. THE NEWS. The centenary of the death of George Washington was observed at various places throughout the country. The most elabor- ate ceremonies were held, under Masonic auspices, at the tomb of Washington, st Mt Vernon, where President MoKinley delivered the oration. Senator Depew was the orator at the exercises in Washington. There were also inspiring exercises at Independence Hall, in Philadelphia, and in New York. Mrs, Lottie Cohen was found dead her throat cut, in Boston, 1 } was arrested on sus dered her, but was subssqu The Spanish-Amert sociation was « at and William J. Huling$ elected commander-in The Western Penns: the Deaf and Dus Pittsburg, teachers eseups was! phia m The men tion agreed York and the W uis cashier of lank, wa The Nort New Yo and win The th adelphia, we Mamie pint of wi Western lak igan, parts of snowed up. John Gialvest: disease Minnes aimost inst Mrs. Elizat YHars ago at Central Three n lision on Princeton, ) The have placed | gines, Stephen R killed himsell William 8. Taylo €rnor of Kentu Former Secre in & note 1 t Arranging nn imperialist meeting 1 Philadelphis that he has tion 1 President erred in Philippines t The stock and Pittab: r $10,000,000, to the pure Davis Coal and C¢ Mamie Melands the prose } BM aper Seal hn trong sendin } take posses Tia is » uti hes i he Kin There was » roned six sons charged Oberlin M. ( ment, with George FE. 1 Bliss, a ph ton, charged + sounterfeit President San tated by an accident from atten innual address was by President Duncan, who preside George C. Seiple, teller of the East surg ( Pa.) National Bank, pleaded paving made {alee entries, The grand jury of Hudson eou sturned a number of Indictments [reeholders, Smallpe iy. Va. A scheme is on foot to divert Westarn grain shipments from the seaboard cities of New York, Baltimore and Newport News by an all-water route to Montreal. It is proposed io erect immense grain elevators at the iatter place, and build & fleet of steamers to carry ihe grain abroad, Rev. Dr. 8, CC, Smith, pastor of the Peo- ple¢’s Church, at St, Pani, Minan., bas made snother vigorous protest against women as sage-earners, particularly in the fact Prof. M. Edwin Delmont, a fortune-teller whose nnsweors to inquiries caused n the village of Clyde, N, X., Sy the villagers, The Standard Steel Co Lewiston, Pa. employing ‘oreed to close down ‘nel, Mrs. John Sacks, of Gettysburg, 1 hime! "as read yx has broken out in Surry eo iti Ories, scandals was mobbed ympany’'s works at 2.500 mi will be ¢ genreity of whoae d kille four unsues attempts at sashan eusful jade, More than thifty un wore splosion in the avn, Wash, It i= now reg ‘anadian steamer Niagara Lake Erie with ull hax on Biase al Carbonado irded as Augusta Gry Fire in yisiness [Frog sme milion doll Mies Jonnie 8 mit} ‘rom the effects of pins Alonzo Bowser need Kiiled vrother Jumes near Porism Ya Two hotels wero 1 and two l a: Gloucester, N. J, A fire in a | y i varised a loss of SEL, ployed were thrown into a pa rer werelhurt Ly jumping, taken from the ruins, The large store of A Lenore, Va,, was destroyed by five, Ww ils contents, Harrison H. Keiler dropped dead noar Payne's Chapel, Va., while butchering hogs, De. 11, Baxter Wilson, who was surgeon of Hoosevelt's Bough Riders, was sent to the Chester Asylum for Insane Criminals, in Chicago. Rev, George Peterson, of Rome, Ga, was kiiled by a tralu at Pencader, Del, - . she had swallo dentally itis, Biri Tce ad a num lew wer {i Rutherford, at fils all NATION'S HOMAGE. | MASONIC ORDER ASSEMBLES WASHINGTON'S TOMB, THE PRESIDENT'S ORATION. Tribut Father of Impressive Ceremonies Huandrodth the Al His Couniry Solemn es to the Proves sion on the One funiversary Death of Many Visiting Great Soldier and Masons. af the Statesman Washingt pomp and CANNOT HAYE BOTH. after Female Clerks Whe Marry Masi Give Up Their Positions, Here 3 1st the atnt Washington by employes throughout ruling as to the 1 women aa postoflice tod 1 t ment by First Assistant Postmaster Heath, He reiterates that the presence « bushand and wile as clerks in thesame offies 2 inimieal to service, and her position should go to some one who had no wean: upport, He ws “] intend to appis his lerks who in he future fon airendy no syment ander their mantle tnames has Rppra wed hy the partment, will ue urbed nnder this ru ling.” (Bpeecial, Jerks a state. Groneral ’ the ruling to female marry. Femal wat lorks srried, and whose smile ory iw (di A QUESTION OF SEX, the Waoamnan's of the Jail. Ya. feEht Liners fron f {rand Ellis Glenn Ts Placed on Side Parkersburg, W who was Liro ar charges (Special.