THE MIDDLEBUBGH POST, GEO. W. WAGCSENSLLLER, Editor anj Proprietor. Mitti.piu nt, I'a., .Tan. P, IH'.m;. I'.rail growl half tho coffee crop of tLo world. Huston 11 worrying about its bnrbor ninl declare llmt it must have n . cli-ar rhniini'l to the sea .')') feet tle p in nil A New York inugdsttato has rnleil j that n policeman )i lit the right to I club i refruetory prisoner to death, ; bdiI l'olii'o Commissioner raut in dorses the opinion. An English journal regards it ns on ntuneing contradiction timt Sun i'rnu risco, Cul. , a city imtued nftcr St. Prune!, tho Apostle f 1'ovtrty, fchotiM 'Supply England with no tnnny Lcirosses." Walter lJcsuiit in authority for tbo statement tbnt there are fifty novelists j in England who have incomes of 3o, 000 j a year or over. If this i ho observes j tbc Atlanta Constitution, tbo Grub I street days of Eug.ish literuture bnve j departed. lYrbups it is for this rea son that no iiiMtiy American writers ore endeavoring t make permanent Louies for themselves in London. A rather glaring i xntuj lo of tho cripl ity of liiimati jiihtiec is lur iii-licl by the lilx rat ion of Knrliiio (iratuli, at riorciii'c, Italy, In 17"i, relates tho New York Work, Granili, haviug a ite against ! rtiuii lnliAbitunts of tluciHa, Lilleil live littie ciiiMre.ii ami Imried them in his Ultclien. The bruto was M'litt In', il to twenty years imprisonment and m now turned loose tion the eoui luunity. In hpite of the tin t that common piades of horses can scarcely be cold at any price, good draft animals arc in demand and can be sold at a lignru cunaiderably ovur the cost of pro duction, maintains tbo American Ag riculturist. Only tho best, however are profitable. lireeding is very largely tuspeudcd and it is probable thut in a few years the demand will bo tuucb greater than nt present. Tbc farmers and thu bicycle riders iooiJCia their desire for good l"".ideut, and tUi .cceut Nat at Road Parliament nt Atlanta brought out valuable facta and is likely to bo of great benefit. Massachusetts appro priates 3100,000 a year for tbe build ing of Statu roads, and has a commis sion to distribute the money ; Ilhodo Island appropriates ?f0,000 nud both states construct samplo roada for tho instruction of the towns in their work ; Connecticut appropi iates .7.",000 for n similar purpose and other states are following in the sumo line, (1 m 1 roads mean easy communication und easy communication brings tbo ad vantages of civ.iiz. itiou to remote sections. Tins is the chief advantage that will come from the rapid exten sion of trolley lines everywhere. It is being lu ido easy and fashionable to livtf iu the country, and we believe that the current of migration to tho city will have a serious check. A Philadelphia paper Bays: "Tbo new Georgia road law requires nil males between tbe ages of lifteeu and fifty to work on tbo road tivo days each year or to pay to tbe couuty road fuud 1 a day not spent in such work. The Pennsylvania legislature is too much afraid of its master, thu public, to pass any sncb law as that. Georgia, North Carolina and Ken tuckcy all have new- road laws that will soon leave Pennsylvania us far behind those Southern States ns sbo already is behiud New Jersey and Massachusetts " Tbe tide of emigration from tbo West and Northwest to the South nee ins to be getting stronger, and there aro mauy indication that uevt spring will see a considerable movement of disappointed farmers from the bleak prairies of tbe far West to the more genial .South. Tbe Western railroad are forming parties of home seekers to make excursions through the Southern States in search of information for themselves ami neighbors in the West. A large party toured through Miss issippi recently aud the same railroad that transported it has made arrange menta for taking a similar party ou a like tour once a mouth from now un til tho middle of May. A consider able number of people moved from the Northwest to Georgia, Alabama, nd other Southern States last fall. Caolera. ia Xpssla. , Iletwoen DMernhur tiond'U thre were 80 ., eases of chohjra ami ,U (Jeats ljilje district 'of - Volhynlk, rtiid tlurlug the sanie eiiod, in tbe district of Klcff. there were it) euos (if cholera and 11 dew' La (rout that disease. VENEZUELA IS READY. Has All Her Boundary Doeumonta Frepmd for the Commitiloa. It Is expected that the Vtnnudan com mlttis? will orgnul.e enrly next week. . Vene zuela ha nil her document 1-earlng on the tll"f utl boundry rt'nly to transmit to Wash ington. I In placing of Prof. Iiiiiilfl C. Oilman on tin- commission wii largely due to his promi nence ns a gc .graph -r. Chief Justice Fuller l largely r.",iiiiili)n for tho Selection of Justll'l' liri'WIT. The "W. stum-tor Onx-tto" nay: Orfiit I'.ritiiin should give the", Venezuelan - n , 1 1 1 i--1 . .11 nil .( -silde information ami as lxtiii.i i', though let admitting their Jurts lictlon, but should net allow Urlti.slolll--lai to give I'viiti'ii in tln'ir public capacity. 