w P.: EVENING HERALD KSTAI.I3IIi:i 1870. Published every K cnlng, lCxccpt Sunday, lit 8 South jAiiniK Sthckt. Near Ckktbe. If lie Ilcnilil Is flcllvctcd Inhhcnatulonnnnd tho surrounding towns fornix cents a week, pay able to the enrrlers. 1 ly mall 88.00 a yiwr, nr 2J cent n month, payable In advance. Advertise ments charted according to space and position. The publishers reserve the right to chnr.go tho rosltlon of advertisements whenever tho put Icallon of news demands It. Tho right is reserved to reject any nilvcrtlscincnt, w netner paia for or not, that the puuusncre may ueem Improper. Ailvcrusing raics mauo tinu nnnllr-Atlnn. known Entered at the postolllce nt Shenandoah, l'a., as second class mall matter. TKI.r.rilOXIC CONNECTION. z ,-st r z : " -Jwu Evening Herald TUESDAY, lTHUUAIiY ), 1800. r .ialih. r-r: - KEPUBMCAN STATE CONVENTION. To the ltepiihllcnn electors of Pennsylvania: ThjiISepiiblicans of Pennsylvania, by their duly chosen rcpiesentatives, will meet In State con vention Thursday, April 28, 1800, at 10 o'clock n. m., in the opera bouse, city of llarrleburg, for tkc purpose of nominating tno candidates for rcprtwntollvc-nt-largo in Congress nnd thirty two candidates for l'rcsidcntial elector', the eclcdljn of eight dclcgntcs-nt-largc. to the He pnhllmn National convention, nnd for the ransactlon of such oilier business ns mn bo presented. Jlv order of the State Committee. M. S. tiCAY, Attest: Jf.kr It. Hex, Chairman. "V. It. AKnnnws, Secretaries. Si iiiiYi.Kil.l. politicians, who iniasino they have lariated several local booms for county ofllcos, may wake up and find it a delusion before many days. It is now in order for tho appointment of a J.cxowing couiniltctc to Investigate the ways Hint are dark and tricks that nro vain In Third ward politics. Tho lesult would be both amusing and interesting. Attun'O tho entertainment under the auspices of tho local bchool touchers this rvoning, in the theatre, for the benefit of charity. Prof. King will make itau evening of much pleasure for you. The Now York Sun puts forth this very plausible reason why England will not fight us that she would lick herself in a year through lack of food and bread riots. A country which cannot raise her own grub lias no business fighting u big nation from which she gets most of her food. AcconniNO to tho opinion of the Attorney (loneral the Cumpulsory lMui-.iliunnl law will go into effect with the opening of the schools far the fall term, and the assessors arc required to secure a list of all children of school age. Tho School Hoards bare the right to employ attendance ofllccrs, where hiich,siii otlici.il is found necessary. Whks the Supreme Court decided about a year ago that the macadamizing of a street was practically the paving of it,asovcie blow was adminUtetid to all t lie progiessivc cities of the state that aro desirous of having paved stiects. All that tho non-piogiessive c iemcnt has to do now is to proc that the reel ill front of their lesidence was imirvi,l:irinfil lift v vnianm and Ihov Osinne the assessment of paving under tlicinudun fiKit-frout rule. Several suits have recently , , 1 lcn4cidcd in this way. r!' r lie poaltlou assumed by the Hkk.u.d in ltiemniug the action of a certain member of tfntjltizoiis paity of the Third ward, lias "hfiOj'licartily endorsed by the raak and filo of he party throughout the tmwi. It is Kraifylng to know that ono is in so cloe tulih with the bctler clement ; but be, that ' may, we considered it our duty to call I'ubio attention to thu dark-lantern politics tha was at work to defeat the regular "oiit'necs Of the party, and wo propose doing so vlumuur oicaslon may demand, rcgauK less of friend or foe. Tlio sucrcs of the parly sold be paramount to any personal aiubi thinml (o s.if lificc the former for the latter i Hirdly justifiable in tho present or any tlu-ctv THE HEADING'S ALLOTMENT Atgr long contention the Heading railroad hat ut la