THE MIDDLEBURGH POST. GEO. W. WAGEXSELLEB, Editor. AETHCn E. COOFER, Manager. Mi1clli!uri;li. Pa. October. 1. 1H4. Eight million people in the United States own their own homes. Russian ofticial are devising a com pulsory insurance scheme for crops, in order to injure against famine, such as thnt country in-rioJicnllT experi ences. Tho London .News says that the Nicaragua Canal renst bo built by Americans or not at all, as tho United States would certainly seize it in cise of wr.r. Tho concentrated essence of fact is imbedded in this little jinglo: The constant drop of water Wesr away tho har't'-t Mono T!.e constant irnaw of Tnwser Mnt i.-nt'-ft tin1 toughest bono. Tl) constant coming lover Carrie off tin blu-dilntr maid, An I t!n constant advertiser I tin-one who get the tr-ele. Tmk Hteiinierri Iiuto for somo timo been nseil fur currying petroleum and jiiiiinsHcM, but it has remained for a Louisiana nmti to bririK' the tank into UHo fur tiioIiixseM un shore. He iuteuds to hninlle the sweet, sticky stuff in much the h.iiiiu wuy that crude oil is treated, storing; it iu big tanks in his yard until i is needed for shipment, when it limy be pumped into barrels by u hitfli procure puinji. The molas ses is to be withered from tiio various Mignr plantation nad truuMported iu tank cars. While Neiv York City 1ms the larg est population in tiiu country, she lias not tho mos-t churches. Indeed, even Brooklyn, tho "City of Churches, " has now forfeited that title to l'hilu tlelphia. However, New York is not a nou-chnrch Klio city, for nIio num bers churches, valued at about 835,000,000, with a seating capacity of 400,000. Within tho last twenty three years there has been an in crease of 1SS churches, though this is by no means iu proportion to the in crease in population. It is hoped by the New York Trl bane that the feat just aocomplishT In, ' - ... , ,., v . .. .. ... , J -.,,, ' " ""-'- klip r ecori s by pl 'ncapUuL. atX-n for twenty-nTe.(i,onseoatiTt hoars without intern"1!,, or cessa tion, t and the yd'of egg being gently ponred down his throat while he hammered away at the keys, will not lead to any emulation in this country. Otherwise, we should be tempted to suggest the enactment by our legislators of that now obsolete Bwediah law which banished all musi cians from the kingdom and empow ered any and every citizen to put all such offenders to death. It is possible, admits the New York Tribune, that the consumption of American meat in England may be largely curtailed if the colonies keep up to tho record of tho steamer Perth shire. Her lntci.t cargo, delivered at Londou from Australia and New Zea land, was the largest single loud of re frigerated meat ever handled. It con sisted of 70,000 carcasses of sheep, 0000 haunches and the same number of legs of mutton, 650 tons of beef, ISO bags of bullocks' hearts, 150 bags of oxtails and kidneys, seven cases of oysters and 750 cases of butter. There was room in the steamer's hold for about 12,000 more carcasses of sheep. The shipment was tho first of its kind from tho Pacific where the ammonia machine was used for refrigerating purpose. Editor Watterson sums up the finan cial situation in the South in what the Atlanta Constitution terms "a few breezy exhilarating lines." This is the viow he takes of it : "With South ern bank clearings increasing at the rate of thirty-six per cent, over last year; with Southern railroads show ing an increase in earnings as com pared with 18U3, while those of every other scctiou show a decrease ; with big crops of cotton, corn and wheat, and with plenty of hog, hominy, 'pos sums, sweet potatoes, watermelons uud other luxuries to be had iu season for the comfort of tho inner man, we can't understand how any Kansas or Nebraska or great Northwestern vic tim of hot blasts, blizzardo and great expectations cau keep away from Dixie." That is the situation in nutshell, adds tho Constitution. Everywhere the skies ure brightening , the mill wheels are turaiug, the har vests are bouutiful aud progress is th order of the day. Tho South is "in the push," aud every obstacle that hai impeded her advancement it giving way before her. TWO MANDARINS KILLED. CHINESE REBELS. th Imperial Family at Pakln Divided on the War Question. A dispatch from Shanghai confirms the r port telegraphed that rebellion bat broken out 100 mile from Hankow. The rebels are fair ly armed and reckless. They attacked the government building which were feebly de feudad by loyal troops. The latter were loon defeated and many of tho killed. Many others Joined tUt rebels. Two mnndarms were killed. The province Is almost denuded 0f troop, and