'I h lully News says: Tin- commission will command general re- I't'i-t In England, where put. lie opinion wllj readily r gnlze a commission which lil uni-y must in"-i'snrlly lg:ior?. 'I In' Morning Post says: None of th- members of the commission (s.'.'.t Justice lin-wcr mi l Andrew I). White, hail any I'liiini to o.'i'iii'V tin' great position assigned to lilin, wliile Frederick H. Coiidcrt, ou any principle of fair play ami common eue, If llsiiialifliil by his 'public, dcclnru tl"iL. The . ri 1 1 ti of the gentlemen ap pointed Is In complete h'iniioiiy with the overhearing language of President t'h'Vc. lllll'l S Venezuelan message. I In- Standard says: It would not is1 'right for Englishmen to critl"le th" tf.'nth'ini.'ii who have consented to iii-lnt tho President' studies of political geography. If their names eonimand th" eohfldeuee (.f the American people thnt Is all that can I e expected or de-lrcil, though We "hull watch their iolim with rurlo.-ltv. and evi-u r t That will l thu I t'Klniiliu and end of our Interest. LEX0WINO PITTSBUHO. The Senate Committee'! Inquiry Into Mu nicipal Affaire. The senate committee Ix'gnn Imsiiies Thursday afternoon. Attorney Pettit made a hrl"f speech explaining the purjios" of the Ih'iulry. The system of tfoverninir miuilcl-paiili'-s had proe, Insiifilclcnt, and it wa le -sary to tlnd Just what wa.t wroiiK in order to provide a legislative remc.lv. The leidslat Ion must he adapted to the wantsof a ctiiiiiininity. otherwixi the Is-st exifiillvi' re salts will not lie tilitalnaUc. Various lan.- Iiave I n devised for earryln.it cu city ov- ei niuci.t, hut In the exct'iillon of the.""' plans corrupt practices have crept in which must If eliminated. The committee eame t' l'ittoiiri; lor the purpose of comparim: th' operations i f goviTiiment here with tiit.se under the charter of Philadelphia, ami P. r tiiinend such legislation lit: will reined e.M .ton; evils. Controller (ioiirlcy wn the first witness. He was iMiiulnetl as to the methods of gov ernment, the tllvl-ioii of responsibility, and kindred matters. The question wo e In tended to afford tin eoiiiiuittis a general view of the provisions of the present charter and tho uses which were made, of them. ' her" was only one question that elicited nnWliu.k' particularly new, and that wan wlieiiier the uratles of streets had Ix-cn changetl for the bcnellt of individual or corporation'). To this the controller replied that It hinl In en alle-ged that Forlte street had I a changetl for the benetlt of th 1U- qui sue Trae'tioii company, but he had no official knowledge of the fact. The sitting of the Committee was oouclud etl I'rl'lay, the only testimony given o far being that of Controller Courlcy au.l Mayor McKcmia. Their evidence was'ln the until re of layiim the groundwork f.r ti e further In miry anil bringing the fact weU- kne t to the Pittsburg public formally ' committee. )K T A Hegrt Strung 0p ia a St. Louie K: Hooee. For several week past a tig negro r been stealing ull norta of things tira the butchers and hucksters at Union market hoiine, st I.ouls, but he always escaped ar rest, and the tenants of the market las-ame xaj.peratsl over their lasso. Monday Ho iri.inu the iicgrn wax caught while curry Inn off two horse bluuauts, and the cry of "I-ynch him" went up. A crowd of angry men hciie I him, bound Ills wrist, put a rope around his neck ami strung him up by a block ami tackle humring in the market. Hut the negro was a fellow of great nerve, and while hi!, t'tiikruo was protrudlug from Ids mouth, ami his eyes bulging from their sockets, he made a "violent struKgl. broke the cord which bound his arms, and la-fore the in.. I. realized what he was doinx, ho whipped a hi; knife from his pocket, cut the rope, dropped to the ground, and ran like a deer. He was chased and overtaken by tho mob, but In- turned with hi big knife and showed such a desperate light that the crowd wavered, ami the negro en- aped up an alley. C0MMEECIAL FAILURES. Deoreaie in Number, but Slight Ioorease in Liabilities. It. O. Pun A Co'., Weekly Review of Trado Says: The commercial failures during the com plete year, lsyj, number 13,197, against i:l, tocj In ls'JI. but the aggregate of liabilities Is sllirhtly greater, $173,liM.OOO.!igninHt 17'J, DU.K'itt, so that the average per failure L- ?13, 1U, against tliMStt In lfcUt. lu'liiarkal-k- contrast are shown this week lu prices of materials and of inniiiifaeturcil product. Compared with January, ls'.ij. prices of manufactured product and of material rose for pig Iron 75.1 per cent at the hUliest point, nut only U.l at the ek.se, while manufactures of iron rose ft;,7 i er cent at the highest point, ami V.i.S at the eloe. The acreage of cotton was wisely re stricted in order to give producers a better chance for fair returns, ami the crop wa further reduced by injury, but growers were Injured still more ly frantic speculation. Nheat producers also suffered from wild spi-culntioij 1 in great crop of corn ha ma terially affected the price of meat. GOLD IN VIRGINIA. Company Formed for tbe Development of What it Pronounced Rich Territory. 