' r . j! i hi THE MIDDLEBDRGH POST. OEO. W. WAOEN3ELLER, Editor and Troprietot Mi.Ml. l.nrjr, I'h., N..vrinl-r 7, HX. KEYSTONE CULL1NGS Wreck on the Pennsvluanin Itailroad tlnginea fur a New Road. Work on the l'lttslr.irg A; l'.atern, the Dow road which lit to give 1'lltsburg another east ern connection In progressing rapidly, Con slruo Ion woik, grading nnd the erecting of bridge I being pushed vigorously with iarge foree of men. About 15 mile of tha road will be In operation by January 1, and In anticipation of the traffic Unit will Immed iately How to the line an order has been plac ed with the Sebuecta-ly locomotive v,irks for two locomotives of Ilia consolidation type lor lienvy freight tralllc. The Susquehanna river branch ol thin road from lluruslde, lo Sprsguu lit already completed. A special from New Castle my: TvphoU fever Continues to ragn In h-iiiuock town nil i and tho wholii township ha the appear aucM it a vast hospital, as there lire few families in th" township tlmt have n ' t one or more e:isi'S. iht'ro have been several deaths and tnunv mntn lying nt tha point -f death. So great Is the droit I IN III" town-hip tlmt thai tliu pi'opluaro beginning to n ovo. A new p -t illl.'c Ihl- l ""M o.-aMi'-li" I nt Wnt-ondalc, layette cn jut) , w ith Albion H. Nowell an postmaster. lire destroyed ci limit, l. house h-donging to tin- stcnrliug foul company lit II t-ting, in Hi" north end ol th-t cuiiiify, entailing a loss ol 7,(10(1. I'rnnk Knlin, n farmer living r.ear Ciders vilin. was futa.iy Injured by being thrown from lii horse whllu In pursuit of it horse thief. Mrs. .lacot) I'atli. of Moon townlilp.ll"aver coiinly, wit burned to death by her clothe etching lire whllu shs wits mitkiu apple butler. f lic Tuy Mining an I Smelting I'ompany claim that quart ore mined neur ll-nriettu liaa n.'suyed J;I0,()(I0 worth of gold per car load. The forest fire In lienver county were checked by Sunday a rain, but not until much farm properly wan destjoyed. 'I be pastors of Washington, prayed for ruin at their Sunday morning service und lu the ufternoou a heavy shower came. Kev. W. T. f.. KetfTiT, of the Third Presby. terniii rhiirch nt ushington. hit resigned because of dilTereuce with hie congregation. The realdentiu of .1. M. Iloekwell, northeast of shnrpsvfllc, wna dealvoyed by llio Sundiiy night, Loss e.'.UDO. "Keddy" llaiina, sentenced to six month iu jail at New (antic. hti escaped. l'rlestly Harris wa fatally Injured by a full from a scalfold at Johnstown. A log house at 1'ltcnlrn. Allegheuy county, 'Uilt lu 177:1, was destroyed by lire. .lohu TraT"le, li year old. ot liiiontown, wa fatally Injured under a train. The clothing store of Jacob Levi .V Co., at Irwin, has bean closed by the sheiiiT. The Mpruglor hotel bat also mot a like fate. 1'ratA I'atton. of near Hutler. was fatally shot b accidental discharge ot bis gun while bunting. 11 6"V I llivi .aOtcri .. Al ti.-ge connect. .4 ' Monaca. A oorgregatlon of the M. I'. church has been organized in Turtle t'teek by the mem ber who seceded from McMoaterx M. K. church after the lost conference. The Trick Coke Company tins purchased the plant of the Kairbaven l-urnucn company at 1 alrhaveu. The holdlug of the furnace liicliide the plant of 141 ovens nnd Jii.liuo acre ef coal lands, about I'liirhavcn, aud tho old sprlughlll furnace tract. Twenty-live cars were piled up in one In. discriminate mass on the reiiti-ylvauin rail road at I'ostorla, near Altounu, and nil tut one broken Into kindling wood, 1 wo tramps riding In a box car, had a miraculous ccne. A carload of steel blooms was forced thiough the car In which they were. The clothing was torn trim their bodies, Lut both cjci.pcd with slight bruises. lu a drunken light nt Mcl'onald a negro miner named Smith, severely cut another i.egro aud barely escaped lynching. John llehler, aged 17 years, tvvldenlly shot himself througii the hraiu wniiu hunting ticur 1 r:c. Joseph Murson. a tiiechiuilc of llrle, was behcuded by a Nickel plate train. W. Iliirtmun has tendered hit resignation as president o tliu L'nioii witter company, of lieaver Falls. John linvles, a miner near Noblesiown, was shot at twice while In bed by two un known men. He was wounded in one uriu. The clothing store of Hurry Koba?her, of ltochester, was closed by the sherill on ex ecutions Issued by W. It. Klee.v Co., of l'ltta burg, and I. Oppeuhelm, of tirecnauurg, An explohiou of natural gas in the main at New ( 'it-lie ripped up the pavement aud blew out three niau-holu covers, aud the basement in Alouzo heeluu'a house was wrecked. Keceiver Christy, of thodefuuet I'enn bank, of I'iliaburir, at Klttauiiiiig, oblalned another verdict to 27 acres of laud in l'erry township, from which William (iates Keyuulds was try lug to eject hi in. Two unknown robbers relieved William Thomas a farmer, living near Homentuai), of a gold watch and iHb. Tim new water works reservoir at Washing tou will be completed within it week. It has u capacity of :i:l i.liOO gallousaday for