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Terms 2.00 A Year,in Advance
Bellefonte, Pa., March 25, 1892.
P. GRAY MEEK, - - ~ Ebprtor
Very Hot.
Warm is no ngme for the condition
of politics down among the Union
county Republicans on the Represen-
tative question. Its hot. Boiling, bub-
ling, scalding hot! and by the time its
all over some fellow is sure to find
himself pretty well cooked.
The two candidates for the one posi-
tion of Representative at Harrisburg,
are editor FocHr of the Saturday News
and Jas. E. Ritter a trader and car-
riage dealer. There is no question of
principle involved between them, for
both are afraid to avow their prefer-
ences for United States Senator, and
both equally willing to do anything
dirty their party may demand. Focur
ig distinguished fer having a brother
in-law on the bench. who knows noth-
ing and was elected because he was a
Republican, and for the lying, filthy
- fight he made against the re-election
‘of Judge Bucugr, last fall; while Rir-
‘TER is known as a member of the last
house who drew hissalary just as soon
as he could get it, voted as the ring
told him, and got mixed up in the
LyrrLe—insurance scandal in a way
that left little of a reputation that was
small at the beginning.
It matters little to the people and
interests of Union county which of
these two men go to Harrisburg. They
could have exactly the same weight and
voice in legislation, by writing to Dave
Martiy of Philadelphia, to cast the
vote of Union as the wishes or needs of
the state-ring and roosters dictated, that
they will have by electing either.
They would miss the fun of a cam.
paign however, and the few democrats
down there would be deprived of the
gratification, the present squable is fur-
nishing them, so that after all there
would be but little gained by such a
course.
The proper thing to do is to name
some good representative democrat,
and beat which ever of the two is
nominated. It isthe only way Union
county can secure a decent representa-
tive, under existing circumstances.
Has #ad His Eyes Opened.
Judge WioknaM, who in January
last took so much satisfaction in show-
ing his political spleen when sentenc-
ing the editors of the Beaver Star for
libeling Quay, and who strained the
law to make that sentence excessively
severe, has evidently heard from the
people. Oa Monday last, he wrote a
letter to the board of pardons asking
its intervention to stay the punishment
he himself had inflicted. As an excuse
he states in substance, that facts have
come to his knowledge, which if known
at the time,would have caused the sen-
tence to have been much lighter. No
doubt of this. The Judge is a candi-
date for supreme bench. The people
don’t want a bigot or a tyrant in that
position. He has discovered this, in
the general denunciation he has re-
ceived for his course in that trial. Ie
thought the sentence he pronounced
and the Jecture he volunteered would
be popular. He has learned since
that they were not. Had he known
this fact at the time the result would
have been different. It was popular
applause—not justice, Judge Wrick-
HAM was after.
Itis only by experience that some
people are taught.
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The authorities of the Hunting-
don Reformatory seem to have struck
a snag when they pronounced ten boys
from Philadelphia “incorrigible” and
transferred them to Moyamensing pri-
son. These same boys have stirred up
a hornet’s nest that will likely prove
fatal to the peace of mind of many of the
employees. The boys were all dis-
charged by the Quarter Sessions Court
of Philadelphia, but the testimony they
gave of the cruel and inhuman treat-
ment they received while imprisoned at
Huntingdon, if substantiated, reveals
the fact that reform is needed among
the officials as well as the inmates,
While the personal investigation of the
institution made by members of the
State Board of Charities this week, did
not corroborate the charges made by
the boys, it strengthened the general
impression that a wrong had been
committed in allowing the monitors so
much authority, and that a radical
change was needed in the discipline of
the institution.
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~——It will be a mater of gratifica-
tion to Democrats who desire harmo-
ny to know that Mr. Harrity and Mr.
GUFFEY, have “got together” at Jast—
even if it is but on the finance commit-
tee of CHAUNOEY Brack’s Democratic
society of the state.
They Might Be Disappointed.
It has leaked out lately that certain
Washington politicians have been
writing to the delegates from this coun-
ty, volunteering advise and giving in-
structions as to the course they should
pursue ia the state convention,
When our delegates were chosen, last
fall, it was generally supposed that
their duties we c to represent the views
and sentiments of the Democrats of
the county, and it is still the belief
that this is about what they will do.
