KEYSTONE STATE HEWS CONDENSFD. MAD DOGS. teft for Dead by Robbers Exploding Boiler Xilli Three Hen. A torrMe boiler explosion, by whWi three men wore kilted, oo 'tim-dat the Law colliery, at Avoi'ii, a small mining town 11 miles from Wllkcebnrro. The dead Bros Alex. Voting, aged 89 years, A pump dillleri Thomas Mo ponnlil, ngcd 52 yeni, a machinist, and John Hulls, aged ft) years. The two llrst named were mangled beyond ni'ngnltlon. The explosion Is supposed to have been caused by low water lit the. bolliT. Hilt COK LAMD DKJtb There hue Just lieen consummated it nulnt lenl whteh Involves the transfer of nlioiit 1,500 Here of coking conl In Nicholson end Oermon townships, Fnyetto enmity, for which the owners will receive nbont't2.T0, 000. Notices were sent out to the Innd own ers coueerned that the options were taken. Home weeks ago Attornev William J. John son, of Unlontown, and lavld Durr and B. V. (.'over, of near Mosnntown, secured op tions on about 20 trii'-t of eoal along Georges Creek, In the townships named at 1H5 an nere. The absorption of the Metiure by the Frlck eompanv and the advance In the price of eoke stimulated activity among the inde pendent fnrnneemen, anil there were several competitor for the above tract belore It was finally closed out HAD DOO AT KKW ntOIITOW. Constable Plstrnw, of New Brighton, hod a snvuge tight with his dog, which had gone mail. He kicked It oft several times, and Anally eixe,l a ehnlr and dushed its brains out. Another mud dog on the principal streets Mt several others and created a panic among pedestrians before It fled tothe wood with the entire police force after it. All the dogs Vitten will be shot. LEFT TO BKAD Bt BOWltTtS. a Rang of robbers who have been loitering around Oreensbnrg for a week, held up Inme Htaley at a point l'tween Penn and Jeannette and beat him terribly, leaving him for dead on the roadside. His money and valuables were taken. He was found a few hours later by frlenils William Buxton and his brother, Jamea, were hunting at Enst Brook, when James fired at a rabbit. The shot struck a rock and rebounded, striking William in the face. He, dropped unconscious, but Inter wns revived, and the physicians picked 20 shots from his head. Ills sight was destroyed, nnd his re covery is considered doubtful. In the Cecil district, Washington county, holders of territory throught they were in ft fair way to develop a new pool of good di mensions, but the new well completed last week have not confirmed the opinion, nnd the efae of the producing territory in the vicinity of the Mawhinney gusher is yet to be determined by the drill. A patent has leen Issued by the board of pubue property for 1,600 acres of land In Center and Clearfield counties, to the dear field bituminous coal company. This land has never been claimed and has Always bee in the possession of the common wealth. The towns of Lewisburg, Milton and Wat sontown, of Center county, have combined forces for the construction of a reservoir In the White Deer valley. Water tnken from the Susquehanna has been unfit for us The school directors at Greensbnrg have decided to erect a new high school building to cost about 8)55.00. W. 8. Fraser, of Pitts burg, was selected architect, the contest for the place among several architects being spirited. T. Hindman, of Mercer, and others have formed a company to develop the Dig Bend fas field and supply gas to Greenville. Over ,000 acroe have been leased for Immediate' testing. John Frye and Jacob Sweeney, of Dunbar, are under arrest charged with criminal as sault by Mary Hewitt, aged IS of Ferguson station. James Lands and wife, of Webster, near Oreensburg, were thrown from a buggy in runaway Wednesday and both seriously hurt. William Sharp, eolored, of Canonshurg, escaped from the lockup bv knocking down Constable George Smith with a brick. The X. E. church at Beaver Falls, badly damaged by fire recently, will be repaired, a new church to be built later. James Hanlan, fireman and flagman on the Walls work train, was killed by a train In the yards at Grcensbarg. Typhoid fever Is epidemics rat Bldgway, with over fifty cases in the town and vici nity. SAVED HIMSELF FE0M DEATH A lfstrre Strong Tip in a Bt Louis Xtrket Eons. For several weeks past big negro has been stealing all sorts of things from the butchers and hucksters at Union market house, St Louis, but he always escaped ar rest, and the tenants of the market became exasperated over their losses. Monday Morning the negro was caught while carry Inn off two horse blankets, and the cry of "Lynch him" went up. A crowd of angry men soke! him, bound his wrists, put a rope around his neck and strung him up by a uioo ana laoue Hanging in tne marsex. But the negro was a fellow of great nerve, and while his tontrue was Drotrudlna from his mouth, and his eyes bulging from their sockets, he made a violent struggle, broke the oord which bound his arms, and before the mob realized what he was doing, be whipped a big knife from his pocket, cnt the 5 ope, dropped to the ground, and ran like a leer. He wns ohased