THE MIDDLEiJURGII POST.
T. n. HARTER, Editoii ard IWn.
Minin.knrnan, r.i., ti. n, iws.
CASUALTIES.
OVKR ONE IllNDItKD INJLHKD.
Appalling Calamity at n 1'olith Cor
norMtoim Laying.
Over 100 pnplo injuit l Is thn record of an
accident w hich tixik place tSundny afternoon
during tlio ceremonies nttciiiling the Inyiug
of tlii corner-stone of the now St, Miiry't
Polish Catholic rlmri'ti. In Reading, I'd.
Probably 7,00.) enplo gut hen .1 lit tho site of
tlio church to witness t ! c rcuioni. , nliout
1,000 nf whom wore crowded on a toni,ini y
door laid on tho joists mill walls t.f the edi
flee which had Iwn carried up ono story.
Archbishop Ryan, of Flilhi Iclphia, per
onnlly coinlucUd thecerctnnnies. After the
conier-stono hid lsu luid Father Lihichl,
fmstnr of tho congregation, nroso to spenk,
and laid scarcely commence I his reinsrks
when tlio newly-constructed wiills gave way
n 1 one-fourth of th" floor fell with mi awful
Crash, precipitating 2i0 xs.pcto thn ground,
kdi-tni.ee from llftt on to eight on li- t, Men,
women uinl children were thrown into a
confti-od mass with Joists, brick,
tone mid mortar on top of than. Tlio ex
citement wns intense, but w.lling hnnds at
once commenced tlio work of extricating tlio
Unfortunate, many of whom had to li car
ried out nil I placet in ncighls-ring hu-cs,
where their injure s wero ntt ful.sl t.i and
they rn thou removed to their homes or to
tho hospital. It was fully two hou.-s la-fore
tln woun led were ull e ir.il for. It is sad
that several children nn; still missing.
Following Is n list of those severely injur
ed, tho others r. coiving only slight ruts or
Lniis-s: Josephine Heine, Henry 1! irp, Au
i-t U'eis, Miutiio Hai low, Cut horino Hr.nt
iiinn, Win. Nowiucycr. A n roti Ycllis, Ai:i
liromj Lcning, Pro I. rick Shroid.
Tho following hud their legs broken: Agus
tus B. Seling, O-Hirgo Siegrcit, John D. Stn
Mcton, Mis Josephine Martin, Churlis r-'tdil,
John mid George Nei lr, Patrick McDonnol,
John Felix, George Stout, John ShMc, Vul
iitiuo Nhi.lo.
Up to midnight " do it lis had occurred,
although six or seven uf tho Injure. 1 nre In a
Very critical condition, M ayor Konney, of
leading, is among thn iti jiir.nl, one of li is
ankles being Hpminol. Aichl.iship Ryan
and tho pricnts usHistin h'-.n titcMpod injury.
TRAINS C1CASII TKii:nn:ii.
Tlio It. & O. Clin Innntl i:xproHH and
a I'rcltflit Vrc kcil:
Tho C'liiciiiiintl ICxpress, Is und west, col
lido 1 with nn ri-itdiound freight trnin nenr
Dickersou'ii Ht it ion, 4l miles wint of Wash
ington, on tho 1) dtiuioro & Ohio H iilroud.
Thrro men worn Itill'-d I'Utri'ht nnd levirul
others n'riously Injurcil. Tl t'trolinc iino U
getiier in a tkvp cut whom tie re U a uurvo In
4.thoroid, and wliilu t-t exi:'iMi wm ruonlug
ieriuips 60 mi'es .in li lii1. T''.0ro wm uli uw.
ful cradi, and tlio inni! rnr, tho lmaecir
and express ran of tlu C'iuoliinuti tr.iin, .'1
fniglit cniN nnd (li.j (no I'jeoiiiijtives wore
"Vilo l up in :i luip ;10 fe. t Ii'kIi.
Tho nilit m pitch dmk. ni il it nns Knmo
time lefore the I oi!terod pisiplo in tin pis
eiiger Ci 'iiclies nnd si. epers, none of whom
Vcie seriously tiijuiv.l, could ren'izo tho sit
U it ion, i.nd, w ith tlu train hands, render
nssistauc to toe util.n'iuii ile men who were
Inuied in the r.cii. 1'in.illy two men, John
Wiley mid J-).'in I'asey, p st il el. rl;, mid
John lte.lenl nuli, n l iiilii in.in on the
freight trmu, wero tiikeil oul d ll 1. Joseph
Ji'lli ies, engineer on tho jsseiic;er (ruin;!,.
IV. liurdun, 1'xpi'o.sK niewennor j H, !. M,
Jackson mid A. l t'm k, poMnl clerk nnd
J. 11. Virtu, tlio freight tr.iin Ihoiwiti, wore
Liidly linn-ed mid cut. Th-ir isiajK) from
ilLstallt death Sis iiis iiluinst Illir.KMiloils. Kit
ginccr Welsh, t.t tin ireight train, mid hit
ill . mini, Ik tli juui. d froiutliu engine; Welsh
Wuh uidnjuied.
IVIIKUn IS IMillAM tiOXK?
The I'itifnl Cry of tlio Mcinticrn ol tlio
HpiM iil itivo Nj ndicatc.
What npM'iu-s to lo ono of tho MgoHt
win.lling lehoiniM In existonco h is come to
light through tho ilisappn iro'ic of Win. II.
