We wilt to England Inst year f!
5!1,000 worth of shoe leather.
Pennsylvania is more closely grid
ironed with railroad trucks thnu Ger
many, Franco or Holland.
The. advocates of cremation assert
Hint Itnrinl grounds will lo regarded ns
relics of nn uncivilized ngc by the yenr
1994.
The Americnn Uiblo Hociety, which
does not pretend to print itn Bibles in
nil languages, issues either the whole
Hildo or portions thereof in 212 lan
guages and dialects.
Mrs. Evn Blackmail, member of the
Jiolicc board of Leavenworth, Knn.,
ban removed two mouthers of the po
lice force because they were bachel
ors, nnd appointed mnrried men to till
the vncincieft. Her husband gets one
of the places.
The total ehtiinnt -d ))opnlntion of
the world is l,47l,72',Ol0. The post
age stumps mnilo for the United States
Government hy the Americnn Rank
Note I'ompnny, New York City, dur
ing the yenr lN'.M, would supply two
stamps to ench person on tho earth,
with (i miflieieiit immlier left over to
be ready for the natural increase.
An interesting n:id valuable relin of
Revolutionary days hits been unearthed
nt Lancaster, IVnn. It is tho field
and camp book of General Sullivan,
of the Continental Army, an 1 in it if
recorded the hist ry of the famous
mnrch in 1779 from New York and
Wyoming and up the Susquehanna
Valley to punish the Tories and Indi
ans for the Forty Fort m:iss:iere. It
will probably bo deposited with the
Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
The new counterfeit silver dollars
seen ho frequently of hit ? are the only
counterfeits ever known worth intrin
sically as much as the genuine dollar.
Hilver is ho cheap that tho linker of
tlieno dollar-) puts exactly as much in
them ns the government puts in its
dollar that is, about fifty cents'
worth, or a little less. Beyond a
roughness and varing thickness it is
difficult to tell it counterfeit from a
genuine dollar. Both ring nlike.nnd,
judging from tho number in circula
tion, both pass equally well.
Considerable interest is attached to
the fact that oil has "been struck" or
rather, to put it in its true light, indi
cations have been found at AHhwick
Conrt, Somersetshire, England. Bor
ings are being conducted under the
direction of petroleum experts and a
representative of the governmental
geographical survey, and the result it
being anxiously look 3d forward to by
the people of tho district. The fact
of petroleum being now so abundant
nnd cheap would make any undertak
ing unprofitable uuless the oil were
present in quantity.
The Atlanta Constitution remarks:
"Fnblio sentiment is rapidly crystal
lizing into a determined opposition to
public, executions, but it lias been re
served for Indiana to set the example
of a model private execution. At
Jeft'eraonville, lud., when Stone was
executed for murder the warden fixed
midnight as the hour for the hanging.
When tho time arrived the warden
took tho prisoner, nnd without saying
a word, led him to the scaffold in a
corridor of the prison. He adjusted
the straps, pulled down the black cap,
touched the spring and let the drop
full. Stone had no chance to make a
speech. He suw before him only, per
haps, a half dozen officials, and if ho
expected a larger audience and an op
portunity to make the usual gallows'
apeech he was badly disappointed.
.We cun imagine nothing more depress
ing to the average criminal than a
privato midnight execution conducted
in dead silence, with no excited crowd
of spectators to encourage him to
pose ns a martyr or a hero. The new
Indiana fashion is infinitely butter
than tho old way. Fablio exexitions
are brutalizing nnd they increase
crime. They cause thousands of peo
ple to quit work and congregate
arouud the gallows to gratify their
morbid curiosity. Among the spec
tators there are ulwnys many
who admire the prisoner's pluck, if
he displays any, and his maudlin
boasts that he has been forgiven and is
going to glory, loud sonic ignorant and
brutal men and boys to believe that when
life no longer has any charms for them
the scaffold can be made the stepping
stone to heaven. Private midnight
executions terrorize, not only the pris
oner, but they cause the criminal
masses to view with alarm the prospect
of a duonj so swift, silent and grim
leap from the darkness of this world
into the blacker gulf of the unknown.
The Indiana method will be generally
approved throughout the country,
THE PEACE ARMY MARCHING
ON TO WA8HINOTOW.
Scenes snd Incidents Along the Bout.
The Army Growing- Footsore snd
Weary.
nr. TF.STH A OflFAT DAT.
Corey's dusty, wenry nnd footsore army,
looking mom disreputable; tlinn ever, went
Into enmp nt Exposition Park, Allogheny.rn.,
shout 4 n clock Tuesday afternoon and re
mained there 2 days.
