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Bellefonte, Pa., December 6, 1889.
P. GRAY MEEK, - - - Ebprror. |
The President's Message.
President TIArrISON’S first message to
Congress, which wo furnish to our
readers this weel, bears every evidence
of being the production of a very ordi-
nary public character. Its anticipa-
tion created but little interest, probably
because there wasn’t much expected of
him. It is of more than usual length
for a document of the kind, and is re-
markable for not urging with the earn-
estness that might have been expected,
the points of party policy which have
been considered the leading tenets of
the Republican. faith.
Thus,en the tariff question Mr. Har-
rIsoN does not go to the full length of
recommending the:maintenance of the
entire schedule of high duties, advis-
ing a revision of the schedule, but
with a preservation of the protective
prineiple, and he even thinks that the
free list might be enlarged, thus mak-
ing a concession to the Cleveland idea.
He makes the absurd proposition
that {tariff protection be afforded the
farmers to an equal degree with the
manufacturers, as if there wassuch for-
eign competition with our farmers’
productions as to require yrotective
measures for their benefit.
The ovly positive recommendation
he makes is for a federal appropriation
for educational purposes, in pursuance
of the Blair scheme to convert the sur-
plus into a schoolfund. On the ques-
tion of the repeal of the tax on tobacco
and spirits used in the arts and manu-
factures, the message is far from being
positive in recommending such a meas-
ure. The silver question is feebly
handled. Something is said about
subsidies to steamships that Jooks as if
the President favors that way of mis-
applying fhe public money, -and from
his cautious words concerning the
scheme of putting the congress election
under federal control it may be infer
red that such an outrageous usurpation
may have Mr. Harrison's approval.
The rest of the message is made up
of commonplace facts connected with
the crdinary business of the govern-
ment. It 48 the weakest deliverance
that has emanated from the executive
branch of the governmentin many a
y ear.
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Holy John Despises Wealth — On
Sunday.
Any moral maxim falling from the
lips of good Jomx Wanamaker should
find ready acceptance among those
whose hearts and minds are open to
good impressions. In addressing a
Sabbath school at Germantown some
Sundays ago he thus spoke of the vani-
ty of riches: “We spend our lives in
“getting more, and what does it all
“amount to in the end? Our eflorts
“should be in a higher and better
“direction.”
This is certainly good moral doctrine,
but how are we to reconcile it witlr the
worldly thrift with which pious Jony
runs the bargain counter and even
brings his big store inte relentless com-
petition with the small dry goods deal-
ers of the country districts? It may ve
that he despises riches, but he has a
strange way of showing it. When we
come to think of it, however, he may
have been evincing his indifference to
the possession of worldly wealth when
he contributed the big boodle that cor-
rupted the election last year and got
Harrison the Presidency and himself
a place in the cabinet.
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—Seeretary ot the Navy Tracy in
kis report speaks well of the condition
to which the navy has been: brought,
and advises its further increase if we
want to rank as a naval power. We
should have at least a hundred vessels
of the latest type, he says, of which at
least a third should be fleet cruisers.
So far the Secretary hasn't done any-
thing more than follow up the work
that was cut out under the Cleveland
administration. He is to be credited
for continuing on that line and not
showing a disposition to fall into Ro-
besonian habits. There appears, how-
ever, an inclination on his part to ig-
nore the work that was done by his
Democratic predecessor. But he can
be excused for this if he will only fol-
low the good example set and not It
the work slack before his Democratic
successor shall be ready to take his
place. Our navy in its highest estate,
when it shed a peculiar lustre upon the
American name, was the work of
Democratic administration, and none
but Democratic administrations can
bring it to its best development.
——Money makes the man, but the
man has to make the money first, — |
Somerville Journal.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
Tae WroNe MaN.—The man who
was arrested last Thursday at Lock |
Haven on suspicion of being implicated
Farmers
A Financial Crash in Greene County.
Who Engaged in Western
Cattle Speculation Broughtto Grief.
WAYNEsBURG, PA, Dee. 2.—The
in the murder of Clara Price, n2ar financial crash in Greene county still
z, 2d Ga continues and there is no telling where
Karthaus, was named George Johnsen.
