The Middleburgh post. (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, January 13, 1898, Image 5

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by Mr. Irvin was very interesting
and appreciated by all who attended
. . . .Mrs. Dau. Dreeso and children
from Cliilli.stiuaquo, are vimting at
Hunks DrecHe s .... Haven Hintm
man, who had been in Ohio for the
last two venrs, has returned home
. . . .Hiram Siel'ried, of Selinsgrove,
Snndayed at this place. . . .Harvev
Ebcrly, wife and children have re
turned from a visit to Jianea.ster Co.
Hadcn Kurtz, of Reading, is spend
ing the winter at this place. . . .11
I. Itomig left on Tuesday for Sun-
bury where he is representative lo
I. O. O. F. Orphanage. . . .The
ice crop was a god one, and per
sons made use of it in filling ice
liouss. . . .We are sorry to lose our
neighbor, Jai Long, who has pur
chased at a store at CroHsgrove whi
ther he intends to move in lebruarv,
.... Mrs. J. A. Ijaub has returned
home from Berwick where she spent
some weeks with her husband . .
A young son of E. E. Shannon was
buried last bunday. Aged 1 year.
Sale Rbgister.
Tuesday, Feb. 15, 1808,1 J miles
north-west of Middlcburgh, George
Bickhart will Bell I horses, I cows
and farming implements.
Friday, Mar. 4, J. A. Smith, of
Globe Mills, will sell farm stock
and ra rming implements.
On Tuesday, Mar. 8, 1898, at
Globe Mills, the S. II. Yoder estate
will sell farming implements and
household goods.
Saturday, Feb. 2G, one-half mile
north of Middleburg, Harry Bower
sox will sell 1 mare and 4 cows and
farming implements.
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.
Lock Haven, Pa., Jan. 11. Mrs. Mo!
lie McGill, aged 45 years, was run over
by cars here yesterday. Her head was
severed and was found ten feet from
the body, which was dragged 300 feet.
Philadelphia, Jan. 8. The announce
ment came from Washington yesterday
that the president had nominated Henry
K. Boyer, ex-treasurer of Pennsylva
nla, to be superintendent of the mint at
Philadelphia, to succeed Herman Kretz,
resigned.
Tunkhannock, Pa., Jan. 11. The
house of Royal J. Klshpaugh, In Eaton
township, was burned yesterday, and
- Mrs. Klshpaugh. who was UDBtalrs
when the fire broke out, was cremated
The trunk, without head, arms or legs,
was recovered after the fire.
- Philadelphia, Jan. 11. George U.
AutuiiB, nu aweiteu ituec-unoing cm
ploye of the American Express com
pany at Sioux City, la., was arrested
here yesterday and committed to await
requisition papers from Iowa, He
said to have absconded May 29 last.
and has been living In Wilmington, Del
Wllkesbarre, Pa., Jan. 8. Mrs. Mar
garetta dray, of Wyomnlg, met a hor
rible death yesterday. She was de
scending the cellar steps of her home,
carrying a lighted lamp, when she slip
ped and fell. The lamp exploded and
the burning oil enveloped her body., She
died In terrible agony a short time
after.
Wllkesbarre, Pa., Jan. 11. The body
of John Judge, a miner, who suddenly
disappeared from his home, In Parsons,
on Nov. 1, was found yesterday at the
bottom of a mine shaft. It was badly
decomposed. It la supposed that while
wandering around In the darkness he
accidentally fell down the shaft and
was killed.
Wllkesbarre. Pa., Jan. 11. The body
of an unknown middle aged man was
found on a burning culm pile at Ply
mouth yesterday. He had made a bed
for himself by burrowing a hole In the
dirt bank, and was then slowly suffo
cated. The man was seen wandering
around Sunday, and he told some par
ties that he was a blacksmith from
Mauch Chunk, Pa.
Harrlsburg, Jan. 11. Edward Mc
- (Jonlgal, a Pennsylvania Telephone line
man, was instantly killed yesterday by
a fall from the top of a pole on which
be was Working. HI neck was broken
and h u injured Internally. Mc
t Qonlgal was 45 years of age and leaves
; , a widow and seven children. He for
: mtfly lived in Wilmington, Del, and
am here ton years ago. '
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HANGING OF MAI
Remarkable Exhibition of Nerve bj
the California Murderer.
