IX. 1 1 THE MIDDLEBDRGH POST. CEO. W. WAOENSELLEn, Editor. ABTnCB E. COOPER, Manager. illddlrburgh. Pa. November 22, ltl'4. KEYSTONE STATE CDLLINGS A MEMORIAL TO PENN- Cnvail'.ng of tho Monument that Mark the Boundary of bis Purchase Over l.frfl) people gathered ut Cherrytree Friday from three counties to witness the un veiling ceremonies nt the monument erected by the state of Pennsylvania niurklug the boundary line nt Wni. l'cnu's purchase from tho Indian. I'. It. Cnup wus chosen presi dent uud E. E. Ilrlthurl secretary of the meeting, llev. .1. I!. E. Craighead made tlin l-cnlng pruvcr. Gov. Pnttlsou and other State ofllelnis failed to appear. At the lust moment lnv,rnir-!",-t Hasting wn compell ed to send regrets. Fx-Gov. 1 leaver made tho unveiling nllr-?-?, nml told if the 'iirly pur chase ami tlin boundaries. I'. A. Shoemaker, of F.bensburg. followed In n short oddress do. voted to a l.rli'f review of tho lawn Wllllnin penn mniln for the people. Judge Hurry White, of Indiana, gave it historical sketch. - - miii.i.ino t i.irtt.r. oiuknk. 'I hero tir now eighteen test well located f r In process of drilling nt th" present I Iiik In Greene county. l h" liuviird wi'll has a hard llshlng jc.li on bund at tli" Hlg Injun. The Hughes wi'll Ik ii jt iik vtnir along nicely. Tim Wood wi'll tear link Forest Is down from mini to 1 o '0 fi'i-t. Johnson, a now hole ftitrtoil. Ik K-ttiur along nicely. M i nlmont No. 1 on Lot M'M'luri' rig up. Lot Mol'lur No. 2 "tartcd. i in surios AT remains of II' WAstl'ilTiJ. The remains of t -rtr" I'.. Little, the Grccnsburg druggist, who 1 i I I linrnlii) night, with cremated in Him I.rmoviio furnace lit Washington, l h" l:i"iii"Mtioii w:i -i rivutc. This In tlm ho -oikI ho ly cremated In this crematory tli" present your, mid tli" thirty liuitli hlii"" tli" llrst on", Unit of l'.ifii l'c l'ullu lu 1H70, Klorni.s ok r IN t ii : I li wiuik. Four of tln oldest passenger conductors on tli" Lehigh Ynlloy Kuilrond W"r" hu. pomli'd iii H.tturluy. It i.-i mid trior" will follow. Tli" dM'li.iwd "inploy"! nr.- n-t lu'i'iiu'd 'if itlidiotn'sty, liiit of liiiliin1 to "urry out tin- I'omp.inv'n nil"-'. Two Itullnii.-i linvo lll'I'll HOitl) thu L'oiidui'tori for B""rul niuutlix IL-t. flltr KOVN liv ll'IMMKN IH. Tli" I'.iiroka Slool CaHlInu "ompnny, ol Clii'-t.T, I- N liuaiK'i.'il ilirtlciilty and lull iiu'ii arc idl". Exi'vutioiiH of iS.i.l'.H) worn "iiti-r-'d up. Jii'lRiiii'iit Is confoKM'il for iT.J'J.'i. 'J lie plant will Iihv" to lu sold. Tliu com puny I I'lipltiili.-.i'd at 475.000. Tim r"Sour"T iiiivu I "en i'liuiit(.'t t'V tllsi-troiid 1 1 r and utbvr loam's liuvo Li.'t'ii n'lttiilU'.'J. OLD lAVKtTK rollTH. Tho Fny"tto County Historical Hnrli-ty li busily 'ui;nii'd in making a rMroti Into t lie viirly history of tho ludlau wars In that hoc tlon. Tli")' aro Ktlinulatod in their uflortu hy thu coiuidIshIoii appolntod hy ilovi'ruor 1'at IInoii to murk tho eiK'a of the forts built by thn wliiti'H na a nii'iun of defense nguiuHt the Indians. Il HAH t,2fi(;io0 AWAIIIirU fllM,.. A." altu. .1.... Aim.. WDOW.t..ilillOI in" ... L . L . I. thrne (Hiiiua of iIium and ro"lved terfuut injur!" by a Mrwt car ooIIIkIoq at FiftneDth and ltniubrldK utre'ti, riilladflphla, two your atto, wiih awurdod i'M.'MO danmgi't iigiilni't thu rhiludvlphiii trai'tlou c mi puny. llul lirudi'ti, tho fiiinotiH padiiK' Rtullixn, died in hid Mtaldo lit th" M"iidvlll" klto tr.i' k. 11" wan owni'd by Al I'ltii-y, of Cliii'orn, l'a, mid hud a record of 2.07 HU diiith rauscd by congest .. of the bowels. Hal liriideti was one of the fastest pacers of tin world. II" had 15 heats to his credi: in :-h or better. This year ho paced 12 In-" b low 2:10. The best tlllin ll" mud" W.ts J. i. which he did twice ut Davenport ou Septivu Ler 2s; last. The First I'resi vterliin church ut I'nion town was totally d troyed by lire the othei night. Thu loss will aggregate 10,000, partly covered by insurance. J hn liuildiiig was re cently purchased by the Central l'resbyterian I'oiigregutiou and ttiey bad $ l.boo wtirih o repairs put on it. The building is still iu the bands ol Contractor I.angheud and li" will buve to bcur most of the loss. The Mayor"! A!loona enjoys thedistinction of being the llrst public olll.'i'al iu the I'nlte.l Stiitcs to draw the Hue on the game of foot ball. II" cliisoillcs the pastime wall comm. in street brawls. and uccordiug tore iiort.thrcath t'hs the youth of that community with arrest and line if they again attempt to piny within the city limits. The new $25,000 armory which Is being erected by Colonel W. Fred iteyuolds, of the Governor's stall, for the ltcllefontu company of the National iluiirds, will be dedicated on December H. The Governor and stall and many other olllcers of the xuard and regular army olllcers w ill be present. Thu Fitlteil Slates Iron and Tin 1'late com pany started one ot Its nulls at Dcmmlcr wilb non-union men. Members of the com pany are authority for the statement