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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-02-04
~TELEGaAPHIC TICKS.

The Canadian express from HaiM !
persons were killed and six injured.
The Tennessee Senate has passed u
cutting down tho salaries Of oil STATE .
Gals at the capitol except the Governor
1t is now stated positively at San FRANKS
that the Corbett-F itzsimmoGs flight Wits
place near Carson, Reno or Virginia city,
Nevada.
The ministers OF indianapolis have orss
lied n crusade against n bill pending ~
Indiana legislature legalizing sunday .
ball.
The Alabama house has passed irs
pealing the Australian ballot, which hsA|
In effect for four years, and re-eaactlass
old election law.
The Wautaua bank OF johnson CE|
Tenn, was closed and its cashier, } w
John, named ms truestee. The l~ia6iliasr
S2S. 900; assets, nearly $4,000.
A receiver for the NJ. A. Swocny ioVlN|
company, Of JefrersonyilIe, Ind, sln|
asked by the Pittsbure forge and iFoa"7|
any and other creditors.
Adolph Myer pleaded guilty to se'iiai !.
to a tenement house In New iorS, WANas
dangered GO lives, about two weeks aN :
was sentenced to serve 70 years hs~
prison.
A call has boon issued for ana'eol n|
vention in Cincinnati, February w.
employees of the internal revenue ~
ment to form q national civil 'e~rNco"s'
zatlon.
The fusion minority in the lower ao.,1
the Nebraska Legislature unsea'l Wv
Republican members from DouslS VII
on charges OF fraud at the polls, ahuS@
the fusion contestants. III
President George b. Roberts, Of -
~sylvania railroad, died at his res'arvSI
Philadelphia, after a long illness; ~ ID
that Frank Thompson, OF PhlI"depD ~
the first vioe-presidcnt, will DO 's
sor. L.s
Mrs. Amelia II. Post. one Of 'pe I'D
womnn's sufTragist Of Wyoming, ,s.assS|
II was mainly through Mrs. Poss n n
that the first territorial legislator. n
oming passed n law gran'iAH "
frage in 1868.
The National Woman Suffrage As ~, 4
concluded its session On SatiIua!' "a I'd
solving to remove heahqna'ae.r .lr,u I
York and devote Its WORK exMaSsa, Z
Western territory, especially NV'
Californis.
A.. ". West, alias Burns, now anI.
In Buffalo. Is believed to be ths MAJ
gang OF swindlcrs who obtalneu ~
by crooked means, among. wns ~
securing by forged orders oil fA'''
which they sold to scalpers' ~
Sir Richard Cartwright, Minls',MIi sssi
and Commerce, and l., II. DAVE ca,i15
Marine, were appointed by ". ,S IA
government to go to Washington I,bd1
a reciprocity treaty and the aIlen
with the United States authori'e'
An Indiana barber. James Reeves
has introduced a bill and Is ehsan,.ass1
secure Its Introduction in the ia
that state, by the provisions u ncr,a
wesrer of chin whlskers, "sides"e'
goatee will be taxed slO year
Cubans made an attack 0,
west Of Artemisa and cap'ul.aa ands 4
Spanish forts, with officers, n. opepst
| quantity OF ammunition. lpS ,sarcsA
for further attacks by theI nuici
which they are liable TO take D.
tage. One Of the garrisons rrbsp
A meeting Of Spanish anu seut
talked OF terms OF peace. any and
sary with the plans 10 do"1'
for their approval.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-02-04
BODIES BLOWN TO snREDs.
Two Men Killed By a Nitro-Glyocrine
Explosion.

An explosion Of nitro-glyccrine ut Cygnct
near Lima, o., killed two men, their bodies
being literally blown to shreds, so far not u
particle OF either having been found. Tho
Victims were w. ]. Morrison, OF Toledo, field
superintendent OF tho Ohio and Indiana
Torpedo company, of Lima City, and Edward
Dennison, a shooter, Of Rising sun, formerly
Of Grove City, Pa.
A man named Henning, who was 400 feet
from the magazine, was badly cut about the
head by flying debris. A house 1000 feet
away had all the windows and doors blown
In, and a little girl received injuries not be
Iieved 10 be serious.
1t is not known positively how the en-
plosion was caused, rs Morrison and Den
nison were alone in the magazine ut the
time. 1t Is supposed they were taking some
Of the stuff from the magazine, preparatory
TO transporting 1t 10 the fields, and possibly
dropped n can.
The building was shattered, a large hole in
the ground being left where IT stood. The
shock was felt miles away, the glass in every
window in Cygnet being broken.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-02-04
SIGNED,
The Treaty To Settle tho Alaskan Boundary
Lima.

