A MONTANA MASSACRE.
FAMILY or i:MI01tANT9 KILLI.D.
The Victim Shot and Their Outfit
Diimed.
News bo l-n received of a most brut si
crime committed In Fergus county, in wlmt
l known " Ju llth Comity," about 130
miles north of Helena, Montana.
The news was brought by the driver of a
'-age lino, running from Fort Benton to Liv
ingston, llo says that 01 r-aturlay lout
the. body of a middlo-aged woman,
who had two shot in the back, wss found by
a cowboy In a il.l and utifrequ nted p'tt on
Judith river. The Coroner's Inquest devel
oped no Information as to who ilio won. On
Tuesday the t ulle of two men, a 10 year-old
irl and a C year-old girl were discovered
aUiut 100 yrda above the mine place.
All were shot in the back except the child,
who was strangled. Nour by were found the
remains tf burned trunks ami camp
equipage.. Everything by which
the bodies might be idun.illed was destroyed.
Nobody l i Ju llth Co-.inty can roeoghiw tho
Indies. They are supposed to have been a
family of emigrant from Iowa or Illinois,
The whole of J u llth County is tnmwl and
100 horseman ere s -ourlng the plains, sek
ingtho trail of tlio mur lerers. The 1hps
whers the died wns commit od is 100 milos
from a ratlrca I, which, it is supposed, the
murderers are Irv.n to reach.
I'ny liny at Johnstown.
The Cnmliria Iron Company had about
f,oJ men In Its employ before the flioljof
ths mind i. r alu-ut 'J,5 1) have le:i lieiird
from, and rerhnps iiuM more may turnup.
They on Friday rec-ived pay amounting to
about 1100,(0.) for the lint two weeks in
May. Tho books wero l st and the men will
riot get the money for several days. Aliout
3,0)0 men are now at work as laborers cleir
iug up the wreck, an I skilled workmen who
used to make H'j) nn 1 t.MJ a week are now
bard at it for f 1. 10 a dny.
Tho company has already ms.de two ship
men's of rtl s which were fl iIhIxmI bofore
theflool, and will be in full eratioii with
r.iil mi;t No. 3 on Monday. The former, not
living damaged, all will bo blown In.
The CSautier Company had about 1, .'!'))
men In its employ. Of this force 7 m) regis
tered wilhii the first two weeks, nnl 2.V)
more havo since male themselvis heard.
The psy roll runs cl.wo to j'),000 a month,
and this amount wns pal 1 this morning for
the first two weeks of Mav. The books living
wholly lost, a pay-roll will have to lo malo
up from statements of tho men
aud guess-work. On Saturday tho (liutl. r
men w ill git their money for the last week
of May and first two weeks of June, This
will m Min 1 73,000 more in circulation, tin pay
of theOK) ni'.-n now en.ng) ns laborers being
about f'JVXiO for the half mo ith. T11 is seems
to indicate tli st close to 1,0 W 111011 from thes
two works have boon lost or havo gon awiy
without piy.
The statein 'lit that tha Cambria, Com
pnny 1 .st the pay money ths dny of the fl wd
turns out to bo incorrect. It was at
flnt thought by dud ofll vrs of the com.
pany that this was true and they so told ths
co-respondents. It s-ems that all the cash
fur the Cambria ami O kutler pay was ar
raugod in envelopes, in tho First National
Ciiik, and at in tin vault, where it was
found in safety. '1 hero were other pay rolls
made up in ths bniik, i n 1 about t iW.OiJO in
cash were In tho vault outsido of the usu d
business fun I, a rich priu, tbo knowio Ige of
whiob mUht havo caused trouble,
AfTalmat Johnstown.
CoL J. L. Spangler. in chargo of t!io cmn
01 is oni.ry department, presented his wiekly
r'nrt to Adjutant (r.Mieral llsting Tho
rep rt kIioas that iVOW iopla sru : 11 b
in; daily fed here by ths Mini, a reducli u
in the number of 3,.Vi during the wen.
Co'o iel r'p.iiigler reeommomls that tho relief
money bo turiuxl over to tho cit mis, ninl
thut the necessary supplh hbs purcha-el from
tlio lti general st-.r.-s a i i three bakeries now
running here. T.ie reKirt furt ior sugehtn
that ono-thir 1 f tho present coiiuiusHsries
be abolislie I on Wednesday.
Town Clerk 1'farr, of Cumbria lo ough,
has just complete I a lUt nIioaIii that in
tliut place alone .'! houses huve beoil ui irely
wetuwiy. Not evjii u tnoiof thom ctn
bo found.
A U'st ens w ill s mmi l ent re l i 1 the Ctin
bna county courts ag d 1st the members of
the houth Fork F.s'iing Club. The pluintilf
will be Job 1 Tho un Si Sou. They will suo
for I IV, 0O0 damages, a id all Johnstown'
merchants will unite 111 paying th iir attor
coys' fees. NootUnrsuit will bi brought un
til this i S'-ttlud, and the but leul talent
ill be cligageL
Aeour ling to the es'.imnte of Jamea Mo
Mi lun, Cyrus El lor and o'.her leodiug busis
ces men of Johuabiwn, the aggregate loss of
bouxe wasalHjut 1,8X1. This ineludw all the
losws i a t le Coo in tuh Valley.
