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LAJLAAJL jr89io n 123 44 15 16 17 18 19 20 1 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 -1 HOHOUUU OFFICERS.. Hinym.t,-(ioorgo Hirt'dl Otuncilineti. Joseph Morguu. J. T, lulo, W. P. Blum, Jas. I), Bavis, Chas. 4 lurk, I. K. Armstrong, nr. J. I;. Dunn JuxticM uf the Peace C. A. Kandall, H, J. Netloy. lXm.stubl.c II. K. Moody. IXilU'ctur V, l. Amsler. School lUrtftorxti. W. Ilolniuatt. J, 10. Wotik, Q. Jamioson, J. O. Ncowdon, lutrick Joyce, w. W. drove. FOtt EST COUNTY OFFICERS. Member of VoHyrcmiJ . K. I'. Hall. Member of Semite A. M. Neuloy. AtnemblyVx. S. S. fowler. I'rendent Judije W. M. Lindsey. ,lwxi'(t JtuijictA, J . Mct'ruy, K.ll. Crawford. 'rothoiiotury, llctjwter C Recorder, te. John II. Robertson. .S'iitrtf. J. W. .lamiusoil. Onrtn.n'orr,t 11. M. llnriuun, T. t 'arson, J. II. Morrison. K--i'cf Attorney H. I. Irwin. Jury ttunmlimioHerl I.ovl O. Juhn Key Holds, rotor lounck. Coroner Pr. J. W. Morrow. County A Mflifvivt J. It, Clark, K. J. Klynn, (ion. L. King. t.tuat y Superintendent K. K. 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This hotol, formerly tho Lawrence House, IiaBiindcrgonoa com ploto change, and Is now furnished with all tho mod ern improvements. Heated nnd lighted throughout with'iiatural pas, bathrooms, hot and cold wator, etc. Tho comforts of Ktiests never neglected. CENTRAL HOUSE, I- (JEllOW .t UK ROW Proprietor. Tionseta, I'a. This is the most centrally located hotol in tho place, and has all tho modern improvements. No pains will bo spared to make it a pleasant stopping place for tho travoling public. First class Livery in connection. piIIL. EMERT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop ill Walters building, Cor. Kim and Walnut streets, Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work Irom the finest to the coarsest and guarantees his work to f:ive perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten ion t'iven to mending, und prices rea sonable. JOR 13 N 7,0 FU LTON . Manufacturer oT and Dealer In HARNESS, COLLARS, BRIDLES. And all kinds of HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. TIONKSTA. PA. ItTO HEAD, Itiiolc or oilier noho -instill; Ntiir JoinlM, limi.t find hore miiKclfw, iiikI i'liiiin(illc pniiiH viiiiihIi WA1T0 ELECTHIC OIL STRIKERS STAND FIRM Refused to Accept the 10 Per Cent Increase. Oporntori Kpotoil fie OITer Would C.liie Itrsak In I ho Itankn lint Wnrc UUuppolnteil Moo Make Guln In Sunic Keollnn Whllo Nttuatlnu I I'ncliniicrd In Olhor. HAZLETON. Pa., Oct. 2 It was ex l'cted In Borne quarters that yesterday would bring a turning point In the strike, bat nothing came to the surface that would lead to any Indication of the strike nearing an end. Since the operators began to hold conferences President Mitchell Is receiving more In formation than formerly and giving out less. That he knows more ubout the situation than he cares to tell is hardly doubted by anyone Ho haa practically admitted that he received advlce3 from New York aa to the doings uf the operators. There Is Btlll a lack of anything tangible on v.-hleh to base the report of on iminedi ate settlement. President Mitdhell con tLnues to deny that he knows anything nbout it. The strike situation in the Lehigh Valley showed a change in favor of the men. Several hundred men quit work at the Calvin Pardee mines at Lattl rner as the result of persuasion on the part of 4d0 marching strikers, and at Oneida and Cranberry the coal compa nies lost additional men. No colliery was closed down in this region yester day. ADVANCE OFFERED. Operators I'uit Notion drantlutf 10 1'cr Cent Ionroaie to Miners. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1. An offer of 10 per cent In miners wages was yesterday Inaugurated by the Philadel phia and Reading Coal and Iron com pany and this move it is stated will be followed on Tuesday by similar notices at every colliery in the anthracite re gion. It is expeoted by the operators that this Increase in wages will be satisfac tory to the men and they believe many of the strikers will take advantage of the offer and return to work. Mining operations will In this event be given an Impetus and the operators expect there will then be a gradual resumption until the collieries will again have thtdr full