HEWS FROM WASHINGTON. KIRKLAND CALLED HOME. Secretary Herbert Remove the Admiral From His Post. - - -. A sensation In nnrnl circles was caused by the announcement Hint Hear Ailmlral Will lam A. Klrkland, commanding His European naval station of the United Htntes, fa rtl been detached from duty and ordered home, Com modore Thomas 0. Holfrldge, Jr., will succeed him. Dissatisfaction wai caused by the ail ml nil sending a letter of congratulation to presi dent Inure, of France, on tbe tatter's election. Hecretary Herbert hold thnt the olllcinl position ot the admiral precluded him Irnm making nuy comment whatever with refer ence to polltltw, and sent n letter of repri mand. Admiral Klrkland appealed to the 1'resldent to overrule Hecretary Herbert's strictures, claiming that he had known I'rcsl deot l aure personally and had congratulated blm In n personal capacity aud not as ati oltlcer of the l otted htntes navy. T he (Secre tary was sustained by Mr. Cleveland. Admiral Klrkland next camo Into public notice through an Interview In which lie made insulting comments on the diameter ol American missionaries In Hyrln, whither he had been sent to Rive them protection dur ing the Armenian troubles. This caused a protest from religious organisations In llos ton. Shortly after came a complaint from a chaplain lu the navy that the admiral had Insulted him during the festivities at tlia ripening of I he Kiel canal, where Admiral Klrkland was lu command of the l ulled States fleet. Thn chaplain claimed that while standing wllh Admiral Klrklnnd and other olllcers on the quarter-deck of the tlaghlp Han Francisco, the admiral ordered him be low In a brisk. If not Insulting manner, be cause be was tint nit I red in full-dress uni form. Chaplains have only one regulation untlorm lor all occasions nnd the chap lain, therefore, bullovud himself very badly used. Other charges of a more personal nnture bare also been make against Mr. Klrklnnd. Admiral Klrkland was appointed to the) navy from North Carolina in isri, and at tained bis present rank March 1 lent. He has not long to serve on the active list, and It Is believed be will apply for retirement without delay. Through his assignment to the F.uropenn station, Commodore Hellndge becomes an ac tive rear admiral, and this brings nbnut the unprecedented ensn, at least In the United males navy, where a father and a son at tained to the highest grade ol the naval ser vice during the lifetime of both. Admiral Helfrldge's father, aged more than four-score and ten, Is Hear Admiral Thomas 1). He. fridge, Hr. He has been on the retired list for many years. A Flood of Gold. In the forthcoming report of the Dlrectnt of the Mint, It K. Preston, much space will be devoted to the subject of the "Flood ol Gold," which seems to be sweeping over the gold producing couutries of the world. Mr. I'reston shows that the total gold production of the world for the past year In round num bers was ltO.tiOO.ouo. Of that amount the United Htates produced ;l!l.500,OW), while the provinces of Oreat Britain, Including Aus tralasia, Houth Africa, India, British tlulnna and the Dominion of Cauada produced t8D, 808,000. RAIN BADLY NEEDED. The Drouth Has Affected Railroad Traffic And Coke Production. The long drouth Is bcglunlng to assume a serious aspect. The traffic on (he railroad Is Impeded all along the line, but In no place so much as In the coke country. The watet for the engines Is taken from the Vough river, which, owing to Us being so low.lstoiiilly un fit for ubo, being Impure from containing sc much sulphur. Engines hnvo to be cleuned at the end of every w estern run. The tulphut eats out the Hues. The yards are full of freight, which has been the cause ot passenger . trains being several hours lati-. At Conlluenee the creek Is almost dry. Tie, reservoirs at many of tbe coke plnuts will not produue sufficient water for oven purposes, the water from the mines being usod to water tbe coke. About Cumberland, Md., scarcely a drop of water bns fallen tor over four months, nnd the situation Is serious, especially among the farmers. The fall pasture has nil dried up, and In many sections the water has given out. Hundreds of farmers In the county are not doing any fall planting, as they deem it more than useless to attompt to plow, owing to tin dryness ot tbe earth. The country roads are , to dry that they can scarcely be traveled. The drouth has caused serious loss In Scioto aud adjoining counties In Ohio. The tobacco crop is almost a total failure, and niuch fall wheat bua'been killed alter sprout tag. Water sells at 25 cents per barrel at West union and Wellston, and 40 cents per barrel . at Winchester. A number ol furnaces and brick works have been compelled to shut down. Cattle are being sold at the first pries offered, owing to llio scarcity of feed, the hn) nil oorn crops beiug almost a total failure. ' BOOM IN TIN PLATE. Big Advanoes Made in That'lndustry for tht Tear Ending .luns) 80. Special Treasury Agent Ayra was recently Instructed to ascertain and report upon the soudlilon of ths tin plats Industry In tbs United States, and has Just submitted his re port to ths department at Washington. The report covers the operuiioua of the fiscal year ending June 80. 