THE MUDLEBDRGH POST. GEO. W. WAOEX8ELLER, Editor and Proprietor MldlK"btrrvh. tn.. Ant:uit . !. Bonlton at Watt's Robo iVimlry, in Birmingham, England, which once employed 4000 men in now idle, after 133 years of activity, and Trill soon te l.roktn up. Hero tho fctcn:u cngino was worked out by Watt. The American Wool nnd Cotton He porter declares tLcro can be no qncs tion that American carpets nre being put ujion the English markets in very ronoidcrnblo quantities, nnd the ex lent to which they are being offered in London is attracting wide atten tion. Some idea of the immense volume of immigration which hns been pour ing into the Northwest, the Now York Mail and Express thinks, may be had from tho fact that in North Dakota the foreigners And their children con stitute over four-fifths of the entire population. Industrially our composite Nation is doing very well, notes tho Atlanto Constitution. Politically, socially, religiously, morally and educationally we full far short of an ideal republic, but measured by tho worlu's standard we aro 6teadily advancing. Altogether, the mixture of races called the Amcri cnn peoplo may bo said to be in the van of progress. Franco is (till troubled nbout the strangers within her gates. Of these there aro more than 1,300,000, and only about 175,000 of them aro nat uralized. They throDg ull part, in both city and country, find nro en gaged in nil professions, busincsMci and trades. In many cases they nre crowding out nativo Frenchmen. Ic moro, perhaps, they aro supplying tho lack of nativo labor. The Spokano (Wash.) Spokcsmnn says that the warfare on tho destruc tive little squirrel hits created an un precedented demand fur stryohnine. The squirrels have never been so troublesome as they have been this spring. With the outlay of consider able expense nnd time, and the exer cise of eternal vigilanoe, tho farmers Lave been able to save a part of theh crop, but the loss is enormous. t mi u't -. nti.proved the most ... ' ' v. t fit.. tlr A cui. ... tva .are oi a ew lor City's latest census is that it shows more males than females, says tho West minster Gazette. - Most of the Oreat Eastern cities in the United States, like oar own citses at home, show an excess in fomuloover malo population, and this is conspicuously the case it Boston, whoro tho women outnumbei tho men by nbout 13,000. In New York, on tho contrary, thoro appears to bo about 1000 moro men than wo men. Ilavo tho matrimonial aggrcs eions from this sido anything to dc with tho fact? Tho bicycle is becoming moro im portant in uso in tho army, and the probability is, tho New York Tribune remarks, that it will grow to preatet uso. Thoro aro a largo number being usod in tho Signal Corps, and General Grcoly says that they not only give ns good service, but nro more ecouomica' than horses. Captain T.iehard E Thompson, who is in charge of the Signal Corps in tho Dopnrtmout of Texas, says that one of his men hat long usod tho bicycle along tho Ric Grande, and finds it more suitable fot bis work thcro than a horse would be. Goneral Miles has also had enough practice with tho bicycle to convince him that it is a good thing for exer cise and for service. Honorary academio degrees are nol bold in so high an estimation at ii former years, maintains the New York Mercury. The secret of this decline in tho respoct of the people for such honors and distinctions is found ic the indiscriminate manner of their be stowal. We are frequently surprised at finding that some of our everyday astooiates aro thickly decoratod with college degrees. These gentlemen in concealing their honors exhibit i modesty which would have had a more appropriate expression in the refusal of distinctions of which they scom te deem themsolvos nnworthy. President Clovuland has jut sot a good exam ple in this rospoct by doclining all honorary university and collogo de grocs with which ho could havo been showered if so inolinod. A plain every day business man doooratod with loud sonnding dogree prosonts a pio turo as inoongiuous as a boy wearing stovepipe or an ootogonarian trund ling a hoop. THE INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK. SECOND ADVANCE. Bis Iron Institutions at Lebanon, Pa., increasing Wanes, x the Pennsylvania Holt and Nut Compnny, cf Lebanon, Pa., have notifleJ the employ In the puddle and rolling mills tbnt their wngea are Increased 10 por cent, the order to (jo Into effect August 10. This is the second Increnre of 10 per cent wl:bln a month, and (he puddk-rs will now receive 1 1 a ton. Tl.e I,banon Iron company bits also noti fied lis employes iu the puddle and rolling mills that tlinlr waxes have been luereased 10 er cent, to go into effect at once. The pud-lU-r at these works now receive $3.25 a ton. Iloth companies employ about 1,500 men, nil of whom nre effected by the advance. The works are now being run to their full capa city. A second wage advance of 10 per cent has been tuiide to 150 employes of the Norton Iron Works, Ashland, Ky., while the Ashland Coal nnd Iron company from date allowed 5 per vent Increase to W)0 men. The York, Pa., rolling mill will advance the puddling i-rice to 43 per ton, beginning August 1 2. Ibis is the second luciease In wages this seuson at the mill, A BIGV1CT0RY. The Wages of 100.000 Men In the Central States are Increased. The biggest victory every mad e by organi zed labor was gniued by the miners In Pitts burg on Friday. Every demand of the miners was conced ed by the operators, nnd thoy furthermore gave a written guarantee. for their full 1111 meut of the contract. The terms on which tho difficulty wns settled will Increase tho wages of 100,000 miners in the Mute of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana nnd Illinois, lly the terms nreed upon tliu present rate ol wages will continue lu force until Oct. 1, when every operator in the Pittsburg Ids Irlct will pny the il'j-cent rate, with a differ ential of 5 cents In favor of the operators who do not hnve company store. xho agreement further provides for number ad vance on the first of next year. The effect of this settlement Is to advance the mining rate, lo Ohio and ludlaua from Hfty-ono cent to sixty-nine cents. It also holds up the rate in Illinois, and brings the strike thereto nn end. It also changes the end of thu seulo year from April 30 to Janu ury 1. Frick's Car Shops. The shipment of coke has reached such proportions that the H. c. Frlck company proposes to build their own cars used for the transportation of coke throughout the couatry. Cur shops are now beiug erected on the Hat between the Unci of the Pennsylvnnla rail road nnd the Ilaltlinore k Ohio at Eversou, The tracks connecting the two roads are al ready laid, the frames of three immense ear shops are now up, nud the material for con struction are being brought to the spot ou the coke company's own private tracks. When :ompleld, over one hundred and fifty men will be employed in and about tbs new shops, which will be in operation by early fall. Will Return to Work. The Amerlcau wire works company, of Cleveland, posted a notice offering to pay 1 1.35 per day for laboring men. This was nu advance of 5 cents over the old wage scale, and 'Hi cents less than asked for by the strlklug laborers. The company's terms were accepted, the strika u'clared off. All Put on Pull Time. The Pa'iit a r e railroad hns put its entiro force in the shops at Topeka, Kas., on full time of 18 hours a day. There are between 1,200 and 1,300 men at work, and up to the preseut only about fcOO men were working lull time The workmen on the extension of the McK. A B. V. 11. K. struck nuking for an advance In wages. The uieu were geitlug 1.10 u day nud asked fur nu increase to tl.'M a day. After a coulereuce between the railroad cum pnuy nnd thu strikers the company agreed to pay thu lucrcaso and they returned to work. Advices from Iiucktown, Tenn., show that theru is a creatly Increased activity In copper mining. New mines are being opened mid old ones worked with lucrensed force. Two mines are turulug out 30 tons per day and prepuringto lucreato the output. The immigration to this country for the fiscal year euiling with Juno was only 270.-K-tr. or less by 35,470 than last year. It was less also than it hud beeu during any year siueu 1-Tli. It was uuly a little mure thau one-hall tho Immigration of ls'JJ. The (ireat 1'ulls, N. II., manufacturing company, notified their help of an K perceut. increase lu wages to take effect August 1. Thu company employs uboui two thousand hands. The coal heavers on the fueling docks at Cleveland struck for higher wages. A settle ment was at oncu made by grunting an in crease oi 1 cent per ton. The laborers at thu l.aughlln nail mill at Martins Ferry, Ohio, have been untitled of an lucreoso of 6 per ceut lu wages. The Kupreme court of Now York has de clared the law closing barber shops on Bun day constitutional. Mcllvalne's rolling mill at Rending, Pa., decided to increase its puddleis' wages