... .1 3,snington via FIVE KILLED 1 ssssssssassssssa SOY AN KXPLODINO ItOILKU Many Others Seriously nnl I'roba My Fatally Injured, Shortly after the whistle had sounded tlx noon hour Thursday, a ferrihlo shock i fait in the neighborhood of Penit avenue and Twenty-third street, Pittsburgh, and In a moment what waa It. Muuroa & Bjii'i West Point Holler Works ut lho corner l 23-1 anJ Smallman street wi a mass of debris. The boiler bod exploded with frightful violence, totally wrecking the building and bury ng all were lu the building at the time iu tbo mine. In a mix ment hundreds of psople were on the ground and the work of rescue was begun at once. An alarm of flro was soot in from bos 03, but the wreckago m of brick and the 11 imoe that bail started did nut make much headway before they wre extinguished. TUE LEAD. The following persons were taken irom the reck di e 1. August iJngrlliai'h, engineer; terribly mu tilated; single; residing on Howard street, Allegheny. Jaixb Reinheimnr, married; residing on Twenty-second street. Charles Auloiibachsr, married; residing on thu South Hide. Daniel Clark, boiler maker, living at IVnn avenue, Janice Carton, helper; loinoon Wyllo avo nun. THE 1MJI UED, The Injured are: Stephen Cartiicy.agod l!B;recontly mnrrltd; lives on Wylle avouuo, badly hurt about the head and b xly, Itorvcy Knrr, n;od '-", single; heat cat nud leg i rathe I. John Barker, agod'.io, head cut. Win. Kclley, bidly cru-h"d. Frank Manrsky, ngd L't); injured about body. Mnrten Conncrl, living on Twonty-second street, There was a largo number of employee who were slightly injured, and who lift the scene of tho explosion immediately uftor it hap pened, The total number injured it thought to bo 15, of whom it is Iwliovod not more than two are seriously inJuro-L The force of the explosion wai fearful. A large pieoe of the boiler was carried aorjas the lot and rested on Fisher's foundry, at leant 100 yards away. The do r of a houso u Mulberry alley had the lock blown off and oevery door in the houso split and crooked. no scam: adoptkd. The Miner' Convention Itrs-aka Up With Nothing Accomplished. In Columbus, Ohio, at tlio Miners .nd Op. era tors' Convention the conforonce commit, tea reported they were unable to agree upon a scale for Ohio and Pennsylvania, and a proposition to sole a committee on arbltra tion was dnfeateil. At the afternoon session the miners endeavored to force the scale question to an arbitration board, but Vn pTupCu'uuTi nan d "d.- The oeiatore very strenuously (pposed anything looking to aridtrntiou, and there was a number of speeches from both aides, as to what the result would be In com of fail, ure to take any action. The miners claimed they had exooejod their authority and could not go further. TheojMT.itora proposed W) and CTi cents pel ton In thn Hocking Valley and U'J and 74 In Pennsylvania. Tlio minors promised Go cent the yeur roun 1 In the Hocking Valley and 74 in Pcun-ylvania, Consnlcrutdn feeling a worked up over thn failure to oino together, and finally at n Into hour the ronvention ml journwl siuo die, ami the interstate agree liient win dissolved. Thero uio vuriout opinions its to wliut w ill bo tlio result. Till: IS ll.VYTI. Twrdvo Noldlor Held an Prisoner Shot Dow n in t'olil lllotxl The steamer Cnrolinn Miller bun arrived with iikws from Cuiw Ilaytinn. 'aitaln Mil ler said that twelve of Legitime' soldu rs who had lioen taken prisoners bylllyppoUto, were shot in the public sijnro at Capo Uaytieu tlio day before thu steam ir left. The unfortunate wretches hud been prisoner for some months. Sympilhi its with Ugitimo had end"avorol t g-t thu men relea.se. I, and llyppolylo li:id b c mi i distrustful of many of hisollic th. Hd thenv. fore had tlioin put to do itli. Capt. Mill-r said tbntCVtpe liny tion win il'o with Ligi' time's spies. According to one of th olll ' ri of the Caroline Miller, a transport about the tlio size of an ordinary tux was permanently engaged cirrying arms and other implommits of war from Monto C'liristi to the Cnp. Hays tion for tho use of H) pKlyte'i men. Thn United Htatos Ktoamor Ualena wns auchori-d at (.'ae Hayticu when the Millor left. IT WAS A HOAX. The Story of tlio Mpslc uml tlio Olga Kxploilcd. Advioiw Just received from Samoi ahow that there wus no basis for the seiu'itioual