THE M1DDLEBDRGH POST. (JEO. W. AVAOENSELLEn, Editor and I'rojiru tr. MioMU-i.r.rgli. 1'h.. Ihc. KEYSTONE STATE CDLL1KG3 ! TOM LLOYD A HERO- Ilia Fidelity Saved Miners' Wilkesbarre. Live at 1 he heroism of Tuomas Lloy t. the engl. tioer of Uim Stevens 'liiry . nt West I'lttstoti, saved ttif of 43 iriiii'T. Sunday morning. 1 In- engine house caught lire nil. I tbe Humes communl-atcd to tin- f.-.uliouse, tin- destruc tion l wbicli meant death to Hid !ti"!i who were nt wur iti the mine S o feet below. Lloyd ran to tli t -!( . tnj n mid tola tin- fore mau of tin- shaft to tui' tln alarm. Notwith standing the fop-man's ha-te. It wits niori tlmu a t miu lies before nil the tuon could be gathered together nt til bottom of tin; shaft I rcparutory to being hauled to tli) surface, u tli meantime tbe engine house was own- letely enveloped by lire. Three trips were i.eccces;try lnMir nil tne tin-u were I ruiight to the surface. Lloyd stuck to his post, Low fvir, and wa no t ud.y burned tlmt bounty lite. A Il.l.AINi t s ACT. St ideats it TliK'l (. ollcge in Greenville, be coming incensed nt the m.ii.urehl -ul t -u ! u i n id I'resldeut Hotti. iiiteiipt.-.l .l'ii'9lity night to roast bitu to death in his I. iiii Monday inn lit tin president vrm hanged in I'll, fy. in such n position us to attract tin- at teutlou o every person who passed thu col lege. '1 ues lay night n shower ol brick was thrown trough th-.wliilow In the prc-nP-nt e Mml, but luckily lit. escaped without injur;'. Wedcnsduy uight ill" 'i;t midnight, n lire wiu I discovered unili-r the dormitory where the I resident wiift -lei p.ng. lii- lire wu xtin- I itui'Ui-il with ilillii'iiity. t ut i;i t I'.'hT" tl.o building wiu badly Curi.c I. Hit students hml hauled ii Iim l if shavings s.tluruled j Ibi'ui with oil and f tt t n m iii lire. (i ll ( HAN"!' 1 M NAVlr.. The Mim of tin- post office ut the historic town ol Cuorrytree, locate 1 ut tin; point whore tliu ii ut t.-a of I Ji'.irMi'l l. Ciurlou iiii'l 1 ui I i.i Lilt come together, Ik iiriint, I'Ul tin' residents of the neighborhood wiiut It otntimf.v! lo I ncrrytrco 1 bey have sign- I a pctitlou lo thf ot:imiti'rvii'T'il. m'ik lorth lln-ir ili'nri'i. uti lKlil' r II. I Wort.olthiM in-rry-triru l:,..,i'nl," went to Wn-hin.'tou Lwiribi; lb- (locunii'bl. tUn dirtl'Mi.ty in thn wuy i Ibi' ciiKti-ucf of nij"tli-r . . oflii'i'iu Vi'Iihiujo rontity calii'd I'liorrytr-", ''Hi' it if 1 1 k -i y tii InttiT lowu wl.l uvt t in.'. tuvr iiuxi for lu ('ottonK-f. IN Ml M.'I.Y ' I I t IIIIN.' A public tl.fllHTI.il 'TVK' III liolinr of t tie latu ex-ciovrru' r urtm will b lici l in the the i ourt lii'U" nt l(.;.fnut' ou MiturJiiy PV LUllf, I'l'rHU.hiT ii. duV. 1'altlB Jll. AnJi- lor (i'-'Ufriil MeWHrt. (icu. ."Oiii hiiJ ;uny iittii-r (irouiiut'til uii'u wul bv luriiuJ to i-nk. I iiiDifl MofTctt. William John anj John Ilrfluer. coiivicti-il of liiroeuy: l'lnirl- C'Biup. bell, couvicteil of robbery, ami M. A. Jont, couvlcted of i-liooi iin witu iuti'i.t to kiil.wvre .'Uteueil by Ju .' Kumt, at lluutlbir lon, to Ihe Ventfru -niti'ntlary for t-rit rauiriug from eue yeat-tu two yenrs auJ 11 wouttit. Tbre 601 tf-acbere employed la the public i bonle of Wrutnioreliiud coutity. If tothi'-' -aJJed te, erigiuced la ..iUri!'k, lAHl.'.f . ! (HI ,... MiWOOII,' It will be found tiiat the tal number ot active teachers id tbe county at tbe prwnt tirue i about 700. ' Tbe I.fhluh county comuiUMouers bave'e elded to purchitne a ton of pit: Iron for 'luc liiK In the juil yard and compelling vut'itbond tramp to lurry the barn buck and forward from one eud of tbe ori-on to the other ilullv dunuB- their lncurcerittou. ! John M.itiifuM died at the county poor f.irm I at Wahiukrtou, Ihhviii nu et;it i i.'.00'i. I At be Iiiik no 'lirect heir the state win u'et ! l.;0O uuJ-r the collateral icluritui.ee bill. 1 Uuiii!"lJ wan of utiuunJ inind. ' At Irwin the empic yen of the defun.-t I'enri- ' nylvimiit 1'l.ite il. t'oinpHiiy reeeieil .'i. Od.i. or ;t0 per cent inor i f "their wiiye ciitiui. iiiukiiih' tl per cent the u.tn buu r I'flted. i J;epreentUlive Sll,ey' bill for the (Malilikll. : aient ol n pi rt o( uni.-Jinte entry nt line, ! bitx b.-eu reported upon lelv.Tvlv ly the I hecretnty ol the 1 rem iry, who nyn kii 'h u '. port ii not needed . ' 1 Tbe lxblehiitu inn cou.pnriy bus r'- 'eivej ; tbe w hole eotitr.e't h r tlie urn., r for Jluc-ln ' two new war vt 1 he l oiiirii 'ti. call for oxer 1J.000 IoUk, fi.til.i; !.' U l.lUil. Ii. 1'. JohUMin, n llriobl'M'k ur-bitect, tried to llltllt II lurllk' llro With keo-eiie. He wns ' H-rioiiKly injured mi, I tne house w.m illumined ' ( Venn liiiuuri'ii uoiinrr. At Itiuver 1'nliK John. on, colored, win eu. ti n. ed to ix yaiK and tix montlm lu the p.-iiiteutiury lor robbmij theclothiuj; toro of I'lirkilihou L Miller. The reKidetieen of T. I. Min.ip 'I. uu T M'-t'oruuck of L'niontown were entered by j Lur'lnn-. " illirtin Sankey wiia iriven three yearn mid ! three nionthi. in the penitentiary I y the jude at New t nolle, for burglary. Low A Ievi ney. (tenter, brick ti.anufnc. I t .ref. fiitled. iheir liabilities ure about I ;o.o(K'. I H .nK:irlan. Itaiiaim and I'l'lei. nre folng tu to their native lands frosi the reunsyi vuniu anthracite coalllelilB. rDie.