'IS At 8tev ttin V THE BIDDLEBURGH POST. GEO. W. WAflENSELLER, Editor and Proprietor MWdrobnrgh, Pa.. May no. lA!r. Tho share of land falling to each Inhabitant of the glolie in the event of partition would he about 23 acres. rhiiadt'lphia bin ndopted a Hag to represent that municipality. It con sist of tlireo broad striper, two bluo and tho other Tellow. Tho Lord Chief Justice of England, at Liverpool Assizes, snM recently that ho saw tho diminntion of drunk enness in Liverpool synchronized with the diminution in the number of pub lie Louse. The statistician of the Agricultural Ucpartmcnt announcer, that in tho tea years ending June 30, SO I, thero were imported into thin country almost thirty million bushel of potatoes, with a value aggregating over thir teen millions, of dollars, being nn aver age of 41 0-10 cents per bushel. Tho beet root sugar crop of tho United States is something over 40,. 000,0(10 pound:) a year, of which Cali fornia produces aiyion.OOD pounds. It does not seem probable to tho New York World that beet culture will ever take a firm hold in tho United Htates except in such States as California, whe-ro under irrigation the yield be comes enormous. Tho comparativo cheapness of ship ments by water and by land is illus trated, shows tho New York Run, in tho matter of tho new trnflio of New York with Hawaii in sugar by wny of Capo Horn. Sugar could bo Kent via Han Francisco iu perhaps three or foui weeks, but it is profitablo to bring it round tho Horn, a journey of from ninety to 120 days. The statement that highly trained athletes aro Bbort lived is not surpris ing to the New Ycrk Advertiser. It is impossible to undergo a high degrco of physical development without sub jecting the heart to a strain that is injurious. It is doubtful if persons who are painstaking in developing their musclos, but who fall short of high training, havo any longer leaso of life than tho man of flabby muscles who ay's so attention whatever to -ysicat growth. -.-- The New York Independent ob serves: We aro apt to think of Mexico as sleepy and behind tho age, but tho city is wido awako in tho matter of sanitation, having been to enormous cxpenso to secure good water, anil now it is found that a most salutary meas ure would bo a more rapid flow through tho sowers of tho city. Ac cordingly same twenty-flvo windmills aro to bo built, iu different parts of tho city, ut a cost of 825,000, w hich will rotato puddlo wheels iu tho Hewers and thus accomplish tho desired ob ject. Tho medical statistics of this coun try have been studied by Dr. John T. Lillings from tho rue in I standpoint. Ho deduces many curious facta. Tho infantile death rate among tho colore .1 people is very high J the race itself is shorter-lived than the whites; it is less liable than the whites to malaria, yellow fever and cancer, but succumbs more readily to tuberculoma and pneumonia. Iribh children survive infantile diseases, but tho adult death rato is high; tuberculosis, puoumonia and alcoholism cut them down, tier inuns are especially liable to digestivo disorders and cancer. Hebrews havo a low death rate ; they live lou' ; their diseases aro diabetes, locomotor utuxia and kindred nervous ail incuts. Lewis Nixon, designer of many war ships of tho new Navy, lectured to tho btudeuts of Cornell University on ship' building. "Tho United Stutos will eventually bo thu shipbuilding country of tho world," said Mr. Nixon, "aud wuu our coast, lake ami river marine increased by leaps aud bounds, there aro sure to bo chances for competent youug men in shipbuilding. Thero are many so-called naval architects whose stock in trade is a copy of few specifications, a few blue prints und abunduut assurance, who could no more build a ship thau lly. Ship building will be one of thogruatest in dubtries in tho United States, anO surely tho faculties who fix tho studies of our various colleges aro ueglectiug their duty if they fail to provide in thoir curriculum opportunity for om youug men to study naval architecture. Almost every ism is fostered iu New York, and yet the great colleges o that city are withcut a chair of naval architecture." TERESTS 3 STILL ADVANCING. The Increase in Wages lot Confined to Specie 1 Lln. Again the matter of wage restorations hat formed the most important lector In the In dustrial history ot the past Week, and the In dications are that tho currrat week will be marked with a number ot Increase and ad vances that wilt exceed those made In the same length of time since the better con ditions began to show tbSmselvea. The spreading of the evidences of Improvement Iu all branches ot industry 14 awakening a general Interest, and furnishes encourage