.i STATE PAPERS ARE CORNERED. A Holiday Sensation Sprung at the Capital, Involv ing the Names of TWO MEN FEOM BOSTON. Henry Cabot Lodge and Henry Adams Are Accused of Bribery. Historical Documents That Should Be Accessible to ML Can't Be Seen for Love or Money A Magazine Syndi cate Monopolizing Even Private Pa pers That Are Stored at the State Department A Scheme the More Remarkable Because of the Reputa tions of the Gentlemen Interested Searchers for Knowledge on Histor ical Subjects Unable to Get What Two Men Pound Easy Enough to Obtain. tmOM A STAFT CORRESPONDENT.! "Washington, Dec. 27. A very good holiday "sensation" is that -which involves Henry Cabot Lodge and Henry Adams, both of Massachusetts. It might be truly said that both are from Boston, as Mr. Adams is of that city nh'en not of "Wash ington, as he now is, and Mr. Lodge was born in Boston and is a member of Con gress from the Sixth district, which is a sort of Boston suburb. Both are of the super-refined Bostonese in cultute and manners. They have the weU-deveioped British pronunciation of many words, which marks them as being of the ancient stock which has never Tieen 'contaminated by the uneuphonious brutali ties of the world farther west. They are both down in biographies as making a "pro fession" of literature. Both are much lauded critics of art in the drama, in music, in sculpture, in painting. Mn Lodge, especially, can discourse for hours upon the beautiful contradictions of the pre-Rapbaelites, the Classicists, the Bomanticists, the Impressionists and the Realists in fine art and in literature. Yet both gentlemen, strange to say, prefer to write upon historical subjects which, must necessarily involv a vast deal of work that is mere collation and not creation, and therefore not closely related to real literary art. Latest Scandal of the Capital. These few words in regard to the person ality of the men are important in connec tion with the several charges brought against them. The story goes, in a few words, that for many years writers who have desired to look through historical papers in the pigeon-holes of the State De partment have been baffled and forced to abandon the effort on account of some mys terious influence which stood an insur mountable obstacle in their way. Many of these documents were purchased by the Government at fancy prices because the owners had sufficient influence to secure a nice appropriation to pay for them. The "Klerks in charge of them, it i"' BSHSl it J,"" J "" prevented all access to them except in the cases of Henry Cabot Lodge and Henry Adams and persons employed by the Century Magazine management or bv Kichard "Wat son Gilder. Let orders be issued by any authority whatever, Secretary or Assistant Secretary of State, head of bureau or chief of division or what not, the clerks in im mediate charge would in some way manage to baffle the would-be aspirant for historical knowledge, even while the Lodges, the Adamses and the Gilders were ransacking the precious records. Even Private Vapers Not Exempt. It is declared that a mass of invaluable papers belonging to Mrs. Governeur, of Xew York, placed in the library of the State De partment to await a decision of Congress in regard to their purchase, were pounced upon by Lodge and Adams and despoiled of their best morsels of the history of the Monroe period, and which contained infor mation which could have been secured from no other source. Thtse papers were private property, and to take their contents was hardly short of theft Indeed, it is almost certain that a prosecution for robbery would hold against the pilferers, if the story be true. It is not charged that Mr. Lodge and Mr. Adams committed the theft in person. The theory is that they paid a clerk or clerks in the State Department to procure for them transcriptions of the exclusive knowledge contained in papers that should have been accessible to all or to nobody. The pay of the clerks was such that it was a virtual bribe which led them, with or without hint from their principals, to bar out all the other seekers after this particular historical knowledge. It could hardly have happened, the theory is, that Messrs. Lodge and Adams could have been ignorant that the em ployes were accepting their money as a bribe to preserve for their exclusive notor iety and profit matter which was the prop erty of the whole public interested in gain ing access to it. A Charge That Can't Be Ignored. If Lodge and Aoams were persons of common clay, were literary hacks employed