TERRIBLY FATAL WRECK.
OVER A PRECIPICE.
One Hundred and Four People Killed
In a Mexican Railroad Wreck.
Ona ot the mot frightful accidents In the
history of the Mcxloun railroads, resulted In
the killing of 101 persons and the serious If
not fatal Injury ot nearly a hundred others(
occurred Tburedny afternoon on the Inter
Oocnnie railroad nt a point about 23 miles
from the City ol Mexico.
A few dnys ago a great number of persons
led the cnpitol nud the towns In the vicinity
to go on a pilgrimage to the Catholic slirino
nt titers Monte. Tickets fur the pilgrimage
wero solil nt reduced nites over the Inter
Ocennic lino and this rond carried the bulk
of the pilgrims. Thursday a long train, on
board ol which there woro 1,1100 passengers,
en returning from the place of the pllgrlm
bge. All went well until a point about midway
between Tcmnmlla and T'onnngo was reached.
On this part of the rond there Is a steep In
cline, the line nt one plnce on it having a
sharp curvo where It runs close to the edge
ol a nigh precipice. This Is one of the most
dangerous places on the road, and was ren
dered more so by the fact that the track here
Was not in the best of condilion.
As the train began to run down the Incline
the speed bogan to Increase, aud It was soon
running at a frightful1 rnlo. As the pilot
wheels of tho engine took the dangerous
curve the locomotive swayed outward and
then back. As the drivers went on the curve
the engine again swayed heavily and then
either jumped the track or turned a rail. It
dashed across tho scanty space between the
mils and the edgo of the chasm, and then
plunged downwnrd. One after another three
conehes filled with passengers dashed niter It
and piled up In a mu-s ol wreckage at the foot
of the precipice.
The next two coaches also Jumped the
track, but did not go over tho edge of the
precipice. As the fifth coach loft the metals.
It twisted aud broke the coupling connecting
It wilh the coaches behind. These coaches
kept the rails and pasted snfely around the
curve. After running a considerable dis
tance they were stopped by the band
brakes.
When the engine aid the three coaches fell
to the bottom ol the ravine thero was a fear
ful crash, and mingled with It were the
shrieks ol the passengers. The passengers
tn the two derailed conches at the edge ol thn
precipice got out as quickly as possible and
many of tuora fell on their knees, and offered
thanks for their escape from a most awful
death. In the meantime a number of passen
gers In tho other coaches had returned to the
scene of the wreck and devoted themselves
to the work of rescuing those Imprisoned In
the wreck. The sight here was a most grue
some one Tho carriages were shattered and
a majority of the occupants were lying be
neath the wreckage. Here and there
among the debris could be seen an upturned
face, the eyes fixed In the glussv stare of
death, the features distorted with unknown
feur. Again, what had been a face could be
seen crushed out of all semblance to human
ity, Here was an arm, there was a leg that
bad been fevered from a trunk lying perhaps
60 feet away.
The train hands were Americans, and some
Of them as soon as possible telegraphed news
of the disasterto Mexico city. The Intelligence
quickly spread and caused tho greatest con
sternation among the Inhabitants, many of
whom had relatives or friends on the train.
A relief train was dispatched to the scene.
Aided by some of the men who were In the
coaches that did not go over, the rnllrond em
ployes and the relief corps soon cleared away
the wreckage sufficiently to allowthe extrica
tion of the dend and wounded.
One hundred and four dead ana 85 wound
ed were taken out of the wreck. Tho injur
brought to the City ot Mexico and taken to
the military hospital, which was thrown
open to the sufferers by orders from President
Tlaz. Many of the dead will never be Identi
fied, being so horribly mangled.
Bo far as can be learned, the accident was
due to the negligence ot the engineer. It is
stated that when the train entered the In
cline he made no attempt to check Its speed
by the use of the air brakes. Had the brakes
failed to work, the momentum could have
been checked wilh the hand brakes; but per
sons on the train state that they beard no
whistle for the application of the band
brakes. The engineer and fireman are be
lieved to be under the wreck of the engine
and tender, and why the train was allowed to
run practically wild on one of the most dan
gerous sections of the road will probably
never be known.
THE BATTLE OF TA PING SHAN
Walla Filled With The Bodies of Wo
men and Children.
A dispatch from Toklo, under the date of
February 27, says:
Field Mursbul Oyama reports that on the
morning of February 24 the first division of
the Japanese army about Kalplng defeated
the enemy near Ta Ting Bban. In the after
noon of the same day a loroe of about 13,000
ol the enemy, with 20 guus, begun an attack
lrom I'olmnltax, Toucbahota and Faoyan aim.
"Alter heavy cannonade, we attacked
their centre at 8 o'clock In the afternoon and
repulsed them, driving them townrd King
cow." be says. "Our loss was 20 killed aud
250 wounded, lneludlug seven officers. The
enemy lost 200 killed. Thn number of their
wounded Is unknown. The natives state
that tue Chinese came In full force. 20,000
strong, led by Uoua. Hung Ma, bhang and
Chung-Hung.
A Ceutral News dl-patea from Che Foo
says that all Ib quiet there, The Ited Cross
Hospital is lull to overnowiu- with sick and
wounded, and 1'r. Doulhwuite is working In
cessantly to relievo them, live thousand
soldiers laden with booty have passed Che
f oo, ueeiiig iroui ino Japanese, no males
are allowed to leave the city.