ment that has bnen longed for by all since the first restoration of wages were made In the textile Industry, to which It was confined for so tnsny weeks. A very gratifying feature Of the present advance In wage ! that it Is aot confined to any special llneot industry, 1st teems to ex tend to nearly all. The coal mining Industry It at present the most deeturlwd line In the country, with numerous Inter-fitnte and local troubles, but even In this branch some ad vances Iu rates have been made. The fact that there It a general upward movement in wages Is certainly regretted by none, as it will add to the prosperity of all. And the fact that the employers of labor are not con stantly on the watch for opportunity, to re duce labor Is shown In the action of at leant one company, which voluntarily advanced Itt rates over the figure fixed by an agree ment which runs throughout the year STILL OROWINO. Is the Membership of the American Fed eration of Labor. The American Federation of Labor It evidently gaining rapidly by the addition to Its aggregate membership ot several organ izations, Nations! and Inter-national Union, and la fast forging to the front rank among the great general labor organizations of the country. Aftlllatlons have been made during the past two weeks representing cot lees than 7),000 membership. Scarcely had the International Association of Mechanics, at Its Convention, declared in favor of uniting with the Federation and notified the officer of that body that it would become a part thereof, until the annual convention of the Federation of Western Matnlliferous Miners, in session at Ienver, Col., with a member ship ot over 40,000, after having considered the proposition for more than two yean.took similar action, voting by a large majority to at once afUllate. PITTSBURG MINER rite All Over the District Started at Operator's Terms. Monday morning 1,000 miners from the Toms and Planters liun district marched across the country to stop the mines at lirldgsvllle and Dltbop from operating. The mines were to stsrt Monday and the men went to keep the miners out of the pits. They were unsuocetsful, and after holding meetings the minors at the Canonsburg coal works and at Cook's Allison mines de termined to return to work next morning at the terms of the operators. On the llaltimore A Ohio, the fibaner, Huffy and Scolt No. 3 returned to work at he operator's terms. Col. P. W. llend, owner ot the mines at McDonald, held a meeting of his men and gave them yet three days to return to work. After that time h will Oil his mine with imported miners now held in reserve The Standard mine of th Standard Coal Company resumed at ths op erators' terms. NEW LAUGH CEDEtt ' Organisation With the Objeot to Shut out Foreign Labor. A novel labor organization has been formed among the steel inciters, rollers and hammer men in the employ ot the Clack Diamond steel works, Howe, Drown k Co., Crescent Steel Company of Pittsburg, the La Dell steel works aud the Anderson-DuPuy works at Wheeling. The naiuu ol the new organiza tion Ih the liamascus association of America. its object Is to keep foreigners out ot the steel mills. It Is claimed foreigners have usurped almost all the positions iu steel works from laborers up. The details of organization have been quietly arranged aud thu ouly thing remain lug to make the new organisation atborough bred labor union is tbu election of ofilcurs, which takes place this week. The order starts l.Ouo strong. It originated among the nieu at the Ulack Diamond works, whe were aniious le get back into some labor or ganization. LABOR NOTES. Tailors and coatmakers are In very gen eral demand iu uiauy of the small towns aud cities throughout Onto aud Indiana. The employes of the American Tabs and Iron eomauy, at Youngstowu, O., on Satur day received notice of a 10 per cent, increase in wages. The Norristown, Pa, Woolen eompany.em ploying nearly 400 bands, have made an In crease in wages of 10 per oent to go Into ef feut at once. The mill Is compelled to run on double turn to fill orders. There come a cry from almost every car riage and buggy factory In the country for more help of all kind. Painters, blacksmiths, trimmers, body-makers, ka, are in great de mand. Llndtey k McCuteheon, ot Pittsburg signed the Amalgamated association soale for their Keystone mill, Second aaouue, on Saturday morning. The Oliver Irou and Hteel com psuy ottered Itt strikers union wages, which the men refused unleH the scale was algued, and they were discharged. New men are being advertised for. MURDfVRED AT A CHURCH Bloody Duel in Kentucky, the Result ot a Forced Marriage, A bloody anil sensational duel followed tho dismissal