THE MIDDLEBDRGH POST.
(ii o. W. WAolNMLLLi;. r.-lit.r.
Al.'J III 11 H. uul LI:. Manager.
M : i in i mi'ii, !'.. MAY :, lMM
A physician myn lie f.iuln it tirci
Lint wore t ride twenty mile in hi
rarnagc than the same distance ou Lin
luovcle.
rrniili lit T'ntton, of l'nnct ton Col
lege, say that iv realizes 1 lie fact
that nil tti- youth who attend college
do not want to lriiui' fitiitdtfil schol
ars. ainl that Ik i htartlv in favor of
athletic ert. The New Orleans
I'icajiine think this ought to make
1'rinceton a prmio Invent with the
young mm b 1o nut po to online
to become scholar.
It ie "nroia, remark the San Fran
Cisco Chronicle, that lUc tlctngtier of
tan new Ti of ostage tama for
Hawaii -bouM Lave matle the same
error in emitting the wirl "cent" on
the five ciit Htamp that 1h designer
of our new nickel half-iliinc tlhl sev
eral year ago. The defective stamp
will he nought Ly jiliilatolier ami tin
loubX will noon eoiuiiiMinl h premium.
The Boston Cultivator thiiM pliilos
b i : tlitriic mug ie conducive to
Hntent uieLt of in tin!, ami therefore to
lougevity. There are suggestions in
the cultivation of growing plants which
leep the imml in a Mate of heulthful
activity. It given plenty of outdoor
exercise ami pure nir. I'lanta need the
mushine. anil whoever carcti for them
must lie much iu it. The first tnau
mi put in a garden, and had he uever
Leeli oti'iiged to leave it would have
lived in innocence forever. That there
j uiuch lntrd and Home disagreeable
work in gardening doe not prevent it
from Iichij; one of the inoi-t tlcairalile
occupat ioim that any one run wish. In
what occupation cau hard work of oue
kind or auother lc avoided.'
'nttle ranching in the Nrtlin-pa'
TrrritoricN of Canada will mioii 1m a
thing of the pat. ileciareM the New
YorK TiincH. 'J'he iovcrnnieut ref uaea
to renew their lcaxcy, aa the lauda are
in demand for new wheat furnm. And,
lieaide thin, the luinineBH haa lieeii
found unoi otitaide chiefly on ai'couut
of the enormous iucreae in the uiiin
ber of wolveti, which Lave of late be
Htu eiovediiig'iy (teatrucuve. An
other difficulty experienced in the
greater coat of wiuter feeding, aa the
PJhhh lueadoWH Lave been largely taken
up by Hettlern, w Lo cut the natural hay
and demand cxceniive oricea for it
from the eiittleuien. Thin willdonbt
leH lie n great inlvautage to the Cim
adiun liirnitrH in the removal of an
llkn ii.i ctm.pt titinn ii: : -ii 1 i ; i
l;t t vt .
'J'he MiniieapoliH.Tril uiir i i ii
immigration etut t n im the follow
ing to nay of tin' S..iitu: "I'.iiglmi l
liaM ii poi.uhitit'ii oi J7.."i,,ii'i0 on .0,
m i i.. i- n.ih-K of area. l'.ithT
Aim mi.... Arliiiiini-. I'loridii, (ieorgia,
M.t-Miir.. or North Carolina luii a
Jnr;M r area thuii Knglalid. 'I'Le rmni
try Miiitii f the Miixiii ami Ihvnn ini
4-ould coiufortulily iiecoiiiiiii'diitLi tin.
Utire ptipiilutiot. i'l I " i j land, and
would lie tin iiimiciiM' gainer by the
tranufi r. Texa Iiuk u larger area than
the (liruii.ii liiijpue with l'.uglutid
Hihied and could accomtuodatc the Hi),.
tMH'.(MH) ,,f l'ruiu with great iio.e nlnl
lroti.t Saxony ha :t,."ii(l,((Mi pojiiila
lat k n xu only ,'7K'.i milt H tf area.
Ari.iiuu. 'With j fx J 1:1. (UK) of area,
couid uoeciuiutulate the :t,.r,IIO,lMl)
Haxmn tuid th l.r.lMi.tKMl of Ali-ace-ljtirraiije
thrtiwu in, and it Wv.iull lit
the making oi Ari.oua. "
Save tiie New York Punt : Maryland
in in particular need of the i-erviceh
of a i.'rtry t'ouimiavione r, aud the
State Academy of Science, with a
iew to the t-reatiou f the .ofViee, i
collecting .pcciuien. of the 1C7 kinds
of luiligeiioua trttn to be found in
Maryiuud, and inviting the people to
examine them. The interet-t excited
La already repaid the academy for its
labor, and the appointment of a com
miatiiouer la now only a ijuctttioii i
time. Wateful cutting of tree iu
Wary laud will denude it of forest
tract iu a comparatively few yeara uu
leaa a halt l called. The Louiaiauu
tuH'lo, or large-leaved tupclo, for in
utatice, flourishen in the country back
of the J'ocomoke ttivcr, aud during
the laat tfcn yeara aeveral ariiaro uiilci
of there treea have been felled to fur
oinh materiul for factorien which make
bowlf, breatl-trayx, peach and berry
boicH and baskets 'J'he tupclo
reaches height of 100 feet ami at
taiuu a diameter cf four feet, and it i
it tree that mf nt j.renervatiou, beiiiy
picturesque to look at, a ml itidiicia
He tu the watcmheila. "-
LATEST NEWS SDMH lIJZED
FOREIGN AND LOM ES"JC.
What ia Trent pirln? the W Over.
Ituportant Event Briefly Toll.
MATrH. A) MM XT Ali t Tt-'r..
