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VOLUME XXVI-NO.
JOHN S. GABLE'S ESTATE.
ITEI 120,000 T8 BE SENT F10X I8WA TO
CIS LMCASTEa CRED1T6RS.
The Supreme Cenrt Dectde That III
Children Are Net Entitled te the
Meney-Several Banks te Receive It.
The supreme court of the state of lows
recently decided the litigation growing out
of the distribution of the estate of Jehn B.
Gable, late of this city, which wilt be of
interest te a number of residents of Lan
caster and particularly te the banks .bav
in a financial interest in the decision.
When Mr. Gable's will was admitted te
probate, by the bequests he madeltwsa
supposed he was Tery wealthy. Such was
net the case, as the estate was net solvent.
lie was possessed of large tracts of land
in Iowa, and these were sold by order of
the courts in Iowa, ;and the mortgages en
them paid. There was left for distribution
something ever 920,000, and fur this sum
his Lancaster. creditors and his children In
Iowa were the contestants.
The children In Iowa held that under the
statutes of thafBtate, the Lancaster credi
tors Ihavlng failed te file their claims
within one year, they wero barred from
recovery.
The lower courts took that view of the
law in the case and decided In favor of the
Iowa children.
The Lancaster rrodlters took the case te
the supreme court, and there the decision
of the court was reversed and Hhe balance
in the hands of the Iowa administrator was
directed te be forwarded te the administra
tors under the will of Mr. Gable, C. 8.
Heffman and II. 8. Clara, of this city.
It will be distributed te the Lancaster
creditors, principally the banks, at an early
day.
Essays or Karl Merz.
The Sandusky (Ohie) Publishing com
pany announce that, " In respense te many
requests, the publishers propose te issue in
neat book form the most beautiful thoughts
of the late Karl Merz, Mus. p., widely
known as author, composer, the director of
the University of Wooster, and for many
years editor of Brelnard's Musical World."
Mr. Merz was widely known among
musical poeplo of this city and county. He
taught in Paradlse some years age, and
after moving te Ohie he often visited Lan
caster in the summer months as the guest
of' his brother-in-law, Councilman Wil
liam Itiddle.
The Sandusky circular says : The essay
embraces topics of a musical, wsthelical,
philosophical, historical and practical
nature and have never yet been printed.
The work will be edited by Johannes
Wolfram, of Canten, O., prosideut of the
Ohie Music Toachers' association, and Con Con
stantieo Sternberg, the pianist, of Atlanta,
Ga. It Is proposed new te publish thorn if
sullictcnt subscriptions are obtained.
whisky below proof.
Extenslv Frauds l'roctlced byJC'hlcnge
Liquor Dealers.
Collector Mamer has selzed a number of
barrels of whisky selocted from various
houses doing a whelesale whisky business
in Chicago and the peculiar metheds they
have been following te meet competition
In the trade have at least the element of
novelty. The collector said :
"The attention of this department was
called te the fact that a geed deal of whisky
was being sold by certain Arms at a llgure
even below the tax cost. After a careful
investigation we discovered that a num
ber of dealers are in the habit of reducing
the proof standard of whisky and soiling U
te their customers fully 20 par cent, below
the proof guaranteed by the United State?
certificate After the whisky Is gauged
and the proof found te be a certaln standard
20 or 30 per cent, of it Is withdrawn from
the barrels, which are thou Ulled up with
water.
"The gaugers' certificate thus states that
the whisky is of a certain standard, when
In fact it is adulterated, the government
stamp thus siding very considerably in
the perpetration of the fraud en the custo
mer. We seized a number of barrels thus
adulterated, and have forwarded te Wash
ington a detailed report of the vvhole mat
ter. The parties Interested have been up
here te see me and claim that the practice
Is generally followed and Is necessary In
consequenre of the keen competition iu the
whisky trade."
DlHllirnreU III Wire..
Mrs. MurcareV Blenonsteln Is lvlutr at
St. Francis' hospital, New Yerk, suffering
from injuries received at the hands of her
brutal husband. He was insanely jealous,
without cause, en account of her geed
leeks, and en Thursday he determined te
spoil her beauty, unfortunately succeeding
In his attempt. His weapon was a bottle
of carbolic acid, which he deliberately
breke ever his wife's head, causing the
contents te run all ever her face, distigur
lug her horribly.
It Is feared the sight of both oyes has
been destroyed. HionetiRtehi was placed
under arrest and committed without bail
te await the result of his wife's Injuries.
He Is a sawm&ker by trade, but for some
years he aud his wife have kept a small
grocery store. On a previous occasion
Tltenensteln turned u the gas whlle his
wlfe and live children were asleep and left
the house with the Intention of asphyx
iating them.
Mr.Pniutx.liidsSllver.
Frem the Lltllz Ilecerd.
I. G. Ffautz's continued prospecting for
copper en his land one mile east of Lttltzis
being kept up without cessation. A shaft
has been sunk te the depth of about thirty
feet, and besides finding traces of copper,
be was rewarded by finding small dopeslts
of sllver, which greatly enceuraged the
owner. Mr. Pfautz Intends organizing a
stock company with 110,000 capital te
properly eperate the mine, and he thinks
that the money will be well invested. He
has had mere experts te oxamlne the do de do
eoslts and they all agroe that there are
rich velns of cepper and possibly silver
net far off. Mr. Pfautz will sell 50 shares
of stock at 100 each and retain fifty him
self. Reganlcd As An Allou.
Acting Secrctary Batcheler has Informed
thn trustees of the Christ Evanireilcal Luth
eran church, of Lewlsburg, Pa., that the
Canadian clergyman called by them is
regarded as an " alien" within the mean
ing of the alien contract labor law. As
an answer te the general question as te
whether the law prohibits the lauding Iu
this country of a foreign clergyman who
comes under a contract, Mr. ilatcheler
refers them te the decision of the court In
the case of the Church of the Hely Trinity,
of New Yerk, new pending before the
United states supreme court en appeal.
The decision In that case was in effect that
the law prohibits the landing of foreign
clergymen who come under contract.
A Peer Fex Chase.
The fox chase at IUnkseu II. Smith's
hotel, at Ilobrerstewu, en Thursday aftej aftej aftej
noen, was a great deal of a failure. There
was qnlte a large crowd in attendance and
many went out from this city. These who
were present, however, were pretty well
disgusted, as a poorer chase has net been
seen this season. The fox, a small gray
animal, little larger than a squirrel, acted
as though he had been penned up for a
year or mere. When he was dropped be
only ran a short distance from the hotel
aud the dogs tore him te pieces. There
really was no cbase, and fun was scarce.
