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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-23
UNSETTLED FINANCES
Arc Having q Marked Influence on the
Country's Business.

f.. q. Dun d CO.'S Weekly Review of Trade
says The situation could hardly Nr more
pprrlrsug for hu-ino-. men. Practical
merchants. manufacturers yr banker. can
have little sympathy iorth.-' who minimize
their diniruitia-.
Nuur doubt that th" Government will raise
money tu meet obligations. but how far the
money market will hr disturbed cog th" Treas
ury reserve it~t diminished uuu" can say.
The business world cannot know H- Vet how
inr foreign questions may ui-'t calculations.
though there seems every reason 10 expect
peaceful settlement
II cannot know what may ho the duties on
any lWuurtuut class Of imports month
hence. whether imports ar" likely Go exceed
cEUurts and draw away gult, whether IN.
deficit ut revenue will continue. or wlut
other taxation will ho levied. Failure ttlr
senate thus far g. take amy action .ipou
financial measures proposed hy the President
ur tho~" passed hy the House arcct-Iufny,r-
ably an branches of business.
Under such adverse cirsum ~tlnr,s II is
actuaily encouraging that shrink ~ in trans
aotluuS ami resulting commercial disasters
have not been greater But four large iuil-
Ur'- within day or two indirut" that the
SANE condition cannot continue without
much embarrassment
NO branch oi manufacture" has progressed.
for all are uuuyuiiuhly waiting, both f,r set
Element of financial doubts and for a demand
which does not vet appear
tn. Boston Comm, r 'lal NullDtIu -lN- Of the
wool markets The advance iu London has
advanced Australian woods here slightly hut
has not increased the demand for domestic
wool IEo uur,ni is quit" NrW. a- there b.
uu foreign WOOL grade for grade, ~ cheap
u- ordinary American turrit.r, uu % basis cot
aiH 80" clean, or '.up trrrltur. at at". The
depression u the goods market un. been
ursuutuutpd hV further cutting Di prices ON
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-23
HEAVY LOSS IN EXPORTS.
Their Excess in 1895 Over Imports Sl26,
100000 Less Than in 1894

The chief of the bureau of statistics re-
ports that the total value OF the exports OF
merchandise from the United States during
the ~ months ended Decembe 81 1895, was
$s2i, $780, ,522. against Ss25 l02,24s in 1894.
During the II months ended ecember 81.
1905, the excess OF exports over imports was
s23, ,269, s04 and the excess for ! S9i was
Sl4s, 7s9, 30I.
In December, 1895, the exports Of gold ex-
ceeded the imports 10y sl4, ,l70,299, and dur
ing the II months ended December, 1895. the
excess OF gold exports over imports was ~
O65, ,6S7. The excess Of exports Of silver
over imports during the ~ months ended
December, 1895, was s42, 1863. $40.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-23
MO0RE's AER0PLANEs
Weather Bureau Chief Making Experiments
With Kites.

The weather bureau. under the direction
ui PROT Moore. IL now engaged IN expert
mrL's iu the management Of aeroplnno - or
nitr-. thu, promise to- hr Of high scientific
value For som, time past these experiments
have been mad" IN a small way, hut last
saturday preparations We're made To have 70
test uu % larger SCALE of several forms Of
kites a' the II Never military reservation,
aud o company uf scientists were ON hand 10
aita,.. ti' O,porimrnts. winch. however
W.r. postponed because of the prevalence ui
900 almost H. -.,ut" 'uim.
~ I- ,Nr purIu-" of Prof. Moore 10 devise
% -y-t..u of ,itp- that can bo relied upon 10
.urr, % considerable weight. six ur eight
iugud. perhaps. two miles above the surface
81 thn curth The kit" adopted Tor the pur-
I.-" b. ui rrl,uur construction, without tn"
uIu fi.hi med tail and has remarkable lifting
power n i- Intended To- carry up tu this
great attitude various observation instru-
uuAj-. itrUmrtur- thermometers, hygrOWe-
trr- nuI other like Instruments. which will
automatically record the conditions uf th"
atmosphere above.
Prof. Moore feels that the weather service
hH- now reached q satisfactory state su TAR "a
concerns predictions # winds, their violence
and temperatures. but the weak spot that ro-
main. is the prediction OF rniniall~. Accord
iug To- hi- theory. vast improvement In
accuracy in this respect can be attained hy %
luli kuuwlodg" of what is going on In the air
far above the rurth. ana this he expects 90 a--
certain hy means of his kitcs.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-23
AMERICANS NOT IMPLICATED.
Those Arrests in johannesburg Need Some
Explanation. =.


