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The window gloss manufacturers of Findlay, Ohio, at a ecent meeting, ad vanced the pi ice of window glass 15 per cent. The vo’e of Wyoming, on Wednesday, on the adoption of the i onstitution, will ggregate 10,000, with less than 1,000 against. Master Workman Powdefly says the Knights (ff Labor are in better shape than a year ago, the future brrghter than ever before. Cholera is still raging in the valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates. During the last tbne months there have been 7,000 deuihs from the disease. Notices havo been posted in all fur naces in Mahoning Valley, Ohio, grant ing all employes an unsolicited increase in wages of ten per cent. The report of the auditor of Arkansas shows an increase in the value of real and personal property in ihat slate, daring the past year, of about $12,0o0,000. The Volcano of Online, Mexico, is re ported to be in a state of active eruption. Many houses have been destroyed, and the woods for many miles around are on fire. An exposition in a dynamite factory near the town of Bilboa, in Spain, on Thursday, demolished the building. Four of the employes were killed and a large number injured. Fire on tho river in Bedford, just be yond the city limits of Manchester, N.H., Saturday, of Samuel destroyed N, the furm buildings Dunbar. Two children were burned to death. A telegram has been received from Zanzibar stating that the report of the massacre of Emin Bey relief exposition, under command of Captain Peters, had not been confirmed up to Saturday. The poorer people of Johnstown, Pa,, charge that in the distribution of the relief fund for the sufferers there, most of it was given to the wealthier people, and they are very indignant aboat it. New9has been received that the Amer ican ship Chesebrough, Capt. Ericson, from Hiogo to New York, has been lost off tho northern coast of Japan. Nine teen of her crew were drowned. The freight condnctors and brakemen of the Evansville and Terra Haute and the Evansville and Indianapolis railroads struck Wedne-day. They claim they are not standard Advices from the Pan Handle coun try and regions further north says that heavy snow now oovers the earth and there is every indication that the begin ning of a most severe winter is at hand. The Austrian bark Joseph II, sailed from Providence, R. I., for Rotterdam on Thursday with $100,000 worth of cotton seed oil. This is the first direct foreign cargo that has left this port for the last half century. It is reported at Zanzibar, Africa, that the Masais or Somaiis have massacred Dr. Peters, the German explorer and his whole parly, except one European and one Samalia, who were wounded and who are now at Ugao. The official gazette at the city of Mexico publishes a contract entered into between that government and Francisco Alfaro for the construction by the latter of a railroad from the ltio Grande to the Pacific coast. The supreme couit of Indiana has de cided that natural gas is a commercial commodity, and, consequently, the legis lative act of last winter prohibiting the piping of gas out of the state unconsti tutional. Tho emigration commissioners at New York, on Friday, notified all steamship companies that a head tax of fifty cents each will be collected from them for every alien that they will bring here. This will include children. Mrs. Mandia Morgan, who is said to be Hn iti important witness for the prosecu tion the Cronin case, was sandbagged in Chicago, 111., Saturday night, by an unknown person, and as a result of the blow is now in a dangerous condition. George Tabler and Charles Bullard, colored, and Harry Austin, John Billy, Tom Wilge, Madison James, Jefferson Jones, Bam Gaeus and Jamison Buiris, all full-blooded Indians, exoept Austin, have been sentenced at Fort 8mith,Ark., to hang January 7, 1890. A remarkable revival has begun in the penitentiary at Kingston, Ontario, Between eighty and one hundred of the leading cracksmen, forgers |)k'kp~ckeia, and men of that ilk, nave been converted. Hunter and Cross ley, Canadian evangelists, are conduct ing the meetings. Exports of specie from the port of New York for week ending Saturdny, November 1), amounted to $342,641, of which $10,426 was in gold and 332,035 in silver. Imports of specie last week •mounted to $279,160, of which $177,331 was in gold, and $101,836 in silver. The Unittd States grand jury in ses sion at Baltimore on Saturday, indicted ighteen of the one hundred and twenty; our Navassa rioters for murder and be ore the fact, the penalty for which is ea'.h. Seven are charged as principals ,md eleven as having ’ aided and abetted the murderers Bishop O’Dwyer, at Limerick, Ireland, has issued a pastoral letter forbidding the clergy of the diocese to giant abso lution to any person guilty of boycotting or pursuing the plan of campaign. The bishop retains to himself a 1 ne the right to absolve such persons. It is reported from found Chicago that Evans- Dr. Cronin’s