THE MIDDLEBDRGH POST. GEO. W. WAGENSELLER, Editor and Proprietor Middloburgh. Pa.. August is. 'JS. New Vurk City lias n school popuW lion of 2 '('., 7.t. Of that number ."0,. OCD nr c iiiKsi (it.-il ns truant. 'lli Urtu mortac of tlx) country ilo iii.it '(j;iiil those upon city lot. Tlio fiptire are : fur the former. S2,'J0'.t, Hf,l:M; fur the latter, .? 1,S10,..:M,. Ml. Avoriiiii to lr. I'atil tJartiier, Chief Mi'iliciil Ollii'cr of the Parisian Prefecture nf Police, liinncy hits in creased thirty per cent, in Paris ilur inr tlio hist nii( x'ti yt iirt. Tlio rela tion of this iiicrcn-c to tin1 iticrcuso in )oiiulntiiin during t In- sit'iio timo does Imt npiu ai. Tlir patriotic) fci lili; of the people) f( Sj oauiic, Wash., have 1 idly been ttirn i tn r lit 1't lii In-ciiuso of tlio aercrtuitii'il fact that J t -'I'l'ilcnce ha I em t'tvi ii in tin- 1 1 1 1 c- seliool.t of Hut! town I i r,ti;;li.!i hi-torv nVcr AtltlllCuli llftl'IV. I II ilu'lillllt pllllllC j. ,1.1 M m:iii. !!i .1 tlif School (oti iiii..'-i..m i' t i rivi'i'"' the unpatriotic r-i. T o! 1 1 1 1 );-. stiles tho Now Vurk Stu . :! I'lili.-ii try li tt bi'i.-n ro- l('.;lll i 1u t hi' leiek.'rollll.l. New Yuri. City 1ms iuvrhle.1 in reliuul limine r i"Tty fully SJ:),0 ).),. IHMt. Ae.M.r.lm-; t,i the last niMul cs tniuiti' inn 1', tin- value o( jutlioul fites owtnl by t!i city was $7,'2.V,l)i)i. 3'he hcliiiuis uf New Yurk nri almost except lonnl milling thoie in laro cities of tlm eoiintry fur their free dom Irum nceiilotit iin.l (mine I'd iloubti illy tlio closo tiro cmi"- i mi has sotiu tiling to do with this. In:! tho "Tire ilrill" uti-loulite 11 v mueli more. Within live iii iu'itt h the largest school iu New York City may bi clouro-l wit limit confusion, thinner or ixeitif incut. The New York !llleieuileiit re marks: Most people know, or 'i-nt to know, thut no audi coil" im tho "1)1 no Laws" was ever enii 'le I. It Iniil no existence except in tho uiiinl uf Samuel A. Piters, w !i .no ".'i jncr.il History of Coiitn : icuf tun been eu'.leil "tlm most iiii.?riiiiiioiw an 1 malicious of lyin nurritiv. s " IVti rs initiiufactiireil these "P.lun liawV as Lo 1 iI ii.any other KhtouuJin state nifiits. Some, of tbj onrly a tat -ite . i.niii . ik. in wi-iti etveie, j, in n w us never h leal offrno there for u tuxii to kiss hu wile on Sim. 1. iv ; though no iiiiieli has bren san about the 111 no Law" tlmt int. Ili.'eul people ho:ik times act as if tln-y believe tlier.; use.. I to be ii complete eoile of leial inter fereneo with tlm minutest nets ot per kiiiiiI liberty. It only shows how lout; n fKlsehooil will per.-evere, if eiiibot'- j 1 in tuk i nu; wui'ib. riiil'issur I'liitieoj., a Frriieh ee ino III int. in n li c lit ultiele places the wchIHi of this country at :!l.t, 1.1, (HI . Ol'O friitics, whicli is epiiviilcnt to libm.t .'?i;.,,l'iOii)il'l t ii , 1 h, i-tatcs thut the viilne ot all th i jrojerty in Eiijrlanil, i ncl iii 1 i i l luoiicy iu circula tion, in 'jri.'.OO.l.iiilli.Ooil francs, forty- iflit billion less than this country's wealth. The thin! plac is iven to Trance with .".OiM.tiOii.OiM, ami tht! fourth to Cienuaiiy with liil.Oli, 01)0, ()()0. The combined wealth of Italy, Spaiu, Itussia mil Aiistro-limitary is only a littltj larger thau thut of tho lintel States. These tiurei agree in the main with tho-o of Mr. Mulhall, the ICri'lihli htatistieian. It revHiK th it this c liintry is linuuciall y trouper than any one country in Ku rope, auil accorJui' to the New Yuri; World's li'iires mir banluuj,' capital is about half that of all Europe com bined. The pabulum of the humorous paru prapber is pralually unbr;;oui a cbau;;e al ui.u by mie the old favorites fall out uf public favor cr becomes thoroughly digts.ti .. 'lhu mcs sender loy, who Iiiih no lonx served as u rival to the Miuil and the liobtail hur.-'c car, has at lutt ileelare.l his iudepi-udeliue. JJojb n I'rtheiitiiip' the, messenger Ker xricc of four concepns luivo just run a prsit road race on bicycles at Indiau npolis jver a rou'h and hilly course a little over fourteen miles in length. Two J'ostal telerajili boya wou the firbt and fcieon I prizes iu tho remark able timo of 41; minutes Never n.;ain can the messenger boy bo rated as u blow poke. This time, considering the age of the riders and the character of the conrtc, was pronounced by ex. pert who witnessed the race as almost jbetiomeual, and tho twentieth cen tury humorist will be obliged to look tlaewbere than iu the ranks of th ui!