The Middleburgh post. (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, May 20, 1897, Image 6
IEE PRES1DEMFS CUB1N MESSRGL ASKS FOR RELIEF. President Sstda th Mueh-Expetted Dto- CmiBt tO CoOgTeSS- A special cabinet meeting waa held Moo day morning at which the draft of the presi dent' Cuban message was read. It was tub eiitted to conKreaa soon after noon. Special meeting of the senate and bouse committees on forelgu affairs were also in session, and the wheels were all put in motion for acting promptly upon such recommendations at the president might make. The message says official information shows that American eitirens are la treat destitution and the authorities are unable to relieve the distress. 81 x hundred Americans are In this condi tion, and the sum of (."0,000 Is recommend ed for relief, Part of il should bo used for sending a ship to brine the destitute home. Th. message as outlined above was rend In the senate und then a resolution enacting bis recommendattoua was presented by the senate foreign committee und was at once considered. The message is as follows: "To the Senate and House of Itepresenta- tlr-s of toe I'nlted Ktates: "Ultlcial Information from our consult in Cuba establishes the fa't that targe num ler of American citizens In the island are in a stnte of destitution, suffering forwent of food and medicines. This applies particu larly to the rural districts of the central aud eastern parts. The agricultural classes have beeu forced from their farms into the near est towns, where they are without work or money. "The local authorities of the several towns, however kindly disposed, are unable to relieve the needs ol their own people, and are altogether powerless to help our clti rens. "The latest report of Consul General Leo estimates Unit (iO to MOO Americans are without means of support. I have asm red him that provision would be made at once lo relieve them. 'To thut eud I recommend that congress make an appropriation of 11M less tnan 50,000 to he immediately available; for use under the direction o( the secretary of state. "It is desirable that n part of the sum which, may bu appropriated ly congress should, m the dlrcretlon of the secretary cf stnte, ulso be used fur the transportation of Amerli-nu citizens who, desiring to return to the I'nlted Suites, nre without the menus to do so. Wll.l.IAM Ml KlNLtV. 'Executive Mansion, May 17, IS'jT." A FREE M0N0NGAHELA. Secretary Alger Aco3iti lha Viewers' Award i and Tolli Will Soon Bs Aboliihsd. Keeretnry Alger has accepted the award made in the cam of tbo Mouongahclii Navi gation Compiiuy.nnd has requested Attorney lieueral McK' una to take the necessary steps to have the title of the property transferred to the government of Uio I'nlted Slates. Tho secretary Is cl the 'opinion Unit the award of ;l,7til,(il5 -hi Is a fuir one, r.nd as tho com pany has agreed to accept tho award, he will do so on behalf of the I'nlted state. As soon as Attorney (ieucrul Miller advises him t tint the title Is perfect, and that the property lins been transferred to the l ulled Htutn he will draw a warrant for the sum named in fuvor of the compnny. It is ex pected that thero will not be much further delay In tho matter, ami that there will soon be a free Moiimigiiheln river. The tolls (but havo been collected yearly by the navigation company represent to each shipper immense prollts, aud .the shippers calculate that with the tolls converted into their own pockets and their business man aged on the same or eveu more economical lines they will be able to run the mines steadily Slid competo for. im Indefinite i:ne with the Kanawha district operators. GBEEK AND TUSK. iatctt News From the Sett of War. Greeks on tbt Defensive. Th London Times' correspondent at Athens says: M. Italli, the premier, visited the various legations Sunday and obtained assurunces that tue powers would Undertake to preveut any offensive action on the part of the Turks providing tho Greek forces maintained u strictly defensive attitude. On this under standing he immediately wired to tho com manders of the three Greeic divisions at I'ouiokos, Snurpl and Arta, Instructing them to absiiini from all hobtllo taction unless at tacked by th- enemy. The only (ireek force now on Turkish ter ritory is the bond of T'plroto volunteers led by Botzarls, which landed at Prevesa und advanced along the bank of the l.ourus. The forces will then proceed westward along the const, where it will be taken off by the lireek fleet. The losses at Oriboro were the heaviest tince the beginning of the war. Seven offi cers were killed, liequlems were sung In ull the churches and th opposition papers ac cused the government of wantonly sanction ing needless bloousbod. EVENED MANY HOUSES. Epaaiard Said to Have Destroyed Four Hundred Dwellings The correspondent of the Spanish Journal El Pais, who has returned to Havana from : Manzauillo, says that the Spanish column operating in thut locality retired to Porlillo on May i, alter destroying several Insurgent I ramps and more than too houses In the towns ' f l'.razo, Seco, liurric, Zevllla and at other j places in the district. The