VOL. LX VI. CAPITOL GOSSIP NEWS OF A WEEK AT THE NA- TION'S CAPITOL. Senator Chandler Throws a Brick at the Steamship Lobbyists, ~Tredsurer Fos. ter's Report Ready, WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. Chandler is developing a tendency throw oratorical bricks around with all the earelessness which character- ized the sensational Congressional ca- reer of Benjamin F. Butler, While speaking in favor of the National Quarantine bill Mr. Chandler made few remarks about the relations exist- ing between Secretary Foster and oth- er Treasury officials and the North German Lloyd Steamship Co. agents of whieh have been in Wash- ington since the session began for the purpose of preventing legislation for the suspension of immigration. He also had something spicy to say about the courtesies extended by the Steamship Company to the prominent newspaper men who compose ti Gridiron Club. Here the exsac words of his arraignment of Secretary Foster and Assistant See, Spaulding, and many consider it strong enough to call for an investigation. If it true Chandler should apologize; is true Foster should be impeached. “This North German Lloyd Steam-| Co.,” said Senator Chandler in speech, “is the favorite route of Secretary of the Treasury and the sistant Sec. of the Treasury and Commissioner of Immigration other Treasury officials when they abroad, and the company is very Kind to them. It always gives them the best of accommodations, and if y find themselves lacking money they are on the other side and gress has been negligent in iding themeans for their transit their support over there, it loans them mon- ey.) I very evident Mr. Chandler's plain and unmist: language that he believes the repu can officials whose duty it is to inf the present immigmtion law hav been bribed by this Steamship ( neglect their sworn duties, and he thinks some prominent Washing ton correspondents in the boat. The speech has cansed a sensation in Washington, class of newspaper correspondents entirely too numerous—who m practice of placing themselves under obligations for favors received from any who choose to offer them are high- ly indignant; but all the same it fact that no correspondent write disagreeable things, even though he knows them to be true, about thos he is under obligations to. That speech hits a good many of them ina tender spot, and it hurts. Some papers will not allow their correspondents hore accept costly courtesies, and the soon- er they all get on that basis the for all concerned. The House is not losing any with the Appropriation bill the reassembling of Congress it has disposed of two of them—the Fortifl- cation, and the District Senator LO i the sane Ie are { isn’t i NM his the As f ¥ ana ne oy ¢} w hie Con- it i prov and 1 is from sia bie oO. tat 3 90 3 SHine great thin tf that 3 nna 1. ‘ ERE 0 $ i= is apt to + tO better | time Since mittee expect to get that stateinent from Secretary Foster of the condition of the Treasury up to and including December 3lst, some time week. at all free delivery offices, but ed to include Bureau chiefs in the Government Departments ing office. It is expected that this or- der will keep between 6,000 and 8,000 republicans in office under the demo- cratic administration, but if publican post masters the example of | followed and a few thousand erats be put in before the Civil Service | Commission holds examination and! prepares its list of eligibles. The House Committee which been engaged for several months in in- vestigating the Reading coal combine has completed the taking of testimony and is now at work on its report. It is believed that the Committee will re- rt that the main allegations coneern- ng the gomhine have been fully subse stantinted hy the evidence taken; also that the Constitutional right of Cone gros to legislate of the subject will be affirmed, and that certain legislation, probably In the shape of an amend. ment to the Interstate Commerce Law will be recommended. The World's Fair people are after another appropriation from Congress. This ime the amount wanted exceeds for judges, $20,000 37,400 tor deficien- is that the and that they | pression in | amounts are too large i will be cut before they get through. Andrew Jackson day falling on Bun- | day this year was eelebrated twice by | of this city, | Congress | democratic associations once on Saturday and again today. Both celebrations were dinners, at | | both of which many democratic con- grossmen were guests and speakers. Wy - Tours to California, Florida, &¢, vis P.R.R. For people contemp lating either ex- tended or limited pleasure jaunts duor- ing the winter and spring of the new year, an inspection of the Pennsylvan- ia Radiroad Company's announcement of its personally conducted tours will prove of great assistance. As far as territory covered is concerned, the first in importance is the series to the Gold- en Gate and Pacific Coast points, starting from New York and Philadel- phia February 8th, March 2d