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m i 2 If K Watai-town \Fnernta Established January ST, 1S94. Ckiui*e4 to \The jr«n«r«>nmn,» lioniiikai 80 , J8>T. »«aioeraUa U»l»B,» XetabUsJa** AatttB* O, 1B4S. WATEETOWN, H, Y,, WEDHEBBAT, JULY 25, 1894. I Bemoeiratle Union\ »»* jr«»»»««»la»\ aurcc41M*. J changed t» \*he JTcOlMNwn DMseerat\ 1»8*. ( Chang** to '•The Watsrtaw* £t*-Vnl*a\ In 1M, A FBIGHTFDL FATALITY. Eight Miners Blown t o Pieces by Ex- ploding; Dynamite—The Bodiesol'tlte Victims Torn Into Fragments and DIade Unrecognizable. EAZBLTON, Fa,, July 30.—A. mine disas- ter occurred at Stockton Tuesday, which, in details is the most shocking that ever took place in the Lehigh coal fields. Two hundred stickB of giant powder exploded in the midst of a gang of miners, and not enough of their bodies was left intact whereby to recognize them. On account of its isolation from the main breaker it has been customary to send the dynamite and other explosives in boxes and distri- bute them to the workmen at the bottom of the second shaft as they appear in the morning on their way to work. Charles O'Donnell had charge of this de- partment and it was his duty to distribute to the company miners and starters the dynamite and caps. Th e first men to go down into the shaft Tuesday morning were the drivers, and these are the only ones to return alive from the opening. How many men or who they were who followed in the next is not definitely known, and for this reason the exact number of men killed will not be known until a list of the living is taken. Rescuing parties were quickly formed, and headed by Superintendent Roderick, a corps of minerB descended into the mine. The work of recovering the bodies was at once begun, but it was a difficult task. Fragments of human flesh were found some distance up the slope, clinging to the rails and ties and sticking to the roof, while everywhere were bones and limbs. Outside arrangements for bringing the remains to the surface were made, and orders for ten boxes were given to the undertakers. At the bottom of the slope, as each fragment of human flesh was found it was taken to the turn-out, which is a wide opening. An improvised table was erected there and the \work of sorting out the pieces of flesh was put in charge of several men. Seven boxes contained the fragments of victims so far as the bodies could-be rec- ognized, while an eighth box was filled with pieces of human flesh for which no attachment could be found. Several of the men leave families. Epidemic of Burglaries and Assaults. KINGSTON, July 19.—A score or more of robberies and assaults have been reported in less than a week from interior towns in Greene, Ulster and Delaware Counties. A t Grand Gorge, burglars took $80 from the trousers pocket of Charles Moffatt and $1,- 800 in valuable papers, Several houses were entered in one night at South Kort- right, and in everyone booty was obtained. John Kelley, a switchman, narrowly es- caped lynching near CatBkill on Sunday for assaulting and robbing Mrs. J. T. Van Owen and trying to assault a little girl. A rope was placed around his neck by his in- furiated captors and he was clubbed and terribly pounded, At Coxsackie, on Sun- day night a fiend named Hanahan broke into the house of an aged lady and commit- ted a dastardly assault. He was arrested and locked u p in the Uatskill jail. Several st ires and dwellings were burglarized in Ulster County towns. «i ii Attempted Murder. LITTLE FALLS, N. Y., July 21.—Calvin Brown, a farmer residing at Dennison's Corners, on the Richfield Springs road, shot his hired man, Orville Miller, three times last night, inflicting a wound in the neck, from which he will probably die, i n a quarrel over Miller's wife, whom Brown wanted to wash the dishes. Miller said he did not want his wife to do such work Brown insisted that she must and cot a club and attacked Miller. The hired man was getting the best of the row, when Brown's wife procured a revolver. Brown then fired at Miller three times. Brown has been arrested on the charge of attempt- ed murder. Assemblyman Itlatthews Arrested. MALONE, July 21.—Hon Allen S. Mat. thews, a member of Assembly, from Franklin County, has been arrested at his home in Fort Covington by Deputy Col- lector Hollister, and taken to Plaltsburg for examination, charged with smuggling wool. Only recently the Assemblyman's father, Philo A. Matthews, aged 80 years, was arrested on a similar charge, the offlcere stating that he had smuggled about 100,000 pounds of wool, the duty on which would amount to $12,000 Several other prominent citizens are said to be implicated in this smuggling transaction and other arrests are expected daily. ^»»» Soldiers Fatally Burned. SAVANNAH, Ga„ July 20.