that the resumption was succchs'uII and that a good iiiality of tin is being turned out. A charter was issue. I to the Pcnn Manor Shult Company, Greensbuig; capital ?2,.'0ll. Directors; John Cluw-on, William A. lirlf lith. ol Gici'ii-dairg; William L. Williams, I.atrobe. Judge I. wiiii; granted nn injunction pre. venting George M. I'.iwlli. the hpe.'iilatlvn iiool operator, of pntsl.iirg, from di:.jiosing of lis property, A receiver was ulo appointed to lake charge ol Irwin's business ail.urs. Hurry llrooks, a young nuiu, was arrested lu Erie, charged wiih the murder of Henry C. Young, whose maiicle l bo ly was found licui bis home in III!" last May. I'iiuI Stockton win futully injured in a foot lall game In I'lulu Iclphia. I'lavi rs jumped mi I piled on him w In n lie was down wall the Lull. N. rmiili West, colored, of I. Igouicr, brought suit at Greensliiirg, lu-uinst Dr. M. W. Miller, 2.i,t0i) 'lamuge.s (or uilcgeil uiulptactiuc in getting a litoken leg. The money for tlm bust of Dr. William I'eppi r, to be ptes.'iitcd to the I'mversity ol I'eimsylMiiiia, has been mil scribed nud Curl Hitter, of New York, is now ut work ou it. Michael Wiuliu wus killed by n full of shit" nt the Stewart Iron Works mine, near I niou. towu, Tuesday. Mrs. S.'ipiru McLaughlin, who was Henry I'.i.vh i,.-ar lioeliester Hni'iri' Issiiil living, but ciinuot ri-coxer. shot by nlr'li. William Henry, of IVim.svllle by I e.ug throiMi Iroiu a bug,.'y. bud scared nt n Irani. was killed 'I he horse Drilled thu Dynumito. Christ Stiiliidrelier s dyuiimilo cartridge failed to explode In the Navarre, t , stone quarry, so he tried to drill through It, He utruck the cup nml hi tho cxpWun following lie lost the llngei., ol his ribl bund uud 1 Ulicrwise lijjuru I. THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR. SCORED THE MILITARY. Saveroiiro Sayi Soldiera Ara Inttrumenti of Deapotiam. OonTal Inlor Workman Borrri'lcn do liveri'd bU annual nddroM at the Knlhtu of Labor convention In New Orleans. He stated ho had traveled 33,151 mill's since his stew. ardihtp and had oraulzed 11 now anomblle and mad ) 07 public addressos. Ilefpring to the American liallway Colon affiliation, be alviiied a consolidation with this as well n" with all other labor organizations. His resume of the I'ullmnn strike terminat ed in a severe eritieism of Ma), (len, John M. Mi liolleld and thn reeomiiiendiitlons ol that ollli'er for an Increase of the army, to (ether with thn adlon of "Chicago's million aire aristocracy, who wero permitted to pre sent a stand of colors to the Fifteenth lufan trv," which he sal I was an Indication of an "I'lieasy desire to. subjugate labor through the military power of the nation." Ho urged that tint Assembly take stronK grounds ncainst an increase of the military forces of the nation and that they "advocate a do crease In tlm rctfiilnr army and the nboliltion of the Mute militia, tor from them aro com ItiK to the surface th" sentiments of a military d""i-ii.,.u." He also made a sharp criticism of the banking laws and udvlsed a few minor cIihiihi's In the preamble of the order. At the dose of the address the report of the ( iieral Exeuutive Hoard was presented and ret' rred to the several committees. Tho entivrntloii listened to an address by Men Freslilent tl-ortjo V. Howard, of tho Ami-rl-can llnllway I'nioii, in which bo urged iimalk'ainaib'ii ol nil tne great labor organ l.,itions of the country Into one association nml iiinb r one management. lieiieriil Worthy Foreman M. J. IlUhop, of llo-ton, read his annual report, which was reci'ivnl mid accepted. It was an outline ol tin- work d"iic by him and the order during tic pnt ynr. T e (M icral Executive lloarl made n Toluminoils r-'port, of Interest to tho dele-gut'-s. It was received Mid the reCciiittiiTida lions contained in the resolutions were given to the coin'iiitteis. Among tuc changes recommended were s nun sllnht ties in tlif secret work. ( oalltion with other order" was recommended ni'd so also iitid"pi'Udcut poliilcal action. JIINM.S wr.HK S'U'T OCT. Chairman Worsley.of the Freiss Committee, gave out the information that the miners' delegation were sent out Imcauva their eon slitiieiicy were not In good standing. The plu-s workers' delegates were seated, but they are down on the admistration as run I')' Sovereign and Hayes. One of tjiem stated that Sovereign and Hayes had converted tin Knights of Labor into a machine 'to furtlict tbeir own interest. A- 'I he miners' delegation Is eomjV'cd of I. Mcl'.ryde, of Columbus,!). ; Ilobert iKiitchorn, of 1'lnlii lelphl'i: W. II. Wilson, of jfilnssburg, I'll.: T. A. llrndley, of Lilly, J'a.; .W. C.Webh, of Pittsburg; 1'. A. tYutin, of I.Vnton. Ind. They were shut out t if tho convention for the reason that their order Is In bnJ standing They claim to represent N.003 fyilners and that they are one-sixth of the total member ship of tho Knights of Labor;. The only records by which they can hope so (b termlnu the