HEWS FROM THE CAPITAL. TESTING ARMOR PLATE. .. .. Mot Importnnt Tut Ever Made of Re alating Power of Battleships. - - As the result of (he ballistic test tbnt took tlace At Indlnn Head on the 4th, C23 tons of henry armor plate, vnluotl at about H00, OOOpasses from the possession of the Carnegie company, of Pittsburg, nnd wits accepted by the government as the aldo nrmor of the bat tleship lows. The plate thnt to successfully passed this Inrue group of armor was manu factured under the new double forced pro test, which Is owned by thnt company, nnd is the llrsl plate of that klud to be 11 red nt in nn acceptance test The resistance of tho plate was a eurhrise to every one present. and was pronounced by C aptain Hnmpjon to be the best heavy armor plnte ever tested at Indlnn Head. The shots were fired at 2,0 yards, at right angles to the plate, to secure the normal Im pact. The first was a 600-pound Carpenter projectile from 10-Inch gun, driven by 14') i ouuils of Pupont's Drown prismatic powder, t struck the plate with a velocity of 1.41 feet per second, or with nn energy of "41,0)0 foot-pounds. The projectile was driven Into the plate about six Inches, and not a single Injury to the backing was discovered, alter a careful examination, save the losing of seven bolts connecting the projection dock with the armor. This was not considered serious at best. The second shot was also from a 10-Inch gun, but tho charge was Increased to Pill pounds, which Increased the velocity to l.KM feet per second, so that It struck with nn en ergy of 931,000 foot-pounds. This shut also spent Itself on tho plate without creating a sign of a crack or Injury, or straining the frame work. There was net a bulge in the Elate or frame of the vessel. A single bolt, owever, was driven out. The British Government has been inform ed that nn American r- preseututivo will mnke an investigation, nnd it Is believed that the Inquiry will be morethorough nnd the results mure satisfactory than they would have been bad tho first arrangement been carried out. A dispatch to the "Tall Mall ilnzette," from Hong Kong, says the leader of the Ku Cheng massacre has bueu captured by the nuthori tles. The total number of persons thus far arrested for participation in the outrages nt Ku Cheng, Is 1!)0, of whom 28 have been con victed. Ihe Investigation of the United States gov ernment will be made with the co-oporatlon of a Chinese representative. Trance has already mado an Independent Investigation. The investigation Is expected to be made by some ofllclal now on tne t hlncse coast. It will probably take a month to reach Cheng Tu, which is the capital of the Interior prov ince of Szechunn, and lies some 1,600 iuilet from the nearest ocean port. WILL ACT ALONE. Will Make an Investigation Into the Cheng Tu Biota. The United States Government has decided upon an Independent investigation of the destruction of American Christian mlsskns at Cheng Tu, China, by rioting Chinese. This decision Is a result of Great Brltian'i delay in looking Into the matter. There riots occurred on June 10, Inst, some weeks before the KuCheng riots, which a British and American commissioner is now investigating. It does not look as though the British would begin their inquiry until early in the winter. For the last ten days, Acting Secretary of Ftnte Adee has been In communication with Mr. Denby, United 8 ntes minister to China, on the subject, and Just as soon as a consul of the United States on the coast can reach Cheng Tu, the Investigation will begin. While none of the American missionaries met with injury In the ( hang Tu riots, the missions were all destroyed nnd It Is charged tbnt the Chinese oftlclnls refused protection to their occupants until after the mob had finished its work of destruction. SPAIN BACKS DOWN. Fair Treatment Assured for Two V. S. Citizens. The fctute Department received a cablegram from Consul General Williams at liavana, stating that Agulrra bad been reloased by the Spanish authorities and Suuguilly would le granted a civil trial soon. This was welcome news to the department as the case of these two United States citizens imprisoned In Cuba baa dragged tediously for months. Consul General Williams was active in seeing protection for Agulrra and Banguilly, so much so that he offered the for mer Spanish Minister Muragua, who request ed his recall. Later the State Department made very energetic representations nt Mad rid aud Havana. These first bore fruits In tba concession' that Agulrra and Sangullly would bo given civil and not military trials. The release of Agulrra and the prompt trial of Sangullly will secureeverythlng for which tbe bolted States ha contended. A RAILROAD SOLD. O. A. and C Fusses into the Bands of Senator Brio. Calvin 8. Brlce bat at last gained control of tbe Cleveland, Akron k Columbus rail road. The board of director, consisting of Frank Rockefeller, William