NATIONAL ARBITRATION;
WORKINGMEN PROTECTED.
The Measure Throws Safeguards Around
Their Intsrestt.
Labor Commissioner Wright bat sent to
Representative Erdman, of Pennsylvania, the
draft of a bill for the National arbitral loo of
Interstate commerce strike. The mea
lore was prepared by tho late itrike commit
tlon. 1 be bill It modelled after the Inter-atatt
commerce act. It provides for the appoint'
ment by the president of a commission of five
persons, to be known aa "Tho United Stater
Board of Concllllation and Arbitration.''
Not more than three of the commissioners
Iball be appointed from the tame political
party. Due of them shall have had exig
ence In the management of railroad, and an
otker tt to bo selected from tome incorpor
ated association of railway employee. The
commission thall have authority to Inquire
Into the tennt and conditions of all employe!
tubject to the act, and thall have the right to
obtain from common carrlert all necessary
Information.
'ihe commission hat the power to make all
necessary rules and regulation!, and may
admlnitter oatht. The tnlary of each com
missioner thall be 7,f.00 per annum; the
secretary to be appointed thall have a ealary
of (3,600. The principal orrlcee of the com
mission tball be In Washington, where itt
general sessions shall be held, but tpeelal
sessions may be held anywhere in the Vultvd
btstes.
Whenever It thall come to the knowledge
Of the commission that a ttrike or contro
versy between those, tubject to tho act If
threatened or hat occurred. It shall endeavor
to effect a tettleinent. Likewise upon the re
quest of employes or corporations, at well
at Itt own volition, It may muke an iuvcstl
fntlon. All reportt of luvestlgatiou and
medatatlooa thai! be prima facie evidence at
to each aud every fnct, and be given due
weight in all judicial proceeding, and the
Attorney-general of the United States, to
whom tho same thall be trausiuitted, snail
take tuch action at Is neccossury. During
the pendency of an arbitration. It it not law
ful for an employer to discharge nn employe,
oor for tuch employe and associations to aid
sr abet strikes, nor to quit employment
without 30 days' notice, 'ihe violation of
tbit provision It mmlu a misdemeanor.
In Beet Ion 18, the Incorporation of cm-
Sloyes It encouraged, and chapter 607. United
tates statutes, ImhS-o. it enlarged so as to
provide that the constitution and bylaws of
lueh association thall contain a provision
that membership shall cease by participating
in schemes of violence, strikes, etc., and that
the members thall cot be personally liable
for any acta, debtt or obligations of the or
ganization. Whenever receivers appointed
by the federal courts are in control of a rail
road, the employee thall have the rluht to be
heard In the court upon all question affect
ing the terms of their employment, find no
reduction of wages thall be made by the re
ceiver without authority of the court after
due notice.
It it further made a misdemeanor for any
officer or employer to require employee to
tnter Into an agreement not to become a
member of a labor organization, or to
threaten an employe with lots of employ
Bent or discrimination because of tuch mem
Dershlp, or to require tuob employes to
become a member of a beneficial associa
tion. The purpose it to have the bill considered
by the labor commission of the House at an
early day. There It no doubt of a favorable
report on It, and It la hoped to tecure consid
eration ot it In the Home toon after the boll
lays. SEVEN DEMANDS OF NEGROES-
Presented to Governor Oatea by a Com
mittee. A number of prominent negroes of Alabama
nave tent a petition to Governor Oatea, ask-
Executlveconslderatlon and reliof along the
following linet:
First That a law be speedily potted lor
ice prevention of lynchins.
Second That railroad! be compelled to
provide flrM-class accommodation! for negro
passengers.
Third That the tohool fund of the State
e to apportioned aa to give the colored
schools a better curt.
Fourth Tnat a colored man be appointed
t astistaut chaplain to administer to the
spiritual needt of the colored convicts.
Fifth That a bouse of correction be ettab
llsfaed tor prisoners ot Immature vears.
Sixth '1 bat a negro be appointed on the
4wtu iii -ron inspection.
Seventh That the authorities of the vari-
out oountlrt be encouraged to appoint a fall
proportion of negro jurors.
The tignert of the petition are the most
prominent negroes in theStute, and are a
committee appointed by the State Conven
tionof Negroes held last apriug to devise
plant for the betterment of the condition ol
Ihe race in the State, The Governor wllJ
eontlder their petition.
FIVE MEN KILLED.
Fatal Boiler Explosion In a Michigan
Factory.
By the explosion of a boiler In the box
factory of Itussell Brothers, in West Bay City,
Mich., five men were Instantly killed and
(wo others mortally injured.
The shock of the explosion shook the en
tire city, More than 6000 people came to tba
scene oi tne explosion aud seurch being aotl
veiy made for the dead. The cause of the
, explosion wns low water. The debris
caught lire, but wot extinguished by the de
rannient. The loss will be ubout tltl.OOO.
Ail the men leave families in straitened cir
cumstances.
The men were sitting In the engine room
eating luncu, ana not one escaped. All were
terribly mutilated, one man having both lent
blown off and hit neck broken. One ghattly
una wat mat oi a uenuiess uung. xne de
bris of the mill wat thrown over 600 leet aud
all the windowt in the neighborhood were
shattered by the shook.
