OUR INDUSTRIAL REVIEW. CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT. Increasing aud Health? Activity Mani fested Genera1, y. Turing the week )ut ended the general Industrial activity hna continued, reports to that effect coming Irom all qunrtcrs. Num erous manufacturing concerns that have been closed during the business depression have again resumed operatlona.re-einploylng hun dreds of workmen. A gratifying lenture of the week's news is the large number of In stances where the wages of employes have been Inoreaaed; in most of those reported the increase has been voluntary on the part of the employers, and in many in making the announcement the llrms have stated their reason tor so doing, and it has been Iden tical in every ease "Improvement in busi ness." Capitalists engaged In the Iron Industry, which is generally recognized as furnishing reliable gauge of business In general, and is second in Importance only to agriculture, seems to have no doubt that good limes are here and that better times are eoming. The manufacturers of steel rails, steel plates and other structural forms for railroads and buildings are putting on Increased forces of workmen, and running to their fall cnpaolty. Bo In all lines of manufactures and trade there is increasing and healthful activity. A Signal Victory The International Typographical Colon have won their fight of long standing against the big publishing house of Rand, MoNally A Co., of Chicago, and the office is now thor oughly unionised. This fight has been car ried on Industriously for years by the Typo graphical Union, and this is the first time in llfteen years that it has required a Union card to get work in the office. President Frescott, of the International Typographical Union was ably assisted In bringing about the settlement by the eentral labor bodies of Milwaukee and Chicago, who threatened to boycott the school books published by the firm unless Union men only were employed in the olllce. Decided To Make War. It is reported In railway circles that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company has decided to make war on the Order Railway Conduct ors. The company do not discharge the members of the Order ontrlght, It is said, but they are given to understand that It would please the company if they would retire from the Order, and men who are not members of the Order are advanced over those holding membership. The company claim that the reason they are doing this is that there are large number of ex-conduotors and others not in the railway service who are members of the Order, and who are continually stir ring up strife or trying to lament trouble be tween the company and the men. Will Think it Over. General Master Workman James K Sover eign's order to members of the Kaights of Labor to boycott national bank notes from and after September 1, was referred to at Kunday's meeting of District Assembly 320 of Mew York. After a short debate it was de cided Irregular to go into controversy and express opinions over a subject, of which the district had no official notice The delegate wanted more Information about the merits of the matter and a resolution was passed mak ing the subject a special order of business for the next meeting of the District Assem bly. Tear's Work Ahead. The Valentine Iron eomnanv of Bellafonre. Pa., elected W. E. Rebard, of Willlamsport) Charles W. Wllbelm of Reading. Walter L. Ross of Philadelphia; John P. Harris, Robert valentine ana J. w. uepnari, 01 veiieionto directors, with J. W. Oephart as president for the ensuing year. The company has sold all surplus stock, and has orders on band to keep the entire plant, furnaoe and rolling mill busy a year. LABOR NOTES. The strike of quarrymen near Dunbar, Pa., who went out for a 20 per cent, advance, was settled on a basis of a ten per cent advance. The tin plate mill at Cumberland which has been Idle for some time resumed Its de partments. Tho plant gives employment to about iuu nanus. The Luke Fiddler colliery at Shamokln, Pa., which has been Idle since last October, will resume in a short time. Eight hundred men aud boys will be given employment. The Aetna Standard Iron oompany of Aetnavllle, O., has voluntarily granted aa increase ol 10 per cent in wages to ail em' ployes in the meohanioal department of the works. The coal miners' strike In the Whellng. W. Vs., district remains unchanged. About 200 men are at work, aod nearly 600 will not re turn to work unless the 80-eent scale of wage Is granted them. Notices were posted In all the eotton mills of the city ol Lowell. Mass., that a general inorease In wages will be made, beginning August 6. The amount of the increase is not stated. About 10,000 employes are bene- lilted by the advance. The Pewabio mining company of Iron Mountain, Miob., has announced a 10 per eent. Increase of wages throughout the mine, and It Is probable a number of other mines ol thin range will follow the example. The new soale gives miners f 1.70 per day, trim mers en.su anu lanorer j.iu. Within the next three months the manu