niEMiDDLEBUKonrosT. V. H. HARTIR, Burre awn Pm M1DDI.KM IK.H. PA . JAN. '.K.4. A novel insurance rntiipnuy ban !er-n tartoil in France, with tho uliject of auiiiilyiug: Kill with dowries when they marry. Experiment niHlt in 1'iiplstitl in running carriaca ly tlcotricily have Im'D very mieeesiifiil, niid it i frerly predicted that a tinn' it nt far liw taut when it will displace tin.' h'Ttcuu the farm na a motive power. It in rf ort'l t Lat enM liaa Veen fonui in the region 'f "tlx" lij: red apple" of mint hern Missouri. Thi may ! true, lmt the farmcre will finil j far more gold with far less work in 1 he golden grain niul golden pippins almve 1 ground, ih tho sciisilde view taketi ly j tlio Haunts ('it v St nr. ! The total iniiiilx r of juijuIh rnrxTli'il in the- schools of thei TJnitod HUUh for the year 101-1 '... wns 13,2:14. ln;t, ii' nvrrup: h.ily ntu nl ance hcing s,5.'J,'"" I. Tin' -u r-l 1 in tit for the jear 1 '-ls'. I in elmwn t-i havo liecn 111, 0-1, 22, atnl the nvtriu'o ttenilaijco S,-W7,.Vi:.. Tho Sultan oT Turkey im sunl ti liko America very much utnl to take n lively interest in Lrr affair". 1 1 was mv of the first of Knropeau ruler to advise lilH people to .trti' i nlo in and visit the) World's Fn, niul is ennl to lie greatly gratitiod ut the success of the Fair aiul at the treatment which 1 1 ih people met in Chicago. When the etciiuicr Fiicrst I' isrn itrcU arrived at Constant ilmple reeeiitly the Suit''.:i, learning that tin ro were Americans alumni, aetit hisf Irand Master of Cere inouica tluwn to the ebip to present kia compliment to tun Americana and tender them the freedom of the city. Mian Edith DutUmi in a Culifornian, aeveiitoen yeara old, whoae name tie uTven to lie enrolled upon the hook of fame. She io only five feet and n quarter of au inch hig.li mid weight only 12S pound. Hhe ran, however, lift a hag of harley, 125 pounds in weight, and tliug it into a wngou with the mii me airy grace that tdio would ilihjiluv ) tossing a liall. She cin I'reak stnugs, drive gang-plow trun the liiauo. Jawo a Hterr. uulk and make butter, embroider doilies, tt ll a horse' age and value by lookiu;: athim, and preparo as delic ious diuiitjrsu it is periuitteil Culi foruiiiliK t1 nj ly. A I'retic'.i merchant, a miliiotmire 1 at the time of hi death, left Lin property to u friend on condition that ulirli lie was buried a kuiii ol $101). (MID hhotiM be placed in l.ih eollin. The executor was in no mind to eomply with the pi-opine terms of the whimsical requcht, but wiih at h wits end to discover home menu nl defeating it. A happy thought, how ever, came at luM. He placed a check for $100,011(1, piiMible to the deal man, iu tlio eolliu. utnl in t i 1 1 1 1 l- of Ilia ruse to t. in fro nds, fur thcdrv waa too good to keep, ninnnniced that lie In ipnlo prepare. t-i hd:, i- tlie cheek when the pnvee priniit" it. Whlell gives rise to the lelle;-tioli t v the New York 'uii that do lging ilea I men ih easier fir.- than viuitin i. r their tdmcs. There is reason to iippri he, id l!it IIIiIckh home eiitacl vMu oi'eill'h n nrj'eht the pi ii-less of civiliat no our di si-i-l-dants v ill be as trnd lilt i ah linn pt-di mile. King of Cvprus, dchenbed by 1 1 1 historiiiii I'liny u reduced to iiiiihtieati Ins food with a htructurc of solid bone in lieu of teeth. This, ut ni.y rate, is the inference deducted by the New York Tribune from the ctalihl.cH re oohtly pllblihhed by order of the Ulit iah Parliament demonstrating the alarmingly smiill number of cases of iu any way aouud dentition ainonc the Kngliah jienple. Of 4000 children at tending tlio Loudon public uchooiM there were only "07 who had Hound teeth; while during a jierio 1 of three months TiOll recruits were rejected by the medical department of the army for purely dental reasons. Of course part of this state of affair is dim to uoglect of the digestion nu-1 of the teeth theinselvee, a fact deiuoiistiuteil by the statement that of all the t-iilu who entered domestic service lio ntiia London public whools lust year five aixtha had never heard of Mich a tiling aa a tooth I. rush au ai-serti n that has led the educational authorities to iu atitute iu many of the metropolitan chools what i now known us "tooth brush drill." lecay of teeth 1hk al ways attended the ailvauce of civiliza tion and euch barburio invasion ban boeu followed by a recovery of aoubd teeth io the old world. BOLD BraiTS IN A BOGGY HOLD UP AN EXPRESS TRAIN Near Their Favored Missouri Town. Boodle from 1600 to 160,000. fnce more bar robbers In Missouri held r.p an xpress train, and it It believed tb lute-1 job was done by tba time parties wbo lobbed the ' Kli" on the Hannibal railroad, a week ago. Shortly a'ter Frldty midnight five masked men halted a passenger train en the Kaua City, St. Joseph and t'ounrll lllufli railreiel, only a mile north of fi. Joseph, Mo, Ht Iioy'i landing, Tbe meant atlopted by the ba'ulita war a track torpedo and a rrd Imitern. 