The last body recovered wat that of Oeorge
Calcutt, the engineer. It was burled under
six leet ox bricks and wat to badly mangled
as to no unrecognizable, xne two injured
men win uve.
TOLD A TALE OF WOE.
A German Baron Who Married an Ameri
can Widow.
8ome weeks ago the Baron Gruenebaum, o'
Austria, and Mrs. Frunklin, widow ot the
well-known turfman, were married by a Jut-,
nee of the peaae of Nashville, Teun., and re
paired at once to Kenuetaw. the Franklin
lock farm In Sumner, eouuly, to pass the
honeymoon. Everything went smoothly un
til tome ten riayt ugo, when It wat binted In
Gallatin that trouble had arisen aud divorce
proceedings would follow, lu the meantime
Gruenebaum loll Kouuesaw and look up
quarters at n hotel lu Gallatin, telling n taio
of trouble uud woe lo all listeners. Friday
aveniug hut he raised ui'iuey enough for pas
luge to Maw York nud left for that city. He
tried to Ml u bill for divorce, but wut ad
vised he bad no legal grounds.
' Bread Demanded. I
Three thousand unemployed worklngmen
Invaded the city ball at Uoutrenl deniaudlug
bread. Tho mayor and ulderiaan present
promised that they would try to do some
thing lor them aud the crowd dispersed :
shouting) "XI we don't get bread we'll take I
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Aa Outline of the Work la the Senate
and Roues.
TWELFTH BAT.
Bis? atk More than three hours ol to-day's
Session ot the senate were occupied In th
discussion oi tne Mcarngnan canal bill and
three senators made speeches. Mr. Pefter ol
Ivansaa favored ine measure under certain
conditions, but was opposed to Issuing bond)
revalue in gold to raise tne money required.
Mr. Squire of Washington declared unequivo
cally In favor of the construction of the canal,
while Mr. Turple, Democrat, Indiana, though
approving a canal, expressed bis decided
opposition to the pending bill.
liorsr jne run to protect forest reser-
rations was finally passed to-day by the
house under suspension of the rules. Th
army appropriation hill nlso passed.
I llteen ol tne to pension ulna favorably re
ported from the Friday night session were
passea in lour minnies.
Mr. Springer, chairman of the committee
on banking and currency, presented th
majority report on the Carlisle banking hill,
anil It was ordered printed, together with the
minority report.
THIftTItSTH DAT.
Senate In the Senate to-day Mr. Dolpb.
In reporting adversely a general land grant
forfeit bill, expressea tne tienei mat congress
had not the power to forfeit these lauds. Mr.
(Jalllnger, Kep. N. II., presented a resolution
Inviting the anuexatlou of Canada. He made
a speech favoring It, and asked tno reierence
of the resolutions to the committee on foreign
relations. Mr. Hill, Dem. N. Y., then took
the floor aud made a speech on the rules of
the senate.
Hovsa Notwithstanding the fact thnt the
debate on the currency bill was scheduled to
begin In the Hor.se to-day, less than 100 mem
bers present when Speaker Crisp dropped
the travel, and the attendance In the public
galleries wat very light. The Committee
ui Unlet nail piepareu a special order under
which the House should opeiaie, but bad de
cided In view of Democratic opposition to
the measure not to otter it at present, but to
nllow Mr. Springer to call up the bill by vlf
tne oi Its privilege, immediately nin-r the
call of committees tor reports therefore, the
chairman of the Banking aud Currency Com
mittee moved that the House go Into the
committee of the whole for consideration of
the measure. His motion prevailed without
division, and Mr. Kichardson took the chair.
Mr. Walker, In charge of tho opposition to
the mciwuro, gave notice that at the proper
time he would offer a substitute,
Mr. Spriuger, before entering upon hia
argument, attempted to effect an arrange
ment by unanimous consent tor settling the
limits of del ate. He asked that general de
but e should be considered closed on Satur
day, when the holiday recess would be
taken.
Mr. Walker protested against any arrange
ment at this time. He said Ah felt con
vinced thnt no member would dltcuti this
measure In other than a serious vein.
VorRTEKNTfl DAT.
Senate rractlcnily all the time of the
senate was occupied to-day by speeches o t
on the Nicaragua canal bill. Mr. Turpin
(Dem. Ind.,) who has been speaking daily
since Monday, completed his speech against
the bill, making a critical annlysis ot the
various provisions of the measure. At its
conclusion he oflered an amendment provid
ing for the appointment of a bonrd of three
engineers to make a survey and estimnte of
th cost of the canal. This was as far as
congress ought to go at this session, be
thought.
Seuutor Terklnt of California also favored
tho building of the canal and poiuted out the
benellts which be thought would accrue from
Its construction. The senate, after a short
executive session, adjourned.
Horse Tho debate on the currency bill
continued uninterruptedly In the house to
day. Messrs. Johnson, Itep., ot Indiana, and
Ellis, hum., of Kentucky, opposed It and Mr.
Warner, Dem., ot New York, supported It.
The speech of Mr. Ellis was of rather a sen
sational character, and the applause it re
ceived from the free silver Democrats indi
cated plainly the unalterable opposition ol
the silver men of the house to the Carlisle
plan. Mr. Bland the silver leader, gave no
tice that be would offer his free silver bill as
a substitute for the bill.
