THE BUSINESS SITUATION.
NO MARKED CHANGE.
Not Much Reliance In th Government
Crop Report.
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H. (I. Pun A Vn.'n Weekly Review nl
Trade pnynt IhimIiimh In Mill walling fir tho
development of retail trade. There In a lltlln
better demand Id some Industries lint nut no
good In othors. Wholesale dealers In Hourly
nil branches nre halting because business
does nut yi't show distinctly wlmt It Into b".
Lower price tor th great farm ntnplon and
lower wagon In Minn ostul.llshmciiln binder
purchase for consumption, while political un
wnt nnd uncertainty also linvo nuinn n-taril-lopr
Influence.
Meanwhile, Inrgn Import nml iimnll ex
porta of merchandise, with Inniioqunln em
ployment for money here, are mining thn
rate of foreign exchange, no Hint possibili
ties of K"l 1 exports somewhat affect thn
stock market. 'J im halting attitude fur tho
moment la disturbing to thnsn who hnvn
looked tor continued Kiiln, IIioiikIi, rightly
considered, It In thn niitiinil cnnscqiicncn of
conilltlonn which wore to bo expneted nt thin
aennnn.
Tbe Government crop reportn nrn not
grently trunted, anil y't linvo nn lliltuoi ,
nml actually eiaggoriite the tendency townrd
low prices, because they are supposed to put
nil the crops too low. Men cnlmly reckon tinit
if thn Oovernment r'port Indicate over
4IH).O()0,0uO bushel of wheat, thn crop must
be ov.t WlO.lXHI.IK'O bushels. Thn price In
slightly lownr. Corn has I n stronger, for
mci-lptn nm hardly a quarter nml export
bnri'ly an eighth of lnt year's, nml nion iien
lion whether thn m'tmil ylohl. If nhovo thn
Government estimate, may not provn lownr
than Imil been supposed. Thn cotton re
turns nre morn contusing, but nil point to a
yield no far nhovn Hint indicated by thn Gov
ernment thnt Ita statement linn Ixvn followi'il
by a fnrth.T decline for tho week of one.
qonrtcr. Tho n Ii.tn thun fur hardly en-
courngn extremely large cstlmnti-n, nml yet
It in to be considered that the vrop wns later
than usual.
Thn Iron Imliintry r iri1a larger prndiic.
Ion In September tlmn In any other montli
thin year; hot an price are gradually weaken
ing, because of limn iTI-l-nt demand for finish
ed products, nomn works nro preparing lo
Clonn tir nhorli'U tlmn.
Thn woolen mills null Imrn humorous bu.
Inted order fi r full good, but thn demand
for spring dona not Increase, though In n nrly
nil thn lower priced products domestic makers
nppenr able to commaml most of thn business
that exist. Halo of wool hnvn been 4.H77,
IH'I poundn, against 2.f00,4.V2 la.t ynur, nml
7.0!'0.r.iM) In n2, nud priooa nro n nhado
weaker for lino fleece.
I'allur.-s for thn week ending October 4,
dhow llnbilltiea of $1,714,276, of which H0.1,.
HNS are ol mnnufn -luring nml $.U2,.1!il of
trading concern. There Imvo benn 2-11 In
thn I'nltnd Htnten nirnlnnt 3!i;l lant yenri nnil
4:) in Cnnndn nitnlimt 42 Innt yenr.
An ncciinimuTntloii of fnvornblo fentuma In
revenled In thn telegraph reporta to llrmb
atreet'athln wek. While ndvlcea an to tho
mont marked Improvement come from tho
Went nml Konth. thorn nre Borne encourag
ing fentures nlno reported from thn Kant,
nuil the net result of Inst wcek'a biinlnena Iiiih
been further nrogrean lu the direction of en
larged dintrltiutlon.
Kxportnof whent, Including flour na whnnt
from both coln of the t lilted Ktiitea and
aimda for alx bunlni-na diiya ending with
Tburniluy of thin week, nggregiitn 8,017,11411
bmhela, which ia compared with a,24:l,onn
bunhnla ent nbronil Inat week) a,H6'J.(MIU
buahela in thn second week of October Innt
year, 3,fl2S,non bunhcli in 1881, and 4,0113,000
butueli lu 181)1.
TREATY VIOLATIONS.
Bpeclal Proviaiona of the Reelprooity Aot
Broken.
The abrogation of tho reciprocity between
the United Htntea and Itrnr.ll la to hare a
equel In tho tiling ot olaimi and beginning
of aulta against this government for the total
amount of duties collected on Frazil goods
ooverod by the reciprocity treaty from August
S7 Inst, the date the new tnrlft law went into
effect, up to January 1 neit. In the aggre
gate tnriie dull a will reach several hundred
thousand dollars and may reach Into the pi)!,
llona. The total cannot be estimated even
approxlmntnly as yet. The claims will not
be made by Itrazil as a government, but Indi
vidual Importers of Brazilian goods. The
first step toward making the claims will be
by filing protests with the treasury depart
ment ngnlnst the exaction ot duties.
The claims will Involve a tent of the right
of congress to pass a law which violatea what
It will be asserted is a contract provision of a
treaty. In the exchange of the official notes
leading up to the treaty Minister Mendonca
of Brazil wrote to Secretary Blaine that the
treaty would be proclaimed "with the under
standing that the commercial arrangement
thus put in operation shall remain In force
ao long as neither government shall definitely,
at least three months In advance. Inform the
other of ita Intention and decision to con
sider It an end at the expiration of the time
indicated, provided, however, that the ter
mination of the commercial arrangement
shall begin to take effect either ou tho first
day of January or the first day of July."
