V THE MIDDLEEURGH POST. CEO. W. VTAGF.Xsrt.LETt, Editor. AJuTLltB E. COOPER, Manager. Middle "irgh. Pa.. iiiriit I.'4. Two crtilni !i s linvo increitil Ku; lftlnl'H Wi llltll furlv fold. Tiir Italian (1'ivi riiim iit lint iliter-milK-il to Imnisli nil ronviotoil ntinrrh ist to ii.i i-hiiiil in tin- Hfil Son, wbt-ro both-- art alrciulv roiifim.-il. Tlio cotton m c.l mills nf tin- South tnrtio.l mil r lion soetl oil wurtli 1 1, (Miit.i.na ist year, sfi'i.imo.oo I worth of c.l t-akt anil nu il ami over ."i,')0!,(l(() worth of nth --r grimes of oil, records tin' Jlochi sti'r I'o.xt -Kxun'n". K!i t tr-ilii r is it word" thnt Iirh foiiful ft jiliiif in the Imsititss worM, mnl vrii in -oi,ii' itirtioiinrics, though tho jTriit jiiil.iic, with tli cliniat'ti ristiij VIIMrVntisl thnt luM li to "cliuu- h liri " n!'t r oi! :nl gns liul IikiiIhci.'iI riiti.'iti'f, still ri'T'i'-ci to mtojit tho now wnf.l. As t the tiling it-elf, it in it iizi-1" t i! I'lii'iitorc, since their is n j.--iitiiiir iliilioultv in pro. luring just the right fonn m long km jii-oolc hki'i ticullv ili-imtiiil it iloulili' i nxt r u riit'ii t thnt vnu furiiihh iih when the elect I id current fails to run. Tin- New York I'ri vt p;ivosnii nniqn instance of t In- law of luTnlity in tho irrejiressiLle notion-' of u crying bnliy on mi I'lrvnti'il trnin n-cnitly. V.vt ry Holt to ipiii t tin: scrouiiiitiLrynl. nj-stt r nut with failure, nit il his mother liftnl him no ho llutt his -hul1y liuiTs cmiM grasp the ovci lu'itil strati. hiiVH t!i.. J'ichs: "Kviry lesson of liiTcilitv ti'iicii-ti thnt that hoy's fnthiT for it lonK it rioil licfori' his hirth luul livo.l in llitilfin, nml lii.l riihh ti Luck mnl forth on the ik-vutetl iliirin;,' working- hours. It win mi iiiitn-ssivo tlciiioiistrntinii." Austria h'von thin country nn ohjocl lesson in drilling with waste Inndn, iltclsrcs tins New York Disputou. Prizes lire ;iveu to funuer to en rourue t tifiu to recover waste liiiiiln (iii-l Iny them ilown iiM nistiirac, nml also to i rec-t shelters or stuliles for cowh in hih ultituilon. Tin) import ance nf thin limy he been from tho tnteinent thnt one quarter of tho total i "..j -'ureil for cattlo and horses in the Empire m derived fid districts. So mo mich policy migttt Ik trieil with excellent renult through out the wnxte ihtcci in the Highland. Snyti llnrper Weekly : "Tinion ft re hml in the- it-lnnd of St. Helena. Tho decline iti its prosperity dittos not from the- death of Napoleon, us niilit lie supposed, hut from tin- opening of the Suez ('niiul. llcforc thnt tt thou sand ships n yonr stopped itt its port (Jttmcsiow n mid its TiOiH) inhiihitiiuts wore kept luisy, hut since ih miiiil 0'Olled tho island hits found itself on it nido truck, mid out of tho cuiirse of travel, ho thnt its yoimg men ure lenv it, ntid the population li'is fallen ull Hourly oiie fourth. KiVorts are In? ing made in Loudon to start lislu rios for tho oinployiiiont of the islanders.' riiirper'i Weekly observes; 4,Thu rccoril thut tho triplo-ticrew crnisir Minneapolis nutdo on lief trinl trij, 2:).07.'J knots, places hi r easily in tho front rauk us the fastest koh-"joint; ves sel iu the world. She is Anurii nn iu ilesigu nn I finish, un I therefore the full credit of this reat shii building ftchieveinelit helou-s to tho United Ktute. At oiii? time on her tri sho mu lo u sjuirt of Jo.ni: kimis for n dis tance of nearly two knots mid n half, ftud nccordiii to the I'.nnli.sh plau of determining speed should be credited with this record. Tho Kni-lish speed their vessels over a measured mile, mid several of their ships, mid suiuu of other tuitions, have iiiitdo n record of 2;J knots mid over, hut none has ever iiindo any mich showint,' as 21 knots. Tho sister ship of tho Minneapolis, tho ('oliimliia, also mudo n Hiistuined fpnrt of inoie than knots oti lur trinl trip, mid therefcro iu these vet boIh tho United Stuten has tho fastest two ships in tho world. Atrial trip of Kuoh vessels hits two aspects, one tho picturesque nml tho t tber the impor taut. Tho ?IiuueiipoliH earned u Loinu of 311 1.0(H), aud arnee for thnt amount of money hits element of cxciteiueut fthout it thut inako imy other couteht in modern times somewhat insiguitl. i-niit iu comyiitriHon. Tho constant four thut bo no littlo holt or other trifle of tho michiuery nmy givo wny junt nt tho lai t minute-, riukog tho tr:p it mutter of keen nusiety uutil tho hut is dually croiued, iiLd gives a tt isicu ud a nervous, strain to tho oceisiou thut nouo ciin forget who bus evti ltccu vrcscut at iucU time. AN AWFDL DISASTER. THIRTY-SEVEN KILLED Terrible Explonlon la a CollUry at Franklin, Wathinrton- Tli roi rnlor of the On-a Improvis Bicut iottiiany nt Franklin, 81 iiilli-s from