A GLANCE AT SAMOA.
SOMiCINTi;iti:STINJ IWCT cox.
fnuxixo Tin: ri:i'iji:.
fbo Intarr-nt Shown ly American
lVojilo at This lime.
It I trol nbly s.ifo tnsny. nerts the Hun
Frnni livi Chron , tlint nine b'tilh of llio
r?ople of this laud aro in a f.tata of intense
geogrnphical dnrkness ns to tlio location of
tha Hantaan Islands. A g ol mmiy people
Imagine tlint tho islands nre n f w hundred
fnil' west nf Sun Irnnciseo. J. lit lot of other
rsrdinnnlv well informed folk dispute tlint
stntcmctit without, however. N'ing nble to
afford nnv s -i ti- Information " to tlin
location of i!."sa little eorn'-f mitiIi'l mud
lipiipn over wbuh so in u ti clip U-iiui t iu fuse la
t'ing mnde.
If you ilrnw n circle on n pood mnp ot the
I'ni ilir ( ii 11 nnl i ti.-l !!' vmlnii tin- I outnl.i
rir of your rniit tlio junction of the thir
teenth ainl lonm enth pnisHcl of nth lull
tud nml tin- one hundred nml sixty niiu ninl
otic bundled niii I scicnty third mi rnlinu of
loiiK't "f ' ir'n ! Ii. you will liml
Hint vmi have fi n 'Til around tlmt portion of
tlin flolii in which Hnnnm i to In- foiiinl.
The little irrrguhir shii''l dot on the sur
face nf tlie m mi nre the Isliiinls "MT which
rot n few nopo nre worrying. .Nine of
tha is!nml nm inhabited. '1 hesa the
tTizes. 'H.i r nro n tuimlKT of smnller
nml comparatively vnluclcs islet. Int
Ihcv nro rnrelv In'iinl of. The islands which
oiuio up tliU h iugdom of Samoa m iuiI.uJ
ariA HAHHiill Ml" AMKIUI AN I'ONSrt.ATt.
luUiila, lmbi, Xtiinun, lloiniii, ( ifn. Ma
Bona. Aniiu, Savuii and A olinin. (ifthi!.e
iolandii liy far Ilia inot iniHriaut l ijmiIu.
and li ttreut port. Ap:n, ii lliarnpiliil i-iiy of
Hamon. I ipulu i tba naii'lid i.liuid in iza. It
al)oiit thirty I'iln mi loin: mi. I a httlu
bvr. than oIpvcii null broad. At Apin i tha
ant of Kovi-rnnii'iit. nnl within th ity
luniU aro thi n.l Iciium of nUmt nil Hit
(orcicnfrii on tha iland. tiroati'st in m w
Havan, l'ini ahout furty niili'i long mid
twrntr mil' broad. Tim grrau-r portion
e rviniin:i Mirf:uT in orcupia i by
two mniintnin randan of volranic
ariin. In tln interior f !b i.lnml thpra
ara iiiiniar u lava lil, and foiiwiii'ntlY
Uiora in a dearth of annual life. Tho migr
ant of tho 1 iiiti-d HntiMi. howevtT. m at
pranpiit canti n-d priiu-ipnllv on the island of
Tutiiila. beiann trvaty nisbta have thrra
tivin u P' w.hii of tlm harbor of 1'iiro
l apo. Tha island ta fully IT mill long, nnd
at it (rranU't width inonmiraa hIkiuI .' iinl'.
Th harbor of rnijo-rago in on tho outh ide
Of tha lnbi'id, and tha imlantHtioii Hindu by it
Imo makes two Island of Tutuila.
wativk ciit'Hrn. rAon-rAun.
Pamoan roiiinnT. a bin ili'rrcn I ionia.
hut diirmt; tl.a u-t tao year, duo to tlin
great disturbanivn th re. but it n nut to
(innll an Kuna K-pi iinht iinaiiia. In l1",.r
tha total niiiount of trade wn fi I.'. (If
thin (ivrmnny UMiiri-.! f.'HI.i.l tho I'nitail
Klntf . l4ii.inio.aiid dreat I'rit nn the raniaiu
drr, t ll 'i.OM l'hi r lanoraiiton why, if fn-e
from internal troulilm. tha Sunioan Inlniulu
hould not bava a t-mla worth annually fifty
times a much im tb fan k'niiic 1 1 1; n i Tha
oil Ik ri' h and i i-ovt-rid with 1 mo-t 1'iiu
riant in pi. nl vp;pt.'itnp. Tin lnl.s ari
iria-nri of iirntxT r,t-ht ii to thr ir Kinmint-,
inot of thf tnan l,a:i' of viiluaUn arn
tun. Kru.tn urh a on y tha tn p r ran t ro
dur are rvary ivl,irc oran-i , I aiinnai,
multiarnN rfKMinnutji, pinauppias lnr-". arid
hraadfimt. t'ottoii crown to porfurtion
thara, and misar ana will rmiar wbarevar
planted. I'o.Ti-e ran le mado the ktaple
priviort.
