1 ,t .WW""1 HWVe- THE M1DDLEEDRGH POST. cr.o. w. WAfiKN-v.t.i.i.n. Editor. AltTHl'R E. COOl Tit, Manager. Mn.M.nu K..11. !'... MAY 17, 1"'.'-1 The lSnlitn have more money in educational institutions in America than nny thi r 1i'tu)tuitin'i'in, accord ing to the New York C'utti'Jicrcial Ad fcrtimr I n poetry violets are always "blue." But ax a mutter of f:i"t only linlf of the twenty au,l odd varieties in tlio t'nite.l States hto blue. Tho restart! purple, yellow, white, lilac fiu 1 olio Krecii. T. II. Adam, of Newport. Ktiglanl, rprrlltlv ii'CCHi'.I, llll III" ll"lt llt'il 2."(,imi'I f le ill vol.-, I to teaching practical and tlieon t ii-iil agriculture to men mill vocths. ninl tin- Kuowli'ile of dairy iii and liutischectiiiie; to womi u an 1 p;iils. j The Mart fur. I (Conn i Journal notes I lint hypnotism in not pomIar with ! (Icrniau courts, n' of which lint just sentenced three prof'Tvor.t of hypnotic lical I ik: to prison as ii!ic'ks. I In' judges Were eviilently nut SU-eept tide to the li V pilot ii" iulluiueu ' of the prihomry. Only three letter written by Na than I lulu have ever lieetl oll'ereJ. for sale, for autograph IctlTs fit this pa triot are anions the scarcest manu scripts of tho lie volutiotiary period. One of his letters is now ulTercd for $lfiOi, ninl the other two were sold for $l:)OK ami 1 " respectively. It iM interesting to note liow close the inventors nf put iiit medicines anl patent foods follow upon the he is i.f i .-.icdioal discovery. What the regular I physicians tire telling their privute patients or discussm?; in medical pub lications, tln patent medicine men ol the prugri.sivc noO ure pruieiiinif to thepulilictliroii-li u thousand advertis ing rhamielH. William II. Mills, of Shu Fruiciseo, liaa in his library two books written by John Wesley, in which ho my tiie founder !' Met.'.oitisiu put furA tlii." theory of ev. ,'iitiun. These luniks are entitled,. "Wesley's 1 "liloMipii y," and werfl jirnited in New Y'mt, in lS'Jo, by Msmiii V linn;. In treso books, nc- rdjivi I'i.. tlui -UA'..0 ' u' :;AA,- kit many palisades asserting iu .,. strong t terms that there is a unity in ere. ation, and colilrovci till", the tiu o.y of Kpocinl creation. Thut cotton inauiifiiciuriiii' in tii South lnii linen ploiitiioe is shown, thinks the St. Louis Kepulilii', 1 y the ! erect. on imiuy new mills and the ! rulnrgeiuc hi of ii M-.-nf uuiuoerof th.i I old uiii's. It is -In, :i. too, liv t he divi- ) dends paid tv th.-e in opera' !ori ls-t : year. Ten per ceiil. .l xtdi' i i- ti) Coiuuioii, mid miiii! ri aelici I -s i , pereeut., w hile very few fell !. . . eight per cent. The larger null- . n erally declare a regular annual di: ilend of eight or ten p t I'iMit. an I lay tho Hiirpluh aside for repairs uud i -teusions. Texas is goin into tho culture of rico on an extensive at'iile, announceH the liostou Cultivator. There are lo calities near the liulf of Mexico which re well adapted to this crop. Lnr,,'o elevators have lieen lniilt for atorilii; rice and mills for cloiiisin it from impurities. The ( iovcrnineiit has de cideil to isMie n Kpeciul monthly liulli tiu as ti the condition nn.l pros ct of the rio crop. It is to lm hoped, adii- the Cultivator, that this tiulli'tiu will nut lie so iiiisslcudili:; as have lieeii many of the t iovernineut Imlli tius rc;;itrdiuK wheat and iXier oropK. 'tn. hundied years njro," aays a Hohtoiiian in the Washington 1'ost, "lJenjamiii I'rauklin left a fund of 3"(M)i, which he directed should lio put at inter.'ht uud left to iiceu uitihito for a century. When that timo hul como round, iiecrdiii to tho dilu tions of the splendid old philanthrop ist, half of the money thus acciunu latod ahoiild .o to homo jou.l Il'liis purpose fur the lieiietit of the pooplo of Boston. The other half was to lie put aside, as in tho first case, for an other century, at tho end of which timo tho State and city should ho equal partners in the fund. Now, arii-iutf from that $.VI0i) thero ia an ggregato of Komethiiitf near $70i,000, balf of which tho trustee will uso to build and equip an industrial training choul, one of the best uses to which the money cau he put, and ona which Frmklin would nurely approve if ha were living now. The IWd of Aldrr men and three minister of the olileat feligioue aocietiea iu liouinu art) the trauteea. " TALMAGE'S CHURCH BURNED SERMON JUST CONCLUDED. For The Third Time The Tabernacle la Destroyed by Fir. i;pv. Tr. T. Iiowitt Talmax'i) new Talir mi 'le, nt tin" i' rner of t'linten and Orwn aviiiien. lirimklyii. wna burned at noon Run ihiv. The H"t' l ll''Ut ailjolntnrf, and ev rrHt ilwelllinf limiei In thn vl 'lnltv. were nl hi iIiitiiic' iI ami il'-stroypil. Tlip dim In mtl-inuti-l at 1 1.IKI.OO. f lila Ih