TM KI.Vi; IILNDHKI) KILI.CIt.
Ciineito City of I.achan Iturn d Ten
'Ibonhaoil I'ci Jlouit leos.
Onvdialf of the imp riant city of I. iclian,
In the province of Hx-:liiien, was rrcunlly
diwtroyed by fire. The to lligr.itioi iue i
four days. It Is eitimaU-d that 1,' 0 person
wern killed. M'sit of them were crut'ied in
trying to o-cipe from the narrow street.
T -ii thousmid x'rw is art homo A luuil
bts len stortoJ for the roli.f of tbu n.
f .rer
llurned 10 loutli.
Mrs. Aleian ler MoDiwall, asd M yesr--,
and an o.dand wdl-kuown red luutof Frank
lin, fa., was burned to death. Hhe wis at
ths ri lenoe of her sxi, an I In desuendin
the stairs from the ssooud svor to the UrM
story, made a nilsiUp and full t ths bottom.
A until lamp s'ie was currring w broken
au l the oil ipllel, iTlo(lug her la flam.
rm. Hoa was bunsi bally that shs live I
csdy a few Uurs.
(striker 8hoc
The striking tolaer at Kladno, liobemla,
ogaged la a riot. The gen d' armes flrad on
tba rioters avid killed two of tbein and wound
ad twelve. Furthrr trouble 1 feared, aud
thrs battalion of troips have been tent to
the sc n. The strikers defied the gen d' armes,
and the 1st tar were compelled to Ore several
vo'lejs into the mob before they cvulj t dis-wrd,
TIIEOKFlCIAIi PlOUnCS.
The Majority Again t Prohibition la
1HU.U20 and Affalnat the 8uf
frago Amendment
233,830.
The ofTlclal acoount of the vote In all tba
counties in the Prohibition snd Huffraga
AmenlmenU has been omplete.1 and shows
the plurality against the Prohibitory Amend
mailt to be 18.,(rJ0 and against the Buffraga
Amendment, 'iXi,KA. The following sro the
majorities for aul agslust I'rohibitlon by
countiis.
MAJutuTir.s row. Imajokitics aoaikst
Heaver
Meir
Hratlforl
Hutler
I aineron
Cellt'T
Chester
lanoi
I learfhd 1
Crawford
K.i yet e
K01 tnt
(Ireene
Hun Ingdon
Imtiana
ft fferiu
lwreneo
McKenn
Mervr
Mifllm
1 otter
Hu ((iiehnnna
1 10, a
t' hi-ill
Venango
Warren
Wahliington
WvKtiiKireland
Wyoming
Total
1.W Adams
i.V!M Adegheny
H, 4I'J Arm t ring
V,4-i4 lUlford
i;ty lierks
1 Mucks
I. lHio famtiriif
CarlMiu
I,.'..' Columbia
U,.Vi Climon
U,iK.'i Cum erland
4,"i unuphin
iIV!lelaar
Mil elk
S,V.K Krle
1,(1.' Franklin
i.Mi'ijKulion
ir , Juniata
8,.s.V lackawanna
70 .ll.nncaMor
1 !8
21,1
175
MO
4,:t'-"
1.4:1 J
2.;wj
1,241
4'.t
R4J
8,07.-
l.C'iO
8 tsnl
ui:t
t'4
10 .its 1
...v.
V.VSt
4!J
III nnou
S,4;iv'I''liign
J,i ',n Luzerne
Ui:iJl.ycoimng
3,'i" J Moor
n) 1 Montgomery
S!,n,?l Montour
li kI.Noc thumpt on
l.'.'ls N'oi thiiuiooi lund
Hit
H 11
rerrv
4S.14J biladolpbia
la,4
lint
12.:.i-
I, .'."
1 me
Schuylkill
.Snyder
.Somerset
.S11 livun
Wayne
Yora
Maioritv azaiiist
rolu 1 nt ion 19,H
The total voto cist for and against the
Prohibitory Amei.d neiit in Aileghiny roun
ly won 4WV.4 10. ThotoUil vote on the Suff
rage Aiuondment was 42,lll. The county
rote stood on Prohibition: Against, 4"),7W;
!or, 10,01 1 j maj irity 20.1HS. The majority
igninst the Amendment in the City of Pitts
jurgwns Irt.VJJ; In All gbony, 5.10J; in the
Xirough, U75; Im the towushia, 3,581. Tho
najority in the county agaiust tberulTrage
Aineiidnieiit was 7.VT7. it Uiing larger by
nire than 1,000 votes t.iau the maj rity
igainxt ProhibitioiL
Adams eiuuty oftloisl gives 1,339 against
Prohibition, and 4,474 aaiuat 611 drags
ameudme it
Offleial count of Clarion county shows for
Prohibition, 8,701; agam.t, 2,4l. Suffrag
lust by heivy msj irity.
