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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-08-06
MINOR MENTION.

Tho greater part Of the Montreal exposl-
tlon buildings were destroyed by fire.
Arrests OF persons connected with an i'm
pending Polish revolutionary movement have
been made In Warsaw.
J. y. Coffee president % the state board
OF pharmacy Of Illinois was stabbed and in
stantly killed Sunday night by DR.. Crabtree.
The Buckeye Engine Company at Salem,
o., has notified everybody on the pay roll
that n reduction % 10 per cent In wages and
salaries will go into effect August /. II not
accepted the works will shut down.
At a dancing picnic at Ohioyille, Pa, Miss
Jeunie Cunningham was leaving the dancing
platform when her dress caught fire from a
gasoline lamp and she was 80 badly burned
that the doctors say that she cannot re-
cover
Ii Hung Chang - the ga est Of lie British
government. IL IL announced that he will
stay ior only three weeks Ia England, at the
end Oi which time he will sail for the United
States His departure n thus planned In or
der % enable him % catch the steamer En-
press u China upon which he will sail for
home via Talcouyer
The National Silver party has accepted AZ
invitation from Baltimore merchants % no.
ufy Nsssrs. Bryan and Sewall In the city OF
Baltimore. The notification will be made
about fourteen days after the Democratic no.
tineaiiOn In New York. The place Of head
quarters will BE- determined ~ senator J. X.
Jones. 81 Arkansas, chairman Of the LemO-
cratic national counties.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-08-06
NEWS NOTES,

A, ot,umva In o "a I,cbaa Of mi, fall
Tba crons are ,nInaJ ''''' '''''
Charley farley, agel ~, was run over ana
Sur "' " p'.o0' ~ v '''Noa'", ~
lurklsh troops were defeated by insur-
gents III 'ne Asomat' uis't'c' oi 'rete'
In New York 5000 overcoat and sack coat
makers nave joined the tailors strike.
Prof shaw, for two years principal OF tho
schools Of Greensburg, Pa, has been elect
ed pridcipai Of Of the schools at Canal Dover
o.
Ia,ryr,ons u,I,, ,aor poin, plaoson,
ona,rnisd ;y,j,h bi. VIE md sbe in,, him hn,
Trst,rned TmesIav nnd that night ha bot
and tiiIad her ''
'',H
Kobbert Garrett, formerly PRESIDENT OF the
Baltimore ONO hallway died at his cot
tage In Deer Park' Nd, wednesday.
James Murphy and Stephen Carey fought
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-08-06
PRINTING A CIRCULAR.
Treasury Officials Decide to Issue Financial
Facts and Figures

SO numerous are the questions brought TO
the treasury by every mail seeking informa-
ton relative TO financial and currency mat
ters that the over worked clerical force Of
the director Of the mint has been totally un-
able to answer them. All available copies Of
the report Of the director for last year, which
contained tables and Information and would
answer large portion Of the queries have
been exhausted and at last the department
has hit upon device Of printing n circular
containing IN succinct form statements OF
facts relative to the coinage, bullion produc-
tion, circulation per capita in various
countries and such Information as will meet
the needs OF the many persons who are now
seeking facts on which 10 base conclusions
respecting the issues OF the campaign. The
matter embodied in this circular has been
carefully considered and has the approval
OF the secretary OF the treasury. 1t Is expect
cd that the circular will be received from the
printer for distribution about the end OF the
week
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-08-06
TELEGRAPHIc TICKS.

