Watc-lici, or silver, cost now l1)out otic-liulf wlmt tlii-y iiil 15 years Igo, ami tbry arc Letter watches, too. Instances of extreme oM ftge nro moro ooiiimon ntiiiiug tlmso who oxor siso themselves with gnnlouiug thnu iu uy othiT employment. Tho French Sconto has pnsaetl provision instituting nn nnnuul lioli dny in honor of Joan of Arc, which will bo celebrated on tho second Hun dny in May. A monument is to bo erected to her memory in Paris, j-. . - - - - When Admiral Foote was a1roal in any foreign port where there were any missionaries ho was accustomed to mnkc his first cnll npon them, in stato, in order to show that tho United 3tatci Government honored thoso self denying men. I - Offences in connection with tho adulteration of food are treated with greater severity in Germany than in tho United States. Under tho Ger man law, offender of this kind are invariably sent to prison. Adulterat ors aro punished with moro severity than that meted ont to pickpockets. The total number of deaths in tho United States in 1802 was about 000, 000; tho nnmber of persons cremated that year, 503. As crematories havo been in existence in the United States linco 1881, these statistics indicato thnt tho movement favoring tho burn ing of tho dead is not making much progress. So urgent and widespread has be come tho demand for expert and com petent electricians that tho National School of Electricity has been estab lished in Chicago, under tho auspices of eminent electricians. Tho design of this institution is to furnish to slnsseB in different parts of tho coun try tho lateHt information and instruc tion in all matters pertaining to elec tricity. In a magazine articlo Dr. Ilnm mond, formerly surgeon general of the Unitod States, wonders why tho phyician should not bo entitled to as much for saving a noso by a skilful operation as the Sicilian brigand can exact from a tourist by threatening to deprive him of that organ. lie men tions a doctor who npon being asked for an itemized bill wrote "One dol lar for performing tho operation and (499 for knowing how A most remarkable march was made tho other day by a company of the Fonrth Bersaglieri, on Italian regi ment. The inarch was mado nndcr full weight of accoutrements, baggage and arms, and was over twenty miles of mountain paths and twenty-one miles of high road at tho rate of three aud three-quarters miles on hour. Two halts consumed six hours and fifty minutes. Considering that the company readied an altitude of 6000 feet and met with a storm of wind, rain and snow on the way, tho march will be hard to beat. A notice has boon posted on the doors of ono of the fashionable churches in tho West End of London, intimating that in future the stewards who go round with the offertory plates have received premptory instructions not to receive any coppers. ' it goes on to say that "Those who cannot af ford a three-penny piece are welcome to worship here free. " It is ullegod that this edict has beon issued, not for the purpose of wounding the feel ings of tho poor, but to induce tho rich, from whom most of the coppers eome, to be more generous and to give at least three pcuco in silver, if not for the sermon, at any rate for the service. For nearly a century the old block bouse in Fittsburgh known as Bo qnet's redoubt, famous during the devolution, was surrounded by tone' ments so as to be invisible from the streets in tuo noignuornoou. it was reached by a suiull and unsavory alloy from Fort street aud was ooeupiod by a family of squatters. A Mrs. Schon- ley, who owned the blockhouse ana a row of small briuk Loubss extending out to Fort street, reoeutly gave the ground on which they all stand to the Duughters of the American Rovolu tion. The squattors have boeu evicted from the redoubt, the brick houses, whioh were old and dilapidated, have been razed, and the rolio is to be ap propriately preserved. Tho ground sround the blockhouse will be levelled and sodded, oonareto vulks will bo luid, a pretty iron fuuco will surround the small park, and a fountain will , probably play in tho yard fronting on ' Fort street. There will doubtless be a small fee for admissioa to tho block house to dufray the u::peus:m of iimiu tennnoc. Inside thero will bo a inu seuui of colonial relics. THE LABOR DIFFICULTIES- STRIKE ECHOES. Epitomised Account of thi DMn?s of Employer and Employed. East Ltvrnroot,. O. Every pottery has rn simed work after the longest strike In the history of the business tn the Ohio Valley. Two week" hence Kat Liverpool will again he the busy hive of Industry It wns a year ago. The