clothes were on ton avenue, aboat one hundred feet from the oatoh basin in which the body was found, Saturday afternoon. In them was tin account book containing with whom Cronin’s name. Mrs. Conklin, he ived, idert ; 6''d them as bis. The state geologist of Ohio, says offi cially that the natural gas supply in the now f mous field in the northwestern part of that state will not last for ten years. In the eastern part of the state the supply has been so nearly exhausted that the manufactories have been com pelled to return to the use of coal. A program has been issued for a cele bration in Baltimore of the anniversary ol the hanging of the Chicago anarchists. It is long and violent. It closes: “An archists, the day has arrived for paying homage to your comrades, to brand your enemies, to promulgate your ideas, to advance the struggle, to hasten the viotary.” Fire broke out Saturday night in the flour mill of the St. Paul Roller mill, at St. Paul, Mian. Close by is a big eleva tortor of the same company, which also caught fire. A loss of $150,000, with insurance of $100,000 is involved in the mill and eontents. The fire is thought of to have been caused by the explosion a lamp in Lhe shipping room. The first sod of the Niearaugua canal was officially and formally turned on Oc tober 22, amid the booming of cannon and the cheers of thousands of specta tors. Work was really begun June 8, but owing t© some slight misunderstand ing between Niearaugua and Cos.a Rica (which has sinoe been amicably arran ged), the formal opening was postponed. The attention of George W. Childs, the editor of the Philadelphia Ledger , has been called to statements pub lished in several papers that he had ex pressed the opinion “that the body of General Grant will be removed from New York. ” Mr. Childs denies the report and says that he has never expressed such an opinion or said in any form that General Grant’s body would be so removed. Dr. Mary Weeks Barnett of Chicago, Ill., brought suit for $50,000 damages in the circuit court on Wednesday, against Frances E. Willard, president of the National Women’s Christian Temperanoe union, Caroline E. Buell tnd Esther Pugh, for circulating false and defama tory concerning statements against the complainant, her management of the Na tional Woman’s Temperance hospital in Chicago. MOVEMENTS OF COTTON. REPORT OF NEW ORLEANS COTTON EX CHANGE FOR PAST WEEK. The New Orleans Cotton Exchange statement makes the cotton movement over the Ohio and Mississippi and Poto mac rivers to Northern American and Canadian mills, for the week ending No vember 9th, 48,837 bales, against 48,779 last vear. and the total, since September 1st, 1.188,070. against 239,741 last year; the total American mill lakings. North and Sooth, for the first ten w-eeks of the season, 517,888, against 674,852 of which by Northern, 431,486, agaius 587,152; the amount of the American cotton crop in sight, 2,670,580. The statement shows a partial halt in heavy foreign exports, and the excess, which lust week was 410,575 bales, is now 369,- 573 over the total to this time last year. It also indicates that the Northern mills are still pursuing a hand-to-mouth policy, the deficiency in their takings for the ten weeks compared with last year hav ing been increased to 125,716 bales. The stocksaf the seaports and leading interior towns have increased 189,374 bales during the week, reducing the de ficiency, compared with the close of the corresponding week last year, to 30,542 bales. COTTON OIL MEN HAYE A MEETING AND FAVOR CHANGING THE TRUST INTO A CORPORATION. The committee appointed at the last meeting oi the certificate holders of the cotton oil trust to examine into its af fairs and suggest a method for chauging the trust into u cotporate concern, met at New YY>rk Wednesday. The report, ble presented and adopted ufter considera discussion, was on the basis of chang ing the present certificates into stock, w hich would be assured by the deposit of all securities owned by the trust with the Central Trust company. The new stock will consist of $27,000,000 com mon and $15,000,000 six per cent now cumulating preferred Btoek, The com mittec repotted that through errors of judgment a loss of $277,110 had been sustained and hud beeu charged off on the books of the company. Mr. Flagler, presalent, contributed $150,000 and J. O. Morse, treasurer, $100,000 toward making up the diticiency. The company will be re-orgamzed ou the plau recom mended by tne committee. A MEXICAN BLIZZARD, One of the severest snow and wind M sz reports are coming m of great damage to live stock on the northern ranges. A number of cowboys and sheep-herders have been lost, and it is feared they have perished. All trains are from five to twelve hours late, and snow-ploughs are kept in constant operation on the Raton and Gloriottu mountains. WASHINGTON, D. C. MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT AND HIS ADVISERS. APPOINTMENTS, DECISIONS, AND OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. The