MOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
Sews From the Department! Foreign
Findings.
The Pockety Joint Iepartment Commission
expired with the 53d Congress. Inn.viiueh
a tbe reforms which Ihe Commission brought
itbout caused a consldernblo reduction of
clerical torce In some Departments, and
crested a foaling ot unonslness amoii the
clerks ot all Departments, the announcement
of the close of Its olTlrinl cnreir was n relief
to those Interested. The act creating the
Commission provided t but It should live onljr
through Congress. Mr. Dockery will return
to Missouri lu a few dnys, and the experts
who have made Investigations lu the Depnrt
meuts and reeommenced changes will no
lonKer have authority to do anything In the
way ot advocating further changes.
The Census Olllce has ceased to exist ss a
Hureau, and herealter, until the work ot the
11th census Is completed, will merely consti
tute a division of the Interior lepnr ment.
The division now consists of I'O clerks, three
special agents, with Oeorge li. Ioune, of
Mississippi, the former thief Clerk ol the
Bureau, as lvelon ( hlef at a reduced salary
of 2.0O0. The work will not be closed tor
sometime yet About a score of census vol
umes are yet to be published. 01 these 12
re now ready for Issuance.
THE ALLIANCA AFFAIR.
Minister Taylor Directed to Require
Reparation.
Secretary Oresbam sent the following cable
message to Hannls Taylor, United States
minister at Madrid:
"This dopnrtment Is informed that on the
8th Inst, the United States mail steamship
Alliance, on her homeward voyage from Col
on to New York, when six miles from the
coast of Cuba, on Cape Slaysl, was repeated
ly fired upon by a Hpsntsb gunboat, with
olid shot, which fortunately fell short. The
windward passage where this occurred Is the
neutral and usual highway for vessols plying
between ports ot the I" nited States and the
Caribbean sea. Through It several lines of
American mall nnd commercial stonmers
pass weekly wlthia sight ot Cape Mnysl.
They are well-known and their voyage em
braces no Cuban port of coll. Forcible in
terference with tbeoi oannot be claimed as a
belligerent act, whether they pass within
three miles of the Cuban coast or not, and
can, under no circumstances be tolerated,
when no state ol war exists.
"This government will expect prompt disa
vowal of the anauthorlred act and due ex
pression of regret on the part of Spain, and.
It must Insist that Immediate and positive or
ders be given to Spanish naval commanders
not to Interfere with legitimate American
commerce passing tbroueb that obannel, and
prohibiting all acts wantonly imperiling life
and property lawfully under the flag of the
United States, You will eommunlcate this
to the ministor for foreign affairs and urge
the Importance of a prompt and satisfactory
response,
NATIONAL NOTES.
China hns asked TtussJa to prevent Japan
from taking any of the latter' territory.
Twenty-six specialists who were engaged In
the present riots in Hungnrla.were sentenced
to from five to eight years imprisonment,
Spanish newspapers threaten to suspend
publication if they are not permitted more
liberty, especially In connection with the
Cuban revolution.
The Brazilian government ha suppressed
a mutiny against President Moraes by cadet
of the military school and 800 ot the onsets
bave been expelled.
Secretary Carlisle has decided that dia
mond cutting Is not an Infant Industry In tbe
United State and that Dutch diamond cut
ters Imported in violation of the contract
labor law must be deported.
In the Spanish chamber of deputies Minis
ter Ot State Uroliutrd stuted a letter tin 1 been
received from the United States concerning
the firing on the Allianca und ttiut tbe hpau
Ish governmeut had ordered tbe fullest in
vestigation. Spain 1 willing to make any
settlement agreeable to International law and
the dignity of Spain.
MINISTER riODA
Noted among th names ot expected ar
rival at Washington is that ot the new En-
yoj Extraordinary and Ministor Plenipo
tentiary from Switzerland to tbe United
States, in the person ef M. Jean B, Plodu,
Minister Ptoda was born at Looarno, near the
renowned obapel of th Madonna del Sosso,
one of the loveliest sections ot Switzerland.
Ill father formerly represented hi country
at Borne, and Minister Ploda bus himself
seen continuous diplomatic service there up
to the date of hi transfer to Washington. Ho
i accompanied by Mini. Pioda, who by birth
is a Parisian. Be has bad but two prede
cessor, Minister de Claparedo, now at Vi
enna, and ex-l'resldent Frey, now Secretary
ol War at Berne.
A TURN IN THE LANE.
A llaja Supposed to be Dead is JUviug in
the Mountain.
Barry Lane, supposed to have been mur
dered In South mrabaue township, four nillcs
oat of Washington, Pa., on the night of Junu
1U. 1803, Is llvlug lu Maultoba. The bloody
bat, buuukcrchiof, and other articles louud
near Lane's home at the time of hi disap
pearance aiu said to uuvebeen placed lliure
by Lane to throw people (iff his truck. Alter
leaving borne he weui to Wheeling uud stuy
ed there three weeks. From Wneeliug lie
went to Chicago uud thence to North Dukotu,
remaining iu each pluce about six mouth.
From North Dakota he wuut to Muuitobu.
Ever since his disappearance Laue is said to
bave been in correspondence with hi rela
tives. Daniel Laue, a brother, admits he is
iu coiuiuuutoutluu with the uilbaiug ii.uu, but
refuse to give auy deQuite iufuriuailuu.
