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HE LATEST
NEWS
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During the past yesr 4,000 miles of main
rck have been added to the lnimfne rail
ay mileage of the United States, according
to the Chicago Unit mitl Ayr. This mileage
consists nearly altogether of extension ol
old roads and the construction of branches
and feeders. In aldition to this 4.0"0 miles
track-laying la In progress on 500 more. In
Pennsylvania IMC miles have been built and
thin In exceeded by only one other State thai
if Washington, whose record is H20 miles,
37 Koaiw in thk Ki amxo Co.wijitr.--Tlm
Philadelphia nud Heading Hailrond hat soul
in its report to the Secretary of Internation
al A ITnir, which shows that they opcratt
37 railroads, and nf these M urn directly un
der i!" control. The gross earning fr tht
I :it liscal year weie t H2.H'!4..';lfl, and sum
cf II,8.VI,1M was rtqir.red to o?rute It.
Art b bald's mill at Pandas, Mich., am)
the elevator adjoining it wus totally destroy
d. Loss, tiOO.OoO.
The foundry of the Hob. ns.oi Ilea Manu
facturing Compuny, on the Sotithsids,
Pitt-burg, was burned Saturday night; loss
I I'l.OtlO.
The mills of the Neusmanfiold Company
tll-weepsonville, N. "., inun iifacturlng cot
Ion goods.havo. been destroyed by fire. Loss,
li'jo.WKt; Insurance, f(0,000.
The works of the liny less Taper Company
at Hihghanipton, X. V., buvebeen destroy
td l.y tin. Loss, thnoui; insurance, l.'Ju.OUO.
At Memphis. Term., four large business
buildings were buri ed: Matthews Hardware
Company, loss, 7l),tion; insurance, I'tO.bOO;
I Ccddell fc Pros., loss, tl."t, ooo; insurance,
;:!.M'': S. Ivy & Co. Trunk Company. loss
l;,-"Mi; insurance. ln.hou; I. Goldsmith .V:
Pro., cloth, loss, (40,1100; insurance SoV";
Hum 'urroll, puihts, loss, l.'i.X; incur
ai.ie 10,000. Total Hocks. fJi'.Unil; total
loss. l."ii,0OO; total insurance, tlfn.uuo. The
four buildings which were owned by Mrs.
Kute Hamilton, valued at lio.onoand insur
ed for tin,"1), w ore (liiiuuved, JO,000.
The Allegany. Md. I Court House at Cum
beilund wiim attroyed by tire. A greater
part of the records' wore saved. The build
'lie cost f :ki,jii ami ns insured for 120,000.
Thursduy night, tire destroyed the two
immense building at 'J'.'iS und fd Penn
avenue. Pittsburg. With accompanying
damage toother structures and the distrac
tion of merchandise and personal property,
causing u loss of nearly lHUO.non. No. 0:13
was the establishment of 1'. Duff Arsons
tominis'sion merchants, extending through
to Fayette street in the rear and including
a huge wing, every part of the building be
Iriyipacked full of merchandise. The great
cueensware establishment of Ca,yirt P olock; I
it Co. was at H35. Uoth buildings with their
contents are total losses.
Dtsaieraa Aecldecis and I'atlUIr
The station house at Iirighton, Cat., was
destroyed by fire. The remains of Miss K.
A. Ay era, the telegraph operator, were
found in the ruins. It is evidently a case
of murder and arson. Miss Ayers was re
ported to have bad considerable money.
Adrian l'uiichild, who bad been employed
nearly 40 years as a diver by the duck de
partment, New York, was under water ram
ming a charge of dynamite into a rock. The
charge exploded prematurely, arid Kairchild
wns hauled up dead.
I'erey Carter, a 17-year-old youth of Good
Oround, I.. I., while hkating fell through
be ice and was drowned.
F. Johnson, of Toronto, Canada, was
blowntoatoinsat the Herculef Torpedo
Company mugu.ine. near Kokomo, I ml.
A livery (table in Cambridge, Mais., wai
turned. Nineteen horses were roasted ulivt
ami Louis Tuylor, an employe, bad his
bruins kicked out by some horses L was
trying to save.
Arthur Kennedy, 19 years old, and George
Freeze, IM years old, were drowned while
skmitif.; near Sparrow's Point. Md. Willium
Freese, u brother of George Freese, broke
through the ice while attempting to rescue
bis brother, and was himself rescued with
difficulty.
Wnsblnman New,
'i Little Martenu Harrison continues to !ra-
Vrove. ut the Wbito House is still qsaran-
vued, and the big placards containing the
Information that contai;ion exists within
re displayed on the entrances to the pri
i vate art of the Mansion.