UNCLE SAM NOT IN IT.
This Country Declines to Join the Al-
llano in Stopping the Chlnese-
Japanese War,
The United Mates has been invited by the
quadruple allianoe Great Britian, France,
Germany and Russia to join It In a frlondly
intervention In the war between China and
Japan.
The Invitation has been declined. The do.
cliaatlon is based on the time honored
policy ot this 'government to avoid any en
tangling alliances with foreign powers.
It is rumored that the Chinese government
bns opened negotiations with Japan for the
aettlement of the war between them. China
has offered to acknowledge the independence
of Korea and to pay a war indemulty to
Japan.
Korea being oleared ot Chinese, the oppor
tnnlty ha arrived for Japan to undertake a
thorough internal reform ot the government
of that country.
China la trying to rnlse a war loan of tU
750,000 In silver In London.
GEN. SCHOFIELD'S REPORT.
Advocates a Hoary Increase In the Regu
lar Army Vorot.
The annual report of Major General Bcho
Held, commanding the United State army,
disousse widely the us ot the military forooi
in maintaining tbs Federal laws against do
mestic, resistance, and the necessity ot coast
iortiiloations lor defense against foreign at
tack. Referring to national dangers, General
Bcbofleld alludes to the recent employment
of the army In suppressing domestlo violence
and to the neoeasiiy of concentrating at Chi
cago for all that purpose of nearly all of the
forces that could be made avulluble from all
linrta of the country. Uenernl Hchollold says
be thinks the active force of the army should
be largely increased.
Bank Meon-er Bobbed.
On Fourth street, Cluuinuatl, In broad day.
light Friday, a uicssuUKOr til the Hecoud
Rational burnt, was rooued of 1,000 In ciu.h
and coupons uud ciuii draft of an uuknowu
value, lie bud the viullot lu an outside
pocket nud gut into a crowd, ttllor whlou the
Wailot was uiisaiuif.
EX-GOV. CURTIiYS FUNERAL.
fh Commonwealth' Tribute to fto
Honored Dead.
Wednesday, the day set for the burial of
rx-Oov. Andrew (1. l urtln, came In with
tormn of rain and cold autumn wlndn, the
dlnmal weather adding to thn gloom of unl
vernal mourning for the dead. At 10 o'clock
thn meeting of thn llnrannnelntlon and promt
nnr.t citizens wan held at the nnurt-hoitnn In
llellnfontn. Ho many of thn bent representa
tive men of thn community had never beforn
been annemliled together there, and thn meet
ing was crowded. Judge rural prenlded,
with .luilgen l.nndlnof lllnlr county, llardon
of Clenrlleld nnd linn, Jerome 11. Mine ot
Tioga nn vice-president.
Judge Kurnl mild, In thn eonmn of his rn
mnrkn, thnt thn last link thnt hound thn iimn
of today to Lincoln ami llrant la severed,
Ilia connection of thn present with thn pant
In broken. ien. Heaver mail thn formal
renolutlonn of renpect fur thn annm-lntlnn,
Col, Mann, ot Philadelphia, who was llrst
cn'led on, niMikn of bin llrst connection with
the honoreil dead, at the tlmn he was acnnill
dntn for governor.
Kx-l.leut.(lov. Wallace nsuke from hln In
llmntn connection with thn dead, llrst nn a
memlmr ot thn bar and then an a member of
the opposition In the stale ncnatn when Cur
tin wan governors and how hln i-arwwtiinnn
and lovn of Justleu Irresistibly cnrlcd thn
speaker with him. Hon. John lliilley ot
Huntingdon, remembered him nn a member
of thn constitutional convention, where hln
great knowledge of law, hln keen sense of
pistlce and his appreciation of thn needs of
thn state overshadowed everything. And he
aid the grand Constitution of the stale today
in largely thn fruit of the dead iimu'a Indi
vidual elTnrtn.
I'rum it) o'clock until thn tlmn for thn
burial the remains lay In the court
hoiino. ThoiiMniidn of people tiled pntwl
thn bier for a farewell look nt the
familiar face, nnd hundred of child
ren, thn pupils n the public schools,
tormed a part of the procession.
At '1 o'clock thn remains were returned lo
thn family residence where thn religious
services worn held, briefly and nlmpln. 'I hern
wan tin singing. Ilev. I r. Laurie, ), l ,
Imstor of the llellelontn 1'renbvlerian church,
ind charge of thn servleen. assisted by Itev.
Jtr. Kobinnon, of thn Western Theological
seminary, of Allegheny City, who wan Mr.
Curtln'n pastor while he wan governor, in
lltirrlshurg. Thn servleen worn opened by
I r. Itoblnson resiling thn Hcrlptup. followed
with prnycr by I r. I.nnrle, who made n brief
nddresn ami wan followed In kind by Hr.
lioldnson. Tim servleen nt tho limine closed
with prnynrby lr. Itol.lnson.
Among the lloral plneen were thn Masonic,
emblem in blue, on n pillow of ronen, from
bin lodge! a broken column of rnscn from the
liar association; thn (irnnd Army iiislgna, in
llowem, from the post ot which bo wan an
honorary member; n large fulling cross and
ntnr, and many other plcccn by Individual
friends, HI v thousand visitors were In town.