If men who are in political positons at
Washington, or elsewhere, have any-
thing special to do for the interest and
welfare of the party, our people will be
with them. Ititisin the interest of
factions, or to assistin creating feuds,
they will be against them.
Under the present situation of af-
fairs we rather think that if outsiders
want representatives at Harrisburg
they had better elect them.
Centre county delegates expect to
voice the feeling and wishes of Centre
county Democrats, and this may not
suit Washington people who are so
anxious at present to enlighten them
as to their duties.
SE
—CuRrBETT thinks MITCHELL belongs
to the canine family and MircHEL L has
been quite as emphatic in calling the
California slugger a cur. It’s a question,
however, whether either one of them
could take a prize at a dog show.
SRST
Will Rule them all Out.
Evidently the new or kickers Demo-
cratic committee of Philadelphia, in-
tends to be of short life, or has over
looked a very vital point. One of the
rales, which the papers inform us, it
proposes adopting, is that only those
who voted the Democratic ticket at
the preceeding presidential or guber-
natorial election, shall be qualified to
vote at their primaries. The adoption
of such a rule would simply blot out
the organization. Its enforcement
wouldn't leave enough of people be-
longing to it to constitute election
boards, and if they want to have a
party big enough to furnish individ-
uals to fill its official positions, they
will not dare fix any such a qualifica-
tion.
Voting the Democratic ticket at any
election at which anything can he
made by voting the other way, is not
a qualification that this crowd of pre-
tended democrats can stand. Its en-
tirely too ostracising.
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Bothering over Little Things.
A Germantown minister proposes
wearing a gown in the pulpit hereafter,
and the subject is causing no little dis-
cussion among the Presbyterians of
Philadelphia. After the important
theological questions that have recent-
ly been before the public; it is sur-
prising that the small, insignificant
matter of the cut of the pastors’ coat
would give rise to a serious thought.
Many of our so called Christians both-
er their heads more about the little
outside forms than they do about the
great questions that are for time and
eternity, and if they were thoroughly
consecrated to the service of God and
humanity it would matter little to
them that the pastor wore a gown or
the organist played a voluntary.
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Money Wanted for the Census Bureau,
WasHINGTON, March 23.—The com-
mittee designated some weeks ago by
Secretary Noble to make an examina-
tion of the work of the census bureau
with a view of ascertaining among
other things what share of the work
has been done and what amount of
money will be required to com plete the
work, has made its report: The report
is a long one and deals separately with
each division of the bureau. The com-
mittee find that to complete the en-
tire work as outlined and entered upon
by the superintendent of the census,
under instructions from congress, in-
cluding the farms, homes and mort
gage inquiry, will necessitate an ex-
penditure of $2,000,000.
I EE EIR.
Emperor William Ii1,
BerLiN, March 23.—The Tageblatt
reports that Emperor William is suf-
fering from emphysema of the lungs.
This malady was contracted on his re-
cent excursion to Gruewald and pro-
duced slight asthmaic attacks and his
docto:s at once advised him to go to
the thinner atmosphere of Hubertus-
stock, in order to insure a prompt re-
covery. According to an official state-
ment the emperor is suffering from an
attack of a kind of influenza and needs
fresh air and quietude, The emperor
is not even attended by his body phy-
sicians. Dr. Leuthhold, the latters’s
assistant being the only doctor in at-
tendance.
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What the English Think.
LonnoN, March 21.—The Graphic
says: The despatch of a portion of the
Pacific squadron northward shows that
Lord Salisbury is not disposed to recede
from his position. Happily there is
plenty of time for furtheir negotiations.
President Harrison has apparently taken
Lord Salisbury’s complaisance for ir-
resolution, hence his swaggering rejoin-
der. A little more correspondence and
reflection will show him his mistake.
A Scandal in High Life.