tho rebels are dally gathering strength. It Is expected that they will a Ivuuci on Woo Chang, provln'.'o of lloo Poo of which Han kow Is the capital. The garrison at Woo Chang ha gone to the, eoa-t.and the place is therefore practically dcfcuselcM. It Is reported thnt In consequence of the projected O.O0.0OJ IU per cent, loan to be guaranteed by the liuporial customs. Chinese agents abroad have been instructed to put the best fae possible ou the recent Chinese re verse and to represent tho fleet as being active and efficient. Germany's refusual to Interfere In tho Cbiuesc-Jupaneae troubles does not affect the iti"tlon of protection to Europeans Iu China. Iu which she will fully co-operate. 1 lie Gorman commander In ('bluette waters ha already been authorized to dhpatcb n small body of marine, to protect the legation lit 1'i'kin. If there should be any trouble. It is believed that tiiu moral eltect of even such a kiiiiiII body o European troops would effect unlly check a Chinese mob. A Hamburg firm bus piirchaseil 100.00C Albiitil rifled nt 4 (runes each from the Bel gian government to export to China. A special I1 - .ut w h from Shanghai days: "II How transpires that the viceroy of llu-Kwnnv aud Viinimn have been ordered to I'eklu li: cotisoipience, not of tho operations of tin' Japanese, but of I'rcucn movements In the south. The Imperial palace at 1'ekin Is di vided by two faction, contending, the on for pence the other (or war. Th war par'y consist of the emperor, tho imperial tutor, I'ng-I'uiigho, the olohopu, director of tin board of war. On the other side of peace art th" empress dowager, 1'rinco Kung aud I.I Hung l bun";. AN ANTI-HILLTICKET Kings County Democracy Nominates E. P. Wlieoler for Governor. In Now York, a third state ticket has been 1 'lit In the field by the Democracy of Kings county, and It Is expected it will be indorsed by tho Independent Democrats throughout the state. Tim ticket presents as tho candidate of tho anU-Hill Democracy for governor, .Everett P. Wheeler, of New York wlty, aud indorses the candidacy of tho regular" Democratic noral-ms-s for lieutenant-governor and Judge of the court of appeals Iinulel la Loekwood and Charles Frank Ilrown. After having decided upon its candidates, Mr. Kliepard's coin tuitteo proceeded to nominate Hon. Charles S. Fiiirchlld for chalrmau of the campaign committee, Tho ticket was nominated by a committee composed of Charles B. Patterson.Tbomaa O, Shearman, George 11. Penbody, Michael E. O'Connor, It. IU llowker.ltlchard H. Itatusey, J. W, Green, S. perry Hturgts and Charles L. lUcardl. It. I), Mclntyre bad leen named as one of the ootnmtttee, but declined to serve. ine committee was appointed by Edward M .'isiTardas a result of meeting c, Sheoard I i- 1 "'" -nltrVK. jArUk.u.'".' . i'ua mm Tuesday night, and the ' presented resolutions which were 1. is iatform adopted begins with a com. piv. against the Saratoga convention for unseating the Hhepard delegates. The plat form then advocates personal and religious liberty, denounces the Kepubllcan party as the tool of trusts and declares for tarlft re form, free coal aud free ores. It goes on as folloM: "The constitutional convention has sought, to petrify in the log'slation of the state a gerrymander apportionment, contrary to the principles of representative and Democratlo government. We blame for this danger to liemocra-'y David It. Hill, whose political short-sightedness In forcing the nomination of Maynard threw the convention, as well as the legislature. Into the hands of the other political opponeuU: and we ask fair-minded llepablli-aus, with whom we voted against Maynard, to voto with us ngainst this unjust and partisan apportionment. 'Ve favor home rule in cities, separate municipal elections, the suppression of bosses and rings and the business administration of municipalities." BEET SUGAR WHISKY. New Process of Distillation Successfully Tried at Omaha. An experiment of great commercial value has been successfully concluded at the Col umbia distilleries, Omaha, tbo production of pnro spirits from beet sugar molasses. The experiment was Iu every way successful, and from now on a car load a day of molasses will bo used at tho dlsillery and converted into spirits. The success of the distillation Is the mure Important from tho fact that it will afford additional profit to the sngar manufacturers and give new Impetus to the great industry. The moluvsns used in tho the tiwt was obtained from the factory at (Irand Islaud, and the Columbia is now us ing a car load a day of the product. The secret of the French system is the con version of alkaline, salts by