Carbon ofn'ial; Against rrobibitinn, 8,-2;
for Prohibition, 1,.U0. Against BufTrags
flmenilmn it, 'i.VM; for, 471.
OfTl.'isI returns show a inajirlty in Vnsn
ft county for tho Amendment of S.-Vri. The
Suffrage Amendment was defeated 5,000.
Ofll 'lal vo of Juniata county is as fol
Inws; For Prohibltio 1, 1.3SS; agalmt, 1.4W.
r'or Poll Tax Auinndmeut. ViOj; against, 2,201,
la Center county the exact miJVity tabea
from the official returns, wiiloa are all in
Ire 1 F r the prohibition amendment, 3,030;
tgalnst l) suffrage amsudiuout, 8,817, Ths
eta was a surprise,
I Keturus complete from all the dlitricta In
layette county give the Prohibitory Amend
kient a maj irity of 3,073 In a total of 11,219
roUw. The BufTrage Amtndmuiit it snowed
a ider by more thau C.OuO.
; The uflleial voteuf Liwrence county glvei
k m j irity for the amendment of 2,t0i. Tits
lufTraga amendment was defeated in ths
tuunty by a m ij irity of 8,500, There wers
kuu than 2 W voU ca.1t for it,
.' toe ofll'lal msj irty in Korrwrsit eiunty
gainst ths Prohibitory Ameudmsnt Is 1,
T2;sgaiostthe Suffrage Amendment, 3,S4JL
the Prohibition Inadsra feel 'greatly disap
p lintrd as they oonfl Irnt'y azectsd to carry
the cmaly by 2.0JO majorty.
In Pittsburg!! ths 'AuU' vote eirrle-i ev
ryireci c. iopt 10, aud every ward ex.
eept ths Tweuty4crita, In Allegheny 10
pricinct doclars I for prohibit!' n, an 1 64
against, Ths Second ward was the only one
whleb at oarried by the Aniendinont poo.
file.
LfhlgU comity olaima to he the banner
Hitl-l'rohlbitlou county in the htate, on
II iwritig the Diipulstiou aid Tutt polleL Of
a UiUl )U of 13,43 the Prohibltlonisla had
tut 1,779, giving the Amis a ruujjrity o'
The fuffrsge AmenJuieut is defeat
td by a ma Jorllv of 10.3W.
The raiult of the aleot'on In Wssvmireland
county was as much of a surprise to the and
Aniandtmiut as it was to ue Ameiiamaus
peotiK Distrlota that wore c aiuied for tbe
Amendment went agaiuat it, and vioa versa.
All tba dlarrlets h tve tsu hard frona in the
county, and the inajirlty for tae Ameud
mentis 81. The Suffrage Ameudmeat is de
feaUd iu the oiuaty by aa oTsrwkelmlug
najorty, reschiag way up la the thous
ands. The official returns of tha vr of Heaver
tounty show that tho Prohibitory amend- I
nent roived a maj rity of 1..VW. The suf
frsge amen bnent wasdefeabed by a majority
f 8.7J4 Ths b inner off rd by the W. C.
T. U. to the precinct giving the largest mt-
ri'y for the amen Iment in proportion to
,he vote cast has been awarded to IUcoood
lownship, which gave 191 for to U against.
Crawford county official: For Prohibitory
unondmonl, 7.51S; agaiuat, 4,014; tnsjority
for, 11,5.4 For buffrjo -niendiiMiit, l,K)J;
a'iiiii-t, 0,91)1 ; msjorlty against, 5.1U1
F.nac uuty olll .ial! For puihlbitioa, 6,.
i; agint, 8.9TS; in J irity aginst, 3,815.
For utrmge, 2,147: against, 0,910; iuu j .ri y
agsinst the ameiidine'it, 4,7'l.
Frankliu county, official, g vea for prohlU
it ry ameiidmmit, 2U4; against, 4,914. For
luffrsge amendment. l.t-'W; against, 0,001.
Following Is the official vote of Armstrong
eeoaty: For prohibition, 3,7V) against, 3,
913. huffrage, for, V79; agalest, tfiSO.
Indiana eouaty, official: Far prohibition,
4,900; egslnst, 2,067. For euflraga, 402;
against, 6,840.
Ufllciai figures for Busier county anew R,P0
vo'jra were oaet, giving araijirity for tb-
prehtbitien amendmeat O' '2,4i. There wen
7,034 voles against the suffrage ameadmsnl
a d only 8)7 in favor ef It,
Toe official vote of 111 ir e mity gives 2
2H majority for prohibition and 0,497 lit
j rity against the suffrage sminilmii) , AI
Uxnia, II ilil dsysiiurg and Tyrone, the o ill
p av ot having lioinsi hotnli iu ths Couuty ,
gjve muj Tiliss 10 '-ttvor o' jiroblbl'dJu
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
GLEANED aTKOat A Lis SOCnCES.
m
Tha Main Faota Related Tfithont
tJnneccaaary Word a.
oon rrnitta, a prominent farmor, and Ids
neighbor Bruce Linger, both living near
eston, tv. Va., have been arreital for mak
ing counterfeltsilver dollars.