Ho-ttli-, Wnshlntfton, were on llro al 1 o'clock Friday aftcraoon. Thirty-scvoa boiling hav bis-n reixwrnd anil U In kaou that many ar linprioni'il in ifc fiery furnace. Tho oiinilsr i a yet only a mattT of ooujpetum, nml It U probnMn that nous will 'Mp. The lire, it oaid, caugltt hi bmant No. ti, in th Tho S mn wbo were ki)l4 probably died from belUK auirx-atil by- I be pniolot, aa thfl tHiiIlm do not nhow fatal burns. The wtvn, i lilklrt-u and i-umrwIiM of tlx ib-a't nn-n crowdi-d around too moiub of the minn. frautlc with K'b't Tbnlr lamintntlon wnra beart-is-udluK. nioi'lnK thettromri-st to team. A li'li-icratn nt 4:30 Friday afternoon Matn that tin- flro was tbn uuiler control. No mom bodli-a had benn recovered up to that tour. Jt IseviJeut that all tb wb liad time to -onie out, for thone wbo workod In the far ther bri-st n-acbed the abaft In aafoty. while tlK who wr neari-et the abaft, and con-reijUi-Dtly nnre removed from danifer.K-rlbli-L Tln-y evldnntly believed tbry wore In p'rfivt safrtv from the fLre, but while they liniP'red the amoke i;uzed out from outsldx pUters further antith, and the bodtoa were all f.ni n J in nit li of brit OX They wiire nil found .long within a ww f 6W Itx. TELEGRAPHIC TICKINGS. (eorgr Uurn-tt, t-oiniMllau, brotlier of Wll kou Harriet, I- deitd nt London. The now tnrilT law wont into cfTo't Tuos day without the I'r'iileiit'a lgn:itiire. A d -ii persons wore hurt by uu vlectrlc ur running ulT (lie trifk at Uraue, N. J., und ttiruiiiK vver. tioori! 4. J'.arnist. an oranjri liKL, delivered a ei-rmou ut I.oxltiKtuu, Ky.. and Ix's-'-d nil 'lirltiuu tu vuto for Colonel JVcklhridgr. Four houses ni'ur I.udinton, Mloh., wore buriu-d by forest lire Saturday uiht. The occupants buri'ly esrapvd. ('oiik'ressiiiau Shaw died at his homo ut Jluu t'lalre. Wis., uu Monduy luuruinif after u loMU illuess. 'llielili womlni wnro fni-fcry ut Wetzel. Mich., burned on Suinluy, with two-third c the village. Loss ubollt 4i0.000. John t'. il rofusi-il to lie a eiudldate for Kovornur of t'olorndo ou a laiuoi.-r.iti!-ri-oli.-t ticLL 'l hls I'-nvee tho way clear lot Wuitu. 1'iiliinun employes, numbering 800 will Kt. to Hiawatha. K ins., where they vill assist In Murlin eu-operatlvo car works. Calculi capitalists will furnish the capital. Attoruey-tl.'iierul Moloney, of Illinois, pro poses lo euntest tbo ris'Ut of tlio I'ulliuitii eoiupuny to eiiK'a);"! in the aalouu busiuuaa ou Its palace ears. A. II. Abb.itt. ex-iiieniber of thti New York at ute assembly, was kill. id at lileua l ulls by the uwltlctntal disi'liurue of a gnu ai lie was about t aturt on a biintiiig trip. At the mining camp of Mlullloa, Mexico, a dynatulteeinl'lott os-eurredL, killing alx per bod and aevil al aulitinla, beiidea dulurf groul durautfo to tHc property. - Tueini who on Friday last committed uiciile il He Hotol Hns) in Denver, CoL, l,ns Uy 'Hilled n Tbomua Muhouey ol Woost .. tl Tbeduuifii of h uutor Ooriu&u n'f bo trolhisl. Ml- lulsy will in ry Itb-liard Johusuu.of W,i4hK,J(i, and Miss Mtdin wll' lie. 'oino tliH wife t. Ntephen Uaiubiill, ol '..uiircl. Md. Thecoroiiei's jury Investigating tho ills.uttei In tin- I'rimkliii coal mines at Seattle iu which !7 nn'ii were killed, buve returned a veritlcl lllellng that the llro wns nturtod by parties iiiikiiowu. It Is l-elli- o.l tho persons whu II r. . I the liiiiio al.-i) perished. A fanner iu tho southern part of Knnsni suhl inn liors'-s for '.'0 per bead, us ho hnd iiotliing to fed tin-in on, t lit) crops bolug dried up. In some parts of tho state, where furincis had a splendid crop of broom ouru hust your, tin y now havo nothing to apeak of. ATTI-ANARCHYjN URUGUAY South America Woary of Bouiba, but Not Revolution. The New York Herald special cubit) letter from Valparaiso says: Vrugiiny la unxlous to join the iintl-aniiri'hlst movement. A citi zen of Argentina, t'urdoro, hits Iiwd arrested in Montevideo, for allotting nn attempt to blow np the government house. He has been -.iii.i-unied to serve us n common aoldier in the fourth I. iittnllli.il of Clinsseurtf. Curdo.o was formerly sergeant of police. liueiios Ay res mlvices stale that tho pro posed military maneuvers will boon u larger scale than ever befom Itlti'liiptud in Argon t iitii. 