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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-11

Wages OF the employees OF the Eberhardt
Manu- featuring Company, Cleveland, O., have
been advanced nearly 10 per cent, The
National Malleable Casting company, Of
Cleveland, have advanced the wages OF their
moulders 10 per cent. and have given an
increase TO employees in other departments.
Following the example OF the Akron, O.,
Street Railway Company. which recently
gave It's employees better earnings. the Walsh.
Babcock Company, controlling the Barberton
and Cuyahoga FAILS electric Inc, has volup-
tarily raised the wages oi Its employees 10 per
cent.
Employees in all the departments Of the
Otis Steel Companys plant AT Cleveland, o.,
aggregating about 500 men. have been given
wage increase OF 10 per cent The new
scale went into effect July /.
The Conference committee OF the Anal.
gamated association, and the Pittsburg iron
manufacturers agreed upon the scale adopt
ed at Youngstown last week. to govern this
district for the year beginning August /.
With the promise o I another raise in sixty
days, the Ashland Coal and Iron railway
company, OF Ashland, ky., has increased the
wages OF Its several hundred employees ten
per cent
The Lockharl Iron and Steel Company, OF
Mckeesport, Pa, has signed the Amagamat-
cu schlo ana Tesloreu tno Ten per cent. re.
duction made IN wages Of the day men some
time ago.
Nearly 1000 persons went 10 work in vari.
Gus manufacturing establishments at Norris.
town. Pa, last Monday ut an increase rate OF
wages ranging from 10 20 per cent
The employees OF the Pennsylvania Railroad
Wheel Foundry. several hundred in number.
at Altoona. Pa, have received an increase Of
twelve per cent.
ten per cent advance in wages has been
made in the pudding and rollingmill depart.
ment Of the West End Rollinsmill OF LeDan.
on, Pa.
The Kelly Nail aud Iron Company. Iron.
ton, o., have added ton per cent 10 the wages
OF the men employed at the Sarah Fur.
mace.
The 500 employees OF Il. ID. Wood & Co. ,
iron manufacturers AZ Florence, y. j., went
10 work last Monday at an advance OF 10 per
cent.
The Irondale Steel aud Iron Company
Middletown, Ind, has made a voluntary ten
per cent. wage increase.
Coleman 4 Brock, proprieiors OF the Le
banon Furnaces have increased the wages OF
their emplopes ten per cent
The Knoxville Iron company. OF knoxville
Tenn, have given notice OF ten per cent
advance in wages.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-11
SWEPT BY WIND AND RAIN.
WIDESPREAD.STORMS..
Rain and Cyclones Cause Damage in the
West and Northwest.

Last week the entire Eastern watershed OF
the Rocky Mountains, from the Nebraska
and Iowa lines to Texas was swept by
storm. Friday night tho severest blow
came. Reports OF loss OF life and des,ruc-
tion OF property came with every telegram.
and the down-pour which was OF first re-
garded as n blessing, grew into n wave of
devastation. Fields OF grain that promised
the most bountiful yield In many years are
to-day swept bare OF vegetation. In several
instances the seas OF rain were abetted in
their work Of destruction by tornadoes.
The storms focus embraced an area 200
square miles, with the southwestern corner
OF Missouri rs the center. The greatest loss
OF life is reported from winona, No., where
II corpses have been found with as many
more missing.
At Baxter Springs. in southwestern Kansas,
Eve were killed and IL seriously injured by a
cyclone that accompanied the storm.
One person was drowned at Columbus and
two at Ottawa, Kas. Al Van Ruren. Ark.
q woman and her child were drowned.
A family OF i've were camped on the banks
OF Fish Creek, In tho Indian Territory, and
nothing OF them or their belongings were
found, except part OF their wagon.
AT Thomasyille. NO., where the rainfall
was four inches in an hour. FIVE lives were
lost
iheIo WIS N teTTiOio stOrm III anu HrOuuu
Chicago Sunday afternoon. A number Of
small boats were capsized on Lake Michigan
and their occupants drowned. The bodies
washed ashore near the auditorium. The old
walls Of high building on Wabash avenue
were bown and lightning started many small
fires. Thousands of dollars worth OF plate
glass windows were broken. and many build
ings were flooded by the breaking OF water
pipes. On the Panhandle railroad at Ada
street switching tower was twisted from
the ground and toppled over. Switchman
August Boedlow, who was In at at the time,
had his legs broken by the fall
One OF the worst storms In the history OF
Peoria swept over the city sunday afternoon
followed by light rain. Great damage was
done TO buildings, several being twisted and
moved from their foundations. The roofs OF
several business blocks were blown to the
street, and the running OF street cars was
seriously inferferred with. Awnings were
torn down and windows smashed IN. II was
the hottest day OF the year. the thermometer
registering 9s degrees in the shade. West Of
Peoria the damage was great.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-11
CLASH WITH FRANCE.
Brazilian Troops Meet Frenehmen 1
Disputed Territory.