Th wells iu tho surrouuding country are
tilled with ttiu Louies oi women ana children,
who. linvinc heard of the atrocities at 1'ort
Arthur. tLruw themselves iu through. Kilt of
the approaching iupuuee.
oats Sv.nk.
The Ice jam in tho Ohio river was the cause
ot a serious accident near t.u&t Liverpool, o.
The towbouts Pacific and Charley Hook, the
model barge Chunk und three other burues.
were crushed by the ioe and sunk In about
12 feet of water, involving a total loss of
about 40,000. Both the towboats bad been
dowu to Cincinnati with ooal leets, and
were moored u short distance below East
Liverpool awaiting an opportunity to set out
lor Mtleburit.
Pension Lawyers Disbarred.
Attorney George M. Van Leuveu, Jr., of
Lime Hprlugs, la., who has llgured so conspi
cuously Iu the nest of pension frauds dis
covered In Iowa. Minnosota and other states
of that seetion. was disbarred from pruutlce
before the pension department. Secretary
(Smith has also disbarred Attorneys John
Butter, of Clartugton, O., and John X. Moss,
til Chillcothe, Mo., for violating pension laws.
Bload-Letting In Plenty.
' William Uuttluld, of Ilutlleld-MoCoy fame,
was killed by Adam Halloy m McDowell
county, W. Va. This Is expected to start the
iireot laud alrash. At Kiiuoull, a small place
I0 miles south of Huutiugtou, W. Va., a gen
eral tight took placu among M colored peo
ple of both sexes aud 100 shots wore II red
Heury Nutt, Mitrgurot Miles aud auother per
son were fatally wounded uud four are lu
erlous eondltlou from bullet wounds
There were nearly 400 deaths from grip
In New Xork during the past two mouths.
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
aVb Outline of the Work In tae Senate
and Hones.
SIXTT-roCRTH DAT.
The Senate to-day adopted amendments to
tho sundry civil appropriation bill appropri
ating 23S,2S0 to pay the bounty on sugar
produced in this country up to August 2,
IH',1.1, when the new tariff law went Into ef
fect, on which bounty has not yet been paid,
and to pay 8-10 of a cent per pound on all
sugars above 80 per cent, polnriseope test
produced np to June30, 1H95. For the latter
bounty tB.OOO.OOO Is appropriated. Messrs.
Cameron and tjuny voted In the affirmative
on both propositions. For the first amend
ment the voto was 40 to 20, and for the sec
ond 30 to 2.1.
The House passed the bill for the submis
sion of all controversies between common
carriers engaged lu Inter-state commerce aud
their employes which cannot be adjusted by
mutual arranuemnet) to a board of arbitra
tors, whose award shall be enforceable by
the United States courts.
BIXTY-MHU CAT.
The senate began to-day the process of un
winding Itself from tne tangle into which It
always gets nt the end ot the short session,
and such progress was made that little Is felt
felt about the appropriation bills being pass
ed beloro noon of Mondny. Tho most Im
portant stop taken in tue direction oi avoiding
an extra session wss the withdrawal of the
now section Inserted In the sundry civil bill
by the senate llnnneo committee authorizing
tho secretary ol the treasury to Issue short
time bonds, or certificates ol Indebtedness, to
meet deficiencies, and forbidding further
sales ot bonds, except after publio advertise
ment. Horse. To-day was wasted In the house
so lams the purpose for which the day was
set aside was concerned, namely, to coiisider
bills reported from the committee on public,
buildings nnd grounds. Ouly one bill was
called up, that to purchase whnt Is known
as tho Mnhone slto for a new public printing
office, but the opposition was fierce and
bitter, and after a wrangle of sevornl hours
the house got Into a pnrllitmcniry tnngle
which necessitated tho abandonment of the
bill. The conference reports on the bill to
prohibit the Importation of goods in bond
through the United Mates Into tho Mexican
free rone, nnd on the pension nnd postortlce
appropriation bills, were agre d to. veral
peuslon nnd other bills ol uiinor Importance
were passed by unanimous eons .nt.
aiiKiita DAT.
House A large amount of miscellaneous
business was done by the house to-day. The
attempt to pass over a veto the bill to pen
sion Hiram Iiheu, a North Carolina veteran,
(ailed, It being shown that the applicant was
a guerilla. The vote wss till to 15:1 The
house voted to Insist on Its diiagreement to
the seuate appropriation for the Hawnlin
cable. Several minor conference reports
were agreed to and a number of district bills
passed. The general deficiency appropria
tion bill amended by the senate committee
on appropriations, was reported to-day to the
seuate by Mr. Cocitrell. It carries a, total np.
proprlation ol S,6li4 05R, an increase of t2,
020,000 over the bouse appropriations.
Senator Quay today secured the adoption
by the senate of his amendment to the sun
dry civil bill appropriating 1 151,000 for the
movable dam at the Junction of the Heaver
and OuH rivers. He also secured the adop
tion ol a resolution extending uutll Septem
ber the time tor taking evidence ns to the
value of the Mooongahela navigation com
pany. The resolutiou provides that the ex-
f louses ol taking the testimony shall be do
rayed out of tho appropriation tor the Im
provement of the Mooongahela.
SIXTY-SEVENTH DAY.
In the sonato today Mr. Morgan, Pent., ot
Alabama, ottered a resolution referring to
the committee on foreign relations the mes
sage of the president ol February 13, relating
to the payment by the United Slates of the
claims of Oruat Urltian arising out of the
Bering Sea controversy, with Instructions to
examine luto the question of the liability of
the United States to Ureal Britlau and the
amount thereof, If anyi and as to any liability
ot Ureal Ilritiau or Canada atisiug out of
such controversy. The resolution went over
uuder the rule.
