LEAPED TO THEIR DEATE TRAPPED AMID FIRE. Nine Hundred Employe! Imrjrlsoned in at Burning Faotory. W. C Donald's extensive tobacco factory on Ontario street, Montreal was partially de troyed ty lire 1 rlJay eveulug. The loss will teaeb ball million, on which there li no Insurance. There was not a lire escape on the outside, nor any appliances on the in tile ol the building lor the fUb'.lnj ol lira, Evan the windows were Kiinr.I-l by heavy Iron sureeus, premim ibly to prevent theft. Tbe lire started nt S p.m. In tne drying room and lor a while smouldered, iben suddenly the Unmet hurst out and a must awful panlu ensued. There were nine hun. dred employes In the building and more than halt ol this number were women Hit I girls. Tbe shrinks ol the women as tliiy beat agnlnst the iron screens, praying the crowd to do something to save them, were most heartrending. One girl says she Jumped from a fourth, tory window and escaped without Injury but her story seems hardly credible, and' (be was apparently strongly excited as she related her adventures Ida Forlln and Alphonsln Thladeau, who were among 80 or more that jumped, are expected to die. When tbe firemen turned out and raced to the corner ol Ontario and Iberville streets, tbey realized at a glance their bard tusk. In tbe bugs flve-ttory building was packed some 000 people, and the Humes wore already showing in the drying and beating rooms, where tin lire broke out. The work ol rescue was speedily seen to be a ditllcult one. In front ol each window was thick wire gauze, wblcb was In a few cases torn ol! by tbe frantlo girls. To the great horror ol tbe panic-strtcken people below, one of tbe girls made a leap tor lilo and was dashed almost to pieces on tbe pavement be low. I.Ike so many sheep, many others fol lowd. A great many of them managed to Innd on top of shed, and thus broke their fall. Fortunately the firemen were gradually able to put up ladders to ths fourth floor and thus rescue tbe majority ol tbe ball hundred women who were working there, muuy of Whom bad fainted. For bolt an bour there was a constant stream of firemen carrying women down tbe ladders, though in many casea the work bad to be stopped, because the flames broke out unexpectedly at tbe place wberj the rescue work was going on. In several Instances tbe olotbing ot the women caught Hre, and many ol them reached the side walk hall nude. Tbe scene which the street presented was most terrible. The surging crowd ot sight seers, composed mainly ol triends and rela tives ol the employes, prayed and besought the firemen to save their loved ones; the clung of the engine and ambulance bells, the roar of the firemen, as they shouted orders to one another, and tbe agonizing shrieks of the poor women locked np In the upper stories, combined to make a scene almost beyond de scription. Tbe greatest horror of all came when three firemen, Vlau, Cbarette and llurwoil, were caught on the roof as the flames burst through. Vlau and Cbarette managed to es cape by means ol a rope and a ladder, but Durwell tound every avenue cut off, with tbe flames closing around him. He alternately raised bis bands in prayer and shouted to tbe crowd below to save him lor (tod's sake. rriesta. their soutanes trailing in the mud, were murmuring prayers In the street below, and ns no ladders seemed long enough to reach bitn, be seemed doomed, when a num ber ol young volunteers, alter lashing sev eral ladders together, made a venture, and finally brought bim down. Tbe girls were uearly all on the fourth floor and frantic with tear. 80 tar one is known to be dead and several others aro bo Ueved to be in tbe ruins. From inquiries at the hospital eoncemlng the condition ol tbe girls Injured by Jumping from the windows of tbe burning building, It was learned Ibat but little hope Is enter tained tor the reoovery ot at least five. Tbe first girl to make tbe terrible loop from tbe fourth Boor to the warehouse roof, was Marie Onguon, who was picked np in an Insen sible eoudltlon, with her back broken. SPAIN WILL MAKE APOLOGY. Ample Reparation Offered for Firing Upon the Alliance. Tbe report tbat the Alllanca affair has been ettled by Bpalu's ooaceding tbe American claims. Is confirmed officially. Tbe (Spanish government will give honorable satisfaction for tbe mistake, and admits tbat tbe Alllanca was outside territorial waters when tbe Conde de Veuadlto tired upou ber. Com manders ol warships in Cuban waters have been instructed precisely not to lire on Vessels outside tbe three mile limit, COLUMBIA A SPEEDY SHIP. Tbe Triple Screw Cruiser Breaks the Be- oord to Kingston. Tbe United Btatea erulsera New York and Columbia arrived at New York from Key West, All tbe officers praise the