M. NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL. SLIPPERY CHINESE. Laborer Bent the New Treaty by Buying Botun Note Tl seems almost Impossible to ennct laws, frame treaties or draft regulations to carry out Chines exclusion laws which this In. gcnlous people cauoot and tlo Dot in tome way circumvent. With aa experience ot 10 or IB years since the first Chinese exclusion legislation went Into effect, It was rensona ble to expect that all loopholes In he Chin ese exclusion laws hail been closed up, but the laws, treaties and regulation to the as tuto Chinese appear as open as sieves. An Important cae now before the treas ury department Involves the construction of the second article ol the treaty of March 17, 1H!3, which allows any reentered Chinese laborer, who tss a lawful wife, child or parent in the Vnlted Mates, or propeity therein of the value ol (1,000 or del.i of like amount due bitn and pending settlement to return. Vnilor this article, it Is alleged, that Chinese laborers who desire to leave this country and return, make arrangements prior to their depnrtnre by which they receive a note ot 1,100 made payable to the China man who depart. His note or draft com piles with the law as to the reluming of Chinaman having (1,000 worth of property in the United Hlates. Whether such note or draft Is properly within the meaning of the law hns been re ferred by Holicltor Iteeve, of the treasury, who holds that such notes or drafts are prop erty when Issued by a responsible firm or In dividual. It Is alleged that a Chinese banking firm of Han Francisco la doing a wholesale busi ness in Issuing such notes to departing Chi nes laborers who intend to return; that such laborers have no property, but pay a good Interest on the notes while In use, end upon their return here hand back the notes to the banking firm. The bank, of couree,takes tho risks Involved. Treasury ofllelals are endeavoring to find some means of preventing this Imposition, but so tar without success. PENSION CASES REVERSED. Assistant Secretary Gives out Bom Im portant Opinions. Asslstnnt Secretary of the Intorior John 51. Itoynolds ha reversed the decision ot the commissioner of pensions, who denied the rignt of a woman to file application for a bounty land warrant because her mother was was an illegitimate child of a sailor's widow, the applicant fcerseli being born in wedlock. He has affirmed the decision of the com missioner of pensions and held that a soldier, disabled wbilo on veternn furlough. separated and absent from bis command, is not en titled to a pension. To secure a pension for Injerles received while on veteran furlough, the soldier would have to be with his com mand at the time of the iujury. Judge Reynolds has also reversed tho de cision of the commissioner of pensions who refused to continue the pension ot an idiot on of a deceased soldier, who had reaobed the ag of 16 years, when by law bis pension ceased. The question as to wbat constituted idiocy from a medical standpoint did not wholly apply to tb boy's case, but upon the evidence that he could not materially aid in bis own support, could not read or wrlte.and Without the car ot relatives, he would be in in lms-bonse, Judge Reynolds decided that he was entitled to a continuance of a pen sion. NEW INCOME SUIT. Entire Law to be Again Tested Before the Supreme Court. Another suit to test the constitutionality ot the Income tnx bps been instituted In the circuit court at New York. It Is an action in equity brought by Charles Alton ol Green field, Mass., against the Illinois Central Rail road Company and others. The counsel for the complainant are Joseph II. Cboatn, Clar ence A, Howard, William tiutbrlo, lJuvld Wil cox and Charles Steele. The complainant deolares that he is In formed Hint the company Intends to pay, under the provisions of the Income tnx law, a tax of 2 per cent, on all its net profits and in come for the yeur 1894. The bill then avers that the lnoometax law Is unconstitutional In that, If said tax la col lectable upon the company's income and prollts, it Is a direct tax lu respeot of the railway property, fixtures and appurtonnuces operated and owned by the defendant com pany by belug Imposed upon the Income and protltB thereof, the same being real estate, and is likewise a direct tax in respect of its personal property by being imposed upon the income and prollts thereof, wbiob direct taxes are not apportioned among the several states, as required by the Constitution ol the U nited Mates. It Is further averred thut it the income tax be held not to be a direct tax then its provisions are nevertheless uneonstl tutionnl In that they are not uultorm through out tbe United Btntes, as required by the Constitution. Tbe non-uniformity ol the law is then pointed out at length, after which tbe bill declare that the exemption of mutual insurance companies, savluga banks and in stitutions constructed on the mutual plan, etc, I unconstitutional In that these ex emptions operate to arbitrarily fr e said companies from tb