CONGRESS. SENATE AXI) HoCsK ORGANIZED. CKKlt AT TIH OPKJIISU Tilt KEW IKXATOItt SWoll !!. There m little or no excitement attend iti); the opening of the. Fifty-first Congress in tlio Senate tide (if tho ('npitol. The public curiosity seemed to lie largely transferred to the House Hide. Several foreign deleat s to the Maritinu nil I'ati-Atneiican conference, und mini ber of ladies occii'iel seats in the diplomatic gallery. Sir Julian Pauncefote, the liritish Minister, and Admiral Kozenkotr, of the Itux-iin navy, were anions those present. Interest on the Hour win devoted largely to the Senators from the new SUtes. They bad Heals assigned to them on tlio Kopubll enn ride of the chamber. Senator (ascy, of North Dakota, took bin xe.it on the end of the second row against the north wall. Di rectly behind him sat the Washington Sena tes, Allen mid S piire, while IVttigrew nnJ Moody, of Smith Dakota, were In the fourth riw, near the renter of the room. Senator Tierce, of North Dakota, has the end neat in the fourth row, but be was not present Mon day. (u the Democratic, aide lire two seatl so far unasij;i-l. They will ho occupied hy the Senators from Montana when they have been chosen. Flowers u domed the desks of teveral member. After swearing in the new Sena ors the Senate, at UM p. in., ad journed. The House was called to order nt 12 o'clock by John It. Clark, thu Clerk of (lie House In the Fiftieth Congress The roll was then tailed and showed fc'T members present, Nominations for Speaker xvero called for. Mr. Tow nuclei, of Illinois, nominated Tholii' as I!. I! 1 mid Mr, McCreary, of Kentucky, nominated Jolin (i. Carlisle Tellers wer oppointeil, and on a viva voce vote Mr. Keel received thu full, vote of the Republican liiciuocrs, and was declurrd elected Sjn-aker. AIU'IIKKS or M'KIKKII Ur.V.U. On assuming the chair Speaker led nid: (KNrl.KWKN of TUX HolK OK Khl-IIF.xrrn A- Ttvts I thank you for the hgh oilice which your voices hu.c hc-towed upon me U would be iniMisilile not to In moved hy its dignity and honor, yet you may well limur ine that 1 am at this moment more impressed by its resMiusibilitii s and duties. I'nder our system of (iuvernmeut as it litis been developed these n spuiisihilities and duties lire both political ami parliamentary. r far as tlie duties are H;iticul I sincerely hope that they may be perlormed wiili a proper sense of what is due to all the people of the whole country. So fur as they aro parliamentary I hope with cpiil sincerity that they may be performed with a proper sense of what' is due to both self of tin) chamber. To the cud that I tiniv bo1 suc cessful in carrying out your wishes I invoke the considerate. judgment mid cordial aid of ail the members of this House. After Speaker Keed bail taken the oath the organization of the House was completed by the eh e( ion of IMward M Thcrson as Clerk: A. J. Holmes, Sergeant at Arms; ('has W. Adams, Poo-keeper, Key. Churl, lluuisdcll, Chaplain. ANOTHER FATAL FIRE. SIX I'MISON'S M'llNKII To lU'VTIt A.VU 11 v i: IIAOI.V INJl'IIKIl. A terribly fatal lire occurred early Mon day morning ut thu corner of Second mil K'A'.'.'HrftluV. o'Tev' i. Vniiu'le'.phia. The bakery of tiustavc (iross, who lived With his family in the building, and the third story of which was occupied by a fain ily named Hitia-, was totally destroy el by fire. The building was a verituble Under box, and although the lircnien were promptly on band, tho flames burned so fiercely they could do but little toward cheeking the tire. They, however, manage I to res -ue four children of the liitncr family and two of the ro'-s family uninjured. l ive otheri went burne I or smothered to death and live seri ously burned an I rcmovcl to thu hospital. The dead arc as follow s: iustave ins, Jr., aged 11 years, liriluo (irons, iigeil ." years. George liitner, aged n years. Ida Hit hit. ii . -ed il years. Annie liitner, aged :ti yivirs. Margaret jmss, aget II years. The injured ore: Mr. Joseph Pitner. Mrs. Joseph Ititner. John