He was a peddler of some sort of tin ware
it will end. Ex-Internal Revenue Col-
leetor John Dowlin bas made an assign-
polish, and having a suspicious look and | ment; also Dr. D. W. Braden, who has
not being able to give answers satisfac-
tory to his captors he was held and notice
of his arrest sent to Bellefonte. When |
brought here his appearance and all the
circumstances connected with him |
made it apparent that he was not the |
man that was wanted and he
was accordingly discharged.
Step For DAMAGES.—A suit for
$2,000 damages has been commenced
against Philip J. Oechler, of Jersey
Shore, which should provea warning to
persons who do careless shooting at
ducks in the river at any place. Oech-
ler is charged with erimiral carelessness
in: the shooting of WalterjKennedy on
Thanksgiving day of last year. It is
stated that Oechler while on the river
hunting for ducks Thanksgiving Day,
1888, fired the shot which accidentally
resuited in Kennedy's death, the latter
being on shore at the time. The Sheriff
found young Oechler and took bail in
the sum of $4,000, just twice the
amount claimed, for his appearance at
Court in January next. Oechler’s fath-
er furnished the bail.
Horkins Present Srrvarion, —
Jrimes of the first magnitude have
been so fast following on each other's
heels in this county that interest is
lost in one while attention is being at-
tracted by its successor. The Hopkins
case has been completely eclipsed hy
the murder of the poor girl, Clara
Price, but the condemned murderer is
still an object of some interest. Since
the death sentence was passed on him,
he is said to have changed his reck-
less demeanor. Ie professes not to be
worried by his impending fate, yet he
gives signs of having a concern abont
the hereafter, as he requested the spir-
itnal attendance of Rev. Mr. Laurie.
He has ordered playing-cards to be
taken from his cell, has stopped swear-
ing, and expects to receive forgiveness
from his Maker. The little of life that
remains to him he says he wants to
take easy, and he would like some
body to send him a rocking chair.
Since his sentence he has been put in
a more secure cell, but considering his
half paralysed condition it would be
impossible for him to escape from the
jail. On Wednesday morning he re-
quested Robert Wighaman, the son
and brother of the women he murder-
ed, to come and see him,which request
the young man complied with and
spent some time with him. It is like-
ly the Governor will fix a near date
for his execution.
Court Procerpings.—The following
civil cases were tried in the November
common pleas up to Thursday when we
went to press:
James Smith vs. Margaret A. and
Jonn Riter. Sci Fa on mortgage. Ver-
dict for Plaintiff for $79.
Catherine Holt’s heirs vs. A. R. Hall,
trustee of Catherine Holt. Asampsit.
Verdict for Plaintiff for $150.24.
Elizabeth Kunes vs. H. H. Mont-
gomery. Trespass. Verdict for Plain-
tiff for $25.
Lehigh Valley Ceal Company vs.
Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation.
Ejectment for coal land in Snow Shoe.
township. Verdict for Defendant.
Samuel H. Himmelreich vs. Sidney
Krumrine, Executor of Henry Krum-
rine, dec’d. Verdict for Plaintiff for
$2500, penalty in th: bond conditioned
for the payment of $389.09 already
paid by Plaintiff for B. C. Krumrine,
and for the payments of other claims
amounting to $1898 against E. C.
Krnmrine when paid by Plaintiff.
Kate Rhul vs. Isreal Osman. Feigned
issue to try the validity of judgment
given by S. D. Rhul to his wife Kate.
Burnell & Aikens vs. Ellis L. Orvis)
endorsee. Verdict for Plaintiff for $241,-
41.
Christmas goods are already be-
ing displayed in the windows of our
Bellefonte dealers. So far, Mr. Rich-
ards,the jeweler, has by all odds the
prettiest things and the most elaborate
display. In his line he deals in nothing
cheap or gaudy, but depends on sub-
stantial and good goods, and reasonable
prices, to secure customers. He has
many pretty things that cost but little,
and you can get just what the one you
purpose buying a present for will most
admire and appreciate, by going there.
At any rate, it will pay you to stop and
take a look at his Christmas goods, only
part of which has been put on exhibi-
tion.
——A musical convention will be |
held in the Reformed church at Pine
Hall near the State College, beginning
on Tuesday evening, December 31st,
and closing with a grand concert on
Saturday evening, January 4th, 1890,
The convention will be conducted by
Pro. J. A. Weaver.
sic are invited.