and overtaken by the mob, but he turned with his big knife and showed such a desperate fight that the crowd wavereu, ana tne negro escaped up an alley. TO VANftTJISH TEE CUBANS. A Spanish Offloial Says 60,000 More Sol dires, $24,000,000 are Reeessary. A high official, after a conference with Benor Canovas del Caitlllo, expressed his views anent the Cuban situation, and said that for the full and perfect pacification of Cuba throe thlnra wt.ru nLuuru . L'Im. 60,000 more soldiers; second 125,000,000, and third, the yearly meeting of the Cortes. The forthcoming protest of the Spanish Republicans will will for the instant meeting of the Cortec. the situation in Cuba belns da. elared serious. Government officials Iters are evincing muoh anxiety. A ataariu military paper, favorable to Sen. Asoarraga, Minister of War, predicts victory and very Important military movements in two. 1,000 Cattle Drowned. C Havden Who has immense nastures long Grand River, reports haviug had over 400 head of cattle drowned by the floods of of the past week, and says Jack Riley lost xvu nuaa sua jiwi jjryan as many more, ana others small numbers. It is believed that fully l.OuO bead or more perished in the) vsoge reservation. James D. Page, once a prominent law vet of San Francisou, was arrested In New York on a charge of having embesded trust fundi f tut uutuue ward In l-autoruia. . AWSWER TO THE PRiNCt For Bis Christmas Message of Pesos Other Messages Acknowledged. The J'rlnee of Wales has received from Joseph Pulltr.er, proprietor of the Now Vork World, the following acknowledgement of the letter which the prince and the Duke of York sent through Sir Francis Knolly's pri vate secretary, honing that the dllTerenccs between the I lilted Htntes and Great Britain on the Venezuelan question would be ami cably settled: "lour Christmas message of peace and good will was deeply appreciated and hal an Important elTei-t. The reaction is almost complete. Conscience has obtained mastery over impulse. The World thanks you for the wise and bold words spoken nt so critical a time. "It Is also becoming to acknowledge with firofound respect the eloquent and Impress ve nu-ssnge uf concord and amity received by the World from Cnnlinnl I.egue, Primate of Ireland (who cnbled from llome)i Car dinal Vaughan, Archhlsnop of Westminster) Dr. Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin) Lord I'launkett, Archbishop of Dublin nnd Kii diirei the Archbishop of Armngh, the Arch bishops of Liverpool and Manchester, and Mr. Uladstone and Lord Hoselwry. "It Is hoped here that the logic of the un precedented expression of kindness of the greatest dignaturies of church and State may yet lead to the arbitration of a dispute so trivial that It could remain unsettled for 70 years. Surclv, among all the scholars nnd statesmen and rulers of the world, theremust be one who. as arbitrator, will meet this sug of Lord Salisbury that he should be 'com petent and free from bins.' "The surest hope of lasting peace rests upon the enlightened moral sentiment which you have voiced, and which we feel shnpes the course of the Government hi England, not less than In America, and continues the progress of civilization." POLICE AGAINST SOLDIERS. A Terrifno Fight in a Town. Hew England A battle between sailors and police occur red In Sadler's hall, nt Bridgeport, Conn., in which about 90 men were seriously Injured. The soldiers were finally defeated, and 20 are locked up. J nousnmls or factory hands dnnecd the old year out and the new In. A raiding party went to Sadler's Hall, where the Kosciusko Guards, a military orgunizntlan. was holding a dance, to execute a wnrrant for the seizure, ol beer. The soldiers drew their sabers, nnd drove the officers from the hall. A reinforce ment of 15 policemen wns called, and at tempted to enter the hall, but the Guards lient them back with their sabers. The police were cut and slashed nnd several of them were seriously wounded. The Cnotalu of the Kosciusko Guards is hardly recognized from the bumps and cuts on his fai-e from the policemen's clulis. t.very one oi tne m prisoners near marks or tne meiee. iney were spattered with blood and tneir uniforms are In shreds, ihe wo men acted like furies. They scratched the faces of tho police, and tore their hair out by handful. After the fight five other halls were visited. anu iuu sega oi ueer seizea. UPHOLDING THE PKEBIDENT. New York's Legislators Unanimously De olaret in Favor of the Monroe Dootrlne. The New York legislature organized on the 1st. The caucus nominees of the Republicans being chosen in both houses, Hamilton Fish, of Putnam, was elected speakerof the House. Lieutenant Governor Haxton will preside in the Senate. In the Senate Mr. Ellsworth offered a memorial on tne Venezuelan ques tion, which was unanimously adopted. It declares in favor of the Monroe doctrine. and commends arbitration as the method of tettling differences, especially between the great Christian nations of the world. In the Assembly Mr. U'Grady offered the same memorial ana it was unanimously adopted. Governor