complement of employes. The Philadelphia and Reading com pany operates 80 collieries and of these J7 have been shut down owing to th Insufficient working forc4. Whether the miners will accept the offer of the company and return In suf ficient numbers, to operate the mines :.in not be foretold. Reports received from several points In the Schuylkill region where the Rending collieries are located rather indicates that the r.tinj workers will follow the Instruction of their organization oflkials and remain away from the mines. President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers received no notice of the Inten tion of the operators to offer the In creases in wages and the Intimation is thus given that the miners organiza tion will receive no recognition from the operators." STRIKE AND POLITICS. Bemitor Ilnnnn friys tho One Hear No Itrliitlon to tlto Otlior. CHICAGO, Oct. 2. Senator Hann.i arrived here yesterday from the East. In the afternoon he met the reporters. "Any man who would put a straw In the way of a settlement of the reat coal miners' strike now progressing In Pennsylvania should be taken out to the nearest lamppost and hanged," said Senator Hanna. "I do not want to talk about the strike. I do not think that it should be mixed up In party or political ques tions, and should, not be discussed from a political standpoint. No one should be permitted to use it for political cap ital. It Is the duty of every man to do his utmost to end the deplorable trou ble. "I nm going Jo do everything In my power to win this eWHon for McKinley and Itoosjvelt, and I believe we will win, too, but I will not give estimates of states or predict majorities. I will remain In Chicago during the remain der of the campaign and will make no speeches outside of this city. Here, however, I may address the laboring men several times. I like to talk to the working-men. They can understand me and I understand them." PUBLIC DEBT. Monthly Statement For September Show l-oron of Our Six Million-. WASHINGTON. Oct. 2.-The month ly statement of the public debt shows that at the close of business Sept. 23 the debt, less cash In the treasury, amounted to $1,100,156,671. which Is a decrease for the month of $6,122,433. This decrease Is accounted for by the Increase In the cash on hand and the redemption of 2 per cent bonds. The detit Is recapitulated as follows: Interest bearing debt, $1,001,499,260; debt on which Interest has ceased since maturity. $3,516,220; debt bearing no In terest, $.1S7,346,0:i. Total, $1,3!M,S61.549. This, however, does not include $734, C13.C97 In certificates and treasury notes outstanding which are offset by an equal amount of cash on hand. The cash In the treasury is classified as fid lows: Reserve fund In gold. $150,000,000; trust funds. $734,.'I3,679; general fund, 123,3,8n.j; In national bank deposito ries, to the credit of disbursing officers and to the treasurer of the United States, $'J.!I!I7,212. Total, $l,10.i,447,6'J7, ugeinst which there are demand lia bilities outstanding amounting to $817, 242.818, which leaves a cash balance on hand o' $2XX,204,K78. l:'v.n a I.lfn Sentence. tTtTTLTNOTON. Vt., Oct. 2. Gilbert Farmer, a young negro charged with the murder of Mrs. Agnes Willis, also a negro, yesterday pleaded guilty to murder In the second degree and was eentenced to a life term In the state prison. rreuch Auk Arlilltloonl Credit. PARIS, Oct. 2 When the chambers reassemble the government will pub lish a yellow book on China and ifk t'tr an extra credit of Jfl.ooo.nfio franca. The total credit for the Chinese oper ations U, therefore, 70.uu),0o0 franca. ITO IS PREMIER. Allkoflo Buniiiiniie Him to Form New Jtipaneiie Cabinet. YOKOHAMA. Oct. 1. The Mikado has summoned Marquis Ito to form a M AI1QU13 ITO. cabinet on the resignation of the Yamagata ministry. When entrusting the task to the new premier, his majesty said that as affairs In China were entering upon the diplo matic stage, the presence of Marquis Ito at the head of the government was necessary. VOTING MAChTnELEGAL. ' Tint Cum In Cltpmung EmM In Victory For tlio Marliuniriil Vote Recorder. NORWICH, N. Y., Oct. 2. -Supreme Court Justice A. II. Sewell yesterday denied the motion on tho part of O. M. Robinson, chairman of the Democratic county committee of Chemung, for