It wns by odds tho grentost day In the his
tory of tho Coxey movement. There wns HO
unwonted excitement nil the way from Ho-ir-Kley
to Allegheny. Tho army moved
from Newlekloy nt!l. 20 o'clock, after having
been served bread, cold meat and weak eof.
foe. It wns not llin most sntlsfylng menl for
men who had slept on tho ground under a
badly torn tent. lioforn leaving Hewicklcy,
Browne took ocnslon to Issue a special order
In whleh he made reference to the ejectment
of Judge Ktowe from tho camp the night he
fop, it forrtiig to him as "an objectionable
rharneter" and specially urged upon the men
to behave most circumspectly.
At .laeks llun lunch wns served. It con
sisted, for tho men, of hrend nnd very fat
smoked lliteh. Hie officers pit corned heef
One of the men, named Murphy, w hi n he was
hanih'd his portion, looked at It, threw it
Imi'k Into the commissary wagon and started
to say something.
In an Instant lirowno nnd tho Vnknown
hml collared him, ripped his badge "It ant
discharged him from the army lirowno feani
ed a mutiny.
One Is exported one of these dnv that will
ho anything hut pleasant for those In charge
of the commissary wagons,
Coxey s Armv of the Commonweal had a
rough time of it on Wedni s lay, (whleh was
tho eleventh day out) In Allegheny
snd I'ltttslmrg. There was s series of silvers
happenings which materially weakened the
forces. In the llrst plaee. Astrologer Kirk
hind, the I'ittslmrg cyclone di-serted.nnd then
It rained. When the Allegheny police court
convened in ihe morning there were arraign
ed 40 Individuals who had spent the night In
Central station. Of theso 2 werfl niemliem
of the army, most of them lielonging to tho
holio contingent who had preferred taking
the chance of helng sent up to sleeping on tho
cold ground at the hase hall pnrk. Those 27
pilgrims an-not likely to lie In Washington
on May 1, when the Coxey army Is scheduled
to gather on the steps of the Capitol. for Mag
istrate McKclvy at oneoela-f-cil them vagrants
and sentenced thorn to M dtys ench to the
Work house.
Paring tlie day 22 other members of tho
army were withered In hy tho police nnd
they won" sent to tho work house. Tho
parade announced to take place through tho
principal street of Allegheny nnd Pittsburg
was declared oft. llrst. Iieeuuso the Allegheny
police officials forhld anything of tho kind In
their bailiwick: ami second, I ausn a strong
Intimation was given the army that its pres
ence in l'ittsl.urg would not lie ngrooalile.
In the afternoon a great mass meeting wns
held on the Monongahela warf, l'ittshurg.
It Is estimated that fully 1.1,000 people wero
present. It was tho largest gathering seen
in I'ittslmrg for many years. The crush was
to terrlrllc around 'oxey's on Fringe that one
of the wheels was smashed. Then there was
a rush and scramble to secure the spoki-s nnd
other pie.-es for relic. After the meeting
Coxey gnve hnil to cover the olnlm of tliOO.on
which M. I). Everson had an attachment
taiuvd against him.
On tne twelfth day tho Commonweal eamp
Pil in llonii-steml, l'n.. In an old loo lions-,
snd which wns called Camp Homestead. Tho
urmy moved from Allegheny shortly lieforo
loon nnd reached Homestead Is-fore S o'clock
n the midst of a dispiriting, drizzling rain.
The features of the day wero the strength of
:he nrmy as it marched out of Allegheny, de
spite the onslaughts of the police of that city,
And the numls-r of recruits enrolled at Homo
Itend. '1 hero were over IiOn of them
Tho Commonwenlers nro growing In
itrength. There wero 410 In lino when tho
irmy marched out of Homestead on their
hirtisnitli dny's tramp, mid there was over
150 left when the column crossed tho lilver
ton bridge nnd entered MeKeesnort shortly
Dofore H o'clock in tho evening. In Duipiesne
I lunch of 10 crackers per man and a pint of
middy coffee was served, lloforu reaching
VleKoesport the column wns met by a delega
tion of employes from the Wostinghoiise air
jrake works who nnd come over from Wil
nerding, bringing with them a brass band.
Amid a cold, drizzling rain, over rondj
slippery and dis'p with mud, 258 raggiii,
shivering crentures composing the army or
the fourteenth day out, left McKeesport, Ta.,
for Ellzalieth. lli-fore the march was begur
the men were put through simple marching
movements by Smith. They made a fall
showing. Smith has been having thesedrllli
every morning, and the order kept by the
meu on the road has Improved greatly. There,
was a new formation of tho line, necessitated
hy the liability of the wagons getting stuck
In the mud. Tho Commenwealers were di
vided into live squads of about 0 men each,
before each squad was a wagon, to the
wheels of which tho members of tho squad
were exH:ed to place their shoulders if tho
Mononguhi la valley mud got too strong. At
2.30 the array reached Elizals-th, whom it
was met by an Intcnwtod crowd. Tho river
was crossed to Wwt Elli'nhetli, where a lunch
had tioen prepared by tho citizens. At t
o'clock tho army tiled out of Ellzals-th on its
wnyto Monongahela City, reaching there
about 1) o'clock, after a fieri e struggle with
muddy roads, midnight darkness and heavy
ruin, and enmped in a barn.
