THE MIDELEEDRGH POST. CEO. W. WAGENSF.LLER, Editor. AIlTHVIl E. COOrEIl, Manager. Middlchurgh, Til.. Sc.t. niU r '.. is;i4. Alrns. t i -. -i.tlis i tlii imputa tion tin I'nitril Stales nro single. N'rv , niiiii l is contemplating pcn fiotiiritf nil citizens when tliry reach a certain nee A peculiar disease nl the will in in re coiiitiK'ii in Franco tliuu in any other couutry. Tim suITVror in una. l)lc to cross tm v open space, like a city square. I'.iniuircli is credited with having recently hu1 : "My trust in man, my trust in the future, rest in the atti tude of t ii-rniMii wniiHii. The con miction if a woman is not so change able. , It forms slowly and not easily, Imt I'licv l liu l it is lens easy to shake.'' The I'millieon, in 1'uris, ufTorls ii, tilchre, thus fur, only to thirty-five il lustrious French di ad, including the remains of l'rcidciit Ciirnot. The liody of Kenan must lie for ten years in the cemetery of Mutitimirtre before it can be tit'siu to its final resting luce in thin historical edifice. The American Fanner rcmnrk "The New .terseyuns are excited over the inliun. unity of docking horses' tail nnd are agitating the passage of n law against it. A iimilar lnw lias been put on the statute? hook of Mas sachusetts, lmt so far nothing hat liec u done t curry out its provii ions." It in mid the Russian (toverunient is chtukliup (juiotly to itself, while the Chinese toemtneut in expressing its indignation in the strongest language known to the Celestials over the outcome of the recent attempt to define the frontiers of the two coun tries in the FutnirH ly a nort of joint commission. It seems that the wily lwist-iniiH drew maps of the country and the trusting I'hineHe hud their copies made from the Hiihkkui maps. The commission c.imeto n harmouious conclusion, nnd the Chinese Comniis niouerg went home. They have been comparing the maps on which the up tit wuh based with the official 1 and find that they i t,.ct to a frontier several hun dred miles further cant tliAti they thought. This is a favorite trick iu Russian diplomacy, and was played successfully on the English iu regard to the delimitation of Afghanist-m. Very serious complaint m being made in (iermuny tit the evor-inereas-iug emigration of the inhabitants of the country places to the big towns. Practical men are attempting to deal with the matter, and there has just been founded at Hamburg a society called the I'uion for the Colonization of (u rniiiny. Its aim is to summon the unemployed of the great urbuu centre-, the number of whom daily increases iu alurming proportions, to reclaim the numerous barren uud marshy wastes of the (lermau Empire and to put them iu a stato of cultiva tion. It is proposed to acipiire these spaces a ml to distribute them among those who are willing to perform agricultural labor. It is further nag Rested that the prisoners detained iu the various jails aud houses of correc tion shall not iu future bo en ploved at industrial work, but bo required to work solely upon the roads uud iu the field. .During the- year 18!:1, according to a report jiibt made to the Department cf Internal All'airr. at Harrisburg, there were .1HC fatal accidents iu the coal mines of Pennsylvania, of which -111 ocenrred iu the iniLing of anthracite nnd 131 in that of bituininoui coal. To o a little deeper into tlgureu, thero was oue fatal accident to every IlOiJ employes iu the anthracite, mi.-ies aud ouo to every bit employes in the liitu minoun miuos. Ofnou-fut.il accident the proportion was one tj 2) an I oue to 230. The following exphiaa;iou of the greater fatality ntteulm anthra cite mining is given: "I'ho anthra cite mines are much leej ir th.iu tho bitumiuotia miues. The greater num ber of iieeulcnts, therefore, is not iu consequence of 1cm cure and bkill be ing practised iu conducting mining operations, but heeuuso of greater na tural dangers. While the mines in ouio portions o. tho bitumiunus coal regious euiitain largo qu ntities of ga, other iiiin'.-s aro aliuost whclly free from it, while no anthracito mino if wholly free from it. resides, it is fur nioro diflicult to ventilate tho i.r.thni. cita miueg thau the litumiuouR, iw thej nro deeper." THREE TOWNS BURNED Awful 8cenr of Df itruc,ion-Nrly 200 Bodies Recovered. Th- tnnn of Hinckley, In Tine county, 73 mile northwest "t Minneapolis, at the June Hon t the St. Paul and I'uluth and (Ireat Northwestern Hallways, was wiped ont hy Mre Hslurdsy, aud It Is reported thst ftotn 1M) to 203 llvi s werH lost. The plate was en velnped In lire before the people fould em cape. The workmen were powerless to render any n.sniice, although they were n oIcmm-that they could hear the people cerearnlntc a they were helng cremated. 