FIFTEENTH DAT.
Both tbe Senate and House devoted most
of the day to the reception of tbe statues of
Daniel Webster and lien. John Stark, given
by New Hampshire and placed in the statu
ary ball ot tbe Capitol. In tbe Senate
peaches were made by McSJss. Chandler,
Lodge. Morrill, Galllnger, Hoar. Proctor,
Dubois, Hnwiey. Morgan, Davis, Piatt. Cut
lorn and Mitchell In the House the addresses
were delivered by Messrs. Curtis, Tower.
Blair and linker. Resolutions wero adopted
accepting the Statues
Senator Quay Introduced a bill appropriat
ing tl.uOO.GOJ for tho purchase of a site for a
home for Presidents of the United States.
The property described In the bill It siluut
ed on Columbia Heights, on tbe corner of
Florida avenue and Thirteenth street, and Is
about a mile and a balf from the White
Houso, 'Ihe bill makes no provision for tbe
erection of a building, leaving that for fu
ture legislation to accomplish. Mr. Itlcbard
sou. of Teunesse, Introduced a similar bill In
the House.
Capital Notes.
The senate will take up the pooling bill
after tbe recess.
A favorable report will be made on tb
house bill lor a military park at Gettysburg.
A caucus of house Democrat! on the cur
rency question will be held alter tbe holidays.
The house leaden have fixed tbe holiday
recess to begin Saturday and continue till
January s.
Tbe bouse penalont committee bat agreed
on a 100 monthly pension to General N. P.
Hanks s widow.
Senator Lodge Introduced a bill for a re
organisation of the consular servlue by bring
ing It into tbe olassltled service.
Senator Palmer reported favorably the bill
providing that In pension cases oatht of url
vates should weigh as muah as those ol
ouiuers.
ENGLAND'S DEEP INTEREST
Mr. Gladatone's Expressions on the Ar
menian Outrages.
A publlo indignation meeting to protest
against tho Armvuiau atrocities was held lu
Bt Murtluu'e bull Mouduy liigUt, A very
large crowd was present. Mr. Frauds Sey
mour Stevenson, member of Purlliiineut, and
chairman ot the Auglo-Armeuiua association,
presided. A letter from Mr. Gludsioiie was
read, tuyiug: "The terrible stateineuts con
cerning the Armenians have riveted tbe at
tentiuu of the woriii. Should the allegation!
be sustained. It will prompt the clvlliited
world anew to usk how long these thlugs are
lo be endured. J feel morally certain Ihe ad
ministration will not rest without a most
thorough examination luto the matter, lu
which we have a separate, deep and paiuful
Interest. It is to my presi-nt duty to hope
thnt the Ottoman govr.aiuent, for Its owu
bouor, will cordially cou-ur lu this searching
examination." Tim reading of the letter win
greeted with prolouged applause. Nuuioio il
addresses were niude.
A Walk Over.
Edward Dudley Duncan, Representative"
eleot from Washington county, Teun., lef
Johnson City on the 14th to tramp to Nash
ville, a dlstuuoe of 800 miles. He expoots to
arrive there In time for the first roll-call of
the new Legislature, January 7. He received
S railroad post, but declared he will not put
himself uuder any obligations to any cor
poration. Mr. Duncau Is a ltepuuliuan,
twenty-eight years of age, aud came from
boston to Tumiotace five years ago.
WORK AND WAGES.
Pittsburg Railroad Operators Resolve
to Par Fifty-Five Cents a Ton.
At a meeting held In Pittsburg the railroad
coal operators adopted the following-
'Iteeolved, That In order to meet com
peting mines now working under scale rates,
the price of mining thall be 65 centt for 3,000
pounds ol thin vein coal going west, and the
same rate as It paid by the Pennsylvania A
Westmoreland coal company for coal going
east, and that we pledge outsclves to advance
rates whenever our advance can be brought
about at competing mines.
That we demand railway rates, that Will
give to us the benefits of our natural advant
ages, and protect us from coals which are at
greater distances from Ihe markett that, to
accomplish this, wo muM have ratetot freight
on a mileage bans, measured by tue coal-
producing iiistrict,
"Second, that the giving of the same rates
aa ours to the thick vein coal, which .enables
them to go wet and take our trade, while we
are not permitted to go east on equal terms,
either on rates, or Ireight, or mining, Is un
fair, and works lo our disadvantage in both
directions.
"Third, that to long as the thick vein coal
ot Pennsylvania has e.n advantage of from 13
to 17 cents per ton in ihe mining price, and
has the further advantage ot a Inrgrr per
centage of line coal than ours, with an equal
or better freignt rale than ours to the com
peting point, It Is Impossible for our busi
ness to be put on a profitable basis.
It Is predicted that District Assembly No,
18,". Knights ot Lubor of Ohio, will shortly
sever Its allegiances to the K. of L.. and follow
I'resident Mcllride into Ihe American federa
tion, 1 hie is the miners' assembly aud has a
membership of between (i.OuO and ,000. The
men are very Indignant over the treatment of
their delegates at the recent New Orleans
convention.
rr.nta nuts ahead.
