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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07

Cattls-Market steady ;stecrs. So GSe.S 25:
Texans, 81 10; rangers, SO 506c6 80 Hogs
Market steady; choice, heavy and butcher
weights, ~ 1904 %; common to good heavy
packing. 81 s0a4 10; light mixed, 80 75sn4;
heavy miNed, 81 006t4 %; assorted light,
~ 1904 121a. Sheep-Market steady; ma
tives. So o00D5; fed Texans, - 1904 rs;
lambs, s. 12h@G G2Is.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-03-27
RESIGNATION ACCEPTED

The Action OF Emperor William is Final
Caprivi is President of the Ministry.
Dr. Uranus, chief OF the civil cabinet,
accompanied by General Hahukc, formally
waited upon Prince Bismarck and pre-
sented the emperors acceptance OF his resig
nation.
4 special election of the RcichSdn scigcr
contains imperial rescripts cordially
thanking Prince Bismarck for his services
and appointing him duke of Lancnberg
a colonel general Of cavalry, and
field marshal general; also appointing
Count Herbert Bismark al interim minister
of foreign affairs, and General Won Capriy
chancellor and president Of the Prussian
ministry,
The North German Gd-ett> denies that
Prince Bismarck's resignation was in any
way connected with differences between the
emperor and himself on labor questions.
1t was mainly due the paper says, to con-
stitutional questions, such as the limits Of
ministerial responsibility and the relations
of the president Of the Prusan ministry
with his colleagues.
The Cologne gazette saws the emperor, in
along letter to Prince Bismarck, cXtols his
services and expresses profound gratitude.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-03-27
WHY HE RESIGNED.
The Cause of 3ismarck's Retirement is
Now Disclosed.

The Cause of 3ismarck's Retirement is
Now Disclosed.
The North German Gds.Ec in contradictN
ing statements concerning Bismarck's re-
sgnation, says this is what occurred:
The Chancellor did not wish 10 depart from
the Cabinet order of Is ,, relating TO the in
tercoursc between the prus,ian Minister and
the SOW rign, but desir to r tain his Con,rol
and right Of cooperation. The intercourse
between the Emperor and the Secretaries
of State is regulated by the law Of 1852.
It was within the last few weeks that Bis
marck felt it necessary to refer to that regu-
lauon. lie considered lis execution and OBJ
servanCs indispensable and did not wish to
be party to its abrogation. The opposition
he encountered in this matter finally
brought clearly home to him the necessity
for his resignation. The negotiations between
Prince Bismarck and DR.. Windthorst, with
reference to the Guelph fund, and the atti.
tudc of the clerical force in the Reehstag
were only connected with the crisis so far as
that the Chancellor refused to subject his in
tercourse with the Deputies to control.
The Berlin papers condemn the state
ments of the Gdscite as unedifying to on
looking Nations.
The TossiSche Zdhmg repeats the story
that Bismarck rose from his bed TO answer
the Empcror's demand for an explanation OF
the interview with Windthorst. bismarck,
it is said insisted that he should not be con
trolled, told the Emperor that he was quite
ready to resign if his retention OF the office
was irksome; that he only retained it to
fulfill his promise to Emperor ilIiam |.
The Hamburger " chritcn says that Bis.
marck was deeply affected and expected TO
the last that the Emperor would ask him to
reconsider his resignation.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-03-27
TRIED TO ESCAPE.
Arrest of tn, Foreign Money Order Clerk
AZ the San Francisco postoflce.

Arrest of tn, Foreign Money Order Clerk
at the San Francisco Postofflce.
postoiice Inspectors Scyboldt aud Irwin
and Assistant Postmaster Carr commenced
an examination Of the accounts Of Jas. s.
Kennedy, Jr., foreign money order clerk Of
the san Francisco postoiiice, aud the books
show a shortage of 6 : money orders, rang
ing in value from 81 to 800.
Inspector Scyboldt received dispatch
from the hief OF the Secret Service of New
York, inquiring about money order issued
in this city Feb. 10 last, payable at London
England, which was reported missing In
spec,or Irwin was detailed to make an
examination of the records, and Kenncdy's
manner at once attracted his attention.
After a number Of futile attempts to escape,
Kennedy yielded and, it is said, confessed
at first that he was short $4,000 or sl5, 90.
lie stated he had been drinking freely and
specializing
When Kennedy was turned over TO United
States Marshal Franks, last evening, 5000
IN % dollar gold pieces and greenbacks, were
fouud concealed on his persons. lie is SAID
to have told Franks that the amounts EN-.
bezzled would reach $1,000 or $4,000.
Kennedy was appointed clerk in the Post
Office by Postmaster Backus In lSSa
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-03-27
CURSE OF SPECULATION.
Non-Producers Absorb the Wealth OF the
Land. Dodge's March
RAPPORT.