Columbia, which made the ran from here to Kingston, .families. In three days and 33 hours, under ball boiler power, thus breaking tbe teeord. An average ot 14 knots was made with only two ol ber three screws on tbe way down. AHuceFieoeof Steel. . Tbe connecting tower of the man-of-wat Massachusetts, now being built at Cramp's shipyard, Philadelphia, is one of tbe largest steel eastings ever made. It Is hollow cylinder seven feet three in diameter and a little over seven feet high. Llk locomo tive tire, It is ca tm . piece, and v fuu nun nu iiinil nuunl Inside Ot u i.hn..i i,andln bis bead. When placed on ih. Maaaaebuaetts It will be topped by tbe wooden pilot bouse. Irom which the ship Is steered wben not in aeuuu. mi twuj wi - j 1 Hampton, N. Y., woman whose cute Is pus. aliog all tbe doctors roundaboutas to whether soe IS aeau w ,u appearance. It is Just a week sluoe ber sup posed fleam aim nu hkui ui mdvuuiijosimuu Lave yet been manifested, Hbe still lies In Mi I Hi- f.nnl urln. Rm hml...J ays she can lie there all summer It neces sary. There wo ! "f breathing. Precocious .tacue Thieve. -t. Ksmm. Miviu Casper and Richard "tfoniae, who were arrested at Valparlaso, ina., nave eonieasvu 10 turee nignway rob beries and two burglaries of a railroad depot, Tbey terrorized citizens of New Buffalo, Mich., last Halurday by Imitating drunken cow beys. Two hundred people chased them for miles. In esoapiug tbe boys swum a iver. k Dr. Buchanan Respited. Gov. Morton bas granted Dr. Buchanan a respite for a week. The respite was the re suit of Mrs. Buchanan's palbetio plea, and was granted principally to give tbe condemn ed man time In wbioh to prepare lor death. Mrs. liucbauan (wbo is the murderer's wo und wile) nxiompauled by a lady Irlend, rt malued with tbe governor for nearly an bour bavinif secured a reversal of bis expressed determination not to Interfere In the case. Standing of the League Clubs. PUtahura1 -T 1 .875 I Brooklyn 1 s .600 .out .6(10 .875 .Has .40 li-li iniiira e 4 .HOT lit.. .4 4 .6nuj 4 4 ,wuj t .(tail .fto7 Waabinaion...l I Cluciuueli .MOiNew York.....! 1 h I litii-viii a a 4 muago.... Cleveland, tAti I Philadelphia !tt 4 .VJv I o. lAiuif s TELEGRAPHIC TICKS. The strikers at the Wilson woolen mills, Trenton, N. J., have been granted restora tion of 10 per cent In wages. Two unsuccessful attempts were tnndeTue. lay bight to wreck fast train on tbe Big Four road In Boutbwestern Michigan. In the conspiracy action of the Imeber Watch Cose Company ngalnst the Amorican Watch Case Company, the Jury In the New York court failed to agree. Miss Jane Adams, who bas some reputa tion In Chleigo as a reformer, was appointed by Mayor Rwltt garbage Inspector lor the Nineteenth Ward. John Johnson, a coxswain on the cruise Olympla, was killed while the crew was en gagnd In target practice oft Coronada, the breech plug of a five-Inch gun flying out and striking him. Tillle Itntscb, the 6-year-old child at New York, who ate April tool candy, has died from the effects ot a poison In tbe tweet tuff. Tbe Costa Itlcan envoy at Paris hat been lent to Madrid to explain how the expedition of General Maoeo was allowed to leave Costa Rica and land la Cuba. The coal operators of tbe Urszil, Ind., dis trict have proposed to oontinue the existing scale of wages, with a S per eent. reduction In case a reduction it made In Pennsylvania and Ohio. Investigations made during the past week (how that tbe note for (1 "O.OO'J with tbe late Jatnet O. Fair's alleged signature attached, and the late Leland Stanford's alleged In dorsement, Is a forgery, and that the forger Is probably the same person wbo tome yean ago signed J. C. Flood's name to a note tor (200,000, In favor of W. W. Corcoran, ol Washington. JAPAN'S REPLYJO RUSSIA. A St. Petersburg Dispatch Says Jape Plead Fear of Revolution If any Con cessions are Made. The Japaneso Government replying to the noto of tbe Russian Government, Intimating that thoro are various conditions In their trenty of peaco between Jupan and China that llussla cannot allow to be put Inti ex ecution, bas luformed Russia that If Japan yields to tbe exactions of Russia, France and Germany she would expose horsell to n revo lution, as the people ol Japan are Intoxicat ed with their victories aud would ns'e it to no concessions. In spile of the reply Russia Is determined to mnlntnln ber demands. A Washington dispatch says: Japanese officials here question tne oorreotnest ot the Bt. Petersburg cable dispatch, giving Japan's reply to Russia. It Is pointed out that tbe Tokio Government would not make such a confession ol weakness as to say Hint a revo lution would occur. It it also urged that the reply lacks the dignity that will characterize tueh annwers