THE HIDDLEBURGH POST. GEO. W. WAGEXSELLER, Editor and Proprietor MldJIeburg. Pa.. October M. lOf. "Now that Li'.;ilfinntit 1'cnry hni put bncli from tircenlnnd lio doesn't ftcin to hnvo found out anything of value, observes the New Orleans Tic n.vuuc. oeit.ty gentlemen in New York City liavo derided on plum color for oven in .is dress for men. Man it retreating before tho new womin, exclaims the Wichita (Kn.) lb raU. Tim ImiMiTs of tw t ty-ftory tl;y rcrapi r cniniliiiri that it is diflicnlt to obtain trJi inti for the hinhci- I'.nors htid posiMy t'.ii" hits ilolic MiliHthin,.; tliv Mtir.i" toe rectum of bnilititi:; twebty, or even fifteen stories hi;;u. .Snys the Postou (Hobo : "Tho oM battle I'liils of the I'ti'iritrv bid fuir t i i.i cuiiii; us i;i:ni;is j -,r tuc i- uniii-noii Knl:iti ti ji. i ri l! i in :h t!ipy ro fur tho I l , . , .. .. , ' Hutu, s .i) i :it r.;,,n tln:n. Soniu .l thi'lu-t nn'.'im, i: of .iiicricnti t lo- I .' . imiico, In ;rititn:' with Linnilu s (Iittv-lnr" ;illri"j lnvi- fir-l 1n n ' ' ' ' i uttcp'.l uvk'.i tl.o 1 1 s o ('.! l.uttlo : (..vi, It ir. roiii''!ulii r.'.l of th. Info rr. Tloii.:litoii, tin' l!o-to:i jmlilisli. r, tint n v,..ii! t.i tell 11 churnptiTiHtin rtnry -f Ni.yh Uohstcr. Iloitliton v.ns n lmy ni u printer's shop v.hcti n:t "lil-!oi'!.i:i ol.l fiitli.iuiu rnm' in )tn' ilr.y to imi;e luni pro'uiHn tlmt li 3 moiiM nlwiiys K t up tho worl "enn lir" not Vvntr" 'I'll': dictioimry mini in Mii l t Imvo truvcrsol Now Krip',lunl on this rrran.l to printer.. Ki'iitm-ky lun-t tul;o tlio m!,l:il for pn tty lri.!:c, u lmits tlio Atlanta Con stitution. II. re i wlnt :tn 11':iljrt'tit Noeitty rcpiirti-r on tho JI lysvillo Ko-pulilii-iin tins t K.t'of n vt ry n crnt thurnur: "Tlio liri.lo is n ilotni Momlo, uliiiiit the uvcr.io hci-ht, with mi cxipiisitilv ronndoil form. M10 hns n facu like n richly tiulc.'l lily, hilKcn 1:ik1k'k shiiiie eyes of tlio richest lnutl, while Minuy brown hair, bucIi ih puintrrs lovo nud poets Hin of, cltihtcrs nbout her fuir young brow. Hho wus uttirod in no artistio gowu of Cream. lour ntwunrtn ,lnm, l.nin . ' . """" """l4t7Meitaoutp.it TJUlLis5iii!r.' bnd. Her munnor is mmvo nnd nho is u thariniiic; companion." A Western theorist thinks that if nil tho farmers should nroe not to plunt for one year tho world would fctarvc. Conl'l sucli 11 tudiciuo bo car ried o'.u the New York Sun believes it mi;;ht cause con-i ler.i'.ilo discomfort to Nations t hit dvpendel for food upon what they ruiso by cultivating the soil, but there nro vast inhabited I , legions and millions of people who 1 live well and comiortably upon i.ro li- ' fVd ti,.ture, renoirr: what ,. man has t-oivii. It liii;:hl be well for lurmers occasionally to combine in lo.sScnin tho iH'rea"e of ccltilin crolis, and , . , ., ... ., , , tu. rtl Kc-p wed witiiin the lines of 11 reasonable ilemnml, for the purpose of Focuriug 11 biir return for their labor, but whenever this lms been at tempted tho agreement has been ig nored by it liir,'o majority of thoso who subscribed to it, tho chances for obtaining hih priees bciutj too treat ft temptation to be resisted. Ilarpet'a Weekly nays: "Ilerrc nholT'isii namo with only a limited ! aiaount of Yankiv twanc; to it, but the ' llerreshoH's have been New I'nlan lers for more than a century, and uro us fully cutitle:! to rani; n Yankees ns if they were Adamses or I'errys. Charles Frederick HerrcuhoQ' came trout tier luitiiy in Kt'O, an 1 Fettled on 11 farm n I'm b'tieo I -land in Nurraruusett Fii-. Captain "Nat" llerresholi? who win christened "Nathiiniid llreeue," is uuo of the nine children of Charles Frederick's son. It is of him that 3Ir. llat-ey, tho llritish nailmaker who miled on tho Valkyrie, miid: "ilerro hholl is u f;euius, and has mustered it ml. He is not only a liuval architect mid designer, but un engineer uh veil." Whilhtr Cuptaiu Nat has "mastered it all," or whether tho per fect ability to build yachts is the re Miltofthu combined kuowle.lo and tiileut of ull tho uvaihiblo Hcrrcshotl brothers, is 11 question of interest, but not of great lmporluuco no louj; us tho yachts uro built. Three of tho brothers aro bliipl, and tho head of tho busiiicait concern ut Bristol is tho tldcht of them, John Lrown Hoirc fchotT. How tho blind brothers briu;; their wits to bear on mieh a bubiacHk iib boat-building in a uiyut-'ry to ull necing people, and continued to bo ul- 0 r ' mobt as great a mystery after their method of work have bwea wpkiaoJ, THE INDDSTS1AL WORLD. LARGE COKE PRODUCTION, KoroOven in Blast Than Ever in th Conellsvilla Riirlon. The three week ending October 19 were (lie largest known lu tlio production of coke In tlio Connellsvlllo region. Trior to tho week ending September 2S. tbo weekly pro duction ranged (rum 150,00.) to 155,000 tons with nbout 15,000 oven. beginning with tbnt woek Ihe production began to go nbove nil record. The pro duction was Hit;. "00 ton dI coke from 15,61 1 ovens out of it totul of 17,031. During the next week, ending October 12. the produc tion was 172.27.1 tons from 13,921 oven. Ill t!iu following wk, ending October 10. tlio output wns 17 j. 7 III tons, the record breaker, from I.V'5 oven, the largest num ber ever In blast at one time. Aside from the t'liorumiM production, the remarkable fcatur" of the situation Is, that all the coke lin lii is shipped lor immediate use. 