Sheriff Sule.
Sheriff Ilurkhelder has posted bills for
iii sale of sixteen properties, in city and
country, en Saturday, March 15,at 2 o'clock
jn the sitmeORi
154.
GOVEKNOn BOIES INSTALLED.
Iowa's First Democratic Governer Fer
Forty Yom-k-He Favers Ballet Ke
terra and Reduction of Tariff.
The Inauguration of Governer Bele in
Des Moines en Thursday afternoon was
carried out with great enthusiasm among
the Democrats. Visitors had come from
all ever the state and from ether states, the
most noteworthy delegation being the St.
Jeseph, Missouri, Jeffersen club, ,150
strong, and the Cook county. Democracy,
of Chicago, 250 strong.
. The inaugural proeesalon was formed at
the Sarery house and marched te the cant cant
teL The gallerle were crowded when the
Bibernaterlal party entered the hall of the
ouse of Representatives, where both
branches of the Legislature were In Joint
session. The oath of office was adminis
tered te the governor and lieutenant governor-elect,
and Governer Beles then read
his Inaugural address.
In his Inaugural address the newly in
stalled governor proceeded te take up one
by one the most Important public question
at present agitating the people of the state
of Iowa, discussing them at great length.
Concerning the railway situation he said j
"Prier, te our present laws the purchaser of
transportation was at the mercy of the
railway companies. They abused their
power and te gain great dividends individ
ual and public rights were alike sacrificed'!
Continuing, Governer Beles said that
before the present laws the railways were
net satisfied with remunerative dividends
upon the money actually invested, but
they watered the stock of their corpora
tions, sold It at prices far below its face
value, and then undertook te conduct
business en a basts that would return div
idends en these imaginary investments.
Te accomplish this, individual and public
rights alike were often sacrificed. Odious
discrimination was repeatedly practlced practlced
Tewns and cities in ene part of the state
were favored at the expense, of theso In
ether localities, wherever this would op
erate te the advautage of the railway com
panies. It was a dangerous pewer that railway
managers wielded when they controlled
the situation, and they abuse It. Unless
Judiciously exercised It might easily be bo be
ceme a dangerous power the people have
assumed, and care should be taken that no
man can justly charge that they have
abused it.
It was no wrong te the railway Interests
of the state that the people desired, They
only demanded that their own Interests
should be fairly treated.
Ne ene overlooked the fact that te the
railroads they were Indebted for the won
derful development of the state. It was
freatcr facilities for transportation that
ewa mostneodod. She should hoi p has
ten the day when the waters of our great
lakes would be turned Inte their course
and made te mlngle with theso of the
mighty rivers that clasped her in their
giant arms.
Coming te the question of prohibition,
the governor stated that' the prohibitory
laws nad been despised, disregarded and
ignored in most of the large cities of the
state from the day of Its birth down
te the present tlme. The use of intoxicat
ing liquors as a beverage had net been di
minished. Millions and millions of the
capital of citizens had been Invested In the
business, and then it had been; coldly
wiped out without one effort te compen
sate theso who were ruiued thereby.
Wherever the law had been enforced own
ers had been Impoverished. In, his
judgment the chief ebstacle te the
enforcement of the law lay in the
fact that it was a cruel violation of
one of the most valuable of human rights.
It was Impossible te read the platform of
the respective parties without reaching the
conclusion that no political Issue was ever
mera clearly defined, mere thoroughly dis
cussed and better understood by the masses
than that relating te this question in the
campaign which preceded the last election.
The poeplo of Iowa bad, through the
only medium known te thorn for settling
political Issues, passed judgment en this
question. They were, therefore, bound In
honor te furnish for theso localities desir
ing It a most carefully framed llconse law.
The greatest care should be tak en,of ceu rse,
te keep the traffic out of the hands of im
proper parties. What Iowa noeded was
practical legislation en the subject legisla
tion that was bread enough te cover mere
than the views of a slngle class.
Touching the quostlen of ballet reform,
Govorner llolei said If any danger threat
ened the perpetuity of our government It
was that, ignoring the quostlen of Intelli
gence, the franchise had been extended
beyond the limits of reasonable safety.
" Men go te the polls, " said he, " and do de
posit their vetesln blind obedience te party
ties, and the empty name of a political
organization Is tee often the embodiment
of their faith, and they fellow it, unmind
ful of constantly changing Issues which de
mand Impartial consideration.
"Ne duty is mere plain than that which
demands of the legislative department of
every government the exactment of laws
which shall, te the utmost limit of utility,
surround the ballet-box with safeguards
that will banish from all olectlons the cor
rupt use of meney, and secure te the state
the unbiased Judgment of each elector.
This can, as I uellove, be most effectually
accomplished through statutes which com
pel the deposit of a secret ballet. Such laws
put It beyond the power of ethers te criti
cise the doctor's ballet who desires te keep
it secret, and compels these disposed tome
meney corruptly te rely upon the uncor
roborated word of men base enough te sell
their votep.'
A conslderablo portion of the mossage is
devoted te the tariff, and the present high
protective tariff Is condemned.
It Bays: "Any system of taxation, the
effect of which Is te take from one class
and give te another Is necessarily a par
tial and unequall distribution of the bur-dens.-
It is probably true that the burdens
of an exorbitant protective tariff fall mere
heavily upon Iowa than upon most of her
sister states. Such a tariff is necessarily
In conflict with the best intercsts of the
one great Industry which Is the chlef hepe
and sustenance of her peeple. It Increases
thn cost of nearlv everything we buv and
diminishes the price of almost everything
we sell.
" We deneunce as a conspiracy a combi
nation between a few men te Increase by
artificial means the cost of our necessaries,
and te encourage by national law a vast
monopoly that defies the law of tradeand
regulates in Its own interest the price of
nearly everything we are compelled te
buy. We have followed this delusion of a
protective tariff with the blind faith of a
devotee, listening te the most deceptive
armiment, believing In the most patent of
fallacies. We have been willing te believe
we could enrich our workmen by making
millionaires of tbelr employers; that we
could increase the farmers' Income by a
system of legislation that clogs the outlets
for his products that must go abroad or
smother the market we would nourish.
