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THE MIDDLEBURGH POST.
CEO. W. WAGEXSELLEIt, Editor.
ARTHUR & COOI'ER, Manager.
Mi.l'Il1.iirh. Pa.. "j t rn -r '2'. 1-: I.
In Franco the population averages
about 1ST to t!m square mile. In this
country the nvcrago is twcutjr-oao to
the square mile.
Tbe highest mountain in tbo world
h tho oll cstalilibhcil Everest in the
Himalayas. Muunt Hercules, in New
Guiticn, t-lirunk a good deal after it
was measured.
Massachusetts ban two of tbo tbrco
largest libraries in the United States,
tbo Boston I'ulilio and tbo Harvard
University. Tbo largest is tho Con
gressional library.
In 1S?4 the equipment of tbe Not
Yorlc Elevated Railroad (Ninth nve
one) was six cugiues and ten cars. Ia
IH'.'I tbo fipiiptnont of tbo Now York
Elevated system consist of 331 loco
motives mi l 1 110 cure.
Tbo prune industry iH stated to bo
nttracting attention in Idaho. It is
reported that iu tho Trtyotto Vulley,
where the culture of prunes is ono of
the leading industries, there are ranch
its who have made us high as 81000
nu acre.
William Morris, tho pout, has made
the interesting discovery that house
keeping is ono of tho most dillicult and
important brunches of study. "I'eo
I'le lift their eyebrows," ho Bays,
"over women muttering the higher
mathematics; why, it i-i infinitely
more diflicult to leuru the details of
Rood housekeeping. Anybody can
learn mutbcmiitics, but it takes n lot
of skill to manure a Iiouho well." This,
Mr. Morris thinks, is u reason why
women should coutiuuo to devote
themselves to housekeeping.
Science 1ms disproved tbo rural be
lief thut thunder sours milk. It is now
known that tbo souring results from a
fungus growth, an 1 that this fungus is
peculiarly fatal to nursin-r children.
Ih a old-timo rural belief was that tbo
concussion from thunder acted mechan
ically upon the milk, and first soured
l ifled it. Tbo theory is
a p.ausibie one,""tiily derived from
observing one set of facts without
knowing the existence of others inoro
important to tbo nituatiou. It hap
pens thut milk (tours during or just af
ter tbuudcrstorms because tbe atmos
pheric conditions then prevailing ure
usually of a kind favorable to tho rapid
development of tho fungus growth thut
Sours milk.
Tbo most minute precautions nro
taken for tho protection of tho new
1'rcaidcut of tho French Republic.
Tbero is not iu Kuropo a sovereign
better guarded than M. Ciisionr-Por-ier.
A living brigade of polieo
Agents iu civilian costume has been
created to follow tho President bteji
by step wherever bo goes. When M.
t'asimir-Perier is about to utart from
the Klyseo tho Prefecture of Police is
apprised by telephone of the place to
which be is going, us well as thorouto
be is to take. Peforo he has crossed
the gate of tbo palaco a carriage is nl
ready on tho street, with orders to
follow the presidential conveyance,
end not to lose sight of it. This
tnaueuvro is repeated several times
daily, for the President goes out fre
quently, either iu a carriage or on
foot. M. t'asimir-Perier often goes
to tho I'oisde l'oulogne, like M. Cur
Hot, uud thus gives a great deal of
work to tbe police service at tho Ely
tee. European coiuers of counterfeit
money have been bmy recently on tho
occasion of tho withdrawal of the
ltuliau silver coins from oirculutiou in
l'rauee and elsewhere. The Italian
(loverniuent on exuminiug the first iu
tulliiicut of the coins that reached
Kouio found that a large proportion
consisted of uew coius which, al
though of good silver uud carefully
(truck, were uot theirs. These will
be returned to tho Powers by whom
they have been scut, and this will re
Kiilt iu a heavy loss to the (ioverumeut
depMrtineuts which callud them in
As a n Italian fraue piece passes cur
rent lor a sum of about nmeteeu
cents, while it contains silver of no
more intrinsic value than six cents,
tbe counterfeiting brought consider
llo protlt, (specially as the calling ic
cuabled large sums to bo disposed ol
without exeitiug buupicion. Tbo obi
pieces of the Pope, of which a gooii
muuy temuiu iu circulation on hc
continent, wui also bo refused by th
Italian Government, as they were Jon;
so withdrawn.
THE CONDITION OF TRADE.
CONFLICTING AFFAIRS.
Improvement Shown in Soma Lines and
Dullness in Others.