-.ity of l'ennsylvania and Cornell are trying to arrange u boat r.ve for next au;. in er. I.y liu lirown wa burned to death nt lirowLrviue ly her clothing, tukinj; lire Iroiu a ttrate. A charter ban been KrautcJ for tto Elk l;rewiu(? Co., of Kittunmnt; . U irtrinrn contiuue to ply their vocutlon in Jew t iwtle. TWO HUNDRED KILLED. Detail of Disnatroua Earthquake Shock in Ueaeina. The Uepartmetit of mate Is lu reeelpt of n dinpatch dated November i!7 from Charle M. taunhy, consul at M.ina, itlviu an account of tho eurthiuake experieaced by that city on the eveuimz of November lie state that as oon as be could Uo so after tho first rhoelc ho uot tho e'al and a porliou of the archive, of tbe cousulntn and conveyed them lo the eteauishlp Iiao," tho consular premise beinu badly ilitmauml, and uot habitable. Thu Ioh of lite at MeMu i was small, only two people beini; killed, but lo the nehnorliii tuwna II U 1-i.liiiinted that about 2im people have lost their lives. '1 ho kiiur bits sent W . (XMl lire and Minister Crlspl 5,(hj:i lire for the relief of the distressed. A postscript of Mr. t'auttby'a dispatch dated November 'ii says the I'Uliio coutlime, slight shocks of earth, iiiiake belnif felt each day, Ou November ii there were, two severe shock. SBixiTtCiicncii, vivr Vorx. Is hown to derive a lara r.iv.mue iroiu tun reimui; of leueuiuut hou; uutll for habltatlou. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. THE INCOME TAX. Secretary Carlisle Approves ths Hernia tions Already Prepared. The Hcretarjr of tbe Treasiry hal appro ed the regulation precribed by the Com Diliwloccr ( f Internal Ilevenue (or the en forcement of the collection of the Income tai under tho late tariff act. - Under tbe refutation provided and ap proved pursuant to law every citizen of the Vnlted States, whether residing nt home or nbroail aud every ( erunn regidinir or doing bunnies in the I' luted state who ha an an nual Income of more than shall make a full return of the cnu.e, verilled by hi oath to tne Collector of Internal Ilevenue of the collection district In which be reside, or, If lint a resident, In which his buslues of proper')- from which income I situated, on or be lore the fl rot Monday in March lo each year. The Ilr-t return under the law (ball be timde on or before the first Monday In March, lnS. aud shall In. 'hi. I" all Income from every source received lu the year 1'J from the 1st day of January to the 31t day of Iioceiuber In said year. Guardians, trustee and all person and corporations bcUhr In any fiduciary ca pacity are required to make similar return on or before the date mentioned, for all minor", wards or lrfuclcinric (r whom they act I'ersoiis havlmr less than ti.Mi annual Income are not reipured to make the return, but all persons haviiitf an income lu excess of that amount, w hether It rea'-he the taxable limit of ti.ui'O or not, must make return, prescribed. The blank form pricrilied by. 1'he regula tions for the nnuual return nJl person con tains a ll-t specifying nll source ot Income and all allowable ded actions, to be filled out l y the person ma'uiit the same, with foot ings for Kross Income and total deductions al lowed, Iciivihf .llic te.xalile Income upon which the 'i per cut. tax will be assened. The s'r.davit attached to tho list reustjbe sul scrlt-ed and sworn to by the person rank Ini; the return, mid is to the effect that the atllarit has included In mid return nil gains, prolits and income from every source what ever received by him or to w hich he I justly nut, ed (or that year, and that lie Is honestly and truly entitled to make all; thedeductlons entered on bis return and that hi has truly itiiMvred the lntcrriatorlc lei forth on laid blank form, WHAT I.H IXCLfMD. When completed and duly erlfled ry th oath of tlie person rendering the same tht return must be delivered by mall or other w.se to the collector between January 1 and the tlrst Monday of March in eitcb year. The irross Kaiiis, prollts aud Income re turned by persons shall Include: First -dross prollt of any trade, business or vocation, w herever carried on. hecon I-Kent received or accrued during the year. Third - 1'rolltH from tale of real estate pur chased within two years. Fourth Kuruiiui; operation and proceed. Tilth Mouey and value of all personal property acquired by gift or Inheritance. hixth I'reuilum on bonds, stock, notei aud coupons. Seventh Income from trade or profession not bv stated salary and not heretofore enum erated. lJKhtb Trout salary or compensation other than that received from the United States. Ninth From salary or compensation other than that received from the United btntes. Tenth Undivided gains and profits oM. nnrtnershln. tleveuth Interest received or accrued fi all note, bonds or other securities. Twelfth Interest on boud or coupon j , ' vi vuiiviaiiuu, . , rrt ' Ihlfteeitlfl birWsjaua-""'.!. -idrpV f UUI1 Fourteealb Income of wife or i: Inor child or children. Fifteenth All other source of income not above enumerated. tt THE l'riTIO!IS ALLOWED. The deductions allowed on the return and therein enumerated are: First Four thousaud dollar