Ingham mid tho clot ng of W. II, Inghiim &
'o,'h brokonigo oilli-o at !5S Urondway, Nevr
York. Tho loswsi of tho victims nmy exeoi'd
f imi,(H)0. Inglmiii op -no I his ofiieo in April,
lsT, nnd ndvortie I a "sK'Culntive syndi
cate" which is do-criUsl as a inutu il xil to
oporato in stocks, I onds mid grain. Ha
issued every inoth pi into 1 stnU'inents,
howing profits ranging from IS 1 '' t' 07 or
o nt. Whctlior theso divi ten Is have all I.e. n
paid is inieeiliiiii, hut tin y Imv.i Uo.i pii I
since IVivinlicr, iipparontly outoX tho m.n;ey
Invested hy tho diios.
I.ust Suturdiiy Inglniii is-ti d a notice to
the inenili 'is, uuiiouiiciug that h i had met
v it h heavy losi s nnd was forced to tiiisjiond
with tho lovs of tho whole c.ipitnl of tho syn
ilieato. He remarks that "wo only hold y. ur
lliimos nn I el. i.s hy saying tint tho ,tiid Co.
nftcr tho nnnin W, II, Ingliiim means that
nil tho syndlcnto mcml ois constitute tho
rnnipnny. Tho 1ny this notico was i:ucd
luglimn disappeared, leaving liis ulUco
l.H lt l.
lugh'ini had largo accounts with tho Ken
luvird Nutloniil Ilank and tho L' niU.nl tSUit.si
Ndtioual Hank, hut never overdrew his ac
ciuiiU, and iiid for ull servioos.
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Chinese I'oikjchnioiis io Iruiica.
The Freu' h Qoveriimeut has ol.taine.1 fr in
tho King of Aiinain two decree', tho llrst of
which converts Into French concessions tho
districts comprising tho towns of llui l'liong,
Hl-Nol and Tourano and a wide tract of
country round ahout and brants France all
rights over those districts. 1 ho soco id do'
croe provides that French proxrty through
out Toiiqiiiu and at free ports shall be sul
jeet lo French laws, and that French suh
j.cts sliall be pormitu J to oiisiihs th -ir funds
In usufruct and acquire projierty anywhere
ia Annain subject to Aunauiese laws.
A child wat born i North Cnrolina ft
few days iicjo with two peifoctly dovcl--oped
tongues. In behalf of a maligned,
down-trodden and opnri bsoiI sex we
LasUu to uy thut tho child is a boy.
THE KEWI1N DRIEV
AWa Sorman, or neir Dundee, Ohio, was
trampled uon and bitun by a vlcloiu ttal
Hon on Welnos lay night so severely thit he
will clla. Ho is 00 yoirs old.
"Oirgon Chsrlry,"sn Indian nvdlelno rM
dlor, ha el pil frrm O'oan.N. Y., with Miss
Norths UuswL Ch irley Is raid to have a
wif. and two chiMren in Ore;on.
Dan fonhcy, a resident of tho Ninth ward,
I'itUbiirgh, sliot an I fatally wound d his
I rothir In-law, Thomis Millor'. The mm
dor occurred In a s ilooti at No. 1.T3rt l'cnn
avenuo, which Iw ongod to W. a McKotina,
who dil last Mond iy.
Aaron l an, a nrgro, was killed by a mob
of Infurintod citicent near Jasper, Texas,
We hies lay,
Ilov. Dr. Zerhy, prof, wor nf nehrow at
Hoipollx-rg College, Tifflii, O., has been
chosen President of the Institution.
AtChicigo a young mm named Clsrk was
Insia itly killed by his arm coining;in contact
with nn electric wiro, receiving the full force
of a fortyjight current.
A mass meeting nf citizens composed of
both pnrtiis wss hell at Cooper Union, New
York, nnd nominated Hon, A. S. Hewitt for
Mayor.
Miss Tillln Iuzorsnl, nf Washington, P.i.
leinnn led t,O00 dntingo from Kichnrd
Stewart Willis, nf Unoklyn, for Inking her
nlT.'Ctions nnd not taking her, hut when tho
Msociimo t trlil lit r attorney n-knd for a
liscontinuatico of tlm suit, sho to pay tho
c sts.
Congress has pnsseil tho bill allowing vos
els not carrying passengers to U"" petroli.um
is fu 1 on permits (hsiimI by the Neorotnry of
he Treasury and wiih uit the consult of the
UierviKing InKelors.
Tho Now York Court of Appals has
reinisl the jii'lgineiit of conviction ngaiust
Alderman Mctjini lo.
Iws Siudcrs, a fnrtnrr of llano ick
coun'j-. West Virginia, hilodrunk fell from
his horse and was killed. He was ' yo u s of
ago and haves a family.
During tho pist two wieks there In vo
1 eeti twt:tytwo ca-es of typhoid fever nt
Kln'rnrin-villo, l'rt. Every member of J. IL
Kindle) 's family is d iwn with the d.soiw
Tho 11 ink of England has r.iis ! its rut of
discount to 5 per cent., s iys the It istoti
llrvtilil, an ndvane f 1 per cent. Five nr
c lit. nny fairly be r gardel as a high rate,
for it has bo -n reached but twie in live yo irs,
and exceeded only tbtej times in the past
flfle?" years.