It. O. Iiunn k Co's. Weekly Review of
Trade, miya: ''Plenty of material for en.
courugctnent and also for discouragement
rnn be found ty those who seek that and
nothing else. Hut business men who want to
see the situation exactly as it I, find av
eoiints so fur condl-tlng that It Is dlfll
culy to strike a balnnee. In those depart
ments of Industry ami trade In which the de
terred business sndjthe demand forreplcnlsh
tiiciit of stocks hate not been exhausted there
Is obvious improvement and In some the
bitslnnss Is not only larger than last year, but
larger than two years ago. Iu others the ex
haustion of the teinorary demand has
brought disappointment, because It Was
smaller than whs expected.
In the aggregate business Is about a tenth
Inrger thau lost year, but still falls about 'ii
per cent, below a full volume for the season.
The Iron business, after its prent Increase of
output last month shows disappointing weak
ness at all Eastern and Central markets, with
consumption not largo enough to keep fairly
employed the mills In operation. lleesemer
pig Is lower, at til. 25. at Pittsburg and the
business In most manufactured products there
and at I'lilladelpliln Is generally dono at
some concession. Wire rods and halls and
barbed wire are weaker, and steel billets and
bars a shade lower. In the minor metals
speculation has advanced both tin and cop
per a little, but without evidence of Increas
ing consumption.
Iu boots and shoes tho demand continues
large, with ninny sales from storks and
orders for pilck delivery, and other indica
tions that replluishmeiit of stocks is not yet
completed.
A large nuctlou sale of silks has ! ilted In
satisfactory prices. The demand Ut woolen
dress good Is better, mid the half dozen con
cerns making olny diagonals are probably
oversold, but in moid lines the woolen busi
ness Is restricted, ami after what remained of
several months' demsud was crowdd into
it few weeks the trufllc Is disappointing.
Prcndstiifls were weaker. While lower
estimate of corn are commonly ueccpted.the
price fell 3' cents, and men are reasoning
that it the ollli'ial istlmateof wheat hits been
found lUO.OMMiOU I ush "Is out of the way the
corn estimate mny err 4(10,000,000 or 500,000
000 bushels.
Cotton declined 3 lfi, and for September
delivery tbo prloo Is the lowest on record for
many years with a growing belief that the
crop, Irrespective of tho heavy stock iu sight
will prove more than enough for tho world's
consumption.
Itailtoad earnings for the first week In
September were li.4 per cent, smaller than
last year and for the mouth as far ns reported
4.!l jer cent, less than in lHUil and 11.7 per
cent, loss tlisn In liti.
Failures In two weeks of Hcptcmlu-r show
liabilities of only '.'.si;7.7('.4, of which t'.MJll,
71H wero of manufacturing and el,7'X,U4S of
trnding concerns. Failures during the week
have been 2V2 In the t'nited Male, against
yvl last year, and in Canada 4S ngaiast 40
liutt venr.
A GREAT FIREJN PORTLAND.
Two Hundred Freight Cars and Docks
Destroyed'
Tbo most disastrous fire In tho history ol
I'ortlaml. Ore., broke out at 4:30 Kutnlny after
noon In the dock of the I'uollle Const elevator
com puny, and raged for three hours, destroy.
Ing prfperty vulued at nearly ft.SOO.WK).
W lion the tire engines arrived the lire was be
yond control, and half an hour from the time
it started tho docks for halt a mile were on
Nre. Nothing could bo done but to let the
lire buu (twit out.
The w-ivator contained nearly half a million
bushelt of wheat. The new tdiint ol the
I'ortlnfail CmoTAl iilof-trin
'!(:' yt arrived from I.ynn.Mass., was stand
ing in tl'o yards of the Icrniiuul company on
wie cars. i,ot Having been unloaded. Tho
plant o-cu Hed the entire train and the inn.
ehinery wui .f tin. mem expensive ki;id, most
of which w"iis destroved. Two hundred
freight ears, HO of which were londi d. were
destroyed. Tho Oregon railroad and N ivlga
Hon docks held 1.1U0 tons of freight, consist
ing of wool, salmon, general merchandiho
cement, all of whlih was destroyed, 'ihern
were stored on the dock about 1J.IM) cases ol
salmon from the l.owcr Columbia river and
rugclit Souinl.iiWHitiiig shipment to tho east.
If was allied ut about (10,01,0 uud was partly
Insured.
Tho large steamboat Wilnmettn Chief,
moored ni the yard, took lire and was burned.
She was used be u tow I out and valued at
about l.'i.otio. Three men are supposed to
have perished In tho elevator, Charles Ander
son, a man named llrowu uud one mimed
Mu-rv were won i,t mi upper wind iw of the
i'l vntor, and it is thiught they were all burn
ed. LAND CAVING IN.
Is Kansas BottomlessP Farmers
Are
Alarmed.
Land is caving iu iu tho vicinity of the
junction of Harvey. Duller, uud Marlon
counties, tireat excitement prevails, mid
many people are getting away. Near White
water on the farm of Thomas F.sslngtou an
orea of 40 to 110 feet sunk tt to depth of '1 feet,
ami when a man was let down into the hole
his weight alone sunk It nearly three feet
more.