! been acting as President of the Far-
mers and Drovers’ Naiional Bank since
the death of the President, Hon. C. A.
Black. Several other failures are re-
ported among men who were considered
wealthy and substantial. Among others
are: A. N. Greenlee, of Jefferson ; Wil-
i liam and John Reese, ex-Auditor Gen-
eral J. F. Temple, Abner Hoge and ex-
Sheriff Lemley, of Waynesburg, and
Stephen and Elias Carey, of Washing-
ton township. These quickly followed
the failures of 'W. T. Lantz, cashier of
the Farmers and Drovers’ Bank, and ex-
Sherif D. A: Spragge.
Quite a number of other men, mostly
farmers, are ruined financially from
having placed their names as security
upon the paper of those who have gone
under.
A few years ago John R. Rush, of
the East End, Pittsburg, Cashier W. T.
Lantz and John Dowlin invested in a
cattle ranch in Wyoming. They later
formed a stock company and sold alarge
amount of shares to other parties. The
capital invested was principally borrow-
ed and Greene county was drained of
some $200:000, it having been taken out
by members of the company. Wher-
ever money could be borrowed it was
done. Asa result money became very
scarce here, and two yearsago farmers
were compelled to mortgage their farins
to lifé insurance companies and outside
parties to raise needed cash. These acts
of the stockholders of the cattle com-
pany have received unlimited censure,
and to them is believed to be due the
financial trouble.
The men who have failed had been
estimated to be worth over $300,000.
Their liabilities will amount to that.
Prothonotary Garard has received judg-
ments to the number of 231 to record
within four days. Their total has not
been footed up, as he has not yet been
able to enter all of them.
A Kentucky Fiend.
With a Razor He Cuts the Throats of
Siz People.
SomerseT, Ky., December 1.—One of
the most atrocious crimes this portion of
the state has ever known was enacted in
a cabin three miles from this town at a
late hour Friday night. For some time
Hugh Elliott, a worthless colored man,
has been hving with a woman not his
wife. They frequently quarreled and
Llliott has threatened to kill her.
Several days ago the woman left Elli-
ott and refused to return. Friday night
Elliott, who was drunk, went to the
house of Carter Hayden, a neighbor. At
the Hayden house beside Hayden and
his wife were Mrs. Easter, and daughter,
and Robert Elliott, a youth of 16.
Hugh accused the Haydens of having
induced his mistress toleave him. A
fierce quarrel ensued, during which Rob-
ert Elliott, and the woman went into an-
other room. While they were absent
Elliott with his razor cut Carter’s throat,
and held hin until he became uncon-
scious. Elliott then called young Rob-
ert Elliott (no relation) into the room,
knocking him down as soon as he enter-
ed, then cutting his throat. When this
second victim had become unconscious
Elliott attacked the women, and sue-
ceeded in cuiting all their throats. The
fiend then escaped, and has uot since
been seen.
The victims of his passions, unable to
go for help, lay in their blood all night.
Yesterday morning a neighbor found
them. Hayden was dead and young
Elliott and Miss Easter dying. Mus.
Hayden and Mrs. Easter will probably
recover. The latter was the least injur-
ed and was able to tel) something of the
tragedy. She says Elliott seemed like a
fiend, He first locked the doors, and be-
fore they comprehended what was about
to happen, caught her daughter by the
arms and with a single stroke cut her
throat. He next knocked Mrs. Hayder
down, then turned on Mrs. Easter. “She
says she was so terrified she doesn’t
know what happened and for hours re-
mained unconscious.
Mrs. Ha den says that after knocking
her down Elliott cnt Mrs. Easter's
throat, then returned to her. She is
sure she fainted before the fien i reach-
ed her, as she knows nothing of her
throat being cut. Klliott is being hunt-
ed. If found he will not be given time
to say his prayers. -
Red Nosed Mike's Companions.
Puiraperrura, December 4.--Word
comes from Italy announcing the sen-
tencing of Bevevino and Villella, the
two accomplices of Michael Rissello, or
‘Red Nosed Mike,,” who was hanged at
Wilkesbarre for the murder of Paymas-
ter McClure and his assistant, Flanagan,
one receiving a life sentence and the
other twenty years at hard labor. Im-
mediately after the murder the two fled
to Italy, locating at Cozenza, where
they were arrested on information sent
from this country. The United States
demanded, through the American lega-
tion at Rome, the surrender of the two,
but were refuscd.
