THE MIDDLEEURGH POST. GEO. W. WAOEXSELLER, Editor and Proprietor Middlchurgh, Pa., March 2S. 195. KEYSTONE STATE CULLINB3 NEW LOCOMOTIVES. Pennsylvania Shop Working en Freight and Passenger Engine. - . Tbo locomotive department ot tho Pennsyl vania railroad shops at Altoona Is now turn ing out a bow cliuiot compound freight loco motives for the (ant freight service between I'lttiburg and Now York. Tbo new locomo tive will embrace new Ideas which are calcu lated to com blue high speed with groat power. Experiments are also being made lor tba development ot new stylo of passen ger cugtue. f'lvn masked robtier entered the house of Johu Mc.Mllllu, bear Wall Mill, bound aud gagged lb blrml umit aud three women and waited nearly throe hours for tbe return of. McMiiliu. Wbeo ho came bo was bouud to a board and leaui-d hood downward against tba wall, wbllo tbo robbers threatened blm with Instant death unless bo divulged tbo biding place of bin money. MoMllllu bad deposited l,OMJ iu a bank tbo day previous. Alter burning bl leot with hot Coals and whipping bliu unineielfully tho villains dually believed 111 story and departed. Mrs. Mc.Mllllu aud daughters, who wro cotupolled to wituess tho torture of McMiiliu, are la a very serious condition from Irlgbl. Tho M('K'Hport and Wllmurding olectrlo railway oouipauy bus madu a duul wltb tbo syndicate holding trauchlses In Jeauuett, Orecusburg, Irwin and Turtlo (.reek, aud will allow the latter company to use its tracks from McKooport to Lu'uouo; from which place It will build to Pittsburg. The yudlcato. during the summer, will construct a line from Orceusburg to West Newton, and from West Newton to Mckeesport, eutonug tbe city at the old driving pars'. Thence it is to use the MrKcesport und Wlluierdlug line to 1'lttsburg. Kearney Hutton, of Turontum.a well-known employe of tbo C. L. Placcus Glass uompauy, was attacked Saturday ulgbt and beateu lu sensible, wbllo several companions bad nar row cscupe. The sum aud substance of their offending seems to have beeu they were non union worklngmen. bullou s injur!" re sulted In bis death Hundny morning, llo was UO years old aud an orpbao. JMrs. At. H. Vaneman was held for court at Now 1'ikxtle, on a charge of perjury In con nection with tne Illegal liquor selling cam agulust the Hotel Oliver ut Lllwood City. 'J bat case wus dismissed, aud tbo womuu's husband Is still in jail tor the costs. Nathan Ilrofsky, aged IS years, bad both legs cut oft on the railroad nt llotblobeiii, und died. Tbo boy was returning from ban Francisco, having beaten bis way the greater part of the journey, and tne fatal aiuideut occurred wuhlu a luw miles of bis hoaw. Tbo renusplvaimi railroad compuuy has added to Its holdings at Uluirsvlllo a tract ot laud upon which it will erect a 50-cnglno roundhouse aud large cur aud machine shop for tbe repair work of the West l'euu divisiou. This will concentrate at least 00 road aud shop Uieu ut this point. John Oswald, aged 4:1, a farmer ot Oley Derks county, came homo drunk und quar reled who bis wile. His lti-yeur-olil sou lu frforod and In tbe struggle that followed tbe I UT killed bl fatber wltb a elub. Tho t rdercd man formerly resided la Lebtgb I - ... AC llouesdale, tho largo stables of tho Irv ing Cllll beer aud soda bottllug work own -d by Julus Kellz, together with four horsee aud tlio entire contents, aud August Hastings' brewery baru. were destroyed by fire. Mrs. Cnvannugh's block, lately purchased by tho I'enusylvaulii ltuliroad Company to make way for the new braucb Into Johnstown, was destroyed by lire, Tuo loss is 1 1,000, wltb no insurance. Tho board of church extension of the En glish Lutheran church In tho United Htales, ha elected Hev. II. I,. Yarar, of llraddock, I n-ld Secretary of tbe bourd, to succeed Kuv. J. V. Lytikcr. At Unlontown, tho Jury readered a verdict In tho ejectment proceedings brought by James II. t'urr ngalust Tbonias 11. Craig aud the II. C. Prick cuke company to reover 2o ucrc of land valued at HO.lMJ. llobert Hepburn, 70 years old was caught in the shafting ut Valentine's works, Iluile fouto. Ohm arm, an ankle aud several nU were brokeu. and ho will probably die, Tbe contract has been let for the erection ot a tlu-plato mill at llemiugtou, lieavei ceuuty, ou the farm ot captain Ben Morgan, Tbe will will employ 3Uj nunds. The Ilapllst church at New Hrlghton has railed to us pustorate Itev. J. Calvlu Htowell, of Cooper I'luius, N. Y., at a salary ot fl, 000 annually. A Cbluaman named Jim Mm Hum war found dead in bis shanty at lierry. llo it thought to have died from au overdoso of morphine. Tho night turn nt th Carnegie compauv'i rod mill at lleaver Fulls, b-oke the world's record hundny night by turning out 45,000 pounds ot Hnisbed rods. J. W. Uollowolt, of IiuUols. received 1 aud a plea lor forgiveness from a man who stole u pick and singletree from blm 17 year: ago. The Ilethlehem Iron Company shipped side plates for the battleship Texas to the Lulled Wales navy yard at Norfolk, Va. The ship. muut