president on Wednesday appointed Miss.; A. 8. Green postmaster of Echols, V. Hyde, at Hemp; F. M. Kimbalet, Jonesboro; Malinda S. Cornelson, at Keeter, and Benjamin Pirkee, at Silver City, Ga, President Harrison, On Tuesday, ap pointed Warren G. Sayre, of Wabash, Ind., a member of the Cherokee com mission, to succeed J. F. Hartranft, de ceased. Mr. Sayre was speaker of the Indiana in 1887. A new steward has been secured by the president for the white house. This time the choice ha« fallen upon a Scotch Irishman. Philip McKirn. For many years McKim was steward at the Metro politan Club, of Washington. Dr. Green, president of the Western Union Telegraph company, is preparing » reply to Postmaster-General Wana maker’s schedule of rates in accordance with the dtrections of the executive com mittee. The latest report from the Cherokee Indian nation are to the effect that the recent order and communication of Sec retary Noble in regard to Cherokee af fairs, which was received at Tahlequah, the capital of the nation, Friday, has had just the opposite effect the fcommission ers expected it would have. Indians who favored the state of the outlet before, are now obstinate. They say the gov ernment has adopted bulldozing tactics, and they will not yield an inch. Nothing has developed at the State de partment respecting of the Louisiana, case of although Ex-State Treasurer Burke, it was reported that Burke was on his way to Honduras. It was further stated that if this was true, it would only be the most natural thing in the world, for two reasons: First, some Louisiana peo ple, Burke among them, probably have secured very valuable concessions in mining and otherwise in Honduras, and it would be to his interest to go there and work them; second, there is no ex tradition treaty with Honduras. In the case of Goode Simonds vs. the Piedmont Air-Line company, in which discrimination in the payment of rebates on commutation tickets is charged, the interstate commerce commission has granted leave to the complainant to amend his petition, which was granted, by substituting the Richmond and Dan ville Railroad company in place of the Piedmont Air-Liue as defendant. The case will be postponed to allow defend ant time to answer... .In the case of the Holly Springs Compress and Manufac turing company vs. the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham railroad com pany, relating to rates on cotton, an amended complaint was on Saturday filed and the hearing of the case, previ ously set for hearing November 14th, has been postponed to allow defendant the usual time for A DISASTROUS FIRE. PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, HAS A CONFLAGRATION. loss Petersburg, Va., sustained the heaviest by tire on Thursday it has experi enced since the war. Flames were dis covered by policemen about three o’clock in the morning, in the rear of the store of A. Rosenstock – Co., or George II. Davis – Co. Owing to the density of the smoke, the officer could not tell in which it originated. Soon flames burst out of Rosenstock’s front door and spread themselves with frightful rapidity. The whole fire department responded, but were unable to make much headway. The buildings in which the fire started were located in what is known as the “Iron Front” brock, and consisted of five stores, each five stories high, and was the hand somest in the city. The block was soon a mass of fl unes which communicated to buildings on each side and swept across the street, consuming sixteen places of business before they w ere stopped. The stores burned on the east side of the street are: J. II. Robert, furniture deal er; 8. 8. Brudgers, general commission merchant; A. Rosenstock – Co., dry goods and notions; Geo. II. Davis, whole sale and retail dry goods and notions; M. M. Davis – Co., w holesale and retail dry goods and fancy goods; W. T. Plummer – Co., wholesale and retail hardware; T. W. Price, wholesale and retail groceries ; Eppes Hargrave, grocer; G. W. Brooks, stoves and tinware. On ihe west side of the street the buildings burned are those of P. II Steward – Co., carriage and harness makers; Western Union tele graph office; Odd Fellows’ hall; Y’oung Men’s Christian association hall; store of A. J. Clements, boots and shoes and leather dealer; law office of W. L. – T. G. Watkins and Mayor Charles F. Col lier; auction house of P. I. Stabury and office of Win. 1{. Nichols, coal dealer. Total loss is estimated at $500,000 and insurance is estimated at $350,000. An unfortunate occurrence w-a.s the killing ol lice Lieutenant force, by George falling Crichton, walls. of the "po Vhe supply of cotton, The total visible supply of cotton for ively last year. Receipts at all interior towns, 187,870 bales. Recei ipts at plan tatious, 32\),108 bales, Tne crop in .l^ht is 2.148.198 balea. The Official Jonimal of Athens publishes the result of the recent estimate of the popu latiou of the Hellenic kingdom. The total number of inhabitants is jjiven