exempt by law. Second Intereft due and paid within the year. Ihlrd -National, State, county, school and municipal tuxes paid, not including assess ments lor local beuellts. Fourth Amount expended In purpose or production of live stock or produce sold within the year. Fifth Necessary expense, specified by items, actually Incurred in carrying ou any business or trade. sixth - Losses actually sustained during the year, specified. Seventh Actual losses on sales of real estate purchased within two years. F.iKhth - lel In contracted and ascertained lu the year to be worthless. Ninth Salary or compensation over (1, 000, from which the tax of ii per centum ba been withheld by disbursing oflicer ol the United States (ioternmeut. Tenth Hvl. lends included in the estimate of Kross prollt froir. corporations on which the i per cent tux has been paid ou such cor porations. The Anarchists' Bill. The judiciary committee ot the boue agreed on numerous amendments to tbe an urchists' bill as passe I by the Senate. The main amendment cues the foreign iniection of immik'raiits to United states consuls, uudet the direction of the state department, instead of to treasury inspector, a proposed by the senate bill. Another amendment require every immiruut tu have a certiilcate from the l ulted stale consul at the port ot em barkation. SEVEN DEMANDS OF NEGROES- Presented to Governor Oatea by a Com mittee. A number of prominent negroes of Alabama have sent a etition to Governor Oa., ask Fxec.itiveconsideratlou aud relief alon,; the following lines: First - I hat a law be (.eedily passed fot the prevention ol lyuchinir. Second -ihat railroad be compelled to provide llrt-via accommodations for negro j'HSsengers. 'Ihlrd-'l hat the school fuud d the State he so apportioned a tu give the colored schools a l etier part. Fourth I'nat a colored man be appointed as assistant chaplain to administer to tbe spiritual needs ol the colored convicts. Filth -ihat a house of correction be estab lished or prisoner of immature ;rer. sixth-i hat a negro be appointed on the Hoard of 1 rcoj Inspection. Seveu'b That the authorities ot tbe vari ous counties be encouraged to appoint A lull proportion of negro jurors. '1 he sinners of the petition are tbe 'most prominent negroes in the State, and are n committee appointed by the State Conven tion of Negroes held last spring to devis plans for the betterment of the 'coudltlon ol the race In the state, 'J he Uuvernor will eonsidir their petiiiou. Oil Combine. A big petroleum combination, by which thri-e of tho largest oil-producing companies lu the Ohio field will be merged Into one con cern, with a capital, It Is aid, of from WM.oou to ,0ou.0.n Is about to be consumma ted. The companies interested aru the Mun Oil Co.. of iolodo; thu Crystal Oil Co.. Ot the sairiu city; and the Merrmin-Morgau Co., of Cleveland. 'J ho company will be tortuid ablu rival of the btundard Oil CouioanV FIFTY-THIRLf CONGRESS. Outline of the fork in the Be state and IOBTHriAT. FtSATit. Tlie time or the senate to-day was occupied chiefly tjJ Senator Morrill, ol Vermont, on general le. slatlon. It was an attack ou the i'opulltsf Mr. Hllus pre sented a resolution eating ou the president and secretary of state fr correspondence on the subject of mediations on tbe part of the United states between yblua and Japan, it was laid over until toturtrrow. The Nicarsguan caun' bill was then taken up. Mr. I'olph. of Ore ;0n, said the people of tbe Faeifio coasr wei '.. s U,,t in lavor of tbe bill. In a brief (,eech Mr. Sherman toluted out that tbe on y of the Mcuragaan 111 that he was Lot entirely satislled with was the amount to t rtHid to the maritime company, which he tho ,gbt wa entitled only to the amount of the mjoney expended In tbe enterprise tuus inr. Hot sr lu tbe bous to-day, on motion ol Mr.llilugley, Ilep.. Me. resolution calling on the ecretary ot the treasury for Informa- tlon a to llerlng tea aling wa adopted. When the bill to pro iiote the efficiency of the revenue cutter Service was called on Champ Clark, of Missouri, again began to talk It to death. lie tcsok off hi cuff and for ii minute ket t the mouse in a roar. Then, under the spechvi order, tbe consid eration of the railroad p'oollug bill was re sumed. It was debated Mntll H o'clock. I HIXTH I.T. Sr!cTi. Senator Grn mae an unsuccess ful attempt to have considered lu the senate to-day the bill' reported from tbe finance committee striking out all the differential duty lu 'avor ot re lined sugar and leaving all ug.v: 'dutiable at 40 per cent ad valorem. There were a great mauy alwentees, so that tbe deleat was uot so decisive ns to discour age further efforts of the same kind. Tho majority vote of 10 against taking up the closure res dution which followed Indicates, It U believed, the Improbability ot changing the rules nt this session. Mr. Morgau again addressed the senate ou the Nicaragua Mil aud lu concluding expressed bis lntentiou of soon asklug that tiuanloious consent be given fixing a time tor a vote ou the LIU. Horsi The house entered to-day entered upon the consideration of the urgent defic iency bill. The till contains two disputed Items, the appropriation