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Bellefonte, Pa., March 2, 1894,
P. GRAY MEEK, Epitor
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The Democratic Majority in the House.
The Philadelphia Press finds itself
constrained to regard the Democrats in
the House of Representatives as “an
impotent, straggling, incoherent ma-
jority,” incapable of doing anything:
tg reckless body’ possessed of ‘a wild,
lawless, untaught, untamed spirit.”
All these adjectives have been called
into descriptive service to give the re-
quired force and color to its remarks
about the proceedings in the House on
the Seigniorage bill.
Those proceedings are far from be-
ing an example of what that Demo-
cratic majority can do when they put
themselves down to work in earnest.
The fact is they do not seem to be tak-
ing much interest in the seigniorage,
otherwise their big majority could easi-
ly pass the bill. Bat when they have
a job of wiping out some Republican
legislative enormity, or some out
-rageous policy of that party, it cannot
be said that there is anything about
them that is “impotent, straggling, or
incoherent.”
For example, when that majority in
the House took hold of that beautiful
specimen of Republican legislation, the
purchasing clause of the SHERMAN sil-
ver law, which had exhansted the reve-
nues of the government and deranged
financial and business conditions,
didn’t they as far as their action could
go, wipe it off the statute books with
neatness and dispatch ?
As a further example, was there
anything “impotent, straggling and in-
coherent” in their action when they
tackled that pet Republican monopoly
measure, the McKinLey tariff, and
knocked it higher than GiLroY's kite
by an overwhelming majority for the
WarLson bill ?
And as a still further example, when
they took the Federal elections law by
the throat and shook it until the bayo-
nets in it fairly rattled, shaking the very
life out of that odious force measure,
wae there any lack of potency, concen-
tration and cohesion in the manner in
which they did that piece of work?
The Press must not judge the House
from their treatment of such matters
as seigniorage, in which they are not
much interested. They are lying back
for bigger game. They are waiting
for more important and congenial work
in therepeal of Republican mostrosi:
ties, financial as well as economic,
When they apply themselves to such
tagke, it is always found that instead
of the ‘‘grotesque and helpless de-
moralization” which the imagination
of the Press attributes to them, they
are ready for business, and abundantly
able to perform it in the most approved
congressional style.
“The Best Preparation,
The Bzecutive Democratic National
Committee at Washington held a meet.
ing this week to make arrangements
for the congressional elections that oc-
cur this year, and prepare a line of ac-
tion that will promote Democratic suc-
cess in the coming contest.
This is highly proper and if attended
by favorable circumstances will no
doubt be conducive to good results.
But what will be the most favorable
eircumstances and the most couducive
to Democratic success, in the approach-
ing congressional elections, is the pas-
sage of the Warson tariff bill. The
nearer it shall be kept to the form in
which it was passed by the House, the
better will be its .effect upon the future
fortune of the Democratic party.
The tariff measure now pending in
Congress, if adopted by the determined
and harmonious action of th majority,
will convince the people that the
Democratic party is €apable of and not
afraid to fulfill its pledges. It will die-
abuse the public mind of the false im-
pression that high tariffs are necessa.
ry for the prosperity of the country,
and will vindicate the wisdom and be-
neficence of the democratic tarift policy
by its beneficial effects.
What better Democratic preparation
could there be for the congressional
elections ?
But the effect on the public mind
will be greatly diminished by delay in
passing the tariff bill, as dilatory ac-
tion in its enactment, will postpone the
good results and prevent them from
having sufficient time to demonstrate
themselves before the election.
Pass the WiLson tariff bill prompt.
ly, with no more delay than is neces:
sary for decent action upon so impor:
tant a measure ; pass it, if possible, by
the first of April, so that it may have
at least six months before the election
to prove its merits and virtues, and
our word for it that the Democratic
party will be in good condition to meet
their enemy in the coming congres:
gional contest,
The McKinley Hoo-doo,
Among the many good reasons why :
the WiLson tariff bili should become a ;
law, a very good one is that it would |
furnish convincing prooi that the proe- |
proof is of vital importance to good
government and the general welfare of
the people.