and 20th. The same liberal provisions accorded as to conditions and use of | will in effect for these last year, tickets, tours. A series of be five will be run to Flori- January 31st, February 14th and 25th, March 14th and 28th. The rates of $50 from New York, $48 from Phila delphia, Harrisburg and Washington, and proportionate rates from other points, cover all necessary expenses en | route in both directions. Tickets for | the first four tours will admit of a stay | of two weeks in the flowery State, and | for the fifth until May 30th. There will be a series of six to Wash- | ington, D. C., each covering a period | of three days—January 19th, February Sth, March 23d, April 15th, May 4th The rates of $13 from New York, and $11 from Philadelphia and Wilmington, and proportionate rates from other places, include railroad fare and hotel accommodations during the stay in the capitol. For information and itineraries application should be made to Tourist Agents, 549 Broad- New York, and 233 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, or Ticket Agents of the Penna. Railroad Company. pe da- and 25th. Way, Just About Girls, The flying | curls has a sue autumn girl with her wasor who is clothed in such huge garments that wonders ever saw that | big three-decker cape and peaked hat | before. Then after while one | remembers an old fashioned picture of | a demure little maid who captured the | ironical hearts of dignified puritans | ago. his winter girl is as dear and nice! as any of her three Of | course the summer girl always march- | of the others with her love of a| the autumn girl in her gown and befeathered hat, fur trimmed winter girl al-| ways will step aside for the suniner! She has many things in her fa- | Yachting, moonlight strolls, hammocks swung beneath a canopy sreen foliage, camp fires, hundreds | of opportunities to be seen against a plessing background that brings out a girl's grace and loveliness. But her curls! She is the humble subject of a stern sovereign. A meek little nothing in the shape of a curling iron holds her in bondage. Atl every proposal (it is conceded that summer girls have stacks of them) she is in a desperate state of suspense as to the curliness of her bangs. Now lhat is where the winter girl has the advantage. She can “frizzle’ her whole head of hair, bunch it to- gether with a silver hair pin and look Then, too, one must remeth- | ber her pretty red cheeks which wear If it were not that { kind of a glow how could one account ne where in the world one a long years and years one sisters, es a few paces ahead Fhe spring maid, ‘ suopping and the girk VOT. on her pose? Why cannot one's cheeks get rosy without one's nose as- suming such a fiery hue? fl Fleetrie Bitters. This remedy Is becoming so well | known and so popular as to need no { special mention. All who have used | Electric Bitters sing the same song of | prajse.—A purer medicine does not ex- ist and it js guaranteed to do all that is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all dicenses of the Liver and Kidneys, will remove Pimples, Boils, Halt Rbeum and other affections caused by impure blood. Will drive Malaria from the system and prevent as well ne cure all Malarinl fovers.—For cure of Headache, Constipation and Indi- gestion try Electric Bitters. Entire satisfaction guaranteed, or money re- funded. —Prioe 50 cots, and $1.00 per bottle at J, D. Murray's Drug Store, BRS A Hielghing Good, Nlelghing Is good, but thin-—only the cold weather prevents its spoiling. Monday there was about one inch of snow, Tuesday was bright but cold. The cold spell has now Tasted nently fous weeks, | § 9 HICKS ON THE WEATHER, Opening Mont of the Year, A regular storm period is central on | ance of a marked and violent type. Th2 Venus Equinox, at its erisis, will | blend with that of mereury, which | central on the 4th, to prolong and | greatly intensify the disturbance is | nor- 1st and the sth, | Southerly regions will be visited by | rain and wind storms, with winter thunder, while northerly sections will | have rain, turning violently and rap- idly into destructive sleet and blizzards, | We will name the 2d to the 5th as cen- | tral danger days, and admonish all whose business requires personal ex- posure, ull proper fulness and about Blizzards with sweeping winds and snow blockades are very apt to prevail in all parts of the country subject to such visitations. About if not quite, the coldest wave of the winter is liable to follow during the disturbance of this period, and to nominate the whole | up to the reactionary changes about the Sth and 9th. Renewed cold will the reactionary storms, The next regular period is from the 13th to the 15th. This period will still | contain some of the Venus power and characteristics. Look for a return heavy storms of rain and snow | pe riod, and be fully prepared, | fore, for very great cold to attend | follow after the If there be a reaction from the gr cold to follow the storms