Morton s message approves the apholdlng of the Monroe doctrine, and then deals with States questions. On the subject of the excise law the gover nor recommends such legislation as will measureably reduce the number of places In which intoxicating beverages shall lie sold. It Is charged that the present excise law Is a measure favorable to the liquor interests only; that private property is not protected from the aggressions of saloon influence, and that violators of the law have compara tive immunity from the penalties which it orcscrlbes. O0LD IN VIRGINIA. Company Formed for the Development of What is Prononnoed Bioh Territory. H. K. Falrbonk, the millionaire lard re finer, of Chloagoi E. K. Willard and T. D. Hooper, bankers, of New York General T. M. Logan, of Richmond, Ta., and others, have organized at Richmond the Piedmont Gold Beit Chartered Company, with a capital stock of ('2,000,000, for the purpose of de veloping on a very extensive scale large gold mining properties, covering several thousand acres in Buckingham county. These Northern and Westers oapltaUsis, It is reported, have made thorough investi gation of the gold-bearing ores of that terri tory, and have found suoh remarkably favor able conditions that it is olalmed they have secured control of the entire district. Investigations of experts and anAlysls of the ores, it is claimed, show that the per centage of gold Is greater than either the South Africa or the Cripple Creek districts. ON THE AGBESSITE. Venetnela's Government Orders War Sup. plies From the 0. S. The Venezuelan Government is negotiating In the Celled States for war supplies. Foui heavy guns have been sent from Caracas to fortify the harbor at Mnracalbo. ' Special commissioners appointed to ar range tut alliance of South and Central American republics against England art ready to depart. A rumor comes from Colombia that the Spanhth Minister at Bogota has been escort ed out of the country by a troop of soldiers, because he made a protest aguicst the gov ernment giving to the British Minister bit passports. Geueral Rlchano goes to the Argentine Re public, HU88IA FAVORED. Japan Slighted England la the Last Treaty Mads. In a report to the state department on the treaty between Russia and Japan concerning commerce and navigation, John Karel U. 8. consul general at St Petersburg, points out some differences between this treatv and that made between Japan and Great Brttlan. More favorable conditions regarding the ex emption from different trausit duties -and Othltr tAXM am Annfnmul nn . ....l i . - both countries by the Russian -Japanese J - wv Kjpuiuies rout monopoly for any mercbrndise which can be established later on by any of the two coun tries to its profit may be enguged In. Cholera in Snssia. Between Deoember S and 14 there were SO oases of obolera and 15 deaths in the district of Volhynla, and during the same period. In the district of Kleff. there wen 40 casus of cholera and 14 deaths from that diss F. H. McOulghan, of Kansas Clty.has been appointed general manager of the Great Northern railway. r SIX PEOPLE BURKED TO DEATH. HORRIBLE RESULT OP A FIRE. Hnsbsnd, Wife and Two Children Perished Together. Blx deaths nre the result of a mysterious fire that occurred nt 4:30 o'clock Thursday morning nt th resldeneo of John H. Hlbbard at 131)8 East Long street, Columbus, Ohio The dead arei John II. Itlhhnrd. Mrs. John 11. ltlbhnrd. Mrs. Charles Lee. ned 22. Bnrnesvllle. Ohio. Miss Fay Iltbbard, aged 19, Bnrnesvllle, Ohio. Dorothy Hlbbard, aged 8 years. Allen Hlbbard, aged S years. Mrs. Lee and Miss Hlbbard. of Bnrnesvllle. are nieces of Mr. Hlhhnrd Ami were spendlnij the holidays with th"lr uncle. Dorothy ami Alien tiiniiani nre cniniren oi Jonn tiumani. Besides these unfortunate people, there were In the house nl the tbne Annie Bell, a colored servant and four other children of the HII bard family, Welwter, Walter, John anil II In ton, whose ngi range from 8 to 14 years. They all escaped by lumping from a second story window. Annie Hell suffered a fract ure of one ankle nnd Walter Hlbbard sprain ed one of his ankles. The others are not In jured. The house Is a large modern frnmp, two stories nnd an nttlc in height, nnd wns heated with natural gas by menus of a furnace. The probably Are resulted from an explosion of natural gas, though the facts ns to the origin will never I known. Annie Bell is the only one who escaped who enn give anything like a rational account of the terrible calamity. The house is not badly burned, but the in terior woodwork is badly scorched. Annie Bell snys she was awakened by a sense of choking nnd found her room full of smoke. She tried to run over to the part of the house the family were sleeping in, but found the hall so full of smoke Hint she could not not do it, and, returning to her room, raised the window and jumped to the ground, nnoui iu icei, oreaKing Her nnkie in so doing. Then she saw Mr. Hihhard nt the window of the room where some of his child ren were sleeping. He dropped the foul boys out anil then fell, evidently overcome