THE NEWS, Fenton Rowley, formerly professor of Greek and Latin in Keystone University, Pennsylvania, is dead at Middle Grove, N.Y, Mrs, Catharine Perry, of Lubanon, prob- ably the oldest woman In Connectlout, is dead, aged 103 years and 9 months. * The reports of the two collectors at the extreme ends of the Erle Canal, Buffalo and Albany, show that there has been a distinet inorease in business over last year, A dispatoh from Boston says that the di- rectors of the American Bell Telephone Company have declared the regular quar- porly dividend of 83 per share, and an extra dividend of $1.50 per share payable January 16 Rev. Dr. James Rankins, rector of Bt Peter's Church, Geneva, N, Y., dean of De- Janoy Divinity School and ex-president of Hobart College, died from gastrio trouble after 12 days’ illness nged 68 vears, Business at the Springvale Cotton Mills, at Banford, Me, which have been closed sinoe July last, will be permanently discontinued and the plant sold. This Is one of the oldest mills in the country, having been established dn 1889, Advices from Sneedville, Ky., says that “Married” Hatfleld was hanged for the murder of Jones Trail. Hatfleld confessed, implicating his wife and a woman named Haney Jordan. + Governor Morton will not interfere with the sentence of Jesse Graves, of Tonawanda, sentenced to Auburn prison for 16 years, he having pleaded guilty to being one of the Tonawanda rioters, when Captain Phillips and his son were killed, Frank Ducharme was killed by a tralia at Bavins Crossing, Gardner, Mass, wae riding through the snow with his coat collar turned up about his ears and did not hear the northbound Worcester train ap proaching. Creditors of the furniture firm and Kellogg, of Holyoke, Mass, have re- esived the report of mittee The unsecured 009, the nominal 1 mittee reported that the assets were actually worth not more than stated. The Minneapolis ( Minn.) grand jury began the investigation of the investigating com- Habllitles are $34, - assets £36 000, the municipal scandals, ENGLAND SHAKEN. Severe Barthquake Shocks in Great Britain. PEOPLE PANIC STRICKEN. The Waves Were Very Severe and Swept Across the Entire Is-* land A Great Deal of Damages Done. A cable dispateh from London says Great Britain is in the throes of a genuine and unprecedented sensation. An earthquake, the most violent ever ex- perienced in this country, has shaken overy shire from Durham to Bur and from Loudon to the Welsh coast, The subterranecus disturbance was first noticed at about 6.80 o'clock Thursday morning, and lasted from 4 to 30 seconds At many points two distinet shocks were ex- parfenced, rey Chal. The 1, violently The most severe shocks were felt at Forrest, sarth shaking was accompanied by a lou fusbhing sound. Buildings thaken, furniture was shifted, thrown open and pictures and ments tenham, Ledbury and Dean were doors were other orpa- were upset. The inhabitants were yi thelr houses The earthquake also visited Birmingham 18 points in Bhropshire i Worcester the and city furniture overturned. The shocks were followed by and were accomg bilng sound. The greatest and windows, &c¢ At some points roads were thrown d« jury, in which he caled attention fo well-defined stories of boodling in the coun- ell that were current, At a conference of paper manufacturers in Appleton, Wis, to send two manufacturers from the Fox River Val- ley to Chicago to meet the representatives of the Eastern organization, a strong fooling prevails among the Wisconsin men that the ehances will be betier outside of a combina- tion, it has been decided arrived at Calino, Baron James de Hirsch rousse, the sculptor, 42 here have been naval vessels in two me and Emile Chat are dead, accidents on French inthe The Damrosch Opera season was opened la Philadelphia under m splees, Jrazil and the Netherlands the agreement road al seg Mrs, barne rd hot st . Bands of Cuban sug Hated throughout the sand men are pre There is a persistent rume that the French Ambassad Baron de Couresl Fire destroyed store and heart of Altoona, Pa J. Hay Brown, of LL has ne . ted aa Attorney-General by President-Elect McKinley : James C. Hart, under arrest in New York for stealing Mrs. De la Barre's diamonds. badiy wanted In the Weat favorable wi ad hs aave the rules yin dae, has resigned, F.M Morrow's d yaiuabie pr perty ancaster, says that in ehecks while president of the Commenriag Wational Bank, Nashville, was sentenced by Judge Beverence to imprisonment for two years and six months. Mr. Spurr has been sllowed thirty days in which to appeal to the United States Supreme Court Teresa Dean Tallman, a