1 J... . Oil nnol I r.u ' for " '" '; l. in rU II C.n:' nf n leM Ltv Am- nl!. Isle.. mill' IDC lls i on 1 . M., : In and I'fts l'ln trail i-bo JMl), Alti ' Tyr 1i .i Mil' I'lii a. ; V.v lur u. : ) rot t ri y. . tlie liuv (,.1 A 111 ION ' ills,' iur IS cr no nn( lav iii ; ml si' ;ci ' 111.' If; loit 1. V '11 ur Up i.lbl; ,'ipii Lat l.o nts n tl hi 1 MO VllK oo I luilt Mill is w 5 up ion iiiui 1U iriil. . . . ll'Wt f t Kill nn i LIIOV J'1U 11 til Lll'U' mru f hi. fD Tli 0 Ul ted H 1.1 Lie uo .D: re c i.is 'as icui ur ? itli nsl IC'U THE MIDDLEBURGH POST. GEO. W. WAonNSEt-LER, Editor. ABTIH'It E. COOTLH, Manager. Middici.urgh. I'n.. August v i. GALL1TZ1H SCHOOL CiSE. NUNS MAY TEACH.- I Hay Alo Wim Their Reli-lous Garb and , I B Called Biater. Tlirre arc ilcvrn American cities Jti'ltr Barker, of t'.licnburg,ra,', filed hlsde Ihat spread over more territory tlnn clslon Mondny morning In tho famous Onl . , ., ,. "i i : I litsrin school Caen, In which W. T. Kerr, of J Brie, while Hcrlin is cxcecUed id , . ... ... . ... , . ' . . the Junior Order of Amirioan Mechanics, of urta by seventeen of our cities, j Pittsburg, sought to restralo the board of dl- 1 rtors of Oullltzin borough from having the nuns iu teacher la the school. The Judge reviewed I hi' cae at considerable length aul Tliinri'fnnrkablo proiliotioii m rnnvlo j Med tin following decree. on strci t electric railways that is ro- i ,.i t . i . .iii ;,. . ' "Aim now, aukum w. mm piim naT- by tlie ( h.-a'.'.. I.icnl : It ir:i t tax , irPVll)u,lv ,1Hr(, Bni, llllly ronM,,r. iil. it in oril'r' uml ilwrnml a follow , A . . ., . , Hint llm I'ri'lliiiliiHfjr injunction hi'retoforo Ifjg to nun the- I'lictrii' htrei-t rmhvay ,.rat,., w dlwolvml In co far a the eame rw btiHiurwi. A MM't-iliiT loth tlmu thnt : Mrnlnn th koIi.k.I dwtrlot of (Inllllr.ln iK.r- I .tl oiiith, tli i-IkmiI illiwtora of aald dlftrd't ty taxation nwaitH till! wholi! fysti'lU nlll tlii'lr auiN-onmirn from employlnir the of cli-ptrioal ni.i.li.m.-o as ..prr.itinl nt I "' l;;fn'ln ' Wll 'J'"1 n II 1 milil pudlli' m-liooU imit-r the pertlHoat' le- prefi'lit. W' liuvo iliforinatioll which I mhm l,y tin- county etiperlntemlent In their i .it .1 t ...in.:.. .. . 1.... 1 P'IIuIimih nniee.anil i rinlttliiif aald teach'm lin.lH us t.i t.i lu ve that within twelve ,o rmln wh'e vr,,nrl;i( ,llfi KHf) o( luotiths a :iew mnehine cumM of use ! the order of Hltera ot St Joneph.anil In sofar 1 i ... II ..llh. 1 1, . u.l.l ...... I, UM f.,.m ..riU.,. In . I: A .!.:.. - I. r-il.M" ,i r'Wi., w i. .n .,..1,1 .u Ilr riYIllllf irnurui inunn, I'K.ifc nnd heut will tu- put brfore the public ; that this tnachiiic will eontroTirt the "priiii'iph'H f i h'ctrieity" wbich now nbtuin ; will revolutionize nil railway nuil othi'r tratiHpnrtiitioii cystiMn1' ; will lo nwn -.Tit It fuel, gas nuil amulte; will, in i-hurt, lm inanity uu- tlreniueil-of lulvatitnes nt u very lno.1. rate price. Yes, within the next twt Ivi'inoiith we nro goi.i tuscu soiuo v.ry wniub rfiil happiiiinns." CoiiHiil Shi ri'lan lieinl, nt Tien Tsui, Lit mi, reports to the Statu P.part Hit lit at Wnsliiuton that be has re ceived information from n trustworthy ponrco tliattho tusteins oflieial of that ort, representing the bi cotton mills now beiiitf i reeteil at Slian'hai mid flFcwheru in Central China, bus placed orders with a European linn in Tien Thin for mai'hiiury niiiouiitiii;,' to lieiirly Sl.oilii.oon. It isMiid th it these order will bo principally executed in England. The Coii-ul desires to call the attention of American manufac turers of hucU machinery to the fact that liuiDT mills nro now beiu built iu f,, w, r,it.-il at Va-han by the Jii:itic.o. various parts of C'hitin, and they r I tie r-malinli r of tin- unity, It is said, has i .. . i; i -iii. ..,....l,;n..r- iii 'iii' in Till t-p join tin-iiortle-rn forces, yet to be supplied with m.iehin.n. skirml,. Jir I1.,rU.1, , mv taken lie understands tbit certain kinds of .n. i- at 1'inir ninr. In the roviiii-e of Mihii , . , , i rec. unit a Ki' iit nattln Is expected to lie ....... ...nil. . . iiiiimirimtiir.-.l in ..... . 