Secretary Olney and Sir Julian Paunceioto
have signed the convention for the dianition
by commission Of so much Of tho boundary
Hoe between Alaska and the British posses
sions as is marked by the 14lst meridian. =
The treaty provides n commission OF -FOUR
members. Tit names are not given in the
treaty, but will be agreed on hereafter. The
commission will meet under the terms OF the
treaty in London or Washington.
The work Of the commission will be final,
FOR no appeal will lie from It's decision.
The convention just signed does not, how
ever, settle the whole Alaskan boundary
question, which has been pending for many
years between the United States and Great
Britain. II does provide for The settlement
oithat part relating to the northern bound
airy, about half OF tho actual boundary line
between Alaska and the British possessions,
and fortunately the portion which demanded
instant treatment TO remove the possibility
OF dangerous friction. The Southern pOr-
ton Of the lire, however, remains to DO
liked.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-02-04
TWO WILL DIE.
Desperate Feud in Kentucky-Four Per
sons Wounded,

Tuesday afternoon on Green river, near
Brownsville, KY, a battle occurred In which
40 shots were fred, eight Of which took eff
feet. The combatants we're Eugene Carrier,
J. l. Carrier, Nathan Scaggs and Luther
Scraggs. on ono side, and G. W. Hazelip,
Alfonso Hazellp and his son on the other.
g. W. Haaelip was shot in tho groin and
hand and Alfonso in the breast, arm and
side. Nathan Scraggs was shot in the
shoulder and Bed Scaggs, a bystander, in
the arm. The two Hazelips will die.
The trouble occurred over the alleged be.
trayal OF Carriers sister by Alfonso Haze
lip. All IRE prominent people.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-02-04

The officials Of the Japanese legation in
81. Petersburg confirmed the report that the
plague has broken out In the island OF For
mosa.
Dispatches from Goe, the capital city Of
the Portuguese territory Of that name in
India, say that there are three cases Of .bu-
bonic plscae In lhe hospital there.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-02-04
NEWsY

A woman suffrage bill has been defeated in
the Oklahoma legislature.
There has been q severe storm In the gulf
of Cadiz, and "A fishing boats have been lost
near San Lucar.
All the troops were withdrawn from Lead
vile, Col, on Saturday, except 100 men, left
to guard the mines IRON the strikers.
Sir Robert Stewart, OF Edinburgh, and q
prominent English insurance official, fell and
broke his neck on the sidewalks OF Denver.
In 1896 Michigan produced 2,l66, 252, 9s2
feet of lumber and 9il, 527, 200 shingles, a de.
crease Of 565, 900, 900 feet Of lumber as com.
pared with 1896.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-02-04

For over two hours Tuesday the business
section Of Toledo, o., was threatened with
destruction by fire. Flames broke out In the
Popp livery strble on st. Clair street, between
the postofice and Hotel Jefferson, and were
with difficulty confined TO that building.
Twenty-Five horses and NUMEROUS vehicles
were destroyed and the building Quilted.
The total loss is $50, 900, with little Insurance.
Fire destroyed one residence and dam aged
two others on Robinwood avenue, involving
n loss OF about $40, 900.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-02-04
RELEASED A LOT OF SLAVES.
Royal Niger C%ompany's Troops Capture a
Town,

A telegram from Egbom, In the middle
Niger region, dated January 20, says that the
column Of the Royal Niger Company's ex-
petition against the Emir OF Nupe arrived In
good order after a seventeen days march OF
200 mlles. The men were at times COM
PEELED to march single file through the bush.
The power OF the Fulahs In the regions of
the South Niger river has been utterly de-
stroyed. The notilla and u detachment
accompanying the expedition surprised and
destroyed the sou hern Fulah capital Of
Ladi. This town was a depot for stores, and
1900 slaves were rescued. A recent telegram
from Lagos gives an account OF the expedi-
ton sent out by the Royal Niger Company,
Niger Company's ilotilla OF armed stern
wheel steamers was ordered to patrol the
Niger for the purpose Of cutting of the re-
treat OF the Fulah forces to Bida.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-02-04
A MINE EXPLOSION.
Two Men Killed and Many Injured Near
Uniontown.