payment of their Just proportion of taxation. Tne bill further sets forth that the tax I unconstitutional for the reason that It im pairs vested property rights) that all per sons or corporations taxed may be deprived ol tbeir property without due process of law, and that all persons or corporation taxed may be compelled to produce and disclose tneir prlvute book ana papers In order to make them lluble for a penalty, or to tor fell their property, all ot which is against tbe express terms ol the Constitution. The complainant, therefore, prays that tbe delendunt be restrained from voluntarily com plying with tbe inoome tux luw, and that be be granted such other relief as tbe court may deesa best. JUST LIKE PALEFACES- He present a tivs of tb Biz Nation Quar rel Over th Selection of a Chief. Delegate from tbe Onondaga, Seneca, Cayuga, Mohawk, Bt. Regis, Oneida and Tus oarora Indians met In oounoll at tb "Long House" at tbe Onondaga reservation on tbe latb. There were fully 100 chiefs present, besides numbers of warriors, braves squaws and papoose. It was the Orst general aoun cll of the six nations held in seven year. Cblet Bachem Daniel La Forte, of tbe Onon daga, presided, and Bushera Tuooias Web ster, an Ouondaga, wus medicine man. After tbe selection ol chiefs to till vacan cies caused by death a fractional fight was preclpuled between tbe followers of two Tuscarora Hachems. One fuotloo desired the selection ol Daniel I'rentup, the otber asking lor the appointment o! Duvld Cbew. Bnohem LaForte named Cbew and Cbiel Isana Fatter son of the Tuscamras, the moat iutlueutlal Indian ol tbe tribe, insisted tbat one ot tbe moat sacred ol ludlan laws had been violat ed by the selection: lb right ot th oldest woman In the tribe to name tbe chief, lie claim that tbe election was made a tech nicality and was prearranged, and (aid tb th Tusaarora would leave tb six nations iu a body and become citizens. Chief Sachem Luther W. Jo, of tbe Tusca rora, disclaimed this Intention. Patterson has a large following, and It is thought tbat be will carry out bis threat. Th Beunou feavs takon sides with th Patterson faction. TELEGRAPHIC TICK 3. Gen. Rcbofleld Is ridding tbe army ot In dian soldiers. New York retailers are combining to fight tho cnltlo trust. There are reported to be 39 cases ol small pox In Bhnwncetown, III. There have boon very heavy mine in the Northwest, and lr some places severe bail. Irish nationalists of New York City have declared sympathy with Cuban Indepen dence A Brooklyn man secured a Judgment for 4,000 nxalnst a trolley line for the killing of his child. Trot. Warren t'pham has accepted the po sition ol librarian for the Western Reserve Historical society. Jacob Mossor, of Oakland, SI J. , died after being Immersed in very eold water, and the authorities are Investigating. Tbe Michigan Benato has passed ft bill to repeal the law under which Roman Catholic bishops can hold church property In trust. A bill to abolish capital punishment re ceived only sixteen vote in the Tennessee house. Tbe Kentucky Distillers' association has charged a committee with the duty of devis ing a plan for limiting production. Gov. Morton suggests to the New York leg islature a state exhibit at the Atlanta cotton exposition in the autumn. Bix hundred miners of the Pittsburg A Lake Angelino Mining Company, near lshemlng, Mich., have struck for blgher wages. The Coptic of the Faclflo Mall line, reached Ban Francisco from Hong Kong and Yoko hama with a case of smallpox on board. The president has appointed ex-Congressman Albert J. Fearson, of Woodsfleld, O , to be one of the mineral land commissioners for tbe Coeur d'Alene district, Idaho. A district Judge at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has decided tbat tho Iowa law allowing women to vote In school elections and on tnx levies Is unconstitutional. The Mormons are considering the organi zation ot the "Order ol Enoch" tor the pur poso ol providing land at a low rcntnl for those of limited means. At Fergus Falls, Minn., ton men wbo plead ed guilty to obstructing tbe mails during tbe great strike last summer, were lined $100 each, and those wbo could not pay were jailed. Mike Tlcrnoy, a Louisville railroad con ductor, has compromised with the gtandard Oil Company tor (10,000 for injuries received by a naphtha explosion on the L. i, N. rail road. FLOODS CAUSEDAMAGE. High Water In New Tork State, Eastern Pennsylvania and th South. Tbe Delnwuro and Lehigh rivers nu J Bush kill creek have overllown their banks, and tbe lowlands are submerged tor mile. Re ports are to tbo effect that thousands of dol lars' worth of Inmber has been carrloj away in tbe lumber regions. Heavy rains and meitlng scow have caus ed the Lackawanna river to overllow Its banks. Tbe nyiouut of dnmage douo will roach thousands of dollars. lirldgcs have been torn away, piers removed, and out houses flooded, causing tho death ol many domestic animals. Tbo greatest damage Is caused by the Hooding of tho mines, some ot which may not resume work for weeks. Deports