—An explosion of 400 pounds of loose powder at Fort Pu- laski, at 9 o'clock this morning, fatally wounded Ordance Sergeant William Ohinn, seriously injured Mary Washington, his mother-in-law, and set fire to the fort, causing intermittent explosions of ammuni- tion and doing much damage to the struc- ture. The fire was controlled after the southwest corner of the fort was badly damaged and two of the casements burned out and the roof blown off by the bursting of shells. Sergeant Chinn was burned and blistered over three-fourths of his body and will die. A Printer's Sacrifice. ALBANY, July 22—Thomas McOloskey, a well known printer, while trying to as- sist a little girl to recover her pocketbook lost his balance and fell from the Greenbush bridge this afternoon. His head struck the projecting stones of the pier. His skull was crushed, and when his body WB9 re- covered from the water a few minutes later, life was extinct. HEtDVF AND ROBBED. When Traveling, Whether on pleasure bent, or business, take on every trip a bottle-of Syrup of Figs, as it acts most pleasantly and effectually on the kidneys, liver and b'owels, preventing fevers, headaches and other forms of sick- ness. Fo r sale in 50c. and $1 bottles by all leading druggists. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co., only. Cattle Files. Try a can of grease for the troublesome fly, only 15 cents per can, also the Buffalo Fly Oil, 25 cents per quart, 75 cents per gallon at Felt's Court St. drug store. Bandits Raid a. Train on the Frisco Road and Plunder the Express Oar— They Make a Good Haul and Escape. RED FOKK, I, T., July 19.—The offices of the Wells-Fargo Express company and a train on the Monet division of the Frisco road were robbed last night by Bill Cook and his gang of six desperadoes. The seven men entered the express office and ordered the agent to throw up his hands. Two of the men guarded the agent, the re- mainder went through the express safe and packages. The amount taken was not large. Th e robbers then mounted the south bound traip. A short distance out they compelled the engineer to stop the train. Messenger Chapman, a brother of the Missouri Pacific messenger who was killed a year ago by train robbers, had charge of the express oar. He was made a prisoner and the valuables in the car were sorted over by the robbers. The amount taken is not known. The robbers fled from the train and were seen in the moon-' light to mount horses and start north, Gen. Manager Simpson, of the Wells- Fargo express company, states that the delayed remittances on account of the rail- road strike may have made the raid at Bed- Fork a valuable one for the robbers, as present shipments are large. AFFAIRS IN WASHINGTON. The Bull Charged The Train. COLORADO SPRINGS, July 22.—The pas- sengers on a Colorado Midland train had a Darrow escape from death. Yesterday upon its reaching the entrance of a cut eight miles north of here, and while run- ning twenty miles an hour, a big bull in a herd of cattle near the track charged the engine, While the animal head was cut completely off, the train also came to grief. The engine left the track, aqd after run- ning about seventy yards, dashed into the eastern side of the cut, while the tender swung across the track, and the baggage car plowed into the west bank, but the chair car and Pullman remained on the rails. The engine crew saved themselves by jumping. Had the train ran about one hundred yards farther it would have gone over a high embankment. IVould-bo Assassin Sentenced. HOME, July 19.—Paul Lega, the anarchist who attempted to assassinate Premier Crispi, was sentenced to-day to 20 years imprisonment and three years police super- vision. When sentence was pronounced Lega shouted: \Hurrah for anarchy.\ Dur- ing the trial the prisoner made a defense of anarchy, and concluded his speech by say- ing: \ I now await your verdict. If you give a capital sentence there is always someone ready to avenge his brethren in France of America.\ Disastrous Forest Fires In Jersey. EGO HARBOR CITY, N. J., Jul y 20.—Dis- astrous fires are raging in the pine belt in southern New Jersey, and already immense damage has been done. The little village of Greenbush, located in the path of the fire, was completely destroyed. The resi- dents of the place had sufficient warning to escape with their household effects. All the farmers possess in the vicinity has been reduced to ashes, while the crops of others living out of the path of the flames have been ruined by the intense heat. The lumbering settlement of Green Bank iB nearly wiped out and the lasses will foot up hundreds of thousands of dollars. Fought Over a Glass of Boer. BALTIMORE, July 19.