Jill) days, and will cover thirty acres lo'au aver age depth ( fifteen feet. Tho water well completed by 1. W. Crane for the tnaniigent ol the Moruauzii reform school proves u gusher, and yields 4D barrels ii u hour. The managers will now have a number of wells drilled, aud put In a water vtsteui oi iniiir own. A peii.ner ol notions was nttackeil near I'inley vllle, by threu negroes mid robbed of lti lu cash. Durant Convicted. Theodore I Hi rant was convicted of the mur der of Itliiucnn l.ntiionl, niter he hud been on trial since July 'ii. The jury was out 'JO uiln utes, aud arrived at the verdict on the llrst ballot. As there was no recommeuilailon of mercy, the i unl-limciit was fixed at death. The case will t o appealed to the supreme court, and It Is expected nearly a year will e'at'se before a decision will be obtained. While It is not thought any error hits been committed, the defense has embraced every opportunity to take exceptions to thu rulings ol the court, oencral uickiuhou liioit ex ceptlons to three features of the district at torney's argument. He also tuuk uu excep tlou to thu judge's charge. Two Killed Outright. Two nt I.ouls suburban train on tbe Ills- aourl Pacific road, one loaded dowu witb uiiiirhsnites returolui boma from the thea ter nnd the other coming into town, collided within the city limit about midnight lues day. A horrible wreck resulted, both eugl Beer being killed nnd both firemen uud I jiMienger being fatally lujurtd. A GENERAL SHAKING UP. EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS. Distinct Vibration Felt in tha Central State. might shock of an earthquake were felt In man section tbroughcut Western I'ennsyl vsnla, .Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan od WUoonsin Friday morning abont 5 o'olock. Cincinnati An earthquake shock wa felt bare at 5:12 a. m., tne most distinct for ten year. It began with (light tremtilou mo tion that continued for per bap a minute and wa followed by two or three violent undula tions which (book building and rattled win dow Ilka a glgautlo explosion. Tbe whole demonstration must have occupied nearly two minute. It wa accompanied by a (light roaring sound wblch continued after tha (baking ceaaed. The first shock wa felt at 6:10 o'clock, tbe people in various part of tbe city were awakenad tj lbs quivering of their bed. Chicago - An unusually distinct earthquake shock wa felt lu this city at .'i ll a. m. It lasted about 45 frcond. Tbe employes of the telegraph and telephone compaulca who were on duty all report feeling the shocks. Upon the eleventh floor of the Western I'nlon building the shocks were quite noticeable, s inueii so tiiat some of the men were thrown against thefr desk with a great deal of force. J'eoplo living on the west side of the city say they felt the building rock, but so far as learned no dntnnge was ilone. The shock was unaccompanied by any audible rumbling, coming In tienily from the lake and disappearing across the prairies of the west. It was most severely felt on th north side, were probably tho majority of sleeper were awakened, Cleveland -Two severe and distinct earth quake shocks were felt In this cltv and throughout Northern Ohio shortly after 6 o'clock In the morning. Tall buildings were swayed very perceptibly nnd the occupants were much alarmed. I-lacb shock lasted for nearly a minute and were accompanied by a heavy rumbling. Nashville A sharp earthquake shock was felt here. The vil rntlon were quito severe, lasting fully half a minute. Memphis A heavy (bock of earthquake was felt here. The vibration was from east to west. Chattanooga A heavy shock of earthquake was felt here. The vibration was very (evere, lasting fully a minute. At Indianapolis guests In the hotels were so frightened that they ran down stair but half dressod. The sticcks were felt all over In diana. At New Albany a church wall fell In nnd crushed an organ. Among other places wblch report having felt shocks were Atlanta, Oa., New (ir leans, Aberdely, Miss,, Nashville, Memi'his, Chat tanooga, t larksvilio and liresden, lenn., Louisville, hy. , St. I.ouls, Kansas City, Springfield and St. Joseph Mo., Ni.'e and hHlamni'oo, Mich., Jnnesvllle, Wis., and points in West Virginia und Western l'uunsyl vablu. MISSIONARIES TO GO. MinUter Terrell Frightens the Porta Into Sending Troopa. A sensation has been caused at Constanti nople by tho report, generally believed to be correct, that three Armeuian notabilities of Treblzond, Including a prominent eccleslastlo, are to he executed on the ground that they are responsible for the recent rioting there. In view of tho critical situation of atfalrs, the Lulled State ambassador, Mr. Terrell, has advised tbe American misslonariea to withdraw tsrncorarily from Haltsoun. At tha same time, Mr. Terrell has notified tha Turkish government tbat tba United I Slates will bold It responsible for tha lives of th ttnHriAHn mtmilOfiHrtefl- The I'blted States ambassador has taken a firm stand in the matter, and nothing will