1HM. The facts presented show a marked Increase in the number of mills for rolling tbe steel sheets or "black plalua" which orm tba body of com mercial tin. The largely Increased consump tion of steel sheets from American rolling mills indicates not ouly the accelerated growth of this branch of the Induatrv, but an actual preference for Amorioan rolled sheets. During tbs year tbo production of the Uulted Slate was 1U3.801.073 pounds, an Inoreaso of 80 per cent over lbs previous year. Forty eight firms wers producing during the quarter ended June 80, IbSB, against forty ths previous year. Twenty-eight rolling mills were producing black plates during tbs quartsr against 20 during tbe same quarter in 1804, Of ths 48 llrms that were producing com mercial tin and terns plates during the quar ter ended June 8U, I8t5, 8 used wholly Amsrioan plates, nine used both American and forelgu plates. No firm used wholly for eign plates. y' Tbe proportion of American sbeots used during the quarter euded June 30, 18W, com pared with tbs entire production of com mercial tin and terns plates was 83 per cent, against 7a per cent, used ths previour year. During the year eight firms permanently discontinued production. Twenty-six new firms engaged in tbs active business during he year, of which 17 are making ot prepar ing to make black plates. Cars Drop into .a Ravine, While a freight train on tbu Columbus Booking Valley and Toledo railroad whs crossing a trestia 75 feat high, ueur Debt, ware, O,, It broke in two. Ths engineer ai plled th brakes, and upon the first aeciiuti being slackened, the second seotion crashed into It and six oars wers knooked from ths trestle into ths rarius bslow. On one of tbe ears that went down was Frank Hoott, of WarysvUle, O. Ths fall broks hi neck. Ths Kansas mutual Investment company of Kansas City, and ths British-American oaa syndicate, of Chicago, havs been declared fraudulent oonoerns by lbs poitoffiot depart, ttsnt. TELEGRAPHIC TICKS Clnclnnntl polios refuse lo permit bloomer dances. In ths district of Han Diego del Vnllo.Culia, lbs recent cyclone destroyed 1,700 huts. Snow has fallen every day for a week at Mlehlgnmme, Mich,, and there Is good sleigh ing. A pnstonice fraud order has been Issued iigiiinst ths Ilrown Chemical Company, ot Chicago, The United Htntes ('miser Marblehend hits srrlved nt Mnrslim, Asia Minor, to protect ths inlmdnurles In Hint district. John W. Kitchen, aged 17, shot and killed Willlnm Coatcs, aged 20, nt Danville, Illi nois, through Jealousy ot lilt Meeker. Farly next spring work on an extensive t.'ale will bo .resumed on the I'annma canal. At present fl.000 men are nt work on It, Dr, Itradfurd, the alleged accomplice ol Hie notorious forger, llroekway, was Friday In New York, lound guilty ol counterfeiting. An explosion of celluloid In lbs Fl'-mlold Works nt Newburypnrt, Mass., killed ('. P. McMnnus and wouuded live others, two In tally. The members ot tho Perry, O. T. school board are In danger nt being locked up for refusing to admit negro children to tho while schools. The Cblcknsnw legislature will send a committee to the next congress, to remon. struts against tho opening of lunds lu the lu dlnn Territory. Hubert T. Lincoln says the duties of Presi dent are so arduous, thnt he views with ab horrence the meutlon ot bis name lu connec tion with tho otlk'o. Dr. Willlnm II. Cook, of Chicago, a prac litioner of 40 yenre, denounces anll-toxlnea a producer ot blood poisoning, nnd says II will kill some people. I'.x-Congrcssmnn John Horsey was aeiiilt. tod at Lincoln, Neb., ol a chnrgn ot falsifying the books of the l'ouca Nnttoual llnuk, ol which ho was president. William Young was hanged nt Han Francis co, Friday, alter making a full confession He murdered his employer, Peter I.ntcslre, last spring: to rob him ot 700. The Nashville, Tcnn., Jnll Is so crowded with moonshiners and Internal revenue law violators, that about 11 fly prisoners will have to be sent to the neighboring Jails. The steamer City of St. Augustine, from New York to Jacksonville, Fla., was burned nt sea olT Cape Hntteras, Runday morning. Tbe crew has not' been heard from. Prussia's new census shows an entlro pop ulation, ,11,401.201), an (ncroase of 1,62J,92H. Tho growth of llerlln is surprisingly small, compared with Its previous boom. Ths Canadlnn parliament will meet in Jan uary to pass remedial legislation on tbs pa rochial school question, Manitoba having re fused to re-estnbllsb such schools. Walter Dobbins, colored, ngod 1H, shot dead In Chicago Joseph Miller, a lodgor In tbe Dobbius House, becauio he was abusing Dubbins' mother. Dobbins escaped. Three masked men bound nnd gagged Deputy Postmaster Ktuhr, at Minden, In.. Friday, blew open tbe safe nnd stole t76 Knd a lot of stamps. Ths robbors oscaped. lly the wreck of a freight trnln, which ran Into a drovs of cnttle near Max Meadows, Vs., three men were Instantly killed nnd Sev ern! others, mostly tramps, were Injured. Forty four small frame tenement housnt were destroyed by Oro nt Augusta, (is., an I thnt number of families are homeless. The property loss is $73,000; Insured lor one third. 