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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-15
A DOZEN MILLIONAIRES.

A syndicate of capitalists including .
dozen or more millionaire residents of Bis
marck, Grand Forks aud jamestown, Da.
kota has been organized to develop new
canal scheme that will reclaim upward of
5,0o0,0)O acres of arid aud now useless land
in North Dakota.
The idea is to construct q canal from the
Missouri river to Bismarck, l,6sS feet above
the level of the sea, TO Lake Traverse and Big
Stone Lake, 800 feet above the level of the
sea. This canal would run through a section
of country in North and South Dakota that
is in great need of irrigation. Later all ca
nails are to be constructed by the various
counties, and hundreds of thousands of acres
Of arid land reclaimed, while the present cul.
tivated country will be wonderfully enhanc-
in value.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-15
A BIG RIOT.

AT Braddock, Pa, Friday, warrants were
issued for the the arrest Of ten Of the Carrie
Furnace strikers on charge of rioting, pre-
ferred by Deputy Sheriff PScoe.
The warrants were placed in the han ds Of
Constable 2. J. Murphy, who went to the
furnace, accompanied by Conxsbles
Sweeney, and J. B. Carney,
Deputy Sheriff J. f. Richey, Richard
Cunningham and Pasooe. The strikers, to
the number of 100, were standing around
the furnace armed with clubs, who com.
menced demonstrations of hostile manner
when the officers approached. Constable
Murphy stepped forward and after telling
the strikers who he was and what he was
there for. warned them that il was better to
submit now entirely than to be compelled
TO do so by posse, and possibly after much
blood would be she'd He gave them TO un-
derstsnd that the men wanted would be ar
rested now or later and better now.
The strikers expressed n willingness to
submit, and as Constable Murphy called tho
roll of the men wanted they stepped out Of
the ranks of the strikers and were taken in
charge by the other officers.
When all had been secured the officers and
their prisoners started 10 walk to Braddock
station, two miles away, and he other strik.
ers followed, but made no demonstrations
which seemed to indicate TO the officers that
there would be no trouble, and the prisoners
were not handcuffed. The officers were
compelled to wait nearly an hour at Brad
dock for the east-bound train, and while
waiting in the station the crowd increased
TO nearly 1000 nen.
When the train arrived and the officers
were Just about to board the train with their
charges, they were seized behind, while the
crowd yelled to the prisoners to run, which
they started to do, but the officers held
tenaciously to their men and only five sue
ceeded in getting away.
The passengers on the train were panic
stricken, and many Of them jumped from
the car windows. Constable Murphy has
about % warrants for men charged with
rioting at the furnace, and will enter infor-
nation against those who assisted in til
rescue of the five who escaped.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-15
SENSATIONAL LITERATURE.

At Chicagos determined effort is to be
made to enforce the law enacted by the re
ceLt Legislature against sensational police
literature The Chicago branch of the West
ern Society for the Suppression of Vice,
through its secretary, Mr. Van Arsdale, calls
the attention of the public to law enacted
by the Illinois Legislature at its recent ses
sion to suppress selling, lending, giving
away or showing TO any minor child
any paper or public ttion principally devoted
to illustrating or describing criminal deeds"
The prohibition covers the exhibition OF
such publication in any place within the
view Of minor children aud the employing
of minors to sell such papers. The penalty
is not more than $500 fine or not more than
six months in Jail, or both.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-15
ROBBERY FRUSTRATED.
THE CAR PORTER KILLED IN THE FIGHr-o
THIEF CAUGHT.

THE CAR PORTER KILLED IN THE FIGHr-oSK
THIEF CAUGHT.
At 1910 o'clock Monday morning news
reached Little Rock, Ark, of what is sup.
posed to be an atte npt at train robbery,
made on the Iron Mountain Railroad, one
mile south of Newport, Ark. Two men got
on the train between the baggage car and
the smoker. A fight ensued be-
tween them and the baggage
master, j. f. Garrity, and the car porter, in
which the latter was killed and the former
wounded. One of the men jumped from the
train and escaped, but the passengers and
and trainmen, among whom was detec-
tive arrested the murderer. He gives his
name as d. A. Whitfield. He is about u
years old; says he and his partner, Mike
Mowlders, who escaped, were out for some
fun, and were only trying to beat their way
when the fight came up. Whitfield was
heavily armed, and his every appearance
shows the border desperate.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-15
THE JOHNsToWN FUND.