Ma. Haiiihikjn's Fitikk. In view of the
ittatemeiil published that President Harri
5 son s health was failing, and that be was
: likely to break down, PostmaHter-Generul
pVanumuker aaid: "The report that the
President was in falling health must hava
.originated with some one with little oppor
' tunity to know the truth. I would take him
to be now at Ids vry prime. It ia not a
clever thing to mukeun invalid out of a man
be. ause uncommon grier are not laid off
kt the end of ;io duys. It Is quite likely that
(Stanford University U neeking him; so are
. a score of other things, but, until hia work
is completed here, I .toubt if he will aerioua
ly thing of future occupation."
- 4 Conei rrti Y RiAmuti, Oct. According to
the rert of Secretary Kusk to the Senate,
the work of stamping out pieuro-pneumon'
ia ba been carried on as rapidly as was
possible and the disease has completely dis
appeared. The United States is the first of
large nations of th world which baa been
aula to completely extirputa it. Tht time
required was only about fiva yeara, and tba
total expenditure a little in excess of 11 .
600,000.
Perianal. "
All hope of the recovery of Lilly Langtry
who is aerlously ill at I-ondon) baa been
bandoned by her physicians. Bb may
vt a week, a mouth, or a year, but per
aiient recovery is out of tht question.
lenator Colquitt's condition ia now con.
Vred critical by kit physicians. He was
W ten daya ago to walk with soma aid
ut Ibt bouse, but be ia now confined to
led and unable to rie, out aldt b.big
completely paralyzed. His wife lie In an
adjoining room paralyxed, !ber brain being
affected. She is not expected to lira many
days.
Senator Kenna continues critically til and
the gravest apprehensions are still felt. His
family physician, Dr. Chilton, Is constantly
with bim.
James U. Elaine, who Is quit ill at b!s
home in Washington, is reported aa im
proving. '
Crime and I'raalilea.
Monday night a masked mob overpower
ed the sheriff at London, Tenn., took Henry
Duncan from jail and hanged him tea tree.
Duncan was accused of the murder of four
persons.
Six prisoners at Atlanta, after locking
their keepers in their cells, walked out of
Jail.
At Albany, N. Y., William II. Fbaltuek,
22 yean old, shot hit wife, 19 years old,
three times in the head, killing her instant
ly. He then shot himself in the temple, but
Is alive and will probably die. Cause:
jealousy. At the hospital Shnttuch said the
shooting of himself wa accidental.
Jartlclal.
At Ilostnn in the Supreme Court, a petition
was presented from sevttal certificate Iiwd
er of the order of the Solid Lock, risking
for nn Injunction against the order. Tl:
rompliinutit allcga that she liabilities of
Hie order are ITT'i.OOO arid the assets but
about ,.i;.0 K. It i also alleged that it tost
3o,0U0 to Collect I.C.Oou.
CrgislaiUe.
The New York I.eEi-lnture pn-ed the
Constitutional Ami-tiiluient bill.
A hill has been introduced in the New
York Semite providing that In New York
City the wages of day laborers employ d by
the city shall not be less than f 2 a day, and
of other employes not less than ".i cent per
hour, l'rcleretice shall be given to citiiens
of that state on such work.
Inplml. I .a bar and la.lustrlal.
The Mucungic furnace of the Crane Iri n
Company, at M.icungie, I'u.. has been light
I'd ufter an idleness of, several months.
The bvilernialiers at the llrool.s loci.ni"
live works ut Dunkirk, N. Y., struck lur
higher wages,
M Iscellnneans. '
At Philadelphia, an insane man cause, a
oeno at the Catholic church of St. Thorn)
Aquinas .Sunday morning by trying to
attack the priest ut nut's. A number .f
women fainted.
Coiohaiks mini um. ritom i t. T ie
astonishing figures ll.s;'i.ll4 J.': are t ie
total mineral productions for Colorado f ir
iwrj, giving totals of IA012,av.' in coi y r,
t-0.O'..'.47S :i4 in lead, fiS.HH.lll Ml in silvr
and r.ii'i7,8'i7 4 J in gold, asugHin't :i3,."l-,-Jilt
for Hl'd. The figures do not include l ie
Holden smelter at Leadville, whoe estimi t
ed output is IJ.Otsi.ooo.
Tin: Cunurd stenmer I'mLria reached bf'r
dock at New York Suturday morning, ill
well. She was OJ days overdue. A brokm
shaft caused the delay.
StvihK Coin i Can.mjA. KxcemionallV
severe weather is being experienced through
out Canada and in the North west, where the
thermometer registers 40 degrees below
zero. In mist places the snow is lying o a
depth of i inches, nd should the cold wea
ther continue there will be a heavy mortal
ity omong cattle on the ranches. The ther
mometer on Friday registered 17 degrees be.
low tero in Montreal.
Tbt Iron Hall Supreme officers Somerby
Huker, eluding and Kc kern ley. each wuived
a hearing iu Philadelphia by consent of
District Attorney Gruhaiu, and were held in
13,000 huil each to answer at court. This an
ticipates the action of the Indiana authori
ties, uud prevents the grunting of the requi
sition papers.