1 I'UUUU Hill llllHi; ,.... ..... " America give better r stilts, and are at llnciiacitT of teachers while wcarlii)f the Kiirh of mil. I onh-r, ami It Is also dimoived in so tar h It rilrHlns the paid teachers from per itiittliiit the pupils to address them hy the title of MltT" or a vl-ltln prlent as "fath er,' Hint the ssld preliminiiry Injunction is riiiule pcrpetuul In no fur as it restrains the defendants from erinlttintf the u"of the ciitcchioin of the jtoiimu i-Htholic church as hooks of instruction In SHid pulillo school LmiliiltiKS at any time, whether durluir si'liool ImiirMor otherwise, nnd from usiiift tin) cate chism fur said purpose, therein, and from irlvliiu ur piT'iilttuiK any rcllKlous sectarian Instruction therein at nuy time, and from iisiiiK or pcrmlttiuit the use of the puliile sctiool property for any other than free, com mon school purpose; and It is further order ed and dcereeil tluit tli" defendants pay all docket cost tuvcil in tliis eiwe, and the cost of their witnesses nail service of suhpi'uas thereon, and that the plaintiff pay the costs of their witnesses nnd the service of siilipcuas thereon. tv the court." It Is understood that the case will Ik; carried to the Hiiprcrnu court. Mr. Wilkin, who was the attorney for the .tr. i. P. A. M. when apprised of the decision said: "The dcci-ioii I imiiiust us. made our whole llk'lit upon the legality of the use of the nuns' (V-mi-Ii in tie- iw-hool room. The catechism, everyone knows, ha no business tin-re. We will uovv curry the matter to the supreme court." THE ORIENTAL WAR. A-rtun The Chinese are Promieins us a Bin Ilnttle. It ! nsserte I at Munich il, China, that in. stead of a law" ' 'liinesw army, only a small fought there slmrtiv (Tan-lice rent house, ,.n Americnn, is the : r. r 1 1 ... I .,..1 .11.1..,,. cheap if not cheaper than similar ma- ,,) ,jvi.er in all niatu-r of public! busl- 1., ;1...- In I'n, .lun 1 ur on li"'-s. VUIUKIJ IlilHIU . liw.i J"C the Continent. hero such superior ity exists, observes tbo New York Tri bune, American manufacturers shoiiliJ be able to obtain fair share of the ' ' - on to bo placed, v More Negro Itinera Leave. Thursday 100 of the imported negro miners nt the Unstouvllio mine, Washington county, of the Pittsburg and Chicago Uaa Coal Com pany left the plane and weut to Pittsburg, accompanied by Orunulutr Cameron MUler lie M Bleu t bore are about "a vnn fe-w.-A.. oraen nave ieasod a Jjolulng the company's lng and cxisxit to have of the human intellect in tho pastl- tbo'j"j toward lha Houth lu that the Rochester Tost-Eipress be- h-ml J 1 NEWiv 2ANINQS. i So marvelous bavebeeu the triaLiphs) licvesthnt be would be a rash man who uhotild undertake to prescribe boundaries to its discoveries in the future. For it may bo rcareely n de cade before tho very achievements do clnred to be impossible, will be ae complished fact. Fifty years no Au piste Comte, the famous fouuder in France of the Fositivist school of phil osophy, of wbich Frederic Harrison, id England, is one of tho foremost ex pounders, declared that there was one field of knowledge that would for ever remain beyond th ; reach of tho bumau mind. This win the constitu tion of the fixed stars aud tho ele ments of which they are composed. The ni arest of these stars being many thousand of millious of miles from us, Comte affirmed that the substances constituting them must ever remain locked in the secrecy of fathomless, fpace. So probably they would had luun been able to arm himself with no more potent apparatus of discovery than was known iu Comic's day, or tlnili would then have been believed possible. For to the most powerful telejeopes these far away orbs reveal themselves as little moro than sliinini? dots, betraying none of the secrets of their structure. I5ut Comte had scarcely launched his prediction, be fore astronomers begun to hit upon Mid perfect the discovery of the Uow Sr. Louis lms a Taxpayer' Leaguo. Cuinesi are dssertiug Houtu Australia. Ir.vi r will ship 20X1 anirohlits to Africa. ARrun iu. gmnlto Is mvle In California. ArsTiui.us Members of Parliament got 94 n day. Cuii'Aoo saTcriagan epidemic of blcyole thievery. Hrix worms are destroying cotton In part of Texas. I California the honey prop'vets for 1334 aro not bright. Ciiicat Diiitain has declared noutrallty In the Korean war. Pennsylvania has 2)0,0)3, 03J lovestelln iron and steul mills Discovtnv of rl!h gold minus nonr Moses, Cal., caused a great stampede In the vi cinity. OriiiNo the last twelve m onths there have been 4Fiti lire la London e tunc 1 by parafllae lamps. Salt Laek (I'tah) dealers were fined tJC for purchasing lUb that were captured with a spear. Fiiani'E and tho Congo Mtato havo at last settled their ipi irrel. l'r ima gets another slice of territory. Fi.tiiiir of Iputy County An litor O. V. Hinckley, of M jj.'ow, Idaho, reveals a t25, 00(1 duralcatiou. Tar total value of the miner it production of Canada in ISM was f 1 '.1,250,000, a iu.irter of n million less than that for IS'JJ. Hemovai. of the battle Hags of Iowa from th arsenal to the State espltol was made the occasion lor a (treat demonstration. Jrixir. KiMRoBouoii ndjournnj his court at Cynthiaua, Ky.. tho other day In order to allow the lawyers to attend tho circus, EioiiT auod men were pillbearers at the funeral of Judge liugliHii, of lllchmond. Mo. Their combined nges amounted to 597 years. Ma ion Ciiaui.ks Woimi. of tho regular ........ ...Ill 1... iii.ii.l.inn -ll,.l I ... t . ( iiiiujt sin " i uiiii-iininiiiri. nt w:iiniia, fur IkiiilmI sped nun analysis, w hich i Neb., for compelling u private to labor ou wrenches even from sturs deep iu the ' Hu'"'"y: are very iium-roiis in several Southern states, will hoi. I a reauioa sojii at Hun bolilt, Tcnu. Tiik Metholist Eplscnpal Churoh has 2. 500.000 members, owus over 2-i.O tOobuiolies and 10.0)0 ptrJoii:i,s, worth iu the oggre gato I2'.,0(JO.O').). . Calhoun Countv, Illinois, l cut off from the world, as tho Mississippi nu I Illinois I' i vers are so tow boats cauuot reach ti, aul it has uo railroads. The usi ot rails 100 feet Ion; has pissed the experimental stage. Cper itlug oftlcl'ils unite Iu claiming they are a deddel loi provement over the shorter sir. ', Fhau Satti.kh, of Stuttgart, who din I re cently, aged ninety years, was o'msldere I the oldest vegetarian Iu (icrmsiiy. ri le had not tasted meat for forty-six years. Tbomso, In Norway, has Just cele'irated Its loooth anuivitrs iry. In that timi it has growu from sixty jople to UO'Jl. T.n Inhab itants are chlelly devote I to IW!uu, An English curio hunter w io was anxious to secure tho enrrlagu in walcli C'aruot w is riding wheu Caserio st iblm I liliu, ofTuru 1 the town council of Lyons 10.00) lor It, but tho offer was rulusej. The biggest lead inin ever sf ruck in Iowi has been illwovcre I by Joney. (iol niiorpt 4 Co.rin a claim oueo iioaudouo l ou nvtiuuii'. of water. It eoutalu cives mil oi lead ere, yleldlug 0),000 pyuuJn d:iily. -- recesses of illimitable space the nature and number of thy elements of which they are composed. .Many of these ilementii ire the same us those known tousou our earth ami iu oiiruin; but some are strangers to our chemis try, Comte us a posit ivist was not piveu to modesty-imbed was noted for dogmatii.in but even he under rated the possible achiuvementi. of tho human intellect. Iii view of his nulli fied prophecy, it need liot be counted rash to lay that before another half century bus llown, the oft -ask nl ques tions, "eau we couimiiuicato with MarsV and "can wo know whether it I-h inhabitaLtsV" may receive nu uf liruiativo answer. For who can tell with w hat new apparatus of discovery, eclipsing aiy now possestel or dreumed of, mini mry by taut time iare uruicd LimsellV FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Summarised Proceedlnra of Oar Lss . Uakcra at Washington. CMC HUNDKID AND NISITT-SUTH DAT. Pknate. The only event of note In the aeuate was the reeeptionof four house bills plncing coal. Iron ore, barbed wire and suirsr nn the fre list. They were read once. Mr. Hill offered no amendment to each of them, providing for the repeal of the Income tax. Objection being mado to the second readings all the bills went over. House -Nut to session. ONE BUNIiRED ASD NINETY-SEVENTH CAT. Senate. The letter from Secretary Car lisle to Senntor Harris was read. It shows that without the smar tax there would ! n Il licit In the national treasury of t'js.ooo.non. The rcfiort ol the conferees on the su'idry civil bill was adopted. Hie report on the general dcllclcucy mil was considered. This I the only appropriation awaiting the 11 mil action of congress. House. Three tariff speeehei were mad" and the reptrt on the dellciency bill was con sidered. ...... llt'Nllll:l) ANI NlNETT-FIOIUll IiAT, Senate. The house bills plncing sugar, coal. Iri.n ore and biirt' wire en the free list Were referred to tho II nance committer by a vote of .Mi to l!. Mr. Hill's bill for the evlil si u and deportation of alien Anarchists was passed. The Senate also passed tho bill directing the Secretary of War to prepare a oil otthe military telegraph operators of the civil war and issue to them eeilltlcn'.cs of bouornblo service In the military telegraph service of the army of the Vnlted States. House The House votedto reduce from RMI.O (Mo tl,U74.;l(!thellem pla-eil In the gen eral delleleney lull t.y the Semite tn pay a judge ment ol.Ullied by the Southern I'netllc iiali wny Com any iiL-alnst the 1'nilcd States for the transportation of troop, mails and mer chandise. The McMiib n lull to amend the tariff tl l so n to take aleohol for the arts IT 1 1 1 free list wa passed by tho House. 