—The price of a glass of beer was the cause of a duel this evening, in which two white men received mortal wounds, and a third was seriously injured. Harry Ports, 20 years old, was ordered out of John E. Fagan's saloon by the proprietor, because he refused to pay for a drink. He returned in a short while and began firing at Fagan. Fagan returned the fire, and both men are thought to be mortally wounded. Samuel Lavicz, who was standing at the bar when the shooting began, received a bullet in the shoulder. *t~*~&. _ Fatal Kallroad Accident. ALBANY, July 19,—The Chicago express, which left here on the Delaware and Hudson Canal company's railroad at 4:80 p. M. to-day, ran into an open switch at Esperance, crashing into several box cars standing on a side track. Fireman Pal- mer, of Oaeonta, waB killed. Engineer Truman Austin, of B'mghamton, was fatally injured. None of the passengers were injured. The engine was demolished The opinion prevails that the switch was turned with evil intent, ana this rumor gains credence from the fact that a Pull- man car was on the train. Five miners Killed. PIN E GROVE, Pa., July 19— A fearful accident took place in the mines at Will- iamstown, several miles from here, this evening, just as the miners were being hoisted out of the colliery. A number were in the wagon, which had just started, when the pulley underneath failed to work and they were crushed against the top rook, five being killed instantly. All lived at Williametown, were married and had chil- dren. Their bodies were horribly mangled. 140 Persons Drowned. ODESSA, July 22.—It is now certain that 140 persona went down with the Italian steamer Columbia, which collided with the Russian steamer Vladimir in the Black sea a few days ago. AH the evidence badly in- culpates the Russian seamen, who abandon- ed the Columbia and her crew and pas- sengers to their fate, although the vessel floa ed an hour and a quarter after the col- lision. Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the disased portion ef the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube, When this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it 1B entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its nor- mal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten axe caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in- flamed condition of the mucous surfaces, We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case' of deafness (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J.CHENEY &0O., Toledo O gg-Bold by Druggists, 75c. The Xarlfl\ Discussion Hotter Than Ever—The President's Letter to Chair- man Wilson Causes a Ripple—Sena- tor Hill Stands by the President. The situation so far a s the tariff bill is concerned is of a doubtful charaoter Early last week the conference committee of House and Senate found that they could not agree and BO reported. Since this re- port was made the fight has been warm in the Senate. Senator Hill stands firmly by the President in the fight for the redemp- tion of party pledges. Senators Gorman and Vest see fit to assail the President's po- sition. The result of the conference between the house and senate on the tariff bill brings to public notice a personal letter written by President Cleveland to Congressman Wil- son under date of July 2 in which the President says: \The certainty that a conference will be held between the two houses of Congress, for the purpose of adjusting differences on the subject of tariff legislation, makes it also certain that you will be again called on to do hard service in th e cause of tariff re- form. My public life has been so closely related to the subject, I have so longed for its accomplishment, and I have often prom- ised its realization to m y fellow country- man as a result of their trust and confi- dence in the Democratic party, that I hope no excuse is necessary for my earnest ap- peal to you that in this crisis you stren- uously insist upon party honesty and good faith and a sturdy adherence to Democratic principles. I believe these absolutely neces- sary conditions to th e continuation of Democratic existence. \I cannot rid myself of the feeling that this conference will present the best, if not the only, hope of true Democracy. The indications point to its action as the reli- ance of those who desire the genuine fruition of Democratic effort, the fulfill- ment of Democratic pledges and the re- demption of Democratic promises to the people. To reconcile differences in the details comprised within the fixed and well defined lines of principle will not be the sole task of the conference, but, as it seemB to me, its members will also have in