-Xl'-..- . t 'IS V.N. . "I r THE HIDDLEEDRGH POST. GEO. W. WAGnNSI.LLEIt, Editor. AIlTUUn E. COOPER, Manager. Midllchurgli, l a.. S'-pt'-mt 'T 20. ls!'4. IJir rr ort of tho Mission to Lepers statu Hint iti Imlia stone tlu-ro ore l(Ht.ii'M) li jurs: in .T.ipnii JOO.OOt) ami in C hiu.i proluilily -lOO.OOO. Tli lliitik of .THnn Lnn a cnpitol of 20,0.)(i,(pii vi lis. Tho vatuo of tho Jen is nlmiit the rnmi) as: that of a b li ve r ilolUr. At tin- rate nt which timber in lieing rut in TcMiH, it in cstimnteil tlint tho ni- ly ill ! exhausted nt tho cx I'.riitu'U i if lift ten years. Murriuge im growing popular Again in I'.n-liui.l. notes tho New York Sun. Tin- register for tho li rt quarter of lS'.M t xcrcilM the lirst quarter of any 2i.ar Kitiei' 1MJ. Professor W. Spencer is a scion 1 j.-t who claims to have discovered tliut Niugitrn Full tire just ll'J.nin yenm Ho nit-" predict that the fulls will In-1 xtinct iii Mtiio vesrs more. The wi II -known shipowner of Hnm-I'tirc-, II rr Lucis, tins giveti n Her innu I.rni nil or.h r to Iitiild the largest muling ship known. It will he n live UinsliT, of t'.l.VI toim burden, Itl'i.-j feet loiij; on deck, fifty feet wide in thu Uii.Mlo ntitl I'.l; fi'i't deep. A writer in the Aim rican Architect fhowp, liy giving t".tt.r.--, that Govern ment buildings cost botccti aixty an l k -veiity per cent, mora tiem tlio (tamo class of private work, nuA t h it tho nxi-nige time taken upon loviTtmieut buildings in more than threo tiii.M m Ion;;. tine ot the odd ell'icts of tho recent labor troubles was to niako doubly poi.ular the novels of ChurleM Hondo nmon; the reiidiui; rinses in labor uc!is. i-tnte. the Chicago Herald. A Hartford bookseller explains tho fact up.. ii the ground of tho popular treat ment by Keude of tho lubor trollbleB in England " several of his well known books. SiT.clh-iliifeHted by Eng-,,, (ii.t Waet root eunrar in' while w.irkiii"; iii'S Tho til mo on I o in Lo) i t - delivered the Bormtu In they are raisinVgr'ain 'at an abaoloto loss, and large nnmbon of laborers are out of emjiloyment They think that, with proper (loverninent eueourao incut, they could cultivato enoup;U In i ts to supply the country with sugar, while diversifying their industries uud r th.i.iiipf tho laborers on tho noil. Kiivb Foimhir Scimeo News: "If We can accept tho etatetueuts of rc portetH, F.diHon no.v claims, that sleop 18 n habit duo to tho isnorcss'on of tiiht and day, and that with miflieieut lurtitudc any man cau overcome it. If Le is correctly reported hi physician fhould impart u word of u.lvico tohiia before it is too late. No ouo has yet done very long with a t-tititcd nujiply i.f sleep without luudiug in tho grave yard or the miiilhoilse. Sleep is the rest of a tired nervous nyhten und tho tune ol its recitptrntiuii. When mcu cuuuot hliii they beeotin! insane. " Tu tho Agricultural Ajipropriation lull the prcn iit fiscal year u nu item ' id Sllt.OllO for the r-tudy of ocouo'uy if ton. I by the pcoplo of the United j r-t.itm. This nppropriatuin, i-x'.iluiai i the Chicago r.ei-ord, is ma in in nc- j eoidance with the nvenmiiicii latiouof ! the Si crttnry of A'rieulture, who pro- ; jiom to ih v de it to investiatiouH by his departliietit and ill coimcction with tho expel wneiit st'itioln aud ytlier I Hciehtific insUlutioiiH m diil'crent inirts ! of the country. Tho main purpose ia ! to learn about tho vuluca of difTereut ' food i, ni'.i rials for iiiitriment, the ac tual liulnts of tin- people with refer-i !ico to the iiuiviiasc nnd tho mo of foods, und thu ways in which i-'univvj-incut;, may be made iu these re.specta. While the object is thoroughly a prac tical one t help tho avi rao man aud woman to pi t mure uutrimcnt for lose inol.ey, nnd buy and use their foou in such u way as to promote h. alth uad -lr ii;:th, the nu n iu whoso charge the Lti riirme is plui't'd will by no means forct tluit iu order to ;.'ive tho in quiry its highest uiicfuluo.n it must in flu le much of ubytraet research. Too Si cntiry will allot the intt rpriso to the i xpi runt-lit i tatioai of tho dcpirt Jnciit lor thi'fxecutiouuf duaih. l'ro feasor V. o. Atwatcr, of Wcslcyan t'nivcrsity, Middletown, conn., who has devoted muiiy yenm tu tho ktudy I "' problemr, is to have tho im inodwts char-'O ofthework. JAPANESE INVADE CHINA. CHINESE SCARED. Strong Japanese Forces Sent to Fcntrate the Chinese Coast. A fl e; of 21 Japanese transports, convey ing ki.imiO troops, sailed a few days ago from a .I.i ii'o port. H is supposed that it li the intention f tlm Japanese, coinmnnder to ln:i I his forces nt some pjlnt on the Chiucst) e t. 'I I." Chinese. (lr"t uinlr tho eoromnnJ o A linlriil Tin, lui aillf.t H'eith for tli pur ..f iiiU-ri'i'i'liiiK Uih Jiipiiump. Orclcrs lni'i tx-.