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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-08-03
MAKIsS THE AWARDS.

Fifty judges in the Manufactures and Ma
chinery Departments started TO work for tine
first time u few days since. They found
some OF tho exhibitors not prepared. and In
such cases the exhibits wers passed for the
present but all the exhibitors who were
ready expressed their acquiesccnce In the
system OF awards. The foreign aud domestic
judges In the Department OF Agriculture met
IN the Assembly Hall OF that building for or.
ganization. They elected as President VIII
lam X. Williams, delegate from Russia and
professor in the Academy OF Moscow. Count
Addleman was chosen First Vice President.
Meetings Of judges of awards in the De
partments OF Mining, Electricity and Pine
Arts have also been held TO perfect the or
ganization preparatory to getting TO work on
the exhibits. The fine arts judges will fol-
low the European jury plan, which they
think alone practicable ami satisfactory TO
the exhibitors in such department
The Committee On Awards Is discouraged
over the refusal OF nearly all the agricultural
implement exhibitors 10 participate in the
field test outside the city. Only two harvester
machine exhibitors entered for the examina.
tion, aud the feeling among the bulk OF the
implement exhibitors, no expressed in the
recent protest sent 10 Chairman Thacher, IL
not favorable to success in that branch VI
the exhibits al least.
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AI.oKRfA's EXHIBIT.

Algeria IL a French colony. bnt II has been
given distant place nnt large space In tho
Agricultural Building. Tho most pro nlnent
obiec, In the exhibit IA what is callei tho
Moorish room, which is reproduction OF
an apartment In the palace OF the Governor
Mt Algiers. Inclossd hy Moorish arches in
imitation OF marble, is n central court. The
Office o' Mr.. Monteils. tho commissioner
from the colony. Ia situuod mt one OF the
corners, the rest OF the spais being devoted
TO display OF the products AMI art works OF
the country Pictures by native artists hang
on the walls, showing the four SEASONS in
Algeria. street scene in AlRiers and other
subjects. A fine cabinet in native woo X ID
shown. tobacco, manufactured anil naturs;.
and specimens OF the ramiee variety OF
reed from which fine ibrous material IL
male. Woods OF tho country are exhibited
In the form otthjn sections bouu In volumes,
resembling books. There is a fine Arabian
mirror. the frame OF which was carved with
a knife by n native artist AN other spsci-
mems OF wood carving.
In the main department OF the exhibit.
great display of cork is male. The trunk OF
n tree is shown. the rough bark In bales aui
manufactured corks. Sheet cork for hat ltn-
ingsis shown. aud thiekar leaves for insolrs
for shoas. There are 1000. 900 acres in Al
geria covered with cork trves. which will bs
in full produ rtion In 1ve or six yenrs. vnen
the crop will be enormous. Algerian cork is
equnl 10 that OF spain, " IA asserted. Growth
OF the tree IL limited 20 lands in the Mediter.
ranenn hAsin. There are 100000 French
people in Algeril. the same number Of per-
sons of other Nations. Ani $500. 900 natives.
A curious product ot tho country IL alta. a
nbrous grass from which ropes ara made. IL
pulps reviily, aud fine paper l. made much
OF which Is exported 20 England. A evil
deucing the importance OF Algerin's COM
merce, goat skins to the value OF $500 900
were exported 20 the United States IN 1892.
This industry Is OF recent growth. n. four
years ago. none were exported. Wool Is
another important product. while the grain
OF the colony is OF superior quality.
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STAIN AT THE rAiR.

Among the foreign countries contributing Z
to beauty and elegance In design OF exhibits
and display Spain IL prominent. The Span.
ish section In the Manufactures Building
covers an area Of about $4,000 square fee,
and Il has been economically and judiciously
used. The pavilion erected ~ an exact re-
production OF the famous Cathedral Cordova,
except. OF course, In size. The structure oc-
cupies space under the inner gallery In the
southwest corner OF the building and in the
rear OF the Italian and Swiss sections.
In this section there arc 350exhibitors from
Spain. mostly showing products OF cloth
and lace. In the working OF ths finest lace
texture, in design and delicate execution,
the spanish may have equals. but they Ger,
tainly have no suprriors. In embroidered
designs, silk worgings aud Rauzy woven
fabrics AN exceedingly ingenious and inter-
estinG, display Is made.
As usual the most expensive exhibit fills
the least space. Becaus, OF its novelty and
its representation OF something new In the
working oi precious metals, the greater In.
ieres;, perhaps. attaches to II. Felipa Guis-
asola, a lady OF Madrid. some years ago con-
ceived the idea OF ornamenting steel with
gold, 10y first sketching designs ON steel and
then hammering gold into the grooves. leav.
ing greater or less projection ofthe precious
metal on the surface, according TO the size
and character OF the figure desired to be pro-
duced. The gold was then shaped By ham.
mering or was cut on the surface TO represent
faces, figures, flowers or whatever design
fancy or the love OF art dictated. Tho finest
work Of this kind In the exhibit, worth over
'oseeeSsp, II two fine vases. one OF :ae Penn.
peii.. iesign and the other RefI,issanca
They are about four feet high. .arspEh. steel
body is richly ornaniehted with gold OF al
colors.
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WORLDS FAIR NOTES,