to ransack the Government pigeonholes for valuable records of the past, little notice would have been taken of th performance charged, even if it were true, but of men of their type it is difficult to believe that that would engage in so disreputable a scheme to .monopolize for their own fame and profit these state papers, and, by bribery of and collusion with petty clerks and -copyists, prevent other and rival "hfs torians" from securing the salable informa tion in question. It is this that makes the matter "sensational." Mr. A'dams, who is one of the famous Adams family, no- lives in "Washington. Several years ago he built an elegant resi dence on Lafayette Square. He and John Hay, known especially to fame as the author of "Little Breeches," built their residences adjoining each other, the late Architect Richardson, of Boston, designing them to form one complete artistic har mony according to his peculiar ideas of art in architecture. Mr. Adams made the cap ital bis residence solely for the purpose of engaging in the literary work in question, and in the ardent pursuit of which, in col lusion with Mr. Lodge and the department clerks, .he becomes involved in a scandal ot no mean proportions, if the foregoing story has tlie foundation which it seems to have. Adams Won't Give Himself Away. Mr. Adams wis in seclusion to-day. He was repeatedly called upon by inquiring ft am persons, but knew, the story was abroad and was not in the mood to discuss the matter. Mr. Lodge is at Boston, looking after his Senatorial fences, and here it may be-said that ii is possible his ambition to succeed Grandfather Dawes in the United States Senate may have been the means of bring ing to the surface the State Department "scandal" Mr. Lodge's chiei opponent is Speaker Barrett, of the Massachusetts Howe of Representative. Speaker Bar rett is Bostonese, but has none of the over wrought, worshipful admiration of culture of the peculiar Boston type, felt by many Bos ton people. He was here a few years ago as correspondent of a Boston paper, and was empbaticallv one of the boys of "the Bow." It is thought to be just possible nat Mn Barrett "got onto the little scheme" of Lodge and Adams and has been saving up the story all this time for a favorable op portunity for its presentation. However this may be, if Mr. Lodge falls to meet the charge with a good explanation he will suffer for it in a loss of prestige among in fluential people of Massachusetts which may work much injury to him in securing votes for the Seua.torsb.ip. Sherman on the Anti-Option Bill. In conversation to-day, in regard to the anti-option bill, Senator Sherman expressed his surprise that the friends of the bill should consume so much time in speech makiot, and ventured the personal 're flection that if they had as much experience as he thev would keep quietand permit the bill to come to a vote. Senator Sherman t?robabiv overlooked the fact that the mem bers who have spoken are answerable to constituencies which are particularly in terested for or asrainst the bill Each Sena tor who has spoken has had a special reason for the faith that was in him and which he coined into words. Senator Sherman, however, added the in teresting information that the bill has an undoubted majority in the Senate, as in bis opinion this ha been shown by several votes bearing indirectly on the measure. This will be cheering news to Senator "Washburn. A peculiar fact in this connec tion is that within the last few days several influential journals have all spoken at once and in the same vein against the bill. This shows that the opponents of Mr. "Wash burn's pet are not yet so discouraged as to abandon their labors for its defeat. LODGE SAYS IT IS FALSE. Tho Congressman Declares There's No Truth In the Story. Boston, Dec. 27. Congressman Henry Cabot Lodge, referring to the article in to day's "Washington Pott charging that he with others had formed a conspiracy to pre vent any but a certain clique of writers from gaining access to historical matter in the Government archives,said to-night that the accusation was false. The article, he alleges, was written to injure his chances for election to the Senate. "Of course I had documents copied," he said, "as evervbody has a right to do who has got the Secretary of State's permission. I got Mr. Bayard's permission to copy the Hamilton documents when I was editing them for the Putnams, and the Putnams themselves also got permission. That was in 1885 or 1886, I think. They are being copied