I ' ' : .' ji a ! : i THE MIDDLEBURGH POST. GEO. W. WAOEN8ELLER, Editor and Proprietor Middlehttrgb, l a., March II. HQS. Onr export trniio In tho cnlcndaf yrar 1331 waa $30,000,000 loss than in 1393. Lnnd in New York City litis been nol.l at a prico criuai tn gS.nno.OOO per acre. TIio Lifjlifft in London at OOO.OOO irr ncro. A Now York Hi-nry- reports thnt liotils in the I'liitt d State, during tho past yrnrwiro swindled out of $2'2, 419.51 bv'hill-juinjuTB. In nn nrticlit on tbo Tlritish Mnscnm which if now going tho rounds of tho Kngliidi ircs tlirro appears tho stato merit that tho institution has thirteen luilett of bookshelves. Experiments nro being conducted in Ireland with a view to discovering a practical plan of utilizing tho vast tores of fuel lying idlo in tho log of C'oiiiciunra nud tho western high lands. Tho German Navy Department has been quick to seizo on tho Jupaneso naval victory at Yalu as a lesson. Many of tho vcpscIs there engaged had their woodwork set on firo during tho uctiou, and hereafter nil German men-of-war nro to havo no woodwork, even tho interior furuituro being of iron or other metals. Vertical handwriting has been in troduced into tho Chicago Fchools dur ing tho luht year. Tho ltocord of that city nays thcro is a rant improvement in tho handwriting of tho school chil dren, and it is in a position to know, having recently handled by a corps of "readerb" 13,000 -manuscripts by Chi cago echool children. The first caso of a successful boy cott on a church comes from Rimbocb, llaut lihin, Franco. Tho pastor un dertook to put tip tho scats at auction, whereupon all tho girls of tho parish transferred thoir Hnndny attractive ness to the neighboring parish churches. Of course, thoy won, add" the New Orleans ricoyunc. Tho pastor Lad to yield. - In a reoent address, ex-Spo- ' Thomas 15. Reed, of Maine, made the following predictions: "Tho clectrio road is going to spread out our citica and will render possitlo a suburbnn lifOj which will havo tho charms of tho country with tho social advantages of tho city. It seems likely to solve for us the problem of tenement houses and tho comforts of the poor. Thcro is something in tho lifo of cities so dear to most men that whilo in all ages men havo denounced cities they could never ktcp away from them." Tho Chicago Herald muses : When Washington was inaugurated, Phila delphia, then tho metropolis of the country, had only about 42,000 peo ple, New York but 33,000, Boston, 18,000, Eultimoro 13,000 and no other city anywhero near 10,000, even after tho lapse of half a century, dur ing which New York hud overtaken Philadelphia, so that in 1840 it had 312,000 inhabitants to tho latter city's 258,000. Baltimore and New Orleans wero the only other places with more than 100,003 poople, and except Boston, with 93,000, all of tho few remaining cities fell short of 50, 000. During tho formative period of tho new Nation, therefore, all but the merest fraction of its citizens lived in places of smull population, the local affairs of which wero easily adminis tered through town meetings or other tuch simple machinery. Tho New York IK rail, nays that the real cstuto market is now more satis factory than it has beeu in a loug time. There are many tales in New York at good prices; money to lo-u on mortgage is very ubuuduut and cheap; capitalists nro anxious to pur chase, and outsiders nro investing be cause their attention has been at tracted to real est ito by its behavior during tho depression. The property in the greatest demand is good busi ness real estate, uud for every piece oflVred there uro a half dozen buyers, but thcro nro buyers for other classes of realty ulo. Tho imildiug uud loan operators aro absorbing vacant laud nt good prices, an 1 dwellings nro sell ing more rupUly thnu they did even a month ago. New York sots tho paco for tho entiro country, and tho ten dtney there to tuako investments in real estate will spread to every grow ing city iu tho Union. ''After all," tixsluims tho Atlant.i Constitution, "tho safest and best thing to v.f juouey into is good city realty." FATAL EIVER DISASTER STEAMBOAT WRECKED. She Struck a Pier of the Railroad Bridge and Sack. Tli steamer Longfellow, of the Cincinnati, M"tii N'W Orleans packet lino, was mnk by striking a It of the Chesapeake & Ohio railway brldo at Cincinnati. Six lives nro known to have teen lost, viz: David AldrlJge. n elderly innn, of Itoine, N. Y. ( iil'tnln J, I Carter, clerk of I lie limit; Ous t-( hovuitt, the barkeeper; James Miller, the colored crier; nnJ mi unkuown woman. Several others were at llrst reported missing, uud It In possible more are Uind. All the record of the steamer were lest with It, uiij no RMM-tii;er llM Is ever lelt ashore, 'I he I.i. n .Mellow whs scheduled to leave '1 liursduy I r N w Orleans, hut tlin fog In Hie ner was so ili-iin that n plain Wise, prcsl il"iit of the i nrket company to which tho j nt"uiiier belong , ordered her to be held until iimt im.riinir. He sj.o ordered the Hi'reiiles Cuiroii to b ri ady to nlst the steamer to pas the bridge piers. The Carrol took posi tion ut the stern uud lelt or port side ol the I. "UK fellow, mi. I assisted In making the turn. 