DR. CASTILLO'S REPORT. Om Outfit Landed Within Bight of Llghti of Korro Caitla. Dr. Joaquin de Cnstlllo, itib-dolognto ot the Cuban legation In this country, nnil the eeond In charge ot thn Cuban Junta, ar rived In Now York, nfti-r having successfully ending throe filibustering expeditions In Cuba, llr. Castillo wont to tha office of thn Junta, whore ho wa received by General Thomas F.stradn I'nlinn. Tho two Cuban fighters embraced each olhi'r In trim Spanish atyla and tho doctor wm kept busy nil tho rmt ot the afternoon tolling how ho hnl Btio eeeded In evading tho vigilance ot tho Spnn Ish wnrihlia which aro supposed to bo on tha lookout for filibustering expedition along tho const. "Yes, It la true thnt I have Innilod three expeditions lntoly In Cubn," he said. "Knelt one turned out a grent Our armies 1 are now well supplied with arm ami am munition ami we have supplies enough to serve thorn for the next eight month. Of eourse, you know our people don't waste ihPlr ammunition. "The first expedition wax Innded In Mntan caa province near Canlnnaa and wna rewiv ed by General I.aorot Juno 20. Two daya later we Inmlod another In l'lnar del lllo province, ami thin wna turned over to Gen eral Antotilo Maceo, who la now In com mand of the Culmn army In thnt province. "Tho third wna Innded July 6 in Havana province, about II) mile east ot tho city. In teaming along the coast we anw tho light of the l'railo, one of tho prineipnl streets of Havana. We passe, 1 within the raya of the Morro Castle light, and when we finally af fected a landing wo could atill ace It." Dr. Castillo said that altogether In the three expedition he had landed 1.010,000 rounds of ammunition, H40 rlllea, floO mil. keta and a large quantity of ilynamlto nud electric batteries and medlcluea. TRADE REVIEW. Bom Uncertainty In Tha Finauclal Fntura Wheat Steady. II O. Dun A Co'., weekly review of trade aaya: "Disapproval of the action of tho CIiIcb.ro convention baa hail aome influence in the markets the past week, but a far more Im portant factor has been thn feeling that the financial future !s still uncertain. This acute attack of doubt, coming nt a time when business la for other reasons seriously do. Eressed has made the week unusunlly gloomy i speculative circles. The wheat market baa boon remarkably well supported, despite a vory favorable gov ernment report, and prices are a shade high er than a week ao. Western receipts of wheat have been 3,5M,r.a3 bushels, agninst l,4H3,84Ufor the same woeka of July Inst year, and Atlantle exports, flour included, have been l,4i5,0Sl bushels, against only M7.0H for the same weeks Inst year. This and other repor'a do not Indicate a small yield. Sotton has fallen about half a cent in options and one-qunrter In spot prices, hold ers of largo quantities In the expectation of a cotton famine in July, bnving changed their minds. The closing ot about three-quarters of the southern mills and holt tho northern in producing capacity, ponding tho now crop, will help to prevent a disastrous decline in prices of goods, but the yield is likely to be more than O.OOO.COO bales. 1 ho decrease In consumption hero is not yet effective In help ing the prices of cotton goods, which nre still oiling at ubout the lowest quotations ever made. The woolen manufacture Is waiting, and as new orders are exceedingly alow, the sales of wool at throe chief markets were for the week only 'i, 15,1, 100 pounds. There Is no ehnnge In prices, nnd western holders tiro till asking higher prices than eastern mark eta can nay. The demand for Unbilled pro ducts of iron and steel is extremely narrow. But In bars, tho combination has found It Belt unable to maintain prices, and there are renewed reports that the great di-orvase In ales of nails will force a reduction of price August 1. Bessemer pig has not chnnged In nominal quotation at Pittsburg, although several Individual low sales nt Indianapolis and Tittsburg are reported. The average of iron and steel prices is the lowest since a year ago. Failures for a woek have boon 2H9 in ths United Mates against 256 last year.and 83 In Canada, against 39 last year. OIL PRODUCTION. femarkabl Increase in All bat Raw York and Wait Virginia. , The total production of crude patroleum la the United States in 1895 was 52,898,526 barrels, valued at (57,501,379, against 49, 844.616 barrels In tho previous yoar, valued at 135,522,0115. All important producing dis tricts shared In the Increase except West Virginia nnd New York, which showed alight doorcases. Since the beginning of operations In Titus, tile. Pa., in 1859 the enormous total ot 709, 713,403 barrels of orude patroleum have been produoed In the country, of which 516,657, K0 barrola represent the product ot the Transylvania and New York oil Helps. The stocks in the Appalachian oil fields at the cloee of last year were 5,344,784 barrele,a decrease from 6,499,880, the stock on hand at the oloae ot the preceding year. The features of the year were the stock de rease, the Increase of produetlon In Ohio, Indiana and California, rise In prices and ex tenaibn southward of the profitable produc ing district In the Appalachian range. "LOIO" AND "BH0RT" MEN IN JAIL AfUr Tsrrorlzlng Chicago Ihs7 Are at last Captnrti. Phe "long" and the "short" men who nave 'figured to conspicuously