charge the question whether Democratic princi- ples themselves are to b e saved or abandon- ed. \There is no excuse for mistaking or mis- apprehending the feelling and the temper of the rank and file of the Democracy. They are downcast under the assertion that their party fails in ability to manage the govern- ment, and they are apprehensive that efforts to bring about tariff reform may fail; but they are muoh more downcast and appre- hensive in their fear that Democratic prin- ciple may b| surrendered. In these cir- cumstances they cannot do otherwise than to look with cheer to 3-011 and those who, with you, have patriotically and sincerely championed the cause of tariff reform with- in Democratic lines and guided high Democratic principles. This conference is vastly augmented by the action, under your leadership, in th e house of represen- tatives, upon the bill now pending. Every true Democrat and every sincere tariff reformer knows that this bill, in its present form, and as i t will he submitted to the conference, falls far short of the con- summation for which we have long labored, for which we have suffered defeat without discouragement, which in its anticipation gave U3 a rallying cry i n our day of tri- umph, and which, in its promise of accom- plishment, is so interwoven with Demo- cratic pledges and Democratic success that our abandonment of th e cause of the prin- ciples upon which it rests means party per- fidy and party dishonor. One topic will be submitted to the con- ference which embodies Democratic prin- ciple so directly that it can not be com- promised. We have in our platforms, and in every way possible, declared in favor of the free importation of free raw materials. We have again and again promised that this should be accorded, to our people and our manufacturers as soon as the Demo- cratic party was invested with the power to determine the tariff policy of the country. \In the circumstances it may well ex- cite our wonder that Democrats are willing to depart from the most Democratic of all tariff principles, as emphasized by the sug- gestion that the! wool of the farmer be put on the free list and the pro- tection of tariff taxation be placed around the iron ore and coal of corpora- tions and capitalists. Under our party platform, and in accordance with our de- clared party purposes, sugar iB a legitimate and logical article of revenue taxation, and we ought not to be driven away from the Democratic principle and policy which leads to the taxation of sugar by the fear, quite likely exaggerated, that in carrying out this principle and policy we may indirectly and inordinately encourage a combination of BUgar refining interests. \We all know that a tariff covering all the varied interests and conditions of a country aB vast as ours must of necessity be largely the result of honorable adjustment and compromise. I expect very few of ua can say when our measure is perfected that all its features are entirely as we would prefer. You know how much I deprecated the incorporation in the proposed bill of the income tax feature. In matters, of this kind, however, we are willing to defer to the judgment of a majority of our Demo- cratic brethren.\ \The Democracy of the land plead most earnestly for the speedy completion of the tariff legislation which their representatives have undertaken; but they demand not less earnestly that no stress of necessity shall tempt those they trust to the abandonment of Democratic principle.\ \When the report of the conference com-' mittee that it could no t agree came before the Benate on Friday much interest WBB manifested in the proceedings on account of the president's letter which had pre- viously been made public. The principal speech on the question of a further conference with the House on the tariff bill was made by Benator Hill who moved that the Senate recede from its amenamen ts imposing a duty on coal and iron ore. Mr. Hill's speech was read from manu- script, but was delivered with great force and energy, and was listened to with closest attention by Republican and Democratic Senators alike, by many representatives of the House standing in rows back of the speaker and by large crowds in the galleries. He said: \The theory of th e Democratic party is that in th'e enaotment of tariff legislation free raw materials should always be an es- sential and conspicuous element, The best interests of the manufacturers as well as the Consumers of the land demand the re- cognition of this wise discrimination. We are committed tp this side of the question. We are honorably bound to, redeem our professions and our promises. Until recently I supposed there was no dispute upon this question of principle, but every Democrat worthy of the name was willing to concede that if there wasone thing more than another to which the Democratic party was com- mitted, it was in favor of the doctrine of free raw materials; not simply \freer\ raw ma- terials, as some are now ingeniously con- tending-, but absolutely \free\raw materials. We cannot escape our record upon this subject. \The true and honeBt construction of everyDetaocratic national platform for 12 years past irrevocably commits us to this just and reasonable principle.