China's national debt is mere tribe
something like 1900, 900.
Three villages have been burned In the
province OF Selno, Crete.
There are five male convicts to one female
convict in English prisons.
The semi-annual dividend OF the Central
Ohio. leased to the Baltimore 4 Ohio will be
passed.
All the whisky distillees in Kentucky have
consented to an almost total suspension OF
production for IL months
The Stayer and Abbott Manufacturing
Company OF Chicago. has assigned Assets,
100000; liabilities, si00 900
George Heizter was shot and killed la his
saloon In Cincinnati by two masked men who
came in and demanded money.
At reunion OF the Thirtieth Georgia regi-
ment two Confederates were Killed and four
others seriously shocked by u bolt OF light
ming.
The big auditorium at st. Louis In which
| the late conventions were held will be turned
Into public garden, something like Madi-
| son Square.
en- from the sheriff and hanged To "a tree He
was charged with serious offense by the
parents OF a l6-year-old girl
\. ID. Worden. the eailroad striker charged
with wrecking the railway bridge near Sacra
mento, Cal, two years ago, and thereby
causing the deaths OF Engineer Clark
and three United States soldiers, mus
hang.
W. T.. Burt, a member OF one OF the best
and most respectable families OF Austin,
| Tex, murdered his wife and two children,
aged two and four years, last Friday night
and placed the dead bodies In a clstern.
| 4. l.. Lewis, secretary OF the Ohio Mine
Workers. sent out "a call for special meet
ing at Columbus, o., August II for the adop-
ton OF measures for the enforcement OF the
present scale agreement. which has been vio-
| lated.
What threatens to be lively beer war Ia
now showing up at Kansas City. A brewers
combine In that place has held the prices up.
but Chicago lirm threatens 10 idvade the
field and sch beer at s5 per barrel. This
brings the Kansas City people out with tho
announcement that II forced they will sell It
ut "a per barrel or lower.
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HEAT RECORDS BROKEN.
Much Suffering in Several Large Cities
Many Prostrations

Reports received 10y Telegraph from the
principal cities and towns Of tho west and
south bring tidings Of unusually hot weather
In Cincinnati many men were overcome by
the heat.
st. Louis reports % persons Frustrated by
heat and many OF them will probably die
Thirty-siN horses fell dead on the streets
and scores Of dogs were driven mad 10y the
high temperature. Thermometers marked
~ degrees and the suffering was increased
by the humidity In the atmosphere. Two
deaths were reported Frederick Toussaint,
tailor In the Southern hotel, and Richard
Tassell, a laborer.
Martin Taylor, street cleaner In Cincin-
natl, died. and NJ. Kobald, a baker, is In n
critical condition. A number OF horses fell
dead In the street.
At Louisville the hot weather record for
fifteen years was broken. The thermometer
registered 9s degrees In the shade. Two
laborers died from heat prostration.
In Illinois there was great suffering from
the heat. In Quincy the h9tt.ssi fee PI the
aSits .platfcS'ny yirat!a!!a :. viii .s &C ,for 80
Gus prostritions. but none OF them setiotm.-
The hottest day OF the year was registered
at Centralia. where the mark was 1903 In the
shade. In Carlyle, ILL.,, the mercury climbed
up to l0i In the shade, and two deaths re-
suited
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TRADE REVIEW.
Business Conditions Have Improved bu
Business Has Not

r. @. Dun 4 Co.'S Weekly Review OF Trade,
says
Business conditions have clearly improved.
though business has not
II Is the torpid season and better prospects
have little effect as yet The signing OF a
compact 10 control foreign exchange by
syndicate, pledging the use Of ESQ, 600
for that purpose, may render II unnecessary
to use much OF the gold, and 1t has given
some stocks slight advance. Gold exports
have been stopped and foreign trade Is more
promising of al early demand for our pro-
ducts The prospects for large crops of cot
ton and corn are still excellent.
Two important labor contests have been
settled, including that Of the puddlers and
the Brown Hosting Works at Cleveland,
which recently caused the troops to be call
ed out. But the strike OF the garment work.
ers has extended, although apparently near
an end.
None suppose that the exchange syndicate
IL Interested to DO more than bridge over a
period in which merchandise exports have
been light.
Exchange in foreign trade IL already la
the helpful direction domestic exports from
New York having Tor four weeks been II per
cent larger while imports have been 20 per
cent smaller than last year. and last week 26
per cent smaller
"ucdt - tiE'dus EOluG out Win tHOte
freedom than l. usual for the season.
Lower railroad rates helped corn 10 make
new record mt 3O.l2 cents, and prospects
are generally favorable. Cotton advanced
by quarters on reports Of injury, but there
are really few who expect less than large
yield.
Several weeks Of extremely slack demand
for cotton orders have brought further re-
duction In print cloths to 2.i4 cents instead
OF the advance expected In consequence Of
the stoppago Of 5000, 900 spindles but prints
are selling more freely, while brown and
bleached goods are duh, except for export
kinds
The wooden mills do not get many orders,
light weights opening TO l-2 per cent
lower In price than last year and sales Of
wool now reported are lcss than quarter Of
n full weeks consumption.
Leather Is stubboruly held without change
In prices, and in some grades l. really scarce
although manufacturers are buying only for
actual needs. but hides have turned down
ward sharply at Chicago. declining 5 Ier
cont for the week with heavy accumulations
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-08-06
The AWFUL DEED OFA Drunken SON
A MOTHERS TEARFUr APPEAL.
Walter coyie, crszed With Liquor, Rests
His Aged Father TO Death.