Mr.. Wiltsc, a. o5ioaguc Of John Hays
Hammond, IN. American minc cngincer,who
VIZ arrested at Johannesburg ON charges OF
treason. informed the United Press that no
Culisoruiaus were arrested except Ham
uoud. Charles Buffers Hn! Capt. Moin al
though Hammond had 20 Caliurniaus work
ing for him. j. :. Curtis and I. III. King,
the other Americans arrested are from the
eastern part OF the United States.
Mr. Nitse. who has just arrived here from
the Transyaul. says that the lives and prop
crty of the American In johannesburg are in
no danger. The Americans who were arrest
ed dill not belong to the reform union, and
never took part in politics. The revolution
In Johannesburg, hr continued, was an en-
tirrly peaceful one. and the only motive for
il was the protection of the lives and prop
grty of the people there.
The Washington government b" declared,
should make strong protest against the ar
rest of Americans. The English government
has tuu many complications on its hands and
IT, not able 10 take u- strong "a stand ~ the
United States could take. The Transvaal
government has always been friendly 10 the
Cuitud states. and would give the fullest
consideration To- any direct protest the
American government might make.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-23
PROOF OF THE PLOT
Jameson Intended TO Turn African savages
loose in the Transvaal.

The London Chronicle had u long Bloem-
fontef dispatch which states that deputation
from the Orange government which was sent
TO Pretoria was shown documents proving
the plot which was alleged in dispatch from
Transvaal sources In the South Africa on jan
uary II, TO exist
This dispatch asserted that II WAS the in
tention OF the people Of the Chartered South
African Company to set loose savages 10 in
wade the Transyaal from all points 10 kill
every white man, and that provision stations
the object being TO destroy Pretoria and pre-
sent England with the accomplished fact Of
the conquest II IL also said that sketches
OF the band by military men had been seized.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-23
TRAINMEN HELD UP.
Conductor Tricket Was shot-0rganized
Gang at Work.

A bold robbery was committed Wednesday
night at Nassau, one and half miles south
Of Nevada, Mo. 1t was payday on the Mis-
souri, Pacific, and iiy" robbers, with hand
;crrbicl- over their fu"cs, boarded Missouri
Pacific freight train az this city. When the
train stopped at the junction they held up
and robbed Engineer Campbell and Brake
man J. O. sumner, kiuzie Hill and Frank
Roberts.
Conductor Robert i. Trckct, Of Butler.
was also robbed. and one of the robbers shot
him through the nose and In the face. Five
gold watches and something ike 800 in cash
was taken from the tgainmrn.
The robbery was undoubtedly committed
hy railroad men. Judging 10y their knowledge
Of the train and their free use OF railroad
slang. Aitcr the robbery the highwayman
made their escape. The train was AT once
backed up to the city and the robbery re-
ported.
An organized gang of thieves are no doubt
working in this section. On Tuesday night
the ticket agent at Richards was held up and
robbed 10y three men, who were heavily
| armed
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-23
CAMPOS TO LEAVE CUBA.
The Spanish Government Recalls Him From
Command.

4 dispatch 20 the Central News from Mad
rid SAYS that the cabinet on the 18th. decided
10 recall from Cuba Captain General Campos
second In command. General Marin and
raudo will bee temporarily substituted IN
their places.
This action uf the government was taken
In consequence of "a demand from the leaders
ut the Constitutional Union and kcformist
parties in Cuba for the recall of Campos.
Iumpu- held % conference with them and
the leader. of the Autuuumi-t party In lIay-
ana 10 discuss the conduct Of the campaign.
The Autuuom-ts expressed themselves az
thoroughly satisfied. hut the others were of
the opposite opinion. aud informed the Mad
government tu that effect. Their chief COM
plant was that CaWpos is too humane in
us treatment of To- Insurgents.
Gcncfu '\alcdauo WcyaT has accepted
the appointment to the Eoycruotshp pi
Cuha. He will sail for that island ON Friday
next. General SUarc2 Nudcs has been ap-
pointed second in command.
\ dispatch from Havana reports an inter-
view with General Marin, governor pro tenn
pore of cuba. in which he said the situation
there was not dangerous. since the insur-
gents were defeated In every engagement in
which they took part. lie Intended, he said
10 organize fresh plan Of campaign in
cuba.
Although MARTINEZ Campos has declined
the post of President Of the supreme military
court Of justice, his appointment will, never
thecss bc gazettcd Gene raj Marin rs
been appointed governor Of Porto Rico.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-23
SNOW AVALANCHE IN ALASKA.
1t Swept Things Before 1t for Fully Five
Miles

