MILLIONS MADE IN OIL.
$11,000,000 WAS CLEARED.
Illloat Remarkable Short Turn in World'!
Commercial History.
The Ktnndnnd Oil Company hns made the
piny nf Its exlstcu;e. lie nirKrct-nte profits
outot the advance In ell will npproxltnuts
Dot li'FSthnn 1 1 .0(0.01)0.
Incidentally everybody eni-nurd In the oil
Industry In the reiinsylvanls field, compris
ing the Keystone Mate, Houtheiistorn Ohio,
West Vlrwlula nnd Now York has proMcd
fommensurutely to the extent ol tlielr hold
Inns In the Mtandnrd's big turn, mid number
less smnll fortunes hnve been mnde.
The realisation of these enormous profit
It contingent upon the ability of the big eom
finny to refine and market the oil which
t has acquired nt remunerative prices. In
this ense, the H'.undnrd probably has tho
ability, and, while oil may bo sold at less
limn the present prices of refined, it can be
safely estimated that the tutu will net til,
000,000 to tho company.
1 he handsome winnings of the producers
bave already Iwen made nnd they need not
have a cure whether the Hlnn.liird has made
(food or bad bargain. Much remarkable
transactions as bare taken place In oil In
dustry during the past few days have proba
bly never been equnled In tue commercial
Netnry of the world In such si brief period,
and the chances are that it will not happen
ngnin for many years.
At the outstart the Standard owned four
or five million barrels of oil In stock, which
was purchased at prices below the dollar
mark. This tins appreciated In value 41.90
per barrel, upon which the Ktnndatd clean
6,000,000,
The production nKcrenates about 75,fln0
barrels per day, of which the Htnndnr.l owns
80,000 barrels, on a low estimate, although It
is credited With controlling 50 per cent of the
entire production. This has also liwrcased
In value 1 1.60 per barrel, and with the ap
preciation In tne value of r5.000,000 of oil
propeily purchased before the boom In oil
took place, It Is estimated that the company
Is at lunst 5,000,000 richer on Its producing
propertv making the grand total prollt of
Hl,0O0,000 lu stocks and production.
Altogether thero are about from 2.000 to
3,000 producers who were enriched during
tho same brief period. Borne have dono bet
ter than others, according as they rold to tho
Htaudnrd at high or top prices. 'I he pro
duction of the I'eunsylvanla field has In a
word Inoreascd In valuo (112,000 per dny,
and while It Is Impossible to say how much
reilnod oil was in stock when the boom com
menced, It Is likely thnt a big pile of money
will be realized from this source also.
RETURNS J3F INCOME TAX.
They Show That It Will Yield Less Than
CIB.OOO.OOO.
Internal Revenue Commissioner Miller baa
Informed Secretary Carlisle that the aggre
gate amount of Income tax shown by the re
turns, which were filed before April 16, will
be about 014,365,000. Delayed rcturLs and
corrections, it Is believod, will considerably
increase this amount.
It Is stated that the aggregate ot Incomes
that are taxable In the West are far larger
than expected, and that in New York and
the East the Incomes reported are much
smaller than expected. It was estimated
that New York would pay 70 per cent, of the
tax. The returns shows thnt Now York and
New England will pay but 25 per cent.
I'enusyivania will show up next to New York
in the returns made, and the tnx thus paid
will be more on industry than in New York. I
The intornal revenue bureau bos a system ol ,
checks on evaders of tho law. For Instance,
lu ensca of national banks, the returns made
to the collectors will be vornparod with the ;
statements mane uy me several vanxs to tne.
Comptroller of the Currency, which are nat
urally as good as possible. This will eutcb
muny an unwary bank.
MUST PAY IN SEVEN YEARS.
Torma of the Indemnity Whloh Japan
Exneots From China,
Ily the torma ot the treaty between Japan
nnd China, the Indemnity la made payable In
seven yearly Installments with 5 per cent. In
terest, but its payments within three years
cancels the Interest.
The stipulation that the Chinese captured
by tho Japanese, shall not be punished Is on
account of the custom of China to behead
soldiers who fall into the hands of tho enemy
and are alterward returned to their country
Upward of 5,000 Chinese troops were cuptur-
It Is said Russia will ask for the cessotlot
of other Cbinose mainland. If this be mus
ed she will take decisive and prompt action
FIFTY YEARS A BEGGAR-
Aged Maryland Maid Diea Worth Thous
ands. Miss Harriet Dugan, who died at Bock
ville, lid., recently, aged about 70 years, It la
found, deserved a place la the calender ot
distinguished misers. She hod lived on the
charity ot ber neighbors tor more than fifty
years. After ber death ber bouse was
searched and, among other discoveries, great
quautities of expensive clothing, several
tnouaaad dollars in bonds and 100 in gold
was unearthed. No one suspected that Miss
Dugan waa other than as abe represented
herself, and ber persistent medicanvy exci.ed
the pity ot the charitable people to such an
extent that many prominent oltlxena were
steady contributors and it was ber practice to
call on ber regular contributors for their
quota if they fulled to pay np promptly.
lu ber youth Miss Dugan was oousldered
one of the most beautiful women in Mary
land and ber aristocratic bearing was main
tained to the last. Bhe was counseled with
some of tha old-time prominent families.