Cbisholm, J. H. Boyt, L. M. Cole and G. W. Saul, met In Cleveland and after a long and exciting ses sion the finishing touches were put 9k the deal that puts 51 r. iirlce in oontrol ot tne road. Senator Iirlce was represented by Col. A. h. Conger and C. N. Haskell. Tbe main bunlnest transacted was the sale ot over 10,000 shares owned and controlled by Presi dent G. W. Saul for nearly o0tt,000. After tho transfer Mr. Iirlce wus elected president OI tne new organization. The Hue will le used as a UnktoMr.Brloe's trunk line from St. Louis to New York. Large terminals will be established at Akron with a luke outlet at Cleveland, and the southern part of the line to be used as a feeder. There will be four lake terminal points, Cleveland, Toledo, Sandusky and Buffalo. It is ths plan to buy the Toledo, hu Louis k Kansas City, aw In tbe bands of a reoeiver. A connect ing link is to be built from tbe Lake Erie k Western to the Clover Leaf, which will giv an air line from St. Louis to Delpbos, O., on the Pittsburg, Akron k Western, lirloe's re cently acquired road. An extension is to be built from Akron to New Castle, Fa., where an eastern outlet will be found over the Buf falo, Jiocnetter Pittsburg. Battleflasre for the Encampment. In accordance with a letter received by uiiu irom uov. urowa, uireotor (iensral Mill- iksu oi ins u. a. . encampment sent a com DiittM flnnrnnswl nt ISA Jtv.unlnn ,1 1 .. Frankfort, to select from ths Keatuoky regi mental Hugs now at Frankfort, suck ones at are desired lor exhibition bars during ths coining encampmeut. The Hugs will bs arranged around ths Clay Dead y Blot In India. In a riot at Dhullu, province of Kunndeab, between Hindoos and Mohammedans, five of ths latter were killed. Tub riot was caused by an attack which ths Mohammedans md upon a Hindoo profession. The nolle guarding the prsoessloo II led upon ths riot ers, killing five Mohammedans outright and rpuutllug it), ot whom live bavs slue died. TELEGRAPHIC TICKS - lilcliard Dtnnd tnya holt out of politics for good. llungnry it Increasing In her grnln ex ports. The Durant trial may drng along tor months. Bicycles are used in laying mllltnry tele graph line. The lender of the Ku-Cheug massacre has been captured. Fifteen persons were injured by it train wreck near I'nrsons, Kan. The Dominion Trades ond l.nbor Congress bos decided to admit Socialists. Nine hundred Nihilists have been arrested In St. Petersburg and Moscow. A box containing 2,000 forgotten Indict ments was found in Now York. The Chinese rebellion In ths provinoe of Kau-Suh is becoming formidable. Fire bosses In the coal mines in tbe Plttt burg district will ask for more wages. Many of tho negro colonists from America who went to Liberia have died of fever. The Togpost, a Boolallst paper of Nurom burg, Germany, bat been seized for Insulting the Knlser. A 13-yenr-old murderess, Mary Fierce, bat been convicted of manslaughter nt Grund Haven, Mich. The .Masonic temple at Boston was burned. Loss about (400,000. Three firemen were seriously hurt. Cuban Insurgents are still burning planta tion buildings and using dynamite to blow up railroad bridges. A furious wind nnd thunder storm at lsh. pemlng, Mich., covered the soldier's camp with branches of trees. The Defondcr bent Valkyrie Ilf.. In the first yacht race for the America's cup, by 8 minutes and 43 seconds. Frovost, the absconding clerk of the Supremo Court of Vlctorln, Australia, was captured nt llochcster Harbor. l'iro In the Osceola copper mine, at Calu met, Mich., Imprisoned about 40 miners, who have undoubtedly perished. It is the policy of the present British Gov ernment to pay loss naval attention to the Faclflo nnd more to her interests nearer home. Four young Japanese who visited a Chinese restaurant in San Frnucltco were poisoned. One it already dead and tbe others are dying. Benny McKee, ex-rresldent Harrison's grandson, saved Mrs. Itusseli B. Harrison's little daughter from drowning at Old Forge, N. Y. There It a Cuban revolutionary club In Chicago, numbering 78 members, each of whom contribute 14 a month, to tba cause of the revolution. At Fayetteville, Tenn., Thursday night, Dock King, oolored, arrested on a charge of attempted assault, was taken from Jail by a a mob and banged. Hlotix Indians at theRosebad agency, a D., have notified Agent Wright to leave In 21 days, and threaten to burn the buildings. The Indians are determined to have the rates re duced for hauling freight. Dr. Orlando E. Bradford, one of the count erfeiter! who escaped when Brnckwny and others were captured In New York, recently was arrested Saturday, with tbreo other men. Bradford bad copper plutes fur making (100 treasury notet. United States Consul S. F. Heed, at Tlens. tin; Oomuinndcr Francis M. Barber, United States naval attacbe at Tokio, and nn Ameri. can missionary will mnke the independent Investigation of tbe Chinese riott at Cheng. Tu for tbe United htates. FIGHTING IN