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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
INCREASED VALUATION.
Although the Rockefellow Objected Last Year,
They'll Have to Pay More This Time.

In performing their duty the assessors
the town OF Mount Pleasant. Westches-
ter county, ~ Y, have completed the
assessment roll for 1897. The largest
assessment onsthe roll is that OF John
d. and William Rockefeller, whose
cases against the assessors concerning
last years roll, although they were be-
gun nearly year ago and have at
tracted attention throughout the coun-
try, are in no way near the end. The
assessments of both have been trebled.
William Rockefeller Is probably as
sessed more than any other man IN
the country. lockwood Hall, his mag
nificent home on the Hudson Is put
down for s2,5O0,00O. nearly three times
the assessment last year. which was
$500, 900. His other real estate In 1875
was placed at $115, ,5S2. but this year 1t
will amount to about $35O,OOO. John ID.
Rockefeller Is down for $5S7,7I5 or
$500, 900 more than last year.
With regard to last years assess
ments, which are yet in litigation, the
Rockefellers allege that their assess
ments are unequal, erroneous and IL
legal. Hearings were begun In the
cases last October and yesterday the
thirty fifth hearing was held In Tarry-
town. Twenty-nine of the hearings
have been taken up by the counsel FOR
the assessors in cross-examining. Only
three witnesses have testified thus far,
and more than 1000 pages Of type
| written testimony has been taken. AS
| there will be a number Of other wit
nesses, 1t Is probable that the case VIII
occupy at least another year.
AS both John d. and William Rookie
feller are out of town at present, the
| former being in Europe and the latter
| in the West, 1t could not be learned
what action would be taken In regard
to the new assessments, tits almost GER
tain, however, that they will follow the
same legal course as they are now do
ing about last years taxes.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
Fifty.Six Killed.

in cartridge factory. at Rustchuk,
bulgaria. Three hundred boys and
and girls We're employed in the factory.
Fifty-six are known to have been
killed, the bodies of that number hav-
ing been recovered. while twenty-five
are so badly injured that their recov-
cry Is impossible, and thirty others,
less seriously hurt, are now in the hos
pitfalls. A majority of the remainder
Of the employees suffered minor injur-
les, the number of those who escaped
unhurt being very small. Most Of those
who lost their lives were either blown
to pieces or drowned In the Danube.
A second powder depot, situated near
the building in which the explosion oc-
Cured, narrowly escaped destruction.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
A Million Pensioners,

The pension roll Of the United States
has almost reached the million mark.
Commissioner Evans has just issued a
statement showing that at the beginn-
ing of the fiscal year the pensioners
numbered just 9S3,52S, an increase Of
1850 for the past year. During that
year 80, ,101 new pensions were granted
and 1871 persons were restored to the
rolls. Old age and disease, however Is
working great inroads into the lists for
there were 1850 deaths during the
year. Other sources Of loss were 1.074
from remarriage of widows; 1.S45 orph-
ans attained majority; 1858 failures to
claim pensions, and $3.50 losses from
unrecorded causes.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
A Disirable Minister,

The Rev. Stephen Merritt, Of New
York. at the Christian Alliance camp
meeting the other day proclaimed his
power to heal the i'll and restore reason
to the demented. In the course OF his
address on "Sanctification." he said:
II am in daily communication with
the Holy Ghost. In the last six months
God has manifested himself to me and
through me more than In all my former
Christian experience. Through me he
has opened lunatic asylums, bade in
mates come forth. and l have seen
them depart clothed in their right
minds. He has touched consumptives
on the very brink of the grave and res
tored them to health The crippled and
infirm have been fully healed"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
MUST BE PAID.
United States Made a Demand upon the Peru
Wan Government for $4,000.

