FINANCE AND TllADR DUN'S WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW. Tho Bulnpi Outlook Somewhat More Favorable. R. O. Pan Co.'s weekly Twyrrw of trade ays: The business outloik i somewhat more favorable. While a lurge. amount of money luit 'in' int tlio treasury, rates here remain moderate and th market easy. All interior markets an- ulso.cascr, for while Kansas City is firm at nati.il ratrs, tho do lnaii'1 there Is moderate, ami though the Mil auk.-e market is f.ilrly active a( 0 to S or ci'iit. the supply is a lequate. At St. I.oui Detroit and Pittsburg the market is osy at (i t.7 r cent: at Philadelphia rather stagnant at .'.J t i n r lit, at Boston, be'ter l lied at .'.Jt" ,;J rr ivnl; at all other xiint.sthe Inarkr: ii coinii.ir ativeiy easy. " here is still no r ally adverse 1 1 :t n in the iron trad" hw iui-i, him! (Iim weekly out put of furnai cs I'ebrii.uy 1, was lT.i.ii'd tmi, against 171, o.; .I'anuary I, a g tin of Pi per tent, over tin- output of a yr.ir ir.; . The de mand for pig does not yet in ileal.' a proba ble advance in .ric,.. and at 1'itt 'burgh Bes semer is it l'ttle weaker, hut otherirou ratlier stronger becau-e of the increase of 12 .-r rent cotiiedtsl in vat-es i f co'.e workers. Tlii, with A red i. tion of ) cents in Wc-tcrn. freight" nukes a . 1 1 :!. r--j i. e in favor of South rrn and again! Western producers, bit there are now retorts of n pruhuhle sir.kein the Alabama coke works. I here is n .aii in l!,e ,m:h.ti I f.T bar iron, aii'l the market is an I ii-.it-itit ing. with no ir:at ai tiuty in ft rn turul iron. Nails id ill, iiml nM mil I iver. ippcr hihI tin urc lower al'r ,;i I. selling hero at lll-le for i ike iiikI in 1 ' lor M rails, nn I lea is lower at about I 1 m. No relief it ; ars in the coal business, and the February tonnage lias l.een reilueel bv agreement to m I, I in I, the output in January having .'J.'o r, m tons below that of In ,t year. 'I he textile industries iresent n luore hope f'.il aspect. Villi a st.-tady an 1 strong de mand for goods, cotton ninnuf.iet'irers have imteasiil their takings of cotton largely since January I, so thut the aggregate now exi Is that of the lat crop year to ilate. 'Mu re is a better (leiuiuiil for woolen goods nl.so, though manufacturers pursue;! con servative ioiire. '1 he sis'culative market i have not tcndisl upward during the pa-t week. In wheat, With sales of -L'.ooii,ii) bushels here, there Ills been a derhne ,if J ,,f a rent, and in Corn, with sales of 1-,000,11 0 bilhe!s, a tie tliue of if, the eurreiit priee even at the sen bostisl being only :vi Oats are also lower and x irk liro.luets unchanged, us is oil, with small transactions. I he speculation in cotton has been enormous, pules reaching H'n,'M bule-for week, with an advance of Jc. Coll'ce ha been steady with moderate sales, but suar a mxteeuth lower, uud sales tic JsT I'SJ oUilds below the trust pra'cs, coll Jiiue to weaken the relinisl, though the trust stock bus bis'ii vigorously advanccsl. The exports of n heat mi l lloiir have fallen below those of the same time last year.while corn exports continue lar.'. The general level of prices.notw il-'istuiidinu the decline In breads! nils, is about 41 'rcvnt. highor than tebruary 1. For tbo past week tho treasury bus taken In f l.s,W cash more that it has paid nut, ml while its disbursements and pensions are expected tobe lare, further purchases of bonds in larp' amounts are not anticipated. If no further supplies of nmney return from the interior, n closer market w ill naturally result before April 1st. llvpoits of mer chandise for half of Keliruaiy have been fully up to tho-eof la-t year, but from this time some exces of exports over i eporls is rohable. The business failure number .To.', as com pared wi h a total of;;.'l la-t week. KortUd corn-poiidiii); ickol'la.-t year the liguiea were 2'J. Th Eollor of a Lucbiuotiro Tzplodes. A serious and remarkable uoc'il.-nt occurred t Dogulw Station, oil tho 1'., MclC. it Y. The engine hauling a gravel train exploded its boiler, resulting in the death of two per sons and the seriously injurin ; threu others. The eiiRiuu lial left the gravel train lonm distance from where tlie accident occurred and at the time of the explosion was hunting the caboose and ono car. The men who wero working on the train were also some distance from the engine and none hut the repular crew was on the engine mad caboose. This ereweciiM-ted of the engineer, liremun, Conductor, brakemiui and tt i;;man. The eu giue wus in motion an I w as just Hearing the end of tint switch at l)ouh''us station, about 30 miles from Pittsburgh, when, with no warning, the boilerexplode l, scattering prts cf it in ait directions, tearing u-i the tracks lid demolishing