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LAWMAKERSARE AT WORK
Bills Introduced in Senate and House
of Kcprcscntativcs. '
APPROPRIATIONS IX MAJORITY
Over Forty Measures Pass First Heading
in the Senuto-ltlll to Create a Mid
dle Penitentiary District Fred
erick Dougliiss l'uloglcd.
By the United Tress.
Harrisburg. Pa., Feb. 25. When the
senate met tonight after the ten days
recess there were about thirty of the
fifty senators present.
A large number of petitions were pre
sented praying tor the passage of
numerous bills, of which the most Im
portant was the bill creating a depart
ment of agriculture.
The following bills were Introduced:
Hy. Mr. Vuutfhun Establishing a court
of appeals to be composed of live Juili'S
nil providing for reporting and publish
ing decisions of the Bald court.
iiy Mr. Hindis Providing as punish
ment for bribery at election a tine of
Jl.lXW, deprivation of the right to vote for
live years for a llrst offense and ten for a
second.
Over forty bills passed first reading,
vthe principal one being the Marshall
to repeul the act preventing the
jonsolldation of eompettton pipe line
.companies.
Hills Introduced in House.
The house met at 8 o'clock this ev, .1
lng after a recess of ten days. Several
petitions urging the passage of the
compulsory school law and game laws
were presented.
Hills In place were read as follows:
Mr. Page, Dauphin To create a. middle
penitentiary district. Including the coun
ties of Potter, Tlona, Bradford, Sulli
van, Lycoming, Northumberland, Col
umbia Montour. Fulton, Uedford. Cum-berla-
s Franklin, Adams,, Somerset
Klalr;- , "ria. Huntingdon. I'nion, Loo
anon, Pen-,Junlata, Mllllin, ClearllelJ,
Clinton and Center, the penitentiary to
be located at or near the city of Har
risburg. The bill provides for the ap
pointment of a commission to select u site,
and appropriates $lm,UUU for the purchase
of the Hume, etc.
Mr. Hulilwln, Delaware Limiting the
forfeiture of policies of Insurance; defin
ing the power to grant franchises over
highways in boroughs and townships to
street railways operated by power oth'T
than steuni, and providing that the power
to grant franchises shall be vested in the
owners of property to whom the roads
would revert In case highways were va
cated. Mr. Seyfert, Lancaster For the protec
tion of street railway employes, requir
ing street railways companies to protect
the ends of their cars with glass or other
Kolld material, ami requiring them lo
have their cars hea'M during winter
months.
'Mr. Rlter. Philadelphia Appropriating
$1U.0U0 to the Full-mount Park Art associa
tion for thrt rtrlnii nf mnnu au.nt In
J . Ubneral Grant, and j,ixjO for a monument
to General Carflvlil.
Mr. Seyfert, Lancaster To punish haz
ing in institutions of learning.
Mr. Schwarz, Monroe Empowering per
sons having served three full terms as
prothonotary to practice law.
Mr. Pelts, Philadelphia Appropriating
$1,000 for the use of the state health au
thorities. Mr. Shrlnck, Schuylklll-To punish false
repf mtatlons to assessors and tax col
lector; appropriating fcin.uuo to the hoa
pltul at Pottsvllle.
Mr. Pennewlll, Philadelphia Appro
priating Hu.iwo to the Sunday lireakfast
association, Philadelphia.
Mr. Grlgsby, Lawrence To prohibit the
appropriation of public funds for sec
tarian purposes. It is aimed at hospitals
or other Institutions wholly or In part In
charge of religious denominations.
Frederick Douglass Kuloeicd.
A resolution was adopted eulogizing
the late Frederick Douglass and de
ploring his death.
When Governor Hastings' veto nf the
Mil for an additional Judge In Wash
ington county was read Mr. Lawrence
asked that action on the veto be post
poned until 12 o'clock, noon, tomorrow,
saying he desired to make a few re
marks explaining the action or tho
Washington county members In Intro
ducing the bill. Mr. Murphy, West
moreland, made a similar motion when
the veto of the bill for an additional
Judge In Westmoreland county was
read.
A half dozen bills were read for the
first time, and at 9.35 o'clock the house
adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
FOOL SHOUTED FIRE.
Panlo Narrowly Averted In a Philadelphia
Theater,
By the United Press.