On the llftocuth day tho armv's path wa
op and down the stwpest ol hills, over ikku
roads. To add to the hardshi, rations linvt
been light the psst two days, yet despite it all
Hie army hangs together and in cheerful. Th
army arrived at Urowusvlllo, Pa., after
weury march on poor roaits and over steej
hills, witli 2IIH men in lino. At Mi-Keosrl
the lorces wero materlully reduced. First a
body of 1 foreigners who had joined al
Homestead Wi-re "llred" by Marshal lirowno,
who declared they had Ism n induced to iolii
by Wall street agents with Instructions to in.
cftc the r.rmy.to d? unlawful th'ngs njji
thereby givTtho authorities "an fvTiso loi
breaking it up. Then there wero many do
ertionn. The leaders do not mind them,
though. They are glad to see tho force re
duced, for it means less trouble In curing fei
the men in the mountains. The urmy slepl
rtunduy night In a hall hired for its use bj
the town Council of Urowusvlllo and guardo i
by special poliisj, it buying been decided that
was the safest and eiudest way to cure tu
these undesirable guests.
CRUSHED IN THE BUINS.
Four Person Killed, Fivs Wounded an(
Seven Missing.
At Memphis, Tenn., four cheap coffins lull
In a row in the morgue, and five bandagei
forms reposing on oots at the olty hospital
represents the dead and Injured tuken fron
the debris of a tenement building which col
lapsed Hunday morning.
The list of the dead is as follows: Johi
Morgan, Amy Hlmuious, Will Cook, uliui
Henry Gruy, Tottie Murks.
The injured are: Andrew Harris, Cathen
lnelioyU,Lavlnla rerkiun, Georgia (Juy, Con
Hsarpuy. The chalices fur the recovery o
Cora Murphy and CiwMerine Doyd are ex
tremely doubtful. All the persons taken fron:
the ruined building are colored, beven per
tons missing.
Joined the Populists and Sled.
,, '0" Beckley, aged 88, the first white set
tier of Boone township, near Logansport,
lud., died suddenly Tuesday afternoon. A
striking lnoldeut eonneuted with bis death
was his sending a postal curd written to the
LogausiKirt, lud., bjouruai dated 6 a. m.,
la which he said that after 88 yours of Is
mooraey he bud joined the populists, because
J Eh? t,e,"irt4' ttoai triuciplei of
, FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
tfommarlssd PrOosedinn of Our Law
Makers st Washington.
r.IOBTT-JIISTn DAY.
PrSATK.-The dobnte on the Wilson tarlfT
bill oned to-day and continued until
adjournment.
HofsK. The house spent another dny on
the Joy-O'Neill contest for the seat of tho
Eleventh Missouri district, accomplishing
nothing. "
KlSTlfTII BAT.
flssAT. Senator Allison, republican, of
Iowa, dissected the Wilson bill In the senate.
After routine business the senate proceeded
to the consideration of executive business
and later the doors were re-ojiened and the
senate at fi:20, adjourned.
Hiii-sk The deadlock which has prevailed
In the House for the week past over the .Toy.
O'Neill conti-sted clwtion ease was ended by
the passing of a resolution seating O'Neill by
JMto2S. Mr. O'Neill was sworn in. The
House then proi-eeded to the consideration ol
the Knvlish-HillHini ease snd after a lenghty
debate the house adioumiil without action.
Msrrr-rinsT pat.
BF.HATIf.-In the HenateMr. Allison, Ttcptib
llean, of Iown, spoke against the Wilson tar
lit bill, and Mr. Mtils, Homo-rat, of Texas,
made a brief defense of it. After an exoou
live session the senate nujoumcil.
Horsr. The House ifter a lengthy debntn
Voted to sent Wnrr: u 1. English, lleino
erat, as Hcprescntativo from the Tblnl His.
triet of California, in place of Samuel (.
Hllborn, llepubileau. The House then ad
Jouiiied. siTT:TT-rcon pat.
PrrATr. The sennte took up the Itusslnn
ty.lstle bill, appropriating a million dollars.
At 2 o'clock the tnrill bill was laid beforo tho
sennte as tho unfinished business and the
llussian thistle bill went over without notion.
Mr.reffer of Kansas was recognized to speak,
but at 2:08 p. m. the senate went Into execu
tive session, which lasted until 5:10, when the
senate adjourned.