'l'hetowiis of Min-lnii (.'reek and I'okeama met the same fate. Conservative reports place the total rnimlx-r killed In the llres at .sou at least, with the huinberor wounded at as tnii ii v more, a munlier of whom will ills One hundred and forty-three eharred bodies have been recovered at Hinckley and 4 at Sandstone, The vt alley between the Ket tle river and Cross Lake Is laid waste, Includ Inu M-vcfai villiitfiTiuitt settlements, llesides the towns that were redued to ashs, farms were swept clean t j the flames. The forests are (till burtilDtf lleri'ely, and rain Is required to lrown the llres that are sweeptnjrover a vast rKlii. Whole famllh-s have been eremnled. Iu mnue Instauees only one or two men es. eaped Iron, a nei liliorhood to tell of the desiriii'tlon. J hey saved their Uvea ly run liltiK m e 'null hikes or hiduitf In otata llelds nnl res' le'il l ine 4 It y mere dead than alive, J he ileiid nre tieing 1 1. k"d up by scores and brotiKhl to Tine city. Searching parties nre eiiveriiut the biirneil 1 1-! ; let. but llnd tioth I ilk but the eleirrvd reinulns of the InhnM tiitils '1 he people irom Hinckley and Mi hleti who escuped with their lives art) desti tute havlna neither homes nor tood. ellf sent out (rem SI. Paul was timely. The sup ply ol provisions was more welcome than even the olanket sent out later, because the miijorlty were still nnxlous to continue their M-nreh icrthe dead uud sufferers. So fur as ciiu be learned at this time from the dcvai-tHted district the following towns have liecn destroyed und tho following lire dead In numbers: Hinckley. Minn., 1.000 to 1,200 Inhabit, ants; I'M to 3uu dead; &00 to tiOD home less. I'oki'Kiima, Minn., next station south west Hiekley. Mtj inhabltauts: dekd. r.o. Mission Crw'k. Hinckley (iii tne St, next station south of 1'aul and llulutti road, U Ueml. Handt-tone Junction, Minn., next station north of HiucKlcy ou the St. 1'aul and I'uluth rolld, 2li (lend. Suiidtoue, second Million north of Hinck ley on the liishru Minnesota road Hi dead. ( romwell, Minn., Cntltoii county, dead an knowu. Miller, Minn., near Hinckley, off ruilroad line, dead unknown. shell I. Hke, llaronette, (iranite Ijike Cum lerlaiul, I'ineville.Couistock aud Korest Citv, luinbrr towns in Wisconsin between C'ulp pewu lulls and Superior, partly destroy ed. The number of dead In these Wiaconsiu towns and iu other putt ol the co'intry be tween Chippewa Kails aud Superior is tut. mated nt 10 i pcrtous. 1'oke (lama hike six miles west of Hlnck ley, on the St. cloud branch, was wiped as clean as the other towns. It is said about 21) lives were lost at that point. Sullivan, the conductor of the Duluth train thiil saved so iiiiuiy. hits lost his reason aud was taken buck to lulutb. He rendered noble service iu disembarking the paueogerj throwing oue little jtirl throuti the car wiu dow. '1 ills wits the lust impression left on bis disordered bruin, There is llttk " eblllty , . ' Ver lielnu retoilt ti former brosHc'M pr porlfo'its. The B Mn lumber vutpimy Is W.f expected tiyVebulld. Without an enter-prlHk-" ' 'edtheiels no future lor Hinck ley. extJ,,,. upinction point. Ibree dekmnd two rabbits came out of the woods at Mission Creek und took refuge among the people it the log house. Sunday morning one oi the aieer was killed for feed UUd the other two Wei-e allowed to go, si , yV A SHARK NINE KlET LONG- A Jersey Fishermin is Towed by a Big Maneater. Charles lietnorest, of Woodbridge, N. J., N a INImtidiiii of M) yeura" experleuee. Every summer Mr. Itcmorest addx the teeth of ouo or more maneuting sharks to bis colltH-tlon. Mr. I'emorest was llshing for weakllsh In the sound opposite IW.yiiton lleacb, Tuesday, owing to the presein f sliurks the weak fish did not bite, licuierest got out his sharking tackle ami prepared to hook oue of the mau eaters. Tim line was a stout tnaiiilla rope with a shark hook fastened to it with wire. A live porgie was used for bait. This had no sooner struck the water than a dark tin va seen. A second Inter n ihurk had the baited hook down his throat. The anchor rope was east off, and Peinor est s boat was towed through the water by the shark like mi express train. After tow ing the pout and Iictiiorcst around for an hourihe shark begun to wi-ukcu. It was hauled aloiurslile -lie bout, aud Pcinoresf sent a ball Irom a rilie into the maneater. A The shark wax towed to the float at ltoyn ton liruch. w here It was hauled out aud It-It on exhibition. The sliurk wits nine feet long ami wc lulled more' than 4U pounds. 