'Hirer wbo v. sited the scene of the rob bery found tba; the robber bad a spring wairon or bupKV hitched near where the Ira n win steppe I and aa aoon a the Job was l.n ieti) all of ttnm returned to St. Jo eph in the conveyance, Tbe vehicle was trucked to that city, but the trail was lo-t at the hend el Sixth ttieet, where the throiitshrHre i uved. Ottieers of the Kiprese Company refuse to ay how iniu'b whs secured; but it is (.'eiH fMlly beiieved to be large. Tbe train rnhtxM rnrried all the through matter for Omnhn, Si. Paul, Minneapolis and the North-!, and it is thought the train had iiitc a sum aboard, some peupli- placing the amount obtiiinrd as high as I.VJ.DOO or tliO.IMH. The train ran pst the plar where the rubber in eielrd it should fop ami (lie men wen- It-It lieliind the engine. Shortly alter Ilie snip hud been made, howcuer. a miinniiiie r ti tunic out of tbe brusli alori Mile the trai-k and rotering the engin-pr and l.rcm.iii Hitli a rt'volver sbouted: 'riirow up your bands." I lien he ordered engineer I avi anil I: reman baiter to get (Inwii from Ilie cab ami ar th v were cover ed with a rcolvcr In eucli liund of tlie limlted mar, they readily complied. Wlulf ilns wa occurring four other men rump ruini ng iu (roru the rear nf t lie Irani inward the engine, all tlieliuie tiring tlie r revolvers in the air and shouting at the l" ol their voices tothe iasengen telling them In keep their heads inside, the car or they would get hurt. I he live robbers then marched the engi neer ami tin man back to tbe express ear, and one ol the gun pounded on the doot ol the car and toid the messenger to open it This as done, As soon as tbe mes senger showed Ins bead be was covered Willi revolvers ami told io stand back from the door. Then thtee of the robber forced I ue engineer and hrenroi in ahead of them andenteredtlie car. Inside tbe car, beside the expn s messenger, was the baggage man. All ot the men were ordered to stiiud Hgnimd the wull with their hands above their head. A thnri man look oil the packages from the safe and dropped them into a uf which he carried. When the s ue hod been emptied the trainmen were compel!! to leave the car and the robbers followed them. They were marched ahead of the bandits down halt the length of the train and stood in a row ut the wpm side ot the track. When the trainmen had beei stood up in a line about midway of the train on the wet tide the robber called to the men on tbe east side ot tbe train and they climbed over the 1'latform and joined thi ni. i hey then walked away westward, going out of tught in '.lie willows a few teet from the right of wav. . WILSON HfWy ItAKUED. . desperado Executed. Ha . ..unit Confessing His Crimes. -i nree Other Murderers Hanged. "Wii-oi. Hiuvurd the notorious desperado and murderer, was executed at Lebanon, Mo. He dn d w it bout making a confession of ti n n.ary entm-s, IIo ar I a a Kentuckiiin and prior to bis ai4 i-rt'ice in the State. Bol.ie six yenr i rjo. vrie- n. xol up in one of the liloodiest vei iieitaf Miovvii iu Ki-nliickv. The crime wliiih br-uigtit In in to the gallows wu- Ilie ihiinlirita ih af mute named 'I nonius Mc Mii I ,hI iu Marii" enmity, in lss.:t. The liiui-n-ri-i limn wr.s stoppihit with a deaf iiu.tc (-ii-i.-i in a remote p:trt ol the cnuniy w In n l-on ap eared ai Hie bouse. He ri ri-"-i nr I IhiiimoI a a ilctecti vc and pre teu, i -i l.e at;ti d M -M.chael lor robbery. He !n, k H i m ile out i i, to the wsnts a short tistiiii- e (n in the house, shot him, robbed him ot iilio-.it I i and disapieared. 1 w.nlays intf r tba body was found and en tin- ground I em by " ii Howard's pock, etl ook and sevrrul other articles which, at Ilie 'rial were the ..! il.enaginir evidenc i.gsiii-t bun. lie was :rai ked to the I'licillc ii M mihI f -; i ixl in the i shforina peniten liary rvmg a short sentence and v. hen it ri lied lie reiuriusl to Misouri. Hs wa irml iu the Circuit Com l of 1 aclede county and convicted nl murder in ihelirst oi-grie. He I. ml money and fought the i urn-d -peutelv. Ii cos i the Slate ovr 1 111, fM to convict him. 1 III I K Till K IIAXOINOS, At Juliet. III., Krnist I s ore, who mur di ri-1 Neliie b, run, ti e I I year-old daught er ol a farmi r for whom l.ncore worked, after hiiv.ng i riminally tsniltcd her. on Augu-tn la-t, was executed Friday morning. In n iu b icil he coii:i-?ed that be killed Nel it Pyron. iut on I l.e scuffold be said lio'hing o- tne ciinie. At t a nib i. N. 1., Albert F. Hamberger was banged uuout a mil.