WESTERN MINE EXPLOSION
SIXTY MEN KILLED.
Moit Terrible Mint Disaster In ths
History of tne Wt
The details of the explosion at the Rocky
Mountain Conl aud Iron Company's mlne.No,
6, Ore miles north of Evanston, Wy., at lied
Canon, mark It as one of t lie most horrible Id
the htfitory of coal mining; in the West.
There nro forty mon lying dead at the bot
tom of the mine lit this writing, covered with
debris. As many as can are working to re
cover their bodies. The bodies of nineteen
have been recovered.
Fitly of the dead men were married and
tiiue single. There are lifty widows and 2.V)
orphaned children as a result ol the disaster.
About thirty of the men killed belonged to
the Ani'lenl Order of I ultod Workmen, in
which society they were Insured for tifluO
piece.
The greatest part of the men who have per
ished are covered with debris at the seventh
level, whero they were gathered, awaiting a
car. Work Is belng'pushed with all possible
spoed to uncover the dead. There is no Ore
In the mine.
The slopes and entrances to the lower
workings are nil blockaded by wreckage, and
It Is thought at least three days will bn re
quired for rescue parties to reach the bodies.
The explosion In the mine shocked the
whole country round, wrecked the power
riant, fan-house and several other build
ings, entailing heavy loss, but the death
roll far overshadows other consideration .
Around the mine in a population of about
2.000. Many famaltea are berelt of tber
fathers or sons. A more sorrowful com
munity could not befound. Hcoresof children
and women are mourning the lo.a of husband,
father nn I brother.
The explosion is described by mnnyas most
terrlllo, slinking the whole town and causing
women and children to run Into the streets
crying: "Oh, my husband!" "Oh, my
papa!" with raised bands, Imploring for the
safety of the beloved ones.
The explosion is supposed to have come
frem a blast, setting lire to the dust, making
dust explosion, since the mines was sup
posed to be free from gas and was well ven
tilated. ANOTHER CASHIER MISSING.
Bandied Both Money and Book, and
Stealing Was Easy.
Christopher V. Larraboe, cashier and head
accountant for Boyd. Stlckney ft Co., whole
sale coal dealers, at 175 Dearborn street,
Chicago, and nophow of ex-Governor Liu
rabee, of Iowa, Is mining, and his accounts
are short. Experts are ut work on his books
and until they llntsh the amount of the short
age cannot be known, but It Is thought It
will not exceed tlO.OOO. The American
(Surety company, which is on bis bond for
f 8.000, has detectives looking for him, but
nothing bus been beard of bis whereabouts
since he disappeared, last Wednesday. Young
Larrnbee bad been with the Arm lor eight
years, and was highly trusted by bis em
ployers. As be was at the same time cashier
and bead bookkeeper, It was comparatively
easy for him to conceal bis defalcations, the
more so as uoexamlnationof bis accounts bas
been made since be assumed bis duties.
INCOME TAX RETURNS
Coming in Rapidly and Bald to Exceed
Expectations.
A large number of Income tax returns are
being received at tbe Internal revenue bureau
by every mail and the work of examining,
extending and tiling them Is well in band,
and is going forward without any hitch.
Nearly all of the collectors throughout the
country bave made their February reports.
They show very satisfactory acquiescence
on the part of income taxpayers In all of the
regulations governing the collection of the
tax. The oftlce force connected with this
branch of the service Is being augumented as
rapidly as needed by transfer of capable
clerks from other bureaus, and altogether
the work is stated to be in an eminently satis
Inctory condition. The utmost aecrocy as to
tbe amount and character of tbe returns is
being observed, but It Is believed that the
receipts so far are beyond the expectations of
tbe officials.
ARIZONA IN A FIX.
Legislature Adjourned without Slaking
the Appropriation.
Amid scenes of wild disorder tbe eighteenth
session ol tbe Arizona territorial asembly
came to an abrupt terminal Friday morning.
Tbe general appropriation bill Was taken up
in tbe bouse and every scheme to delay
Us passage was resorted to. The object ol
this delay was to kill all cbanohes of the re
moval ol the penitentiary from Yuma to
'resaott, for which tbe Bant Fe Hall
road Company's agents bave been
making a light, opposed by thn Southern
Facltlo Company's lobbyists. They prevented
the taking of vote until after midnight,
when tbe session lapsed through limitations,
Nearly all territorial officers and Institutions
tire left without funds for the coming two
years.
GREAT DYNAMITE EXPLOSION
From Tan to Twenty-Five Persons
Perished.
While nine cases containing 225,000 kilo
grams of dynamite destined for Maasllus
were being transferred by boats on the Rhine
from German territory, near Lobltb, the
cargoes of two of tbe boats exploded, blowing
tbe boats and boatmen to atoms.
lleports of tbe disaster are conflicting.
Some bave It that only 10 of tbe men engag
ed In the work of removing tbe explosives
were killed, while others assert that at least
liS persons lost tbelr lives.
Taking into consideration the fact tbat
1,000 of the cases exploded, the damage done
lu ijouitn was not greau auo suock oi
tbe explosion, however, was felt as far as
Emmerich.
ConTiot Labor.
The eontraot convict labor system and tbe
mploynient of eonvluts on tbe Stale account
jiluu are questions wblobare being discussed
quite extensively at tba present time. Mr.