Whtlo Mr. Ocorge Sinclair, o ' TtiVogce,
Ali.. was iili"iit from home her '"Kilt year
nl girl were murdered. Mora"- '"''Mtii, an
liiMie negro, wus later found dr",',,,l and
S-supposed to be the murderer.
The wife i.f .Ioim Jest, ot Ilea. 'Bit, -Mi.-h.,
If".b utully shot ami killed h ' l.lnl .
Immediately became vlolt Lt!y ulnV urn
Ui.
A s-vere rain and 1 tmo li r at 'n I Kissed
over New Orleans. Several Mil ig were
struck by lightning. W. T. IVu dsoi i was
instantly killed by tlii shock. Iiii "'k I icing
brokt ii.
i niMr vn rr.xm rut.
Jumc llcddick. i I mlilo, Oklit.. wh Ippcd
hi Fti'i-htuglitT. uged 11. to (tenth tecaue
hhi- disobeyed hi in In a trivial matter.
William t'. f reei i, a farmer at Alam, N.
V.. Iieut hN wife -otluit will die, and
then killed hitiiWf hy eutliuK l)W t brunt
with n ni.ur. ',
( tl lTAL AND I Al"'.
At Wet Sii. rior. Win., the Heatli rail Joint
company, wliii-li in oiihet'tfil with the Wert
Siirt-rlnr ivmi and tiel i-(.iii'iiuy, waa alartxtt
en an tinier fur 20.0(K) rail Juiota, with mure
i infer In iglit. The xftd plant ltelf will be
fturtc.l thin week hy Iteeetver Kelley.
1 lie entire i 'tuiiielNviile, I'u., eoVe region,
with the t xVeptliiii of a few worka, la out ou
trlke f..r the Mr,t time since lain.
Inirlng Vi'ilii''di ,v jjw additional inlnera
luiM'joiued tin- Mrllieih. ii ml thelatewl revlwtl
li-t givt n out ly 1'residelit Meliride, at
l'oiinil'ii. (I., h at follow: Colorado. l.'UO;
Alul.iiimi, h.lHKI; 'reiiiie.Mu) aud Kentllekv,
li.iHKl; Wist Virginia. II.'.'MI; Indiana. 5.WHI;
Ohio. 'JI',.IIIKI; llliimi., 'JN.5II0: Jowo. l.'IIKK
Imliiiti territory, .HiMi. Mifourl. i.OMl;
I'l'iiii-vlviinin. .M.'imi. and Mii'liigau. :UMi,
milking u total of l.i.V.M).
John I'.'ia-li's -lili yard. Cliier. Ta., oiiivi
uinoiiK tlie largi nt in theeou nt ry. cluwnl hu.
in-s fur the llrt time iu Ibt hltory. The
l ondemiiatiiiii of the hlilp liolplilu liy William
I'. Whitney, l.iiiikriitd John Iloa-'h, the
Imilder, itml wn the cause of hia death and
uf the llnal ami cnmplete useiialoa of the
e.taldislimi'iit.
The rhieagii .IiiihIkts' Htrike In gettltsl.aiid
I .six i jiiiirneynieii phimlera will return to
work Muiiday imiriiiiig. The men concede
some minor points, aud the locs grant them
:I.T"n day, which was the principal iaxiie,
A large portion o( the village of l'lorlstuli,
Ciil., was liiiniedoiit. Lustt t25.0M).
The l 'h-velaiid.O.. rolling mill nompany ha
khut down tor he-k i f fuel, dua tatUe atrlke.
MIMILUANKor.
The Iiidhina Seventh llstrlt Iti'liuhllcuu
Cunveutlon uoiuinatetl Chaa. I U"iry, of
VavVihon coniAy, lor Cougrea.
Tha Indiana ltepulillcuil State Convention
at Indianapolis nominated the following
ticket: Secretary tif State liev.l'. W.Oweux.
I.oKnnsport. Auditur of state-A. t'. 1 (alley ,
Lelninou. TreiiMiit r T.
ille. Atturllt-V H-nerul -
Sclioly.. r.vans
A. Ki ti'hum.Iii.
di.uiup
He n
I.I-I..H
II. W
t . i.gn
Ii.
ivn- fn sj ,
of Uuleru ii
ii I liur- l.i. .
u.vleii. ;i iii.i.t..:I fn lidiitn for
from II:.- r.'i.rth l.outslanu district.
was i" ti il t.i :lll Hie unexpired term of N.
I . Illaii-iiiir.l, .. -euM-.l. li s majority J
alu'iit .Vino.
XV .!1Ni1oM NKW.
Ml;. . r i. ( ll il,tr.,. ,-, u ,t ToviJili
that all Indians it mixed l li N who have
(i n nil ittei nin(. in "venililv. shall he
. ..i.iered cili'-ns .pf the flitted .'lilies, uml
il fr.mt- t.i per-on. I'htimiiig lamls under I he
alh'tinent le-t the riglit to I riur suit to ttal
li-h Ihrir rights in irt as may Is; done hy
cill:el.,
-
I I'M LIS.
Ten pe.-v, ,i:s were killed or injured, 1.203
were throw ii out of work, and a mooey lass
of I.T.'iO.oihi muliles resulted from the burn
ing td the large woolen mills situated at
Ivanovo, Uussia.
lllghty-foiir lrrli cases of cliolera were re
port)' at 1.1-Ihiii. The uuinher now uuder
treatment is 214.
The Spanish government has issued a iio
rce forliiddiiig the holding of meetiugs in
the streets or other public: pluccn ou Muy
day.
The llritish llo ise of Cuniiniins paused oa
seomd reading, liy a vote or '41 to 94, a bill
establishing nil eight-hour working day fur
IT WAS BLAINE'S IDEA.