well-known nows- paper writer, secured a divoree before Judge Horton at Chicago. Hor husband, Dr. Tall- ern Hotel, disappeared some weeks ago. decree was secured by Mra, Tallman in twea- ty-one minutes after the fling of the bill, Archie Bierbaaer, of Harrish irg, a brake- man the Pennsylvania Railroad, killed in a freight wreck at Collins Station, on the main road. A broken axle caused the wreck. on was fine of that A London Times dispateh from Barlin OL that an explosion occurred lathe Moabit quarter in the house of Scientist George Isanc, who was experimenting with the mag- afacture of acetyline gas. Isasc and three assistants were blown to atoms. It is stated that Emperor William had intended to visit Mr. Isaac's Jaboratory, as his experiments bad attracted the Emperor's attention. Edmund E. Wright, the son of Thomas H. Wright, a prominent insurance man of To- ledo, committed suicide by shooting himself in the heart over the grave of a M.s Os borne, supposed to be a sweetheart of his. He held the crucifix in one hand and the rosary in the other, and, blessing himself and reciting the Lord's Prayer, firad the bullet foto his heart. He prepared for death by going to communion ia the morning. ico oe TO SUCCEED HIS FATHER. Yousg Mr. Crisp Elected to Congress From the Third Georgia Districs. A special election held in Atlanta in the ‘Third Congressional district to fill the va- eancy cmused by the death of Charlies F. Crisp, resulted in the election of Charles R. Crisp, eldest son of the distinguished ax. Bpeaker. Young Mr. Crisp, In reesonse to a telegram from the Atiagta Journal, wired that paper: “I am in favorol recognition of the independence of Cuba by the Unit 4 Bistes, An old eourtier being asked now he bad managed to prosper at court so long, replied, “My secret has been to receive affronts, and return thanks for them.” Died of Fright. Heraford the dull rumbilog Cathedral was beneath wed by tw fting and r srrible sek ino reid RiDL. Hereford was so great that one woman died f fright. od troets, Many chimneys fall, People rush wildly into rashiog into Jie thoroughfares, and ali the pinnacles of bolas’ Church toppled over and part f the plunacle of the cathedral fell to the At Liverpool the earthquake was preceded In Londen the earthquake was nly felt. A singular phenomenon oceurred at Brid near Hurewsbury, g genorih, previous t the listurbance, The streets suddenly seemed on fire, and there was a violen accom panied Peopl ity say that they ware, fora tim ywiog There was by a shaking « e who were going abroad walk, « to the vibra very great p world bad come, excitement the rustics about who thou 0 the end of the PanicStricken People. isos shoul for Hi tol aad Clifton, nearly a.-mingte CRUsIDE much alarm in yes The raliroad empilo hat they feit the rails sham the shock was [ Ughted sky Up to Tuesday the weather in Eng snusgally mild, but on 1 and was irgday there wa sudden change to ssvere frost which followed by dense fogs and spow Wa day. In the mining districts it was thought that the shocks were the result The distarbasce was experienced with The Earl his bed beneath it, i fait Tg awakened an Hited as though and the furniture in the room waa shifted The inhabitants of Slough were awakened by a shock so severe that they thought wider factory had exploded; A large area of ground sank near Stock” port, and at Meiton-Mowbray the poise which accompanied the earthquake shook bled a di gun cotton by some {« the Middlesex p ress scharge of under water, nuection with the earthquake, WASHINGTON ER. Aitd BREVITI Ensign F. B. Sullivan has been ordersd to The bill appropriating for the West Point Military Academy for the next flecal year has tee, If carries $459,572 The Comptroller of the Currency has People's National Bask, of McDonal i. Pa, with a capital of $60,000, The House agricultural committes has practically completed the agricultural appro- priation bill. Jo new legislation was incor porated the changes being in reclassifien- tion. Benator Bherman, from the commities on foreign relatious, has reported favorably the bills allowing Admiral T. O Selfridge aud other United States naval officers who attended the cornation of the Crear jast May to accept medals presented to them by the Bussian Government, ———— Seis £ MAGICIAN HERRMANN DEAD. He Expired ia His Private Oar While Bn Route in New York Alexander Herrman, the magician, who gave a performan®™ at Rochester, N ¥Y. Thursday night, at the Lyceum Theatre, died next morning at Great Valley, while en route to Bradiord, Pa, in his private car, Mr. Herrmann was perfectly well when he took