-tKe carriers for a tyu'jojm for all that is slow. FATAL DISASTERS IN JAFAN OVER 3,000 DEAD. Frightful Disasters Causd by Btorma on the Coast of Japan. The Hfati.fr I'.inprcss of Japan rrll with ailTlcce from Yokohama up to August L 1 he nu:nlor of dual In reported In the railway act-Mont ot July 23 was greatly tx aKTati'il in some new'Sf ir. t)Dly sixteen fuMn-rs wure killed, nud elhteon wore more or Ii-m Mrlou.s!jr Injured. The statement that the train was blown bodily .ff hn track luto tlif st-a Is olo illvTeillti-cl. Jt Is bs lleveil that soiiin of thi rails Were displaced ty the was. whleh were driven by ttie tini ll to iiKreat hi'lutit, atid that the ears emi riimntly ran iiv-r llm eilxn nf an emliank nii nt. and wt-rn 'huii;ii Into the deep wntr. 'J Im I'tiei'iB el tint siorin were disastrous in all southwest provinces of Japan. Tlmii samls ct housed worn desiroyod, end Iniii dri'd of lishlnir busts and other small cr.ft were sunk, mid at least 100 lives atfl known to have, been lust. Many Additional disaster caused by the storm ol .Inly 'J."i aro reported from tlio Mouth and west of .lapaD, One llioiinn I tlntiennim ft tlm single province of Hatsuma are known to hate ln'i'ii drowned. I hren sti-aaislilps were driven ashore, and few ol their oreas and pnsseiifrars escaped alive, liailnny iirci.leiiii! havn been nuiiier out. In -onse(ueuee tit thrf heavy ftoo Is, and seiernl vIlliiKes on the st-nconst Imv I "U literally destroved. '1 ho lists of deaths as I stated by authorities will exctal 3,0'JU. j THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. o Coin il!eiituna to EudaiiKnr ihi I'eactt j of Europe. After the li'Mim ot ('ominous reassembled Thursday, tin' ni-mbers were suiiimotieJ to tli Mouse of Lords with tho nsuiil formali ties, nnd the tpieeii'a speeeh was rend by tlio b rd eliaiiceller, I'.aruii llslsbury. It was as f..lle .My Lords and tientlemen - 'J he cominunt I'ntiens whii'li lieeelved from forolyn powers assure me ot tlm eontiiiuanee ot their Rood will. I am happy to say that no Internation al conipli 'iitimis has arisen In any ipiarter calculated to endatuer the peace ot l.urupe. I be war between rhlua and Japan, wliieli was Iu progress ut thu opening ol I lie Inst session, bus been brought to a conclusion !y a peace which I trust will endure. I mi served strict neutrality during tho war, and have taken ii i iictioii Iu respect thereto, ex cept such us appeared to mo likely to bo favotablo to a termination ot hostilities. 1 deeply regret to say that the most atro cious outrages upon a body ol Knglish mis sionaries nrn reported Iroin tho provin if 1 u-klen, In t'liina. In reply to far neat rep. rest'CtatloDs addressed to thn ( hlnese gov ernment by directions, active measures, whloh I trust will provti most elTnctlve, aro being taken for tho punishment of the m ir dors nnd all persons in any degree respon sible! lor these crimes. The internal troubles which have broken out in tlm Armenian districts ot Aslustlc T it key have been attended with horrors winch lime moved t Indignation the Christian nations ot I'.urope generally, nud my peoplo especially. My ambassador aud the ambassa dors of liie eiiikernr of Itussia aud the provi dent el the l rench republic, nctlrig together. have suggested to tho governuient of tho eui tau reforms which. In their opinion, are necessary to prevent a rocurruuee of constant disorder. Theso proposals are now betng considered by the saltan, nnd 1 am anxiously awaiting Ins decision. The speech concludes wl'.h a roforenen to in iiu'urporation ot Hechuuuland Into Cape Colony. The speech to the Commons merely says that tbe estimates for the service ot the year which were not voted hV the Ut lisloa will I 'aid h---""- m and says: "At this season i i too yt i wilt probably be fiund more coueuient to deter to another session the consideration of any Important legislative measures, except those which are necessary to provide for the administrative ohnrgea of the year." I Foreign Notes. Nine workmen employed In the (intmnnian dock Mirds at Kiel, fell into tho barLi r from n luiniiug btugu and drowned. t'otiiiil Sheridan T Head at Tier T-dn, C tbled the state department at Uaslongloii. that cholera had broken mil at Tien I. in nml Cheloo. ('onstaiilliioplo ndvkvs report that 1 ngl.tnd i tlie only power in favor of coerolug I urti-y. Mtc is iliere ore pushing a slroug sq nidron m rth from Lgypt. 'the other powers )pposo cell".. HI. cc.irding to Armenian advice a maraud ing I ami commanded by a colonel of li urdish eavalty has pliinderi-d tlm Hinge uf Fi sekan, and at o li-r band is sai l to have plu idernd the illao of Segurkau. A d.s nt iti from Tunis says that a collision ha- liikun place near (talettn between rt iiiiml i r o! barg'S loaded with iron and a f -rr lii al which was crowded with people, hoii. e ol the latter' passengers were kb.oJ and munv were drowned SLAUGHTERED BY A BOMB. Mohammedan Bulgarian Killed in the Village of Dospat. llio Loudon Times print a dispatch from holla, confirming the report of the attack by M) Itulgarians on the Mohainmedau village of Iiospat, n'Tos the Turkish frontier, b"foro dawn. 1 lie later report received show that UU0 houses wcio burnod aud lUOpoopio killed. A dynamite