——The Ladies’ Society ot the Bap-
tist church, of Milesburg, will hold a
Fair and Festival on Saturday evening,
Dec. 21st, 1889, consisting of fancy ar-
ticles, suitable for Christmas presents,
cakes, &e. A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to the public. 2t
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We learn from a correspondent
at Roland that on Thanksgiving after-
noon while a young boy named John
Gingher was playing “hunting deer”
with other boys, he fell over dead from
overexertion. The boys had elder pop
guns and were chasing each other. When
young Gingher fell one of his compan-
ions ran up to him and asked him if he
had stopped playing,and upon receiving
no answer turned him over and found
All lovers of mu- that he was dead. This was a sad end.
ing of a merry innocent game,
Terrific Explosien ef Nitzo-Glycerine.
Five Tons of the Powerful Compound
Explodes, Creating Death and
Destruction.
O1L Crry, Dec. 1.—At 2 o'clock yes-
terday afternoon this city was thrown
into the wildest consternation by a ter-
rilic report. People rushed madly into
the streets, children screamed, women
fainted and men rushed madly to and
fro seeking the cause of the explosion.
Chimneys toppled over and plate glass
crashed into the street, rendering fora
time a scene of the utmost terror and
confusion.
It was fully half an hour before the |
exact cause and location was ascertained.
Then it was discovered that a boat load-
ed with five tons of nitro-glyeerine had
exploded about one mile outside the
city limits, hurling into eteraity three
men, Fisher and Hoffman and one un-
known. The bodies of Fisher and
Hoffman were found a short distance
from the scene of the disaster, and,
strange to say, they were without a
scratch, but their clothing was stripped
entirely from their bodies, and even
their rubber boots were torn into shreds.
Of the third man fo portion has been
discovered It is supposed that he was
blown to atoms.
The force of the explosion is clearly
indicated by the condition of the pro-
perty in the vicinity where it occuyred.
Houses and barns were shattered and
torn beyond all hope of repair. Three
mammoth ice houses, located within
a thousand feet of the boat that contained
the deadly compound, were lifted bodily
over a hundred feet into the air, torn
into kindling woed and scattered over a
large area. Dwellings half a mile away
were compietely wrecked.
The concussion was so great that
stock was Killed in a barn a thousand
feet away. A great deal of damage was
done in this city by the breaking of win-
dow glass, hardly a building in the city
escaping the general wreck. Clocks
were stopped and dishes hurled from
cupboards.
Where the boat was moored a hole
was excavated in the river bed twenty
feet deep and fifty in diameter. The
presumable cause of the disaster is that
one of the two ren, Fisher or Hoffman,
accidentally discharged a gun into the
dangerous cargo, as an empty gun was
found some distance from where the
bodies lay.
It is impossible to give any estimate
as to the loss, but probably $5,000 will
cover the damage to property outside of
the ice houses, which were worth proba-
bly .s much more.
rt a———
A Healthy Sentiment.
Pittsburg Post.
There seems to be a very healthy
sentiment declaring itself in Ohio that
the United States senatorship is not on
sale, und that brains rather tha money-
bags will carry off the prize. There is
no objection to men of wealth aspiring
for political preferment,butin the Demo-
cratic party there should be other
credentials than a check-book. The
Republican party is to-day dominated
by millionaires and the agents and attor-
neys of great corporations. If the
Democratic party falls to this level,
what is there to choose between the
two? Nothing that we can see. If our
success in such a great conflict as that
waged in Ohio for the last six or eight
weeks, is merely to mark the prefer-
ment of a Democratic millionaire, with
interests antagonistic to the gr at mass of
the people, rather than Charles Foster
and the Standard, what is the use of
going to the polls ? That is the question
people will ask,if politicians and legisla-
tors do not.
Some how other people outside of
Ohio are accepting the contest in that
State asa crucial one between money
and old fashioned Democracy. All
know the Republicans bow the knee to
the golden calf. It is that influence
that dominates their party. But how
about the Democracy ?
Dockery Didn't Wait.
Startling Proceedings Prompted by a
Proposition to Sandpaper His Head.
Correspondence of New York Sun.
