THE LEAIGH STRIKE ENDED ——t—— STRIKERS TO BE TAKEN BACK ——i ee To Fill Vacancies as Fast as Possible. Grievance Committees Will be Given Fair Hearings. Unions Not Recognized. ———ee. The great strike on the Lehigh Valley railroad was declared off at 3 o'clock Wed- nesday morning, both sides making conces sions. The action was the resultof a con- ference between a joint committee,compos- ed of members of the boards of arbitration of New York and New Jersey on the ong band, and President Wilbur, of the Lehigh Valley Company, on the other. The conference, which lasted three days was also participated in by the chiefs of the local and national labor organizations which took part in the strike. of agreement are embodied in the following correspondence which was made after the announcement that the strike had been declared off : “South Bethlehem, Pa., December 5. “FE. B. Wilbur, President of the Lehigh Valley Railroad: : “Dear Sir:— I'he State boards of arbitra- tion of New York and New Jersey desire to know whether, if the existing strike is de- clared off, the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company will agree to take back as many of their old employes as they can find places | for, without any prejudice on account of the fact that they struck or that they are members of any labor QIpAnjaation, Hint in | re-employving the men formerly in its ser- | > ] e 1 | He then shot and killed himself. The fail- | ure of his wife to find his bankbook was | vice the available time shall be so divided among the men so re-employed that they may feel that they are again in the employ of the company and self-supporting; that in making promotions hereafter the com- pany will make no distinction as between the new men now in its employ and those £0 re—employed on account of seniority in service or otherwise; that when in the em- ploy of the road committees from the various classes of employes from the branches of the service in which the ag- grieved party is employed and their griev- ances considered and justly treated, and in the employing of men in the future, the employes when the strike is declared off. “We further think that, to prevent mis- | apprehension, the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company should confirm the rules posted by Mr, Voorhees on August 7 last, as first vice president of the Philadelphia and Read- ing Railroad Company. We believe that these suggestions are reasonable, and i they are accepted by your company the present strike will be at once terminated.” The letter is signed by G. Robertson, Jr.. of the New York State Board of Arbitration and Mediation, and J. P. McDonald of the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration of the State of New Jersey. To this communication President Wilbur replied as follows : ‘South Bethlehem, Pa., Dec.5. “‘Gentlemen:—1 beg to acknowledge your communication of this date. The Lehigh Vailey Railroad Company agrees to the suggestions contained therein and in the: event of the strike being declared oft will abide by them. We recognize and willingly respond to your moditication of our former understanding that the available time may be divided so that the menre-employed may have some certain source of support. We further of course confirm the ruies posted by Mr. Voorhees on August 7th last. The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company resumed | possession of its lines on August 8th, and ihe rules in question have not been recind- Iam very truly yours. E. PF. WILBUR. President.” A dispatch from Easton says: The Lehigh | officials have received the following dis- patches from Vice President Voorhees: Strike declared off; make no change in ex isting condition, This is interpreted to mean that the new men are 10 be retained. —_——— ATTORNEY GENERAL'S REPORT. Business in the U. 8. Courts Increasing. The Union Pacific R. R. The annual report of Attorney General Olney was submitted to Congress. He says that the volume of the business of the Federal Courts is largely and rapidly in: creasing. The number of criminal prosecu- tions pending in the circuit and district courts of the United States on July 1, 1893, was 9,385, as against 3,808 pending in the same courts July 1, 1885, while the expenses of the United States courts, exclusive of judge's salaries, incurred and paid in the fiscal year 1893 were $4,528,676, as against $2,874,733 incurred and paid for the like ex- penses in the fiscal year 1885. During the past year but 40 cases under the Bowman act, tor supplies furnished the army during the war, have been decided, the aggregate allowance being $141,068.96 bringing the total of allowance in these cases up to £3,382,291.96 of which Congress, ir March, 1891, appropriated $1,304,095.37 There are 5,569 cases pending, embodying claims estimated by the assistant attorney general who has had special