Philadelphia, Feb, 25. A terrible
panic was narrowly averted at the
Chetstnut Street Opera house tonight
at the presentation of "The War of
Wealth." At the conclusion of the
third act of the play a quantity of cot
ton was set on fire upon the stage to
represent the burning of a mill, and
the cplumn of Are that shot up from
the stage and the volume of smoke that
filled the house made the scene entirely
too realistic to be pleasant to the spec
tators. To add to the uneasiness of
the audience the asbestos curtain of the
house was sent down uopn the scene
and some one in the audience shouted
"Fire." T;he nerves of the audience
had already been strung up to a high
pitch by the fire upon the stage, nnd
this ever terrible cry of "Fire" In a
crowded theater p'iy(l too much for
the spectators ar a. wild rush was
made to the door.'
Rome of the cool heads In the audi
ence, however, shouted out that the
fire was a part of the piece and finally
the panic-stricken throng was quieted
and the people returned to their seats
and the performance proceeded. Dur
ing the panto three women fnlntedtand
one was carried In an Insensible condi
tion from the house.
. SKELETONS IN A CAVE.
Strange Discovery Mudo hy Clilens Near
a Town In Northern Ohio.
By the United Press.
Toledo, Feb. 26. J. P. fltrnnge and
other cltlitens have been Investigating a
cave on L. R. Reynolds farm, near
Norfolk, this state. They made several
interesting- discoveries. Sixteen dead
horses, or rather their skeletons, were
found, and three skeletons of human
beings. In another chnmber were found
old clothes, musks, lints, pistols, knives,
etc. Altogether there are five com
partments In this subterranean cham
ber. Above the door was the motto,
"Homo, Sweet Home." In one of the
rooms, painted on the wall In red let
ters, were the words "Sandusky Joe,
1835."
In the thirties there was a gang of
Indian horse thieves in this vicinity,
and It Is supposed they made this cave
their headquarters. On several of the
skeletons of the horses were found
Baddies and bridles. Judge Wlckham,
of Norfolk, who was deputy sheriff In
1S35, remembers that the Indians stole
many of the settlers' horses and no
trace of them could be secured.
BURNED TO DEATH.
Charred Remains of an Aged Couple
Found In Ruins of Their Home.
By the United Press, .
Dayton, O., Feb. '25. The home of G.
W. Weaver and wife, an aged couple
living two und one-half miles southwest
of Trottwood, Montgomery counly, was
burned last evening. The charred bones
of Weaver and his wife were found In
the ruins.
It Is thought that robbers, after rob
bing and murdering the aged couple,
tired the house to cover up their work.
DEFENDED HIS GOSLINGS.
Mike krutky Draws llcud I poll Miscre
ants Who llud Invaded His Premises
w llh l owl Intentions.
Special to the Scratifon Tribune.
Forest City, Feb. 25. Michael Kratky
keeps a kind of hotel on what is known
as the "Warren Lot," between Forest
City and Itlchmondale, but has no
license. Sunday morning about 1
o'clock he shot a man named Peter
Koshnack twice, one bullet passing
through the knee and the other enter
ing the abdomen. Huth men tell a dlf-.
ferent story about the affair und it is
hard to get ut the real fucts in tha
case.
Kratky says Koshnack broke Into his
hen house and was carrying away sev
eral fowls; that he was awakened by
the noise, gave- chase to two men,
whom he saw retreating to Forest City
and llnally, instead of stopping as he
called on them to do, one of them
turned and shot at him. Kratky says
he was not hit and thut he Immediate
ly returned the tire. The men then
scampered away as fast as they could
and he was unable to tell whether he
had hit them or not. When he reached
the point where they had been vh"ii
they shot at Kratky, he claims he
found four of his geese and one duck.
Koshnack says he was in Krutky's
place drinking Saturday night; that
he stayed late and gut quite full.
Everybody had goneand Kratky vant"d
him to go and would not give him any
more to drink. He says they then hud
a few words and Kratky drew a re
volver and shot him twice. He then
managed to get to his boarding house,
on Lower Main street. In Forest City,
but did not semi for a doctor until
Sunday afternoon. The physic.an has
probed for the bullet in the obdomen
twice since, but so far has been un
able to find It. The chances are against
the man living.
