THE M1BDLEBURGH POST.
GEO. W. WAOEXSELLER,
Editor anil Proprietor
MLhllfhwnrli. Pa.. August 15. lAt.
Mortf thnn'lmlf tlif n porta of farm
rroduotn from the United States are
kbsorlipil ly (Ireat Ilritain.
Th" New York Worll says thai the
lig SuuiUv papers have forced the
popular niHsjiiniPs to rottnco their
price to ten rent.
An nil illustration of the vitality of
tlio oi l Welsh language it in shown
that it is hi ill spoken ly eighty-five
H!t cent, of the population of Walea,
The new army regulation, reluco
the size of th.. regimental lla, It it,
to le flvi' feet six hy four feet four,
instem! of f(.ft Kit l' nil feet, aud
will ; cnrrit',1 on a lighter start'. The
hi tlurf di.l not unfurl readily iu a
)iljt lrci'i, mid was uric jiiifortiildjr
Leave to ciirrv.
A year or so Bg.i, in writing on tlio
Italian law prohibiting the sale out-
idf the Ntnte of hixtorio masterpieces
of nrt. Alfred TruiuliJo 'Xplaitu-d in
the t'oih-ctor how the impecunious or
jTii.pintr modern owner., ot sneh
work ivudrd thin edict 1y having
copies imido which thiy aubotituted
for the origiual, the lutt'.T iiein
muiik- Icd away mi 1 Hold in Paris or
lioud.iii. Mr. TrumMlu drew atten
tion to the dtuictr Unit in time to
come the copim would probably nlao
pn- into the Lamia of collectors ns
orij;iuiilK, with the full indorsement of
the famous collections from which
they cftiuc. It seems thit thia Italian
practice has imitators elsewhere. In
a r.cent intoiview about the sale of
old Knglieh piotureH, Mr. Uoorpe H.
Houghton, tbeartist.aaid: "Very often
when the uoble owner parts with his
family Reynolds, or (biiusbnruupb, or
Hoppner, he has them well copied,
aud the. void is not remarked. They
have gone to bo cleaned;' and the
t'knu copy nn 1 a largo check take the
place of the original. Now, in tho i
yenr. to come, the dauber id that theau
"understudies" will impose even on
the heirs to the estate; will impose
(innocently) ou (he 'snapper-tip' of
bnch treasures, with emeu antecedents
of genuineness. A leading dealer told
me the other day ho was offered by
l... . I : - t
. ot the just de
ceased tiohleman yottr o." Verily,
tho way of the collector of old matters
is far from easy.
Pradstreet'a has a very interesting
review of tho business failures for the
find si i months of 1HD5 as compared
with tho corresponding pi-ri-jda of sev
eral preeo iinvf yenrs. Tho number of
linKiuess failures for the first half of
tho current year is Riven at C507, as
against f.JO'J for the first half of lb.H.
In fact, the mi mbtr for 18'..' has not
been exceeded for tuauy years, if ever
before, in our financial hitdory cer
tainly not kiuco 187'J. There has been
au increase in tho number of failures
in the Western, North weatern aud
Honthern States and u decrease in tho
Eastern, Middlo and Taeiflc States and
in the Territories. There is no great
difference between tho liabilities of
the failed traders for tho two periods
of 1k;M nnd 18!3. In tho first half of
18H4 tho liabilities were $2,!i:rt3M
and in 1S95 they wore 87D,7i7,8til,
while there was about tho same differ
enco in the assets of the bankrupts of
tho two periods. In the Northwestern
Htates the lureht number of failures
ia reporteJ from the States of Minne
sota, Nebrabka and Montana. Tq the
Western States Illinois, Michigan and
Missouri show u considerable iucreaso
in the number of failures. There it
no doubt, averts tho Chicago Record,
but that the relatively uufuvorablo
rlowingia the States of thu West is
due almost entirely to the failure of
the crops in some portions of thosu
States. That the business depression
in passing away ii shown by com par-ir-g
thu f.rst and secoud p)arters of
the yeur. Tor tho first quarter of
18'J5 the nutnbi-r of failnres wan 31 1
and for the second piui tir The
liabilities for tho first 'piurter were
Kv'10,li:t, H, a-aiijst ?:J'J,797,I1H
cr the second. On tho whole, the
aLowiny is not unfavorable. Many
coi.M-rvative men think the revival of
business is toosiildeu and too rapid
to indicate permanency after so severe
a panic as tho country his passed
through, but the majority account for
the impetus by the fact lha stocks of
11 kinds were greatly reduced aud
they believe that rc-ent and future
tiemands will maintuin tho iucreaso
and activity now very generally ex
perience 1 thro ifhout tie country.
uamsDorongn por- (i ud th- ie,dy on-. .... -mvtr
trait, aeon, of tbeoriou'. V'i . i'rh,y'm'mvm'i'i ''
V, i -i ,r - i ;v . totbreue. They wrueeafiill gelling
ALL OF ONE CREW LOST.
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TWO OCEAN DISASTERS.
Two Vessel 8ink Within a J ew Minute
After Striking.
