The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, October 14, 1896, Image 2

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    More than one-fonrth of the iiorm
lotion of Now York are depositors in
the savings banks.
The Now York mnrkot is snitl to de
mand white-shelled cggn and tbo Mos
ton market tlio bufT or brown
ahnllod. riiilndulphia takes either
kind.
UulTiilo, N. Y.. will soon be known
as the Electric City, predicts tho Now
York Reoordur. In Iho use of the
current for industrial puriuavR it will
shortly load tbe world.
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Throughout New England it is said
that many of tbe workmen in the city
factories rido bicycles to and from
their homes. Ileal estate in the atib
nrba of tbe larger towns gnins in jirico
considerably from this cause.
An American woman tells an Eng
lish Jinjier that lier Amerioau sinters
lovo Euglinhmen because they are a
mystery; an American man can be
read through and through in five
minutes, but an Euglishmau is a mys
tery for a lifetime.
At a coiiutry school in Now England
was sot the tusk of subtracting from
880,788,889 the number 0'-"J until
nothing remained. If the teacher bad
tried it herself, she might have suc
ceeded in doing it in a year and niue
months, working twolve hours a day.
The Buenos Ay res papers call at
tention to the fact that quite an active
trade is springing up butwoon Argen
tina and Honth Africa in consequenoe
of the failure of the Australian wheat
crops. Wheat, maizo, and also mules
are being exported largely from the
River Plate to Cnpo Colony.
Among the vagrants caught on the
recent police raids on Hois do Bou
logne, Paris, was a man who proved
that be had an incomo of $1,200 a yonr.
lie declared that he had not slept un
dor a roof in ten years, and that be
could not breathe behind a shut door.
Ho spent his days in the National
Library, went to a theatre in the
evening, thon turnod in the Hois or
under a bridge to aloep. He kept a
trunk with clothes at a railroad sta
tion, and went into tbo wash-room
there to change whenever bo felt it
was necessary. The police Bay that
be spends a good deal of money in
charity. '1 hoy had to release him.
A new law in Germany aims at gov
ernmunt control of stock and produce
exchanges, for the protection of inves
tors and to put a stop to gambling in
produots of the soil. Only tbo stocks
and bonds of couoernB receiving the
approval of the govornmout officials,
after rigid inspection, will be admitted
to the stock exchanges, explains the
American Agricultural, This prob
ably will shut out American specula
tive securities. The law also embod
ies the leading features of tho Hatch
anti-option bill, rejected by the con
gress of tbo United States. It re
quires traders or speculators in time
contractus on the produce exchanges,
to be registered and to pay a fee of
835 the first year and about 80 for
each subsequent year. And the Bun
desrath or confederate couuoil is em
powered to forbid all trading in time
contructs in certain goods and stocks.
This new law is especially into
because it is a oonoessiou to t
rs, and aociulistio
by monarch
th sociullNt;
because the mriri iTTril to tuke
them on their walk, having aban
doned walking for eyoling, will not be
bothered with their former ooiapun
ions, and not ouly refuse to inoreuse
the demand for these nuiinali, but are
adding to the supply on tbe market by
getting rid of illite tu.iy poiuiusa.
"The livery men undo up) for thuir
loshes by goinj into tbu bicycle
busiuess," add J the diaoouaolato dog
fanoiur who furnished the foregoing
facts and theories, "but we Cnu't.
Raining and aeliiug lo.fi is no more
like selling or routing biuyulua than it
Ja like mukiug wutebe.".
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THE TURKS SAY NO.
The Dardanelles Cloud to United States
Cm tiers.
It has been ecmbolTlclnlly announced In
Constantinople that the Turkish government
bns come to the division not to admit the
United Htates cruiser Bancroft through the
Dardanelles, and, therefore, she will not be
able to a-t as the wardship of the United
mates legation In these waters. '1 lie port,
It to added, has alsu derided not to admit the
guardshlps of Oreeee mid Unhand, whli'h
eniiiitrli'S also proposed to have a ship
stationed In the llosporue as a gunrdehlp and
to furnish men to guard their legations lu
ease of emergencies.
It should be ndiled, however, that the
United Htntes government Is not known to
bare presented through Its minister, Mr.
Terrell, a formal demand for the passage of
the llaneroft or any other United Htntes war
ship throUKh the straits of the Dnrdnnelles,
end It Is recalled that Oreeee, 1HHH, was al
lowed to have a gnardshlp In the llosporus.
The Turkish government has also sent a
circular to the different em hassles, demand
Ins; the right to search foreign vessels pass
ilia: Constantinople for Armenians. It Is be
lieved that the powers will not accede to this
request, ss, up to the present, Armenians
who have sought rcrugo on imam oi jiriusn
or French vessels have been protected by
the guardshlps here until the vessels on
which they had sought refuge sailed for
their destination.