continually bv historical students. Such papers are public property, and a per son wanting to get them copied for publi cation has only to get the consent of the Secretary of State. Mr. Bayard gave me the permission, and it had been given to many others; and the boots themselves have an acknowledgement of it on every page, and there was no secreoy about the matter. The copying for my set Of Ham ilton was done under the supervision of Theodore Dwjght, and the copying was paid for by the Messrs. Putnam, bnt I don't know who did the copying. If it ' was done bv Government clerks it was cer tainly not done jn the Government's time, but after hours'.' WHAETON ALSO DENIES IT. The Assistant Secretary of State Says the - ""CIKrgesireTJlrtrue. "Washington, Dec. 27. Assistant Sec retary of State "Wharton said to-day: "The State Department has certain rules and reg ulations under which persons may apply for access to the papers in its custody. Any proper person may thus consult them or copy them if it does not interfere with the work of the Department. We have a good many such persons nowat work on them, and I do not know that anyone has ever been refused this request "The statement that anyone outside the Department has had privileges that were not accorded to all is utterly untrue." THE READING RELIEVED Of the Conduct of Its Commercial Aflalrs by a Newly Organized Company. Pnii,ADELPHiA,Dec. 27. The announce ment was made to-day that an arrange ment had been effected whereby the entire management of the commercial affairs of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Conipauy, including its finances, after January 1 are to be conducted by the Pinance Company of Pennsylvania, of which George H. Earle, Jr., was recently elected president This arrangement will have the effect of separating the large com mercial business conducted by the Coal and Iron Company from its railroad business proper. The arrangement is of such a char acter that the interests of both com panies are made secure, and it is one which will be profitable to the' Pinance Company, as well as economical and 'of great advantage to the Coal and Iron Com pany. Some such arrangement has beoome a necessity since the acquisition of the Le high Valley and the Jersey Central, as well as of larse individual operators, from which it purchases coal, making the aggregate of this enormous commercial business reach 560,000,000 to 570,000,000 per year. The Coal Company's organization will continue to handle and distribute the coal and conduct all the details, as heretofore. The main object of the movement is to sep arate the Coal and Iron Company from the railroad, and, at the same time, to relieve President McLeod of the details ot the coal business, in order that he may give undi vided attention to the railroad. President Earle will have complete control of and su pervision over the anthracite output of the Reading svstem, and all of the company's officials now engaged in its coal offices will be subordinate to him. LABOR UNIONS TO CONFER. They "Will Try to Come to an Understanding for the "World's Fair Tear. Cedab Bapids, Ia., Dec. 27. The meeting of the executive officers of the different labor organizations, to be held here to-morrow, is not for the purpose of forming an amalgamated association to pre vent auy railroad strike during the "World's Pair, but to consider the relation of organ izations to each other. Grand Chief Clark, of the Order of Rail way Conductors, said that after this confer ence those relations will be thoroughly un derstood by the members themselves of the orders, the railway officials and everybody else. HOT ELOPEMEHT, BUT ABDUCTION. A Negro Tarred and Feathered for Running Away "With a White Girt Spjungfiei.d, O., Dec. 27. John Jack son, colored man, who eloped with Lessie Hinkle, a pretty white waitress, was taken from the jail, tarred and feathered at "West Liberty lost niht Tbe girl claims she has been held against her wilL Sxali. in size, great in results; Dn Witt's Little Early io. Best pill for constipation best lor eick headache and sour stomach. frnaT'jSn TEBIPESTSJT SEA, The Big Atlantic Liner Urn bria Long Overdue, and the Cnnarders Are ALREADY REINSURING HER Bixteen Vessels Due at New York Still Battling the Waves. THE NOORDLAND IN GREAT PERIL. Towed Into Queenstown'8 Harbor Disabled by a Broken Shaft. KANT HOURS OP FRIGHT AND ANXIETI New "xoek, Dec. 27. Of more than 20 steamships due or overdue only four have reached port up to this afternoon and these bore striking