VOL. LXXII. NO. 4 DEMOCRATS CONTROL The Situation at Harrisburg in the Senatorial Fight Against Senator Quay. NOT A BREAK IN THE JENKS LINE Colonel Guffey’s Splendid Work and the Enthusiasm of Mr. Jenks—Gobin Joint Convens- Hot the tion and Falls—A Red Which the Majority Tries to Control Time In tules., (Special Corresponderce.) Th t sti gituation in not the hold 0 Harrisburg, Jan. 23 Harrisburg the as changed. Quay is breastworks, and the the key to the situation. operation the cans they have 1 several attempts of 4 D a has Il outside Democrats Vith the Republi defeates { Of nti- - Tar 1 SUCCES iy " the ual Republi This Wed- BOY the € y ght. at } . 2 cans to infringe on their ri wi Iie 8s particularly the cass sday, when the new | v lie 3 attempted i the joint obin, in ed way to rule ehalf of Quay Democratic it rules mos convention in At the mornin ser i held ecided present a g rning the joint nti-Quay Republican 4 to agreed that CAUCUS, t« or 1 i } EK, was v The been 3 i ies of WE or it convention. had rules, 13 to te SCOURS leaders inv iad stand these and them, Demo There i, X= he and guaranteed to crate in was no securing States 11 laid 18 sele DIXON'S JOINT RULES whe Rn Gobin presentative id be | Wednes A. Jenks ex-Judge A (300 the ablest state, with s exami to presid Hautenant he h and eCedqd The and zi anti half isgust I as found that put courtesy h } § m to so act 139 senato of the Il¢ i i yy ' them sar cans, reve haps « n ’: CHIE action tl #ir party DEMOCRATS s The moerate past brilliant left and after the A. Jenks, United senator the week From Phils came ex-Judge James G. Gordon, ate has earned him of the ma- Orr, editor of the Harria- hurg Patriot, ex-Postmaster John B Larkin, Colonel “Jack” Spangler ana sther leading Democrats of the n been in constant watching the progress of STAND In « t% week FAST. are ol nel J. M Demo. a the and active loader hia at Pitt te busines Harris in person. lidate for part ot Telphia whose burg to vie on ght it came foe fi burg i ) Hon. George can State DONE “ gpent here ring Democracy the eternal ID. A. enmity Quay chine { De. spite the fact that tHese men were here directing the fight in person the Quay men did not hesitate to attempt all sorts of lying schemes to create fric- tion between anti-Quay Hepublicans and the solid Democratic phalanx. Their most popular mehod was to start the story that certain members In certain Democratic delegations were wavering, and that on such a day these men would break away from the Democratic line. The story would then be clruculated as coming from the Wanamaker headquarters, Every false. hood of this kind was alleged to come from the anti-Quay Republican rooms in the Commonwealth hotel, but thely frequency and persistency soon re vealed thelr real character. Senator Flinn and General Koontz repeatedly and vigorously denied that any such statements had come from them, but mm the contrary they had discovered that thess reports were circulated by Quay's Heutenantse, The object undoubtedly was» to create friction between the Republi cans who are fighting Quay and the Democrats who are also fighting him. There was another reason perhaps more important than this, and that Is that the Quay men are compelled to make some such assertions to keep their lines straight. It is well known that there are at least ten men voting for Quay who are ready to break away from him whenever an opportunity pre. sents, events, ELKIN IS CONFIRMED, John P. Elkin was confirmed in the senate last week as the attorney gen. eral of Governor Stone's cabinet. fir | net of four Democratic senators, viz i Boyd of Fayette, Halnes of York, Nee- {ly of Clarion and Stiles of Lehigh. { Even then Elkin, one of the Indemnity { bond signers, and a man who has been denounced for that action by Demo- crats and Republicans for two years, had only one vote to spare in the gen- ate. Not in a quarter of & century has any senator been subjected to such de. nunciation these four Democrats In Stiles’ district ‘they held a mi meeting in Allentown and denounced him for betraying his constituents and Ris party. In Boyd's district, and Green the utmost hation Congressman-elect Hall Washington i Eave from as Rs t counties, prevails came up from Neely, the senator a piece of his mind in a vigorous way. All of these men have receiving letters from their constituents, ham- mering them unmercifully for their be trayal of the people in giving aid