an order requiring Mayor Frank H. Flood of the city of F.lmlra to show cause why ballot clerks should not be appointed in that city for the coming election. It was a test case brought for the pur pose of testing the legality of tho use of certain voting machines at general elections. Roswell P. Moss of Elmlra argued the case for the relator, and Herbert M. Lovel, city attorney of El mira, George F. Yeomans of Rochester and David Hays of Rochester appeared for the defendants. One of the Standard voting machines such as are used in the city of Buffalo, Rochester and Elmlra was set up in the courtroom. The relator contended .that the machine 13 Illegal In that It does not provide for votes to be oast separ ately for each of the presidential elec tors. The defendants, on the other 'hand, called nttentlon to section 1C2 of the election law, which says that voting machines may be provided with one ballot in each party column contain ing only the words "presidential elec tors," and that a vote for such ballot shall operate as a vote for all the pres idential electors of that party. The large expense to the citie3 that had adopted voting machines in event of the change back to the old ballot system was brought to the tit'entlon of the court. The relator declared uncon stitutional that part of section 102 of the election law mentioned In that It deprived voters of the privilege of split ting on presidential electors. The court in rendering its decision said that inasmuch as an appeal to the court of appeals would probably be taken In any event and because of the short space of time Intervening be tween now and election he deemed that an early decision would be preferred at once, denying the motion. EXPOSITION AWARDS. America Iteoeivea More AwariU Than Any Other Nation Save France. PARIS, Sept. 2S. The jury of final appeal in the exposition awards has finished Its work. The statement pre pared for the United States commis sioners shows America received higher total of awards than uny other na tion save France, and that she also re ceived more awards in each classifl na tion except grand priz s In which Ger many secured a greater number. The figures, excepting for France, fol low: Grand prizes, United States 215; Germany. 235; Russia, 209: Great Brit ain, 1S3. Gold medal.'). United States, 647; Germany, 51! Russia, 34C; Great Britain, 400. Silver niedali, United States, C93; Germir.y, r.T5; Russia ,411; Great Britain, 51". Bronze medals. United States, 501; Germany, 321; Rus sia, 321; Great Britain, 410. Honorable mention, United States, 343; Germany, 181; Russia, 20J; Great Britain, 208. Declilon Free Ten Men. SAN FRANCISCO. Oot. 2. Tho Unit ed States circuit court of appeals fias rendered a decision quashing the In dictments against 10 men who were ar rested at Coeur D'Aleno durinir the mining strike last year for Interfering with the United States ma s. It was shown that the men did not know that the train which they Interfered with carried the United States mails. Ten men now Imprisoned at San tjuontin, In this state, under the Indictments will be released ns swn as the decision reached Idaho and the necesisnrv na. pers can be sent from that state to the warden at San Quentln. Harry KlniIe.r Ilo Abroad. NEW YORK. Oct. 2 A cablegram (rnm Florence, Italy, contains news of Hie death at Flesole of Harry S. Kings- ley, treasurer of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle corporation. Mr. Kingsley wa3 the son of the late William C. Kingsley, one of the most prominent nun of his day In Brooklyn. He was born In Brooklyn 3S years ago. llollfintl'A Commander FroteAtH, NEWPORT. It. I., Oct. 2.-Lkuten-ant Caldwell, who had charge of the submarine boat Holland during the re cent maneuvers, has protested agiinst the decisions of the arbitrament board. Since his written report has been re ceived the opinion of i he Judges has been altered. KuHftffin. Leave Fekln. ST. PETERSBURG. Oct. 1. The fol lowing dispatch, dated Pekin, Sept. 27, has been received from M. De Glers, Russian minister to China: "In accordance with orders from the highest quarters. I am leaving for Tien Tsln with the whole legation." Jmlge Prop. !ftail. WILLIAMSl'UliT. Pa., Sept. 28 Hon. John J. M-'zirer, pre-iljcnt. Judge of the Lycoming cou'-ty courts, drop ped dead ut his bumc