THE INDUSTRIAL SITUATION WORK AND WAGES. Continued Imnrovement In Various Line More Work and Better Pay. . The Beaver Valley It enjoying a season ot prosperity inch M l has not had for J turn. With very few exceptions, nil the workshop lid factories ere running, meny of them on double turn, while a a rnle. ere good, and the prospects ere they will be better. A timber of plants thet here been Idle for lenf lime ere bring put In operation, while ether ere Increasing their capacity by ad ditional bulldlnK end the employment of ad ditional band. A Gigantic New Mill. Wore on the new merchant mill being built by the Junction Iron end eteel company, at Mingo Junction. ., le programing repldly, and the Immense foundations ere nearly com pleted. Machinery le arriving daily, and eome Idea of the gigantic proportion! of the new mill can be obtained from the fact that the epokee ot one of the fly wheels made two carloads. Rolling Mill to Start. The rolling mill at Brilliant. O . will be pet In nitration eooa. A mannger has been en gaged who controle valuable patent on machinery for the production of iron pipe and tubing, which It le eald the company will manufacture, ae well ae bar Iron. It le eald a move le on foot to start the null machines. The stoi'klioldcrt are actively engaged in try ing to get the plaut started. Saw Mtlla Booming. Twenty saw mills In Braxton county, W, Vs., are running to their full capacity. The Braxton lumber company, composed uf Pennsylvania cnpltnliats, has leaned over 6,0(10 acres and commenced the operation ot two Inrge mills. The Pardee lumber com pany has over 8,000 000 feet of poplar In the boots, and It running to ill full capacity. It Is shown t y an analysis of census figures that mote than ball Ihe men In twenty-eight of the forty-nlno Htnte and Territories are engaged in agriculture, nnd that farming Is the leading pursuit in all of them except New Hampshire, Ma-cachiisctts, Rhode Island, Connetlcul and New Jersey, where manu facturing nnd mechanical nrt take the lead. There are In the l ulled State "t.tWO.OOO men engaged In agriculture to u.ftf 0,000 in other forms of business. LABOR NOTES. Advances In wages nnd other news ot In terest to employer and employe cud be found In the following: The striken of the Monongahela Furnace Company nave returned to work. New Castle-The Tin riate company offer ed tneir lanorcrs an advance oi o ceut a day. Rankin, Pa., The five mills of the consoli dated "Ire Mills have resumed In all depart' mentt, employing 800 hands. Brlnton, re,, 160,000 was divided among a, two employee at the Meetinghouse Works lor two weeks work; all records broken. Beaver Falls, Ta., The Old Economy Works, the Nicholson File Company started Monday, giving employment to u Bauds. Beaver Falls The employes of the Town send Wire Nail Company at Fallston, 1'a., have received an advance of 10 per cent. Horrlsbnrg Notice hat been given the em ployee of the Bailey Iron works of an Increase ot ft to IB per cent; several hundred men are affected. The Carrie Furnaee at Rankin has been blown In, which will add 80 font per day to the produotlon of pig Iron. It baa been Idle for month. Wllmerdlng, Fa., 600 men found employ, ment at the new rubber work building by Wettlngbouie; when finished it will employ 1,000 men. Carnegie pay roll contain 1 J.000 workmen. The tonnage will agregate 3,000,000 ton of finished material for the year It the output I maintained. The Cumberland, Pa., Steel and Iron Shaft ing Work are adding a number ot sew machine to their large plant, which will give employment to 120 men. Bridgeport, O. Every department of the Aetna Iron Work 1 Id operation for the first time In many month, about 1,600 men are working; prospects very bright. Fot letting was flulshed at the Acme glass work at Stsubenvllle, O,, on Friday and thlt large cblmnay plant, employing 600 band, resumed la full Monday. The blast furnace of the Pittsburg Steel and Iron Company, Second avenue, was started last week. When the other departments are tarted 1.C00 men will be required to run the works. The La Bella iron and eteel oompnuy, of Whrellng, ha purchased a piece of ground adjoining it plant with the intention, It Is understood, of ereotlng a puddling and skelp department. No. 2 furnaee of the Carrie furnace oom pany at Braddock hi been blown In giving employment to 100 additional men. It has keen out of blast four month and slDoe the auspenslon ha been built 10 feet higher. The Flttsburg Locomotive Work have re ceived a large order for engine from the Lake Shore end Michigan Southern Railroad. The order sails for ten ten-wheel road engine and demand an early delivery. Benwood, W. Vs., Two thousaad employ ee of the Riverside Tube Work have been notified of an Increase ot 10 per cent In their wage, being tn second for a like amount In hres month. A general advanoaln wage has been gran ted the wire drawer at the Cleveland hon ing Mill. The drawer of On wire will