- from that piace in u deep raviuc, suirouiidv l by high bibs. for th brutal murder on Jn y ti last of Dniiie Krenler t. it- wife und their four children. He niinle a bill cmle-simi. At Welch. W. Ya , John Hardy, colored. 1 wa hanged for the killing of Thomas firevv tlso colored, over a gaiu- of dice. At Nashville. Telin. (ieorgo Mapp.colored as sentenced to he hanged March 15. IU iniirdtred Marion Ko-e in l)e.niher. lb'JJ. A WEST VTHOIM V BATTLE. A Savage Tale of Blood From the Moun tain Faatnenes. Thonia am) Frank MtUins, who were Implicated in the murder tor which "Hoc ' 'Javlor paid the death peDilty in Virginia mi iiioiiibs ago, have n -n hiding near Hliu-lieid. W. Va., coun'y several aeeks. A reward oi ;'.0 m was ofl-ri for their cap ture and Sher;ff Jobnsoiwund Deputy Tim othy Had went on Weliieiay to capture them. Soth sides opened fir Kith Winchesters. Sheriff Johnson was shot ttirougb tbe bend at Hie tirat olley and Hi I was knocked senseless. Neither ol tbe Mllllin waa hurt. Thev lelt Hail for dead nud eat down in front of their cabin. 11 ill regained con scioiiKiirs and without uiuving put a, ball through Flunk Mulhn's heart. The aine innant Iboinas Mullini shot aaav nearly all of Hall lower nw, but not helore Hulls' second aim bad been tak en, which sent a bullet through Thomas' heud. Hail cannot recover and was barely able to relate tbe story of tba tight. TRADE IB LOUKINO UP. Eome Signs of a Business Bavlval Noted in New York. The New York Times prints the trade re turns ami interviews with merchants and manufacturers showing that a business re vival lm begun. Mil a are resuming work, collections are good and all those interview ed state that the outlook is most hopeful. Tbe money murket shows contidsnce by in vestor and tha rail mads have began to feel the impulseof new life. There if nothing like a boom in sight but a healthy tone that meant a lair buimtta toil apnug. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. CummarUed Proceedings of Our Law Makers at Washington. la F.NTV SIXTH IHT. SrsMTr. Theprei lent's message and forreniHiiideiic-' on the Hawaiian controver sy were laid before the senate to-ilay. Mr. Hoar gave notice that afier the routine bus iness va com p ete.l be would addrets tbe teiiute en the suiijecl. An executive ses sion wa then ordered, alter a Inch the sen ate adOurt:ed. Hoi sr. 1'be b"-.ie resunii'l the con sideration ol the land hi I and Mr. Wilson imuie itately began ottering committee amendment. Hehateon different amend mei.ts lonsumed tbe time until adjourn ment I he amendments agreed to reduce the tariflonfurs or hn'ters ue Irom 2D per cent, to IU per cent, ad valorem: call skins, patent Ol d japanned leather, dressed upper leather, rhuinois and oiber skin from 'JO to I'j per lent.: all bydiographic charts were placed on the free li-t. The rale on con (iened milk was changed Irom Jd per rent, ad valorem to 2 cents per miiiid. Chair raue or reel's, wrought or manufactured from rattan or r-e l. were taken from the free list and a tariff of 7 per tent, ad valor em impo- ed. iwrNrv-srvrxfii nv. SrtTr. After nn interesting discission of iv.l Service Uclorm untd the cone of morning hour, the Seuute resumed as the nrihniMied business, the llou-e bill to ?e iet. the Federal eiei tioti laws and the cle-liH-eon that subject cnutiniied until the close ot the legislative day. I lie bill went ever without any action. In lhe eiecut-ve session the senate rejected tbe nomination ol J. Scott llurrisou. the brother of the ex presulent. nonniinted hi be Survevor nf usWirr.s) for the port of Kansas City. Mo. 1 he remainder of lhe session w.is e nsunied In conr'.rnnn! about l'-n postnia-ters and Interior liepartment nomiimtiont, none of which, however were given out. Hoi sr. The House went into committee on the whole lo consider Hie larilt bill. The substitute by Mr. Johnson providing Hint the free wool clause -liou'd lane elfect immediately after the passage of the lull was agreed to yeas 1 1.', nays lnj. nthier ami ndmen's to' the bill were consid.-red until adjournment. TH IS-TV riollTIt IU v. Srvafr The most sigiiilicutit event of the senate to day was lhe announcement of the res gna:iin of Snate Walthall of Miss ssippi. Senator WalibaM i til years old and sueeee led lhe late I. i C. 1 ainar in the senate nine years ago His retire ment causes general regret among his col leagues as Seua'nr Waltiinll is very popular in me senate. The legislative session of the day was si, ort and uiinnporiiiiit. Oil mo tion ot Senator Cock re 11 the senate went into ex"inve session. I'tn nittiinei later the doors ere reo4ned and the seuate ad Ji urtied until Monday. Iloi'sr Ihere were two very in teresting ipn-stions encasing the at tention of the house todav. one being a proposition