the cab slid caboose. The engineer uud fireman were in their lionitiuns and as the boilers let j; i thev were thrown about .0 fis't, one to the rihtofthe truck and the other up on the side of the Lill. The switchman, who was standing Ht the switch lever, was thrown off his feet uud instantly killed. The accident is a rast singular one and the third on record of a similar character exploding of tt.e boiler of a locoiuutivo While the eiuine was in motion. TIih record of the accident ir. Killed instantly; CHArf. JlCXKINd, flagman, of West New ton, JOHN I.rDWiG, engineer, lujureii; JOHN' .STKADM AN", fireman, face cut anc' otherwise seriously injure.!. VM. McKlNLKV. brakeman, of Weat New ton, right side of faee badly cut, riht eye out and hurt internally, CKoIKiK 1116 T, conductor, of West Newton, tL bruised and badly burned. INTO A."lilVER. A Drido, Bridegroom and Tea Wedding Ouesta Drowned. A Terrible accident happened to a wed ding par y at I'outivy, France. The vehicle conveying the bride and bridegroom and a number of their friends was upset, and the w hole party were precipitated into the river. The bride and bridegroom aud ku others of the party were drowned. Miss Tart Will Got $2,000 Miss Tart, of Whito Ilea' Lake.Minn., will get t.Vj from Ir. Komaii, of Ht. l'aul, bo caue 'he doctor would not iir rry her after having pruuiUtvd to Uuao, BIOT IS KANSAS. Bloody Termination of Railroad Bond Election. An election was held Thursday at Harper, Kansas, to vote on the proioition t issue iKsi.mKi in lion. Is to the Kilina and Oulf road. The project was bitterly resisted by many of the lea l ug citizens and as bitterly advocated by others. For a week both parties had madii every rlTort to carry or defeat the proposition The fight over the binds was compliosted and made hotter by the f.n-t that Anthony, a rival town, three miles wt of Harper, promised to issiiD the bonds if the railroad company would locate its line at that place. 'iti.ens living between the two towns were also deeply inierestmj In tho stiuggle, and when the election was hel l at Harper tho town was filled with interested outsiders misious to take it hand in the matter. The company preferred to run its line through I!iiTst ( the liond' could be voted, and had i nt a latge g.uu of gnid' ri and other em ployes to lodpcirry the projis-r through. Many stormy scenes were wituc-sed at tin polls (luring the day. and half a do.cn lights) took pl.n e, but a general riot was preventisl by the coolne-s of theealers. Vh"u the polls closi-l it was believed that the bonds bad ca-rii"l. The ballots were not all count ed, and il.iritigtlin night the Imxix c mlaiu lug th" votes were stolen and ilisp is,., J of so etlei tu.illy that they have not yet been found. Theoiilv war l Voting a.-ii'i'it th-! bohiS uas the 1- irM, and its I. allots Were Stolen. Winn the nllair became known there was great excltetu-nt. Th"ra:ir'il ro'.vd hsd 1 a i:umh"r of arre-ts ma le and warrants were sworn out fir others who dm , not be found. An cirrt was in i ie t i arre-t lom 1 S ibin, who had In'ivi nr nv'i ,y in his day. I lie ma le a light, an t, his frieii I-j iiiiIiil', a ! h'lii'lied men in a few minutes becutne en, g i;:ed in a ilo-ra'e battle. When the ba'tlc ended t wo men had re ceiveil their death Wounds an 1 t.earlv a doz en others were cut. brui-ed or shot, several 1 of them so ba.lly that there is little cliuucc of 'heir recover THE OUIO IiAW -MAKERS. Homo Important Rills Introduced in th Oeneral Assoinbly. The IIouso passed the bill incressing t!u bond of the Secretary of Stato from tl i,oj to f bsi,' OJ. This is ma le necessary through the nHTiiUotis of the Massie law, increasing the fcej for in.'orporat ons. Among important bills introduced wen tho following: To prohibit the employment as teachers of a brother-in-law, father-in-law or bruther of a member of the Hoard oi Education; amending section f of the ( oui, pulsory Education law soastocompel tlx attendance at school of minors between tin ages of U and 18 w lio can not reud or write, to n quire that the counties where there is I Grand Army I'ost, the tctdiers' Ki lief Coin ruisidnii shall be chosen from that k st; ( amend section 1.3uT and allow County Cun mlssioners to make allowance to nnv ol!ic i of IJ00 instead of tl in lit.u of fees in citiei or townships having 1 ',Mi or mote jupula tion; to amend sectinu 1 of the cnmpulor education law so us to compel Hoards of II 1 ucation to furnish indigent pupils wi I: books, and compel children of sclnvd age t attend school tho first sixteen we-ksoftln school year, and the School Board to receivi children who live apart from their pai cuts THE WORLD DID NOT END. Croat f'xiltoment Among Members of a Religious Sect in Al ibam.i. Intense excitement prevailed all day Sun Jav among tho Sliernuuites. a religious sect whobavesever.it nourishing cougreg I'.ions in St. I'lair county, .) mil"s iroi.u lliriuing huui, Alubania. Some weeks ago i r miii ister, or prophet, us they cull him told tiieiu tho world would come to an end at icon. Every member of tho sect gathered at the churc.hw early in the morning a id spent the fore.l'ion weeping and praying. Several ladies i ....i ...i.... i.