rHE M1DDLEBURGII POST. T. H. HARTIR, Xrmea am Pm'i. MII'DI.KPUF.GH, PA.. FK.Ii 1MM. Improved railway oommnnioation with the best part of Florida have re moved the clinmtio inducement fur a yiit to Europe. The New Vork Observer snggcMs th At clergymen really ought not to write so illegibly aH to provoke the nompoMtors to conirui. tbe sin of pro fnuity. I'tttsluirg in very happy over the ar rival of heavy cargo of inolassca direct from New Orleans, tbe fin-ton record. Heretofore tin' rule ha been to break cargo at Cincinnati and re - ti i j . It is figured :it by the New Orleans ricavtttio that Mump collector have put away ?l,HM,()(li) worth of the J jluiuViiKii imi-M forwhich I'ncli' Shiii wiVll not lie culled on to perform any iTI not lie culled i rviot. lr Fall., of Vi.-i ncrv in !i, w lio lid" been so mi rrceMul in predicting earth rpiuk my (bat. New York will dis appear it. 1 . 1. r u tnlal wave next .1 nljr or AngnM, Mini' Florida ami Cnlifor nia may Iwium luuds hh t Ui- result of a Hiitunariin ari I. .puke. Consult ieneral Kdwr.U ul I'.ct lin hns ' suggest d to the State (,, purl inetit the I nilvnibility of supplying 1 ,,,t. 1 St consulate w it It ilirccto:) i.h nf An I States nicri- raa manufacturing lirun-, ..1 UI.H ()f ' which, he says, is very 'iiilarr,HHhi,l to Consuls in acting in l lie interest ,,f ilonifhtic Industrie. Unidentified photographs of tirolis- tingnihliHii pcrHontt coiiunonlj licli uiakn up tbe Htock of th book abopH. TbcH thiu'N a'U at from ''1' five cciitf each aid une, bopk wll coiijcctiiri h that tbey hi 'lionpht t j1 up IiIkuUk in family ' iillmtna. An orcMBioual phot ovarii ol l1KI1,l -f aoiiic luai or womao fet lie u higher price. Tbe iiidti if tbti alliKator aij tt,e hlin of the j' vaikl are not the iv ... ticlen wpon which the inR' c ma- Ik ejrrria-' Jrcbanl, r. liaa ilii ,u eil a iirop of tunninir tv which the xkin cauhe converteJ into a atrouK nud IihuiIhouic leather. Mina Kathariun ('uiau, who ha rhnrno of tbe polit iciil -economy (e. partineut of WelU-hley, wantM her plipiln to' he practical htatewotiion, reinarkH the New York liiiljjti. To tbia ml him heiuln tLeiii into the Hurt tiu ol Anhiiciitleil (.'bscnticN in Boh toi), to lalior iiuioUH, to tcueiueut hoiiHCH and to iiiniiufactorica. She hopeH that Mull niethoilH will ulti mutely had to a lay when women will tituily the greut ipifHtioiiH ol their tllllCH. The Military Hoard of Virginia htia decided, after n leiitby diaciiaaiou, wuuouuccn th, New Oi leuus I'icByuue, to almndoli the liihtorie gray of it voltiuteera and tiiilmtitiite for it the blue uniform now in use tu tiie l'tiiU'd Statt'H Army. The cbuue in mid to lie on ticoiioinicul groiiiiilH, as the new ttniform enn be dr.'iwu direct from the (lovcriinietit hiipplicH, and doea not merely nlf.ct the rank aud tile, but lao the uuiforuiN of the (iovernor'H atart. Tint only tiling which will he retikiiitd iathe Virgiuiit luittmi. The New Vork .Vwh ri'iuurkK thnt the diaeovery claimed liy lr. William Moor, of New York City, that per Uiangtuuto of jiolash in ml imtidoto for the )ioiaou ol' opium in, if true, otm more atep tu advance in incdicul ecience. I'ho d"tor nunimuued Imk frieudn, all medical men, around him, Mid auuounced hit intention to make the experiment upon hia ow n peraon. Then he swallowed the morphine, three urnina of it, an absolutely fntul iloae for many a man, and followed it by the antidote four K'ainn of tho permanganate of potash in water. They looked for hia death, aud they waited in Lin cotupauy for five bourn. No more effec reeulted from the poiaon than though the doctor had dratik a glaaa of pure water. lu hia ctuu.; aurely tbe trial waa a complete aiicceaa. Tbe importance ol tbia din covery, for treatment of cobes of poiaoning by opium, en u not be over eetimated. It may peihapa have a use, also, in tbe treatment of peraona addicted to the uee of opium as a babit. We eongratulfitl tbe medical faculty upon tbia Jiaoovery. Law ad theology may be A wrged with being nnprogreaaivc, b medicine jutka new tliacoTerien dal WRECKED BYBANDIT3. a TcionT Exrntsi 'rtAin WIlEtK ED ANDLOOIRD AEAIl LOS ANOELIS. , M asked Bobber Derail Engln and Carp, fchoot Down tbe Trainmen and Elow Opto tne Express With Dynamite. All the Bobber Escape on Horseback. A gang of train robbers wrokid pc