LATEST NEWS SUMMARIZED FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. What la Transpiring the World Over. Important Event Briefly Told. WASIIINOTON. The President has slgnod tho Utah statehood bill. Treasury finances iihow nn Improved con dition, dna solely to largo receipts from In ternal revenue which have reached (or the hnlf month or July H5.000.000. out of A totnl ol 20,500.0)0. The expenditures for the Mile period aggregate (18,000,000. A second exception to tho postal regula tions prohibiting the admission ot livo mil meld and insects to tho mall has boon made In the caw of Australian Indv bird" At the re nucst of the Agricultural Department thn lady birds will lie accorded postal transportation, as the ngircnlturiil officials hope to use them In exterminating scale Insects. disasters, accidents and rATALinr.8. At McKcesnort, Tit., thn National tube Works strike has been declared off. Tho men have nil n-turned to work. .T. II. Johnson August Nelson and John Plppold were drowned hy tho capsizing of their boat at Tort Angeles, Wash. Michael McCarthy waa fntally Injured and John Longciin and Jock George badly hurt I y falling walla at the glass works at Kim Ira, N. Y. News has been received from Albernlo. IV C, ot the drowning of three girls while tathlng.ln Kpront Lake. Tney were Emma Tuber, aged 20; Mary Fabor, aged 18, and Dorothy Fuber, aged 4. A pasengertrnlnon the Chle.A Grand Trunk U.K. was wrecked at llattlo Creek. lch..on Mon day morning. Fireman Thomas Crow was Instantly killed. F.ngineer Miller, Drake man Mitchell, Conductor Bishop and Bag gagemau Adams were all cut and badly bruised. A wnninn named Ilolierts, of Chi cago, was badly cut about tho head and face nnd was also Injured internally. Hcvernl morn of the passengers were bail ly cut and bruised, but none of them wero fatally hurt. The wreck was the work of someone who hail a grudge and wanted to get even with the company. CAPITAL AND LABOR, The Illinois Steel Company signed the scale for tho Hay View Works at Milwaukee and CjO men have started to work. The strike of thn A. B. U. Is all over as far as St. Louis Is concerned. Two-thirds of the strikers have applied tor their old positions. An exceedingly small percentage have been ucocssful. The Farnum cotton mills, Nos. 1 and 2 and the Hehroeder cotton mill, nt Lancaster, l'o., Which wero closed down for two weeks, were started up and will run four days a week. The three mills employ about 11.500 men. The Hocking Valley, (Ohio") railway strike Is settled. I'ri'Bldetit Wnite agreed to take all but live of the striking employes back, nnd If charges against them nro not sus tained they too. will be restored. Tho strik ers accepted the compromise aud tho strike declared off. CRIME AND PENALTIES. H. P. Barnes, boss weaver of the cotton mills, at Pallas Tex., killed Hupt. Nlcholae nnd cut John W. Nicholas seriously, but not fatally. While trying to make an arrest nt El Taso, Tex., Sheriff 1. A. Bendy was so viciously at tacked by two Mexicans that ho was com (jelled to kill both. At Cumlierland flap. Tenn., William Bosh and John Wilson were killed by the caving In of a railroad tunnel. Henry Johnson and George Brown were seriously injured. Near Fnrmersvllle, La., James riatt wa killed and John Htewnn wounded In a fight over who was responsible tor casting suspi cion upon n young woman's reputation. NOMINATED FOB CONORESS. Fifteenth Illinois Truman PlantR, (T)cm.) Second Kansas H. L. Mooro, (Dein.) Hlxth Iowa district J. F. Lacey. (Hep.) Heventh Iowa J. II. Bancroft. (I). and P.) Tenth Indinua Velontine Zimmerman, (D.) Fourth Mass. B. F. Sparrowbuwk, (Pop.) Twelfth Mass. . O. Brown. (Pop.) Third Ky. O. U. McElroy, l)em.) Fourteputh.lll J. V. OrnfT, (ltep.V First Georgia ltufus E. Lester, (Dem.) Twelfth Ohio Gen. D. K. Watson, (Hop.) Eleventh III. Hubert R, Gibbous, (Vein.) MISCELLANEOUS. Partridge.Mlnn., Is completely burned out. Cause forest tires. Tbe Populists convention of Massachusetts Dominated George H. Cory for gover nor. Earthquake shocks were felt at fit Louis and Memphis between 6.30 and 7 o'olook Wednesday morning. Tbe Coroner's Jury in the Chicago artillery explosion returned a verdict of "aoolduntnl explosion, cause unknown." All the wound ed with one exception, are doing well. At Cambride. Mass., Charles W. Bartlett, a confectioner, who was prosecuted under the Hunday law, for delivering ice cream on Hun day, has been acquitted, the Court ruling that the ordinance under which the oompluiut was made was illegal and Inoperative. The list of dead and wounded In the fight at Birmingham, Ala., is as follows: Dead B.W. Tierce, commander of guards; unknown Frenchman, striking miner: unknown uegro miner. Wounded George Campbell, color ed miner, will die; Itodoriguee Begis, striking miner, will probubly die. One hundred and fifty negroes wore more or less wounded. Tbesub-commlttoeot the suffrage committee of the New York constitutional eouveutiouhus decided to report to tho full committee ad. versely nil propositions tending toward fe male