In the recent eerles of daring holdups In Chicago, were arrested Sunday night. The "bhorV man was placed In the sweat box for six hours at the Central station. He broke down under the severe examination, and told the police freely of the long series of crimes which have astonished Chicago and the whole country. He la Douglas Clendenulng, called "Clem," and son of William Clenduuniug, a Montreal banker, who failed a short time ago. The "long" man Is said to be "Bed" Col lins. Clendenning'a confession la said to have been moat complete. He not only gave a faithful auoount ot the holdups, but also anted his active and silent partners. The polloe are now working on bla Information. and a roundup of crook b being made In earnest. lavages ef Cholera, For the whole of Egypt on Saturday there waa reported 862 new caaea of cholera, and til deaths, several of the deaths being in tha Egyptian army at Wady Haifa. Major Muddy Owen, the famous Uganda explorer, ha died of cholera at AmblgoL nlt MENTION, William Perry stabbed and killed Leotl H UoClair, at Indianapolis. Bonb!m's dry goods store, In Nashville, Was burued out, causing a loss of 500,000. Gov. Matthew will be a candidate for United State Senator to succeed Voorbee. Upward of 1,000 Cleveland women went to Canton Wednesday to make a oall on Major , keKluley. If the wealth of the United State war equally distributed every person would re a . re only Ju0. Vork on the Butler and Pittsburg railroad f t -a. The grading for tha great line t hat Uaa started, BIMETALLIC LEAGUE IN ENGLAND Congratulates Itself en ths Advance of In tarnattonal Bimetallism. The Bimetallic League of Oreat Britain held Its annual meeting In the Canon Street Hotel, London, July 13. Tho annual report declares that tho cause of International bimetallism has made substantial progress during the year, both In (treat Britain and broad. It mentions tho resolutions adopt ed by the Chamber of Deputies In Franco, the Chamber of Itepresen'.atlvea in lloluium and the Prussian I Met, declaring for bimetal lism, and continues: "In the I tilted Htntes all parties ami classes would welcome Inter national bcmctnlilsm. A large section of tho people there are, however, an strongly con vinced of the urgent necessity for the re monotlzlng of sliver that they nre Indisposed to wait for International agreement. No farty of any Importance In the United Htntes avors gold mouonietalisni." Tho report concludes as follows: "Tha roHponslblllty for the present and growing ilnngers to tho Industrial life of tho nation rests upon those who oppose that monetary system under which our prosper ity advanced by leap anil bounds." A letter wns rend from Lord Aldenhnm f Mr. Henry Hicks (tihbs), President of the League, in whi"h he congratulates the members upon the great progress which has been mail" In the United states. ''It Is indeed a striking in"t," Lord Alden ham wrote, "that this question, which some here affect to treat with contempt, should be. apparently, tho main political question before the nation of "0,000,000 people. (leuernl Frauds A. Walker.of Boston, Mass, made a speech, which was greeted with great enthusiasm, Gem nil Walker gave a review of thn silver question from the American standpoint. RUSSIA STANDS FIRM. Insists On Her Bight te Punish Hsbraw Who Become American Citltani. The greater portion of the lalmrs of Sir. Brcckenridgo, mlulster to llussln, during the past year, us revealed by the published for eign relations of the United States, seem to have followed an Instruction from tho Htnto department to protest against tho practice of ltussian consuls In the United States of re fusing passports of American citizens golug to Itii-sia If they happened to be of the Jew ish faith. At the point where the publica tion closes he was obliged to bluntly Inform the ltussian government that the United States could not acquiesce In tho operation of such foreign tribunals In the United Htatea. Mr. Drcokcnrlagn's presentation of his case was formally approved by Secretary Olney. Another important subject cotsidorad was tho absolute Insistence of the ltussian gov ernment upon Its right to punish auy Bus slan who falls into Its power after becoming a citizen of the United States or nny other country. Tho correspondence between the two gov ernments on this subject was so spirited as to lead Minister Breckenrldgo to complain to Socretary Olney that Prince Lobanow'l note to him had been lacking in courtesy. As the matter stands at the end of the corre spondence so far published the ltussian gov ernment rests firmly for Its right to punish ltussian who boconio United States citizens if they return to lltissla. Meanwhile Mr. Breckenrldgo prudently suggests that proper warning be given to Itiiiwlum naturalized lu tho United States to keep away from Bussio. REPORT ON NAVIGATION. Ma-y Vessels of Oreat Burden B jilt During ths Year. The report of the navigation bureau shows that during the yenr ended June 30, lH'.Hl, 709 vessels of 201,000 gross tons were built in the United States and officially uumbored by the bureau of navigation, compared with 6S2 vessels of 13:1.000 tons for last year, an In ereoxe of 71,000 tons. Steam vessels built uumbored :i22, of 135,000 tons, compared witli 183 of 75,700 tons for the previous yenr. Steel as chief material of