TO BREAK BEEF PRICES.
Order Issued Admitting Mexican Cattle
Alter Inspection.
In view of the great rise in tbe price ol
beef, and the reported scarcity of cattle, tbe
chief ot tbe bureau of animul Industry, Dr.
Balmon, bus recommended to tbe secretary ol
agriculture, the admission of Mexloan cattle
Into the Uulted States under stringent regu
lations calculated to insure a rigid Inspection
of all cattle admitted. It Is hoped by this
means to oheok tbe tendenoy to exoesaive
prices to tbe ouuaurser, without injuriously
affecting tbe Interest of the beef-producer.
In accordnnoe with these recommenda
tions, Secretary Morton, issued a special
order, admitting "Mexican oattle, which
have been Inspected by atf Inspector of tha
department and found free from any Infec
tious or contagious disease."
Leasing In Kentucky,
There is a lively fight on in the upper Big
Sandy valley over the securing of oil leases,
tbe principal participants being l resales A
Forst, Uulley i Queen, Troittuiau Bros., and
Bluuuurd Oil company. The latter controls
about 80,000 acres, receutlv seunred, aud
each of tha others 10,000. Where cash wat
not acceptable au Interest of one-eighth in
all profit) was offered. Hlnee tbe late excite
meut the Standard agents have been offering
cue-eighth. They bave worked up a squab
ble between several ot the large laud owners,
and their rival companies, and it will be nc
surprise to see them In almost sols posses
sion ef tbt Held.
CROP CONDITIONS
Deolded Improvement la the Rule,
Where Rain a are Needed.
The Weather Bureau, In Ita review of
weather crop conditions tor the week ended
March 15, says: Heavy rains have caused
serious damage In New England, where, as
yet, only a little farm work has been done,
nnd that In the southern portion. Heavy rains
of the previous week delayed farm work lu
North Carolina until Thursday, llaln Is badly
needed In North )nkotn, Northern Minnesota,
Oklahoma and Oregon, nnd would be of
great benefit in Texas. Hams would also
prove benellclal to Illinois, -Louisiana and
Mississippi.
Cotton planting has been delayed In Texas
on account of dry weathori planting has be
gun In North Carolina and Oklahoma and
has continued to some extent in Arknn as,
but has not yet became general In thnt Htate;
in Mouth Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and
Mississippi planting Is being pushed rnpldly
nnd in Louisiana about one-balf ot the crop
has been planted.
Corn planting In the extreme Bout hern
States Is about completed; the early planted
Is up nnd a good stand Is generally reported
planting is more than half completed In Tenn
essee, line beguu In Kentucky nnd Nebraska
aud is being vigorously pushed In Kansas.
The general outlook lor trult continues
very fnvornble.
Tobacco plants are looking well In Mary
land, Virginia and Kentucky and planting Is
being pushed rapidly In South Carolina,
Winter wheat has experienced a decided
Improvement In Ohio auii Maryland as a re
sult of the rains Inst week; the crop la report
ed as in good condition lu ludlnna and Ar
kansas, but It is at a standstill In Oklahoma,
on account of drouth.
AN INDIAN BATTLE.
Conflict of Authority in tha Chickasaw
Nation.
Couriers tsom Tishomingo, the capital of
the Chickasaw nation, report that a Latile la
raging between Oovornor Moseley and 200 In
surrectionists. Six people have been killed
aud eight wounded nnd the greatest excite
ment prevails. The cause of the trouble is
due to bad political blood, which bus long
prevailed the Chickasaw seat of government
uud has existed since the legislature Ignored
Willis Drown, Charles Drown uud IhobIi
Mclitll, who claim to have been duly elected
suerllts of the natlou, alleging that wo leg's
latuie did not have authority to reject their
claims to sucn oiT1.es.
On Tuesday moruing Governor Moseley Is
sued orders to all sheriffs, constables ai.d de
puties throughout the natlou to report to
unu at once with arms. W hen the oillcers
gathered arouud the house 200 enraged uicu,
UenCed by Mctlill aud tho lirown Mothers,
rushed from adjOlnTug houses, nnd n deadly
riot followed, ihe uames of the Umd nnd
wouuded could not be tucertuned by the
couriers.owiug to tne great exclleueut which
prevailed.
Governor Moseley and his official retinue
escaped by rushing to houses on the out
skirts ot the towu, Moseley has culled a
special session of the legislature to take
action. Tlshomiugo is now lu a terrible
state of excitement, and white people are
nceing. Another ligut is looked lor at any
moment.
FLOODS IN NEWHAMPSHIRE
Disastrous Floods Reported In Austria
and Hungary.
The worst flood In years prevails along the
line ot the Doston A Maine railroad. At
Milton the track is covered with water tor a
distance ot one mile. At Union tbe tracks
are completely submerged and trains are
compelled to transfer passengers and bag
gage. Ihe water covers the track for 400
feet. Trains are obliged to transfer nt Con
way. The Cocheo river is very high and
dwellings near the banks are In danger. Haw
mills report much loss ot lumber.
The great rainfall has raised the Merrlmao
and Kashau rivers, together with Salmon
brook to rushing torrents. The Saturday
night and Sunduy rainfall was the heaviest
for a number of years, averaging 2 3-100
Inches.