weighed twenty-three tous. Tho Johnstown I'ulted Presbyterian church has extended a call to tbe Itev. H. J. Kyle, ol Cambridge, N. Y.. ut a salary of 1,6U0, which has been accepted. Tho soft coal operators of tbo Clearfield district are trying to combine to coulrol the output ot coal, Tbestugo running between Cassville and Mtllcreek was held up tr tbrua men and tbe passengers lobbed of t'JX At Mikocsaort Thomas hegelsky wastakon to tail ou a charge of attempting to kill his wifo. All tbo mills and blast furnaces at lirad. dock and Itaukm areuow In operation. I'rauk Hell Muauor nommlttod suicide by hanging, lu a baru iu Finley township, Alle gheny vouuty. An explosion In the Klldoo mines, Ilutlet county, killed Oscar Taylor aud latuliy lu Jured a youug man named Klldoo. Owing to the nine of Judge flarker.argu meuli lu the Ulatr-White contested eleutlou case have been postpoued uutll April 2. The miners of tho Yellow Dog mines, near Hharon, are idle. They demand a i per cent advance. Hobert McOlnniss was paralyzed lv a fall of tiate in the Faudora mines, uear Lutrobu. John T. ('ouster, of Tareuluiu lost hi life ia hi burning house. Tho rebels iu Co.uu.bU huo surrendered to Uuu. ilalours. Discoveries of fria' gold are reported (rout tlurthull county, lu Northern Alubuma. WESTERN MINE EXPLOSION SIXTY MEN KILLED. Host Terrible Kiln Disaster In the History of tne Wast Tho details of the explosion at the Rocky Mountain Coal and Iron Company's mine, No. 5, five miles north ot Evnnston, Wy., at lied Canon, mark It as ono ot tbe most horrible in the history of coal mining In tho West. There are forty men lying deal at tho bot tom ot tbe mine at this writing, civered with debris. A many as ran are working to re cover thoir bodies. Tba bodies ot bineteea have been recovered. Fifty of tbo dead men were married nn 1 nine stngK T hero are fifty widows and 2M orphaned children as a result of the disaster. About thirty of the men kiilod b'-loiued to the Ancient Order of toiled Workmen, in which iocloty they were insured for (2,0JU apiece, Tho greatest part of the mn who havo per ished are covered with debris at the seventh level, where tbey were gathered, nwalting a car. Work Is belngl'UHhud WtU alt possible speed to uncover tbe dead. There I no tiro iu tho mine. Tbo slope and entrance to the lower workings are all blockaded by wreckage, and it Is thought at lcat thn-e days will be rr qulred for rescue parties to reach tho bodies. 1 he explosion In tbe mine shocked the whole country round, wrecked tho power plaut, a fan-house and several other build lugs, entailing heuvy loss, but th death roil far overshadows other eonsidcration . Around tbe mine Is a population of about 2,000. Many famalles nro Lore It ot tl.o r father or sous. A moro sorrowful com muulty could uothefouud. Hcor-sof children and women are mouruiug the loss of busbuud, father and brother. The explosion Is described by many as most terrillo, shaking the wbolo towa and causing womcu and children to run Into tlio street crying: "Oh, my husbaud!" "Ob. my papa!" with raised bands, imploring for tbo safety of tbe beloved ones. Tbo explosion Is supposed to have come frem a blast, setting lire to tbe dust, mnktug a duxt explosion, since the mlues was su posed to bo freo Iroui gas and wus well ven tilated. GREAT STORM IN ENGLAND. Eleven People Killed and Many In jured. A genorral storm prevailed throughout Cngland Saturday night and Sunday. There has been immense damage to property iu many of tbo large town. I'innacles, roofs and chimneys of a numlier of churches were blowu off aud manufactories were sitnllaniy damaged. In muny places church services were suspended. A great number ot trees were prostrated by the gale aud much dam ago was done to dweillug bouse.i. In many parts of the country tho telegraph lines are dowu. A few minor casualties uru reported from uloug the coast Maoy peoplo have been injured by falling debris. A wall vollupted iu the Eat End of Lon don nud three persons were crushed to death beneath it. Three turrets of tho pinnacles on the west front of tlio I'eterhborough ca thedral wvro blown down. Other buildings lu tbo town were damaged u number of poi sons were Injured. The roof of theruihvav stntiou at Htratford-on-Avon was blowu olt and a number ol mouuments lu the parish church yard were damaged. Iu llltiulugbnm tbe galo was felt with exceptional severity. A tuau uud three children were killed there. Two men ami a girl lu Leicester were struck by fulling debris and almont luslautly killed. Every bouse in the Aylestone dls- '"t was damaged. In 'Wolverhampton "'' "bisgu wmi ktilul and twelve wuie In jured. In Walsall two chimneys stacks were blown over. They crashed through the roof of a hospital, broke through the flooring and car ried nine beds, with j utieuts in them, into a room beneath. Tho nine occupaut of the beds were extricated alive, but badly iu Jured. At Kings Lynn immense damage was done to property. A great u umber of fine trees and several farm btilldlugs at Huudringlium, the country residence of the I'rluca ot Wales, bear Kiut's Lynn, wero destroyed. MEXICAN TARIFF DUTIES. Revision Announced New Schedule for Balo of Laud. Tho state derailment hiu been ifiloluily ootillcd tliut a rc i.