A Permanent Commercial Museum to be
Opened in New York
A permanent commercial museum will be
i. i lied next mouth iu the big (ioelet build
ing at Forty-third street aud Lexington avi
um', New York, to increase American trade
with foreign countries, particularly the North
American republics, and to show the Ameri
can manufacturer how and where they may
compete with their turopeau rival. The
Idea of starting the museum orlgluated with
.hums J. lllniue. ho, while Secretary of
State, caused a bill to be laid before Congress
providing for the appropriation of a um ol
money for a permanent commercial exhibit,
to lie locat'sj either in New York or Washing
ton. 'I he museum will le divided into three
main seetioiut. kuown retpeetively ui the For
eign Exhibit, the Amencau Mnuufiicturers'
I xhll.lt and the l lilleil states (iovernment
J xlill.lt. The spa-'o already sccuntl by the
South Amencuu government cover more
than 10. (Kill square fit t. Mexh-o ban taken
1i.oiki sipiare i,s t. and Italy similar Jpace.
The Amerlcui niunufactiirent' exhibit will
consist of samples of articles suitable fir ex
port to wlil'-h the manufacturer!! of the
l liited Slates wish to direct the uttefllfloU el
foreign buyers. f
Wild Buflalo Found. )
i". II. Voriin, a sheep man of Vulverde,
county, Texas, brings new of the discovery
of a herd of about 40 wild buffalo in tke re
mote mountains of that county, neur the Wo
i ramie border. It htm been rumored for
years that n herd of buffalo endued in that
section of tljo i t pk-r, but tithe ruacroi weie
not milled.
LATER NEWS NOTES.
The N'cv,- York I. gh lature adjourned rine
die I'D I'ridny.
Kltfhty-wv'B fiw ciii of eho t.i w re re
rs rted in l.!Uin, making a total of 440
patients.
Labor riots continue In ' isslati rtduinl.
Th' troop are fretpieiitly obliged to lire on
the mnl.s, and many x rs .us huve been kill
ed. At n uu I rlday the (irr.it Northern strike
went into effe -t at St. I'aiil and Mli.neapohs,
and at all points on the line from St. 1 'it ul to
tl mst. Th" La-tern MiunesiKa l a!st In-
vtlved.
At New Orleans, four more .f the negnn-s
who were connis'ted with the murder of .1. It.
l!yv In Madison parish lust week wr eap
tured by the sheriTi poso, HUd.fiS ex"'ted,
lyuchtsl soon afterward.'
A crowd of lfH) men at ll.irlington. In I.,
gathered the other night and battered in the
doers of a notorious saloon, i ii. tied the II
tpiors In the gutter and burned the furniture
In the street, Meantime holding the proprle.
tor blindfolded while the Work was beilip
done.
At the Are in (iiu-port. N. Y., at least on
life was lost and the business iiortioii of the
town was destroyed within a half hour.
Samuel Vaughn was hanged at Fayettn
Ville, Ark., for the murder of John dage iu
SepteinU-r. mm.
Kdward I'artiridge, the Chicago wheat
speculator, has cut the w iges of the girl
elerka in his department store from t4.H0 tc
t.io a week.
A motiou for u new trial in the I'ollurd.
flreeklnridge i-ase was overruled by Judge
llradley, at Washington, Saturday, and :il
days allowed iu which to take out an appeal.
The New York ul-treoMiry has received
t.' .O worth of copper bulf-eeiits. 1 hey were
found buritJ vii a farm in Connecticut,
While 1H mitHT were liescendiug the shaft
of a coal mine at Utiles tie I.uc. neur Molts,
(iermaiiy, the cable broke and the cage con
taining the men was precipitated lo the Is.t
torn of the shaft. Thirteen of the men wer
killed outright, and th otlicrthrec were fatal
ly injured.
At Ilelgrade the King has Issued a ukase,
annulling the measures of the former regent
and of the Skiiptschiua against ex-King Milia
and IJueeu Natalie, on ;he grounds that tins
measures were unconstitutional. The King
restores his part tits to constitutional righlsar
members of the royal house.
HOW THEY MARBT.
InlerefttiBfc Btatiatica Concerning the
Conjugal Relation.
The is-n mis bureau has just issued one of
it most interesting bulletins. It relates to
tlte noujugal condition td this country iu the
census year show ing the number of single,
married, widowed mid divorced persons in
the l ulled Stales. Of the total population ot
i:2M2.2M, over one-half, or bT.W.i.MH. were
single. ai.Hil.4',14 were married, il.V70,0.VJ
were widows or wldowent, lfll.HMtl were di
vorced and 70.U14 did not report on this line.
Au Investigation of the table accompanying
the bulletin show tbiU the single male 'out.
number the aingle females iu nearly all the
tatett of the union.
Of the aval under IS vea tn
proportion ol marrt .ablo,
while of the female unde. one Iu
every Ul.talO were married. .ecu the
agin from lf to 111 only half ierceutot
the mules wioe married and nearly 10 per
cent of the temali-s. Among those of 'JO
years mid upward the proportion of the
married Increased with great rapidity with
both sexes. Itetweell the ng ot i!ll to 21 less
than oiii -tllth of the uinlex were found to be
married, while of the females nearly one-hall
were married. Hetween J'i uml I'll over one
half of tin- males aud ucariy three-fourths of
the femulis were marrii'd. !;-( een :i un.l
.'14 nearly thr fourths of the males and four-
tilths ol the females were limine. I.
l'' l" this pi int the j roport of married
females iu each group wn.-i considerably iu
i i ol that ot the malif. ll' tweeii :t."i and
41 the proportions weie pr:e li'-ally eiual,
tie-marncl comprising about foiir-tlfllw o
tin- total 1, nnil. i r. At tl.i uge the .ropor:i. i
f btliu li s reached It milM'lillMi. M.' Ve lis
iu"- the (.ropoitton t f married women liin.in-l-tusi
owing to the iiicroiihi'd proportion ol
w.ilows. Itetwieii 4.'i ami .'i4 the married
ii.ab-s .-ompriseil live-sixths of the whole
numb'-raiid here n udied the maximum.
