PENNSYLVANIA PICKINGS.
OMR IMPORTANT HAPPENINGM
Of Interact to Dwllratt th avayatonj
tat.
DELAMATEIt HELD Ol'LTY.
4 VMIUItT ACIAIMsT Till ItX-aKXATOa roa
KMIIKKKI.KMFXT.
The jury In the !elnninter ens on trill, nt
llendvllle agreed upon a verdict, finding
x-Hcnntor U. W. Prliiniafor guilty of
hcctlemcnt n charged mul acquitting (I. II.
lahimntcr, liisfulhcr, andT. A. Pelnmntor,
lilt brother. A. II. Ittchtimml, one of Hie
counsels for Hie 1 1 0 n , gave notice llmt n
motion would he presented fur n new trlnl.
If the motion should hp refused the ciife
will he apalt'd to the Supreme Court. If
a new trial Is not gritnte I hy Judge Hen
ilerson.there will no doubt he mi nrrost of
execution of Judgment while npp-nl is
"ending. The ennlty In the cine Just tried
li fine not lent thnn iho mini eiuhcrcled,
mid Imprisonment in (he Kiiltoiitlnry for
tot less thnn one nor more thmi nix years,
In solitary ronllucnioiit nnd ut hnnl labor.
four ih nukkh tons ok papkii.
IT WILL TASK AI.I.T1HT TO PRINT Till HAK RR
IIAI.LoTS,
Superintendent of I'nhllc Printing (irlot
t Hnrrishiirg, nail that II.kkj reams of
white anil ti'itnil paper, In eqiinl quantities,
would he required to print the ballots un
der the linker law, which in the aggregate
Would weigh bi t wcpii :t"xi nml tmitoiK. llu
added Hint very few presses in the Htnlo
were adapted to the printing of the tl k.-tH.
The Unite I'rintrr hud two presses large
enough to print the big ballots, lint lie
would not Inko the' conlrni't for printing
mire that L'so.OOO, which would he iihoul
unugh for three counties like Lancaster.
rKIIIDIIEII IS A t IIUISTOJIMI Ti ll.
While the guests who ntti'iiileil the christ,
rmng of John l'astula's rliilil. ut C'pntriillH,
were enjoying themselves, somebody gave
the Imhy, wlilrh was n yciir nml a half old,
drink of wlil-key. Tlie lillle IihIiIIit he
came vpry Imppy. nml, wandering Inlo nn
adjoining room, fell into the till) of wnter
from which It hail been clfristcned nml win
drowned.
COM Ml ITHES MAY BIT POLL T XES.
t'onunon Plena No t, JikIoh lliddle nnd
flresy, nt rhllmlclphiii rendered n decision
lothc pflert thiil It wns not ltnprour for n
viliticnl organization to piy po'l taxes of
voters iinnhle or unw Wing to pay for them
telvca; ami Hint neither tlie Receiver of
Tuxes nor the Court hnd a right to question
whether the money tendered wui the money
of the taxpayer himself.
iointv iimn taiim nrnsra
The large ham on the County l'oor Farm
t Frunklin wan totally destroyed by lire,
with 000 bushel of oats, fill:) bushels of
wheat, 70 ton of bay, other crop of late
harvest, farming machinery, etc. Lo-,
17,000; insured for (3,000. The lira wus
caused by Iticendiurlc.
A NEW B.VK Elt UAIXOT
acuta pHttPAttrn to accommoiiath thk sip
SHOW OK POLITIC.
At the State Department nt Ilarrishurg,
there it being prepnrt-d a new form of ballot
which is lo be used under the linker law.
In counties where the People' party it ml
the Prohibitionists have a right to nonilnaU)
county ticket by eertillcnieof noniiuatin.ia
twoadditiiinnl eoliimns will be added totlio
form itemed from tlie department a few
lays ago under the regn'.tu party headings
This will make the ticket i'ii.ll Inches in
iise and six columns whin. In somo coun
ties where neither the Prohibitionist nor
People's party pull 3 r cent, of the whole
number of voles cast, tho bulluta will he
fuur columns wide, while in a few they will
be five and in several others six.
(IHOt'KD TO FIF.i'K nv A TRAIS.
The horribly mutilated remains of an nn.
known man wore discovered on the lake
(Shore track at Wildcat Hollow. Just west of
Ntoneboro. The body was ground to piece
and could not be Idei, titled. It is thought
that the man fell oil' the excursion train re
turning from Htonehoro fair. Ho wuro
traw hat and bad gray hair.
Wiiilk shooting in the woods near Wash.
Ington, Frederick Scheu was held uphy two
men and robbed of a gun mxl his money.
The footpads got away with the plunder.
GEomie Krkpwfnas, proprietor of a shoot
ing gallery ut Shennndonn. shot himself
through the heart uccldcntlly, while rais
ing a title to shoot at u mark. s
Groroe UonrL. of Councils vil'p, a brake
man on the ilultimore and Ohio railroad,
was instantly killed nt l'ort I'erry by being
truck by un overhead bridge.
Tn Erie Presbytery at Meadvilln found
Pnf. Cooper of Kdinboro guilty of falsehood
and unchristian conduct, the Inner in call
Ing a fellow church member a l ur. He was
liot found guilty of false sworn-lug. Cooper'i
counsel will appeal to synod.
Tn Kuhn school in Unity township,
Westmoreland county, was destroyed by
. lire. Loss, fl.&oo; no insiiriince. Tbe
mailer pup llu had u narrow escape
Fktrr Whackrr's hum and six horses at
Noblestown were destroyed by tire.