Henry Luuo was a huckster, wiiu u route
in WuBUiuglou uud Uruouo counties, und
took his produce to Pittsburg. Ou the even
ing ol Juue 10, lbOd, he lelt home ou boieu
back and the same evening his riderless
horse was found near home, but uo truces of
Lane were found except a crushed hut aud a
bloody handkerchief. The must uuuctlng
feature ol the dlsuppeuraiice was lis uncut
upon the young wiiu ot the iuisniug uiuu, who
became temporarily Insane uud wus luitou by
iter parent to lowu lur t:ealu.ent.
cr.onon t. snour.
The contest In Indho for Senntorln) honors
was brought to nn abrupt end by there-election
of Ooorge L. Shoup to be his own successor.
Mr. Shoup is now a resident of Salmon City,
I leho, hut wns born lu Kittanninir, I'n., In
1m:10. lie was educated In the pnbllo schools
In I'eBusylvnnin. In he removed with
his father to Illinois, and In 1H52 to Colorado,
where he engaged In mining and mercan
tile business. At thn opening of tho war In
1HI1I he enlisted lu an Independent compnny
of scouts nnd wns kept on thnt sort of duty
until I KM, being promoted In the meantime
to a lieutenancy. From thnt time to the
close of the war he served In a cavalry regl
ment. In 1MI4 he assisted In preparing the
constitution of Colorado, and In 1N0H remov
ed to Salmon City, where he ha since resid
ed. Ho was appointed governor of Idaho
territory In 1SH0 and when Idaho became a
state, was elected Oovernor. In IhhO wns
elected to the United State- Semite. lie is a
Ilepublicnn and a strong advocate of silver.
ENDED IN A RIOT.
the Indiana House the Scone of Wild
Fighting.
Tho Indiana legislature broke up In a wild
tiot Monday night, In which almost every
nember participated. Revolvers were drawn
md many porsons were seriously injured,
kdnms, of Tark county, perhaps fatally. For
ully 20 minutes the suite house was filled
with a howiiug, surging mob.. Mon who had
leen friends and sat side by side duriug tbe
esslon became deadly enemies and made
ivery effort to injure each other. Myron
Sing, Governor Matthews's private secretary,
sras locked In the elevator, aud a big man
ruarded the door and refused to allow him
:o leave. The police llnally drove tho man
sway, and the secretary was released.
The trouble originated over the bill to sup
Mant Custodinn Urillln, n Democrat, with a
tepuhlicun. The governor has three days in
ivhiob to consider all measures. The bill
w..s delivered to the governor two nights ngo.
It was bis scheme to bold it until the lust
nlimte aud then the legislature could not
sass It over hi veto, as adjournment would
lake plnce at 12 o'clock.
The governor's secretary started with the
till with ton minutes time, Tbe ltepublicans
ittempted by force to proveut his reaching
.be legislative hall with the bill In time,
idnms, who was injured, I the represeuta
ive of Farko county, lie was kicked in thn
it of the stomach and bad to be oarriod
'rom tbe house.
THREE MEN CREMATED.
Three Others Will Die and Forty Had
Narrow Escapos.
Tbe hotel of John Jenkins, at Maeeyvllle,
tour miles from Hendricks, W. Va., was
burned Tuesday night. Three lives were lost
and tour were Injured. Tbe liotol was a big
two-story frame structure and tbe II ro was
weeping through It when it was first dis
covered by Mr. Jenkins, who uroused the
family and guests as quickly ns possible. No
effort could be made to savu any rtt'octa and
their only efforts were to urouso those who
were asleep. All hud rutirud when tho fire
broke out.
I Every room wns occupied. There wro
j over forty people lu the hotel. Jacob Con
ner, i ui. vv i.sou, j iv. i imam uua ,ia:ncij
Jcuklus were In the ruum. They wi re driven
buck from tho hullwuy exit by the Humes uud
all wero badly burned In tryiug to escupo by
tbe stairway. Then they tried tho windows,
but the flumes were sweeping up so thnt they
bad to Jump through a furnace of Hume.
They were all so badly hurt and burned that
Coflner 1 the only one ol tho four who can
recover.
In two other room on the second floor
were Eugene bisson, Homer Catlett nnd J as.
Corley. They all perished and thoir remains
were so charred as to be beyond recognition.
It is belleyed they were suffocated and un
able to get out ot their rooms. The position
in which their bodies were found would in
dicate that they never got out of their rooms
and that all died together. The loss was
only 5,000. but nothing whatever was saved.
LEGISLATIVE NOTFS.
Tbe Pennsylvania bouse at Harrisburg
passed the bill abolishing days of gruce, with
an amendment that all papers fulling due on
Sunday or any legul boiiduy or half boliduy,
hall be deemed to be due on the next busi
ness duy Uiortulter.
Tbe Smith nun garb bill, making it a mis
demeanor lor teachers to weur uny leilgious
dress, mark or insignia in the public schools,
passed the Pennsylvania House Lnuuy by a
vote ot 151 to 20.
Senator Stewart received at Washington
the following dispatch from tho Governor ol
Nevada: "Kusoiutlon of Legislature Indorsing
bibley and btmeiulio platform pusuud and ap
proved this duy."
