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The Jrtb department of the Pkksk isccmplele <*nrl i.ffi.rds facilities for dointf the best class of • Tk. P A K'l KULAII ATTENTION PAID TO LAW Pbintino. No paper will be discontinued until arrear • sc r s arc paid, except at the option of the pub lisher. Papers sent out of the county must be paid for in advance. 'Stuart Kobson, the actor, was once a page in the United State senate, his appointment having been due to the ■efforts of such distinguished southern ers as John C. Calhoun, Jefferson Da vis, Henry Clay, Robert Toombs and Alexander Stephens. Prof. Charles P. Thwlng. of the Western reserve university, is a great advocate of foot ball, affirming that it is a very important function in the moral training of young men who are passing through a college curriculum, for a number of reasons. Isaiah T. Montgomery, of Mound Bayou, Miss., is the only colored may or in the United States. He is the wealthiest man in the city named, and indeed owns nearly the whole place. Montgomery was born a slave on the plantation of Jefferson Davis. The curious sight may be seen in Do ver, England, of a young tree growing out of a high mill-chimney in a public thoroughfare. Notwithstanding its extraordinary position, the tree has grown two or three feet high. It is be lieved to have its root in an old nest. A bronze statue of Theodore Parker, heroic in size, has been placed on the lawn of the First parish (Unitarian) church at. West Roxbury by that so ciety, of which Mr. Parker was the pas tor when it worshiped in the old meet ing-house on Center street, near South, in West Roxbury. The owner of a tannery in which hu man skins are sometimes tanned as a matter of accommodation states that in tanning the skin of a Negro a very delicate cuticle peels off, leaving tne ;kin identical with that of a white man. This refutes the assertion that the Ne gro's color is even "skin deep." The extension of the use of electrici ty in British warships, in place of steam, for subsidiary purposes, is to be made the subject of a series of ex perimental tests in November. At the present time the capstan, steering en gines, ventilating fans and derrick hoists are worked by steam power. Tom Lawson, the Boston plunger, will never goto the poor house, no matter what end the present raids have. Some time ago he bought life insurance annuities which pay to him and his wife during his life SIOO a week. These annuities are so fixed that even Lawson himself can not touch the principal. Mayor Jerome Dewitt, of Bingham ton, N. V., is doing such a thriving business in marrying couples eloping from Pennsylvania that he has estab lished two of his office employes, a man and a young woman, as perma nent best man and bridesmaid, re spectively, so as to give future cou ples all the comforts of a home wed ding. A stone-cutter who was working on the new medical building of Cornell university suddenly fell dead from ar senic poisoning, the arsenic being in the stone on which he was working. Poisoning by inhalntion of arsenic is not uncommon. Many cases have been reported in infants, the source of pois oning being the green coloring in wall paper. Having looked critically over tae •autographs of 200 noted men, a writer in the New York Press asserts that the dot over the"i" is sadly neglected. Even the late president was not partic ular in this respect. He did usually dot the"i" in McKinley, but rarely squandered a speck of ink on either of the two "i's" in William. To do sc ■would have necessitated going back too far. John t>. Rockefeller is following the example of Glandstone and chopping wood as exercise on his road to health at his country seat in Pocantico hills. Mrs. Rockefeller herself looks after *ihe prepartion of her husband's meals. The latter can hardly eat a full meal as yet, for he is suffering consid erably from indigestion. Besides his "woodchopping Mr. Rockefeller exer cises with dutasbells and in outdoor 'walking. The modeling and carving of an im mense frieze on the Stanford univer sity memorial arch marks the comple tion of a colossal undertaking in sculpture. The arch is over one hun dred feet high, and is built ot San Jose limestone; running around it at a height of eighty feet is the frieze, il lustrating American civilization. The total length of the frieze on the four sides of the structure is 2M2 feet; it? height Is twelve feet. It contains 15C heroic figures in high relief. AGRICULTURAL PROSPERITY. Uetter Conditions Which Followed Hepublicun Tariff l.cifinlll tlon in IN#:, The New York World, which is far away from the real farmer, takes a rosy view of the general prosperity of those who are engaged in agricul ture. These are, in fact, the most prosperous times that farmers have ever seen, all things considered. Everything they have to sell brings good prices in cash. There has not been a season in many years when all the products of the farm have brought better prices. The World, however, is somewhat in error when it declares that the short corn crop is better for the farmer than a full one. This statement is made upon the assumption that the farmer takes to market every bushel of corn that lie raises. If such