Klierick & Dillingor's coke.works, nt
Pcnusvillo, Pa., 114 ovens have been Urea uji
after prolongeil idleness.
William Leiiar 1 nnd Miss Dolly Henry, of
Parker, l'a., eloped one night Inst week and
were married nt Jaine-town, N. Y.
Hurglars entoio 1 tho merchant tailoring
establishment of W. II. Oibboney, nt Urichs
villo, O., nnd curried away goods to the valuj
of fl'X),
A daughter of Solomon Hoiner, of Miltcn
township, Mahoning county, O., fed cnriiolio
ncid to her buby brother, aged 4 months, and
killed the child.
A young man named Clnrk, an employe ol
tho Thompson-Houston Electric Company al
Chicago, wns Instantly killol by an clectrlo
ih-x'k from a wiro.
Mrs EliziU'th Tilton is thiva'enol with
blindness. Kino tho in inoi ahlo scene i f
III yours ago, In which she Ilgii' td so coii
splcuously, Mrs. Tilton lins led a quiet life
with her mother, Mrs. Morse, and her two
sous. For sevi r.d years her eves hnvo shown
signs of failing, hut it was not until very re
cently that a loss of si-lit appeared thro iten
i"B.
Tlio liody of Mrs. Anna Kowl.ind, who wni
biiriiHl in tho Dunk, r churchyard Carlisle,
l'a., recently, bus Iwn cxli'jmod by ghouls.
They wore frightened off a id tho body wns
left lying on tho ground until c.iro I for by
relatives. It was thought sho had I o mi buried
with diamond ruii on her fingers ami other
rostly jewelry.
Tho International Hank of Berlin has boon
founded with a c ipitil of fV OSW. ll ab
sorbs OoldU-rger's banking business without
taking the liatiilit itst. The diiectors iuclu lo
UoldU-rger and Dessnuer, nianager of the
K itshchil.lh' Vienna house, who are president
and vice-president resKC'ively.
Chief Justice Fuller took his oith of olll
nnd as-umed the active duties of his position
Monday.
Francis W. Williams, aged 01, senior purt-
ner of the extensive banking and commission
house of Williams, lilack & Co., of New
York, shot himself dend In the Grand Union
Hotel, owing to worry over tho troubles of
the linn, which was caught in tho Hut hiu
ton kipices.) on w in at.
Mr. Henry Clows, tho Willi street broker,
says the extraordinary corn crop should ha
taken into the ncvuiiut wIi mi the bre i 1 ipi. s
ti on is considered. "It. should be remniher
ed,"suys he, "that corn is food for both la in
mid beast, nnd the most who'oonto and nutri
tious at thuf. My own exp?rieiu;. in recently
substituting com food tor wheat his resulted
in increased anini d spirits, and I recommend
tint hereafter corn bo su'istitulol for wheat
until the 1 itter recedes to its propjr level."
John Williams, of Limn, O., w'out home
after a long spree, ipiarrelel with his wife,
put u levolver to his head and killed himself.
Manager (loorgo Hurd, of tho Springflol I
Telephone Exchange, is short I,(KX) in his
accounts an i has been roniovw I.
Tho Akron Minlstoriul Association ap
isiiuted a coinmitt'eof luym-?n and pastors to
(ocuro the enforcement of laws reipuirin
tor. s to close on Sunday.
John Cash, contlaed hi the lockup at
Miv-sillion, for liirceny, conimitted suicide on
(Siindiv iilktht by haugiug. He first tried t
cut his thro it, then to drown himso'.f, and
lluully kueceeiled in stringing hiimolf up.
Tho fiurplu lte.lucf(l $t;,oo(J,(00,
Monday's purchase of bonds, amounting to
j:t,7v.'.'J00, completes tho ivipiiremonts of th
sinking fund for the present Itscal year. All
the bonds purchased sinoj July 1, 4,71,7711,
have been opplioi to this fund, mid that
amount Is regar.lo I as suflhiiout for tho nur
poses of the fund during thi presmt fll at
year. The recent h'uvy puruhasit of ii.U
has reduce I the surplus, according to the
Treasurer's figures, to 811,500,0 i. Monday'
purchases are uo '"Nwuiver, iuuiulod in hi
calculations.
BUSINESS REVIEAV.
DUN
CONDEMNS THK
ItOOM.
V II It AT
Tlio Condition t f ItusinrssGond With
That One l'xc'ti Ion Vouilicrn
Mcrclinnts ltrcovrrlnjf From
tho Fever Kcore,
H. O. Dun & Co.' weekly review of trade
says:
The great wheat speculation hn lioon tho
sbsnrbing feature this week, for, though the
KvpUmlier cirner came to an end, with
hrnvy losses for sellers. It left tho market in
such a state tint much highrrprlces for other
cption were enslly obtained. With De
cetnlMr wheat at f I.1H at Chicago, there
came heavy wiling nnd sharp reaction. But
tho state of the market I stilt against nil
reason; cash wheat sells for more at Chicago
than nt Liverpool, and nt ono time It would
have paid to ship wheat bock from Antwerp
to New York. Tho fleets of this wild tppc
utntion will bo Injurious to legitimate trade,
both foreign and domestic, nnd to consumer
in this country it hits nlre 'dy brought dear
er flour and nn a lvane? In the price of broid.
At New York sali of wheat amounted to
priMO-Vsto bushels, more than three timei
the ci tiro vMhle sti p'y.nnd th prices ch S"d
S r-S c-iits higlier than a week ngo.