11. K. l'airbauk, the millionaire lard re finer, of Chicago; E. K. Wlllard and T. L). Hooper, bankers, of New York General T. M. I.ogan, of llichmond, Va., and others, have organized at Uichuioud the Piedmont Oold ll.-lt ChartepHl Company, with a capital stock of ti.uuil.OuU, for the purpose of de veloping on a very extensive scale lurge gold milling properties, covering severul thousand acres lu llu.-k Ingham county. These Northern and Western capitalists, it I reported, have made a thorough investi gation of the gold-bearing on e of that terri tory, aud have found such remarkably favor able conditions that It Is claimed they have secured control of thu entire district. IuvcBtigatlon of experts ami analysis of tho ores, it Is claimed, show that the per centage of gold is greater than either the bouth Afrlcu or the Cripple Creek district. Morton's Boom Launohed. . Thomas ('. l'latt announced ."that Oov. Morton is a candidate for the Itepybllcan nomination for president Mr. l'lutt. says: "0'0".. Morton has consented to enter the race ar' 'nenils will now go to work for him aH the line. He will not make any foi .ttttement blmslf, but be has told hlj friends that he la a candidate. - From the in formation I have I am oonJldent that the governor will be nominated at the fctt. Louis convention. I regard bun as tbe strongest candidate in tbe race," LIABILITIES WIPED OUT. i A Candidate for Re-Election Pays Some Official Eebts. KI'Trt Smith, who wn treasurer of Craw ford e.niuty from la01 to lJt, ha turned over to the county cotiiiiilsloner renl ctnt" and mortgage to the vnlue of mota than S-tMK). The property will be applied toward the wiping out of the liabilities Incurred .v Mr. Smith during Id t' rm of oflb.-e through the failure of l.anks in which county funds were i. poite I. A. Mr. Smith was not by law compelled to make good the money lost In a brokcu link, bis a- t has cnused quite a sensation. He in n candidate for re-el-s-tien n county treasurer. Constat lo Iilstnw. of N-w ll'ighb.ii, had a savage tight with Ids dog, whl -h had gone mad. lb- kicked It off sevr.il times, and finally seized a chair and dashed its brain out. Another mad .log on the principal streets l it several others nnd created a pan!" among pedestrians fa-fore It tl'-d to the woods with the entire police force after It. All the dogs bitten will bo shot. A gang of robber who have ivu loitering aronnd (ircensburg for a week, h'-l-l up James Staley at a point betw.s n Pi-nu and Jeamictte (ui.l beat him t'-rril ly. h aving him for dead on the roadside. His money mid valuables were tak'-n. lb) was found' a few hours later by frl'-nd- Probably the ib-cpi-el well ever drilled In M'-Kean e.'iiinty Is owned l-v Mike Miller.m 1 Is situated near Tuna. The hole I- icw lUOU bs't deep, nnd th" Well Is -till kept going down. At a depth of M..".o feet a very curse sand was encountered, whi h showed signs of oil. The Injunction Milt brought by the hoard of health of ll"lldaysbiirg and tiny-port, and citizens of Allegheny and lllalr tow n-hip-, to st..p the eity ..f Alt..', nn fr.nu depositing n j -wage in the Juniata river was heard bef. r Judge baker, at lloMdnysburg. Oil City cat.itall-ts are perfecting plans for tin- oru'iii.l; at..n of a ie-w t' lcpicne eoinpiinv t .ic. 1 I ni ( Ity. I'ranklln an I 'I itiisvlllc. The new company N the p -ull of arbitri.ry rui. - rci i'i.tlv . i.t. T-'i'd by the Central I'l--til -t Company. 'I he f.-ho..) dir- ' tors at lire. nburg have decided to erect a lieW high --ho.il l.lilldll g t st al out no. . s. 1 r.i-er, . f l iti-- blirg. Was selected architect, tl ..litest b r the place among .-. v.ral architects I eing spirited. Tltti-vjlle nn. i te,f.ird pr-b r- l.avrt bought f--r t'.I.ihiu the llndgewater iia c.,in iny's production in tic liirk. vfoot field, 'm-i-tiiig of l"a- - on I t.i'iMi a -r. s and X'.' w- lis .r ..lu- lug "i barrels .la.ly, lu V--sttimrclaiid county dining ls;i.1. there were ;l.iMi'.t lirlli-. and "l.u-.i death-. At Avonmore there were seven births and imt a death, and in the Second ward of N-w Ken-niigl'-ii, is 1 iril.s and ic d' liths. An ..pen swit- li nt M.-advlil". . au- d the l'.rle v. stibiil.-d epre. to run Into a freight engine, li th engines wer wrecked, nnd one engineer and several pas-i-ngers slightly Injupd. Tin- Ten-Pin (HI company's No. 3 Wa.-hti-i oil Mt. Nebii, wa drilled Into the 1041-foot sand and flowed salt water Saturday. This company's No. 1 Zee.ler was abandoned. John Stephens who has b.H'n manager of the Sharon iron works for several years, has resigned his position and will take' charge of a mill at Muucle, lud. l'.xtenslve preparations were made by thu uthoritles of W.tmlnster college fu'r the "'ark chi.