PRESIDENT TO CONGRESS. ANOTHER BOND MESSAGE. An Emergency Meaaure to Relieve the Treasury. The President sent a message to congress Friday chiding Ihiit body for not giving him Authority to Issue gold bonds. Ho also made l recommendation, or suggestion, thnt Con gress act wllbln tlio next ten days and do ex tctly what It refused to do Thurs lay, Author ize the Issuance of 8 per cent gold bonds. The message In ns follows! To the Congress of the United States: Hlnco my recent communication to the Congress, calling attention to our financial condition and suggesting legislation which 1 leomed essential to our national welfare nnd jredlt, the anxiety and apprehension then ex isting In business circles have continued. As a precaution, therefore, ngninst the failure of timely legislative aid through con gressional action, cnutlou preparations have been pending to employ to tlio best possible advantngo, lu defnuit of better mentis, such executive authority as may, without addi tional legislation, be exercised tor the pur poso of reinforcing and mnlutnlnlng In our treasury an adequate nnd snfe gold reservo. In the judgment of those specially charged with this responsibility, the buetnesssituatlon I so critical nnd the legislative situation so unpromising, with the emmlssion thus far on the part of the cdngrcss to benellcally enlarge the powers of the secretary of the treasury as to enjoin Immediate executive action with the facilities nt hand. Therefore, in pursuance of section 3.700 of the revised statues, the details of an arrangement have this day been concluded with parties abund antly able to fulfill their undertaking where, by bonds of the United Hlntcs, authorised under the act of July 14, 1SS, payable In coin, SO years after their date, with Interest at the rate of 4 per cent, per anuum, to the amount of ;2.400,0OO, are to be Issued for the purchase of gold coin amounting to a turn slightly In excess of (Ii5.000,000tobedelivered to th treasury of the United Htates.wbicb sum added to the gold now held In our re serve will so restore such reserve as to make If amouut to something moro than 100,00 ), 000. Much premium Is to be allowed to the government upon the bonds as to the rate ol interest upon ihe amount of gold realized at the rate of 8:y, per cent per annum. At least one-halt of the gold to be obtained Is to be supplied from abroad, which Is a very Impor tant and favorable feature of the transaction fcECOMMENbS OOI.U BONDS. The privilege Is especially reserved to the government to substitute at par within 10 days from this date In lieu of the 4 per cent, cola bonds other bonds In terms payable In gold and bearing only 8 per cent. Interest II the Issuo of the same should In the meantime be authorized by the congress. The arrangement thus completed, which after careful Inqury, appears, in present cir cumstance, and considering nil the objects desired, to be the best attainable, develops such a difference In tbe estimation of Inves tors between bonds made payable in gold in favor of tbe latter as Is represented by three fourths of a cent In annual Interest. In tbe agreement Just concluded the annual saving in interest to the government, If 3 per cent, gold bonds should be substituted by 4 per cent, coin bonds under the privilege reserved, would be (5119, ISO. and amounting In 30 years, or at the maturity of tbe ooin bonds, 1010.174,770. Ol course there never should be a doubt in any quarter as to the redemption In gold of the bonds of tbe government which are made payable In gold coin. Therefore, the discrimination In the judgment of investors between our bond obligations payable In eoln and those specillcally made payable In gold Is very significant. It Is hardly necessary to suggest that whatever may be our views on the subject, tbe sentiments of preferences with those with whom we must negotiate In disposing of our bunds for go.ld are not subject to our dictation. I have only to add that In my opinion the the transaction here lottmated for tbe In formation of the oongress promises better results than tbe efforts previously made In the direction of effectively adding to our gold reserve through the sale ol bonds; and I be lieve It will tend, as far as such action can In present circumstances, to meet tbe deter mination expressed by the law repealing tht silver-purchasing clause of tbe act of July 14. ltdio. and that In the language or such re pealing act the arrangoment made will aid our efforts to "insure maintenance of tbt parity In value of the coins of the two met- tale, and tbe equal power of every dollar at all times In the aaiket and In tbe payment oi aw.s. (sigued) anoTEn Cleveland. Executive Mansion, Feb. 8, 1805. SPECULATION WAITING. No Better Demand for Manufactured Products. It. Q. Dun ft Co. say: No advance In the prices of manufactured product Indicate a better demand. On the oontrory, Iron and steel ptoduots have slightly declined for the week and month, and In comparison with prices of Ootoher, 1BII0, are but 1.4.1 per cent, against 64.8 per cent. January 1. During tbe. week tbe demand has been checked by tbe blgber prices at 1'ittsburg, so that Bessemer iron receded a little, while structural products, in spit ol some large contracts, are a