submitted by Mr. burrows. Ite publicau of Michigan, to substitute the wool clause of the McKinley law lor that df the Wilson bill. Almost the entire day was taken up in a discussion of the ques tion The t-roiiosiiioii was defeated by a von of 77 ayes to I 'd nays. 1 he second prnisisit ion wa one submit ted bv Tom I.. Johnson. Pcmocrnt. of Ohio, a large inanutnclurer of aleel rails, putting steel raits on tli- free list. This led to what will prohablv prove to be one of tbe most interesting discussions ol the present tariff debates, lhe session wa continue I into the night, iv hen the House adjourned. T rsrv-MM II l'Y. Sss;.Tr. Alter some routine business tbe Senate went into executive session and soon titer adjourned until Monday. Hi si Alter a little routine business the House resumed consideration of tbe tariff bill, lhe landing amendment leing that of fered yesterday by Mr. Johnson, lhe Cleve land Iree trader, to place steel rai t on tha free. liU 1 be amendment was defeated. TiiiiiTiiTii tnr, SrSATK Not in session. Hoe.s. The consideration of the Tariff bill was resumed iu lhe House the pending amendment being that of Mr. Henderson. Kep.. of Iowa, to substitute the existing rules on agricultural products lor the agri cultural schedule of i he Wilson bill, the amendment win lot by a vole ol I ul to li t. I Mr. t rum. of lexns, effeted au iimeiidmeiit to tbe Tariff bill to reduce the duly on ; woo en goods Irom Id and t ier cent to '.'."i ! percent, and Jeny Simpson an amendment 1 lo pist e all cotton and woolen goods on the I free list. A long debate followed. The ! session was continued at night with un im ! portunt amendment bv Mr. Hitt pending i lhe subject ot which was to force Canaua to i admit our coal Iree in return for the free j admission of Canadian coal into the I'tiited Males The Hons adjourned without ac . lion on this amendment: Tineiv-i insr mv. Sis Mr For neatly three hours today the ciiute was occupied in the coi.si tera lioii ol the resolution oll'ered by Mr Peflcr, l opu ist. of Kansas, last wees, declaring that the Secretary of the Treasury ha I mi authority in law to issue and sell ,'i per cent, bonds as proposed in hi notice. Mr. I'eMer held the floor most of the time, yielding, however, lo ether Senators to interposo remarks The restitution went over without action Until to-liloriow and the semi e adjourned. Hoi r . A iinost the entire day session ot tLe House was given up lo consideration of the sugar schedule hut no conclusion was rciicli-d. Amendments were otb-red in itmcndmeiita until it became dillieul! tc unravel the tangle. Hut two ot thct ametidn ents vveie agreed lo, one oll'ered bv Mr. Mill e, 1 cmo.r.t. of Arkansas, strik ing out u.f bounty feature of the Wilum bill and one bv Mr. Warner, liemoi-rat, ol New York, putting refined sugar on tbe free lift as well us raw sugur. CONDITIONS A HE IMPROVING. Cheering News as to the Starting up U9 ol It.dustncs Alter Long i'eiiod cl Idleness. .!oiit own, pA-l'.res have been light td for the tlrst time in tbe new II inch mill of the linutier Steel Works in this city and the machinery put in motion Thursday. The J'atton coal mines in this county, which have been idle sorae month will resumi this week. HAliiiisxriiri, Pi. Orders have been Issu ed by supt. 1 elton to ligiu the lires ut the Bessemer No. 1 and -J blooming, the rail and merchant mills at the I'ennsylvania Steel Works. The resumption ot these de partnr'nis will give inii'lovinenl to about :'..Ki men. although at this time lust year about 4 (imi men were at work. Nnv Yoiik A large number of lhe rue ones of ibis city have ieutned opera Coos on hill or purttinie and the manu fsclurers say that lhe outlook is much belter than it bus been. Three (Ires have been siaitui in the large luriiiire In the melting department ol the Atha and III ingwi.r.h s eel works. These works have been clii-H.l down since Jule a of last year. Jheiniployee oi Uu. (leneral Kleclric t oni any uie working in several depart ments until 7; ;n j n,e evening. The build ing trade is dead however, and b) per cent, ol the unisons and carpinter and laborer in tbe citv are idle. Hv.MiM.ioN, V. Work bus been re s' lined nt the I'enusv Wsiiiu sewer pipe works here, with lhe usual force of IU hands and orders Hilticienl to keep the com c rn riiuuing torsome time. SiuKi-.vn.ir., p.,. The Sharon furnace has ics u in ed opern'ions, after being out of blast two iiuiiths. Tba furnace employ about men. WiirxLiMi, W. V.