EIGHT PAGES 5 COLUMNS. SCR ANTON, TA., MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 11, 1895. TWO CENTS A COIY. AFTER THE BIG BLIZZARD Trains on Many Railroads Are Still Snow Bound. 0RK OP CLEARING TRACKS Blockade Cuuscs Meat and Milk Famine in l'hiladelphia-Snow-Boumi Trulns on tlio Delnwurc-Stonu Inci dents About the State. By the United Tress. Philadelphia, Feb. 10. The snow bloikado on the Pennsylvania and Heading railroads was practically raised today. On the Reading the first train through from New York Blnce Thursday ufternoon reached here this evening at 9 o'clock by the roundabout way of Bethlehem. This evening, how ever, both tracks of the New York di vision were cleared, and the 12.10 a. m. train to New York will be run over the regular route. The branch lines of both roads and the smaller railroads In the state are still badly snowed under and a number of trains are stnllel In various' places and their storm-bound passeingers are being cared for in f.irm houses along the lines. k The most serious situation Is on the Delaware railroad In Delaware. Four passenger trains are walled in by big drifts at different points along the road and they may not be reached by relief trains before tomorrow morning. Or ders have been sent to the nearest sta tions to have the passengers supplied with food from adjacent farm houses, but even In the event of the trains being amply provisioned their occupants have undoubtedly suffered greatly from cold aind exposure, as they have been snowed in since Frday morning. Between Wyoming and Dover this afternoon three engines coupled to gether were bucking a snow drift, when the first engine jumped the track and upset. Engineer (Jordan was badly scalded, while Fireman Gri(Hn was In jured Internally and is not expected to live. On all the branch lines of the Delaware railroad not a wheel Is turn ing, and the interruption to trallic Is having a serious effect, ns many small places are cut off from obtaining their usual food supply. Provisions Are Scarce. For the lirst time In thirty years the Delaware river between this city and Camden was frozen solid .today from shore to shore, and people crossed on the Ice. The continued freight block ade on the railroad has caused a scarc ity of provisions and milk In Philadel phia and today the stock of fresh beef In the city abattoirs were exhausted. A train load of cattle has been started from Harrlsburg, and will arrive some time tonight or tomorrow morning. i Reading, Pa., Feb. 10. After a delay jof seventy-two hours the passenger train which was snow-bound pear Lyons.was finally released this morning and reached this city at 9.30. The East Penn and Lebanon Valley roads are partially open and the oliiclals expect to start out all trains on schedule time in the morning. The main line between l'nttsville and Philadelphia Is clear and traffic has been resumed. The Reading and Columbia road is open as far as Lancaster Junction, but the Schuylkill and Lehigh Valley branch, running from Reading and Slatlngton, Is still closed and the tracks may mot be cleared before Monday. The Wilming ton and Northern railroad is still snow bound and the oliiclals do not expect to resume traffic before Monday after noon. Many of the men who were sent out from Reading shops to shovel snow, suffered Intensely of the cold, and not a few had their ears and fees frozen. Engineer Ueorge Leeds, of the Leba non Valley road, it Is reported, had his feet and ears frozen. The Pennsyl vania railroad succeeded In opening Its line between Norrlstown and Pottsville this morning, and trains are running nearly on time. A light crust has formed on the snow and no further trouble Is anticipated. Theodore nib ble, the Reading passenger brakeman, who was reported badly frozen on the Lebanon road, . Is all right and re turned home today. Honds lllockcd hy Drifts. Harrlsburg, Pa., 10. The blizzard has spent Its force and the railroad com panies are now devoting their energies to resurrecting their tracks. The Penn sylvania lines in all directions are In fair shape, but the Reading and Cum berland Valley roads are still greatly crippled. The Cumberland Valley does not sell tickets for points beyond Mechanlcsburg. At some places ulong this line the snow is high ns the cars. The Lebanon Valley branch of the Reading Is also blocked by huge drifts. The city electric lines are gradually re suming operations and the cars In the city are running regularly. The sub urban trallic Is still greatly Interrupted. Middletown, Del., Feb. 10. The trnln which lert Baltimore at 7.20 o'clock on Friday morning arrived here tonight at 6.3B, having been snow-bound between Mt. Pleasant and Middletown. The railroad people did everything they could to make the pnssengers comfort able. The company have about 100 men shoveling snow. They have five en gines In front pulling and expect to get from here by 10, o'clock tomorrow. The snow Is In drifts twelve feet high in some places. Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 1.0. The passenger trains on the Cumberland Valley rail road which left Harrlsburg Friday morning, being snow bound ever since, reached here this evening. The entire day was spent in shoveling them out of the heavy snow-drifts enst of this city. By gome means an engine was thrown from the track, completely blockading the road. Between this city anddettysburgseveral pnssenger trains have been stalled In the snow-drifts. The passengers on the trains have been transferred to the nenr farm houses and provided for. FIRE AT IIARRISBURG. State Printing Office and Contents De stroyed by tlio 1'lainen. By the United Prom. v Harrlsburg.. Feb. 10,-The fire which was discovered In the annex of the state printing olllce, on llerr street, at midnight, was not under control un tll'thls morning. The building and co Wen ts are a total loss. The books and papers of the superintendent of public printing In an adjoining building ""ere saved. Everything else was Ue- stroyed. The loss on building and con tents Is estimated at $100,000, almost covered by Insurance. It Is not known how the fire originated. The only work for the legislature that was destroped was the calendar for the senate and house for Monday night's session. The annual report of the state treasurer was destroped, but a revised proof Is In the hands of the state treasurer. About a hundred pages of the auditor general's report for ISM had been print ed and the manuscript Is all destroyed, as were other state reportB. Slate Printer Busch urrlved here this afternoon and will endeavor to arrange with one of the printing houses In the city to do his work until he establishes a plaint. . v JONES NOVEL WAGER. Would lilrdlc tho liloho and l uru $5,000 All in One Year. By the United Press. Chicago, Feb. 10. There passed through hero, last week, a young man who Is endeavoring to win one of the queerest bets on record. His name Is Palel Jones, and he started at a point In Boston nearly a year ago, without money or clothing, on a wager that he would go around the world and return to that city Inside of a year with $3,000. He arrived here from St. Paul and left last night for Rochester, N. Y. He expects to win the wager. PERISlIKb IX THE RIGGING. Six Persons Die on a Ship in Sight of Rescuing l'orty-lleroio Kfforts of tho Life Saving Crew tol.uunch a Uout Are Thuurtcd by the High Wuvcs. By tho United Press. Putchogue, L. I., Feb. 10. In the rig ging of the three-masted schooner, be lieved to be the Von Tlllson, w hen dark ness fell last evening, there clung two men, half dead, while five bodies, lashed to ropes, swung against the liv ing in the angry wind. Three life saving crews have labored since yester day noon to rescue the men. Nine were In the rigging when darkness set In lust night. At daylight Saturday morning it was seen that two had dropped Into the sea during the night. One body was tied under the arms. The line was fast o the crosstrees, and as every sea lurched the vessel the body thumped against her side. As the life gun was rolled Into position last night, and aimed at the schooner's rigging, the voice of a sailor was heard to cry out: "O God, save us! Three are alive. For Clod's sake save us!" The echo of the gun drowned the cries of the man. After the life line had been hurled across the vessel and when no one aboard her tried to grasp it, another cry was heard. This morn ing life lines were shot across the ves sel again, but the two surviving sailors on the foremast were too cold and ex-' haunted to take hold of It. At noon an other line was shot. One of the men caught hold of it, but he was too1 weak to haul the whip line of the brfeches buoy aboard. On this line defended the saving of the two survivors.