it succeeded in having its allotment of tl lloroalto be produced raucd to 20J per rent of tin, I. .HI nrodncthin When llirt ot tho total production. hen tnc I lion was first raised, and the receivers of hesjonipany demanded 21 per cent, as its shai part dl , there was concerted opposition on tho of the other, companjtp who Stoic oivs of keeping the, Heading, down to hog t 184 ir eant., llw,la fti cOiAa not lftlm Wrt tljajj,jiit,. mid a war was I l8Jkaiwl, whlck kept the price of coal ' dnrmllfn "fewer figure thau could easily hnve demonstrated, howover, that the l!ead- ing could not only maintain Its contention for 81 percent., but could onsily produce 20. if not 28 per cent., of the production should it run up to no,ooo,oi)0 tons annually. This appears to have made an impiessloii upon the presidents of the other companies, and at their recent meeting in New York tho natter was icfcrred to a committee, who reported in favor of an allotment of 801 per cent for th cloven months of this year, or ti 100 000 tons for the Koadinj out of a total c 'Minted output of 40,000,000 tons. Tills means a biggorfchare thau it lias had prerioustolMo, and ensures better work at the mines. As there appear to be a better uudsrslnndiug as to the conduct of the trade In general, It look- probable that there wilj lo less cutting of prlcos nud that coal will rule higher 'during tho coming year. Tills will bo good news for tho coal region, whero wagos havo been so low. The prospects for 181)8 nro more encouraging than they have been for some tlmo past. llt-l'olleo Commissioner's Suicide. Nnw YoltK.Fcb. 1. Former Police Com missioner Stephen 11. French committed sulcldo yesterday ut Ills residence nt One Hundred nntl Fortlotli street nnd tho Western boulovnrd by shooting himself In tho loft breast. Tlio cnuso of tho tleeil Is supposed t3 bo business rovorss. of which lio spokolohUwlfosomodnys ngo,romnrk lng that his luck had boon Kid, nnd thnt sho would bo ns woll off without him. Ho had been speculating In Wall street. A Uenlal from Ambassador llnynrd, LONDON', Fob. 1. Ijast night Ambassa dor Hnynrd said, rolntlvo to a report circu lated by n nows ngoncy In tho United Htatos thnt lio lrnd authorized Presldont Clovclnnd to nuuounco Ills resignation In tho ovent of n voto of ceiisuro passing tho liouso of representatives nt 'Washington: i 'I deny any such report with indignation. I never dreamed of any such thing. It is tho utmost stuff mid nonsense" Choked to Denth by ltage. SING SlSO, N. Y., Fob. 4. William Car son, n black murderer who strangled his sweotbeart, had it quarrel with n, convict named Fciglebaum nnd got into such it passion that his throat swelled up nnd he actually choked to death with rago. Death of a Well Known Turfman. New Yoisk, Feb. 4. Colonel AV. 1'. Thompson died yeatorday of pnoumonla at his homo in this city. Colonel Thomp son was tho proprietor of tho llrookdulo stud nnd nlso owner of tlio Urookdnle stable, llowasvlcochalrmauof tho Jockey club, and was nlso president of tho Na tional Ijcad company. Motorman Killed by Shock. Philadelphia, Feb. 4. A Seventeenth nnd nn Arch street trolley car collided last night nnd resulted In tho death of Ed mund Ilanilll, motonnnn of tho Seven teenth street car. He evidently died from shock, ns his body showed no marks. Sev eral passongers wcro slightly Injured. Tho cars wcro badly wrecked. Ills Mexican Tour Prevented. Kl Pabo, Tex., Feb. 4. John 11. Bones, of Augusta, Ga., Iia3 boon arrested hero and sent back to Georgia charged with embezzlement of 20,000 in cotton broker ago transactions. Ho wns about to leave for the City of Mexico. Heath Sentences Commuted. HAIilHSIlURO, Feb. 1. Governor Hast ings yostcrdny issued two commutations from tho iloath sontenco, ono in tho caso of William Bowman, of Wilkcsbarrc, nnd the other In tho caso of James McMullcn, of Allegheny county. The Weather. For eastern Pennsylvania nnd Now Jor soy: Cloudy and tluvaicntng, with oc casional showers; warmer; southeasterly shifting to southwriiorly winds. STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS. Closing Quotations of thu New York and l'hllatlelphla lxeliaiiges. New York Feb. 3. Today's stock specula tion was almost entirely profosslonnl. The volume of trudlng showed a conslderablo con traction compared with recent records, nnd the business was Indifferently distributed. Closing bids lialtlmoreds Ohio Now Jersey Ccn-107 N. Y. Central D7HJ Pennsylvania Heading 13Ji St. l'aul Ti V. N. V. & l'a. .. 