NEw YonK cheese manufacturers have So
cured three first prizes.
FOURTEEN separate and distinct congresses
were In session az the Art Institute the other
day. Tae most largely attended was that OF
the college fraternities.
AUGUSTUS HENgSwAY. OF Canton, Mass.
has invited all the schooma'ams In town 10
60 to the worlds Fair at his expense. There
are twenty-six OF them.
The Department OF Awards ia now the
busiest branch In the great Exposition, and
Mr.. Thacher, its CHIEF, has increased his
clerical force from five TO 100.
BIo map showing the educational pecu.
liarities Of the Pennsylvania public schools.
colleges and academies. has beon shipped TO
the Fair. II Is fourteen by eight feet in size
and contains ll2 square feet OF canvas.
The Masonic apron worn by Washington
IN the lodge room as well as the valuable
aud interesting lodge emblems OF General
Lafayette form feature OF the exhibit iD
the Government Building beneath the great
dome.
Is the dome OF the Horticultural Building
there is perfect facsimile OF the Capitol at
Washington, done In immortelles. The
grounds surrounding the Capitol are also
shown, and II forms a unique and interesting
exhibit.
The Worlds Youth Congress, u gathering
made up oil the brightest young people be-
tween the ages OF twelve ani tweniy-one,
AMI representing schools. academies aud
colleges throughout the country and various
institutions OF learning In England ami on
the Continent, has been in session in the
Hall OF Washington.
1T II generally conceded that forthe limited
amount OF money expended on its buildings
and display OF articles made, the State OF
Arkansas leads all the rest. The mineral
and wood exhibits In the State Building are
especially interesting, both from their mum
ber and completeness, as we'll as from the
unique manner In which they are arranged.
CARDINAL GIBBONS has accepted the inyi-
tatton Of the Committee OF tine Maryland
State Commission 10 make the prayer and
benediction on the occasion OF Maryland
Day at the Worlds Fair, September Ia That
Is also the date hxed for the meeting In Chi
cago OF the Archbishops OF the Catholic
Church. Cardinal Gibbons, the primate ot
the United States. will preside
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ATHENs-Five cases OF cholera and two
deaths from the disease have occurred at
Smyrna, Asia Minor. All vessels from
Smyrna will be subject to eleven days quar-.
antine.
RoME-Notwthstanding the ofiicia de-.
nials cholera Is prevailing in Alessandria,
capital OF the province Of Alessandria in
Piedmont Many causes have been reported
there, and new cases are occurring daily.
Cases are reported in o,her sections OF Pied,
mont.
Moscow. There Is an average of 10 new
casez OF cholera and 6 deaths from the
disease ia this city daily.
The Portuguese government has declared
Naples and ull the ports of Senegal TO be in.
tected with cholera, and all the ports be.
tween Gatl, 40 miles north west Of Naples
aud SalernIu, 80 miles southeast Of Naples
to be suspected of infection.
ONLY CHOLERA MoRBUs At CnTsrED DR.
Benjamin Lee secretary OF the State Board
Of Health, sent Medical Inspector DR..
Atkinson 20 Chester to investigate the death
Of the Austrian workman who died there
from what was reported Asiatic cholera.
Or. Atkinson made a thorough iDyesiira.
ton the case, and found that tine man
cied hom aggravated cholera morbus.
a workingnan named PIinz Was stricken
with cholera ia the street Ut Hamburg. lie
Has taken to q hospital.
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THE EXHIBIT or ITALY.