SLOW PROGRESS COMPLAINED OF IN pIsBURsISs.
The distribution Of the fund in Johns
town proceeds very slowly. There has been
more or less talk about the delay in paying
out the money. AS a matter Of fact, what
ever blame, if any, that ma be is to be
put on the local Board of
inquiry appointed by the citizens
Of Johnstown to ascertain and classify the
losses in the Conemaugh Valley. The men
paying out the money have all the time been
obliged to wait on the Board Of Inquiry, and
instead ol only about 5000 being paid out in
one day, there has been paid in one day S37, =
900. 1t is only fair to the men engaged in
paying out the money to state this.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-15

THREE VESSELS DAMAGEp.-The steam
barge j. c. Gilchrist, downward bound
grounded heavily on the black stake side Of
Neebish Rapids, at Sault Ste, Marie, Mich.
She is out forward 1 feet and rests on large
boulders. Her consort, the Crosthwaite, is
riding at anchor above the rapids.
The steamer Oregon, while pulling on the
Gllchrist, was run into by the steamship Al.
berta The Oregon has her starboard quar-
ter near the lantall, cut down to the waters
edge, and is leaking, The Alberta struck
heavily on the red stake side, and seriously
injured her bottom. The collision was owing
10 the rapid current causing the Oregon TO
go broadside in the narrow channel. The
Gilchrist is owned in Cleveland, and is val
ued at $4,000.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-15
DEAD OR ALIVE.

II has been discovered that Thomas +.
Plunkett, who mysteriously disappeared
from Hardfort, Conn, on August 2s 1883,
and whose supposed death in Mexico was
telegraphed over the country from Hartford,
the 18th of last April, is to-day alive and a
resident of the City of Mexico.
At the time of his disappearance Plunkett
was President Of the Hartford silk Manufac-
turing Company, and later investigation
showed that he was deisulter in the sum Of
about $4,000.
The Chrou Gle says that several letters have
been received from Plunkett lately. The
recipient thereof is named Arthur Robert
Empey. who was lieutenant in the Riel rs-
bellion few years since
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-15
A POOR ORPHANS Ircv
LITTLE TOMMY HICKEY FALLS nEls -o -.
THOUSAND DOLLNRs ''r

LITTLE TOMMY HICKEY FALLS MIR 70 ~
THOUSAND DOLLARS.
A i2-year-old boy named Tonmv
of New York city, has fallen heir "a 80
fortune.
The boys parents never did m,A a
him, and when they del. ab,n -.
months ago, within a few week, q, v.
other, he was left destitute and de,,,a-
upon the charity of the neirhbo., nj
par nts resided at No. g! Adam, -
and when death took them ~,
him Tommy wandered ablu, IN. -,
sleeping at nights in barrels. wood vas,
and Railways. Being bright lad, the -
bors gave him cast-olT clothing and ocr,,,.
ally fed him.
A few months ago Tommy was san, :.
the Hudson County Alm,hou,e. a, S,,,,
Hill, but was discharged two week, a,o !.
he said he would try to get some work n
did not succeed, however in ge,tn, r,,
and became a waif again. Brother S,asjt,,
Of st. Francis College, Brooklyn. ha =.
looking for the outcast for the pas, i'm
weeks and yesterday with the a,,H,rs !
Policeman Stanton, Of HobJken. ss,ce.,s
IN finding him.
The priest told the officer that an s,3,,
the lad, who was farmer in County Tre
ary. Ireland, died six months ago. Ian,
several hund red thousand dollars to be 4
yidcd among the surviving relatives. Ia
mys share is said to be $1,000. TIE y,
was taken to Brooklyn and will be oss
after by the brothers of s. Francs Ciss
until arrangements are completed 10; Aa !
parture To Ireland
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-15
FOREST FIRES

A forest fire of considerable dimensions is
raging in Washington county, Oregon. Peo-
pie living near Cedar Mills are fastening
into the open places. The road from
Portland there is blocked by the flames,
and no longer passable. Several farm houses
and barns have been burned with their con-
tents, and the total loss will be heavy. The
air for miles around is full of smoke and
cinders, and burning brands are falling in
showers. A dense pail of smoke also hangs
over Portland. There has been no rain tor
two months, and the whole country is dry rs
tinder. Small fires are reported in many di.
rect .ons, and much greater damage is feared.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-15
THE DOWNWARD PATH.
THE uErREss TO $4,000 SENTENCED To THE
woRKHousE FOR DRUNKENNESS.