Tha Kamnan ara rally a fine lookinz
(.rla, atpaciallr the nun 1 hy are tail,
well prniort.oni-d. muciilar and rel liendiil.
the latter pniliantv l'ii(rdne to tlie hal.it
thay have of applying lima t.; the hair an a
draa.er. Tl e.r c othing n g'ntrally of tha
eat elaliornta deM riplion, and in the ma
jority of case conuta aimpiv of a cJota or
liawl twi.Uil uru.. .. wai.t nud lailuu
to tha km-- or tin ri'l" u'-. 'I'hi iritrini-iit
imi n tha i lnlKiraU- tatt' "iii w Inch ih found
ou tviry bumoan, and wl.i. h u iiovri
A KAXOAV III T AT I'A'i't-l'Afi!!.
e"naove tl. e waist i.or l-ow the knt
Tl.i-re is but oil" i'sik" I that i fol oa.-l
atni'tiy in a I i-i Shiciiii mm hga.iist
tat'.oo.ng ar very strini.-iit .and violuln ins
are puiosna' 1 I y impri oinie-m an I a 1.' o v
f.lie. The i-hli-fs an I 1 rue ll-al m-na.ur
Carlands of foai r aroun I tleir lees an I
ame of tle'n iii'Juif.'e 111 ii.h nil'lit. mil
dornioerit 111 .jr'-i I v a b-u I dress of
Tlii' lli.ll ills ike w-ilk. atel thev ilo
a Jitt a as p amide. 'I hi. s r..l jh.Iv dij ti
the fai t that thert is but lut.e lah -r iih.- I'-1
to pr'Ju"e tuHii-ieiit '.u Whl' )i to liva Well.
A II tha )tx,r 00 the l g p an'at o'is iml'itu
l;yisve, w h'i are injioi uj.1 irotu the Kaio
Inon l.lait ls and 1 I n.
'J he women are smail and not lad I''kiu.
Tlarr ar geie-raliv In I a t'.e ii.' h are. I ut
there ara f ree or four le w stil-aof e-ni-Kuri'ie-au
fAturiM-s tis-t iy a fw 'it. a wo
(iieii aie also ttlo d. but tln-re is ! of it
U-ii in the us- f the men Many of tlie
Bat irk Kiinh. and they are a I ra
ligcis V lie linai J-mini v piave.s ar m twit
tcvry day aui Suu lay . a day of unOiok
as! rest N'oiliing can l-e lyjughl ou that l .y.
Tn 1 hurt 1, s a lllli-l at eterir sen i.e. an I
vary orw .i beartilv 111 tba aervi e,
wLu h ara i-.o'lui te-l jiriiii- sll by Ir.gliali
Wwleyan Mi-ti 'i.t in asiouariea The (
ri!u ara vary f'mj of 11 1 j -1 -. an t tbvy king
with an aiilhu aiiu that o asiona If jAiia
Lariubu,
The Ramonn have a peculiar sarlatr of
what they call dances. Thera I but little
real dancing, however, for tha performer
are seated tlm greater part of the time. K.ll.a
lth Heott I'nrker thu dewribessome of the
dam-e lii saw on the dork of nn American
miin-nf-wnr nt Apin; ''the dnnco I rr
formed mostly in a sitting posture, and con
dint, in nil roiiiTivnl'le inotiotiii ofthehca'l,
Iwsly and nrm. tha rear roam furni1ilnn the
nmie l.y clapping bunds in vnriou measure
and in xTfi-rt tuna, lb" movement of
Mineigbt dancer war ts-rformed with tlin
inmost prec sion an I grace, and through
it tlio holn pnrty min. Miny of
Ihi'ir wild im-'odun nro r-nly lionutif ill.
Kvi-ry II t 1 1 m of lb iIhiiitIhh itinUiiilli'iinra.
Nmi". In I'luu nn I lirnu it C"n. mwinir,
rowing, with pilpnlilo. 1ml lbs Krrutr piirt
wa iiiiiiilpllmilili. to hi. Thin perform nni'o
juutiuuj 1 for an hour or in in, n't-r wuicli
RAMOAl IIOfsR AT TUXOA.
aoma plny were civen. alwav niTompniili"!
by the weird iiniiil nml rluppintf of bamlt.
Mia play rapreanlHj dog" ipinrreliii over ti
lama, nnd the deep (row n and aiirti'N of tho
men repren'iitiiijj tun bl doi. n widl n t li
hrill t nrk or tlie i liu-l iiiuignier, uie one
iloi;, were very netunil. n !! n their ni
tmn. Aim In r p!n reiri-eiit-d n nrticr
liioaiiiin; over In r diad Indv. Mia wn
rriin wi'h ona ev .hut, n !'