churge of the cases, at about $37,000,000. Regarding the Union Pacific receivership the report says that at the instance of the attorney general, two receivers nominated by the United States have been added tothe original board, which now consists of five persons, two of whom are government di- rectors, while a third formerly acted in the Bame capacity, It would seem to be assured therefore, that the interests of the United States are not likely to be prejudiced pend- ing the receivership, which is, of course, temporary in its very nature. Itshould be superseded as soon as practiceable by the adoption of such schemes of permanent re organization as while doing justice to credi- tors and all private interests, will also secure the accomplishment of the great ublic purposes with a view to whicn the Union Yacific Railway Company was originally chartered and subsidized by the United States. The aggregate judementsin favor of the United Siates in civil suits during the year was $285,054; the aggregate fines, forfeitures and penalties imposed in criminal prosecu- tions was $768,921. ——————— element WILL FIGHT TO THE END. ‘The Restoration to the Throne of the Queen of Hawaii Can Not Be Ac- complished Without Bloodshed. A dispatch from San Francisco says: The brig W. G. Irwin, just in from Honolulu, having left there November 22, brings word that the only way Queen Lilioukalani can be restored to the throne is by superior force of arms of the United States troops, The provisional Government proposes to fight as long as there is a chance of holding the control of the islands. The Queen, at her request, has been fur nished a guard by the Provisional Govern ment. Minister Willis evidently sees that the re- enthronement of the Queen cannot be ac- complished without bloodshed ana for that reason is awaiting further instructions fron the United States Government. | tis, Pa. after being in operation 14 suspended indefinitely. | Saturday in secret session and The terms | public | - | United States, and Treasury officers LATER NEWS. CAPITAL AND LABOR, The Kauffman iron ore mines nearAlbur- vears An 8 per cent. reduction isannounced in | | the wages of the finishers of the Columbia, Pa. Iron Company's rolling mill. The Manufacturers’ association of Fulton county, New York, met at Gloversville on resolved upon a general reduction of 10 per cent in wages on account of the business depres- sion throughout the country. At Philadelphia over 8,000 operators are affected now and the strike of the carpet weavers is still spreading as a resuit of the manufacturer's refusal to adopt the scale of prices demanded by the men. The Diamond plate glass works, Kokomo, Ind., employing 800 men, have resumed operations after a seven months’ closedown. The operatives after a long struggle accepted a cut of 25 per cent. in wages, Ali the collieries of the Lehigh Valley(Pa.) coal company and all the individual collier- | railroad | This | ies tributary to the Lehigh Valley have resumed operations on full time. action upon the part of the coal operatives will give employment to thousands of miners and helpers who have been either idle or have worked irregularly since the Lehigh Valley strike begun. — el CRIMES AND PENALTIES. Joseph Holtzmann, a stonemason, 28 years old, shot and instantly killed his 10 months old baby boy Saturday afternoon. the cause of the double tragedy. The | murder and suicide occurred at Bloomfield (a suburb of Pittsburg, Pa.), at the home of | | Mrs. Jacob Heist, mother of Holtzmann’s | wife. At Danville, Ill., Harvey Pate, aged 21 and Frank Stiers, aged 19, were hanged for the murder of Henry Helmick, a wealthy farmer, August 25, last. With Elias Mc- Dyan > | Junkins, aged i8 and Charles Harris, aged y W ve tl fe ce to former | ? . ’ tompuny Will give tlle plejeren | 17, they tried to hold up Helmick while he was driving home at night with his wife. Helmick whipped up his horses and the young men fired several shots at the buggy, one of which killed Helmick. The quartet pleaded guilty at their trial. McJunkin and Harris were sent to the penitentiary for life. The plano (Tex.) National bank was rob- bed of over $20,000 by a gang of five masked men. The robbers had given notice through the newspapers of their intention, but the notice was considered a hoax. er FIRES. At Winnipeg, Man.,a $15,000 fire Saturday morning destroyea the St. Nicholas hotel and five stores and came near causing heavy | loss of life. The inmates of the hotel were taken out through the windows. a number of them in an unconscious condition, oe WASHINGTON. The report of the civil service commission was issued Saturday. It makes 15,000 words | It advises further estension of the system. HISTORY OF THE INCOME TAX. The First Bill of tbe Kind Reported in the Extra Session of 1861. The Ways and Means Committee are ask- | ing for a history of