I r..m tlil- point the proportion diminished
v, ing to the increased proportion of widower-.
lihI. for this aged group, the married fc.
males IiikI ileeliii's to less Hum thret-foiirtli-of
all females. 1'or the age jrroiipof r.jyears
and upward seven-tenths of the inah s were
lo..n.l to be married, while the pioportiou f
f' lnalis was only one-half as great. The pro.
I- ri ion of widows was greater than that of
w idowers at all agi. It became appreciable
betwei ii the i'es of .' to pt and increased
rapidly, for females Ii5 years of ageaud up
ward the proortion of w idows exceedeil the
pruHirtiou of married wmiiihii. The propor
I:oii of widowerswas leas than that of married
men for cadi age group considered.
A NOTED HOTEL BURNED.
One Life Loet aud Three Peracna Miming.
Hue person surely and probably flint
others lost their livts ly u lire iu New
Orleans. The imposing front of the St.
flu rlt s Hotel, .on St. ( harliH street. Is all
that Is left standing of oue of theun st famous
In Molrii'S In the I'nited States within lis
walls .lefTersou 1'nvis. .luduh I', lleujamin
I Ml the other leading llgures of the i 'tinted
t rac formed the first plans i f the establish,
meiii of the new liepublic, before they start
id for ltlchmonit; where not less thitu six
Congressional commltties have sat trying to
solve what U-caiuu known its the Louisiana
tuesiitiu after the war, and where count lees
ilttical, railroad, commercial nud social
uioetiiigM of national importance have i.ecu
held.
.lohu Kiley made a de-perate but unavail
ing tight for life, which was w itiienesl by
crowds of (s'ople. His escape inside was cut
oil. and he tried to ttesceud by the spiral
stairway outside, tut missed his footing,
rolled purtlv off the stairway, caught and
held by hia hands and dually dropped to the
pavement beneuth. being iuetnmiy killed,
lie was CO yeais old anil leaves u widow
uml four children.
ilritlget .Mulligan, a chamls'rmald; Mrs.
Ici-rf.u iloiuestic. Mid Joint Kililey, iui iusist
ant barkeeper, are the only ones now miss
ing. 1 liu hotel register wo uve.J i.td all
tin; guests are account for
Leaa Natural Gas Vaet).
Crowing confinement of the consumption
of uatural ga to domestio use ia noted in the
annual report of Special Agent Joseph V,
Weeks, ot the I'nltcd State geological nur
vey. The ouly state in which its use tor man
ufacturing purposes increased in 1MM ia lu
dliiua. The total value of uaturul gas con
sumed in the t'ouiitrv in the year waa t!4,
b4li,ii0, ag::liist 14,WKi,714 lii mi.
Famine in Texa.
J. J. Hnynea, Chi.lrrni.n of the Lnreeo,
Tux., couunittee, has sent 7,1)00 pounds of
food supplies to Cnrrir.a for the beueflt of
Zepnta couutv drouth nufturerM. No rulu has
yet (alien In Zapata county, i.i.U ti e sutleruig
iiiucng the pet j le Jiii're;,si:g.
STOLE A WHOLE TRAIN.
Ccmmonwea'tera Captnr a Whole Train
and Star: East at a Rapid Rate. Tha
Train Overtaken By Troops.
At Untie, Mont., Coxeylte broke Into the
Northern lViflc round house Monday night,
scb.rd an rngine and train, manning them
from their own number, and ttarted eat nt
40 miles an hour. There are bet ween 400
mid 00 iu thin branch of the Indus
trial army, and they had been encamped
lit Ilutte for aeveral days, hlle their lea-fr
were trying to arrange for transportation.
The army Includes men of all occupation,
Including railroader. The Northern lViflc
round house waa broken Into, an engine fired
up, a train made up, antl the army started
east at Ita best possible speed. Little atten
tion waa paid to time table, and there la
great wonder how a jrrwk wa caeaped.
The army Waa delayed several hour by a
oave-iu In a tunnel, but they got to Living.
ton veterday afternoon. From the time they
left Ilutte until they reached Ilor.eman the cI
II. 'litis were kept In a fever of anxiety lest a
collialoD fseur. When the officials Vent the
army word to look out for trains they n
i.lled: "If you don't want your train hurt
keep them out of the way.
THK TftAIN "TEALKHH CAUGHT.
titMANT roxrviTis si-asr.KfirHto to rxrrr.n
statk Taoors.
A tllapatch from Forsythe, Mont., says:
The mighty arm of the law ha reached out
xud aeirstl the Montana army of the common
weal. J he armv. fM strong, came in hen
from the west at 10:45 Wednesday bight. Its
leaders gave it out that the train would re
main at Korsvthe until morning. At 11 80,
however, the englueer weut to the round
house anil deliberately proceeded to take out
a fresh engine and prepare for the trip east
ward. lu the meantime Col. rage, of Kurt Keogb,
had secured a ieelal train and was thunder
ing down tiie mad to meet the train stealing
contingent. He came luto Korsvthe shortly
lifter midnight aud found a large part of the
t'oxey army asleep in tbe box car. The sur
prise was so complete t dot the CoXeyites gave
up without a struggle. The troop left moat
of the men atstard the train and surrounded
it.