ol high water come from nearly every town In western Massachusetts A mill dam at llurnardstown baa been swept away. Loss, (HO.tOO. The river Is reported above high water mark at Nortbnmptoo, and tbe mills are shut down on account of back water. The Wcstfleld river Is tbe highest it has been lor years, meadows and highways being flooded. Tbe Hoosao river at North Adam Is a torront, though no damage is re- fiorted from that section ot the state, A arge stone dam at Greenfield has been swept away, besides a tew bridges and culverts. An unprecedented rainstorm prevailed about Illuefleld. W.Vu , Buuday nlgbt. Wash outs and slides are reported on the three divisions ol the Norfolk A Western railroad. The bridge over the Kast river was o. rned away. House were blown down. The rainfall was phonomenal at several Eolnts in North Carolina. particularly at Chapel llll, where almost live incbes loll in 111 hours. Both the Cape Fear and Roanoke river are already lour feet above tbe danger line, and are rising rapidly. Trainmen report tbat there are hundreds ol cattle lying dead alongside tbe rullroad traoks, in tbe West, where they drifted dur ing tbe storm and died The thaw and heavy ralnscaused the water in tbe Uobawk river to rise higher than it has reuc-bed for several years. The entln valley is flooded and tbe losses will be very heavy. Tbe Hudson river Is very high from tb tresbets up tbe river, and at some pointi property on the banks are threatened. All the wharves in Pougbkeepsle are submerged by the unusually high tide. Flood Devastation In Hungary. Tbe affluents of the Dun'ibe have overflow ed their banks on tb south of Hungary. The streets ot many towns are submerged, and tb foundation of hundred ot bouse navi been washed away. In Hemtln 2,000 peo ple are homeless and suffering from expo sure. Chattanooga Park Dedication. Secretary Lamont bss decided upon the main features of th official exercises, au thorized by congress, in dedication of the Cblckamauga and Chattanooga national mili tary park. Tbe ceremonies will begin on the battlefield of Chlckamauga September IB. Tbe secretary will arrange to have all tbe armies represented In tbe battles participate in the dedication. Tbe regular army will be represented by tbe lieutenant-general and a detachment ot troops. General Cut of Salaries. The Colombian Btate of Bolivia Is econo mizing. Tb Governor ha out down his own alary, bos reduoed tbe pay of l'J Btate officer and has dispensed with 13 officer, thereby, saving 18 salaries. The import duties at Cartagena, tbe capital ot tbe Btate, have been increased by 15 per cent. Laborers on tbe l'nnama Canal are commanding tl a day In gold. Tramp will do well to steer dear of Ken tucky so long as smallpox exists In that state. Tbe authorities In tbe small towns do not al low Ibem to tarry lor tear they will Introduce tbe epidemic and the;- are usually bustled on at a lively rate. At Dover tbe otber day throe healthy-looking vagrant (truck th town aud started ou a bouae-to-bouse canvas for their breakfast, but tbe Town Marshal started tbem westward with little cere mony. No less tban a tbousaud horse have been sold In tb liluegruss region sine tbe Urst ol tbe present year .either privately or at pub lic sale. The aggregate ot tbe purchase money will, it I said, not fall short ol (20.L-000. THE INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK STEADY IMPROVEMENT. Prospecte of Idle Factories Starting up Boon Building Boom. That the general business situation is steadly improving Is clearly evidenced by the advances In etude material and staple com modities. This, to say the least Is gratifying which is aiding and Improving the Indus trial situation. Tbe only cloud In sight Just now Is the striking agitation among tbe ooal miners. In Iowa a large number are already out, and trouble Is anticipated in Pennsyl vania, which may spread over Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. This, however, would be wel comed by the operators, as it would lead to a readjustment ol wages and would afford an opportunity lor the trade to consume the surplus stock which has accumulated on tho market. Reports come from all points that factories and mills that have been long bile, and tbat have not yet been put in operation, nre being made ready for an early start, and ninny are the enterprises now projected. Ono ot the most encouraging features of the week Is tbe Inet that there has been some slight Im- firovemonts In prices. The absence of this enture for some time has occasioned some misapprehension, but the movements in this direction during the pvt few days bavebeen most encouraging. The building trade is looking up in all directions, and there aro new indications that employment iu this Hue will soon be abundant, and continue so throughout tbe season. THE NEXT MOVEMENT. It Will Be An Exodus From the Cities to Occupy Small Farm. The next great labor movement In large cities will not be town lots or "boom" ichemes, but townrd farms. The tendency this spring in many ot the cities