Italy has reason TO feel proud OF the un.
equaled exhibit she has made In the various
departments OF the Worlds Fair. No other
country Of equal size and commercial I'm
portanco has done so much TO make the
great Columbian Exposition a success In
the Manufactures Building, west side. SEQ
tion a, ltalys main exhibit Is to be found
The liberal art section contains is, 900 square
feet, and Is located on the interior floor IN
the northwest gallery. This space IL de-
voted 70 the exhibit OF books, photographs,
musical Instruments and other articles Tint
may bo Included in the category OF liberal
arts, but nothing. however, OF an educational
nature, except, OF course, what is contained
in the books. Italy IL Jealous OF her book
making art, and many Ane specimens O,
book making and printing make this part
OF the exhibition one OF the most interest
Ing.
The main section on the floor proper OF
the Manufactures Building Is, perhaps, one
OF the best arranged and most unique dis
plays OF q country's handicraii and ingenuity
10 be found In the whole building. There
are specimens Of hand-carYed woodwork 80
delicate and wonderful "a 10 command the
highest praise for the artists skill. but not
this alone 50 perfect and SO exquisite il II rs
10 make one question whether its superior
has ever been seen. The largest bas relief
ever carved from wood is among the articles
II IL twenty feet long aud three feet wide.
ana Is made from single blosk OF wood
What Is more, II was made expressly for the
Columbian Exposition.
There are specimens OF Italy's beautiful
chiseled marbles, Florentine mosaics, so su-
perior TO anything In this line shown as TO
leave them without competitor in this
branch Of industry.
An enameled silver coffee set for twelve
persons acquires its great value from very
complete history OF the world engraved on
the platter and cups. All the details OF the
principal events OF the world from the DAYS
OF creation 20 the present are worked out Ia
the finest lines.
Lace, said to be worth si0O0 per yard.
with Drocsdes and tapestry OF untold value
and exquisite design, forms an attractive
feature and calls forth many complimentary
expressions from lady visitors.
The two maiolica paintings IN front of the
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BEYOND OUR BoRprp

Advices from Hong Kong. give s,..
q terrible explosion at the Go,,.,
Iowder magazine at Canton on Ir,,
which killed many persons, injuti,,
800 people and wrecking 400 hou,,,
News has been received at Hon,
that the spanish steamer San Juan
with kerosene, which sailed June q !
oy and Manila, was destroyed by 4,
OF go people on board only q vc.,
Seven persons were drowned BY a.,
ing OF the steamer Pearl OF Nor,
County Down, ireland, after It va, !
by an unknown steamer
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-08-03
LATE T[LECRAPHIC JO11INCS
sorH FROM HOME AND ABROAD.
What is DOING On the World Over.
Important Events Briefly Chron!cled.
Financial and Commercial.


MORE BANKS ARE REoPETfNe. The comp.
troller OF the currency Is advised that the
Hutchinson national bank Of Hutchinson,
Kan. which failed sometime ago Is pre-
pairing TO resume business. The First Ma
tional Bank Of Cisco. Tex. which suspend.
ed, has been permitted to reopen its doors.
Business men OF Pueblo, Col. declared
their faith in Colorsdos business stability
and denounced the intemperate language OF
the rabid silverites.
Parkhust & Wilkinson, iron merchants,
Chicago. assigned. Assets estimated at
81 900. 600.
Ripley & Bronson. iron merchants. 81.
about the same.
The suspended Queen City Bans. Buffalo,
MY, will resume business the fret week Of
August with a capital reduced to 1905, 600.
Bank closed its doors Depositos will be
paid in full.
The J. oberman Brewing Company, Mil.
waukee, assigned.
AhS pahh HdhiS ~ IL over.
Financial disturbances at Louisville Ky.,
are over In the banks every depositor who
wanted his money got IT, Some OF the sus-
pended banks, 1t Is said, will soon resume.
At Lacrosse. Wis, the private bank Of
John Dienlokken has closed its doors.
At Portage. Wis, the German Exchange
Bank has failed,
At Helena. Mont, the First National bank
and the Montana National bank suspended
Both has ample assets and will pay in full.
At Middlesborough, KY. the First Milton.
al Bank has closed It's doors.
At Portland. Ore. the Oregon National
Bank and the Northwest Loan aud Trust
Company suspended.
At s okane, Wash, the First National
Bank, paid up carital eco 600, and the
sposane Savings Bank, its dependent. ten.
porarily suspended
AT Portage, Wis, the City Bank closed it.
doors.
At Mt. Sterling n.y., the Farmers banA
closed i's doors.
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Cashier Lomsn, Of the failed p
tional Bank OF Vernon. Tex, sbo.
cd himself.
The schmous inquest was CONT,
Pittsburg, and George schmou, -.
mitted to Jail by the Coroner to ,,,s
sharge OF killing his wife and chi1,''
the head and face Of Mrs. schmos, !,
tinct wounds were found, on Thea
Maggie, FIVE, and on the 2 year ola
two. Death was caused in each ca.
blows making these wounds, and N, }
clans testified that the blood stainAa
mer would produce such wound, S.,'
said that he knew nothing abou, \
when he reached the Jail door h.
down. He trembled nervously. Anal
filed his eyes a. he cried out. vi -.
help IL; she made me do H."
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DISTANCES At THE FAIR.
IMMENSE SPACE COVERED
BY THE EXPOSITION.
A Visitor Must Walk Great Many
Miles to See All the Wonders of
the White City - Route OF the
Average sight-Seer Some Ex-
hibits of FOREIGN Countrfcs