Fmilshaum, an employe. Ilaltie (iross. Mrs. (iross. No other property was destroyed nnd tho loss on the (irons building will not be large. The cause of the lire is supposed to have been a hack draft from thu furn ice. It is thought that u couple of thu moit seriously injured will die. One of thu victims of the liro succumbed to her injuries in lie; hospital, tu iking six in all. She was the three-year-old Margaret tiross. Mrs. (iross lies in a most critical con dition. Shu was very seriously burned uhnut the bead, arms and legs, and fell from a third-story window. To add to thu danger d' her hurts she is also in a delicate condi tion, and slight hojies are entertained of her recovery. THE KNOT SLIPPED. MNULlMi WOltK AT TUB KXHCTTW 0 WILLIAM II. IIAIIVKV. Will. H. Harvey, who in March last mUr Jered bis wifu and two daughters, was hanged ut (iiielph, Out., Friday morning. Tho execution was one of thu worst pieces of bungling ever witnessed. The weight which lifted tho body was not heavy enough, and tho scail'ild was not hitrh enough to give siitlieiunt rebound to break thu condemned man's neck, and his strug gles nnd contortions us ho was slowly strangled to death wero frightful. To ndd to the horror of tlia hanging the knot slip ped, and the gurgling in tho man's throat ut bis life was heingchokod out could bo heard outside the jail walls. UIVIL SERYdCE REPORT. Tho sixth report of the Civil Service Com mission Charles Lyman, Theodore Roose velt and Hugh H. Thompson was tent to tho President. Seclal attention is culled to thu ne.'d of udeijuate means to carry on the work. During thu last fiscal year tlio num ber of a;iiliiMuU examined was about "0, tuxi, as against 11,')UJ the preceding year, thus very nearly doubling the work accom plished while tho working force remuiued exactly the sniiio. The com mission usks for u appropriation of i3,WW this year. WORK AND WAGE3. OROAMrrn t.Bo rAYi its tribcti to mi MFMOftV OF TMOMAI A. ARMSTROSO. The tribute of tbt workingmen of Alle gheny county and turroiindlng country erectod to Thomas A. Armstrong was un veiled to public gaze in Allegheny with ap propriste cerenmniei. The memorial statue constitutes at once a tribute to the worth of a man known far and wide and beloved by all for bis honesty of purpose, bis moral Nwcr and unsullied Integrity, and beauti ful ornament to the pleasure ground of the jieople. History records few instances of where monuments hnve been erected to the memory of men, who setit their lives in pleading for tlio rocoguiti' i of the just right of labor. The parade was a suece s, nnd nn cxecl lent apeara nee wim p eseuted by tbo men Inline. OverT.OH men turned out, repre senting nearly all the trades organization m l callings in this part of tho State. Tlio general uniforms wero bats, badges and canes, and as the men marched well their appearance was well. Tbo workingmen of Pittsburgh and Alle gheny will receive another incentive to work in favor of tho eight hour a day law on De cember II, when a mass meeting will be held in Imperial ball in favor of its adoption. The meeting will lie held under the aupices of Typographical I'nio-i No. !), which Is composed mostly of (ierman printers. The union is connected with the American Fed eration of Labor, which body is w. irking fof ' the adoption of eight hours as a day's work on May 1, !'.. The meeting will lie a i ilresied by (icrmuii and F.ugli-li speakers. I .s tlie projectors have on'y commenced their work, they have not us yet M'ctired all ' of their sie.ikers. j The meeting will he held during the time of the Federation of Labor convention, I which opens in lioston on December Pi. The eight-hour law will he the principal sub- , ject of discussion at I lie convention. Tlio j movement is wide spread, us tlie F. of L. bos at least "'"I, ouo members. It lias gone about its work pueuv mil i uoiii oetpiay. i As u result the org mia; ion N very strong, One delegate to every li.oou members is all that is permitted. Mas meetings are being bel l in all the large cities of the l iiion, so ns to instruct the people in the purposes of the federation and excite their iiit.