Although Col. I'age and hi 2S0 United
Slate regular moved with great caution In
capturing t-hc .Montana Coxey army, nearly
100 ot the train stealers escaped to t he woods.
Thin captured made no resistance what
ever. 'J he uumlier of those taken by the de
tachment of the Twenty-second llegtment was
:i:ll. including ou. Hogan. Engineer Harmon
and Kln nuin llrady, I he ( Ommoiiwealers
were storly armiHl, only three revolver le
ing found. I hree ot the men were found to te
slightly wounded, their injuries haviug Iss-u
receivetl in the skirmish
Settiiy-live diilv United States marsho1"
arrived at Korsvthe. Molilalia, on Thursday
afteriitsui, aud the Hogan contingent of
Ct.xcy's army was turned over to them. The
train, in charge of the marshals, escorted by
a detachment of the 1 wenty-seeond llegi
Inent. started for Helena. The prisoners will
Is-arraigned In the l ulled States District
Court there without delay ou the charge of
The theft of a train, and disobedience of au
injunction. 1 he general Is-llef is that only
six or eight of the leaders will bo held, anil
the remainder will be hauled back to Ilutte
and sot at liberty.
why Taoors ixTi.ai rnc.
It Is explained nt Washington that the
order of the President lor the troops to inter
cept the Northern Tactile train aud arrest
the runaway llogau contingent, was issued
solely to commaud respect for the mandate
of the United States Court, and was not in
any sense u natioual Interference in local
affair.
The miner had applied to the Northern
Tactile oftlcials, that rood belug iu the banda
of the government receivers, fur free trans
portation to Washington, aud when this
was refused the strikers broke Into tbe round
house, seiKed a locomotive, coupled ears to
lorm a tru., id when tne lulleu ritattw
Court granted an injunction against this
action, and issued an order for the rtrrest of
the marauders, and the United State mar
shal at tern pled to execute the order of the
court, with as strong a tsieso as he waa able
to summon to his aid, his force were over
siwered and the stolen train escaiied.
TOTAL OK COXKY S AUMILS.
HTIU No TH or Till: lil'.rxi'HMKMr NOW OX THK
W Y ro I II K t A 11 Tot..
A spc 'lal from Wu-liingtoii says; Itoports
have beell received lit police llell'illarters,
from the autht rities of other pla-es, showing
the stu'iigth "! the contingi'iits now moving
on S :u-liiiigti n. A -ummary follows: Kelly,
N'-ohi. la., l.t tn men; Krye, lerre Haute. nd,
l.tliid: l i ve s si cond division, M"Clcalishos,
III.. SlHliii'liysoll. I'latlexille, t ol., KM): tilth
vin. l.oM laiiil. it.. !: Ilaiidall, cbcago,.MK,
contingent at l ittle 1'alW, Minn., iki: Ilutte,
M' l.l. . :i(Mi. Moiimouth, 111., lull; ottiimwa,
la.. Hill. Sullivan's for.-e. I hieago. 1.IKMI; con
tingent at Amlersou, lnd., 1"", and Aubr-y's
forct , Idiiiiuipolis. Tun men. total. li.n.'iO. lie
ports troin tiie police autlior:tii s in the towns
through which these contingent pirns uro re
ceived daily.
In anticipation of Covey's advent here a
special guard sets all night in the corridor
m ar the I'resldent's bedroom ami armed po
licemen guard the White House and grounds.
Ou the arrival of Coxey'. army special oftl
cers In citizen' dress are to be added to the
loree. At the tllllereiit departments similar
precautions are being taken.
STol.l: A YAMiAI.M InXIN.
At Terre Haute, 1ml.. Kryc's army, .'100
strong, captured a Vuudaliu lrelght traiu ou
'1'uesilay night, but the crew ran It buck in
I he yards uml abandoned it. The army
wants transportation to Indianapolis. They
still have posst-ssiou of the train but the
cum puny w ill not move it.
MOVEMENTS OF THE ARMIES.
Where Saturday's Sunset Found tha
Various Legions in Camp.
Two Industrial armies were In pmcslon
of stolen train Saturday. Calvin's con
tingent, whose captured train was side
tracked by the tnginetr lit Mt. Sterling
stubbornly held the same In defiance of the
authorities until troops arrived from Colum
bus and bagged the whole crowd. The Ore.
gou brigade, who were waiting at Troutditle.
succeeded in taking possession of a Union
I'acillc train and sturted eastward, but Fed
eral trooj were at once ordered lo intercept
them ut I'mnlillii.
The original aud only Coxey, with his
com mini wealcr. pitched 'his tent at Itoekvllle.
Just one remove from their journey's end,
where a Junction was effected with Cbristo
pirer Columbus Jones' squad.
Kelly doing his best to reach Des Moines.
Iu.. with bis command, making a forced
march from Stuart.
The Second California Iteglmeut of 1,160
Itit-u nt Walnut (irove, Cal., headed foi
Sacramento. 'J his body is lead by a women
Mrs. Anna F. Smith, of San Fruucisoo.
Several hundred tramps ure collected near
Lima, watching their chances for a ride to
Washington.
In Colorado the Cripple Creek contingent
hanged Senator Wolcott in efllgy as a pluto
crat. ( I ray son's meu inarched from lirush
to Atwood.
Itesides the Oregon Coxeyites, who enptur
ed a traiu, there are two other Northern
I'ticttle coast armies on the march, one from
Tacoinn and the other from Seattle, lloth
will speud Sunday at I'uyullup aud look out
for tnuisportatiou by rail.
The Swift contingent left Westerly, Conn.,
Mid arrtu'd iu New Loudon,
Mil. Casixiir Mkous and daughter were
killed, and her father, mother and another
child tutally injured by a gasoline txplonon
mi vtfir fiimi CLur Carvmlcjet, Mo.