8H West Slioro Hoi. A Hudson 127 1 D.. L. & W 1WH ' Erie W4 I l.nltn KrlR A V.... 2IU kcateli jfav 45X1 ! belllgil Valley. (lenernl Mnrkcts. I riULAliEU'iiA,Feb.a.-Flourstrong;wlnter super., J2.tOS3.50; do. extras, 82.il0ft2.O; Penn- sylvania roller, clear, $1.3")"..!); do. do. straight, $3.50a3.0.i; western winter, clear. S3.403JiO. Wheat firm, with 73c. bid and 7&l4c. asked for Fobruary. Corn oulet. with I 81c. bid and 310. asked for February. Oats quiet, with -jV4c out ana Sfio.askeil for leu ruary. Hay steady; choice timothy. JIB. Beef steady. I'ork dull; now mess, SllUill.aj; fam ily. $U; short clear, $11.50313.5(1. Lard steady at $d,25. Hutter weaker: western creamery, HI418C.; do. factory, US13Hc; hlglns, 28c; Imitation creamery. UMiaise.; New York dairy, 0317c; Pennsylvania and western creamery prints, extra, sue.; do. choice, 19c; do. fair to good, ISUlHc ; prints jobbing at I'lit'-'tc. Cheese mlet; large, liaWijc; small, 6310Mo. Kggs steady; .Sew York and Penn sylvania, He; Ice house, $1.3'H13; western fresh, He; southern. DX-c l.lvo Stock Murhet. New Yohk, Feb. a. 'troves steady; or dinary to prime steers, S..U'H'0l .'V lops, $1.70; oxen.r52.ll2M103.30; bull. $JiUW.2i; cows, tM2fifll. Calves low ir: vim Is, J5U8; choice, $8.25tbarnysrd calve., S'i.'S; western $2.75!.50. Sheep and In nbs steady; poor to choice sheep, SJ.503'1 60: export wethers, $(3 4.85; lmbs, H.12Ki'U2M!: choice and extra, t3.2O5i0; twenty cars unsold. Hogs steady to llrm at $1.25'SI.7.; pigs. $l.3iii.63. EAS'T IiIIIKHTV. l'a., Feb. 3. Cattle slow. Hogs steady; medium grades, $1 1534.50; best Yorkers, $4.303MH:plgs, Sl.15at.2i; heavy hogs, ?I..TIii.(0: roughs $ISI. Sheep very slow; urlmo sheep, $1.3i)'J.5ll; good, HHZM); I tommpll, 5 l.liYii'MIj; culls. JlSLoUi lambs. JJ i eJ m , Y(,al calvcSi s5 -5030 75i IHip Disease Results from a sorofulous nnd impure condition of the blood, and It is cured by Hood's Barsaparilla the great blood pu rifier. Tho father of a Philadelphia girl writes this; "Wo gave Hood's Barsapnrilla to our little girl, who had symptoms of hip diseaso. Rho could not put her foot down on tho floor when we com menced giving her tho medicine, but lu a abort time ehe was able to get off tho coueh and to reach her playthings. Since then she has steadily Improved, thanks to Hood's Barsapnrilla, and her ($Deral health is all that could be deslud. When any of the other children arc not well we give them , Hood's Sarsaparilla and we earnestly recommend It to others." E. BunrtY.MB Richmond St., Philadelphia. ll-.l mil, eiTtnT,eiyto li nUUU O rillO eaiylntato. Wceau. STIMULANTS VS. COLDS. The Idea is Right, But the In terpretation Wron?. Alcohol stimulates for a short time hut after that, reaction. You're worso olf than before. You're colder. You're more likely to catch cold. Artctlc explorers don't drink nicohol, hut colTco. Alcohol makes them warm. Ckill'co keeps them warm; Here is tho secret of tho successful stimulant ; to bo lasting. Tills is why Maltred-Koflee-Kolo is the only successful stimulant Only food can give strength. Food is the origin of strength. Ordinary stimulants call up reserve strength. A food stimulant creates it. Mnlted-KoUt'o-Kola is a Shaker prepara tion made of the malted seeds of Catron nnd Kola. The virtue of these plants glvo to it Its stimulating properties. The malting of tha seeds makes it a