'Tho Hill bill airaiiist Anan hlsts' was referred to the judiciary committee. ONE lirNDHKII ANI XINETT-SINTII HAT. Senate The senate held a brief but Inter, estlng session which wa I a rifely devoted to tho appointment of Mr. White of California to the vacancy on tho llnniico committee. Tho resolution, however, went over without ne tioli as Mr. Cliandler objected. The confer ence report on the last appropriation bill -th" general delleleney --was adopted. Wheu the senate II nance committee met the lit-publican said If the liemocrnts wanted the supplementary bill reiiorted they must havo a majority with which to do it. Then the Hcmoeratle steering committee d""iile on Mr. White. Mr. Chandler's resolution forth" invotigatioii of the Alabama clivtton went over another day pending Mr. Morgan's re tcru. House The committee on judiciary to dny decided lo favorably report Senator Hill's bill for the exclusion and deportation of alien nmirelilsls, which passed the semit" This action unravels the knot which the sen ate committee on tmmlirrntiou tied when it Joined the Hill bill Willi some features of Representative W. A. Stone's bill for consular inspect toil ubri.ad TWO IIUNPHFTn IAT. Si:nate. -The rcsol itioii of Mr. Murphy declaring that It wa the eue of the Senate that uo further turill legislation should be enaeted lit this session ndopted by a vole of 27 to HI. The resolution of Mr. Harris for the appointment of Senator White to the vacancy of the finance Committee was agreed to without opposition. Mr. Sherman in spcaklm; of the errors in thetnritl bill which recently passed the house said: line of them, that providing for the free entry of nlcohol used in the arts, would, If uncorrected cost the liovernment 520, 000.000 or tHO.OOO.OOU of revenue annually. House. Not In sessiou. TWO nUM'BED ANll t'IBST PAT. SiNATE.--Not In session. House Less than 60 members were pres- iii Wwvi.Vie VOID -no.. '.Wvs.'WnVi'lAi'uSutfi indications that congress was on the eve of adjournment. A bill was passed to incorpor ate the Association of American Hortts. Mr. MeCreary Jicni. Ky. ), chairman of the com mittee on foreign affairs, asked consent for the consideration of a Joint resol-.ition to eon irratulnte the Hawaiian republic ou the as sumption of the powers of self government. The resolution was offered in lieu of the llou telle resolution. I In iiur to th" absence of Mr, liouti-lle, Mr. Payne, t.Kep., N. Y. ,) objectej. A PRUDENT HOPEFULNESS. DEMAND FOR PRODUCTS- Nominated for Congress, Seventh Mississippi district-A. M. New man, Pop. Plrst Virginia district -V. A. .tones. Pom. Klghth Virginia district L K. Meredith, Dem. Klrst Nebraska district J It. Strode, Hep. First Florida district 8. M. Sparkman, l)em. Sixth Mississippi C. H. Hawthorne, pop. Fourth Missouri district - W. C. Klllsoii. Dem. ' Sixth Virginia district - John Hampton Hog", liep. Tenth Teuncseo district -St. tieorge Tuck er. Uemocrat. Seventh Virginia district 11. J. Walker, lie p. Hfth Necraska. Pop., W, A. MeKelghan, renominated. First Maryland -Jntnisi E. Tail, Pop. Third Missouri - Judge II. li. Ordln, Pop. Fifth Kansas -C. I'. Hiadeuburg, Dem. SH-oud Arkansas -C. it. lireukiurtdgo'i district, Judge s. Little, Dem. Fifth Iowa district 11. O. Cousins Hen. Fourth Nebraska district -IC. J. limner Hep. Fourth WTsconsiu dUrlet Theobald Otjen Itep. Ninth Wisconsin dlstrl.-t Alexandar Stew art Hep, Wyoming II. A. Coffen Dem. Fifth Virginia- U. W. Carnett Hep. Idaho- llgar Wilson liep. Filth Nebraska-Prof. W.K.Andrews Hep. First Michigan district-James H. Dunn Lalior. Second Maryland district -J. I). Parker 1'ro. Kifth Maryland district W'. H. Silk Pro. Sixth Maryland district -A. O. Shownker Pro. Klghth ludlaua district O. W. Fnrrls Hep. Sixth Maryland district - Horace lllsley Top. ' Ninth Michigan district -Norman II. Farus worth, pop. Sixth Mississippi district -C. H. Haw thorne, pop. First Florida distrl-t-S. It. Sparkman. Dem. ' Tenth Virginia district -11. Tinker, re. nominated, Dem. Seventh Virginia district -Hubert J. Walk er, of hheiiandah comity, Hep. Sixth Virginia district -Coloue! John Hampton Huge, Ju-p. jjecoud Michigan district -O. I. Spuldlug, Idaho Mr. Hallantyno, Dem. Twenty-first Ohio district- Theodore K. Uurtou. Hen, St. Josi-ph, ji dUtrlct-W'illiaiu Klllson. Dem, COTTON OPERATIVES STRIKE. They Expect to be Out Six Month or More. Monday morning thu rotten operatives at New Bedford. Mass., inaugurated their strike and nearly 11.0)0 lire idle. The machinery of but Ave out of 27 mills in the city Is iu motion, and it is thought that these mills will soon be shut down with lue others. 