Knowles company started their clay departments at tint new end and the China works and the biscuit kllnmen will go to work the last of the week. Next Monday tho "old end" will also resume and tn two weeks every department of the big establish men! will be running. The McNIchol pit tery company may run double turn In two weeks. The Globe pottery announces a stendy run for six months. At "the Schring pottery, the clay hands went to work Monday morning. Here.lt Is pos sible, there may be further trouble. The kilo hands state they did not return tinder the new bench boss", and negotiation are off for the present. At the company's oftlce It has lieen stated that the trouble had since been satisfactorily arranged. A few clay hands W"M to work at Kat Liverpool pottery to day. There Is a serious disagreement there. The men Insist thnt the firm Is making an effort to do away with some of the old em ployes, under the blind of alleged incompe tency. j ne decorators nt many oi ine pinnts nnve not been put on yet, as there Is little demand for their product. The 12 1-2 per cent, reduction will go Into effect nt Mount ford A Cos. plant, which has been running throughout the strike at the old scale, next Monday rooming, when it is intended to run double turn. At tuo stan dard co-operative pottery the new list will also go into effect next Monday. At the Union co-operative works the 12 I II tier cent. cut will not be Introduced Immediately. They will hold out a week or two at least. The new list is already In force at the West End. Yoi'sobtows. O. A meeting of the striking street car emplovc was held Monday, ad dressed by President Mahon. of tho Amalga mated association oi street car employes, ana as a result of his advice they presented through lit in a proposition to Manager Ander son to arbitrate the question nt issue; and if a satisfactory local board could not be secured. then to refer the matter to the State board of arbitration, the men In tho meantime to be taken back to work and the cars rtarteii, Maunger Anderson sent a reply declining tho proposition, giving as his reasons that after waiting two weeks for tho men to return to work he had employed other men, but that (one of the old employes who were accept able would be given employment If they do- urea it. Minneapolis. Fortv-nlne employes of tho Great Northern road were arraigned In the United mates court Monday, charged with conspiracy and Interference with the mails during the late strike. Forty-six of them are from Bnrnesvllle, one from St. ( loud and two from Ht. Paul The ball lu each case was set at 1,100. Tho Munhnll mines, near Homestead, were closed Monday, over a dispute on the wages of drivers. The men were paid t2.2S per dny, and demanded &2.80, which John Mun hnll, the operator, agreed to pay In the future. The men refused to work uuloss the differ ence was paid for past work, and the mines are suut down. A house owned by the H. O Frlck Coke Company, at Lelsenring No. 8, was blown up by a dynamite explosion. Andrew Cnrelck, Slav coke drawer, wno nas desorted tne rsnks of the strikers, was sleeping in a lower room of the house. The bomb was thrown In an upstairs window and tore the ton story off. Carsick was not hurt. The dynamiting is supposed to be tuo work oi tne strikers. War has again broken out among the stiik. Ing miners In Birmingham, Ala, Two deputy Sheriffs have been killed, a third fatally wounded and a fourth badly hurt. Two des perate strikers did It all, and they are sur rounded on tne mountain near coaiuurg, re fusing to surrender. The officers nre de. terniiued to take them dead or alive, and will close In on them a soon as more military reaches the soene. KILLED FOUR PERSONS. i i Re Deliberately Shot Rls Divorced Wife and Her Parents and Brother. J. O, Craig, an ex-pollco officer, of Los Angoles, Cal., Instantly killed three persons and fatally wounded another. About 6 o'clock on the evening of the mur der Craig hired a horse and burcv and drove iu hid uuuse oi uib divorced wile in corrilll- tos Canyon, near Tropleo, where she lived with nor unele. brother aud three children. Uufore Craig started he announced he was going there with tha intention of seeing his children, but murder wns evidently his inten tion for he had armed himself with two re volvers and had I won drinking heavily dur ing the atteruoon. W hen he arrived at the home of his wife he dellberatly drew a revolver and shot her dead. tier brother, George Hunter, who was some distance from the house when the shooting occurred, rushed to bis sister's assistance. Craig shot