Advices from the Island of Crete state
i by nc
The entire population of the Interior of that
island Is still under arms, and their leaders
have announced that they will renew hos
tilities unless the Turkish garrisons are
withdrawn from Crete. This) has caused a
renewal of the excitement and the situation
has ocee more assumed a threatening as
pect. It is bellved that the Turkish govern
ment will Insist upon maintaining Its garri
sons at Crete and that Turkey In this matter
will have the support of tlie powers who re
cently brought shout what was looked upon
as being a settlement of the Cretan dlflloiil-
tlee by compelling tho l'orte to grant nearly
all the reforms demanded by the Insurgents
and giving them a sort of local self-government,
whic h was looked upon as being satis
factory to the Insurgent leaden. This fresh
demonstration In ('rets will In all probability
bring about further troubles anil postpone
again a definite settlement of the European
question.
DIED BATHER THAN GIVE UP. fS3
One of the Sherburne Bank Robbers Shot
Himself.
John D. Hair, who undoubtedly engineered
the robbery of the bank at Sherburne, Minn.,
on Wednesday, when Asslstnnt Cashier Ceo.
Thohurn and Ulnf Uestern were killed, is
dead, ss is also Marshall Oalllen, of Dsn
croft, la. A posse of 100 men, In command
of Deputy Hherirr Ward of Martin county,
got on the trail of Hair shortly after daylight
and trucked him to a farm house, near El
more, close to the town Hue. Ward
knocked at tho door and was answered
by a womnn, but liefore she had spoken
three words Hair rushed up behind her and
began llrlng over her snouiuer at tne oiu
cers, ono of the bullets striking Marshal
Ualllen In the forehead and killing him in
stantly. Hair then ran out of tho house by
the way of the back door, mounted tils bi
cycle and dashed off. The posse followed
oiosn behind for four miles, wheu Hair broko
a nedalon his wheel and took to tho Holds
on foot As he ran across a oornlleld to a
clump of trees Ward dashed up, dismounted
and resting his gun upon a tree tired, the
snot from ins vt iiicueeior taking enuci in tue
robber's shoulder.
Hair fell, but when the posso gathered
around him It was found that he had shot
himself In the bend, the shoulder wound on
ly being a slight ono. Un examining the
body the ofllcors found li0u of the money
stolen at Hherburne. A belt around his body
contained two revolvers and a dirk. Dley-
dints are being held for lilentlllcntton at
I'reston, Itloniuliig 1'ialrle and Esthervlllo,
In. The man captured nt the last named
place answers the description of the other
rouoer, Frederick i'rutt, nnl ne win no ueia
until officers can reach Esthervlllo from
Wilder, Minn, Pratt's home.
A FRENCH VESSEL LOOTED.
Moors Attaok a Beealmed Steamer in the
Mediterranean.
Tho Spanish merchant steamer Bevllle,
which arrived at Muluga, Oct. 9, from
French Mediterranean ports, reports that
the Frenoh bark Corinth , while becalmed
recently near the island of Alhiieetnas, the
Hpanlah prison settlen it off the coast of
Morocco, was attacked oy armed Moors lu
boats. The pirates I ouud the orew of the
bark and afterwards phla otl her. The crew
of the Heville succeeded lu rescuing one of
the crew of the Corluthe and captured one
boatload of Moors.
When the Heville approached the Corlnthe
the pirates opened lire upon her, killing two
I men and woundhig four of the Spanish ship's
rew anu eventually compelled ner to retire.
Hpanisn guuuoat nas ueen sent to Morocco
1 Instructions to demand tne release of
prisoners and the payment of an Indent'
ine outrage toon piece in epanisn
re.
Starting for Russia.
large erowd of skilled American work'
have been sent to New York, enronte to
ipol. Houthenstern Russia, by MHler
a. a Lo., tne ritisuurg urm mat received
contract lor tne erection of a big steel
it at that place, Tho men will leave for
slu uotooer in.
his Is th second gang of skilled workers
it to a foreign country by Miller liros, A
., anu tney nave round it necessary to
ploy an Inoreasi d numlsVr of employes in
tsburg and vicinity to till their rapidly
sa'iug contracts u tue uniteu Mates,
Prairie Fires Raging.
A prairie II re.wblcb passed over Plnestown
onlluba. was the worst experienced for
jars, sweeping everything in us patn, burn-
g acre alter acre oi grain in siacKB.uuiiuiugs,
.11 lo. horses and furm linnllmeuts. The
re has been burning for several days. Many
kopie In tins umtrii-t are leu Homeless.
porta from other parts of tne province al-
lell of extensive destruction by prairie
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TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.
Tbe Norwegian bark Anadne was blown
ashore near Halifax, and the captain and
niue of the erew drowned.