DIED PE0TI3TINOHI3 IHH00ENGE
In Speech From the Boa (Told II
Forgave Those Who "Hounded Him
. to the Grave" Condemned Man's
Father Witnessed the Execution.
Ban Quentln. CaL, Jan. . When Wilt
lam Henry Theodore Durrant died on
the gallows yesterday for the murder ,
of Blanche Lamont he gave an exhi- I
bltlon of coolness and nerve such as has
lAMAm h U. .aan iihiIm .Imlla nlmiim. '
stances. Hopeful almost to the very
last minute that something would in
tervene to save htm, he walked to the
scaffold and made a speech protesting I
his Innocence as calmly and with as
distinct enunciation as If he had been
addressing an assemblage of friends
upon some ordinary topic. His face
was pale, his eyes were red, but his
voice was firm, and he stood as solid
ly as a rock while he proclaimed his
Innocence and professed forgiveness to
those who, he said, had hounded him
to death.
There was not a hitch or accident
to mar the plans of Warden Hale in
carrying out the sentence. The noose
was adjusted, the trap sprung, the
stout rope held and Durrant'a dead
body dangled at the end. The neck
was broken by the fall of four feet,
and five minutes later the murderer's
body was cut down and placed In the
coffin.
Consistent to the last, Durrant died
professing religion. But he died ac
cepting at the last moment the com
forts of the Catholic church. Instead of
those of the Baptist faith, In which he
was reared. Rev. Mr. Rader, a Protest
ant minister, had arranged to ascend
the scaffold with Durrant, but the min
ister would not say that he thought
Durrant Innocent, and the condemned
man declined his services unless he
professed belief In his Innocence. Then
It was that the once ardent Baptist
turned to the Catholic church for con
solation, and called upon Father La
gan, a priest who had frequently vis
ited him In prison, to attend him.
Father Lagan responded and perform
ed the last solemn rites of the church.
Durrant remained In close consulta
tion with the priest, and seemed to be
deeply Interested in the impressive cer
emonies. As the hour- of the execution ap
proached the prisoner became some
what restless. His father and mother
were admitted to bid him a last fare
well. The elder Durrant grasped his
son by the hand, and the young man
then turned to comfort his mother, who
cried hysterically. Durrant embraced
her tenderly, and saying, "The hour
has come for us to part," put her gently
away. The grief stricken mother was
led to a private room, where she re
mained until after the execution. The
father, however, went to the execution
room and, supported by two friends,
saw his son meet death.
At 10:34 o'clock Durrant, accompanied
by Father Lagan, appeared at the door
of the execution room. He was fol
lowed by his father, a friend, Warden
Hale and the guards. The father and
his friend walked around the gallows
to the front, while Durrant and his
keepers climbed to the gallows plat
form. Instantly on arriving at the
gallows Durrani's legs and arms were
pinioned and the rope was placed
about his neck. The hangman was
about to adjust the black cap when
Durrant announced his desire to speak.
Permission was given, and the doomed
murderer spoke as follows:
"I desire to say that, although I am
an Innocent man, Innocent of everv
crime that has been charged agalnBt
me, I bear no animosity towards those
that have persecuted me, not even the
press of San Francisco, which hounded
me to the grave. If any man thinks
I am going to spring a sensation I
am not, except it Is a sensation that I
am an Innocent man, brought to the
grave by my persecutors. But I for
give them alt. They will get their Jus
tice from the great God, who Is mas
ter of us all, and there I also expect
to get Justice that Is, the Justice of an
innocent man. Whether or not the per
petrators of the crime of which) I am
charged are discovered, It will make
no difference to me now, but I say this
day wilt be a shame to the great state
of California. I forgive everybody who
has persecuted me, an innocent man,
whose hands have never been stained
with blood, and I go to meet mv God
with forgiveness for all men;"
Durrant had scarcely ceased speaking
when the black cap was placed over his
face. At the same instant Hangman
Lunt raised his hand, the trap was
sprung, and with a rattle Dun-ant's
body shot through tho opening.
In Just 11 minutes and 28 seconds all
signs of life had vanished. The body
was allowed to hang for 15 minutes.
when it was cut down and placed In a
blaok coffin. Then, accompanied by the
pnrents, It was taken to San Francisco.
Rov. Dr. John Hall to Hot I re.
, New York. Jan. 10. Rev. Dr. John
Hall yesterday announced to his con
gregation his resignation as puRtor of
the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church,
which position he has held for 30 years.