him, inflicting a wound which proved futnl. Ho then Jumped into bis buggy and drove ruoidlv back to Los AUKuiee. Arriving at the house of his father-in-law. Wllliuni Hunter, he tied up his horse, and, without anv ceremony, ran into the bouse aud shot and Instantly killed his father-In. law and his mother-in-lnw. He then applied the pistol to his own bend with tho intention of ending his existence, hut only succeeded in mulcting n slight llesh wound. Two ol tne neighbors rushed iu and disarmed Craig, uouuuiiig nun until me nrnvui oi tne police. Mrs. Craig secured a divoroe about two mouths ago upou the grounds of cruelty, and Craig, who Is reputed to be possessed of a very large quarrelsome disposition, has never lost an opportunity to make it unpleasant for her aud her family. He elm mi that his wife and her family have fromientlv threatened his life, nud that bis shooting anticipated the fulllllment of Ills threat. As a police o Ulcer Craig hud the reputation of lailng very quar relsome aud nggresive. He distinguished himself while on the force by participating in numerous brawls. Hu bus three children, the eiuosi ueiug out a years old. COREAN KING A PRISONER. He Haa Been Made a Captive by the Ja panese. The king of Corea Is a Japanese prisoner This was the important stutumout contained Inatolegram which Secretary Herbert hot received from Capt. Day, of the U. B. B. Bui time, now at Chemulpo, Corea. Capt. Day, beside stating that the king Is a cup va n the bands of the Japanese report d he had dispatched a force of marine! from his ship to Seoul, the capital, o protect the United suites legauou. .... r.. no advices received at the stntt department confirming the report of the dec i ,(..., n( iiMtween China and Japan, aud Jupaueso Mlulster Tuuteo.who called at the department to arrange bis farewell call upon the President, said that Us win lilsc without iniormnuuu iu iu ouu.ii. Two Ken Killed. While John Evei'lv. Frank Juiim unit VII fllauk were engaged lu ruiiniin m. traction engine, three miles south of Warsaw, Iud.. It li,..!....,. U'l.O.. 1H....1 V... V. "". Hutu, uiui-ii wm repuiriiig ii. x.veny uuu joues. WHO Had lust several nlgllt'S Sleep, Sitting till with K sic It friend threw tlieuiaelver dowu lu Iront of tile eugine to take a nup. lilauk. nut kuuwlnir tvlieMi liis cumpnuiuun were, sinrtua the maculue. kill- my uuiu lumuuuy. l uvy ware uuuiurried. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Summarised Froceedtngo of Our Law Malur at Washington. owe nrsriRtn and sr.vr.XTV-rtonTH day. Ffsats. Perhaps no more remarkable scene was ever witnessed In the United States Senate than that which occurred there to day, when for 2 l-ll hours Senator Oor mnu, tho Democratic, political lend er on tho Moor, delivered his Speech agnlnst the President and In de fense of the Sennte tnrlft bill. The galleries were packed to the doors. Mr. Gorman, with a frankness that amared those present, discussed party secrets, opened the door to psrty caucuses, and flashed his searchlight into the dark corners of party history, 'ina president was assailed witn keenness and vigor by the lea ler of his party on the floor of the Sennte. He defend ed the senate tariff bill and Its preparation snd charged that both Mr. Carlisle and Mr. Cleveland were not only aware of the con cessions made in that bill to procure its pass age through the sennte, but that Mr. Carlisle hnd been consulted at every step, and tnnt Mr. Cleveland had sanctioned all that was done. Hofss. No business was transacted In the House to-'.ny. Much Interest was taken In Mr. Oorman'e speech In the Senate, and the House adjourned, being unable to hold a quorum. ONS BCNDaKO b Sr.VSTT-NI!T BAT. Sesatk, Another dramatic scene occurred In the senate to-day, but President Cleveland, instead oi oeing, as on yesterday, tne ohject of attack hv the leader of his party, was de fended with vigor and vim. Mr. Cleveland's champion to-day was his old political rival antl enemy, Senator David Bennett Hill, of cw lors. ine ,ew ion senator spoke lor almost two hours to brenthless galleries and a full senate. Several times the presiding officer was unable to restrain the enthusiasm his remarks evoked, notably when Mr. Hill declared that personal conslderstlons would not prevent mm irom ueiemung tne president when he wss unjustly attacked, Benntor ('affray, of Louisiana, followed Mr. Hill and his speech was still In progress when at 8.0 o'clock Mr. Cockrell secured recognition to move nn adjournment, which motion wns adopted sndthesenateniljourned. Hofsr.