6REAT CUBAN VICTORY. Oeneral Macco Decoys Spaniards Into a Death Trap. News received at Key West, Fla., otutes that General Muceo has by forced marches reached tho province ot Matanzas, and that last Monday, wllh 3,000 Cubans, ha engaged a cavalry force of 2,800 Spaniards in ths ban Junn valley. Eariv lu the morning inaurnent nntnoats brought news ot the approach of the Hpunisb cavalry. Oeneral Maceo at oucs placed bis nrmy in position to receive the euemy. A hollow square was formed, and a. force of 1.000 men placed In ambusb, Ths Hpanlsh forces, unaware of the presence of ths enemy, matched Into the trap of death, and were only apprised of their perilous position wheu the Insurgents opened firs upon them. Tbe Spaniards made a brave light, but owing to the thickness of the forest aud the boggy oondition of tbe valley, the cavalry were greatly handicapped. Aftor a struggle of four hours, the Spanish troops were forc ed to retreat, leaving 800 men dead on the field. Tbe Insurgents secured all tbs arms and ammunition of the dead Hpaniards. This battle Is tbe most Important light sinoe the breaking out of tbe revolution. Tbe Cuban oolony here ars wild with joy. Private advices confirm the report of the lauding of an expedition in Cuba under the leadership of Cul. Carlllo, Tho expedition was landed at ltoeo del Toro, October 21, aud consisted of 48 men, 17 pieces of artillery and two gattling guns. Tills Is a part ot the ex pedition whloh was recently seized at Wil mington. Treasury Investigators. An Investigation which tbe auditor of tht United Bintes trensury for the stute depart ment Is making Into tbe accounts of the stntt department bos given rise to rumors that tbe accounts are mixed, and thnt the system ol bookkeeping has been found faulty. Tbo in vestigation has been going on at odd inter valia since July, but it was not based on any belief that there has been any wrongdoing in the disbursing clerks' office, known as the bureau ol accounts. As a mutter of fact, the Inquiry oomes up in the course of regular routine nnd this thoroughness with wblulWt bas been conducted is due to tbe Dockury re organization law, which provides lor a searching investigation of all accounts. It Is said that some irregularities have been dis covered, but theso have beeu merely errors, perhaps ot carelessunss la bookkeeping for which no employes of the bureau of accounts is direotly responsible Killed by a Slate Pencil. Johnny Drlpps, 8-yoar-old son of Joseph Dripps of 9 Hoggs avenue, Mt. Washington Pittsburg, was playing on tba street In frout of tbe Thirty-second ward school, when be fall on the sharpened point of a slate pencil be was carrying in his band. The pencil penetrated hit heart, passiug between the fourth aud fifth ribs, causing Instant death. Walt Collapsed. About 90 feet of tbe east wall ol tbe Elmon Manufacturing Company's bloycle factory ai Clyde, O., fell into tbs street. A dozen per sons were buried in the debris. Two wers fatally Injured, and several others seriously COINAGE SUSPENSION. Carlisle Carries Out the Silver Legis lation, All silver coinage, except that ot subsidiary tllver, has been ordered suspended aftor No vember 1, next, by Secretary Carlisle. In enrrylng out this policy tbe New Orleansln will be practically closed and dismantled alter thill date, and Its seventy emploees fur-' lougheil without pay. A letter containing these Instructions us to discontinuing coinage operations nt New Orleans, was mailed to Hiipenlntendent Overton Cabs on Monday night. Of the employes In the New Orleaus mint ill) are women nnd 40 men. Hecretary Carlisle, for some time past has been considering the iidvlsnblllty of stopping nil silver culnngo except thnt of subsidiary coins, nnd since be has been the head ot the treasury deliarliiient only 4.:2,!I24 standard silver dollars have been minted. Hlnee July 1 Inst only 1)0 standard silver dollars have been coined. T im treasury now holds of silver bullion purchased under the Hhermnn act 1:17 1144 mhj line ounces, tbe cost of which was 24 0H0 -22:t, tli coining value of this bullion In silver dollars being 177,!MII,(loii. ( (his bullion went coined Into sliver dollnrs the prollt to the government on lis coinage would be nearly Oi.Wltl.roil, which sum could be paid out for the ordinary expenses of the govern ment or against which silver certificates could bo Issued. Under tbe act of H7;lthe treasury holds ot bullion purchased i;ift,4jl In value. The practical eltect of the action taken by Herreinry Carlisle Is to convert all thn silver bullion Held by Hie government Into gold ob IlKiill ins, under the pnrlty clause ol thaHhor niiin net. Hecretary Wlndom, in jhwi, con strued the law lo inenn that all Hherman notes h-su-d against tbe bullion were redeem Illile in told. This construction of the law was concurred III by his successors, Henretnrles Foster and Carlisle, nnd bns been In practical operation during the past six years. Under it s70,ll'J. ti'i'2 have been redeemed. The coinage ot silver bullion Into standard silver dollars operates to prevent Hhermnn notes being Issued upon thorn. Hilver certifi cates, however, are Issued against the stan dard silver