Domai tan Until February 1st, 1899. Terms, $1.00 a Year, in Advance. Bellefonte, Pa., Feb. 17,1899, P. GRAY MEEK, - . Ebprror. Democratic County Committee for 1899. J. K. JonnsroN, Chairman, Secretaries, Bovp A. Musser, 8S. D. Gerrie, Precinct. Name. P. O. Address. Bellefonte N W Jno. Trafford Beliefonte ke Sw P. H. Gerrity, se 4 W WL. H. MeQuistion, £6 Centre Hall Boro J. Dauberman, Centre Hall Howard 3 Abe Weber, Howard Milesburg *¢ Jas. B. Noll, Milesburg Millheim £€ Sam’l Weiser, Jr., Millheim a2 I. P RBrisbin, J W Lukens Ira Howe, Fleming Philipsburg Unionville Philipsburg 1st W te 2nd W > State College Philipsburg Bellefonte “ srd WS. M. Graham, State College Boro Reuben Glenn, S. Philipsburg “ Harry Cameron, Benner Twp. N P John Mechtley, « SP SH Hos, v i Boggs Twp. N P Henr eaton, arne STP EP Ky Roland $e W P Lewis Aikey, Wingate Burnside Twp. A.V. Daugherty, Moshannon College fe J. A. Williams, Lemont Curtin + Wm. J. Quay, Romola Ferguson “E P W. H. 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Will you be one of the 230 new sub- scribers ? Remember your subscription will be- gin the day you send in your dollar and it pays in full for one year. This opportunity is offered until the 1st day of March, 1899. The Carnegie Library for The Pennsyl- vania State College. The memorial which was presented to the Legislature on January 29th, praying for an annual appropriation of $10,000 to The Pennsylvania State College in order to effect the fruition of a proposition made by Mr. ANDREW CARNEGIE, in which he has offered to erect a library building at a cost of $100,000 at that institution, is a matter that should receive the thoughtful consid- eration of every Representative at Harris- burg. Pennsylvania has been so lamentabl y rec- reant to the trust that she assumed through the land grant act of 1862, upon which The Pennsylvania State College was found- ed, that the sum asked for in the memorial will probably appear exorbitant to some of our Legislators. But when viewed in the light of what other States are doing every year for their colleges, founded hy the same act and carrying identical obligations, the sum is so insignificant that Peunsylva- nia should be ashamed to hesitate a mo- | ment in granting it. California gives $11,- 900 every year; Illinois, $17,600; Minneso- ta, $18,645; New York, $34.838 and Wis- consin, $10,670, and all the other States make regular annual appropriations for the libraries at their state colleges. We have enough confidence in the broad minded citizenship of Pennsylvanians to believe that the time will come, ere long, | when they will waken up and demand that | their one distinctively state institution of | learning, to which the public schaol system | is the stepping stone, be treated and foster- | ed as it should be and as the act by which | it was created by the federal Congress con- | templated. The State cannot be a derelict alway and what better time to begin the neglected work than the present. Especi- | ally when the first proposition that has ever been made in ‘the way of a substan- | tial bequest by a private citizen is contin- | gent upon it. Pennsylvania ranks thirty-seventh among the forty-three States having state colleges in the amount of her annual appropriations to such institution. She was forty-third in the rank of States, as making improve- ments to the equipment of their colleges during 1897. To show the economy and honesty of the management of The Penn- sylvania State College statistics have been compiled to the effect that our institution stood twenty-fifth in the rank of cost per student during 1897 relative to the appro- priations made. And that there has been a great institution built up in the Com- monwealth on the paltry support given needs only the United States assessed val- uation of properties for confirmation. It shows that The Pennsylvania State Col- lege stands second. Here is an opportunity for Pennsylvania to do something that will be a permanent benefit to her citizens. Not more, but less, than five other States of the Union have been doing for years. The time will cer- tainly come when public sentiment will be so aroused that a library building will have to be provided by the State. When that is done an annual appropriation will have to be made to support it. Why not save the one expense now hy accepting Mr. CARNEGIE’S offer ? THE MEMORIAL. Your memorialists, the board of trustees of The Pennsylvania State College, respect- fully represent that they are