THE MlDDLEBHilGil POST. GEO. W. WAOLNSELLEH, F.J-tor and Proprietor Mlddleburgh, I'd., April 4. I!. KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS WORK OF THE CRIP. Over 300 Carps In Oil City and the Hoi- I1 al Ask Help. - For tho past five or six weeks the grip has been prevalent in Oil City, und ha become almost epidemic. It Is very prevalent among the children. According to tlio ofllcinl re turn mud') to tho board of health there are at tlit pr-scnt time about 300 oases la the city, i ho physicians average it least forty cull a tiny. It in supposed tin fever come from Impurities contained lit the drinking water and tin) unsanitary condition of the ewers und street; iherelurn tli bo.tr J i of health hni ordurud tho st roots washed and tin) ewer Hushed. An Intelligent elt!"n of Hrookville, re cently received nn oiler initio by a Now York man to "mako a 1 Mil go at far as a 5 Mil." This struck the limn In a louder spot, nnd lie Inclosed it tl lull ill nil envelope und pouted it to the New Vork firm. 'J'hC desired li'fornmtloii ciitiie .r ' in t i y itnd was In these words: 'Tut both Llila lu nu enve pe, ad dress it to sumo person In hull Friiie-lsco, atitinp tho letter mid deposit it lu tho nearest postulllce. A was expected, tin) Newport Deposit bank has closed Us door. I icitoiui currency Stllllgcuey liud demands lire tin) causes Its Signed fur the Closing. 1 ho IV-set llto about 252, 40(1 nnd tlio liabilities 100,20 1. A iMl nces will he itppomte I and tliu itilitlrs of tho hank liquidated. I.. II. Mlliiguuls president ami .1. N. Irwin cashier. Tue stockholder aro lmlividunlly liable for deposits. MIm l'enrsol, of Gruvo City, aged 20 year", dlod from the cITocts of applying u solution t remove Irockles. It was nut h of alcohol and corrosive sublimate. Mi.h i'carsul received the prescription Irora a friend, nnd took It to it druggist id Grovo City to ho lllled. Ho re futed, remarking "that would hunt tho luce oil you." At another Morn aim was nmrn successful, nnd applied the lutioa throo time Frlduy iiiht. Mm. Sakula, tho wife of a Hungariun coke worker, nt 1 ranger, Westmoreland county. Wits brutally ll-rillliteil mid bciilcn nt her home. Mho Is in a critical coiiditicu mid may not rocover. Two masked men entered tier home and demanded her money. Mid gave them a considerable amount ol money, the saving of her hushuud tor ui cuius J hey tbeu maltreated her. Tho Koitttoy Pros.' oil well, located on tho IVrlu mill tract, about one mile from Clarion, la now producing oil at tho rate of six to eight barrel per day. Tho oil lit it heavy oil, en on I to the I ruukliti oil. Citdwulludor Is down 200 feet on thu John ('. ltood lurui. W. II. l'iper A Co., on tho (I nice farm, uml Hul ling liros., on the sutue farm, havo coujiitouo ed to drill. The result of the Fayette county competi tive examination wait auuounoed by t ounty Superintendent INirtor. James ('. Howard. ot ilaaoutown, tho winner, with an averng of U3. Itertha liaker and Floreuoe Keigby, of Cnioutowu, held second uud third pi nee respect ivoly. The "Boe Gang" will terrorlzo Tarentur no more. Twelve of ita member aro lu the county jail, seven of them charged , with killing Philip Kearney Suttou, and tho other , . wih tl r"b ''. ' ' Xt fit isalrou.- .' tve tnembors ot the gung are loft lu Tareututn. LlKbtnlDtf played tome queer prank on a houae at bheakleyvllle, ea-t ot lirocovllla Mouday moruliiK. Four hole wore torn throuKh the walla and nearly every pleturo lu the houao win cut its It doue with a knife. A coal bod and ahovul wero uioliod into it olid moan. The Irwin plate k1iim company han been reorKaulswd by l'ltlnburK ud New York eapllulli'W. The new company will bo kuowa as tlio 1'euu l'litt" (ilasa coiupaiiy, aud appli cation for a L'liurter will io iiukIo. ihe new company expect to h' 'in upuratlou ou May 1. A trolley car on th" Lchlh tructlou roml Jumped tho tnteli ou the mountain, near Jianmhe. Mm. Wuikiu 1.. Williams, ot llitiletun, Mr. John li, Kinly, Heaver Mead owe, and her a-year-old nou wero killed, and and two othera fntaliy injured, John Hitvak, the second of tho two meo en toinbed at No. 7 Trescow colliery, ot the I.e. hih Valley and Wilkesburro Coal Company w as taken oat Wedueadny. Ho wus dead when fouud. J. H. K. Holler has t'een nppolntei to suc ceed J. II. Haddock, chief oi.Klneer tor the Trick coke company. Haddock was murder ed durum the sir ike hint nummer. 'ihu mhiry la 45,000 per year. A bU tJat well was atruek on tho George Wtlktuou farm a short tlistaueu from Wam pum. The drill WH." down 050 feet w hen the strike was made This la thellrst well lu thia vicinity. Thomas lienuto, ex-auditor of Luzerne oouhty.jutnpod from tno secoml-story window ol the county poor house and wita u.slitiilly killed. K. M. Hut?:, the HittHlitirr arehlto.-t, was ptveu a verdict of t'J,!)iHI lu I'liioutowu belli part ol hla claim fur countrueting tlio coutt Louo at Unit place. Clark Kckenred, a boss driver In tho Mill wood shaft uear (Ireenabiirt;, died from the oilecta of a blow ou tlio hcnd,uud it la suppos ed to be murder At Now Castle Judge Wallacn crautud 3d licenses uud refused 14'). Ho ordered plain KlaM with curt.tius, substituted lor stained glaa wiudows. Thieves roll ed the llellwood, Hlnlr county. roftlollliM ol 150 in postaKO stumps Woduea day iitKht. 