-n wtit to nil tb t'lilm-Mi ports to ii, nil. lain n ni(,-t eanitul wntcli for the ap pr.ie li of tlm c.in'in jr. I.iiri;" ri'liiturvniints of .tnpnneoo troops lmt ifniir to Koru. Wa'Ts are Irf-lng tnatlo In T"klo Unit Him JupHiifiH uriny will occupy I'fkin. ti I'apliul ol ( hum. or .Mukden, the capital of tin- proviin'o of l.oao long, Man I'hooriii, on November 3. I MniM! mid .liil iilieso fleets e ntlnu to play the i-iiine of lii.li; uii.l seek at the uiouto ol the (mil of Piichlll. 'I lie .lapHiiese en u noeoinfillsli Iltt1 mora Hum to t-in-ck the trnnsnr1iitlou ol Chinese I tro..it,i hor nml In this they hate so far i siieeee.ieil t tint further reinforcement, If uu : ilerlnkeii nt nil, will (o ly Innd llut it appears to te .'lnul.tr J that China i liitenii to treio;thi'ii ln'r fun-eslu tho penlu iiln further. .Mont of the Isxlli-s uow in n;o I tic ii are i.. to he imikliii their way towanls I 'l ieii l-.tn uinl 1 ' 1. 1 li . the ilelen'o to the Hp- proiii'lies to the .'apital l.eltii conslilured of ; ti e l! ret moment. j the report l eireiilnteil Hint I.I Iluiitf Cluing i tle.uifh imw 70 jenrsolil, will lio ordered to ' ln" persomil .'..miiiiiiihI of the armies on the 1 Continent. I lie humiliation lullli'ted upon luiii tin- koui' no further than tho withdrawal or sukpei n oi hi ileeorutlon and the ap- pi'ilillni'lit of two hih oltli ials to wateh lilt T- e.int,. Ihit ii the nrmy ornnvy should in e t w ith i.'rloiiK itisnMer liis position will bo I i tr.'ii.eiy dangerous. l alluro that eatmot j l.e i." t Irom exposure Is the only one uupar 1' ii:tl e erinie in Chinese statesiiiNliship. 1 In- i!i:i - tivlty of the armies In Korea Rives ri-e to varioiiK siirml-eH, pnrtleulnriy In Japan, here apprehensions of a reterse are If '.piently expre.-M'il. ' he armies have leeu w .linn a .l i '. ii.ii r. li of one another (or somu time, i nlMii).' -klrml-hers are supposed to bo ,L -lie.il'-.l I y llie .lapiiliese to o.'eupy tho nit. -ni:. ii ot the n,lei s.iry, while n stroiiir ! I. Is r. .ieds leulh llitendiliK to strike 1 the i hue -.,, m tlio reur bef.irn they oau o- ''iij e. int V.iina:i!n is about take eommnnd of tl nine ,l,ip:iijeu torees lit Korea, both lullit try ai. l Muni, II.' Is ono of the ohli'st l.l!e,i,- it, the ervlee. tieneral Nozu re. liiiilim nt tie' l.eii.l of the troops nn.l A l tulrio Kul..,j:i I In eontrol of thu naval bianeli. I'ptoihe reeiit time no American or ' r- peim ii.ir. -pollilelits have bs-n permit! i .'1 11 '' J""iH'e troops into the ''lectloii i I'u' Hindi) that it would bo imp.. ii . ,,, ,,t ,,.t ,(., from eirculntinn ., ' , lull iii kMil l.eiiwlul tothueiieiliv. lepr. -" . ot .! ,,.., papers are allowe'd ! T w.;V5'v''V '"1 teemn,i free ol ',l,'rf . ', r ' ;t.V.,vernn.ent wirea. but ;,p ' w 'tim ds '."' 7 neiU timi has not passC ' ''' " ,' . Mhi.li. ALTGELD SERIOU Y ILL. Illinois Governor in Co. With Ootham Doctors.ultation Governor AltKold, of Illinois, baa . New York to consult modlcal doctors and , oui uow iouii no una 10 live. wimn n. i. When at . ... .. . .. . ru ii uo was airaiu to uio, ne replied- a bit. HthcytoldmelwoiiM betak''16, n a eoftlu to-morrow I'd go to th-11"'- I '' ' taksaUrlukof wine W fi IM o- o ..t .1 . . Th . , . J lhM.I,i.,.1V il. SI-i 1 HQ . --' -M.. ..Ill, llUU" rt,ntr.v nMl', f' t tiMVfl irlBTII It S lTMut llh ,,,1 I l,l,l.k I . fnlrlv I litn Oil lilA wm.i to eoUiuer it J " i ly. I uio on to consu't able experts In if' ';us trouni-a -0i 'kioV locomotor ataxia li.ns outcoe;ft.V,, n geuural imilralnliig of the irsrvou system. I went to se-i lr. tpit7.ka this jmornlug and I am to have another cousujuntioii with him in the morning." Governor Altgeld hs not leen In New York lefore In '.wo years. iMustav tills time will be only ;'l hours. MIGRATION LIBERIA- I Three Hundred Negroe Are to Sail in I Oiln- At 1'incnppl i In AU" i, Siitunlny.il mon- i steruegro conventlouVsT held to discuss tho eu ys ipiestion if migratiiisf beria. Tho result j was that a comniitteuV J epntable colored j ministers was n pointed i .-o t-i that country ! and Investigate its ndvaiitasVs uud draw tipa I'ontra.'t with the ruu-r, wnj has sent word j thnt lie will give every lauiilb' irotn America I 'J I acres of land nnd iinplciiAtith noceury to ' i.iiltnate it. 1 j Word wn also n ived Jrolii J. IL McMul- I tin. resident of the lnternatiiiil Migration ' Soi-H-ty of ll riuiughaiu, A!a., uilyl vice-presl. I di-iit of the A In. -nu steamship vonSpany, who i Is in riiiladelpliia, thnt the society) has chart- ! ere, I Its steam. hl) and thu llrslt will sail from Mobile anil New Orleans end ly lu Oeto- I ls-r for Liberia. I 'I lie llrst cargo ".