BEYOND OUH BORDERS.
Seven persons were killed and 20 wound
ed in the recent wreck ou the Mex can
fc'uuthern Kuilroud.
Cholera continues to spread in the North
of France. In tht town of Gravelines, near
I'uluis, three deaths and one new co.se were
reported on Wednesday, and three
deaths on Thursday. Several ttree:s in
which the disease is especially prevalent
have been cloned by the town authorit.es.
A battle took pluce near Guerrero, Mex.,
between government troops und rebels, in
which the latter wero defeated. The total
loss was 17 killed and 32 wounded.
Hundreds of Austrian villages are siii'Wed
under so badly that inhabitants are ui able
to get out of their bouses.
Two trains collided at Kaniza, Au-tria,
killing eight passengers arid badly Injuring
10 other.
Tho Mexican authorities have confitiuted
the estate of Adolph Yillureal, valued at
t&O.OOO. In addition, Yillureal bus heen
sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment. Hi
crime was the hiring of a person tous-:iani-nate
D. McKellar, who owned a neighboring
runcb.
THE CEWEALB IN 1803.
Tht Wheat Crop Almost Unprecedented.
The Corn Crop a Short One.
Tht wheat crop in sli :titly above an aver
age one In vield, and in volume has only
been exedcd in Itt'.'l. 1HH4 and al
tliougli tbecroi of MS'.) and lf MJ nearly
euoled iu The area, estimated, is 3h,.S4,
4H) acres, proiluct. 615,lM!,tniO bushels; value,
132.', Ill, MSI. There has been a considerable
enlargement of breadth the past vear in
several Western Stutoa The rale of yield is
13.4 bushels per acre. The average value
per bushel, 0:1.4c, is the lowest average value
ever reported, that of 14 being 04..re, and
that of INM7 being tW.lo. Theaverage of tht
crop oflSill wan K.-c. Tht weight of ineas
nred bushels will be detenu uied later, but il
is probable that the aggregate will be equiv
alent to nearly 500,000,000 commercial bush
els. Tht corn crop is short, exceeded in quant
ity seven times in the last 10 years, but
slightly larger than in IS.i'1. 1HH7 and 1WW.
Its average yield per acre, 23.1 bushels, bas
been exceeded in 10 vears. The breadth, as
estimated, ia 70.0:HJ.ojM acres. Tba produc
tion, l.O'JS.VJ 1,000 bushels; value, 1042,140,
U30; averaging S9.S cents per bushel.
Tht estimates for oa are: Area, 27,063,
835 acres; product, CU,J.'i.5,000 bushels;
value, 20y, 253.011; yield per acre, 21.4
bushela.
Natural Qaa Struck In Ntsr York.
A large vein of natural gaa was (truck In
we:l No. 13 at Bandy Creek, near Oswego, N.
Y. The tool were thrown high in tht air
and tbt nolst of Ut escaping gaa waa beard
two &Har, 1
KIHK'S B6AD LAW.
Third Revision of an Act Providing for
a Btatt Road Department and It
Operation.
Arthur Kirk hns just sent out the lliird re
vised edition of hia road law, which will be
presented to the lemslsture. probably this
month. He invites or Uicisina to be sent in
peedily so they may l-e considered, with a
new to amendment, before tht tiill Ik in
tridnocd. It is practically the same bill pre
sented bv Mr. Kirk two yours ago.
Mr. Kirk sets lunh at length the reasons
whv (be road shtiiiid be mndennlybv the
tntc us they are exclusively the pronerlvof
the commonwealth. When the land of the
tste was lir-t platted six acres were reserved
for every humlred for road purioses. and its
a hundred yours' exi-erience hus proven the
counties and townships cannot be depended
upon to make eithe' good or uniform roads
he thinks It is lime for the state to take con
trol of this important featu-e. Mr. Kirk
thinks convicts should be made to work on
(be roads.
The act itself provides, first for the ap
loiniment by the govemor.nud subsequent
ly at ei cli e ect ion for governor, for the
e'ection of a State siiieriiitendeiit of roads,
to have full toirrol snhjif to decision of
court in a'.i mdiers ertMiliilig to lo. aiion
nud improvement of roud. Heshnll n. point
for each county it rotintv SMx'rinteinlent
und bn in turn iiitrict suix-riiilemlents, all
of w hom are holil und.-r beuvy bonds for
perfo'ifianco of I heir duties. Slate snperin
teiiderit's salary is tixednt tl.Hiln year:
county luiperintendents. l.o si, ami district
superintendents, U.inti a year each.
Thf expense is to be provide I lor bv the
issue of ii.iKi.0OJ in bonds each year for ten
years, psy.itde in twenty yeHrs with interest
at 3 per cent, rnyuli'e bv the state treasurer
semi -annually it also pr ivides for the levy
ing of a niII tax on each male inhabitant of
the state of (I a Near lor road purposes ex
clusively. It also provides for n properly
tax w Inch shall I e levied on all proiirrty
alike, wl.elher in city, borough or country.