Sunday mornlug ot the congrega tion of the Presbyterian cfcurch at Troy, Ky. Archibald Hiley, a well-counectod young man, was shot and killed aud Cieorgo Mont gomery was so badly wouuded that be will die. The duel took placo just outside the church door, uud that uo more porsous wore killed it a marvel. The trouble between the men began three years ago, wheu Montgomery made ltlley marry Montgomery's sister, who he declared, had boon wronged by lllley. This was done at tho point of a shotgun. Ililey then went south immediately niter the forced marriage, leaving his wife bore. A few weeks ago he returned to Kentucky, locating near Nlcbol asvlile. Tho Inst court day ililey, It Is said, bad sworn to kill Montgomery. Sunday morning thu men attended church, aud uomiug out met fac to fuoo. Iloth drow and begau fir ing. Montgomery shot live timet aud each tali weut Into lttlcy'e body. Ililey fired three times and eaoli ball struck Montgomery. A brother of Montgomery ulso drew a weapon uud shot lliroo times, but the bullets woul wild. Turning to the crowd of worshipers who were panic stricken, (ieorge Moutogmery Said: " I hated to do this, ladies and geu- , tluuien, but I bud to do It. My conns, enca is now easy. OUR LABOR D SECRETARY GRESHAM DEAD. SICK ONLY FOUR WEEKS. - - - Acute Attack of Pleurisy and Failure of the Heart. Waiter Q. Oresham, secretary of state, died at US o'clock Tuesdny morning, after a brief illness. Tho last scene occurred at tho Arlington hotel, Id the presence of Mrs. (Ireshum, Mrs. F.. F. Andrews, his daughter: Mr. Andrews, his son-in-law ; the physicians and several friends of tho family. The end was very sudden. It was only last Saturday night that fenrs were first felt that there mik'ht by a fatal termination to the illness, which bci-an on May 1. Secretary (iresham was taken sick four weeks ago and tho doctor called sal 1 tin wi.s suffering from gull stone. When Dr. V. W. Johnston was called, some days later, ho dis covered that tho secretary was suffering from an acute case of pleurisy of the right lung. It Is supposed this resulted from exposuro while taking a night ride to Woodlcy. the president's summer home, to discuss Im portant matters relating to Nlcnrugua. Walter Qulntln Oreshara was born March 17, 1h;U. near l.anesville, Harrison county, lud. Ills father, William Greshatn, who was herlfl of the county was klllol wlnl" srrest Ing a dsperado, mid his widowed mother was loft In straitened circumstances with five small children, Walter, who was next to the youngest, being only J years old. At 1A bo ohtained a clerkship in the county auditor's olllee, which enabled bin to pay his expenses at ( orydon seminary, where he spent two years, followed by a year at lllootnington university. At 21 he commenced to practice law nt CoryJon. Ho ioincd the Whig party, and In 1HM; stumped for Fremont, the lie. publican nominee. Iu ltiO ho wits elected to the State Legislature, ami was chairman of the Committe on Military Affairs. Wheu the war commenced he enlisted as a private In tho Thirty-eighth Indiana Volunteers, but wns soon mado lieutenant Colonel. Fitter he became Colonel of the Fifty-third Indiana. He fought at Shiloh, Corinth and Vickhurg, and was then recortmeu led by both (lens, (iraut and Sherman for a I riuadier general ship, which he received. While in command of tho Fourth division of Seventeenth Army Corps In the Atlantic campaign, be was sev erely wounded iu the knee ut tho battle of I.gell's Hill, July lafll. On March Fl. lHi,j, he was breveie.lj major general of volunteers for gallantry. He resumed the praetleu of law, and was twice the unsuces.4ful llepublicari cnudldate for Congress from bis district. He declined the appointments of collector at New Orleans and lulled State district attorney lor In diana, tendered him by President (Irani. In lHli'J he became Tinted States district judge for Indiana, which position ho held for 1 years. In 1X10 ho was defeated for Vulted States Senator by llenjamin Harrison. Iu President Arthur made blm Post master General aud subsequently Secretary of the Treasury. This latter place he resigned to become l ulled States judge of the Seventh judicial district, holding court at Chicago. He was a candidate for the Republican nomination tor Prosident iu liM, nud agaiu la l1, when his successful opponent was agaia llenjamin Harrison. In ho refuted the nomination of the People's party for President, and voted for Mr. Cleveland, who upon his induction into ofllco on March t, 1!'J3. n pointed blm becrctary of State. CENTRAL AMERICAN UNION. Honduras and Nicaragua Have Made an Agreement. Now treaties of far-reaching importance have recently been made between Nicaragua and Honduras, and official copies bava been recked In Washington. The treaties have burn under negotiation for some time, and were put Into effect by proclamation ou the 10th of lu.