The Republicans have managed to
largely impress the public mind with
the beliefthat whatever of prosperity
the American people enjoy it has come
from their administration of the gov,
ernment, Circumstances have given
them the opportunity to work this fake
off on popular gullibility to their po.’
litical advantage.
The control of public affairs came
into their hands through the accideant of
the war, As war measures they passed
tariff laws, periodically increasing
their exactions. Eventually they suc-
ceeded increating a public impression
that their tariff was positively neces-
sary for industrial interests, particu-
larly beneficial to tbe working people,
and absolutely indispensable to gen-
eral prosperity, ignoring the natural
resources of the country and its ability
to grow in wealth and industrial devel-
opment in spite of disadvantageous and
injurious economic regulations.
With such a basis of popularity,
buttressed by the public delusion that
to disturb the Republican tariff was to
strike down American industry and
impoverish the people, they allowed
themselves to commit almost any enor-
mity in the management of the govern:
ment, assured that the popular hypoo-
tism concerning the benefits of
their tariff would sustain them in
such conduct.
They were thus encouraged to prac-
tice the most extravagant methods of
administration. They squandered the
public revenues without a sense of re:
sponsibility. They adopted policies
which exhausted the Treasury for ob-
jects of political advantage. They
placed thousands and tens of thousands
of unworthy names on the pension rolls
for no other reason than that of at
taching a large voting element to their
party. They even ventured to bring
the elections under the control of the
Federal power with which the tariff de-
lusion pervading the public mind
seemed to have permanently invested
them.
Such have been the consequences of
the falee: impression that the country
owed its prosperity to the Republican
tariff policy, and of the fear that it
would be ruined if that policy were dis-
turbed.
The evil of such a delusion, and the
tenacity with which, it retains its hold
are strikingly displayed in the intent
and effect of the calamity howl.
What are the facts which that howl
is intended to pervert? A majority of
the people, after a long and struggling
process of education, had at last be"
come convinced that a change in the
tariff was needed, and voted for tariff
reform. But before this change could
be effected, and while it wae pending,
the natural fruit of the McKINLEY tar-
iff ripened into one of the most thor-
ough business collapses the country
ever saw.
That collapse had ite origin in the
policies of the party that had bank-
rupted the government and imposed
the shackles of a monopoly tariff on
every productive industry. It was
bound to come, and it did come just at
the time when the government passed
into Democratic hands from the con-
trol of the party whose management
had caused this wide-spread business
prostration ; but its coming, as. was
natural it should come in the unavoida-
ble order of cause and eftect, was im-
mediately seized upon and put to po-
litical use by Republican calamity
howlers who represented it as being the
effect of Democratic administration
just invested with the control of public
affairs, and & result of tariff changes
pot yet made, many weak-minded vo-
ters being influenced by so palpable a
falsification as shown in recent elec-
tions.
To remove so dangerous a means of
popular deception, which has cost the
country a fearful price in the long con-
tinued corruption and demoralization
of Republican administrations, and
consequent injury to good government,
the WirLson tariff bill should be passed
with all the dispatch that can be given
it by earnestness in the performance of
80 imperative a duty. Such a con-
summationiwill end the economic de-
lusion that has enabled a fraudulent
party to retain its hold upon the gov-
ernment which it has plundered and
: bankrupted.
The passage of that bill will break
‘the delusive charm and permanently
' dispel the malign influence ot the Mc:
. KinLey hoo-doo.
perity of the country does not depend |
upon the Republican party. Such |
—— Subscribe for the Warcamax,
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A Word to Election Officers.
It seems like a veritable case of
locking the stable after the horse is
stolen, but we feel it our duty to call
the attention of those men who have
been elected to serve on the Board at
the next general election, to a matter
of importance, in which all should be
interested.