to fj per tea nu advauue of H5 cents. MASSACRE OF MISSIONARIES- Xu Cheng Riot More Dreadful Than Firat Reported. A frightful massacre of missionaries has taken place at Kucheng, In the Interior of China. Ten natives of Ureut Brltlan are re ported, on reliable authority, to have been killed. The state department received a cable message from United Htates Consul Jernigau, at Hhanghal, saying that one American fe male missionary was wounded and four llritish lemale missionaries were killed at the mission of Kucheng. The location of Ku cheng Is not dellultely known, but It is sap posed to be iu the province of lion Pe, on the Vaug Tse river. The plaoe Is the seat of a Mutbodlst mission, in charge of Miss Mabel C. Hartford, of New Hampshire, and Miss W.H. house, of Minnesota. The church of England has had a mission there since 1847. The state department received later intelli gence of the killing of the missionaries in Kucheng. The dispatch was from Cousui General Jernigau, at Hhnnghai, and shows that no Amerlcaus suffered, but that the mass acre of Drillsh subjects was Kreater thau at Drat reported. Ibe Consul-General's dispatch is in the following words: "Ainericuus all safe. None hurt. Ten llritish killed." Although Mr, Jernlgaa does not use the word "missionaries" in his dispatch, yet there is no doubt felt by the officials oi the state department that he refers to them, and that his dispatch is intended as supplementary to the ilrst seut. Much gratlfloatlon Is express ed that the Americans have not suffered, as the dispatch appears to leave no doubt on tbt poiut. The cablegram was at ouoe tor warded lo Secretary Oiney, at his summer home, In Massachusetts for bis information, TELEGRAPHIC TICKS France will send more troops to Madagas car. The stool shafting works at Cumberland, Md., returned work with 120 employes. The Sllgo brick works at New Cumberland, W. a., resumed operations giving cmploy ii.tnt to 400 men. Jnpaneso sanitary authorities are confin ing the cholera epidemic within tho limits of the district where it has been prevnlout. Three men were Instantly killed and two others fatally Injured by a premature explo siou of a blast in a stone quarry nt Broadway and Osceola streets, 8t. l.ouls. Tho strike nt the Black Ulnmond Mines at Mercer, Pa., has been virtually ended by 50 of tho men, about one-third of the force em ployed, returning to work nt the rate ot 60 cents, a reduction ot t cents. The minors In the Fifth Ohio district are rendy to strike for the CO cents por ton rate of wages, and will lay down their tools as soon m they get tho word from tbo tJtnta and national officers. The British Admiralty lias ordered the construction of three torpedo destroyers capaMo of making 30 land miles per boar. Tho Intention is that these boats shall be the fastest vessels ot the kind afloat. llev. T. Rooks, Baptist, was taken from bis home lu Westmoreland, the county seat of Pottawatomie county, Kansas, and tarred and feathered and brutal! beaten by four marked men. lie is chnrged with assaulting a young woman. William Purvis, the white cipper, who re cently escaped death by hanging by tho rope breaking, at Columbia, Miss., was to have ngnln been banged Tuesday. An ap peal to the Supreme Court, however, was granted, saving Purvis's life aguln until October. Premier fircenway, of Manitoba, says tho the visit of Governor General Abardoen, of Canada, to Clov. hhiiltr., of Manitoba, to effect a compromise on tho school ques tion, will not swerve tbo Manitoba gov ernment in its str.nd against sectarian schools. II. II. Edwards, a photographer of Los Angeles, who was destitute and unable to get work, poisoned, with the consent of his wife, their two children, and then Mr. and Mrs. Edwards took poison, in a lodging bouse In Han Francisco. All died except a 4-ycar-old daughter. A fac simile of the treaty ot peace nego tiated by General Anthony Wayne with the Indians of the Northwest Territory In 1705 on the site ot tbe present town ot Greouvllle, O., has been prepared at Washington sad will be forwarded to Greonvlllo In time to uso at tho centennlul anniversary. MRS. TALMAGE DEAD. The Wife of the Eminent Divine Expired At Danville. Mrs. T. De Witt Talmage died at Danville, N. Y., Monday morning, Mrs. Tnlmage bad been here for some time for her health and was staying at tbe baui tarlum. Ir. Talmage had cancelled a number ot lecture engagements In order to devote his time to her cure. Their son, Hev. Frank Do Witt Talmage, of