JonKsrowir will eelebrato Columbn
Day with a grand parade and bicycle tour
nament, Jahks McKay, while sitting on a chair
against an iron post, in I allow s grocery
tore in Fjpy ville, was struck by Jiijliming
nd killed.
The Coroner's Jury at Beaver Falls, In
their verdio oil the death of Ueorge Wil
tnn, who was accideniully killed last Thurs
day by being crushed between a Jm.x car and
a building, censured tbe l'enusylvania Jtail
road t'ouipuny.
Two burglar attempted to rob 8. Mor
gan's dry goods store at Freedom. One
was captured and gave his name as Ueorge
Myers of Chicago, ilia pal escaped.
Tout Sporatti. boas of a gang of Italian
laborers at Bradford, was b own to pieces
by a can of dynamite, placed under hit
bunk by euotules umong the laborers.
Chile Comes to Her Bunaea.
Patrick Euan, Mi nlster to Chile, arrived at
New York. Ho brings 1 78,000 for the helri
of the killed and for the lnjurd sailors in
the Valparaiso riot; a proioililon for an
Ameriro-Chlleau Commission, and word
that Chile wants uiprocity with lu
CniUd States.
Wnulmax Ia'msdck, of Chicago, broke
the five-mile world bicycle record at Evans
villa, Ind., by covering the distance in 12:84
S-6. Tb track was perfect.
JACi faiKoa, tte Omaha bicycle rjow,
won a tea-uiue raoe wltn two pacing uiM'sse
at toe fair grounds at Omaha lae other day,
Kaoa aorae want nve miles, 'i'be tint wa
uurtj-twj uunuu aa4 tarwtjrtaras seu-
LOUD TENNYSON DEAD.
Knarland'e Pse'. Laureate Paaevd Peaos
fully Away to Unknown Shores.
Iird Tennyson, the l'oet Ijmreale of
England, died at l o'clock Thursday
morning, at his home in Ixindon.
In an Interview with Htr Andrew Clarke,
one of the physlnlati who attended the
l'oet Laureate, he said that Lord Tennyson's
death was the most glorious Hint hn Imd
ever seen. There was no artificial light in
the room, and the chamber was almost In
darkness savo where a broad flood of moon
light poured in throuitli a western window,
Tlie moon's rays fell across tho bed upon
which the dying man lay, bathing him In
their Pellucid light ami forming a Item
brandt like background to the scone. All
was silent save Hie annulling of tlie wind as
It RPiitly piny el through the trees surround.
Ing the house a lltt tig reiiilein for the
gentle oet, who Sting of love und the beau
tips of nature.
Motionless linl Tennyson lay upon his
couch, the tide of his life gently nml slowly
ebbing out Into tho wean of the inllultii. Nn
rocks of pain or Sorrow checke I Its roiirso
or rnuseij a ripple upon tho outgoing tide.
As ieacelully mid gently us he hnd lived, so
he died, looking until the end Into tho eyes
of those dear to him. All tho inemheia of
his family were by his hid-dde, mid Sir
Andrew t 'larko remained by his aide until
he breathed his Inst. Ho gentle mid painless
was his pns.lng away Hint the family did
Hot know hn had gone gone until Dr.Clarko
broke tlie news to Lady Tennyson, who bore
the closing cenes of her trial well In spite
of her extremely delicate health.
The Hon. Mr. Itiilhiiii Tennyson, now
Irfird Tennyson, ariys his father's death wns
eminently (leaceful and there wns not Iho
slightest trace of suffering, (lin e or twice
during the night he smiled nt those sitting
hy his bedside, and when the end camo ho
appeared as one going to s eep.
mm
LOUD AI.FttF.n TRNNVSON.
I)rd Tennvaon's Illness ilittes from Hept.
27, when he became chilled while driving.
A cohl resulted, w hich develoieil Into I ti
lluenr.a. For the last four days he had been
lying nt the point of dentil.
Hir Andrew ( lark, England's royn' iihysl.
cinn. was sent by tlieipiecnto intend him,
and the whole nation otic red up prayers for
his recovery, but to no nvull. Ills vigorous
constitution enabed him to innkon pro
longed si niggle with death, but tlie outcome
was a loregone fact, at lenst two days ngo.
llli Intellect wns clear and vigorous up to
within a short time be ore his denth, ami hn
expressed no fenr to enter the future world.
A SKKTI'll OF AI.VHKII TKNNHYON.
Alfred Tennvson wns bom nn August 0,
ISir.i, nt Homerdy, a village in Lineoliihliire,
about half way U-tween Hpllshy and Horn
castle, Ho wns one of tho VI children lof
whom seven were sons) of the Hev. O, ("ny
lon Tennyson. I,. I,. 1)., rector of Humurhy
and vicar of (Irimshy Alfred was taught
the rudimentary subjects, partly at home
ndpnrtlvnt "Eadneys Village Heltool."
Alfred Te'nnyson'e first verses wero written
iiMin the inoilel of Thomson's "Hensons."
In 1HLW he went to Trinity College Cum
bridge, and 1H.1I gained a gold medal for a
poem on Tlmbuctoo. He published his
iirst volumo about this time, and in 12 his
second volumo was published
hy Mr. Ed word Moxon.
Ihe story Hint "I.ocknlcy Hull" wns baaed
upon per-nnnl experience is said to huve
not the slightest foundation.