In addition to the towns-people, Thn funeral
trnln mnriihed an follows;
Military eneort, special O. A. IL escort
of honor, clergy In cnrrlugon, honorary
pull-bearers In carriages. Tim nenrso with
curriers on eneli side. The family and
friends. Representative of tho Pennsyl
vania Unserve- association. Hepresenla
tlvea of thn military order. I.oyal Legion
of the I'nlon league of Philadelphia. Uen
ernl olllcera of the National (lunrd of
l'ennnylvnnln, Thn governor's ntnfT and thn
statin of tho gnnernl officers nt thn National
guard, according to rnnk. Representative
of the Center county Veternn association.
Thn anveral bar associations of Center and
adjoining counties, llattallon ot Mate col
lege cadets. President and members of the
town council of the Borough ot Bellcfouto,
and citizens generally.
At the grave the simple and Impressive
burial of the Grand Army was read over the
coffin, the eomrndes of Gregg Post, At Its
close the oustomary salute was fired over the
the open grave, and thus the grand old man
was burled.
COLLIERY EXPLOSION.
Over Two Doien Boiler Bunt, Killing
Flv Men.
Five men wete killed, two fatally Injured
and several other painfully burned by a
boiler explosion that occurred at the Henry
Clay Colliery, Bhamokln, Ta. The loss Is tM,
000. Tho explosion is the worst of its kind that
ha ever occurred In this region, nud its cause
is a mystery.
It Was 1M when the workmen worn stnrtl
ed be a heavy explosion. At the Faroe mo
ment a portion of the boiler-house was blown
Into the air, and flying bricks, sheets ot cor
rugated Iron, and the big boilers were hurled
In every direction. Heveral other explosions
took place. The air was filled with esoaplng
stenm and debris for a radius of 400 yards,
and many of the employes narrowly escnpea
death. The report ot the explosion was
heard In Hhamokin, a distance of over two
miles. Only one boiler house employe, a
Pole, escaped uninjured.
The others were burled beneath the mas
ot debris, and some of the bodies wero not
recovered for two hour, The boiler on the
eastern end of the house I supposed to have
been the first to explode, and then the ad
joining boiler went up in quick succession,
the repeated explosions resembling the roar
ot heavy artillery. Only U of the 86 boilers
escaped destruction, and even those were so
badly damaged that they were useless.
One-bait of a boiler was hurled a quarter
of a mile and lodged in a slush bank. An
other that took a similar direction crashed
through the side ot the breaker and lodged
In the scraper line. Another crashed through
the tlpbouse and came near killing several
employes. William Clement, the engineer,
had a close call at the latter place, as the big
boiler came through the engine house root
and fell on the floor Just a foot in front of
him. The safety lamp bouse that stood near
the top of the shaft was reduced to splinters,
and that Wm. (Julnn, the lampman, escaped
with hi life la miraculous.
Four collieries will be thrown Into Idleness
by the aeoldent for a month or six weeks, so
that the total loss will aggregate 100,000.
Hill Aocepta.
Senator David B. Hill and Congressman
D. N. Lockwood, candidates on the Demo
cratic ticket of New York for governer and
lieutenant-governor respectively, were form
ally notilled of their nomination by the
committee appointed at the Haratoga con
vention. Both acoepted. Senator Hill In
dolug so saying that tbs nomination was
against hi will.
Mysterious Tragedy.
A mysterious murder and suicide or double
murder, ooourred In Middletowa, N. Y., Hun
day morning. John Tinrney was found with
a bullet hole In bla right temple. His wits
was lying near him with a' bullet bole la ber
left breast, while a pistol lay a few feet
away. The alTnir ooourred In a oate owned
and oonducted by Mrs. Tlerney,
The Csar Operated On .
A change tor the worse ha taken place In
theocar' condition. ' Fainting tits seized him
and an oparntion had to be pei formed. Rus
sian oou rt officials have started for Llvldla,
when the czar Is.
Confessed to Twelve Murder.
The mystory ot the murder of Gus Gene
semeer on the railroad uortbwest of Cheboy
gan, Mich., was cleared up when George
Van lay lor, tho man's chum, out his throat
and died In lull. Taylor left letters In which
he oou leaned to twelve murder.
Chine Barbarity.
The Chinese recently oruolfled two Japan,
ese prisoners who fell Into their bunds and
are also said to have beheaded two wound
ed Japauosu soldiers who were found lu uu
outpost hospital wuloh had beeu hurriedly
abandoned.
BAGS OF GOLD STOLEN.
A TRAIN HELD UP.
The Overland Express Robbed Near Sac
ramento. Thn enntlKiuml overland exprcaa, due nt
Pacremento nt 0 o'clock Thursday, wan held
up about six miles out of tho city nnil robbnd
ot four sacks nt money by two men, who es
caped with their booty. The amount of
money in thn sack wan 1 5,000.
Thn rubbers first held up thn track-walker,
nnd taking his torpedoes nnd signal lanterns
from him, flagged thn train In propnr fash
Ion, Indicating that likely they wern railroad
men. They then covered engineer William
Heott and II rem an Lincoln with rillen, nml
forced them to uncouple thn expresa
car and englnn from thn ri-nt of thn
trnln nml run abend, with thn roMmra
on board, to a point l'tween two tren
tlisi. When thn uncoupling wan lieirig
donn thn conductor and braketnnn appeared,
but were scared away by bullets. When tho
spot between thn trestles wan reached, F.x
prenn Mennenger l'ago was ordered to open
thn door of thn car. lln replied with two
shots, which narrowly mlnned Heott Lincoln.
Thn robbers threatened to kill Ihn Intler un
less I'ngn opened thn door, which he did.