The Fidelity of an Astor Daughter the Camse
of an Approaching Duel Between Her Husband
and Her Lover,
New York March 19.—Society is on
tiptoe with excitement over the story
from London that James Coleman
Drayton and Hullett Alsop Borrowe,
who have for some time been on the
verge of aduel over Borrowe’s atten-
tions to Mrs. Drayton, are both on the
Majestic, which sailed from Queensland
for New York, Wednesday night, and
that a sanguinary affray between these
two well known society men may occur
in midocean. The prominence of the
men concerned and the fact that Mrs.
Drayton was Miss Augusta Astor, the
third daughter and beauty of the Wil-
liam Astor family, bave made the scan-
dal the talk of the city. Borrowe is the
son of Samuel Borrowe, vice president
of the Equitable Assurrance society,
and Mr. Drayton is a native of Phila-
delphia and is of excellent family.
For about two months the London
and Paris American colonies have
heard rumors that a meeting between
the alleged wronged husband and Bor-
rowe was likely, because of Drayton’s
suspicions that all was not as it should
be between his wife and young Borrowe.
These suspicions have evidently been
rife for some time, for the reason that
Borrowe’s friends allege that Drayton’s
accusations against his wife to her pa-
rents caused them to agree to pay him
$5,000 a year for himself and $15,000
for the children should he care for them
and should Mrs. Drayton persist in con-
tinuing her alleged liaison with Bor-
rowe.
BORROWE’S DEVOTION.
Mr. and Mrs, Drayton’s country
house, known as “Crow’s Foot,” is de-
lightfully situated at Bernardsville, N.
J., and here the young couple were ac-
customed to pass a Considerable part of
the year. For several years past the
gossip of society has been thet Mr. Bor-
rowe, whose parents own and occupy an
estate about three-quarters of a mile
away, was a devoted admirer of Mrs.
Drayton. People observed the devotion
the young man showed and paturally
commented on it. According to a per-
son who has passed many summers in
the neighborhood of the Drayton place
at Bernardsville, Mr. Borrowe was a
frequent visitor to the home of Mrs.
Drayton and they enjoyed many drives
about the country. Said this person
last night :
“I have known Mrs. Drayton and
Mr. Borrowe to be together in the draw-
ing room of the Bernardsville house
long after midnight. This did not hap-
pen once or twice, but dozens of times, |
and always when Mr. Drayton was
away from home.
THE DISTRACTED HUSBAND,
It is said, too, that frequently, when
Mr. Drayton was absent from his Fifth
avenue house, Borrowe called upon
Mrs. Drayton, The husband became
distracted with these hounding atten-
tions, it is alleged.
Last fall the Draytons went to Ea-
rope and Borrowe followed in January.
Before he left New York he is said to
bave declared that he rather expected to
be shot by Drayton: It was not long
after Borrowe’s arrival in London that
Drayton and two detectives caught his
wife and Borrowe lunching together at
a hotel. The husband’s ire was so
aroused that he at once endeavored to
force Borrowe to fight. The story of
the negotiations for a hostile meeting
under the code is told in the correspon-
dence, which opened with the following
letter:
Borrowe telegraphed to friends in
America some time ago that he would
sail Wednesday on the Majestic. A
week ago he postponed his departure for
a week, and he learned only Wednes-
day, after the steamer had sailed, that
Drayton was on board. Fearing that
the circumstance that he had announced
his own departure by the Majestic and
had not sailed, while Drayton had,
might lend color to Drayton’s charge
that Borrowe was afraid of him. Mr.
Borrowe started for Queenstown at. an
hours notice. This is the reason why
there may be a tragedy on board,
though Harry Vane Mi bank, who ac-
companies Borrowe to New York, will
probably do all he can to prevent such
an occurrence.
Fleet tugs are in great demand. So
many clubmen who know one or the
other of the antagonists are anxious to
assure ther favorite of their moral sup-
port, that a collision is feared. Neces-
sarily there will be tremendous rivalry
among the tug parties.
In fact, the friends of Borrowe are
said to fear for his safety if Drayton is
told of the many damaging things that
have been published about Mrs. Dray-
ton in connection with Borrowe at the
“Crow Foot’ summer home. Hence
Borrowe’s friends are anxious to put
him on his guard and to be ready for
any emergency.
Drayton’s brother proposes to inform
him of all that his occurred. If hostil-
ities are not indulged in then, Drayton
may have something to tell his enemy.