as Japan may make. While this Is the view ol officials, tbey have not been advised ot the Ruiso-Japun phase ol the subject. The Impression Is growing, however, tbnt while the threatened Interven tion will not be realized, it may enoourago China to break the peace arrangements and thus bring ou a renewal ot tbe war. TRAINS BLOCKADED BY HAIL. Texan Towns Peforated Like Sievea by the Tempest of Huge Hall Stones. The terrific hailstorm which swept through Wilson, Ilexsur and and Medina counties, Tex., did much damage. Tbe hailstones were the size ol goose eggs, and covered the ground to the depth of two feet The towns of Lytle. Denton City and Castrovllle were riddled like a sieve by tbe hailstones. The damage to residences and business bouses In Lytle alone amounts to about 60,000. Hun dreds of bead ol live stock were killed. TI10 tracks ot the International and Great Northern Railroad were blockaded with hail stones, and tbey bnd to be removed belore trains oould proceed. Tbe cotton and corn crops In the path ol the storm were complete ly; destroyed Two ,hundred thousand dol lars, it is estimated, will hardly cover the amouut ot dainaire to crops and other prop erty. A subscription will be started at Han Autonla for the rellel ot tbe sufferer from tbe storm. TOO MUCH LOVE MAKING. Trouble at the Colleo-e Over Studs' Being Neglected for Courting. There It trouble at ML. Union College Al liance, O., over love making between male and female students, and a state of tblngt al most reaching rebellion exists. A number ot students refused to attend tbe cadet corps drills and six ol them were suspended. Then l)r. Marsh, t je president, lectured tbe stud ents, aud said tuere was too much courting and not enough s.udy. He stated that here after there would be a revolution along tbat line. "It Is said tbat matches are made In heaven," said Dr. Marsh, "bat by tbe way things have been going ol late here. 1 think that beaven bas opened a branch oUloe at Mt. Union college." SHAD FOR EVERYBODY. Blggeat Haul Ever Taken Out of the Delaware. ' The Chester and Marcus Hook fishermen m,Kbe greatest haul or shad Tuesday thai mi Vm pl,,0 10 ,he" WR,er 0w ThH..i,Kre brouht re. iwuVb to C?0",, and barrel, piled uVln.wa,1 w";u. wo" P Severn! ri wharf, tbe flsb in ihStf' ' ouW t haul all of tbe loaded net, 'pVt , w'Rn water that there vC a " ttl !? '' Four hundred and nve TundtLd,,mpln boat was about the avera ' Delaware seemed to be alive with .bad no matter what part ot tbe river ttte net ha pened to lie, the result was ths tamaT The Big BtampSwlndla. In tbe extradition proceedings at Hamilton Ont, ageism Mrs. Mauk said to be tbe urinl clpai la the United Status stamp swlujle she was positively identiiled as Tlnsey McMillan. It was also shown that the sent several pack ages alleged to contain bogus ramps Irom Uulfalo to Chicago O. a I)., tbe proouedt to Ufl retllrrxt.1 lA tlta t 'an. I l..n M....ul... paoy. Hauiiltun, Out, Booth Renounoee England. General Rulllngton Booth, of the Salvation rmy. bas renounced Queen Vlatorla, ami In two weeks will beuoine an American citizen. . ,orinal "PH'x-tlon at tbe county nar! A0' ?'y.'o the necessary papers. Geuerul Hootu'a first papers, which he brought with bim, were taken out In New York in is Uat ,aw o Naw Je, IQO GM1 rn a Ann If,.. vine. a..K..n v- Jl wa-iv..nw VMIUWI UW MOUH upon under two Weeks. & L. Jones shot and filled John O. Swear Ingen, brother-in-law ol M-Uov, Tillman, at Edgefield, B. O. HEWS FROM THE CAPITAL FOREIGN JUDGMENTS. The First Ohio Man to Refuse Office Has Been Located. It It generally believed that the United Stales Buprome Court will, before the ad journment ol tbe present term, render de rision In tho case Involving the validity ol foreign Judgments In courts of thlt coun try. Barring the question of a rehearlug In lbs Income tax cases, thlt It probably the most Important mntter now belore tbe court, and the fact that notwithstanding tho cases were argued during the terms ol lfl'J 1-1)4, and still remain undecided, would appear to Indicate that the members of the court have encountered dlincultlrt In dealing with them. There are two ot these cases, but the points involved are so much alike that a decision in one will in all probability he equal to 1 de cision In the other. The first of the caset Is that of Hamuel J. Ritchie vs. James 11. Mc Mullln, aud is sn appeal from the dee slon of the United States Circuit Court lor the district of Ghlo, nfilrmlng the Judgment ot a Canadian court in Mc.Mullln's behalf, against Ritchie) the second that of Henry Hilton and othort vs. Gustave II. Guyot, from tbe 1'nlted fltntes Circuit Court lor tbe southern district ol New York, affirming a decision against Hilton and Libbey, successors