GEORGE PROCTOR BOHS UP.
Ucgins His Old Tricks at the F.nJ of a
Nino Year Sentence.
By the United Press.
Philadelphia, Feb. 25. George H.
Proctor, alias L. K. Fessenden, aged
about 50 years, was arrested here to
night on Information of the authorities
of Howdolnham, Me., on the charge of
forgery. Proctor is an old thief and
has been arrested twice for robbing
banks. In 1S84 he robbed a bank at
Susquehanna, Pa., of $40,000, for which
he received an imprisonment of nine
years and six munths. He also robbed
a bank In Massachusetts. He has
spent a great part of his life In Jail
and has made several escapes.
His method of forgery was to go Intrf
a store and obtain a letter head sheet
of the firm on the pretense of writing
a note and then forge an order on it.
CARNEGIE WORKS IDLE.
Fifteen Hundred Steel Workers Out of
1 inploynicni.
By tho United Press.
Homestead, Pn Feb. 25. About 1..W0
employes of the Carnegie Steel works
were thrown out of employment today
by the closing down of a number of
departments in the plant.
The converting mill, the 1.0-Uich, 23
Inch, 33-Inch and 40-Inch mills are nil
idle on account of scarcity of orders.
Work will resume as soon as orders are
received.
Against Amcrlcnn Meat.
Bv thn United Press.
Washington, Feb. 25. United Press
cable dispatches from Paris published this
morning announcing that France had
been persuaded to Join Germany In tho
retaliatory Interdiction on the Importation
of American meats, was confirmed by nn
official dispatch received today from
Henry Vlgnnud, secretary of the Ameri
can embassy In Paris.
Suicide nf Auditor lloulund.
By tho United Press.
New York, Feb. 25. David T. Howland,
an auditor In the employ of the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western railroad and a
resilient of Summit, N. J., killed himself
In tho Staten Island Athletic club house
today by cutting his throat. An Inquest
was held and a verdict of suicide while
temporarily Insane returned.
nig l ire at Minneapolis.
By the United Prcs.
Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 25. Fire today
In the Crown Lithographing compnny's
establishment did damage estimated at
liiu.ouu, fully Insured. Several employes
jumped from the windows and were cut by
broken glass. Two men were slightly
burned.
Purln Casino Burned.
By the United Press.
Paris, Feb. 25. The Casino de Paris, a
large music hall, at 15 Itue Blanche,
caught tire shortly before midnight and
burned rnpldly. All the spectators es
caped. Only the walls were standing at 2
o'clock this morning.
PENNSYLVANIA NOTES.
Pottsvllle will have a gold cure league.
The eisteddfod of the Cumbrian society,
of Schuylkill county, will be held on
March 1.
All of the collieries of the Lehigh Val
ley nnd Rending Coul companies will work
full time 4hl week.
Schnylklll county will lose 15,000 popula
tion ami $3,5:1:1.0411 In property If Quay
counly goes through.
Since the bllmurd, the Philadelphia and
Reading company has shipped thuusunds
of co i loud h of coal to tho west. .
, After plunging headlong from a wagsn
at Reading, Churles Uroff walked about
for a while and then dropped dead,
FUNERAL OF FRED DOUGLASS
Many Prominent 'Persons Tahc Part
in the Services. '
SUSAN B. ANTHONY'S ADDRESS
Requiem Solos Kcndcrcd by tho Last of
the Hutchinson Family of Abolition
Slngors-.Mrs. .May Wright Sew all's
Tribute-Other Addresses.
By the United Press.
Washington, Feb. 25. Shortly .before
9 o'clock this morning the remains of
Frederick Douglass were removed from
his late residence to the Metropolitan
African Methodist Episcopal church,
whore the body lay In state for some
hours and was viewed by immense
crowds of sympathetic mourners.
All the leading colored men of Wash
ington took active part in the cere
monial observance. Ex-Senator Blanche
K. liruce, of Mississippi; ex-Governor
Plnchback, of Louisiana; ex-Congress-nian
Lynch, of Mississippi, and other
men of his race who have been promi
nent In olllclal life were among the
pall-bearers. Mrs. Cudy Stanton, Miss
Susan H. Anthony, Mrs. Sewall and
other ladles idetitllicd with the Wo
men's Kights movements were demon
strative In their manifestations of es
teem. The funeral sermon was preached at
2 o'clock by Hev. J. C. Jenifer, pastor of
the church. He took for his text;
"Know ye not that there Is a prince and
a great man fullen this day In Israel."