About tho sums moment nil area of seven
feet square sunk at i'ltim Orave a depth of
33 left. This was on Hie farm of hid Jones,
tho sliding in carrying in a threshing ma
chine. Water poured into the hole from un
derground till it tilled nearly to the top, but
the bole at Whitewater is still dry, though It
Is supposed that tho cuvcd-lii earth is restiug
on a vast body of wuter. lioih places ore 7 or
H miles apart.
At Auuelyn, some miles from Whitewater,
those were scvcrul small cave-Ins, ranging lu
depth from tl to 40 feet. Not long since a muu
was diggiug a well in tho vicinity of Plum
tirave, mid wbeu he bad reached a depth of
L'ti fuel, the drill shot Into au apparent vacu
um, and could not be recovered.
ii
IN WESTERN STYLE.
New Tork Toushs Hold Up Street Car
and Rob Passengers.
An open car on the Mlghth Aveuue line. New
fork city, was held up lute 'i'uiirsduy night
near Abiugdou hquaro. A gang of about 40
Hoodlums, some black and some white, rush
ing out of a sido street and crying "Klre"
topped the cur horses. The driver thinking
that tire engines were about to rush uvroas
the track did not attempt to go on, and sev
eral of tbo young toughs took advantage of
his hesltulton to grasp the horses' heads
holdiug them while their companions pro
ceeded to rob tho twelve passengers on the
car.
One man was robbed of n gold watch and
chain and a women of a pocketbook continu
ing t'AI, while seveuil others wero relieved
of kmuller sums. When the police arrived the
youug toughs wero in retreat aud only two ol
them weiu caught.
They Oppose Free Silver.
The Wushliithu Slate Itepubllcan conven
llou had u tilt over the silver plank In the
plullorm. '1 he couvcutioii was evenly divid -dd
ou this btil'jeet uud reported two reeolu
llou. 'ihey wtrediseusAcd for three hours.
Ono or two amoudiiieiitk were voted down,
uud Dually thu plunk providing for free coin
ago nt the ratio ol 10 lu I was U-utcu by a vols
fj iii to -m.
TELEGRAPHIC TICKINGS.
-
Andrew Karats was killed and four other
laborers hurt by a oave-ln at Philadelphia.
Ambassador l!ayard will sail from South
hampton, October 6, on a leave of absence to
this country.
I'lro Sunday night destroyed ten stores on
Main street q To ma, Wis. Loss 150,000;
pa'tly inured.
Mr. ndrew I). White, the United Mates
minister to Ilussla, has gone to Munich, lie
will return to St. Petersburg in October Id
order to present his letter of recall.
The Drazallan Minister of Finance bas
cabled a denial of tbe report that tbe Brazil
ian Government Intends to Issie X5.000.000
loan.
Tho Indian land adjustment league, ol
which William I.oyd (iurrlson, of Uoston, t
president, Is preparing to form a oolony of
Indians In Chicago.
While playing with an old musket at a
cristenlng party at Tatapsco Neck, Md., John
Bond shot and killed an infant and wounded
Its mother.
Tbe United States strike commission Is
sitting in Washington to receive suggestions
and hear anyone who wishes to h hoard on
the labor problem.
James T. Weaver, who claims to b a cous
in of General James A. Weaver, tbe ropulist
leader, shot a man at the F.xchange Hotel,
(ireely, Col. He Is believed to be Insane.
Telegraph operator Crosier admits that he
was reading a uewspapor and forgot to at
tend to certain duties the day of tbe fatal
railroad accident nt North Adams, Mass
The 15th bleuulal meeting of the National
Conference of the I'nitarlau aud other Chris
tina churches convened ut Saratoga. N, Y.,
Monday.
tiov. McKluley, of Ohio, has consented to
scak at Nashville on October 19 In the Inter
est of II. Clay l'.vaus, Kepubllcan candidate
for governor.
Charles Anderson, machinery tender, IM
ward Murray, watchman, and Frank Frown,
wolghmuMer, lost their lives In the elevator
lire al Portland, Ore,, Sunday.
Charles F. Wilson, euuvlcted of the murder
of I (elective James Harvey, was Monday sen
tenced to bo electrocuted at Auburn prison
during the week commencing November C.
That there was at least two, and probably
three twisters rcsHnsible for tbo work of de
struction uud death on Friday night at St.
Paul, socnis conclusive. Tbe total numtier
of fatalities foots up 70.
The rami Council of the Young Men'
Catholic Institute of the United States met iu
annual session al Louisville, Ky., ou Monday.
This is the largest and most Important meet
ing the order has ever held.
The grnud Jury nt I:irmlni;bam. Ala., has
Indicted twelve of the alleged leaders In the
Pratt mines uiassacro of July Hi, when
Deputy Sheriff 11. W. Tierce and several
negro miners were slaughterd by strikers.