-.a .:..'...., ...... a ..r llllllll-ij, Ull I i.nii:n ,1.. . .,uii ..O.IVI.J. oi ( hysterica and were restored wi'h dilhiVilty. When iUKtn piss-il and notli iig happ.Mie l tho fx iteiuent begtn to suusld-', but tlie jxsipio ri'iuained at church a id coininued ihuir d lotion unlit sunset. A dispatch from JJr-j'notou, near the Shermanite sefleiueut, says tho people are now dispersing to their bonus and tho excitement bus pulsed over 'J'he preacher who predicted the end of the world reinainl at the church praying after all his followers had left, lie announced hh liiUntiuu of rom-,, :tig there u.l night. THE NATIONAL MONUMENT. Prominent Connr,isin-n from Every State Asked to Meet tho Cjmmit'.ou. invitations have be-n extendi' I to over a liundml Senators aud members of the House of Kepreseiitatives to mi't tho ivimmitteit aeoiu:e I by tho Hovernors of the thirteen ori.'iusl States and of which ex-li iveruor lirs-eii, of Neiv Jerey, is Chairman, oil Wii-hiintou's birth lay in C.irpcii'crs Hall, I'hila leli'hia, to consider the prop ise inoii iimeiit to he erected in I'airmount I'ark, as u memorial of th close of the first century of the ( oUKtitulmn. The mere prominent Congressmen of all the Ma'ei uud territories have been invite I and tln entire Consrcssional delegations of Virginia and New Jersey haw- bee i usked, the lormer because I'n-si lent Washington was a Virginia:!, and New Jer-ey m Repre sentative! becvuss the suggestion of the pro p ne l memorial came from thut State. WEST VIRGINIA OUTLAWS. A Family Flogged and Driven From th State by White Caps. The White Cap spirit sivms to be coniiuu to the front again. At Kuckport, Wil county, W. Vo., Charles Smith and his wif were taken from their home and unmerci fully beaten on tlie back with hickory switch es and compelled to leave the county. The family passu! through I'arkersburg and t 'Id a hornble story of their suffering and trea ineiit. The wife says after w 'hipping bin husband the mob caught her while she wut trying to escape from the house with theii children aud tied her to a treo She wu then beaten until tlie blood came Mrs Hiuith says the whole cause for tho outrjgt was her resistance of tho improper holicita tion of a citueu of her neighborhood. Al fl-U C.ll.1 II..,,.. . , ,,.l..ol.l,..n Ivinj v... t . . j ... m nviiiiiii nn iimii in i ..ii way by a mob who visited her house, firiiifi i guns uud revolvers, and tied a note of warn ing to her d'xir. NEWS IN BRIEF. HOME AND FOREIGN JOTTINOS. Th Fith of Many Important Matters i AU Tarts of tha World. A collision occurred on the Atsbima A Great Southern Ktilw.iy,in which Engineer Edward PiHilittlc was killed. Both engines were wrecked. John Joyce's saloon and contest were blown to atoms by dynamite, at Falrland, Indiana. The temperanco elomeutls charged with tho deed. Six Democratic Montana Senators) met at riiokaue Falls, iVa-diiugtoti, and chartering a train, starbsl for Oreg m to escape arrest. As a result of thMhird trial ofthu Navassa rioters, only one, Edivar,! Smith, will hang, and the others were either found guilty of manslaughter or discharged. The fire which broke out in the rear of J. Koseiistein's clothing store, at Toronto, com piety iW roved live business houses and nil adjacent outbuildings. The elforts of the citizens alone saved the entire block and the tie.v II. 1'. church from lestniciion. Tho t tal lo-s amounted to -' !,?'", partly Insured. A Windsor man is making a business of raising pole-cats. A dozen of Eastern manufacturersofirtraw wrapping paier have agreed to close their factoricsfor a month as a means of reducing slock and maintaining price. To this time .VI of the 211 rreshyterlea liave voted on th,! ipaestion of the revision of tho Westminster Confession of Faith, of which 3t vote I ye i and II nav, and when the number of communicant H the several Tresbyteries Is taken the majority In favor Is even more overwhelming. The Philadelphia are about the only largo i'rushytoriea which voted n. . Cieorge Wilson, alias 'Jack Slieppard,' fieorge Austin, alias Sport,' and Marcm Ii.iymoiid. three notorious exconvi -ts and professional thieves, stole a case of shawls value-1 at (1 0 from the hallway of Victor & Adidas' store, New Yorf , on January II. The three nien were joiiuly indicted. Wil son and Ihiymoiid