'Ihu slowing up which whs anticipated when firnncc coke was ndvubcod from 11.60 t iin tn hn not ynt nppcured, and the de tuand is at strong us during the fastcrt mo m"Ms of tlm pig iron boom three months ago. - hn production of pig Iron la keeping pace with tbe increased production of coke. The I ncreitse of Waxes. At tlm recent meeting of the Prftlsh Asso ciation, l I. Ilnwlny read n paper embody- i -. .. ..7 waics in ttm I'ulti-il tnti's ntnl lu timnt l:nt mi. 1 HI. W.nw havo f olio. ! very , tno hhiiih course in bo:h couotnrs rls. "' ' " '":'N""l:!" '" 1 "7.1, fnllniK till lxxi), mid tlin riiiiir, till In l'.'l ttm Wivi'l of 17.1 rendi'd. Wiui-i m tho wool trnde ful- l,nv'' ' " 'lll,,r,"t "urso mid did not in nice n u Ik ronrs.H in Pnlmid, whcrens In the Xiiti'S tln-y lii'Ti'iiHi-d rn. Idly after 1X7:1. It iis now i.itiii'l tlmt In tlio llmltcj arvn of In- li.stry roiisl'liTfd. mil win,'e hud Increased "iiluniously in tun I nltnd Kingdom, til I bt.....l 7.1 ...... I tl..l... In J r-wu.. ...... w , . ,..7,, UIK" 1 III l-.il limn they did 1m;0. whllo la tho Stiitce r'iil whk'i'h rnsi' with ttm same rnpldity till 17.;. wi-io I'lii'ck-d mid (limlly foil in IHSO. iinl itii-ii r"S" mi'ldly, till In ls'.n they w-r ii"iirly 1:0 per cut. higher than in 1hi;i). J hesn cnni'lu-ioti. however, must not be '.liken to represent Industry in Ihe Stntes or lu i.iit,'l'ilid iih n whole, slticn it had not been poisihln to Inehidn RKrii'iiUurnl wnes. l'rof. IMtfewi.rtli observed that wai' wero now 'ibout tlio sniim iik they woru twenty years u.m. but their piiti'liiislni; power woe oil or 40 I -r cent, higher. AUiirPny-roll. A larger nwioiint of money wan pn!d out in oiiiii;towii. Ohio, to employe la Industrial iKtablihhrtients 011 Siit irdity alternoou than ever before In one day in the history of the city. 'J lie total amount distributed by roll ing mills and Industrial plants was noarly joo.nui). Tlie liiruest pay-roll at any one ollii'o wn it the ilrown, l!ouuoll Jron Com p.ili.v. t '.5, tOU tn'ln paid out. LA 30 11 NOTES. The "Clnelnuatl l'otato 1'iitcU" Industrial 1 vpi'rlMH'iit bis. roven a marked luccxnii. Tho Iron ur.d blicet mills at Vonncstowu, 'i., aro ri.nulii); doublo turn to their lull rapacity. Tlio licucrs Iron Coinpnny. SprliiRfleld, O., Is at wi rk 011 11 u additlou 100x02 feet, which will be u-n 1 us u uiut'hiuu vhup. The l'orro Steel i'ompauy, t'bagrlu l'al'.a. O , I enlarslnic it plant and wilt nearly laeu Wllllnm ltlalsdell, of Honolulu. In formliiK it coinpunv In Cli'Teliiud, ()., with a capital of I t'll. ll'illtn control 1.1,'KIO acres ot sunr cane land lu Ihu Snudmoli islunde. 1'resl.lent bane, of ttu houthorn Cottcn (rowers' Atf.oi lutiuu, who has jmt cum pleted a tour i f ,.li South, uya the cotton crop will be r.rn ,000 bales, and tlmt January cotton will sell lor 10 cunts. 'Ihu Venn Hard warn t'oinpnny, Itraillnc, I'a., him coii iiii'iiccd tho ereciloii in' an addi tn n to lis Itmidry buildiiu.'. which will f;ivn eiiiployinent to lH'hy ad'litiotial hanJu. It will bit lllilslied ubou'. lieccuiber 1. 'Ihe li.uintless l:ieye! t 0111 puny, Toledo, ul""- ' u'1'1" "mteria.ly to us nmchinery. 'Vi J has moved iu'.d much larner iuiir:ei., llm etunpntiy lormeny employed nbont 1.0 bul V VKU 10 ""-:r"'"u ' out w ,. M (,l!npnI!Vi , s, rlmrdeld, Ohio, which lias not been active for the past Z kuown as tho Trump Muniifacturini t'om- panv. and has a capital ( 100,00 1. It will anula-ture imikIuhs uud water whcols. The I'ittsliurK .V Pake Krin Ilaiiroad will "oiumvuci' tho eoustruetlun ot a track through thu llavs esta'n In to tho I .irut'nlc mills at I ilomesteii'l. Hi" Homestead .Maiiiilaulurinir iMiiipiiny, which was contemplating the rc- uioval ol Us 1 laut to l.orulu, hue ilot'ldud to ri-uiaiu ut llomu.-'.v.id. I The Shelby Steel Tube ('omimny, Shelby, II.. imvo Jii couipii'ifu N'mrni larnu au ditions to llieir plant, uud Mute that they hope liy ln'C. 1 to I c 111 a position to turn out 1,500,000 leci of tubinir per month. The company fee! very conlhli'tit that tho antici pated Increase lu capacity id luuaufucturerM of bicycle muterial will meet every demand of bicycle inukers. The irenenl condition of the Soutli, ns Indi cated by reports to tbo Maniifai:turei' Hoc ord during tlm week, continues to bo very eu fnuraitiUk'. Tbo unusuully lure crop ha placed tho farmer m a morn Independent po.sltion. '1 In) At lit ut it, Imposition Is attract liu; oxtraerdiuiiry interest in all auctions, ot the country towards the South; the tnauufuc hirers ol lieu continues to be forced by tho c Meiii-lvn demand, mid an the result another furnace is preparing to k to blast in West Virginia, wnile two additional furnaces are to be built la the Al'iliaina district. A 7.500, 1100 company has been formed to construct two hundred miles of railroad