bibits OF Foreign Countries.
The Worlds Fair IL not only a wonderful
exposition OF the globes industrial, mechan-
teal and artistic progress, but It is "city OF
magnificen. distances" Speaking OF the
immense space covered by the Fair, the Chi
cago Record says
Some poor weak woman who could not
travel four blocks downtown without board
Ing horsecar will walk five miles at Jack
son Park. She docs not realize II M the
time. All the time something is happening
TO engage the mind. The long jnunt is taken
In homeopathic doses. 100 yards at a time. 1t
has often been remarked, and there II no
harm In repeating II now. that the general
bfgness OF things around the Exposition
gives delusive ideas OF distance. The visitor
has an experience Ike that OF 'tenderioot"
In the Rockies who concludes TO walk over to
certain peak before breakfast, and after
trsversing few miles is told that he will he
there before night II he keeps moving. The
ercursionist ut the Fair often forms hasty
conclusion that he can see nearly everything
In day. Afterward he Is ready 90 admit
that he couldn't cover the ground In q week
on bicycle.
Take the Plnisance, for instance. From
the Cottage Grove avenue gate TO the en-
trance from the main grounds is exactly one
mile. The man or the woman. however. who
wanders out to the limits OF the Plaisance
and then hack again does not travel I'm n
straight limo. He or she makes diagonal
cuts across the roadway from one noisy show
TO the other, strays of into pockets and
probably tramps a quarter OF mile In Java
or old Vienna. forgetting that each OF these
shows IL n little city OF itself. In fact. a
journey into the Plaisance and back will
mean not far from three miles OF walking n
the sight-seer is at all industrious. Once
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INTERNAL REVENUE REPORT
II Shows an Increase of s7,l45, 900 IN
Total Collections and of g.. .o33, ,o53
in sugar Boulties

Total Collections and of e2 .o33 ,o53
in Sugar BouEties.
Commissioner Miller has submitted 10
Secretary Carlisle, at Washington, pre-
liminaty report OF the operations OF the
Internal Revenue Bureau for tia fiscal year.
The total collections from all sources Of in.
iernnl revenue we:e SOL ,U02 600. an in.
crease of sIl4J,OOO. The percentage Of cost
OF collection was 262 Us compared with ?. ~
of the year 1892.
The sources of internal revenue were.
Spirits t5II2O,OOI, an increase over the
previous year of tJ, 4lOO0J, tobacco, S3l. .SsJ T..
900, AN increase OF $3.50 900, ieTmented
llquors, s32 5is Goa. an increase Of 81 5ll 600;
oleomarearlue, 81 G70O0O. an increase OF
siOi,0O and miscellaneous, $l73 90, a de.
crea,e oi 10000.
The sum Of s937j, l30 has been paid as
sugar bounty during the wear as follows On
cane sugar. louisiana, SS.5Sisia: Texas
sl1i,0i3 Florida. s3.0D Mississippi, NO;
.olai; 81. ,g3 A3J; on bee, sugar-Cdlifornia
si2o. I25. Nebrns Il. go 40. Utah $20. 40
total, 1881 ,30J Sorghum sugar-Kansas
Sl0,19s; Minnesota. $40; total. SO sl7, Or
nshr-Maine, s5l; New Hampshire, 81
III; Vermont, S36.2l5; New YORK, Ill 7NI
lenn.yi,ana. -, 23i Maryland, s2l3l:
Wet Nilginia, Sl53; Ohio. s3, 50i; Michigan
s2O0 Mlnnesola, $40 Iowa eli; total.
sVO, O,ll5. The total paid in sugar bounties
III two years was Si6, ~ 2Js. The increase
this year over last wear IL g., ,033 0J3.
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THE WAR CLOUD DlSP[lLEO
SIAM COMEDIES EVERYTHING.
She Accedes' to- All the Requests in
Frances Ultimatum. The Coded
Territory.