-ui v. re . company's wt on the i at .luthrii farm near Ilridgevllle, got g in the fourth sand, and will be drill lifth. The rir-t llnptlst Church of Hollldavsburg ha- extended a call to H.-v. V. V. ' ltyan, pastor of the fifth avenue church, Jb-K. es j.ort. flooding the New Castle ball park for skating puri-oses, has damaged the founda tion of buildings in the vicinity. In the lllakel. y pool. ltutl-r county, the No. 3 loilbaritli.'of liolar.t A luilc. cmiic in a 7 ."-harn-1 pumper. .1. M. liiiC-y A 4'.... have completed a small To-lic d on the i;. id rarm at Puis worth. A ii:i:-s me ting in favor of making the Allegheny river navigable wo held at Prank fort. UFHOLDINO THE PRESIDENT. Kew York's Legislature Unanimously De olarce in Favor of the Monroe Doctrine. The N.-w York legislature organized eu tho 1st. The caucus nominee of the liepuldicuns l-clng chosen lu both houses, Hamilton Fish, of Putnam, was elected ss-akerof the House, Lieutenant Governor Suxton will preside in the Senate. In the Senate Mr. kllworth offered a inviuoriul on the Venezuelan ques tion, which wn unanimously adopted. It declares in favor of the Monroe doctelne. and commends arbitration us the method of settling difference, especially between the great Christian nation of the world, lu the Aswinblv Mr. O'lirady offered the same memorial and it wa unanimously adopted. Uoveruor Morton's message approve the upholding of the Monroe doctrine, uud then deals with State questions. On the subject of the excise Inw the gover nor recommends such legislation as will uieasureubly reduce the number oT places lu which Intoxicating Is-verages shall be sold. It 1 charged that the present excise law is u measure favorable to the liquor interests only; that private property is not protected from the aggression of saloon Influence, and that violators of thu law have compara tive immunity from the penalties which it prescribes. BIO INTERESTS UNITE. Consolidation of Ohio and Pittsburg Oil Supply Companies. The Iiuck-ye Supply eompany.wlth branches all over Ohio. Indiana and West Yirgiuia, and the sbnw Kendall company, of Toledo, and the Notional Supply company of Pitts burg, have consolidated. This latter com pauv has occupied a position lu the cactcru oil fields similar to the lliickeve, in the west. These two companies have of late practically put up a united front against the Jarecki and Ull Well Supply company, limited, as well us tin1 smaller fry. The buckeye has been put ting In branches over the country. They will operate branch stores In Pitta, burg, Slstersville. W. Ya. Mars aud llutler, I'a. i Marietta and Corning, Uhiw., aud Wil mington. W. Ya., with various h-ssiT branches ut tlis places mentioned, as well ns a great many new ones as the oil fields develop and emergency may seem to requlp. The gen eral headquarter will be iu Toledo, and J. L. Wooicot, ot Toledo, will be the new presi dent. Furnaoee Bhut Sown. It la announced ou good authority that all the furnaces at New Castle, pa., and over the valley will at once shut down. The furuaae owuers, it Is alleged, claim the present i.riiies Will not justify them to keep the works in op eration. The worklngmeii, however, elalu that the shut-down is the result of the own ers' refusal to grant luuroasud pay for Hull day and holiday work. Over bud men are btfeuted. CONGRESSIONAL Summary of the Most Important Meaimret Presented In Both Hornet. TWKST1ETU D.y. In the sctinte to-day amour the paper presented and refetred were resolution 'of the Lincoln Post J. A. It., of Topekn, Kan., 'tendering their services," rut Mr. Peffer (pop. Knii.1, phrased it "lu case wa should have any trouble with our neighbor on the other side of the Atlantic." They were re ferred lo the committee on foreign rela tions. Mr. ( handler (t n. N. If.), Introduced a bill to enlnrge the iterstate commerce com mission, by making It conlst of one member from each state, these members to eloct an executive committee of iive. Itefnrred. Mr. (handler also offered a resolution whb-h went over till to-morrow, calling on the secretary of the navy for Information as to whether prices paid, or agreed to be paid, for armor for veem-ls of the navy are as low as the pri.fs charged by the same mniiufac. tun-re to foreign governments; whether these prices have Isi-n increased on account ff the patents, and. If so, whether the Increase In price has been fair nnd reasonable, also whether any government officers are Inter ested In endi patents. The House bill a to bonds wa laid lsfor the senate, read twice and referred to the llnance committee. The resolution by Mr. yuay(rep. pa. ), calling on the secretary tor Information as lo whether It would headvan tageoiis to the naval srvl"e to contract now f-.r six battleships Instead of two was taken up and ngp-ed upon. Mr. Lodge (p-p. MnsO, nddn-swd the senate on the subject of the Monroe doc trine. TWr.STY-rillST I'AT. Si nai" Senator Sherman presente.ia p so lution which embe.ll.'fi ii plan that if a opte. would go far toward placing the tp-usiiry in a secure position, ills resolution directs that the gold ps.