Dr. Hall Is a native of Armagh, Ire
land, where he was born in 1829. In 1SG7
he came to this country as a delegate
to tho old school presbytery of the
United States, was tendered the pastor
ate of the Fifth Avenue church, and
shortly afterward accepted. Dr. Hall
has been receiving about $30,000 a year
for his services, $15,000 of which was
his salary as pastor of the church. He
Is to retire permanently from the min
istry. , Ten Eyck to Study Dentistry.
Worcester, Mass., Jan. 11. Edward
H. Ten Eyck. of this city, the winner
of the diamond sculls, has decided to
enter .the University of Pennsylvania
dental school, and left today to. begin
his studies. Ho says he- will have no
connection whatever with the crew.
American KxpreKa Company Itobhcd.
New York. Jan. T. The American
Express company was robbed yester
day of $10,5$2, and Clark Urudon. Jr., a
trusted employe, U mlttathg. ' Pradcn
was acting as night manager. The
wealth stolen was $6.GS3 In cash and
5,000 In Chicago gas bonds.
TEE CONTEST Df OHIO.
Charcea of Bribery Both For
Asralnot Senator Haana.
Columbus, 0 Jan. 10. The latest
sensation In the senatorial contest here
la a charge by the friends of Hanna
that two prominent officials are Impli
cated In an attempt to bribe a member
of the legislature to vote against Mr.
Hanna. According to the story pub
lished this legislator had a stenog
rapher concealed in his room, who took
down the whole Interview, and the
Hannaites are holding this In reserve
to await the next move of their oppo
nents. The antl-Hanna men also claim
to have a clear case of attempted
bribery of one of their number, the
proofs of which they will produce at
the proper time.
Meantime the secret conferences of
the opposing factions continue, and
both sides express confidence as to the
ultimate result. There Is some talk
among the antl-Hanna men of putting
up Mr. Kurti, the leader of the antl
Hanna forces, for senator for both the
long and short term. But the Demo
crats are Insisting upon the affidavits
of eight Republican senators to vote
against Hanna before they will agree
to vote for anv Republican, and at
present, therefore, there Is no settled
candidate against Hanna.
The protests against the action of
Governor Rushnell In opposing Hanna,
which have been coming from all parts
of the state for the past ten days, took
formidable shaps in a mass convention
of Republicans here this afternoon,
when resolution were adopted vigor
ously denouncing Rushnell and the
antl-Hanna members of the legislature.
The governor's inauguration at noon
was quite up to the expectations of the
governor's friends In the point of num
bers and enthusiasm, despite the ef
forts of Hanna's friends to belittle It.
WHOLE FAMILY MURDERED.
Father, Mother and Child Slaughtered
With an Ax.
Worcester, Mass., Jan. 11. Francis D,
Newton, a prosperous farmer of Brook
field; his wife, Sarah, and their 10-year-old
adopted daughter, Ethel, were
found murdered In their beds yester
day. The crime was discovered by
neighbors, whose curiosity was aroused
by the lowing of the unfed cattle. The
three had been killed with an ax.
A hired man who has been employed
by Newton Is mlsBlng, and the au
thorities are making a search for him.
He was known only by the name of
Paul. He was lost seen Friday night.
Just before midnight, by a neighbor
who was returning from a grange meet
ing. From this It Is believed that the
murders were committed between 10
and 11 o'clock Friday night. Newton
was 45 years of age and his wife was
three years younger.
The motive for the crime Is not
known. Robbery has been referred to
as a probable cause, but that. It Is
throught, does not account for the
slaughter of the whole family. More
over, Mr. Newton's gold watch was
found In his vest, which hung over a
chair back In his chamber.
A WOMAN'S REVENGE
IT a Influenced Her Husband' Voto
Aeulimt Her Slanderer.
Syracuse, N. Y.. Jan. 11. Mrs. Clar
ence E. Rice, wife of the Republican
alderman of the Sixth ward, announced
yesterday that her husband would no
longer continue with the Republicans in
the flzht for control of the common
council, but would vote for Democratic
candidates for city offices. Mrs. Rice
said: "The Republican machine has
made an entirely uncalled for attack
on me. Alderman Hill, one of the lead
ers, stated In an Interview that through
my Influence my husband voted for Al
derman Matty, thus coupling my name
with that of Mr. Mattv. When my
husband saw the Interview he left It
to me how It should be answered. My
answer Is that Mr. Rice shall vote for
the Democratic candidate for city
treasurer, and I think I can thus strike
a blow at the machine that it will feel."