'The uiuiiufttcturershave nothing to say, but the notices of a reduction against which thu help rebel are si l II posted. Secretary Hoss, of the Spinner's Union, said that the members of his union huve lined up for a lung struggle and coulldently ex pects It will be of six mouth duration. Increase in Demand for Commercial Loane Silver Stronrer. R. O. Dun A Co'- "Weekly Ttcvlew of Trade" says: The new tariff bill, if signed by the President, as expected, provides definite basis for business. No supplemental legislation is thought possible until next year, at least. It is not to be overlooked that tbo effect of new duties upon new branches ot Industry and trade if problemat ical, and may be determined only after some months of experience and meanwhile the serious injury to corn, nnd some other con ditions exercise a restraining fnfluence. While it Is not wise to look for agrenfboom" there is warrant for a reasonable and prud ent hopefulness. It is too early to look for effects of the new situation In the great Industries, but the gradual recovery which has appeared for some time is seen In a tiettcr demand for products. Speculation In wool has been stopped. As woolen msnufai-tumr baa the old duties, with free wool until January 1, orders are expected to Isj governed by thi consuming power of the people, with the ao cumulated business so long deferred. Unless exports Increase steadily and large ly, the financial tituatlon may grow dlfllcult. In July Imports exceeded exports 12, 537,1)14, mainly liecause of the heavy sugar move ment. With lower duties the arrivals ol merchandise to meet the long delnyed de mand will le large, while even phenomenally low prices do not take out products freely at present. Hullrond earnings In Augat are about as large a last year in the height ol the panic, but lii.O per cent less than the year lieforc. Compared with last venr. when business was at Its worst. clearings show an Increase of (i.4 per cent, though iu comparison with the sumo week of Js;i the ileerense is a I C per cent. 1'lie striking feature this week Is the strong increase in demand for commercial loans, deferred operation of nil sorts Is'lng encouraged by netlou at Washington. Silver Is also stronger ls-cnue of the Kaittcin de mand, which the war Iu China is cxccted to prolvug. TELEGRAPHIC TICKINGS. In P'lllmnn there nr" l.i'.oo families nenr to starvation. The King of Cori a sides wlt'i Japan. At the battle of Vasliaa Core.vi soldier fought with t!ieJiipii.niii a;aint the hiii 'se. Col. A. J. Hill, of Vandcrbllt, Pa., shot himself Monday, piodu'ing Instant death lb- was year of nge, and hr.d been In HI health for some time, Mrs. H. p. Mormon, of Monet, Mo., gavo birth on Monday to four children - threcgirls and a hoy the combined weight of which is l'i pounds, 'I he mother U a small womnu. She Is doing well. The Ilrst-clina pritish gunboat Hramlde II. in Coiiseiiioicc of the disturbed condition prevailing in certain parts of Morocco, lias been ordered to proceed to Tangier to safe guard Interest. J. H. Tyers swam 1.00(1 yards in a choppy sea at Soutliport, Lug., Sutiday.in 15 minutes 2 seconds and claimed tho world's record This performance beats the Kuglish bath rec ord by 3,'a seconds. Pntrlek Burke telegraphs that ho ha found five feet of CPftLiii,jMle-,ftnJ.-li- iiausis will be Interested In the development. Burke mado the most notable old-time dis covery in the Masslllon dislriot At Phua, Ohio, authorities are Investigat ing the death of John W'lnnns, a Christian scientist, who called in healers instead of physicians. Flvo similar deaths have occur red in this vicinity in u few months. Saturday night the passenger train on the Hildago railroad collided with a Fuhpio train coming Into the City of Mexico. Several persons were killed and a utimber badly hurt. The watch failed to signal. About midnight Sunday night a Wabash freight train struck n horse near Jonesburg, Mo. Tlie locomotive and 19 cars were ditch ed. The engineer aud three tramps were killed, and eight psrsons were Injured. After being out on a strike for live days the employes of the street car Unci of Sau An tonio, Tex., were on Kuiiduy taken back oti their own terms. Tho company agreed to imy them tl.SO per day uud to employ meu Instead of boys as conductors. A largo crowd of people assembled at Sherburne, Minn., to witness a balloon aa ceiision und parachute leap by Prof, T.W'urd. As the balloon was about to ascend Iee Palm er, of Jackson, Boised a rojw and was carried up Bbout 150 feet.wheu lie fell and was killed The big ship nad sanitary canal at Chicago which 10 yeurs ago was estlmute l to cost i 10,000,000, will actually cost :IO.OOO,000 or more. It I believed that moro thau a mil lion lias already been stolen aud that several millions will yet be stolen. The Japanese assaulted and captured Soughwan, a forttlled Chiueso town ou August :i. 