\ Mr.- Hilt quoted from the Democratic national platform of 1892. and said: \To repeat the McKinley law in form simply, to re-enact it. in effect, is keeping the pro- mise made to the letter, but breaking it i n spirit. \What were 'the efforts made by the Democrats of the present Congress' (1892) to Which this platform pointB with pride and deliberately approves? \They were measures for free iron ore, free lead ore, free coal and free wool, whioh were then pending in Congress, ad- vocated by Democrats and opposed by Re- publicans, and some of which had then been passed or were subsequently passed. \The Democratic position is so plain and clear that he who runs may read. There can be h o doubt as to the president's posi- tion at this time upon this essential princi- ple of free raw materials. Let me read from the letter of the president's which was yesterday submitted to the House of Repre- sentatives. It expresses better than I can hope tp do the true, Sound and logical posi- tion of the Democratic party upon this question.\ After reading that portion of the Presi- dent's letter in which he says: \It is quite apparent that this question of free raw material does not admit of adjustment on any middle ground, since their subjection to any rate of tariff taxation, great or small, is a like violation of Democratic principle and Democratic good faith.\ Mr. Hill con- tinued: \Mr. President, I approve every word that I have hero quoted. It is an honest and manly statement of the true at- titude which the party should assume in this crisis. \I a m not required to defend the pro- priety or wisdom of the promulgation of this letter at this time But aside from the question of its mere expediency, I a m here to defend, the President's letter in so far as it' demands that the party shall not be led astray into the violation of Demo- cratic pledges and principles. \Upon the question of free raw materials the President is right, and you know it. You can not answer his arguments. You cannot nuccessfully dispute his proposi- tions. You can not doubt his sincerity and patriotism. You must yield in the end t o his views. You can not stand up against the sentiment of the great Democratic masses of the country which will rally around the President in his contest with you upon this particular branch of the sub- ject, The time to yield is now, before there i3 further humiliation, embarrassment and discard. The Senate bill which has been passed violates the Democratic theory, and while it reduces the duty on iron, coal, lead and some other raw materials from those imposed under the McKinley law, and in that respect is commendable, it nevertheless imposes some duties thereon, and thereby fails to redeem our pledges. It is not a question of the amount of duties which may be imposed, a question of principle is involved, and a single penny's duty violates our promises and places us in a false posi- tion. Aa the President well says, there can be no compromise on a matter of this char- aoter, where a vital principle is at stake. \The House of Representatives, fresh from the people, which represents more distinctly and peculiarly than we do the taxing power of the people, - repudiates our bill, and a Democratic President has em- phasized that repudiation. \Mr. President, in the light of the letter of the President of the United States the House cannot honor- ably retreat. It has no other alternative except to insist upon its bill wherein it pro- vides for free raw materials. The Presi- dent cannot approve the Senate bill, after what h e has said in his letter. \He arraigns the Senate and intimates that the enactment of the Senate bill means 'party perfidy and party dishonor.' These are strong words, sir, which the President of the United States would not use towards a measure which he ever expected after- wards to approve. This letter is signifi- cant. It JuatifleB much that has been said against the Senate bill during the last three months; it means that the Benate can not be permitted to abandon or surrender the great underlying principle for Which we struggled and lost in 1888, and fought and won\ i n 1892. \The President i8 right, there is no middle ground which we can occupy. \No bill which does not provide for free raw materials can be permitted to become a law.