bv smoke. His body was found with his arms stretched across the winduwslll. lust as he fell after dropping Webster Hllibnrd to the f:round. All the six oodles wen; found u the same room. They evidently ran there to escape and were'etiffocntcd. lh? bcli"S nre nil burned bevond recognition. A neighbor, who was awakened by the screams of Auuie Bell, called the fire department, nud It was the work of but a lew minub-s to ex tinguish the flames. The family ate New Year's dinner at the Chittenden hotel yesterday, nnd nt H p. m. went to the residence of Thomas Huntington, n brother, a brother-in-law, to spend New Year's eve. It was nbout 11 o'clock when they rturned home nud nt once retired. Mr. Hlbbard was a well-known business man. and was the secretary nud manager ol the Central Ohio natural gas and fuel com pany, THE FATE. OF FRANK LENZ. Hit Last Night Murdered for Hit Camera and Revolver. Lens passed his last night at tha bouse ol Avn Pnrsha, an Armenian, at Techleknnl There were a number of others In the house, Including an Armentnn priest and several Kurds. When Lenz was unpacking his trapi his revolver dropped to the floor. One of the Kurds picked It up and wanted to keep It. After some difficulty Lenz recovered It. His camera also attracted attention, and the curious Kenls thought the mcto? parts were of great value. Lenz was not feeling well, and his host made him some chicken broth for supper. He had a stock of rnislus nnd these he shared with the Armeninn priest. The next morning he started on his wnv. He took with him some more chicken broth made by Ava Pareha. Half an hour later he was dead. Tbat wns May 10, IBM. On leaving Ava Parslm s house, Lenz took the great caravan route, Icucllng from Tabriz, Persia, to Constantinople, It is the great highway of the Orient. At a distance ol nearly turee miles, and close to the village ol Kolila, he was waylaid by a squad of men. Among them were the Kurds, who had been lu the house with him the night before. Thev had evidently planned to waylay and rob him. Lenz wns quickly surrounded. Ho drew his revolver, but before he could use it his hand was almost cut off at the wrist bv a blow from a sword. Bullets and swords fin ished him. The man who had wanted his re volver the night before took that for bis share. His camera was broken up and the metal parts apportioned. Even bis clothing wns divided. One Kurd took the rubber tires from the bicycle and afterwards made saddle girths out of them. The body was dragged a short distance away, and after wards buried by those who found It. Snehtleben and Chambers met and obtain ed from Ava Persha, the priest who had shared Lenz's rsisins, and many others, their stories. They all identified Luuz't picture. The aocouut of the murder and robbery was obtained from those to whom the Kurds had told It and exhibited their plunder. When the bouses in the surrounding vil lages were searched, Suchtleben and Cham bers found In different ones the pieces of Lewi's camera. They also recovered the greater part of bis clothing. The arrests, which bnve been published, then followed. The efforts to find Lenz's grave were unaviling. COMMERCIAL FAILURES. Decrease in Number, but Slight Inoreate in Liabilities. R. G. Dun A Co's., Weekly Review of Trade says: The commercial failures during the com plete year, 1805, number 13,107, against 13, 685 in 1804, but the aggregate of liabilities is subtly greater, 417il,lW,uOO,agalnst 172, 8W,bJU, so that the average per failure Is (13, 124, against e 12,458 In ltM. Remarkable contrasts are shown this week in prices of materials and of manufactured products. Compared with January. 1805, prices of manufactured products and of material rose for pig iron 75.1 per cent at the highest point, but only 0.1 at the close, while manufactures of Iron rose 53.7 per cent at the highest point, and 23.5 at the close. The acreage of cotton w as wisely re stricted in order to give producers a better chauee tor fair returns, and the erop was further reduced by Injury, but growers were injured still mora by frantic speculation. Wheat producers also suffered from wild speculation The great crop of corn has ma terially affected the price of meat. Two Instantly Killed. Two passenger trains collided Monday night on the Baltimore A Ohio Southwestern railrway, near Coal City, 14 miles from Cin cinnati. They were tile Louisvlata express, which left Cincinnati at 7.05 p. in., and the Bt, Louis aoooniinodutiou due at 7.05. 'Wie latter was an hour late. Two puasengera were killed and six injured. Botn engines were totally wrecked, as the eugiuaers bad very little time to check thuir speed. The combination car of the Louisville express and the express car on the train row St. Louis ware telescoped. - Because Austro-Huugary now has oil wel.'s of ber own, American petrolluin has little or no market there, 'f he use df Husslan oil is also increasing in Germany, where It is cheaper taaa ths American product. CONGRESSIONAL. Summary of the Most Important Heamrei Presented In Both Hnnsss. TWEaru.ru iiAy. In the sennte to-day among the papers presented and referred were nsolutloiis ol the Lincoln Post O. A. R., of Top-kn, Knn., "tendering their services," ns Mr. PefTer (pop. Knn.), phrased it "in case we should linve any trouble with our neighbor on the other side of the Atlantic." 