} y Lilinods and forgery, was : OA Magis and held un for 83.000 bond, Iu default Glenn went onfined to the Noman seotiomn of i, and Judge Jackson, of the al Court, propo to determine hoy sex beyond dispute by having a reputable physi make sn examination, Glenn le roy wd here Ly ns a former real dent, Known ss MM Uhl RBasder, win lived oi Ro lawyer appeared for who took chargy of thy d the warrants and lees satiny in the hope of de (tient. £0 ANS trate the jal Crimin AR sii i Roventh streot the prisoner, , and examine papers with eloun a tecting a flaw, THIHEE RILLED AT A YiRY, Moet Denth iv ou Tenemnnt. Two Women sod a Man Brooklyn Now York, (Mpeeisd A fies sage was reeeived nt pollen eadquarters i Brooklyn from Williamsburg saying that threo people had Boon killed in a fire, which broke out at 300 Boalh First street, 1a thal portion of Brooklyn, The fire was in a ren tetanent, and broka ont as 1.30 a.m. Twe women and oboe man were killed, The names ares Mes, Goscher, 68 yours old. Mrs Busan Smyth, 45 years old, Luke Freon, 5) years old, telophona TO RELIEVE BROOKE. General Wood Appointed Military erner of Cabs Official Orde Tasned, Govs Washington, (Special. )-- The confirmation Leonard Wood as major-general of volunteers by the Henate was followed by Lis appointment as Military Governor ol Cuba and as communder of Division of Cuba, In which latter duty he relieves Major. General Broo fthe le Army. Fhe following order or subject War Ie af Gen, the gular this partment: ‘War Departin Hireotion of the President, Maj. -Gen I Woo ‘nited States Volun of the Divi Brook q 1 ¥ ke, 0 Wis issued at the ent, anard tears, nesigned 1 in RR, General EWINDLING ON BIG SCALE. Indictments in South Caro Against Men lina Wha Operated loldly. THAINS CRASH 3 an Kil The inme ed Passengers Badlis Shaken Up Vreek Catebes Fire Brakeman fF tha SUGAR BEET vACTORY ne Will be Erected at Fre a Few Weeks Fredericksburg, Va, (Special LT. DD, Myers, Traffic Manager W lor and Mr. W. B. Duke, secretary to ent Myers, and Civil inser W,. K. Gor on, all of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Ralirosd Compas wore here in consultation with President B. T of the Frederickaburg Sagar Peet ( and State ( of Agri W. Colner, as to the location for beet factory. Mr. J. C. Demont, engineer and architect for the Fred W. Wolt Com pany, of Chicago, who are builders of sugar boot factories, was alsa here, The bids tor the erection of the building for this new in dustry will be opened December 28. When built, It will be the largest siracture in the city and will be of ster! and iron devieksbhurg In President ins Prosi Spencer in ommissioner the sugar Logan Not Killed by His Men. Washington, (Special Colonel Long, tha qanrtermaster in charge of army transports tion at San Francisco, who was recently in structed by Quartermaster General Luding. ton to investigates the report published in certain newspd that Major John A. Lo- wan, UU, B. V,, bad been Killed by his own soldiers as an act of revenge, reports to the quartermaster ganeral by telegraph that he bus mailed a report of the result of the in- vestigation, Colonel Long says that Kog- pitz, the freight clerk, who was alieged to have made the allegations, denfey olficially and positively making any such statement to # newspaper representative or to any other persons, “Captain Coulling ean find no one our the shilp,”” says Colonel Long, “who made ch remarks, and jz satisfied, it made, it wis by somo irresy apneible party.” by ATH OF « OLONKL ADAMS, Was Engineer of Prookiyn Bridge and Anthor of Many Works, Mow York, (Special Colonel Julius Walker