the income tax in the have been looking the thing up. It was during the extra session of Congress in 1861 that Thad Stevens, chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the first in- come Tax bill. As amended and passed. it taxed all incomes over $800 3 per cent unless derived from United States bonds, which were taxed 1% per cent. Incomes of citizens ofthe United States residing abroad were taxed 7% per cent. Owing to the late time of its taking effect the income tax brought into the Treasury but a small sum prior to the year 1864 when there was collect- ed {inder the head of income tax a little ovér $15,000,000. By the act of March 3, 1865, the income tax law was amended so as to increase the 3 per cent. tax to 5 per cent., and the tive per cent. tax on incomes over $10,000 was changed to a 10 per cent. tax upon the excess over $5,000 income.The most of the tax for the year however, was collected under the'original law and brought into the treasury the sum of $21,000,000 for the fiscal year 1864-1865. The following year 1865-1866, the war having ceased and the country being in high state of develop- ment in all its resources, the income tax rose to a point the highest ever reached in the history of the tax. The returns for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1866, showed a total revenue from the income tax of #G0,- 547,832 43. This was but little diminished in the following year, 1866-1867, when the next revenue from the income tax footed up 857,040 640 67. The income tax was further amended March 2. 1867, so as to increase the exemp- tion then standing at $600 (it having in the meantime been modified from &800) to $1.- 000, At the same time all discrimination as to taxing large incomes a higher rate was abolished and the tax fixed at 5 per cent.,on all incomes in excess of 1,000, ‘Under this modified tax there was collect- +d in the year 1868 the large sum of $32,027,- 310 78; in 1869, §25,025,068 86, and in the fiscal year ended Jnne 30, 1870, #%27.115,046 11. On that day the income tax ceased in the United States. The entire amount realized from it in ten years was nearly $365,000,000. It reached about 250,000 persons out of a population of 10,000.000. eee le etl = TEE STRIKERS DEFEATED. Che Lehigh Men Will Wait For Work, Which Will Be Given Them as Fast as Possible. Strikers were put to work on the Lehigh Valley railroad on Thursday wherever men vere needed, but a large number of them ire yet idle. While some of the men are lissatisfied and talk of striking again, most »f them accept the situation and will wait ‘or work. Tke annoucement by the company, that wxaminers would test the fitness of the new nen, is good news to the Brotherhood, It s the general belief that this examination s a pretext to get rid of the new men and nake room for as many old men as Ppos- iible. The men were told by the company of- ficials that as soon as tne main line demor- ilization had been supplanted by systematic rain running, whereby the branch road ‘raffic conld be handled uninterruptedly, shen the call would be made for as many of .he old men as could be used. : The strike has ended in a complete victory ‘or the Lehigh Valley railroad and the men who were led to believe that they had won 10w admit their defeat. While the officials deny all knowledge of wich action, yet there is no doubt whatever hatregular and extra Philadelphia and Reading railroaders are being gathered to- iether at Pottsville, Pa., forduty on the Lebigh Valley system. What this move neans the strikers do not know, A DARING BANK ROBBERY. NEARLY 816,000 IS STOLEN ———— {n Broad Daylight. While the Cashier Was at Dinner and the Assistant Cashier at Home at the Rear of the Bank. —pee At South Bend, Ind., on Thursday about aoon the South Bend National Bank, one of the leading banking concerns in the State, was robbed or $15,900. No clue as to | ‘he identity of the robbers has yet come to Lght. It is certain thatthe robbery was com- mitted by experienced criminals. Shortly after noon while Cashier Campbell was absent at dinner, Assistant Cashier Kelley, who resides in the rear of the building, was called to the front door by a man who said be wanted to see him on business. Jusg | about this time a man approached the bank building on the north and effected an en- trance to the directors’ room, prying open the window sash with a steel chisel. The man then forced a heavy oak door | and was immediately in front of the vault. The other vault door was open, but a two- | inch middle door had been closed by | Cashier Campbell. This yielded readily,the | combination having for some reason failed to work, and before the rob- ber stood the counter tray containing between three and ten thousand dollars. In the safe a pile of $14,000 in gold and wany thousands in greenbacks were arrayed on shelves. The idea seemed to be to take as much as possible of the money without arousing sus- picion, For this reason the counter tray with loose thousands was undisturbed, the robber confining his theft to the safe, from which he took $4,900 in gold, about all he could carry, and £11,000 in bills. The vauit was then closed and the robber made his escape by means of a back door, before Assistant Cashier Kelley had again vassed through the building. re rr A PARIS DYNAMITE OUTRAGE. In the Fre ich Chamber of Dep- uties. 