construction has Increased to 106,100 tons from 47,700 tons for tho previous year. Nearly three-fourth of the steel tonnage was built on the great Inkin. The tounage built and numbered on the great lakes waa 104 vessels of 92,000 tons, compared with 0:1 vessels of 38,000 tons for the previous year, which indicatea also the rapid increaee in size ot tue vessels of the hike lloet, A PHENOMENAL RAINLALL Mors Than 1 1-2 Inches Cam Sow in Leu Than an Eonr. A storm of rain equal almost to a oloud- burat broke over the City ot rituburg at 7:45 Wednesday night, and In leas than an hour nearly two Inches of water fell. All records were broken, anil tha property loss will tango about halt a million. The great stone north wall of the Allegheny cemetery was swept away and scores of houses flood ed. People fled for their lilves and all es caped. Miles of street railway was washed out In Allegheny, and the street everywhere were plied with debris. There waa not a car line in the two cities that waa not tied up. Oreat eat damage came from the bursting of sew ers, and the old Butcher run district waa again heavy sufferer. The storm waa general throughout west tern Pennsylvania, and the damage from washouts, landslide and wrecked buildings In many sections was serious. Bridges were washed away and railroad trafno delayed on nearly an tines wnnin tne storm s patn. Engine No. 51, on the B. A O.. was wreck' ed in a washout at Ouffey station. Thomas Jantiar was killed instantly and Engineer John Hushes and hi fireman seriously in jured. During the rain storm, while George Cook was crossing a bridge in a buggy about two miles north of Oroensburg, the structure waa swept away by the flood, and Mr. Cook's horse waa drowned and buggy wrecked. Mr. Cook succeeded In escaping. A cloudburst and rainstorm struck the headwater of the Steer, Yellow and Straight creeks, on upper Little Kanawha lu West Virginia. Three persons are reported drowned below Yellow creek. Several houses. together with fences, crops, etc., went out. At Orantsville the Kenawha jumped to nearly 17 feet In several hours, and did great damage. KOBE SCALESIQNED. Th Amalgamated Association Hear from Tare Large Companies Signature to the Amalgamated Associa tion are coming In satisfactorily, three new one having been received at headquarter Monday morning. They are from the Laughlln Tin Plate Company, of Martina Ferry. O. i Indiana Forge and Boiling Mill Company, ot New Albany, Ind., aud the Illinois Steel Company for the big mill at Bay View Wis. There Is no particular hurry on tbe part of the manufacturers to start their works as trade Is always dull at this aeaaonof tbe year, and tbe shutdown of many of the nulls may continue for several weeks, ltepalra are being made and stock tukeu during tbe Idleness. The men also are not anxious for work before the furnaces daring the hot weather. The finishing department at J. Painter Sons A Co' mill, In the West End, Pittsburg, went on lu full, giving employment to about 800 men. This II rm was auioug the first to sign the Amalgamated Association scale and always has ojierated a union mill. The rolling mill of the National Tube Works Company, at MuKeesport, baa been 5ut In operation. It la a non-union oonoern. ha W. Uewees Wood Conipauy Is making extensive repairs, and will likely start that big plant next Monday. Tbe hottest day of the year at Chicago waa Monday. At th aignol service office the sneroUTr rose to 01 degree above. UlfSl from win. REPORT ON SPAIN. Interesting Paot Bet forth in th Record of 1895. It required seventy-one printed page In the volume of foreign relations to set out the Correspondence which has passed between tho United Btntes and Spnln during tho year 1HU5, yet in no case is there printed any m tit ter In tho nature of report from United mates oncers touching tne reimiiion, It causes, progress or prospects. The chanter on npiiiu iiegin wiin tne reieiirntou morn case, which, having been settled satisfactorily by the payment of an Indemnity by Hpnin ot, a million and a half dollars, is now closed Incident. Next In order conn's the Alllnnea Incident beginning with Secretary Oresham'a vigorous demand upon the Spanish govern ment for a prompt disavowal of the act of the Condi' de Venndito in firing upon the American steainsblpi for an expression of regret and the l-suiince of orders to Spanish nnvul commanders to refrain from Interfer ence with legitimate American commerce, wneiner witnin tnree mile oi tne cunan coast or not. The conclusion of this Incident Is for thn first time told olllclnlly In this pub lication. The Spanish government showed nn entire readiness to do everything that International law require to smooth away the bad iiiinres- slon made by the Incident, nnd after procur ing a report en the subject from the Cuban olllclnls, the duke of Tetunn, Spanish minis ter of foreign allalrs, delivered to United Slates Minister Taylor a statement In which no says tnai tue Aiunnca was nreii opou wltn a special purpose, not to hit her, sr,e being ouf.il.lo the Jurisdictional zone of Spain. This was nn luvoiuntnry error whl 'Ji no pne could lament mora tiinn the government of his mnieatv. whoso nurnose waa never to set olistncli-s or hindrances to tho legltlmnto commerce of the United State nnd much less to give the slightest