Cloorge, A. buhiuing, Beureiury vf tbs Illinois
Htate Hoard of Labor Statistics, in reoeut
letter to luutuber of the Legislative Commit
toe on Penal and lteformaiory Institutions,
contributes au interesting chapter to the ouu
troverey. Tue letter suysi
"lu reply to your Inquiry as to my opinion
of tne stuiu sucuuut piau fur tne employ
ment ol oouvic'.s, 1 ouu not suy that I am lu
full uuuord wuii it. Thai it Las soma ad
wantages can not be Uuatited. It oertaiuly
Will pro o jiioru bumuue to the prisoner, ootu
sui to iruatuieui, pbysiunliy uud pecuniarily.
'I'buStnle, wliu (uir uiauugumuut lu tlieUireo
tlou ol Us luuuurit'H, cuupied wilb good busi
ness suguoil) . toil uvriuimy rouulve as re
ward wore uuu llfly veuis u duy for' eaua
prisoner, wiuo.i uiuy uuuer be piaccd to the
tuedn ol the tux-puyvr of tue bUle, tna pris
spier or ins luui.iy.
XT w Minister From Germany.
'The National Zultung states tbat Duron
Ten 'iliielmunun, now Fruseiau minister to
Havana, bas been appointed Uormun Ambas
sador to tbe Untied mates, to succeed Baron
on Saurnia-Jeltsob,wuo may be sent to Gcu-laminoulu.
THE LOST WARSHIP.
Ths Belna Regenta'a Had Tips Barely
Above Water.
Tba Spanish cruiser Alfonso XII. has re
turned to Cad Ik, after search tor the miss
ing cruiser llelna Regents and reports hav
ing found the latter vessel sunk near Bnjo
Aeoitanos, not far from the straits of Ulbral
ter. Only HO inches of the Urgent masts
wore above water.
Tbe Alfonso XII. has returned to the
tcue of tbe wreck with number of divers
and diving nppllunces to recover the bodies
of the crew ol the sunken warship.
The llelna was reported mhsiug Mnrch 13.
Bhe bud Just conveyed from Cadiz to Tang
ier the returning Moorish mission to Hpalu,
Tbe cruiser lelt Tangier on March lu fur
Cadis and bcr whereabouts wns uotdellultely
ascertained until now. Pieces of one ol
ber bonis and semaphore Hags were reported
to have been picked up aloug the shores neur
Ceuln and Tartln. Hue carried crew ol
420 officers and men, nud ail bauds are be
lieved to have perished.
As soon as the reports of the disaster be
came current, a number of Spanish and
llrltlsh warships put to sea In search of the
missing vessel. A French steumslilp, on
March 14, arrived at Oibrultnr and reported
having seen a big vessel, suppostd to bave
been the Kelna ltegenta. ashore lu Aceituuos
bay (probably fiajo Aceitnuos). Tne cjiu
tnunuer ol the French craft added Hint be
was unable to assist the warship on account
of heavy weather. March 19 the sieuiner
Mnylatr arrived nt liiuceloun and reported
sighting a vessel, believed to be the Spanish
cruiser Item ltegent.i, on the morning of
March 10, between Tarifa and Cupe Espnrtel.
The warslilp bad lost bcr funnels and bridge
and was laboring heavily on the high sens
and llerce gale which prevailed. Although
she was apparently unmanageable, tli" cruiser
did not ask lor assistance, aud therefore the
Maylnlr did not ofter her any. liut the cap
tain of tbe May lair said be was of the opinluu
that she could not long have survived the
storm In the condition In which she appear
ed to be at the time be saw ber. Later the
Spanish cruiser Isia de Luzon ami Allunso
ML returned to Cadiz alter having searched
tbe, Spanish and.Alrlcan coasts and the
straits without any news of tbe missing war
ship. Tne Reins Regenta was launched In 1887.
and was one of the three second-chits deck
protected cruisers of the same build, ber
sister ships being the Alfonso XIII, and Le
panto, all ol 4,eO0 tons, 12.000 borse power,
and expected to steam 20 knots. The wreck
ed cruiser wns 820 leet long, had CO feet 0
Inches benm and ndrnughtol 20 feet 4 Inches,
bhe was propelled by twin screw . Her pro
tected deck was 4 8-4 inches thick on the
slopes, ber conning tower had A inches ol
armor aud her gun shields were 3 iuch.s
thick.
Her armament consisted of four 0 1-2 Inch
bontorla guns, one on each side forward ol
tbe ceutrnl superstructure, one on each side
ft, six 4 8-4 bontorla guus lu broadside, the
forwurd and alter pair In sponsnns, middle
pair In recessed ports, aud 15 rapid fire aud
macblne guns. The was also fitted with five
torbedo tubes .
A TRUST BEGUN.
Window Glass Manufacturers Form
Monster Combine.
An organization to be known as ths Na
tional Window Glnss Manufactures' Associa
tion, comprising all the leading window
gloss houses of the United States, wns form
ed at the the largest meeting of the window
glass manufacturers ever bold in this country
t Pittsburg Monday.
The objects of the association nre to con
trol prices aud regulate the production, to
settle tbe wage question with tho workers, to
shut out foreign competition and to get the
business on a paying basis.