rumor of an engagement between the United Hiatus man-of-war Nipiiu and the U.'iuiim CorvotUtOlgn. Far from this, thu Ci ruia:i ollii'isU in the island have uutirely given up thoir ag;re.ssivii policy. The priH.'lamntlon of martini law bos Usmi publicly withdiuwu, and tho II .'rutins have abandoned all claim to tiie right of soirching inc nuing veu'lsfor contr.ibaul of war. IloVli tho.o stnps luiva mot with tho ho irty npproval of all foreign re-idonts at Apia, and hive bad a quieting effect. Uiiuhu el tranquility prevails throughout the Ulan I. Mat.iafn, however, hits a force of troops, es iimuu d to be C,(XM) strong. Taiivuwso's army .xmsista of about 70J men. The mon-ofswsr, (iirnian, American and Knglibli still remain at Apia ready for any emergency that may arise. DespcraUoca Ureak JaU At Ashland, Wlicousin, liz desperate prl oners escaped from jail. 13 a preooucerted plan they kuocke 1 down the jailer, obtaiuel osMuwion of the keys and lot theiusolvoi out. '1 he alarm was gi ton shortly after, and a hms6 is in pursuit. Among those who es caped were 1)m Hitchie aul L)uiu Utirko, .iimrdorur, STATE NEWS' The National Bank of Coatcrrllle hat been authorixsl to begin business with flOO.OOC caii'al. ( Burglars blew open th rafe of the stree' railway company at Osaver Falls, aud secur ed 73 lu cash and checks. Di'lllngnr, of Line vster, who drowned blf wife about a year ago, hai b -en convicted of murder in the second degree. The route for a new rail rial likely to be i built on the old llomp illl line with a termi nus In Ludwlck township, a Ijiining Oreens burg, is I eing surveyed. About three thou sand acres of coal 1 ind have bejn bjujht in. The Pennsylvania Benato has pasned the bill prohibiting the sale of tobacco to boys under sixteen years of age. Adam Ls.nx, of Bouth Erie, crsry with whiskey, attempted to murder his wife be cause she, InsUad of himself, got the money earned by their sons, and then cut his throat, a ?-yearold, child looking on and screaming with torror. Charles Cleary, the murderer of Chief of Police i'hilip Paul, of Ilenova, was arrested at Emporium, while on a frioht train. He bad Leon in biding all dy, and boarded the train at IUnovo during the fore part of the eight. There were 31.1 deaths In Pittsburgh dur Ing February, the same number as in Febru ary, IHS5. This is a dnatli raUiof 10 per 1,000 annually. The deaths from diphtheria were 12, from typhoid fover 7, aud from coosump- tion 3.1. William Maxwell, K q. ,of Greenville, is 90 years ol I, but is able to ntUnd court and argue cases. Iln was admilied to thn bar in IS3J, ami tins practiced his profession almot-t distantly ever since. The IIuzol Ola.se Company, of Washington, has been reorgiiiz.it and work will be r umel Hunday. C. N. Hrady, Harry ScliiiolU back, Geo. Paxtoti and Altx. 1 'ox ton are tho principal st-n klioldors, James Ibiover, the tnnsyesr-old convicted nf laromy at Somerset, is likely to provn an elephant on the hands of the authorities. The Warden of the Huntingdon lloforma tory has refusal to roceive him and he is too young to keep In jail. Tlie new Board of Bur gnus of Oreensburg laidecidml to pave Main street its entiro length with fire-block, put down propT ewerage all ovor the city and macadamize other portions of ths city. The Improve ments will cost 1.13,0 X). David McMinn, of Qrnensburg, recently obtained from A. L. Ulaek, a Johnstown merchant tailor, $1 worth of goods, dis posed of thiin at Hoittdale, ptcketel tba proceeds and distppared. McMinn was ar restel at ConiiwlUvillo on auharge of lar ceny. The six miners entombed in tho Black Dia mond mine at Mount Carmel were rescued after the most heroic exertlo is. They es cape1 without tho slightest injury, and there is great rejoicing in the community where before there was grief and almost diwpitr. Benjamin Newmsn, aged 70 years, of Clo ver Hill, Washington county, committed su leIHa on Wednesday by taking 'Rough on aui.' 