pleaded guilty, but Aus tin demanded a trial uud got one. Ray mond turned State s evidence, and when he got through Aus. in pleaded guilty. Tbo men were arraigned p-forc Judgj Martin for sen tence. Wil on. in additio.i to being a clev er thief, is an accomplMic I jail breaker and a graduate of Harvard I'lilversity. Kilrnln, who is supposed to be in jail in Mississippi, headed a pugilistic combination traveling through the South. At Pallas, Texas, tS was tillered to any ihtsoii who would tight l'.eenah, it lightweight, for four rounds A young man named James ac cepted, and was knocked senseless. Ilenevur SMike again, but tho performance continued Some time before the serious character of tho injury was discovered. Kilraiti then wept like a child. The entire party was arrested. Dr. Taul fiibier, a pupil of Pasteur, will establish in New York a school for the treat ment of hydrophobia. Tho inifting of tho sieugerbund at Neiv Orleans closed Saturday night, aud tho next meeting will bo held at Cleveland The czar hits forbidden Unemployment ol German actors in Uussiuu theaters, a docrve regurdisl as an nitron t to Germany It is believed there is it definite movement to have limn I'edr.i elected president of lira- zil. I'lie old emperor is not unwilling. j The house of coiumous is to be a-k si t inve-tigate theehar'a Mint Pynanute John Duly has been p i;.s,iued an I cruelly trc.ite I in prison. Iu spite of a large amount of evidence, th" liungor (.Me.) 'grand jury Saturday refused to indict a single saloonke 'per, it id tho tout peraiice people are in mourning. I'eui lie temperance crii-aders utta 'l;el a "club room" al Spickard-ville, Mo., and complete y demolished the outlit. No ut tempt w a-in l ie to interfere with the wo men s work. Mrs. T. C. W. Iturrltt ol Ilvine, Wis., who eominenced a '.'1 d iys' fast to cure dysnepsia, has finished her seventeenth day. She is in good health, has lost very little flesh, and it confident she will hoi, I out "1 diys. The amount of the defalcation of Charles Ci. Davie-, agent at Quebec for RryanD Powers .v. Bryant, the extensive lumber firm of London, will, it is now thought, reach $.'o i.oo ', possibly ti-'siO . Ilia whereabouts are unknown. NEW LINE OK STEAMERS. Tho CarncKio Firms to Furnish Steel Work for Tnroj Lake VoshoIh. The Carnegie linns have secure I contract for furnishing steel for threo vessels to lie built by the American Blecl lUrge Com pany, coiniHisetl of Ctevelund, Chicago uud Detroit ca statists. Tliis company will run a line of steel vessels on tho lakes and bus a capital stock of $j,iai,i 0o, Without the proetling machinery the ves sels will cost t7'i,u.') each. Tho Carnegie I'ouipany is to furnish their material in about '.K days. The boats are to be on the plan of tlie modern steel ocean vessel. For the construction of each ves-irl pn) tons of steel will bo required, and they will register about 11(10 tons. They urc calculated to carry :kX tons of ore or c ntl or IDO.inX) bushels of grin. Tlie design Is entirely new and is expected to prove the best of lako boats. The World's Fair. It is now generally c. edod that New York is out of tho list of competitors f,,r the World's Fair. This is owing t the fuct that nohtiiai rather than business, partisanship rather than bs al pride, hasjiiilluenced the action of those having tho mutter iu charge. Tammany tinned determined to run th whole business in ita own interest, and tho Kepublicuns were not disns)d to jHinuit thut unscrupulous organization to expend tUVWUisiK iu a Presidentiul year in thut stronghold of DeiuoiTacy if they could pre vent it. It is not yot fiellnitoly determine I that there will be a Fair hold in lsij, but tho World's Fuir Committee has taken action looking to a vote on that Imp jrtaut point at mi early day. If it is decided to hold a Fulr then tlie selection of a place will be next in order, and Chicago is so far iu tho lead that thero is not much doubt of its luing fluully 'ghoseii. Some of tbo New York papers have ulroady declare I iu favor of tho enterprising Luke City. TORT r.QNB KILLED. The Siberian Prison Horror Worse Thais at First Reported. Farther particular of the Siberian horror have been received, and show that the cru ellies were worso than at first reported. It now appears that Mme. Sihyda had younger sister, some 10 year old, who went to Siberia to look after her comfort. Arriving there, she had the misfortune to please the eye of the director of the prison. She was detained by him Uon a trumped, up charge of conniving at Mmo Sihydu's at tempted escape, and became a victim of hi brutality. She was subjected to such atro cious treutmcnt as to cause her death soon after. Mme. Pihda indignant and torror stricken by this awful event, vehemently