woRKHoUsE FOR DRUNKENNESS.
At Cincinnati, Ohio, pretty brown
haired, blue-eyed girl, nicely dressed sat in
the Police Court registered as Emma Fer
guson drunk" Her mother aud sister-in-
law, both elegantly dressed and evidently
shocked at their surroundings, were with
her. The girls real name is Mary Taylor,
and her father Is prosperous merchant on
East Front street. Mary is one of the eirs
TO the famous Whitaker estate, her share
being estimated at something like $4,000.
Six years ago when but IL she was deceive
ed by the son Of prominent citizen, and
since then her path has been downward,
though this was her first appearance in the
Police Court. Last Saturday night an
officer found her in an alley back of Gerke's
brewery drunk. She was taken TO Bremen
street station, where in her fine clothes she
slept of her intoxication. This morning in
court she took matters as coolly as If the un-
usual surroundings were everyday affairs.
She pleaded guilty, while her mother wept
piteously.
As the girl is Of age the Judge could do
nothing but send her to the work-house. At
the solicitation of the mother sentence was
suspended until Saturday in order TO see IL
some other course might not be found. The
girl laughs at the situation she is In and says
she might as well go frs a. last, as il is sure
to come.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-15
MUST USE JUrE B,oor
A LIVERPOOL DECISION wornv,.
PLAN1EEs taf

A LIVERPOOL DECISION wo,,
rLAsrSrs, Asraa'''a IA, u,
The Montgomery Cotton Ri
ceived letter from the New ya' rAss
transmitting q commune.,, ti,hr,
Liverpool Cotton Exchange 49,. raa a
association will decline to taks Ase
1t is wrappedin jute haseine VIA ID.
The Farmers Alliance
farmers organizations in Tho u.
resolved that they will not p.o '''A IA,
II they can get anything elss '-' a'ga}
last meeting of the National An. 80
resolved to use cotton bagein, "a
the present crop. siais,j
The communication from a..
cotton Exchange giving the de-" '" III
Liverpool Association, will 3 s II
rumpus in the country. The Ca. %
not b'en organized for a shan "
professions Of war against the h.. sN I'd
will have been all in vain If tbsv s'ns 4 u
now. They find the ~aFtst,
in this shape. Tb1 n,
Exchange Of Liverpool ba, Vt'e
take the cotton baling, and Am,..A - 4
changes are powerless. There 49, u
misunderst anding all along and a. Il, ~a
Alliance, grange and Agrieultu,,l ,s ,.s "a 4
announced that other bagrns won'I,l M a'''
ceived and tare allowed They b,~' % y
deceived, and this late in the se,,, ..' Os'
cotton is about ready to come I'M, 'a -l 1as
they are confronted with the a., '',' ''s g
positive declarat on tha cotton ;. ~ y ~
ported must be covered with int q
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-15
FLORIDA'S PERIL.
VIOLATION OF THE SANITARY LAVISH
STATE PRACTICALLY DEFENsELES

VIOLATION OF THE SANITARY Llvs-tn|
STATE PRACTICALLY DEFENsELES
DR.. Hamilton, Surgeon General q t.|
Marine Hospital Services, at Washneos j
in receipt ofa sensational letter dated Tel
sacola, Fla, August 2, from Sewall c. cal
ex-Mayor of the city.
Mr.. Cobb says that while the LeTaI
ture was holding an extra session, n
enacting law to establish State BGht
Health. he gave member of the BODY N
notes of warning as to the weak points Il n
sanitary defense of the State, and asked IA
to have them covered in the statute. Hsoz
tinues:
1T seems as though the Board had aa'i
authority to prevent communication U1
law-breaking people, especial by sea u
agine my surprise to learn on this ls,ill
August, 1850, that there is no defense Cls
lection attempted against the thousand NJ
enc smugglers coming from Cuba wiihaiH
diente textile fabrics bed bugs ana saAs
eases as constant state of filth, animal al
vegetable, engender. In every hoa'ia N
day some person could be caught 'muEls
il proper effort was made. The Un,iei "a
Customs Department should preyenlra
they virtually have but one tub for 001s
of coast, and of such draught as to bs@-'
PEELED to keep gunshot away from nnes
of ten of the localities used by thesma2s
1t is very poor farce, poorly played, HH
not to do it, When the smurgIers 'Fs
smoke of q steamer in the distance iAg =
tuous'y fish for groupers. When the y
ger is past they run in and see their ireaS
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-15
MYSTERIOUS DEATH,

When the eastbound Southern Pacific
train reached Rosenburg Junction, Texas,
ii was found necessary to break open the car
of the Wells, Fargo Express Company to find
out what was the matter With. ii. Graham,
the messenger. He was lying on his back
dead, with bullet just under the left eye
His pistol, with one empty chamber, was
found in pigeon hole of one of the money
safes with the muzzle pointed towards the
dead man.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-15
TWO MURDERS.