Pittsburg, was also with her. Hlnce the burning of the Rrooklyn Taber nacle last year, Mis, Talmage suffered from nervous prostration, and never fully recover ed from the shock sustained then. The deceased was the second wife ot Dr. Talmage. Ills Ilrst wife was drowned while boating In 102, leaving a daughter, Miss Jessie, and a sun, who has since died. Within two years afturward tbe doctor married Miss husie Whittmore, of Brooklyn. blie became the mother of live children, llev. Frank Do Witt Tnlmage. Mrs. Dorlu, Mrs. Mutigun.MIss Maud and Mls Daisy Talmage. The sufferer was removed to tlm Danville sanitarium about a year ago, Miss Daisy Talmugo as hei constant compuuiuu. While. Dr. Talmage was absent ou n lecturing tour iu tho West lust week te received a telegram summoning lis in to bis wife's bedside. Ha caucolled nil his engagements, and hastened back to tlud that there was very little hope for thu patient's recovery, aud he remained with bur until int end, NEW RULER FOR ARMENIA. European Powers have Decided to Appoint a Christian Commissioner. The Anglo-Armeulau association learns from Constantinople that tho slgnurs of the Berlin treaty have agroed to send a uoto to the purte announcing that Turkey Is unable to protect tho lives of her Christian subjects, the powers huve decided to appoint nKurupe nu high commissioner, with vice-regal author ity, to administer Armenia in tho name ol the sultan. Tbe Anglo-Armeulnu association's further advices from Constantinople says that Lord ballsbury has demanded the unconditional nud immediate release of ull Armenian poli tical prisoners not convicted by a legally constituted tribunal. Tbo reply of the purte to the demand of the powers for reforms in Armenia Is concilia tory, and on many points agrees with tho powers demauds. It proposes to appoiut Christian assessors to assist the Turkish pro vincial government, aud to admit a propor tion of Christians among tbe minor officials, police aud gendarmes, aud also promises to restrain tbe Kurds from violence. As it also declares that some of the powers' demauds are unacceptable, or Impossible of execution, It Is probable that the powers will not be satisfied wit the reply. CHOLERA STILL RAGING. 27 Places in Japan Infested and the Cases Number 7,30ft. A correspondent of tbe United Press from Tokio, dated July 20, says that cholera con tinues to rage in Japan. Returns now show that 27 places are infeoted. I'p to tbe 17tb oi uuiy ine total nuinuer oi cases naa been 7,305, of which 4,370 had proven fatal, a death rate of CO per cent. Thus there can bo no doubt that the type is very virulent, aud In view of that fact, the suocess attained up to tbe present iu preventing the spread of the epidemic and curbing Its ravuges retlects high credit on tbe sanitary precautious ot the Japanese authorities. A Woman Cattle Dealer. Miss Jennie M. Goodwin will opon an of fice shortly at the live stock exchange, Kan sas City, Mo., under tbe title "Jennie M. Goodwin. Live Mock Commission Merchant." Miss Goodwin, who is known to live stock men all aver tbe west as tbe "American Girl," Is a native ot Tennessee, and is 23 years of age. 8he Is tbe first woman In th United mates, II not In the world to handle a business of this klud. Tbe Coultervllle stage was held up sis miles from Merced, Calby a masked robber. He seeured tbe Wells-largo treasure box, with valuable contents. KEYSTONE STATE CDLLINGS LIGHTNING'S DEADLY WORK. On Killed and Two May Mot Rseovor. Female Burglars. During a thunder storm, a party of Bins people from Willlnmsport who bad been traveling In a four-horse wagon overland, took refuse under nn oak tree three miles west of llollidn)sburg. 'Ibe tree was struck by light mug and the members of the party; suffered the full effect of the electric tin l.l. John Mill er, aued ID, wns killed outright. Ills sister, Jean Miller, and a Mrs, Fay, were severely burut about tbe face and body and their re covery Is duubtful. Tbe other men aud Women escaped with smaller Injuries. - - -two woman lit kola ho. Sunday morning about S o'clock R, M. Downie, who lives on College Hill, Beaver Falls, was awakened by the sound of soma one walking In the house. He hastened down stairs, just In time to see two men and two woineu make a hurried exit throogb tbe door which tbey had left stnndlng open. The en tire qunrtot succeeded In making their escape, although Mr. Downie tired several shots alter them. Mrs. Keith, wifo of switchman James Keith employed in the Pennsylvania