J. IL Scott, proprietor of tbe Bradford
H io.se, at Marlotts, O . was thrown from a
"Kgy Wedne day night, auttaining li juries
irom which he died In a few hours.
Mrs. Mary E. D.irkdull, the oldeti lady in
Wayn county, O., diel in YVooster, aged 9tV
years, bhe was a native of Mercer county,
P., and reiid-d In W'ooster since clilldbool.
The tremendous sweep of the fl o I 1 1 tho
eastern pirt of Per mylvanU may in a meas
ure be Und rs ood by the fac; that tio Lost
Ixg Cominit ee of Willlamsport, roporta that
l Jo.O O.OlK) feet of timiier hss been r Oiver
el. Including that cai red into tha Cbea
o-ako II jy.
The iufTjrim among tha coal mlneri In
Clay County, Intl., has become o gr.-at th it
Oovernor Havey has lssul anapimil to the
people of the Htotttoail I torn at once. Hj
tiysthe LegWntura has never made tin n.
eial provision for such nn emergency, a id
there is no money in reicli which be coul I
divert to the purpose of roliovlng the stirr
ing ponplo.
The fnrmers of certain stations 01 f.idhna
are grcitly ex-rciseil over the appearance of
mall green bugs ii numlwr lnuuin Ta d
which threaton to destroy the cropi of wli eat.'
eats and rye, or at least such portion there f
as la bickward. Thulium attacks the griin
st the base of the head and anps the UN "ill
of iU Iho parasite hs appeared Insiveial
countios, and has already done a great deul
of damage. Its specios is unknown.
The property lost by the recent 0 od to ths
eiple of Johnstown is now set down at $13.
IbO.OviO, to the Pennsylva d rail ro id at
nlout 14,000,00. Those figures are not near
so large as those published first, but they an
far largor than thcas representing the loss by
any fl od in this country before.
Patrick O'Sullivan ha weakened and toll
all that he knows aliout the murder of Dr.
Croi in. Tlie details of bis confi'sslon have
not been made public, but Chief Hubbard as,
aerts that he will have all of the conplrators
arrested Inside of two weeks. Offio r Col.
litis has Idontiflel llnrke, and steps are b-ing
taken for bis extradidon. The grand jury
la nearly through with its work of iuvestls
gatimi.
Vcnexuola has lieen revolut!OMxd, and thai
too, withjut a drop of bio t-l being abed. Tin
ubsolule ruign of (iiiztnau Bianco has conn
to an end. Tho people have rlon an I oven
thrown his pwor. Hi will prohibly mk
nut-ff rt to reign co itrol, butei l bo defeat,
el. For the flrt tim in years the pres. Is
free. The c id o! of the republic is tbe s ;en
of great rej liciug.
A flro in Vancouver, lYash. , destroy i
four blocks lti the busina -a section, compria-
iug mostly frame buildings, about thirty in
number. The loss will reich 170,00!), with
light insurance).
Mia, Beckham, formerly of Canal Dover,
O. , killed her child aud theu oommlUed sui
cide at Sterling, K m.
Ttsj Suivoon Oeneral's report on tha eanU
tary 0 mditioii of Johnstown is au especially
gratifying 0110, It shows that there is little
dUcnso there except measles, and 110 prospect
of any epidemic
Major McKitiloy r.'fusoe to be conllerel a
candidate for 11 iverm r of Oslo.
A man n ime 1 Graham is aUmt to attempt
to go over Niagara Falls iu a boat.
One Campbell, who claims himself at the
Mossiuh, has gained a large following
imioiig the c dortd pi-ople of the Bouth.
Evid iiioi against Burke, charged with ths
Crouiu murder, is aocuuiulating, and it is
t'uouh his guilt will beprovtn.
Hurry Fl unin, Imokkepper at the Marins
National Bunk, l'uuburg, was crreaUol,
chargod with theeiiibezzlement of funds. It
is claimed that be bus appropriated :5,0X to
h.s own use in the past two years. .
At Johnstown twuiity-oue bodies were
taken from the ruins Saturday.
Ojttcral Himon Cam ron's physicians have
givon up all h ie of his recovery.
Mrs. Lucy Wnbb Usyos is thought to be
dying.
Puvld Miitin and wife, of Iwlshnrg, W.
Va., quarreled, after which Mrs. Mann im
mediately proceeded to the barn and com
mitted suicide by banging.
May Poiumers, the lit-year-old daughter of
one of the leading summer residents of Cape
May, N. J.,cled with her father's French
cook, aud was married at Camden, X. J.
Thirty-one jiersons living at Fiudlay, O.,
were poisoned on Suturduy by eating pressed
corned beef Prompt niedleine saved their
lives.