An avalanche # snow swept down from
the mountain tops in Silver Bow basin near
Juneau, Alaska. last week killing John I.
Pearl and destroying quartz mill and other
property worth 100000,
AdVices received on the steamer city Of
Topeka states that the avalanche swept the
ground clean of all buildings in it, path. A
mining shaft was choked with snow and de-
bris. The slide tore u path 200 yards wide
for five miles. IL struck the protroduing
point Of mountain. carrying away millions
of tons Of rock and earth. The roar was in
discribable II struck the mining camp build
ings and carried away the quartz mill and
the buildings, together with the machinery.
Many unoccupied miners cabins were
swept away, but fortunately the occupant
were spending the holidays in Juneau, other
wise many deaths would have resulted.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-23
HARRISON WILL MARRY.
The Ex.President Announces His Engage
ment 10 Mrs. Dimmick.

Gen. Harrison authorizes the announce
ment that he and Mrs Dimmick are engaged
to be married. and that the marriage will not
take place until after Lent.
Mrs Dimmick. to whom the General Is
engaged. is better known in indianapolis
and Washington than in New York. During
the life of Mrs Harrison, who was her aunt,
Mrs. Dimmick practically governed Mr.
Harrison's household in indianapolis and di-
rected the household affairs OF the White
House during the period that Mrs. Harrison
was i'll and prior to her death. That Mrs.
Dimmck was "a fayorte with the then presi.
dent In Washington is without doubt. At
all state functions she received with Mrs
Harrison, when alive, and acting in her place
later when she was sick.
IL is understood that the step was not taken
by Gen. Harrison without consulting his
children, of whom he is very found.
Mrs. Dimmick is 40 years Of age, tail and u
strikingly handsome brunette.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-23
VENEZUELA CANNOT SELL.
Arbitration the Only Constitutional Method
Of Settlement.

In the light Of the precedents established
hy her most distinguished authorities. IL H.
difficult To- see how the government Of Vene-
zucla can consent to enter upon an agree
mcut 20 compromise her territorial claims
with Great Britain, or. a. IL has been suggest
90 hy recent London dispatches. To part with
any portion of her claims for financial con-
eidoTutiou. for no less an authority than Guz-
man Blunco is on record ~ declaring such "a
course 60 bo distinctly unconstitutional.
Congressman Iloatwole who has given
some attention 90 the Venezuelan question.
has procured n copy of an important docu-
mvut published in l-S1 for the government Of
Venezuela. embracing all the correspondence
between it, representatives and tho-cuf Great
Britain upon diplomatic muttcr- between the
two governments. from tn" years 1883 20
1881. when the most active efforts % reach "A
determination of the boundary line were
under way.
In this correspondence Venezuela repeat
odly anirm- by her minister Of foreign affairs.
Rafael Scijas, and aftcrward 10y Guzman
Bauru, acting Ia the capacity Of special en-
Noy. that IL II impossible for her to COM
UrDWIs" the boundary cHituS 10y any treaty
ur convention. because of the terms Of her
national constitution. IL was her adherence
o. this position that largely frustrated tn" at
tcmpts 10 arrange a general treaty between
the two governments. and seems e. have led
10 thr severance ol ulpl}mHu' fthtpu1 III
1857.
This proposition was most clearly cnun-
ciat,d by Gulmuu Blauco. when iu memo
raudum 90 Lord Salisbury, then foreign s'c-
rrtary bee -uy~. "Nruczucia has repeatedly
held forth To- Great Britain her impu-sibility
o. alternate any part Whatever of the tcrritur'
of m" republic, such % thing being explicitly
prohibited hy the constitution. 500 that thrr,
remains hut arbitration for bringing the dis
INIT. Anuut Tho hnmnhnr. tn an lMd.-
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-23
TURKISH OUTRAGES ON ARMENIANS.
SIX HUNDRED MURDERED.
Women Butchered-N Naked Maidens Drag
ged Through the Streets.