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr.
Mauderson, (top., of Neb.,) Instructing the
committee ou rules to inquire Into the pro
prietory ot recommending the appointment
of a Jolut commission on necrology was taken
up and agreed to.
The Joint resolution for the delivery of
condcniued cannon to the citizen's oommlttee
at Louisville. Ky., during the encampment of
the Grand Army ol the llepublle tn 1805 wae
taken up and passed. Tho senate then as
11 :45 proceeded to the consideration ot exut
cutive business.
CLOSING SESSIONS.
Saturday night the house had the suntlrv
civil bill under consideration and after a
vigorous fight it rooeded by a vote of 134 to
125 from lu objection to the appropriation of
live millions and more for the payment of
last year s sonar bounty.
The Hawaiian cable was knocked out be
cause the senate conferees misrepresented
the senate, and, while ostensibly favoring the
came, secretly lot tae nouss oonlerees know
they were against it. and that the senate
would tlnally yield. There was treachery In
camp. Mr. Cleveland used every effort to
ueai tue oaoie, wnion ne leu a personal at
trout to himself, aud It was the appeals ot
his friends and the party lash that held the
house In line when It was ready and anxious
to yield for the oable. Tno seuatu'a re
oedenoe reduces the appropriations half a
million.
At midnight matters had become pretty
weu snapeu ana iu gooa oonaition tor ad
journment. The conloroes on the deliolenoy
bill, which contains so many big schemes
French spoliation, nearly 2,000,000; Calllor-
u -.,,) nnln. , mlllJ 1,
miu hum iiBiHun vwiiua. Biimnj UI111IUUB,UUW
man war claims and Mnhone site had
agreed to strike them all out. That removes
what seemed to be the stumbling block to
ward an agreement.
Alter a recess ol 11 hours, beginning at 3
o'clock on .- uuday morning, the Seuute reas
sembled at 2 aud was iu session until 0:30
p. m., when a recess was taken until 8:30 p,
in, The galleries were comfortably llllud.
The conference report ou the sundry olvll
appropriation bill was oouuurred lu after a
loug disuussiou. The amendment fur the
purchase of the Blaine property, to give au
unobstructed view of 1'euusyivuula avenue
from Senator Cameron's bouse, was rejected,
provisions for the otllcers of the revenue
cutter service was modified so as to allow
retirement on halt pay. The amendment for
the Teuuessee ceuteuulal was rejected. The
amendment for a survey of the route of the
Nicnruguru canal was agreed to. The amend
ment fur delegates to an International con
lerenoe ou the money question was preserved
In the bill
After a long discussion the amendment re
ducing the number of battleships from three
to two was agreed to by a vote of 83 to 20.
Among the measures that received favor
uble action at the night session of the house
were those to regulate the sale of liquor to
Indians and to amend the coyyrlgbt law. In
support of the latter Mr. Covert, Democrat, of
Now York, stated that it was Intended te
limit the liability of newspapers publishers
to (6,000 for the unuutborlze publication of a
photograph or other pictures. Under the
present law, Mr. Covert said, there was pend
ing a suit against one of the metropolitan
dailies to recover 817,000 damages fur pub
lishing the picture of a pleasure yacht.
Mr. buyers, Democrat, of Texas, submitted
the report ol the coulerees on the sundry
civil appropriation bill. The Senate boa ad
ded 4)9,072,020, aud lu conference bad ruueed
ed from l,U6,aW). The House by a yea and
nay vote bad accepted the Seuute amend
ment appropriating 45,803.1180 tor the pay
meat ot the sugar buuty. The bill was
agreed to lu couiereooe, and as presented
carried 47,138,8o8, an lucrease of 12,BS4,54
over the similar appropriation for tne current
year.
An Indianapolis youug man named Shoe,
maker was Hugged by his ueighbors because
lis had neglected bis iuUrm mother.
HEWS FROM THE CAPITOL.
NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
Items of Interest About the City of
Washington.
One of the most picturesque figures In
social life at the National Capital Is tlen.
Htownrt Van Vllet, the oldest living officer el
the l ulled States Army. To see him, ruir
ged and rosy, erect in carriage and Hrm In
step, one would say that he is the very prime
ol life, nnd yet In conversation with hi in he
will carry one back many pages In American
history. Some yents ago he retired, and has
since lived in luxury either In his elegant
home lu Washington, or at his lovely Stun,
mer home on the Shrewsbury, near Long
llrnnch. lie Is still loud of good company
nnd a good dinner, and is occasionally tempt
ed to jolu old trleirds nnd admirers at a din
ner llko that of the old Holland Society lu
New York, or the Clover Club or the Astro
In Philadelphia. Few Americans mure beau
tifully Illustrate the glories of green old
go.
Senator Allen, of Nebraska, Is the most re
markable of talkers. It is a historical fact
that during the light ngalnst the repent of the
Sherman silver law, Senttor Allen tnlked for
IS hours with never a break in bis words or
In the logic ol his argument. His speech last
week was only four hours nnd ten minutes,
and be did not seem to be exhausted, either
as to physiclnl strength or Ideas. All during
the alteruoon the words noured forth in a
atream of sentences, wbion all ended with a
rising inflection, ana wblcn seemed as
enruest nnd enthusiastic as It be were talking
to an interested audience. Deduced to
statistics, he tnlked abend of the rate of 150
words every minute, 0,000 an hour, on and
on, ad iullultum.
