avenue". The father was thrown to one side, but the horses tramped on the boy, and the wagon went over his arm, breaking it Neither arc daugerously hurt, and were taken to the hospital. When the accident occurred the ambu lance was going to John Murphy & Sons undertaking establishment, where John Seward, an employe, had lallen and broken his knee cap. TWO ANHTJAL MEETINGS. B. & O. Companies Re-Elect the Old Boards of OHlcers. The annual meetings of the Pittsburg and Allegheny Drove Yard Company and of the Pittsburg and Fairport Terminal were held at the, B. & O. depot yesterday. . In both organizations' the old board of di rectors were re-elected. Johns McCleave was elected President and C. S. Wright Sec retary of the first named company, 1890. NATURAL GAS DID IT. A Sudden Increase in Pressure Sets Fire to the Continental Tube Works Loss Esti mated at 820,000, Covered by Insurance A Plucky Watchman. The Continental Tube Works, Second av enue, operated by T. B. Everson, was dam aged $20,000 by fire yesterday morning. 1 Night Watchman Alexander Campbell was in the machine shop about 7 o'clock when a 6udden increase in the natural gas pressure blew a valve out of one of the stoves and the flames shot up to the ceiling. He replaced the valve and it was again blown out. He persevered until his hands were terribly burned, and in the meantime the engineer had turned ofl the gas. but it was too late, the building was ou fire and burning briskly. An alarm was turned in, and after au hour's hard work the fire was subdued. The pattern shop, with all the valuable patents, was entirely destroyed, and the store house and all its contents, consisting of new tools, a large supply of oil and other stores. The most necessary and valuable plant of the works, the machine shop, was also de stroyed. This department was thoroughly equipped, and many valuable machines and tools were burned. The engine which was in this department was injured aud the dynamo destroyed. In other words, the most valuable and necessary department of the entire plant was " destroyed. Many valuable patterns were burned and the fire was most disastrous in its results. The fire will necessitate the shutting down of the mill for some time, and will throw out about 500 men. Many of the men lost their tools and none of them had insurance. The boss pattern maker had a kit of tools valued at $200, and about 20 men Inst tools, each kit of which was valued at from $60 to ?200. At the lower end of the mill is a row of houses occupied by workingmen and the oc cupants were badly frightened. The furni ture was hastily removed aud piled up in the dirt and snow, hose was ruu through some of the houses and the loss by water and breakage to the neighbors will be con siderable. The property of the Continental Tube Works is insured lor $20,000 in the follow ing companies: Commercial Union, $5,000; Fire Association, $2,500; Phcenix, of Hart ford, $2,500; Imperial, $2,500; Union, of Philadelphia, $2,500; Security, of Connecti cut, $2,500; British America, 2,500. JUBIG0 IN BAD SHAPE. The Japanese Murderer is Thought to Have Gone Insane. tSmCIAT. TELECHAM TO TUC DISPATCH. J New York, Dec. 8. It is now said that frequently of late Shibuya Jurigo, the Jap anese sailor who is under sentence to die by electricity within the week beginning Jan uary 10, is insane. Lawyer John Heinzel man received from the Japanese Consul General to-day a letter, which the Consul General had received lrom Warden Brush, of Sing Sing, where Jurigo is imprisoned. In this letter Warden Brush says: For the last three weeks Jurigo has been sullen, refusing to eat, and in fact taking very lutle nourishment. As wo have no one who can talk to him. I should be much pleased if you, yourself, or sume one representing jour office would vhit hlin. Ot course, you would have to