-re-t in the . movement. Some three years sg an Industrial school Was lirst talked of for Pittsburgh, to bo it 1 1 adjunct of tlie public schools. Siuci then tho iilestion has came up for discussion miioug educators oil' and on, but talk is all it bus resulted in. The sum of lo.mio was wanted with which to start till industrial school, but the Iioard of F. location refused to as i it, mid so the agitation came to naught. HURLEY HANK ROBBERY. IT WASTIIK P.KSflTiir A CoNSIMKACY K.tSTI.a roil souk months. It has been developed that the robbery of ihe bank at Hurley, Wis., recently of$ii), HO Is tho re-su't of a conspiracy which was going on for ut least eight months. For two years it has been a matter of common knowledge that a largo nmoiint of money was sent once n mouth to pay olf miners. The olllcen claim to have information from one of a Rang ,w'io w,nc to Hurley., . lost March fully euipHsl to rob the bnuk nnd knowing the combination of tut safe. This fellow claims to have hung urotind several days uud to havo seen the money arrive and go to tlio bank. That night he und bis (Miifeder.iies were ready, inn me casiuer old not go down town, they watched him preiure for bill and then tie eitlcdto ubnmlo'i nn attempt at robbery. Jhc leader said that he kue.v that with tho casliierin the hank robbery would probably include murder, and he drew the line at thu latter crime. The olliecrs say tint this gang did imt finally commit tho robbery and thu leader does not know wlio did, but ho will tell who furnished him with lliecoinbination ot thesat'o when ho eipe,:ie 1 to crack it. V INI)! .M X IXn M AT E. THE (UlAMt TOTM. or TIIK NATIONAL EXI'KNSKA IH ri.ActU AT $;H1.-I-'M,!I77. ; Secretary Windoui transmitted to Con gress the estimates of appropriations ru quired for the service of the fiscal year end ing Juno ISO, IH.ll. Tho grand total is :m, I'-'-, '.'77. The estimates show an increase as compare i with tlio appropriations for the current fiscal year, as follows: Legislative t71,oo; Executive proper, War Department, $S, tl 1,417, Navy Department, ,',"!,-.!,:'; Interior Department, tf l.'Jii'.i.lW.'j postollico Department, fii,(ini,!r2; Depart ment of Agriculture, lilt), 3'J.'; Dcjiurtiiieiit of Labor, 11,170 Tlie estimates are less than tbo appropria tions of tho following departments: Depart ment of State, ICsVi'd; Treasury Depart- iiieiit, ,(i.'Ji),:i7'.); Department of Justice, ir),8n Tho eiiti mutes for ltd nro f 17,!KJl, squill excess of the estimates for 1!) ', The principal increase in the estimates is for ten sions and public works, tho former exceed ing tho appropriations for tbo present yeai by $,HJ7,71ti, nud the latter exceeding tbt appropriations by (''.'.'.i,'.7J. STARVING IN LABRADOR. rKOPLC L1V1.N0 0 UOO MKAT AND Till BKrUK or visiiks. The most heartrending 'ales of destitution und sutl'uring among tho fishermen of I.ub j rador coast keep pouring in, uud it is now ' evident that many doit us from starvation ! will bo chronicled before relief reaches these ' unfortunate people next spring. Near Point Esquimaux families havo been discovered on the verge of starvation, subsisting ou the , llesti of dogs. At a number of ( the fishing talons, anticipating a ' scarcity of food, the fishermen saved the refuse from their fish, which they lulled and which will havo to be eaten to keep them alive. The fisheries, upon which they entirely depend, werea failureuud they were left without meins to buy food. It Is feared that beforo the winter is out the pust history of sullcrlngs of these people will repeat itself, and that they will again bo driven to cannibalism. The Dominion (Jov eriimeus refused to establish a pre.ee lout by sending them provisions In response to their i ap;eal for help. The Uoveruiuont of Quebec I has purchased and forwarded provisions und clothing to tho exteut of f 3,00 j for their re 1 liof, which