At Wilkesbarre, Pa, Peter Sillnski and
William Scholoski, two Polanders, got into
an alteration at a christening held at the
latter's house on Whisky Hill A bloody
fight ensued. Justice Morrisey and two con-
stables were summoned to the scene When
they arrived they found sillinski in an out
house stabbed TO the heart. Scholoski was
at once placed under arrest. He said Siliins'
XII committed suicide. The suppostion is
that scholoski murdered Siliinski and car
ried his body to the clubhouse. The men
were brothers-in-law. The victim leaves q
wife and seven children.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-15

BuRGLARIzED,-At West Bridgewater Pa.
The new station house of the C. a z. road at
that point was broken into. Entrance was
effected through the transom. Three sample
cases of travelling men were broken open.
A handkerchief, door key and pair of cuff
buttons were found upon the platform.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-15

A SAD CAsE.-A young woman nn1
Alice Todd, of Richhill Township o'0
County, Pa, was taken handcuiled " :.
mont, by w. II. Cage, Superntendeh, u i
Greene County Home, and Johh nos
Director of the same institution IAesa
not quite II years of age ana qmsP'-'
While not exactly violent she wS %'s
less lha. Mr.. Hodge had to hold Il"
car seat, and much sympathy va
pressed that one so young shoU'
grievously stricken. No cause i AH''s
the ailment. She was perfectly ''A.
about three weeks ago, the hrs' s|t
being complaint of severe pam u ''c
Temporary restraint in the "re,H' !,
Home failing to effect benefit 'nc aI's
ties were reluctantly compelled '"-
her to Dixmont, The young "o'''-
orphan, and lived with her gr'Du-
Mrs. Armstrong.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-15

MEAN SwINDLINa.-A warrant is on j
the arrest of T. Il. Elliott, real estate y.
of Kansas City. The complaint is nsr !
nine boys, who charge that he has ~ =
each of them out of 500. He engaged ~,
to do copying at their homes and Tequ,1'
deposit of $500. When the boys caA',
their pay they could not get it, the comp
says, and when they asked for Their rS'P'
he refused TO refund it.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-15

AN EYE ON BooMgRs.--Secre'aly
has requested the War Department
all necessary steps TO keep intruasn
the Sioux Reservation. This ac.0.
taken in anticipation of rush o. o~sI '~
now that the success Of the Sioux V'~
sion Is assured.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-03-15
Work of the Fiftieth Congress.

The fiftieth congress, which closed its
session on Monday the 4th, has broken the
record as TO the number of bills introduced,
passed and number vetoed. The number
of bills and Joint resolutions introduced has
been in round numbers 1900 nearly %
per cent. greater than in any other con-
gress.
The number introduced in the house was
1850, and IN The senate 1900. Os This
number about half of The house bills have
been acted on by committees; the number
OF committees' reports upon bills being
4, liO, though in many cases several bills
of similar nature are covered by single
report
The number Of senate reports is 2,6G0.
The Joint resolutions of the senate ard
house, which have the same bearing on bills
number 400 The number Of bills and Joint
resolutions which have become laws during
the tiftieth congress is about l.40O, or "A
little less than 10 per cent of the entire
number introduced. OF these nearly one
third were public acts, the remainder being
private pension bills etc.
President Cleveland has vetoed during
this session OF congress i50 bills, and has
allowed over 300 To become laws without
his signature. His total number Of vetoes
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-03-15
The Interstate Commerce Law.