I'ngu gave up hln keya ami thn roMicrn forced
Heoll and Lincoln tn carry the money to thn
ehglne, which wan uncoupled, boarded and
started toward Naernmcnlo. Home illstaiieii
awuv they ntopped nud reversed thn englnn
deserted It with thn money nml disappeared.
Thn englnn Imaged Into thn express ear
without damage, and tho train wan brought
lu several hours lute.
AN A NTI-mLL TICKET
Ring County Democracy Nominate .
P. Wheeler for Oovernor.
In Now York, a third state ticket has been
put In thn field by thn Democracy ot Kings
county, and It is cxieetod It will bn indorsed
by thn Independent Democrnt throughout
the ntlltn.
The ticket present nn thn candidate of thn
mi 1 1 -1 1 1 1 1 Democracy fur governor, Kverntt I'.
Wheeler, of New York vlly, ami Indorses the
candidacy of tho regular Democratic nomi
nees for lieiilemiiit-guvernor and Judge of thn
court of appeals - Diihlel L. Lockwood and
Chnrlen Frank Brown. After having decided
upon It eanilldaten. Mr. Hbepnrd'n com
mitten proceeded to nominate Hon. Charh-
H. 1'iilrchihl for chairman of the campaign
committee.
Thn ticket wan nominated by a committee
composed of chnrlen II. I'attersoli, Thomas G,
Hhearmttii, George It. Peahody, Michael K.
O'Connor, It. II. Itowker.ltlchard H. Ramsey,
.1. W. Green, K. perry Hturgln nnd Charles L.
Rlcnrdl. It. II. Mclntyre hail benn named a
one of thn committee, but dncllned to serve.
The committee was appointed by Edwnrd M
Hhepard as a result of a meeting of Hheeard
delegates to thn Saratoga convention. Thnt
meeting wns belli Tuesday night, and the
committee presented resolutions which were
adopted without opposition.
The platform ndopted begins with a com
plaint against the Hnratogn convention for
unseating the Hhepard delegates. The plat
form then advocates personal and religious
liberty, denounces the llnpiihllean party as
the tool ot trusts nnd declare for tarifl re
form , free coal aud free ores. It goea on as
follows!
"Thn constitutional convention ha sought,
to petrify in the legislation of thn state a
gerrymander apportionment, contrary to the
principles of representative and Democratic
government. We blnmn for tills dnngnr to
Domocrniy David B. Hill, whose political
short-sightedness In forcing the nomination
of Mnyunrd threw thn convention, as well as
the legislature, Into the hands of the other
political opponents: and we ask fair-minded
Republicans, with whom we voted against
Maynard, to vote with us against this unjust
and partisan apportionment.
"We favor home rule in cities, separate
municipal eleotious, the suppression of bosses
and rings nnd the business administration of
municipalities,"
SHIP CANAL.
Guarantee Fund of $100,000 for the
Waterway Wanted.
Al a meeting In thn Chamber ot Commerce
In nttaburg, Tuesday, the projector ot the
Lake Erie and Ohio ship canal took a decisive
step toward the building of the waterway In
asking torn gunrautee fund of 100.000 to
push the preliminary work to completion.
This was agreed upon, aa was the adoption
of the engineers' report of thefr reconnalsanc
over the various routes, together with an In
teresting report from the statistical oommittee.
The engineers recommended the surveying of
the Warren route and money which Is to be
subscribed will be used In part for this pur
pose, Thnro was nearly a full meeting ot the pro
visional oommittee and there were three gen
tlemen present from abroad. These were
Himon l'erkins, of Hharon, vice president of
the provisional committee, Eben Brewer, pro
prietor of the F.rle Dispatch, and secretary of
the Pennsylvania ship canal commission, and
J. A. Gurber, ot Greeuvillo, assistant engineer
of the same commission. George J. Kelley
was chairman of the meeting and John .
Bhaw secretary.
Col. T. 1'. Roberts, chairman of tha en
gineers' oommittee, which made the tour
of the different routes, was called upon
for a report. Ho bad made a large map,
showing all ot the proposed lines and this
wn displayed on the walls of the Chamber of
Commerce. His report was long and Inter
esting, He explained the country gone over
and gave many facta and figures. He non
eluded by the recommendation thnt the War
ren route be surveyed, though the commis
sion did not say this was really the bettor
route.
MANY MARINERS LOST.
Seven on a Lake Vessel and tha Whole
Crew of an Atlantlo Bchooner.
The most disastrous lake sblpwreok of sev
eral that occurred during Monday' storm
was that I the sohooner Hartford, of Clay
ton, on Lake Ontario, by which seven live
were lost. The unfortunates were Captain
William O'Toole, wife and child Richard
Heymore mate, and Michael 1'uroeil, all of
Clayton; Dennis McCarthy, a seaman of Os
wego, aud an uuknowu eamun of Grindstone
Island,
The North German Lloyd steamer Bruum
sahwolg, which sailed from Bremen Heptem
ber U7, should have arrived at Baltimore
Tutsday. The agent there have heard noth
ing of the steamer since she sailed from the
other side. On board the Braunschweig are
Hi steerage passengers, bound to point in
the West. Hhe Is an old vessel aud not very
fast, nud may have been delayed by tho re
cent heavy weather nt sea.
The schooner Hoafonm, Captain Chaudler,
from Miilvaln, N. J., laden with box lumber,
capsized at hears, in the Delaware Bay,
Thursday morning. The ouptuln and orew.it
is thought, were drowned.
Chile Settled Up.