the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittaburg tralia at 7.30 A, M. As the train approached Great Valley, a fow miles this side of Bala. manca, he suddenly expired. The car containing the body was switehad off at Salamanca, XN. Y., and medical aid summoned. Heart disease was the cause of death, FIFTY-FOURTH OONGRESS, Benate. Bri Day The final vote on the immigra< tion bill will be taken in the Beuate next Thursday at 4 P, M., necording to ngree- ment, Little doubt is ascertained as to the passage of the measure, It his already pass. ed the House, Mr. Call (Democrat, of Flor. fda) renswed attention to the Cuban ques. tion by three resolutions, one belug a bitter denunciation of the manner ln which, itis alleged, Gen, Antonlo Maceo had been killed while under a flag of truce, 61 Day. -Benator Morgeap, of Alabama, made a speech in the Beuate advoonting a strong and declsive policy in dealing with the question. The Benate adopted his reso- lution asking the Becretary of Btate for papers and information relating to the Come« petitor prisoners and other American clil- zens held in Cuba by the SBpanish authori- ties, The bill granting a pension to Nancy Allabach was passed over the President's velo, Tn Day — The session of the Senate devei- oped a most eventful and exelting debate, It brought forward the recognized leaders of the various parties in notable statements on the jeading gues fons which bave sagaged | the attention of Congress nud the country of late, The debats came unexpectedly, when Mr Vest severely arraigned the doctrine of | protection and derided the promise of pros- perity beld out, he said, by Mr. McKinley, | which eould not be fulfilled by levying more | taxes on the people, The result of the dis- cussion was to show that the Dingley tariff bill cannot be passed at this session. House. PR resolution beginning the House inter- rm Day Bevond agreciog t holiday recess, wriived fngn | A slr gin + jRetts chase was spout in amending the matisr, f the the § f the battle » LOO DAYAL CO Gadsden, twenty mile At bla 8 C,, there la a remarkable Ki ical investigation the sandy ny reg the line beiween the gr ring an on the Ariesian wel had LOW pling over 16K of bejow that in the Ww wALe | years ago H Crrny rig ft Ka plus ® 1h et outly Mr Bary iw foo ’ . in ive foe i 3 ' Ia chee large ight out, but it ’ asceriain what kind of teiow the surface, intior chunks of the wood were bro was impossible to wood it was This section tiary period when there were not to be any trees. A curious fact tion with all the borlag in the neighborhood 1 is said to belong to the Ter supposed in connee. in question is that no water has been struck, every other sec. have been while wells are flowing in tion of the Siate where they bored, ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE. Mayor Houghton, of Nortk Adame, Mass bas given his $1,000 salary to the local hos pital Mr. Bslous, the plorsr, has some {dea African traveler sf vwisitiz ¥ountains, Lady Jano Harriet Swinburne, mother Algernon ( poet, bas f 8% fust died in Eog and at the age of Aries Bwinburae, the The original magaseript of Rossinl’s fam- was sold in Paris recently by saction for £1563 A London Dally Mail represontative says bean a total absiainer from Thor Margaret son, 8 grasddaughter of Mr Kato, the pscretary of the Japaness : Legation in Pacis, has just been appointed ‘ommissioner-General of Japan at the expo- sition of 1900. The Quest Regent of Spain, who will soon bave a motor carriage, wili be the first Euro pean sovereign to use one, It will be known a8 an “electric victoria” The design of the proposed Wagner mony: sent at Bairut bas been dzed upon. It cop tists of a temple with » round cupola on pil lars, with a statue of Wagner fu the centre Robert Louls Stevenson's grave inthe Apia Mountains is sald by a writer iu the Sketch to be painfully neglected. Its almost inae- ceasible site may Lave something to do with that Col. Fred D. Grant has been visiting the old Grant homestead at East Windsor Hill, Conn. A portion of the house, which was onoe oceupied by an ancestor of Colonel Grant, Is nearly two centuries old Senator George F, Hoar, of Massachusetts, bas presented an Intaresting relies to the Pirst Church of Plymouth, Mass, It is a consider able portion of the original threshold of the thureh fo Deilt Haven, Holland, ia which the pilgrims held thelr last service bLelors departing for America, Spain Will Consider it For Cuba. Presiacent Cleveland's Message Is Expected to Expedite Concidera- tion of This Plan as a Means of Terminating ths Pres- ent War. Those conversant with the plan of the Bpanish Premier, state that since the debate in the Chamber of Deputies the government has not thought of the proposed reforms lo Cuba, being solely occupied with providiog means for the sucooss of war, While they consider that the death of Antonio Maceo is a great blow to the lusurgents, i; Is polanted out that some time ly be felt VY ben Maceo and Gomez were asked at an sarlier pericd of the ioe must elapse before it can ful Insurrection whether they would order their followers to event that aut they refused, lay down their arms in the nomy was granted to Cuba, and sald they woul wo aud a 1 T “ . 