sunruge except mat. allowing tno ques tion to be subiultled to a vote of electors of the state at the next general election. Among the petition placed before the constitutional convention was one slgnud by 76,001 work lug men for an anti-conspiracy law. roiiEioN, A Toulon sentinel shot dead an un kown Anarchist who was prowling around the or. At fit Petersburg, one hundred and ninety. six fresh eases of cholera are reported and 711 more deaths have been recorded. Prince Henry ot Bourbon, duke of fiovlllo, Is dead. His deatli occurred during a voy age from tho Philippine islands to Borcolouu. Minneapolis Market Burned, The most serious flrn in the history of Minneapolis ocourred Thursday night. The market building destroyed was erected at a cost of 2W,000. It was entirely destroyed, Involving a loss, Including the stocks eou- taineu tnereiu, or 170.0JO. Thirty horses HU IUUUMUMU Ul lOWIS WOfU UUT liCli Ssoaped Burial Alive. Washington E. Irving, a nephew of the noiuus aumor, narrowly escaped a living burial at Hun Diugo, tal. At the close ol the funeral services a knock was heard from the casket, and the lid having been removed, Ir ving got up in a dazed condition, but soon Jt'gainod bis senses. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS- Summarised Proceedings of Our Law Makere at Wasnlngton. one ncNnnrn and seventt-secono pat. Senate. Tho Senate passed the legisla tive, execntlve and Judicial appropriation bill, and passed the District of Columbia bill. This leaves the sgrlcultueal Mil before the Henato. and the sundry civil and dellctnney bills yet to bn reported. Hot'SE. In thn House a resolution of fered by Mr. McCrcnry, llem., of Kentucky, was adopted Indorsing the prompt and vig orous action of the President In suppressing lawlessness ns a result ot the rail .ray strike, (senate amendments to tho naval appropria tion bill were non-concurred In nnd the bill sent to conference Tho rest of tho day's session was spent In discussing the bill re. ported from tne Committee on Judlelnry "to establish n uniform system ot bankruptcy." The tariff eonferees adjourned to-day wilh ont agreement. Ihls was done becanso thn radical differences prevented progress, and the discussion hnd led to harsh word' and a row. It looks now as If the Senate bill as it Is must go through,or else there will be no tariff legislation. The bankruptcy Mfl is peculiar In Its fev tnres. It provides Hint if any debtor owing taOO or more shall execute an assignment or cession of his property valid by the laws ot theStnto, Territory or District of Colembln, In which ho may reside, such property Is to be distributed among his creditors according to the laws of tho Mate In which he may re side. The usual preferences of tl.e I'nited State or the States are permitted. Within four months from tho filing ot the deed ol assignment the debtor may ask tho court for his discharge. The act Is to remain in force two years and no Ion;?:?, one iicNiiarn and sevent t-tbiro iat. Senate. In tho Senate an amendment to the agricultural appropriation bill, offered by Mr. Hansbniugh, ltepubllcan, of North Da kota, making nn appropriation of tl.ooo.imo to exterminate the Bushian thistle, was adopt ed, and thn bill passed. Hie Indian appro priation bill was taken up and Is now un llnlshed business. House. In the House the bill nuthorlr.lno the construction of n bridge over thn Monon gnhcln at tho foot of Main street, borough of Bellevernon, Pa., was passed. Tho Bailey bill to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy was also passed, several bills of minor im portance wero acted upon. 1 ho Conference Committee met and after an hour and a quarter's session, In which there was n desultory talk on the tariff situa tion, the committee adjourned. ONE Ht'NIlNEIl an i seven rv-KornTii PAV. Senate. The Semite bill to reserve fur 10 years in each of several 'States 1,00 i.Oi() aen-s of arid hiids to be reclaimed and sold In small tracts to actual settlers, wns passed. The Indian nunmrirlation bill wns then con sidered, bnt no Ileal action had. The eon fcrence report on Hie naval appropriation bill was presented and agreed to. The House having tllsngrced to the Senate amendment to the agricultural appropriation bill, Senators Call, Briee and Cullom wero nppointed con- IcrocH on the part of the Senate. Adjourned, HorsE. In the Home the agricultural ap propriation bill was sent to conference. Six bills reported from the Commltteeon Military Affairs were passed. Thn most important of these was the Senate bill regulating enlist ments In tho army. i he senato will not vleld on the tariff Mil. nnd thn House is In the satnn position. Tho Conference Committee decided to reiort to the Senate and House that thoconferees have been unable to agree, and to ask tor furthux iastructlons. ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN TV-FIFTII DAT. Senate. The message from the Whit" House asking for a further conference on the tariff bill was laid before the Senato. Mr. Voorhees, chairman ot the Senate Conference Committee, made an oral report that the con ferees had not been able to agree, and further consideration of the bill was dropped for the day. The Indian appropriation bill wat again taken up and occupied the balance ol the session. Hoese. Immediately after the rending ol the journal In the House, Mr. Onthwa'te, Democrat, of Ohio, presented an order from the Committee on Boles providing for two hours' debate on the report of the conferee! on the tariff bill, and restricting action of tht House to voting on a motion to insist on dis agreement to the Senate amendments In bulk, The order was antagonized by Mr. Iteed, He. publican, of Maine, and Mr. Johnson, Demo crat, ot Ohio, tbe latter of whom wanted an opiortunlty to vote separately on the sugai schedule. It was agreed to without a divis ion, however, and then Mr. Wilson, Democrat, ol West Virclutn. chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, reported the failure ol the conferees to agree, and moved that the House Insist upon" its disagreement to tii Senate amendments. Tbe chief point ot con troversy between the representttt ves of tht dominant party In the House and Senate, Mr. Wilson said, were the seheduleson sugar, silver, lead, ores, woolens. Iron and steel, es pecially on pig Iron aud steel mils. The chief difficulty In the pathway of an agree, ment, however, he said, was tbe sugat schedule. He was frequently Interrupted by applause from his political associates, which arose to the tumultuous when he declared In favor of never adjourning until tbe duty oo refined sugar had been repealed, whatevei might be the fate of tbe general tariff bill. In conclusion he had read tbe lettet from President Cleveland, upprovlns tbe features of the Wilson bill. In a stieech Mr. Heed said the letter showed that the President was In favor of a tax on sugar In recompense for free coal and Iron. In the contest between the Boston syndicate oontrolllug tbe coal and iron mines ol Nova Scotia and the people, he Jukes the side ol the Boston corporation. It was evident, said Mr. Heed, that the purpose of tbe Democratic conferees, all but one from the south, was to bring the prosperity of tho material Interest! of the eouutrv down to the level ol those of that part of the country Instead ol bringing them up to the level of the other portions of the country. After brief remarks by Mr. Wheeler, Democrat, ol Alabama, and Mr. Grow, llepublloan, ol Pennsylvania, the motion ot the gentleman from West Virginia, was agreed to and S(eak er Crisp ru-nppolntod Meters. Wilson, McMil Un, Turner nud Montgomery, Democrats, and Messrs. Iteed, Burrows and l'ayue, Bepubll cans, mnnagers of the coutureuue on the part ot the House. Adjourned. ONE HUNDRED AND SEVKNTY-SIXTn DAT. Senate. For five exciting hours the tarifi bill fueed dufeat In the bvuate to-day. In order to suve the measure an udjoiirumeul was forced until Mouduy. Then at 6:10 p. m. the Senate went into executive session and Inter udjourued. Hol'se. Bucausuof a very small nttondanoc by reason of greater attraction in the Senato, tho House wus able to transact much business in short time. Halt adozen bills were pa&sed without opposition. Mr. Stone's Immigra tion bill wus passed. The bill provides for a cousulur Inspection at the point of departure ef all emigrants couilug to the United States, without which thevsbail not be admitted OH E HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVENTH DAT. 'Senate. Nothing was done, aud alter a very briut session the Senate adjourned for the day. House. The first thing In order was the vote on the Tucker Joint resolution proposing the eleotlon ot United States Senators by di rect vote of the ieople. It was announced as follows: Yeas, 1117; nays, 41). Tills was tho second time the bouse bud passed the Jolut resolution. Tbe Indian appropriation bill was seut to eoufereuco, aud uftur sotno uiiuor mutters wero disposed of IhuUouseadiourndd. A REPUBLICAN HAWAII. It Wsi Proclaimed July 4, aud Doll Is President. Advices received at Auckland, Now Zo land, by steamer from Honolulu show that a republio wus proclaimed in the Hawaiian Is lands on July i, Sanford B. Dolo the provis ional president, Is the first president of tue new republio. When the steamer bringing the advices sailed uiauy persons hai tuk'ju theouth ol ollegluaoe. WK 0 STRIKE ECHOES. A Proclamation Ordering Crowds off the Btreets of Oakland, At Oakland, Cel. .Mayor Tardea has issued R proclamation, In which he orders crowd! off the streets and requires that people keer In doors, leaving homo onlv In pursuit ot their legitimate business. The reason for the proclamation Is stated by tho mayor to he a condition ot affairs In Oaklnnd threatening the destruction of property, disturbance of tne peace. Interference ot travel ny railway trains and tbe cessntlon ot commerco. REOISTE IINr) WORKMEN. A dlspnteh fp m Chicago savsi At the Pullman works on Thursday, Manager Mid dleton was busily engigc.l registering men willing to work, li.e announcement that thn shops will open as soon as a sufficient force is