will, however, full a long way 1 khurt of carrying them through the winter. BURNED TO DEATH AWFUL SCLNES AT A FIRE. Tilt MEN KILLID ARB KIRK 1MCBID 19 m.iKiArot.19. Beyen human lives and 1300,000 worth of property was sacrificed by a lire that origin ated In the rooms of the Union League, on the third floor of the Minneapolis Tribune building. Tlie fire was discovered shortly after 10 o'clock at night by a district mes senger, Mid almost before nn alarm could be turned In every door and window of the Immense seven story building was belching fire am! smoke There were upward of M) men, Including the editorial stair nnd a force of compositors, nt work on the seventh lloor, and these wore penned in like sheep by the sheets of flame that separated them Irom tlie elevator and stairway. As soon as possible the firo department got a ladder up to the sixth floor, nnd from there 3J or 40 men were taken out of tho building. Those who were on the roof dared not descend and several jiinicd to tho roots of adjoining buildings and escaped witU a few bruises. Pr. Olson. President of the University of Dakota, seeing all means of escape cut oT, sayed to jump and slipped and fell to the edge of the w indow on tho sixth slwry nnd from there to the ground. Ho wasinsUititly killed. J. F. Igoc, night operator for the Associat ed Press, stuck to bis jMut until it was too late to escute. He was frightfully burned about the head, nud in bis agony, jumped from the burning building and was killed. A Kent Miles, of tilts Associated Press, whoso home is in Detroit, Mich., attempted to follow I goo, but fo I back into the crater of flames and was burned to a crisp. Milton A. lickett, a reporter for the Pioneer 7'irs.s, whoso otlbe was ill the Tri- vtine ouildilig, wus caught, with a com pan- ion named Pierce, on tbo stairway and Micro they were roasted to death nnd subsequently crushed to a pulp by falling timliers. While the fire was at its benrht J. Me- Cutcheon appeared in one of the windows of the composing room and junied Into a net held by the firemen below. The weight of bis body carried tho net to th stone pave ment and be died in a few moments after being picked up. A few minutes after he had Jumped an other of the printers appeared nt the win dow on the opHsite side of the rooms. He upenred crazed by fright, and, Instead of wuiting for a ladder which was being raised, pulled a revolver nnd, placing the muzzle to bis head, fire 1. The report was heard in the street nnd tlie Juan was seen to drop to the floor. His name could no. bo lcurne 1. Smith also says that a tall young man w ith a black mustache shot himself on tho seventh floor, near the coiuosin room door Smith wit up on bis last trip and called to the young man to come into the elevator, but bo secme dazed by tho heat and smoko and delib lately dr-w a revolver nnd lircd nt bis own head, falling dead. Just before he fired the shot ho exclaimed: "My 0l. !OriC8-?J!d ;"..tb.u. lh bulbil J did its work. The following is a completes list of the dcadund Injured so far as can be ascertained: Demi Milton Pickett, assistant city edi tor of the 7'i(iiivr yv.jis; James F. Igoc, Associated Prcsi o-;erator; Kdwurd Olsen, President of tlio University of South Dako ta, at Vermillion; Jerry Jenkinson.a printer; Ibiberl McCutcbeon, n printer; XV II. Mill- man, commercial editor of the Tribune: Walter E. Miles, operator und agent of the Associated press. THEY MADE A P.IU HAUL. Bl'ltllLAIlS HKCl ltK $J.",'OJ AT ON liKSlllKNOX. The robbery of tho house of Henry R. Stowell. of Athol. Mass.. und nrooriutor o' . ., ... , , ' the furiidiiro tactory ir. Orange, was a much more serious ullair than lirst reported. Th I burglars secured notes, bonds, stocks and ; other valuables most of which are nego'.I. 1 able aggregating in value not far from $",. ! OoO. Although eight persons slept in th( house no one was awakened und tlie lost ' was only discovered when Mr. Stowell awokt in tlie morning and found his ve-t, which ; bad been place 1 on