-ill tie limited to 300 in- groe.s hut if the ruler of Liberia stlands by his i contract thousands of others will lfollow. In (act. hundreds of South Alabama jicgroes aro Mild to be soiling out their crop preparatory j 10 goin to Airicn, I BURNED TO DEATH- Fivo Livcu Lost in a Factor Fire ut Washington A lire at WiLshiugtoii, li. ('., on Monday ib-trov.-d the mattress fa dory of Mumpli A br-.s., In wlii.-h at tlm time of theHlre tliero were ',-, p.-i-.,,,s nt work. Six weft Women. I he biiilding was i, llve.story sti-iiclure with thin I r..-k walls, wimlows on'ly ut back and ll'-lit. and no Mr- ec;4,.. Jt W(w ,-i,red With leather., sli.ivuiy's. i.:;, othuf InlUininable Ihllterillls. tin-1 -senpe l th.Hc on tlm upier Uoors was ent otT. lour ldi.-s wero recovered (roln till- ruins. .-Inrp-.i , r,,,,ed Ih-VOHiI recognition, Several in f. loves Uiadn latai I UP. 1 lie c It Use ol tin- lire is iiiiL-m-u-ii III" I'Uil.lin J tvus valneJ ni si-.ini .in. I iii font cuts nt ul ;.'..' oa. " ' A UTAH EXECUTION. The Condemned M siiElscted to be Shot - FourBulle sKillel Hiin. Enoch Pavis, wife murderer, was executed nt l.-'lii. Utah, l'ri.lay by be.ng shot. Iln 'hose tins mode of execution in preference to hanging. Mi deputies each itrined with a Wini-hester, wero stationed iu a tent llfleen feet from the pen. Iu tlm tent were six loop holes t- shoot through. About thirty olllcers mid reporters ivenfi presnnt, but no miuisler. At 10 10 hn was placed on a elialr with a plunk. The doctors pinned a black paper mat k over the hoart. At in 1 1 tho uiarsh.tlt cried: "Makii ready! lake aim! Kire!" Six shots raugout. H.tvis moved slightly nnd ut 1(1:15 ga-sped faintly, licit!: w is in Hantiiiieous, lour balls pierced tho pmiur. Toung Morris Captured. I After an nll-uiuht chase Emnk ?Iorrls, the murdon-r of Ilernard Loker, ut Itieh Hill, Ta., was captured Erlday and taken to Con iielisville. llo was taken to tho county Juil ut Uuloutowu n souu us hu wus llUU u hearing. T0 THE G. A. RNCAMPMENT. Electa Officers, Pssass Rssolutions and Adjourns to Meet at Louisville. rim twenty-eighth ni.nunl encampment of the Grand Army of tho llep-ibll.; wns held nt MttburR Inst week, lieiflnr.lng on Mondnv. HeptemlsT 10, aud eiidini; tho followinif Tliur'dny. The pnrnde of the nnvnl veterans took .lace on Monday: the hlit parade mil review of the Grand Army on luesdny, Tim latter was tho irrent event of tlie week There were pi.non veternns In tlm procession nnd scores of ban. Is thnt rnnrched thro, nth ero-.rd-ed streets. oheiTed by half a million Speetn tors. , Tlie'Nntlotinl Assembly of tho Grand Armv met Wednesday forenoon, held four sessions ami adjourned Thursday evening to meet In 'IsM nt Louisville. New officers wereeleeted for the ensuing yenr and severnl Itn rc nt resolutions were pnssed. The mot liolntile feature of the occasion was Louisville's eh nueut Invitation In lf"nry Wntterson's ad dress. f the new officers elected the prin cipal ones are: Commatider In ehlef.Thomas Lnwler, of linekford. III,: senior vice com nmn.b r, A. V. Iluri'hfleld. of Pittsburg: junior vice commander, Chas. II. Mlmte, of New Grlenns: surgeon genernl-in-chief o. V. Weeks, of Marlon, ).; elinplaln-iu-chief Itev. T. II. Iliugarty of Missouri. How mnnv reunions of commutes and reg. ments were held would lie dlrtleiilt to snv. .More thnn fifty were held on Wednesday, mid it would le no exairveratlou to say that the whole numlsT during tho encanifimunt ex. ceded n hundred. The festivities of the wis.k closed Thursday night with a magnlll rent display of llrew-orks on tho Moiiona heln river. SIXTEEN THOUSAND KILLED. The Japanese Defeat the Chinae at Ping Tang. A Rreiit buttle has taken place nt I'lng Vang between the .lapaiicM! and Chinese. It lasted from Niturduy morning to hunday uioriilng, and resulted In the defeat of the Chinese. It i '"tllllllte.l that Lill.'.'K) ( hilie.se soldiers were engmred in the battle. The Japanese enptiireil immense stores of i.rovisloiis, mu nitions ol war and hundreds of colors. '1 lie chlmsf loss s estimated nt ltl.iliN) killed, wounded and taken prisoners. Among those i nptureil by the Jnpanen-are several of the 1 11 l.i-e t-ollllllllllillllg ollh'ers inelvdlllg Gen, Tso-I'ung, commander In chief of the Man ( liuii.in nrmy, w lio wns "everi ly v..uii..' I. 1 he Japnne.se loss Is only :i(l killtsl, and 270 Wounded lll.'llldillg II ollb-ore. M"-t "f the easiialiti-s among the Japanese ooeurre.l during tin-llrst day's fighting, and very lew W re the result ol the night nltaek. The .lapiines t'.r.-es are in netive pursuit of the fugniM's who have thrown away their linn mi. I readily yielded themselves prison, ers. A desultory war may be curried on for Soil." time to e.. me, but unless ( Ililnl sllnil sin I iii getting another army into the pciim ilii, l on n mil iindoubtcdlv remain In jiosi s-ioii o l lit.) Japanese, A RELIGIOUS OUTBREAK Brahmins Urge it for Overthrow of Allen Poww. Tho excitement which commenced week at I'oonah City. In.lin, and wlil.