tin) third time It. laliniiK'" lias lost Ills clinr !) tiy llro and .v a singular .niii'ldenen chvIi lire ooeurreil nil Sumliiv. II" whs moved to tenr us he witne-s.sl tin- letruetlon nf tho bvuutifiil e.lillee I lain" lireke out in Uih etinreh fxllrte Jit after t!i"se wlio had atteniled the mnriiinu MTvl-e had I'-'t the liillhlil.L'. Had the tire i.riikeu nut mi" hour earlier, wliile the liulld Ihk wii i 1 1- 1 w ith wornlilpT. " 's nltm-st eertaln that a ilreietfiil Jianle uud l"M of life w i.l I have re-nlt' d. KveryiMmr in tho tiiln iTimele wn l"-trivi-d Willi tie ImiMiliK. l'i rlwii ! the !" which will vrievi' lr. Till maife ni"-t. Ii that of the ini -nnrlal tone whh h h" lip'iiKht fr.mi tli I'i-t and wlilell were t in III" wall at the rlht id thw eriran. I hi'V were I.Mir In lumilier. I he top liliM'k HH.-iru:ii M'liinl ( avalry and l t" the word .s.. riil''e." I he -tmm e..w was from Mi.lllit Mnil I "aiiinr "ii tt "The law." 'J he hott .in ..i:ii- I- (r un Mars Hill met Is'ars the In-eriptii'ii "iii-pel. llio Xoiith stone waa iiiitnarkeil. Hie lire wa ill-nvered ah'Tfly after li o'elnek. Just after the coiiKrctfiit'.eii had IsH'll i-!iiie,. lalmai:" was III tin clnin'ti shaking hands Willi mnmlier- of tho eon. (.'n-k'ntli'ii. when a small Isiy rn-ln'd III mid iiil'inni'd tin svxtiei that lm liu l seen s.ie'k" ei.-iiiiij; out of the windows on th" Waverly iieiine -el" "I tin- ehureli. sexton lay rushed d'ovn-talrs t" the motor rsnn and lie. faii makiiur a th"riMii:h exaiiiliiatlon, Init ii"t aide to llnd any iiidieiitious of a fire, he ran up-tan iumiii. " tlntf I'r. 'J'alinaif". w ho had sinelli d smoke. The .oy vnluilteer ed to up in the I'fk of tll uriJ.in to see If It w.i- tlier". II" did -n and a t nd later iiv p. nr. d with In- face lhi''keneil and iilmnst sutTi.ealed with 'moke. All lie could say was that he had di-. oerei tho lire inthe l.iiek of tin- i ri:aii. I r. Talmaire started f..r the or fall, hut Lefore heeoiild p'l Iieiir It a KUSt of lliime Imr-t fro'litlie lop. liv the time tic firemen arrived the flumes w.-re l.iu-liii' fr " ii nil the windows. Two extra alarm- and llnally a speeial call were -. lit In. I.ru.k'iiuf all the inciii"s iu lirooklyn and llliam-'.iir.' to the lire. I he ifreiif-t e".telnent ptexmled. Inside of Ml) minute utter the lire wa- di-"oere,l, nil I hy 1 o'clock the rof mid the li,iud-o:ue steeple Imd fallen In. lireatj' ts of fta'iie shot aer... the open space l.etween tin- lahi rtiaelo and the Hotel Icni-ni. w hi. h i nest to the. ehui'di on flin ton iiveiui". mi I in a -hurt spa"" of time It was l.uniiiik' llereelv. The lleeiit is a family hotel. 1 he fiie-t II" I iu diuuiy. Some of them top.c. to throw their valuahlc and e. ithliuf from the windows, while others hurried to plae ' of safety jvit as they hap pened to ls appareled w hen the palil" struck them. At the time of the lire th'-re wore S.'i Kin-is and '.Hi -ervanls In the hotel, and many of these had narrow escapes. A uuml.er of dwellings In the vicinity eauu'ht lire auaiu and apiln, hut the llreinen ea. li time Hooded them with water mid ex tinguished the Humes. Tlin Sumnierlleld Methodist I'.piseopal cliureli'was eiiuuht lire from llylni spark, J'he numerous small tires continued until 4 o'clock hefore tho lire. Uien hud Kotteu tlilncs under control. V'ie loss mi the Hotel lleent lie Imlliiir the liiiiluMux. paiiitiiins and the cuc-i' house hold ..ods will amount to about i;imi.(hh). The I'tsa on the Tiiherna. ! Is nb i.t tlOfl.CKK), lUal tlri adjoining laiiliUiy,-s life - u.orteil to tsi ilamaue ' to tho e t of f.n IHKI l U a'iil Vnat tll nuiei wiiri In-urcsl tor lKl.tK)Of Four HnMnen were ovenvuiK! I.y li-al duriiii the progress of the llannw and had l Ihi rs mosed from the scene. It is suppo-isl thle fire was caused I.y a sp irk from one f tlUi electric liu'ht wire lieliiud the orni. I Uiriii"; the proirre-s of the lire all i lunensn crowd Katlieri'd. 1 he Intense hc.it of Hie lire eoiiil.incd with that ol the sun auei cernl pro- tratli.ns iu tin- crowd. r.ie--:, n of relict nt tho uii-fortuno whi-h hud oMTtaken I ir. Talmae w.-io heard n all -id.