\ SENATOR HILL INTERVIEWED. In an interview on Monday 8enator Hill Baid the present tariS embroglio demon- strates the desirability of two things: First, that United States Senators should hereafter be elected by the people of the respective States, instead of by State Legia- l&turcs \Second that the Senate rules should be amended so as to facilitate the transac- tion of public business. The Benate as now constituted is too far removed from the people. It does not respond quickly enough to the demands of public sentiment, and its legislation fails to meet popular ex- pectation. Look at the political situation at the present time. A Democratic Senate declines to carry out the platform on which the Democratic party obtained power, by refusing to place such raw materials as coal and iron upon the free list. That the Democratic party is committed to the policy of free raw materials admits of no serious question. President Cleveland in his able and moat unique and interesting letter makes that point too clear for argument. No Democrat had ventured to dispute the proposition until the Senate bill was recent- ly framed, a bill which violates Democratic pledges, and is clearly distasteful to the Democratic masses. \Without specially indorsing the method or manner of the expression of the Presi- dent's views upon this question, 1 cor- dially approve his sentiments. From a Democratic standpoint, he is absolutely right, and the people will sustain him in spite of a perverse and obstinate Senate which is not in touch with the popular heart and does not seem to understand the true situation. \Tihereis no mistaking honest Demo- cratic sentiment upon this point, and the public men who cannot see it must be blind indeed. If the Senators were re- sponsible directly to the people for their official acts, there can be no reaeinible doubt that the Senate would promptly re- cede frem its undemocratic amendmnnts and declare itself for the true Democratic doctrine of free raw material. \It is utterly immaterial whether free iron and coal would benefit foreign mine. owners. They would certainly benefit the consumers in own country, greatly aid our manufaetuiers and increase our general prosperity. — • i <»> BBNEltil NEWS. A slight earthquake shock was felt at St. Louis Wednesday morning. Three distinct shocks were also felt at Memphis, Tenn. The fourth annual international conven- tion of the Baptist Young People's Union of America, opened Thursday, in Toronto, with 4,000 delegates in attendance. A premature explosion on board an BngliBh government vessel engaged in blowing up an old wreck on the Solent Thursday, resulted in the death of four men and the serious injury of several others. The schooner Robert H. Mitchell sprung a leak and foundered off Monmouth Beach, N Y., Sunday afternoon. The five men comprising her crew were rescued, after clinging to the rigging an hour and a half. The London Standard's Constantinople correspondent says it has been conclusively established that more than a thousand per- sons were killed by the recent earthquakes. The switchmen's mutual aid association oJ America is winding up its affairs. This is due to the mismanagement of William a.. Simrott, the former secretary and treas- urer, who disappeared from Chicago some time ago. Simrott's shortage amounted to about $32,527. Thomas Bird, a farmer, living in the southern part of Lawrence County, 111 , found in his wheat field while harvesting, a silver medal of historical interest. It shows that it was presented to General William Henry Harrison by the govern- ment for his bravery and gallantry in sup- pressing the Indian uprising in 1811. The bark Emma T. Crowell, Oaptain Pendleton, which left New York Tuesday for Shanghai loaded with 89,382 cases of petroleujn, took fire south of Fire Island and burned to the water's edge. The cap- tain, his wife, and the whole crew were saved. Mrs. Gertrude Ehinger, aged 77 years, in- mate of the Rochester State hospital, was knocked down on the fbor of the lavatory of the institution, Tuesday, by another Woman patient, thereby sustaining injuries which resulted in her death later in the day. CharleB Wilfred Mowbray, an English anarchist, has been discovered in Newark, N. J . Ho has been in the country since Saturday, arriving unknown to the police or immigration inspectors, though they were warned to be on the watch for him. He declares his purposes is to establish a propaganda of anarchism in this country. A Republic was proclairned in Hawaii July 4 with Sanfotd B. Dole as president, and the first news from the islands by way