-Tbe Ihverside iron works has doted a contract for 0U mile of four-Inch pipe, which will keep lb entire plant in full operation for two month. J- am'iNT.O 1). J una & Oo.' foundry and fngine worst darted up after alx mouth id I en tm. Over 2 A) men are employed. lATIHNEWg, rai-iTAi. Ar l.xsoa. At rueblo. Col., the steel work of tbe Colorado fuel and Iron company resumed operations in the cold (del department with a force of 700 men. The Ksst Stroudsbnrg, Pa, silk milt, which waa closed for a long time during the dull season, 1 now running and tbe tilk business i reported lo be improving. An order was issued by Ih Philadelphia and Heading corl and iron company to shut down II of the company' largest rolleries for an indellnite period. A number of tbe Iehigh Valley coal company': mine will alto (but down, 'lhe Delaware iron works, New Cattle, Iel , have started up in all department. Triton cotton mill have resumed. Gar rett snuff mills, Yorklyn. resumed opera tion and are rnnning day and night. Marshall Bros.' paper mill have alto re lumed. rhtME and i rsAiTirs. Andrew Itamsey of St. Albns, V. Ta. was robbed of 1.73fi by two masked men. h'Aitsey had closed a real estate deal and '.he robber are t iposeJ to have known be bad the money on hit person. At (iloticesler. Mass., Judge C. p. Thorn t lon of Ihesnpeitor court, at his borne hot liimself through tbe head. He bad been ill far the past two month and it it generally believed that discouragement and det (Mindecy brought about tbe suicide. Near Pawhusk. in the .ige Indian reservation, Mrs. l'liimmer wile of a farm er, threw ber two little daughters aged II and I yeur, into a creek with their hands lied, drowning them mid then committed suicide by shooting herself with a hot.'uil. It it believed the was insane. - - .St. - HSASTrKS, An II KMI AND r .TAI.IIir. The rem Jones, 17. and Martha Hartford Hi, both mill girls, were drowned while skating iu the Westlield river at Mitleaca qua, near Spr.ngheld, Mats. b. Dolan of Winnip -g. Man., and a parly of nine men perished in an avalanche in the liocky mountains. n Saturday a switch engine on tbe Belt line of Fast St, I.ouit. ran down the incline oppotile Car ttrret and plunged into the river, drowning its engineer, iieorge Klrby. - - roiiiiux. I siatche from tbe Congo State are that in a recent attack by the Arab on th Belgians. Capt. Pouthier wat killed and many of his men wounded. Tha Belgians are in a precarious condition. The French Senate Friday approved a proposal that women in trade have tbe right of tuQrage in elections of tribunals of commerce. - - W AS II i Nuroi. The New York and New Jersey bridge bill has been vetoed by the President Tula is the bill which Senator Hill has io long championed and wbich-was finally pasted by Congress. Saturday waa the last day in active ser vice of Hear Admiral George ' K Belkntn. lie wat succeeded at president of tbe naval impaction board by Commodore J 4. The president has nominated Wheeler JI. Petkbam, ol New Yurk. to be associate justice of the Supreme lOiirt of the United state Mr. Peckbum Is a member Jofl tb law firm of Miller, Peck bam .V Dixon ol New Y'ork city. I ' - j nan. j hire in tbe Mikado abaft, near I.oad- ! villi-, is burning and has done (10,0X1 dam- i age. NISI III. AN rot. The exchange Hank of Ottawa, Putnam i county, u Samuel Slauson. president, j assigned to Dr. W, W. Keed and B. V. Mc tireevey. The assets ure about 170.01)0. Tbi I bunk will pay about 40 cents on the dollar, ! and the real estate may raise it to 73 cent. 'The spread of measles iu New York is becoming alarming- In one week tbt ease of measles have exceeJed 100 pel day, and the average daily death rate i 27. D. II. I. oi ke, manager of the Isabella mine on Hull Hill, t'ol.. was driven out of that camp Saturday after being compelled to go down on hit knees and swear bt would never return. The southern Pacific.' tunnel, the third of a series of seven on lhe route to Sn .uie i Obispa. Cal., has been pierced through sutita mountain. Jt is nearly -1,000 feel long, The worst snow storm in twenty years is reported from Calitorniu where -18 inchet are said to liuve fallen in the lust forty eiilit hours. Wilbur F. Davidson, a aell known elec trician of Chicago, was on Saturday award ed a verdict of I IS.OnO uguinst the lllmoi Central raiboad. He tued for 1100,000 damages for injuries lece.ved. SIXTEEN SEAMEN RESCUED, A French Liner Picks Up tbe Crew ol Another Gloucester Schooner. ( apt. Bupe of tbe French liner l.a Bre lagne, which arrived at New Y'ork, brought iu Capt. William Harmon and his crew of IS men, of the (iloucester fishing icboouer Susan 1 Hodge, who were rescued at tea on Friduy lust. Th Hodgt bad left (iloucester for a fishing trip on Decem ber IS. , On January 13 an enormous wave (brew tbe schooner on her beam ends. Toward Stet ens was afterward found with orer a Ion of pig iron ballast piled on top of him. Blood was Issuing from his ees, note, mouth and eurs. At tjuickly as possible the ballast was