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Bellefonte, Pa., Aug. 24, 1894.
P. GRAY MEEK, - - - Eprom
STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For Governor,
WILLIAM M. SINGERLY,
For Lieutenant Governor,
JOHN 8S. RILLING,
For Auditor General,
DAVID F. MAGEE,
For Secretary of Internal Affairs,
WALTER W. GREENLAND,
For Congressman-at-Large,
HANNIBAL K. SLOAN
J. C. BUCHER.
Democratic County Ticket.
. JAMES SCHOFIELD,
For Legislators, ROBERT M. FOSTER.
For Jury Commissioner—JOSEPH J. HOY.
For Associate Judge—THOMAS F. RILEY.
The Gallitzin Scuool Case Decided.
A question of considerable import-
ance to the common school system of
Pennsylvania was involved in a suit
in the Cambria county court, brought
by the Junior Order of the United
American Mechanics against the
school board of Gallitzin borough to
restrain that board from employing
members of the Catholic order of the
Sisters of St. Joseph as teachers in the
public schools of that borough. The
point taken by the plaintiffs in the suit
was that the employment of such
teachers was contrary to the object of
the common school system of the State,
which did not sanction sectarianism
in the schools, and in conflict with the
State constitution, which prohibited
money raised by taxation for school
purposes from being used for the
propagation or encouragement of any
religion, or church doctrine.
The case was brought before Judge
Barker at Ebensburg, who on Mon-
day rendered his decision. He held
that while the constitution forbids the
school funds from being used for the
propagation of any denominational
doctrine, it must not be understood
that Christianity is to be excluded
from the public schools, but the Chris-
tianity inculcated must not be founded
on any particular tenets. It is doubt-
ful, he says, whether it is wise or prop-
er on the part of school directors to
employ members of this or any other
order to teach in the public schools in
the garb of their order. As this is the
complaint brought in the suit, the re-
ligion of the teachers being indicated
by the garb of a Catholic order, the
Judgesaid that he could find nothing in
the law or the constitution, either ex-
pressed or implied, that would warrant
him in deciding that the mere teaching
in a public school by members of the
Sisters of St. Joseph, wearing the dress
of their order, would constitute that
school a sectarian school in a sense
that would make it unlawful and war-
rant the court in interfering. There-
fore decision was rendered against the
plaintiffs in the case.
The British Bugaboo.
“They are lighting bonfires and
sending up balloons, so to speak, in all
the manufacturing towns of Great
Britain’ on account of the passage of
the tariff bill, says the Philadelphia
Evening Telegraph.
We hardly expected to see the old
British bugaboo trotted out so soon
after the passage of the bill, but here
it is, already brushed up and brought
forward for service in the campaign.
What is the use to continue this line
of foolishness? As long as McKio-
leyism was a question before the peo-
ple 1t served the purpose of its support-
ers to resort to such humbug in order
to affect the minds of the gullible class
of voters ; but McKinleyism is a dead
issue, and it will only require a few
years to prove that the Democratic
policy of lower duties has been a bene-
fit to manufacturers, to wage earners,
and to consumers.
In the face of this fact the British
bugaboo is rather a ridiculous appari-
tion.
——There is every probability that
ex-United States Senator CuarLEs R.
BuckaLew, of Columbia county, will
be the Democratic nominee for Con-
gress to succeed Hon. S. P. WoLvER
T0N, who has declined a renomination.
Mr. Backalew is not only one of the
purest Democrats, bat he is also one of
the ablest men in the State, and will
be a worthy successor to the present
able and useful representative of that
district. It is by the election of such
men that the character of Congress is
elevated, and there is no question that
the delegation from this state can
stand considerable improvement. The
place vacated by so good a represeata-
tive as WoLVERTON requires to. be
filled by a man of BuokALEW'S charac-
ter and capacity.
He Should Withhold the Suit.