of the period, it will come on and about 20th or 2ist, in which event there be more and the lar rush of cold follow to exercise watch. | on these dates, days following follow | ia of at any as be and storms. ory a 4 wi i HT will rain aud snow, will regu. promptly { regular up to thie entrance of the next storm period. About the 24th of the will Southerly rising temperature, with perhaps considera. ble thawing, will admonish of proaching storms. The danger 24th to h. The inevitable wave will come in behind indications month winds and ap- days cold regu- igs ty s these about the last day of the month. EE Still Bedfast. Kline, of Daniel wirat Last Friday week who lives about one mile Old Fort, was out in the Oa the woods on the pro? paratory to hauling them he injured himself in the while placing the last log on the and fell over was working away, back in some way wag. He remained Uneonscious. alone, and he three He man- weon was unable to walk and in some ner got hold of the trace: horse and in this way was dragged to the half mile. He received a severe sprain of the back and has been unable to leave his bad of a fe Frost Has Strack Deep The frost of the last two weeks entered the earth in all directions in this region, as deeply as it ever known to penetrate, and as a conse quence the claim put forward by a nat- uralist, destruction to bugs and bug eggs must be enormous. The effect of | this on orchards and vineyards, will! be very beneficial to their growths, and therefore next season's fruit crop | ought to be large. However there is| so much conflicting opinion on this | subject as to render it impossible to de- | cide which is correct. Whatever will | assure a large crop is always welcome to lovers of such luxuries who are ready to endure any amount af cald, to be asgured a good crop of fruit of every kind, has was Ap An Old Couple to Separate, It is very singular for 8 man and wife to live together, and bear each others burdens and share life's ups and downs, from the young to the advanced age of 73 and 75 respectively—at the very brink of closing their eyes to this world forever, to sleep their everlasting sleep part this life once for all, in a divorced state, but such is the case of Wm. Dont, and his wife Mrs, Nancy, Dent, of Driftwood. For some reason, yet unknown to the public, Mr Dent commenced the course of law to release him from this holy, sacred tie. The case is yot pending. —Emporium Keho . A REOENT estimate places the amount of standing timber in the State The motion of the earth around the sun is 68,306 miles an hour; over 1,000 miles a minute or 19 miles a second. The fleece of ten goats and the work of several men far half a year are re quired to make a genuine cashmere shawl a yard and a half wide, mn I MM Ar _—Wanted, pork, apples, potatoes, corn, ete, ( [STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE OF A PROMINENT FARMER. Adam Krumrine, of Tusseyville, Lefi Home Ten Days Ago and Has not Heturned, Ad- are very much worried over the strange { and peculiar disappearance of that gen- | tleman, and of whom up to date, clue to his whereabouts can be obtain- ed, The circumstances of the strange case as gleaned by a reporter of the dis- appearance of Mr, Krumrine, On Tuesdny morning, uary 3, he left his house, which Is ly a short distance west of SBwartz's store at Tusseyville, and started for barn, when he met the hired and told him that be intended going | to Bellefonte that morning legal | business and would probably remain The eitizens and family of Mr. Ho are as Jan- 9 Ol- boy Of away from home for two or three days, | he did not apprise his family, and told he boy to inform them of it. It was Mr. Kfumrine's intenslon to walk to Gregg station and there board the train for Bellefonte, but 18 Is not positively known that he did so, and passengers aboard the train that morn- having seen Mr. Krumrine on the train. But however he managed to get to Bellefonte on Puesday in some manner, and register- edd ing do not recollect The same afternoon, Samuel 1). Geltig, Esq., a former resident of Pot- ter and neighbor of Mr. Krumrine, him in Milesburg, and engaged him in conversation. was first supposed that in day. township RAW his from his home to Gregg station, and | his death his not board. train as intended, but ing Bellefonte the same explodes that theory. abouts that he had met some means, owing to ing the fae ween in das Not returning home at the designat- | ed time his family became very aver continued and an effort made to trace but without success, worried his absence 1 his and up to Wednesday evening the time of was wherebouts, this as deep as ever and Mr. Krumrine has not returned. . Krumrine is a very popular and and his abe much disappointment family and friends, | many, and the Re- that his absence be satisfactorily explained when he returns, Mauy the rumors flying as to the strange disap pearance f Mr. but they are all un- Of ) agreeable gentleman, f i ‘Ce is the cause © and