The Wushingtoii (Pa.)i:iectric.Sireot Hall
way Company lias been chartered with a
capital of fiio.ooo. Work 011 the Hue will
begin ut once,
Secretary Tracy has ordcrol that Indejien-
ilence Puy be celebrated in the navy yards
by pulling down the old Hag and running up
the new, with the 12 Hturs 011 it.
AH arrangements for the reconsolidatiou
of tbe Wubash Western und Wnha.sh F.axt-
rn roads ure complcttMl und will take effect
July 1, when the Wubaah Western manage
ment will assume control.
Holler Kiploalon.
At midnight a boiler in the brewery of
George Rentier, Jr., at Youngs town, Ohio,
exploded, instantly killing Charles Kichter,
the engineer, aged fifty, aud seriously injur
lug Coil Stalter, Michael W'elsch aud Thoraas
Kuynolds. Tbe wrecked building took tire
and at one o'clock the flames were beyond
control. Tbe loss will be 175,000, which la
covered by insarauee.
Mobberl the FresM9hr
A band of preachers calling themselves tb
Pentecost Baud, w ho are alleged to be Mor.
nion iiiiMionariiw, have been holding meet
lugs ut Odd Fellows' Hull, In Hlndsboro,
III. hutarday night a purty of maaked met
broke down Hie doors, demolished wlndowi
and severely liandlod Preachers lUvers,
Brink, Jenkins, Itcyuolds and Dclbridgo,
STItlCKKV AO A in
Kir a Follows rluod In ths Fated City
Of Johnaiown.
Tha Are which broke out shortly after
noon Monday In the First ward consomcl
all but three of the buildings In the district
bounded by Market and Walnut idrects,
ind by Main street and the river. Twenty
five buildings were totally destroyed, Includ
ing the large brick school house). Many of
the buildings destroyed bad been washed
from their foundations by the flood. Many
afthem contained household goods which
had been rescued from the water, but only a
itnall amount of tbe goods were tared from
the fire.
It Is iuppoeed the fire originated from
parka flying from burning debris in the
neighborhood. The Philadelphia flro com.
paniee fought the flames, which for atimo
got beyond thoir control, and were only sub
dued by tearing down houses In the fire's
path. The loss has not yet been fixed, but
will be very heavy.
One story of the origin of tbe conflagra
tion Is that a boy was burning a little pile
of rubbish on Chestnut street
when the wind caught some of the
embers and carried them into the school
house. In a few moments the fire jumped
Into a huge pilo of partly upturned frame
houses.
Monday afternoon, between 2 nnd 3 o'clock
a charge of dynamite was exploded near the
second arch from the cast end of the bia
stone bridge. From the great body of wreck
age tossed in the air, pieces of human bod
ies Hew in all directions, and the remnants
afterward gathered together indicated al
least six corpee bad been blown up. They
were doubtless all close together near where
the dynamite was dicharge.
AN KXOUHHM N THIS TIMI'.
llo Loses $H,OOl liy tho Ancient Gold
nek Nwlndl.
An P.tiglt-dimati mimed H. C. Coombs bin
lost s,im by the old gold brick swindle.
The trick was very cleverly pluyed by tb
hnrper w ho figured us a farmer and his con
federate as tin Indian.
f'oimbs came from England si 1 months
ago and wnt Into business in San Fruncisco.
Last Friday a stranger came to him with t
letter from a man living near Chicago. Tlio
letter uid that ths writer believed bis broth
er to be in 'Frisco, and he wanted to give
bim point to make IJO.000 for one-third the
turn Mint.
The swindler then told tbe story of an old
Indian who had gold w hich be would sell
for$S,0n). CKmbs jums-d ut the oiler and
went with the stranger to see thenld Indian,
near (ioldi'ii (intu Purk. Cnoiuhs saw tho
gold rlck und received drilling made nndei
bis own eyes. The-e drillings being pro
lion need pure gold by nssayers that same af
ternoon, Coombs drew S,0u0 from u Imnk
uiul exchanged it for the brick. Yesterday'
nn ns-suyer told bim that the brick -van brass,
and lie went to the detectives, who are now
working on the cose. The swindlers plaved
the same trick near Los Angeles lust winter
when t'-ey sold am it her brass brick (
1,500.
A 1) JUItf-i: LYNCHING!.
One Italian Hanged and Another
Shot For a Coward I v Crime).
In Bell county, Ky., 0. W. Norwood, of
Birmingham, Ala., a contractor, was mur
dered at his camp near Cumticrlund Gnp by
an Italian known us lony Cravasso. Tony
and bis brother were bilkers and hud sold
bread to some of Norwood's men and had R-
iiuested him to hold the men's pay till they
could collect their bills. Norwood told them
thut ho could not withhold the men's pay
except on a garnishee, und directed the Ital
ians to u magistrate. Sunday they called 011
Norwood and asked if be bail their money.