A horrible murder, distressing In detail,
was committed at the village OF Darraign
n. 80. ,ho Nt.,,.o, al ,,,rls n, A.,
n''' Wv ''"U'son 'O"'
early hour sunday morning. water 'oyle'
q miner employed ut the Ocean mines. cruel
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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-08-06
WAGES WAR ON WOMEN.
Bloody wsylsr wrssks His Vengeance on
Insurgents Wives

General weyler has at last descended TO
waging open warfare on women Harrassed
and defeated In all his attempts to conquer
the insurgents in the field, he has taken the
opportunity to avenge himself upon their
detenseless families.
The wife OF the insurgent leader Solongo
has been arrested and cast into prison at
Las Recojidas and so has the wife OF DR..
Trujillo.
During the recent skirmishes in the prov
inccs OF Pnar del Rio and Santa Clara, the
insurgents left eighteen killed on the field,
among their dead being an Amazon, and re-
tired with their wounded. The troops had
one officer and twenty soldiers wounded.
Major lglesias has dispursed an insurgent
force at Congo, mountain province OF Matan
zas He captured the enemy's camp and de-
stroyed hospital used 10y the insurgents.
The latter had five killed and the troops
captured two prisoners.
The insurgents fired upon an Artemsa train
at the farm OF Belumen, province OF Pinar
del Rio. They removed the rails, deraiied
the cars. four Of which contained passengers
including many ladies. The Governor OF
Pinar del Rio, Senior Rodriguez San Pedro,
was travelling on the same train.
The insurgents have also derailed three
passenger cars OF n train near Consolation
province OF Pinar del Rio.
Fourteen insurgents have surrendered to
the spanish authorities U Cardenas, province
Of Matanzas.
Three insurgent prisoners, Louis Muro,
Miguel Alvarez and Rodriguez Antonio Carlo
were shot at the Castle OF san Severino,
Matanzas.
In order to prevent the passage OF con-
voy OF provisions and ammunition for Caib-
aguan the insurgents have burned the bridge
over the river Tunicu, near Sancti Sc iritus
Province OF Santa Clara.
Another train has been dynamited In the,
Nuevitas district Of the Province Of Puerto
Principe. There was no loss OF life.
The insurgent leaders In the Province OF
Santiago DE Cuba are prohibiting the farm
ers from preparing their fields for the next
crop OF sugar cane.
After the arrival OF the reinforcements on
their way from Spain to Havana Captain
General Weyler will assume personal direc-
tion OF the campaign against Antonio Maceo
In the Province OF Pinar del Rio.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-08-06
The Porte Grants Concessions

As a result OF the cabinet council the
Turkish government has made formal COM
plant 10 the government ot Greece regard
ing the alleged shipment OF arms and ammu-
milton from Greece 10 the island OF Crete for
the use OF the insurgents there, and relative
10 the appearance OF armed bands In Mace
donia, pointing out the danger therefrom TO
the peace Of Europe, and adding that Greece
would be held responsible for H..
The Turkish government also announced
that Il had heen decided 10 grant limited
concessions 10 the Cretans and that they
will be- allowed representation.
The powers, II Is stated, have decided TO
send n collective note 10 Greece, declaring
that the gc vernmenl Of the latter country
must suppress the matters complained Of by
the Turkish government adding that other
wise the Sultan OF Turkey will be- left TO re-
store order I'm Crete
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-08-06
HELD UP FOR S2,oO0,Ooo.
A Railroad Superintendent Had a Wild
Eyed Crank to Deal With