obtain an order lrom the courr, but 1 think you will have no trouble in this respect, Mr. Heinzelman says he will apply to the Court of Oyer and Terminer, or to another part of the 'Supreme Court, asking that a commission be appointed to determine Jurigo's mental condition. KING KALAXATTS VISIT. Contradictory Reports as to Jnst Why He Comes to tho States. San Francisco, Dec. 8. A dispatch from Washington published here yesterday intimated that the real object of King Kal akau's visit to this country was to open ne gotiations for theannexatinn of tbeHawaiin Islands by the United States. Colonel George W. MacFarland. he King's cham berlain, who, with the King, is now in this city has madeii statement in regard to the matter iu which he denies that li.ala.kua a visit has any such significance. On the other hand interviews are pub lished here with several other Hawaiian residents in which they declare that there is some ground for this report. They claim that C. Ii. Bishop, financial agent of the Hawaiian Government, and Hon. H. A. Wi'lemann, member of the Privy Council, have gone to Washington to pave the way for the King, and that if any negotiations looking to annexation are to be made, thev are now in progress between the btate De partment and these representatives of the Hawaiian Government. COUNCILMAN AMMOH'S FUNERAL. A Largo Number of Old Friends Follow His Remains to the Grave. The funeral servicesof Councilman Adam Ammon, of Allegheny, were held yesterday afternoon at the fatmlv residence on Shef field street and at the Union M. E. Church. City Councils and the majority of the city officials were present. The services were conducted by Bev. C. A. Holmes, pastor of the church, assisted by Bev. Mr. Izer, of (jurist Uhurcn. The casket was carried by six employes of the brm ol which Mr. Ammon was a mem ber. The honorary pallbearers were Will iam Hamilton, .Tames Arnold, James S. Wilson, J. G. Knox. James Hunter and Joseph Eichbaum. Mr. Brice Lcmmon was uuablc to attend his late partner's funeral on account of injuries received in a fall a week ago. CITY PROPERTY AFFAIRS. Some Arrangements Madnhy the Custodians of Allegheny's Buildings. A meeting of the Allegheny City Prop erty Committee was held last night. The use of Carnegie Hall was granted to Attor ney John J. Pinkerton.of Chester, Pa., for a lecture on the "Life and Character of Alexander Hamilton" on the evening of December IS. The ordinance leasing the old armory site to the Duff Manufacturing Company was affirmatively reported. An ordinance allowing the city organist $2o0 for services before his salary was fixed was also recommended. A request was granted Chief Murphy to convert the stor age room under the 1'ostoffice into an as sembly room. " A Milling Company Chartered. The City Milling Company, another new local concern, was chartered at Harrisburg, yesterday. The capital stock is $150,000, and the directors are David Whitmver, J. G. Klauss, J. W. Smith. C. S. Klopfer, A. D. Elwood and George Whitinyer. Our Ulster and Capo Overcoat Sale Yesterday was a grand success at Gusky's There's nothing strange about it either when you stop to consider that ve were offering coits worth $20, $25 and $30 for just $15. It was our in tention to limi: it to one day, Monday, and we so announced it, but iu order that there may be no disappointment among those who did not buy, when they come to see the bargains those obtained that took advantage of our offer, we will give you two more days, Tuesday and "Wednesday, in which to take your choice oi any ulster or cape overcoat in the house. The coats may not last but a single day longer, but tha't will not be our fault. Tablecloths and Napkins for Christmas. Put up in neat boxes. Neat deigns, beautiful goods; prices from $3 50 to $1050. -Tor. Hnpvv xr n a JOS. HOENE & Go's Penn