'i'hey were re ferred to the committee on foreign rein Hons. Mr. Chandler (rep. N. II.), Introduced a bill to tulnrge the Interstate commerce com mission, by making It conlst of one member from each state, these members to select an executive committee of !lvo. Referred. Mr. Chandler also offered n resolution which went over till to-morrow, calling on the ecretnry of the navy lor Information as to whether prices paid, or agreed to be paid, for armor for vessels of the navy are as low as the prices charged by the smiio manufac turers to foreign governments; Whether these prices have tx-en increased on account of the patents, nnd, If so, whether the Increase in price has been fair and reasonable, also whether any government officers are Inter ested In such patents. The House bill as to bonds was laid before the senate, read twice and referred to the finance committee. The resolution by Mr. Quay (rep. Pa.), calling on the seeretnrv for Information as to whether it would be advan tageous to Die nnval service to contract now for six battleships Instead of two wns taken up and agreed upon. Mr. Lodge (rep. Mass.), addressed the senate on the subject of the Monroe doc trine. TWESTT-rinST CAT. Sennt--Honntor Sherman presented a reso lution which embodies a plnn that l( adopted would go far toward placing the treasury In a secure position. His resolution directs that the gold reserve shall be restored to e 100,0110,00, and In the future shall be used exclusively for the redemption of greenbacks and treasury notes, nnd not to meet current expenses. Finally It directs that when green backs shall have been redeemed they shall be reissued only in exchange for gold coin ol bullion. House Among the bills Introduced were the following! By Mr. McMillin, of Tonnes see.to repeal the law allowing a rebate on the tax on alcohol. To repeal the 10 per cent tax on the circulation of banks other than nation al banks. By Mr. Cumiulngs, of New York, providing that there shall be lu the army ol the Vnlted States 10 regiments of artillery ol l'i bntteiies eacln 12 regiments of cavalry ol 12 companies each; r.0 regiments of infantry of 12 companies each. The Inst session of the houre for the yent ISM wns a purely formal meeting, lasting only n few mlniiti s ami an adjournment was taken until Friday, according to the under standing. TWESTT-SErOKD DAT. The House reassembled Friday under ths arrangement heretofore announced by Sir. Dlncley, Rep., Maine, merely for the purpose of adjourning until next Monday. Speaker Reeil nnuomiced thnt he had signed the bill to accept the ram Katahdln, nnd then, nt 12:13, on motion ol Mr. Henderson, the House adjourned. The Semite has, on motion of Mr. Morrill, chairman of the flnnnce committee, agreed when It adjourns today, to adjourn till Tues day next. Mr. Morrill expressed the hope that at that time the finance committee would be able to report both the bond and the tariff bills of the House. The finance committee met again this morning, but after a short conference between the Republicans nnd Democrats, found they could accomplish nothing, and an adjournment until Monday was taken. The silver men were not ready to submit their silver bill, but said they hoped to be able to do so at the next meeting. An other conference of the sliver men will be held before the bill Is laid before the full committee. The resolution offered by Mr. Sherman lost Tuesday In relation to the reserve fund wns laid before the Sennte. and Mr. Sherman pro ceeded to speak. LEX0WIN0 PITTSBURG. Ths Senate Committee's Inquiry Into Ma. niolpal Affairs. The sennte committee began business Thursday afternoon. Attorney Pcttit made a brief speech explaining the purpose of the Inquiry. The system of governing munici palities had proved Insufficient, and it was necessary to find Just whnt was wrong in order to provide a legislative remedy. The legislation must be adapted to the wants of a community, otherwise the best executive re sults will not be obtainable. Various plans have been devised for carrying on city gov ernment, but In the execution of these plans corrupt practices have crept In which must be eliminated. The committee came fo Pittsburg for the purpose of comparing the operations of government here with those under the charter of Philadelphia, and to recommend such legislation as will remedy existing evils. Controller Gourley was the first witness. He was examined as to the methods of gov ernment, the division of responsibility, nnd kindred matters. The questions we.