'leu thousand troops of the iiali.iniil guard will participate. Tlieru is also under eoiisderatioii n proposition for extensive naval maneuvers. The iii-wspapers of Santa Ke urge tbo over throw of the local government. They Insist that the uulhorilics are not competent to suppress tbo murders which aro so froiUeut ill the u lieat colonies. TWO MEN LYNCHED. A Sheriff Had Them on a Train, But Mob Took TUem. l'rldny night ut Mitchell1 Station, thirty miles south of Montgomery, Ala., a baud of masked men took llllcy W'llkor uud Iliuburd Jordan out of the Central train, bound for Montgomery, from liepuiy Sherltl Kirkluud ami lynched them by banging them to a tree, and afterward perforated their bodies with bullets. Tint prisoners hud been tried at t'liioii Springs for murder, were oouTlctod and Walker was sent up to the peultcutiury lor life; Jorduu for twelve years. Another Penaion BilL Mr. lrow, of l'eiiiisylvuuia, lutroduceil In (ho house Tuesday a bill providing thut the wiituws of peusloiiem married before the closo of the Into war shall receive the dimu rutrjof pttuslou thut the pensioner wa receiv ing at tho time or hi death, provided thut the rule of her pensiou shall not be leas than HJ per uioiitb. Buying; Ai-ma for Japan. It Is reported that the Japanese goveru meiit has ordered lnO.OuJ rlllos aud a large supply of ummunltion from iho firm of Hartley A Graham, of New York, William J. ItrufT, the gencrul niauagor, wb'-n asked as to the ituciiriiey of the report, Vild that be was not ut liberty to eoeok on o(iij)onuut u FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. lammartted Frocaedlnire of Onr Law Maker at Waahinrton. two nrMiar.o ad aroosn hai. frATf..- Not In session. llori! - An attempt wns mad" to seenr. enrisideriitlon of the senate bill ffor the rx eliisl m and deportation of anarchists, but Mr. Warner objected and It went over. A resolution to print VO.UoO eo,.es of the tariff bill wns passed. The house thou rljourued uutil Thursday. two Hi-snnr.o Asn Tinnn bt. NF.NATr-Having with dlfTlculty seenretl a quorum the senate weut Into executive ses sion to confirm. If possible, the nomination ! Judge rrter to the district bench of Tonne. nee. llotsr. Not In session. ro m ?ir.ar.i asn roram pat. fSrrtAiK Without even walling for tha 1 t'a. ling of the journal, the absence of qiiomn waa pointed out, and the senate got tied up In a hard knot. So buslneM was done beyond receiving the roort of the aer-geunt-ut-arma, aud tlnu directing him to compel tho uttendiiuee of ibe absentees. Alter a while the eenutom who were present got tired of waiting for their absent collea gues, and nt 1:20 p. re. adjourned. Hoi st - lleprcseulatlvo Amos J. Oum mlinra, chalrmau of the home committee on linval affaire, presented to the house the pre liminary report upon the investigation of the armor pinto aud billets furnished to tho government by the Carnegie steel company. The Aommlttce finds thut cbargea of fraud have lss austalued. eeorea (he company severelv. and roviuiimcnds that b'J suspected plntes til use should I si Uf I'd as the only method of proving their fltues. It also finds that tue government lnsp-cti.n was negli gent, but nochargsof dishonesty rents upon the Inspectors. A resolution wa adopted providing for testa of armor plute now lu USI!. TWO IHMUll'll AMI H1TII DAY. Sr. sate After the Senate hud agreed to the House resolution for adjournment of this Congress on Tuesday uext.it went Into ex ecutive session uud Just before adjournm'yit referred to the Naval Committed the House resolution for bnlllstle tests of the nrinor plnti-s to be taken from several battle ships iu pursuance of the report of the lloil-e com mittee Investigating the alleged frauds of the Carnegie company. Hoi sk In the house an unsiiccrwifiil ef fort wns made to consider the bill of Senator Hill for the exclusion and deportutiou ol alien Anarchists, uud It went over, probably llnally for this session, built bourn's ud jourued to Monday. TWO fH MikCn JlMSIIH ia. Sckate.- Immense crowds of Knights of 1'ythlas tilled the galleries of the Semite. Tho uiimlierof seuutors on the Moor had dwindled to 'li JU less tlutii u Horn in aud no nt tempt was mailo to tr.ins.ict any business in open session. At L HI p. in. the senate went into executive session mid Inter itdjoiitned. H.u sK. 1 he galleries were crowded when Die boii-e met uud less than 5'l me;uliers were pres. .nt. , resoiiitlmi wits oflered by Mr. Kieliurdsou i I'ern.. J enn. I to print the tarill lull with comparisons ,.( rates .envee;i the lull us it beeomi-s u uw, the bill is it pussed t lie bouse uudtHo pre-. nt McKiuley iuw. Mr. Wilson, chairman of the ways nii'l meuus committee poiuted out tho dilllculty of resolving Hpecdb- into ml vulorem rates. When the vote was taken .,n the il.-inuud for the nrevioiis oui-stiou ou the resolutmn. I Mr. Johnson i Hem. o:;l,u made the point oi I no iuorum. While tile bouse was waiting for II ipiorillll the IC'WS of tile ilejilh ( iillgle-SMiuu slutw. ol Wlsi'oiisiu, was nicelvi'd, wh.re. upon Mr. Ilicliardsoii withdrew I. is resolu tion, A cimimilici) consls;in of Mc.-is llaugon, Iiarwig, t'ooper. Il.ti.eock, Cousins llephuru, Joluisoiii N. H. ) aud Cannon ( III. i was uppointed by the speaker to attend tfi.j fuueral and then, at p. m. as a further mark o' rc.