CUBA. The Insurgent Leader Maceo Reported Defeated With Heavy Losses. Tbe column of General Canellas routed tht band beaded by Maceo to the south ot ltamorj de Las Yaguoa on Saturday, The Ineurgeuti very much outnumbered ths Spaniards, bul they were driven from tbelr positions and en campmeut, leaving 8(1 killed and 80 wounded. The Spauish lost 1 oltlcer and 12 soldiers kill' and 9 ollluors and SO soldiers wounded. Tbe official report of the engagement tayi that the column of General Caruullat numb ered bH, while Maceo'i forces numbered 3,600. The II ring lasted for eight hours, and tbe ammunition of the insurgents wus cap. tured by tbe troops as well as their mall. OI the officers wounded, four were captains nnd four lleutennots. General Canellas, himself, was wounded, it Is said, slightly. When Ihe insurgents were finally dispersed, they went in the direction of bongo, aud tbe troops followed In pursuit. Tbe command of Lieutenant-Colonel Zubla surprised ths insurgent bands, led by Suarez and Zayas in tjuernada, near Grande Ite med lot, and after a sharp engagement routed them. Tbe insurgents left eight ot their number dead on the field, but carried their wounded with them In their retreat. Ul Lieutenant-Colonel Zubla's command out wus killed aud five were wounded, A company ot civil guards encountered a mounted baud of lusurgeuts uuder Arcs at Macauga. At ths first lire of tbe volunteers the insurgents took flight, leaving 40 saddle horses and 2,G00 cartridges In the bands ol the guards. At Uatlllo the Insurgents burned the store of itulluo Diaz, the Dolores mansion aud tht farmhouse ot Jose 1'rieto, together With (10, 000 worth of plantation property. At tuulcui four Insurgents have surrendered, and at Santi Luparliu sine bavs given themselvei up. Buried In Ruins. The west tower on ths great machinery at Springfield, III., which is uow being roof ed, collapsed burying several men beneath the ruins. Charles liobson, ot Lincoln, and James Parke of Springfield, both plumbers, who were at work on the ground loor, were killed. They were eovered with several font of brick aud mortar. Tba Injured are, Fred Berd, carpenter, badly mashed; N. Williamson, a oarpenter, both ankles broken) Samuel Davenport, of Chicago; boss carpen ter, badly injured about tbe baok by tailing debris; John Getherd, a carpenter. large gash cut in bis bead, will probably recover: Cbas. Brownell, water carrier, both legs and both arms broken, badly burned by mortar and, (ear fully lacerated, will die. Captured a Train Robber. "Bill" Williams, alias Lloyd Mayrs, alias John MoMuhon, one of tbe most noted dee- fiersdcs In the West, has been arrested and les in jail at Leadvllle, Col. Last wluter bs loon me the leader ol the gang that robbed the Wells-i'argo Express Company at Cripple Creek and secured (20,000. The other two men were eaytured here thres mouths ago, but Williams tcioaped. He bad kept out of the ofllcers' reach; until Frlduy night, when bs cams to town trout Denver aud wot arrested. THE WORKING WORLD. LABOR DAY. New York Unions Thought They Bad Nothing to Celebrate. This Is ths first Labor day that has not witnessed a general parade of all the trades In this city and vicinity. This fact Is considered significant in labor circles ol the general con dition this year ot New York working people. With but a few exceptions, there la no ques tions to be agitated and no victories to be celebrated. The various labor organisation! decided, therefore, some time ago, that a parade was hot necessary, nnd thnt the vnrlous unions should spend the dny as ths Individuals saw lit. As a resnlt, there was a sudden exodus from the city In every direction, l'lcnle part ies, great and small, took advantage of Ihe linn weather and traveled to the sea nnd to various pleasure grounds and parks about ths ony. Dissension marked tho celebration of Labor dny In Chicago, and two rival organizations of Inbor marched In separate parades. This wns the result of the long ponding dispute be tween tbe labor congress and lbs trade and labor assembly. Ths day was generally celebrated In Phila delphia, although the state labor dny does notcomeuntll next Saturday. Originally tho day was universally observed the firs: Mondny In September, but In the year lHH.'l, when the bill In the Pennsylvania legislature became a law providing for a Saturday bait holiday, it carried with It a change in the time tlxed for celebrating labor dny. Cleveland hnd the biggest Inbor dny de monstration that that city has ever known. Business houses were very generally closed, nud the city wns In holiday dress, A parade In which every Inbor union in the city took part, inarched through the principal streets In tbe morning. It was reviewed by the mayor and ether city clllcinls In front ot the City Hall. There were about 10,000 men in line. Beautiful weather contributed to the suc cess ot Labor dny celebration at St. Louis. All the