The Chilean Oovernment, through It
Minister at Washington, bos Just paid into
the Htate Department 'i45,UtH.85, being the
amount of the judgments rendered against
Chile by tho Chllenu Claims Commission
which alosed its work In Washington three
mouths ngo. Most of these claims are based
upon injuries sustained by American citizen
resbleut in Chile and Peru during the war
between thvso countries.
DECIDED.
Th South Carolina Dispensary Law De
cided Constitutional.
The decision of the supreme court of Routh
Carolina In th dispensary canes declare th
law constitutional. Justls Gary argues gen
erally that the regulation ot the manufacture
and snln of Intnxlentlng liquor come within
the police power ot the state and that tha
dispensary in such a regulation of thn trnffic.
thnt there Is no Inherent right in any onn to
ell liquor, and thnt being thn cann, thn slate
has the right to prohibit thn sain altogether
or to so control it aa It deem Iwnt for tho
general welfare. Justice l'ope assents to
thin llndlng.
Chief .lustlcn Melvnr dissents and rnltcrnte
generally the position taken by him when
thn law was declared unconstitutional butt
spring.
The effect of the deelnlon will bn Hint Gov.
Tillman will now begin an active wurfare
ngiilust "Blind Tlgem," which have been
flourishing without much molestation nlnee
thn act wan dnelnroil unconstitutional. What
thn saloon men will do In problematical.
Homo kind nl a case will probably Iw goUen
up which will dually bring thn qiicattuu in
the supreme court of the United Htnten.
BRAZIL WILL APOLOGIZE.
Argentina Cut th Tariff on American
Good.
Rio Janeiro advices state that the llrazlllnn
government has ordered Its ministers In Ar
gentine and Uruguay to apologia for recent
outragi committed by Brazilian soldiers In
territory belonging to thono two countrii.
Thn nlTendern will bn punished.
A strong military forcn goen to MatloOrosso
and n transport loaded with arms nnd am
munition has left for Corumbn, on tho upper
I'arnna.
Thn government of Argentina hn sent tha
report of thn tariff commission to Cougresn
which has placed American goodn lower than
thn rntcn elionen by thn committnn. White
pine now stands at 11.1 per cent; pitch plne.ini;
spruce, yr, with a 15 per cent, duty on agri
cultural Implements. Thin in In consequence
of .Minister Biiubniinu'a request, nldcd by La
I'rennu's vigorous articles.
THE WOOLENSCHEDULE-
A Disputed Point C ddoil by tha Acting
Attorney General.
Heerntary Carlisle received from Acting
Attorney General Maxwell nn opinion, In
which bn buhls that thn word "wool," as used
in the woolen schedule of the new tariff act,
refers to the hair of thn sheep onlv, anil that
the new nnd lower diitlc on goods inado o
the hair of other animals went into effect on
thn signing of thn ant,
immediately on receipt of thin opinion,
Hoeretiiry Carllsln sent thn following telo
grnrn to nil collectors of custom!
The Attorney General has rendered nn
opinion that thn word "wool," an used In
paragraph 'i'Sl ol thn new tariff act, rnfem to
hair of sheep only, and thnt the new duties
under schedule K, upon articles mndn ol ths
hair of thn other animals, went Immediately
Into elTent when thn net took effect. Cus
toms officers will be governed accordingly.
Iiistr jetlonn of August 'il remain unchanged.
Collectors will rellipililate all entries cover
ing goods, olussilled oontrary lo above In
structions. CROPREPORTS.
General Condition Show Improvement
Over Earlier Estimates.
The October returns to the statistician ol
otthe department ol agriculture make the
gnnernl condition of corn as not materially
differing from that ot lost mouth. It being
01.2 against 83.4 In September, gain of
eight-tenths ol one point. In most of tha
southern state th condition of eorn has fal
len since the last report, but In soma of th
western state there ha been slight gain In
condition.
The returns of yield of oats per acre in
dicate a yield of 24.8 bushels, being on
bushel more tbnn the estimate for last Oc
tober. The average yield of rye according
to the correspondents' returns of yield per
acre Is 13.7 bushels, against 13.3 bushels in
1WI3, and 1X7 bushels 1802. According to
the return on yield per acre th general
average for barley Is 10.8 bushel against
ill. 7 bushels lnlH93, and 23.7 bushels In 1HU2.
The condition ot Buckwheat, a reported
Is 72.0, against 69.1 last month and 73.5
O-tober 1, 1HU3. The October oonditlou of
potatoes is given as 64.8, age!nst 62.4 last
mouth and 71.2 al the same time lost year.
The condition of tobacco, a reported, is
8.46, against 74.6 last mgntb, and 74,1 Octo
ber 1, 1HU3.
POTATOES FROM SCOTLAND.
Nearly 83,000 Ton Imported During th
La'. Nine Months.
Considerably more than ball a million dol
lar' worth of potatoes, weighing 81,743 tons,
wers brought from Scotland to the United
Htntes In nine months ended last June, and
this, too, notwithstanding a protective duty ol
25 cents per bushel on Imported potatoes.
This fact I set out In a report to the Htate De
partment by United Htate Consul Havage at
Dundee, Scotland.
The great bulk of the shipments go to New
Tork with occasional shipments to Boston
and at rare Intervals to Philadelphia and Bal
timore. Nothing but the best potatoes art
shipped to America. The price at the begin
Ing ol the season was (11 65 per ton, f. o. b.
exclusive ol the oost ol sacks 13 cent each.
The freight from Dundee to New York wai
2.85.
STEAMER WRECKED.
Passengers and Crow Esoap on Bait ol
th Wrecks.
