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JL'N FROM
taplinl. I.aknr anil Iniliiairlat,
I!t a vote of 120 to 43 it wis deeided to
Continue the strike nt the I'pper ""d Loistt
Carnegie mills, Pittsburg, Pa.
A notice wns posted nt thn work of the
I'otfstown Iron ( cinpuny, Hint from Ie
cenibcr Uthe wnge of pnddlcrs would be
reduced from M to 92 75 per ton. In ICC
tO to per ton wm paid nt the work to pud
dlers for the same work :hnt they are now
to receive 12 7." for.
The reason whv the Kii'cht of Jibot
hi a (quarter ure to he moved from Phila
delphia is Riven by Secretary Hayes. It is
because of the ktatid taken by C lii f Justice
Faxson in the llnmcsUal treason ease.
The Thomas Iron mipi,ny blast fur
nnccs nt Hcllcrfown, Fu., whs blown out
yesterday, throwing fifty men out of employ
went. 11c Icr's limestone ij iarry. employ
ing f.fty men, which e.ipp.ied Hone fur the
f uniaoe. is al-o i hised.
An lMMMr In Vaoi The Hamilton
Woolen Cnmpiuiy, controlling 16 milis at
Amcsuury, Ma-s , hn increased the wncrt
of all employes, except the spi iiikts, 7 per
cent. 'Hie spinner wore given an increase
of 10 per cent, recently.
The Huntsvllle, Ala., Oil Mills, employ.
Ing over t0 hand, have stop-ed work owing
to the high price of cotton seed and the low
price of oil. The mills have been running
for over 10 year
WlBrellnncons.
At Monday morning's session of the dl
Torce side of the 'in-hit 'mirt nt Sr. I.ouis,
117 decrees ol ab-oltite divon e were grnnled
in the short space) of two hours. This is tl
largest tiuinhi r ever granted in so short a
time in that State-.
Tlie Pennsylvania Kailroad Company, ns
eoon ns Congress and the local authorities
grrnt permission, will brfin a fy-'i in o!
improvements in nnd about Washington
which will cost in the neighborhood of I.',
IKAUKU before they are complete. I.
Mayor (iimrley, if l'lttsluirg. Pn.,
bus complied with the wishes
ed many Pitt-hurg m. outer., mid
on Wednesday tent a cominunica
tion to Chief Urown, of the Department ,f
Public Safety, rc(tiisting him to reriie
bis authority to clo-e all the city's disorder
ly houses and houses of jtictionab!e char
acter, within -IN hours. The inmates of all
such houses were turned into the city streets
on Friday evening. Many charitabie Insti
tutions of I'iMaburg have opened their doors
to shelter anl care for those w ho show jeni"
tence nnd a sincere desire to reform.
At Columbia. S. C, Governor Tillman, of
1-dgefield, and Lieutenant Governor Kugene
K Gary, of AbbeyviPr, were inuuguruted in
tbt ball of tbt f use of ,F.et rtsentativee.
-iiiruCTrraicrrirt MroitTgum-
ery, Ala., before the Joint session or the
House and Senate. The oath of olllce wus
administered by Chief Justice Stone. The
governor then dclivered.his inaugural, ad
dress.
Illsasirrs. Arrldeni Bad I alaltilra.
A fast freight from Nev Ixndon, Conn.,
crashed inU the rear of the ltofton express
at Noank, resulting in a complete wreck.
Engineer Frank Niles stood at bis post and
attempted to reverse, He was crushed be
neath the wreck and will die.
Through disobedience of order two
freight trains collided on the I jist Tennes
see ltailroad near Jackson City, Tenn. Holh
engines end 'JO stock cars were wrecked, a
laye number of cattle killed ana one or two
tramps lost their lives.
William Conklin and wife, Fdward Man
chard and wife, and Mrs. Maggi Pitts were
crossing the Krie ltailroad, at Klmirn.N. Y.in
wagon and were struck by the westbound
veMibuled trnln. All were instantly killed
except Mrs. Conklin, who was terribly in
jured. Crime ana Peoahlra.
Three masked robber entered the saloon
cfj. F. Vaitz, in Chicago, Sunday night,
and after holding up tlie crowd, rifled trie
money drawer. They then protveded to the
saloon of John Campbell, which was crowd
ed with customers, and retvated the attempt
but was attacked by John lane, whom
they fired upon and futally wounded, nnd
then made their scape.
A 15 year-old murderer was banged at Ma
con, ia. His name was Thomas Hall, and
be had shot an otiirr-r dead,
Mrs. Fannie Adams, of Little Lock, has
confessed that she murjered her husband
last month. She want! to get him out cf
the way so she could morrv George Wil
liams, the man who furnished the revolver.
Uaklaa New.
The total collections of inte mal revenue
for the first four months of the present lis.
cal year were l:,,, increase of
H,33J,7.V.' compared with the collections
during the corresponding period ed" the lust
fiscal year.
The Secretary of the Interior has sent
telegrams of dismissal to i5l special agents
of the General Laud Ofiiee. This action
was made necessary because of insufficient
appropriation.