- When the tide went down at 12 u"clck both men Jumped to the schooner' deck and ran to the mainmust. Onn who seemed to he the stronger, then helped the other into the shrouds and lashed him fust. Every few minutes he climbed the rigging and pounded his shipmate to keep him awake. Attempt after attempt to launch the lifeboat proved unsuccessful yesterday. The life-saving crew made one more effort Just before dirk, but the high seas tossed the boat back upon the Ice bound beach. All efforts to reach the two sailors were abandoned at 7 o'clock. Part of the crews of the three stations were left on duty, while the remainder of the surfmen went on their regular patrols. Just before dark one of the men In the rigging could be seen going through motions as If in prayor. Signals of Distress. The crew of the Patchogue life saving station had taken .the last man from the wreck of the four-masted schooner John V: Manning at about 8.30 yester day morning. One of the men was re turning: to the wreck when he discov ered a three-masted schooner rapidly drifting toward the shore. She was heading northwest, but her crew seemed unable to control her. Her sails were torn and the remnants were flap ping wildly Jn the winds. A torn Aug was flying from the leeward rigging. The flag was bottom side up, showing that craft was In distress. All her sails, save the malnsaU and foresail, were torn to ribbons, and the booms were swinging first one way and then another as the schooner rolled In the trough of the sea. The tired patrolmen hastened back to the beach. Tho schooner struck on the outer bar Just before the life savers arrived, and then she worked In toward the shore, AH the life-saving apparatus was still attached to the Manning, but the crew herolcully set to work removing It, and In two hours they were In a posi tion to throw a line to 'the newcomer. Meanwhile the poor wretches on the Ill fated vessel were running frantically about the decks. From the shore they could be seen lashing themselves to the rigging. Three climbed the rigging of the foremast, tying themselves there. Two others climbed the mainmast, and dragging the ropes after them finally lashed themselves fast. Two were al ready lashed In the mainmast rigging. The men on shore worked hard to reach the vessel, but the surf prevented the launching of the life-boat, and line after line waa shot out to her. Captain Rorke and Captain Sim Daker realized that all their efforts were of no avail. While this was going on on-shore some of the poor fellows lashed In the rigging, who could plainly see the work ing of the life-savers, died. The three men In the foremast were hanging limp. Tho life-savers made signs to tho sur vivors to tie the life line around their waists and Jump Into the sea, but they would not do It. Two of tho Crow Rescued. Fire Island, N. V Feb. 10. Tho schooner ashore at Point of Woods Life Saving station proves to be the Louis V. Place, of New York. Captain Squires, from Baltimore for New York, coal laden. Cnptnln Baker, of the Lone Hill station and tho Point of Woods crew, succeeded In reaching the vessel at 11 o'clock Inst night and rescued two of the crew, which had consisted of eight men. They were In a badly fror.en condition and had been In the rigging two days 'and a night. The othor six men hud either been washed overboard and drowned or frozen to death In the rigging. LAST DAYS OF KRESS Fifty-Third Has Less Than a Month to Complete Its Work. BRIEF FORECAST OF THE WEEK Proposition Leading to the Government Control of Kailrouds Will Meet Oppo sit lon-Kepublicans Will Kncoiirnuo l'lnnnclul Relief Measures, By the United Press. Washington, Feb. 10. Beginning with tomorrow there yet remains to this con gress but eighteen days In which to transact business and close up its af fairs. Despite the fact that the end is so near but one of the thirteen appro priation bills ithat provide for the gov ernmental expenditures for the year ending Juno 30, 1896, has become a law and received the signature of the pres identthe Military academy bill. There Is now on the senate calendar the poSt oftlee and the Indian bills, and Chair man Cockrell expects to report the ag ricultural bill tomorrow. The two bills now before the senate will be sub jected to much debate, but the degree to which It may be protracted depends entirely upon the attitude of those In charge with regard to the withdrawing of certain objectionable amendments that have been made. The first bill to be called up is the postofflce appro priation bill. At the solicitation of Mr. Vilas