bomb was thrown from a tno-'i in luto a crowd ot refugee. I lie time sav ttiat the village ll"s In Hi" wildit reeesse ci the llhoilopo Uioi.ut:iii.s smith-cist ol llatak. It Is Inhabited I'T Mi'liatiin.edau lliilgarians, brave and a: :Ue lunatics, who bale the Christian Lu giiiuius morn than the l urks, and uretiieri'loro likcv to take a terrible revonge. It U belnneil ; iiat tlio attack was arr.tugud by the Mace Ionian cummitteo in ordi r to provoke fresh atrucnii -, an 1 thus I ii i-nso Purope a,'a:ust 'lurkej. i Im liulgariitu government bus explained totliojorte. In reply to the protest id tint government, the tlllliciilty ol watching III i frontier localise a largo concentration ol troops would le regarded with auspie.uu by Turkey. Iiifaix ot Jupunbae. The bureau ot immigration has iufirina'.i u that a company lias i'ci-n lormnd in Japan lor the purpi si.i of sending Jitpuiioka latei.. rs to this country under contra -t. (.'oinmii-. i.i er iiuiicral S'.u:np, iu speaking of tho matter, sal 1 as yet the luruuu bud no positive ku.c.vl edgu on the nubjuct, but wan liicliuuil in -.vu crcdeueto tho rutnor. l'i to this tiun o.uy comparatively lew Japaue.ie had co.-uo into the country, but his lutormalion was ol such a character that It could uot be Iguored aud all Ituim.'ra'.lou aguuts every where, espocl.Oiy iu tho Nor'.hwuat, would bo put ou ttiuir guard. Silver Confe renoe. The conference of tbe silver leader in Washington wai concluded 'Thursday. The resolutions adopted declared for the tree eoluage ol silver, aud arraitfu tbe adminis tration for Its recent bond contract. Hptxuu e were made by Keaator Daniel, of Virginia, C0Dgresiiiau O'Xell, ol Missouri, I'lthlau of Illinois. i.lvlngton of lloorgla, and Col. Casey Young of Memphis. Kauator Jouea of Arkaoisa, presided over th eoofroc, aud there ware present three l otted Htate etna tor and seven member of congress. STORM-SWEPT. PitUbura- Struck by a Tornado, Causing Lose of Life and Property. With scarcely a moment warning about 10 o'clock Sunday night, a tornado broke over the eity of ITttsburg thst carried death and widespread destruction In its track. The tornado, fell upon the city like a thunderbolt, blowing at the terrlllo rate of St) miles au hour. At least three lives were lost, I'atriclt She met death in the wtorm on the Sonthslde, .l"hu Adams was entangled In an electric wire that bad beeu torn down on Second avenue and was shocked so that he Is expect ed to die. A woman, Millie t.inbnugh, nn the steamer t.ud Keefer was drowned by the overturning ol that boat. In addition tnsjy accidents of minor Importance were reported. Houses were unroofed and sent Hying through tho air; great trees wore torn from their roots and burled to the ground; pedes trians were tossed about as If they were chuff, all the time being drenched and nearly drowned by the tremendous rainfall. So great woii the force of the tornado that three steamers were overturned In tho river In an Instant, one drowning the womnu, Lin bauub. Tnreo other steamers were actually lifted out of the water and tossed npou tbe bank, t n l!y wrecking them, one, the famous Little Hill, being thrown nlioiit like a bit of paper, 'l hu total loss on the river will exceed .VI.UOU. The power house of tho West Mud electric line was wrecked. A few sections of the roof of the I'xpoHllion and poitloii ol the cupola wore blown of. The storm In Allegheny was the most terrific that has visited that city for years. It appear ed to cotne from the north east. A fw slight accidents to persoiis was reported and the de e'riictlou to windows, signs, awnings, roofs of houes nnd o it buddings, trees, eleetrie light, street railway nnd te.ephoue wires was disastrous Iloth the city telephone, and lire alarm wires were badiy crippled, as well as those ol the city's electric light. The Smithslitu also suflered severely from the storm. The da'tntge to trees and shrub bery was general, a number of streets being completely blocked. J he greatest damage done was la tlie blowing down ol too steel frame of Henderson, .lohnsou A Co.' new grain elevator, in process ol construction, be tween Carson street and the M otiotigahalu riMT, opposite the foot of tho Castlo shannon incline DROWNED TOGETHER. Father. Mother, and Twj I'retty Daugh ters In Their Teen Went Down. I'.y theovorloading of a small pleasure boat an entire family was dr owned Sunday, and two families ere in mourning. A party of farmer from the neighborhood ol I'rnrikford and Selbyville, I ml., Im 1 rt ll-.li fr.r on lirey's creek, a branch of the l-le ol Wicht buy, with bathing. Ilshing and itnius incuts. Wi'iiutu Hudson cariied it party of nine out railing, and as tlie party was about to come back the w mien ol the party jumped, screaming, on the high side, capsit iiig the little craft, which wits hardly largo enough to entry live pit s' m. The following seven were Jroancl- Will iam Storr. aged l." years, ph.l i h'lphla: l.aur.t Slurr. bis wife, aged '1 1 year-, and bis daugli-t'-is, Ida Slav. u. ed Hi. and l.vn. aged 14. M rtie Stevens, ir.'o.l If., it d Tighter ol .lo-liu i Sievens, of re l yvlllc; l.ln.i Hal', aged lti.au I her sister, Lulu Hail, aged II daughter of K'.isha Hall of near I rankforil. 