After the first of the new year, the Teppe-
rell Manufacturing Company, the Lacuuia
Mill Company, Ihe Otis Company, the Colum
bia Manufacturing Company, the Thorndixe
Company, the Androscoggin Mills, the War
ner Cotton Mills, the Palmer Mills, the Bos
ton Duck Company and the Cordis Mills are
all expected to start up on full time. Nearly
all ihe wills are now woi king on about bill
time.
Some of the locked-otit tin plate workers of
Demmler, I'll., lire making arrangements to
build a tiu plate mill. They propooe to sell
shares at t2b0 each, and no one to take lest
then 10 shares. The shareholders are to bold
positions In the mill. A site bos not yel
teen selected.
It It ttntedthat tho glass factory of McCully
& Co.,Plttburg. which hat been Idle for tome
time will resume toon.
BUST MILLS AND PKI FAT ROLLS.
Most of the rolling mills lu Youngttown,
O.. having heon In operation to their fullest
extent for Ihe past two weeks, which It a
decided change Irom the idleness of the past
year, nnd the leadlug Industrial establish
ments paying their employes have caused a
marked revival lu business circles, Itl
effect being seen in the stores dolug a phe
nomenally largo trade.
Tbe Crystal Glass Company, at Bridgeport,
O., which hat been running one furuacs
steadily since the first of lost July, nnd which
has been almost continuously behind with Itl
orders, will, after the llrst of the year, put on
another furnace, Increasing Its capacity to
just double what It now Is.
A party of 18 colored men, who had been
handling coal nnd ore at Ashtabula, left foi
Roanoke, where they will spend the winter.
When navigation closed they wero thrown out
of work, aud concluded they could live
cheaper for the cold months lu the South.
They will return with tbe blue blrda and
robins In the spring.
The plant of the Robinson Company ol
Belwood, Pa., manufacturers of electrical
machinery, was sold by the receiver to acorn'
pany of Altooua capitalists. There will be a
resumption of operations uuder tho new
management with work for I'ii men.
Tbe officers of tbe Pocahontas Cotton Mill
company, at Petersburg, Va., have been
arrested tor working women and children
more than 10 bourt a day, In violation of s
State law.
(12,000,000 COAL SYNDICATE,
A Chicago syndicate, having a capital of
tl2.000.000. has bought the properties ot the
Vandyke, Sweetwater and nock Springs,
Wyo., coal compnuies, comprising all the
mines at ltock Springs, Wyoming, not con
trolled by the Union Pacific Company.
EQUAL SUFFRAGE TEST.
Mrs. Helen Oougar Sues the Election
Board for $10,000 Damages.
At tbe November election Mrs. Helen M.
Gougar, president ot tbe Indiana Women's
Suffrage association, went to tbe voting place
In the precinct in which she lives and deman
ded the right to vote. She was refused be
cause of the fact that she was a woman. She
then oftured to make allldavit to bar citizen
ship, but was refused lor tbe same reason,
Monday, in the superior court, she brought
suit against M. H. Timberiake and others,
members of the election board, for 10,000
damages. The case will be given a hearing
at an early date, and will then be taken to tbe
supreme court The object In Uliug tbe suit
Is to test tbe validity ot the Indiana statutes
relating to suffrage. Mrs. Oougar contend
that women are admitted to practice law lu
this state, and for that aud other reasons are
entitled to the rights ot sutlrage.
From Wealth to Death in Poverty.
Count Joseph de Susiul is dying In poverty
tt bit borne at 1st West 'lentil ttreel, New
York. He Is 76 years old and was once worth
tlO.tKKi.OOO. He Is dying of erysipelas induc
ed by a wound lie received lu Havana 66
years ago. He was ihe founder of La Hou
radvz cigaret lactory in Hnvaua, where he
gave employment lo 6,000 persvos and he In
troduced luto that city the llrst street cur,
electric light, lithographic machinery and
uther modem Inventions. He is a lueiuuer
of 36 European royal orders aud wut appoint
ed a Count of the Apostolic i'.ilace by Pope
Pies IX, In ree iguitlou of his beuevoleuce.
The downfall ol his tontines beguu when the
Franco-Geriiian war opened in 1H70 aud
Purls bunkers withdrew their funds from bis
cigaret factory, 'i he Cubuu revolution of UQ
scars ago completed his ruin.
Shiloh Battlefield Park.
Tho bill creating a national military park
out of tbe battlefield of Shiloh has psssed
both Houses, and only awaits the President's
signature to beeome a law. The bill as It
passed th Senate appropriated (76,000, and
provided for a park of 8,0 k) acres. It au
thorises tbe secretary o! war tot aequlre pos
session of the land included In tbe proposed
limits either by eondeiuuutlou or otherwise.
Tne general purpose of the bill Is dealaied to
be the preservation on tbe ground where
they fought ot tbe history ot oae of the mem
orable battles of the armies of the Southwest,
as has been done for ti e armies ot the East
at Gettysburg aud lor those of the Central
Wut at Chlckamauga.
Bank Chshler Short.