The brother will be the cLief figure
on the Drayton tug.
PROBABILITIES OF A DUEL.
The legal adviser of J. Coleman
Drayton and also of the Astor family
still preserved silence to-day concerning
the affairs of the two men who are now
in midocean. A friend of Mr, Drayton
said to-day that nothing but the Borrowe
side of the case had yet been heard and
that no one should judge Mr. Drayton
until he had had a” chance to explain
his side of the case. He continued : “I
don’t believe that there will be any dif-
ficulty between the two men on board
theship. I think you will find that,
outside of Drayton and Borrowe and the
latter’s second, Harry Milbank, not a
soul aboard the Majestic has an inkling
of the trouble between the two men.
It would not be policy for either Dray-
ton or Borrowe to revive their quarrel
on board ship, and they are both long-
headed enough to see that.”
STRICT ENGLISH LAWS.
The English laws are very severe
against dueling, and if a duel or any
other encounter should occur aboard
the Majestic, which should result in the
death, or injury of the. men, the other
would be tried in England. He would
be put in the custody of the British Con-
sul here and held in prison until the
necessary paper could be obtained.
Even a mere assault of one of the two
English Courts necessary.
NEw York, March 23. —James Cole-
man Drayton and Hallett Alsop Bor-
rowe bave arrived here sound in limb
and with no evidence of a sanguinary
meeting which was halt anticipated by
the interested public on this side of the
water. The story of their trouble arose out
of Borrowe’s alleged intimacy with Mrs.
Drayton, and culminated in an attempt
by the injured husband to seek satisfac-
tion by force of arms. Failing in this
he took passage on the steamer Majes-
tic.
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“God Save America.”
Warm Expressions of Russia's Gratitude for the
Indiana's Cargo.
LiBau, March 20.—The following
despatch has Leon sent to the Mayor of
Philadelphia by the Russian Relief So-
ciety :
The Russian Relief Society warmly wel-
comes the dear American brethren who arriv-
ed in the Indiana and prays you to transmit to
the inhabitants of Pniladelphia an expression
of the society’s lasting gratitude. God save
America.
Af a dejeuner to-day an illuminated
address was presented to the Americans
bearing the Russian and American
arms and two clasped hands. M. Bal-
makoff, President of the Judges of
Peace, in welcoming the Americans,
remarked that Russians esteemed the
Indiana gift not so much on account of
its value as on account of its being an
expression of the brotherly love which
America cherishes.
At the banquet ast night there were
present the America Consuls, the mem-
vers of the Philadelphia Committee, the
officers of the Indiana, Count Bobrinsky
President of the Relief Society, and ail
the city authorities.
Municipal Chief Adolphi presented
to Capt. Sargeant a silver cup inscribed
“In remembrance of Libau,” and ‘But
the greatest of these is charity.” M.
Adolphi said:
An act of true humanity and real
Christian love bringing you here. Your
nation wishes to relieve the great dis-
tress of part of the Russian people,
which has resulted from bad harvests.
The Russian Empire is making extraor-
dinary efforts to stay the famine, but
that does not in the least detract from
the value of this gift. Nothing can
give more satisfaction to afflicted people
than the noble sympathy of other na-
tions. Our satisfaction must find a
special echo, because this noble deed
emanates from the United States, with
which Russia has always stood on terms
of the heartiest friendship.
Consul Braw ford replied :
While the cargo of the Indiana, es-
pecially when combined with that of
the Missouri and that of a third vessel,
will probably be considered by you as a
no trifling gift, T wish to asssure you
that the givers regard this as an abso-
lutely insignificant act, which pales into
nothingness in comparison with the ser-
vice rendered thirty years ago by Russia
to the Union in sending a powerful fleet
toour shores as a standing menace
against all efforts of other powers to
sully the American flag and tear from
her beautiful banner some of her most
brilliant stars.
Mr. Crawford concluded by officially
presenting the Indiana’s cargo to Count
Eobrinsky as the head of the Special
Committee, and expressing wishes for a
speedy relief of the distress in Russia.