-e In tended to afford the committee a general view of the provisions of the present charter and the usee which were made of thitm. There was only one question that elicited anything particularly new, and that was whether the grades of streets had been changed for the benefit of individuals or corporations. To this the controller replied that it had been alleged tbat Forbes street had been changed for the benefit of ths Du quesne Traction company, but he had do official knowledge of the fact. The sitting of the Committee was conclud ed Friday, the only testimony given so far being that of Controller Gourloy and Mayor McKenna. Their evidence was In the nature of laying the groundwork for the further in quiry nud bringing the facts well known to the Pittsburg public formally before the committee. OVERLOOKED 111,000. Footpads Bold Up a Driver and Get Only a Thousand Dollars. In Cincinnati Tuesday night three men as sn lilted Herman Rohling, driver in a livery stable, and after beating blm into Insensi bility, took from his trunk about 4)1,000 In gum. mey overjooaeu a paoxage contain llltf Mm, Sill OOO n twnlA n ...t ..-...,) n .. I, .. which Rohling, though only a driver, hud accumulated in his 50 years. Two of the three men were oaptured by the police. They were John Weber, formerly a driver employed with Rohling, and Peter Shannon, also a driver. K early half the money was rcuuvereu. Oklakoma Territory. The Governor of Oklahoma reports that that Territory mode rapid and solid pro gress during the fiscal year. The population as shown by the census of February, 1804, was 213,000, and be estimates that there has been a gain of 62,000 since then, due partly to the ooeulng to settlement of the Klokapoo reservation. The assessed value of property was 20,000.000 In 1804, rose to (30,000,000 lu law. 1 ue principal crop is wneai, out the most profitable one is cotton, the yield this year oelng large and the price good. The ir mt crop una ueen an excellent eiMa Turks Suspend Hostilities. The Turkish government has ordered the commander ef the Turkish forces surround ing Zettoun to suspend hostilities pending the negotiations which the representatives ol the powers bave entered into In order to bring about the surrender of the Zeitounlis. Ths ambassadors bave given their respective consuls at Aleppo full liberty of action in re gard to the steps which they may think necessary to take to prevail npon the in surgents to surrender, VENEZUELA IS READY. Has AH Her Boundary Documents Prepared for ths Commission. , It Is expected thnt the Venr.U 'lan com mittee will organize early next week. Vene zuela has all her documents bearing on the disputed boundry ready to transmit to Wash ington. The placing of Prof. Daniel C. Oilman on the commission was largely due to his promi nence ns n geographer, chief Justice Fuller Is largely responsible for the selection ol Justice llsewer. The "Westminster O.irotte" snys: Great Britain should give the Venezuelan commission nil poiiiele Information nud as sistance, though not admitting their Juris diction, but should not allow British ofltclals to give evidence In their publlo capacity. The Dally News says: The commission will command general re spect In England, where public opinion will readily recognize a commission which diplo macy must necessarily Ignore. The Morning Post siiys: None ol the menihets of the commission except Justice Brew T nnd Andrew D. White, had any claim to occupy the great position assigned to him, while Frederick R. Coudcrt, on any principle of fair piny ami common sense, is disqualified by his public declara tions. The position of the gentlemen ni polnted Is In complete harmony with the overbearing langungo of President Cleve land's Venezuelan nnssnge. The Standard says: It would not be right for Englishmen to criticize the gentlemen who have consented to assist the President's studies of political geography. If their names command the confidence of the American people that Is nil that can be expected or desired, though we shall watch their doings with curiosity, and even respect That will be the beginning and end oi our interest. SICKENING SLAUGHTER. Massacre at Treblsond as Witnessed by an Offioial. R. H, Chilton, Chief of the Consular Bu reau of the State Department, who has re cently returned from an official tour of sev eral European countries, hns presented to the Sivretnry of State a report embodying his observations upon tho various ports visit ed by hint. The most generally Interesting incident Dint fell under Mr. ( Hilton's notice during his travels was the killing of Armenians In Trehizond. "My hotel, ho snvs. was so situated that It overlooked the puiillc square in the city win-re crowds of people wero assembled at ill hours of the day nnd night. Not far from the nark were the telegraph office, nud custom house, both very much crowded nt nil times. It was about 2 p. m. ol October H. while I was writing n letter in my room Hint I heard an outcry Just beneath the windows ol my hotel. I went to see whnt was the cause of the commotion nud found two men, one an Armenian and the other a Turk, engaged in a wordy warfare. A crowd had gathered around them, nud the Arme nian was trying to break through the ring and get over to some Turkish rugs which had been piled up nenr the custom house by the last arriving caravan. "As the Armenian turned to flee his, Turk ish antagonist drew a dngger and stabbed him in the neck, causing the blood to spurt over some of the bystnnders. The latter seemed Infuriated at the sight of the bleed ing victim nud pursued him toward the pile of rugs which he hoped to reach that be might protect himself leiind them. Before ho had gone half wny. however, he fell from the loss of blood nud some of the crowd heat the life out of him with bludgeons nud other weapons. "It wns n sickening spectacle and proved too much for me, so I turned from the win dow to avoid witnessing a repetition of such scenes. 