-rve shall l- restored to lo'. (n o 00, and In the future shall Is-us -d exclusively for the redemption of greenbacks and tp-asurv notes, and nut to meet current expenses. 1 iiiully it directs that when gp-en-"I ricks shall have -on redeemed they dliall be P ls-ued only lu exchange for gold coin or bullln. lions. Among th bills Introduced were tie- following: I'y Mr. McMillin, of Tenii.-s-S's'.to repeal the law allow ing a rebate on the tax on alcohol. 1 o rcH'al the io per cent tax on tie- circulation of banks otherthaii nation, al banks. Ity Mr. Cummlngs, of New York, providing that tiler shall I." in the army of the I 'idtod stales 10 regiments of nrtiliery of i2 batteries ea -h: i regiments of cavalry of li c.n. panics each: M regiments of infantry ol I- companies eu.-h. The last sessl. n of the hoiire f .r the year ls-.i:iwasa purely formal meeting, lasting only a b-w minutes and an adjournment was tnk.-n until Friday, a rding to the under standing. TWKSTY-SHCOHW nAT. 1 h House p iissi-mbled I'rl'lay under the arrangement heretofore aniioiiii I ly Mr. IMi.gley, Hep.. Malic-, mep-ly for the purpose o adjourning uutil next Mondav. si.eaker li.-e.l a ilc'iin I tl"' he had signed the bill to ac e .t 1J House The S chainiu when It lav lie that at t be able bills of met agi eolifere lemoc nothmi wa In to sub to be other held com n atahdin, aud then, nt Mr. Henderson, thu lotion of Mr. Morrill ee committee, agreed , to adjourn till Tues il expressed the hope in lice committee would -he bond and the lurid linauce committee g. but after a short he Itc publicans and y could accomplish nmeut uutil Monday men wep not ready ill, but said they hoped tie next meeting. An- lie silver men will t-e is laid la-fore the full r.j- the reserve fuud was , and Mr. Sherman pro- Tuesday i laid before si aate ceedtnl to speak. TWENTY -THIRD PAT. Among the bills and p-solutlons Introduced iu the House today were the following: lly Mr. Tra.-ey. of Missouri, a Joint resolu tion giving Congress power to levy a gradu ated inheritance tax u all Inheritances and estates wh'-se value exceeds 11X1,1)011. liy Mr. C. W. stone, of Pennsylvania, a bill repealing the section of the Wilson tariff law p-lating to the u-c of alcohol lu arts. by Mr. Towue. of Minnesota, a bill to pro vide foi the etabllsl:ment of brilll- h hvdro gruphlc ottb-cs at 1'uluth. Sault Ste. Marie and PulTalo. SICKENING SLAUGHTER. Manners at Trtbizond at Witneticd by ao Official. Tl. S, Chilton, Chief of the Consular Ilu reau of the state Iiepart ni'-nt, who ha re-'s-iiily returned from an olllcial tour of sev eral l'.uropeitii countries, has presented to the Secretary of State a report embodying his observations upon the various port visit ed bv I, tin. The most generally interesting Incident that fell under Mr. 4 Union's notice during his travels wa the killing of Armenians lu Trel.iond. "My hotel, he says, was so situated that it overlooked the public square In the city where crowds of people were uembled ut ull hours of the day aud night Not far from the nark were the telegraph office and custom house, both very much crowded at all times. It was alsjut i p. m. of October 8, w hile I wits writing a letter lu my room that I heard an outcry just beueuth thu windows of my hotel. I went to see what was the cause of the commotion aud found two men, one an Armeniau uud the other a Turk, engaged lu a wordy warfare. A crowd had gathered around tiiem, and the Arme niau was trvlug to break through the ring and get over to some Turkish rugs which had been piled up near the custom house by the last arriving caravan. "As the Armenian turned to flee his. Turk ish antagonist drew a dagger and stubbed him in the neck, causing the blood to spurt over some of the bystander. I he luttei seemed infuriated at the sight of the Lbs-ding victim uud pursm-d Id.n toward the pile of rugs which he hoped to reach that he might protect himself I o iiud them, ltefore he ha 1 gone ha'.f way. however, he fell from the loss of blood uud some of the crowd beat thu life out of him with bludgeons and other weapons. "It was a sickening sp. clacle and proved too much for nn-, so 1 turned from the win dow to avoid w itnessing a repetition of such scenes. "Within a few minutes after this occur rence two brothers who had twu shopkeos ers near the public square, were caught by the mob ut the telegraph ollice aud beaten to death simply because they were Armenians aud Christians. Fifty Miners Killed and Injured. An explosion of lire damp occurred in a colliery at Wuldenburg, Pruesiuti 8jlcsi.