bauks, exchanges, courts nnd city olllces were closed, and many retail s ores gave their clerks a holidny. The labor or ganizations united In a parade ol the princi pal streets at noon, nnd afterwards assem bled at Concordia park, where the remainder ol the day was spent In amusements of vari ous kinds. Nearly 4,000 people were In line. nttsburg did not celebrate the national labor holiday, nnd the only observance of the day Is found In rules governing the handling of mails at the postolllce. Pennsylvania will observe the State labor day ou Saturday, which will be a legal holiday. The Sewer Pips Industry. A majority ot the sewer pipe and brick works are now running almost all In ths Toronto, O., section, except the Great West ern, Forest City aud P. Connor's Lxoelsioi works, nnd the latter will probably ttart soon. The yards are fast lining up with pipe, aud some of them are ahead of their quota, while others aremany orders behind. English Iron Prices Up, Iton and steel merchants ot Birmingham. Fugland, have agreed to raise the price ol boops, bnrs, strips and angles 6 shillings pet ton, prices rnngiug from 40 to 4.010s. Sheet Iron baa also been raised S shillings, making an Increase In price of 1 pound tines June. Flret have been started In nearly all the window glass factories In Pittsburgh. It re quires about three weeks to get the furnaces hot enough to begin work, which will be September 21, Alter tbe works once start a continuous run of 40 weeks is predicted. The trouble betweontha Llppencott Glass company, at Pittsburg, and their emoloyes bos been satisfactorily adjusted, and the big plaut is now In operatlou,glviug employment to more thun COO people. The New Brighton (To.) sign works, which removed to Philadelphia a couple ot years ago, will go baok lo the old locution toon. HAILSTORMS. minois And Missouri Swept by a Severs Storm. Iloports received Irom central Illinois nnd eastern Missouri ttnte that Tuesday nlght'i rain storm did a great deal of damngo. In tome placet the wind reached the dlmeusiom ol a hurricane and telegraph and telephone Wires were demolished. At Malcomb, HI., trees and fences were blown down, corn bndly damaged, nud three horses killed by lightning. At Areola, III., tbe wlud blew dowu roofs and signs and over, turned small outbuildings. At Danville, III,, many chimneys and trees wore blown down, The storm it reported to have done great damage in the country a lew miles north ol Danville but tbe telephone being down nothing definite can bs learned. At Canton, III,, theelectrio storm was tbe worst eror known. At New London, Mo., the heaviest hail storm ever experienced In that section swept over the city. Some of the stones measured 12 inches in circumference and weighed eight ounces. A heavy rain followed tbe bail storm and Hooded tbe low lands. Throughout Pike county, Missouri, the storm wns vary severs, but no casualties are reported. At Louisiana, Mo., tbe river rose six feet in less than two hours, and many persons living In the low lands wers obliged to ssek refuge In tbs up per stories ot thulr dwolliugs. MANY DROWNED. A Foreign Shlpa in ths Harbor Wers Blown Ashore. A destructive typhoon of unusual fury spent Its strength at Eucbluotsu, Japan, shortly bofors tbe last steamer sallod. All torelgn ships In the harbor wers blown on shore. With a few exceptions tho bouses In the town wore entirely destroyed or partly wrecked, Tblrty-ilx vessels beoamt total wreaks, and the crews wers all drowned. Ths wreckage, loaned by ths awful fury ol the gale, pouuded to death hundreds of men. women aud children, clinging to tbe floating parts of vessels littered over ths sea. The crsw of an American steamer spent the day in rescuing tbe drowning. An Irishman named MuCuIn rescued a large number with a lasso Irom tbe shore. Ths damags dons by floods In Gifo pre fecture Jspan, is very alarming. Six hun dred and eighteen villages suffered. 1,302 bridges wers washed away, 20 people drown, ed. and 22.220 parsons reseived relief. Cholera is spreading among tbs forslga shipping and causing great alarm. Ths ter ribly infectious dlssas has broksn out in ths French ships Itly, lueonstant, Macblas and Hunaa and on board the two Russian war ships Seabaka aud Bobrs, V patients dying out ol 60 affected, and on board tbs British steamer Ashdowu. Two Italian warships have also gone Into duarantlna with ekolera on board. Tbs dis ease In svsry case was traoed to bum boats that supplied sailors witn trim, mo Amsrl cau boats ars yet reported afleotsd. Thomas Barkis, a mill worker of Steuben, ville, O., was stabbed to death by Frank llosaner. Chinese rioter attaoksd tba Christians at Bok Cblang, woundsd four and destroyed lbs bouses. FIVE PERSONS INJURED. An Excursion Train Craahed into by a Runaway Locomotive. A railway accident occurred Mondn) afternoon near Woodlnwn station, on the Ben Beach rallroitd, In which 60 people were Injured. While train