here after get 10 per cent more and various ad vances, ranging from 6 to 10 per cent have been given the coarse wire drawers. Johnstown The eld No. 1 furnace of the Cambria Iron oompany. whlob has been out of blast for a year, ha been relined. The Old puddling mill, welob ha beau out of data for year, I being put la order, which ludi atea a pre of order; a large number ot men will be employed. Prosperity In Briok-Making. Tie Union fir brick company at ML Sav age, Md., ha chipped more brick during thi mouth of July and August than during tin corresponding time lorteu year. Tbey hava been compelled to atari up a portion of tbeij worn mat nave Dean Idle lor a long while and a number of extra mon have been eu. ployed. The ulta.n Continue Impudent. Tbs port' last reply to the envoy ot tb power on th subject of reform In Armenia ineMlon only reform of locondary impor tance and reject the demand of the power! for the exolse of foreign control over the ex culion of th proposed reforms, claiming tb It would be fatal to th sovereignty ot the vitas and tb Independent Turkish empire A f 80,000 Vis In Xllwnnkao. A fir wkteh brok out Thursday afternoon In tho warehouse of th Union Btonmboat oompany, of Milwaukee, did about 600,000 dam. Tho aria oi pal bonding burned wore th Union ) hnat oompany' ware bono, Anchor lino worefeo, Feonsylvani rallrod freight ho tad Wloeoaoia OaMrol frtWl boeas. TELEGRAPHIC TICKS- A heavy rain In Iowa and Nebraska frl day, the first for a month, assure a good corn crop. J. II. Illildle, au old drl I r, shot and killed O. Ilirnrd, another driller, whom hn found with Mrs. Kiddle, at Manulngton, W. Vs. Boston garment workers have won their ttrike for recognition of the union. Two thirds of the employer! have granted the de mand. The theatrical people Klwln Holt nnd Mabel Eaton eloped from Toledo, O., and bare tailed for Europe, Holt left a wile be hind. Cholera It working terrible ravages In Inpan. Since the outbreak there have been .5.000 easea of that disease and 16,000 deaths. At Anderson, Cel., a party of while labor er visited the Alexander fruit ranch and drove away the Chinese laborers. The packing house wat fired. The Hungarian government's estimate of the world's wheat crop thli year place It at 1,615,701,000 bushels, which I 232,000,000 bushels less than for 1394. A thousand negroes are being armed and drilled nt Hells-., Yucatan, to attack the Cnrllis, who have been rioting English plan tations on the frontier of Honduras. A severe earthquake hat shaken the town ot Coin, In Andalusia, 21 miles west ot Mal aga. Serious damage has been done. Coin has a population ot about 10,000 people. Viscount Miura has been gnzetted Japanese Minister to Korea, (ienoral Takasslmn has been gazetted Vice Governor of the Island of Formosa and commander of the Japanese! army there. The steamer City of Toledo collided with thn schooner Magilalon Hownlug, while en tering Cie Toledo, O., harbor. AboutliO per son! were Injured, teven ot them, it Is be. Ileved, fatally. The negro Jones, who murdered Whitman Helzove, at Tiller, Ark., and who broke Jai and shot James llennett, whilo resisting ar rest, was taken from the jail nt Jlontlcclo. Ark., by a mob Wednesday night and banged to a tree. In a light on an excursion train from Knoxvllle, Tenn., to Cumberland, Gnp, two excursionists were killed. ('apt. Wynne, superintendent of the Knoxvllle, Cumberland (lap and Louisville railroad, was badly cut. In trying to restore order. WOULD LOWER THE LAKE. Effect of the Chicago Drainage Canal Up on Navigation. The report ot the board ot army engineers. appointed by the secretary ot war to examine and report upon the effect thn Chicago drain age canal would have upon the water of Lake Michigan, has been received at the war department. It I understood that the board finds that the cannl probably would reduce the average level of Lake Michigan about six Inches, and possibly Lake Huron about the same. At the level ha varied from one cause or another, such a lack ot rainfall or unusual evaporation, mora than one foot In different years, ships have been Din it witn a view oi accommodating tnem telve to this reduced level. The present mean flow through the fit, Clair river Is about 235,000 eublo feet per second, and through Niagara river about 265.000 cubio feet per second. The drainage canal would carry off 10,600 eublo feet per ecooo. mi lane carriers association 1 making every effort to prevent tho building of the canal, and ha got the co-operation of the Canadian engineers and Canadian ship ping Interest In opposing any step that would result In tbe lowering of the lake level. What action will be taken on the re port will not be determined until Secretary Lamont ha given a hearing to all interested parties. Prominent People. Th King ot Slam own only five white elephants. The Duke ot Tork ha developed Into an expert polo player. Archbishop Ireland 1 the only archbishop who wear the button