The Hrltlsft ship I'rtaee Oscar, from
Liverpool, Captain Hendtrtoii, collided In
mldoeeaa on July 1 with no nokaown sail
lag vel. Both ships saaK la lees thsn 10
ralniites. 81a member of the crew of the
Trine Oicsr and sll on Loard the unknown
vee) were lost. The survivors 17 In num
ber, weie resmed by the ship I)hrwr, after
having been confined in en open host, with
neither food nor wstar, for three days. They
were transferred to the British steamship
(.'apse, from Pisaqua, aad brought to Phila
delphia on tha hid.
ibe name of the lost srs: William
Knight, cook, of South Shield; Owir Nell
son, seaman, of Chrlatlnnla: K. Paterson,
teaman, of Denmark, August Carton, deck
boy. of Ostend, I. Itelsp, ol Douglas, Isle ot
Man: J, Anderson, steward, of Liverpool; tbe
entire crew of the unknown vessel.
1 bose saved end landed In thot'spa'! wre:
Captain John Hcndurson, Mats K l.yooh,
Second Mats l. I'lKMOtt.t arpsutr ;arl Abra
hamiten, Hi-smnn William (illrrr, Charles
Ulssn. A. Itunllnir, I', iobln. Alter! Nn-lson,
I'. I'etfrson. I. Olson, Tboni i ttoyln W.
Tctsrson. .1. .!. Arlnl Humbert, A. M or ley.
aud II. i'.Titrett, cabin lioy.
IIib dlKastwr occurred shortly after mid
night, in latituta U.u south, lnticltudn a8 20
wwt. The Prince Oscar, which was bound
from 8M-I.1', which port l:t May a7 for
I'l'il'ine, 1,-iden with Conl, was iink- at a clip
piOK Kale tin His port-tuek hcfir" brlrk
wind, nnd aith all eaurass cl. It is esil
mnted hy the crew that she was miking about
knots an hour, abnn sudienly there
loomed up directly under tier bows a foer
nisttcd esH.
I he male s-ktIk I but the stranger bnd no
lights burning, and alter she wn si;htei It
wns lmpntlble to chnnirn the curse of the
I'rlnee o.car. lbs Irou bull ol Urn latter
truck thn unknown full amidships, knocking
hor almoit on her beam, and crashlng
ttirouicti her woodwork until bcr prow was
nior than bull burled. The struiKcr went
over almost on her beam ends as tbe I'rince
Oscar backed away from the rebound. As
the crew of the Prince Oscar stocd peering
through tne darkness they aw tile stranger
partially right bereir. nud Iben she rapidly
b"gau to sink.
'I hey listened In rain for sonie signs of
life, bin not a cry for help nor a word of
coiummid came from the stricken innl. In
lefs tlinn four mluutee from the time she
WHNtruck tbe stianger keeled ve r and
plunged stem Urst Into thn depth below.
'aptain Henderson, of the Trice Owar, who
was below in his berth, rushed on deck Just
in lime lo discover that bis ship was nlto
sinking
The pamps were manned, but in less time
than It taken to tvll It it was discovered that
there was no hope from that source. J.lfo
boats wero ordered cut adrift, and the iren
were told to jump aud swim for thslr lives.
They all wen! overboard, and with the ei
cepiion of two unfortunates, reached Ihn
sma.l boats. Captain Henderson, who was
tbe last man to leave the ship, went over in
his night garment, aud swam fully two mile
liciore he was pickeil up. llotn boats hover
ed about th nccne of tbe wreck until day
light cuuie q nn effort to reacue the two mis-
I sing members of the Prince Osoar's craw and
any member of the crow of tbe stranger who
might have been fortunate enough to have
kept afloat. They found no one. however,
and nothing to Indicute the name, home or
destination of their companions In misfor
tune. Kinslly they left the scene and has ted they
kusw not exactly where. Twenty-fojr hours
later a heavy sea struck th boat commanded
by Mat Lynch and capsized It. Tie occu
pants, eight In number, we (brown Into the
lour of the men at,0,tj na rw. .
drowsed. r
A message from Sidney. N. K. Vv'.. says.
When Ibe Itiiilsh Mealier ( utlertbuo was
wrecked Wednesday morning on tbe Heal
rocks, oft Capo Hawk, the passvugers, wbo
li'imbsred 70 persons, of whom 65 war
('bines, were asleep btlow. Only three o
the Kuropean panger sud tlio (, nd mala
of tho steamer were sr-,. 'j h missing pass
engers incltjiln three ladies.
A STEAMER LOST.
I Hntiah Steamer Wracked on Ro ks or?
Australia.
j A dispatch to Moyd from Sydney, , 8.
' W. .states that the Hritlsh steamer Cattertbuo,
j bound from hyduey for Houg Kong, ran en
uie seal rocs wnicn lie between Sydney and
Brisbane, and became a total wreck. I be
dispatch adds that some of th passengers
and crew were saved, aud that number vt
person are misting.
A Central Nea disratch from Melbourne
says that tbe veeai atr.ieic at i o'clock in the
morning. It was soon seen that thee waa no
possible chance to save the vessel, and orders
ware given to abandon r-hip. All hands took
to th small beats and laid their eo.irsa for
the mainland, one of tho host teached
Korster llu morning, but th others have not
been heard from aud it Is f cure. I they bav
tan lost. Tnero were a large number of
Australian aud Kngllsb pii9enKsis on tbe
steamer.