-. "Thank iod," -ai l the inlui-t"r. "lio. I', mercy ovilovveis tin- di-a-ter. It was all -.. -nd. ten that I cannot explain it. Had the llr" o"curr"d half an hoar -miner there una d have l.een a terriM" h of life. I h" church w.i- erowdcil; fully i',,llllil people were th"r". A stampede would hav urrcil and inaiiv would have heeu cru-he.l to ilealh or Sllllowate.l." The siil.ji-et f ir. Talma,'.'' sermon this . riling was "A heerlul I Lundi." The ! xt was Solomcii's soin;, iv: 1. ll"liod, i 'i.ni Art l air. My l.ove." It was only on Thursdav and I rid.iv last that he celel.rat"d III the lal'i-nia. I" the eoiiipletii u of the i!ill car of his pastorate. I'LOOD IN MONTANA. An IrriKHtion Dam UumK Devastating Msnv Itanchea li, low. Near Lima, Mont., the Lima dam hroko Ulld Its Imdy ol water surged dow n UhiI lloek river vulley nt uterrille rate, sweeping every thing Is for It. As soon a- th" lireuk wa ili-"n"re.l men on horel.ack hn-teiiisl down the river to warn the rancher, hut almost ecry man nlolithe lottomP .,-t everything. Houses, l.ariis, fences, hav-ta"ks and all kinds of slock were carric I away. The railroad companies sent a -pecial train In warn the 'ople I etwven Lima and IUIlou and have sent nut a larirn force of men to the scene of the Hood. Thu track Is washed out lietween here and liillloii iu many places, uud the ilamaije w ill Hure IiIkIi, The water alter le.uni,- the .lain had a clean -weep t In- iiii;h a wei--..tl"d c.iiiiiry for over l.ll miles, an I niiiiiy famllie-arewlthoiithholUf or food. - 1 . 4,000 MEW STRIKE. All the Employes of tho National Tube Works at McKocsport, Pu., Go Out. The 4.(1(10 men employed In the National Tuhe Works at McKeesp.irt, Ph., struck for an advance of an p r cent, iu wa.." s. At least s.oilll men will I- affected I.y tins M rik. The tal'i-worUs were dosed dunn,- tie- month of laiiuary, uud when tin uien w-nt to work on I'ci.niury I lli- lr w.i,'cs were rclueeil ahout .'II per cent., Willi the Ulldei-tHlidinittllut they would he tiven the old w.i,-es wheu trinlo iicl;ed up. flic ni'ii claim that the company ha-or.er- eu otu-h ahead to run the work for ix mouths, uud i ic u'jt', t ci.uit tlio lu-in-a-M'. NEGROES SCARED OUT. Death Notice Written in Blood Augments Alabama Striker' Ranks. After reo 'iviiirf three formal leitleisi to quit work, whi h they rcfiihcd to nhey, tho m'Kro miners ul Milldal", Tuscaloosa county, Ala liaina, went out and joined the strikers. The cause of their yielding to Hie pressure was the anonymous notice p..:,ted uhuut the mine which read: Yon have liis'll c;lvcu three nolle h to quit work. If you do not oliey tiwnmrrow morn Inif, you will imt live to lilsohcv lima. The iiotlci, was licked with skull and erosa holies, and purported to Ihi siu'iied ju tlood. Liberty's Friends Arretted. At St. Petershurg arrest cuitiimo to be niadu ils a result of the discovery hy the po lice of the oriwiitaitlon known u the Kriendf of I'olitleul Liu-rty. One hundred, a mnior 1 y of whom were students, were arrested on thd ehurB of helm, either uimnhera of th( oriiiizHtion or indirectly interested Iu it iSzJl u.c, r,,lln th!" '"''' of the prison onilwill be transported to Kihvrin. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. lammarised Proceeding of Oar hw Maker at Washlnrtoa OE RCSIiREII AND lTKr.XTft tllT. KrSAiit. Jn the rlcnnte to-ilay Mr. Iloar.ol MawHi'huivtts, took up the cllsciiNtlon of th tarifT. and denounced the Wilson hill as with out principle or parentaim. Hciiate Lodtr lias introduced Man amendment to the tarifl bill providinii that as against Great Ilritlar or any of lier eolonlea n duty douhln tin amount linjKised In the proposed tariff 'bill rhall be levied, and a duty of 89 per pent, ot articles on the free llt, sueh duties to con tinue until Great Ilritian shall assent to take part in the international im'reemcut with tin I nlted htntes for the coinago and wt o silver. Horn. The till! for the erection of a puli lie printing ofllco In Washlntrton oeeupit, the attention of the house duiiiiutho irreatat part ot the day. A resolution of Mr. Holmai to referthe ( nest Ion to a commission to von slpt of the ronimlttce on put. lie tailldliiKS ami grounds with iiistriictiona to select a site now owueil I.y the Kovernment was adopted. Tin house adjourned at 6:10. ONr. BVMMIM) AD TWrxTHTB TAT. 8KKAIK. In the Henate to-iluy the resolu tion olT"red liy Mr. Allen, I'opullst.of Nd.ras. ka, cHlllmt for a cnininitti-e of Inquiry into the cireinnstanscs of the arrest nf t'oxey, llrowne and .lones on May 1, came up, Mr. Allen In support. nu It sai l lie Imd c.s tcl that the senior henator from Ohio, Mr. Hher mim, would have Introduced u resolution looking to ti.0 investiUHtioti of that "out ruife.'' ltutaathe Kemitor from Ohio hud taken no such step, be, Mr. Allen, had moved to do so. The rmolution went over without action till to-morrow, and a substitute whs ofTcred for it by Mr. Teller, llcptiblicnii, of Colorado, and H"ceptc by Mr. Allen, which fubstitute simply provldci, for the investlgu tion. omittiliK entirely the preamble, Hoisi:. To-day after the rending of yester itity's Journal tho speaker hod la-fore the house certain Semite bills and resolutions. Anioni; these, was n resolution for the print Ins of H.tlOU copies of culo"les of the lute llandalll-e Gibson. M'tiator from Louisiana, mid Mr. ltichardsou