1 he capsi.iug occurred wilhiu 'Joo yards ol the shore, and ill Water seveu feet deep, Mr. Storr had only i no baud, and W is blind of one eye. but was nu expert swimmer. He succeeded In getting his two daughters on the bottom of the boat nud was getting bis wife, when the girls became scared, and a.lppfil oft tli" I on', and went to their parents, and to gether tho four perished. FROM FAMINE TO FEAST. Farmer Who Received Aid Leal Winter Mow Prosperous. An Incident occurred In Loup City, Neb., which marks the difforouue iu tbe condition of things which exist throughout tbe State now and this time last year. Then a disaster greater thau words c-att tell had occurred. Stat vatioit practically stared farmers in the fane. Now they have not barue or corn cribs big enough to bold the product which boiiuti lul nature has provided lor them. In the very room from which t00 people had di.-tril.uted to them all through tho win ter mouths the supplies scut thein from the Last was given the liuriingtou's laud ugcuts' excuisioii, a feast ot Nebraska's piodints good enough lor a king, Tlie host of the occasion embraced the opportunity of ex-priK-iug In words which eaino from the heart lliclr appieo at Ion ol the aid tlieu extern!, d them, whim they pointed wi ll pride to the walls of the room hung with m 1110 of this year's products of tlie Melds, and ass.ireu their i-u-sts that N'ebra k.t has enough ! r li iLt bins to cotnc to Iceil iuo world. A DESHA R A DO LYNCHED. He Wua iu a florid Prison for the Mur (It r of Three Men. Samuel Lewis, murderer of three men, w as taken from jail at Juno, I'iu., by a mob of masked men and lynched. When tho mob demanded Lewis, the jailer aid they could lone hiiu if they would harm no oue else, to which they consented. As the door was opened a negro deputy ran out. Some oue II red missing, lum aud killing (lus tave Kaiser, the jailer. Tho mob coutiliued tiring at the negro, but ho escaped. Four men, then entered the jail and took Lewis, who begged pitifully lor bis life, to a pdegraph pole, where he was hanged, alter which the body was riddled with bullets. Lewis shot and killed John lllglisinltli, ex lax collector ol liaducounty, aud his brother-Ill-law, tieorge luvis, In cold blood. Lewis escaped, but a posse cuught lillll August 1'.'. Iii arresting Iota, lewis shot und killed lleputy Coiititv clerk .Mciiregur. Lewis Is aid to huvu kllleJ live men before. - m ,!- Buying Gold. It has c due out that the manager ol the jond syndicate liuwt been I uying gold (pilot v from smelters at a premm n ol ot 1 per out. since I el ruury, no Dial the rohakllltle tru Ilia! the-e t anker hate a largo amount A i;old ou Im'lIi 1. It was learned ou excellent minority that tlo syndicate has been all ilotig and is still buying up gold Iu all dln". ion at it stiuti! pu ini joi at tlio rat i of tJ. luo.uui) or e:;,bini,u')i) it month. Most of this las come Irom Wc-tcru smelters and reliu rs. I ur the nr-t tune it become kuowu la-d l liursdaylthat the syinllc.ito ou Tuesday de posited t.'I'JU.O'MI iu gold bullion iu the sy illlce and receive checks lor ii. Pert of this was iu smelter's bars and the rest was In ban id assay olllc" J I Ms shows that the syndicate it coLtui Hug to iicciiinuiiiii) gold. A repre teutative ol a Western rcllnery tuid that they must have as much us iU.DOu'.UOO ot sold on baud. Mormon n Maryland. A bund ot Mormon elder have (truck tbe section about Cumberland aud will bold a eouloreoce In the lower part ot tbe county huptember 1 and 'i. Every year the Mor mon visit that locality aud try to induce young girls to Join tbe church and accom pany tbem to Utah. They are ooietlmes successful. Iron Mine To Be Oloaed. Tbe mine agent at Iipemlng, Mich., an nounced that tbe different oouipaule have concluded to pull the pump aud allow tbe working to Oil with water, unlet tbe men deaide to return lo work within lb next lew day. KEYSTONE STATE CDLLING3 ! -- - - . FELL INTO THE THRESHER A Miaatep Bring a Horrible Death to a Farm Hand. - - ... A terrible accident occurred on tbe farm of 1. K. tlleweller, near York, resulting In the Instant death of a farm band named Wll belm. He was assisting In feeding the thresher and he fell leet foremost Into the machine, the lower portion of his body being literally ground to pieces. Tne man who was li'iipiug him tried to pull him out. but was himself iilmo,t caught In the machine. The stock-holdere of the proposed Llltsburg Monongaheia ami Wheeling railroad met in 1'lttshurgh and authorized