facturers of the Houth are to feel the grasp of the biggest coal combine ever formed. It Is to enibraoe and eontrol almost tbe entire output of nearly all the mines of Virginia. Kentucky. Tennessee. Georgia and Alabama. tbe total value ef which la nearly 30,000,000 and this is to be the capital stock of tbe organization. The outlook lor the ooal and Iron Industries of the Houth Is bright. Prloes are advanoiug and there Is no immediate danger of over-production or foreign compe tition. GOOD NEWS. Idle Factories Resume Better Wags for Workmen. John Anlsfleld 4k Co., manufacturers of clocks, at Cleveland, employing 500 bands Inside aud outside their shop, have advanced wages 10 per cent. Tbe large charsoal furnaoe at Joanna. Berks eounty. Pa., has resumed after three years or lateness. Twice within a few months the wages of tbe turnacemen in New Castle, Pa., have been raised. The last Increase ranges from 10 to 124 per cent, aud went into effect, the schedule fixed holding until January 1, 1800. The Chimin mining company, at Iron Mouutaln, has advauued the wages of its 000 employes 10 per aeut. Tbe other mining companies in tue uisirici win prooauiy an nounce a Ilka iuoreose, aud thus remove all danger of a strike in this region. Tbe Brooks Iron company, at BIrdsboro Fa., Berks couuty, Increased iUe wuges of its puddlers from t2 SO to fi.lt per tun. and oruereu nnoiuer oi us umsi luruaue, eiu ploying 126 bauds, into operation. The 8oo rond has raised tbe par of its en. ttlneers aud brukeiueu to the schedule in force prior to Angus! 1, 1808. Other classes OI employes will be given similar restoration, TELEGRAPHIC TICKS Ex- Speaker Crisp has sailed for Eurore. Rain has quenched the forest fires in North ern Michigan. Ml'slsilppl Democratic primaries have all been for free silver. ' Judge Hliowalter, In Chicago, directed Re ceiver McNulta to sell all the property ol the old Whisky trust. The strike of ship latorers and switchmen at Colon is spreading, and all steamers at rnnatna are Idle, The statistician of the Orange J ml J Farmer esllruat-s the American wheat consumption at 4.77 per head. .The Iron Moulders Union of North Ameri ca, In convention at Chicago, elocted Martin Fox of Cincinnati president. The Cumberland Valley Iiallroad, controlled by tbe Pennsylvania railroad, has purchased tbe effects of the South Penn. Two Italians In Ascension parish, La., were fatally wounded Tuesday evening by an un known man, who fired through a window. The Salt Textile Company'! works at Bridgeport, Conn., are closed by general strike for a 12.' per cent Increase In wages. The "Neue Frele Presse" says that 4.000 workmen In Przemysi, Gallela, are on a strike, and that the streets are patrolled by the military. A dispatch to tbe "Lokal Anxeiger" from Sun says that 14 persons hare been killed by the explosion of a boiler In a mill situated at that place. Tbe Italians of Galveston have sent to Gov. Morton a protest against the electrocu tion of Maria Barberl, who killed her faith less lover. John Howard Bryant, the only brother of William Cullen Bryant, celebrated Tuesday the 80th annlversity of his birth at bis home near Princeton, III. James W. French, recently warden of the penitentiary at Michigan City, I ml., has been appointed warden of the new federal peni tentiary at Ft Leavenworth, Knt. In a quarrel at Barboursville, Ky., Rosa Garden stabbed two other women to death and escaped Into Whitley county, where she Was captured and saved from a mob. George V. Mossey, the lawyer and states man of Delaware, was, by action of the board of directors, made assistant general solicitor of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Cellulose, tbe new fibrous product of corn stalks, has been adopted by the United Slates navy to replace cocoa fibre, to prevent leak age from apertures made In warships by the enemy's guns. The summer somnolence of Boston Back Bay society has been rudely disturbed by the marriage of millionaire John D. Bates to Mary Clarkln, his cook. He (a 60 years old and she Is 80. Judge Murphy has refused a change of venue In the case of Theodore Durant, charged with the murder of Blanche Latnont and Minnie Williams, whose deed bodies were found In Emanuel church, San Fran cisco, Mid the case will be heard In that city. Near Morrlsonvllle, III., Dr. Richard Beasoner was waylaid and shot dead by Alfred Entrekln. Tbe letter's wife, who was attended by Reasoner during sickness, died. Entrekln blamed tbe doctor tor killing her and this caused the murder. Entrekln es caped. STILL ENCOURAGING. Volume of Business Not Great, But the Tendency Healthful. B. O. Dun A Co. 