-pect. the house udiourui-d. A MIXED SITUATION. Th SUte Board of Arbitration Ready to Act in the Textile Strike. The Massachusetts Iloard of Arbitration has not I lied the New Iledford in u nn fact u rem and the striking employes that It will gludly undertake to settle their differences, but bus uot received uu answer from either side. MemU-is of the board have visited 1'nll Hiver and report that the situation there nt present Is such that but little can be doll" to ward a settlement. Neither side really knows just what It wants uud it will be some days before It delluite statement of the ilis nutlets of both can I.e iiiude to the board. lu New Iledford the board Is'llcvestliat the same stnto of affair exists. 1 he board can not take nny uctiou iu the matter until sumo uotico is received from the contestants. TWO VICTIMS OF LIGHTNING- Fisherman and a Child Killed During a Stonn iu West Virginia. iMiriug it heavy storm Sunday morning lightning struck the ei.ains of the steamer lieu Hur, which wns tied up at 1'arkershurg, and instantly killed lt.isll Moyer. who was llshlng under the vessel s tiow. Mover's body is without, any marks to show the' cause el his death other than u splinter Cj inches long, which was driven throiiKh his onr uud penetrated tho brum to the depth of I'., inches. Huring the same storm lightning struck the residence of n (armor a few miles Irom I'urkersbiirtr, killuuru child of James llunley, stunning Mrs. Ilunlcy and it hiihy, and producing parnlysiH lu the case of Mrs. Hitnley, and utterly destroying the building uud much of its contents, DEFEATED THE JAPS- 1,300 Mon Said to Have Been Lost in a Severe Battle. A letter from Chemulpo, Coren, reports that 19 Japaiinso war ships uud l.'l transports ar rived in the Tailing, river on the lstli insf They luiided 11.000 men, who proceeded in land, were attacked by 1.01)0 Chlneso caval ry, who succeeded iu dividing the Japanese force into two parts. The Chinese artillery, located on nn emi nence, poured it heavy Urn Into tho ranks of the Japanese tniikinir great havoc. 'The Jap anese were compelled lo ret rent to the sea shore whore the guns of tho fceot prevented further pursuit by the chlm-se. 'J he Japanese loss is reported to huvo 'boon over ,MKt meu. Tlen-Tsiu reports say thnt n telegram has beeu received from 1'iug Yang stilting that the Chinese troops ut Chung Ho were reinforced by 10,0(10 meu from August IK to August 20, swelling the urmy tlieru to 34,000 meu. A council of wur was held on the MtU nml it wits decided to attack the Japanese on ubout the aad. The Japanese ur holding a pasg eibt miles southward from Chung Ho. It is re. ported that they are re-embnrkliig their heavy baggage in Tatuug buy. Chinese cavalry nro seouruyg 'the country and buve captured und beheaded it bundled slrHgkjInrs. Deatructiva Flamea. Iiravosburr, opposite MeKuesport, ra..wns visited by a disastrous lire nt uu early hour Friday morning uud lied Men' Hull, Chns. WeJsHcr's saloon and residence, Marsh Duft'a home, tho old l'hll HofTuiuii bouse and two unoccupied houses and a stuble were reduced to nslies. The loss will umouut to 30,000, partly covered by Insurance. A Saving of $20,000. The government u'ts tiO.OJO by tho en forcement of tbo old law deducting the pity of alsout members of tbo house ol tepreacu tHtivts. It remains in the huuiU of tiie . Ulcers of tho house uuil will be covert-! tack the treasury. LATEST NEWS SUMMARIZED FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC What la Transpiring tho World Over. Important Event Briefly Told. fUMr.s ami rusALnrs. A half-crnr.y Italian of ITttsbnrg, named A. IVrlero, assaulted another Italian U Io (iravls with a hammer Friday morning. In flicting wounds on the latter a bead which may result fatally. t'AriTAl. AND LABOB. It Is predicted that the great textile strike at New lledlord. Muss., will end In a week. T he button works at Allentown, I'a. , have rhut down tor au Indefinite period, lltittoiis have gone out of fashion. When the works are running luil 'jwi persons are employed. - - roatinx. There was un eartlnpinke nt Athens, 8un tTiiy morning, and peuple fled to the open country. No dent lis reported. (ioliua Lake at Simla, In lln, has broken It bounds and twept,!verythiug before It Includ ing several villages. 1 lie oLsasier wus ex pected and no lives were lost. An attempt was made a few days ago to as--nssinute Fre'ldem Hippolyte, ol llnytl, but ue was warned of his danger by the sweet heart of one of the intending murderers. 