House. Ill the house thesenate bill to give
effect to the award of tho Pnrls tribunal,
prescribing regulations for the protection of
fur seals In Hehrtng sen, wns passed, ltepre
sentntlvo Ilunphy, of New York, Introduced
into the house a hill providing for the an-
fiolntment by the president of a commission
i) consist of four or moro persons to be
selected fnm the different departments of the
government to examine and report upon the
feasibility and desirability of constructing a
boulevard from the Atlantic to tho l'aelll.i
ocean. Tho eomirissloners are to be selected
from the war, agricultural, postolllee uud
Interior departments,
sis r-rninn oat.
FrATK. The tnriff bill discussion Was
continued by Mr. lVffer, and nfter n short ex
ecutive session the senate adjourned.
Hovsr. The house went into committee
of the whole. Mr. Hatoh in tho chair, and tho
consideration of the postofllce appropriation
bill was resumed. After n lengthy debnte the
committee rose and the house at S o'clock
Iksik a recess until 8 o'clock. Tho evening
session wns devoted to pension bills.
MKETY-turBTH DAY.
Sf.natp.. The journal was road and ap
proved and routine business progressed un
til 1.20 p. in. when the senate went Into ex
ecutive session and considered the Chinese
treaty indirectly for two hours on a motion
by Heiiator Mitchell, of Oregon, to debate.the
treaty in open sessii n, but without nccomii
lishiug anything.
HorsK The House failed fo secure a qnor
inn for the consideration of a contented elec
tion ease and adjourned.
NAMED FOR COLQUITT'S BEAT.
Editor Walsh, of Augusta, Will Suoosed
.the Dead Benstor.
Governor Northen, of Georgia, named
Tatrlok Walsh, editor of tho Augusta ' Chron
icle," as a successor to Henator Colquitt,
Ho will accept the sennte seat.
Mr. Walsh has been for years a prominent
figure In Georgia and is held in general
esteem all over tho south. Ho has never
sought publlo office. His time has la-en
given to his newspaper, which he has lieen
conducting for more than a quarter of a
century. Ho is known to the s-ople of the
south because of his philanthropic and
patriotic efforts to advance the commercial
nnd industrial interests of that section
through the columns of his newspnper and
upon tho platform. Ho Is Imposing ot
ilguro on the rostrum and Is a ready extem
poraneous sHaker and eloquent. H organ
ized and carried to smvess the Industrial
exposition of the south and the Georgia state
fair, which was held at Augusta, (la., last
full. Ho was a national oommlssloneMit
large from Georgia, to the world's fair at
Chicago.
Mr. Walsh is 4 years of age. In manner
ho Is courteous and always Bpproaohohle.
His speeches are noted for their bold de
nunciation of sectional animosities in the
south or north.
THE WKISKY WAB ENDED.
Cowardly Troops Dismissed In Di series
by the Governor.
At Darlington, 8. C, everything Is quiet
and business Is being revived. Gen. Hich
oourg bos broken camp and left for home.
Hie embargo on the Western Union office has
teen raised.
The Coroner's Jury find that MoLendon
nnd Cain did the killing of the citizens nnd
that licdmond killed Constable lepier. Mo
Lendon and Cain have lieen given to tho
militury and warrants will be Issued tor
them.
Governor Tillman has Issued a proclama
tion restoring the civil status in Darling
ton nnd Florence counties.
Gov. Tillman, in a general order to tho
troops, gave a scathing rebuke to the New
berry llllles.who responded to the Governors'
call by going to Darlington and doing guard
duty, but disbanding next day. Ho said:
"Your resignations are not accepted, but
you are dismissed from the service of the
State as unworthy to wear its uniform. You
do not deserve it, but I will pay your hotel
bills, and 1 trust I may never be bothered
with any moro such baud box and holiday
Soldiers."
COLD WAVE EFFECTS.
Fruits and Wheat Considerably Injured
by the Cold Bnsp.
The "Farmers' Eoview," Chicago, says
Iteports from eorresKndents in 10 states as
to the injury done to wheat and fruit by the
recent cold weather shows the damage to
wheat Is small in the aggregate, but very bail
in some localitlus where the plant has made
rapid growth. The disaster to fruit was
Widi-siiread. the states where the trees were
most forward suffering most. In the north
ern section of a number ot states the larger
fruits were saved, for the reason that they
had been held back in development. The 10
states reported ttre as follows Illinois, Indi
ana, Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Missouri,
Valutas, Nebraska, lowu and Wisconsin.
Shot Three People.
At the mouth of the Guuley river near
Charleston, W. Va,. Louite Grown was killed,
lames Drown, her husbaud, fatally wounded,
and Harsh Haney seriously wounded by
lamos Huilth. Hnilth weut to shoot the
Haney woman and shot the other two in the
dark, while trying to murdor her. He es
oapea and has goue to kill a man who, he
oialms, alienated Buruh's affections from
him.