Spanish column wus attacked by the insurgents all nlong the I route and especially at 1'urgatnrio. ; The milk supply is very short. The milk j dealers In Cnmpo Florida refused to accept i (1 lu t si er for ten quarts, demandiuc me ; same price in silver. The seumstiesses also complain that the tailors pay th'in tu paper, while they collect gold from their customers. ARMISTICE AT LAST. It Hat Been Concluded Between Greek tad Turkish Forces. A dispatch to "Le Journal," of Paris, from the correspondent of that paper at Lamia, about 1 miles southeast of Domoko, says it is learned oftlclully that an armistice be tween the tireeks aud Turkish forces has been concluded. A dispatch from Arta savt that the Oreek troops under Col. Belractaris, are advancing upon I'bUipiade. Tbo Turks huve fallen back tu Salopoulc s. The warships of the irek squadron are maintaining a strict blockade ol the (lull of fcalouics. A British tank steamer, with a eargo of oil, bus been debarred from enter- 1 lug the gulf. Cutaa Sympilhiteri. ' ft An enthusiastic audience of incu and wo men, many of them woll known in Washing ton, parked the Columbia theater to Its doors Sunday afternoon at a monster mass meeting benl in behair of the caute of the Cuban insurgents. The theater was appro riutely decorated. Mealed on the platform and participating iu the exercises were Sen ators Oallinger und Allen, ex-Senator Duller, of Boutb, Carolina; lie v. Hugh Johnson, pus tor of the Metropolitan Methodist clitiroht Kt. Howard Ytillur Eon l aud a number ot others Idenllnrd wittt the Interest of the ia-urcesit, - . ' PRICES ADVANCED. Speealator Many Predict Oct letttr Figarea, R. Q. Dud A Co. 'a weekly review of trade says: Speculators have enjoyed an advance In wbtat, corn, cotton and some other pro ducts, though obliged to tell wool and sugar at lower figures In order to realize. Stocks have advanced 7o per ( 100 and trust stocks lost S3 cents, without cuough demand to constitute a market. Import ot merchan dise, 18.382,019 for the week at New York alone, are Ui per cent, larger than a year ago, making the Increase 47 per cent, for the past six weeks, and have affected the ex change markets aud helped further ship ments uf gold, whioh amount for the work to (2.730,000, hut are practically balanced by receipts from the interior and cause no seri ous apprehension ot Unsocial disturbance. Men feel that present conditions are only temporary, although they tend to prevent immediate Improvement in general trade and hinder immediate investments. The government crop report estimates cotton acreage at 6 per cent lest than last year, and is considered encouraging because so slight a decrease from the floods may be easily made up. Prices have advanced ,',o on Liverpool speculation, with nothing here to warrant the rise. The winter wheat re port, which is supposed to indicate a yield of 27.000,000 bushels, is contrasted with state reports much better or much worse, but it distrusted mainly because all department estimates of acreage for years have been wildly erroneous. Wee'.ern recelptt con tinue' larger than latyear, 2,109,123 bushels, against 1.870,3(17 bushels a year ago, and At lantic exports also increase for two weeks of May, amounting to 3,106,1109 bushels, Cour Included, against 2,083,414 bushels last year. F.xporte of corn aru still large, 6,ffl5,H6i bushels for two weeks, against 3,804.181 bushels last year, and Id part account for smaller demand for wheat. The output ot pig iron for the week end ing May 1 was 170.628 tons, against 173,279 April 1, and the stocks unsold, exclusive of those held by the great steel-making com panies. Increased only 8,808,000 tons. Sev eral furnaces, especially those producing foundry Iron, have stopped production (or this month, but no Important chaugvs appear in pig iron, which is quoted at (8.2ft for gray forge at 1'tttshurg and (9.25 for bessemer, and (12 for No, 1 at New York, though only (10.23 Is asked for southern. Keduoed south ern freights here have not altered the mar ket materially, and nt Chicago also the local prices have beeu reduced. The demand for Mulshed products it below tho capacity of works in operation, aud the award of the contract for the Montreal bridge, which is said to be at 00 cents for bourns, against (1.C5 demanded from con sumers In this country, has occasioned trouble in tho beam association, and there lire reports that It has been dissolved. Angles nre quoted nt t'5 cents per 100 pounds, u shudu lower and steel plates ure quoted lower bent than at l'hiladeiphla. Copper is nctivo, with large sales of lake at 10.35 cents, und tiu plates Are quoted 10 cents below prices llxed by the association, and 60 cents I'elow prices of the same grades of foreign plates. Nothing new can be said of the cotton manufacture, which still lacks demand enough to lift print cloths above the lowest point ever known, and prices of other graies of cotton do not Improve. In general the sales of cotton product nre but mode rate. Woolen goods are doing better than for weeks past, aud yet there is not enough demand t.' er'onte enthusiasm or to raise prices, while there is