Ex-Governor Gear has foinially assumed
the duties of the Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury. The President has delegated to
him the power to sku Treasury wsrranta,
and also authorized him to act as Secretary
tif the Treasury in certain continfencies.
Flaaarlal aaa t'eaawercUI.
At Joliet, 111., the Stone City bank, a pri
vate institution, suspended payment on ac
count of a run caused by the shutting down
of the Enterprise Company, one of the de
partment of the big wire fence industry.
The bank is operated by H. Kiah & Son.
The failure is a heavy one. It la eeii mated
that nothing less than 1500,000 will settle
tb firm's affairs. The failure it due to the
dull season in trad.
" itot'iriVnW '-, -
obUUinn w-tcr todriuk.
At Raleigh, N. C. eight itorej were bunt
ed.' Loes, 140,000; bait insured.
felltlral.
A rrohibllion bill ha been Introduced in
tbt Booth Carolina Leelslatur.
ftlertaarr.
General Joseph II. Potter died at Col am.
bus, O., of heart disease, aged 70. II was
retired in October, lft6, from the army with
Hi rank of brigadier general.
Isllallve.
A bill has been introduced In the Ala
bama legislature providing for an annuity
of 1500 a year for Mrs. Pavia. widow of Jef
ferton Davis, during her life. '
Personal.
Ei Pecretnry Blaine is gradually recover
ing from bis recent illness.
BtilOflU OVli BOHDtltS.
Makin and his wife, tlie Australian baby
farmer charged with causing the dent hs of
15 infanta, have been committed for trial.
At Iliiena Ventura, Colombia, between 00
nnd 70 buildings, including the Court House
and prison, were burned, but the principal
commercinl houses were uninjured. Tins
Is an importnnt diMributing center on the
1 'a el tic const.
Near Jassen, Germany two ban 1 of gyp
sies became involved in a quarrel over the
poesion of ahorse. They opened fire
Uxn each other, and five were killed in
stantly and a number receive I serious
wounds. A detail of soldier wen- ended,
when the liubling bunds Joined fo-.xs. and
two more gypsies were killed, and n number
of soldiers wounded.
The I!usian government hns assigned the
sum of H,lX.mj to tie expended in s ipplies
for the peasants in the fumine-strn ken pro
vinces. f-'evenly-four lives were lost by the wreck
of the Japanese dispatch boat t'lii-lnmakan,
which was sunk in the Sea of Jap in in a
collision with the Knglish steamer Kavenia.
Winter and ire sport are claiming victim,
already. At Sagin, in Selesio, live children
broke through the ice wiii'e skating and
I were drowned.
I The fourth innnuuration of General Tor
firio lia. as President of Mexico to k place
i at the city of Mexico amid great ouipthis
morning in the humoer of Deputies,
j Cholera is spreading again in Cherbourg,
France, nnd tour peions d ed of the plague.
In Gouneville, Touriarvilie nnd t otcville,
cholera is epidemic aim ng the childieii and
the public S' hools hnve bi'eu closed
At Vienna, the Church of St Michael,
one of the finest in tlie city, which was v.ui
ted by tourists from all purtt of the world
was burned.
A sever gale has been prevailing over
Scotland since Sunday. Snow storms nre
reortcd in the tar North, iiccoin) anied by
thunder and lightning. A quantity of
wreckage bar drifted nhre.
SEVEN COMETS AT A TIME
are Now Visible, According to Prof. Ja
coby, ol Columbia.
According to Prof. Jacoby, of Columbia
College, there are now no Au thn-i is-.
"cuim I'vinrre. juis, ue kui-sTjir'rv.t as wr
hns haTnny information or experience, tht
largest number on record. "They are all
telescopic comets, however,'" he said. "They
tre the Holmes comet, which has received
K much attention of late Freeman's comet,
which Is the latest discovered. Swift's comet,
di-covered lust summer: Wiiinecke's comet,
tn (dd one which appears regularly at inter
va'.s of five to eight yeurs Perilling' comet,
another new one: Crook s comet, and Kurn
trd's comet, which is s'.ill another new om
and so indistinct as to be barely visible with
the larve tele-scopes. It was discovered
through the ugency c.f photography by
Prof. Karnard.
"Astronomers ate watching Freeman's
comet Willi k rent interest. At lirst it was
very close to lloln.es eomet. and traveled
in tlie i.nne direct em. It was discovered
November by P:ol. Larnurd, at l'.righlon,
l'.ngland. i loinlv weather hns solar pre
tented us from taking an observation of tlie
ni i t met. Astronomers surmise that Free
(nan's comet is u traguieut of ldela's Comet,
which disintegruted about hi y ars agei.
"We aie anmotisiy u waiting a clear night.
?o that we may t ike an observation and de
termine w bether its or to I is tlie mine a that
'aid down for Hie a a. The c met at 'first
t:ppe-sed lo he Hie a s, and Winch was dis
cohered ly I rof. Holme, bus i.een found
to he entirely new. and has Itch christened
liter its liiscover. It ! now dmv catui gued,
snd it orbd is estaniisiie-d. I tlnuk a great
deal loo much was said and i,treii about
l.e ll iiiiie-icint t. It is now iii. vnig stead
by uwuy 1 ruin us in nil ei I ; t that will take
l ut ku-t seven years to trael i. round the
nr:h. Jt wi1 never c nic luar us. We
aere una tile lo take olisi rvn i n last Pun
day nifl.t. wl.eu sli.iueis it n.' icors wen
xicted, because ol ti: cotnly weather.