An ultimatum has been presented to
the Peruvian government by the ad-
ministration requiring the immediate
payment of the McCord claim of $780,
0O0 While no threat of coercion Is
made, in case Of refusal. 1t Is under
stood the note makes the positive state
ment that any further delay on the
part of Peru to close the incident will
be considered as injurious to the cordial
relations existing between the two gov
ernments. The Peruvian minister has
cabled the note to Lima and Is await
ing instruction. 1t Is said the Peruvian
government will try to obtain further
consideration of the case. The state
department has informed Peru that her
liability Is unquestioned except by her.
self and that this government will not
consent to a further discussion of the
matter.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
Doctor Saves Two Lives.

DR.. Won Lindgren Of Washington
heroically saved two reckless bathers
from drowning at Cape May, N. j.. the
other day. Miss l.. f. Sears of Harris
burg, Pa, and Irving Martin of Phila-
delphia, had gotten beyond their depth
and were struggling in the water. DR..
Won Lindgren reached the woman
when she had become so frightened and
exhausted that a moments delay may
have cost her life. He brought her to
shore, and returned for Martin. whom
he also succeeded in landing. The Sec
ond rescue was a desperate struggle,
but the Washingtonian's athletic pow
ers saved the two men. both of whom
collapsed upon reaching shore. All the
parties were soon afterwards revived.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
Cotton Cornered,

Cotton is said to be cornered In St.
Louis and Is likely to remain so until
September /, when the official cotton
year opens, and the new crop begins
to move. The statements of the local
warehouses show that the total number
of bales in store aggregated 9,6S2. Last
year at this time there were 1926 bales
or the 1852 bales now on hand, more
than 5000 are held by one firm, the AL
len West Commission company. Midd-
ling cotton is quoted on the blackboard
of the cotton exchange at 13-16c. but
holders, 1t Is said, are asking from 1ac
to NC above that figure. and seem to be
indifferent about selling
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
Population Of the United States.

The latest official estimate OF the pop
ulatlon of the United States is 77.0O0,-
O6S. This is made by the actuary Of the
treasury, an officer whose duty 1t is,
at fixed intervals, to report on the per
capita circulation of money in the
United States. He estimates that the
present holdings of money are $22 SO
for every man. woman and child in the
United States. His estimate of the
population is made by the use of the
census reports for the preceding de-
cade. Certain fixed rules of increase
by birth and immigration and provi-
sion for deaths and other losses are
made and the resulting estimate is ac-
cepted as official
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
FLOODS IN GERMANY.
King and Queen Forced to Flee From the
Royal Palace.

The cloudbursts and inundations
which have devastated the eastern
parts of Germany were the worst which
have occurred since 1870. According to
the local statistics 105 persons were
killed in Silesia alone and in Saxony
the casualties will not fall short OF $50.
The financial losses foot up over $780,
900, 900 marks. At Pillnitz. the country
residence of the Queen of Saxony. the
river Elbe rose so fast that 1t flooded
the lower floor of the royal castle, fore
ing the king and queen to hurriedly
flee from the place and seek refuge at
Dresden. Prince Hohenlohe, the i'm
perial chancellor, who was then on his
way from his estate at Ausses to Berlin
had to leave the train at Aussig and
was conveyed ten miles In a sedan chair
to another railroad station.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
THE MINERS STRIKE
Money Due etriksrs Withheld a, An
Breach Of Coutraet ~aiegV