secured has developed considerable weakness among the strikers, and It Is clnlm ed that In two hours the manager registered 82 men. A force of I .0Q men will be neces sary before tho works will resume. CALIFORNIA STRIKE SETTLED, Advices from San Francisco, sayt The strike on the Southern Pacific system Is fast approaching Its end. President Pcbs sent a telegram to President Hoberta of the Oakland branch. One report Is tbnt Pens Informed Boberts that tho trouble with Pullman hivd been settled and ndvlscd Boberts to get im men back to work II he could do so without prejudice. Another report states that Debs merely informed the strikers that the strike on the Houthi rn Pacific could be ended bv a majority vote o! the unions concerned. The strikers are now holding an executive ses sion for the purpose ot determining what stein will lie taken. At Sacramento over 400 men reported for work in the shops nnd mnny ot the old em ployes weregiven their former positions. The men were protected by a strong military es cort. It Is conceded that the strike there Is settled aud that the railroad company has won. A FOLLOWER OF DEDS TTNIsnEn. In tho fnlted Stntea Court at pctrolt.Mlch, William Dirr. charged with violating nn Ir" junction of the court, by entering the De troit, urana naven ami .Miiwausen raiiroaa yards nnd assaulting Switchman Ilrnce was found guilty and sentenced to six months in the House of Correction. BltOPR TO STAT CLOSED. The ultimatum has gone forth from Chnv. ennn. Wyo that the railroad shops on the Wyoming and Idaho division of tho Union Pacific, which were closed July 2, will not be opened for genernl repair work until business revives nnd there is a demand for motive power. The decision Is a great disappoint ment to hundreds of employes and will pnra lyzc buslnees in all the towns on tho system between Cheyenne and I 'on land. Tho Erie shops at Kent, O., opened Thurs day morning Thirty-live men were dis charged, including all the members of the American Hallway Union. Just before tho close of a stormy session tbe Hammond, Ind. branch ot the American Hallway Union, decided to return to work. The motion was carried by 42 to 87 . Iho F.at St. Louis strikers' executive board di-clared the American Hallway Union strike off. A ballot was taken, and the proposition was carried by a two-thirds vote. At St. rnul In the United States District court the grand Jury reported between 55 and 60 indictments against strikers and others for Interfering with the mails during the recent strike. SENTIMENTBYSCHEDULE, A Conferee Shows Where the House and Benate Representatives Agreed and Disagreed. A house member ot the conference com mittee outlined to tho Associated Tress the following lines of agreement and disagree ment In the conference, surcmarited by schedules as follows: Shedule A, chemicals, oils, and paints Agreements on all points of dispute wore ob tainable. Schedule B, earths, earthenware nnd gloss Agreements on maindilTerences were made nnd minor differences could have been ad justed. Schedule C. metals and manufactures of The disagreements wero wide on ores aud manufactured metals, with little common ground lor agreement. Schedule D, wood nnd manufactures of Agreement could have liecn procured. Schedulo E, sugar Tbe disagreement was positive and vital and was the main point of difference In conference Schedule F, tobacco nnd manufactures of No trouble wns apparent in reaching on agree ment. Schedulo O. ogricuHnnrat products and provisions Tbe differences were open to adjustment, but no Unal agreement was reach ed on any of them. Schedule H, spirits, wines ana otnor rjev erages A basis of agreement bad been reach ed. Schedule I, cotton manufactures An agreement could have been reached, although points ot difference still existed. Schedule J, flax, hemp and lute Somo differences yet remained to bo adjusted, but an agreement was not considered difficult Schedule K, wool and manulocturs ol wool wniie some ainerences exutea tuey aouiu have been ad lusted. Schedules L, M and N. silk, paper and sun dries, occasioned little differences and agree ments were easy. PULLMAN MEN RESUME WORK Federal Troops Withdraw from Chioago, state uilitia also Ordered Home. One hundred and fifty Hollanders, who had been ballusting railroad tracks at tbe Pullman works Chicago, aud who had struck In accordance with Deb's order, voluntarily applied for work. They wero accepted and resumed work at the point they left off when the Kensington rioters scared them aurav. Orders were Issued ut the headquarters ol Gen. Miles for the wltbdruwulof the Federal troops now on uuty in and about Chicago. All of the regulars, except the Ninth Begl ment, at Saekett's Harbor. N. Y.. which will be stationed at Fort Sheridun indefinitely as a iwoo lorco wuiiui easy can II tney should be noeded again. The troops affected by the order number about 2.0U0 men. The regulars broke camp Thursday morning. A dispatch from Sprlugilold, 111., says: AdJutaut-Ounoriil Oreo iorlt Issued an ord r directing the entire Second