Put Mr. Kirk atgues property in thocountry
will be o enhanced in vulnc in twenty years
by good roads that the burden will not be
felt.
It has the usual provisions to prohibit
superintendents from being interested inatiy
contract for either Wnrk or material.
ltuli" provides that any private individ
ual, pipe lino, telegraph i r telephone coin-
aiiy, elettric Imlit or power company, or
liny transforation Company desiring to en
croach upon Any road must tile a map nud
particular with' the dih!r;ct superintendent,
who will transmit with inform -lion to the
bounty superintendent, w bo shall puss upon
the q tion und lix the cliaiges fr mch
encroachment.
The bill in detail is lengthy, but the fore
going are the iii.un provisions. 1'here are
some good ideas in it. uud it is now generally
admitted that Home kind of a road law is a
neccvily.
HARK1TY S RLPOKT.
SOU! kllOMVIMlArtoNM HAVT hU AUOINO Till
HAI I.OT AW.
HAiiniKHrito. Secretnrv Hurrity has sub
mitted hi annual report to Gov.' i'littison.
It shows Hint during the lust two years 1.
IM t bariers were granted under the net of
April !!!. lm;4, and 70 ItH-oruotive and 1:'7
street railway companies were incorporated,
besides a great deal of miscellaneous tiusi
ties. 'J'bt. fet jor the Jast tw'tVulw!''
tuon'tfjs amount to 171. 77 60. which' does
not include the bonus fees received on tbt
granting of charier. The expense of the de
partment for the same period was 101,141 02
From this it appears that the fees more
thun exceeded the expenditures of the do
piirtment by the sum of jl0.4:A M. In ad
dition to this there has heen received from
commissions, certified copies and miscellan
eous ources the sum of 112.011! 12, which
would make the excess of such receipts over
the ex-ndiiures amount to (.'2.4)2. The
totul roramiinmt issued were 0,312.
Secretary Hurrity refers to the defects in
the new ballot law. and makes suggestions
for the beneti t of the legislature, lie thinks
that nominu'.ious made by nomination
papers, which do not have attached thereto
the number of signature as ream red foruny
state or district nomination, should not lit
oertihed to coiiutv commissioners and
sheriffs us directed n seel ion 10 of theuit.
The rcuson for this is (hat no authority is
given in any part of the art to anyone to de
termine what is the required per centum of
the vote at the previous election in the dis
trict from which u ncuti
nr.tion paper purports to come.
It in suggested that ection 4 should
be so changed as to set out dourly whul po
litical iippollut ion muy or may not be u-ed
by parties making nominutio'ns by noininu
'tion papers. lie thinks that the tune for til
ing objections to nomination papers and
crrtilicuies should be reduce I one half.
llegurding the form of ballot he says: "In
Justice to the several political purties com
pelled to make nominations by nomination
papers this section should be to umetidcd
as to allow their nominations to he arm ne
ed on the ballot in the sumc mariner u
nominations made by certificate of nomi
nations. ' Further, he suggests that the
manner of marking the ballot by the voter
could be simplilied by providing that one
croas murk opposite the party name or up
pellalion at the bead of the list of candidate
hall be considered us a vote for all the can
diduUa of ibt purty.
THE IMG KKU'PCAR.
lAKOKKT IN Til WOULD, AT LAST I OM H.ltl ID AT
Till Al TOONA SIIOIK.
Ai.toosia. The largest freight car ever
built in this country was turned out of tht
1'rnnsylvunia Huilroad Company's shops
bore, it will be used lo transport from
Sparrow Point, near llultiruore, to Chicago
Ihe 121 ton cannon biug manufactured at
the works of the KruppGun 'Company in
Prussia for exhibition ut the World s Fair.
Thu cur practically consists of iwo curs,
with eight pair of wheels each, joined by
an iron bridge, thus presenting the appear
ance of one long car with 10 puir of w heels.
tiik mou nt or marhied womxk.
In an opinion delivered by Judge Green
in tbt case of the 1-atrobe liuilding and
I-oan Association against .Margaret A. Fritz,
tbt fcupreme Court has decided that a mar
ried women can now make any kind of
a contract in rclutiou to tht Improvement
of her scperate ttute. which she could
make if she were a single woman, includ
ing even the giving of a bond. In this cast
the Court reverses (he county court, which
bad treuted as illegal and void a bond given
by Mis. F'litz for the pay ineut of money
loaned her by the building association for
tbt improvement of her real estate.
I KISI'AL SHOW AKDICB.
I'k'NNri.ijivii.i.r.. Not within tht memory
of the oldest citizen bas there been as much
ice in the Youghiogbeny river as at present.
From West Newton almost lo Ohiopvle tht
river is entirely frozen over, a foot in thick;
ness. In the mountuin district travel along
tht public roads is blockaded on account of
the mow, winch in many cases bas drifted
lo a depth of live and six feet. The farmer
report inucn sutJenng from their stock.