y stcrduy. STATE TAXES LOWER. Decrease of Almost $2,ooo,ooc Over Last Year. New York Clty' Kara Surprise Hot Taxna Reduced by Throe-Quarter, of Million Oilier Counties Al.o Benefit ted In Carcater or Ietner Dogree Comptroller Gllniau'a Figure. ALBANY, Oct. 1. State Comptrollei Oilman has prepared the usual sched ule showing the amount of tax to be collected from each county during the fiscal year for state expenses. The to tal amount Is $10,704,153, as compared with $12,640,228 last year, a reduction of nearly $2,000,000. New York county, which usually, with Its large property Increase, finds Its tax Increased by over $1,500,000, has a decrease this year of over $750,000, having paid $5,116,053 last year, while this year only called upon to pay $., 315,175. Kings county gets a reduction of $180,000 from last year. Other reductions are Westchester, $75,000: Rensselaer, $37,000; Albany, $40,000; Broome, $16, 000; Cayuga, $15,000; Chemung, $12,000; Clinton, $3,000; Erie, $53,000; Jefferson, $15,000; Monroe, $131,000; Niagara. $17, 000; Oneida, $35,000; Onondaga, $41,000; Orange, $19,000; Oswego. $13,000; Sche nectady, $5,000; Schoharie. $6,000; Ul ster, $16,000; Washington, $9,000. The tax on the larger counties Is as sessed as follows: Albany $179,404 Broome 65.5SS Cayuga 63,164 Chemung 4S.58S Dutchess 90,532 Erie 566,568 Jefferson 62,367 Kings 1,327,244 Monroe 256,581 Nassau 48.22C New York 5.315,175 Niagara 75,349 Oneida 123,133 Onondaga 196.734 Orange 82,220 Oswego rd.H5 Queens 188,909 Rensselaer 141,397 Richmond 91.322 Saratoga 50,054 Schenectady 35.92S Steuben 60,702 Suffolk 83,616 Ulster 54,447 Westchester 295,00' HIGHEST ARMY HONOR. Lord Robert Appointed Commander.ln Chief of Urltli.li Army. LONDON, Oct. 1. It Is officially an nounced that Lord Roberts has been appointed commander-in-chief of the British army. Although the fact that the appointment had been made was already known, the formal announce ment is hulled by the Unionist party as a pledge that the army reorganlza tlon will be carried out in the most ef fective manner. It was beginning to be recognized that something was needed to give strength to the Unionist cam paign. Accordingly semi-official announce ments are out that George Wyndham, parliamentary under secretary of state for war, In his speech at Derby this evening will outline the government's scheme of army reforms, and that the war office is arranging with Lord Rob erts for the return of a large portion of the urmy in South Africa. GUN VS. BOILING WATER. Father and Son Fought In the Dark, Each Thinking the Other llurglar. SYRACUSE, Oct. 1. C. M. Smith and his son Ira of Cortland, each mistook the other for a burglar In their home early yesterday morning. The son fired several shots at the old gentleman and the latter retaliated with a kettle of boiling water and a lighted lamp. The appearance of the mother and wife put an end to the hostilities. The elder Mr. Smith then came to the con clusion that his son was trying to kill and had him arrested. Afterward a re conciliation was effected, and in court this morning the matter was settled. FARMER'S LUCKY STRIKE. Found Vein of Salt 83 Feet Thick While Drilling For a Well, ROCHESTER, N. Y., Sept. 27. A vein of salt 23 feet In thickness was dis covered on the farm of Frank Seager, seven miles north of Geneva on the Sodus road. -Mr. Seager had been drilling a well and the vein was first found 18 feet b low the surface.' Water was forced into the tube and a quantity of It was taken out and sent to Ithaca for chemical analysis. Trausvaa! Refugee llepart. LORENZO MARQUES. Oct. 2. The Austrian steamer Styrla Lloyd has sailed from here, having on board 400 Transvaal refugees, part of them being Irish-Americans. All their expenses have been paid by the Transvaal gov rnment. Each man received 30 shil lings ($7.50) and will be paid 8 10s ($42.50) on landing at any port which may be selected by them. . Died at Age or 102 Year. WHITEHALL, N. Y., Oct. 2.-Mrs. Ann Bryan Rowe died yesterday morn ing, aged 102 years. She was probably the oldest person In Northern New York. Had she survived three months longer she would have lived In three centuries. Route of the Spellbinder. NEW YORK. Sept. 28. In addition to the dates heretofore published Sena tor Chauncey M. Depew has been as signed to speak at the following places: Syracuse. Oct. 3; Chicago, Oct. 8; Waterloo, N. Y., Oct. 10; New York city, Oct. 11; Ithaca. Oct. 16; Dans- ville, l let. 17; Canandaigua, Oct. 18; Bataviu. Oct 19 Hon. Sereno E. Payne, will speak at Cannndaigua, Sept. 29; Homer, Oct. 1; Marathon, Oct. 2; Ontario county, Oct. 3, 4. 