The Cattsrthuo belonged to the Eastern
sud Australian steamship company, of
London. Mi was built at Sunderland in
ISHl by W. Iioifurd A Mens. Hsr leneth was
I W feet. 3 incbea; beam, fib feet. 3 Inches, and
1 ,4.0 nf I,.. 1. 1 l'l f . 1 ... llL.
chonur-rlgged. of 2,17!l gross and 1.4.)ti net
ton burthen. Her engines were of the com
pound type and V50 liorse-power.
IOWA DEMOCRATS.
In favor of Biuietai am Stat Ticket
Nominated.
the Iowa Imaiuiirittlestute oonveutipu mot
with J OT'J delegate over 100 federal office,
holders Imld snats in tne convention. Judge
Nathaniel Trench of Pavenport was made
temporary chalraian. Ha made a spooch
ig'ilnil the Ireo coinage ol sllvor. 'llie cmu
ruilton on rejolutloiis had a lively time ou the
currency iiiehii.,u, aU,t wn not ready to re
port until 4 o'clock. They dually reported in
fav-'r ol tho cuiserviitive declaration for bl
rua nl 'in aduptud by tho ianl loinoeratlo
n.it. .mil convsiilinu, and also declared lu
favor of the manufacture ol llitior by the
a e aud for Hie rolorra ol tho 'anil. A
ni.nurity r port lu lavor of free coiuago i t
si.ver w.is vuted down by CjI to t.'l. aud tbe
iiiMjuruy report w.ik adopted.
'inn state ticket was then nominated a
f.;;ow: oovemor, Judgn W, I. Hal b. Mt.
I'leavitul: lieuti uiuit -governor, e (jov H. J,.
I! mI'iw, ot ( l iir.in . h ipcr.nteudeut ol pulilio
ius:r.ietion, iyiniull. l ur.liail.of Manokiln,
r.ulr.md i o:uiHihn.u.-r, Col. (inorge James, of
lulii' ie: supreiiiM JU'lt--", hoiialor l'ho.-ua li.
Harper, im Moines. It lh uudcrnto id that
lieiuw niii n-l ncuept. llu in a strong freo
co.uago :iiiii, mi l uiki thoseU iu tho b po ol
eouenliuu ton MUor people, ,ut tiya ho
e.iuiint ciustunlly run ou so strung a sound
lii jacy piatform.
Tbres Mau Killed.
The "cannon bull'' e prune smashed Into
special Ireiglit just IhiIow I'lymoulb, N. 11.,
wan Irih'httnl results. Dnginenr r'rauk
hiiitoL aud i ireiiiko liuorge h. Merrill aud
W. II. ii.irn-s nero instantly killed, 'the
second engiuvar, natna at presui.l unknown,
jumped and en-aped. heverai paugr
were seriously Injured, and fourtaei new
fraia'hl crs just Iroiu tn hois were iloved
into piece, u were tbe iuuoinollve.
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS
linssinn crop prospecis are poor,
l.ou Terry, oi ex-member of th Cook
gang, has been captured.
Wilmington, Del., Is fnlrly tlooJed with
counterfeit silver dollars.
Vice President Stevenson and family ore
making a summer journey to Alaska.
Thirty thousand Indians are now engaged
In farming, stock raising nnd other civilized
pursuits.
Contracts have been let lor building two
ele.lrlc railroads between Washington and
JJalitmore.
1 he Mate of South Dakota has recovered
tl.000,000 In money stolen by Treasurer
Taylor.
hit dead bodies have een taken out ot th
ruin of a building which collapsed on West
jlroadway, N. V.
Th Government Is preparing to cpen the
Yuma Indian reservation, in California.
There are 4(,fih acres In the strip.
Miss Klirabeth Fiagar, of Washington, who
killed a colored boy caught stealing fruit has
been released on tlO.OOO ball.
The people of St. Iguace, Mich., have be
gun a movement for ibe erection of a monu
ment oer tbe grave of I'nthor Marquette at
that place.
It is stated here that the Pope ha written
to Kmperor William requesting bim to Ink
the Cakbollc mlsMons in China under bis
protection.
The lldlganan delegation at St. Peters
turg was virtually told that liussia could do
nothing for llulgurla, unless Prince Ferdi
nand abdivnted.
I ieimral Alfnro s forces iu I'.DUudor defeat
ed (ienernl Narasti's army, inlllcting a loss ol
you killed and wounded. (!oernment loss,
it killed nnd Uii wounded.
Advice from Tarsus, Asia Miner, ay, thst
a mob hni attneked tbe Ainoricau school at
that place, maltreated nevernl of the students
aud threatened the missionaries.
Dr. A. O P.lliston killed 1U A. Dicker,
son at Klilstcn, Ky. They bvl an old feud,
and Klllston fired from a car window as the
I train neared the station.
' T Mrteen m"li. Including a magistrate, an
: ei-Mnyorand a mlulster, have been held for
j trlnl nt Morebend, N. C., en H e charge ol
by "graveyard iusursnce."
I Prank (Stevens, engineer, and Oeorge
j Newell and Henry (illncs, Crcmnu, were
killed In n collision between nu express and
i a freight train, near Plymouth, N. II.
J llr. P. T. Ilarnum, widow ., the famous
I bowman,was married In Now York Wedne.