John E. Blulby, cashier ot the Central na
tional buuk of Koine, N. Y-, is a (lefuulter in
the sum of $tf ,000. Mr. Blelby admitted
that ho had takeu ubout 4)27,000, aud says he
speculated m stocks. The bunk Is secured
by Mr. Blelby's bond for 6:40,000, and so.
eurltios he owns lu New York to the uinouut
of t,uoo. Samuel Gllutte, tollor ot the tmuk,
and mayor of Home, bus disuppuared, though
Bieiby says be bad Bvlluvi; w Uv wi'.u the de
falcation. ,
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.
Eight Indictments have been returned
agalnat the ofTtoiala at Chicago,
Russia will raise Its duty on American cot
ton, In favor of the planters of Turkestan.
The price of Lima oil continues to ad
vance and the proprietors are jubilant over
the fact,
A movement Is on foot among Alabama
editors to boycott tbe name ot Kolb In tbelr
paper.
It It claimed that the largest mamonth ever
unearthed haa been found by a farmer near
Sioux Tails, 8. D.
Dr. Mark, of St. Louis, claims to have dls
covered a diphtheria cure which will lay
antitoxin in the shade.
A recount In one Salt Lake City precinct
reduces the ltcpublican majority In the State
Constitutional Convention to one.
There Is such nu epidemic of diphtheria at
Sutnmltvlllo, Ind., that tbe schools have been
closed.
ltecc-nt great gold strikes at Leadvllle are
causing wild excitement In mining cir
cles. The long-pending dispute In tln-plnte trade
In New South Wales has been settled, the
ninstertnnd the men agreeing upon a 10 per
cent reduction In wsges.
At Brownsville, Tenn., a mob took James
Allen, a negro, to Ihe outskirts ot the town
And riddled him with bullets. lie wot cbarg
with burning a barn.
Charles Peterson, 88 years of age, of 100
Trinity place, New York City, shot and killed
his wile, Ituth, nged 8.1, nnd then committed
pulclde by thooting himself.
The Supreme Court of tho Vnltetl States
has declared unconstitutional the act which
declares a person legally dead who has been
unheard of for seven yenrs.
There nra nine ships, with about 300 people
on board, over due at San Frausisco from
ports on the Pacltlo coast and apprehensions
arc felt for their safely.
Tho New York city board of cstlmatei made
nn appropriation of (30,000 for introducing
antl-toxino at a remedy for diphtheria.
The town of Ornvlcseo. Hungary, wat
shaken up by an earthquake Wednesday
night. Buildings wero tumbled down nnd a
number of penont Injured.
George M. Irwin, tho discretionary pool
operator, ot Pittsburg, refuted to deliver up
bit bookt to Itecelver John D. Bniloy, and
Attorney George H. Hamilton went before
Judge Ewlng and filed a petition for an at
tnchment for coatcmpt. Thlt the court
granted, and an order was Issued for Irwin's
arrest forthwith, Irwin subsequently sur
rendered himself and was committed to jail.
MBRIDE DEFEATS G0MPERS.
Mine Workers' President Eleotsd Presl
dent of the F. ofL.
The delegates to tbe convention of th
Federation of Labor wera nearly all In their
seats when the roll was called Monday. The
first business was to dotermlne the futuro lo
cation of the headquarters ol tho federation.
On Snturdav the allies ot Indianapolis. De
troit, Washington, Brooklyn and Louisville
tind been placed In nomination. Indianapolis
and Washington were the only contestants
Monday. Ihe vote resulted: Indianapolis,
l,2U0t Washington, 826. A resolution to
make Indianapolis the location for three
years was amended to maks It live years and
refer to tbe committee on laws.
The election of the officers wat then taken
nr. Mr. flompers and John McBride. presl
dent of the United Mine Workers, were the
ouly candlantes for president. The vote re
suited: McBride, 1.16X Gompors, 937.
REVOLT AGAINST SOVEREIGN
The Powderly Faction Leads off In the
movement and Claims Support.
In convention at Scranton, Pa., District
Assembly 16, of the Knights ot Labor, whico
overs all Northwestern Pennsylvania,
pledged its members to withhold all moral
and llnnnclal support from tbe management
jf the order, uuder the administration of
Sovereign, at general matter workman. The
assembly also appeals to all other knights to
olu tho revolt against Sovereign. This as
sembly is controlled by tbe followers ol
Powderly, who cuurged that there was gross
mismanagement lu the general assembly
recently held tt New Orleans. They say they
have the promise mat eo per cent, of all
be kuiuhls will iola them In their action,
THE ARABS DEFEATED.
A Battle With Italian Native Troops
Near Halai.
Six companies of Indian troops, under
ommand of MuJ. Toseli, attacked and de
tested the Arabs Weduesday, near Halab A
large number ol the natives, including Chief
Batagos, were killed. The Italian force lost
10 killed aud ii wounded. It was composed
rutirely of native soldiers drilled and oillcer-
ta uy Italians,
It is believed that this victory will prevent
any further intrigues upon the part of the
jtti.T Abyssinian ctueis. rne Italian ootn-snnder-lu-cbief
reports that everything Is
julet lutbe direction of the Soudan.
Dime Novel Graduates.