Il.e meteor nen lust week are i.i.doubtedlj
letris of the Hielu comet, null as is met
with each time the earth cio-i s ibe orbit ol
the h s! eomet. The new c met itiscoved bj
Freemiin, is traveling in a snutbi rly direct
(ion, so lur ns we have re-cc.vecl npurt. Al
Il.e last observation from wl.nti we hav
heard, it was still in the constellation ol
Andromeda, und, so lur as could be deter
miniled whs traversing the indcntical traek
'aid down tor Hiela's comet."
FINAL. ELECTION FIGUBE8.
ILLINOIS OFFICIAL ril.l hrs.
SratKoriiLD The Stale Ooard of canvas
sers completed the canvass of the official
vote of Illinois as follow. President. Cleve
land, 4'JeU'M. Harrison, lll.-s. Weaver
S2.JD1. Uidwel', i-Vtt07. For governor. Alt
geld (Dem.) 4i 49". Fifer iKcp.) 402 050,
Link (Pro.) 124,14, Harnell (I'op.i 19,347.
OKI HAHRISON lit KCTOH IN KANSAS.
Toi'SSA The Sinte board of canvassers'
count shows the election of inn Weaver
electors bv majorities averaging 4..187, and
one Harhaon elector by rUO
majority. Obeli. the defeated
elector, was beaten on account
of a ty pogrephieal error in the certification.
The count shows the election of ibe entire
People's party State ticket by majorities
ranging from 3,800 to h.boO.
urriciAL riGi-Rrs from Tixes.
Galviston. A special Irom Austin to the
Galvestion AVtcn says: The olhcinl count of
the Presidential vote in Texas vives Cleve
land (9,14H. Harrison 77.475. Weaver Oit.eiMtl.
Hidwed 2,ltiV To Harrison's vo: should
be sdded .ti9. Hepublican ballots for the
"lilly white" electors, being representative
of the whit man' faction of the Kaonhli
tan party.
CHICAGO A DIBEA8E-BHEEDEH
A Sever Epidemio Would Likely Kill
Half the Population.
Congressional Investigator SbafTord find
Chicago in such bad sanitary condition,
that, be sys, a severe epidemic would likely
kill balf the population.
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TWO INTERESTING REPORTS-
WAR AND INTEBIOR AFFAIB8
Reform Accomplished and Recommeta
dation for Further Jmprovement by
Secretaries Elkin and Noble.
Secretary of War Elkins In bis annual re
pott U'grntly advises the reorganization of
the regular army to conform with the ad
vancement of military arts. The formation
of three battalion infantry regiment and
the reorganization of thJ artillery arm of
be service I especially desired.
On the subject or ordinance the report
ays: "Addition and improvement have
been made, especially In nil that pert ilns to
oor heavy guns end const defenses, and in
all mutters relating to t tp'osive anil sub
marine operation. Perhaps the most Im
portant Hdvnnce of the year ha been In the
adoption of n new tire arm tor the service
mngnt'oe arm that can be used as such. or,
as a single loader. It hns bee'i adopted tor
U( caliber inlniiiry riHe Bin', carbine, and
steps are l eng taken for its manufacture.
Provisions should be made VjT a full supply
to the nrtnv nnd to the Nnt'onnl Guard, and
for a suitnb e stock to be held in reserve. A
test of the d. fit-rent nrnn now in service
throit diotit the world, ns well a those of
recent invention, has. it Is believeel, enabled
tlie department to tix upon an arm superior
to any now In nctunl use.
"Cciiit in ued improvement of the signal
service i noted. A course of Instruction hns
I e n established, w hich comprises practical
snd theoretical work in electricity. Held sur
veying, telrirrnphy. telephony and S'gnalinc.
ltiestiMtioii ofjliB ixjssititlitics of electric
flush litht nre ill f ro,;ress. Tlie management
of the military telegraphs has been sntis
Ini'tory. A practical test of the field tcle
irrnph iruin has been mnde In tho construe
Hon of a tlvimr Meld Iclciirnph line about 35
miles lung in - t hours' time."
The Secieiary devotes a large portion of
his report to the Nailonel (inard. lie says:
"Ti.e National (iuard is the reserve force
of tlie nriny. Attentiori Is invited to thenec-r-sarv
nppropriiitioiis lor arming andequip
iiiK th s reserve force. Kecent appropria
tions hnve he-en entirely inadequate, and
the War Department is under thu constant
necessity of rel using supplies called for
from the different States. An nppropr ntion
of nt least H.OoO.o K) fur this purpose is rcc
oiumendol."