bo left undone which will in any way lusute the safuty ol the inisslouariesJ. The llrltlsh Charge d'Affalrs, M. Herbert, has made representations to tho 1'orte of a nature identical with tboso of Mr. Terrell. Tbe result Is that the government has decided to send troops to protect the missionaries According to statement mmie in Armenian circles, about SOU Armenians were killed dur ing the lighting at I'itlls with the Turks. The loss of the latter i said to be trllliug. NO CONCESSIONER ANTED- The Russian Minister to Eng. and Denie all Wur Scare Stone. The KuM-iao embassy announced In London hat it has received an official telegram from St. I'etersburg completely denying the stories from Hong Kong to the Time aud (ilobe about the alleged secret treaty treaty between i hiuit and liinsiit, by which tho latter was said to hitvo fc-ruuted extraordinary conces sions. lh Kussian olllcials added that the visit ol I'rinco Wong i hi chuitu to St. 1'etersburg, tibout which so much has been said recently, wits solely undertaken with thu object of con gratulating tho car upou his accession to tut throne. lu regard to the anchoring of a Kussian licet at 1'ort Arthur, tliu liussiau embassy is uui awarii Unit lim-sia claim any rights be youd those of the other powers, und it Is stated tbat no llusslan warsbip will be per manently stationed at 1'ort Arthur. 1 ho representatives ot the foreign office discredit the dispatch. They say that W ong Chi Chunu went to St. l'etersnurg during th auiumu or Ju-t. Lelore the Irt-atv of neace be tween China aud Japau wasflgued, and ibal it any such agreemeut was ever mude be tween China and Itussla it was probably done uunu- uis vim to me jiussian capital. BODY BURNED TO A CRISP. Fatal Fire at Steuben vllle, With a Loi $25,000. An explosion of ruollog pa nt occurred in tho collar of tho busluef block of W. I . Sharp A Son, Market street, in the bu.sluos center of Steubenvllle. l-'red Moselle and Joseph Wauuemacher, employes, wi-ro getting ihe paint from u burro! uud llllli g It in ohus, when It ran over aud Igniiod from a torch held at the elevator by a boy named Johu Ubaytors. Tbe explosion folic wed, uud Humes spread up the elevator shaft uud uuvcloped thu building. Mossollo had bis Jaw broken in two places aud his hair buruod off. Wauueniactier was burned to a crisp. The builillug, which is threu stories, wa destroyed. At oue time uiljoluiug buildiug were on tire, but the tire men extinguished the flames. Tho Iocs Is csiimuled at J5,0UU; patliully Insured. Cars Drop into a lUvine: While a freight train on the Co!titn'.U4 Hooking Valley and Toledo railroad w.i crossing a trestie 75 feet hlch, near Jelu ware, o,, it broke iu tw.i. The euulueer ap plied th brakes, mid upon the llrst section being slackened, the second section crashed Into it nnd six oar were kuocked from the trestle Into the rviuu below. Uu one of tho cars that went down was Frank hcott, of Mnryaville, U. Tho fall broke hi neck. French Railway Accident. A passenger traiu from Paris for Toulous came into collision betweeu Lexos aud Le liuepie, In the department of Tarn et Oa- rouue, with a traiu from Tuulouso for lbs north. Loth train were wrecked, Two paa tugor were killed and eight injured. Treildent Cleveland will send a delegation to i)rzll 1'un-Ainerleau Congress. PROMINENT PlQ?Ll. Qneen Amollo, of Torttigal, Is itnJying medicine. ' , "Mark Twain" will delitcr a hundred !o. tu res to tbe antipodean dwellers. The poet Swinburne Is a devote if cro quet and 1a npt to loe his temper it he duos not win. The Duchess of Devonshire Is a large con tributor to current literature under n nom Ue plume. Il is staled that Madame Palti ha receive t the Incredible sum of 5,000,000 for'ior work on (be stage, Oovernor McCorkln, of West Virginia, hna. announced himself ..; a candlduto for the United Htnto Senate. Trlnco Mohammed AH, heir presumptive of Kgypt, is vastly popular, well educate I nnd rather a spendthrift. Ex-Seimtor Ingnlls, of KnnT, was at Will iams College with 1'resldeut Ga'lleld, grit dil ating one year before him. Dr. Theodora II. Tlmhy was only nineteen years old when ho invented the'revolvlng turret find used on the Monitor. Tim Marquis rerur..t, Ihe husband of the IntoW. W. Klory- daughter, Is ".Muster of Ceremonies" nt the Italian court. They sny that Henor (!iinovas Is thu home. Host man In Hpnln. nnd his wifo is tho most bountiful woman In that couiliry. Hlr Henry !Wimir, the "steel king," eighty-tliri'e years of age, continue to t iko keen interest In ftflcnlill" matters. It Is given out, as n remarliiilih' clrctitn stance, that Pierre Lorillard, tho tuli-iccc king, din's not usr the wc-d In iriy fortti. Sir H"tirv I'ltrkej. rx-1'rinie Minister of N'owS oith Wales v.ih Minrri"d rcently to Miss Julia Lvneli. Sir llenrv is eighty years old. Mr. Lillie I'ar Ice, who U a cundldale for Htut" Senator In Utah, is thirty years old, a teacher of Latin iiipI tireeli an I a wife of il halt Lake lawyer. During the past fori v years Senator Sher man ha lieen it private eitien for mm day only, and Senator M rrill, of Vermont, not for one hour even. Herbert Spencer w.