to the Quay machine and the Stone tration Speaker latest gold doubt that Republic ans brick Farr cholce for spea gelection. Mar that Farr would t: Quay interests in at fashion. Thi crats would erable sort 1g been S adminis. of the house, salesman, There is gold the and shining Senator Farr, brick he has a the § no anti large was Martin's Farr has has mad not very cold d« down the the Martin public He mittees and gi forded Democrats of it all the they have pr MEMBERS A ans has v and Free Trips to Paris in 1900, Exposition Without Cost, “Philadelphia Press’ announces that it proposes to offer free trips to the wonderful exposition to be held in Pa- ris next year, i | | | | 1 AND DOWNS OF owns Y Two Once Noted Villages —Onece on Top There was a period, fifty and more ronsburg, were the important villages i think that Alger will remain anyway, | unless kicked out, in order try to! get even with He is to General Miles, county, but time has multiplied little towns and business pursuits all around the two above named a jew, believing it would grow to be- All the trade of one half of all Brush valley i thither purchase all Aaronsburg ; farmers went to sell their grain and from merchants Tommy Dunean and The town had a lively ap- All this, naturally, led Le- vy to believe his town was destined to be great, and he made the to main street extraordinarily allow for wide, room a row of market houses through treet in Phila- The likewise town became and ens of polities, A valle in the y plot aJew- ut, gradually there sprang up vil. Millbeim, of Aarons Aaron Levy's visions i ies i in the air, ¢ i retired farm- ith eredit- with few to rack their brain It and Ww has several able churches, graded schools, » rg otters Mills, it on board. I the Po the do " named after fain 0, in to the entrance to the Seven mout- Here the Potters were monarch ¢ f all they surveyed. They founded the A hotel, store, large grist and | - = a large woolen ctory, A _prom- al ising Tature. The wealth and standing of the Potters was the BO mag- Jan. 20 There will be other special features, which will be found phia Press" in another Sunday paper. day's “Press.” —— i ————— Salt on Sidewalks Unhealthy The use of salt on sidewalks, as a prominence and enlture as visitors and to share the hospitality of the Potters egant parties, balls and ras w hich the Potters did The village had ses that Wr COUrses | were stiractions gi A not neglect a large i i ' trade, Lhe Cire traveled | h Mills ers and the nd, this once gay and wealthy centre saw —-— Where Ie Ones Stamped for Cartin of the P p ¢ » ire of the | his section state ond exhibited at ’ | itlers ail ott birth of new villages ge A Coming Back to Peaunsylvania An old man, probably three score and ten years of age, walked into Ei Pa<o last evening from Barstow, Cali- | fornia, a distance of nearly 1,000 miles On the street he was taken for a bogy of sacks held together with On his head, which white gunny covered with hair, hat of the vintage ENow sidered unhealthy, Salt, in contact with the ice, generates chemie- al that destructive and une | healthy. In some cities it is prohibit. led. A better mode of keeping the coming gas is clean them off, and keep them free from snow as often as it falls, i — Another Great Trinmph “The Pittsburg Sunday Post” leads, as usual. After experimenting for two | months reproducing half-tone pictures on its fast presses, a complete halt-tone art supplement was issued last Sun- |day. The pictures are very fine and equal to any of the high-class maga- { zines. “The Sunday Post” is certdin- ly Pittsburg's best newspaper and wor- thy all the appreciation bestowed upon |it. No person should fail to buy it. nM RASA wn THE SENATOR FlGH The election of a Senator at Harris burg still hangs fire with every pros pect of Quay being fired out. The boss is still 14 short. With all the money oftered and the patronage of Stone's administration given to bribe mem. bers, Quay has not gained a vote, The Democrats and Independent Republicans stand as a solid wall, tl ntsmssa— Headache for Forty Years, For forty years I suffered from sick headache. About a year ago I began using Celery King. The result was gratifying and surprising, my bead. uches leaving at onee, The headaches used to return every seventh day, but thanks to Celery King, I have had but one headache in the last eleven months, I know that what cured me will help others.