A fire at F.rle, Pa., on Monday night, de
stroyed the Frie Car works, the largest iu
dastrial Institution at that plane, oovering 10
acres of ground. The Uiss e.eeds4'J00,0OO;and
Is partly covered by insurance. Tbe fire was
caused by an lucodiury.
(en. Willlurd Sloeum died Sunday ut his
home at Ashland, O., aged 74. lie was In.
spector general of the Thirteenth army corps
before and during the siego of Ylcksburg.aud
was breveted a brigadier general. He wu
one of tho the two delegates appointed by
(iov. ISrough to 'iieet with loyal men of the
South lu 1-G;.
ODD FELL0WSJC0NVENTI0N.
Attendance at Chattanooga not as Large
as Expected.
The Sovereign (irand Lodge of Odd Fel
lows Is iu session this week at Chattanooga,
Tenn, I'he members of It met Monday morn
ing at Lookout Inn uud were welcomed bv
the goveruor of T-U'.esec, uud the mayor of
hattuuooga. Tho gruud parade took place
Tuesday.
Tbe atteudance bus fallen greatly below the
expectations of those who have bud the ar
rangements lor tbetr entertainment In baud.
About 600 visitors have so far registered; and
it Is believed that not more tlisu 'i.000
wore there. Tho failure of the railroads to
give a sutisiuetory rule is said by tho people
to be tbe cause of the light altci, luii"0.
At the business senniuu Krprcscntative
Morris, of Keotucky. nouiluutcd tlraud hire
Johu W. Stobbeus.ol Maryland, uud be was
unanimously elected, tor tne omce ol depu
ty grand siro Fred Carlepin, of Texas, wui
elected, Theodore Itoss, of New Jersey, was
unanimously re-elected grand secretary, and
Isaac Slieppurd, of Peuusyivaiiiu, treasurer.
'1 he next convention will be held lu Atluutiu
City.
A WOMAN'S IMPRISONMENT.
Found Locked in the Basement of a West
Virginia Court-House.
The new Court house in Harrison county,
W. Yit, is un Imposing structure of stone aud
brick. In the buseiuent ure ofllccs of varloui
kinds aud a number of largo rooms, which
are used for storage. From one ef these lut
ter rooms caino a day or two ago a uiuiuacul
Veil just lifter the adjournment of court.
Parties investigated, uud fouud the noise
came from a room securely locked. Alter
some time uu entrance was made and a
beuutilul woman about thirty was louud all
ulouu. Hhu said shu was from ltruxtou
county, aud bad beeu there three weeks but
relused to tell her name, or explain bow she
cume there. She was almost in convulsious
w hen fouud. Speculation is riiuand the Utile
town of Clurksburg has a seusution which
promises, wheu tbe County Court concludes
lis Investigation, to develop some interest
ing particulars. Names are witheld until de
v elopements justify their use.
CZAR OF RUSSIA STRICKEN-
He Is Recovering From an
Fit.
Apeplectio
at the Czar
poplectle fit
A dispatch from Yleona says tb
was recently stricken with an a
and arrived at Hpula lu so weak
that ho bad to be carried out of
car.
An official dlsputch from St.
a condition
the railway
Petersburg
dated Saturday says authorat
ive advices
has become
from Spula state that tbo Czar
much better uud would probably
Crimea, Sunday.
star: for the
Chicago's Moral Spasm.
Mayor llopulns, of Chicago, Thursday af
teruoou lusued un order closing ull gambling
houses In the city. The order has hud Us lu
tended effect and there Is uot a "gume" going
on. l)epiity sheriffs, acting ou warrants Is
sued by the Superior Court, rallied tho notor
ious House of iavid and the Newport Club,
but at uelther pluce was guiubling ia progress.
LATEST HEWS SUMMARIZED
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
What la Transpiring ths World Over.
Important Event Briefly Told.
WASHIOTO.
Pecretary Carlisle was Thursday served
with the papers at Washington In the man
damus proceedings brought by the Miles
Planting and manufacturing Company in
Louisiana to compel the Inspection of tbelr
tdsnt under the bounty provision ot the Mo
Kiulcy law.
.
CAPITAL AND LABOa.
Several hundred Hebrew hatters are on a
strike st Newark, N. J.
The Htoneboro. Ta., coal mines resumed
Thursday after a strike of ten months' dur
ation. A strike is threatened on ths Missouri
railroad on aneount of the discharge of a
number of engineers and firemen wbo are
said to have been In sympathy with the Dobs
strikers.
Tbe Riverside Iron Works strike at Wheel
log. W. Ya., was satisfactorily adjusted
Thursday. A committee of the men held a
conference with Manager Hearne, and all
departments resumed Friday. Tbo basis ot
settlement was held in confidence.
roaaioft.