Confidence Baptdly Orowiny.
Iteports from the 3,777 national bank! Id
the country under the recent call of the Na
tional government have been received by the
uomptroller of the currency. A summary
shows the lawful money reserve on February
2N, lHtst, to have been t4!i3,SH0.2ul. Mr. Eckles
regards the financial situation aa quite en
couraging. The loans indicate a rapidly
Increasing nontldeuoe and a return of normal
business activity.
LATEST MS SUMMARIZED
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
What la Transpiring the World Over.
Important Eventa Briefly Told.
CArtTAI I.ASOB An ISinrsTBIAU
What was designed to be the greatest strike
ever known to the Connellsvllle, Fa., coke
region has completely collapsed and there Is
not now left enough of the recent uprising of
dlsoont-nted foreigners to make a eredltnble
death struggle to a labor dispute. The strik
ers stood no show In the presence of the
plain lnw administered In heroic doses by
courageous officials. As a result L. It. Davis,
president of the Mine Workers Association,
Daniel Darby, seen-tnry of the association,
snd 138 of their followers nro now crowded
Into the I'nlontown, Tn., Jail, charged with
killing Joseph H. Paddock, chief engineer of
tho H. (!. Frlck Coko Company. Deputy
sheriffs mount) dnnd armed are hunting down
others of the strikers for whom wnrrnnts are
out for complicity in tho murder of ruddock.
Organized labor won Its greatest victory at
Omaha, Nob., when In the United Stales Cir
cuit Court Judge Henry ('. Caldwell handed
down his decision In the I'nloti rnclflc wage
soln dole contest. In tho legal opinion this
ibs'lnrutlon of the court stands out most
prominently! "A corporation Is organized
cipltal: it Is capital consisting of money nnd
projM rty. Organized lalsir Is organized capi
tal; It Is enpltal consisting of brains and mus
cle. What it Is law ful for one to do It is law
ful for the other to do. It is lawful for the
stockholders and officers of a corporation to
associate and confer tog-ther for the purioso
of reducing wages ot Its employes, or of de.
vising some other means of making their in
vestments profitable. It Is equally lawful
for organize 1 lalsir to associate, consult nnd
confer with a view to maintain or Increase
wages, lloth net from the prompting of en
lightened selfishness, nnd the action of Isith
Is lawful when no Illegal or criminal means
are used or threatened."
1 ho Ohio State convention of mine workers
In session at Columbus, has decided to
favor a general strike May 1, unh ss the ojver
atois restore the old scale.
Abovt 1100 union cm pouters of Indianapo
lis, Ind., struck for 30 cents nn hour and
e ght hoi is a day.
Tho fires were lighted in the furnace of the
Valentine Iron company nt Dellefoiito, l'n.,
and employment will thus lie given to tlio
CM) operators of the big plant. Tho furnace
has been Idle since last August.
Owing t) the coke strike the lichnont fur
nace nt Wheeling, W. Va., whlc hwns to have
started up Wednesday, will remain cold inde
finitely. CniMKS AMI I KNAI.TIK.
Mrs. August a Schmidt, of Kokomo, Ind.,
wns sentenced to prison for killing one of
tier tenants. She is the daughter of Ilnronesss
Kchingllng, of (lormnny.
William T. SMI, former New York agent of
the I.ehlgh and Wilkesbnrre Coal Company
pleaded guilty to the embezzlement of
000 and was sentenced four yenrs to Mates
prison.
riSANI IAI. AMU COMJIEBCIAU
The Mound City, Kan., Hank has closed tr
doors, nnd HI ate Hank Exnminer llriedenthri.
Is in charge. This is the oldest bank In the
city. a
ntSASTEKS, ACCinkNTS A!n FATALITIES.
Two children of Mr. and Mrs. Clark, who
reside near Glade Springs, Va., were burne
to death during tho temporary nbse uee ot
their parents.
LEOISI.ATlVr.
Tho Iowa scnato passed the House bill
giving women the right to vote for town, city
and school officers uud on all questions of
Issuing bonds.
The Massachusetts S"nnte defeated, by a
vote ot 25 to IB, the bill granting municipal
suffrage to women. A proposition to submit
the question to a popular vote at the next
(State election was also defeated.
FIRES.
A fire of alleged Incendiary origin destroy
ed the business portion of Hartford, Kan.
WASH1KOTO HEWS.
The annual distribution of seeds by the
Agricultural Department has been practical
ly completed. The work was commenced
last autumn and about 9,000,000 small pamr
bags of seed have been distributed during the
season.
Prof. Brown-Kcquurd, the eminent physl
;lun and physiologist, the supposed inventor
Df the elixir of life, died at l'aris.
Senator Kyle introduced a bill In thesenate
to prevent tho manufacture of clothing in un
healthy places. It Is directed against the
weutiug system.