through one of the richest timber mid uinerul sectious of West Virginia. A nuuibur of Important public Improvements uro in progress iu Southern cities. ARMENIAN REFORMS. Tlio Particulars aro Publluhed iu Turkish I'apure. An ct'leial comtnunlcation, cmbodylni; the Araienlnu reforms, has been made public thruia-h tho Turkish press. It is carefully worded in order to show that the roiorms are 111 perfect harmony with ihu existing laws, so ns to avoid ewitiri; tho Turks, la udditlou to the reforms already known to bavn been npprovud by tho cultun, ;the communication . is that tae iiihaliilauts of Armenia wl.l be protected by troops when they visit the mountain pictures, and tlmt they will thus be able to obey ll;o law, wuieU provides that they urn not to carry linns. The nomadic tribes will Lu settled upon lauds which will bn granted them by the Koverumt ut, the liainldiun cavulry wiil be sul jectnd to spcciul re;ulatious unit four olllciais will be scut yearly from l oustiiiitiuopm to iuipiire Into abuses ot the new administration. Sa?u"' T0,!'" ?' 1'MTl,,u0. I niiinili 0 0(111 djimR0is from J. J. Vnii I Aien, of Newport, for the alienation of his 1 A wrU WM u'ued ,or va COINAGE SUSPENSION. Carlisle Carries Out the Si I rer LBia- latlon. All silver coinage, except that of subsidiary tllvor, has been ordered iuspended after No rember 1, Dfit, by gecretary Carlisle. In Jnrrylnir tut this policy the New Orleans.'min lll bo praetlcally closed and dismantled titer that date, and Its seventy mploes fur- lojuheil without pay. ' A letter containing these instruction ns to discontinuing coiiinite operation ot New Orleans, was mailed to siipniilnteadeiit Overton ( abe on Monday tilxht. Of the omploye in the New Orleans mint SO aro women und 40 ineo. Secretary fariisle, for some time pnst has been cunsidnrlnu the advisability of stopplnij Ull silver colntiKo ejdej.j that of subsidiary coins, and since he hns been the head of the treasury department only 4.3S2,.12I standard liver dollars have been iniuiod. Since July I las: only U0 stundurd sllvsr dollars have been coined. Tim treasury now holds of si ver bullion purchased nuder the She-man act 1:17 mi.oou llim oiiiichs, tha cost ot s-hlch wns 12l oso . 22:1. the enlnltitf value of this bullion lu silver dollars being J77.VM.O0O. If this bullion wr coined Intu silver dollars the profit to the Koverument rn Its colmue would be nenrly 6s.wiu,roo, which sum could be paid out for tbo ordinary expenses of the trovern incut or almost which silver certificates could bo Issuml. I'nder the act of ls7:m,H treasury holds of bullion purchased 0i;5,l.)'J in value. llm practical t fleet of u,0 action taken by S-rreinry CnrilsHs Is to convert all the sliver bullion l.nld by tlm Kovernment into trold ob IlKiitlons, under the j arlty clause of the.'sher man net. secretary W indom, tu lss:, c. n strued the law to mean that all Sherman uotes l-sued uealust the bullion were redeem Ut'ln lu K"ld. TliiseoiiMriietion of the Inw was concurred In by his successors. Secretaries Poster and Car lisle, and bus been In practical operation durliu the past six years. I nder it 70,i'.'J, 522 have been redeemed. 'i ho eoiiiaco of silver bullion Into standard silver ib'lbirs operates to prevent Sherman nott s beiuj; Issued upon them. Silver certill cates, however, am l-sned against the stan dard silver do, lute and are redeemable only In silver. Thus from thusamo base, tho sil ver bullion, the Sherman notes hemmo cold obligations and the silver coined Into stun durd snver dollars and the sliver certlM.'ates Issued upon tr.cm become silver obligation. 'Ihe suspension of tint .'oiuiik'" of standard silver dollars, therefore, leaves tho bullion silver free from any farther iinbiiit" ofenu version Into ellvi-r obligation. 'I he closing up of the New Orleans mint leaves only the I ulted Slates mints nt I'lillndelphla nnd San l'riiiieisco In operation. At those mint", ouly gold and subsidiary silver wiil heieafier i, colueil. unless congress should direct to the contrary mid Its uoilou should bo approved by tho president. MAXIM GUNS HANDY. Wl.y F.nh'lnml Desired Tlinn on British Oulsnii's Soil. '1 lie state department ut Washington 1 lu possession if Ihu full text of the dispatches sent by Joseph Chamberlaiu, secretary el statu for the colonics la the llritish cabinet, to Sir Charles l.ees. goveriior-gnueral of llritish (iuliinit, concerning the strengthening ot tho frontier, llm increase of police and the pur chase of a Maxim gun in the llritlsh-i iuiaun territoiy, 'llm department was put lu pos session of this Information on Wednesday Inst, In mi cfllclal communication from a high member of the diplomatic corps, when the high council of llriilsli Ouuiiiu opened its seuelou two letters from Chamlsrliun were read. Tim government secretary also an nounced that there wus an important tele gram referring to the purchase of Maxim guns, which would not be rend until the council went into secret session. Mr. Chamberlain's letter ol date September 7. ls'JV refers to llritish Guiana's old re- -sources