toiler train on the Southern Pacific rail road at Koscoe, California, 12 milt norlb of Los Angeles, a few davi sgo. Tbe high waymen blew open tb express car wilb djiiainiit and shot tb trainmen, wbo at tempted to escape. Arthur Master, treman, and tramp wbo was stealing a ride on tb train wera hot 'If ml. IaviJ Thonii. tbt engineer, was fatally Injured by falling off tbe locomotive. Brakeruan Foster was cut on tbt bead and badiy bruised. The robben rifled severel ttrong bnx belonging tc the Wells-Fargo Flprees nmpany, but the total amount of cnh Muleo is believed to be not more than tJ.nou. None of the penger, with tha excep tion of the tramp raiigr. were injured. It i believed thnt Chris Kvansaud Mill. the outlawR for whom California oitlcer have been (earthing tor month, tteruted tli crime. l!rmdes the bni'Kace, expre and pnM ener i are. there were two cant lomled with innt (or au Krannx-o lu the train. At liurbniik everai rdiicli-lnokinK etran(trri, who proved nrcomiilice of -Jie wrecker, entered the train. A tbe locomotive neared the junction at llotcoe, Kuxineer '1 liomax naw that tbe switch wa open. Ha reversed the engine and tried to atop ttie train, but the heavy load behind waa too much arid the locomotive and two fruit cars fell a wreck in tbe ditch. Three wanked rum jumped out front the wood adjoinina; Ibetrnck with rifle and a volley ol ahntu wat fired at the engineer and fire nun who were elrugitlliiB; to ki from tbe taiiL'led wreck. The fun kM't P a f uxilhide of bullet to terrify the paneiiKera and prevent them from leavlnir. the tar. I iii Mian Maitera a inatantly killed at the lirpt tire. J he tramp tiraiiKer wa Hlo trnrk by a luillet and died on the put. The engineer was badly hurt, but managed to crawl into the brush out of r'ght of the robbers. ' hen the ahoik of the wreck wa felt the .'iicomplicc who boarded the train at 'I'rtiank hurried to the exprea car and ew on the door wit h dynamite Kipres Mtpvpnei-r llarrv blur waa unintiireil I I lie robber then robbed the car of all it aluahles, and mounting horara. which I were tied in the woods near the tailroid, i calloed north, (hi account of the linnt none ol the paiaentters left the c tra. Many olllceraarein pursuit of tbe rob bers. 150,000,000 IN GOLD. The Production of the World I the Lai geat Know for Yeara. Kelurus received at tbe Treasury Depart ment indicate that tbe gold output for 13!).". will reach tbe almost unprecedented amount of Ii7,000,000, n Increase ovei X)2 of f 4.000.000. In Colorado the output hat increased from :i,0Oi.l in 18'JJ to m.ouo.cxh. m im'i.I. while the at in tbe unusually other f i prHlii' ln secuoi , r ku ..diliia la mi. '""Ttunli 1 1 he t dd fields of South Africa m 10 be tapidiy taknurt'ie placeor theCa..(ornia and Aualrahan lielda as the bouan.a tiuda i f t he present decade. Reports from the Wii Wttieririnidt region alone show a total product lor IN' ! of l,47H,47 ouncrs of ore, yielding a product of refined gold of a value in ex rem of I .'.'. 000, U00. The produc iKui in this reiun is increasing: at an asUm iahiti); rule and South Africa IiiJh lair dur inn the preent year to push tier way to the liebdof the lift cf cold producing countries. I lie tiruriu lur IH'U put Australia at ttie head of the list, with a production'of t.li -filH.liH), the the I'nited States aecoud at I r.i.ooo.lWO: liuciin third lit f IM.MjbJ.LDii and Atraa lourth at il,706,tmo. J he lull re turns from South Arica for iv:l will prob ably ehow a production in ei ess of .I0, ooii.(MI which will force her into third place and il the incrrHfo continue Nhe will p.iss Kus-.ia durniK and will be beiiten by the I'liited state in atBreKiilw production only by luenna of a large iiureae in tuis country. The production of silver, nccordinc to tho report received at the mint, has fallen off during t lie pust year and wilt not exceed tlH.i,oou, iii i iMiuiiB vuIiib for As the coining value is now more than twice the tu a i kn value the actual inerianllle value o the silver mined will drop beiow f'Ki.utjo,. i"J the suiullest figure for muny years. 