evidence of the tough weather and Intense cold experienced. With ven tilators demolished or twisted out of shape, lifeboats smashed and everything about deck in a demoralized condition, it is grati fying to find that nothing serious happened to the passengers and crew ot any of tbe incoming steamers. Each vessel was com pletely coated with ice, and so far as ap pearance went was entitled to be classed as a member of the "White Squdron." The rjmbria is considerably overdue. Such a delav for her would seem to indicate that she has fallen in with some vessel in distress and was slowly towing her to port. A close watch is being kept of the detained vessel. A cable dispatch from London says: There is anxiety at Lloyd's over the non arrival in New York of the Umbria, which sailed from Liverpool December 17 and from Queenstown for New York De cember 18. Beinsnring Already Commenced. The great storms on the Atlantic may, it is thought, have detained the vessel with out involving any accident, but the appre hension felt is so serious that reinsuring has already commenced. The officials of tbe Cunard line say they have no doubt that the "fimbria's delay is due to tbe breaking down of her engines. The rate of reinsurance paid on the TXni bria's cargo is 10 guineas premium. The steamship Noordiand was towed into Queenstown by the steamship Ohio at 7 o'clock this evening. All the passengers were on deck, waving bats and handker chiefs, and cheering. Anchor was dropped and the passengers were removed to shore by a tender. All showed signs of the anxiety which they had suffered. Some of the elderly steerage passengers were hardly able to walk. Several women fell on their knees and cried the moment they werf landed. The voyage of the Noordiand was tem pestuous, almost from the hour of leaving Sandy Hook. The winds blew almost a hurricane, and the ship had much difficulty in making headway through the waves. Looking for tile Critical Moment, Some of the passengers were so appre hensive of danger that they could not be in duced to retire at night, and sat about the saloon, dozing at intervals, and ready, with their clothes on, to take to the boats in the event of an accident, although boats could have lived only by a miracle in the terrible seas. The waves tossed their icy foam on the decks until the loner rigging was covered with a congealed coating, and the deck itself was like a skating pond. The only comfort or seourlty was in the cabins, and they remained under cover throughout nearly all the voyage; but Cap tain Nickels, his officers and erew spared no pains to secure the safety of the ship, and the hardy sailors never shirked an order, however perilous and painful. The Noordiand labored along successfully until Tuesday evening. It was a bitter cold night, and the passengers were congratulat ing themselves on gradually nearing the end of their stormy voyage. At 9.20 in the evening a tremendous crash was heard and tbe vessel quivered from end to end. The passengers who were sitting up were tossed about like ninepins, several of them being thrown to the floor. Beaten by tne Broken Shaft. Three terrific blows resounded one after the other, as if the vessel was being struck by a gigantic hammer, which, indeed, was the fact. The fright ot some ot the people was pitiful to behold. They rushed hither and thither, delaying the officers in their efforts to get at the cause and extent of the disaster. Captain Nickels knew well enough what the sound meant,and with a reassuring word to the passengers he hastened to in vestigate personally. The engines raced furiously, while the broken shaft, for that proved to be the danger, seeded about to crush tbe ship at every concussion. Water rushed into the tube, menacing the stoke hold and the engine rooniB, and the panic stricken passengers thought for awhile that the vessel was about to sink. Several minutes elapsed before word was given to the engines to stop. The Noordiand lay helpless, tossed by the gale, and as the water rushed in there seemed imminent danger ot sinking". The pumps were manned and put to work, every man of the crew being' summoned to duty. For 24 hours continuously the pumps were kept at work and the water prevented from gaining on the vessel. The excited passengers, finding that they were not in instant peril of being swallowed up by the waves, re gained courage and patiently waited for a steamer to tow them into port. Belief Comes In Sight at Lust. At the time of the accident the Noordiand was 400 miles west of