‘We were about to leave Louisville on
a steamboat, and the men were just
hoisting in the gang plank when a ‘tall
slim young man, with a great deal of
cunning in his composition, leaned on
the rail of the promenade deck, scanned
the crowd of 200 on the levee, and called
out in a thin voice:
“Say! Is Mr. Dockery there ?7
“He is!” promptly replied a voice.
“Then tell him I'm coming back in
about a week to sandpaper Lis head !”
It was intended for a joke, but no
one laughed. Just at that minute the
gang-plank was dropped again fora be-
lated pa-senger, and a man from the
crowd rushed along to the boat, dodged
up-stairs like a monkey, and the pext
instant appeared before the astonished
smart Aleck.
“Sandpaper my head, will you ?” he
hissed, as he reached out for hair.
“Oh, now, but you aren’t Mr. Dock-
ery |” shouted the young man.
“Aren't 1? Don’t I know my own
name, you luscious persimmon ? Take
that—and that—and that!”
And he banged him right and left,
lifted bim up and down, aud ended by
spreading him over the deck as far as he
would reach. Then he skipped to be
received with cheers, while the young
man gathered up the fragments and
splinters of himself and retired. He
was on the boat three days with us and
during that time I never saw him but
once. Then he had his head out of his
stateroom window to view the scenery
on the Arkansas shore. One of the
boys yelled “Dockery!” and his head
vanished to be seen no more.
———
Changed 26,000 Votes.
Danville Intelligencer.
The Democratic watchword in Massa-
chusettes previous to the election, was :
“Free raw materials and lower duties
upon the necessities of life.”’ The result
of such an appeal was seen in a reduc-
tion of a Republican pluralty of $2,000
of the year previous down to a plurality
of 6,000.
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——An ice palace, according to the |
American and Canadian style, is to be !
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erected in January at St, Petersburg.
Over 2,000,000 F armersto Unite.
Agriculturists Throughout the Country
to Combine for Mutual Protection.
St. Louis, Dec. 1.—Evan Jones, of
Texas, President of the National Far-
mers and Laborers’ Union of America,
arrived in this city yesterday. In re-
ply to some interrogatories he said :
“Our dealing with the question of
cotton bagging is a complete success.
Up to the beginning of this year the
jute men had it all their own way, but
now the planters are all using cotton
bagging, which will save to the farmers
of the South annually more than $2,000,-
000 and to the entire country from $8,-
000,000 to $15,000,000.
“There are 50,000,000 yards of bag-
ging used annually and the demand is
Increasing, but after this year there will .
be no more jute bagging used, and the
prices of low grade cotton will thereby
be inereased at least 20 per cent., * bich
will make it a paying product, will in-
crease the manufacturing industry of the
country, and generaliy be a big thing
for the South. But our work does not
end here. As cotton-growers we are
interested in the welfare of the whole |
country, and we came to St. Louis to |
unite with the farmers of the North
and Northwest for our mutual welfare.
The Northwestern Farmers’ Alliance,
numbering 800,000 in membership, and
representing the agricultural interest of
the North and West, along with the
Mutual Benefit Association, which has
a membership of between 50,000 and
100,000, have already signified their
willingness to join us, and the Knights
of Labor will Lave a special deleza‘ion
here with that object. The Patrons of
Husbandry, of whom there are about
1,500,000 in the country, also have
been invited into our fraternity, and
from my knowledge I have no doubt
that they will be able to accept before
long, though they were not ready to
act decisively in time for this Conven-
tion.”
A Deplorable Accident.
A Horse-Thief Executed by a Simple
Process of Nature
N.Y. Weekly.
Western Judge—You are charged, sir,
with being the leader of a party which
hunted down and lynched a horse-
theif. The days have gone by when
citizens of this great Commonwealth
can thus take the law into their own
hands, hence your arrest. What have
you to say ?
Prominent Citizen—I ain’t guilty,
jedge. T'll tell you how it was. We
caught the feller, and tied hic hands
and feet. Nothing wrong about that,
was there, jedge ?
“No; that was no doubt necessary.”
“Wall, jedge, there was a storm com-
in’ up and we couldn’t spare him an
umbrella very well, so we stood him un-
der a tree. That was all right, wasn't
it?)
“Certainly.”