'J'lns is the second shark Mr. lie merest has suiiKht this year, und the largest that bus len cm lured iu these waters iu u number of years. VILL VISIT ROME. Cardinal Gibbons Expected to go Abroad for Some months. Cardinal iihhoiis will goto P.urope in tho fall, lie will vis it Killie lilele x ts to re main abroad son.e months it will be his l!r-t visit ii'-rtss the Atlantic since the red hat was ennfered up( Ii l.mi iu lss7. The invitatii ii to visit Home has not yet ar rived, it is stated, but that it has teen sent is hot doubted at the cardinal's house, and lis acceptance is certain, tor while the inuiutiou is "aid to be most cordial iu tone, it is necces--arily a coinand to :s'.t lioinc, coining from the supreme pontilj. MURDER FOR A KISS. A Young Funner El.o! to Death by the Girl's Fulher. Mear Ne-ite, Tuiini .o..a county, Alabama, on Monday morning, .lames A-lili-y uud his ou Kol ert went into u Held wIk ro Kobert l ros.-. a yo.ihg farmer, was Imrvestiug, liob ert Ashley held Cnss while his father llred seven bullets into bis bo,v. A)llev llred us long as t ross breathed, remarking""! am go nig to shoot as long ai tliere is breath iu the rascal s body." Cross went to church with Ashley's duiiirh ler Sunday uud kis.e.l .r. si,,, reported t lie matter to her lather and the murder result ed. A posse is iu pursuit of the Ashley aud If captured it is likely tl.ey will bo lyucUed A Wisconsin Towu Destroyed. The little lumber towu of Vesper, WUeou sin, was destroyed by a forest lire Tuesduv, The large saw aud 'lulling mills belonging I j the Sherry-Caiinou Lumber Conipuuy and 73 buildings, all there were in the town, were burned. The ouly train on the Port Kdward.i railroad has been abandoned and telegraph and telephone communication is cut off. Tie loss cannot be estimated. THECZAR A SICK MAN- Be Has Grown Thin and His Complexion Is of a Bad Color. The health oftbecrar is causing goners) anxiety In Ilussla. There is no longer any doubt that his majesty is troubled with kid ney troubles. It has been apparent for some time to those who have seen the cr.ar In pah. Ill that he Is a sick man. He has grown thin, his complexion Is pale and of a bad eolor.and he has the air of a man ho Is greatly fatigued. I'rof. Znccharln, after a thorough exami nation of the patient, declared that hi majesty was suffering from pronounc d albuminuria. The future movements of the imperial family will be regulated by the progress of the emporer's disease. '1 hn einporer will un doubtedly go to Copenhagen, as his physi cians are of the opinion that the voyage and change will do him gotsl. I'rof. aceharln will be appointed inspector of medical aftlalrs at the Imperial court, so Hint he will be able to tie in coustnnt attendance upon the erar aud watch closely the changes in his condi tion. Nominated for Congress. Ninth Itidinnn district -A. O. Ilurkhart, Ivmocrat. Second Nebraska district - I. C. Weaver, I'c pullst. Second Wisconsin district --K. Sauerherlng, lie publican. Sixth Minnesota district A. Town. lic puhlicnn. Kllb-ciith Illinois district -W. M. Jlnrmtt, l'opullt. Second Misjssi pi district -J, (, Kyle, lemo:'rnt. fifth Maryland dlstrlct-C. E. Coffin, It -puldlcan. I ourtli New Jersey district Johnson Cor-til-b. Ih-mocrat. Tmirth Iowa district -'. II. Marshall, Top ulist. fourth Miiiiiesotn district P. E. Clark, l'cpulist. Third Virginia district -(. I). Melklejohn, ll"pUbliC, fifth low.i district -W. It. Imrilcls. Demo crat. s ml Missouri dlstrlct-C. II. Eoomls, liefiiibllcitu. first Miiiiiesotn district J. A. Tawney, Itepllbllcitll. fifth Michigan district -W. A. Smith, lle- iiblican. first Maryland district -A. L. I'rydon, lie publican. Eighth Tennessee district - J. llepublicnn. first Colorado district- 11. K. Iilbltlonist. A. McPunn lihodes. Tro- Second Colorado district -W. A. Kice, I'ro hlbitionlst BRUTAL OHIO ROBBERS. An Old Couple Tortured by Clubbing and Burninir. Three masked n.en broke Into the residence of Johu lieedle, two miles south r.f Warren, U., on the Niles road, soon after midnight Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. lieedle are both over i0 years old. are known to be in comfortable circumstances. 