He told ther.i be did not huve any money for
them and walked out of tho commissary
store aud entered a cabin adjoining.
Just as he stepped in dixirs Tony, who
bud followed him, shot bim in the buck,
killing him utmost instantly. The Italiuns
e.scued to the woods, but they were captur
ed aud brought back to Kentucky yesterday.
They were being conducted to tlio Pineville
Jail when Judge. Lynch took churge of them
and gave them u trial, resulting iu the hang
ing of tho elder, Tony and the sending of
the brother to jail. Tho olllcers etartcd for
Pinovillo with tho younger Cruviisso, und us
they were traveling along the mud it Win
chester rille crocked uloug the mountain side
and the prisoner fell iu the mud u corpse.
Pause ttinlt illar Mark.
The brokers und habitues of tho Petroleum
F.xi'huuge were treated to a surprise Mon
day.
Within a few minutes after noon oil,
which bus been in the Uums for such a
long time, made a spurt and forged up from
83 6-8 to 101 1-2 a spurt of I!" 1 rente.
The market had been as stumpy us usual
during all tho morning and until
afternoon. The lobby und galleries were
deserted and few brokers were on the
floor. Suddenly, from tbo direction of the
bull-ring came the sound of a bid on oil con
siderably above tbe ruling price. A wild
scramble to be the tlrst to reach the ring en
tiled und cpiickly the price of oil bad gone to
'.. From this 011 the advance was even mora
rapid until !' was reached, when u breath
lug Hpcll was taken.
The broken having recovered Somewhat
from their daze, started iu for uuuther spurt
nd the advance again set in, nor
lid it stop until 101 i hud been
reuched. This, howuver, which wus a higher
figure than oil bos reached for several years,
was the limit for the day und tbe price begun
lo decline, going down even more rapidly
than it went up, until it touched 80 aguiu.
Here it hovered for quite a while, gradually
advancing however, point by int. up to is).
Tbe flurry was so sudden and unexpected
I hat no one was prepared for It, conse
quently vory little oil actually changed
bands.
J. Halle Plan.
The British Government saggcated aj"tn!
cerasalasloa af all maritime sowers of the
world to decide the validity af the claim of
the United states to exclusive Jurisdiction In
the waters of llehring's Bea. It alse positive
ly orders the Dominion Government to tak
no steps at present to p'otoct Canadian ves
sels sealiug In those waters. It Is said thai
France ami Germany support the position ol
Great Britain In her contention that
Be U ring's Koa Is an open and not a closed
sea.
COMMERCIAL.
THE CONDITION OF BUSINESS.
A Blight Improvement, not Nothing
to Ho 1 at About.
R. O. Dun A Co. Weekly Review of
Trade ssysj While business is rather more ac
tive; It cannot be said that the outlook has
on the whole Improved There Is a better
feeling, with larger tranMctions In Iron and
wool, and crop protpecis ar favorable; but
the agreement of railroad presidents has not
prevented a renewal of strife, and the de
morallsitlon of ntee Is spreading widely.
lh exports of gold tod;iy will exceed
14,400. If tbe railway outlook continues to
disourage foreign Investors, and the banks
I eg n the last half of the yoir with low re
sorves, gold going out, and large crops to be
moved, the mom-ntary propect will not be
quite inrouraging The present Increase
over lust year in the volume of payments
through clear nj houses Is large at Kew
York, averaging 31 per cent, for two weeks
of June; not so large at Boston, Philadelphia
and Chicago, wher- speculation is active,
but averages for tbe twowe. ks 1.13 per cent
and smaller, but yet C011M lerable at t e 80
remaining towns, where the increase for
two we.ka averages 9.3 r cent
Th actuat increase of 4 per cent in volume
of payments is fairly distributed, though
at aliout a third of tho cities fall below I st
year's. At Milwaukee continued wot weath
er retards, and ' business is rather quiet In
K vises City and, outside of speculative op.
rations and the iron trade, it is generally
dull nt Piifhtdulphin, but marked improve
ment is noted at Pittalmrg and in a less de
gree at Cleveland. Tbe demand for mon
ey la rather active there, but generally very
modem 1 1 wit'i collecthni not on the
wholeiiero 'ptibly better. IUii s have decided
ly improved crop proecU iu tbe North wet,
so that great hopefuhiesa tinges all com
mercial reports from that see ion, and the
demoralization of rail rates is commonly sup
osed to promise better returns to furmers,
while tbe difference in cost of transporting
Eastern products to Western consumers 1
already considerable throughout the region
north and west cf Illino s. Lake and eanal
rates have also been reduced, and are ueir
their minimum.