denounced the outrage. In doing this she ottrac'od tin attention of the director, who then ap proached her with the same Insults he hid htiiKsl ition her sister. Tho tnoii't'ous revenge ol the director In having her pub licly flogged followed, ami tills pun sbmeut was accompanied by inhuman incidents which probably had more to do in driving her to suicide than t Iim exposure to which she hud been suhjei till. The report of o revolt in the main prison Is contirmisl, and it is in dc'iuit, Iv known thut tho number of killed amounted '.o li New of the ulfiir has been circular I In Kussia, and it has inspired the Anarchists with in' w v g -r. l'Mui le iruing the particulars and realiz ing the universal rolcl and vm i til I'- eiin,: the I use would arou-e, the Czar ili-p I'ciii-d nil olli. er to r pla e the d reclor and ord'j-" i that ollicial torep i t at St. Pelershu g EIOIITY-FIVK YEARS OLD. Nineteen Now Member Admitted to the Economy Society. The Harmony S.M'iety celebruted its eighty fifth unuiversary on Saturday. The day was turned into one of j y and festivl y, and the streets of the staid old town of Economy, usually so quiet and s"inbrel.ke. put on a fete day appearance from earlv morn to dark. The occasion was inaito memoral'le by the admission into the ranks of the so.-ieiy of nineteen new members, us follows: Dr. Ben jamin Fulcht and wife, Henry I'aicht and wile, John Duss and wile, Julius Sickle and wife and stepdaughter, Miss l'.ertio Sdekle; C. Hermandsdarfer aud wife, Mn. Hooni, Herman Fisher, Jacob Nicholas, Hugo Mil ler, E lwsrd Keliiiiuu. Piustus Plut. and Sig liiund Stiefvuter. The married folks among the above took the obligitions of Ci'liba y, us did the un married folks among them The exercise of tho morning were held iu the church, whi'e iu the afternoon and evening a concert was held iu the town hall, iu which tuts' or chestra took part. ' One for all and all for one" is the motto of the Economites, so far us their Worldly goods are concerned. As s society iliey p is-e.ss great wealth. It has been tstimatel thut they are worth t.'o.t"! to d iy Jonathan 1-enz, their d cei-c 1 leader, place 1 their Vul uutiou at ll.'i.ooo.o it, hut there are good grounds Tor believing thut the amount is greater thun that. THE liiiuuiii ji o. CASE. Doclslon of the Suprome Court of British Columbia. Justice Druke, of tbo British Columbia Supreme Court, has just retideru I it decision which declare that the G iverniii 'iil of the I'nited States bus no Jurisdiction over eh ring Sea outside of tlie marine league linrt The question came before the oiirl iu u civil suit brought by Henry Htxli r, of S -attic, Wash., against S il im iu .lac ibs, of Vic toria, for violation of a sealing contra t. Jae bj is the owner of the schooners Mol lie Adams and Web-tor. In January, lv.l, Jacobs contracted to sell to l!a'cr, in Seat tle, ut a stipulated price, all the soaPkiti taken by bis two vessels during thut year The scho mer Wcb-ter was lost iu u storm, but in April, lss.l, the Mollie Adams do livereil her season's catcli to Baxter. A verbal agreement was t hen entered into by Jacobs and Baxter to the clieet that thoMol lie Aduins was to return un 1 take seat iu Bering Sea and deliver tlie skins t-1 Baxter ut tho price stipulated in the contract. Tlie Adams went Ui Bering S.-u and re turned last Noveuiber, but, instead of deliv ering the skins to Baxter, Jacobs sold them in Victoria, Baxter then brought suit iiguinst Jacobs for damages by breuch of con truct. The defense held that tho contract was not valid, as sea iug iu Bering Sea wa in violation of tho Tinted State statutes, and called Mr. Johns m, of Port Townsend, as u legal expert, to establish in court tlie American luw in relation thereto. He read sections of the statutes governing such fuses, tlie amendments enucted by Congress in 1H-!I and the President's pro 'tarnation. Hie Court, however, decided that the con tract waa valid, and rofusej to recognize thu jurisdi. liou of tho I'nited States in Bering Sea outside of one marine leugue from shorn of American territory. It was held that the law existing w here the contract was nude had no bearing in court. Baxter wus awardel l.liil damages. Both def iidant uud plain titt'ure American Citizens uud tho schooner is an American vussul. NO RESPITE FOR CLARK. Governor Beaver Rofuse to Linger FotiW pono the Murderer's Penalty. District AtCoruey Hu receivwl a telegram from Governor Beaver in wdi ch the gov. crnor tatel Uiat ho wou'd not grant further respite to Gearge Clark, ttio murderer of Drover McCausland, of Allegheny. Clark's attorney bad written a letter to the governor, asking for a respite for Clark, and to fix tho time of the execution of both Taylor and Clark on the suiuiiduto. Clark will bo exe cuted Wednesday, Feb. 3d. The governor says ho will give Taylor due opportunity to prepare for death. Clark w ill be informed of the governor's liiiul decision. Catholic Church Statistics. Hoffman's C'uthoho directory for 13 tab ulate the following interesting facts: Thero are in the Viiited States dioceses, Including four viearates apostolic. Of these 12 are archlepiecopul, and 73 episcopal sees. There are Mii-l priests, 74.0 churches, i.'7H station. 