Farmer WiLLiax StaNiey, of Io-
diana, intends to make amends for the
present low price of his wheat crop by
suing Representative WirLiayx D. By-
wun for alleged deception practiced
upon him by that Congressman who
predicted that farmers would get $1.25
for their wheat if CLEVELAND should
be elected. The suit is to be brought
for the difference between $1.25 and 45
cents in the value of his two crops of
5600 bushels.
Some amusement may be derived
from such nonsense as this, but seri-
ously speaking, STANLEY ought to hav:
known that the election of CLEVELAND
could not immediately remove the bad
effects of Republican tariff legislation.
It would require some couater Demo-
cratic legislation, and time would be
necessary for that purpose. STANLEY
was foolish to expect that wheat would
bring much more than 45 cents
while the restrictions of the MoKin-
LEY tariff were keeping it out of the for-
eign markets, and he should have
gense enough to know that Bynum
meant that the wiping out of Republi
can tariff laws, as a consequence of
CLEVELAND's election, would bring the
price of wheat up to $1.25. They have
just been wiped out. We would advise
STANLEY not to push his suit just now,
but to wait about a year, when he will
be likely to find the price of wheat en-
tirely satisfactory.
——A strong effort was made to
give women the right of suffrage in
New York by a provision to that ef
fect in the new constitution that is now
being framed by a constitutional con-
vention, but it would seem that the
framers of the organic law in that state
are not prepared to invest the sex with
guch a privilege and power. The
proposition in the convention to sub-
mit the question of female suffrage, as
a separate measure, to a vote of the
people, was defeated by a vote of
97 to 58. There were many advocates
of such an extension of the election fran-
chise, it having been urged upon the
convention not only by a large class of
respectable and influential women, but
it also had a strong male support, but
it is a fact that the majority of the
women of the State were entirely in-
different on the question, while some
of the most intelligent were opposed to
having their sex invested with right to
vote.
-——President CLEVELAND'S delay in
signing the tariff bill comes from a
necessity connected with the case.
The new law, when once it is perfected
by his signature, will go into operation
at once, as the time for it to begin is
not fixed for a definite future date, but
is worded to take effect on the 1stof Aug-
ust or thereafter. As it will begin to
operate immediately after the Presi-
dent signs it, his immediate signature
after its passage would have put it in
operation before the collectors of cus:
toms would have received corrected
copies of the law by which to be regu-
lated in the collection of the new rates
of duties. The President has ten days
in which to sign the bill, or to allow it
to become a law by failure to veto it,
and during this time the collectors can
be supplied with the new law by which
they are hereafter to be governed.
——Hon. Bray, of Nebraska, isa
bright member of Congress and a hust-
ler. He has made some able speech.
es in that body during the last session,
all of which he has bad printed in
pamphlet torm and intends to distrib-
ute them among his constituents as
campaign documeats, it being his in-
tention to be a candidate for re-elec-
tion, It is a commendable way of
electioneering, as it gives those who
are moat concerned a chance to see
what he has said and done in his rep-
resentative capacity. He is a free sil-
verite, but at the same time he has
been one of the ablest tariff reform ad-
vocates on the floor of the House.
His constituents will do themselves
good service by re-electing him.
——“Senator GormaN does not sleep
well these nights. He ought to take
off his Havemeyer collar before
he goes to bed.” This ungrateful gibe
we find in the Philadelphia Press, and
it is a very shabby return for the ser-
vice which GorMaAN rendered the Re:
publicans in helping them to maintain
the tariff advantage of the Sugar Trust.
But it is the way traitors are always
treated. When BeNepicr ArNoLD be-
trayed his country he was as much
despised by the British as he was
hated by the Americans.