" We have been clay In the potters'
hands, meulded te suit his seinsu win,
until, with granaries overflowing, with
flecks and herds that man can scarcely
number, we are still peer, because by arti
ficial means the profits of our own great
Industry have been depressed below their
normal condition thai these of another
might be elevated above Its own, and yet,
In the light of all our experience,
we are confronted by a policy for
which we are as much responsible as any
one, that Is, draining the national treasury
by extravagant expenditures that a war
tariff may be maintained In times of peace ;
that threatens te remove the tax en thn
worst of luxuries that It may be retained
en the greatest of necessities. Let it be
understood that the people of this state
demand cheap clothing, cheap feed, cheap
Implement of labor In short, cheap
necessaries ; ;nai tney are net interested in
cheap whisky or cheap tobaeeo, and that If
compelled te take the latter cheap and the
former dear, they will surely resent the in
jury. "
Itoturned te Court.
Elizabeth Scheld, of Ne. 515 High street,
was beard last evening by Alderman
Hal bach en charge of malicious mischief
and assault and battery preferred by her
tenant, Annie Klrchell. The testimony as
te the malicious mischief case failed te
prove that offense, and that case was dis
missed. The assault and battery case was
clearly made out, and Mrs. Scheld was
obliged te give ball for trail at the April
Uraofeourt,
LAKOASTEB, PA., FBIDAY, PEBBUA11Y 28, 1890.
DICK HAWES HANGED.
IE SATS HE Mil JUS WTLET TS MU1IEI
MIS WIPE.
The Alleged Slayer Given 80O-A His
tory of the Crimes ter Which Hawes
Die en the Gallows.
BmvixeHAM, Ala., Feb. 28. Klehard
Hawes, the wife murderer, was hanged at
12:20 ). m. te-day. lie stated en the gal
Iowa that Jehn Wyley did the sheeting and
was paid $200 by him for hi services.
The crime of Richard R. Hawes will be
remembered a that which provoked the
assault en the jail at Birmingham, when
the sheriff and his pesse resolutery
opposed tl-- mob, killing thirteen citizens.
On December 4, 1888, the body of a little
girl ef8 year was found In the waters at
East Lake. The next day the body was
identified a that of May, the little daugh
ter of B. K. Hawes, a locomotive engineer.
At the coroner' Inquest Fannie Bryant, a
mulatto, tosttfied that she knew Hawes, his
wlfe, thelr little daughters Mavand Irene,
and infant seu Willie. The last time she saw
May alive was en the night of December 3,
at her heuse near the Hawes cottage and
her father came and carried her away after
dark, saying he was going te take her te
Mobile te a convent. She had net seen
Mrs. Hawes or Irene since December 1 ;
that Hawes told her Mrs. Hawes and Irene
had geno away, that he had procured a di
vorce and would be married seen te a
young lady living In Mississippi. Others
testified they had seen Hawes and his
daughter May take a car te East Lake and
Hawes returned an hour later, alone. The
next morning be left for Columbus, Miss.,
and that day two boys rowing en East
Lake found the llttle body floating. Hawes
had sent his llttle beii Wlllte te his brother
In Atlanta, Georgia.
The Inquest was adjourned evor one day.
and that night a local newspaper reoelvod
as a society special a message from Colum
bus, Miss., announcing the marriage of
Hawes te Miss May Story, the 18-year-eld
daughter of Mr. J. D. Story, of that city.
That night as the train passed through
Birmingham Hawes was arrested as he sat
beside his school-girl wife. He claimed te
have been divorced fren his former wlfe
in Georgia two months bofero, and said be
had given her 500 te go te relatives In
Paris, 111. The name of his first wife was
Emma Pettus. He had married her in At
lanta ntne years befere. She was then 18
years old. His reasons for gettlng a dl dl dl
vorce was that she had become addicted te
drink. The second brlde of such a short
season was taken back home heart-broken.
Hawes had told her he was a widower
with ene child, a boy.
Net lAr from the Hawes cettage Is Lako Lake
viow. It was dragged, and en Saturday.
December 8, Mrs. Hawes' body was found
anchored down with about fifty pounds of
railroad Iren. Meantime evidences of a
butchery were found in the Hawes cettage,
In the shape of bleed stains.
The Saturday night of the discovery of
Mrs. Hawes' body the jail In which the
suspoctednan was confined was attacked
by a crowd bent en lynching the murderer.
The sheriff and pesse fired en the crowd.
Thirteen were killed and many ethors in
jured. Among thorn wero several who
were urging the crowd te desist from their
Intentions. Troops wero called out and
qulet was restored.
On the following Saturday the water
having been drained off the body of seven-year-old
Irene Hawes was found iu the
lake leaded down with railroad iron.
Hawes was found guilty of murder in
the first degree and the supreme ceurt
sustained the lower court. In the moan mean moan
tlme Fanr.le Bryant, the negress, had been
found guilty of complicity In the murders
and committed te the penitentiary for life,
although Just what part she played In the
murders has never been ascertained.
HuWes has made soveral cenllictlng con
fessions. Hawes says be Is willing and
ready te die. He was very cool and talked
freely en Thursday. He said : "I did net
kill my wlfe and children myself, but I
employed ethors te de it and I am Just as
guilty as if I had committed the deed my
self In the afternoon the llttle 0-year-old son
of the murdorer was admitted tehls father's
cell. It was the first tlme they have met
slnce befere the murders. Hawes breke
down completoly. The boy reinalned
with him for an hour and then the con
demned man grew composed, and with a
last embrace bid bis boy goed-byo. Then,
turning te his brather Jim, who was pres
ent, said: "Jim, for Ged's sake send the
boy far away out of the shadow of my
crlme and fate and nover, nover let him
knew the terrible story."
The llttle boy is a bright little fellow and
has nover been told the fate of his mother
and sisters.
THE GEHM AN SOCIALISTS.
A I.under of the I'arty Talk of Thelr
.Mission.
Max Chlppcl, ene of the best known lead
ers of the Socialist party In Germany, was
asked whether his party anticipated its
success, and what It would de with its In
creased power. In reply, Herr Chlppel
said :
"The Socialists feared the worst results
In anticipation of the emperer's expected
roserlpts, but when they wero finally pro
mulgated and the emperor had turned en
Prlnce Bismarck, we then discovered that
they were very much te our advantage,
ana had materfally enhanced our prespects.