'Ihey escaped after exchaugtUK shots with tho watchmuu. H. M. Hry, nppoiuted by tho court, acd Hlchard Hill, oleoled by tho liopuulicau party, both claim to bo tax collectors for Hurettstowu aud will lUht lor the ollice. Joseph eUler'a shoo store nt llolllduys bur', has been closed by the sin-rift. Assets aro placed at iVi.O 0; liabilities much lurer. The explosion ot a lump lu tho resideuce of Sirs. Samuel l.awsuu, ut l.utrobe.dld diiuuiKo to the extent ol I 00. A l'lltsburu compuny hat been securing liatea lu Cambria county to drill for gui aud olL At a compromise tho liailroail Coal assf. clutlou ot the Pittsburg district have otIr.d tho diggers t'.O cents u ton for a year. J'rauk Hell Munor cotnmlttr-d suh-ldo by kituKik', In a barn lu l'iuley towunhi,), Ailt Khuuy county. Two Dospeia loos Killed. Thurrdny morulii( three desperadoes, Ham McWiliiiims, tiooro Handera and Haw Hutler, rodu Into tho town of Hrantfs station, I. T., and auuouuuvd that they proposed to Hold up the towu. A fight betwoeu the ban dits aud oltisMius ensued in wblob MoWllllsms aud banders were killed. Hutler escaped after being wounded. The sou ot the station agent, Mr. Morris, was a to dangerously b i"' .... . TELEGRAPHIC TICKS. Corty-nlno dwellings and bunlneM houses were destroyed by Ore at Ht, A'igustlne. The Toa'al Telegraph Cable Company ha Increased Its capital stock from 1 10,000,000 to 113,000,000. Judge II. H. Hhlvely, ot Wabash, liat teen eliH?tod Iiepartmcnt Commander o! tho In diana (1. A. 1. A number of oaes of diphtheria havo been treuted aticcosifully In l'ittsburg wi.h tho antt-toxino romejy. Otinti-mnla has madelmportnnt coneeons to Mexico and their troublo Is prueiitnlly settled. John r. Cook, of l'lttsliurg, claims to lie ono ot the r0 heirs to an estate In Holland worth 2."0,000,0i,. Forest fires aro devastating a wido rxten of territory In Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Now Jersey. Hov. Iionald T Mcl-aurln, of Detroit, was arrested for criminal libol bt-causo of a polit ical sermon he preached. At the conference rf Iron manufacturer and puddlers, nt Youngstown, O., tho old scale was clgned without change. William Court Oully, Q. C.Iiiis been nom inated to succeed Mr Arthur W'ellolcy Heel as speaker for the English boue of purlin meut. The rostoftlce Department has Issued nn order for the stoppage of all mall for the Honduras Lottery Compnny, Including let ters addressed to F.. J. Demorest or In cure of tho Central American F.xprcss. Demurest is president of tho lottery. Tr tin robl ers stopped a train nenr Mary ville, Cut. Sheriff Hogurd, who was in the train killed ono robber, but was himseli killed. Fireman Netlnrcott wan probably fatally wounded by the robbers, and one pa anger slightly wounded. The thieve could not open the express safe, but robbed the passengers. A movement ii on foot in Chicago outside ef party lines, to have I'residcut Cleveland visit that city and extend Mm a public re ception, specially in honor of the aland he has taken ou tho money uestlou. An ad dress to the president ou tho subject has been generally signed by tho business com munity. The situation of nfTalra in Cuba is becom ing graver every day. There are disquieting rumors from American ports that tho Society of Iiovolntlouists lu Now York Is about to send out filibustering expeditions from Jack sonville and I'ernnndlua. The Spanish Min ister has tiotlllod the State Department that shipments of arms and amunltlon are being made from Ibis countrv to the Insurgents. BOILER EXPLOSION. Five Men Killed aud Five Others Sorious ly Injured. The boiler in Ooriua's tannery at W'oburn, Mass., exploded Monday morning, wrecking the building and carrying death to several workmen, while othera were Injured. Five deid bodies were taken from the ruins within a short time after the explosion. The dend are: Austin Cloineus, foreman: Patrick I.ally, fireman; Thomas Frtterson, nlgbtforo- . u; l'atrick McUonagie, oiler aud ham Traoyv 1 her. .bid JLriM'ldr K'ti tll f J-fille nd John 1'arker, forvinuu of the plant, waa call ed to the boiler room to see ii it could not Le fixed. It waa found tbul tho water suppl) could not be satisfactorily ad justed, but lliir was remedied. Hy Iko limit the tannery opened for the day it was thought that the boiler whs all right. Five tuluutes before 7 o'clock Mr. I'aiker entered the boiler room and ordered the whistle bo blown to start tin works. Tho rope attached to tho whistle wit pulled, and Instantly there was a fearful ex plosion. The big iron amok-stack ou the boiler house was iilowu high in thu air aud fell itcross tho roof ol the shop nnd the tull brick chimney tell lu u thousand pieces, crushing tho engine room beneath it. Men hurried from all purls ot tho towu und the work of removing those bodius uuder the rums was commeuced Immediately. It was then louud that oue ot tho boilers had beeu blown to pu-ces, wrecking thsbollei house uud demolishing several sheds near by. The head of the bolter tell 1100 yards liom tho tannery aud tho 'joiler tubes were scattered in every directluu. CONTAGIOUSDISEASES. Smallpox la the United SUtos and Clio'.er-i in Europe, The abstract of the sanitary report as made by the surgeon-general, of the I'nited States, shows tho presence of smallpox lu 21 states of tho l alon. Of the cities, Milwau kee hits suffered most from the disease during the wluter, rocordiug OH cases aud 104 duutha, 1'hiladelphbt had 224 casus und 20 deaths; Chicago, 240 cases nnd 41 deaths; Hot Springs, Ark., 118 cases aud 27 deaths: Washington, H. (.'