mimn riiHtom, when the father mining in I
rti.covi red the iinhfurtuii" whii-h hn I In" I
fallen hi hous. I hi reuixm Hi" priei n
even more violent tlno that of hi aiii',
nnd he indii iiteil t lint tiotliiim could ohnn
bun but rum. VM.ei, he bad gained miltl
li nt l oiitrol over bi fee:ini; In-Hiked th"
mot bar what wa.t the cana of theclul l n
death, and her replv ire.,td great m-rri-nent
ntnoni; ti e liativea. SIip anl it hn I
died 'aniline fur the American mini in wr
to collie:' The i titertiiinno'iit t n sl ed in ft
f n n y of mot .on, a throw ing no of l.un.i- I
a whirl of tho body, and ii hearty ialof
"'Him ilue-tiotl ii fie jlielillv n-l.ed: "Wbllt J
ililiT'-t Iiiih the 1 lilted Mli'c llirilllioil
The inteieit is not n una!! one. Samoa ii
nlniot dnei tlv in the ur of vwln rim
mug In twn n the I'd' itic co.nt nml Auxtraliii
nnd New Zinlnnd. 'I hii hoc of coinmerce m
growing verv rapidlv. mi l iti proportion
w ill noun be imiiii liM'. I he 1'nde.l Mute
I Is n port of all nud n muling station in
Niinon. mid if the kingdom ii m Ilia imhk-k-kioii
i f i. in of the gnat l'.tironn power
it would shut Annrn'Mii i-Ih out
in n" of In atilitie. nud thu-i do irre
Iftl.'ilile ihillliige to I Ills 1011:111. If the
Slraiiigua ennui i compli'ted .iiinoii w ill
then l e in tlm ilirai t line of comiiiuiiiiiition
tictwivii Australia and I nr.-pe, i.nd thiiwill
add etioi iiioiiKl v to the ciiiiiieri in' innl
(ivitegic il a'ue i f the im!:iimU. I n'iin l
ln's led m nut lb-Hi: she hn 1'iji. A 11-t r.-ili t.
and New ' ilun I. Tiel'mlel Stnia doe
not want them, it only wnnts to oe thi in 111
e. li'lellt; It olllv lisil I hut !-illlnelll Ulltoll
' inv Ih- not d.sturl e I or 11111 crilliil.
FIFTimi LCQNGllESS.
8i:.NATIl
Tu the Senate Thiii-dny Mr. Moriran pr
poseil 1111 nineiidiiieut to XIr. I'.varU' riolu
tioti relating to Texas outrage, u follnaii:
Ain-lid by n filing to tha lei.iliition tha Inl
lowing: "Saul coinnntlea shall a fram tha
legislation they may lecoiuinaiul under thii
reaolution that it h 11I not apt ly to any Kmt
whoae constitution mid Uwa ra atiug to e'e.--lion
of Senator or me;nbi"r
of the Hout of IUireeiitntive
provide ample necurity for th liou..t exer.
cow of th right of qualiflol ehctor 10 vota
and for the just and imp irtial counting a id
tetlKtIS of the Tut" ct at sU'-h cit o;inna.
I and for the jiint, impvrtial and truo iwvr
imnineiit ai.ci cerlitlr ition or the remit or
such elections, mid in w lucli Slu'e these ra.
quneiiiviiU have been bouontly complied
I with."
j In thaSennta, Xt uuliv, lr. Vest enter-d i
I motion to riHviinid 'r the vote bv whio'i the
j innfereiioe reiHirt on the Ibract Taj 1 ill w
i ngrs t on Saturday, 'l'hi hang the Inl
I up temponirily. an I may resul' in it defeat.
XIr. llirler intro lueed in the S'tiaia u suli
stitu'e far th ( lklhoin bill which passed
j the I louse. It provide that the 1'ivsitent
I sha'l appoin 11 c iiiimissioii of i.i'e pers.i m,
1 110 tluiti of the sun" i illt. 1 ul p irtv. to elil-r
: into iieio'i'iti uis with the t'l eruko I11.I1 un
in the Ihdinil Territorv s 11. 1 anv other tribi
of Indiiins f'-r th cession of tb'ir titlo 01
I clililil to the bind, nil I the sum i,f f i".' I i 1
j appropriated to carry ibis idea i ito ilTic:
I Tl.a S na'e I '.rnin lt a o 1 iVrrit irie w ill re
j ls.rt tho bill lavuiu'ily us It t.11110 I10111 tin
; House,
imrsii
In tlio House, Thur-luv, Senate aman t
, nientii to the legislative, Kxeciiu.a and Ju
I tlic al Appropriation bill were iiuii-co..i."ii'rail
in nud n onferei.cj apsiiutel.
, The Furtiticution Ai.proi'riation bill, with
I Senate Hinendiuent, was raleriad.
I The San ita bill fi r the udmiksion of the
1 B'.ata of iJuKoia was thou iu.l d up tnl
allien 'I nieiits offrrsl,
III the Housu Hei'lili'ir ins are no mr. of
nn extra session ti at they hv c iinui ) - I
pr-pa'ati'iim bv drifting revise I ru:e They
will hring up th question at th., mit.set, k'i
a to prevent fl 11 u-t. ring. Thev will pro
jxiso a rulu provi ling tlin 11I1 11 the .revioi
q iiition i order- d but two ui'itiuii ulinll
thereifter bain order, one iii itio- to adj urn
and one ni'itiun to recommit. If both tha'
shall le vote I down It shill I a construe I i-s
the l I of til" Hoiisa tlin' tha votii 011 th.
previous qiiestnui Khali profe-, sonling
which no fitither 'tilat"rv mi tioiis enn U
entertaine I by the i hair. 'I hey will al-o pro
jiose to have no fixed hour 01 h i urniiieiit.
i.s the lixmgof an hour put lb- if ms t th.
mercy of lilibusU-rers.
UIK C.V..II.N TOLIUSTH.