The ntinii.il report ol Secreinry Noble, of
the Interior Department, shows that the
volume of work accomplished during Hie
jwc-t nt ndmiui-tratioii exceeds Hint of any
like i-r od reretoiore or likely to come
her lifter. Tlie Sevietarv says:
"The (iencrnl Land Itlice hns worked off
the vi.lt nccniuulation of former yenrs und
i now on current business, greatly lo the
Advantage of western settlers: the Indian
Unreal! has mnde great progress in elevnt
inir. the various Indian tribes, in the work
ot nl ctnient of land 'l severalty to individ
ual Indians. The Pension utllce hns dispiw
ed ef tin immense vo. ume of work and hns
exceeded all h ini-r records in the numlier
of final ndjiid caliohs, both ordinal and up
on n pe-n's executing the benelicent laws
for the soldier- of III I'nion.
"A I ol ihn eleeiuosnary institutions in and
around Washington City have been man
aged so Hint no scandals or even compls nta
lisve arisen, nnd their etliciency has been
advanced. He-side ull this, when it is re
membered that six new states
have come into the I'nion
from out the Juris dction of this d
pariineni, nnd dklaliomn has grown up in
to it from nn u cultivated wasf1. the re
sults are indeed gratifying."
Cuncernini: the Mormon problem, the
Secretary says: "Tlie (iovemor of I'tah ex
presses his belief in the t ood laith and hon
esty of purpose of the Mormon leader and
the people in their abandonment of poly
" siv and (heir ohcdieni-e to the la of
Congress on this subject. " Ah appeal "nul
been made to the rrestcjeni lor general
emnesiv for a l Mormons who are under
pdt c il disabilities ov reason ol' violation
of the Inw against polycamv. The M tnl m
pledges l he psiple and the Church, indis
tinct terms, lo loyal observance of the law,
and declares the devotion and lovality of
the people to the country and to the (iov
eminent. One suggestive evidence of t lie
ile-easing Hiwer of the Church is tlie div
ision of tlie people iiou National party lines
in recent elections "
Of the new Territory of Oklahoma the
report says :
" I be population of Oklahoma i shown to
he 1 K. loo. not Including the Ind ans, who
still maintain their t ibal relations. Eighty
live per cent, ot he population are whites,
and only about 5 per cent, foreign born. It
is thought that a coiiservnthe estimate of
the value of the properly, real and personal,
in Cbevenne U'ld Arnpaii'ie counties is 110,
mhmi, excluding these ev unlit s the asses.
or' returns show a valuation of 111. 4X5,1112.
In (Iklah nia the question of admission to
Stalehoeid is nlready being discussed, and
it is nn n unced that tlie eople will soon ask
for admission.
Alaska continues to be a source c.f con
cern to the department. The Se-cretary says:
"Alaska is virtually without an organized
Government. It 'is ditlicult to pun
ish outrages. and smugglers In
feat the coast end debauch
the natives. Only a nucleus of a military
organization exista, consisting on one com
pany, and the concessional appropriation
for Alaska is now being withheld so that
even the operations of this small body of
militia are restricted. Government hospit
als and a board ol charities appear to be
among the greatest needs of that country.
The sale of liquor to the native i repre
sented to be a great curse to the people.
"The international complication arising
from the killing of the seals, in the ex-ean
and Hering sea, have greatly embsraseed
the lessees of the Seal Islands. In lMtsJ no
less than 50.000 seals wee taken in open
sea and nioie than that number in lMil dur
ing the last season only 7. fss) seals were
killed on the islands, and the diminished
number upon the rookeries show a terrible
waste of seal life by the destructive methods
employed in pelagic sealing."
The Secretary presents a bill framed to
give Alaska a better government, and is
very earnest in his recommi.'.idatiou that
the condition of the Territory receive the at
tention ol Congress.
THE EXODUS FROM CANADA.
It Ha Increased 37 Per Cent in Uncle
Ham' Favor Bince 1880.
The extent of the exodus from Canada to
the I'nited State U shown by figures deriv
ed from the Census Office. The fact show
that th number of Canadians in the coun
try at the taking of the census in 1810 wai
(eKJ.OOO, compared with 717,000 In 180,
showing an increase of over 37 per cent. Tb
figures for the Inst four decades are as fol
lows: 1K00, 24U.OOO; 1S70, 4U3.000; 1800, 717.
600; 1890, 9-8,000.
' Th Cholera and the Orip.
There were 700 death front cholera last
week in Uussian districts where the temper
stuie averaged 6 below freezing. These
figure show how impossible it I to avoid
some recurrence of the epidemic next sum
mer. Systematic local precautions are be
ing quite extensivly taken throughout Eu
rope. The grip influenza has reappeared at Ham
burg, Germany. About 30 case bav been
reported.
0wik to tb failure of the natural gss
well in the Indiana field, th pipeage of
gas to Chicago threaten to be stopped.
JAT GOULD TJX AD.
Cnd of the Career of the Oreat Ballway
.Magnate.
Jay Gould, the great financier and railway
msgnate, died at hi residence In New York
City, Friday morning. Death resulted from
tomach and pulmonary trouble,' from
which b ha long beeu suffering, the seri
ousness f hi condition being kept from
the public.