The prevailing depression in American
agriculture is treated by the statistican, J. X.
Dodge, in the March report Of the depart
ment of agriculture He says 1t has been
noted in nearly every country, but it Is less
severe here than elsewhere. Though prices
of implements, utensils and fabrics are also
low, the farmers interest account Is unre-
duced and his mortgage harder to lift. The
main cause oflow prices is referred to the I'm
e1oraole law Of supply and demand. Corn
and wheat and other staples are cheap on
account OF oycrprolucton. Immigration
has increased the population $4,000 in 10
years. Inter.continental areas have been
carved into farms free to natives and for
cgners, opening millions of acres to cultiya-
ton. Railroad eXtent!on has stimulated
production and overwhelmed the Last with
foreign products
Mr. Dodge says while there is excess Of
production of a few staples like wheat, and
there are insufficient supplies Of many other
necessary products and total absence of
scores Of others which should finish profita.
bic employment to rural labor, there is too
narrow a range OF cropping. Diyersification
is essential 20 agricultural salvation. Farm
crs are suffering for want Of hundreds Of
millions Of dollars that the sweat Of the
brows and dextcrity Of hands might pro-
ducc in raw materials for scores OF old and
new industries.
The statistician treats Of what he charac-
ieriaes as the folly Of wheat growers insist
ing on going 70 the antipoles for binder
twine, while one million acres Of fax fiber
is wasted in adjoining fields and when the
yiel grows enough in six months to bind
the wheat Of the world. This is, he says, cx-
cccdcd only b. the twine folly of the cotton
growers who are wild to 10 to India for
jutc, wuen it will grow in their cotton fields
as readily as weeds Depression more in.
tense will result, it is predicted, if farmers
continue 10 restrict their efforts, walk in the
burrows their fathers turned aud seek to live
and die in the same oycrdouc and prOlitlcss
routine.
Another serious cause Of depression, he
says, is the cyorbitant share of the farmers
products taken by the middemcn and cars
ricrs. The army Of dealers IN futures disturb
the natural flow of trade, check eNI ortation
by temporary rise, to be followed 10y lower
| prices and greater fluctuations. Spcculators
deprcss prices when garncrs are full and
boom them when farmers have nothing to
sell, as at present The community is in
tested with pcstuant swarms of non produc-
crs. Tie curse Of speculation blights and
consumes the result Of honest industry.
I.eechcs fnsten on every product Of labor and
suck from it the life.bloo Of profit. Men
who produce nothing, who neither toll on
the farms, nor spin in the factories are alb
sorbing the wealth of the country " cor
| Linations
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-03-27
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PASSENGER TRAINS COLLIDE.
A Coach Telescoped and Four Persons
Badly Injured,

Two passenger trains collided at Lavale,
Wisconsin, ON the Chicago 4 Northwestern
Railway.
Four passengers we're seriously injured
and several Others slightly hurt. The trains
had orders TO meet and pass at Layalle, aud
as train No, / WAS heading on the siding the
vestbule train struck it between the bag
gage car and smoker, throwing the latter on
ITS side and telescoping the second coach.
One mans skull was fractured and he can
not possibly recover, two others received in +.
jury to their spine which may prove fatal,
and another man is thought to be seriously
hurt Miss Jessie Hume, en- route from
Pleasant Grove, Minn., to Nova Scotia, was
in the telescoped car, and received bruises
about her face to such an extent as to be un.
able to continue her journey.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-03-27
LABOR NOTES.