-lou of the Mexicnu cus toms tariff will go into operation April 1, In volving changes lu tho following schedules affecting exports from tho I'ulted Statts: Tinware, manufacturers of iron aud steel, textiles of linen, jute uud othor libers and certain cases continuing article of gold, sil ver and platinum in sets. The Mexican government has granted a subsidy of 1, 500 In gold per year for nu ex bcnoienlal ageucy deaigued to create a mar ket fur Mexican fruits aud vegetable at Kau nas City, Mo. Tnls ostubllshtueut will main tain, at all times, a stock ot assorted Mexican products, i 'rciucut Ma?., in compliance with tbe law, has decreed the tariff of prices per hectare for public luuds iu the 27 stutes, two terri tories aud the luderal district of Mexico foi the. fiscal year lsui-'.ki. The prloe vary from fi tiO. Mexican, iu-the Federal district (City of Mexico) to tij cents iu lower Cali fornia, the average being about 4J.5. A hectare is nearly two aud a half acre. The Mexlcuu government has made a mail contract with the Jobnson line of steamer, to make ut leaxt two trips monthly between New York or liallluioro aud Taiuploo. Th company ia to deliver oh the wharves al Taiuploo all tbo coal that the government may need al a price not to exceed 5 pel metric ton lu I'ulted Htate currency. A contract has been made for extending the trips ot tho Ward New York aud Cuba line to Coatxitcoah:, the gulf terminus of the new Tehuantepoi) luter-Oceuuio railway, which is expected to rlvul the l'auauia route. . DIAM0NJ3SJST0LEN. A Jeweler Losses $9, 000 by Stepping Out of Hi Store to Talk to a Man. Tho Jewelry store of Constuut Luoulus, ol New York, Was robbed Haturday afternoon, aud diamonds to the value of tC.OOO were itoleu. An unknown wan, who was well dressed, drove cp In a buggy opposite tho Itore aud 1 eckoned to the utork, Mr. F'red siick, to come over to bun. Although Fred erick was alone iu the store ut the time, be did so, uud tho stranger, takiug a haudsomo itoid watch from bis pocket, eugagod blm iu 101110 couversutiou le.utdlug soma fancied trouble lu the movmeut. Wheu Frederick returned to the store, he lilbcovrtcd ttiat in tl at brief time some one had 1 lib-red mid lakeu from tho show cuao two trays of diuiuouds vulod at 40.000. Colorado Earthquake. A letter from ht.-umbout Kprlnc. Col., I wuicu w lur iiom ruiiroau or ttcgrupu Hues, j duted Murcli 22. ): To-duy ubout 1 oclock. n uimuui i-iiriii'piako Miuck was leitin lamps Valley, iroui 1 1. ,L.iul Valley, about 1'i uillei south of hti-uuiioai Hprings, to Uayden, about 15 miles west of the towu. The shock tuts aecompauled by a report resembliug tni discharge of a blast iu a uiiue, aecompauled by a low rutubliug souud. which ia described , by some like the breuklug of lea in a river or luke. The souud was uccompauiod by a dis- tiuvt vibration of the earth from east to west and violent enough to cause windows to jm and dishes and suoous to dunue TELEGRAPHIC TICKS. A terrible land-slide has destroyed the Vil lage of Bollarit, near rianentla. Italy. More earthquake shocks have been (clt a' Regglaand Messina. During a storm on Lake Kummerow, in Tomeranla, 23 fishermen were drowned. Tbe German Emperor favors Inrgor pen sions for voterans of the war of 1870. The Chitral robelilon against the Oovcrn ment of India may be renewed nt any time. A woman 115 years of ago registered to vote at Wichita, Kan. Thirty-two of the minors killed at Evans ton, Wyo., wero Mormons. Tho National Christian league, of New York, will open a homo for the working girl on Mny 1. Fifteen indictod election ofTlcers wore ar rested in Now York city for fraud In the last election. l'ersons from Wllkesbarre, Pa., have leas ed 2.',)00 acres 1 11 California, and will bore extensively for oil. Attorney Erwln has asked for a now trial for Harry Hay ward on the strength of alleg ed after-discovered evidence. An earthquake at t'ommachlo, Italy, wreck ed a church, burying several worsblpeis. Ml bodies wera recovered. A collision of freight train at Dallas Tel., killed two trainmen outright anJ Injured several others. John W'eblo, mining prospector, claims to bavo discovered rich gold deposits In Mar shall county, (ia. . The Government nt New Zealand ha agreed to be represented at the unvested In ternational money conference. Three masked men went to tho county Jail nt Woodworth. O. T., and liberated all the prisoner. A posgo Is iu pursuit W. t. l'ierce.u wealthy citizen of I'olatumn, Cal., wus lustnutly killed by coming lu con tact with an electric wlro. Many native of Zanzibar nro selling them selves and w ive and children into slavery be cause of a fatnlno caused by locusts. Lurglnn destroyed tho Interior of tho na tional tank building nt Canfleld, O., wltb dynamite, but failed to open tho stool