Bettor prices for Iron are reported at Pitts
burgh, at Piiiladelphla, aud, to some extent,
here, the adva ce on many kinds of pig
iron being al out SO reuU per to 1. ' But
Northern No. 1 ra i still be bought here at
1 10 .10 to $18, an 1 Southern No. 1 at 10 2oto
$17 00 per ton. The markets fur tuiiiufao
ture I products ara stronger and higher, but
there is a feeling of doubt whether the im
provement will hold after the orders have
been placed which result from recant d
structio 1 of property by fl lods. Iu cod re
cent hopes have not been realised. It is even
stated tint the Rasdlng Comisitiy l as not
received a singleordir at the lute advanco,
and sales Lelow the schedule are rep irted at
Philadelphia. Copjier is unchanged, but tin
is lower at SO cents, production buviu; been
stimulated.
Wi ol Is rather stronger, 101 quotations
averaging 3-10 of a cent higuer and manu
facturers iu some lines buy more hopefully,
but in many others tbo state of the dry goo Is
market is still given as a good reasou for buy
ing no more than enough for im me 11 ate res
quiremeuts. Who it has been advance 1 1 J4C,
with sales of 60,0OJ,OCO bushels here for the
week. But this speculative movement enis
to take no account of the fact that wheit and
flour equivalent to about 4J,000,000 bushels
in excwi of tbo minimum stock will probably
rouiuin from the la-t crop on July I, to lie
a lded to a new supply, which now promises
to exceed all requirement for the next year.
OUTLOOK l'OH t'liOI'S.
Oats Promise Weil Pro-poet for
Corn Loss t-'uvorublo.
Tho following sp;ara in the Farmer' lie-
ieio of Jrni U0, 1H'J-
i'he reports of our crop corrospinluts in
dicate that whatever m y provj a fsi u o
oats will be a go.nl crop. Tlio pres -n . it
poet is the best iu yours at a correspond in ;
season, except iu Kentucky aud IXiko'.tt,
where the spring drought was most sjverv
and protougol; but even in fiosi states, t'
wet went bur continual, tlwre is time to re
cover from tbe effects of unfavorable 00 .di-
tions earlier In tho sue no 1.
Tho c k)1, d imp weather, h oh his I eon
so propitiout foro-its, bus bee 1 disoouragieg
to corn. Although average ara high in
Missouri, Kanss, Nebriska and Dikota, iu
some 8t ites prospects are less favorable than
a week agK Imports from Michigun, Wis
cousin and Mlnnesots, where hevy fros:s
bave len experienced, are very low.
The condition of spring wheat has improv
ed in Iowa, but In all other of the tatoa cov
ered by our report lies declbied during t .s
post tea duys. Telegraphic reports announce,
however, that late beivy rains In Mlnuesoti
and Dekott bave gr ally beiufl.ted wheat,
and our next report i 1 probaby Lo uioraou
eouraglng. 'JI10 Iron Kcale,
Tbe Pittsburgh scale of prices, governing
wsges in rolling m Us and nail factories for
ths year ending June 1)0, 1800, was sent to
all manufacturers by the Amalgamated As
sociate 1, This scale introduce but one new
feature the journey men roll turners' o tie
and i 1 no pluoj are auy advances akl,
while a nuuibur of c)ncoio..s have Ikmii
mado.
The greatest chaige In the new seal Is
that for 1 ail cutting When the card rile
for nails li t'J, tbe price for cutting 10 1 b is
b-en reduced from 10 cents lo lie, a d
r.' percent ofX liistead of 10 per omt, when
seU-feedoni aro usl. Iu the fisUhing list
the reduction is evn larger, bolng ou 3 4
inch from 4 10 to i ftH 1-4. Throe extras
are ahw eliudnated, an I evary effort made to
sasialtbeoul nail uaanufaoturers la their
Sght agaiuat the euoreaohmoate of th rlre
nail.
Three) Murders la On Day
Three murders la one day la the record In
Put mm oounly, W. Va. James D. Paul, a
bachelor farmer, was killed by a tenant
wtx ss daughter he bad betrayed, John Moore
ai.o her furuior, killed a n.ihbur, Hvnry
Bradley, with a club, aud Doo Lawrence, a
minor, killed Tom Btevens, a fel.ow miner,
with a pick. All the uiurdors vrs in a
fs dm of three wiles.
STOPPED JUST l! Tnj
How a Farmer' laagtiie a.
Train and Its Crw
Nebraska has a Ktte Bhsil, L
farmer's daughter named Mabel
ner Blair, who rlskod her hft 4-. '"
cent storm to aavs from desu-ai
train No. UJonths FmmajL 3
Ml sonri Valley line.
Her father's faim llfsj near th,
tetweeuBalr and Uilladala.
storm Mibel noticed 7
water was running down ths inH'
river. Thinking somethlr,?,m;).hk'ik
she threw bor father's coat ovfr t
era and went down to tlio en"31
she found that 103 feotof th rovj ,
been washed uoder and tbe tr.-w k
led in debris. "
At this moment, thtough thstrm,,!
storm, Maoelbeanl th whisti,
bouud freight as It t a t Into a.l;,iuu
w.s no one at the farm b
mother and no one near hi. 1
idier. Determined to save tUtJ
IU crew, the brave jiirt rn tow?
cut through the tjrronts of rain al 7"
gloom of approaching night, Vlinu7 1
was half way down ths grai,
the washout the engineer siw ih, ' ,
lng before it on the track wavi,, t
a signal of alarm. The train
time and Its o.ew thau ked MaM f .
their lives. "
1HC AT II INTHK LAS,t
Two Prominent l'nrmera of ov
Killed by Lightning.