1 only con- s=nt to complets independen repub- Hean form of government Bp dn, therafore, is convinead that the re shed by force of arms the present sing an FiLy i § + Visi smay Lhd Home Rule Plans Determined On. President Cleveland's suggestion in his re nl message that Spain grant a large meas "5 ’ ® ire of home rule to Cuba as a means of ter minating the pres here is expect rathe acti is aj nrerne ipreie, f Ronls olans of of Bpaln's plans of Have been practl fily determin Are nore compre hensive thas the proposition of home rule suggested in the speech of the Quesn Reagent ‘ * » » | 3 to the inst Bpagich Cortes, aud embodied in a drafy of reforms submitted to Becretary Clipsy some manthes ago, They wil ! that pian, 1 ’ preserve the easentinl fonture « more folly carry out the spirit h 1 fo» and self Them veromeal wl ma aint & has asa Parlias ent peciive of yrs The treasury tobein a inmentable state A dispatch from Bombay says the Babonie plague is spreading M1 Freneh publicist 38 Auguste Jlogosrd a well-known ia dead, al the age of sev Hiv #ix years ihe Dirmiasgham (Eogiand) Pe ishes a report that the powers have arrived at an understanding tc reform In Turkey fndi enle that the insurgents are inereasing in Lhe Advices [10m the Phillippine Islands mw ng worss, Miss Lucy Ubl, dasghter Slates ambassador to ried In iin 1 Prot Yale University The Freach min Deputies that the condition vinces rnd that the states of affairs is geo! of the Unliad mar of Germany, was Thompson, Jar Gay star of marine declared in the Chamber of {the French navy was not so unfavorable fs its critics alioged, The government of Germany has notifisd that Hwaug Team Halen, selecisd to represent China as minis x & - will not be received, orto ld Upited States Minister Willis has bees son ned to his home, in weeks with fever. His condition was at w Honolulu, for ye isn ime precarious, but it will recover in Rome deay that have been taken Officials at the Vatican any disciplinary measures ronnected with the Catholic University at Washlagton. The Hpaaish authorities in Havana and iw Cuba. The Cubans assert their belief that he is alive A Betila dispatch to the London Times says President Cleveland's proclamation re imposing tonnage dues on German vessels ia the United States has aroused an agrarian spirit in Germany. Premier Moline, in the French Chamber of Deputies, admitted that the farmers were suffering from the continaal fall in prices, sed said the remedy was in bimetallism on an international basis, J. B. Larke, the Canadian trale commis sioner in Australia, sends word to ths Van. souvor Board of Trade that Australia will fave to import over 5,000,000 bushels of wheat this year, owing to the failure of the Australian harvest, A dispatoh from Havana says Dr. Mazimo Tertucha, personal physician of Antonie Maceo, bas surrendered to the Spanish, and sonfirms the report of Maecso's death, A special dispatch from Key West, Fia, says it is known there that the report of Maosos death is false i IOI Selentiens— "Let me see, what is the mame of the Instrument that records the pugiliat’s blow?" Jollieus—*“1 guess you mean phonograph.” i"uck, PENNBYLVANIA ITEMS, Epitome of News (loaned From Various Parts of the Bate George Behmidt, a traveling elock and watchmaker, was arrested in Matamoras and lodged inthe county jail, Schmidt made his uppearance fn Milford last March, and did a brisk business repairing elocks, watches nod jewolry for the residents of the sur- rounding country, He would obtain a job and tell his customer he would return the Article In a few days. It Is alleged, however, that Behimidt falled to return the goods, Behmidt loft the village early in April, go- Ing to Bussex County, N. J., just across the river from Milford. Then it was announced thut several residents were without the time- pieces they had left with the watchmaker, He was in Port Jervis, N. ¥., and was in- duced to come over to Pike County. No sooner was he over the river than he was arrested