Corn a lvnnci d 2 cetit, wit'i silos of lfl,
OooKH) I, nsheis, and in-s n fraction. Tho
sp 'Ctil dive fev. r was fo't in other markets,
aad jwirk r.o tl P'T barrel; Inrd ."i cents,
nnd hogsC.'i cents p r ItKl noun Is; coffeo rwe
1 cent with sale i f M0,.'i')) I a'es, mid oil
ne irly 1 cent, with sale of G.li,) bar
rels. The stock market has witness' d much sell
lug nud somo reaction, mid yet. the average
of prices is a sl ado higher thn-i a week
ngo. Hut the advance of the Hank nf Eu
g'nnd ra'e t ft jer cut., nnd the ndvanco
by the 11 ink of Fianci to 4 1-3 p r cent,
lead to some liquidation o' foreign ace unts
in American sicurilies, mid liny c niso mure
hereafter,
Foreign tnnlo does not nr t-rially chnngej
iiiiM.rts continue a little larger than nyoir
ago, whilo inntenal improvement l i exjiort
is not t loexMcte. with the sp dilative
prices now ruling here. Hut the Treasury
potirsout money freely, having disburse 1
during tho past week f I.VlD.iKI J more than it
has taken in, nnd tho Inro i IT Tings oflMmd
Indicate that tho dislair-emeuts can bo kept
tip for a considerable tim without advan
cing the prices paid much farther,
It is also encouraging Hint, w hilo tho num
ber of failures ia large, the amount of lial ili
th s for the third quarter of the year sbews a
great decrease from tJ7H,(l'.,2,.V0 last year to
t'.'S.1 14,254 for tho rpiartor just ended, llusi
liess failures during the last soven davs nuin
Ist, for thi United States, 184; Cai nda, 27;
total, 211, as compare ! with 220 last week
aid 212 for tho concluding week of last
.year.
"OI,ll HUTCH."
Tlio I'Arly Career of tho Unas TTfjeftt
Gninliler.
Until now remarkably littloh isl con known
regarding the enrly life of II. P. Hutchi'ison,
hi so iiruiipul.itioiis in tho w heat market nro
the wonder of many people. Tho story of
his cnr. cr has btvn (ol I in detail.
'Old Hiit. li' is n New Enghiii I Ynuko", no
I egnn his business c itist in the little village
of North Heading, N. II., iilmut 4d voir ngo,
when he i ntero 1 the employ of a man tinme 1
Edwin Foster, who kept a country store.
Here he was paid (2d u year to look nft"r
tho store, nnd when not so iinployed, lo
mend Chddi en's shoes in therenrof the store.
Mr. Foster employed another lad in I lie
store, t ) whom he gave $:MJ a year. Hen did
not liko this d stincthm in salaries, and re
belled a ;ninst It. Theothor boy was pill $'0
more a year because ho could "read wi lting
hand" and was, therefore, more vaHinMo to
liis employer th in Dm. Fimdly Hon obtnino I
permission from Mr. Foster to use part of an
lid she I, which ha built into a kind of store
with patcho l-ii doors on ihe sid and an old
window in front whoreupo i was inscribed;
Hen Hutchinson, D iots nil I Shies." Hero
foung lien mad ' boots and shoes on hi own
ccount. Every SatU' d iy night ho would go
O Lynn on foot and buy his stock and sell
the shoes ho had nt ule. He employed severs
il boy nbout the neighborhood
to assist him, When ho returned he
dways brought somo "jimerncks" with him,
which he would trade off to tin boys, and,
although he paid them money for their work
an Saturday, by Monday he managed to get
it all I uck in trading with them.
Hon was a natural trader. Aftor awhile
he got tired of hi small businoss and deci led
to go into I usiuess on a larger wale, While
n Lynn ho discovered that some moil In the
commission liusiiiess woro making more
money than lie was without doing any hard
work ; so he conclude I to give up the manu
facture of shoes and go into the commission
business, which ho did in 1K50 on Pearl
street. Host in. Aft r remaining there two
year he went to Milwaukee, where he start
ed in genoial I u ill' ss. Finally, some yem
lat r, he moved to Chicago and engage I in
wheat eommibslui tiadiug. He is new worth
millions.
Four Drowned Toad her.
Mr. and Mi's. Kenueiiiaa, with four hil
dren, mid Mr. nud Mrs, 1'hdlips, with thr.
children, sturted from Mc. Vernon
whaif to enss the Wicmioj riv. r
to their home in Dorchester county,
Md. Phillips, with u load of luni er,
wss in one of the can and the other mem
ber of the party woi j in the other. When
near the mouth of the river a sud Ion gui". o'
wind struck tho canoe containing the worn mi
tud chililion and th light vessel enpsix d.
Mrs. Kennermail and her infant child ai d
two of the Phillip children were drow.d.
Mr. Phillisnnd Mr. Keniiorma.il were ssvtd
with great difficulty. Three of the ICouuer
auin children bung on to tho bow of the boat
lud wuited uutil their rocuers took tliuiu off.
A AVeHt Virginia Tragedy.