The Illinois Miners convention declared
for eight hours.
Chief Arthur says eight hours is all right
at eight-hour pay.
Johnstown (Pal plumbers and steamfitters
struck for nine hours
Baltimore stonemasons demand "a and
eight hours on Saturday.
Omaha Union bolermakcrs get So 90 for
nine hours; non-union, 81.
Some New York cloakmakers work four.
teen to sixteen hours a day.
Brooklyn trainers want 81 cents an hour
and nine hours on April 1.
Brooklyn Cornice and skylight-makers
Union pays s75 at death.
On April 7 Chicago carpenters want eight
hours, and 40 cents an hour.
The Coast Seamen's Union held parade
and celebration at san Francisco on its fifth
anniversary.
An engineer employed by the borough Of
oxford, Pa gets s3j month. Laborers get
81 25 a day.
Shn Il fThnClsCO SlOuttUlteIS Slu'h hHalllrt
the employment ofstrangcrs while membe 5
of the Union were idle.
The Scranton, Pa. steel works, beat the
record by an output of 5,43G "a tons with
two Gi.ton couverters.
The Chattanooga Times says negro labor
raises, bales and markets at least 50 per
cent Of the cotton crop.
A new iron-works at Bcllevernon, Pa,
will employ over leo. The Cambria Iron
Company has leased the plant at Cumber-
land Md, and will double its capacity.
/ he new wooden mill at Dexter, Me-, will
soon be running full. A ten-pot window
glass factory will be established at Alexan.
dria Ind, by Harper 4 Crozicr. They say
that British capitalists will put up cotton,
mills at Lenover, Chester county, Pennsyl
yania.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-03-27
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF

A bill is before the Maryland Legislator e
which requires every man who has the elec-
tive franchise to exercise 1t, under penalty Of
g. and costs.
The New Jersey Conference OF the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church voted by III to AZ
against the pending proposition to make lay
representation equal to clerical in the Gen
eral difference.
Lester d. Faulkner wrecker Of the DAN
willie, n. Y. bank, reported to have died
January q, is said to be in Mexico,
having had the body of his deceased gard
ener buried as his own.
An anti~lottery league has been foriaed in
New Orleans, composed of number Of bus
iness men and politicians. This organization
will make vigorous fight against the pro-
posed extension of the charter OF the Louisi-
ana Lottery company.
Massachusetts, is moving for biennial ses-
sions of the leg stature, and constitutional
amendment is favored by leading men of
both parties to that end. Biennial sessions
Of the legislature arc now held in 80 of the
~ States, the exceptions being Massachu-
setts, Montana, New Jersey. New York,
Rhode Island aud South Carolina
Queen Victoria has signed the extraditior
treaty with the United states, and it will
soon he put in force.
A verdict of guilty was found in tn,
divorce case against Sheriff Flack, of New
York, who, with his son and the referee in
the case, were charged with conspiracy. NJ
other verdict was possible under the evidence
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-03-27
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ALARMING PRAIRIE FIRES.
Already 100, 900 Acres Devastated in Col
orado-Eight Kansas Sections Burned.

Already 100, 900 Acres Devastated in Col
orado-Eight Kansas Sections Burned.
Prairie fires are raging in Southeastern
Colorado down to the Kansas border. Al
ready 10000 acres have been devastated.
There are no facilities for fighting the fire.
A dispatch from Wichita, Kan, says:
Prairie fires in kee,hie township, this
(Sedgwick) county, burned over
eight sections Of farming land destroying
everything in its path. The farm houses,
with their barns and out-huildings, are re-
ported burned but no lives lost.
4 Burlington, Cob, dispatch says: Nearly
20,oOD acres Of the eastern portion of the
state has been burned over by prairie fires,
which have not yet been cxtinguished. \
number of houses and large quantity Of
hay is reported burned. Several lives are
believed to have been lost though the latter
report is not yet confirmed. hc fire was
started by hunters.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-03-27
THE CYCLONES FURY.
South Carolina Towns Wrcckci- Loss
Life and Property.

South Carolina Towns Wrcckci-Loa u
Life and Property.
Further details have been received 4 Il
urday's terrible storm in South Carolina
The fury of the cyclone was p.ucpLj
felt in Sumpter. Every house va. ,haks3
TO its foundation, roofs were carried AVA
fences demolished and trees urrul'd. "A
Richardson was killed by ialla, a1-sj
two men, names unknown, wcra h'4..yH|
jured, and many persons were badly 0Hsel
and cut
Mathicsson's machinery depot wls'euo'
ished and two large sheds Of the Nalt'
Coast Line Railroad were blown down,
while the Baptist church, the ia. aaiahf
tory are badly damaged The bridge over
Broad river, on the Spartauhns Union hl
Columbia Railroad, at shelton n, haHl
oil the piers into the river and completely
demolished An unknown man NlHLii
on the bridge, was carried down whit
In Chester county the tornado dii i'e'
damage, and several small Villages aye ban!
wrecked. At Edgemoorc the pui.I i'ei0'n
ed church and railroad depo, w''' DOW
down At Blackstock the academy ond
ings were destroyed, and sey,-' 'mAS
structures blown down. one woman 80.
several children are reported fatally d. ael
In Orangeburg county many houses 'e'
unroofcd.
The immense ventilatins roof %. 'Ae SA'
Penitentiary was torn from it, position a"
thrown down upon an adjoining ol'.aIs
A score of convicts narrow ) e'c1ieI l'l.-
1t is reported that the town oi FiJ'ie"!
has been swept away, but as the "''S a. q
down nothing can be learned Tom A1
twisted trees mark the path Of the storm ~
il is feared that great damage has been D'-. w
A special from Camden states ihA' '",Y w.,
clone struck house there, E'.'a' ~.
Easterling, who was in the ac, '' -''I' ,1
medicine to her step-daughier The '' =. y,
sick child was on was torn to pieces '1' y
mother killed, while the cm'd. '"',s X
thrown into the yard, escaped "'."'.' -
slightest injury.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-03-27
THE MISSOURI BALDKNoBBERs.
Not Dauntod by Focution and Imprison-
mon They'ro Still at Work.