'The old couple were terribly frightened und tave up prompt ly the TO cents in their poscesion. Then both were brutally clubbed to make tlr .n confess where there supposed wealth was hidden. In the snuffle during the clubhliiir Mrs. lieedle pulled the maskr oil two of the men for a moment aud this may lead to their apprehen sion. Next the roblrers held the old ladyj while one of their IiuiiiIht roasted her feet Sth the flame of a kerosene lamp. She was Terribly burned, and her cries mudled with a euir. Finding she could not cr w,v not It forced to tell, the thieves rousac" ' house froai garret to cellar, Swung ; , ,". . t ,,, - All . luat uOrt they ,.eyA " V ,as- As the llames gained 1 1 . m . . . . rob lers saw the lieetlles e : ,.t, '.iifought to time that way th - tu'nib . .j and put oat the lire. They boiud thi old folks aud left, neighUm (!iscovermg their plight Sunday morning..'' There was no money in the boise. ACTIVE BURGLARS- Remarkable Thieving by Reno and Miller of Beaver Falls. tin Sunday Infectives frcwu and Marshall of New Castle, I'a., went t Heaver falls, fa., and searched the residence ol tieorge (eno, the confessed burglar nnd paiticr of Charles Miller, now in jail at New Castle. When at Heaver fulls Milhr and lieno lived inn hall ruined building ou the north end of the town, beside the Pittsburg A Lake Erie rail road, a place called paper Mill row." With .hem lived Miller's wile und ;.Mr. Mitttlson. the hitter's husband now being iu the peuiten tiary for burglary. The detectives found merchandise of every description hidden in the ruins. There were roll silks mill velvets, boots nnd shoes, church fixtures, lamps that bad been stolen from church altars, silverware, jewelry, clothing, hats, -aps, bolts of muslin, and household plunder. Ileno confessed to hav ing stoleu a h'ler of bull pups before they were weaned, aud at another lime he cribbed u suckling call, but the animal bawled so ersistently ttat be bad to let it go. A THOUSAND CHINESE PERISH. Fire Among Flower Beat on the Canton River Works Awful Destrnction. A terrible fire bus occurred on the Canton river. A flower bout caught fire and the flames spread until hundreds of those eraft were destroyed. The progress of the fire was so rapid that at least 1,000 natives perished in the llames. The flower bonis were moored stem uud siern in rows, and large numbers of natives lived upon them. The spread of the coiiflagrittlou from one bout to another was so rapid that the unfor tunate Chinese had no time to cut them from their moorings, u strong wind materially helping the iLcrense of the f'.re. Mauy hun dreds of the persons on board the "(lower boats leaped overboard uud were drowned, while several bunilred others remained ou board the uouu.ed cratt und perished In tho llaiui s. HEIRS TO MILLIONS. Two Poor Indiuna Meu Suddenly Find TUcmuelvec Fubulously Weatkly. - Elmer tiilmore, a tea. her iu the public schools at l'.ckerly, Intl., hits falleu heir to an estate iu J'crry, Ireland, estimated at $3, 000.000. Tho foituitate teacher received let ters from Mahlou and Held, barristers, of Newry, Ireland, requesting him to prove his ideittity and Mr. (iilinoru luui forwarded the necessary documents. An Eilwood. Intl., telegram says John J. Jones, a Welsh tiuplate worker employed iu a factory at that place at a salary of 7 a week, received word from Walos Tu'sday night that an uncle had died aud beuatbed him money und estates amounting to OOU.000. Ho has quit work uud will leave for Wales wllhout delay. Row They Stand. The following table shows the standing of the different olubs composing the National liatellall Leaguet Club. W.L.rct, Baltimore , 72 :t(i Ct;7 lioston . . .71 311 C45 New York. 7J 40 C43 Tblladol'a. til 47 U)i Brooklyn. 61) 4'J 640 Cleveland . 65 62 614 Club. Tlttsburg ', Chicago. , Cincinnati w.urot. 64 66 406 60 60 4SS 47 CS 427 St. Louis. 45 66 401) Washington 38 7.4 842 Louisville . 32 77 m LATEST HEWS SUMMARIZED FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC What Is Transpiring the World Orer. Important Eventa Briefly Told. - - ( iiirit, and i.ASoa. The Holland Iladintor Works nt Ilremen, tnd., will run on double time and with an In creased force. Solomon A. Cohn and Frederick Milhelser, wholesale grocers at New York, have failed. Liabilities, S4.0HO; assets. 