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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-14
TIL, ANARCuI rs.

ANNIVERSARY or CHICAGO EXECUTIONS OBJ
SERVED WITHOUT DISPLAY OF RED FLAGS,
The Anarchist memorial celebration at
Chicago was very tame in fact the only note
worthy incident was furnished by Ms. Lucy
Parsons, who, III defiance of the police pro
hibition of red flags, hung one from the win.
dow of her residence ON Milwaukee avenue
early in the day. A policeman was sent to
her house 10 notify her to take down the
Anarchist emblem This is free coun.
try" said Ms. Parsons why can't wave
the flag Of my doctrine" because my or
ders are to pull it down." said the patrolman,
and without further parley he tore down the
flag and took il to the station. Mrs Parsons
fumed for awhile and then left Tor Wald'
helm.
The day was dreary and cold and lack OF
enthusiasm was the most noticeable feature
of the celebration at Waldheim Cemetery.
From crowd of 5000 last year the attend
ance on Sunday last had dwindled to less
than 1900, Of this number not few were
merely curious spectators. The floral dec
orations at the graves of the executed men
were proruse and beautiful. The only in
scription among the various offerings which
had any of the od.time Anarchist style was
that from the Pioneer Aid Society reading
Murdered but still alive"
During the exercises Miss Spies, Mrs
Schwab and Mrs. Fischer stood by the graves.
while Mrs. Parsons, sitting on the damp
ground by her husbands grave with her lit.
tie boy by her side buried her face in her
handkerchief and abandoned herself to tears,
After musical selections by the band and a
singing society C. g. Clemens, of Topeka,
Kan, and Paul Grot'kau made speeches. No
disturbance occurred throughout the day.
Indeed, the lack OF enthusiasm which gen.
orally characterized the Anarchist' gather
ings was the chief feature
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THE CONDITION OF BUSINESS.
pUE's REPORT SHOWS AN ENCOURAGING STATE
OF AFFAIRS ALL AROUND.


DUN s REPORT SHOWS AN ENCOURAGING STATE
OF AFFAIRS ALL AROUND.
The business outlook continues TO improve.
the news this week Is favorable for the
| public, even the decision adverse to the Sugar
Trust and the exposure and proposed re-
organization in cotton oil are hopeful signs.
The monetary situation has decidedly i'm.
proved here and abroad, and while the Bank
of England rate is still held at per cent,
money is quoted in open market at q per
cent. That bank lost s6l, $50 for the week,
but the Bank OF France gained $4,000, and
fall in foreign exchange to 81 S5, or lower,
shows that apprehension for foreign de
mand for specie have vanished.
The volume of business is still enormous,
and the bank clearings for October exceeded
those Of last year by 5 per cent. over the
previous year. Boston showed a loss, Chi
cago little change, and Philadelphia a gain
Of 10 per cent. over last year, while the gain
at all other citi>s outside New York aver
aged l0.G per cent. Most of the increase in
payments comes from legitimate business,
for speculation is still restricted, except in
trust stocks, These began to rally, but were
met with the decision adverse to the Sugar
Trust and the disclosure that over 100000
had been lost for cotton oil stockholders in
attempts TO sustain the market.
Speculation in wheat was temporarily
stimulated by an official publication by MIR.
Dodge the Government statstcan, putting
the probable yield at 4s5.00OOO busiVIs.
Whether the paper had left his hands befo.e
the official returns, indicating a larger acre
age and yield were made up, no one seems
to have asked. But the lowest estimate
would have the supply for export much be-
yond the largest foreign demand in recent
years, and the net csult for the week has
been n dc slime of of cent. with sales of
only 1000 ,O0o bushels. Corn is an eighth
and ard halt a cent lower. oil has advanced
cents, with moderate trading, and coffee Is
unchanged. The merely nominal price
of raw sugar has been made actual,
the Trust having entered the market as a
buyer at Il cents for Muscovado and "a for
6 degrees centrifugal, but refined shows a
decline of cent.
1t can only be reckoned sign of improve
ment that wool has yielded about cent per
pound, since the concession has induced
considerable buying Manufacturers hold
that no advance is possible in heavy wool.
ems and have bought little except a. reduced
prices. There is more encouragement in the
clothing trade of Philadelphia, but some
tardiness in collections due to open weather.
Cotton is also more active and lower, with
sales for the week OF GG0,OOO bales, exports
for the week falling below last years by 25,-
coo bales, while receipts show on increase of
20 oO0
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FOREIGN NEWS.
suRSEp ny DERvIslIEs-woRsE OFF THAN DOCK
LABORERs