Hereafter tbe trade will be controlled by
the new organization, which will also ar
range the wage scales with tho Window (Mass
Workers' association, and the other employes
of, window-glass houses
The manufactureis s'ny the present organ
ization Is not a trust or pool, but admit this
is thn first step in that direction. They
wanted to have the Interests more closely
allied and the batchet buried betore that step
was undertaken, and it Is thought after the
present organization bas been In succcsslul
existence for nbout a year or two, It will be
possible to form a trust on a more 'equitable
basis. All the manufacturers agree .1 trust
could not beformed with justice to all con
cerned at tbe present time.
According to tne roll-call 1,490 window
glass pots, representing tbe Interests of the
three districts Indloated by the cardinal
points, were represented. Almost every
manufacturer was present in person. A few
sent letters, but they were not counted In the
1,400 cots.
ELECTRIC CALLS.
Congressmen Won't Hay to Clap
Their Bands Mow.
One item of legislation quite escaped at
tention In ths bustle and excltemont incident
to tbe closing scenes of congress. It Is a pro
vision appropriating 91,000 to introduce an
electric call system In the house.
Ever since congress bas been in existence
the members bave called ths pages by lightly
elapping their hands together. Members sre
always calling tbe pages aad this light clap
ping of bands goes on whether anybody is
speaking or not, but tbe old system is gener
ally most In evidence when a member la ad
dressing the bouse. This will be done away
with at tbs instance of Congressman Cannon,
of Illluols.
When the Fifty-fourth congress meets every
member will And a button at his desk whlun
will insure the coming of a page. An electric
wire will be connected with tbe call-board
similar to those used in hotels. When a
member wants a page be presses tbs button,
an Indloator tumbles down, showing ths
number of tbe congressmen's desk and tha
waiting page darts off to answer tbe sum
mons. Congress will hereafter no longer waste
the people's time by using it for tba rendi
tion! of eulogies, so-called, of dead Con
gressmen who may and may not of been
worthy. Senutor Mauderson secured tbs
adoption tbs other day of a resolution against
this foolish custom. There will be duly re.
corded la tbat repository of Congressional
gush and record of little business, tbe Con
gressional Record, written contributions of
great longth upon tbs Ufa and services of
soon departed member as be dies.
Will Investigate.
Tbs State Legislature of Colorado bos pass
ed resolution providing lor an luvesiiguiion
into the charges tbat nave been so freely
made during tbe past few mouths of black
listing by tbe railroad companies. Tus
Ainerioaa Railway Union, whose members
claim tney have been unable to secure em
ployment since tbe strike of last summer be
cause of a oombiued and systematic black
list contract Into which all tue railroads bave
entered, bas been active In securing this
action by the Legislature, and will volunteer
assistance lu the luvesilgution. It win louu a
helping buud by presuming Information and
daia wuhh .Its onluers aud members uuve
beuu uolleutlug fur some uuio, and will use
every power to bavs the eompuuiasuouiuied
of tbe charges. A ooiainlllue tus bueli ap
pointed bp the Lugisl.ituie.uud tne investiga
tion will be oomuieuoed ai ouoa,
Riotous Belgian Miners.
A gonernl strike of the miners in ths col
lieries ut Llegu bos couiuieuoe.i. Friday tha
sinkers became riotous and there were sev
eral collisions between lliein aud the police,
in which revolvers and stones were freely
used. Several uieu were wuuuded in the
lighting. The ringleaders of tbs riot were
arrested.
REBELS IN THE ASCENDANT
GREAT SLAUGHTER.
Mors Than One Thousand Dead Bodies
Lying in tha Streets of Lima, Peru.
A dispatch has been received by Secretary
Oreshaui from Minister McKenr.le, In Peru,
In reference to tho rccont revolution there.
According to Mr. McKenr.le there was bitter
and sustained fighting In and around Lima
for three days. At the end of this time tbora
were more than 1,003 dead bodies lying un-
buried lu the streets, and both sides were ex
hausted. Au Armistice was agreed upon to
permit to dead to be burled and tbe wounded
cared for. After this wns llnlshed negotia
tions wore still continued, and flnnlly an
mtrtwmeiit of some ort was reached by the
leaders of 111" contending factions, but the de
tails of this were not learned by the minister.
Homo sort of a provisional government now
seems to be In control.
A dispatch to the London "Times" from
Lima, Peru, says that the loss In killed and
wounded on both sides In the lighting about
the capital, was 2.000. No foreigners were
killed. 1 he city is now quiet.
Tbs dlspntch adds that (leneral Plerola.the
commander of tha Insurgents, entered the
city with 2,000 men nt dawn Sunday. The
government forces made a brave defense.and
street lighting combined until enrly Tuesday
morning, when the diplomats arranged a
truce that was to be in for e until a o'clock
Wednesday afternoon. This truce was ar
ranged to allow both sides to bury their dead.
It has now been arranged that General
Cncercs and bis forces, as well as (ienerul
Pierolo. shall retire from the city.
LI HUNG SHOT.
Attempt to Assassinate tha Venerable
Chinese Viceroy.
As LI Hunt Chang, tbe Chinese pence en
envoy, was returning lo his lodgings In Shi
monosekl, on the 21th, after having attend
ed a conference with Count Ito and Vlsoount
Mutsu, the Japanese pence plenipotentiaries,
nyouug Japanese tired a pistol ut htm. The
bullet sped straight, but most fortunately did
no more harm than to Indict a wound In LI
Hung Chang's face.