20,000. The Lambert nnd Itlshop wire mill, at Jollet, 111 , will start up Id 10 days nt a re duction of 1 tier cent. In wages. Tho Illi nois steel mil, at Jollet, will resume work next week In Its rod department at red no tion of 16 to 20 per cent. Chicago capitalist have purchnsed a large tract of land In the Fish pot eoal fields, lying In the northern coruer of Washington county, I'a., about four miles above llrownsville. The tract comprises the last piece of properly on the Held aud Is about 3,000 acjes iu extent. - mis ri.LAxr.ors. Several hundred eommonwealers en route west have stalled nt Umaha without food.l The remains of the late John Newell, of the Lake shore railroad, were Interred Wednesday at I bleago. The principal witness againt several of the ! nccuseii hw lork police nflleer has nl to I Euross to escape prosecution tor erjury. Captain W. II. Goodwin, Company O., fourteenth intan'rv. I'. S. A., will be tried by a ttenerai court marshal on charges of lutox I'lttion. The anthracite coal sales agents decided to flxthe output tor Septwmtier at 2.600,000 tons. No action was taken ns to prices or percent age. 'I he Count of Paris, head of the Orleans family, Is dviug at his residence at Htowe, England, where be has lived ever since he was exiled from 1 iiuiee. IdHklO. The Llbernl candidates for tho House of Commons were elected iu Lcltn-ster, England, Wednesday. Tlilrty-two death i from cholera nnd CA fresh eases are repotted throughout Oermany, for the week ending August 27. The Iutrenational migration society hns contracted to send 5,000 coloui-ts to Liberia annually. I'resident Hippolvte, of Havti. is reported to be seriously ill, and another insurrection is eared. An Enjosh syudicate has Ixmght all the paper ami pulp mills in Wisconsin. The price is Tl4.000.fMNi. half In cash aud hair In mort gage bonds am! the transfer Is to bu made March 1, IS'.iS. Tho International fence 'ongress opened nt Antwerp, WeduesUr.y, and an American delegate said that the growth of arbitrators bh au evidence iiiat tne most niguiy civlll f?ed nations were t rei arintr to abandon War. I MlWrs AMI I I MA1.TIKS. Edward S. Iean, a wealthy resident of Cleveland. commuted suicide f rldny. Albert Stout has been arrested in Wilming ton, Icl., for tho murder of Katie Duguo in October, lHH2,a servant employed iu hlsfumlly, Jnmes Jackson, retired Captain U. H. A. committed suicide nt (ilusgow, Scotland, Fri day. Opera chorus singers were captured iu ClrxekR'.V-d''.bg -V nriir-"npo-a"'a TlfiiieVS opium Joint. While racked with pain, a wealthy retired business man of Cleveland. Edward 8. leau, shot himself though the heart. Governor '''lllman ordered out a military company at Harlan City. S. :.. to preveut a race riot growing out "of u violation of the cotton pickers' schedule. Morris F. Itrenton. who hud been a elerk at the shruder Hotel. Columbus, o., up to a week ntro. committed suicide in Chicago, Wednesday lilgbt. Harry Widemayer, Bifent of the Hamburg- .imericHu eieamsnip i ompany in New York, has been arrested n the charge of lulling to account to the company fir (1,162 worth of tickets that he sold. Aifnes Waltltz, a Socialist leader, committ ed suicide on the graves of the victims of the riot of 14. in a JJerliu cemetery. She had lieen sentenced for inciting Socialists to violence, uud should have delivered herself to the prison authorities Wednes day. rmrs, Aeniif nts, rATAimr.s, btc. The St. Penuls hotel ut Columbus. Iud., burned Wednesday. Loss. (fiC.000. The town of Ellleton, Mout., was wlid eul by lire Wednesday. Ixjss, r 100,000. Iuun Willliims Jumixsl through a window k'll'-d t'u"dllJtf 141 t'oliimbus, and was John F. Elder, ugeut at Columbus for the Metropolitan Iusuranee Company, has been mysteriously missing for two week. Forest fires have destroyed suburban res denceaof New Whatcom, Wash., aud the town Is threatened. Maurice Barrymore, the aotor, was struck by an iron bar thrown through a car win dow at Chicago, and narrowly escaped death. ' It Is believed that a wreck sighted in mld oeeau is that of the little sloop Nina.tn which Adolph Frletsch started from New York ou August 4 to cross the Atluutic alone. Engineer O. A. Sturkman was killed and fireman Edward Walker and Iirakemau J'raeey were fatally Injured bv a collision on the Chicago, liurliutftuu uud y.iiucy railroad at Cleveland, la. tieorge freeman, leader of the colored band with I'r.inrose West's minstrels dropped dead in the streets of l'Htslleld' Mass., Wcduesduy while intruding with the minstrels. In a lire at No. 2i!fi liivington street, Yivrk, Herman Egner and his two sons New inny tt'it.u smothered to death and a fireman, Timothy Collins, was fatally injured. Eighteen futilities were rendered homeless by a lire iu a tenement i.t No. 37 tioerek street rURNED MURDERERS LOOSE. rhe Constable Could Not Protect Them From the Hob. The authorities ol I.incolu couuty, W. Va., A'ednesday arrested Johu lVytou, his sou Elisha, and Milton dross, on the charge of issassiuntiug Albert Keyser on Saturday night. While tbs, prisoners were under guard at tho hot e of Constable Milaklus, a mob appeured to lynch them. The three men were turned loose and ran for their lives luto the moutains, escaping the mob. or they would have been strung un. The greutest excitement prevails there. Slaughter of Dutch by Natives. The defeat of the Dutch troops sent to puc Isb lbs rajah of the Island of Lambok.nnt far from Java, seems to have been more serious than at first supposed. It is now asserted that 14 Dutch soldiers and 14 ofthxis, in cluding General Van Ham, were killed by the natives. The Dutah residents at Luinbok sue etaxlsd la escaping. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. omiBariaed Proceed inrs of Our Iw urn at Washington. TWO BCSJIiatD AXD StTtXTI DAT. Pr!ATt The eventful second session ol Lie Fifty-third congress closed Id the senate without a ripple ou the surface to mark the fa.'t. The greatest effort of the few senators remaining on deck was to kill time during the two hours Intervening between assemb ling and adjourning, and this they did by succession of recesses. The usual resolution of thanks to the pre siding officers, Vice-President Stevenson and President I'ro Tern Harris were offered by Henntors Quay and Manderson and were adopted unanimously. A few minutes before 2 o'clock the vice president rapped for order and delivered his brief speech of farewell. At Its conclusion the gravel fell tor the last time this season and the second session of the Fifty-third con gress was declared adjourned. Hot si Although the galleries were crowd ed there was not more than 7 of tho 863 members ou tho floor. The usual committee was appointed to wait on the president and inform him that con gress wss ready to adjourn. A reeolu tion to print copies of the new tariff bill, with the Wilson bill and the McKlnley law encountered the enmity of Mr. Johnson of Ohio, who did r.ot think the com parison fprepaied under the direction of Senator Gorman) revealed all the facts, and a deadlock ensued, which forced a recess just before 2 o'clock, after an unsuccessful at tempt to ( ass several local bills by unani mous consent, the Senker declared congress adjourned slue die. TWO NEW RAILROAD LINES. To Penetrate Undeveloped Ore Districts of West Virginia. The opening of the new branch to Fair mont has led to plans for inetratlng further Into the Interior. Two additional lines are now projected. One line will connect with the linltimore and tihio at or near 1'olut Marlon, running up the valley ol Client river 2ii miles to Kingwood, where it will meet the 'lunnelton, Kingwood and Kairchance Narrow (iauge lliiiiroad, w hich runs south to the main line of the ll tlttmore and Ohio. The other line will tap the H.iltiinore and Ohio somewhere lietweeu I'oilit Marlon und Fairmont, probably at Morgantowu. It will be over 40 miles long, probably terminating at I'hilllpi er Grafton The country to be opened ly these lines is rich iu iron ore, tiintier, limestone, glifs douse saud, and the best bl coal and fire clay. The first named will give to Kingwood railroad connections to the north, and give st 11 1 easier access from I'lttsburg to tbu main line of the Baltimore aud Ohio. PNEUMATIC GUN TEST. A Projectile, Weighing 149 Pound, Carried 3.600 Yards. Tuesday one of the 15-inch guns construct ed by the Pneumatic Torpedo Construction Compauy was subjected to a test at the rov ing grounds at Sandy Hook, N. J., In the presence of members of the bonrd of ord nance and a number of artillery officers. A gun was loaded with a six-Inch ''dummy'' projectile, the charge of compressed air be ing 1,000 jiouuds to the square Inch. Super intendent Creelman elevated the gun to an altitude of 34' degrees, decided that all was clear and pulled the lever. The "dummy" sued from the mouth of the gun through a cloud of vapor, and could clearly be seen de scribing Its course, until it fell into the water. The projectile weighed H'J pounds and fell at a distance of 3.MI0 yards. Cant. HaDleff said the irun could easilv be hlten t,J.4'.!JfcAnS 'J ili ?n?I,!'JLU'9. 8.9.1 in al tne barrel only would lie visible, and he added "even If that were shot away the gun would do considerable execution without it. BATTLE WITH THIEVES. A Fatal AflVr in an Cnlo Town-Two ftl.