FIFTY-THIRD congress.
Bun.un.nzed rroceedlnra of Our Law
Maktra at Washington.
i oi grMiar.n t rioittii rr.
Sr.iTE. Senator 1'tiwer Inlrodinetl an
amenimeut to the tariff bill re-enadlng the
provlson. ol the M. hliiley law. a they apply
to wol, except that the rate are ehunged.
The aliendment provide a duty of 7 cents
per ind on wool of the firstIn. 8 cent
on aetjind-cla. 4 cent on tbirtl-elos worth
f eenti and 5 cent on thlrd-cln worth ex.
eeedlo; 9 cents. This ia a reduction of atwxit
one-tard from the McKlnley bill rate. The
debatton the tariff bill was resumed, gnd Mr.
Mills, Jemoerat. of lxas. cloet the "gen
eral dfhate"on tbe Iieinoeratle Uleluups:rt
of the. till. After a short executive seseion
the sate sdjotirned.
Hobii. Nothing of Importance wa done,
and tb House adjourned after some routine
buaLns.
oy scti'srn n mth pay.
Rr.srrg.- Several bill were lntrslucttl am)
appropriately referred, the principal being a
bill ly Senator I'effer and referred to tin
Commltee on the lilstriet of Columbia, en
titled, "A bill to provide work for unemployed
person" in the IUntrlrt of Coluiubla. Tho
tariff till was thru taken up to las read by
paragrtphs. Tbe latter part ot the day wat
occupttl with giKsl-natiired bantering ol
both sites of the rhaintsT. ami by a ailvei
peeekby Mr. Stewart, and at 6 o'clock th
Senate adjourned.
Hoc a. The Journal wa approved and
the hoise went into conimitiee of the wholt
on tbe diplomatic and consular appropria
tion hil, and the lluuse adjourned without
deflnlti a:tiun.
o!tR Ht'Miarn ash tixtb pat.
Hr.nnt. Immediately Biter the reading of
the jotrual lu the senate, Mr, Jarvls, recently
appoltted from North Carolina to sue
seed he late Senator Vance, wa sworn
In. Tie resolution offered by Mr, Allen,
PopulSt, Nebruska, asserting the right
of penons visiting Washington to assemble
peaceAl.ly and petition for redress of griev
ances .vas laid iK-fore the Senate. Alter some
discoidou Mr. Allen afsike for half an hour
in justification of his offering the resolution
and Is the course of his remark spoke of
"tbe ajoiitanenue uprising of American citt
erns, rppressed and wronged." At the con
i lusioi of Mr. Alleu's remark, the resolu
tion vent to the calendar, ami after some
furtMr unim)siiiniit business the Senate ad
iou rnJ,
Hot x The house after some routine bus
iness vent Into committee of the whole nud
resuned consideration of tbe diplomatic and
onsmar approprl ition t ill. leluitc proceed-
t Curing the afternoon in a desultory
uanter on small uiiinirtant aineiidmeiits,
lione of whl' h was adopted. When the bill
wa romiileled tbt inmittt e rose. The bill
s passed carries tl.61ft.7:N. a tlecreose of
t4f..7ol compared with the appropriations for
!he current year. At 5 o'clts-u the house ad
louro d.
ON BV?IIKrn AND l l.FVrSTH I'AT.
Sr.ATK.lu the Senate Mr. Allen, l'opilllst,
of Nebraska, again tried to call up hi reso
lutlot about the Coxey movement, but found
It hat) gone to the calendar, and would have
to await the regular order. Senator Lindsay
Ssjk ou the tariff bill. Mr. Sherman fol
lowed and after a lengthy and spirited de
late the Senate adjourned.
Horse. Twenty-one private pension bills
were passed In the House, and no other busi
ness if Importance was had.
nttc bcmhreo Attn Twr.i.rrn day.
HitiATE- Senator Hale, of Maine, consum
ed almost the entire seseion of the seuate
to-day, with aieecb on the tariff bill. Noth
ing ehe of importance was done.
House wa not in sewMiou to-tlav.
ONE HrNDHCTH AD THIRTEENTH DAY.
Senate. To-day's session was almost en
tirely devoted to' sieeih making, for aud
agaliHt the tariff bill. Senators Wolcott,
of Colorado: Aldrlrh, of Lhode Island: Allen,
Nebruska, and Turpie, of ludiana, taking
the hading part.
.- No session was held in the Hou
to-du).
WEATHER AND CROPS.
Bulletin For the Paat Week Issued by
the Department of Agriculture.
The Weather liureau, iu its weather crop
oullotin for tbe past week says:
The week was warmer than usual In all
llHtricta east of the Mississippi, ami jfl j..
isiaua aud Texas. The teinH'ratun was
lso sligutly above tlie normal in the interior
jf California aud Montana. The greatest
rxcess in tems-rature t urretl ou t,,,
Atlontii' cost iu the hike regions, where rains
ireatly improved the growing crops.
( uerally. this wet k was cooler Hutu usuui
ill the Stab H west o( the Mississippi, but tint
weather conditions were favorui.le uud all
'rojisaro reported iu g-sn condition uml im
proving. In this spring wheat region the
weather continues cold and wet. und growth
and seeding have hceu retarie,i.
On the I'acillc eoust tlie weallu r conditions
were favorable iu Washington ami Oregon
except the frosts that occurred in this county
of Oregon. Iirouth conditions eontinuo in
California which have seriously anvtc,l thu
outlook for grain, hay und pasturage. The
total absence of rain in California intensities
the grave conditions iu that State, which
have already proved injurious to growing
crops, the tetegrum. of the pat week report
ing the crops uluiost u total lullure iu tbu
southern part.