asked unanimous con sent or its consideration. No nhjectiou was made. At 1:05 p. m. Mr. L'iiiumlni;s in charge of tbe naval appropriation bill, mov ed that the lioue io Into commltleeof tho whole to consider the bill, mid pending thnt moved to limit general debate to four hours, and ou this demand the previous question. The Ifrpuhllcuiis begun to filibuster, lleforo the lllilm-ter had proceeded very far Mr. ( iiminiti(rs had a consultation with the liep. uhltcun leader, the result of which was that lie m;rei d to extend the time of Kdierul d.w bate to seven hours. H'4 hours on eitcll side. The house then went into conimittiw of tho whole, Mr. Itieluirdson. of Tennessee, iu the chair. After some iliscussion the coiuin:tte rose, and the house at J to adjourned. oK lirMiKFII An TW KNT'-l'tllST DAT. Sf.NAIK. -The feature of t vlay proceed. Iin:s ill the Senate was the tvro hours' deliHto ou Senator Alh-u's resoinllon fur n s'-hil committee to investigate the arre-t and im prisonment of t'oxey. llrowne and Jones. Mr. Gordon. Democrat, of Georgia, Hrst address, cd the Senate, and was followed by others. The resolution went over without action and will come up no more. Horsr. Owing to the death of Representa tive liratton. Democrat, of Maryland, tho lion" adjourned to-day after the announce ment of lii-ili-ath, the passage of the custom ary resolutions and tlio passage of a few rivate bills. ONK lirMUlKIl AMI TWKNTV-SI'.i iMl HAV. tsKSAl K. - The rmicgie armor plate scandal came up In the Senate to-day by Senator I'elTer. l'upiilist, ode hug a resolution for the Hpsiiiitiiieiit of a select joint committee of tlm-ii Senators nn.l four Itcprcseiitntlvo to Investigate nil matters eoiine.-tcd within llvo years with tho alleged defective or inferior armor platen, Isilts. etc., furnished the gov ernment by Andrew Carnegie and his associ ates in business. The resolution was referred. Tho rest of tho "s-d.in was tukeu up Willi discission of the tariff bill. Hoi-sr. After n"tlun on sonio minor bllla Oiivou",. I'i -77 p. in., went lido tunnult teo of the Whole to consider general appro priation bills. The naval appropriation bill Is'lng taken up. At 5 o'elo -k III" house, ac cording to the custom, took n recess until ft o'clock, th" evening s-sslon to be devoted te private bills on the ca'.eudiir. ONK IH'SliUK!) ami Twi:Nrv-Titmn nT. Sknaik. The S"iiii;o w.i for I to ad journ to-day owing to the lick of a quorum wl. I' h was only maintained tor a tmv ,,nr ,of the se.-ion by repeated call- lor at'.eud aliee. Horsiv v''-iileration of the hhshI up propriutloli I'ill c,.ii-i::i.". Mi" time otl:i Hons., utter the dispos al ot -inn" r mi. in morning I ii-inc until adioiirnuicnt. oNEHrMllll.il AMI T IINtV-r.U Ul ll lit, Sknat. Iii the Senate to-day -even items of the tan'T bill were ili-po-e, of. The re suit was the li ving of rub- ot duty u- follows, (in alcoholic perfumery, rJ per gallon; on nl it .n I nit. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . alum cuke, etc., 4-10 of a nt per p.iuiid: on cur 'oaa'.e of a nni i iia, M per cent ad valorem: on muriate f ammonia, 10 per cent, and on sulphate o ammonia, :i) per cent.; on blacking of all kind and bone char suitable lor lis" III cliiritying sugars, 'jo percent, nd valorem: on crude borax, or burnt of soda 1 cent per pound, and on rellucd bor-ix J cents per pound: on rellued camphor, 10 per cent, ad valorem; on elui'.k. '.'0 per ci nt. ad valorem, HorsK. Xd business of Imp irtutiec was trail icte.l in the hoiisit to-dav; the sc.-lou being a short one. AT A STANDSTILL. Business of tho Week Shows Little Im provement. R. 0. Dim A Co.'h "Weekly Iteview ol Trade," Nmv Vork, says: The strikes be,un to have a serious, though it is iissumcd only a temporary, efTivt. T he numlier of works dit pending upon bituminous coal ,,r eU fr find is large, uud quite u number of tlfiii have already been coinpellvd to stoii opera, lions. The proiHirtiou is larger iu the iron ninl steel manufacture t lisas anv other busi ness. Komi) railroads in the West urn cm. barrussil, uud textile works of ..-,, imp,,-, tuiice must closo toon unless tho strike ceases. The movement of su-ealleil armies of uncin. ployed ou Washington has c.iused httle (.v. . tement and is Ic- Important or slgnitlent than the outward movement of specie which shows a shrinking foreign demand fo'r i,ro. duels aud further withdrawal of forei-u capital. Tlieeiipnelty of Iron furnaces In blast Mav 1 WHSllO.i.lOtons.Hdeereuse of U,r,u 1Z during April, but the "Iron Age " luis tel. gruphic reports of sto.,pa,-e .-.y other furnaeefi having , eupacityo .onj tons Including some expected to .