Robert Howick and Bei.Jam0 j
two wealthy and prominent Utjfi
Meroer County, Ohio, were li stsntly kj,i
lightning. Mr. Kllnger, who wu (
of tho Peace In Hopowell TowrsLlp,
Mr. Howick's farm, two miles north J
when, a shower coming up, tin tag J
stepped Into the stable nc-ir by an I Jj
egninat the door-post on cnoli ti,;,.
was a flash and the man fell to t. 8) , J
outagronn or a movement. WittmJ
feet of them a boy was milking a 0)( J
ammai was aiso kiuea, nut the boy
stunned. Mr. Klinger was onset tsi
known men in tbe couuty, for mitij
treasurer 01 tue Agricultural Fo.-irtj,
laJ
six years Couuty .School Examiner.
Channo lor Another Bus.
Russia has occupied Deer Kami,
coast of Cores, proptsiiiig to ue itu
lug station and general 11uv.1I dep:
siau man-of-war is now s:at mud 1 it
trance to the harbor, a id no .one 11
either to land on the i,lnud or u
without a p'.-rmit from tin uivaic,
GENERAL MAHKEE
MTrniniii.ii.
BUTTEU t'reamery
t oiintrv roll 11
CHKKSK Ohio lull cream... i,
New York i:
f.tiliM
I-ULLIKY-I bi. kens. V pair St
Turkeys, V h
rtUAiUKS Irish v
IffWA
bhl-.DS Clover, country 4 Hi
Jimotny 1 ii
Blue gross S
Millet U
WIIEAT-No. 2revl a
No. .t r.xl k'i
COUN No. 2 yellow ear )
Mixed cur 3T
Shelled mlcmt X
OATS New No. J white 31
It J . New No. 'J Ohio ami I'a. 4'
v LOl K Fancy winter pat's. :
Fancy spring pal's.. .'
Clear winter s
live tlinir :i
HAY Timnthv 11
I.niiisia from wfiiiink. . 14
MIDDLINGS While H
Brun 1.'
Chop feed 1
II 4 I TI UI ma.
Will'. AT No. 'J red
KY K
COKN
OATS Western
41
BITTER
IXitiS
11
it))
HAY Western
CINCINNATI.
WHEAT No. 2 Bed
KYE....
COKN
OATH
EtitiS
I'OHK
BUTTE K
rim.M'Ki.iiia.
FLOCK Fiimilv
WHEAT No. I''. Kitl
COKN No. 2, Mixed
t)AT.S,-l'ngruded While
KYE No. 2
Bl'TTER 'reunierv Extra ...
CHEE.SE N. Y. Full Cream.
. 31
4
, 1"
KKW VOHK.
CATTLE
SlIEEl'
LAMBS
HotiS Live I
FLOCK I'nteiits
WHEAT No. 2 Ked
KYE State
COKN Ungraded Mixed ....
OATS Mixed Western
BUTTEK Creuiuery
Factory
CHEESE titute Factory ....
Skims Light . ..
Western
EGGS Stute aud 1'eiin
41
41
II
s
LIVK STOCK.
CATTI.f.
Common, 000 to l.lui lb. raiti 5
i uottHi ut a K.e i ti'ic. lry k ":;
enHX'iaiiy oi tlie pimrer iuannn
the supply largely coiisistxl tju
to 2 l-2c for sculawiigs to fair airt
prime. Veal calves were hi snu- '
und tbe market ruled ft r -ncr.
4 l-2cf V, but with inereaHilsmJ-
Kei will no doubt re-net as titer -no
demand for slupiiu-nt Kust,
uimrii
There was a verv fair ileliiuml 'jr
tergrudes, whiuh sold riwlilv al
on Hie prices or hist Monuni,
likiiilAP ii.ujliia mrmvi Jnll Allit e
aoma of Ilia lll..r diw ril'li "
sold when we lea ths yards. I"'-
me sana were mi iiai"'- i
gooa va- id iioios St c; ' ear -4.S0c:
1 car fair 82-ft do.. 4.1; '
72-lb e, Sic; buuch lair 40 U 'J
lambs at tVAMo; des-k fair - TJ
4.15c: 1 da fair 7-lb e. 410r, 1 J
c; uuck at .io tor sneep sn
luuiua, pc vera i imaii iia -
6.10c, as to quality and combi'""-
lions.
There was an Increased lemu n
It. ,1.1.1,. I. u u.kl.l. crlll 111 .1
loo. selling at 4.tsif .70; heavv 1
ever, were no better, ruliiut A
4.45c. The improved detnaiid to 1
is owing to the Increaswl tlero" " ,.
und then the lard market is u ,
little prospect of auy liuruw'"'