The attempt to nssnsslnnls the representa
tive of the emperor of China caused the most
Intense excitement, and ou every side there
were expressions of deep regret. The would
be murderer wns arrested. It Is believed
that he wns prompted to the crime by mis
guided patriotism,
Li Hung t'nnng Is nbout 78 yeats old, but
still In tbe full enjoyment of bis physical and
mental strength, lie is the viceroy of the
province of hl-I.I. but really premier of the
empire because the ablest man in the govern
ment. He Is reported to be the wealthiest
man tn Chin.wlth tho exception of the emper
or. Hi Is even said to be worth H50,000,000,
invested In Intids and buildings luthe treaty
ports nud In commercial ventures; but nil
estimates of his wealth nre simply conjecture.
He reached his eminence by sharing the
glory of General Gordon's warfare against
tho Tnl-lTng reiicls, having assumed nt tho
outset thnt Gordon would be successful, both
Gordon and himself were decorated with the
yellow riding jacket aud tho three-eyed pea
cock's feather, the highest decorations In tho
emperor's gilt. They nre only worn at court,
on tho Held and during official journeys. At
the outbreak of this war LI Hung Chung's
enemies charged him with treason In having
maintained friendly relations with tbejapan
ese, particularly with Count Ito, who is now
chief envoy of the Japanese government In
tbe peace negotiations.
GARZA'S DEATH.
Be Fell at tha Head of Band of
Colombian Exiles.
Undor date of Ban Jose, Costa Rica. March
10, United States Minister Baker confirms
Ibe report of the death of Catarlno 10. Garza,
the notorious Mexican revolutionist and out
law, who for a long time operated on the
northern border of Mexico uloug the Rio
Urnude.
Tlio minister said tbat Garza, for some
time post, had been residing in Costa
llica, out recently leu ion idmoa lor
Ban Juan del Norte, Nicaragua. At tbat
place he gathered around him some thir
ty men, chiefly Colombian exiles' and se
cured money nna a quantity oi arms, a
imall sailing craft was chartered and the
party embarked March 2, latidlug the fol
lowing day at Cohuita, C, It., thirty-five
Biles soutn of Port Litnon. Here Gntza
took quarters with an American named Rey
nolds and awaited the expected arrival ol tba
Columbian exiles from tbe interior. In this,
however, be was disappointed, as bis govern
neut immediately stopped communication
with Port Cohuita and dispatched a body ol
Midlers by laud to capture tbe revolutionists,
the minister ot war himself going as far
as Llmou.
On Murcb 8, Garza received warning of ths
approach of Costa lllcau troops and with
sixty followers, embarked In two small cralt
for Locos del Toro, Colombia. Upon arrly
Ing at tbat point tbs party at once attacked
tbe barracks, but were defeated. Oarta and
eleven followers, including Dr. Pereirn Cas
tro, second In command, and Gan. Morelra,
were killed, tbe remainder ot the party being
taken prisoners by tne Columtan authori
ties. PERUVIAN WAR OVER.
Ex-President Caosroa Will Lesvs ths
Country to tha Rebels.
An official dispatch states tbat tha revolu
tion In Pern Is ended, and tbat General Co
ceres, wbo resigned ths presidency shortly
after tha armistice at Lima, will leava the
country. Benor Candamo is provisional
president Ail political prisoners have been
released by order of tha new government.
Tbe dead horses, which hud accumulated In
tbe streets during the three days' battle, were
gathered into a benp and Durueit. The revo
lutionists gained admission to Lima during
tbe night, aud a heavy mist also bid their
movements. Ths lighting the first night was
lu utter darkness, the cos being cut oil, all
tbs street lamps out, and no lights in tbe
houses. All tbe foreign legations were ex
fiosed during tbe battles, tne United Ktates
eiiatlou especially. Mr. MeKenzie, wife ot
tbe United Stales minister, narrowly es
caped being shot.
BRITISH SOLDIERS KILLED.
Cat off by Chltralls in a Desperate Battle
in Northern India
Details bare been received of tbs flghtlug
between a Rritiah force und tbs Cbltrulia.
Lieutenant Ross, with sixty mettber of a
Blkb regiment, was on their way to rt inforce
tbe British port at Resbun, near Karagb, in
the ex'.reius northern part of India. As the
liritisb forces were proceeding they were un
expectedly attacked by a lorce oi Chltralls,
wlo were protected by breustworks. The
His from tbe attackers was so but that the
liritisb forces were compelled to retire.
As they withdrew Ibey lound tbelr rot rent
had been cut of by about 1,000 of tbs euemy,
who poured u murderous from sll sides lulu
tbeiu, Tbe Hi lush lorces lougbt desperately,
until most of them were killed, only lour
leeu of the Bikbs succeeding In cutting tbelr
way through. They lelt behind them dead,
Lieutenant iloss, forty-six ttikbs and eight
followers of tbe uoluuin. A reiiet column Is
being pushed forward lo llosbuu as quickly
is possible.
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.
A terrible Innd-slMe has destroyed ths vil
lage of Bollnra, near Plnnnntln, Italy.
More earthquake shocks have been felt n'
Regglaand Messina.
Turing a stnrm on Lake Kummerow, In
Pomernnln, 28 fishermen were drowned.
The German Emperor favors Inrger pen
sions for veteraus of tbe wnr of 1870.
The Cbllral rebellion against tbe Govern
ment ot India may be renewed at any time.
A woman 118 years of ago registered to vote
at Wichita, Knn.
Thirty-two of the miners killed at Evans
ton, Wyo., were Mormons.