MISS BLAINE MARRIED.
An Entire Absence of Ceremony About
the Wedding.
Very quietly aud in the presence of their
Intimate friends, Truxtoii Iteale, ex-minister
to I'ersin, ami Harriet Maine, daughter of
the late Secretary Illuiue, were married at
the lilaine family residence on Lafuyette
Square, Washington. 'The Kev, Dr. Hamlin,
pastor of the l'resbyteriaii Church of the
Covenant, performed the ceremony. I'd ward
Woolston. of New York, was the best man.
There were no bridesmaids, 't here w as nn
entire ubsence of ceremony about the wed
ding. Among the ihthou iu official life who
were present ou the wore of c rsouul friend
ship, were Senators Cameron, Lodge, Join s,
nf Nevada: Hale, Krye, Chandler and Allison.
Sir Julian l'ouncefote, the ltritish ambassa
dor; Mr. Sua lloss, the rortuguese minister;
the Maine representative iu Congress, and
I'.epreselltatives llite and Mrs. liiteeompleted
the list of wedding guests.
Miss liluinti uud Mr. lleale had been en
gaged for some yeurs, but family sorrow
from time to time hud postponed the wed
ding. IRON ORE PRODUCTION.
Decrease in 1803 cf SO Per Cent
Over 1802.
ReKrt received at the geological survey'
Washington, V. C., from twenty-three State
and two Territories, give a total production
of 11,507,117 long tons of iron ore in IMi.l.
This amount is smaller than any recorded
for any year since 1H7, ami is a diHTea.se ol
almost ifU r cent, over Wi. No increase ii
reported in uny of tho States producing ovei
lbU.OOu tons ol iron ore except in Minnesota
where, owing to the development of tlie Me
saba range und the completion of transpor
tation facilities, the output increased about
260,000 tons, nu,i Coloratlo where, owliu
to the production of larger amounts of plji
iron locally, alsiut HO.OIMI tuns more Iron on
were required thuu were consumed in lHiri.
Tbe proportionate deuliue of iron ore pro
duet ton during the year was greatest ill
Michigan, Wisconsin, IVunsylvania aud Ne
York.
The crew of a fishing steamer In the .
clOo found a white lookiug aubstuuee ubout
100 miles from the coast, of which they saved
a small piece, tbrowiug the rest, ubout 100
pounds, overlsjard. Later examination of
Ihtt olHntt ajiveit bli,w..t it
, - - . i. v,i , , v ou u in ut : if rut
and the value of the piece thrown tway to be
about f .350.DOO. .
HIS CLAIM NOW SETTLED.
Wiliiam McOarrahan, a Noted WatL
lngton Figure, De.id.
'
William Mi(iarrahau, one of tl.
"t
conapleuoua flgun nbtmt the "(.i:
Washington for the last thirty yei.rs.
Trovlileni-o Hospital on Tuesday ;i rri.it.
He has iHt n fulling rapidly duru.g tl.e lu.
year, nud went to the hospital a lew .T,
ago. lie wa visited there by maty s. t,,, '
wh have grown attached to tlit t ,in
xvho, always kind and courteous, hud 'J?
seeclitMl Congress to do him juMi. e. t ut Z
sses'hfl in vain. In ndditi'.n to ao!t!
plication of diseases, tlro sy set i ,
soon followed.
Mr. Mi-Onrralian hail hop of Cr.ePM,
granting his claim, and he prom.st ttM
Sit-r In the hospital that when be got Z
money he would donate SO.ntKi to l udjU
annex to the regular building'. It i r,
able that his friends m Congrt's will Jrj
him. as he had no rel ativer or u t i t y.
The famous "McOarrahan claim t.i.r
before the couutry for ,S(J year. I be cou
have five times decided in favor ct t
claimant, and, licgluuing with the ft rtir.fc
txtngress, when a bill for hi rein I passed it
House, It ha teen before Congress inMtw
shne or another at nearlv every sion. u
lMflH William McOarraha'u bought fn m lb,
original grantee a vat tract of inouniiia. .
laud in Southern California, paying tll tw
for It. Not long after large dcpoiio t;i,ic
Silver were discovered ou It. ami the
Mria Mining Company located Its mlnit
refusing to recognize McOurrnhnii's tuV
which wa based upon a Mexican land grunt,'
He brought suit against the fr.i'.t d Slattn
from whom the intruder elulmcts title, aiij
the validity of hi grant wa twice ct nlui,lU
by the I'ulted States Hupreme Court. H(
then applied for a patent for the ii.,is, w,j
Secretary of the Interior Smith, tbt n in l.in.
coin's cabinet, granted oue, but It wns tn-v(
issueit, and later examination M,i wed 11,4
the reconis In the Interior tlepunii.t nt in r.
lat Ion thereto hud been tnutihttetl.
He then went to Cougress, and bills for hit
reini nave iaen introuuceii at every wssn n.
They luivo frouucutlv lasrd one House. I. it
riot until the ciosu ot the llrst session of the
l ifty-second Congress did a t ill 1 1. IvUj
bra'ichea. 1'resldent Harrison. bowerr
While admitting the justice ol the cuoui, mm
dissatisfied with some of its roi-u ns aid
vetiMsl it. It w us altered to met t bis ol jec
lion and passed the Senate, but was Let
readied in tlie House
A bill to ermlt him to bring hi U.'ud I
lore in" conn 01 1 nvaic i.aiui t nun s
introduced this session, passed tbe Seiints
nud was unanimously reported ly tbe lb int
1 oiiimittee Having it 111 cliarge, 1. :t.f vt rv
day McOarrahan. heart-bniken by . early 40
years of anxiety ami trouble over I .- ,1111111
broke down and was taken to the l.o-pitnl.