Rev. H. E. Stevenson, pastor of the
White church, In Anancostia, attended
by Mrs. Douglass, followed with u brief
address at the request of members of
the fumlly.
John Hutchinson, of Poston, whlte
huired and white-bearded, the last of
the famous Hutchinson family of abol
itionist singers, told some touching
stories of his life-long friendship with
the deceased, and then sang two ro
qulcm solos.
Secretary Nicholas, of the Haytlen
legation In the United States repre
senting Minister Haentjens, a tall, very
black man, delivered a brief eulogy in
French.
All Honor to Maryland.
Ttlshop Wayman, in his eulogy, mere
ly named the great men from a num
ber of states of the Union and wound
up with, the remark: "And last, but
not least. Maryland had her Frederick
Douglass."
Miss Susan B. Anthony arose, amid a
stir of interest, to read a letter from
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton highly eu
logistic of the deceased. Miss Anthony
prefaced the reading of the letter with
some remarks of her own.
Mrs. May Wright Sewall spoke feel
ingly of Dr. Douglass, who, she said,
had not. only opened up the. way to the
emancipation of his own people but to
the emancipation of women.
The hymn "Seeking for Me" was fol
lowed with an eloquent prayer by Hev.
Anna H. Shaft-, and then Bishop Will
iams, of the Colored Methodist Episco
pal church, delivered the benediction.
The services lasted nearly three hours.
The remains were borne to the hearse
by eight colored letter carriers, and
after the family, friends and others had
entered the carriages waiting for them
the funeral procession moved to the
Pennsylvania railroad station, where
the casket was placed on board the
funeral train for Rochuster, N, Y.,
where interment will take place,
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NO ONE INJURED
Patients at Werncrsvlllc Insane Asylum
All Iliad of Old Age.
I2y the United Tress.
Reading, Pa., Feb. 25. At this after
noon's session of the legislative com
mittee at the Werncrsvlllc asylum, the
evidence showed conclusively that
theie was not the slightest foundation
fur the charges of 111 treatment of pa
tients. Those who claimed to have
been Injured, It was shown by the
testimony of Dr. Ewlng and others,
were hurt In trying to escape from the
Institution and one of them after reach
ing Uonsliohocken, where he got Into a
'ar room fight.
The committee was only In session a
short time when It adjourned, appar
ently satisfied that the charges were
groundless. They went to Hurrlsburg
this afternoon.
IRON WORKERS APPEAL.
The Itclfilun Experts Object to Being Sent
Out of the Country.
By the United Press.
Philadelphia, Feb. 25. The three Bel
gian iron workers who arrived here
last week and were detained by the
Immigrant commissioners on tho sus
picion that they had been brought here
under contract by the Kewanee Iron
mills, of Kewanee, 111., to work In the
mills for $9 per week, have appealed to
the authorities at Washington against
their deportation.
Until this appeal Is acted upon the
men wltl not be returned to Belgium.
GUESTS HA RELY ESCAPE.
Tho Glen I.yon Hotel Totally Destroyed
by Firo.
By the United Tress.
Wllkes-Barre. Pa., Feb. 25. Hotel
Dunn, at (Hen Lyon, a few miles from
here, together with the contents and
outbuildings, was destroyed by fire this
morning. The landlord, his family, and
some of the guests barely escaped In
their night clothes.
The loss on building will reach $3,000;
on stock, 12.000. Partially Insured.
Clergyman Acquitted.
By the United Press.
Philadelphia, Feb. 25. William It. Dry
ant, a rolore'd clergyman and presiding
elder of the Lancaster district of tho
African Methodist Episcopal church, was
acquitted In tho United States district
court today of tho charge of sending an
obscene lotter through the mulls.
King Monelek's Conquests.
By the United Tress.
Home. Feb. 2G. The Tribune says to
day: "The recent expedition which King
Menelck sent against thn (Julia tribes In
South Abyssinia slew 70,000 tribesmen and
captured 15,000."
Politics Mixed in Venezuela,'
By tho United Press.