autrthotT' ImportftDce to the hecesit) 01 opening up tne gold territory to miners, and the construction of certain roads. If nec essary, tu tho junction of the Irmin and Cuyiui rivers. Ilu further suggests, lu tlio In terests of tbo miners, that the (iuliiun police force be strengthened, and that barracks be erected at lruan uud one or two other points. After rending ttm letter the government secre tary olb'red llm following resolution- "J hat this court sanctions the following oxpi ndlluro being churned anlust tho reve nue for the current year: l'liichase of one Maxim gnu and ammunition. I;i-'il: two ad ditional sub-inspectors ot police, 720: uni forms: nrms and ui'Cuutri'UieiilH. ;4:i.'i: total, 62.11. .li.'' Tim si eretn'.y offered a second resolution appropriating r 1,0 0 for a barracks at I'ruau, tho point where the recent trouble in Vene zuela occurred. In a speech supporting the resolution he said, with regard to the pur chusn of the Muxiiu gun, that it was the di rect w ih of the secretary of state, Mr. Uaiii- I. erlilln. The members of council miido considerable fun ot the Maxim guu purchase proposition. U -during that such u measure was useless, mid when the matter ramn to a vote the mo tion to buy the gun was voted down by 10 to s. The second lesoluilou, appropriating I I. 00') for u barracks ut I'ruiiu, was udoptud unanimously. PROPELLED BY ELECTRICITY. Suceessfu! Tost at Tonnwandn in the Prcscence of Many Men of N te. Saturday ulteiuooti the ofllclal test of eloot rlcity us applied ti the propulsion of canal boats on the Trie t anal was made, and fouud perfectly satisfactoy. '.'rowds lined tlm bauks of the canal for uu liour before the test was begun, uud when the stmt wus finally made a shout went up Irom 2,000 h routs, it was a great day for the state's waterway. It means that once more there will be c practical con tinuous string of louts from the Niagara to the Hudson. The harbors now c.-owded with rotting hulks will again bo llllou with in coming and outgolutf craft loaded with tho nation's commerce. A uew era of prosperity has duwued lor the Trio canal. Soveu cuuul boats were used lu the test. 'Ihe 12-year-old sou of Supt. Aldrblge rode behind t.ie motor cur uud turned the lever when the "ar started up. Kvervthing went well. 'J he bouts hesitated a moment, uud then forged through tlm water at a rate of between three nnd four miles an hour. The average speed on the up-trip, imaiust the cur rent, was three und thruu-lllttiH miles an hour, und returning, with the cur rout, lour and oue-teaths tiilles. The system which was so suocessfully tested and which it is proposed to extend to the en tire leuutb of the cnual. Is remarkably simple. The motors nm merely electric mules, aud take the animals places in toutug tlm Pouts. Grunt motor curs aro suspended iu mid-air from immense cables on which the current is carried. A man seated behind tlio mo. or di rects its niovemeuls much us does the tui.tor iiiuu of uu ordinary trolley cur. The possible speed of these motors running free Is llftoen miles uu hour, und nothing but the canal Itsulf can limit their reasonable spued. Another Artii.iuiuii Ou'.raio. Plstn rhiince of a serious naiureare report ed trom Kerasuu. The Turks attacked tho Ainifiiiau inhabiting the village of Senilis, in the district of Mudiiuiu. Twenty-four persons Were killed on both sides. The grand vizier, Klumil Pnshn, has com municated to bhitklr I'aiha the scheme for re form to bo introduced lu Iho vulnyetes of teeroum, tltlls, Vuu, Hivas, Mamuretulaziz aud lilurbekir, iu Armenia. The high com missioner has been Instructed to mniutnlti a scrupulous watch over the execution of the reforms and to report the results by letter to Consunliuoplu. The communication also de flue in detail the functions of the high com missioner relative to the amnesty to be grant ed to political prisoners, and tbs return of Armenian smlgruuti and exiles. LOOKS BAD FOR DURRANT. Two Witnesses Say H Lacked Notes ol the Lectur. The defense closed Its case Tuesday morn ing without Introducing any lurther testt mony.and the prosecution immediately began to put In It testimony ot rebuttal. This was damaging to liurrant and included evidenct as to the nott s of 1'r. Cheney's lecture on the ntteinoon of Manche Lament's disappear ance, which be obtained from bis fellow student, l ive trustees of the l.manuel llapt 1st chinch denied that tliey bad about the time of the Liiiider given any Instructions to liurrant to rcpulr the sua burners. Among the trus'ets was C. O. Noble,uucle of blanche l.r.moLt. Adoipii Ilobe. an old school mate of liur rant. tertlfird that be had seen him nt the ferry on the afti rncou of April 12, the day ol Minnie Wlliiair, uiuider. with a young woman ot the Williams girl's stature and with a enf e such a she wore. J- F. O.ii-ser, a fellow student of Durrani, trstilli d I hut on April 19 he, with liurrant, went Into a room at the college, nnd while be read bis notes ol the lecture on April II, liur rant uuide notes In his note book. They dis cussed the points raisej, and Olssser read