In 1M.V) ho was married lo Miss Emily
Sellwood, and in the same year succeeded
Woodsworth as poet laureate, and produced
nn the day of the funeral of the tltiko of
Wellington (November, 1nV2.) his immortal
"Ode." The t'li mean wur exerted a de
pressing efloct on the sensitive genius, as
evidenced by his poem "Maud." After a
silence ol several years the series of "Idyls
of the King," embracing four stories in
blank verse, druwn from the Arthurian le
gends, restored the p let's waning popular
Hy, and was generully accepted as his great
est poetical effort, a verdict continued tun
years later when the cycle was completed
by tho publication of the "Holy (Jruil and
Other Poems" VlHOO), In tho Inlervnl be.
t ween the publication of tho se. ond of his
Idvls Tennyson had iuued "Enoch Arden '
(l&li). He tins since then
published the "Window, or the
bongs of the "Wrens" (1870)
and several dramas, lyrics, ballads etc.
"A Concordance to ti e entire Works of
Alfred Tennyson," published in 1x 0, is
remarkable proof of the Laureate's wonder
f ill iiopulurity. At the Commemoration of
1K&3, the University of Oxfonl, giving ex
pression to the uni venal feeling of Englund,
conferred on the poet the honorary degree
of I). C. L., and the fallows of his own col
lege, Trinity. Cambridge, endorsing tho
Judgment of the sister university, subscrib
ed to purchase his bust (by Woollier), which
they uavo placed In the vestibule of their
library, and in lMtiu th y unanimously elect
ed hun an honorary fellow of the college.
TUX LAL'HEATK'S OWK POKU ON UKATII.
Tennyson's admirers recall one of the most
beautiful lyrics of the English language,
written by ihe poet in his Hoth year, on this
very subject of death. It tonus a fitting
long for his own going out. It is entitled
"Crossing the llur," and is as follows:
SUDset and evenlua star,
Ami uuw ularcau for me!
Ana may there be ao moaAuaf of the bar
V'hea I put out to tsu)
But suoh a tide as movlntseams asleep,
Tuu full Cor suuuil and loaui,
Wheu that which Ures from out the boundless
deep
Turin, atf ala homo.
TwIllKbt and evening bells.
Ami ulUir that Ihe dark I
Auil uiay Uiere be uo sadueM of farewells
When I eiubarki
tor thoush from out our bourne of Time an
1'Uwe
The floods mar hear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot f aoe to f see
Vt'bea I have c rutted Uie bar.
RILEY'S TRIBUTE,
nil nooaiia POET SIKOI IK riAUl OF TH
PS AD MASTKH.
James Whlteomb Riley contributed to the
Indianapolis ATews the following tribute to
Tennyson :
Ws of the Hew World elasp aaads with Ike OM
In new fervor and with ariuer hold
And nobler fellowship,
O Muter laser wllh (be Anser-tlp
Of dealk Uld thus es lej meludloua Up.
All sees thoa hast honored with thins art,
And ae t uubora. Ibou wilt be part
or all sonss pure and true.
Jlilae now Ua ual'vraaJ homase due
eui O.d aa4 Maw Wwlf-ajre aad Mill the Maw
THE DALTONmiERMINATED
A SOLD ROBBER OANO WIPED Off
THE EARTH.
Thy Maki Thslr Last Raid and Tea
Determined Hen Loae Their Lives.
The Bloodleas Bandit Ba tie Ever
Foucht In Bleedina Kanaaa.
Wednesday morning, shortly after the
UrstJNatlonal Hank of Coffeey ville, Kan
sas opened Its doors, live mounted men rode
up before the hunk. Three of them entered
and with drawn revolvers ordered the
cashier to hand over the money In the safe
ond vault. The cashier nt first refused and
a bullet w hinted hy his head. A number of
rit Kens were nttrncted by the liuiisiinl sight
of live mounted men in front of the. bank,
ond when Ihe sound of tho shot was lienrd
Ihey'rushed Into tho hank and a general
fiislllndc followed.
Tlie robbers retreated from the hank nnd
nttempled to gain their horses, nt the snme
llnio llriug th'lr revolver nt the citizens
who were attempting to kill or capture
tlicin. litthofUht seven men were killed,
four badly wounded, nml twoof the robliers
raptured. Twoof the latlerlnre suld to he
mortally wounded. They are members of
the famous tlnltoti gang.
The dead ure: Hob pulton, desiierndn;
flriuit iMIloti, desierado; Kinmett llaltou,
tl.eraio; .IrMPtdi Knus, desper.ido; John
Moure, "Texas Jack,' desH-rado; T. 0. Con
tie'lv, I'itv Marslial; I.. M. Ilaldwin, bank
clerk; (I. AV. (,'iibloo, ineruliatii; C. O.
lliown, shoemaker.
Tliomns it. Ayers, cashier of Ihe First
National Hunk, was shot through the groin
nml cannot live. T. A. Ileytiolds, ut the
iitiiickliig partv. has n wound In tho right
lirenst, hut it Is not considered necessarily
diitixcroiis. I.ais M, another of the at
tacking parti', was shot III Ihe aide. His
wound is n serious one, but is not Intnl.
Tho Itohhcr entered II. e village nt (1:30 n.
m nml sepernled, two of llieiu going to
Contlnn's lltiuk end tiieotbersgoing to the
First National Hunk. At Condon's Hank
tbe men were told by Ihe easnier that Ihe
safe wns regulated by n tune lin k nnd
could not be opened Until III o'clock. They
covered him Hlih Winchesters and lold liliii
lliey unuld wnit. In th imantiinu the
olbers went Into the I' irsi Nniioiial Hank
and oideieil ( ,iliier Aver to hand over tho
money in the vim t. At Ural he refused, and
ntlemiiled to reach for his revolver. One of
tlie gang fired it shot lit him. Ho then
handed over what money was in the safe,
and, niter phicing it in n bng, Hie gang
started to n-Jolu their confederates, but cin
Eeus quickly enthercd uud attempted to can
turn Ihe robbers, who went immedinti'ly
recomiiz-il as members of the Pa I Ion gang
ol outlaws.