BURNED ny DERvIsllEs-woRsE OFF THAN DOCK
LABoRERs.
II is officially announced that dervishes re-
Gently attacked Gondar, the capital of Abys-
sinia, and burned the city. Subsequently a
force Of Abyssinians attacked the dervi hes
and defeated them, killing three Of their
chiefs
The Italian Government has received adj
vices from the Soudan to the effect that the
Mahdi has summoned all his chiefs to q
council at Khartoum. His object is not
known.
The situation of the unfortunate Welsh
clercymen of the Established Church is
worse than ever. The contributions initia-
ted for their relief have produced very small
sums, and several of the incumbents have ac-
tualy suffered for the necessaries of lifo.
The Government cannot openly assist them,
and q visiting committee of three from
the poorest districts is appealing
personally to the charity Of church people
in London. Some very distressing stories
are related, but il the church in Wales can
neither be assisted nor abolished the suffer
ing. it would seem, must continue. As the
Rev. Mr.. Williams, who holds small liv-
ing IN Monmouthshirc, pathetically says,
"the Welsh clergymcn are worse of than
the London dock labcrcrs, for they have not
even the poor resource OF going on strike"
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PAN-AMERICA.
A UNION OF AMERICAN NATIONS.
THE BONDS THAT BIND THE COUNTRIES TO BE
THOSE OF USREsrRIcreD COMMERCE.

For over a month representatives of South
American countries, Central American Re
publics and Mexico have been the guests Of
the United States, and have visited the prin-
cipal cities They have talked with the rep
resentative business men, and have seen
what the United States has to offer and how
the goods are made.
The return trip TO Washington IL now in
progress, and between the 18th and Goth inst.
the first session Of the international Ameri.
can Conference will be called TO order.
The main question that will be considered
are these: The granting of subsidies to
steamship lines that will ply between the
Americas; the modification Of certain tariff
measures that now prove a barrier to trade;
the universal adoption of the metric system;
and the adoption Of a measures regarding
Board Of Arbitration that will settle all dis.
puted question that may arise on the Ameri-
can continent.
All agree shat TIE subsidy question is one
OF the greatest Importance, and must be set
tied before anything else can be done.
The tariff question will be delicate one
TO handle, but the majority ofthe foreigners
say that the questions will be considered
without regard TO politics. Senior Gill, of
Ecuador, made the following statement,
which shows how the principal questions
are considered: "The Republicans must
pass a modified tariff law of some sort; the
Democrats must allow subsidies 10 be
granted"
The metric system is air ady in use in all
South American countries, and recomme-
daicn for its universal adoption on this con-
tincnt will he probably unanimous,
The arbitration question will be presented
by Ecuador, and it has many warm adhe-
rents.
Aside from these main topics there are
many minor ones to be brought up and the
Conference will be busy one.
The Pan-Amcrican delegates arrived in
Pittsburg Wednesday afternoon and were
given a rousing reception at the Mononga-
hela House in the evening. Congressman
Dalzell made an address of welcome. The
majority Of the delegates were present They
expressed themselves as pleased with Ameri
ca and charmed with Pittsburghs hospi.
tality.
Thursday they visited the leading industrial
on the South Side and up
the Monongahela valley as far as McKees.
port. In the evening they went TO the spe-
cial exhibit in Mechanical Hall and witness
ed a novel natural gas display.
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NATURAL GAS DECISION.

