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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-22
n NEW TARIFF BILL l@EE0 UPON.
SLIGHT CHANGES MADE.
Representatives Of the House and Senate Per-
feet the Long Discussed Hsasurs.

The new tariff bill. as agreed upon
by the members Of both houses in con-
ference will. when made public, present
an entirely new sugar schedule. at least
In the main item Of duty on raw and re-
fined sugar-the fourth presented since
the bill emerged from the recesses of the
Ways and Means Committee. 1t is esti-
mated that the changes in the sugar
schedule will raise about s.. 900, 900 ad-
ditional revenue. Following are among
the more important changes made in
other schedules:
Hides, 10 per cent. ad valorem, in
place of the 20 per cent. fixed by the
Senate.
Wool (as heretofore sent) first class,
ii cents per pound; second class, Il
cents per pound; third class. cents on
that below II cents per pound in value
and cents on that above IL cents in
value. These rates on third-class wool
were the result of an agreement be-
tween the wool growers ard the carpet
manufacturers.
Coal, bituminous, 67 cents per ton.
Tobacco, sl.75 per pound on imported
wrappers. This is the Senate rate.
White pine lumber was restored to
the House classification and the House
rate of 81 per 1000 feet instead of the
Senate rate Of 81.
The reciprocity clause has been trans
formed into modification of both the
Senate and House schedules-that is,
the number Of articles which can be
used as bases for reciprocity agreements
has been increased, but the Presidents
discretion as to rates and the ratiflca-
ton of treaties by the Senate. which
was the main feature of the Senate
provision, has been rejected.
One Of the biggest victories won by
the House was in the restoration to the
dutiable list Of burlaps, jute and jute
bagging, cotton bagging, gubny sacks,
floor mating and cotton ties, which the
Senate placed on the free list. While
restored to the dutiable list, however,
the rates are lower than they have ever
been on this class of articles. Another
victory of the House was the elimina-
tion of the Senate stamp tax on bonds
and stocks. 1t was decided that the
machinery Of collection was too cumber-
some.
Raw cotton was restored to the free
list as originally fixed by the House.
The Senate, with the aid Of some of the
Democratic Senators, made cotton du-
table at 20 per cent.
The conference report on the tariff
bill was adopted by the house shortly
after midnight, Monday, by vote of
1Sh m 11S
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-22
SENATE AGREES.
United States Objects to Paying the Exorbit.
ant Demands Of Iron Manufacturers.

The price to be paid for armor plate
for the three new battleships now In
course of construction was the theme
of extended, and at times, lively de-
bate. in the senate. Late in the day an
amendment to the deficiency appropri-
alton bill was agreed to, restricting the
price of armor plate to $500 per ton, or
$lz5 less than the amendment reported
by the committee and recommended by
the navy department as the minimum
rate acceptable to the armor contrac-
tors. Another amendment inserted In
the bill directs the secretary of the
navy to investigate as to the establish
ment of government armor factory
and to report to the next session of
congress.
During the debate Mr.. Hale urged
that the failure to equip the battleships
with armor would humiliate the United
states in the eyes of the world, and
would lessen our naval power at a time
OF possible foreign complication. After
inserting the armor amendments, the
deficiency appropriation bill, the last
of the great supply measures. was
passed.
The bill provided a total appropria
ton of $34l0, 725 for armor for the three
battleships authorized in 1896 and linn
tied the cost per ton to S425. Mr.. But
Ter On. c. offered an amendment re-
ducing the total to s2.401, 500, limiting
the cost to 5000 per ton, and providing
for the establishment of a government
armor factory If private concerns do
not bid within 5000 per ton.
The measure will now have to be act
ed upon in conference. Representa-
tives Of the house and senate have as
yet come to no conclusion on the Tariff
bill.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-22
MISSION BURNED.
For Repoving Chinese Children Plymouth
Brethren Have Narrow Escape.