to A, T. Htew art A Co. lor the sum ol 230,33'4. In the lat ter ease Guyot appears as ths official liqui dator of the affairs of the firm ot Chnrles Fortln A Co., glove manufacturers, of Paris. It appears In 1KG0 Htnwurt A Co. entered luto an agreement with Forlin A Co. to sell In this country all the gloves the French firm could manufacture and to divide the profits equally. In 1470 there was a disagreement and Fortln A Co. sued the New York bouse In tbe Tribunal ot Commerce of Paris, and obtained n Judgment lor the larger share ol their claims. The case was appealed to the Paris Court of Appeals, but the Judgment was affirmed. rtAnso OCT. Judge A. Ii Fenrson,ex-Congressmnn from Ohio, wbo was appointed tbe other day as a Mineral Laud Commissioner tor the Coeur d'Alene District by President Clevelund, tendered his declination of tbe office to the President. Judge Pearson resigns beciuse be feels tbnt It will not pay bim to accept ten dollnrs a day and expeuses during the time he is occupied and go to Montnnn, begleot In his law business at Woodafleld, O. His name bas been prominently mentioned lor the vacant Deputy Comptrollershlp of tbe Treasury. There are many candidates and as tbe Comptroller, Mr. Howler, is an Obio man, the chances are not the best tor Judge Pearson's appointment. Tbe resignation ol ths Comniisslonereblp bas caused wonder In Washington, and there are those wbo say It Is the first Instanoe on record where an Ohio man refused to accept nu office for which he bad been named. happi names. Tbat business Is Improving is evidenced by the great number ol bridal couples tbnt have visited Washington since Easter. On all sides tbe happy pairs are seen. Old-timers say that they do not remember a greater In flux of tbe UHwIy-tnorrled in year. At one hotel there have been nearly sixty of tbem this week. At another thirty have registered, and the other hotels have tbeir quota. It Is not an exaggeration to say tbat six scores ir more young people, nil married within tbe week, bave come to Washington. Last year the exports of tea from nsnkow, China, to America and Canada were 8,95,2111 pounds. About the same amount was sent to Great llrltaln direct, while .2,409,247 pounds were shipped to Russia. The cruise of Admiral Mead's squadron of evolution bos ended aud tbe ships are com ing borne from Colon. This Is taken to meai that the United States does not anticipate auy trouble with the British In the matter ol tbe eolleoting of indemnity irom Nicaragua A single gold standard meets tbe views of Beoretary ol Agriculture Morton, at a sound currency basis. The deficit In the Treasury for the first twenty days ot April is ten millions. The de ficit for the vear may be over ttiO.000.OUO. MAMMOTH ARTESIAN WELL One Said to Have Beeu Struck in Hamil ton County, Ind. In drilling woll for oil In Hamilton eounty, north of Indianapolis, at a depth of 900 feet the drill apparently dropped through a crust ot rock and a rush of water followed that submerged the dorrick and drove oft the workmen. The drill was II u ally removed, which gavo tbe water an unobstructed vent, aud ever since tbe water bas been escaping at a rate tbat threatens to submerge the neighborhood. Tbe water escapes from a six-Inch pipe, and Is thrown fifty feet above the lop of the derrick, which Itself Is eighty leet high. The force ol tbe w ter is such tbat tbe eolumn at It hat been swayed Irom side to side by tbe wind bas knocked tbe cross limbers from the upper part ol tbe derrick, leaving nothing but tho upright pieces. The roar cuu be beard for miles, Tbe water It tally. A channel will be started to tbe nearest creek or river. A Baltimore and Ohio Wreck. Ateriout freight wreok occurred on tbe Baltimore and Ohio railroad west of Lodi. A swamp fire Ignited a trestle, which burned rapidly. Tbe blaze served at a warning to Engineer Boettler aud Fireman Kaoata at tbeir train approached from the west. Both Jumped and escaped Injury. The engine and 12 oars plunged luto the deep gully. Tbe cars, with the merchandise they contain ed, were burned. Tbe engine and trustle were completely ruined. Chinaman Coma in aa Corpaes- Cblnamcn come to Montreal from Van cover aud are shipped la latchet ol tlx to Quebeo, where tbey are dressed at women aud forwarded to Bt. Johns, N. B., where tbey are kept in biding a day or two. Venti lated eofflns are then provided, and in these the "corpses" are shipped to Vauceboro, Me., where tbey are claimed by another of the gang, who arranges for tbeir distribution through the Btatea. , V Twlna Six Timet. Zane.Ttn. o u,, a0OOred resident who l"1 V'd peculiar to bliuaeif. He was ae ri"Vuu' C- "aJ ' M HJ-.f . U!,B ui'"'Ud Ave times, bis "'w"a u,"lf 0"'y J years ol age. He bas been married to her . father ot si, children. ',jL "itt, twSi He It tbe father ot nli.oleea eulMren seven ot whom are dead. Three ol , ou. wives bore bim twins. 