No. 3 drawing 17 cars, which were crowded almost to suffocation by excursionists, was standing nt the Woodlnwn stntlon, n wild engine crashed Into the renr enr telescoping it. Tho oar was full of pas sengers, most ot whom came from New York Many people saw the engine tearing along along. Jumped from tho train, nnd thus saved themselves. A colored porter yelled to the passengers to lump The runnwar engine dn-ticd Into (be rear car, smashing It Into kindling wood, and burying men, women and children be neath it. There was a mad rush ol surging bumnnltv Irom the train. Tatrolmnn Kelly, who wos'on duty at tho station, turned in Jeveral ambulance calls, and live ambulances 10m the surrounding hospitals promptly re . ..i-i In the meantime the woodwork of the wrecked car caught lire and was soon in a blaze. Four cars were completely destroy ed before tbe train hands were nble to un couple them, and tour cars telescoped by tbe collision. Most ol the Injured were tnken to the hospitals, ana several win pramuij me in,, nmnii Inliimd nret Joseph Hoe. Abraham Levy, New York: John Blake, Nave, sink, N. J.i William Gregory, Jersey Cltyt Lizzie Weft, August nucuinusirunir, .uorur. Franksl, Joseph lloemnu, Lewis lleld.Josoph Freedmnn, New Yorkt William W. Kemp, Brooklyn) Joseph Lewlnson, (!. flcjnrmun, h.i-. it Woods, wife and child, Miss L. Montolalr, George Hammond hew Yorki Edward li. Freelaud, Newark, N. J. t James Hussion, Kearney, N. J.t Joseph Frlnk, Aug. ust George, Gustsvus Milling, F.mll seteik, Henry Kruger, Charles IL Merchant, Nellie Burleton, New York. Ths police authorities, who have Engineer Frank Jason and l lremao Annur iioss, oi the runaway engine, uuder arrest, say that engine No. fi, while shunting on the track, wns In danger, while going backwnrd, ol eolllslon with another engine. 1 he engineer, thinking It Impossible to avoid this anlllslnn, reversed the lever nnd Jumped from the train, followed by his llremao. mo eniriuc, uow- ever, lumpea lorwuru nunu ninuvwiniwi;, nnd started down the tracks nt a terrlllc rate of speed, resultlug in the disaster. TRADEREVIEW. A Deckled Increase Over Last Year, Al though Prices Average Lower, II. G. Duu A Co., in tbolr "Weekly llevlew of Trt.de" snyi There Is no rent renctlon In business, Galus which were recognized ns temporary are van ishing, but there remains a decided Increase over lust year at date, although prices aver age b.b per cent, lower tnnn a year ngo. It needs no keen observer to see tbnt the renct lon ngnlnst tbe rapid advance In prices Is strong. Cotton Is strong, but bnt paused. i ne geuerai lenuency 10 curtail purchases where prices have notably advanced grows clearer In boots and shoes, In wool and some products ol Iron. Imports are large, but It is stated that Bradford manufacturers And It bard to get labor enough to fill tbelr nrdors, so that delay may cancel many contracts, as Inferior quality bat cancelled some already. The cotton manufacturer has rising cotton nnd a strong market to help, but n great chance ot a great strike for higher wnges. ihe brightest feature on all tbs horizon Is tbe certainty that the crop ol corn will be en ormous. Frosts now can only affect a small fraction, and ths surplus will go Into the manufacture of meals, because nt 35.7o at New York, nearly 4c lower than a week ago, there Is no other profitable ass for oorn. Tbe snnual reports showing a larger yield of cotton last year than has been supposed Indicate that more cotten must remain In the country beside tbe unconsumed stocks abroad. A quiet market without much change of prices for a time would be a blessing to thousands. Failures for the week have been 180 in tbe United States, agalult 21U last year, and In Canada 38, against 47 last year. A NEW ARMY WRINKLE Foreign Coat Which May Be Turned Into a Shelter Tent. The war department, in pursuance of Its efforts to add to the comfort and convenience of tue soldier, is about to test a new device which bos met with considerable success In the Austrian army. The article about to be tried Is a combination of an overcoat and a tent. It Is luteuded for use in forced marches picket duty, etc. It Is diamoud-shnpod when spread out and when worn by the soldier folds so as to form a tack coat, which fulls well below the knee. One of the points ol ths diamond forms a hood, which can be used in stormy or cold weather. When on a f orc ed march or service in which It is not conven tent to carry tents the coat can be transform ed Into a a V -shaped tent in a tew minutes, and each coat forms a tent largo enough to shelter oue man. lu cbbo a larger shelter Is required, tho coats can be laced together by the buttonholes, so as to accommodate a dozen men. No poles are roqulrcd, tbe gun and bayonet serving this purpose. The matter was brought to the attention ot the department by foreign muuulnelurors,and nfter some correspondence, twenty coats were sent for test In tbe