ELECTIONS.
Kansas Cm. The result of the election
here Is a sweeping victory for the Republi
cans, the entire ticket being elected.
Lincoln, Neb. The RcDublicnus elected
their entire city ticket, mi nibars of the itoai.l
of Education and six out of seven candi lutes
for members of tho City Council. ltesulM
from over the State show that tho main issuu
was license or no llceuso of saloons, with
license generally successful. Iu the larger
towns where party lim s were strictly drawn
ttcpublli'iiiis won the duy.
Bt. Tacl, Minn. The principal cities of
Minnesota, outside of St. l'aul uud Minneap
olis, held elections. The Republicans were
generally successful.
Lkayenwouth, Kas. The Republicans oar.
ry the city by from 300 to 400 majority.
Denyeb. Denver suburbs wont Itepubl!
can, as did also Colorado Springsaud Pueblo,
but the mining camps generally clouted
People's party tickets
Galesbubo, Iu.. The Citizens ticket,
which was supported by the American Pro
tective Association, carried every ward.
Tofeka, Kan. Returns from points where
straight party rights were made, show
heavy Republican gains without a single ex
ception. roBEION,
In the bouse of commous at London, the
Behring sea bill was placed on the second
reading and passed. '
' By the caving-ln of oce of the shafts of .e
Koscbole mine, near Breslau, 11 meu were
killed and a large number uiiurod.
LATEr NEWS NOTES.
Four men were drowned In the Chattn
hooehlo river opposite Columbus, On, Flvi
men were out fishing when the bont wai
Capsized and all except one man went down
A Iehlgh Valley engine was wrecked neni
Pntavln, N. Y., by tho breaking of a side rod
Engineer King was Instantly killed nnd Joht
M. Rooney fatally injured.
James L. Wyrtok, J. T. Hill, alios Alter
Munsker nnd Thomas Itrady were hanged nt
Newport, Ark., for robbing nn express trait
and murdering Conductor W. P. McNally.
Tho eontrai'tors of Indianapolis are one h;
one granting 80 cents ier hour, which th(
cars'iitors struck tor.
As the result of the offlclnl count the Dem
oorntlo representation In Rhode Island Is re
Sliced to rive in a total of 108 members of tlx
legislature.
The net gold reserve In the Treasury nt th(
Huso of business Monday wns 1105,675,701
tnd the cash balance 133.27.310. -
Thn-e men were killed by nbollerexploslor
nt I.nncnster, Ind., Saturday. They wer
Christian nnd Lewis Weber and Cllftor
lllnehart. Two others were frightfully In
lured.
Thn-o men were killed nt the new West
Inghoiise works, Iirinton, Pa., (near Pitts
burg.) by an unexpected explosion of blast
lug powder. The Oeud men are Creations
Nine or ten meu were wounded, the mpsi
seriously lielng the foreman, Owen Dugnn.
At Dubuque, In., 22S girls employed ll
Glover's overall factory struck because tin
company refused to restore wages reduced
last fall.
WEATHER CHOP BULLETIN
An Unusually Warm March, With a
Frigid Wave Following.
The weather crop bulletin for the month ot
March has Just been Issued by the United
States department of agriculture. A portion
of the report reads:
The month of March wns warmer tlinn
nsunl over the entire region east of the Rooky
mountains nnd slightly cooler to the west
ward. The excess ill temperature ranged
from fl degrees to 10 degrees per dnv over the
northern states, Virginia. North Carolina and
Kentucky, while the excess wns only from 2
degrees to 5 degrees per dny In the gulf
states. This great excess of temperature was
due to the unusually warm weather which
provniled during the first three weeks of the
month, during which ooeurreil the highest
temneratnro recorded III March since the
estaiiiisnmeiu ot tnc weather burenu over a
largo area In the southern uud middle
Atlantic states.
This warm period wns followed bythe most
decided eohl wave of the month, which car
ried the lino of freezing weather southward
to the gulf co ist and caused frosts which prov
ed Injurious t frnlis and vegetation over the
ngricultiiiul districts of the central vnllevs
and eastern states. The last divnilo of March,
IStfl, was characterized by the most remark
nhlo temperature extremes occurring In
March that have been recorded since the es
tablishment of the weal her bureau. Within
l.x days over a large portion of the country,
east of the Rocky mountains, lioth the high
est and lowest temperatures yet observed
during March were reported.
The mouth of March was unusually dry
over all sections east of the Mississippi river,
and over the grenter portion of the Atlantic,
coast stntes the precipitation for the month
was but little more tliuu one-fourth of the
usual amouut
THE BLAND BILL DFAD.
The House Refuses to Pass it Over the
Veto.