Count Bobrinsky,speaking in English,
said the Ozarewitch was deeply touched
by the humane motives and sentiments
of friendship that prompted this noble
act, and had charged him to convey to
the donors cordial thanks for the token
of international brotherly Jove extended
to the Russian people. He concluded
by drinking to the prosperity of Phila-
deiphia and of the United States.
Messrs, Drexel and Biddle, for the
Philadelphia Committee, acknowledged
the proof of friendship received from
Russia.
The municipal authorities gave a din-
ner last evening to the crew of the In-
diana.
The Indiana will sail this alternoon
on her return voyage.
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Russia Rejoices Over Philadelphia's
Princely Gift.
LiBav, Russia, March 18.--The en-
thusiasm occasioned here by the receipt
of the princely gift to the Russian fam-
ine sufferers sent by the Americans
shows no sign of abating, though the
Indiana was discharged yesterday and
wuch of her cargo 1s now on its way to
the famine stricken provinces.
The employes in the arsenal here, to
the number of 2,000, chartered seven
steamers and to-day they went to where
the Indiana is lying at anchor for the
purpose oi greeting Captain Sargeant:
The steamers were decorated with
flags and bunting, and when they
reached the Indiana it seemed as though
ordinary expressions would not suffice
to give vent to the enthusiasm. Steam
whistles shfieked, and the people yelled
and shouted and cheered for the captain,
America and every American.
The committee has made arrange-
ments to send another ship on April 17,
and the steamship Conemaugh will sail
on that date.
Blair County Brewers May Have to
Close Down for a Year,
HoLLIDAYSBURG, March 21. [SpEci-
AL].—-Blair county brewers and whole-
sale liquor dealers are alarmed at the
prospect of their establishments going
dry this year, for failure to file their ap-
plications within the time prescribed by
law. The wholesale law of 1891 re.
quires that applications for license be
filed in the court of Quarter Sessions
three weeks before the first day of the
sessions at which licenses are to be
heard. The first day of the present ses-
sions in Blair was March 14, and the ap-
plications were not filed until March 8.
The temperance people have taken
advantage of this irregularity by re-
monstrances, and leading lawyers of the
county express the opirion that this de-
fect in the applications will be fatal.
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Cardinal Manning’s Suceessor.
LonNpoN, March 20. —The Papal
brief appointing Dr. Vaughan, at pre-
sent the Bishop of Salford, Archbishop
of Westminister to suzceed the late Car-
dinal Manning, is expected within a few
days.
on the other would make a trial in the |
Died From Hic-Coughing.
Sufferings of the Man Whose Malady Was Be-
yond the Controt of the Most Experienced
Physicians.
Edwin H. Tubbs, of 532 West Moya-
mensing avenue, Philadelphia, who for
nearly eleven days suffered from uncon-
trollable hic-cough, died from exhaus-
tion at 6 o’clock Tuesday morning, the
spasms of the diaphragm continuing un-
til the end, although he was unconscious
for several hours before he died.
The attack came on almost immedi-
ately after eating some oystersand Mr.
Tubbs, thinking it due to indigestion,
paid little attention to it at first, but
the hiccoughs continuing and the do-
mestic remedies that he tried giving no
relief, medical aid was sought. The
physicians who were called in had from
the first but little hopes of his recovery,
but tried every remedy known to medi-
science only, however, temporarily stop-
ping the spasms that shook him from
head to foot. The only thing that could
be done was to administer opiates and
keep up the patient’s strength with nour-
ishment and stimulants.
During the first few days of his attack
Mr. Tubbs was hopeful, and even in-
sisted upon getting up and dressing,
saying that he must go to his work.
Later on the hiccoughs became more
violent, and his attendants had much
more difficulty in holding him on the
bed. the spasms seeming to convulse his
whole frame. Towards the end, how-
ever, he became so weak that he lay mo-
tionless, except wien a hiccough would
jar not only his body, but the bed ; the
shock being plainly heard in the next
room. The constant strain on his sys-
tem produced the usual result and he
lost weight rapidly, looking but the
ghost of his former self when death
came to his relief.