'J he bout went all rlKht until within a short distance before reaching the piers ot the t'hesnj eko A Ohio bridge, when the treach erous eurreut l-gau to iuierlero with tie Lout's management, Jlier"' was no fog, hut ns tho how of the bout poi'it'Ml to tho Kentucky shoro the wind blew the smoke In such n way as to blind the illot. "1 rannut S'-e anything." he shouted to (nptnui John Kirker. Tim cnplnlu called back to run her south of the pier. 'J he pilot signaled the engineer to stop. Hut the cur nut wns ruiillc.-s, iiinl the 1 ig vessel Willi Its powerful consort, with the pilot's vision obscured, was absolutely helpless. Tbo dan ger was apparent, nud warning wns given to everybody. In a moment tbo Longfellow crushed nguliist the pier and was crushed like HU egg, homo (..' tho crew manned two life-boats ot the Longfellow anil saved tbeiiirelves slid the fumlly of Cuptulu John Miller, ol Mis souri, landing them In Covington, Ky. 'ibe desttuctioti of the Henrner wns aluiot In stsnlnnoiiK. She huiiK to the pier, while the cuiretit strlklhff her bow and stern, broke her In two, uud lu less than live minutes she went doivu. BRITONS AROUSED. Words of an American Author Stir All from Royalty Down. A Pittsburg nuthor Is eamlntf a great dtil ot trouble just at this tlmo (or the different (ai'tlons of tlio UnK'.lsh parliament, judtfln from the numlier of letters lie has received from tint country and the debates thnt are Jnlly oeciirintt nrnoiiit the members them selves. The LnKlish papers have taken the dihcuseion up. nud while some support the sldo favorable to the nuthor, the lory writers lose no opportunity to give his book a slup In th fuce. The author Is Col. Kuraunl Hardin Church nf I ho Pennsylvania Hull road Company, who by his first publUntlon has won for himself a world-wide reputation as a writer and student of exceptional ability. It Is this book,"Ollvor Cromwell." thnt has set the slow roIuii Urlt tollers at loiriter-heads. but the particular pn saK thnt has aroused thorn Is found upon pK" and is as follows: "He," alludlnx to Oliver Cromwell, "bai no monument lu KiiKland, and ho can have none with the snnution of the irovurnment, becauso a monument to Cromwell would he an oRlelal acknowledgement of successful rebellien. Uut the froit deliverer needs no marble shaft while mankind cherishes the remnmbrauce ot bis words." Th;Jook made Its first appearance In Jane last, ana in Auxust this psxage was read In parliament, sud at once euused a debate, since wkien tlmo Col. Church bas been in constant reciit ot lettors from the leadlnit literary lights ot tbo old world, while a B'J many Lave come from the mombers of tbo Kntllsh nobility and at least one from the royal family, the latter belug from the Prince of Wales himself. 'Die debate is about the propriety of erect ln the mouument, in the llrst place and In (he second, na to Us location. The admirers of Cromwell and tho supporters of Col Church think It should be placed In Westminister abl"y,aloui'.wlth the other rulors of England, but the opponents thiuk that even if a mouu ment is erected at all, it should bo stuck away lu a corner of somo obscuro park. VICTORIOUS JAPS. After a Battle of Four Hours They Defeat The Chinese. Ou Thursday last the Japanese captured the coast forts near Yinkow, tho port for Now Chwani;. Tbo forts held out after the capture of Viukow. On Saturday the first division nf tho Japanese army attacked a force ot 10.100 Chlueso under General Hung, nt Xhlen ( uwh.uk Till. For four hours a tierce battle waned, but the Chlueso were de teuted after lossiuif 2,000 killed or wounded. TheJuponcse loss wus only IK) killed or wounded. Ueneral Noezu, who suoceedod Field Mar shall Yamajiata In command of the llrst Japaueee aruiy has been promoted. BATTLE IN COLUMBIA. The Rebel Defeated and One of T'heir Leader Killed. The rebel forces, under the command of Ilulz Garza, made an attack on Dorcas del loro, about 100 miles north of Colon, on Friday lat,but wero repulsed by the govern ment troops. An attempt was made to set fire to the town but this was also defeated, tlevun of the rebels, including Oars, were killed. The Kovernmeut loss waa 6 killed and 20 wounded. The United Blales cruiser Atlanta wns at liocas del Toro, and landed a force of sailors and marines to protect Amer ican interests. Though the rebel attack was jiihUccKsful It Is believed that auotuer at tempt will bo made to capture the towu. FOUR RICH MINES. Remarkable Find of Gold Reported From California. In the discovery of the mines they hav called the "Desert Chief," and "Desert oueen" "Chief of tho Hills." and "Dry Lak Valley mine," located near Iadlo.the Mc Ilnnry tiros., William and James, have prob ably located the richest croup of gold- inluei ever discovered lu the world. The dlsoover ers aud owners of the claims say that there It inoro thau 1. 