Tbe robbers fired nt Ihe crowd of citizens,
and the sliols were re'iirued w itli precision
nnd effect. The thrilling, became a general
ono, and bullets Hew thick nml fust. When
tbesmoke ol tlio bnllle cleared nway. four
of the Hallon iraug were lying dead on the
ground, nnd litre- citirens were also killed,
t wo of the robbers were wounded, nnd
three eititims had re eived serious bullet
wouiiils. Ino of the gang aiiceieded In es
cuni ng, hut n mounted posse Is in pursuit,
and it is certain thn he w ill he cm tured.
ALL TIIK STOI.K.X MONKV IIO OVKIIKII.
After the bntlln waiovcr aean h wiih inn In
for the money which tho bandits Imd secur
ed from the two banks. It was found in
the sucks where it had been placed by the
robbers. One sack was found under tbe
body of Hob Pillion, who had fallen dead
upon it while ho was escaping from the
First National Ilauk. The other wns
found tiddly clutched in Texas Jack's
hand. The money was restored lo its right
ful owners.
Tlie bodies of those of (he attacking party
wlio were killed wore removed to their re
spective homes, wlnle Iho hodlos of the
lead bandits were allowed to remain where
they had fallen until tlie arrival of the Cor
oner from Indcienileic, who had them re
moved lo tbe Court House. There he he d
on inipicst, the Jury returning a verdict In
accordance with tlie facts. The impicst over
the bodies of the dead citizens wnl he post
tsnied until the result of the pursuit of Al
lie Ogee is known. Poring the lime the
hodi.-s rcmalind In the aqunrn they were
viewed by hundreds of thn people of this
and surrounding town, who, having heard
of the tragedy, cuine in swa ins to inspect
the scene. The excitement, was Intense, nnd
tlie Into of Allie Ogee, should he be cap or
ed, was det rinlned by uulver.-ul consent,
lie will bo hanged.
HISTORY OF THE BAN'D.
TIICT BSCIIK UT Cimi BTKALINfl A!CD ISD IB
BANK AMI THAI P.OIIIIKIIIKS.
The Paltonn were numerous family.
There wero live boys and three girls, of
thn boys two were unguged in fanning one
In Oklahoma, w hore he mother of tho
family lives, and one near Coffey ville,
where threo of the brothers met theirdeatli
to dny 'I he Pultons wero second cousins
of tho noted James boys, wdio detlod the
law in Missouri for so many years, and
throinrh them were related to the Younger,
who are now serving life terms of inipr.s n
mem in the penitentiary of Minnesota.
Hob Pulton wiu the Iirst of the Iroys lo
outer upon a en eer of crime. Whi'e he
was scarcely more thun a boy ho became o
cnttle thief and did a thriving businosi,
driving off cuttle from the her on the
Cherokee Htr p. an I taking them across the
Indian Territory into Colorado, whore he
would sell them He was Joined soon
after he entered the business by his brother,
tirulton Palton. Their doDredalinns be
cume so frequent and troublesome thnt the
attlemen organ sod lo drive them from th
trip. A po-s of cowboys wts formed for
that purwwe und gave tho Palt mt a bard
chase. Dually Icing thun in the wilds ol
New Mexico.
The next heard of the Paltons was in
California, where they took to train nnd
stage robbing. While robbing a stage there
ie of the passenger was killed In the at
tack. This spline I theolllie a on to extra
ordinary efforts to effect the capture of the
gang, and Orut Palton was tlnu ly captured.
While beiiw taken to a place l r sire keep
ing, he was rescued by the othtr members
of the gang, the whole party tinully eacup.
Ing afierbeim: chased in Caliioruia and
through a good part of Arizona
In the spring of 1Kh, the gung turned up
again ill the Indian Territory when Okla
homa wasoittiiod to settlement, Ihe Dalton
bovs secured a choice claim for their
mother near Hennessey, whore she still
lives, supported nv one of her sons. At the
time of tlie opening. Hob Pulton was a
United MUites Marshal, being selected on
account of his peculiar Atueas to deal with
dosperaie characters.
Af ertlie owning he returned to his life
of outlawry and he and Unit were then
Joined by tneir brother Emmett, the young
est of the hrnthe-a. They wore at that tima
also Joined bv Texas Jack, and soon gather
id about the in several desperate churaatera.
It was then that the most successful period
of the Palton'a career, fiom their stand
point, began.
Their attention was flrst-dlrecled to the
robbing of ex p -ess trains and perpetrated
many aucreaalul "hold-ups," the moat noted
of which or the robbenea of the Kanta Fe
at Wharton end Red Rock; tne Missouri
l'acillo at Adair, and the 'Frisco near Yin-ita-
Tha Wharton robbery was, perhaps, the
moat dramatic of all. The robbers went to
Wharton on horseback, and, entering the
stai ion there, asked Ihe operator if the train
was on time, lie replied that he would In
qui , and was about to do so, when one of
Ihe band, leariug that the operator had
tee 'guixed theui, shot biut dead upon lb
spot without a word of warning. When Ihe
train arrived It waa held op alter the regu
lation manner.