A terrible explosion Of gas occurred in the
mines OF Hurst & Co., at Shocks station,
near Uniontown. Pa, in which two men
we're killed and seven others injured, some
of them fatally. The dead are:
Peter Houser, a German. whose eyes were
blown ont, and who died soon after he was
removed from the mines.
Charles McQuister, who died early Wedncs-
day morning.
John Mitchell was blown GO feet and sus-
tanned injuries that will result fatally. An
drew Honzabad, a Pole, Michael Horanae.
IN Haivetian. John Augustin and Michael
Henneck were removed to tho Connellsville
hospital. They are thought to be fatally in
iured. John ellis and his son were also in
iured, but not dangerously.
The explosion occurred at 3 O'Clock p. IN,
and resulted from tho %igniting of eas by a
big fall Of coal. The mine is located in the
M~onongahela vein, which IL not gaseous and
in which the men work with open lamps. a
few days ago Mine Inspector Conner visited
these works and pronounced them safe, as
thcre was no gas except in very inconsidera-
BILE quantities.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-02-04
CAPITAL NOTES

Senator Davis gave notice Of an amend
ment to the sundry civil appropriation bill
appropriating $3.50, 900 for surveys and ex-
aminations OF deep water ways between the
great lakes and the Atlantic.
The house elections committee, No 2, de-
cided the contested election case OF Aiexia
Benoit, Populist, against c. j. Boatner, from
the Fifth district Of Louisiana, In favor OF
Mr.. Boatuer. the sitting member.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-02-04
Reports About the Gar.

While the Vienna newspapers continue to
declare that the cars head is seriously
affected and that the skull needs trepanning
ON account OF tho effects from the blow on
tho head he received from q japanese fan
attic, and while they allege that he is pre-
pairing for u regency, the English "Court
Circular" announced that the czar 10 enjoy
ing excellent health and that the reports OF
his i'll -hcalth are u%niounded.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-02-04
NOTES.
More Trouble For Spain.

A Madrid dispatch says that snow and rain
storms threaten serious floods in Spain.
Narrowing distress prevails In Andalusia.
At Jacn the people are plundering the bread
shops aud thousands are begging in the
streets. Similar scenes, accompanied by
fights with the police, have occurred in many
other towns. The authorities are %powerless
TO cope with the restitution.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-02-04
Arbitration With France.

II Is semi-onlcially stated that negotiations
FOR a treaty Of general arbitration between
France and the United States were COM
menced about a year ago. but were only re-
sumed when it was announced that the
Anglo-American treaty had been definitely
concluded
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-02-04
SLAUGHTERED BY A TRAIN.
Five Workmen Run Down and Killed in
Connecticut.

The eastbound Colonial express on the
Consolidated road struck and killed five men
at East Norwalk. Conn, Wednesday after
noon. The men had been working on the
track and stepped out OF the way OF one
trnin directly in front OF another. At that
point there arc four tracks, and the train the
men desired TO avoid and the one which kill
ed them were both moving in the same di-
%rection. The killed were: james Powers,
section foreman; Daniel Gilbert, james silk,
John Shea, Salvatore Spina.
The first four were instantly killed. but
Spin8 lived q short time.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-02-04
ELECTED A POPULIsT.
Heitfelt, tbs New Senator from Idaho
Speaks Imperfect English.

sp6aKs imperfect EnBItsh
The Senatorial contest In the Idaho State
legislature terminated on the 2sth by the
election OF Henry H%eitfclt, q Populist, to
succeed Senator Dubois. The ballot was as
follows: Heitfelt, 80; Dubois, Silver, 30;
Nelson. Democrat. 25. Twenty-Five Popu-
lists, Is Democrats and / Republican voted
for the successful candidate. Heitfelt Is OF
German birth, with q limited command of
the English language. He is 40 years old
and Is n farmer In Nez Perces county. He
has several times represented his county in
the State legislature, and Is at present n
member Of the State senate, but has never
been known to make n speech. He has only
q ru%dimentary education.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-02-04
Twnlyn Sailors Drowned.

A lifeboat which had been searching for
some fishing smacks belonging to Harbor.
Jutland,, which have been missing since the
storm, was capslaed, and u OF her crew
were drowned,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-02-04
Thrss Burned TO naath.

Tho house Of A. Z. vandawater, three
miles from Belleville, Mich, caught fire from
a defective chimney. and Mrs. vsndawater,
two children. q boy OF 8 and q girl OF IA, Miss
Anna Wanda water, y sister Of the father and
husband. perabsd IN the Games.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-02-04
ENORMOUS LOSS OF LIFE.