toward ex perimenting for themselves with the "De troit plan" will aid this movement materially, (or It will prove to many a bnnger-on In the cities, who baa lived from band to mouth lot years, that be can support his family In com parative independence by bis own labor on a very small piece ol ground. It will teach the charitably limlined, also, a needed lesson. Charity ns usually extended to the needy li degrading In that It cultivates a dusire to ob tniu something for nothing; but to help one to obtnln a cnance to earn au honest living benefits the giver, the recipient and the cent munity nt large. Machinery Is crowding men ut of nearly every vocation, Machinery, of course, is used on the farm, but one need not be a millionaire to possess the utensils necessary for cultivating the soil successfully and even the best farm implements are Inex pensive In comparison with those of otber industries. The man who raises enough for bis own family and a little more is suro ot a market lor his surplus at some price. Tbe movement In tills direction Is be coming quite general throughout thecountry, and colonies ol laboring men nro being or ganized In all the large cities and crowded manufacturing and commercial centers, uiauy of which will secure large tracts at land and embark In the business ot farming ou the co operative plnn. A large company of old war veterans lu Minnesota have organized a col only, aud purchased a largo tract ol laud in Georgia, on which they will locate,. Au effort is being made among the the unemployed railroad men ot Cincinnati to orgnni.o for tbo purpose ol colonizing on farmiug lands In the Bomb, but as yet no definite action has been taken. It Is generally believed that this Is the most feasible plan by which it may be hoped to Improve the condition i f the laboring classe. In tbe cities that are now over-crowded, a n 4 It Is Improbable that the Government will soon tnke an Interest in the matter and lend a helping band. Will Cut Coal Price. It Is reported that as soon as the lake sea son opens the price ot conl mining iu Ohio will be put down to 8J cents per ton.Thls will enable Ohio operators to gets all the big lake contrncts by underbidding tbe Pittsbiug operators. Tbe oblo miners are thoroughly iudignnnt at the Fittaburg miners for not standing out against a reduction and will now S'.arvo tbe Pittsburg miners out. Lake Trad. Lake commorce will be in full blnet this week, and it Is expected that within tho week a grain Ueet ol C6 vessels, laden with 3,000, uoo tons ol wheat, corn and oats, will have sailed lor Buffalo and tbe lower lake ports. The prospects for a heavy season's bualuess aro not as promising as last year, as tho first grain fleet from Chicago will take out a mil lion bushels of grain less than last year's start LABOR NOTES. Experienced and practical harness-maker are wanted bv J. W. Davis, Asbland, O., and A. E. Young, Mt. Ollead, O. Tbe Parry Manufacturing Company at In dianopolis, and Jobn Heppert, Akroni O., want to employ ca.-rlage-paiaters. Jobn Orudelhoelcr, Indianapolis, Ind.. will give employment to an experienced Iran smith wbo can do Dae carriage work, Coat-makeers are wanted by Burt Trow bridge. Lebanon, O., and Uenry Runge, Grafton, W. Va. , Tbe Banner Buggy company will give em ployment to two experienced top makers, at their factory, In Columbus, O. Tbe Carrollton Woolen Company, Carroll ton, Ky., wants to employ tan good Jean weaver. Good wage and steady work promised. A general demand come from all part ol ii r-w fn, I a 1 1 nra n nt U rn I ti il wAftt. makers. Especially Is this true ol th small cities ana town. Th Bt&r and Eatr. The Rev. J. 8. Hartzell, an Eplsoopallan clergymen residing near Charleston, B. U, publishes this statement: "Good Friday ol this year tbe heavenly bodies wblcb gruvi tate around the sun will be in exactly tbe same position relative to each other aud to tbe earth that tbey occupied on the day Christ was crucified. It will be the first time such a thing has occurred sinoe that day." At Newburyport, Mass.. people wbo were out late Thursday nlgbt report seeing a beauti ful and peculiar celeatiul phenomenon in tb shape of a cross formed by the moon's rays, with the moon as a center. Captain Post, of th police torce, wbo, as a mariuer, has been In many parts ol the world, said that be bad seen many phenomena, but nothing like tbat. It was plainest about midnight, Just as Uood Friday was boiug usbersJ in. Three Children Cremated The borne ot Robert Hongbton, five mile north of Fargo, N. D., was burned Buuday inorniug. The mother aud three children, aged tl, 0 and 10 years, were burued to death. The h sbaud was possibly lulully burned. Four grown children Jumped from an upper window aud wet saved. Houghton came from Canada one year ago, The orlglu ol the lira was a defective Hue. Two Railroad Rioter Kllsd. In a riot between native and foreign rail road laborers at Biloutn Springs, Ark., sev eral shot were exchanged, and one ot tbe parties wo badly wounded. A Federal deputy marshal attempted