shade lower. Home reductions are reported In bar iron, and tbe demand lor rails does not increase. There Is a little better tone at Philadelphia. Hales of pig are quite heavy there. At Chi cago pig iron I In better demand, aud fair orders are coming for bar, but structural or ders are delayed by severe weather. Tin bat been lifted a shade by speculation, and lead is steady, but copper is slow of sale and weak at D.Bo for lake. No Improvement In the prioes of land pro ducts bo resulted on tbe somewhat active tpeoulattoa during tbe week, wheat belug Duly 140 blgber than a week ago. lteoelpts of corn have been small, but prioes have slightly advanced. Trices of eotton are un changed, although tbe receipts oontinue un usually large for tbe season. alill operations In the Pittsburg dlstrlot oontinue very active. Tbe advanoed prioes asked for lies -emer pig, billets, wire, wire nails and pipe have ohecked the demand to a considerable extent. Tbe outlook for a heavy demand for build ing material, eooordtng to the Iron Age, could hardly be better. ( onsiderabl work baa already been seoured and much more Is In sight. More trouble in the coke region Is appre hended witb tbe return of warm weather. It is not Improbable, however, that some ad- vanoe in prioes and wages may lake plane meantime, aud another wage eoulllot be averted. Tbe leaders of the coke worker bave comtneueed a campaign against tbe company stores in tbe Couuulitvllle region, aud expect to bring outside lullueuoe to bear against them. Tbe new blast furnace under erection by tbe Uellalre uall works for some mouths L bout completed, and will be put In opera tion some Urn this month. Tn old stack will be blowu out and rebuilt Tbe Fayette Manufacturing Company has received a oootraot from tbe lilluols Hteel Company to furnlab magnesia brick and magnesite, to be used lu the reconstruction of tli open hearth furnaces. Mackintosh. Uepblll & Co., of Pittsburg, are working ou a large universal mill for tbe Bethlehem Bteel A Iron Co. Distress in Sanaa. Distress is sbowu in western Kansas, as it has prevailed In Nebraska, by tbe legislature of the former state votlug (60,000 to be Im mediately applied for tbe purouas of food, and the same same to be used for providing end for the distressed fasuiers FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Summarized Proceeding of Our Maker at Washington. Law roTT-rotTH DAT. Renator Mantle, of Montana, took his sent to-day. This make the senate evenly d vlded between Democrats on one std aid Republicans and Populists on the other. 'J he house passed the bill to temporarily revive the rank of lieutenant-general of tbe army. The purpose is to aultorlr.e the promotion of Major-tteneral Heholleld to that rank. It had already passed the senate. The Pacific railroad refunding bill was recom mitted to the committee by the house. This practically kills the measure, as the vote was 177 to 103. ronTY-Fir-rn lav. Senate, The senate spent almost the en tire day on the District of Columbia appro priation bilL Among the bills passed was thnt for the establishment of a nntionnl mili tary pnrk at Gettysburg, Pa., and tor the ap propriate marking ot the chlof points on that historic battle-ground. The bill has already passed the house. The senate passed the house bill establishing a code of signals for navigation on the lake. The senate Judiciary committee has decided to report favorably the bill for the retirement of Associate Justice Jackson. Howe The house to-day passed the aarl cultural appropriation bill, which carries t.2i,l'0. Au attempt to roduee the appro priation for the distribution of seed and the publication of the farmers' bulletins from 1 11,000 to t.lO.OoO, the amount recommend ed by the secretary of agriculture, failed. Representative Cooper, of Florida, has Ihtro duced a bill providing thnt elections shall be held to recommend for appointment all post mnsters, except postmasters of office of the flrst-clnss, and those whose compensations does not exceed (100 per annum. The elec tion to be held In each .Mate at the sam tlmr as that for congressman, In IH'JO, and In eacb fourth year thereafter. ronTT-aixTn pay. Sr.SATi The senate has modified the Jap anese treaty so as to provide for Us abroga tion on one year's notice after It goes Into effect Tbe administration Is not satisfied, and reconsideration may be requested. The house to-day under the rule adopted yesterday promptly went Into committee ol tbe whole on the currency and banking bill. roRTt-er.vr.KTH day. Hesate The Hawaiian question in general and the Hawaiian cable tn particular were the the main theme before tbe Benate to day. The diplomatic cousulnr appropriation bill was taken up and would have been quick ly disposed of, except for the Item of (3,000 000 for Immediately beginning cable con struction between the United Btnte and Hawaii. Mr. Mills, Tex., made point of order against the cable proposition, which Is likely to rule It out, but the decision was wttbeld until senators could further debate Hawaii. Discussion of tbe bond bill continued lath House. FonTY-nonm day. The Mouse met at 11 o'clock to-day. Borne routine business was transacted before the debate on tbe llond bill was resumed. Mr. Urosvenor asked