'a "Weekly Review of Trade" says: It Is not the season for ths tide of business to rise, but there Is scarcely any shrinkage, except that which comes natur- urnlly with midsummer beat The volume of new business Is small compared with re cent months, but large enough to encourage more openings of long-cloted works and more advances In returns to labor. Ac counts of shrinkage In tbe yield of wheat come irom memo states ana irom tne Da kota. It would be an unnatural July with out suoh reports, and ret they have weight enough this year to advance the prloe 8,V cents. Western receipts for tbe week were not a third of lost year's, and for tour weeks, only (,8116,068 bushels, against 11,083,619 last year. The western movement largely de pends on the export demand, which is phenomenally light Corn advanced about a cent with wheat Cotton has romalned un changed at 1 cents, although the latest re ports favor larger estimates of tbe yield. IYiees of iron and steel products still rise, the feature this week being tbe startling ad vance of 60 oents per keg in cut and wire calls, with new cards for various sizes, whleb. It Is stated, makes the advance really greatet than it appeared. Angles are also a shade higher, and other prices strongly maintained. Bessemer pig does not advance, although tbe Carnegie and one other company have been buying about 140,000 tons wbich is supposed to forthadow large contracts for rails In tbe first half '85 orders tor rails were 718.000 tons against 502,000 In the first halt of last year, and a good many small ordura appear at Chicago. Otherwise there Is a dis tinct halting in new demand, though nearly all iron and steel works are crowded with orders for some time to come. - The prospect that other furnaces with a capacity of 8.000 tons weekly in the east, and aa much In tbe south, will go Into blast wltlu tbe remaining month of 1805 hinders a further rise In pig. - Enormous sales of wool 44.778,864 pounds In four weeks, against 20,220,250 in 1802, far exoesding actual consumption but reflect tbe belief that tbe prloes will not decline, and the few changes this week have been apwsrd. Scarcity of domestlo wool to eastera markets is In part due to the heavy speculative with, drawala. A Frightful Discovery. William Mack and two young women, Lata Latham aud Lena King, who were at tending a plcnlo at McKee's Rocks, Pa., started out totakea walk through tbe woods, and after going a short distance made a hor rible discovery. It was the body ol a man, apparently about 50 yeara old, banging to the limb of a tree. Tbe body had evidently been banging there for weeks, as tbe flesh beneath the clothing bad dried to the boue. Tbe body bus been Identllled as that of Bernard Wunder. He lived ou Flngel street, and disappeared from home about Uve or six weeks ago. lie was drinking heavily tor several weeks before be left boms, lie Is survived by a wife aud family. Burned Almost to a Crisp; John B. Shaffer, a retired farmer living in Madleouburg, about twenty-two mllea from Jiellelonte, fa., went out to tue Held to bring la the cows. While there a storm earns up and he took sbslter under a tree. The tree was struok by llghtulug and riddled to Pieces. Mr. Shaffer wits killed Instantly, and when lound bis body was burned almost to a crisp. He was 07 years ol age and leaves Wile. ANOTHER TRAIN ROBBERY.' DYNAMITE USED. Travelers in a Panic and Express Mcoi enger Overpowered. The Lake Shore, Chicago A New York ex press was held up at Reeae Station Tuesday night by four men. Conductor Darling arriv ed la Chicago with train Wednesday morning nod reported as followst I was sitting In the first-class ooaeh when the train wns stormed. The robbers turned a Hswitch at Reese, a place In Ohio between Mtryxer nnn Archibald. Tfiny staple I the engineer with a red light, and It was after ward found that a plleol tloi had been placed ontbetraek. After sending a hrnkemun to the rear of tbe train with a lantern to pro tect us from anything that mlyht be coming from behind, 1 went forward Into the bag gage ear and watched whnt went on from there. Once I sfjck my head out, but a bullet went whizzing by, and I didn't try It again. "There appeared to be four men In the at. tacking party, but it was terrible dark, and we couldn't see distinctly. One of tbe men was a short, heavy-set fellow with a Bandy beard and mustache and about 40 years old. They got into tbe express car and opened the small safe, but could not get Into tbe large one. They made the engineer climb down from his cab, and one of the men kept him standing beside the engine lu the dltcb. The fireman, H. Hoard man, was under guard next to the express car. After about 40 minutes they disappeared In the darkuess. Tbe amount takvu was, I believe, about f B,UUU. "The passengers were in a panic, but they were not Interiered with. There was an ex plosion that woke them up." Express Messenger Neitleton snld In re gard to the holdupi "I was dozing In my chair near the safe about 12 o'clock. I knew there would not be another stop for half an hour, so I was surprised and stnrtled when tbe brakes began to jar on tbe wheels. The train came to a sudden slop and I suspected something was wrong. We had no sooner come to standstill than there was a shock and a loud report under the right forward end ol my car. "I grubbed my spencer (a short shotgun) and stood at the door, which was unlocked and had been partly open. In the darkness I saw two men with guns pointed at me. I dodged back luto