1'rince Komotsti. cousin of the Mikado of Japan, who has been lu N"W York tor several day b-ft the Wiudsor Hotel Wednesday eve nlug by the West shore llnilroad on bis Jour ney to the 1'uclile cost en route for Yeddo. A submarine eruption in Ilrlstol Ilay, Alas ka, recently, killed a great number ol codtln mnl salmon. 'Jheellect of this was so ex tensive that the natives have becu unaule to catch nny fish ns late as August 1. The federal council of Switzerland tins ap proved the scheme submitted for a Jura elmplon railway tunnel through the Simplou. Iho cost of tins work will be 64, 500,000 .'r.iQ'-s. The puns will now bo submitted for he approval of the Italian government. lines, A. I 10 IMS, lATALITIFS, ETC. Jobu Vetinllllon nud Win. Jie-ksou wen killed by the explosion of a boiler In I'. L. Kramer s saw-mill, Frankfort, lud. tieorge W. Lceder was killed nt Kmmert's planing mill, llagerstowii. Md., Thursday uight by being drawn into the machinery. William Cnrr. uged JD years, wns killd by lightning Sunday afternoon while bathing with two young womeu ut Atlantic City, X. J. Four miners were killed lu the Amethist nunc, ut Cr-e.le, Col., Friday, by it lire In the pliiifl bouse burning llie cnl.lo of tho hoist, winch fell uud killed them. Two girls, uged It! years, were drowned Saturday night iu the Schuylkill river nt heading by tin- capsiingot it row boat which was struck by a steamboat. They were Lot tie Liudermuth nud l.izio Kombeigcr. The explosion of a lamp lu John J. Joyce's store ut Miuocku. near Sernuton, I'a., ut mid iilirht on Tuesday, Ignited a tunk of oil ami caused the destruction of eight houses. Hue dwelling wns torn down to prevent the flumes from sjireudlng. The houses destroyed were i upled by Coyne, John Costelln. John tlitl- lugher, Timothy Ley. Ion, John Hlggins.Johii '..owry uud Maria Mulheru. The loss is cstl iiateu at t:io,ooO. MISl tl.I.AN tol S. The Iiemocrats of California have nominat ed James II. JJudd for governor. llaltimore wants the Grand Army in 1H!)7, tho city's centennial. - - . Si'nator Gorman, of Maryland, fa In 111 health and may go to Europe to rocuperuto. The Iiepublicans of Nevada have nominat ed A. C. Cleveland for governor, and II. F. Itartluo for cougres. The grand jury Investigation at Memphis. Ti-nu., shows thut the city lu eight years ho been delrailded of (2,000,000 business tax. Mrs. Wm. Conroy, of Wabash, Intl., sold her ls-nioiiths-old child to her husboud for Tli. 1 he liushand li lt tho vicinity. The situation in the Choctaw iiutiou growi worse, nud more fighting Is reported. The ledcriil authorities have tukcu a hand. The 1'opiillsts of Nebraska have nominated for governor Mr. Holcomli, the noted Farm ers' Alliance leader. The steamship New- York arrived nt New York Friday night from Soiithaaipton with it I rokeu ocean record of U days, H hours uud lis minutes. A shower of yellow bugs fell i n Atlantic City, Suiulny utternooii. They fell us thick us snow Makes nud in an hour or so they dis appeared as mysteriously as they came. Vlco-I'resldetit licggs, of l'eoria, III., of the Whisky trust, said Friday afternoon, the llli lioia trust und ravings bunk of Chlcugo will luruisb the .".! Oil, DUO necessary to take lis stock out of bund. John Newell, president nud geuernl mana ger of the Lake Short-and Michigan South ern railroad, died Sunday nflernoou ut Youngstowu, O. He is sold to have worked himself to death. Apoplexy uml heart failure were the immediate causes of his demise. He wim 02 years old. Laborers digging a ditch neur Sheridan, N. Y.. Saturday, loiiiid tbo skeleton of n mastu don. The head aud ouo tusk have been un covered. The head measures live feet across mnl the tusk is live feet long anil six Inches in diameter ut the butt. Duo tooth weighed four pounds, wus seven inches long by four broad and Wits hlt'hlv oolishud. SEPTEMBER WEATHER. Some Interesting Figure From tlio Pittsburg Bureau. The I'nited States weather bureau of Pitts burg bus issued a summitry for tho mouth of September for tho puat 23 years. The warm est mouth was that of 1S1. with an average of 71 degrees; the coldest month was that of ln"l, with an average of 6'J degrees; the highest temperature wa 10J degrees ou Se temler li, 1SSI; the lowest tern per at uro wus S5 degrees on September 25, lSi't). 