ot tho Loyal Legion. ' Gladstone' health is said to be better than It has been at any time during the past Ave year. Lord Bosebery declares that the Premler hip of England was to biro, n purgatory, from whlob he was glad to esoapo. Professor Leyden. the eminent German physielan, was paid 25.000 for his attend ance on the late Czar in his last Illness. William Strong it tho only retired Justice ot the Supreme Court of the United State now living. He it elghty-slx year old. Professor John Milne, F. R. 8., the famous seismologist, has Just married a charming Japanese lady, whose father I Buddhist priest. Marshall Field, of Chicago, made more money out of merchandise last yearthau any otner man in tne worm, ni net proms amounting to f v.ow.wu. The toheme to secure the nomination of the Duke of Connaught in suocetwlon to the Duke of Cambridge a commander-in-chief of the Britten force ha oollapsed. Frank M. Plxley, tb founder ot the San Francisco Argonaut and for many years Its editor, It dead. Be went to Cailiornia in the early day ot the gold excitement. Luden Napoleon Bonaparte Wyse, the celebrated French engineer and explorer, died in Pari. Be was tbe first promoter ol th Panama Canal. Be was fifty year old. Mr. Emellne Roach, widow of John Roach, the shipbuilder, died at her summer home, Larchmont Manor, Weetuhester Coun ty, New York. She bad been In delicate health tor aeveral year. General Lul Bogrun, of Honduras, who died In that country last week, was probably the most popular man In Central America. tilt aream was to unite tne several jvepuu- lic into one great antion. , Ambassador Bayard, who has become a prime favorite In England, has been given tbe blgheat literary honor ot Great lirituiu an invitation to deliver thoaunual addrtsw to tbe Edinburgh Philosophical Society. Two of the warmest chums in Washington are Postmanter-Oeneral Wilson nnd Comp troller Eckel. They breakfast together at the Arlington, dine together in the eveulug and Invariably drive together until bedtime. Their oomblned ivolrdupol la little ovei 800 pound. While General Bohofleld wo In Ban Fran olsoo, Cel., on hi tour of inspection ot tbe garrison and fortifications ot tbe army be received from President Cleveland instruc tion to proceed to Alaska to inspect the eoast and select, If practicable, sue tor military garrison there. - Ex-Lieutenont-Governor Sheehan. of New Tork, la said to have become very proeperoui lnoe hi retirement from polltio. He has moved to New York City, handled several large lew ease, made let lee and bought a some in tne exaiuaiv neignooroooa inoawt ea py to vanderDiit ana their .. Mi Josephine Meek hat tued George Law, tb New York milUosaJre, for 160,000 lor breach ol prom! f Miring. THE CONDITION OF BUSINESS, A Shrinkage in the Volume, n I Natural In August. n. O. Dun A Co. In their "Weekly Review ot Trade" say: Th volume of business shrinks, as I natural In August, and th" shrinkage seems rather larger than usual, be cause transactions In July were somewhat Inflated for that month, The settlement of wages In the window glass works foreshadows higher prices, and Ihe carpet workers about Philadelphia, by proposing to accept higher wages alter September 16, broke the rank of employers, so that nearly all consented to an advance of 71' Pr "nl- on Thursday. Th strikes of elotmng workers progress every day toward better wages for the employed. The priced wheat has fallen 3 3-4 cents during Ihe week, in spltrof all efforts to hold back supplies from farnit and to encourage buying. Wheat ought to go abroad freely at present prices, but Atlantic exports, flour In cluded, have been only M.V2,c,02 bushels for Ihe week, against a.Ml4,7i;4 last year, and for four weeks only 4,34S.63:l bushels, against 10, 937.447 last year. Impressive stories ot short crops abroad have little weight In the pres ence ot such a record. Naturally the 67-cent wheal ot the Tactile coast still goes forward freely In place of Atlantic (tipplles Corn has also declined 4 l-4o, while pork and lard with accustomed Inconsistency rise a shade as corn declines. Cotton has advanced a fraction to 7.76 cents, without any definite change In crop prospects, and as usual the Immense volume ot stocks carried over In mills and commercial hands here and abroad, about 3. 000,000 bales American, Is by most traders not appreciated. No marked change appears In the demand for woolen goods but there in increasing ap prehension thown by agents regarding tbe ex tensive sales of foreign wools. f ailure for the two weeks of August show liabilities amounting to tVl,H27,5'.i7. ot which HIK.327 were of manufacturing and tl.nid- 235 ol trading concerns. In thn same week Inst yenr the amount were t3,48'.l,4t5 of which I r.84.3t0 were of mauiifitctutlng nnd 1. 