-n Fat illy Slot. A battle took place at Ohio City, a little town at the junction of the Cincinnati, Jack con A Mackinaw nnd the t hicigy A Erie roads, 25 miles from Limn, ).. Into Tuesday nitfl.t, 1 hoinas Eisser. the night watchman, discovered thieves I reaklni; Into Charles Coeh s storeroom. Watchman Ilisser tio k.ed I ho robbers single handed and was shot twice once iu the body and once in the bend. The thieves then made an effort to get out of the town, but were followed by the citizens. There was a lively exchantre ol shots on both sides. Several were wounded on both sides. Joseph Le.iiiian. u leading business man, was fatally wounded, and attorney frank Lewis badly shot. The citizens were finally forced to retire. Willi their wounded the thieves bout a hasty retreat, going south from Ohio City. It is probable the gang will be over taken. STOLE $100,000. Arrest of an Arkansas State Treasury Thief After Two Tears. J. L. Buy wus arrested at Memphis, Tenn., and taken to Little Hock, Ark., Friday night to answer Indictments, rhargiug him with grand larceny aud embezzlement of 100.000 n script from the State Treimury. In 1M01, when State Treasurer Woodruff, of Arkansas, was found to be several hundred thousand dollars short In bis accounts, liuy was called in to examine the books. Ho bad tieen at work some time when it was tliseovered that 100,000 of State scrip was gouo. Kay was arrested for the theft, but was discharged. Later the grand jury entered upon In vest i. gatioa, secured new evidence and indicted Iisy. He fled and for two years was not- seen until arrested. BUSINESS RESUMPTION. Reopening of Manufacturing: Plants at Various 1'oints. Fifteen hundred men will be employed at tho reopening of the Ohio Falls car works at Jcffeisonvllle, Ind, Itennett mills. Nob. I and 2 at New Bed ford, Mass., resumed Wednesday nt tho old schedule. Attur being idle since March, 1S'.i3. except a few duys prior to the strike, the fulled coul and coke works at Oreeusburir, Pa , started In full Wednesday morning. All tho Old inuu there given employment. FELL FORTY FEET SAFELY. Children Thrown From a Burning Build, ing Saved by an Awning. The four-story brick Hut building, No. 374, 376 Turk avenue, New York city ,wus com pletely gutted by fire eurly Monday nioruiug. There were uiuo families in the flat ull oi whom were rescued. Two uhildreu Herbert Donohue.2 years old, aud Emily, 4 years, were thrown by their mother from the windows 40 feet above the iidewalk, during the panie.They struck on an awning, went clear through and tumbled to the tldewalk, where they were picked up unhurt. Loss about 112,000. Cry and Smoky. If a heavy rain does not fall soon naviga tion on the Delaware & Hudson caual must lie suspended on account of the scarcity of water. Smoke from fires in the woods for a week pust, in Wayne county, I'a,, have almost shut out the rays of the sun. The Delaware river, from Luckawauua west, hns almost dried up. KEYSTONE STATE COLLIUCj FACTORIES RESUMING Raobers at New Castle and Beaver TXm -Bshsaded by a Frelht Train. ASTnSAIlll.LISO CATTI.t. An examination Into the causes of ths iieawi oi rattle iu ine vicinity oi lyrons t. Secretary Edire. of the State Hoard of kJ culture, has resulted In the discovery that tin disease a ft! let lug them Is not pletiro-po,u. monlu, but anthrax, for which there i, remedy. As contact with these animals dangerous, secretary Edge suggests that th caivmw ue souseu in on ami lireu. MroSO COItRB OS A STRISE. Two hundred negro coke workers and min er at Conuellsvllle, laid down their t.Kl, Wednesday morning nnd quit work. Ths claim that the wages are not sufficient to keen them since they were put on the scale rate, Tr.elr plaife are being filled ty the forci ttrik -rs who are anxtons to get back to work ni tuy wattes, i ne negroes are making prei. nrations to return to tueir homes in tti souiu. Iu the Itlnir county court a motion tniuln for a new trial of the case of William I ishsr vs the Altoona City fassenger Hallway otii pany. because the jury hai reached a verdict tiy the toss of a penny, was refused by .l.olkrs Itell who held tliere can be no disclosures oi tho secret deliberations of the jury room. The fifth annual reunion of the Odd IY. Irws of Llgou er TinirsJiiv, drew a crowd o BlHjilt It.OOt) , u ckers to idlewild. A lllie,.r. enestra luriusiied the music for the dale- The Liitonier, Latrobc and 1 terry cornet bands were comlilued into a band ol llfty pieces. Labor day was celebrated at Wilkestiarro by a picnic nt Mountain park, where Oeuemi J. S. Coxey was the priucipal speaker. Ilo came tliere under the auspices ol the KniKhts of Labor and made two speeches. They were repetitions of his former utterances ou the evils that now afflict the country. Ilobbers entered William Oreer's house at New Castle Thursday nluht and stole about t2.00u iu checks, two gold