-! he house to-day passed by a t arty vote the bill for the reinstatement of clerks dismissed from the railway mail service ho- tween March 15 and May 1, 1HH, The vote was yeaa 140, nays (IS. Hills were passed to issue patents to the rresbyterlan tionnl of borne missions for land in the Omaha Indian reservation for church purposesj to authorize the si-cretnry of the Interior to lease sites In the Hot Springs. (Arkansas) reservation for cold water reservoirs, and a number referring to western lands. At 4 o clock the bouse ad- lourned. ons nrNnttED and Eion-rum pat. Sf.nats. The day was devoted to speech making. Mr. Cattery, Democrat, of Louisi ana, concluded his siieeiii In lavor oi a tariti on sugar, and stated that if the sugar growers of bis state were not protected be could not voto for tne bill, speeches were made by Mr. Dnnlel, Democrat, of Virginia, and by Sir. liunton, Democrat, o Virginia. Mr. Quay. Kepubllcan. of renn- svlvauia. moved to amend the pending mo tions of Sonutora Vilas and Hray so as to place sugar on the free list. The Sennte then adlourned. House Hills were paued. rrovlding pen sions for widows and orphans of soldiers Who died or were killed in discharge oi duty. and who did not therefore rocetve discharges irom tne service, ana to extend nunng men lives the pensions grnnted to Insane, Idottc. or otherwise permanently helploss orphan children 01 a deceased soldier. oxs HCNDBEn ANn EIOHTT-rinST PAT. Senate. Senator Vilas, of Wisconsin, re plied at great length to Senator Gorman's attack on the president. He took up all the charges against the president and met them with much skill and logic. In conclusion be euloglrod the president's personal character and puiuic integrity, Aftir some remarks by Mr. Stewart against the Interference of the executive, Mr. Hill moved to place coal and iron on the free list, which motion was de feated by a vote of 6S to 6. The conference report on the tariff bill wns called up, and Mr. (Juny withdrew the sugar amendments he bad offered. Mr. Wash- burne, of Minnesota, submitted a motion to Instruct the senate conferroes to recede from that portion of the sugar schedule placing ino,cent dinereniini on sugars noovo in nutcn standard. Mr. Mills contended that the senate could not instruct its conferrees to do that which It could not do itself. With out deciding the point ol order the senate ad journed at 6:45 p. m. house ine plan advocuted by the Ameri can Institute of Architects to secure plans for iiuulio buildings by competition was indorsed py tne committee on punuo buildings, wmcti ieclded by a unanimous vote to report the bill. A commission of three architects of high standing appointed by the president and two memliers of the engineer corps of the army, to discharge under the general direc tion of the secretary of the treasury all ad ministrative duties relating to procuring de signs ana appointing architects, is provided ior dv me inn. ror ouiioings costing viuu, 000 the commission Is to voto fur live archi tects to propure designs for competition aud for buildings of less cost onenrehitent is to be empowered to prepare tbs plans. Of eo irso the commission selects the design. Unsuc cessful oomiietitors are to be paid for their worn ana tne arnnuocts wnen sucn plans were adopted will supervise the work of building, and receive lor renumeration 6 per euoi, oi ine cost oi ine work. ONE HUNDRED AND EIOHTT-SECOND PAT. Senate The senate after a week of sena torial speeches, agreod to the further confer ence on the tariff bill asked for by the house of representatives. The test of strength came on Mr. wasnnurue s motion tnai ine seuiite recede from that portion of the sugar amend ment placing a differential of one-eighth of a cent ou sugar above No. 10 Dutch standnrd. Alter nn hour and a half of debate on tho pending points of order, the president pro. teni., sustained the point of order, aud ruled the motion out. rue decision was immedi ately uptiealed from and a motion made to lay the latter motion ou tne tauie. uoiu motions resulted ill a tie. la case of a tie the motion is lost, according to parlimeutary law. The failure to sustain the ehnlr on the all- peal brought the senate to the direct voto ou the Washburne motion. Hut though the lie. publicans scored the victory In securlug the vote on the one-eighth differentia!, the vote on the Washburne motion also resulted In a tie and subseqdeutly was lust. Alter these votes no attempt was made to delay matters nud the resolution to agree to the further conference wns agreed to wituont division. The chulr thou reappointed the .. v I....