-n a newspaper reporter Li his vouth. nn I iittriluiles his Inliits of lose observation and invur.i'.o inotiiory to tho training he then a'quired. Harney liarnitto, the Mouth African capi talist, whom Lombard st reel rates nt 101. OOU.dlM), llttribtites his suecisss iu life largely to tho fact that he never forgets anything in business and never refers to mem trim Ja of any sort. Miss Marv Howe, tho American prima donna, has scored a great success In licrlln, appearing In the Hoyiil Opera House in thu role ot l.uein. 1 no tierman papers are en thusiastic In their praises of her, rnuking her With Heuibrich nnd (lervter. Hear Admiral Helfrldgo, of the Unlled States Navy, retinvl, is almost ninety and has Ix'en on the retired list since 1NI17. HI son, Commodore Siilfridge, hits just b-cn or dered to report for examination preparatory to his promotion to the same rank. Emperor William's wardrobe Is still n sub ject of much wonder ami comment In the for eign pre. It Is said that lie has in all HWO suits id clothes, twelve dozen of every item of underclothing, ami fifty dozen handker chiefs, nnd, except his uniform, he seldom wears thu wtno thlmr twl"Q. DECLARED TO BE FEASIBLE. Nlcaraguan Canal Commission's Report to tha President. The N'icnraguun cnnal commission, through Colonel I.uilow, lis chairman, submitted to tbe president through Secretary Olney Its re port upon tba examination for tha route of tba canal directed by congress last cession. Although tbe report prounbly will be with held from the publle until congress meets, there I good reason for tbe belief tbat gener ally It ilud tba caual project entirely feasi ble and worthy of execution. It Is believed that some change have been suggested ia the line of the projected canal, but tnese, it is stated, will not affect tho question of expedi ency iu nny material degree. The work done by the commission in tho brief space of time ullotted Is almost phen omenal considering thu magnitude of the project. The members were requited to take a fully equipped surveying party to Nicara gua. examine every foot of thu projected Hue, to ascertain the character of the adjacent country with a view to Improving upon the line projected, If that wero possible, to visit the l'anamit caual and form u judgment upon the enduring qualities of earth works ex posed to heavy tropical rains, aud finally to compile ull of the measurements and Infor mation and prepare estimates of costs. Till latter branch of the work, which was carried on In New York, was the most exactiutr and laborious part of tho whole work, aud it has required unremitting toll, duy and niktlit, to complete vtlm report Friday which was the last day of the time ullowud by congress lor it submUslon. TRAINJW RECKED. Two Killed nnd Thirty-three Injured oi. a B. & O. Express, Ily tbe breaking of it wheel flange on a car ol train 111.) of the llitltlmoro aud Ohio rail road' Columbus, Cincinnati A St. Louis ex press, nt 1U:'J0 a. m. Sunday, four car were derailed M l.lm drove, a suburb of Wheeling, W. a., Ci mile west of Pittsburgh, lustantly killing two person aud Injuring US other. THE kll.l.KO. Mrs. Hare, mother of engineer of Wheeling water works; body taken to sou' residence In bee. lug. Child one year old; father. Lawrence Bart ley, Wheeling. The wrecked train consisted of engine 813, a baggage ear, combination car, two coaches aud a Pullman parlor car, It was in charge of conductor C. W. ball aud Lugineer T. C. Lynch, and left Pittsi-nrg behind time. It was duo in Wiinhtiigtou ut 10:1) o'clock, but lust time on the grades betweeu Pmat.iirg and Washington. At thu place of the wreck the traiu was 1 o minutes late and ruunlng at n speed of :ij miles au hour. The flange which broke wna uuder the forward truck ot the combination car. This let the truck down upon l tie tie and the whole car follow ed, the force tearing with It the two coaches aud Ihe parlor car. All four were throwu against it bank and slid for a distauce over the earth, finally overturning completely and wrecking ihuiusolves. Burned Three Persona. It la ret orted that Hut auxiliary judge ol Tecupti, Mexico, obeylug n mandate of some of the mints wuo appeared to Ului in vision ordered ihu burulug ot two women aud child, which order wa curried iutoeflect by llltenu persons who believed iu the heuvenly vision. All the parties comprised lu tb horrible ntlair have been arrested by order o thu president of this niiiuicipullty. I uvea- liguuuus ure proceeding. Women Suflrane Killed. Tbe South Carolina constitutional conven tlou voted down tbe woman suffrage amend. meut by u most decisive vote ef 121 to 20. Tbe whole morning session was given up tc the dlrcusslou of tbe question. George D. Tillman mude a great speech In advocacy ol tbe Ideu, claiming that by .enfranchising woineu with a property qua Kicatlou the whin Ceople could carry the election by fulr aud