ALLK.IIISNY mOZEN OVIM AT E1TTAKKINU.
KmaSKiiiu. The Allegheny river at this
point has been frozen over all week. Ice
men art at work culling tha ioe, wnlch it
Mvs Inches thick. This winter ia tha first
time in aix yer.rs that the river has bata
frozen over btrt. t.
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1903 OPFKB BRIOET.
The Old Year Closesin a Glow of Pros
perity, but tht New Msy
Eclipre It.
K. O. Dun Co.' Weekly Review of
Trade says: The business of the now year
pens well, though there bus hardly been
time as yet to get fairly under way. In
tome branches of manufacturing there is a
tery conservative feeMng, owing to a scanti
ness of satisfactory orders, but in the tex
tile branches the extraordinary den, and
creates general confidence. It every part of
the country, and apparently in almost ev
ery branch of business, tha traders are look
ing forward lo a year of largo transactions.
Rut In financial circles the yenr opens with
a considerable feeling of uncertainty, ow
ing to the revival of gol.l exports, which
will be about l2.000,0iKl for the current week,
And lo tlit doubts about the act. on of Con
gress. The annual report of various branch
es of trade come in with fresh evidence of
the unsurpassed prosperity uud volume of
business in IPC, but cus lib clear light
iion the future, which depends in a lurge
degree upon monetary infuiene.
The Government crop reports started a
little stronger buying, but wheat soon re
acted to 771 cent', a decline of nearly 11
isnt for the week, western receipts in t'l.rte
days being over 2 txio.oon bushels. In spite
of large receipts corn guim d over 1 tei.t for
the week ami oats also, while polk rose f 1,
and Inrd 30 cents and hi gs .'o ecnts per 1J
winds. Colteo t- tin 'latr ed nud oil I)
cents strotiger.but co;t m showed io collide
with sales f .Mm issi l iil, s. s-j ectihciun in
Hocks isdi pre-sed ! iiimm tui y uiiXic'y. al
though reports of tr.itlu nn I -urn:tiv;s'ii.-tinue
more favorable. -vn n n n'. m.u
oilier large disbursements, mat e the iimm
ey market easier, but bankers ox-eel ex
ports of gold to cont, 'i. ic lor so, no time
Industrial report are mrrnly ooiii.ned to
the unprecedented t rulisai t ions of lat yi ur,
but In iron a weaker tone is mui: itest.'w it j
reports ol reduced pri' es for p-; iron l y
Some southorn com ei us leinene f rails
for the past year weie I :it l; kioio tjmii.
The capacity out ru;i tl. dem i d tor fin
ished products, so Hi t iii.irl.ets are irreg.
liltir and weak, though in strin-; irul and
Sheet iron largo t us in i in r 's; tet
I he Imsine s f i.h-n s oi iurr ,g -htoigh-tml
the eoon try during I tic la-t seven .lays
tl tl il 1 1 f, for the I'n, ted M itcs J.!.' mid fi.f
I Hiunla 17, or a tn'sl ol 10. as ompurisl
With n total of -IC. for tin- etirre-pomimg
week of lust year, tep-e-eii'in-; ',''.1 fuilim-s
in the rnite.'l i Mati s .md 42 in the Domin
ion o t unada.
1 lit I loi.l - ; ,; oi; r I: v..
The banner veur lor bank clearings has
Just closed. I'lio a-'gri'.-a o for t 1 cit.es was
2.'s.;;i :s7!i, n 1 m r nti o ii l per cen;
on IMd I l ily 12 cities s( v a decre.isi;
lro:n hist year ino-l of tln -e being in the
Southwest it I ii i ou the I'm die const. New
ork clearings iigg: egaloo f.'ii; M.J in,2'i,
or .'7.!i per n-Tit of ti.e lotal. a ga.n ol (.(!
per ceiii ot ls'. but ii d crease o I 2 I Irom
110, Cliii-a -o now holds soc did place ill
the volume ol ha il; clearings
i It V I 1 1: 1 I t f Id . oi.l s, a i,l II r iM.
iri(i'n.'s snys st, n taking and sprint
trade preparations have iiupurto I a tone of
ijuii't tn most lines of bu-ini-.s. I.xei ptioi.s
lo this, however ar- lound in tho d.str.h i
live demand for coal, v-lothim-und b itt
nud shoes, stiini,l its l.y tin- present otd
nu. Now F.ogind nulls weie uc'ive in
ls!2. New mills, ami nicieasi'd proilm lion,
large prolits and low pnci-s were the feat
ures, l otion goods rodt,ition was thu
largi st over known. Wages advum id iu cot
ton mills were also a fe:ilure. I no outlook
for 11.1 isgouein'ly favorable P r a heavy
proiluctioii ut low prices, a
-A was '""'f','?;'-?,Z?Jfr,..l',i
wheat pre en only tomKirary,
For the ween ., I'ocemlior 31 the in
crease was 2,1 1 172 rebels. J-orllio lort
night, however, the net gain is onlv M i.uiJ
hushels. while the "olllcial" vis.blt hai
pained 2.07.I.OU) bushels on very much
Hiiiiiller total stocks Fxports of wheat
Irom both coasts til s week illour mi Imled;
eitlal 3,uiw.02J bushels, uirainst 2.,I7,WHJ
bushels lust wis-k. 'i. IJI.Vhi bushels one
your ago. 2,u7",'sio l.uhe!s in the week two
years turn, and 2,31'i,'Wi bushels three yeurs
ago.