tbe Issue of sulllcieut bonds to build tho Hue at once. Tho Issue will probably amount to U. 000,000. Too leading metnners of the company nre len. W. . Kacey, Hen. Charles c. iodKe and II. C. Ilurtou, of New York, nnd (ieorge il. Aimttrong, of Pittsburg. lien. Dacty announced that the llnewosld cons st ot II I ty ro lies ol standard-gunge track, running from Monongaheia City to Wheeling. The liulTitlo Kill show entertained at Du bois friday, and the aggregation was acuom pauied by Hie bo dost aud most active gang ol pickpocket that ever Infested a com munity. It, K, filler, a prominent hotel man says lie was robbed ol i.70O. J. H. I. S. Oswald was relieved ol tlTa) and checks amount Itu to several hundreds more, while scores ol the.- lo-t amounts ranging Irom tit tj .". I riportitnt changes in the weather bureau seivicf tliri ugliout the I uited Hialen have been ordered, lm-y include several removuls ol observer-, a suspenlou and a dozen or morn trstisiers i,..iwifii various stations. William s. I eyo, observer at I'.rie, is removeu and the va"iuicy is not lllled. At I'rciler.cktown, on tlie Monongaheia iivr, it laruier n itne I I'arby thought burg lars were trying to enter his house, aud II red In their iliieeiiou, lie was much surprised to find that tho supposed burglar wits one of Ills vauiatile horses, which he had shot so l o lly thai It may die. A movement Is now being promulgated for Iheerec.iou ol a mammoth am plant at Mill Hall. I ne new-plant will not lie controlled by the trust At tlm old plant at llell donte, tbere It general lejo.cliig over the atinouncc meiit tnut tliere Is io be ait increase lu wages hi the ue.ir luiure. Lxecuno.is for tltl.s.l.ltl were lsuud against lieiijamine I.. I.uudis, a farmer ol l.au'lis alley, by his nl!e. In addition he has confessed Judgment amounting to t4l.- li 10, His principal asiet in bis real osiitte, Wlilcii ie as.- -si.i-. I at i t.'.n'.IO. Iu a dispute about the rent of a house at Apollo, William I'r-iver shot Hubert Wiikeson iu the leg. Mrs. t'royer also heat Wllkescn over I he iiead with a potato masher. I'royer was arres'ed and gavu bail lor felonloin shooting. A registered letter hif-liceu received at the Sharon po-loMlcn iroiu .loneshoro, Ark. .which was sent to that plaeu I.' years ago and never claimed. The money was paid back to the sender. Mrs. Ilir.ttn Walker, wife of it farmer re ading near New iia bee, wits robbed of tli l-y t Ao tramps nt the point of it revolver. The tramps ha t io, lowed ner liu-tnind home from market wiicre ihey saw him display mouey. Cuttle and horses iu the vicinity of lluston ville, aro dying of a strange disease. ibu an Dials become violent und act as though tney had been Idttcu by some uiitd animal. Walter Tost, nn H-year-old sou of 1L K. l'ost, proprietor of a confectionery and news depot at Washington Wus killed under the wheels ol a s.euui traction engine, Davis, the 3-yenr-old sou of Noah Clifford, a Ligotiler township farmer, wa bitten on the hand by a copperhead snake. Tbe child will probably die. Citir.cn ol He iver falls are excited about an ordinance vacating a street leading to the river for the benellt ot two maoufactorita ubuttiug thereon. tj iorge IU Ii'hu 1, ai'd f-.l. who dinippeareil from hi hotne at Went Newton, was found at llellcvoiu ui. bavin,' wandered there Iu search ot berries. Ja me Lapo, aged li years, ion of Mrs. C. J. I .a I '. of Itrideport, felUuto a tub ot boiling soap. He was terribly turned nnd Is suiter lug great ugouy. 'The liutier fire department running team that carried olT the honors at Martina Kerry, I I . -ived aa enthusiastic reception on lis et r i home. Ihomas Ivme, ot near I'lorcnce, was struck l-y a freight train In the llulger tun nel, near llurge.tstown, and Instantly killed. The emii'iiissioners of Fayette ard West morland c unties, will bull-1 a Joint county budge over Jacobs crock lit l'.virsan. lieu. Coxey has been relu-el permission to speak at the Tri-Stule grange meeting nt t oiineitut, August 'JO to 'H. Mrs. .1. W. Hough dropped ilex I in bur h mm near Oreensburg. sue wits HO yeurs old aud was worth U.00O. A charter has been granted to tho Friend ship 1'reiuium liullding nnd Loan associa tion; capital, t-'iOO.OOO. The Postotllco lispartment ha made an nllowvice of :l,H:4 for elerk hire in the Meadville postotllco. About 130 men employed at the New Castle tin mill are striking for an advauce of 10 cent per day In wane. (ieorge Marks, a well-known farmer ol Mammoth, Westmoreland county, wa fatally kUked by a horse. Thievr robbed the !or of Harsbey A Altmnn nt l'unn htallon and cot (100 worth of goods. 