'The lighting lusted five hours. Of tlie Chinese 1,000 were killed; of tho Japanese, only 70. Mauy of tho Chinese committed suicide rather thau be taken prisouers. The Japanese fought like tigers. EFFECT OF THE SENATE BILL. FELL FROM A TIGHT ROPE. A Rope V'uiker Meeta With a Serious Accident at Philadelphia. A wave of hourly auplauso for the feats of Prof, Davison, a tight rope walker, t'ruud to n rry of horror ut Hivorsido mansion, Fair mont Park, Philadelphia. The daring athlete plunged headlong to the ground, sinking a lot of chairs, und was so badly hurt that his chances of recovery are very fclim. The athleto, completely blindfolded stepped cautiously out on thu roe, balancing himself with his arms and feeling every luch ot the way, crept forward like a cat. When be reached the middle of the rope, thus blind folded, ho missed his footing, and with one brief, frantic, struggle, to save himself, he plunged strait dowu a5 feet to tho ground, his wifo saw him full. A Water Famine. Tue citizens of Jtaukln, Pa., are Buffering from a water famine. Most of the wells iu that section have gouo Urv aud tlie rest are iieurly exhausted. Many families have not Uteu able to get enough water to wash clothe for throe weks. The situation will become serious units rain come oou. Warship Must Give Notice. The Tien-Tsiu correspondent of the London Times'1 says that uuy warships trying to cross the bar ut i'akuo without having giveu previous notice will be llred upon by tue forts no mutter what Ila they may fly, Nuvul vessels giving previous notice w.ll do ndunt td ut the d:-ruiiou of tue thiiivoe authorl lies. What It Accomplished in 'he Reduction of Tariff Duties as Compared With the McKlnley Bill. The following Is a statement of the avr rage id valorem rates of duty of the McKlnley law anil of the senate bill on a number of principal Items, ns compiled by the treasury Jeparttnent, Wherever dut les are speclfl'! In Ither bill, they nro reduced to the ad valorem rates for purposes of comparison: McKlnley Wilson bill. Camphor refined 13 20 Sumac, extract of.... 21 24 F.pson salts -'IS D4 Castor oil 100 33 Cod liver oil 05 Opium, prepared for smoking 169 RS Chromium colors 30 S4 Ochre lit 64 Sienna Ul 14 Umber 5 HO Spirit varnishes 56 Ail other varnishes..,. 83 Whiting, dry 14'J 4 Oround in oil (putty) 1st 60 W hite lead f.9 21 Nitrate of potash 21 a J Bicarbonate of soda. . . (10 47 Bichromate of soda.... 20 Chains 47 24 Firearms 41 to HO Nails 23 to 44 Hallway fishplates 7i Jt Hand, back and other saws 40 Screws rttolll Wheels 33 72 P Intes rolled braElers copper 83 Cloldleaf 44 S7 Silver leaf 77 78 Lead Sheets HA 111 Nickel 2:1 77 Hold pens 30 Penholders and parts of fO Pins 30 Zinc in sheets 2') 19 Manufacturers of metal 4.1 flooks and boxes 30 Casks and barrels 30 Block ot wood 35 Bice, cleaned Ill M I'ncleaned Ii4 PI Honey 41 03 Urnnge, lemons and limes 12 to 31 Wire rods 34 Cast Iron vessel, eto J6 77 Mailable iron cast ings 31 S3 Hollow waro 35 3J Stry-hluB, or strich- nine Ill 7f .sulphur, sublimed..... 2S r,li Sumac, ground Ill hi China, painted, etc... (.0 China, plain f.5 Bottles, empty 70 17 Bottle, llilcd 71 44 Demijohns, empty 37 Ul Manufacture of glass CO Cylinder gla, pol- lisucd, silvered 20URI Plate glass, flatted, eto 49 to 04 I'lato glass, unsilver- ed, cast, etc 88 to 174 Pinto glasses, cast, sil vered. above 24x10. . . 29 39 Cylinder and crown glass, silvered 4.1 89 Kpeetncles.lenscs CO trained, or painted window glass 45 Pooling slate 35 Iron oro 42 70 Iron in pigs, etc 20 to 41 Comflls, sweeetineuts eto. 85 Nuts, not shelled, al-. moods : 61 34 Shelled (almonds 42 4'i ftttWrtsrTrot' SbelleV " VI W Coal bituminous 22 72 Hlack, or cium ot coal 28 8 Coke 20 Matches 84 M liair cloth, or crino line cloth 27 99 Hair cloth, or hair Beating 23 22 Leather, bend or belting and sole 10 Calfskins.Japauned. ... 30 Leather, all not pro vided for 10 Boots and Shoes 25 20 Manufactures of In dia rubber SO Umbrellas, covered with silk or alpaca . 