01 Francis 8. Key Monument. A delegation of men and women front Frederick county, Md., called ou Governor Brown and requested him to ask the gov ernors of all tbe slates and territories to aid man."..'.'"'.;00""' ,0 U"' ""hU- nient over the grave of Francis Scott Key the author ot the "St., Spangled Banned whose remains are burled In FrederlokV The governor promised to do a. guested and will have (otters sent to all governor. In the nuion. asking their co.ope7.tlon S ral. al the necessary luudt. John MoCsbe, ex-ehlef ol tbe New York fire department, shot and killed himself la the Mllbollend olub, in tbat cltr. EVADING THE TAX. One-Fifth Of Taxable Incomes Not Re-ported-Vanderbllti Said to be In the List. Revised calculations by the officials of the Internal revenue bureau show tbat about 3 jer cent ottbe persons believed to be tubjec( 10 the Income tax bave failed to make the re. lurn preserllied by law. The first estimate slnced the number ot delinquents nt about 10 tier cent. Each day adds to the difficulties and per plexities ol Commissioner Miller In the en lorcement of tbe emasculated statute. Al though secrecy Is properly observed by the officials In regard to individual cases, It Is generally understood that many ot tbe wealthiest men In tbe country huvo Ignored the law completely. This is said to be par ticularly the caso with several well known millionaires, whose Incomes are de rived mainly from rents. The Vanderblltt are classed in this category, and several rich men In Philadelphia, Biltimore and New York city nre said to have failed to Inform the Internal revenne officers ol the character and extent ol their Incomes, It Is a reasonable theory that the people who have failed In the Initial mntter 01 mak ing a return will also fall In the more Impor tant matter ot paylug the tnx. l itis class of persons will be proceeded ngalnst by the government, and may be requested to make an earnest legnl resistance. It is too early to Indicate what steps the treasury department will take to compel the dellquents to meet tbeir obligations under the law, but It it an nounced tbat tbe government will exercise Its lull powers in the premises. A gentleman who has looked carelull1 Into the law. alter Its severe shattering by the su preme court, says that the exemptions, If nvalled of by persons smart enough to lake advantage of their loose construction, can very easily be made to wipe out any Income, however big. It is said that one gentleman ot extensive ptmsesslons made np bis Income at tlO'i.OUU, aud then, in nu off hand, care less way, with the assistance ol tbe collector ol bis revenue district, checked off tho ex emptions to which the law entitled him. Tbey went over it twice, and the collector pronounced It to be all right and then went to work to add up tbe exemptions. Imagine bis surprise and consternation when the ex emptions footed up 1 109,000, or 0,000 more than the Income. In npother district a salaried man gave bit lalury as (0,000. "That leaves you 2,0OU to pay upon," said the collector. But it seemt tbe salaried man had borrowed during the year tiO.000, upon which be paid (2,5 )0 in terest This the law permitted to be de ducted, and so he bnd notblng to pay. An other case was that ol a person who claimed and was allowed an exemption ol 9100 on account of rent for a box In a safety vault, which be declared was necessary tor the con duct of his business. NICARAGUA MUDDLE. The United States Will not Interfere With England. From the most trustworthy sources, It It learned tbat tbe President bat again upset tbe policy wblcb Secretary aresbam had out lined In dealing with tbe Nicaraguan ques tion. There It to be no protest on tbe part ol tbe United Htatea against any action Great Britain may take In eulorclug ber demands, sad Lord Kimberly will practically carry out his plan, wbleu It now teems oertaln will lead to complications, and wblcb may bring upon the United Htatea the serious question of demanding tho withdrawal ol British sailors and marines from Nicaraguan territory. Mr. Gresbam't carefully outlined program wot to prevent tholnudlng of troops, seizure of the custom bouses and cession of any land which Nicaragua might be willing to transfer to Great Britain In payment ol tbe indemnity. Tbe president, however, hat decided tbat so long as England makes no direct attempt to annex any part nl Nicaragua thlt country will not Interfere with ber purpose to exaot prompt reparation lor Consul Hatch's ex- fiulslon. Lord Kimberly's disavowal ot any mention on Great Brltuln't part to