11 AH N IN CU8TODY. The State Depnrtment Captures an Em bezilcr at Guatemala. After pntloiiped effort, the Department id State bus at length aucceeded In biiii','iti( loo most 'i'vcvul termination a trouhle touiecuse. involvitiK the capture of a crim iiuil in a I'ireiu'u country w ith whii h we hud tioextiadilioti treaty. Some months hi!o Joseph ! . Iluhii fled from Natchez, Miss , eiiii.ezlim; i'ii) OiiO in bonds and a ijutnl.ty . I l ainuiiils. After li'ii' ui'iuiry he was located in t'Datriii.i'u. und a there is no cxiruditinn treaty beiwien the I'mted States aud that rummy, S K. Winchester, wh- wa a close friend o! t he em beiuler. went -o Guatemala to endeavor to secure the teturn of Jlalin and the va unties. Hut Winchester fell a victim to the climate and died buddenly under circumstance that led to tbe suspi i icn that he had been foully dealt with, alihoui.-h this wus ulseiiue:itly disproved. .Mt ai.whiie thetioveiuor of Mississippi was iirBini; the liepattnient ot State to act, and lluu.lv William f'. Korsee. an agent of Hie department, was sent to iiuatemala. As an act ol comity solely the Guatemalan Government caused the arrest of Hahn, and a letter rneived at tbe State Department announced that Korsee bad sailed for San r rancico. bringing Uabn aud all of tbe bonds and diamonds. A CHEW 'TOMAHAWKED. South beabhip Diaastera by Natives and Htorms The Iron steamer alert, while on bei voyage from Tort Albert to Melbourne re cently, sank during a terrible gale, and of tbe IS men aboard but one managed to reach Und and tell the story. Anotbei outrage I as beeu committed by tbe native upon a trading vessel off Coast fetilecost. the natives are stated to have attacked tb chooner Petrel at or near this port, where George l.ifou was killed a tew months go. I hey boarded her aud tomahawked everal of tbe crew. AN AWi'UL CBIUE. White.I'lends Borape and Cut a Colored Man. . From Ageltborpe, (ia., coies a story of ucb a horrible murder that Gov. Mortbeo has doubled tbe reward for tbe criminals, liob Col lino, a respectable negro, wee dragged from borne by seven white men. tripped, beaten with a buggy trace, scraped and cut with a blunt knife and left naked nearly seven hours-ia a fretzieg atmos phere, lie died i isi alter being found. ... - 1 y - '" FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS, Butnisar'.sed Proceedings of Our Liw leakers at Waahlngton. roTTT-rtOHTM PAT. tTt Discussion of the Hawaiian neation occupied tbe entire session of the senate today. Hocst Mr. Bland announced In the House today that be would move at a later day to amend his pen ting bill so tbst silver certificates would be issued only as fat a silver dollars rrere coined, with the added authority to the ecretary of the treasury to Issue the cerliticte In advance of tbe eoinaeetfhe so deored. The measure, therefore, went over for a time After some routine business by special order, the re mainder of the day wa consumed in pay ing appropriate tribute to the memory ol the late Senator Stanford of California. At the conclusion of the eulogies, as a further mark of respect, tbe bouse at 4:15 ad (ourued. roaTV-NINTIt PAT. PrKAT). A bill wa reported In the sen ate by Mr. Coke, of Texas, and paed, continuing in force the act for the protec tion or tlsn in tbe I'otomac river Tbe sen ate hill making Labor Day, tli first Mon day of September, a legal holiday, was re ported by Mr. Kyle from the Committee on Kuucation and was placed on tile, Mr. liray, of Delaware, tiien resumed his argu ment on the Hawaiian resolution. jlot fk. The deoale on the Miami Silver Neicniotsffe bill wa resumed to day in the House, some routine business preceding it. '1 he aieaker laid before the bouse the Ha waiian message Irom the President trans mitted yesterday. At the request of Mr. Iltirrow it wa rend and then relerted to the Foreign Affairs Commute. rilTIITII PAT. PrMATK. Altuo't the entire time of the Stnaie Hediiy was consumed in the discus, sion of the House bill compelling the hock Island Kailroad tompanv to stop its trains at the new towns of Kind and liound I'otid. in Oklahoma. The whtky tax. and the oition of the W. C T. t on the ip test ion, were then brought up by Senator r rye and discussed tiniil adjournment. Hoi sr. I he entire session of the House was consumed to-day iu debate upou the Hlatid bill. riiTV-riFsr r.vT . SrNATr The House bill providing for railroad stations at town site in the terri tories wa parsed in ttie Senate today, witn n amendnient reipiinng an election in two nullities to Oklahoma t