a chemical pro cess, which transforms tho molasses iuto a sort of glucose, which is perfectly adapted for distillery purposes. TOWN BURNED OUT. $80,000 Fire at Chester Hill, O , Destroys Business Houses. Tho business portion of the thriving town of Chester Hill, Ohio, is In ashes. Early Monday morning a continuation started In tho center of the town and the two best blocks Iu tho town were destroved, with the excep lion ot two dwelling houses. The water tupply guve out aud tho peoplo were power less. The dwelling houses destroyed Include two hardware stores, one ware room, two groceries, one large general store, Jewelry store, tailor shop, hotel, drug store, furniture store, millinery store, Masonic and Odd Fellows halls, dwelling houses. Total loss estimated at 30,000; Insurance, 1 15,0 00. Tbu origiu of the lire is uukuown. Trains in Co'lialon. Fifteen peoplo wore Injured and 40,000 worth ot railroad property destroyed iu a collision at tho Junction of the Louisville and Nashville and New Orleans and Northeastern tracks uear Now Orleans, between the Louls villo aud Nimhvillo and tbu East Louislaua Coviugton excurslou trains. The most seri ously Injured nre: It. 11. Holmes. Now Orleans-, Mrs. C. It. Willie and husband, Chicago; Mrs. Julia Moir. it I years; Mrs. A. L. Oauco; Hubert fury, of II. Cary A Co.;T. 1 , raininuu, engineer HI llllt fcast I.OUlHIaHll train, is uud er umst, eliarjjed with crimiuul ut-giigoucu. .I ' Perished in Flame. Mrs. Jennie llurrlgnu mid her three chll. farm h"d ,"rU " Upon thlr farm in tho outskirts of Elizabeth, The residence also was burned. The husbaud family"'0' W" " VA ca. TELEGRAPHIC TICKINGS. Fifteen fishermen were drowned off Band Island, Fla., during the recent storm. The American institute of architects It holding iu fifth annual convention at New lore. "Dill Xye the humorist. Is at a Chicajrc hospital recovering from an attack of gas tritis. "A friend." whose name is withheld, hu contributed tSO.OOO to the University ol l ennsyivanla. Charles O. O.trnett. wanted at Lebanon I'a for wife murder, lias been arrested at Alarlon, O. The 3-year-old daughter of Ilobert Hhelton, of New Haven, Ta., was burned to death by her clothes catching fire. Snow fell on Sunday at Altoona.Dollefonto, Hullidaysbiirg, Hcranton and other points In Eastern Pennsylvania. The II. J. Helms Company, of rittsbunr. has beea awarded a gold medal for the best condiments nt the Antwerp exposi tion. There were nearly 200 arrests of saloon keepers Sunday In New York for violating the Suuday closing order. I. T. IiurJ, a prominent attorney ol Sioux City, la., who left between two days last week, is a defaulter for about 1 10,000. Ily the upsetting of a catb at in New York bay, Frank Mclntyre, James Ford and Frank Iiritron, of New Brighton, 8. I., were drowned. Seven prioners escaped from the parish jail in Shri'veport. I.a., Saturday morning With an old 111" and a pair of suseors they dugout of tho prison. The New South Wales Legislature has pars ed a resolution by un overwhelming major ity In favor of extending the elective fran chise to women. New York Judges announced Monday that they will not grant alimony In separation cases, because the lawyers get tho money nn I prevent reconciliations. ltobert A. Iobbin. postmaster of the I'nlted States Senate, was Sat unlay found guilty of receiving $71 in excess of Ills per diem as president of the Howard county, Md., school board. A MURDERER LYNCHED. A Desperado taken be a Mob from Jail and Hanged to a Bridge. Oscar Morton, tho young mountain desper ado, who murdered HherllT William hlms, o' Lee county.Ky.. atthe Ileattyvillo fairground Saturday afternoon, was taken out of thr lieattyville Jail Suuday morning at 1 o'clock by a mob ol nearly 200 men aud banged from a bridge. Morton showed great coolness, an 4 just before being swung ofT mado a short prayei asking Ood to forgive hi in. The Sheriff bad attempted to arrest Morton for creating a dfsturbauee. Morton, who was Intoxicated, drew two pistols aud begun fir ing reckleanly. He (lred five shots, three taking effect Iu Kim's body, from which he died in 20 minutes. During the firing an un knowa bystander shot Morton in the face, breaking the jaw bone. Cltlsens took Mor- (nojn.i, wuan)iie-r?tniswwAAVr'vne tuifu q .Ictly aroused the jailer and demanded the prisoner, Morton was from Breathitt county where h was under 3,000 bond for killing James Wil son three months ago. NEWSY GLEANINGS. Eoos eontlnne to be sesroe. Thesi are 61,000 brewers in the world. Chicago Is said to have 307 millionaires. Tri rloe crop is short, though of gooi quality. The drought In Eastern Connecticut