dollars aud are redeemable only lu silver. Tliuslrom the same base, the sil ver bullion, the Hhermnn notes become gold obligations nnd the silver coined into stun ilnrd silver dollnrs and thn silver certlllcntes Issued upon them become silver obligations. Tim suspension of tile coinage ol stnndnrd sliver dollnrs, therefore, leaves tho bullion silver free from any furlher llnblllt- ol con version lulo silver obligations. Tbo closing up of tlio New Orleans mint leaves only the United Htntes mints at Philadelphia nnd Hnn Francisco In operation. At llieso mints, only gold and subsidiary silver will hereafter be coined, unless congress should direct to the contraty nnd its notion should be approved by tbo president. CHINES!. EXECUTIONS. A Gruesome Scene When Seven Rioters Were Beheaded. The steamship Kmpress from Japnn brings advices from tho Orient as follows: "A cor respondent at Foo Chow sends the following nccouutot the executions at Ku Cheng on the morning of the I7ih tilt, Hevon ot the tnurdarors wore executed at the south gateol the ally. All the members ol the commission were present with the exception of Captain Newoll and ltov. W. Hannister. The scene wna a gruesome one, only one bend being se vered nt the first blow. Tbe others being chopped and the unfortunate wrotolios left to die. The execution took place quite sud denly, the Tno Tnl on, the previous day an nouncing iiiai ne nau received n telegram from the viceroy nuthorlzlmr the ninentlnns. Hlnee then the names of 10 morn criminals have been communicated to the viceroy for 7aui:iiiiiu. The Mohammedan rebels I41 Kangsu are In creasing in strength. The soldiers sent to quen tne rebellion are Joining tho rebels. The Mollim rebels are rumored in lie ril-.no-. Ing. but there Is no authentic Infcrmatlon from Hwatow. The ninuradurs In Houthwcsl ivwaug iung nro still holding tholr own. FILIBUSTERERS ARRESTED. Men Who Passed Through the Fire at Wilmington Caught. Tho Cuban exoeditlons i nrn this finiintrv acoordiug to the tntomm.s ol locnl lumlprt hnve come to nn end by the capture oa Huo diiy at the Jlritieh lnlHud ot Ignnu, of one o! the most Importnnt which had (rone from this country for loiue time. Fifteen of the 21 men Pnlilllrsiil tvat H.i.inlii..,! n.i...i . -"I " ev.vnuiuittin oi n llllllUKlUa, Mil about a month two of fllibiiRtrinr. They ailed from New York on Octobnr 5. outbe AtnmMr finlattrnt-n !.. nl..l.,l . " leuu lUUtlOII Hi JJCUItKUtl, MX- pectliitf to eocure pnaaH thenuo to Cuba, rtiny remained ovnn.l d.iyt without securing ' '"'iv si 'injMiriniiuu, Cubans In New Voile becom.Dpf annoyed nt .... Mvu-nto,,,, u, miuruiiuiou or meir lana- llltf In f!iilia nunt - V u ..... . v ... n i for lnfarn.Mt.nn Vh... the ....,,. ... ...w uniuiu vi it v nn sv celvml, orilra woro clvon to rturu to tins vUU...... j no uiru wnru win nils; lor aoteam fr. Whon A Itritlnh mnn.nl.tr.s I.....I...1 . , ...-wimu iiiuiicuj auiug timrlnwa mwl arruaiul ., . to Now Providence, where they ure held as ARMENIAN REFORMS. Ths Particulars are Published In Turkish Papers. An ofTlolal communication, embodying the Armenian reforms, has been made publlo through the Turkish press. It Is carefully worded lu order to show that tbe reforms are la perfect harmony with the existing Inws, so as to avoid exciting the Turks. In addition to the reforms already known to have been npproved by the sultan, ;the communication sats that the inbabilauta ot Armenia will be protected by troops when they visit the mountuln pastures, and that they will thus be able to obey tba law, which provides that they are not to carry arms. The nomadic tribes will be settled upon lands which will be granted them by tbe government, the Ilitmldlan oavalry will be subjected to special regulations and four officials will be sunt yearly from Constantinople to luqulrs Into abuses ot ths new admluutrntion. FOREIttN NOTES. Ths board ol health at Honolulu has lifted the choloru quarantine. The condition ot the Czarowlts. of Russia uus uecome very mucn worse. liioouy i peotorations are freiiuent. Tbe one-hundredth anniversary ol tbe third partition of 1'oland was observed as a day ol mourning throughout Ualioia. In connection with the death ol Lord Vi'aterford, who was roporied to have com mitted suicide. It is now believed his death was accidental. Famine prevails In the Rmolenslc nnd I'skow districts ol liussia, owing lo the fail ure of the creps. Tho minister ot (he Interior recently set apart 1,500,000 rubles for the re lief of tbe Inhabitants of these districts, but tbe sufferers have not received any portion ol Testing tbe Nicholnon Liw. In a test case Police Judge Cox, ol Indian apolls, held tnnt the Nicnolaou lupiur law ol Indiana was constitutional Too sectluu under consideration was the one furbidiliiig persons othsr than saloonkeepers aud limit iamiues irom euterlug saloons uuriug pro. mulled Hours. Tuedelenuaut nns restaur. am attached to his bar, aud under this ruling restaurants will have to remain olose . dur ing the time the bars are closed. An appeal will probably be takon. Judge Hinbbs, ol tbe same eourf, a month ago declared tbs same law unconstitutional. LOOKS BAD FOR DURRANT. two Wltnssses flay