100 Persons ‘Wounded. Avgust Vaillant, alias Marchal, a resident of the suburb Choisy le Roi, threw a bomb in the Chamber of Deputies at Paris on Sat- urday.He made a confession Sunday morn- ig. The bomb was thrown while the Cham- ber was engaged in routine proceedings. The floor was filled with Ministers and deputies, and the galleries were crowded with specta- tors. The bomb, which, in addition to the explosive, contained a lot of horse shoe nails and scraps of iron, was dropped from an upper gallery and was exploded by a time fuse before it reached the floor of the Chamber, hurling its deadly contents in all directions. A shriek of horror arose in unison from the members and spectators, and amid the blinding smoke and the cries and groans of the injured, the thousand people in the Chamber made a wild rush to reach the outer roorns. Nobody was killed, but about 100 people were more or less injured. Many will bear the marks of their wounds for life, while | several have been incurably crippled. President Dupuy was cut in the cheek. and SenatorBillot received several flesh wounds. presence of mind, and after the first wave | of excitement was over, herang his bell, re- stored order and said: “Such outrages cannot disturb the cham- ber. We shall continue our labors, and, after we exhaust the order of the day, the Chamber's officials will do their duty in re- gard to the outrage.” His speech was loudly cheered, and fol- lowing his courageous example, Mr. Mont- fort ascended the tribune and in a perfectly steady voice took up the discussion- of the question before the House as if nothing had happened. When thediscussion closed M. Casimir-Perier. the Prime Minister, said that he felt compelled to assure the House he the Government would do its duty. He said: **Society has laws with which to defend itself against such crimes as the one just committed and we shail not hesitate to use them 10 protect our institutions.” Meanwhile the wounded were removed tothe ante chambers and their wounds dressed. * When the exp'osion occurred, with ad mirable discipline the soldiers at the en- trance to the gallery closed the gates anc allowed none of the panic stricken specta- tors to escape. They carefully examined al of them before they would allow them tc depart. Three men weredetained, among them Vaillant. His right arm was shattered by the explosion, his nose was blown ofl and his neck and chest were lacerated. He said he suffers much pain. Vaillant will be further examined soon as his condition permits ot it. In the meantime the police are hard at work making inquiries and researches. Doubts haverisen as to whether Vaillant is the man that threw the bomb. It issug- gested that he was an accomplice and that he simply screened the real thrower. When Vaillant was examined Sunday evening he declared that he had hoped to kill Casimir- Perier and at least 150 Deputies, ES TRADE IS WAITING. No Visible Improvement and the Indica- tions Less Satisfactory Than a Week Ago. R. G. Dun & Co.’s' Weekly Review of Trade, New York, says: Trade of all kinds is waiting. There is no visibleimprovement and on the whole the indications area little less satisfactory than they were a week ago. The specula- tive markets have not moved much. Railroad earnings are fairly encouraging for they show a decline of only 4 per cent. compared with last year and in freight earnings the decrease is only 7 per cent. Wheat has risen a shade; the Western re- ceipts were only 3,577,281 bushels, against 6,694,180 for the same week last year, while the exports from At'antic ports wete only 427,484 bushels, against 1,321,45) © for the same week last year. The receipts of corn were unusually large, amounting to 3,227 - 771 bushels against 2,766,760 for the same weck last year, and the exports were 889 - 086 bushels, against 627,500 last year. In the iron and steel manufacture there are symptoms of improvement. There is a feeling that the new steel rail combination will result in a decided increase in the de- mand for rails and aiso for pig iron. The @porting of gold at this time is evi- dence that Europe has been selling a large amount of securitiesin this market and there js a teeling that such sales may eas'ly be pushed far enough to cause serious disorder The bank reserves amounting to $198,000, 000 are the largest ever known, and there is a feeling that the accumulation