Adams disd at his home in Brooklyn, god sight y-saven yours, He was the ploaser engineer of the Bronk. ivi bridge, In 1862 he was appointed ool sel of the Second Hawkin's Zouaves, and wervend ander General MaClollan, Hin has bean in the service of the State of {ndiana, of many rellroad corporations hronghout the United States, was at one Las consulting engineer of the city of Now york, and was the author of many sclentifie works, Hrs MANY PERISH. DESTRUCTIVE EARTHQUAKE ON THE JAVANESE COAST, MADE A HUGE MUD PUDDLE Ont of Eighteen Only Faeaped on the Bay of Ambonin- Waves Swept Over the of Trees Thirty Feet High -Topegraphy of the Whole Conntry Changed. Hundred, Vorty Tops France HELD LP FOR REVENGE. Parmer Baba n Bank That Had Voreclosed a Mortgage on His V arm, INDIGNATION IN ENGE AND. British War OfMcials Critictsed for Under ralimating Bo from Ei has been degreo nouns i the his sister in Washita « He eouroe 3 1 a" a ifming © io eon of suicide, Farmer Killed While Hunting. Pa., (Bpee Willams H farmer living near Everett the accidental discharge of gun while returning from trip The entire load of the neck, kiliiog bim thinly years of age, and ane Linstows Foor, a xilied by was his a hunting shot struck him in instantly. He was 1 leaves a widow and shot child, Died From Lockjaw, Cumberland, Md., (Special )—Benjamis Myers, who nearly had his shoulder torn off by the aceldentsl discharge of his gun while hunting pear Eckhart, this county, Thanks giving Day, is dead from the effects of the injury, lockjaw having set in, FIELD OF LABOR. Danver has two soap factories Now York has men. Toledo Building Trades Council may adopt a inbel, At Diamondyville, Wyo., miners strack for an increase of ton cents & ton, The municipal nine-hour day at Houston has been declared unconstitutional, Toledo Buliding Trades Council wants the ¢ity officials to include a building inspector, No skilled mechanic earns as much as the average third-rate boxer, many of whom earn over $3,000 a year, A New York carpenters’ union has suas pended two members because they are jo. terested in the saloon business, At Columbus a new street railway come pany has asked for a franchise and guaran. tee that fare wll be 3 cents, Labels for over 340 000 cigara wore issued Inst wook by the Brooklyn cigarmaker’s label committee Lo local union shops, West Superfor (Wis) Trade and Labor Assembly expelled the printers’ delegate be. dnuse be Joined a National Guard company. At a meeting of the Frisog carpenters a dogation of #10 was made for the relief of a member who fs paralyzed and hes 8 wilo and four young chlidron, The Chicago Pelerstion of Labor has adopted a resolution pledging its Snanecisl support to the plano and organ workers, who are now ongnged in a strike against plano and organ factories ln Chicago, & union of Chinese laundry. WOULD § SELL ISLANDS. Danish West Indies Offered to This Gove ernment. The Price Asked is 83,000,000, Washington, D, C., (Specinl.)~The Dan ish government has made another effort to sell the Danish West Indies to the United tater. The proposition was iald before the blate Department by s representative of the Danish government and the matter is now under consideration, The American Em. bassy in London fs ting in the negotia- tions, The price ands is §3 000,000, Danish West Ine were disaey in the Senate war with Spain wnator Ju that time Hee; asad for the isl the subject the Thy 3 Ae JiR of some ission during sdgre resolution then sugges thn GEN. DEL FILAR KILLED Noted Insurgent Les With Fall Texans der ¥ f 2 A mere have graduated Prof. Behurman he first peace oom. ASE IYMArEainy clever have occupied Bangued Gen. Grant's ex peditd fn 1 several western He killed wns severa santity York has tady th fudy the BLOW KILLED HIS BROTHER lield Newnrk r Doran is for Murder Authorities Ly the SLeEs BOTH DUELISTS KILLED Arkansans Fight te the Death at Greensville, Mies (Special A rows £3 Connerly, Ark and navager of the wh 1 fuel in the instant a lawyer of Lake Alfred B. Dungan, gen. Read Leal! Plantation livedd wear Sunnyside, Ark. “he tragedy is sald to have been the