-h led to a rlotus light between Mohammedans nnd llilidooa eoutinues. All business Is suspend ed nnd the street are pntrolecl by n n squad ron of lan-'er. Tho governor of llombnv. Lord Harris, Is doing his utmost to rocoiioi'io the warring parties. To make matter worse a pamplet In lenllets has beeu l-s ied by four teen Itnihmlns urging tho Hiu.loi a to ursi and inaugurate a religious outbreak aud the II rd (.top toward the overthrow of alien power. Ai already cabled. tlu ou itbreak was cnus.-.l Ollnlv rt.Mirif.i.l.. o. 1 1.. 11 - ...... - t m UHIUJuantil ''l?' ho U;lta tee I ,. c . .. U tness the lion. ll. i m.-t nt court at Miiiiiii.i.iii- I'll A. I), istii, ' Seal. J.p -hi-nrrs tmico. Mlddlehuri,, i bf t)ULld sacked tbe mosoue. which tum1""""'1 . 1. . . 1 " " . ... ' r.so nuenipieu 10 Durn. ona mnn was killed and many wure Inlured during the light. CHARGED WITH FRAUDS. R. Id. J. Zahniser Arrested for Getting $10,000. It. M..I. Ziilinis. t, a lumber clealernt Greens burg, Ta., was arre.sio 1 Friday charged by a member of the firm of Ilohrbacher. I'ox Co., with frauduleiitly appropriating money mid property of dm company, ntiiouiitiug tu thousands of dollars. .ii!:ner is secretary nti tn-asurcr of the linn mid as such is charged with manipulat ing the funds l:i order to bung about t slierilt's sale, and nt that sale he and the president of tlm company purchased the company's works, worth Tis.Oilli. for t lJDU. lie gave bail iu the sum ol tl.OJJ for a bear i"k'. CONSTITUTION MAKERS- Important Chances Beirvg Mnde In New York's Fundamental Law. The constitutional convention ut Albany, N. Y. tuts pased the iiiiieiidmeut removing Hie statutory limit of 4J,Ooo In actions for tecovery for diimia-es for Injuries resulting iu death. An mm ndnient, abolishing the of. lice of Coroner, was. nlso, adopted: also tho iiuieiiduieiit providing Unit before limit pass like in Ihe Legislature, a bill shall be printed Mid lie on the. di sks of the members of nt least three legislative days In its Ililnl form; also, f rovlding thnt lu cam of a vacancy lu (he olllce of Governor, mid the impeachment or death of the I.ei,ti imiit Gow riior, the I'residi id ol the Ki nate shall led, and lu case d bis lo ng Incapacitated, tbe spuuki r ol the House thull assume such duties. I.Vminiited for Congress. Tu'eiity-eifhtl. New York district - C. ( blckerillt'. l:ep!blienn. 1'icirtli Illinois district C. VY. Woodman lleplililicali ' l:igl.ih Tennessee district Congressman I'llloe. leino.-iat Twenty-Mist Ghl district Tom I.. Johnson Iicitioeiat. l ourth Illinois district - P. J Populist, Mlntler. L iti ti Illinois district ( pllllst. Sixth Illinois distri, t I. llllst. Sc-otid lli.nois district Populist. Th rd Illinois district UliSt. . G. I'lxoll, pop. W. lingers, Po- J. J. Haiinapin, I. V.. Clark, Pop. Pecoud Virginia ocrnt. -U. Gardiner Tyler, Dem- Sixth Minnesota- r.x-Congressmnn V., Ual- verson. 1'oiiuust. Klghth 51iehig:in - Rowland Conner, Demo ernt. Second Minnesota John Moouan, of Was ecu, lu'inocrat. Sixth Maryland district Ferdinand Wil liiiins, Iem. First Wisconsin district -J. II. poollttle, Ie mocrat. N uth Alabuma dUtrb t-T. II. Aldricb, lie piii'liean. Fourth Cullfornlu district T. B. Hhnuuon, ltepubllcall. Fifth California district V. Loud, He puldicnu. 'Miiid Teuuessee district-F. T. Dickey, Populist. Cholera Still Spreading. A Vienna dispatch says that cholera con llniiea to spread in Galicin, where Thursday 1H7 new cases and 12(1 deaths were reported. Gut of seventy-four Gulloian districts forty lira Infected. In Lombertr. the canital. there j Wero three cholera deaths Thursday morning J OUR MEXICAN BODNDARY. MARKING THE LINE. The Tr.p Thronph Arliona Deserts Wa ter High Priced. The United Stntes Internal boundary com mlslon has arrived at San Diego aud Is com pleting the work ot establishing 2M monu ments marking the lino tietwecn Mexico and tho United States from El Taso to the TacKla Ocean a distance of about TOO miles. Tbe commissioners are Col. Harlow, United States triny: Lieut. Galllnrd, United States armyi ud Mr. Mossman. of the United Slates cohs ind geodetic survey. Their staff ot engineers toldiers nnd Inlwjreis uumtx-r about eighty. For two years and a hall this party baa been in the Held erecting tho monuments and sur veying the boundary line.whieh was original ly established by Commissioner Emery from imy to 153. The fifty-two monuments then erected oave been supplemented by 200 more, which tre for the most part plain Iron shafts on rock nnd cement foundations, lly aggree ment with Mexico any errors discovered In the original survey by tho present commis sioners