-t.,p ,s w.k , woudnieanu d.vrease of aUiut one-third iu product since April 1. Prlc, 0, Hni-1,,,,1 pro. ..eta are fully ni,.l,,.al...,l . n, n ui th o ?. ."JiT ",lv"1,V",, " 11 " "a that tl . deniBUd Is not us luWe ,, exis.eled and while ,m ...irly termiuali.ti. of tl.o ITtrik M s hoped for, the uppointment f cotni, Itteel to ncgo lute regiirdiug v.u.es fr ,m , yeur brings utteiiti.,,, , , , 1 W orrci::n,,uy,,av oi" JOfl In the l nlted States. agitUst 'i-.? .,,,. and 4 in Cll(a. agnlnst -A hJtj- ,.r iZi buuk failures Uie In ludcl. How They Stand. Tho following table shows the standing of tho different flubs composing the National DU&euuil XA'aguei (Tub. W. L IVt, 77H 700 I1N4 era) 5711 62V Club. New Vork. St. Louis. , ISrooklyu , Chicago. , w. I ret Cleveland , llaltunore , I'lttsburg , I'hllAdol'a . IkMtiiu . . , C'iuulunati , 14 4 14 6 18 6 13 7 11 8 9 H .10 I) bit H U 8 It 8 li ill 421 Louisville. B 13 27 WustiUujtOD 3 Id LATEST HEWS SUMMARIZED FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. Wliat la Transpiring the World Over. Important Events Briefly Told. CATITAL A5D I.AItOB, The Ashland Iron Company, of Baltimore, a as applied for a receiver. The company J is eapnaiiKcii ai f.Hni.uini. iui roiaoa uai oecomo exhausted and it wan found Im practicable to run its furnaces profitably with foreign oro. cm Mrs asd rr.xALTira, William P. Lohman, M-eashler of the Brooklyn exelso department, who wa re ;ent!y brought bai-k from Toronto, waa sen Icii.s'd by Judge Moore to imprisonment ia Sing Sing for seven years and four mouths. Charles K. Iavidson, who claims to have lieen driven to robts-ry by hunger, was shot twice and dangerously woun.bsl when try ing to burglarize lllvervlcw Military aead rniy nt roughkii-sle, N, Y. hherlfT Hans E. Itctor. of Marshall, S. C while riding home Monday night, Was shot from nmbiihli and Instantly killed. A man named George loUrts and Ms brother are luss'etod. A Ht. Taul, Minn., poet attempted to settle Ids board bill with the Auditorium hotel by an offer of spring poetry. Ho soon found hie way to tho ib tcution hospital. Kx-Stat'" Representative Klngnnd Constable Franklin were arrested at Gahuvllle, Tes., for complicity In tho lynchiUK of Ed. Cash few weeks ago. Whlli! ri-slstinB arrest, George Kennedy, aged 'J.'i, of Ht. Louis, was shot and Instantly killed by Ncrgentit of I'ollee Woodlovk. I'lHASTI.nS, All HOSTS AND FATAUTIM. ( The Ions Is reported at San Francisco of the Simpson I.umtH-r ('mpan; 'a schooner Flo ner of thut city, uud tho fate ot tho crew le uncertain. Thnu young men were drowned by the overturning of a skiff in the Ut. Lawrence, at Mcol.-t, Qucliee, Sunday. rondo. TI.e r.ussinn government has advised the Tope of its Intention to establish a regulation legation ut thoVutieau. KISl'KI.LANKOUS. A gigantic Ice combine has been formed In New Vork and lirooklyn by loo manufactur ers, and u scries of jumps In the prlco ot ths commodity U expected. A big forest lire Is raging two miles this side of Fond du Luc, Wis., and is making rapid progress before a strong wind. Attorney-General Moloney, of Illinois, denied thut he had ordered the sugar trust to keep its goods out ot Illinois. Judge J. W. O. Smith, of Stanton, Va, a well-known Jurtlst, committed suicldo hy shooting. So ciiumj Is assigned. Joseph II. Chonte was chosen president Of tho New York State Constitutional Conven tion, In session ut Albany. The secret service office at Chicago has be gun the sel.ure of all Imitation medals mid diplomas of Woild's lair awards held by ex lllltors. V. A. Coffin, one of the defendants in tlx Indianapolis National Hank trial, who in formed the judgeof a Juror's willingncKi to hang the jury for money, Is receiving iiuotiy inous threats to take his life. Applicatl' n was made In the courts ut IVis. ton lor permission to i.-s-ju tl, 500 ,000 of cep. tllleatcs by the receiver of tho New Vork un.l New- Lnglnn-I road. If allowed, the proceed will be used to pay oft the more Immediate obligations of tho company. TIIE SANDERS ARMY CAPTURED. The Colorado Train Steulere in the Hands of Marshals. "General" Sunders anil his indiistrull army after an exciting trip of 214 miles eastward from l'uel.lo, Col., on a stolen tram, have fiirrendcred to tho I'uitcd Stabs authorities. The men Imd met and built tracks around twnobstructieiis when they reached a third ut Chlvlngton, Col. When tlio wreck train ar rived Sunders signllled his willingiicssto help iu removing tho cars thrown across the track, aud iu a drizzling ruin tho commander and his men worked for three or four hours. Tho obstruction removed, Sanders cooly aixnnlcd "all aboard," and forcing the wor tiain before him, proceeded ou hia way witlt his original train. Meanwhile a special bearing tho deputy United States Marshals had been racing westward and Sander's train was