of idle money here is somewhat dangerous to legitimate trade. The failures for the week number 386 in the United States against 271 for the cor- responding week last year, and 42 in Can- ada, aginst 36 last year. IT will not help the cause of God any for you to boast of what a big sinner you used to be. | © | dent of the United States to Anarchist Aug. Vaillant Throws a Bomb | > ! | After a short executive session the senate Although injured, M, Dupuy retained his | [ 3 | notice that he would address the Senate FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Summarized Proceedings of Our Law- Makers at Washington. FIRST DAY. Both branches of Congress assembled at noon Monday. The preliminary work of Jrganizing having been completed at the sxtro session, there was but little delay and after the usual! formalities the President's message was presented and read. After the conclusion of the message in the house, the usual resolutions of respect were roposed on account of the deaths of Representatives O'Neil and Lilly; and the Speaker appointed a committee to attend the funeral of the latter, the former having been laid in his last resting place a week ago. They then adjourned. The only incident of note in the Senate was the omission by the Secretary of the Senate to read that portion of the Presi- dent’s message relating to Hawaii. Senator Dolph, when the reading was finished, in- quired into the matter, and was informed by the vice president that this part of the message had been inadvertently omitted— the secretary had turned two pages at once —and the remarks on Hawaii were read, showing that the secretary’s copy of the message and Senator Dolph’s were alike. Adjourned. SECOND DAY. Sexate.—The senate’s brief session of two hours to-day was consumed by a speech from Mr. Dolph, Republican. of Oregon, adverse to the Administration’s policy on the Hawaiian Islands. The house resolu- tions in respect tothe decease of Mr.O’ Neill of Pennsylvania, were laid before the sen - ate and similar resolutions expressive of the deep regret felt, were oftered by Mr.Camer- on, Republican, of Pennsylvania and agreed tc and then the senate as a mark of Yes pecs to Mr. O'Neill’s memory, adjourn- The second day of the session of the house was dismalily dull. The only thing of mo- ment accompiished was on agreement to close the general debate on the bankruptcy bill to-morrow, the House then adjourned: THIRD DAY. SeNATE.—In the senate the resolution offered by Mr. Hoar, Republican, of Mas- sachusetts, Tuesday, requesting the Presi- furnish ths Senate with copies ¢f all instructions in relation to Hawaii given to Ministers or naval officers of the United States since March 4, 1891. was taken up. discussed for four hours and agreed to without a division. adjourned. House—Mr. Grosvenor, Republican. ot Ohio, offered a resolution containing 1,906 names of Ohio pensioners who were dropped from the rolls between March and October 1, 1893, and requesting the Secretary of the Interior to furnish the House a detailed statement as to the reasons for these sus. pensions. Mr. Hitt, Republican, of Illinois, intro- duced the following resolutions, which were JSjerrm to the Comunittee on Foreign Af- &1T8!: ‘That the President be requested to com. municate to the House, if not inconsistem with the publicinterest, copies of the in., structions given to the representative of the United States, now in the Hawaiian Islands in regard to the protection of the lives and pro-erty of American citizens there, or any contemplated change in the form govern- ment that itis thesenseof this house that intervention by the Government of the United States in the affairs of a friendly rocognized government, to disturb or over- | throw and substitute a monarchy therefor, is contrary to the policy and traditions of the Republic and the spirit of the Constitu- tion.” The remainder of the session was devoted to the delivery of eulogies upon the late Gen. James Rhields and as a further mark of respect the House adjourned . FOURTH DAY. . SexaTE—In the Senate, !Mr. Hill, Demo- crat, of New York, gave notice that he would ask the Senate to take up on Mon- gay the bill to repeal the Federal election aws Mr. Morrill, Republican, of Vermont gave Wednesday on a resolution offered by him to refer to the Finance Committee ‘‘all parts of the President's message relating to the tariff, internal revenue and income tax, together with that relatirg to those who, it is said, after a hard struggie for tariff re- form, are solemnly pledged to it.” The Senate adjourned until Monday. Hovuse—In the House general debate on the bankruptev bill =as concluded. Mr. Bailey, Democrat. of Texas, summing up in oppcsition, and Mr. Oates, Democrat, of Alabama, speaking 10r tue measure. ad- journed. FIFTH DAY. SenATE—Not in session. Houvse—The deteat of the bankruptcy bill