I day to Dtmelrl Callln Hey, a (ireek connect
ed alth the J urklsh government iu an official
capacity.
A live day deadlock was ended in tbe coun
ty court nt Springfield. Mo., by the appoint
ment nf Mrs. Helen C. Stewart to be th
sheriff of lireeue county, to succeed her hus
band, who died few weeks ago.
liecause Georgia women heve begun a
Stpiug effort to prevent Mrs. Noble, wbo
poisoned ber hutcand from being banged,
the men have got up a counter-petition, urg
ing her execution, as a protection for men
from women murderers.
"YbVinortnllty among eattleajrfTn5TLe
past few months In some of the counties of
Middle Tennenaee have been alarming. They
are allectrd with a strange malady, which
State Yeterinsrinn llayen, of Nasbville, pro
nounces to lie 'Texas fever.
Colonel Thomas Moberly, ol Itn.'hmond,
Ky., waa drowned at Virginia Jieach, Nor
folk. He wa bathing with his family, when
one of bis daughters got beyond her depth
and screamed for help. Ha went to ber res
cue, but could now swim nnd sank.
In an interview given out at bis homo in
Lexington. Ky., Col. Ilreckinrldge, the de
feated ex-member of Congress, positively an
nounced III at he was out of politics for good,
and for all. He would never again apply
for another political position, nor would he
take one If it wers tendered him.
I sM Tuesday, 'JO mile southwest ol Tulsa,
I. J., in thn Creek nation, two women and
two girl wero assaulted by sit negroes.
Thursday one of the girls diad from tbe in
juries sustained, and tbe other Is not expect
ed to live, one hundred and fifty armed
men are now In pivsuit ot thn villains.
Thieve entered tho Connecticut Stale
prison nt Wethersfleld I rid ay morning, got
th best of a mastiff dog, and drove away
with an M)0 pair ot black horses, a ;!oo
surrey wagon, f'JUO silver mounted harness,
resplendent with tbe crest of the State, two
whips, iro blankets, two sheepskin tats
aud a ham.
BONDS RETURNING.
They Come Back Becauae They Are Worth
More In 'Phi Country.
A prominent denier In l ulled htates gov
ernment boud in w York, speaking on
the subject ol the return ol the new ts from
Europe, said: "Tho return of a portion of
the l ulled State bcuds sold in p.uropu need
not occasion eurprise, aud is not dua to any
distrust ol the surely of the luvestilient, but
they come lure for the simple reason that
the bonds aru worth more I it this country
than In I'.urope. National bank can use
them as a bai for additional circulation;
insurance and trust companies can employ
their idle capital, which is now bringing tutiui
but n fractional rut ol iulorest, by inveMiuK
in tne bond, and for the enmn reason similar
Institutions iu London purchaso eousois,
whim the largo number of trustee Inmttid by
law its to tlio character of their investments
llnd it nl greater nuvantiio to buy govern
ment than to allow trust lunds to lie idle in
bunks.
Wool Market.
The lloston Commercial Ilullotin will say
of the wool murket: i'lie (mull sitles are the
lesyit of a spasmodic agony on the (.art ot
American mills, who havo aeun foreigners
swoep into our clotli market nnd carry away
largo orders for clay worsteds aud firm fancies
at phenomenally low prloes. One of the for
eign tlriu of llostun just bad Its invoice
marked up. There has, however, been no
drop lu wool. It Is owned at too blgb prleea
to sacrillce, aud It Is held lu strong bauds,
who hopo that Luropuan prosperity may ad
vance prices again ut thn London auction iu
Koptmnber. Wool Is to-day lower than It was
a year ago at this lime. Ohio XX sells at 1H
PJu to-day, against 2(1 l-llu a year ago.
Territory tine staple sella at U7c cluuu against
(Uoa year ago.
Julius PcrgholT wa arrested at lloboken,
N. J., ou a charge of embez.ilr.g JO.IMjO
from Muttlugo & a jo, provision dealers of
New Voik.
OUR INDUSTRIAL REVIEW,
A PROSPEROUS QUARTER-
Massachuaetta Mill Paid Good Dividend
a a Result.
The report of the mill returns at Fall
filter, Mass., for tha July quarter shown that
It has teen prosperous. Thirty corporation
representing 19.170,000 In capital, paid
regular dividends, amounting to t;l3S,tTS, aa
average of 1.87 per cent The average for
the April quarter was L72 per cent The
Korder city mills paid an extra dividend of
10 por cent, loo.noo, and the Saga mora
miiis an extra dividend of H per cent, 47U.OOO,
from the surplus funds. 1 he Annawan
manulaolory, Metaeomet company, Uaroaliy
manulacturing company and Stevens manu
facturing company pa sued divtdsnts. Tbe
Bourne mill paid dividend amounting to 4
rer cent, tho 1 toy paid A percent, and tbe
nlon j percent, and 10 corporations paid 3
per cem rach.
fifteen Hundred Strike.
fifteen hundred eoal miners, employed la
thn mtuos along the Loup Creek Railroad,
W. Va.. went out on a strike Saturday, de
manding an advance of 10 cants a ton aud a
check weighnian. Heretofore th coal has
been paid for by the ear, at th rate of 60
cnis lor a two-ton measured car, which the
miners claim hold beany three tons.