“Wall, the clouds kept gatherin’ and
the wind was purty high, and we didn’t
want him blown away, so we tied a rope
around his neck ana fastened the other
end to the limb above--not tight, jedge,
jest so asto hold him—and we left him
standin’ solid on his feet. Nothing
wrong about that, was there 2”
“Nothing at all.” ,
“Then I kin be excused, can’t I?”
“But the man was found suspended
from that tree, and stone dead the next
morning. ”’
“None of us had any thing to do with
that, jedge. You see we left him stand-
in’ there in good health and spirits, fer
we gave him all he could drink when
we said good-bye ;’ but you see during
the night the rain come up an’ I spose
the rope got purty wet and shrunk a
couple o’ feet. That's how the sad ac-
cident happened, jedge.”
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First American Hippopot.mus.
Born the Oikh:r Day in the Central
Park, Weighed Forty Pounds
and Lavely.
Nrw York, Dee. 2.—At midnight
“Mis. Fatima Murphy,” wife of «Mr.
Caliph Murphy,” the three- ton hippopot-
amus, gave birth to a fine, black-eyed
little “Murphy” in the lions house in
Central Park. The proud mother
weighs two tons. She was brought to
this country from Hamburg in the fall
ot 1886, to take the place of “Pompey,”
the rhinoceros which died a short time
before. “Caliph,” the father, is sever-
al yews his wife's semor, and was im-
ported from Nubia to Cincinnati by Mr.
Reiche, and then brought here.
TLe baby weighed forty pounds at its
birth. Itis unusally small, the young
generally weighing 100 pounds at birth.
‘What it lacks in weight it makes up in
activity, however, and to-day is as live-
ly as a kitten. This is the first hippo-
potamus ever born in this country. One
was born in England on November 5,
1872,which was christenedGuy Fawkes,
although according to its sex it ought
to have received a gentler name. The
mother is very fearful lest some one
harm her offspring, and guards it with
ever watchful care, and fretting great.
ly at the approach of strangers. The
little one is of a deep reddish color,
verging on a pink, with a big mouth for
a baby. Mother and child will be kept
very quie’ for'the present,and the public
will not be received for several days.
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A Bigamist at Eighteen.
The Detroit Youth Who Has Two
Wives and is the Father of Twins.
Burraro, N. Y., Dec. 1.—George
Reihl is a Detroit youth, 18 years of age,
who is now locked upin this city dn the
charge of bigamy. In December, 1888,
he met, wooed and won Martha M.
Foley, a Detroit maiden ten years his
senior, and lived with her but a few
months, when he tired of her mature
charms and fled to this city, whete he
soon married Lizzie Schich, a lass ¢f 16,
and went to living with his father-inslaw.
Meanwhile, Martha had become the
mother of twins, who wept for paternal
protection to such effect that she deter-
mined to find her youthful spouse und
claim him as her own. Yesterday she
arrived here and learned the state of af-
fairs. Reihl was immediately arrested.
His trial will occur to-morrow, when
the twins. ably seconded by Assemly-
man Endress, will appear against lim.
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Death in the Flames.
Two Women and Five Children Lose
Their Lives.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2. —Fire broke
cut about 2.80 o'clock this morning in
the three-story brick building a1 the
corner of © econdand Huntingion ireets.
The basement and first foor were used
by Gustave Gross us a bakehop and.
store respectively. The second floop
was occupied as a dwelling hy Mr. Gross,
his wife and four children, and on the
third floor dwelt Joseph Bitner with his
wife ahd six children. The flames which
started in the basement, burned quickly
through the upper fio vs and the follow-
ing person were burned to death Lefore
aid could reach them : Mis. Annie
Bitner, aged 35, Ida Bitner, aged 6 ;
George Bitner, aged 9 months ; Gustave
| Gross jr., aged 11 years; Bruno Gross,
aged 5 years.
The following were seriously injured :
Mrs. Minnie Gross, aged 33; Hattie
Gross, aged 2} vears; Joseph Bitner,
| aged 40 ; John Ellunson, a journeyman
« baker, aged 32. Other members of the-
two futuilies escaped without serious.
injury.
i A firemen climbed inte the second
i story window and carried out little Gus-
| tave Gross, but the lad died soon after
{ from his injuries.
‘journeyman baker employed by Gross,
| was asleep on the third floor, as like-
f wis were Joseph Bitner, a German
{ weaver, his wife Annie and their six
| children. Ellanson threw a mattress
upon an awing two stories below and
three of Bitner’s children, Mr. Bitner
and Ellanson jumped upon it and were
lowered to the ground. Ellanson was
badly burned.