'fie said his life was made fclserab'.t by the cruelty of his sons, A fall of coal In tho Central shaft at Scran ton crushed Thomas R. Evans to death and injured John Walsk probably fatally. Evans recently came to the country and leaves a family destitute. Navigation on the Schuylkill canal will be resumed. Tho Idle mines will resume and go nu full time, giving mptoyiiieut to 3.000 or 4,000 men. A fire in Rrownsvillo dwtroyed Fear's Bril linut Hull and damaged seriously the grocery store of O. I". It Id s in. The Fear building was valued ut $'!,.YKI; Insurance, f 1,000. The Center Iron Compiny, who-o plint is at Dollefonte, has inoroased its r.ipiUl stock and will build another largo rolling mill. Babbitt, Brooks & Smith's hardware store, at Wnrron, was close! by the Sheriff on attachments am muting to 17,00). Union brickl iver and Ktonem isons of Hharon have decide I to advance their wages from 3 .V) to 14 wr day, the raise to tuko effiHit April . Burglars have commence I to operato in Claysville. The stores of P. B. Craig and H. J. Boll have boon outorol this woek au i val uable articles stolen. r.nginoer Hurry Cook and Flagmvi Jatiioi H'lunigan, charged with criminal iieglignncn in causing tho Mul Him accident, by which ol livos were lost, have been acquitted ut Wilkesharre. Kilos Nowburgcr.at Wilki-slmrro, purchts ed ut Sheriffs sale tho Ldilgli & Eastern Hailroud for Now York c ipitilists, for $HtO,. 000, The road runs through Pik, Monroe and Carbon counties, and Oraiigo county, New York. It shortens tho disUnce to New York from Pittsburgh by 150 miles. Joseph Orenlacs, of Pot'.sville, found guilty lust week of killing his brother while under thu intlueuci of liipior, was sentenced to 1'J year iu tho K c-t rn IVnitoutiuiy. Twenty soutouc m were pro.iou icol in tho Fayotlo cjuuty court last atulduy. Nino of the prisoners had been couvicled of ll cal liimor soiling. They were line I heavily and sent to juil lor terms ranging from 0) days 13 months. The highest sentence was im jiomsI on c li l ick Dedrick. who t uriiished bipior to an organ izixl club. six mi:n iiiiowm:o, A Wrecked Vcascl Ilnrata, and Cap tain And Crew nru Lost. Capt. Benj. II. Knight, of Baltimore; Sec ond Mute James Hichards, of Pbiladolphitt; P.tor Florida, John Smith, Nod Forbes and C'lms. Hobbs, sailors of the brig Agnes Bars ton, which was wrecked near Virginia Bi'ach, were drowne I. During the night three of tho nion were washed overooard, and lost. When day broke this moruiug the life saving crew saw the three remaining me t lashol iu the rin ging. At eight o'clock the vessel burst, tin masts fell ami the men were lost. N bodies h&ve yet come ashore. The wind is stilt blowing over fifty miles an hour along the coast. Tho Winter Wheat Crop. The Farmer' Ilevicto says the general average of condition for the wlnW-wheit b It as a wui lo Is fair to good, and the pros, ivcti for a crrp by no m-au discouraging. GENERA, OLKANi: FIIOM ALL SOEIlCKfll Tho Main Kant a Helatnil Wlthoat Un ncoeaaary tVorda. The Inland Revenue Dopartm-nt of Cans ada, In consequence of the adulteration of American lard, has reommendod tost the duty belncrossed in order to prao.ically ex clude tho article. James Payne, of Ellsibete, N. J., until re cently a prominent Knight of Labor, com mitted suiclda He had complained that la bor men were trying to throw him out of employment. The Masons of New York have designated April 24 as a day of special thanksgiving for the liquidation of the debt of the fraternity In that State. A bronze medal souvenir has been atrack in honor of the occasion. August Tnnto, who murdered old Mrs. Htochal, of Hi:t, Mich., and tried to murder her husband and granddaughter at the same time, ba tsssn sentenced to State prison for life. Magruder Flolclier, colored, who as saul ted Mrs. Obediah McOruder, was taken from Ilia Jail at Tasley, Va, Wsdness day by a party of masked men and banged to a tree. The Inman steamship, City of New York, which arrive I at New York Thursday, made the fastest trip to her record 0 days, 14 hours und 0 minutes. TUi bent day's ruu was ''!' miles. The Park Cent ml Hotel disaster at Hart for I, Conn., in which tw iuty-lhree were tille l, is found lo have Ixsvi causod by the nildil negligence of Alex. I'll nor and Amet Kisiey, w ho ha I charge of the bjiler that ex 1 1 oil is! Great rain storms have prevailed in Cali fornia for two days ending at noon nn Wed nesday. A wash-out occurred on the Cali fornia and Oregon Rs.ilro.nl, in Placer coun ty, and an express triic rolled down au em bankment there. Thi'Odore Roberts and John Johnson, com victs in the Sing Sing prison, were fighting in one of the galleriet on