't he man found dead on the tracks neat Transfer, has been Identilled as Moses Mlu nlch. llntler county oddfellows will hul l thelt annual reunion at K.vuus City, August 'JT, ( Park rrestiyterlan church of Lrle has cull, ed Itev. Alfred Meyers of New York. Jacob I'.ngle, ol Johnstown, is hoi t for trlul for passing counterfeit mouey, Texas fever has broken out In a hsrl f cuttle near Altoona. F.rie's lake bust:. ess lit August Is ilcjo.t last year's. A Town Destroyed. Tbe bark lleleu W. Altuv has arrlvod from It dur tarl. 1 he vessel lias been among the Mitrshitll and Caroliuu grouii. and while cruising about the later lilauda the town ol Yap was almost destroyed by a hurricane. 'The boat wa at the opposite eud of tho group at the tune und escaped tbe blow. D. D. O'Keef, one of the wealthiest trader In the South sea, I reported to hv lost all th way from J5.000 to 430,000 by the torm. HI (tore aud dwelling were demolished and considerable stock wa killed. O'KeefeUlhe owner of tbe St. David group ot island and alio Urge luteieit in iiong Kong. Personnel of Parliament. A census of tbe Parliament just assembled show that only 00 out of GtiS are new memb ers. As to occupations ISO are lawyers, 84 are manufacturer, 88 are merobauts, 10 pro fessor In universale, 31 Jouroullst, l'J iklll d laborer. 19 brewer, distiller and wla merobantt.46 army and navy oflloei la aotiv service, 140 gentry, peer' son aud peer' brotbtr. j TELEGRAPHIC TICKS The Whiskey Trust property bought at I9.000.COO I now being 'reorgerjlrtud'' at tlS.00O.00O. A Routh Dakota vigilance committee It said to have hanged the notorious lledderly brothers, cattle thieves. Mr. Kmma Catllo, ot Palmyra. Ind., I luint aome of her neighbor for kflnapplng her feeble old husband and his big pension. Indiana 11. A. II. men expeot to outnumber the veterans from any other Slate at the Louisville ennampmeub They are organizing by counties, ncd expect to bo there J2.000 to I.V000 strong. Hon. W. I). Dabney, Solicitor! of the State Department, will resign during September to accept tbe position of Professor of Law at tho t'nlversity of Virginia. His present position pay him (1,600 a year. BDL1VIA MEANS WAR. She Refuse to Reeum Dlplomatlo Re lation With Peru. The disputo with Ibiltvia has assumed a icrlous aspect. It 1 feared that war is In ivitable. tiolivla has put off Indefinitely the eceivlng of the Peruvian minister at La fax. The (iovernmeiit of Peru ordered the Hlnlster to return if he had not I) -en received srlthin a specllled time. A naval sipiadrou las l een ordeied south, while troops have een sent to different points on tho itollvlnn 'rentier. 'Ibo trouble vetween Peru nnd llolivia eally Is over a strip of sea coat which Chile ook from l'eru nud wlilch Hollvia wants, tlie disputes growing out ot that has taken n a variety of shapes. The latett, thn oue which has now become acute, Is lu regard to in nlleged insult to Itoliv.a's national honor. During the revolutiou which ended In the Overthrow ol Cneeres by 1'ierola who has ately been formally elected President ol l'eru, some of Cac res' troops are said to have tri-spnseeil upon lloiitlan territory. I'erhni t they were chased tlier" by Heroin. llolivia tuts asked for satisfaction, and about a month sgo sent an ultimatum to l'eru, requiring nn snswer within 'Jl hours to the demand that l'eru apologize and salute liolivut by dipping the I'cruvuiu Hug on llolivlan soil. The llnlivinii Legation in Lima wns atoned hy a mob when this ultimatum was learned. I his news reaching La ra.. a mob stoned the I'eruvian Legation there. Diplomatic communication was sundered, snd things had a warlike look, when llolivia modiiled her demand by agreeing to arbi tration. The Papal Nuncio agreed to be arbitrator, but bis ruling was not accepted, snd llolivia has refused to resume diplomatic relution by receiving tbe I'eruvian minister. Crathle Wa to Blaino. The admiralty court in the case of the North (icrraati Lloyd Steamship company against tlio owners of the 'Iritlsh steamer Cratbie, by which vessel the company's steamer Llbe was sunk oil Lowestolt, Lug laud, In January last, found for the Tte ttn- hlp company, aud held that Mate Craig, ol the Cratbie, was guilty ol quittiug the I n.,-u ot his ship before the collision without ulis quate reason. 'The chlol oftlcer ot tlm we en ol the Lite was censured ulso tor ueglect.'ug lo shllt his helm and use bis steam signal. . Nea-roe Wi.l O.