Queenstown. The crjpplejl steamer was sighted by the steam ship OhioJ which left Philadelphia on the same day that the Noordiand left NewYork, and needed assistance was at once extended. The voyage to Queenstown rfith the Noord iand in tow was attended by much diffi culty, and the continuous stormv weather made it necessary to navigate with caution, but tbe Noordiand arrived without further accident. An examination showed that the fracture of the sbatt was six feet inside the stern. Fred Kotz, a first cabin passenger, told his experience to-night: Weweuejust becoming calmer, after the aocldent happened, wben we saw tbe oiew rushing through the steerage, carrying bed ding, mats and carpets, to be stuffed into the tunnel box. We all knew then that water was coming in. Nobody slept that night. Tbe women sat crying In the cabins and tbe men crowded tbe smoking room to play cards and talk over tbe situation. We all were badly frigntened. The vessel rolled terribly, and with every roll came a tremen dous tliump, as ir a piece of the elm ft wus loose and sinashimr things in the hold. The sails had been spiead, Dut they did not steady the ship noticeably. We knew we weie for from tbe track of the trans-Atlan-tic steamships, and most of us on that nlbt would not have guessed that our chances of life were more than two In five. Hours of Intense Anxiety. The crew worked heroically at the putrips Tor the 2 hoars after tho accident, and at the same time the engineers were busy at the shaft, fixing plngSLand trying to prevent further Influx ofwater. Eventually word was sent out that the flow of water had been checked. We had plenty of food and water and, therefore, with fairly favorable weather would have been able to bold our own lor some time. As the sea was still too-rough for any lifeboat, we were a ploomy lot. Friday was uneventful. Tho tables were laid as usual, but few cared to eat. At 2 o'clock Saturday morning tbe lookout yelled, "Light ahead." Every Body ttiriied ont and listened eagerly for the next word. "She's a steamer," was tbe next calk We all shook hands and cheered, and many ran about shouting for Joy. Wo all remained on deck the rest of the night, watculug the Ohio's lights. At daylight she stood by and pised a hawser. At that time, as I learned subsequently, our afterpeak was fnl&pf water, and despite their expressions or con fidence, the officers of tbe ship were In tensely anxious. The Ohio began towing ns very slowly. The strain caused by tbe heavy seas was too creat, and after Ave minutes the hawser broke. Befoie another hawser could be pnssed nine hours elapsed. The second hawser brolce, as did also the third. On Sunday morning other hawsers were fixed, and, as the weather had Improved mean while, they held until we reached haibor. We proceeded about seven knots an hour. Probably tbe Noordiand will be repaired temporarily at Queenstown, and then will proceed to Antwerp, where she will be com pletely overhauled. A GHASTLY GIFT. The Hand or a Rejected Suitor Sent by Mall to a Rochester Lady Tho. King She Gave Him Adorned tbe Lifeless Finger. Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 27. A loud scream of horror and fear, followed by a prolonged fainting spell, greeted the ar rival of a Christmas present by mail on the morning of the 25th, the recipient beine Miss Estelle Eobinson, of this city, who re sides with a married-sister on the outskirts of town. The gift that caused this conster nation was an odd and ghastly onei n the shape of a human hand, perfectly embalmed and mounted to serve as a paper weight The hand, which is in an. admirable state of preservation, looking as if it had just been severed from the arm, is evidently tfcat of a man, and is sinewy and shapely, and would really be beautiful, viewed as a work of art, could tbe ghastliness of the thing be for gotten. On the third finger is a broad band of gold, but -which could not be removed. This, Miss Eobinson reluctantly admitted, appeared to be the ring presented by her vears ago to a young man to whom she was at that time engaged to be married, and who she now believes has taken this unique and abhorrent manner of returning the gilt to her. But it is thought by the vonng ladv's friends that the gentleman lost the member by accident, and, having on the ring at the time, returned both to her. The young man to whom Miss Eobinson Is convinced the hand belonged was living in New York a year or two ago, but his present whereabouts are unknown to her. The ring she gave him bore