truth of the charges under filch they are cxvluded nm in the bands of Secretary Hayes, w ho bus baffled nil opponents tof hb re-eioc-tlon. . Tho miners claim thnt they bairn been un iustlv treated, and that such taiNlos on the part of the olllcera will break tUe order to pieces. i When Master Workman Bover'ilgn called the session to order Friday, tho flrht business was to receive tho report on tnL financial condition of tho order. It la slewed that the grand treasurer bad a sum oft (11,000. A schedule of the nroliertyje LM(y!' -slorj ol thu order1 v lilt' ' : Items on tb" nvik j" Knights of Labor Luildlhi smphla, valued at liO.000', olliclal K ' Pln. 16,000; Caiialtmrg (Ind. A e mine. 10,000 real tnto at Hmer, NV ., 24,000. and other si. tiller tironvrties.aiViegitlng about t'i'o.Wd in i. ALASKA. Ooverficr'' y Reports on the Condi- in-,, kila Ter-itory. .1 iMies Shiami n KoveruJt of Alnskt, has -'. . ; Itted Ills aiiwjal rej.ort to the secroturv ! t o interior ou tho general condition ot Aluskn. He says: "Notwitlistiindiiig tho unfavorable cliniutiii condition id the spring and early summer months, iiiiiny new enterprises wero entered mid old ones completed. The llsheriei have been successful, tli" iiiliies huvo yielded pro tltabl" r"iuni,tlie population has been large ly augmented by Immigration, and the people have enjoyed a hc.isoii of unusual progress mid prosperity. Tint civil officers have been vlgiluiil mid lultliful iu the disclurge of thcii duties mid the lawtiiid order nre nulte as well enforced us in some ot thu more densely pop ulated and highly civilized communities. Tint building of biiw mills and tho manufac turing of lumber iu the territory have revo luliuni.ed mid improved tint manlier of con structing habitation iu all of the villages. The leading trait ill the character of the Alaska native is imltativcuess and lining pus. scssed of considerable mechanical skill and willing to work, be purchases lumber uud erects a modern house. Some of them urn built in an original style ot uruhitecture and painted In colors of barbaric taste, but lira comforla le to live iu and indicate thn pro gress they buve made toward clvilir.utlon. i la y have also much Improved in the way of preparing food uud clothing. The Impress ol the missionary U visible In nil parts of the southeastern Alaska, uud be deserves com- iiieudatioti for the good h" bus accomplished among the natives." Governor Hhenkley estimates Hi" population of Alaska lit U2.0fl0. Tin- Siberian reindeer experiment he thinks will prove sue i-stul. Satisfactory progress lias recti ui l'lo lu iMlll'i.llou. ConslderuM" trouble has been experienced in preventing tne sale oi intoxicating minors. He says that Alasl.a has 4,000 miles of sen const and '.li, lino miles (f shore line, and the revenue olllcnrs buve serious dilllctilty in preventing suiug.tlitiir. The patrol of lluriug vii i:. ii not prevented pouching, NOT THE RIGHT BODY. An Insurance Company - Swiudled Out of 10.000. liy tint arrest of II. 11. Holmes, alias Howard, iu liostou, a gigantic swindling scheme bus been utieill tiled by detectives oi lb" I'ib lity Mutual Life Insuraie'u nsscoiii tlon ol I'hiludelpblit. On September 3 las ihe corpse of amau was louud ut ill 1 Cullow bill street, l'lliludelphlll, and was bill 'ed by the coroner under tile iiiiuiu ol It. y, i'it.e. Now it appears that the corpse wns u liogus one substituted for tho puroosi oi iieiraiiiiin me iiisnr.incu company ol 10, . II I. 1 ho policy liad becu issued i' IV n' spcetiihlo busincs man, and when Attorney J. D. Howeils, of St. L aos, claimed the noiiev nud was refused II. II llotuicu tlil..ii.o was ii'terrcd to. The insurance company hu I the body I'xliiimed then paid Hie policy. many, iiecouiin.; sutoicious.llolmen was eha-ed all over the couuii i- beforo he wuti located. It wus found tun corpie had been cloeiired from a Now lork hospital. Slelgiiinir in Connecticut. The cold iu Northwestern Connecticut sunt to bo the severest ever recorded ut tbu season. i hero bus been i;ood slcigbiuir for s ivernt ituys, ami the thnrmomeit-r lu the vuiicys i as rigts'.orea 10 Uegroes bov I.'IO. PKOGRESStl TELEfJRAPHIC TICKS. Japan threatens to resent tho expulsion o ber native laborers from Hawaii. Nobraska republicans will demand re count of vote by the Legislature. Dutch troops have captured the linline ttront-hold, lu the East Indian island of l.onibok. . V. Sage has been appointed Warden of King Mug prison to succeed Warden Durston deceased. I'reiident l'crrns. of Argentina, has ten dered bis resignation, but it bus not yet been accepted. Charles T. Tarsloe, an old-tlmo actor, who made his fame In Chinese parts. Is dying of paralysis in New York. An oflVlnl announcement was made thnt .be wedding of C'r.ir Nicholas II, and tho I'rlii 'ess Alix will occur November 2J. A bulletin from Halifax reports disaster to llie ship launtle. She webt down oil tho Coast, near Halifax, nud 22 persons perished. The site