ouest method, aud by no other way could they ro it. He characterized the auffrag plan ol Senator Tillman a a temporary fraud ulsnt makesuiii wnion wouia not enaure. Assistant Cashier Kewell. of tbe First Na tional bauk of McGregor, Tex., has been ar rested for safe cracking in hi own bauk. Jap have captured another rebel town in Formosa, ana aeuiuua tne unoonaitionai sur render ot the liluck Flag. A TIME 0FWA1T1NG. Great Act ylty Seen In Iron and Steal Product a. R. Q. Don A Co.' weakly review of trad a: Tbe rapid recovery In cotton and tha rlsa In sterling exchange to tba point at which tha last exports of gold were made, hare not In creased confidence. There is a little better demand for most manufactured products, re tail distribution Is fairly rncouraglug. and the closing ot many work Is lee dgulflcant at tin season than it mlirht he nt others. It I a time of wailing, and Ihe uncertainty may naturally continue for some week. More activity I seen lu iron and tae prod ucts, though llvssemer aud grny forge, billets and plates, are a little lower, aud tbe average of quotations given to-day Is 175 per cent, lower than at tha highest point September 17, and 1 per cent, lower than In October three years ago, and there Is also shading of quota tions to secure good business. Contrsets for lake ere bang fire becsns wheat pays 2.25 for the room on which ore would pay tl.lU from the head ot tb lake. The nail combi nation reduced Its November output to a third Its usual quantity, and tha rail output this year bn been only aiout bait tha quan tity required for renewal alone, which mows tba enormous Increase In use of steel for building aud other purpose. Minor metals area shade weaker, aud American tin plate makers are talking a good deal of better business by (riling at 10 cent below price for foreign plate. Wheat has declined 1 cent and corn 2',' cents lu spiteof many adverse reports about winter wheat. The lieav;- wheat nnd corn movement helps railroads, but tbe earning thus far renor.ed for October, while larger than last year, are smaller tbnulu Wi. The large demand for manufactured products has held price of Cottou goods, nud even ad vanced some prints. In spite ot Inst weok'sde dine in cottou. The mills nro said to ba carrying only moderate stocks. "Ilradstreet's" Hnnnclal review says: Further weakness in prices, accompanied by n liquidation of speculative holdings, marked the early part of the week. It would, however, seem that the selling of woHkly held stocks Is now practically over, nnd that a great many shares have passed Into tha possession of strong people. There bus ac cordingly been a rally from the lowest quot ations, though the market Is narrotr nnd pro fessional In character, md displays no little uncertainty in its tendencies. Several causes contributed to make a break In price such a tbe market ha Just experienced, not only necessary but healthful. The condition ol the exchange market does not mend, this week having witnessed another advance in rates to a level at which tbe feur of gold ex port could again ho excited. Tbe coming session of congress creates fear tbat while agitation of the currency problem may ensue, a settlement ot the matter on lines acceptable to financial Interests Is Improbable. The for eign Influences, too, have iiotn altogether ad verse. llusines failures In the United Stntes nmnher 2!i'.Mhis week, a considerable Increase over last week, as well as tho Ilka week a year ago, wnen the totals were respectively ;&!) uud 25:1. failures lu Cauada this week were 4S, a decrease uuder last week and tbe week one year ago. CURIOUS PHENOMENA. Email Streama in Indiana Suddenly Filled With Water. An Interesting point for specialist to con sider in counection with tbe earthquake is tbe fact that a number of the smaller Indiana stream, having their (ourco in the southern border of the ga bolt, have suddenly tilled witn water. No rain have occurred In till state for months to swell tbe streams, and in the casa of Honey creek, lu tha eaatern pnrt of liar tbolemew county, it had gone dry several weeks ago, the water standing only in pools here and there. This week It is tilled to tba brim, and in some places has overflowed and washed away fence on tbe adioluiug farm, sugar creek, that runs near l.illuburg. John son county, was nearly dry, but to.tuy It I reported to be nearly filled. Smaller stream rising In tho Hancock county gas territory baveeiiown simitar pnenomt-na. .o one csn explain whence tne water comes and it Is offered that tbe sinking of the earth in the gas belt has afforded new outlets for undergrodnd water courses, thus feeding the stream, lu the case of Honey creek, tbe record show that previous to the Charleston earthquake, August 1, IHSii, the stream acted ns It has now. The phenomen wa reported previous to the quake on September 1!U, lM7t, both of these quake huviug been strongly felt In ludlaua. J tie most remarkunte Demonstration was nt Charleston, Mo. After the first shock the earth's surfacu