As Superintendent william II. Peddles, OF
the Central ReilrQsd, OF New Jersey, was
seated at his desk In his office In the Comi
munipaw station a wild-eyed man entered
and walked up to Mr.. Peddes' desk. In a
husky voice he said that he had come TO de-
mand $1,000. 900 In Central Railroad bonds.
aud In Baltimore and Ohio railroad bonds.
Mr.. Preddles, after looking the man over,
concluded that he had a crank to deal with.
He noticed that piece ofiron, TO which was
attached a stout cord protruded from one
OF his pockets The superintendent, instead
OF setzing the man, began to talk to him. He
told him he did not keep large sums OF
money or railroad bonds there. and that II
he would step over to the Office OF Superin-
dent Charles A. Thompson, OF the power
house, he might be accommodated.
The fellow. who had one hand on the iron
slungshot in his coat pocket, thanked the
superintendent. and turning, walked out and
went direct to the motor power house. A
messenger from the superintendent office
got to the power house before the man did.
and Mr.. Thompson was prepared to receive
him. When he entered he told Mr.. Thomp-
son that superintendent Peddles sent him to
ffSS;.aass fSo.aIsss. fe'aea eaia ksGt waiting longs NJ
'Now my friend, II you'll just step with
me into an Office next door will see what
can do for you
The man readily followed Mr.. Thompson
into the Office OF Chief Detective Laige, of
the railroad company. Before the fellow
could realize 1t or make use OF his iron
weapon, he was prisoner After some re-
sistance. he was handcuffed and taken to the
police court, where he described himself as
Dennis VI Mineham. 30 years old OF New
York. The piece OF iron which was taken
from his coat pocket was foot In length.
The justice committed the man pending an
Investigation ~ to his sanity.
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GUARDED BY TROOPS
A Sympathetic Strike Ordered a.
land.

One hundred and fifty non-union u
to work at the Brown Hoistins A
Cleveland Monday morning. Th1I
guarded by four companies of militia
large force OF police. A large crowd A
men were present, but no outbreak q
The police and soldiers kept he 4
moving and would not permit thea
In enc place more than "A few minus
The big sympathetic strike
which has been threatened ever a
strike at the Brown Company Worn
eleven weeks ago, was inauggr.
morning. Eighty-seven men emprrl
the Van Wagner and Williams
hardware manufacturers. laid DON
tools and walked out Of the worn
men said their only grievance rsI
sym pathy for the Brown Hoisting C5s
men, and that employees OF other 4
would soon follow their lead. Co1.I
were sent to other factories along d. |
Shore TO notify the m, ., tina, hey u
! O'lTs strike. Ia
2 Onl orsiie leaders OF the Van \.
strikers said that they would iszl
Mayor McKisson that the nou ualoL
disarmed and II this Is refused The
would arm themselves and compel D
unionists to give up their weapons,
IL necessary.
shortly before noon Director Of r
bott ordered another company ot =
the Brown works, making Ave conil
all. The director said he had retyl.
vate information which satisfied bin
condition Of affairs was far more ssf.
appeared on the surface.
A crowd Of union men gatherel
corner of Hamilton and l,eldeu IN
when ordered to disperse refu mi 3.
Lieut.. Thomas and as squad % p0lI
ed on the crowd and took into
several OF their number. They W.
to the Second precinct and charged
lating sidewalk ordinance. 4 "
followed the patrol wagon thN-
streets and more arrests were threats
none were made.
The strike ut the Brown works d
declared of last week on the tis
agreement reached before the N,aa
Of Arbitration. but on Saturday .
again was declared IN effect. Tbs
was taken, the men claimed, ben
company had not lived up to it. ~
but had engaged new men, Instead
the strikers the preference. ManaS
said this was a mistake; that the
had no intention of repudiatlng z
ment but that the new men who had
to work had been engaged before y
ment with the strikers was reached
company did not propose violated .
these men.
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WORKING ON WAR SHIPS.
Six Vessels Being Made Ready for Service
at Brooklyn.