New along the whole line thore Is ene uni
versal shout of victory. This r.ew party
the Cartel Is a singular mcHalliance be
tween the Conservatives and the National
Liberals. "Theso parties, ence our deadliest feos.
then combined te crush us, are new ultcrly
and completely vanqulshed in this para
lyzing defeat. The government has sus
tained the natural conscquenco of the nu
merous economical and pelltlcial blunders
of which the government has been guilty
In the recent past. This defeat Is the
nation's answer te the dastardly system of
espionage that has disgraced the adminis
tration of the affairs In the empire, and was
se strikingly shown in the Wohlgemuth
case during the trial at Elberfeld, and the
grinding of taxes from the peer is an in
justice that f.tlrs the soul of every believer
In Socialism till he would give his Ufe's
bleed for geld te pay the robeory. That Is
geed Socialist law.
"Let me give you an example of he way
In which the Socialist cause Is misrepre
sented. It was announced here that a let
ter was written seen after our victory by
ene of our number, te a prominent official
in i.onuen, saying mat our success nau
prompted us te the most extravagant
predictions; that he saw in the near
future an Ideal which included the
division of property, free leve end
a menace te all ether parties through
out Germany; that the nation
had become conscious of its danger
aud that the Integrity of the state and of
families was threatened and that al ready
leagues had been mooted, nay, even organ
ized, te fight this common danger. This
was infamous and I doubt net that the
government has festered this slander. But
let it show Us strength and profit by Its
present lessen by the abolition of the So
cialist laws.
"But what de we propose te de? Wa
propose peacefully te put an end te tliOMi
enormous army bills. We propose te Im
prove the status of the schools and the
school teocbers. We propose te make
some improvements In tneuraln laws and
In the Infernal monopolies of the aristoc
racy in the acquirement of all the small
farms scattered about the country. We
firopeso te put an end te this private dis dis
illerv scheme and exorbitant tobacco tax,
"The rumors of the ex peeled resignation
of Prince Bismarck have simply served te
bring prominently forward ence mere the
Jteptlle Fund, the King of Hanover's for
tune. It Is rumered that these millions
were used by the chancellor te subsidize
the newspapers which were willing te sub
mit te hi dictation. If this Is se It cannot
but be considered as one of the few strains
en the brilliant career of Prince Bismarck.
New, however, It Is Just possible that theKe
millions will be devoted te the endowment
and building of charitable Institution
throughout the land, espeeUlly lu Berlin,
In Munich and in Hanover,"
THF. FIRST SOCtAL SESSION.
Lancaster Xlka and Their Frleada En
joy Denotes tad m Banquet la
Mtonnercher Hall.
Seme month age a number of y6nng
men erganised a ledge of the Order of Elks
In thl city which I bow In a very flour
ishing condition. This erdr 1 one of the
beet in the country, and It member In
dude a great many theatrical people. It
Is the custom of the ledge te give what
they call social aeealena, and the flrrt
or these by the Lancaeter ledge
was held last evening In Mnnnercher hall.
Only such person a had been Invited
were admitted, but there wa quite a large
crowd present. The aflalr wa a great uc uc uc
oes throughout, and the Elk are deserv
ing of great credit for the manner In which
they entertained their guest. Knight'
orchestra had kindly volunteered their
servlces, and te their music dancing was
kept up the entire evening.
Shortly after eleven o'clock every
body present formed In line of
couples with Charles Duttenhefter, of this
city, and Miss Bertha Duttonheffer lead
ing. They proceeded down stairs, where
overybody sat down te an elegant banquet,
which had been prepared for the guest
and was In charge of William O. Smith.
The best that the market afford wa .net
tee geed for theso who sat down
and everybody did ample Justice te
te It Everything wa first-class and' the
menu was : Oysters, raw ; soup, potage a
la tete de vean entertuc: oysters fried. En
trees : Retl blgtect de garcla, potateo cro
quettes; French peasep. Holle ves: Celery,
Worcestershire sauce, crew, Ice cream,
fancy cakes, asserted fruits, coffeo.
It was about half past twelve o'clock
when the guests arose from the table and
dancing was resumed up stair. The audi
ence was also entertained by Jehn Trewltz,
who played upon a number of instrument.
Miss Maud Russell, who is a circus' per per per
fermer aud la wintering in thl city, where
he has made many friend, sang several
songs In a very creditable way. It wa a.
late hour befere the session was ever, but
overybody united in pronouncing It a great
success.
The committee who made all arrange
ments for the session and had everything
In charge was composed of J. B. Blsstnger,
Qoergo Cummlngs, Jehn Shread, Geerge
Breneman, Jeseph Duttenheferand Themas
Ferrler. They did their work well and
these who attended the session will net
seen forget it. The Elks have undoubtedly
taken a geed held in this city and they will
be successful.
The people who attonded the session
wore:
Misses Sallie Frank, Lillle Knight, Mary
Felker, Margle Knight, Hetta Ewlng.
Maggie Reyor, Maud Hussell.Mollle Frank,
Matnle Allabacb, Mrs. Luella F. Shread,
Mr. Matilda McEvey, Mrs. Annie' Wit
mer, Misses Mattle Swisher, Maggie Short,
Katle Adams, Gortie Adams, Emma Huz
zard, Mary Duttenhofler, Katle Dutten Dutten Dutten
hoffer, Bertha Duttenhofier, Annle Dulton Dulten Dulton
heffor, Mary Mehn, Lena Marks.
Messrs. Dana Knight, Qoergo Cummlngs
and wlfe, A. M. Slade, Jehn B. Bisslnger
and wife, Paul Rltchey and wife, D. C.
Mehn and wlfe, Qoergo Klrchner, Chris
tian Duttenhofler, Jehn D. Shread, J. J.
Duttonheffer, Charles Witmer and wlfe,
Jehn Knight and wife, Geerge Breneman,
Andrew Swisher and wife, David Adams,
Jehn Warfel, Fred. Hass, jr., Qoergo
Bewman, C. L. Durban, Charles Wendltx,
William Gelzenllchter and wire, Themas
Ferrler, Herace Mobil, Christian Burger
and wife, Jehn Mehrlng, Alten Kelp,
II. H. Hensel, J. W. Duttonheffer and
wlfe, Harry Sheetz, Jehn Gunlen, E. M.
Robinson, Harry Stricter and wife, Chas.
Bewman and wife, Jef.l S Eaby, E. P.
Feete and wife, II. B. Cochran, A. M.
Loese, Chas. Leaman, Lewls Knight,
Chas. Rawbone, Gee. DeIIaven, B.