., Bl cases aud V deaths; Detroit, HI cases and 20 deaths; St. Louis, 105 cases aud 35 deaths; New York, 65 eases nnd 10 deaths. Thrro wore, all told. 373 deaths from smallpox lu the Lulled States during the winter. Cholera is epidemic n many parts of It us. slit, uud 30 dilToreut places aru enumerated iu w hich cuses appeared from January 4 to March 2U. In l'odoiio alone In that period there wore 2,031 cases und M07 deaths, (ialiciu. In Austriu-Uungnry, reported 450 deaths out of 577 cases, tor tho saino period: Calcutta, Iudia, 3t,.'i deaths, and Constanti nople, H7 deaths. There Is also moio or less cholera iu Argentine, Hrazll, llelgium.Ceylou, France, (iormany and Holland. Hrazll reports a total of 137 dc.v.bs from yellow fever up to February 23, 55 of which occurred al Santos, from February U to Feb ruary 23; out of a total of 75 cuses lu that time, lu Cuba there had beeu 2", deaths and t4 cuses up to March 17. There were also a few cases ut Vent Cru Mexico; Uuuyipill. F.cuudorJ'uerto Hlco, bulviidor aud Curocoa. West ludlea. FOUR BURUEDT0 DEATH. Ronorts From Kentucky Forest Firea Show Bujr Lossca. Specials from points lu western Kuntuoky und Southern ludiuna report that the forest llrcs are raging. Thu loss is estimated at ijJOU.OOU iu Kentucky, Henry F.iler, of Howl iny (Ireen, waa so badly burned that ha died, an I a uguro farm bund perished in bed at Filer's farm. At Ahetta, Win. Edwards wus burued to death while llghtiug the fire. Since the burning of James V. I'euny's house Saturday, lu ludiumi, his wife has been ruin sing. Hard Armor I'late. Two shots were fired at a test plate at the Ihe proving ground of the iiethleheiu Irou Company baturday, and the result waa most latUlactory, the plato being prououuoed the bardest-taoed ever fired at. The result will be the acceptance of the armor ste for the two turrets ol the battleship Oreg(y and ten ilagoual plates for the Iowa, ag(L' fating 650 toaa. GERMANS HONOR BISMARCK HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY. The Eminent Service of the Iron Chancellor Recalled. The celebration of tho eightieth anniver sary of the birth of l'rlnce Hlsmarck, which occur April 1, may be said to have oom mencod on the 25th of March, as nearly four huudred members of the Reichstag and the l'russlun Diet arrived on that day on special trains to congrntuluto the man of blood and Iron. The l'rlnce was almost overcome by the drvotlon shown blm, nnd nearly broke down whllo lie wn making a long response the to congratulatory addresses, i'enrs came toblsejea wheu l.e toucblngly referred to his beloved Kmprror I., and the sentence be had started was never given sound, as the best the aged ex-Chancellor could do wits to move bis Hps In mute adoration for his br loved master, lie concluded by upholding the pretent dynasty In tho way It has band ied grave questions that hajte risen. All the Important towns and cities through out (ierniany made elaborate preparations for suitably celel rating the day. I.ubeek. which ancient Ilunse town con ferred civic honors ou l'rlnce Hisninrck some time ago hud a s elnl relebratlou, consisting ol an address by the Senate, an ovation by the citizens In an extrt meeting, a genentl "cummers'' and an Illumination ot the town. At noon ou April 1 a special celebration, with speeches, etc., occurred on thu u.uiu market SpllC". At Munich a muslcalu wn given on March 81 In the Odcon.nnd the principal celebration following ou tho next day on the houlgsplut with festival "eommcrs" iu the Lion Cellar, and the laying of the foundation stone of the Hlsmarck tower ou tho l'ttmuu l'onk uear bhernbeig Luke. Hi Darmctttdt, a elty of which Trince Hls marck is already an honored citizen, a gen cm! celeb, ntlcn of the day occurred, consist ing of illumlnatlobs, decoration of bouses, rcudllig of a lino address, school festivals, etc. Many other cities mn le similar arrange ments, lu Spandiin n Hlsmarvk liiouumeut w.i erected. In Lordauhaiisen it geueral ceb-bratn u look place also at 1'otsdum. l.very train arriving at Friedrlchsruho was lunded with presents lor the aged statesman, and every post brought hundreds of con pnitulatoiy letter, not only from people in tiertuaiiy, but from Hermans and others throughout the eiviltr.etl World. Thousands upon thousands of special Hisninrck postals havo beeu sold, aud a greater number have b) eu mailed to the l ulled Slates. 