o (Tense to the flag of the friendly power. He adds that In structions have been sent to the commanders of the ships of the navy "to avoid a repeti tion ol events similar to that now In ques tion, which I disavowed by the government of his majesty." Mr. Uhl, then acting secretary of state, closed the Incident by accepting the duke' communication as a sunicieut and satisfac tory explanation, without conceding that the exact location ol the Alllnnea at the time the shot was llreil, can be considered a a con trolling circumstance. Correspondence pas sing between the state department and the resilient Hpnntsn minister relative to tbe enforcement of the United States neutrality mws inaes up consiueraiue spnee. it begins with the case of the yachts Amadls, l.a- ftonda nud liar aeon, but those have already een made public through legal proceedings. Half a dozen letters tell the story ot the fruitless attempt of Marshal Campos, then captain-general, to prevent United State Consul-Oeneral Williams from exorcising diplomatic functions In Intervening to pro tect American citizens arrested by the Spanish official In Cuba. Secretary Olney acted with vigor and promptness in this matter, addressing himself to Minister de Lome here nud to tbe Spanish government at Mad rid at tbe same time through Minister Tay lor, and in less than n month Consul-Oeneral Williams wns recognized as bnvlug full powers to look after such matter, being thus placed on an equlity with the Oertnan consul In Cuba. One short letter from United State Minis ter Taylor to Secretary Oresham In February II, 1895, tells the story of a diplomatic vletory that from Its business value deserves a prominent place in the volume. This was the llnnl concession by the SpnnlBh govern ment to the United Statog citizens of the right to pay minimum Import duties on goods sent to Cubn. A premonition of clulmt to bo preferred ngnliiMt Spnln appears iu several letters from K. Atkins A Co. of Bos ton, to Secretary Olney, giving notice of the destruction of their valuable Soledad sugur estate by the Insurgents. Incidentally they nolo thnt tho Insurgents are mainly negroes and that the orders to burn tholr property were sent from Cuban headquarters iu New York, with n purpose of causing trouble Ik tween the United States nnd Spain. The chapter on Spain ends with correspondence relative to the cases of certain citizens arrest ed and expelled from Cuba. Francisco Car rlllo, John A. Homers and the Analcys. HOW MACE0 WAS KILLED. Th Iniurgent Leader Shot by Spaniard in n Engagement Private advices give an entirely different aocount of the death ot Jose Maceo, the In surgent leador, than the versions which have heretofore been given out. According to tills story, after the Insurgent colonel, Car tagenn, had been killed In the engagement in tbe Onto hills, Maceo. with his stuff and es cort, put himself at tiie head of tbe force and led In a dash by which he hoped to sur prise the Spuulurds. He had, however, made a leriou miscal culation, and found himself confronted by a strong force in a superior position. Seeing bis error, and hoping to escape, Maceo turn ed and shouted to his followers: "Back. Let ua retreat. There are too many for us." As he uttered the last word a rille bull struck hi m in tha back of the neck aud passed through his head, emerging between his eyes. The volley that killed Jose Maceo also alew bis friend, Dr. Peruoto Eohavarrls, and sev eral members of bis staff. FIVE PEBS0N8 KILLED. A Freight Crash Into A Train Lidn With Ploknlcker. Five people were killed, .three fatally In jured and a score seriously hurt in a wreck on the Wisconsin Central road Sunday. The dead are Charles Samuel, nead crushed i Fred Kertel, chest crushed; man supposed to be Frederick Koch, neck brokeui unknown woman ubout 24 years of age, head crusbedi unknown woman about 21 years of age, arm and lug torn off. Injured: PatrluK Collins, leg smusnea; tuwaru neiiy, teg oroaen. A nlcnlo train was on a siding. The switch was not closed and a freight crashed into the rear car. All those killed were standing on tbe rear platform. It waa threehoura before tbe Chicago police were notified and four be fore tne uead were urougnt to me cuy. HEWS NOTES, K. Ito. sneolal agent for the Japanese Gov ernment to Investigate the fish culture in tho Uulted Statea, arrived at San Francisco on tbe steamer Doric Sunday. William H. House, the office assistant ot ex-City Attorney v. u. Moretanu, ot Pitts burg, was oonviuieu or aiding au t aoretting bla former superior In the embezzlement of city monies, tor which Moreland has plead guilty. Tbe Kansas State silver convention by unanimous vote indorsed tbe the nomination of W, 1. Bryan lor president. It delegate to St. Louis were Instructed to vote for him. Mr. John Heutx, of Flourtown, Pa,, plac ed a couch containing a 13-uionths-old child lu an apple tree's shade, A broken limb from tbe apple tree tell on the baby's bead, caus- Ing fatal injuries. Lieut. Col. Francis II. Parker, ordnance department, U. S. A., has been ordered to Deininler, Pa., durlug July and August to Inspect projectiles being manufactured, by the Wheeler-Sterling Steel Comnauy. Kansas Prohibitionists opposed to tbe fao. tlon led by ex-Oov. St John met In State Convention at Topeka last week, nominated a State ticket