The passenger steamer London was
wrecked Saturday on Pollock reef, 45 miles
south ot Cap Arid. There wers on board 160
passengers, while the orew numbered 86. II
was Impossible tor the small boats to be used
most of them having been smashed by the
heavy seas, and It being Impossible to launch
the others, all bands made their escape to the
reef over the bows of tha steamer, which was
well up forward. After getting on the reel
raft were built of wreckage and on these
everybody embarked and slowly sailed to ao
Island 20 miles north ot tho reef, where all
but four passengers, who are missing landed
In safety. Home time afterward the sohoouei
Grace Darling rescued all band from the
Island.
VICTORY OF LABOR.
Judge Woolson.ln th Wabash Wag Case
Follow Judge Caldwell' Baling.
United Htatu Circuit Court Judge Woolson
decided that the reoelver cannot cut the
salaries ot the employes ot tbs Omaha and
St. Louis (Wabash) railroad. Judge Wool
son recites the doctrine laid down In tbs re
Cunt deoislon ol Judge Caldwell, that "em
ployes must be paid fair wages, eveu though
no divldund may be paid," and bold thnt this
rule must govern, always keeping in mind
tho gcueral rule that a court must turn tha
railroad out of the hands of the receiver Just
as soon as such a thing can be safely done.
Crook Get Away.
Geo. F. Sage, tha notorious swindler, who
traveled under the name of Horace linker aa J
a dozen other aliases, made a sensational es
cape from Jail at Bolulr, Md., taking with him
Tli os. Kauo, committed for robbery and bum
Kolley.churgcd with assault.
KEYSTONE STATE CDLLINGS
THE STEEL RAIL POOL.
Heavy Shipment of Coke-Glass Work
Started Up After Two Tear.
A gang of New York city swindler has
lately been fleecing thn farmers of lllnlr and
Bedford counties by tho wholesale. The
rural district have been Hooded with letters
purporting to come from a commission house
on Broadway, offering blghent prices tor
country produce. Thn printed letter heads
and representations thereon of a mammoth
business establishment rolilied thn grangers
of suspicion, nnd extensive shipments ot pro
duce were mndn before thn non-arrival of
the promised checks made tliofraud apparent
vr.Tr.n!a' nr.rnio.
Thn rennlon of thn (Inn Hundred nnd
Fortieth Pennsylvania Voluntncrn wan held
at Clnynvilln, and I no members answered to
the roll call. An nddresn of wnleoinn was
delivered by Ilev. Frank Fish, which wnn re
sponded lo by Rev. .1. I Mllllgnn, thn old
chaplain ot thn regiment. Thn new officers
elected are; President, John McCulloiigh;
vlen presidents. John Baldwin, Author Hhlehls
and A. C. Ornver; treasurer, D. Hlngleton;
secretary, J, I,. Mllllgnn; orator, Ilev. T. N.
Boyle; excutlve committnn T. A. Wnllaen, A,
ft. Grove, I', A. Cooper, Isaac Hharp, A. G.
I'.mery, A. T. Greg, ,N. J. Boyd. John K. Hart
and Jenne Morris,
mucks or STP.KI, RAIM.
The prlen of nteel rails will not be reduced
nor will thn present combination of steel rail
Intercnt bn destroyed. Thin wan nffirmatlvn.
ly established nt Inn Inst meeting ot thn pool.
The combination will also be continued. This
was Ihn authoritative statement ot a member
ot thn Carnegie Htnel Company, limited, ft
lias been well known among thn buyers that
dissensions ntlatnd and that the "pool" wan
apt to collapse, even prior to the cesnatl'in ol
the agreement, but any rumor to that effect
lacks authority.
STAnnxn vr krtr.it two TKn.
Thn Blairnvllln factory of the Whitney
gins work, I'hllndelphlhi, started up in full.
Thin plant which wan formerly thn West penn
glass factory, has lsen closed down for about
two year, ft won purchased nbout two
month ngo by the Whitney company, who
spent t'-'O.Oon lu repairs ami Improvements on
It, Hufllelent orders nrn now on hand to in
sure a continuous run during the entire lea
son. ononnirr.n run c iiristia worx.
A permanent organization of thn Christian
F.ndenvor Societies, of Lawrence county, war
formed at a convention in New Cnstle,
Officers elected wero M. W. Leslie, president.
M. I.oy Iliuinn, vice pn-nldunt; Mlsa F.lirabctti
Wlnti, secretary, and Clara Diisbane, treas
urer. n( rnr.o tub reward.
Senator Vuay offered 1 100 reward tor th
recovery ol the body of ills nephew, Frank
Barclay, who wan drowned In tho Ohio river,
anil William Volhardt, who recovered the
body, wan given the reward. 'I be finding ol
the corner's Jury was accidental drowning.
SALOONS CANNOT HI MOYRD,
The supreme court denied a rule and dis
missed the petition with costs to the plaintiffs
in the proceedings ot Leib A Co., against
Hare et nl., Philadelphia. It I thus decided
that transfers of liquor license from one place
to another cannot be granted.
The 30th annual convention of the rennsyl
vnnla Htate Hahhath Heboid Association was
held In the First Presbyterian church at
Huntingdon. Rev. Dr, F, K. Freeman deliv
ered the address of welcome and Rev. Dr. W.
A. Htauton, president ot tbe association re
sponded. Rev. George F. Reed, president of
Dlokson College, made the principal address.
An Immense amount of coke Is being ship
ped from the region above Counellsvllle to
Brnddock and stocked In the yards about the
Kdgar Thomson steel works. This bas been
tbe practice ot the Carnegie company of late
years, to keep a great supply ou band lo be
utilized In case of emergencies.