greut uncertainty re garding tho future of the market Sales ot wool have sharply decreased, aud for the weok barely exceed a week's consumption, while prices are weaker at eastern markets, according to some reports nearly 1 cent per pound at Philadelphia, und at the West trailers for speculation have begun to sell for tome concessions with good reasons, NO MORE BEBT 8U0AB SEED. The Agricultural Department Eat Ex- hauited tbt Supply. Tho beet sugar seed which the agricultural department has been distributing Is practi cally exhausted, about 10,000 pounds having been sent out to farmers la about four-flftlis of tbo states. Tho seed baa been dis tilbuted in packages of from one ounce to half a pound purely for experimental pur poses. Thc-beets grown from the seed will be analyzed and the saccharine matter de termined to ascertain where beets can be profitably grown for the production of su gar. These experiments, It is believed, will be of immense value a the beet undoubtedly can be produced with profit In ninny of the stiites. Wherever it can be so produced It will give the farmer it new crop. All tho surplus vegetable seed in the possession of the agricultural department is being dis tributed through congressmen or govern ment agency, to th" people in the Hooded districts along the Mississippi for planting as soon as tbo waters subside. AFRICAN ATROCITIES CONTINUE. No Effort to Stop tho Awful Barbarity on the Upper Kongo. A representative of the Associated I'ress bad an Interview with I lev. Mr. Sjobloni, of the American Buptlst Mission In the Upper Kongo, who has just returned to London. He said: "When I left In February, matters In the Upper Kongo were as bad us ever. The commission which the King of the lielginns appointed to Inquire into the atrocities com mitted, the victim' being natives, has had al most no result. The olllcials are indisposed to act on missionary evidence, and only n few cases of barbarity were punished. The iniquitous rubber trafllo continues. When the natives are unuble to obtain rubber the Mate troops burn the villages, murder the natives and rut off their bunds, which nre utierwards smoked and Font to the state offi cials, l'arts of tbo EquiitorsviiU) district aru iu a state of open warfare." It is understood that tl.e statements of the Ilev. Mr. Sjot'lotn will be made the subject uf a question iu the lloue of Commons. THE TOPE AND THE SULTAN. Ctmt oT the Disagreement Between tbt Two Mon. The Home correspondent of the London Standard gives the history of the discontin uance of relations between the porta and the Vatican. He says: "Last summer the pope In an autograph letter begged the sultan to protect theChrit tiuus iu Crete. The papal delegate. Mgr. lionettl, obtained ao audience at the Yildhs kb-ek and formally presented the letter. "The sultan, evidently Irritated, said, in an undertone in Turkish: 'Who's this pope that's always meddling Id the affairs of our state'' and then aloud Id French: 'Tell his holiness that It is my constant care to attend to the welfare of all my subjects.' "The pope tried another letter fast Octo ber. This had a better reception, but was never answered and there has been no direct communications between the Vatican and the porta since." Boeri Show Much Nervs. A dispatch from Capetown, Africa, sayt that the reply of tho Transvaal government lo the bellgerent note of Joseph Chamber lain, Jlritish colonial secretary, Insisting upon observance of the Loudon convention, Is delimit lu tone. It Insists upon the right of the Trantvaul to demand arbitration o'f the questions In dispute and also upon Its riglit to pass the n liens Immigration law, and asserts that It this right Is disputed ar bitration is the best means of arriving at settlement of the question. Another dispatch from Capetown an nounces that a serious engagement hat taken place lu Uertiuanaland. Chief Tots bas beeu captured and tlx volunteers have been killed. THE IIIN TURNS ICIIIO! NAMES HIS TERMS. Tbt Torts Makes A Official Eeply t tbt Fewer. The ports bas replied officially to tbe note ot tbe powers and declines to agree to an ar mistice until tbe following conditiont are accepted: The annexation ot Thessalv, an Indemnity ot XlO.OOO.ooo Turkish and tbe abolition pf the capitulations. Tbe porte proposes that plenipotentiaries ot the powers should meet at Pbsrealo to discuss tbe terms of peace and declares that It these conditions aie de clined the Turkish army will continue to ad vance. The demand for the annexation of Theesa ly is based upon the tact that the province wtt originally ceded to Greece on the advice ot the powers with tbe object ot ending bri gandage and Oreek incursions into Ottoman territory, the porte believing" at the time that the cessation would attain these objects, but tbe recent incursions ot Oreek bands and the events immediately preceding the war have proved to the contrary. This it the sub stance of the reply. The Ambassadors) met to consider the Forte's answer, which la regarded at raising an extremely grave issue. It it believed that representations will be made to tbe tuitan personally to induce a modification ol these