and held in default of £500 bail, Engineer John Allman, of the Lehigh Val- ley night local freight, brought his train to & sudden slop a few yards above Port sowkley on seeing a man on the track, Jt was that the body was terribly mangled, and had found no doubt lain on the track for two or three bours. The the was John Ebert, of Forty Yort,. When by what train he was struck could not be ascertained Deceased is survived by a wile and six ehil- dren name of man or The Berks County Farmers’ Alliance held its Hotel ULione were quarteriy meeting at Bothermesl's in Muhlenberg Township. Reso passed condemning the use of money in poli ties and requesting the © vy members of the coming Legislature to use their influspee to defeat noy mweasurs that Senat Oscar Miller may introdu f malaries « indoned b, of Bham iio the pext ocht sald “We 1 r 30 per cent. of inmates It Beran. are worse thar cities, 7¢ named are [foreigners Fittsburg, Wilkes Pottsville, ton and Hazleton, ne eisswhere in the State, In these per cent. of the inmates are aliens " — I8 HAPPY. Doath Is & Terrible Blow lssurpents. OW Willi a 0Orresh repaper Captain be has returned Grenera! Wey. land's message was transmitted ant of the llinese of Senor On ane the premis ¥ the Spanish news. be wiil ralsed al this confidentiaj ywers here Fig i t Cleveland's MBERAR, inet ministers themselves, late ressrye on however, re Buy newspapes statements an Lhe subject the « Reports are current that been raised of calling attention dire caused {0 the interests of fects in American legisiation, of the Washington gov United States have landed ig t whose aid the Cubans could ithe war, in the Cuba, withou ontinue Notwithstanding the currency of these re. ports it ean be authoritatively stated that nothing has yet been decided, and ft in the cabinet ministers will postpone taking any resolu- President Cleve- is be. fleved pote quarters that tions on the subject of iand as message. Ce ——— RI ——— ATRAID OF JAPAN. Why Hawaii is Anxion: for Annexation to the United Biates. the United States fs out Mr. Cooper is the Hawalian minister of foreign affaira. He formerly lived in Ban Diego, Cal, and was a prominent member of the bar, He in quoted as saying that he came to the United States to urge annexation owing to the fears that the Hawaiian Government has of Japan. “The situation ia Hawaii, according to Judge Cooper, is that the Japanese far out- number all other foreigners. The Ameri. cans are a handful in comparison. Hawaii has a treaty with Japan and cannot exclude the Japaness, who are pouring into the is. land steadily and pushing i.to every busi. ness, . They are losing the bumble demeanor that characterizes their countrymen on this coast, and through thelr numbers and the prestige of the Japanese -Uhina war are be ginning to chale for the elective franchise If they foree Hawall to give them the right of vote, then American ascendancy will be at nd forever. Judge Cooper has laid the situation be- fore influential men in the Fast and has so won upon their judgment that he believes ihat great strides will be made during the next year toward annexation under the Me Kinley administration. NEW TREATY Expected fo Be 4 Triumph of the Administration, PEACE WITH GREAT BRITAIN Ey Leaving All dical Tribunal-Rapid Progress ofthe Negotiations Between Disputes to a Ju- Secretary Olney and Sir Julian Pauncefote, A spacial despatch from Washington, says: ~The States and Great eral arbitration the United sritaln for s treaty of gen- coveriuvg sll subjects of dif- ference between the two English peaking have ad- r beyond negotiations between uations, present and prospective 1 ¢ n parted one 15 viueed 10 & stage of ¢ what the public has bad reason to believe The purpose of Becretary Olney and Bir Lag O- three weeks, All of ! the e present sist believed the fo Julian Paunecefote is to conclude the tintions within the next have the substantial features « treaty been agreed us of wowing on From tt the negotiations it is will be the important First—A term the date ous within which of the exchange of the trestly shall be og Kar Lars three {0 be nited of Great Britain sTRAWD from the 1 Plates a1 | mark an between 3 the isn. be the i char denl. ings The reas treaty to Swe years is to pul the measure on fair trial, after which if the results sare as J BE an- Ucipated weal it can Le renewed or made perma~ » Chicago ie for much itty ried nif anda permitted h xorth Carol Bintn LIVE POTLTRYT CHICKENS Hens g Ducks, per th Turkeys, per ib TOBADCD, TOBACOO-MA, Infer's.. 8 Bound enmmon Middiing. 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