It Is announced that Brazil proposes to
raise a loan of 93,000,000.
The doctors have decided that there Is
no need of a further operation on Mr.
Gladstone's eyes.
The Government of Mexico has requested
a Spanish shipbuilding firm to furnish plans
for tbe construction of 12 men-of-war.
The JaM have captured all (he troops
lauded at the mouth of tbe Yalu.and say that
the treasure captured at Ping Ysug amounts
to 3,000,000.
Negroes of Vex as made a contract with the
Mexieau government for the colonisation of
rich lands In the northern part ol Mexico and
were about to settle with a number of families
when strong opposition developed among
the Meiicaus and an effort will he mude to
prevent tbelr coming.
riar.s. accidents, natalities, rro.
Hie bark Albemarle, bound from Ilaltlmore
to St. Johns, was burnei at sea. The crew
w as picked up aud lauded at Bermuda.
The boiler of a sawmill at Pine Bluff. Ark.,
blew up Thursday, demolishing the mill.
A negro named Ward had bis head blown
olt, and several unkuown men, white and
colored, wero futuully injured.
It is reported at Hun Francisco that the
Itritlsh ship Senegal went to the bottom of
the Pacific about longtltude 80.17 north and
loiigtltude llti.Oi west. Tweniy-niue people
were drowned.
The town of Leroy, Minu., la reported to
have been partially ruined by a cyclone late
Friday evening. Three people ure said to
buve beeu killed and the eastern part of the
town is badly wrecked.
CK1MIS AND PENALTIES,
Two girls of Daphne, Ala,, are said to have
fought a duel fur tbo baud of a Swedish sailor
Poth girls were mortally wounded.
John Poynter was hanged at Fort Smith,
Ark., Thursday, for the murder of William
Holding and Edward Yandlvcr in February
last.
Mrs. Annie A. Mayhoofer. of East St.Louls
who rzr. shot Mooday b her "-tnr-ln-law,
Henry Gardner. r-V a?terwaru uvtnnilttod
suicide, died Thursday.
Anton Palltscbek, lutely oonsul-general of
Austria at New York, has been dismissed In
disgrace for extortion Iroui exhibitors at
the World's fair at Chicago and embefile
incut. The monument to MaJ. John Andre at
Tappnu. N. V., erected In 18H5 by Cyrus W.
Fields, alter belug blown up by dynamite ou
two occasions by citizens opposed te it, has
again beeu raised on its pedestal.
1'r. C. Mcintosh, the correspondent In a
eensittiouul divorce suit lu which J. Jenkins,
of sheriff. Ark.. Is plantiff, was Thursday at
thut pluce, II lied with bucksbot and Instant
ly killed by Jenkins, while standing among a
crowd of peop.'e.
MISIEI.LANKOVS.
The Itnlinus of New Lork Thursday cele
brated the twenty-fourth anniversary of the,
unity of the kingdom of Italy.
Tho board of directors of the Adams Ex
press Company Thursday accepted the resig
nation of President Sntiford. at New York
ami elected Mr. L. C. Weir, of Cincinnati, lu
his stead.
(iov. McKluley is eonflntd to his room by
Illness aud may possibly be unable to fill the
engagements to make political speeches In
Indiana, Illinois uud Ohio next week. Are
uiraiigement of the date ol these meetliigs,
which Is to be made, waits UHn bis recovery.
A 0 cents conscience contribution from a
boy who addresses his letter "Ills Mujesty.
president Cleveland;" has been received nt
tho Treasury Department. Tho boy states
that hero-used I ulted States stumps and Is
now sorry lor it.
At a meeting in New Y'ork Thursday tho
stockholders ot the New Y'ork A New Jersey
llridge Company decided to submit a plan
lor n 2,000-foot cantilever bridge to the war
department, us the couseusus ol Hie rail
road authorities is against the use of a sus
pension bridge.
The Democrats of Ohio have nominated
the followlug ticket: Secretary of S'ate,
Milton Turner, of Gueruseyi Judge ot the
supreme court, James 1), F.rmston. of Hamil
ton; Member of the Hoard of Public Works,
Harry Ji. Keffer, of Tuscurawas; State com
missioner of common school. Dr. J. A. Leech,
of Franklin.
Eoveral Buildings Burned.
A Pre broke out In tbe stable ot John C.
Hason, at South Newmarket, N. H.,at 1:30
Monday morning uud was not extinguished
until i o'clock. T he lire spread to Hunoou'i
bouse, which was destroyed aud Iheu burued
two double teuuments aud a barn owned by
Suuiuel Dodge, the new Field Hotel and a part
id the bouse ol liufus Sanborn. Tbe loss is
ubout 17,l'0J; lusured.
Appomattox Changed to (Surrender.