lifted and Ibo Injured mun earned to hit bunk. Friday evening the ba Hretague bove iu tight and bort down upon lhe wreck. Steven, ibt injured man, it able to staud, but it very weak. WHAT A LOCK-OUT COSTS. The Hatters' Fight Against Union at Danbury to be Puabed. , The 18 Danbury. Conn., bat firm tbat closed their factories against th trades union eight weekt ago, und in consequent locied out over s.OOO men and gire, will make a determined effort ro it-open tbeit abop independently this week. Taelaboi leader ar encouraging tbe locied out people to resist tin move ol tbe manufac turer and (land by the union. The avtraga weekly pay roll of 18 factor ! before tbe lock-out wb I DO. 000. F.tgbt weekt of th trouble here bat coat the cite 100,000, to say nothing of th lot of butt- uet t me ciotcu oriu. IHOtt AND BTEEL STATISTICS. Tbe American Iron and Steel Associa tion Oivea Out th Pig Iron and Bessemer Figure lor 1893. Tbe American Iron and Steel Association Las received from tbe manufacturers com p.ete returns of th production of pig Iron in tbe t'nited Slate In ls!:J and also com plete return of the ttock of unsold pig Iron inlhehjiidt of makers or their agents at the core of th vesr. The total production or pig iron in ls'il wat 7.I2I.60J gross ton against n.l.'o.onotoiiB in Is'U; s,,'!,s;o Is til and W.JoJ.TUt ions in lr'xi. 'lb produc tion in lsiii wat '.',011.' 4i8 tont or over '11 per cent le sihnn In 1 J hit great decline in production may fairly be said to bae oc curred wholly in th second half of 11M, tbe production of tbe brst half was larger than tbat of the second hall of lh'U and almost as large as tha. of th first half of At compared with the first half of 1603. tbe pioduction in lhe second half shows a decrease ol nearly 44 per cent, the largest semi-annual decrease in production of wbicb there it a statistical record. All the ttates show a reduced production of pig Iron in the second hall Willi the single exception of Oeorg:a, whit h Is not a large producer it anytime. Comparing the total production in 1KW with the total production in ls'ii, only three States. Georgia. Maiyland and Colorado, made more pig I on in IS'U than In WM. The number of furnaces In blast on De cemlier 111, lstl.l, was 1117, which was the smallest number in blast nt the cose or any year. '1 he number td furnaces in blast on June 30. is'll, was 'J.ii. against Ail on De cember .'(1, lsdj, and L'.'sS on June .10, ls'.ij. '1 be storks ol pig iron unsold, in the hands ot mauiil'actiiieis or their agrnts.on Decem ber 31, lNl.'l, nml which weie not intended for their ow n consumption, aggregated o gross tons ugmnsi .snl,l i) Kros tons at the close of ls:u, otei.S&l ions at the close of ls'j, am) iHis.ii.si tons at tbe close of ls'li. On June ,'lu, lsu.1, the stock ol unsold pig iron was 5.M 11 gross tons. There was, therefore, an increase in un told alocks in the last half of IMilof 11.'.!'.'? ton. '1 his incregse was diinbuied among the aim-rent fuels used. In addition tothe stock of p'g iron unsold on December :,1, there should be atided l.'i.iMl tons in the yards of the American Pig Iron Storage Warrant Company which had passed oin of the bands ol the makers, making 7o;.31'J grcst to.it which may be said lo have been on the market December 31. The total production or Besse-rer steel ingots in lsi.i was II. 1. 3 6: 4 grost tons. against 4, lbs, 411 en, ton! in IsliJ, showing decrease In lsun of 1,0.4, mi , tor.t, or over 'ii per cent. The production in tbe Inst ball ol ls'i.i was lens than one half the pro duction in tbe first half, being ).0:U.4H7 tons against l,iL'.m7 tons in lirst bald. The lotal production of Beiaemer steel rails in lS'Jil wat tWi.&Yl gross ions against 1.4 H,. H2 gross tons in IsiC, a decrease of 4'j:Vi.9 loin or almost per cent. 1 he production In the lirst half of isuu w as 704,l!4O ions and in the second half it was 3 lit. 11 1 inns. The production nf Bessemer steel rail in 1803 was ih smallest since INi.'i. ITALIANS MANGLED. Crushed Under a Construction Train. One Killed and 140 Injured. A construction train used in connection with tbe building of tbe new tunnel at Fairview, X. J tell through a trestle, kill ing one man and injuring !W others. They were Italian laborer at work under the trestle. A temporary trestle had been ronslriictel across the lowlands leading to the tunnel. A large gang of Italians were working be neath tbe structure. A c instruction train wat running over it when Hie-e arose a townd of breaking timber. Tbe-irain disap peared suddenly and tbe ntxt moment the shriek of the wounded Italians were beard Tbe eutirn if .nh, to- actoer Willi iu uaia, uu mitu upn 'I in. jtNiians. On by one the maimed bodies of theltal lans were drawn out. Ou'y one