000,0,10 worth of gold in sljjht, nud old nuuiUK men, who have no Intetehl in the claim (.and the Mclteury boys say the will not sell a foot of what they have located say the mines will make multl-mlllloualres ol every man interested. The richness ot the mines au be Judged from the results obtain ed irom working a hat full of the ore mined years uo. It was put through a three-tumi Kold mill and yielded i'Jii lu KOld. The ifold wns llrst discovered lu au old cave located iu a cuuon, which bad evidently been Inhabited by u tribe ot Aztecs. The cuve was strewn with human bones. Left Mll.ions Behind. Otis A. Johnson, a pioneer lumber man ot the state of Wlsooustu, died ut the age ot sixty. He was beavhy Interested in mills in Northern Wisconsin, and ilso the twuer of exteuslve redwood tracts in California. He leave an estate valued at from (3,000,000 to 1 10.0)0,00 j to a wile, two sous aud two I daughters. ORIZABA AWAKE. Ancient Volcano In Eastern Mexico In a State of Eruption. Orizaba. In the state of Vera Cruz, Mexico, the peak of an ancient volcano, Is la a stnte ot eruption. The signs of disturbance began to manifest themselves last Sunday nlght.and have increased In force constantly since that time. It Is now vomiting poisonous gnsscs and thick volumes ot smoke aro emitted from 10 nperntures In Its great maw. The earth lor KHj miles n round Is shaken periodi cally with subterranean vlbrailous. A crest alarm exists among the dwellers in the cities ot Cordoba, Orizaba, Knlnba and the dorens of small villages scattered within the scopo ot the strango aud interesting phenomenon. The shocks as yet have not been of a disastrous nnture and no damage from them has beeu reported. Tho run of the crater glows like fire, and the thick gnses rolling down tho mounts! sides have set nllnmethe grnwt and vegeta tion elothiLg the id"s to the summit, which adds to tho density aud grandeur ot the spec tacle. For the ptihll safety tho governor of tho state nf Vera ( ruz will shortly name a com mission of scientists to make nil tho Investi gation Into tho eruption pos-dtdo uud to innke recommendations looking to the pro tection of the inhabitants In the neighboring vlllnges. The present eruption Is In the heart of the best Improved colTno district lu Mexlo, where are located many American who hnve embarked lu the i rolitablo biHlnc. Ihecofteo plantations are not as yet thought to bo In any danger ot damaire. nor will they be unless tho fall of thick asucs occurs,wbi:b Is not considered probable. Masse are belug sal I in nil tharhurcheg ol the locality to ward o!T the Impending dan ger. Coming sjju alter the l.,M dcstructlvo volcnnlc nctivitlt'S In innt.y arts ol tbo re public, tho eruption ol urii.uha has many turrois, not only to th) peopie In Its vicinity but to all living In the vrent volcnulc belt ot Mexico, stretching lrom the active volcano ol Collma, on the west coast, nn unusual erup tion, clear to the dull of Mexico ou the east. Within this belt nre numbered dozens of old crn'ers, either lu repose or smoking con siniitly. It Is natural to suppose that should Its eruption-" contlutin, tho r.ther volcanoes will bo n:!ccted nad a general earthquake period set In. The couseipjecos of such n cuta-tropho nre bard to foretell but could liar lly bo anything less thnu very dlas!rou to I'uc'jln, Mexico t ity aud the huudreds ol other towns In tin-heart of Mexico. LOOKS W0RSEF0R TURKEY. But American Witncses Boforo the Com mission Exonera'.o the Wild Kurd. A deputation of II survivors of the Snssoun massacres appeared before tho Turkish Com mission nnJ Ls.-ru'.e 1 tho whJo story of the butchery. Tfcsy presented also a written stutcmobt. One of the members ot tho deputstlon was a priest uamed ! vtrosj, be longing to the village of Ci'jellyeooan, wdero the IncldeLt occurred. Tb. state ment fully corroborates t!ie worst dUliS al ready publt-hed. Tho document Mi l the evidence mudu a po-.vurful Impression on the Coinml-tlon. Other dispatches dccluro that 2C0 eye witnesses, who have been sxumlnet, all deny (hit the Arnixuians provoked '.ho Siusouu massacres, and exouorates tbo Kurd Irom tbo brutalltirs. Ibme wltnessra usvo dis gusting tales ol Turkitk cruelties. The Com mission Is working slowly, owing to tbe dragomans belug ai'rald to trsuiUl tb ac counts ol the dteds of the Turkish (sncrsis. Tbe ilntlsb. French and llusian eiabstslis have suinaioned Irtsb dragoman interpreters. HARRY HAVWARD GUILTY. Verdict of Murder in the First Degree Returned. "Guilty as Indicted" was (ho vordict pro nounced Friday