KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS
BURGLARY AT TARENTUM.
Baft Blown Open By Three Bold Out'
lawt.
Al Tnrenlum bold robbery m perpetrt
led Tuesday morning by three men, who
broke open the ttore ot He, Lindsay A Co..
on Negley avenue. The robbers secured only
170. Mr. Hess had deposited oves Ho
yesterday. Evidently tue work wns wel
planned, as Friday Was payday at the plats
glass wutks nnu mw nriu geueraur UBS large
null paid in at tnnt time.
Court at Washington sentenced Julet Hols
to a f iioo nne nnd four months In the work
home for keeping a speak-easy nt Primrose.
Five of 'Squire MoMullen't election lieu
tenants, In I hllndolphln, n Judge, two In
spectors nnd two olfrkfl, must nppenr before
magistrate, xney returned lor the eighth
division ot the fourth wnre 314 votes, theuuh
their own figures showed the unquestionable
ridded registration to have tmen onlr iMW.
Toe 'squire but so far prevented tholr arrest
07 guaranteeing turn tuey would nppenr lor
trial.
John Seller, who m found unconscious
by the roadside near I'nlontnwn Wednesday
night. It sinking rapidly. He never regained
consciousness. Evidence strengtheas thnt he
was vrayiniu.
In order to prevent threatened trouble from
ft crowd, John 1'alnn, n negro, was examined
In the Vnlontown Jnll and held to court with
out ball for nu assnult on Mrs. Nloholt, ot
unudenville,
The dllllculty between the government nnd
the postmaster at t'assabdra, Cambria county,
bas been entiled by the postmaster's bonds
men making good the delllcleney.
The shortage of :t()0 In the nccounts of the
postmaster nt Cassandrln. Cambria county,
has been made good by bit bondsmen.
John Miller wns klled In the railroad
yards at Lock Haven while coupling cars,
Mrs. Wilson, Hints organlr.er, Instituted a
women's auxiliary ot the Order of Hull wry
vonuuciors ai Aiioona.
J. W. Frasher was appointed postmaster nt
Bmoox, i-ayeua county.
Judge Gannlaon, of F.rle, sentenced John
Cuddy, the Lake Hhore A Michigan Southern
railroad robber, to threo and a half years In
me penitentiary.
Fire at Cooperstown, 10 miles south of nut
ler, on the Duller plank road, destroyed II
1). McCrea's restaurant. C. M. Stoddard's
residence, M. Kline s billiard room, Mr. Les
lie s dwelling ami the stores of Dalits A Co.
nnd Mct'lellaud A Ilurch, The total loss Is
6.000.
Show bills of girls In tlgbts so shocked
mode! citizens ot uunbar mat tne mil'
board swere raided and the pictures torn
down.
John Weaver, farmer, aged BO years, ot
Jersey Shore, wns run over and Instantly
killed by a Beech Creek railroad yard en
gine.
A block of Frlck company houses, nt Le-
mont, Fayette oounty, were destroyed by Uro
Wednesday night.
A. I.Durton, s former resident of Sharon
was killed by fall oft a ladder In Kansas
City.
The soke trade In the Connellsvllla dlatrlat
last week was tbe largest In Its history.
Frederick Held, who kept a tailor store In
I, strobe, has been mysteriously missing since
Thursday last, when he left home with tiO
tbat be said he was to deposit lu the bank.
He did not reach tbe bank and nothing has
Been heard troin nim. (
Tbe New Castle City Council has ordered
the city solicitor to bring criminal proceed
ing against tbe Hbenango Gas company for
tearing up stroets In violation of a city ordi
nance. George Jones fell from Flttsburg and
Western rail read trestle between New Castle
and Ellwood on Monday night He lay In
the gulch until next morning, and was seri
ously Injured.
The resldenoe of W. H. Stewart, at Clnys.
vllle, was destroyed by Are on Monday, lbs
new wator works failed to be of any value,
as the bose and fire engine were locked up
and tbe keys could not be found.
The resldenoe ot William Blonebaker, at
Tyrone, was destroyed by lire, Loss, 1,000
David Bloner'i house, bsrn nnd other
buildings at tjcottdale.were destroyed by fire.
Loss, 46,000.
Will Martin, colored, aged 18, Is to Jail at
Vnlontown, charged with assault upon Bob
art Hurd ot Dunbar. Burd Is dying.
Frank Dennett baa been Indicted at Wash
ington for tbe murder ot Samuel Horsey.
Felix Pedro was fatally Injured by a pre
mature blast In a quarry near Scottdale,
8am uel IUnner was killed at Beaver Falls
by a cave In of a sewer In wbicb be was at
work.
TWO GREAT FIRES.
t"lve Lives and Half a Million Dollara
Lost.
During Ore which swept through the
Dry Goods and Woolen Exchange building at
Chicago, Friday, five firemen were oarrled
through a Boor a burled under tons of wreck
age by tbe collapsing ot five Doors above.
Four of tbe men are dead, but the flflb was
not seriously Injured. One girl loll from a
window and received Injuries from whloh she
died. A dozen other men, women and girls
Were hurt or overcome by smoke, and many
Were rescued from Imminent death. The
property loss to the building and contents la
estimated at 1400.00a
A Are Thursday destroyed 1500,000 worth
ot property. The seven-story brick building
xtending from 17S Canal atreet to Jackson
street, a nine-story brick and a great part ot
a fonr-atOrV brick hllllrilnv aillnlntn.. - I.
ruins. Tbe seven and nine story buildings
were owned by Wairen Springer, and the
four-story struotuie by William J. Wilson.