After the pursuit of the robbers which fol
lowed, Outlaw Ed llrvant was captured at
Enid by Deputy United Htates Marshal Kd
Bhort, known throughout Ihe entire Terri
tory as a most brave officer, Htiort placed
hia' captive in a baggage ear of a Hnnta Ke
trnili to takeihim to (luthrie. He hnd dis
armed him, placing his brace of revolvers
on a convenient trunk, and hail placed lb
itriB-do in Irons. When thelrsln reached
Adair, Hhort disembarked to send a tele-
irnphic mcasnge.
I When he re-entered the enr llrynnl had
I recurred one of his wennons. and, holding it
, In his manacled hand, fired, mortally
wounding Hhort. '1 lie officer, however, hnd
pim-mkiii fiiiiuuii mi seire uia i iiicnesier nun
iiuniied four Lulieta Into llryant's Ixiily.
expiring ns he pulled Ibe trlggar for the lrt-1
time.
'J her were no fatnlllles ntlendlng lb
lied I lock robbery, but Ihe Allan rohbery
resulted m Ihe death of two men. The ex
press enr wns enarded mi thnt occasion, and
n hot light between guards nnd I lie robbers
look plain. The place where Ihe t'liln wns
held up was In the mnlsl of Ihe town. One
tray bullet passed into the loom of a pbv
sle'nn, nnd, siriklng the pliysiclnn in tint
head, killed him Instantly. ' Another physi
cian who, In uring tbe tiring, bad run ill Its
direction, was also hoi nnd killed.
'I he last train robbery by Ibe gnng wns
thnt of the 'Kri-eo, nenr Viliiln. 'I ho
amounts seined bv the robber" tu their
rii'ious raids will po-sibly never he known.
It nns very prnnt. however, und hits been
ollmntcd nt too.oon.
After lb- 'Kriseo rohbnrv the linltonsseetn
lo have dive'led th'li ntteniioii to the rob
b ry of banks. Tncy rl- into F.I lieno ono
dnv nml mincked the onlyl imk In the town.
The only person in the bntik ut the time
was the wife ol lh" l'ri-ld lit. w ho fniiited
tit ihe first sight of tbe u.tly revolvers. Tho
baud i Is lei.urely took nil Ihe money In
sight, and, remounting their I or.es," mail
away. This raid netted them till oMi, which
was such n Severn loss to the bank Hint It
was forced Into liquidation.
Wednesday wns tbe m-xl and Inst raid of
thn uniig, nu I with it ended the f xi-tence of
a hand equaled only In tho h-sMjrate char
seierofus undertakings by tho Jumna and
Younger bands.
A HOMEBTKAU DYNAM1TEB.
An Attempt to Blow Forty Non Union
Is In o Atom.
An explosive wns thrown into tho Man
sion House, lloiuosicu I, I'ii., early Friday
morning, nml all Hie gln-s in the windows
of the building shattered nod somo other
little dumngii done. Tho hou-o was occupied
hy about 41) hoarders, hut no one was liijur
td. The building w as recently purchased hy
the Carnegie Company from John F. Cox,
and was used ns a boarding house for non
union men. The explosion cnu-cd u panic,
among the boarders nml groat excitement In
Ihe borough. Tin-exp osive, stipi-osed tube
a dynamite bomb, wns thrown through the
glass in the front doof, A rigid investiga
tion is being made hy Hliorill McClcnry.
Hiierlnteiideut Morrison, of tho Duqucsne
Mi el Works, staled yesto'duy that ho had
proof that a man w ho has been prominent
ly Identified with not only the Homestead
t rike.hut who win conspicuous in the strike
at Puqiio'nc, I'n., Inst year, recently pur
chased ) pound. of dynamite. Tu guard
against a repetition of Friday's attempt,
Sheriff McClcnry placed a deputy on guard
at each of tho four lare honrding housis
whe-e non-union men lire qunrtered, while
two deputies will hereafter Htrol tho town
at nijht.
c.LMrnAi.i.v iiKi'i-nittn.
Tlie strikers nnd people of Homestead
generally deplore, the ullalr, as they realize
that it will lend to iillenutu tlie sympathy
of tlie masses tr im them. Tho Advisory
Hoard Issued a statement deploring tho at
tempt to blow up the house ami condemn
ing such actions very strongly. They any
they have boen trying to show thnt they are
law-abiding citizeua nnd want to continue
In thnt way. It in Intimated In the state
ment that tho work was done to keep the
troop nnd deputy sheriffs in Homesteud:
The slnte rneiit concludes ns follows:
'We want It ilUtliM-lly understood thst we eon
denut nil surli nulrHic-. slid to eonvttu-i- the fiul, lu
we un-In anient vie liur.-o orri-r a reward of one
biinilred (SIiiiii lorltie arri-sl Slat couvleil'in or the
criminal, whether he bv 4 uou uulou luau or a loch
Sjli.,, man '
A ORA8SHOPPER SCOTJROE.
Myriads of Them In Kanaaa and
X aaouri.
Mytlads of grasshoppers have appeared in
Buchanan (Kansas) and odjolnlng counties
ami uro rapidly Uesli oying tho winter whent.
Tho hoppers are not of the variety that np
peare I In lBT'J, but are the common Held
grasshopper thnt stiiys In one locality an en
tire season. "i t arm, diy weather lnt
hntched Ihcm out by tho millions, nnd un
less a cold ruin or frost comes immense dam
ago will be done.