Brazilian Troops Meet Frenehmen in
Disputed Territory.
The strained relations between France and
Brazil over the French Guiana boundary,
appear to become more complicated daily.
The subject is ana'ogous to the British Ven
ezuean trouble In which the United States
has taken a hand, aud In the opinion o.
officials here the French contention with
Biazil Is rapidly assuming an aggravated
aspect which may again call for the atten-
tion OF the United States. as the Monroe
doctrine applies TO one no less than TO the
other.
An armed conflict has occurred In the dis
puted territory, between French and Bra.
lillian soldiers. The French Government has
demanded redress, and the Brazilian Con.
gress has passed resolution couched In
sharp language calling Tor an explanation
from France
A cable report from Brazil states that the
Government regards the subject as so men.
acing that strict censorship has been estab.
lished on all Information regarding IL.
The armed conflicts were merely brought
to crisis by the long contention over the
French Guiana boundary Both countries
claim a large tract Of territory extending
north from the Amazon river, aud equal ip
extent to what is usually designated as French
Guiana. Each country regards the occupa-
tion OF this disputed territory IA unwaranted; ;
the fault for the recent conflict cannot be
placed. In one respect the disputed territory
presents more serious aspect than that
which Is at issue in Venezuela
French Guiana is used by France as a con-
vict colony for the deportation OF the worst
classes from the French prisons. As n result
the population is a strange mixture OF French,
Araoians, Malayans, Greeks and riff-raff Of
Paris.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-11
LYNcHEp.
Gov. Browns Respite Brings Death te
6allie Deans Hea rtless Murderer.

5aliie Deans Heartless Murderer
Marshall Z. Price, Of Denton. Nd, who
weylaid. assaulted and murdered little sallie
Dean while on her way TO school, and who
received from Governor Brown n respite
pending an appeal for a new trial, was taken
from jail Tuesday night and hanged TO
tree.
Rumors reached the guard early in the
morning that many strau srs had been seen
In the outskirts OF town. md that lynchinn
was probably their a. .ct. Price. upon
learning t1is, becnme 81 ally alarmed. and
begged TO be spirited a. -. but the guard
discovered TO their diet ny that every avenue
OF escape was cut of, an. were ooliged. by
overpowering number, 10 give up their
prisoner. The lead wore masks, but
many OF them are known.
Price was to have t,en executed Friday
but Sherin Berry rprc,Ned telegram an
nouncing that Gov. Brown. acting on the ad-
vice OF Attorney General Poe, had granted a
reprieye until the coutt Of appeals could pass
upon the case When this became known the
general uiscontent whirh bad begun TO mani.
Test Itself as soon as the appeal proceedings
were commenced. broke into a storm. and n
strong Iynching party was quietly and quick
ly organized.
Thelynchers mple,cd their arrangement.
about III O'Clock, and In a body advanced up-
on the jail and surrounded IT, They demand
ed the keys from sheriff Berry, and when that
ohicer declined to give them up. they easily
knocked open the door. Once inside the
guards were quickly over-powered, and soon
frices cell was reached. The prisoner was
In pitiable state Of excitement, and fright.
ana his condition was such that IL was an
easy matter TO get him out OF the Jail. A
rope was thrown over his head, he was hur-
ried to a tree near the jail. and strung un
without delay. The mob stood around for
some time, watching the dying man swing pR
IN the moonlight, and when IL was know.
that he was dead, all departed.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-11
EYES KNOCKED OUT.
Property Sacrificed Through Stray Sky
rocket.