morning upon Harry Hay ward, tbe chief plotter agumst tho lifo ut Catherine Oing. Had the verdict been otherwise, n bloody riot might have broken out. for the Court House, at Minneapolis, was surrouudid by u angry mob, eager to wreak vengeance upon the prisoner. Even with the public knowledge that the prisoner bud tern doom ed by the lury, a stroiic guurd of police had a hard tnik to protect liny ward, as he was be ing truusierred from tbe court room buck to jail. The court charge wuf perfectly satisfactory to both sides, aud no exception were uoted. It was generally conceded to be fair uud im partial. The ruling passion in llaywanl was strona In the preseuce pi death. Us placed a bet of 10thulthe verdict would beau acipiittal, aud that It would be reucbed lusldc of two hours by tbe Jury. The Jury did uot bring lu Its verdict until afternoon. "Uere comes Uayward!" shouted the push lug, pulling, yslllug mob that surrounded tbe court room door No one kaew yet what the verdict was. The Judge's order thut no one should be a -lowed to enter or leave the court room uutil llayard was safe behind tbe bars was effec tive In preventing trouble. Wbea word was brought back that tbo prisoner was safe, the terdlct was read Ly judge aud then passed to tht clerk and an nounced by Foreman MoSell. A poll ol '.he jury was demanded, and without hesitation such man answered "guilty." THREE BURNED TO DEATH. New York Bad a Series of Fire Fa talities. Mrs. Rose Eennclty, SO years old, perished by fire In tbe six-story double flat building at 870 Columbus avenue, New York, aud for a time the 40 or SO other occupants ot the build ing were In great peril of sharing ber fate. The tire broke out on oue ot tbe upper floors, and bad made considerable headway before It was discovered, hen ths lire bad been extluguislied, which was done alter tlO.OUO damage had beeu Indicted, tbe dead body ol Mrs. Keuuelty wns discovered. Mho bad died from sultocatlon, and Lor clothing bad beeu burned from her body. Au unknown man was burned to death In his boardlug-house, i!0S Avenue A, which took tiro during the nluht. His body win burned beyoud identification. As Ml lireuer, the keeper ot the bouse, loft it with her papers aud pocketbook eoutaiuing &30J, tbo latter was taken from ber by a youug touu'h. who lied. Harry i nsey, 41 yoars old, a bricklayer, who lived at Avenue A, was mortally burued at a lire which started lu ttut build ing ut 1:03 Tuesday mornluc. $40,000 FIRE. Port of Spain, Trinidad. Nearly De troyed. A special cable from Tort ot Spain, Trlnl dad, says: "The city has narrowly missed total destruction by lire. The loss will amount to nearly 1,000,000, the chief bust ness section having been the center of con llngration. Nearly tweuty thousand people wouiu nave been u auo uomeiets it it nad not been (or the nsslstunce given by tho tutted Mutes North Atlnutia (pamirou and II. M. 8, Uu?xurd, In extiuuuUblui; the Humes. The facilities for lighting lire are very un aatisfui'iory. aud the people are very Indo. leut. The Muravet water works which lis several miles distant, are ample for ordinary purposes, but tbey uro uut sumolout tor ereui uineruencv. Tho Issuance ot a bt-msntblr bulletin ot the Dopurtineut ot Labor will be oommeoo- l cd at tho beginning of tbe nest llscal year. KEYSTONE STATE CDLLINGS TUBERCULOSIS BULLETIN. Fear of the People In Regard to the Milk Supply are Allayed. Tho agricultural experiment station of tb Pennsylvania Hlate College Is Issuing a bull' tin ou "Tuberculosis," by Dr. Leonard I'car son. Tbe bulletin says that the view held by somo theorists that tuberculosis can be caused ly tuberculin Is entirely disproved, because ail cnttlo tested have remained healthy. Tbo bulletin shows that the tuberculin test Is tno most accurate method ot dlaguosluu tuberculosis of cattle, and discusses some ol the objections that have been made to It. The bulletin does much to nliny the fears of the dublio In regard to the milk supply, because It Is stated that tuberculosis fo'.tio are ly no u cans so numerous as bas beeu frequently represented. oil Korea. Cameron ,t Shear, of the Dunksrd Ollcom- pnny, operating lu tirernc county north of the .Ml. .Mortis Held struck a hummer on thoHtou- king i.irin tiuit Ix-gau to spout at the rate of CO biurets an hour when drilled luto the sand. 