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
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