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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28
TWO GREAT FIRES.
Five Lives and Half Million Dollars
Lost.

Five Lives and Half Million Dollars
Lost.
During q nre which swept through the
Dry Goods and Woolen Exchange building at
Chicago, Friday, five Aremen were carried
through a floor buried under tons Of wreck.
age by the collapsing of i've floors above.
-Four OF the men are dead, but the fifth was
not seriously injured. One girl foil from a
window and received injuries from which she
died. dozen other men, women and girls
were hurt or overcome by smoke and many
were rescued from imminent death. The
property loss TO the building and contents is
estimated at S400. 900.
A fire Thursday destroyed 100000 worth
OF property. The seveu-story brick building
extending from I75 Canal street TO Jackson
street, nine-story brick and great part OF
four-story brick building adjoining are in
ruins. The seven and nine story buildings
were owned By Warren Springer, and the
four-story structure by William ]. Wilson
The loss on the buildings, $3.50, 200, Is amply
insured.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28
TRADE REVIEW.
Iron and Steel Products Show a Decrease
with Competition for Orders.


With Composition for Orders.
II. @. Dun a Co., cay: or reaction In bust
ness there is none Efforts to explain II or Il
attribute It TO this or that TEN porary inf,uenc,
are all wasted. In every business men nov
perceive the fact that the purchases in nd
vance OF current distribution, which were
made when prices were booming. involved OF
anecessity season OF balting when the rise
stopped, and until the actual demand for con.
sumption has been measured
Iron and steel products are lower. averap.
ing per cent for the week and 7 per cent
ior the highest. Bessemer, anthracite No. /
par are quoted lower. while sales below uuo.
thtions are frequent. There is competition
LOT orders, most works having little ahead.
and new business is remarkably small
Suuc,ural work is cut down by the strike OF
mouse workers here, and quito a num-
Der OF mills, principally bar, have stopped
WITHIN lew days. The associations re-
aiifms prices, bnt do not well enough 10
keep works busy.
Inc demand for cheap boots and shoes Is n
shade better, but many shops are idle. or
working part time, and buyers generally hold
on, alihough considerable reductions are now
oHered by manufacturers, on mems split
shoes and on grain, grain-glove and bun
poIsn ana polka shoes Shipments for the
month are 22.7 per cent less than Inst year
Leather is weaker though only one class Is
quoted lower but hides at Chicago have again
declined about per cent. and average fela-
lively lower than leather aud shoes.
Products are lower without disturbance or
sign OF panic. A reputable estimate OF 475.-
OOOOO bushels OF wheat excites little remark.
Irices have declined about cent. Corn de-
cllned cent further. Pork products also
have reason ;or weakening; lard 10 cents per
100 pounds and pork % cents per barrel. The
cotton market has teen assisted all the week
by small receipts and remarkably stifI state
ments OF scarcity, but has gained a sixteenth
Exports are small. partly because stocks
abroad are heavy and partly because the
manufacturer abroad does not find market
ior the usual quantity Of goods. the British
being especially embarrassed. In this coun-
try the cotton manufacturer has fared better.
escaping nn excessive rise and the resulting
decline. Retail distribution has hardly kept
pace with manufacturers orders or with sales
to retailers. The opening OF clay wofsteds by
two leading mills ut advanced prices has not
yet been followed by others. aud It is doubted
whether foreign prices, after London wool
sales EeNt week, will be hopeful.
Failures Tor he week have been 800 In the
United States, against 322 last year, and AZ In
Canada, against u last year.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28
IRON TRADE OUTLOOK,

scarcely Life Enough to Create Any
Interest.
The Iron Trade Review" says. There is
scarcely life enough in the iron market to
create any interest In the limited business
that week brings forth. Settling prices for
pig iron and steel; weakness, though less pro.
nounced in nearly every form OF finished pro-
ducts proloDgation OF tho wait In iron ore,
that now promises 10 go on until there arc
distinct signs OF new conditions In secondary
markets-this is the situation in brief. There
Is plenty OF optimism abroad in the trade. In
spite OF the quietness, and there are those
whose predictions OF $40 Bessemer iron were
made freely and confidently three months
ago, who are still giving utterance to their
iai1h in the plentiful buying and the re.
muneratiye prices that are to come with the
opening OF the new year.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28
DEADLY FEUD IN ALABAMA.
Three Men Killed Because One Was Ac.
cused OF Stealing Melons.