extend territorial jurisdiction over any part ol Nicaragua, has satisfied the President thnt she lias every right to adopt what method the may please to Insist on the payment. STRANGE BANK ROBBERY. More Than $30,000 Taken from the Vault During Builnese Houra. The First National bank of P.alnfleld, N. J., was robbed of (22,7(11 Monday. It It thought the tbelt was committed while there were but two clerks in tbe bank, when a Itraager eutered and engaged tbem In con versation, while a confederate reached the vault through tbe directors' room. The rubbery was discovered wben Cashier Frank 8. Ruuyou was preparing to close the bank for tbe day. Tne money was In two packages. One contained (20,00.) in new bills, aud tbe other contained (3,703 In muti lated bills. All ol lbs bank employes were Immediately questioned, and It was fo'ind tbat at the noon bour only two clerkt had teen at tbeir posts. Adeiuert Vail, a ein.a, was alone at the wickets. A tirauger came In with a big sheet ol paper, on which was written a list of notes, lie engaged Vail In conversation. It is thought the robbery was oommltted then. Tbe bank officers believe that the robbery wat tbe work of profes sionals. NO MORE CONQUESTS- J span's Ambition to Progress and De velop. The"Journol dee Debate" Paris, publishes a report of an Interview with Mr.Bone Arnsuke' Japanese minister to Fiance, upon tbe resnll ot the China-Japanese war. The mlnlstet declared that European trade would be un able to withstand (be competition of Japan, ibis, however, be said, was purely a pecuni ary question and could be modified In accor dance with tbe adoption by European coun tries of a bi-metalllo st mdard or ths reten tion ol.the existing standnrL Japan, be said, does not project any con quests. Hur one ambition Is to advance in tbe path ol progress and develop tbe trade and industries of the country she basrecmily acquired. Tbe fears ol Spain tbat Japan will encroach upon tbe Pbllllploe islands, the minister said, are groundless. Japan It sat Islled with tbe possession of Formosa. SCIENTIFIC EXHIBITION. It Will Start from Philadelphia to Cruise About the Arotlo Reglona, A tcientlSo expidltiou in the interest of the Academy of Natural Sciences will start from Philadelphia for Alaska, to last four or Ave montna. Dr. Benjamin Sharp and John M. Justice make up tbe party. Tbey will leave on the United States revenue cutter Bear, wblcb Is tbe flagship ot tbe Americiui Heel in tbe Aroilo water. The expedition is practically in eearob ot botanical specimens, birds, mammals, and marine invertebrate S 111, as Dr. bbarp cbaruoteristloaly expressed It, they'll take everything tbey oan lay tbeir bands upon, Monslgnor Bporretll, of tbe Papal legation at Washington, emphatically denied tbe re-, porta that Batolli it toon to be called back to Borne. The Grand Jury In London Indicted Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor, and the witnesses against tbem are guarded by police to pre vent tbem from being mobbed, Fire destroyed 175,000 worth of property In F. B. Newton's lumber yards ei Cleveland, KEYSTONE STATE CDLLINGS STRIKE AT NEW CASTLE. A Thousand Men Quit Work and all furnacet Idle. Every furnace in New Cistle Is I lie, and about 1,000 men are out ot employment. A demand by the workmen for higher wages and refusal of tbe furnace managers to grant the demand. It ths reason for the un expected move. The men asked that tbe old wages of 1HU2 be paid. or. niAVEn'i Dtscnvtnr. For tome time past Gen. Bearer hat been making expenmentt nt his nail workl at Ilellelonle, In a now tin plate process. The work is now complete and tbe G -nernl de clares It a comnletesuccess, but, at applica tion! for a patent nre pending, the nature of the process cannot be divulged, further than It reduces to a mlnlmnn the ooe. ol making tin plate. The discovery Is tit combined work ol Gen. Beaver and a I'lusburg Iron manufacturer, snd when patents bave been receive!, mills will be erected at Pittsburg and probably In Bellelonte. It Is laid there will be millions In It the oil rm.Ds. To tho people of Butler county tho oil ad vance means much, as the average produc tion ol the Butler field is 15,00) barrels per day. At olJ prices this represent a'out (15, 000 to the producers and royalty owners, but at to-day's prices It means .17,KW. or nearly (7,000,000 of profit In a yeur. Oil at tbe present price means that la the prevent year more than (10,000 will be paid tbe Butler Jounty oil Interests. A FAiaTEn's rnniLLMo pall. Kelly Hunter, while on a scaffold engaged In painting a hotel building nt New Brighton, went to adjust the ropes and lost bis balance and tell to the grouud, a distance ol lorty feet. He clung to the rope, which broke hit fall somewhat, but bis back is se.