The Jackson company's mills are shut
down on account of back wator. Tho Mer
rimack has overflowed its banks nt the Junc
tion of the Nashua. It threatens to equal
the high record of December, 1875, when
back wutor In the Merrlmao rose one Inch
above tbe Jackson oompauy'a dam and flood
ed the lower rooms of Ita mills.
1U Ins and snow floods have caused the
rising of tbe river Danube to such an extent
as to completely Inundate the Kuort district
nnd other parts of tbe city of I'resburg,
Hungary. The volume of water was so
great as to wreck hundreds ot houses, many
ot whose Inmates were drowned.
AUSTRIAN EARTHQUAKE.
Several Persons Xil.ed and Many
Houses Damaged.
Violent shocks of earthquake were experi
enced throughout Southern Austria Sunday
night, the manifestations beginning at mid
night At Lalbaoli, 88 miles northeast ol
Trieste, 21 shocks were felt between mid
night at 7:30 Monday morning All ohurohes,
public buildings and buslnoss bouses and
residences in tbe town were damaged. Sev
eral persons were killed by falling walls, etc.,
and a number of persons were more or less
seriously injured.
At Velden ten ahocks were felt and at
Trieste four. Shocks were also felt at An
biuzio, Aroo, Gorlr.ia, Cllll and other places,
In all of which many buildings were damaged.
The dlreo ion of the disturbances waa from
southeast to northwest. Slight seismic vibra
tions were also felt in Vienna, Communi
cation between Lkbach and Trieste Is suspen
ded. In many of the districts between the
two towns as well as In the seotlons visited
by tbe shocks, the people are camping out
in tbe fields.
Venice baa suffered badly. At the first
shock ths guesta tied from the hotela to tha
public squares aud the Inhabitants deserted
their bouses and took refuge in ths available,
open spaoea. Many ot tbe guests, togethei
with a large number of residents, left the city
by early trains Monday moruing, fearing s
recurrence of the shocks. Many buildings
were damaged and several people Injured in
Verona. .
.BARRED THE NEGROES-
An Ohio Jadsrs Refuses Thsm Admission
to Public Schools.
John T. Carlysls and others, residents of a
colored settlement residing more than a mils
and a ball from the school house in their own
district, made application is accordance with
tbe law to attend tbe South Zauesvllle, Ohio,
public schools. They were refused by ths
directors, aud a writ of niaudnmua was
brought against the official. At the first
argument uf the ease Judge Muusoa of the
oouiuion pleas beuoh granted tbe writ. An
amended answer was Died by the defendants
aud Judge Munsun decided that the directors
bad the rigbt to exercise disoretionary power
as to the admission of pupils to ths schools.
Making a Show of a Whale.
Tbe dead wbule found oft the Mussaoaus
etts coast Mouduy lost was towed lu aud an
chored off Liberty Isiarid, New York. Thous
ands of people on shore and lu boats viewed
the mounter as be was towed iuto anchorage.
The whale is a female and a flu back ol
abnormul site, beiug 70 feot In length. Mr.
Dalzell,ageul of the liue that owns the whale
will bave It prepared for exhibition, lie ex
pects to make over tUO.OOO out of ths enter
prise. A dead whale exhibited here 14 years
ago nutted more thus that sum.
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS
THEIR HOPES GONE-
Farmers Leased Lands, nut Judgments
Will Get the Honey.
Judgments aggregating (10.01)0 have been
entered against L. 51., 8. M-, W. II. and A.
Q. Cleaver of East Dothlohetn township,
Washington County. These amounta are
principally due farmera of the vicinity,
although tbe Deposit bank ol Brownsville
holds a goodly share.
L M. Cleaver Is the substantial man of the
firm of Doty, Cleaver ft Co., which has leas
ed the 70,000 acres of Bomorset nnd West
Bethlehem lands on coal options. These en
tries destroy the hopes of a few farmers
who renewed the leases April 1, and have
nroused a greater animosity on the part ol
those who are lighting tbe renewals. Thus
all hope of the million and a half of dollars'
which was to have been paid the (armors
has vnulshed.
the oil riKi.ua.
To the people ot Butler county the oil ad
vance menus much, ns the average produc
tion ot the Butler Held Is 16,00.1 barrels pet
dny. At old prices ibis represeut about 15,
000 to the producers aud royalty owners, but
nt to-day's prices It means (37,000, or nearly
7,000,000 of prollt III a year. OH at the
present price menus that in the present yeni
wore than f 10,000 will be paid thu Butler
county oil Interests.
Vsksows oibl's bout buried.
The body of an unknown girl lound drown
ed In the willows on the batiks of the Ohio
at Vanport on Sunday evening was given a
repectable funeral, nnd Interred In the ceme
tery at Beaver rails. No clew to her identity
bos been discovered.
KILLED WLILI Ol'T SlluOTlXO.
Louis Talne, Charles Vmbrigbt r.ml an
other young man were out hunting near New
Castle, when Uuibrlght's guu was accident
ally discharged and a heavy load of shot
weut iuto 1'iiiue's right grolu. He was taken
to a hospital at once, but ouly lived twenty
minutes.
DVnOlS.nAMK CASHIF.B PBOHECl'TEO.