of Tulmage's llrooklyn tabernacle is to be sold for 110.000, with which sum the congregation will pay Its debts. Tint t'ulted States cruiser Detroit ofilclnl have arrived ut Madrid with tho Columbus relics. The Hpnnish Government l enter taining tli' in handsomely. Thn raco war nt Ellr.ul.etlitown, Ky., Is over, lieorg" Wilson, who, in a recent po litical i lot, nhot dead liluke liobertsou, ba been hold to court w ithout bull, and this has s.itislied tho excited populace. Con I'loran, l'ugiiist l'it-slmmon's spur ring partner, died in Syracuse, N. Y.. from nn Injury adriilhltcre 1 by the pugilist during an exhibition lu that city on I'll Jay night. Fit.slmmom was arrested, but released on 10.001) bull. At M'iskogge, I. T. . deputy murdinls nt- fucked three doperute inen.bers of thu Cook j band of outlaws. A marshal wis wounded. Cherokee lull, one of the outlnw, fatally shot, nn I th" other two desperadoes es- ' ciiped. ! The Southern 1'acir.c Computiy is trying to secure patents to nil unoccupied mineral l.inds lying lu thu odd sections wlthtu the j limits of tlm rallro.'i 1 grant, covering the. ; luo-t valuable part ol the South Hregou mining district. I Andrew Jtika. the Hungarian, who nt. 1 tempted to murder his w ife at lluiicltoii, l'a. ! Novemb-r 12, Committed suicide lu the ' Wilki'sburre jail curly Monday morning by ! banging. When ho was cut down ho was j still alive, but died live minutes later. A bloody buttle was fought at Owcnshoro, Ky.. In which Jolin Ashby, nn ex-p jllcemau, and Juck Hcvcrin, a grocer and saloonist, were mortally wounded nnd a policeman hurt. Tho troublo resulted from Heverlu having ordered n party to cen.HU diinclug iu bis pluco on Sunday. DESTRUCTIVE EARTHQUAKE Cities and Towns Almost Destroyed in Southern Italy and Many Lives Lost. Enrtliipiukes In Southern Italy have caused great loss of life. Frocoplo, a vlllugo ot 1,200 Inhabitants in Ilegglo dl Calabria, has boen cW!mtAVlivVir-','!";-Jj!l -'' fcallJiurf wet turown tuto ruins. The number of deaths Is not known, but in one church 47 persona were burled alive under lulling walls. The last report was thnt the list ol dead was about t0. lu another village of the same province eight persons were killed outright by falling build ings, lho uiiuinge to piopcrty has been enormous. Iu Tripurul 20 buildings were laid in ruins nud several persons were killed. Iu Mileto, ulso In Cutauir.'.uro, ninny were injured. A school house was shaken to the ground, but tho teuchets nud pupils oscnped a few nun jtcs before it fell. Itcports of deal Im, injuries and the demoli tion of buildings buve hceu received from 17 communes. In lliignaro seven persons were killed outright. Iu Oppldo Mumurtiiia. four; iu Santa r.iiplietula, eight. Scores of others wcie Injured in these towus. Later dispatches from the earthquake- shaken proviuve i f llegglo di Cnlabila say mote hhocks were felt ill that district. Al though no further damage wn done, the In- huhituhts continue terror strlckeu nud num bers of people are tleeitig from the towns Into tho country. Thirteen persons were killed mid oyer 50 injured at the village of Seuiinnin. This village Is nearly deMrnved. At I'alml, where nearly all the bouses are ruined, seven persons were killed and 50 in- ui. -d. Numbers of b uses ut Maloceblo nnd Terruiiuovo were ilamaued. Although no- body was killed or injured nt these places, their populations oru camping cut iu tho fields. The troops lu tho province of Ilogglu dl Calabria rendered all the assistance possible to the endangered Inhabitants, Two violent shocks of enrthquuke were felt nt Mlla.zo on the north coast of the Islaud of Sicily. The terrillud inhabitants tied from tho town uud (pent the night In the open air. King Humbert has sent 40,000 lire for the relief of the earthquake sufferers, and Fro mier Crispi bus donated the sum ot 17,000 lire lor the auine purpose. NATIONAL GRANGE. Reports of Sectbiry and Treasuror Funds for a Temple to Ceres. Twoiily-seven Mutes were represented in the convention ot the Nation ill Grunge lu lessiou ill Sprillgllcld, 111,, with 375 delegates, l'lie report of the "cretury shows that the or jtut.i.utlou bus 20.0JO lodges with nn nggrc gat" membership of l,h0i),0)tl. Nienty-four lodges with 5, Will members were udiuitted during thn yiur. i ilty-!lve lapsed granges were rsudiulltcii. '1 ho treasurer reported permanent fund of (00,000; received during the year, 20 7ti;i; paid out, I4,4.I. up to October 1, 1'J4; ou hand Uow, tlii,l 00. The report of Mrs. M, S. Illume, of Penn lylvaula regarding the erection of u temple to Ceres at Wuslngtou, D. C., costing 50,000, recommended that the Nutiouul Grange give t20,ooi. A 5-cent levy on each member was asked for, winch wilb 1 initatiou fee, would give t iuiid ofilO.OJO annually. Col. Colt Held lor Murder. Coroner Edwurds, of Fayette county, Ohio, reported bis llndlng lu thu Inquest upon thu persons who wero killed by the militia iu the Wusbiugtou CouithoiiHo riot. Tho coroner holds the shooting to have been Ulijilhtllluble, ami holds Sl.crltl I ouk mid Col. Colt, who wus in command of the iiillliln, rcspon.