John and "General" Kennedy wore execnt
d at Jasper, Teun., Monday for tbe murder
of James Lowery, night operator of, the
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railway
at Sbellbound. October U3, 1803. Lowery
was asleep In me olllce when assassinated.
A uuu loaded with slugs was fired through
the window. "Gen." Kennedy was arrested
later ou susplclou, and later confessed, Im
plicating bis brother. The two bad been
readiug yellow-backed novels ot the Jesse
James stripe, aud they resolved themselves
Into the "Keuuedy Boys " ibelr first out
lawry proposed was to bold una railroad
train, after first robbing a depot to secure
money enough to purchase the necessary ar
senal of weapons. To facllitalo Ibis, Lowery
was assluated, aud tbe deeradoes were
;aptured before tuey could attempt tbelr Urst
robl.ery.
The Columbian Relics.
Tbe commander of the United States oruisei
Detroit has concluded tbe necessary arrange,
oients with the L'ulted States Minister Mo
Veagu and Italian authorities for the landiug
Dt the Columbian exhibits nud has returned
to Naples, where the warship Is lying to su
perintend the debarkntlou of the relics. Xne
Detroit's commander will accompany ths re
turned exhibits to Home after which he will
be received by the pope.
EmbsssL Ssely Plead Oullty,
Samuel C. Seely, tba former bookkeeper of
the Shoe snd leather national bauk, of New
York, charged vith aiding the late Frederick
Baker In rubbing the bank of t3fii,OO0, was
arraigned in the Uulted States circuit court
Mouduy, pleuded guilty and wst remuuJei
until Friday lor entente 7
KEYSTONE CULL1NGS.
Charter for a Railway In Clarion, Arm
trong and Butler.
A charter wn Issued by the tints depart
ment at Hnrrlttmrg, to the Pittsburg, Bradya
Dend a I-nke hrle railroad company lo build
a Hue 20 miles long through portions of
Clarion, Armstrong nnd Butler counties.
Capital stock, 6-0,ooo. President, Joseph
Pool, rtew York city t directors, Isaac Itougn.
David h. Ervln, Alnert R. Patterson, lllchard
II. Hoy, Philadelphia; Fred William Scheft
tneyer, llarwood It. I'ool, New York city.
A VILLA1XOI-S ACT.
Students at Thlel College In Greenville,, be
coming Incensed at the monarchical tenden
cies of President Both, attempted Wednesday
night to roast him to dentil in bis bed. On
Monday night the president wns nnngeu in
elllgy. In such a position as to attract the at
tention of every person who passed the col
lege. Tuesday night a shower of bricks wat
thrown trough the, window In the president !
tudy, but luckily he escaped without injur;-.
Wed'ensday night about midnight, a tire was
discovered under the dormitory where the
president was sleeping. Ihe lire wns cxtin-
uistiea witn uintcuny, out not ueiore rue
uildiuit was badly burned. The students
tind hauled a lonii ot shavings saturated
them with oil and sot them on lire.
FOR rUANUE IN NAME.
The name of the tiostofllco at the historic
town of Chcrrytree, located at the point
where the counties of Clearfield, Clarion aud
Indiana come together. Is Grant, but the
residents of the neighborhood want it changed
to Chcrrytree They have signed a petition
to tbe postmater-geuernl, setting forth their
desire, nnd Editor H. L. Work, of theCnerry
tree "Hocord," went to Washington bearing
the document. One difficulty In the way is
Ihe existence ot nuother postofllceln Venango
county called Chcrrytree. but it Is likely the
latter town will accept anotuer name lor us
poslofllcc.
flOKE CRAZY ON UELIOION.
John Hlpklns. a colored man of Farkcr.he-
came Insane recently over religious matters
and has siuce been running wild through the
woods. Of an emotional nature, he has been
deeply affected by lucessnut study of the
Bible. Formerly a Baptist, he now Imagines
tho Methodists are friendly to him, but thnt
the Presbyterians are pursuing him with
dogs. When Inst seen he was tramping
through the woods of Clarion county, look
ing more like a wild beast thuu a human be
ing.
THE OIL COMPANY MUST PAY.
Ihe stiits of II. 11. Marker. John McFar-
Innd, Thomas Peoples aud Francis, Llgjnlei
Valley fanners against theCresceut Oil Com
pany lor damages to their farms caused by
the leaking of tho pipe line, have been de
cided against the company. These cases
were test ones, nnd have been In courts foi
nearly two years, other suits will probably
be brought oy other farmers agulust the dlf
furent oil companies.
In the court nt Washington, F. II. Mitchell
nnd wile were given (460 damages In thcil
suit to recover 10.000 from William Aubrev
nud John Oftord, of Brownsville, for Injuries
received by Mrs. Mitchell, who was thrown
from her carriage In a collision which re
sulted from the reckless drlviug of tho de-
tcudauts, who were in another carriage.
Daniel MofTett. William Johns and John
Hetluer. convicted of larceny: Charles Catun-
bell, convicted of robbery, and M. A. Jonos,
couvicted of shooting with intent to kill, wore
sentenced by Judge Furst, nt Huntingdon, to
tbe Western penitentiary fur terms ranging
Irom sue year to two years anu 11 inoutns.