In the die room and document rooms nt
the Capitol, secreted under piles of useless
Government publications and the accumulat
ed dust ol year, lie many precious papers and
books whose existences forgotten, or at least
unknown. Not long ngo ono of the clerks
of the House ot ltepresentntlves found some
autograph letters ol Washington in the midst
ol a pile of old records which his superior
officer thought he "might just as well get rid
ot." At auother tltno he discovered In a
pigeon-bole the orlglnnl of the letter Martha
Washington wrote lu response to a resolution
declaring It to be the sense of Congress Hint
the Father of His Country should be burled
lu the crypt of the Capitol, lu which she
gives her objections to the plan.
SHE WEARS A WHITE RIBBON
Mrs. Cleveland Become a Member of the
W. C. T. TJ.
Mrs.Clevoland has joined tho.Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union. Miss Wlllnrd and a
(ewot her devoted friends attondlngjthe Nati
onal Conncll of Women bad the honor of In
itatlng the mistress of the White House
into the mysteries of the order Sunday
night
Mrs. Cleveland signed the constitution and
then Miss Willnrd kissed her nnd pinned n
badge ot snow white ribbon on her breast.
The fact would probably not have leaked oul
If Mrs. Cleveland had not appeared at one o.
the meetings wearing her white ribbon badge
She seems to be quite proud of ana It caused
other worn in to usk question. Soon every
body knew it.
University of America.
Representative Halner (Nob.) has Intro
duced a bill to establish the University ol
America, in which eich slnte, territory and
congressional district shall be entitled to an
equal proportionate number of studonts,
chosen uy meaus ot open competitive exam
inations. Instruction lu all departments ol
knowledge Is to be given and lacllities fur
nished for scientlflo and literary research and
investigation. The government of the uni
versity is to be vested la a board of twenty
regents,
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.
Temperance people klllod the Drown
license bill tn the New Hampshire Legisla
ture. The New York Assembly has passed the
bill providing for free transportation for all
State officials.
Large colonies from Northern Indiana are
to sottle in Laurens and Johnson oounties,
Ga.,Msy 1.
Work will be resumed at once on the east
ern end of the Hennepin, canal, giving work
to nearly 1,000 men.
The Montana anti-gambling bill only
waits the Governor's signature to become a
law. The sport are wild.
Curly Inge, wanted In an adjoining oounty
tor grand larconay, was killed in Greensboro,
Ala., while resisting arrest
The grave of Colonel Richard Realf, poet
and soldier, which a party of English vainly
tried to locate, is in the Oraud Army plot of
Odd Fellows' Cemetery, San Francisco.
George W. Prince, ot Ualesburg, III., was
eleoted the Republican candidate for Con
gress from the Tenth Illinois district on the
1,470th Lollott.
Rev. Mrs. T. DeWltt Talmage, wife ot Dr.
Taltnage, of the Brooklyn Tabernacle, will
receive (13,000 by the death ot Mrs. Eliza H.
Lord, who died June 28, 18'Ji, leaving ber en
tire estate to Mrs. Talmage.
Contractor W. F. Alleu, of McDowell
county, W. Va, was knocked senseless and
robbed by three thugs at Cincinnati Thurs
day night Harry Howard and Harry Curtis
have been juiled.
Union township, Erio county, Pa., olaims
to be the banner Pooblbltlon township of
America. For the second time the entire
Prohibition ticket has been elected, and the
majority is Increased every year. The Demo
crats made no nominations.
First Break in the Cabinet.
Postmaster-General Wilson B. Rlssel Wed
nesday afternoon placed bis resignation on a
member of the cabinet lu th hands of Presi
dent Cleveland, to be accepted upon the ap
pointment of bis successor. Though the
rumors ot the coming retirement ot Mr.
Bissau have been rifle for sometime, tin
oltlolnl announcement, when It was mads
oiused something of a sensation. The taol
spread rapidly through hotels aud clubs, ami
the discussion of the chances of congress
passing all the appropriation bills quickly
gave wayto spceulutlou as to who would be
the new postmaster-general, Mr. lussell v. Ill
cot relinquish his portfolio until April. H
will then return to Buffalo.
The President ou Thursday nominated
William L. Wilson, of West Vlrglula, to sue
cesd Wilson B. Blasell on Postmaster-General.
Morgan Uoavloted.
At Stafford Court House, Virginia, the Jury
In tue case of th Aqula creek train robber,
Charles Morgan, brought In a verdlot ol
guilty and seuteuce was placed at la years is
the penitentiary. '
Th steamer Istrlan. from Liverpool for
Newport News, Va., 14 days overdue, baa
Leeu reported at Bermuda, short ol ooal.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE
Important Measure Considered by Out
Lawmaker.
Wr.nxEsnAY. The Marshall pipe line Mil
passed second rending In the senate. Mr.
Brewer, of Franklin, Introduced a bill ap
portioning the state Into congressional dis
tricts. No change Is mndo from the present
arrangement, but Allegheny aud I'htlnpelphia
are each given one additional congressman,
dolne awny with tho congressmnn-at-large.
Among the bills passed tlnally were. Au
thorizing school directors or controllers to
establish nud maintain out of the public
school treasury free kindergartens for lufants
Slid children under 8 years of ngi to pro
vide for the Incorporation of Institutions ot
learning, with power to confer degreesi to
authorize tho supervisors, commissioners and
otllcers having lu charge the coustnuction and
keeping In repair ol the publla roads In any
township to cause to be erected a suitable
building In which to hold elections, store
rond machinery nnd transact township busi
ness: to prevent physicians ot less than five
years' nettial practice after graduation hav
ing professional charge ot Indigent Insane.