1130,374 were of trading concerns, Failure lor the week have been 222 In the , 'silled Slate, against 231 last year, and 43 In Can ado, against 3.1 lust year. Prosperity in the South. The Southern Statos Magazine publishes elaborate reports from southern bankers nnd railroad ouirers in regard to tne outlook for farming and general business. The aggregate corn crop of the South will be from riuo.ooo.- 000 to (l.SO.000.0.10 bush8, worth to that sec tion nt least (300,000,000. Una will be the greatest corn crop ever produced In the South. Fruit nnd vegetables, as shown by these re ports, are attracting great nttention and the yields have beon unprecedently large. The South has been blessed as never before with every crop excepting cotton, and although that may be smaller in yield than last year, us money value promises to De larger DOWN WITH A CRASH- The Coliseum Building at Chicago Falls Without Warning. The Coliseum, the Inrge building recently erected on the site where Buffalo 1)111 had hit thow during Ihe World s lair, collapsed Wednesday night. The building was an Immense affair, and wo to have been opened with the Barnum A Bailey clrcut within a few days. It was alsc intended for use during national conventions. A lorce ol 300 men bad been working In the building night and dny, but as the accident happened during lunch hour, when all tbe men were absent, nobody was hurt. Tbe building is a total wreck, and the loss will reach between 160.000 and tlHO.000. II I said that thi will fall on the Probst Con struction Company, which bad the contract for the construction ot the building. Had the accident happened an hour before or a tew hours later the loss ot Hie would have been frightful. At 10 o'clock 800 workmen went off duty, and at 3 a. m. 300 more were to working three ebift In order to get the building completed in time for opening, September 2. While the cause of the accident is nol definitely known, It la believed to have re sulted from giving away ot the foundation ol one ot tbe great arches The noire of th falling building wus terrific.and the neighbor hood for a mile around was aroused. Th building was 700 feet long. 350 feet wide and 86 leet high, and there whs not pillar to obstruct the house from any part. II was tbe property ot tbe Coliseum Exposition Company, which I capitalized lor 400,000. Bandits Captured. Two men were captured about live mile east ol Mason City Neb., who are supposed to have been implicated In the robbery of tbe Union Pacific expresa near llothenburg, Wednesdsy morning. Tbe capture was made by L. Crossley, village marshal, and x Depuly Sheriff William Pureed. They were trolled with three blood bound. lb men were armed with three large revolver, and gave every appearance of being desperate characters. Tbey were brought to town, and oon alter Deputy SherllT Hunter and posse arrived aud Identified tbe men a the onea wanted. The prisoners were taken to Brok en liow, tbs county seat. Twenty-Ton Fly Wheel Bursts. Th twenty-ton flywheel In the 10-Inch mill of the Oliver Iron and Steel company, at South Tenth and Muriel street. Pittsburg, burst with terrific force, and, although the mill waa in lull operation at tb time, no one was killed. Tbe roll and angln wars com pletely destroyed and the roof ot the building was badly damaged. Th Lewi foundry, at Tenin and Bingham streets, was damaged by the flying piece and house In tbe neighbor hood were pierced by tbe shattered wheel, A large piece ot tbe metal was found at fcouth Twelfth street, over 2,000 feet away. Seven Men Drowned, By Ihe cupair.lng ol tb small pleasntv yacht Hung Brothers, In BuCTalo Harbor, seven men of the 16 on board were drowned. That tbere wa not a greater lot of life Is due to the nearness of the tug E. C Maylham and tbe quickness of the life-saving crew in getting to the scene. The name of tbe drowned men are: Frank Buggman, mar ried; Jacob Buumann, married and bos three children; Henry Scbindler, married; Charle Fischer, Thomas F. Cannon, single; fireman, name unknown and unknown stranger. A Big Oil Seal, One ot the largest deals In oil production was consumaud Friday, and Ihe new owners have taken possession of the purchase. The property consist of W. L. Mellon' entire producing Interest in Allegheny, Washington, Butler and Arnistroug counties, aud compris es lease on 14,000 acre of territory on wnlcb are 135 producing well with a production ot 600 barrel per day. The Forest Oil com pany n producing branch of tbe Standard Oil Oompany, is tbe purchaser, and tbe price 1 a little above C500 a barrel. 