Not Dauutod by Focution and Imprison-
mon, They're Still at Work.
The "Baldknobbcrs" have not been sub
dued by the execution of three oftheir num-
Der and the life imprisonment of several
others. They have appeared re.organized in
Douglass county. John Dalton and Joseph
Plumb, of Walls township were visited by
an armed band on the 10th inst, and were
served with notice To leave the county
by the 18th or suffer the vengeance
of the "Baldknobbers. Dalton and Plumb
were not to be bull.dozel and they armed
themselves, and now await the coming of
the regulators William urray, who had
aroused the dislike Of the "Baldknobbers,"
recently moved to Ripple Ball where he
rented house and moved in his furniture
preparatory to bring his family here. Before
he moved into the house the "Baldknob-
bers' told him 10 leave. He stayed and the
house and all his furniture was destroyed by
al incendiary fire.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-03-27
FINANCIAL.
THE CONDITION OF TRADE.
Signs of the Times Not Entirely Flat
tcring.


Signs of the Times Not Entirely Flat
tering.
II. G. Dunn & Co.'S weekly RcricU Of
Trade saws The business Of to-day is large.
But signs are not entirely nattering as to the
business Of ofto.morrow. Another bclated frag
ment OF winter which would have been well
come in January came just in time to disturb
trade little, but the volume of business is in
disputably larger than in any previous year at
this season. The tonnage shipped eastward
by rail from Chicago continues larger than
ever. Railroad earnings thus far reported
for March exceed those Of any previous year
Bank cearings at New York show gain
over last year Of 81 per cent; at Boston,
Philadelphia and Chicago of Il per ccnt,aud
at all other cities Of II per cent All the
signs prove that actual shrinkasc of con.
sumption is coniincl To- few lines only,
principally those affected directly 10y the
absence Of winter, but tha: in other branches
consumption is larger than in any former
time. I'm some cascs ~ in iron, the only
difficulty or danger comes from the fact that
acou,umpuon,clearl the largest ever known
is probably surpass ri by production far be.
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,.c,,or,i c,,s,,,,,i,p +. Iar,,r than a wear
.,, Inn, cI.,r,v show. r,,r,,,n from IA.
,,ro,, ru.n orI,st fall. Tho coJ market il.
Jeror,li,oJ
l., 5-,. ,,.,..l, a ,.-,y,iri,,. c,,,rr, T.. ia,
,,,.o,,o ,,,,,,i,,, ,r Lpy.rs av,cr, from, ,b,
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on,,uraripp Another imp,rtaut failure
cnmcs at a timo when banks had bcrun ia
s,ol, c,,,,,,or,i,l manor mora frc.lv I'm.
,,r,ors arc RUSHING i'm Good. i'm outiciratinu
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-03-27
BURNED TO DEATH.
i've Mon Perish in Burning Mino.