Th demand I that each enr ot eoal b
weighed. as is provided for under the State
law. aud that :M) epn s n ton le paid. I he
demand is almost Identical with that made
by the Norfolk aud W etern miners, tne first
of .May.
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.
following are late intelligence from many
industrial points nf the country, of interest
tomlnyer and employe;
Sharon- The Stewart Iron company ad
vanced wage I) to 1.1 cents per day.
Pottvill Iron and Steel company will r-
I sume operations in thrc weeks, giving em
I ploymrut to coo men.
Mlddlcstioro, Kv.--Thr Watts Stoel and
Iron Syndicate have made another 10 per
cent raiee in wages of employe. This Is Ibe
largest bn.-lc steel plant lu the South.
W ilmington, Del, - The fdgemore Iren
Company has advanced wage of Its employ
es 10 per cent, to take effect alter August JO:
6U0 workmen are made happy.
Marlin s ferry--The laborers at the Laugh
lin mill have received nn advance of 6 per
cent: the employe lu nearly ail the other de
partments will receive an advance averaging
10 per cut.
Lebanon The Pennsylvania Holt and Nut
company have advanced the wnges of pud
dlnr and rolling mill bands lo per cent, to
commence August Itl, belug the second 10
per cent advatu e within a month. The Le
banon Iron Cotrpany have advanced tbe
puddlers and rolling mill hands 10 per rest,
to go into ett net at ouco.
Contracts were let last Thursday for a new
tin mill lo be erected by the lleeve Iron Co..
at Canal Dover. O.
The big glass works of Pryce, Higbee A Co.
at Homestead, bns resumed operations em
ploying 1)00 men, altera suspension of over
two months.
The managers of thn large tannery at Salt
lllo, Huntingdon county, Pa.. have voluntarily
added 10 per cent to tbe wages ol their tiOem
plcyes, to take effect at once.
The mine of tbe Diiulow eoal company at
Dunlow, YV. Vs., which have been Idle for tbe
past year, have heen leased to Ironton parties
and are being placed in shape for opera
tion. . .J..
"miarpville furnacemen agree jo advance
the w.igee of IKMl employes 10 and 15 cent a
day If they would not make another demand
until January 1. It is said the offer will be
rejected.
Tho Knights of Labor inasi-moeting, held
by the assembly of gnrmet Workers at Cblcago
was broken up by meiuners of the reiteration
of Labor, who pitched the Knights from the
hall. Three or four men were badly hurt.
The tiltumlnnes coul operator of Indiana
sy thai Ihev will not concede thn demand of
the men lor (lie M cents, but will hold out
for the M cents, tbe differential on the Pitt.
burgsoale, until October, when the advance
is to made.
All thn miners and furnacemen of th
Valentine iron company at liellefoate, Pa.,
havo been granted a voluntary Increase of id
cents per day In wage. 1 hn order affsols
400 men. The noiupauy ha order ahead for
nearly a year's work.
lu a few month Sharon aud Sbarpiville,
Pa., will be enjoying nn era of prosperity
that they have nut tell for years. 'Ibe re.
vivai of buslee has already lieen felt, 'the
rumors that the Atlantic, Iron Works will
start ha uow taken tbe form of a reality.
Trackmen employed in layiug rails for the
Maboutng Valley electric railway, between
Youngstowu aud Olrard, Oblo, struck for
tl 50 par day. and new men were employed.
'1 he trlker wrr paid off. and learned, that
after deductlag 1 AO per weak for board thalr
WHg's had amounted lo what they had da
icauded. JAPAN'SJHREAT.
Claimed th Bight to Search American
Ship to find Obj actionable Persons.
It Is not generally known that just before
the declaration of the armistice wbicb pre
ceded the signature ol Die treaty of peace an
Issue bad grown up between the I'nlted
Slates and Japan that threatened to lead to
actual hesuiiiioa between tho two countries,
nnd thai a hostile clash was pvrliups ouly
averted by tlio conclusion of the Chinese
war. This is. tie arose through the assertion
by the Japanese authorities of the right of
search of Ameri'-nn vessels. They insisted
that they had the right to board an'Americaa
vetsel they cboo to take from her any
Chinese or any enemy they might llnd, even
though they ,ere but pnsscugers.
Minister Dun very promptly deuied the ex
igence ot any such right ou the part of
combatant, and but correspondence ensued.
The Japuueiu insiste I ou their right nud
eveu when Mr. Dun reminded them Unit tho
I'nlted States had gouit lo war with (treat
Drltinn ou just this Ikhiio, nud bad forced the
aunudoument of nny claim to such a right
hey refused to abate their pretxutiou one
jot, though the minister iutlmiited that the
Ural asertlon of such it right would tie re
gurdvd by tho I'nlted state ns nu uufriuudly
act aud therefore likely to lead lo war.
The mutter progressed lo Unit perilous
stale that when Admiral Carpenter win about
to escort nu American merchant steamship
out ol a Japnueso port, to prevent her deteu
tlou by tho Japimusu, the latter, it I said,
gave orders lo the shore batteries at Ibe
mouth of the harbor to lire upon American
naval vcsiul if they uttemptod to do o.