As q result OF feud between the Handley,
Jones aud KIlgore families. near Birming ham.
Ala, Joseph Kilgore and John Jones are
dead and John Handley is fatally injured.
Tho trouble started over Jones accusing
Handley OF stealing watermelons.
Hindley. accompanied by Frank Kilgore,
q relative, went TO Oak Run 10 transact some
business. Both men carried their rifles
Jones aud Joseph Kilgore, cousin OF Frank,
followed and overlook them near Marietta,
Jones told Handley II he would submit to n
cowhiiing that would settle matters. Hand.
ley rejected the proposition, and Jones and
his friend opened fire. A pitched battle fol.
lowed. Each man fired until his weapon was
exhausted, fully two dozen shots being ex.
changed. Frank Kigore. who was unhurt,
led.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28
BAD BOOKS SPOILED THEM
The Boy Train Wreokers Who VIII Be
Held For Murder.

The coroner's inquest in the wreck OF
New York Central train, near Rome, n, Y, by
four boys, shows that they expected to rob
dead and dying passengers OF about $50 900.
The confession OF Watson Hildreth, leader
OF the gang, was supplemented by two OF his
companions. Herbert Plato and Theodore
Hubbard. They say reading sensational
novels caused the crime. The fourth boy.
Frederick Bristol, is silent, but his compan.
IONS implicate him, The boys are In Jail, and
do not seem in the least remorseiul,
Two passengers were killed and a number
injured In the wreck. When the boys real
l2ed the result Of their work. they became
frightened and fed. They will be tried for
murder
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28
Coke Production,

The coke shipments for tho last woek OF
record were considerably over 10. 900 cars.
and would have been larger II the railroads
had beon able 10 carry them. The production
fell OK 10000 tons from the previous week
and consequently 92,7GO tons OF stock coke
were shipped.
The production was not In excess OF the
demand, but is being regulated TO CORES pond
with the facilities for shipping. The numb Der
OF active ovens increased S3, making u total
of ID llS IN blast and ,829 idle.
The total shipments for the week ending
November l6 were 1924 cars an increase OF
76S cars over the previous week.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28

DIR. Ialmage preached in Pittsbure
on recent Sunday, and the Gazett,
OF that city heads lis report of the SER
mon as follows: "In one wild rush
thousands gathered yesterday to hear
DR.. Talmage preach. Fought to get
into church. Women scaled the
fence and climbed IN the windows.
They hod to start hospital Thirty
policemen were powerless to keep the
crowd in order. Women tainted and
Sunday clothes were badly damaged.
The crowd began te gather for the
evening service mt o'clock. By
church time twenty thousand people
were gathered in front of the church.
Stopped the street cars
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28
Grants of Arid Lands.

Secretary Hoke Smith. in his annual rer
will recommend that the Carey law gr,bit
1000, 900 acres OF arid lands TO each .'s.
which such lands are situated. be amend.
so thatth grant be made to the state n
right. and 1t be made responsible for ihs
rigation OF the lands. Under he law A,
now stands, II would be many years t,,
the state would receive tho benef, Of !,
grant. and Secretary Smith believes tha, \
state can carry out better the intention
congress IL 1t gets control Of the entire suI
at once, instead OF waiting until water & \
cured for the tande
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28

The speed with which Australian
mining camps suddenly develop into
large cities is shown by Coolgardle,
the centre of the new mining district
West Australia, that is on the edge of
great desert. Two years ago it was
unknown to the world on Wednesday
fire burned whole block in the
centre OF the town and the loss is esti
mated at 81, 45~ II
derful devel nso soa,
south AZ lea. 1t rivals even the
room growth of California cities
II pioneer days.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28
PROF. PERDUE LYNCHED
A Graduate of Yale and Promist 4
Mason Put to Death by Mob.

A Graduate of Yale and Promls
Mason Put to Death by Mob.
Prof. l. W. Perdue. white MAJ
taken from jail at Mt. Vernon, Ga
lynched Saturday morning by mob
was charged with having betrayed Nis
lie Grady. Tho grand jury did not y
true bill, presumably because the eIT' va
able to appear before them. At J a
Saturday morning 20 white armed nea
10 Sheriff MgGreg, prs house aud I'i
him, saying they hau a negro they Sl-''
put in jail.
As the sheriff came out aud started
jail he was oyerpowered, relieved
pistol and keys aud carried to the Al, !
was locked In a cell while the mob iool
due from the jail. dragged hlm H0o-
miles through the woods and killed llA
Prof. Perdus was graduate ol l~I
lege aud Il prominent Mason. He lS
and three grown children who are llsa
specied.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28

San FrancIsco's Fire Department
Committee has declared against tall
buildings and recommended the pas.
sage of mn ordinance prohibiting the
erection of iireproof bindings of Il
greater height than 100 feet, and pro.
yided that buildings that are not fire.
proof shall not exceed eighty feet in
height.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28
VIII Train thA Narrnnn

The South Carolina constitutional conven.
tion adopted n proposition providing for the
establishment Of an industrial, mechanical
and normal school for negroes under state
control Il was also provided tina the dis
pansary proll's outside OF what is given to
the counties and municipalities shall be ap-
Piled 70 the school fund.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28
Millers Appeal To Conures.