THE IYDIANA LAW PRoHIB'TlNG PIpfNG OUT
OF THE STATE DECLARED INVALID.
For the first time in the history of natural
gas its commercial standing has been fixed
by court Of appellate jurisdiction. The
Supreme Court of Indiana handed down a
decision, in which all the judges concur, in
which il is held that natural gas may be-
come commercial commodity, and that
the State Legislature cannot enact
any law regulating commerce be-
tween the States, for the reason that
the Federal Constitution forbids the States
from lerisating on the subject Therefore
the Legislative act of last winter prohibiting
the piping Of gas out of the State is unconsti-
tutional. The law was passed to prevent the
Chicago Gas Trust from piping gas to G hi
cago, and under this decision work will be.
gin at once to connect the gas fields with the
City by the Lake. The home gas compan-
les hoped that the Court could give the law
some standing by holding that foreigners
might not condemn the right of way over
which to pipe gas. This was their strong
hope, but it Comes to naught.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-14
A KENTUCKY DUEL.

Two or three thrusts with a bowie knife
and couple Of shots from pistol, removed
two Kentucky Republican statesmen of ma
tional reputation. They are Colonel A. NJ.
Swope, ex-Collector of Internal Revenue,
and Colonel William Calvin Goodioe, present
Collector Of Internal Revenue, at Lexington.
Colonel Swope is dead, u knife thrust going
through his heart and Colonel Goodloe died
shortly after with bullet in his intestines.
The two men have for years been personal
enemies. Every time they met they quar-
relied. They ran against each other in the
lobby of the new Government building at
Lexington, Hot words passed. Colonel
Swope pulled his pistol and fired, but
missed. Colonel Goodloe pulled his knife
and began cutting The first thrust cut the
lett shoulder, the second pierced the heart.
As swope fell he fired the second shot, the
ball entering Goodloe's sto mach, producing
fatal wound.
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A CLERGYMAN CONVICT.

THE MISSOURI PENIrENrIARY OPENS To RI.
CEIvE GRAZ HEADED BIGAnIsT.
The first minister of the gospel received at
die Pcntcntiary since the arrival of Parson
Simmons Of the Christian County Bald
Knob gang was brought in Saturday. His
name is John II. Taylor, and he is u minis
ter of the Baptist Church. His crime is
bigamy, for which he will serve two years.
Taylor is gray haired, rather good-looking
man, about - years old.
He married his first wife In Springfield,
ILL.,, and after living with her number of
years deserted her aud went to Carterville,
in Jasper county Here he met wooed and
won wife No. >, but it was not long before
discovery came. Both wives We'd with each
other in vindictiveness against Taylor, aud
in efforts to secure his conviction. His de-
Tense was that he believed his first wife was
dead when he marie the second.
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AWARDED DAMAGES.

In the Supreme Court Miss Carrie z.
Barnes, a school teacher was awarded s2O,-
900 damages in her suit agains the New York
and New England Railroad for s25 600. The
action was begun for injuries in 1885, Miss
Barnes was passenger on the train from
the State Fair to the City of Providence, and
when ::ear the depot the engineer was un-
able to check the speed Of the train, owing
to defect in the airbrake apparatus, and
the locomotive struck the platform and
plowed its way through the timber and
planking. The shock of the collision was so
severe to Miss Barnes that spinal difficulty
was sustained which has brought about a
deformity. and her health has since been
impaired.
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BURNED IN PUBLIC.

SEVERAL HUNDRED BIBLES DESTROYED BY 4
CANADIAN PRIEST, -
A gentleman who has just, tirncd DOT
tawa Ont, FROM the Province of Quebec,
says that In one parish after mass on Sun.
day morning he saw several hundred Bibles
burned, in front of the church, at the in
stance Of the cure ofthe parish, who had col.
lected them from his parishioners.
Agents from one the Bible Societies have
been selling large numbers ofthe New Tes.
lament in this particular part Of the Province,
and after warning his congregation against
purchasing, the cure went from house 10
house collecting from those of his. flock who
had disobeyed his orders, the books they had
purchased.
The Bible Society has now divised a
scheme 10y which they intend bringing the
priest before the Courts il he attempts to re-
peat his work. The agents will loan the Bi.
bles to those desiring them, and will then be
in Il position to prosecute should the book be
destroyed or taken from the holder.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-14
TREASURY REPORT.
A REMARKABLE YEAR FROM FfSAScIA
STANDPOINT.