is unbrokel. Tsi business of the summer resorts was unusually good this season. Becbut scattered washouts on the Tens and Paoldo aggregate ten miles. In the football game with Andover, Orav. the Harvard full back, had one ot his legs broken, Kbcpp, the great iron founder, of Essen, Oermany Is to supply Italy with 10,000.003 nickel coins. Thibe have been 1100 miles of new main track laid br eighty-three lines in thirty-one Btates and Territories. Th deht of the Amerloan Board of Foreign Missions tnemaaed within a year from fl8,318 to 116,.37. It Is reported that the whale catch this season has been very small. Indeed, and that bone will be exceedingly algo. Trk National Farmers' Congress In West Virginia declared for free silver and against protection for wool and cotton. Oilbebt Tbick, seventeen years old, stole six horses in a night In Michigan while run ning away from a reform school. BcrraiiiTEXDEMT Btbrks told the Orand Jury that New York's pollee fore should b3 increased at once by at least 1000. "Babe" Hawkisi, the notorious Indians, desperado, Is to run as an Indepenlent candidate for Sheriff at Rhelbyvllle. A Chicaoo man was fined f5 apiece for killing six roMnsthe other day, and another was lined 10 npleee for killing two. Baltimore wants to make a losnotfl. 000,000 to purchase parks, enlarge Its wuter supply and build anew ourt house. Great Bhitaim will launnh seven new hat-tie-shins within the present flseol year. They are to be built arteritis Mijestlo type. Exoland, Franoe, Oermany ani Russia are s ild to have agreed to guarlthe treaty ports and protect missionaries In China. Thocoh cholera seems to bold Its own in F.urope, n Is believed tbat thesiason is too far advaucod to let It reach America this year. ? Bbadstrebt's reperts score nued Increase In the prosperity ot the country, which is tomawhut delayed by the prloe of farm products. The steamer City of Lowell broke the Round record by running from New York to New London, Conn, io five hoars and thirty-four minutes. Ca aba's debt has been Increased by ttO. 500,000 during the year, and Minister ot Fi nance Foster has salie4 for England to bor row more money. , t , Leading German sugar dealers think thtt a customs war between Germany and the Cnlted States may be caused by tbo sugar schedule of the now Turin bill. Want Their Medals. Many complaints are belug received from foreigu exhibitors ubout the delay in receiv ing the medals they won at the World's Col umbian Exposition, which closed in Octo ber u year ago. Duel Between Father aud Bon. A duel to death between an old man named Stripling and his son Ueorue won fouubt near Waoo, Tex., Saturday. The father was shot ana mortally wounded, and the sou s skuli crusnea and he will probably die. BAGS OF GOLD STOLEN. A TRAIN HELD UP. The Overland Express Robbed Near Sac ramento. The east bound overland express, due at Pacremento at 9 o'clock Thursday, was held up about six miles out ot tho city and robbed of four sacks of money by two men, who es caped with their booty. The amount ot money In tho sacks was 115,000. The robbers first held up the track-walker, and taking his torpedoes and signal lanterns from him. flagged the train in proper fash ion. Indicating that likely they were railroad men. They then covered engineer William Scott and fireman Lincoln with rifles, and forced them to uncouple the express car and engine from the rest of the train and run ahead, with the robtrs on board, to a point between two tree ties. When the uncoupling was being done the conductor and brakeman appeared, but were scared away by bullets. When the spot ltween the trestles was reached, Ex press Messenger l'ago was ordered to 0)n the door of the car. He replied with two shots, which narrowly missed Scott Lincoln. The robbers threatened to kill the latter un less I'age oiened the door, which be did. 1'nge gave up bis keys and the robbers forced Scutt and Lincoln te carry the money to the i-hgine, which was uncoupled, boarded and started toward Sacramento. So ne distance nwny they stopped and reversed the engine deserted it with the money and disappeared. The engine banged Into the express ear without damage, and the train was brought In several hours late. A TRAIN ROBBED Seven Masked lion Get Away With $180,000 From an Express Car in Virg-inia. The northern bound passenger train on the Iilchmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac rnll. road wan b,.M up near (Juautlco by seven maked robbers. The engineer and 11 reman were forced from their engine, and tho engine was cut loose ami sent ahead. Tho express car was then entered, uud tho messengers covered with pistols and forced to onen thu safe, which tho robbers rilled, aud then dis appeared, j ne runaway locomotive was stopped at (Juaritleu by obstructing tho trick. The railroad company has offered l.OOC reward for tho arrest of any ono of the robbers. Express Messengers B. F. Crutchflel.I and Murray bad barred tho doors of their car, but the doors were blown open with dynamite. 