Bs Lacked Notes ol ths Lecture Ths defense closed Its ease Tuesdsy morn ing without Introducing any further testi mony, and the prosecution Immediately began to put In Us testimony of rebuttal. This was damaging to liurrant and Included evidence as lo the noti s of I r . ( henry's lecture on the ntlettioon of lllnnche l.nnicnt's disappear Blue, which be ohtnlhed from bis fellow student, l ive misters of tbe l.inaliuel llnpt 1st chinch drilled that they had about the time of Ibe nintdrr given any instructions to iMirrnnt lo rc ulr ilie sun burners. Among the trustees Was C, (1, Noble.unclcof Jllanchu l.nmont. Ailoipn llobe, an old school main ot Dur rani, testllled Hint hn had seen him nt tho ferry on the afternoon of April 12, ths day ol Minnie Williams minder, with a youm woman ot the Vt Illinois girl's statute and With a rape such as she wore. K. F. (luisser, a fellow student nt Durrnnt, testllled I lint on April Id be, with liurrant, went into a tot m ul tbe college, and while lie read bis notes ol the lecture ou April .'I, Dur rnut made notes In his note book. They dis cussed the points raised, nnd (ilasser rend Ins notes entirely through. Though they dis cussed the points ol the lecture, Durrani did not read from bis notes during the tliree uuurlers of an hour they were engaged, l'inf. Ibos. Trice, tint leading chemist ot the city, said il Durrnnt had inhaled gas over thn sun burners, as be said be did. for four or five minutes, be would have been entirely overcome. Had he remained two inlnu'.es he would have been overcome. Charles Morrison a reporter, testified Hint Durrnnt had told him he went to the church on the nlternoou ot Anrll d, between 4 and 4 :iu. Inncnd of 4 (fj, as liurrant bad testllled. J. H. Duunlgaii, nuoiher reporter, testified thnt he nnd Dr. (i. (Iridium had visited Dur rani lu Prison ou April '20. llewna ri ipi-med by Durrnnt to step aside, while (nahaiu talked privately with the defendant. II Vine (iriiliam whom It Is alleged D'lrrnrit asked lor bis notes, (irnbiim talked with Durrnnt for about halt or three-quarters of an hour, Diiiiiilgan said. Dr. Iirahnm testllled I h at be hnd bail such an Int-rvlcw with liurrant In prison. Dur rnnt had asked Dsnnlgun to step to one side, nnd then naked dralnim il be would not lend him his notes ot Ihu lecture of April II. lie said he hail no notes, ami with the aid of Otabain'e he could prove an a'.ibi. REVOLT IN TURKEY. An Alarming Revolutionary Movement Aimed at Turkey's Ruler. Hiuster stories are alloat regardlnp the vn genee v.renked on the members ol the Young Turkish party. A lending Musstilmnu law yer named Ir.r.et (whose arrest was reported some time sinoe wns tortured and east In Inlldlz prison on proof of corresponding with the pnrtv. There is an niinoiillriiieil renort that 50 leaders ol this parly were arrested on raturuay and were summerly tried aud exe cuted on a chargo of excesses during the re cent Armenian riots. The Younu Turks con- tine, veuoment ntlk among themselves, but it is oeneveii the sultan s vigor bas nipped the agitation against the govern ment. Further, he bns bad bis two brothers. Mulrad aud Iteshnd, brought to Yildlx, to be kept there till matters have calmed down. It will be rcmemtieie I that a dispatch from Constantinople lust Haturdny told of a warn ing received by the llritish ambassador, Hlr I'bllip Currie, from an Armennu eoaroe, that there was a plot by the Young Turkey rartv lo kill him, nnd thus bring disgrace upon the Armenian people, A hundred Turks were arrested ou Hatur dny. and ilH Hollas aud 5 students of the military college ou Monday, All are closely connected with the Youug Turkey agitation. The outlook is serious. Tbe foreign nmbuseador highly approved the personnel of the aummlssloii ot control ot the Armenian reforms, which the grand vizier has chosen. lint the sultan, preferring elas tic Instruments, Is likely to disapprove. If the Armenian reforms, are executed lu n proper spirit It will greatly denellt the empire. That this should be done is of vital Importance, In view of the Impending Macedonian dlltloulty, which Is far more mennnolng than was tbe Armouinn. CLAIMS ALL THE TERRITORY. An OIHoial Explanation of the Venesuela Matter. In view ot tbe inntiy roports in circulation rognrdlng the aliitudo ol Great lirltnla to ward Yenc.uela the following olllclul an nouncement was made Monday: "In oonsequence of Venesuela not oflcring an apology or reparation lor tbe I'runn inci dent tbe Marquis ol Salisbury has taken stops to inform bur as to what reparation Oreut Itrltalu requires. Hut as relations between the two countries have been broken off tor some years the communication was uot sent through the direct diplomatic channel. As the document bos not reached Its destination, It is not couBidered desirable to give details ot lis contents, liut it Is couched In forcible terms, aud points out that tireat llrilain will uot permit Venezuela to overstep the bound aries marked by the course of the river Cuyunl aud Amnciirai but It Is willing that the question ol the disputed turrltory should be submitted to arbitration." The Ht. James (iaiette, In a lending edi torial on tbo Venezuelan situation, says