a chair near tho bed, tuisdng. It was found down stairs, but (3oC in bills and a t2h) gold watch it had Contain ed, were gone. j Mrs. Stowell's Jewell case was also miss In i;. Thoroughly alarmed, Mr. Stowel( I went to tho library where tlio safe wus lo cated, uud fouu 1 both doors open and the ! safe ritloi of everything of value. A rear 1 window, which it hud been customary to leave partially open ut night; ulfordod a means of entrance, lifter which the burglars unlocked thu street door, whence they es cape I. Tho safe was o)uiicd by means of working tho combination, which is consid ered a bingulur fact, us tho Combination wus kuowu only to Stowell and bis daughter, who ucta as her father's book-keeper. Tbo burglars were evidently well inform ed an to the Interior arrangements of the house, and covered their tracks so well that no trace of their identity can be found. A CHINESE TYPHOON. TIU JJ0T VIOLENT IN MANY YP.AHS WUKCKS IIOISKS AND UUSIUOYS I.IKK. Kcjiorls have been received that the most violent typhoon known in many years swept over tho Island of t-ado on October 21. It raged from 10 o'clock In the morning till '1 in tbo afternoon, when it subsided tempor arily. At 11 o'clock tlie tame night it burst forth with greater fury, and 6 bouses and us many bouts were destroyed. Fire broke O'lton October 24 at Kuuldamuchl, in Nug nta prefecture, und burned all night, destroy ing three-fourtbt of the village. One hun dred uud eighty-three houses were destroyed und three children burned to death. Newt was received at Yokohama that on Noveru ber i the Misemono at Suhnichiniacollupsed und a number of lives were lost. One au thority places the number killed at 20 and tlie injured at 1!), and another authority tayt i.9 were killed und 5 injured. rKitBoxs living near tha ul)hnr springs of Lwchlaud, To., have loal tho venae of smell. conditio: of trade IKOOCaAOIltO BEPORTt 1ST IflTt Of TWO BIO fines. R. O. Dun A Co.'$ Weekly Renin of TraiU tayt: The fires, with aggregate losses estimated at 130,000,00) or more, may have an Influence upon several branches of trade which cannot yet be estimated. Trior to tha Boston Are the boot and shoe trade there had been quite paralyzed by the flro at Lynn. The Boston fire of Thursday destroyed heavy stocks of goods, nnd will doubtless affect the demand. Rebuilding In both cities will create a sudden demand for materials and labor. Heavy concurrent losses may shake tome lnturunce companies, and alfcet tiio finances of firms burned out. But the general prosperity and the large accumula tion of available capital will probably render the Influence of these disasters comparl tively narrow and brief. In other respects the situation is quite as encouraging as it hat been for some weeks past; the volume of business Is unsurpassed, and the pressure in money markets, though not ended here, bus seemed to bo abut ng elsewhere. The reports from other cltirs are without ex ception favorable on the whole. A great boom in iron abroad, with a spec ulative excitement rarely witnessed, and rapid fluctuations In prices causes some a prehension. because experience teaches that such rapid and excited movements are Usually followed by ugly reactions. The tin paralleled production In this country still continues, and other furnaces of large pro duction uro about to go Into or.tlon, and yetpricenro firm at Philadelphia, though warrants have been quoUd u little iowei here, the demand for manufacture 1 forms continuing largn at full prices. It would be a wonder, indeed, if. with light railroad building and reduced demuud for rails, this country should continue to consume tho enormous quantity of iron now being made, but this in a country of wonders. For struc tural forms ut least, the recent fires an 1 tho floods which have swept away many bridge Will cause some increased demand. Failures during the la.tt seven days for the United Stat-s, 210; for Canada S; total, 2t!, com pare. 1 with 277 last week. For tho cor resK)iiding week of last year