was the principal incident in the House today. .This was accomulished by a vote of 14210 ill. on a motion of the whole that the enacting clause be stricken out: This finally disposes of thg biil unless it should be passed by the ~enate and come to the House. The House adjcurned until Mon- lay. SEC. OF INTERIOR’S REPORT. Buspensions of Pensions Made for Cause Only. Secretary of the Interior Hoke Smith, in his annual report, call attention to the pen- sion frauds discovered by the special exam- iners at Ncrfolk Va.,and in New Mexico and Towa.The stoppage of these illegal pensions ha.e saved an amount equal to the entire force of special examiners. Referring tc the Act of June 27, 1830, the report says, a board of revision was formed of the ablest and most experienced men in the Pension Bureau, with instructions to examine the cases allowed under it and call out such as had no legal basis. In cases where it was sustained and another medical examination was thought necessary the payment of the pensioas was ordered suspended pending in- vestigation. The pensioner was notdropped from the roils, but the payment of his pension was suspended ana 60 days’ notice given him in which he could ask for a medical examina- tion or supply further evidence of his right to a peusion. The examination of his proof havingdisclosed that he was not entitled to a pension; he was told that the payment of his pension was suspended until he could put on record a case which would authorize payment. Many thussuspended were able to supply the proof and to these payment was at once resumed. The former practice in re- garda to suspensions was also modified in cases where the proof on file disclosed the fact that the pensioner was entitled to some rating, although not to the rating which bad been allowed bim. ; The report denies that the purpose has ever existed of an extreme and unreasonable manner of suspending pensioners and denies that any abandonment has taken place of | the policy of removing from the pension TO | those who are not legally thereon. The census wiil be practicaily closed by | July 1, 1894 and $500,000 wiil be needed to | complete 1t. A number of small but valuable tracts of | land will be ready forsettlement within the | nexttwe yearsandthe Secretary | mends thie adoption of a plan which, by auction or otherwise, will | advance the ownership of each particular | section, as a substitute for the | system. recom- determine 1n present Referring to Utah, the Secretary says: _ “From u careful study of the conditions in this territory I can see noreason why the privileges of statehood should be longer withheld and I cordially support the appli- cation of Utah for admission to theUnion.” Referring to Oklahoma, he says: **The soil is rich, the resources great and the development marvelous. Itis to be hoped that at an early date this territory may assume the responsibility of state- hood.” | | | | tion stock from 3 mils to 5 mills, and that | on personal property from 3 to 4 mills. The | KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS. ————ee PAID THE PENALTY. GENJAMIN F. TENNIS HANGED FOR THE NURDER OF LITTLE AGNER WRIGHT. HArrISEURG.—Benjamin F. Tennis was nanged here for the murder of little Agnes Cooper Wright. Tenpis' crime was a revolting one. His victim was Agnes Cooper Wright, a school girl of 9 years, whom he assaulted and then choked to death Sept. 19, 1893. A week later Tennis was arrested. On his way to jail he made a confession. Two weeks after the crime was committed he pleaded guilty to the charge of murder and the evidence was taken to establish the degree of his crime. The court decided he was guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced him to death. —— FUNERAL OF GEN. LILLY. Maven CHuNkE—The remains of Gen. Lilly were borne to the family vault in the Up- per Mauch Chunk Cemetery on Tuesday afternoos. Business was suspended as a Tribute to the General’s memory. TrE will of General deceased congressman at large, was admit- ted to probate at Mauch Chunk. There are no public bequests. lis estate valued at §2,000,000 is divided amongl3 relatives, nieces and nephews. General Lilly wasa widower and left no children. William Lilly, the A xorticE has been posted at the Atlanta Iron works. Sharon, that laborers’ wages «ill be #1.15 a day and all other emploves 10 per cent. Jower than present prices. The reduction of 10 per cent includes only the employes working by the day. M=zs. Freperick DIBLER, the aged widow, of the late Dr. Dibler, of Apollo, was burn- ed to death Sanday night, presumably from her dress taking fire from a grate. She was alone at the time. The house was burned down. Davin S. CaaTTY, a farmer in Mt.Pleasant township, Washington county, met with an awful death. He was leading a horse which ran away. He became entangled in the har- ness and was dragged to death. Younc