rocket.
Harry j. Rolfe, travelling salesman for the
Wilcox company, of Meriden, Conn, was
frightfully mangled by u dynamite fire-crack-
er, at Elyria o. One side OF his face was
blown full OF holes aud an eye was cracked
open. The eye was removed aud a large
piece OF the explosive was found back OF the
0yeball.
A skyrocket fell through the skyllght in the
rear OF OF q. W. Roops harness shop on
Broad street, Elyria, aud tho building and
contents were destroyed. The shop adioins
the American hotel, a frame structure, and
the guests We're hustled out just In time 70
avoid a terrible catastrophe Mr.. Roop's loss
Is 1000 with $4,000 insurance The hotel
is damaged about $1,000, covered by insur-
ance.
AT Youngstown, o., Michael Rseble had his
left eye blown out by a dynamite firecracker.
which he exploded In some gravel L. g.
Bates. OF the Barnum & Bailey circus. was
boarding train when someone exploded a
hrecracker near him, blowing out MS right
eye. He was placed In the hospital Mrs.
Thomas Morgan had her right hand am puta-
ted at the hospital owing to injuries received
from lrccracker.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-11

Yawns are subject to copyright in
England. A lecturer on natural his
tory took a photograph of tiger
yawning and copyrighted it; the
Sketch reproduced the picture, and
has just been obliged by the courts to
pay $3.50 damages for doing so. The
yawn was identified by cancerous
growth in the tigers mouth, which
was mistaken hy the Sketch's artist
for normal part of the beast, and
was faithfully reproduced.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-11
TELEGRAPHlc TICKS.

George Lawson, Of Springfield, ILL.,, sho,
his wife and himself, as the result Of a spree.
The drivers ofthe Anacosta street railroad
at Washington, d. C., struck for sI.5O a day
Of IL hours.
The Pullman Palace Car company, at Pull.
man, ILL.,, has advanced the wages OF its en-
ployes 10 per cent.
The Populists will in the next few days is-
sue call for convention in Chicago or st.
Louis early In August.
Mt Etna and Vesuvius are 10 eruption. and
towns near the famous volcanoes are threat.
ened with destruction.
The Supreme court OF Kansas, has ousted
Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease as member OF the
State Board Of Charities.
Tho Continental steamboat, company's safe
at Providence. n. l., was blown open Thurs
day night and $4,000 in cash taken.
About 100 persons were injured, four
seriously, II not fatally, by an explosion oi
fireworks, in a crowd at La Sale, ILL.,, Thurs
day night.
The boiler OF the electric works at Garth.
agena, Columbia, exploded destroying three
houses, killing 10 persons and wounding IS
others.
John Cunningham, an aeronaut, was killed
at winigan, Mo-. by his parachute failing to
open when he lsaped from the ballon. 1900
fee, above the earth.
James NJ. Ryan, 25 years old. n blaoksmIth
at Terre Haute, Ind, shot and killed his
wife and then killed himself. Domestic
trouble was the cause
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-11
NEW AMALGAMATED SCALE.
Adopted with Lite Trouble and Salts.
factory to all


factory to all
The recent settlement ofthe Amalgamated
wage scale at Youngstown on "a ton
basis for pudding, was accomplished with
less trouble than had been nnticiplte and
as 1t stands means that the wages OF iron
workers will be generally advanced.
The settlement holds good IN all the mills
now under the jurisdiction Of the Amalca.
mated Association and the scale as signed
will he In effect In all OF them. The scale Is
based on a bar iron card rate ~ 1-l0 cents
per pound, and for every advance o.
/ l-l0 cents i'll price OF bar iron the
workers will receive ten cents add.
tional per ton. AZ iron Is now quoted
at l. 10 and IL cents per pound. il virtually
means that the workers will receive "a % q
ton for pudding. The scale is almost uni.
versally satisfactory TO the members OF the
association. Orders are plentiful IN all mills
and a long and prosperous season FOR both
the manufacturers and the workmen seem
assured TO the end OF the year.
No radical changes have been made, and
the scale is now arranged for the coming
year, and will go into effect August /, at
which time the present agreement expires.
Under the present scale either side could
abrogate it by glyiBg notice sixty days In ad.
vance. The clause has been eliminated from
the new scale. having proven unsatisfactory
to both sides during the past year. President
Garland predicts prosperous year in the
iron industry.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-11
Guerrita. ,ne Spanish hui, sob,

Guerrita, the Spanish bull fighter.
established Il record for days work
recently. He began at 7 o'clock at
San Fernando, near CadIz, killing
three bulls and putting the banderil-
las in the other three. He then took
train to Here's and did the same
thing there between IL and 3, and
wound up the day by reaching Seville
in time for another fight at half past
8. In this last fight the bulls were
unusually fierce, killing nineteen
horses before they were despatched.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-11