railroard yard nt Osceola Mills, gave birth to three boys, whom ber husband named Hastings, Mc Kluley and Reed. Governor Hastings tele graphed congratulations and untitled tbs proud father to look for a check. Tbo mother and children are doing well. Twelve child ren bad previously been born to Mr.aud Mrs. Keith. F'lre In tho Sturges mine of the New York, Outurlo A Western railroad colliery, at Peck villu killed fourteen mules, nnd Edward Williams, who warned the miners at tho risk ot his iifu, was overcome by tue smoko nnd wns brought out in a stuietled cuudltlou. The loss is about 42,000. J. J. Becker Is in Jail nt Groensburg.oharg. ed with a shortage ot tll.hiiuiu bis accounts ns tax collector for (southwest Oroensburg. The arrest was made ou complaint of John II. Kcott, who Is ouo ot Becker's bondsmen. Becker is proprietor ot tho Urecusburg market bouse. Tbe annual harvest borne festival ot the Harmony society will be held nt Economy, Hunday, August 11. Tbe principal features will be a grand dinner and a concert In tbe "summer garduu" by the Economy band in tho afternoon, At Centrnlin, Charles Fettorraan. propriet or ot a saloou, shut and fatally Injured Will iam Grlllln.a coustnble.nnd wounded Michael J. Costello so badly that be may not recover. Costollo is a student of the Jefferson Medical college, of I'biladolpblo. John Sullivan, ot Erin, a freight handler, was killed by the cars on the Pittsburgh A Erie railroad, about a mile east of t'ntou City. Tbe body was torn to shreds. He was on, his way to tbe oil country In search of work. An unknown stranger borrowed 10 fiom Landlord Newhuuse, ol tbe Central hotel, Greeusburg aud a gold watch ot the barten der, leaving a team he hired at Latroba as security, Uo has not yet returned. Tbe city Council of Rochester bas Instruct ed Engineer J. P. Leaf to draw plans for new water works and a contest with the Union Water company, of Beaver Falls, which has supplied Rochester, Is looked for. Peter Zenon, 16 years old, of Unlontown, and Henry McCune, ot Greensburg, are both In a hospital at Uniuntowu dangerously In jured, the former by a fall of slate, and tbe latter by being thrown off a train. Mrs. Samuel Barton, who Is In jail at Wash ington, ou a charge of eloping with her hus band's brother John, sued her husband for desertion, Alt three aro now sheltered in tbe same prison. Treasurer Thomas McKean of tbe Washing ton Female seminary at Washington, who baa bold that position for 30 years, resigned oa account ol ill health. J, K. Mitchell was elect ed to tbe vaeaucy. Trustee John Duos, of the Economy so ciety, ia hard at work composing a grsnd uiurcli which ho proposes to dudlcato to the G. A. II. encampment at Louisville. Archibald Fowler, of Haltsburg, mnde an assignment to James P. Watson, with assets oft 15,000 aud liabilities probubly In excess of that amount. Charles T. Askew A Co., lending Altoona clothiers, failed. Judgment for t Hi, 000 were entered aud executions Issued to the sheriff. Tho "Greater Indiana" Is assured, Tbe voters of the old and new boroughs gave a majority iu favor of consolidation. Tbo Rridgowutcr Natural Gas company has raised the price ot gas in the Beaver valley from U0 to 25 cents per 1,000 feet. Diehard Bundle, n coal minur employed by the Cambria Iron company, was killed at Johustown by a lull of coal. W. A. Huff, the blinker, bas been elected lire marshal of Greeusburg, over John P. Mlttlnger, former marshal. The store of Joseph A. Hchloor, at Beaver Falls, was robbed oi $200 worth of goods on Wednesday bight. John Zelgler, of Hpreckle's sugar factory, Philadelphia, was louud drowned la a vat of syrup. Arch Fowler, of Haltskfirg, has made an assignment, with liabilities in excess ot as sets. M. F. Mlcklem, for many years attorney for tbe borough ot Rochester has resigned. John A Mitt, tbe first fireman on tho West reun railroad, died at Blairsviiie. Baturdav. ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. Investigation Into the Unknown South ern Continent. Tbe International geographical congress voted to meet next year in Berlin. Tbe Nor wegian explorer Borcbgrevlmk concluded bis account of the voyege which he mads to tbo Antarotlo regions, and said ho believed their existed in the extreme south a great continent, having an area ot about B, 000, 000 miles, aud containing many animals un known to tbe inhabitants ot tbe southern hemispbere. In oonolusion be said tbat tbs time was now ripe lor an expedition to tbs Autnretlo reglou. The congress passed a resolution to tbs ef fect that explorations ot tbe Antarotlo regions formed tbs ereatest work still to be under taken and tbat, in view ol tbo addition of Knowledge to every brancn oi scienoe wmon would result from sueb exploration, the con gress desires tbe soientiuo societies ot me world to urue in tho most effective manner that tbe work bs undertaken before tho close ol the ceutury. All the Bannocks Returned. A special telegram from tbe Bannock agency says that Indian Agent Teter wired General Coppinger from the reservation tbat all the luuiuns tnere wuo had beeu absent from the Fort Hull reservation, have return ed, and tbut all Is qulot. Standing of tbe League Clubs. W. L PC. I W. L P C Cleveland..... 64 80 000 . Brooklyn 44 ay -vi? nitsuure tsi sa 6MH l'bllailelbla4S UM .Ml Baltimore 4tl 3d .le-J Cbicauo...,....61 SU .&7 B..ll.n 45 Hi M tiuciuuall...4i OS .tU New York... 4 84 Washington KM 4S St. Louis SU 60 Louisville no m .HIM .MO HOLMES TRIED TO EXPLAIN. Bow Bones Oot Into His Cellar Says Minnie Williams Killed Her Sister. Holmes, the alleged wholesale murder was asksd In an Interview! "Can you explain bow so many bones came to bo concealed In the basement and other parts of your Chicago house?" "I will answer tbat question, In this way," be replied. "Every per-n who bas known nie Is aware that I am n - octor sy profession. It Is also known perfec well in Chicago thntlborewntareMiiiii . it In my building during tbe World's full. At tbnt time there were lots of bones lr. u lowls, and other cooked animals thrown nit-ble the building. Lots ot thee bones, no ... uM, found tbeli way to the cellar. Durlny lie time I lived In the building I brought e-vral cadavers there, both for scientific auo. pecuniary purposes. This may account for .. bouts tbe Chicago police say tbey have i. niid." Will you explain your relations with Min nie Williams? "The poor girl was a great friend ot mine. Bhe was unlurtunate fu more ways than one. I canuot but believe tbnt she is still alive, although God only knows where, as she is a fugitive from Justice i n account of the awful tragedy which result' d In tbe killing ot ber sister. I enre to say I. thing moro about ber at this time." "IslttruetbatMinntu Williams killed her sister Nann?" "Yes. It all came about over a Jealous quarrel during tl.e bent ol pafslon, in wblcb poor Minnie threw a stool at Nana. It struck ber on tbe head. She died shortly after ward." "It ia reported that some of your family are tbo victims of Insanity. Is this true?" "It is. My uncle died Insane at Burling ton, VI. The Insanity streak In our family comes from mother's side. I want to say, however, that 1 am ettll compos mentis, although, in view ot tbe absurd reports that bave gone out about me, It might be quest ion as to wbetber 1 or my accusers are tbe crazier. " "Will you deny or affirm the report tbat you aro a rich man?" "My money Is principally tied up In renl eel ate. Part of this is encumbered aud part Is clear. If I was out ot ber- I might be able to turn up 4200,0 JO without much difficulty." "Do you belong to auy reli,,ious douoinlna Itor?" "No; I am a believer In tLo teachings ol Tom 1'alno and Iogersoll." TRADE STILL LARGE. The Threatened Strike of t ie Miners a Cloud on ths Honuon. Dun A Co's. Weekly Review says: Thoro Is a preeeptlble bnlt which may deceive if attributed to wrong causes. Trade two months Into In ths spring pushed forward In to July a large share of busluoss belonging to April or May. Heelng a rush ot orders out of time, many Imagined it would continue, and hurried to give ordors. Tbe Jam of two month's business Into one lifted prices. Then other orders came to anticipate rise. But the mjdsammer bait was inevitable, and it Is yet somewhat uncertain how much improvement in appear alter It. The crop of corn promises to bo tbe largest ever grown, and is almost out of harm's way. Tho orop of wheat appears, from later reports, perhaps 20,000,000 smaller than was expected a months ago, and bad the best nopes oaen realized, it would have been more than 100,000,000 bushels short ot. a full crop. Cotton bas lost a little. lbs general advance in many products also causes reluctance to purchase, and the distri bution ot tbo post bait year has been, in pnrt, to make up for stocks aud Individual supplies depleted during two years of economy. On the other band there has been enormous in crease in the working force and a consider able Increase In wages paid, which enables people to