unanimous consent for the consideration ot a Joint resolution for the ap pointment ot a committee to Investigate the validity of the election In Tennessee last No vember. Tbe resolution recited tbe allega tions made by a large body of the citirena ol that Btnte that there was no legal election for State officers, member of CoagreB and mem bers ot tbe Legislature, and Instructed the committee to investigate and report to ths first session of the next Congress wbethei there was a valid election for member ol Congress, and, if so, wbo had been elected. "I object to the consideration of tbat reso lution, shouted Mr. Cox. Democrat, of Ton nee see, "The btnte ot Tennessee, can take care of itself." The House then went into committee ol the whole, and resumed consideration ot tbe Administration bill to authorize the issue of (500,000,000 of gold bonds. The pending question was on the appeal from toe decision of tbe ebalr ruling the amendment of Mr. Bland oat of order. The cbalr was sustain ed l:W to 3. Tbe credentials ot Luclan Baker as senator from Kansas, for the term beginning March 4 were presented to lb Senate to-day. rORTY-JtlSTIt DAY. Tbe senate to-day occupied its lime In a debate on Hawaiian affairs, the subject being considered In connection with the cable ap propriation In tbe diplomatic and consular bill. Tbe president's message relating to Hawaii was received aud read, amid im pressive silence. Tbe proposition to provide a commission to ascertain tbo feasibility of a canal to con nect the Oreat lake witb the Atlantic wot favorably reported to the senate. The senate on motion ot Mr. Sherman, yesterday unanimously passed a bill appropri ating 10.1100 for tbe relief ot the poor ol Washington. It was immediately sent to the bouse and unanimously passed there. The house war claims committee reports that there are before oongros nearly 4.00C claims, aggregating about (40,000,000, which no department has authority to audit and settle. The committee suggests the president be authorized to appoint a non-partlsm com mittee to determine the law and tn fact ol all such oases, FIFTIETH DAY. The bouse adopted an amendment to an appropriation bill providing for employing clerks lor members during reoass ot congress at ( 103 per month eaon. Tbe senate passed a resolution tor a joint commission with Canada to examine into the feasibility of a ship canal from tbe Great lakes to the Atlantic. Benator Turpie and Representative Cooper, of lndiuna have introtroduoed resolutions firovlding for a commission to make prollra uary surveys and estimate tor a shin canal to eonuect Lake Michigan aud tbe Wabash river. By a vote of 86 to 23 tbe senate approved the immediate appropriation of (SOO.OJO for lor a cable to Hawaii the bill authorising the president to coutruct, for the whole work at a cost of about (8.000,000. Morgan, Gor man. Hill, Butler, Call uud White, Demo Democrats, voted with tbe Republicans and Fopullsts in favor of tbe cable. RtSCINDED THE GRANTS. Brooklyn Board of Alderman Annul Right of Way Given to Trolley Lines. Tbs Brooklyn board ot aldermen at a meat big Monday afternoon adopted tbe resolutions presented by the representative ot tbe strik ing motoroaco and conductor rescinding the franchise and privilege granted to tbe Brooklyn trolley line which are connected witb tbe present strike. Tn vote stood 10 lor to 6 against. Tbe chairman voted in the negative. One of tbe aldermen ald the action of the board was not legal, clulmiug that the aldermen bad no right to revoke the privileges granted to th roads. Kail road Bold. Tbe Western, New York Pennsylvania railroad was sold at public auction on tbs steps of th government building at Flt.s burg Tuesday morolug lor (1,000,000, subject to an Indebtedness ol (10,0.0.000 ot llrst mortgage bonds. Tbe sale was mad In pu: suauoe of an order issued by Judge Bunlug ton, sitting lu th United Btate circuit oourf, on foreclosure ol th second mottgugii bond, wbicb war issued to tb amouut ol iju.000. 000. ' Two Bills. Bill Cook and Cherokee BUI hav been convicted on two of tbe numerous obarge against them, aud have to stand trial others with ilitl bop of acquittal, aud two of Mr. Cook' hencbtnen met death at Claremout, L T., while augaged in tb ocoupatiou of holding upageuvralatore. HEWS FROM THE CAPITAL NATIONAL AFFAIRS. Rood' New Bond Soheme Estimated Revenue Surplus. During the discussion ot the bond bill Tuesday Mr. Rwd said ha would send to the desk the plan he had formulated. It might be changed or module.. Hi wit not Insist ent on having it considered as a substitute or In any other particular rolntlvo to th pend ing bill. But It avoldoj tbe question ot put ting a "gold" bond ngnlust the "coin" bond of the posti It avoided other complications promised by the original measure. Hwtlon 1 ot Mr. Heed's Dill authorize the secretary of the treasury to Issue 8 per cent bonds payable after five years, similar to the bonds issued under the resumption act. Kec tlon i enables ;heencreta y of the treasury to pay the current expenses of tbe government, so long as the current revenues shall be de ficient by selling certificates of Indebtedness, bearing not to exceed 8 per cent lutercst, re deemable In coin. An attempt was rnide Monday In