brigade, Illinois state troops, and tbe first battullou of uuvul militia, on duty at Chicago, to proceed to their homes at once. This removes all tho state troops from duty, exueptiug 8,000 lu Chicago. Strike headquarters at Ulrica Hall, Chi cago, are deserted and there ws uo one at the offices of the American liuilw.iy L'uluu In tho Ashland block, exjept two young wviuvu siBuugrttpuors. AN EIGHT-HOUR DAY- Amendments to the Constitution Offer ed to Beours It. Senator George introdueed a Joint resolu tion as au amendment to the Constitution, providing that eight hours shall constitute a legal day's work for persons del 'g manual labor. The proposed amend ment solllea that "no pnrsou or association engaged in mining, manufacturing or lu uuy other mechanical persults or public work, or in transportation other than wuler crult shall require or permit any employe doing man ual labor to work more thou 44 hours in one week except In cases of emergency prescribed by law. Persons voluntarily and luwfully engaged lu any of tbe above pursuits sluul nut b uuluwfully hindered or obstructed." KEYSTONE STATE CDLLINGS DATES FOR THEIR FAIRS- List of Societies Which Will Olve Fall Exhibitions. An offlelnl list ot county and local agricul tural societies which will give fall exhibitions this year has been Issued by Socretary Edge, ot the Pennsylvania stnte board ot agricul ture. Among them are tho following: Pennsylvania state agricultural society, Meadvllle, September 8-H: Connenut Lake exposition. Exposition park, August 87-31: Tnrentum agricultural and driving park as sociation, Tnrentum, August 2H-81: Dayton agricultural and mechnnlcal association, Day ton. September 25-27: Parker agricultural as sociation. Parker. September 11-14: Beaver county agricultural society, Beaver. Septem ber 25-28: Cambria county ngrlcnltunil asso ciation, Carrolltown, Scptemtmr 2.V2H; Butler county agricultural association, Butler, Sep tember 4-7; Clarion county agricultural as sociation, Clarion, September 17-20: Craw ford county agricultural society. Conneaut vlllo October Sr5: Coehrnnton agricul tural eonlety, Coehrnnton, October 2-4: Oil Creek Valley agricultural ossoclatlon, Titusvllln, Sept. 4-7; Central Crawford agri cultural society, Cambriilgeboro, Sept. 18-21: Northwestern agricultural society, Corry, Sept. 11-14: Wattsbnrg agricultural soclity, Wattsburg, Sept. 4-7i Edlnboro agricultural society, Edlnboro. Sept. 20-25: Fayettecounty agricultural association, Uninntown, Aug. 21-24; Greene conntv agricultural society, Carmiehaels, Sept. 27-2": Indiana county agricultural society, Indlnna, Sept. 10-14: Jefferson county agricultural society, Brook vllle, Sept. 25- 2H; Lawrence county agrl"iilt orsl society. New Castle. Aug. 28-81: MeKean county agricultural society. Port Allegheny, Mercer county agricultural society, stone Doro. Sept. 4-7. Mercer Central agricultural loelety, Mercer, Sept. 12-14: VeuniiRO county agricultural society. Franklin, no fair; war ren county fair association, Warren, Aug. 28-81: Western Pennsylvania agricultural association, Washington! Union agricultural association. Dorgettstown. Oct. 2-4: West moreland county agricultural society, Groens- ourg, Sept. 1-7. THE FATAL OIL CAN. A MOTntn rsEs it, and she and tier son DIES. W'AsntNoTON. Mrs. Julia rollotash, ol Civil, hsimI the coal oil can with which to light a lire, aud there were fearful results. the and her son being burnt to death. The oil exploded, and the mother s dress caught nre. vtnno trying to save nis motner, net son Michael's clothing also became Iguited. The son died In hnlf an hour In great ngonv, while the mother lived but one hour after the accident. ONLY A SHOE BUTTON. CnARLKRoi, -An adopted child of Mr. and Mrs. John O'Connor, of this place, was treat ed tor many months for catarrh and a ill Sensed bono of thn nose. Itecently the child awoke In thn night and told her foster moth er that tho bone was tearing off Its nose. Mrs O'Connor found upon Investigation that t shoe button which had lodged in the child's nostril was coming out. Hho removed it and the child is now well. jonN h'ocire murdered bis wife. Latrohe. John McOuIre murdered hl wife at Whltnev by striking her on the head with a poker, and then, to llhish tno deed, be choked her to death. Ho was arrested nnd tnken to tbe county Jail. It Is thought that he was not altogether sane. His wife was 45 years ot ago. He has been a coke drawer for a number of years. TBE PENSION IKSFE. The latest pension Issue for Pennsvlvnnta Is ns follows: Original Basil Proctor, Uniou town. Increase Sames M. Mitchell, Sharon: Harvey Elder. Venus: Wm. W. Whurton. Erloi Simon Palmer, Oreencastlei JohnFrltx, Brush valley; itobert Lucas, Snltsnurg. Hclssue Samuel M. Dickson. New Castle: Samuel J. Stogden Pittsburg. Original, widows, eto, Eva Murset, Berlin. roceafellow a conviction confirmed. Philadelphia. Justice Fell In the Su preme Court affirmed tbe conviction ol Banker F. V. Bockufellow. of Wlikeibarro, who was found guilty In the Comt of Quarter Sessions of Luzerne county, ot