Mm. Mc-Ciinker'- Trial.
Camden, N. J., Jan. 1!. For the flrpt
time in the history of Camden county
a woman was placed on trial tor her
life yesterday. She Is Mrs. Florence
McCusker. who Is charged with havlnir
shot her husband, Michael McCusker,
on the night of Nov. 9 lout. The follow
ing day the husband died. In his ante
mortem statement he said his wife had
deliberately shot him In the stomach.
Mrs. McCusker whs the principal wlt-
ness. She detailed theevents leadlnsr uo
to the shooting, claiming that It was ac-
cldental. Before her testimony wascon-
eluded nh broke down, nnd th emirl
adjourned.
IiniiilBXRtloii Protective I.enirtte.
New York. Jan. 8. The Immigration
Protective League was formally or-
?;anlzed In this city yesterday. The
ollowlng ofTlceis were tlected: Presl-
dent, Bourke Cockran; vice presidents,
Oswald Ottendorfer. Oscar Straus, Ash-
bel P. Fitch, Wlilinm Lloyd Garrison,
John Crane, Dr. John Frederick, Paul
Goepel and the Rev. Father Bona-
Ventura rnscopa; treasurer, James Mc-
Mahon: secretary. Dr. J. 11. Senner
Tho object of the league Is to opose the
restriction of immigration, and Its im-
medlate project Is to combat Senator
Lodge's bill.
w Ilcdrord Spinner to Strike. ! Our CbeiipiicsH Alarum a Hrlton.
New Bedford. Mobs., Jan. 11. Ap- ' London. Jan. 11. Right Hon. James
parently a strike In the cloth mills next Bryce. Radical member of parliament
Monday morning can only be averted for South Aberdeen, speaking at Wtd
by the withdrawal of the notices of a verhampton last night n foreign cum
10 per cent reduction posted In the petition, dwelt spectully upon that of
mills on Friday, Pec. 31. Tho spinners the United States. Mr. Hryce, after
last night took final action on th? pointing out that steel rails, electrical
question of a strike. The result was In Plants and bicycles were ail produced
favor of reslstanco to the reduction.- In the United States , "enormously
Tho vote was 39S to 4. Tonight the rheaper" than In England, said: "It
weavers will meet to take final action n vltY that we should allow this,
on the matter. Their representatives whilo if, as Is not unlikely, protection
claim they will ratify their previous American should be pushed to such
Informal determination to strike. extravagant lengths as to be o.ver-
thrown, we would have to face a more
Mrs. Nook Gets Fifteen Yoors, severe competition."
New York, Jan. 11. Mrs. Augusta 1
Nack. Jointly charged -with Martin' Moth Parent Mimt Consent.
Thorn of tho murder of William Oul-! Madison, Wis.. Jun.ll.-County Judge
densuppe. a bath rubber, at Woodslde, : H- Carpenter has rendered a decision
L. I., In June of last year, was yesteN which, if sustained, will hav a sweep
day sentenced to 15 years In the state ! lntf nct. He held that a child cannot
prison at Auburn. The good time al-. D legally adopted without the consent
lowance attainable would reduce the ' oi Doth parents, if living, and tho child
term to ten years and five months. j has not been abandoned. J. H. Ryder.
, 1 i j whose wife had deserted him, was sent
Ne.v'a Graurtulooe Asphyxiated. ' to prison for forgery from hero recent
Paris, Jan. 11. Mllo. Marie Louise ly. A 4-year-old daughter, thus left
Ney, ' srandnloco- of the' celebrated alone, was adopted by a saloonkeeper.
Marshal Ney, of tho first Napoleonic A suit by philanthropic parties to have
empire, was found asphyxiated at her the order ot adoption rescinded led to
residence yosterday. the decision.
DR HERS BIG CLAIM
Wants Fire Million Dollars From
the French QoTernment
EE CLAIMS TO BE PERSECUTED.
Dr. Hers Being an American Cttlsen,
Oor State Department Is Urared by
Counsel to Press the Claim For Dam
ages to Hie Health ana Reputation.