—~Mrs, John D. Van Keuren, Saugerties, N. Y. Celery King for the Nerves, Stomach, Liver, and Kidneys is sold in 50c. and Ze. uckages by G. H. his hand was His name was John G. Dorthy and he was making | hue, and in carried a long staff, his indeed. By misfortune he! dropped from wealth to poverty, He was a Yale graduate and was at one time considered one of the leading state. He stumped the old state with Andrew Curtin, the war governor, and has traveled the country two or three times, He has picked cotton'in the south, and placed mined in the Black Hills, Colorado, and California. He says he is going home to his native state to pass his remaining few years, With all his rags and tatters he is a kindly old mar, nnd pleasant to talk to. He says he manages to submist by doing light chores along the way for farmers’ wives, He expects to reach Pennsylvania some time during the closing days of next saummer,—E| Pa- fs Mn #0 Exchange, He Wiote Too Late, The National Advertiser tells a story of an old bachelor who bought a pair of socks and found attached to one of them a slip of paper with these words: “Iam a young lady of twenty and would like to correspond with a bache- lor with a view to matrimony.” Name and address were given, The bachelor wrote and in a few days got this letter: “Mamma was married twenty years ago. The merchant you bought those socks from evidently did not adver. tise, or he would have sold them long ago. Mumma handed me your letter and sald that possibly I might suit you, Iam lS years old.” Horrible y Is caused by Piles, RR air Ae a mmediately relieved and quickly cur- ad by Do Wit's Witch Hazel Solve. — TREATY. Yet A Court Martial for No Vote Taken and the Hesult Not Definite, Eagen. -Menator the NMenators WasHINGTON, Jan, 23d. Gorman publicly called a halt on he and the trying to procure a declaration that the policy of permanent ownership of the Philip- pines, are trying to delay or prevent a Private. vole on the treaty of Peace, ly, Benator Gorman proposed to Bena- of the treaty, that a day be set to vote upon tor Davis, who is in charge it, and Mr. Davis was afraid to accept, that the treaty could control a sufficient num the Op position were claiming to have thirty- the nieet because he was not certain ber of voles to be ratified, and six votes pledged against to treaty, their i i unless it was amended views, Of course Mr. Gorman woul not speak publicly about this private matter with Benator Davis, but in dis- cussing the matter, he used the follow- after could get ing significant words, having said that the administration # vole on the treaty whenever it want. ed it, “Of course, if the friends of the tf i until an extra session of Congress, they There is little doubt that the re pose, " Gg ainst our permanent . t ie he Senate, and while to ore gr may [es owit in 2 { it 1" Host enough secure the $4 vel be strong of begins to look ion an amendment y Lhe Lit as though it ! $ i will be strong enough to compel the ' tion of a resolution by the Senate, i decline t« LO administration or »® low the treaty to y OVer session. T Hamilton Lewis, he pi (irosvenor, of Ohio, f H he speech of Representative James 4 Of Washington, which Horied tepresentative unmerecifully, f after Representatives Bailey f Carmack, of Tenn Kansas, had peppered him r. 6 of and Simpson, with short the retorts, was as line an example of proper use of sarcasm in h as i} Lae a speec of had been given on floor the No extract can M house for vears, give f r i I a correct idea « Lewis but the Kpeech lowing, which came after bis charging Grosvenor with posing as 3 § ringin the exclusive custodian of the patriot. ism of the country, and with 2 the changes on one speech, always end- to the ing by pointing dramatically f styl desk, will give some idea of Lis “When all these arrows were shot from it SOT the quiver of my friend from Ohio, there thing on his mind besides occurred to me that was an bumble Kan- Senate, which the the bastinading that it deserved. a distinguished gentleman from There was a U had not received from As, ~ gentleman And this Fi- dus Achates of the tigating powers—this eminent and worthy Representative, let me add rising to warn that honorable branch the U which there seems to er they will do it or not, they will hear from him again.” The River and Harbor Bill direct appropriations for $12,505,138, besides continuing contracts aggregat- ing $16,791,688, as reported to the House, and it is the