-ganize. John i. Jones, the colored I cago, nud other prominent members of his race, issued a call for a State convention of colored men lo meet in Spnuwlleld. III., Sep- oum't-i ii, , organize a Mate League to pro tect and Dromnte iIim lu.,.t i,it...iu .i .i. .i ored people of Illinois. Kach city and town request! a lo send two delegate. This is an outgrowth of the Hprliifr Valley riots. Sheriff Clark, of IVincHtnn ...i..i " of tho men who ran the neg'roea out ot the ..I it- . ..... . no nu assisted in tne work by 15 uruied dej utle. ' An Oil Fire. The explosion of a still of bonr.lne at the at th Peerless Oil ltelluery at Findlay O., caused a serious fire, and resulted in' the probably fatal Injury of two employees. Will Ism Adams and William lleanlaud. The men were covered with the burning oil and badly burned on hrnds, face and backs, from w ilch the llesh peeied off. The explosion of th' still spread lire over 10 acres of ground itikl 1 inldings. Tank afier tank caught from ilia heat, and thousand of barrel were con sumed. Elk-ht Men Killed. A torrlblo explosion occurred nt MehafTev I'll., near tlie I'hlludolphln .V Heading rui'l rotd, In which eight Lallans lost their lives, ant ten were seriously Injured. The men wr preparing a largo qiiauiity of dynamite fol blasting purposes, when, from some un kmwn cause. a prematureexplosion occurred. Tilt Hght. meu were killed Instantly, their re mains being scattered for a long distance fran the terrible forco, They were all fright ful y mangled. Built Over a Well. The cause of the coliupso of the Ireland1 butding In New York, in which fifteen live we- lost, came to light wbeu the workmen engaged lu clearing away the debris lu the celur uuoovered au old laabloned well uudor th foundation. It was situated directly unier the central pillar of tbe structure, the unlerminiug ot which precipitated the dis aster. The well was only eighteen inuhe buow the concrete base on which the pillar telted. j The Boaton Wool Market. ',he business In the wool trade this week A beeu comparatively dull, which was aurally to be expected, as manufacturers ha a purchased a large amount of wool difiug the past two months aud are In abetter paltiou uow to await events. The tone of ill market, however, I llrm, and operators looking for a quiet market for Ilia U"xt tvfi months. The following are the quota litis for leading descriptions: Ohio and i'linsylvaiiia lleeces, X and above, 17ft lie; X, and above, ISfa l'jc; No. 1 combing, licj Nt J combing, 'J I; delaine, 'J len'Jl l-'Jc. j Wonderful Gold Oiacovery. party of prospectors who have just re t if nud to Situ Francisco, on the steamer iHdeu (late, alter a long lour ol luvcsllg 1 liu In the Aleutlau islands, aunoui.ui iu.it tl-y have louud the richest gold deposits iu tli world. They refuse to locate thu.r di every definitely, Lut it is said to t.e 01 it stall laiaud just soutU ot Kudiitk isluud. II11 oi is said to bo so neb thut II cuu be cui fern the rock iu Imoat a pare couditiou. I A Pot oi Oold. Vhlle digging a foundation In Mobile, Ala., dfurkniau uuearihed au old Iron cooking p whicli contained f 'J.OJO.ti.l, cousiatiug, lu th malu, ot live aud ton-dollar American gd pieces, oue teu-lrane gold piece nud a umber of Aruurlcau th recent piece.. There al also a number ot weuty-llvu and llfty utt piece ol California gold, made lu oata ge tbape. The coin 1 well preserved, and bus date from 1MJ to lhit Suicide of a Millionaire. Mward Miller Cameron, president ot the Ilgela Ulstllled Water eonipauy, and well kwn In New York business circles, died at Vet Isllp, N. Y., Sunday evening from a blet wouud In bl heart, Inflicted by blm . Though very wealthy he lost heavily ddng the paulo a year ago, but it 1 under bdlaave an estate of 1,500,000. He wa a ember ol th Manhattan and New York cL. CONDITION OF TRADE Activity and Good Price Continue In , Iron and Steel Bueine It. O. Dunn A Co., in their weekly r snyi It I a belated season; a fror.eD . set everything back. The heavy busing which ought to have been done In May ,.j June was pushed Into July, so that the dim summer decline due In July comes In Au"a , Hack of all doubts I the fact that the uj,, trie are doing better' than anybody eon ri" have expected. The output of pig rou ft Augmt 1 was 1S0.6J5 too weekly, or l?6 J? by another report, in either ease close t'., largest output In 1H;:. though surpassed i" 1,00U ton in the spring of imij. i '.' stocks nre KH.078 Ions (mailer, the steel companies having mad purchas ,, ' advance ol needs, but the actual consurrlz tlon I large, aud price rise In the face o'i'l Increasing output, llessemer Iron Is fit 15 , I'lttsburg. and plates have advanced l , Ion. though other price are In some cw. shaded In the east The sale 0 w,,,, 0.:il:l,(M) pounds domestic and 3.'i7. noo 0!' elgn this month, against 12.H70.ti.-iO .'lomest . and l.HO'J.fiOO last year, and II,HH!,80'J im tie and 4,0MI,5t)O foreign In lltnj, inj.j. that domestlo woM Is largely held for si, latlon at price about 1 cent higher tl manufacturer feel able to pay. Crop " port modillej esporatlona a to cotton an I wheat and cotton speculator hav bought lifting th price llve-slxteenth. while wtV.., wiih more evidence of loss in yield has iir cllned 1 7 " cent. August earnings ol rail road thus far show 5 per cent behind U.i years, with loss on nearly all vla'scs 1 uly the full returns were 10 per cent and i Juu 1.'