Sxssca u Vonuact
Hund1ns Of miners are now o.
at Turtle Creek. near Pittsburv
they march about the pits OF N. ~
hoping by that means to induca ,a
drop their work. Aes Z
II was said by President Dolap o, >,
mine strikers that operators were @ sny
nishing funds for carrying e tury
strike, and for the purchase n, n M
IL requires $500 day to feed ,,n auons
OF strikers at the camp. arm
The striking employees OF ,ho =.
York and Cleveland gas coal co,Y NeY
were refused the pay still dua ,p
owing to breach Of contract as IL o, en'I
ed by the company. The section 30
contract that guided the companv'. .nS
tion with each miner reads. ac
Section 4. That II he shall o,,,
employment of said second mar, MY
any time during the agreement as
for reasons satisfactory to said ss"py
party, he will forfeit any ana
moneys which be due at that ,,r,
him for mining coal" The ac,,"s
the company was a complete surr.,
to the men, and one and all soon o,..
lated their troubles. and President D..
rick Dolan at once declared To ths "a,
that the miners union would tako ~
contract into court and test its yaiia,.,'
The striking mirers have condnc,a
themselves peaseably thus far Rn, "
ports of great destitution are reach,.1
the miners camps. and 1t is feared ~.
hunger may urge the men on TO rio,
Except in the Fairmont region. wb.,
]. w. Rae and Joseph Wood apnear v
be making some headway, the str,s1
leaders are losing courage. The str,s1
in the Kanawha valley Is a fa,In.1
thus far. while In the New River ~
gion there has been but little 10 ,e,
encouragement. On the NorfolL y
Western there Is nothing TO indIc,,1
that strike was ever ordered asia
from a few disheartened agi,a,o..1
who are met coldly by the miners
Eugene A. Debs addressed an mn,
ience of 5000 persons last week at PITT.
burg. enlisting their sympathy viii
the interests of the strikers.
The Strikers have added To that
number in the Pittsburg district all
though they are losing a foothoId III
West Virginia.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
Queer Freaks Of Lightning.

Lightning played queer freaks about
the residente Of Daniel Fist at Hag-
erstown. Ind, the other day. 1t tore
to pieces solid oak bedstead. burned
holes In the coverings, scattered plast-
ering about the room, and then leaped
to different pictures hanging on the
Ing the paper behind them, but strange
to say, the glass coverings remained
intact. A farmland sitting In an ad-
joining room was unaware OF the oc-
currence until informed. A small cy-
clone accompanied the storm and did
considerable damage.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
NUGGETS FROM THE KLONDYKE'

Before long stories of sufier'lS ss
surely come, not from klondyKe. I'll
from Dyea. 1t Is fact that sca.s,s.|
along the trail above Dyea are apUs|
3. 900 miners who seem to De hla"'
no progress toward Dawson CITY
With generosity most unusual u
corporation controlling a monoO;sI
the Alaska Commercial Compah!
ordered its shipmasters TO prihe rh,|
free of charge any stranded ihinI, nj
may ask them for transportalvn-
the United States from Alaskan I"s,| ~
In order to accommodate the =,
passenger traffic from the west
Northern Pacific company Is luI NJ
passenger trains in sections am. hi
some instances putting on eNu"n ,,sr.|
less than a month the business U! ~I,. lis
continental roads having their 'e'"
ais In Seattle has doubled. ,..|
The steamer Queen arrived az
a few days ago with large hum,'
passengers and great amoum ~
freight; thousand people ale rd
canned there. and the NUMBER ~
reach 5000 in a few days, and tnai.dyi| una.
of them will never reach the hiVn ~ X
this season. as 1t is imposs'p. freIfsl|
anything like the quantity oi
over the summit. Is ,,.,..a,y|
The steamer Noyo sailed luIi ,IssIi
with 14O passengers fdi pyea' '.nfsa u
OF the passengers already oev'i a ioui.
are women, who will make lne Rlos|
ney over the Chilkoot Pass to llie ysyf|
dyke gold fields. Two others arr and b|
A. c. Scott. of Springfield "a II'' his q
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
The Priest had Conscience Money.

A Catholic priest entered the city
auditors Office at Cleveland the other
day and, stepping up to the receiving
clerk, said, as he laid down large
bundle of bills: Here Is $500; 1t was
taken from the city many years ago
cience money He stole It while an Of
fceholder. Do not ask his name, for
/ cannot reveal it, The priest than
left the Office before the astonished Of
flcials could ask his name. The money
was credited to the general fund.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
FROM ACROSS THE SEA.