for special peuslou examiners and the appropriation for tho col lection of the luconie tax. Tbe former ap propriation opened the doors for a debate on the conduct of the pension office, eseclally tbe practice of summarily suspending the payment of alleged fraduleiit pensions, and the debate on the fucome tux appropriation was especially lively. The motion to strike It out was lu committee by a vote of 64 to U7. TtXTU IAT. Hiate Tractlcally nll the time of the senate was consumed In the dlscusslen of the bill to estalish a national university nt Wash ington and the Nlcaraguan ChiiiiI bill. Sena tors H uiiton, of Virginia, and Vilas, ot Wis consin, addressed the senate lu support of the former, and Mr. Morgan concluded bit speech on the latter. Senator lllauchurd in troduced a bill directing the secretary of the treasury to refund to tho Citizens bank ol Louisiana (257.013, the amount Illegally ex acted of It iu lsiii by (tenerul II. F. ltutler, commanding the United States army at New Orleans at that time. 70. 000 exacted In like manner by lleneral Ilanks lu 163 and (1, 242,777 exacted by General Cauby in 166. with luterest on each sum nt tbe rate of 6 cier cent, Tbe senate adjourned until next Monday. ItorsE The house today passed three ap propriation bills tbe urgent detlcleucy.fortl Ications and military academy and made inir progress on tne pension bin. air. Cock ran secured a record-making vote on the ap propriation ror i ne collection or lue income 'ax by moving to recommit tbe bill wltn In- ructions to strike it out but tls motion was ifeated. ' ' (LeviNtb at. ' nor The session of the bouse was coasumed with debate on the . pension at proprlation bill. Tbe bill carries H1I.3H1,. 570. aud was passed without amendment. The Hitt resolution of inquiry calliug ou tbe secretary of state for tbe correspondence re latlug to tho payment of 425.00O lu connec tion with tbe fur seal controversy was adopt eL The evening session was devoted to the consideration of private pension bills, aud Ihe house adjourned over uutll Monday. TWrLITIl t'AV. Senate More thau three hours of to-day'i session M the senate were occupied In th discussion of the Nlcaraguan canal bill and Ihree senators made speeches. Mr. I'effer o' Kansas favored tlm measure under certain conditions, but wa opposed to issuing bonds payable in go!. I to raise the money required. Mr. Squire of Washington declared unequivo cally in favor of the construction of the canal, while Mr. Turpie, I'emocrat, Indiana, though approving a canal. eressej bis decided oj.'ositou to the pending lull. Hois 'Ihe bill to protect forest reser vations was Dually passed to-day by thr bouso under suspension of the rule. The army appropriation hi. I n'so passed. Flfteeu of the in pension tills, favorably re ported from the Friday night session were passed iu four minute. Mr. Springer, diairmi.n of the committee on banking and currency, presented the .majority report on the Carlisle banking bill, n ud It was ordered printed, together with the minority report. HOT IRONS TO HIS FEET. Robbers Then Knock Farmer Slocum Senseless. Four masked burglars robbed Iuivid Slo cum near Urie, I 'a., of the savings o! a life time, amounting to between t7,0'J3 and rlO, 000, lu true western fashion, packing their spoils lu a pillow sham, escaped and are still at large. The old mnu and hi wife both past 70, and in feeble health, live uloue near F-dlulioro. some mile south.of trie aud in a sparsely settled neighborhood. Just before midnight Saturday both were awukeued by the uiiplicall'iu ol a buttering ram to their front door. It collapsed with u crash, and a iuoiin-ut later four men, with handkerchiefs tied about their faces, aud evidently knowing their ground well, were lu the bedroom. A refusal to reveal the hiding place of their money resulted in the application of hot Irousto tbe old mans feet aul other bar barous methods of tortue. These methods failing, he was knocked senseless with a club, though Mrs. Slocum was not maltreated lu this manner. The burglars, securing a bunch of keys from their victim's ponket, then proceeded to leisurely ransack the house. A considerable sum of money of small denomination was fouud in nu old trunk aud the balance In a bureau draw upstairs. Nearly tS.'KiO of it hud buvu lu Ihe bouse le than a week. When the law exacting a State tax on money at interest becHine operative, he called lu all his loans, aud has siuco lioitrded bis money about the bouse rather thau puy thu tax Patent Rlht Frauds The resident of lirousou, kausas, and vi cinity ure wrought up over the swindling of eoiie out of cash, slock mid property lo thu extent of ut least t2.'j,000 by three sharper Who professed to be luveutots of Ii Wuailing compound for which they were selling statu und Territorial rights. They claimed to be brothers giving their names us I)ll!l, from Little llocU. liuukers, farmers, merchant and mechanics caught the fever and wanted to purchuse territory. Thu slim pur were very ai-coiiimodating and w ere willing to take any kind of pi open y. EASTERN WAR NEWS. CHINESE AGAIN BEATEN. Japanese Rout Them in ft Flaht Near Saibashu. A dispatch from the front states that