There are 001 teachers employed In the
publlo schools of Westmoreland county. II
to those are added tbe persons engaged In
seminaries, academies aud parochial schools,
It will be louud that the total number ol
active teachers In the couuty ut the present
time Is about 700.
The Lehigh county commissioners have's e
clded to purchase a tou of pig Iron for plac
ing In the jail yard and compelling vagabond
trnmps to carry the bars back aud forward
Irom one end of tbe prison to tbe other dally
during their Incarceration.
Tbe Co-operatlvo glass works and the
Fiusicy stove louudry at Beaver Falls have
shut down. The ux w-.rks, shovel works and
pottery will close on Saturday for the boll,
days, but orders are scarce and It Is not pos
sible to say when they will slnrt up aguln.
The Central production compnny, Pitts
burg, was nlso chartered. Capital C26.000.
The directors are: Augustus It. Holmes, El
nilra, N. Y.-, Samuel P. Baldwin, Boston,
Mats.; A. A. Hopkins, Nellton.
Iteprescntntive Sibley's bill for tbe establish
ment of a port of immediate entry ut Erie,
bus been reported npou adversely by the
Secretary of the Treasury, who says such a
port is not needed,
Tbe Bethlebnm Iron company has received
the whole contract for the armor for ltusslu'i
two new wur vessels. Tbe contracts cull foi
over 12,000 tons, costing 4,000,000.
B. P. Johnson, a BradUock architect, tried
to light a furnace lire with kerosene. He was
seriously injured and tbe house was damaged
several Luudred dollars.
At Beaver Falls Johnson, colored, was sen
tenced to six years and six months lu tbe
penitentiary for robbing tbe clothing store ol
Parkinson k Miller.
Thomas J. Fennell was killed and John
Bbrecengost was futally injured In tbe Bag
bad mine near Greensburg, by being struck
by Dying coul from a blast.
Charles Shaffer was acquitted at Brook
rille of tbe charge of throwing vitriol In the
face ot carrier Thompson.
Heuey Settlemyer was cutting mine props
at Sumtnerbiil, Pa., when a falliug ttinbei
arushed his skull aud be will die.
After a full Investigation of the allegod
hazing at Dickinson college, tho faculty
suspended six students for one mouth.
Thomas Brlcker committed suicide nt
Brownsville Mouday night by taking luudu
num. Tho residences of L, L. Minor and Chat. J.
Mccormick of Uuioutowa were entered by
burglars.
William Snnkey was given threo years aud
three months In tbe pemteutiary by the judge
at New Castle, for burglary.
Rioting in Peru.
Over 4,000 hungry women and children call
ed on President Cuceres. who ordered them
dispersed. Itlotiug followed, lastlug over
three lio jrs Mauy persons were killed and
wounded.
Advices from Puru report Important vic
tories by the revolutionists both in Northern
snd Southern Peru. The business places in
Lima aud C'allao are repotted to be about
Jioscd lu view ol threatening riot.
A Luck Man Inherits 914,000.
Addison C. I'h!lllia, of Parker, Pa., hi s
fallen huirto a fortune of tli.UUO, bequeathed
lo him by Addison Phillips, a New York con
tractor, after whom he was named. The
elder Phillips died recently In lunula alter
luklug a large part of his ouce great fortune
lu equipping expeditions lo seek lor red coral
lu tbe atploa sou.
Cause of Bowen's Death.
The coroner's Jury In tbe ease of "Andy"
Dowen. killed lu n prise fight with Kid"
Lavigue Inst Friday, found a verdict that ths
death of Boweu wns due to concussion of lbs
brsln, and ths fatality was due to lbs nogleut
ol lbs club lu pudding the flour ol the ring.
HOME AND FOREIGN.
What la Transpiring the World O-vtnv
Important Events Briefly Tola.
CAPITAL AND LABOB.
Samuel Chon A Hro.. ahoe dealers of New
York, have confessed judgments for t33,728
Horwlts ft Herslleld, attorneys for creditors,
report tne iiauiuties to be about iou(uuu.
Capitalists, ot whom Congressmnn-eleot
Acbesou Is the bead, are prospecting for an
electric railroad through the coal lands ol
rtbs.iingiou couuty, Irom urowusviuo to
Waulugton, Pa,
flRES, ACCIPENTS, FATALITIES, Itt
Several people were Inlured on the 11th
Inst, during a labor riot at Bella, British
iiouuuras,
Mnuy poor and Ignorant people of Balti
more, Ji-i., are being sentenced lor taoiumg
policy slips.
During a light at a fire In Madison, III,, Ed
Collins, electric llgnt engineer, and Jacob
Kieiu were shot by I'ouuemaui Whlttuker
Coiims latuliy.
The Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad com
pany wou the case at Youngsionu, onto, lo
Which It wat tued by Mrt. Cousins for (10-,
uuu uamages fur the loss of a 1-ut by being
struck by an eugiue.
The Bostou Transcript kept n record ol
foot-ball accldeuta during tno lust season, ol
nuuut eleven weeks. 'Ihree players were
killed, one wns paralyzed, one became insane
aud neuriy lllty otuors were Injured, some
teriousiy.
CRIHES AND PENALTIES.
Captain II. W. Howgate pleaded not guilty
to eiubezzieiueut in Washington.