The king of Siam was entertained by
Queen Victoria and the Prince and
Princes of Wales at Osborne the other
day.
Through a landslide Of the highest
summit Of the Silesian mountains the
Hotel Schneekopfe was carried down
and buried with all its occupants.
1t Is announced that the rising Of ma
tives in Bechuanaland at Cape Town
has collapsed and that Chiefs Toto and
Lukajaujos. who have 1000 followers,
have surrendered to the British au-
thorities.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
THE WORLDS GOLD PRODUCTION.
AMERICA LEADS,
Geological Experts Report on the Newly Dis.
covered Gold Field.

Mr.. Preston. the director Of the mint
at Washington, estimates the gold pro-
duction of the world for 1896 to have
been s205. .O00, 900, OF which the United
States contributed over $53,0000Oo. For
1897 it is believed the worlds gold
product will reach at least $24O.O0O,
900, an increase OF s35,0OO, 900 over 1896.
Mr.. Preston said:
'As an indication of the increase In
the worlds gold product for 1897, the
following table. showing the product OF
the United States. Australia, South Az
rica. Russia, Mexico. British India and
Canada for 1886. and the probable out
put of these countries for 1897, Is given:
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12

Thad Butler and Jesse Pearson, two
white boys, aged IA. became involved
in a fight during religious services at
Butler church, near Star City, Lin
coin county, Ark, Sunday. Both boys
used their knives and fought viciously,
Butler was cut five times, and Pearson
was stabbed near the heart. Both will
die. The fight occurred while the min
lister was delivering his sermon
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
S60, 900 in Four Days,

Great excitement prevails at IrlhH!
Center, Cal, and vicinity, over ricn
strike. made by the Graves brothen
and Henry Carter in the drift claim Y
the Coffee Creek. In four days the'
took gold valued at s6S,0OO The laTs'
est piece was worth $1,000. Ihey "a m ,s
pect to take from $l5O,OOO to s.cVNs
out Of the pocket. The gold is oars
lies between walls Of porphyry aA'
resembles gold poured in the seams
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
Americans Win.

Contracts have been signed at New
York for the shipment OF, 1000 tons of
aluminium to the English market. The
order was placed in open competition
with all the aluminium works of Europe
The delivery of the English order will
cover a period of four years. which will
leave a surplus of American aluminium
for export 10 other countries
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
Armenians Have a Turn.

An official dispatch received at Con-
stantinople says several thousand Ar
menian agitators from Persia invaded
Turkey last Friday. They killed 200 of
the Migrika tribe, including women
and children. The wife of the chief
was put to death with the most cruel
tortures.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
Business Men Suicide.

William G.. Read, Jr, of the firm of
Read & Parsons. stock brokers, of
New York. a member of the Stock Ex-
change. killed himself with a pistol
Monday in a room in the rear of the
firms Office
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-02-26

gauge-gIass show false water; also TO
the wrongful act or default of James
Ellison. the fifth engineer, in closing
the feed check-yalve. which prevented
the requisite inflow of feed water, with
out properly testing the gauge-glass or
reporting the circumstance 10 the engi-
neer in charge of the watch. The board
did not feel called upon to deal with
the certificate Of Mr.. Lane, who was the
engineer in charge of the watch. At
the same time il did not altogether alb
solve him from blame. AS he was very
tending 70 heated bearings, etc, and as
tending 10 heatedbearings, etc, and as
no report about the closing of the feed
check-valve had been made TO him, he
thought that a caution as 10 his future
conduct would meet the case. The evil
dence Of the fourth engineer displayed
lamentable want Of knowledge of
his duties. but as the damage to the
boiler occurred before Mr.. Foster took
charge of the engine-rOom the board
did not implicate him with the disas-
ter. The board did not attach any
blame to Mr.. James Burgess. the chief
engineer, except that the shamrock
connecting the water-gauge column,
the closing of which originally led 10
the accident, did not appear to have
been overhauled before the Miowera
left port. As Ellison did not hold
certificate. the board regretted that it
had no means of furnishing him.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-02-26