were the case the assumption that the short crop will put more dollars into the farmers' pockets than a full one is true, since the price of corn falls to a low fig ure, as does every other staple, when the supply is greater than the de mand. Fortunately, now that Eu rope is learning the value of our corn, it is not possible that even in Kansas corn will be cheaper than coal for fuel, since then- will be a large export when prices are mod erate. There are few good farmers in the land who do not feed more corn than they sell. Now, when prices are so high, they must either feed what they have to keep their stock or dispose of their stock. If they do the tirst they will have no corn to sell at the high price, and if they sell their stock they will be obliged to restock their farms when the prices of stock are high and the price of corn low. So this old story that a small crop is worth more than a large one is not true, says the In dianapolis Journal. The World also says that land has advanced in value. This is true, and it is probably due to the fact that the universal prosperity of farmers dur ing the past four years has caused many men to turn to farming as one of the most profitable investments for small amounts of capital and for men who must depend upon their own labor. The market for the farm er is constantly broadening at home and abroad. The manufacturer meets sharp competition in every market in Europe, but as the years pass the greater is the dependence of Europe upon the agricultural prod ucts of the United States. The World also discovers that "there has been a sharp decline in : populistie oratory in Kansas, whose bank deposits are $87,000,000 and whose farmers' debts are rapidly be , ing paid." This is all due to the change which came with the inaug i uration of William McKinley and his | policies. He called congress tore- I vise the tariff; confidence came; in i dustries started up; there was a wider demand for the products of the j farm and as soon as the farmer ex perienced a larger demand he. had 1 money with which to purchase the | goods of the manufacturer. This prosperity has been growing for five : years, until i.t is now alluded to as ; an "abounding prosperity,'" with no signs of halting. No class is more ! prosperous than the farmers who can tide over short corn crops and olher small crops. Banks have sprung ; up all over the country, and farmers : who were borrowing money six years | ago and were discouraged now hare : bank accounts or the equivalent in better conditions. In the midst of this all-round prosperity which fol lowed the tariff legislation of 1597 j and the gold standard legislation of j the next year there are those, includ- I ing the New York World, demanding | that the present tariff be smashed! j Those who are making this demand | can never learn from experience, but men wlio are row prosperous on j farms and in factories will not for ' get the dark days that followed the ! smashing of the tariff am 181*4. COMMENT AND OPINION. ICTlSryan is now pleading in his pa per for the continuation of the fusion between the democrats and the popu lists. There are. no populists.—lowa State Register. ICThe calling of Gov. Shaw adds largely to the distinction of lowa in the councils of the nation. Jt may well be a matter of great pride to the people of this state that lowa has its standing at Washington under the merit sys tem. The men who have won their way to commanding influence have done so oy reason of thtir own strength, loyally supported by the re publicans at home. —Sioux City Jour nal. CTwo labor leaders publicly Apolo gized to Senator Hanna, in New York, at the conference to consider the labor question, for having misunderstood and misrepresented his attitude toward wage-earners and trades unions. It is easy to guess what these men think of newspapers and politicians who«» main stock in trade long seemed to be abuse of the Ohio senator «s a labor crusher and foe to labor organiza tions .—('!eveland Lcader. ICMr. Bryan used to tell his hear ers that republican success in the na tion meant, low prices for products. He even specified the figures, saying that under republican rule corn would sell for ten cents a bushel. Current quotations at over 70 cents per bushel furnish illuminating tes timony to Mr. Bryan's accuracy as a prophet. Troy Times. C?" Democrats will see that their party in the house is accepting the leadership of Mr. Bryan by opposing the Philippine policy, which, Mr. Bryan declares, must be the leading issue la l'jot.—lndiaaapolis Journal. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY i 6, 1902. TREASURY'S NEW HEAD. Prciiilrnl ItooNerelt'i Kirrllfnt Se lection of a Successor of Secretary Unite, President Roosevelt lias selected one of the forceful men of the coun try to succeed Secretary Gage, who has determined to retire from the treasury department, (lov. Leslie >l. Shaw, of lowa, who will accept the treasury portfolio after the expira tion of his present terin of office next month, is a strong man in every respect. He has the. hardy physique anil well-balanced mentality that are part of his heritage as a son of Ver mont, where he was born 54 years ago, combined with the <|iialitics which have developed during most of a lifetime spent in the west. He has the rugged virtues, the spotless in tegrity, the correctness of principle and the ready common sense which put him fairly among the class of men known as the Lincoln type, says the Troy Times. An incident which illustrates the character of the new secretary of the treasury is worthy of mention. Six years ago William J. Bryan delivered a speech at Denison, la., Mr. Shaw's home. The speech was a fervid ar gument for free silver and the other financial and economic heresies which Mr. liryan advocated. Mr. Shaw heard the address, and although he had never until then spoken in pub lic, he resolved to reply to the demo cratic leader. He did so, and the plain and pungent truths which he told effectively offset the utterances of Mr. Bryan. Mr. Shaw at once leaped to national prominence. The people saw lie was a man to be trust ed. He has twice been elected gov ernor of the state, and lias become known as one who not only holds the soundest views on great public ques tions, but has the capacity for pre senting them in a manner to con vince the doubting and expose the fallacies of those who oppose him. Gov. Shaw is no untried financier. Tie has long be»n the president of a national bank, and has business in terests in the conduct of which lie has shown marked ability and that faithfulness to right principles that he will carry into the administration of the affairs of the office which he is soon to fill. When lie becomes the head of the treasury department President Kooscvelt will have two lowa men in his cabinet. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson also being from that state. The great west is getting very substantial recognition in the government, and its repre sentatives at Washington are laking rank as men of the highest ability and acknowledged worth. BALKED ONCE MORE. The Free Truilem Ilellii«i'«'*' l •*" Hope of ii SiieccHHful Aoauult on Protection. The democratic newspapers liave abandoned for the time being their attempt to bring about a revision of the tariff at the present session ot con gress. They have, moreover, lost in terest in the question of reciproc v. This is because they have st. .. a new light. When the late I'resi.leii McKinley made his last speech, a iht Pan-American exposition, in Buffalo, the free traders thought they s:w a chance to drive an entering wiill-c. They twisted what Mr. McKinley s.ri into a declaration of free trade, and his statement that duties which vtre no longer needed for purposes of pro tection might be remitted was taken by them as evidence that he was rt atiy to abandon the entire protection I'.u - ory. Following up what they sni.l about the late president, they tried to make it appear that President Roose velt's St. Paul speech was a declaration in favor of free trade. Then they were encouraged to believe that a successful assault on protection could be made this winter. They think so no Tonger, says the Cleveland Leader. President Roosevelt's flat-footed dec laration in favor of protection in his message, and his further statement that reciprocity could only be encour aged when it is regarded as the hand maiden of protection has opened the. eyes of the free traders. They now see that it is idle to hope for tariff legislation at this session of congress, and it will not be surprising if the democrats in the senate line up in opposition to the ratification of the reciprocity treaties that are awaiting action by that body. That would be characteristically democratic and noth ing else can be expected. ICThc opponents of ship subsidies are not inclined even to try to answer Senator Hanna's two arguments in fa vor of the .system. The iirst of these is (hat American merchants are pay ing annually into the pockets of for eign shipowners the enormous sum of $200,000,000, which should be kept at home. The second argument is that European countries are now paying $28,000,000 a year in subsidies and are receiving value for their money, so that there is no thought of abolishing the system. Of course thereare plenty of other arguments in favor of the subsidy project. But these two are sufficient to confound the opposition. —'Troy Times. D'Mr. Bryan thinks the democrats in congress have greatly strength ened his party by the stand they took against the Philippine tariff bill. Perhaps they have, but. what good will it do if he is to come forward and spoil it.—lndianapolis News (ind.). Hanna still maintains that the merchant marine needs the encouragement of a subsidy, and he says that American labor will get a good share of the benefit. The sen ator is not a man to quit wher. he be lieves he is right.