that the cose is not one for arbitration, and adds: "Tho good offices of the United Btntas would be tendered wllh greater authority and better grace If that government paid tbe ludeinuity It la required to pny by tbe llerlng sea swards. We were absurdly overtaxed by ths Alabama decision." WINDOW GLASS ADVANCE. Ths Price Will go up About 13 1-8 Fsr Cent. Tbs western window glass syndicate, In olnding all tbe window glass houses west of Pittsburg, announce that they will make an other rise lu the prloe of glass, this time about U l-'i per cent. The advance In prloe will either be effected on the 1st or 10th ol the coming month. This syndicate, which was formed of the 8th of July, wilb but ID Indiana plants, uow controls tbe market, and It has since that time raise tbe price of glnss 35 per sent. This raise will put some grades nearly 40 per cent higher thau they were last year. The eastern syndicate, controlling all of the plants east of riltsburg, will work In connection, and tbe raise will be general. The demnnd Is good, and the outlook Is the best In years. Almost all ol the old slock has been workod off, although there were 350.000 boiea on band July B, This shows a great demand. Miners Resums Work. At tbe mass meeting of tbe Clearfield re gion miners, held at itainey, I'a., the miners voted agnlust suspending work. A committee will be sent to 1'hiladelphla to present the re quest for an Increase la wages to tbe Iter-wind-White C'onl Mluing Company, and full ing, to nsk for a Joiut conference of operators and miuers to be held on November 10. Pending the report of this committee tbo ex ecutive board ordered all miners to resume work excepting those In the employ of the liell, Lewis & Yates and Rochester & Pitts burg ooinpuutes. ' Politics and Religion. Liberals at Vera t.'ruz complain that the Clergy are working to secure the due-barge ol clerks and other employes who took part lu the reoeat political demonstrations agnlust the coronation of ths Virgin of Uaudaloups. John Holmes and James While wars killed and two men badly hurt ty a boilsr explosion at Lomax, 111. KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS GOES TO THE STATE Court Orders Bailey Property Transferred to Congressman Htoks. Cyrus P.alley, a late cltlxan of Wn!r county. died, leaving an estate valued nt t'27.000, but having no legal representatives or heirs. T he court decided that the property escheated to the Commonwealth ol Pennsylvania, nnd ordered Its transfer to Congressman Joslatl 1). Hicks, ol Altoona, the escbentor repre senting lbs Htnte. Attorney General McOormlck has advised Hank Commissioner (lllkeson thnt where building nnd loan associations make their Investments upon real estate In states oilier than Pennsylvania they could not be hold to be doing business exclusively within the state, and therefore were llablu to pay the fee Imposed by thn act creating the ranking department, but where such associations bad stockholders who were non-residents ol the commonwealth, procured without solicita tion upon the part nt such aesoclal Inns, that this lact did not subject them t? tbe psytnent nl the fees. The opinion only affects nboiit "Oof the 1.IIM) building and loan associa tions operating In the state. The skeleton ot a Hood victim w.is found In the Couemaugh river at Nineveh on Hat urdny. ' Two hundred and three Altonnneliy muni cipal lien eases, for slreet Improvements, In volving i.'ri.lioo, were placed upon the trial list ol the Illalr county courts. 'The supreme court, In n recent decision, held that tbe or dinance under which these liens were filed Is Invalid, nnd, it Is believed that this deci sion will operate to render void the number of lions, Dnvld II. Hwaynn, an Altoona rent estate agent, was on Haturdny, convicted ot em bezzlement, nnd sent to the penitentiary lor a year. On the Intercession of friends .1 is ge Lyons, who was on his way home, returned to the conrt nnd then rescinded thn sentence, A motion tor a new trial was allowed. Elmer lleynold, a 14-year-old New llrlgh ton boy, with his two brothers, went out to gather chestnuts on Hnttirday. Llmnr climb ed a tree nnd thn llmh on which he stood broke, nnd he fell and lodged lu the crotch ot two iimlis. The brothers returned, but wnro nfrnid to tell of their brother's accident, l ate at night he was found by his father and will likely die trom injuries. (leorgn Ilnrr, nl Homer slnllon, on the Pennsylvania and Northwestern railroad, lelt his home on 1'rldny last to visit his brother-In-lnw, who Is employed in lllnnd'a tipplo. Not returning nt night, a search was mnde for blm, but it was not until Hundny that be wna lound lying in tne woods wllh his throat cut. The theory Is that he committed sui cide, as lie had been ill lor sometime, nnd bad not been In bis right mind. He loaves a wife and five children. The explosion ol a lamp caused a fire a llullols which destroyed the l)uffnlo,Itoche.t, er A Pittsburg freight depot nnd wnyhoue and the residence of Agent lirown. The loss was t5,000. Neshannock township, Lawrence county, is fever stricken, nnd over thrty farm bouses within a rndiHS of two miles contain cases ol scarlet and typhoid fovur, New cases