Tbe loas on the buildings, 160,000, It amply
Insured.
Browned by the Sultan.
A grim story it published In London taken
from a private letter from Constantinople,
acoordlng to which a diver, while recently
ngaged In assisting In the work of driving
piles for a new pier at the Golden Born, on
reaobing the sea bottom was surprised to nnd
himself surrounded by the bodies ot a num
ber of men apparently standing upright
around him.
Upon Investigation the diver dlssovered
tbat tbey were the eorpses ot students, many
of whom wore known to him personally, who
were recently arrested by the Turkish police
and afterwards taken out In boats and
drowned la tbe Bospborus for taking part In
tbe reoent disturbances at Stamboul. All the
bodies had leaden weights attached to tbe
feet, which kept them erect. The diver laid
there were from forty to fifty bod let in that
(pot alone. .
Mormon Elders Chased.
Elders Nebecker and Rogers, who earn to
Tallahassee, Fla., to sow teede of the Mor.
aaon faith, were arrested. They were charge
d with being a meuanoe to tbe plaoe, dig
nity and good morals ot tbe city, and wart)
fined taw or 60 days la JalL Judgment wat
fceld In aMyanoe for one hour, to give then
time to leave, whloh the did.
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS
England Is praparlug to push the war In
Athante.
Hirer men expect a coal boat stags as a re
sult ot the recent rains.
Debs wns released from Jail Friday, and re
ceived an ovation from hit friends.
New York police officials have Issued orders
that bakeries must olose at 10 a. in., on Bun
days.
The It of L, general assembly selected Ho
shester, N. Y., as the place for holding Its next
annual meeting.
Lynchers made mistake In hanging
negro in Madison oounty, Tex. Tbey got
bold of the wrong man aud lining blin np.
Mrs. Mary T. McMlllen, alias Mary T.
Muck, convicted ot counterfeiting 9 cent
postnge stamps, was sentenced nt Auburn, N
V to 18 months In the penitentiary.
The first fatality attending the opening ot
the Neis Tercet reservation occurred when A.
' Hughes, a real estate dealer, wat killed In
t quarrel over a disputed section.
Lloyd Montgomery, 18 years old, It In Jnll
at llrownsvlile, Ore., lor the murdor ot his
fnther, John Montgomery, his mother and 1).
I). McKeechrr. A qunrrol with bit father
prompted the crime.
The engagomeut of 1,050,000 for export
Friday reduces the the reserve to hj,30(),.
231.S4, making a totnl of gold exported dur
ing the Aral five days of Inst week of (7,3uO,
000, and tor the present period ot gold ex'
portutlon ot $10,694,000.
WHITE HOUSlT SAFEGUARDS.
The Police Protection Greater Than Any
Time Since the W.ir.
The sentry boxes that wore placed In close
proximity to the various entrances to the
White House a year ago, nnd which wore re
moved for the summer, have been replnoed.
They are so located that every approach to
the mansion enn be commanded by their In
mntiM. During the summer while the President
nnd his family were absent from the city,
the police patrol of the White House and
surrounding grounds was maintained, and
at present tne force of guard, watchmen and
policemen on duty is greater than at nny
time since the war. They are on duly wlthlu
and without the mansion nt nil hours of the
day and night, aud their details are so ar
ranged that there are never less than six
olllcers on duty In the grounds nt all times.
in addition, the system of automatic
alarms connecting the mansion with police
headquarters and with the military posts at
Ft. Meyer, the Marine barracks and else
where, has never bn so period as now, and
the Inmates of tbe White House foel safe from
Intrusion.
WHEAT STATES REPORTS.
The Winter Product Backward. With an
Average of 86 Per Cent.
C A. King A Co., ot Toledo, Ohio, have re
celved replies from 3,330 reliable millers nnd
dealers, covering tbe eight Htntes, whloh gen
erally raise three-quarters of the winter wheat
crop ot the United States. These States also
produce and use most of the olover seed
crop. Winter seed crop is backward, but has
Improved greatly since recent rains. Tbe
condition in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michi
gan, Kansas, Missouri. Kontuckv and Penn-
tvlvanla Is about 89 per cent of an average.
ine crop is more susceptible to a severe
Winter than usual. The sorenas sown wns a
trifle smaller than the last crop.
Stocks In local mills and warehouses aver
age about two-thirds as mucb as a year ago.
Tbe elover seed crop Is a trills larger than
was expaoted. Tbe domestic demand prom
ises to he larger than Inst season. Clover
sown last year was destroyed in many soo-
uuus uy me urouin.
AN INTERESTING VISITOR.
A Comet Discovered by Lick Observatory
win Be Visible Boon.
The following from Lick Observatory it
self explanatoryi The comet discovered at
Lick University on November 18 by C. D.
Perrine promises to be an exceedingly In
teresting one. Frofeseor Campbell has com
puted tbe orbit from observations made on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.
The comet is now about 84,000,000 miles
from the sun, Tbe distance will decrease end
reacb a minimum ot about 80,000,000 miles
on Deoember 1H. at whloh time I Is annular
dlstanoe from tbe point where It Intersects
tbe ecllptlo will be 273 degrees. After De
cember IS tba distance from the tun will
again inorease.