-t month. Tney are the first practical step toward the formation of a Central Americau nation out of the several small republics of Nicaragua, Honduras, (luatemalu, Salvador aud Costa llica. Thu first treaty forms a defensive nil I uuco iu case of forulgu war und nu offensive alliance ucalnst common enemies. U ob literates commercial frontiers, so thut foreign goods oucu aduiitted to one country aro Irco to enter the other. Au express provision Is mado agaiust tho possibility of war between the countries by uu nrllcie requiring differ ences to bo adjusted by arbitration ty some government on the American eoulluuuU Arti cle i'i la thu uuu looking to thu union In a .Hliik'lo natlou, uud is us follows: "1 nu high contracting parties solemnly de clare that they cauuot uud will nut consider us foru'.yti any other contract American countries, nud that they will labor constant ly to muiutaln the family bonds and tho greatest cordiality iu their relations, muting common cause with them Iu casu of war or dilllculties with foruign countries und modi utiug iu their International relations. To this end the present treaty will be submitted to their consideration, inviting them to sub scribe to it as a common contract American treaty, until tho arrival of the day wheu they shall be Incorporate.! lii a slugle natlou." Tho detailed fentures of the treaty show thu closeness of the alliance now formed be tween Nicaragua uud Honduras. Article 1 binds thu governments to "unify their for eign policy, to act jointly in mutters con cerning Central America, and to endeavor to brlug about the sumo uniformity ami bur mouy with other govoruments" of Central America. The article plodglug a mutual offensive and defensive alliance Is as follows: "Iioth gov ernments declare thut tUero shall exist be tween them a dofcustvo nlllanco in caso ol foreign war, nud an offensive one against common enemies." Article l'j expresses the txtnnt of this union as ioiiows: i no saw contract gov ernments, desirous ot acting jointly in every thing affecting their interests, besides en deavoring to make uniform their foreign Colicy, nud to have a common representative eforu other natious, shall endeavor to agree upon a basis which they shall ooneludo sub sequent treaties Willi foreign nations and make concessions to steamship, ruilro.id and other companies." The proclamation of the treaty at Tegucl. galpa was followed hy a tiieetiui: at Man agua ot the ministers of Salvador, Honduras and tho other republics, with a view to car rying out article 3d tor the ucccptiiuco of tho treaty by all of thu countries. Thu text of another Nicarnun-Hondurns treaty hus also been received. It provides for the arbitration of their bouudajy quustlou by a commission to be chosen by thu two countries, uud if an agreement on the com mission Is not ma Jo, then Spain Is constitut ed final arbitrator. GIVEN A 10 PER CENT. RAISE. Employee of the Consolidated Stol and Wire Company Advanced. The Consolidated Hteel aud Wire company, operating mills at Joliet. IIL, St. Louis, Allou town, Pa., and Pittsburg, has notiiled its em ployes that their wages will bo advanced 10 per cent. June 1. Six thousand workers will be beuolltted. Simultaneously notices wero Issued that after Jun I, wiru nails would bo sold on thu busts of 1 K. Out They Oo. Commissioner Miller of the Internal rev. enue bureau has telegraphed collectors of In ternal revenue to dispense with the services of all persons employed under allowance! made for the Income tax work at the close ol business on the 2Mu lust. Jim Nutt has again been found guilty, this time for attempting to kill Mrs. Paytou. KEYSTONE STATE CDLLIKGS CAPITAL AT CONNELLSVILLE. A New Manufacturing Company Will Build Five Large Plants. Ooorge J. Humbert, the Norrlstown, tin plate manufacturer, bat combined with some Pittsburg capitalists to build an Industrial extension to the south of Connollsvill'. They have secured options on 400 acres, of which CO acres will Le used tor a manufacturing site, 43 acres for a park, and the remainder will be laid out Iu lots. The new company will be known as tho Connellsvllle F.xtrusloh company, J. It. Itoss.of Pittsburg, Is its rep. reseututlve. The com) any will lucludo Hum bert's tin-plate mill, employing about 400 men, a knitting factory for the manufacture of seamless hosiery and underwear, employ, lug 75 men; a boiler works employing 250 men: a plant for the manufacture ol euatnel ed lath tubs and tnnltary plumbing, employ ing M0 men, and a