Pennsylvania State Dairy and Food Com
missioner iteeder is preparing lor another '
crusade aguiuxt the Oea.eisiu oleomargarine.
Dr. It. A Nelson, superintendent of the In
ebriate asyiuiu at tiiileugeviliu, Go., was
backed to pieces by uu minute.
John Lynch, tbe Inst of the notorious Arch
er guug ut outlaws at Shooi., iud., died
ealuruuy lu Orange couuty, luu.
Smiley Jordan, a colored farm hand living
near Ml. Hope, uy., was shot dead Saturday
nlgut wuna trying to rob a new uade
gruve.
Pension Agent Van Lueven pleaded guilty
at Dubuque, la., ol pcu-lou irauds uuu was ,
svnteuceu lu two yeuts imprisonment uud to
puy u line ot 4,ou0.
A noted Populist campaign orator of Kan
sas, Mrs. Fauuie It. Viuaiey, uus beeu gr. oiled
a uivurue. iter nusnauu wouldn't support
Ler.
Clara Melville, daughter ot a wealthy
cattleman, bos eloped witu William Coleman,
known tuioughouiOklahomaas "itattlesuske
li.n. '
ronatoN.
M. Brlsaon was elected president ot ths
Freucu chamber of deputies.
Cholera aud yellow leaver are both tnld to
be prevalent at itlo Jauerio.
Peru, Ecuador and Oolutnbia have oon- '
eluded a tripartite arbitration treaty.
Tbe Italian Chamber of Deputiet bus been
prorogued by the King.
The liepubllo of Honduras has adopted tba
gold dollar of tho Unuea a.utvs us its
staadard.
One hundred nnd eighty persons at Frei
burg, Saxuuy, were puivuuea ty uatiu rulis
thai cuntuluud urueuic
. It Is said the total amount of discounts ob
tained Irom the Bnuoa ltoniaua by o.noi
Crlspl wns 603,0011 .runes.
A young member of an exploring party to
Tibureu lelaud, oil the coast ol Wiico, IS
uiissiug, aud it is leared that thu Ser muiana
have killed and eaten him,
U1SCELLANIOUS.
The Lake Shore k Michigan Southern has
deciured war against ticket scalpers. '
San Francisco clergymen wuut to start
Lvxow investigation.
The Keeley Company, of Dwlgbt, Hi,., Is
plulutlir lu a receivership suit brought in a
Memphis court. Frsud is alleged.
Tbe California wine crop this year will be
small, aud, generally speakiug; Interior In
quality to mat ol last year.
In course ol a disouasion on socialism In
the American Loderatlou of Labor conlerence
lu Denver, Delegutu l'ouieroy said tbe Feder
ation should drop socialism uud dlreot its
energies against the A. P. A.
Senator Quay, of Washington. D. C, Mon
day presented to the seuato a voluminous
petition Irom citizens of Western Pennsyl
vania urging the passage of the bill restrict
ing immigration and exoludiug anarchists
from this couutry.
WASHINGTON'S BIRTH PLACE.
Monument Which John Dalcell Favored
Will Soon be Erected.
Tbe plan of erecting a suitabla monument
on tbe birthplace ot Wohlngton, nt Wake
Held, Va., which Congressman Da'sill gave
a good sturt on Washington's bitbday in 1802
by securing the passage of tho Leccssary
legislation through tbe house Is at last uesrV
lag completion. About M.OOO was expended
lu constructing an Irou pier as a lauding
place on tho Potomac uear Wakefield. This
ielt til, 000 for a gruulte luouumout. and
twenty bids have been received for the
work. The contract will probably be let
in u few days and work commenced at
once.
The deslgnt Include many beautiful ex
ample! ol monumental art, nud us moat ot
them are within the li mils of the appropria
tion, Secretary Greshum will have no trouble
in uiakli.g a selection. The majority are
obelisks, some plain and others very orna
mental, and there are a few monoliths ot great
simplicity. Several of the designs Include
Uutues of Wushlugtou at tho apex, while
others are surmounted wltbdillerent patriollo
emblems, such ns the statue of liberty, tbe .
bird of freedom and tbe American Coat ot
arms.
Child Insurance Vole
Judge Graham, of Denver, has decided
that tbe law prohibiting Insurance companies
from writing poltvtes on the lives of children
under 10 yenrs of age Is uuconatltutlonal and
void. This rulllng will be tar-reaching in Ita
effects, as there have been a large number
of convictions tor these offenses. The pas
sage of Ihe law was procured through
he efforts ot tbe Colorado Uumaue So
ciety. To bs Shot Without Trial.
Geroldo Sals, tho revolutionist, extradited
from San Aulouio, baa been brought to Neuva
Laredo nud It is understood that be will be
taken out and shot without tho formality oft
a trial, It Is claimed bis guilt was establish
ed In the the extraditiou proceedings, aud all
that now reuiulus to be dune is to carry tbe
law lu such cases luto effect.
Two Children Cremated.
Tbe home of ltev. Solomon Beokerman, ot
1131 Case avenue. Cleveland, caught Ore at I
o'clock Monday morning Two little daugh
ters, nged T and U years, were burned to
death. The other members of the family bad
great difficulty lu esuaplug.
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