Tbe object It not quite visible to tbe naked
eye, but its brlgbtnesa It Increasing very rai
Idly, and It will undoubtedly be visible witn
telescoplo assistance in a few weeks.
STARVED TO DEATH.
Bodlea of Five Oold Prospeotors Fount.
The dead bodies of Ore men. two of whnn.
are recognized as being Amerloant.havo been
discovered northwest of Matatlau, Mex., In
a wild section of tbe Sierra Madre mountains.
The bodies are supposed to be tbose of
a gold prospecting Dartv. who left hara
several weeks ago. The two Americans were
from California, but their names are not
known here. The others were Mexicans.
It Is supposed that tbe party lost tlielr way
u iub uiuuumiue, inu an uiea togeiuer from
starvation and exposure.
Belief For Ariueula Urged.
A large number of representative oltlxeni
Ot Boston met In Faoeuil ball Friday to dls
ouss the Armenian situation and to urge that
aid be given to tbesuterers. . Suitable reso
lutions to tbat eBeot, Indorsing the stand
taksn by Minister Terrell and tbe oourse ot
Great Brillan were passed. Robert Treat
Paine, president of the American peace so
ciety. presMed, and among the speakers
S.6, fJ' Cltxu Hnllo, D. D of Jjoston,
Kt. Rev. Wm. Lawrence, bishop of Massachu
setts! Rev. F. E. Clark, president of the Unit
ed Society ot Christian Eudeavori Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe, Governor Oreeohnlge, and
Hagop Bogiglan, of the Armenian relief com
mlttea.
Murdered by Footpada.
Jefferson Bterk, aged 00, a life-time rest,
dent of Cayuga, Ind., wat waylaid, robbed
and brutally murdered Saturday night.
After felling ulm and taking bis money the
robbers evidently fled while Stark lay un
consoious for some time, when be orawled on
bis bands and knees to his house, a blook
away, his route being easilv traced by the
trail of blood. He sutured his home and fell
te tbe floor by bis wife. He soon became un
conscious and died in a few hours.
Plokaninay Preaoher.
Wonderful stories have oome from the south
about the power of a Utile colored girl preach
er who bas been converting hundreds of per
sons, both white and oolored. It It in tbt
Carolines that most of her work bat been
done. Her name Is Olemta .. i
the It 10 veart old. Wherever tho girl preach
ed tbe starred up a rellglout frenty among
the people, and tbe mere announcement ot
hfi"aJ?.w,E ,ufflol" ,0 owd the larsett
Tha Plnkanflnnv i v
York, and Will Iftuk UMk. . ( k. :
'ore tho returns tetat south.
TRADE REVIEW.
Iron and Steel Producte Show a Deorettt
wun competition for Orders.
n. O. Dun A Co., say: of reaction In busl
nst tbere It none. Eltorti to explain It or to
attribute It to this or tbat temporary Influence
are all wasted. In every business men now
perceive the fnct thnt the purchases In ad
Tanceoi current distribution, which were
uin.io mien prices were Dooming, Involved of
a necessity a season of hnltlng when the rise
......r, ,, ,,, actual demand for con
"'"l"" unm ieen measured.
Iron and steel products are lower, averng.
k per ceni iur inn week ami 7 per cent
""" imr, nmnracne no. I
bar are quoted lower, while sales below quo-
..De aro irrquent. There is competition
,,,, nur, nnving nttio ahead,
and new business la mH.bni.i.
Htruomrnl work Is cut down by the strike of
i . . , uorr! r"m I""9 "um
ber of mills, principally bar, have stopped
within a few days. The associations re
afllrins prices, bnl do not well euouiih to
keep works buy.
The demand tor cheap boots and shoes Is a
r..i.u ueuer, inn many ennps are Idle, or
working part time, and buyers generally hold
off, although considerable reductions erenow
ollered by manufacturers, on men's split
shoes nnd on grain, grain-glove and bull
polish and polka shoes. Hhlpmonts for the
iiii'uin are h.t per cent leas than Inst year,
l.er.inrr is weaker, tboiiub nnlv i.. i.
quoted lower-.bat hides al f'hicnan h...
declined nbout 'i per cent, and nvernge rela
tively lower thnn lenther and shoes.
Products are lower, without disturbance or
r.Hu imiie. a repinnldn estimate of 478,
0OO.UOO bushels of wbent excites little remark,
Prion have declined about 1 cent. Corn de-
cllned ( a cent further, l'nrk nrmlnei.
have reason lor wenkenlngi lard 15 cente per
i"v pounus ami porK 20 cents per barrel. Tbe
coiiou market lias lieen assisted all the week
ny email receipts nnd remarkably stiff state
nients of tcnrclty, but baa trained a sixteenth
i-.xporis are small, partly because stocks
nurunu are nenvy and partly beenuse tho
uianufncinrer abroad does not Dud a market
for the usual quantity of goods, the llrltlsh
being especially embarrassed. In this coun
try the cotton manufacturer has fared better,
escaping an excessive rise and the resulting
decline. Retail distribution has bnrdly kept
pace with manufacturers' orders or v. It li snles
to retailers. Tbo opening of clay worsteds by
two leading mills nt advanced prices has not
yet been lullowed by others, and It la doubled
whether foreign prices, alter London wool
sales aext week, will be hopeful.
Failures for be week have been 820 In tba
United States, against 8'Ji Inst year, nud J In
lauaua, agaiusi ui last year.