terms, but It Is foreseen that this will be very difficult, owing to tbe attitude ot the power ful old Turk war party. It tbe porte should prove obdurate a European conference is not improbable, although at present Ilussia Is opposed to this. It Is regarded at quite certain that the powers will not consent to a retrocession ot Thessaly. Even Oermnny ia bolloved to be resolute on this point because it would in volve a violation of the Her I In treaty and Im peril tbe pease of the Balkans. Altogether the reply of tbe porte has caused the greatest surprise. It appears that during tbe discus sion ot tbe note from the powers by tbe couucil of the sultan's ministers, news reach ed the council that 3,000 Greeks had landed at I'alona and were marching to Janina with the Intention ol co-operating with other forces from Arta. This created a bad impres sion among tbe ministers. GARCIA WAS TOO SHREWD. Ht Turned tb Tablet and Cut the Spaniards Almost to Fleoet. A letter from a Spanish officer at Maur.an illo to a friend in Havana tells of a tremend ous defeat suffered by tbo Spaniards near there. It appears that Ocncral I.ono, command ing tho Nnnzauillo division, knowing that tho insurgents attack all convoys going to Baynino on "dead tnriu't road," as It bos been nnmod. prepared a scheme to entrap the Insurgents. He ordered tho departure of a great convoy under a small escort, and with a force of 1,600 men took a roundabout course, with the intention of falling upon the insurgents' renr as soon as the usual altuck was made on the convoy. Whether Garcia, noting the palpable in sufficiency ol the escort, suspected a trap, or had been previously informed, is not known, but at any rate be thwarted the Spanish. He detailed a pait ot his force to capture the convoy and with the remainder, about COO picked and well-armed men, awaited Lono's arrival in a strong position. Lono, surprised by the unexpected attack, fell back, despite tbe superiority of hit num bers, ana tried to gain the convoy's road, but (tarda, by a clover Hank movement, prevent ed him from even retreating to Mauznnillo. The result was that Lono, after six days of desperate fighting and retreating, arrived with only a remnant of his force at Hpuuta l'ortilio, east of Cape Cruz,wbero he escaped being thrown into the sea by tbe arrival ol the steamer Helta de Los Angeles, that bad been sent frcm Manzauillo to his assistance. The Spanish loss is net atated, but it must have lieeo considerable, since the affair is considered the most momentous of the war. SUNDAY BALL BTOFFED. Folios Arrest Members of tbt C'.tveland and Waihington Team. Tho police made good their promise to prevent Sunday baseball In Cleveland if an attempt wero uiado to play. At tbe end of tho first Inning between tho Cleveland uud Washington teams ull the players on both sides and Umpire Tim Hurst were arrested and taken to the Central police station, four miles distant, where 1'resident Itoblnou gave bail for the prisoners and they were releas ed. Tho gmo had been extensively advertis ed, und in consequence there was a big at tendance. All the railroads ran excursions, and many enthusiasts from surrounding towns lu thecity during the forenoon. Soon after noon the cars running to the ball park begun to be crowded. Long before the hour ' for the game to begin the grounds were crowded. 1 be turnstile showed that 10,000 people had passed the gates. It was Imput able to admit any more without letting ttiem I on the field, find the gates were closed. Still at least 6, 100 persons clamored for aduiis i "Ion. PLUNDERED BY R0BBER3. Muked Men Hold Up a Train In Texts. The west-bound Southern express pass enger train was held up by masked men and robbed about 250 mllc9 west of San Antonio, early Friday morning. As rlie train pullud out of tbe little town of Lozinr, three men jumped on the platform, nnd, pointing pistols at the engineer and llreniau, compelled the former to stop tbe train about one and a half miles we t of town. Alter forcing the doors of tho express car, one ol tbo robbers enter ed the car an 1 dynamited the two tufet of the Wells Fargo Express compnny. The local safe contained about (2.000 or (3,000. The amount securwl from the through safe is not known, but It Is believed thut it will not fall below (7,000 or(H,000. THOUSANDS SHELTERLESS. Eighty Thousand Thetiallani in Deep Dlt treis. A dispatch from Lamia sayt that 80,000 Thessaliant are herded there and In tbe neighboring villages altar the successive flights from Tyrnavot, Larlssa, I'banalot and lJomokos. Tbe most pitiful scenes are to be witnessed on every band. Thousands of women aud children are lying exposed to the continuous heavy rains. Most of their carta and horses have been requlstloned by (be military. Fires are ol nightly occurence, aud villages are burned wherever tbe Turks are to be seen. The Oreek authorities have endeavored to supply bread to tboutauasol the homeless, but tuelr efforts are almost un availing. MACEDONIANS ARE KIBINO. They Capture a Fait and Will Flfbt th Turks. A dispatch to the London Dally Chronicle from Athens says that the (ireekt who have arrived there from