the hons to pass an omnlbm bill for payment of bills for inpplles contlseatnd from loyal people In the Houtn ddring the war, amounting to ("IV 603. It excited much opposition, especially from Pennsylvania members Interested In Pennsylvania war claims, amounting to (1,000,000, and not Included, tbe measure Was defoatud 03 to 14H. Revenue Estimate. Treasury officials generally express the opinion of Heeretnry Carlisle' estimate of surplus of t2i.5o0.O0J for the calendar year IWJ Is conservative. It Is urged that the customs duty on sugar alone should bring in at least (ilo.oOO.OOO during the next eleven months, nnd ttint the revenue from the In come tux Is likely to reach (10.000.000. The receipts from general customs nnd from whisky withdrawals are expected to ma terially Incrense from now on, which It is be lieved will bring the receipts for tbo twelve months up to about (30.500,000. Tbe In ternal revenue oillclnl In tlguring on the re ceipts from Income taxation, estimate thnt Ihe returns prior to July 1, will amount tc (10,000.000 aud for tbe remaining six months (30.000.000. BOTH BILLS DEAD. Tb Administration Financial Measure and Reed Substitute Defeated. The Inst hope of financial legislation (or tbe relief ol tbe treasury at the present ses sion ol congress went by the boards when tbs House Thursday afternoon, by a vote ot 131 lill, rcjocted the administration bill to auth orize an Issue ol (300,000.000 gold bonds. The bill was beaten before It reached tbe Inst preliminary etnge. This result was reached after three days of spirited and at times heat ed debate, and at tbe end ol a seven-hour session. From 11 until 8:30 o'clock, when the bill with the pending substitutes was reported to tbe house from the committee of the whole, amendments wore offered in rapid succession most of which were voted down at fnst as they were offered. Many ot them were de signed to load down the bill, aud the vote thereon wero In no eenso test votes. Tbe Bell amendment, for instanoe, to make the bonds payable In gold and silver, was defeated by the decisive vote of 76 to IOC, while the bill was defeated by 134 to 1B1. Both tbe Reed and Cox substitutes, witb tbo amendment: thereto, were rejected after tbs bill was re ported to tbe bouse. Tbe Heed substitute, authorizing the Issue ot coin bonds for the replenishment of the gold reserve, and certificates of Indebtedness to defray any deficiencies In therevenuos,wns lost 100 to 187. It wo a party vote save tor the fact tbat seven democrats and Cannon, of California, voted for It. When the question came up on third reading, and engrossment of the bill, tbe whole opposition concen trated. An Ancient Dlsput Settled. Trcsldent Cleveland has given his decision s au arbitrator on the questions ot dispute beween Brazil and tbe Argentine Republic, and which wero referred to tbe president ol tbe United Hiatus on tbe motion ol the pan American congress that met lu Washington Ave years ago. This Is probably one of the oldest international law-suits an rocord. The ooutrovercy was over territory In the Brazil inn state ol Parana, aud Included about l'J, 000 square miles, or about tbe size of Mary land, witb a population of 7,000. The terri tory is vory valuable, as within lis limits are to be fonnd every diversity of land, rivers, valleys, upland plateaus and mountain dis tricts believed to be rich In minerals. The territory Is now under jurisdiction ol Brazil, and President Cleveland in bis award sus tains tbe claim ol Brazil to it in every par ticular. Tbe origin ot ths dispute as to the bound ary runs back to tbe times ot tbe early Bpanuib explorers, soon after tbe times ot Columbus, aud some idea ot the voluminous character ot tbe documents In the case niny be bad from tb fact that they run as far buck as 1404, two years after the discovery ot Amerioa, coming down to a treaty made in 1H80, taking iu tour oenturies. The Initial question related to tbs meridian traced by t'ope Alexander VI, modified by the treaty ol Tordoslllas. ot June 7, 14U4, and wbicb pro posed to duune the boundary line ol the claims of Hiwiln and Fortugal iu tbe new world. Brazil was Fortuguese and Argen tine was bpanlsb. The controversy win wsged witb much Industry in the seventeenth aud eighteenth centuries. Neither ot these countries, however, paid much attention to tbe resources of tbe country la dispute. It real value was discovered by tbe English, and it was their immigration tbat caused dis cord to break out anew between Brazil and Argentine as to tbe title of tbs territory. This has been definitely settled, as stated, by tbe award of I'retideut Cleveland, sus taining tbe claim of Brazil on ail points Submitted. A Competitor. Tbs extent of which Argentina Is becoming a successful competitor with tbs United Btate In tbe European wheat supply Is shown by the fact tbat lu li'JJ while the United Wa les sent to Germauy 6,3011,000 tons of wheat to 601.700 irom Argentina, in WH tbat coun try passed us in tbe commercial race, and sent 8,106,11JO tons to Germany while tbe Lulled Btate sent 8,034,680. Argentina U becoming a leading laetor in tb European wheat market, Iu resouroe in wheat pro duction are as great as taose ol tb United btate. Lot on tb Lake. Tb agricultural