65 Burrstoue, manufact ured IS Composition, metal, copper 0 49 Tlattea of Copper, not rolled, etc 11 80 Cider 1H 52 Binding twine ti 47 Paintings, In oil or water color 15 Rtatuury 15 liuttenT plush 10 Spirits, distilled 91to3C7 Cotton cloth, not over 100 threads, not blenched 85 17 Bleached 38 fiO Dyed, colored, etc, . . '.. 40 SO Cotton elotb, exceed ing 100 threads, not bleached 43 39 Bleached 6.1 27 Dyed etc 43 4 Cables, cordage and twine 10 to 31 Bagging for cotton. .. . 3 J 62 Wooleu yarns 274 00 Shawls, woolen not above 40 cents is-r lb 150 30 Knit fabrics, not above 40o per tb.. 130 Blankets 80 to 104 Hats of wool CO to 100 Flannels, not over 50a per lt 85 to 101 Silks, partially manu factured CO 50 Silks, webbings, gor ing 60 Silk buttons 60 Silk dress goods 60 Silk ribbons 60 All other silk 60 Writing, drawing and other paper. N.H. P. 25 Dolls aud other toys 35 F.mery 25 19 Firecrackers 147 32 Peanuts, uiiHlielled. ... 72 80 Lxliacm of meat 17 'J5 Scrap Iron 47 83 Scrup steel 4:1 Bur iron 25 to 53 Bars of rolled Iron Ul 77 Boiler or other plate iron or steel , 61 Hails of steel 68 21 Iron or steel sheets, commou or black . . ,. 25 to 70 Tin Plates 78 44 Tin. manufactures of . . 65 Keel ingots, etc 29 to 50 bill. 10 10 23 81 4.1 87 20 84 8', 20 no IB 37 17 M 21 6C 69 5t 25 71 21 4 75 2 CO 10 M 80 24 25 30 80 23 to 30 25 25 83 to 67 41 30 20 30 30 l'i 3.1 14 20 23 23 25 14 59 35 20 20 25 8: 89 41 OH 22 42 12 to 32 22 C7 17 Uu lfi 37 23 65 70 34 V0 10 35 30 62 f1 6:1 01 2. 43 33 1.1 to 41 37 to 4.) 83 to 122 31 21 27 79 35 35 20 22 77 15 to 21 30 30 80 28 28 M3 12 12 14 84 19 20 20 99 10 48 10 20 10 20 25 43 free free free free ireo freo free frisj C5 to 20 i 25 0t 20 53 30 fil 82 39 35 31 84 10 to 23 free 30 35 85 35 35 25 to 3t 20 20 43 45 45 43 43 20 23 20 13 60 20 13 28 47 23 fi'.i 10 to 32 44 'JJ 23 33 03 20 to 63 42 32 35 20 to 40 Hanged Himself. John W'eluberuer. til years old, for many years a resident of the West Kud, Pittsburg, hanged himself ou Saturday night. He was found by his 5-ye.ir-ol I grauiUou. W'elu beruer has been despondent fur some timo over the death ol hi wite. Cholera in Oalucia. The Loudon Times' despatch from Vienna states that from Thursday to Saturday there wers 237 new case of cholera aud 12U deaths from the disease In Oulaela. In Bukowlua 88 new cases and 21 death were reported iu the sains time. HORRIBLE SUICIDE. A Erakeman Oround tJ riecee-Coiv.y Fir at New Castle. BILLED UT POISON, Lulu Scott, a colored girl, of New Casting year oi age, nas ueen poisoueu io o."t!i Parly In the spring she went to l'alin-vn . O.,to work In a steam inunilry. it is n n. ed a young colonxl man was paying ntii-.. lion to her, aud that he had lonm-rly Kt keeping company with Kate Bell, ntioi colons) girl In the same laundry. 'The luttcri dny or two ngo almiultered a dose of p';i. t to .iiis neon, wnicn proven laiai. - ' MUmiEllEB EISMIKor.B IRFE. John Kismiuger, the convicted mar brn of Samuel McCoy, who has been coiillne,! t the couuty jail at Wayneburg since tiis t' lico to death, awaiting the fixing of the ln of execution, escaped Wednesday and leu left no lra'-e of his going. Kismiuger Mm and killed McCoy, robbing him of too, r. !tr having been befriended by him In mauy wan and spent the dny before the killing at M Coy s Louse. A HOT M.A.E AT NEW CASTLE. David Huston's large livery barn at o Ca-tle burned early Friday morning. Light horse were roosted alive. The flames spn-n) with such rapidity Hirst it wa lmoii,.. to ave anytning, nuil osston nmi inmiiy wu live over the ham i-s-apcd In ttielr ni.-'ii clothing. Hood in . I. J. Dean's wholc.HM house wer" damaged by water and sevi-r;il adjoining house were badly scorched. L ij.i.OiK), partially insured Ml hi. r II ON A Til UN. Jane Douglas, a negro, wa shot and fin. allv Injured, ou a moving train near (lii-t" villo Monday night by another negro unv.. Wm. Ileiljack, formerly of lemnoke. in- murderer escaped. Douglas was among y, negroes and Italians who were being talo n from the coke region to the mill)- of tl: Pittsburg and Chicago (las Coal Company. - liUIINLU IIEBSKI.F TO liEATH. Mrs. r.mlly Sparks, who relded with bi sou iu Nottingham township, coinmitti.l ucil" one day last week III a ulibpie Way. She set lire to a straw stack near her son. uouse and climbing upon It. wa burned to i, .'rlsp. Bhewas of nu uusouml miml. Tim Columbia county Democrats, iu convention at Bloomsnurg I uos.lay unani mously Instructed fort". II. Buckiilew to s i" ed Simeon P. Wolverloli, the present I'.i,. gressioiuil incumbent. This Insures Mr. I'.iiekalew nomination, as Montour counlt nil already Instructed for mm, and li" I.: uo opposition iu thu remaining counties si. the district. Saturday night Oeorge Kelley an I Jof.i. (allaghi-r of Coiniellsvllle. iuarrec over nil sins" eoinesi, ieuy un-w n ri-i'uvr. Gallagher tried to wrest the weapon from nun. i ue pi-ioi wa ucnarg"u, me euie; entering (lalhigher's chi-ek aud peiietnttli, .. . . .i . i , . , .... .. 