WrdnesJay, when they lost their balance and foil 3D feot to the stone floor below. Johnson was fearfully In jured, but Roberts was not even dazed. John Daniels and bis son Joseph, farmers living near Dlckoyvilie, Wis., quarrelled about property last Tuesday night. The old man rushed on bis son and stabbed him fatal ly with a knife. Although terribly weaken ed, the son got his father diwn, and, but for the Interference of neighbors, would have killed him, Arthur Dale suicided at Chattanooga, Tenn., by blowing out his bruins with a shot gun. He has been gradually bee lining in sane and preferred death to insanity. While crossing a trestle on the Cumber land St Pennsylvania railroad near Piedmont, W. Va , Mrs. Morel y was struck by an en gine and fatally Injured. The wreck of the bark E, I. PettingiU.wa found Saturday near Cap Henry, Chesa peake Bay, In Ave fathoms of water. She bad 3 men In ber crew and there Is litUe doutt but that Itey wer'idrowntsL y .7' " Tba amendment striking the word 'Prt. estant' from the bill of right In New Hamp shire was rejected, the vote standing i Yes, 37.US9; no, 20.SSO; not the requisite two thirds. The prohibitory amendment fa'.le I by a vote of W,a5 yes, to '.11,774 no. The proprietors of thecolliories In Cum berland, Yorkshire, I-ancaibire, Northum berlan I and Durham, Eng., will meet nt Manchester soon to consider the proposition of a syndicate representing KN),OoO,O0O to buy up the collieries and form a gigantic Coal Truot. Chnrles Sauii lors, a powerful negro, and the last of a g ing of 40 moonshiner in Wyo ming and McDowell c unities W- V., was captured by Y. 11. Bildwiu, a detective, at Flipping Creek, lost Thurs-Uy, after a Hoi per.stu light iu which both me i wjre b idly injured. Several persons In Uppr Warre:i county, N. J., have boon visited rocintly by Wliito CHand unmertiut reforms effected. II, C, L'lnoas, a well-known citizij, was given a thorough washing, hot water, soip and brush being use I, warned to k'op hiuisolf clean in tho f utuiv, und sent homo. A syndicate of London financiers, repre senting f0( si, 000, is buying up all the ol l.'erie iu Cumtierland, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Northumlierluud and Durham, England. Not long ago a kimilurly powerful symlicute of English capitalists bought in and now hold all thn ninny uud great brewerie in England. Edgar Swan, of Lynn, Mass., paying toilet iu a National bank, is charged with be ug a defuulter to the amount of $'iS,VJ5. The shortage of John E. Sullivan, the ab sconding County Clerk of Marion couuly, Indiana, will amount to about I "i ,000, Flngmnti Hauiiigan, on trisl at Mnuch Chunk, 1'., charged with being rtsipixisible for thu Mud Run disaster, was found no: guilty. Ueorge Borate) was found dying upo I the street at Indianapolis and a note on his per son showed that he had tukuu polsoii. He wusdianppoluted iu love, George l n'iyden,75yearsof age, a miser, who died ivcmtly in K 1inU, mid was sup niwel to lw very Mor, was found to havo 1 00,000 in 1'a.sh, slocks und Isiuds. He is sup p iss to hive rcl itivi'K iu Maine. The jury of iiiqii'Kt In tin D iwso i murder ;iw, at t'linrlxst in, S. ('., found that Dr, Mi'Diw was guilty of felonious killing and that his c ilnro I butler w is nn nci ossory. Hon. Mi nes W. Field, the original Green I nek nil voc lu in Michigan, tho nun who l ied the (JroKiili.ick iiiovmniit inUj pjlitl s I priimiiiencit in the UniUil SisImi and uiggnitisl the coiivention which nominated I eier Ompoi' for I'resi le it, diud ut D tioit from a stroke of ilinipli'i;'. The three great stoel oompanles, tba North Chicago, the Union aud the Jollet, are en deavoring to effect a oousolidition. Tht managers claim that no trust is intended, but say that the proposed deal would give tone tc the market. Some of the stockholders art uot in favor of the arraugomen. Willis Green, Anderson Mitchell and Dan Jones (colored), wore hsned at Arkadel phln, Ark., for 'the inu dqr of a negro pr. oiIit namel Arthur llorton, Miy 21, lbUi, The execution was private. John A. Campbell, once Justice of the Supreme Court of tba United States, snd later .Assistant Secretary of War of tba Con federacy, died In his home in Baltimore, ged Ti A bill has passe J the lower branch of the Main Legislature, Imposing fine, Imprisons meut