of Auckland states that all is quiet and that many oitizens have taken the oath of al- legiance to the new government. The steamship Mariposa from Samoa brings nowa of a skirmish in which the government forces defeated the rebels, killing 22 men. A recommendation that the islands be annexed by Germany has been sent to Emperor William, The barn of J. B. Qrayhill, in Wood- bury township, near Bedford, Pa., was struck by lightning Saturday evening and burned. Thomas Noel and William Bark- man, who were in the barn, were killed by lightning and their bodies cremated An- other man was also seriously stunned and badly burned.. Peter Davis, Dan Washington and Ohas. Essell, all colored, wore hanged on the same scaffold, at the county jail at Montgomery, Ala., Friday.- Two thousand people wit- nessed the executions. David wanted to marry another man's wife and murdered her husband, Washington assassinated a store keeper, and Bzell killed his wife. In Chicago Sunday night, Fred Pfengler, a milk dealer, shot and killed William Fletcher. Fletcher had been separated from his wife. She had been boarding at a friend's house near by, and went to church, leaving her boy in tho house. In her ab- sence Fletcher tried to abduct the boy, and was caught in the act by Pfengler, who pursued him and shot twica, both bullets entering his body. A wealthy citizen of Cincinnati, named Henry L Driver was killed by an explo- sion of fireworks in that city July 4th, at 10 P. M. In his pocket was a postal card from a New York life insurance company notifying him that his life insurance policy for $20,000 would expire at midnight July 4. If ho had died two hours later that policy would have lapsed. It ia reported that the interven- tion of the United States in the Oorean dis- pute between China and Japan is likely to put an end t o the controversy. It is under- stood that both Japan and China are satis- fied that the United States may be depend- ed upon to d o full justice to all concerned, and the prospect for a speedy and peace- able conclusion of the trouble is excellent. The rumor that Japan had taken offense at the so-called interference of the United Slates is deelared to ho utterly groundless. Strikers Shot by Deputies. SCOTTDALK, Pa., July 22.—While a crowd of coke Btrikers were returning from a mass meeting near Connellsville last night a few negro boys at Moyers' plant jeered at them. The strikera broke from the ranks and chased tho boys into the company's store. Here the men were met by deputies and negroes armed with Win- chesters, who immediately opened fire on the Btrikers, and thev fled in all directions with bullets from Winchesters whistling after them. Two strikers are known to have been shot and dangerously wounded. The ntan With Six Toes. The only monstrosity mentioned in the Bible was the giant who had \Bix fingers on every hand and on every foot six tot s, 24 in all.\ If this particular individual was on earth to day it would probably cost him a good round sum to keep his six toes in out of the wet unless he should happen to strike Klump's shoe store, in which event he would be able to keep himself well shod at a moderate outlay. Klump has every- thing In the line of footwear at the lowest prices. Sheep dip at Felt's Court St. drug store. JE1ND OF I HE STRIKE. Dobs Issues Another Iiettor—A BIc Labor Organization to 'I'alto li l all Trades-Debs on Trial For Contempt of Court, CHIOASO, July 24 —The strike inaugu- rated sume time ago by President Debs, of the American Railway Union is practically declared off. Debs has told the members of several organizations to go back to work if they got the chance and most of th e men are doing so. Debs and his associate officers of th e rail- way union were arrested for contempt of United States court in disobeying an in- junction and went to jail and their trial is in progress this week having begun yester- day before Judge Grosscup. Debs claims that when the injunction was serued on him he took legal counsel before proceeding further and was advised that there was nothing illegal in th e way the strike was being conducted by th e A. R U. He denies the authorship of the diBpatch signed by him and sent to Butte, Monr., ending with the words, \Save your money and buy a gun.