'Ihosuin tiermuny w ho have received them have put them curofully away, to be preserved as me mentoes of tho Iron Chancellor, aud the t-reat outpouring of tho public heart lu bis honor. '1 hroughout (iermanv joy fires were burn ed on the highest mountain peaks and bills. Never belore 111 the history of the empire bus there been such a heartfelt and vpoutnnoous exhibit. on of love by tho German people. Au enormous number of gilts of eatables have beeu sent to l'rlnce Hismarck. Theso are of everv conceivable kiud, including saus ages two yards long, cheeses weighing from 120 to I'M) pounds, and masses of horse radish. Accotdlng to tho estimates ot the postal ofllclals, over 1,000 parcels and 200, Wo letters aud post citrdi huve already arriv ed for I'rince H suinrck. Among the interest ing presents that wero received Is a lockjof Washington's hair. Most of the presents are of valuui le works of ludustrlul art. F.mper or William luteuds to personally christen the new Herman warship Hlsmarck. In the United States Illsmarck'a birthday was celebrated by the Germans ot almost every large city. German Mags were dis played ou stores aud dwelllugs aud thousands ot barrels of beer were drunk. In New York i 900 Germans participated lu a great cele b. atlon In Terrace garden ""der the aus- m ' ' a Arl.tn and I ll . r,w Alulia liiero werti ornVi'uni I'aiii'ouux representing German Dlstorlcal scenes. At 1'rovlJeuve, 11. I., the German club celebrated with a ban quet, at which all tho prominent Germans of the statu and many invited guests were preseut. In liobokcn, N. J., 3,000 men marched In a great torcliliglu procession. Tho Germans of llochester, N. Y., celebrated at the hall of the Maennerchor Lledertufel with claboruto exercises. '1 ho lower house of the Mitiuesota legisla ture unauliuously adopted congratulatory resolutions. BADLY HURT. Four Youn Moil Terribly Injured lu a R.tilrcud Wrotk. A westbound freight train wus wrecked on the I'unhuudlo about a mild east of New couierstown, 0.,aud four young were serious ly, if uot fatally injured. John Wilson, aged L'.'i, a barber living at Tuscarawas; Oscar llur.y, aged i'J. s hi of Squire Uurzy, post muster ut Hooth; Win. Mer-er uud Willis llerkshlro. both of tho latter place, ull walk ed three miles to Cbrlchsvillo to catch a freight tram for Newcomcrstown. The men stood ou it sill of it car ubout midway of tho train. At tho train approached the aidiug to pull in tor tho limited, the ouglueei- louu-l ho was running at a high rato of speed uud mudo uu emergency stop. The force broke a cur coupling just in front ot the one the uieu wero on, and they were allowed to drop almost into thu jaws of death, Wilson went oft into the ditch. A crane overturned upon him, nud had It uot beeu tor the excavation he would havo beeu crushed to death. He hits injuries which make his recovery hopeless. llerkshlro was pluue 1 to the rail on the other side, and ou Irving to pull his legs loose, louud them both olT below the knees, llur.y's right arm was broken iu two places, liurkseire took his coat off, wrapped it about his severed limbs and luy down to await sur gical Hid or die. lie cauuot recover. Mercer had u shoulder badly erased und has Internal injuries, tho severity of w hich cuuuot bo told yet. HOME RULE DECLARED. House of Common Adopt a Resolution Hy a Clean Majority. Iu the bouse of commons James Dulzicl, advanced Liberal mombor of thu Kirkculdy district, moved Jtho adoption of a resolution to give home rulo to Lngland, Ireland Scot land aud Wales. Johu Redmond, the rarnellite, opposed the roaolutiou, dccluriug that it meant the shelving of lrl.li home rulo until the houseof lords shall have beeu abolished. Johu Dil lon supported the resolution, liallour, the Conservative lender, appealed to tho house not to make itself ridiculous by votiug lu favor of a policy that waa exactly the oppo site of that which had built up the great em pire of tho world. Thu resolution whs adopted by a majority of 21, the vole standing 120 la favor to lui auiuat. Killed by Anti-Toxiu. r.crtha M. Valentine, 17 years old, living In llrooklyu, N. Y., died lu couvuitioua 10 min ute ulier a doto of German autl-toxlu was Injected for a alight attack of diphtheria. jHo fore death she turned bluck lu tho luce, and Dr. J. L. Kortright, who Injected the lluid, aid terrible mistake bad beou made tu putliug up the lluid, uud that the girl had Le u poisoued. The alleged autl-toxlu wus bought from the Amoricau uguuts ot the Uehriug Company, German manufacturer. The brother ot Secretary of the Treasury, Carlisle, 1 dangerously 111 at Covington, Ky, Th secretary boa goue there. NICARAGUACANAL. Preparing for the Examination of th Rout by tha Government, Messrs. Warner Miner, Smith Weed, Hitch cook aud linitle'.t, ol New York, called on Ihe president, Secretary Grosbam and Secre tary Lament Thursday, In connection with the appointment of the commission to ex amine the Nicaragua caual route.as provldsj lor by a clause in trie last sundry civil ap propriation bill. This clatisu makes as ap propriation ot JO, 000 for the purpose ot as certaining the feasibility, permanence aad cost of construction of tho canal on the pre sent route, and provides lor the appoint m -nt of a commission of three to visit and inspect the canal. The president Is to appoint the commission. Hie calls on the president and Secretaries fires bam and Lament disclosed a central desire to appoint the commissioners and eipiip au expedition to Nicaragua at the ear liest day practicable. No