.2 per cents, below those of ,, Lastbound shipments from Chicago fur t,,' weeks of August have been m:i7-, lnn against !i7,0Ht last yenr. nnd lOO.ltl'.i in p. ,-, i allures for the week have been i k; n ,',, t nlted State agtlnst 'JJ'J last year and ii in Canada against 4 j last yenr. "New Worn m" 1 Distilling Whisky. The "new woman'' has broken out in m. otner way In ti 'orgla says an- Atlanta dis patch. This time she conies to the front n di-tiller. A woman Iu Jasper county aii another l:i Cherokee have boeu granted the necessary (iovernment license to enable tli-i-to estaldish registered distilleries from vthi'ti to make peach brandy. These are tho fr-t ease ol women distillers who appjar on t, Ixtoks of the revenue department. Two Ra or Uouslit. August lt 'lmout has piirciia.e.l ..,rv Navarre ol llyrou Mel' eiotinl aa-1 I'irita. J. W. Itogers. Ho paid tJi.'iiiO I n ll -n-v ; N tvarre and t' 50.1 lor .-iaa. It -i iiiteu t, lie says, to race tiiem iu Li.-i , t lie proposes to eunlltie his r.tciug op.-,-., -.. to America, hopiug to e. ovate tlie 9. an . ,,-1 ..; the lur' here. Verdic'.of Willful Murder. At Toronto, Ont..llie Inquest on the body 0! Nellie I'ltzel, the younger ol the two girls ts! Ileved to have been murdered by the riot- r toils Holmes, was coueluded Friday iilk-tii The (nre returned n verdict ot willful niiinii-'r ara'rst Holme MAKlvlCTS. I'l l I sltt IU,. li us: wiioiitsAi.K run us a lot iuvkn to ion , l.ruiu. lour ami WIII-AT- No. I led No. U red ll'liN Nn x yellow ear No. It yellow shelled Mixed ear, OA In No. 1 while No. S white Kxtra No. S while l ight mixed ItYh-No 1 No. ii western FLol'lt W inter patents lilemK Fancy spring patents Fancy Htnitirhl winter Mraiirht XAX bakers' t'lear w inter live flour HAY No. 1 timothy Nu a ; Mixed clover. No. 1 .. New nay, from wagons...- FKr,lNu. 1 White Ma, ton No SI While Middlings brown Miilillings lireu, bulk e'l'UAW-Wheat Hal tsetl. .. e VI 71 1 41 I.' 'Jo '.'I V.l M 4 IHI I no 1 .1 in .1 a-, U fill la 01 it tvi li 01 111 Oil 111 11 IT .VI in IXI 11 01 li ui li .Ml .0 1 !.l I 111 :i 'i ti 3 :i 1 la .'ill l'i in it m li IM '.11 hi is III r, ' l'i in T li Dairy I itxluct' bl'Tl Kit- Klein 1 1 earner v v.j ,4 o hiincy l rcuiin ry m F ency louiuiy UoiL 11 l ow tti inle iiiiu ciMikliifc' 1 ii 'HhKMv-iiliio, new s New . ork. hew ;l Hj W Imsuisia .ss isa K'ty y: l.lliiloo gei-, new make in ;ii I rnlt aud Veuetatile. AI'I'I.KS III. I j IH 1 7, l l'. Vl II l, till . Ml ) .l I K lo. Im ;ti 1 'a HhANS lliiiid-plcked, per bu li ',i u Lima, in ii 1 .' ii 1 HI A mm tine, iu car. Onl .... J is:, it- V loin htore. im t... I'AIUt.Mit inline grown, bdl isl OMn.Vs -1 ell, . 1,11 mi -, r. I'oullry, l ie. Live hi. kens, pair '11 4 ;s Live lnicks. t- iau o ini lireeseil t hli ilelis, fi lit. is tfi lave I urKf , e" in 1 1 1 .' KKt.S I a. nliil oiilo. iienu yj 1, I KA 1 lir.ltsv. r.ll Iiii'Iipi-hi'.VIIi .Vi 10 No. 1 r.x. I.ive i.i-iM-. t" 10 40 I v oiintry, iarge paceii . , . ; -c MlM-oliaiieiiii. frKKl'S I lover U Ilia li 5(1 (.4 II s', 1 inioihy, prune tt in a so blue (1111.11 j 40 I ti 1 HAtiM-1 ouiili y mixed 4 1 llDNKY W hue clover It In MAi-l.K sitli', new iu so l IUl.ll - l olllltr) , aweel, liOl S UJ II !ti 'iAI.I.HW 4 4 CINCINNATI. FI.Ol'Il W IthAT No. II lieu KY t No. 8 COHN Mixed OA'ls Koiirt Ill I 1 hit -Ohio v reniuery V iltdtl .V) hi) I a 4" 14 i'tl '.I M I.") U1LA11CL11I1A. flow a s.ttt : . VtllhAI No. ll Ite.l ',il ', I COItN-Nu. K .Mle mi 17 (lA'ih Na Wutte sis . HI I I Klt-t reaiueiy, extra irt vu tvi.l.h-1-a. 111 eie 1 . NKW VUUK. FI.OlTt-I'atcnis W llhA'I'-Nu, 4 lU'U HYb-Slale (lilt.N-.Nu 1 OA I si- hue Western lit I I KK 1 reamer) hiiOb--Mate anil i'01111 j ;:.,. 4 m :i :m -. 4'. -is l'J .11 II i.ivi: h.'ikk. I imhu Mock Ysmus, Fisr Ltsxarr, I'A lAlll.X, i'rillle. 1.100 In 1.I.OO 1 1,. .1 .T, 4 '0 tiotiil, l.tssl lo l.4! Ins AMI .'1 11 l.csid butcher, l,;M to l.-mj in.... 4 7. b v 'I lily, I.iho to I.I.Viit. 1:1 1 i 1 Fair light steers. IWI to loll His .... ,17V I'.''' Coliilnuii, iuo 10 UdOltj i Mi It u 1 llona. Philadelphia 4 ! I 4 ! ileal 01ke1aa11d lalxeil.. .'1 in .') Ji Cuuiiuuu to lair Yorker 4 ui I ii kuxar. Kxtra. 98 tn inn lb 11 ini a Hi t.ood.sfi to tm lb tj tin -.Msi Fair, 76 to 85 In 1 bo ii 15 Common 1 no 1 V Spring Lamb ',' oil 4 W Chicago. C'atlle t'ominou to extra steers tt MlotbUi; stis ki la ami feeder. '.' 60.14I l'i cow and bulls, j I .'Sl.-v 1. 0 I; l aiven. i. Ws. il Hog beavy, l.si(4.ti.'i; i-oiiimou tu cboicii liuxeil, 4 41SSMI.1; choice assortea, t-VlUo-AH-'i; llht, 4.iUi4V40; pig. t.vial Mt Sheep-lu-ferlor to choice, &uoi4.u0; lambs, :toi)j5.i(i. Clni'lunall Hogs seliH't shipper none; butcher $4.HAaA.tsi; lair to gisid packer il.tii toCMU: fair to light .V liiio.i.r: euuiinou aud ruufh4 KMcd.fU) t attle-g hmI ahlipera4 I ao'i on. Sood locholc 4 fKjUA Ui Imii to medlillii ! Into 4. aft; eomniou itiio3.V6 Lamb extratWi: good to choice f IOUI04 74; voiuuionto fair i.W W&76.
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