——The Williamsport Gazette and
“Bulletin says that the Democratic par-
ty is owned by the sugar trust, What
silly talk! The ownership of the trust
extends to but four or five supposed
Democratic Senators. Fortunately
they have been able to secure for the
trust but half the advantage it derived
from the McKINLEY tariff,
Every man in this country who
shall hereafter build a house or barn,
or use lumber in any way, will feel the
benefit of untaxed lumber emanating
from the free list in the Democratic
tariff bill. To householders and farm-
ers uatariffed salt will be an appre:
ciable saving, and every man and
woman who buys woolen garments
will be benefited by free wool, while
the woolen manufacture will receive
anew impetus from having iis raw
material relieved of an unnecessary
and oppressive exaction. A great
boon to the people is compressed in
the list of free raw materials.
Within the last ten years Great
Britain has decreased the ratio of im-
port duties, while the rest of the world
has increased it nearly one-fourth—
Philadelphia Press.—In other words
England has been perfecting her free
trade system within the last ten years,
while other nations have been increas.
ing their tarifts ; yet it is seen that in
that period old England has beaten
them all in the increase of manufac-
tures, foreign exports, wealth accumu-
lation, and relative increase of wages.
———1In a recent interview ex-Presi-
dent Harrison said : “It would be in
very poor taste and bad form for me to
draw comparicons between my own
and Mr. CLEveELaND’s administra.
tions.” It is entirely unnecessary for
him to draw such comparisons, for the
people are doing it for themselves, and
are assisted in forming their conclusion
by the financial wreck and industrial
depression which the Harrison ad-
ministration left behind it.
Ex-Govetnor BEAVER was at the
Mt. Gretna farmers’ exposition on
Tuesday and opened the political cam-
paign with a statement of the position
of the protective tariff party. It the
ex-Governor ig candid he will admit
that its position is a rather embar-
rassed one, and that its embarrassment
will increase as the good eftects of a
reduced tariff continue to be demon-
strated.
Revival of Business.
The Wheels of Indwstry Begin to Turn in Va-
rious Districts.
Newark, N. J., Aug. 19.—The un-
certainty over the tariff having been
gettled, business in this city is prepar-
ing to take a boom. The Atho & II-
lingworth Steel Company and the New
Jersey Steel Works Company to-mor-
row will start on full time, and all the
old hands have been instructed to re-
port for work. The factory of the
Atho & Illingworth Company will be
run day and night, and twelve shifts
will be put on. This means work for
over 600 men.
Over a thousand men are employed
at Edwin Lister & Co.'s factory. The
working hours were reduced a month
ago, but last week new men by the
score were put on.
Contracts are coming in to the Bal-
bach Metal Refining Works, and to-
morrow morning 600 meu will be busy
at work there.
After a month’s vacation 900 men
have resumed work in the Celluloid
Works at Newark.
Business at the New Jersey Zinc
Works is better than ever, and 1000
men are working on full time.
WiLLIAMSPORT, Pa., Aug. 19.—The
furniture manufacturing business in
this locality is booming. The Wil-
liamsport Furniture Company yester-
day received a large order for a fine
grade of goods, to be sent to England.
MANCHESTER, N. H., Aug. 19.—The
Amoskeag Corporation announces that
on August 27 all the machinery of the
company, now idle, will be started with
a full complement ot help and the en-
tire plant will run 60 hours a week.
The mills employ nearly 10,000 per-
8008,
McKeesport, Pa., Aug. 19.—The
iron and steel industries, which prac-
tically constitute this county's manu-
facturing business, have picked up in
almost every instance. The increase
in the pay-rolls indicate several things
—more men employed, more hours at
work, and, in some cases, increased
wages,
Reaping, Pa., Aug. 20.—The Read-
ing company hae issued orders to work
double turn at its car shops in this
city. Recently there has sprung up a
great demand for box and gondola cars.
The company has about 3,000 shop
cars lying on its various sidings and in
order to supply the trade it has been
found necessary to work over time.
WaEgLING, W. Va. Aug. 20.—A
large number of men resumed work
here to day. The big Riverside Tube
Works went on full time, after six
months of partial idleness, and the
Wheeling Steel plant also resumed op-
erations. .