rein forcement were sent to tbe Japanese detach ment which, on IecemLer U, was compelled by superior Chinese force to retire from Halbashu. On lioeoniber 14 the strengthened Japanese force made another attack on the Chinese who were advancing from Kaibashu The latter fought with vigor, but were com pletely routed, fleeing In disorder. Tbe Jap anese pursued the enemy as far as ( hokinshi and captured four guns and several prisoners The Japanese Iosa was 3 officer wounded an j 70 private killed or wounded. The Chinese nre still confronting tbe Jap. aness division commauded by (tan. Tutauml, aud lighting is expected shortly. Atrocities at Port Arthur. A telegram has ieen received at the Jnrs. snese legation at Washington. In relation to the atrocities alleged to have been committed by Japanese at the capture of Fort Arthur. The government at Tokio Is not yet In possess ion of full details of the affair, but the Infor mation already at baud show conclusively that some of the reports which have been circulated concerning the conduct of the Jnpanese troops are exaggerated and mis leading. It is known to be a fact that the great majority of those ( hlues-t who were killed at Arthur were not peaceful in habitants, but C hinese soldiers disguised In civilian dress. M..st if the Inhabitants lied from the place .weral days before tt rapture, and at the present time have re turned and are unrestrictedly pursuing their ordinary avocations. - Japan Stands by the Red Cross. All reliable Information from the seat ot war In the east indicate that tbe Japanese forces aro acting humanely toward their ( hlnese foes, and the report that tbe Jnpanese bad committed a massucre at I'ort Arthur sr at variance with the disposition of their jftlcers. Japau became a party to tlie lied Cross association In lssfl, ami Mr. Kurlno.the Inpatiese minister, has made a public stute nent giving his reasons for beitving the tiorie about cruelty at Fort Arthur to be un it ue. FEDERATION OF LABOR Action of President Ooinpers on the Rail, way Strike Indorsed At the convention of the American Federa tion ot Labor Thursday the audltiug commit, tee rciiorted that the receipts of the year were tl8,S46i balance on hand November 1, 13, .'7.140: total t'22,4US. The expenses from Notemhrr 1. ISM. to October ill, 1S94 wer 17.302; laliiuce ou baud November 1, lt)'J4, (.'.Ii!. A resolu'.lou asklug congress to pass a law making It an olfense puulsiiable by Hue and Imprisonment for any employer to employ, during a strike or lockout of bis employes, aliens who resided lu this couutry less tuun one year, who have not expressad nn iuten tlon of becooiiug Amerlcau citizens, was re ferred to the lucomlug executive council with instructions to secure legal advices regard lug the constitutionality ot such a law, II passed. A resolution endorsed by the Typograph ical union, against land niouopoly.wa adopt ed. AJtor much debate the committee adopt ed resolution in favor ot free coinage of sli ver, demanding tbe re-enactment of the law In force before 1873, regardless ot tha action of any other nation. Tbe committee on the president's report warmly Indorsed tbe action ot the president In tbe Amerlcau Hallway union strike und tbs various reoiruimtjndutlou ot the report was recommended that May 1, 1SW6, be fixed for the general establishment of an eight bout day. The proposed compulsory arbitration law was vigorously opposed. Delegate I'enn moved to strike out that part of the report favoring semi-annual conferences with tbe Knights of Labor. Tbe consideration of that part of the mutter wus deferred until alter tho report of the committee on confer ence. The political platform, as far as adopted by the Federation of Laoor, advocates com pulsory education; direct legislation by the use of the referendum! it legal work day ol not more than eight hours; sanitary ins pec llou of workshop, mluu and home; liability of employers tor injury to health, body Ol life; ai.oiltiou of contract system in all pub work', tbe abolition ot the sweating sysieui; municipal ownership of street cars, aud gas and electric plants fur public distribution of light, heat uud power; nationalization ol te egraphs, telephones, ruiiroads aud mine, collective owuershlp i.y the people of ull means of production mid distribution. A motion prevailed to appoint a special committee to prepare resolutions ou .ourt issuing injunction lu lubor troubles, aud coverlngtbe imprlsoumeutof Iiebs unditber for contempt of court. When the socialistic plank was rta died many amendment were introduced. A long ucriu-ouioue debate followed, lu vt 1.1 -h s declslou of the cl airmau was u( pealed Irom but it was sustained. TELEGRAPHIC TICKS. The Luke Shore A Michigan Southern has declared war against ticket scalpers, Mauy poor and Ignorant people ot Ilaltl more, Md., are beiug sentenced for holding policy slips. It is said tho total amount ot discount ob tained from the Uanca llotuaua by Slguor Crlspl was ECH.OOO francs. Smiley Jordan, a eolorcj farm hand living near Mt. Hope, Ky., was shot dead Saturduy night while trying to rob u new made grave. Audy lioweu, a pugilist, who went down before Lavlgne iu a prlzi light lu New Orleans, on Friday night, died, It is believed, fiom the effects of Lavlgne' blow. 