Mr. Island's attempt to pass tho seigniorage
hill over tho president's veto was mado In tho
house on Wednesday. It had Is-cn foreseen
that If debate wero allowed tho angry free
silver Democrats would attack Mr. Cleveland
unsparingly.
So, as soon ns Mr. Hlnnd moved to pass the
bill there were cries of "Vote, vote!"
Mr. Hlnnd was evidently overawed by the
cries of "vote" and Siieuker Crisp's purpose
to riislisthlngs through, and said no was will
ing to take a vote at once, but Mr. C. W.
Stone of Pennsylvania. said it had lieen ngnssl
that debute should lie had, ami that Mr.lllng
ley, of Maine, desired to speak. Rut amid
the greatest confusion the sieaker put the
question and ordered the call. Only oue name
had been called when Mr. Dlngley demanded
recognition. The speaker peremptorily re
lused to Interrupt the cull.
General Tracey, Democrat, of New York,
iileaded that the Rcpiihllcuus be given n hear
ing, but the speaker ordered hlin to sit down.
Bourke Cockrau, Democrat, of New York,
Weut to Mr. Crisp's desk and osnly expostu
lated, but the speaker would nut yield.
Meanwhile too call wus goinir on amid a
very pandemonium. On the lirst call the Re
publicans refused to vote, but as it lieeamo ni
parent Unit n quorum was dangerously near,
ami that the bill might override the veto, Tra
cey. of New York, Hatter, of Ohio, uud other
uiti-silvcr Democrats went among them,
pleading with theintosavethe country's end
It. So on the second call they voted, and tho
result on the bill was 141 to 114, less than tho
necessary two-thirds, und the seignuuago
measure fell Dually. Mr. Crisp voted to ovux.
ride the veto.
THE NATION'S FINANCES.
Regular Monthly Btatement of ths
Treasury for March.
Tho regular monthly Treasury statement
for March shows receipts as follows, cents
omitted:
Customs, 11.35H,0S4s Internal revenue,
fU, SOS, 427; miscellaneous ill76,ttH5.
The total receipts were thorolore 24,42,
707, as against 34,11S.H0! for March, lM.
The disbursement during the mouth were at
follows: Civil and miscellaneous, ir'J.iiM.lX)7;
war, rt.770,4J7; navy, 3,72H.j:tOj Indians,
7011,1107; pensions, l:f.:J"2.6K); interest,
42411.211: total disbursements .'ll, 137.620, aa
ugulnst 31,K33,4n2 for March lHli.'l. having a
deficit of tl,2!i4,7S for March and for tho
uiue mouths of the present lineal year of $53,
432,027. As compnrcd with March of last year thero
was a falling off lu the receipts from customs
of over 8.300,000s from internal revenue of
122,500 and lrom miscellaneous sources ot
tK44.fl22.
In the expenditures there was a decrease
of 540,1141 on Iudiuu account and 4titl.71
on aecouut ot pensions. There wus a lulling
oft in the interest account ol 4432,734.
TWELVE PERSONS KILLED.
Frightful Results of the Explosion of a
Fireworks Factory. .
A fire yesterday In the fireworks factory of
C. N. Romalnn A Co., in Blandford, a suburb
of Petersburg, Va., causes! a series of explo
sions -yhich killed 12 persons and wounded
six others. The killed arei Charles N. Ro
manic, John II. Rluud, ( apt. James W.Tosli.
James W, Perkins, Junius How land, Robert
Rowland, Jobu F. Norris, Edwurd Fraylor,
William Parker, (jiiiuey Lindsay and James
liryaut, employes of the fuctory, andTbonius
Woodfolk, colored.
Promptly Signed the Baring Sea Bill.
The president received the bill to carry
Into effect thb rewrt of the Bering sea
arbitration commission and immediately
ttltlxed bis signature to it. The bill will now
go the state department and a proclamation
setting forth ita provisions will probably be
issued.
A TALE FROM THE MOTJIT.
TAINS.
MOW A FAItllltH'sl W1PK WAS BAtEB
A Rsmsranbls Pt.rr ol a Wsmaa's
csas Prsm lleslk Tsld la He
Mw Wards.
. .Fromtht flcranhn, Pa., litpuhUran.)
Nearly five miles north ot tbe town of Ber.
wick, In Columbia County, Pa., right at the
foot of a spur of the North Mountains, Is the
home of Amos Cope, a sturdy rouns farmer.
A Scranton newspspsr man drove from '
Berwick to tbe Cops farm In order that the
accuracy ot an Interesting rumor might be
determined.
He had nearly reached the fsrra whsn he
observsd a woman coming towards him from
the fields near by nn I walking somewhat
rapidly. Re was sot certain that he was on
the right road and, awaiting her coming, In
quired as to where Amos Cope llred. Being
told that the farm bourn Just ahead wss the
plaos, he said he had come out to tee Mrs.