names war men tioned by the canal o Ulcers for the places as commissioners, nor bad any names yet bn considered by the executive; officers. The commission will soon be anointed. On of the most Important feature of th oonhr ences was a tender by the canal people of facilities aud equipment necessary for th expedition. The government appropriation is only 20,000. This Is much too small tor the work to be done. A fore ot 60 or 60 men will be neaessary. The 20,000 will not do more than pay salaries. Chairman BrV lett, of the executive committee, says It will require an organiratlon almost equal to an expedition to the heart of Africa. WITCHBURNING. Ten Person on Trial for th Murder of m Sick Woman. A most extraordinary casn of murder aris ing from superstition was inquired into Mon day by the special court of Clotiinel, 23 mile from Watorford, Ireland. Ten (cnous were arraigned before the court charged with mur dering a woman named cn-itry bee .use they supposed her to h i a witch, Tho prisoners Included tho murdered woman's husouud und futher. Tho evidence showod Hint Mrs. Clenry was suffering from nervousness nnd broiiciiltis, and her bnsbaud, believing her to bo be witched, aud In order to rxorciso tho evil spell, obtained a concoction from an herbalist ol tho neighborhood. Tin n. whllo tho other prisoners held the unfortunate woman iu bod, ber husband forced the obnoxious concoction down her throat. Alter this tho surti r.ng woman was held over u llro until sh declar ed In tho iiiimo of God that sho was not Henry's Wlfo. This torture was repeated ou the following day, but the womau refused to conform to her hiiM uud's requests, w here upon he knocked her down, stripped off her clothing, mured p.intlllii over her body, then lighted it, nnd tlio woman I urued to death In the presence u( six mule nnd two lemma rela tives. Cleary declared that he was not burn ing bis wife, but thai he waa biirulng a witch, and sho would dlMips-itr up the chimney, W bi n the womau wits dead her husband collected her charred remains In a sheet and burled them in a dyke, beneath the uiud, where they were fouud a week luter. Tue prisoners, who were remanded, uarrowiy escaped lynching. WROUGHT HAVOC. Frightful Effects of a Sawmill Explosion In Georgia. Near Apple Valley, Ga., the large boiler at Lungaton sawmill exploded. Willis Good bad Just left tho engine and was standlug near the saw when the boiler exploded and his body was cut entirely in two and thrown several lent. , Johu Langston had finished eating dinner In a shauty 60 yards from the engine aud was lilting ou his bunk reading wheu the boiler struck the shunty, tore oue side away aud burled Laugston's body 30 yards through the air. Nearly every bone in bis body was 6rok uuJ he as tiiangi'dd" giuTovt beyoJu recognition. The negro woman cook was la a shanty wnshlug disbos. when It wus struck by the boiler uud she was Instantly killed aud thrown a considerable distance through the woods. 1'irccs ol ber clotbiug were fouud ou trees 20 fvet above the ground. Ed Churchill, ono ol the employes, bad bis front teeth knocked out uud his lower law bone brokru. lie will recover. F. M. Lungs town, proprietor ot the mill, was kuocked dowa ly the concussion oi tue air, but waa not badly hurt, Holbrook, the sawyer, was gumming thu saw when ibo explosion oc curred. He was knocked dowu aud Injured lu tho fuce by tho teeth of the saw. 'I he explosion wus plainly heurd a distance of five mlies or more The boiler wus burled 150 yurds up kill, striking the ground and bouncing up and down several times, tearing down trees like a toruudo. ARRESTED AFTER THE GAME. Cincinnotl Police Allow the League Club to Play Before Acting. Lev. Dr. I'eltou uud others, representing the Ciuciuuatl Heform League, appeared at tho ball park Hudday aud In Istad on the Indianapolis aud Cincinnati players being arrested us soon us they appeared In uniform ou tue grounds, but tue police refused to Uiitku urrests until alter the game ol nine iu uiugs was played. Then Ihey were all ar rejted. This will be the couise that will be pursued at all Sunday games during the sousou. T here were ti,'j2'J paid admisslous. Captured by a Dog. At Munde, Iud., two prisoners escaped while Icing taken from the jail to the workhouse. One was recaptured, but th) other eluded the sheriff. Hill, u shepherd dog, hud followed the man, however, und caught hlin lu the court yard. The dog leap ed at the muu's throat, fastening his teeth iu the convict's coat aud veal collar. An ex cited crowd gathered, uud thinking the dog wits mad attempted to kill him. A policeman who recognized tho dog, suvud bis life uud urrcatod tue convict. The Coke Trade. Contrary to expectations tho production nnd shipment of coke are still growiug. The demand was to gootl lust Week, that 774 more ovens were rued up by W. J. Huluey, aud every plulil in tho legion but two mude six gavs. Tuesday of this week was another re cord luenker lor western shipments, which reached ti.10 cars, or 27 ears inure t bun were ever shipped wept In oue day. The reports lor lust week snow the output to reach 108,101 tous, or 3, '(17 tons more than wore ever hl ped from ihe region iu oue week. Production