boot and shoe factory, employing 100 men. There will bo no com (any stores. If the local electrle railway company do not extend their line a new com pany will be organized. iiiBi s i.m ur.s or tinAis rx rosin. John Hilderbroud.of Hmlthton.wss brought to the College hospital at I'nlontown. He was struck by a tralu and his skull crushed In a terrible manner. At the hospital an operation was performed by which several pleees of the skull which bad been driven In to the brain were removed. Three Inches of tho brain Is exposed. One of the clavicle bones wns also broken. The physicians think he will recover. According to the watchman of Newtoa Hamilton, two assays of ore from that vlclulty show one nud one-half ounces of gold and two ouuees of silver per ton of rock, or t'i'i ;cr ton for the first arsny. anil tho next assay showed 16 i'0. A fire test resulted: Hold, tl'J, silver, 1 Hi. Arthr.rand Cieorge Watkins, aged 8 and 1 years, were burned to death at Nunllcoke. Tuesday morning. The lire broke out In the lining room of their parents' residence. '1 here were three children In an upper room, the two burned nud Maud, tueonly ilnughter, aged It years. After the lire thu charred re mains of the two children. (leorge and Arthur were found among tht ruins. One hud fal len to the basement, the other was found oo the first floor, lireat admiration Is expressed for Claud Kress, for his bravery In rescuing the one child uud bis berulo but vnln efforts to rave tho other two unfortunute children. At (Ireecsburg Samuel Clifford was ac quitted of the charge of attempting to poison the father and mother of his wifo. The ver dict gives general satisfaction. .Notwith standing the fact ttat Clifford's wife was foremtst In bis prosecution, he expresses love for I) or, and would readily take her back were it not for ber father und mother. George Mulok Is in jail at I'nlontown, ehareed with complicity In the murder of Kd llice at Fayette station a year ago. Rice was beaten to death, and bis body thrown Into Dunbar creek by a gang of Huns and Slavs, who mistook blm lor a "blackleg." A clergyman In tho Juniata valley, after marrying a joung couple, was handed the customsry envelope. When he opened It be was surprised to llud merely a slip ot paper ou which wus written: "We Jeslte your prayers for our prosperity." Tha Mcndvlllo water company bas oflored to sell out to the city (or 1 103,000. The com pany desires an answer by May U0. and will permit councils to accept the proposition, subject to ratification by popular vote. Alfred Oxley, paymaster and bookkeeper at ill-' foundry of John Wood, Jr.. at Con anobocken.t as blinded on baturday by a stranger, who threw pepper In his eyes and robbed the office of u bag coutaiulng (M)0. In tho Westmoreland county court a Oreensburg, Judge Wiekhuin ordered that Pblllp Fisher, ex-eounty treasurer, should pay a deficit of t l.fj.'t) In his accounts. James Pance nud Ililey Herly wero con victed at Washington, of torturing and rob bing II. F. Kmullwood, and were sentenced to the Huntingdon reloriuutory. The sheriff of cambria county levied on the pern mil property ol W. J. Milligan, pro prietor .f tho Mansion bouse at Johustown, uud the hotel will bo sold ou May 31. Tho Pittsburg Paptist association will meet nt Mouongahelu, the llrst week in June. The arsociatiou consists of 5H churches, and be tween U00 uud -100 delcgutcs will attend. Near Carlisle, flro destroyed tun bnrn and out-bultdiugs of Jacob lleuder. Sixteen bead of borrcs cud nine cows perished. Thu loss is 7,000; practically covered by insurauco. At Jchnttown, burglars entered the resi dences of tieorge Feun aud Jacob F.dlenmu, aud succeeded in getting awuy with about 00 iu cittb, jewelry, etc. Stats Supt. of Sehools Schacfcr bas ap pointed Mits Agues Kess, ot Tionestn, super intendent of thu Forest county sehools. Sjha succeeds her brother, who died Muy 10. Forrest Urothers. coal dealers, at Jones town, wado au iissignmeiit lor the teuellt ol - d iters. Assets; li,0t.0, liabilities, 10, 01 J. Two men were fatally Injured I y fulling slate in Westmoreluud couniy miues John Dsil nt Export, and James Mctiiviu ut Crab tree, Jerry Sexton and I.lcyd Eastwright were held In f.'t.OCO ball at Indiana, lorcausing the death of Sexton's son, Dcuuy, while the two former were lighting. John Iloyle bas been appointed deputy col lector of iuttrnal revenue at I'nlontown, viccT. M. Herrington, dlsn-UseJ. Isaac Pablnowltz's clothing store at Johns r -n was closed by the theriff on execu tions. Samuel M' Flree't barn, near Johnstown, was burned to the ground. Loss (b00. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE Important Measures Considered by Out Lawmakara. I'iiihaV. The house today passed three bills lluully: Providing for tne appointment by thu governor of inspectors sales, welu'hts aud measures Iu cities of thu first nud second class, the same to uesiguated by tne county commissioners aud paid out of tho city treasury; punishing tho printing, posting and distributing oi nuy libellous circular or other written or printed mailer. EuUrging the duties ot the state food commissioner to pre vent adulteration of abble proJucts; pruvid- lug for the daily pay ot linlgos oi election making treturus. Seuatu auieudmuuts to the Ilremeu's pension bill were ugreed to and the bill goes to thu governor. Resides the OS appropriation bills reported oy that coiuuiileu today Ulcre yet reu.niu ubout 135 bills to be ucted upon by the com mittee. It Is dubious whulber many of these bills come out. Much depends upon the con sent of too administration and cousiderubly more upon the reduction of tnu school appro priation fund, in casu this Is doue. Tuu houlu adjourned at 12 M lo meet ugtiiu at ii.M ou Mouduy. A Cathollo Salvation army with some of thu army's odd feature omittod, Is to be started in Cluvelaud under the protection ol Uiauop llorstsmauu. Clauds Henderson, a negro who attempted ...., il ia.vasr.nid white irlrl. wus taken J from tha Casey villa, Ky., Jail and lynched, JOSE MARTI SLAIN. Pre:dnt of tha Cuban Revolution Killed In Battla. An engagement disastrous to tba rebels was fought Tuesday In Eastern Cuba, In wblcb Jose Marti, who was proclaimed presi dent of tba revolutionary party, was killed, and bis dead body positively Identifies!. CoL Haloudo received positive Information that a band of Insurgents uud- r thecommand of tbe well-known leaders, J .a Mnrtl, Max imo Oomee, Massn and Uarn-ro, bad taken up a lin ol march to pass t. river Cauto, tuenoa to proceed In tbe din don of Victoria Da La Tunas, with tbe den. -a of marching upon Puerto Priclpu. Col. S .cedi, confident of tha accuracy of bis Inform .nlon.dlsi airbed CoL Sandoval, with a dta-iimeot ol troops to march In pursuit of tba tebel band. Col. Sandoval found tbe uemy eucamped at a point between liljus an I liooa do bos lilos, oa the right stdu oflii" Coutrainauetro river, a smsll tributary of tuu Oauto, tbe con fluence with which Is but a short distance away, Tbe strip of land between the two rivers Is high thus maki.i, a strong position. Nevertheless, Col. Haudovol attacked the camp and fouud bis troop harassed by a scattering fire of slnglo shot from covort. Tba light lasted for an ho r In this mauner, at the end ot which lima tna Spanish troops advanced and took the enemy's position, di viding tba Insurgent force on tba narrow strip of land by Uilr advance, and compell ing the rebels to fly in different directions. Tbe Spanish troops hotly pursued and came upon tbe body ot Jo.e Marti, wbleh was later positively Identified. Of the rebels twenty weiu killed, and many ot their number wouuded were left In tha camp when tbey took Hunt. Tbe SsaularJs took tome corraepondenc- of the rebel leader, with tha booty ot the camp, amoug which are some Importaui papers. The arms and horses of the Insurgents were also taken. The Spaniards lost 0m killed and seven wounded in the engagement Tne In surgent prisoners who were i.,en say domes and Estradl are either dead or wouuded. The political effect of this event Is discour aging to tha cause of tba insur-nta, POLYGAMOUS CONVERTS. Tha Subject TJlscusaed by the Presby terian Assembly. The Tresbytcrlan general a-embly, the largest religious gathering ever held in rittsburg concluded lis luuors M mday after noon. The most interesting feature of tha last day was the discussion of tho qu stlon ot ad mitting polygamous convorts to the church, and bad it been pushed to a conclusion, the assembly would probably bavo been In ses sion a day or perhaps two loi.ger. Some few were disposed to light It out. kut the majority wero Inclined to handle tbe subject In a gin gerely manner, and flnnlly, as will be seen by tbe appended report, a settlement was shov ed ou to the assembly of lH'.Mi. The moderator read tbe list ot the com mittee of twenty-fivo to raise (100,000 me jorlal fund to pay off the church debt. Dr. II. C. Hovey. of Newburyport, Mass., Invited tbe General Assembly to visit Boston at soma early date. He spoke as a repre sentative of the presbytery of boston. The minutes of the various synods were approved. Tho synod was directed to amend a resolution like an Irish bull in the minutes, which read: "We believe tba 1)1 ble the Inspired word of God and without error; but if there are any errors tbey do not affect tba inspiration." This sent a shiver of laughter through tbe