Jay Oould was born in Koxbury.DeJawar
county. N. V., May 2!, l3el. Hi early
year were spent on hi father' farm. At
JAT OOftP.
the are of II he entered Holier! Academy,
New York, nnd in addition to bis studies,
kept the books of the village blacksmith.
Mr. (iould paid particular attention to math-emath-a
and surveying, and on leaving
school found employment in making a map
of Ulster conntv. His sorvev enabt-d hirn
to accumulate .'i.ii. With Zadoclr Pratt
he conducted a large lumber b isiness In the
western pnrt of New York State, which he
sold out in 1.')7. He then became the larg
est stock hnldi r and a director in theStrouds
burg. Pa., bank and shortly afterward turn
ed hi attention to railroad Interest.
Mr. (iould inveded nil his money after
the pnnic of lt.')7 in the bonds of Rutland
and Washington ruilr aid nt in cents on th
dollar, nnd became president, treasurer and
general suerint ndent of that company. He
then became interested ill several other rail
roads, and moved to New York City, where
be established himself a a broker. He in
vested heavily in the F.rie, Union Pacific,
Wahiish, Texas Pacific. Mi-souri, Knnsat
nd Texas ami other ra Iway stock. He be
came interested in the Atlantic and Pacitio
and Western Union telegraph companies'
and bought up railroad stocks until he own
ed and controlled more miles of railways
than any oilier man in the United States.
Hv purchasing railways at low figures.ex
tending tlieni nnd Improving th-ir facilities
Mr. (iould likciho increased their tallies,
and this was the secret ol Ins rapid increase
in wealth. At :!7 years he was estimated to
be worth t"i iki.iki, I .list venr his wealth
was put at from 1 1U.imsi.issi to ll.'K), 000,000.
l'IVso or TIIK I.STATK.
The vein's i f .lav Could' estate is various
ly estimated nt from 7 .0hn.i 00 to IH.'i.OOO.
000. John Terry, who has be-en closely al
lied with Jay Could for many years, and
who is therefore is-i hap Iwst able to give
authentic intorniution on the subject, told a
reporter I lint the estate nt i he present time
was worth ll'W.tsm.ouo. Wu-hingtnn Connor
estimated the estate at fT-YOb .ouo. Jay
Could' annual income wa estimated at
tr.0iKl,!iuO. He stated, some two year ago,
tliat it wa a serious business matter with
him how to invest his annual income.
In disposing ot his estate, Mr. (iould put
hi Missouri I'ncille, Western Union and
Manhattan interests into a fund for the ben
efit of bis fnnifiy; George (iould is one of
.tlie trustees fo' Uie.dMion of.th nroueKlV..
It is estimated that from CI.Ooo.OOO to
0U0.O.HI have been appropriated In the will to
be distributed for charitable purposes; 40
per cent, of the entire e-tute will go to
tieorge Could and the balance is distributed
equally amoig the remaining children.
Hy Mr. (iould' i orders t!e estate is so
bound uu us to forestall all interference
with his late interest in the three principal
holding mentioned, which, according to his
own statement made about six mouth ago,
constitute nearly one-half of bis entire es
tate. A OHEAT UEHMAN 8CANDAL,
The Oreat Army of the Kaiser Provided
With Worthless Loewe Rifles.
Germany ha n sensut onal scandal con
cerning tbf equipment of its great army. It
ptar that the Loewe P.ifles, with which
her 41,0h0 soldiers are armed, are worthless
for actual service, and that some officer or
oflicers high in rank hnve betrayed the le
cret. The emperor and his staff are agi
tated, There is likely to be an upheaval.
The whole thing came out In the trial
Saturduy of it-ctor A hi ward t at Berlin, an
anti-Semite member of the lieichstsg
who was arraigned in the Moahil criminal
court on a charge of slandering Mr. Loewe.
After having been taunted for the lack of
veracity, Ahlnardt prdiiced live official
documents which proved to be reports mad
by colonels to their general adverse to the
Loewe guns. These must huve been stolen,
probably by an officer, who, if found out, is
liable to 10 yeurs penal servitude.
Ahlwardt bad just expressed regret that
srmy officers, on their oaths, should have
been mistaken in saying no official reports
adverse to the Loewe guns had been made.
"Who are you," thundered the Judge
"wbodare talk thus of officer who have
taken an outh to tell the truth."'
"Here are my proofs," replied Ahlwardt
taking the papers from Ins pocket and hold
ing them up.
The public prosecutor suggested they
should be read at once. Hector Ahlwardt.iii
a low, clear voice, aaid: "I have been accus
ed of being unpatriotic without reason. Th
documents I hold, if rend public.. y, would
be damaging to my country. I therefore a-k
that the court be cleared and the reuding be
private. If the president will glance ovei
them I am confident he will agree with me."
Amid a dead silence the papers were
handed to the president As he read them
his face became very serious. Finally he
said: "The pupent liiid before me are very
important to tlie State. They abuu'd not be
read in open court." The room wus then
cleared. .
The documents show that out of 000
Loewe guns used at Wesel Ms) were iinser
viceab.e. Twenty of the chambers burst
and l'i broke entirely.
It must be remembered that there are 42.