see eye TO eye with Sir John, he did
not let this fact interfere with his ad-
ministration in the slightest degree,
and his impartiality was strikingly
manifest in the disposal of the pat
ronage of the Government, officials
from among the natives being appoint
ed according to their fitness, irrespec-
tive whittier they belonged 70 the
Roman Catholic Mission or TO the
WESLEYAN Mission. His knowledge OF
the native character extended beyond
Fiji. and embraced the whole OF the
area over which he was High Com
missioner. All through the territory
under his control he was looked up
tn bv the aboriginals as one who would
see that Justice was done 10 them,
and as one in whom they could trust.
To missions he was eminently favor
able. and he Will be greatly missed by
all the missionaries in the South Seas
the PresbyteTians, the Melaneslan
Mission and the Wesleyan missions
During the existence OF the quasi
government in the late sixties and the
early seventies Sir John Thurston was
the owner and publisher OF the Fiji
Argus. He was twice married, his
second wife, who survives him, being
the widow of Mr.. Darcy Murray. In
1880 he was created a G. NJ. G., and
in 1887 he received his knighthOod.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-02-26
ROBBERY ON BOARD SHIP.

Five Thousand Pounds Taken From
Il. VI. Oceaun.
MELBOURNE. Jan. PA theft of
$4,000 was made from the strong room
Of the the r. VI. s. Oceana some time
on Friday % boxes of gold, containing
POS. 900 sovereigns. were safely slowed
in the strong room, and this morning
the escort arrived with another $4,000
sovereigns in boxes. Then it was dis
covered that a box containing 5000
sovereigns was missing.
1t appears that on Friday the keys
of the port side of the strong room
were missing. but this did not occasion
any alarm. and development of gold
sent from the Bank of New South
Wales was placed in the strong room
from the starbOard side. Next morn
ing. however. when the robbery was
discovered. il was seen that an entrance
had been effected from the port side,
where the inside door had been forced
open by means of crowbar. traces OF
which were plainly visible. The most
mysterious part Of the affair is that the
auartermasteT and steward. who were
on duty during the night. did not OBJ
serve anyone about. The detectives be
Iieved that the gold was still in the
ship. and two members of the force ac-
companied the steamer to Adelaide, and
made a thorough search without find
ing the missing gold.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-02-26

Mr.. Ward l.. Smith, of Fredericks-
town, Mo-, was troubled with chronic
diarrhOea for over thirty years. He
had become fully satisfied that it was
only a question of a short time until
he would have to give up. He had
been treated by some of the best ply
sicians in Europe and America but got
no permanent relief. One day he
picked up a newspaper and CHANGED 10
read an advertisement of Chamber
Iain's Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. He got a bottle of it, he
first dose helped him and it's continued
use cured him. For sale by all drug
gists and dealers; Benson, Smith & Co,
wholesale agents for Hawaiian Islands.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-02-26
SOUTH SEA HORROR.
Captain GIbbines Murdered While ON "a
Trading Voyage.

Captain GIbbIngs Murdered While ON "a
Trading Voyage.
SYDNEY, n. S. w, Jan. 24.-When
the Sydney trading steamer Titus
reached Rubrana she heard of a fear
full murder that had taken place at
Rendova, in the SolOman Group. II
appears that Capt. J. Gibbings, we'll
known trader, was sailing in his cut
ter along the coast at Rendova Onf the
18th of November, and when off the ma
live village of Boogley. two natives
came off and asked him to anchor, as
they had a quantity of cOpra that they
wished TO sell. The cutter was accord
inIy brought up a short distance from
the beach, and several canoes came off
with copra. After taking it on board,
Captain Gibbings went below to get
the trade TO exchange for the cOpra,
and while he was STOPPING down two
Rendova natives jumped on top of him
and held him down, while a third ma
tive, using a large knife, cut of the
unfortunate mans head. The helpless
man struggled violently in his death
throes. and tore the hair out OF the head
of one of his murderers. His compan-
ion a native Rubrana, looked on while
this tragedy was being enacted. After
the murder the Rendova natives loot
ed the vessel and set fire to her. Cap
tain Gibbings was we'll known in the
coastal trade of this colony.