met at this place. Sunders asked for a confercuce, which Whs grunted. Tho result was that Saudein returned to his men uud lifter a parley the men decided to s'ilceuhly Hiirnmdcr. The entire delegation was taken cast to answer to the charge of obstructing tho mails. This movement will brluglheiu nearer Washington they thiuk. COXEY'S ARMY MOVES AGAIN. The Health Authorities Compel It to Leave Washington. Tho Coey Army of tho Commonweal of Christ evacuated Washington and weiit to tho famous spa Springs, uear tho historlo dueling ground ut llludi iislmrg, just over tho Maryland line. Tho health authorities woulil not HTiidt them to remain longer iu their camp ou the old sewer canal, ant uo other cuinp could bo had iu the district. The army was informed Hint It ,ul t move by llrow ne, w ho Hindu on.i ot his violent speeches, referring to tho "martyrdom of the Chicago Anarchists ' mid suggesting us a reason why . tho Coinmonwealers should peacefully acquiesce in the tyrannical dictate that if they remained iu tho city souni pollno spy might perhaps conceal a bomb Iu their camp uud then have them arrested us Auur ohists. William Wolslcr, a member of tho army who joined at flaggerstowu, was drowned. YVhilo bathing iu tho I'otomae, he wu.i seized With oratuus. Ho wiu about U0 yours old. A Village Wiped fiutT The village of I'awueo, III wasfalmos. wiped olt tho face of the earth by lire. T in entire cast side of the publio square witb adjacent houses is in ashes and the best por tion of the south sldo U gone, saving the reel of the square. Twenty-live tlrms aud fam ilies were ti tally rained. The totul loss will reach 109,000. It It thought the tin was incendiary. Charcoal and Bhot-Oun. At Eperou, Frauoe, Saturday uight, a man named Godfrey, a member of the local rov iTumeut, and his wifo uttempted to commit suicide by iuhallng the fumes of churooal. ha woman diod, but Godfrey was little a 'eotid by the fumes. Fulling to kill hlmsell .u that way, he blew out bis brains with shot-gun. LATER NEWS NOTES. Ccn. Andre Aveline Cnbcres has been elect ed President of Peru. Ho was pnsldent from 1886 to 1S90. Late Wednesday night a cyclone stmak the town of Quanah, in tho Texas panhandle, wrecking 20 buildings and Injuring many persons. At Bt. Petersburg tho Itusslan police have discovered a vast Nihilist conspiracy. One hundred people have already been arrested In connection with the plot. Fire bugs set fire to the barn of John Pun Unn, at lied Jacket, Mich, and 10 businean houses went up In flames. Loss 930,000. Charles D. Wolcott, of New York, has Isjen appointed by Tresldeut Cleveland, director of the Geological Survey, vies John W.Powell resigned. Mr. Glad-tone's wcnkniw, as the result ol a recent cold, Is increasing, nn.l he is con stantly under the care if a physician. , New York and Chicago labor organization have purchased J.ftOH acres of fruit lauds in California for colonization purposes. i At Hull, England, the Kingston Mills, n large cotton spiniug company, has failed. I'nseeurt'd liabilities are estimated at ftOO, 500. I State Superintendent of In.'tirance Durfce. of Illinois, has revoked the license of the United States Mutual Accident Association of New York. . The girl wife of Francesco Teltl, the Italian Anarchist who was recently sentenced to ten years' bn prison ment iu London died In an inllrmury yesterday. The entire fleet of trans-Atlnntic steam ihips owned by the International Steamship Company has been mortgagi-d for $(1,000,000, the money to Imi used iu Improving tlio ser vice. The Northern express, a through Illinois Central passenger train, was wrecked ut Buckley, III., through the train breaking in two. Tho I'Uglueer, Samuel Edgerly, was killed. Irs. A. P. Areson. who, for the past two yijurs was tho proprietress of the Madison House ut Koslyu, 111., committed suicldo by lumping from a second story to tho ground. ' At Paris exM-rts have test I tied that the Lclinudy drafts, which were supposed to have been forged hy Count Elle ! Tulley-mud-Pcrigiiril, were not forgeries, and that they were Max Lebaudy's own signature. I Tho Tost Oftlco Department, has sent to all railway mall service employes circulars cull ing attention to the postal regulations re quiring postal clerks to accept all prepaid mail matter offered them at their curs und to forward it to its deti nation. Pteetdvlnx Teller E twirl It. H!lle,-!.st, of the Fourth National 11 ink of SI. Louis, sur rendered voluntarily Saturday ou a churgo of embezzlement of iK'.OOO. Miss Carrlo Plumb, widow of tho late Henatnr Plumb, of Kun-as, has made charges of sharp practice against Culvlu Hood, her late hus'.mud's partner for years and who Is an avov.el candidate fur United States Senator. Tho matter grows out of a suit against Hood for au accounting of her hus band's estate. . The imports of dry goods nt tho port ol New York for this week were il.aM.OOO, und tho amount marketed !,. 