tho figures were '-U1 iu tho United States, and 31 in Cana a. THE WAR CLOUD. COMPLICATIONS THAT T roLLOW Tilt All KKIt'l MCATH. The report which comes from St. Peters burg, of the death of Adburrabsmiin Khun, Ameer of Afghanistan, raises a var.ety of grave questions us to the course of events in the Immediate lutute on the foutiers of Turkestan and Afghanistan. Though Russian advancement along nnd In the vicinity of the Oxus river has not been heurd of for several years, it is known tbnt tho forces of tho Czar in that vicinity have been increased rather than diminished, while Afghanistan and Helo.ichistaii havo been and ure still swimming with Russian emissaries of every grade. These men, iu tlie guise of merchants, traders, etc., havo succeeded in stirring up no end of strifu among the suiill tribes, with a view of weakening the Ameer's strength, and havo also kept olive the animosity foit toward the filler at Cabul by tho powerful Duiaui and Ghilzai tribes. As Russia openly favored tho attempts of the pretender, Ayouli K ban, to usurp tho throne, it is not to be expected that, now the throne bus legitimately become vacant, sho will stall 1 by a id see it filled by a va-si.d of England without nial.ing an ellbrt to seat a ruler subservient to lier-elf, and hero the trouble will begin. Toe military roads intj lleliHH'histun projectu I hy England during thu fontier Afghan troubles, the cons! ruction of which was siwge-tcd by the inre-coties which then arose und tho po-sibility of a Russian a Iv.inee upon Herat, iiuvo been stiuiiily a Ivaiieiug toward completion and nro capable of extension at very short notice, while railways started about tlio same time on theTurkiutun fontier by Kussiahavu been unce.i-ing'y pushed forward. Tlio Afghan boun lary question, it will bn remembered, was leit in a most unsatisfac tory state, so far us Russia was concerned, despite tlie masterly handling of the matter by Kir West Hidgeway, and it will be seen that there are no end of available pretexts for Russia to renew her attempt to seizo the stronghold of Herat und dominate the Afghan territory, besides tho very natural tno of wishing to have a voice in tho matter of the succession to AbJurrahsmun't throne. WORK OF A MA' I AC. UK KILLS I1IS HON AMI CURATES A REIGN Of Ttlillim. With ono sweep of a lurge, sharp butcher knife John Bright almost decapitated bis boy Albert ut their homo near liullutin, Mo. Ho then madeuu uttuck ou his wife, who escuiied and locked herself in a room. The murderer rushed from the house and at tempted to kill John Bunk, a farm hand, w ho suvod hit life by flight. Bright then startisl to town saying there wero several of his enemies and he would get even with them. Tbo alarm was given uud he was stopied by the marshal, ujioii whom he made an utUck with bis knife and cut him badly iu i hu arm. He then iiiudo a dash through the streets and chase 1 everybody that came iu sight. As it wus iniMissible for Hiiybody to get near him he was shot as be wus chasing a lot of c.illdren and so badly wounded thut ho wus captured. Bright was released from an insaue usylum recently at cured. BOYC0TTINO A RAILROAD. A Chicago dispatch asserts thut the Fenn ylvania Railroad is "being boycotted Iu ev ery possible way by the Chicago travoliii men" on account of tbo road's ultimatum in settling a rate dispute between itself and another road between Chicago, Indianapolis. Louisville and Cincinnati. Tlie mutter be came serious with Chicago merchants, but the roud would not yield, and the merchant! begun a systematic boycotting with whlcb they hope to bring the Pennsylvania t terms. Two firms show entries on theii books which foot up a lost to tlie Pennsyl vania of over 1,000 tout of freight since th boycotting began. Tlie boy cotters declare that they are In earnest ubout the matter, and will influence every pound of freight they can to tbo linos of the Pcuusylvuuia'i competitors. STORMS. WILD WIND AND HIGH WAVE FATAL VTOIANI IS KORTtt CAROLINA AND 4 I.AKK MS ASTIR. The