The house used up the greater portion of
t time to-day discussing the Gould poor law.
The bill cod I lies the poor laws by making
jounty boards instead ol district boards. It
was prepared by the commission appointed
by the governor six years ago.
Till RsiuY A hill was Introduced In th
house by Mr. Mnitln, of Mercer, to create
public linploymcnt offices under the care o!
the Bureau of Industrial Statistics. It pro
vides that It shall be the duty of the chief
of tne bureau to establish a publle employ
ment ofllee In each congressional district and
employ a superintendent tor each of these
olllces. Tho superintendents shall post in
front of their offices the words "Public
Employment Office." They shall receive np
plicntlous lor Inh ir and make a careful re
cord of each. They may employ clernlal as
sistance and are not allowed to receive com
pensation or lees from iersons seeking em
ployment. They are required to make re
port every Tuesday to the commissioner of
all applications and persons securing em
ployment through their office. A list of ap
plicants and the character nf employment
desired by them Is to be printed w.ekly by
tho superintendents to be mailed to thn sev
ornl superintendents on every Saturday, to
be posted in the olllces for public Inspection.
The superintendents shall also collect such
labor statistics as the commissioner may
direct The commissioner Is to recslve a
snlnry of $2,000 a year, the superintendents
f 1,300, aud the clerks not more tbau too n
month.
The Marshall bill passed in the Senate by
by 80 to 0. Ten minutes after it passed It
was messaged to the House and sigued by
Die speaker.
Friday. Two new bills woro read In plnce
at the session of the house this morning.
Mr. Fow. of Philadelphia, Introduced one
which will prevent newsboys from jumping
on street cars, and children from Indulging
In the habit of stealing rides on such ve
hicle. Mr. rage ot Dauphin county. Introdnced a
bill requiring that all able-bodied malo pu
pils In the academies, high schools or public
schools of thn age of 11 and upwards, bo en
rolled by their I'rlncipili as members ot the
American guards of the state, which is hereby
created a military body. The bill goes ou to
mark out a complete military establishment.
This In a measure emauatlug from tho patri
otic orders.
Among the bills reportod favorably to-day
was one to prevent the employment of in
competent persons In bituminous coal mines
and tor the belter protection of miners. This
bill is intended to keep oul ot the mines non
Engllch speaking foreigners, who lnnku the
occupation ol mining dangerous by not un
derstanding the Instructions received from
the mine foremen,
TWENTY-FIVE MEN DEAD.
Killed in an Explosion in a New Moxtlco
Mine.
White Asb coal mines, three miles from
Cerrlllos, N. M., was the scene ot a terrible
explosion Wednesday. Thirty-seven men
were working In four levels when the disas
ter occurred. Eleven of theso wero rescued,
all In a dying condition. Up to 10 p. in. 23
bodies have been taken out, horrlblv burned,
mutilated and diflloult of Identification. The
miners are all married men.
When the news ol the disaster spread,
wiv s and children hurried from Waldo and
Madrid. - Not until evening were stretchier
able to descend, owing to the poisonous
vapors. In the e.nirxe of half an hour sev
sral doad were sent up
Later iu tue eveuibrf 11 dying miners were
discovered In a buueh. They were probably
overcome iu no ellort to eseapo. The explo
lion is thought to have been d ue to the break
ing Into au abaadoued chamber, charged
with gas.
Oue of the rescued, John Btupper, says that
be heard tho explosion, and himself nnd live
jomradrs started tor the main slope, but
could not get out, and went back Into the
mine to a pool of water, where they Immer
sed themselves, and by agitating the water
managed to get air enough to live on for the
tour hours ot their coutlnement, but when the
rescuing party reached tbein they were In the
last stages ot asphyxiation.
The mine was worked through a single In.
Jllne shaft exteudlng 2.030 feet in at an In
incline ot 2J degrees, and seem to have been
lefectlve, as respect ventilation. The
mouth ot the shaft Is the sole meant of
tgresa.
CASTELLANES ARE HAPPY.
Ih Family of Anna Gould's Coming
Husband Liberally entertained.
The Marquis and Marquise de Castellans
and Count Ueurl de Castellnne, parents and
brother of Count Jean de Castollune, ol
France, who Is to marry Anna Gould, will go
buck to France full ol high ideas
regnrdiug the liberality ot New York liospl
tullty. Their waking hours bnve been con
stantly utlllised since thulr arrival ou Sunday
auswerluir social Invitations.
Count Jeau de Custellane gave a bachelor
dluner In tue Astor dining room nt the Wal
dorf. Everybody drauk the health of Anna
Gould, aud eaob guest went away with a
SUierb dlumoud suurfpln lu his pocket as a
souvenir. A special dispensotlou bus been
received from the Pope, sanctioning the union
and the papal benediction will doubtless fol
low. Miss Gould has received numerous
gifts of great value. She denies the reports
that she Is to become a Catholic,
STRINGENT SALOON LAW.
Local Option and Restrictive Meaaursa
Faaaed.