The Armenian Relief Association of New
York made public two letters which described
the horrors OF the recent massacres in 1ur-
key.
CEsAREA, November 90 1s9j.-While the
Armenians were engaged in their business
a usual. the Turkish mob fell upon them,
killing COO defenseless men. and woundng u
thousand more. The mob divided into four
parts. The first plundered the stores; the
second looted the houses; the third secured
the maidens and young brides. while the
fourth ilends incarnate attacked the public
baths. These human devils killed six naked
women In the presence of the others. snatch
ing their babies from their arms and bayonet-
ting the mothers. The shrieks and agonizing
cries Of these poor creatures made no inn
preston upon the mind of the savage Turks,
who laughed at their death agonies. They
then took some ~ the young girls who wero
with their mothers at the bath and dragged
them naked 10y their feet through the streets,
followed Toy n jeering and hoOting mob.
The Turks who attacked the houses killed
the women and children and then fred the
houses, the cry of the women IN distress
mingled with the hoarse shouts of the Turks,
made a sound that can never De- forgotten.
The men who survived the sword were dis
covered. taken 10 the magistrate and search
ed. but no arms were found in their possess
sion, not even u knife when released and
allowed to return to their homes they were
confronted 10y most ghastly picture. Some
found their wives dead. others horribly mu-
tilntcd; daughters had been outraged and
bleeding, My hands almost fail me To write
the horrible particulars. II l. impossible TO
describe It, IL took three or four DAYS to re-
move the bodies Of the dead with forty carts.
Add 20 this the want, the desOlationl Oh,
my God. for how long! how long! Where
are those Christian power who saved Afri-
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-23
AFTER IRON BUSINESS.
How Manufacturing is to be Carried on at
Niagara Falls,

The largest real estate contract ever made
in Western New York was filed in the county
clerks Office al Lockport on the 10Th, inyoly-
ing the transfer OF 20 900 acres of land under
option 10 the Niagara power and develop
ment company, better known as Loves
Model City. The company now coutrol over
10000 acres, and will push forward their
canal, which was commenced last year. The
company makes the announcement that il
has made a contract To furnish ZOO horse
power to "a company that will invest $4,000,
600 in the Manufacture Of iron and steel in
Model City. II t. claimed that leading iron
and steel men are In the enterprise, and that
5000 men will be employed and 100000
tons OF finished steel turned out annually. II
Is also claimed that steel can be manufactured
in Model City 81 per ton cheaper ;han in
Pittsburg.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-23
CAPITAL NOTES.

Blain W. Taylor, Of West Virginia, has been
appointed chief clerk OF the postoiiice de-
partment
Congressman Taylor, of Ohio, introduced
hill to pay Rev. NJ. NJ. Travis, S1j5 for his
library and other property destroyed while
he was superintendent of Indian schools at
the Prenia agency.
The Society of the Army Of the Tennessee
has started movement for the erection in
Washington OF a monument 10 Gen. Grant.
Ii was decided AT recent meeting to ask
Congress 10 appropriate $4,000 Tor plans,
and az the next session TO ask for s25O,OOO
for the monument.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-23
Public Land Suits.

The President sent special message 10
the House. urging the necessity for immedi-
ate legislation 10 extend the limit OF time
government 10 annul grants Of public lands.
He called attention to the numerous compli-
cations that has arisen between railroads as
to grants that oyerlapped and the necessity
for adjustment. The time in which suits can
be- brought expires March 3, 1896, and II the
time limit were allowed 10 expire then. a
portion of the adjustment act would be- rend-
cred nugatory. The government, the Presi-
dent says in conclusion, should not be pre-
vented from going into the courts and right
ing wrCnSs perpetrated by its agents.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-23
INFORMATION FROM OTHER LANDS.
FOREIGN BUDGET.
Germany Will Do Everything in Its Power
for Husbandry.

The Prussian diet was opened on the 18th
in the white hail Of the Schloss The speech
from the throne was devoted TO domestic
affairs. II IL estimated that the budget for
1896 will show smaller deficit than that Of
1895. owing TO increased railway receipts due
to improving trade. Bills were announced
for extending the railroads.; for improving
the position Of school teachers. to extend the
establishment ~ chambers of commerce. etc.
Ii was added that the government will en-
ploy every means 10 remedy the condition of
husbnndry. and that /; intends TO propose
furnishing financial assistance to those
shown to he in need of IL. to establish co.
operative granarics and TO lcgislate In re-
gard 10 tbc tenure Of lea.ehold land.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-23
Italians Hemmed In.