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become so brisk that new bands are |
being employed daily: and much night |
work is done.
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them.
Carnot’s Assassin Executed.
Lyons, Aug. 16.—The execution of
Santo Caserio, which took place at
4.55 this morning, was witnessed by a
pumber of people. The windows in
the vicinity were crowded with ladies,
who weredressed in fashionable toilets.
When the preparations of Diebler,
the excutioner, had been completed, he
twice tested the guillotine and pro-
nounced it satisfactory. It was then
4.25 o'clock. The troops then closed
in around the guillotine. | Lo
When daylight arrived the square
and the streets nearby were thronged
with people.
Diebler and his assistants doffed their
working clothes and put on their coats
of black. Then, escorted by a squad
of gendarmes, the executioner and his
men entered the prison. M. Raux,the
governor of the prison, awakened San-
to, saying to him, “Courage, Santo, the
hour has arrived.”
The condemned man with a great
effort raised himself, his face turned
livid and his hand and limbs trembled
convulsively, despite his efforts to ap-
pear careless at his fate. This tremb-
ling continued until the last moment.
He could hardly stand, and his limbs
were 80 stiff with cold and fright that
his clothes were put on him with the
utmost difficulty.
When Santo appeared, walking with
extreme difficulty, his open shirt dis-
playing his breast, frail and bony, his
eyes were first fixed on the guillotine,
and then wandered 10 the troops and
crowd. He uttered the cries, “Cour-
age, mes camarades,” “Vive l' anar-
chie,” but the sound issued feebly from
his closed teeth, and was scarcely au-
dible beyond the troops. The words
were hardly uttered when Santo was
seized and pushed toward the bascule.
He made a feeble struggle and fell.
His weight was much too light, and
his executioners were compelled to
raise him and thrust him forward.
He made another frantic movement,
obliging Diebler to come to the assist-
ance of his men and placed Santo’s
head under the lunette. Much time
was taken up with these movements.
At last Diebler pressed the handle and
released the knife. A sharp, short
sound announced the severance of ver-
tebrae, a spurt of blood sprinkled the
wagon, the head fell into a basket of
sawdust, and the body was rolled into
another. Bravos sounded from the
crowd, which seemed less moved than
at ordinary executions.
When the basket was opened the
head of the victim presented a disgust-
ing spectacle. At the point where the
knife had cut through the neck, the
skin had rolled back in ridges on the
back of the head, showing the efiects of
the strain to which the body had been
subjected by the victim's struggles at
the moment of the fatal stroke. The
remains were thrust into a coffin, the
head being placed between the legs of
the corpse, and without ceremony the
coffin was thrown into the grave and
quickly covered with earth.
Santo Cacerio was born of poor but
honest parents in the little town of
Motta- Visconti, Lombarby, on Sep-
tember 8, 1873. He was the youngest
of six children. In early life he was
remarkable for his beauty, and was
much in request for religious proces-
sions. When he was 14 years of age
he was apprenticed to a baker at Milan.
At this period of his life he is said to
have been exceedingly docile, with a
distinctly religious tendency.
Two years ago, however, he fell un-
der the influence of the anarchists,and,
profiting by the leisure allowed him 1n
the daytime, he read the inflammatory
literature of the party very largely and
attended their meetings regularly.
He killed President Carnot by stab-
bing hin Sunday evening, June 24,
Carnot having come to Lyons to open
the industrial exposition. The assas-
gin’s trial began in Lyoas August 2,
and lasted only two days, and Sauto
was sentenced to death. Two days lat-
er the pardons committee confirmed
the sentence.
CS EHDA.
Still Opposing the Nuns.
Young American Mechanics Condemn Judge
Barker and Appeal.
PortsTowN, Pa., Aug. 21.—At a dis-
trict convention held here to-night by
the Junior Order of United American
Mechanics, resolutions were adopted
condemning Judge Barker, of Cambria
county, for his action in dissolving the
injunction prohibiting nuns from
teaching in the public schools. The
convention was largely attended.