O0( Lwegurr in lb Cerman army. This
ie terribly awkward for the government,
which is bound by necessity to do evtry
thing to hush up t he scandal. The Ahlwardt
trial will raise doubts in the mind of a large
section of the German nation, not particu
larly as regards the Loewe guns, but about
all gun manufactured for the army. Ahl
wardt biniBe f is almost nobody, but tb
enormous machinery of the law is brought
lo beur aguinst him.
On Year for Beven Live.
Major Heinrichs.of the Fourth Upper IU
ean. Infantry, Uerlln, Germany, baa been
sentenced to one year' imprisonment in a
fortress for having caused the efeath of seven
private last summer. Helorlchs command
ed hi whol battalion to swim tb Nelaee in
all tbelr accoutrement. Beven men who
bad not been drilled to tb work, went un-
Ur and were drowned.
LATER KEYSTONE STATE ITEI.1S
A COSTLY CITY HALL.
Tb Philadelphia Building Has Cost 116,
000,000, and I Btill Unfinished.
rMiadelphla Citr Councils have resolved
that no money whntever for the construc
tion of the public bulldinr shall be appro
prilled out of the proceeds of the annual
tax levy for 1H3, unless the commission
sball within ten etnys furnish Councils with
a statement exhibiting item by item the
ms iner In which the appropriation request
ed i to lie expended, and also an approxi
mate statement of the sum necessary to com
plete and furnish the buildings in accord
ance with existing plan and sr education.
1 hi ction has long been looked for. Th
Public Huilding Commission, whii h hns sol
charge ot the ere tion of 1 hi'nddph'a's big
city hall, wn created by th Legislature
oxer 20 y eat ago. and hns so far defied all
attempts of the city officials to inquire into
its t flairs. It has demanded certain sums
each year, and the money has been grudg
ing y handed over. '1 he amount nsked for
this year is slightly over Zwo.OuO. When
the erection of the building was begun it
wai to be finished in a few years at an esti
mn ed cejsmf .'i.tssj.Wjo. Over Hi.onO.0OQ
hnve been tent on it. Nobody knows bow
much more will be reqniied. and no one be
li -es it will be finished be-fore the begin
ning of the next century.
FACTO ilY 1NSPKCTIONP.
THE YEARLY REI-OkT SIK WISO WHAT HAS BEtS
ACCOM I'l.lHIIHJ.
The following summa-v ha been prepar
ed by Fiuitory Inspector Wntchorn of the
work done bv his department for the year
etuling Nov. !k, lsji'J: Numbered deputy
Inspectors on Inspection work. S; number of
insections made, 1,131; number of male
employed where inspections have been
made, Ill-M il!: number of females employed
w here insiect ions have been made, l, -sC.'Z,
of the foregoing the number between IU
and 1') years of nge, 3.1.17; toinl number of
employe establishments thut have been
insiiected. '.i30.w; total number of or era
given, 1.704. The orders were given as fol
lows: Fire escapes to be erected. Ih7; elevat
ors to be guarded. 171; ssnlturv orders given,
31!t, miscellaneous. 1.027; orders reported
complied with, l.iew; number of accitient
reported, iiUi. They mere as follows: Fatal,
34, serious, 07; less serious, 15,
THE.CoJt TO THKBTA1E.
AhJCTAST (irM'.UM. OKIEI VM) riOt'HK Till
IIOMKSTKAII l:XI'l SK8 AT !4'i0,tJU0.
Adjutant (ieneral (ireetiluud now esti
mates tlie cost nf the recent troubles at
Homestead to the State for the pay, main
tenance and transportation of troo, etc.,
nt et.'si.isjil, Ul this amount wnrranta havi
been drawn III the nggieKiite sum of UT5,
'lli 4!. The claim of the Pennsylvania
Pail road C.iinpnnv for I.V.'.ooO for transpor
tation und o her claims not yet puid are not
included in this amount.
A I'ATAL Moll l:H EXl LOSII M.
Met'cn Cnc'K. A fatal boiler explosion
occurred here at the power house being built
for tlie Carbon County Electric Kuilwuy.
Purlin Albright, the construction engineer,
wus so badly scalded that he d cd. lie re
tided at Muncy.l'o.,and leaves a young wife.
Francis 1'urward, ol this county, was hit
by Hying debris nnd can hardly recover.
rKNNSYI.VAMA'S t'lUAH riUl'lll.
' The report of the commissioner of inter
nal revenue shows that Pennsylvania is now
the greatest cigar manufacturing Miate in
the country. The number of cigars manu
factured in the Htute during the lust fiscal
year wo l.!tt,MU0,tUf", which was nearly
um ihhi ihhi In tovMh (f tt.a iiiimhrTirn.
Lfa,ctured in New York State and about four
i.mes aseuens; aajuvnumoer in an oiocr
Stale. I
A rxTiTioM is being circulated at Monon
gabelu City asking the coming council to
repeul the local option law.
Mh. I.i.ie (ikAiiKK. of Mt. Pleasant,
charted with illegal liipuor selling. wa fined
f l.ouo and sent 10 month to the workhouse
by Judge Doty, of Ureensburg.