tho committee has reported an amendment to this bill providing that the government shall own the postal cars In use on the different roads carry ing the fant malls. The Republicans look upon this as the first step In the direction of government ownership ,of railroads and will antagonize the amendment. Another and a far more Important amendment, more objectionable from a political standpoint. Is one that places the expenditure of the IXOOO.OOO appro priated for the support of the special fust mall facilities, at the nbsolute dis cretion of the postmaster general. This, Republicans say, is contrary to all pre cedents. They maintain that congress Itself should stipulate where and how this money should be spent. So long as this amendment is permitted to remain as a part of the bill Republican leaders say they will not permit It to pass, tight on Agricultural Hill. It is Immaterial whether the agricul tural or the Indian bill comes up next Changes In both of them will be de nmmled by the Republicans. At the last session the Republicans, against the opposition of the Democrats, had Jl, 000,000 appropriated for the extermi nation of the Russian thistle, this ap propriation going onto the agricultural bill as an amendment, but was stricken out In conference. Now the bill carries an amendment reported by the commit tee appropriating the same amount for the extermination of the gypsy moth, which will bo fought by the Republi cans. Mr. Allen will take the first oppor tunity that presents Itself this week to call up his resolution providing for the appointment of a committee to Investi gate the Alabama election; and Mr. Call, If he Is able to amend his lottery resolution so as to make It acceptable to the Republicans, will do likewise. There Is a good chance of the Republi cans assisting In the passage of both these resolutions and thus sotting two Investigating committees at work. In any event they will be useful in con suming time and preventing the discus sion of other measures to which the Re publicans are opposed. The Republicans may precipitate n discussion of flnnnciul affairs by the In troduction of some sort of a resolution. It Is apparent that the finance commit tee will do nothing, although the presi dent's message will doubtless be dis cussed at the meeting next Tuesday. Should nothing come out of It, the mes sage will, It Is understood, be brought before the senate for discussion through some other channel. The Republicans are willing that a financial measure should receive ample consideration, and will lend all tho assistance needed to get some scheme, practicable In their estimation, before the senate at any time when the Democrats will Indicate their willingness to co-operate with them. A financial debate this week Is not among the Improbabilities. No Special Hill to lie Considered, Immense pressure Is being brought to bear upon the committee on rules for orders for the consideration of this or that measure, which Its advocates deem to be of rarest Importance, but members of the committee said yester day that until the appropriations bills were out of the way no arrangements would be mude for the consideration of special bills. Of course this decision of tho committee Is not In flexible, and should tho committee on ways and means come to the Improbable conclu sion to recommend the passage of a bill giving the secretary of the treasury authority to Issue 3 per cent, gold bonds. In accordance with the sugges tion contained in President Cleveland's last flnanclnil message, doubtless a day would be granted for Its discussion. The programme outlined for this week contemplates the passage of the legislative, executive and judicial ap propriation bill before adjournment on Monday. The session of the house to morrow will begin at 11.30 o'clock and that Is likely to be the rule from thlB time forward. By unanimous consent Tuesday has been set apnrt for the consideration of measures affecting the Interests of the District of Columbia. The naval appropriation bill, which has been on the calendar for two weeks, will be called up on Wednesday and the debate oh some of Its provisions will probably exhaust the remainder of the. week. Opposition to tho Naval til II. The provisions for the new ships are sure to meet the determined If not ag gressive opposition of several of the Democratic leaders, interested In keep ing the total of appropriations by this congress down