lint are affected by the bill to determine the location of the county seat. An amendment was oflered by Mr. 1'effer. po hum, l Kansas allowing women to vote at such elections. The amendment got the aupporl of only 15 Senators and was iot, Hofst Committee on Foreign Affairs reported lodav the bill to protect the isignia ond name ol the Americr.n National lied Cross Asaoi'iaiioti. I he bill makes it un lawful for any person or association of per sons to ute the symbol of Hie lted Cross Society. This Society wts formed for the purpose of mitigating the evils ineper:.ble irom war. The debate on the illaicl a seitinorive bill then drug along until aii jourumeut. n rv srcoMi pat. Or The s-nate adjourned a few i after 4 o'clock this allernoon alter g the whole day considering the ition of W. li. I'eckbaui ol New York to lie associate Justice of the supreme court. The vote to lonfirra the nomination resulied in a rejection oy a vote of3J to 41. Hoisf All day long Mr. lliand of Mis souri struggled to get a quorum to psss his -oinage ol the leigniorage bill, but with TAi members present and answeroble to their names on a call of the House, be was never able to musier more than loJ on hi motion to clone debr on tbe meusure. . S .V, .11 jf the wvole . otion moved th ki mi. lie tulliieU rt (..it hulf hour. Tbe Itepublicans and Democratic opiKinetits of tbe tueastire re lated their tatic of yesterday and refraiu ed from voting and again the motion was deleated I'o .'I. for lek of a tioruin. Mr, Inland moved a call of tbe House. I'be call developed the presence of a quorum and then at o'clock by special order the remainder of the afternoon was devoted to eulogies upon the lite, character and public services of I he late Kcpre-entati ve William I.illey of I'auiisvlvama. FOWDEIILV DECLARES WAR He and Two Other x-Offlcera ol tbe K. ot L. Bring buitfor balaries. If a bombshell hud been exploded In the midst of their camp, I'hiladclphia Knights )l Labor could not have been more surpris sd Saturday when Jobu Hays. Secretary Treasurer, ins ued tbe following notice: to the Oredr Wherever Found, (Meeting: ItROiiims T. V. I'owderly, 1'ast (irand Master Woikman; A. W. Wright and John Devlin, of the late Ueneral Executive Hoard, have entered t-uit against the order ul the Knights of Labor for balances of alary which they claim are due them.: I bis notice is published to prevent any credence being given totbe unreliable state meiits that may be given iu tbe public press II by decree of court it is learned that the order I indebted to these claim ants, the order is and will be fully able to meet any just claims. John W. Hayis, tieneral Secretarv-Treasurer The notice was the first intimation that the rank and lile of the order had that I'owderly, Devlin and Wright contemplated entering a suit against the order, or would in any way openly attack it. It was an open Kcret that the defeated trio were covertly endeavoring to c reate dissension in the ranks ot toe kuints. but in view ot their past expressions it was not supposed tbey would come ou I boldly and show their bands. it was ascertained thnt Powderly et. al. In bringing their suits did not sp'ecily the Hum which they claimed. Within the past month I'owderly has presented bills to the order for salary and expenses amounting to .i,0o0. It is slated as a belief of those in a position to know that he will not confine bis claims to the hills he has presented, but will make a bold claim for an enormous tutu for the purpose ot creating consterna tion in tbe rank and lile. STATEMENT OF GOLD Deposited at the bub-Treasuries on Ac count of the New Loan. A tutement bos been prepared at tbe Treasury Department showing tbe amount ol deposits of gold aud gold cert i Her tes at the several sub-Treasuries between tbe 1st and l.'bh of I be present month on account ol the new 14 5 per cent loan. These amouuts are stated as follows (cents omit ted Gold At Gold Coin. certificates New "iork 4ll8.4.Vt l.'l.877.a',S 1'biladelpbia. 11,0.-) .1(1 000 3710 145.000 I4,3.'0 10y,2J ,..., hoston Jtaltiuiore Cincinnati .... Chicago 8t Louis San rranclsco. Wusbingtcii .. 4,obo,7: Jo7.W :im,4ms gOIi.Mtt au.iH.