REMARKABLE YEAR FROM A FINANCIAL
STANDPOINT.
The annual report of the United States
Treasurer Huston Oh the operations and.con
dition of the Treasury for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1850, has been made public
The year is characterized as remarkable one
in the history Of the public finances, both
the revenues and the expenditures having
been exceeded but few times snces the
foundation of the government Revenues
amounted to 1887, ,O50,0 ,05S, and expenditures
to 8 90, % 1878, inclusive of Si7, 7,2o2, 302 aid
in premium on bonds purchased. The sur
plus revenues were ss7, 7Gl 90 decrease of
S23, $50, 1893 as compared with the year before,
counting premiums on bonds as an ordinary
expenditure. Tue receipts on account of the
public debt amounted to s2i5, Ill $50, and
the expenditures TO 1896, li,775.
The aggregate obligations of the Govern
ment at the close of the year, including the
public debt rs stated by the Department and
the National bank note redemption funds
and deposit accounts, of which the Treas
urer has sole charge were 81, $40, 0,G7S,475. The
debt less cash in the Treasury, was 81, J0,-
03lG03, as against 81 $4,000, s7S year be-
fore. The total stock of gold, silver and cir
culating notes was 81 0Sj, ,33i ,57l in lSSS, and
S2,099, ,96S us in 1859. The increase Of the
circulation Of silver certificates during the
year was about $50 ,OOO,O 900, having kept pace
with the rate for the two previous years. OF
this sum s33, 900 900 was in new issues and
the remainder was taken from the cash in
the Treasury.
During the year the National banks with.
drew SG6, ,3i0,9OO of their bonds held by the
Treasury as security for circulating notes or
public moneys. The deposits amounted to
{ 5,2i3, 700. There remained at the close Of
the year sl4s, 12l As belonging TO 1892 banks
as security for circulation, and $i5, 222, 900
belong to 276 banks as security for depos-
it's In the last 10 years the number of ac-
tive banks has increased nearly go per cent.
while the amount of bonds held to secure
their notes has decreased in about the same
proportion. The decrease of Sil,00O.0J0 in
the national bank circulation was the largest
that has taken place within any one year
since this currency was first issued
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-14
A MEXICAN RIOT,

TROOPS ARRIVED Too LATg TO PREVENT
LYNCHISG.
News has reached the commander of the
Mexican troops in NeuvO Laredo of serious
trouble which is now going on in Mier,
Mexico, down the Rio Grande from this
point lGJ miles. Last Sunday merchant
naned Guteries was shot and killed by two
customs guards who claimed that he refused
to stop and he searched on the road between
Mier and Camarog, On the arrival Of the
guards in Mier they reported the affair, and
the citizens were 50 incensed they raised a
mob and lynched them, About 40 or 50 Mex
lean soldiers and body Of customs guards
arrived at the scene too late TO save the lives
of the guards, and general battle occurred,
resulting in the death and wounding of 10 or
Is persons ReInforcements were telegraph
ed Tor 10 Matamoras. The town at last ac.
counts was in an uproar,
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sTREwN WITH THE DEAD.
BLIZZARD is NEw MEXICO IS KILLING 1Hs
HERDS AND FREEZiNo THE COWBOYS

| A BLIZZARD is NEW MEXICO IS KILLING tn,
HERDS AND FREEzlNe THE COWBOYS.
special from Dayton, N. NJ, says: Un.
less the snowstorm which has been raging
for days comes 10 an end soon, next sum.
mer will show country covered with the
dead bodies of animals as thickly as was
The old Santa Fe trail in the sixties. The
depth of snow is now not much less than 2 !
inches on a level, and in many places it has
drifted feet high. When the storm struck
this section large herds of cattle number
ing from 400 to 1000, were being held near
this place awaiting shipment to Eastern
markets. The recent rain was followed by
Billiards of snow and sleet which sent the
herds In southerly direction.
In vain did the already half frozen COW.
boys ry to check the march of the herds.
but on they went through the increasing
storm until finding It utterly impossible to
hold the cattle the cowboys rode aside aud
let them pass and when nearly dead rode the
exhausted horses into canyons on partially
sheltered places, where they passed many
hours Of misery, without food or fire. Two
cowboys driftcd into canyon where they
found cellar tree with rats nest in e.
they manrged.t to light fire with this. Dur.
ing the second night one of their horses died
from cold, and having nothing to eat the
men cut pieces Of flesh from the dead animal
which they warmed and ate without salt.
After remaining there sixty hours they start.
ed out, and after much suffering and hard
ships from their weakened condition man.
aged to reach the ranch, thirty miles away.
where they were cared for.
Henry Miller, John Martin. Charles jolly
and two unknown cowboys, also two Mexi.
can sheep-herders have been found frozen
to death. Two men coming in this morning
report the drifts in some places seven
and eight feet high, in which there are hun.
dreds of dead stock, many with only the
head and horns above the snow. In ons
DRIFT thirteen were counted, in another ten.
some ofthese were alive, but unable 10 move
from their frigid prison. Herds of sheen are
completely wiped out of existence, aud the
rage for THU y m les from town is covered
with dead ca, I.isses. II is estimated that p.
900 sheep have pcrished in this part of th,
Territory. Every shelter in town is being
used as barns for snow-bound horses. The
hay supply is nearly exhausted, and 800 pei
ton is offered for it.
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WEDDED.
MARRIAGE oP HON. THOMAS v. BAYARD AND
MISS cLYMKR.