The other ovenlug Constable Sloppy told
e x-Chnshier Wise of the Dubois bank tuat he
was sauted lu Justice Hay's olllce on a
charge of eniboz.luineiit. The prosecution
waa brought by Dr. lllndman aud William
Winger. The defendant appeared and his
buil was fixed at 2,600.
Taul Timbllne, 13 yenrs .old went to the
flouring mill of J. C. Breadon A Co., at Wesi
Sunburv, Butler county. While passing n
shaft lu tbe mill bis gum coat caught aud he
was hurled Into the shaft pit and had o.e
nrin broken and the ether torn oil, and both
legs brushed and his ribs mashed. Every
stitch of clothiug was torn off. As soon as
the mill could be stopped be wo taken out
alive, but died next duy.
The board of trustees of Bsaver College
bave decided to rebuild on the site ot tbe
college roceutly burned, on Elk street and
Turnpike avenue, nnd have employed Archi
tect Thomas Boyd, of l'ittsburg, to prepare
plans lor a bulldtui- to cost t:to,0o0. It will
be two storks high, of buff brick, with n
frontngoof lnO feet aud a depth of 139 feet.
It will be ot the Itomunesque order.
At Hlnton a 4-year-old child ot Ella
Brooks, a widow, broke a bottle of kerosene,
which It bad found in a cupboard, upon Its
Clothing. Childlike, It weut to tbe lire to
dry its clothes, and tbe oil Ignited. The baby
was burned to death In a few minutes, and
the mother severely burned lu bur etlorts to
extinguish tho flames.
Under a new city ordiuanco Franklin auth
orities converted two trumps Into a chalu
guug and took them out on Main street to
work, 'ihe tramps sat down on the ourbstone
and remained there until loaded Into a wagon
aud hauled to Jail to be given a light repast
With a bullet In tbe brain and a 48-callbor
revolver lying ue-.r, the body of Charles
Shnler, of West Now Castle was found deud
under tbe railroad bridge at Muhoulngtown.
The opinion is that be oommltted sulcldo.
He was a moulder and leaves a family.
J. B. Sovereign, general master workman
of tbe Knights ot Labor, Is orgauixlug a new
district in l'ittsburg to take tbe place ot D.
A. 3, which seceded. The now district will
be known as No. 12.
raul Levlskl, a Slav, was perbnpi fatally
shot by Jack Shevo, during n melee over
beer at Central Works, Westmoreland
county.
Tbe Baltimore ft Ohio rnllrond will build
at once a new depot nt Uuioutowa to take
the place of the one receutiy destroyod by
lire.
At Sbamokln Walter Hupp, agod 12 stab
bed William Cowker, aged 15, three times In
the neck nnd face, one blow severing the
windpipe. Tbe boy cannot recover,
Wbile handling a pistol, the little ton of
Dr. A, A. Johnston, of Blairsvllle, was acci
dentally tbot In the leg, the wound being
serious.
Wbile shooting at a target at New Florence,
an Italian laborer employed on the Bolivar
branch railroad, was accideutly but fatally
shot in the abdomen.
About three million bushels of coal left
Pittsburg, Sunday for down river points. It
Is estimated tbat five million bushels will be
started on tbe present rise.
The coroner's Jury at Washington, has de
cided tbat Wllllins Coleman, whose body was
found beside tbe track at Flndleyvllle, was
acoidnetally killed.
Rev. W. M. Tinker, formerly pastor ot tbe
Baptist church at North East, will be married
on April 24. to Jean Whltcraft, at Sharon.
Andrew Dwyer, aged 25, was caught by a
rush of coal at North Mabanoy colliery and
was instantly killed.
Rev. Williams, convicted at Waynesburg
of a serious offense, wat sentenced to six
months In ths workhouse.
D. M. Fry, Justice of the peace of Burget
town Is threatened with proaectton on tbs
charge ot bribery at the recent election.
Mrs, Emma Clark died at Sharon from a
dose ot parls green taken a week ago.
Tbe tailor nt Franklin are on a strike
against a proposed reduotlou lu wages.
Pennsylvania Purchase.
Ths Cols furnace at Sheffield, Ala., have
passed into the hands ol Pennsylvania eapl
tallsts, aud will bs known as tbs Sbeflleld
Coal, Iron and Steel Company. The ironaad
steel department will be located In Sheffield,
Ala, and tbs ooal and ooke department lu
Job per, Tenn. With tbe three furnaces the
sew company obtains 70,000 acres ol mineral
lauds la Walker, Winston, Jefferson and
Fayette Bounties, Ala,, and the celebrated
Gamble and Elliott ooal mines near Jasper,
Tuu. The property will be put In complete
operation at ouwe.
Woman Lynchsd in Alabama.
Three men and two women, negroes, were
lynched on the Buokulow pmutatiou, near
Greenville, Ala. The sheriff found theiu
banging to trees. TUey were accused of tbe
murder of Watts Murphy, a young while
muu.
Five bundrsd garment workers struck in
St. Louis for cleaner shops, fresh sir and
luuiiury conveniences.
DEATHS BY EARTHQUAKE.
Twelve Person Killed In Southern
Austria.
A dispatch from Laibach, capljnl of ths
ducby of Carnola, announces that there were
three frosh earthquake shocks Monday eve
ning nnd three more nt 9 o'clock Tuesday.