New York, Feb. 25. The steamer Car
acas, from Porto Cabello, Feb. 10, which
arrived here toduy, brings the news that
political affairs are very,, unsettled in
Venetuela. ......
The Welfare of
LAST WEEK OF CONGRESS
Senate Considers the Purchase of the
lilaine Property.
FILIBUSTERING IX THE HOUSE
An Effort Is Made to Defeat the Provi
sion in General Deficiency Appro
priation Bill to Pay Extra
Sulary to Employes.
By the United Press.
Washington, Feb. 23. The senate be
gan today the last week of the Fifty
third congress with the consideration
of the great appropriation bill to pro
vide for the sundry civil expenses of
the government for the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1S.
The sundry civil bill covers 133 print
ed pages; and when the senate took a
recess till 8 p. m., It had disposed of
about thirty-two pages.
No less than four hours' time was
occupied In the discussion of the
amendment reported from the commit
tee on appropriations to acquire for the
government Mrs. plane's interest In the
Blaine property on Lafayette Square,
Washington, paying her $150,000 for It,
besides an Indefinite amount for the
cancellation of the lease estimated at
J30.000, but stated by the opponents of
the measure at an amount equal to
the purchase money.1 Amendments re
quiring "a compute and -perfect title"
and a "fee simple title" were voted
down; and finally' the committee
amendment, slightly modified, was
agreed to.
An amendment was also agreed to for
the purchase of sites for public build
ings at the capitals of Wyoming, North
Dakota, Iowa, and Washington the
cost of none of the buildings to exceed,
Including site, $120,000.
Senate today confirmed the follow
ing nominations among others: Sam
uel W. Thome, of Pennsylvania, to be
United States consul at Asuncion,
Paraguay.
Proceedings in the House.
Some filibustering, in aid of tho effort
to defeat the provision In the general
deficiency appropriation bill for an ex
tra month's salary for all employes
of the house, including clerks to mem
bers, was Indulged in today, after the
bill had been reported to the house.
But the efforts were futile, and by a
vote of 123 to 75 a motion to re-commlf
the bill was defeated, und it was
passed, 115 to 91.
The principal Item under discussion
In committee of the whole was the
amendment offered by Mr. Breckin
ridge, In charge of the bill, to appro
priate $425,000 to carry out the agree
ment made by Secretary Uresham and
Sir Julian Pauncefote, British ambas
sador, Inst August, to pay the British
government for the claims on ac
count of seizures and warnings of ves
sels engaged In tho fur seal traflle. In
committee of the whole the amendment
was agreed to by a small majority,
but in the house, on a call of yeas and
nays, It was defeated, 143 to 112.
The conference report on the post
ofllce appropriation bill, an agreement
on all but one unimportant Item was
adopted by the house, matter In dispute
going over until tomorrow for action.
As agreed upon the bill carries a total
appropriation for the year ending June
30, of $8!),545,998.
KLINE UNDER ARREST. .
His Sworn Circulation Shrinks Upon
Investigation.
By the United Press.
Lebanon, Pa., Feb. 25. Ira W. Kline,
manager of the Sunbeams Publishing
company, located at Annvllle, was ar
rested today on the charge of false pre
tense. M. A. Myers, the prosecutor,
alleges that the defendant swindled
him and others out of $8,000 through
fraud and false pretense.
Myers claims that Kline represented
his publication to have a monthly circu
lation nf 40,000 copies and that the com
pany had nn debts. He says he has
since ascertained that the circulation
never reached that figure and that the
company had numerous debts. Kline
gave ball for court.
THREE HOLD ROBBERS.
They Gag a Watchman, Blow Open a Safe
and Secure SI, 000.
By the United Press,
St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 25. Three masked
men entered the olllce of the Heltzberg
Pork Packing company at 3 o'clock this
morning and bound and gagged Charles
Harold, the watchman, In charge of tho
building.
The safe was blown open with a heavy
charge of powder and nearly $1,000 se
cured by the robbers. The men escaped,
SAID THEY WERE IMMODEST.
Rev. Pattlson Attacks the Society Ladles
Who Appear in Male Attire,
By the United Press,
i Otsego, Mich., Feb. 25. The members
of the Ladles' iLlbrary club of this vil
lage recently gave-a performance of
the State Demands Compulsory Education.
Longfellow's "Spanish Student," some
wearing the costumes which the mule
parts demanded.