'Iho greatest monthly precipitation was 7.35 Inches in IHTiij the lenst monthly precl pilatiou was 0.7tl inches In lM.il. Tho great est amount of precipaiion recorded in any 24 consecutive hours was 8.8S inches on Septem ber 17, 1S70; uveruge uiimber of clear ttavs, U; partly cloudy duys, LI; cloudy davs, 8; the prevailing wlud has beeu from the northwest) the highest velocity of the wlud was 8M mile from the southwest nud wot ou September il und 25, IS'jj uud inji. SINGULAR ACCIDENT. A L ttle Oirl at Clarion, Fa., Swallows a a Toad. Twlln, n four-year-old daughter of J, Alt man, of Clarion, Fa., while playing on the pavement laid down, face foremost, and was playing with a small toad, and whllo in the net of laughing, the toud hopped Into her mouth nud went into her stomach. She suf fered such extreme agony for soma time thut It took several persons to hold her. Whllo waiting for the physlcluu one of tho neigh bors gave, the child whiskey, which bad the Client of either tupcfvlng the toud or caus ing its dc.tlh. Dr. W. F. Mver gave an t'luetio.'uud the little one expelled the toud Itoui Lit etcwuch iu plcoi. A DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO. MANY LIVES. LOST. Shore of the Sea of Aiov Strewn With Dead Bodies. - A wind of death. No other name can do orlbe the cyclone that swept across the sea of Azov Saturday. It will bo Impossible tor Jays yet to compute the damage done, but It la almost certain thnt nt leat 1.00 J persoas have perished, some by drowning, others by being crushed under falllug bouses and trees. The excltemeut Is great among the A .erl Cin colony In St. Petersburg, for it Is I red ihnt at lenst two parties of American t lts were on the sea of Arov at the time tho Ind did Its deadly work. All Saturday nftei.ioon ihere was a stream of callers nt the office of tho American minister akiug, almost bog ging, tor news from Odesa.whciice the tour ists were to have started on the regulation Ight-seelng trip ncross tho Crimes, visiting Sebnstopol, llnlnknva, and the other fatuous battle scenes. The parties were separate, but It Is probablo thnt they started within 12 hours of each other, and, according to the schedule of these excursions, they would have reached the strait of Kertch Saturday morning, thence to go by stenmhont north to Itenllaosk, where they would tuke the train to Odessa. It Is said that the loader of one of these parties had proposed a trip a short distance north front Temrtnk. Into the land of the 1'lnck Cossacks. Il bis party branched off In thatwavthey hnve unquestionably perished, for the hurricane ravished almost the entire east shore of the sea of Ar.ov. K.verybody Is praying that sonic lucky chance delayed the excursionists, so they could uot reach their embarking port. North of Murlnopol the term seems te have made a sudden turn to the eastward over llolgn l'oluts. Its left edge 111 s' lot lusr slight damage to the town of llerdlmsk. Houses there were unroof.-d nud a dozen persons were killed by falling timbers. Uueo at sen, the storm made Its fury felt. Of the steamers that touch ut tho port of licrdlansk, not one had coti.e In nt the hour of the latest report. Grave fours uro ex pressed that every craft bits gone to the bottom of the sea and every p.iscnor i drowned. When the wind swept over the northern end of Azov, it took it new course, goln south erly along the coit-t of the Hut 's Cuss tcks. in turn, Fisk and Achtiev were rnv.ied.ench town Is-ing almost totally destroyed. T .-le-grnphic communication with this district Is suspended and it is impossible to learu th.i extent of the destruction, but ut least 1,000 persons must have died ou the two shores. The wlud win first felt nt Nognisk. No gai.sk Is peopled mostly by lisher-iien. who were out on the water. lieu the hurricane bail swept out to the norlh.it ternide scene wns presented. The vilinge was razed -overturned - ns if nil immense pl.nv bad Ih-cIi pushed through It. Lyinu every wlier- were women uml children, dead or in the last agonies. The shallow Water of tho sea of Aov was lashed to such a height that it wus plain that every llshing bout must have beeu sunk. The cyclone swept to the northeast nfler wrecking Nognisk. Its path seemes to have been unusually wide, for ut Mnrinopol It de vastated the country ton point 11 miles Inland, an I bad Its outer edge far upon the sea. Mnrinopol was pratlcaliy blotted out of exist nuce. Not three houses lu a hundred are left standing. It is estimated that over 200 persons perished iu this town alone. NEW CURRENCY DESIGN It Kas Been Selects! for the $5 Silver Certificate, Tho secretary of the treasury has npproved s deslj-n lor a new tire, dollar sliver rertlfuytfe which hnd been prepared under the direc tion of Claude M. Johnson, chief of the bu reau ot engraving anil printing. Tho origin al was intuited by Waller Sln rlow the well known American artist. The picture occupies more than two-thirds of tho lace of the note. The central figure is Itn ungel with outspread wings, Iter feet rest ing uiioit the earth nml her uplifted hand holding uu clavino ll-lit. Half reclining ut her right is it fen ale llgure with u trim pet nt her lips, proclaiming the achievements uml prowess of the nut ion. Further to her right is nn iilleirorienl llgure of a