To Start on their Trip Through this
Country Ahout May 1.
The propped ixeursion through the Mi l
lie, H sjthern and Ktstern States for
tha parpiM) of lulighteiiing Canadian
membeni of I'arliament as to tit ac
tual ondition mi'1, reaourewt of this
.untry U licing nrrungnl It is exi-ctsJ
abiut 4 l" of her XIajusty's sjiJ irU will ao
sept tbi inviUtio'i, and abjiit ha f as miny
tSenalors and Conressiniui will askelto
do tha honors as gmdm for the visitor.
Atout May 1 the proposal excursion will
itart. Throe j1i1 l'li'.lma'i tniiis will luive
rluipensioti H'i fge for llufTalo, whi rathe
lour of insi'tijii of Amurii an cities will las
gin. The rout of tun propped excursion
will ba via liufTal 1, Cleveland, I'i'USurgli,
Cliicago, Jwui City, St, I.uis, Cinciunttl,
IMjisvil.'e, Na-bvilUi, A'.Uuta, liirmiii;
Um. l. liilliin'jre, I'liiladulpblt, Kcrans
tttn, liarrisbur, New York, Itton, Mon
treal and O'.tawa, At tha iarg-r oitietwo
Jays will be allow. -I, I ut tbt stay in o'Lu.'
plaof will t liiiiiiei Vi a day.
il Man Klllol by a Holler I x.lo.lon.
Tbalolier of John Y. Jnk' ww mill at
Murpby. I'laosant iy;ui.ty, W. Va., burst and
xllltd IWt f.'arr, firsma'i; J iinas Hlack,
far: TUvijum Ab, OnfUu JJoyla and Cliarlaa
Imu UWr. Mrs. Junks, why was oj.dug
t uVctliit, was ubio killed.
BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
II fN UKPOHTS TIIADH INCrtUSAS
I NO, ntT IMIICK8 LOWKIU
ntm ln r Higher liut Vlg Iron Pro
tluctlnn Dccrritaei ami Prlcoa Ar
Mill Low I nriivornlilo ltu
mora About Ci-iippr.',
H. O. Dun ti Ocr'a weekly review of tral
will ay: Actuil luq rovo rent tn bnalne
mntinws, although tli'ro I atill muoh com
plaint tlint tho trndo tliu far thin year bai
lioen tlinppobiting. The nymanta through
the bank are large, tho niovi-m-nt of freight
I larger, nml tho earning of th
rnllroml antifa"tory, but the out.
put of Iron hn declined, ami t'ie umvrtiln
ties In grain, cotton, lro:innl minor mHal
tunrkot nffai't many ilepartmint of bul
noM unfavorably. Tho upward movetnont
In pricaa, which wna noticsl Inat wock, ha
not bean unstained, tho giviornl aTjrasro for
commoditUn being about half of 1 por otnl
loner t bun n week ngo, though itlil alut
tlint much alKive tho level of Fchruiry 1.
tn tho money ami aUx k m irku'a, thchnigo
during the part wwk have beon not vory Ims
ortant, but on the whole lit tho direction of
Improvenietit.
Th" output of pig lro:i ha diminished. The
furnace in blat Kebriliry 1 warn pro.lucln
147,111 ton wwkty, nuiliHt l.Ti.S'd January
1. adi'clluoof .1 ' n-r cent. Whili this Is
but a natural ren-tion nftui the enor
mou nml excasive axpansii'l of the pat
few iiiontb. nn I iitill luive tho wekly out
put about 1!) p-r ctit. I irger t ian nt this
time bint year. It I nn cvl b n '0 of a nbrink
ngn in deiiian !, which may ra id -r inovltnble
A much grvaT deTeao In output, for the
rnil businc is nt ignating, on'y throa mills
out of fourt-i'ti now riinnlii.', ace ir ling t
risjsj-nt atafetno if, nn I record -d aa'os this
year Iuith bran far lolow tin cnpiclty of
work. Tho plate ami tank Iron tin la Is dull.
Ami in structural iron the limine is slow,
though liopo'ul for the futunv Thar is
cutting in Kali- of pig Iron by some Northern
ns well ns Southern furnaces, nml purchase
aro generally coiiflue.1 to Itnm iliata neo Is.
Tha coal trade is alio depressed by cver-pro.
duct Ion nn I putting of rut .
Tho copper market lm laaii wenker abroad,
nud conflicting rumors nU'Ut refusal of
Aineriami tninos to contract with the syndl
cata nre current. Sales of lend have reached
1,4ml ton, price declining to 3 01. The tin
market i aUo dcmoiMlixo I, with qtiotoil aalos
at i 'i
In w heat the rapid liso reiched01 3-4 cnts
on the K'th, but prics have since l-an weak
er, nnd show an advance of only a cant fot
tha weak. Hsles bare have len ,')7,OO0,0OC
bu-bt l-, but Atlnntic exisirts were in the five
works ending February 'M only 243.4W bush.
cN, against l.TiVl.lty lust year, nud of flour,
.1!fl,TflO barnU, Dgsinst l,0,TJ,r: last year,
Tld, compared with export of 10,113,01
biishiU of orn durint; tho fame weeks,
ngnitist l.T.'O.'V J ItiHt year, shows how foreign
tr uli has bean nffocted by tho speculation
which hoi Is prices of wheat at Ch cago far
nlsovo price at the seslcar Corn has
advanced but half a cent, with salts of
0,0(10,000 bushels, ami onta nre unchanged.