Thomas Rodgers, who murdered his father and attempted to kill his mother and sister on January 14 last, was sentenced at Chester, by Judge Clayton, to 25 years imprisonment. AFTER an idleness of two weeks, the Ed- gar Thompson steel works, Braddock, re- sumed operations in all departments on Monday morning, to the happiness of 800 idle men. ALEXANDER W. LEISENRING, one of the most widely known bankers in Pennsyl- vania, died at his home in East Mauch Chunk Wednesday evening, age 69years. |! FrEDERICK STRUM a saloonkeeper of Pitts- burg died yesterday from injuries received two months ago by a folding bed closing on him. His lungs were injured, ‘ TroMAs BAskeEvILLE was found in the road near Erie, murdered. He was a wit- ness in a case in which the defendant had threatened his life. CHARLES GorpoN was drowned in the Ju- niata river and his death impelled a brother and a sister to attempt suicide, but they were prevented. Mrs. MicraEL WEINER, of Monaco, tried to revive a fire with kerosene. She was burned to death and two of her children badly burned. AT Ciarion J. M. Slick’s large flour mill was burned to the ground. Tue fire started from a defective flue. Loss $8,000; insured for 5,000. VoLUNTARY manslaughter was the verdict in the case of Louis Salvadore, on trial at Washington, forthe murder of Benjamin Succol. Tre farmers of Susquehanna county are excited over an alleged discovery of oil. Standard agents are said to be leasing land there, Apa ScHOD aged 47 years was struck and instantly killed by a runaway car on the plane at Primrose colliery, near Mahanoy City. Daxier Evaxs.aliveryman of Greensburg was taken with a tit of coughing. A blood vessel burst and he died a few minutes later. Ix the breach of promise case of Myrtle Clifford against John C. Gay of Centerville Judge Driggs awarded the plaintiff $2,500. Tne Cheat Creek coal company's mines near Johnstown, will resume at once if diggers will accept wage reductions. WASHINGTON county farmers are alarmed over the appearance of a disease supposed to pe tuberculosis among their cattle. AT Landon a 6 year old child of Jacob Bunnlis was burned todeathin a fire that Jestroyedsix dwellings, Epwarp Cany, Erie, crazed by morphine, killed two of his children, Walter and Ber- tha, and committed suicide. Burcrar John MceClune’s mother died at Greensburg. She grieved to death over her son.s wavwardness. - Meyers & Co.’s shovel works at Beaver Falls was started. Employes accepted re- duced wage rates. While hunting near Meadville, Ernest Winans accideutly thot G. D.Buaily, blowing off his head. Typroip fever prevails among the prison- ers of the Huntingdon reformatory. Daxter Somers of Mt. Pleasant was kicked to death by a horse. Tue Great Bluff Coke Works at Dunbar will Le fired next week. Tne Glendale rolling mill, near Reading, resumed operations. : PENNSYLVANIA'S FINANCES. ‘HE DISBURSEMENTS FOR LAST YEAR EXCEED THE RECEIPTS $170,000.—A DECREASE IN BANK STOCK REVENUES. HArRISBURG.—The receipts at the State Treasury for the last fiscal year ending November 30, 1893, were $£13,252.727.89. Among therevenues was an item of about 1,300,660 collected by the Attorney General ‘rom corporations who had unsuccessfull y ippealed from the settlements of the Audi- ior General. The disbursements were F13.423.064.77. which includes nearly the :ntire £5,000,600 school appropriation. The Treasury receipts for the year ended No- | vember 3), 1892, were $10.248,759.08. Thue increase of ¥2,503,968.81 in revenues was the result of the operations of th: Bov- ’riaw which increases the tax on corpora- increase of the corporation tax amounted 0 $1,314,064.67 and that on personal prop- orty tax ¥$1.266,637 93. The increase ot the bank stock tax from 6 mills to 8 mills in one class and from 3 millsto 4 mils in another class, did not augment the revenues from that source, as had been expected, For the year ended November 30, 1892, this tax | was $§535,69466, while the past year it reached only $530,222.79. i _ The foreign insurance companies operat- ing ia this State, increased their business largely, according to their payments into | the State Treasury of tax on gross premiums | the amount having been increased $421,872.69 in 1892, to $463,252.59 in from 1893. The wholesale liquor licenses fees increased | from $418,688.86 10 $565,723.21. NEWSY GLEANINGS. Forerax demand for our hay is light. TENNESSEE pig-iron is advancing in pre. INFLUENZA is raging throughout Prussia. Ar Craig, Col., placer dirt is yielding $3 a yard. CoxxEecrIcuT has thirty co-operative cream- eries. Farn River, Mass., has a co-operative bank. THE total mileage of railways now open to traffic in Japan is 1717. Russia’s annual conscription has added 252,292 men to the army. St. Lops (Mo.) grocers print a blacklist of 4000 delinquent debtors. Prices of rubber have been increased ow- ing to the