valuable, digestible, strengthening food. Malt is nature's most concentrated digesti ble fojd. Maltcd-Kuffee-Koln is a strength ening, uigostihie, nourishing, non-alcoholic. non - intoxlcatlng food stimulant. It builds uti tho body and tho brain, cures indigestion, nervousness, headache, neural gia, loss of appctlto, low spirits, prematura old ago. It keeps you warm and healthy and pre vents you frm catching cold. It gives you new comfort in life. It makes you feel better all tho time. Sold by drugeists nt $1.00 u bottle. Headless llody Still Unidentified. Cincinnati, Feb. 4. I'hero is still no clow to tho Identity of tho he.idloss body found Inst Friday night near Fort Thomas, Ky., opposite this chy. It Is still believed, however, that u soldier at Fort Thomai murdered some Cincinnati woman on ac count of joalousy and cut oil her head to prevent Identification and detection. The ofllccrs nro nt soa moro than over. USED A TRAINED HORSE. A Kobbcr llond That Cnptmed Its Vic tims In a Kovl Manner. "When I wns in Nebraska, near tho Bnuko river, north of the Great Sand hill, In 1859," Fiiid n Ijcwistoncltizon, "woliad four enmps situated about 18 miles apart, nnd to go from Thorno'scamp tt Dunham camp It was necessary to go through n long plccoof ilno woods. For a number of months ovory ono who had gono through tho woods nlono never canio back. Ono day It was necessary that I should go through with n lot of money and no escort, nud I t-ct out on a horso that I got from c. stable keeper near Thorno camp. When t bad nearly reached tho woods flvu miles out, my horso wns taken ill and foaming at tbo mouth and refused to go on. Clear ly to my medical cyo It had been poisoned slightly by somo one. A innn not so woll up lu medicine might not havo known It. Soon what looked llko a hunter enmo along on a horso and offered to swap, taking mine back to the stablo If I would leave his near Dunham camp with a trapper. I ought to havo seen through this, but did not. "I got on to tho powerful horso of the stranger uud started through thoflvonilles of woods. Halt way through, without ap parent reason, tho horso broko Into n trot, a gallop nud llnally a run, and dashing off thu trail through tho woods, picked ills way among trees ns nicoly as if ho had gono that way 100 times. Pull as I would ot tbo bridle, ho paid no attention, but ran tbo faster. Whun ho had leaped n brook nnd landed on tho sand beyond, tho marks of footprints alarmed mo, and I slipped off nt tho risk of my life. Ho ran on up a r.v vlno uml I hid, fearing that it was a trap, as It afterward proved. In n littlo wlillo threo men armed with rifles eamo back on tho trail, ono rldlnc tho horse, now as calm ns a lamb. I picked my way to tho road mill cut to tho camp. "Two weeks lator HI of us followed a man who hived n horso at tho same phiuo I did. It was takon ill, and tho same trap per camo along on the sntno horso. When tho horso dashed into tlio woods as lio had boon trained to do, 10 of us dashed after him, nnd filially arrived nt n mountain camp of tho robbers. Wo took ovcry man sovon of them, anil well, law was not well supported out there then, nnd no court sat nearer than 200 miles. Wo didn't carry tho rascals nway from their own campflro. Tho trained horso met the fato of Its ownors." Lowlston Journal. Disinterested. It 1st said that tho extraordinary influ ence which Agnsslz exerted over men who had only n slight perception of tlio scopo of his wonderful mental powers was uuo ns much to a unlversnl bnllef In his disin terestedness ns to his magnotlo personality. Mr. K. P. Whipple once told nn incident Which Illustrated this fact. On one occasion, when hie rmisoum wns in need of money for a purely sclnntlflo purpose, ho Invited the members of the legislature of thostatoof Massachusetts to visit it, with tlio design of inducing ! them to voto tho sum ho required. After u short, persuasive nddross ileitvcreu in tno bull of tho museum, ho led