Throughout it all he complained but
little, cxcept when a groan of agony
involuntarily escaped him. Mr. Tubbs,
who was a carriage painter by trade,
was about 50 years old, and leaves a
widow and two children.
Huntingdon Reformatory.
Investigation to Be Begun by the Board of Char-
tise Tuesday.
PuivapeLpuia, March 20.—In re-
sponse to a letter from Senator Osbourn
to the board of public charities, asking
al the request of Governor Pattison an
investigation be made of the charges
of cruel and barbarous treatment of in-
mates of the Huntingdon reformatory.
a letter was received on Saturday from
Mahlon H. Dickinson, president of the
board, station that a meeting has been
called for next Tuesday at Hunting-
don and inviting Senator Osburn to be
present. Senator Osbourn said he
could not goto Huntingdon Tuesday
unless at considerable sacrifice of pro-
fessional interests, but such was the
nature of the facts now in his posses-
sion concernirg the brutual manner in
which a number of boys in the refor-
matory have been treated that he felt
that he would be recreant in his duty
as a senator did he not attend the
meeting and substantiate the allegations
made against the management of the
institution.
“When the revelations come,” said
the senator, “the people of this state
will be amazed and shocked. The
story of how many of these boys have
been abused—yes, tortured—has no
parallel in any similar institution in
this country, if in the world. All I
ask is that those who are disposed to
criticise and allegations, aa yet merely
outlined, will suspend judgment until
after the facts shall have been made
known.”
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The End of the World,
Tt Will be Along in about Seven Years, Totten
Says.
New Havew, Conv., March 19.
Lieutenant C. A. L. Totten, professor
of military science in Yale College, is
again making biblical calculations to
prove that the final round-up of things
earthy and earthly will take place in
1899. He says seven lines of calcula-
tions lead down to the same year. In
the year 2000, the millenium will begin
he says, by the ascension to heaven of
144,000 Christians. July 4, of the pre-
sent year, Totton will go down to At-
lanta, Ga., to join his regiment, his
three year’ teaching term expiring at
that time. He says people regard him
as a crank, but they don’t know him.
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1700 People In Peril.
The Largest Tobbaco Factory Burned. Mir-
aculous Escapes.
St. Louis, Mo., March 18.—Leggett
& Myers’ tobacco factory, the largest
factory of its kind in the world, was
half destroyed by fire this morning, and
the loss on the building and stock is es-
timated at $350.000. The fire started at
8.30 o’clock in the drying department,
on the top floor, and had been burning
some time before it was discovered.
There were 1700 employes in the
building when the fire broke out, most
of them girls, and the majority of them
on the upper floor, but although there
was a great deal of excitement, many
of the girls fainting and having to be
carried out unconscious, all escaped un-
hurt,
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To Grant More Pensions.
WasHINGTON, March 22.—Represen-
tative Batler, of Towa, to-day reported
to the house from the committee on in-
valid pensions a bill granting a pension
of $12 per month to women who served
in the war as army nurses. The bene-
fits conferred by the bill are to apply
only to such nurses as are without other
adequate means of support than their
own daily labor. The number of por-
sons who will be beneficiaries under the
bill will probably not exceed 30.
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Judgment Has Begun.
Boston, March 20.— Lieutenant C.
A L. Totten, U. 8S. A., Professor of
Military Science and Tactics at Yale
University, lectured at Music Hall this
afternoon on “The New Star of the
Kast,” Hesaid that March 20, 1892,
might be losked upon as the beginning
of judgment.
Treasurer Boyer's Report of the State
Finances.
HarrisBurG, March 2].—The an-
nual report of State Treasurer Henry
K. Boyer is out for the Fiscal year end-
ing November 30, 1891 The total
receipts for the past year were $13,
907,161,74, and the total paymeuts
were $10,450,952,64 leaving a balance
on December 1 of $6,989,854,55. Dur-
ing the year loans were redeemed or
purchased to the amount of $2,538,353.