Jo) n Castletnan and a small child were
killed by th i explosion of a boiler at the
Heaping li )n works at Danville, Pa. Four
persona were seriously Injured. '
The prince of Walesa's colt Persimmon.
) winner of this years Derby and Ht. Leger,
won tne jooiit.y nun stakes oi du,uuu at
Mewuittrku.
The F.vrett Mills, at Lawrence, Mass.,
sinned up .lunday morning, In all depart
wont after a shut down ot more than two
months. .
Prof. L. L. Dyche, the companion of
Peary In Ms Arutlc expedition, was heard
from In a letmr received by his wife, lie is
weit aud will bu home early in October.
The high wuters of this year have unearth-,
ed new tuunaul beds aloug Ida Little Miami
river, giving au uuexpeaied harvest for
Western Ohio pearl hunters. The pearls
found are valued affront stt oeati to tiib.
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CAPTIVE PARIS.
Th Osy City li Taken Outright By the
Ctar and Ocarina.
Tho czar and czarina were rapturously re
ceived by tho Parisians. The crowds were
enthuslastlo, and conspicuous amid the lav
vlsh and gorgeous decontions were tho en
twined flags of ltussln and France. Like
wise, double lines of troops guarded tho
route of the Imperial party, reinforced by
lines of detectives, sergeants de vitta and
sgents of the Itussisa police. Cries of "Vive
le tsar!" 'Vivo le empernur!" and '"Vive Is
rcpiinnqiio!" gave voeirerotis welcome, me
c-.ur wore the scurf of the grand cordon of
the Legion of Honor over his Russian uni
form, and a battery gave the Imperial salute
of 101 guns. President Faure met the Itnper
lal pnlr at the depot. As the president and his
guests sppenred outside the scene was one
of frenrled enthusiasm. It was so all the
way to the Itusslan embassy, where the cr.ar
will stav while In I'arls. There were fifteen
carriages, the imperial pair and President
Faure occupying the first. The military es
cort was numerous and brilliant.
The president, slii-r reaching the Russian
mlmssy, remained with their majesties for a
quarter of nu hour, during which the crar
expressed to him how deeply ho nnd the
czarina were affected by tho heartiness of
the welcome accorded them by the cltlrens
of Paris and their representatives.
Urent throngs of people were gathered In
the vicinity of the Itusslan embassy, and
when the Imperial carriage, which was pre
ceded by a numlier of Tunisian chiefs, In
brilliant native costumes, who enme to Paris
especially to greet the e-.ar, was seen nn-
proseuiug tne huge crnwu or people nroxe
out iuto cheen at tho dominant cry of "Vive
le tsar !"
The state coach, bearing the Russian sov
ereign, traversed a sen of people from the
l'sluce de In Concorde to the palace of the
Elysee. where n banquet was given In his
honor by tho pn-sldent of the repuhlln.
i nere were Wi guests present. 1 lie tame
of honor was placed at the end of the great
hall of fetes upon a slightly raised platform.
separated from the other tables by a couple
of heiioworeu pillars. Ihe czar and Presi
dent Faure sat nt the center of this table, the
ennrliia sitting beside M. Faure nnd Mine.
mure sitting beside the cznr. Ihe cznrlua
wore a robe of shot-blue silk, a diadem upon
her bend and a diamond necklace about her
throat.
President Faure, delivered an address of
welcume to the ornr.
The band of the Hurtle Ilenuhllealne nlav-
ed during the dinner, which offered a superb
menu to tne distinguished guests.
REHABILITATING A STEEL COMPART
Rockefeller Interested in a Plan to Re'
organise the Conoern.
An attempt Is being mnde to reorganize
the West Huperlor Iron and Steel Company,
which was wrecked by Francis II. Weeks
forger, now serving a term at Hlng Hlng
prison. John 1. llockefeller, one of the
lending New York holders of bonds, Is Inter
estod in the attempt at reorganization.
Ueorge W. Murray, a Wall street lawyer, Is a
member ol the Uomiholilen t ommlttoe, aud
is acting as attorney in tne matter.
It Is nronosed to combine the general cred
Iton and bond bondholders of the company
and take the property for the debts against
It. A new company would then be formed
and the plant again placed lu operation.
The claims sgalnst the company amount
to between ,0OO,nO0 nnd :l,000,(X, of this
sum, about tl,4IKI,(KJI) Is In bonds. Tho only
stumbling block is the Land nud Itlver Im
provement Company, nt which Week's was
formerly President. It is not only a large
creditor but also owns a large block of the
stock. Naturally this company does not
look with favor upon a plan which, while It
reoognlxes its claim us a creditor, wipes out
lis stoca interest.
HYPNOTISTS
Held to Be Responsible for the Actions of
Their Snbjeota.
It tho ruling of Judge Foute, of Atlnnta,
On., obtains, hypnotists will he careful of
their subjects. The Judge holds that the hyp
notist Is directly responsible for the ucts of
Ills subjects.