to quell tbe dis turbance. He was set upon by lour of the rioters and was compelled to kill two of them lu self-defense. BETTER WAGESCONCEDED. The People' Purchasing Money Has Been Increased. R. O. Dan A Co.' weekly review ot Iride says: Progress toward better business continues, but It Is slow and meets many obstacles. In a numter ot establishments better wages have been conceded, thus Increasing the pur chasing power ot the people. Htrlkes have largely overbalanced settlements, several of Importance having thrown about 12,000 workers out of employment this week. Re tail trade has Improved on tbe whole since March.as the approach ol Easter brings more business. Tbe output of pig Iron April 1 was 15A.133 tons weekly, practically tbe same as March 1, w.th adeererse of 1.0NU tons In unsold stocks during the month. Doubtless heavy stocks were taken up by manufacturers fn anticipa tion ol a strike In the coke works, but the apparent consumption Is larger thau at any other tirse for some months, and only a sixth less than in March, IHtia. llessemcr iron has advanced to (10 73 in Pittsburg, but there Is no change whatover In prices ol finished pro ducts during the week, Pallur-s for the week were 207 In the United Btntes. against VI last year, and 27 In Canada, against 81 last year. "liradstreet's Financial Review" sayst Hpeculatlon continues to be mainly pro fessional, and is subject to the changeable conditions which that Implies. There has been no great activity, and the influence of tbe stock exehango bolllday on Friday, sup plementing tho practical suspension ol busi ness at London over Easier Holiday, tended at the close ol the week to still further re strict the volume ol trading. The only bull manipulation ol any moment was In Sugar, wblcn bad a moderate advance, while there were some interesting developments In con nection with North American. "The National Provlsloncr," tbe organ of tbe meat and provision trade, will sayi "No more absurd theory bns been advanced for some time than the recejt attempt which have been made to make tb consum ing public of this country believe that the shortage of cattle, now so apparent every where, Is due to any other than naturul causes, With a wisdom begotten of Igno rance and lunblllty or disinclination to accu rately Investigate, false and erroneous news has bceu trumpeted In every state in tbe Union to such un extent that the greater por tion of the people of America nre under the Impression to day tbat this great lood pro duct Is tied up iu the vicious grasp ot a mo nopoly. It Is absurd and unjust to couple tbe names ol reputable business bouses with conditions tor which they nre no way respon sible. It would be an absolute impossibility lor a combination ot men, no matter what the extent ot their capital, to corner the beet or cattle market, aud the money bas not yet been minted tbat can do It. A little philoso phic reasoning, and n glance over the past ulstory ol attempts to corner meat products, would readily demonstrate bow lallaclous arguments are In this particular Instance." llalglit It Freeae, ol New York, say: Improvement In general business through out tho country still continues, and accounts Irom the principal centres ot wholesale trade are most encouraging, "while better wages with better times Is tbe order ot tbe day in many ot the induttrial districts. Great Im portance is laid upon the large sales ot Iron ore at Cleveland. Tbey are nearly 40 per cent, larger than at this period lust year. Largely increased ore salts has been follow ed by revival In the iron trade, a reliable baromoter ot trade conditions generally. Tbe soaking ruins throughout the whole country have also favorably a licet cd farming interests and given renewed confidence In Granger prospects for 1895. Throughout tbe week tbe stock market bns presented grent resistance to all bear attacks, and tbo ab sence of all liquidation has been most pronounced. Wheat Crop Fair. The April report of tbe statistician of the department ot agriculture makes the average condition of winter wheat on the 1st ot April HI. 4, against b6.7 lost year. The average lor rye is S7.0. Tbe averages of wheat for the principal states are: New York, '2; Pennsylvania. l2t Kentucky, 8(1: Ohio, 80; Michigan. 7H. Indiana K3t Illinois 87) Missouri, HO; Kansas, A3; Ne braska. 