Some Notifications are going up at
Bluefelds, on the Mosquito coast, and
Krupp guns are being mounted there.
1t is said that the work is the personal
doing of General Cabezas, who claims
Bluefields as his private property, and
proposes to maintain his right against
all comers, General Zelaya included.
1t is said that the Bluefelds fort,
which rises some 200 feet above the
sea, is as impregnable as Gibraltar it.
g.Ig
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-11

1t may be a matter of astonishment
to many people to know that more
than one-half of the salmon pack of the
United States and nearly half of the
worlds supply of canned salmon now
comes from Alaska. The capital in
vested in the Alaska salmon fisheries
Is said to be more than SO, 600, 900, and
the value OF seasons catch, not in
cludlng thh manufactured products
thereirom. comes to about 50, 900, 600.
Last year there were twenty-five can
neries IN operation, which packed
GAG, 600 cases, and twenty-four sailing
establishments put on the market 81,
900 barrels of salted salmon. This is
obviously killing the goose that lays
golden eggs, comments the San Fran
cisco Chronicle. No reproduction of
the salmon, marvellous though it may
seem, could stand such drain, espe-
cially when, as it appears from the re-
searches aud examinations of the Ma
tional Fish Commission. most of the
salmon arc seined at the mouth of the
rivers, thereby preventing their run
up stream to the spawning grounds,
and eflectnally preventing their repro
duction.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-11

DR.. Harvard, of the United States
Army, has recently prepared full ac.
) c7unt Of the food plants of the North
nerican Indians. He says the Aztecs
Indian corn in cultivation as far
ack as the year 666. BY 1000 it had
ecome spread among the Indians in
our Eastern States. AT the landing of
Columbus all agricultural Indians
were growing it.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-11
u. S. Labor Bulletin.

The new semi monthly Labor Bulletin. :"
which, by virtue Of au act OF the last Con.
grese. was 20 have been issued last Monday,
has not yet mads its appearance. and Labor
Commissioner Carroll II. Wright has Issued
semi-oilicial circular letter announcing that
the first Bulletin will not be given 10 the
public before August /, and perhaps not un.
Ill September /. The letter states that the
postponement OF the publication is made in
order to allow further preparation in per.
iecting the plans and in order TO receive more
suggestions from the laborine people OF the
country, as TO what the bulletin" should
be, ana what 1t should contain.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-11
Vegetarianism finds more and I

Vegetarianism finds more and more
ndherents in Germany, and in the
leading cities the number of vogetar-
ian restaurants and lunch.rooms Is
growing, notes the Chicago Record.
Carl Baessler, in Stuttgart, is the
chief prophet of the creed, and he is
issuing every little while n pamphlet
or a book preaching the doctrine of
abstinence from flesh.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-11
MURDERED WITH GAS.
Victim of sunstroke Kills Himse and
Five Loved ones.


Frederick Hellman. a wc.l-to-do mason
contractor OF Chicago murdered his wife and
four children Thursday night and then killed
himself
IL was at first supposed thai Hellman and
his wife and children met death by accident
but II developed at the coroner's inquest that
the wholesale murder was calmly planned,
and that the man intended to Kill himself and
end the existence OF the members OF his
family. The dead man ana his victims
are;
FREDERICK HELLMAN, aged 81
MRS. IDA HELLMAN, aged so.
FRED HELLMAN. Jr., aged IL.
IDA BELLMAN. aged 10.
WILLIAM HELLMAN, aged 2.
HEDwlG HELLMAN, the 3-year-old
daughter
The tragedy took place in little brick
cottage at the corner OF Cornelia and Wood
streets. The motive for the crime may never
be known, but IL is supposed the act was that
OF n madman, as Hellmsn ten years ago
had sunstroke from which he never re-
covered.
Suspicion was first aroused next morning
by the fact rhat the house In which the He'll
manns lived was tightly closed long after the
usual hour for the family to be astir. The
mother and married sister OF Hellmann, who
lived next door, attempted to break into the
house, but were unable to do so. They finally
managed to force an entrance through n
window that had been that left unfastened
and made their way to one OF the bedrooms
where the dead bodies OF all the family were
found.
The house was so full OF gas that the two
women were nearly overcome, and II was
only after II had been opened that II was
found possible to turn of tho gas which was
streaming from an open Jet.
The relatives and all the neighbors at once
concluded thet the deaths had been the re-
suit OF 90 accident, and the police, when they
came, adhesed to the samo opinion.
which the mother and one Of the children
lay, and II was supposed that one OF them
had accidently during the night hit the stop
cock and knocked 1t open. At the inquest
however, an entirely different complexion
was given the affair ty Charles. q brother Of
Hellmann.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-11
LYNCHED A PREACHER,
Dragged from the Pulpit and Terribly
Mutt atei.