shall net be corrected, so far as ownership of territory is concerned. few i rrors have Ik-cb found in the first survey. Hie largest was along tho New Mexh-o bound ary, wheru ynelo Sam gains nenrly forty l.piure miles of land which the new survey hows to be In Mexico. Much of the trip of tho commission was through Arizona deserts. At tiun-a It cost Iwenty.five cents a gallon' tor water needed at certain remote points by a small party ot men and horses. REBELS AGAIN ACTIVE. Two Brazilian Commanders Defeated and Arms are Captured. News Just received by the Brazilian llcvolu tlonnry Commission Irom ltlo Crando do Hu announces the nrrlval through an inland port uorth of TorteAlegro id a fresh supply ol arms and ntnmuuitiou for General S mivia, who Is mar.'ho.g tow ard tlm coast. Inn lug again defeated tn-ncruls Lima aud 1 irniio, obliging thu former to retreat and capturing a lot of anus and Held pb-e.-s. Two members of the Held commission la-It last Week osten sibly for the m at of war. Advices Irom General Siirnvln, with whom uninterrupted i-ominuuicutlou lias been estab lished a.-ain, state that the revolutionists who lied to IJoliv in, Uruguay aud Argentine aro returning, provided with arms and ammuni tion they concealed b-fore their- llight und coi.eentratlug hear Villa Alia, where General halado is awaiting them Willi a Weil drill id loreo of l.tiuu men. A lilo do Janeiro cnblu snys: Although many prisoners hae Im-ch released, mo re p-r-sous havo been nrrested ditllig tho pst few days than hnve bei'ii set nt Uis-riy. ll. -porta lire In circulation that those who were re leased have told tin Ir friends almost iic-red-inlu stories of cruelty to prisoners They wero often wnt, it is ssid, to serve lu i -nun cap acities on ship board, where some wi-ro whip ped to death. BANKERS UNDER ARREST. ... . r Messrs. Raymond.of Jtiddletown, Cha'"g od Wltn Misapplying Funds. Charles W. ltayiuond, President of the Mlddletow-nf,,., National Bunk, which clos ed Ita'doors about two weeks ago nnd Ed ward Haymoud. Cashier, his brother, wero placed under arrest Friday on the charge of misapplying (50,000 of the bank's funds. l inied siaii-s itank Exutuiuer " in. 11. Hard t .x. v- c II. Hardt have !. ii I ,0VT he -Institution "JpUlt.: S lu closing last lulr work 'I'htisM. I day ol I' t io. c. 1 J , 4, Isyo Stoi'O of 'K warrants were ) i U I 1J U ..... 1 ... rus.. ".r- w. ".',,"'.u,, Ivr ins urrun oi aiessrs. jtay moud. Chlel of l'olloe Audemon served Uie warrauU ou them aud ball was given by each In the sum of ao,ol)o for a hearing. Tho charge on which tney were arrested was misapplying of M OUO of funds of tho Mid dletovtn .National bank." Lxiiuiincr Hardt said Frldny evening that his examination of the bank books hud re sulted in the discovery that a largo amount id money hud beeu misapplied by tho Olll.-Ule of the institution and that the revelation had led to the nrrest ol the Kay nionds, Charles W. Kaymoud was a candidal!) for State Treasurer ou the lieiuocrutlc State ticket lu ls'Jl und soon after Cleveland's election an nounced lumselt as au aspirant for the posi tion of Collector of tlm port of I'liiladclpliia, uow being heid by John It. Heed. Ll HUNG CHANG'S DANGER. If His Promised Chinese Victory Doesn't Come he Will Fall. 1 he power of Viceroy Li Huug Chang has steadily deeieaed. His few Influential friends are doing their lest for hi in at Pekln but It is not likely that they will be able to nvert his downfall. Every duy's delay In providing the promised victory over tho Japanese now udds to 1.1 Huug Chang's danger. I he block iu moving the Chinese troops tn Korea ci ntluues. Fverythiug has beeu thrown Imo ci illusion, xhn reinforcements Jroui tlie more remote provinces m route to TIcioTsiu uro nt a standstill, and uro terror iring the cities in which they are halted. 'I lu se reinforcements aro mostly undiscip lined hordes, wbo uro not under Iho eontrol of tlielr lenders. Almost a reign of terror prevails in Tien-Tsui. The sava.ro soldiery sre plundering and maltreating tho wretclied populace, nnd native merchants nr tleolug to J len-'i sin to save their lives. Trade is ut u complete btandttill, uud iniecr;' is geuerul. 