largest tailing veel on the freat lakes, tt.e five master, David L. Dows", found ered ') milessoutheast of Chicago. Nothing but the tips of the big barge's tallest spars projecting slightly in the air show the spot in the storm-beaten waters where the Dowt went down. IIr crew had a terrible ex perience but were tared. I Much a gala as has never before been ex perienced raged on Lake Superior Wednes day night an 1 has not yet subsided. Many boai which are due have not yet arrived. A dispatch from Owen Sjun 1, Ontario.says: 1 Wednesduy night.while thesteauier Alberta Wim leaving the harbor on her last trip to Port Artli ir, she struck a sand bar opposite the dummy light. Hhe Is still on, and a heavy northwest gale is blowing and a blinding snow storm prevails. A rouu I IIOO.iXW was i In cost of the main moth vessel when built about six years ago. Her hold wouldaccoiuiiiod.ite 00 bushels of grain nnd when she sank contained -2.V) tons of hard coal c msigiied to W. L. 8cott,uf Eric, Pa. The Dows wis a victim of tie bowling Thanksgiving Diygalo that mada havoc with tho steamer Calumet off Evans ton. A very destructive cyclone passed over n Hrtion of It a lord comity. N. C, doing Croat damage. Houses were blown down and trees lorn up by toe roots. The resl deuce of a farmer mur Washington, th county seat, was blown to ntoms, and the entire family, consisting of father, mothei and four children, wero killed instantly. The grown daughter was to have been mar' ried, ant all preparations bad been made to celebrate the coming event. A factory near Wusliiu (ton was blown down nnd two people killed, while adozn others receive 1 ha I injuria'. Miss Muttie Cheve. tlio pretty duilght.-r of a farmer, wiu caught up ou the cyclone and curried away on the bosom of tho mad wind. Her body has not yet been found. Reports so far art very meager, and it is impossible to obtuin the names of ull wiio wore killed. EOLPIFRS' ItHillTS. 4X AI'FKAL ISSftll It Y Tilt SRKVICI PENSION ASSOCIATION. As President of the Service Pension Asso ciation of tho United States, Governor Alvin P. Hovey has issued an address entitled: "Soldiers' Rights An Appeul to the Loyal People of tbo United Stutej and Their Rep resentatives iu Congress." Tlio first portion of the address explains that the Service Pension Association does not mean to Interfere with the system of disability pensions now in operation, but asks, Indciicndeut of it, a pennon for every man who served 00 days or more in tho Union urmy. This is not meant to be only for the support of tho survivors, but for u mark of honor, something as tho Victoria cr ss nud the French cordon of Honor. The address snys: "The soldiers of the revolution, of tlie war of l12-ir, with Mex ico, with all our Indian wurs, were gener ously given lands by millions of acres, and custous, hav been refused, with billions of acres of public domain and a surplus in our treasury thut t he ingenuity of our statesmen lias been unable to exhaust.'' Again it says: "We are flippantly told that our pension laws aro ample und the most beneficent in tho world, and that no ex-soldier has tho riL'lit to find the least fault with tho ircncris- j ity und the pu'.crual care of cur Govern ment, The final paragraph of tho address is as fol lows; ".Send no representatives to Congress who will not honestly uud earnestly sup port your just cluiius' nud demands. Send uo one who is so stupid, blind or prejudiced that lie cannot see uud understand them, and be sure you send no ono who will not contend for your honor nud your rights with us much loyulty nnd zeal us you fought for the nreserv ution of tho Cnioii : und vnn should send neither laggurds nor cowards I for your representatives, for they do not I belong to your rank. The disloyal will howl I for every dollar the Government may pay I Voil. uud a laree part of u subsidized" orcss will te-iu with urticies of almsj ugain t your advocates und your rights, bland iir.u, close your rnks und meet the cliurgu of your enemies