5; Buffalo. Oct. 6; Blnghamton, Oct. 8; Cooperstown, Oct. 9; Mount Klsco. Oct. 10. Hon. James S. Sherman will speak at Mount Vernon, Oct. 2; Herkimer and Cayuga counties. Oc t. 3, 4. 5; Saug-T- ties, Oct. 8: Westchester county, Oct, 9 and 10. Blnirhamlon. Oct 11. ATTEMPT TO WRECK TPAIN. Fnt a Rail Aero Trark and Atone No. Viilci'i Men. WILKES-rtAUIlE. Pa.. Sept. 29 An attempt was made to wreck a train carrying a score of non-union men and some washery coal at South Wllkea Barre, or. the Central Railroad of New Jersey. The men were from the Stan ton washery. operated by the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal company, anl were coming to this cily on the train carrying the coal they had washed which was being hauled to the No. S, Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre colliery. The train, as It neared South Wilkes Barre, was met by a shower of stones and sticks from behind a line of coal cars, where strikers were hidden. At the same time the engine driver saw a rail on the track ahead of him, but managed to stop before he reached It The strikers continued the fusllada while the crew removed the rail, and the washery men on the train protect ed themselves as best they could by hiding In the cars or dodging between them. As the men quit work at the wash ery they were hooted and hissed by wo men, who fled when a couple of depu ties ran toward tbem. Twice before the men had been attacked by the women, and were once driven from the work ings with stones. GOOD OUTLOOK FOR COKE. I'roipectlvo Ite.umpt Ion of Mill to In crcaie Froduotloo. "CONNKLLSVILLE, Pa., Sept. 29. The Courier says the coke market lost ground last week. While there was on ly a little over 100 cars less of an out put the general tone of the trade was not as good as It promised to be early In September. Consumers and manu facturers, however, take a favorable view of the situation, the settlement of differences between the manufac turers and the Amalgamated associa tion insuring the early resumption of many mills. The detailed report shows a total of 20,462 ovens in the Connellsville region, of which 13.963 were active last week and 6,499 were Idle. The total estimat ed production for the week was 148.H16 tons. Shipment for the week aggregat ed 7,449 cars, an increase of 12S cars over the previous week. Pittsburg took 2,815 cats. TRIED TO COVER CRIME. Murdirer Fired Home of Mlaer They Had Rubbed and Killed. . PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 1. Charles Grus, 75 years old, a miser living on the outskirts of Woodstown, a small bor ough near Salem, N. J., was murdered Friday und the house In which he lived was burned to hide the crime. For some time past the old man had been boasting of his wealth, and while In Woodstown he told a party of men that he had 1375 In gold In his house. His place was found to be on fire and the local fire department succeeded In extinguishing the flumes before the house had been wholly destroyed. When they went Inside the firemen found Gruss lying on the lloor dead. His head had been crushed and his legs burned. There was also a bullet wound over the heart. The house hud been ransacked. Three negroes are sus pected of the crime. BURIED IN LIVE COALS E.l ward Holmoley Caught Under a llurn. Ing Hank and Rnuted to Death. WILKES-BARRE. Pa., Sept. 29. Ed ward D. Schooley, a school director of Dorrunceton, Pa., wan accidentally roasted to death. Schooley, with several other men, was digging ashes from th- haldock culm bank In Luzerne oorui'gh io Uke them on a sidewalk In frmt o' the Me.ho dlst church. The culm was on fire, und the ashes were at the ba.se uf the coals. Schooley was under the overhanging portion of the bank when it fell, bury ing him under several let: of burning culm. The body was recovered in a few minutes, but he was dead. Corpulence Kaved III l.lfo. CORRY, Pa., Oct. 1. Frank VVelser, a member of the tunning firm of this city, owes his life to the fact that he Is very stout. He was