the ear, and raising my gun, let tbem have It, as I thought, full In the face. Apparently It didn't hit. and after that tbey wouldn't stand any monkeying. ( you place any valae on your life, you will put down tbe gun and let us In,' one of the men said. Then I gave up, and they came in and went to work. They got Into the way safe easy enough, but after exploding six oharges of dynamite against the other one tDey bad to give It up. Tbuy kept me coverid all tbe time with their guns. There were two who were working In the car and two who stood on guard outsside. The men had hand kerchiefs tied over their faces and I could not recognize them." As soon as tbe train arrived In Chicago tbe express car was run on the side track next to the United Express freight olllce, Bupt. Wygant, and a number of detectives Immedi ately boarded It Every window had been smashed and the side of tbe car next to where the safe stood bad one board missing. Tbe Inside wall was smashed to kindling wood. The big safe showed a circular dent about six inches In diameter, where the dial bad been. The dial Itself had been blown off and fragments of it lay about tbe car. Among the other trophies left by the bandits was a four-Inch atick of dynamite. Tbe facta as to tbe actual loss are bard to get at, Inasmuch as everything given out has bad to pass tbe approval ot nupt Wygant Twice when telllUK the story the messenger stopped and appealed to that gentleman to know whether bis narrative was meeting bis approval. A rumor that found some currency was to tne enect mat f 4i,uuu wort a oi jewelry nad been put on board at Cleveland and that this was known to tne robbers, ana tnat tne raid was planned with this lu mind. Supt Wygant pieces ins toss at fluu. CHINESE DUPLICITY Attacks on Mlaalonariea to Frighten For eigners out of the Country. The steamer Empress ot India has arrived at Victoria, B. C, bringing Tokio advices to July 12. Tbe Japanese authorities are now In possession of Information from China giv ing a new explanation of the riots in bzecuunn aud directly implicating tne rewin govern ment Among commercial stipulations In tbe Deace treaty with Japan that ol opening tbe remote Interior to foreign trade has met with the strongest objections from tbe court and tbe tung II yamen, and It la aliened that Viceroy Liu was secretly Instructed to foment disturbances in order to prove that the upper Vang Tse provinces were unsafe tor strangers. By this meuns It was hoped that aliens might be prevented from availing themselves of the privileges! but since the outrages have been resented, with a wholly unexpected spirit, the gov ernment has taken frlgbt and endeavors tc escape responsibility by degrading Liu and making him the scapegoat. This is more than tbe deposed viceroy is willing to endure. and bis followers threaten trouble in rose be le sublected to a public trial, as tbe French envoy proposes to publish tacts Inculpating some of the blghest dignitaries ol tbe em pire. If Liu must fall be is determined that others greater than be shall go down with him. GAINED NINE SEATS- Unionists Continue Their Victories) In Great Britain. Tbe pollings for the parllmentary sleet ions, so far as returned, leave the state ot tbe parties as follows: Conservatives 826; Liberal-Unionists 60; total Uulouuts, 886. - Liberals, 146; Parnellltes, 10; McCartbyltes, 69 Labor, 2; total opposition 217. Tbe net Conservative gain tbus far Is 81. The feature of to-day's returns wss the Conservative capture of lour Scotch seats In addition to Ave English seats. Tbe Parnel lltes were victorious in South Meatb aod tbe MoCartbyites unseated James Itochefort Mogulre, Psrnellite, lu the west division ol Clare. Mogulre la ex-speaker Peel's son-in-law. The temperance people are delighted at the fact that Sir Wilford Lawson was re-elected In the Cockermoutb division of Cumbsrlsod, but bis majority was cut down by 630 votes, In spite of tbe fact that Lawson Is one of tbe largest laud owners in tbe district, while bis opponent was a comparatively unknown man. Fired Upon. Captain Quick, ot the American schooner Carrie E. Lane, upon bla arrival at Delaware breakwater bad a tale to tell about a thrilling encounter In Cuban waters with a Spaulsb gunboat. Two shots were tired at the Luns by tbe man-of-war, and one of tbe schooner's orew narrowly escaped belug killed. The vessel was made to heave to, and give an accouut of herself before being allowed to proceed. Tbe government officials at Washington bnvs received no Information In regard to tbe firing on the sehoounr Carrie K. Lane by a Spauisli war vessel off Port Autouio. The general opinion of naval officers, wbo read the report of the affulr as diicrlbed by Cap tain Quick Is that the Spaniard did not ex ceed his authority in overhauling the schoon er 11 tbe latter was la tbe territory of Cubs, WAR VESSELS. An Exedltlon Departs From Delaware Bay For Cuban Waters. By Tuesday or Wednesday of ibis week there will be In Cuban waters the largest ex pedition from this country that has yet left. It will be under tbo command