Cope, nnd wss fnlrly startled when she re
plied. "I am Mrs. Cops."
Bhe was shout thirty Tears old her eri
flashed with brightness, and her cheeks were
of thst healthful glow Hint Is so common
among the wives and daughters of farmers.
Hhe had been out gathering raspberries ami
was closing up a day's picking of shout forty
quarts. Being asked concnrnlng her sick
ness and recovery, she stated explicitly and
unreservedly thnt shs regarded her pressnf
health better than it had heen In yenrs. "A
of last year, nnd part of ths previous one,"
she said, "1 Just moped about the house un
able to do anything. In bed perhaps mors
than half the time, aud was treated by all the
doctors of the nearby towns. Home of them
doctored me for dyspepsia, others for In
flammation ol ths stomach and rheumatism t
while pleurisy of ths left side, and even in
flammation of the brain (forthereweretlmes
when I knew not what I wns doing) engaged
Ibe attention of otbers. They all teemed at
sen, but I did everything they directed, bnt
without avail.
"Uterine and stomach troubles also at
tended the general breaking down of my
strength nnd body, snd just before last
Christmas I wss foreed to bed from which I
did not arise until during last Slnrcb. Then
none of my friends thought I would ever get
well. Medicines without stint were bought
nnd tnken. so much so thnt I finally lost all
hops of life and was ready to resign myself
to God's will. It was then my husband read
of a medicine enllud Dr. Williams' Pink rills.
He got the pills, and to please him I began
their use just us the directions said they
should be taken. Before tbe llrst box was
used I could feel a decided chauge ; my ap
petite was returning t 1 was no longer dis
tressed by gases on mv stomach ; I could feel
the blood passing through my veins, and
mere wns no more ci that terrible pain In
the region of the heart. My bond became
clearer and clearer, nnd before the second
box was used I was out ol bed. I nm now
using the sixth box, and am so much Im
proved that I feel that any ol the drudgery
ou tbe farm that Is a woman's work I csn
now perform. We bought the Pink Pills at
Dr. L. Reagan A Uo.'s drug store on Front
Bt.. lu Berwick."
Mrs. Emma Posten. a neighbor of Mrs.
Cope, and Mrs. Jacob Wise, a lady who lives
ou tho road leading from Berwick to tho
farm, both confirmed the story of Mrs. Cope's
slokuess. The reporter next visited Amos
Cope where he was working In the field. He
fully corroborated every statement made by
bis wife, and seemed most happy that Pink
Pills had heen the means of bringing good,
health to his sulering wife.
When Berwick was reached the reporter
found Dr. L. Reagan, oue of tbe best known
and most popular practicing physicians Id
tbe place. He is also tbe head of the drug
firm ot Reagan A Co. He spoke freely of
Mrs. Cope s long illness nnd of ber final care
by Dr. Williams' Piuk Pills. Mr. J. W. Diet
rick, tbe druggist, stated that there were
many persons In tbe town now usiug Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills.
An analysis of Dr. Williams' Pink Fill
hows that they contain, in a eondeused
form, all tbe elemonts necessary to give new
life and richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves. They are nu unfailing
spealfli) for such diseases as locomotor
ataxia, partial paralysis, Ht. Vitus' danoe,
selatlca, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous
headache, the after effects of la grippe, pal
pitation of the heart, pale and sallow corns
plexlons, uud all forms of weakness either
lu male or femule. Pink Pills are sold by all
dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt
of price, (50 cents u box or six boxes for
2.50 they wre never SDld in bulk or by th
100) by addressing Dr. Williams' Medicine
Company, Hcheue'Hady, N. Y.,or Brookvllle,
Ontario.
Abopt twenty-two hundred persona
were killed during 18811 by the deadly
car-eoupler. Scattered as these un
fortunate beings were over a great ox
tent of country and the so-called acci
dents extending over a year of time,
no one gives the matter "special atten
tion. When will this horrible anil
useloss slaughter cease?
A postal, s drop or Ink, a request for a free
rstalo 'ue 'f M mailable articles save 21 tiftOo.
n 1. VVeM'i! Nervn anil Brain Treatment, Hie.
t.lver Pills, l.'e.; Porous IMssicrs, I'.'c; H;t
Dye. I'Ju. U. A. Hull. Charleston. S. C.
KNOWLEDGE
Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, witb
less expenditure, by moro promptly
adapting the world's best products to)
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of tho puro liquid
laxative principles embraced la the
remedy, Svrup of Figs.
Its excellenco is duo to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of n Jterfect lax
ativo; cllcctuully cleansing tho system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
anil permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with tho approval of tbe medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it U perfectly free fion
every objectionable substance.
Syrup of Ftp is for sulo by all drug
gists lu 60c and 1 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig byrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every,
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will mi
accept any substitute if ottered.
FHU II