An Independent Republican ticket has been
placed in the field In Lawrence county, the
object being to elect J. Norman White, the
Democratic nomine for I'resldent Judge
over W. D. Wallace.
John Bugdanlus, aged 16, was killed, and
Peter La Loutnkf, aged 85, was fatally hurt,
In tbe Maple Hill mines, near Ashland, by a
gas explosion caused by careless handling of
a safety lamp.
Beaxon Woodflll, a farmer ol Two-mile
Run. Washington county, was found dead in
bed In West Brownsville, where he was visit
ing. He was GO years old, and leaves a wife
and son.
Rev. Dr. William M. Taylor, of Mt. Jackson
who was one reported as going to marry
Mrs. James A. Garfield, Is to make a second
trip around th world. - Ha sail from Van
couver October 17.
Lynn h Co., Altoona, booksellers, were
acquitted of the charge of sonspiracy to de
fraud, brought by the Wall paper trust, which
claimed tbe Arm failed on a false confession
of Judgment.
Burglars blew open the safe at Hchweyer h
Lels's marble yard at Bower and set Are to
the Rending railroad station, which was de
It royed.
The Baltimore k Ohio road Is to spend
(150,000 on Improvements between Pittsburg
snd Counellsvllle, which luoludes a four
track bridge at Turtle Creek.
Ross Sbeeder, of Kearney, was arrested by
Detective Bengle Monday night, charged by
W. a Woods, of tbe Secret Service, with
passing counterfeit money.
Mrs. McClure and daughter Maggie were
fatally burned at Vellow Springs by tbe ex
plosion of a gasolene stove. Their house
caught Are.
At Oreensburg, Sol Shuster and John Me
Elfresh have been arrested, being alleged ao
complices ef Calvin Crlsman, charged with
horse stealing.
The shovel works ot II. M. Myers k Co.,
Beaver Falls, which has been shut down for
some time, has notilled employes that It ean
resume at a wage out of t and 10 per cent.
Ernest Zahm, manufacturing jeweler of
Lancaster, has confessed Judgments to his
wife aud mother-in-law, for 20,000, and ex
ecution was Immediately Issued on them,
A. B.Miller has retired from the Presidency
of Waynesburg College. He baa given 40
years of continuous service to tha Institution,
building it up Irom next to nothing.
Tbe brick warehouse ot John De ITaven at
Boneybrook was destroyed, with 600 oases ol
leaf tobacco. Loss 130,000; partly Insured.
A Olgantlo Combine.
There U a movement on foot to combine al)
the railways In tbe country running east and
west Irom the Atlantlo to the Pacillc, and all
those running between Duluth and Minne
apolis and HU Paul on tha North aud He
Louis and the lower Missouri river gateway
on the south, in a gigantlo trust-
About COO Killed.
The mllitnry barracks at Grenada, Nica
ragua blew up, causing great damage to
surrounding property. The number ot killed
it placed at 200, wbilo many mora were
Injured.
FIVE INSTANTLY KILLED.
Bight Other Injured at a Crossing In
England.
A wagon containing a party of hop picker
tarted to cross th railroad tracks at Char.
Iham, when a trnln, the approach of which
ooiilil not be seen owing lo th dnnse fog that
lirnvnlliwl mt tl.j. n.n. .......i. .u- T.i..i
, ... ..,,.., ntiivii, liw i-lll' I.
throwing Its occupants In all directing.
. .o rimiK wern mstaniiy allien ana etgnt
Injured, some of them perhaps fatally,
ic.'lr'i'f.r.T 1,,t"";n1,",n" "t French In Cnnadnj
lead llrl Inli nut, Jed to bellevn they favor
annexation with tho United Statu. '
MAHK15TH,
riTTMIIIRfl.
Tiia wnoi.ssAi.R i-RirrnjiMH oivkn
irnln, Flour anil Fend.
snow. J
WHEAT-No- 1 Red
No. 2 lied
t'OKN -No. 2 Vellow, oar...
High Mixed, ear
No, 2 Vellow, shelled
OATH - No. I W hite
No. 2 Whit
No. 8 Wlilto
Mixed
Ill K- No. I
N'. 2 Western, new
I LliCIt Fancy winter pat.
Fancy Spring patents
Fancy Htrnight Winter
XXX linker
Ityn Hour
1IAV - Baled. No. I Tim'...
Baled No. 2 Timothy....
Mixed Clover
'I Imothv from country.. ..
IT.K.Ii tfo. I W'h Md, ton..
No. 2 White Middling....
Drown Middlings
Bran, bulk
STIIAW- W heat
Gat
64 ft? 51
5:1 54
no m
57 M
fill 60
8.1 no
85 88
84 8?
Ii: 84
58 64
62 6
8 115 8 75
8 60 8 70
2 75 8 00
a no a 75
8 10 8 21
II 25 II (0
io no ii no
10 mi ii no
14 00 15 00
17 Ml 17 60
16 (Ml HI 60
15 60 in 00
11 60 15 00
6 00 6 25
6 60 6 lit)
Ilnlry I'rfHlurt,
ISfTTF.R - Elgin Creamery. 2f)
Fancy Creamery
Fancy Country Roll 17
l ow grade and cooking... 12
MIF.KHF.- Ohio, new .... , 10
New York, new 11
WIseoilsillHwIss :
Llmbiirger, hew make.... V
27
24
11
15
10 J
I'.'j
1H i
Frtllt and 'egntnhle.