2,000 HOUSES BURNED. The Latest Chinese Conflagration .Re sults in the Loss of 100 Lives. The city of Lung Kin, in tho providence of So-Chuu, China, lias been visited, by a lire, which destroyed 2,'i00 buildings. , Over 100 people lost their lives in various wuy as a lesu.t of the rt.. Amoug the dean is the wilti of tlio Governor of snuu Kin, who died from fright. Thu Governors house was burned, uud suvurul temples destroyed. lo is estiiiiuled ut 10,0-0,00(1 taels. HOT FIGHTING IN JAVA. The Dutch Win a Heavy Battle and WiU Besiege the Hostile Indians. The Dutch forces to Java after hard fight ing, which lasted all day captured Pasluga baii, wheru the Matarutu rebels were couceu truted. Tho rebels rotroated to Maturnm, which Is a fortltled place. The Dutch, how ever, are advancing upon Mutnram aud ex pect to captiiro tho place within a wook though not without a hot engagement. He Cut His Throat. C. II. rrceman eommlttud suicide nt a late hour Friduy night, at his boarding house in Allegheny, pa., by cutting lusthroiit from ear to eur wlih a rnzy. 1 reemnu came to A lie. gbewy from t.'hicugo about six months ao, prm.'ticed mind healing. He wits accompa nied by his wife. Those who know tho j cidu attribute tho taking of his own life to money di file ultlcg. At times he was uielau- cuoly, Tfj-EGRAPHIC TICKINGS. 3. I'lodman and B. G. Armstrong, rival Texas litors, killed each other iu a street d jel n r Waco Hat irday. The a; Inners and wenvors' strike at Fair niver b; growing and 38,0X1 textile opera lives si) dw o,it ' thftt c"y- Pari.'i Johnson, a nejro. of Solma. Ala., lold bl alf into slavery there for $25 cash to Cohj'tark Oliver. Patri O'Leary, husband ot the woman whose kicked ov:r the lamp thnt burned Chlcar la 1 T 1 , died there Saturday. Tr.te,tn onUil1 ""Ion of thi Oil Fel loe overign Grand Lodge opened at Chniwiooga Monday and will continue five lays. Lnni'i has been purchased on which to 'rect C RTat hotel at Hiverslde, N. Y., iippoaK ' the tomb of Gen. Grant, to cost 2.000'l00. Ujf xft explosion of a burning oil car on the Oa'' railroad at Hudson, Wis., snvn persoia were badly burned, sonm It la thought falalljf fiEBS ATHARRISBURG. Disc te the Pullman Strike and Offere I Suageationa, Xbh Opera House at Harrlsburg, was well filled "n pePl Friday night to hear F.u gene IH,hs, Fresldcnt of the American Hail 7 Union, discuss the Pullman sympa thy st n(' other labor matters. He spoke ouo our and thrcc-iiiurters and received n,st respectful ntteutlon. The seiitltnent nioHtl"u,iy applauded was au appeal to the worr Ingmeu to wipe out tlio grejtt political parti! V hJ independent political it 'tion. Wlri" " recognized tho tiecessity of Fed eral i oldlers to preserve law and order, ho sugg' t,d "lttl Jt w" V'T singular that they have iever been known to come to the risseuo of in' orlng men always to tho defense of capit, J represented In corporations. Au mvlv was toiindly denoiincod and co-operations' ol H InlxirorgniiiTuitlou favored. tlu the subject of railroads, ho said It would b I tier for tho Government to own theui thuu railroads to own the Government. I The Gypsy uuien's Death. r,r dget Gormmi, known as the ljueen of Oypi H-s iu America died Mondnv night nt her rum near Cincinnati, aged M5. Sho has rule. America since tho death of In-r hus-bam- King John lor mini, two years ago. and y ss succeeded t-v her son. Hurt ly Gorman, uiuh r a regency. The quis-n IWcd a roaming Hie i 11 her days and was popular ubjlfets. with bci :HE NATIONAL GAME. r mii.tox. of riiilndelplila, led in tno nnti r ol stolen base". ;,a"haxcr plsvel n wonderlul gamo nt Irst base for lirooklyn. ? octhkbs It-ll off in his bnttinp, t ut bin r.eldSi" hns been brilliant. Tn IVtoi te-i-" cirri" ' fifteen men nn.l I tra 'ner on Us V'estern trip. j)tlli.Ky. tlm Chle-igo shortstop, covers f ground nn l docs It well. pn ikxtt. M.'Aleer.in l Pluke ma'ie nn out leht 'or Clevelau 1 Hint Is hnrl to beat. r taijc Nasit p'nv" ! n better game tb's 1 . i , I . . - . - . . l.. 1.U.- lensc ' n man wnen ne went in uismu in iny. lTeems Impossililo to properly strengthen nir I .base, the wonk spot of tho Brooklyn etinj. Tnt ' Louisville ' Un vnx-e 1'iiener uuniiuii 0 Br -- I, , ltliroe tnr Titcher Inks nnd a cash of f 2001. onuf T: InTlr f V. Y.l C'luh has a record of A . : ..!M. -.. 1.,. to I T major or minor ieVr le cioi. ifniL Clevelandtoo' aWnl iliU'..,i relr liMtinir. a featnea o the gan tn which her wer considered strong nt the begin- nine; of tha season. Captaih FoiiTZ nn l fin's or two- o' the P.rooklvn players hav been Invhe-I to join a wvnhlnntlon thnt will give exhibitions In Florida during tho winter. Nrw Yoiik l the nnlv elu' In tha T.Aagin that dl ' not add plavsrs to the team this sea ion. Itstartolout with svcnten men on tha pay roll, and now has sixteen. Kcti.rn. of B iltimor. ma In n rrit hit this yenr In that cltv. Prasi lnt Pvrna got tha worst of f'a deal when hn ex'miret P-routhers nnd Ko-tlor for Slitn llenul Tro-t 1 w:iy. Xkw Yoik has done th best wor's of tho F.s-stern clubs agalnt the Western teams dur ing the sessoil. While ClllenCO occnn;es th) corresponding position among tho Western cluh. On. of tha rules which Anson, of r'il"igo, promises to auk for next sion i ou bir ring nil big "mils" In tli Held. He nrgues thnt eatelmr alone should be permitted to war them. Who