These shocks were not serious and the peo
ple are returning to their homes. Ot ths
persona killed Sundny night two met their
death at Lalbncli and seven were killed In
Ihe vicinity ol thnt place. In addition three
ehllilred were killed in the vicinity of ltodlcn.
Knormous damage was done In many towns
and villages of the Lnib icb district.
Karthqunke shocks were felt thronghout
Carinthn, Styrla, fiirnioln nnd along the
coast of Croatia, In Upper Austrln tnetowiis
ot Llnii, Veldea, Betselcli, Sauerbrunn, I'ola
and Varnsdln were affected, but there was no
bo further mortality.
CYCLONE INKANSAS.
Farmhouses Destroyed and a Farmer
Fatally Injured.
Monday night a cyclone struck tho house
at Krnnk Ooodln, three miles west of Chero
kee, Kan., nnd literally tore it to pleoes, scat
tering debris all over the fields. Mr. Ooodln
had his neck dislocated and will die. Mrs
lloodlu was caught uuder the root and pla
ned to the grouud, her clothes taking lire.
Her screams nttraoted the neighbors, who
rescued her In time to save her llle, She Is
not seriously Injured. Half n doren other
farm houses lu tho Immediate vicinity wore
also demolished, but nobody was hurt.
A dispatch from St. Elmo. Col., snys Hint
after Monday's storm everything lu that
neighborhood was covered with a thick coat
ing of red sand. It must have como In the
now, the dispatch adds, as there It no such
laud in that section.
COLOR LINE DRAWN.
Missouri Methodists Bar Negroes From
ths Epworth League.
At a meeting ot the ministers ot the
Methodist Episcopal cburcb In St. Louis, tbe
color line was drawn In the matter of ad
mitting the colored branches of the Epwortb
league. Itov. Mr. Lenlg claimed thnt to ad
mit the colored branches would destroy tbe
plans ot the league, ltev. A. Brown, a color
ed preacher, who was present, said that the
negroes were doing all In their power for the
cburcb, nnd If their color wns distasteful to
the white brethren, they would ask to be left
out, Tills was agreed upon. At a meeting
ot tho Baptist pruuehers it was agreed to In
vite tbe colored branches of the church to
attend their regular meetings.
Two Toughs.
Charles Smith, a negro tough, nnd Web
ber Isaacs n youug Indinn, have been sen
tenced to hnng nt Fort Smith, Ark., by the
United States court with Cherokee Bill on
June 25. Smith killed two meu ut Muskeego
during the lair last full. He has beou tried
for ;turee murders, but was convicted ot
manslaughter In two cases.
William Headrick, wanted In Ohio. North
Carolina, Teunessee and Kentucky for big
amy, wns arrested nt Middlesex, Ky., on a
charge of horse stealing. Seven deserted
Wives are ou his track. Hendrick s method
was to travel about the country uud when be
found a womau with money be would marry
ber. Then as soon as ho could gut the money
In his possession he would desert ber.
James D wight Dana.
James Dwlght Dana, editor, author, scien
tist and prolessor of Yale unlver lty, died at
New Haven, Conn., Monday night. I'rof.
Inna wns born In I'tlea, N. Y., February 12,
1H3.I. He served In tbe United States navy
as instructor ot mathematics, and ou various
exploring expeditions until 1M42. He was
with Captain Wilkes lu the expedition to tbe
Southern and l'ncillo oceans. He became
Sllllman professor of natural history and
geology in Vale lu 1H55. He was editor ot
the "American Journal ol Science," Ho was
the author of a number of text books on
mineralogy and geology. Prof. Dana retired
from active class room work in lo'JX
Big Canal Deal.
A deal has been closed In New York within
the last two weeks which insures tbu expen
diture of 114,000,000 In Duluib, Mluu. A
number ot New Vork capitalists bave ugroed
to flnnnuo the Minnesota canal company,
taking its bonds for the amount furmshej.
It is proposed by tbe company to open up 20 J
miles of oanal aud river front lor uuvlgutioi'.
and power purposes.
It Carries Consternation.
Since the beginning of the catholic school
struggle in Manitoba nothing has created a
greater sensation than tbe announcement ol
the archbishop tbat eatbollce who benoefortb
lend their aid nnd lulluence to those who
would abolish eatbollo parochial schools will
be excommunicated. Many prominent
catholics huve expressed tkomaulvea In favor
of a national school system, and tbs an
nouncement bas created consternation.
Land (or ths Poor.
It bas been announced by tbe Rev. Dr.
Tolamao, secretary of tbe New York Society
for Improving tbe Condition of tbe Boor, tbat
the committee for tbe cultivation of vacant
lots bas received an offer of 1 ,600 acres In the
northern pait of tbe state. Tbe land will be
divided iuto lots of five and ten acres, aod at
the end of the year each man who cultivates
tbe land and wboee character it vouobed for
by tbe committee will be given absolute
ownership ot bis lot free ot charge.
Kentucky Mines Closing.
By tbe end of ths week all or nearly all
the mines in the Guyan and Bandy valleys
will be closed and 1,500 men will be Idle,
probably for all summer. Ths trouble is
due to tbe Inability of the mine owners to
get their coal Is market Much suffering Is
feared.