and presidential electors and Indorsed the Pittsburg convention's work. Tbe coal miner ot Indiana are said to be in a frlgbtful oondltlod, They are (uttering' tor luud and oloiuiug, and are desperate. THREE PLAGUES. Amerloan CoaeU Well Onarded Agalnit Foreign Epidemic. Tho Marine Hospital Bureau I receiving full reports of tho progress of the yellow tover, cholera and smallpox epidemic In various parts of tho world. While those show a heavy mortality for the hot months, the ravages are not such ns to cnuse fenr, so far ns this country Is concerned, Tho Inst reports from Culm show thnt smallpox Is proving morn dendlythan yellow fovor. '1 he fever is epidemic at the seaport towns, where tho Simtilsh troops nre garri soned, but the smallpox Is virulent through out the Interior. A recent letter from lr. Cnmlnnro, United State Snnltnry Inspector at Santiago de Cuba, says there are S.OOO case In the city, which ha 16,000 population Itr. Camlnero sayst 'There aro tenement house which contain as many ns 27 cases. Yellow fever bus de creased somewhat, but will again commence lis deadly mission as soon as the new re cruits, announced as coming, begin to ar rive," In Ids Inst letter, Dr. Camlnero report! "Smallpox has taken a most virulent form, and the number of eases is Increasing dally. Yellow fever has also taken a malignant character, and nil tho ease end fatally at present Eighty per cent, of the smallpox cases are In non vaeclnated colored people, who aro completely opposed to being vaccin nted, while the epidemic rages, for fear of aatchlng the disease. The lover nment will make vaccination compulsory, nnd the Oov ernment physicians will go from house to house." Marino Hospital officials will strictly en force the quarantine law and thus guard against the entry of tbe epidemic Into Ameri can port. No caie of yellow fever has yet been reported In the United States, and Key West is the only place afflicted with small pox. The report show 21 case and four deaths for tbe week ending July 9. f.ato cholera reports from Egypt are more favorable. The Inited States Commissioner at Constantinople reports thnt the disease Is abating in the Interior of Egypt. Tbe Egyp tian outbreak bus not yet spread to any Eu ropean port. The report appeared Inst week that case had appeared at Dantzig, Oermany. Sur geon Oenernl Wyman cabled at once to Con sul Oenernl Kay, at Berlin, and In reply re ceived a cable saying: "False alarm) not Astatic" Little apprehension Is felt here thnt chol era can be brought to this country from Egypt, a the trade Is very limited. As a Rrecautlon, however. Consul Oenernl Pen old, at Carlo, acting under Instruction from Washington, has ordered that no In voices for shipment of rags to tho United States shall be made until 30. days after the oeesatlon of cholera. lioports concerning tho plngues In Canton, Japan and Formosa, show thrt they are abating. DROWNED AT CLEVELAND. Fifteen or Twenty Viotlm ot n Over loaded Boat. While a ferryboat loaded with bntweon 40 and 50 laborers was crossing the old river channel at Cleveland, July 16, it was cap sized. All the men were thrown Into the water and 15 or 20 drowned, 14 bodies hnv ing been recovored up to 11 o'clock Thurs day night, Tbe accident was due to a panic among the men on board. The boat wa o loaded that tho gunwale wa only three Inche above the wuter, and a passing tug made waves that came Into tho boat. At once there was a rush to the other .sldo, aud the boat went under and spilled the men. They wero members of a gang of ore hand lers, and wore coming to their homes. The crowding of the boat wus due to tho fact that the oie gangs pay Just ao much per trip on the ferry, and the more thnt got on tho less cost to the passengers. The men wero all Hermans or Poles, and thoir fnml lles cannot speak English. Among those rescued was lllchard Masten, the engineer of tbe steamer Sir Walter Bes semer. He wns the only passenger aside from the ore handlers. There was an Im mense crowd soon gathered on the bnuks of the river watching the bonts conducting the search. Among them was Wm. Beniow, a firessman. In moving ubout he lost his foot ug, fell Into the river nnd was drowned. YELLOW FEVER IN CUBA Inoreaiing at an Alarming Extent Th Hospital Crowded. Advice from Havana stato that a panic prevails In the Spanish army In consequence of the terriable Increase of yellow fever In the last few day. It is estimated that fully 40 per cent ot tbe oases prove fatal. In San tiago de Cuba there are 4,500 soldiers In tho hospitals. Mal.-Oon. Llnaies la stricken and his life Is despaired of. The physicians and nurses are utterly Incapable of coplug with the dis ease. The epidemic Is also vt ry serious all along tbe trocba. In some cases entire com panies have been stricken. Oun. Arelas and nearly every member of bis staff are ill. Capt.