department has Issued report showing that 6 live were lost in 1804 ou tb Oreat lakes and connecting rivers; 44 vessels, valued with cargoes at (G43,'i43,wrt lost, aud C8 vessel with cargoes were dam aged, (340,844. On May Id, 26 vessels were wrecked end U6 lives lost by storm, 10 vessels and 8 live being lost In Chicago harbor. Tbt property loss is 47 per cent, and tbe Ills lost IIH per cent, less than In 1893. Pao Envoys. A dispatch to tbs London Time fron Peklo says that full powers bav been tela graphed to the Chinese peace envoy with 1 view ol a renewal ol tbe negotiations witb Japan. Th envoy are now at Nagasuki Japau, wbltber they went after tbs Japaaew government refused to treat with them, theli credentials being imperfect lu not clothlut tbem with plenary power to oonclude 1 peacs. Four men were killed by a boiler explosion BlouutsvlH. Ind. KEYSTONE CULLINGS. (tarn of Interest from all Over th Com monwealth. Wm. Btnart, who claims to be a desocend tnt ol William Fenn, and is seeking to ob tain possession ol valuable land, which he Assorts 1'enn bequeathed to his heirs, has won die first step In his fight. He succeeded til getting tour judgments In the Luzerne county courts. They nrungnlnst Hugh Williams, Win. Freemnu, t. It. Watts and Wm. 11. Nash, wbo are In possession of property In lMytnoutu tonnsulp. Htunrt, whose residence Is In Loudon, came here tliout six mouths ago for tbe purpose of pros suiting bis claim. home AiTSB forty years. After nn nbsence of forty years I'hlllp Friboly has reiurded to his former home lu ireher township, near Millord. When a Ind ot 16 he suddenly disappeared. He went West and never heard a word Irom bis lam by. Blnce then both of his pnronts bnve died. Charles Friboly resides nt the old bouse, and tne reunion ol the long-separated brothers was a very happy allar. AMOHTEUOS A SMAU, On Saturday night Fatrlck Bcaiilon, of Jeannette.ntteuded a birthday party In that vi'oilty. While on the way b nne he fell over an embankment, alighting on a snug, wbicb penetrated his sbdonieu aud rendered him uelpless. He lay there until Bundny about 9 o clock, when ne was lound by a man nam ed Lenhurt. lie was so badly frozen that imputation of bulb leet will be necessary to lule bis lite. THREE MIXER FATALLY UtRT. A serious accident happened nt the new Maxwell shaft, Ashley, Tuesday cvenlug. An Iron bucket containing 40.) pounds ol rock was belug hoisted up the siiait when the Heavy wooden guide holding the bucket In position leil a distance of M feet, l'atrick slclntlre and Michael and Anthony Walsh were probably fatally Injured. AN OLD COfl'LE MARRIED, John Embnugh, of New Brighton, nnd Mrs. Elizabeth Fields, of Industry, were married ly Father Freellng, of the llomau Catholic ?nurcb. The groom is 03 years old aud ths bride til Tbo stories In regsrd to the destitute con dition of Washington oounty miners have been officially oonilrmed. W. B. Mckennon, county director of the poor, reports that miners in that vicinity are In such a con dition tbat II aid is not quickly turn: bed some ol the suQerers will die from starvation. Mr. McKcnuon says thnt twenty families, which embrace about 100 persons, must be furnished with food and clothing at once. While William Burholder, a Pennsylvania railroad fireman, at Wall's Btntlon, near Columbia, was walking alon the railroad track In trout of bis bouse, Monday, be found tbe mangled body ot bis son. It Is supposed tbat tbe boy had been stealing a tide to his boms and lell under tne train, Measlc hav broken out at Verona, and the epidemic is so violent tbat one-bait tbe pupil ot tbe Vorona publlo school are unable to attend. One physician reports tbat he has 00 cases under bis care. The epidemic is spreading to tbe surrounding country. Mrs. Sechler, a widow, 63 yenrs old, living near Greenville, was threatened witu dentu and cruelly tortured by three masked men, wbo secured only (4.60. The old woman was lound gagged and bound some hours later, and is now In a critical condition. The sheep pens ol Farmer Hunter, ot Ohio vllle, Beaver oounty, were entered by dogs Saturday nlgbt and 41 sheep killed outright and mauy others badly injured. It is alleg ed the dog were let Into the pen by a neigh bor. Harry Fleck, William Reproglo, I. Gordon, alias Bchrecenengust and a man named Woli are charged with the robbery ot tbe James Coon lumber camp, nenr Funxsutawney. Fleck bos been arrested. The rest aro serving lime in Jail lor other oflenses. The Woman's relief corps, of Johnstown, bnve sent between (300 aud ((103 worth e! provisions nnd clothing to famine-stricken Nebraska, nnd tbe Johnstown churches bave decided to send some money. Mrs. John Kauffman became a raving maniac after witnessing thcfdisllguruments ol her brothers-in-law, the Kaufman boys, who were filgbtlully burned In a powder explo sion at Hunker station a few days ago. An Ice gorge has formal In the Conemnugh river, extending from tbe dam at Conemaugb furnace to the Cumbria Iron Company's water works, a distunes ot moro thuu four a lies. Herbert Bloom, aged 6 years, secured a bottle of belladonna from tbe mantel In hli father's home at Johnstown Bauday night, and drank a large portion. He died sooo after. Tbe residence of James McOuIro, at Lilly, Cambria