New York' Assembly passed tho con
current resolution submitting to a vote of the
people the questlou ol woman's suftrugo by a
votu of 80 to ai.
The Connecticnt Semite has repealed Iho
Inst of the Blue luws. It was a statue which
provided thut a Justice of the l'eauu mlnut
convict a person ou his peruouul knowledge
without corroborating testimony of the of
fenses of buhbutu breaking, swearing, bius
pheuiy uud drunkenness.
The Missouri senate has passed tho houso
bill prohibiting the sale of imitation butter.
Tbe not prohibits tho coloriug of oleomar
garine iu the imitation of butter, nnd its tale
at any time as a substitute for butter unless
plaiuly murkeii us such. Tliu penalties
ruuge from Hue to one your's iariaon
uiuut. LYNCHED A NATIVE
Seven Amoricaus Get Into a Scraps in
Nicaragua and Got Out Again.
The State Department hns received a dis
patch from United States Minister linker ut
Managua, Nicaragua, duted March 5 Inst,
relative to tho casus of sovon Americans who
were held uudor arrest at Mullgalpa, Xlcurn-
r;ua aiuce bepteuiber lust ou a ehurgo ol lyuoli
ug a uullvu Micuruguiiu, wiiu l.ud confessed
to Uiiviug participated In the murder of u
Ciunuau, lu the neighborhood. Tho Minis
ter reports lhat ulter tho seven men hud been
in Jail for some lime two ot tliu puny, Dr.
Oilman and 1'rid Hoppe, cuufessed to having
coiumittud the lynching uloue, uud declared
that the uliiurs kuuur nothing of luu uiuilr.
Thereupon tho live iuuuccnt uiuu wuio lo
luased. Uiluian and Hoppe were huldiujull end wero
tried for tliu lyucbing lust January, i'uey wero
acquitted, aud the iuluislur reports Unit tUoy
woio set ut liberty.
Striking shoe workers ut Haverhill, Mass.
rolod to continue the struggle.
THREE CRUSHED TO DEATH
UNDER FALLING vVALLS.
Warning Came Too Late for Them to CJet
Out of the Way.
-
Tbe round-house of the Wabash railroad
company in Toledo, O., located at the foot of
South street, on the dock front, burned to the
ground between 10 and 11 o'clock Sunday
morning. Three-quarters of an hour after
the first alarm wis seat In the southwest wait
ot the building, CO test In circumference, fell
In, burying li men underneath It, Two ot
them were instantly killed, a third died a
short time niter being taken out of
the debris, nnd tho others were all badly
hurt, one probably fatally. All but ono,
John Dowen, were employe of the Wabash,
Tho dead am:
It, II. lsoilt.MAN. aged 50, painter, mar
ried, seven children.
J. J. rill'.rt 1 ON, aged S car Inspector,
mrrt"d, six children: Instantly killed.
JOHN BOWLN, aged 1H, Inspector) killed
instaotly.
Tbe llrst alarm for thn fire came by tele
phone to the dlstrlet ofllce at 10:10 a. m. A
few minutes previous a resident of the neigh
borhood ot tbe roundhouse saw a small llama
burst out of the cupola of the building aad he
ran to the ofllce of the general foreman, di
rectly across from the roundhouse, and noti
fied those In charge. General Forman How
ard summoned the company' private fire
department, eenslstlng of li men, to tbe
scene nnd a stream of water was directed to
ward the binding copola. A heavy wind was
blowing, and the Are soon ate Its way down
to the root ot the roundhouse.
The property loss Is estimated at 100.000;
probably Insured. The roundhouse, which
bad a capacity ol 20 locomotives, contained
only 6 engines, and these are all badly dam
aged. A Wheeling A Lake Erie coal ear and
Baltimore A Ohio box car were consumed.
Late at night two more men wore found
who were injured by the falling wall. They
are J. Klnlay, nn engineer, of Andrews, Ind.,
and George Towers, machinist, both lu the
employ ol the Wabash. Flnlny Is quite seri
ously hurt His cheit was crushed, nnd be
sustained a severe scalp wound. Towers has
a fracture of tbe log, aud is more or less
bruised.
FIRED ON THE FLAG
The Yankee's Courteous Salute Respond
ed to by Solid Shot.
The American steninshln Alllnnea, while
proacedlng from Colon to New York, on the
morning ot tho Hth Inst., sighted a bnrken
tine rigged steamer under tho land, oft Cape
Maysl, thn eastern edgo of Cuba, which
beaded directly toward her. When about 2'
miles distant, the strnni;o vessel hoisted tbe
Spanish ling, which wus saluted by hoisting
tho American ensign nnd dipping it, which
act of courtesy was answered by tbe Span
iard. At 7:15 tho Spaniard, a gunboat, fired
blank cartridge to leeward which she soon
followed by another. Tho American ensign
wns again hoisted and dipped, but tho course
and speed of the ship was not changed, as no
no hostile deiuonsteatlon wns autluipated.the
Allianca being more than six miles ofl 'land
at the time. The Spauish gunboat however,
proceeded to chase tho American at her full
tpofd, nnd seeing thnt the Allianca was
drawing away she yawed to, to bring hei
rruns to bear nnd llrcd a solid shot which
struck tho water less than nn eighth of
mtlo away from the ship and directly in line.