'Atlanta Bui l-'ight Canceled. The bull fight which has been so extenslve'y advertised to take place in connection with tbe Cotton Stales and International cxpnui tion, will nol come oft Tbe director ot tbe exposition discovered tbat tb proposed ilglit bud beoom confounded in tbe publlo mind with tbe exposition proper, and tbey flnuliy decided to withdraw from the concessionaries of ibe Mexican village th right to present the fight. Kolb Heard From. Captain Reuben F. Kolb, the many-Hoot eandidate4or Governor ol Alabama no Iongi make pretense ol being a Democrat He ay b 1 going to fall a eonventlon In Ala bama lo organ Las for Ihe national Igbt next year. Thi convention, will be held within lew months and will be, be hopet.tb nuclear lor Bw National party with tb straight advocacy of silver a lis principal plank. KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS COKE DEMAND LESS. 4 . A Sudden Change That le Pussllng th Operators. There wa n illght falling off In the de mand for coke last week, but production In creased 1,152 tons, and the 75 plant in oper ation averaged five and one-half day. The drop In th demand wa ,407 tons, which meant that 10,000 tons ot coke were slocked on th yards. Operator don't seem t- be able to account tor the sudden change, and lay It I only temporary. July and August are considered the dullest months In the year, and September 1 looked forward to with bet ter prospects as to trad and price. There are 76 plaut, with 16,212 oven in operation, which leave but 2,622 ovens la tbe Idle list. . - iBTtas or csjasitv ( xirnsAT. The (elsbratlon of the 25lh anniversary o! the establishment ol the mother house of Sisters of Charity, on Seaton Hill, at Greens burg, wa celebrated Tii'iday. M any of the listen from Pittsburg and other towns were present. A large ohapel now being erected In connection with St. Joseph's convent will be dedicated next month. 4 two woxtrii Bi Rr.o to nrxTH. Mrt. Ada B. (lelnsberg, aged 38 years, wot burned to death by tbe explosion ot a gaso line stove at her residence in Phildelphla, snd Mrs. Margaret (!. Ilradshaw, aged 83. I dying from a similar explosion at her home. The Buffalo Hill show entertained nt Du bois Friday, nnd the aggregation was accom panied by the boldest nnd most active gang of pickpocket thnt ever Infested a com munity. II. K. Fisher, a prominent hotel man says he was robbed of 2,70O. J. 8. J. S. Oswald was relieved of 6150 and checks tmountlng to several hundred more, while cores ot there lost amounts ranging Irom J 13 (5. While the employes ol the Herald-Printing nd Publishing Company building, nt Erie, were leaving one ol their number.MIss Minnie i'arroll, got caught In the elevator. She tried to leave tho elevator while It was In motion, he was so badly crushed that death occurred in a few moments, she was about 17 years of tge. W. 1). Pallon has succeeded in securing the fortune left lo Maria Mcdnrvey of llradys Bend township, by her brother, who went west twenty years ago. sns has been trying lo get II for ten years, but was kept out of it by a scheming Inwyer of Seattle, Washington Mrs. Hiram Walker, wife of a farmer re siding near New lialllee, was robbed of IB by two tramps at the point of a revolver. The tramps had followed her husband home from market where tney saw blm display money. William E. Dunmlre, of Punxsutawney, was brought before I'nlted State Commis sioner Griffins in Altooun on a chnrge ot passing counterfeit 10-oent pieces. In de fault of t2,OOo ball be was sent to Jail. Miner of tho O'Neill Coal Company at VevettA f'ltv huts tirnlrnn .itau f.rvtn lha . v.v ... ... ...... i, j . , , j , I . , r i, 1 1 1 LVU , lion and signed a contract at a leu figure for iiiv uiA, j cm num. The Postofflca Department has made these allowances lo office la Westeren Penn sylvania to cover the expenses of clerk hire Indiana 1,000; Uloomsburg 1.20J; West grove (1,000. William Malarkcy, of Clnrksville.wa near ly poisoned to death on Tuesday, by eating potatoes from vine that had been covered with pari green to drive oft the potato bugs. Cattle and horse In the vicinity ol Huslon ville, are dying ol a strange disease. Tbe animals become violent aud act a though tbey bad been bitten by some mad animal. Tbe bituminous coal trade throughout tbe 1 leech creek region ha picked up consider ably of late. An increased demand for coal from the Held is expected In tbe tall. Walter Tost, an H-year-old son of H. K. Tost, proprietor ot a confectionery and new depot at Washington wa killed under the wheel ol a steam traction engine. At a special meeting ot Ilochetr city council plan for n new water work to cost about 100,0110 were aubmtlted by tb bor- ougn engineer ana aooepiea. Davis, the 3-year-old ton ol Noah Clifford, n Llgonler townahip farmer, wat bitten on tb band by a copperhead make. The child will probably die. George Ilohland, aged 63, who disappeared irom uis oome ai west jvewron, wa found at Bellevernon, having wandered there In earcb ol berries. Citlr.en ot Denver Fall are excited about an ordlnauce vacating a si root leading to the river for the benefit of two manufactorlea abutting thereon. Tbe director of the Protestant Home Circle Fraternal Insurance society bare resolved to dedicate their new building at Sharon on September 2u The centennial of tbe Mt Pleasant United Presbyterian congregation at Hickory, Wash ington eounty, will be oclebrated Tuesday, September ju. The centennial anniversary of tbe found ing of Franklin will be celebrated September 