charged with the supervision of the interests of said State Collége, an institution of higher learning supported by the joint action of the United States and the State of Pennsylvania; That the only endowment of said College is derived from the income of a fund accru- ing from the sale of public lands. which lands were donated to the State of Pennsylvania (in common with the other States of the Un- ion) by an Act of Congress, approved July 2nd, 1862, accepted by Act of Assembly of this State, approved April 1st, 1863, and ap- propriated to the maintenance of the State College by a further Actof Assembly, ap- proved February 19th, 1867. That one of the conditions prescribed by said Act of Congress and accepted by the State of Pennsylvania, respecting the fund accruing from the sale of said lands, was ex- pressed as follows: **No portion of said fund, nor the interest thereon, shall be applied, directly or indi- rectly, underany pretense whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation or repair of any building or buildings,” every purpose and effect of which condition were to preserve said fund to be used exclusively for purposes of instruction and for no other purpose what- soever, but to require the several States, act- ing as the guardians and trustees of a sacred fund, to provide and maintain all buildings necessary and proper for the due execution of the trust assumed; : That in accordance with said condition and acceptance, the State has from time to time provided for the erection, maintenance and equipment of buildings for the engineering, military, chemical and other technical de. partments of the College, but has made no provision for a library or museum building, or for any other means of preserving and us- ing the books. pamphlets, periodicals, mu- seum collections and other working material now in possession of the College and annually increasing; That the library now contains upwards of fourteen thousand (14,000) volumes carefully classified and catalogued, and is a legal de- pository of the publications of the United States government from which a large num- ber of valuable works are annually received, besides additions from other sonrces amount. ing, in all to about thirteen hundred and thirty (1330) volumesa year, and that, while the library is an indispensable workshop for students and professors, the rooms in which the books, pamphlets, periodicals, maps, chaits and other materials are now stored and used are located in parts of the original College building, which were never designed for that purpose and are at the present time so greatly overcrowded as to interfere ser- iously with the effective use of the same—an ing and, under present conditions, must con- tinue to increase; That the College also possesses a large amount of material, illustrating the re- sources, industries and products of Pennsyl- vania, which is of great value both as a means of scientific instruction and as a pub- lic exhibition of the material wealth of the State, but which is now unavailable for want of room for its proper display and use, and for which it is hoped to provide by combin- ing a library and a museum in the building proposed; That the Honorable Andrew Carnegie, who has been for several years a member of the board of trustees, and is therefore famil- iar with the facts and conditions above stated 1 has, in a written communication to the board, offered to donate the sum of one hun- dred thousand dollars for the erection and equipment of a library building for the use of said College, on condition that the State shall make an annual appropriation of ten thousand dollars for maintenance, without diminishing on that account its annual ap- propriation for other purposes—using the fol- lowing language: ‘The College is doing such great work for the State that I do not think any individual should contribute money to it for additional buildings, unless the State agrees to maintain them. TItisa duty which the State owes to its bright young men who attend the College of their own State instead of going to other States for their education. nians, they grow up Pennsylvanians.” In view of the foregoing considerations and many others of equal and even greater im- portance, which readily suggest themselves but are omitted here for the sake of brevity. your memorialists most respectfully request and urge that such steps may be taken as will secure to the State College and to the vouth of Pennsylvania the immeasurable benefits to he derived from the proposed do- nation; and it seems not improper to suggest, further, that the acceptance of said donation on the condition proposed will be a direct contribution to the State in fulfilling the purposes for which Congress has so liberally provided and in making its College more worthy of the Commonwealth. Engineer ond Fireman Killed. LANCASTER, Pa., February, 13.