'Within a few minutes after this occur rence two brothers who had been shopkeep ers near the public square, were caught by the mob at the telegraph office and beaten to death simply because they were Armenians and Christians. ARMENIANS INTIMIDATED. The Turkiih Commission Blames Them for the Troubles in Asia Minor. United States Minister Terrell has received telegrams from Alutab, Asia Minor, saying that disturbances had taken place there in which three persons were killed nnd that there had been a bloody outbreak at Orfah, Inetlng two days. Miss Corinnn Sh.attuck, a missionary at thut place, receiving the assur ance that she should have a guard and be conveyed In safety to Alutab. Telegrams from Hnrpoot say that the gov ernment has put a stop to the work of re lieving the needy aid suffering at that place, which has been conducted through mission aries. The Turkish commission of six. which was sent to pacify Armenia, bave visited three cities. They refused to pay any attention to the written complaints of Armenians, but summoned the most prominent Armenians and blamed them for causing tbe trouble in Asia Mlnur, and threatened them with death if quiet was not restored. The commission secretly met the most prominent Meslems be fore they summoned tne Armenians. The failure of the Washington government to establish the consulates authorized by Congress at Harpoot and Erzeroum is being harshly criticized by Americans in those cities. It is believed here that the scheme of petroleum monopoly, which It was reported had been granted to a Russian syndiaate,wlll fall through. BIO INTERESTS UNITE. Consolidation of Ohio and Pittsburg Oil Supply Companies. The Buckeye Supply com pony, with branches all over Ohio. Indiana and West Virginia, and the Bhaw Eendnll oompany, of Toledo, and the Notional Supply oompany of Pitts burg, have consolidated. This latter com pany has occupied a position in tbe eastern oil fields similar to the' Buckeye In the west. These tup companies have of late practically put up I united front against the Jareckl and Oil Well Supply company, limited, as well as tbe smaller fry. The Buckeye has been put ting in branches over the country. They will operate branch stores In Pitta burg, Blstersvflle. W. Va.; Mars and Butler, Pa. i Marietta and Corning, Ohio., nnd Wil mington, w. Vs., with various lesser branches at the puts mentioned, as well as a great many new ones as the oil fields develop and emergency may seem to require. The gen eral headquarters will be lu Toledo, and J. lu Wooloot, of Toledo, will be the new presi dent Sunt With all on Boai d. Captain McQueen on Saturday lost dis covered a sunken for and aft schooner of 800 tons burden about six miles east of Pelea island, Lake Erie, where it had evidently been sunken very recently, as the spars had not been damaged by flouting ice. This ship no doubt went down in the storm of the 11th lnst. It is believed that all on board perish ed, their being no means of eseue ou ac count of large quantities of floating ioe. Failures in IS93. Tbe total number of failures In the United States In 1805 as reported to "Bradstreets' " is 13,018, contrasted with 12,721 lu 1804, an Increase of 2.2 per cent. This Is the largest number of failures ever reported siuou the record was begun, with the single exception of 1IM8, two years ago, when the aggregate was 16,600, compared with which yeur the tailing off la I80o is 18 per oeut. TELEGRAPHIC TICKS. The seventh annual tournament of rose occurred at l'nsadenn, CnL. on the 2d, and about 15,000 people viewed the most gorgeous spectacle ever presented In the state. Nearly 500 men were given employment by the resumption of the Sweets Iron nnd steel works nt Syracuse, N. Y., on the 2d. The company went Into the hands of a receiver last Saturday. Tho British authors' memorial to thelt American brethren appealing for eo-oera-tlon In the effort to make war between the United stntes and England Impossible, Is signed by hundreds of authors. The Michigan circuit court hns decided that the Bell telephone company has no right to compel subscribers to sign sits contracts: also that the courts may determine what rcnsonnble rates for telephones are. Wm. penn, John Strong and Tony Hubet were packing lee In a Big Four box car nt Chester park, Cincinnati, when a stray en gine struck hi?lr ear, piling the leo on them nud mutilating them perhaps fatally. W. Lewis Fraser. head of the art depart ment of tlie "Century," Is In a precarious condition