Shrelner, C. G. Strlckler, Peter Frailey
and wife, Jes. R. Reyor and wlfe, Milten
Reyer and wlfe, Aaren Ream, II. W.
Bucklus, Chas. Yeckr, Geerge Hambrlght,
Ed. G. Eaby, Frank Faeslg.
FELL INTO THE GRAVE.
A Grave-digger Tumbles In ami the
Ceffln Fellow illm.
A throng of mourners steed about an
open grave In Calvary cometory, New
Yerk, Tuesday afternoon. The body of
Mrs. Brldget Brazil), was about te be
burled. She was a large woman, and seme
difficulty was experienced In handling the
coffin. The earth about the grave was soft
and yielding. Four grave-diggers took
charge of the coffin and were preparing te
lower it Inte the grave In the usual way
when the sides of the grave caved In.
Jehn Scanlon, ene of the grave-dlggers,
was carried headforemost Inte the grave,
and the coffin followed, and en the coffin
foil the ether three grave-diggers.
A cry of horror went up from theso
about the grave. Several women fainted,
and a daughter of the dead woman went
Inte hysterics. The grave was elght feet
deep. Jehn Brazil!, a son of the deceased
woman, together with a number of the
ether mourners, assisted the three men
who foil en top of the coffin out of the
grave. Help arrived, and they all set te
work te release Scanlon, who could be
heard groaning underneath the celli n. In
a few minutes the coffin was strain drawn
up, and Scanlon was taken out of the grave
badly bruised and frlgbtoned. The Ioefo
earth was then shovelled out of the grave
and the Interment wasmade.
Presented With a Geld Badge.
Mayer Edgorley, the street committee,
and a few members of council visited
Kasten.at the tlme the ordinance was pend
ing granting the use of the city stroets te
the New Yerk syndlcate for an electrlc
railway, te see the operations of the elec
tric railway In that city, Chlof Engineer J.
J. Smith, of the Easten flre department,
showed them especial attention and en
Thursday as an appreciation of bis hos
pitality the visitors forwarded him a band band band
seme solid geld badge Inscribed en the
back : " Prosentod as a token of rospect by
the Mayer and Members of Council, Lan
caster, Pa., who visited Easten, December
U, lfiiO." The badge Is a pendant te a pin
Which represents a section of hose.
Mis Degler Recovering.
Frem the Manhelm Beatmcl.
Miss Degler, whose miraculous escape
from Instant death we chronicled last week,
Is new en a fair way of recovery. The at
tending physicians have remeved parts of
the scalp, and repert a healthy covering of
flesh growing ever the exposed parts of the
skull. The wonderful nerve displayed by
the unfortunate girl at the time of the ac
cident has net left her for a moment since.
The worst fears seera te be ever, unless
erysipelas, bleed poisoning or some ether
unforeseen cause should ensue.
Again Continued.
Alderman Barr's office was thronged en
Thursday evcnlng with the witnesses In
terested in the suits brought by William
Procter against Peter Weeds, William
Wiley, Samuel Gray, Moses and Geergo
Boek. The counsel of all parties asked for
a further contlnuance until Saturday even
ing, with a vlew of settling the suits.
Btoleu Lamb.
J. J, Rutt, the Duke street butcher,
leaded his wagon with dressed meat this
morning and was called into his butcher
shop te leek after some matters. When
be returned te the wagon he found that a
thief had stolen a dressed lamb. He re
ported the theft te the chief of police. The
officers were notified te be en the lookout
for the thief. lie had net been appro appre
headed up te 3 o'clock thl afternoon.
SIX MILES IN SIX MUTES.
1 flUM MTIE CMTIil PiCIFIC M1BI fit
ATITUaliTETSrEEI.
The Kactneer Discover the Mall Car
Burning and Endeavor te Beaeh a
Water Tank-Passengera Alarmed.
Oedkn, Utah, Feb. 28. There wa an In
teresting and excltlng race en the Central
Pacific read, yesterday morning, near Blue
Creek, 33 miles west of here.
It was a race against tlme, and the goal
ahead was the water tank, six miles dis
tant. An the west-bound font mall reached a
point six mile east of Blue Creek, the en
gineer discovered, a mall car, which was
filled with through mall, was en fire. An
effort wa mad te put It out, but there
being no water near, the engineer opened
the throttle and resolved te reach a water
tank If possible In time te save the valua
ble cargo.
Each mlnute the burning tank was a
mile nearer the premised rescue, and six
minutes landed the burning train under
th spout of a tank, but tee late. The In
terior was a seething mass of flames, and
158 sack of through mall was almost to
tally consumed.
Werd seen spread through (he coaches
that the train wa en flre. The greatest
excitement prevailed, and only the light
ning speed of the train provented passen
gers from Jumping from the cars. The
railway mall clerk la unable te glve eveu a
theory of the firing of the mall car.
OPPOSING WANAMAKF.n.
Nervlnl Green Argue Against the Pro
posed Postal Telegraph.
Washington, Feb. 28. A uumber of
persons Interested In postal telegraphy as
sembled In the room of the Heuso post pest
office committee, thl morning, te listen te
Dr. Nervln Qreen, president of the Wes
tern Union Telegraph company. Post
master General Wanamaker, with his as
sistant, Attorney General Tyner, Gardner
Hubbard, and representatives of different
telegraph companles were present.
Dr. Green began his remarks by discus
sing the merits and demerlta of the Euro
pean governmental telegraph systems. II
said that whlle In instances their chareas
ero lower than these In the United .States,
tuey were cenuueteu at a less. He pre
sented a table showing that the domestic
companies had 18,000 stations and handled
ever sixty million roessages annually, as
against 53,000 stations, and -173,000,000 mes
sages in the rest of the world. They had
mere than half of the entire mlleage of the
world. The Western Union controlled
ten-elovenths of this business; its
New Yerk sleck was held by 3,550 per por per
sens In the United States and 1,141 of
them wero females. Dr. Green bolleves
that the Unlted State? government had
no business with the management
of .olegraph; it could net manage
cheaply ; it could net de it hotter, and none
of the aouders of Jtolegram had asked it j
It was prepared te make a rate one-half
or the cost of kendlng "messages, and the
deficiency would have te be made up by
the 07,000,000 poeplo who did net use the.
telegraph. The receipts of the New Yerk
office of the Western Union Included
(700,000 annually from ioel rooms and
porting places. A large class of tolegraph
users were stock brokers and speculators.