are re ported dally. Three men were killed and six badly Injur ed by nn explosion of gas In the Knicker bocker collttiry, near I'oitsvllle. Mlsa Kittle Dunn, aged 21 years, was al most Instantly killed, and Misses Imile and .liny August and a little boy named While were severely injured lu a runaway at Oil City. A small riot occurred nt Carnegie during whloh William Johnson, colored, shot John llenvacsek in tba shuuldor. Johnson, lleavacsek and two others were arrested, P. W. McClelland ol Wallaeeville, Venango county, planted thirteen pounds of seed pota toes last spring and harvested twelve bushels of potatoes from tbe planting. The aggregate weight of three ol tbe largest was seven pounds. Mrs. John Tsscace of New Alexandria, was dragged nearly a square ay a runaway horse on Haturdny nud received dangerous injuries. Joseph Masser, a farmer who lived near Itradfurd, Fayette oounty, mot a horrible deatb on the llaltimoro A Ohio railroad, one half mile west of Dawsou station. Tbe lial timore A Ohio limited express, bound west, running nt tbe rate of a mile a minute, dash ed Into his wagon, totally wrecking It, nnd hurled Masser a distance ot CO feet. He struck agniust a telegraph pole, and bis brains were dashed out. During an attempted baloon ascension at Somerset a Pole fell aud broke for eaob of two boys standing nearby. George llerkey, 10 years old, of Homerset, died from tbe results of an accidental wound received while burning on Saturday. A. Levin's dry goods store at Washington was rubbed Huuduy night ol tCOO worth of goods. ' The Consolidated steel company's rod ml.l at beaver Falls, which shut down for repairs lust week, has resumed. Hamuel Miiler, a farmer ol near Mt Picas ant, was killed yesterday, a wagon load of pit posts passing over him. Charles Forbes, of Pltcalrn, Allegheny county, has boeu arrested for an alleged criminal assault on Mrs. Joe Hhuster. W, II. H. Kessel Is sulug Altoona for 15, 060 damages' tor the ruin of bis land by tho city's sewuge. It Is a lest case for similar clulms. Fire at Hopkln'a Mill, Tteynoldsvllle, des troyed a large quuutity of standing aud cut timber. Alexander Hunter's home. Cook township, near Ureensburg, was destroyed by lire: loss. ta,ooo. In a runaway aosldent at Sharon John Chase sud K. A. lllngham were seriously In jured. Ceres, a village near Bradford, was par tially destroyed by lire. Loss, tl6,0OO, with Insurance of t9,000. There Is talk at Beaver of annexing the neighboring borough of ilridgewatoj. W. P. Kerr & Co.'s grecery at Beaver Falls, was seized on attachments by tbs suerlff, Ewing Bros' clothing olothlng store at Mew Brighton was burglarized Sunday night and a quantity of clothing stoleu. Tbe thieves were shot at by Watchman Brevo. John Hlckey, a sub-boss for Collins A Martlu, at Kittanning Point, was decoyed Into a shanty by a guog ot laborers aud prob ably futnily bsateu. One arrest wus made. Russo-Chtri Treaty. Tbe correspondent ot tne London Times at Hong Kong learned from a reliable source that by Ibe recently concluded Itusto-Cbina treaty Russia obtaius rights to anchor her fleet at Port Arthur, and to coustruct and work, under ltusslan administration, rail ways from Nertchlnsk and Tiitihar to Vladi, vostock, and from Tsluihar to Port Arthur together with other commercial advautngei to whloh the most favored nation clause is not applicable. But tbo Chinese reserve the optlou to purchase the railways 20 years hence at prloe to bs arranged hereafter. At El Menxuleh, Ewpt, and in Its vicinity, on Sunday and Uonday, thers wers thirty new eases ol cholera and 12 deaths bom that NEWSY CLEANINGS. Hasinas keens on booming. Florida has 2151 pensioners. England has an Anti-Puritan League, The Soclnllsts poll 1,800,000 votoslnOor. many. Last Hnptombor wns tho hottest In 150 year In Purls. The penr crop In Gnorglnthtayeitr was the iiniem on reroru. France Is a very heavy nurchniorof Amerl enn wines this year. An enumeration Just completed shows 827,072 voters in Indiana. Cholera Is spread I ng seriously In the south western provinces ot tlussla. TheAtlnnln Exposition will have a Cuban Independence Day during November. Thn Interference of the Mormon Church In politics has created excltomenf In Utah, English manufacturers have been buying Montana wool and are bidding for more. Oysters have hsen dlsoovnrei on the hot lorn ot tun United Htntes battle ship Texaa. It Is estimated that 700 Armenians wore killed In the recent riots In Constantinople. Turkey. . ' ' The Jail nt Prlilirnlon, N. 1., now confnlns twenty-two prisoners charged with ohickon stealing. They any thnt the Atlanta exposition medals may bo l.wuod before those of the Chicago fair. Thn crop nt pampas plumes around Rantn Barbara, Cal.. will aggregate little over a million this year. The Rnanish Government hns ordered 80.. 