This wns followed by two more solid shots,
which did not reach their Kinrk, though they
truck the water in plain sight of the ship.
At each shut, however, the Spaniard yawed
to get the range of the American ship before
llrltm on her, plainly showing the intention
to hit hor If she could.
t upturn Crossmnn, of the Alllnnea. kno-w
Ing hu was more than two leagues from land
and on tho high sens, did not consider it hi
duty to deinlu bis ship to ilnd out the reason
for such nn cut rage, and so ordered full
stenTn and gradually drew out of range. The
chase was kept up for more than !ij miles,
however, Leli.ro it was abandoned. H the
hpatiirird had had more speed, or her gun
ners had 1 enn better marksmen, no doubt
the incident would not havs ended so fortun
ately for the American.
This outrage has been reported to the sec
retary of state by Captain Crossman, and a
prompt demand will be made on the Spanish
government for an explanation of the Insult,
nnd a reason required for the attempt made
to stop an American mail steamer on the
high seas lu time of peace.
AN OHIO COAL TRUST.
Great Combination Formed to Control th
Buckeye Output.
Thore bos Just been organised at Columbus,
the largest and most powerful combination
of coal railroad Interests ever formed In tbe
United States. It is nothing less then a huge
pool of all the coal compnnie in Ohio, back
ed by seven rnilrouds that spread over the
coal Holds of Ohio, Tbe deal Involves mil
lions. This combination will control the en
tire output of tbe state, more tban 7,000,000
Ions a year, directing its business from a cen
tral olllce, perhaps in Chicago, and at one
stroke wiping out of existence more tban 260
expensive conl agencies which have hereto
fore distributed the product ot Ohio mines.
It will employ from 17,000 to 20,000 miners,
and the prospect is held out that these men
will get better wages than conl diggers, in
either the Pennsylvania or West Virginia
fields, the tremendous saving by abolishing
cchtly agencies enabling the new combination
to i ay better wages to its miner.
Railroads joining this combination follow:
Columbus, Hocking Valley A Toledo, Toledo
& Ohio Central, ltultimore A Ohio, W heel
ing A Lake Kale, Cleveland, Lorain A Wheel,
ing. Columbus, Shawuee A Hocking, Toledo,
W nlbonding Valley A Ohio. These are ooal
cominulea in tbe deal: Morrl eonl com
pany, New Pittsburg eoul company. Hocking
Valley conl compnny, Ureendale furnace
company, Unybould conl company, Somen
conl compnny, C. L. Poston A Co., Lost ltun
eonl company, Bluple Hill coal company,
Culviu Essex, Juniper Bros. A Lampman,
BcuttiB Bios, coal company, Columbus and
Hocking Vniley coal company at Longatretb.
Kin! aid A Buehtel, und a large number of
smaller concerns
RIVER IMPROVEMENTS.
What Col. Amos Stlckney Proposes to So
for the Ohio.
Col. Amos Stlukuey has forwardod to
Wusliingtou a BjMvial report of work pro
posed to be done ou the Ohio rlvur the Dom
ing season, l'lnus have boen approved by
the chief of engineers for the improvement of
tliu chatiuol at (luynndotte bur, Modoc, bar.
(iunpowder, Flint Inland, Venudn root and
lulls slough. Plans are completed for im
provement at Dleuucrliussot island and Three
Mile i'lainl iil,ove Evausville. Pluns are In
protrretj. lor Improvement of channels at the
heuii of llnaivU l.-land, l'itisburg hurbor aud
I lit Mudi.?ou, lad. Improvement will be
j i.ompieied at Tfadewator bar and Mound
. City mid siiuothiii:; ibji.e at Cottonwood uud
l..iuuna bars. I'luu an) to bu submitted
soi'U lor ieu piers t ryracuse or Hartford
an i l'onier..y and f r tho protection of tliu
I i I'liiu.-ul.t oinn.-i:u E .-.iii.iville us required by
l.io ner aad harbor Mil ol August 17, 1.1'Jt
Vliroe Hundred Killed. '
Advices from Ll:un statu an engagement
bus Leeu fought ut CabiiulliH, Peru, butweeu
the xovenitjeiu troops and th.i insurgents.
Tiu ,;.)'..uii,ie'iit louos we.ro- UufOatod with a
loss o:' MJ Milled.
INDUSTRIAL NEWS.
Items of Interest to th WorklngmarV
River Miner Win.
Th strike of the river coal miners In th
Pittsburg district ha been brought to a close
About 8,000 miners will resume work at th
rate which they have been striking for, 9 S-8
cent per bushel In the first three pool, and
9 1-8 in the fourth pool.
The railroad miners are leu fortunate and
the struggle will be continued by them tor
the 8J cent rate.
A meeting ot the river operator wa held
and after a geners.) discussion of the littiatlon
concluded to resume work at the price ask
ed by the miners This decision has been
reached by the operators Indivldunlly several
dnys ago, but very few of thera wished to say
So.
Tbe present condition of the river Is favor
able to the loading and shipment ot coal, and
the operators desire to replenish their stocks
In the lower river port. It Is tinted the ad
vance conceded to tho miners Is only tempor
ary, and as toon as the empties are loaded
work will be stopped. It Is probable thnt
thnt the miner will be given steady work for
several weeks.