-lonsl; in jured. His clinging to tbe rope doubtless saved bis life. riED roR WORKINO OH SCKDAV. Eight employes of tbe Pennsylvania Bill roaJ at Altoona, arrested on tbe charge of violating ths Htitte law ol 1704 by performing worldly labor on tbe Sabbath day, were con victed and lined by rjnulre Ake. The ense will be taken to court. 1). II. Kerr, a dis charged employe. Is the prosecutor. A rATAL SnEEP DISEASE. A strange and fatal sheep disease bas brokeu out among the flocks In tbe southern part ol Center county. Tbe sbeep are seized with a vloleut shaking and In five minutes drop dead. One farmer lost 17 In two days. Its first appearance was in a drove of Shrop shire! Imported from Canada by Jobn It. Lee. A UCDDLE IN WESTMORELAND, By falling to oomply with tbe law In pe titioning court lor nu order to sell, tbe West moreland couuty commissioners cannot le gally bold tbe sale ol many hundreds of properties acquired by the failure of their owners to pay tbe taxes on tbem. The protpectt of tbe eleotrio line and tbe Beecb Creek road hat caused a stir about Latrobe, All the ooai laud between that plane and Snltsburg has been leased and 1 ulldlng land bas gone up. Tbe steel works I as started np and the plant will be increas ed. About I08 additional men will be em ployed. W. D. Anderson It nnder arrest at Beaver Falls, charged by lit. Mercer with obtaining money nnder false pretense by representiag blmsull an agent of tbe Iron City Insurance company ol Pittsburg. Tbe company it told to be behind tbe suit. At a banquet of "tlxteenert" In Philadel phia, (tbe anniversary of the late Governor Curtiu s birth), models and drawings ol tbe monument to oe erected to bim in Harris burg wat inspected. Word bas been received at Washington,! rom a member of the pardon board, tbat the seutonce ot death on John Kismlnger, the Waynesburg murderer, will be commuted to life Imprisonment. Michael Kelly, an old citizen of Dunbar, committed suicide by drinking two bottles of laudanum. Kelly bad made two other at tempts to commit tulcide. George Rolf, of Green sborg, wnt knocked down with a coupling pin by two robbers, Dear Morrallville, and robbed ol overcoat, tatcbel, watch and chain and (35. Ten workmen were badly burned by an ex plosion of molten metal at tbe Hhoron steel costing works, Sharon, They will probably all recover, however. Early Friday morning Barnett McCracken, tbe head of tbe grain firm of B. MoCracken A Bon, 971 Liberty avenne, Pittsburg, died at hit residence, Batet ttreet, aged 71 years. Tbe 200 men who struck against a reduc tion ol wages at the Carb'in works. Washing ton, returned 10 work, tbe reduction having been withdrawn. At New Brighton Capt. C. Walsh, of Bucks port, Me., a member of a theatrical company was run over by one ol hit hones and badly trampled. The old onion depot at Corry, In the center of the town Is to be pulled down and a new one built three-quarters ot a mile west of there. William Zelgler, a Plttsbnrg milk dealer, hat been arrested at Washington, on tne charge of defrauding Washington county milkmen. Sheriff Shaw, wbo wat tbot last Thursday night near Unlontuwn by George Hmltiey, is dying at hit home In Kingwood, W. Va. M. C. Woodward's tannery and barn near Indiana, were doelroyed by an Incendiary Ore, causing loss of (5.000. Tbe Fayette county gang ot outlaws ft charge 1 with the theft of a valuable horse from John Overly, ot Kecksburg. A Are at Dunbar destroyed four dwelling houses owned bv the Dunbar Furnace Com pany. Loss, (2.00U. D. IL DeMun was appointed postmaster at Perry, Forest oounty, and William Allison at Sonman, Cambria county. . Nine splinters at wood, which had been In his body for over a year, were removed from Harvey Sowers at Union town. Jobn Klrkland, 11 years old, died of look Jaw at Millwood, after suffering great agony. A board of trade wat organized at Corry, with a good alzed membership. Silent Signals. In addition to reducing telephone rates the Clevelaud Telephone Compauy will put In entirely new "central" apparatus by which signal bells will be replaced by miniature electric Hunts. A subscriber In Calling the "central" will not ring a bell, but will sim ply remove the earpboue from the hook. Thlt will flash a light on tbe switchboard at the exchange. By this meant tbe operator at "central," after making a connection eon tell at a glance at auy time Just what the con dition ot tbe line It at any moment, and will not bave to listen or break la on the conver sation to Und If the subscribers are talk-lug. She Wcn't Oo There Any Morn. An amusing Hory Is told of a Went Walnut atrit-t young wotiinn, who, hav ing rend strange tales about sliliuiiilng In London, di'terinltiod to visit