continued to vibrato fully twenty minutes. Hundreds of chimneys were toppled down nnd plate glass in several store fronts broken to bits. Tne brick Metho list churuh was badly shuttered, and the plntiteriug knocked from a hundred or more Interiors, In the country four miles south ol harleston the crust of the earth was broken in fifty places und from the fissure water and fund wero gusiung In coiislilerable vol umes, ihe same thing M reported lu dis tricts further south and also at Dig lake. several miles north of the town. Ihis is a part of tho olit volcano region, which was over whelmed nnd Dearly destroyed by an earth quake eighty years ago. Al Cuidsen, Alu,,the shock wreckod several houses, Injuring several people. The eapllol buildlntrnt 1'iickson. Miss., was so badly cracked by tho earthquake it is fear ed It may collapse, WAR ON ASHANTEE. The King Rejecta England'a Ultimatum and la Ready for Battle. Captain Donald Stewart, tbe special British commissioner wbo was sent to L'oomaasle, the capttsl ot Asbantee, recently, escorted by 101 Hussars under Captalu Cramer and Ir vino, to present tbe klug of Ashantee with the ultimatum ot Great llrltulu, has returue to Accru. Uold Coast Colouy, llrituU West Africa, bringing the first ituthcu'.lo iiuahoI the result of hi mission, i he kiug bus re jected the llrltlsh ultimatum, lay tliul In prefers war to accepting Ihe terms, and ad. is that be Is fully prepared lor it. Tue term of the lint lab ultimatum were that tha klug should have a llrltlsh commis sioner in his country, aud that he should place Ashuutee uuder the protection of Uruut ilritaln. A strong force ot imperial aud native troops will new ba dispatched to Cootuaasie to force tbe kiug to terms. Sir Francis Scott, luspecior-gcueral of the Gold Coast force, who Is now lu Kuglnud, will ioive for West Africa a soon as possible to orgauize Ihe ex peditiouary force which 1 expocled to bogm It advance by tbe middle ol December. In the uieuutlino troopa will be aeut thoro from Lugo aud other place. A stroug body of hussars Villi take part In tbe expedition. After Cuban Recruits. (V. II. Iiecrum, wbo is Interested In Cuban affairs and iu communication with lusurgeul headquarters lu Now York, will, It la said open a recruiting station in ltookford, HI., niter November 1. Mr. Deer a in Is bound tc ticrecy, but without knowiug bis inter locutor, let drop the fact to a supposed re cruit that 20,000 young men of good hubiti uud physique will doubtless be called for. Killed by a Slate Fenoll; Johnny Drlpps, 8-yoar-old son of Joseph Prlpps of V lioggs avenue, Mt. Wasblngtou, Pittsburg, was playing on the street lu front of the Thirty-second ward school, when h toll on the sharpened point of a slate pencil he was carrying la bis hand. Tbe peucil penetrated tin heart, passing between tb fourth aud tilth ribs, causing iustant douth. The German Aslatio squadron U tratlng at Hwataw and Ainoy. conceit- NEWSY CLEANiNCS. ilcynles will ba taxed In Maine next year. The slaughter of Armenians goes merrily on, Kebrask railroads are sotTering from a " r famine." Tha continued drought caused serious; loss throughout Ohio. Tha new clnb housa of the New Cily Ath Idla Club will cost tlM.OOO. The New York Tolloe Hoard want half a n.llllon more than they got lost year. The lemon crop In tho Palermo district of Italy this year Is an exceedingly large ono. I'lve hundred cotton mmnfaiturors at tended the annual convention at Atlanta, Go. Ihe total reghitrntlon In New York City was 281,085, as compare! with 308,583 last year. . Fully 400.000 bushels of potatoes were frozen In tho ground noar riainflold, Wis., by the early frosts. The Lloyds have contracted for two steam er bigger than the Campania to accommo date the transatlantic, travel. The Iowa Ruprcme Court hna decided thnt all fraternal societies In thnt Htate must con form to State insurance laws. Ileavv rnlns limkn the ilrnuc.M In ICsilnm Pennsylvania. Not a pound of freight can be i-hlpped by wnter nt Pittsburg. On account of dullness In trade and laree accumulations of the staple, nil grades ot sugar dropped an eighth ot n cent. Pnvld Crlnnnge, nged seventeen vears. colored, has been arnted at Glasgow, Del., charged with kllllog his grandmother for money. Forty-seven thousand tons of ten, valued at over f 17.000,000, have been received nt Tucoma, Wa-sh., from China nud Japan this sciu-on. The Government of Chile. s negotiating for a new loan of :ll,OW.iool to le used in the development of their National railroad systom. Secretary Herbert decided that to build one of the new guubouts on the Great Lakes would bo In violutioii of tho agreement with England. The Manhattan Kailwav Company of New York City curries! 