-li'le for the latui results, 'lho finding wus expected. Tim coroner Is nu uncle of one oi the victims. No wunalits huvo yot been IsaUcJ lor the arrest of the men. Destroyed by an Earthquake. Japvu has beeu visited by another dis'is Irons enrthquuke. Sukutu, u town on the northeast coast suffered most severely. Alto gether ;M people wero killed uud 200 wound ed, while tlio number of houses destroyed by lire was over 50J uud uu equul number wero ihukeu down. NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL PROSPECTIVE CHANGES. Efforts of the Administration to Improve the Currency System. The plan of recasting the currency system of tho government, which the President and See rotary Carlisle will detail to congress when It meets In December, has been under discussion almost since the administration came into power. Months ago Washington dispatches slated that Bccretary Carlisle tben hail the subject under consideration. Hut more pressing questions arose that demanded Ills Immediate attention, and ho laid It aside for the time. Since the adjournment of the long session of congress both ho and the President have devoted much time to devis ing means of slmplylng and strengthening the present tangled and highly unsatisfactory currency system, and tho results of their labors will be ma le public m the President's message nud the Secretary's report. The Postal System. The annual report ot Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Maxwell bns been sub mitted to the postmaster-general. The re port covers the period for tho Msenl vear end ed June 30, 1M'.)4. Tho total number of post office in operation In the Culled States on that dale was 0H.S05, Of these CO, 37 7 wero fourth-class ofllces, nnd 8,42 presidential, the net Increase over the previous year being 1.402. During the year 3 131 postotTWs were established nnd 1.7 H discontinued. The Work of the bond division showed n decided Increase, largely Incidental to a chaujjo of administration. BlucRe d'aTroublos Ended. Dr Ouzmnn, Nieurugiiun minister here.hnt received reports from Illueflelds indicating a satisfactory settlement of the troubles which have so long ulllicted the .Mosquito reserva tion. Sept e m In r 21i, the new c institution was proclaimed, firmly asserting Nb'aragiiaii supremacy there, mid Cube, as the llrst con stitutional governor, was formerly Installed In ollh'". All signs of opposition bad disap peared, nnd the American residents, notably Wiltbntiks, who bad been exiled and after ward pardoned, voluntarily gave their ad licsioti to the new government uud assisted iu its initiation. Twenty-six Contested Seat. Tho llepublican national congressional com mittee hut received information of the In tention of three more candidates to file con tests against their competitors who will be triv. n seats In lb" House of llepre.senlativcs on the face of the returns, making a total of twenty-six snls which Will be contested. 1 hose notices coin" irom Mr. Orton of the Third Missouri district, who will contest Mr. Dock'Ty's right to ti e seat: from Mr. Meyers i f the sixth Arkansas, who will contests Neil, mid from Mr. Spears of the Third North Carolina, who will contest Show. CAPITAI, NOTKS. Edward K. I.owry. of Ohio, bns been ap pointed second secretary of the I'uited States legation at l'eklu. A statement prepared nt tho bureau of statistics shows that the total value of the ox. potts of merchandise from the United states during (I uober was $s,,55M,372. The imports during Us'tober uinountod to TD'.i,0nl,ti74. Tho estimate of tho next House of Itepro- seutnuvi s as prcpareu nt ltcpubllcnn Head quarters, shows 245 Itopnbllcuns, 105 Demo crats, and 0 Populists. These llgures have not been changed now for two or three days uud the roster of the next House when made up will show tbesatne. IRON TRADE QUiIeT. Volume of Business Shows no O eat In crease. Tho Iron Age says: Those who entertnlned somewhat sanguine views as to the imiuedi ate effect ot the result of the election upon business have boon disappoint ed. Iluyers huve not jumped Into the mar ket, mid tho volutin) of business bus shown practically no Increase. The feeling is better but there uro other considerations which out weigh that lu shaping tho ueur future ut the Iron trade. The modest demand for finished material is making the steel works more Indifferent buy ers of llessemer pig, and that has created a weakening tendeury. Thus far tho balance lias been well poised. In tho wire trade the latest development Is the rupture of the new ly formed barb wire combination, while war ,'nm on vigorously in the wire nail trade. The turtitig of two of the leading western tin plate mills ou n non-union basis Is a movement of much significance. It menus that an eflort is being made to drive the Amalgamated asso ciation from one of