'J ho thieves made off with their booty iu (he direction of the I'otomac. river, where it h supposed they bad a boat iu waiting to take them to tbu Maryland side. The express messengers say tho safe con tained lso,O00 nil of which the robbers took. None ot the isengcrs were molested. COLLIERY EXPLOSION. Ovor Two Sosen Boilers Burst, Killing Five Hen. Five men were killed, two fatally injured. and several others painfully burned by s boiler explosion that occurred at the Henr; Clay Colliery, Bhamokln, fa. The loss Is 930, 000. The explosion Is the worst of Its klndtb has ever occurred in this region, and Its cause,! la a nussiery- .. .lf It was 7:o wnen ine woramen were siru--ed be a heavy explosion. At the fame mo ment a portion of the boiler-house was blown Into the air, and flying bricks, sheets of cor rugated Iron, and the big boilers were hurled in every direction. Several other explosions took place. The air was filled with escaping steam and debris for a radius ot 400 yards, and many of the employes narrowly escaped death. The report of the explosion was heard In Sbamokin, a distance of over two miles. Only one boiler house employe, a Pole, escaped uninjured. The others were burled beneath the mass of debris, and some of the bodies were not recovered for two hours, The boiler on the eastern end of the house Is supposed to have been flio llrst to explode, and then the ad joining boilers went up in quick succession, the repeated explosions resembling the roar of heavy artillery. Only 9 of the 36 boilers escaped destruction, aud even those were so badly damaged that they were useless. One-half of a boiler was burled a quarter of a mile aud lodged in a slush bank. An other thnt took a similar direction crashed through the sldo of the breaker and lodged in the scraper line. Another crashed through thu tiphouse and came near killing several employes. William Clements, the engineer, hail a close call at the latter place, as the big boiler came through the engine house root and fell on the floor Just a foot in front of him. The safety lamp bouse that stood near the top of the shaft was reduced to splinters, and that Wm. gulnn, the lauipman, escaped With bis life Is miraculous. Four collieries will be thrown Into idleness by the accident for a month or six weeks, so tbat the total loss will aggregate 100,000. MANY MARINERS LOST. Seven on a Lake Veasel and the Whole Crew of an Atlantic Schooner. The most disastrous lake shipwreck ot sev eral that occurred during Monday's storm was that f the schooner Hartford, of Clay ton, on Lake Ontario, by which seven lives were lost. The unfortunates were Captain William O'Toole, wife and child; Hlebard Seymore mate, and Michael Purccll, all of Clayton; liuuuis McCarthy, a seaman of Os wego, aud an unknown seamun wf Grindstone Island. The North German Lloyd steamer Braum schwelg, which sailed from Bremen Septum ber 27, should have arrived at Baltimore Tursduv. The ageuts there have beard noth ing of the steamer since she sailed from the other side. On board the Braunschweig are 142 steerage passengers, bound to points in the West. She is an old vessel and not very fast, aud may have been delayed by the re ceut heavy weather at sea. The schooner Seafoam, Captain Chandler, from Mill vale, N. J., laden with box lumber, capsized at Shears, iu the Helaware Bay, Thursduy morning. The cuptaln and crow.lt is thought, were drowned. No More Indian Soldiers. All the enlisted men but two ot Troop L, Sixth Cavalry (Iudiaus) have been discharg ed per orders of the War Department. This concludes the experiment of Lieut. Casey to make soldier of ludiuus. On the occasion of the vi.