The postoftlcH departmeut has chauged the
liaine of the poslulllee at Appomattox, Ya.,
to Surrender, Hie county seat having been
moved from where Lee and (iraut met aud
named Appomattox. Tbe cliauge of the
postolllcii name was made to avuid vonluslon,
and ostul olliciitls say the new nsiue was
suggttted by the Yirgiulun authorities them
selves. Typhoid Ejldtmlo at Shelby villi,
Howard C. Hull, aed 35 years.lha fifteenth
victim of the typhoid fover epidemic, at
Shelbyvlllo, Ind., died Saturday morning He
was unmurriod, a Masou, and member of
Methodist church South. Health olllcers
have ordered a number of wells II I led up. and
established a quarantine to prevent spread ol
dlseaau.
Murdered His Young Wife.
Early Friduy Annie Itoruaul, aged 20 years,
was shot and killed by her husouud. Vitro, iu
the tenement No. 2'J!i Mott street, New York
city, next to tbe rear entrance of police lieud
quurters. The murderer escajied.
HYPNOTIC EXPERIMENT.
A Young Woman Die Instantly on Re
ceiving a "suggestion."
At Tuskir Castle, near Xylrcghyhaza, Hun
gary, a dinner was given Tuesday evening by
Its proprietor, Theodore Von Salomon. In
order to entertain the guest after dinner a
byponotist named Neukor was called upon to
make some experiments. Neuker selected ns
bis medium Ena Von Salomon, tbe daughter
ot bis boat. The byponotist during bis ex
periments suggested (hat tbe young lady was
uttering from consumption, and he had no
toouer done so than sue suddenly shrieked,
tell to the floor aud expired, In spite ut the
lael that a doctor wbo was present did every
thing possible to restore her to conscious
ness. Mass .
PRESIDENT NUNEZ DEAD.
Columbia's Executive Had a Most Re
markable Public Career.
It is officially announced that Dr. Rafael
Nuoex, president of tbe republic ot Columbia
died on Tuesday morning, September 18, of
gastric fover.
Nuner. was born at Cartlmgena, on Sept.
2", 1"23. He graduated at the I'niverslty of
Carthagena, In 1HS0, and was elected to Con-
frees for the province of Panama In 1S5I.
rom that time he was constantly In puldlo
life. In l"t3 he came to New York aud luter
went to Europe as Columbian' consul nt
Havre. He returned to Columbia In 1875.
having been elected senator. He was four times
elected president. He was confronted by r.
rebellion In 1H84 but United States marines lu
Panama helped him put down the revolt.
President Nunee wu g -nerally regarded as
I e ablest and most a rlotlo statesman ol
tbe ltopulillc. His residence In the United
States ss a consular officer years ago had
f lven him a close acqualntenoa with the st
airs of tbls goverumeat, and be had used his
Influence to moael his own government after
that of tbe United States. The vice j resi
dent will remain in control to the end of the
s(x-venr term for which president Nune.- was
elected in 1802
THE TRAVELING KAISER.
William of Germany Covers a Oreat
Deal of Orouud.
Knlser Wllhelm has not kept still during
the past year. A calculation lias been made
showing wbero ho spent bis time since
August 15, 1H!3. Ho was In Ilerlin or Pols
dam 104! days, and traveling the other It!).
He gave 27 days to ihe maneuvers and re.
views In 12 different places from, Kiel and
Salzwedel to Stuttgart, Strassburg and Mntz;he
went for state ceremonies to Schwerin. to
Bremen, to Dresden, to Coburg for tbe fun
eral of Duke Earnest, and again for tKX'ed
dlngof the Grand Duke of Hesse; was
hiintlug In Hungary, Sweden, Wurtemburg,
Upper Silesia and linden: bis trip to Abba.la,
including bis stay In Polu, Venice, aud
Vienna, took three weeks- and he bas gone to
the North Fjord nnd to England. Altogether
the emperor traveled by luud and wuter 18,
760 miles iu one yenr.
"OLD SHADY" DEAD-
Oen. Sherman's Faithlul Body Servant
Paases Away.
Blakely Duraut, famlilurily known us "Old
Shudy," died Wednesday ut bis home ut
Grand Forks, North Dakota. He was the
body servant of Oen. Sherman during the
rebellion and was feelingly mentioned lu the
latter's memoirs. lie was the "Old Shady"
of the familiar war melody.
Almost the lust trip be took from home war
when he went to St. Louis to atteud the fun
eral ol his old master. Sherman has shown
his regard for his colored servant In mauy
kjiv, and had ofteu visited him to his Grund
Fork home. The deceased was highly
respected for his estimable qualities.
MONKEYS CAN SMOKE.
Ths Discovery Made by Mischievous Boys
at Paris.
Can monkeys smoke? is a question which
may now be answered In the affirmative.