Washington. Jan. 11. Messrs. Dit
tenhofer, Lauterbach and Limburger,
counsel for Dr. Cornelius Hers, yester
day appeared before Solicitor Penfteld,
at the state department, and presented
a claim for Indemnity in the sum of
$5,000,000 against the French govern
ment for an alleged Illegal attempt to
persecute Dr. Hers. The case Is re
markable In many ways, and it said at
the department Is without a precedent.
The facts In brief are that Dr. Hers,
whose name stands very high In scien
tific circles as an electrician and phys
icist, although
born In France, j
of French pa
rents, Is an
American citi
zen. When he j
was about 3
years of age
his parentsrame
to New York and
acquired Ameri
can citizenship.
Young Horx was
educated In the
New York Free
Academy, now
the Pnllccro nf
CORNELIUS HERZ. the City of New
York, and received two degrees. He
rounded this out by courses in Heidel
berg and other European universities.
At the age of 16 years he was a lieuten
ant In the United States army. In 1871
he was charged by the municipal au
thorities of Chicago with a mission In
connection with the reconstruction of
the city after the fire. He afterwards
held posts of responsibility and honor
In San Francisco and New York.
Meanwhile his fame as an electrician
had spread, and he did much to extend
the study of this branch of science, be
sides establishing, as his brief claims,
the forerunner of one of the largest of
the great electrical' corporations now
In existence in this country. He married
an American woman, and when his
children were born In Paris he caused
them to be registered as American cit
izens at the consulate.
On Jan. 19, 1893, his troubles began.
He was stopping at Bournemouth,
England, with his wife, In bad health,
when he was arrested under extradi
tion proceedings on a warrant from the
French government, charging him with
fraud and embezzlement growing out
of the Panama scandal. Under the
law a prisoner wanted for extradition
must appear at the Bow street police
court Hers was confined to his bed,
and so-unable to appear. The case was
kept open, and he was continued under
arrest in his bed four years, during 1833
to 1898. Then the British parliament
came to the relief and passed a special
act that permitted the magistrate to
attend Here's bedside and take his tes
timony. This was done, and the mag
istrate promptly declared that the
charges were utterly Invalid and scarce
ly deserving of notice. This was May
2, 1898, and Herz was released from
arrest.
Meanwhile the French government
had Instituted proceedings against him
In France and confiscated all of the
property of himself and of his wife.
Dr. Herz alleges that this was persecu
tion pure and simple, and that the
French government knew that the
charges against him were baseless be
fore his trial. Therefore, claiming to
have been Injured In name and health
and in other ways, he demands that
the state department shall prefer u
claim against the French government
in full reparation. Although he names
no special sum. the brief shows that
he demanded the sum of $.'.000,000 In a
letter he sent to the president of the
French republic, but which was never
answered. The state department has
taken the case under advisement.
THE TRIAL OF ESTERHAZY.
in
Accusers I'rexent Very Flimsy
Evidence Airnlnst Him.
Paris. Jan. 11. The trial by court
martial of Major Count Ferdinand Wal-
8ln Ksterhazy, the retired ofllcer of the
French army w ho came Into prominence
In the latter part of November last
through the publication by Figaro of a
umber of letters, which the count Is
alleged to have admitted writing, re
secting In strong terms upon France
and the French army, was opened yes-
terday under the presidency of General
De Luxer. The general Impression is
that the day's proceedings revealed the
utter hollowness of the Dreyfuslans'
charges against Comte Esterhazy and
the tllinslness of the reasons for their
belief In th" Innocence of Dieyfus.
The evidence of Mnthleu Dreyfus was
exceedingly weak. There was a sensa-
'on In court when he declared Comte
E3terhnzy "a disgrace to his profes-
slon." The two men glared at each
other like wild beasts.
A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED.
Wednesday. Jan. 8.
John XX Rockefeller has donat d $200,
000 to the University of Chicago to aid
in carrying out work already planned.
The trial of Ell Shaw, at Camden. N.
J., for the alleged murder of his grand
mother, has been postponed until April.
A too rapid physical growth caused
the death of Edwin It. Mason, aged 18.
of Brooklvn. Ha was six feet two
inches high.
A party ot men are searching In
quicksands near Clearmont, Mo., for
gold supposed to have been left in that
vicinity by Indians years ago.
Thursday, Jan. 6.
Tho president named Francis C. Low
ell as United States district Judge for
Massachusetts.
Samuel Fleming and Mrs. Sebastian
Koch were killed by a Lebanon Valley
railroad train near South Mountain, Pa.