The Nicholson temperance bill passed the
Indiana House ot Represoututive by a vote
of 73 to 20. It Is a very stringent measure,
although it lost some ot its force by being
amended. It provides for local option In
this way i That a majority petition aguiust
a saloon In a certain community will prevent
oue being established there for two years. It
-provides aguiust music in saloons, and a
saloon cauuot be run In conueotiou with any
other business.a direct blow at the restaurant
with a bar attached. It also does away with
screens, aud all saloons must bo operated on
the Urst lloor, a provision lo knock out wine
rooms. The bill will have uo trouble in pass,
lug the seuute.
Mobbed a Lecturer.
A mob ot from 3.000 to 5.000 men, com
posed Inrgely of Catholic, utiucked tne Ma
sonic Temple at Savuuuab, (la., lu an at
tempt to break up a lociura by ex-l'rlusi
Siaitery. The mou br ke in the wludows aud
attempted to force an entrance. Ten com
psules ol militia were called out lo assist the
police. The mob was Dually quieted with
the assistance ol ih Vicar General ol the
diuuess.
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS
GOLDEN WEDDING.
Successful Revival in Several Towns
Factories Burned.
The members of the Methodist Episcopal
chunh at ileaver Falls, enjoyed something ol
a novelty Sunday evening. Ilev. George
Turbusb, the pastor, was taken 111 after the
morning services nnd was unablo to preach
In tho oven log. That the congregation
mlgh not be disappointed, Mrs. Turbush
took her husband's place in the pulpit, and
after the usual hymu and a prayer by one of
the laymen, she read one of l)r. Tnlmnge's
sermons. The members of the congregation
were hiuhly pleased. Mrs. Turbusb Is a cul
tivated women, has a line voice, nnd her
friends were delighted with the success ot
her undertaking.
rLEADixa roil Lira.
A congreimtlon numbering 8 0 attended
the services at the Congregational church at
Mendville Sunday evening. The subject of
the ps'tor, Itev. Itlehnrd 11. Dnvles, was,
"Should the Hoy lie Hanged?" and related to
the case ol Fred McDonnell, now under sen
tence of death. Itev. Duvles took tho ground
thai the doomed boy Is mentally uubnlnuced
nnd Is not responsible for his acts. That be
is a victim ol the law ot heredity, ami this
should have great weight In dealing with his
case,
A committee consisting ot Dr. C. C. Carroll,
Dr. J. r. Hassler, Dr. E. C. Parsons, A. J.
I'ahu, editor ot the Mendville Messenger, and
Ilev. Davles was appointed to net as they
deemed best. A petition to Governor Hast
ings to commute the death sentence to lite
Imprisonment will be prepared.
KEano -csTicE or the teac'I.
A glance over the spring election returns
discloses some queer facts. Fnllstou borough
elected a Democratic judgo of election, the
first for 50 years In that town, nn4 a Demo
cratic couucllmau, the first tor 10 years. A
colored Justice of the peace, Frank Phillips,
was elected lu Pulnskl township, thn first ever
elected in Ileaver county, and the third iu the
tute.
a TOOMo cocri.E.
Rev. R. Morris Smith, of Baden, united In
marriage Inst Wednesday the youngest couple
sver wedded In Denver oounty. The groom
is Frank Edward Mnrr, aged 17 years, and
;he bridge Is Bessie Musgrnve, aged 15 years.
I'bey are residents of Economy towushlp.
I'nrents ot both consented.
TWO 01(1 rACToaiES BCnNED.
Fire completely destroyed Hood, Gnlo A
?o.'s veneering works and the Cobbam table
s-orks, two of Warren's leading manufac
tories. Tbey furnished employment tor ISO
lands. Thn total loss will be over (100,000,
with 76,009 lusuruuce, and they will pro
bably be rebuilt.
Mercer county Is having a religious revival.
Rev. Parson, ot Grove City, has had 300 con
rerts; Major Little, ol Mercer, about 100; Dr.
Newell, ol Chicago, nt Shnrpsviile, 200: Dr.
.Impmau. of Erie, at Greenville, 3j0; nt
4henklfyvllle 118, aud sovorul at many other
places.
k The residence of Robert Taylor near the
Westmoreland couuty homo, was, with Its
.ontents. destroyed by II to Sunday night
The family bad a narrow escape with tboir
lives. The loss Is 1,500, with (800 Insur
ince. Tho miners nt Hon. A. F. Mlzcner's mines
and nt tbo Turner coal and coke company,
have accepted the reduction of 6 cents a ton.
run ol the mine. The miners In the Mahon
ing Valley Iron company have gone to work
at 32 cents a ton.
James Huey was arrested Thursday charg
ed with being one ol the men who robbed and
tortured old Mr. Smullwood at bis home near
Lock 8. This Is the third Huey that has been
srrested on this charge, and all are now in
jail at Wushlugtun.
Ry the explosion of nnturnl gns nt Sharon,
a bouse occupied by Daniel Bryson nnd
family was wrecked. Mrs. Brywiu and bet
daughter wore seriously hurt. J he damage
Is 4)1,500.
The Empire Granite Compnny has entered
suit agaiuBt the Lawrence County Soldiers'
Monument association for the money they
were to receive tor buildiug the Lawrence
jouuty soldiers' monumeut.
The tipple and works of the tho Millwood
Coal nnd Coke company, at Millwood were
nurned late Monduy night, causing a loss ol
HO.OuO.
James, the 15-ycar-old son of Samuel Smith,
)f Hawntown, near Irwin, was fatally Injured
ay the fall ol slute in the Yough shaft yester
lay. John Burner and bis wife, residing near
Irwin, celebrated their golden wedding,
Monday. An Incident of the celebration was
.be baptizing ol twin grandchildren.