BURNED THE QUEEN
Korea's Ruler Wae Hanged By the Hair
and Then Cremated.
Chinese papers by tbe steamer Empress ol
China are bitter In their attacks on the Jap
anese authorities In Korea, whom they blame
for tbe murder ot the queon. Tbey artert
thnt Japan Is a nation proteasing to be civil
l7.ed, but It Is tbe moat ban aroua on enrtb.
Tbe queen was hung up by tbe hair, and after
being otherwise abused, tied baud and foot,
soaked In oil nnd burned in tbe rear of tbe
palace, her remains being reduced to ashes
so tbat all trace might be lost. Thirty at
tanilnn s of the queen, It Is alleged, weit
butchered, their bodies being lelt about the
palaoe. When the palace was attacked ot
some 1,S0U guards on duty only sfx remained
si meir posts, and tney were quickly dis
patched. According to dispatches tbere were
lSladlet of title lu the court, the uueen. her
mother and 189 ladles In waltiug. Tbey were
nearly all soaked in oil and burned, while
tbe men s throats were out
RECEIVER APPOINTED.
Proceedings to Bring the N. T. P. ft O.
In
aa a Part cfthe Erie.
Tbe Farmers' Loan and Trust company, of
Now York, filed a petition In Common l'lent
court at Akron asking for a receiver fur the
New York, Pennsylvania nnd Ohio railroad
which is a portion ot tbe Erie extending from
Dayton, O., to Salnmanaca, N. Y. Herman
I'rlsler and W T. Nelswauuer. trustees, are
also named as defendants.
Tbe plalutlfT company bold a mort.-aire on
me roau oif 37,uuu,uuu, made In May, 188i,on
wnicn interest una never been paid. The
plaintiffs and ilefeudants selected Charles
W h I Im)im. il n Vnn V.irlr .... V...
Judge Vorls oould not appoint blm, as he is
dui a reeiueni oi ino male, joun Tod, Ol
Cleveland, vice president of tbe line, was ap
pointed. This Isdueto pay the debts of tbe
roan, tnat it may oeoouie part ol the reorgan
ised Erie.
SIX CASES OF YELLOW JACK
British Ship Helen Quarantined at Gal
veston.
Tba oases ot sickness heretofore reported
on board the British tblp Helen, has develop
ed Into yellow fever. Tbe Helen arrived at
Oalveston. Tex.. Wednesday from Para.
Brazil, with two sick seamen and an unolean
bill ol health. On tbat account tbe vessel
was detained at quarrantine, wbera she now
lies with six msn on tbe sick llst,oneof whom
oas aweii-aeveiopeu case ol yellow fever.
Tbe state health oflloer hat been tent for aud
when he arrives, It is possible that tbe vessel
will be ordered to East Ship Island, Miss.
There is no danger of the disease spreading,
beoanse tbe vessel bas not been nearer to tbr
elty tban the quarantine station, which is Ave
miles out and no one bat been allowed
aboard of her except the looal quarantine
olfloera.
A NEGRO LYNCHED.
Three Hundred Masked Men Take Him
From Jail to Hit Death.
Charles Burd, a negro, who murdered Jas
per D. Kelley, a young white man, near Bar
riman, Tenn., tea days ago, wat taken from
the Jail at Wartburg, the oounty teat of Mor
gan county, and lynched Wednesday nlgbt.
A mob ot 800 masked men gathered at a
fiolut three miles from tho Jail and marohed
n tours to tbe prison. A demand wat madt
on Jailor Langtry to "open up," Tblt be re
fused to do, and the door wat brokon cpen
with a sledge hammer.
When tbe men were on tbt inside the Jailer
was placed under the point of pistols and
gum, and Anally gave np the keys. The ne
gro wae taken from hit oell and a rope placed
around hit neck. He wat dragged to an oak
tree 100 jarda distant, where he wat swung
UP-
Entire Vlllaa Burned.
Details from Santa Clara tbow tbat the
town of Gulnla de Miranda, tbe most im
portant In tho district, has been entirely
burned by the Cuban insurgents, oommauded
by Roloff. A majority of the briok houses ot
tbe place, and 60 palm huts, were destroyed.
Before tbe revolution there were 4,600 In
habitants there. Tbe main wealth ol tbe
place was In tobacco, coffee and cattle. The
small garrison defending Gulnla de Miranda
made a berolo defense.
Strike Ended;
The structural Ironworker's strike whloh
was declared several weeks aeoaa-alnat O R
Buohanan. the contractor erecting the new
Park building, Pittsburg, bat been declared
off by the president of the Bridge and Struct
ural iroaworxerr union, ana us men
in
return to ernrlr. That!W hanri A wf nj i
Onalv foe the ihrUmm .n J harAafta n.l..
msn only will be eapleyed.
THE SLIPPERY SULTAN.
A BUTCHER IN POWER
Bahri Paaha Puta In Charge of Turkish
Troopt at Aleppo.