153! I ch ii pels, '.' i J orphun uy huus, with !,70i orphans, 3o theological semiiiur lis, with 111 student, lfi colleges and G'!.' seminaries, 3.M7 parochial schools, with ftit.MS pupils. Tho tot il (establisliM I) It. C. iHipulutiou of the republic is 8,3ul,3U7. rENNBTLVAITIA. Rey. T. 0. Jackson, of Lock Haven, hot accepted the call a pastor of tho First Chris tian church of McKeesport. The citizens of Duqueene are all ready to make application for borough charter. In March the matter will go before the grand Jury. Rev. S. M. Bnll, of Greensburg. ha been appointed presiding elder of the Blatrsville district M. E. church, vice Rev. A. C.John ston, sick. The jury in the libel suit against L. M. Truxell, of the Belief, r on EntrrprUe, after deliberating 21 hours, found the defendant not giudty, the prosecutor to psy one fourth and ttie defandunt three-fourths of tbo costs. A meeting of the Forest Oil Company Stockholder wus held at Oil City, lit which the capital slock was increased from ,3 V t(XHo l.'.iseiMKiO, tlie Increase to be used for buying up new property. The company now Controls 5i,0iio acres, and the present daily production of the company's wet's I l.tfM barrels. Beside this tlie company receives royalties from :0 wells. A company compos-M of the stiK-kholder of tbo Pittsburgh. Western railroad have de termined to at unco build tho hue from Al 'on toCorr.v, tocoune with tbo present narrow guage running to Akron, which will also lie changed to a stand ird guar. Tho Hew line w ill give the Baltimore it Ohio a shutter rout to Chicago by .V miles. It will be known as tlie Pittsburg, Akron & Western railroad. A gustier of the flrd magnitude ha been struck in tlie Hundred f.s t district of tlie Butler Held that has Caused tho wildest kind of excitement there. Eockwivsl it Co ' No. I, on tho Eichotu farm at Mttlo Creek, reached the first pay slre.K Wednesday, and tlie oil spouted over the dertic. Tim well Started Mowing '.'0 barrel mi hour, but in crease 1 to '0 barrels mi hour, Tbo well it located in tli" north wtMt part of the Hun-dtist-Foot field, not f ir from tlie Cabel farm well, and is tho largest producr yet found iu tlie Hundred Foot sun I. Tin- latest infor mation from the well is that it is increasing its II iw uud there Is no telling where it will touch. .Tunic Wuinshy, a Winchreiiurian preacher at Aleppo, G-is-ne county, left his sielc wifa lust Sunday night mid eloped with Mis Belle Knupp, a member of his church. Wamshy is ah nit SJ years old and was sent to the charge at Alepp last f ill by the West Virginia Eldership. He was well like-l a a minister until some of his mis loings bo a in o known. MissKnippisu hundsonm young lady l years of age aud belongs to a good family. She had always borno a good natno. Wauisby hu I begn holding a aeries of meet ings and on Sunday evening preached to a largo c uigreg itioii on the subject of the "Ito sin rectiou of the do id." Tho couple took an early train at Cameron, W. Va., for th East. Money has been raised to hunt their up and bring them to justice. W. N. Porter, was nominate 1 for Burgi-ss id Scott, laic by the Republicans. At Greenville, N. P. Leech has been nonii Mi'id for Burgess by tlie Itepuhlicuu Caucus. Alt the suit brought aguinst the patrons of the Fuller Cash Currier Company, oi Meadvilte, have been dismlssel. An order has been given at Cherrvtrec for !) wheelbarrows uud 'J,oJ pick to bo used iu the construction of it railro.il to that place. The house of John Snyder, a bachelor liv ing alone on a farm near Saint Peter, was eiiteie l on Sa'urdav night by mucked burg lars, w ho bound Suvder hand and foot uud carried oil' $ 00 the savings of u lifotuu. A number of men were engaged in clean ing out a gas well in the Grapevillo field Westmoreland county, when thegas came in with a great roar, throwing a man liu ued Pills :to feet and injuring him chus fa tally. At Johnstown, Jerry Lynch was danger niisly .-hot !,y John Craig in a drunken bruw 1. William Yohn, fi rctna-i at Bridge No. 0 of tho Pennsylvania railroad near Johns town, was crushed to death by falling rock. 