gained 1,505 tons. Half a Towu Homeless. Tho rutlm business portion of Cnnuseraira N. Y.. aud thirty dwellings wore burned 'Jhursday. Firo started at 12:40 a. m. and spread rapidly. A slroug wind was blowing aud tho village bud ouly tho moat primitive means of lighting the flumes. Not until special train had arrived from liornellavilli with two couipauioa of firemen aud a steumei was the progress of the lire checked. Hall of the populution are homeless, Tho total loss will be about 1100,000. tiuvural persoui scro uijurvu. Shortage in Revenue. The government revenue for March aro 9234,000 short ot tho expenditures, since July 1 thu shortage lu revenues Is 30, 500,- uou. a targe ueucu is expected lor April. but the receipts from th inuoiue tax duriuir Mv and Juue ure expected to reduce the detloit for the emir Cecal year to 25,000,000, some, thing more tbaa the estimate ol beoretary vm siatvt PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE Important Xaaaure Conldr4 by Otu Lawmakers. MoansT. Senator Tenrose presented a Mil limiting the day's wora for conductors and motormen to 10 hours. It la doae tot the protection ot tho public and th men. The penalty Is tlOO tine or six month to jail, Mr. Creasy, of Columbia, presented moae nre fixing the rate of railroad far In th State at 2 cent per mile, and Ave cent a th lowest fare that can be collected whoa Ihe distance is less thin mile. The pen alty I t50J fine. Senator Short, of Warren, Introduced a bill to stop tho payment of con dition rebate on alcohol for medicine and the arts. The fine is 100. Mr. llurroll, of Mer cer, Introduced a bill to pension school teachers 910 per month alter they have taught 60 years or more. The MeCreary bill, conferring on mnnlel ralitie the rlirht to establish ami maintain free libraries, which passed the Senate, was recommitted to the House Committee on Education for a hearlug, The committee vetoed It. Most ef the member cf the legislature witnessed the failure to launch th bt. Haul at Philadelphia to-dny. TrxspAV. The Trnnse l.lll. tn rut tnrn 'f horbitaut telephone charges, got a black eye in tne senate to-day, tho committee on eorporations reported it favorably. The reason given was that the telephone monopo lies are aliout to Voluntarily reduce their charge. Mr. Landls, of Lancaster, presented petition signed by 0,0fi persons praying for tho passage of the Farr compulsory education bill. The senate paused the Joint resolution providing for the customary recess from the 2'Jtb lost, to April 8. This is tu luoluds mov ing and high settlement dnys, ' Among the new bills Introduced wero the following: Hy Mr. McCurroll, of Daupbln, for the state to pay coucsel appointed by the court to defend, j per day; also requiring that all the material for state buildings hereafter to be constructed shall bo quarried or made In this state. Hy ( rouse, Philadel phia, to allow snloons to be opened lifter 7 p. m. on election days, lly Mr. Haker, Dela ware, making It unlawful for any one to col lect garbage or kitchen wasto to feed animals In cities having Incineration plants for tho destruction of garbage; also making 2,210 pounds avoirdupois tho legal weight for a t ton of anthramta coal. The Kennedy bill, to allow the Allegheny rlty councils to elect its presidents next Mondny for two years Instead of one. passed the senute finally aud uow goes to the gov rruor. Mr. McCnrroM Introduced a bill In th sen ate allowing tho exempttou of money nt in terest from the payment of state taxes. It exempts amounts of f.i.000 or less. WnixrsiiAV. -The Judicial apportionment bill has passed tho final stages in the house with only thirty-four votes against It A bill was Introduced lu the house by Mr. Kuiner, of llrudford, providing that when ever a qualified voter of the stato is pro vented Irom casting his Vote by rt iison of bis atieudiiuce ut court on election day, either as ono of tho parties interested, witness oi juryman, upou proper application the court shall excuse him tor a sufficient time to en able him to go to his votiug precluct to cast his ballot and return again. Mr. Miller, of Somerset, presented a bill for the compilation and publication ot a digest of the road laws by tho secretary ot agricul ture for the use ol tho supervisors aud street commissioner. The Cotton bill, taxing building and loan associations t mllis ou their prepaid stock paying dividends, provoked a lively discus sion. Ihu bill gives building aud louu as. sociatlona the right to Issue two or more classes ot stock and to Issue investment slock not excelling 20 per cent ol the total authorized capital. L'pou which the full par value of part thereof may be paid at ont time aud to issue certificates therefore pro. vldiug that the sumo cauuot be withdrawn for one year. The bill passed secoud reading by a vote of 78 to 75. The Penulwell-penrose-Foss local op tion bill waa reported favorably from com oilttoe. . a oimuti,-1 in vuay county Din pnssed stferjfKf watfrryg in tia Aiaao to-uar ir i ma. ivn . ... um VI I V tu 14, Th HrtllAA rMlimo.1 nnn.l.la..ilnn t . calendar of bills on secoud reading. The Flinn bill, providing that councils of mu nicipalities may, by a three-fourths vote, di rect the opening, widenla an I str.ilghtening aud extension ot streets unit alloys, was taken up. Mr. Cotton said the opposition to tne bill from cities of the third cla had been withilrnu.