of Col. En rique Collnzo, V ho arrived In this country nliot.t July 6, anil since that time has been preparing for the expedition. I 'ulmu sympathizers In Philadelphia play an I in ortiint part in the expedition, as it wns there that all the men were enlisted for It, and a here all the arms and ammunltioa were shipped. The ship Is lilted out as a war vessel and also to cope or run away from any Spanish war vessel now cruising In Cuban waters. She Is capable of a speed of 17 knots an hour and has made 10. About ten dnye ago a trial trip was made off Handy Hook. Under forced draughts she averag ed for the tour hours nearly 17X knots. She was at once accepted and the money paid over. Clearance papers were obtained and the vessel put out to sea. A contingent of about 23 loyal Cubans, skilled shlpwiigbte and experienced mcn-of-wars men, were shipped on another vessel and transferred to her on the high sens Tbe men at once went to work transforming bet to a condition suitable for the serious work abend. Rapid tiring lour and six-Inch guns wore purchased, and these, with two gattllng guns, were sent out out In tbe same vessel and by tbe time tbe boat roaches Cuban waters she will have quite a formidable bat tery In position. What Is needed more than anything else by the Insurgents Is snld to be aboard tbe vessel. There Is said to have been loaded from this city 8,000 Remington rifles and 60.000 pounds of ammunition. Tbe rifles and ammunition are said to have been shipped to this city by the manufacturers, or rather to a, point near this city, and loaded on vessels at points down tbe river end bay. They were then carried out to a point on the high seas off tbe capes of the Delaware and there trans ferred to the vessel. r.verytblng was com pleted for sailing on Saturday nlgbt, and the vessel is now believed to be on its way to Cuba. There Is but one Cuban In tbe parly. Among those who are enrolled Is a former officer ot the United States navy, an ofllcei ot the national guard and four or five men who served throughout tbe civil war. As soon as tbe Cubans are recognized as beligerenls by some torefgn government the vessel will be purchased by the Insurgents, the Cuban flag will be raised on her and she will be named, In all probability, the Presi dent Marti. This recognition Is expected from a Houth or Central American republlo In a very few days. MORE TROOPS. Spain Will Send Another Army to Fight Cuban Insurgents Preparations are being made to dispatch large relnforcemeuts ot troops to Cuba. According to the present plans by August IB, 20,000 Infantry, 1,250 cavalrv, 1,200 artllery and 1,000 engineers will leave Spain tor Havana. Tbe government will ask the court to mobilize the llrst intautry witnout aeiay. Dispatches from Manzanlllo. province of Santiago de Cuba, say tbe city council aud tbe Inhabitants ot Msuzaulllo, as well as the inhabitants ot other towns oi tne neignuor bood, are giving a warm welcome to Captain General Marlines de Campos in recognition of bis victory over tbe Insurgents, Tbe news ol tbe captain-general s victory Das been con firmed. With 1,200 troops be routed 6,000 In surgents. Tne Insurgents lett ouu aeaa ana wounded on tbe Held, and also left 150 dead horses on the battlefield. In the battle ot Valenzuela, Lieutenant Colonels Baquero, Samartin, Lolo and Benl- tee were wounded. 1 ne otner orucers wound ed were Captain Tranesl and Lieutentant Soto, principal aide-de-camp to General Snntocildes. wbo wns killed. A dispatch Irom Havana, saysi Yellow lover and dysentery are causing great mor tality among tbe Spanish troops. Tbe rebels have cut tbe railway bridges, tbus Isolating Puerto Principe. It is reported that Maximo uomes is centering a eonsiuerauie torce or in surgents thirty miles Irom Puerto Principe. Roceut arrivals at the Inter city state that, while the troops are garrisoned at tne priU' clpal towns, the rebols have complete control ol tne country. Antonio Maceo Is again men acing an attack on Manxunillo. Several soldiers were killed with Mauscer bullets In tween Manzanlllo and Bnvamo, showing that tbe tasurgente possess Mausers. A large section of the insurgents are quite propared to lay down their arms If Spain, Immediately grants to Cuba complete autonomy, combined witn allegiance to ripain. According to In- surgent accounts, 200 Spaniards were killed in tbe recent fight near Bayaino. Only seven others, mounted apon good horses, Including Marshal Marlines de Campos, escaped, oen. Campos was wounded. There Is much dis content among military officers at Campos' metnoa oi conaucuug operations. A Great Scheme. A movemout Is on foot by a number ot ritisuurg capitalists, interested In the well fare of Plttauurg, to buy up, lease or in auy other manner get control of tbe idle mills ol Pittsburg and start them at once. The good effects of the good Intentions ol these gentle men are already apparent at tbe old Moor-head-MuCleane company plant, wbich tbey purchased recently aud wuich is rapidly be ing gotten into shspe to operate. Plenty of capitul is back ot tbe