The wife of Bitner and two of their
a babe of 9 months—were in the third
stcry front room and were suffocated by
smoke. When found by the firemen af-
ter the flames had been subdued the
mother and her children were huddled
together on the floor. Mrs, Gross and
second floor. She clasped her daughter
Mattie in her arms and hurrying to the
third floor jumped froma window to the
street below. She wasimmediately con-
veyed with her child to the Episcopal
the child died soon after being admitted.
Mrs. Gross is horribly burned. She is
about to become a mother and the hos-
pital physicians say there is no hope of
her living. After the fire the firemen
found the body of Bruno Gross, aged 5
years, in the bathroom, burned almost
toa crisp. Freda Gross, aged 7, and
Clara Bitner, aged 14, jumped from the
second-story window and were caught
in the arms of Mr. Gross, these two es-
caping without injury. Fritz Erdn an,
an apprentice, aged 15, also jumped
from the second-story and escaped un-
hurt.
Mrs. Minnie Gross died at the Episco-
pal hospital shortly after 5 o'clock this
afternoon, the fact of her being in a del-
lcate condition Lastening her death.
This swells the list of dead to seven.
Governor Hovey's Wild Appeal.
He Issues an Address as President of
the Service Pension Association.
INpraxarorss, Ind., Dec.2—As pres-
ident of the service persion Association
of the United States Governor Alvin P.
Hovey has issued an address. The first
portion of the address explains that the
service pension association does not
mean to interfere with the system of dis-
ability pensions now in operation, but
asks, independent of it, a pension for ev-
ery man who served 60 days or more ir
the Union army. This is not meant to
be only for the support of the survivors,
but for a mark ot honor, something as
the Victoria cross and the French cor-
don of honor.
The address says: “The soldiers of
the revolution, of the war of 1812-15,
with Mexico, with all our Indian wars,
were generously given lands by millions
of acres, and pensions have been refused
with billions of acres of public domain
and a surplus in onr treasury that thein-
genuity of our statesmen has been 1.n-
able to exhaust.” Again it says: “We
are flippantly told that our pension laws
are ample and the most beneficent in
the world, and that no ex-soldier has the
right to find the least fault with the gen-
erosity and the paternal care of our gov-
ernment.”
The final paragraph of the address is
as follows : “Send no representative to
congress who will not honestly and
earnestly support your just claims and
demands. Send no one who is so stupid,
blind or prejudiced that he cannot see
and understand them, and be sure you
send no one who will not contend for
your honor and your rights with as
much loyalty and zeal as you fought. for
the preservation of the Union ; and you
should send neither laggards nor cow-
ards for your representatives, for they
do not belong to your’ rank. The dis-
loyal will howl for every dollar the gov-
ernu ent may pay you, and a large part
of a subsidized press will team with arti-
cles of abuse against your advocates and
your rights. Stand firm, close your
ranks and meet the churge of your'ene-
mies again, and though you may only
have a few short hours of vour furlough
of life, you will once more be victorious
and conquer.”
Sr —
Knights of Labor Anniversary,
Philadelphia Inquirer.
{ Tue Knights of Labor celebrated in
{ Baltimore, on Sunday, the twentieth
anniversary of the establishment of their
[ organization in Philadelphia by Uriah
; S. Stephens and others on November 25,
i 1869. Thrice years ago the member-
{ship rose trom 100,000 to a million.
| Now it is about 800,000, and itis not
i at all improbable that this serious falling
off has been the motive for the alliance
with the farmers, which is now con-
templated. The organization has done
an important work for its members in
demonstrating the futility of strikes.
Mr. Powderly and the more conserva-
tive and thoughtful leaders of the
Knights have not found their influence
strong enough at times to prevent strikes,
and perhaps it was well that this was
so, for the binding together of a mil-
lion laboring men in one society
thoroughly tested the efiiciey of strikes,
and demonstrated that even under the
most favorable circumstances they were
but a weak, uncertain and unreliable
weapon in the workingmen’s hands.
2
John Ellanson, a.
children—Ida, aged 6 years, and George,
and her children were asleep on the
hospital, a sh-rt distance away, where-