110,58. For thu corresponding week of 1h:)3, the Imports were ?2,100,'J11 and the amount marketed 1,H73, 713. A FIERY RAIN. Terrible Explosion cf a Tank Car Fall of llcnzino. The barrel house n. Emery's refinery in Bradford, Pa., took lire, presumably by upontHiiooiis eomliu.-lion, and was destroye.t. The loading ru"ks and five oil tank curs tamling on a sidetrack of the jluffalo. Ilochester X Plttshiir.'f railroad were nlsc burned. Tho Hre was a llereo one and at tract.! lmmeiis i crowds of people from all over this locality. The men of tho II n department fought desperately to hold the lire ill ehis'k, but their deluging streams of water ouly made mutters worse. While the llremeu were making a final stand and thousands of people were watch ing them, there was a tremendous explosion, A tank ear holdiug 4,100 gallons of benzine hail let go with a mighty roar, and the rescr voir of inllainablo liquid went rolling sky ward In u seething mass of (lame and smoke. The dome of the iron tank, a massive piece ol metal was shot into the air to a height of 300 fis't and falling buck struck the roadls-d with an awful sound. The tank Itself was torn to frugments, hut fortunately the force of the explosion spent itself in the lifting discharge, carrylugthe pieces of shattered tuuk with it. The burning benzine, which was flung into the air in sheets of liquid lire, had coiisiimisl Itself before settling down on the crowds ol Iwuio-Htrickcu spectators and llremeu. For u moment after the shock of the explosion everybody stood still, as if stunned by the e Mission. Hut when they looked up after t flying fragments oi iron aud saw billows ire thut seemed to fall about them, then' jia panic thut cannot bo described iu words. Mrs. Emma Whcaton und Mrs. P. Smith were carried down in the rush, trampled un der foot and have sustained serious lujuries. John J. Croa-by's ears uro burned to a chur red crisp uud his hands uro roasted. Ho ia foreman of the Whitney Hose Company. C. A. Coleman is very badly burned about the face, neck and hands, and his lungs are af fected from breathing the lire. Ho is in a serious coudillou. THE BOYCOTT AS A LAST RESORT. Chief Arthur Makes a Public Address. At the session of tho convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, at St. 1'uul, which was nil open one, uddre-acs were made by Archbishop lrcluud and Grand Chief Aithur. The last named reviewed the present condition of tlio country llnaneially at oousiderublu leugtb, eoucluduu with the statement that tho ugresslvo civilization of to-day will adjust present social conditions und solve tliuinciul problems. Ho favored the Htato Arhltrution of labor disputes. As a last resort, iu eases of trouble between em ployers und employes, he advocated tho use of the boycott, but only as a last resort, Tho recorils of tho order show that claims amouuting to 4,721,3j,J,til have boon p;ii,l to widows aud orphans of dis eased members since the organization in 18S7. Thero are now 625 sub-divisions, with u membership of 83,000. 1 Pullman's Hen 00 on a Strike. At Fullman, III., between 3,000 and 8,000 workmen of the Pullmun works weut on a strike. Their action took Pullman aud his managers by surprise, as it was under nod the men were satisfied with the rcMilt c the eouferenee. The men demand a restoration of wages to lust year's scale, and tho redress of numerous shop grlcvuuco. Biff Blase In Maine. At Norway tire destroyed 70 dwellings and a number of business places. The total loss will reach 500,000. Several people were In jured by fulling timbers, and it is feared that there has been some loss of lifo. DIED FROM STARVATION Terrible Fate of American Jrosn.f In Mexican Mountains. Francis Murphy, an American engine J minim mnn Mtnrnlntf in Han W n . - -I .7 .... "-'""ifr, I.,,, Macallan, Mex., slates that he was a Of a searching part v that left Duraiurn .. five weeks ago to find the whereabout,,, I Denton, C. P. Hall, Frank Tunl Americans, and two Mexican guiihsi . started from Salto, State of iMirango,' ,1 I'rwci ink uuu uiiuiniK Sierra Mm I re mountains. The men mentioned left Penver months ago In company with a Mr. Fr who Is reiiorted to belons in St. t.ni.u two New Vork gentlemen. The latter j. togeiner w.m an i union gu.i.e anil Mexicans, arrived hack at Salto lust I. the expedition was sent In search of companions, in a half starved and badly, up condition. They reported that tln-t i run short of provisions In the nioun lost their way and became, separated i, . Iienton, Hall and Turnstnll and the of tlndr party. A relief party