4 una a, A unique invitation naa been is, sued. A fish supposed to be a pike, tlx feet long, wat seen py 1 nomas ratterson ana Jonn run or In Slippery Bock creek at New Castle. Mike Brltt, of Unlontown, wa tried on n criminal charge, prelerred by 10-year-old Amanda Itos. He wa wot to juii. A cow wa attacked with rabies at Wash logton nnd wat killed. Tbe boroagb council is getting up stringent dog law. The suit of Hon. G. F. Kribbs against John J. Shlck, editor of the Clarion Jucksonlnu, wa quasneu. Thieves robbed the store ol Harsbey A Allmsn at reun station ana got 100 worth of goods. Dr. R. W. Christy was appointed eiamln tng surgeon lor tbe pension bureau at AI- toona. Slater A Crane, Ibe well-known borse tralnlng firm ol Erie, bav dissolved partner ship. John Johnson, a Swede, wo killed at AI loona by a telephone pole falling upon biiu. Butler county Oddfellow will hold their anuusl reunion at Lvau City, August 27. Jacob Engl, of Johnstown, Is held fot trial for passiug counterfeit money. The f'harlerol plate gls works ha re sumed alter a six montns snutuewn. Two directory publisher are making warm canvas ol New Castle. Burned the Villas;, A dispatch from Santa Clara, give an ac count of a battl which wa fought In th treel ol the village ol Barajagua, A large uaoa oi reueie, unaer oniei itego made an at tack upon th village whlob wa stoutly restated by tb detachment ot troop station ed there. There waa a heavy exchange ol nrmg tor two nours wnen in insurgent re treated after selling Ore to number ot house Tb Are spread rapidly, and Ihe entire village wa nurned. in rebel lert to killed and wounded on the neid. Colonel Oliver rsDort Irom Ramadloa Ibat the rebel leader Benlgno Rorirignec wa kill- a ana tne leader yuiotm Bravo seriously wounded in the action which took nis.ee in , uw Tiswiiy on august 1 1 ana in. OHIO DEMOCRATS. Ticket Nominated and Platform Adopted nt the State Convention. The Democratic State convention met In Springfield, on the 21st. It was 10.30 when the chairman ot the stale committee, N. A. Hmalley, called tbe convention to order. Prayer wat offered by Trot. S. V. Breckin ridge, after which Senator Calvin S. llrlee was Introduced as th presiding officer of Ihe eonventlon. Senator llrh-e spoke at length upon the political situation. in spite ot James K. I amprteit t earnest and repeated protests that hi friend must not nominal him a th Democratic candi date for Governor of Ohio, as be could not make th race for various reasons, the ex Governor was put at the bend of tne ticket by acclamation against his will by the 600 delegates to the State Democratic eonven tlon. The nomination was foroed upon the But ler county man while he was In the midst of a speech and In the act of presenting the name ot Judge Peck, of Clncitinatll, for the tarn honor. Then cam a graceful accept ance and the the rest of tbe ticket wa made up by acclamation as follows-. Lieutenant Governor J. B. realise, ot Hamilton. Supreme Judge--William T Moossv. ol Auglaize. Auditor -Jarae W. Knott, of Ilichlnnd. Treasurer W. 0 Sholer, ot Gallia. Attorney General - George A. Fairbanks. of Franklin. Member Board ot Public Workl H. P. Keefer of Tuscarawas. Clerk of Supreme Court-J. w. Cruik- Ihnnk, ot Mlntnl. rng rinronst. The platform congratulates the party on the repeal "ol the llepublican legislation known as the Sherman law, the un-American Feder al election law, and the McKlnley law from which repeal has resulted returning prosper ity to the country to such an extent that even the llepublicau are pledged to recognise the same, " Indorses the administration of Presi dent Cleveland, especially the sound money pollcy.congratulates Senator llrlco In the sup port nn nas given tne administration, declares that tbe return of prosperity Is due to legisla tion by the late Democratic Congress and re- alliine tne following portion oi the seventh plank of the last National Democratic conten tion: We hold to Ibe use of both gold and silver ns tbe standard money of the country, and to eoln both gold and sliver without discrimi nation against either melal or charge for mintage, but the dollar unit of coinage of both metals must be of eipial Intrinsic and ex changeable value or be adjusted by Inter national agreement, or by such sate legisla tion as shall Insure the maintenance ot the parity ot the two metals and tbe eiual power of every dollar at all time In the payment of debt, and we demand that the paper cur rency shall be kept at par with and redeem able In such coin. The plntlorm then continues! We Insist upon this policy a especially necessary for tbe protection of farmers and laboring olasses, tne nrst nan most aniense less victims of unstable money and fluctuat ing currency. We call the attention ot the people lo Ihe methods and practices ot'-bossism ' by which the llepubllcnn party In tble State ha been mnnaged In the last few years, and for ex amples point to Its history in Hamilton