EAKNINOS OF KAILROAD8.
Soma Htatistics bhowing How the Tra$
fic UuBiness Grown.
A preliminary report on income und ex
penditure of railways for the yeat ended
June 30, 1M'2 compiloil by the statistician to
the Inters-tute Commerce t 'omhn-sioii. w ill
soon be mii'fe public. I he gross rnrnings of
12H,,'I40 O' miles of rii'lwuy uro shown lo
have been f '.'d.02'1 l 'i!i,froiu whiih the gross
earnings (,f the entire railway system of the
United Slates lite estimated to have been H..
222.711 LOS i bis in an im rouse of f -.;. '.i..o..
IM.I over the earn. lots ol the previous year,
rn increase of S-.os p r ni.le of hue. ' I he
oporalili;' expenses f..r the year 'erc Js',.) .
722.0SO. being tin iii'.'.n-e nf f Wf I -H.
which loaves mi iucieuse n not eath.ligs of
(111,110,114 or 12.472 per mile of line.
A comparison of passenger ut.d freight
service shows the larger proportion of in
rrease ofearnint's from operation to I. live
come from the freight 'ii vice. Ihe actual
increase in revenue Irom pussenger servile
were till. M) ).!, or i'247 per mile of line, as
against un increase in the revenue from
freight service of ttl,rH;,t;71,or lili'.i per mile
vf line.
it is observed that the railways on which
there hus uccrucd the largest increase in
gross rurnings per mile of 1. tie
are thu lines connecting the
wheut growing territory with the sea
board, and the lines in the Southern States
bordering on the Cult of Mexico. His sig
nificant, however that on these railways
there has been an increase in operating ex
penses nearly equal lo the men ate in gross
revenue. The report shows that the aggre
gate gross earnings of 02 rni.ds.eneh of w hich
n)oys an inenme in excess of 13.000,000, ia
7!H,47rl,ti.'U, being an average inuoioa of
tl2.M.171.
A TIP FOR vOOli OHOWEKS.
& Valuable Uovcrnmont Publication
Mow Heady lor Distribution.
One of tho most valuable publications
ever issued by the (iovernmcnt ia a report
upon the sheep industry of the I'nited
Slate, prepared under the direction cf the
Secretary of Agriculture. It treuts of the
history uud conditions of the industry,
from the early settlement of the country
down to tht present day. It bids fair tu
rival in popnlurity the work on the discuses
of hones, published by the department
some time ago. It is ready for distribution
by the Sccrvtury and through members of
Congress.
A BUaC NIAOARA iICICLE
Knocks Two Photographers Over a
irtcipiotBoth Fatally Hurt.
F'rank II. Warner and Harry W. Halo
well, Iwo Philadelphia photographers, who
wera at Niagara Fulls to tuke picture of tht
let bridgt, were knocked off the ledge over
tht Cave of tbt Winds by an icicle which
weighed nearly a ton. Tht men fell over
100 feet. Both will probably dit Hul iwell
had both arms broken and his collur bout
it smashed beyond repair. Waiter is
seriously injured.
At Tux lust legislature failed to makt
an appropriation for tht Maryland presiden
tial electors they will ba'vt to pay their own
ex pent si and obtain tht money from tht
Dtxtlerislalurt
.:.
THE nfTKECOND CONGRESS.
Proetedlnis of the Senate and tba Houst
Tersely Told.
forimrNTii pa v.
it i ' -The Senate resumed business
Wednesday with a fair showing of indns-.r;-
!"'T "'"-'r,, w'" mnle on the Ami
t'p'i'"' In, I. ami Mr. Sherman took occasion
to state In view o the sut.jeet. that, all hough
tie had some doubt., both Bs to the ronstj.
lnllonal power of I'omrms In the n, alter
and hs t whether the hill, if (t heraine n
law .would accompli, , !,, Wp ,,,.., ,,,
of it. be wouhl vote f,,r it in deference to the
wishes of farmers' nss.s lutious un.l individ
ual farmers, who believed Hint w .tl, the st,,,.
pression of ilealing in futures. whi, , r
Sherman characterized as gambling n-.t o
fair as what look pla -e around the faro ta
ble, the prices ol their prodm ts Wi.u, ,o
governed bv the lunr ol s.n.olv .,,.,1 .i i
I An amendment ottered bv Vlr Who..' ..."
eluding Hour aniong the ' ait i i . p, which
the bill is to upply.was agro.-d to after some
discusion.