worry to his of whom there are FORTER is confident i%1 Wiis are Kr tory. Hmrine, “i 1uly M emi — ELECTORS MEET. Ox MONDAY last the electors met at the capitols of their respective states and cast their votes for president and | vice president, as prescribed by law. Congress is required to be in joint ses- | o'clock on the second Wednesday in! February, after the meeting of the | electors, which will be February 8. Meanwhile each body will have ap- | pointed two tellers whose duty it will! ibe to read the vote, A few moments t : i i The president of the senate will pre. | side over the joint assembly, with the speaker of the house sitting at his left. | The certificates will then be opened by the president of the senate in the al. phabetical order of the states, and handed to the tellers, who will read them and note the result, It is possible that objection may be raised to some of the votes from the states of California, Kansas, Miahigan, Ohlo, and Oregon, and in thig event the Jaw provides that the two houses shall separate to consider the objec tions, and report their findings. The count cannot proceed until each objec tion has been disposed, ARS ——— Union County Deaths. In Hartley township, on the 20th of December, Lydia, wife of Mr. Calvin King, aged about 23 years. In East Buffalo township, on the 27th of December, Michael Wolfe, aged about 60 years. At Bwengel, on the 30th December, Clarissa, wife of Mr. Jesse Thompson, aged 86 years, 5 months and 20 days. And three days later, on January 2nd, 1893, the latter, Jesse Thompson, aged 8) years, 8 months and 1 day, An ley Blast, Gee Wheeze! but Tuesday had an icy blast in spite of the bright sun that shone. We suppose we came as near an arctic winter it is rE nnsylvania, takin three "& Be? Will Be Put to Work, Niagara Falls, the power in the world, loafing for ages, work. For more than fifty has beer put t which will soon be agara.’’ true, sure, Well, the dream Niagara is in harness, the trace To be chains have dustry, but the collar and hames, bridle and bit are in ready for the come. The greatest cataract world has been subdued, It is estimated that the total power of the great waterfall is equal to that | of 15,000,000 horses. To any | has seen its mighty volume not seem absurd, The present scheme will only utilize less than one hun- dredth of that vast wasting force, but it may be stretched in the future to as great a length as may be made Power from Niagara will mitted to Buffalo and other eities and | the village of Niagara, it is predicted, i will become one of the facturing The first attempt to utilize the ter power of Niagara Falls was made by Horace A. Dey, who in 1850 built the old Hydraulic Canal running from above the rapids what known as Shoelkopls Mills brink of the cataract. This canal charge position and strain when it of the who does one this useful, trans i Lie greatest manus seats, Wa io are now Oh tis # Ils water into wheelpits only 60 fect deep, which in turn discharge at a point more than 100 f level of the river the falls, { that more than three quarters of the possible force is wasted. The draulic Canal gives in only eet above the below =O about 6.- 000 available horse power. The new method is the | ple differently | been cut from above sare applied, A the rapids Dey’s plan; but it runs only distance before 120 prinei- has in short pits, fall obtained, height canal HE a the slicer reaches A it feet deep. great as the 1 of the falls, WA - The Columbus Stamps. Stamps in fifteen different values (iovern- Note to commemo- year. The taken from work of 0 the ment by the American Bank rate the Columbian de- noted printing mostly | paintings, and the will go on sale January 1st for will a withdrawn the * slamps: year, from technichal when they be use. This is general One-cent Land,” in after the painting by On the left with her child, “Columbus sight of William Indian on headdress is an | WOman and with Color, | ting posture, Antwerpt blue. Two-cent—* Landing of Columbus,” Color, purple maroon. Threecont—"Flagship of Colum. the Santa Maris in mid ocean from a Spanish engraving. Color, medium shade of green, Four-cent—*"Fleet of Columbus,’ the three caravals, Santa Maria, Pin- | | ta and Nina, in mid-ocean, from a | Spanish engraving. Color, ultra-ma-| rine blue. Fivewent—"Columbus Soliciting | by Brozik in the Metropolitan muse- | um of art. Color, chocolate brown. A MADRE Costly Oversight. By failing to appeal from the Audi- tors’ report within the required time, James E. Conway, tax collector of | Dersy township, is compelled to repay $575, with two years’ interest, to Dersy township school district. The suit was tried last week before Judge White, who held that if the Auditors’ report was properly made then the collector must abide with it, he failing to take an appeal at tse proper time, Mr. Con- way had not all his receipts before the Auditors, hence he fails to get credit for all he paid, and his negligence in not appealing from audit