In spite of the Hultan's profession of lollo.
ltude for peace and hit apparent anxiety to
restore tranquility, evidenced by the release
Armenian suspects from prison and the pro
mulgation of urgent orders, there has occur
red a further instance of manifest Insult to
the powers, especially Orent Britain. Till,
wns lbs appointment ot Bahrl Tasha as mili
tary commander in Ihe Aleppo district
his notorious olllclnl made himself so
conspicuous by his cruelly to Ihe Armenians
nnd maladministration of his district when
governor of Van. thnt llrltlsh Ambassador
t'nrrle demanded bis removal, which was
done only pilar inflnlte trouble. Following
this degradation the Sultan cooly gave Eng.
land a slap In the face by Inrgivlng the
butcher, and bestowing upon him .Die decor
ation of the Order of Ihe Osmanleh. Soon
afterward It was said that linhrl l'asha was
to be appointed to command the large forces
oi iiirHisii troops Deing concentrated at
.Mara.h for a movement upon Z-IImin, which
Is held by the Armenians. This report raised
.. .. , u, muTgraiion inai tne plan was
abandoned.
Now, however, llahrl Pasha has been ap
pointed military commander of the Aleppo
district. The bad Impression which this bas
produced can hardly be exaggerated, tor Ihe
diplomats feel that t will bo almost Impos.
Bible to prevent blm from pursuing the same
iiii-iie- iii nieppo as ne mil at van.
Upon receiving the news of llahrl I'nsba'l
appointment to the military command nl ti.
eppo the representatives of the powers held a
Uieiitlnir and discussed the matter. The re.
suit was that they have Joined lu a note to
the Turkish government saying that they
ennnot answer for consequences which must
ensue should the Armenians of Zeltoun be
massacred after their surrender, which Ihe
Armenian patriarch, at tbe instance of tbe
powers, is endeavoring to bring about In or
der to prevent further bloodshed. Aleppo IS
.11, . . I. . . . mm i . ... . . .' ' .
r., union nuuiii id runes uisinnt rrnm .Mnrash,
which is about 1.1 miles from Zcltoun. nnd is
the capital ot the vilayet ot Haleb, In which
bolh Mnrash nnd Zelioun are situated.
A dispatch from Constantinople snys tbat
TiiinKr- iinve neen mirneu in the north
western portion of the district of Aleppo, nnd
that the Inhabitants have been massacred,
The Kurds nre gathering on Ihe borders ol
the Ltiphratca, preparing to march Into e'yrla
vi mo juj( u"oui niassacreingtnecbrlstlnns
AIMED AT THE TURK.
Prominent Men of New Tork Protect
Against Barbarities In Armenia.
A large audience assembled nt Chlckerlng
nan, new lork, at the call ot the Armenian
ltellef Association to protest against Turkish
bsrbnrltles and to appeal to the powers to
protect Christians and Armenlnns In Turkey.
President Helh Low, of Coluinola College
presided, nnd made a short address. llev.
FalherDucey made a speech, and Vnrlan
Mllognn.nn Armenian Christina. who escaped
iiinwniTri ui met summer, related Ills ex
perlecce.
Tbe following resolutions were aitneiait
'That It is our opinion the Hultnn ol Turkey
mis iwnriiru nn rigiu io rule over ine Armen
Inn people.
"That we respectfully urire our Govern.
meut to make every possible effort to induce
wie Kovernments ol Christendom to rouse
themselves from their apathy and put an end
to this intolerable state of affairs which
threatens wide extermination of thousands
nnd thousands of lunocent fellow Christians.
"Tbat we urge npon our government else
to do everything in its power to preserve th
fruits of American missionary toll.
'Hint we express our ardent sympathy
wiiu mi uiiuiinreuie sum-rings oi una perse
cuted race, and thnt we call upon nil the peo-
ui nrimruuuill in insist mat llieSO Utt
ulternl lesufferliii.-s shall oensa."
President Low, in hie speech, said that tin
rowers oi j-.iirope were to bisme lor tbe ex
isting slide of affairs, and particularly Eng
land, for sbe bad, after the Crimean war.
practically guaranteed the protection ol
lurieiinus m lursey.
DEADLY FEUD IN ALABAMA.
Three Men Killed Beoanse On Was Ac
cused of Stealing Melons.
As a result ot a feud between tbe Handley,
Jones aud Kllgore families, near Birmingham,
Ala., Joseph Kllgore and John Jones are
lead and John Handley It fatally Iniured.
Tbe trouble started over Jonet scouting
xinuuiey ui sieaung watermelons.
Handley, aooompanled by Frank Elisors.
a relative, went to Oak Bun to transact some
business. Both men carried tbeir rifles.
Jones and Joseph Kllgore, a cousin of Frank,
followod and overtook them near Marietta.
Jones told Handley If he would submit to a
oowbldlng tbat would tattle matters. Hand
ley rejsoted tbe proposition, and Jones and
bis friend opened Are. A Ditched battle fol
lowed. Eacb man Ared until bis weapon was
exuausieu, tuny two uoaeo euoie being ex
changed. Frank Kllgore, who wat unhurt,
ueu.
IRON TRADE OUTLOOK.
Scarcely Life Enough to Create Any
Interest.
Tbe "Iron Trade Review" tayt. There It
carcely life enough In tbe Iron market to
create any Interest In tbe limited business
tbat a week brings forth. Settling prices for
pig Iron and steel) weakness, though lees pro
nounced, in nearly every form of finished pro
duot; a prolongation ot the wait in iron ore,
tbat now promises to go on until tbere are
dieilnot signs of new conditions In secondary
markets Ibis Is tbs situation in brief. Tbere
Is plenty ot optimism abroad in the trade. In
spite of tbe quietness, and tbere are those
whose predictions of 120 Bessemer Iron wsre
made frsely and oonfldently three mouths
ago. who are still giving uttersnce to their
faith in the plentiful buying end Ihe re
munerative prices tbat ai to oome with the
opsning of the new year.