In going over the certified returns ot
the various precincts of this county, as
filed in the Prothonotary’s office, one
day last week, we found many of them
in such a condition that no one can
tell the results which they are sup-
posed to certify. Many of them are
dirty and besmeared with ink and
grime in such a way that the writing
on them is altogether unintelligible.
Others are so badly written that we
verily believe the men who did the
work cannot read them to-day; while
quite a number have the names of the
candidates, who ran for office, written
indiscriminately across the sheets, with-
out heading or any designation to tell
what office they aspired to.
Now such a condition of aftairs is
altogether inexcusable, for there can
be no reason why the exercise of a lit-
tle care in making out the return sheets
should not be demanded by the Judge
of the Board as he is certainly held re-
sponsible for the condition in which
the returns from his precinct are found.
If the officer who does the writing ex-
ercises the least care, he can write so
thatany onecan read, remembering that
names should always be spelled out in
full. For he must not take for granted
that everyone who reads the returns
will know that J. is intended for Jo-
seph Smith and not James, or John,
or Jonathan. Then all names of can-
didates should be classified on the re-
turn sheet in the same order that they
appear on the ticket, with the office for
which they ran above them.
With such care there is every reason
to believe that the trouble we experi-
enced last week would be altogether
eradicated and election boards would
bring more credit to themselves by
showing that they appreciate the re-
sponsibility of their positions.
Through an oversight in proof
reading last week an editorial in the:
WarcaMaAN led its readers to believe
that Jackson had been the Democratic |
: Senator Hill and Senator Murphy Are Said to
candidate for State Treasurer, last Fall,
and that OsBoURNE was the Republi-
can candidate, when just the reverse. .
was the case. The figures were cor-
rect, however, and our readers doubt-
less understood the meaning of the
writer, though there was an awkward
transposition of the names of the last
Fall’s candidates with whose vote a
comparison was being drawn.
Gotham Snowed Under.
The Heavy Fall of the Beautiful Followed by a
Fierce Wind. ;
NEw York, Feb. 26.—The Arctic
artists came to town Sunday night and
at dawn to-day the north facade of
every building hereabouts shimmered
much like silver. There was a fierce
sleet storm, which succeeded the hori-
zontal rush of snow that set in on
Sunday night at noon the sleet stopped
a bit, and then the snow resumed busi-
ness. The sleet packed the snow,
which had been softened by occasional
raine. very hard, and the snow fall
really amounted to eight inches. From
noon until 8 p. m., when the snow
practically ceased, seven inches of snow
or its equivalent had added themselves
to the solid accuraulations of the morn-
ing, making 15 inches in all. The wind
was doing its worst at 9 a. m., when the
prophet’s anemometer was whizzing
around at tha rate of 42 miles an hour.
Toward nightfall the wind veered to
the North and backed around the North-
west before 8 o’clock, and the mercury
began to fall.
The wires connecting Quarantine and
Sandy Hook with the city went down
under their weight of sleet, and news
from the sea came up in primitive
fashion—by boats, All sailing vessels
and several steamships that were to
have sailed to-day decided to stay in
port until the blast blew itself out.
Eighteen inches of snow were report-
ed to-day from Pomeroy, O. ; 14 inches
at Parkersburg and stillsnowing. Trains
are badly delayed and street car lines
are blockaded,
Five at a Birth.
Event of the Season in an Armstrong County
Town.
Kirranning, Pa, Feb. 27.—Last
night the wi‘e of David Rosenberg liv-
ing near Blanket Hill, gave birth to
five children, three boys and two girls,
all of whom are alive and healthy.
Rosenberger is a farmer, 45 years old.
Several children had been born pre-
vious to last night’s quintuple feat.
Oi City, Pa., Feb. 27.—A most in-
teresting and rather unusual event oc-
curred at the home of Joseph Richert,
of North Seneca street, at midnight,
Monday, when Mrs. Richert presented
her husband with three daughters.
The little ladies are lively and healthy.
The mother is doing well.
Grow’s Plurality 187,169,
Full Ret ras of Last Tuesday's Election Show
Nou Room for a Contest.