at the proper time costs him over $600. His receipts will fully show to the disinterested person that he had paid every dollar he owed the township, but there seems to be no way of going back of the retuns, and the audit must stand. This may be law but it is hardly justice as the township will be just $666, the amount of the verdict, ahead and the Collector will be out that sum-— Westmordland Democrat. A AMO A, Slightly So. There is an engineer on the Pennayl- vania railroad whose run is between Altoona and Harrisburg, who is so superstitious that he keeps a four-leafod clover in his watch case constantly and for | has a horseshoe hanging in his cab, | ow . NO. 2. PENNSY'S LABOR MOVE The Company, It Is Reported, the Unlons ) Wil Fight ’ nn I'he Pennsylvania Railroad Compa- ny, it is claimed, has openly declared war on all organized labor. At In- dianapolis on Sunday morning Oran Perry, city freight agent, summoned the freight handlers before him, salut- {ing them with the remark: “All of {You who desire to remain with the company instead of the union will walk to this side of the room.” Fifteen did so and five refused. “I do not want to misunder- stood,” continued Col. Perry. “This company will not furnish bread and butter to men who are likely to prove unfaithful to it. You cannot be loyal to the company and to your union, and if you prefer the union to the com- pany that pays you vour wages, and good. It matters, » be well is not to You five men are dis- charged, and you will get your pay at urn to work, work and shall not hile I am The company reserves the right to conduet its own business and, while I am doing this of my own cord, I am satisfied my superior offi- { cers will find no fault with it.” Altogether there were union men. necessary mitice The others can ret but they belong to the union. be a union freight in charge. Once. cannot continue to This 14 house w ny AO twenty-three Ten were discharged and the remainder withdrew 101. fr il om the un- It leaks out in connection with the Pennsylvania Central affairs, that where there were nine members of the Order of Railway Tele graphers on the Indianapolis division three weeks ago, but three are left, and those missal within twenty-four expect dis- hours, a THE OLDEST PRESS The First Possession of the Reporter, The original Ramage han which the Lycoming tu printed in 1501, till and is the property publisher of the CexTis PORTER. It was brought port in the first year and was used in printing for many years. Finally acquired it, and even at it occasionally hand bills. It is a relic worthy of ex- hibition the World's ~Wil- liamsport Gazette & Bulls This press is still made in the RErorTER office i tain class of work. Ale are {wo other presses, Press in Williamsport Now in 1 press on fe was first is = existence, Fred Kurtz, Hari Re- oo Williams the tt of of century, se Gazette Mr. Kurtz this late day is for printing sen] al Fair. - Lik to do i ng service t i doing a cer- of it and a The of in side a power press for newspaper work. latter gives d fair idea, the old press, of the improvement printing machinery since 1801. jobber along side i Fire at MeVeytowm Sunday morning about three o'clock a fire broke out in Rides’ bakery, occu- pying part of the old hotel property, corner of the publicsquare, in Me-Vey- town, and before the flames could be got under control five buildings were burned and one torn down to prevent the progress of the fire. Seven fami- | lies and business people were burned j out, the only insurance being $300 on | Baker Sides’ furniture, the $500 insur- {ance on the building being held by the { MeVeytown bank, which sold the | property to Sides some months since. | There being no fire apparatus in the town, the people were greatly excited, but worked heroically to subdue the fire by buckets and other appliances, { The losses are: W. H. McClelland, [tin store; Willis Monbeck, dwelling; | Mary Ann Beatty, dwelling; Gotlieb | Sides, bakery and dwelling; James | Penepacker, dwelling; Oliver Hoster- { man, dwelling; J. W. Bortel, shop torn (down to save his dwelling adjoining, The loss is estimatetl at $6,000. Most | of the unfortunates lost everything. A MS Tue liquor law which is to go into effect in South Carolina on July 1 next will be stringent. It prohibits the manufacture, sale, barter or exchange, or the keeping and offering for sale, barter or exchange, of any spiritous, malt, vinous, fermented or other intox- feating liquors, or any compound or mixture thereof. State agents, how- ever, will be empowered to sell liquor, but under such close restrictions as will put it out of the power of most people to buy. i A Sort of Second Sight. Duncannon is the home of a woman who can readily thread a needle with- out the aid of glasses, although she has reached the advanced age of Ninety years, j A AA I ro KANSAS is to elect a fusion. Democrat to the U, 8. Senate, = New Yom will elect Mr. Mi
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