- Vu. eouiorees, wesata, iuuiubw, v'u. Harris, shormnn. Allison aud Aidricn, anu the senate after transacting a little routine buslut ss adjourned until Monday. ONE BUNDBED AND EKIHTT-TH1BD DAY. Senate. Not in session. Hoi si. A Joint resolution was adopted still further extending the appropriations for isui until AUgrst 14. ana niter some pnvuto puis were uisposea oi me uouse adjourned. KILLED BY A WOMAN. Mrs. Hartley la the Widow or a Ono Famous Kan. Mrs. A. Hartley, who shot and killed Slate Bcuator M. D. Foley, lltino, Nov., Is the widow of the discovered- of the Meadow Lake mines, Her husband was known as "The Hermit of Meadow Lake." It was during her absence n Lug and two years ugo that her Duauaod died under suspicious clrcuiustauiws aud was thought lo have ueeu poisoueu iy a com puuiuu. Without a ParalleL The 7-year-old boy, Herman Mangold, of AlleghHiiy, Pa., who was ruu over by a train, and had both legscrushud.has fully recovered lu two weeks after a double amputatiou, both leys buvlug beeu auipututed above the kuoe. LATEST NEWS SUMMARIZED FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. What Is Transpiring; the World Over Important Events Briefly Told. TAriTAL AND I, A SOB. Western United Mine Workers have or ganized In the district of Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico. The strikers charged With obstructing the United States msll were tried at Little Hock, Ark., and dismissed. Evidence suffi cient to hold the men was not forthcoming. The New Knglnnd delegates to the national convention of the Catholic Total Abstinence societies to be held In St. Paul, Minn., next month. unanimously voted not to usel'ullman cars on the trip. Itey tlakowskl's Commonweal rmy arrived at Clyde, O., and demanded food. This was refused by the mayor, and violence was threatened. Company I drove thorn from town at the point of the bayonet. The Monongahels Iron Comnanv. mnnn- facturere exclusively of musk bar. resumed alter a suspension of several weeks. The company has agreed to pay 4 per ton for puuoiing, dui win not recognize tne Amalga mated Association, and a strike may take place. Debs. Howard. Kellher and Movers, of the American Kailway Union, are out under 7,000 bail each. The hearing In the eon tempt eases has been continued until Sep tember 5. An attempt will be made by the defendants to procure a hearing on the in-db-tments before the contempt eases are again called up. CHIMES AND PENALTIES. Lewis Holder was hsnired at Fort Smith. Ark., and Henry Bennett at Memphis, Wed nesday. Dr. B. A. McLeod. surgeon of the Fifth Michigan Regiment, has tsen arrested at Ironwoodon a charged criminally assaulting Ida Holmgren. John Underwood, who shot and killed the marshal of New Straitsvllle, Ohio, on tbe nlght of July 4, was arrested Saturday at I'oinf Iiensant, W. Va. Burrcll Piivna wss killed nt Fredericks burg, Va.. by Fielding Hurt on, a merchant of Fairmouth. Ilurton Is 74 years old and I'nvne 21. They quarreled. Ilurton struck I'ayne on the head with a stone. William II. Feoples. a Tlttsburg cement man. In tho employ of O. L. l'enbody A Son, committed suicide by jumping from the third story of the St. Chnrles hotel, Wheeling, W. Vs. ne was instautiy killed. At Wellsvtlle. O.. Samuel TL Hose murdered his wife, shooting her twl'-e. After killing her Hose beat and kicked the body repeated ly, nne was a, ne m. jCBlousy prompted me ucea. nose gave nimseil up. F.dgnr, the 15-year-o!d son of James ncv. worth, of Philadelphia, shot and killed Mnrv Cutbhert, bis pretty cousin. He snld he did not know the gun was loaded. A coro ner s lury found It to be a case ol "acciden tal'' death. Dynamiters made a dastardlv attempt to blow tip the town of Dunbar, I 'a. A largn bomb was exploded under the house of a non-union workman named Vauglu Tho building was blown to' pieces and the larger part of the town badly shaken by the explo sion. The family escaped without Injury. At St. Louis Herman Kingman shot and killed Edward Cooksey, one of whose sons wss whipped by Kingman several days ago. The other night Cooksey, armed with a club, and two others, lay In wait for and attacked niugnian. neeing na wasiikeiy to laro badly, Klugniaa drew bis own weapon aud shot Cooksey, Klugman la under arrest. riBES, ACCIDENTS, FATALITIES, ETO. Fire destroyed 15 cottages In Van Horns street, Chicago, and foui men were burned, one Frunk Heegt, a laborer, being fatally lu- jureu. At Cunningham. Ala.. Willie Collins, a boy shot and killed his father and fatally wounded bis sister, mistaking them for burg lars. Augusta Koch, 