coun ty and to the final culmination of the same In the sneevllle convention, and we ask the people by their vote this fall to put their condemnation on such practices. We denounce Ihe Inst legislature a corrupt and unworthy ol the confidence ol the people, and wa submit to the voter whether they wish to perpetunle this condition ol affairs by placing tbe Itepubllcans again In power. We view with alarm tbe large increase In Indebtedness throughout the State by couutles and municipalities as authorized by tbe last Legislature and the Increase In Ihe last few years In the tax rate, and we demand econo my in expenditure and conservatism In the increase of the debt. Th platform wa algned by 19 out of 2) member ot the committee, the dissentient! being A. W. Patrick, of Tuscarawas, and J M. Lewis, of Champaign. These submitted the following minority report to tbe flnancia plank: We demand Ihe Immediate restoration o tbe law providing for the free coinage ant legal tender ol both gold and silver ooint without discrimination against either melal as provided In the Constitution, and witbou awaiting tbe ascent ot England or any othei foreign nation. Tbe platform a submitted by the majotity. wa adapted. NINETEEN LIVES LOST. Seven Drowned Like Rats and Twelve Whd off a Vel's Deck. The (learn schooner Excelsior arrived at Seattle, Wash., from Alaska bringing the firs I definite new of tbe wreck ot tbe sealing schooner Waller Earl of Victoria, which wo apslr.fd April 12. with Ibe lost ol every man on board, Including ( apt. Mngnesen nnd a crew ol seven white men and eleven Indiana, She wa tound bottom up and tbe Indian were In tbe lorecaatie. The steamer Francis Culling towed Ihe wreck to Kodlak island and It was there the dead Indians were discovered alter turning Ihe boat right side up. Tbe Exeelsior also brought a part of the rrew ol another wreck. The sealing schooner Drendtt went to piece on an unknown rock on the coast ol Shumsu Island, off Siberia, but ail tbe men were saved. The Earl was seen two day before that date, nnd on the lutn a terrible storm swept nrouua houinit Island, endangering every kind ol craft. in the learlul storm th Indian became fright ened aud rushed Into the forecastle, wbicn I their quarters Th crew outside bad tried to manage the helpless vessel, which niny have already lost her rudder, as it wo gene Irom the wreck. They bad been (wept into th open see by the fury ol the storm and sank without the least cbauoe lo save themselves 'The Imprisoned Indians were In greater peril, and when tbe boat turned com pletely over tbey were drowned like rats. The ballast of tbe f ont was resting almost against th deck. HANGED TO A TREE Negro Murderer Lynched By a Hob In Ohio. A eowardly murder and lynching of the murderer occurred near New Richmond, O Franklin Friedman, aged 80, the wealthiest man In Claremont eounty, and president of inerirsi national nana ot Mew iticbmond wa xiiiea ruesuay anernoon by a negro Noah Anderson. Mr. Friedman lived at Claremontvllle and was on bis way to New Richmond In a buggy, when Anderson sprang out from ambush. He seized Mr. Friedman by tbe throat and chok ed him to death. Tbe murderer fled, but wa captured and locked up in the New Richmond Jail. Im mediately alter being Imprisoned, about of "hang bim!" aroused tb community. lly 3 o'clock the mob bad quieted down, and tbe manual iriea to lake tne prisoner lo tbe uoumy jaii ai naiavia, A deputy snerin ar rived, an attempt was made to removed An demon before daylight. At i o'clock be was quietly taken from Jail, but the mob lay in wait, wrested him Irom Ibe officer and banged him lo a tree. Onus Used in Court. A shooting affray ooeurred In tbe eourl room ol a juttlce ol th peace at Newberry. norma, in wnicn rour men war wounded, wo laieiiy. Work Tor TwoundreoflCen. Two hundred men will he nnt In werk lb new Baltimore A Ohio yard at Cumber lasa, uu., ana in new mnln tbops wll p pushed rapidly to completion. MWHffiJM WASHINGTON, 4. - KILLING OF THE BANNOCKS. Government Preparing to Arrest Settler in Jarkscns Hole. Tt action to be taken by th government In connection wilh the killing ol the Bannock Indian In th Jackson Hole country, July 19 ha been referred to the department of Justice. A communication on theaubject was lor warden mere w nien recite the clrcum slnuoes In the ca and end with a strong rrcommendailnii lor an Investigation ot the matter by the department of justice. It Is understood that the attorney-general was asked le send special agent to .tackaon Hole and that the services of th Indian In spectors were offered as assistants. Agent 'leter probably will not form part ot the com mission, a he has taken so prominent a part In the troubles that th settler are greatly prejudiced against him. it is neiievea mat tne srrest of certain set tlers by th United States authorllle has been recommended, so that the case may be brought Into court aod the relative welsbt of th treaty with