-Gen. Weyler has ordered the erection of new hospitals all along the trocba and will send to Spain tor additional physicians. In liaraooa. tioigran anil other places in east ern Cuba, tbe tsver Is raging with great viru lence, ann it is spreading to tne central point. From Matanzas comes the most dis tressing tale. In that city It Is said tbe mortality Is about 20 per cent and that It Is becoming difficult to bury the dead. The hospitals of Havana eontaln nearly 6,000 patient, ana every day tne number is Doing lucreaaed. Friday 450 sick soldiers were brought In from Pinar del lllo province. NATIONAL BARK CHANGES. Dividend Ikr Portsmouth Bank Creditor . Dsolartd. The comptroller ot the currency announoe the following ohanges in national bank offl cent First National Bank of Bullefonte. Pa.. James P. Coburn elected president in place of George F. Harris, and Oeorge F. Harris elected vice president In place of James P. Coburnt Farmer' national bank of Penn burg, Allwrt F. Fluck elected cashier In place of B. F. Letdy, deceased. Tbe comptroller bos declared a first divi dend of 25 per cent, in favor of the eredltors of the Farmers' National bank of Ports mouth, O., on claims proved amonnting to t26s,160.2t. . m, Thre Ken Hanged. Noah McOlll, sheriff of Tishomingo ooun ty, I. T., came from Tishomingo, tbe capital ot tbe Chickasaw nation, and report that three white men were found last Thursday morning hanging to a limb near Reagan postofltee, a few mile from Tishomingo, The men were strangers In the neighbor hood, and the crime la a mystery. It is generally believed that they were horse thieves and were followed and cap tured by a party of Texans and swung up on tbe spot. They were still banging when tbe sheriff left tbe scene. Tbe matter will be Investigated by the of ficers of the Pari Federal court. Th Treaty ef Arbitration. Decidedly the most interesting recent event In diplomatic circles Is the publicity given In Oreat Britain and tbe United States Saturday to the correspondence between tbe countries with reference to a treaty of arbi tration. The correspondence oovera two polut first, with reference to a geneial treaty of arbitration, and, second, the final disposition of tiie boundary dispute between Veueauela aud British Guiana, It Is said at the State department that if tha treaty ol arbitration be agreed upon. It will not only simplify, but materially aid, the settlement of the Veneauela dispute I PROGRESS Of rlllll. SALISBURY CHEERED. Premier Belltbnry Make Known HI Vlswi en Arbitration, The mnrqtils of Salisbury laid before the house of lords Friday papers on the subject of arbitration. HI lordship said that the negotiations between the United State and Britain wore not complete, but thnt they are advancing amicably. On the smaller ques tion ot Venezueln, regarding which the United States had assumed an attitude of friendly protection, difficulties arose out of the fact that Venezuela's claim placed two thirds of the colony of British Oulnna sub ject to arbitration. The first thing necessary was io ascertain the real tacts In regard to tho controversy from the history of Vene xuela. When that had been fully ascertain ed by a commission In which both countries had confidence he felt that the diplomatic question which would follow would not lie very difficult of adjustment, but even If they should be, these difficulties would be over come by arbitration. It had been Impossible to move foster owing to the absence of a full knowledge of the facts in the case. The labor Involved had been enormous. .In regard to a general svstem of arbitration between the United Htntes and Oreat Britain, Lord Salisbury said, there would be no diffi culty In dealing with such cases so largo as to contain Issue of a vital character. After much discussion with the United State upon that point, he thought that the tend ency oi tne Lulled Htntes waa to desire the rapid and summary decision ol a question. Tbe British government thought that tbe Inclrnl ( f olligatory arbitration wa at tended with considerable hazard. Proper machinery must first be provided. In recent year tbe United State bad evinced a dispo sition to take up the cause of many South American republic, nut this government bad Rot quarreled with thnt disposition. Oreat rltaln, his lordship added, bad taken similar Interest In disputes regarding tbe frontier of Sweden, Hollnnd, Belgium and Portugal. In studying th welfare of neighboring poo pies It Is necessary to remember that the claims of such people may possibly become matter of arbitration, and hence It Is neces sary to guard agninst an obligatory system of arbitration. For these reasons, his lord ship said, he had approached the question wltn considerable caution. He felt that lu a matter of such supreme Importance It was necessary to be careful of every step that be was taking. Lord Salisbury concluded by saying that he had pursued, with tbe consent of the Uni ted States, an unusual course In laying these papers on ths table, while negotiations were still proceeding. Tnls had been done In or der that the best Intellects on both side should apply themselves to a matter affect ing the uil fa re of the whole human race In such a singular degree, and especially the good relations with the United States, with which It waa the desire of tbe government to be on the friendliest terms. The remarks of the marquis of Salisbury were grouted with hearty cheers by tho lords. EXCURSION WRECKED. The Disaster Cam After a Pleaisnt Day's Outing. An appalling accident to an excursion train occurred Saturday evening, at Logan, la., 85 mile east of Omaha, Neb., on the lino of the Chicago and Northwestern rail road, in which 27 persons living in Omaha Council Bluffs, Missouri Valley and Interven ing points