During a performance at a local theater
the subject of hypnotism Imagined he was a
monkey. Ho grubbed a lint olf a man In the
audience and bit a piece out of It. The pro
fessor and his business mnuiiger declined to
make good the oost of the hat and the hyp
notist was prosecuted before Judge Fouto
upon a charge of malicious mischief. Tbe
Judge sustained the charge and bound the
hypnotist over to a higher court.
KILLED HIS FAMILY.
Crime of an Indiana Farmer, Who Then
Committed Buiolde.
Evidence of a horrible tragedy were dis
covered at the borne of Albert Bray, a farmer
living three miles from Noblesvllle, Ind.
A neighbor on going to tbe house nnd get
ting no response to a rap, lorced his way In
and found the bodies of limy, his wife and
two little children, aged 8 and 6 yean, upon
the floor of tho lied room lu. which thev
slept, llray was still alive, but the others
were dead. The lather expired shortly after
tne uiscovery wituout oeooming conscious.
A bloody razor wns lying at bis side, and It
la supposed that he committed tbe awful
butchery with it. Dray was NO years of age,
was a good member of the Friends' church
and bad always borne a good reputation.
OVER 100 BODIES RECOVERED.
Details From the Maxatlan State Flood
Being Slowly Reoeived.
Advices received from Mozutland state
that the damage wrought by tbe recent
floods tn the state of Hlualoa was much
greuter than at first estimated. All the
rivers In that state were flooded out of their
banks and a number of vlllugos aud furm
bouses were washed awav.
Over 100 bodies have been recovered and
many others are missing. The damage to
shipping Interests Is believed to be very
great. A full report has been forwarded to
President Dins and a public appeal will be
uiaue tor iunus to relieve tne sunerers.
Want the Metrie System.
U. B. Consul Hawter at Ouachau reports
to the state department that us a result of
the strong agitation lu Kuglund for the in
troduction of the metric system of weights
and measures, it would seem that Its actual
use is not fur distant and a bill Is already
pending before parliament legalizing the
system. Tbe ttrttUb merchants, he says, are
at last becoming convinced that they can no
longer retain theii bold of tbe world's mar
kets with their old and cumbersome system
of pounds, shillings and pence, yards, feet
and Inches. Germany s great lu roads Into
the British South American trade Is attri
buted largely to the British retention of
these old measures wnicb are now absolutely
unintelligible to the Latin race. The fear,
too, that the United Htntes will soon adopt
the metrie system, thus leaving England
and Russia tbe ouly non-metrlo eouutrlea la
the world, Is stimulating the agltatlou.
To Assassinate Wsylar,
Trlvate communications from Havana
Cuba, announce that two attempts were
made to assassinate Captain Oouerul Weyler
less than two weeks ago. That both at
tempts tailed was due to accident The llrst
attempt was made on tha evening of Hep.
tember 80, by poison, wheu the eaiitnin
general ordered a cup of ohooolute. There
were twenty arrests as a result of this at
tempt, and a number of suspouted ones tied
to lluytl, In order to avoid prosecution. The
second attempt was made two nlghta later,
wheu a dynuuilte bomb was placed In the
maUress on which tbe captain-general slept.
TRADE PlOniS 1 BETTER.
DUN'S REVIEW.
India Taking Mneh Wheat From th Paoltlo
Coast States.
R. O. Dun A Co. 'a weekly review of trade
sayst Distinctly better conditions have ap
peared of late and are reflected In somewhat
larger employment of labor, In larger trans
actions, and In continued buying of mater
ials for manufacture.
A great j art of the change Is due to those
resistless laws of sunplv and demand which
take wheat where it Is wanted, and gold
where It la wanted. India Is waiting for
cargoes of wheat on the way from 1'aclllo
ennst states, Just as Australia aud Houth
Airica were not so long ago.
1 lie aurnlus usiis v available from India
disappears and the surplus from llussla and
European countries Is reduced, according to
late estimates. 70.IKiO.tiOO bushels. Happily
this country has a supply which official ac
counts nave not correctly measured, it ac
tual movements do not greatly mislead.
Western receipts for the week were 7.24:i,ls".9
ttti-hala M.,ftl... O Ur.l A1A I.., -tola ! i.,r
and this follows an increase of 14,000,000
bushels In receipts during the quar
ter ending Hepteinber i!0. Atlantic exports,
2,OrU,071 bushels, flour Included, for the
wees, against l,7U7,i2V iiusneis last year, are
not yet so large as to force prices upwnrd If
European huyers, bnsed on European needs,
dhl not control our markets. A feature of
large large Imnortanee. too. Is the unusually
heavy foreign demand for corn, which Is
a rarely fnillng sign of deficient crops abroad,
and the other grains are used Instead whop
wnent ocootues S"arce and near.
