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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-11-16
LATER NEWS.
CAPITAL AND ,Aros.

At Johnstown, Pa. No 2 rolling mill Of
the Cambria Iron company started up The
outlook is Frightening there very consider.
ably.
At Wheeling. w Va. the old Panhandle
glass works, now called the West Virginia
window glass works, after ben idle for
nine wears, were started up again in full
Five Of the largest iron mines on the Lake
Superior ranges have resumed operations OF
given notice OF intention so to do.
The $50 Ishpeming. Mich, striking min
ers whose demands caused the proprietors
Of the PIttsburg and Angeline mines to ord
er those mines to close for the winter have
yielded.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-11-16
Ohio Eleciinn Rainrna

Based OH full official returns from all ex-
cept eight counties and the pluraltties OF
he Republican aud Democratic parties in
the eight, the Prohibition vote in sixty -foul
aud the Popuist vote in sixty six COUNTIES
The following totals are figured out. Me.
Kinley, i32 800; Neal. 3j2,0 900; Mackin. pro
hibi,ionisD 2l,GO0i BracRen, (Populist) 10.
500; total $4,000. McKinleys vote was 49,
500 over Harrisons in 1883 and 27,7OO over
it in 1892, The Prohibilionists lost 400
and the Populists gained l,400.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-11-16

Havana. Those lost are r. W. Bowen
purser. Thomas Linden, ousrtermaster, and
W.Foster, oiler. Two walters and six Cuban.
are missing.
Since November there were six new case.
Of cholera and three deaths in East Prussia,
five new cases in and near S,ettin, and 81,
cases and one death in other cases in Pom.
erania.
A passenger train rolled over ali embsnk-
ment at Mikhailov. Russia. Six passengers
were burned TO death and 80 severly injur-
ed. The engineer and fireman were scald-
ed to death.
The treaty between Norway and the
United States similar to that with Sweden.
was ratified. . 1t provides for ,xuadition OF
criminals.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-11-16
opsrHucrrNc1 c1HE NAILS.
important Recommendation Ab out
Railway Postal Ssrvce.


General Superintendent Jas. T.. White
of the railway mail service has made hi. a,
nual repor to the o,tmsste. general. The.
wei, land I'd turing the year 10, 1861
jl5 pieces OF mail. This is all increase OF
1883 Of 49Gs per cent. while the increase
the number OF Iclerss Is but 1886 II
clerks salaries the next year t7,ls6, cd
isked and an appropriation OF q, 3,OI4, ,o0i !
postal cards is recommendedr ~
He refers 10 the number Of accidentd
ing the year and urges that some proy
be made for the families of posial 9
who are killed He also renews prw wsS
recommendation that the salaries s
clerks be increased; also that thels
force OF $50 auxiliary clerks To- he paid{s
aries of $3.50 n year 10 addition to VI
they may be able 10 ear ss substitutes n.
also wants the mail cars and tenders of ON
glnes vestibuied for the safeiy of emplov,.
A special feature OF the report Is the ..
comnendation OF a bill making 1t a 4. u
d. meanor for an ind vidusl. association ,I
organization 10 interfere with the pas,zs,
Of any train carrying the nails aud prov n
ing that any persons, or representative a
represent atives Of an association or orysuil 4
aiion obstructing the mails shall be fn,l
and imprisoned for each otiense.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-11-16
Miscellaneous.

The Coroner's jury investigating the
drawbridge disaster at Portland, Ore, found
that Motorman L. L, Terry was grossly
negligent in allowing the car to run across
the bridge at an excessive and reckless rate
of speed.
The trial OF Patrick Eugene Prendergast,
the murder OF Mayor Carter II. Harrison, of
Chicago, was set for Monday, November 27,
by Judge Edward i, Dunness. Prender-
CASTS brother has secured Attorneys II. A.
Wade and Robert Essex AS counsel for the
mnrdcrer, They consented TO act only after
being requested to do so by the Cook County
Bar Association. Mr.. Wade stated that the
defense would be insanity.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-11-16
D,,n.er.. Accident. nnd rn,allus,

At Rock Island, H., the home Of George
Cooper. farm laborer, was destroyed by
fire and his children, Sadie, years ano
Nell, years Of age, were burned to death.
Cooper was badly burned while trying TO
save them
Near Reno, Cal, one of'ho worst railroad
wrecks that ever hap,sned on the western
division Of 10. Jentral Pacific occurred, re.
,ui,,p.. 81 The death OF Fred Leach. brake.
an on the westbound, and Charles Givens
fireman on the same train and four ,ramps
not yet identified and the serious, perhaps
fatally injuring OF three others-namely,
James Bird, engineer OF No. I, Tom Morse
cad, his Gremsp and tramp named
william E. vos. The ssa;s Gths wreck
',ss misunderstanding Of orders
BY the upsetting ofa yawl in New York
bay Saturday John Crosby, Charles Drude,
Edward kenny, Benjamin Mcclure, Thom-
as Hoey, Charles Smith, James Malley, Al
bert Norman and Leonard Wanser, all
workmen OF New York were drowned.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-11-16
A Year of Railroad Acc dAnt..