them bver tho building, pointing out tho great things thnt had been achlovcil auiltbostill great er things that woro to follow if his plan was carried out. ti. naemwllnu tho stairs I happonoil to overhear two lntoUtgont legislators, evi dently farmers, who wuro considering tho propriety of giving tlio proposoil legislative ttl(?iT ,i,. L-nnw much." said one, "ribont thu value of tills inusoutn ns n moans of education, but ot ono thing I nm certain thnt If wo glvo Agasslztho money ho wants, ho will not Junto a uoiinr uy a. That's In his fuvor." Tho appropriation was niado n day oi two after, though It was generally consid ered thnt no other man could havo wrung tho hum from tho reluctant hands of that economical legislature, Denth anil Ttest. Tho Hues engrnved on Professor Hux ley's tombstone show a confusion of thought Hint ono would not expect in tho burial plueo of this great man: And If there be no meeting past tho gravu, If all la darkni-sa, Bilencn, yet 'tis rest. It Is not root. Thero is no rest where llnre Is no consclousiioiMJ. Host implies oon MloiiKnes. Wo Ho down, wo sit down, to rest; wo enjoy tnu repoi-o. nuiu- lillillntlon, thuro is noiniug; neiiiior ugni. nor dnrknoss; neither work nor runt. There Is nothing. Thero aro no words by wiiinli wb can express annihilation, bo- causo thero nro no thoughts by whloh wo can undorstanil tno state oi noiiungnoss. To mo this total Inability to understand liothlugness Is one of tho thousand Indi cations of tho continuity of life. Waltor Jlosant. . . Hundreds of picclous little cms owe their lives to l)r Thomas' Klcctric Oil, the sovereign cute fur croup (inil all other throat or luug disease- How Are nnr IfirliiQUQ 9 UUI B1IUIIUJJU I Docs Your Dock Ache? JWflobbs MAKE the Kid- W neys strong and M, UClldtiUOTtll'Y cause tl.e-jKt 1 W,. kldnevs lo litter Tf MMMsrsa ULLiiLli v. TT 7r'33x& nil uric acid and -rtr r Cure Rheumatism, Oout, tlczema, Ann;- jne mla, Pimples, Had Illood, llrlght's Ills- TT , case, Malaria, Backache, Kidney Pains, Mfc t Urination, InfUmatlon of Kidneys, etc. S: Are not a secret rcmcuy, raiom highly concentrated exirncisoi mi - ngus, juniper ucrrics, huhim, y! ua. Silk, Parelra Brava and UvaUrsa (all rffft kidney neaiersj nnu uit Butmi"vo..j comnounded. 3P Br. Hobbs Sparagus Kidney I'uis are endorsed oy pnysiciaiis uu. u. 50 cents a uox. vaiuauic uuum-i Cllobbs Medicine Co., Chicago or Sun rraadsco NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE. Venator Daly Misses a Chance to Grltlclto Senator Sowcll. TllENTOK, Feb. 4. In tho eonnto last eight Senator Daly was prevented by points of order from making a speech In miswer to tho one made In tho United States sonnto by Sonator Sowcll, of Now Jersey, on tho Venezuelan ijuostlon Sonator Daly Introduced a resolution com mending Presldont Cleveland's attitude, nud then sought to talk on tho resolution after It had been referred. Sonator Voor hees Introduced tlio nntl-gaml)Ung consti tutional amendment of Inst year. Mr. Voorhces also Introduced his bill legislat ing out tho lay judges of tho court of com mon pleas. Tho bill provides for n single Judgo In each couuty, such jiulgo to bo a lawyer. Senator lingers' bill appropriat ing $150,OJ0 for a Camdon armory was laid over. In tho house Assomblyninn Wall ing presented a petition lu favor of his bill reducing all state salaries over S2,000 by 25 per cent. Old I'eoplo. Old jienplo who require medicine lo regulate the'bowcls and Jddncys will find the true rcmcdv in Klcctric Hitters. This medicine does not stimulate and coutains no whiskey nor other intoxicant, but nets us a tonic und nlter.itivo. It acts mildly on the stdmacli niwl luiH-Ms nililimr strpnrrth nnd f-lvlllC tone to tlio organs, thereby aiding Isaturo m mc performance of tho functions. Klcctric Hitters is nn excellent appetizer nnd aids dlgestiou. Old peoplo find it just exactly what they need. Prico fifty cents per hottlo nt A. Wasiey's drug