county, was burglarized Buudny night and (23 iu money, a wutcu aud some silverware taken. The Blair county bar association passed resolutions condemning the Kuukel bill, now In the legislature, to establish circuit courts 01 appeal. John Downing, of Wampum, bit Curtis BUI, a colored barber, on the nose. Hill oled to death before tbs hemorrhage was sbecked. Harry Teeters, 20 yean old, of Greensburg, hot hi mother Saturday evening becnusu the objected to him brluging liquor home. Mrs. Teeter may die. Ten-year-old Opal Bertbel, ol ML Fleasant, fell while skatiug, and a lead pencil in bei pocket penetrated her side to a depth ot three inches, inflicting a probably fatal wound. Fostmaster Clark, of Erie, appointed Josopb I). Detsel to fill lbs vacancy caused by tht death of Assistant Fostmnster Bldney M. Kollogg. Mrs. nnrry Benile of B-nver Falls, will snt Feter Dottrell and John Harris, ot Youngs town, O., tor (300 on the grounds that hei husband lost money gambllug with tbem. Four men tried to rob the residence ol James Mayo, a larrr.er of Nottingham town ihlp, near Monongabela Tuesday nlgbt, but were frightened away. Charles Mercer, aged SOyoars, oommltted suicide ut Beading by turufnir on tbo gas In th office of Klsenger A Merasr, wbolsale grain dealer. Jame C. Brannlgan, a laborer, wa (track by a train at Watson station, and instautly killed. A man named Simpson ot Red Bank, was ' Jrowned while trying to skule aoros tb river. Johnstown council wants the Pennsylvania railroad to replace tbe famous stone bridge by some other sort ol struotur. Thomas A Karr, clothiers, Johnstown, havo been closed bv the sheriff Throua-a th Io. At Milwaukee, Wis., an electrlo oar on lbs Russeil-av Hue lined witb people went through an open draw of the Kiunikiuuiu bridge Monday. The weight ol the car broke tbe loe and lbs car went to th bottom ol tbe river. The oar struck endwise on the ice, through which it plunged luto tbe water. The uiotoruaa was drowned and two pa stinger lost tnelr live. An enormous ad van u In th price ol tnr skins baa been mad in London, caused by lb slow extinction ol tb mor valuable animals. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE Important Measure Considered by Out Lawmakers. MosriAY. The bill Increasing the salary ol the state printer from (i.000 to (3.0X1 a yent passed the senate on second reading. The gentleman to draw this snlnry has been de cided upon, l.a't Thursday Gov. Hastings formnlly tendered the offl -e to Mr. Thomas Iloblnson of Butler. The gentleman will tnke charge ot the office In a tew day. In the honse Mr. Douthott ot Ibitler Intro duced n new school book bill. Ho wants a school book board formed. It would consist of the superintendent ot public Instruction, Ihe governor nnd seeretnry ot the common wealth. Within sixty days niter the passage ol the bill the superintendent Is expected to have prepared a ust ol text books with pub lishers' prices attached. The board Is to fix the prl"e of all school books, and tbe rate Is not to exceed 7.1 per cent, of the wholesnle price quoted nt thnt time. Whenever changes are to be made In the books the same methods are to be used. When the list ot books Is ready the publishers will be nknl for bids. The price must not be higher than the one fixed by the board. Tbe contract entered Into will lust for five yenrs. School bonrds can order the books from the publishers nt the price fixed by the book board. If the school board cuu purchase at cheaper rates they nre at liberty to do so. In the senate te-nlght these hills were In troduced: Mr. MeCnrrell, requiring pnrty applying tor a writ In the supreme court to pnytotho protbonotnry (2D before Its Is suance. Penrose, Philadelphia, enlarging equity Jurisdiction ot courts of commoti plcns, en larging power of courts In granting charters to educnttonnl Institutions. Meredith, of Armstrong, called upon sec ond rending bill to Incrense nnnuiil snlnry ot the Superintendent of publlo Instruction from (2 000 to (3.000 which was aed. In the House these bills were lutrodueed- Talbot, Chester, npproprlatlnt (5.0J0 to erect monument to memoiy ot Lufuyotto ou bnttlefleld of Brandywlno. Conrad, Philadelphia, requiring a full Mil ot particulars to authorize tbe revocation ol liquor license. Sixty-four bills were read tbe first time. TrrsnAY The following bills finally pass ed lu the bouse: An act to establish a de partment of agriculture, at the bend ot which shall he a secretary at a snlnry of (3,600, and to define Its dutb-s nnd provide tor Its proper administration. An act making au appro priation ol (23.000 lor tbe Pennsylvania soldiers' orphan Industrial school lor the completion and lurnlsbiHg of buildings nnd the improvement ot grounds. Maklna the standard weight ol a bushel of onions ol pounds. Grntitlng nn nnnulty to William W. Miowden, of Elizabeth, Allegheny county, late a private in Company I, Fourteenth Itevlmeut. W'EiiSEsnAY Benator Fllnn presented the anti-Greater Fittsburg petitions In the Beunte to-day from Carnegie Bellevue, Duquesue, Edgewood, Esplen and Crnlton. The bill Introduced by Mr. Landls, provid ing for the purchase nnd placing of American flags on public school buildluiis, was the cause of a spirited dobato and some hilarity