result misunderstanding. Both men n the district in which they punerly received six bullets in different parts of his body, while Duncan was struck but onoe-—a load of buckshot in the left breast, was Hern | ste ros, business wore | rominent in resided 1 MANNER OF LOGAN'S DEATH. Relatives Disereditl the Story That He Was Shot hy His Own Men. Youngstown, Ohio, (Bpecial, )— Family ana reiatives of Maj. Logan discredit the story went out from San Francisco that be was shot by his own men in battle to redress a fancied grievance lobert Bentley, admin. istontor of Maj. Logan's estate, says ‘The story is too absurd to believe, We have un copy of Lhe report of Gen, Otis, filed with the War Department, stating that Maj. Logan was Killed by Filipinos in battle, and are satisfied it i= correct.” ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE. Mrs, Joseph ( hamberiain Is not the (typi. cal American girl which some people repre. sont her to be, Guerrita, of Cordova, the most popular of Spanish bull-fighters, has experienced re. ligion and withdrawn from the bull ring. Joseph Chamberiain, the British Colonial Minister, hae long been famous for his srohida, his collection belag one of the finest in the world. Beasiekness is given as the causes of the death of Judge John R, Putaam, of New York, who died on a steamship near Hong Kong. He was going to Manila to visit his won, a soldier, Dr. Charlies F. H. Willoghs, of Doylestown, 0. who is the oldest practicing physician in the Duckeye State, celebrated his ninety. sixth birthday inst week, Alfred Harmsworth, the wealthy young English publisher, is one of the utes de votoos of the automobile, and has soquirad a motor with all the newest improvements, Lieut, Henry Cabill, who was a member of the stall of General Gomes, of the Cuban army, has eutared the law school of Boston University, intending to take the threw * Y * KEYSTONE STATE, LATEST SEWER GLEANED FROM VARI. OUS PARTH, W. H. HUMMEL, INDICTED. Lycoming Grand Jury Finds Trae Bills is Three Charges — Important Insurances Bult Decided at Bellefonte Woman Ace cused at Willlsmsport Suecepssfully De fends Herself Other Live News. The Grand J: threes is rt returned m H., Hum- iry at Wii idictments i ring him Fran hin mel was 4 ribs sen Lodge Hall Burne Was Her Oun Lawyer Miller, delends n AD sauitand b ry case ourt at Willlamep creates for the Court, wt nducting The | pr wecutrix was a dfteen- year-old girl, and while she was in the wit. ness chair Mre, Miller conducted a cross-examination and soon room in a roar. The jury se J tyme ph AE and Jarry her own CaRe, lively had the court. juitted her, Man Froren to Death. Jamos MeCawley, of Throop, was frozen to death on the main street of that little town. He was in the hotel of Frank Gal- vack until 11 o'clock and then started home. A short distance from the hotel he fell, and being unable to get on his feet again per ished from the cold. He was 40 years of age and a widower, He is survived by several children, Fighting the Duty on Sugar. Ex-Senator 8. R. Peale, of Look Haren Ieonzio Varela and Emanvel Dirabe, of Havana, Cuba; Whitman Barnes and J. M, Andiani, of New York city, bave been ap pointed by the Chamber of Commerce of Havana to wait upon the Chamber of Com. merce of New York asd President MeKinley and memorialize Congress to take the duty off sugar. Big Theft of Shoes. Jurglars broke into the finishing room of the Chambersburg Shoo Manufacturing Company and stole 105 pairs of women's shoes, The shoes were carried away in the sproms of the work girls, Killed by Mine Cars. Albert Smith, aged 15 years, employed adriver ina slopso! G. B Markie & Co, Hazleton, fell under a train of mine oars and was terribly crushed, dylug at the State Hospital, Vice-President Hobart was just 50 the fatal age for bus: statistios, Lawyers and rula die in their prime. Toe explan: ation ie not far Lo seek; hiovey, worry, irregular meals and lac of exercise case many men io break down who, with more mn to hygie! rules might have survived to be tl score tom dot thin, bea
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