Damla report a Macedonian rising ia the district between ZlfdM and Kozlanl. Tbe Timet, an Athens evening paper, states that there bat been a rising, in central Macedonia) that 4,000 in surgent bsve captured tbe past forming a part of the principle Una of communication oftheTurklth vr. URUGUAY REVOLT CRUSHED. rifatiag Wat Bat aid Dealat Baathte' lata Hnadrtda. Iteceat mail advices front Crujoay stte that tberevolutloa hat been checked after a bloody battle at Tree Arbalea, la which large number ot revolutionists were killed and their leaders driven to tne frontier. At the same time tbe government bat teen fit to allay publle discontent by taking into tbe Ministry several leaders who heretofore have been regarded at leaders in the sedi tious movement The Minister of War. Gen eral blae, gate way for this purpose to General 1'erez, who was acting president ot tbe committee officially denounced as sedi tious and revolutionary. This is accepted aa tbe first step toward asking isrms with tbe revolutionists, although a strict censorship of the press prevents any construction being placed on the course of the Govern ment, Tbe fighting has been bloody, tbe deatba reaching into tbe hundreds. ' The l'resldent has issued a proclamation congratulating General Muniz on his last success in dis persing the revolutionists and a dress tword is to be presented to him. Tbe Oovernment forces have been reluforoed by mobilising tbe National Guard, made up of 6,000 men, and lame consignments ot arms and ord nance have been received from Belgium. PERILS OP THE SEA. Two" Ships go Aground and 107 People Fact Death. Tbe French brlgan'.lne Crotlne, from Bayonne for St Pierre, with a valuable gen eral cargo, went aground near Lamallne, New Foundland. A heavy tea was running and the crew tucceeded only with the great est difficulty In launching the boat, which were almost swamped by tbe breakers. They rowed all day and all night, but were uuable to find the land. They bud no provisions, so hurried was their start from tbe vessel, and they suffered greatly from the eold and drenching sea. About noon Sunday they heurd the fog born at the entrance) of tbe harbor of St. Pierre, and making their way towards the port, were picked up by a pilot boat Tho crew numbers 28, and most of tbem are greatly exhausted from hunger and rowing. The German steamer Arcadia, laden with grain and bound from Montreal for Liver pool, went aground Sunday morning near Cnpe Hay, on the southern side of the Gulf ot St. Lawrence, in a dense fog. Her pas sengers, numbering V5, and the crew of 64, had a desperate experience in trying to rench land. Three men attempted to swim through the surf with the life-line, but full ed. Tho fourth, however, succeeded, and attached the hawser to tbe rocks In a favor able position, so that all were safely landed after a bard struggle. Neither passengers nor crow saved anything. Tno vessel is likely to become a total wreck, as Bbe lies on jugged rocks with n big hole in ber bottom. A stcumer will be sent for tbe passengers. MUST STAND THE LOSS. Railroad Company Beiponiible for 840,000 Overissued Stock. Tbe supreme court of Ohio docided in favor of tho bank In tbo case of tho Cincin nati, New Orleans A Texas Pacific railway vs. the Citizens National bunk of Cincinnati, In the mutter of overissue of stock to the extent ot 400 shnres by George F. Dough ty, deceased, who was secretary of the company prior to his death in 1883. Those shares fell into the bands of tbe bank, and the railroad company is now Judi cially required to staud the loss. Tim capital stock of the company wus (3,000, 000 In 30,000 shares of (100 each. Alter Doughty's dentil, the overissue coming to light, some of tbe Holders, the evidence showed, had made Inquiry of tbe president, Theodore Cook, w ho said tho bonds were all right. Other holders bad taken Doughty's word that the issue was all right. All of tbe holders claimed the issue to have been sign ed by tbe legitimate officers, which was true. Some of the courts below made a distinction between holders who bad not Inquired and holders who bnd, giving judgment to thoae who made Inquiry. AFLOAT IN HIS AIRSHIP. Barnard Makes a Voyage of Twtlva MUet Beating to Windward and Leeward. After much difficulty in getting off, Friday at 7 o'clock Prof, liaruard attempted another voyage with bis airship. It soared aioft rapidly and as Bernard vigorously worked the bicycle pedals of his steering and propell ing nttuuhineut the airship turned around several limes, but was drifting with tbe wind. It passed over tho centennial grounds, flouted rapidly over the city at a high alti tude in a northeasterly direction, and passed out of sight In the guthering twilight. At about 7 45 o'clock p. m., tbe machine land ed near Madisou, about twelve miles east ol Nashville. Prof. Huruard says of this trial trip: "I find that I ran manipulate the machine right or left, eveu lu a light wind. I cannot go directly against a wind ot eight miles au hour with muscular power as at present arranged, hut by cutting across obliquely, I ran make progress in the direc tion desired." Further trips with changes In