I'hlla dclpliln's own vory tough slum district and see what life t lit? re was like. A a sort of preliminary sho supplied her self with a number of tracts, having n vague Idea that the benighted resi dents there were In need of spiritual In struction. Boarding a Seventh slreel car she got off at Ilatnbrldire, and tn the first man she saw, who was leaning ngnlnst a lamp post, she very politely handed one of the tracts. He took II Kood-naluredly, and after glancing at It returned It with the smiling remark that he was a married man. O really mystified by this expression, she looked at the tract and saw that It was en titled, "Abide with me." Khe took the jipitt car home, vowing vcugeanco against tracts a id slumming. An Old Custom nevlvefl. At tho first diplomatic dinner riven liy tho now President of the French re jiubllc M. Felix 1'nuro created quite a Hensutlou by Inaugurating n new cus tom, or rather by reviving nn old one which has long fallen Into disuse. All the ambassadors and ministers present, together with their attaches, both civil" and military, had been rcrjuested be forehand, through the medium of the "Chef tin Frotoc le," otherwise the Mas ter of Ceremonies, to dou their gala unr" forms Instead of the customary swallow-tall and whlto tie. Accordingly everybody who was entitled to wear one, was attired In ft gold or silver braided coat even French officials nud ns the ladles had selr.ed the oppor tunity to put on their gayest dresses nnd their most sparkling dlnmonds, the general effect was quite magnificent. (Jueen. Miss Logan Square I suppose thlstlo down Is the lightest thing In the world. Miss Diamond Btreet IMd yon ever hear young Llghthend try to tulk? t'blladelphla Inquirer. Wiggles Why did they call It a char ity concert, do you think? Waggles I don't know. Fosslbly because It Is so often necessary to be charitable toward tho nerformers. Somcrvlllo Journal. MARKETS. PITTSBIKO. TTIB WnOLSJSAt.I rSICM 4KB 0IVI!C tSIW.) Grain. Flour and Feed. WHEAT No, 1 red ( 04 9 .Nu. 11 red !l COKN No. II yellow ear, new...... M I3 Mixed esr, new to 61 bo. X yellow sbelled .. 61 M OA '18 No. 1 wLlte tm b7 No. ( white .V)4 Extra No, 8 white Hi i l ight mixed M 4i KVt-.No i M 7 No. western lid M FLOtK Minn, fancy patents t io 0 fancy winter patents - 5 4u tMJ 'aney stralgnt winter I0 S 00 trsight XXX bakers' t ', US) Hie bour 15 25 HAY Nu, 1 timothy Is i It M No. it 10 :i w Mixed clover. No. 1 10 611 11 no Loose timothy, from wssnna..n 17 00 )H no FKEll No. 1 WWte Md , ,ton.... 17 05 Will Nu. White Middlings 17 (U 17 60 Mrown. Middlings. Id 50 17 00 Brsn, bulk . lit 5U )7 00 ETKAW VNbest UeO 5 S4 Uat bii t Ir) Dairy Products, BUTTER Elgin Creamery 4 1 J S3 faney Creamery nt SI rsney Country Itoll M 15 It Low grade and cooking - t 10 CilhhNK Ohio, new 10 . New .York, new . Wi II Wisconsin bwisa 14 Hl Llmiiurger. newmake. 1-J Vi Frait and Vegetables. APPLES Fancy, V b,l t 4 M19 S 00 liKANe liaad-picaeu, per nu...... g idu s5 . Llmu, lb 5 6 P01 iul-flue, in car. bu - 70 75 from store, bu 7S so BKh'ls per bid 1 on J io CArlNAtitt Home grown, uul 1 Ou 1 60 Tb'K-NIPn per tiM ho ONION Yellow, bu V0 1 (JO f AHy.Mfa per bbl 60 .? Poultry, Kte. Live Chickens, W pair Live bucks. V pair H Dressed I)uess.r lb Dressed cnickeus, V " " young select... Live Turkeys, V lu Kou8 r-a and onto. Iresb KATiil'.HS-tltralleL.eee,ViO No. 1 ax. Llveoeese, V lu Country, larg po-u Miscellaneous. SEEDS Clover W lbs , 'limotby, prime. H., Blue Ui-aae Rags country mixed. tlONk'Y unite clover Buekwbeat HAJ'Lk elKL'r', new ... cIDLh country, sweet, bni. IaUoW CINCINNATI, FLOCR , W HhAT No. Meu MY t. So. 8 ., COKN Jailed ...... OA18 Luce 1)1 1 1 fart Ohio Creamery rtHLAUatLPHlA. FLOt'R , 00 3 40 WiikAT No. Ked Si . tau COU.N No. S Mlseii . 61 W OA 1 H No. niu. - i 7 Bt'i'l EK Creamery, extra si i l.uti--rs nrsis is NEW YOK1C FLOUR Patents . t SO 3 4 15 WMkAT No. sited ta us hYlv etate a be COKN No. II . W 5a OAT White Western 7 i DC 11 JaK creamery. 14 Jl j-UUS Btate aud fena 1414 14 LIVE STOCK. Cxxtbal Etoci Yians, kUsT Uskarv, Pa. Can La, iTlme, 1.400 to 1. MO lbs ...,.! t 00 a 83 Oood, 10 to 1.4UU Its IIJ Jj uood butcaars, 1 ,ai to i.wju in... 1 50 5 m Inly, l.uuito l.isos- 6 ml tub Fair Hunt steers, win to louu lb....- 4 Ul 4 no Common, ,00 to tsjuo k 10 b5 nous. Fblladelphlaa S 90 5 40 best Yorkeis aud mixed... fi sj 6 Common to lair Yorkers..... 6 m (17 Fxtra. 09 to 105 lb ... .. 4 00 lii Oood, HI to us lb 101 ' a Jj fair. 76 to ei lb ., KM) g u) Common - ..,..... SO) km Yaaruugs.. 6j oj C hk-aco. Cattle Common to extra steers Cuomo. 6; stutkrrs and lenders. iir)4 .i cows and bulla, ei.76ta6.UU; culves, .uo,c?4 llogs beavy, l. 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