PaiLapeLruIA, Feb, 27.—-The offi-
cial returns from all the counties of the
state gives Grow a total vote of 487,670
and Hancock 300.601, making Grow’s
exact plurality 187,169. Markley got
2,457, Morrow 5,256 and Lotier 8,845, '
Number of Farmers Poisoned.
At a Public Sale They Ate Meat Boiled in a
Copper Kettle—Two Die.
SoMeRsET, Pa. Feb. 26.-~From the
best information obtainable here to-
night two farmers are dead, 10 or 12:
are seriously sick, and 50 more are suf-
fering from the effects of eating poi-
soned meat at a sale held February 22,
in Quemahoning township Jeremiah
Ringler, a prominent citizen of Queme-
honing township died this morning
and Alexander Rhodes, a leading citi-
zen and farmer of Jenner township, is
reported to have died during the day,
both from poisoning. Those suffering
from the poison are scauered all over
the north of the county. .
It is customary in rural communi-
ties to prepare a cold dinner for all per-
sons who attend a public sale of per-
sonal property and last Wednesday the
woman who had charge of the effects
of the late William Holder, of Jenner
township, whose household goods and
farming implements; had been adver-
tised for sale the following day, pre-
pared to teed the crowd. Among oth-
er articles of food prepared was a lot of
beef that had been boiled the previous
evening in a copper kettle and had
been permitted to remain in the vessel
over night. Thursday morning it was
cut upand handed out at lunch time
among the 250 farmers who attended
the sale.
Shortly after eating the meat a large
number of persons were taken violent-
ly sick, among them Auctioneer John
Talmon, of near Somerset. Talmon
had not relinquished the block more
than 14 minutes when the second auc-
tioneer, John A. Walter, of Somerset,
was seized with a fit of nausea but he
continued knocking down articles to
the highest bidder until the spectators
all left for home, a majority of them
complaining of feeling sick at the stom-
ach. Talmon says that a number of
persons were seized with violent fits of
vomiting shortly after they had par-
taken of the meat, while others only
complained of feeling uneasy in their
stomachs. Talmon came home the same
evening, where he was seized with a
fit of vomiting.
Jeremiah Ringler, who died this
morning, took sick immediately after
the sale and lingered in great agony
until he expired. Alexander Rhodes
is known to have been prostrated from
the effects of having eaten the meat,
and it was reported yesterday that he
could not recover. A rumor reached
here to-night that at least 10 other resi-
dents of Jenner and Quemahoning
townships cannot recover. The sec-
ond auctioneer, Walter, was sick all
day Friday and Friday night and says
he is positive his sickness resulted
from eating the poisoned meat.
Opposed to It
Be Antagonistic to the Wilson Bill.
Prrrssure, Feb. 27—According to a
letter received yesterday at the head-
.quarters of the Window Glass Work-
-er’s
association from ex-President
James Campbell, a leading member of
the committee which is in Washing
ton to fight for a window glass tariff,
several Democratic senators, including
Senator Hill, of New York, will fight
the Wilson bill.
Mr. Hill assured the committee that
he will fight the bill in every way, both
| in committee and on the floor of the
senate, and that his voice and vote
would be against it. It is believed
that Senator Hill’s attitude will: be re-
inforced by Senator Murphy, his col-
league. The Pittsburg labor organ-
izations and manufacturers have load-
ed up the distinguished senators with
ammunition against the bill, New
York state contains many. glass fac-
tories and industries that have been
affected by Professor Wilson and his
colleagues.
Senator Cameron promised to work
and vote against the bill. Senator
McPherson promised that he would
do all in his power to get a better tariff
on window glass while the bill is be-
fore the finance committee, but he said
he would be forced to vote with his
party when the bill comes up in the
senate.
Senator Brice said that he, of all the
senators in congress, was hit hardest by
the Wilson Bill, on account of the
great industrial interests in Ohio.