The entire premises of the Plymouth
Brethren, at Wuchen, China, have been
destroyed by a Chinese mob. Some
Chinese boys in the streets insulted a
missionary, and he reproved them.
They complained to their parents, who,
by starting the old story of child steal
ing and killing, raised a mob and at
tackled the five women and twelve mis-
sionaries In house. The missionaries
gathered in school room and barred
the doors, escaping later to another
house, where the mob failed to find
them. The mob then returned to the
house and destroyed every vestige of
property. The crowd then turned it's
atterIion to the Roman Catholic mis-
sion, but by this time the officials had
been notified and sent soldiers to pre-
vent further damage. The Plymouth
Brethren missionaries escaped in boats
that night and next day the local man
darins sent a squad of soldiers to pro-
tcct them. They saved nothing but
the clothes they were wearing.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-22
PRECIOUS METAL IN ABUNDlNCE.
SOME RICH FINDS.
Fortunes Hsds in . Day BY Miners in the
Gold rields Of Alaska.

The excitement over the Klondyke
mines at Seattle is on the increase and
hundreds Of people are preparing tc
sail for Alaska. The steamer Portland
which brought down over 81, ,000, 900 In
gold Is on her return trip and will be
crowded 10 her utmost capacity. Con-
servative men who have been in the
country claim there Is room for hun
dreds more in Alaska. They admit
that all Of the fields in the vicinity OF
klondyke have been taken, but every
river in Alaska is, in their judgment
filled with gold which can be secured
IL the men are willing to risk the hard
ships.
Inspector Strickland of the Canadian
mounted police, who came down on the
Portland, says: When l left Dawson
City a month ago there were 500
claims staked out and there were be-
tween 1000 and 5000 in there. We can
safely say that there was about 81, 500,
900 in gold mined last winter. The
wages in the mines were SIS day, and
the sawmill laborers $40 a day. The
claims now staked out will afford en-
ployment To about 5000 men, | believe.
II man is strong. healthy and wants
work he can find employment at good
wages. Several men worked on an in
terest, or what Is termed a lay" and
during the winter realized from s. 900
to $4,000 each. The mines are 80 to 100
miles from Alaska boundary.
detachment of mounted police of
the northwest territory. which passed
through Seattle two years ago, struck
1t rich. Five of the twenty guards re-
turned on the Portland with gold
amounting to 100000. The other 10 re-
mained in Alaska to engage in mining
Circle city, Alaska. is deserted, writes
miner who has just returned from the
klondike mines. Everybody Is up at
klondike or preparing to go soon. 1t
Is the richest district the world has
ever known and will produce millions
this year. Flour at klondike is worth
800 sack Of 80 pounds. and everything
elce is in proportion, and none to be
bought Live dogs are worth from s.
to 20 a pound. they are scarce. Gravel
is frozen is to 20 feet deep to bed rock,
but we burn a shaft down and then
drift using fire instead of powder. The
gravel runs from's5 to $3.50 pan, and
the young fellow on a claim above me
panned out $4,000 in two days. / was
offered s25O,00O cash for my claim
still hold the ground. and will be either
millionaire or n pauper in the fall
Men cannot be hired for wages. Every
newcomer in the camp Is offered big
wages as high as $50 day. but seldom
VIII anyone work for another. The on
ly phantom that stands in our way to
the goal of millionaire is grub. I
have provisions enough to last me till
next June, and | am as well fixed as
any man in the country. If the boats
do not get up the river before July we
will be in hard lines.
John +. James and Henry Blake re-
turned recently from the desert region
near the Mexican border, bringing a
story of extreme suffering and of sue
cess in the discovery of the California
mine, one of the most famous of the
lost mines of the southwest.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-22
ALAKE OF OIL.
Important Discovery Made in Alaska by Gold
Prospectors.

What is said to be the greatest dis
covery ever made Is reported from
Alaska. Some gold prospectors several
months ago ran across what seemed to
be a lake of oil. 1t was fed by in
Vulnerable springs and the surrounding
mountains were full of coal They
brought supplies to Seattle and tests
proved it to be of as high grade as any
ever taken out of Pennsylvania wells
a local company was formed and ex-
perts sent up. They have returned on
the steamer Topeka. and their report
has more than borne out first reports
1t is stated there is enough oil and coal
In the discovery to supply the world 1t
is close to the ocean; in fact the experts
sRy that the oil ooZes out into the salt
water 1t Is stated that the Standard
OIL Company has already made an offer
for the property. The owners have S.
900 acres and are naturally much excit-
ed over their prospects for fortune.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-22
The British Navy.