'Lavlgne was arrested for tuurder. Iu course of a discussion on socialism In the Amerlcau Federation of Labor coulen-uce in lienver, Delegate l'ouieroy said the Feder ation should drop socialism aud direct its energies against the A. I', A. Heuator Quny, of Washington. I). C.Mon duy presented to the senate a voluminous petition from citizens of Western I'aiinsyl vaiila urging the passage of the bill restrict ing Immigration uud excluding anarchists from this country. MURDER ANDSU1CIDE. Missouri Woman Cuts tbs Throats ot Her Children. Mrs. Maggie Jones, living a few miles north of Seligmuu, Mo., procured a razor aud cut the throats of her two little children, Itay, Kged !, and Lulu, aged years, li ith chil dren died immediately. In trying to wart) off the blow from ths razor iu tho mother hand, Lulu was severely ut nu the hand and arm. Mrs, Jones Iheu drew the raxor across her own throat, and inllictlng a wouud which caused almost Instant death: Her husband say his wife was despondent over beiug separated from her relative aud friend lu Northern Missouri. NDUSTRIAL NEWS. Items Interest to Mechanics, and Laborers. . Ulnars M'lLDISfl TIIAM. As tht building season draws to a close re port ofthe year's business are being received from as parts ot Ihe country, all of which how a state ot affairs really more satisfactory and enmuraging than had been 'anticipated. Tbe East seems to have been tbe least affected by the depression lu tbe building Industry. The vdume of business done In the Isrge Pities ot the New England aud Seaboard States is shown to be larger tban the average. This ssctlon had tbe good fortune to escape strikes and ether labor difficulties and differences of any consequence in the build ing tndes, and the representative workmen are lua reasonublv satisfactory condition of prosperity. Turning westward the retiorta are lets favorable, Thsarea ofthe greotest depression ts shown to e west of tbe Mississippi river, and parti cullaily along tbn I'aclflo coast, where. In ome places, the business has been complete ly deaorallr.ed. In a few of tbe Western cities, where the trade Unions are very strong and veil organized, no change have been niadeln the scale of wage or hours of work but It most places wages, hours and even I nlms have suffered very materially. Tbe prosiecls for the business ot the coming year are nw receiving the attention ot the build ers aid contractors as well as the workmen, and In this tbe Eastern cities seem to have tbe alvantage. Indications pointing to a gen eral levlvnl of business upou the opening of the coming season, but throughout the en tire touutry tho Indications seem to point to a much Letter year generally thau last. iMOHH THE MIME. Tire situation among 10,000 coal miners at fiuIMs, Ileynoldsvllle ami I'unxutawney l'n,, coal Mejds Is one fields Is one of grave fore Iwidligs. On Noremlsj-r 1(1 the lc-rwltid While Coal com any, the Itell, Lewis Jk Yates Coalcompauy, and the Frank Williams Coal company llrst Issued a notice of a reduction of 6 er cent In wages. '1 hen tiie Fnirmoiuit and Northwestern Coal companies, near New liettlehetn, follawed with a slmlilnr reductioii taking effect liecmbcr 1, The men continued at vork under protest until Pee. 1, when a uot tee. signed by tbe United Mine Workers was posted at a number of the tipples. calling tbe ncn to resist the reduction and to demand tbe per cent, ou January. Tie situation now Is feit to lie one which mnr result lu a general strike about that time. At tho Columbus conference the following resolution was adopted: "That the Inter State contract and agreement on mining rates frori June 1H, lv.'t. to May 1. lH'.i.l, be an I tbe same Is hereby abrogated so far as it re lutci to the Pittsburg district, taking effect on and after Monday, December 17." T ie Ellerslle Coal and Coke Company, ol Wiiifredo Junction, W. Vs., has let the con tract for the erection of a block of 100 coke ovens nt their plant. The concern will ulsc pit In tail rope haulage system and will in troduce mining machinery. At the meeting of the Ohio Valley Trade and I.alior assembly iu Wheeling on Sunday a resolution wa passed to correspond wltb (iov. McCorkle eonceruing the alleged neg lect of duty ot Mine Inspector llorr, that Is held to be partly responsible for the fatal explosion iu the Blanche luiuo at Col liers. With the exception of one or two every coai mine in the Birmingham, (Ala.) district ii working to its fullest capacity, and good outputs are beiug secured. At I'attou, where are worked more mluiug machines thau In . any other mine In the state, tbe work has not ben very brisk, but nt all the other places it I. i i the nlnk of condition, aud but for the lo prices paid for tbe mining, there Is no cc plaint to he heard from the miners. ! J V Labor Notes. The decision of the U. H. Olnss Company t start iu Wheeling factories after two years ' idleness, indicates improvement In Uie de fir., t auk ware andtj: saods Wheel ing people look forward to a considerable difficulty when these factories are started. After two years' strike tn this city, not man