ns a result of an assnult upon him by foot pads. He wns beaten Into Insensi bility nnd afterward taken to a police sta tion. At Mllledgevllii., Ky., a boy named Wal ters, while playing, secured a revolver and shot his two little cousins, two girls, aged 4 nnd 8. A third was nlso slightly Injured. The hoy then sent a bullet through his own head. All fatally injured. Hie Empire State Sons of the Revolution celebrated Ihe one hundred nnd nineteenth anniversary of tho battle of Princeton by their fourth annual dinner nt Deimonlco's, New York. Friday night. Tho anniversary wns celebrated In Philadelphia by services In St. Peter's church. SIX WERE KILLED. The Carelessness of a Conduotor Remits in An Awful Aooident. At 11 o'clock Saturday night two freight trains stood on a switch at Behooley's station, seven miles east of Chllllnothe, O. The first train nulled out nnd the conductor thinking that the second one would lollow, left the switch open. Fifteen minutes later the east- bound express enine along at 4U miles an hour nuil running Into the open switch col lided with the train standing there. Both trains were badly wrecked. Engineer 'l oin Michaels of the express had both arms and legs cut off nud dlol nt his ho.ue in Cbllllcothe. His fireman, Leon Mathors, wns instantly killed. Engine"! iitzstmmons of the freight, escaped without serious In juries, but his fireman, George Addis, nnd another fircinun J. H. Cox were killed. Jesse King, the front end brakemnu, was also kill ed and Postal Clerks J. Eilgertun, of Love land, and J. D. Murphy, of Greenfield, were badly Injured. Conductor Tom Brown, of the express, had to walk two miles to tele phone the news to Chilllcothe. Conductor Henderson of the freight is responsible for the wreck as he left the switch oen. The passengers on the express were badly shaken up. but none were seriously Injured. Later J. Edgnrton, the postal clerk living At Loveluud, O., died of his Injuries nt 11 o'clock Sunday night. This makes six killed. The injured are cared for at Chilllcothe. Veneiuela Commission. President Clevelnnd announced the ap pointment of the Venezuela commission as follows: David J. Brewer, of Kansas. Justice of the United States supreme court: Richard 11. Alvey, of Maryland, chief justice of the court of appeals of the District of Columbia; Andrew D. White, of New Vork. Frederio R. Coudert. of New York, and Daniel ). Gil man, of Maryland. Fifty Ulnars Killed and Injured. An explosion of fire damp occurred In a colliery at Waldenburg, Prussian Silesia, 43 miles southwest of Breslau. Fifty peramis are known to hove been killed or Inftired, and 17 others are missing. Twecty.one Vbodles bnve already been recovered, and 12 of tne Injureo. miners nave ueen urougnt to the surface. MARKETS. PITTSBURG. ' Grain, flout and ad, WHEAT No, 1 red ....m-. S a o Na S red. . 07 m CORN No. s yellow ear, ......... M 85 h'o. t yellow sneued ... ta 81 Mixed ear ..... 82 Hi 0AT8 Ma 1 while... .. .. S4 Hi Na wblte H SH S4 Light mixed Kt HI KYII-No 1 45 40 No. t western s ' 44 FLOUR W Inter 'Stents blonds.. S to Do Fancy 8prlng pitenls. .... SIS 8 75 . Fancy straight wlnior...... 8 40 t Rye flour W) ' ( DAY-No. 1 tlmolbr............. 10 S) IS 1 Ko. i 1ft m 1 1 Mixed clover. No. 1 , 16 uo 15 ", Newllay, from wsgona.. 17 UJ 1U0 rEtfD No. I Wtille Ma., ion - IS at 18 50 No. t Wblte MluilUuss.......... IS SO 13 M Brown Middling... ..........., II BO u (It Bran, bulk .. 1 110 IS 60 BTHA.W Wbeal .. t) 00 0 50 0 8 60 0 00 Deirr Products, BUTTER Elin (.riu!7... m a Jsncy Creamery 5 S7 Fanitr Country Roll , , , ., 10 18 C1IKUHB Ohio, new .. v - lu Hew Vork, new 10 II ult and Veoetasilea, . APPLES Bbl 75 i V BKAK8 Hand-picked, per bu 1 85 1 40 J-OTATOaa u,e, in car. n us . Prom store, bu , W ' so CADbACt Home grown, bbl.. so UU ONiUMt Y eliuw, bu g 80 r'oaltry,IMsI CHICKENS, V pair , 40 A on Tl'KKVS,jlb T 8 E'iliS Pa, Ud Oblo. Ireeb. . SO SI lfltATHOa-k,straUTeUew,s)IB 66 60 Miscellaneous. SEEDS Clover 6S lue. $ 50 a I 86 Tlmotby, pruaSk ......... t 76 8 0 Blue Urau...r 1 40 1 oi MAHJi Sk MLr, new. 70 SO UUKK Country, .weet, b !(. 1 00 I 60 'IaLiajW . 4 FLOtJR I 76a4 60 ' WRhAT-No. toed tu KY No. 8. .. 40 COttN Mixed. ' 7 OATS . SO SI Kuutt is BU'l'lKH Ohio i reameiy tS 7 VUlIukLt'UIA. FLora a 1 8b i4 rs WHiiAT-No. S lu 68 COKN C.i. x Mixed.. ... aa OAiS No. t Vblle... , 0 S4 UUii'EM vreaiuery, extra...., ' so S,ut fa. ureie sh Mthv lOUk. FLOFR Patents . a a T64 15 WliKAT-io. s Keit. . M tOKN-Ntt a OAi'8 Whits Wealeru .... as 4 BLVl'lUt Crvnuiury m m m6 KUUtt Bute auq 1-eua. - 1.1 VK STOCK. Cuitbaj. brotx Yashs, Kasi Ussstt, Pa, cattlc. Prime, 1,!00 to 1.100 lbs 4 80 A 4 86 Good, 1.MJU to I. Ml lbs ... 4 00 4 so ltUy, 1,060 lu l.ltaJle 8 80 4 CO Vslr light steere, uw lo 1UU0 lhs... 8 SI 8 so Cuuuuou, T0U lu MAilb 8 60 10 Light weUjht,......... Atedlum,....MM heavy Houghs and btatis ... gxtrs.llO M1W lbs.... Oeod. 86 Is 80 lbs. fair. TOM SOU Common - Vpr I Lambs.,...-.... I sr. (t 8 80 800 4 00 us 27? (60 00 St I 5 w IT6 IS 8 70 HO 6 US
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