Tbe National Christian league, ot New
York, will open a borne tor tbe working girls
on May 1.
Fifteen Indicted election officers wore ar
rested In New York city for fraud tn the last
election,
Tersons from Wllkesbnrre, Pa., bave leas
ed 29,000 acres lu California, and will bore
extensively for oil,
Attorney Erwln bas naked for a new trial
for Hurry II ay ward on the strength ot alleg
ed after-discovered evidence.
An enrthquuke at Commachio. Italy, wreck
ed a church, burying several Worsblpeis. Blx
bodies were recovered.
A oolllslon of freight trains nt Hallos Tex.,
killed two trainmen outright and Injured
terernl others.
John Weble, s mining prospector, claims to
have discovered rich gold deposits In Mar
shall county, On.
Tbe Government nt Now Zealand has
agreed to be represented at tho suggested In
ternational money conference.
Three masked men went to tbe county jail
nt Woodwortb, O. T and liberated all the
prisoners. A posse Is In pursuit
W. B. rierce.n wealthy citizen of Pelatuma,
Cel., was Instautly killed by coming in con
tact with au electric wire.
Many natives ol Zanzibar nre selling them
selves and wives and children Into slavery be
cause of a famlue cnused by locusts.
Burglars destroyed tha Interior ot tha na
tional bank building at Canfleld, O., witb
dynamite, but fulled to open the steel vault.
The New York city committee to provide
smnll farms for the elty poor hns received
85J acres, and will be ready for work soon.
Scnor Castillo announced the new cabinet
for Bpaln, nud it was also stated an energetic
policy would be pursued concerning tbe dis
turbances In Cuba.
Tbe agricultural department ot Cornell
university claims to bave discovered tbat
butter fnt can be obtained from whey by
running the Inttnr through a separator.
The British war ships Centurlan and Alac
r.ty collided during a gale at Wei-Hal-Wol.
The latter nnrrowly escaped founder
tog. Unknown robbers blew a ints nt En
sennda, Lower California, and secured a
gold bar valued at (13,000 and 2,000 in cur
rency. Mall of the Missouri brokerage compnny.ol
St, Louis, has been held by tho postoiTlce de
partment, for fraud. Tho concern bnd been
u Ing tbe malls to get fees for loans which
they never lonned.
The report ot the Inspection board show
ing that tbe Columbia Is In good order, she
bos been directed (o proceed from New York
to Join Admiral Meade's squadron In tbe
West Indies.
A Judge of a United Bt itcs Court In Vir
ginia quotes the provision ol tbe Constitution
the salaries of the President and Judges of
the United States courts shall not be dimin
ished during tbelr terms, to show that be Is
not subject to the income tax.
NEGRO UPRISING.
Black Men of Cuba Trying to Maka
tha Rebellion a Racial War.
Advices received al Washington eon Arm
tbe leportsthat tbe negroes In Cuba are rising
In revolt, and are socking to make the revo
lution a racial one. It la denied, however,
tbat tbe negro forces bavs defeated tbe
government forces with a loss of 200. It Is
said tbls report is Inspired by the revolution,
lets lu an effort to draw money from tba lUi
busterlug element In this country.
T be final reply of Bpsln to Secretary Ores
barn's demands in tbe Alllanca affair bas not
yet been received. In tha preliminary re
ply it was stated that definite responses
would be made as soon as communication
could be bad with the Spanish gunboat
charged witb the offense. The gunboat re
ported nt Cuba tbe following day, and tba
Spanish outborlties are doubtless In posses
sion of ber version of tbe case. They are
evidently proceeding with deliberation, how
ever, as tbe response based on all tbe tacts
is not yet at band.
There is reason to believe that reports
f Minister Muruaga's recall of voluntary
departure are overdrawn. Tba under
standing among those informed of ths
facts Is that the minister will not with
draw so long as tbe Cuban revolt con
tinues, as be bos eomprebenaive know
ledge ot tba subject. Moreover It is said
tbat be would not retire time when
tbe Inference might be drawn tbat it was
duejto the excitement and til feeling engen
dered by the Alllanca affair. Tbe secretary
of state aud the Spanish niiulster have uol
seen eaoli olber for some time, aud thers has
been no friction In tbelr dealings. Vr
Greshnin bos not intimated to tba minister
anything that would suggest a demand for
his recall. It Is believed that when tbe Cu
ban trouble Is over the minister will take a
leave of absence, although tbls will ba soma
urns on, u at au
A Btook Decision.
Judge Tuley, of Chicago, handed down
decision wnicu is a step in auvauce of any
yet tiled allecting tha question of option deal
ing on the board of trade or stock exctinuge.
If tbe decision. Is upheld tba methods of
brokers will have to be revised. It Will not
be euougb tbat bi'okers olieuts may agrea to
take stogk. but all tbe fuels ana circum
stances must Justify tbs conclusion on tbs
part of the brokers that tba dealer bad tbe
capacity lo take sua pay lor tna stun, ana
auiuully and lu good faith intended to take
and pay for the same, l! tbe devlsiou should
be curried to Itslegilltnatnoonulusiou it would
tend to break tin tba wbulo busluess of dual'
lug lu margins. The ease decided was thitl
ol Mrs. Wallace vs. al. au roulvsuji Co.
stock brokers.
Negroes Migrating; to Mexioo.