—Cleveland Leader. BURIED IN A MINE. Tors of Ore Fall Upon Unlucky Workmen. A IliMHHtrr nt tlic N«-«aiiliee Shalt In .tlleliluan lliat <auKen Heath to at Leant 13 Men—A Number ol AccttfeiitN In Pant Year* Kcealled. Negaunee, Mich., Jan. B. From 13 to 17 miners are thought to have lost their lives as the result of a cave-in at the bottom of the old Shaft at the Negaunee mine yesterday. The names of the dead so far as known are; William Williams, married. John Sullivan, single. John I'ascoe, single. John Pcarce. married. Jacob Hunlalla, married. Hunlalla's body lias been recov ered. Dominio Basso, an Italian, was rescued alive. His story is as folr lows: "We were sitting around the pump at the bottom of the shaft when, without warning, thousands of tons of ore came down. I remembered no more until I heard the sound of picks and shovels in the hands of the rescuers, and their shouts. When they found me 1 was in a drift 75 feet from the place where 1 had been sitting." •Hundreds of men «re at the mine, eager to help in the work of rescue, but it is thought the other bodies cannot be found within 24 hours. The Negaunee mine is considered one of the most unlucky properties in the Lake Superior district. Much trouble has resulted in sinking and drifting from surplus water and quicksands. It was at this mine that SIOO,OOO was recently expended to sink a shaft to the ledge. The steam pipes leading to the un derground pumps were so damaged that it would be impossible to oper ate the pumps even if they could be reached, and water is gathering rap idly in the shaft. The mechanics employed at the various other mines of the steel trust are getting other pumps in condition for operation, but it is problematical whether these can be put into com mission soon enough to prevent the water from flooding the mine. The flooding of the mine would result in great loss to the company and would necessitate a suspension of mining work for some time to come. A big force of rescuers working in relays is making desperate at tempts to get to the damaged level before the water reaches it. If the workmen are not rescued within the next ten or twelve hours all hope of getting them out alive will be abandoned. THE COST OF WAR. Ilocrw l.nM I s.ooo II IjHNt Year and I lie llritl*!i Halt That Number. London, Jan. B.—«A published re view of operations in South Africa during the past year, based upon of • tie-in 1 reports, gives an interesting | comparison of Boer and British : losses. The review says that the total ! reduction of the Boer forces, in j killed, wounded, taken prisoner and ! surrendered, amounts to 18.320 men. Out of this total only 7,993 rifles were secured. The captures of Boer am munition amount to 2,300,000 cart ridges. British columns are supposed to have taken all the Boer artillery, amounting to 27 guns exclusive of the two captured by Gen. De Wet at Zeefontein. During the last year a total of 29,882 horses were captured, while of other stock, such as cattle, oxen and sheep, 360,821 head were captured. The British casualties from actual fight in amounts to only half the those sustained by the Boers, name yly 9,113 men, of which 1,513 were taken prisoner, and have since been released. During the last year 4.090 men died of disease, 15 officers and 342 men were accidentally killed and 25,800 men were invalided home. HE THAWED DYNAMITE. A Terr Hie Kxplonlon at Wml Phila delphia t'aiiMCM the Death ol' a Keck- Icnh Watchman. Philadelphia, Jan. 8. —An explosion I of dynamite occurred Tuesday in a contractor's tool house beside the i Pennsylvania railroad tracks in West Philadelphia. "Doc" Mullen, a watch man, employed oy I'. Me.Manus, the contractor, was literally blown tc atoms, and a dozen persons living in the vicinity were cut by flying glass from the shattered windows of their j houses. A number of laborers employed by Me.Manus were at work making exca vations along the line of the rail road. The sticks of dynamite used j for blasting had been frozen and Mullen placed them near a stove in the hut to thaw out. The explosion i followed, killing Mullen instantly and j wrecking the shanty. The pavements for blocks were covered with broken j glass from the shattered window i panes of the dwellings. Twenty i empty passenger coaches standing j on a siding of the Pennsylvania rail way were damaged. None of the la borers were injured. The I'lrwt Real Work. St. Louis, Jan. B.—The first con struction work on the site of the Louisiana Purchase exposition and world's fair began Tuesday when the building of a new channel and sluice way to confine the river Des Peres was commenced. ! I'nclc Sam Haw N 1,000.000 children, Washington, Jan. B.—The census | bureau has issued a report announc j ing that the population of the entire ! United States, including all outlying possessions, was 84,233.069 in the cen sus year 1900. This is itemized as follows: Continental United States, or United States proper, 75,094,575, Philippines 6,961,339, being the esti mate of the statistician to the Phil ippine commission; Porto Rico 953,- 243, Hawaii 154,001, Alaska 63,592, Ciuam 9,000, \mcriean Samoa 6,100, persons in the military and naval service of the United States outride of the United States proper, 91,2 ii). PROMINENT DEMOCRATS. Tlirfi' ol Tin-ill (;iVf Advi.-e to I'lrtu* hern of Their Party. Xi'w Haven, Conn., Jan. 9.