-tt of the inspector general at the post of Nlo brara last August the Indians of this company ruaulfooted an uneasiness In the ser vice aud all but two put in au application for dlschargo. These two wished to be transfer red to Company I at Ft. Omaha. Lieut. Gal lagher, tbu troop commander, recommended that their applications be granted, as their usefulness to the service wss impaired by discontent. With this recoiiimoniatlou pa pers were forwarded to Washington with the ubove result. It is not likely that the two re maluing soldiers will be translerred to Ft, Oinuha, as the company there will uudoOb" edly soon tie nbandoiied. Fatal Fight. - ' At a barbecue noar Tan Buren, Ark.. Satur day, George Trultt struck Casey llousoy wbu a barrel stave during a fight, mashed bis skull and killed nliu. As IJonsoy was falling be disemboweled Truttt, who cannot recover. T0,SEARCH FOR LENZ. The TJfnlfSd, States Government Inter Sated In the Wheelman. Attornel i. J. Fnrlngtoo, of East Liver pool, O., J relative of Frank O. Lena, the Pittsburg kleycllst who started from New Yorklnjfie, 1892. for his trip around the world on k wheel, has beea In correspond ence wllb the state department In Washing ton with the object of finding some trace of the young man, if possible. Acting Secretary E. F. I'M writes Mr. Ihirllngton that the I'ultcd St pes ministers at Teheran and Con stant luop i will be notified to make a system atic searc (or the young man. He was last beard fro i, Mr. L'hl says, at Tabriz, Persia, where he topped en route for Constantinople In April f this year. The acting secretary informs i -. Purington tbat the most active search will be made for Lenx. He started from Nei ',iork In June, IHM. crossed the contlnenand had almost 'raverscd Asia when he disappeared treaty Violations. Special Provisions of the Reciprocity Act Broken. The sbrogatlon of the reciprocity between the Unred States ani llrar.il is to have a aequo! In the filing of claims and beginning of suits against this government for the total amount of dtitlee collected on Frar.ll goods covered by the reciprocity treaty from August 27 last, the date the new tariff law went Into effect, up to January 1 next. In the aggre gate tb-se dull, s will reach several hundred thousand dollars and may reach Into the mil lions. The total cannot bo estimated even approximately as you The claims will not be made by Uracil as a government, but Indi vidual Importers of Brazilian go-ls. The first step toward making the claims will bo by riling protests with tho treasury depart ment against the exaction of duties. The claims will Involve a test of tho right of congress to pass a law which violates what it will be aserted Is a contract provli ion of a treaty. In tho exchange of the oOlclal notes leading up to the treaty Minister Mendonca of Braill wrote to Secretary Illnlne that tho treaty would bo proclaimed "with tho under standing that tho commercial arrangement thus put in operation shall remain in force so long as neither government shall dellultely, at least three months in ndvau-'e, Inform tho other of Its Inte.itlon nnd division to con sider it au end at thu expiration of the time Indicated, provided, however, that the ter mination of the commercial arrangement shall begin to take effect either ou tbo llrst day of Juuuary or the llrst day of July." VICTORY OF LABOR. Judft-e Woolson.in the Wabash Watre Case Follows Judge Caldwell's Ruling. United States Circuit Court Judge Woolson decided that tho receivers cannot cut the salaries of tho employes of the Omaha aud St. Louis (Wabash) railroad, Judgo Wool son recites the doctrine laid down In the re cent decision of Judgo Caldwell, that "em ployes must be paid fair wages, even thouyh no dividend may be paid," and hold that this rule must govern, always keeping in mind the general rule that a court must turn the railroad out of the bunds of the receiver just us soon as such a thing can be safely done. Express OfUoe Robbed. The TaeHlo Express Company's office at Thedalles, Ore., was robbed of 14,000 or 15.000 that arrived hero from Portland Sat urday nlgbt It Is thought the robbers came here on a train with the treasury box and knew whore it was consigned and followed it up after it arrived. There Is no clue to the robbers. s IShemicals) Is.xiiibb.eU. - Fire In the four-story building at 117 Lake street, Chicago, at 4.30 o'clock this morning caused a loss of about f8J,000, distributed as follows: Bicbard ft Co., chemical supply works, 950,000; Detroit white lead works, 25,000: Oliver H. Hicks ft Co., paper, tlO, 000. The fire wao caused by an explosion of chemicals. THE LABOR WORLD. The tin plate factories are all shutting down. Teh thocsasd tons ot now steol rails hare been ordered by the Baltimore and Ohio. The chuncea of securing employment sre said to be better In Western cities than in tbo East. Eiobt hours will be the official dar's work in the shops ot the Pennsylvania Rttlro&i until Maroh 1. Femnstlvaxia directors have nnder con sideration a plan to make 8 iturday a half holiday the year round. Evebt trainman laid off by the Pennsyl vania owing to depressed business has been re-employed on full time. The International Typographical Union held its forty-second annual