apparatus will bo made. Huruard returned to Nashville with Ins airship. SENATOR STEPHEN A MALL0BY. Florida Contest Beiultt in Giving the Frlxt to an Ez-Congrettmtn. At Tallahassee, Fla., Stephen R. Mallory Wits elected United Status Senator on the twenty-fifth ballot Tbe vote was: Mallory, 63; Chlpley, 44; Call, 1. Chlpley led after the roll call on this ballot, but the changing of votes gao the e'octlou to Mallory. Stephen ltussoll Mallory wat a member ot the Fifty -second ami Filty-Uiird Congresses from the First Florida district He lives In Pensacoln. where he was born In 184H. Ho colored the Confederate Army ia Virginia In the fall of 1KG4, and later served as a mid shipman in the Confederate nay. After the war he entered Georgetown Col lege, District ol Columbia, and after gradu ation taught school aud studied law. Iu 1874 he returned to Pensucola, and since then bus procured law In Florida and also beeu In terested actively lu politics, serving in both branches of the Slate Legislature, besides tbe National House of Itepresentattves.where be was a leading member of the Committee on Commerce. Filled a Heated Boiler. A taw-mill boiler exploded on Reel foot river teveral miles from Tlptonvllle, Ky., killing Ed. Patterson and Dink Hodges, white, and two colored men wbote names could not be learued. Three other men were terribly mangled and will die. One man was blown Into pieces nod the fragments scattered for two hundred yards. The mill wus a small portable affair, and had Just lo cated on the river. It is said the water wat run In the boiler while the boiler was too hot TIESI TKLEOBAMS. Peru and Bolivia have submitted their territorial dispute to the arbitration of Spain. Tbe Jay Paper Manufacturing Company's plant at Juy Bridge, Me., hat been aold for (460,000. Tbe Michigan Senate defeated the bill to Increase the State taxation ot railroads to (700,000 a year. It to said that President W. F. Blooum, ot Colorado college, bas been Invited to take tbe presidency ot Oberlin, O., college, Tht Humphreys bill extending tbe fran chisee of all street railroads in Illinois SO years wat killed In tht Htata Legislature. ilfl DlffiniLHHilL TEN WERE KILLED. . i Msi acd Bsjt Crashed to Death TJadsr a Tipple. A terrible disaster occurred at th Fink ney, Tenn., ore mine, SO miles from Flor ence, Ala. Th tipple, or or dump, 60 feet high, fell, killing 10 white men and boys out right, and seriously injuring several olhera. The killed are: Jose Remington, Cal Kll burn, Will Kllburn, Jim Brown, an 11-year-old son of Jim Brown, Cal Harris, Landin Harris, Blchard Hardwick, Mat Crow and Jim Crow. Tbe seriously Injured are: BUI Sims, George Gamble, Cype Gamble, Alex O'Dlll, Will Kllpatrlck, Joe Newton, Donny Brown, two McElmorea and M. Christian. Ot tbe killed, Bemiug.oa, Cal Kllburn, Brown, Harris and tbe two Crows leave wives and from one to five children. Those who are seriously Injured have broken arms and legs and crushed hip bones and internal Injuries. At least half of those who are in jured will die, but tbelr name cannot be as certained. All of the killed and wounded were on top of the tipple when it collapsed. Only two escaped without serious injuries. One young man, seeing bis danger in time. Jumped 20 feet to a trej and received tlUht scratches, and another Jumped to the ground, turning over ieverai limes and alighting on his leet, only spraining his ankle. Tb cause ot the collapse Is unknown. The dump was a new one, aud was tested with 20 cars of ore lest than a month ago. There waa only a small weight on it when it fell, The mines where the disaster occurred be long to J. Craig McLanaban. Drs. Arnold and Bramlette went to tbe scene on a special train and cared tor the injured. WORKMEN BURIED ALIVE. Two Mtn Killed and Othert Hurt by a Cave-la at New Cattle, Fa. A portion of a bill foil into a cut where a lot ot Italians and Austrian! were at work for the New Castle Traction company. Fifty tout of dirt tell upon five men Joe Marnlk was the first taken out. His left leg had sus tained a compound fractura above the knee, hit right leg was dislocated and wat hurt in ternally. He was taken to tbe hospital and cannot live. John Skerjance was dead when taken out Nicholas Olllofk, when taken out was thought to be dead, but on getting to the air ho revived. His head was terribly crushed aud he ouly lived five minutes. Two other mon who were employed at the cut were also more or less injured. Tbe coroner investigated and a verdict ot accidental death wat found. NICARAGUA NETTLED. A Steamer Putt Two 6hott Aoron tht Rover's Bow. The American steamer Hover, which ar rived nt New Orleans, May 11, reports that she was fired upon by tbe Lucy B., a Nlc aroguan steamer. The Hover arrived at Tuerto Cortez, Honduras, May C, aud ran down to Omad, seven miles distant. Near tbe latter point she sighted the Mo aragiiHu steamer Lucy B., which fired a shot across the bow of the ltover and followed It by a second shot, which fell short of striking ber amidships. On the Hover's coming to she was hourded and searched by Beyet't forces, under strong protest from her cap tain. He waa told ho ought to be