The Interstate commerce commission
has issued an important circular pertaining
TO and explaining the inter state commerce
act OF March :, 1889 The amendment as
adopted is given and then the commission
says:
1.-THE effect Of the amendment is to place
10 mt tariffs and individual tariffs under
substantially he same rules. Neither can
be reduced without three days public no
tice, or advanced without 10 days public
notice; and the commission must also be
notified of all contemplated changes; indi-
vidual and Joint tariffs alike must be OBJ
served in their integrity and al inter state
traffic IL necessarily &C epted under either
AN Individual or Joint tariff In reference
TO the application of these provis-
ions of the law 10 export traffic
the commission understands that all tariffs
now on file in this office established by car
Tiers excepting merchandise billed or in
tended for export by sea, show the rate
charged by the inland carrier or carriers to
the point Of export, with a notation 10 The
effect that the through rate IL determined
by the addition of the ocean rate from time
to time prevailing. The law contemplates
that all traffic from inland points designed
for expectation by sea must be taken under
a Joint tariff or an individual tariff. Under
these tariffs the inland rate to the point of
EXPORT cannot be varied without subjecting
the carrier To the penalty imposed for VIC
lation of the law
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-03-15
Federation of Labor Rules.

a circular has been sent out from the
headquarters of the American Federation
OF Labor TO the national and international
unions affiliated with il. The circular con-
tains rules and recommendations adopted
by the last convention of the federation
and asks the various unions 10 vote upon all
as a whole and return an answer 10 head
quarters by August 2S. The frs: rule is
that of the general strike assessment, and
states that when any national or interna-
tional union affiliated with the federation
shall happen to be involved in any trade
difficulty ii may appeal TO the executive
council of the federation for aid and IL the
application he approved the executive coun-
Gil shall furnish aid and raise the funds by
levy.ng an assessment of two cents on each
national or information union, for each
member in the organization. Shall Two or
more organizations be equally entitled to
receive assistance from the union, it shall
be divided equally among them.
Another request in the circular is for
petition 10 congress for an amendment To-
the alien contract labor law, so as TO secure
its better enforcement, and to prevent ex
cessive immigration.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-03-15
WOLVERINE WHISPERINGs.

The three story brick building near the
Pontiac asylum, designed as sleeping
apartments for the attendants, was de-
stroyed by fire the other morning at a loss Of
$4,000. The origin of the fire is unknown.
Hon. NJ V. Montgomery of Washington.
one of the attorneys in the famous Crouch
murder case, has taken legal proceedings 10
collect bill of 500 for services rendered
Byron Crouch.
Hon. George Robertson, member Of the
legislature from 1871 10 1851, died at his
home in Albion or the 4th inst.
Dennis Bowling, a well known lumber
man Of Muskegon, is dead.
Elijah Butcher of Jackson has sued the
water gas company for -, 900. for injuries
received by himself and family as the result
Of leaky main.
After next Jure when the appropriat. on
for the Michigan Indian agent expires there
will he no more money available for this
purpose. Mark Stevens will therefore
have no successor in the Indian agency.
John Hammer, an employee of the Lake
Shore a. Michigan Southern railroad,
while shoveling wheat in bin at the depot
in Bronson, was drawn into the chute and
smOthered.
w. j. Daley of Mt Clemens, democratic
nominee for regent OF the university, de
clincs the nomination
A $4,000 site has been purchased for a
hospital in Kalamazoo.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-03-15
THE STATE.
Will Interest Editors.

The proposed press excursion next July
will be to st. Paul and thence on 10 the
Yellowstone park If enough desire 10 con
tinue the journey 10 make IL possible TO ar
range for transportation. The trip To St
Paul will require about four days and may
be- made for $l5-for staterOom on the
steamer while crossing Lake Michigan 10
Milwaukee, and for estimated extras.
Should any fair number desire, after stop
ping over day at st. Paul, 10 allow the
majority 10 turn back towards Michigan,
while they push on 10 the Yellowstone
park, the following will probably be nee
essary: Ten additional days of time max
ing Ia in ALL, which will include five days
stay in the park. The extra additional
expense may be kept within S55 Tor $40
from Grand Rapids, of which amount
$l4 will be for sleeping cars and
S35 for stage and meals while in the park.
The railroad and steamboat transportation
can be arranged for all To st. Paul on the
basis of of an equivalent being given 10 ad-
vertising, and the same can also be done to
the park for a number not exceeding l25.
In round figures the distance from Grand
Rapids TO ST Paul is about 800 miles each
way, but may be made without requiring
sleeping cars; the distance to the Yellow
stone however, is about 1900 miles each
way upon the railroad, exclusive of 10
miles Of staging in the park. II is desirable
90 learn as soon as possible whether any
considerable number desire TO go west of
st. Paul, as the arrangements are Deepen
dent upon enough going To charter at least
one sleeping car. Address at once the sec
rotary of the Press Association, MIR. Geo.
w Perry of Bellevue.