watches nnd other valuables. Jas. F lyun s residence at 1 ark- tow u wus burglarized, and several hundred dollars worth of goods stoleu. (ioods in the oriental store of L. Goldsmith on Fifth avenue, McKeesport, caught fin from a gas Jet aud Immediately the whole I luce was ablaze. J he lire department re sponded promptly, but the damages will reacn 2,300; fully insured. The big Chambers Glass Compnny's works nt New Kensington, have started up, the wage scaie nnving oeen settled, j ne work men ntrreed to accept a cut of 20 tier cent. Many improvements huve boen made about the works. Two masked roblrs broke Into tho resi dence ol Ir. Mercer, at llenver Falls the other nluht. beat him into a state of insensi bility, and robbed him of tia in niouey and a revolver. A Jo;ing man named George Grant was i tin over by a freight train the other day at the east end el 1 ittsburg.and tils head was sever ed from his body. He was a plasterer and was ou bis way to Lorain, O. In the courts at Washington, William Gib sou pleuded guilty to involuntary manslaugh ter. He struck Authouy Wolf with his list, killing him instantly, near Mononguhula lust Juue Sentence was duferrod. While the funeral sermon was being said over the body of Mrs. Bucbnnan,aged 00, who died of paralysis at Taylorstown, Washington ev.rbcr,bvifcteir"WwMeT. gd Wi, W In the same house, expired. William A. Atkins, president of the Totts. ville Iron and Steel Compauy and Sidney it. Drlscoe were appointed receivers of the con cern, which failed Saturday, owing (211, 000. Tho city council of Beaver Falls decided to accept the plans for n water works for that place. The plant which will cost T120.0JO, will be built at once. The cornerstone of a new Jewish synago gue was laid at New Castltt. Nathan liabouou vitch paying 100 for the privilege. It is the ouly synagogue in the Shenango valley. Two ore trains outhe Erie A rittsburir Ii. IL collided near West Middlesex. Mercer county, mid 14 cam were smashed to pieces. No one wus seriouly injured. Near Greensburg burglurs robbed tho homes of J. L. Mcguani nod James Mc Cutcheon. At Mcgunid's they got 47H, aud a gold watch, aud at McCutcheon s 150. The Kittuuningrolut reservoir, from which Altooua reeelvea It tniiin witter supply, is dry, and in case of tire, the city would be in a seri ous predicament, Dallas famous, of Beaver Falls, has been nrresled on a charge of beiug au accom plice in the robbery and beating of Dr. Mer cer. Cokeworkers of near Connellsville while out serenading were llred on by an unkunwu man. James Mickey was severely wound ed. Samuel Elver more, of Mercer, blew out the gas before retiring at a hotel In New Castle. Ho was dead .when his room was burst into. Samuel Beck's 7-year-old son while play ing In a flour mill near Greensburg was caught in the machinery. His injuries will prove fatal. W. C. Herrington's drugstore at Scottdaln, Westmoreland couuty, wus closed by the sheriff. Smith Bros.' Jewelry store at Mt. Pleasant was robbed of watches uud jewelry aggregat ing In value tttOO. William Burn was arrested near Greens burg, charged with embezzlement by O. 1', Duuuuu, a 1'itlsburger. J. F. Tarey wait killed by nn exploding boiler at an oil well near Titusville. He was u laborer employed tit the well. The Matloman Felting Company's plant at Fasten, wus levied ou by tho sheriff ou judgments aiuouutiug to $10,301. Beaver Falls citizens ar considering how to protect tho towu Irom burglurs. Forty armed men are uow putrolliug the place. The Co-Operative glass-works, the Howard stovo-works aud the Caruegio rod mill at Beaver Falls huve resumed. I'helie Buiigee, of Canonsburg, was found guilty of voluntary inai.slnuKhtur, uud sentenced to be imprisoned live years. During the absence from homo of Ilobert ltlini;ensinitb. near Oroensburir. burglars' ebloroformed bis wifo uud stole 1120. Fire destroyed the State Line hotel, owned by Isadora Coffman, at Cheut Haven, Fayetlo couutv. Loss. 2.000. HE MARRIED A NEGRESS- Rev. Sir. Thompson Was Dismissed, by His Church for His Course. A sensation bus been created at Fostoria, O., by the marriage of Bev. Mr. Thompson of the Methodist church to Libbie Hawk, a mulatto. She 1 an attractive young woman, educated, refined aud a church worker. She was a member of Bev. Thompson's congrega tion and for the last five months be bus. been paying ber marked attention. His congregation reinoustraed vigorously, and dually a few weeks ago be was given an indellulte leave o! absence and the church wan closed.
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