to the lowest possible figure. But the declaration of Mr. wll son, chairman of the committee on ways and means, supplemented by those of President Cleveland, In his message to ctmgress and of Secretary Carlisle In his .letter tho other day, that there would be a surplus of re ceipts over expenditures In this cal emlar year, have undoubtedly strength ened the ranks of the advocates of the proposed Increase of the navy, and one of the antagonists of the proposition practically admitted on Saturday that the bill as reported by the committee on iiavai affairs would receive the sup port of a majority of the house. Sat urday afternoon has been set aside for the delivery of eulogies upon the late Senator Vance, of North Carolina. GEORGIA SENATOR ON TRIAL. Charged with Being a White Cop-Other Prominent Men Accused. By tlio United Press. Atlanta, Feb. 10. At a white cap trial begun before a federal court yesterday three of the men Indicted and on trial were S. Q. Treadwell, of Tllton, White field county, member of the state sen ate of Georgia; Dr.Samiuel Brown, his son-in-law, a practicing physician of Whltelleld county, and Frank Ollgore, a justice of the peace of Tllton. They are charged with conspiracy and the "White capping" of Bob Hooker on Ajpiil 14 last, because he had reported Illicit stills to the authorities. The charge, If proved, implies a heavy pen ality. The grand Jury w hich Indicted them believe that a general oath-bound con spiracy existed by which men were sent a distance of over a hundred miles to execute the orders of the clan for the punishment of persons who have fallen under their pleasure. There are over forty men In jail charged with membership in this leugue. OVERDUE STEAMERS ARRIVE. Three Survivors of tbe Ill-Fated Elbe Arc Passengers on the l inbria No News of l.a (iuscognc. By the United Press. Quarantine, S. I., Feb. 10. The Red Star line's Rhlnelund, which has been several daysoverdue, arrived this morn ing. She was so heavily loaded down with Ice on the starboard side as to list her at an angle of nearly 45 de grees. It was Impossible to walk along her decks unless by the assistance of life lines. Captain Mills told the United Press representative at Quarantine that If the moderate weather had con tinued he would have reached this point on Wednesduy night, but the howling hurricane which struck her lust Monday upset all calculations for a good passage. From 10 o'clock Tuesday morning till noon of Wednesday the ship was hove to. . The Manitoba's captain, Griffiths, had almost exactly the same experience as the Rhintland, but did not suffer so much from the Ice. The lowest tem perature she' experienced was on the eighth when the thermometer went down to 10 degrees above zero. The Cunarder I'mbiia arrived here this morning. Her voyage was unevent ful as' far as the weather was con cerned. Last Wednesday morning, shortly after midnight, she fell in with a French bark, which is reported to he the Jean Baptiste of Havre, with a cargo of lumber from Halifax for Cork, The' bark was water logged and the crew made signals that they wislied to be taken off. Captain Dutton ordered a boat lowered, which took off four of the crew, and ten others came alongside In the two boats belonging to the bark. They had been helpless for several days. The men saved none of their ef fects. John Vevera, Charles Hofmann nnd Eugene Schlegel, survivors of the Elbe disaster, were passengers on the I'm bi-lu. Neither the Umbria, the Manitoba nor the Rhineland saw anything of the overdue La Gascogne. New Y.oik, Feb. 11. The steamer re ported as coming In east of Sandy Hook this morning at 11!. 00 hus anchored. The marine observer at Sandy Hook reports that she looks like u French line steamer. The French liners now due are La Gascogne and La Norman die. . . New York. Feb. 11. At 1.45 tho French liner before reported tins anchored out side of Sandy Hook liar. The mnrlne observer' at Sandy Hook says she Is piubably La Normandle. VANISHED OI F THE EARTH. A Woman and Child Start on a Journey Which They Tail to Mulsh. By the United Press. New- York, Feb. 10. A general alarm lias been sent out to the police of the city to look for Mrs. Hatitle Carey and her little 3-year-old son, who dlsup pea ted last Saturday under very ex traordlnary circumstances. Mrs. Carey Is the wife of Henry Carey, who, until recently, lived In Philadelphia. Mr. Carey made up his mind about a fort night