his notes entirely through. '1 bonnti they dis cussed the point ol the lecture, Liurrant did not rend from bis cotes during the three quarters of on hour they were engaged. l'tof. Tbos. Price, the lending chemist of the city, snid It liurrant had Inhaled gas over the suu burners, ns he snid ha did, for four or five minute, he would bnve been entirely overci ate. Uud be remained two mlcute be wcnl I have been overcome. ( hares Morrl-ou a reporter, tcntlfled that Iui rittit had told hltn be went to the church in the alternoon of Ai rll 3, between 4 aud 4 110, insteud of 4 .'5, ns 1'urriiut had testified. J. s. luimngiin, another reporter, testified that be and !r. O, ttrithnm had visited liur rant In risen on April 20. Hews r-qin-eicd by Iiiinatit to stp nsnle, while (milium talked priwitcly with I he defendant. It tas Graham whom It is alleged Durrnnt sske l lor his notes. Graham talked wuh 1 mi r r ii ut for nbout hnlf or three-quarters ol an hour, liunntgan said. 1'r. Graham tertlllet) that he bnd lind such an Inti'Mlt'iv witti luirraut In prison. Imr r ii n t iiad sski il 1 'ii n iiltruri to step to one side, mid then asked Graham II he would not lend bllll Ills notes ol the let-lure of April II. Il'i snid he bad no note, nnd with the aid ol Graham's bu could prove an alibi. CLEVELAND AT ATLANTA. Ho Wus Oiven a Warm Greeting by tho Masses. President Cleveland was the lion of the hour nt the Atlanta Exposition Wednesday, aud the reception which was accorded him bn never been excelled in the South. The city was thronged wlh visitor from points near and fnr, nnd at an enriy hour the streets were almost impassable. The Presi dential party, however, avoided anything in the nature ot street scene by being driveu rapidly to the grounds by a circuitous route. After a burned inspection of tho buildings President Cleveland was driven to u staud, from w hich bo reviewed a parade of troops. lie was then introduced ny president I ha. A. Collier, of the Pxposltlou Company, and responded with a Lrmf speech, which was chiefly congratulatory of Southern enterprise. Southern industry nnd southern rccuperullou. 'llm President was greeted by an ovation which lusted for several tmuutes. His speech though short, consumed considerable tune In delivery because of tho frequent interruptions of npfilause. At its conclusion Mr. Clevelnud held an In formal reception. A Hue was formed along the frout of the eland, aud a squad of police kept it open. President Cleveland took a position on one of tho steps nnd began shaking bauds with all tbo people who press ed up to hi in. The series ot courtesies extended to the Presidential party wa concluded with a re cepMon at the Capitol City Club, which pin Itself on record as the most elaborate social function ever undertaken in the South. After the reception the President and bis party boarded their special train aud lelt for Washington. WRECK AND FIRE. Two Trainmen Killed and Nina Other Persons Injured. A disastrous wreck, Involving tho death of two men. ami the injury ot several others, and the destruction of a large amount ot mail mutter, occurred near Ilailey's station, on the middle division of the l'euusylaiiia raliroud, at 2-15 Ihursday morning. Kll.Id'.I). liANir.L WOI.l KlI.b, engineer, of Harrls burii. J. W. HAINPS, nremun. INJlKbl). 1'. A. 'H Mlli:iiI.AIN, of Hurrlsburg: lu juries reported serious. SKVKN POSTAL CI.LT.KS; extent ol In juries not known. Prom reports received it nppenrs that a wheel on a ear on an eastboutid IrelKht train broke at Trimmer's Hock, near Pulley', and three or four cars Were wrecked aud thrown ou the opposite track. 'Jim mail section ol th'i uuthweteru express, composed of foui postal cars uud it storage car, was passing ut Ihe time, und crashed iuto the wreck. The engine was thrown from the track uud hurled into Ihe canal. P.tiguiecr Haulel Wollkllland J. VV. ilaiiies, fireman, wore Instantly killed. pour mall ears following the engluo were also wrecked nnd immediately caught lire. AH of ttio postal clerks were hurt, but not fil ially, so far a Is kuowu. 1). A. Chumber Intn, who resides ut lbirrisburg, was the most seriously hurt, baviug sustained it frac ture of the icit arm. 'llm postal car took fire, and the flaruet spiead Willi such rapidity that it was impos sible to sava uuy of thu mall matter. It win tlm ihn.u.'li mail from New Vork, uud no ac count can be given of the contents for sev eral days. Treasury Iuveutiiratora. An investigation which tho auditor of tb( United States treasury for the statu depart ment is making into the accounts of the statt department bus given rise to rumors that tht accounts are mixed, mid that the system ol bookkeeplug bus been louud faulty. The In vustlgatlou has been going ou ut odd inter vails since July, but it was not bused on any belief that there bus been nuy wrongdoing ir, the disbursing clerks' ottlt-e, known us tin bureau ot ueeoiiuts. As n matter i f fact, the inquiry come up in the course of reculni routine aud this thoroughnurs with which it bus been conducted is due to the jiockery re organization