I he Mi'durruliun claim Is oue t f 1 be met
remarkable iu the history of the co.,ntry. aij.l
Hie ib'ittll of the unfortunate i'li.in.i.1,1. ivto
was one of th well-known llgures i.: ulUIL
Capitol, causes deep andgenerul rt grtt.
M'BRIDE'S REVISED EICVRES.
He Shows the Miner are Gaining Acces
sions and Are Encourupt d.
The following revised eatlmute (f tha
number of miners now cut in tne strike,
gfveu out hy President McHritle. ol Colum
bus, O., show that the miners (ire gaining
ftrcngth: Alahnmn, 800d; TenLessee and
Kentucky, 6.000: Indiana, B.00O: (ba., Vr.Wki;
West Virginia, 7,f00: Illinois. -Jt-.vM; iowu,
1,800; lmllnn Territory, 2,KK: Missouri,
.rHl; Penusvlvuuia, II5.000: Colorado. LMH);
Michigan, :10J; total, l.r)A.liil). He intimates
that in l'euusylvuula 05.U0J men are now
Idle.
J. A. Crawford telegraph frci'.rt Illinois
that not a wheel Is turning from St. Louis to
Cairo. On the whole, 1'rei-id.i.t Meliride
thought the situation very encouragibg to
the miners. He says there are only JO. 000
miners working in the tiroduclion ol' 11ml-x.'-.e:.sl
'Cb . .-qI r ncr hr men
la so small lu ' comparison with the
product that It will not affect the strike, and
there will be a general coal fotuine in les.
than three week.
ONCE FOES, NOW FRIENDS.
An Emblematic Soene of tbe Reunited
North and South.
Tim fourth annual Confcdt r;;:o retcicn
dosed nt llirmlugliam. Ala.
i"li. Clyde Miller, li'partment C..;i.i: r.uder
ir tlie Orainl Army of the ll' publi lu Ah
mma. made a siss'cb, which Was tr u.n.i!
uisly applaudeil. He spoke in 1 oii. ::.:. nt
.ry terms of (ieii. Gordon for saving tl e life
A lien. Francis C. Harlow, ol tt..- ! oeral
irmy, at (iettysburg. Ilu then r . ;. 1 t ieu.
1 iorilou with a lutudsiiiiiu cuuc, e..v .1. :,.r
ow's lilll, at iettysburg.
lieu. Cordon, iu respond Inc. !'. p;.rticti
ar!y ou the reunited Cotifeib ate 1 1 d r
' soldiers, lie said: "As a foru.t r 1. -. i i,,
t fll Tni. I sllllld belore yet:. (i"i,. r. i.ud
p edge you a noble and' patriot, e -. 1 le ;u
south : the huh iliines on. J I id you a
leariy welcome."
Wild chis-ring followed, and the . nvt-u-'lon,
by a rising vote, thanked u. 1,. Miller.
In tlieafti-moon a parade took p.f, 1 . fellow's
1 by tlie laying of the corner : f r a
.'onlederate monument in Cao.ti I i'.tr.
f s -
OALVIN'S MEN DESrrEATE.
Hii ICoxey Contingent Captured a Train
in Ohio.
Advice from Columbus, O., says; At tho
request tif Supt. l'enbody, of tbe Midland
railway, (luv. McKlnlcy Issueil 11 spt '..lI com
mission to John Muholiey, chief '. i.i ti . lives
of this city, to organize a posse to go to Mt.
H'TlIng nud rewue a train Uml I i.d been
captured there by (lalvin's army.
Col. (lalvin's men were inarched "Ut ot
Washington C. H., O., by the uutl I t ritiee
Thursdiiv, leaving at noon via tbe li. & O.
truck, 'ihey proceeded ii Iniles on loot to
Coal Chute, where they arrived la:e at night,
tiretl nud footsore. 'lhy overpowered tbe
section foreman nud, taking hi signals from
him, locked him in the sand huust nt the -onl
dump, 'i'hey then held up the lialtui.t ie i.nd
Ohio through east-bound freight nnil boartl
ed it fur Columbus. The trainmen side
tracked tlieiu at Mt. Sterling. They also as
sumed control of the tclngraph t nice i.t Mt.
Sterling and will not permit the m ndii:g vl
messuge.
Work of Ineendiari a.
Wiuchtstter, Va.. waa visited by anothet
100.000 lire Monday inoruiug of inutmiimiy
origin. It is tbe second tire within tbe
month. The lire started on Maiu street, os
posite tbe historic Taylor Hotel, aud but lied
the keart out of the best busluess block iu
the town. Charles Broadway Kouss, the
New York millionaire, who has lately given
the town .'M),000 for water work aud equip
ped it with steam lire engines, t u leing ad
vlssed ol the Are wired Col. Phillip W. Aver
itt, now hi ageut lu such matters, to offei
a rewartl for tho arrest and conviction cf tb
incendiary.
.
Bora Thief Gang Wiped Out.
Vigilance committees at llennesy, 0. T.
which have been tralliug an orgaulied banj
of horso thieves nearly all week, euriouuded
the bumlits within a few miles of the Texan
lino. The hand consisted of seven men, nud,
in the light that followed, live ot the thieves
were killed outright uhd the remiiimi-g two
captured and hanged.
Mrs. Coxey Ia a Recruit.
At lust (leneral Coxey has secured "The
Angel of I'eauo." HI handsome w.le, U-ar
Dig Legal Tender Coxey in her uriiis lell
Masslllou, O,, for the camp of the Common
Wettlera, Thb Clark bill, ullowlng women to vote
for uiembei.1 of scbiol boards throughout
Ohio, paanei tliu Ohio house and became a
law. ,