ago to come to this city and live, He has an aunt here, and it was ar ranged that Carey and his wife and child should make their home with her, Last Saturday MrB. Carey, with her little boy, left by the Pennsylvania railroad and were due to arrive In this city somewhere about 7 p. ni. Carey remained behind to wind up his affairs, From the time Mrs. Carey and her child boarded the Pennsylvania train up to the present moment all trnce of them hns been lost. They apparently have vanished off the fuee of tho curth, and now Carey Is here In this city well nigh distracted with grief and moving heaven and earth to get some clew to their whereabouts or their fate. PUT OFF THE TRAIN. Taken for a Negro, Loses II Is Ticket and a Holl of Monoy. By the United Press. nt. Louis, feu. iu. v. L. Slssela, o Colombo, Ceylon, an Importer of teas In New York, who was a World's, fair com' mlssloner from Ceylon, took a berth In the sleeper of an east bound Louisville and Nashville train at the Union eta tlun. .. ' the train nenred Belleville, 111. .Rbotir'twenty miles distant, the conductor Mr. Slsscta that he must ride In the smoker, evidently taking him for a negro. Mr. Slssela demurred and or fered a thousund-mlle ticket from which to take the fare, but the conductor confiscated It, as he said It did not be long to him. Then the passenger pulled out u roll containing $100 avid offered to pay fare, The conductor refused this and put the tea merchant and his baggage off at Belleville. In the scuffle tho $100 and a check for a 'trunk containing $500 worth of valuable teas were lost. Storm in Ireland. By tho United Press. Dublin, Feb, 10. An unprecedented mow storm hit blocked tramc throuKhout the south of Ireland today. Hallway traffic li bauly blocked. A1RICANSJRE IN EXILE Mr. Cranston Declares That His Ar rest Was Unvvaraantcd, A HAWAIIAN COURT-MARTIAL Three Pussengcrs on tlio Wurrimo Say That the Death of the Rebels Has llecn Dcraunded by Cowards Who. Run Ueforc Royalists. By the United Press. Victoria, B. C, Feb. 10. The steamer Warrlmo arrived here late last night from Honolulu, bringing ne,ws of hap penings there up to Feb. 2.' On board are three men who have been exiled by the Hawaiian government for partici pation In the recent rebellion. They are: J. Cranston, A. Muller, and J. B. Johnson. Mr. Cranston, upon arriving here, sent for the American consul. He Intends placing his case In the hands of the American authorities and will seek redress for the expulsion of Mul ler, Johnston and himself. Six of the rebels have been sentenced to death for complicity in the recent up rising. The general belief in Honolulu, however, was that no capital punish ment would be meted out to the rebels, the first hut feeling of resentment ugainst the disturbers having passed away and given place to one of mercy and moderation. The trial of the ex-queen has proba bly already occured. ' The churges and specifications were served upon her on Jan. 31, and the trial was set for the following week. Her own diary, found at Washington palace, will be put In as important evidence against her. The Impression Is general that bIic will ilead guilty and will be leniently dealt with. Cranston, one of the men who arrived here on the Warrlmo, claims to be an American citizen. He denies absolutely that he was in any way connected with the uprising in Hawaii or even knew that such a thing was contemplated until the day the rebellion broke out He says his arrest, detention and ex pulsion from Hawaii was unwarranted and a gross outrage. Ho claims that he and his companions were given no hearing and were unceremoniously ilaced upon the steamer an hour before she sailed. He says his business In Honolulu was ruined by the acts of the Hawallun government, and that he and Muller were put aboard the steamer with only the clothes they had on when they were arrested, and with the small sums of money they happened to have with them at the time. Cranston says he Is going to lay his case before the United States government and demany redress. Perjured Testimony Introduced. Cranston charges that the Hawaiian government Is procuring the conviction of some of those charged with engag ing in the rebellion by means of per jured testimony, and that the fact Is notorious In Honolulu. James B. Johnston, who claims to be a British Btibject, said: "I was In the service of the government right up to the moment 1 was arrested on Monday