Were lhfse the poeplo who wero te be
pretected In whose intorest the peeple wero
tobstaxedr If the government wanted te
go, Inte the tolegraph business It should
buy the lines outright. It should net soek
te fix losing rates for existing companies;
that would net be fair te the 3,500 stock
holders of the Western Union.
The gevernment would noed twice
as many lines as are new in
existence te de business. Here wa
a scheme presented te the gov gev gev
erneont te 447 postefilcos whero there was
free delivery, and where there were abund
ant telegrapb facilities. This was the way
the postmaster general propresodto supply
the needs of 58,000,000 people ; this was
the entering wodge of a movemont te break
down the present companies and establish
a completo government tolegraph, and
against that be protested.
Dr. Green then made a comparison be be
tween the American and English telegraph
systems and maintained that our rate
was In reality, taking Inte account
free addrosses and signatures, and the
enormeusarea of territory covered, much
lower than the English low rates,
and yet it was propesod te reduce these
rates arbitrarily still lower. It would re
quire 21,875 miles of wlre te supply a sln sln
geo connection te 417 places comprised
within the postmaster goneral's plan, and
te de business practically would require
at least 100,000 miles of wire. At the press
contract rates the rental of this wire would
be 13,000,000. Whoever undertook te de
telegraph business ever this system would
Lde It a less.
Wlllliiir te Assist Illm.
The following Is a copy efa lotter which
Mayer Edgcrley bus sent te Mayer-elect
Rebert Clark :
MAVOH'SOt-CICK,
LANCASrKH, I'A., Feb. Z7, lS90.
Mil. Itein.iiT Claiiic Dear Sir: Yeu
have been chosen by u majority of the
voters of this city te be my successor te the
ofilce of mayor. Whlle 1 cannot with sin
cerity express te you any gratification evor
the result, allow me te bespeak for you lu
the arduous duties you are about te assume
the onceuragomont oryeur friends and the
support of all geed cltlzens, Irrespective of
party.
If I can ronder you nny sorvlce relatlve
te your preparatory dutles, or assist you in
becoming acquainted with the general
routlne duties of the office, It will afford me
much pleasure te de se. I will be pleased
te have you call upon me at sny tlme most
convenient te yeurseir.
Yours, respectfully,
Euw. KtKiDKi.ijy, Mayer.
Many " Speak-Uastes. "
A meeting of Philadelphia retail liquor
dealers organized te combat the "speak
easles" of which 11 Is estimated that thore
are 3,800 threotimesthenumberof licensed
places. The court by Implication, censured
all the constables fur making no returns
of such unlicensed places, and defined their
duty te report even whero actual evidence
Is lacking.
A Little Girl's Funeral.
This afternoon a funeral of a llttle girl
took place from the Pennsylvania railroad
station. It was that of Edith E. Raub, age
six years, daughter of Ames K. Raub,
formerly of this city but new living In
Wilmington. The fuueral party wero
met at the station by a Jarge number of
Lancaster friends, and the intorment wa
made at Woodward Hill.
Reduced Hourxer Laber.
Beginning with te morrow the cotteu
mills will begin work at ten minutes of
seven o'clock Instead of six o'clock as a
present, In order te comply with the law of
the state relating tofacterios. Sixty hours
a week will be worked. Thore will be a
corresponding reduction of wages, at
which the employes de net feel se well
pleated.
WEATHKK tfOKKUASTS.
Wajuinote, D. O., Feb. 28. Fer
Eastern Pennsylvania ; Threatening
weather and rain; wgrmeroutlierly
wind j colder and fair Saturday,
. TfMeeeeeei
YKRir KXTBAVAOAXT.
The ApprottHaUen Cone-rau la
luenag-A Big Raid On the Treasury.
Weshlagten Dispatch te New Yerk limes.
The 'chilling" figure presented te the
jvVd-Xor-kwe,'OM hTlBR been set
forth by Mr. Peters, of Kansas, in the
Heuse, were helped out te-day by the
appropriation! i committee when It reported
!". && 5,?.le.ncy b,u for upward of
23,000,000 of which mere than $21,000,000 1
te pay pension. - i
The four-hundred-and-ferty-two-mll-llon
dollar estimate made out bv Mr.
. however, la tar from touching the
i mi ft. wiu ? reached unless" the
"liberal" tendencies of the Cengrcs are
restrained. There ( en the calendar of the
Heuse a bill providing for the payment of
a pension te every soldier who was an In
mate or a Confederate prison, en the basts
of the term of Imprisonment, se much
for each day of confinement. The pension
office estimate that the number of poraen
?Ji? ul.1u"-y. under this bill Is 80,000.
If It get through both houses the president
must sign It, With the attaching of hi
slgnsture the ox-prlsenors will be entitled
te draw from the treasury about 811,500,000,
annually thereafter until there are no mere
ex-prlsoners of war.
The repeal or the limitation of arreara,
which 1 being pressed ler .passage, will,
according te the estimate of Pension Cem'
mi!?i2n5L5un, uke . lum um e'
471,000,000 from aomewhore. Then thore
L". ta0 P.nnd. Army service pension
bill, which the .conventions of the
Grand Army have Insisted upon must be
passed, and which will take 144,000,000
a year, net Including the pensions te be
paid te dependent pensioners. The Senate
has reported favorably a dependent pen
Ien b 11 that will cost 35,078,600 annually
te begin with, and the pension agent can
easily dovelop that figure Inte a cool 50,
000,000. There 1 en the calendar of the
Senate bill, Just reported, te spend 1120,
000,000 en fortifications. It Is net all te be
used at ence.
Without taking the Blair bill or the
direct tax bill, orlhe rtver and harbor bill
Inte account, theso bill, If passed, would
make the record of the year stand about
thl way :
estimate or Mr.rtcr..,
Prison petition bill.........
Arrears et penaleus...
(Mrvlea Mnsicn Mil
m?,oeo,ono
uoe.noo
47i,uuo,nue
141,000,000
M.W7,frt)
0,000,080
Dependent pension bill..
Delph's fortification blll,"iily'.'.'."!!!!
Total...... 11,154,1711,000
Estimated revenue . 430,414,000
Evident deficiency .., 1703,704100
There will undoubtedly be some excuse
made for net giving all the pension asked
for. Ifthey are ienised It will net be be
cause the pension agents are Idle. Thov
are at work, and If they leave any surplus
for the way and means oeuimlttoo te work
en it will 1)0 boeauso they overlooked it.