new oompany, which win apply tor a onnrter on August is, and which Is compossd of the following well- xnown rittsburgerei James Andrews, ex Postmaster James 8. McKean, Charles F Stuart. Waller W. Andrews and E. E. An drews, and will be known under tbe name of tbe Pittsburgh Steel and Iron Company. Miss Whitney Engaged. Col. G. B. M. Hswley, private secretary ot ex-Secretary ot the Navy Whitney, baa an nounced the engagement of Miss Pauline wnituey, oaugnter ot tue ex-secretary, and Almerlc H. Paget, of St. Paul. Mr. Paget Is a young son of a well-known English family. He has lived In tbe west since be csme to this country about four years ago, and is said to bave accumulated a fortune there. For several yeara Paget bss been managing representative for a very large English real estate company. He Is net muob over 8 J years of age, and Miss Whitney is about 20. She Is roi.lly a very handsome girl, tall, very winsome and nn unusually wen educated. Murderer Gives Up. Wm. J. TJrquhart, accused of murdering John E. Gray, November 8, 1870, and wbo has been a fugitive Irom Justice slues that time, voiuutarially surrendered himself to tbe authorities, and bad a preliminary bearing before tbe mayor of Suffolk, Vs., wbo held him for the grand Jury without ball. Gay was fouud murdered near Ills borne, with a filstol shot wound In bis bseast. Urqubart ult tbe community, and notwltbaiaudiug efforts of detectives toward bis capture, he eluded tbem for nearly a quarter of a cent ury. Ha boa coufeesed tbe murder, but olttlina self-defense. The accused is 67 years old. Fries Current on Crops. The Fries Curreut summarizes the crop conditions lor ine past wees, as ioiiowsi "Threshing returns nru mora disnppoiulluu than otherwise la both yield and quality ol wheat. Mulstura has been unfavorably ul feailug tli graiu lu the shock lu Missouri and elsewhere. There have beeu niorecoui- pluluts from the spring whout rt-gluu, and the iudlcaliouaare moderately less lavorable. Corn ueucrully Is doing well, but a portion ul Hie urea Is uriiiutly neuiliug moisture. Oats are lualntaluiug lalrly good returns. The week's packing of boijs amouuled to 100,000, against 215,000 for the corresponding week last yeur. KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS A BIG AMOUNT SECURED. Some of It Was Gold Which had Been Kept Seventy Tear. In Cherry township, Ii itler county, Wilson Thompson, nn aged an . exceedingly wealthy farmer, was the vlct. , of an outrageous robbery. Masked men entered the house armed with deadly weu,ons. Mr. Thompson was roughly handled, and notified to tell where bis money wns The old farmer final ly succumbed, and as s result tbe whole bouse was ransacked, and the amount se cured will reach larg proportions. A good bit of the money win in gold, and bad been in possession ol tbe ibompsous for more than TO yeurs. WITH TJSt L BEStl.Ti. Mrs. Pavld Burk. living near Clnrkavllle. tried starting the fir.- with kerosene with the usual result. The oa i contained about two quarts ol oil, and the flame Irom the stove blazed up and Ignited the oil. Mrs. Burk's dress caught fire and was almost completely burned from her body. Physicians bavs given up all hoi-e ol ber recovery. BISK OFFICIALS IKOtCTID. The grand Jury was discharged alter re turning true bills against Harry A. Gardner, it. It. ciaynaugn ana mayberry Miller, ot Altoooa.for making false entrleaon the Looks of tbe First National Bank ot Altoona. Tbe ttouble at this bank will be recalled from the fact that It prompted Bank Examiner Miller to commit suicide. Ckir hot a nasi raoDcer, Justice Davldaon. of U.ilontown. decided the famous call case of Sturgis vs Hastead, holding that a calf born on a farm was not a farm Product, and therefore could not be claimed by a tenant working the farm on shnrea, John Christopher, an old r 'Sldent of Stone- boro, nnd one of the nldat citizens In Mercer county, died on Wednesday lost Deoeased was 102 years old, a consisten: cnneiian, nnd was respected by all wbo kne him. He had used tobacco very moderately during bis life, but was never known to onus liquor oi any kind. He took to bis bod about one week ago, and uutll then retained Hie agility of a man of 60. Up to his ueatu no nad mil con trol of his mental faculties. At New Castle Sarah Harper, tbe 12-year- old girl who eloped with her brother-ln-'aw, Uenlamln sealum, a week ago. uos made a conlesslon that is unparalleled In Its story ot depravity. Tbe couple tramped together lor several days before being arrested. Sealum Is awaiting trial. The f 4,000 artesian well at Mldvnllny coll iery near Sbamokln, was ruined by unknown persons, who plugged It with stones and Iron. A dam was also emptied by pre sumably the same persons, and it Is probable tbe collier will bave to be closed down. John Walsh was set upon by two footpads on South Mercer street. Now Castle, and pounded over tbe bead with some sharp In strument. After taking 20 cents from bis pockets the highwaymen left him lor dead. It is thought be will recover. Tbe graoe growers In Erie county ara of the