—A fatal wreck occurred this afternoon at Gal- laghersville, three miles west of Downing- town. The second section of fast line east crashed into the rear of another passenger train, supposed to be Chicago express. Engineer Joseph Smith and fireman Corson were killed outright. Smith is pinned down under the engine. A number of passengers were injured. It is impossible to get further particulars of the accident at this point. inconvenience which is continually increas- | Born Pennsylva- Iloilo is Ours. Captured by United States Forces on Saturday.— Rebels Set Town on Fire-—Flames Were After- ward Extinguished by the Americans.—We Sus- tained no Losses.—The Governor of the Place was Warned, but Not Obeying, the Vessels Opened Fire and Troops Were Landed.— Telegram Comes From Otis. WASHINGTON, February 13.—Shortly before midnight Adjutant General Corbin made public the following dispatch from Major General Otis, reporting the capture of the town of Iloilo by the American forces under General Miller on the 11th instant. ‘MANILA, February 13.—General Mil- ler reports from Iloilo that town taken 11th instant and held by troops. Insurgents given until evening of 11th to surrender, but their hostile action brought on engage- ment during the morning. The insurgents fired native portion of the town, but little loss to property of foreign inhabitants. No casualties among the United States troops reported. [Signed] HOTIS.”? ENGAGEMENT WAS BRIEF. MANILA, February 14—9:35 a. m.—The United States forces under Brigadier Gen- eral Miller captured Iloilo, capital of the island of Panay and seat of the so-called government of the Visayan federation, on Saturday last, after a bombardment. The rebels set the town on fire before evacua- ting it, but the American troops extin- guished the flames. There was no casual: ties on the American side. 9.45 p. m.—The United States gunboat Petrel arrived late last evening with dis- patches from Brigadier General Marcus P. Miller to Major General Otis announcing that Iloilo had been taken by the com- bined military and naval forces on Satur- day morning. General Miller, on receipt of his instruc- tions from Manila, sent native commission- ers ashore from the United States transport St. Paul with a communication for the rebel governor of lloilo, calling on him to surrender within a time stated and warn- ing him not to make a demonstration in the interval. The rebels immediately started and prepared to defend their posi- tion. The Petrel fired two warning guns and the rebels immediately opened fire on her. The Petiel and the Baltimore then bom- barded the town, which the rebels, having set on fire, immediately evacuated. American troops were promptly landed and extinguished the fires in all cases of foreign property, but not before considera- ble damage had been done. It is believed that the enemy’s loss during the hombard- ment was heavy; but no American casual- ties are reported. AFTER THE CAPTURE OF CALOCAN. MANILA, Febroary 13—4.05 p. m.—The Twentieth Kansas and the First Idaho vol- ‘unteers have been recalled from the marsh- lands north of Malabon and the former regiment is now entrenched in front of Cal- ocan. The American line forms a com- plete cordon twenty-two miles in leugth, from the coast on the north almost to Par- anaque, south of Manila. There has been no change in the disposition --of the troops, except that the Fourth United States cav- alry has relieved the First Idaho volun- teers, and a battalion of the Twenty-third infantry has been stationed on the left flank to prevent the rebels sneaking along the beach. The enemy are busily throw- ing up entrenchments on their left, sharp- | forces in the Philippine Islands. shooters in the jungle covering their opera- Several Americans were wounded in the trenches to-day. Second Lieutenant George A. Seaman, of battery B, Utah ar- tillery, was shot in the leg while standing near his gun. Four men of the Twentieth Kansas volunteers were wounded slightly. Last night private Brinton, company E, and private Stevens, company G, of the Kansas regiment, were wounded. All the enemy’s dead at Colcccan have been huried —127 last Saturday and 300 yesterday. The United States cruiser Charleston has moved up the coast and is now off Malolas, the seat of the so-called Filipino govern- ment, at a distance estimated at about tions. | eight miles. LoNDON, February 13.