has deserted tbe Union's ranks. Tbe Crystal Gloss Works, of Bridgeport, has been running steadily all fall, aud bos uo goods In warehouses. The ltodeler woiks, at Iieilaire, are also running full, und have beeu for some mouths. At Martin's Ferry, the West Virginia liluss Works is running only part time. The recent Arbitration Congress at Chicago has already had the effect of bringing the question of arbitation before tho public more than ever before. The numerous addresses delivered before the congress have been wide ly produced lu the labor press of the country, and mauy hundreds of organizations havu taken up the subject for discussion lu op'ii meetings, which are tcotnlug universally popular throughout tbe United States. "A computation designed to show what the reduction In tbe cost ot living has beeu siuce ISiiJ, brought together several hundred ar tlclescovering more thau liluo-fllths of tho cost of living, aud it apeured that what cost t'M 60 two year ago cost now iu the New Vork inurkcl tsl 81) a full of C.4 per cent. Eighty girls employed nt Tc; per's tobnceo factory in St. Louis, struck. A foreman al lowed a girl to returu to work without a physician's certificate, after she bad been 111 with diphtheria. Thu foreman was dtshurg ed and the girls went out lu loyalty to the foreman. The Indiana representatives in the inter, stute conference of miners and operator held at Columbus report that tbe conference was uotilled that Indiana would abide by the agreemeut of June 12, without regard to the course ot operators tu other Held. The Sumner Bottle Work property, of Hteubeuville was sold under the Sheriff hammer tor 14,000 to Johu Clave, Esq., who held mortguge ou it, A labor union at New Orleans has been en joined from luterfuriug with uegro non-union laborers on the ground ol Injury to luter-Stale. commerce. A movement Is under way In I'ittsburg and Allegheny to put au end tw the evils of sweat ibops. M BRIDE DEFEATS G0MPERS. Mine Workers' President Elected Presi dent of ths F. of L. The delegates to the convention of tht Federation ot Labor were nearly all In their seals when tbe roll was called Mouday. The Drat business was to determine the future lo cation of the headquarters ol the federation. Ou Saturday the cities of ludlaliaj.olis, De troit, Washington. Brooklyn and Louisville had been placed lu nomination. Indianapolis nud Wasbingtou were the only contestants Monday. The vole resulted: Indianapolis, 1,210: Washipgtou, H2U. A resolution to make Iiidluuupolis the locution for three years was ameuded to make It live years and refer to tbe committee ou laws, i The elevtiou ot the officers was then taken up, Mr. (ioinpers aud Johu Mcltride, presi dent of the Uuited Mine Workers, were the only candidates for president. The vote re sulted: Mcllride. 1.162. Uomners. 1137. Discovered An Ancient Cl' y. The party of prospector who loft Chihua hua three monlus ago tu investigate thu re. ort made by Moses B, Timelier, tho well known Morun n leader, of ilia discovery of nu Mucieut city iu thu uiountuins wett of lluUialu, it'iout 150 miles uoi ill west of Chi huahua, have Just relumed. They bad many exciting experiences uud two members ol patty died Irom exposure, lu the high ulillmle but they were suvccsslul lu Hading the hid duii city, HOME AND FOREIGN. What is Transpiring the WorH Ortr. Important Events Bristly Told. fANTAL AMD LA BOB. The Commercial f.ank, of St Louis Va bus tailed lor 270.000. ' ' Strike of street car employes In Washlactf.a was ended by the men accepting r-OuoJ wages. Managers of the whisky trust atinri.ui,, Ihat live trust plants, now idle, w..l ie started at once. FIRES, ACrttlESTS, E ATALtTtES, tt A tornado did 50.000 damage at I crj. tbe, Tex. Several people were Injured. A Are at Evergreen, Ala., destroyed tirn. OOJ worth of business property. Exploding gas In a mine Injured 10 miMf. some fatally, at New C antic, Col. The Grand Trunk elevator and wnrcho ,,n mt V I ...... I f.l ... . .1.... , . n ai'ninisv. iuij., situ u'-'siruyeu OJ' l,m I hc loss Is heavy. Diphtheria Is epidemic at Ashtabtiln.o .nr,, ueuriy iuu persons are aiiucteu Wltn '.i.rUii. ens-, A I .... Il ... . 1. . . ivvuuii.inn nuni inrougu n ir''l;n H Millciigevllle, On. Tbe llremau u:i i :i . ... fl T ..... I giueer, 4. A. l'lcmoo, were latal.y si-1, i ,p (RIMES ASD I'ENALTIES. Herman Dahgctt. a well known lo vj-. r-yl nnnsos a uy, cotnmitieu suicide. Ex-Mayor D. W. Webster killed h: . ;, . I'lano, III, lie was a cousin of I ster. Iu New York rolteeman Thorne rr , !o statement Implicating high ponce v:.i there lu bribery. William Delnney, tho rittslntrg M;ti j (.t operator and swindler in Michigan ;..u.i deals, has beeu located nt Detroit. United States grand jury hui Indie;. -, prominent men of Murray eouutj, (ii, wmiu capping. Andrew Jcutter blew the top of hi l.i , 1 1 at his residence in (lilmorc, I'u., Weduesj. morn In. Alec. Williams, a negro, was hanged bertoii.Oii.. lor the murder of New; l!i Dear there lust July. In n riot at Cubauis. Tenn., JiVn ! Dud McCnrd and Claude lluuler, wh.ie, budly wounded In a light with uegro s. At Han llafael, Cal., Atoulo Victor. i. Mrs. John Ilraro, widow, to marry