At Hope Henry, Fla at colored church
party Of men took Robert Bennett, young
colored preacher. from the pulpit, carried
him short distance of and lynched him.
When the body was found by the roadside
next morning, the brains were shot out, the
throat was cut from ear to ear aud both ears
were CIT of.
A protracted meeting was In progress at
the church and tho preachers and congrega-
tion had all gone TO sleep. waiting and watch
ing with "Mourners In Trance" and It was
just before day when the party entered and
aroused Bennett, who was asleep In the pull
and took him away.
His offense, II is said. was an assault upon
white woman in suwanee county recently.
and from there the lynchers are said to have
come. The usual warning was left attached
TO the body.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-11
Middlebureh. Pa. July II, 1895.

A FIRE broke out in butter factory
near Madison, Wis. After all the
water on hand was used 2300 gallons
OF milk we're used in its stead and the
fire was put out. Now the insurance
company is not quite certain whether
it should pay for the milk as we'll as
for the slight damage done to the
building.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-11
FIGHT WITH SINNERS.
Kentucky Outlaws Get the Worst of an
Encounter,

Encounter.
News comes from the head OF Beef Hide,
Pike county, that j. II. Bately, Deputy Unit.
ed States Marshall. aud three others went Ia.
10 the mountains on Beef Hide to arrest Alvin
Centers a notorious moonshiner and outlaw
Centers opened fire on the "revenuers"
from his still camp. and deadly battle fol-
lowed. Two other ''shiners' nearby heard
the firing, aud, hurrying TO the scene, engag.
ed In the battle, which lasted for some time
Centers was shot twice In the abdo men aud
Is hourly expected to die. The men who cal me
10 Centers' assistance were Cisco and Prater
Cisco was seriously wounded, and may NOT
recover. One OF the 'revenuers" WAS also
wounded, but slightly.
Tne outlaws have all been engaged In
moonshiging not more than 100 yards apart
for over year, and are desperate characters.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-11
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS
BULLET IN THE FIREWORKS
A Philadelphia Councilman Fatally Shot
At Flag Raising.

Common Councilman Charles J. Kinsler
was fatally shot in the head during q flag
raising Mt club house on the 4ih. When the
flag Was unfurled TO the breeze, there was a
fusillade Of ilrecrackers and noise prod uciny
weapons, Ia the midst OF which Klnsler fell
with a bullet In his head lie died a few
hours afterward at the hospital. James Lem
mon has been arrested charged with doing
the shooting, which he claims was accidental.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-11
FIVE PEOPLEDROWNE
Steam Launch Capsizsd During a
Tornado and Sinks Like Shot.

Tornado and Sinks Like Shot.
Five persons were drowned In Lake Gene
va, Ill, by the swamping of the steam launch
Dispatch during tornado. The drowned
are.
MRS. FRANCE and child.
FATHER HOGAN, Catholic priest from
Harvard. Ill.
MRS. HOGAN,
JOHN PRESTON, engineer OF the lanuch.
The engineer saw the storm coming and
wished to remain in port at Elgin, ILL.,, but
the passengers insisted on crossing TO Kayes
park. Half way across the storm struck the
boat and 1t went down like a shot. Another
steamer picked up the body OF Mrs. Hogan
which had been kept aiioat by her large
sleeves. She had been beaten to death by
the waves
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-11
Two Ohio Concerns Resume.

The Cherry Valley iron works at Leetonia,
Ohio, resumed operations Monday morning
after three, months idleness. The Salem
VIE Ne.. company resumed operations at
10 per cent increase OF wages, running
double turn.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-11

Al Quincev Ills, Henry Doomis tried to en-
tice Mary Smith, aged l6, 10 the bluffs for the
purpose OF assaulting her. Wnen she strug-
gled ne drew knife, stabbing her in the
throat and side. The girls cries brought an
officer and he shot Dooms dead. The girl
will die.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-11
An Ex-Governor. 8 Suicide.

Ex-Governor Stevenson. OF Idaho. com
mitied suicide at Paraiso Springs, CAL, a
health resort. Ex-Governor Stevenson arriy-
ed at Paraiso Springs June 8. He wys affect
ed with sciatic and was in helpless condi-
tion. His health had improved somewhat
and he was able to walk little. 1t is sup
posed that during the night the pain return
cd, and In desperation he took too large a
dose Of laudanum