was Immediately orgar.M Murphy, two American miners an.l a uurc ol .Mexicans constituting tne searcners, ravine nearly forty miles rrom salto pun acamp.ng outtii neiongmg to mo mi. men was .lisco-.crco. a iiiiiki irnu Wan t lowed for 10 miles over the most ragged t Inhofpltable region ot the mountains, one point a pole had been driven into v ground, to wnlcn nail been iastencit t,. Miirx. A piece, oi aper ou wiucn was j ri: i ed with a pencil the words: "Out ot j. visions; no water; have struwk out for the. of this canyon." Plve nilies in a westerly direction f- this signal the bodies of Denton and 11 were found lying on their backs. S"v.., camp utensils, a W Inchester rltlo nnd a n ber of cartridges were scattered nbout t spot. The bodies were partly devour,. coyotes, but were easily identified. 1. clothing had nearly all been torn from II , body. Denton's remains were hadlvilisllir ed. The remains of the two men were bur.- wlth solemn ceremonies, nnd a mound stoics raised over them. HAS A FAR REACHING EFFECT, How the Railroad Are Being Affected ti the Miners' Strike. As a result of the strike of tho soft vj miners, the Greenwich Point piers of t Pennsylvania railroad, Philadelphiu, w ; are exclusively devoid to lilts trade, had to suspend operations, what little there Is iu transit having Is'cn taken fot u. In its locomotives. The same state of ad ii prevails at tho Port lllchmond plcrj of M Heading railroad, nnd all the coal de-tm for the pier on the llaltimore and t)hio r;u road has Immmi aeized by that cuiiinuuy. Tnr. Superintendent of Foreign Malls In. ordered thut packages of live liecs intend to be sent to foreign countries us sampl niay hereafter tie admitted to the mails. MARKETS. pirrsn'jBO. Till WIIOLRSALR PHICKS AHK OIVKI DKt.OW. orain, n.o':a and fkkd. WHEAT-No 1 lied f til Q I No. 2 Hed ts d COHN-No. 2 Yellow ear... 4i 60 High Mixed ear.... 47 4 No. a Yellow Shelled. 45 4' Shelled Mixed 45 4. OATS-No. 1 White 41 4: No. 2 White 40 4 No. 3 While M 4ol Mixed S- RYlv-No. 1 fi7 , No. '.'Western. New S. FI.0UK Pancv winter pat. S 5 8 Fancy Sprit g patents t tJ 4 2 Fancy Straluht winter.... 3 00 Si' XXXliakers 2 75 8 III' I'lVeViour STU" ltuckwhe.t Klonr 2(1 2 2 i HAY Ilnlcd No. 1 Tim'y.. P.'j 12 75 ltalid No. 2 Timothy 10 o 11 Pu Biixcd Clover 11 Mi 12 h) Tiinotliv from country... 15 Ot) 17 00 FF.KD No. 1 W'h Md V T 17 i! 17 60 No. 2 White Middlings..... 15 Ml Id 50 Jiroivn Middlings 116) 15 Ml Hr.ni. bull: 15 110 1.5 60 STRAW Wheat 6 .'0 Hto Hats tl M) 7 0U n why mowers, I!rTTi:i'.-i:igiii Creumery 20 Fancy t'leaiiu'ry 17 l'nniy country roll 15 Low crude ,t cooking.... 10 CHKKSK Ohio, new Hi New York. old.. 121 Wisconsin Swiss 13 I.imburgt'r (New muks, . , 104 1H 12 10 121 Hi rnriT a no vkoetaulf.s. APrLES-Fuiu-y, V bhl... 7 00 8 00 Fair to choice. M bbl.... 5 00 S 50 Common, li bbl 2 60 3 00 HEANS N Y & M(new)I3canhn. 1 80 1 00 Limn iicnus, lb 4 6 POTATO) Fancy V b" 70 75 Sweet, per bbl 3 60 3 75 ONIONS-YellowUlobcbu tlo 70 Mixed Country 60 CO l-OULTBY jtu Live chickens V pr 60 65 .Live Ducks V pr 40 60 Live Giene V lr 75 bO live Turktvs VIb 0 10 Dritlchickens V lb.... 11 1 Dressed ducks V Tb 13 14 Dressed turkeys lb... .. 14 16 Dresied geese per lb 7 8 EGGS Pa & Ohio fresh.... 11 12 Southern 10 10 r KATH El!f Kxtra live Geese V lb 63 60 No 1 Kxtra live geeelb 40 Country, Isrie. pscked ... 35 40 MIM KI.LANIOLI. SEEDS Clover 02 lbs 8 40 6 50 Timothy lirime 2 20 2 25 Illue grass 1 40 1 titf RAGS Country mixed.... I 1 iIONKY Whito clover.... 12 IS Ruck wheat 0 HI MAPLE SYKUP. new crop. 75 f CTDKK coiiiitrvswetJtWbbl 0 00 6 60 CINCINNATI. FLOUR- WHEAT No. 2 Red 12 35(SI 2 80 65 RYK No. 2... CORN Mixed. OATS KGGS BUTTER 50 42 SS 3bj 0 20 21 I'lllLAIIKI.I'IIIA. FLOUR 12 10(313 10 WHEAT No. 2. Red GOjj (ill CORN No. 2, Mixed 44 45 OATS No. 2, White 40 41 BUTTER Creamery Extra. 21 30 EGGS Pa. Firsts II 12 NEW YOUK. FLOUR rntonts WHEAT No Sited RYE Western CORN No. 2 OATS Mixed Western BUTTER-Creamery EGGS State and Penn 3 05 3 1K1 0 u.'t 60 62 44 45 34 U'J 21 23 11) 12 IJVf-STOCa. HKPOKT. FAST IinFKTY, 1'ITTSBl'KO STIK'K YARDS. Per 100 lbs. CATTLI. Prime Bteers t 3 75 to 4 20 Good butcher 3 U0 to 4 00 Common 3 40 to 3 70 Bulls and dry cows... J 2 50 to 3 00 Veal Calves 1 3 50 to 4 00 Fresh cows, ier head. . . .... 20 Ul to 45 00 SHBIP, Prime 95 to 100-lb sheep.... Good mixed Common 70 to 70 B sheep.. Spring Lambs , 8 00 to 8 75 8 10 to 3 60 1 75 to 2 25 6 00 to 8 00 lloua. Selected 5 40 to 560 Prime Yorkers u 6 80 to 8 60 Rough! 4 00 to 60 Pair n a te tl r-tn Hie: nrsi iiu vcl rii' ItlS I iinr ia. Vll v c f in in. veil 'If I 0 tl .sill 111 ; iii' iiu1. Iu t r. i pu liair rin irii It.t uo ifl of lit 1! i'
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