A joint resolution was repnrlnl to iimetiil
Ihe oh-tittition extonding the right of ,if.
frage to women, It provides tlmt tiIP right
Of t'ilizonsliip sliull not ,c itemed or abridg
ed by the Tinted States, or bv unv Suite, on
account of sex, and that 'oiigre-s's!uil. h,1NI
the power to enforce this rovismn.
Soriinor Vance s-ihin-tted a mini ritv ro
prirt, seitiug forth that tl ie unit ler hi ities
tion involvs Ihe rights of M.i, . ;1,,J s-houlii
be lelt lor them to do el mine.
Senator ( handler, to stop further ope-a.
lions by the I'inkerions, introd n e a hi. I
hrovid ii-. that it shall be unlawful fot unv
imdy of men rtiimberii.g 1" or n.orc. unv ol
whom a-o s'lhjett to e lrolllni nt as a pait o
the lllillia n n-iy State, to usseli, hie, or
drill or he ir arms' as a iui!it.-v -i ia l.
Comp..i.y. battalion, or other military or
gani.u on. unless they an-called lor by the
civil or military otlicors lawfully m.t hor.is
to make sin h a call A ft or :i short .votive
sessi,,n the Siuiato udjo lined.
Hoi m As whs epe"led. (he House met
alter the holiday recess without a iiut ini.
A few measures which were unimportant
uud of merelv local signilii-iince cr piis-i d.
Ht'i I r s i ii low.
Si; I'll-. The Senate bill i-otu'ei nin;: ti-s.fi-mony
in or iiiimi! eaves or prm eedin.-v -.'rowing
Oil ol the in lot si at i in men o laws wai
passed. It provides that ho -rson 'hull ,
oxen-' d fiom lest.fyii, t h, ground Hint
Ills tes-llilonv might tend to crii.iiti.iie h in
self. I lie Miti .i,r. ut; I, ,! was then taKct:
npstl l Mr. Yi'lis addressed thc.sehalo. lie
opp.i , the bill beeau-e it w ,s nn. (.., i ,t ..
tioiial The Senate thou, after a-l.nr: i .v
MMIIlVe session, lid ion r til , .
1 Im 'i . Ihe second gi.nr.il u!o.i;.
tion h il to pa-s thu lloi-o this s,.-..lllM
the fortit',. ni, on hill, and i: went tlnou.rh r
day w.tb-itit amendim-hl or the spj-l.te-:
dehut' It impropriates M.7 l.'i.i'si.
A feiv pr.vuto pension h.lls we o pa-sod
and tl o l. .ti-o iidj.i'.irned w it iioiit a i lot inn.
SI V 1 I- I . II I'A .
M-' 1 1 I'o d.l V K se- ion of tho Senate
Whs g ven up exi hlsivelv lo the div ti-siuh
Ol the I. ill on the (uhjii-t of : i ir.,i,t,i,e
logul I'ioiis mid its eorelativo tiuaciie, the
bill P. s',i tid lmnii'..'rarioi or one o ar.
Mr l Inti.l it. nl N'eiv llauip-hiio. s,, ..(.,.
lor uh.ii.t three hours, devoting n o- i.t , s
arguiii-nt to the h"! nn-ni ...m d in, I.
u tno i::h the o.her v.us n ail the o e that
Was up lor discuss Un. , r,:u'ii'cnts air.,int
the (in iranliiio bill wero made hy Sei.atois
Mcl'h.tsi.ii l'latt, VilN and I'. 1 Ii
A I'e lurthor ar;;uiiieuf. the bill w as
mod ti d in some partn .ilurs and uniert d
primed.
TaV osoliitioli ofleied ye. ten d bv Mr.
Hill ca ling on the Slate I lep.o I inert (or
inform iliou ns to whether the lull ti sus
pend iinmigrntloii is in conllict with unv
other treaty with any foreign (ioverntnert
ft. s tu,. ii n,, u.'n .Kiood' V) u'i iDiij.i t u
bul ameiidment. The Senate iben ndjotirn
etl.
Hol-r. The session of the House Wlis
llhevi'l Hul. I he iitleiidani e was small und
lioihing but privuio hiisiness con-id red
with the exception of u hill providing lor
Ihe muster uud I'liv of coi tin u otlicors and
iiioii of the volunteer foi. i s. About 2 pii
vatep-iisinii bills wore pa--ed and the House
adjourned.
SI V I Ml IM It Im v.
Mst. After routine business was d s.