in tbe senate. The wording ot tbe bill was doemed absurd by Keuntors Uaekenberg nnd Gobln, especially where It provided thnt the wool from which the bunting 1 to be made must be grown by American workmen. It was pointed .out that wool grew on sheep, nnd that tbe bill. II passed as it was. would be a subject ol ridicule. Genernl Gobln, on Its final passage, rolused to vote tor It, doclnr ing tbat bouost patriotism could not bomanu faclured by legislation. The bill went throuirh In Its original condition. Mr. Kline, Luzerne, reintroduced the county salary bill wliicb was vetoed by Governor Fnttlson two years alio. It applies to coun ties of over 130,000 Inhabitants, nnd Increase tbe salaries of all tbe county officials. Ts.0 house got another batch ol bills to considor among them: Appropriating (83,000 to the stnte normal school at Edluboro. Prohibiting tbo sale ol liquor on Memorial day under a pennlty ol (500 and imprisonment lor three months. Incorporating Institutions of learning, with powers to confer degrees tn art, science and law. The act creates board called tbe "college and university council," composed ot tbe governor, attorney-general, superin tendent ol public instruction and nine addi tional persons.uppoluted by the governor nnd undenominational colleges. Providing that when a mnj'irity ot proporty holders ol a district shnll remonstrate against the grant ing ol license, the court vball refuse all applications In tbat district. Other bills were Introduced appropriating (10.000 to the Fittsburg hospital for children, uud punish ing pool selling, receiving and transmitting bet, or aiding iu pool selling, by a line of not moro tbat (500, or one yeur's Imprisonment or botb. Thursday The Marshall bill ropealing tbe act prohibiting the consolidation ol compet ing pipe Hue companies was reported to the House to-dny from the Committee on Corpor ations, to which it was recommitted a wuek ago. The bill has been read tbo second time In the House, and Is on tbe calendar lor con sideration on third reading next Tuesday. Bills ware Introduced by Mr. Focbt repeal ing tbo net lor the protection of German carp, making it a mitdetneanor puulihnble by a fine of (100, to be applied to tbe im provement ot the publlo roads, to permit tbo wnsto water or drainage Irom any tannery, dye houso, bleaching house, paper mill or gas works, to enter luto or How ulong any ol the streams and waters ol the Btnte. A bill pre sented by Mr. Moore, ol Chester, prevents tbo killing ol quail tor fiveyoars. FARMERS' ALLIANCE. Twenty State Represented at th meet ing at Raleigh. Ths Supreme ' Council of tbe Natlona Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union met In annaal convention at Raleigh, N. C. Feb. S. United State Senator-elect Marlon But ler. President of tbe National Alliance, called the council to order and presented Mayor Badger, wbo delivered tbe address of wel come. President Mowborne, of tbe North Carolina State Alliance, welcomed the coun cil on behalf of tbe State Responses were made by H. L. Loucks, of Soutb Dakota, ex President of tbe organization, and L F. Dean ot New York. Delegates were present from twenty States. The Alliance had a banquet Wednesday Bight. During tbe speechmaklng Mr. Brl-k-er said the Pennsylvania ugency ol tbe alli ance did busluest In excess ot (300,000 annu ally, which resulted In a saving to tbe tnr men of hundred ot thousand ol dollar. Farmer bad been enabled to buy fertilizer at a saving ot (3 to (7 per ton. when fertili zers were purchased through the business agency. Grain Crop In 1894. Tbe reports of tb Department ot Agricul ture give estimates, some ol tbem prelimi nary, of tbe grain orop last year in tb principal grain growing region. Our own oouutry showed an Increase ol 64,000,000 bushels In wheat, but a loss ol 407,000,000 bushels of corn, as compared witb 1HUJ. In Europe tbero was a partial failure ot crop in tue Eastern portion. but It was large ly offset by gain In the Western part. Murdared Hear Eserum. Advices Irom Farl state tbut Le Talo, th leading cycling Journal, asserts tbat It bus re ceived a dlspatcb Irom reliable souro s tbat Frank Lens wa killed by Kburds near E erum. This is near tbs point Lena wus lust beurd from on Muy 7, 1804. Both to Blame. An Investigation by speolal correspond ent ol tbe Associated Press n Armeuia sbows tbat the atrooitle hav not been exaggerated io tbe least. Tbe Armenian tbemselve, however, are partly to bin me, as they im posed frightful cruelty on Turks, as well as Turk ou Armenians, LEGISLATIVE NOTES It Is a notable fnct thnt In three Btntes ol the Union. New York, New Jersey nnd Illinois, there are bills before ths Legislature to cur tall ths big theater bats. An effort will be made In the Alabama Leirlslatute to exnerlment with the dlsnen- tnry law, and bill bas boon Introduced to that effect. A bill to establish the whipping post for petty offenders has been rejucte I by the Tennessee Senate by an almost unanimous Vote, A bill has been Introduced In the Indiana sennte to prevent horse-racing between No vember IS and April 13. Charges of a serious nature will be report ed to the Indiana Legislature, ns the resull of nn official Inspection of tlio Feeble-Mluded Institute at Fort