EX-OOVERNOR HOYT DEAD.
He Quietly Crosse the Dark Biver. A
Sketch of Hie Military and Folitical
Career.
Kx-Oovernor Henry M. lloyt died at
Wilkesbarre, Fa., on Thursday. The end
was peaceful. Kix months ago he was
stricken with paruljsis and three months
later he had another stroke and beyan to
fuil rapidly. Mr. lloyt after the war was
never a strong man, bavins contracted a
disease in the army which made him more
or leas of an invalid ever since. His estate
will not reach over (5,000.
Henry Martyn noyt was born at Kings
ton, Luzerne county. Pa.. June 8. 1H.'10. of
New F.ng and stock. He wus the son of
Sieba lloyt, who emigrated t- Luzerne
county trom Duuhury, Conn. After work
ing on hi father's farm, be went at the vge
of 14 to the Wilkesbarre Academy, where
be prepare i for Lafayette College. Alter
studying two years lie went to William
College and graduated in the clas of 1MU.
After graduation ne taught school for a
few year und then studied law under the
lute George W. Woeidward. He wus admit
ted to the bur in l.r'). On the advent of the
Civil War (ieneral lloyt was active in rais
ing the Fit iy-se ond lteciment of Pennsyl
vania Volunteers, ol which regiment li
was appointed Lieutenant Colonel. He dis
tinguished himself for bravery at Fair Oak
Chickahoncn ,' und before Charleston.
His political career began in PsU', when
be wa appointed additional Law Juebe of
Luxerne county. In lNi'.i he was appointed
Collector ot Internal Ptevenue for tlie coun
ties of Lucerne end Pusiiiiehann. In lOtJO
be was Chairman of (he Kepublieau btate
Committee, und in 1H78 he was elected
Governor of Pennsylvania em a hard
money platform. Governor Hovt was mar
ried (September ii,ltvV,to Mary K.Ipveland.
Three children a son and two daughters
surviv hun
a Gritty Chicagw Woman.
Mr. Uerger, while cleaning ber hnsband't
saloon at Chicago, wa suddenly confronted
by three masked burglar. (Similar appari
tion have been numerous recently, andth
gritty woman, who bad thought out before
bsnd what to do ia such a case, quickly
pulled ' a revolver and commenced shoot
ing. One of th trto wa wounded, but all
w-aped
A Royal Match Declared Off.
The l'ope ul Korus has refused hi con
sent to th marriage of Prince Ferdinand
of Bulgaria with a daughter of the Duke of
Parma because the Prince insisted that any
issue of the marriage should be educated in
the Greek-Catholic faith. Ex-Duke Kobert,
of Parma, the father of tbe bride, also re
called bis content.
THE iilOOEST BOX EVER MADE.
It Enoases for the Winter Erench'a Bug
Btatue for the World' Fair.
French' gigantic statute of "The Repub
llo"for tbe World Fair i finished and ha
been boxed op for tbt winter. Never before
was inch a bog box conttrQCted. It Bieat
fjra 22i feet aad atand 80 feet aOgb,,
I
UNCLE HAM'S MAILS.
Postal Affair Reviewed by Four DepJ
mental ejnieis. new Foatofflce
Increasing Feat.
The annnal reiiort of E. C. Fowler, Act
first Amsiani eniraaaier uc-nerai,
mate th amount needed for the next fU
rear at 124.205,000, n increase of l,Ko
Th report shows that at the end of the
cal year 18!r2, there were 60S free del,,-!
Ofncos with a carrier force of 10,737 tuen
Increase of 007.
Tbe totnl number of money ordit of
In operation June 30, 18j1, is shown lo hv
been 10,o. u. two thousand and tw,
three additional office of this kind wer
tabltshed dunne tbe year follow iuc. r
at Jt places the money order businesiJ
aiscor.iiiineu. vm june .w mere were. ti..
fore, in operation ll.WSt money order ntf
8mce the latter dido 4.B.K) nnines have Uf
added to tbe list of olfices trans c n l. n,
tic money order business, while at ten i.
office that business ha b?en ditcontin...
leaving at tbe present time lu.hrl'J authn:
to Issue and pay domestic money orce t y
postal notes. J be increase ot l.Wh. n
during the last fiscal year, In the numb,
money order offices, was by far tbe lar,
effected in any one yenr in tlie histon
podnj money order system. At tbe clov
the year ended June .'to, 1".)2, there w. r.
operation 717 small office authorized m
tli act of IPS to issue tiostai note but
to pay them.
in
'he number of postal note issued il r
the year wa 7,(xs.",04iif eif .the total vah;.
ILftoS.Tft'i; thenumberof notes paid sim
paid amounted to Ill.bTl.H'.O; the f
amoutof lees received from the public,
eluding fees received for duplicates i.f
valid notes, wus fUtl.K'Hi. Acompariot
the above with the postal r.o e trunsait
otthe previous yeur show an inert n-r
t7,472 or :i.'C) per cent in th gross mm i
ol fee received.