CRISIS IN EUCAD0R.
Forty- threePereont Arrested for Being la
an Asaaaelnation Plot.
A cablt from Panama tayti "Ouayquil,
Eucador, advices state tbat 48 prominent
members of tbe Conservathe party baye been
arrestsd tbsre and obarged with being Im
plicated in a conspiracy to assassinate Presl-
dsnt Alfaro and his cabinet, aa well as other
government officials, A ministerial crisis
reigns In tbe republic, and one minister has
resigned.
Ooke Production.
The eoke shipments for the last week of
record were considerably over 10,000 cars.
and would nave been larger ir tue railroads
bad been able to carry them. Tbe production
fell off 10,0110 tons from tbe previous week
and conssqusntly 82,700 tons ol stock coks
were shipped.-
The produotioa was not In excess of tbs
demand, but ie being regulated to correspond
with tbe facilities fur snipping. Tbe number
ot sctlve ovens Increased bit. making a total
Of 16.118 in blast sod 1,829 Idle.
The total shipmsnts lor the week ending
November 16 war 10,341 ears an Inortata of
Its can over tbt prevwss week.
NEWSY CLEANINC3.
More than 09,000 foreigners live In Lon
don. .
Berlin has a population of 1,618,098, ao
eordlng to tbe census Just taken. ,
Alaska gold fields paid fairly woll Inst sum
mer, but the fur season was poor.
The Atlanta F.xposlHon Jury of Awards
held Its final session in Washington.
There Is good sleighing In some of the back
parishes of the province of Quebec, Canada.
Oscar Wilde's creditors aro snld to receive
nbout f,100 a dny as the Inaomo from bis
Works.
A large troom-orn crop has been -eenrecl
In the tbrou Htntot wbnro commercially
growu.
Tlmrn am onlv flvn people In the agricul
tural department who nre nut umlnrtbe olvll
service rules.
The Mashpen Indians, who have a amnll
reservation In MiiwhoImis. tls, hnve nil taken
to hlcyclo riding.
Tha statistics of tho June census show thai
the population of Germany is Bl.TBH.SOS, nn
Increnao ot 2,!J20,R!l since 1HU0.
Telephone chnrges In Fnwieo are to be riv
iluced io five cents tor a thrw.rnlnuto oon
vnrsntlon with a radius of fifteen miles.
The flour mills of Minneapolis, Minn., erf
running at llielr full capacity and the out
put is much greater thnn onn year ngo.
Tho Lincoln monument nt RprlngrieM fill.)
Is In poor condition mi l Instead of repairing
it nn effort will bo mado to construct a now
one,
Mrs. Amelia A. Frosf wns Instnllnl pnstor
of the Littleton (Mn-w.) Congregat lonnl
Church, sjuocaodlng her husband, who is an
Invalid.
ThaFn-nltyof ths University of Virginia
hnve ptildlHhed nn npponl to the. nttitruil to
nld In restoring tho buildings recently
burned.
Bolls Brothers, showmen, announce from
Columbus, Ohio, that next iixn the llur
mim, Forepaugli nud Holla shows will be
consolidated.
The Naval Wnr College, nt Newport, II. I
lias completed the most siienessful year of
Its existence, according to the roport of Cn
tnln If. C. Taylor, lis President, to Heorolnry
Herbert.
Mr. Rears, of Boston, pnld 5000 fur an old
film. Ilvarl. his violin tlm other day, and now
tlm custom-house Is nklng blm for I200
more, as it wnssmiigglod Into the oountry
by n boy.
While) Vienna nnd Rt. Petersburg are
steadily growing, the population has (wen
nt a standstill in Ilorliii fur tlm past year,
whereas formerly the Increase wna over 50,
08O a year.
Toter Olsen, a fnrmnr of fltonkton, N. T
was killed by the overturning of bin hay
wngun. He wns burled under the hny, and
before It could be removed Olson dlod from
suffocation.
The Itev. Dr. Searles, pastor of the Tro
mont (N. Y.J Methodist Episcopal Church,
declined to baptize the dying child of Dr.
Wnller E. Andrews, on the ground that it
was not essential for the ohlld's salvation.
Orouse, pntrlilge, deer and many other
kinds of game nro unusually plentiful in
Northern New Hampshire this Hoimon. Black
bears are numerous nenr Thornton, nnd nn
unusually largo lynx wasshot near Ellawortb
a tow dnys ago.
Chlof Bonnor.of the Fire Department, Now
Tork City, gives warning to owners ol
modern fireproof buildings that the Htruo
tures will burn In such a way ns to make It
almost impossible for the firemen to effec
tively fight the flames.
The present population of Arlr.ona is
Slnced at 77,000. being un Increase of 7000
uring Ihe year, ninety per cent, of the
immigration ioentlng in the mining districts
ot Yavapai County and tbe agricultural sec
tion of Maricopa County.
Brazil is to have an increase of hni
navy. In addition to the new 3500-ton iron
clads ordered In Franco, she Is about to build
three steel-protected cruisers of 4000tons and
twenty knots, three torpedo-boat ontoheni of
1000 tons and twenty-two knots, eight torpedo-boat
catchers similar to tbo Gustavo
oampalo! and six torpedo-boats.