AI I'I.F.H-Fnney, V bhl.
2 75 r 3 00
tinai'i.?i
Concord, 10-lb basket...
l'i 6-11) banket...
I'F.AI IIF.H -
Fancy .er bu
i 'holoo per bu
I K A IIS -
Duchess, per bhl
Neclcels per bill
I'M.MH-
Damsons per bu
Green gage per bu
Large blue, per bu
Frillies, per bu
IlK A NH screened per bu
Lima, II
1'OTAIOF.H
Finn Htate, on track, bu..
From store, bu
CAIHIAGE
Home grown, bbl
ONIONS
Vellow, per bu
II 1.1
8 10
1 75 a 00
1 23 1 60
a no 3 no
8 50 4 00
a 50 a 75
1 60 1 75
1 20 1 40
1 75 2 00
1 40 1 W
8
CO f,
61 70
75 1 00-
40 60
I'onltry, K.te.
Live Chickens, V pair.... 60 f I 60
Spring Chickens 25 60
Live Dunks, f pair 40 45
Dressed Ducks, l lb 10 IS
Dressed Chickens, lb. mix 12 H'J
" " young select 14 15
Dressed Turkeys, fi II..... U J2
F.GGH Pa. nud Ohio fresh.. 14 IV
FEATHEItH
Extra Live Gnenn, V lb 65 CO
No. 1 Ex. Live Geese, V lu 40 45
Country, large, packed..,. 85 40
Miscellaneous,
BEEDH-Clovnr, 62 lbs 8 00 8 25
Timothy, prime a 75 i 80
Blue Grans 140 160
RAGH-Country mixed 1
liONEY-Whlte Clovnr 17 IS
Buckwheat 12 H
MAPLE HYItUP-Nnw 75 1 00
CIDER Country ,swont, bbl, 6 00 6 60
CINCINNATI.
FLOUR 8 2 65 r 4 00
WHEAT-No. ailed 61
RVE-No. 2 62
COHN-Mixed 63 64
OATH 81
KOOH J4
BUTTER Ohio creamery. . 20 22
PHILADKLFIIf A.
FLOUR 860 400
WHEAT No. 3 Red 64 66
CORN-No. a Mixed 67 64
OATH No. 3 White Si
BUTTER Creamery, extra. 26
F.OOH Fa. firsts l'J
NEW YORK.
FLOUR Patents 1 70 4 IS
WHEAT No. a Red 64 6
RYE-Htate 51
CGIIN-Nn. 9 64 66
OATH White Western 82
BUTTER Creamery . 25
EUGH Htate and Penn 21
lame naraei Reports.
Catlltare unldat Ihrtr flqurrt fins irright.
Uikjb art mid at net irriyUt, thai is 20 per cent
(grnrrally) tiff from lire weiynf. Nhrrp art
$otd grot; that it fire wight or nothingoff.
Central Stock Yardt l'ltttlmrg, 1'a.
CATTI.
Extra, 1,450 to l.COOIb 5 Sfl5 70
Prime, 1.300 to 1.4O0lb 4 70r5 25
Good, 1,200 to 1, South 4 50fe4 H5
Tidy, 1.050 to 1.150th 4 0044 25
Fair. 000 to 1,000th 8 0wr 3 40
Common, 700 to 9,0011. a 00f2 Sn
BOOS.
Heavy Philadelphia 8 60rf 5 80
Common to fair Yorker and pigs 5 2fm 5 60
Growers 1 00r 5 40
Roughs and stags 4 00r.4 50
SHXKP.
Prime, 95 to 1 OOm 8 20i3 50
Good, 85 to OOtt 3 703 10
Fair, 70 to 801b 1 7542 00
Common. 65 to 701b 1 (H,1 NO
Spring Lambs 3 604 3 50
Veal Calves. 47 00
Heavy calve 44 00
Cincinnati. Hogs Market easy; select
shipper, t5.354 5.40; select butcher, 5.254
6.36; fair to good packers, $5.0045.25; fair to
good light, (3.0045.80; common and rough,
4.2543.00. Cattle Market steady, good
shippers, 4.0 44.75: good to choice, $4.0041
4 50; fair to medium, $3.6043.75; common,
$2.004 2.75. Sheep Market steady: extra,
$3.254 3.75; good to choice, $2.5643.00; 00m
mon to fair, $1.0041.75 lambs extra, $3,604)
8.65; good t choice, $1854.3.60; common to
lair, $1.7542.7(.
Chicago. Cattle Receipts, 14.000 head;
market strongs common to extra steers, $2.75
46.25, Blockers and feeders. $2.0043.50.
Hogs Receipts, 17,000 head; market strong
snd lighter; heavy, $4.8043.46: oommon to
choice mixed, $4.7045.33; eholoe assorted,
$5.2043.30;llght,$4.704 5.20; pigs, a. 2544.76.
Sheep Receipts IK.oo.l bead; market for
choice grades steady Inferior to choice, 75o.
&3.50i 2.0041.80,
Th Wool Karket.
Phil. Wool quiet and steady; Ohio, Penn
sylvania and West Virginia XX. and above, 1119
20ot X aud above l4iltk! medium 204 22c)
quarter blood, 30fUr; common lsiS ".),
New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, etc., XX,
1741no; X, l.Vnl7c; medium, 204 210:
quarter blood, 20ai 21o; common, la'J0C
washed com 1. lag and dels no, 2lJ'Jc; me
dium, 204 2); coarse, 204 2'iC) low, 214'22
unwashed medium, lt)(lJo; low medium,
ISA. 17o.