\ It is claimed that the message was sent by Debs' steno- grapher, who is a western man and used a harmless slang phrase peculiar to the locality whence he came. Debs also denies the report that a large sum of money had been taken from the treasury of the A. R U. since the begin- ning of the strike. He claims that th e ex- peuses of the strike have been almost wholly met by contributions from sympa- thizers, and there is now in the treasury $24,000, the total amount received from the membership since organization of the union having been only about $40,000 It is said that arrangements are being made to hold a labor conference here next week in which nearly all branches of trade will be invited to join. The American Federation of Labor and the railway broth- erherhoods are not be recogniz id. At this convention all branches of labor represented will be called on to present a report as to the existing wage scales and how much they had been cut in 1892, 1893 and 1894 A general demand upon employers of all classes for restoration of former wages will then be made, and, i n tho event of their refusal to comply, a general strike will be ordered. It is claimed by tho promoters of this scheme that the old labor organi- zations have outlived their usefulness, and they allege that the railroad men of the country will all flook to tho standard of the a.. R. U , while the recontly organized A. R. U. is expected to take in the men of all other occupations. Gonoral Master Workman Sovereign of the K of L is said to be willing to wreck his organization in th e interest ot the new movement, while General Secretary John W. Hayes is reported to be decidedly averse to sacrificing the identity of the Knights. Gen. Wheeler, in command of the mili- tia now in this city has, it is said, intimat- ed that unless the Pullman Company comes to a decision immediately In the matter of operating its works the State will order hands off. Enough applications have been been received to run the run the works with about half force, and they are still coming in fast. Sheriff Gilbert's four guests from the ranks of the American Railway Union, Dobs, Howard, Keliher and Rogers, issued their first public manifesto from their new headquarters to-day. The document pre- pared by the president of the organization in the seclusion of his cell calls upon the traveling publio to stop patronizing Pull- man curs as another means of bringing the company to terms. This document practically contains the admission that thore is no longer any strike by authority of the A. R U , and that the efforts which have been made by the union and other organizations of labor to force the Pullman Company to arbitrate by means of strikes have failed, necessitating a change of tactics. President Debs said that the members of any lodge of the A. R. U., by a majority vote, had the consti- tutional right at any time to declare tho strike off as far as their jurisdiction ex- tended. w . » STATE N1SWS. All of the children of the late Jay Gould have taken proceedings in tho supreme court to bo relieved of taxation upon their personal estates in the oiunty and city of New York They claim that none of them are now, or have been this year, residents of N 3W York city, nor have they ha d any office or personal place of business there, and therefore, they insist that thoy can not bo legally taxed upon thoir personal prop- erty. The dead body of Elmer E. Singer, an insurance collector, of Bioghamton, was found in Whitney's woods this afternoon. The body was BO badly decomposed aa to be unrecognizible. It was inentifled by papers found in the man's pockets. Sing, r disappeared a week ago. He is thought to have committed suicide. The last Legislature fixed th e com- pensation of supervisors at $ 4 for each calendar day's actual attendance at sessions of the board. A calendar day iB defined aa including the time between mid- day and midnight. Mileage at the rate of eight cents a mile going and rotuming by the most direct route is allowed. m ii Battle Betweon Spaniards and Malays. PARIS, July 22—The Matin's Madrid correspondence says that the governor of the Phillipinc Islands h»B telegraphed to the government an account of a fierce bat- tle between Spanish troops and natives in Mindanao. The Spaniards were surprised, but they recovered speedily and drove the Malays from the field. They lost 14 killed, including an officer, and 47 wounded. The Malays left 27 dead on the field. Clairvoyant Examinations J?roe. By Dr. E. F. Butterftold. There is n o su- ject that requires so much study and ex perience as treatment and cure of Chronic Diseases. The astonishing success and remarkrble cures performed by Dr. Butterj field are due to the gift of clairvoyance, to the long study of the constitution of man and the curing of diseases from natural remedies. Let those given up by others call for examination. Ho cures th e worst caseB of Scrofula, Catarrh, Piles, Female Weakness, Asthma Diseases of the Heart, Lungs and Kidneys. Dr. Butterfleld will bo at the Woodruff House, Watertown, Tuesday and Wednes- day, August 21 and 22,1894 j will leave- at 8 P. M. Wednesday. roafc will