Editor J. L. Qulgg.of the New York "Press,"
tesilUed belore the New York legislature
oommittee on Saturday that Fireman Clifford
aud Itutbeuburg told blm that tbe lire depart
ment bud rained t45,000 to procure the pas
sage of the bill to Increase their pay.
The Soldiers Colony Company bas con
cluded a deal tor 100,000 acres In Southern
Georgia, on which 12,000 persons will b
located in September.
Accidental Humor.
I bi'urd the other iluy uu nuiimlng talo
of a certulu well-known Kugllali uo
bluman, who bad Imported two emus
with the bupe of brooding from tlieui,
and on leaving bU estate for town left
also strict lujuuctloiig tlmt the greatest
cure should be taken of tho luily emu,
If she produced tbe desired egg or eujrs.
The egg arrived In duo course, but, us
artists have found before uow, the Indy
declined to "sit." The stewurd, bow
ever, was an Ingenious limn, aud
thought of a substitute, but bis powers
of composition were by no means on a
par with bis Inventiveness, and be an
nounced tho interesting event to bis
master In the following terms:
"The emu bas luld an egg, but wn
were in a great dltilculty, as she would
not sit on It I did what I thought was
best, and In your lordship's absence I
bave placed the egg under the biggest
goose, on tbe estate," I'all Mall Uu
eotto. -
CHINA AND JAPAN AGREE.
PEACE IS SIGNED.
Japan Retains AH Territory She Has
Conquered.
The London Times has a dispatch from
Bhangbnl thnt a treaty ot peace between
Japan nnd China was signed Monday at
Bblmonosckl. Ths dispatch Is bated on a
telegram from the son-ln-lnw of LI Hung
Chang, who has been nt Bhlmonosnkl assist
ing In the negotiations.
The following are the terms of the conven
tion signed by LI Hung Chung on Ihe part of
China nnd Count Ito and Viscount Mutsu on
tbe part of Japani
First Th Independence of Cores.
Second That Japan retain tbe plaoes sbs
bas conquered.
Third Thnt Japan shall also retain ths
territory east ot the Ltao river.
Fourth That the Island of Formosa, be
ceded permanently to Jnpan.
Fifth The payment of an Indemnity ol
t ioo,i Kw.ono.
Sixth An offonslvs and defensive alli
ance. 'Ihe dispatch Indicates the permanent occu
patlon by the Japanese of nil tbe places they
have conquered during the war, nnd this Is
perhaps the most surprising part of the con
vention. It Is known that the Chinese au
thorities have been offering the most strenu
ous objections to tills part of the Japanese
demands nnd hnve been assiduously trying
lo secure tbe Intervention of Europeau powers
to prevent permanent occupation by Japan
of any part of the continent.
Thu conquered plnces luoluds the great
stongholds of Port Arthur, on tbe north side
of the entrance to the Gull ot Pecbilll, and
Wol Hal Wei on the south side ol that en
trance. These posts command tbe tralllo by
sen to the capital province of Chius.
The conquered territory includes every
thing from tbe Yuln river on the nortbwest
srn boundary ot Corea, to the Liao river,
Howing from Moukden down through Man
churia to the (lull of Pechlll. This a rich
territory. The great Island of Formsa off
the const of Central China is exceeding fer
tile and Is the finest tea growing territory In
'.he Orient. On that island tbe best grades of
Oolong are produced.
A new process has been patented which
prints 100.000 pbotogrnpbs a day.
MAKKISTH.
riiTsnuito.
ITlin WIIOI.KSAI.il THICIM ARB OlVFM BM)W.
(jratn. Flour and Feed.
W II FAT No. 1 red tW
f.o. II red Ill M
ttili.N No. S yellow car, new M M
lixed enr, ue 4 to
ho. yellow shelled M 6
UA'lf No. 1 wlilto SI) V
No. 8 white 5 W
Mi a No. 8 white IM S
l.lclit mixed 84 H
KUi No I ll-V tfl
No. '4 western M till Hl
Fl.lil'K Minn, fnncy patents "0 W
Fancy winter patents w. 8 11 SMI
raiu-y straight winter It SO fo
r-trsiiilit XXA bakers'
llye Uiair 8 15 8 Si
UAl-Nu 1 timothy II r K 00
No. 8 Hi W !1 eo
Mixed clover. No, 1 10 Nl 11 110
loose tlinolhy, from wap-ona.... 14 00 111 no
FKMl-Nn. 1 Will e Md., ton 1 00 1H 60
Ne. II White Middlings It t 1H 00
Krewu Middling 17 00 1? 60
Uriin, bulk IT 110 IT 60
6TKAW Wheat 6 l!J 5 60
Oat 5 60 II 00
Hairy I'roducts,
BVTTEIt F.lgln l reumery 14 0 5
r niicy Creamery IH W
1 am y Country Soil IH 17
Low grade auu cooking H V 10
Cllhhr-K Ohio, new.( 10 mi
Newlork.ucw IK
Wiscuusiu bwlsa I'i hi 18
l.llnbuiger, newinake WlalO
1'rult and Vegetables.