United States army. There will be given a thorough trial, The garments are water proof aud light and it they are cap able of doing the service there are represent ed to have performed, they may prove a very useful adjunct to the equipment of tbe United States soidlor. PROCLAIMED A REPUBLIC. Cubans Form A Provisional Government at Najasa, A Havana dispatch says tbat ths meeting ot Insurgent delegates at Najasa proclaiming a constitution for the republlo on a federal basis ot five ttatet. They also elected tbe marquis of Santa Lucia, president, aud appointed various ofllcers, at well us continuing the noaalua Hons of Antoulo Muceo, to be general com mander in Santiago deCuba, Maximo Gomel lu Puerto Prluulpe, aud ltolofl iu Santa Clara. Najusa was proclaimed us the provisional fed eral capital. A resolution wus adopted per muting farmers to sell tbelr produce iu the towns on ths payment of 26 per sent ad valorem duty. A proposal to proclaim Maceo dictator ol Cuba was discussed for six days, and wat finally withdrawn. The Autonomltta party Intend to petition Spain tor self government ou Canadian lines. It it stated tbat Gomes is inclined to accept conditional autonomy, but Maceo declines any compromise. WINGED DEATH MESSENGERS War Balloons Tbat Will Dsllver Ezplo. slves. Samuel Andrews, a machinist ot Hartford, Conn.,olalmi to bavs psrfeettd a war balloon wblcb bs bat told to a syndicate ot New York Cubans for ute In the aid of Cuban in turgentt. Tbs balloon bat been thoroughly tetted in the fields of New Jersey and is said to work perfectly. Justond of ths ordinary car, it is fitted with an armored box, from which a numbar of bombs can bs suspended. Tbs bombs ars ignltsd aud released by automatlo maohlnery in tbs box and after all ars dis charged tbe box explodes, destroying lbs ballson and the secret machinery, Tbs machinery is worked by a steel spring. Andrews elslms to bavs a device by whloh ns can oontroi tus uireotioa oi tue balloon. KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS SHOT WHILE HUNTING. Acoidnntal Discharge of a Gun Causes a Fatal Injury. A horrible accident town, Somerset county, lor nnd a ompnnlonwi shot gun wns nccldci entire lond of shot em fane, mutilating It In a was necessary to rem' lower Jnw. spnngler I appened at Bucks While Henry Spang ic hunting, tho In.ter't . .Ily discharged, tbs ing young Spangler'a i orrltile manner. It iv) a large part ot tbs iiiuot recover. minTort Ht'llliKB SOLVZI). The shooting nt a I ur :lar, nud ths arrest of two others nt Ft. W.iyne. Ind., have re venled tbe mystery surrounding tne robbery of O S. llorton nnd Ins aged wlfe.near Union City, it year ngo. i u old man wns so badly beaten lie died shortly after the robbery. Tbe Ft, Wayne burglnr, lu his dying stntement, Implicated Jack Mcll rmott, of Union City, as the lender of the gang. MoDermott Is now nnder nrrest, and a r quisltlon has been ask ed lor the two Ft. Wa . ne robbers. AH three will be tried lor the murder ol llortcn. roRTt-NE roa a mill mas. F.dward Thornton, a well-known mill man of Heaver Falls will start tor England In a lew days to receive a lortune of (100,000. This money Is Irom the estate of his father, who died some time ago, but It was not until a few weeks back that Thornton wns loented by bit father's attorneys. The heirs to tbe estate are Thornton and bis sister, wbo lives iu Ohio. Thornton came to this country a number ot years ago and bis family In Eng lund bad lust trace ot him. ESOIXKF.B XII I KD. Freight train No SJ burg, Shennngo ft Lake 1 of the Pitts rlo railroad was wrecked Just south of the bridge, nn Iron viaduct 80 le glne jumped the track and I 17 cars were wrecked or d" Frank Dunbar, of Greenvln Klk creek, Erie t high. The co ll on its side. and tiled. Engineer i", was instantly i.an was badly in- killed nnd brnkeman Corde Jured internally. Jir.ni'MANTS AHSHIM. The firm of Heddlng it Covalt, merchants and lumber dealers, made an assignment at Bedford. Liabilities, (20,0(11, with assetts sulllcleut to cover. The mining outlook about Grove City Is anything but encouraging. There Is no probability ol a strike, but the mines are doing little of nuythlug In shipping. In the Inst two months the mines of this locnllty nave not rjeen averaging three uays a week. When tbe harbor nt Counenute, O., was com pleted the railroad company immediately be gan to ship Iron onr to tbe vicinity ot Pitts burg. Tbny load ears in the Pittsburg dis trict now with a better grade of coal than is found Here. Scarlet fever Is epidemic In Sharon. The School Board, at a meeting, introduced rigid restrictions to prevent tue spread ol ths dls ease in the public schools Charles Tburner and Annie Hull, of Whar ton township, Fayette county, eloped and were married at Cumberland, Md., alter driving all the distance lu a sulky with one norse. Tbe Beaver county Afro-American league elected ths following delegates to the State convention