The bouse ot Tbaddeus Stewart, at Bell
wood, near Altoona. was damaged by Ore to
:he extent of 62,000. Several llremen were
out by flyiug glass.
Harry Vogan. an employs at the New
Castle steel mill, was horribly burned by
molten metal from a broken converter. He
may die.
Frank Truschol, of Lawrence county hat
been tokon to Iowa, where be Ischarged with
obtaining money under false preteuse.
Gov. McKluley will be commencement
day orator, Ju.e 27, at Allegheny College,
Ueadvillo.
George Brady, a coke weaker nt Alverton,
was klllod by fulling from the gangway while
wheeling coke.
Tho number of typhoid fever pationts at
Johnstown is uow 07, aud the crisis is though!
lo be pust.
William E. Llnlnger. a switch-tender, was
struck by a shilling eugiue iu the Altoona
yards and killed.
Harry Shearer, of Leechburg, was arrested
In lndldna, charge! with forging a note tor
tVM.
Somerset county's centennial anniversary
will be celebrated on the day wbeu all
A i' erica signalizes the birth of freedom
July 4.
The Sharon tile works, after several months
Idleness resumed operations Monday. About
125 bands sre employed.
A large bed of clay, suitable for the manu
facture of pottery, has been found at Johns
town. George Brady, a soke worker at Alverton,
fell from a gaugway and was killed.
There is talk of an electrlo railway between
Ebeusburg und Johnstown.
Aerial Navigation.
Senator Brlcs, from the commutes on In
terstate commerce, reported without recom
mendation a resolution authorizing the secre
tary of the treasury to pay the sum of dlOO,-
000 lo auy Inventor from any part ot the
world, who shall prior to 1000 construct a
vesssel tbatwllldemoustratetbe practicability
01 safely uavlgallug the air at a speed ot UO
miles an hour, and capable of carrying freight
and passengers. The object ot the report is
lo print the Information available on lbs
subject of the experiments at aerial naviga
tion since the duys ot Montgolller.
The Mexican warship Libertad bat turaed
up at the Miulppl Jetties, safe bat damaged.
VERY SLOW GAINS.
Industrial Consumption on a Par With
Production.
It O. Dun A Co's. weekly review of trade
Says:
The Industries make very slow gains. Little
Is said of the Edgar Thomson steel works,
though many thousand bands deend upon
Its operation, because the Cnrnegio company
has purchased 50.000 tons Bessemer pig nt
kO 04 to 10 at Pittsburg, a price indicating
that the biggest coneeru In western Penn
sylvania does not want to make Iron lor
b'ss. At other mnrkets pig Iron has been
quiet, nnd elsewhero as lu Pittsburg,
structural orders account tor a largo share of
the now business reported, though activity In
wire, wire rods and barbed wire still con
tinues. Bar Iron nnd steel are llrmer nt
Pittsburg, but without chnngo in quotations,
on the whole the reduced consumption in
January does not seem to bnve auy morn
tuuu matched the redused production.
Tho market for cotton goods Is Inlrly active,
and the demand Improves lu some grades,
lji is, on the whole, decldely disappointing.
Friiures for tbo past week have been 230 la
f'm United States, against 201 Inst yeur, and
iu tauudu Si, aguinst 42 lost year.
THE NEW NORWEGIAN BILL.
Provision of th Measure Now Before
the Massachusetts House.
The altered "Norwegian" bill proposed by
Representative Myers, of Cambridge, Is pres
sed by the same men who were Its advocates
last session. The measure has lost favor and
Is more bltterely opposed than before. The
bill proposes iu cities and towns ol more thau
5.000 Inhabitants to submit the question of
licensing under the Norwegian system on the
petition of not less than 60 voters lu license
towns, who ofter bonds ot tl.000 In towns
nnd 76,000 In cities, conditioned on the for
mation ol a company. If decided ntllrma
lively, a company shall be formed to take
entire charge ol thn retail liquor business,
except that licenses to clubs nud to druggists
are to be granted under exlstiug laws.
MAHKI5T8.
riTTSHl'KO.
nia wnoi.FSAi. rsicr.s are qivew below.)
Grain, Flour and Feed.
WHEAT No. 1 red 67 9 W
No. red 60 67
llih.N Ntt II yellow ear, new 4 W
Mixed ear, new .fl 47 4e
No. yellow shelled U 47
tIA'IS No. I Klille 54
No while St
Extra No. 8 white M 94
Light mixed til 4
Rib No M m M
No. II western f'l
FLOl'H .Minn, fnney patents 1 60
Fancy winter patents H 8 10 8 26
am y straight winter 70 1W
Straight W3L bakers' I '6
Kve Hour I 00 8 16
IIAV-No. 1 timothy 11 MS 11 60
No. II HI M6 10 60
Mixed clover. Nft 1 10 (ill 11 00
Loose timothy, from wagon.... 14 00 Jtt U)
FELD-No. 1 W hite Md., ton 17 60 IS 00
No 8 White Middlings 1 60 17 00
Ilrown Middlings 1H 00 JO 60
Brnn, bulk 10 iu 60
(THAW Wheat 6 M 6 50
Uat 6 60 U 00
Dairy Products,
BtlTTEH Elgin Creamery 7 (3 S8
1 am y Creamery 'J St
raiicy Country itoll 1H WO
Low grade nud cooking V 10
ClIKEMv-ublo, uew 11 1H
New York, new 11 ti
Wisconsin Hwlta 1W 13
Llinburger. newmake. ' VH 10
Fruit and Vegetables.
aPPLES-Fancy, V bbl . 4 60 4 75
UE ANb Hand-picked, per bu...... 1 Mi 8 10
Lima, lb 5 1,
POTATOES Flue, In car, bu To 76
From store, bu 76 H)
BEKTS per bbl 1 itt 1 60
CAllllAdE Home grown, bbl 1 86 1 60
ITHNIPS-perbbl I 00 185
UNIONS Yellow, bu 60 to
I'AHBMFS per bill 1 00 1 li5
Poultry, tie.