APri.KS Fancy, V bbl 4 nr 4 n
Ur.ANb liaud-pu-aed, per bu..,. 15 K 25
Lima, lb 5 op,
iOIAioKB l ine, lu ear. bu T5 t-0
From store, bu HO fb
Bbfcln per bbl 1 10 1 aft
l AllllAt.ii-llome grown, bbl I! ft) K Ml
TI'ltMI's per bbl U I tiO
ONItiNe lellow.bu 10 I uu
I'AUfMP per bbl 190 I IB
Toultry, lite.
Live Cbickens, V pair 8 H
Live Ducks. V pair (& 15
Dressed Ducks,) lb 14 15
Dressed Cblckcus, i 1U 10 11
' " young select... 14 16
Live Turkeys, V lb lu 11
ElillS I'a. and Ohio. Iresb 1'.' 14
FEA'lHKI(h-hltrlivo(liieo,lIU K 60
Na 1 t. Live Ueeee, V lb 40 46
Coulu.y, large packed tti 40
Miscellaneous.
BEEPS Clover till lbs $ 4 SO 0 10
Timothy, prime Ill 111
Blue Orass 1 40 1 tkl
HAl.S Country mixed ' 1
UONKY-Uliite clover 14 HI
Buckwbeut Is 18
UAl'l.U bYltlT, new 60 u
ClDfcK Country, sweet, bbL..... 4 60 ft UU
TALLOW .. -ii
CINCINNATI.
FLOVR UBS 60
WHKA'i No. 8 Ilea 6U
KVh .No. B W
lOltM-Mtxed. 4t-4
DATS 81 88
fcGtir, 10
Bb'i'l Lit Ohio Creamery W t
' rMILAlJEWUtA.
FLOVR 11 00ii 40
W HhAT-No Hed HIM
L'OKN No. Mixed. 49 bu
OA'IS No. 8 White. 80 87
bT'l lkM Creamery, extra 81 Ktf
hOUb fa ttrsts :. 18
NEW IOHK,
FLOTO Patents I 60(34 15
WfihAT No. 8 Ked 80 81
m a htate. 63 60
I'OIlN No. 8 61 6'J
UATS White W estern 88 U
III 11 Kit Creamery 18 81
mu.W tuate aud l enu 18
LIVE STOCK.
Central Stoic Varus, Kast Libirtt, Fa.
cattle,
Prime, 1.400 to 1.000 lbs I t 00 3.1
Uocd, 1.8UU to 1,4110 lbs 63 6 10
(JooU bulcbers, I.Uno lo l.auoibs... 5 60 6 US
'1 lily, I, wo u 1,16011. 5 00 6 86
Fair llfc-bt atqera. Won to luuu lbs.... 4 UO 4 uu
Common, Tuu to voulb lu 8 so
Houa, '
Tbiladelpblas 6 80 6 41
best loikeia aud mixed.. 6 8U 6 y;
Counibu to lair Verkors. 6 UJ 6 ll
suKxr.
Extra. H to 106 lbs 4 60 4 7t
Oood. r-6 to Ml lbs 4 WS 4 41
rulr,'& tool lbs. 8 1M 8 79
Couumiu 8 W 8 8
Yearlings. 8 60 8 0t
I'btcago. Cattle Common to extra steers
4.uiuvn. 6; fciM'kora uud feeders, SV.Uui4 if
tows uud bulls, vl.fH.6.U0; calves, -'. 00.0,4.70
lieys heavy, S4.Utim5.i0; couiliiou lu choice
unit.!, 4 i...VUi; idiults assorted, S4.MKsi l.liu,
sbt, t4.UiieS4.ti6; plus, S4.uoot4.iU hUei lu
U i lor to choice, .iah4.8u; lambs, i3.WKft5.ilo.
Clui'liiitutl Hogs select shippers none
butiheis 6.k0a6 V5; fair to gnoil packers .VU
to 6.-0: lair to llaiit 4."6tof.un: ommiiou aud
ruU8tiv4.4HUi4.no I allle-guoU slllppersS4.76to&..SU
;tHidUjcliuli'e45.60iii67.; lair to medium Sl.uitv
46; cullilliuu if.'i6ti8.'6. Hbeep extra tLMllv
4.ti;stKid to chulcu 48,60to4.86; couiiiiouto tall
l.i6 Ui8.k6
Wool,
Philadelphia. Wool Is quiet; prices steady
Ohio, Feuusylvaula aud West Virginia XX
aud above, ITaUSe., X and above 16(io.i medi
um IflKuKlo.; quarter blood, 81ut'-o.; common,
lHualOc, New York, Michigan, Wisonnitin, etc.,
at lual7c; X, 16ujlHi.; medium, IVujSOc.; quartei
blood, 80tt81e.:eouiuiiin, ITujlSc.; washed, couth
lug, delaine Due, lh(,Kj. medium 81c88a;
coarse, lK)la.; low, 88(410.; unwashed medium
UtfV. IvI WttlUuui l7fU
1-Riirador Sorlfly.