The annual report of Fourth Ass V;
Postmaster (ieneral P.uthbone shows tu
the number of establishments of pew j
ofllces during the part yeur wus 4.1un, i
greater nuniher than any previous yeur
cept lf'.si, w hen it was 4 s27. The mt "j,
crease of iiis-ofticr over the year erJ
June W, IWil. wns 2.7'.s, ond the yrar il.f
with 07. IP as the whole uumber of i i
ollices in the I'nited tttute. The urr
increase in any Mate was in (eol i-.
Texas was next with 211, and Pennsyivt
.followed with 2"1. Ttie greatest nuiide:
postoftices In any one istule is 4,482 in Iv
sylvuniu.
Major Knthbone suggests the Hev
Statute be o nmetided a to make
inuilinu of "i!r.-en foods" circulars utul i
eruture a continuous offense from the - J
of mailing to the place of destinntioii.su:. P
n prosecution w ill lie ut either point, -
sniue in (-fleet us is embodied in the lur:
lottery nt. r
The annual rexrt of 1). P. Iibhar.l'.,-.
lerintendeut ot tlie Head Letter II ire.i
shows thut there were o,(Wu.78!l doni)
niuilable letters reeeivel, a decrease of 71 ,
as compare ! with the previous year. 1:.
were .Vii.lliH domestic unmailnble letur-e
ccived, of which W'l couiiiii.ed uuma, t:t
articles. lrt.4i'J were held for postage. 4e''
were misdirected, .'IJ.il2 were wholly I
out address, and 2.007 were of a uiinV.,.
ou character.
Tbeunniial report of Chief Postotlne- I
spector Wheeler shows that the total I '
ber of arrests for ull kinds of offenses f
ing ti.e year wns 1.1W4. Of this number .: ,
ISfl wei'e postal einpoyes. Of the r..-
tried resulieil in conviction, while c
til resulted in ucquiltnl. The nuiiilur
burgiam of postottices arrested was .
against 17S Inst yt ar.
The annuul report of J. I.owrle Peil. s
ond Assistant Pottinasier Gunerul, rem
bis past rceomiiiendut on re.ardioR tl.-l.
clependenl on clerks who meeildeatn
their post of duty.
LATER NEWS WAIFS.
CArtTAL. 1.AVOR AND IKIl-STRIAt.. i
The bill aeaWiftg fhaf. 'etiit-'fitr; l
.!.... .i . " t . e
cunsiiiuie a uny s worn was eieieaie i t;
voteof50to20 In the Kentucky Leu
lure. .
All miners in ihe two mine at Farm
ton and the one as Lnrris, III., have str
out of sympathy with the strikers in
three mines at Dunfermline. Ele en :
mines may also be tied np.
( Ill MH AND I'ENALTIXS.
At Taunton, Mass., Lizzie
Hordcn it
been indicted by the grand jury on
counts, for the murder of her father
mother. he was notified, but the nensuj
no effect on the stolid demeanor wbkh I'
marked ber up to this time.
WASI11M.TOK. j
The treasury detriment has dn ;v
that a Chinese boy may enter the Vv,:A
Btutes for the purpose of receiving u (
cation, provided he ha the permission
bis own government to visit this conct-;
M:S( (LLARIOl'S. k
What Is intended to be the largest
dow glass factory in the United 8tu't
located in Anderson, Ind., by the t i. !'
Glut Company, of Indiana. Tbe comi.
I a consolidation of nearly all the lurf.
vIbhs niannfacturera in the country. I
lllSAFTEHS, AC II INTH AND rATAUTlF
The owners of Ihe steamer Gre'oi
bave received not.ee inut me vessel '
been wrecked at the month of the Kibe i
that the crew of 23, person have t
drowned. J
roREiox.
Powager Queen Marie, of Hanover, i
dangerously ill at Gmunden. Kx tne
Marie is a princes of Sachaen-Altenbui
widow of tbe lute King of Hanover, i
mother of the Duke of Cumberland.
was born April 14, 181".
I'lltSOKAU '
T... I.lut. ..I..- MauIiij4 An.!.
bi '
A I V.id. lit Vlll. " I
at th ISroadwater club, Kxraore.V.. ami 1
fcunday night on the private car of r-'u
Kenneyof the Philadelphia. Wilmingtuti
liultimore railroad attached to the N'V
York express, which arrived in Jersey l-r
at 8 o'clock Monday morning, ji
Brigadier General Benjamin W. Brie , v
tired, died at hi borne in Washington,-
C, aged 8ft yeur. ,
LOOSE ON A HTKEl' OUAPE.
Bl'KAWAT CARS CRASH l.XTO AK KNCll.K, Hi','
t iso two atr.x.
At Hhtiango two freight ca broke li
on a deep grade and started towards I
station at a terrifio gait, having a ci .
piece of track two mile long. Th "'
engine happened on the track the runs'
car were traveling. Before tbt men in
cab could escape th car war upon t)'
with a orah; that was heard for mile. 11 .
wreck of car and engine wa coinp
Jme Dunley and Charles McDowell
cinecr and fireman on tbe switcher. "1
both killed. '.
Playing U4 Men at One.
At Baltimore, aid,, Lasker astonished
ches players, when ' be defeated 2-4 pit.'
imultaneously within four hour.
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