In the London house of commons re-
Gently Mr.. Joseph Austen Chamberlain
member Of East Worcestershire, moved
the second reading of the naval works
bill. The revised estimate. he said,
Proposed the establishment of naval
works at Dover at a cost OF G3,5OO. 900
instead of G2,00O,00O. There would be
an enclosed space of 6lO acres, he said.
with berthing accommodation for 20
battleships, besides smaller vessels.
The Gibraltar harbor. he said, would
be rendered absolutely secure and
there would be an increased space of 90
acres. A new dock would be construct
ed at Comombo and a naval barracks
at SheernesS
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-22
INDIGNANT WOMEN.
With Brooms in Hand the Clean they Dirty
Streets Of St. Louis.

Half hundred st. Louis women sal
lied forth in a body, broom and shovel
in hand, few days ago, and cleaned
that part of the city the center of which
Il the alley between Chouteau avenue
apd Convent street and Third and
Fourth streets. They were headed by
Miss Louisa Meyer. Two years ago q
phrty Of st. Louis women felt them
selves compelled to teach the city
fathers a lesson in this way. The con-
dtions now are as bad. and the women
have won public approval by thus cal
ling attention TO them. The women who
cleaned the streets to-day were chiefly
workingmen's wives and daughters.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-22
Cars in Demand.

Long trains of empty freight cars
have rolled out of Kansas City for two
weeks and dropped off in twos. threes
and fives on side tracks along the lines
of the railroads in Missouri, Iowa, Kan
sas, Nebraska and Oklahoma. These
empty freight cars. of which there are
thousands will be filled with new 'g7
wheat inside Of four or five weeks. A
tremendous grain rush is expected and
the best Of management by railroad Of
hcials will be needed to prevent a huge
grain blockade or grain car famine.
Conservative estimates Of crop statisti-
clans place the yield of wheat for this
year in Kansas at 60,C0O, coo bushels.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-22
MANY DEAD.
Flood Similar 10 That Of yehnstsvn Engulfb
Tvo New York TovnA

The two large reservoirs In the Fish
kill mountains. which supplied water
to the towns Of Matteawan and Fish
kill. N. Y. burst their walls at 2
O'Clock Wednesday morning and the
water that was released swept through
the Duchess valley. causing ruin and
Five bodies have been taken from
the wreckage left in the wake OF the
Hood. and there are known to be two
and probably three more lying some
where beneath the piled up debris.
which Is all that remains Of three
houses that were swept away by the
torrent. The names of those whose
bodies have been recovered. as official
ly given out by Coroner II. b. Berier
of Matteawan are Mrs. John Conroy,
Mrs. Mary Ferry, william Ferry, John
Sruka, Philamena Deluka. The miss
ing are: John Conroy, aged 2 years;
Julia Conroy. aged years; an un-
known Hungarian. The body of Mrs.
Mary Ferry was taken from mud and
debris ten feet deep. Thirty-five men
worked all day in the ruins.
Mrs. Conroy. one of the lost, before
her marriage lived at Johnstown. Pa,
where the great flood occurred several
years ago. She was rescued there by
John Conroy, who afterward married
her. Most of the ruins have been
searched over. and II is possible that
some bodies have been swept into the
river.
Engineer John Conroy, who lost his
wife and two children. states that they
were not in the building when the
flood came. They were on a knoll on
the edge of the floods. He told his wife
to stay there with the children until
he went back to the building. but she
attempted to find a place of greater
apparent safety, and in crossing to an
other house the flood swept her and the
children to her death.
About thousand yards above MUIR
phys boarding house. directly in the
center of the ravine, was a small settle
ment of Arabs, 80 or 40 in number. oc-
cupying half a dozen huts. There is
not a vestige of the settlement now,
but so far as known no Arabs lost
their lives. On each side of the rail-
road track are great piles of rubbish,
tree trunks, rocks, pieces of houses and
all sorts of household goods and cloth
ing. The wave was about Is feet high,
as shown by traces along it's passage.
When 1t reached a point about 700 feet
above the buildings 1t had spread out
until 1t was about 200 feet wide and 10
feet deep. moving with resistless force.
1t tore out by the rooots trees that
were one to two feet in diameter.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-22
Czarina's Wish Granted.