-i n 7, an 2 bid Total W.0IH0J5 4,2,t!93 tiraud total. Vi.V-44 bl8. Kansas Farmers Boycott a Town. The Farmers' Alliance meeting to boycott Abilene. Kansas.ralled by Cbeever Alliance was held and a resolution, demanding the repeal of Aiibsne's ordinance. Imposing a lioense tax on horse buyer and peddlers of garde track and i roduoe, and declaring that unleae repeal follows at once tbey wjil trade elsewhere was adopted. The merchant laugh attheinorement,bcl!evin NEWS OF THE WEEL FOREION AND DOMESTIC. What Is Transpiring the World Over. Important Evente Briefly Told. Tbe strikers at the Girarri stove works In Yonngstown, O., will resume work at tbe old wages. Tbe miner at Cannalton, fa., have ac cepted 14 cents per ton reduction agreed upon by tbe Columbus convention. Tbe car works of John M. Jone at West Troy, N. Y have shut down for an Indefi nite period, lletween 3X) and 400 men are thrown out of work. rire Tire started in the Joiner shop of the Im mense Hath, Me., iron works Tuesday morning Machine shop No. 2, the joiner'i shop, bending shop and ship shop were destroyed. ls9 f 17.0jO. Tbe compaoy will rebuild. An immense tannery at tbe village el fand Hank, N. Y , was destroyed by fire. Tbe lo 1 1100,000. -4 f'rtme m I'eaalrle. Hinnie Haynor, aeil If, shot bis father, ( harles Pay nor. three times at theil home in Waukesha, Wn. Tbe boy, whe is in jail, say he committed the deed Id defense of his mother, and tbe latter cor roberates his statement. William O. I'imick, agent 'of the Mer chants Dispatch, at Buffalo, shot and killed himseil in his apartments. He bad bten suffering with tbegrip. At a nerro dame near i:oedale, Mo., Jas. Smith empned a double barreled abotgun into a w aon load of the revelers, wound ing Ate girls. Dr. Duestrow, of St l-oui. one of tb Granite mountain millionaire, (hot hi wife and .r year old son. Tbe wife still lives. The doctor w as arrested. Mermarr. James H. Scoit. the bead of the firm ol lame It. Scott .V Co., metal dealers, I'itts burg, diet at his residence, 2"i7 lildge ave nue, Allegheny, The immediate cause of death was diabetes. Soon after the Johns town Hood, when everything was In chaos there, Mr. Scott was appointed -:dictator" i h upicme command. --- tVaskleta News. I he Senate bill making tabor Day. the lift Monday in September, a legal holiday, w as reported to the Senate by Mr. Kyle from the committee on education. The senate bas confirmed Thomas ft. Kerguson of Maryland to be Envoy Extra ordinary and Minister I'lenlpoteutiary to Sweden and Norway. aPerellaeeaa. r, Mas., tithing schooner , in tbeTargeet catch of her on record, tbe total amount- TheGloui Tuesday ' a lin to w. in that State. V0 BEYOND OUR BOBDEHS Die Turk killed 126 Armenians and wounded ;;I0 during tbe recent riots al Yugat. '1 he right name of the prisoner ", iirw the bomb in the Terminus restaurant I'aris. I Km le Henry. He is a decorative iculptor, but two year ago quit work to propagate anarchistic ideas. A rich English widow, whom he married, furnished the money. TRADE- In"meXICO. buffering from the Low Price or Silver, Good Trice lor Coffee. In the review of trade condition in Mexico -El Ecouomista Mexicano," Mexico City, says that tbe Insta bility of the silver market bar we nigh paralyzed the regular speculative movement m agricultural product. Tho movement of croiw is very slow, but keens entirely up with th demand The sales in cofieeand other product being made to I tilted Slules buyers generally rule high in price on account of tha present exchange, although the general c isl of living bas gone up iu proportion with exchange. The Keller aie in very vood mints by tbe ligurei rei.l,zed. Coffee sell Irom il to (Ji per huuiired pounds; conon l!I..Ki per quintal and sugar Irom tl.75 tolJ U'per anoua, ai the Cutiom House. SLAIN BY Hia BROTHER. Iianacisco Hoover Fatally bhot in.al'am ily Quarrel. Hctison Hoover, a young farmer of Ksu dolph county, W. Va.. is in jail at Beverly, Md., charged with the murder of hi broth er l.unscico, wbo with another brother, Martin, lived near llenson. I. mi Thursday evening Iinscisco and Martin called al Hensons house. A quarrel Occurred, llensoi seized a shot gun aud tired it into l.Aiiscitco abdomen. The lat ler then laid upon a bed where he died shortly alier, llenson Med but was ca lur ed. I he inurdeier is '.') and bis victim was 'Al years old. The Firm of James B, bcott ft Co. in an Assignee's Hands. Knox and Keed, attorneys