Henry Tyree was found dead in tho caMi
of John Humbrick, a luniliennaii, on bmlth
er ctei'k, l:enr Chnrleston, West Virginh,
There were about a dor -n knife wounds ii
hi breast, one of them being through bis
heart. Hanibrlck has dis ipM'ur.iL There i
no cause known at pr.sont for the murder
and the coroner's jury returned u verdict
imply churgiug HauibiicU with the criiue-
TI1K TRUSTS ATTACK F.D.
,Tb State of New York Agalnat the
tsugar Monopoly.
Judge O'Brien, of the New York Supreme
Court, granted permission to State Attorney
General Chnrles F. Tabot to bring an action
against the II ivemyer Sc Elder Sugar Re
fining Company to annul It charter. Thi
company, with 13 others, 1 a member of the
Rucar Trust combination. The Attorney
General lias appointed General Roger
A. Pryor as counsel to represent
him in thi matter. E inund IL
Pentenne make the principal aflldavlt in
the cae. He recites that the Sugar Trust
wns formed In August, 1HH7, for the purpose
of arbitrarily controlling the manufacture
and Mile of sugar, increasing it price and
controlling the management of all refl aeries.
In October lost tho trust deed wat executed.
The Havcmeyer refinery, under the trust,
passed under the control of the trustees of tho
combination. The a (11 iavlt atatee that the
combination ha suspended and closed sever
al refineries connected with the trust
and has thrown out of employment and
reduce J to want a large number of working
men. The combination, It is alleged, Is il
legal, a monopoly nnd a criminal conspiracy
under tho law of tho State of New York,
and is oppressive to i's pie and detrimen
tal to tlm welfare of tho State of New York
nnd of tho Uni ed Slates. Hy becoming a
party to this combination It in allege I the de
fendants have violated tho law, traicend sl
its powers, forfeito I ils charter and Is citno
liable to bo dissolved. The object of the suit
Is to annul the coriiorate existence of the com
pany mid to vacate Its c' art- r upon the
ground that it has violated, tho ncl under
which it was Incorporate I nnd has exercised
privileges and franchise not conferred upon
it by low.
roiso.NKD i. Tin: ;i.vui:m.
An A merlon ii (lrl Included In the
feultaii') CienraiK'o ot (Surplus)
Wlven.
It has just crept out through friends In
Milan, where she was known as bell a pri
ma donna,' that Laura Schrim r, a Boston
girl, and not many years ago a rising ai.d
popular singer on the Anna i u a ojior i sla -e,
has l eon poisoi.ed with thirUo.i other in in ites
of tho harem of the Sudan of Turkey; in
Constantinople, of com s , w hero for cntii
riestho ick or the bjwstrin hai boon tin
prerogative of tho Sultan, mid no one has
over been tho w isor. It wns in 14, wdnlo
in an opia company singing in Constantino
ple, thut shs Isvc into the Sultan's favorit',
ami entered upon the career which has ended
in death, Tho friends of the unhappy cant i
tricd in Milan cl nm to have undoubted evi
do ico of the frightful crime, mid a lending
Milanese pHr bus boldly sttted it ns a fact.
According to the story, one night puis in was
placed in the ice-crenin furnished t the oiv
cupaut of tho Iuiieriul soia;lio, and 14 poor
women, including tiie Amerium girl, wore
found deid in the morning. Of courso there
was no coroner's inquest, no verdict. Tho
bo lies of the victims were buried nwiy to
nameless gravel, and Ihe cui tdu dropiie I.
I.XTi:.M)i;i T F.UItOPK
The Atlniiis FipreNs Company Mnkci
Contracts Willi Foreign Itullwny
Lines.
John Iloey, of the A la n Express Com
pany, has in ule contracts ia E.irope for the
establis nn. 'lit of tho Ad ims Expr." system
on several i f the most important railway
lines. He llrst xp lamented by having ex
pio-s pickag. s scut trim L union to !:fi Tent
parts of Km op., and then went to Inrisnnd
did the same thing. Tlio exj criinenti
satisfied him that the people of Europe
ilid not kno.v what our express service
is. Having done this, ho ns.r.ed negotia
tions with t' o principal E iglisli and o.uili
net.tnl railway comp iiiIim, and suoeco led in
iiiNking in rungciuonls for plucing A inn
Express cars mi all tho through trains from
Liverpool to L md ni, Ljii.Iou to Dover, Ca
lais to Paris and l' iris to Herliu. It is also
understood tint Mr. Hoey has s cured cv
tious for contracts on other linos Mr. Hosy
says the c nip my will soon have expr.s- of
fices vMtablisli d in all tho riucip!o citi.M in
Eur.s). IIj does no', cxpnet to muke money
out of the venture a: once, think it wi.l
pay evoatu illy.
WHISKY DID IT.
Seven IVrsi ns Iliiruixl to Death and
Another l)ylii(;.
A , family tunned Kichtor, farm-
em, living 1 ofveeli Uonevii nud
Ohiowa, N. b., consisting of the hnsba id and
wifo und five (hildruii, were all biirne.1 to
deulh, with the exception of the husband,
who was so Mriously burned that he will
prohubly d o A trump wlio was sM-ndiiig
thn night with them was ulso burned to
dentil. The lire is b. 1 evetl to have been due
to the tramp end Hiclitor getting drunk to
gether earlier in the day.
TU3 MORAVIAN SVXOD.
Reports of tho L-ndin Cor.iiult tcrs
I'rcNentcil tim ,.Jopicl.