DU? more freely. Htrlkes or some importance appear, but do not yet threaten V. Inst long, thouira a strika ot coal miners may for a time affect business somewhat ex tensively, Tbs hopeful spirit prevailing in nearly all markets may find Its warrant. In spite of some shortage In crops. J-or tne first time since tho rise in tho price of Iron produots began thoro have been soma concessions to retain business, and efforts of new works to get orders tend to check tbe advance. In suite of this the general average of prices Is a shade higher, bar having risen relatively more tbnn mill iron has declined. The market for pig Is quiet, nnd. on the whole, remarkably itrontr, with the prospect ot In creased output. Finished products aro gener ally strong with more deninnd than can at present bo met for plates nnd for bar. The tructurai oomaua continues large, including 3,000 tons fur one new building lu this city, but tbe expeoted demnud for rails Is yet de layed. IRON TRADE CONDITION- Naw Structural Bualneas and all Prices on Safe Footing. Tbe "Iron Age Review" says: Tbe course of tho Iron market in the past three weeks lias done much to allay fears of too-rapid ad vance followed by settling values. Tbe week bas glvon proof that tho railroad fea ture of the improvement is developing stead ily. The growing volume of car building and tbe early inquiries oa agricultural ac count, bavo led to the anuuuucement of autth r ti advauce in iron bar. This ad vance, it maintained for (10 days, means a 4.60 puddling rate, October 1. l'ig iron prices have been practically at a stand. The surprising thing about recent sales of Bessemer iron at Pittsburgh nud in tbe valleys, in view of the rapid advauees preceding, was tbe fuct that tbey left tbo market only slightly higher. 13.85 to U being valley lurnace prices lo-uay. An actual advaaae ot 60 ceuts a ton is reported from Chlcua-o on local foundry irons.with southern prloes unobangad. There is a better report concerning Laae superior euaruoai. r mures ahow tbat tbs oonsumption of tbat metal in tbs first half ot the year of ths year was at over twice tbs rata ol tne second nan oi u Bolt steel, like Bessemer pig, has been station ary, under recent purchases. Males at 921.60 Pittsburg are reported. Tbs settlement ol ths strike at ths American wire company's plant, la Cleveland, and ths adjustment ol wages at tns rod mius means mat consumpt ion ot several thousand tons ot steel per week will be resumed at once. Tbe demand lor steel products bss been In excess ot tbs ability ot mills to supply. New business In plates and structural material Is steadily coming forward. The whole trade Is in a condition exceptionally strong ana healthy. A MILLION IN ASHES. Destructive Lumbar and Forest Fires In - North Michigan. Firs raged In tbs lumber yard district, In ths northern part of Menominee. Ths mills and 50,000,000 feet of lumber and thousands ol cords ot slabs were destroyed. Tbe Ore extended over 80 aores of ground. Two man were killed aad several injured. Tbe total loss In lumber alone is estimated at between 800,000 aud 1,000,000. Whltedale and Gulliver, two small towns on the Hault His. Marie railway, aro in great danger of destruction ny lorest urea. Maywood, a pleasure resort oast ol Glad stone was swept dv nro. Rainstorm Stripped Fruit Trees. Tbs worst rainfall in years oocurred at Nyack, N. I., eunaay. Bireeis were uoouou aud rendered Impassible, and muoh damage was pons to property inruuKuum iuv cuum;, Fruit trees which were loaded, were stripped . .it -! rwt mnmm IrMi ware broken down. Overflowing streams mads traveling ILI I.. I IV.. u.,-1.- I.M.1. impOaSIE IV OH lUSUI IU iuvwwum umhiuw HEWS FROM WASHllGlOj THE CHINESE ADMITTED. Celestials Lawfully Hera Ma. . vain sdq a i urn. The solicitor of the treasurv h ... , - ' an opinion in mo cose oi mw ice ,a Cblnaman whoso landing nt H.in Prm,.,',' from the steamer Belglo on Juno l Wt ' fused by the collector. The applicant li i proprietor ot a restaurant In Los At,,u and he claims that a restaurnut keep,. niercunm wiwiiu ius purview oi iq .m fuill Th.l'nII.Mii,linM. Ih.l .ii . . CIf " ' J. 1 " V v. .. .. v . uvauv ..an. a - I t .(..it. . shn r a I . f , , ; i . --'- "-a...