wero killed, and 40 I njured Many of tho injured will, In ull probability, die. Among the fatally Injured I J. A. Llllle, president of tbe Union Pacific Pioneers' As sociation. The train consisted of 15 coaches loaded down with members of tbe Union Pacific Pioneers' association, of Omaha, nnd their families and friends. The excursion party left Omaha early in the day, picking up re cruits nt Council Bluffs, Missouri Valley and Woodbine, la. Its destination was Logan, In,, which wai reached about 10 a. m., aud tbe day had been pleasantly spent About 7 o'clock tbe journey homeward was commenced. The train had hardly passed the limits of the city and waa rounding a curve when down brakes was whistled, and then enmo a crash. The conductor, Modelln, of the freight train, says ke wna running on orders und thnt the excursion was not. The engineer and fireman of the excursion train disap peared after the collision, and tbls lends color io ine story as ioij oy ine ireigui con ductor. Immediately on receipt ot the news In Omaha a special train was made up and timber of physicians and surgeons sent to tue scene ol ine wreck. F0DND A POT FULL OF O0LD. Discovered th Treasure in a Hoi Dng for a Trolley E1. Daniel Wandell, a farmer, ha lived for 60 year In the old family homestead on the Blohmond road, in Concord, Staten island. He wat well-to-do before last Saturday, but on tbat day be became wealthier by some 1 10,000 In gold which be found In an old Iron pot, at least so ne says. That day, workmen on the midland rail road trolley line halted in front of bis house to dlu a hole for a Dole. In the evening. Farmer Wandell, moved by curiosity, wont out to the open bole and looked down into It. Wbat appeared te be an Iron pot showed on the side of tbe clay In tbe hole. He se cured a shovel, and, after a little labor, ex cavated tne pot, wuicn ue iook into ine yard and onened. It was a veritable pot of gold. Then he turned the pot over and poured out a large sum. The coins were dated 30 years ago. Their condition and that of the pot showed that the treasure bad been hidden for many years. Bryan's Oreat-Orandmother. Mary Forbe Cobb, aged 94. the great f ;rand mother of William Jennings Bryun. Ives In a village ten miles from Kokomo, Ind. She Is well preserved and assista her daughter In the housework and family wash ing, nne enjoys ner pipe ana nas usea to bacco for many years. She has an Interest ing collection ot rencs oi revolutionary times. She llvod near the home of Henry Clay, and wa well acquainted with the fam ily. Her grandfather, John Gano, waschap laln with General Washington. Big Contraot For Tubes The Tyler tube and pipe company, ol Washington, Fa., has been awarded an Im portant contract by the United Slates govern ment, and It Is to furnish the knobled char coal Iron boiler tubes for tbe United Stales war veseels New York, Columbia. Minneapo lis, Coatlne and the ram Katbadln. It em braces more than 30,000 high-grade tubes, and the contract must be finished in 60 day. This Is the largest contract ever let by the United States government for tubes. To Os Up la a Socket W. W. McEwen, a Michigan aeronaut, in tends to use an immense rocket for the pur pose of making hi ascensions, Instead of a balloon. A model has been produced which has made throe highly successful ascensions, and Mr. McEwan has begun work In Cnl oago upon the 60-foot rocket of aluminum, phosphorus bronze and other things, which Is to earry him two mile into th air in a few aeuoud. McEwan says there will be no (tick to thl gigantlo oloud piercer, but otherwise the general, form of theordinary rocket will be retalued. The device will be covered by patent la tbe United State and the leading foreign countries. GOLD DEMOCRATS. Addree by th Executive Committee f Illlnoli Bolters. The Executive Committee of the gold standard Democrat of Illinois has Issued n address to their "fellow-Democrats ol other States," In Which It Is said: "A national convention convened tinder the constitutional authority ot our party ho Just closed a rosslon In the city ot Chicago. It entered upon Its work by violating all party precedents In th. rejection of a distin guished Democrat as Its temporary presiding officer. It dented a sovereign State ot a voice In Its deliberation by unseating with out cause or legal Justification delegates erected with all the regularity known to party uriEHnizouon. ii rerusofi io indorse ine honesty and fidelity of the present Demo cratic nntinnnl administration. It adotted a plntform which favors the free and unlimit ed coinage of silver by this country alone at the ratio of 1A to 1 and therehv it repudiated a time-honored Democratic prineipnl which demands tbe strictest maintenance of a sound and stable currency. finally to make It plainer, that although In name Democratic convention. It nominated for President one who is not in his politic and haa not always been In professions, a Democrat "This has made such a crisis, both for th nation and tho Democratic party that scund money Democrats must at once decide what political action they will take for the pro ectlon of the honor of the nation, the nroe- porlty of the people and the life and useful ness of tbe party. The sound money Demo crats of Illinois have fully made up their minus inni a new uemnoratio national