,iosed i.f the dis. usioii of the , i u r . i , I i r i
bdl w us resettled, tl.e si.'tlon i.i.i hori.mg
the piosidctit to siisM hd lllllni ta'.on ln ii.g
takei hp. 1 1. s. u-. nn i, f the lutl o..tipnd
tin- rest of I ho ses nin and l.o vol was rcai I,,
id when the Senii't nltei u su it is,.,,n
hiljoh'tioil.
Iloi si; 'I ho liisti .i t ,f i eiiiiiil'.ii u .pro
print .11 hill wiik tiikeu up in the Imii-i' m il
ousidcrcd in cotntntttee on the w ho.e, aln r
whn Ii tl.e l!oti-o iid;ouilic )
I'roen to iJct.th on His Doorstop.
M's A . M. 'I-' n. ii-sid.iig in ' hieag..,
,ni I l r lniM'ainl ll." othir higbt. II It
that did not sui pr. se her uut il sh" uw.ike
next iiioniliig and loi.mi ci'-n the mil)'
belli of the ur -ruing did not lu ng b in
l.o h.e. l'heti s,e si, cnti d and found I e
idi l reac.o l the doo-st,., where a fall had
proi ibly sluiint d l..ia uud he was Iri. e.i
to di atii.
A wov s I l.ol . io pi M it.
Mrs. .lames lluvoisto. k. of WolUsiv. neat
llos'on, Muss , visit, d a fi lend on '1 uesduy
night She stui led home atiotit PI o dock,
hut did hot uinvc there. Though continuous
n arch was made, no U.o c ot her body
found in.t 1 Saturday, whe i her bn.iy
w us
l US
discovered iu a field by two boy
.-ho I. nd
lost her way in the severe
Im iii and ei
isho'l Irom exposure
She leaves u h.i-han.i
uud mix children.
LUTHEHANH TO BL1 Fi-'L'H, TOO.
More Persecution Coming iu Kussia.
Fower Being Uiveu the Holy Synod.
St. Petersburg dispatches conlirm the ro
ort that the (Vur has ordered the Ministry
of Ibe Interior to transfer to the Holy
Synod Ihe administration of all ehurih
affairs. This order i certuiu to result in
putting further vexations restrictions or
non-orth'slox religious, and will probuoly
lead lo religious persecution it is loured
thut the thief sufferers will be I.ut horans,
whoure mostly tieriiiau or of lleriiiiiu
deceut.
-
Three l'crsoiisi K died by tins.
P.y an explosion of huttita! gas in the
cellar of 1010 Sarah Mteet, South Side, Pitts
burg, Suturday moriiiugut h.iiu. John iov
ey, wife and baby gill were killed, and
William Harris und Chuilos Hovey were
eveicly injured.
The house was a two-storv biick. Mr.
Harris, with bis wife und baby, occupied
the first fbior and John Hovey und bis
family lived on the second lloor. "he two
women were sisters, llotb fumilies hiiiued
mui (ind thero were no gus pipe in the
bouse. Mr. Harris wont into the collur with
a lighted lamp and Ihu explosion followed.
The lour iveys wore sleeping ou u mat
tress on the second floor ut the time. The
walls nt tht tirnt Hour fell out, those at the
second loll in, covering the Hovey with the
debris. Mrs. Harris uud child escuped with
slight injuries, but Mr. Harris wus severely
burned.
The bouse which was owned by Nicholas
Vaul. is a total wreck. It Is thought thut
the gas lol lowed tha wuter pipes into tbt
cellar from a leak in tht street main.
Ortsjon'a Vott.
Tbt official canvass of tht volt ol Ore
gon at tht recent flection tuowt tht
retulta: following Harrison, 85,002 Cltva
Und, M.843; Wtaw, 26.875, Bid WU, 8.2";
THE ELECTORAL VOTE.
Tht JMnal Figures (showing Clevelaud'e
Large Majority,
The settlement of the Oregon contest
make it possible to give an aoeura tablt
O ihe Votes tor p.-esideiit ns It shou d bt
cast bv the e'ecioial college, ns follows
Km i s.
D
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I 'olorado. . .
oni eeiicht
I 'elawure . .
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Idaho
I.llttois
Ind una ....
Iowa
Kansas ....
Ketiiocky...
I o'lisiatia. .
Maine
Maryland . .
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Foil the hist time in s,-e:i yen: i the Ni
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X X X" Haker, ii Mi ;; 77
live Hour... ,'1 .,i .1 7s
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Muled No 2 Tin. it:. .'. . . 12 ' '
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SI HAW -'- Wl -at 0 on i
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I Kill- No. I Wh Md V T Is IM It n.t
Idown M .dill 1. - l"i ltd 17
llran 11 .'si I . iki
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in. iiv 1 i:o.n is.
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LINIiiNn
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l airtotiood 75 to I .r0
Coiiiiuon 8 OH ui 1I.S3
Pulls und dry cow s 1 .'si h) .1 ml
Veult'ulves 6 Ml to ti 7
Heavy rough calves 2 do to 4 ml
Flesh cow s, -or head 'XI OOhi 4 i ll
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