Iron furnaces In blast October 1 had a
capacity of II..7H. tons weekly, against 1.1),
COO tons Hepteniber 1 nnd 'il7.we tons Nov
ember 1, Inst year, while unsold stocks de
creased 85.8.V. tons, but If those of stenl
miiklng concerns were included would prob
ably show an increase. Buying of materials
dummies, but beesemnr Is a shade weaker,
til. 411 at Pittsburg. The demand for pro
ducts Is so light, and so much business is
held back pending the election that decreas
ing output is not an unhealthy sign. There
is quite a good demand for sheets, especially
at the West, and rather better for pipes, and
oiitsnie concerns are getting inrge contracts
In steel and Iron tiara and in nails, but prices
hnve not been reduced. Minor metals change
little. with slightly better di'mnnd for copper.
Lend quiet and' tin weaker, because the
visible supply, 85,400 tons, Is 8,000 tons great
er than a year ago.
Home competing mnnufacturen are mak
ing large sales of 100-pound tin plates at
tu.nt.
Textile manufacture are gaining a little
and the buying of wool by large mills coven
7, IICi.KOO pounds for tbe week, against 11,
240.200 pounds last year. Prices advnnced
about 1 per cent In Heptemlwr and have
since advanced even more, though few of
the mills have orders for a long lime. Buy
ing of cotton has been cheeked by heavy re
ceipts from plantations. 11.W3.287 bales hav
ing coma into sight In Heptcmber, against
642,8'Je bales Inst year. The price dropped
seveu-slxt'-enths for the week nnd fewer now
have coulldcnce In a crop of ouly 7,000,001)
bales.
Failures for tho week were 21)0 In the
United Htates, against 2H last year, and 45
in i anaun, against ti last year.
PURITAN BOON TO BE LAUNCHED.
Twenty-Four Tsars and 13,500,000 Con
sumed in Her Construction.
The armored monitor Puritan, wbloh has
been 24 years In building, Is now about com
pleted. November t bns been set as the date
for her to go into commission. This vessel
is Ivlng nt the navy yard In Brooklyn,
Work on the Puritan was begun in 1802
after designs by John Ericsson. Hhe has
undergone so many changes that scarcely a
semblance of her orlglnul Hues remains.
The distinguishing feature of the Puritan
Is her heavy buttery. Her 13-luch guns are
HI) feet long and the heaviest that were ever
mounted in the Brooklyn yard. They are
capable of llrlng a 1,000-pound shell and re
quire 600 pounds of powder for each charge.
Thoro heavy guns are urrnnged lu turrets,
which are worked by hydraulic engines.
They are expected to throw a shell 15 miles.
The vessel Is so constructed that her bulk
heads can te tilled with water, causing her
to sink so that her deck would remain a few
Inches aliove water. Hhe has cost about
:t,WW,000. It lias not been determined who
shall commnnd the ship.
80,000 HOMELESS.
Ouayaqnil Almost Wiped Off the Earth by
the Conflagration,
Information from Guayaquil, Ecuador,
states that It Is estimated that 20.000 persons
are deprived of their bouses and homes by
the destructive fire. The lossee to foreign
lusurnnce companies are placed at over
t2,000,000.
The lire destroyed fifteen squares of the
town. Including the most important build
ings In It. Among the buildings known to
have been destroyed are four banks, all tbe
foreign consulates, all tbe hotels except one,
two churches, all the principal business
bouses, the military barraoks and the ar
senal It la further stated that Guayaquil
naa lieen burned from tbe postofllce to the
custom house, the Humes extending from the
bunk of the river.
Agreed to Compromise.
Tbe scale of green glass blowen, modified
5 per cent, was accepted by tbe msnufac
turera In conference and several thousand
glassworken and other labor employed In
aud about the factories will resume work
next week. Each side gave up some of their
original demands, with the understanding
that tires would be started at once to make
up for loht time. In Pittsburg and viciuity
there are several thousand men dependent
upon the green giuss trude, while In the New
Jersey and Iudluna districts there are many
more.
Boston Wool Market
The tone of tbe wool market here Is much
improved by the sales of the last three
weeks, and better prices have resulted. The
market for territory wools Is about 1 cent
higher than tbe former nominal asking price.
Fleece wools have also felt the change, and
are quoted higher, although general opera
tions are moderate. Trade in Australian
wool Is quiet, but prices are being well retain
ed, and buyers are forced to pay the prloe In
order to get the supply.
Wrecked by a Landslids.
A landslide occurred on tbe Baltimore A
Ohio roud at Magnolia station, near Cumber
laud. Md., luto which a freight train ran,
smashing several cars. No one was hurt but
the fireman, who Incurred slight Injuries.
Tbe landslide completely blocked the tracks
and all trufllu was at a standstill for a time.
The tracks are now cleared.
CONDENSED HEWS.