store. A Milllun Dollars In bight. Bl'TTE, Mont., Feb. 1. A rion gold dis covery is reported from Flint Creek, lu tho Georgetown district. Nino wcoks ngo Sam Snyder, n itestltuto and hungry litttto promoter, trailed ft door over tbo hills and accidentally discovered a fabulously rich ledge, which ho has sinco been work ing alono and In secret. Ho camo to town nfovv days ago with thousands of dollars' worth of gold, and tho reports of men who havo since Inspected tho property say that Snyder has a million dollars In sight, al though his prospect liolo is only about ten feot deep. Tho vein Is only eight inches wide so far as developed, but is yellow with virgin gcjld. The report has caused a Btampcdu into thu now district. Vou'i o an Kasy l'rey. witli vnur flesh reduced below a healthy standard, for Consumption nnd other Scrofulous nnd dancerousdis;ascs. And it s for just this condition that Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is especially valuable. If vnu'ro thinner than vou ouzht to be. whether from wasting diseases, defective nutrition, or whatever cause, tho "Dis covery" will surely bring you up to tho healthy standard. Ky restoring tho normal action of tho dcranccd orcaus nnd functions. it arouses every natural sourro and means of nourishment. As a Mrengtii-rcsturcr ami (lesh-hulldcr, nothing like this medicine is known to medical science. Filthy Cod liver oil and all its disgusted compounds can't compaio with it. Dr. I'ierce-'s Pellets euro constipation, in digestion, or dyspepsia, biliousness and head aches. Another Probable Filibustering Steamer. NoitfObK, Vn., Feb. 4. It is known that Iho Spanish government has sover.il spoclal ngents in this port watching for posslblo filibustering steamers. Despite those pre cautions nud notwithstanding tho pres ence of a quartette of United States ves sels in Hampton llouds, it develops that on Sunday night the steamer I. N. Voazey slipped out of this port with no prescribed destination. The Veazey was sold last wook by Djputy United States Marshal Cross under a Ubol for wngos duo. Tho purchaser was a well dressed stranger. who said ho bought tho boat for n New lorKi-iiuon Market llrm, to boused m tno usli trndo. Saturday night an un usually largo number of men wero seou to board her. llucklen's Arnica Salve. Tho best salve in tho world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fnver sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and positively- cures nlles. or no pay required. It is guaranteed to glvo perfect satisfaction or mony refunded. Price 5 cents per box. For sale bv A. Wasley. Lootis Cheering for Hunter. iniANKFOiiT, Ky., Feb. 4.-Polltlclana nro looking for lively times In Frankfort during the wock, ns Senators O tllvlo and Heckman, Democrats, havo arrived ni:. vlo was 111, and Iieckman was elected on bnturday in Nelson county to succeed v nson, ueceascu. Tim maKos the assoni bly again a tie on Joint ballot. It Is thought tho llepubllcaus will report and act lavorauiy on the contests of Dunlni nud Werner, unseating two Democrat . and thus elect Congressman Hunter tu the somitorsliip to succeed Hluckburn. An innocent Man Was Lynched. ' Knox villi;, Tonn., Fob. 4. Develop ments which camo to light hero yesterday snow tuut nee nouers, wno was lynched hero ton years ago for the supposed murder nnd robbory of f 1.100 from Kdwnrd Maino, was nu innocent man. Lizzio Hickman, on her deathbed, confojsod that Iko Wright, n notorious character, was tho roal murderer, and ho Is now being pur sued by ofllcers. (Irlp-Cobls-lIeailiiche. Why suffer with Coughs, Colds and J a Clrlppowhcn laxative Uromo Qulnluo will curo you In one day. Put up in tablets con venient for taking, guaranteed to cure, or money refunded. Price, 85 cents. For balo by Kirlin's Pharmacy A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION. It Kills Two Men and Tears Up n Street of Lnwrence, Mass. IAWRBKCE, Mass.. Fob. 4. A