opinion that about one-halt the usual crop win oe narvesiea inis year, nui tuey are not down-hearted over tbia laot Tbe price to be charged lor grapes will be fully twice as much as was charged last year. Tbe Willlamsport Passenger Railway com- Cany has a s25,000 damage suit on baud, rought by Hugh MuMaulgal for Injuries re ceived by being struck by a Souht Side trolley car. lie claims inai nis injuries are per manent A decision ol tbe Pennsylvania supreme court baa been dlacovered which says an oc cupation tax which taxes a man upon bis In come instead of bis oaoupatlon Is an Income tnx, and therefore unconstitutional. Thomas Clark, formerly employed as a section band by tbe Pennsylvania railroad company at Youngstown, has sued tbe oom pany lor eae.uuu damages ior injuries receiv ed by being run over by a train. Tbe Klttanning Iron company signed tbe Amalgamated Association scale, and will put Its plant in operation at once. Tbe mill has been Idle for two years. The action is due to the boom In tbe iron trade. The Leader refining oompany of Washing ton, capitalised at t20,000, was Incorporated with tbe following aireators: ueorge lu Caldwell, Ed. E. lioitonvuie, cnarless. cam well, all ot Washington. Tbe reunion of the McOrew, Guffey and Loaan families, in sowicsiey townsnip, West moreland county, will take place during the Orst week in oeptemoer. Temporary repairs bave been made on the Baltimore & Ohio tracks near Uniootown re cently washed out by storms, and the trafHo has been rejumeo. Thomas Foy, a laborer, was Instantly killed and James Fox, a miner, fatally hurt, by fall of rook In tne Keystone ooiuery at wu- kesbarre. Tbe reunion ot the Eleventh regiment, Penn sylvania volunteers, will be held at Latrobe September 2. The epidemic of diphtheria at Canonsburg, has resulted In ons fatal case, Miss Dora Franz dying. She Bad 18 Huebanda. The funeral services wsre held at La Pas, Ind., Tuesday ot a woman who achieved national lame. Mrs. Blackmlre. whose death occured last Saturday, enjoyed tbe iinlaue record ot having nad 1- uusnanas. Her first marriage ocourred when she was ouly 16 years old. Tbe bridegroom was little older than herself. After 10 yesrs ot wed ded life tbey parted. After the first venture divorce, aeatn ana marriage rouowea eaca other in nulok succession, tbe eighth husband having beeu secured wben she wss only 88 vears old. Six months ago she became airs. Blaokmlre and the divorce court got In Its fatelul work lour months latsr. Building And Loan Swindle. The Pboenlz Savings & Loan association, ol Pittsburgh, Is In tbo bsnds oi temporary receiver In the person ol James 8. MoKsan. This Is tha result ol an examination Into the financial condition of the association, made Dy tne deputy state nana examiners, u. r. Cochran and J. B. Nile, Jr. They Inspected tbe books of tho company a few days ago, and reported to the superintendent of bank ing, who at once ordered the concern to be placed in tbe bands ol the Uulou Trust comp any as reoeiver. Five Children Drowned. Tbe Ave children ot Alexander Bercb, a farmer ol the Lake Dauphin district, near Winnipeg, were drowned Monday. The children, ranging in aire irom o to 10 years, went to the lake shore to bathe. Finding au old boat they pushed out. A stiff breeze carrieii tnem out anu a gate sprang up, They bad na oars anl oould not get back. Hugh wuves II Hud the boat. The children buug on until they were exhausted, when one by one, tbey let go aud disappeared. The parents snd several neighbors were witnesses of tbe drownlug but were unable to go to their rescue. Standing of tbe League Clubs. W. L P.O. W. U P.O, Biooklrn' 41 m ..d,1 unveiami nJ m win I'lltslililg 47 111 III llnilllliuia 4H HI .11 ilu.um U Ul .!,'! linllillull.. 4.1 83 .I.liU i'l.l..u.... .111 Nil Kid rtillailtilphiu-HU Hi ..VI1 New lors... Ul mi .friV U.U1I1UIUU ''.II 16 ..IV hi. UiuU t,'? M .aid Uiuuvlile 11 6'J .viJ I "-'"a- - VERDICT AGAINST HOLMES. The Plotssl Inquest Ended and a Warrant Issued. The adjourned Inquest at Toronto, Ont., on the body ol Alice Plelzol was concluded Monday night There was very littlo evi dence submitted and nothing ot a new or itnrtllng character. The coroner charged very strongly against II. 11. Holmes, aims Mmlgett, alias Hownnl, ot murdering Alice 1'ietzel lu the city of Toronto ou or about tbe 10th dnv of October. After the return of the verdict the coroner made out a warrant for the arrest of Holmes. The warrant will be placed In tho hands of the attorney genernl and the necessary pa pers will be uiude out demuudlug Holmes' extradition. II. II. Holmes Is now In prison In Philadel phia awaiting trial on tho charge of conspir acy to defraud the Fidelity Mutual Life In surance Association ot tl7,000. This amount wns obtained by Lawyer jeptha D. Howe, of St Loula. representing the family ol U. F. Peltzel, who, it la alleged, wna killed In the explosion ot a chemical, and who had short ly beforo been Insured In tbe Fidelity Com pany. More startling disclosures bare been made to the Chief ol Police ot Chicago In tbe Holmes Investigation, by