The reports of tlie appearance of swarms of
grasshoppers In various parts of the country
are get.lng numerous that they ore begin
ning to cuiise some nnxi y regarding the
teuder winter wheat plant which Is Just ap
pearing above ground. Fourteen tounties in
Missouri report t J the Stale secretory of the
board of agriculture that the inscc s are so
numerous that they are c.inaing alarm to the
farmers. In many par s of Eanws they are
aid to be tbreuteniim lo destioy many acre
of wheat
COLLISION AT A CR0S3IKQ.
A Train Strik a a S:reet Car, Killing Two
Passengers and Injuring
Thrao O hare.
A Cincinnati street car on tho Fairmount
line was struck by a truiu on tho Haiti more
and Ohio Southwestern railroad ut the
Brighton crossing Wednesday evening, kill
ing two pu-sengvrs and seriously injuring
two uioro besides the conductor. The watch
man nt the cios-ilng raited the gates and al
lowed the cur lo puss through. Ilelore it got
ufely passed, however, tLo train rushed
down uKiu it, striking the rear platform,
turning the car over and 111 row Ing passen
gers In every direct. on. The dead are: John
fries and John L. Murray.
John Fiixpatrick, the conductor of th
car, wits ser.oualy hurt and two iosseiigen,
named J aeon Ft znage. and James John
sou, wore aiao badly cut and bruised.
Another Peck Be port,
ji'ior Commissioner Peel: of New York
baa issued another section of bit statistical
tables on wages and labor. Tbe section
consists of tables E. and F, They show that
of 177,701 men In th construction trade
from whom report bar been received,
l77,tU had their condition improved by
protection, and 17 were lesa prosperous.
Tab! Fsbow that of U2.&2 working peo
ple beard from not a single on waa requir
ed to work mor boura, but all bad hours of
work reduced. . Of th laborer report
(d (1,312 had their wage increased and 17
reduced. Employers reporting an of both
parties.
LATER STATE HEWS.
Happening of Interest In Pennsylvania,
Onto and West Virginia
PENNSYLVANIA.
Aft ALTOOHA III1NTP.R Kfl.L'.n.
Hnys E. Ilutler, employed In the Hosnt.
Ing Taper Mills, lllnlr county, had one side
of his bend blown off by charge of buck
photon Hhrirl Mountain. Ilutler wns hunt
ing In company wllh four others. William
E. (Intea was c'imhltig over fence, when
his gun was discharged accldently, Ilutler
receiving the load. The victim cannot live.
HTHANdl.r.llTI PfAtlt pr A WIXPOW.
Poring Ibe absent o of his parents from
home at Fleetwood, Hcrks county, Eugene
Merkel, nge 1 .1, tried lo get into tho house
by the wny of Ihe window, when the snsh
fell nn his bend nml ho wns found In that
position several hours Inter, strnngled to
death.
rim i rs ron tiir rt niors.
On the assumption Pint n,(Mi,fsi0 ffTlclal
and snmplii ballots will bp required for tho
coining election, n Inxniycr with n head for
IWiirc. bus discovered that, w ith the tickets
fiJx ii Inches, it will lequneas much paper
ns would ompletely cover two nnd eieht
tpoths sipian-miles ot (.-round, or about
l.WKi acres. Htr -tcbed in a fingln linn. Ihey
would reach H.i7 tulles, or about one
third the d stance around tho globe.
Jnmes II. Hchsffer. engliie-r nnd fl. It.
Jobcs'on. his tiremnii were smotliereil to
dentil In a tunnel, near Handy Creek, by
moke from their sialic I eiminn whicti had
some to a dead stop in the tunnel.
Pnvld nnd Homer King, of West Middle
sex, polled nn Is pound nike nut of th
(ihoiiango river on I humbiy ulternooii.
- (TlTlO
that Moos-r.vr.n itorx.
Tho "moon eyed horse case," which hn
exliiiusted all the horse know edee of tlie
county courts, where it ha been fought
ever silica the spring of 'III. was finally de
cided nt Hleiibenville In Invor of tun defend
ant. Iloth parties live in Wnrren township.
Nearly two veursngo llonry Merklo aold a
horse to lleorite Medlll. 'I wo weeks after
the sale the horse went blind. Veterinary
experts pronounced thedisene hereditary,
declaring Unit It could not develop in the
short time meii'ioned, and therefore tho
seller must hove known of the animal's de
fect. The queer featurenf theease was Hint
while tlie horse wus uii'iuesiioiiably blind
nt times at others ho had lailter than nor
mal sight. The moon's clinngns, it is said,
did tho htislne s f T the brute, Id vision
varying as lb nnsm wnxod or waned.
Finally exerts it uiounced thn case one of
periodic ophthalmia, nnd Mcrkie mado
Kood his di'leii-e that he sold tho horse on
trial and that up to the t'lne Ihe trinl ended
and Ihe horse wns nocciited there wns no
thing wrong and that tlio nntinnl wns all
right when the phiiuiifl tie.k him on trial.
IIAII ICC Clll'.AM ( At SKtlSKVKKAl, I'KATIIB.
At a reception held recent'y ut the home
of Itoss Johnson, Ht High liblge, 15 people
ale icecream made from milk thnt stood in
liter that flowed Ibroiuh a newer. I'hysi
i inns snv the milk was affected with hector
In, which resulted in all who nte of tho tea
crnm contracting typhoid fever. Jnmes
Johnson and Mr. nnd Mrs. K""- Johnson
have died ami several moro deaths are ex
peeled. In ronsrquencc of the preva'enco of scar
let fever nt rtt. Cluirville, tho public schools
have been closed.
DEMOCRATS SWEEP OEOROIA.
They Carry tho State by About 80,000.
Th Pjopio'a Party Makea a Very
Poor Showlna;.