PirrsBURrG, Pa. Aug. 21.—The Jun-
jor Order United American Mechanics
officials are disappointed with Judge
Barker's decision in the Gallitzin
school case, and will appeal to the Su-
preme Court in order to have the mat-
ter definitely settled. In case the de-
cision of the Court is againet them,
they will endeavor to have a law
passed that will cover the disputed
points on sectarianism in public
echools.
BigLER CAMP MEETING.--The Camp
meeting at Bigler, Pa., commences this
year August 17th, continuing until Au-
gust 26th. All Beech Creek railroad
passenger trains will stop at the camp
grounds during this time, and on Sun-
day, special Beech Creek trains will be
run trom Philipsburg and Mahaffey, to
the camp meeting. Itis well known
that the Beech Creek road is the only
one tbat directly reaches the camp
grounds, landing passengers immediate-
ly at the gates. Mxcursion tickets on
sale daily.
BrrcH CRE PioNir.—On account
, of the Beech Creek R. R., employees
picnic at Hecla Park, on Saturday, Au-
gust 25th, the usually low rates of fare
"from Bellefonte to Hecla and return will
be authorized and in addition to regular
service special trains will be run as fol-
lows :
From Bellefonte for Hecla Park at
10:30 a. m. and 1 p. m.
From Hecla Park for Bellefonte at
11:30 a. m. and 2 p. m.
J. W. GEPHART,
General Superintendent.
Returning to Washington.
The President Returns from His Trip to Buz-
zard's Bay.
New York, August 22.—The light-
house tender John D. Rogers, who with
President Cleveland aboard, who had
just-returned from Buzzards Bay, ap-
peared off the Pennsylvania depot in
Jersey City this afternoon. She lay
out in the stream about ten minutes
and then proceeded slowly to the pier
of the Adams Express company, just
north of the Pennsylvania depot. The
landing was made at 3.10 o'clock.
When the boat came up to the pier
the president wag setting in a large
arm chair on the upper deck aft. He
was smoking a cigar and was accom-
panied by Dr. O'Reilly and Captain
Evans, of the United States navy.
They remained chatting together until
the lines were made fast. Then the
members of the party all came forward
to the gang plank and stepped ashore
together.
There were six policemen on the pier
and they immediately formed a circle
about the president. Then the party
walked to the Pennsylvania railroad
depot. The president was much sun-
burned. Dr. O'Reilly was asked what
President Cleveland’s condition was.
He said he was much improved since
he left Washington ; that the few days
outing he had had greatly helped him.
He said the president expressed him-
self as feeling better than he had in a
good long time.
The president got into the private
car of President Roberts, of the Penn-
sylvania Railroad company, which
was attached to the congressional
limited train. This pulled out of the
depot at 3.32 o'clock for Washington.
Secretary Lamont met President
Cleveland at the Jersey City depot and
accompanied him to Washington.
Death Ended Her Pleading.
James MecIlvoy Shoots His Wife to Death Near
Gallitzin.
GALLITZIN, Pa., Aug. 18.—In Tun-
nel Hill borough this evening James
Mcllvoy was fighting with his brother.
His wife, frightened at the encounter,
seized her husband’s arm and begged
him to desist. He warned her to let go,
but she persisted in her pleadings.
Then the husband broke away and shot
her. The wound was deadly, and it is
doubtful if the woman lived more than
a few seconds, or whether she was alive
when he shot her again. . It is charged
that he fired four shots at her. At
least two of them struck her, anyone
being sufficient to cause almost instant
death. Tunnel Hill is east of Gallitzin,
10 miles this side of Altoona, and the
place where the shooting occurred is
said to be isolated.
