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.
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