Ths secretary of stale bus been advised by
the dlptoinnllu reprvHenlative nflhe l ulled
States at tbs City ol Mexico t int between
seven and eight buudred negro families have.
receutly arrived from tbu baited States at
llahuuiilo, Duraugo, Mexico, as colonists,
under a lederal voucessiuu grained to W, 11,
tills, an American citizen,
THE INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK
INCREASED WAGES-
Soma Hopeful Indication of n Better
Dsy Ahead.
It Is a significant fact that among the man
Industrial Institutions that bavs been put In
operation Intely a goodly majority bare
been Iron and steel works. Such a large and
diversified list ot other Industries ars de
pendent on these that It Is taken as evidence
of Improvement In othor lines when tbe Iron
and steel Industries snow signs of bracing
up. In connection with ths resumptions oc
curring durlug the week there line been
noticed a disposition on the part of employers
toward better wnges. There have been a
number ot concerns In which the men em
ployed bave received voluntary notice that
their wages would ba advanced within the
next thirty or sixty days. The proposed In.
ereases aro not lurge, and will In no case
bring the wages up to the standard which
Iirevalled before the reductions thnt bavs
ieen made durlug the past ynr and a half,
and yet It Is an Indication ol Improvement,
and proves those men who tnado the cuts
lu wiures under nromlse of restoration when
business would admit, true to their promisee,
and the men bava gladly accepted tha par
tial restoration.
A L1BOB LAW.
The sommittee on Laws and Legislation of
the Galveston Labor Council Is tbe author of
a bill now pending In the Texas Legislature
wuieu, suouiu ii uecome a law, will pronioit
In cotton and woolen mills and factories of
all kinds Ike employment of women and
children more than ten hours a day. It fur
ther provides that when such employes are
physically Incapacitated, in consequence of
which they do not report for work, they shall
not be discharged tor non-attendance. The
penalty attached for a violation of tbe law Is
a Hue of not less than 100, and ns much
more as in the Judgment of tbe court Ibe of
fender deserves, aud that be or they shall be
made lo pay an additional Hue of (100 per
day tor every dav the law Is violated. The
bill is tbe outcome of a long aud determined
strife between the labor orMnnlzntlone of that
city and the manngers of tbe Ualveston cot
ton and woolen mills.
jod rniriiRs waois.
From f 18 to 15 per week. This Is tha de
mand that will be made by tbe Tyiiotbetae
for a reduction In the wnges of the printers
employed in the book and Job offices ot Cin
cinnati. At a recent meeting of the nssoola
tlen, composed of tbe boss printers, the wage
question was discussed at lengtb, every
phase ot the condition ot the business and
trade belug taken Into consideration. After
thorough canvass of the matter, a resolution
was Introduced and unseed which urovided
that a demand be mnde for a reduction ot
t3 in the present weekly scale.
PitTsncnn, Pa. But for tbe coal miners
strike the conditloc of the working classes in
this city aud tbroughout the Statu could be
termed as most sntisinctory as compared with
a year ago. There are perhaps lower men
Idle now than at any time during the past
eighteen months, apart from the miners, uud
It is now believed Hint In a very short time
more ot tbem will be at work than before tbe
beginning of the strike. Improvement Is
noticeable In almost every line, uud nil per
sons, both employers and employes, luel en
ouurnged and hopeful ot tbe luture.
CoLCMBtrs. O. Reports oomo from the var
ious mining districts of tbe State to the ef
fect that work Is Improving, aud tbe condi
tion of tbe people dependent thereon Is be
coming better. While some more work Is be
ing given out, tue men In some of the mines
have agreed to a distribution of tbe work,
nd In this way those who bave been idle for
lo long are able to get in partiul tl ne. It Is
believed tbat there will be a general resump
tion in an tne mines eany next moutn. fac
tories In tbe city are woralug better time and
employing more men.
LA BOB KOTKS.
There Is universal happiness and leloicing
among the employes oi tho eokers of the
Uouueiisvine uistrict, occasioned uy tne no
tion of the managers of the Frlck and South
western companies. Notioes were posted In
tbe works oi both these companies Friday
that the wages of Ve employes would be In
creased about fifteen per cent., tbe advance
to take effect April 1, This action was en
tirely voluntary ou the part ol the manage
ment, and was a complete surprise to ths ten
thousand employes wbo will be affected.
Trouble continues to exist between tbe non
union workmen employed by tbe Buckeye
Glass Compauy, at Martin's Ferry, Ohio, and
aud tbe strlkiug employes, and personal en
counters between tbe men bave become al
most dully ooourrences. A number of tba
strikers are now under srrest, charged with
breaking tbe peace, assault and battery and
olber Infractions.
A settlement has been sflooted between ths
strlklnr miners snd tba oiierators of tha
Klnnicklnniok, Glen Falls and Farnum mines,
near Clarksburg, W. V,, wberetty six hun
dred men bave returned to work. The op
erators acceded to demand ot tbs strikers lor
the payment ot thlr:y-llve cents per ton.
Other dlQurenc.ee were compromised.
After an Idleness of sixteen weeks, work
has been resumed in tbe VorkvlUemlnes.neor
Martins Ferry, giving employment to mora
than a hundred men. These men-bad not
bad a day's work In tba mines since snrly in
November, and were, almost without ex
ception In destitute circumstances.
Twelve eounties In tba western part ol
Kansas have sent message to Gov. Morrll
notifying him tbat they are no longer In need
ot outside help. This evidences the fact tbat
belter times prevail where there has been so
much suftsrlng and need for several weeks
post.