cutting a piece from a side of leather hanging on a honk. In some way the leather became unfastened and In (ailing forced the knife into Weiser's abdomen, ripping it open and laying bare the Internal or gans. The surgeons said that but for the thick rolls of fat a fatal wound would have been Indicted. Fatal Assault on Conductor. RIDGWAY, Oct. 1. Charles Means, a conductor on a Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg freight train, was fatally In jured by an Italian section hand at Carman. Means, It Is alleged, offended the Italian ahout two months ago by snatching his hat. As Means' train wii leaving Carman the Italian struck him with a piece of pipe as he was boarding the caboose, fracturing, his skull. The Italian escaped. ITEMS IN lift I EI. SHARON David Price dle.l here from injuries received while moving an Icehouse. NEW CASTLE Byron Place and Hoover Heights, suburbs, are to be or ganized into a borough preparatory to being taken Into the city. SCOTTDALE Henry Witt, an ex constable, of Mount Pleasant, was stabbed 20 times by Lupton Frantz, but will probably recover. LATROUF Eight deaths have oc curred In 100 cases of typhoid fever re ported in the last week at Bolivar, ami believed to be due to Impure water re sulting from drouth. MDONALD Ida Hagan. 12 years old. is dead, and her sister, Mrs. Will iam Sloan, agd 18. is dying as a re sult of the former's effort to quicken a fire by pouring oil on it from a i iin. SHARON A natural gas explosion partly destroyed the home of W. F. Derry. JOHNSTOWN Edward Hates, a br.ik.-m.in in the Cambria yards, was killed. NEW CASTLE Kev. Dr. Ilulxr II Barber lias .wignrd lh" rectorship of Ti inlty Fpf.op.il cliiin-h. ALTOONA-C. S. Ruth fell whil garnering pr aches and broke his collar bone und several ribs, besides uustatr lifj internal Injuries. M'KINLEY TIMES IN PENNSYLVANIA Remarkable Prosperity in the Steel, Iron and Tin Plate Industries. ENORMOUS INCREASE IN OUTPUT. Ofllrlnl Flu urea Showlnsr the Great Volume of Dualnpaa and the Mark ed Advance la Wue a Compared With Iterord of Cleveland' Admin, tatrntlon. Pennsylvania has shared in the pros' perlty that followed the election of William McKinley to the presidency. The extent to which the prosperous times have benefited the citizens of this commonwealth is shown in the records of the office of the bureau of industrial statistics. . The iron, steel and tin plate Indus tries of Pennsylvania have probably been affected aa favorably as any others through the return of the Republican party to power in Washington. 1899 marked the greatest era in the production of pig iron In the history of the state, the Increase over 1898 being 1,175,019 gross tons, or nearly 30 per cent, and the increase over 1896 being 2.51G.C48 gross tons, or (ft.5 per cent. Pennsylvania's production of 6,542,998 gross tons In 1899 was within about 30 per cent of the entire production of Great Britain. The production of the United States was 13,020,703 gross tons. an excess over the production of Great Britain of more than 46 percent. GREAT BRITAIN LEFT BEHIND. These figures are very significant when it Is reflected that in 1894, Jus six years ago, Great Britain produce nearly 12 per cent more pig iron tb: was produced in the United State: and that In 1899 Great Britain's in crease in production over 1S94 was but little over 25 per cent, while the In crease on the part of the United States was over 100 percent. The market value of Pennsylvania's production of pig Iron for 1899 was close to a hundred million dollars, the realized value being $98,203,803. As compared with 1898 the Incrense was $44,872,575, or 84.1 per rent, and as compared with 1S96 the increase wti9 $53,031,764, or 117.4 per cent. An average of 15,347 workmen were employed in Pennsylvania in the mak ing of pig Iron during 1899, an Increase over 1896 of 3.767. or 32.5 per rent. The averagf earnings In 1899 for skilled nnd unskilled labor was nearly $100 In excess of 1896. the overage for 1899 being $195.18, and for 1S96, $396.30, Pennsylvania produced 6.416.159 gross tons of steel of all kinds In 1X99 an increase of nearly 93 per rent over 1896. The production of the United States for 1899 was 10.689.857 eross tons, and of Great Britain nbout 5.000. 