frightful explosion nt 10:30 o'clock last night tore up a portion of llrondway on tho south side, causing lots of llfo and great damage to property. Tho cntlro city was shakonand oxoltemcnt is Intense. Two mon wero killed. The dond nro as follows! John Lee, of Molroso, ami Alox. Gordon, of Buffalo,. N. Y., the engineer nnd lire man in tho cnglno house, In which woro two largo Iron compressed air tanks for furnishing powor to drills used In con struction of tho sower. It is not yot determined what caused tho explosion, but It Is thought tho tanks first exploded from over pressure, whloh was followed by nnothcroxploslon lu the sower tronch. Tho concussion was so sovero that great quantities of window glass in tho neighborhood was wrecked, nnd the shock wns felt In Iowcll and Haverhill, ten miles nway, east nnd wost. Two largo boilers and ntr compressing tanks In tho cnglno houso wcro completely shattered, tho liouso blown Into frag ments, 60ino pieces of which, ns well ns pieces of Iron, wero scnttorcd hundreds of feot nway. A largo quantity of dynamite wns stored near by, but tho contractor de clares this is Intact. Tho bodies of tho two men wcro found in tho ruins horribly mangled. Unification nt American Ilepublles. Washington. Fob. 4 Minister Carbo, of Ecuador, has received a cable dispatch from tho socretnry of stato of Ecuador stating that tho Contral American gov ernments of Guatemala, Salvador, Nica ragua, Honduras and Costn Hlca had ac cepted the lnvitntlon to join In n conven tion of American republics with n view of unifying them. This is the first nfflrin ntlvo action toward tho convention, which Is doslgned to bring nbout a common un derstanding of North, South and Central American countries on tho Monroe doc trine. Sonor Carbo says the Ecuadorian government took tho initiative In calling the convention sonio tlmo ngo. Tho gen eral plan Is to havo tho convention held in Washington somo tlmo in August next. St. l'aul Still Sand Hound. Losu BRAXcn. Fob. 4. Shortly boforo high tldo Inst night, nbout 11 o'clock, tho wrecking tugs made nuother offort to get tho St. Paul out of her bed of sand. An effort mndo lu tho morning resulted In the moving of tho St. Paul nbout thirty reet, nud last night tho scrows of the big steam ship were sot in motion, and nided mater ially lu gotting her Into deeper wator. hue Is now about 5X) feet furthor son ward than sho wns a week ago. It Is believed that today the vossel will bo towed into deep water. IteUcf in Six Hours. Distressing kidney and bladder diseases relieved In six hours by tho "New Great South American Kidney Cure." This new remedy is a great surnriso on account of its exceeding promptness In relieving pain in the bladder. Kidneys, d.ick and every part of tho urinary passages in male or female. It relieves retention or wator nnd pain in passing it almost immediately. If you want quick relief and cure this is your remedy. Sold by Isaac Shapira, druggist,, 107 South Main street. Condemning America's Interference. VIENNA. Fob. 4. Signs nro not wanting that Senator Cullom s Armenian rosolu tion is not altogothor to the tasto ot somo of the Continental powers to whom It was practically nddrossed. It appears to bo regarded as a now venture In foreign policy, proving America s uosiro to influ ence European affairs. Tho Pestor Lloyd says thnt by lecturing the powors on tho subject of a treaty sho had nothing to do with America Is meddling wltn what uoos not concern hor. ISIght Killed While at Worship. PAWS, Fob 4. A torrihlo accident, re suiting in tbo killing of eight persons and tho wounding of sixty, occurred on sun- day in Manlovlor, a village near Angers in the department of Mnin-et-Loire, The accident was due to tho collapse of the village church, In which mass was bolng celebrated. W lthout a moment s warn ing the roof descended upon tho strugllng throng beneath, nnd It is surprising that no mora than eight persons woro killed No Kviilonce Against Him. Decatur, Ind., Fob. 4. In tho circuit court hero yostorday tho case of It. G. Kor- lln, a millionaire oil nnd gas producer ot Tolodo, O., chargod with perjury, was dls mlssod. Prosecuting Attorney Snyder in a lengthy speech nrralgned tho grand jury for returning nn lndlotmont on poor evi dence, ns thoro was no posslblo chance fur n enso against Kerlln, wlioso arrest Hero last month created a sensation. Two Uses Saved. Mrs. Pboebo Thomas, of Junction City Til wns told bv her doctors sho had Con sumntlon and that thero was no hopo for her, 1... l.nl..a 1IH l.