Georgia has voted tho Democratic ticket
by about 80,000. Wednes lay noon it waa
sdtnitted that the Democrat hnd 30,000
majority; the agricultural counties being
conceded to the People's patty, it was her
thnt Ihe surprise was shown. When there,
ports from thine counties began to come In
they showed a steady stream of big majori
ties for the Democrats. The counties
known to be hot-beds of . third partylsm
came up with a surprising change of front
Tho People's party leaders were completely
demoralized. Itockdale,the home county of
People's Candidate Peek, gave 509 mujorily
for Nor then, the Democrat.
EARLY OCTOBEB SMOW
Pall In Many Pnneylvanla and Naw
York Town and Cover the Catskl Us.
The first snow of the season fell at Phila
delphia Wednesday afternoon.' At Frack.
yillc, I'u., a blustery mow storm occtired
which soon eover.il tha ground, prevailing
along the whole of liroad Mountain. Th
storm continued unabated for over an hour,
but disappeared almoit ns rapidly as it fell,
A slight snow also occurred at Pittsburg.
Dispatches from Rochester, Schenectady,
Kingstown, Wutertown and Buffalo, all in
Jtew York State, report light flurries ol
mow in those citios. Tho peaks of th
Catskills ure covered with snow, which f e 1
to the depth of two inches. The ground
was covered from Delhi to Rig Indian, coy.
ring a section of many miles
REVENUE OFFIOERS KILLED.
Three Shot by Moonahlnera-TJnclt
Bam After th Murdirer.
In a desperate tight with moonshiners, in
Lincoln cjunty, Tcnn., threo Internal Rev
enue officers were shot. 8. D. Mather,
Deputy Collector, was killed, and Joseph
S. Spurrier, Special Deputy Collector, and
C. 8. Cardwell, Deputy General Collector,
wero mortally wounded.
Instructions have been telegraphed from
Washington to Marshal Harrison, Collectoi
Nunu and Revenue Agents Chapman aod
Knisley to procure assistance and proceed at
once to tbe scene of action and arrest all
nerons connected with the tragedy.
CONNECTICUT IS CLOSE.
EosnbUcans Carry a Majority of the
Town.
K turns from 131 towns out of th 162
wbieh voted In Connecticut on Tuesday,
how that the Republican hay carried 00,
th Prmpcrat S3, and that in nine results
ire divided. The vote has been very close,
m t here some towns bar shown Repub.
(can taint, others have scored Republics.
ktsca.
TES PALTON REWARD HONEY.
It Will Be Paid When the H'lA Men'
Identity Is Estab tehd.
Walls, Fargo 4 Co , San Francisco, hav
telegraphed the officials at Coffey ville, Ka.,
that as soon a th identity of th dead Dal
ton I established, th rewards, made up
Jointly by lb Southern Pacific railroad an I
th xprs company, amounting to t-I.OUO,
would be forwarded.
A Contraat la the Weather Line.
Snow fell In Troy, Pa.. Tbursd.iy for th
first time this season. A yar ago Thurs
day In Troy th thermometer rg!st.-rl 98
abova mm.
. OOOD TRAPS OOMtlMWItS.
Thi Appreaihlng Rleotlon Baa Not
Vnasttlad Bualnns.
R. 0. Dun A Co'l Wfkly Iltrha of
Tmilt snys:
Th first week of October shows mor ac
tivity In spite of the nenr approach of tha
1'resldentlnl election, llualite-i is distinct,
ly better nt the Bout Ii on account of th
Improvement In the price of cotton; mor
ctlv nt th West, with Improved crop
prospects, and only slightly retarded at th
East. The moderate Increase In the demand
for money at New York, which preceded
tbe October settlement, hns passed without
any embarrassment, and Ihe rate for money
on call Ima declined from Si to 41 per cent.,
wldle nt other cities the money markets
re reported nhuiidsntly supplied with
funds. The expei ted reaction from Ihe ex
treme low prico of ci ttnu helps business nt
tho Houth, nml, although wl t is low In
price, it It a little better than it wus a week
g.
At Millndelidiln trn In in lewelrv am
pnuils is s i l she-tory, in liquors and tobacco
goon, nun Krcniiy in chemicals, while Inisl
nets in urocerieH is lully i quiil to lust year.
II iitip is brighter at llaitimorn nnd th
p.i' k in ' trade opens with grent promise,
While building transaction are heavy.
Att iiicinnati tindi in groceries is good,
an I in the month of Hepfeinln r nb ut SO
portent, greater than last year, while other -trade
is active nnd money growing some
what stilt At Ind niiapol'is thero is a boom
in mnnufactiiriu, en I ruiiro.ids llnd it ex
ceedingly dillicu t io bniiolo all ti.e tomi,ge
tillered. At Detroit ii'iinulnciiiriinr is decid
eillv active and woiks ure employed fuil
time
Chicago reports a large trade in merchnn-'
(Use nnd goo I iid ;ecl Ions, with liaukcienr.