law, which provides for a searching investigation of ull uccouuts. it ii said that some u regularities bnve been dis covered, but these have been merely errors, perhaps ol carelessness iu bookkeeping Joi which no employes of the bureau of uccounu Is directly responsible. Desperadoes Lynched. Two more mombers of tho Sutli Wyutt's band of desperadoes huve answered for thuir many deeds of lawlessness. They are Jin I inbru uud Mexlcau John, two Me.xieaur. They were lynched by enraged cattieaiur. The two Mexicans had stolen fifty head ol cuttle belonging to li. P. Chupmuu, uud bis caw boys gave chase. They closed In on tho desperadoes fifteen miles from Cnuioutueut, und after a fusilade of bullets tbo bandits surrendered. The cowboys Identified the cattle, uud takiug a rope pulled the two men up to the tlm tree. A tubal was ultiit'hed to their clothing warning other members of the bsad to quit this work or setter IM Mm penalty, Ex-Benator Van Wyck, of Nebraska, suffer ed a stroke of paralysis at Washington an 4 probably will die. KEYSTONE STATE CDLLINGS ENDOWMENTS MUST CEASE. Dauphin Court Issues a Deere Against the Sexennial League. The Dauphin county court has Irtand a de cree requiring the Sexennial league, which has a membership ot nbont H,0 j0, to discon tinue tbe endowment feature, by which hold era of certificates are promised tl. 000 at the expiration of six year in cuuslderution of tho payment of fMO In assessments. Thousand ol dollars worth of timber and cord wood have beun destroyed by forest tires bear Itellofoni. Otis Jaeoby, a minor nt Sntetvilte, near Ureensburg.has fallen heir to 27."i,0(XI ly the death of an aunt at Philndolpbln. F.lla, an 0-year-old daughter of William flarvy, of Waterlord, near (ireensbuig, wus fatally kicked In the head by a horse. The Westmoreland and Cambria Natural Oas company, which bn been so (.plying Johnstown Rluce lsui, win shut off the sup ply and close business November l. The well In Westmoreland county from which It drew the gas ba become exhausted, and the new ones opened are furnishing only a small amount. Amos I'orseman, Jr., was killed by a train bear Pottsvllie. Hugh Kunkle and P.lnnche C.timbert elopej from licrwln and were married at Cumber land. Tbe clothing and dry good store of P. Cohen, nt Alloonu. ws closed on execution lor .l,'l,000, issued by tlio creditor. People nt Washington enp'.ure ! l "0 carp In a reservoir that had been dr.unud by the water company to b J cleaned. Tlm grist mill of P. M. Putnam, nt ( lymer station, ws burned Thursday night Less t5,000; insurance, :),njo. John (lolden nnd J. ('. beam, proprietors of the f.ntrobe aud l'alrlield Hour n.i.li at Orecnsburg, niado an assignment. Tbe director of the Cottngo Hospital at Mercer re-elected the old otllceis and eliusii Dr. J. C. Woldmaa its hy.-icinu In charge. A Christian I'ndeavor convention ef the M. P. church) of Washington and Greene coun ties and part of West Virginia will be held nt Washington November 7. Ihe toll from thu old school bouso nt Monongnhnla hn been moved to theuew one, and is being attached to tlm towu clock, which will soon bo put In order. Oeorge A. I.tp-e an J Jotin Gay of Auburn, while attempting to cross the l.ehigh Valley railroad, were struck by n tram. Luce wae Instantly killed and (lay was fatally Injured. I'.ov. J. L. Weaver, of tho I'lrst Presbyterian church nt Durgettstuwn. bus accepted a call from a Philadelphia church, William Crompton, n Cambria county farmer, has fouud a prehistoric stone which was probably ued iu the early ages fei grinding grain. It I ci.'bl feet In i Irjumfer euce and ten feet four Inches at the ba-e. ' Cyrus Pulley, a late cl'.lxen of Illnlr county, died, leaving an estute valued at 427.000, but having no legal representative or heirs. The court do-.'ided thiuthn property escheated to tho Commonwealth ut I'eiin-ylviiLlri. and ordered Its transfer to Congressman Joslab D. lllcks, of Altoonu, the eschcator repre senting the State, Joseph Manser, n farmer who lived neur llradford, 1 yet in county, met a horrlb.e death on the bulllmcru Ji Ohio railroad, one bait mile west of Dawsou station. Tho Pal tluinre k Ohio limited ex pros, bound west, -Luninir nt the rate of a miie a minute, daub ed Into bis VagJii, totally 'Wrecking it, and hurled Musssr a distance of 60 feet. He struck against a telegraph polo, aud bis bruins were (lushed out. Durlug an attemptuj baloon ascension at Somerset a Pole fell and broke for eucb ol two boys standing uearby. George llnrkey, 10 years old. of Somerset, died from tbe result of uu accidental wound received while hunting ou Saturday. A. Levin's dry goods store nt Washington was robbed Sunday night ol eCOO worth of goods. Tho Consolidated steel company's rod mill at Heaver Palls, which shut down for repairs lust week, bus resumed. Samuel Miller, a farmer of near Mt. Pleas ant, was killed yesterday, u wugtu load of pit posts past lug over him. Charles l-'orbcs, of Pitealrn, Allegheny county, bus been arrested for au uilegud criminal assault ou Mrs, Jou Sinister. W. II. II. hsnl I suing Altooua