bouse, and a motion was carried to have the last half of tho reso lution stricken from tho minutes. DEBS MUST GO TO JAIL Tho Bupreme Court Denies Hia Ha beas Corpua Plea. Tbe supreme court ot the United States, Monday, In an opinion read by Chief Justloe Fuller, denial tbe motion for a writ of habeas corpus Died by Dobs and bis associates ot the Hallway union and they will have to serve tbe sentences Imposed upon thou by tbe court. The caws, It will bo remembered, arose In the I'niied States circuit court of the north ern district of Illinois. Debs and other dis olivylug the order of the court enjoining tbcin from furtner Interference with Interstate com merce and the carrying of tbu I'nited Stales mails. They were brought before tho court for contempt and sentenced from thrcu to six uiotrfbs Imprisonment. The supreme court affirmed tho constitu tionality ol the supplemental Chinese exclu sion act of 18U4. The case wus that of I.eru Moon Sing, a merchant of San Francisco, who tought to return to this country Iu contraven tion ol thut oct, and who, iu his pleudings, denied the right of a collector of customs or deputy collector to eierclse judicial functions as provided Iu thu law and to pass upon the question of bis exclusion. Tbe supreme court, in Its opicion, distinctly ufilrmud this right TELEGRAPHIC TICKS. Mr. Den by, United States minister to China, officially confirms the statement thut the Island of Formosa baa declared Its inde pendence and formed a republic At Morchead, Ky., Marshal Moorebead and two duputies, Iu a fight while attempting to arrest William Hurglll, a desperado, riddlod htm with bullets, killing blm. For tbe first Mine In two years, the exten dive locomotive shops at Susquehanna, Pa., and all of tbo shops of tbe New York, Lake Erie A Western system, will be In opcrutlon 10 bours per day, until furthor notice. Tha coal miners' strike In the Pittsburg district Is ended. Tho New York and Clevu land gas coal company secured an Injunction against the United Mine Workers' union, and lha officials of tbe latter body concluded It sroa useless to continue the fight. Starvation in Armenia. Dispatches from liars, liustiu, say tha con dition of the poorer Armenians is distressing, sud, added to tho robberies, outrages aud massacres which the Turks und Kurds havo wrought upon them, they aro now harrassed jy a tamlue so terrible that many of tbem are dvtnit of starvation. Few crops were growu last summer, owing to the fact that uiauy ol tue lurmers and cultivators were thrown into prison by tho Turks under charges ot revolutionary conspiracy. Then tho tuttlo were stolen by tha Kurds, aud what the people had lult in tue way oi pro visions or property was seized by the gov ernment officials lor taxes. Eveu the com monest household utensils are taken by the taxgatberers, so that the people were left dvstituto. Those who were able to do so f'.ed to Uussia or Persia. Hundreds of them died on tha road of starvation and exposure. Of these tbe old women and young children were the most numrous, but In many cases strong men broke down under tba strain of hunger aud despair. There will be no crops planted in Eastern Armenia this spring, lor tbe country is everywhere suffering Irotn a reign of terror, .Tuu piescnce ot tbe Commis sion of Inquiry at Moosh, and the indigna tion of the Christian power of Europe, have had absolutely no clloct upon tbe conduct of either Turks or Kurds iu Eastern Turkey. Ths Wreoksd Orarlna. At Madrid further details received of the loss of the Spsntsb steamer Oravlua. wrecked ' off Manilla. Phlllipina Islands, during a ty phoon, show that 104 persons were drowned. Only two of those on board of her are te ! llevtd to bavo been saved. DAMAGE OVERESTIMATE RISE IN PRICES Fallins; Off la Production Will Prices of Wheat. R. O. Dun A Co.'s Weekly T.evlow mji: q wheat bas been so greatly injured lj mows and frosts In May last that ths Jen rise of 12 cents in two weeks I jUsl 3 . tbe calamity will afteet all business j, J poets. Tha markets do Dot believe it, tv itocks do not collapse- Iron, leather so 1 itlll rise, and no bolder of wheat wojij w st tO cents, a lower price than has tm known at this season tor 3J years prloru ISU3, It current reports are credited, sjj; Injury has undoubtedly been sustains our own dispatches do not show that ii s teally serious. The temper is to buy, regardless c a. visible requirements, Iu tho faith that trw are sure to rise. Corn rose 3 3-4 cid:, jJ, log tbe week, tbougb much of the corn kiy may ba replanted; pork rose 60 cents j rel; lard 6 cents per 100 pounds, snd iii j cents. Cotton also advanced 3-8 Cents iv 1 he week Tbe Iron Industry distinctly sains, ntd