Its lust strongholds. WILD AFGHANS WHIPPED Tribesmen Wto Opposed the British Com mission Qiveti a Lesson There is reusou to believe that the recent attack made by thu W'uzirl tribesmen upon the escort of tho commission delimiting, un derthe ngreemeut with the Ameer of Afghan istan, the boundary between Woziristun und tho Punjab, was let by deserters from tho Twentieth Kcgimcut ot Punjab iufaiitry. An ex-hulidiir, a uou-uommissioiied officer of thu Indian uruiy corresponding iu rank to the siTi .ml, w.ts actually uuguged iu tho as sault. The Wa.lrls lost lu the attack 250 killed. The llrltlsh losses wero 3 officers, 15 soldiers and 21 feilowiTS killed and u few officers and 112 uieti wounded. The W'ai'.iris wero driven oil uud it thought that the punishment they received will deter them Iroiu further attack ing the llritish. A FAMILY BUTCHERED. Aft)r Killing his Relatives Portucheck Cut his Threat. A Horrible butchery was committed in a farmhouse two tulles cast ot Wellsville, Mwut gomcry county, Mo. Thomas Portucheck, a llt'lieininii, unmarried, killed his mother, two brothers uud n young sister with nn uo. Ho then set lire to the bouse nud cut his throat. Ail the iiooics wero cremated. inn one member ot tho faintly who escupod death Is a girl. Hho jumped from u window and run ding to u neighbor's bouse, gavu the alarm. The murderer is believed to have been tem porarily lusuuu. FIGHTING AT LIMA. Three Hundred Insurgents Uuder Chief Sulgudo Killed. A special cuylo from Montevideo suys: Advices from Ulo (iruude do Hul say that thu Uru.illuu rebel chief, r-algado, wus do (cutcd ut Liu. a iu u buttle lusting niuu hours. The government loss Is staled to bo 111 killed And tbe rebel loss 3.0. Some of thu rebels ruptured by the government troops were hot. Ou the other baud, tho e,o eminent loldiers captured by lho lubels wero given :hu option of death or enlisting uudor the rubul uuj.'. All deulded to tullbi Japs Retreat. Fighting occurred on Suuduy lust, 20 mllci from Port Arthur. Thu Jupuueso retired to ward Tullenwiiu. Tbe ( blueso loss was 100. Tbo Jupiiiieso loss is reported to huve beuo iiOO. The Chinese captured 10 prisoners. LATE SEWS IS BRIEF. Items ef Interest from Many I'laree For Hasty Reading. WASH1SOTO. Twentv-nlne clerks in the census depart ment at Washington were dismissed because of a completion of the census work. Two nundreu more will tie utsmisseu in m nn days. CAPITAL AND LA SOB. n.i.. . . n.i-A ftnur market. St. WOTlllK ' '.'"S"'. " , Louis Soaring mills have shut down. ut.ll.l. Pwtiolfnt 11 I . irsve op their Hght for better wages and decided to go to work. rlllMES ASD rXNALTttS. nn niMi.r.4 r'arrnll sired ftf). who had been a Hnptlst t.reaehcr for 68 years, com mitted suicide by hanging near Moynorch. ville, Ky. Firinon Imndreit dollar has been offered fortheenpturo of llaudit "Hill" Cook and lour oi ins pais, wno neon iuu uiiuu now wi rorizlng the Indian Territory. Five men are in lull nt Dublin. Oa.. for the confessed murder of (apt Williamson, a wealthy planter. Tho men killed nun lor i-ay bv a neighbor, named Jackson, whom Wflllu'inson flogged for truduclng Mrs. Wil liamson's good name. MUM, A(CII)tTS, FATALITIES, T& ISIIndliig sandstorms nre sweeping Okla homa and tho Cherokee strip. Fire destroyed the business portion of Co lumbus, Ky. 'Loss 475,000. Four men were suffocated In the Telrgo mine Mum I near Ela 'k Hawk. Oil. 1 bo lire did tJ.OOO damage. Fire In n saw mill west of the mining camp of Ward. Col., spread to the timber, mid has been doing damage nmouutiiig to over 2, (0 1.000. Several I Ig mlniut; camps uro threatened. !tsii:i.t.Mr.ofs. The tbirty-'lxlli anniversary of tho found ing of Denver was cclcbiuted. Anll-toxiue th" new Injection cure for diph theria. Is pronounced a success bv physicians otthe Phl.adeiphbi Munlcip.il hospital. ltev. Max Muclll, rabbi of a Jewish con gregation nt Alleiiiowu, l'a., bus announce. 1 his conversion to Chri-liainty mi l will Join the New L'niteil Evangelical church. There aro 10 ease of scarlet fever in the Pt. Wayne, Ind.. Homo for Feeble Minded and the 50) Inmates of the Institution have been exposed to the disease. The Woman's elub. of Chicago, refused Mrs. Fanule 1!. Williams, a colored lecturer, memb"thlp. Mrs. Williams's application led to a division which may disrupt Its organ isation. llev. Cnrlos Martyn, formerly of N'ewY'ork, has resigned as pastor ot the sixth Presbyter ian church, Chicngo, nml will d"ot" himself lo a local crusade ugaiiist municipal corrup tion. AT THE TOMB. Final Cer monies Attending the Funeral of the Cur. The entombment ot the remains of thn Into C.nr Alexaudcr HI, took place Monday in tho Cut bed ml ot St. Peter and St. Paul la St. Petersburg. The cathedral was packed with distinguish ed persons including representatives of all thu Imperial and royal families of Europe. The funeral services wero conducted by the Metropolitan, of St. Petersburg, and by the L Metropolitan, oi Moscow. lue 