the llaiiiincks and of the law ot Wyoming may be judicially determined. Mora Settlement. An agreement has been signed hv Reeretarv ol Slate Olney, Minister Dupuy de Lome, ot Spain, Antonio Maximo Mora and Mr. Mora counsel, providing for the settlement of the Mora claim on the basis of tl. 500.000. Senl- eiuber 16 next. Iy the agreement the claim ant waives all demnnds lor Interest and o cepts theamoiiut named ns fullsatlsfactlou ot claims. Tbere Is only one point on which It appears possible tbut there may yet ben oucn, j ue npanisn government insist tbat the payment shall be made by Camain-Oen- ernl Campos In chnrge ol llm Spanish force n Luua ana mat me money simii tie trnnsler red to Morn or his representatives In Havana Mr. Mora doe not n -cept this condition and insists thnt, a the settlement Is the result ol negotiations between spnln and tbe United States the payment should be made either In Madrid or Washington. The agreement provide that the claim shall be paid In Spanish gold dollars, whlob are ol slightly lees value thun the American coin. Six New Gunboats. The bureau of Ordnance and llepalr ol the Navy Department have completed Ihe plans and specifications tor the six light drult composite gunboat authorized by the Ihe Inst session of Congress, end copies were mailed to shipbuilders throughout the country. The gunlioais nre to be 1,000 tons displacement, and Ihe cost is not to exceed 2J0,OOO each. The law provd'S I hut not uiose than two of Ibe six shuh be bdill by cue nllder or at any cue yard, Creary A Hon' commission house and Hukin's coffee warehouse, at Cincinnati, were burned. Loss, tl'U.W'0. MAHKETH. I'llTsHl'ltO. ITiis whoi.iuui. ran rs ars oivrn ski.ow.1 Ursin, Flour and WHEAT No, 1 red i Nu. a red tOKN No. yellow ear No. t yellow shelled M Mixed ear, OA'18-No. 1 while No t wblte . F.xtra No t white Ligbt mixed KYoV-No 1 No. i western FLOl'K Winter patenls blends.. Fancy Spring patent Fancy straight winter Ctralflit XXX bakers' Clear H inter Hye flour BAY-NO. 1 timothy No. II Mixed clover. No 1 HtH New Hay, from wagout FKKD-No. I While Md., ton Nu I White Middlings Brown Mlddllugt Bran, bulk BTHAW Wheat Oat id. i n 74 TJ W 45 411 44 4B 411 48 119 l iff v m m 84 m tut M Ml 4 1X1 4 10 4 nu 4 IV 8 76 IW t 10 B . DM 8 TB 8 60 8 7 15 (HI in SO 14 Ml 18 no 18 Oil 14 00 16 00 17 00 00 to (10 17 Ml 19 00 1 00 17 (0 16 HO 1A OH 6 Oil Wl II 60 1 00 I 88 t JV 80 14 16 . H 8 Vet tK 18 io iQK Dairy Products BUTTKR Elgin Creamery Fancy Creamery Fancy Country lion. M Low grade and i-osiiig CHKKSK-Ohio, new New York, new Wlscoustn itwieii Lllnburger, newmake. fruit and Vegetable. AI'I'LES Bbl I'K.M HKS.hu PEAKS, till BEANS Hand-picked, per bu Llm. It POTA TUrit-Klne, in car. bbl From store, bu CASH AUK Home grown, bbl ONIONS Vellow. bu 1 no IIS Ml 1 CO Ml 1 60 I WO 80 6 1-8 1 86 I 78 M Ml 76 BO 76 Poultry, lta. Live Chicken, V pair 70 76 Live Ducks. V pair Ml 00 Dressed Cblt-aens. V lb. 18 80 Live 'lurkeys. w Hi II 18 EUOS Pa. and Ohio, fresh 18 18 IfKAl llKKn-tllralivelteese.lU 65 M No. 1 hi. Live Oeeae, V I" 40 46 Country, large poi-seu aft 40 M IsvellHneou. SEEDS Clover 68 lbs ( Timothy, prime M Blue Grass BAOtt Country mixed M UONKY VVhlte clover MAPI.K SYHL'P, new C1DKK Country, sweet, libl T ALLOW CINCINNATI. FI.OVR WHEAT No. 8 Keu BYE No. 0 COitN Mixed OATH tOOS BUTTKK Ohio creamery 'U1IAILLMIA 8 ;n 8 HO 1 40 10 H i 14 16 70 80 00 8 60 4 4 8 76 jt4 60 6V 70 48 44 80 88 8 W 16 1 FLOVR - VVHKAT No. 8 KeU COHN Nu 8 Mixed OATS Na 8 While. BUTT'EK Creamery, extra. Kuoa-l-a. nrsts 8 8" a 4 73 7U I I 48 47 in B 18 80 18 NS.W KOKK, FLOUR Patent g t 764 IB WHEAT No, 8 tied 78 78 BYE State.. 68 67 COKN No. 8 47 48 OATS White Western 87 88 BUTT'EK Creamery .. 18 8U EtiUB Stale aud I'unu 14 LIVE STOCK. CXNTS-4L fcTOCK YaHIW, EiSt LlIIBTT, FA. CATTL, Prime. 1,400 to I. (ton lb ( 5 8 - s SO Uood, 1.8U0 to 1,400 In 6 8:1 6 80 Uood butcbere, 1 " u l.jiMlba... 4 ti 6 III Tidy, l.tkiu to l.iaoi 4 8,1 4 73 Fair light .leers un to luuJ lbs ... 6 7 4 86 Common, iiu to WJUH 8 Hi 8 0J HOU. Philadelphia 4 IK) 4 fU Best Yoikein and inlxeil 6 10 6 19 Common tu lair Yorkers 4 80 4 is sugar. Extra. 8 to 1051bi Good. 86 to 88 lbs ... Fair, 76 to 66 lbs Common bpriug Lamb - 8 00 8 nu 1 60 1 no 8 00 Chicago. Cattle Common to extra steer e8.t0g).iiu; Mocker and feeder. 88. Mke 10 cow aud bulls, sl.Nl.svieO; calve, ta. otx)6. i a Bog heavy, 4.60ie4 u.; common to choice mixed, 4.40i6.05; i-bolue assorted, A10ta5.36: .... 'iv. a k .11. in., u 1U1...1 mi, u . i lerlor to unoice, uoii.uu; isuioe, &uoi3. so. Cincinnati Bog select nipper none: butcher 4. 86as. W): lair to good psokws giaB IO4.80-. fair to llsht 86 KHoS. 86: common an rougbg4.86to4.e0 Cattle-good ahlpper1te4.4uto6.oa good ioohoic46uto6. 00) fair to medium tOso (4. 86: aommou 886108.86 Lamb estretAOO: good to oltolue 84(1010476! common to lair 8,00 to 8,11. a 40 8 80 8 16 I 86 4 60
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