will win first plnco In hnttln'.' this year? It la a iU"stlon l-nposl le to nnswir. though the uiiofTi-'liil II mrca In lbeite that the eoufest Is nnrrow!nt down hewv.ri Dm (TV. ot Uoston, aud I)luhnnty, of Pnlln deln'iln. The final tl f"r tho Natlonil bnsilnll championship In Ea'rl.m 1 en 'a I a victory nt B tl'iam on Hitnrlav. Aiivust 21, w'mnt'to Thesplnn. th" winners of the ohinipioushlp hist -n-ir, score I u dosislvj victory ovjr t'ao Stocktons. Tbk rnlemnker em eTff!af w eYin-jos for next s.ison t hit won' I tmappro'inte I by the players. The most Important would be to let play rs overrun second an I thirl as they do llrst, with tho sime pennltv for turning th left fi-ne, as originally uggeate 1 by Harry Wright. Tint rata for th psnnant among IHltl more, Boston an I New York was tlio most exciting contest lit thx annals of t'm mini ant prove t eou-luslv.'lv tint tho Nillonil ganmls a ptstima of whlc'.i evjry American should be proti I. There Isnog irii'illn'. con nected with it an I avorv "p wrot" yIU for Ids own clu with tho ar lor ot a giuuini patriot. Tnr. young players w'io hiv mi la n "oi 1 showing lu th lilgli-i igmtl'lsy.i.ir nru Hod son. Tenney, Conniuglilon. an I Ititinou al the Il-iston. Lujid mil Ltctiins of tha Ilrooklyns, Msekln au I Murp'iv of the N w Yorks, Keemr, Jeutiiir.'S, an I KkIis of tha Knltimortw, Morjernnl Ahhevof tlm W.ts'l lugtons. Surdan of tha pitts-iurg, lllaka o." tho Clevrtlun ls. GriF.lrh of Chi" igo, Clark of Louisv.llc, mil L y ol St. Louis. Tac DiltitnorH Ciu' is winninr tha pun nam with a taim that cost M r. H iulou and Von tier Horst cornparativelv nothiu. Without piving bonus monsy llvoon sb urad Urodle, Kfeler. llroutlmrs, McGr-lW, H it is, Jcnuiugs, and Clarke, He got Uolley irom the Pitts mrg Cluh iu ex'li iugi for Van Haltren.-iud t.'5)3, and mi l that n.nonnt to Sr. Louis for Glunsoii. II mmin 'in 1 t per were lauded upon tun p.iy.neut ol about 12000, and McMahon an I liohlr.sou wero li iltimnre nlavers whon II inlou took cburg.. It is estimated that tlm salary list dons not loot up over 415.003, mi l mat thooiu'i will clear morn than that amount on the se:uou. How They Stant Tlio following table showi the standing ot the different clubs comjiosiuj tbe National 1 bieliall Leaijuoi Club, W.L.rct Club. W.L,p.rt. Pittsburg . 6'J HI 41)2 Cluoago . . bi U'J 414 Ciuciuuatl , 61 00 423 St. Louis. . 40 72 405 Washington 42 HO S44 Louisville . Hi 83 210 Inltimorrt New Vork Uoston , , 1'hlludei'u Brooklyn. C.eve.iaid ta ;i7 cnu 7.1 42 liSJ ,77 41 1145 tM fill iTll 05 C5 6-12 VI 67 017 KEYSTONE STATE CULLIKGS BIG FIRE AT SCRANTON- Two Robbers Convicted Horrible Crime by a Boy. ASTitnsx iXAOi-a at Trac. The farmers living near Tyrone who owned the cattle thnt died of anthrax on tha mount ains several days ago have completed their, summary. It shows thnt 124 cattle were taken to'the pasture land, and of this num ber, only 41 nave been returned, and many of these are still sick. It Is estimated that there are 81 of the nnlmals known to be dead yet unburied on the mountains, but the carcasses are not at all likely to contaminate the water supply ol Tyrone. Twenty-riva carcasses were found lying along tha water course from which -Tyrone receives a water supply, but all of these were thoroughly saturated with oil and burned. MCRDKnrn ro uosrr. Heronrd Toker was murdered and his wife Mury fatally wounded, Wednesday niter liooii, about 4 o'clock nt Ilich Hill, six milea north ot Connellsrllle in the mountains. The fiendish deed wns committed by Frank Mor ris, a boy in years of age, who bad been stay ing nt the Toker home since Sunday. His his father's borne is only a half-mile away, but voung Morris pretended such grent friendship with Toker that ha stayed there much of his time. He was arrested the next day and eonfssed to the crime. Ha hss been a great render of cheap novels nnd became seized with a desire to achieve notoriety. s rnor i oiutions. The corn crop Is still suffering from drouth, but during the past mouth It hns not tn-en general over the state, nnd for quite a Hum-ls-r of counties "plenty of moisture"' i re ported. Wheat and rye, already threshed, litis met expectations lit yield, ilarly sowu oats yielded better than the late si-eding. PuckwhfHt has been slightly affected by drouth. Tobacco has also fallen off n few points from the sumo cause, potatoes are not a good yield aud they are nil Interior in i-le. lover acreage was small this year nnd the crop of wed will Iss poor. AM KXTr.MSlVfc ItllE. The most extensive lire, In point of loss, that ever xlsited Scraliton, broke out early Satuiday morning In the business section if the city." Wheu the llames were brouglit un der control nt 10 o'clock tho loss Iih.I rencln-d nt a lonsemitivo