Oil s(s?culatlon has lifted the price 4,' cents,
w lib sab s of only 7,000,000 barrel. Cot
ton, with sales of a."i,000 boles, ami c-dToe,
with sale of 307,000 bgs, have each decllneil
1-s, and fKirk is 60 cents lower, with lard
W.'sj canU lower per 10J pounds,
Tho dry goods tr.nl t ha Isven only moder
ate in amount, but is more hopeful, tiecaue
tho recont cutting of prices has diminished.
Staple c ittons nro irregulnr and gonerally
hluggish, though prices nre fairly held, but
I rint cloth nro a hndu lower nt 4 cents.
There is fair n"tivily in coiton and in worst
ed dress good, but tho movement in wool,
ens I irregulir; libera! ot worsted gools
and nveroatlngs, Imt only m xlernto
n to cai meres, flinncls, blanket and
Imsiory, The oNiratioiit in this, as In other
branches fif liusina, nre t some ex tint re
tard, d by tlie cl ise scrutiny of credits which
the sloAiiesji of collections iii many quarters
imtiirilly prompts, but tlio reports from th
interior in tlrtt resisyct are tbl weak rnth-r
mora fnvorabbi tlriu luforo. At all Interior
(Hunt repurtinK the money market is easy,
with a comparatively light demand, nud tha
iicci unts a to the volume of bunt in a would
indicate but nn dern train-act ioni. Neverthe
less, tho clearings through the l ank last
week were is.4 per cent larger than a year
ago outsido of New York, only seven cities
reiorting any docrenHo, of w hich Kan Frnns
-UI-D, Minneapolis and St, i'aul werotbe
most important.
The busiuosii failures during tho last seven
days number, for the United States, 'J-i-'J, and
for Canada, 4'J; total, !Plj as compared with
a1 '3 lost week and 27U for the corresponding
wiu'i luit year.
OIT A TTIOl S.NI HOLLA Its.
A Itcmarkalilo iia of Former
Coincsj in Light After Many Year a.
A teiii'irkilile piece if fo-gery was dinooT-er-lntsr.
Iouis, Mo., in aS'.ute su.'urlty pa-K-r
twenty -llva year old.
A lot of Ixinds were presented to City
CouiptrolerCuiiipball, in tbocourseof a flnan
ciil truisacUon, by Me. J, H. Arthur. All
thei-olliteruUiiaas.)! ii,sectlon axcipt oik
Misouri dhfo 10 b aid of the issue of lo4
f.r tha sum of fTOO. Tlrs woa handeil
back to tho owner, tha Coinptollrr
telling b m tlm'. It roc- died a lit of bislorlo
f' rgery. The wor In "Jesso Jam", Governor
of Mwviuri," bad Imi written in tho blank
spuce, J.-ft for the signal uim of the Coventor,
f nhcrwiaa ovary kignittiira mid every feature
of thu docuuient wus geniiinii,
Mr. Arthur was nstonbh t at Ilia discovery
of the forgery. Ho exp'ulmd that be had
bought tho bond cam ug i, but hi 1 not
aiiiiuail them very critic illy 011 rwuiving
tl.i iii, as bu did not doubt but what all were
cor.-i ct. He ,-a nearly l,iS) Inclu ling th
f 'i:o of Ihu Miond and iutsireat th it should
U'tvv aix'i uail.
hit IVraoii Itailly Hurt,
At Cbekbr, Pa., a northbound psnenger
train on the Biltimora and Ohio Ilallroad
ran into a strtet car at tiia Twelfth and Kdg
in lit ktraat croaking and threw the cir from
the track. Thar war five passenger, all
iailies, in the car at tha time, and four of
them ware severely hurt, one, Mrs, J, Hhaw,
of Upland, seriously. Kb will probably not
raoovar, 'i hu driver of the Car was also bads
ly hurt. TU street cur is a CMuiidel wreck.
LATE NEAVS IN BRIEF.
' The Council of IrlshsAmerloatt Sooletlat In
Chicago decided, after a hot donate, to bar
t St. Patrick' Day parade this yevr.
Employes In Pott Bros.' Rolling Mill, at
Pottstown, I'a., have boon notifl'id of a ro
luotlon In wage of 10 por cent., to take ef
feet March 1.
Several clergymen and other "American
tourists are confined In Turkish prison be
Mti their pisiport wore not risod by the
Turkish Consul General.
George Fol well, a Lake Bhor telegraph
oparator, has bswn arrosto I ntErio for accept,
lug excessive panlson fa1, bribing 1 offering
to brlbo. He will be taken to Tennosgjo for
trial.
Bult has bconentereil by tli Htato of Ken
tucky ngalnst Xlannger Charles .Smith, of tho
Western Union Telegraph Conipmy for .0)
penalty for failuro properly to report tin
company' proicrty for tax ition.