In winter Labrnrlor is simply frprnn
bnt from tlio rest of tho worlo One
"komitick," or dog-sleil, mail reaches
some of tbe morn southerly tcttle
moots late in the spring;. The
Moravian miBsiounries at the Eskimo
villages further north endeavor at
leant once a winter to visit by komi
tick the few scattered white net tiers
within a hundred miles or so of the
missions. Sometimes the komitick isj
overtaken by a severe snowstorm be
fore shelter can tie obtained. Thea
Ihe miasionnry nnd his Eskimo driver
di-f a deep ditch down in tho snow,
and enmp in tho bottom. The gniies
Irom the enmp-flre prevent the snow
from floating in, nnd tho travelers are
sheltered from the icy blasts. At
linttle Harbor, Labrador, where there
is a church (there are only two
churches, I think, on the Labrador
const south of the Moravian missions),
they have a public sewing machine,
aud one long vinter, when ths
kerosene oil supply became very low,
tbe women gathered at the psrionng9
and did their sewing by tho para-mage
lamp. As tho Bn'.tie Harbor misiio'i
is too poor to fi'.rntsh tbe weo chtircU
with a bell, the rector signala the call
to service with n flag. fligh among
the rocks nt Littlo Ray, Newfound
land, I saw two little churches. One
of theso had a small belfry perched
on a still higher rock. The other's
hell swung from a tall spur ; nnd to
ring it one was obliged to climb a
fodder much like thu shrouds of a
vesRel. The dog-Hied is also the
regular method of winter traveling
over the frozen bays of Newfoundland ;
only it is drawn by Newfoundland
dogs instead of by tbq lialf-woltisli
Eskimo canines tipoti which the men
of Labrador hnve to rely. Thu Eskimo
dogB, with the equally Ravage inos
rjnitos, make life ashore a burden dur
ing summer in Labrador. A stick to
beat ofl the dogs nnd a veil as a pro
tection against tho mosquitu nre
nbsolntely necessary. It is n curious
fact that the further north yo:l go the
more pestiferous the mosqnitos be
come. They are worse in Labrador
than in Now Jersey, nudnro still worse
In Oreonlnnd than even in Labrador.
Otifltav Kobbc, iu Ht. Nicholas.
Electricity's ?iew Martin. Point.
It must not be supposed that the
new electricity represented by Nikola
Tcsla is iconoclastic. In tho minds of
a great many people of cttltnre the
idea prevails that invention is as large
ly a process of pulling down as of
buildiug up ; nnd elet-trieit r, in spread
ing from one branch of industry to
auother, encounters tho prejudice that
always rebuffs the innovator. The as
sumption is false. It in uy bo trtto that
in tho gladitorial arena where the
principles of scienco contend, one
party or the other nltrnyt fucciimh
and drags out its dead ; but in the
nrts long survival is the law for all the
nppliances that have been found of
any notnblo utility. It simply beooinos
a question of the contracting sphere
within which the old apparatus is
hedged by the advent of the new ; and
tbat relation once established l7
processes complex and long continued,
capable even of mathematical determ
ination, the two go ou together, com
plimentary in their adjustment to
epecillo human needu. In its latest
outgrowths, electrical application ex
emplifies this. After many years' nse
of dynamo-oloctrio machinery giving
what is known as the "continuous cur
rent," the art bas reached the conclu
sion that only with the "alternating
enrrout" cun it fulfill tho later duties
laid upon it, and aooomplish ths
earlier tasks that remain untouched.
With tbe continuous current we have
learned tbe rudiments of lighting and
power distribution. With th? titer
uating current, manipulated and
coaxed to yield its highest effloieney,
we may solve the problems of aerial
and marine navigation by electrioity,
operate large roilwuy systems, trans
mit the energy of Niagara hundreds of
miles, and, in Mr. Tenia's own phrase,
"book our machinery directly to that
ol nature." Century.
rranka ot Florida Wood-Hats.
Tbe latost narrative of tbe queer
doings of the Florida wood-rat, the
best-known of them nil, comes froji
Mrs. C. F. Latham, of Miuco, Florida.
Previous to the destruction by lire of
the old Oak Lodge, year before last,
it was often visited by a pair of very
sociable and quite harmless wooi-rats,
who nested in a palmetto but near by,
and made it their home until soma
cats came into the family. The wood
rats were big-eyed, handsome creatures
without the vicious look of a common
rat, with flue, yellow. su-gray fur,
wbito feet, aud white under parts.
Inasmuch as they never destroyed
anything save a pair of Mrs. Latham's
vhoe-itrings, which they bad to cut iu
order to get them out ot 'he eyelet
boles, they were tolerated about the
premises, and bore are soma of tbs
queer things they did.
They carried some watermelon seed)
from tbe lower floor, aud bid them
up-stnirs uuder Mr. Baxter's pillow.
Iu tbe kitohou they found soma
ououmber seeds, aud ol these they
took a tublespoouful aud deposited
them in the pocket of Mr. Baxter's
vent, which huug up-stairs oti a nail.
In one night they took eigbty-nve
pieoes of wood from a box of bee-hiva
lixtures, and laid them iu a ooru-box.
The following night they took about
two quarts of ooru aud oats, aud put
it iuto tbe box from wb'.oU they bee
hive lixtures oaiue. Ouoo Mrs. Luth
am mused a hnudi'ul of peo:tus, ami
they were so thoroughly hidden, that
she never found them. About a year
later tbe rats realized that Mrs, Luth
am bad. "given it up," aud lot the
pecans suddenly appeared ouu day
upoi ber bed I St. Nicholas,
Invitatious to foreign powers to
take part iu the l'uris exhibition, cl
I'JW have just been i i-al,
I