an inscription on the inside, bnt the lady re 'used to have the band filed off for the purpose of identi fying it. Indeed, so great is her horror of the object thar she refuses to look at it, and has requested (hat it be at once interred. The gitt was accompanied by a plain visit ing card on which was printed by a type writer the greetings of the season. The ad dress was also typewritten The friends of the young lady are indignant with the sender, whoever he be, as tho shock to the nerves has made her seriously ill ever since with hysteria. CLOTJSTON GETS TWO YEARS. His Threat to Brae Down Others Causes a Panic at l'arkersborg. Paekeesbueo, W. Va., Dec, 27. Special To-day Judge Boreman handed down a decision denying the motion for a new trial of Clouston, the notorious embez zler. The State made a motion that the Court should suspend execution of the pending sentence, on the grouud that the prisoner is under indictment for more serious crimes than the one of which he was convicted in tbe case under consideration. The court was filled with an anxious group of persons who feared Clouston wohld in his desperation besmirch those who have in curred his ill will. The Court overruled the motion made bv the prosecution, Judge Boreman saying he would not try a person already under conviction. Then the defense made a final appeal that tbe Court be merciful to the prisoner on account of his parents. The Judge said he had been very patient and painstaking in the cose, givinc the accused every latitude the law allows, and that he hod been roundly denounced by the public and the newspaper press for so doing. He then sen tenced the prtsonei-to hard labor in the penitentiary for two years. The sentence created a profound sensation, and many other faces than the prisoner's paled when it was pronounced not for sympathy with the prisoner, but for fear that he will make good his threats to drag others down with him. His counsel immediately served notice of the filing of a bill of' exceptions on which they will base an appeal to the Su preme Court. THE LUMBER TRUST'S DEFEAT. A Minnesota Court Kef uses to Dissolve an. Injunction Against It. St. Path., Dec. 27. Judge Cornish has filed an order and memorandum in the case of the Bohn Manufacturing Company against W. 6. Hollis et al, officers and members of the Northwestern Lnmberman's Associa tion. The Court denies the motion for an order setting aside and dissolving a tempo rary injunction. The plaintiff claims that the defendant has entered into a conspiracy to restrain trade and to evade the law in this regard, to prevent every wholesale lumber dealer from selling lumber to any one except the members of the defendant association, so as to compel nil retail dealers to join tbe defendant association and act with Jts members. In the answer the As sociation says there are 150 retail dealers in the Association; that each one of them is financially responsible; that it is proposed to strike the name of the plaintiff off the list of the honorary members of the Associa tion, and put their name on the unfriendly list The Court proceeded to say: So trust could be moie extensive or op pressive, and the danger is not lessened, owing to the tnct it can be operated without the risk or loss td the membeis. Trade can not be so restraiued. The defendants have substantially admitted the charges made by the complainant, by admitting their real purpose. MEXICANS IN ECSTASIES Over Bull Fights, Where Bnnderlllos Are Gored and Horses Slaughtered. Qtjeretaeo, Mex., Dec, 27. The holi day fetes in this city are in progress and thousands of people from the City of Mexico, Zacatecas, Aguas-Calientas and other points in this part of Mexico are in attendance. The bull fights and cocking mains during the past two days have been tbe most suc cessful and exciting ever witnessed here. All the great matadors or bull-killers of Mexico, including Pouciauo Diaz, who has entertained the royalty of Spain by his prowess, are here displaying their skill. At the bull fight yesterday afternoon several serious accidents occurred. Three banderillos were terribly gored by the en raged bulls. Several fine horses were killed during tho performance and the sport was pronounced a great success by the large audience. Many thousand dollars had been wagered on the match bull fight and cocking mains between the cities of Queretn.ro and Zacatecas. Many Americans are here wit nessing tbe fights. MINERS STILL EEBELLIOTJi They Threaten Another Ons'anjrht on the Convict Lease System In