—Reuter’s Tele- gram company, limited, has received the following dispatch from Manila, dated | February 13, 3.45 p. m.: i “‘After the capture of Calcocan, a Span- iard who had been a prisoner there, came to the Americans holaing up his hands and said that the Filipinos had offered to re- lease the Spaniards, especially the artil- lerymen, if they wonld fight against the Americans at $4 a day. Most of the Span- iards refused and even those who accepted the offer did so in the hope of affecting an j escape. The rebels, according to this in- formant, are discontented, unpaid, unfed and thoroughly disillusioned, the talis- manic wafers being of no avail against ! wounds, hunger and fatigue. **On Friday Aguinaldo visited Polo, a few miles northwest of Colocan and ad- i dressed the Filipinos troops there claiming | that he had won a victory and asserting { that 2,300 Americans had been killed.” THE FALL OF ILOILO. WASHINGTON, February 13.—The asso- ciated press dispatch announcing the cap- ture hy the American troops under General Miller of Iloilo, on the island of Panay, was the first news received in this city of the fall of the second largest city in the Philippines. The announcement was promptly communicated to the President and at the White House and it was read with gratification. Half an hour later the official intelligence of the fall of the city came in the cable dispatch from Major | General Otis. Adjutant General Corbin | promptly authorized to be made public. There is a feeling of intense satisfaction ‘among such of the .administration officials | as were aware of the situation, as consider- able apprehension has existed ; not however, as to the ability of the Americavs to take the place when they decided upon this step, but as to the loss of life which this might incur. The tension between the opposing forces at Iloilo has heen for some time at the dagger point and collision between | them at any time would not have been sur- prising. It is felt here that General Miller has conducted himself with great circumspec- tion in treating with the natives, as their attitude has been anything but concilia- tory. and petty annoyances have been re- sorted to by them to provoke the Ameri- cans. About a month or so ago the of- ficials here and in the Philippines deemed it wise to dispatch an expedition to Iloilo because of rumors that the natives were gathering in that and neighboring - locali- ties and were threatening to take the city. General Miller, who was on duty with the major general commanding the troops at Manila, was selected for this duty and several regiments of infantry were for- warded, conveyed by an American man-of- war. Before they reached Iloilo the Spaniards, who then occupied the town, had surren. dered it to the insurgents, who immediately I occupied it. When the troops attempted to land they were notified by the insur- gents that such a course would precipitate a battle, and General Miller, acting under his instructions to pursue a conciliatory course, held his men aboard the transports. The men became tired of this and "abont two weeks ago the Fifty-first regiment was sent back to Manila and the First Tennessee was sent to Iloilo to replace it. As soon as the latter had arrived. General Miller forced a landing. General Miller has with him the Tenth infantry and battery G, Sixth artillery, and, if they arrived as expected, the first Teunessee regiment of infantry. The naval assistance rendered him was by the gun- boat Petrel and the cruiser Baltimore. Town of Jaro Taken by the Americans. MANILA, Feb. 15—11:55 a. m.