and disfranchisement for ten years on the man who sella his vote. The Bell Telephone Company has declared dividend of 3 pjr share. Airrod Post, who ran a freight claim bu reau in Chicago, has disappeared, and his lia bilities, it Is stated, will reach $200,000. His property lus been attached. Henry Bergh has been forced to resign the Presidency of the New York Society for tba Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, founded by bis uncle twenty-three years ago. Chill nod Bolivia are engaged in a frontier dispute over the district of Autofagaata. Chill claims all territory south of the tweuty third parallel and Jurisdiction over the rest of tba coast. Bolivia protests against this claim. Hi Ya, a Chlnee cook on the American steamer Southern Cross which arr.vtd at Sny der, N. 8. W., January 31, becoming crazed from the use of opium, fired upjn the crew. The captain of the vessel returned the fire, killing tba Chinaman. The development of gold mines In the Sweet Grsss Hills, just siuth of the interna tional boundary, iu Montana, is reported at causing great excitement, aud the locality i full of prosector. The sum of J0.0J0, the excess of receipt over expenditures on account of the Inaugu ration ceremonies, has been hui led to the District of Columbia Commissioners for lus vestment, the Interest lo be devoted to th relief of the Kjr. The beavy rains lo California have caused s flood In the Mnjave river, a'td thn bridge near Bars tow is in danger of a melon. The total amount of the shortage of John E. Sullivan, the absconding County Clerk ol Marlon county, Indiana, will ra U loi.OO'). The bulk of the money has betn taken M Canada, TI1K PKNALTY PAID. Virgil Jackson, thn Murderer, Suf fers Death on tho fJallowa. Virgil Jackson, the murd-rer, was hangal at Utici, It. Y., Thursday morning. He waa perfectly calm, and the execution passed eff smoothly. The crime for which Jackson was banged was the murder of Norton Met calf, in Augusta Centre. The crime was committed Sunday afternoon, January 29, 1888, and grew out of Hi relations between Jackson and the wife o? his victim. Motcalf had ordered Jacks in to keep away from Mrs. Metcilf. Jackson, however, ro fused and followed her to church that fatal Sunday afternoon, returning i i company with her. As he neared Metoilf home he came out of the house and met his wife and Jaokson in the road. Words passed between tho two men and they clinched. Immediate ly afterwarJs three - shots were fired by Jackson in quick succession, and Metcalf fell to the ground dead, all threa shoU having taken effect. Upon trial Jackson's plea was self defense, but the plea availed hint nothing and he waa convicted of murder lu the first degree. The case was carried to the Court of appeals, which affirmed the judgment of the court below. Application was theri made to the Governor for commutation of the death sentenoe to imprisonment for life, but the Governor deolined to interfere. A I1ATTLK KXPtXTICD. Miners Threaten lo Kill tho UnsttvU Company 'a Cool lea, Troublo of a very serious nature is immi nent iu the new gold region. A Lo Angolci dispatch says; Parties ar riving from Etisennd i statu that the whole report of a rich gold find in Lowor Califor nia is untrue, and was start 1 1 by the Inter uatiouul Company, who, by the tonus of a contract, ha I to got a large number of men in Liwer California iu order to save the o mcosaion made them by the Mexican Government.' Notwithstand ing reports from returned pronpectors, that the plsce are frau Is, mauy persons are still going there. Tho coming of Mexican soldiers into Lower California, to protect the miners that have gone to the new mines, is one of the disturb ing features. The situation looks threaten ing, and a battle betwee.i the independent miners and the E iglith compmy's luuu is lookod for every mouieut. Blood will cor tsluly ba shed if the C)niany iusists on brftspcf coolies to tho camp, DEKK 8IIUT OUT. Aiiiiowa Judjjo Dcvidca Afralnat St. Louis llrcwiiitf Company. Judge Ruddick bos granto.1 a temporary injunction against the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railroad Company aud C. J. Foasolman, agent for aSt. Louis brew ing company, restraining thorn from bringing beer Into Waverly. The complainant wai Dr. Billbrook, a Methodist uiluister. Fo-sel-man