afternoon. I had made arrangements to take up arms for the government, but before I could do so I was arrested For twenty hours a dny we were con lined In our cells and we could com munlcate with no one. Martial law was In force after mutual hostilities had censed. The rebel leaders were being tried by court-martial composed of mill itarv men not one of whom knew cor rectly how to draw a sword from Its scabbard. The cowards who fled before a hand ful of rebels at Diamond Head demand ed that all the prisoners be shot with out the option of a trial. The govern ment newspaper made the same de mands. A petition was extensively signed by the soldiers demanding the Immediate execution of Royalist lead ers. The government was in tne nanus of a livib. Foreign ministers were powerless, ns there were no warships In the harbor to back them up or to protect us. Every night we expected an indiscriminate siuugnter. At last the Philadelphia arrived and every body felt more secure. The trials pro ceeded, but were grossly one-sided. The government luwyers would not defend the prisoner?, and all Royalist lawyers were In jail. Mr. Johnson then told of his deporta tion, his story ugrecing In every par ticular with that told by Mr. Cranston. Muller's testimony is to the same effect. Johnston will land at Vancouver and remain there for the present, but Crans ton and Muller assert that they will not leave the ship, but return to Hono lulu. SOVEREIGN'S PREDICTION'S- According to tho .Master Workman Thcro Will Ho a Serious I phcuvnl In This Country Within Twelve Months. By the United Tress. Philadelphia, Feb. 10. "The crisis Is surely comliiif," Httlrt General Master Workman of the Knights of Labor Sovereign, this afternoon, at Labor Lyceum hull, in an address to tho mem bers of a local assembly composed of cloth cutters and shop tailors. "There will be a serious upheaval li this coun try within twelve months. Kvery move on the soclul chess board indi cates It. Capitalistic tactics are forc ing the Issue, and organized labor will be the victor. It wilt be a peaceful revolution, accomplished without the aid of Winchesters and Oatllug guns. After the light Is over people will say, when they Bee a Knight of Labor who has been stead fan t throughout the great strife, 'there goes an American patriot.' We want you to enlist for the war, to become an Integral part ot our grand organization; until there Is gathered within our fold sufficient numerlcul strength to say to the other follows: "This far you have gone', and by the Eternal Uod, you shull go no further." These ralher forcible concluding re marks of the general muster workman were prefaced by a much milder dis course. In which ho outlined, from a Knights of Labor standpoint, the dif ferences between capital and lubor In the master of a proper wage scale. "We want the entire abolition of wage system," he said. "Ho long as thut i "" -""l'""tD " " "-- slavery run rampant In the lands, Wage yitum and slavery are sysno- system continues so long will poverty nomous terms. We consider the estab lishment of a co-operative system to supersede the grinding wage system, and we can have it by thorough organi zation and united action. Our whole social system has gone all to smash. The common people, the working peo ple, must reconstruct it." Mr. Sovereign attacked the trades unions, saying that they were entirely too limited In their scope, and too self ish in their aims. LA GASCOGNE'S FATE. Story by the Teutonic's Captain Comforts Anxious friends. By the United Press. Paris, Feb. 10. The story told by the Teutonic's captain has given some com fort to many persons who are watching anxiously for news from the La Gas cogne. If the Teutonic's speed was twenty knots an hour, they say, La Gascogne's could not be more than six teen knots. The captain of La Bourgogne, which sailed from Havre yesterday, was in structed to keep a sharp lookout for the missing vessel and to shape his course toward Newfoundland, with a view to getting some trace of her. COLD WEATHER ABROAD. A Londou Omnibus Driver Frozen to Dcuth-Perils of Trying to Get Married In a Howling Snow Storm. From the New York Sun. London, Feb. 10. The most remarka ble fact about the severe weather the past week is that an. icy band encircles the whole northern hemisphere. It Is not a mere cold wave or a series of waves. It exists with tne same intens ity and during the same time In Eur ope, China, and