great fire is raging in the Germania
Mine, Hurley Wis, udthrcatens heavy loss
of property.
Five miners penncd in the burning mine
have pcrishcd All efforts to stay the flames
have proven unsuccessful.
1t was about midnight Tues lay night when
fire was discovered in NO. ? shaft, at the
third level, in the Gcrmania mine. The
alarm was quickly given to tie force OF men
at work in the mine, but in spite of their ef-
forts to escape five, who were between the
fifth and sixth level, in the same shaft. were
cit OIL The men are James Thomas, his
son, Joseph Thomas Hugh Waller Jimmy
sullivan and William Banks, all miners
! lac tire burned iicrc,ly ami soon found
lis way to the surface, and destroyed the
shaft house and threatened the engines and
boiler house The entire timbering Of the
SHAFT in the rooms in that part Of the mine
will doubtless bc destroyed.
hs soon aS it became known thai the men
were in the burning shaft, searching parties
were organzed and sent into the mine to
rescue them and bring them out, or find
theE bodies. Waller came to the surface
once and returned to look for his companion,
and there is no doubt that he sufocated and
fell down the shaft.
The bodies Of Thomas and hi, son were
found in the fourth level, near No, B shaft
could they have gone - feet further they
would have been saved. The loss thus far is
about $4,000.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-03-27
GOLD BRICK swINDLER CAUGHT.
Ho Had Cheated an Old Farmer in New
York out of 81, 900.

Detective John I, Norris, Of Springfield,
D., has just returnc from Chicago, where he
arrests Jack Sweeney, the notorious gold
brick man, who was identified by snake
tattooed on his arm, on charge of
cheating an old farmer named Chapman,
living in Adams comfy, New York, out of
go 0. The brick was buried on Chapman's
farm, and Sweeney went to the farmer and
told him that the brick was buried by q
friend of his. The old farmer excavated the
brick, which Sweeney claimed, and the old
farmer paid him 5000 for it. Sweeney had
a confederate named Linnell, over whom
Norris and Pinkerton had u lively fight at
Columbus recently. Norris captured Linnell
and confined him eleven days in a cellar.
when he made u confession, leaving no
doubt as to Sweeney's gull.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-03-27
Ohio Laws.

The NcMackin bill governing hours that
railway employc. should work is now law.
Companies shall neither require nor permit
them to work more than "A consecutive
hours in any case aud ~ hours shall be u
days work. Employees can get extra pay for
extra hours.
Senator Gaumer introduced a bill provid.
ing that not more than two officials OF the
State institutions can be taken from the same
county. Senator Corcoran offered bill
providing for the establishment of an institu-
ton for dipsomaniacs and victims
Of opium and cocoainc. Senator Sutton of.
forci bill to compel the insurance commits,
sioucr topub!ish in two papers opposite Of
politics in each county every three months
lists of insurance companies authorized to do
business in tie state.
The bill by Mr.. McKcyy, Of Belmont
county authorizing the Governor 10 make
decd of Ger ain land in Belmont county to
the heirs of Joseph Carl, is now a law. Tins
is done to cure defect in the title
The bill imposing fine Of - for every
days all ,encc on members Of the legislature
absent without leave, passed tine house This
is simply way of forte ting the pay Of
such members A bill has occn introduced
in the house requiring the board of public
works to do the work % the canal commis-
sion. This is move in the interest of econ-
omy by disseminating a needless public
body.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-03-27
NEW PLATF-GLAss WORKS.
The Largest in tho World TO BE Erected
Capital S2,OOO,oOo.


A company has been organized at Chicago,
whicn its promoters say, will build the
largest platc-glas, factory in the world at
Ellwood, Indiana, and prove an important
factor in competing with foreign glass. The
capital stock is fixed at $1,000, 90. The
President of the company is Colonel 4. l..
Conger, of Ohio, and among those associat-
cd with him are L. G. Keith. of Chicago,
and George T. Perkins, Of Akron, o.
For some time past Col. Conger has been eX.
perimcnung at Kokomo, Ind in the manu-
facture of plate glass, and the result has
been production Of glass which he says
equals the best French plate. 1--WE shall
begin building at once" said Col. Conger,
the President Of the company to day, 'and
will soon have works at E.lwood that will
turn out 1900 feet Of finished glass per day
and give employment to about $500 men.
We have what we believe 10 be ineXhaust
ibe natural gas wells and will give fo.cis"
manufacturers active competition"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-03-27
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ON THE WAR PATH.
Beven Persons Said 10 Have Been Killed
by Indians.

Eeven Persons Said 20 Have Been Killed
by Indians.
man named Carmichael who arrived
on the Concy stage, reports that seven per-
sons have been killed by the Indians on the
Little Blue, which is about 20 miles from
Alma. Thirty Indians are reported out
The spot at which the killing is reported
to have occurred is near tC that where the
first depredatons Of Geronimo's band were
committed in 1895. The story Of the killing
has not thus far been confirmed.
Captain Hood, of Fort Bayard, says that
so far rs known only l3 renosadcs are out b,
and AT last accounts were near the Mexican
line, going south The Indians on the Res
ervation are restless, but every precaution is
being taken by the military to prevent a
general outbreak