—Colonel Potter, (Lieutenant Colonel C. IL. Potter, of the signal corps), arrived from Iloilo yesterday with dispatches from Brigadier General M. D. Miller to Major General E. S. Doty, commanding the United States On Sunday after General Miller ordered a reconnoisance in force to ascertain the enemy’s position, Major Cheatham’s bat- talion of the Tennessee volunteer regiment marched beyond Molo without finding the enemy and returned to Iloilo. Kellars’ battalion of the Eighteenth United States infantry, with two Hotch- kiss guns and one gatling gun, marched toward Jaro. Midway between Iloilo and Jaro this battalion encountered a large body of the cnemy, occupying both sides of the road who met the advance of Amer- ican troops with a severe and well directed fire. The Americans deployed and return- ed the fire with a number of volleys. The troops advanced steadily, supported by the Hotchkiss and Gatling guns, and drove the enemy through Jaro to the open country beyond. The town of Jaro was found to be deserted and all portable property had been removed. When the Americans en- tered the place there were only a few Chinese there. At 4:10 o'clock p. m. Captain Griffiths raised the American flag over the presi- dencia. Down in Cuba. Canned Beef Pronounced all Right—The Burial of Garcia. HAVANA, Feb. 14.—Brigadier General George R. Ernst, of major General Brooke’s staff, has completed the execution of ex- amination of between 800,000 and 900,000 rations of beef in army store houses. He found less than 2 per cent. of bad beef, which was received in the same shipment as the beef condemned last week. One box in every ten was opened and examined, and also the hoxes that were smelling bad. The beef was from Armour’s and was in two and four pound cans and twelve and twenty-four pound cans were in each box. Eight ounces of beef constitutes one ration. In the matter of the withdrawal of Cu- bans fiom the Garcia funeral procession on Saturday, the better element of Cubans are now realizing that a mistake was made in the childish attitude and behavior of their generals on that day. Expressions of regret and apologies will probably be tendered to major General Brooke. The review of the United States Seventh army corps has been indefinitely post- poned because of the weather. Mgr. San- tander, bishop of Havana, has declined to allow father Thomas Sherman, who re- cently arrived here from Porto Rico, to hold prayer at the cemetery to-morrow, when the ladies of this city decorate the graves of those who lost their lives through the blowing up of the United States battle- ship Maine. The city council has decided to be represented at the ceremonies by three of its members. The Maine Remembered. The American Flag Put Upon the Remnants of the | Vessel. Havana, February 15—(11.30 a. m. )— | The sun shone brightly this morning for | the first time in several days when the United States battleship Maine, destroved in Havana harbor on the evening of Feb- ruary 15th, 1898, was decorated with a large American flag. ‘At 9 o'clock the stars and stripes were hoisted at half-mast by Captain Eaton, of the. United States auxiliary cruiser Resolute, who, with Mrs. istes Rathbone and Mis. Dudley and ten sailors of the Resolute, rowed to the sunk- en battleship. The only others taking part were a battalion, with officers of the First Maine heavy artillery. An immense rope of greens was festooned about the fighting top, each loop hung with laurel wreaths four feet in diameter and tied with red, white and blue ribbon. The Cuban club, of Havana, had placed an artificial wreath on the boat; crane, and this Captain Eaton transferred to the peak of the gaff. . At ten o’clock high mass was celebrated in memory of the Maine victims in the Merced church, at which Major General Ludlow and several of his staff were pres- ent. The ceremony, which was very im- pressive, was attended by Brigadier Gen- eral George R. Ernst, representing Major General Brooke; Commodore B. J. Crow- ell, captain of the port. and other naval of- ficers, the city council, the executive com- mittee of the Cuban military assembly and other members of the assembly..the secre- taries of the civil departments and many officials, together with representatives of the Havana fire brigade and other local or- ganizations. Many women of the better classes were in the congregation, which crowded the edifice. This afternoon the graves at Colon cemetery were decorated in the presence of American officials, mili- tary and naval details participating. Garcia’s Mourners Riot. Crowds Cry “*Down with the Yankees!" Cuban Gen- erals Become Angry at Brooke and Refuse to Join in the Services. HAVANA, Feb. 12.—The funeral of Gen- eral Garcia yesterday was attended by ex- citement. The Cuban generals declared that they should follow Governor General Brooke and the Brooke's staff should fol- low them, but Brooke insisted that a gen- eral and his staff could not be separated. The Cuban generals aver that an Amer- ican officer ordered them ont of the line. The Cuban commanders in carriages and on horseback withdrew. Among them were General Rodriguez, General Julio Sanguilly, General Rafael Portuondo, Gen- eral Mario Menocal, General E. Ducasse and Generals Frevo, Andrade, Abelino, Rosas, Armando and Rivas. The crowds nearby cried ‘‘Viva Cuba Libre!” ‘‘Viva Aguinaldo!’ ‘“‘Viva Fili- pinos!’”’ and “Down with the Yankees!" There was not a uniformed comrade of Garcia’s in the lines, and even two of the members of General Brooke's advisory council—Senor Lanuze, secretary of jus- tice and public instruction, and Senor Domingo M. Capote, secretary of the gov- ernment, retired from the procession. In a Blizzards Grasp. Bellefonte Snow Bound and Nearly Frozen to Death. The Oldest Inhabitant Doesn't Remember the Like of It.—The Storm Was General, The greatest, biggest, heaviest, fiercest and severest snow storm of the nineteenth century is at an end and everybody is able to breathe a little easier to-day. Nothing like we have just passed through has ever before been experienced by the oldest in- habitant of this ‘‘neck o’ the woods” and it matters not whether any one is heyond the 100-year mark either. For ever forty-eight hours the snow came pouring down, and in every succeeding minute of those hours the storm seemed to put on new life and strike with greater fury. It came with a blizzard that in- creased in velocity until it reached a cli- max in a hurricane. It knocked every- thing into a cocked hat,— business, traffic, mails and schools, and turned all caleula- tions topsy turvy. It is estimated that at least fifteen inches of snow fell and it drifted to such an ex- tent as to make the roads and pavements impassable in many places. The drifts varied in depth from two feet to nine and ten feet, and along mountains and in cuts where railroads run the depth reached as much as fifteen feet. = Many families found “themselves com- pletely shut in and they had the strange experience, pictured often times in comic almanacs, that of digging themselves out. Those who own business places in cellars reversed things and dug themselves in. This illustrates how exceedingly trouble- some this storm was and if any escaped its peculiar antics they can just congratulate themselves and put on the medals as hav- ing been extraordinarily favored. Passenger Traffic Stops. Pennsy’s Service Practically Demolished Because of Snow Bound Tracks. The great Pennsylvania railroad was snow hound from Pittsburg to Philadel- phia, the Pittsburg, Middle and Philadelphia division temporarily suspending business Monday, two former at 6 p- m., and the lat- ter at 1p. m. A similar state of affairs has not existed in a decade. ‘‘No passenger trains to go out of Al- toona until further notice,” was the extra- ordinary announcement that was bulletined at 8 o’clock Monday night at the passenger depot and one that told the story of the complete demoralization of passenger traffic. Neither did any trains arrive from the east since Monday morning excepting train No. 3, known as Pacific express, which arrived at Tyrone eleven hours late on the regular schedule. The train had heen snowbound at Elizabethtown, seventeen miles west of Lancaster. Four coaches constituted the train and it was started over the Pittsburg division on the schedule of train No. 1, drawn by four locomotives. It had only proceeded as far as Allegrippus, nine miles west of Altoona. when it plunged into a second drift and was held fast, notwith- standing the: repeated efforts of the engi- neers of the train to extricate it. The Johnstown accommodation train, which left Altoona immediately after fast line, was also drifted in at nearly the same point. The passengers of the train stuck in the snow at Allegrippus were brought to Al- toona on Philadelphia express. The limited express, mail, fast mail, Pittsburg express and fast line were all caught in the storm eastof Philadelphia and were annulled on the Middle division, as were St. Louis express, oyster express, western express and southwestern express. Traffic all day Tuesday was almost entire- ly suspended although heroic efforts were made to keep the lines open. From the west, mail express was the last train to reach Altoona before midnight Mon- day. It came in forty minutes late and was promptly annulled over the Middle divis- ion, - general superintendent Wallis decid- ing not to attempt to move any trains while the storm raged so fiercely. The passenger depot in Altoona resem:- bled astorage shed Monday night, because of the variety of coaches contained in it, they ranging from the dirty looking express car to the palatial Pullman palace car of the famous Pennsylvania limited express. Great piles of snow were arranged at inter- vals in the depot sheds which imparted to the appearance which it actually represent- ed—that of a tied-up. passenger service. Travelers on the Pennsylvania limited were | taken care of at the Logan House during Monday afternoon and night. On the branch railroad trains were run- ning on disarranged schedules occasioned by snow drifts and slippery rails. Storm Paralyzed Business at Harrisburg. HARRISBURG, Feb. 13.