000 tons. Pennsylvania consonucntly produced over 60 per cent of the pro duction of the United States and about 29 per rent more than Great Britain The Increase In production of steel In the United States for the past five years has been 1 4 X tier cent, while Great Hiltaln B Increase has been but about 55 per cent. The entire production of Iron and steel rolled Info finished form In Penn sylvania during 1899 was 7,093.485 net tons, an Increase over 1896 of 3,336,415 tons, or nearly 89 per cent. The value of this enormous produc tion was $223,377.1 ?fi, an Increase over 1896 of $114,347,364, or over 96 per cent. LABOR WAS BENEFITED The number of workmen In 1809. In dependent of those employpd In the rolling of black plate, was 69.9S2. an in crease over 1896 of 16,409, or 30.6 per cent. The average parnings of the 69,982 workmen, skilled and unskilled, was $559. as airalnst $144 89 In 1H!I5. an In crease of $114.11. or 25.6 per cent. Ponmylviinla had 21 black plate works in operation during the whole or part of 1S99. of which 18 turned out n tinned production. 36S.6tlii,7.')4 pounds of blnck plate were made, as against 158.306.490 pounds in 1890. an lncrense of 210,294.241 pounds, or 132.8 per cent. Pennsylvania's Increase In tinned production for 1899 has been equally as satisfactory ns her Increase In black plate, the aggregate of the black plate works and dipping works combined being 331,082.734 pounds, ns against 139 5KS 703 pounds In 1S96. an Increase of 191.494.031 poonds. or 137.2 per rent. Pennsylvania', share of tlto entire pro duction of tl-e T'nl'nd Stiilcs of tin and terne plate for 199. which has been placed nt 89l.000.0on pounds, was about 37 per rent. Comparing this produc tion of the United Stiitcq for 18911 with her production In 1891. of 166.343.409 pounds. If will be seen that the increase In the United States for the past five years has been 724.656.591 pounds, or 435 per cent. The number of workmen employed In the black plate works for 1899 was 7.6S2. an Increase over 1S96 of 4.488, or 140.5 per cent, nnd the nvr;i:;e dally wage for all workmen was $2.36. un In crease of 56 cents per day. THE DIFFERENCE. William McKinley ptands for protec tion and revenue, reciprocity, gold standard, national credit, equality, diplomacy and prosperity. President McKinley prosecuted thP war with Hpuin to a successful termination, un precedented In English history; saved Cuba, Porto Rico, the Philippine arch ipelago and 10. 000.000 people from im perialism, and secured the key to the trade, civilization and advancement of oOO.ono.OOO people dwelling in the land of the Orient. Bryanlsin stands for hypocrisy, re pudiation, anarchy, Aguinaldo. and nullification of the fourteenth and fif teenth constitutional amendments, practici.Uy disfranchising 10.000.000 enumerated colored American cltiicns, yet fraudulently retaining 40 p-r cent of southern representation i:i congress, and the electoral college based thcreou. VIGOROUS ATTACKS. ftllplnn Charted the Vnltod State Oat post. Hot Were Rnpulaed. MANILA, Sept. 27. On Monday night vigorous insurgent attacks were made upon the United States outposu In the districts near Zapote Bridge, Las Pinas. Paranaque, Bacoor an imus, twelve miles south of Manila, the scene of the fighting last Ootober. It ts estimated that the rebels num bered 400 and they were armed with rltlcs. The inhabitants took refuge to churches. The Americans have alnoe energetically dteperscd the enemy, kill ing ami wounding 30 A party of scouts belonging- to th Twenty-fifth United States Infantry landed on The island of Samar. the in habitants and insurgents fleeing to tha mountains. They met with but slight resistance and burned a town Tuesday night there was outpost firing at Paeta. Pagsunalan and Santa Crtu. In Lagunl province. It is reported that an Ain.ri.aa scout ing party developed a Lo'lv of l.nur gents in the province of Nu.va iIJ, two skirmishes ensuing, In which 12 ol the natives were killed. Similar brushes have taken place near Indung apd 91- lang in Cavite province, and near flJil out)!?, In Zambales province, AuuTlcand having two killed and three wounded. Advices trom the Island of Leyte say that General Mojlcas bands have been scattered and demoralized by Major Henry T. Allen of the Forty-third In fantry who has vigorously pursued te insurgents Into the mountains, captur