receiving money irom a acpositor wnuo insolvent. SMALLPOX IN PENNSYLVANIA. HABnisBCRo. Tho State Board of Health met here last week. It has received reports oi zu4 cases oi smanpox in tins state, vt. Davis, of Lancaster, was re-elected president. and Doctors Oroff and Lee chosen to repre sent tne board at tne meeting oi tne Amen. can Publlo Health Association. TBE EARTH TAWNS THERE. Beadino. On Saturday evening the pave ment and a large elm tree in front of the Beaver BaDtist church In North Iteadiug sunk luto what proved to be s large natural under ground water course. Tbe trout of the church has commenced to crack and It Is feared the edifice will fall. THIEVES PESTER FARMERS. West Newton. Tbe farmers ot Bosl revet township, Westmoreland county, are exer cised over an epidemic of thieving. Tramna are charged with driving off pigs and Bteuliug poultry. Shot guns are being loaded for the tnaruuaurs. David Ebinoeb, of Llnesvllle, Vennngi county, considered banks unsafe and kept his money In a tomato can concealed at his home. Thieves carried uwuy tho can. It coutained about $200. JohnGeetey. a well-known planing eon. tractor, at Altoonn, assigned, Assets wll aggregate about 25,0O0, with liabilities un known. Michael M. Asbbau-.h, of Hulem township Westmorelaud county, is dying of blooc poisoning as the result ot having five teeti puueu. A scandal threatens In Philadelphia be cause 8,ouu was cuarged for 43 minutes fireworks ou July 4, set off by the Lit) 10UUCI1S. Tub beat of the suu IgulteJ the nitro glycerins mill bolougiug to the York dyna mite oompany, nt Mt. Wolf. The buililin was blown to pieces. Bt'RoLAns ntta"klng Luhi Lukn anl hr brother-in-law, In their homn at (irovj C'ily. were beaten and driveu off. A man was discovered In thn second at tempt wltblu a week to fir Mrs. Josepl Wuitla s house la B-'aver Fulls, but escape arrest. Tho New Castle 800 bands. tin mill started up wltl The Minneapolis la Swift. The compilation of thn nfflelul t..L on the trial trip of the cruise Miuneniiolis bows that she aecomplished the wonderful averauo of 28.078 knots, which will be her official rating. Her builders will secure tlU.UOO in premiums. Five Minsrs Killed, As the minors were belug hoisted out of the colliery at Williamutowu, pa., the pulley underneath failed to work and they wero crushed against the top rock, live belug kill ed lustautly. They were John haudeubush, John I Lewelllu, M. A. Tate. YYiiliaui Clarko aud Charles Wooduiuu Tbe apple crop In some Western States, especially Missouri, It Is reported, will b a oo npleta failure. lu New York State there Is evry prospect ol aa abundant orop. an J tbe time la true la other Northern, Statue CATTLE MARKET REPORTS- Eaut Lflirrty, Pillnliurj WocJt Yanln. Hamilton. Wood ft Beck furnish the fol lowing quotations on live stock: CATTLE. Becelpts light nnd market firm at unchnng- sd prices. r.xtrn, i,4mito l.tiisun t wwi fa Prime, 1,801) to 1.40D lb 4 20ii4 4 Good, 1,200 to 1,800 lb 8 B5( 4 10 uy, i.o.w to l.iou m s w r air, 1,000 to 1. 100 lb 8 25ft ft 50 Fair. IKiOto 1.0IK) tb . 2 Wo 8 25 Common, 700 to 900 It. 2 OOfn 2 85 nona. Becelpts. 9 double-deck loads; market steady nt quotations. rrime llent - o soma nv Heavy Philadelphia 205 8 ommon to lair loraersnnu pigs o Orassera 8 Oor5 20 Boughs aud stags. u 8 50r4 60 SHEEP. Becelnts 5 double-deck loads; market firm nnd a shndehlgher on best grades: rrime, m to 100 ni enra isi lond. 85 to 90 Iti 8 25Ai 3 AO Fair; 70 to 80 lb 3 2.V. S 00 ommon. 5 to 701b 1 GOfir'J 25 Spring lambs 8 0ni5 00 Veal calves 4 Sural) 00 Heavy calves 3 UOfo 3 00 Ilaltimore. Beef cattle. Trade at tho yards last week was fair and the number ot the offerings not lienrly so large, with fewer of the liest tups among them. These latter fairly neld their own, out me common were shade easier than before, l'rlces rangert from l1 to 4'iets per lb most sales S2.50 to 14.50 per lnO lbs. l'rlces of licet cattle range. l as ioiiows: Best beeves 4'ka4'icts.. those generally rated first quality -i4a4,' cts; medium or good fair quality Hazels., ami oruinnry imu steers, oxen and eows. ' ,ni i-ents nor II). OI tno cattle reeeivco. l.ll- neaa cametrom Vlririnlii. 518 from West Mrglnla. 288 neau from Ohio, 55 hend from Maryland and 20 head from Pennsylvania. Totnl recelnts for the week 1.037 head. against 8.717 last week, and 18U7 head same time last year. And the sales lor tne wee were 1.417 head, against 1.H08 last week, and 1.281 hend snme time last yeai. Of the off erings 1.224 head wero tnken by Baltlmoro butchers, 128 sold to country dealers and 03 hend to eastern buyers. Cuttle. Becelpts were fair and demand modcrntn. with thn ouotatlons as follows Cows, 1.506 2.25 per 100 lbs.: Bulls 1.502.25 per 100 lbs; old oxen 1.75ft 2.0U per 10U IDS; fat beef cattle, voting steers, i.ihhi ins. and upwards, 4.50ft 4.75 per 100 lbs: 1,000 to 1,800 lis. s.50ft 4.75 tier 100 His: LOW to 1.2 0 ll-s, 8.50ft 3.75 per 100 lbs. lighter weights 2.75a 8.25 er 100 lbs; fresh cows, 20.00 to 80.00 per heail. Calves. With liberal receipts nnd tho market dull prices were easy, and quotations as follows: Choice Veals, 8'ja4 cents peril), aud rough to good 2.0 m5. 