Yesterday Rev. L. N. Pattlson, pas
tor of the Methodist church, preached
a sermon on the "Stage, Its Use and
Abuse." He set forth a series of suppo
sitions In which he suggested that the
ladles, some of them mothers, and none
under 20 years of age, had been im
modest In exhibiting themselves to the
public. He also paid his compliments
to the business men who had disguised
themselves as buldheads and sat In the
front row, and claimed that the bald
head row was an adjunct of a low down
theater.
The ladles attacked, are of Ostego's
best society. They are very Indignant
and threaten to cause the arrest of Mr.
Pattlson for slander.
SHE LEFT A LOCK OF HAIR.
A Philadelphia Lawyer Deserted in Cin
cinnati by the (iiii He Was to Marry.
The Hook She Canght the Sucker On.
By the United Tress.
Cinclnnutl, Feb. 25. The police are
considerably puzzled over an amusing
case that has just been presented to
their notice. Last evening a well
dressed, good looking young man en
tered the mayor's olllce and after a
good deal of hesitation wanted to know
If the department would aid him In try
ing to find a young woman companion.
When told that her full name, age and
a description would have to be furn
ished, he said lie would let the matter
drop and went away.
This morning he called again, and
after remarking he was now willing to
let the whole cat out of the bag, said
that his name was K. C. Melster, and
that he was a Philadelphia lawyer.
Sme time ago he took a trip for health
and pleasure, and among other south
ern cities visited New Oilcans. He car
ried letters of introduction to a number
of prominent families in the city and
In one of them was surprised as well
as delighted to meet Miss Anna M.
Herbert, a schoolmate of his In Phila
delphia, who at the time was teaching
school In the Crescent City. She was
beautiful and he was Impressionable.
They fell in love and at the end of three
weeks were engaged to be married.
When the time arrived for htm to leave
for the North he persuaded the young
lady to accompany him to her home,
where he would introduce her to their
old friends as his fiancee. Before leav
ing New Orleans he purchased two
1,000-mile tickets.
When they arrived in this city they
stopped at a prominent hotel. Thurs
day morning he found that the young
lady was gone. While looking around
for her he discovered that both of his
1,000-mile tickets as well as $50 which
was In his purse the night before were
missing. On the center table of his
room he found a lock.of her hair neat
ly folded.
Mr. Melster took his "sell" good-hu-moredly,
and remarked: "The lock of
brown hair wns curled up at one end
like a hook. I guess that was the hook
she caught the sucker on."
Mr. Melster says that tho young wo
man comes of one of the best families
In Philadelphia, and is tho daughter
of an ex-congressman of Pennsylvania.
THE EARTH TREMBLED.
Shocks of r.arthqtinko Felt Yesterday
Morning.
By the United Press.
St. Louis, Mo Feb. 25. A dlstlnrt
shock of earthquake wns felt In the
suburban town of Klrkwood, fifteen
miles west of here, at 5 o'clock this
morning. A number of families were
awakened by the vibration which was
of sufficient force to shake windows
and rattle crockery.
Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 25. Two Blight
shocks of earthquake were felt here
and at Sumner, twelve miles distant, at
5 o'clock this morning.
Hallway Tickets Stolen.
By the United Tross.
Pottsvllle, Pa-. Feb. 25. Lost night a
party of boys broke into the olllce of tho
Schuylkill Electric Hallway company, at
Palo Alto, and secured between $2,r.iH) and
$2,800 worth of tickets. Warrants for the
arrest of the young thieves have been Is
sued. TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.
Horses were never so cheap on tho Pa
ctlie coast, good animals bringing only $2
or $3 a (hend.
Mayor Strong will allow the body of
Frederick Douglass to lie In state at New
York city hall today.
Blood poisoning, caused by colored
stockings, ended the life of Baby Jumcs
Branagen, of New York.
After an hour's courtship, Oeorge M.
Whitney, a drummer, wedded Miss drace
Grant, an Indianapolis belle, at Provi
dence, R. I. ,
Love born in a hospital will end In the
marriage of John W. Swain, of Newburg,
N. Y., and Miss Antoinette Davis, his for
mer nurse. ,
With a shotgun, Mrs. Minerva C. Tay
lor, a seamstress, of Guthrie, O. T., killed
William H. Harrison, who had been an
noying her, -
On an attachment for $200 sworn out by
Miss Viola Armstrong, of John L. Sulli
van's company, the hitter's trunks were
sailed at Jacksonville, Fl
ACED HERMIUND HIS DOG
Cool Abode of Casper Bosler in the
Woods Near St. Mary's, 0.