Terrible Earthquake on the Island Of
Kishm.
A dispatch from Teheran. Persia, says that
an earthquake occurred on the Island OF
Kishm, in the Persian gull, on January II,
attended by enormous loss OF life. Kishm Is
near the entrance to the Persian gulf and Is
the largest island In that body OF water.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-02-04
s2T5,o0O LOSS By FIRE
in Entire Flock in Cincinnati Badly Dam,
aged.

aged.
The block bounded by Race, Commerce,
Vine and Second streets, Cincinnati, was
he scene OF a disastrous fro Thursday
morning. The blaze originated In the en-
CINE room OF the Herman Cooper 4 Co
malt house, on Commerce street, and spread
rapidly to the cordage establishment OF
Oyerman & Scroder. and the commission
house OF W.. w. Blair & Co. and Mellon,
Brown Il Co. These buildings were de-
stroyed. entailine u loss of about 500, 900.
The buildings adjoining were damaged by
water only.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-28

Attorney Longnecker declared that
Harler should never have been lndlcl-
ed After thorough investigation OF
the case, he says, he entered a nolle
prose- qui of the case and Harler was
never arraigned for trial
Mrs, Koch said she had known Mrs.
Luetgert for eleven yeacs and had lived
near her most of this time. She saw and
talked with Mrs. Luetgert the last week
In April. Mrs, Luetgert was depressed
and talked about going away. She told
the witness, according to the statement
OF the latter, that Luetgert had been
sWlndled by man who had promised
to pay him a big sum for an interest in
the sausage factory. Luetgert had let
the men have a large sum OF money and
the man had run away. This evidence
was In support OF the statement OF ex-
Judge Vincent at the opening OF the
trial to the effect that promoter had
swindled Luetgert out OF $4,000 and
that this was the beginning Of the
troubles of the sausage maker, Other
witnesses testified along this line later
In the day.
The crush around the criminal court
building to-day was suI4sGiinE fearful,
A number OF extra policemen had been
placed on duty to assist the court ball
IFS in keeping back the thronn that
clamored for admission and thsV had
their hands full 1t was only with the
greatest difficulty that those having
business in the court room could gain
admission, and many people who had
tickets emitting them to enter the court
room, were compelled TO turn away be-
cause OF their inability TO force their
way through the crowd. This morning
the pressure on the States Attorney for
tickets of admission was so great that
he and his assistant Mr. McNwen, were
compelled 10 hide In the private office
OF the States Attorney IN order to
transact their work prior to the opening
OF court.
No criminal trial that has been held in
Cook county, has excited as much inter-
est as the present case. The anarchist
case was the record breaker until the
trial OF the sausage maker began, but
1t Is 10 the second place now one OF the
spectators at the trial to-day was an
Esqulmaux from Alaska. whose home Is
not far from the Klondike region. He is
In Chicago exhibiting Klondlke dogs
and expressed u strong desire to see the
Sausage man who killed his wife" The
trial will probably last for month.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-28
THE QUEER VERDICT
OF tho Coronsf's Jury OF the Victims OF
HaEIeion ShootingS.

HAZLETON, Pa, Sept 27,-The coro-
ner's Jury which Investigated the death
of the striking miners at Lattimer, met
in deputy coroner Gowman's Office this
evening and after an hours deliberauon,
rendered the following verdict:
THAT from the circumstances OF the
case and the evidence offered, the said
Clement Platock and others came to their
deaths by gunshot wounds on September
10, 1897, at the hands OF Sheriff James
Martin. and his deputies. and, In this, we,
the Jury, do all agree and We. Philip j.
Boyle, Thomas r. Thomas, Barton
Freas and Peter McKiernan, of this jury,
do further say that the said Clement
Platock, with others was marching
peaceably and unarmed on the public
highway. that they were intercepted by
the said Sheriff Martin and his deputies
and mercilessly shot to death and we do
further find that the killing was unnec-
essary and could have been avoided
without serOus injury to either person or
property, and we find finally, that the
killing was wanton, and unJustiilable,
but in this, we. George Maue and f. j.
McNeal, of this jury, do not concur, and
we, the jury. do further say that there
was such strong suspicion Of unlawful
violence at the hands OF person or per-
sons unknown to this jury as 70 make
this inquest necessary"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-28
ARRESTED YESTERDAY.