for ilS, COO damages lor tbo ruin ol his bind by tho city's suwage. It I a test c.iau fur similar cluims. Plre nt Hnpklu's Mill, lleynoldsville, des troyed a large quantity ot standing aud cut timber. Alexander Hunter's home, Cook township, near Grueusburg, was destroyed by lire; loss, 2,U00. Iu a runaway accident nt Sharon John Chaso aud 11. A. liiughuiu were seriously in jured. Cere, a village near Pra l'ord, was par tla.ly destroyed by lire. Loss, 415,000, with lusuruucu ul tli.OOO. There is talk ut Ileaver of annexing tbe neighboring borough ol Prldgewutej. W. r. Kerr .V Co.' grccery at lieuver Pulls, was seized on attachments by tne sheriff. I'wlng Pros' clothing clothing stora nt New lirightou Wus burglarized Sunday night uud a quantity of clothing stolen. The thieves were shot at by Watchaiau Prevo. John Illekey, a sub-lost for Collin k Martin, ut Klltauuiug Point, was decoyed Iuto a shanty by a gang of laborers aud piob ablv futullv beuteu. One arrest wus mudu. CLAIMS ALL THE TERRITORY. An OfUolul Explanation of the Venezuela Mutter. In view of tho many reports In circulation regarding tbe utlituJe of Great Pntaiu to ward Venezuela tho following olliciul an nouncement was made Mouduy: "In consequence of Venezuela not offering an upology or reparation for tho L'ruaii Inci dent the Marquis of Salisbury has tukeu steps to Inform her as to what reparation Great Prltalu requiie. put as relations between the two countries have been broken oil for some years the communication wus unt sent through tbe diiect diplomatic channel. As the documout bus not reached Its destination, It is not considered desirable to give details of its contents. Put It is couched iu forclblo terms, and poiuts out that Great Itritain wili uot permit Venezuela to ovurslep the bound aries marked by the uouise of the river Cuyuni and Anuicura; but it Is willing that tbe question of tbo disputed territory should be submitted to urbltrutlun." The St. James GsKette, iu a leading full toriul ou the Venezuelan situatlou, says that tho case is uot one for arbitration, and adds: "Tbe good offices of the United (States would be tendered with greater authority aud better graoe if that government paid tha Indemnity It is required to pay by tbe Uerlng sea awards. Wo war absurdly overtaxed by Ihe Alabama decision." Tba First national bank of Wellington, Kan., bat failed. TRADE REVIEW. Lowsr Prices in Iron Usvt Resulted hj Borne Important Con tr sots. a O. Dun k Co., In their "Weekly Itetlf, ot Trade," t ays: Failures In October thus flr how liabilities of 7,21,532,of which 3,;i3 . 175 were of manufacturing and C3.ri2I.556 t trading concern'. In is'j:) failures thu ., week were IS,072,,J20. failures tills ar 'ji In the United S ates. against 231 Inst year. ' Already lower prices in iron bnve brought out some Important contracts. Labor Uiiti. culties. though including a strike of m.m, Pennsylvania coal miners, who do bot to be succeeding, are on the whole of i,,, serious importanve. Money market cnTC remarkably Utile trouble, considering tm heavy movement of product. Cooler wevitLet has generally helped retail tradc.and with in. creased consumption by the millions, tho nuy Will be clear for better business. Iron boasts some good eontrnct this wo one from liussln for several mouths' produc." Hon ot armor pinto by the Carnegie works one for government appraisers' stores and others for 2.050 freight cars, with pros pect of us many more, Ilesseiuer pig a. ranees, but finished product on the w!m: declino a much, other pig Iron not rising It I too late in the season for good buln,i lu structural forms or pipes, and tank ste , lower, with sheets weaker. Hall to OctnU't 1, 1.570,000 tons delivered and 70H,t)uil !, sold, make a pitiful ree,,rd for works whuu have turned out over 2.000,01 0 ton In a your but this only render more surprising the iu crease in other uses of iron. Whether tin pinto work will take HM.ooj . 0 0 pounds of steel this year, us thnintt-t cfllclal report Indicated, will depend ,,n prices, nnd sales of coke below tho latest ,. tablishod price nro noticed, with the largest 1 reduction on record. Textile mnnuuic:ut. er bnve been for tho moment di-'.urie rather than helped, by ttio decline in itt.jn' as It check buying of some fabrics, wu lower prices for print cloth and prosp". t , , lower prices tjt other goods. The o.-iuuij tor worsteds aud dress goods I eucour-igin.. whllo In woolen goods the situation ! e. i."i Impnve. Although bide have fallen ; . ;j jfi at Chicago and some kind of lent ur r lower, quotation of boot uud shoes d . i.,: change, and many lactone have stopped 1. 