Rov. Ribt. II. Ilorhst, f Grjcehum, M l.,
led in thedovoti n nl ej crisis nf the Mora
vian Synod a: South HeJilehem, Pa.
The Commiltte on Sy.i"dieil Expenses re
ported total receipts tJ,7iti; lo'ul txi.ius'S,
I1.0S4. The report of the Committee on
Church Government, on tlio pro;s.r uieth.Hl
of filling vae no u ( iy s.i.ciil o ujtiuii), wm
adopted.
In response to tho nvortureof thn commit
tee nppolnte I by ihe Gjiier.d Convoc itio.i of
ihe Protoituut Episcopal Churoh, hold in
Chicago last autumn, Inviting the Moravian
Churoh to npjHjiut a onumittoe of courer
euce, with a view of promoting coner.r I
among all Christian, th i Committee on Fra
terual Rdlation reporlol a proimble in d
resolutionscord ally aecepting the luvitution,
and (lii ectoj th j Pi oj dent of the Syi.od to
appoint a coinmlttiHi of five bishops, threa
presbyter uu 1 two loymsiu
Tobacco Itudly MppeU by Frost.
The toh i oco crop la Kentucky lis been
badly damaged by tho frost of September 3 .
From one-third to one-half of the crop wai
in the field, und ull growing ulo g creeks nnd
nollow was badly dnuiuged. RoporU froir
all over the enmity nrj to tlio effeor. thut froir
one-third to ouo-hulf uf the crop wa cauhl
y the frost
FEVER ABATING.
TIIE STHICKF.N DISTRICTS MORE
nor: FLU
Only (sis Deaths at Jacksonville Fer
nandlna Almost Free of I ho Pla
gueFalse Alarm at Gallipolis.
At Jacksonville, Fla., there were 73 new
c-ses and 0 death. About 31 extra nurses
will br ihlpped away at the expenss of the
Comm.ej on Me Ileal Aid.
The situation is hopeful, and the city would
I cheerful but for the death of Col. Daniel,
who is deeply mourned.
TI.er I a movement on foot to rat a fund
for the erection of a monument to th mem
ory of Colonel Daniel
rcRNANDISA HAS TtVf CASKS.
Fernan' ia advices give five neweise of
fever. Hi SJ colored person reported tick
re now being looked up to see if they have
yellow fever. Thy have called no
physicians, and the cases are supposed to be
mild.
LtTTlJt 8ICK5BS AT DKCATUH.
At Decatur, Al.v, The col I wave ha mads
the outlook more encouraging. Four cases
have been roortcd during tho past twenty
four hours, besides ono or two dout.tful one.
Two dentin have occurro.1. The sick nre all
repotted in good condition. Severn! patients
havo l.oen dismissed as well during the past
(I iy, leaving only about 14 case under treats
tnent.
A post office has been estV lished Just out
d) the city limits mid one of the newspi
per will apcar for tho first time iu three
Keek..
OAt.uroun nxs ro fevrr.
The report of yellow fever at Gnllipolis,
0 is false in every pniti. u ar. We have had
nothing here res nibliug it. The three deaths
reorted were one diiibetes, one (dist ruction
of th) bowjls and one cousuinp ion. Dis
patch from Point Plensant cv.d ntly prompU
td by malice. Gullipoli healthier than ever
before in her history. Joiim I Vancm.
WELCOME TO FEVER IIKKCUT.KS.
Tha Columbia, S. C. City Honrd of II -alth
resolved to invite rofugis-s from all yellow fo
ver districts to c Hue to Coliiuibiii. Tho city
has not txon qnarautine.1 against nny locil
ity, and ha Isjen opon to all who mi, lit
come, but Welnes lny the gates were formal
ly thrown ojion to r. fugoe from any or all
the Uifected districts.
RIOT AT U.AI.VF.STON.
A Colored I'ollceiiiiiu In Keif Doicnso
Shoots Two White Men. .
A difllculty nccured on East Strand near
Seveiiteentii stnsjt, Galveston, Texas, result
ing in tho shooting ot two white in n, cotton
jammers by trade, named W, J. Jucksouand
Otto Oslen, nnd a serious clubbing of a color
d p dicj cfllcer, Henry Shiw, who did tho
shooting, in attempting to arrest one of tho
men who had been coinp'ained of for dis
turhing public worship at the Seamen's Heth
id, corner of Seventeenth reet and Strand.
'J he two men were under the influeuco ot
liquor, an 1 Jnckson had .bo n r jvcte I from
the church by tho minister, who npptuled to.
the oilier to nrrest him. Jacksoa resisted
nrrest on the ground that the flicer wrs a
negr , and ho and others, according to the
(idler's staleinoat, dis irmed bun of his c ub
mid was applying it to his head very vigor
ously, when be pulled his pi-tol and fired 3
shots, the first taking e licet in Jackson's
right lri list, pii-Hing till' Jilgli his lung nnd In
dicting whut may prove a fatal woun I. Ol
su w..s shot through the hand. Hefore other
illleers arrived a large crowd had oagre
gitedaid tin ollhtjr was laiiiij severjly
In uten and threats t ) hang him w re loud
mi 1 determine 1. The c flic ! wustulso i to
jail ns s sin as possible, to protect him from
the violence of the mob,
A '1 liouHuiitl Men lirowncu.