Mr. Bryan has accepted the Populist nom
ination to the presidency.
President Cleveland and family left
DuszardsUay for the Capital Tuesday.
The czar gave 100,000 franca to tbe poor
of Paris.
Prince Bismark la badly afflicted with
neuralgia and insomnia.
The body of Du Maurier was cremated at
Woking, England.
A VALUABLE DISCOVERT.
A Haw Fuel Oat Produced Cheaply From
Oxyfsn.
Practical tests made at the works of the
Ocnnrnl One Company at East Chicago, Ind.,
give promise of supplying comsumers with
fuel gas at about one-fourth the price they
are now paying. The gas Is made by a new
process ny which oxygen is extracted di
rectly from the atniospherele air, giving a
fuel gas which It Is said has much greater
heating power than water gas and Is made
much more cheaply,
Tho process Is the Invention of Mr. E. B.
Htuart of Chicago, a well known chemist,
and It consists simply In blowing air through
a mixture of caustic soda and black oxide
of manganese, the mixture being heated to
nniween oini ami wu degree r niirenhait.
The atmospheric oxygen Is absorbed anil
mnngannte of soda formed, while the nitro
gen of the air posses off unchanged and
without change on the compound. As soon
as all the manganese as entered Into combi
nation with the soda the blast of air Is stop
ped snd a current of steam Is passed through
the manganatn, which, by this treatment, Is
decomposed Into Its original elements, caus-
iio soon anil oxide of mnnganese, while the
oxygen It had absorbed from the air Is re
leased nnd passed out of the retort Into a
holder. The air blast Is turned on again until
the retort contains no free mangsnese, when
steam Is onco more admitted, and so alter-
nnn-iv oecomposing and regenerating the
msnganlo salt.
Ihe value of oxygen for use In gas making
wee rooognlried by Practical men over fort v I
years ago, and since then, when the first prac
tice steps were taken, the best thoughts and
efforts of various chemists and chemical en
gineers have lieen deyoted to the discovery
oi n meiiiou oi proiiucing oxygen with sum
clout economy for commercial use. I
The dlfllcuiy has, up to the present time, hns I
been In the production of cheap oxygen, and
this desideratum seem to hnve been reach
ed. Tho General (las Company claims to
have attained a degree of economy which .
will not only easily admit of this use, but al
so Its employment In the many metallurgical
processea In which It will be an advantage ;
Under their present arrangements tho com
pnny.ls producing oxygen at a cost of 02-8
cents per 1,000 ouhio b et, but experience has
shown thnt In this, or, lu fact, almost any
manufacturing establishment, the cost will
be very much reduced and In many cases
prnctlcHlly eliminated. i
By menus of this arrangement 70,000 euble '
feet of fuel gns are obtained from a ton of
ordinary Illinois or Indiana soft coal, hav
ing a heat value of approximately COO heat
units per oublo foot without the use of a
petroleum or other enriching agent The
economy of the process Is principally In thnt
twice as much gas can be made from any
given quality of coal and a eonl costing less
than half as much as anthracite can be em
ployed.
OHEEN GLASS SCALE SETTLED.
Workers Aooept a Reduotion Another
Window Olass Conference Probable.
The green glass workers and manufact
urers compromised their differences on a re
duction of 15 per oent. off the scale of 18M,
or S per cent below the wages of last year.
Tbe apprentice rulea of 1 to 15 8-5 remained
unchanged. The compromise ended a
struggle that lasted three days. The work
ers at drat demanded the full list of 1H!i3 and
the manufacturers 20 per cent, reduction
and a chaugo lu the apprentice rules. Ihe
settlement is considered a victory for neither
side and Is not satisfactory to either.
The green glass houses of the country
which have been closed for an nnnsuaily
long period will resume next week.
The Pittsburg memlier of the wage com
mittee of the window glass manufacturers
held a meeting and considered the demands
of the workers. It Is probable that another
conference will be held soon. A member of
the workers committee Is charged with
having made an unauthorized offer to settle
at last year's wage.
IHE MISBI0H BOARD,
Will Ask The President to Act on the Ar
menian Question.
The American Board of Foreign Missions,
at Its meeting lu Toledo, O., adopted resolu
tions touching the Armenian question. They
urge the President to insist upon the Turk
ish government making provision for the
safe oocupancy of their posts by American
consuls, that they mcy administer with
authority the duties of their oflloe. The
President is also urged to proemptorlly de
mand of the Turkish authorities indemnity
for wrongs iulllcted on Americans, reim
bursement for the destruction of their prop
erty, and the punishment of those persona
who have been guilty of these crimes.
J. B. Angell, of Michigan university, Rev.
W. H. Dudd aud H. O. Hails were appointed
to present the resolutions to President Cleve
land. Ihe board practically disposed of all Its
business Thursday afternoon. New Haven,
Conn., was selected for tho next meeting,
which will be held October 21, 1H07.
EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO.
Ships Go Down, With th Probabl Los
of Their Crewi.
Captain William Olsen, of San Francisco,
owner of the schooner Rebecca, baa received
a letter reporting the total destruction by
earthquake of Altata, little port on the
western coast of Mexico.
Tha letter, which Is a mere scrawl from
one of the Kobecoa's erew, says that tbe dis
aster occurred Hepteinber 17, and that the
Rebecca, the German barkeutineUelna and
tbe schooner Cometa went down. One or
two inland towns wen also wiped out, bnt
the correspondent falls to give details, aud
does not say anything a to loss of life either
at sea or shore.
He evidently supposed that news of the
disaster had reached tbe outside world, and
was merely making an official report of the
loss of bis own vessel.
Tbe owners of the lost ships are fearful
that most of thulrcrews have gone down, and
It Is believed that the loss of life in the towns
must have been great.
Returns From Georgia,
Official returns from two-tbirds of th
counties In the state and semi-official reports
from tbe othen give Atkinson's gross ma
jority, 44.244; Wright's gross majority, 8.003;
Atkinson s net majority, 8H.171. It Is possi
ble that the democratic candidate for secre
tary of state may have 50,000 majority over
his opponent. Democrats claim this shows
best the relative strength of the tickets.
Gov. Atkinson Is running a few thousand
behind tbe other state bouse officers, but this
la due to tbe special frights which have been
made upon bim on local issues.
Tbe bard tight made by the republicans
against Atkinson undoubtedly made a dif
ference of 20,000 vote. Col. Buck, chair
man of tbe republican committee, acknowl
edge that the democratic majority would
have reached 60,000 or more but fox the ac
tive effort of the republicans.
Nine Out of Twelve Drowned.
The Norwegian bark Ariadne, Capt Pul
son, ran ashore below Green Cove, five
miles east of iogonisb, N. Oct. 8, aud
went to piece. The captain aud nine of the
erew were drowned. Christian Johnson,
the second mate, and a youth named Johan
nus Bavenburg, are the ouly survlvom of th
oiew of 12.
Th Edgar Thomson Suspends.
The Edgar Thomson ateel works was or
dered closed iudurinttely by Ihe Carnegie
Hteel company officials. The entire plaut
stopped work Thursday, throwing 3,000 nieu
Idle. Tbe mill has worked ludlilereutly for
some time, owing to lack of order.
KILLED BY HER L0VEP
Italian Olrl Murdered by
Rejected.
the Mat Shi
Jessie Carrlne,an Italian girl, was murdered
Tuesday night by her rejected lover, Frank
Jonegrass, at Carbon. Jonegrase formerly
lived at Carbon, but lately has resided at
McKeesport When a resident of Casbon he
became very much In love with the girl,
who was recngn'r.ed as the belle of the ltnl.
Inn settlement, Hhe did not reciprocate bl
affections, and finally refused to have any.
thing to do with bim. Jonegrass became
despondent, theatened to kill himself and
Inter, when the girl took other company, he
Is said to have went nlmost wild,
Enrly In the fnll he left Carbon and went
to McKeesport, and nothing was seen of bin
until Tuesday night, about 8 o'clock, wheg
he appeared at the door of the Carrlne borne
with a shot gun on his shoulder. No soonei
did he catch sight of the girl through the
open doorway than be II red at her. Hhe re
ceived the entire charge of buckshot neat
the heart and fell dead. Two of the shot
passing through her body, painfully Injuring
the gin's father and a bairn that was asleep
In a cradle. Immediately after the shooting
Jonegrass fled.
Rigmund Hhope plead guilty In the Blair
county court to the crime of murder In the
eecond degree. In June lost Hhope, while
In an Intoxicated condition, was put off
Logan Valley elootrio car at Holllifaysbiirg.
by Conductor John King. He threw a stone
that broke the skull of the conductor.
At Dunbar, Thomas Mtddieton, colored,
has made Information against his white wife,
charging her with assault with Intent to kill.
He alleges she chased him from the bouse
with a revolver, firing three shots at him.
He was afraid to go home until she waa ar
rested. Burglars cracked the ssfes In the post
ofllce, oity meat market and Lake Hbore A
Michigan Houthern railroad depot at .lame,
town, Monday night, and about t475 was
stolen, together with some stamps. The
Adams Express office was entered but no
money taken.
Congressman Phillips of Now Castle re
ceived by mall the pockctbook, stolen from
him at Butler last Friday. The contents
were all right except 35 In money, which
the thief kept.
William Moffet, William Burns, JudeCulvea
and Grant Bayard are under arrest at New
Brighton for stealing chickens and oysters.
When arrested they were cooking tbelf
plunder.