num. representing Lower, guiding with bis left hand three horses abreast, while with his right 'io grasps from the clou. Is u thunderbolt which is con nected by a ribbon with the ilglit held by the eeutrul llgure. At the left is nn eiu-le nud auoi Iter female llgure with it dove denoting pence. In tho right background is u half concealed picture of tho cupllol. FARMERS UP IN ARMS. Bears, Deer and Fartidges Dos roying Crops in Vermont. In the mountain districts cast of Kntlaud, Vt,, partridge and deer ure so abundant that they are destroying crow. The black bcarls ulso taking a hand in the trespassing. tieorge H. Woodward, n fanner living live miles Irom ltutlund bus mude complaint to the Vermont Giunu Club that a herd of deer ba destroyed uu acre ami a half of buck wheat and devoured bis vegetables. Ho de. mauds damages, and legal complications ure likely to grow out of the ease. He says tu e deer come ,nto the Held seven or eight nt a time, just after sunset, ami stay uutil ho drives them away in the morning. They stay until approached within three or four rods. Within a mile of Itutluud deer are mot trot ting along the traveled road. I' pon the mountains farmers frequently have to drive partridges from their gardens aud deer are fouutl feeding with tho cows. This is the result of the law forbidding tho killing of gumo until l'JOO. Tho next Legis lature wiii probably modily or repeal tho laws or the farmers will rebel. CHINESE MURDERERS Beheaded for the MUalonary Outrages and Inlemuity to be Collsjtsd. An imperial Chinese edict has been issued lucouuection with tho outrages perpctritted ou missionaries uud the murder of ltov, James Wylle, u 1'resbyleriun inieslouiiry, who was recently killed at Llao Yiinir, k-y Chinese soldiers, who were marching to Korea. Tho cold condemns the Chinese otllcer respons ible for the good conduct of tho troops, uud orders thut tho u.-luiil murderers be Lehoud ed. It Is lurther ordered thut the chapels Which have been destioyo.l be rebuilt at tho exuense of tho people iu the localities whero tbo outrages were committed and that com pensation bo paid the relatives of Mr. Wylle. The 1 sung 1,1 Yu meu, or Supremo Coun cil and Viceroy Ll Hung Cluing have express ed deep regret to tholJritisli Minister because of the o ui rages. Shot and Stabbed. W. H. Probert nnd Councilman Jumei Laughum, two well-known citizens of Dun cnuville, I'a., while at the home ot tho latter and In an Intoxicated state Friday quurreled. Luugham wits shot twice and while lying on the floor was slushed by his adversary with a knife. He tuny die. 1'robert was arrested. The quarrel' arose over a qutstluu of stroel grading. Pottery Wages Cutl Tbo L. B. Ileerbower l'ottery Company at Elizabeth, N. J., has st van not ioa to iu em ploye that an Immediate reduutlon In wage will tuke place and that If the reduction 1 uot accepted the work will at ouoe shut down. The employes will not accept tho reduction, and a strike will follow which will lead to the closing of the entire plant un 4 throw out of employment 2C0 bands. KEYSTONE STATE COLiB SEVERAL FATALITIES Big Fire in Allegheny Water FJ Iorth Braddnck. nonaiM.a srr.rrAi-i.it. Thomas Harper, of hplcn, ,vuj . ..... ... .K-a..- I II uoiimjr, nio-i km 'T7u-i iiuiii noni , A w v, rltirnrf TilnaHiiv inornlnt t the house locked up he broke oiien n j aud entered. On the bed lie found th, , ened and decomposed body of bis by the side ot the body his two little a boy aged two and a girl aged thr dend, yet attempting to arouse their u. J The woman waa subject to fits and It A I loved that she died 'in one on Th.-J 'i' n .... . I.. i. .i i . i. i. i nerT, w nn n uvim ur-ivi iu me nuns" jj coiiurcn onu gotten tins ana eau.-u li. mo riaa in ali.eohcnt. Allegheny had one of the biggest nml tlent fires Friday that she has had for The loss is between 40,000 aud .'i,0(ki that Is small tor the size of the lire, reason for this la that the buildings t were all light frame structures nud di. big blar.e with a comparatively small The fire started In Alexander ChauiJ Co t., planing mill, just back of thtt t rania building. SILLED BY A LAMP KXPLOSIO. Joseph and Harry Bohn. s ns of a ot McKewport, were frightfully burnsus explosion ol a keroseue lump rridav Joseph is l.'l years old aud Harry 15 t Joseph died In terrible agony sooit after explosion aud Harry ennuot recover. - - - - The eighth annual encampment of t A. It. and old soldiers of Westmorelnn.1 Fayette counties Is being held In til, l'ark nt Scottditle. The park Is in s.i condition and twenty live tents nan. erected for the accomodation of visitor. foresting programs have boon nrraii- ench evening during tue two weeks i encampment. Abe Ltiuard. the leader of the mountain outlaws, who