lb Improvement Is no longer confined to ric, of materials, lienor wages at and rt llttsburg convince buyers that prices mia, rise, and there have been large sale ol isbed products, with about f 1 a ton b-t prices for structural forms and stet-l tn while Uesscmer pig bas risen to til (j J' Pittsburg. The Thomas Company has advance J it. Ibrncite pig 50 oeuts, nud hlglir frnti made Soathern cost more at tbo East, tu, cf rails to May 1 were 4 JO, 000 tons and liveries 250,000 tons, both larger thau last year. Natl works aro combining, ami aoot pool Is expected to raise prices soou. l n. burg banks note withdrawals for pity r.i i4 the l ast month of 1-2.33,307, against H 1 ft last year by the same works. Unitr year number 22,U2'. freight and 'i !' ")k-w cars, 6,000 more than In the wholu year of 1'J4, but in previous years the out; ta over l3,000 freight car. Anthracite coal is decidedly stroncrr, iU copper very firm at 10 1-11 cents for Im though tbe April output was about l.uvOt.y' larger than that of Junuary. Purchases ot drygoods In the belief ttu prices must rise have kept textile mills (:.; busy, but the demand tor Cottons sevaistlici er, on tbo whole, aud print cloths ars l-fc weaker. Failures this week have bean 207 Is tbi United Status, against 1: last year, atti an Canada, against 2 lust year. Governor McKlnley bas accepted an ij. vltatlon to deliver a memorial auilp ta u Grant's tomb In Now York ou De.ori!i(i duy. Mt Vesuvius is aotlva. MAHUIJTH riTTsiti no. ITIIB WIIOI.KSAI.C t-SII'KS AHR OIVRN Sruiw.; CmI.. I I...,. ....I l.-ul " WHEAT-No. 1 red :J No. U red N UKN No. Si yellow ear Mixed ear No. II yellow shelled OA IS No. 1 white in No. II while So Kxtra No. 8 white ti 1-lghl mixed &i ltVh-No I . No. tl western "J FLOl'M mier puteuts hu ucis.. T yancy Hpriug patents 4 IU Fauejr stralKhl winter U.U MraiKUt XXi bakers' Clear V mini- H ii lire flour H bo IIaV Na 1 Uiuothy . 1HUJ Nail 1110 Mixed clover. Na 1 in M Loo timothy, from wugoua.... 1" u FKK1) No. 1 White Md., tuu K fill No. It V hlto Middling 17 IU llrown .Middlings HI V) Itrau, bulk 1 1 '.) 6TIIA W heat 0 10 SI if t y ii K ;j :i i j'i j'D ., I! !T! 11 W II ll I'M 1-1(1 1. M 1TJ 1.0 S J 5 10 Oat t Vj Dairy l'roduet' Ul'TTtlt Klgin i reumt-ry -a r uuey Creamery .. l-soey Country itoll. li Low grade una ccvukihg j Cllf.l-.Mi oino, new New ,urk, new IbCOIIMli fwlss. Liiiiuuiger. ut-M make l rult aud Vegetables, liKANS Hand-picked, per nu...... Luna, ll 1 o i a 1 OKN 1 me, in car. nu 1) I.' 1! HI to r ioiii store, bu ' llI.Llh per bbl 1 10 1. I AttilAliK Home (Mu, obi iw tin Tl UMI'S-poi' 1,01 .' i U.Mk.Ns ci.ow, ou loll U l'.ll.ll' per bid ' Poultry, ttc. Live ( lili-keiis, V pair Live Uuik. b pan llresbcd Chickens, V In. Livt) 1 urkrys, t 'U EUliS pa. uud Ohio, tresh FKA'l'IIKIUv Kxll a livei.eei,e,"tf lb No. 1 Kx. Live Oeese, i ll Country, large pueaed li Mlsc-elhiueuti. SEEDS Clover Cli lbs li -so t & V1 '1 imotny, prime K so .' llluu Orues 1 ' 1 ItAttN Country mixed 4 ' 1IONEV Vuttd ciover 11 l1 buckwheat ); U MAlXh biMLT', uew 'u m l lllkll Coiiiilrv. iiiiirl. 1,1,1 iM 11 '1ALLOSV 4 1 CINCINNATI. FLo UH i:r.ii'i WHEAT Nu II Uuu si UtNo. ! ' coKN Mixed OA'ls a.' J' fctil.S 1 I d ill 1 1 Lit onto i reamery :' l'HILAUELl-IIIA. FLOIH lll-.Al No. 2 lied... CtiltN No. -4 Mixed ... OA Is No. U Vthlle. ... 11 L I I Lit i n amely, tlAi I'n. insis . - -2 on n i tl I- NtV UltK. FLOl'lt Patents i Ka :1 litAT No. W ned Ml ltL Mate ,', IOKN No. V llAin While V esleru tl lib I 1 Lit cieuiuei y 1J LciiiS siutu ui.d i-wiiu l !a it IIVU hTOCK. C SNTKIL fcTOCk AHUS, EAST LlUtHTV, I'l tATrui, Prlmo. 1.400 to l.0 lb 5 " 4 t Oood. 1.SUU to 1.41V ins & III l.ood buu bers. l.UUU lo LlvsJloa... 5 '.-j " 'lldy, l.Ot) lo l.lioil Zm.i i lull iifc-bl steer., Uol to 10JU lbs ... 1 - Common, !uo to liuoit, a ;j 1 liooa I'blladellihias 4 US lt i oikei and mixed.. 4 i! ' Uuiuiuli to lair Vol kers. 4 iS ' sukxr. Extra, m lo 105 lbs .1 Ml 4 Good. h& to W lbs MM i I air. J tosa lha a : j s; C01111110U (II spring Lambs IM 1 1 hlcago. Cattle Common to extri tw S4.U( in 0.U6: sUs-kers and lMtt.no'H s-'M'..! cow and bulls, l.71..v4.5'J. calves. ..i''3-' lloga heavy, ( 1 V 1 1 .; i-ommou ! 'I"" mixed, 1 1. usa I fsjj thoti-e assormd, tl )-1- ntfui, 4.ioi vi.mij pigs, uiei.i l.t hiitp(j- ll.lei lor 10 cuoice, '.' OutJ lu; l.nnin, aiLjei Cluclunatl lloirs sec: shlixnirs (iu butchers l 4"it So; lair to cood pkciie.-s to 4 .5. luir to light 1.4:ile4 MI: eiiouell rough I.WHot. 10 I sill.- g ,d shiieisl AnwiS HkkI locholcettTAtoiK.-; fair lo medium i' l.0O; vouimou iillu .71. Hheep i-iirsll (uvu l tUUU. l,.illOJ.VO C0U1U1OUI0 uw " lu.00
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