session at Lou isville, Ky., with 125 delegates prusent. William Hebbick, a machinist of Indian apolis, Ind., has fallna heir to a fortune ot 300,000, left by a relative In England. Mill operatives numbering 20,000 in Mew Bedford, Mass., were advised by their lead er to accept a reduotlon and eud the strike. Thb employes of the Parkeiburir CPenn.1 Iron works, 300 in number, have been noti fied ot a reduction of tun per cent. In tholr wages. It has been discovered that by a blunder on the part of the Legislature ot Michigan, of 1803, the convict contract labor ot that State has been abolished. WesTta Pennsylvania Iron men sy that the Mahouiug Valley, Ohio, aud not Alls gheney County, Is now the chief Iron-producing community In the country. Within the past decade the sweater shops have multiplied in New York City from seven to ten hundred ; Chicago has nine hundred, while Philadelphia and othur cities have tbslr share ot them. Qbbxakt adopted a systom of compulsory insurance ot worklngmon against accidents some twenty years ago, and Its resnlts hava been such as to thoroughly vindicate its practical usefulness. BiroBTs from nine Western States show that many factories have resumed or in creased their foroes since the new Tariff law was enacted, uud that both wholesale and retail trade has greatly Improved. Tas biggest strike that New Bedford, Mass., ever bad is praotloally ended. The strike lasted eight weeks, and daring that time muoh more suffering was endured by the idle operatives thuu will be ever known. A xsetimo was reoently bold In West phalia, Germany, for the purpose ot organ ising Christian workmen, both Protestant and Catholic, Into trades unions in order to oounlsrbulanus the effect of the socialistic unions WiLsa manufacturers are so anxious for the return of tu British tin-plate workers who weut to the United hiatus that they have offered them free transportation, In ad dition to guaranteeing them employment, if they will return. Tbb strike among the sblrtmakers of New Tork has brought out some appalling facts. The average wage eamiugs ot the women employed in the factories is from f 3 to t3 per week. A girl must suw four collars or lour shirt sleeves to make a cent. At a meeting of the Weavers' Union, held nt Fall BlvLr, Muss., It was voted to make another strike allowance to mumbcrs, amounting iu all to about $4000. It was also voted to stay out ot the mills uutll present Indications In tho market are ouauged, or the manufacturers offer a restoration o wages, since July Htb, 1890. the sum ol 21,977 bos been paid out by lbs union ou account of breakdowns aud strikes. KEYSTONE STATE COLLffiGj NATIONAL PROHIBITION. Local Option May be the Stepping 8tot The Pennsylvania Woman's Christian T., perance alliance has Issued an nti.i .t! local option, preparod by Mrs. Annie Witt,., meyer, of Hanatoga, Pa. The argument a!". is that It Is Impossible to secure the " because It requires a two-thirds vote o f tress and a three-fourths vote of all the itui egislatures. It is stated that nearly ii ,T l.....llla.j..l..l.J I .1.- " .vbiiirg.ivuuiuiu,iini My I1U SIlVOI-AtM of the saloon, and. banded together ih. defeat general legislation prohibiting )in it traffic in a state. It Is therefore argu-l tfcj the cause of prohibition would best served t securing local option In districts, and grai ually enlarging the boundaries and eiW4tlr. public sentiment. By this means. It l lieved. national prohibition will eventual!)-1 VITIBASS' BKl-KIOlt. The reunion of the Dun ttnmlra.i ... Fortieth Pennsylvania Volunteers was b-14 ai v laysvuie, anil iou memDers answer t the roll call. An address of welcome 4 delivered by Bev. Frank Fish, which was r snonded to by Bev, J. la Milllgan. the otf chaplain of the regiment. The newofTV-n elected are: President, John McCu1leuch vice presidents. John Baldwin, Author Hhu-Mt ami a. v. urover: lreniturer, 11. Ningli-tna secretary, J. L. Milllgan; orator, Itev. T. S Boyle; vxcutivo committee. T. A. Wallm ii C. drove, p. A. Conner. Isaac Share A 11 Emery, A. T. Oreg, N, J. Boyd. John E, flirt nnu Jesse Morris. tm rs or stkkl bails. The prleo of steel rails will not lie reiliiw,! nor will the nrescnt combination of steel Interests bo destroyed. This was affirmant. IV established nt the Inst meeting of the pvj. The combination will also be continued. I'u was me authoritative statement of a memi,, of the Carneilo Mteel Comnanv. limited 1. has been well known among tho buyer ttiK dissensions existed and that the "pool'' w apt to collapse, even prior to tho cessation the agreement, but nuy rumor to thut lacks authority. STAItTINrt CP Arrr.ll TWO TIC