'I be Lake Shore it Michigan Southern Hallway Company is negotiating for dock facilities ut Erie, and the prospects are thut the roud wid divide its liullulo business with that port. Prof. D. J. Waller, P. P., who has been apimiutod by Gov. Beaver Superintendent I of Public Instruction to succeej the lute i'.ev. Pr. E. E. Higbee, is, ultbough u young man, one of the most prominent educators iu tho State. He will 'a'.to charg-i on the first of March. Prof. Waller Is a graduate of the Lafsyette College. Ha preached for some time in New York State, but his failing health compelled him to leave the mini; try. Hhile in charge of an academy at Orange villo, Columbia county, he was elected prin cipal of the State Nor.nal School at Blooms burg, which position ho has ever since bold. The Johnstown stool nail company began working double tiino lie day, tho company being behind ill orders. Curtis Wells, the head man at the Clifford shaft. Forest City, met a fearful death by falling down the shaft, a distance ofSiK) feet. Falling slate killed Michael Hughos, a mi ner at Hill farm, near Puubar. A company has boon organized to develop ; the oil and gas territory iu tho vicinity ol i New Wilmington. FOUR HUNDRED PERISH. A Frultloss Search For the Missing Stoamor Dubury. Sydney pn-r, which arrived by steamer, report the urrival there, January 5, of the vessel thut made a fruitless search for the lurge passenger steamer Dubury, which it waa feured hud loundorod in the recent ty phoon in ttie China Sea. No truce of tho missing vessel wus found, and there is now no doubt that she sank with her 4H0 Chi nese passengers and crew. Tbo only traces of her ever seen were float ind bundle of rattan thut formed part of her cargo. A Gorman steamer, bound for Hong Kong, lust month picked up tho crew of a small Manilla bark which bad been drifting about in the China Sea for 'M days. Tho ves sel was unmanageable, uud those on board, Vi men uud 2 women, lull been without ood or fresh water for 20 days. CONGRESSIONAL, SENATE AJTD HOtJBB. In the Penate Thursday t bill was approprlatlna w,ouu lor a public i at Portland, Oregon. After fur ,1 husinristhe Henate Moeeedwl u. th-bill providing a temporary 0v.r,?. r for Ok la hom a. ' iwmui,t In the Ho'.i-e, a usual, the Dernner... L l-ll in I ha .i.i.rovnl r,f,l. , oi(h. usual a roll call a needed, as uV,?.",1' ,f Democrat refrained from votin, . i 1 .1... a i .... . - 1 H Sllll. u-sioii. in- e(M'iitrr uoiiniiii fllnrii,n . tie lured the Jon. lial approv-d l.v . of Mr lliti. Illinois, the Senm.'i".'! resolution was fas ed niintiinniuT CimJ' lating tbo pop ot the I nitid States "i i. zil on the adoption of a republican fiim,'1 government. The cons deration i tU , ' was then proceeded with. In tlie senate Friday the home bill f,,, o relief of the snlTerers by the wr.s k ., ' Ti,U-.l KttttiM ,l,nif,N T.m,i..H ... i .. U' ti :.,.i .i - ..,;...i... ..f V-'V. : ""ia ...... 7t. .... .. ..p, x,,v v IlHtI .t- tunitof tiHtio tit Atitu S iiiioiii, i .t... i ! M-Mrn ll.u.l I'f....I,i... !'.. ... .'I'.r I ' i"r nil S..;ln. .M'n.lqrtt r wit 11 a k-.l..-.. ' ................ .... n . o f . the relief of soldier orsii'ors w ho i'iu'i..,J or servti loi'ier a'iiiieii naini s; 1. 1 rfit ri.l t tlie State of West Virginia the m,,i! to ollleers of the One Hundred mi l T'lnrtv third regiment of i et Virginia milii,n f, ', service rendereil during the r.-ln 'ii, , appropriating f vn.nsi Tor a I niti-l ta, rvott i in t it tmr ft iirviiiia n. i. i . ': !. . .i ;;.;" . ,. ..' ,r 1 " iii ,isii,r;., (fp woiieiirreoi. ri-sitim inn l" invne ltlti ri.,C,.n I arbitration us to differences bitwise niti',,,. The bill to dis lure unlawful trusts :c,, rai oiii.o loon 111 it-i I m ill 'ii iraoe lllltl pro, 1 1;," , having been reached, it was lni I the present. Mr. Ingalls stated u, ,t tin' , -. ... i - r .... .. tf - i-:i. . . ''' pi"r iiiiiii i'ininiiii .i r iiiiisoin alia I, m. aw-lf hud ng'eisl uimui nn ainen lni '-it t i h ndopteil totho bill in relation to the i.,., lana State I'niversltv and A.-ri' iil'iir.,'. i lege, mid. at his request, tlie lull wn t;ik-i up and passed, with an amendment v rd tiy Mr. Ingalls. Altogether the T-..(J bills paiseil. The House tdop'ed the new e ne ,,f r The vole taken Friday resulted in Ml f,,r n ) 1 1 against the rules, the Deui ii r.cs v..-,, , when their names were called. ' M r. Outhwiiite, of I hlo, oi!ered nn a'., .. . nictit striking out the clau eotititiiti;u ,() members a quorum in Coiumittee ,, Wliole lie also oil' red an uuieiiihui'i.t t i the clause of rule Si which pro v !!-!!, , j inotionsor propositions origmatiiu i .'i.ir V, the House or Senate involving a in r charge upon the iplo shall tie tjr-t i ,i,.. erel in ( 'oinmitteo of the Who e," Mr. Outhwaite's first ame-.d'neiit. r ls'ltj to a quorum, was lost Ye.-s, I'll.; n.iv, i Mr. Crisp, of Georgia, moved in ,hf. ,, the clause conferring upon the .speaker ti,r Mwer to count a quorum. I he ititieu.'