43: California, 04. NEW CONSUMPTION CURE- Tbla Tim It ia the Discovery of an Amerloan Physician. United Btntes Consul-General Charles Do Kay, at Purlin, believes thut un American physician bas discovered tbo means ol ouriug consumption, lupus and perhaps cancer. In a report to tbe stato department he says that tbe coming medical congress at Munich Is likely to give uo little attention to the dis covery mado by Dr. Louis VYaldstein.a native ol New York, announce in tbe German medi cal papers as to the extraordinary actiou ot nituulu injections ot pilocarpine, a chrystnl lized extract Irom tue liraztlluu Jaboraudl plant, on tbe lymphatic system. The key ol thediscevery Is tblsi By succes sive injections of minute doses of pilocarpine iu th vein, be arrives at a gradual stimu lation of tbe lyninuatlo systen. That systom Increases tbe white corpuscles in the blood which, In some way not agreed npon, cer tainly overcome and render harmless those poisonous particles in tbe blood tbat pro duce disease! Tbe discoverer storugly ad vise physicians to try pilocarpine lu tbe eurly stages ol consumption, and Indeed In all diseases Involving the lymphatla system. NEGROES WALKING HOME- Did Not Find Durango What it Was Pictured to Be. Letters received at the City of Mexico from the state of Durango announce that the negro emigration scheme of tbat state uader the management of persons from the United States Is a complete failure. Most ot tbe negroes are now strung out out on the road, tramping toward tbo Rio Grande, Tbey are barelooted and in almost destitute condition, depending on tbe aid received from the ranches to keep from starving. A Spanish Bull Fight. In tbe course ol a bull light at Barcelona. Buuday the enraged bull jumped over tbe barriers aud among the spectators. A wild rush was nt once made lor the exits aud In the stampede several persons were Injured. Tbe employes ol the bull riug made an at tempt to capture tbe Lull, but tbey could not get uim and llunlly a civil guard fired at bin) witb his oarblne, killing tbe uuimul nod on ol tb spectators. As soon as it wa known that tbe bull was dead, tbe spectators hur ried back to their seats and the entertain ment proceeded aa though nothing out ol th ordinary bad happened. Fittaburg and Lak Erl Canal. Tbe preliminary survey of tbe ship canal to connect Pittsburg witb Lake Erie has pro gressed so fur tbat tbe englueers In charge ol tbe work are tree to stale tbat tbey have found tbe proposed canal perfectly leaslble aud that au abuudunt supply of water eon be secured. Tb survey will not be com pleted before June 1, however. According to tbe englueers, tbe most availa1 le route Is through tbe Mahoning Valley to Lsavlttaburg and thence to tb lake. Pleaded OruLt. John n. I.antz, of Canton, pleaded guilty In tb United Btate oourt at Cleveland, to attempting to defraud tbe Pennsylvania Rail road Company out ot (30,000. 11 sued tb company for Injuries sustained In tbe train wreck at Bbreve. O., on Heplrmber 21. Ib9a. He was not on the train at all, tut presented a bogus bsuirag check to sustain hi claim. He was indicted tor purlurr. KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION. Watson Building at Washington Gutted by Fir. Tbe Watson hullnlng, one of the largest office and store room buildings In Washing ton wa gutted by Are. The damage to the structure will reach (12,000, covered by In surance. The loss to druggist O, W. Roberts and Thos. Morgan, dry goods, will reach at least (23.000, nearly all covered by insurance. Photographer Crawford's loss Is (1,0 0, with no Insurance. The loss to lurnlture, libraries, etc., ot several office will reach several hundred dollars. Tbe Are wis caused by spontaneous combustion In Roberta' drug store. The burned building Is close to the court house, and preparations were made to remove bwks and papers Irom the latter. The postolllce Just across an alley, was in danger. Hevernl thousand dollars' worth ol oils and chemicals were In tbe cellar ol tbe drug store, but tho lire did not reach tbat place. Had tbey burned, nothing could have saved the entire block. Repairs were being made to tbe water company s mains, and the water was turned off when the fire started. XMBEZII.IHO HXR CASRIKB. Thomas (irady, cashier of tbe First Nation al Rank of Marietta, was arrested on aehnrge of embezzling (23,000. He turned over (10, 000 in securities. Dank Examiner James Hnrrlty Is now In charge of tbe bank. The embezzlenvnt was discovered by Orady go ing to Philadelphia to deposit (23,000, ol Which be pocketed all but (0,000. (10,000 BLAZE. Fire completely destroyed the large livery stable of A. Young In Morrellvllle, a suburb, ot Johnstown. Tbe flames spread to tbe residences ol O. W. Pyrode and J. W. Engle and to the store ot Peter Holy. The damage Will uggregute (40,000, covered by insurance. MOIIB BALLISTIC FLATE. Thirty-five tons of ballistic side plate lor the battleship Massachusetts were shipped on tbe 4th to tue Washington navy yard Irom tbe ordnance works ol tbe lietblebem Iron Company. Tbe suit ot one ot the heirs of William Penn, William Dugnld Btunrt, of London, to secure possesion ol property in tbe city ol Easton, Northampton county, resulted In verdict tor the plaintiffs. The case was ar- f;ued In tbe United Utates circuit court be ore Judge Dallas. No testimony was beard lor the defense, but tbe verdict was taken under instructions from tbe Judge. The prop erty sued lor, and which tho heirs will now receive, is tho valuable park in the center of Easton which William Penn dedicated as a site tor a court house. The city built the court house In another part ol tbe city and couverted the l'enu situ Into a park. Mr. Htowart and other heirs ot William Fenn have suits under wav to recover a