was dead. He waa crushed beyond recognition. Oihert had arms, legs and ribs broken. Their nanus are not known, as they worked un der uumbert. Wit; BE PUBLIC PBOPEBTV. ValuableInventions Upon Which tho Patents Soon Expire. Among the most important patent whit h expired this week were tbe follow ing: Air compressor by J. Clayton; grtdn sen- a rat or by ). J. Clubtiuck; seed planter by D.J Davis; acoustic eleclric telegraph by T. A. Ktiison; safety valves lor elevators, by N. 11. Fogg; electric harmonic telegraph by F.dshu iruy; ap arutus lor muuiilacliir iug gas bv (. ti. Hunt; electric gas-lighting unuclinieiilbyC.II. Hunls; machine tor winding up Inbrics hy l. F. Jones; link for vuive. gear 'or ste.nn engine by .1 II. l.iitlur; iiiidergrnutid telegraph line by W. Maclntosli; printing telegtapn trausmittvi by ti. M. i'lielps. nigh pressure hot-air en gine by C. Steinberg; registering fare-box liv J. C. Strong; dial telegraph by J. C. Watts, reveisiug valve for steam engines, by J. Weis and Y. II. Phillip. It is learned from the reiords of the Pat ent Office nt Washington, that tl.e Hell teiepbone having run the allotted term nl teveiileen years for which it was gramet) will expire on the ,'Kitli iust., and become Ite property of the public " A CYCLONE IN TEXAS. Tho First Hard Blow ot the New ear Doe $100,000 Damage. At Dallas, Texas, u cyclone, atu nded with thunder, lightning and ruin, struck Oak Cliff from tbe southwest and traversed Dullus and Fast Dallas demolishing or dam aging over lOti buildings and killing Koyal Seate. an orphan boy. Andrew Mixler who was sleeping with Seate, was criousy Injured. Kobert Scott, whose bank on Main tfeet was wrecked, wat injured in the spine. Tbe Christ Ian and Mtehedist Epicoral Church building in Oak Cliff were totally wrecaed. The iower bouse of the Itupid 'Transit railioud wat partially destroyed. '1 be cotton gin factories of Van Winkle, and the Murray Ginning Company and also lhe Texas Storage building were dam aged. The total damage to property it estimated at tioo.ooo. Cougbed Up a Lizard. A nine year md girl residing in tbe town of St. J oh us v 1 1 le. S. Y'., tiled iu a peculiar manner. She had bttn ill for some time.the exact cuuse being unknow n. The other day the began coughing and cougbed up au ani mal about tle inches lour, resembling a lucard, and with a thick memtraiice running arouod its middle. Themembruucecaiigbt in tbe child t throat and it required a great etlort to pull out the auimal. i he child died from exhaustion. Tbe animal bad a clearly formed bead, eyes, tongue and hotly. It is believed lo have been tail until it wat killed in removing it from the child' throe t. Deer Starved to Dea'b. Mate Clelaml, wbo arrived at Punpor.Me , from Unbars ramp at Miliinoket lake, says that in many place iu northern Main deel have been found dead in yard. Tbe cause 1 attributed to starvation, tbe branches of tree upon wbicb they feed basing been encased in Ice sine December by the tleer Sturm which occurred iu that mouth. Anotber Weak Trestle Cause Death. Three men were killed and 18 Injured in t wreck on tb J. K. Pott Lumber Com pany tram road. 10 mile south or Camden Ark. The disaster wat cauted by th gi v ing away of a trettl. NEWSY GLEANINGS PirRTBs.au rage In Bottle. Italt I almost In a ttae of bankraf .ey. '" Tat "beautiful blue Danube" 1 froaefl tiff. New tfoBxta eat 12,000 bushels of oyster dally. Ntw Toat Btat baa 40,000 union liquor denier. Ta mat cause of the Sicilian riot 1 tald to be famine. Ta supply nf eranherrrlee' ha to far been greater tban the demand. DiTtotT merchant are asked to give un it I cable goods to tbe poor. A experiment I bolng made In growing licorice nnar Tacorna, Waab. A a ill to kill murderer by eleotriolty ha been introduces! Into the Maryland Senate, Taxsa are seventeen erematorle for the burning of bo man bodlee In tbe United State. Ta Beading Railroad shows a definlt Ot tsoo.000 for tbe year, and liabllitie ot , 000,000. Ta total output of Colorado gold and ailver mlnne Increased In value about t2, 000,000 last year. Hcroasi 1 demanded In the Bink of F.nir land. The bail management of tbe concern I becoming notorious. Tea statement ot the Missouri Paelfle Rail road ibowa a decrease of 9 J, 000,000 in earn ing during tbe paat year. Mittbiw Mabshai.l, the flnanolal writer, aays the public la recovering from ita dla- irutTiuinekM and 1 buying tbe better grade , of eeuritlea. Ai attempt by the Carnegie Steel Com pany to roll a six-Inch Imam ot aluminum at Homestead, Peon., failed, but anotber trial will be made. At Ran Antonio, Texas, Mr. Bridget Daniels was awarded t'iO.OOO damage aenlnst the Rout hern Tacillo lUllroad for tbe killing of her husband. GaiAT Crttsik is to have thirty-two