'o.rnior epv uueteu in v shiiur iv w pm - , g- which reposed ftrftate In, th'e V III. cathedral " Tbe czar and the grand Juke und the mem bers of the royal family pre'sn"t.ook up posi tions to the right of the cofllu, an if tho many n.Hltnry officers in attendance were grouped bahlud the bier. On tiie left were thefttraiv uinbassndors and ministers nnd their stulTs, while grouped around in different parts of tho cathedral were couutless delegations from liusslnn cities and elsewhere including the uumerotis delegations from France. The funeral services began at 10 n. in. nnd lusted until about 4 o'clock. Over 30 mem bers of the royal families of Eoropo attended by glittering suites were present. After the long service the czarina, the czar and others preseut took a lust farewell of the remains of Alexander IU. The czar then laid the imperial inantlo over thu body, and the coffin was carried by the cr.ar mid curtain ol the princes to the tomb. Euormous crowds gathered on both side ot the Neve long before the ceremonies com menced. The opening ceremony was an nounced by three cannon shots from tho fort ress. RELICS 0FA LOST RACE Valuable Archeolgical Discoveries on the Mississippi Hiver. Trot. William McAdums, the urcheologlst, ot Alton, 111., has returned from an eijicdl lion up tbe Mississippi river and has brought back some valuable and interesting speci mens. The finds were mude on the King tai m near Portage. The owner iu setting out tome grape vines came across a few relics. He lent lor Prof. McAdums, who made extensive earch with great results. Probably the most valuable And was a set ot flint knives or dirks et in bone bundles. The Hints are ubout four inches long, while the bundles uro per hups live Inches long. Tho bundles ure ot elk horn uud are wull preserved. Numerous turthen vessels were found. Honieoftbcso wero handsomely decorated. A small copper ring wus louud. It is hollow and the euds aro nut woldi d. A Hue lot of pipes wus found varying lu weight from tbreo pouuds to nu ounce, lu color they were rod, black and white. Purts of n bowl were found. It hud evidently beeu used us a cul inary utensil, judging Irom its size. Mr. ."uc Adums thinks tbut tho restored vessul would measure severul feet across thu top. FOUR DEADJL0PERS- Skeletons in Cuve Thought to Koveal an Awful Tragedy, Four human skeletons have been found in acrcvlcoon Cumberland mountain, near the head of Hurricane Creek lu Alnbumu. Tho remains wore discovered by smiio negroes who wero chestnut-bunting. They are be lieved to bo tho skeletons of Mrs. Surah L'lshop, her step -daughter and two men, strangers in thut county; with whom tbe wo men eloped with Inst spring. At tbu time tbe enraged husband nnd father went In search of the recreants, He remain ed absent tor awhile but finally returned and reported that bis search bad boen fruit Was. Hiuce then nothing has been heard ot the elopers. Mr. Bishop has also left aud bis whereabouts are not ksown. The Lubops wtrO; entirely respectable people. The Nuns Win. In tbe supreme court ot Pennsylvania de cision was handed down affirming the ruling Of Justice IJuker in thu celebrated Gullltr.iu school cose. The suit wns brought by the Junior Amerlcun Mechanics to restrniu th school directors ot Oullilzla from employlutr nuns or sisters as teachers, to prohibit them from wearing tho gurb of tbeir order in th school room and to prevent the scholars from culling them sinters, und thu priests visiting the school, father. Tho affirming oplnlou was written by Justice Dean, but Justice Wjllluois tiled u dissenting oplulon. DEATH OF DR. M'COSH. The A red Scholar and Teacher CsM Uoa toil eat. Dr. James MoCosh, ex-presldent of Vt'x ton college.dled Friday night at Princely I., ot weakness resulting irom old ags. rf end was peaceful and calm, his Christian titude and faith remaining unshakea tt end. James McCosh, P. H., LL. T. was Ion Ayrshire, Scotland, April 1, 1811. II educated at the universities of (ilw, ana r.ulnburg, and while at tne it ne wrote nu essay ou tne pnilu. of the Stoles, tor which, on xl, of Sir William Hamilton, the hon. degree of A. M. was conferred him. In 1H35 he wns ordained a n. ter ot tho Church of Scotland at bronth; In 1130 bo became pastor Ilreclilu. where he was aetlvn in tne meut which. In 1143, resulted In the f..r tlon of the Free church, nml where lie put ed In 1150 bis book on the ".Methods ef Divine Government. Physical and Mon which laid the foundation ot his fatntl philosophical writer. In 1151 ho was ch profefsor of logic and physics In Oiecn lege. Itoirust. At this period of bis life wrvto many books, mostly ou religious t sonny ami ninnreo sunjecm. In 1101 he was elected presldont ot Trli ton university, and by ins suecessiui , trntloii and wide reputation aoiitributed x to the remarkable prosperity thnt limitm now enjoys. lie resigned tne prestiieui 1111. Dr. McCosh married Miss I.Ht Guthrie, a niece of Dr. Thomas Gtilbrip is 5. His writings Include many books pamphlets on philosophy nud contrlhi.t to too "I'rincetou lioview, wnicli founded. THOUSANDS CRUELLY SLA The Massacre of Armenian Christ; One of Unparalleled Atrocity. The London "Standard's" correwpnn.: in Varna describes the recent niiiss,v-( Armenian Christian as of equal iuiper.v with the Bulgarian butcheries which led tt Eusso-Turklsh war. H" says: The trouble begun with tho refusal of Armenians to pny taxes, ou the ground t the Kurdish raids had no impoverished t ns to render It Impossible. Troops were to enforce the p iymel.ts, but were bent) & An Imposing force was then sent and . down th" defenseless populace of 25 vibv Iu m.e place ;!