large par ol tbe olty ot Wllkeabarro. The entire lower portion of tho large plant ol the Busquehanna Iron company, at Col umbia, was destroyed by fire. The firs start ed in tbe oil house ami spread throughout tho structure. The loss Is (100,000, covered by Insurance. The mill was the largest iu Columbia, and employed 230 men. A. C. W. Cain, n boot and shoo dealer ol Penn avenue, Wllklnsburg, was robbed ol between (430 aud (300 about 10:30 o'uloek Saturday evening, by two men who entered the store after 10 o'clock and overpowered bim taking tbe money trom tbe safe. Tbe men wbo struck against a 30 por cent, reduction in the polishing department or the American ax works nt Reaver Palls, are going back to work as fast as tbey can got place. James King, a farmer near West Newton, Is chnrged with starving stock. Humano Agent Freeae shot two borses that be claims wuro too tar gone to recovur,and ordered the rest to be properly ted. Hamttel Splndler, of Uniontown, eloped witb Mrs. Levlna Yoski. Bpindlor com plained tbat his wife had served bltn cold meals. The bidy ot an unknown man, bearing up on bis right arm the tattooed letters "R.D." end n star, was found floating In tbe Ohio river noar Georgetown. The governor issued the "Arbor dny"proc clamatlon, lu which he dslguntes Thursday, April 11, and Friday, April 20, as the days to bo observed. The Franklin council bas instructod the mayor to enforce the ordinance putting tramp to work ou the streets and the mayor bas bought balls and chains lor them. Hoffmnn Myers killed himself at Baltsburg by cutting hi Jugular vein with a pair of scissors. The corpse of an infnnt nearly devoured by dogs was found In th Held ot Peter Wagner, near Conuellavll e. Mrs. Samuol Clark attempted to commit salolde at Sharon by taking parls green and her recovery Is doubtful. Notloes have been posted at all the Ralnoy coke works In tbe Connellsville region tbat th Frlck cale will be paid trom April 1, Chief of rolloe J. W. Tillnrd, of Altoona, has been appointed chief ot tbe new paid lire department. Tbe Henderson family, ol Mercer and Ven ango counties will bold a reunion at Hender son, Mercer county, Augnst 22. Tbe grip epidemic at Franklin bas lost Its grip. Monaca wilt vote May 14 on (30,000 for water work. Thieve stole everything la slant In tbe boiler shop of George Big-man in Oil City. STEVENSON INVOLVED. LagUlatur Take a Hand In th 1111 xtoia B. L. Fight. Tbe Intrr-Stata Building and Loan as. soalatlon, ot Bloomlugton, Illinois, of wbiab Vies President Stevenson is president was the subject ot a sensational tttuck before tbe legislative bouse committee on building and loon associations. Mr. Lowentbal, ol Cook, charged tbat tbe association bad been badly niauaged, tbat large sums bad been (legally paid In salaries, uud that the agents and officials bud been guilty ol extortion. He chnrged tbat, in violation ol the law, tbo as sociation bad paid to Vice Presldeut Ste venson aud bis partner, Mr. Ewlug, (400 per mouth a attorneys tor the association. Au Investigation ol the association was made. Xfagln a Bottle. Furthor evidence, If any were needed, ot tbe loss ol the Spanish cruiser Reiua Re geuta, was found. A bottle that bad been washed ashore, was picked up, aud In It was found a piece ol paper ou wbloh wo written in pencil a meseago slgued by the captain ol Hi cruiser. Tbe niessaire, which is dated Maruu 10, V p. m., twelve miles from itajo Aceiiuno. state tbat the position of the ves sel was then hopeless. At a cabinet mooting held It was decided officially to announce the loss ol Reiua Regents. The minister also decided tbat tbe government would as sist th families ot tb orew, Wyman O. Oollay, of New York, victim ol melancholia and son ol an sinlnout physi cian, shot blmse.ll dead. STRICT SUNDAY LAW- BUI Passed By Both Branches of th Ha achuaett Legislature. Tbe house spent almost tb entire da) Tuesday discussing tbe bill to regulato thi tho observance ol tbe Lord's do and then engrossed It In concurrence with tbe senate. Among the provisions of this hill Is one de claring Hint no entertainment shall be gives on Bui, day to which an admission lee li chnrged. It makes any person attending a performance lu violation of tho law liable to a flno ol (5. find sayst "Whoever, ou thj Lord's day, keeps open his shop, warehouse work-house or does uny manual labor, busi ness or work, except works ol necessity and charity, or take part iu auy sport, game ol play except a sacred concert, shall v pun ished by a fine ol (30 lor each offense, aud. tbo owner of any hall in whlnh said law li violated la liable to a line ot (300." The legislative eommUtee on Insurance has reported to the house favorably on the bill to prohibit auy life insurance eompauy in Mas sachusetts placing a policy on the life ol any child under 10 years ol ago. Ihs bill, II it passes, will affect business to tbe amount ol over (2,000,000 annually. A Western Slmocm. W. A. Peuell, general superintendent ol. the Colorado division ol the Uniou Pacific railway passed through the territory