Avenue Stores. Ladies' long wraps at a bargain, $5 to $15 now Tor best styles and materials; were $15 to $10 regularly. ttssu Htjgus & Hacke. (TiTTY"rnv lpnfftll finA If-Anml, T-!l in tans, browns, greys or black, at $1. Special value. Every pair warranted and fitted hs t,anr1 .Tfta TTfl'R'WW Jtr. Cn Q to Penn Avenue Stores. THE NEW TARIFF LAW Chicago Importers Taking a Hand in tho Fight Against It. FIRMS MAY BRING SUITS Iff COURT Merchants Who Claim That the Act of Congress Is Void. THEI WANT THE DDT1ES KEFONDED Chicago, Dec. 8. The Chicago import ers are taking a hand in the war that is being waged against, the new tariff law, but they are conducting the fight on a plan slightly different from that em ployed by the importers oi New York. The action is not exactly a concerted one, hut interviews with leading merchants here show that they are all proceeding orfsubstan tially the basis outlined in the following talk with Mr. Barnhart, who is at the head of the foreign department at Marshal Field & Co.'s. "We have taken the position that the law is void in order to protect ourselves. On every occasion when we have paid duties under the new law we have done so under protest. This protest acts the same as an appeal to the General Board of Appraisers in New York, and as soon as that body renders a decision on one ot the appeals, the next thing in or der will be to bring suit in the United States Circuit Court to recover the differ ence between the duties under the new law and the tariff rates of the old law, under which, we claim, the duties should be im posed. "Will your firm bring suit?" "Yes, we will bring suit to protect our selves in case the law is declared void by the courts." "What if Congress should amend the law at once by putting in the omitted clauses." "That might make the bill legal, but it would not alter the claim of the importers for the return of what they have paid in excess of the old duties up to the present time. We would do the best we could to make the Government pay back the money." CHICAGO'S NEW DEPOT. Opening of the Northern Pacific and Wis consin Central Station. Chicago, Dec. 8. The new Grand Central Depot at Filth avenue and Har rison street, erected lor the joint use of the Northern Pacific and Wisconsin Central Railroads, was formally opened to-day. It began at noon with the unfurling of the Federal flag from the lofty tower, by a delegation from the Grand Army posts of this city. This was followed by the dedicatory exercises inside the building. Henry Villard made a short address. He gave a history of the Nortnern Pacific, Wis consin Central and kindred railway enter prises, and said that he bad known Chicago since 1854 and bad watched its onward strides since that time. On bis first visit, he said he was not a railway king, as some people were now pleased to call him, but a fresh arrival lrom Germany. A reception was given at the depot to-night at which there was a large gathering ot railway offi cials and prominent citizens. Attacked by Alleged Strikers. Thomas Taylor, a man living at Glen wood, was attacked by a gang ot men, sup posed to be Baltimore and Ohio strikers, and badly injured at at early hour this morning, when be was walking on the track toward his home. He was carried away and laid beside the track, where he was found some time later by the police. His jaw was broken, and he was otherwise injured. Beautiful Holiday Presents -AT- 'S, ADD MUSIC AND HARMONY TO TOUR GHRISTMAS OFFERINGS. (Anything Mnsical is always Acceptable.) We have arranged our stock with special care for GIFT PURPOSES, VIOLINS. t.Hud GUITARS, uatf,1.1-515-and BANJOS Jl GO. 2 50, S-J, 57, 510 and upward. MANDOLINS. sP?oV,!:;SI3and QlltUTNTtC! Ucatitirul boxes and sets OXXULLNVjrQ. from 40 cents to S3, r,fYP'rTTPrPCi W.SI2. S15. $18, (25, and OXUNJll0. up to