Patrick (Julian, tho trusted friend and former employe of the al leged wholesale murderer, lie gave Informa tion which convinced the police that Holmes made away with Kitty Kelly, who was em ployed by blm as bis clerk, at the drug store In Englewood. Qulnlno gave the police a picture, which he said wns that of the missing; girl. Chief Badenoch said the case was growing more horrible nnd mysterious every hour, and he was sure Holmes had committed more murders than the world had yet been appris es or. WOMEN LEFT TO DROWN. Five People Perish in a Collision with a Norwegian Steamer. The Norweglen steamer Terrier, which ar rived at New York from Demerara reports that on July 12, outside the harbor at Deme rara, she collided with the schooner Eagle, ot and from Burtmdoes, and sunk her. Twenty-tour persons were saved and five lost. Those lost were two women, one child end two men. When tbe schooner was struck, among the first to abandon her was the cap tain, who did nothing whatever to assist ths passensers, He walked to the steamer s deck sobbing, moaning and wringing bis hands. All of the men abandoned the vessel without attempting to assist the women and children. Alter tne accident, ine sea was covered wnn all sorts ol floating material from the wreck. Search was continued lor a long time, In tbo bope that some poor unfortunate would bo found cnnglug to ine wrecaage, nui none were found. Tbe Terrier returned to port landed tbe people of tbe Eagle, and proceed ed on ber voyage. The Terrier sustained but slight damage. A final's amv nf tnn mll.M tiaa K.M maaa- acred in the Bismarck archipelago. MARKETS. UTTSBUHO. tiis wiint.isAi.s rairss ski qivzw aglow, l Grain, tr'lour and a a WHEAT No. 1 red - No. red . COHN No. 8 yellow ear, ........ Mixed ear No. t yellow shelled . OATS No. 1 while.. No, 8 white Kxtra K 8 white Light mixed RYK-No 1 No. 8 western FLuUKvt inter patents blends.. Fancy Hprlng patents Fancy straight winter rtralgbt XXX bakers' I 78 ( 75 W Ml Ml 81 61 to SM M t,4 i 15 4 in 4 15 8 110 8 5 8 75 IV Ml 17 Ml II l Wl Ul 1H Ml IN 00 III 141 15 nn 4 SO 5 50 I rt : w M 68 J 81 1 8il (.5 58 4 a 4 e 4 a 4 10 s m 8 '.O in 18 U0 in mi IK in in o i 18 50 17 10 )5 til) t Oil 5 U0 Clear n liner Kve flour Bay 3AY No. 1 timothy.. No. 8 Mixed clover. No. 1 .H Loose timothy, from wagons. FKKD No. 1 Wlilln.Md., ton No. a White Middlings Hrown Middlings llrau, bulk STHAW Vtbeat Oal Dairy froducta BUTTER Klyin Creamery. i CO 9 f 1 Fancy Creuiuery nM 17 TJ 1-sucy Country KolL 11 li Low grade and cooking 0 5 ClIKKhK (JI1I0, new 7 7(4 New York, new NU V Wisconsin ewlas. Uii 18 LI m burger, newiuake. 10 11 Fruit and Vegetables. APPLES 40 60 BEANS Hand-picked, per bu..,. ( U0 t 80 Lima, lb 5 1-8 Mi POTATUoS Flne,.la car. bul 1 75 2 (O From store, bu .H 1 (10 CABbAUK liome grown, bbl... 80 U0 OMUNS fellow. Ou ItS 1 80 Poultry, Ktc. Live Chickens, V pair 70 a 75 Live Bucks V pair W tto Dressed cnickens, V lb. ... 18 M Live Turkeys, lb 11 U EdliW-Pa. and Olilo. fresh 18 la riATiifcKH-Kltritllvetiee.e.Vlo 6& 60 No. 1 ax. Live Ueeae, 9 10 40 & Country, large pqcaed b5 40 M Iscellaueoue. BEEPS Clover 88 lbs t 8 40 0 8 50 '1 iiuotby, prime - . 8 Ml 8 00 Blue Urass . J 40 1 0 RAUH Country mixed. H 1 BONKY Wlilte Clover 14 18 Buckwheat Is 18 MAhLl. BIMl'P, new '.U Mi C1DKK Country, sweel, bbL.. 4 60 5 00 TALLOW 4 4j CTSCIMMATI. FLOUR 8 75A4 90 WUKAT No. 8 Kea ... ou 70 KYKN0.8 68 COMN lined. 48 OAT8 .. 8V 8U KUUB 10 11 BUTTAU onto Creamery 15 18 rUll,Al ULTIMA. FLOUR I b84 75 WHEAT No. 8 Ked 6? D8 CORN No. 8 Mixed 48 40 OA'18 Nu 8 While..... S4 85 BL'ITIEK Creaiuery, extra - 18 AlUb l-o. Ur.u 14 NKW YOttat, FLOUR Pate nls 8 8 75 a 4 15 WilKAT No. S Med 78 74 HYfc atate 58 Nl CUttN-Na ....., 47 48 OA'l ti W hite Western s7 88 ULTTKK Creamery 18 18 aliua eta te aud 1-eun 14 X.IVR 8TOCK. ClMTBil. STOCK X ASPS, KiMI LUXBTT, Pi, CATTLX, Prims, 1.400 to 1.500 lbs $ 5 40 a 6 40 liood, 1.SUU to 1,400 lbs 5 HO 5 10 Uood buwners, l,JOlo l.auoiba.. 4 SO 6 Of 'lldy, 1.1MJU 10 1,1601b 4 86 4 75 Fair light steers, wxi to luuu lbs.... 8 5J 8 76 tuuiuuu, 700 to IKXiIb 8 6J 8 40 nous. Pbtladelphtae Best Yolketsaud lulled.. . Common Ui lair Yorkers... .. 5 45 5 55 ... 6 40 6 50 .... 5 80 6 85 UIKSP. Extra. 88 to 105 lbs 8 50 8 80 Uood, 86 to OH lbs 8 Ul 8 80 Fair, 76 to 06 ilia I Hi 8 10 Comiuuu 60 1 70 bpilug Lambs 8 50 4 55 Cblcugo. Cattle Comuiou to extra steers a.b0e.oll; slockere aud feeders, e-&v6,il 0O cows aud bulls, sl.6Hsi.i.ij; cnlvue, .ou60 Bugs heavy, SI o.'hv.; injuhiiou 10 choice Uiued, 8i.8HaA&; rtiou-e SMHol-tod, 8-V40u6.4.': llttlil, .uMt..4&; .i(!, l-Hr,:,,m ttheep-m-leilur to choice, S-oi-vil-10, lambs, (.1.0.119X60 t;iactiinatl Huge acleci snippers uoue butchers i.K6a..iMi lair to goi.it pue-kurs S'wll lof.6; tuir to built 4.V !ioi.lUi common uu4 I'uugliel-6"lo6.ou lultlu g nhI ehlpportil..'lo'.lia good iix-liolce 4.H:tt.'i.ii j rair io medium et'-tfto $1. couuuou 8'.'-5oio,.'5. Luuibe eitruv&: gtHid lu chutes s4Vilo600, Coiuiuvulu lair i5 to. JO
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