thankful he was not sunk, as the Americans, including the consul at Puerto Cortez, were warring against Bonillo. The Hover proceeded to Omad aud loaded with fruit for New Or leans. Coming back Bbe ran dote to Puerto Cortez and saw tbe Lucy U lying near tbe shore, with pilot house and portions ol up per works sltot away and apparently disabl ed by the firing from the insurgents. It wns reported that the American consul at Puerto Cortez bad been killed. The Hov er's captain saw several ships on the way to attack Puerto Cortez, but he does not think It can be captured, as most ot its defenders are Americans, aud they had cut off ull modes of approach from tbe interior. A TREATY OF PEACE. Eight Hundred Indian Warriors Light tht Fetot Pipe. With all tbe pomp and circumstance of war 800 Indian warriors, veterans of twelve years' ttrife with Mexico, marched Into the little town ol Ortiz to make peace. A treaty ot peace, tbe maiu points of wbloh were agreed upon some time ago by Juan Mal donndo, Cblet Tetebintes' civilized name, aud Col. Peiuado of the Mexican army, was ratified with much ceremony and peaoe wat declared. Tbe cessation of hostilities is hailed with Joy by every one in the vicinity, and especially by a syndicate ol Now York capi talists who are constructing with Indian labor an Immense canal lu tbe ltio Yaqul valley to Irrigate a million-acre concession secured from the Mexican government. TRIPLE LYNCHING). A Thoutand Maiksd Men String np Thrtt Negroes. Near Hosebud, Tex., three negroes, Dave Cotton, Henry Williams and Sabe Stewart, wore lyucbed In jail. Their Intended victim was a daughter of William Cotes, white. About 12 o'clock a number of men heavily disguised, rode up tu the Jail and demanded tbe prisoners. -i Tbe guarda refused to deliver them, and they retired saying they would blow tbo jail up with dynamite or have the prisoners. 1m mediiitely the officers and guards tum monned a but and entered it with their iirleoners, leaving bv a roundabout route to lartlu. They were overtaken by about a thousand masked men. who overpowered tbem and look th priiopers and hauged them. WAS CLOUDS IN NORTH AFBICA Moorish Trlbetmen ia Is volt Attaek tad Kill 'Trench Meroeaarlst. Ttere are Indication ot the possibility ot trtout trouble between Franoe and Moroc co owing to the Incursions of Moorish trlbet men Into Algerian territory,' These moors recently revolted agatntt the authority of tbe governor of Cudlda. a town near the French frontier, and on tb 11th attempted to telze an Algerian village. The latest newt from tbe scene of tbe dis turbance Is that a oolumn of French cavalry It being massed on Uie frontier of Morocco and two companies of giuaves and a uumber ol trallleurs, with several Held pieces, have been ordered to hold themselves In readiness to leave Oran, th port ot Algeria nearest to Morocco. A Huge Money Landing Syndiottt. The New Ysrk Press announces that Lawyer John U. Dot Fastos it to present to Congress within two weeks a charter tor an Immense financial Institution on tb model ot tbe French Credit Fonder. It Is to have a capital of (1,000,000,000, with tb privilege ol doubling th amount. Its main objeot la said to bt to tend money to farmers. eeiieulally lo th West and South. - - TO HONOR WASEElGTr; Ike Ortat XnitMat TJavtlltd 1 dtlphla. 1 Th 300,000 bronze monument gj Washington in Fairmont park wat Saturday afternoon In the preseneTf, president and cabinet Tb dedieJ ere is warn followed by a- grand m display, in whieh I'nlted Btalet trtT marine and the entire national rT' Pennsylvania participated. 7 Tb actual unveiling ceremony w! preesively simple. Bishop WhItaknT with prayer, and MaJ. Wayne folloJJ an appropriate address. Then unveiling by President McKlnley sic!" aultanl clamor, augmented by the salute of 21 guot bv tbe artillery n7 foreign and American war vetwi:" Delaware. The formal oration wat spoken bji . rorter, a grandton;ot David 1th Porter, twioe governor of PennsyliJ great-grandson of Gen. AndreiT' woo was a member ol Wasblngtot'inp The formal presentation of tbe by the society to tbe city was maiJit!?' William wayne, president ol tbe S,T th Cincinnati, to Mayor Warwien? short addresses by both, and then transformed it to tb Fairmount p" mission, whlcn body exercises Juni over tbe great pleasure ground. Intheetenlng tbe Society of tbtiw natl gave a banquet President 2 Wayne presided. The principal imJ? made by Gov. Hastings. The monument to the memory Father ol bis Country which the w.cj ui un viuiiuuki ui i cuusrnu l ... . .,.. uiiMsaj.fc. tbe most important group ot eoulplr raised in America. Tbe society, eighty-live years ago. projected k .Tf bute from bis comrades In arms. !Wtw insignificant sum at that time tmbm haa been so carefully handled tinner? quired tbe vast proportions of a qontr ot million of dollars, and it is now iW r,l0J privilege of the original Cinoiimitits ulJ their trust, and to present this beautifk structure to their cblet city. Iu iilcju waa an event of national slgmc, ! importance. j The collection of subscription tor tb monument was commenced iaim brat who fought In tbe Continents ,rmj Washington. On the