000 Manser rifles In Germany for tbe use ol the army In Cuba, It Is proposed to establish nt or near Kan sas City, Mc, n home for superannuated ol worn-out pro.achers. The Rr. Paul flllnn.) Rchool Di.trd recent ly decided to prohibit married women from becoming school tonchoro. A Tnrls syndlento will probahly furnish Rpnln with a substantial loan to carry on ths wnr In Cuba a little longer. Qrantshurg, Wis., has over 500,000 bushels of potntoes tn tnnrknt this full and enn only got ten cents a bushel for them. The America's Cup contest of IBM is prac tically arranged, nnd under tho same terms that were accepted by Lord Dunravon, Tho Itnv. P. P. Rtanfnrii. who wns once a slave, has been Installed n pastoral the Gnrrlson Memorial Church, Boston, Mass, A colored clergyman preached to a white congregation In Allnntown, Ky., on a lats Runday during a temporary Illness ot the pa.it or. None of thn Central or South American Governments will taUo thn Initiative In rec ognizing the belligoioney ol tho revolution ists of Cuba. The United Riatcs battleship Maine ha been put into commission. Hhn was begun In IH'K), and cost $2,400,000. She cun do n.ia xnots an nour. Tho United Rlntes Government has made nppllcatinn to tho Fisheries Department ol Canadian Government for a supply ot fish ova for tbo Great Lakes. A dispatch from Albany, M. T nnnonncat lhat a certificate ot Incorporation has been II lei 1 wltli the Boeretarv ot State by tbs Kid ney Stew Club, of Harlem. President Wilson, of the Health Board, ol New York Cily, reports that antl-toxlne hat reduced the death-rat" in oases of dipt herlu and croup netirly forty-four per cent. Five tracts of land, aggregating 420,000 acres, In Southern California, have just been bought by a syndlento for colonization pur pnsea. Tbo land consist mostly ot big ranches, Tho first moose of the season In Maine was shot by Benjamin Tuft, of Boston. It was a fine huek, stand int; fully six feet high nnd weighing nearly lTO pounds, with antlers showing a spread ot forty Inches. Electric motors may soon replace the en gines nt present ued In "shunting" trains nt the terminals of tho Brooklyn Bridge, and if tiie electric system ot propulsion is a suaco.4S there it will entirely supplant the preeeut cable. The olialn gear on safety bicycles Is to be supplanted henceforth by a metal ribbon made from a steel nnnlog.ius to that used in piano wire. Orille-s unt cut at regular Intervals in tno ribUou which engage tbe fprocket wlie.t, UNITARIAN CONFERENCE. A Thousand Religious Workers Gather at the Capita . More than a thousand leaders ot the Uni tarian Church, Including scores ol prominent divines, were gathered lu Motzerott's mutlo ball Washington when ths national confer ence of tbo I'nitnrlan and other Christian churches was lorinully opened. United Stales Senator Hour, of Massachusetts, Is the president of the conference, but was detnined at Worchester, Mass., snd Hon. Dormau Ik Katon, ot New York, presided over tbe ses sion. A communion service, eoudncted by ltev. Dr. Charles O. Everett, of Harvard, opened the proceedings, and Commissioner of Labor Carroll D. Wright followed In an address of Welcome, After some routine business. Rev. George Batchelor, chairman of the council of the national conference, and secretary of tbe Uni tarian associations, read an address. The work of the National Alliance ot Uni tarian and other liberal christian women wns discussed by its secretary, Mrs. Fitlsld, oi Boston, and liev. Dr. Brooke ilnrford, ol London, representing the British and foreign I'nitnrlan association, reported that religious thought abroad was advancing more than ever on tnltannu lines, llesolntlons were adopted decrying corruption la poiiti-m, and urging Unitarians to light It and also lbs liquor trafllc. In the afternoon Important steps wers taken looking In tbe amalgamation otths young people's Unitarlau societies. CLEVELAND AT ATLANTA. Ho Was Oivsn a Warm Greeting by ths Maasss. President Cleveland was the lion of tbe hour at tbe Atlanta Exposition Wednesday, and tbe reception which was accorded him has never been excelled In tbe South. Tbe cily was thronged wlb visitors from points near and far, and at an early hour the streets were almost impassaole. Tb Presi dential party, however, avoided anything in tbe uuture ol street sceues by briiu. driven rapidly to the grounds by a eirou.toui route. After a hurried iuspeaiiun ol the bulldiugs President Clevelnud was driven lo a staud, from which he reviewed a parade of troops. He was thou introduced oy President Cans. A. Collier, of the Expuhlilou Company, and responded with a Lriuf speech, tvaicu was chiefly congratu alory of Southern enterprise, Houthern industry nud Southern recuperution. The Preaideut wus greeted by an ovnllou which lasted for several minutes. His spercb though short, consumed considerable Lime in delivery bucuune of the frequent interruptions of applause, ' At lis cuocluslon Mr. Cleveland held an In formal reception. A line was formed aloug tbe front ot the stand, and a squad of police kept it open. President Clevelnud took a position on one of tne steps and began shaklug bauds with ail Ibe people who press ed up to him. The series ot courtesies extended to tbe Presidential party was concluded with a re ception at the Capital City Club, which put Itself on record as tbe most elaborate social Unction ever undertaken in tbe South. After the reception tho President and his parly boarded their special train and lei! lux n asulogtoa.
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