-t, 43 mill's southwest of Ilreslau. Fifty persons are known to have been killed or f ujurud, ami 17 others are missing. Twemty.oLe bodies have ulreudy been recovered, B.nd 1 of the iujured miners have been brought to the surface. Two Powers will Aid Amerioa. The St. Petersburg correspondent o f the Neue Frele Fn-e of Vienna telegraphs that Russia and France have actually promise d to diplomatic support of the United States U thu YoiiHzuuluu trouble, and be adds t hut Itussla Is preparing to facilitate tho Uui.'d btutes loon with hur owu gold reserve. Because Austro-Iiungary now baa oil wel If ot ber own, American petrollum baa little c uo market there. The use ot Uussiau oil also iucreaalng In Germany, where It cheaper than the American product. BONDS TO BE ISSUED. Carlisle leinea More Bonds and Offers Them , to the People. Heeretnry Carlisle bwu-M tho following circular: ' Treasury Department: Office of Secp tnry, Washington, D. C. .tan. 0, in'Mi. Notice Is hereby given that sealed proposals Will be rwelved at the ofllce of thu secret n ry ot tbe trt-asury at Washington, 1). ('., until Pi o'clock m. on Wednesday, the 6th dnv of February, IS'jfi, for the purchase of one hun dred million dollars ( 100,04M),000) of the Putt ed States 4 tier eoui coupon or registered bonds, iu denominations of lift v dollars and multiples of thnt sum, us mny be d.-sln-d by bidders. The right to reject nuy or all bids Is re served. The bonds will be dated on the first day id February, lSt'S. and lie payable in coin thirty years nfier that dale, and' will In-ar Inlep s't ot 4 per cent per annum payable quarterly lu coin, but all coupons maturing on and Is-tore the 1st of February. lN'.s), will be detached, nnd purchaser will be rcqulnvl to pay iu I lilted State gold coin or gold CcrtlMc'nb-s for tho bonds a warded to them, and all In-tep-st accrued then-on after the first day of February, IS'. Hi, up to the time of application for delivery. Payments for the Is. uds must be made at the lp-iLsury at of the t'nlte.1 States nt Wash ington, I. ('.. or nt the I lilted St.lt"S rlllv trcHsurl. s at N'-w York, lloston, Philadel phia, Iliiltlmop., Cincinnati, Chicago, st. Louis or New liri.-ans. or they may be made nt San Frnn.-Nco with exchange on New York, and nil bid must state w hat deuomln ntlons of bonds are d' slp-d. and whether coupon or registered, and at what place they will la paid for. Payments may Is- made by Installments, as follows: Twenty i 21) I per i-ent. upon receipt of no tice of acceptance of bids, and twenty i 20) per cent, at the end of each ti-t. days there lifter: but all a- ptcd bidders may 'pay the whole amount at the date of the tli-t n.-t.ill. meiit. nnd thoi-c who have paid all Install ment pp-vloiihly maturing may pay the whole amount of tln-lr bids at any time, not later than the maturity of the last in-tailmcut. The bond- will be p a-lv for delivery on or U-forethc l.-jth day of I',.'t ary. Is'.ms." Notice is hereby further given that If the Issue nnd sab-of an additional or different form of bond for the malnt'-iiaie f the gold reserve shall be authorized by law before the II ft It day of February, ls'.'i;. scaled proposal-. will also be r ivc.l at the same time and place, and up to the same date, and upon tli" same terms and condition herein s.-t forth, ninl such bids will be considered lis well li the bids f..r the four per cent, bonds heroin mentioned. J. ;. caiimhi.k, Secretary of the Tp-asurv. TROUBLE IN TRANSVAAL. An En?liih Land-Orabbing Expedition Meets Opposition. Dr. Jameson's invasion of the Transvaal wa part 4f a plot for the overthrow ot the Doer republic nnd the annexation of tin Transvaal to the Ilritlsh domains. Tho executive officers of the Ilritlsh South Africa company uud certain mining capitalists In Johannesburg were the principal conspira tors. President Kruger determined not only to defeat tho plot but to punish the foreigh members of the conspiracy. He knew a re Volt had leeu planned In Johannesburg and t tr J-M'uig wa p-sdy b niap'h from same mo', eS' Hen-. l. nest leade s sl(Le I'ltlander. to p . tc -m a requt st ir certain r fnrms ivblch had Jong ts-t-n t e basis of dis content. These included ..iu removal of the tariff ou food stuff, the granting of equal subsidies to all schools, no matter what language wa taught, and the extending of the franchise to foreign n sldents. These de mands were submitted to Kruger Iec. 3d, and he promised to suppot them If the petition er would dob-lid law and order lu Johan nesburg. Tln-n he seized Hie telegraph oflh-e and prevented the news of his conces sion or other Information going out. The revolution had been timed lor the' next day. It didn't come off. The city wa placarded with notice of Kruger action, and there wa no longer any excuse for a p-volt. 