The discovery was mude nt the Jurdln ties
Plantes lu Paris by n band of mischievous ur
chins, w ho freely distributed to tho occupants
ot tho monkey houses cigarettes. They took
to the weed very kindly nnd puffed away to
the great delight of the boys, until the advent
of the disniuycd keepers, uud the subsequent
appearance of the lads at tbo police station
proved to them that mankind still menus to
maintain u monopoly us regards ihe consump
tion of tobacco.
MATCH TRUST HAS A RIVAL
K Company With $1,000,000 Capital to
Make Lucifera.
Kdwlu Uould Is president of tbe Continen
tal Match Company, organized with a capital
ot tl.OOO.OOO to niuuufneturo matches. Ths
factory Is at Passaic, N. J., but the o31ce
are In New Y'ork. Tbo company was Incor
porated at Trenton but the preliminary work
has been so quietly done that no one know
anything about it. The company has new
machines capable of turning out I.'jO.IMIO
jompletu matches every minute, und will
compete with the Diamond Match Company.
RUSHING IN SUGAR.
The
Custom Record in Philadelphia
Broken for a Single Day.
The coffers ot the Unib d States sub-treasury
in Philadelphia were swelled Friduy by
tbe payment of f 91,S'J6 from sugar dutio
iilone, Jt was ou one Invoico which was lui
W. J. McCauan. The u a. was imported
from Java uud was brought here on tho
steamer Fortuuu. This is the lurgest auiounl
of money received ou any oue consignment
since Collector Head entered upon bis duties
at Philadelphia
A College Fire.
St. Mury's College at Oakland, Cat., a
handsome brick uud stone structure, erected
live years ago by tho Christum lirolhcrs, was
Usinu-ed l.y lire Monday morning to tbo ex
tent ol slod.OOO, Insurance esu.oOJ, Wheu
tbe lire was discovered there were 122 stu
dents and 30 instructors In the residence ut
the college. All escaped and uiuuagcd to save
vuluunie papers uud oilier property.
Sunk a Burning Vessel.
The irou ship (lieuessliu is lying at the bot
tom of the F.U.-1 l.iver, .New York, whoro she
sunk bliorliy alter miduight Monday moruiug
as a liual resort o extinguish anreitiut broke
out ou board nt 11 o'clock Suudity night. The
loss ou the eurgo Is estiniul.U at 25,00 ,
While the Vessel is thought to be damaged to
tho exteut ot J0,00d. The work of laisiug
the wssul wilt begin at once.
Kia Life Threatened.
Lev. E. M. Milllguu.who has beeu so active
in Law und Ordur worn at Stuubeuville, o.,
aud who stopped pool selnug uud racing, bus
received a leucr lureateuiug Ins lile. He bus
armed Himself und asked lor police protec
tion. A fc;lcniHlto boycott hus beeu begun
on eien, tiers ot the U. I', ehuruh who uru lu
business.
Buying liom Swodeu.
Charles T. Yerkes, tbe Chicago street rail
way iiiitguute, has ordered a cable 1 1,001) feet
long to be manufactured lu Hwedou. It is
also stated ut Stockholm, Swedou, in at the
United Stales war depumnuul couteaiplatos
ordering Swedisu sword bludus to bo used lu
the V'nued htates army.
KEYSTONE STATE CULLIKG3
CRIMES AND CRIMINALS.
Texas Fever Near LancasterA Runtr
Acciden ally Killed.
crt BIS Tit OAT WHILf IXSAXE.
At Heading on Friday morningFrank c,rn
cnasea nis who out oi ineir uen room mj
cnr-ii auer ner: i want 10 or uuneu iq fj.
wedding cloths: send for an undertaker. '
The woman summoned help, hut before
istance arrived, her husband bad cut big
niroai anu was ueau. urani was unaouu. j.
ly insane.
While out bunting Friday mornlns ( h.
Wysong. a saw mill owuer of blue Knob, w
fatally shot by William Korl. Wysong u
watching a squirrel aud Korl seeiug a Lu
above the clump ot bushes mistook It tor
lurkoy an sent a full load of shot into iu
other hunter's heud. The accident occurred
near uoiiiuayiourg.
About 5 o'clock on Saturday morning, nw
two men entered the dwelling et itmtin
urima in irwin township, veuango couutr
knocked him dows. gagged him, brutniii
beat him and robbed bim of 1 175 In gold and
bauk notes. They were captured and ftniy
Idrutined and guvo the names of George Wis
son nuu rrana Arkeais.
Messrs. Wareham and Hughes, of Hem'.
Falls, have contracted for $200.0-Ki to
in sis months the Denwuod, (W. Va.,i
Southern Electric Hallway to extend lr,i
Kenwood to Mouudsvllle, W. Va., a diUti,
oi iiuecn miles.
arrested at Greensburg. on a charge of hot
stealing preferred by JI II. Ilassoci, (
Indiana, l a. In his possession were founl
two other horses IK-Iougiug to India,
couuty larmers, several buggies, harL.