The seldiers bolievo they own the Congress
and that the country Is In debt te thorn for
all they can get.
TWO ArPICATlONS ON KILE.
Theodere Wendlts and Henry Rnnslug
Clalm te be the Lessees.
Redmond Conyngham, notary public,
took depositions te-day iu a dliputtd
liquor application. Thore are two petition
en file for the llconse new held by Tbee,
VTendltz. The applicants are Mr. Wendlts
and Henry Ransing, aud both claim te
have leased the hetel from Mr. Bates, the
ewner of the property.
Mr. Wendltz ha kept thl hetel for a
number of years and claims te have rented
It from Mr. Bates, by a verbal agroemont,
he stating te him that he could remain an an
ethor year. -
Mr, Raiising claims tltle te the hotel after
April 1, through written lease executed
by Mrs. Bates ou February 4.
All the tostlmeny taken will be submit
ted te the court next we ?k, when the license
applications will be considered, and it will
then be decided te whom te grant license,
B. Prank Eshlejiiau appears for Mr.
Wendltz, and Jehn A, Ceylo for Mr. Reu
sing. EASILY RECAPTURED.
Henry Geed, Who Wa Liberated Frem
Jail by Mistake, I Caught.
Henry Geed, the notorious Faogleyvllle
thler, Is again safe In Jail. He was cap
tured en Thursday afternoon by Constable
Al. Pyle. The officer had been en the
lookout for Ooed slnce the latter was
Uberated, by mistake, from prison. He
learned late In the afternoon that he was
out about Rellly Brethers A Raub's pew
der heuse, Just north of the city. Pyle
went out and came upon Geed se suddenly
that he was completoly taken by surprise
and scarcely knew what te say. At the
time he was with a woman named Mary
Washington, who he appeeredtebe in love
with. He wa quickly brought te town
and taken te Jail, where he will be watched
mere closely than he was bofero. He will
be held there until his trial In court take
place,
Lincoln's iiunk Cashler.
The beard of director of the Lincoln
National bank at thelr sosslen en Thurs
day elected Samuel II. Wlssler as cashler
te succeed Ellis F.Bard, who was removed,
The new cashler Is a native of Clay town
ship, but a resldent of Mandelin borough
for a number of year. He has been a
teller In thoManhelm bank slnce 1880.
Mr. Wlssler geos Inte his new position
with the hearty endorsemont of the Man
helm bank directors. He has all the qual
ifications for the position te which he has
been elected, and his frleuds predlct the
bank's success under his managoment.
Twe Charges Against Illm.
Fred Merz, Jr., of Provldenco township,
has been prosecuted befere Alderman Hal
bach, by Jehn Eltemlller for druukonness
and disorderly conduct and malicious tres
pass. Merz and his wife had a desortleti
case lu court the last term, and Merz was
directed te pay bis wlfe a weekly allow
ance. He claimed that all his family
treubles were due te tbe Intorferenco of
Eltomltler in his afialrs. The feud be
tween these parties appears tohavebeen
kept up slnce the trial. Merz gave ball for
a hearing en March 10.
. i ..
Information Asked About Thieves.
Chief Smeltz received a letter from the
pollce authorities of New Yerk City, ask
ing for Information as te the criminal rec
ords of Edward Tul ley, Jesh Mulleyand
another party arrosted Iu this city for rob
bery. Theso are the men who wero con
victed a few years age of robbing H.R. Kel
ler in front of the pbstefilce. Since then
they have been convicted at least twlce of
similar ofienser, The necessary lnforma lnferma lnforma
ten was sent te the New Y erk authorities.
A New Church Fer Denvor.
Frem the Ephrata Nenra.
Members of the Lutheran mid of the Re
formed church, living In and around Den
vor, decided some months age upon build
ing a church, Jointly, where both donom denom donem
nations can held scrvices. A fine slte was
solectod in Denver, aud lest Tuesday morn
ing ground was broken for the new build
ing. It is te be of brick, with a large base
ment underneath, and will be 0V) feet long
and 40 feet wlde.
I'euud Glass guild.
Sand from the property of Dr. Brobst, at
Llme Reck, was seut te a glass manufac
turer lu Ne w Jersny, The sand made geed
glass, and the Lltltz Recerd says the manu
facturer Is anxious te locate the works,
which would requlre nlnely hands, ut Lime
Reck,
'
Wulvcd u Ueurlug.
Paul Hoke, of Ilaneyer, Yerk county,
who, It Is alleged, embezzled i0 from E.
II. KaufTman, waived a hearing at Alder
man Halbach'a this afternoon. He gave
100 ball for trial at Ut April emleni.
O.OBNTB.
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At THE CAPITOl
n-mmuMi wim
W
KEWSrirtt CHlIlfMMIT.
A RtllUt B-nt Tarn- til. Ta A-W ik':
He Palled the Neee of Use Aaeaia. hM' 'M
Beth Premlaeat XeteU. M
WArtwatew, Feb, .-M 'l:e, M4
' ' i.1! vtwv i
tula afternoon t fnn ii
WAS W<. IliMmal. U.. ... m
ir.i" ". r yz jw"ms:
cteiiwg$3
.Uv.w, wi-niu-iin me vemmmami xii.-x
Meth men are Kenlaeklaaa. a th .9iP's
trouble waa caused by the riiTiiiiiiia ,.
DUllintr the rnrriMnnnilanKi . -.'''-"'-'
llshlng certain statement la nmA"'i'""M.
him. The sheeting occurred ),miMU M:ht
the capital, near the euthaatar atta 'MS ,. i
te the building. . .y&kWi
iBuiuwasaaeiin th head, but nitwsvf'
net known yet hew aerleu a weuad waW$)'
innieiea. Kineaui la a Might built, 1mVuVwV,
sive loeaing man or about 86 rear c kmLWem:'
He wa formerly Judge lnocUwtev?I&tii
Tllle court and hi fcrally lonef.si
Dest Known in Kentucky. Uiksi t wles'pg-'
acquaintance la metal circle here, aad k Mi
pent considerable of hi Urn ! tUniHag "".'. ;.'
reception, partle and ether esi eve4. ;$$ M
uuerxauiD' wound i a daerca--'f?V
one. TCIim-M ia In mirw4t '', X4
. ..,,. .st s,!