which was swept by the sandstorm. "No writer could exaggerate," said Mr, Deuell "tbe si moom which visited western Kansas and eastern Colorado, Clouds ot sand were driven through the air by a high wlud, ob scuring all objects and rendering existence almost Impossible for man and beast. A mnn venturlug into a whirlwind ot sand Invaria bly returned In a tew minutes with his lac bleeding trom hundreds ot cuts. Tbe men employed toclear tbe railroad cuts ot tbe drills ot sand and snow were unable to work mora thau balf an hour without being relieved. At Cheyenne Wells, Col., a station ou th Union Pacific, 13 cars of sand were taken trom tbe depot platform. Cuts were lllled with Immense drifts which averaged about two-thirds sand and one-third snow. Th bodies ol two sheep borders wbo were over come by tbe storm have been found, and others nre reported missing. The loss ol range cattle was great. Carson Mint Fraud. Becret Service Agent Harris hns secured evidence showing that a large proportion ol the gold coin ol tbo Carson mint Issued dur ing the last 10 years Is below the standard. Tbe shortage at the Carson, Nev., mint has developed a rotten state ol allalrs. In many ways stealings have been made, and the lat est discovered Is that in the output ot (20, (10 and (3 gold pieces, more alloy bas been put into the coins than the law allows, and in oonsoqucnae, persons who have gold pieces with tbe letters "C. C." under tb eagle may have money that I not worth its luce value. Smallpox Is increasing In Bt. Louis. MAHK1CTH. PlTTMtl ItU. tu wholesale: rairzs arr mvim snw.) Jraln, Flour and Feed. WHEAT No. 1 red S 00 t)l No. II red 00 bi tOKN No. II yellow ear, new 4J ' Mixed ear, new w 47 4tl No. U yellow shelled . 4 W OA'IS Nn. 1 white m 37 No. II white 83 J- Jitra .So, a white 84 i8 Light mixed B4 IHK- HVK No I ( J till No. 2 western ., lit) t'l FLOl It Mlnu. ianey patents 3 IU 3 M fancy winter patents a lift tl 50 rnnejf stralKht winter H tO II l Mralght X.X bakers' V0 S Ml hye Hour IS 3 US UAV No. 1 timothy 11 W II 30 No. II 11) M) M 10 Mixed clover. Nn 1 11 on 1123 Loose timothy, from wagons.... 14 00 le nu FEhl No. 1 Willie MiL, ton 1H 0U 1H W No. a White Middlings 17 W is Is) Drown .Middlings 17 U) 17 30 ltran, bulk 17 lit) 17 f SI It AW Wheal 3 25 8 60 tint 8 60 It 00 Dairy Products, BUTTER Elgin C reamery S4 g 85 Fancy Creamery la HO Fancy Country itoll HI 17 Low grade aud cookiug H U 10 UIKKi-K )hio, new 10 liiy4 New York, new H 11 i'4 Wisconsin awisa lii ID Lim lunger, iiewmako iig 10 Fruit and Vegetable. AITLF.8 Fancy, V bbl 4 Ot 9 4 23 lhA.s liaud-picaed, per bu .,... II 15 2 US Lima, lb 5 5 I'UTA'IULA Fiuu.lu car. bu. TH so From store, bu P.I tiO UKfc'lH per bbl 1 IU 1 3 CAHIIAOK-llome grown, obi 115 li 30 Tl'ltNll'S per bbl '.a 1 60 O.MUN8 1 ullow, bu 10 1 UU PAlOsMl-W per bbl 1 ft) ' I 83 Poultry, Fit. Live Chickens, pair HO M Live Ducks. V pair (6 t,8 Dressed Ducks,) 10 14 13 Dressed thicken, V IU lu 11 " young select. 14 15 Live Turkeys. V lb lu li tl.t.H- 1'b. aud Ohio, fresh V-t 14 FATItfclt!Kxtraltve(ieco,Vlb 38 CO Nu 1 r.x. Live Ueese, V lu 4U 45 tountry, large packed Ifcl 4U Mlavellaueoua. PKKPS Clover Oil lbs. ( 4 SO 9 10 '1 iiuotby, prime It) O) blue Grass - 1 40 1 bd ItAos Country mixed. (4 1 DON KY While tlover 14 10 Buckwheat - Is) 13 MAPLiii BVltl'l', new.... 80 tU C1DKK touutry, aweet, bbl..... 4 60 6 u) TALLOW 4 4 CINCINNATI. FLOUB . 1 16S3 50 WHEAT No. lteu 6J IU KVh No. S t'OUN Mixed OA'ls) 31 kutiS BL'lTkM Ohio Creamery W to 4H1 ag io M PmLAOF.LPUlA. FLOUR ( 00ii 40 WHKAT No. U Ked ttlM COllN No, II Mixed 40 6U OA'IB Ntt H While all 37 1)1 '11 Eli creamery, extra HI X fcooe fa. mats IU MKW VOKK, FLOt'R ratenta ( 8 to (J 4 15 WllnAT Nu. Slled bU SI mh Male. 85 ta COllN No. D 61 6ll OA'lb W hite Western 33 34 bl'l'l Kit creamery U HI Milib btate aud i'vnu 11 Livfc STOCK. CXNTHAL BTOCC YsHUS, KaST LlBSSTT, PA liTTLK, rrlme, 1.400 to 1.6(10 lbs ( 6 85 A 3 40 Uood, IJM) U 1.4UU lbs , II 110 0 IW Uood butchers, 1,'JUUto l,!AIb... 5 75 8 MI 'liuy, i.ikoio i,ltin 5 15 6 60 Pair light steers, WU 10 1UU0 lbs.... 4 K5 4 U. t'oiiiuiuu, U0 to tmuOi 3 10 3 M nous. Philadelphia! 3 30 3 MV Best 01ku1s aud uilxod.. 60 6 Wi toiuiucu to lair Yorkers. 4 UU 6 15 SUUIF. Extra. W to It'll lba 4 73 4 DO t.ood. H5 to UK lbs 4 H5 4 N Pair, 75toti61na 3 uu 8 75 Common 05 3 U Yearlings.. tl 6J 3 uu, Chicago, Cattle Common to extra steers It. So; sUAkors aud feeders. tV'i6ita cowa and bulls, Sl.76ui5.00; calves, t..VHi llogs heavy, tl-itut6.i. euinmuu to choice mixed, t4.u5tA.V0; choice assorted, iM tsHstuu; Shi, (.mksI.'0; pigs, IW.,4.U1 hucop-iu-ior to choice, iuuu4,UO; iambs, J,TfKu.0Jl Ciucluuail liogi eel sol shippers none: butchers SMWaMOj lair to good packor (4.75 to4 U.'i: lair to light 44.doio4.7U: coiniuou and rough 4 SMo4. i.O I ltl-good shlpperj.uoio5.i5. food tut'hoic6.tmt.5ai fair to medium 4.Uto (J. we, common .'.c6lo.U Bhaop extra(4.6otO' J ,1k u.w. ... AI...1... AM rSt.kl 111. ,n... I.i. s03.il lo 160
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