An ancient vessel bas been unearthed In
the Mississippi Itlver shore near Winona,
Minn. It was four fen under ground, and
ma le ot heavy onk planks nailed together
with band forged spikes. It is supposed to
hnve been the properly of N. Porrot, a
French explorer, who early In tho seven
teenth century built a fort tradlue oost In the
vlclulty.
MORE RECRUITS FOR CUBA.
National Guard and West Point Offloera
Now Readv to Embark.
The Cuban revolutionary party In New
fork bas been very active during tbe last
week In completing tbe Anal arrangements
for tbe transportation ot tbe largest expedi
tion to Cuba since tbe hostilities began be
tween the insurgents and tbe armies of
Hpaln. hvery step in this movement baa
been conducted with tbe greatest secrecy,
and so well bas tbe affair been managed tbat
tbe local leaders are satisfied that the au
thorities will not be able to Interfere with tho
starling ot tha filibustering.
mis expeumon is net made up ot tne or
dinary class ot recruits. Amonu the men ere
several members of tbe National Guard of
New Kork and New Jersey, and several grad
uates from West Point, wbo have seen active
service. Teese are tbe kind of men whom the
insurgent leaders say are most needed now to
speed tbelr cause along President Palms Is
quoiea as ronows regarding bondsi
'l am awaltlna: for a prominent Cuban.
wbo will arrive bere from Europe in a lew
oays. men 1 will appoint a committee, al
tbe bead of wblab I will Place that sentle-
man, I don't kaow as yet tbo amount we
win issue, out we need lote ot money, and
will probably issus y3U.000.000 worth. I do
not expect to place that nmsunt, but I will
take as much as I cm. We will pay six per
cent. Interest, and tbe prlu?lpal will be paid
as toon after tbe wur as possible. "
SHOT THREE MEN.
Texaa Saloon Keeper Commita Double
Murder.
While the Oroen Zouaves were drilling on
Moore avenue, Terrell. Tex., F. M. Joyce, s
saloon man, fired four shots at W. E. Ogles-
by. wbo was standlnir In the street, a good
deal under tbe Influenoe ot liquor. One ebol
fatally wouLded Ogleeby. A second sbot in
stantly killed ti. a llttckabv, a prominent
man, and a third weut through tbe right
arm o B. H. Hcott. Jr.. probably necessltat.
ing amputation. Huckaby and Hcott are
emnere ot ine zouaves and wsre rtrllllnu
with tbeir company when shot down. Frlsnds
Immediately got bold of Joyce, and with tbe
aid of offloen, hurried blm away from tbe
crowd.wnich was frenzied with anger.
Control of the Senate.
Not countlua- the dlsDulad nitnrabln rnn
Delaware, the ltepublioans will have 42 sen-
ators.requiriug two more to make a majority
of the 87 senators holding unuhaagad seats.
Tbe Demoorats will bare 30, and tha pop.
uliats 8. When tbe two Utah senators botb
Itepublicans, are admitted early in tbe com
ing year, tbe numtior ot senators will te in.
creased to 9J, or its, allowing for the Dela
ware vacancy, i'urty-six will be a majority
of a full seuaio, while the republicans will
have only 44, belun as far from a muiorlrw aa
tbey are now. Tbe admission of tbe Utah
senators and the decision of tbe Delaware
tontest In their fsvor will not give tbem a
majority. As tbe senate, unlike ike hoiiM la
a continuous body, and alwaye organised for
uu.iua-a, una sooipuoauoo will oot interfere
With Its taking un lenlalatlve work mi ih.
Opening of the session, as tbe old oiQeert will
bold over until superseded by new elections.
THE LA BOH WORLD.
Coal and lee eart men are about to organ
ise In New Tork City. . .
The trouble between the Ornat Northern
and Ita men Is practically settled.
In labor circles It la laid tha eight-bout
Work day movement la gaining ground.
Progressive Varnlshers' Union wonastrlke
In New York City lor a 8.60 a day wage.
Arbitrator Judge Little dnefdnd the Ohio
floal miners' wngo question lu favor of the
operator.
The annual convention of tho United Oai
mont Workers of America was held tblt ya"
In Baltimore.
An out-of-work fund for old and nnem
ployed memliers Is to lie established by Wait,
era" Union No. I, ot New York City.
One hundred and thirty-two local anions
are now affiliated with tha National union ol
retail nlerks, nnd the number It Increasing
steadily.
The llrnthnrhood of Locomotive Engineer
Is the only largo labor nrtrnnluitlon In this
country which still rntusns admission to
colored men.
A library and rending room Is about lobe
established by the Lansing (Mich.) Trade
Council .and this Is a good examplo to all
central bodies.
A general strike of Piltaburg plumbers was
Inaugurated fur tho restoration of the ten
percent, reduction two years ago. About
400 men went out.
The lain tlnron Tauclinlt. the great pntv
Usher, was so popular among his employes
and so just to them that a strike nover oc
curred In his establishment.
There Is a little village named Mnrknen
Klrcnon, In Rnxony, where every working:
ll.Mnl. nw.M . .... .
,-, w-imiiiiii nri'i onti'imn it en
gaged In tbe manufacture of violins.
Bituminous coal miner of the Clearfield
(I enn.) district have been assured that while
no advance n wage H possible at present
there will be an increase lator In the eooson.
Oenernl Muster Workman Sovereign, ot
the Knights of Labor, say he will positively
iollae a ro-eloctlon. Ho declare tbat at
tbo end of his present term he will go to
farming In Arkansas.