1 '.line. Mosey I undisturbed, with a ri n: i;. ubly high movement westward, which, Ihe time of year, Is curiously significant. REVOLT IN TURKEY. An Alr.rmlnir Itevoiut.onary Movement Aimed ut Turkey's Ruler. Slns'.e,- stories are nllout regnrdlnp the vi'o gence creaked on the niembor of the mi:i, Turkish 1'iirty. A leading Mussulman lu. yr named I;:z"t ( wliose arrest Was leportej some time since i wus tortured and cast :u Inildl. prison ou proof of corresponding mm the party. There Is an tinconllrme l rep rt that 50 leaders of this party Were arrested , 0 Snturdny and were suinmarly tried and n cuted ou a charge ot excesses during the r' cent Armenian riots. The Voting iurks il tinue veuouiem Milk among themselves, bat It I believed tho mlton's. vigor has tit-f the ngitallou against the g.eru. mem. i urther, lie has had his two broil. -i-. Mulrud and lli-shad, brought to Vllili;-, tot kept there till mutters have calmed down. it will be rcmeuibeiei that a dispatch ir Constantinople lust Saturday told of a time ing received by the llritish ambassador. Sir Philip Currie, from uu Arinennn oirei ttsl there was a plot by the Voung Turkey urtj to kill him, and thus bring disgrace upen 14) Arinenliiu peopre. A hundred Turks were arresled on Satur day, and lis Sofia and 6 students if it military college on Monday. All are ci. ..? connected with the Voung Turkey uh'itst.ca Tho outlook is sorbins. Ihe foreign am bus. odor highly upproisi the personnel ot the commission ol control of tbe Armeulun reforms, which the grun t mzm lias chosen. Put the sultan, jro!'r r ir.g slit tie Invfriimnnla llk..lv tn .lib,,t,r,..u t' Armenian reforms. n.re executed -n a ptr spirit It jvill gfi. JI..M II IN ' this should be done Is of vital importunes. It view of the impending Macedonian dulkv; which Is far more mcuuncing tbuu w.u lis Armenia. GREAT CUBAN VICTORY. General Macco Decoys Spaniard Ia'.o . Death Trap. News received at Key West, pla., stiiteitu General Maceo has by forced ti.an-ae rcnchcl the provitico of Matiinzus, and tl last Monday, with li.ond Cubans, he eivi.s n cavalry forcu of 2,i'J0 Spaniards in tlio -jtrin vnlley. L.triv iu tho niornlnu insurgnnt c it: t brought news of llm approach ol tl; -cavalry. General Maceo ut once pl i - l t nrrey ill positiou to receive the t in-i.y. holiow square was formed, and a I' roe 1.000 ii.su placed in ambush. The forces, uuawarc ol tho presence ol th" '-ik : muiclied iuto tho trap of death, ui.l ' only u pr'sed of their perilous piwi i iu i the iLsurgents opened lire upon it.' t. 'i he Spunlurds uindu a brave ! lit, I owing to the thickness of the forest u'jJ t boggy cotidltiou of Iho valley, ll.e can' were greatly handicapped. Alter a stfit of four hours, tho Spanish troops ed to retreat, leuvlug boO men ib' elin' Held. Tno lasurgeut secured all the urx ; ammunition of thu dead Spaniard', i buitle is the most Importaut light s.nrs breaking out of the revolution. Tliu e. colony iiere nro wild with joy. Private advices coullrm the rep"-', o! ' lauding of un expedition la Cuba un W leaiiershlii of Col. Carlllo. The c.vp'J': woj lauded at lloco del Turo, Octol i r -1 consisted ot 4S men. 17 pieces of arti..i''t two guttling guns. This Is a part ol ut" pedition which was recently sc 'J ' 1 mlugteu. I'OHEiaN NOTE3. The bonrd of health at Honolulu l' thu cholera quarantine. The condition of the (V.arow.t of bus become very much worse. P.cj.ii pt-ctorntlons are frequent. The one-biiudredtb anniversary ut tit1'' purtillou of Poland was observed us ! mourning ihioughout (lallcia. Iu coun-ction with the death Wuterford. who was reported to Intve t wiiueo suicide, it is now believe. l -Wus accideu'.ul. Fumlim prevail in tho Smnleii't Pskow disincls ot llus.-la. owing I" 1M ' uro of tliu crtiLS. The iiiinlstcr of tin' l; reueutlv set anart l.Slld.O.iO rubles !o: l f'ntUe lief of the luliitbitauts of these di-tn' the sulTeters buve uot rucelved any 1 It. Blame iuxuiou Lenstd Tho Iilnine mansion on Dupcut Washington, D. c, which was lul.t 1 ItlniiiM iu I s .-1 uliilu bn wus secri iut)' ' 1... I 1.. . C.l.l I.. l..,(kM,i ic !' 1 1 11 U I V.llll.L. HIM ...,,. .- ... Wesiiiitbeu.se. Jr.. of Pittsburg. ' Mr Wi-fcilnebouse huve bnd ul ut'!l"l llt.k A rtiiir.1.11, fur tai'Vl.rtll UMIlters. !' r liavo eiitirittllied lavi-hly Mr. lliiliso's busluess keeH him ,rl m much in Was,.ington. uud Mrs. W'"l'c- lipends the wilileru bete becan-sc k' ' 11 j 11,-l.iW s lienliu IS not peieu nj -bnru el, mate. Mr. Westlu.hel""' eminlrv l.iiuin at Lenox Moss. 'I''" liousu ' was occupied for several )Mj i-r!" llm I niters tliev iiuv lng aiu.uuu i lu , . ' a - ' "illlli. Miner Hair to a Fortune. Otis Jncoby, of Botervllle, I'a. ' j in the mlues at that place, has ft ueniy ricn by the aeatn ol an suu. - . delphla, who bequeathed him prop"! 1 '" nsb, value ol H275.000. Aooompaui i brother George, ot Ohio, be veut "J Fact, it, deliibla ta mske arranffemeots v I'Da. money and orooert. 8 rs-i .til' rhe Ti ii"r ltii Tl; silo ITle it 'I "Ul. i Ul .nli .'lie I've 31J,' ' oil I re.n i"tui n-i ni Vuu 'U 11 tirs, 'Jiftn t:ii I iv, t Mer mi re thn fr.'c, int. 'S 111 lu1. m Ii. re a-1 t. f t fn : the , cuui I TU !'i b-i '-;," iu uu " Of I .1. i "be; t H-n i Mlh He. J Hll'U.H King i ,,fhin "sk a -ut w,, iebir.. ' ','!it wrirs -ati.l ". ttin tiiailm mi -cum 1 1 iter, , 'rtuji, ( tu ;jli our '')', as On !l"st, ""ytii Wlpui "'till '. oniii: tti-e Hi vu-.i..n. "' iUto ItlUg, u :M; J-the.u ' trim I. :-ftl!llt) . Un. Mi
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