—.Tack son <lay was observed here last night by the New Haven Democratic club. William Jennings Bryan was a guest and chief speaker. More than 10? guests attended the banquet, which was held prior to a public meeting in Music hall. At the conclusion of the banquet Mr, iiryati was introduced. He said in part: "If I formed my opinion by what I read in the d:uly press I would come to the conclusion that there are not many democrats left. I can not in that way find out what is go ing on among the masses. It is ex tremely gratifying to me to find, by coming to you and to others, "that there are bands of men wno are hot disheartened by defeat —men who think more of having their party right in principles than to be merely successful. The democratic party has no right to exist except it has principles to exist for, and no prin ciple justifies the existence of a party unless it is a great principle. A principle that is not great enough to die for is not great enough to live for." At Music hall Mr. Bryan discussed a variety of problems under the gen eral head of "Civilization." It is impossible to suppress an archy, he said, by penal statute. It must be overcome by teaching the necessity of government and by mak ing the government so beneticient that men will be willing to die to pre serve and protect it. He denied that the. money question is a dead issue. Philadelphia. .lan. 9.—A small cir cle of the younger democratic law yers of this city observed Jackson day by giving a dinner la.st night at the Hotel Bellevue. Letters from ex- President Cleveland and ex-Senator David B. Hill were read, which pro voked considerable applause from the diners. Mr. Cleveland wrote: "I am glad to know that there are l at least 30 young democrats in i Philadelphia, who are unwilling to allow Jackson day to pass without recognition. "The inclination to neglect observ ' a nee of a day that has been so long and so strongly related to genuine democratic sentiments, may reason ably be counted among the afflictive j visitations that have lately weakened •ind depressed our party organiza tion. I hope the spirit of true Jack sonian democracy may pervade your celebration; and that its participants | may derive satisfaction and stimula tion from their efforts to revive and strengthen the principles and prac tices of our old time, honest, con* j sistent and aggressive democratic j faith." Senator Hill, In his letter, said: ! "Your letter has just reached me. I j give you this sentiment: A strict ; construction of the federal consti tution. No entangling alliances with foreign nations. Insistence upon the reserved rights of the states. Pub lic taxation for public purposes only. Opposition to monopolies and dan [ gerous combinations of capital. The | preservation of the personal liberty | of the citizen. No centralization, j H'jme rule for states and municipali ! ties. These are democratic principles | which survive all defeats and must ultimately triumph." Indianapolis, Jan. 9.—The annual ! Jackson day banquet was held here ; last night. Five hundred plates were ! laid. Among tnose present were Na ! tional Committeeman Taggart, many j state leaders and Mayor Hose, of Mil- J waukee, who made the principal j speech of the evening. The general expression was that t the silver issue is dead, and the party j must wage its tight against a colonial : policy anil in favor of a low tariff ■ and no trusts. Chicago. Jan. 9.—Six hundred demo* i crats attended the Jackson day ban quet which was held here last even ing. The main address was delivered by Judge Dunne, of Chicago, who de clared conditions were ripening that would need another Andrew Jackson I for their solution. Of these condi- I tions he said the tendency to cstab ' lisli another banking monopoly was the most alarming.- Judge D.iivne pre i dieted glorious things from the j democratic party in the next presi : dential campaign and urged all fac ! tions of the party to unite on the main issues. HIS BEST WITNESS. A Man Accused of" Tlurdrr fC\|io<tw to Prove an Alibi by Mean* ol" ti Pho nograph. •Chicago, Jan. 9.—A phonograpllic record of a story, which he says he told, is what Louis Thorns, under ar rest. on a charge of having murdered Minnie Larson during the night of December :i((, was advanced yester day as proof that he was not on the steamer Peerless the night the girl is said to have been slain and her weighted body sunk in the river. He declared that he spent most of the night with friends and that Al bert liistau, one of the party, had a phonograph into which they all talked. Ristau confirmed Thorns' story, but it was stated that the record of Thorns' story had been broken, as well as two others. It is said to be possible that, the wax j cylinder, which Thorns said was his best witness to prove an alibi, may be patched up sufficiently to show the truth or falsity of Thorns' story. (•orman'M I'ilrrtion Sec ium Certain. Annapolis, Mil.. Jan. 9.—Arthur Pue (liirinan and Chairman Murray Vandiver, of the democratic state central committee, were selected as the democratic nominees for United States senator and state treasurer respectively at the democratic caucus held last night. There were fit mem bers present, and as 61 are sufficient to elect on joint ballot, the question of the next United States senator and state treasurer is regarded as settled. The republicans nominated Congressman William iH. Jackson, of Wicomico county, for United States senutor, MET IN A TUNNEL. A Frightful Accident at New Yorlc City. A New York 4'rnlral Train Cru*he# Into a PaKtirnerr Train, CaiiNlus (he Heath of 15 Ffmoim and Injury to :iOOtlieri<-Sijiiiuli)' DUrruardi'd by KnKlucrr. New York, Jan. 9.