15,000.000 less passengers tor the year enillng U 'loher l man tor tuo previous year. A movement has. boon Inaugurated nt Vlcksburg, Miss., to found a National mili tary park there similar to the ones at Gettys burg and Chlcknmaugu. Miners who hnve returned give a gloom view ot mining In Alaska. U( 1200 ineu iu the Territory this season, tho average earn ings worn only f270. The largest sum mado b any ot the newcomers inn season is f tow. The drouth In tho West has been of much benefit to all the roads which penetrate the Ohio Itiver territory. Hundreds of cars of produce nnd other commodities usually shipped by water ure being loadod on tho ours. According to official tabulation, thoro were 108 accidents on the railroads in this coun try during the month of September. Of those fifty wero collisions, tllty-lonr derailments and tour other iiecblents, with thirty-eight persons killed nud 171) injured. The Illvor 8t. Lawrence Is lower than It has ever been known to he before. A num ber of tho Thousand Lslaiids have ceased to 1)0 islands, the bed of the river between thorn and the mninlnnd having dried up. The Lachine Ilapld have become exceedingly dangerous nud boats now puss thorn with the greatest dilllcultv. HOLMES FOUND GUILTY. The Jury Quickly Reached a Verdict of Murder In the Flrat Degree. Jt only required ono ballot 8aturdaynlght for the Jury to convict II. IL Holmes, alia Howard Mudgott, ot murder lu the first de gree for the killing ot lleojamln F. FletzeL The jury retired a. 5:40 o'ciock In tbe nfter- noou, and tnougn their verutct was unani mously reached on tbe first ballot, they tboughtjlt bellttlug the gravity of tbe occasion to pause ueiore returning io conn. conse quently they ate tbolr supper and were back in court nt IU minutes Detoro nine o oiocu. When the verdict wa announced Holmes tood erect In the dock, his pallor only seem ing to grow a little deeper than usual. The trial of II. ii. Holmes, lor the murder ot llenjnmln F. I'ietze , Instead of lasting for teverai weeks, as was ut first expected, came to a close Friday, with the exception of tho arguments. As tbe attorneys for the defeuse Intimated they would do, they decided to offer no testimony for their client whatever. It was thought they, would at least put Holmes on the stand himself, but they did not even uo this. '1 he r.illug of Judite Arnold, that no testi mony should be ndmlttod at out the murder of tbe Plotzel children, caused tho quick closing of the case for tbe prosecution. It bad the effect of keeping out n group of grewsome exhibits, nud silencing ubout 110 witnesses, brought here from Cauada, New Luglaiid and the west, and supported lor six days at tho commonwealth s expense. It prevented the offering In evidence ot the moulderlug bones of the boy, Howard I'iet r.al; tbo stove in which be was burned; the clothes the little fellow wore, and the truuk which (mothered out the live of the two girl. It also prevented Detective Geyei tol ling the story of bl long search. Friday' session wa be.-un by the recalling ot Mrs. 1'ieixel. Mr. Graham asked her il there were auy cuffs to thu shirt she Identilled as her hiisbaud's.and sheeplied that Holmes ea bad taken them from 'the truuk and de stroyed them. This wits the only question. ENGLISH SUBJECT KILLED. Tj Opportunity Oreat Britain Haa Longed For. Tbe dispute between Great Ilritaln and Venezuela haa usaumed a new phase In con B'quenceof tbe killing of Thorns Garcia, a llrlilsh sul ject, by Filbert, the commander of a Venezuelan coast guard thlp. Garcia was owner f the schooner Myoaotiv, and was making it trip from l'ort of Spain, Trinidad, to Martraiitii, when the coast guard vessel overhauled her. Mr. Garcia displayed tbe llrltlsh colors, but 1 llbert fired Into his scboouer and killed him. The Myosolls was taken Into Corupnuo nud searched, but wa released when nothing contraband wo found on board. It Is expected that the sbootlug ot Garcia will give Lugland the covnted oppor tunity of demanding reparation from Vene zuela without provoking uuy interference from the lulled tit utes on the grouud ot tbe Monroe doctrine. A Railroad in Peraia. A dispatch from Tcherau say that a Uu sian company, with an Influential Moscow directorate, bas been formed with a capital of J.oOO.uuu roubles to uriug tne city oi Te heran luto easy communication with tbe Casptun sea by building it rond from Hesht to Kavln. The Kussiau government guarantees a per cent dividend provided tbo work which bus already been begun, proves satis factory. There is also tulk ol constructing a port at Lmcell. Armenian Revolt. The most alarming new yet received from Armenia state that the situation I so grave that In tbe Zeltout mountains aud in that dis trict there are 20,000 Armenians in open re volt against tbe rule of the sultan. Tbe Turkish government, In view ot the gravity of this outbreak, lias decided to call out tbe army reserves. Murdered hla Father. Dr. Samuel Drlggs, of Ingalls, Okla.. tried to whip bis 14-year-old son, because be re fused to d- errands and tbe son shot his father through tha arm and body. The father will die and the (on was arrested. Bill Ny Fnlt ef Rainors, DesoUe tbe cleadmg of bl rntau.. his partner, Burt Toole, Kill Nye pM. refused to appear id ois eninruu, 'Farming Exposea. wnicn was to ba la