Justice J. P. Stevens called a jury to
hold an inquest there. One of the shots
penetrated the base of the neck, severing
arteries and filling the chest cavity with
blood, and another bullet cut the top of
the left lung and lodged mext to the
spinal column. Mecllvoy and his broth-
er Joseph were arrested and taken to
the Ebensburg jail to-night. The wife
of MclIlvoy was well known in that
region. She was a daughter of Samuel
Huey, a prominent and esteemed citizen.
The town became so wild with fierce
excitment that haste was shown in
hustling McIlvoy and his brother to the
jail, where they will be much safer to-
night than they would have been in the
local lockup.
The South Prosperous.
At No Time Since the War Have Farmers
Owed Less.
BavLTiMORE, Aug. 16.—Letters from
nearly 200 southern bankers, scattered
all the way from Maryland to Texas,
in regard to the crop prospects and
business conditions in the south, are
published in this week’s issue of the
“Manufacturer’s Record.” With but
one or two exceptions these letters re-
port an unusually satisfactory outlook
for the agricultural and general busi-
ness interests of the entire south. The
decline in the price of cotton two or
three years ago forced southern farm-
ers, who could not coutinue to borrow
money in advance ou their crops as
freely as before, to pay more attention
to the raising of their own food sup-
plies. The results have been a steady
decrease in the indebteduess of the
gouthern farmers, brought about by
the enforced economy of the last two
years, and almost without exception
the reports from the bankers say that
southern farmers owe less money than
at any time since the war. Added to
these favorable conditions they have
the prospect of the largest aggregate
crops, taking grain, cotton, fruits and
all else into consideration, ever pro-
duced in the south.
Faith to Unlock His Jaws.
Mr. Bechtel Believes He Was Miraculously
Cured at Camp Meeting.
NorrisTowN, Pa., Aug. 21.—With
indications that he was at least greatly
benefited in Monday's thrilling-experi-
ence at the altar of the Mennonite
camp meeting, ia Spring City, Morgan
S. Bechtel, of this place, believes that
the faith and anointing, which at first
made him uncoanscious, will complete:
ly unlock his nerveless, sinewless
jawe. He is the man who bad the
nerve and sinews cut from them two
years, and who on Monday was an-
ointed with olive oil on the forehead at
the Mennonites’ camp, and fell uncou-
scious. Since he regained sensibility
he has been steadily gaining.
BE a —————_————— ————————————
The Whiskey Trust Makes the Riffle,
Peoria, 111, August 22.—The whis-
key trust has succeeded in borrowing
all the money it needs for the present
and to-day deposited over $1,000,000
in one of the city banks. This was
borrowed in small lots and parties are
offering the trust money in all direc-
tions. There are now more than six-
ty gaugers employed here regauging
and to-day collections of internal reye-
nues amounted to $531,921.25, the lar-
gest in the history of anv office iu the
state. All the trust houses are shut
down but one, and this will soon fol-
low suit.
The Income Tax.
The income tax, as established by
the new tariff bill, is to be paid on the
“gains, profits and income’ for the
vear ending the 31st of December next.
The section imposing the tax reads as
follows :
“That from and after the first day of
January, 1895, and until the first day
of January, 1900, there shall be assess-
ed, levied, collected and paid annually
upon the gains, profits and income re-
ceived in the preceding calendar year,
by every citizen of the United States,
whether residing therein, whether said
gain, profits or income be derived from
any kind of property, rents, interest,
dividends, or salaries, or from any pro-
fession, trade, empleymeut or vocation
carried on in the United States or else-
where, or from any other source what-
ever, a tax of two per ceotam on the
amount so derived over and above
$4,000, and a like tax shall be levied,
collected and paid annually upon the
gains, profits and income from all prop-
erty owned and of every business, trade
or profession carried on in the United
States by persons residing without the
United States.”
The other sections relate to the en-
forcement and collection of the tax,
penalties, etc. As has been often ex-
plained, there is no tax on an income
below $4,000. If the taxable has an
income, say, of $5,000, he will pay two
per cent. on $1,000 and so on.