Dispatches from Milan quote the military
paper "Esercto' as saying that the capitula-
iion of Makkale in Abbyssinia by the Italians
il inevitable. owing to the lack of water. 1t
is also said 10y the Italia Militare' that the
garrison cannot save itself by flight.
The statements made in the Italian news
papers that Great Britain had ceded Zeilah
on the strait OF Babel Mandeb, 10 Italy is Of
ticially denied.
Zeiiah is u small port on the Abbyssinian
coast of Bab-el-Mandeb, the strait which
separates the Red sea from the Indian ocean,
and is probably desired by Italy AS Il base Of
operations against the AbbyssiniaDs
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-23
HORSE THIEVES LYNCHED.
Part Of a Thieving Party in Oklahoma Run
Down

Near Jaqucs' store, south of TT. Holmes,
80 miles south east Of Oklahoma city, yigi-
lance committee Of farmers and ranchmen
captured and hanged two desperadoes. They
were; Tom Foley, u man known as "Wild
Horse" and hali-breed Choctaw named
Marina.
Tuesday night these men, with others, rob
Ted JaQues' store and assaulted his wife, In
the night one of the pursuing party was kill
ed, Three Of the gang made their escape,
but Foley and his two companions took re-
fugc in deserted hut. from which they were
dslodged with dynamite and hanged without
Judge or jury.
Before dying Foley said two Of the men
who escaped were Bob aud Bill Christian.
The vigilance committee is still in pursuit.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-23
U. s. TRADE DAMAGED.
Details of a Treaty Between Brazil and
Chile

Rio Janero advices state that the treaty re-
Gently signed by Brazil and Chile contains
an agreement TO subsidize line Of steamers
between the two countries.
In the event of these treaties working as
successfully as Is now confdentially express
ed for them, the trade OF the United States
with the countries parties thereto will be i'm
paired. Especially hard will they bear upon
the shipments of Hour. The Chilean treaty
with Brazil has been shorn OF its importance
by the announcement that Argentina has a
treaty with Brazil, giving all the rights OF a
favored nation. II Is the intention of the
United States minister TO demand of Brazil
that similar privileges be accorded that cnun-
try.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-23
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED.
A MURDERER KILLED.
Killed in Drunken Brawl After Staying
His Rival in Love

Quick and rctrihuyr Justice has oycrtason
an escaped murderer from Sham"kiu. Peter
Priam aud George Martin wcr" -uitor- for
the hand Of Mary Murizzio. oi Green Ridge. a
mining hamlet. She accepted Martin and
married him about a month ago. While the
wedding festivities were iu progress. Prnm.
In "a drunken condition forced bis way into
Martin, struck the latter down with 20 club.
and fed. Martin died three DAYS later and
nothing was heard from Iriam until news
was received that during drunken hrawi
last week iu Oh" Cloarl"iI tumiuuu- coal
region, hc wa- Killed by the uuu with whom
hc was lighting.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-23
FOR A SHIP CANAL.
Bill to Authorize its Introduction in Con-
gress.

Representative Dalzell, Of Pennsylvania,
hus introduced bill constituting Andrew
Carnegie George A. Kelley, Charles W..
Bachelor, G. l.. Magee and twenty-siX other
persons IA corporation under the name of the
Lake Erie and Ohio River Ship Canal Com
pany, with power to construct and maintain
n canal connecting Lake Erie and the Ohio
river The bill also confers authority on the
company 20 establish various branch canals
The capital stock il not To exceed $500, 900
per mile and the bonded and other indebted
ness i not 10 exceed similar sum. The
company Is authorized also 10 issue first
mortgage bonds TO the amount of $50, 900 900
TO carry out it, work.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-23
Sustained the Japanese Cover ment.

A telegram has been received at the Japan
ese legation at Washington, stating that
on the 9th inst. "a vote was taken in the diet
upon u motion 10 present memorial TO the
emperor. attacking the foreign policy OF the
government, especially a. regards the relin-
quishment of the Lao Iung peninsula. The
motion was defeated by vote of 40 TO l03
This result is regarded rs a decisive vote OF
confidence in support of the present COVER
ment.
The total amount Of property liable to con-
hscaton by the South Africa republic as
"a result of the jameson raid Is about &c.
900 200.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-23
WILL BE TRIED IN ENGLAND,
Kruger Consents TO Jameson and His Officers
Being Taken There.

The final agreement between President
geraud Sir Hercules Robinson, governor
Of Cape Colony. regarding the disposal OF
the prisoners captured a. a result Of DR..
Jam,son- raid in the Trunsyaal, was COM
plrtcd on the 10TH liy it, provisions Dr.
jameson and his officers will be tried IN
England The rank and Nlc Of the free
bootcrs are now on their way 10 Natal, where
they will be handed over To- the British
authorities. who will decide upon the treat
meut they are TO receive. Sir Hercules
Robinson has left Pretoria TO return TO his