for Benjamin G. Eollanabee and William I'. Eollansbee, surviving members of the well-known firm of James K. Scott A Co., tin-plate ami sheet-iron dealers, of 1'ittsburgh, i'a.. hut made a voluntary assignment lor th bene fit of the creditors of that concern. I In legal proceeding wa entered within a tew hours following the demise of Mr. James It. Scott, the head of the firm, which oc curred a lew diys ago, Exeoutod at Midnight. -Ilmld" Stone, the notorious murderer ol the W ratten family, was executed tn the county prison yard at Jeffersouville. Ind. The ciiue of which Junie K. Stone, or Hud" Stone, 'as he was familiarly known, wa convicted, was committed near Glen dale, Ind , on the night of September IN, 1H.I3 and was the peculiarly atrocious and bloody murder of Mr. Elizabeth Wrulttut, her on, Denson Wraiten and hi wife and three children. All were killed instantly ecept the little girl, Eiuel, whi lived lor several dv. Caught Diaguiaad a a Farmer. Frank C. Brady, who in August, 1&02, decamped from Portland, Ore., an em be leler from tbe Hunnyalde improvement company of that city, to tbe extent of 0OJ ha been captured Brady first went to England. Borne month ago be returned lo the United State, came to Kansas in disguise and settled on a farm near Leaveu wvnb where be lived until captured. T LATER NEWS. tHIBI KS Pf stALTIE. Frank Harper succeeded In getting check for 13.500 and 13,000 cashed at a Chicago! hank and then made good hi escape. Cheek had been railed from 139 and 133. Mr. Jennie Rocker, a white woman, wa murdered near Stanton, Ala. Two negroes have already been lynched and the aven ger are hunting for more yictlma Near Bllse, Idaho, James Croes shot and killed two men wbo were going to testify against bim In a case of theft. Lynching Is probable. Tb Federal grand Jury at Chicago return ed an indictment charging Lieutenant Man y with the murder of Captain Bedburg at Fort Sheridan. Casper Steel shot and killed hi brother Henry at Omega, O, T., during a quarrel over the ownership of a horse. The mur der was cold blooded In tbe extreme. Steel i In ja'l. Dr. J. W. lake, a floston forger arrested In Chicago, tried to eacapt jail by pouring tn Irritating oil on bi face and hands, giv ing tbe appearance of smallpox. John Karnes, a farmer near Colcbrook, N. II.. craxed by tbe loss of money, killed bi wife nd two children with an ax, set Sre to hi home, fled to tbe woods and is yet at large. leroy Harris, a postolflre robber, arrested it Buffalo escaped by g'tting the drop with i revolver on tbe I'nited States Commis iioner, marshal and deputy Jmarshals and locking them up in the court room. He wa afterward recaptured. niASTKrm, actinrM axp t T.ti.mrs. cave in occurred in Hunker Hill nrfir ne, Idaho, by which I'nt urran, a ship bo, and two other miner were killed and two severely injured. The steamer Csdixton and ClyLha, both British, have been Incollis on in Barry lioads. The Clyth sank and four ol her ctcw ware drowned. John Iteed, engineer of a Winnipeg (Man.) grist-mill, was killed by a boiler ex ploding. Dick Porter, a 17-yes.e old hoy of Knox ville, Tenn., was killed by having a load of molten slag poured over him. Miss Augusta, daughter of Ex-Mayor farkcr of Mobile, Ala , wa saying her pray trs by ber bed when a kerosene lamp ex ploded, causing ber dealb, CAFITAI. ANO I.AKn. Candee Rubber Cotnrany of New Haven, Conn., ba cut wage of its 2.000 employes. . Fully 3.800 silk ribbon weaver at New York are on a strike. Tb Mitchell A-Lowe wagon works al Racine, Wis., ha resumed work with 450 bands. The Cohaosey Window Glass Company, it Burlington, N. J., has shut down, mak ng over 400 band idle. ' Howland, Croft, Sons & Co., owners of Torsted mill at Camden, N. J., Darted .v- vim "no. hand.. They expect VJ0 handt "sebinr uours per v. , nit on tbe full force of 1,000 m and ,Wk 10 hours. Tbe factory bas been clos ed sauce last July. WASH1NUTON. Dr. Daniel 11. Williams of Chicago, ba beea appointed by Secretary Hoke Snrth a luqeon in chief to tbe J-re'dmen Hospital Ic place of Dr. Charles B. I'urvis w ho has held that position for several years. Dr. Williams is the leading representative of bis race in Illinois. M! r. I I. si ot s. Thomas II. Hlythe died at San Francisco without leaving a will. His estate i valu ed ut 14,000,000 and tbe