.inei.t wus lost Yea. 131; nays, l.'i. Mr. Mills, of Texas, inovej to st; ,,, theclause that nodilatory lii"tioii-..,:. (,..,... tertuinnd by the Sieuker. The m ju.,11 ii lost Yeus. Ul; nsys, .V. Mr. I.awler. of Illinois, i lb n-l an mi":id. ineiit, providing that no niemb.-r lial! -u more than leu minutes upon any- r-,-t until ull membirsw bo limy wi-h to --u have spoken. Iist. The liour of 5 o'cliH-k having nrrivcl tin Slieuker stated that the previous -ri wus ordered on the adoption i-l 'tin- -u'.s. Mr. Springer, of Illinois, inquired uli ti.rt motion to ris-ommit with in-tr e t;,,i,. ,j iu order, and ris-eivnil a negative rep. v. rt; rules were then adopted by a-trntiotr vote yeas, 10 j liuys, 1 l.i uud the II ., adjourned. hoWli providing for the seer.rtittint of tho niortgugo indebtedness of the emm-r wus taken up in tho houso Satur lar. uiiieiidcd so a to provide pains and jmj. tie forany ierson or corporation wim r fused to mtswer anv questions prn niii.ilnl I he bill a amended waa passed. M,i:,,ti to the memory of the late Hon. U.ri Townshoud, of Illinois were then iiitemd to. In the Senate Monday Mr. Dawes presmtM over -Mo petitions from Massiichu-ett- sit ing that more than NH).iio gallon- ut ir,' ,ii. eating liquor are annually cximtcl fnin tho I nitcd States to Africa, ileiiiorull : the ieople of Africa uud tb" ritti'oit.ii to u t legitimutecomiiierce with that people . a praying that under that sis'timi of :li stitution which authorizes C-mitress tnrvi lato coinineriT with foreign n.iti n-. tii.r. sort if thing be stopH',. He u-Ue I i:oi petitions be referred to the niiiiiiiit-e .. Education mid Labor, uud iinod tl.e careful consideration of that coaim t'o' t tho subject. So referred. Mr. ltd er presctitisl several pe'itH'iis from Mi- , i cnmplaiuilig of the supprc-ioii of tla- II pilblicaii vote in that State. m.l representing that the s,,".i' ! legislature of Mississippi Lad re ,t y enacted a law for establish n.' a niv c k.-'i tut ion for the State on the Uth nf Ai: :'. 1S!C, tho same not to be Mii-iu tic I to tl.e is-ople for ratitication. uud 'ha .i-! . avowed purpose of Iiemocrats t ic:n,"' fraudulent methods to deprive iu c y iii : gent citizens of their franchise, le :e.-re! : t tie Committee on Privilege and li.'s:. i! Mr. Blair presented it petition, sign ! '' 1 ooociti.ens. priving for th p' u-i f army nurses. Mr. Frye, from tn- "" Coini.-.itlee on Pacilic 1 lilr id-, r. -'I'd back uilveisely the Pacilic llailnu i f ! : ing bills referred to it. and iu li.- i fifin reported an original bill on the sul t. b-' bill coiitniueil the terms ui un a ij :- :' ' with both companies the I nioii l'.i..ii' tlie Central Pacilic. Iu the 1 lous,'. Monduv, li ter tic .,il,ii; of the journal, Mr. Cards e r"-e iiui-il that since the ;!Hh of January hi- ssfeeitw" Hoiise hml lui-u protesting every m rn' C against the approval of the joam il ' ' ground that It contained un entry iiu'l-' the direction of the Sp-uker. snow .n.' t!i name of certain members pre-ent mi l u1 voting, last Friday tbo House lud u! ;-!-ei a code of rules provuli",' t'r such a practice. Against this the Ii-iuocra:s huil protested, and would protest, a- uu me constitutional practice; hut it w.n i' ' .e-t;-' w hich could not be dcci .oil in th's uud whenever the proiwr ca-e urn- it id go to some otbor forum. It was the nr of his side of he House to see that tl'i' v,l sion should bo made in such simpe a- ' s'rmit it to be finally mid dei iscly piwl upon. I herefore bo niiw saw no re.i- ui s1'.' the journal, the form otwhi h tli H ' budii right to prescribe, should nut Iwr proved. INDIANS IN 'DISTKFS3. The Grippe Eplderaic.With Many Dot" Hid Scarcity of Food. Reports from the Milluo Indian l''wr'' tion iu advance of the report of th viiim commihslon iudicute a severe and f'1' " deiuic of disease. 1 he grip is sal I t" l'JJ' been quite equal to an cpideiiiii' uf "tn' pox. ai.'Ui) soiuo eucampmeiits there I'1' not been i-nough well Indians to feel 'j1 kick even if they had sullijient fool. Tat head chiefs were oxpecling aid frotu tb Government in response to te'gr:llln';,t,' Washington, but nono hud ooiiio. An mate pluiie the deaths at 40 to'- ':i ! ' Agent P. B. cs huler has sent un- lic.ii aid sumo supplies from Brutnord, Minn. , Hanged. Tliomns Kane wus hanged in th J"!1 ! t Toronto, Out., fortho murder of u'1 in November last. He mot hi falo xe"J ly. The murder for which Kane sutl" the death penudy was of the m ist utr'Kt''1 character. He and hi wife had b.n "l''"1' Ingandquarrelloj. Ho at tucked Inf. a'A after pununeling hor hoily Iu a " manner, knocked hor brains out w.llifl irou. Tha luurvlurer was a plaitvri.''
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