has spent 20 venrs ot life In orison, wns acquitted nt caster, Friday, ou the charge of robber; was convicted of receiving stolen good. was Immediately placed on trial for Id entry, after which he will be trieil ol other charges of n like character. Mrs. William Cannon, of Hazeltnu. I become Insane, iiolsoued three cows t and then trletl to poison her busbai. live children. Frlditv she attempted by throwiug herself from a second story tlow, receiving terrible injuries tli.it prove futitl. Tho 1'opulists and farmers held a h home plculu Tuesday at itrimoii purs New Castle. Nearly 4.000 people alt. The l'omilist candidate for congress (. district. I'rof. William J. Klrker. and ( Jacob Sechler Coxey, of Mitssllou, w n principal speakers. Tho very Keveroud Stephen Wn.l Tuesday night ut the parochial resld. i. Allegheny. In tho Mi'.lt year of lu ll Is death was sudden and caused by disease. He was the vicur general o! burg. A native of Ireland, ho came t couutsy in September, lww. Harry J White, sou-in-luw of l'resiili i I'. Levnu of the embarrassed Second Na ul bunk of Altoona. offers to Comoro::, i- paying 20 cents on the dollar. His liuhil ro 2s,000, G,oO0 of which ure due the ond Natlouui bank. The assets will n in to 40.000. The body of a farm hand known as "lhi I Jake" was fMuud Wednesday morntuir bad Ing from an Apple trim In s meadow of farm, near r.ruukford, a suburb of i'hlU finia. a little nog, J alto oniv compau. ife. sat gazing at Its masters body uud t not be driven away. William Ilruce Clark, one of the oldest i I bers ol the Allegheny county bur. tic.: I Monday at the residence of his daughter. u it. t. sullivuu.ol tloquet street.ageit s;i) He was a graduate ol Jefferson College, i uousburg. He came to l'ittsburg lu IS'.) retired Irom active work In lsMO. Ailjtitnnt-Gcuernl Greenland issued tional Guard commissions to Willini: Lorenz. ol Alleghenv county, to le llrst tenant ot Company li. Kighteeiith rcgin and to Louis 1'. Met ormlck, of 1 1.) county, to bo nssistiiut surgeon ot tho 1 regiment. The ministers of the Christian ctit.r Washington uud Green counties met on li day morning lu the Christum chnrc Washington, and decided to tuld the in.. meeting ot that denomination lu Un counties on Lono 1'iiiu September . October 1. Wm. Mo. E. Iyo, n native- of Wnshiu. this state. Is eouimiiuder-iu-chicf ol Corean urmy, n position ho has held b r or six years. Ho is ubout uJ years .f and is a grudunte of tho West l'otut mil, academy. The deud body of Henry llook?rjwns ! Tuesday night lu the bottom of n quai l ue ucigunornoou oi I ouiiellsvilio n t with elghtecu inches of dirt. He wi.-l years old uud had boeu divor-.cd Iru:: I wife. Adjt. Gen. Greenland mnllej Wctliii to the commanders of the different rcg.: of the guard vrnrraiits aggregating l l.l for the pay of the tho troops for servi- ine division encumpiueut in Gottysinirg. William II. Iioles. a ItoiaiMicau rolit I of rtiiladelphia. Was found dead iu bed 1. 1 home theto. He had beeii taken 111 sudi: ami died whllo bis lumlly was iilment u: seashore. John It. liraden, of ll.aver Fills, Sittunluy moiuing, aged 7 l yours. I'm veurs tho deceused hud beeu u justice . peace uud served two terms as assistant gess. Two men were killed and 11 injured bt explosion of gas In tho Gilhoriou col m-ur Ashlaud Friday afternoon. The are: Frank Mct'oriiiick. Ilio boss, uged I uud J.ewls Hull, driver, uged l.i. Tho I'ottsvillo Iron and Steel coni. lieing unalile to meet note lias couii- ludgments for 1 11,000. Tim company nearly 700 meu ou It pnv rolls ut present when rutitilug full capacity employs l,ooii Six residents of Conuellsvillu have I nrrcbtcd on charges of riot and im-itim riot. They urn Fostinuster Hairy Muriel I'aric 1-lauulgau, l ioa llurkluirdt, llicli.l Ucooley uud Julius L-utittry. Iu tho closing mutch for (he lawn ten cllitmplonshlii of VSestoiii I'eutuylviiuia Altooua, Friday, Pier uud Ld wauls delcir.: Mooreliead uud Coster ti-a, U-0, !)-, C-2. Six of tho Slavs who are supposed to hn brutally boittcu 1'etur Flruistoue ut the hi. Jaid mines were Jailed ut Ureeuahur tu'.c duy morning. John Preston, nn engineer, was killed in collislou of Pennsylvania freight trains Audeisou. The wreck took tiro and 60 ca were destroyed, Physlcluus, after nu autopsy, nnuoun.- the death of Mis Mary Houdi-rsou ut Shea leyville, Mercer county, wus duo to poisu, She 1 believed to have eutcu matches. Whllo suffering from temporary aberrnth of lit mind, John Llx, a ptomineut reside of Lost Milford coinuuted suicide by cuttii his throut. A woolen mill, owned and operated by . O. Gilihoniy, n few mile from Lewistow burued lute Huaduy ul ;ut. Loss ti.O. j artly iusured. 1
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