invariable rule of the Senate to increase it by a few mill- fons, senator White says he will not obey the instructions of the California legis. lature, to vote for the ratification of the treaty of Peace, because he is unal- terably opposed to its ratification, afid does not regard the instructions as binding upon him, against his con. science and convictions, Senator Per- Kins says that in deference to the leg islature he will swallow his convie- tions and vote for the treaty. Commissary General Eagan has been relieved of all official duties pending his trial by the Court-martial which has been ordered to assemble in Wash- ington this week, That the eourt- martial will find Eagan guilty of the charge of conduct unbecoming an offi- cer and a gentleman, is regarded as certain. The punishment is dismissal from the army, but inasmuch as the President has authority to set aside or lessen the punishment, it is regards | us deuntful whether that Penalty will be imposed upon Eagan. War De. partment officials have allowed it to become known that they do not ex- pect Eagan to resume the duties of Commissary General, Mr. McKinley's action on the Eagan verdict may de- rion wikis Seuss Ase wil | wires within his reach for the purpose | of trying to make trouble for Miles, and the beef contractors are helping him. There is a rumor in Washing- ton that both Alger and Miles will be | of the War Investigating Commission, | but that the report will be held by Mr, | McKinley until after Congress ad- journs, as he fears its effect upon that | body, | Dr. Daly, who wus chief surgeon on the staff of Gen for the War sion, by actual tests made by govern- ment chemists, that the refrigerated beef issued to the troops of Gen. Miles with Miles, demonstrated | Investigating Commis | in Porto Rico was treated borie and salicylic acids,—was in fact “em- balmed.” Mr, iment will be offered to the sup- | bill to the work McKinley's request, an Civil Appropriation pro-| of | located the money to begin ring for Confederate graves ¢ side of private cemeteries. The Morgan Nicaragua Canal bill, amendments, pusse i the of 45 to 51. yy Benate, iturday, by a vot Gives Usarper Goblin a Shot reneral Gobin's disposition to carry | ngs with a high hand and disre- | plainest principles of parlia- | the | and law over forcible in presiding asseinbly received a «1 rebuke yesterday by the fi { { s ener- reneral the # ma- » protests jt called in is quite capable playing bulldozer, but he needs wehind him to do so suceessfui- fact { now his particular tion arity. 3 A wiser man thar Grobin would have avoided a s¢ which made the anti-Quay Re- i CRs at id Democrats iite f« al de ¥ if 1, fense H aVing | i HOIMOn purpose—viz., the Ot parlinmentary } ort protig nt gether by Gen- | tay i Wel the | ms together ar G8 A majority. J . of them bas raised £1 (question of Genera! Gobin'’ der our Constitution, as we United States army, to act as Lieu. | it { 1 nat wernor of theCommonwenlth | hs % ad i and preside over the joint meetings of | i Philadelphia Press, | A.J every with Ty brok be the Legislature, Rep. 7 The familiar ee The Next Leap Your ' 3 raie ieap vear is every calendar al 13 AIViIR} year number four will ble by 1 not en in 1900, which fact need re. garded as an indication that even then | it will be time for a change. of This rule for bial activity of the new woman | t i be almanac may account the ¥ : at the close of every century. There will be no leap year for eight years. February, 1900, will have but twenty-eight days, the extra day not 1904. Cente leap years. That the leap year 2000, when the interruption may be re- garded as an indication that it is time for a change. Centenary years divisible by 400 are leap years, there February, and the same number of days will be appearing from 1886 to HAry years are not year will be broken in consequently were twenty-nine days in 1600, given to February, 2000, and again to The object of this rule is to make the calendar year coincide with the solar year.