-nna Vow nicf.m-TV completely cured her nud she says it saved her Ife. Mr. Thos. F'rirers. 130 Florida St.. San Francisco, suffered from n drcadfiiln.liw-. approacuiug i,ousuiupuun, iricu ' minimi result everything clso then bought ono bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery and in two weeks was cured, no is naturally tiiaiiKiui. It is such results, of which theso aro samples, that prove tho wonderful efficacy of this medicine in Coughs and Colds. Frco trial bottles nt A. Wasiey's drug storo. Itegular size 50c and $1.00. Milpplnc Cattle to lSnglund. Fort Worth, Tex., Feb. 4. A. J. Thompson, of Toronto, Ont., has recently purchasod 100 head of choice hoof cattlo nt Alvarado, nnd will ship thorn direct to England by the way of Now Orleans. This Is the first heavy shipment from Texas to England nnd will mark nn epoch In the live stock history of this country. This is only tho beginning of Mr. Thompson's ox portntlons. Ho has como here to make a business of It. A Murderer's Confession. LoxDON, O., Fob. 4. Edward Pnrnoll, nged 80, n farmer residing near Rosedale, this county, was arrosted yesterday on tho luivlm; murdered Hon F. Ulnek, who died last Sunday. It dovelops that ono night last October Dr. Dohr wns called to the Illack resldouce to nttond Dlnck. whn bn found lvlntr ln-ft pool of blood on tho floor, almost dead. Parnoll confessod last night to tho stabbing, but claims It was done to nrotoct Mrs, Dlnck from her husband's rage. Our people are growiug more and inoro in tho habit of looking to uruiucr iiros., drug gists, for tho latest and best of everything in tho drug line. They sell Chamberlain's Cough Remody, famous for its cures of bad colds, croup and whooping cough. When in need of such a inedicluo give this remedy a trial and you will bo moro than pleased with the result. MUNY0N EMINENT CITIZENS GIVE POSITIVE PROOF. hat Munp's Improved Homoeopathic Rem edies CurelRhsumatisfn. Catarrh and the Most Obstinate Diseases, DOCTOR YOURSELF. Step Into tho Nearest Drug Store, Ask for a Oulde to Health, Buy a 25-Cent Remedy and Cure Yourself. H. S. Douchton. of 1715 First street. Albany, N. Y., writes : "For over two years l nau Kiuuey trouble In that tlmo I havo iiaid doctors nnd fir vnrinns nmnrlnlriTtf medicines, moro than $30. I was not cured, and not even benefited. Somo weeks ago I began uslug Munyon's Kidney Cure. I havo inkun urn? uirco small 5-ccnt bottles, but I havo derived moro benefit from threo littlo doses than from all the medicliio that cost me so much money. I have not felt ns well lu two years as 1 do now." Munyon's Rheumatism Cure nevr r.,ti relievo in ono to threo hours,' and cures in a few days. Prico S3 cents. Munyon's Dyspepsia Curo is guaranteed U cure all forms of indigestion and stomack troublos. Prico 2oc. Munyon's Catarrh Remedies positively curo. l'rico, 2j cents. Munyon's Kidney Curo speedily cures pains in the back, loins or groins und all forms of kidney diseases, l'rico 23c. Munyon's Fcmalo Remedies nro a boon W all women, l'rico 23c. Asthma Cure, with Asthma Herbs, $1.00, Munyon's Nervo Cure stops nervousness and builds up. t lie system. Prico 23c. Munyon's Headache Cure slops headaches in three minutes. Price, 25 cents. Munyon's Pile Ointment positively cures all forms of piles. Prico, 23c. 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