J7o. Beautiful presents for your children lor homo use anil for Church or Sabbath School. FLUTES, fix,53, J5, S1- and np to CLARIONETS. ,m18' TYQ TTTVTC! cents to $25 elegant assort- "D A r'P'YNTC! Uoantifnl presents foryour XS.OlHU.NC. choir Ieadcr-51 to $10. T3 ATiTTTJTpfPCJ SOMETHING JjjQ-lNJLJJCvXijXO. NEW! Jnst the ihing for our lady friends S10 to CO. Don't fail to see theac iutrumcnts. BOXES AND OASES kfS for Violins, Guitars, etc., in Baize, Wood, Leather and Fancy Designs. SWISS MUSIC BOXES. Headquarters for these loagniticcut sifts in every imaginable design, troinuO cents to J3U0. No more elegant gift can be bought. ALSO an endless varioty of everything musi cal .Mouth Organs. Harmonicas. Harps. Autoharps, Bows, jfusio Rolls and Ca-e, Accordeons, Song Folios, Clappers, Flageoletts, Castcnets, Tamborinei, Xylophones too numerous to mention. But come and select and we will deliver day before Christmas. PT A TvTC! The .Matchless DECKER I LN VJQ. BROS..The Perfect KN ABE iz CO.. Th Powi-rfnl and Artistic FISH ER. KSTEY. STERLING, NEW ENG LAND, ami others. rT?fUATVTCJ ESTEY.STORYACLARK. JXljrJXjStJ. CLOUGH &. WARREN, FARRAND VOTEY. PARLOR, CHAPEL and GRAND PIPE ORGAN, surpassing in variety anything ever olf cred in this market, ranging from iJO.to J10,8U0 Pianos from J.Z0 to J1.00Q. OLD INSTRUMENTS TAKEN IN EXCHANGE. Suitable monthly or quarterly payments may be had. All our goods are old favorites with the musical public, not new, unknown or stencil goods. All oar goods can he relied upon an the best tho world produces in their diss. (The fine small goods are our own snecial im portations.) Come now while stock is fall. Make your selection and we will pack it away carefully Tot delivery day before Christmas. Open Each Evening Now Until 9 P. M. at HAMILTON'S Mammoth Music House. 91 AND 95 FIFTH AV. HAMILTON NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. HE-NO "Why do you advertise your tea, if it is so ffood? "Good wine !Xt needsnosign"isatrue. proverb. If your tea is half as good as you sayitis.peoplewill find it out without all this talk, talk. Our 7iewstaters , are being mined, I nothing but" ad" i vertisements." Madam, we could not answer this commu nication, for you did not sign it, which com pels this published reply. Permit us to call your attention Madam, to another equally true proverb, Hide not thy light under a bushel," which comes from a higher authority, and it is because we hturui how lasting good He-No tea is, that we last ingly proclaim its merits from the housetops. Once its qualities become known, its perma nent success is assured. Pray madam, how would your newspaper get on but for such advertisements? Who pays the piper? Not you who buy the jour nal at one-fourth its cost, hut those who ad vertise. Think a moment and perhaps yoa may feel more kindly towards us in our efforts to supply you with a newspaper and a cup of good tea. By sending us 3c. to pay postage, we will mail you a book (cost us 20 cents), giving many interesting facts about tie effects of tea. ASK YOUR GROCER FOR HE-NO TEA, AND TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. MARTIN GILLET & CO., EttaiUshtd J. Exchange Place, Baltimore, Md. de9-43 r Uttrf gable Wraps m& jlftiftS Tm 1 . 'HV'i WpfphMJWl LIQUOR KCABIT. IN ALL THE WORLD TBEKE IS BUT. 0XE CURE. DR. HAINES' GOLDEN SPECIFIC. It can be frivrn In a cup of colfee or tea. or In articles or lood. without the knowledge of the pa tient. It necessary. It Is absolutely harmless and will eifect a permanent and speedy core, whether the patient Is a moderate drinker or an alcoholic wreck. IT MiVEIt KAILS. It operate!, so quietly and with such certainty that the patient undergoes no inconvenience, and ere he is aware, his complete reformation 13 effected. 