Live Chickens, V pair 00 9 M)
Live Dm-ks. V pair 60 HI
Dressed Bucks, lb 14 15
Dressed Chickens, V lb. V 10
" " young select... 14 15
Dressed Turkeys, V lb 10 )'4
EoosI'a nnd Ohio, fresh U 84
SEATHEHS-Exlrsllvel.feao.ylb 46 too
No. 1 Ex. Live Oecse, V lb 40 45
Country, large packed 8'-! 40
Miscellaneous.
SEEDS Clover C8 lba 4 60 9 40
Timothy, prime 8 SO IW
lllue Urans 1 40 1 HO
RAli; Country mixed. 4i 1
UUNEY While Clover It 10
Buckwheat 18 18
UAl'LE SYKUP, new 60 60
UDKlt Country, sweet, bbl 4 60 6 00
1ALLOW 4 b'4
CINCINNATI.
FLOUR 16.38 SO
WHEAT No. 8 Ked 6a 64
RYE No 8 6S
LORN Mixed. 4!) 41
OATS 81 U
EGOS . 84
BUT TElt Ohio Creamery 88 84
PHILADELPHIA.
FLOt'R 8 00aa 40
WHEAT No. 4 Hed 67 M
CORN No. Hl.Mtxed. 40 47
OATS No. 8 VVhlle 83 SO
BLTT'EK-Creamery, extra tl 84
EUUS Pa Urals 86
NEW YOUK,
FLOUR Patents ( 1 110 8
WHEAT No. 8 lied 60 6
RYE Stale M 65
CORN Ntt 8 - 47 40
OATS While Western 88 84
BUTTER creamery 16 84
EUUb onto aud Peno 87
LIVE STOCK.
Central (stock Yahus, East Ubektt, Pa.
CATTLE,
Prime, 1.400 to l.fltX) lba 5 10 9 5 40
t.ood, 1.SU0 to 1,400 lbs 4 SO 6 00
Uood butchers, 1.410 to l.UOOlba... it 4 so
1 Idy, 1.0OU lo l.lHim 4 86 4 60
Kalr light steer. Wl to 1000 lbs ... 8 Ml 4 '.M
Common, 700 10 uooiti 8 60 8 40
nova
Pblladelphlas 4 85 4 44
Best lorkers and mixed 4 86 4 81
Cuuiuiou to tulr Yorkers 4 10 4 19
SUEEr.
Extra, 88 toll5 lbs 4 10 4 83
Uood, S5 10 ue lbs II UO 8 00
Kalr, 75 to 5 lba 8 00 fx
Common 8 86 8 J
Yeurlluga 8 00 5 50
Chicago, Cattle Common to extra steers
i 60(g) 5. ui; Blockers and feeders, '.' llfc!l CO
cows aud bulla, S1.50is t.OO; calvua, .'..VJii:i(
lloga heavy, 84.00(44.6; eomiuou to cbolce
Ulixed, S'l 801480; choice nolU'd, I.10L16;
llybl, 8.;5I.U5; pigs, '4.;siut8-u5. t-hoep-lu-ecior
to choice, 88.60l&4.&; lambs, tl85va5.85.
Cincinnati Hogs select shippers none;
butchers t4.40iut.50; fair to goud packers
to 440; fair to light t4.ooio4.V6; common ana
rougtltii.76to4.15 Csttle-good lilliri,t-l lMol. T6.
uodlocnulcet41Stt50; fair to medium 460t
1.10; comuiou t-.8livi8. bboep eilrati-85l
160; good to choice tJ.10to4.uo; couiiuuuto tail
J.UU ux.85.
Wool.
Philadelphia. Wuol Is quiet; prices steady
Ohio, I'eiiniiylvaiiia aud Wol Virginia XX
and atmve, 1', alHc. , X aud above lU..,r,a; medi
um tubule.; :uniter blood, 81l88c; cuninon,
HHalUc. .Nowlurl, illchlgau, Wlcouin, i,'
Ut lU4l7c; X, IVs-hlc.; Itieoiuill, Utalldc.; quarter
blood, 8oi.8ii;eouiuioi, ITittlso.; wuabed. comb
ing, delaine Hue, IMm-Ji.'.; medium 81(84c.;
con rue, gu81c..! low.V.'u ili:.; uuwusUed wudluiu
Itialic; low luudluui liulu
Tui Oil, Maukit, Maucb 1, .
Pittsburg, Pa Opeulug, tl.07: highest tl 0714
lowenl, tl.Otllv; cloaiag, tl.OliC). Credit bulaucea
steady at tl. 08. Cash oil tl.o64$ bid.
oil I'liy. National transit ueriiuoatea open
ed at 91.07; hlllbeat tl orVg; lowest, (1.U6U;
cloned, tl 06L,; tales U.IUO barrel.; olimrau.-.-K.
H,000; sblpiueuts lM,4HI barrel; ruu
barrels.