'J he new gusher is located In the narrow rich t.e.t extending to to northeast across the M 'Clure farms, on which the samo com pany drilled soiue good producers Inst sum mer, nne in the same i art of tbe field in whkli the MeCnlmout OH Company com ptetci) n good well somo three mouths ago, lue l orest Oil t ombany has concluded ncuotintloi.B for the Murks, MeCandless A I.eideeker property at t'ooia-rstowu, liutler County. Tbe property consists of leases ou ou tho Mnugci, Miller and McMillan farms 2-.'0 ucr sin nil-with lllteeu producing and tureeor four drilllint wells. The iiKurcgnte rtai'y production ol tbe lllteeu welis Is 600 barrels uud the consideration was tJOO.OOO. liutler couuty is furnlshlm; more new oil developments at this tlmo than any other ot tin" middle or southwestern llelds. The latest welltont'.rai-t attentionls located on (Lo liuri. faru. oue and three-forth of a n. He north ol Delano on the liutler branch ot the Wist l'euu railroad. Tbe well was drilled ltd j the lounh sand on Hnturduy last nud ttiien iu ttiat loruialloi), Legan to spray and j ut 11 barrels iu u tank in ibv llrst IS hour. i ;tu ui-Ai 41 uours ii irotiueeu j j uarreis, nuu was shut duwn for taukago and pipe lino connections. The location ot tbe well Is about three-quarters of a mile duo south of the oM Midnight Mystery," drilled on the J A. llelmhold farm ten years ago. Three mill s northwest ol the Hums farm n well was dnbed into tho sand on the Sweeny farm that llll-d up 1.2-0!cot Irom the llrst pay, and Is nUy chut down. IO0t Foil rAUMEUS. Hie Greenville Improvement association ln signed a contract with Charles Auderson ol New I aMIe, who agrees to locate bis wood working establishment at Greenville. The hickory wood he uses will bo purchased lo nun vicinity at ino rateot ?3 a cord, aud this nii niis a boom lor farmers, who may con tribute towards the bonu. of $300 which tht uoclntit.u guaranted Mr. Auderson. u nci) hi the ontp. A eouplo of years ago J. M. Johnson wns a wellknown merchant of Itochester. but he suflered n paralytic stroke which so cflect ed blm thut u bad to retire from business. Ho moved to West Middlesex, Mercer county. A few weeks ago be took tbe grip, (and when lie recovoted from thut disease his puralysls bad entirely lelt him. and be it now as itood a man physically as ever. rinSONAOB Bl'BSED. Tho parsonago of tho United Tresbytcrlan congregation nt Cross ltoads, Washington couuty was burned lui-t Friday night. The household goods of tho pastor, ltev. J. H. 'ilmmons, were almost totally devtroyed. There whs no lusurnuco on either bouse or goods. Tbe lire was caused by a defective iiue. WOIIK IOU STEEL Htn. The Ilethlehem Iron Company notified 100 steel workers to report ou Monday, when operations lu the steel mill resumed utter a two mouths idleness. Work will bo com- ini nwd on -i rj.nou ton order of rails for a Gcorgti rail oad. Three masked robbers broke Into tho resl- dence of Mrs. Martha Addis, at I'uioutown, Hnturduy night. The plucky woman knock ed nsldo a revolver pointed at her bead and v.itn a poker aiuicst killed one ol her assail ants, l ho men lied. Tim tiiii.il &f rn.if 1 1 ril l.nn l.nma mnvl. neiv hheuamro gluts works at New Cattle fell lurruuj ui(jui, orivisi employes una imr rovr eseiines. If 1m liniietl t,i hnvn fhA tlr, lighted again by May 1. At Conneaat Luke, Tuesdav. tbe first stake marking tbo line of survey for the I'ittsburu & Lnko F.rie canal wus driven under direction of Fuglneer Uurber. who bas charge of the survey corps. Sixteen loaded curs. Including Ave cars of oil, were wrecked ut Alleutown. Tues day, and caught Arc. The loss will aggre gate 1 10,000. The Eastern Pennsylvania conference of the United Evangelical church, In session at Kcbuyklll Haveu, adopted resolutions censur ing congrtss lor meeting on bunilay. The water plugs at Beaver Falls, were secretly turned on for several bours Hunduy nlcht. Tbe town was without wuter fur quite a while. Tbe employes of llell & Son's keg factory at New Castle, wblcb burued down Huuday. have been taken to Beaver Falls to work lu the keg factory there. nocbestcr, Monnca and Now Brighton each offer Inducements to tbe Phoenix gloss com pany to build Its new plant within their Inilts. William Moore was taken from tbe work house where be bad Just completed a term to Heaver Fulls, to unswer to the charge ol em bezzling 650 Irom au Insurance company. Judge Wallace, ol Newcastle, granted a d I voreo to Harry lluldwln, traveling salesman for 1 laid win A Urahutn, from bis wile Lueila Baldwin, ol l'lttsburg. Harry Osburn. a 10-year-old boy ef New Castle, was badly bitten by a Newfoundland dog. It required tweuty-iwo stitches iu his log to dress the wouud. Tbe Washington council is tied over tbo election ol a president, there belug six lie- publican and six Ueinocrulio members. Tbe little town ot Wntnrford, near Erie, had its whole business sectlou destroyed by lire Hunduy morning ut a loss of tfUO.OoO. At Warren, tbo court haaded down nn opinion fuvorable to tho annexation ot Eos. Warren to Warren, to go into ellect in Juuu Man Roast od Alive. John Bweeuey, of C'J UcLdurson street, Al legheny, wus literally rousted alive at bit boaie early Hunduy morning. 11 is wile was to badly burned In ber elljru to rescue blui thut she had to bu removed to thu hospital, where the i lyiug lu a very serious condition. The exact cuuse ol the lire Is uukuowu, but It is supposed thut be bud gotten up for some purpose uud overturned thu lump, which ex oloded. Tbe Egyptlrn Railroad will be extended to Assouon. Yaqul Indians la Mexico are on tbe war path again. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE Important Heaanre Considered by Onr lawmaker. Tl-csdat. A Mil was Introduced In the bouse to-day by Mr. Fow relating to suits fot libel. It provides that "before soy suit shall be brought tor publication ol a libel In any newspaper la this Ktate, the aggrieved party shall, at least three days before tiling or serving the complaint in such suit, serve notice on the publisher or publisher of said newspaper, at their principal office ol publication, sped Tying the statements lo said article which he or they allege to be false and defamatory. If It shall ap pear that tbe said article wss published In good faith, that its falsity was due to ml take or misapprehension of tbe facts; and that a lull or fair retraction of any statement therein alleged to be erroneous was published In tbe next regular issue of said newspaper, or in cas of dally papers within three days after such mistake or misapprehension was brought to the knowledge of such publshet or publishers In as conspicuous place and type In sucb newspaper as was the artlcls complained of as a libel, then the plalotiO in sucb cose shall recover only actual dam age. vvEtisestiAT. In the house Mr. Fow ol Philadelphia called up bis bill to protect life and property In cities ottbe first and second classes by abolishing grade crossings. The bill rend: "No railroad hereafter constructed which shall be operated by steam shall cress at grade In any streets, etc." After a tight the words, "hereafterconstructed which shall be,." were stricken out, The part of the bill relating to tbe cost ol elevating or depress ing streets was objected to as It divided the expense with tbe city aud railroad compan ies. Mr. Mnckrell bad it amended to place the cot entirely on tho railroad compaulcs. With these changes Ibe bill pasted second rending. The Governor's veto of the Bird bookj bill was read in the house this afteeuoon. Tbe bill provided for an expenditure of $21,000. The governor gave as his reasons tor uot signing it that tbo condition ot the state fluunucs would not permit o; sucb expense nt this time. Tbo Smith bill, prohibiting the wearing ot any religious garb or luslgnla by any teachot in the public schools, was taken up In the bouse on a special order for second reading aud passrd by a large majority. TneasDAT. A new senatorial apportion ment bill was Introduced In tbo bouse to-day by Chairman Culbertson, of the Legislative Apportionment Committee. It makes no material change In tbe senatorial districts la Eartern Pennsylvania, but mauy radical changes are made in tbe districts in the western end of tbo Mtate. Allegheny's re presentation is Increased from four to live by making a district out of boroughs aud town ships north of Ohio rivornud Island of Ne ville of tbo Ohio river and the I-land of Ne ville and the Hlxtoentb, Heveutoeulb aud Twentieth wards ol Pittsburg. In 1'blladelpbla, the Thirteenth ward is do tacbed from the bixth district and tacked oa to tho First, McKean, Potter. Clinton and Cameron are designated as tho Thlrty-seventn district, and Clarion, Elk and Jeflerson as tbe Thirty, eighth. Butler Is detached from Armstrong nud Joined with Lawrence. Armstrong and Indiana are made a district to be known as tbo Tblrty-nlutb. Venango and Mercer are mode -tbe Forty-ninth district, while Craw ford and Warren are joined to make the Flftiolh district. Jhe bill Is identical with tbat Introduced by the ltopubllcaus in the 18'J1 session. Friuat The House adopted a resolution to-day for an Investigation of the Keeley eure by tbe State Board ol Charities. A bill was Introduced by Mr. Harvey mak ing it unlawful in the manufacture of brooms and brushes to employ more than 5 per cent ot tbe labor from tbe convict labor of any penal institution. Mr. fiohwartz presented a bill for a license of 25 for livery stable keepers in boroughs. Violation of the act Is made punishable by a f US and costs, for tb use ol the borough. Bill were also introduced allowing Justices ot tbe peace to divide the costs between tbe prosecutor and defendant where tho prosecu tor toils to establish charges In petty criminal suits; providing thnt teachers Institute be beld in July aud August and tbat tbe teach ef be paid while In attendance. PRICES DO NOT IMPROVE. And Strikes Further Lessen t'ae Pur chasing Power. B. Q. Dun 4 Co.' weekly rovlow of trade says: Prices do not improvo nnd there Is, on tho whole, no gain, but some loss In wnges. (Strikes of 15,000 coal miners near Pittsburg, and severul thousand building workers hero, besides strike lu 10 or 12 textile aud iron es tablishments, further lessen purchasing power for the time. But