Tennessee. Memphis, Pec. 27. General Kellar An derson returned fr6m Coal Creek to-day, and to tbe question. "Do yon anticipate any seiious outbreak on the part of the miners?" he said: No one can tell Just what tho miners will do. Thoro are many turbulent spirits among them who persist in their opposition to the presence of the conviccs. At present there aro about 1G3 men nt Coal creek, and they are under strict military discipline. A con stant watch is kept, unci tho guard duty dur ing such Weather as this is particularly se vere. The miners wenr that the convicts will be released before Governor BuclmfTan's term expires, and whether they will attempt to carry theli threat Into execution remains to bj seen. KILLED ATHIS POST, A Coal Pit Engineer at Mo nongahela City Shot by an Unknown Hand, HIS PISTOL AT HIS FEET. All the Circumstances Point to Mur der Instead of Suicide. A HISSING TRAMP SUSPECTED. The Yictim Is the Brother of One Who Also Fell by Foul Flay. FACTS MAT PLTEL0P AT THE INQDEST fgFECUI. TEtlOnAM TO TBI DISPATCH. Mononoahela City, Dec. 27. An other murder, in all probability, is added to the already long list with which this city is to be "credited. "What makes this case the more notable is the fact that the victim, Richard Reese, is a brother of "Will iam Reese, whose dead boly was found in the Monongahela river near a pumping boat upon which he was employed only a few months ago, the marks of violence on, his body showing the manner of his violent death. Three men are now in jail at "Wash ington, Fa, charged with that crime, and if justice is done in this instance tbe assas sins of Richard Reese will soon be sent to keep them coropanv. Richard Reese was employed by the "Wat son Coal Company, and was 21 years old. This morning the company's fire boss, George Mountain, noticed that the mine fans were not running. He went to the en gine house about G o'clock, found the door unlocked and inside discovered Reese lying dead, with a bullet wound through the head, the shot having entered behind his right ear. Reese had not touched his fires or any of the apparatus in the engine room since the fires were banked and the engine shut down the night before. These facts were apparent in the condition of things, and in tne fact that he had not removed his hat or overcoat after he entered the engine room prior to the shot that killed him. A pistol was found lving under his leg, with two empty shells iu the cylinder. Mice had nibbled tbe dead mau's face, which would indicate that be was shot some time during the night, and had Iain some hours in the engine room where he has been em ployed. The pit was not running yesterday. "Dick'Reese, as he was familiarly called, bad a merry day of it and was in his usual light-hearted mood when lost seen. He was not a drinking man, and was not intox icated. There is nothing thus far learned in connection with the case to show that he had any cause for despondency, or that any one had seen anything about him, or Knew of anything in connection with his affairs that would support tbe theory of suicide. The watchman at the brick works near by testified to-day, in the informal investi gation of the matter, that at midnight a stranger came to the works and asked leave to stav in the engine room. Tbe watchman refuse'd him at first, but the fellow begged so bard that he was permitted to stay there until toward morning. The watchman at no time heard any firing at the coal works, or anvthing to suggest the tragedy that was enacted there some time during the night, and at this time the affair is very much of a mystery. Reese had taken the pistol out of the bouse where he lived, as he said, to have some fun,making a noise to celebrate Christ ma'. The fact that this pistol wass found near his dead body is the only thing to war rant the theory of suicide, while the young man's habits, disposition, circumstances and the nature or location of the wound all go to discredit such a theory. Relatives ot the dead man have taken charge of the body, and it is expected that the Coroner's inquest will develop some thing definite. READING'S TEEASTBEE SUSPECTED. The Mayor Notifies Banks Not to Honor Checks Fendinc Investigation. Reading, Dec. 27. The banks of this city have been notified by Mayor Merritt to refuse payment of any checks issued by City Treasurer Obold. In the meantime an investigation is being made into the affairs of the City Treasurer's office. Mr. Obold denies all reports ot mis management of city finances. In Better Lack than