vault. The New York city committee to provide small farms for tho city poor has rocelvod 3D 'acres, mil will bo ready for work soon, Henor Castillo ntinouuced tho new cabinet for Spain, nnd it was 11)00 stated an energetic policy would be pursued concerning tho dis turbances lu Cuba. Tho agricultural department of Cornell university claims to havo discovered that butter fat cuu bo obtained from whey by running the latter through a sepnrntor. The Itrltihh war ships Ceuturlnn and Alae r.ty collided during a gale at Wei-Hal-Wei. Tho lutter narrowly escaped founder ing. Unknown robbers blow a safe nt En sennda, Lower California, and secured a gold bar valued at 1 13,000 and t2,000 In cur rency. Mall of the Missouri brokornge company.ot bt Louis, ha been held by tho postolllce de partment, for fraud. Tho concern bad been i ing tbe malls to get foes for loan which they never loaned. The report cf the Inspection board show ing that tbo Columbia Is iu good. order, she bus been directed to proceed from New York to Join Admiral Meade's squadron In tbo West Indies. A Judgo of a United St itcs Court In Vir ginia quotes the provision of the Constitution the salaries of tho I'resldent und Judge ol the United States courts shall not be dimin ished during their terms, to show that he it not subject to tbo income tax. COLLISIONS AT SEA. Two Small Vcssol Hunk by Steamer. Only two Live Lost. Tho lit It lull steumer Storm King, Cnpt Crosby, from Antwerp for Doston, was in col lision Saturday with the Italian bark Uulsep. pe, Cnpt Toro, from Havuuuah, February II tor Hamburg. Tbe atcldnut occurred off Hungeues during a heavy fog, whicu pre veuled the vetseis from seeiug each other uutll the steumer was so closo to tbe bark tbut It was Impossible to prevent a collision. 'Ihu Oulseppe wus so budiy damuged that she sauk, but not until tho steumer bad res cued ber crew. 1 he bows of the Storm King were stove lu, und It wus necessary lor her to come to anchor. It is expected tbut she will havo to be partially discharged in ordor to make repitus. Tbe American lino steamer Berlin, Cnpt Lewis, which arrived at Southampton from New York on Friday and sailed ou her reluru the sumo day, reported that ou F'riduy, when off Kdystoue light, she run luto uud sunk a 1'ly mouth trawler. There was a dense fog at tbe time. Two ol the trawler's crew were rescued by the llerlm, but the other two ara supposed to have beeu drowued. OPPOSITION TO BISMARCK Hotion of Congratulation Defeated in the Reichstag. The rcicbstug rejected by a vote of 110 tc lf 3 a motion to send congratulations to I'rince lllsiuarck on tbo eightieth anniver sary of his birthday. Tbe motion wan defeat by a eoiilltiitiou of Catholics, socialists, radi cals aud rolcsugulut tbo conservatives uud nutionul liberals. Immediately alter this ucttuu Emperor William sent tbe following telegram to llismarck: "I have to couvey to your aereua highness tho uxpnssiou of my most profound iudigua tlou at the resolution the relchstug has Just adopted. It Is iu the most complete opposi tion to tne iueliug of all Uertuuu prluees und peopie." To this Prince Bibmarck sent the following reply: "1 I ray your majesty to accept tbe respect ful expressiou 01 my gratitndo for tbe most gracious mersage by which your mujesty has iraiielormed tho action of my political op ponents, coucerulug which I am not yet nmed, luto u source of Joylul suns faction." Shipping Bice to England. Reports 1. mu tbo rlco planters of theSavsn tmli uistriot 11' that the acreage planted in in year will be fully a great a that of lust year, aud probably greuter. Iu WH the acr i'g) was reduced. Considerable rice 1 now being shipped from Savannah port to Eug laud, a uuw departure lu trade. If aw Spanish Premier. The queen regeut of Spain has charged SeuorX'uuovas del Castillo with tbe forma tion of a uubinet to rep aoe the Uurgasta min istry that resigned on Monday lost. THE INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK INCREASED WAGES- Soma Hopeful Indications of Better Day Ahead. , It is a significant fact that among the many Industrial Institutions that have been pat la operation Intely goodly majority bava been iron and steel works. Bucb a Urge and diversified list of othor Industrie ara de pendent on thesa that It Is taken a evldenoa of Improvement In other line when the Iron and teol Industrie snow signs of bracing up. In connection with the resumptions oc curring during the week there has been noticed a disposition on the part of employers toward better wage. There have been a number ot concerns In which the men em ployed have received voluntary notice tiiat their wages would be advanced within tho next thirty or sixty dsvs. Tba proposed In creases are not largo, and will In no rasa bring the wages up to tho standard which prevailed before the reductions that have been made during the past year and a half, and yet it Is nn indication of Improvement, ami prove those men who made tbe cuts lu wages tinder promise of restoration when business would