T his fact cituio out after tho conclusion of the
armistice, winch fortunately ocourred nt just
tbls period lu tho negotiations, thereby pre
venting nu Incident that would certainly
have led to war, but tbe siguilloaut polul Is
Unit sine that lime thu Jnpanemi huve stead
lly clung to the ntnn contention promising
serious trouble in the event ol another war
In tho oust.
AmobhM JniYlested the Afcsrlean nil
a on euajl t ingnok, fifty miles from t oo
Cnoo,
Darlington, K C.,tia a colored girl preach
er nine pears old.
CHINESE RIOT.
Le)rs to th Qo-rernmont on the De
struction of Mission Property.
tag Secretary Adee has received ad
vie from Tnlted State Cousul-Ocnnral
Jerrea, at Shanghai, dated July 12, euclow
Inglters received by him from missionaries
giv; lo great detail accounts ot the events
In (na leading up to the riots against the
misnarlee at Cheng To, In the province of
Huen. On of these, from Spencer Le
nletays the west Lhiua mission ot the
Metdist f.piscopal church Is Ibe only
Am van mission represented at Cheng Tu.
Ihexmerlcans there ware tbe llev. Olln
cad,nd wife, H. I- Canwrigbt. wife and
iwo ildren, and Ilnv. J. P. rear, wife and
twoilldren. Tbe mission, Mr. Leniersays,
wasantlrely destroyed, even thn paving
ton-being earrled out of the courts. Tbe
totshas, exclusive ol personal losses, is
aboni.ooo tanls,
Tl American Itaptist missionary union
hasitlon at Sul i u. Kiatiag and Vacheo.
The isslon and personal property in Mat
ing tl Vaoheo are probably ait lost. At
Kill I the Americans owned a great deal of
propty, but not muoh damage was done to
It.
Mf.enier's letter tells of the refusal of the
Chen Tu magistrate to protect tbe mission
srieamd th plundering on May its of the
Cathie and Protestant missions by tbe
Chine soldiers, tbeir digging up of be m
and presenting them to lie those of babes
tbe I signers had eaten. M. l.enler reiter
ate e charge against th l tieng Tu vieeory,
Cbsc'eotl, that because he had been de
gradl be permitted and encouraged this de
sirucon. The writer enclose eoptes of thr,
placid charging foreigners with kidnaping
chlld-n and using ell from their bodies. Let
ters on (leorg YV. Hill and Dr. Harry Can
wrig. confirm Mr. l.enler s statement
Nc-fflolat advice have reached the state
depament concerning tbe reported destruct
ion ( American mission property at Inghok
Chin It Is believed at tbe department that
tbe rce referred to Is Identical with Suleb.
Ing, Here troubles were reported s tew days
ago.
Th state department expects to secure full
and riple reparation and indemnity for all
Injurs sustained by Americans and Minister
Dent has already mad a most vigoroua
demsd on tbe Chines government to that
effect
AJUSE OF MISSIONARIES.
Cbtnse Official Connive at the Out
rage.
Th-'e letters from LJward Thwing, a miss-
lonar near Canton, lo his brother, Lugeun
Tbwlg, of ISrooklyn, give some idea of tbe
sttitile which Is maintained toward our
mlssfnnries in China. In one ot t le letters,
whlc was also sent lo the Ainei.'cin consul
at Ciiton, hessys:
Tr Lien Chan official is making much
troule for us here nnd bns arrested aud put
In jal some nf our helpers and severely heat-
en t fern. We need your brip at once to stop
this. We have entered tbe bouseat Lien Chan
wblu we rented last year, aud Mr. Llngle
was laving a few repair made. At the liisti-
gatlcl of a military graduate, and with the
eonnvonce ol the official, a mob of over 100
rami to drive Mr. Llugle from the bouse.
fa 1 1 Kg to do this, the soldiers of the official
eauglt several of our native helper and car
ried Hem off to prison. They say they will
arre all the church members at Lien Chan
they -an find. One ot tbn men taken was the
preaber at Lieu Chan, wbo had simply come
over o see what was the matter. He was
seveely beaten and locked up. Mr. Llngle
boy va also taken while on the street and
locks! up and beaten. In tbe jail tbe preach
er wis beaten 600 blows and the bey 300
b!ow All tbe Corislians have now fled from
LieuC'hsn.
Diring these proceedings Mr. Llngle was
aloni. Mr. Thwing hastened to his assist
anc Ilia letter coutiuuee:
lUachod Lien Chan at la. in. As my pars
port had run out. I agreed to hold thn fort
A.Jvla l.ingia weot to so the official and get
our helpers out of jail. The people said that
tne mob waa coming that day to burn down
the house and kill the lorelgn devils, but
fortunately ibe mob did not oome. At 1 p.
m,, Lingln returned. The ottlcial had refus
ed to admit him or to see him or bi passport,
Sc Liiiglo had to break down the door and
force his way Into the official's presence.
They bsd a long aud stormy talk, but the re
leasn ol the prisoners wns secured.
A cable dispatch Ircrn loo Chowssyt that
the child of Missionary Stewart bas died,
making tbe eleventh victim ol tbe attack of
the Cbiuese upon thn mission nt Hwasang.
One ol thn murderer of the Stewarts has
been caught and confessed tent they cutoff
tbe bands and feet ol the wile. Mrs. Stewart
was frenzied and fought till backed to
pieces.