Ing 1 1 per cent, lurger thnn n year ago mul
a decided increase in renl eatnln and lumber
transactions. I (crept of cnttle, hogs and
sin-ep are slightly larger than a year niro,
but teci-iplsof Hour, hnrley.cuiesc.bidesnnd
(Ire-sill iM-ef urn double fast vear; of whent
and butter, three times Inst year, and ofont
und broom corn, four nines lust yenr, and a
decrease being noted only in seeds, lard,
wd and rye. At rit Paul trade is mnteri
ally greater thnn a year ago, nnd nt Minne-
ojiolis verv good, lumber being unusually
active nml tbe nutiuit of Hour 2if," bar
rels, agtiinst llll.tssj last, year, Illumes, t
Kt. Ixiilis is luoru active than itsto.1 mul v.l.
lections from 1. 1. At Kansas City, trade ia
steady, cattle receipts heavy mid collection
f.'lirlv satlhfiif titri-
AiOmabu business Is gr.oil, particularly i(,A
in KO'i-eru-s, uii'i ui ircnver IIIIMIICS is un
proving. Ncurlvull (southern citiea report
better trad", though at Little Hock i.ron
iec!s are not considered encouraging, llnsl
nesa ut Ixiiiiaville is improving Willi largo
sales of tobacco; ut Na-hvil.e trade is fnir
and nt .Memphis improving, and n decided
Improvement is noted nt New Orleans, with
better prices for lotion und very good col
lections. The iron Industry is doing well. Notwllh
slamliiiK ibe resumption ol work by ninny
establishments, wbtcli weie idle a long time
on account of strikes, the consumption of
pig iron apparently exceeds tlie production,
nnd Ihe u. oiaiid gives a decidedly suffer
tone to the market.
Tho hiislneaa failures during the Inst
seven days numbered, lor the Pulled Htate
ls4, 1 mind 30, totul -it, ns com Hired with
Jl) Inst week, -iU tlie week previous to the
last, and 2,0 for Ihe conesjioiidiiig week
last your.
WHAT IS TREASON t
A Letter oaths Subjsot from Ex'Ohlef
Ju lee Aanew.
Th ntUhurg (Pa.) Comnwrclat Oatrltt
requested Chief Justice Agnew'i opinion a s
to what constituted "Treason," and re.aivd
the following reply:
To the Editor of the Commercial Oatotl.
The Cnmmereinl Oaxrtt asks my opinion, i
as lo treason rgninst tneHtate.
At the ni.taet I must say 1 can give nona
as to the Homestead cases. They are in the
hands of the Judiciury and it would be toe
proper to interfere. ,
'Hy the net of March SI, ITO, treason I
clashed among the chinos against the stute,
nd is defined thus:
" 'If any trson owing allegiance to tha
commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall levy
war nguinst the aurna. or shall adhere to the '
enemies thereof, giving them aid and com
fort within the stale or elsewhere, and sliull
be thereof convicted on conlesslon in open
court, or on tbe testimony of two witnesses
to the same overt act of the treason whereof
he shall stand Indicted, such ltf-rson ahull,
on conviction, lie ad judge-1 guilty of treason
nguinst the common wealth of Pennsylvania,
and be sentenced lo pay a fine not exceed
ing (2,'ssj and undergi imprisonment by
separate and sodtary coiiliiieiiient ut labor
not exceeding tvreho years.'
"The act is definite. The traitor Is on
who owes ullegianco to ti.e state nod is guil
ty of a breach of it. The centr.il tho iglit in
treason is a h'eneh of faith, of that tie of
duly which the traitor owes to the state her
self; and Is not lo be cuiifoiinued with
mere violation of the law. Trca-on include
a violation of law, but it embraces moro, a
violation of faith. Its essence is treachery,
perjury, a violation of confidence.
"Treason, said ('. J. Marsha I, is a breach k
of allegiance, nnd can be committed by hint
only who owes allegiance, either perpetuul
or temporary. In the Patir. it is traders, to
give up. surrender, or betray.
"Allegiain e means the ligament, t'e, or
obligation atuhject or citizen owes to hia
king, state or nation. Hence, treason Is th '
breach of this liirament, or indication. With
this thought it is easy to distinguish treason '
from riot. It lies in the purpose or intent
or the traitor to overturn the government, or
subvert tt.e law. or destroy an institution
of the suite. Riot is a breach O' vio ation
of law, but without a purpoae against th
state.
"The whiskey insurrection of 1791 Is an
illustration -if treason. Tbe United Plate
noiuied a law to levy an excise on spirits.
Tbe purose of the Insurrectionists was to
resist the law itself, and compel its abandon,
roent or repeal, and tor this purpisse ihey
took lip arms. It illustrates another thomrbl
that of class, vis: the law of a cias thoa
uguged in distilling end selling spirits.
"On the other hand the great railroad riot
of 1ST? illu-trutes a mere breach of law. It
purpose wus privute, to remedy th alleged
wrongs ot the employes, and waa directed
against the railroad company, and not tba
btute. It was a terrible violation of law, In.
eluding a resort to arms and munier. but
the rioters had no purpose uguiuat th Stat .
in violation ol their allegiance.
"Tbe difference between treason and riot
lie in th purpose, public in on, private in
th other.
"Respectfully, Ac, Dakikl Aojxw."
M.uoa Joseph Maooki walked into ChW
cago on th Rock Islund tracks, completing
a walk of 2,100 mile front Uraut county,
Ore. Major Mugou undertook; hia long
tramp July 4, ud, except swimming a
river in Oregon, h walked every step of th
way to Cbicag i to attend th dedicatory x
ercis of th Columbia a Exposition.
Major Magon la.82 year old.
Kra, Harrison Orowiaa Won.
Mrs. Hsrrison is reported to hav spent
comfortable day, but a deep feeling of anx
lety and concern prevails. Or. Gardiner,
upon hia visit to-day, aaid her condition ia
vary serious
Tint I wore bodies were rm...
from th Norri mine at Iron wood, Mich. . 4K
k.l V ... t i . . 11
tu vwiei utiw w tu lirtu nogTIIVAl allll
two mora Uejluried under th debris.