—ln the NeW York Central railroad tunnel that burrows under Park avenue, this city, two local trains collided yes terday. Fifteen passengers were killed and twice that number were injured. A dozen of the latter were seriously liurt and the roster of the dead may be extended. It was n rear-end collision between, a South Nor walk local that ran in over the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad and was lialted by block signals at the southern en trance of the tunnel, and a White Plains local that came by the Har lem branch of the New York Cen tral. The trains were crowded by suburbanites. Most of the death, injury and dam ape was wrought by the engine of the White Plains train, which plunged into the rear car of the motionless train and was driven through to the middle of the car, smashing the seats and furnishings and splitting the sides as it moved forward. The vic tims either were mangled in the mass of wreckage carried on the pilot, crushed in the space between boiler and car sides, or scalded by steam which came hissing from brok en pipes and cylinders, 'yie en gine. in its final plunge of 40 feet, | carried the rear car forward and j sent twisted iron, broken timbers i and splinters crashing into the coach ahead. Lights were extinguished ' and from the wreckage and darkness j came the cries of the injured and ! calls for" assistance by those who escaped. Responsibility for the disaster is ' unfixed, but Superintendent Franklin I said that so far as he had been able to discover. John Wischo, engineer of j the White Plains train, is to blame. It. is declared that when the South j Norwalk train stopped a flagman j ran back into the tunnel, and, be j sides placing a torpedo on the track, [endeavored to flag the oncoming ] train. The tunnel was beclouded with I steam and smoke, while the snow, j which fell through the air shafts, j tended to obscure the view. Engineer ' Wischo and Fireman Christopher i Flynn were arrested. Superintendent Franklin haiissued ! a statement as to the accidwit, in ' which he declares tjiat the block sig i nals at Fifty-ninth street were | obeyed by the New Haven train, I while the engineer of the White I Plains train disregarded them. "The torpedo on the track went | off," said the superintendent, "but he | aid not stop, even though the fire man called to him to do so. The | system of block signals is such that it is a physical impossibility for a | signalman to make his light declare ( the track free if another train is on j the block." District Attorney Jerome visited J the wreck and examined many wit ; nesses. Hie state railway eommis | sion also announced its intention to j make an investigation and similar in -1 tent was expressed by the officers of both the New York Central road and ! the New York, New Haven & Hart } ford railroad. Residents of New Ro clielle contributed the largest num | ber to the casualty list because the j rear car of the South Norwalk train | was reserved for them. NAVAL HERO DIES. Commodore Hotter, Who .Hade n Bril liant Keeord, HUM frowned tlie Great ! Divide. Helvidere, 111., Jan. 9.—Commodore Edward Potter, retired, died from paralysis at his home in this city last evening. He was born at Medina, N. Y„ in is:!.'!. He was appointed from Roekford, 111., to the Annapolis academy in 1850 and served in the navy until his retirement as commo dore in 1895. At the Outbreak of the civil war Commodore Potter was with Admiral Schley on the steam frigate Niagara. When Capt. McLean learned that war had begun he gave the crew a chance to choose between the north and south. Potter anti Schley were the first to step to the Union side. Com modore Potter was sent to Ireland with the Constellation with provi sions to relieve the famine in 1880. He had command of the Norfolk navy yard during the world's fair, when foreign warships made it a rendez vous. HI is last command was the naval home in Philadelphia. His record during the civil war was a notable one. He had command of the ironclad Chippewa at the siege of Fort Fisher and while serving in the gulf squadron participated in the bombardment and the passage of Forts Jackson and Philip and the. capture of New Orleans. Adjourned t'lilll January '2l. Chicago, Jan. 9.—Owing to the ab sence of necessary witnesses the in quiry of the inter-state commerce commission into the workings of the "community of interests" plan of the railroads was yesterday postponed until January 24, and the commission adjourned to meet in Chicago at that, date. A I'a*try ConkS Crime. St. Etienne, France, Jan. 9.—A pas try cook named Tantale had a quar rel with his wife and killed her with a revolver, lie thrust her body into an oven, under which he lighted :i lire. lie then committed suicide. The calcined remains of the woman were found in the oven. Miller* Strike. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Jan. 9.—Seven hundred miners employed at the Hut ton wood colliery of the Parish Coal to. struck yesterday for the dis charge of some non-union men wL'ona the officials refused to dismiss.
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