BANNOCKS PRAISED
Indian Bureau Will Investigate the Kill
ing of Indians.
Commissioner Browning, sent a telegram
to Agent 'Peter ot the ft. Hall reservation
Idaho, acknowledging tbe receipt of Mr.
Teter'a telegram, in which he Informed tbe
Indian bureau of tbe return of tbe Indians to
their reservation, and ot their good coaduct
while away from it. The commissioner ad
ded: It is exceedingly gratifying to me and to
all frleuds of the Indians everywhere tbat
have returned peaceably to their reservation
and gone lo work, without having commit
ted any net of violence against Ibe person or
property of the whites. This will certainly
be tu their lasting credit. Tell them so, und
tbat the office will do all iu its power to
have a faithful Investigation of the killing of
the Indians made, and to see tbat justice Is
done. I am looking for a full report from
you, giving tbe details ol tbe wbole affair.
Death of George F. Root.
George V. Boot, the noted composer, died
atliayley'alaiaud, Me., Tuesday. His death
wns unexpecied. Prominent among Dr.
Boot's musical works were the cantatas of
Daniel, ine Pilgrim lathers. Th flower
oueen, and 'Tbe Haymakers, and the songs,
Hazel Dell, Bosallne, Tne Prairie flower ami
The Shining Shore. In 1UH be became a
partusr in Urn tlrtu ol of Boot A C'ady, Chica
go, and whun the war came ou. wrote the
war aoug by which he I best known. Tbe
lUllle Cry ot Freedom; Just Before the
Battle, Mother; Tramp. 'Tramp, aud The
Vacant Cttair. Dr. Boot was, at the lime ol his
death, preparing lo calcinate his golden
wedding, winch would have occured August
27.
Utah Women May Vote.
Judgo Smith of tho fourth district court
handed duwn a decision In Ogdnn, declaring
that women In l iah have a right to vole loi
tbe rniilleation tr rejection ol tha new Con
stitution and for the officers of the proposed
stale. Mull Was brought by Mr. Sarah A.
Audnrsou agaiutt the registration officer ol
theseooud pracinol of Ogden, for muuda
uius requiring the registration officer to
place her name iu lliu registration book as a
voter.
Th ChiU Paruvlan War.
Th correspondent of tbe Associated Press
is assured tbat Chile urges Peru to duclare
tbe Provlnco ol Tarapaca free of all mort
gage lieus which date previous to tbe war of
107:1. 'The Province ol Taranaca Is thn ex
treme southern portion ol i'eru, which was
conquered by Chile in Its war with Bolivia
aud Peru. The seaport between Iqulque and
Pisagua, which was csded by Chile to Bolivia
in the treaty of peace between those two
oouutries, and Chile's request tu Peru noted
above probably be to do with tha settle
nisuts ol questions growing out ot tbe war.
Negro miner at Hhrin v.iu. in i nT.iii. BXItl ( skMa..sala SlaYnt I 1
rMuriM u W9r proucud by riud I of ymtffclij &od upprt to W
KEYSTONE STATE CULLIIts
THEIR GRUDGE FATAL.
John Gallagher Murders John
Near Scottdale.
The iron workers pienle at PIIaork
park, near Scottdale, was broken up fcj
murdered about 11.30 o'clock Saturdsr m.i,.
John Gallagher, of Kverson, (tabbed jt9
neisa, oi ncotiuaie in tne necg, eoniiili,i.
severing the jugalar vein, causing death ,
few minutes. The killing wss therim,,
an old grudge. Gallagher, who had u
black-legged during the big strike herstj!
year, was chased out ot thn grounds by
crowd, and after running about 100 yardi s,
(timed and stabbed Weish who wss netr
UIUJ.
is Tag on. nr.t.r.
Murphy h Co', well os the Duff farm is,.
i . . i- i .. i , r i
Ul BSIIIITlIlT, IS IU U'I SUUW1UK Hir a
rm prouueer. . i no iiaxeiwooa on ( omrt
la una ilnn I ifWl lat In tha lllll... .' '
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n.o.. v, ,-un wm
The Philadelphia Company has struck
gusher on (he Hboades farm In th )
rseoo iieia, met is nowing o teat o?r a
lop oi iuv ijerucn irom ine lou-iooi. f)
to the product being composed entirely
salt water it bas no commercial value
the pipe hues. I Ive wells are now drl.iij.
In that field and thn same number ol 'jj
building on hiibnck run. On the Kono,
property thoro nrn four wells drlliiti uj
two rigs luiniiiiu.
Kennedy A Co.. have drlbed ni0 a.
boulder on the Moyer farm, located oue v
a nan inn" norioeaai oi uarmooy, nn l t,
a good uow. ine ucnring a t o.. ,
(ho I'ldler farm, to the northeast, is jr,,i
ing tv nnrrnis a nay irom me same ten
tiun.
rrms irvxa l at-M isonoi.