MARRIAGE or non. THOMAS v. BAYARD Asp
MISS CLYMKR.
The Marriag' of Thomas F. Bayard, ex.
Secretary OF State, aud Miss May Clymer,
took place at Washington, November 7.
For an event Of such social and official in.
terest, the ceremony was conducted with o
privacy that left no room for ostentation
and display.
The scene ofthe ceremony was the Clymer
residence,at the corner of Connecticut avenue
and II street, II square, old-fashioned brick
mansion. The rooms we're decorated with
the usual abundance offerns, growing plants
and blooming flowers, the decorators best
efforts being bestowed on the rear parlor,
where the marriage was solemnized. I'm this
room and in the adjacent hallway the invited
guests had assembled. Ex-President Cleye
land and Mrs. Cleveland were present
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THE VENEZUELA CLAIMS.
An OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION TO CITIZENS OF tn
UNITED STATES.

AN OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION TO cGTIZEas OF TIN
UNITED STATES,
The following statement is furnished by
the Department of State:
"a commission, known os the United
States and Venezuelan Claims Commission,
is now in session in Washington to adjudi-
cate claims Of citizens of the Urited
States against Venezuela presented to
the former or its legation at Caracas be-
fore August /. 1868, and TO determine under
certain circumstances as TO rights of third
parti,s in certificates of award issued by y
former similar Commission. Persons con.
cerned will do well to give imme late atten-
ton to their interests, rs the Commission
will expire under the treaty in less than q
year from this time"
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MURDERED AND EATEN.

h number of natives of Solomon islands
iecoyed an Englishman named Nelson, and
;hree native boys, to one of their villages
and then murdered them. The bodies of the
victims were devoured by their murderers
Upon learning of the massacre the captain
of the British crusier Royalist proceeded to
the scene and shelled the villages along the
soast where the murder, were committed.
The natives deserted the villages and fed to
he hills, where they are safe from pursuit.
Other cases Of canniba!ism on the island are
reported.
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MASSACRE.

It is reported at Zanzibar that the Masais,
or SomaileE have massacrei DR., Peters, the
German ex. lorer, and his whole party ex-
cept one European and one Somail, who
we're wounded and are now at Ngao. The
latest known about DR.. Peters, who started
inland from Vita on July %, was that he
had reached Korkorro, u long distance up
he laura river 1t is not known whether
the second column of the expedition, which
left Vitu in September, in command of Her
ron Borchert and Rust, ever Joined DIR. Pc
lers advance party.
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A BLOCK DESTROYED
DISASTROUS FIRE-AN OFFICER BuEStp
DEATH.

DISASTROUS FIRE-AS OFFICER BURNED
DEATH.
A terrible fire started in George h. DNs/
& Co.'s dry goods house, on Sycamore 's''
Petersburg, Va, and spread with incTedlH
rapidity, burning down in short ''me'h
whole iron front block and adjoining PT
critics. The fam then leaped aero" ~I
street and destroyed Odd Fellows Han al'
five ore six other buildings. Lieut. C'cAN1
of the police force, was in one OF the O1'|
ings when the wall fell in GA him. he's
burned to death. Half block on each 50
Of Sycamore street from Tabb street is gu.
The estimated loss is s75o,0OO; insurance !"
ascertained.