there is anticipa tion of an Improved demand for goods In general and' many or manufacturing and Hiving beyond present needs on tbe strength of It Turee cause help the Iron Industry for the time: Expectation ot another great strike nt tbe coke works, reports thut Bessemer lake oro will advance aud a moderate in crease In demand for products. Sales of Bessemer Iron to three great Pittsburg com panies, said to aggregate 125,000 tons, protect them against tbe change lu ore, and the out- fiut ot coke, over 130.000 ton and shipments arger than evet seem to prepare for a strike. American maker ot tin plate are patting price sometimes lower than those ot similar imported plates. Failure for tbe week have been 234 In the United Btates . against 24H last year, end Ss lu Canada, against 60 last year. Bradstreet's nnuncial review say: Tbe stock market all this week bas been very Irregulur. It was tor the most part awaiting speculation, and tbe chief Influence may be attributed to tbe advance of ex change rates, and consequent fears tbat gold shlnnients miubt occur. Tbe action ot the Beading oompany, through threatening to precipitate a rate war with tbe Jersey Central and Lehigh Valley, bas bad considerable In fluence on tbe shares of coal-carrying roads, and severe liquidation has also made It ap pearance in Baltimore & Ohio and New lork Central. ENGLISHMAN HELD THE BAG. Two Americans Worked a Salted Mine Swindlo in Moxico. Louis F. Foote, au Englishman represent ing a wealthy British syudicnte, bas Just been swindled out nf 50.00J by two American mine proprietors. The gume oonsisted of the Amerioau saltltiu a non-puyiug miue lu the district west of Zacutecas Mex , and selling It to tbo Euiclisbmiin for ilOJ.OJJ. Ono.hnK of tbe amouut was paid down la casb, and tbe Americans Immediately left tbe country wiiu wioir rueuy acquired wec.un, leaviug too Englishman aud hissyndicute with tbe bau to hold. One Man Killed. The bollor of the engine of the Pjclfla ex pres wblcb lelt Union btstiou, on the Penn sylvania railroad at 3D tjaturduy, morulug, was blown up nt Cove Station. 11 wiles west of Harnsburg. Fireman John II. Plussley, ot Marysvllle, Pa., mo, killed, and Engineer John A. Funk, of Harrlsburg, was probably fatally lujured. The explosion turned the euk-iue eoinpletuly erouu I nud derailed tho mall and bnggugv curs. Engineer Funk say tho boiler was mora than bait full of water, aud be cunuot account lor tho accident un lets tome cold water got luto tho boiler. There were ltlJ pouuds of steam on when the exploslou occurred. Irregularities amounting to $29,000 hnve been lound in the books ot tho American Church Missionary society, iu New York, and ltev. Dr. Kiusolviug, ol Brooklyn, has been ajipouited secretary in place of Lev, Dr. JiuwLuld. OUR INDUSTRIAL REVIEW. WAGES BROUGHT DOWN. fj. 8. Ola Company Employe Get a Ta Per Cent Redaction. There Is dissatisfaction among ths s. ployes of the United States Glas Compnot over a reduction of wages, A movement fi cn foot among those affected to form a organization and join the American n nt glas workers' union, an organization tUi bos been waglug war against the cuuipnuy for 20 months. Last Haturday when the prcssc-rs flnl-itum and gatherers of factories K ami 11 of put,, burg drew their money they found their,, was 10 per rent less. Holiday afternoon u t ecret meeting a pluu of orgauUullon wa de elded on. Homo time airo a number o! tho emptor., made aitpllcation to become mombers of ii union as individuals. They were told t!ut thev could not tteenmn tnnmt.ii,. i.ni.... .i. applied In a body. The Sunday meeting w .' for tbe purpose of effecting an orgunl?utia as rentilrod r.v the unlun tr tl,i. . J ' " viiiu,.'. tlon is completed a strike Is Imminent. St- rim iuuuius aif ma mi-d wore put on piece work, which was objectionable. Up to last Saturday they were averaging tiJ i weok. Monday tbe employe of thnsnme compnr.j at lilassport were notified that tbe press- r llnisbers and gatherers would be require to' work by the piece. They are working ca tbut basis, but expect a reduction. A STBIKE IiCl LAIirt). At a eonfnrnr.ee of tho l'lttsburg opornWs and miners Wednesday tho operators si.b mltted n proposition to tbo effect that a Joim convention of both operators and nim rU beld on Saturday to consider tho mining rate. When the inntter was presented to the miners It was vigorously opposed, lb., dolegatrs seemed to think it Wus only n tjv on the purt ot tbe operators to keep o mlues in operatiou for tie rest of the v,, They were heartily lu favor ot striking n: once. The convention ndjourued ot )2 i; p. m., after rejecting a proposition from th operators aud declaring a strike for G'.i csnw lu tho entire district. Fro-n 12,000 to n.oug miners are expected te throw down tli.