He would do his best to have the
window glass schedule changed but he
would have to vote with his party on
the bill in general. Senator Kyle, the
South Dakota Populist, presented one
of the curious contradictions of his
party by saying he was opposed to the
Wilson bill, but would vote for it. Sen-
ator Peffer said that he would fight
and vote against it.
Chief Arthur's Wealth.
The Great Labor Leader Is said to Be Worth
More Than $85,000.
CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 27.—The agita-
tion of the Des Moines, [a., Knights of
Labor regarding the property upon
which Chief Engineer P. M. Arthur
pays tages in Cleveland, and the state:
ment that they would investigate the
matter, has given rise to the inquiry as
to how much property is owned by Mr.
Arthur in this city.
An investigation of the tax duplicate
for 1893 at the county Court House
shows that last vear Mr. Arthur paid
taxes upon real estate upon a listed
valuation of $45,650. The taxable
valuation upon property is about 50
per cent. of its value. This wonld
make his estate worth about $85,000.
Mr. Arthur's personal estate was as-
sessed at $3.150.
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Reduction in Miners’ Wages.
PorrsviLLg, Feb. 28.—The commit-
tee of the Schuylkill coal exchange
has fixed the rate of wages for mine
employes of the region for the last half
of February and the first half of March
at 2 per cent. below the $2.50 basis,
which is a reduction of 6 per cent. as
compared with last month,
Miner's Imprisoned.
Caught in the Boston Run Mine by an Avalanche
of Crop and Surface Coal.
AsHLAND Pa., Feb. 28.-— While sev-
en miners were at work this afternoon
in the west . gang of the Boston Run
mine an avalanche of erop and surface
coal swept down upon them and impris-
oned them in the dark passageway in
which they were laboring. The rumble
of the mass of coal and dirt as it swept
down the gangway and the cloud of dust
that arose from the mouth of the shaft
were all too familiar signs of a disaster
to the surface men, and an alarm was
given that an accident had occurred.
Men, women and children flocked to the
mouth of the shaft, and for a time con-
fusion reigned around the yawning hole
that might be but the entrance to the
tomb of seven men.
The cool counsel of the experienced
miners in the crowd soon brought some
order out of the excitement and a rescu-
ing party was formed. The rescuers
entered the shaft, and after a short time
a cheer from those nearest the entrance
of the gangway announced to the anx-
iously awaiting crowd that some of the
men had been found. Two men emerg-
ed from the shaft and they proved to be
John and Joe Wickes, brothers. They
said that five more men were still im-
prisoned in the gangway, and that they
were Lewis White, Charles Mohem,
Elwood Mingle, James Kramer and
William Ervine. All the men live in
Frackville, and are well known miners.
Since 3 o’clock this afternoon the res-
cuing party has been at work clearing
away the debris in the gangway, and
they hope to reach the shut-in men to-
night. Whether they will be alive or
only their dead bodies will be found can
only be surmised, but it is hoped that
the men still live. A crowd of anxious
women and children are congregated
around the shaft’s mouth awaiting the
end of the rescuing party’s quest.
The Boston Run mine belongs to the
Reading company and is one of
the largest in the Mahanoy district.
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ALL WERE RESCUED.
PHILADELPHIA, feb. 28.—A special
from Shenadoah, Pa, says that the five
men imprisoned in the gangway of the
Boston run mine were recued at 7
o’clock this evening uninjured.
Witcheraft in Indiana County.
A Young Man Acts the Necromancer for Rev
enue Only.