There nre not far from a million men In tho
employment f tho railroad corporations In
the Inlted Mates, and a large proportion of
them boll place ot msponsibllfty, Involving
diitle which enn be performed only by men
ot steady sobriety.
Henry J. Robinson, of Buol, N. Y., who
const ruct.nl In Gould's shop In Albany tho
tender for tho first locomotive used on the)
Albany nnd Rcbeneelndv Itallrond, nearly
sixty-five year ago, dlod a low days ago.
aged Dliioty-flvo yearn.;
The Huntingdon (Tenn.) Car and Wheel
Works, which hnve been Idle for throe years)
past, have boen purchased by W. A. Obyon
of Havnnnnh, On-, fora syndicate of South
ern capatallsts. The now firm will employ
about 600 men and will manufaoture trolley
cars principally.
Tho Intent oo-operatlve establishment re
ported Ih the big agricultural implement fac
tory to be put up at Bprlngflnld, III., by tho
Patron of Husbandry of twenty-two States.
It Is understood thut the concorn will be
capitalized at 100,000, and that this capi
talization will be Joabled.
The number of miners now employed In
the gold and sliver mines of Colorado to 26,-
"i "n increase ot 4 over that ot the time
Just prior to the nanlc Whllo the silver
u..-..IUio mivw a inning on, tne goia oamps
show an I nereaae In r -.-I enb k.
few miner were working In 1893, now more
tban 8000 are on tbe pay roll.
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
In point of service Amos J. Cummlngs, of
New York City, will bo tbo oldest member la
the next Congress.
Mrs. Julia Ward now was re-elected
President of tlm Association for tho Ad--vnncement
of Women nt New Orleans.
The Queen of Portugal ha boon studying
medicine lor some time In onlor to be bet
tor able to earn for her invalid husband.
Queen Victoria wholly refuse to be man
aged by her physicians, having very decid
ed ideas of ber own on health and hygieno.
King Oscar of Norway nnd Sweden takes
(treat Interest in American newspapers es
pecially in tbeir views on European poli
tics. v
Lonl Wolseloy, the Commnnder-ln-Chlef
of the British army, attribute hit success In
life to his mother, wbo superintended hi
educaUon.
"Mark Twain" has been quite a prolific
Inventor. He bold a number of patents
due to his own ingenuity, some of whloh
have been quite prolltitble. $
'At the age of ninety-three. Sidney Cooper
of the Itoyal Academy, la painting picture
lor tbe exhibition next spring. He was ma-lean
associate fifty years ago.
P. A. B. Wldener, the Philadelphia street
railway magnate, ha arranged tor tho
building of a magnificent steam yacht. In
which he will spend two yean on a tour of
tbe globe.
Lord Napier and Ettrtok, who tost beforo
the war was British Ministor at Washington,
nun imt-r was AintioH-uvior tu sc. feteranurg
and at Berlin, has Just celebrated hit golden
welding.
Mrs. RudyarJ Kipling attends to all of her
husband's correspondence and carefully
guard him against would-be Intruders. Ha
ls said to be the most unapproachable
literary man In the world.
William Lewis Wilson, for six years'
memiwr of the Evanston (IIL) Living-saving
Corps, during which tiaie it saved 240 lives,
bas resigned in order to study medicine at
the Northwestern University.
The Duke of Devonshire owns 80.000 tores
In Derbyshire, but none In Devout Lord
Derby, some 50,00 1 acres In Lancashire but
none In Derby; Lord Leicester, 40,000 acres
in Norfolk, but none in Leicester.
The Prince of Naples, heirto tbe throne of
Italy, is a dark-eyed, slim, fragile-looking
youth of twenty-five. Ho wears a single
eyeglass and d reuse after tbo English
fashion. He is an accomplished llntTulst.
The Sultan of Turkey bat seven children
four boys and three girls. His oldest son,
who is a olose confidant of hia father, It only
heir presumptive, as the crown succeeds to
the Sultan's brother under the Ottoman
law,
Engels, the late Oermao Socialist leader,
directed by will that his body should bo
cremated and the ashes oast into the tea. In
this way be sought to make a posthumous
expression qf contempt for tha tueory ol tbo
resurrection.
It It generally understood that tha ton of
General Sam Thomas is to be made Presi
dent of the OhioSouthern Road. The young
man la only twenty-two years old, and when
be is elected to that office be will be tha
youngest railroad president in the world.
David Plunkett, member ot Parliament for
Dublin University, who has Just been raised
to the peerage, though not a wealthy man,
has probably more money standing In his
name than any single private ritlsen Id tho
work). He is trustee for many rlob people,
including the Guineas), and generally hold
in that capacity from (1150,000,000 to (200,-.
000,000 worth orseouritlet,
Black Sea fleet.
A dispatch from Babastopol says that tho
Black sea fleet, which 10 days ago wat order
ed to lay up for the winter, hat been rscom
missioned, and that tbe troops stationed at
Odessa bave been warned to bo la readiness
for active service.
ICakes Children Legitimate
The South Carolina constitutional eoavea
tlon took action adopting an ordinance pro
viding tkat eourts should reeoirniae dlvoroes
granted heretofore, aad hereafter lu other
st ate of the anion, under oertaia eouditloaa,
It passage logltlmatixet hundreds ot children
la tho Mat.