(K) or 100 women were snulti'd by the soldiers mid then huckcl pit cc with swords and bayonets. In other placo 200 weeping women legg,., tho commander's feet for mercy. '1 he , ninnder ordered the soldiers to assault tt and then had them nil dispatched will, sword. Iu one ease I'.O young brides ;, maidens were driven into a church and s assaulted nud butchered until their l) Mowed from the doors. A large coinpn bended by a priest, knelt near tho eh ; begglug for compassion, nverrlng that t hud nothing to do with the culprits -killed the Kurds. It was iu vain; all tt killed. Several iittraetlvo women were told t' might live if they would recant their fa They replied: "Why should we deny CLr We have no more reason to do so than tt pointing to the mangled bodies ot t: husbands aud brothers kill us too." Was done. lho letter says that between 0,000 i 10,000 were killed. Eabes wero imputed the same weapon with their mothers. 1" ral soldiers admitted that they had dispr. of 100 victims each. Some families n burned to death with kereoseue in their c homes. WHOSE MONEY IS IT? A C r That Jar of John tosrn Oold. Charles Klstner, a boy employed by I dertuker Loebnfcb, of Johnstown, while ch ping wood last June In tbe cellar, mailt misstrone nnd the axeVrushed into anVnrt! Jar, revealing a lot ot glittering 920 t pieces, lie tilled Ills lint aud upon count.; there was 1. 100, It is Mated upon teta his employer ho wns asked not to say : thing ubout It uud Mr. Loebrlch took : money promising to divide with the t Fulling to divide the lad told his story. Now Mr. L. Welti. nshoed"uler, who 1.' next door, suys thu money is his, having1-' bid in his collar the ttuio of the flood u washed over. W'elu threatens to sue for ' money. Christ Klmpel owned the pren: ut thetimu of the Hood. Kimpel and his 1 were lotll drowned. Over J.I)00 ol a money was fouud ou his body. Klmpel wns one of tho peculiar ones to seillo ii' the Hood, as relatives of both be aud : wife claimed tho money fouud on the li thu court hud to decide which died llrst. A TRAIN ROBBED IN MISSOUf St Louie and Sin Francisco Train B Up and the Express Car Looted. The bt. Louis ami Han lruucico ' bound train was held up flvo miles wee. Mouett, Mo., and the express car looted. Two masked mon did the work in it twenty minutes. They secured not 400. Thu bandits boarded the trail It stopped lit Yerons, and as the gluuer pulled the ehrottle to start was confronted with two Winchesters i given orders to go ahead until was told te halt. Halt a mile out train was stopped aud theenglueercouqc to go to the express ear. Then he was' to order Expressman Dolpb Chapman toi tho door. Chapman did as requested, cognizing Euglncer Stcphensou's voice, robbers immediately covered the e.ip messeuger with their guns mid coinp him to give tbetu the tmckuges lu si. Engineer Stephenson was then luurchrd to his engine uud ordered to fiull out. pokne ol citizens is pursuing the robber. TO DEMAND INDEMNITY. Two Americana butler the Horron Russian Prisons. Captain Johnson, of thu sailing bcli--Er.uiia, of Juneuu, Aluskn, und P. HO ': Uuutur, arrived ut San Francisco fnu: orient ou the steamer Peru. They Itory ot mibtreutuieut iu a Itusshui Hid will usk thu Lulled States to c Uuh.sI.1 to pay a heavy ludemnily. 1 rluuu that wliiio cruising iu Okhotsk ' Itiissluu cruiser ovvrhuuled their ' lauded her, and took them before un cl" who charged them wltu seal huuting. i were cuiiipt'lled to servo 12 mouths lu II"" prisons, tue horrors ol which they rem rem iciigtll. Itobbera in Central Ksus.is. The expn-si companies doing bii"ii Kansas, assisted by a number ol tsm located In the border towus, urn n : special eflorts to secure tho arrest of a ( of desperadoes located in Central Km There are thirty muinbers in tbo gui'i.' cording to the story of one of the robber. ' bos beeu caught, and detectives hope able to drive the bandits out ot the slut China Apologised, The officials of Hie Chinese (.-ovrrr-havo mui'u the apologii s deuiuudcd If lirltish govcriimeiit officials for outrupc liiltteil by Chinese soldiers on bcsnl llrltlsh steunibhip Chung King lu Au-' Tbe Chung Kin,- wns saluted by the k'l;: the Tuku lorts nud fie requirod npoli'f made to the lirltlsb miuister. ij V
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