estlmnte 4k.io,000. l or n tin e It looked as though the entire bi.s.ncsg section of the city would tutreiy lie destroyed. Mleacl Skor.. the polish peddli r, who was found in nn unconscious nnd terribly mutilat ed condition lu an e'amloti"d rniiron I cut about half a mile abova Whitford Station, Chester county, died Friduy in the Timer sily Hospital. Philadelphia without having regained consciousness. II had been at tacked by footpads, ro'jbed, beaten uud Mt to die. Kmnia Martin, aged 22, the colored woman of Pittsburg who shot uud killed hi.rlfs Johnston, nlso of Pittsburg, nt thn ( ent nil Coke works at Grcetishorg on July -I. lias lieeli on trial for her life Inst week at Greens burg nnd hern convicted of murder iutho second degree. Mrs. Eleanor Scott, seventy years old. of Mnrysvtlle, Mo. accidentally stepped oft tho Pullman vestibule of an moving train near Pittsburg and was ground to pieces. It wan her daughter's bridal tour, and the purty waa going to see the eucampmeut aud visit rela tives. George Bruce, a citizen of Iilncktown, Mer cer county, committed suicide Tuesday morn ing by hanging himself to a rafter in bis brother's burn at Harlausburg. Lawrence couuty. Iiruce was 43 years old. aud was despondent over love affair of many years' standing. Thieves Tuesday night robbed Aloxandet oodrlng.Vi'nico'4Usf.JVfli'niA.'.H1r.nil $700 worth ot notes. The money consisted of 3? (50 bills and 20 irold pieces, aud was marked. As tbe family did not awaken until nearly noon, It is supposed that chloroform was used. An explosion of gits occurred Tuesday nt I 'ent rail a colliery, near Ashland. Several workueu are entombed, but they all escaped through nu uir course. Three were taken out badly burued, onu of whom bus s,uco litd. The fourth biennial convention of the llrotherhood of Locomotive Firemen begun lu Harrlsburg Mondnv morning with :l.r.O dele gates. Thu entire day's session was given up to the reading of the report of Grand M.'iMer "urgent, who occupie.l tho chair. W. F. Collins 1 Co., general storekeeper nt St. Petersburg, Clariou county, were rob bed last Saturday of 10.(HI0 iu bonds, notes 4lid cash, l util .Monday the theft was kept secret lu tho hope of catching tlio guilty per sons disposing of somu of the paper... The Prison Warden's Association of tho Putted States was lu session in Plttsli.irg Mouday.wlth wardens from all tlm prominent peual iu-titutious lu the country in uilt u lance. prison discipline was tlio principal topic of diseu.wiun. The Keystone glass company's plant nt Mendville was entirely destroyed by lire i:t au curly hour Tuesday morning. Il hu l not been in operation lor over live years uud It is supposed thu lire was caused by trnuis. i ho loss is not i-Htiiuuted, but It Will bo heavy. At Kittntining, W. C. Phillips uud W. M. Grim, convicted of ns.uuii with intent to rob aud burglary, were sentenced each to five years lu the penitentiary, phlll.ps is said to belong to the Ward gang which hud luud ipiarters iu Westmoreland county. Th cigarette habit, which superinduced heart failure, killed Hairy Johnson, ut Co lumbia, supi nnt'ind"!.' of the agencies of the Auglo-Atucricuu Suvlugs uud Loau Asso ciation, James McAvoy, of Gnllitzln, who shot nnd killed his wile ut that place in August, was Tuesday found guilty of murder iu the secoud degreo. Ills brother Josoph, who was tried jointly with him was aciuitud Mrs. Ann llyrao died ut tho home of her daughter, lu Allegh-uiy, ou Tuesday, aged llli yenrs. sho win bom lu county lo'seouuuoti, Ireland, lu 17'Jl, uud caiuo to tills country iu McKeesport celebrated tho centennial nU. nlversary of her fouudlng ou Wudues.lay, Thursday and Fridir.'. Gov. Piutis u uu I Gov. Mckluley were present Wednesday. David Slager, a wealthy German, neur Col. legevllle, committed suicide by hauiring him self in his barn. He hud to relatives uud the causu of the act is a mystery. At L'ulontowu the Jury found PoMmustor Harry Marriettu uud others of Councils viilo guilty of unlawful assembly and ucpjiitej them of riot and lucitiug to riot. Bepulasd With Heavy Loss. A dispatch from Tien Tln suys that newt bas reached tliero from Plug Yang that tbe Jupanese, on tlio night of heplemie-r 12, made au attempt to surprise thu Chine camp, but ware repulsed with heavy loss. The movvmeuU of tho Jupuiiese troops were Impeded by the ktnydiug crops, wlucU UisO tild tho enemy from theiu. Will Shoot The Rebels. General Ilorgona. of Peru, has strict order to shoot all rebel prisoners above tlm rank of major, bolures Is reported to havo vefused I any other terms Giau the restoruttou of the Kate of uffalra oefore I lie revoluuou uud ILo immediate ordermg of an election. 3 0 -8 Pa. 4 i a n le 50
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