The navy yard workmen aro bending all
their energy to the task Of getting the six
war vessels now in their hands ready TO
leave the yard by the end Of the week, to
take their places in the North Atlantic
squadron. Admiral Bunce will soon take
his fleet out to sea for the summer maneu-
yers. II Is hoped on sunday to have all the
ships now in the yard at anchor of Tomp-
kinsyille. =. |.
The New York slipped down the bay at
high tide Tuesday. The cruisers Newark
and Releigh followed her later. The Terror
will join the squadron Thursday and on Sat
urday morning the Cincinnati and the ram
Katahdln will leave the yard. The cruiser
Montgomery is % sail down the coast and
relieve the batteship ship Maine, which Ia
now hunting the tilibu1ters In the neighbor.
hood OF Key West. The columbia Is now on
her way south with the monitor Passaic which
IL to be turned over TO the Georgia Naval
Militia She will return to the fleet later.
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TERRIBLE STORMS and FLOODS.
GENERAL DISASTER.
Houses wreoksd-Livss Lost and Crops
Destroyed

Two hundred people Of steubenyille, Ohio,
were made homeless as result OF "A cloud
burst that occurred Thursday afternoon.
The center OF the storm was directly over
the Benjamin johnson farm, west Of town,
on n hillside, and the water fell In one vast
sheet and swept down the valley. wrecking
everything In Its path. The people In the
low lands. alarmed by the recent floods, were
prepared for disaster, and fled TO the hills
that line rermars and Fishers run; thus no
lives were lost, although many were In i'm
mlnent danger.
The water leaped down the valley with
Irresistible force-bridges. stables and out
buildings crumbled at its approach and add
ing 10 the danger by the debris swimming
along with the torrent. When the houses in
the track of the angry waters were reached
they went down like card board Thirty or
forty residences were wrecked the chief
sufferers being Rebrcca Phllabaum, William
Risden. Robert Richie. James Burdess, An
drew Ahaugh, Benjamin Wise. Grant
Stroud. John Hart and Henry Bowman. The
latter was proprietor Of a store which, with
all its stock. Is gone
A destructive cyclone visited Glouster, a
mining town, 10 miles south Of Columbus, o.,
At Z O'Clock Wednesday night. Several
houses were mashed In pieces and a number
OF others were wrenchen from their founda-
tions J. l.. Dougherty, while in front OF his
store. was completely buried under the board
sidewalk. His back was broken and he died
later from his injuries.
terrible storm, accompanied by lightning
and a c.oudhurst passed over Wellsvile o.,
and vicinity about o'clock Thursday after
noon aud did thousands Of dollars worth OF
damage. The barn ot Morgan Wells at the
edge of tow was swept into the river. The
effects OF the New Home Fishing club OF
Pittsbur;. who were camping In Rauhs hol-
low were swput aWnV the members barply
escaping with thcir lives. The barns Of
William Fife and John Mick. near Glasgow.
were struck by lightning and burned; total
loss. $1,000. The Irish Ridge school house
was struck 10y lightning and burned; loss
$1,000.
Reports from towns In Western Pennsyl-
vania and West Virginia tell Of repetition
OF the floods and storms that have been
raging almost every day during the past
week. The damage TO buildings and crops
is very great and many persons have perish
ed. The village OF Nowrytown, Indiana
county, Pa, was almost wiped out.
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ITALIAN wARsHIP SUNK.
Struck by Lightning and Her Commander
Torpedoed Her.

During a thunderstorm lightning struck
the coast defense warship Roma and set fire
to her. The flames spread RAPIDLY In spite
OF the effort OF the crew to subdue them, and
her commander, seeing that they were ap-
proachingthe powder magazine, gave ord. rs
to attach a torpedo to the hull OF the vessel
and then for all hands to abandon ship,
When the small boats containing the crew
were at n safe distance the torpedo was dis
charged, tearing great hole in the hull aud
causing the Roma to quickly sink. Nobody
was hurt
The Roma was central battery, wooden
single screw, bark-rlgged vessel OF $50
tons She was 26l feet 4 inches long. 81 feet
4 inches beam and "a feet l inch mean
draught OF water. She was built at Genoa
la 1855, Her engine were Of 2,sl9 indicated
horse power, nnd she had a speed OF IS
knots. Her armament consisted or 81 large
and magazine guns.