State is now claim ing it. Council at Newberg. N. Y.. decided to al low women to vote at tbe special election, Tb Trani-Missitslppi Congress at San Francisco, after an exciting debate, adopt ed by a vote of 2M to 511 a resolution declar ing the right of elective franchise for women of the United States, An Insane printer, who gave hi name a John McDonald created a sensation in tbe Roman Catholic Church of the Epiphany at New York, by disrobing while service were in progress. Tbe man was ejected wltbditnculty. W. H. PECKHAM REJECTED. Tbe Senate Refuse to Confirm Uim Foi Justice. By a majority of nine vote the senate In executive session rejected the nomination of Mr. Wheeler If. I'eckham to be ait asso ciate justice of the supreme court, tiik vote w as a roi.t.ows: For confirmation: Democrats Bate, Blackburn, Brie. Kuliock. Caffery, Faulk ner, George, Gray.llarrie.Hnnton, Lindsay, McT'henion. Martin, Mills. Mitchell of Wis consin. Palmer, I'ascoe, Itansom. Roach, Turpie, Vilas. Voorhees and White oi Louisiana. Itepualicana. Dixon, Hale, Mitchell of Oregon; 1'ettigrew, Piatt, Proc tor, rquire, Stockbridge. Populists Kyle, Total a.'. Against Confirmation Republicans Aldnch, Altisou. Cameron. Carey, Chaudiei Cullom. Davie, Dolpb, Erye. Gallinger. Hansuroiigh. Hawley, Higgint, Hoar, l-odge. Manderson. Morrill, I'erk ins. Power, Hhoup, Stewart, Teller. Waburne, Wilson. Democrats-Berry. Call, Cockrell. Coke. Daniel, Gibson. Gorman, lrby, Jones of Arkan-H: McLaurin. Murphy. Hill, J'ugli, Vest, White of Calilornia, Populist-Allen, 1'effer. Total tl. The proceedings of tbe executive session prior to the taking of the vote consisted entirely of speechmaking. Senators, Vila. Mitchell (Ore.), George, and Gray speaking for continuation aud Senator White (Cal.) aud Hawley against. All the addmse except those of Senator Vilas and George were very brief and consisted mainly of exp anations of the votes of tbe totaier. - M'KANE SENTENCED. TbeGraveaend Boss Xvlll Spend Six Year in Sing Sing Prison. Jobn Y. McKane, the convicted Grave i nd political boss wa sentenced by Justice Willard Barllett, in tbe court of oyer and terminer, Brooklyn, N. Y-, to tlx wara Imprisonment in the state prison at King Hiug. The sentence wa a great surprise lo everyone. It wa expected that the jtny' recommendation lo mercy would Induce Judge Bartiett to be mire lenient. Wheu 'be Judge pronounced sentence McKane turned deathly pale and clti'ched tb rail ing before htm and teats U down his ibeeks. KEYSTONE STATE CULLfflGS. THE STATE'S FINANCE3. WHAT STATI Tr.tAS-ra at0atOl'l AKXVAfcj KKFORT SHOWS. Ilsitaispt ao State Treasurer Morrison's annual report I now in th hands of th late printer. He show that the balance In tbe treasury December 1. 1P03, was I5. V. 309 07. Hi estimate for tbi year I III. 377,'JCO .V) receipt aod 112,970,700 expensee. The total Interest bearing debt December 1, 1K9.1. was 14,158 ogo. The total payment 11 year were !.'!, 421. OKI 77 and the re ceiitsll.1,a.riJ.7J7 Mi. Tbe sete or the inking fund held for payment of the ptibli debt are .VK3:t.0M HI, leaving the net debt of the state at present 2,404,0!I0 07. Next August the 4 per cent loan of April 1, 179 w ill become due. A poition of this loan, amounting to t70,lu0 was purchased during tbe year at figures advantageous to the commonwealth, but there will remain due In August (1,471. 70ti. Mr. Morrison calls the attention of the legislature to the esti mate for this yesr.and remark that owing to the depression in businese affecting all corporations anil manufacturing companies Ibe revenues will lie greatly diminished, tie ssy if the present system of expenditures is maintained it require no prephet lo for tell what tb result will lie to the treasury. rogg TRAM! Mnta. Cmontow.: The coke trade I looming up much (tronger this week, owing to the increased demand. The ovens in blast are not sufficient to meet tbe wants of tb trade and the plants are rapidly tiring new ovens. Tbe Erick company will fire the Youngstown plant ibis week. It has been idle for over a year. The are "4 ovens in the plant and -M) men will be given work. 1-eisenrlng No 3, with 4'X) ovens, is now running full and many more work a: bring up. VIATIMI t04iS AND CATS. Nrw Casti.f. Italian in the settlements near Ellwood City are said to be