71 years old, committed suicide at St. Louis by wrapping herself In a sheet, saturating It with coal oil and setting Are to It. Mary MHher irv MHher and John O Mallev were Durueu to death by the explosion of agas- ollue stove In the lodging house of William Haueock, Ht. Louis. Ttnv A A lmuMl tf Ttnlt(mM -1 .1 ,1 ent of the Dickinson College, who had charge of the Methodist congregation at Balnhridge, ra..waa accidentally drowned Saturday while in swimming. Reports reached Texarknna of a serious wreck on the Texas A l'aciilo railroad, near Queen City, Tex., ill which the engineer, Ex press Messenger rred Marshal, Fireman Allen aud the train porter, together with three passengers were killed. Twentv-nvo families were rendered home less by fire Emtio and Arcade street, Montreal, Canada. The Are started lu a frame build ing on Arcade street aud spread to an adjoin ing careuter's shop and lumber yard, aud mence 10 a uuinuvr ui uweiuugs. The steam yacht Favorite, which runs from Newark, N. J., to llockaway, N. .,was burn ed to the water's edge. Seven of the crew were aiioard sleoplug. and all were cot off safely except two boys who were sleeping la tue uoiu anu prouuuiy lost. roREIUN. Eight now case a-.d four deaths from chol era have I ecu reported at Leige, lkdglum. since Bniuruny. The Oerman Government has decided not to accept llerr Dow's so-called bullet-proof cuirass for use iu the German army.. At a recent trial the eulrnss was pierced by bullets irom a regulation riue at uuu meters. MISCELLANEOUS. The next M. E. general conference will meet at 1 levciaud. The Fopulists of the Seventh Kansas dis trict DOKiluated Jerry Simpson for Congress. The Republican State convention in Nety York will be held at Saratoga, Sept. 1H. The Minneapolis mills ground 153,0 bar rels of Hour against 83,200 the week bufure, anu ioi.zvv iu tooa. Republicans of tho first congressional dis trict of Maine, re-nomiuated Hon, Thomas H. Heed by aoclaiuatlou. Smallpox Is raging at Mnuntnln Grove. town iu Wrlgbt county, Mo. Eight deaths are reported ana a largo portion oi tne in habitants are sick with the disease. Quaran tine regulations have been established by sur rounding IOWI1S. Bills Signed by the president. The president has approved the following bills: The naval dlplomatio and consular aud military academy appropriations bills) prescribing utnltallousof time fur completion of title uuder the donation act; ex tending the time lor mini proof and payment ou pulillo lauuK) uutnoniEing tne oousiruction oi i bridge over the Mississippi river at Luxiug tuu, aid. Spanish Bmugaisrs Bsiaed. The United States revenue outter McLans seized six more Spanish vessels off Auclote, They were engaged in smuggling. A few weeks ago the McLaue seized six vessels at the same place charged with the same o(- iei.se. TELEGRAPHIC TICKINGS. Mrs. U. B. Grant ennnot ben guest of honor at the encampment. The Republican State convention of Illinois Indorsed Senator Cullom for re-election. A nntlonal convention of Denconesses will be held nt Ocenn Grove, on August 10. Mrs. M. A. Hnrtly, a widow living at Reno, Ncv., shot nud killtd State Senator M. D. Foley. M. Rouvler. the French rx-min stcr of flnnncti has challenged M. Jourdnn to mortal combat, Hnrrijon Duncan, n negro gambler and murderer, was banged nt Clayton, Mo., July 27. The town of Bonepnrte, In Iown, bos been nearly destroyed by fire. The loss has not ben ascertained. Ellzntieth Beck, one cf the oldest memliers of the Hnrmony society Is dead. The sur viving members of the society number 17. The news has been received that war be tween China and Japan has been declared and that several China warships are In trouble. Stcvo Kny, a Slav, residing In rittsbnrg, lost 1,000 in money. It was tnken from the pocket of his coat which hung in his room In bis boarding house. The Isthmus fever has appeared on board tho U. S. warship Bennington at Salvador, which has accordingly been ordered to leave for San Francisco. A strong gas well near Coffeyvllle, Kan., caught fire and exploded. It shook the ground like nn earthquake, and tore up 30 acres liko a volcano. While In a drunken rago Mllford Danver, a butcher of Allegheny, Pn attempted to mur der his wife with a Inrge butcher knife. He cut her bndly about the head ami face. Wallace Burt, a balf.breed murderer, wns hanged at Boylestown, To., July 20. In Sep tembcr 24, 193, lie murdered Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Rlchlly, aged respectively 83 and 60 years. In the school election nt South Amboy, N J., tho women took nn active pnrt as voters.' It