0 per head. Sheep aud Lambs lb co pts were large and the mnrknt was slow, and ouly choice stock wanted, ouotatlons were as ioiiows: spring lambs 2'lft3i cents per m, Zftifa.ou per Head Sheep good to choice l 'ft 2 'i cents per lb, and 1.75ft 2.50 per head; common 50 cents and tl per head, but not wanted. Cfncnnnff. Hogs Select butchers, $5.85 $5.40; fair to good packers (3.15(8)3 85; fair to good light, fS.OOfo 5. 10; common nnd roughs, 4. 75ft 5.10. Cattle Good shippers. t3.50ft 4.00; good to choice butchers, 8.80(S) 1.00: fair to medium. 3.roft8.4U; common f 2. 25ft 2 IH). Sheep Extra,3.25: good to "hoice, 2. 25ft 3.00; common to fair, 1.00i 1.00. Lambs Extras, (4.50ft 4.70; good to choice, 3.50(H.40; common to good, 2.00(g i.25. liufnln. Cattle closed steady: good light teers, (8.85(2 4.00; choice, 1,100 pounds, J4.40(S 4.50; veals, (2.75ft 4.75; extra. (5.00; light to fair stoers.(3.25(ii3.50. Hogs closed 15c to 20c lower, with ono oar Yorkers un old; good to choice Yorkers, (5fl5(S5.70, mostly (5.70; good mediums aud heavy, r5.ttWa5.tiS; choice neavy. to.au, stags. v3.ou 4.23. Sheep and lambs closed strong, all told; best mixed sheep, (3.25ft'3.50; common, r2.50ra8.OO; good wethers. (3.75ft 4.00; extra sholce atiotnbln at (4.23: good to choice lambs,(4.65(i 5.00; fair to good, (4.004 50; runs and ugnt uuicuers lots, i.ou(a 175. CMcnao. Cattlo Becelpts, 13,010 head; narket easy; common to extra steers, 8.00 i 4.70; stockers and feeders. 2 00(4 8.85; cows Uid bulls, 1.25(53.40; cnlves(2.00ft 4.75. Hogs Becelnts. 28.000 head; market weak; neavy, 4.80(S5.05; common to choice mixed, 1.05ft 5.P5; choice assorted, 5.00ft 0.05; llglit, 1.76ft 4.05; pigs. 4.25ft 4.80 Sheep Receipts, 1,000 head; market steady; inferior to choice, (1.25(88.00; lambs, (3.00ft 4.60. Sf.7Mii.-Cattle-Becelpts: l,076head. steers, 8.0ft 4.85; cows, 1.85ft2.50; Texas steers, i.50(ii8.85. Hogs Becelpts, 2,479 head; de mand good; heavy, 5.00ft 5.20; mixed, 4.80(9 6.15; light, 4.80ft 5.10. SbeepBeoelpts, 1,. 101 head; market aetivni demand good; best lambs, 8.50; native sheep, 2.0Oft 2.25. PRICE OF OIL. At Oil City, Pa., national transit certificates pened at 830 highest, 88Hoi lowest. 88' ;losed, HSHe. Sales, 10,000 barrels; ship ments, 61,861 barrels; runs, 88,098 barrels t'utaburg market closed at 83. CHICAOO BUTTER AND EOO MAREET. Butter was firm on Hue makes; easier on Inferior stock; extra creamery 17c;ilrsta 10.c; seconds, 14'i515,'0. Eggs were steady; (resh stock, Vc per doEen. TBE ELOIN BUTTER MARKET. Buttnr murket flrm 1 28,000 pounds sold a 17 cents. ARMOR STANDS THE TEST- rwo Carpenter Shells Fall to Shatter the Harveyised Flats From Bsthlehem Carpenter shells weighing 850 pounds each, fired point blank from a 12-inah rifle at Indian Head, failed to penetrate tbe 18- iach Bcthelehem plato, and 603 tons of armor worth (400,000 have been accepted by the Navy Department. The Hnrvoylzed process has been viudicated. The successful plate was selected at random from tbe lot of 815 tons manufactured for the Indiana. It weiuhed 08.000 pounds. The llrst shell was broken up on the face of the -late, the penetration ot its point not be ing over eight lucbes. No crucks were de veloped, the nluto was not lu the least dis torted, and the ordinance officers in charge deciured that no plate nut ever stoou tue ilrst or cracking ohurge so acceptubly. The crucial shot was next ilre.il, nnd penetrated scarcely aa Inch deeper than the Unit. Secretary Herbert hat determined to ner- mlt another trial with a Wheoler-Sterllug shell of the 17-luch Cnrnegio plate whivh wus tried lost week. If the plato pusses the test as successfully as did the Carpenter ouo last week be has determined to accept the lot of armor, which Is Intended for wm on the Ore gon. Exporting Toads to England. The boys lu anl around TrlmbK Tenn.. have struck a bonansi. Frank E Uon, aa English gentleman, Is buylu up tovw, which be is sulDDlng to London, fro n wtiioti plaoe they are ssut all ovur lira it Brltalu and sold to the market gir tenors, wuo place them In their gar lent to destroy In sects, Mr. Eaton pays the boys twauty-llvs osntsa dosen. He receives (i pur doseu for them. They are shipped In little boxes, la which there are several floors. There arj holes In tbe boxes through which the Utile fellows ean get air, thouga Mr. Ettoo s tys this Is not ueoessury, as thsy oould llvi without air but be does this tnroujn humane motives. Nothing It pl.ioed la tin hoses for them to eat, but they do not suiT ir on this aocouat, as the; uouU no lor months without sutlusi. PKOMINENT PEOPLE. Prince Bismarck's health Is Bow betteP. Raiser William sltt for his photograph about once a week. More than s)800.008 worth nt flowers wer or.lerjd for President Cnrnot's funeral. Bin Arsrtie Henrt Latard. the) explore and arohmologlst, dlnd recently In London. M. Drpur and M. Dnnlnsse. each fortv-two- rears old, are the oldest men In tbe French