FAf BoLijt iNcacssinn).
The old rail mill of the Ilraddoek plant
was started after a thut down ofeveral
months. The foundry plant recently built
will be put lu operation making the castings
tor all the Carnegie mills.
At the Westinghonse works three new finish
Ing shops will be started giving employment
to M0 additional hands. The air break works
nt Wllmerdtng will start with its entire force
lor the llrst time In 18 month. About one
quartor of thn employes bave been Idle tor
ovor a year. Large orders for Western roads
bave been received.
A BITTER Ot'TLOOK.
The fndustrlnlsittiatlon in the Wheeling dis
trict show considerable Improvement, the
number of men employed being larger tban
tor several months.
Tbe gins trade Is Imporvlng, nnd except
tho two factories owned by the United States
(Uass Compnny, every glass works In the
Wheeling district Is at work. Tbe potteries
are doing a llttlo better, but demand Is still
light aud the forces of men employed are
about one-half the full quota. The building
trade's half the full quota. The building
trades outlook is only moderately good. The
bricklayers and budenrriers bave dernandvd
an advance of 6 cents nu hour, wblsh will
not be granted without a strike.
LABOR NOTES.
The New York state faotory Inspectors make
these recommendations: Thnt the law pro
hibiting the employment of children under
14 years ot age be extonded so as to Include
mercantile establishments, and thnt eight
hours be made the limit of a day work for
women nnd for children under 18 year of
age in faotorles and mercantile bouses.
The employe in English boot faotorles
having declined' to submit to arbitration In a
dispute with the manufacturers, tbe National
Federation of Boot Manufacturer bn or
dered a general lock-out to take place March
ie. ine oruur ii earned out will tnrow iiuo,
000 people out of work.
President McDrldo. of the American Fed
eration of Labor, will form a plan to unite
the two factions of the Brotherhood of
Painter and Deoorators, and will be sub
mitted to the local unions ot tbe latter body
for approval or rejection.
Mnsslllon, O.. mine operators bave aareel
upon a seals for oead work and an advance
of ten cents a day In trapper's wages. Tbe
prleo of bouse coal tor miners was fixed at
1 40 a ton lor lump.
From the annual report of Ornnd Chlnf
Wllkiuson it nppeaae tbut Hi looal lodges
of tbe Brotherhood of Hallway Trainmen
bave become defunct and returned their
charters within tbe Uveal year.
A Cincinnati man I about to orsanix a
co-operative colony on the Bellamy plan to
be located either iu Tenuessee or the state of
Washington. Hundreds ot applications bav
been received.
A new labor organisation ha been tormina
in Si. Louis, Mo. It will oppose strikes, pay
benellts aud tench the power of the ballot. It
is slieady spreading with grout rapidity.
The clgarmakers during the past year won
75 per cent, of thoir strikes and oburlered
tweuty-four new unions. Wages bavo been
uniformly maintained throughout the country.
The Alabama legislature bos passed a bill
to secure prompt payment ot wages ot la
borers, mecnanius or other wage-earners em
ployed In mining and manufacturing.
The Junction Iron and Steel Company has
purchased ground adjaaeut to its plant at
Mingo, 0 on which to erect a llnlahlug
mill.
The Markle Fir Clay Company's plant at
Toronto, O.. was sold by th receiver to Ales.
F. Taylor and otbsr eapalleta for 19,400.
The contrast convlol labor system bas been
abolished in Mississippi, Tbs state will fur
nish employment to prisoners.
Tbe New York labor commissioner finds
that laoor organisations bav steadily in
creased in members during the year.
The North Carolina legislature bas sat
down on contract priming lor the stats and
publlo office will be established.
, TRADE IMPROVEMENT. ;
Indications Slightly Xor FavorabUand
Frio Big hex.
R. G. Dun A Co.' weekly renew of trade,'
says:
Substantially all indications of th state ot
business are rather more favorable. Farm
products are a little higher, railroad earnings
a shade better, clearlng-bons exchanges a
mall peroentags larger In comparison with
two years ago and In February, and most ol
tbe Industries show a somewhat better front,
though their gain la not large. Money mar
kets oontlnu undisturbed. Tbe operation
ot tbe syndicate still prevent exports of gold
and withdrawals from tbe treasury bav ot
lute practically ceased.
There 1 not much enthusiasm about th
situation, however, because th gain I ilow,
and business Is a long way from what is con
sidered only a prosperous rendition. Fur
ther, the gain I In some eases due to obvi
ously temporary causes, and to some causes
which do not make prosperity.
'1 he higher prloe of cotton, which has risen
to 0.00 cents, result from the belief that tbs
acreage this year will be greatly reduoed.
Wheat bas risen 'jc, because government re
ported only 73,000,000 bushels in farmers'
hands March 1, though prautloally nobody In
trade think th estimate oorreut, and th
accepted estimates are about 60,000,000
bushels higher. Western receipts bave again
risen above, and export continue below lust
year's figure. Farllul Ions of the cotton and
wheat crop would hardly be an unmixed
blesslug to the country. Corn ba risen lo,
followlug wheuti pork ! 2B per barrel, hog
10 cent and lard 80 cent per 100 pounds,
llradstreet's to-morrow will sayi
"There sre fewer new sad favorable trade
features this week than unfavorable one, but
in most instances Uiey outweigh tbe latter,
which point to a oontinuance of small vol
ume of business and quiet demand.