A 1 10,800 knitting mill Is soon to ba erected
at Atbuue, O.,whiob will give employment to
several hundred parsons. Work on tbe con
struction of the buildings is to becorumenced
wlibln sixty days, and It Is Intended to
bave tbs plant lu operation Inside of three
months.
Tbe Bakers' International Union bas Is
sued for free distribution a llve-buudrvd-
Sage pamphlet showing Ibe sauitury and un
enlmy condition ol bake shops In New Vork
and vicinity.
Tbe Junotlon Iron and Bteul Company, at
Miuao. O.. Is preparing to erect a large ad'
dition lo Its plant, A number of new wen
will be audea to tuo pay-rou wuun uia au
dition is complete J.
Torturers Hau Down.
Four aien, who tortur d aud robbed Mr.
and Mrs, Cliilds, the aged cuuplo at Palmers
Mills, Pa., Wednesday night, were tapiiii-.l
al Currolilou, N. V. The j-rlsoueis uic leu:
colored men Fred aud Will Muber, B Su
dan Wilson uud Klliivr Fields, aged from 0
to 20 years. All are residents ol Kut Uliui
nud have bud reputations. They were c,i
tured at Cairolltuu uud nro now lodged m
the Glenu Jail. Nearly sjuO xhi fuuud uu
tUcir person. The luudur ot tuo gang w
uissiag, but the police aro upon bis track.
Congressman Bold His Seeds.
Secretary Morton hns discovered Ibat s
member of tbe lost Congrats sold bis cun
slcumvut of seeds buck to tbe agricultural
dcpurlineut, for 75. Tbu seeds cost the do
putlineul, in Ibe first place, about fM. 'J'h i
secretary is mnkiug an effort to nbulish the
free distribution ol seeds entirely fur the
reason that It bos grown Into nn evil thai
never contemplated when ibe original Inw
was enacted.
TRADE SIGNS BETTER.
Number of Workmen In ths Industrie
Gradually Swelling.
II. G. Dun ft Co's., Weekly Review says
Indications of inprovemeut In business grows
more distinct The most obtrusive ot tbem.
the speculative advance In cotton and stocks,
is tha least reliable, nor can either ot these
lie said to reflect actual Improvement In busi
ness conditions. Railroad earnings am
enreely better, and the speculation Is largely
based upon expectations ol more effective
monopoly In coal and some other products.
Loudon wns buying largely, but Is likely tr
tell on any rise. Cotton does not rise be
muse there Is more demand for the goods.
More valuable Indications are thnt tbs
volume of domestic trade gains little.
Money Is In much better legitimate demand,
and the force ot hnuds at work grndunlly In
crease In some Industries, nnd In others la
restricted only by strikes, which are presum
ably temporary.
The rise In wheal which started with the
report of wheat In farmer's hands, has been
followed by reaction, so thatjprlces are lower
than they were prior to thnt report, having
fallen 2'jo for the week. Com has not fol
lowed, but after a rise to tla, holds tha
price of a week ago. Pork hns declined 25a
per barrel and lard 10c per 100 pounds.
The advance In wanes of coke workers
raises the cost of fuel tor a largo proportion,
ot Iron manufacturers, hut as yet does not
affect prices ot Iron or Its products, as no in
crease In domnnd appears. Possibly it Is
hoped thnt larger buying will soou bo
prompted by the Idea that pig and all pro
ducts will be rendered more costly, though
tbe large exaess ol production and producing:
capacity stands In the way. One sale of 10,
00O tons of steel rails, one cast-pipe eontraot
for 8,000 tons. a bridge and live building con
tracts, aggregating nearly 6,000 tons, are re
ported this week, but pig iron Is weak with
out change, both at tba East and Pittsburg,
and no change ol consequeuae Is noted lor
llnlshed products.
Copper continues weaker at 9.258 for lake,
American production In February being li,
120 tons aud foreign, 6,73U tons, while tin has
risen sharply to 1 3. He. Lead Is weaker, with
heavy sales, 2,600 tons to douies'ln and 1,5 'l.
tons lo loreign Inkers, nt 3.0.1(8 3. 10c, but
large sales ot tin plate ure reported, with
prices n shade stronger.
Tbe rise In cotton bos stimulated bnylnir
of goods, nnd gives conlldence to agents.
Heavy transactions and some advances In
price appear in Southern coarse goods, but
not ns yet In the lines.
Failures during the past week bava been.
378 in the United States, ngiilnst 244 Ian
year, and 86 lu Canada, agnliift 60 last year.
llradstreet's will say: Improvement in
general trade Is more marked, but not gen
eral. It Is more conspicuous nt larger New
England points, notably Boston and Provi
dence, nnd at New York, Pittsburg, along tha
Ohio river vnlley to St. Louis aud as liur
Wes a Kansas City.
Nicholas Bodwln. aged 17, sbot and killed
bis father at Minneapolis, as a result ol a
quarrel.
MAKKISTS.
PITTSBl'llO.
(tub wnoi.rsAi.s pRirzs ars mvkm snow j
drain, Flour and i'eed.
WHEAT ISO. 1 red 68
No. S red t?