The Berlin correspondent of the
Standard says that while celebrating
Christmas eve in the German manner
the CZarina was asked by her husband
to express a wish. She whispered,
please permit a little more religious
liberation" The Car answered smil-
ingly, That will come by and by" The
Car has not forgotten his promise, as
it has been reported. but has issued a
ukase canceling that of his father.
Alexander Ill. which ordered that ev-
cry non-orthodox person in Russia
who married an orthodox person
should sign document declaring that
he would baptize and educate his chill
dren in the orthodox faith. The ukase
of Emperor Nicholas permits children
of mixed marriages to be educated in
the religion of their parents, sons in
that of their father and daughters in
that of their mother
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-22
A Selfish Preacher.

Rev. Early r. Redmon, aged 80, .
graduate Of the Bible College OF Men.
lucky, and Christian minister OF ~
putation, left Lexington. KY, the o,n.. 81
day for Cincinnati to be married \
Mrs. Jennie Hunter, young wiaIS
from Cripple Creek. who is said 70 Y
worth 100000. The groom procureu
divorce from his former wife, VINO va
n Miss Lanbrick. last Monday. he a'S
Mrs. Hunter met and became aI
quainted through a personal IN .
daily newspaper. They made evesi
preparation to get married as soon q
the young preacher could get divv,uii. divti.
He charged his wife with unfaitnlu,i
ness and began proceedings severe"
months ago.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-22
Justice in Kentucky,

Governor Bradley, of Kentucky, has
pardoned George Dinning. negro,
who was recently given seven years for
killing Jodie Conn, a member of a par
ty who surrounded his house and were
attempting to lynch him. In a long
Endorsement on the official pardon the
Governor says: Too long has mob
law disgraced the fair name of Ken
lucky, and while l am Governor Of the
Commonwealth no man. however OBJ
scure. and fr!endless. shall be punished
for killing the member of a MOB who
ks to take his life or drive him from
his home"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-22
His Own EXecutioner.

Thomas f. Ripple was hanged on the
automatic galiows in the Wethersfield
prison at Hartford, Conn, Wednesday.
Ripple maintained an insolent demean-
or to the end. He refused to allow a
photographer to take his picture, and
showed little interest in the ministra-
tions of his spiritual adviser, the Rev.
Father Lynch. The law provides that
the murderer shall in effect hang him
self. the trap being sprung by its stand
ing upon 1t. There have been several
executions under the law, all success
full. Kippies crime was wife murder.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-22
To Prevent Riots.

Booth Tucker, commando OF the Ca.
walton Army, is the guest of the Saa'' ',''
Fe Railroad Company on tour OF ~
orado. New Mexico and Arizona "no.s
he goes to locate lands In th' ara ~.
tricts for homes for the worthy po.s.ss po~ =
the large cities. Mr.. Tuckef ug ed
that the poor classes must be colu"lJn.
or revolution will overtgke the na no
Colonization. he says. Twill son Sc
social problem and take from ths Had
cities the idle men anf women thef
make them creators of wealth
than charges on the G0fernme'
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-22
A DETERMINED MOB.
Lynch Murderer After Having Once Before
Made an Attempt to Hang Him

DR.. r. A. Ryder, who murdered his
sweetheart, Miss Sallie Emma owen, a
beautiful and accomplished girl, April
5, 1896, at Columbus, Ga, was taken
from the officers a few nights ago by a
mob and lynched. He was on his way
to the Jail. The judges had granted a
motion for a continuance and the mob
feared that Ryder. would escape pun
ishment. Once before an attempt was
made to lynch DR.. Ryder. The night
after he shot and killed Miss owen GO
mounted men rode into Talbottom with
the avowed purpose of avenging the
murder of the young woman. They
were met, however. by the law-abdinG
residents of the city and did not put
their design into execution.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-22
Tho Gold Fever.