Wayne. Two of the men who are now serving ttm In the Kansas pnnltcntlnry bnve served tlmt In her legislature, A bill for nn appropriation of (20,000 to es tablish a plant in which to cultivate antl toxlue, wns Introduced In the Illinois senate. The Oregon legislature has pasted n Joint resolution lor a constitutional umeudmeut tc allow women to vote. A bill will bo presented In the New York Legislature to lirnllre racing. If It passes, an amendment will be proposed to the antl gambling amendment ol the Constitution. A bill hns been reported to the Indiana House, with chnuces favoring Its pn'soire, fixing salaries ol stato and county office. All fees of Hints ouVer nre Abolished, nnd the compensation of county officers is raised 10 to 20 per cent. A TEMPERANCE SALOON. An Interesting Ecperlmsnt Begun la Chicago. The first ot the so-called "Home Saloons" was opened Tuesday til lit at 6U West Adams ttrcet, John A. Nlchol nnd several ladles acted at assistants to tbo barkeeper, nnd one pretty miss played the piano, wbllo the tem perance topers drnnk, Sevorul clergymen dropped lu during the evening, took then drinks, snnipled the true lunch, nod went on. With 3-ccut drluks soup and sandwiches nre served. With 10-cent drinks a menl Is given. Papers and magazines nre strewn about and there nre sevorul checker nnd chess bonrds In this saloou. Later ou there will be a roof garden. MAKKBTB. rlTTSBl'Itoi THE WHOLESALE PRICES ARE HIVE RKLOW J Grain, Flour and Feed. WHEAT No, I red 87 3 No. red..., !(i 67 CUH.N No. i yellow ear, now 4T 41 Mixed ear, new m tn 41 No. 4 yellow slielled 4ti 47 OATH No. I white 83 56 No. whit 8t M txtrn No. 8 white ta S4 Light mixed W t HYt No I ) t.l No. 'i western t'J ') FLol H M Inn. Inner patents I to 8 b Fancy winter patents 8 10 8 '.'S Fancy stralclit winter 8 to 2 f) Htiaigbt X bakers' 8 0) :5 Hro Hour 8 () 8 IS HAY No. I timothy 11 00 11 HI i No. 8 '0 00 10 W Mixed clover. Nni 1 mm 11 W loose timothy, fnun writoiis..... 11 00 in ill FKKD No. I Viblte Ml, ton IT t 17 W No. 8 White Middlings I I) 1H M Mruwn Middlings 15 50 30 isj llrnn, bulk 15 50 1 IO (THAW Wheat 6 V5 6 M) Ont 5 50 BIO Dairy Products, Bt'TTEIt Elgin Creamery fl 87 Fam-y Creamery ki 119 luucy I'ouitry JlolL lit (0 Low irrade aud cooking V 10 Cllkh Ohio, new II 11.14 New York, usw 1114 u Wisconsin wi Kf.4 11 Llliibuiyer.Tiewinake Ot 10 Fruit and Vegetable. APPLES Feney, V bbl $ 5".jJ 4 00 BKANS Hand-picked, per bu 1 no im Lima, lb 5 PO'lA loUS Flne.ln car, bu 55 f.7 From store, bu no c) Ufct'lS per bbl 1 5 1 50 CAIIHAOE Home grown, bbl 1 85 1 M TtltMPS perbbl I ;1 J 25 ONUi.SH Yellow, bu 45 l) I'AltMMPe per bbl t to I 5 Poultry, fctu. Live Chli kens. V pair US HI Live Ine ks. V pair bt N) Dressed Du' ks.V lb 1 15 Drcascd CUkkeus, V I"- V Id " " young select... 11 15 Dressed Turkeys, V lb 10 ii Kilt l'a. and Ohio, fresh 80 M rATllMMxtrauve(ioese,VU 45 rt No. 1 I.I. Live Ceeno, y In 40 45 Country, largo pnckl-d 40 Miscellaneous. SEEW Clover 4 lb ( 4 50 3 0 40 Timothy, prime 8 exi 8 V) Blue l.ram J 40 I UJ KAOr. Country mixe.l Si 1 111 INKY While Clover 11 17 Hu'-kwhcat W IS MAPi.lt bVltl'l. new 50 nl VlUKlt Country, sweet, bbl 4 to 6 ID Tallow 4 514 cincinnati. FLClflt WHEAT Nu.8Ked KYE No. LOUS illxed. Oats 8 53'1 40 Si 51 41 41 Ui 111 IU SI Ei.Ol.. UU'iTKk Ohio Creamery PHILADELPHIA. FLOVIl W HEAT No. 8 lied CUH.V No. 8 Mixed OATS No. 8 W hite IfUT'i'ER Creamery, extra.... EOUS p. nrsts . 8 50(34 00 57 M 47 4TH 85 Hit Ki l'l NEW YOHK. FLOl'H Patents ( 1 90(3 4 1 WHEAT No. 8Ked 67 M KYE btate. 54 55 COlt.N No. 8 40 50 OAT'S White Western 3 94 blTT EH Creamery Ill t!t EUUS lat and 1'enn 80 lit LIVE STOCK. CtvriLU. Etoci Yaiim, East l.iniRnr, Pa CATTLE, Prime, 1.400 to l.ano lb 5 00 a 5 8 (Odd, I.8IIO to Mill lbs 4 OO i Ky Oood butebors, 1UM to l,3uoiba. 4 40 4 iu Tidy, l,w)iol.l5or mu 41 rnir eiders. w uuv iui.. o 10 Common, Too to uuutb 8 5 nous. 5 .V a i-'s- Pblladelrhlas 4 40 4 50- Brt Yorkers and mixed.- 4 85 4 35 Cuuintou io luir Yorker 4 10 ttl SUEEP. Extra, tn 105 lb a 00 4 s Uood, to KB lb. 50 75. Fair, "5 to S5 lbs. 8 to 8 Common 1 50 8 50- Y'earliuga. 4 00 5 J. Chicago, Cattle Common to extra steers (8. aoi3. WO; stockers aud feeders, 8.8Vi8Ny cows and bulls, 81. 5om 35; calves, 4i..Vt.5 t5 Hogs heavy, i:j.iiu4.ui; coiiiiiiou to ihoiie nixed. A754 15; choice assurind, ) KSd light, a.00(3 SO; pins, ionwv ru bbeep In terior locbolce, tildailuo; lambs, tailless. Ctuclunatl llogfe select shipper 4.80to4 ; butcher StKoioiV.V; (air to gooil packers 1 o to 4 15: fair to light 48.b5tot.u5; coiuiuun au.t roughSS 5oto4. 00, t utile-good shippers4. lotol 50. good loeboiev (1. 10UA 50: fair to medium tittto SOU: common 8.uuto80U bheop xtra Si VMo 4 .50; good to cboic tAtttoiOOj oouiuiuuto lair (1.75 tuioa Wool. Pnmniimu -Wool lu fair demand; price, firm; Ohio, Peuusylviul and Wmi Virginia XX and abov, ', t im-, X aud ebora IUmIIv.: medi um loKstlc.) quaiter blood, 8188c.j common. IVvsSOc. Now York, MicbiKau, W'tw-ousiu, etc, at lsttl7c.; X. lV)tk; medium, llx. quarter blood, 8(Va8io.;comnien. 17ilc.; wasbad, comb li-sT. delaine fine, lrl!5V.; medium HknlflV.) coarse, 80lc..-1low,88.88c.; uuwashvd uiedluu lOuirvj low medium 17al8o.
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