'The leaders found themselves checkmated, but their message to r. Jameson aud others, Informing them of theehangeiii the situutlou didn't get Im-voiuI the telegraph ollice. Meantime kruger rallied his burghers from ull sides and sent them to meet the lnvuders, with orders to sln.ot to kill. They obeyed literally, aud their marvelous marksmanship wa again shown by the fact that 110 English men who were struck by Poor bullets; si) were killed. Wheu the 500 prisnuers reach ed Johlinesburg President Krugar received this message from the Ilritlsh Secretary of the Colonies: "It 1 rumored thut you have ordered the prlsloners lo be shot. I do not believe it, and rely upou your generosity In the hour of victory." President Kruger replied: "I have given no order to have the freebooters who are prisoners shot. Their ease will, in due course, bo decided strictly according to tho tradition of the republic, and In accordance with law." When lr. Jameson Invaded MatuUdclaud and whipped I.obctigulu, England did not disavow hi action, lusteud, tho territory he stole from the savages was added to the Ilritlsh possessions, and the doctor got a decoration and wa given to understand that he wa a valuable man. Hut wheu he Invades Transvaal, aud gets whipped, ho is repu diated by every Ilritlsh official from Joe Chamberlain dowu, aud stands in the unen viable position of a freebooter, liable to hang ing ut the hands of the outraged Boers. His past services a a territorial thief have, how ever, induced the Ilritlsh government to lu- tercedu with President Kruegur, of Trans- 1 vaal, for him Emperor William telegraphed to President Kruegar as follow: "I express niy sincere congratulations. that with your own people aud without uppeuling to tho help of the friendly power, you have succeeded by your owu energetic action against the arui.-d bunds which invaded your country of disturls-rs of thu pence and have thus been enabled to restore peace uud safe guard the independence of your country ugulust attack from the outside." TO VANQUISH THE CUBANS. A Spanish Official 8ayi 80,000 Mora Sol direa, $25,000,000 are Neoeseary. A high official, after a conference with Senor Canovas del CattUlo, expressed his views aneut tbe Cuban situation, and said that for the full and perfect pacification ot Cuba three things were neoessury: First, 60,04)0 more soldiers; second 26,1100,000, and third, the yearly meeting of the 1'orte. Tho forthcoming protest ot the Spanish Republicans will cull for tho instant meeting of the Cortex, the situation in Cuba being de clared serious. Government official here are evincing much anxiety. A Madrid mllltury paper, favorable to Gen. Aacarragn, Minister of War, predicts victory and very Important military movements in Cuba. A Deflolt of $15,000,000. The figures of treasury receipts and ex penditures for the lost bait of the fiscal year 1895. are now practically oomnlete. lbs - official statement Issued Thursday, January . 3. shows approximately that the receipts (or the sis months were (167,600,000, and ex- endlturee, $182,600,000, making tbe deficit '5,000,000. THE LABOR WORLD. Beginning of the Tear in the faoterlet and Mines. In a general summary of the business pro gress of the South during the post yenr, and the prospects for 19(1, Mr. Richard II. Ed monds, the editor of tho Slanufoctup-rs' Heeopl In this week's lu? says: "The yenr Jut ended has been one which for nil time to come will be noted In th" reo. ords ot Southern progress ns one of Hie most important periods In the business history of the South. Looking back ovr 1U5 we can see thnt for the South it has vn a y-ar of marvelous achievement. When tho general business depression, which tins rxl'.isl throughout the world for several years . takeiilntoaccouiit.lt will be realized tha' the South accomplished wonderful things during ls!i.". It win a year fp from specu lative activity and a year In which there was no hurrah or booming business soon tn any part of the South: but in nil this gp-ut terri tory there has lieen n solid, substantial foun dation laid for gp-ater grwoth than was ev -r N'fore sii'ti In the South, If not In any part of the country. The Pneumatic Wntehman Cheek com pany, Columbus. Ohio, report tho year just closed the most successful In the history of their business, nnd the prospect for isyij'are quite up to their most sanguine expectation. As insurance rates Increase, large property holders nre embra lug every reasonable effi cient means to P-.bice their Insurance rates, which fa-t is yearly bringing Into common us1 a reliable device f..r checking tho move ments of night watchmen. Ohio capitalists nre reported to be buying large tracts of land iu Southern Fayette county, Pennsylvania, n territory hitherto undeveloped, but win-re rich coal discoveries nre sal I to have been made, oil nnd go hnve nlxo been struck lately lii this section, at point Marlon, at the junction of the Cheat and M-Uioiigah.-la rivers, and n land boom Is iu full swing among the Payette fanners aud other. Lorain. O. An effort is l'lng made to so cure the location of a big electric motor works Id this .-ity, which will employ 'A2b men. John-town is al-.. trying to seeuro tne the enterprise, but the chari.