THERMOMETER '20 HE LOW ZERO
No Hoof Covers Tbeir Heads and a
Blanket Is Uiscarded-The Partners
Call Him a Muscot-Invariubly
Refuses Sbclter.
By the United Press.
St. Mary's, O., Feb. 25. Casper Bos
ler and his dog are tramps, there is no
doubt of that; nevertheless they are
exciting the wonder and curiosity of
many by their unnatural conduct and
unheard of power of endurance.
Bostler and his faithful dog have se
lected for their home the Henry Tange
raau Wood about four miles south or
here, In which on a convenient spot
they have collected a large pile of wood,
underbrush und rotten logs from their
adopted dooryard, stacked neatly for
a back ground; about live feet from
thlshuge fire, and their home is coma
this a huge fire, and their home is com
plete. Their furniture, while not being in
the latest design of antique oak, is, how
ever, all that Is necessary und of very
durable nature, consisting of a huge
plunk about ten inches wide and twelve
feet long, making a comfortable bed
with the addition of a chunk of wood
for a pillow. Here they Have reposed
four long months with no warmer cov
ering than the leafless trees and the
cold unsympathetic sky. Many have
been the protestations against this wil
ful disregard of health and life, yet he
stubbornly persists In his independent
freedom.
During the dreadful severe weather
of last week a neighbor fearing fatal
results from such conduct tried ' by
every method known to force upon him
the comforts of his home. Falling In
this he finally succeeded In Inducing
this queer character to accept a cotton
blanket, which, after one night's trial,
was disdainfully thrunt aside as It
must needs catch tire while its pos
sessor was fast asleep, so ntar the fire
that his beard threatened to give up
the struggle of 'trying to exist In such
scorching atmosphere. Dan, the boon
companion of his muter, shares his
hardships and in a manner alleviates
his burden of struggling existence by
aiding in protecting him from the cold;
and when man and animal are asleep
they present a striking picture.
'I bo Hermit Seventy Years Old,
The master is old and grizzled, more
than "0 years of age, hair and beard of
that indescribable color, caused by a
mixture of gray, yellow scorch and
smoke, face grimed by constant ab
sence of water, furrowed and scaled by
age, and the constant heat his face Is
subject to while sleeping In such close
proximity to his bonfire, the wind
causing It to crack and roll up like
scales1 of a fish too long out of his na
tive element, his hands wrinkled, black
and deformed by exposure to the bit
ing cold.
The long figure is stretched at full
length upon a hard and comfortless
plank, Dan curled up In a huge ball,
completely covering his master's feet,
Bleeping as though nineteenth century
comforts were of no object to them.
All the while the wind whistles through
the barren trees, while an occasional
full nf snow causes a sob of pity to go
up from tho many hearts that know
and are In communication with him
dully, as his crust Is obtained In the
same old way.
Yet not quite the same for while
others supplicate he demands. He has
been known to drink from one to two
cups of melted lard at a meal, this he
states being the main reason he Is able
to withstand the cold.
A Neighborhood Masent.
His provisions he gets from the
neighbors, offering always to pay, with
a certain dignity that at once awes and
effectually suppresses all outwari
signs of amusement at this, it being uni
versally known that his pockets could
be turned Inside out without disclosing
a single copper.
No reason can be ascertained for his
constant refusal of shelter, still less Is
known of his past history other than
his dally life proclaims. He was In the
neighborhood Just ten years ago, look
ing the same with the very same dog
and has come to be considered by the
farmers as their especial property; this
Is their excuse for charity..
As an object of sport he is one long
Joke to the Idle youhs by his pedan
try on Hlblllcal subjects spiced with
lusty oaths, his abundant use of pro
fane language being one of his chief
proficiencies; but the fact of his being
peculiar does not In any way answer
the overpowering question why and
how he stands the raw elements in a
climate such as; this.
WEATHER REPORT.
For eastern Pennsylvania, fair; cooler;
northwest winds.
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