him. scorned him and for rcveugu bu wrecked hotel with dynamite. Masked men look William Dean, mutdered William Iturrymore nt Ft. J. Cal.. from a constable's custody, und h.u... uim to n derrick. Joseph T. Knight, nn insurance i ksr missing from his home In New lork, ,.i: I friends believe he ha killed htii:s-!t. U t a defaulter to the amount ot f ii.00 i. William Taylor, the negro v,-:io lr ;t murdered Maglstrato Doty, i.eur ;, rnoud, Ky.. last Saturday nigh;, v,-.,. tr found guilty nud seuteucud to'dca'.u a: !. mond. George M. Irwin, of Mind pool ?n- uceu iirreeieu on six cnarg's ks-epii.H giimoiiug nouse, jie reiuseu to .ic.iv-r books, containing accounts with po.i isi- or to iiecciver Jonn i, uailey. roRKIUM. It is rumored that the French Madagascar has declared war. lil.C.Cel War material Is being shipped frosi ' sellles, France to Madagascar. The Feruvlim revolution has coa;. paralyxed business in that republic. This Is tbe coldest winter "known IT city of Mexico for many years. Pueblo Indians at the village of C:c: are dying off rapidly of spotted fever. The ues. Canal Company will d-frt-expenses of the funeral ot Count er :. de Lesseps. Four cowboys on a rurn-h nenr V' rr. Mexico, were massacred by Ind..ii.;. burned the buildings. The Greek Parliament has decide! back or destroy the currant crop w view to Improving the market uosepu .eoiii. i ii rauiouiaiie. lias t ut i. i , ted I'resldeut of the Swiss Federal Co-i 1U0. ltiots have occurred nt Comayu'ia. dura where the mob shouted "dent Boiiilla family." Advices from Kio do Janeiro sta'e t;. : olutions lu llio Grande do Sill bat tue government forces out o! the r part of tho province. Angustn liurdenu, late preside:.: French Chamber of Deputies, wus I .' I 'ere la (linis.) cemetery, 1'aris, Sulci Stuto boners. . XUNCELLANKors. Grand jury is Investigating :cc:i. 6 1 Bl ISI. A.OUIS. There nre tevetty persons- re,.. to gain b residence to obtain diver t Hubert T.otii Stevenson, the w. novelist, is dead. I'resldeut Cleveland has mni!e ' roents to go to South Carolina for a : cation. The Sioux Indians on the resrr Fine Ridge, S. D., are Lecoming re-t litis feared that (mother outlr.ia teudlug. Ik-iijainlu It. Tillman wus eieoj Stale Seuator from South Caroiimi. 131 out ol 152 votes. Heuutor llutiir only 21 votes. I'ollce Captain Creedon, of New V coufessed liefore the Lexow couitni' had paid $13,000 to secure his cnpti. few hours later he won suspended ' force by the board of polico conni.c- iiooert oeurke, or Chlcugo, ii. year old, shocked his family bv hi that be had married Mollle Lothian ber of tbe "Aladdlu, Jr.." I allei. Gehrke, his father. Is a prominent Trade operator uud a wholes,-.-, ni . Blown from ths Engin. One of the most peculiar accident history of the Pittsburg dlvislou of t: sylvanla railroad occurred 'l hurs.U: i-'-X'esslon w ' "'Is, elephia lug lu tbe lustaut death of a wll-u plove, Durlug the heavy wind that ed Wednesday ulglit. Fireman F 1 ricniy dr ' oundol ii ;'nes kept tti "lvs belorrti ' tree fr,,:ll in no pi . L " ''av.t occur, ''unoi ajjp, ' 'Hon key u U'i 1,1 sr.. ot tbe Atlautlo express wa blown engine iu the tnouutain near Kctv 111 dead body wa picked up a fi vr later by tha fellow member , of crow. Train Robber Confession Alva Johnson has confessed to . lion in the robbery of Ihe Houtln" "0Ut i.'tug.'il 'lie? For ; Ullsslouof ; "J I o.'inuot 'irupe.. urthh oi Ihe nn.. i. express trains. Including both re' Itoscoe, at one ol which ths I) rem passenger were killed and several " lulucd. Johnson says that Kid was his accomplice, lie told tl' blues of (Mil In silver aud It was d nteruius, lu,ple in 1 'he ,,o of)l , " Ultt lu.licr... To Shut Out Diseased Cl Represeutallvs Ilrodurlck of Kn duced in the housu a bill rcstor.' j Klult-y rale ol duty ol H) per lie." oaiilniii,,,, '." "''"ompllshr i He eagle, i over 1 year of Bite entering Ihe I'u1 1 nd i be robiu lu pliico of the prusnut rale, uu' r 'iillou thau '''" a inm I,. about 2 per head. Thu luleut i I Uiscusud Mcxicuu cultlu. ho,i0,i wlmii Into worship. ' cities lor tt ' Pport unity , ' ftangii hi nn 'k are ; A and Cite o I.; In .1,1 . th mf rie'les 'n tti rfi'ir I 'It -st S "I pil h f!r I'Ihj I rl-i, l,.. l; roT ir . it if frr 'IT)'. r-i-hl lu.- hi. rth '. Th i'fo:nh . It ftts.'l Of St vthtng in nimy Pro-ions i'n. Th m l diig 'male , ' i ir have rvou hi flilii,, r H'l'loldp,, lf 0 Udei n tr.ntM i r f.; , 1 llll?gr 'i-lrh.-in-i ' lin-mseh i ' and do ' w.tli a r "i ne thai r.iil of "'"I Ilk !" pair c 1 of 111 ''I iod. -'I Of W; ti:e dcsti ' 'iring "-'I'l hair ' . n and t nn here r'a hundi '" Hst pie. "' Item of !"n temp oithe uh langes. 'Ms n .v,rri o thu Von a and arou -md are k. should VI ;l)' from wl monkeys cli 4 wis.. nn, 'lot t Mice Of lh " '"He of f, ''I coufni, " liduiit re: ' our sh ;' Heated :i;"Y tonip!, :,1:'"t' that ' 'use and sp.tfl : 1 goddess ,'; ' Mm Is '"''IpptJj h if 1 "'t-'t a ""P.-Uterol 1 'ritlce. " 'U lo-I.-iv " '"Ust Hot I JoEu-: y i he nml on.i of I not soo:i 'tint the,,, .''"'. Iiiiii. vitherail a :''ll'j wrath l "'i wure p )Ui ' " mousey, :"v-rc ta ! '."' ii l-nnl. "rajahs of ''" lllurri'ii.
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