Prom a lvie s received by tho steamer Deb
gio it is learne I that, tho whole of the new
end) uikmeiit of the Yellow river, ut Chang
Choii, begun last autumn, and curried on at
a i ost eipiul to over nine mil ions ot dollars,
bus been completely swept away by the res
i-ent II ml. Of the eight thousand lineal feet
i f river wall recntly complete I, not one
inch remains and the w ater is pouring through
the iiiiin-iiso g ip into Hotiun, unchecked.
From eight him Ire 1 to one thousmd labir-ei-s
who were on tho bunk were swept uway
and drowned.
Tho cholera is still raging at Hong Kong,
tho daily uveraga of new patients ranging
from 40 to 5), most ot whom die ot the dis
tune. A storm on August 3) at Nokngorl, in Ja
pan, caused tho following damage: Numlr
of houses deiuolisho t or half deslroye I, 3,000;
vesiulii totally lost, 85; ves-els wrecked, S00;
number of perso is wound" I, injured und ro
ceiv ng pu'ibc assistance, .VJ,0J0.
Tho Aine.-lciu yaoht Corjmt reiched Yo
holiniiiiiSepluiiiiMT 17 on iu voyaue nrcuud
the world. From this p irt the owner pro
poses to return to N.iw York via Singapir .
Hombuy, Suez Cuual, Mediteriu ieati Hsu and
LivcriKxil.
Hint on n Train.
A drunko i mob which was returning from
tho Akron, O. fair g. t Into a fight on a Val
ley Railroad passenger train ut Uniontown,
Si ark county, nnd emleavorel to take posses
sion of the car. The trainmen resisted and a
row ensued, during which the window of
the car weie broken, e it torn up and th
lights extinguish!) I, nud the women and chil
droit screamed. Kii ally the train was stoppo I
and the toughs jumps 1 off and disappeared.
During tin row many poseugor were re
lieve! dT their pocketbooks. Tho railway
official and police are on the track of the
men.
Inspecting American Railways.
Henry Tyler, of London, President of the
Grand Trunk Railway, who bos been maklug
a tour of the Anierio in continent, arrived in
Chicago. He landed in this country about
month ngo, hi mission being partly to in
tpect tho railway systems ot the United
States, but chiefly to lo k aftor the interest
of hi own company. He prtoeeded westward
ovoi- tlio Northern Pacific to Yellowstone
Park, nnd thonce to Portland, Oregon, re
turning by tho Southern Puelflo and the
A cliison. Oil his arriv d ntChicajo, he was
met by General Manager Hicksou, who will
ueconip.iiy hiinon hiseastwur I Journey from
this poinc Sir Henry will sail for Europe
It about a wtek.
fiftieth: congress
Vajorlty and mlnorl y reports on the Tsriff
Mil were were presented to the Senate Thurs
day. The majority declares thnt the demand for
a careful and thorough revenue lawj is ims
perative
First To reduce the National revenues,
which are now excessive.
Second To protect, honest Importers and
domestic producers from tin dis .str uts ein
sequence resulting from fraudulent unders)
vaiustion ot Imported mnrelinndiso on whlCQ
ad valorem rates nf duty aro levie I.
Tllino To remedy tho detect, anomalies
and Incongiuities which bavo twn fmn
time to time oiscovere.1 in the tar. ft sched
ules, or which have len tn-at'-d by en-onion
decision of the Treasury Dopnrtimnt,
Fourth To wun tho proper readjust
ment and cqunlif itmn of tariir rmesrenoerixl
neo sssry ty modlllol tiuslness conditions,
Improvements in ne thods of pr.Nlucilou, rad
io il changes in prices, or by new elemout or
Source of compel itio i.
Fifth To give relief and protection to
many industries which aro now suffering on
account of the inadequate ra.e levied on
competing products.
The report ol tho minority makes a doc.
ment of i'i printo.1 page. It begins with ths
statement that in the preparation of the sub.
atitute for the House bill no member nf the
minority of the committee was consultel or in
formed aa to its pi ovisious until it was res
ported to the full committee nn the 2.t!i nf.
S"ptemlier. Tho minority recites the work
of the suti-cominlltee iu hearing the "state
ments, arguments ant apiwsls nf man
Ufacturer and ntlni s, who ileinand I hit
the present high rate of tariff tax it ion shall
tie maintained, and in most instances, proinp.
ted not by any revenue necessities, but alone
fort Is) utioe nf increasing their own
profits at the exnse of 0M.(H0,tKI of tax.
psyota" Continuing, tiny iy. "It is sit
to say that all tho Interest lsneflel lya
high protecti-e tarilt have Ixs-n lullv hissrd
and have ha nmc'i inflaence in shnjilng this
uititute. While tho groit Isoly ol tlm msi
lilo, tlio taxpayers an i victims nt this policy,
have not apprmol and have not been
heard."
Tho French Decree.
Referring to tin French immigration do
cree, the Herlin Xarth (.Vnnaii Gazette aI
Vises tiermans not lo live in France.
It adds: '"Every G.-rnmi who crosses the
French frontier will uudeista id tint holms
remove I from culture 1 1 bnrburism and lis
lias no right to complain if he coniis into dis
agreeable contact with iinOnul customs an J
instincts. "
The Vown'si7ie 7.i il ung nplnes that Italians,
rather than Germ ins, nre a mod at It ad
mits that the decree ind cati s 'hat the Frenelt
Governmont has weakly yiel led to tho
Chauvinism nf tho masses, but siys OiTinany
cannot Justly nbjis-t, tho provision of tli
decreo having long boon enforced within hai
own border.