10 HI" oase oi ill" uraiu. 1 no wouuueii n,,iu condition is critical. Kelly wa captured. (1. A. H. members at New Castle are indlg- .,,.l ul tin, iillm.i.1 ii. till l.nlile for Hut civllui better rates ou traniKrtatiotito the PiUxburg encampment. I'lWt loo neiu n mcciiug .-ion-.lav nlirlit nl which members were In (avor if niiirehiiu to the encampment. For the round trip 1.53 Is the best rate the post Can secure. A vl rute Is wanted. Tho McCluro well on Dnnknrd creek, Is down to 100 barrels a day. This Is the only producing well east of the great gas belt uinl north of Dunkard creek. The Duukard Oil Company has considerable territory leased iu ,r.-'riiflw'.vA fiT.v ni ist-.. ssvt wnrr imti iu ..,.. 117 ., . - .. .. ... ...... - wells. Offers ol V 1,000 are ireeiy maae lor 10-ucre lease. An out-growth ot the closing of tho Second National Bunk of Altoonn was the failure Wednesday ot M. M. Kelley, a pawn broke t and loan agent at Hollidayslmrg. Au execu tion for 3.000 wa Issued by Solomon Show- alter. The liabilities exceed 10.0LM). Hundreds of Slav eoko strikers In the soutli end of the region upplied for their old places Thursday morning. Some were taken back. nnd others were refused employment. l ie fuilure of the leaders to bring out tho 'olure'! workmen Is the euase of the break. Tho firm of F. W. Mitchell A Co.. wliid! has been engaged Iu the banking business in Oil City for over 20 years, will go out ol business, and a notice is displayed iu tic bnuk that no deposits will be accepted iu tie bank on and after September 1. While rowing iu Suylor's Lake a boat con taining studcuts wa capsized, Captain Ma -k was saved, but Caduts Towusend of Nazareth. Pa., aud Webb, of the West ludien, wer drowned. Oliver P. Stoughton, n farmer und hor dealer, of near New Castle, has failed. An e. coition for 48.WI0 Iu favor of Colonel Oscar L. Jackson, of New Castle, was Issaed iigaiu-: him. The planing and saw mills of 11 immoad Crossly A Co., near Marliievllli', were turned wedncmiay uignt togeiuer Willi aoj.OUil tec of lumber, cuusing n total loss of luo,0K). Oil was struck ut uoou Tuesday nboj: seven inllon west of (ireeuboro on the fnrn. ot Audrew Lantz, Iu Orceu township, Ji Is regarded us uu important strike. Jonas Kennedy, a brakeman, was killed a: O. and B. Junction at Conni-ll-ville. He a! tempt'-d to Jump ou the engine und fell uudei Wliccls. Me wus iiuiniirrlcu. Parly Tuesduy morning li. M. B. Youukibi a well-known oil contractor nud operator, was so badly burned that death resulted iu n lew hours. Tho private turuplko between the borough of Washington ami Wlllluinspoi t to be con ilcinneil with thu view of becoming pubh property. About 40 moulders at th" Baldwiu iu (irahaiii stove work, at New Castle, ttraci. Friday for an increase in wuge. A 3-year-old daughter of Jeremiah S.n: inous, of New Castle, was run over uud kiii by nu electric car Friday nlvlii. Henry A. Onrdner, tho iibsi-oiidlng enshle: of the Second National bauk ol Aiiw.-nu, it-: only ir'l.lSH) In thu bunk, Motioiigahela mine haulers refused to n eept the wagu scale, and tho river mines a Cuiiforulii ure closed, Tlie Huntingdon county Democrat hav. named i'bumus 11. Adums us their choice lc t'ougrcss. Veuaugo couuty has uu epldomlij of Tex.i; fever r.moug euttio. A Fireman Suicides. Rather thau be punished for reckless drivln, J-ireinaii John c. l'eck, 44 years old.ofeiigiii company 89, Hoxborough, Pa., committed suicide Sunday by turning on the gas iu ti.' room he occupied at the station. Not know ing that his father wus dead, t)-year-oil Johnnie peck crept Into the b"d where tli' body lay aud weut to sleep. Peck had sen ed in the lire department for a number veur. Mars Hub No Atmoanhara. Trof. Campbell of Lick observatory lm de monstrated with the spectroscope that th1 planet Mars presents uo evidence of bavnn: au atmosphere, prof. Holdeu says that i' Buy atmosfiherio Pressure exists II is uot o great as ou our highest niouutaius, nud thu popular fancies concerning that pluuet ur'1
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