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FIVE KILLED
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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