Tbe Central Presbyterian congregation, of
Canonsburg, bas called Key. J. W. Work, ol
Plain City, O., at a salary of 1.103. The
pastor wants more money and may not ao
cept.
Judge Martin Bell, of Blair county, ha
ruled thnt bridges should be built by town
ships and not the county. This will stop th
erection of a number of proposed new
bridges.
A buggy In which were Christopher Laud
aperger and wife, of Weat Newton, was struck
by a ooal train, Mrs. Laudsperger being
thrown out under the can, and her left leg .
mangled.
J. A. Bolls, formally of the Allegheny con
ference, A. M. E. Zlon church, has been
transferred to the Ohio conference and will
take charge of the church at Hharon.
A boy named Austin Barnes.from Monaca,
aged 13, was locked np at Beaver Falls. He
bad been following the races, having run
away from home live weeks ago.
The Arntis arrested at Butler for assault
ing and attempting to abduct George Eunice,
were released after giving bond to keep tbe
peace, and paying the costs.
flamuel Ifoughbaugh, driver at the Ton
ghiogheny minus, near Monongabela, sue
caught between a wagon and the side of the
shaft and fatally injured,
W. T. Hhnnnon, the Allegheny waffle man
who took .Miss Hadler to Uniontown as bis
wife, was indicted for perjury and violation
of his marriage vows.
An Itnllan quarreled with bis sweetheart
at Carbon, Lawrence county, and ahot ber
dead. 11a escaped and bis name la not
known.
Giconla Zattone, an Italian miner, was
found dead in a hovel near Monongahela,and
it is supposed he committed suicide,
A valuable trotting bone Adonis, owned
by James B. Borlin, of Greensburg, died, the
symptoms being those of poison,
Nettie Campbell, Olive Morrow and Belle
Bennett were elected additional teachers In
tbo Jeannette schools.
J. C, Hale of Hummer Hill, Bear Johns
town, attempted to board a moving train and
was fatally hurt.
The Oliver Coke Company fire np the 827
ovens of their No. 1 plaut, near Uniontown.
C. A. Miliar has been appointed postmaster
at Target, Westmoreland county.
Dr. Wlnans, a retired physician, waa found
dead In bed near Franklin.
' The labor World.
Utah has 6000 miners.
Plumbers have 160 unions.
Illinois employs 8o,000 miners.
Uncle 8am bo 70,3i poetoffl -es.
Blx Fall River (Maes.) mills are Idle.
Chattanooga, Tenn., bas 17.1 aiolders.
Chisago has 9000 elevator con luotors.
City of Mexico carpeuters ifet t7 a day.
Theatrical unionists nuratwr nearly 2V
800.
Portland (Oregon) newsboys run a co
operative paper.
Journeymen baken are heing organlzej
throughout Kentuuicy.
Johannesburg (South Africa) carpenters
truck for t30 n wcelc
An expelled K. o. L. at Rochester, X. X.,
has sued for reinta ement.
Boolckeepen have twemy-Qve local union
and a National body is projected.
fit. Paul (Minn.; Baroers' Culon has de
cided to levy a tin of 4H un any member
buying baroer ooats Without the label of the
Garment Workers' Uuiou.
Tbe 43 scale for enrp ntn for an eight
hour tiny is becoming geoerl Ihrouuuue
the city of Los Augel -a. Cab Tue Carpen
ters' Union hat a ineiuuerauip noir of 600,
A dozen lawyers were H'nouir t he delegutes
at the Uttlveston (iexus) eoiivea.ioc. or th
Brotherhood of Luao.uolivj Fireireu. Tha
fellows found tuat tne lur didn't pay aud
are firemen.
California trjlon men are making great
efforts this year to secure mecUau.cs' lien
law that will do Jaii.ci to workiouieu.
The depression in the Connellville(Pann,)
eok region aoutiuu"S. Of tux I7,m) oveiu
in that region oo y 7uUJ are in brute slimy
of the eoke workers are foreiuers. ani they
have oommeuced an exodus to JbUrope.
Last year thni won 17j strikes in Austria,
Involvlug 33,000 workers. Tue mo unpor.
taut were among textile, metal and briult
workers. Tuext w-r sue --, ul ia raiaiug
wages and outnln.u; uu -ran Jitu.is
During the yenr M ;i. n.c.-ar of JJ.itrolt,
Mich., addet ix,y bhi,, ,uy (0 t,Mlr
wajeej Noifolk. V ... sixty- ' cents. With
out a ttnkei la uauaoo u. aevduty caU,
teratbrve days' struu; jIj.um, 1j,
forty cunts. Ine iujsc m.iutnc u. a,v:tuoa
was lu Minneapolis, wuore tue rat was m
treased L
About 200 mile from Sidney, N. 8. W.. la
place called Wtngon. ami in one of tbe
mountain there l snid to be a coal mine
which has need burning tor over 100 year