Herman Eckert, a young Wayne coumj
furiuer, ho boa beeu out of employment for
some mm-, nntiged inmseii nt Cherry Mst.
Depondeucy over Ins idleness Is believed
ne mo cause of the suicide.
Prof. S. 11. Mercer, formerly principal C(
me niin.ourg si nooH und subsequently e-l.Ki
of Hie Saltr.burg Press, died at his bonis u
Ucll township, Westmoreland county, ngeil ji
years.
Texas fever has broken out in four herdt
cuttle in Mauhelin township. a lew mile lr t
I.uuca.'tnr. Two cows have died, while i
large number nro suffering.
Tho Ohio river nt Pittsburg reached n
ing stage on last Thursday ana on ln :i
morning 7.000.000 bushels of black dlanc ;
ttarted down the f tream.
William Freeman, tho murderer of n'
rimbo.'luke, at Mt. Pleasant, was found g ;
of murder In tho llrst degree. A new tu
will lie sought.
The lirewer pottery company at N.
Ilrlghtou, has beeu reorganized ns the lh,
nnev pottery company auu uas begun jr
aliens witu a largo lorce.
Constable Gray, of McDonald, who r
aud killed James Morgan, bus funi,-:
5,000 hall for his appearance at the Nov.-:
ber term of criminal court.
At the annual meeting In Phllndelpliiii
the United Tvnothetuo of America. Per t!
riinitb, of Pittsburg was elected oue ,'.
vice-presidents.
William loung, of llenver Falls, a (it-rn.:,
85 years of uge.wu killed by the Heaver r4.
accommodation. Ho leaves a wife uud tt:
.-hildren.
A coke train on the Fayette county lm.:
of the Dultimore & Ohio rr-d was wn i
cam nan station. . i went j-cars were
stroyed. v
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juvwwu, ivuuk, ui iTcnsuvru, Bnsi.ijir
two ounces of carbolio aold by mistuke. I
died, leaving a wile and five small - tt i
ren.
The coroner's Jury lu Kenver couuty, fo;
a verdict oi accidental deatn in the civ
WIIIhiu Ilheiiner, who was mysteriously k.
cd at iR-aver lust Mtturday.
David Foy, an actor, Is under bund f
hearing nt rtnladelplila, belug eliaru'' .!
his wife, Kttu lUrtolct, with desertion i. j
uou-support.
llenver Fulls property owners refuse te ;
more thau & mills, the borough council i. I
ing ma Jo a tax levy of 0 mills, which, it
assorted is Illegal.
Harry Sicbold's houne, store und stub)
Al St. Peter's dwelling nt New Keii'iii.'
were burned Sunday. Loss, !,' uj.
lured.
An Information chnrgiug desertem
;ocii isadi) by bis wife against Hi'1:
Itocklnghnm, ot L-uvcr Fulls, form r.
Pittsburg.
Forty-six tramps, lomo of them belw
iiipplicd with mouey. wero arrested by !
(vivaula ruilroad detectives near o."
.urg.
The shutdown of coal mines near F.iv
ounty, owing to low water in the
has left the miners uud other worku
distress.
Tbe Heading llrebrick works r-
operatlous Tuesday, after having bivii
for several months, l.urgo orders urev
iu aud trade Is brightening.
Pearl Uuali, aged lfl years, was asu-
ueur Kvausburg by un Italian. Sko
come insane uud may die.
TlioWomeu's Foreign Missionary o'i'
the Alloouu district of tho .M. U. chur t
beeu iu sessiou at Hollidiiysour,,'.
Johu Mikshiver utld Miclinid John-.
biiiu peddlers, wero shut uud T iliU-J
Wllkesburre. The former was killed.
l'ruuk Allen's stock barn nnd other I
Ing ut Hermitage, wero burued by uu k
diary Loss viu.uuj.
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James II. I.edllc. thrown from
Monday evening and suffering fn,n
cusslou of the brain, died at lieaver
Tuninllo Je Hhilvov'b urocorv store lit
wus looted by burglars Monday uib'!ii.
Work on the MeKiesport aud Wiltt
street railroad uus beeu begun.
The New Castle tin plate mills dec'
cut oi I rom w in a per ecni iu
Gilbert F. Myer, MoKeesport's uw
nia'ter, iook cnurgu jiouuuy morioui
John l)rv. of New Castle, was ben
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night.
Monongnhnla has decided to sl
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The houso ot John Uoodmau, ne:'r
sou was burned Sunday night at u
1,500; no insurance.
Heaver Falls borough council hoi '
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124,00'J.
Mrs. Henry Werley, a widow, dleJ '
plexy while sleeping lit bur home lu
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