Horsce A. 1'nlmer, Xlunngor of the Krle
City Foundry, was arrested on Haturdny
clurgfd with attempting to brilio a public
oflleer by ofTering a commission to Satuual K
Hmedley, Chief of Ilurinu of Survey, 011
(roods purchao 1 for the oitv of l'hild 'Initio,
President Cleveland will hold no reception
and receive 110 callers this week In order tlint
he may disp so of tha arrears nf business
before tho closo of bis term of oflloo.
At tho meeting of the New York Central
Labor Union a split occurred over charge
of hrlliery In connection with tho broweis'
trouble an I Si organlr.Uions, representing
8.1,000 men secede,!.
Hcrmnn F. Keld. l, manager of the New
York wnrero 11ns of tin. Kunbo ITino Com
psny, of llnltimore, and n in -mlier of tho
Lotus Club, Mi t himself ilcuiL Hu stifTerod
lately from iii'ilancliolia.
K lwanl Quinn killalhi h-oMior John at
Avoudale, near Cincinnati, by striking him
n the bend with n club during n drunk ui
quarrel. The murder was committed in pre
nice of their mother.
A tnws meeting of Irish-Am-rlcans was
held at Washington Sundny to protest
gainst B ilfoiir's tyranny In Ireland and ex
frosa syniptthy with I'nrnoll. About ISO0
wassuliacriUsltothn Piirnell Difeiis-3 FanL
Alln-rt and (i.Kirga Avery, of Youngitown,
0., wero trsmplisl to death by cittlo in
Wyoming Territory,
Tho Civil (service Reform Association of
Msrylund baiexUiiilol a call to reformer in
various part of tho Unite 1 States to attend
a conference on Fvbiunry '.'3.
The coin nit b8 npp ilntod by tho General
Assembly of Ohio to Investigate trusts las
reported. They make a (.cathing nrraUn
nwnt of tho ontiro system. Several of th
1-ndihg combinations nre mentioned ns espc
I lally dmgerou. Tlie principle on which th -y
are bas.il issiid to bo entirely falsj, I'glslu
tion is recommend si that will ubolish every
form of trust in the State.
The saloons in Badger, Dtincombe. L-blgh
and Bjrnuin, la., were roidul nnd the liquor
spilled by Indignant citix.us, who tiro deter
lulnod to enforce prohibition. There are 1U
0ien aaloons in Fort Dodge, and active
KOi-Wurcj will L3 tula?. s vncs t? sk?- ti?
city 'dry.'
A colorot flcn 1 made love to a mulatto girt
on a street of Hav.ius, Cu m. Hlia rejected
hi advances, when bo poured a can of pe
troleum over h-rclolhss, oomplot dy s iturit
lng them, and then et her dres 011 tiro. She
was burned so bully that she dial. Th mon
ster t-ajied and 110 0110 know who h is.
Tho rattlo growers of Northern Montana
propose to establish dreswsl boef wurebotiHc
along the lino of the Manitoba lUilrond and
thus to control the priiw of Montana cattle,
instead of having the "Big Four" of Chicago
But the price.
'l lio Berlin !'of. fi'i fiiii;; lm been cotifls
cated for liladiug lVincj Itisiiinn k.
Scott Harrison, brother of the 1'ivHilant-
ahi't, ha arrive I in New Vork v. ith hi wife
and tlirni children fioiu their houu in Kan
sas City.
The F.nglish Coin t of A;.p vil bn rend' red
a decision upholding tin Alison -Sivnn ebi--trio
light patent ugainxr Holland and tho
Angelo-AiiH'i iciin Brush Klectriu light cor
jHiration. The Amorican Unit iriik'i Xlissionnry As is
elation hn voted to appoint a committ.ss of '! )
to rnisi f IOO.oijO, and a coiiiinitu i) of throu to
arrange public inettiiigs to advance the rising
of tho fumL
At the coming session of tha Kiiglish Par
liainent tho ( ivernni nit will proposi. a de
fense loan of ill00,(S)0,(X), to bo ilevoteil to
constructing 'Jo men-of-war and S3 cruiser
and to Increase the number of toi H il 1 ImiuU.
Mr. Juliai, Consul for San Domingo in tho
United State, will sua tlio American Gov
ernment for heavy d nu igoi for detaining
the Curondelot, which was said to l loaded
with arm for Hayti, but afterward releasvd.
In nearly every 1'rot.s.t mt church in Can
ada 011 Sunday a protest was entered against
the bill of tbe Q.iohcc Iy.isliiture granting
an indemnity to tha Jesuits. Petitions to the
Governor Ueuur 1 to veto the bill are being
circulated.
VHITi; CAPS siCAUKI) inxr.
A Frenchman Take II W Llfo lie-,
ciuo AVhlio C'nim Threatened It.
John Shannon, a Frenchman who lived
near Bredsnville, Pa., some lima ago received
notice from the White Cap, and brooded
over thn matter to such an extent that hu be
came iiialunclioly, and procured a doubles
barreled shot gun and, going to the cellar of
bis resldiinc, shot himself twice in tho side,
dying almost instantly. Ho was alut CO
years of age, and bud only been inarrlo I to
his present wife alamt six month. Ho was
well fixed financially.
What Jin Cullw a "Tutsi p Joli."