FOR TURNING A SWITCH TO WRECK
A PASSENGER TRAIN
John Rltchner, fourteen year old boy
living in Bridgeport, and a former EN-
ploye of the Cleveland, L,orain & Wheel
ing railroad. was arrested by Marshal
Burns, Of Martins Ferry. yesterday,
charged with turning the switch to
wreck n Cleveland, Lorain & wheeling
passenger train recently An exclusive
account OF the accident was given In this
paper the morning following. The rail-
road company offered reward OF N,OOO
for the arrest OF the perpetrator OF what
was evidently an attempt, regardless oil
the loss OF life, 10 in1lCt an injury on the
company. Just what evidence Is pos
sessed against the accused Is not known.
He employed Judge briggs, OF Bridge
port. to defend HIM. In Jail he had moth
Ing to say It Is claimed that he was
formerly employed by the Cleveland, 10,
rain & Wheeling railroad company, ana
was discharged last February, and u Is
also said that by come means he was IN
possesslon Of n switch lock and key.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-28
MINING sITUATIoY
In the HaIicion Fisld-AlI Troops to he
withdrawn During tho Week.

HAZLEToN, Pa, Sept. 27.-The
miners OF McAdoa and vicinity will take
action on the report OF the arbitration
committee tomorrow and the general
opinion IS that the report VIII he salts
factory, both the company and the men
having agreed TO submit and abide by
arbitration. A meeting OF miners will be
held tonight at Milnesville and another
at Jeddo, where branches of the United
Mine Workers were organized by John
Fahey.
The Fourth regiment will be with
drawn tomorrow and the Eighth and
the City troop, OF Philadelphia, on We'd
nesday. It is probable that the Ninth
and the Governors troops will break
camp on Thursday. and, unless some
thing Unforeseen occurs in the meantime,
the entire stan will leave at the same
time. No regiment will remain here, the
commanding officers being confident that
no further trouble Is TO be feared. Gen.
Goblin was about to-day, but still suffers
from the fall sustained yesterday. The
general has issued an order compliment
Ing the men for their excellent demeanOr
and efficiency.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-28

HUNTINGDON. Pa, Sept. T--h rear
end collision of eastbound freight trains
on the Pennsylvania railroad, five miles
west OF here. caused the destruction Of
twcnty-Bovcn cars and larger guam
tlty Of general merchandise The four
tracks were torn up for considerable
distance, and traffic on the middle dlvls-
ion was temporarily suspended. The en-
tire force OF the wrcckinE crew was call
cd out. The wcEtbound express and pas
gcngers are lying here, awaiting clear
traclta. Many Of the cars were tcle.
scoped, while others, with their con.
tents, were thrown down the cmbnnk-
munt into the Junlata river,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-28
ENGLAND DID NOT WITHDRAW
From Seal Conference Merely Objected Il
Russia aud Japan,

Russia aud Japan.
LONDON, Sept. T-As announcement
was made this afternoon confirming the
dispatches Of The Associated Press on
Saturday last The Marquis OF Salisbury
has not withdrawn from the Berlng Sea
conference, but has simply objected to
the presence OF Russia and Japan. Ne
gotlations on the subject are proceed
ing. Great Britain Is willing to take
part in the conference and Is endcavor-
ing to secure the acquiescence OF Cana
da.
The United States ambassador Colo
nel John Hay. and the British ambas-
sador to the United States Sir Julian
Pauncefotc, visited the foreign office
this afternoon.
The whole hitch seems to be due to
the failure OF the Marquis OF Salisbury
to respond 10 Colonel Hays note Of July
20. acknowledging the Marquis Of Sails
bury's agreement TO meeting Of eN-
perts" and In which Colonel Hay stated
that the President expected Russian
and Japanese representatives would be
present at the conference Exception he.
ing taken to this, Colonel Hay concluded
that the matter was settled. until We'd
nesday last when an objection was re-
celyed from the British side It being
pointed out that the Marquis OF Sails
bury never contemplated taking part in
conference at which Russia and ia
pan were represented, having always
contendcd. as shown In his dispatch OF
May o. that they had no locus Htandl.
It IL also pointed out that the Mar
uuls OF salIsbury's Lester OF July % dis
tinctly Gays that Great Britain had
nRrecd to meeting Of British, Cana
dian, American experts
The Japanese minister here said TO n
representative Of the Associated Press
to-day while no formal commnnlcn-
tons have passed between japan and
England I have discussed the arrange
mcntB for a conference with the foreign
Office officials"
II - a curious fact that Colonel Hays
dispatch on July ~, IA omitted from the
Bcrlng Sea blue book just Issued,