Amerlcu. The war dis patches from the seat of operations uf the Japanese forces at Wei-Hal-Wel say that the temperature Is more than 30 degrees below the freezing point. From Russia come tales of unprece dented cold. Western Europe, Includ ing England, has not known such weather for twenty years. In fact, the whole earthi north of the thirtieth par allel is Ice-bound, and it is doubtful If the existing records of meteorology can produce a similar situation. Tbe effects of the terrible visitation are, of course, most severe where the condition Is most abnormal. When I mention that an omnibus driver was frozen to death In his Beat, with the reins frozen to his hands, In London yesterday, some conception may lie formed of the sufferings of the poor in tho great metropolis. Snowed-up trains, and frozen rivers and canals have been as common in England this week as In America. The calamitous weather produced some humurous ef fects. . There Is nothing funnier than the adventures of a wedding party in Cum berland. John Howes, a mining en gineer, was to be married on Wednes day afternoon at the parish church to Mabel Snelus. A big snow storm had been raging, but the bridal party of fourteen persons bravely set out to church and succeeded In reaching it In an exhausted condition., They found neither parson nor bridegroom. After fretting in. vain, they es'saped to return home. All the roads meantime had be come impassable, and the party had ultimately to spend the night in the church. When I.ovc Weakened. All this time Howes hud been mak ing frantic efforts to reach his bride. He started out blithely, defiant of the miow storm, hut was soon brought to a standstill. Over and over again on horse and on foot he tried to gain the church. He was finally compelled to give In. Not even love made desperate could contend successfully against snowdrifts sixteen feet deep, which were the obstacles that stood between Howes and happiness. The unfortu nate parson had been In a desperate plight, innrrowiy escaping with his life, and finally taking refuge In a wayside cottage. Happily for the belengured party In side the church it Included two athletic brothers of the bride, and these, mak ing a gallant Bortle before night fell. eturned with stimulants, food, and blankets. Next morning the bridegroom brought his engineering skill to bear upon the problem, and, having enguged 200 laborers, 'he managed to cut a nar row way, first to the curate's house, the parson being too exhausted and un nerved to take further Bhare In Cupid's game, and thence to the church, where the marriage ultimately took pluce on Thursday afternoon. It will be seen from this Illustration that England Is having a real old-fashioned winter, such as Christmas story-tellers delight to write about and simple folk love to read of In snug nooks. But, truth to tell, only skatemakers and skaters are enjoying It. Everybody else Is grum bling and shivering, while the poor are suffering untold misery. LEFT TO THEIR FATE. Steamer Maverick Abandons a Rurgo Carrying a Crew of Ten Men. By the United Press. New York, Feb. 10. Cnptnln Rubelll, of the steamer .Maverick, belonging to the Standard Oil company, arrived at Huyonnethlsmorniiigand reported that she was obliged to abandon barge No. 68 at sea Friday night and make port for coal. The Maverick loft Hoston i for Philadelphia last Monduy with burge No. 5S In tow. The barge wub light. Heavy gales were encountered from the outset, and on Thursday and Friday the steamer and burge had as much ns they could do to keep afloat In the bllzrard. On Friday night the sup ply of coal on tho Maverick got so low that Captain Rubelll decided to drop the barge and make port, and returned for the barge nfter coaling. The crew of the barge consisted of Captain C. Q. Farmnn, an old schooner captain, who halls from Koton, Conn.; an engineer, a fireman and seven sail ors, ten ull told. Whether they are still alive or not Is mere conjecture. The severity of the recent gale and the In tense cold muke the chances for their safety very slim. China Seeks Advice. By tho United Press. London, Feb. 10 The Central News' correspondent In Pckln telegraphs thut the Chinese government Is consulting with the foreign diplomatists concerning the new powrs to be exercised by the peae envoys to Jupun. WEATHER REPORT. For eastern Pennsylvania, fair; north east winds. 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