INDIANA, Pa., Feb. 28.—John Lit-
tle, of Green township, in an informa-
tion made before Squire Marlin, is
charged with practicing upon the su-
perstitious nature of Miss Jane Black,
with a view to gaining possession of
her property Miss Black is an aged
lady, residing upon a farm. Her broth-
er Reuben, who died about two years
ago, and she are said to have been re-
peatedly imposed upon by witch dce-
tors,” It is alleged that they gave one
fellow a cow for banishing the witches
from their herd ; but the neighbors,
seeing how the old folks had been vic-
timized, interfered and the animal was
returned. Miss Black is said to have
declared that she knew there was a
witch 1n the house because ler bed
moved about the room’ at’ might,
strange noises were heard jn the chim:
ney and the dog, after’ah absence of
two days, came home with a bloody
breast. The impostors are said to have
got $60 for banishing the witches oa
this occasion. One swept the ceiling
from east to west and from north to
south, and the other, with his face
blackened, played spook, vanishing
when the old couple had been scared
nearly to death,
Iv is alleged that since Reuben’s
death Little has told Miss Black that
he had talked with her brother’s spirit
and that it was Reuben’s desire that
Little take charge of the farm. Miss
Black has a brother who doesn’t be-
lieve in witches and he is prosecuting
this case. He claims that Little has
already secured considerable grain and
was reaching out to get ihe farm and
the old lady’s money in the bank.
Battle in West Virginia.
Working Miners Repulse Strikers in a Bloody
Encounter—At Least one of the Assailants Is
Killed—The Governor Orders Out Troops.
CrARLE3TON, W. Va., Feb. 28.—Gov-
ernor McCorkle received a dispatch
this afternoon from Eagle, a mining
town on the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad about 30 miles east of here,
saying that there was trouble with
strikers and asking him to send troops.
The Governor sent his private secreta-
ry to the scene to report if the military
was needed. Later dispatches from
Eagle report a meeting of strikers from
New River and Mt. Carbon this after-
noon. It was determined to proceed
to Eagle and force the working miners
to come out.
They went down to Wyant’s mines
at Eagle about 300 strong, without or-
ganization, but with 50 guns, The
working miners had taken refuge in
the tipple, all well armed. The strik-
ers approached by the mountain above
the tipple, and when within about 100
vards, began firing. The men in the
tipple replied, killing one man and
wounding several. The firing lasted
for two hours. :
Oa receiving the private secretary’s
report, the Governor ordered ont the
troops to-night.
Ungallant Mr. Barnard.
He Says Mrs. Lease Is a Liar in Claiming to Be
a Mason.
Cuicaco, Feb. 27.—Secretary G. W.
Barnard, of the Grand Masonic Lodge
of Illinois, said to-day that Mary Ellen
Lease is ‘a deliberate liar when she
said she is a member of the order.”
“The trouble with Mrs. Lease,” said
Mr. Barnard, “is that she is afflicted
with the ‘strong jaw.) Her story is
absurd.”
Hundreds Killed by an Explosion.
Lonpon, Feb. 28-—A diepatch from
Shanghai says that 450 men were
killed recently by an explosion in a
coal mine in the province Shang Tung.
No details are given.
The Democratic Senators Have Sent
the Tariff Bill Back to the
. Committee.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. —A fter spend-
ing the better part of three days ina
caucus on the tariff bill the Democratic
senators this afternoon sent the bill
back to the finance comwittee without
expressed but strongly implied nsiruc-
tions to amend it according to the con-
census of the opion as expressed during
the discussion. No dictation was made
to the committee as to what articles
should be put on the dutiable list, nor
were anysrates suggested, the committee
being left free to exercise its own jadg-
ment in the ‘light in the hght of what
has transpired during the past three
days.
The only effort made to secure an ex-
pression by vote on any special schedule
was made by Mr. Pugh this afternoon
on iron ore and that resulted io an en-
dorsement, although by an exceedingly
small majority, of the committee’s nc-
tion. Mr. Pugh moved that iron ore
be changed from the free list to the
dutiable list, and on a yea and nay vote
this proposition was defeated by a vote
of 19 to 17. The bill is again in the
hands of the committee and an effort
will be made to have it repaired in
time to lay it before the full committee
on finance by Saturday, or at least Mon-
day morning. There will probably not
be another caucus, but in order to pro-
vide for emergencies, Mr. Gorman has
been given authority to issue a call if
he thinks necessary. :
An Unwise Experiment.