was a contest between Catholics and Frotcstants, the former electing six out of the nine trustees. Queen Victoria will witness the private match race on August 4 between the Vigilant and the Brittanulo. The Prince of Wales nud the Duke cf York will be on board the Brltt- nnnia during this race. John Ruyavlsli, the Tollsh resident, of Pittsburg, who was stabbed In a drunken riot In a shanty boat, died from his Injuries in a hospital. James Brown is in Jail, charged with the cittlug, William Tyler, colored, was banged by a mob to the crossarm of a telephone pole at Cnrlisle, Ky. He was charged with crimin ally assaulting a 13-ycar-old girl whom he had choked and beaten. The American steamer City of Teklng, Capt Searte, from Hong Kong, July 11, tor San Francisco via Yokohama, is ashore In Yeddo Bay, Japnn. Sho was obliged to jetti son a portion of ber cargo. Charles Wilson, colored, aged 24 years, wns banged at Ht. Louts, July 26, for tbe murder of a negro named Mose Hodges, on Novem ber 8, 1892. His shoes were removed on tbe scaffold and he called out good-bye. The town of Cellna, In Ohio, has been destroyed by fire, causing a loss estimated at 1150,030. Tho National hotel, the Citizens bank, tbe postofftce and several stores aud saloons are among the proierty burned. The special report of Mr, Wright, commis sioner of labor, shows that the earnings of the people living In the slum districts of large cities are quits up to the average earn ings of the people generally and at large. Judge Dennis, of Baltimore, has decided In favor of the petition of James F, Farley, of Indiana, the general receiver of tbe Order of Iron Hall, to have the 1 100,003 in tbe hands of the tbe local receivers distributed by liirn- lelf. Six men have been arrested, three at Den. vor and three at Colorado Springs, for com plicity In tho tarring aud feathering of Adju tant Ocucral Tarsney. More arrests are to follow. The prisoners have been released on bail Tbe duel between Clemenccau and Dcs- cbanel, was fought with swords In a secluded spot at Botilogne-sur-Seiue. Two rounds were fought lu tbe second of which Cleinnn- caau's sword pierced tbe cheek of bis antag onist The wound though painful Is not con sidered serious. A fire, on Fulton street, In New York city, gutted the six story buildlug occupied by the New York. Law Journal, causing a loss of (150,800. Archduke William III, a second cousin ol Emperor Francis Joseph, wns thrown, from bis horse July 28, and futility injured. About 2,000 houses In Cottel, a town in Bulgurla have beeu burned and tbe homeless people are camping out iu tbe fields, A Are at Belle Daiue, la., has destroyed property vulaod at tMO.OJO. The explosion of a boiler In a Lehigh Val ley colliery killed three men, John Miller, John Laubach and Di.rl y Shields. Jnpan orders all ber troops to report im mediately. A Chinese army bus entered Cores. Tbe war is on. Republicans of tbe Third senatorial . dis trict of West Virginia nominated Stewart T. Reed for the senate. It is tbe present outlook thnt the resolu tion for an Investigation of the causes of the great railroad strike, looklug to legislation to prevent recurrence of such troubles, will be acted on this session. British Ves.sl Wreoksd. Word has been recoived at San Francisco of the wreck aud total disablement of the British wooden bark Willluui La Laeher, oft Cape St, James, ou Provost Island, 600 miles Irom Singapore. The. vessel Inlt Slugupure for Hong Kong on May 4 to loud fur this place. Out ol the crew of 17 not a man was left to tell the tnle. Xurdsr and Bulcide. In a disorderly house on Clark street. Pittsburg. Samuel Oliver an Wednesday ulght last shot aud killed his wlfsk Annie Crowley, an inmate of tbe house, to whom he was married July 8. He then committed suicide by shooting himself, He was a native of Ireland, about 80 years old, aud drunk wheu be committed tbe crime. Chicago Onn Explosion Inquiry. Tho government hns finished Its Investlgn- ton of the Grand boulevard ordinance ex plosion, Chicago. Captain Itlrnlo.tho govern ment expert on ordinance has returned to Washington with the official report. It Is genernlly bellevedthnt the report will declare thnt some of the shells were defective. MAKKBTH. riTTMWItO. (THE WHOLESALE TBICES ABE OtVEN DELOW) Ornln, Flonr and feed. WHF.AT-No-1 Red 54 6 63 66 6 61 61 4 4a 47 44 63 61 8 75 4 20 8 15 2 75 8 25 12 75 12 00 11 00 1H 00 17 60 16 60 16 60 15 26 C 60 7 00 t I Ited 5-J COItN-No. 2 Yellow, ear... 65 tiigu .uixea, enr dj No. 2 Yellow, (helled 61 Shelled, mixed 50 OATS-No. 1 White--".... 