"lu addition to lucteased competition ber
by Australian wools, demand for tbe raw
staple bas fallen off and word Is reoeivud
that American dress goods manufacturers are
using considerable Australian staple. The
urygoous irauu couuuues depressed, pro
duction belug In excess of demand, ootton
goods being moved generally only at con-
A. J. Coultur, bookkeeper for the Kansas
City, .Mo., elcctrio light eouipuny, is oharged
itim iuibvi.ng su,i.vu.
KEYSTONE STATE CULLIES
BURNED TO DEATH-
An Aged Washington County Man Meets
a Terrible Fata
Conrnd Smith, who lived In West flethln-
hem township, Washington county, was
found on the floor of his house, burned to
death. There was nothing about blm to In
dionte hosv th fire occurred beyond tbe ap
pearance that he had been too near the grate
and his clothing had taken fire and biased
up, causing him to Inhale the flames. Hi
death seems to have been speedy and his suf
fering hort. Ue was au old man and lived
alone.
tbb rsaxitn' br.PARTmcKT.
Governor Hastings has sent to the house
hi approval of the bill creating a depart
ment of agriculture. The governor ha a
communication from L II. Home, worthy mas
ter ot tho state grange, In which he gives a
statement of the expenae of the now depart
ment, as follows:
Salary of seeretarv, 3,500 snlary ot deputy-secretary,
J,000: (alary of economic
coologlst, 2,B0i salary ot forestry com
missioner, t'J.&oOi snlnry of veterinary sur
geon, 2,n00: salary ot chief clerk, 1 1.000;
salaries of two clerks. t-3,00O tlnuogrnpher,
H00; messenger, (ii)0 farmers' Institutes,
7,000. Total, 27,000.
OIL MOTES.
Cameron A Shear, of the Dunknrd Oil com
pany, operating lo Oreeue county north of the
Mt. Morris field struck a hummer on theStou
klng farm that began to spout nt the rate ot
60 barrels an hour when drilled Into tbe
(and. The new gusher I located In tbe narrow
rich belt extending to to northeast across
the McClure farms, on which the same com
pauy drilled some good producer last sum
mer, nne In the same part ot the Hold In
which the MoCalinout Oil Compnny com
pleted a good well some three mouths ago.
OOOD roB f AnMERS.
The Oroenvlllo Improvement association
has signed a contract with Charles Anderson
ot New Castle, who agrees to locate bis wood
working establishment at Oroeuvillo. The
hickory wood he uses will bo purchased In
that vicinity at the rate ot to a cord, and this
mean s boom for farmers, who may con
tribute towards tbe bonu- of 500 which tho
association guaruntod Mr. Anderson.
Ct'BED T TDB OniP.
A couple of years ago J. M. Johnson was a
wellknown merchant ol Iloches'.er, but ho
suffered a pnrulytto stroke which so effect
ed blm that hn had to retire from business.
He moved to West Middlesex, Mercer county.
A few weeks ago he took the grip, and when
he recovered from that disease Lis paralysis
bad entirely left blm, and be I now as good
a man physically as ever.
PARSONAGE HCBNEO.
The parsonago of the United Presbyterian
congregation at Cross ltoads, Washington
couuty wns burned Inst Friday night. The
household goods of the pastor, ltcv. J. II.
Hmmons, were almost totully destroyed.
There was no Insurance on either house or
good. Tbe Ore was caused by a deleetlvo
Uue,
WORK VOB STEEL MES.
The Bethlehem Iron Company notified 100
steel workers to report on Monday, when
operations In the steel mill resumed after a
two moutbs Idleness. Work will be com
menced on a 12,000 ton order of rails for a
Uoorgla railroad.
The twenty-fifth annual oratorical contest
between the Pbllo and Union and Frankllu
and Washington Literary Societies of Wash
ington and Jefferson college, will take place
March 27, Among tbe debaters will be A. E.
Hubbard and U. W. llyall, Pittsburg; W. U.
Sterrett, Washington; J. J. Kerr, East Liver-
Sool; C. P. Proudllt, Taylorstown. L. N.
aeobs, Wollsburg: J. P. Braden, Washington
and N. 8. Fisous, Iudlauo.
At New Castle, A. T. Ilamsoy, convicted of
larceny, was given three years to the peni
tentiary, and 1' rank Hansom, on tbe same
chnrge, wus sentenced to throe years and six
months. Mrs. Dyrol, who pleaded guilty to
keeping a disorderly house, was ordered to
leave the county.
Dr. W. V. IUddle of Burgettstown, bu
beeu acquitted by the First Presbyterian
church session of sensational charges prefer
red by his wife and sister-in-law. It Is
thought Dr. Illddlo will su bis sltter-ln-law
lor slander.
Prof. George Zeth, ot Altoona, was ac
quitted at Holllduysburg, ol th charge ot
amhttKcllnir funds nf a tvnAwrltja aatti n.n.
of which no was agent, and the costs were
piaoea on wo rutauurg manager ox in com
pany, A. W. Kooh.
Th coal miners.st Banning, Jacobs Creek,
Eureka, Smiihton and Port lloyal bav been
given their price, 67 eents. and have all re
turned to work exoept at the White Lily mines
where work will be resumed next Thursday.