At I.yun, XlssHichusetU, 111 ward )ik-a,
ei-cMuf of Polici of Singui, was anuitil
for trying to break Into thu house oft'. G.
Amos. The police ha I bee 1 noli II m of the
atU-inpt by a man named Jor dun, whom
Ojk. stook Into bis C iiill'luiioa. Ha bad (ino.1
0In a wind iw of tho Am. rakideuoj and
tarted the burglar ahrni. Wliou be nw ho
wasdikcovvrwl lis trnsl to axMix-, but was
csturol lit Must Haiigua, A Juu ny, with
hi iutiuoii It, and a polio 1111 in' badg and
club, wero found 011 him. JU iy It 1 a
put-up Job,
SCORES PERISH.
ma HOTEL STIltCtUHK FALLS.
Fifty Prranna Burled In tho Debris).
Prominent Men Missing,
At Hartford, Conn., the main portion of
the Park Central Hotel, facing on HUh and
Allyn strict, fell down, burying in the de
bris at least fifty people.
It Is th most horriiito'catsstrophe that lis
aver b?eii known In Hartford, and when the
list of dead and wounded is completed it w ill
be found to bo a horror eq ml to any that
bn taken place within the last half century.
Ti e lis of life is bellovod to lie not loss
than CO, but it cannst bo stated definitely at
present, as the night clerk Is among tho
missing and the books are destroyed,
Tho cause of the accident is not at present
known, but it is suppose I to hivo resulted
from tho explosion of th) boilers in tho
basement, and from the livoc created
in the ndjoinlug buildings the ix
plosion theory seems themort probable Es
ery window In tho Kirl Hon", right across
Allyn street, was broken, and tho wnlls wero
mashed in ninny place. Tho noise of tho
full aroused tlio whole city, and In a very
few tuliiuu a largo crowd surroiind"d tho
fcene. It w-ns a sight of horror, and 1 no that
w ill never b-j forgotton by tho spectators
Flam' compl Italy en velopol tho ruins, and
the shriek of tho wounded and dying ross
b!gh bImivo tho lionrso notes of tho firemen
and p ilic i who hid been summoned by an
alarm from the fire depirtni lit.
Neirly all the help amp'nyed In tho Intel
wero save I. They iK-cupi'sl tho sleeping
apartment in the ntincx wliicli was only par
tially wrecked by tho explosion. S 11110 for
csil their way out theins Ivonind others wero
betHs out.
Tho entire nnin s.'ctl'in of th ) It 't d is geno,
only a pile of brick and t inln'r iciiui'iiing.
The .viic ntsnit tlio ruin w.tj horrible. In
the center of tho spot where tin building
stood were a man, his wire n id I ttlo girl
No help could get to them, and they finally
fell back In tha fi lm's and perishe I in plain
sight of tho sH'Cttir. Tin chi! 1 cried for
help, I ut the man nnd woman uttered 110
word, Kmbraced in each other's arms, they
met death bravely.
The shrieks of another woman, ciuol tin
blissl of the sp,ctnbir to turn col 1 n they
saw a young hi ly lying with her body half
ncro s a lie.'ini, a look of agony on hor face.
Finally the tupput full and she dropp.d out
of sight.
Win. Seymour and Win. Skinner wero
employed in tho boiler room. Neither could
lie found this morning, und tin y pro'.ably
jurished. Kldiolt iylo was last iolmi in tho
hotel He was probn'ily klll'sl.
Tho shock of tin. explosion blew out every
wludow In th'J south side of t'10 Ivirl House,
just north of the link Central Hotel.
Women, th-lr faces blanched with terror,
and strong men, pale wit i flight, ru-h 1 1
I endlong into tho stro t in their iiiht
clot he.
Charles XI. We'ier, insuratico agent, of
Hartford, is missing.
Mr. Pond, of Indiana, tho Democratio
SpcultiT, was a guest nt tin ho,el, and lssup.
posl to be among tho kill d.
Am m Hisley and Alex mder Thsyoi' were
In charge of the boiler. It wis reported itrst
tbnt they were Inith kille I, but there nro p -r-tie
whosuythey have seen both muii "11100
the iliauMtcr.
Tho Park Central Hotel was a llvo-story
brick building, situate 1 nlanit 0110 bliK-k from
tho Union depot, mid was principally patron-is-'d
by iMlnmcrciiil men Mid th.-utricul
trouiiea,
AVIIII.i: IN A lltAXCK
A Young (Jlrl Ahhiiiiioh tin' I'catiirci
of Her tirniiilmot tier.
Xlisw Annie S'.iilham, of Ihiltiuioni, Id.
scaroi'ly aixtooii, In de'elo:w 1 Into a won
I derfut spiritunhstic medium.
Hie livt-M with her piri'UtH at No. i:!i:i;Nortl
Ciirey street. Tine y. in ngo s.ie Isiguu t(
go Into trance-, which Inive coutiniied at in
lervnls ever aincc. Thu iinwt I'emurkiil.h
thing hIhhiI the tr.ini'iw I tint in each one
she assume the feuture of her grundmolher,
who died ten years ago.