This year surpasses any one in hi,,or,
for railroad accidents" i. ID Inyng. uf M,
West Shore Railroad, is reported with had
my said From November, lsg0, to Nov
smber 1894, 23lS persons have been kulel
IN the railroad. aud 2,O0) ersons have bee
manned and criouled The figures includ,
hose persons who have met with accideut
IN street railways, and th,u
are over 100 of them h,
the United States. Brooklyn heading M,
list with II ersons on the surface trace,
alone. The greatest accidents in which
ihIs country was concerned were the los,
II three or four trans. Atlantic steamers :
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-11-16

A lately invented mir bag has been
given practical test in the deep an
thrnciie coal mines of Pennsylvania,
and has proved success. The appar-
stUs consists of M mir bag, an appli-
aEce To hold the nose shut and bat
tery aud small iIcandescent lamp.
The mir bag is made of stout canvas,
worn on the back and fastened under
the arm. From the top of the bng n
rubber hose runs 10 the wearer's
mout!. The ar is inhaled from ths
hag and expelled through the nostrils.
Th. battery is strapped about the per.
son, and the lamp is pinned Ia the
coat. After big explosion, when il
il dangerous 90 enter min, owing 70
the rapid collection Of iirr.dnnp, res
ouers can be tttod ont with the nir
bngs and enter the pit without any III
effects,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-11-16

The Egyptian government evidently
bas a high admiration toS rs .anfri-
can way Of doing things IL warts a
rystem of street rauwsgs for Giro,
80 con ~ th theft .
Department mvn.. 20 put
in bids for it's constrGctithd pabe mat
ter is attracting some attention among
European capitalists, and there 'is
likely to he active competition. Bids
will he received by the minister of
public works i'll Cairo up 20 February
], 1894, but American investors can
obtain full information on the subject
nj the state Department. Cairo has
permanent population of 800, 900, and
this number is greatly augmented dur
ing the winter 10y the iEfuS OF trav.
.llcrs.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-11-16
OUR FLAG IS FIRED UPON
HONDURAS GUNS SHOOT AT AN
American Steamship. The United States
will Act In the Matter At Once.

Honduras fred upon tie American flag
Monday morning at La Libertad. By the
alleged orders Of President Nasqutz and by
the express command Of the Commissioner
OF the port Of Amapala, seven cannon shots
were fired after the Pacific Mail steamer
Costa Rica, lvirg tie stars and stripes as
she steamed c~Sv because she refused TO
surrender one OF her passengers 10 the Hon
duras government. United States Minister
Baker was on the Costa Rica at the time.
The passenger about whom the trouble
arose is Pollcarpo Bonilla. who recently
led the Revolution in Honduras, but was
defeated by Gen. Nasquez.
Bonilla bad decided to leave Nicaragua
md sailed from Corinto for Guatemala
November I, on the Costa Eicn.
They arrived sunday morning at ANA.
oala and at o'clock in tie afternoon Com
nander .of the Fort Cilila demanded
.ha, Capt. Dow should surrender Bonilla.
When this request was refused, threat
vas made to sink the ship
None Of the shots struck the Costa Rica.
A dispatch from Washington saws: The
state department has received confirmation
from MINISTER Baker OF the firing OF the
Costa Rica. Pending the receipt Of full
sdyices steps will h, taken to prevent any
illegal interference with American interests
IN these waters.
The attitude Of the United States govern.
ment In such cases ~ this has been pretty
well defined in several instances notably in
the GameL case.
\ rRfCEpFNr.
Gamez a Nicafaguan political rcfug ee in
1883 took passage NJ : III lose. Guatemala,
tor Pucpta. Arenas. Costa Rica. on board
the Pacific mail steamer Honduras and
while the vessel was lying in the port ofSan
Juan del sur. Nicaragua, The local nuthori-
ties made efforts to arrest him, The captain
Of the ship. MCCrac. refused 10 give up his
passenger and evidently sailed without the
usual permit. Proceedings were instituted
apaius; captain Met rea in the Nicaraguan
uUrl of First Instance. which resulted in
his acquttal. the court holding that the
Captain was not under the obligation to
deliver Game to the Nicaraguan authorities
and that his refusal to do 81 was no disre-
speCt to the latter The case being re.
icrfed TO the supreme Court of Grenada
the finding .: the lower court Was ap.
proved.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-11-16
BEYOND OUR BORDERS.

Official dispatches received at London
from Cape Town confirm the reports that
the Chartered companys troops have de-
fea,ed the Masabele in several flights, have
put Lobensula to fight and have occupied
Buluwayo. Lobengula's power is utterly
gone. The losses of the British were slight
The losses ofthe Matabele is reported to
exceed 3 600 killed and wounded.
Three persons lost their lives in the burn
ing Of the steamer City Of Alexandria At
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-11-16
DrsAsrrrs. ACCIDENTS FATALITIES.

While entertaining friends Berthena
Fruit, of Camden, y. j., died OF an inter
nal hemoTrhage caused by tit of laugh
ter.
AT the Brittle Indian school, IN Maitoba,
three girl pupils, ages ranging from TO 10
were drowned while crossing a creek. A
fourth pupil and the teacher. Miss Mcleod,
narrowly escaped drowning while attempt
ing to save the others.
The folding bed found other victims Sun.
day night IN Mr., and Mrs. c. II. Van. the
former an advertising solicitor, in Mem
phis. Both were bruised and Mrs Van will
die
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-11-16
RECEIPTS OF THE FAIR.

Intervening Report OF Columbian Expo
sition Treasurer Seeberger.
At meeting of Worlds Fair Directors at
Chicago, Treasurer Seeberger made his re-.
port up to November o. 1t tshows the receipt.
were s33 4Ol 900 % and total disbursements
s3l, ,03l. 5s5 40 The cash on ! and is 81 l53,
IDS 49, and in this amount is incudedt2l4,- =
81 30 Of souvenir coins, The chief sources
OF revenue were as follows: Gate receipts
si0i7G Dos; from concessionaires, s. 365, ,Go3;
from stock $5,5l2972; from sow enir coins
<jl9,76j, and miscellaneous, 81, 704 l30.