admit, tru to their promisee, and fbe men have gladly accepted tba par tial restoration. A LA HOB LAW. The committee on Laws and Legislation ot Ihedalventon Labor council I the author ot bill now pending lu the Texas Legislature which, should It become 11 law, will prohibit lu cotton und woolen nulls and factories of all kinds tho employment of women aud cbildreu more thuu ten hour a day. It fur ther provide that when such employes are physically incapacitated, lu consequence of which they do not report for work, ttiey shall not be tlli-cliargcd for non-attendance. The penalty attached for a violation of tbe law I a line ol not less thau 100, and as much moru as iu tbe judgment ot the court tba of fender deserves, aud that be or they shall be made to pay nu additional Hue ot 100 per day for every day tbe law la violated. The bill is tho outcome of a long aud determined strife between the laor oranlKutlous ot that v'lty and tu rr.aungers of tbe Ualvestou cot ton and woolen mills. jon i niFTrns WAors. From (18 to 1J per week. This I the de mand that will be made by the Ty pothouse for a reduction In the Wnge of tbe printer employed lu the book aud Job ofllcel of On rliiuutl. At a recent meetiug of the associa tion, composed of the bos printers, the wage quvstiou was dlcused at length, every phase of the condition of the busiuee and trade being taken into eouslderatlou. After thorough cuuviu-M of the matter, a resolution was introduced and passed which provided that a demand be made for a reduction of tJ iu tua present weekly scale. I'lrTKiiin i, r. But for tbe coal miner itrlke tbo coudillon ol the working classes iu :1ns city aud throughout the State could be '.eruied as moot salisiactory as compared with s year ugo. There are perhaps fewer men idle uow tbun at auy time during the post ulghteeu mouths, apart from tbe miners, und it is now believed tuat in a very short time moro of them will be ut work than before the beginning of the strike. Improvement ia noticeable in almost every line, aud all per torn, both employer and employes, leel en couruged aud hopeful ot tbo luture. CoLi nurs. O. Reports come from the var ious mining districts ot tbe ttlute to the ef fect that work I improving, and the coudi llon ot the people dupendeat thereon is be soming belter. Wuuo some mora work Is be ing given out, the men In soma of tba mine buve agreed to a distribution ot tbe work, ' aud in this way those who have been Idle tor 10 long are able to get iu partlul time. It I believed tbat there will be a generul resump tion In all tbo minee early next mouth. Fac tories in the city ore woralug better lime aud employing moro men. LABoa xoTrs. There is universal bnppluess and rejoicing Among the employe ol tho cokers of the L'onnellnvlllo uistriut, occasioned bv the ac tion of the muiiugor of tbe F'rlvk aud South western coiupaules. Notices were posted in lh works 01 both these compauie Friday that tbe wages ot tbe employes would be la rreased about lllteeu per ceut, tho advance to tako effect April 1, This action win en tirely volautary ou tho part ot the manage uieut, and was a complete surprise to the ten (houund employes who will bo affected. Trouble continues to exist between thenon I'ulou workmen employed bv tbe Buckeye Uloss Compuny, at Martin' F'erry. Obio, aud aud the striking employes, and personal eu- tounlers botweeu the mou have become al most dally occurrences. A number of tbo strikers ure now under arrest, charged with breakiug the peace, assault and buttery aud other lulracttou. A settlement has been effected between the striking miner and tbe operutor of the Kluuicklnoick.Ulon Fall and F'arnum mine, near Ciarksburg, W. V., whereby six huu dred men have returued to work. Tbe op erators acceded to demand of tbe strikers lor the payment of thlr:y-tlve cent per ton. Other dillurencea were compromised. After an idleness of sixteen weeks, work has been resumed in tbe YorkvUlemluea.ueat Martins F'erry, giving. employment- to mora than a hundred men. These men bad not had a duy's work in the mine since early in November, and were, almost without ex ception lu destitute circumstance. Twelve counties in the western part ol Kaunas have sent a message to Gov. Morril notifying him that they are no longer lu need ot outside help. This evidence the faut that better time prevail where there has been so much sufleriug and need for several weeks past A e 10,600 knitting mill lsaoon to be erected at Atbeus, Ci., which will give employmeut tc several hundred person. Work on tbe con auction of tbe tuildlug 1 to beeotnmeuced wltbiu sixty days, uud it I Intended to b.tve the plant In operation inside ot thre mouth. The Bakers' International Union has I. ued for free distribution u Ove-buudred-puge pamphlet showing tbe sanitary aud un liealtuy coudillon ot bake shops In New York and vicinity. Tbe Junction Iron and Steel Company, al Miugo, O., I preparing to erect a large ad dltiou to It pluut, A number of new met will bo added to tbe pay-roll when the ad dition I completod. Rights of Trolley Line. Tba Supreme Court of Pennsylvania hand ed dowu six decisions of situilur importance, which will work a revolution lu suburban and oouutry trolley line construction. One case was brought by ttie 1'eunaylvunla railroad against a compauy iu Montgomery county. 