Enoch Arden. ALLENTOWif.Dec 27. Edwin H. Miller, who left his wife and two children 21 years ago, returned home to-day. His wife re mained unmarried, and received him with open arms. A Minnesota Mad Dog Scare. St. Cloud, Minn., Dec. 27. Tbe mad dog scare has reached this city. The police to-day killed two dogs that had symptoms of rabiei. BABY FOUR WEEKS OLD. Distressing Skin Disease From Birth. Cured in JTlvo Weeks. Made Healthy and Beautiful by Cnticura Remedies. My baby boy had been suffering from birth with some 'sort of an eruption. The doctors called it eczema. Ills little ncclc was one raw and exposed mass of red. Inflamed flesh. His anus and across and under ills tlilEhs, wherever! he 'nt flesh made a fold, ftrere Just the same. For four weeks alter his birth he suffered wilh this eruption, in d until I tjot CCTI- CLKA ItEHEDIZH, there was little sleep for onv one. In Ave weeks he was com pleter cured. He was nine weeks old February 1. and yon ought to see his skin now. smooth, even, nnd a beautiful pink nnd white color. He is at healthy as he can be. Tbe CDTICCRA EESOLVKJ.T has given him toue vigor and strength. 1 enclose his portnlt. Thanks to tne famous Cuticora kkmidies. They cannot be spoken of too highly, they have done all that has been claimed for them. WM. A. GARDNER. 1S4E. 123d St.. N. T. From the are of two months my baby suffered with the eczema on hi r lacr and hodv. Dcwtorcd without aTall. Used CDTirunA ltMEDIK.S Konnd them in e try r sped satUfactory. 1 he child lias now a beautiful skin .Hid Is cured. We cheer full recommend th same to all mothers. MRS. J. EOTIIl-NiJEltG, IUU First av.. M. T. Cnticura Resolvent The new blood and Skin 1'urlUrr, Internally, and CUTlCCnA. the great Skin Cure, and CUTICURA SOAr, an exquisite Skin lleautlller, extrrnillr, in stantly rellei e and speedily cure every dUtase and humor of the skin, sc-ilp and bood. with loss of hair Irum infancy to age, from pimples to scrofula. "old everywhere. Price. ODTlcnRA. Mc: SOAP. S5et ItmOLVKvr. SI. Prepared br the POTTBR l!iuoANnCiuiMiCAi.CoBrouATlON, Boston, Mass. j3-"IIow to Cure bfcln Ilse." W pages, 50 Illustration, and testimonials, mailed free. DADVIP Skin and Scalp purified andbeautl DnD T O ned by Ccticura soaf. Absolutely pure. Tk RHEUMATIC PAINS In one mlnnte the Cnticura Antl-Paln Planter relieves rneu- roatlc sclatle, bin. kidney, chest and muscular cams and weaknesses. Price Mc. wssuwk KEW ADTKKTISBSUENTS. KEEP YOUR FEET DRY. It is less expensive and more agreeable to. buy a pair of rubber boots or shoes than to have wet feetv catch a cold and be laid up for the rest of winter. You will find our stupendous stock of footwear up to the mark both as regards value and variety. Anything that is in vogue or season can be had in our commodious shoe department To make things lively after Christmas we have placed on sale a few drives which we know by experience will crowd us the balance of the week. A Few of Our Me Men's dull friction lined boots, selling everywhere for $2.90, our price $2. 10. Boys' rubber boots, same quality, in dull or pebble leg, worth$2.25, our price $1.75. Youths' rubber boots, good quality, dull or pebble leg, sell ing for $1.75, our price $1.25. Misses' extra quality pebble leg rubber boots, actual value $1.65, our price $1.10. Child's good quality pebble leg rubber boots, worth fully $1.50, our price $1'. WANTED! 10,000 LADIES To buy from us a good quality plain vamp Quroquet Rubber Overshoes at lie a pair. :: :: :: :: fcgOur $15 Ulster Sale now in full blast. Come quick. They are going out fast LC IqMoN" SMITHFIELD tHHflr LATIMER'S' TEN DAY SALE OF- CLOTH DRESS GOODS . 13592 YARDS CLOTH 25c Per yard, 50 inches wide, in a great variety of mixtures. 52-INCH LADIES' CLOTHS 31c. Our most desirable bargain among the entire fall line. This Dress Goods stock in Fine Cashmeres or Serges, 38 inches wide, for 50c, shows up well in any shade. 54-INCH BROADCLOTH BARGAINS In all the choicest shades, if you want the best value we ever offered in fine Dress Goods 87e and $1.00. T. M. LATIMER, A.LL-EGrOBIEIISr'S'. de2mwT ruwK1 hwav fjii. Ullliio 1 m nu vjiii AN IMMENSE ASSORT MENT OF FANCY FURNI TURE IN LARGE AND SMALL PIECES AT RE . MARK ABLY LOW PRICES. Come in and look 1 v . around; you'll be sure to find what you want : 1 : All this week we will be open evenings until 9 o'clock to accommodate the public. KPPTfLJ ELElOll, Persnaflers: tf v s& iu viv 923, 925,927 Penn Avenue. 6e21-xwv u&iii .,,
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