A gun trap loaded with salt was
sprung by Joseph Dowd, at Orange,
N. J., and he received the charge In
his hand.
Adolph Strolfer, a hermit and rnlser,
who died recently In a shanty near
Superior, Wis., Is supposed to have
left $100,000. '
Friday, Jan. T.
A law to tax aliens has been Intro
duced in the New York legislature.
The Temple cup. the baseball trophy,
has been returned to its donor, W. C.
Temple, of Pittsburg.
The Democrats of the Kentucky leg
islature have appointed a negro as as
sistant cloakroom keeper.
Sadie Sack, a young New York wo
man, drank carbolic acid and died be
cause her lover deserted her.
Captain W. E. Hall fell 600 feet Into
the Great Lerol mine at Rossland, l:.
C, and was crushed to a Jelly.
It Is said that Minister Angell may
be transferred from Constantinople to
Pekin, and Charles Page Bryan sent to
Turkey.
Saturday, Jan. 8.
Ernest Hart, editor of the British
Medical Journal, died in London yes
terday, aged 62.
It Is feared that the steamer Pelican
has foundered In the Pacific with her
45 officers and men.
Martin Thorn's counsel will apply for
a new trial on the ground that the Jury
consumed too much wine.
Over 400 convicts men. women and
children (white and black) were sold
at auction at West Palm Beach, Fin.
John McCullagh. Just appointed chief
of police of New York, says the police
force of that city Is 20 years behind the
times.
Monday, Jan. lO.
Sydney Glendenning, the 21st victim
of the London (Ont.) disaster, died Sat
urday. The Ohio miners' convention at Co
lumbus will demand an Increase of 10
cents a ton for mining.
The New York legislature Is consid
ering the plan to establish a farm col
ony for vagrants, to cost $100,000.
Moses P. Handy, the eminent Jour
nalist and ex-commlssloner to Paris,
died at Atlanta, Ga., Saturday, aged 50.
Katie Marsh, a farmer's daughter,
near Carthage, Mo., was blinded with
vitriol and assaulted by a tramp at her
home.
Rufus B. Stlllman, aged 70, who was
serving a life sentence for murder In
Clinton (N. Y.) prison, has been par
doned. Tuesday, Jim II,
The Populists and Silver Democrats
of Alabama have practically pooled
their Issues.
The postonice department docldesthat ;
postmasters cannot be required to cash
pension checks.
; Henry Stacy Marks, the painter ami
honorary retired academician, Is dead i
i In London, aged 69.
Hadley A. Sutherland, a negro, was ,
electrocuted at Sing Sing for the mur
i der of his paramour. j
The agricultural department Is In
. vestigating the spread of the Mexican !
cotton boll weevil In Texas.
I With his gold tied alxnit his body, '
: Patrick Kearney, a hermit, was f.iunj
dead In his home at Pittston, I'a.
THE PRODUCE MARKETS
' As Reflected bv Kenllntrs In Philadel
phia and Hiiltlmore.
! Philadelphia, Jan. in. Flour slow; wln
; ter sniiertine, $2.r0'ii3.1ii; do. extra. $3.i:,i
3.01; Pennsylvania roller, clear. Jlut .91;
I do. strnlght. H 2.'.(jt.l0; western winter!
clenr. $4.'.r4.2i; do. straight, $1. VKi 1.60; city
'mills, extra. H.JWi.tO. Rye Hour moved
, slowly at $-.'.vii per barrel. Wheat
weak: No. 2 red. spot, WVi:-;c. ; No. 2
Pennsylvania unci No. 2 b.laware red.
spot. HTMiiiTe. t'orn unchanged: No. 2
yellow, for local trade, lie.: No. 2 mixed.
in export elevator. UMiXV. Oats un
I changed; No. 2 white, Sic.; No. 2 white,
'clipped. V5i:MH,e. ; No. 1 white, clipped.
Mj'n31c. Hay steady for superior grados;
I choice timothy, $;2fil2.W for large bales.
Beef firm; beef hams. li'ailt.Oo. Tork
steady: family. 1212..Vl. Lard easy:
l western steamed. S.'.oj. Butter dull: west
ern creamery. H'd2"c.: factory. 12lil.V. :
I Klgins. 3; imitation creamery, UViIm:.;
( New York dairy. lS''i2ik. : do. creamery.
ji:i'(ilSc. Cheese quiet; large, white and
colored. Sept-mber, Sl'-''iv'n'. : small !o.
do.. SVii'H-c. ; llitht skims. S'ntfUc. ; part
, skims. iVtiS'ie.; full :-k!ms. 2V,i;:'..e.