The executive committee OF the Winter
Wheat Millers' association Of the central
states decided to make a vigorous fight be.
ioro congress In behalf OF reciprocity mea.
suros win nations that may be induced to
buy American aour. The committee decided
10 formulate statement which shall be pre-
sented TO Congress aud sub-con mlttee will
90 TO Washington and lobby.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28
RECEIVER APPOINTED.
Proceedings to Bring the N. Y. P. e. O.. in
as Part of the Erie.

as a Part of the Erie.
The Farmers Loan and Trust company, Of
New York, filed petitonin in Common Pleas
court at Akron asking for a receiver for the
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad,
which is portion OF the Erie extending from
Dayton, o., to Salamanca, n. y. Herman
Drisler and w 4. Neiswanger, trustees, are
also named as defendants.
The plaintiff company hold mortgage Oh
the road 1885,, ,OU0,OU0, made In May, 1888 on
which interest has never been paid. The
plaintiffs and defendants selected Charles
Whitehead. OF New York. as receiver, but
Judge Voris could not appoint him, IS he is
not resident OF the State. John Tod, OF
Cleveland. vice president Of the line, was ap-
pointed. This Is due to pay the debts of the
road. that 1t may become part OF the reorgan-
ized Erie.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28
Strike Ended.

The structural ironworker's strike
was declared several weeks ago asaini'
Buchanan. the contractor erecting ll'
Park building, Pi,tsburg, has been se'
OF by tue president OF the Bridge aud y
ural lronworkers' union, and tho me-.
return TO work. The strike has ended y,
ously for the employees, and hereal'd
men only will be employed.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28
Battle In Crete.

Reports have been received ut Aiheh
collision between the Turkish troops 81
Christians at Crete. Several OF the IIti
said 10 have been killed aud wouLdri'
advices say tho reports OF the co'I.,s.
tween the Turkish troops and the Ilis
at the island OF Crete have been eo1.i
1t is estimated that thirty persons Law
killed and wounded.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28

John llobbcrton says that he is 4.
ting money from "Hclen's BaIies''
get, and the book has paid him sl2,.
200, though he had hard work to lind
apubishcr vino would touch il.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28
Sovereign Resigned. .

In executive session OF the general assem-
bly, X. OF L.. Assembly 40 OF New York, made
charges OF general mismanagement against
General Master Workman Sovereign, where
upon the latter resigned. The great majority
OF the delegates sided with Sovereign, and
after q very heated debate he was reelected.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28
Powderly's Successor.

, At Thursdays session OF the general as.
sembly OF the Knights OF Labor J. A. Wright,
one OF the original members OF the order, and
on the rolls OF local assembly No. ], OF Dis.
trict No. !, OF Philadelphia, was appointed
past general master workmen, a position va.
Gated by the suspension OF Mr.. Powderly.
This appointment Is made as fitting recog.
milton OF the services OF MIR Wright through.
out the many years OF his membership in the
oTtar - "
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28

a medical authority on the virtues
OF various kinds of food declares that
the herring gives the muscles elastic.
ity, the body strength and the brain
SigOr, and is not no; hcsh.formiug.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28

Lord Windsor draws about $500, =
200 year of "uncnrncd increment"
from the mines Of the south oi Eng
Mnd and Wales.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28

"Ihe unweicomc and unsuitable
responsibility OF the ballot" is what "A
large number of influential New York
women call thc'"right' for which n
good many other women clamor.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28
Mormon Elders Chased.

Elders Nebecker and Rogers, who came to
Tallahassee, Fla. to SOW seeds OF the Nor
mon faith, were arrested. They were charg-
ed with being II menance to the place. dig
nifty and good morals OF the city, and we.e
lined $500 or 60 days in jail. Judgment was
held In allegiance for one hour, to give them
time TO leave. which they did
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28

II Is estimated that the commerce
Of the great lakes fer 1895 will run
over 50, 00O,OOO tons, OF value of
sGiO, 900, 600.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28

The Danish government is consider.
'ng project to spend 20, 200, 600
crowns TO supply GOO worthy labJrers
with farms. 1t would be II good in.
Sestmcut.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28

The schooner John w. Foster va,
by United States officials at the ps.
break water, suspected OF HAVING n,
ammunition aboard for Cuban ln'.,'I
None were found, but tho vessel h Il
tanned.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28
Middleburg, Pa, November %, 1896

France has three hundred Senators.
while this country has but eighty
eight.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28
CRISIS in EUCADOR.
Forty threePersons Arrested for Being in
an Assassination Plot

cable from Panama says; "Guayqull,
Eucador, advices state that i3 prominent
members OF the Conservative party have been
arrested there and charged with being Inn
plicated Ia a conspiracy to assassinate Presi-
dent Aliaro and his cabinet, as well as other
government officials. A ministerial crisis
reigns in the republic, and one minister has
resigned.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28
Black Sea Fleet.