—The snow storm has paralyzed business in Harrisburg. The street car lines are closed and not a passenger train has arrived or left the city since noon. All the passenger trains on the Pennsylvania railroad between Phila- delphia and Pittsburg have heen annulled. Traffic has been suspended on the Philadel- phia and Reading and other railways cen- tring in the city. Atlantic express reached here at 1 o'clock this afternoon from Pittsburg and has since heen side- tracked in the railroad station. A locomo- tive is attached to either end of the train to keep steam in the cars. Many of the passengers left the train and are spending the night at the hotels. Only one train has reached here all day from Philadel phia and that arrived eight hours late. Freight travel on the Pennsylvania rail- road is paralyzed and all the stock has been unloaded at the city stock yards. There is much suffering atrong the poor of the city. The Harrisburg Benevolent association has issued a special appeal to the people to con- tribute coal for the use of the poor. The schools were closed to-day on account of the inability of janitors to heat the build- ings. Many of the stores closed at noon on account of the lack of trade. The snow is drifting and in somie places it is ten and twelve feet deep. It is not as cold to- night as it was during the day, although it was still snowing at 10 o’clock. Nine Killed by an Avalanche. DENVER, Feb. 12.—An entire Italian colony was swept out of existence this morning at Silver Plume. An avalanche descended north of the town and buried six families. The number of dead and missing is placed at fourteen. Six bodies have been recov- ered. The place is inhabited by miners who work leased properties. The avalanche started at 8:30 o’clock this morning, and in its course swept by the Cory shaft house, carrying off the machinery and a boarding house on the side of Pelican Gulch, some 500 feet above Cherokee. On toward the little settlement at the base of the mount- ain the avalanche rushed. From the town it looked as if the whole side of the mountain was dropping into the valley. Snow was thrown toa height of hundreds of feet in masses that resembled the smoke from a forest fire. 0 EE | Thorough Blizzard in New York. NEW York. Feb. 13.—The storm which has been raging since Saturday night in- creased in violence to-day, becoming a thorough blizzard. Snow fell al] day and is still coming down. A bitter northwest wind drives the snow in clouds through the streets, sweeping the sidewalks bare in some places and in others piling up three feet snow drifts. The street cleaning de- partinent, after struggling for thirty-six hours to clear the principal streets, gave up entirely, even surrendering Broad way to the wind and snow. The surface railroads run snow plows over the road at intervals and maintain a service, but the cars are not heated and are not well patronized. The elevated roads are running, but trains pay no attention to schedule time. In the sub- urbs, where the winds have free sweep, the drifts are five to ten [eet high. Street rail- roads have stopped altogether and suburban steam railroads are blocked. Many neigh- boring towns are cut off from New York al- together. Few trucks and delivery wag- ons were seen on the streets to-day. Few persons ventured from their homes to-day unless obliged to doso. Courts had to be closed because of the cold and the special Lincoln Day matinees at the theatres were slimly attended. To-day was a legal holiday with the banks and exchanges and an enforced one in the business districts generally. As there were no shoppers the big stores closed their doors and sent the clerks home. To- night the streets, even in the theatre dis- trict, are almost deserted. ' The snow fall in New York this month has been nearly two feet, or more than the entire fall for last winter. Complete Demoralization of Railroad Service. READING, Pa., Feb. 13.