William Burn, who disappeared from
Blairsville, abjut seven weeks ago, was found
dead at Oreensbnrg, and it Is believed he was
murdered.
Th TJnlontowa council deadlock was
broken, tbe aontast being decided by lot.
George & Ralne drew the ticket electing J.
V. Thompson president.
William Moor was taken from the work
bouse where he bad Just.oompietad a term to
Beaver Falls, to answer to tbe charge of em
bezzling 1 50 from an Insurance company.
Judge Wallace, of Newcastle, granted a dl
tuil, ,v ...mi imihwhi, iiaiiu uicnuiau
lor Baldwin A Graham, from bis wile Luells
uaiawin, oi ruiaourg.
Thirty-eight liquor licenses bav been
granted out ol M applications in Center
county, an increase oi three over last
year.
Mrs. Sarah Marsh, on ol th first women
born In Johnstown, died at th age ol 7S
years.
Burgettstown, on March 28, will vote on
th queatlon of issuing (8,000 bonds to erect
a scuooi nouss.
William Watt was run down by a coke oat
and instantly killed at the Oliver ooke works,
near unioniowa.
The temperance organisations ot Washing.
. .... in ,.... I ; ii
and It Is likely the place will again go "dry.'1
Johnstown school controllers refose to oav
their ooal bills until an investigation Is made
Into certain charges ot overweight.
Company 8 tors Decision.
At Cnlontown, Pa., Judge Ewing rendered
a decision In the courts declaring the law
abolishing company stores to be unconstitu
tional because it pluoed a restriction on trade.
Tbe Monougubela miners are circulating a
petition to ruise money with which lo onrry
the oase to the supreme oourt, Tbe mluers
are contributing liberally, and luiuuleut
money will likely be raised this week, it is
the Intention ol tbe labor leaders to curry tbs
mattor to tbe United Stales supreme oourt lu
oase JudgeEwinglssustatued by tbe supreme
court ol lbs Stata
The Ohio National Guard military com
ntlwlou has upheld th aotion ot Col. Colt,
nuu tiov, 0i"mmey uue approve me eoui'
niisitou's iiudings.
SIB WILLIAM V. HAHCOCRT.
In the svent of the resignation of Lord)
Bosebery thn chances are that Sir Wm.
Hnreourt will be named by the Uueen a ht
successor. Since the retirement of Mr. Glad
stone, Hnreourt has teen thn lender of the
Gladstonlnn Liberal In the Home of Com
mon, iin also retain the ofllce of Chan
cellor of thn Exchequer, to which ho was ap
pointed in m7. no is a favorite with tha
royal fnmlly, though not personally a noin-
lar man. Sir William ha n literary tendency
and porsesses a thorough knowleds ot
Journalism. His wife wns an American slrl.
th daughter ot tho historian, Mr, Morlcy.
Confederate Monument.
At tbe battle-ffrnund of ttantnnviiin wKam.
the last great battle was fought between the
armies of Sherman and Johnston in March.
15, a monument Is to be unveiled on March
20. Gen. Wade Hampton will be the orator.
Arrangements have been perfected for tbe un
veiling at linleigh, May 20, of a grnnd monu
ment to North Carolina's confederate dead.
Rev. Thomas Dixon bns offered bis resig
nation ss pnstor ot the Twenty-third street
church. New York. His reasou is that tha
work be especially desire to follow Is to
reach non-church going people.
MAHK13TH.
I'lTTSIIl'lUi.
TUB WHOLESALE TRUTM Alt 0IVEH BELOW,
drain, Flour and r eed.
WIIKAT-No. 1 red M 80
No. II red 17 W
COH.N Nu II yellw ear, new 4 W
Mixed car, new m 411 ST
No. II rellnw Itollcl 4? 4S
OAiK No. 1 nblto J5 M
No. 9 while (4 stt
Kjitra No. a whlto su 34
LlKlit mixed 151 4
HVfc No I M
No. western 0 1
FLol'H .Yllnu. fancy patents Ml t u& -
Fancy winter patent s 111 ie
Knney strnlcht winter ;u so
t-trnliiht XXX bakers' U m tli
lire Hour . H IU I 15
BAY Na 1 timothy II xa 11 r
No. 11 , 111 as :o mi
Mixed elovi-r. No. 1 10 ui 1100
Loose timothy, Irom wnxoiis.... 14 00 It) l
FK1 No. 1 While Md., luu 17 60 1H (K)
Nu White .Middlings ISM) 17 00
Brown .Middlings 1100 10 M
Itrnn, bulk It Ml 17 W
8THAW Wheat 5 tl 6 Ml
Unt B 60 u
Dairy Products,
Bl'TTEIt Eldln Creamery fi a 3
Fancy Creamery 18 XO
Fancy Country KolL lti 17
Low grade ami cooking - V lu
C'ilKKSK unio, new 11 )lV.
New York, liew lltsj IS
Wisconsin hwiss. 12 la
Lllnburgf r. Iiewmnke. 10
Fruit and Vegetable.