was taking order for the firm and sub sequeiitly delivered the beer, which arrived by the oar luvl. The car were allowed to remain on the side tracks until the beer was delivered. Fttsidmau's attorney bold that the sals was c jiuuuiated in St. Louis, while counsel for the railroad argued that, un.lor the deci sion of the United States Supreme Court, the road was oblig.d to accept the beer, which be claimed hid becu treated the same ss any other freight, The Judgo held, however that the brewers bad no right to have an agent in Iowa, and that when Fosselman took order and ilelivere 1 their goods hen ths sale was completed in Iowa and wo il legal, lis also hold that the railroad agent, knowing how such sale were made, should not have permitted them on the premises ol tba road, aud therefore grautod tUs lajuno- Uoh In both Two Men Fatally Injured. At Stafford, Ky., a trestle on tba Cincin nati and Green River Railroad gave way un der a freight train, and the engine and two freight car fell thirty feet and were wreck ed. The engineer saved bU life by Jumping, but the colored fireman remains! at his poet and receive 1 fatal injuries. A man named Hughes, stealing a ride, was fatally injure L TIIE GREAT FAILURE. Tilt: DISASTKIt WIDKSPHEAl) IN FltANCE. A Sketch of iho Copper Syndicate Which Caused If. The failure of the Comptoir d'F.scomp'e and Societo Djs MoUut croatol a greit sen sation In Now York and brJke the stock mil ket badly. It was thought that the aid given the copper syndicate bythsBuiknt Francs and the Rothschild would be suffi cient and no failure was expected. The Comptoir d'Escunpte hid a capital of 300,000,000 franc or ')O,0J0,0J0. The two companies borrowed 130,000,000 from the Bank of France several days ago and $8,000,000 more Saturday from the same source and the lu.il:lillds. Ths liabilities are enormous and all Franca will suffer. The copper syndicate liegau In November, 1887, whan the average price of Like Super lorcoppr waa only ll! cents, and It soon ran up to 17V cent. In "ay, WS, the French syndicate maHo a contract for the en tire product of the Lake Sup-rior mines for three yesrs at 13,' cents per pound, with half the profits of the syndicate's sal s to manu facturers of the metal, The sales, at 10 cent, were very large, and the mine owners real iii 13 cents for their product. By the term of ihe contract It was not to sxpire until Mnv, l.l, but the syndicate soon rrallze l that it had mo.-e on its hamis tha'i it had anticipated. Since early ii lvii thcsiipply of c pier has been steadily In pressing. At the opening of that ear It was f'l.lNM tons, and it hs sines Increased to fully Iflo.issitona It hsslxsMi lucre, singnny where fiom 5,ismi to U.tNM ions a month. The loss on the syiiilicntx's supply of l.'iO.osj lo is at the market pricj of Cnlii tur a few day-ago, it IssUifl, wna lully fj.OOO.OOO. It would require 4CyXH),ooo more to curry tluouli the deal nn orulnally pnHsnl. I'Uo great combination has, tberefore, been en deavoring t secure a modification of the terms made last year w itn tlio American mining companies, and it is av. rrwl, on what teems lob) goml aulhoiuy, that it has sue csvdeiL It is said to l e probsble the price will be rsdiiCHi two cuts a pound, or to lit,' cents. A l ank with a c .pitsl o( l.),(M0,ikM is to lie startoii iu IO ulo i by the ymlicat", and it w ill Is-un debeuture uouua to the amount of 1,000,1X10. The BocieledosMetaux was founded in lw, end his a capital of 1J,000,OOJ and has f I, 000,000 of bonds. The colliqwe of the foreign copp r syndi cate will cause a drop in the price of copp jr In this country. For that reosou, a nuiuoer of Americana who are now holding the metal at 10J cents nr ound, will loose the differ sue betwean that and the price to which the market w ill drop. It is not believed that the dealers in this couutry will lose auy thing further than that. TIIK HIOTH IN CHINA. Our Consul-General Had to Aak tho Help of a Drilled Man-of-War. The Secretary of State has received from Mr. Kennedy, United Ktatos CousuUGeneral at Shanghai, a reKrt on the recent riots at Chin-Kiang, Chins. It appears that on Feb ruary 5 tho Consul-General received from Consul Jones, at Chl.i-Kiang, telegrapbio sews of the riot and threatened attack on the Consulate, aud a request for protection. As