Gardner Seen in Pittsburg.
Detectives on the Track of the Fugitive Altoona
Bank Cashier.
ALTOONA, Aug. 22.--The arrest of
Harry Claybaugh, assistant cashier of
the Second National bank, was quickly
followed yesterday afternoon by another
sensation, the receipt of a telegram from
the Gilkinson detective agency at Pitts-
burg, stating that Gardner had been
seen in that city and asking for an order
for his arrest. This was given at once
but his capture has not yet been an-
nounced.
The investigation of the looted bank
is still in progress by Examiners Coffin
and Henlein and itis given out that
other arrests are likely to follow as the
books show evidence to warrant such
action.
Mr. Claybaugh upon being approach-
ed after his arrest refused to make any
statement except that he would make
startling revelations when his case came
up for trial, and the impression was
given that these revelations would im-
plicate Bank Examiner Miller.
Cranks Visit Harrity.
One of Them Demands That the Secretary Cash
a $200,000 Draft.
HARRISBURG, Aug. 11.—Two harm-
less cranks walked boldly into Secre-
tary Harrity’s private office this morn-
ing and gave the secretary considerable
trouble to get rid of them. One said he
was from Franklin and handed Mr.
Harrity a piece of paper on which was
written : ‘Harrisburg, Penna., Aug.
23, 1894. James B. Harrity will pay to
James Stoughton the sum of $200,000
and charge to the account of Robert E.
Pattison.”
The visitor demanded the money, and
when it was refused he offered to compro-
mise for $500 and finally for $100. To
get rid of the intruders Mr. Harrity
promised to cash the draft next week.
The strangers left the office quickly, and
although the police have been looking
for them, they have not been found.
Couldn't Choose a Chairman.
Schuylkill Republicans Dominated by Ex-Green-
backers.
PoTTSVILLE, Pa., Aug. 21. —Accord-
ing to programme, the Republican
candidates met in ex-Congressman C.
N, Brumm’s office this morning and
were in session for nearly two hours
without coming to an amicable arrange-
ment as to who should be the county
chairman this year.
All but three are ex-Greenbackers
and most of them wanted one of their
ilk made chairman. There were strong
arguments brought to bear in favor of
Major Samuel A. Losch ; but the meet-
ing broke up without making any
choice. Another meeting will be held
next Tuesday, when a chairman will
certainly be selected.
A Plague of Grasshoppers.
HORNELLSVILLE, N. Y,, Aug. 21.—
Farmers of Steuben county are much
alarmed over the appearance of grass-
hoppers in large swarms. Owing to the
extreme dry weather their numbers are
increasing rapidly, and in many places
they are attacking all kinds of vegeta-
tion. Many fields of buckwheat for a
distance of two rods around the outer
edge look much as if it had been used
for a race course, the buckwheat being
eaten off close to the ground. Farmers
in many instances have been compelled
to cut their oats green in order to save
them. The pests seem to bs working
eastward.
Work Must Serve Out His Term.
HarrIsBURG, Aug. 21.—George F.
Work, who was instrumental in the
wrecking of the Bank of America, will
have to serve oul his term. Governor
Pattison yesterday refused to approve
the pardon. The governor could not
see why mercy should be shown to
Work, The recommendation for a
pardon was signed by all the members
of the pardon board with the exception
of Secretary Harrity who declined to
sign the paper after examining the rea
sons. The commutation Work car-
ried insures him against losing his citi-
zenship.
Takes Effect W hen Signed.
WassiNagToN, Avg. 16.—The new
tariff bill will go into effect at midnight
of the day it receives the approval of
the president or becomes a law by
operation of the ten days limitation, and
not from Aug. 1 as provided in the
measure. An examination of the au-
thorities made at the treasury depart-
ment shows that a law cannot take effect
upon a date prior to its enactment, and
the federal supreme court has sustained
this law under the ex post facto pro-
vision of the constitution,
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