9 69
6
61
47
48
iV
COIIN No. k yellow ear.nuw W
Mixed ear, new m 4il
No. t yellow sbelled 47
OATS No. 1 white - W
No. white 86
Kxtrn No. 8 white Ut
Light mixed 84
RVL No 1 M
No. a western 0
FLOI H Minn, fancy patents W
Fancy winter patents 8 VA
Fancy straight winter V K
Mralghl XXX bakers'
Dye Hour . (U
1IAV No. 1 timothy 11 60
No. s 10 6(1
Mixed rlnver. tin. 1 11 Ul
Loose timothy, from wagons...- 14 00
FEKI No. 1 VthiteMd., ton 17 611
No White Middlings Hi Ml
Srown Middlings 11 00
Ilran, bulk 1 uu
8'1'HAW-Wheat 6
Oat 6 6U
till
S3
61
t'li
5 05
J Ml
'ii
8 16
11 T5
:o ;s
II
III Ul
M 00
17 Wl
II) 60
17 60
6 60
e no
Dairy Products,
BCTTF.H Elgin Creamery ti SI
Fancy Creamery IS lid
Fancy Country Soil 1H 17
Low grade and cooking H V 10
CllKKxk Ohio, new 11 11)4
New York, new , HVi 11
W isconsin bwlsa IK'-s 11
Lliu burger, newmnke. VVs 10
Fruit and Vegetables.
API'LF.8 Fancy, V bid 4 6O9 9 00
litANB llaud-plcaed, per bu..,. Ul il 05
Lima, in 6 6lv
I'OTA'lOkH rine.in car, biu 70 75
From store, bu 76 HI
RKKTU per bbl 1 60 1 0
I A 11 II AUK Homo grown, boi U5 11 60
Tl IIMI'S per bbl M 160 lul
ONIONS elluw,bu 60. eu
PAKn.MPW per bbl 1 75 ' 00
Poultry, Cto.
idve Chickens, V pair 00 9 15
Live 1ui ks. V pair - Ul N)
llressed Ducks.fl lb 14 15
Dressed Cbickeus, e In, 10 II
' " young select... H 15
Live Turkeys, V 10 "
E(IU8 l'a. and Ohio, fresh U U
FKATIiKh.S-bxtrallveOeese,Vlt) 45 t0
No. 1 hi. Live oeese, V In .- 40 45
Country, large packed W 40
Bllecttlluueous.
SEKII8 tlorer CD lbs 4 SO 6 10
'1 Imotby, prime k M II V5
Blue Orass 1 40 1 fti
RAGS Country mixed. H
HONEY Vtbiie Clover , 14 m
Buckwheat 1 lis
VAPLK bYKL'P, uew 60 SO
C1UEU Country, sweet, bbL.-.. 4 60 6 UO
TALLOW 4 4H
CINCINNATI.
FLOUR . 118(860
WHEAT No. Hod 6U
BYE No. - 6T
COIIN Mixed - 40 47
OAIS - 81 fci
tuos in
bU l'l'EK Ohio Creamery.... M
PHILADELPHIA.
flour ooa so
W 'HEAT No. II Bed 6U
COKN No. H.SIIll . 48 47
OA IS Na S bile.... 85 80
BL'ITEK-Creaiuery, extra 1 Ut
ElUS l'a. Ursts la
NKW YORK.
FLOUH Patents
WHEAT No. kited.
BYE stale-
COKN Xu
OATS White Western
HL'ITKK croamory
ElHit Mate and Fenu....
1 90 OS OR
6U UO
64 bb
61 54
8.1 14
in ill
LIVE STOCK.
CumuL Btocx Yakds, East Libibtt, Pa.
CATTLX,
rrlmn, 1,400 to 1, C00 lbs . 5 80 6 lit
l.WMl, 1.8U0 to 1,4(A) lbs 6 15 6 41
tia buu-hers, ladOw l.iMllba.. 4 .". 5 11
'Jiuy, l,Mllu l.lJoth 4 4U 4 (
1 uir llKhl steers. Mill lo 10U0 lbs.... 8 IHI 1 4C
C0411II.0U, ?UU to sUUib k 75 8 64
nous.
I'hlladolpblas 4 HO 4 9t
1 eiYcikcisaud mixed...... 4 70 4 84
Common to lair Yorkers. 4 a 4 6i
SUEKP.
Fxtrs. in lob 6 It 4 Wl But
I. cel. Ni to IK Uu 4 60 4 71
air,?.t tiKA lbs,.... 8 75 8 tl:
Ci iumou k l!i S 7s
Yvurllugs.. 7 00 v Ut
i bU'ttfc-u. faille Common to extra steer
tin siotkurs and feeders, SI.Uo.415
tons and Lulls, SI. i.1 1.7.1; calves, S.uo.5.
i.t (.I'livy, SI. 1U". l.'tllj eommuu 10 cUoluo
uiisid, C4.;i..4 1 holco assorted, s-l.QO14i.ul1'
IBM, al.lfsi m.Mi! Ii kh. :,'i5(a4.l Sheep lu
eilur 10 cbotue, - ifH.U0; lambs, vi. 16011.011,
C'iucltinntl Hogs select shippers none-,:
butchers rl 6T'h4..mi; lair to good packers 44.64
to41u: lair 10 light (l.tMoiSO: common nn.s
WUihel.lao4.60 l atlle- good shippers uMcA. 4V.
food tiH'holce Si Mol 80; fair 10 iiiodluiii tl.6to.
M, comiuou 4.;6toM'0. Sheep strait. 40iu
4.60; good to libelee gil.T5to4.66: comiuou lu fall
.'.i.utoa;o