-it tools ns soon as they rocolva olliciul notice ol the action ot the convention. All the mines In tbo fourth and fifth pools of the Monougahela river nre shut d-nva. The men who bud returned to work Moa Juy morning quit work und declare they will re main out uutll the 60-cent rate is grutitr j. Toe operators are anxious to tnko advaniuce of the good boating sta.ro of water, and ::, of them have offered slight advances to dig gers and loaders. will rir TnK oi.n mice. Tho Pittsburg Coal Exchange,, compovj ol operators owning mines along tbe Mun.ui;'.. hela river, decided not to graut nnndvance it the mining rate. It was decided to pay 2 cents per bushel; tho prlco paid at the tm.cu; tbe suspension. The operators claim thai this is all tbey can afford to pay, and tli?r give their reasons. Tbey nllego tbat tb price for coal prevailing in the lower marker Is so low and tho inut llity to secure buttci prices Is so great that 2' cents Is all they cue pay. The impossibility of obtaining l.ettfi prices Is due, they say, to the general bUMoesi depression and the competition of operator! In other state. GENERAL LABOR NOTES. Particular Point In the Industrie ot thi - Country. Good road nnd cotton mills have worked wonders for Charlotte, N. C. in the past two years. Here 1 the record as presumed tj the Observer. For 18;)3: "Four cotton fso tories; 1 compress (84.000 bales: 1 oil null, population 11.657." For H'JS: "Elrht cotloo factories; 2 compresses (143.0, ie bnles1;2cll mills (one of them tbe largest In the Mouth'; 8 planing mills; 1 furniture factory; 1 la-vies and tie factory ,1 sash, door uud blind fuctory: new City Hall, cost 05.005; population Char lotte and suburbs, 20,000; o'O new hou?i, macadamized country roads; 10 miles street! macauambed nnd paved; a new church, paid tire department; 2 hotels; Observe building." About 1,000 miners' families In Washington Co., Pa., are on the verge of sturvnii"0. When tbo men work they got about tl 1C 1r day. Children are going around Unr ooted, what money Is earned being duvoM to keeping body nud soul together. .M-ai aud potntoes aro a rarity. Heveral miner, driven to steal tor want of fuel, were arr-stnl and placed in Jml lor twenty day and otk-ri fined ti nud costs, (similar reports are r ceived from Mercer and Lawrence counties. The merchants of Denver, Col., are wilt holding their advertising patronage from ths News and tbe Times, because tbe papers tiatt put in typesetting machine. The argument presented was that "machines cnonot eat or wear clothes." The merchants were tbe vlo tor. Tbe two newspapers have ceased using the machine. Tbe Cigarmaker' International Union dur ing IHH expeuded tbe following beueMU: Htrikes, tH.Oot) 70: sick. 106,788 87; dealt, C02,1S8 77; traveling, t2,154 17; out ol work 171,617 23, making a total of benr.lu paid for the year 430,963 32 andagrasl total of benenta paid 2,522,37a 40. Sixteen assemblies have' withdrawn froa tbe K. of L. and formed tbe Independent Knlffhts. Tbe conference committee ol tht ecedlng miners at Columbus, O., Isiued an address setting fjrth their reasons for -cession. John McBrlde, president of tbe American Federation of Labor, bas goue to the Hot Bbrings lor ni nealtb. V. . McOulre, flinl vice-president, will be acting president dur ing bis absence. Tbe President approved the act authorfzioi the Pittsburg aud Mononirahala Hallway Company to construot a bridge over the Mo nongubula river. The new folding bed factory at Charleston, W. Va., will be ready to begin operation about March 11, and from 123 to 13 J uics Will nnd employmeat at that euterprlse. There aro 3,276 person employed lath government printing office at Wushlu.'tun, 1,070 ot these are females and 400 ol tbe latter are widows. Over one hundred mile of new railroad will probably be built lu Arkansas wilbiu th next six months. Arkansas Ouzelte. Chicago bakers, who struck for a short-r work day a year ago. bavo gaioed 100 out ill 1B0 shops The Iron mills at Mies, O.. are ruunlof again after au Idleness of several months. ARlmetaliio Party. Tbe American Bimetallic League has It sued a statement of the issues on which H proposes planting a new political party. Is statement embodies tbe views already forth in tbe pros namely, free coinage ot silver ia a ratio ot lu to 1 nnd opposition l the issue ot Interest-bearing bonds tu time of peace. It also says: "If the bimetallic ven leroiice bad authority from tbe people I" mime a cuudldate fot President, it would name Joseph C. tiibley, of Pennsylvania, hut not bavlug such authority, It can ouly " gest tbe name, and invite expressions from the people by petition, resolutions or other wise, believing tbat nominations, when uis" Should reflect in tbe most direct manner if will of the people, uncontrolled by caiicoi machinery or by professional politicians." A delegation et couverts to Mormool's departed from Hanover couuty, Ya., I1' Utah.
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