Just a H um as she enters a tram", her rosy
cheeks tiro replaced by a pinched and hnggnrd
U'K'iirmuv, and her voi.'o ch ingi-s to that ol
nil old woman. Wh it in this condition she
convsrse freely iviib those aho-'.it her. Her
strength is aomething wonderful. In the
presence of a report- r she kiicces-sfully rwist
e l thot'lfortMof three strong men to pull In i
out of a chair. Physiciutis nud isychologists
are d eply interested In thu case.
MISS HTKPII i:SO.VH CHIMIi
Klio PlcniU (iulltf to A C'bargo ol
Itoltlihiir tlio Mall.
Hattio II. Htepliensoii, a IiuiiiIh iniely dross
ed young woiiuin, whs brought to Cleveland
fnim Wel'Hville, Ohio, by Deputy United
BtaUsi Marshal (Joorgo II. McKay ou a cliurg
of robbing tbe mails. Xlis Htaphonson was
chief clerk in tin Wcllivilln Postolllco, whore,
It Is said ho robboil Inttars of chrcks and
money aggregating $VW. XIU Ktcphenson
pl u led guilty to two indictment, tshe wa
allowolfi return homo ou 1,0.10 bull i-nd
log S'liitencd. XIr. Htephensou Is a merchant
ut Wellsville, and he is among the most 10
siectad citiznns of the 1 1 ico. .Mis Hiephous
son has hithert j borne a sis.tless recoid.
A Naughty Obi Man.
At Hlonx City, In., JudgaThom is I., OrlfTcy,
one of tho esrliast sot tiers and most promi.
! neut cillz ni In the county, I iiindii defeniN
nut in a suit for 2')iKI for branch of promise
brought by X!iM Sa'lie XtcCommghey, of Da
kotn City, Neb., a m id tow iii"rom tlie river.
Miss MoConiiHghsy is 111 yeiu-s oil nud Judge
OrifT-y Is 7',', ai quite we: thy. JMHt U.
veiiilssr he inr led a baud imujouiig school
tooi'hur.
Hrnlcy Itcporf'il lleutl
Tbe oo'sipoii'loiit of tJii7Vfif 7oiirinfat
Halnt H Aaiior, Congo,
iy that ttoouriur
i from Hie wist
hssar.'! at tlut pi
cisit,4io status thst
report current
ley was killed ill ail
nrir Muiiga nbs.
there lint Henry M, Hb
ungs'Vmiiit with iialiv
'J e courier rep'irt
hat siivaial liistru.
lii'ots, which have Iwei Idtutillud us having
biat gal to Mr. HUiuwy, l'iv baeit sold by
daMvs.
duUARTERS-
leliafile Cloi
lie
th
"'in from
In
nt
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is
th
he 44
4'c...
2..r0 to 15.00
2.25 to 10.00
1.50 to 3.75
3.50 upward
3.00 44
1.00 to 5.00
on..
tfl Hoys Caps from 5c up
" 44 Hats 44 15c up
f;r' fliers, llandkercliipfs,
,ieap and fine quality.
"skin. Cloth and Kid
rooda, lar;c stock of
aa.slolidav poods of cYcry
I posit i vol y not be uii-
""ist favors, j would re-
a continuance of pa-
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ro!
:;M Summer. 1886
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;iu- you an iunnonsc varitiv.
; w w t xjj. iUIJl!
1
elc-rant line of Coinliip,,,,
es' Clotli, Hatincv, i
AT ash Dress GoodJ
CVntury Clotli,
White l)r V SS (III.
:.ne of Cassimeres,
Embroideries.
1 aj
S., Selinsgi ove
Well Made
;CIothin
i
t Tniloriup luihituss m ith rocci
i
Selinsgrove, Pa.
6 people of Snyder conntv, .
imeres, etc.,
; relihble New York nn.1 Phils,!,!:
. Cuttirjg, Cleaning, HepairiDg. I-
E. b DUCK
New Goods!
Ii In Ixudon, though tho snowfall K l
it cuuse 1 Urn inooiivenlonco to traSf l
thvre has hewn a painful increas In t-
in th slums, aud augmo itel pir" ;
lieen put up in th new County t'o-i-
liiikten forward tho work of lliijironal
houses of the poor.
Hoy Crushed to Heath by " l
John llingh'im, a 14-yrnr-old bo-'' '
ton, (I , started for homaoli uli '!"'
him as a present by JjimIj I'likoif"". 'J
of Paris township, nn I somo lieu" 1
found lying dead ou Ihu rond I !'
horse, llio n'llin il h ivlng fullo i. :"
his 1.IIM) pounds weight crush" I t!i' '
death,
Tlio 1. 1 pic War rr
Tbe now rat,' have been arra i.'"'
d fforoiit express coiiiiiuuies by '"'
ull iiirroe to work touethar In""'!
The Uew ai'hedule was issu si list
...... . . . . 'r,n1
nini arum, iiivt vueci, aii once. t
a rt'storatiou of Ihcua which surjW-
iitfid.
A Mttle Olrl Hrownml In I"
Miiifla Osans. H vanrs old. f'JJ,J
bridge Into Ilru.li rrank. at Irio''j
wasdrowiiad, while ou liar way l J
si'IiihiI. The wstar wa vary h'l 0
rapid current swept hor a"'
bat uot Lmmu rcoovtirsd.
l ni n
nn lunTim
hi; uiuimi