. .1 . ... . t
i iiitogerous lypw oi je.vsu lever im jj
en out among the cattle at lliruoL.-ht-
iiuniiiiguon county on tne line ot tne
1 1 .1...... ..I ,.l
po.Hinn iaihi'iiii, n uiuer 'i it il"l"l.ru
All.... .l.i l. ..... n -... a . .
iu niiifn iiii'-i iiei-iiiiiw niiri-ieu, aiij
died, wsilx the others canuot recover. u
cattle I'c'.oniiiiu t tbn nearby farnisn s,
also nttccled and several nave died. lu'.-
catlia lood sunken Irom pafcdng csn
tneuglit lo have Introduced the dlsensit
-
rnif(M a nssos iiirt-i;t.i.
p.cnson Hose, a prisoner lu the ;ui
waviiesourg. iiangeu uimsen wnn
maun out oi a sneei. nose was i yean j(
and bad been Imprisoned in July for sin i,
lie wns noi cousiuereu sane, anu imd tn
the poor house.
Work began Monday on the new rir,
extending from Altoon to Phillipslmn u
will bo known as the Altooiia an I l'L..,
btirc railroad. The new hue will lur.-erJ
rhiill:isburg with the He.ch Dieek rai.r-s;
which extend by conuecltou with tbe !.
ing road lo Philiidelpbla. Thn road t:
completed gives a competing line, sud om
vnlnnble lutiimluous coal, Hinder n! !tr.
lauds, for tbls section of Pennsylvania.
An iuventory of the loss caused hy Are u
water at the store ot thn W, II Keooh t
patiy, Pittsburg, has been made snd the
s roughly estimated to nniouut to tl'Y-t
Tbe total insurance ou the sto"k nu t t:;i
tenanaen of ibe llrm amounts to flMi.rJt v
tbe adjusters are now apprnisiHg tiinsinit
the dumagn. Meanvihne tbe firm lu
pended business until tbe insurance K
have completed their task.
During thn prevalence of a heavy MirJ
which passed over New Brighton, tenj
house wero struck by lightning, uuiu
lire alarm and much excitement, o4 u
burning out ball a dozen electric liftiM ud
telephone wires lu lows. None ol ibe.
struck were mucn aamagea.
Tbe gas well struck by the liochesm ill
aud (ins company In tho Jacob Test fares
Brush creek, is a roarer and ha cause.! lA
excitement. The preiur l OO.l puiuvlihl
the noise it makes can be heard lor niiis.
In innking change for a stranger Mj I
Mnbou, clerk In the Helleveruoa p.
was llim-llamed out of )10. Thn sinu
substituted a tl bill tor u 10 bill v.
McMahon bad her back turuud.
Several prominent citizens of I'ln .'.' ;-J
have llled a bill In equity lo bare hu id...
tlou isund restraining tne city oflli'UI fr.
taking thn Liberty bell to tbe Atlantic ri-
lion.
The Harmony society of Pciikti
leased 2.000 acres of lls land in l!eve.
to oil aud gas oneralor for llie "U-
having It developed. Several wells Mr
being drilled.
Th Beaver falls turnverrln mil erei
new hotel to replace tho one (lt'trtrl
tire some weeks ago. It will cost to.iw
contain a theater aud UMeuibly rooict.
A itranger reprcmutiug to be a Mi
stock raiser victimized a numner ui
inotolaiid county farmers of about tiV-
uote fur tlutitlous blooded horse.
At a meetinc of the directors of tile U
town Agricultural soolaty, it wa detids!
bold their anuual fair at Hojkstono, A.
-'0, aud eontluue three days.
Mrs. preuk Wilson, who live at Cro'
near Bradford, aud who was obout tcl
week, claims to have beu restered to tl
by Jtev. Charles Sommers, a faltli curUL
W hile attempting to prevent a SiM t'"1
his father and J.tiuas Huffman, ou ssttr:!
ITlysses ('uffmau was probably fatally A
bad ry Hunmaii on a litrut near t niom
Tho Venango couuty commissioner
decided that electric enr coiiii'Suie r.u
Ihn county bridges, thus settltug n Icd
puted question.
At New Briirhtou. Homer Welsh i U
pending a coroner investigation of ttie"1
ol David Kohier, wbo was lound deal til
a bridge.
J. It. Kagy, lumber denier, ot Iran
stricken with auonlexv at Greenstuff.
formally lived in Johnstown, aud is ' V
old.
John Hverlv. a wealthy farmer nss'I''
tuin. was killed by a troliry car. s"
tempting tu cross the track at tliut I-1'
Thomas aud Charles Gregory were 1;
ously hurt by Uie pratunture c io vt
blast lu a coal mlue al Clearfield.
Latahite Tibbs, of rnlontnwn, vlie'
from Dixmout Insaue nssyliun recenI
eeu near hi home ou Saturday.
LJward Denn was arrested at Nn u
eliarged with forging tils father n.i
chsck for )M).
Mrs. I. M. McLTIinney was appelate!
uilslre at Brockway vllle, Jefferson cc
John Boyer was killed by liiJitmCs' '
s.mug lu bis doorway at Y audcrMit
Skirmishes In Cub.
Col. A. Lbada, wbo Is operating
C'ienfuegos district, reports that
under bis cointnsml has had an anf'
with a rebel band, led by Ihn !"
EH, at Clenaira da .aontu. Tha rstM''
snvnrsl klll.l yn.l l)L 1
gent surrssded. The lots ou lb ov"
side waa one seriously wounded. u
Banal reports from Trinidad Ibat b b'
a fight al Coadado with an lnsurgso' :
nnder C.antera. 'I'sra rMlmls issra cr''
Two ol the government troops wars M
e.
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