43 page boos; free. To be had of A.J. KANKIN. bitthand l'enn St., l'lttsbarg; E. HOLIJEN ,t CU.. J Federal St.. Allegheny, Trade supplied br UUO. A. KKLL.Y A CO.. L.. IU HAHl'.lb UHIKt'CO. mTl-4S-TTS GRATES' tJL. COMFORTING. EPPS'S COCOA. BREAKFAST. ' "Hyathorougu knowledge of thenatnral laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of tha fine properties of well-selected Cocoa, Jlr. Epps . has provided our breakfast tables wa a deif caiely flavored beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' l.;lls. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution, may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendennv to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there i3 a weak point. Wo' may escape inanv a fatal shaft by keeping; our selves well fortified with pure blood and a prop erly nourished frame." Civil Service Gazelle. Made simnly with boiliii water or milk. Sold onlv 111 half-pound tins by Grocers, labeled thus: JAMES EPPS & CO.. Homoeopathic ChemNt. London. Englann. fe22-32-TnS STKAMEItS AND KXCCKSIONS. STATE LINE -TO GIasgow,Lont!onlerry, Belfast, Dublin, Liverpool & London. FROM MS V YORK EVERY THURSDAY. Cabin Passage, 35 to JoO, according to location of stateroom. Excursion, S65 to S35, Steerage to and from Enrope at lowest rates. AUSTIN BALDWIN & CO., General Agents, 5J .Broadway, Kew York, J. J. Mccormick, ccl-I-D Agent at Pittsburg. -tTTHlTE STAK H t JT018 QUE(3TOVN AUD LIVERPOOL. Royal rd United Slates Malt Steamers. Teutonic lice. 10. 1 pm Adriatic. Wed. Jan. 7-lrltann!clec.I7,'-:30aui Urttaunlc Wed. Jan.lt Jlajestlc Uec. Zi. 1 p 111 leitic, Jan.-.i. , Germanic l)ec.3l,ti:)Oam Germautc. Jan. 23. i rom v hlU" star dock, loot or West Teeth it. second cabin on these steamers. Saloon rates. Seand upward, second cabin. JJ5 and upward, according to steamer and location 01 berth, ex cursion tickets on favorable terms. Steerage. FJ). V.'liltc Star drafts payable on demand In all tha principal banks throuuhoai Great Britain. Ap-. ply to JCH.N J. ilct'OlOllCK, en and ttl smith Held st.. Ilttsbn', or J. JiKUCB 1S11AT. Gen-' era! Auent. 41 Kro idway. .New York. Je2-D GUNARD UN'E NEW YORK AN1 UV-, EUPOOL. VIA OUEENsroWN-From . Pier 40 .North river: F.ir. express mail service.,,- Servia. JJov. 1.8 am, Umbria2ov. '. pux Eiruria. Nov. 8.2 nm 's.ria. Nov. 29. 7am Auranij, Nov.15, 7 a. mGallla. Dec. 3.9:30am, Bothnia, Nov. 19. 10 a in Etruria, Dec 6, noon Cabin passage !U) and upward, according to location; intermediate. 35 Steerage tickets to and from all parts o5 Enrope at very' low rates. For freight and passage apply to tha' company's office. 4 Bowling Green. New YorK. Vernon a.. Brown a Co. J. J. MCCORMICK. 639 and 40i Smitbneld street. Pittsburg. oc27-D AMERICAN LINE, Sailing every Wednesday from Philadelphia,1 and Laverpool. Passenger accommodatiorj lor i all classes unsurpassed. Tickets sold to and. lrom Great Britain and Ireland, Norway, Swe den, Uonmarlt. etc 1 PETER WRIGHT & SONH, , General agents. COS Walnut St. Philadelphia." Full information can ba had of J. J. McCOR-t MICK, Fourth avenue and Smithneld street) LOUIB MOESEE. 6Iti Jsmitlifield street j uwa-iirxs CHARLESTON. 8. C. THE SOUTH ANDi Sonthwest. Jacksonville, Fla and alt Florida point, the Clyde Steamship Company,, from pier 29 East River, New York, Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays at 3 P. 31. Passenger accommodations and cuisine unsnrpassed.- i WM. P. CLY DE fc CO Gen. Agents. 5 Bowling Green, N. Y. T. G. EGER, ' J Gl. Agt,, G. S. Frt Line. 347 Broadway, N. T." ) J. J. MCCORMICK, Ticket Agent, t , 39 S-ulthfleld st, Pittsburg; Pa. , acM-ca. - - . feljii "P J h HtiaBDl i-F BuMidHF irf TFAfeU JUTI rmnsm'aBtf '"ZM nraiiNNESs a A i 4 f m- ki rta fi 1 iHtWi r, 11m Tiiipwnr iViiTrnSiiiiirfliriiirlliii TirtfiiiiiKniitilimriii)i'ii rr n ft limr iiftJMi
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