Brooklyn Friday nignt inis um ii wni uui urma, sa i Cbickarlng ball on Monday night. ( Paterson, N. J. luesday night, h-, wa rotton-egged, but remore and that tbe humorist was uttering frnm two days be bad nothing to drink, tut utterly broken aown, it is saia, ny u grace tbat btf has bruugot upou niini., be declares thai he win never aptM.,f( stage again. A Dsubl Traaedy. At Oreen Cprlncs. Ohio, F'riday n0, Albert Fox. a prominent farmer of that Ity, quarreled wlin ins wne over an II mite child. Wh- n she told him thi. brother was the lilel istner, fox ib- wife through the n--ek. fatally woundup ahot at bis broiber-la law, tue ouiiet p throunh hi coat, and then put throtiKh bis own bra'.n.cauatiu- Instant Mrs. Fox was a Miss A. hni:s,nan, u married Fox only four weeks u.-o. For a Mszlcan Esrjositlon. ITk. II la. a ...la...l .... ...1 I 1 ub .iivjticnu ill. MMini IFSI iiq m; company nn Den in.'orpor.ite.i nn.lrr jersey laws, its purpose is to tioiil nn nntiounl exposlilou in the City of ... js.i.i, under grants trntn tne Jii . ., meui. i ne cnpiiaii.'tnon is tote ?!,(,, divided into 1U,UUI shares. J! l ,. , the exposlilou. tho company wi.l t. ways anil noieis, Kraut concesi.,, listi a permanent amusement park an buildiug. Battle with Moonshiners. An attack was made by a mob of m ers upon Sheriff lieen nnd I nlted Mm. uty marshals at Celina, lenn., tat per Cumberland country, led by Sum who was to be tried l.ofore I'nttsJ t ommissioner nan. iviiiiu aim ins r? about 20 armed men resisted arrest nnj shot the sheriff, fatally wounding tug, and most of hi mou then escape,! u! tucky. Thank Uncle Sam. CLIal.Ll 1 ' . . T . muuieiiiru rxuriiiv iiie Japanese rc to the I nlted Slates, presented to t Cleveland uu autograph letter frmtt,. iwror of Japau. thanking tha guv-crone the United Stales for the good ortu-M clsed toward bringing about peace t- inina ana japan, .no r.mperer of sent a similar letter to the President lime ago. Dispute Over Trademark!. I'nder a provision ot tue tariff r llgen watch company some weski t It trademark witn tne treasury ils v' "Tba l.lglu watch sotnpnny has flit! test, claiming tbe trademark "Hi:-, simulation ot "F.igln," aed thersfjr- trary to law. It is probable the nut:- be sent to tbe courls. An eight-year-old 1 nlian girl in N Is nearly deud from nlcbhollatn. MAKlvlCTS. l-ITTsl.t lit.. TIIK WIIOI.RSAt.K .'HICKS AKK OI K.N II tirain. tlour aud l-eed. WIlhAT-Nu 1 red.. No. X red ItdtN No. li yellow ear. No. I! yellow shelled Mixed ear OA'ltt No. 1 white No, II white Kxtra No. white I lull! mixed KVK-No .1 .w 1 , . V iIaji K- ir-l7...-... Mends. -.. 5 it' No i wesrern.. rancy spring tiaienta lui Fancy straight winter S i Straight XXX bakers' 1 u Clear w later II S kie tlour '.' " HAY Nu 1 timothy 15 7) n o. x ill1 Mixed clover. No. 1 !'i New llav. from wairons. 1? FKKD No. 1 While Md., ton It 'I ISo. li White Middlings li ' I Hrowu Middlings U'l limn, luilk :s V I HKAtt-Wheal - Oai ii Dairy l'rutlui-ts. Ul'TTKlt Elgin Creamery J rau. y l reauiery aucy louuiry ie.iL Low irrade and o..mui: Cllthhti Ohio, uum New I ork, new Wisconsin Swiss. Llinbiirger, uewniaae 1 rult aud Vegetables. AITl.KS Kid i r.. n r, nu i I K Alt, lei UEANS llaud-plcked, per bu , .. Luna. Il I'O'I A lur.h Hue, lu car. b.i r- i-iiiii store, Ini L'AIIIIAlit Home gruvtu, bid ... DMti.vs ,-iluw. nu l'oultry, l.tv. Live Chickens, V pair Live Duck. V pair Urcssed Ln.cK.eiia, l lb Live I urkeys, V lb tlil.S I'rt. and Ohio, tresh r 'KATliK'.tis.- Kxira llvetieese. pit) No. 1 r.x. Livetivvse, el li Country, large pitese-t MisceilMueoua. tEEDS Clover W. lbs '1 luioihy, prune hlue l.raa Hauk Cuuulry mixed. HONEY White (.lover MAI'i.K SYKLI', new C1UKK Country, sweet, bbl i HJ.I 'IAI.LUW ' C1NC1NNA1I. run-it WHEAT Nu. Il ilea HY b No. S COKN Mixed - OATS EliOS .lib i 1 hit Oliio l reamery FI.OITI a J- WHLA'l No. V lied COIIN No. Mixed OA I s No. If White Ul'l iEK Creamery, extra fcotib I'a. llrst NEW YOKh. rLOflt-Patculs " W HEAT Nu it lied KYE stute COKN Nu V OA Ii White Wesieru Ill I I Ell I reamery EOlS Male and l ouii llVIl hTOCK. tIMHAi. MOtX YAM'S, EasI UW; CATTLK, I'rliiio 1 "m In 1.JUI His I ' tiood, l.'.oo lo l,:sil 10s ' 'Ildy, l.u.Wto I.l.'silt. ; lair lltfUl steers. Mi.l to 10UU Ilia ... - COIIIIIIOU, too lo ISAIIL IIOUS. Light weight - 1 Mi-nimu, Heavy ! Houghs and Stags ' kilKkT. Extra. tJ toto& lb ; Ootid. KS lo V ) lb ; l air, Til to 0 in. Common ., Spring Lambs ' Chicago. Cattle Common to ! .t.Wl(iS.4:ij suskt rs and leeders. cows and bulls, ahWitJ; cl" jioga ueavy, -f-i.-ni-ii--.---.ii . mixed. iJU.WU-O: choice assert light, a.-UKaan5: piss, !.' s-, ttrlor lo choice, a 1--'I 1 ; laoi" Cliiclunall-IIog- select ahUT''', butcher :iHiiaJl.s-'i; lair v -,. ... -v. ... ii..... 4 .i,it..M vY e.-' wn.K'1 inir i- iiku, "F - ..r.H rouKhM VliUi-lfxl l attle-gsd '"l,l'rj food tociiolc -! iiiiiu.is i isir A l.ui: oomniou fiiu3.uii U'. J Kood to choice atao lo K.s6 cemu" to iJ H5. l sasii me li
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