1 tie others aro from Schuylkill and Curbon. The gist ol tbe opinions is that trolley iluos Ueiug constructed under a street railway act have no right to euiiueut domain; therefore the conseut ot the owuer of auy property which I d' sired by trolley Hue to use most be obtained, and there 1 no method ot fore lug that consent. This decision practically itrlke dowu about 50,OJU,000 ot Invest ment lu Hue either constructed 'or pro tected. Explosion of powder at Oakland, N. J., killed two men and wounded one othor. Tba Kilralit-O'Donnell fight nt Boston was ft draw. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE txnportsuBt Measure) Considered fej Ou Lawxoakar. Mokdat. Representative Tlllbrook, of Mv Keeeport, Introduced a bill tills evening re lating to the government ot cities ot tba second class and tho election ot beads of de departments. ltepresentative Mackrell, of Allegheny pre sented a bill prorMIng for tba erection of a state asylum for tbe chronic, eplleptla and criminal insane of western renusylvaola.atid making an appropriation ot taoo.ooo for the purchase ol a sits and tba erection ot the buildings, Tbe Governor Is to appoint five commissioner, one to be an attorney, one a business man, one a farmer, one a civil en glueer aud another a physician. The site snail contain not lesa man ouo or more man 1,000 acre, conrelnently accessible from all the countina western Pennsylvania. A bill was Introduced by Mr. Tiiltrock, to authorize any veteran soldier or sailor to bring suit against auy county, borough or township, being a military sub-district, to re cover tbe amount of nrbuey which be became entitled to by reason ot his being accredited to such cor.tity, borough or township, or his re-enluitmont to Mil tba quota of meu then or afterward called tor from such county, borough or townshlu TrtsDAT In the Senate the bill of the newspaper publishers changing the libel law and providing that a retraetlon may be pub lished In mitigation ot damages, passed final ly. Tbe senate spent tba remainder of the session passing bill on second reading, In the bouse tbe Clarency bill, relating to the manner In which the report of building and loan association should be made. passed finally. A motion to reconsider tbe vote by which tba bill to regulate coutract of Insur ance otLulldlnir and structure, which was defeated la.t Wednesday, was mado, and this occasioned a discussion which lasted nearly an hocr. Tbe motion was agree J to, aud the bill postponed for the present. The bouse then adjourned. W'riNEtAr Consideration of bills on second ri-adiug was the order to-day tbe In bouse. The vote was reconsidered br which the bill to s-t apart school lund for tho establishment of school libraries was defeutod ou second reading. Tbe measure was amouded so as to leave the mutter to the dis cretion of the school directors nud then re J the second tlmd. Tbo state custodian bill passed dually with only 17 vote In tho uogntlve. It now goes to tho senate for concurrence In the house ol amendments changing the title ot tho ofSo frott 'cuptodlnu" to "superintendent." A bill waslutroduced by Mr. Niekell amend ing the act to exempt property to the valun of (300 from levy aud sale ou execution and distress from reut so as not to luclude debts' for food. Tbcrsday Seaator Walton, of Oreeno county, has Introduced a bill which will be a f rciit beneilt to the property holder. It will ift sorao ol the burden of taxation from tho shoulder of tbo granger nnd the workman and make tho wealthy corporation shnre a part ol tbe load. Tho mea-uro provide for tho taxing of corporations and Includes money ut interest, bonds and stocks for all purpose except public schools. Corpora tions pay no taxes for local purposes now nnd only four mills to tbo state. L'nder Mr. Watson a bill they will bo assessed nt the real ostate rnto aud tho milleugo ot tho dis trict will apply Senator Brown's roud bid passed tbe senate finally. LI HUNG SHOT. Attempt to Assassinate tho Venerable Chinese Vioeroy. As LI Hunt Chang, the Cbluese penco en envoy, was roturnlng to bis lodgings in 8hi monosekl, on the 2tth, after having attend ed a conference with Count Ito and Viscount Mutsu, the Japanese peace plenipotentiaries, a youug Japanese tired a pistol ut him. Tbe bullet sped straight, but most fortunately did no more harm than to Indict a wound in Li Ilung Cbaug's face. .The attempt to assassinate tho representa tive ot tbo emperor of China caused the most intense excitement, and on evory side there were expression of deep regret. The would bo murderer was arrested. It is believed tbat ho was prompted to tbe crime by mis guided patriotism, LI Hung Chang is about 78 years old, but still in the full enjoyment ot