Enlisted Indians Will be Allowed to Retire From
the Army.
‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—The War
Department authorities have come to
the conclusion that the experiment of en-
listing Indians in the army is a failure,
and will make no further effort to secure
them for the cavalry and infantry regi-
ments. The Indians have been found
to be poor material for soldiers, and
after a year or two of service are axious
to rejoin their tribes, and give up army
life. Hereafter no obstacles will put in
the way of any Indian who may wish
to purchase his discharge, and he will
be allowed to return to the prairies with-
out hindrance.
When the attempt was first made a
few years ago to draw upon the savages
for enlisted force it was believed by
many officers that the trial would prove
a failure, and recent developments have
borne out his prediction.
There are now. two regiments of
cavalry composed entirely of negroes.
These regiments have reached a high
state of perfection and the colored men
are said to make admirable soldiers.
Difficulty was found at first in securing
officers who were willing to be assigned
to colored regiments and for some years
the discipline in them became lax and
indifferent. Just across the river from
Washington are four troops stationed
at Fort Myer, who are admired for their
drillings every fine afternoon these days
by a number of persons from the city.
Gladstone Still in Office.
Though He Ilolds a Conference With the Queen
at Buckingham Palace.
LoNDoN, - Feb. 28.—Mr. Gladstone
had a conference with the Queen at
Buckingham Palace to-day. It was
at first thought his visit was for the
purpose of tendering his resignation,
but it was understood that subject was
not broached duringthe interview, In
epite of the cold, Mr. Gladstone drove
from his official residence to Bucking-
ham Palace in an open pheaton. The
general opinion seems to be that Mr.
Gladstone has either resigned or will
shortly resign the Premiership.
After Mr. Gladstone's return the
Associated Press correspondent called
at Mr. Gladstone's residence. Secre-
tary Littleton informed the correspoad-
ent that Mr. Gladstone had not resign-
ed and that the situation remains un-
changed. The Associated Press cor-
respondent then asked’ Mr. Littleton if
the situation is at present exactly the
same as when Sir Algernon West tele-
graph from Biarritz atter Pall Mall Ga-
zetle first started the report that Mr.
Gladstone intended to resign. After
some hesitation Mr. Littleton replied
that the situation of affairs is the same
as when the much discussed Biarritz
diepatch was sent.
Eighteen Men Lost.
One Vessel's Crew and Part of Another Go
Down in the Deep.
GLOUCESTER, Mass.,, Feb, 28.--On
November 23 the schooner Henrietta,
under command of Dominique Pinelli,
lett for a trip to the Banks. Since she
was at Canso nothing had been heard of
her. To-day the bells here tolled for
the lost. The schooner was probably
overtaken by the memorable gale of
February 12 and overwhelmed. She
carried a crew of 14 men as follows :
Dominique Pinelli, Larramonci Gabriel
Desire Emilie Poirier, Albert Johnson,
John Reed, Albert Turner, Oliver Lar-
son, Benjamin Delaney, Leon Bouvete,
Paul Armstrong, Grimar Marrisen,
Michael Boudret, Albert Dunjay and
Fred Harrison.
The steamer Resolute which has just.
returned from a fishing ip reports
that Tracy Presson, William Ferguson,
Alexander Stewart and Augustus Ohris-
tensen, members of the crew, got
astray from the vessel while attending
trawls. A heavy gale came on and the
men were drowned.
Don Jan Gets 18 Months.
The Crank Writes a Costly Postal to Vice Pres-
ident Stevenson.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 28 —Joseph Don
Jan, who sent the following postal card
to Vice President Stevenson, was tried
in the United States District Court to.
day on the charge of violating the pos-
tal laws :
DoomspAaY--If you do not send me
my expenses—$25-~then you will be
one of the first to be kicked out; but if
you do, then I will see you first before
I do anything else, send quick.
The jury, after a brief consideration,
returned a verdict of guilty, and Judge
Morris sentenced Don Jan to the peni-
tentiary for 18 months.