Kgvs quiet; New York ami Pennsylvania,
:llii24c.: western, fresh. 2o-'i21
) Baltimore. Jan. 1. l-'lour dull: western
superfine, $2.Tiii3.1rt: do. extra. l3.'w-yMi:
'do. family. $l.ti 1 1.63; winter wheat, p.it
' ent, ll.s.V'1 j.lo: spring do.. $5iiV2H: spring
wheat, straight. $t.Sii.4.;v. Vhtat linn;
j sHt pnd mith. 9.i!'.7V.; February.
I9;ViS.: M.-y. 9-V.: steamer No. 2 r- l.
!'.'( ;c; southern wheat, by barii;.ie.
KHiSSV.; do. m grade. SCour-.-. euro
j uulet: spot, month and February, S
'NO
i ;V.: steamer mixed. SlitlUe. : south'
! white corn. Ci'liTjc ; do. yellow, !u";!3.e.
! Oats t'.rm; No. 2 white. S.H..fi.U.; No." 2
i mixed. ST'nl'V. Rye steady: No. 2 n.-ar-
by. S2iik'.; No. 2 western, Sl'i.te.
Hay steudv; choice timothy. JU. Grain
! freights quiet and steady; steam to taer
j pool, per bushel, td., January; Cork, for
j orders. pT quarter. January. 3s. ; Feb
i ruary. Js. TV-d. Suur strong: granulated.
t.23. ltutter quiet; fancy creamery. Zl:'t
, tie: do. lmltulon. lMil'.V-.: do. ladle, la-.;
, rood ladle. liil5c. ; store packet!, luU.
Ksgs steady: fresh. Uk Cheeso steady;
fancy New York, large, S-VUV.: do. me
dltiin. lunt'tO'tc: do. smalt. lOVe 10.c
Whisky. $1.2r.ot.--'rt per gallon for tlnUhed
goods In carloads, and JH.27lil.2S per gal
lon for Jobbing lots.
I East Liberty, Pa.. Jan. 10. -Cattle about
! steady: prime. H.StVti; common, fc.25vi3.is';
bulls, slags aid cows, fyiiu. Hogs fair
ly active; prime medium weights.
best Yorkers. 3.Tlu3.75: f dr Yorkers and
pig. H.t'iliO: heavy bogs. IJ.isku3.7U:
good roughs. $S53.iV,- eommon roujchsi
$2.rVy?.75. Sheep tloM and tower: choUVi
tl.C,Ad4.K: common. U.i.V'iJ.TC: choice
lambs. common to good. $titX
'tX Veal ciUvee. K&W.U.
TerriMe Vengeance of a Mob on the
Oklahoma Border.
A SEMINOLE UPRISING IMMINENT
They May Declare War on the Whlta
Who FaatenedTwo Manacled Indian
Murderer to a Tree and Lynched
Them by Fire.
Fort Smith, Ark., Jan. 10. Justice In
a more horrible form than that meted
out to Henry Smith, at Parts, Tex., was
administered bv a mob on the Okla
homa border lust Friday night to J.
Markus McGeisey and Palmer Simpson,
two Seminole Indians. They wei
charged with murder, their victim be
ing Mrs. James Simmons, a respectable
farmer's wife, living In Oklahoma. The
crime was a most revolting one, and th
criminals were punished In a most re
volting manner. Mrs. Simmons whs
outraged and murdered. The body
was horribly mutilated.
The entire populuce turned out to
hunt them down and punish the guilty
parties, and they were found at the
home of McGeisey, near Maud, a smHll
town on the Seminole nation. After
securing their prisoner.! the mob set
fire to MeOelsey's house nnd burn, and
did not leave until they Haw all of hi?
earthly possessions reduced to ashes.
The prisoners were then carried back
across the line Into Oklahoma Terri
tory, and near the scene of their crime,
heavily loaded with chains, they wer
burned to death. They met death with
remarkable stoicism. Their manacled
frames, charred and burned beyond
all semblance of human beings, are
still reclining against the tree.
The mob Is scouring the country for
four other Indians who woi declared by
McGeisey, In bin dying conf-stion, to In
equally guilty with them.
Iiidlun CprlHlnir Imminent.