Cahlnot. Tt Is not eommonlv known that lludvaH Klnllng Is not of pure English blood. Out ot his parents was a half-cast Hindoo. Colonel Georoe E. OorjRAttn tailed re cently from New York for England with an Invitation to Gladstone to visit Amerloo. The Tnfanla Eulalla, of Spain, Is residing In London, where living It more economi cal. Her pension has been reduced, and the It attended only by a maid of honor. Vice-President Stevenson, Chief Jtistle Fuller an I General S. V. Benet, of Washing ton, Chlofof Ordnance, Units I States Amy, have taken cottages at Sorrento, Maine. Skcretart Lavont hat sent hi) family i 1'ielr old horn In New York, hat elostd his house and will be the gu-nt of the President at the White House during the test ot the ummnr. Tnn widow of General Philip H. Sheridan, with her three children, livos In Washing ton. Mrs. Sheridan Is about thirty-five vnu-s old, having been very much the Junior ot ber husband. V. Casimir-Perier, President of Franc, reenlvs a salary and expanse allowance of (240.000 a year. He recelvnd from his fath. er the snug legacy of (8.000,003 and ha unoe added largely to hit fortune. Richard Henrt Stoddard, who It now In hit seventieth year, nnd next to Dr. Holmes, our oldest living punt, Is still In th literary harness, nnd contributes book reviews re gularly to one ot tha New York newipipsrs. Senator Gordon's lecture on "The Last Pnyt ot the Confederacy," promises to yield him handsome financial returns. Age has silvered hit hair and tomnwhat Impaired his physique, but he is still soldierly In appear ance. Bt the will of the late Wllllvn Walter Phelpt, his daughter, the Biron"tt von Hot tnnberg, receives over (2,000.003, which, added to the wealth of her hutbtnl, will make them on ot thi wealthiest families la Germany. Colored people of Philadelphia, ean bomt nt having graduated from their ranks the llnest artist of their race In America. Hmry C. Tanner's picture of "Tho Bagpipe Lesson" excited great Interest at a recant aoademy exhibit. CHINA UP IN ARMS- Ready to Fight Japan Unlets Her De mands Are OompHed With. A Shanghai dispatch to the London"Times' reports that war bctwoen China and Jnpnu In considered certnin. China continues to mako preparations to assert her claimed rights In Korea, and from the present Indications it is Judged that war Is Inevitable unless Japan recedes from the position sne nos Hitherto mnintaineu. MARKETS. PITTHRfRq. THE WHOLESALE PMCES ARE GIVEN BELOW. ORAIN, PLOl'R AND FEED. WHEAT No. 1 Bed I 58 t K No. 2 Bed 58 57 COIiX-No. 2 Yellow ear... ti f5 High Mixed car 62 63 No. 2 Yellow Shelled 60 61 Shelled Mixed 411 60 OATH No. 1 While 60 61 No. 2 White 41) 6J No. S White 60 61 Mixed 411 47 RYE No. 1 67 6 No. 2 Western, New 55 6H. FLOL'R-Fsncv winter pot. 5(3 8 75 Fancy Spring' patents 3 (i 4 2X Fancy Straight winter.... 2 IK II) XXX Bakers 2 50 2 7 Kve Flour 8 10 8 25 HAY Baled No. 1 Tlm'y.. IS 63 14 lift Baled No. 2 Timothy 12 00 Yi 60 Mixed Clover 10 00 12 00 Timothy from country... 16 00 111 0O FEED No. 1 W'li Md 'I 15 50 HI 10 No. 2 White Middlings... 15 00 15 6 Brown Middlings 14 50 15 60 Brim, bulk 15 00 n ! ETH AW Wheat 100 0 60 OsU a 60 7 00 dairy rnotiucTs. BUTTER Elgin Creamery 21 22 Fancy Creamery 17 Is) Fancy country roll 14 l.r Low grade at cooking.... A 6 CHKKSE-Ohio, new 8 Hi New York, nm fit 10 Wisconsin 8wiss 1 Lit Llmbunter (New mak")..j 8 l)j FBt'lT AND VEGETABLES. APPLES Funcy, y bbl... 9 30 4 tf Ll-UKIES- Uooseberrles, per stand .... 3 75 4 CO Kaspberri-s, per (t 7 tt lied Kaspbnrrict 13 15 Blackberries 7 8 Chtrrie-. perstibdof 2 bu 0 60 7 00 Currants, r qt 8 10- IMcUlebcrrles, t ails 103 1 10 WATERMELON- Georgia, each 15 20 CANlki OUPEs per cr te 2 00 2 60 Ann Arundel, pr nig. bbl. S 10 0 00 BEANS N Y 4 MBeans'7bu 2 00 2 10 Limn Beans, lb 4 6 POTATOES Kli:e fctute, of (track, bbl.. 175 185 From store, bbl 2 03 2 10 CABBAGE Home grown, crates 00 1 .'5- ONlOSsi Egvptian.100-lb.bagt.... 8 25 9 60 buutheru. " .... 2 5 2 75 " hn-hel crates... '.'J 1 to rorLTiit etc Live chickens V pr 65 f!5 Spring chickens 10 2 Live Ducks V pr (0 t0 I'ressed duckt Vth 13 15. Dre.ssedcuickeiisVlb.Miz 0 10 " " yming aelcl. IS 2' "Dressed turkevs In tb 10 It EGGS Pa A Ohio fresh.... 11 13 FEATHERS Extra live Geese V lb 65 00 No 1 Extra livo geese V tb 40 41 Country, lar. psoKcd.... 35 40 MISt'BLLA MOL'S. EE EDS Clover 02 lb 0 85 OK) Timothy prime.... 2 IK) 2 Irt Blue grass 1 40 1 bO BAGS Country mixed.... t 1 siONKY White clover.... 12 13 Buckwheat 0 10 MAli.ESYUUl', new crop. 60 60 CIDER country sweet V bbl 6 10 6 60 CINCINNATI. FLOUR 12 S3rtl2 80 WHEAT Nail Bed 6oJ 61 RYE No. 2 48 68 COKN-MUed 45 45 OATS 4'oi EGGS 8 BUTTER I bio creamery.. 10 17 1'llll.APELl'lllA. FLOUR 3 l,W3 55 WHEAT No. 1 Rea f.tii tut CORN-No. 2, Mixed 4S 4hJ OA'IS-No. 47 V'hite 45 40 BUTTER L'reumery Extra. 18 EGGS Pa. Firm . 13 1 21 NEW YOUK. FLOUR patents 8 25 S 35 WHEAT No UUed 671 &t RYE tne 65 CORN No. 2. 4S 4t OATS Wniiy Western 45 43 BUTTER-Creamery 13 1; EGGS fctute and i'vun Ul 1
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