Fou rth ol Jul; u i year the Society ol tbe Clncinmii, ik still had In its membership mm wbola fought in tbe Involution, met In the 6' House and adopted measures oecesunk set on toot the ereotion ot t mount which should fittingly commemorate t, character and virtues ot the Father cl Country. The Society of tbe Cincinnati wat lens from tbe officers of the American arnj.nl as they were generally taken from th. sens of America they possessed a liliki eratlon for the character of the illuftnca Romnn, Lucius Qulnlut Clnolnnaus, i being resolved to follow bis ciamplbjtv turning to tbelr citizenship, they tlwiju proper to denominate themselves the 5c. ty of Cincinnati. Among tbe Immutable rrlncinli tUA form tbo basis of the society ma; bean tioccd: "An incessant attention toprwrn Invlolato those exalted rights anil litwrtia of human nature, for which they Un fought and bled, and without which us Llgti rank of a rational being iitcurMl Mead of a blessing. "An unalterable determination to promo and cherish between the resptvtive SUM that union and national honor so twntlilij necessary to tbelr happiness anil tbe future dignity of the American empire." From an oblong platform 6 feet 6 lock high, ol Swedish granite, and rcacMIres four sides by thirteen steps, symbolical ! tbe thirteen originnl States, rises t pedes 1 benring an equestrian statue in I roou al Gen, Washington. The Father of His Coat try Is represented In tbe colonial uniform tl the American army, a large military cloak being thrown artistically around hu cob mandiug figure. While dlgnilled, tbe wbokJ conception is full of animation. In his left hand Washington holds the reini ol ks horse, one ot tbe animal's forofeet telle. raised id tbo act of moving. At tbe four corners uf the nlatfora alt fountains, served by allegorical figures ef American Indians, representing four riven, tbe Delaware. Hudson. Potomac, and Mtav Isslppi. On tbe sides each of these foutUUs is guarded by typical American anlmsls, eight in all. At the front anobactoltse pedestal are two allegorical gn.ups. TU on tbe front represents America, seated,-1 holdinir in one hand a cornucclla, to the other a trident, and having at her est chains juHt cast ofT. She is In the act oireMilH from her victorious sons the troDhlrt olf's! conquest. Bulnw this group is au eagio ' porting the arms ot the United States. Tl group in the back represents America arou ing her sous to a sense of tbelr slavery. ll low are tbe arms of Pennsylvania, On tl tides of the pedestal are two bas-reliefs, ot representing the march of tbe Americs army, the other a Western-bound emlgrai train. On one side the pedestal bears the li scription "fJio Semper Tyrnnnls," aud "I'i Aspera ad Astra;" on thetither. "Westwai the Star of Empire Takes Its Way." Su rounding the upper portion of the nedest Is: '-Erected by tbe State Society of Hit) I'll ctnnatt ol Pennsylvania." The equestrian statue, the figures and tl bas-relief, as well as the numerous oth ornamentations, are of bronze, while tl platform, pedestal, Ac, ure of Swvdii granite. Tbe entire height of the monument is I feet. The grouud plan ol the plaiform li I by 74 feet, and tbe pedestal 17 by 90 lee Tbe monument as a whole presents amoi pleasing aud elegant appearance, and It n only an embellishment to tbe historl ground where It stands, but also a valuabl addition to the artl.-tic statuary of l'bilidd phiu's city parks. Prof. Hudolpb Siemerlnl the artist who designed the monument, III celebrated sculptor of Berlin. TEB&TSXK DISASTER IN BUSSIi A Hundred Solditrt Xllltd by a BalW Catattropht. A terrible railway disaster befell a tnllltar train between Bockenbof and Ellva on lb Vnlkl-Jurjev line. Sixteen cars were sm"' ed. Two officer and nearly 100 sold ei were killed, aud tlxty others seriously mm ed. - ' " Olrlt Lynohtd In Alabama. The bodies ot Mollle Smith and Mum! Franks, two negro girls, were found swlui lug from trees on the side of tbe road ! lug from Jeff, Ala., to Huntsville. 1 lyucblug was done by a mob of 20. The i pr were suspected ot poisoning tbe lamiiy Joshua O. Kelly, at Jeff. Mollle Smith w arrested while making her way across Tennessee line, and Mandy Frankt wat e tured at borne. The latter is sildto bsi made a confession. Tb tlrsl poisoning j tbe Kelly family wat about two montbi tr and Mr. Kelly died. A lew dayt ago tovsr other member of tha family war poison but all ar recovering. Flanged Thrtngk Bridg . A southbound catssnger train en " Bant F road went through J'" ' mllet touth of Ardmore, I. T. tout, passenger and trnlnmen.wcre injui J. M. Grlder, tbe Well Fargo "P1"" senger, wat so badly orusbed br a il chest that he cannot live, E. T. HparM. Onkman. 1. T was crushed in the wrecsi the smoker and la also mortally The remainder wer not toietlouily nuru ' Will Put Down 60 Wells. Th Devonia oil oompany, J"?". d Pennsylvania capitalists, hM '?. "ta anaolloeldt and will tlnk M wllt " Elwood fields. It appears to bs tb. pu J of tb independent oompenk JJl0 Indiana to form a combination to the Standard oil company. TJ activity in Indian oil region, where is burg oeFltallU hav larg bold!. " grettUat la It hlstorr.