-ii it hnvnnt hurtm. ...... - .., .. e ally kuowu that the measure does uot a fleet llieill. Thf) ITOIISM Wont llltn ,-,, n I ! tn nt .hi . - ,,,.,,.. 'i wi ,tiu Wholfl for Slieeinl amend m nut uml Mt Cniin.. substituted practical;)' a uew bill. SECTARIAN SCHOOLS. Manitoba Firm in it Oppoaitlon in th Order lu Council. The first step In the renewed fight over parochial schools in Manitoba began la the legislature on tho 20th, when the full met sugo waa presented from th Dominion gov ernment ut Ottawa, ordering tho Manitoba 1 gislature'to give the Catholics their rights, as they existed belore the abolition ot paro chial schools lu lH'.MJ. Mr. Martin a French Cathollo member of the legislature, urged that thu government should take Immediate action, but Premier Greenway protested, saying that the message should be printed In order that all members might know what they were dealing with. Here the matter rested. Meanwhile the situation f rows more com plicated. The Catholics and their friends say that Greenway and bis lollowers. if they reject the order fiom Ottawa, are rejecting a document ordered aud signed by ber ma jo.ty tho queen, andsuch act would be equiva lent to open retell! iu. The Green way government contends, on Ihu other bund, that the preseut school law Is satisfactory to many Catholics If it went not for tho agltattou by the priests ot the church. They say thut if Mauituba is coerced luto reereutiug a dual system, dualism both In language uud education will be extended to the territories as well, and thus there would be perpetuated iu the West the evils which have caused dissatisfaction and stag nation iu the province. INDECENCY ON THE STAGE. Bill Intoduoed la the New Tork Legis lature to Stop Vile Spectacle. Senator Mullln Introduced In the sonata a bill prohibiting any woman from appearing lu tights or lu any lndocent costume at any pluco whore inula persons are assembled. Doing so is mado a misdemeanor, and Is punished by imprisonment of not less than SO days nor more than one year for each offense. Any person who procure any woman to so appear ahull, upou Just con vietiou. bo puuished by imprisonment of uot bsatbun three mouths nor more than one year, and upon each subsequent conviction shall be sentenced to state's prison for term not less than two years nor more tbun five years, or fined uot less than 100 nor mora than f 1,000. The posting of theatrical or other blila with Indecent plotures is pro bited. or la also the publication of so-called high art plctureslu any magazine, newspaper or otner publication. In Hla Old Sock. Tba relatives ot Solomon Dlehl, an aged bachelor, searched hla lata resldenoa and found over 14.000 In sold, sliver and courier oolns. The money was tied up in old stock- logs ana niuaoa away under tn uoors and In orevioe and oracks about the building. Dlehl lived In alabantoa an Valley. Pa., and died a week ago. Th money is bow lu the Dana awaiting aivuioa among tn hurt. TWO BANDITS DEAD. Mountaineer Try to Hold up a Train and Oet Left. Two robber dead and a third mortally wounded are tho results of an attempt to bold up the soulhbouad passenger, Nj. 3, on the Ciuclnuntl Southern road Wednesday morning. The train bad Just emerged from tunnel fio. 9, two mile north of Greenwood, Ky., when a white lantern swinging In the middle ot the track Ju ntuMd brought It to a dead st' p. A tall, lung, U n riled countryman, perhaps 4.1 years oui, mourned the steps ol thu engine, and thrusting the barrel of pistol luto the face of Engineer Tom Spring Held, ordered blm to stand all 1, which be did, while Fireman Itunkln, who was next to the outlaw, observed a discreet silence. Three other meu, wearing broad-brimmed slouch bats and home-made clot bes, c Imbsd Into the baggage car, which they evidently mistook lor tne express car, J. Donovan, baggageuiaator, Wna not disturbed. Thren road detectives, Thomas Grlltlii, chief de tective from Somerset; Will l.ddn, of Oak dale, Tonn., and Will AltgooJ, o! Chatta nooga. were In the smoking cur when the traiu stopped. Altgood steppod out on th right side to see what was going ou. As he stepped down he was ordered to throw Ui bis hands by a man who bad a revolver, but Instead ho pulled bis own revolver and begas firing. The other tw9 robbers took fright at th shooting and Juinptug from the bitirgage cai began fusillade. Lddle aud Grilllu hud ap peared on the scene and It is believed they brought down two of tho robbers, one ol whom died instantly, while the other lived till 4 o'clock. A third man Wits wouuded in tho breast, perhaps fatally. He clambered upon tho tender uud refused to budge till Cumberhiud Falls was reached. There b was given inchariro ut the operator. Two ot the attacking party escaped, oue be ing the man guarding thu engineer. Ihe presence of the detectives evidently frustrated their plans. Oillcluls of the road have had knowledge for some tluio of a plot to rob the train, aud tho oftlner were In readiness. Altgood being pressed Into ser