The total public debt in December was
$9,811,568,28 and the sinking fund
shows assets of $6,761,583,34. With
this fund and the natural increase, un-
der the acts of assembly there will be
sufficient to wipe oui all outstanding
bonds, the last of which mature in
1892. The state treasurer recommends
that the present laws regulating the:
sinking fund be undisturbed. The
sum of $100,000 is now set apart an-
nually for the sinking fund. He con-
strues the laws regarding the latter ag
weaning that interest on the bonds
shall be paid out of the general fund,
and of the necessity tor large revenues
of the legislature, continues to increase
its appropriations. In June next the
large balance in the general fund will
| be reduced by the payment of $5,00,000.
' to public schools. Mr, Boyer suggests
that large balances in the sinking or
{ general funds are things of the. past.
He refers to the beneficial effect of re-
cent legislation affecting the fiscal de-
partment of the state were never in so
good condition. His estimate fo. the
current fiscal year places the general
fand’s income at $7,918,000 and the
expenditure at $9,291,200 exclusive of
interest on public debt. Certain re-
venues accruing during the fiscal year
will not become due or payable util
after its close. He thinks next year's
general fund receipts will reach” ower.
$10,000,000. Mr. Boyer favors com-
pulsory education and thinks the state
should foot the expense thereof.
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Rumors Concerning the Deaths in the
Hill Farm Mine,
Duxpar, Pa., March 23.—Much ex-
citement was caused this morning by
reports that the bodies of twenty-two
of the thirty-one miners entombed in -
the Hill Farm mine, on June 16,
1890, bad been recovered and that all
of the bodies had been identified. The
mine officials deny this, but say they
expect to reach the men in a few days.
From other sources it is claimed that
twenty-two bodies have really been
found, but that the mine officials do
not want it known until all have been
feund. ;
It is further stated that the bodies.
are unrecognizable and can only be
identified by the clothing. The com-
pany bas been working to recover the
men ever since the disaster, and it is.
believed that if the bodies have not
been recovered the workmen are very
close to them and will reach them at
any moment. The excitement is in-
tense and large crowds are on their
way to the mine.
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A Harrisburg Firm the Winner.
HarrisBure, Pa, March 23.—The.
contract tor the erection of the Penn-
sylvania building at Chicago was
awarded by the executive committee
World's Fair board this afternoon to
Nesbit and Coder, of Harrisburg, their
bid on the revised plan being $67,000.
The building must be completed by
October 15. There were eight bidders.
Resolutions were adopted giving the
executive commissioner control of em-
ployes and directing communication
to be had with owners of public and.
private conservatories regarding a state:
exhibit of flowers.
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Of Course They Must Go.
From the Walla Walla, Wash., Statesman.
The latest example of Chinese thrift
is cited in the face that they drink their
wine hot because they think a man wills
get drunk sooner by so doing. What
chance has a Western barbarian in com-
petition with frugality like this? The
Chinese must go.
The Editors Will be Pardoned.
Harriseurg, March 23.—The
board of pardons last night recommend-
ed the pardon of Mellon and Porter,
the Beaver, Pa., editors, convicted of
libeling Senator Quay and sentenced
to six montbs’ imprisonment. They
will doubtless be free in a day or two.
North Dakota Democrats for Cleve-
land.
MinNEaroLts, MiNN.,, March 23.—
A special to the Journal from Grand
Forks, N. D., says that the delegates
to the Democratic cenvention are am
riving to-day and are unanimously for
Cleveland.
—-Mr. Rider Haggard pronounces his
name ‘‘ Reeder.
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ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
A TRIFLE AMBIGUOUS. --B. I.
Kerchner has a litter of 7 pug pups,—
Georgetown Delmatia Item.
——On Wednesday Mr. Felix Dale,
, 8 brother of Dr. Dale and an uncle of
| John M. Dale, died at his brother's near
| Lemont, Nearly three years ago Mr.
| Dale was stricken with paralysis and
| his health from that time has steadily
| declined, although pneumonia was the
direct cause of bis death. He was born
: and raised near Lemont where his entire
| life was spent, in a quiet and unassum-
ing yet conscientious and true way.
| He was a consistent member of the
| Presbyterian church and was univers al-
ly respected. His wite who was Miss
Rachel J. Mitchell, of Pine Grove, died
last summer, and it seems so mercifu }
that the two who were so devoted and
faithfully in lifs were not separated .
long by death.