The reports of great gold discoveries
in Alaska have caused intense excite
ment at Seattle. Policemen are resign
Ing from the force; every street car man
that can raise stake has given notice
to his company. All classes of society
are represented In the feverish rush to
get north. Men neglect their business
ana congregate in groups on the streets
IN excited discussions. People are tele-
graphing friends and relatives in the
East to come and join them in the new
FL Dorado.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-22
THE CUBAN WAR.
The Rainy Season no Impediment to the Con-
tinuatiQp of Hostilities.

At this season of the year when the
rains in Cuba have usually preventea
warfare, there seems to be no cessation
in the conflict between the Cuban insur'
gents and the Spaniards.
The proximity of General Gomez 10
Havana and his constant and unre.
strainable activity are sufficient to ex,
pose the wretched incompetency Oh
Weyler as a.general, and to show ms
stupidy as tactician. For five month,
Gomez has moved about as he pleasea
within a radius Of six leagues, with ~,
coo men against him, and yet he escapega
capture, death, wounding or even as
comfort. General Weyler has proven
to the world. as well as to his own GOV.
ernment, that he is a perfect Ounce 50
far as knowledge Of conducting a cam !.
paign on the usually accepted lines |"
concerned.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-22
In Broad DAYLIGHT.

A daring and successful hold-up was
perpetrated in one of the busiest sec
tions of New York in broad daylight
the other day. Wolf r. Fish was sit
ting in his store at "a Grand street
when three men entered. One pointed
a revolver at Fish, while the other two
seized him, threw him to the floor, and
tore his diamond from his shirt bosom
and his watch and chain from his
pocket. They then rifled the cash
drawer of SIS, backed through the door
and eScaped
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-22
Watermelon for the President.

The largest watermelon grown In
the South this season was shipped from
Atlanta, Ca, for Washington, where it
will be presented to President McKin-
ley at the White House. The melon
was grown in Georgia, weight Is
pounds and took the prize Of ss5 offered
by w. II. Mitchell, Southern agent of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, in a
contest participated in by the planters
Of all melon growing States. The mon
ster melon is shipped in a golden ham
per- adorned with flags.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-22

Ex-Secretary Foster Is believed to be
meeting with large measure Of sue
cess in his efforts to secure from the
British government additional meas
ures of protection for the seals In Beh-
ring sea. While he has not yet report
ed that the British have formally con-
sented to participate in a conference
with this object in view, unofficial ad-
vices indicate that this Is about to be
ACCOMPLISHED
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-22
Daring Robbery.

Two of the most peculiar and daring
robberies in southern railroad history
occurred few days ago on the South
ern railway. A robber passed through
the three sleepers on trains going from
Atlanta to Chattanooga, taking all the
mems trousers. He got off at Rome.
Ca, and boarding the next train in the
opposite direction, pursued the same
tactics. Conductors, porters and pas
sengers alike suffered, and the thief
made q good haul.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-22
Ambitious Mrs. Lease.

Mrs Mary Lease, of Kansas, Is a can
didate for governor on the populist
ticket. She told her intimate friends
recently that she intended to succeed
John w. Leedy. There Is nothing in
the states constitution or state laws
that prevents a woman from holding
the office, and Mrs. Lease has reached
the conclusion that the time has ar
rived for the women to- assert them
selves
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-22

According to dispatch. the Emperor
Nicholas has telegraphed the sultan,
demanding the immediate evacuation
of Thessaly and threatening that other
wise Russian troops will cross the
Turkish frontier.
1t is said that all the powers except
Great Britain have consented to this
course,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-22
Killed in Cuba,

Col. Charles Gordon, well-known
American, who served in the Cuban
army and was in high favor with Gen.
Gomez on account of his intelligence
and bravery. has been assasslnated
by the Spaniards In the same manner
that Charles Gown was murdered last
year In the province of Havana. Gown
and Gordon landed together In Cuba in
the same expedition early in 1896 Gown
was attacked with machetes and cut to
danfh