vice A an extra baggageman. Tho dead brigands were left lying ou the truck while the olllcers got oil nnd gave chase to thu fugitives. A DETECTIVE TRAP. How tlio Cincinnati Southern Train Rob ber Wore Caught. Tlio story ot the defeat of the Cincinnati Southern train robber I Interesting. A de tective was associated with the robber and held their horses whllo theyjattacked tho train. Chief of Detletlvea Tom Grlflln, assisted by olll"ors F.ddy and Altgood, armed with repeating shotgun loaded with buckshot, neatly trapped the desperadoes. The plot to hold up the train hud been batchlug for wei ks past, by parties ot desperatecbarnotor, who, alter their death, wore idontllled as living in the vicinity. The read and ex,pros authorities managed to get a detective nam ed l'riizer Into tho conlldeuce of the robber, who stayed with them until about 2 o'clock at the point cf rendezvous on the road. The tiain was duo at 3 o'clock at this point. The local detective then mado excuae to go up to Greenwood station, a mile away and get the crowd something to eat aud drink. When thu train pulled Into Greenwood, Deti-etives Grlflln, F.ddy nnd Algood wero notified by Frazlor, the local detective who was lu the camp with the robbers, that tho game wus ready. The engineer was to give a special signal or whistle if tho train waa halted by thu band. Promptly on the dot aud the spot, a iniln south of Greenwood, In the dark shadow of thu tunnel cut, the signal came from the engine, with tho sharp crack oi thu revolvers of thu robbers, saluting the halt of tho train. Thu wheels of the train bad not stopped ore the detectives sprang from th traiu. Tho robber were partly iu tho glare of the head light ol tho engine; partly In the shadow. 1 Aery ono fairly lu sight went dowa uudor lint rsptf r.-tf oi :sa fov.af."3 si -tss s:c- - lives. T he robbers were so dared by their recptlou that their reply fire was utterly wild anil lu a f w minutes all was over. The two meu killed were named Jerry Mor row and Tom his son. Jerry Morrow was a very large man, weighing about 250 pounds. Hoih were desperate characters. A gentleman who wits on the spot says tbat the scene of the attnek was like a miniature biittlellold, thu grotiud slashed nud covered with blood for yurds around. None of the parties ou tho train were Injured. The bold tip is said to bo the first on the Cincinnati Southern between Lexington und Chatta nooga. Ita history will not bo uuouragiug to the road ugeut for a repetition. BURNEDJttJT. Property Destroyed in Milwaukee Worth $1,003,000. Lower Grand avenue, where the boart of the wholesale and rt.iil couuuorco ot tho West Side of Milwaukee, Wi., throbs, was the scene Wednesday morning ot one of the most disastrous fires in the history of the city, home of the leading mercantile Institu tions are iu ruins. The tire was the most disustrousslnce the Third ward conflagration of October 28, lb'Ji, and tbo loss will exceed l,00(),00ii. It furuished a mngulllcent spectacle for the thousands tbat lllled tbo avenue and watched ft from surrouudlng buildings. The principal losses are: Flunk Ington est ale, on buildings occupied by Landauer A Co,, and Tanner St Co., and public library building, 1250,000; Landauer 4 Co., whole sale dry goods. 40(1,000; Tanner & Co., furniture, etc., 100,000; P.eliance Storage Company, 50,000; Darling Ji Wombold, retail clothiers, (00,000: Columbia Clothing Company; 25,000; Y. M. C. A. building, 75. 000; other losses, 75,000. Total 1,005,000- INCREASE OF PENSIONS. At the Next Payment Six Dollars a Month Will be the Lowest. All necessary steps for putting Into eCfool tho rod nt legislation raising all pensions be low CO to that rating have been taken ly th pension bureau. All pension ugonls bav been Instructed to raise tho pensions of those entitled to nn Increase at the uext quarterlj payment at their agencies, and tho legislative requirement will be fully complied with within u short period. Low rate peusloneri whoso names aro borne on the rolls of th Hiiflulo, Chicnga. Concord, Dea Moiues, Mil waukee aud Pittsburg agencies will recuiv the 0 ruling on April 4, uud ull like peusiout In other Jurisdictions wl'l be advanced at th next payment iu their district. The clinngi Will udd about 1.600.000 to tho pension ex penditures), and the case ot about 40, (jot pensioners will be affected. Bank Robbed. When tho attaches ot the Auburn, IU., statu bunk opened their door door Wednes day they ulacovered that the bank had boon robbed duriug the night. F.utrauce bad boeu efTeoled through a back window. Three holes iu the outer door of tho vault bad been drilled before the burglar fouud a suitable pluce to insert the explosives, and in a short time they were iualde the tlrst vault The second sufo was forced by inserting powder with a blow-pipe,- and the money was ex posed. The cash on hnd waa not as large lu amount aa usual, aud ouly 1,200 was secured. Postmaster General Ulssell will retire from office ou Thursday, April 4, wheu Mr. Wilson, bis sucoeasor, will formally take charge. Tba ssvsateenth annual enoampment o ttia MlcHli7n HinirtfflAtit fl k It mat In esaloB at Mr. Clemens.
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