—Independent. - ER Don’t Forget the Stamp An exchange says the postoflice de- proposes that postmasters age has been placed to discover the name of the writer, Parties who do not care to have the secret of their cor respondance thus violated can obviate this by using envelopes with their printed address or business card. Am———— A A Pointer for Farmers. Fertilizing value of crops is thus spoken of by a correspondent: It is demonstrated that when you sell $500 worth of hay you part with fertilizers of $366 value; in the same amount of wheat you give up fertilizers to the value of $126; of dairy products, $38; of fruit, much less than either. In sell- ing fruit, we sell largely of water and little of real solids, diy How to Prevent Pneumonia You are perhaps aware that pneu- monia always results from a cold or from an attack of la grippe. During the epidemic of la grippe a few years ago when so many cases resulted in preumonia, it was observed that the attack was never followed by that dis esse when Chamberlain's Cough Rem- ely was used. [It countersots nuy tendency of a cold or Ia grippe to ree sult in that dangerous disease, It §« the best remedy in the world for bad colds and la grippe. Every bottle wai ranted. For sale by J. H. Ross, Line den Hall; 8. M. Swartz, Tasseyville; F. A. Carson, Potters Mills; H. F., for the LOCAL ITEMS, Cullings of More than Ordinary Interest from Everywhere. Castle Building. Oft do I raise In idle days Gredt towers and temples to the skies And wateh them fade As if afraid To bear the searching of my eyes. Dim fancies they That float away, Like visions in a fleeting dream, Built on the sands, The shifting strands That border on life's sullen dream. 1 h weVY in N Oleot Weather to-day bright and mild. Wheat jumped up two cents in New York yesterday. and the doc- The grip is still raging Wm. J. Benner, of Lemont, was the Wert near Millheim, price $4,368, Alfred Keen bought farm v Nearhood’s bakery and lunch rooms are in business order now, The widow of John Weaver died on Saturday last in Brush valley, D : to let a tenant do his farmiag, Gen K. Heckman has concluded Frank Weaver of Aaronshurg, is not improving rapidly of his illness, is Another Ld grip patient informs used boiled cider and thinks it he ured him. Zettle's calf, with a human-like foe Georges valley attrac- tion. W.lJ a bear the other day which weighed 250 pounds, Weber, of Retw rehureg,. shot Oar f 01 John i T last lowusman, [on was ye the many la up week A attack of grij Judith, lied at Clint i 88 The rainy spell that set in this week 3 widow of vadale, ¥ i Age VEeArs, will, most likely, largely iucrease the number of grip cases, R E meeting in progress in the Vv SENDOTZ Is DAavIing a i 4 NOrvioes every eve 3 v i i % «v. Rearick CS vas la'd up with a vere attack of grip, andl was unable serve his apointments last Sanday, 's appriniments, Nan- Hall, 10 n ert re m George Swartz, the well-known ime ¢ i on Saturday, aged grip 70 years Hon. John T RPP inted a Mol manager wmick has been of the new tele- phone company in place of Will Good- hart resigned. The Reformed musical ghnvention will be attractive in all respects—noth- ing being left undone by Mis. Boozer and her assistants, Court this week, but nothing very important going on. If our county keeps on getting better, there may be a time when we can dispense with court and lawyers, A man in New York who had been saved from drowning by two men, gave them ten cents a8 a reward. Of course he knew best what his life is worth, therefore the men had no just reason to complain. Cyrus Brungart, one of Millheim’s most active Democrats, announces his name this week as a candidate for sheriff. Cyrus hails from good old Democratic stock and is well qualified for the position. The C. C. Loose farm, near Rebers- burg, was sold last week, to, Titus M. Gramly, for $5,500. The house and lot of Mr. Loose, in Rebersburg, was sold to Emanuel Harter for $2,015, Another house of the same in said town, was sold to John Ocker, of Un- ion county, for $875. Emma, wife of Joseph Stout, died at Hublersburg, Saturday, 14, of grip. She was a daughter of James Auman, and aged 35 years. A husband, four chiluren, father, mother, a brother and two sisters mourn her loss, Rev. H. C. Salem, Rabersburg's new Lutheran pastor, late of Scalp Level, Pa, was called upon by the members of his flock, a few days ago, and given a hearty welcome accompanied by an abundance of such gifts as usually Rev. Ross, of MifMlinburg filled the Presbyterian pulpit Monday, Tuesday minister, Rev. Rhodes, preaches from the same pulpit this evening, and on friday evening Rev. Lesher, Luther n Recent Union county deaths: In Lowisburg, Jesse Cornelius, age near Montgomery, of Lewisburg, In Kelley, Lydia, widow Hummel, aged 63 aged 73 y. of John yoars. At Al
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