bis physical and mental strength, lie Is tbe viceroy of the province of Chl-LI, but really premier of the empire because the ablest man in the govern ment. He 1 rationed to be tho wealthiest man tn Chin, with the exception of the emper or. He is even said to be worth $130,000,000, Invested In land and buildings iu the treaty port nud in commercial ventures; but ail estimate of hi wealth aro (imply conjecture. He reached hi eminence by shnrlug tbo glory of General Gordon's warfare against the Tnl-I'lng rebels, bavljg assumed at tbe outset that Gordon would bo successful. Both Gordon aud himself were decorated with the yellow riding Jacket uud tbe three-eyed pen cock's feather, tbo highest decorations iu tbe emperor' gift. They are only worn at court, on the held and during official Journeys. At tbe outbreak ot this war LI Hung Chang's enemle charged him with treason in having maintained friendly relation with theJapan ese, particularly with Count Ito, who is now chief envoy of the Japauese government In tbe peace negotiations. A TRUST BEGUN. Window Olaaa Manufacturers Fcrm a Monster Combine. An organisation to be known as the Na tional Window Glass Manufacture' Associa tion, comprising all tbe leading window glass booses ot tbo United States, was form ed at the the largest meeting of tbe window gloss manufacturers ever held in this country at I'lttsburg Monday. The object of tbe association are to con trol price and regulate tbe production, Jo settle the wage question with the workers, to but out foreign competition aud to get the business on a payiug basis. Hereafter tbe trade will be controllod by the new organisation, which will also ar range tba wage aale with the Wiudow Glass Workers' association, and the other employes of window-glass house Tho manufacturers say tbo present organ ization Is not a trust or pool, but admit this Is tbe first step In that direction. They wanted to have tho intorests more closely allied and the hatchet buried beiore thutatop was undertaken, aud it is thought alter the preseut organization ha been in successful existence for about a year or two, It will be poasibl to form a trust on a moro equitable basts. All tbe manufacturers agree a trust could not be formed with Justice to all con cerned at tbe present time. According to tho roll-call 1,400 window glass pot, representing tbe luterests of the three district Indlaated by tbe cardinal point, wero represented. Almost every manufacturer was present in person. A few sent letters, but they wero uot counted in the 1.400 pots. Negroes Migrating to Mexico. The secretary of stale has been advised by the dlptniniitlo representative of tbo United State at the City ol Mexico tuat between seven aud eight hundred negro families bave recently arrived from the United State at llahualllo, Durango, Mexico, a colonists, tinder a federal concession granted to W. 11. tills, an American citizen. Riotous Balgiaa Minora. A general strike of the mlueit in tho col lleries at Liege ho commeucej. Friday the striker became riotous and there were sev eral collisions between them and the police. In which revolver aud stones were freely used. Several men were wounded In too tight ing. Tua ringleaders of tho riot were arrested. REBELS IN THE ASCENIUSf GREAT SLAUGHTER. Mora Than Ono Thousand Dead Bo,, Lying in tbo Street of Lima, p(rq, I A dispatch bos been received by fieerwij' Gresham from Minister McKen7.le, B jM Acoordlng to Mr. McKenzie there was bujn and sustained fighting In and around Lt, tor three days. At the end of this time t!., wore mora than 1,003 dead bodies yID( buried In tbe streets, and both side wr. bnusted. An Armistice wrn agreed tipct permit to doad to bo burled and the Wouokl cared for. After tbi was finished nr-u7 lion were still continued, and flnolit u agreement of tome 1 ort was reached B. leaders of the contending factions, butthsj? tails of this wera not learnod by the mlu Home sort of a provisional government a7 seem to be in control. A dispatch to the London "Times" ff,, I.lma, Bern, says that the loss In killed ui wouuded on both sldns In tbo flghtlug , the capital, was 3.000. No foreigners , killed. The tlly is uow quiet. Tbo dispatch adds that General Piernlntl, commander ot tbo insargents. enterf d tb, city with 3.000 men nt dawn Sunday. Tb. government forces mado a brave d''fi,i u. treet lighting contluud until early Tuni,, morning, when the diplomat srrnr-j , truce tbat was to be in for -e until o, Wednesday aftornoon. This truce ttu . ranged to allow both sides to bury their d-ad It has now been arranged that (ori Cnceres nnd hi force, as well as dewtii l'lerola. shall ro'.ire from the city. TRADE SIGNSBETTER, Gradually Swolling. It O. Dun A Co'., Weekly Review utj Indications of Inprovement In builnaj grot.1 more distinct. Ibemost obtrusive, ot thil tbo speculative advanco in cotton and ttotul is the least reliable, nor can either of ttl be said to reflect actual Improvement in t-j.l uess conditions. itaiiroad earning c I scarcely better, and the speculation is ir.