starving, Dogs and cats are being eaten and the fences are being torn down for fuel. They I are now endeavoring to pet help from th poor authorities but are meeting with littl ucce, ns treasuries hove been emptied for the relief of American citizens. !j the pnt year Sinte Dairy and Fooi? Commissioner lieeder instituted lnl suit for the violation of the oleomargarine law. Fifty percent, of the samples of suspicious butter exa Lined proved to he oleomarga rine. Scit ha been brought by the Continental construction company, of Philadelphia, aiainst the city of Altoona. Pa., for 18.,VH damages lor failure to award the company a conirac to construct a reservoir there. Tn r Bethlehem Iron Company stock holders voted to increas their capital stock Irom v5.00ii.00tl to $10,000,000 to make im provements. Tbe company's steel mill, which i now idle, will lie rebuilt. Ik tbe past year I53.00J.94 were expended in construction at the Huntingdon reform atory. The total expenditures were 17;t, 114.47. 'i he number of inmates received was 270. Two unknown Tolanders were found ly ing dead beside the Pennsylvania railroad tract near New Boston, Schuylkill county, Tbey had been struck by a train. Mich mi. Ma to ' general storand John Barrett'-- alii" Miner Uiila .. were dest. 'tWO; B ..'ool and son of tbi del'unct r arm..... Miners bank. Bert CiiowAM's borne near Bloomsbnrg, Columbia county, was destroyed by tire. Hit two littl children perished in tbe flames. Tug Muncie novelty company of Munrie, Lycoming county, is in the sheriff' hand on Judgments aggregating .'l,0O0. Tn c'if councilor Newcastle, har adopt, d resolutions against giving foreignet em ployment on public Improvement. Wii. i mm .iMMrRMAN and his ton Georg were fatally burned in a mine explosion uear Wilkesbarre. Thomas Cimbhons. the ex-convict who led the Jm'I delivery at Ei ie Saturday was run down in Buffalo. Vn. mam Doi'oan, a West Penn railroad brakeman. wa killed on that road uear Harmarsville. WAurs of employe of the- Hussey-Rinn hovel work Charleroi, have been reduced lu per cent. Tiir bar mill of tbe Susquehanna Rolling Mill Company, at Columbia, ba shut down A n epidemic of scarlet fever prevail at Johnstown and many death have occur red. SCRUB LANDS OF AUSTRALIA. Chinese as Kelt-Acting Machine for Open ing the Country. The "lawyer vino" 1 tho worst oh tttcle to tho clearing of Innda in Auh tfdlia. It la a kind of imlm thut grown in feathery t ifts along a pliant etulk ami lestoon it elf uh a crveiwr ujion tieea. From hi-neath tho tufts of leave; tho vino throws down trailing Mieker us thick as Mont conic, anneal withhets of Hharp tel Iui-Im. Thesu Mickc'H Hoinetitiiea throw thomaolvev from tteo to tree acrosaa road that ha not been lately tn-ed, and make it iu impaie-aiilo to Iioi-bchuhko inuny strandi of burbed w ire. When tho vines en caH) from the undergrowth of wild ginger and tree-fern and stinging bush that fringe the ci'ub, and coil them selves in loobH lo'ipa uHn the ground, they become dangerous trap for man and hoi'ne. In the jungle, where they weave thenihelven in and out of the up right growths, they form a net that at times deflea every means of destruction but fire. The w ork of clearing ground inciiniliei ed la riot light. In some dis tricts it U done by Chinamen. They are not allowed to own freehold land in the colony, hut scrub land is often lea ed to them to clear and use for a certain number of years. The ground, when it ia i-lta-ed, is extraordinarily rich, and they appear to recoup thoni aulves for tueir labor with the first crops they grow ujion their leaseholds. The owner afterward has it in hie power ta resume bis land, and the Chinaman passes on to clear and use the rcrub. in this way the Chlneho are employed a a sort of self-acting . machine for the opening of the coun try. They devote themselves princi pally to the cultivation ot fruit. A walk around a Chinese garden is an Instructive botanical excursion, so many and strange are the edible varie ties ot frt.lt to which one is introduced. Spices, too, and flower flourish under the care of the Chinamen, and the Held of bananas and pineapples dotted with oranges and mango orchards, which stretch for miles beside the sugar plantations, are nearly all Chl- neksr.
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