of tbe league at Harrisburg, held on September 11: James Webster, of Now Brighton; prank McDonald, of Beaver rails J. W. Butler, of Benver; Messrs. Costley. Woodson and Pollard were elected alter' nates. Typbold fever Is still epldemlo at Venice, a village a few miles nortn or Washington, Two deaths have occurred within a few dnyt ana mere are many cases. Two mad dogs were killed In "Coon Hol low," Unlontown, but not until several other dogs were bitten. In consequence there is a mud-dog soars now In tbe village. Both the Beech Creek nnd the I'ennsyl vnuln railroad companies are after rich coal lauds In tbe Illnck Lick district, north and west of l'.bensburg. The plans nf the former were anticipated by tho Pennsylvania, which sent a corps of engineers to survey a routo a few dnys ago. Beaver county's corn crop will be nn extra good one. An eight-acre Held ol William .McCoy's, near Darlington, Is an average specimen. It contnlns hardly a stoek less than eight feet high, and ninny exceod 13 feet. Almost every stock coutains two fully developed ears and tamo throe. Two horses owned by Charles Gerould, ot East Srultbfl eld were stung to death by a swarm of bees at Athous while bitched to a post. Thomas Woguo 13 years old, ot Johnstown was fatally wounded by the accidental dis charge of a pistol In tba hands of a compan ion. The Ilev. Dr. D. II. Whaler, who for ten years has been president of Allogheny college at Meadville.bas accepted the chair of sacred rhetoric In Garrett Biblical institute, North western University. Jutte A Co., ot Fayette City, has closed up its company store and will pay tbe men In casb. The Jury In tbe Clark-Smith poisoning case at Washington brought in a verdict of not guilty. George Walters, a lineman at Connellavllls was instantly killed by catching bold ot a live wire. MIssFarr, of Greensburg, wns accidentally wounded by a pistol carelessly bundled by William Malone. George Dusenberry, a collector of Port Marion, was robbed ol (05 by footpads near Unlontown. Henry Fatton, of Confluence, while feeding bark Into a taninlll fell In, and bis leg wus crushed off. A reunion of all the Pennsylvania canal boatman was bold at 1'roeport Tuesday, and almost 200 men ot that calling were In town, coming from almost every point along the canal. Tbe meeting wus held lu the opera bouse. Kev. J. K. Mulborn opened tbe meet ing with prayer. Mr. It. B. McKee made aa address ot welcome, which was responded to by ltev. (ietty, ol bultsburg. Shortly after midnight Saturday anattempt was made to wreck tbs Lehigh Valley pass enger train No. 2, bound west. Ths attempt waa made at Tompkius' switch, where ths tins skirts the Susquehanna river, and had it succeeded, tbs train, consisting ot live well filled sleepers, three day coaches and two bag gags cars, would bavs plunged down a twenty-loot embankment Into tbe river. For tunately It waa a ball bour behind time, when a track walker discovered a heap of timbers, t st and boulderton the track and flagged ths train, which wat approaching at high speed. Burned a Church. Westminster church, Minneapolis, Minn, was gutted by Are. Nothing is now standing but tbe heavy walls. Ths building was erect ed Ulteen years ago at a cost ol 16' 1,000. Tbe congregation is the wealthiest and largest ot the Presbyterian denomination In tbe State, Tbs lira was clearly Ineeudlary, Oolonna Gets Her Chili in. Tbs court wblcb baa been hearnu- the con troversy between Prince Colonna and his wife, wbo Is tbs daughter ot Mrs. Juhu W. Muckey, baa ordered that ths tons be given to tho princess, and if neoetsary force Is to be uaud, IMPROVE MENT CONTINUES. Ths Question Now la That tbs Also 1st Prices May go too Far. B. O. Dun k Co't., Weekly llevlew of' Trade tnysi ' Improvement In markets and prices con tinues, and whereat a tew months ago every, body wns nursing the faintest hopes ot re covery, it bus now come to be the only ques tion, in what branches, If any, ths rise In prices and tbe increase of business may go too inr, A strong, conservative feeling is finding expression, not ss yet controlling the markets or Industries, but warning against too rapid expansion and rise. In some di rections the advance In prices elearly checks tuturo business. But encouraging features have great power. Exports ol gold aontlnue, but are met by syndicate deposits, and ex- peotea to cease son. Anxieties auout ins monetary luture no longer binder. Crop f prospects, except lor cotton, have somewhat mproved during the week. Important steps toward reorganization of Brent railroads give hope to some Investors, Labor troubles are, lor the moment, less threatening, an'l some of Importance have been dellnltely set tled. The Industries are not only doing bet ter than anybody bad expected, but are counting upon a great business for tbs rest ol tue year. Wool bnt been tneculntlvely hoisted, to tbat sales have fallen below last year's, Tbs demand for dress