there was no Americail lan-of-war available tha British Cor-r,Oenerl was communicated w- ouri ;:.n British man-tf-war was starts I fronrv-L sthal on Feb. I for Chin-Kiang. On that day the Briti.h Consulate and four other houses at Chin Kiang were burned and tho office of the Americail Consul gutted aud looted by a mob of about 0,000. Mr. Jones aud family es raped injury. These fucts wore communi cated to our Minister at Peking. The Consul General at Shanghul has also reported th it there was a lute rumor that more buildings had boon destroyed, among them the n si deuces of snue American iiii-mouaries. ON DUIY TWKNTY HOUIta Engineer Cook. Telia the Story of the Mud ituii DlauMter. At Mauch Chunk, Pa., Huury Cook, engi neer of the first engine that crushed into tha excursion train at Mud Hun, was put on th stand. Cook told hoar he bad been kept at work for over twenty hours previous to being ordered on duty that day. Ho de clared that be had olsierveil every signal, but that tho steam from an injector in the cab bad created a coating on the w iudow and he was unub'o to set ahead unless ho looked through a partly open wiudow on ths fireman's side. This bo did, aud saw white lights at Mud Run, which luo int that every thing was all right. Cook told a stroigbt story and seeiuod perfectly composed. SAID UK WAS HUNTED. A Man Supposed to be Tascott Ar rcatcd In IliltUli Columbia, A man supposed to answer the description ( Tascott, the murderer of millionaire Snell, f Chicago, has been arrested at Ninaimo. Ue gave bis name ss Cbarlei Palmer. His luspicious actions at onue draw the attontion of the officers. He engaged a boatman to row him to Gibriola Island, telling the lat r lis wm hunted and wanted to esoie from bis pursuers. A storm coming up, the royagewas not made, and Palmer then offer kl a liveryman twenty dolhr to drive him ut of town as Inr ss possible. While trying 0 1 ave, Palmer was arrested. Ue shows in- 1 cations of insanity. A Wild and Useless Chase. The international chase for Tascott ha endod in failure. A. J. Stone, son-in-law of the fugitive's supposes! victim. Millionaire Knell, returned empty bunded to Chicago after a fruitless jaurney of several thou ind miles. Mr. Stone was sooouipiuled by De tective McDonald and William, Following a clew which took them to Canadian North west tin pursuit led to tha Pacific Coast. Tbere a capture was made, but the prisoner, like 10 many before, proved to be the wrong man. Mr. Stone estimate the length of hi trip at 8,030 miles. A Doctor May Advertise, Tba Appollato Court of Chiotgo affirmed a decision that notwithstanding the opposition of the State Board of Health, a physician may advertise. Dr. J. Cresap McCoy, a specialist, advertised largely and tho State Board revoked his Ucsiise. Acoordlug to the Appellate Court the board 1 now prohibited from iuterferlog with advertising phyii. claus. NOMINATIONS. A Lens; List of Appolntmei,0. portant 1'lnces. The President sent the following . tlons to the 8?tiat M Jiiday t W. E. Bu Id Deacon, of New J,,. . Marshal of the United States for thd of New Jersey. John 8. Burton, of Mississippi, to r w shal of the United ritntes for the Sorw district of Mississippi. " Edwin L Kursheedt, of Louisiatis, t u Marshal of the United State for theEiaw district of L luisians. Brad D. Slaughter, of Ncbraski, to v Marshal of the United State for the dlttr of Nebraska Wra 1L Whlteman, of Now Mexico, u k Associate Justice of tba Supreme Court the Territory of New Mex Ico. Smith A. Whitfield, of Ohio, to b 8ej Assistant Postmaster General, Genersl Abraham D. Haznn, of Pson-i vanla, to be Third Assista-it Postnmtwfj! eral. John W, Mason, of West Virginia, to U Commissioner of Internal Revenue. J. Granville Leach, of Pennsylvania, Appraiser of Merchandise In the Diatrictof Philadelphia, Pa. Wm. W. Tboims, Jr., of Maine, to UEj, voy Extraordinary and Minister l'l-nipxss-tiary of the United Stut3S( to BweJto at4 Norway, Samuel R. Thayer, of Minnesota, to a Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pl.tuj tentlory of ths United Stato to ths N,",, land. Charlisj E. Mitchell, of Connecticut, tab) Commissi. nie." of l'.ite its. Nathan O. Murphy, of Arixjiia, to l$s retary of Arisi.in. David M Lines, nf Louisiana, ti bt Sj. clal Ezaminer of Drills, Medicine an, icil in the Distil !t of Nw Orleans, I,v John P. Ward, of Oivgo.l, to Is As,iriw cf Merchitiilise in tin District of W,; inette, III tho State of Oregon a id Turritar; of Washington. The Semite ha confirm si the followia nominations: John A. K owons, WnL Wt. tor Pliolps and George H. Batei, Commii, sioner to the Somotn conference at U1a Cyrus liuss.iy, Ass saut Seuretury of Interior. INDUSTRIAL WORLD. , Thb Knights of Ialior ar increatin. 