-.. based upon expectations of more erteni-l monopoly iu com aU'l somo other prodml Loudou w.i buylug Inrgoiy, but Is likeiv A loll on any rise. Cotton doe not riM u :ause there is more demand for the goo.k I .uore valuable inuicutious are tbat ! vol u mo 01 oomestlc trade gams a lia-l Money is lu much better legitimate dciu.l and tho force of bauds nt woik kTadu ilii ,.l :rea.e In somu Industries, and lu utlin, restricted only by strike, which uro ntn ubly temporary. ino rise lu wheat which started with !:l teport of wheat in fanner's hau ls, lnLi t-1 followed by reuclion. so thatlorlce are kn I Ui tin they wero prior to that report, Iwal (alien a.'4c for tbo week. Com has noii'J toweu, but ufter a rise to 6l;,c, holds r. I price ot a week ago. 1'ork has do.-llned 1 1 tier barrel nnd lard 10c ber B.'O nounJt. I Tba udvauce iu wnucs ot coke n;trJ raise the cost of fuel lor a large proporul oi iron mauuiucturers, 1 ut a- yet ! t affect prices of iron or its uroducts. aD. J crease lu demand appears, l'ossibly 11 ,1 hoped tbut larger buylug will tuoi J prompted by the idea that pig and s.l iJ u jcia win uu reuuereii more couy, ltcax: tue lurge exuess or production and prodau.; capacity stands iu the way. Unuuileofii 000 tons of steel rails, one uust-plpn cjuti. for H.0U0 tous.u bridgit aud live buiMlujn: tracts, aggiegutlug nearly o.ouj t jump r ported this week, but tug Iron la wt'ht ru- out change, both at tbe Baot ami l'liul.-J aud no change of consequence is noted ..-j uniRuea products. 1 Copper continues weaker nt 0.23.' for lai-l American production in I'eliruury tyiu lil iv tons una foreign, G.i.l.) tous, while ui:J risen snarpiy to 13.00. t,i-au is weuner, ic heavy sules, 2, COO tous to doxes je und 1,.: tons to foreign takers, at a.oj'o Hfc. a large sale of tlu plate nro n-puried, : price a shade stronger. I The rise In cotton has stimulated bnJ ot goods, aud given conlldence to .-.'-Heavy transaction and sumti alv.u vi price appear lu hoitttieru coarse gooOi, . Cot us yet in the Hues. l'allurett duriug the past week Imve !- 270 in tbe Lulled Kales, u.Miiit M : year, nud 35 iu Canada, ii un-t 60 l.v-t llradst reefs will say: liuprovi-m-i: j general trade Is moro inurkod, out nut A eral. It Is moro conspicuous al lurtrr A tugiaud poiuts. notably ito.stou ana 1. deuce, aud at New York, I'lttsburg, nice Ohio river valley to bt. Louis and u I Went as Kansas City. GREENLAND DEAD. I ill Pennsylvania Lose a Prominent St. and Clvio Character. Ex-Adjutant-Gencrol W. W. ii died at bis residence at Clarion, I'a., si day night of valvulur disease of the tn'l tbe age of 49 year. General Greenliu. boen ailing since tbe holidays, and si lime closed up tbe affairs of bis o:II Gen. Greenland was born In lluudof countv. I'a.. where his youth wss tiK was a member of company '. One Hui.t aud Twenty-llflh regiment, reuuxylvitnu' nln uuteers. serving for nine mouths. AH" war be came Clarion couuty, and bu Identified with Its iutorests ever nine. UiU was a member of Cart. J. l Lourcu No. 25, department of Peun.-jiviiutu, u. Al lie bold tbe position or regimental i gade quartermaster In tbe National liw nor ital! 1'ennsylvania, sua quartermaster ku". adjutaut-gonerul at llarrisburg, t o. a candidate tor secretary ot internal sT1 t ui ' th Slid tba last election. !til PERUVIAN WAR OVER. instil tam ' but ijitu Ext-President Cacerea Will Leivt Country to the Xlobcln. -all. 1 lo -ut I y-nii An official dispatch states that tne r tlon In Peru Is ended, and ibat (itneu ceres, who rcsigued tho pre.-idi m' after tbe armUtlco at Lima, will lex- al' ! it. ny li !"Wi country. Beuor Candamo i.i pruv pret-ideut. All political prisuouis liu" released by ordor of tho now cover: Tbe dead horses, which had accu:nui': tbe streets duriug tho three days' haul' gathered into a bean nud burned. If ail.l 'Ml rlof ulti lutlonlsts gained admission to Lima the ulght. and a heavy ruli-t u i I'1" movements. Tbo lighting the I'.rit f. i' In utter darkness, tbe gu being mi 1 Ihu street lampu out, nud no lights lo jt I do j 'StU r eon ntnm -'Use Imi ithui ;, man ,i.i Hal iieal house. All the forelgu legation fiosed during tho bultlen, the United ecntlou esnecluliv. Mr. MrKci.t''. 1 tbe I'ulted Htate mlnb'.ur, iiur:".' caped being shot. HARD ON FAITH CURE An Autopsy Show Lil th Hc.td : Have r.ecavo.ei. At Dayton, Ohio, tho autopsy M bodv of the little i-irl T ili.li V.-.-ule. M believed to bavo died iu tho h iu ' ra0 Mr. 'Isa 'Urvli 'JU Hi '." HH "xiu. ' pres 'thv called Christian scloaco henler. '"' I formed by tho coroner, who foii.t ! : Child died from tubercular ier:.i-' ' I stuts that with urom-r uieilicui uottH child might have recovered, 'J'. K aud wife, the ChrlMlun scici.th''. ' charged with manslaughter in tin"-"! out on ballot 1,00 J o.icliuui ar w y inn, raiuged lu police court. ISII lb 01 Tbo bill to regulnto horae races v in U auccd iu tho jork utscmbly. ib. riv ti hei Ut !th lea tat I t me uri Is
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