trouble in Brazil. Tre block coal output of Indiana has been cornered by a Chicago company. THE University of Virginia has seventeen representatives in the Fifty-second Congress. Tae Cabinets of France, Italy, Spain, Por- tugal and Servia are all out of order at once. LasT year there were fifty-seven marriages in Boston, Mass., of girls seventeen years old or less ‘THE eight foreign: Nations hest representad at the World's Fair sold $10,000,000 worth of goods in this country. GEORGE SHORTER, colored, died from the effects of a quart of gin, swallowed on a bet, in Washington, D. C. Business East, West and South has re- vived, and the prospects are considered bright all over the country. Mgrs. MARY CROSBY, a poor seamstress, liv- ing at Springfield, Ill., has won a suit which entitles her to land in North Carolina worth $75,000. . THe New Hampshire World's Fair build- ing has been bought by General Charles Williams, who will present it to the city of Manchester. A poctor of Alldgheny, Penn., kept a pre- maturely born infant, which the mother thought dead, in an incubator four months nd surprised the mother by restoring it to ner. | Two boys of eight years fought a duel with pistols at Ghent, Belgium, inthe presence of two other schoolboys who acted as seconds. One of the boys was killed by a shot through the head. > THERE were in Massachusetts last year 48,762 deaths, 65,824 births, 22.507 marriages, and 790 granted divorces —a greater number in each than has been the average for the last twenty years. MARKETS. PITTSBURG. THE WHOLESALE PRICES ARE GIVEN BELOW. GRAIN, FLOUR AND FEED. WHEAT—No. 1 Red.......$§ 65 @ $ 66 No. edi. dri bs iiss 63 64 CORN—No. 2 Yellow ear... 45 45% High Mixed ear....... rae 4-3 44% No. 2 Yellow Shelled... 42 43 Shelled Mixed..... 41 41% OATS—No. 1 White... 35% 36 NO. Z White. coeeoieinsiee 35% 36 No.3 White...cvesestenne 34 34% Mixed...... Snrrismeiniens 32 33 RYE—No. 1 .......ccves.. 56 b7 No. 2 Western, New...... 53 54 FLOUR—Fancy winter pal 4 00 425 Fancy Spring patents..... 415 4 40 Fancy Straight winter.... 3 40 3 50 XXX Bakers......c.v.s.e. 200 3 25 Rye HloUr.....sicsensiss»- 823 3 50 Buckwheat flour......... . 2} 3 HAY—Baled No. 1 Timv’y.. 1400 1425 Baled No. 2 Timothy..... 1250 13 Of Mixed Clover............ . 10 7: 5 Timothy from country... 16 00 18 00 FEED—No.1 WhMd® T 1750 1800 No. 2 White Middlings §,50 17 00 Brown Middlings..... 1550 16 00 Bran, bulk....'.:... een... 1500 15 50 STRAW — Wheat...... 6 00 5 50 Oats. ..... Srrsieaens cies TOD 7 50 DAIRY PRODUCTS, BUTTER—Elgin Creamery 3 32 Fancy Creamery......... 26 28 Fancy eountry roll....... £0 22 Low grade & cooking.... 10 15 CHEESE—Ohio, new....... 11} 12 New York, new........... 12% 173 Wisconsin Swiss....... ve 15 15% Limburger (New make)... 13 14 FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. APPLES—Fancy, ¥ bbl... 375 Fair to choice, #¥ bbl.... 1&0 3&0 BEANS— NY & M(new)Beans®bbl 175 1 2 Lima Beans,............s 3% POTATOES— fancy P bh......iviun.e. 60 65 Sweet, per bbl.... ...... vuoi 2 00 37 CABBAGE—per hundred... 3 00 5 00 ONJONS—YellowGlobe# bu 55 60 Mixed Country.......... 40 50 Spanish, per crate........ 1 00 110 TURNIPS—purple tops..... 40 50 POULTRY ETC. Live chickens # pr....... 45 50 Live Ducks 3 pr......... 40 50 live Geese @ pr...... aes LOO 110 Live Turkeys §b...... he 8 9 Dressed chickens @ lb.... 9 10 Dressed ducks $b ....... 10 12 Dressed turkeys ® 1b..... 10 12 EGGS—Pa & Ohio fresh. ... 21 25 FEATHERS— Extra live Geese 8 ..... 55 60 No 1 Extra live geeseB bh 48 50 Mixed..... Forinnitisnlienin 29 35 MISCELLANIOUS. TALLOW—Country, 1b... 4 43 CY fe eia. oy seit, See 4% SEEDS—C lover... .. 6 25 6 50 Timothy prime. 175 185 Dine grass............ case = 1.40 170 RAGS—Country mixed.... 1% 13 dONEY—White clover.... 14 16 Buckwheat. ......... eee 10 12 MAPLE SYRUP. new crop. 50 100 CINER—countrvsweet®bbl 6 00 6 50 CINCINNATI. PLOUR— ....../% even $2 75@83:50 WHEEAT—No. 2 Red........ 59 RYE=No. 2. ..4.0 000 53 54 CORN—Mixed.............. 40 41 QATS ......... he RT 32 323 BGGS........... slurs 21 22 BUTTER .....o00. 00... 19 30 PHILADELPHIA FLOUR .,....... tied . §1 90@$3 75 WHEAT—No. 2. Reqd....... 64% 65 CORN—No. 2, Mixed. — 46 462 OATS—No. 2, White........ 26 363 BUTTER—Creamery Extra. 24 29 EGGS—Pa.. Firsts.......... 26 2 NEW YORK. FLOUR—Patents...ceecueeee 200 460 WHEAT—No 2Red........ 3 492 RYE—Western........ 51 59 COBN—No. 2... -.. .e 41 453 OATS—Mixed Western..... 34 343 BUTTER~--Creamery........ 17 27 EGGS—State and Penn...... 25 27 "LIVESTOCK REPORT. EAST LIBERTY, PITTSBURG STOCK YARDS. Per 100 Ibs. 0 CATTLE, | Prime Steers..... Lh 3 46560 550 Good butcher... revs 4 23t0 47H commen........ ~ S40to B75 Bullsand dry cows. 2 0b.to 3 MO Veal Calves........ i 00, 550t0 6 63 Fresh cows, per head....... 20 Wto 45 00 RF : : SHEEP. 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