goods Is still large. Tbe prospect for wheat has hardly Improv ed this week, though ths pries has fallen i'in. Western receipts have decidedly In creased, but are still bolow last year's. Corn It coming forward more freely. Uuder feverish conditions ths pries of Bes semer pig Iron has now renched a point (7 per ton above the low record made lust year. Home ol the largest producers have been prominent buyers up to tbe top notch ol ac tual sale ngures. Failures lor the week wers 190 In tbs Unit ed States, against 100 last year, and li in Canada, against 40 Inst year. Religious Liberty Wanted. Tbe committee of Chicago Methodists clergymen appointed to ask Leo XIII. to aid in securing religious liberty to tho Protest ants ol several South Amorlcan countries has reported. 1 bo report stated that the matter bad been placed before the Catholic author ities at Hume, aud that they had boon given assurance that the petition would be carried to the pope. The committee expressed the belief that the matter would receive favorable consideration by Leo MI I. and that the agitation of the question would result in great benefit to tno Protestants of Peru, Kucudor nud Bolivia. Fishing Vessels Seised. A Vlrglnin lnke mail steamer from Labra dor reports that one of the Canadian fleet ol fishing cruisers, armed to the teeth with gatt ling guns, cannon and other wenpons, is seiz ing all the Newfoundland fishing vessels found lu Canadian waters and is conveying them to headquarters in tbe strain ol Belle Isle. MAHKRTa I'lTTSBUKO. THS WHOLESALE PBKES ARS OIVXH BRIAW. Oraln. flour and feed. WHEAT No. 1 red a No. II red . COHN No. yellow ear .... ha! yellow shelled H , Mixed ear OATS No. 1 while No. a white Extra No. wbite , l.tuhl mixed mM ItYiv No 1 . No. 2 western FLOCK Winter patents blends.. Fancy Spring patents Faucy straight winter M Straight XXX bakers' Clear Winter Hye flour BAY Nu 1 timothy OS (Kl 45 I m M 40 44 S3 5 4 r 40 3 '.5 f) 10 a w 8 III 8 V) 8 10 II) 00 13 SO 18 00 n: oo m no in ou i; to ii oo e '.'r t 00 44 44 !I7 IM M IM 60 4H 8 M a mi M II Ml II 411 8 g .- 14 :s VI Ol 15 (Ml IS 00 J!l 00 1" ll No. Mixed clover. Nft 1 New liny, from wagons. FKriD No. 1 White lid., ton No t White l Miliums llrowu Middlings lr.iio bran, bulk 11 nu 6TMAW WUeat II 00 Oal tl &0 lHirr Products, lil'TTF.H Elein Creamery. f 88 a tt Fancy Creamery M 111 vo rancy louuiry jtoii. n Low grade aud cooking 0 CilKhNK llhio, new B New York, ne-v .... 0 W leconsiu .Swiss. lvt$ Liuiljuiger, iiewiuake )o' 15 6 S3 18 li'W Fruit and Vegetables. AlTl.ES 1IM Kl 1 M I'K.M II h, Ou M l fi) PEAKS, hil 1 VI J1KANS Hand-picked, per bu..,.. t M li 80 Lima, in 6 i-y a roTATtiitt-Fliie, lu car. bid 1 Ou 1 40 Prom store, uu , 5, CAHItAUK Home growu, bbl 40 U) b.Mo.NS eliow, on 50 '5 Poultry, te. Live Chickens, V pair K a 'A Live iillckn pair fl 40 60 Dressed cnicxeus, V lb. lu Live Turkeys. e 10 11 ' li KtlOS i'a. and Ohio, fresh 12 It r&'ATHKIt.SVKxtrallveOectie.ylU 65 U Nu 1 i.x. Live Goose, ft 10 40 46 Country, I trge packed 85 40 M IscellHiieous, fcEEIiS Clover (S lbs. t S 50 3 9 f s j uuoiuy, priiuo a lilllo Grass RAt.N country mixed HUN KY While Clover MAI'I.K SYKl P, new t nihil Country, swout, b0L... TALLOW ' g TA 1 40 1 60 1 111 H S 60 4 14 iU X OJ 4 CINCINNATI. FLOUR WllhAT No, WKed KYh No. a COKN-Mlxed .,.. OATS Egg W-'I TKIt ohiu creamery t T5 4 50 t.4 40 44 Ji V 10 wo 8 15 riilLAUkXi'llIA. FI-fVIt S na4 "3 WHEAT No. i lied Ml lOKN Nu. II Mixed 46 17 OATH No S W hlte IN a) iilT'i EK Creamery, extra M la ao EGGS l'a. Urate l; NtW YOltK. FLOUR Patents S 75 4 15 W II EAT-Ntt Kited 7J 78 II YE State 66 ".7 COIIN Nu V 47 4H OAT H White Western S7 uu BLTl'Elt creamery 18 ao EUGe btate aud IVnn 14 LIVC STOCK, Cimxal Stock Yakos, 1Ut Lusair, Pa. CATTLI, Prime, 1,400 to l.dooibs S 5 85 a 6 H, Uood, 1, Sis) to 1,400 lbs 5 10 6 as goou uutchers, 1,310 lu t.aou Iba.. 4 no 600 Tidy, l.tso 10 1,15Mb 4 as 4 r air iigui sieem, ww 10 iuuv ins... S w) 4 lu Common, 'ou lu wjutb X 5 a m nous. Ligbt weight 4 40 4 S11 Medium 4 40 4 50 Heavy 4 Xll 4 ;if. Houghs aud biaga HM. a 85 8 76 SHUT. Extra. s to ins lbs 8 90 air Good. K5 to OS lbs u to i 7' talr, 76 loss lbs, 160 a Jo common x (W f. ttprtug Lambs II 00 4 71 Chicago. Cattle Common to extra atnera ta.t,U(st.uu; ttockers and feeders, SX.8U1u.lu11 cows aud bulls, Sl-50is8.tH; culvea, 98.50,14:010 nogs uvavy, sc3ue4-l.u; common to choice mixed, SC10i&.05; choice assorted, $.10it..i5' light, 4.;iici4ii; pigs, $:i 5oiu t.su Mihoji-Iu. luilor lu choice, eooiaaeu; laiuus, 4wrt. Cincinnati Hogs select shlouera. 4 H5nl mi butchers tliUei K-i; fair to good packers SI. uw.wi: luir to light S3. 10iu..5: common ant runtitl.-'tu4.ao t aUl-gMid. shipporsSi. ioto5.uo. good tocholce S4.rioit5.0i ; tair tu medium Scioto Bi.8.1; cvmiuou s'j.)5toj.vu Laiitiis )Xti-aSis Sood to vhuiuv t4.t-0tu4.T5; cuuiiuoulo fair to&.o.
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