con vention should be called for the earliest feasible day to nominate Democratic candi dal s for President and vlce-nresldent. and to adopt platform of Democratio princl- 'l-. "Unless clear-cut separation I made be tween the genuine Democrat and tbe Demo crats who are drifting Into Populism or who are nireauy in ropuium, and unless clear cut separation Is supported by organization, tbe fiartv lias nn chance nf reffjtlninir r.nMtn confidence for years to come. The sound ' money Kemocrat in the different State must either make It clear that they have no association with the Bryan party, or they must accept association and entanglement wltn II; and all State organization will In the public mind be for It that do not make It absolutely clear that they are against it. The sound money Democrat are already sufficiently organized In this State to no anie to meet their Miow-Democrats In a new convention, and aro anxious to confer with representatives ol other States when ever a representative conference can be Drougnt about. The address Is signed by John M. Palmer, Charles K. Ewtng, James H. Eckels, Frank lin M j. V-,.V. It..,. T Willi. a f . man, Thomas A. Moron, John P. Hopkins, neury n. iioooins, a. a. (loouncn, jsme 1. Hoblitt, Adolph Krauss, James M. Sheehan. Cbarle H. Williamson, Lyndon Evans ana It. E. Spnngler. Hon. Sam C. Hardin, ol Albany. Ky., Is announced as a Democratic candidate for Congress In the Eleventh district. SHOT AT PRESIDENT FAURE. Attempt to Aeiaitlnato th Preiidsnt of Frinst. An attempt wa made to assassinate Presi dent Fan re Tuesday. Tbe president had gone to Long Champs to review the troops. He had no sooner ontere l the field when a man In the crowd stepped forward and fired a revolver nt him. The shot did not take effect. The would-be assassin wa at once arrested. He declared tbat be bad only tired a blank cartridge, and thnt he ha 1 no In tention ot killing the president. When it became known to tbe crowd at Long Champs that the president bad not been hurt by tho pistol shot, the greatest en thusiasm was manifest. Cheer after cbeer was sent up, and the people could scarcely be restrained by the guards from crowding about the place where tbe president and bis suite were standing. AN AEBONAUTS'S FATAL FALL H Wa Entertaining a Oreat Sunday Crowd in New Jray. At Washington Park N, J. there were about 40,000 excursionists from Woodbury and surrounding town. There were different amusements, among them a balloon ascen sion. When Charles Ilaymond, who Is known as the "boy aeronaut, stepped Into hi balloon there wna hardly standing room in the park. He ascended several hundred feet, when a gnp was torn in bis balloon. Th balloon was cut loose and the parachute floated east ward. Baymond amused the crowd for a time with acrobatic feats. All at once, when be was about 200 feet from tbe ground, he lost his hold on the bar ot tbe parachute and fell to the ground. A his body was descending there wa the greatest excitement In tbe park. Many women fainted, other (creamed and became hysterical, and there wa a small sized panic When Baymond was picked up be was un conscious It was discovered tbat an arm was broken, a knee dislocated, and that be had been badly Injured nternally. The doctor who attended blm said he could not recover. The festivities In tbe park for the time be ing were brought to a sudden termination, and many left the place. INDBZASZ IN IMMIGRATION. Figaro Show a Orowth in Immigrant Boti- ' B(. A atstcment prepared by the commissioner of Immigration shows tbe number of immi grants wbo arrived in this country during the fiscal year ended June 30, ls0. to have been H4.4,2tl7,os compared with 254,536 during the fiscal year 1CJ5. Of the whole number 212,4tM were mules and 130,801 female. The countries from which the immigrant are given as follows: Austria-Hungary, 65, 103: Italv, 6S.060: liussia, 52,11; Germany, 31,W5: Uulted Kingdom, 64.637; all other countries, 61,446. The whole number de barred and returned during the year was 3.S07, as follows: Paupers. 2,010; contract laborers. 776; idiot, 1; insane, 10; diseased, . Beturned within one year because of their having become charges, 238. The number debarred and returned In 1499 was 2,506. A MESSAGE FROM THZ DEAD. Bottle Found With a Letter From th Steamer Kareaie. At th offices of tbe White Star Ua in London, word has been received that at Hoylake, near Blrkenhea.1, a bottle was fdeked up rK-ently which contained the lut owing, written on a slip ot papen "Struck Iceberg, sinking tost, mid ocean, Naronio. Towa." The (teamer Naronio, on of the largest and finest freighter of th Whit Star line, sailed from Liverpool on February 11, 1903, lor New York and from tbat time to this ha never boon beard from. Snake Kill Tw Chlldrta. Two children of Martin Drury, a farmer living near Cbambersburg, Pa, died from the bite of copperhead snake, and the mother, who was also bitten, will probably die. The snakes entered tbe house during the night, It rat biting the children, whose cries awakened the mother, who was then at tacked by one ol the aoake and twice bitten. A physician came from Merversburg, eight ml lea distant, but his skill wus ot no avail, both children, on aged S ajud the other J,dgr ing wlthlB a short Urn.
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