new warships, among them two bat tie hips to cost 5.000,000 apiece, and aerulser deelgnwd lo be the biggest, swlfest and most powerful In tbe world. Tub body of William O. Bhort, tormerly a well known druggist at Louisville, Ky., but whoae whereabout have ben unknown for eome months, baa leen found In medical college at Atlauta, Qa. THREE" KILLED OUTRIGHT. A Wagon Load People Under Locomo tive Wheels. On the northern boundary of Fiudlay' 0.,ata crossing of the Toledo and Ohio railroad, there was a fearful accident Satur day evening. Six persons were caught in a heavy wagon by a fast running train Mangled bodies of tbe men, women and horses, mixed with the wreckage from tbe wagon, wen-strung along tbe track on boltt sides. Daniel Ihnlecker and hit wife and Mrs. William llershey we-e Irighlfully mutilat ed and kided outright. A young daughtrt of Mrs. I'ersliey aas mortally wounded. John Sul Wan will die from In in juries ami but one of the partv of nx will sin vive. The only explanation of the tragedy is that the wagon was so heavy and tarried such a load the horses were unable to bundle it as quickly as the driver thought they would when he tried tbe crossing. A 8EBABTOPOL HERO DEAD. niHi, j.in.....i sabv.-iw a. i sr, . . . of the French Army, lieneral Kmile Millinet, the father of e French army, i dead. He wat boricLtat Nantetin 170ft, and wss tlietor sf o !--1-.ir.. ... rj-.nr' ... '. war In 1822 and was present at the Saint Scbasilen. In 18p' be waa I gier where he distiniv, slicH h'iltl wus promoted .; ::'. iuiist of genen gade in iNUi. Iu April ISM. he ten d v .o the army ol tbe Last ut Sebustopol. 11 n bravery at the attack of Malakolf led to hi being inude general of division four days alterward He took part in lhe Italian campaign iu lsilt and was made gunt.ru) commandment ol the National tiuards of the seine. He wus elevate! to the dignity ot Senator iu 1 St;.",. A TRIPLE THAOEDV. A Chicagoan Shoots Two Women and Then Kills Himself. Wul-er Phipps shot and dangerously wounded Mrs. James Met ormick ami Kiroa Krickaou on State ttreet. Chicago, and then committed suicide. Phipps had been on a sriree and entered his room where Mist Kriekson WHS Cfltio.. tliiniTM ill ,r.lu '-, report of a pistol was followed by so earns fionthegirl Mrs. McCormit k rushed lo Ibe room and found the girl lying on the floor with a bullet ho!e in her bead and Phipps standing over her with a re vol vet in bis hand. He bred at Mrs. McCormick, tbe ball taking effect in the head. Phipps then rusheddown fair and shot biraself with fatal results. Mrt. McCormick and Mis Kricksou it is believed cannot recover. HAD TO READ THE HIOT ACT. A Strike of Traction Companies Employ, ea Assuming a Serious Phaae. At Kndgepoit. Conn., a strike of the iractiun companies employes it assuming a serious phase. Mayor Itostwick and tbe police com m issioners went to th stable Vonday morning and the mayor read the riot act to J.OdJ people. Crowds gather ed later tut the line ot the mad in K.st llridgcport uud tlie entire Hilie force waa kept busy trying to disperse - hem. i l.e company made several attempt to tend out cars but they were stoned' and bnally aliandoiied by" tbe men brought Irom New York. The Fastest of Her Claaa. Tbe Montgomery holds the first place in point of seed among lhe 2,000 ton cruiser built for the government. Her averagv ed er hour in the te-t Friday it an- .minced by Admiral Walker ti have been I'J 0i knots. The Columbian iron works, he Daltimore company ibat built her, will receive a bonus id IJoo 000 The Marblehead nil the Detroit, the other 2,000 ton cruistr won p-emium of H2i,uoo and 1150.000, re spectively, Talmage Ooingto Reaign. Rev. Dr. Demit Talmage Sunday night announced in tbe Brooklyn Taiiernacl tbat ibis coming spring, on hit 2Mb aunive raary s pastor, he would resign. Dr. Tidm age in making this announcement said: "My plan alter resignation have not been re ieloietl, but 1 shad preach, both by voire tnd newspaper press as long as my life and health are continued." Must Vestibule tbe Cam. At 8t. Paul. Juiig Twohy. In lhe case gainst Krank Hotkint, Superintendent of the street railway, arretted for vlo ailon of the law reuai'ing street railway compunie to vestibule the curt lor tbe protection ot employes, held the law constitutional and imposed a tin of f -V). The case wl.l be at ouce taken to the Supreme court. Kerr Jtrtey't Legislative Muddle. At Trenton. X. J., ibe twotei.ate met on Wednetday, but neither organization bad quorum and both adjourned till next Mo; day. Home of lhe Republican lead favor holding a joint meeting at once fo the (lection of a Slat Comptroller and a btat Treasurer and then adjourning tints die. 1J
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