—Everything in the way of railway and railroad service is still completely demoralized. Reading is shut off from the outside world and there are thirty inches of snow on the level. A coal famine is threatened among industries and householders. J. G. Mohn & Bros. hat factory, employing nearly 200 hands, was destroyed by fire to-night while the blizzard was at its greatest fury. The cause is unknown. Loss, $90,000; partial- ly insured. Great Democratic Victory. The Party Forces the Postponement of the McCarrel Jury Bill—Congressman Sibley Shows up—His Ef forts to Work Against the Party's Interests Fail— Colonel Guffey’s Splendid Management of the Bat- tle at Harrisburg—The Story of the Past Week in the Political Drama Being Enacted at the State Capital. Harrisburg, Feb. 13.—Last week was an exciting one in legislative circles. It witnessed several new triumphs for the Democratic party and for its able leader, Colonel! James M. Guffey. The most striking episode was the post- ponement of the McCarrell jury bill un- til March 21 next. This fixes consider- ation of the bill beyond the date set for the trial of Matthew Stanley Quay. It is needless to say that this result was brought around by the Democracy working in harmony with the independ- ent Republicans. Much of the legis- lative and parliamentary victory on the floor of the house was due to such able leaders as Dixon of Elk, Creasy of Columbia, Fow of Philadelphia and Haag and O’Brien of Schuylkill. It is to be regretted also that 17 Democrats voted against postponing action and practically in favor of the bill, the main object of which is to help Quay. STORY OF THE FIGHT. The fight over this bill, which was the most notable of the session, occur- red between 5 and 7 o’clock last Thurs- i day night. It was the policy of the Democrats and independent Republi- cans to fight by means of filibustering tactics, but the action of the Philadel- phia judge in postponing the date of Quay’s trial from Feb. 20 to Feb. 27 in- terfered with this plan. It was dis- covered that it would be impossible to hold up legislation until Feb. 27 by fil- ibustering, although there is now and will continue to bc a popular belief that any means that could be used to defeat this measure would be perfectly justifiable. * A count of noses was held on Wednesday, and it was decided to let the bill come up in regular order the next day and make the issue then. Accordingly when it came up Repre- sentative McElhaney, of the indepen- dent Republicans, made a speech against it, and then George R. Dixon, of Elk, one of the ablest Democrats in house or senate, made a magnificent speech of nearly 20 minutes on the measure. In substance he denounced the bill as a fraud, with fraud written all over it. He declared that its sole purpose was to assist one man, and for this end it had been rushed through the senate and over into the house with lightning speed. The necessity for rail- roading the bill through was that the trial of Senator Quay came off about the 27th of the month and it was to make the law effective in his case that the bill was being rushed. He directed attention to the fact that laboring men had been beguiled by cunning tongues, who told them this bill would help them in certain trials for misdemeanor. This also was fraud, because it would do nothing of the kind. At the close of his remarks he moved that further action on the bill be postponed until March 21. QUAY CROWD SURPRISED. This sudden action was a surprise to the Quayites. They had not anticipated it, and immediately began asking for more time to consider the bill. They pleaded for the house to take a recess until 8 o’clock at night that the mem- bers might more thoroughly under- stand so important a measure. The Democrats and independents pointed out that this action in asking for more time was in strange contrast with the actions of Quay’s friends in rushing the bill through to this point. They refused to grant more time. The vote was taken to postpone and it was carried by the close margin of 93 ayes to 92 nays. The Democrats who voted with the Quay Republicans against postponing the bill were as as follows: Anderson of Schuylkill. Boyle of Luzerne. Christman of Columbia. Cole of Adams. Constein of Schuylkill. Duttera of Adams. Guenther of Schuylkill. Hoy of Clarion. Keegan of Fayette. Kaylor of York. Rosenberry of Montgomery. Kayler of York. Skinner of Fulton. Smith of Clinton. Spatz of Berks. Tighe of Luzerne. Timlin of Lackawanna.
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