Muskogee, I. T., Jan. ID. An alarm
; lug state of riot prevails In the Semi
i nolo nution, and unless Immediate steps
are taken by the United Slates author
ities a Moody Indian uprising may re
sult. This Is on account of the burning
of two Indians by whites for murder
and outrage. Late last night Dr. C. P.
Linn, chief physician of the Seminole
nation, telegraphed to Indian Agent
Wisdom and Marshal Bennett for as
sistance In quelling the state of war
that prevails In the nation. He con
firmed the news of the stakj burnings.
Both the Indians came from respect
able Seminole families, and their fear
ful death has aroused their friends and
relatives to frenzy.
THE WORK OF CONGRESS.
Civil Service In the I Tonne anil Hawaii
In the Honato.
The civil service debate which was
started In the lower house of congresr
on Wednesday of last week still con
tinues, and an effort to limit It has met
with stringent opposition. As yet there
Is nothing to Indicate that the end h
In sight. The opponents of the law
j geem determined to continue the as-
' saults on the measure.
Last Friday Senator Teller, of Colo
rado, made a silver srwech In which he
declared that the president nnd fi--retary
(Jane were In accord on the
money question, and attacked the Re
publican party because It advocated a
gold standard.
The Hawaiian annexation treaty was
' P,f'!"nu', 1,1 the senate ..n Monday of
this week, and an effort was made to
have the document considered in open
session. Aftr a ilsy s-nt in debate
on the question the motion was over
whelmingly defouttd.
A KENTUCKY EPISODE.
A Court Iioiimo Flight Where Prisoner
Wauled to Toko ix Ilaiul.
Mt. Verrien. Ky.. Jan. 11 At the ex
amining trial of William Hundley ror
killing Ji'hn Lawrence Judo- Willia-nK
yesterday ordered the court room clear
ed, so that all who desired to return
might he examined for w canon; and
disarmed. Five minutes ii.'torwar
Winchester rits in front of the court
house in the hands of Pat and F.liza
Langford were tiring at ex-Ja.ler WiTI
lam Xlullins and his friends. Several
revolvers replied from various 'juarteni
Those injured lv the Lanufurd) were
C. L. King and William JIullins. AIL
the participants were Jai' ' I. In th"
court room Hundley, th- prisoner,
thinking that his fath r had been killed,
seized the gun of a guard an I attempt
ed to rush to the fray. It required six
men to hold bun. Th Law rence mur
der was the result of an election row
in which Put and KL-.i Li:n,fo,d's son
was killed.
Arr'ted ter lilnekmu! ! ins Koyulty
ltud.i Pestli. Jan. pi. A s. nj.Utoii
has been oaus. '. I y th-.- nrerst of Rosa
Uenke. a music hall sino r, together
w ith several mule accompli "s. on the
charg.' of iuuniiiailiii Kinc Alexander
of fcrvla. It Is reported th it they als
tried to blackmail Prime Ferdinand oT
1'ulgaria and ex-Kin;; f Srvla
when lure recently. The arn-sts were
made at the hitter's Instigation. Pone
curious disclosures arc e v 'ff'.J.
To l!etore uti Ool l'iu.U' .
London. Jan. It. The (;.uen h,i. de
cided to cotivctt tho old p'" :'.t Km-,
near the P.ota:iie Uardeis. i::'. a pub
lic museum. Tl:e stateroom of Ken
sington palace. incUiding the .junous
banquet hall, decorated by Sir Chris
topher Wren, all of which hive Let
closed and unoccupied suice 1. jir? ?.
be restored and throw n c;v :i to tht
public.
Fxpected Flood la Ui Ohio. -Cincinnati,
Jan. 11. A s.viail Hood is
expected In the Ohio liver trom the
Bdld weather and heavy ram from Its
source downward during the List few
days. The staue- here will reach the
government danger line of 43 fet.
which Is by no means dans-rous t
property In any of thi cities at th-'
point.
Seuteiioel to I.lf lmprlouiuut.
Cambridge, Mass.. Jan. It. John ii.
Harris, ot Walthum, was sentenced te
the state prison fer Ufa la Kust Cam
bridge yesterday. Harris pleadt?vl guilty
to a charge of murder in the sei-undl de
gree. Ht killed Mr. Kmmj, lie-item ot
Concord, almost a year j &u because
.she testified against ttvtt.ltt. aii;aT
'caM. .