again, uud though you may only have u few short hours of your fur lough of life, you will once more be vic torious and conquer." BUR-REBUTTAL WITNESSES. flNAL ATTEMPT TO DUACl t'P BURKE'S AI.II1I. At tho opening of tho Cronln trial Fri day morning the State called Bernard F. Curberry in rebuttal. He testified that he was in Mutt Danahy'i saloon, at the corner ofOiark street nud Chi cago avenue, on the night of May 4, and thut be did uut tee defendant Burke there, as testified to on behalf of the defense. At the conclusion of the examination of this witness the tur-rubuttal on behalf of tho defuiiduut was begun. A number of wit nesses were culled to the stand to strengthen the alibi for Burke, ami all gave testimony in regard to O'MulIey'a attendance at the openiugof a saloon ou the West Side on May 4. M. J. Dwyer, John Fleming, Pat Rouse, C. F. Rogun and Wiu. Fortune all testified 1 1 the same strain. The lust witness, a nephew of Petur Fortune, tlie brewer, had not boen long on the stand when it became evident that he was greatly intoxicated. His answers were incoherent and luurticu lu'e and could not be beaid. On cross examination the State's Attor ney would ask Fortune a question and the witness would look intently at Mr. Forrest without replying, ihe wittiest admitted that be was pretty drunk on the night of May 4th, and In answer to a question said that ho had only had ono drink, a glass of buer to-day. li s answers provok ed great laughter. He wus followed by Wal ter Fleming, who substantiated the testi mony of the other witnesses. The Jnler-Ocean tayt: "Already the ir'. anglers of Chicago have given up all hope for their friends and cronic, the Cronin prisoners, and at an Informal meeting of ft dozen or more Camp 20 members in .Mutt Danuhuy's saloon, last eveuiug, it wus agreed thut the death penalty for Coughlin, llurko and O'Sullivan. and u long term iu the jiem tentiary for Ileggt and Kuiizo, would be tha Jury's verdict." A KitMDF.it of Arnbs attired" in thci native costumes liave arrived in De troit, uud v ill niako that city thci' borne. ARTERS .111 2.50 to 15.00 2.25 to 10.00 l.G0to 3.75 3.50 upward 3.00 " 1.00 to 5.00 20c un go i ho for br prl He it (( iiioys Caps from 5c up ei Hats " 15c up Jrs, Handkerchiefs, and fino quality. mi, Cloth and Kid ci-ds, largo stock of COI! ''id ay goods of ovcrv tn positively not bo un- of favors, j would rc At continuance of pa- be wl th URGH, PA. for Stoves ! flu rd The Heaver XcwSunsliit of '89. Crown Cirr- lator How Vcntil tor. HlAID)S M 1 V used by D. T. Iihoads, dei ;this method of lnfonningt! ine of Stoves, 8trP.. Also yjry best qlitj V( 1'- ;;ting a Specialty, IF fo ro ro w of ARGAINS I: I'll! l ., Selinsgro l"t "I re Bb I.., Ul th- cl v fri In t a i'Tt good to go and tlie to an Wuvtifhhtirif m f.w JflVg tli . . M.D'I wuriMj iiii'i worse. 1110 i-i.. - ilivrilviwl nr.. niMtii lit.rn of the S H'' re tie Coiupuny, which wus oW years ago with John It. lb:li ' Knd, 1'iMsburgb. as one of tU r" Htockliolders. Kx-Iiitcriul Km lector John Howliu c,w v .1 wim loiv.t tumlit Ull a"1''" "I xir Ull (lie (lit i. i w i). ...i... lias If3' la. 'I1K I'll. as Treddent of the Farmer tlliu i i. 11 Hank. h:m alo uasiirnod. A 111""- fuiiures are A. X Oreeii.ee.' . 1 - Mtoi.linn fimt Ivliim CiireV. ' 1 towimhip; Win. uud John lhH' Nt , i r liii townshii A ...lit... I ii!llTJI H-niwii" r le, Abuer Hoge ond ex WlilTlC " pui'ii Thesu ure in uddilioil to W. I 1 ,.r i. i,'..,.., oi.l Bri'Wrt liii hit itii an i ii.l s.l.nj.iir II A Kt.r.iLV. 1 of these moil will umoaui w $ .00,000. . f lis II Mn. MoApow, ono of theo' the Sjioilod Horso Mine, of rccoutly drovo into Helen iBl lmnnl iimi t tr.i.1..,l rarrvi' ' 1 n,l f"rc 1s i w, Iii.ii.L- ...,.n. looiio Tt pknl i . i x ... i i . llin Ill'J'J ' and i ier a:m ft irucit 10 kv - , , , ..,.,.1 ,..... ., into ll" Lj jlili Al 1 Clii It fo wc fot : St r i i i,Jk -r-r- at i? 19 lo n ir w is,CiieiiEs,& or nT re w to Ill, i Kl III ih
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