| An official dispatch from Bangkok saws:
The siames. government has accepted the
full terms OF the French ultimatum. With
the acceptance OF the ultimatum by the
siamese government the war cloud in the
East will, Of course, pass over.
While the government OF Siam accepted
| without reservations Frances ultimatum
Il received previously the assurance that the
Kingdom would not be dismembered until
after the consideration by all powers con-
cerned OF Frances demand for the territory
between the 18th and 23d parallels.
The Cabinet Council at which the deci.
sion to grant all demands OF Frances ulti-
matum was made was called at. the royal
palace yesterday morning. The Kiug pre-
. ided. His two brothers aud all the Minis
tiers were present. After sitting several
hours the council approved the views OF the
peace party. Instructions were then tele.
graphed to Prince Vadhana. STA, esc
Minister TO Paris, that the Government
accepted the ultimatHm, regardless OF all
reservatons previously formulated. Can't
Jones, British Minister in bangkok. was
notified Immediately of the councils deei.
sion.
The substance OF the ultimatpm was as
follows:
IA recognition OF the rights OF AMMAN
and Cam mbodia on the left or eastern bank
OF the Mekong river ns far north as the 23d
parallel of latitude.
2-The evacuation within a month Of the
forts held 10y the Siamese on the east bank
Of the river.
3-Full satisfaction for various siamese
nRgrsssions agai vt French ships and French
sailors on the Menam river.
S-The punishment Of the culprts and
provision for the peeuniary indemnity OF
the victims.
Dan indemnity OF 2 010. 600 francs for
various damages sustained by French sub
lects.
6-The immediate deposit of 5000. O10
francs to guarantee the payment OF the
fourth and fifth claims, or the assignment
OF the taxes in certain districts in lieu of
the deposit Of 8 0OO. 600 frnncs.
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tnpiinl. Lnbor and Inhn.trI,i.

'nbfnI. Inbor ana Industri1t.
The Vermont Marble Co, Rutland, Vt &,
the largest marble concern in the world,
will reduce the wages Of its . oJO emplo. es
is PER cent. August /.
Mason e Hamlin's organ and piano fac.
tory at Cambridge Mass. has shut down for
three wee owing to the dull business.
The M!ddletown Plate Company Of Middle,
town, Conn, which has been shut down two
weeks. has started NJ with ninety hands.
half the former number A cut in wages
OF 10 per cent has been made.
From Ellis Island, N. Y. 80 contrac.
laborers were sent to th0ysamships Trave
ard MOrayia' to be ret''v' whence they
CAGE.
At Terra Haute Ind, the failure Of II. NJ.
Benjamin. OF Milwaukee has caused the
shutdown of the Norton Creek Coal and
Mining Company, Vermillion county, throw.
ing COO miners out OF work.
The extensive wooden mills OF Scatchard
Brothers, OF Philadelphia. which have been
giving employment TO about 250 hands. have
shut down indefinitely owing to the depres.
sion in trade.
At Lewiston, Me-. the Bales mill will shut
down August 5 for five weeks The mill
employs l,soo people, with monthly pay
roll Of $4,000.
Massachusetts jewery manufacturers.
owing to lack Of orders, are proposing a
shut down until September !, which would
throw G,00G persons out of work
AT Waltham, Mass, commencing August
Z, one-hslf the employees of the American
Waltham watch company will be laid off.
The Waltham company employs 5000
people.
New Jersey thread companies are reduc-
ing hours of labor, with corresponding re-
ducton in pay.
At fonkers, n. Y, Alexander Smith &
Sons carpet mills, employing 5000 hands
and producing % miles of carpet day have
shut down.
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Tie rensio1 lmtsu has repaired M es,i.
mate OF the divisions OF the appropriation
provided at the last session for The support
of the peiisiun service during lhe fiscal wear
lnst itgun. The amount oi the az propria-
lion Vas tl1 lsl56l. lhe appropriation
tlH, isl.3O5 has teen divided into the ioi.
lowhs payments For army pensions, ,fl6l. d.
VOO,OVo; for navy pensions, s3,Oio2l5; .or