at 2,187,208. TERRIBLE BLIZZARDS. COWBOTS AND THEIR HERDS FROZEN TC DEATH. - A special on Saturday to the Denver Col., Republican “Unless from Dayton, N. M.' says: the snow ntorm, which has been i aging for eight days, comes to an end soon, next summer will show the mntry covered with the dead bodies of animals as thickly as was the old Santa Fe trail in the sixties. The depth of the snow is now not less than twenty-si* inches on a level, and in nuny places it has dlifted seven feet high. When the storm struck this section, seven large herds of cattle, numbering from 400 tcT 2,000, were being held near this place awaiting The shipment to eastern markets. rain of a week ago was followed last Thureday morning by blizzards of snow £ and sleet which sent the herds in southerly half direction. In vain did the al ready frozen cowboys try to check the march of the herds, but on they finding went through the increasing storm until it utterly impossible to hold the cattle, the cowboys rode aside and l^t them pass, and when nearly dead rodff the exhausted horses into canyons, cr partially sheltered phees, misery where tlief passed many hours of withouF food or fire. Five cowmen are known to be frozen to death. Two Mexican sheep herders have been found frozen to death. Two men coming in report drifts in some places there seven and eight feet high, in which are hundreds of dead stock, many with horns and heads above the snowi In one drift thirteen were counted; ia another, ten. Some of these were alive but unable to move from their frigid prison. Herds of sheep are completely thirty wiped out of existence, and range for miles from town is covered with dead carcasses. It is estimated that 20, 0(0 sheep have perished in that part of the territory. At Texline. ten miles be low Clayton, two passenger trains have been snowbound for the week. Provi sions are running out and passengers are compelled to venture out in the storm and kill the cattle, quarters of which are taken into the cars and roasted for food, The storm is by far the worst ever known in New Mexico, and the exact loss of life and property cannot at present be esti mated. A COURT ROOM FIGHT IN WHICn THREE PER80NS ARE KILLED AND SEVERAL SERIOUSLY WOUNDED. A dispatch from Lexington, Va., saysj “Reports received here from Browns, burg, a small village of about 800 peo ple, in Rockbridge county, fourteen miles north of Lexington, state that that village is in a high state of excitement over a terrible and bloody fight between leading men of the vicinity. Three persons are dead or fatally wounded, while a number of others are severely injured. It seems that Dr. P. J. Walker, one of the most prominent phy sicians and surgeons of the state, had threatened the life of Henry Miller, a prominent and wealthy citizen of Rock bridge county, for an insult offered the former’s wife. Miller had Walker ar rested to keep the peace. Friday even ing the case came up in a magistrate’s eourr, and the trouble soon started, which ended in both sides drawing theii weapons. Miller was killed, Dr. Walker fatally wounded and Mrs. Walk er, who was in court as a witness, was killed. Dan and William Miller, sons of the aceused, were shot and dangerously wounded. Samuel Beaver and others whose names are unknown, are also in jured.” A later dispatch seys: “Dr. P. J. Walker, who was wounded in the Brownburg affair Friday evening, near Lexington, Va. r has died from his wounds. Dave Miller is mortally wouuded, and his brothers George, James and William implicated in the shooting in jail. of Dr. Walker and his wife, are Lyncning is feared.” WILL RESIST. THE CHEROKEE LIVE STOCK ASSOCIATION DON’T WANT TO “vacate.” The Cherokee Live Stock association held a meeting in Kansas City, to con sider Secretary Noble’s declaration that they must vacate the “strip” by the first of January next. The meeting was not public, but it has been learned that the sense of the meeting was that the secre r try’s order would be resisted, and it was determined to take legal steps to that end. The association, said one of the members after the meeting, does not propose to renew its lease, but simply de sires to hold its present lease until its termination in 1894. THE PAPERS MISSING. DOCUMENTS NEEDED TO COMBAT ‘ 'BOODLX” CLAIMS DISAPPEAR. It was announced at Chicago Friday zvening that important papers were rnisa ng from the state’s attorney’s office,upon depended which the county had largely to combat the old “boodle” claims, ag gregating $250,000. They are needed chiefly to tight the bills of Contractor missioner Kellogg, ex-Warden Yarnell, ex-Com- Stnn* and Fray and the American R Brick Preserving company. ’* said that unless the missing documents are recovered it may result in the loss of maDj thousand dollars to tho coumK. CASH FOR IRELAND, At the fortnightly meeting of the Na tional League at D iblin, Ireland, on tributions Wednesday, it was announced that had been con amounting to £8,000 l» st received from America since the meeting.