AH. Tho Blalrsvllle factory of the Whitn glass works, Philadelphia, started up in '. . This plant which was formerly tho et I n glas factory, has been closed down for at. 1;: two years, it was purchased about mouths ago by the Whitney company, wt spent 42ii,ono in repairs and improvements-: it. huniclent orders are now on hand t.. it- suro a continuous run during tho entire s-t sou. DIUMK LINIMENT lit MISTAKK. Mrs. Elizabeth Bislnger, a widow, livlni il (ew miles west of Brady's run. Beaver cct ty, took a large dose 01 liniment la ml-u. for a patent medicine she had been tisir; The II ril incut contaiuod laudanum, chlrod-rt anu opium, nnd she was fast sinking Into tt sleep of death when tho doctor arrived. B saved her life by hard work. AN INDEPENDENT CBOBCB. The Emanuel congregation of Letni.tl (anti-Bowman) has decided to sever all c.tJ nectlon with the Evangelical Association hl to become an Independent consreirntlon. v. affiliating with any religious organizatloc ana to tight in the courts, II necessary, maintain possession 01 tne cnurcn. cook's casb to as appelkd. At Washington the attorneys of John Coo wno was aajuagea guilty ti niuraerwui nrst degree by Judge J. A. Mall vain, take the case to the Supreme Court on writ of error, and will attack the conititJ tionaiity 01 a law givlug tne Judge ur. authority. OBOAKIZED rOB CHBISTIAN WOBE A permanent organization ot the ChriMkl Endeavor Societies, of Lawrence county, via formed at a convention In New Cai-t.eJ Officers elected were M. W. Leslie, preside .M. I.oy iianna, vice preslduut; Miss EllMtcJ Winter, secretary, and Clara Dusbaue, tr-i urer. SErt'BED THE BEWAHD. Senator Quay offered $100 reward for u recovery of the body of his nephew, Frm uarcisy, wno was arownea in tne Ohio nre and William Volhurdt, who recovered t: body, was given the reward. The llmliui the corner's Jury was accidental drowmtf. John McKee, of Pittsburg, was buried the Allegheny Cemetery r-Mudny.a lurge i. ber ot itersons attending the funeral, t- dled at his home, 210't Puna avenue, InJ aged OH years. His mind bad been noticm unbalanced for over two years past, and t ueatn was partly due to the strain of In sit while confined to Dixmont Insane Ay!i- Mcheo, while ono of the boat knowu mt-c Pittsburg, was the most eccentric, the la: habit making him known all over Wetr: Pennsylvania. He was born in Cou-i liown, Ireland, and nls iamlly was nt time wealthy. He wrote poems and 1'" ments on public affairs lor tne newspsi and the quetr spelling ne used added to 1 prominence, lie was marked on the sin by bis odd style of dress, to which he bered until death. Every school child xd him, and in the busluuss sections, where was given what he wanted any time, be si laminar. The frame dwelling of Allen Mowl, f Sceuory Hill, Washington oouuty, burned. -a 5-moutbs-old boy, asleep in bis cradle, burned to death, aud notraco of his boiiy be found. Mr. Mowl was so horribly burn in attempting to save the ilfu ot the child tt- bis life is despaired of. Tho rest of the M Ily escaped with their lives The 30th anuunl convention ot the I'.-dW' vania State Sabbath School Association held in the First Presbvterlnu churcb Huntingdon. Bev. Dr. F. K. Frecmau AM ered the address of welcome aud Bev. IT. u A. Stanton, president of the association snonded. llev. Georiro F. Heed. irell--ct Dickson College, made the prluclpal addrj An Immense amount of coke la belug ped from the region above Connellsvillr iiraddoek and stocked in the yards aboui Edgar Thomson steel works. This has the practice ot the t arncule company 01 years, to keep a great supply ou baud to utilized In case ot emergencies An Independent Bepublluan ticket hatM placed in the Held in Lawrence county, obiect bolus to elect J. Norman White. Democratlo nominee tor President JH over W. D. Wallace, John BiiKdunlua. sired 10. was killed. Peter La LouUkt, aged 35, was fatally M in the Maple 11111 mines, uear Ashland, I gas explosion caused by caruless baudlit-t'l a stiety lamp. Ernest Zaluu, manufacturing jeweler I i.niirnn'r, uas coutusseu Juugmeuis i who auu moiuer-lii-law, tor t;20,000, 11111 1 ec-uuou was immediately Issued on tuum. The shovel works of II. M. Myers A I ucuvur rails, wuiun uas been shut down Some time linu notillu,! umnUudi tli.it il ' resume ut a wage out of 6 aud 10 per H Beazon Woodflll, a farmer of Two "A bed in West llrou-uavllle u-lw.ru In, vrui lug. Ho was 00 years old, aud leaves s M UUU BUU, Hons Khiwlitni rt Va.miai. ...... Detective lioeglu Monday night, cunrgJ . nuuiii, 01 mo necrui ncrvies, paasiug counterfeit money, tli, Us iid
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