Arri.ES Fancy, V bbl 4 60a 8 00
BEANe Haud-ptcKcd, per bu..,.. I ou II 05
Lima, 11) 5 r.u,
ro'lA'lliES Hue, hi car, bu 70 7ft
From store, bu 'ib HO
BKE'IH per bbl 1 60 1 HU
t'AllHAdK-lleiuo grown, Ltd u s V M
TL'HMI'S per bbl 1 60 I 10
ONIONS Yellow, bu 110 HI
PA HEMPS per bid I II (
Poultry, l.tu.
Live Chickens, V pair m 9 ir.
Live bucks. V pair M Ml
Dressed Ducts. lb II IT.
liressed Chickens, V ll. 10 11
' " young select. .. 14 1&
f ive Turkeys, V lb Ill 11
E)8 Pa aud Ohio, fresu. Vi 1ft
FEATIIKHM-KxtrattveUeese.tdb 4 l I
Nu 1 Ex. Live Ueese, V 10 40 45
Country, large packed X4 40
M iscelianeou.
SEETlS-Clover t lbs 4 HO 9 10
Timothy, prime iltn w.
Blue Grass 1 40 1 DO
RAI.H Country mixed. K I
U11NEY Wblte Clover..., It In
Buckwbeat lit IS
MAPJ.E bYltl'P, new 60 to
C'IDKH Country, sweet, bbl..... 4 60 IU
TALLOW 4 4i.
CINCINNATI.
FLOUR I183S0
WHEAT Na II Hod - id 64
KYLNo. W
COlt.N Mixed.. . 48 1
OATS m 81 S3
EOOS X4
UU'I TKH Ohio Creamery W S4
PHILADELPHIA.
FLorn . a 00 a 2 40
W liKAT No.Jt lted 6H !
COHN Na UiMlxed 4l 4T
OATS No. g White. 83 Utt
BL'TTEK Creamery, extra lU S4
EUUH Pa. Brsis a
MEW YOKK.
FLOnt Patents t 1 00 a 3 05
WhfcAT Na hed. 6ii M
KY'E State- 64 66
COltN-Na H 47 4B
OATH Wblte Western S3 S4
BL'TTEK Creamer. It) Hi
fiUOb State and Peun XI
LIVE STOCK.
Central btocx Tabus, East Lidxktt, Pa
CATTLI,
Prime, 1.400 to l.BOO lbs 6 SO 0 6 Ui-
Good, l.SttJ 10 1,100 lls 4 00 S 10
Ooodbutcbers.l.aiOiol.UOOlb.... IM u
Tidy, l.ouu to l,l6um. 4 411 4 vi
Fair lls-lil steers, twu to 1000 lu ... 8 ih) 1
Common, 700 to ISJOlb s TJ 4 6J
uoui
Pblladelphlas 4 6.1 4 ai
besl Yorkers and ndxi-d 4 :i. 4 411
Cowiuou to lair Yorkers. 4 UJ 4 ao
iuuir,
Extra. W to 106 lbs 4 30 4 40
bood. KS to tie lbs 8 SO 4 C
Fslr, 76 to6 lo. II 60 S 74
Common 1 -'3 00
Yaarliugt. 4 bo 6 ilJ
Chicago, Cnllle Cuinuiou lo extra steers
8.fs&Mi.-.: tUi'kers uud leedels, tjiu;laO
cows ami bulls, l.M..&U;-ivc, l-i.M'M:
lioi;s Ueavy, l.&.4--a; eviauiou te. ciuacu
mixed, SI. HK'4.H.r; choice shhoucu, i.o,i.;
light, I.H1,1.W; ldfs, Sl.liV.rl.lU M,ee,lu-
larior to choice, 4& ,34.04 li-aibs, 4-'i-30uv-.6U,
Ciuelnnatl Hogs select shippers 11.no
butebers9l.46al.6e; fair lo i;iu.tl packers S1.UO
10 4 10: fair to Htht l.cotel v.-i; (miumiuu and
roUKlnttt.tsno4.ltt 1 attle-tcood tihippcrhv-l.6titu.VMi
JcHiUUM'bolcei4..".iiiil.s.',: fair lo medium l,.'w
40; 0O1UU1UU tf.;-JtuJ.iu lluept-jLUuii.'Mllu
4 60; giK'd to choice s-l.jotulOo; couiuioulo lair
9i00lo8.l.
Wool.
Philadelphia. Wool is quiet; prices steady
Ohio, I'eunsylvuulu and West Viiniaia Xlt
aud above, IT INc., X und above lti.vl,i'.; medi
um t0tj)tlle. auaitur I loud, lilwl'-e.; coniuiuu.
lejUV- New Yolk, .Mlelilifiilt, , Ihcoiuuii, u-
at lual'e.j X, lli" Inc. j medium, M -jo,-., ipmrier
blood, lNitllc.!collimon. 17..lSe.; YiiiHhcd. comb
lliK, delHlllu line, ISmiioe.; iiicilliini -jlfogj,-.;
course, IfcMlilc..? low, -1:1a iide.; uuwasbud Ulediuus
ltial',c; low medium liulbu.
Tux Oil Maukct, Maucii IS.
Pittsburg Opening, itl.iM; lilehost, 1 eKe.
lowest, llll.UH- cluniug, Sl.Oa. lavuiL bunuic.ee
steady at Sl.ii
Oil City Nalloiuil transit cortlhcntca noun,
ed at1.0Mn; highest l.iji Ivitvst, lui
closed, 1.US4.