-es are largely In Lorain's favor. Tom L. Johnson and his lirith-r. Albert Jolm-on. an? said to be In torcte. III the motor Works. . The Illinois St e Company, Chicago, ni ne t without notice. hut down Its Immense steel mill and Its e (iially great rail mill. About employes w-P- told that It Would b Impossible to 'stnt-- wh'-n the mill will no r -opeii'-l. It is reported that the eaus of the -losing is due to the ilisl.ositlou of tie employers to r-'duce wage. Operations have ben commenced In the ' mammoth nut and bolt factory of Plumb, j bur. lick A lliui.ard. at Toiiawanda, N. Y. I Wh.-n In full operation they will employ 1 I Mm Sou to sun men. ! The Auburn Wagon Co. of lireencasil ', M l., will remove lis work to Martinsl.iirg. W. Va., new building UOOx'o feet and i.u l.rjii70 feet will be built. Fifty or mop) haic Will Is- employed. The cellulose factory, at Owensburg. K will be established at once, and cmpl-twenty-live iicu at the tart. Mark V Maisdeu. of Philadelphia, I'a., is to own ui oj. crate the plant. Fperatlons Is-gnn this week on tho pl.n for tin- New McKlnzle A Co. boiler factory Klwood, Ind. It will b ready for operatioi wtthlii ninety days, and will employ 100 mo, ut the start. One million pounds of wool were shlppe out of Manitoba and the Ilritlsh North wF: this m ason. us against 500,000 last yea Average price paid. 10,' cents. olr.mau Manufacturing Co.. of Ba . esta. imu a if .n tljut- hlrt waists anc .n linden ,. ,.ioy 75 hpuds. Ohio purtic an' orgnuizWg a (40,000 st compnnv to establish u stove foundry Kuoxvilie, T'etm. VALUE OF PURE FOOD. Adulteration Have Also Injured Onr F eign Market!. Levi Wells. Ialry and Food commissioner of Pennsylvania, has submitted his rst re. port to the Secretary of the Ilepartincut ol Agriculture, Thomas J. F.dge. Iu It he dis cusses at coii.-hlciable length the pure food question, who? inajmitude aud importance he says Is not generally realized. The value of food products consumed nnnully in the Slate amounts to s-m2.tloil.000, according to the estimate. Mr. Weils udds: "The er ceutage of adulteiutlou of thl vast amount of food products variously estimated by parties who have made It a subject of re scareli aud study ut from 'i per cent, the lowest, to Hi per cent, the highest." . Applying the result of an iuvcstlgml n made by Ir. Abbot, of Mussa -husett, he Iiuiry and Food Commissioner estimates Alio cost to the people of Pennsylvania of food adulteration at 17.000,ioo! "This mone tary consideration." he uys, "Is by no means thu most important part. Wheu we take into account tie- fact that a large part of tills adulteration I injurious to health, It is then only that the magnitude of the evil can be Conceived. "Nor is this ull. Food adulterations have iu a gnat measure ib-stn.yed our foreign markets. So-culb d butler is not butter, but u fraudulent Imitation. Cream is taken from our milk, ! fore being manufactured into cheese, and anlinul uud other fats sub stituted. American ucuts are condemned in Germany l.e--au sprinkled with borax to cause them to remain sweet (or an iudelluito period. Fraud and ihs'eptlou rule ull along the Hue, uutil American food products aro looked upou with distrust in all foreign mar kets, tints throwing the balance of trude, formerly in our favor, against us." ALMOST A $100,000 FIRE. One Man Killed by a Falling Wall Daring a Lively-Blaie. . A lire which started from the heater iu the cellar of the Central Hotel at Altooua, I'a., destroyed that biiildlug eutln ly, with all its eollteutsuiid euused 0 loSJ of 10,0U0 OU building ninl furniture. From this building the lire commuiilcuted to the Stn-lt block, und this was also practic ally destroyed. In I he latter building were the wholesale grocery store of llcssunt t lleuuemuu, James ChamiN'iiaiu's Hour und feed store Ulid l'rutm in A ltudlsill's whole sale wood and w illow ur house. On the Stn?lt block the loss is 15,(100; 'Sottlit A Uiuneman lose t.'ii.ooO; ( hii'iilerlalu $10,000, aud thu damage to t'ie building will amount to $15,000. '1 he iusiiruncu will cover ubout ouu-thlrd the loss. John lloucuiin, f ucnian of the Pennsyl vania railroad bolt shup and a member of thu Pennsylvania ltailrou I l ire Company, was killed uy u fulling wall, uud John Wareham. another member of thu same company, had his collar bono broken. Train and Street Car Collided. A westbound special on the Lake Erie it Western railroad collided with an elect rio street car on the Vnderson street crossing in El wood, Ind., fatally injuring Chris Hlnee, an employe of the American Tin Plate com pauy, and seri'Misly injuring several other passeugers. The a s'ident occurred at tbe same place where Dr. K. W, Edwin and Miss Maggiu A'ireilus cumu near meeting death in ll:o sai ,i manlier u f -w weeksago. James D. P ge, once a prominent lawyer of San Franc sco, wus urrctod in New York on a charge f living cmlzled trust funds otaulnsuue - In California. j 4a.
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