GKNF.lt Alt MARK IOTS.
riTTHiitmuir.
RUTTEU Creamery
Oiuntry roll
CHEESE Ohio full cream
New York
EOOS
$ SS
IS
t
ln
20
175
5
75
1 50
8 V)
0 25
1 115
125
2 00
1 10
1 15
Ml
r,i
M
Hit
I'd
7 25
7 25
(ilKI
47 5
17 no
20 00
2:1 on
10 00
22 00
1 17
f.J
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17
17 00
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12.)
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4
1 ".")
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1 M
1 0)
l no
1 15
1 14
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41)
FRUITS Apple, bbl
(traiMsa, pound
POCLTKY-Chickens, p'r.
PorATOEi-Irlsh, lii.L
SEEDS-Clover, country,
Timothy . .
Hlue grass . ,
Millet
WHEAT Oil No. I red
2
COHN-No. 3 yellow ear,
.Mixo.1 ear,
Knelle 1 uiiXHl,
OATS New No. a white.
HYK New No. Ohio i . I To., f.'.t
F1.UUK Fancy w ine a- ' . 7 is)
Fancy spri ig i ntV, 7 no
Ciesr uit , 6 7."
Rye Flour, 4 M
HAY New Timothy, 15 OD
1sise, from wagons ou
MIDDLINGS White,
Itriin,
Chop I'VhI,
Jl oo
15 5il
20 00
llAl.TlilottK.
Wheat No. i! led, $
Ryo
i "urn
tl.tta West Pin
Hutler
Egcs
00
M
HI
20
10 50
Hay Western
CINCINNATI.
Wheat No. 2 red, $
Rye
Colli
Oats
Eggs
Pork
liutter
PHILADELPHIA.
1 13 $ 1 is
i;j
45
25
40
20
17
10 00
2d
15
Flour Family 0 50 $
7.W
it
M
fts
Wheat No. 2. Rel
1 :
Corn No. 2, .SliX"d
Oais Ungrudol Whito
Ry.-No. 2
Hu ter Creumerv Extr.i
Cheese N. Y. Full Crruin
52
IS
MVK STOCK.
Ai-LEoiiExr Livk Stock Yaiids.
CATTLE .
There were 2:iil In n I mi sale, nf nhlch Is
heal wore from Chic igo nnd fi'4 he id tr.uu
Ohio, against 2114 hesil last M ind iy. Alex.
G-eenwald, wlio had all the supply, sold I'tu-cngo-liought
cattle at 4 to O'c, mid Ohios at
)i fc o.'s'o-
BIIEEP AND I.AMUS.
There were U4S huid on mm, nil luinhn,
nguinst lW head ust Mond y; luuil.s sold at
4! IVj tifc, aevor.iing ts quulitv mid cud"
tion. Il is not often thut ilie u a. k"t heieis
bure of sheep, but th re win not lunch fill
tor them.
HOG.
There were 25S leal on silo, nfilnst 2J
I'Oid last Mon lav. A ex. ireeuvnn s .Id lis
In n I nt tit tolle, W. Il s k. nbergi ;r 51 henl
ut 0.:i.'ic. and Go), Woiiuer 2J lieu t at an av
erage of 11.70c.
Ciiicao Market slow ; natives lUo lower;
Ims'V. s. If. I to 0 !i5; sieeis, H.2.5 to li; stis k-r
and feeders. 12 toll. 40; enws, t ulls.ind linX 'J.
l.li5 to U; Texss cattle, l.5 i to a 10; West
tern ruiigei-s, i25 to 4.15; Ib.gs Market
slow and lO.r lower; mix-sl, tU to Oe')
heavy 0 to 0.45; light, 5.0 l to 5 li t; skip.
(11,50 ti5-:i5. Hneep Market st adv;uuttvrs.
I'i to 8 ttj; Western, f-i lo U.0J; Texa is, 12. i
to 3 60; lands', 4 to 5 50.
Cincinnati O. Hog weaker; common
and light. 4.75 to 0; pucini und butciem,
fj5 to 0 2.5. ,
Haltimdkk, Md Swlno Light supply
ami uiriy good ilemuud ; ipjoiilioun, fS.iO U
6.75; roct'ipls, O.lb'J he.sd.
Grain and Provisions. .
Last week will long bi remembered by th
trude and puhlio for the amount ot plunging
in w heat at Chicago. There seemed to b
little abatement iu the bull fever when tue
market opeued Saturday morning, with prices
from I 7-e to xo higher all around. VV ith
2d minute from the opening December see
to II 10, and May to l 20), ami from tnat
iKiint the advance wsssloa iy, with occ isionul
luctuation, until shortly before ibo clus
Ikcouiix-r bulged to l 22; May to $1 23 auJ
November to 1 20 1-2. From ihispoiut tuc
eastsl off to closing prices.
Closing prio si Wlnal Octolsjr, $1 W 5-
November, tl 2d l-o; Deisjuiber, l2li
Muy, 1 2J il 4 Corn October, 44 3-4o; N"
vwuhor, 45 H-So; Dtfiwuibdr, 41 8-4 ); MOo
!UI5 8to 303-4. Oat -Oct, 24 Mo; N"'-'
24 7 8c; D.CJinber, 23 l2c; May, 2016
pork- October, (15 50. !