1 Plenty of new railroad work is pro.i Wauok and carriage maker tr da well. 1 Thc Carbon and Hilliville (l'enai itnni over. 8kii.i.kd Northern labor Is in ilenia-Ja th South. Pt'MP and mining machinery ma'ttn ba all they can da A Goon many Southern factories an rs ning night and day. Women weavers at Fall Klver, Mt make about fit a week. An Industrious laborer in Mer.lco cuna- maad eighteen cents adsy. Eoihon has an absolute monopoly c(J incandescent jigating in linglrn t One stove concern at South FittsburA una, win niaae so.wo stoves mu ytr. Thk hardwood finishers are strung very nam va lorm a national organiuiua Mors firms are trying tb plan of diils; profits among workmen in addition to is Rollino mill men will try hollo ni stuffed with silicla, instead of so)id catt-utj ones. A roNVEMTioK of waiters' uniomwCii held in New York city to organic 1 5 tional union. It take over 4,000,003 boxes of wiolit glass for the country, made in 111 pod ll present U'J are laie. Some branches of the tobacco tr.l at almost monopoiid by girls. For imxa the making of cigarettes. The Umbrella, Pip and Cane Miuers V tional Union boa Ave local unions an I tes memberhip of 1M(H) psrsons. Tiikke are nearly .ViOO co ouera'.ii tie in this country with an average m-x.v ship of -.0.1, or l.OOJ.ooo in all. A wciMAN'xtrado union recently orvu1 In lilasgow, Scotland, ha now a nieiuomsj of eighty-niue working women. Is Peuiisvlvania, by an act of Lsgiiatua soldiers and sailor of the late wsr antes given the preference employment. Thk largest lathe order ever p..l placed by the V estinghouse peoiile w -i lames, eacu iweniy-ons-inuu cu.. A BILL to abolish night work br b-p der eighteen years and girls under tuc? olio is under consideration In frauce. Philadelphia wants five or six ku training schools to m-et the r.Uir!iuoti the local in liistne lor sicille i m-s.'um Cm ah making ha of late year be-oB'" unprofitable to the wording peopl that average we-.-kly wage rango only froi' to f7. One hundred girl employed in th lop Cotton Mills, of Madison, ind., are trU( for ten hours Instead of elsveu and m heretofore. Tiie Central Labir Union, of ' ' once a powerful labor body, is no" up into two hostile camps overtb'lua of so.'ialism. The Governor of the Frovinc ol W Prussia, in view of the scarcity of w hands, has suggested the iiitroductio Clunesa labor. Thb New York P-tate labor apfnisi allows .'i,(00 to the Hoard of Arbitrst ft-l.k i tu nml S'UiAl.1' labor statistics. THRgrean-glass bottle blowers mi K. of L about two years ago hsv rw .... .. .. 'J. w inaij ioiu, is'nj uieiiiuojTi iuw"! cash balance of t&JOO. At nreent & cotton mills sr W3 cotton goc-ls in the South, onJ "" more will soon be tintshed, besiiie Uf-l under erection; total tM (h Cnrmin nlsnr ITranllfort ttK" ' an old balcnr' hop iu whicu sue 'eo orations of douga workei'S hay earn their trade since toe year Mu7. . . . . ...iie InK siw jersey legislature i . Kill k...i. r..n..l.. .....i..w ii.,vf Dfnfci any employer asking an emp oye nutim not he belong to a lubor union. Some of th working wouwn f nave orgniu lueiuwis ei imo the protection of their right ni j nroTMiuut of their condition sec:.'; inentallv.'' Tun liiadliruofllr rt .mintrfsit sewing machines in Germany v extemiv that a combination ba bow' , . . at craieia to cdck tne inipvi' - machine of American make. ii n i . . ....... . . v. i .i , ni-iii on the Great Northern Railway, d Pi a i i i i a a fffl w vij in E. uEj.fti.fi , naa uou mtvi - l ..T.. u i ,xrsf Ti1 the servlcs of the Great Northern CwP Avter trying to find a French who could put up an nydraullc ' " ,m the Eiffel Tower at Pari, an Aiu" , was sought out Tney have shlpp" pouuua ua macuiuvi w iuu ,uw tors. Emigration statistics show that amieranta have left Germany sm " i whom '.',000,000 have gone to Anieric
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