48 No. 2 White 47 No. 8 White 46 Mixed 44 RYE No. 1 M No. 2 Western, new 60 FLOUR Fancy Winter pat. 8 60 rnney rpnng pateuta s Fnncy Straight Winter..,.. 2 M XXX Bakers 2 60 Itye flour 8 10 HAY Haled, No. 1 Tlm'y... 12 25 Bnled, No. 2 Timothy ... . 1 1 00 Mixed Clover 10 60 Tlmothv from country.... 18 00 FEED -fn. 1 W h Md, ton.. 17 00 No.2 White Middlings.... 16 00 Brown Middlings 14 60 Bran, bulk 15 00 STllAW-Wbeat fl 00 Oat 6 60 lnlry Prorinrta. BUTTER -Elgin Creamery. 22 5 , 23 Fancy Creamery 18 j 19 Fancy Country Roll 14 16 Low grade and cooking... t 6 CHEESE Ohio, new .... - 8'tf New York, new 10 16 'J Wisconsin Swiss 18 1H;J LI in burger, new make.... 9 Fruit and Vegetables. Arrt.ES Fancy, V bbl....e 8 tO liEMUEH- Gooseberries, per stand.... 8 75 Raspberries, per qt. 9 Ited Raspberries 18 Blackberries 6 Currants, per qt 8 HucklelK-rrles. palls 110 WATERMELONS Georgia, each 18 CAMEI.Oll'ES- Ann Arundel, per sug bid, 4 00 BEANS N. Y. aud M perbu 2 00 Lima, lb 4:,f TOTATOES 4 60 4 00 10 15 7 10 1 25 25 5 00 ii 10 0 Fine Stnte, on track, Mil., 2 01 2 25 From store, bbl 2 25 2 60 CABBAGE Home grown, crates ICO 175 ONIONS Egvptinn, 100-lb bngs.... 2 25 2 M Southern. ' " .... 2 25 2 60 Southern, bushel erntes... 70 f 1'iitiltry, Ktc. Live Chickens, V pair.... J 60 9 70 Spring Chickens 40 ISO Live Dii'.ks, V pair 40 60 Dressed Ducks, V lb 13 15 Dressed Chickens, lb. mix 9 10 " " young select 18 20 Dressed Turkevs. V II 11 12 EGOS Pa. and Ohio fresh.. 12 Yli FEATHERS Extra Live Oeee, V lb 65 t'O No. 1 Ex. Live Geese, V lb 40 45 Country, large, packed..,, 85 40 Miscellaneous. SEEDS -Clover. 62 lbs 6 85 6 (HI Timothy, prime 2 tiO 2 C5 Blue Grass 140 140 RAGS-Couutry mixed i 1 HONEY White Clover 12 IS Hiirk wheat 9 10 MAPLE SYRUP-New 75 1 1)11 CIDER Country .sweet, hid. 6 00 B 60 CINCINNATI. FLOUR ti 10 WHF.AT-No. 2 lied 48 49 RYE No. 2 45 COIIN-Mlxed 45 OATS 81 82 EGGS H 9 IIUTTF.R-Ohlo Creamery.. 19 20 l'HILAOKI.I'IIIA. FLOUR 8 00 3 25 WHEAT-No. 2 Red 63 64 COItN-No. 2 Mixed 4' j 4!i,' OATS No. 2 White 4H1,' 49 MUTTER Creamery, extra. 1H EGGS Va. Ilrstt 13 13,' i NEW YOI1K. FLOUR Patents WHEAT No. 2 Red RYE-State CORN No. 2 OATS White Western BUTTER Creamery EUGH State and Penn 8 25 8 35 65 4!iV 65 J H 43.' i 13 14 CATTLE MARKET REPORTS. Ci ntral Mot h l'anl I'itti'mrg, I'a. CATTLE. Receipts light and market at uu.-'.inn -cl prices. Extra, 1,450 to l.flOOIti fl 03 4 75 Prime, 1.30J to 1.41011 4 ft.if 1 75 Good, 1,20(1 to l.WMII 4 01'nlUO Tidy, 1.050 to 1.1. Mill 50(..1HJ Fair, 1.000 to l.lOUIb 3 00,'n 3 50 Fair. 900 to 1,0001b 2 7 ft 3 00 Common, 70j to 9,0011 2 OJ a 2 si nous. Prime light 5 40S 5 53 Heavy Philadelphia 5 5'iri. 5 75 Common to fulr Yorkers und pigs 6 4 ' 5 60 Grussers 5 0 J a 5 2 I Houghs and stags 3 2b(g 1 i;J SHEEP. Prime, 05 to I 0011 3 MS 3 75 Good, 85 to 0011 go-Mr 2J' Fair. 70 to HO II 2 -!Vc i 0 I Common. 65 to 70lt Mi's 1 25 Spring Lambs 2 25fe4l5 Veal Calves. 4 50A5 25 Heavy calves 2 AO's 3 00 Baltimore, Cattle Tho market has been fnlrly active, ihero were lew good tops amoug the offerings, the better grades gener ally being less numerous thau usual. Values throughout the list were stronger thau thuy were, and the ottering brought fully as gooil figures as they did. Prices ranged from 2 to i'i cts, per Ibi most sulus 2,1 ato 4.1 j cts. per lb. Prices of Beef Cattle ranged ns follows! Best Beeves 4rVt cts., those generally ruled llrst quality cts., medium or good fair quality 3X.'31 cts., ami ordinary thin Steers. Oxen and Cows 2fS3 cts. per It). (l.Kilinntl. Hogs Good sliipH-rs, i3.1ia 4.25: fair to medium, :t.05(s a,75; select butchers, 5.45K5.55 lair to good packers, 5.25S)5.45t fair to good light. 3.15(S 5.5J common aud reughe, 44.75fc3.20. Sheep Extras, t3.25(S 3.50; good to choice, it.'.Mr 8.00; fair to common, 4l.75(& 3.75. La-uPs Extras, 4.86ro 4.50; good to choice, i-LiU 4.25 common to fuir, 4I.75&3.25. Chlaao Cattle Receipts 11.003 head; market strong; common to extra steers. t3.25 C4.85i stockvrs and feeders, t2.00A3 4 cows aud bulls, l.'J6$8.60; calves, 2.0(irq 4.60. Hogs Receipts, 20,003 head; market strong; heavy, 4. 00C5 25; coiuniou to choi t inivt-d, 4.H.V.5.VO; choice assorted, 6.20's) 6.25i light. 4 SUA 6.20; pigs 4.60(o5.U5. Sheep Receipts, 7,000 hcadi market linn for good and slow fur poorer grades; Inferior to choice 1.25rs 3,(10; lambs, 2.50 4.40, The OUMTrket. Oil City. National transit certificates open ed lit B3'4C highest k'jc; lowest Sic; closed at S2c suies 6.0u0 barrels; shipments 8,1,170 barrels; runs 77,595 bvrela.
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