- .w ' l-ll ns ainv nf hpr tiirefirn eountre mn on complying with the requirement,' , n statutes. The admittance ot Low Ve gj. has been ordered. ' New Weather Service Orders. Chief Moore, of the weather bursu v directed all weather station chiefs to t"Pr. lists of street railway superintendents erat managers ot railroads, super, mW of railroad teiegrnpn lines ana like ofliciau of targe property interests, to whom win ings of unexpected occurrences ol rjniiw weather conditions will be seut. im,,,,. have been directed to familiarize thsrr,14 wiid iusriffrsiiru.im tuvir ierritor:Ma. as 10 oe auia to uissa no accurraie loreci of the movement ot flood waves. fVrsiil Phiimncher.of MnraCMllin " - ... a report to the state department p troubles Venezuela bns bad with l.iir" nations seeking xo seize upon ner tsrrurn and pointing out tbe opportunity of lbs it' ea niaies 10 mrau im uu wuu nezi,i Aft Ihn antiiM of nttmr hatl..,.. u Phumncuer says Venezuela, as uen-r t,. is looking to the 1'nlted Htates for couti. and guidance. 1 be people ol the ccbkt, Naval Constructor Woodward, who charged with tbe supervision ot ths re. struetlon of the gunboats building nt Nn port Jewe. reports mat on tne 10th lni ca boat o. 7 was sirues uy iigntning. s?tri Workmen were rendered insensible, ibo.p no fatalities resulted. Commodore ilJ Wick, chief ot tbe bureau of equipment, ts recommended tbat hereafter all steel 5bipiu dock or on the ways be connected by conductors to protect the workmen. Burned Almost to a Crisp. John B. Hhaffer, retired farmer llrlni a Madlsonburg, about twenty-two o.lles fr Bellefonte, Pa., went out to the field to U.ti Intbecows. While there a storm esm and he took shelter under a tree. Tbe t was struck by lightning and riddled pieces. Mr. Shaffer was killed instantly, m when tound bis body was burned almoii u a crisp. Us was 07 years ot ags sod 1iiti wife. MAKK1JTS. 1'ITTMll Hi. TUB WHOLESALE PKIl'Kg AHS OIVKN UKIxe Oraln. t lour and eed. -S HEAT lNix 1 red I': o. red COKN No. S yellow ear Mixed ear 14 t No. X yellow shelled - OATS No. 1 wbite 3 1 vU No. wlilte xtra No. S wbite Llgbt mixed BVK-No J..; No. t western FLOl'H VWuter patents blends. u i Si 111 r,i !f, IK Id i; 1! I iS4 l rnncy riiriim patents Kaui-jr straight wluter t-traigbt XVX bakers' Hear M luter hve flour BAY No, 1 timothy No. II Mixed clover. No. 1 New liny, from wairuua FEltlJ No. 1 Wblteild., ton u K w Lite Middlings Brown Middlings Bran, bulk 6THAW Wheat Oat tin i Dairy 1'roUutts' BUTTER Elgin Creamery I rnucy creamery :, Fancy Louuiry itulL Low tirade and coosiuir : ' CHKEf-t Oblo, iii-s 7 New 1 ork, new -' Wisconsin wins. 1. , LtiiibutKer, uett-makc : ;, t rult aud Vegetables, AITI.KS ;n & BEANh llaud-iiicked, por bu 'i . .1 Lima, lb ' ! M I'Ol AlOtS-Hue, lu cur. bill ' :V r rom store, bu '..'i CAUiiAUE llomo gruwu, bbl : CNlu.Ne i eliow, ou .'u Ti Poultry, Lte. Live Cblckcns, ; pair 4 3 Live Ducks. pan To Brt ssed Cbicki-ns, i lb. J ' Live '1 urkeys, 11) II Kt.l.H pa. nud utilo. ii-esli ..' ' rK.VlllElta Extra iiveiteuso.tilU ': Nu I Ex. Live l.et-su, l" ' ' i-uuutry, large iMi'-gKit ' M Iscellujauoiis. tEEUS Clover U lbs t 1 nnolb) , prime Bluu u ill Bit MAt.S Country mixed li 411 t ( K ! ) 1 1 W 1 liuNEV W blto iluter 11 MAl'Lfc hKLI', uew '0 CiBEIt Couulrj, sweet, bbl 4 TALLOW' CINCINNATI. FLOUR W IIKA 1 Nil S lla.a k k Nn C lllliS UIih.I OA 'IS W Eoo s BL'I 1 Elt Oblo t. reauiery !! 1'tlll.ADti.l.lMMA jxoun s s WllEAi No. lied COKN Nu S Mixed .. -I OA1S Nu WliMe iil BL'i'iEit Creamery, extra 1' loon I'a. ursis NfcW VOltK. FLOUK-ratents a .rust? niUAi-.u until 'i Bit (Mule So COh.N Nu V 47 OA'la Unite Westeru -: BL 11 EKC reauiery 1- Eoos atale aud I'uini... LIVE STOCK. CIXTSAI. bTOta 1AHDS, EAST LlOIHrT LATTUC, Prime. 1.400 to l.fiOO los 5 .0 Good, 1.4U0 to l,4oo lus Uood buu-bers, l.tJ to l.aulns.... 'lldy, l.wJ lo l.isorb Fair ligbt steers, uui to 1UU0 lbs.... ClUllilull, ?UU lu VOUft) , uoua Pblladelphlas Best Yorkers aiid mixed.. , Couiwuu lo lair Yorkers. 1 in 4 ro 4 in 0 3) IV 10 kussr. Extra. Ml to 10!, lbs 3 S Ouod. M to Sb lbs X '' air, 75 toe4 lb 1 ''' Common 1 111 boring Lambs V to Cblcafo. Cattle Common to extrs f I:, I O.UU, stocktrs aud feeders. ar. . ati.. I lilill Al ?A...i SU- a'nlVH. S- Boss heavy, II MU; eomniou tu f.J mixed, 4 orniH cnuice assuriHj, llgbt, .;!( .ki.i; Jlgs. .ll"il.71 Mi"f" lei lor to choice, Soi'titloU: lambs, t U"-4;" Ciuclunntl Boss select slilier ' k 1,... lat. I... In,. a.. .......I i.M.-lli-n a....,ut,ail n.i.,.1 mi, a ut, 1. a...... .1. 1 t..,.tr.Sl. I1 1 ' In . II lu , ,,. Ill.t A. lirra..!'.. allllllUn good tuchuk-e 4.Mitn.Y IS j fair to inediiu" !'! l.ij eomniou SAVftHk'1.-.' Lambs 'S'Vj fUUU IV VUU11.V f1.WlVU.UV, HIU1UIVH l- ' toiJO
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