' . Jm'-4
iiiiAinnufYuau, -wNS
He Allege That Net Kaeaga Pahttelt jr1 Sfe'
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WAKtNOTOtf, Feb. 38.-IB the HiU a:": j
una afternoon Mr, uialr called atteaUea of i&JC
tue senate one mere te the OvnMMmWZ- -
sufficient atientlen te th preendlaf f f :
In the Senate. and particularly te the im-.4-pertant
fact spread by him berbtl
Senate in hi speech en the edwartliMlf
dui, ie cnrrrtienlarly that the A Vy
m'uueu r-na ami 1W reporter MUM pV
perform their duties In the --- . A-tf;
Mr. Hawlcy mad art ex)Ua-tlMJtrw-f - 4
ing inai me Aectatea rre 4M M--WMMA
duty and upplled te newpapen.Uu4jglW& ,
out the country full abetracta of y'rettat-W1',
lugs or beth houses. v ?5HSfe ,
Mr. Hall directed attention te the dlfarS;
ence between the American pre In reia-,'',-tlen
te congressional debate and Um -P; -gllsh
press in relation te thelHttUtiawlwyay ;,
debate. -PW'
Mr. Hear found an excuse for Ute,tari'':;-
In the habit of senator and
reprint ;-,
JZ
tlvea preprrl-g loot written i
delivering them te empty benehea. --,!,
Air. uiair treated Mr. Hear remark MS
personal allusion te himself aaa etelentV!. ',
hi dlireemrd of the enatei'a lnruU ;- H4
ether endoes. The discussion m'MaV: -estlng.
. $.
In the Senate te-day Hat rwwfif
(saying that It wa by 'request) ktm&K ktm&K
tlen from the New England iron aad JjnI
manufacturer, Mklng that Iren, eeei atet
coke be put upon the fro llt, aad thai' !':- .
uuty en scrap iron, wrap Me), ate., te ;:;
duced te 24 per cent, advalerem. t '
A Scheel Teacher Aaealte. SMm.
WATtcKBuar, Conn- Feb. -HIa4 -$
Lizzie Cowan. ead 90. a - -a.-'-J
aud popular aoheol teaebar, ' waf ig
brutally assaulted while return lag tmm..'
school last evening and her Injuria tit teyA"
llftved te be serieus. She had a desBatate.'.
struggle with her assailant aadleeataiaf;
read unconscious for about two htUf4u4S-A
She then crawled te a farmhouse near 'by.jfV
van woeMer, a wennies character awr .a
ueeu luenuueu ey usr a ner aaaaiiaac aa mi
I in custody. The aflalr ha ceud 'mi'
uAvituuieut m tuv uwguuurtJU9U. "VUi
Fought a Hundred Ren a
Sam Francisce, Feb. 28. Danny Need.: $
bam aud Patsy Kerrigan fought ahundreeVJ,fA-
round at th California AUiletteelub JaatSf
night, when the referree deelared the Sghti;.
off and stated that the amount of the atuaeVW .
wniGu weuiu e awareaa we mB weaia "ft&,T!
be fixed later, It wa StlS cele tflilMi
morning wheu the fight closed after liwngAt
six hours and forty minute. The agtstB'j"
waa a walk around from the atari aad Tw&
little attempt wa made by either BMa'te'yv
fercri multarm. Durlncr thalr ta rai iJ?"-'
..n e l.lnu. .... ....!, VV '4,."j
. . - -..w. r iJ&
The Last HearlBf. . itafa,':
Wasuinotek, Feb. 38. Anether br-,.-fi;' "5
l.. ...... .- .1.1. .... ... r.. .:.-' :!i
lift TIM UTO IUM UlVllUUf UMIIUMV.
committee en agriculture te pereen later-. &
ested In legislation proposed te regulate ggf'1
the manufacture of lard aad lard -"! '.
peunus, anu w piac me uwier uaaer-.v ,:
mntrnl nt ill Intrtil1 vntl tii &A
Thl the committee had previously kel4aif
wa te be the last bearing. Each ld wa.;. Sh
allowed half an hour In which te cleat tfcsj.is&V-;
. mm
Ral T1-n,1 Ttul. '' ''
Washington, Feb. .-Secretary Wli-pc
deutha directed lease te be mad wialfirstf 4
the North American Commercial cemnar. i; -
A . V. V.b .M.l D.m Vmm J. T T fl.i jk(t
V. f..V VIA MIU 0BU 4-IMWIWV, W. . '3C.':J
president, for the exclusive privilege 3f &&?
taxing rur aeai upon in xsianas or BK. j
Paul and St. Geerge, Alaska, for a period '
of twenty year from May 1st.
Refurred Te the Attorney General.
lULTiMem:, Feb. 28. President Harri
son, by Private Secretary Halford, ht
written the threo condemned Naraata
murderers, Henry Jenes, Edward Smith .
and Qoergo Keys, that he has referred
thelr cases te the attorney general, The
men are confident that they will notfaej netfaej
banged. Passed a Fair Night.
IONDen, Feb. 28. Master Abraham Lin-;
celli passed a fair night. His condition thl
morning Is a shade Improved.
Tlutnl Twe BeraTnuradr. .. 1
PiiTrt.rin T-a1, 9M Tiirn Pnmnnhin ! V?'fc
Ihran vnira waa ahnt and lnatantlv lrlliVi':-'
yesterday by his five-year-old brother 'Vst,"1
r..1ni1r. fli .lilllrnn wan nlavtn vli d!J .!
a revelver In a bedroom. -V
Approveu or iue uoverner. --"&
An.vatei.ih, Feb. 28. Governer Jacktta 'i':$
te -uuy approveu me act reaistncung ta
state. Five out of the six congress district
of Maryland are new, by common consent,
conceded te the Democrats.
Lynched at Midnight.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 28. Brown. Waah-
iugten, a nogre of Morgan county, waa
lynched by citizen at midnight for the
murder and outrage of a nlne-year-eM
white girl.
A Menth's Debt Reduction.
Wasiiikoten, Feb. 23. It ia estlaated
at the treasury department that the
crease of the publle debt during the me
of February will amount te about fJ-
sw.oeo.
Lenten Fast Annulled.
Bishop McGovern en Thursday Iseued a
letter delug away with the lenten fct aa
te eating meat. The reason assigned la
foaref lnjitiy te health ou account of the
prevailing epidemic. The bishop urge
the member of the Catholic church la
his diocese as a token cf their greUtada '
for the apostolic indulgence ta iaanaea -r
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