j IA dispatch from Sebastopol says that the
Black sea- fleet, which 10 days ago was erder-
ed to lay up for the winter. has been recon.
missioned. and that the troops stationed at
Odessa have been warned 10 10 In readiness
for active service.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28

The Secretary Ak irulturs saws that the
expectation OF horses Great Britain has
more than doubled = nce 1898
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-03
AGAINST A SINGLE ISSUE PARTY

When the NEWS AND OBSERVER has
protested that the free coinage of silver
was not the only question in politics,
but only one of other important issues
that must be considered in adherence to
parties, we have been met with the
statement from Populist sources that the
man who believes in free coinage and
does not go into party that favors it
above everything else was not earnest in
his advocacy of the white metal Of
course the natural effect of such an
argument is to repudiate everything
else except silver, and organize party
upon the single issue of silver. 1t seems
that those who are so ready to denounce
silver Democrats for not giving up the
principles of their party are quite as
unwilling to give up the other
policies of the party to which they be-
long. This weeks Caucasian takes
ground against any single issue party,
the same ground assumed by Senator
Butler in the Silver Convention in his
stand against emphasizing free coinage
in the next campaign. The Caucasian
says:
Last spring about thirty men issued
a document from Washington City, call
ing on the silver forces to organize the
silver plank party. We do not believe
that party has gained dozen members.
a number of so called 'sitver leagues"
and 'bi-metallic unions" are now max
ing an effort to create interest in single
plank silver movement, but the effort is
not regarded as worthy of comment or
criticism. Simple mention is all the no
tice it receives. 1t does not appeal to
the people.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-03
SOUTH CARoLINA's PROBLEM.

The people of South Carolina are seek
ing to solve the problem of suffrage
which confronts every State that has
very large ignorant population. The
negro members of the Convention have
made an appeal to the people of the
North to protect them from the attempt
to work their disfranehisement. The
New York World prints their address,
and, commenting upon the situation in
South Carolina, says:
The World is certainly not wanting
in sympathy with their plea for the
rights of manhood and government.
But these men are surely intelligent
enough to see that the problem of South
Carolina is one of extraordinary diff
Guilty. They ought to feel themselves
called upon to aid in solving it in the
interests of civilization, as Montgomery
did in Mississippi and as Booker Wash
ington is trying to do in Georgia.
There are intelligent and patriotic ne
groes in South Carolina But there is
vast black population, particularly on
the coast, that is not yet intelligent
enough to be patriotic. These people
outnumber both the whites and the in
telIigent blacks. If they choose they
can govern the State to the States ruin
and destruction.
Their presence and their numbers pre-
sent problem not of race but of State
self preservation. Any proposal to dis
franchise them because of race, color or
previous condition of servitude would
be condemned by the moral sense
of the nation as vigorously as it is
forbidden by the Constitution. But
a proposal to disfranchise the densely
igno amt among them because of their
ignorance is proposal to do that in a
case of extreme necessity which Massa-
chusetts does with no necessity at all,
but upon the general principal that ig-
norance should not rule even in small
part.
There is little doubt that race preju-
dice plays large part in the South Caro-
lima Convention. The fact is deeply to
be deplored But there is also neces
sity to redeem that State from the dan
ger of dominance of ignorance denser
than any that is known in any Northern
State. That necessity must be regarded
by all fair minded men as for the present
a controlling consideration.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-03
REPUBLICAN SILVER MEN.

Senator Pettigrew, of South Dakota,
has been to New York, and has talked
politics with prominent Republicans
He wants Senator Davis, of Minnesota,
nominated for President, because he
would not veto silver bill. Speaking
of the situation in the West, Mr. Petit
grew said
"The importance to the Republican
party of securing the support and CO.
operation of the silver wing in the next
presidential campaign cannot be over
estimated. If the silver men are ignored
and a gold bug is nominated upon a
gold platform, seven Or eight of the Re
publican States of the Northwest will be
lost to the Republicans. Upon such an
issue, squarely made, the silver men will
put up a candidate of their own and he
will poll at least 5000, 900 votes, which
| will prevent an election by the people
"How would that help you2 Is not the
House Republican, and will it not choose
the candidates of the Republican party
If the election should be thrown into the
House of Representatives.
81 am not sure about that" Senator
Pettigrew answered. Each State will
have one vote Suppose all of the South
ern States, whose tendencies are decid-
edly in favor of silver, should combine
with the West and Northwest? The sill
yer candidates would come very near be-
ing elected, but of course what we all
hope to. avoid is such a contingency.
am not irving to make anY threats
Threats are very silly among men. | am
simply stating what is perfectly patent
to every intelligent and thinking man
who has travelled through the West and
observed the trend of public sentiment. "