ing many and taking a quantity at money, rings, ammunition and stores. MAYOR M'GUIRB SUED. Syracuse Taxpayer Claim lie Da Kx oceded Tax Limit by 8400,000, NEW YORK, Sept. 29. Executive Chairman James K. MoGuIre of the Democratic state committee wo yes terday in this city served with the pa pers in a suit brought by a taxpayer ol Syracuse against him 41s mayor. In which he is charged with violating tha law In the tax budget of that city by exceeding tho tax limit by $400,000. Th complulnt also churgea extravagant expenditure of appropriations. Mayor McGuire suld regarding this suit: "I claim that we did right in making this budget. Under the Whltt charter in Syracuse, we had the right to exceed the tax limit placed by prloi laws. The White charter superceded and abrogated all other laws when It went Into effect, June 1 last. I have it days In which to answer this com plaint. I have been tali ing the mat ter over with Senator Hill, but I have not retained Senator Hill aa my coun sel." Condition of State lianas. ALBANY, Sept. 2s. A statement of the com.ltlon of the bunks of the atata on Sept. 4th tiled with Lank Superin tendent Kl!burn shows that the banks hold $3.Ss.H worth of mortgages and own $10,831,746 worth of real estate. They have on hand $9,9i(6,807 In undi vided profits. Fatally Shot While Chasing Burglar. ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 29. Charles A. Collier, former mayor of Atlanta and United States commissioner to the Paris exposition, has died from the pistol shot received Thursday morning. It is gen erally believed he shot himself while chasing a burglar. MARKET REPORT. New York Money Market. NEW YORK, Oct L Money on call, 2;i2:4c. Prime mercantile paper, 4ffRV4 percent Sterling Exr hnngp. Actual business ll bankers' at $l.fr.M'4 8514 for demand an $1.81 Vi 4.81 for sixty days; posted rate $4.H2Vsi 4.53V. Commercial bills, II sHJifi4.81. Silver certificates, 6UMi(tfG4Vj,c B.ir silver, BaV. Mexican dollar., t'.'Vic. New York Produoe Market PLOITR-Wlnter patonti I3.7ft4.00; win tcr uralglits. l.1Si' i:tiS; winter extras S.7xjiS.0t, winter low grades, 12.40(52.66 Minnesota patents, Il.l((f4.50; MlnneaoU baker', $2 .tw'.j J !5. CORXMEAi. Yellow western. 90c; city 81c; brandvwlne, t2lf2 00. H YE No. 2 western. 61c, f ob. afloat State rye, Wrl'.lc, c.l.f. New York car lot WHEAT Nu. 2 red, ftfVic, f.o.b. afloat No. 1 northern Duluih, mrc, f.o.b. afloat CORN-No. 2. ic. fo.b. afloat OATS-No. 2, 2tVic; No. S white, 2tc track mixed wostern, 25i 20v4o; tract wh!N. SfilJMc. PORK-Famlly, 114 25115.29. HAY Shipping. UQnViC; good to choice gJV'.'-V'. bL'TTKK Creamery extras, 17323c factory, lK<ic; Imitation creamery, 1 -ISO. CHEESE Fancy, large, white, 1V ll'ac: srnnll white 11 l-.illV' EQilS State and Pennsylvania l4 lie; Western, 2oe. Uuffalo ProrUton Market. IICFFALO, Oct. 1. WHEAT No. 1 northern, hCo; wlntti wheat. No. t red, ?!c. CORN No. 2 yellnw, ISc; No. S corn 45c. OATS No. 2 white, 26c; No. I nitxe. 2Mi21'ic. FLOUR Spring whejt, bot patent, pel bbl. 14 7r,Ti5 eo; ..w gruJei, $2.763.23; gra ham, belt. 14 50. UUTTER Cruamery, western extra t2V.'U23c. State and Pennsylvania cream cry, 22o; dairy, extra, state, 21S2HW! western extra. Jf'V(iaic. CllKbSE Fancy full cream, UWSiSc (TtMiU to cliuiti, lev 104c; Cumuiou to fail dg'JC. EGGS State, fresh, lsd9; Western ISc. POTATOES White No. 1 bbl, $1 S5 Eat Buffalo Live Stock Market. f ATT I. E Extra expert steers, S3 J4 6 7;'; good io choice shipping i.'era, SC 4&i 6l; coarse, rough but fat stetra, 14 lis 4 'ai; western branded rteor. corn-lij $4 2.Vfil75; choice to smooth, fat heifers fl.4r'4 n; common, old to fair cows, fJ.i 7J; (tood butcher bulls 13 6u 3 73. SHEEP ANI LA MHS Ex'ra choice t fancy selected, f 4 K 'u 4 5; culls and com men. S3.T.7j3 75; vtht-r sheep. t3.90tf4OV g.io.1 to extra. $:l 6"73 'i; enrtimon to fill S3 23 40. IK Hid Mixed packers' grades $5.606 65 heavy h"K. $"iWi5 6i; choice heavy unt upward. v C::5.ii. Utica. Clieesa Market. I'TICA Oct. 1 CHEESE Sales were si lots of .7 boxf; large UVol"3.'-: mall leVitte. Bt'TTFK Halt -s were pu-ksges at 23o Little Fail Cheese Market. LITTLE FALLS. Oct. 1 CHKESK-Sr lla of 5 4-4 bolts at 1C-I fT bo!h large a n.l sma!.. 11c luHujj, a gain of Vc over l.oa wctk.
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