YHE ONLY; REPUBLICAN DAILY IN LACKAWANNA COUNTY,
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SCBASTTON, PA.f FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1895.
TWO CENTS A COPT. .
1 1 ' '
TlvUR .WINDOWS and
( I the general display
Vy throughout the store
give ample evidence
of our capability as cater
ers for the Holiday Trade,
and the daily increasing
throngs of buyers at our
scores of tables and con
tents tell with unerring
certainty the story of ex
ceptional values and well
satisfied customers.
Stocks are still full and
complete in all holiday
lines, but cannot long re
main so.
Sensible, jthinking buy
ers will take the hint.
Startling
There' no use trying to conceal the
fact longer. With the exception of a
few late arrival our cloak etock Is
pretty well crippled. SIses are broken,
t price are mluing, and we cannot In
All case guarantee you Just the atyle
that you had let your mind on, al
though the chances are still greatly
In favor of your finding It.
With ui, and consequently cleaning
up time haa come about two months
head of last year. 8tlll,
To make good the deficiencies referred
to above, by late buying, and this,
coupled with the fact that about
Half Former Prices
Should make trade in this most popu
lar of all our departments fairly whirl
for the next eight or ten days,
Just a Hint
At reduction must suffice.
9 inu
Sixes 12 to 18 years. The flower of th
entire Junior coat family that actually
old at 115.
Special Sale Price $7.50
Full range of sites lined throughout,
latest cut, and faultless at every point
criticism may lead you to were J13.69,
Special Sale Price $6.50
Extra Far Cape Values
' In Wool Seafs, Electric Seal, etc.
, Than those there 1 nothing newer or
snore desirable oft the market. The
skin are absolutely perfect. The cut
and sweep cannot be improved upon.
' Lengths from 30 to SI Inches. '
NEW PRICE LIST.
$30.00 Capes now
35.00 Capes now
45.00 Capes now
'50.00 Capes how
$19.90
22.50
29.50
31.01)
N
Ibis WtaMir.
Ctoak Sale? '"
' T Of the season opens
' Friday, December 13,
-and we mean exactly
: - What we say when we
talk about selling bur
- broken lots in latest
styles at :',-r" : ' '
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MR. GROW OPENS THE BALI
He Pircs the First Heavy Gun in tbc
Tariff right.
HAS A FINANCIAL SCHEME.
Doc Not Approve of the Retlressent of
Greenback for Bonila-Dolag ia the
Senate-Other Live Topic from
- the National Capital
Washington. Dec. 12. The first iruti
In the tariff tight In the Fifty-fourth
congress was tired to-day in the house
by the venerable ex-Speaker Grow, rep-resentative-at-large
from the state of
Pennsylvania. At bis request the house
went into committee of the whole on
the state of the union and for nearly an
hour he compared the workings of the
protective tariff a It existed from 1861
to 1894. with the result achieved by the
present law, asserting that the latter
had not proved much of a success. He
proposed, instead of the retirement of
the greenbacks in exchange for bonds,
as recommended by the president, that
national banks be permitted to deposit
them, and the silver certificates aa well,
in exchange for circulating notes, re
ceiving 1110 foV every $100 so deposited;
the greenbacks and certificates when
deposited to be cancelled. The gold .Re
serve, he contended would always prove
a source of weakness whenever and as
long as the government was compelled
to borrow money to meet its expendi
tures. Several resolutions of inquiry of ex
ecutive departments were offered and
passed. At 1:35 p. m. the house ad
journed until Monday.
Senate's Brief Session.
After a two hours' session today the
senate adjourned tUl Monday next. Two
bills to secure the payment of the In
debtedness of the Pacific railroads to
the government were Introduced one
by Mr. Frye, of Maine, almost Identical
with the one Introduced by him In the
last congress, and one by Mr. Thurston,
Nebraska. Mr. Thurston's bill provides
for a sale to the highest bidder of the
government claim at not less than 50
per cent, of the amount the purchaser
to become possessed of all the right,
title interest and Hen of the United
States,- including the right of foreclos
ure, possession and operation of the
road.
Mr. Call, Florida, made a short speech
in support of his resolution relative to
the massacres of Armenians In the
Turkish empire, and the resolution was
referred to the committee on foreign re
lation. Then Mr. Peffer, Kansas,
made a speech, supported by figures, on
his bill for the proper disposition of
the remains of senators and representa
tive who die in the capital during a
session of congress. No action was
taken on the bill
- f . PETTY PILFERING.
Cancelled Internal Revsao Stasaps Have
Hesn Stolen from the Resnrrts.
Washington, Dec. 12. Logan Carlisle,
chief clerk of the treasury, ha directed
that an exhaustive examination be
made of the files and papers of all the :
bureaus, auditors' offices and divisions
of the treasury department to deter- ,
mine whether the treasury records are
Intact, or have been tampered with. I
This order is the result of the recent dis- I
covery that obsolete cancelled Internal
revenue stamps had been taken from :
government records and In ro doing i.ie
records In some cases had been mutl-
lated and In others wholly dstroyea. i
A a result of this Investigation, five
employes were dismissed. It Is believed
that ii),000 record were either mutilated
or dstroyed. This occurred In one office
alone, that of the first auditor; and tno :
credit for the discovery of the theft be
longs to Auditor Baldwin.
-An examination of the record In the
fifth auditor's office alsclosed the fact
that a number of the records had been
tampered with and foreign stamps at
tached or consular seals stamped In pa
per had been detached or cut out.
Logan Carlisle said today that tnis
petty pilfering seemed to have been go
ing on for ten years pr more. Much of
it was done in the presence of others,
and those engaged In doing It evidently
did not consider it a crime. Until the
investigation of all the records Is com
pleted, no further discharges will be
made. J
QUAY IS SO DICK HUNTER.
Say He Would Not lake a Nomination
to the Presidency If Tendered t'soa a
Gold Plat.
' Philadelphia, Dec. I. Recently stories
have been set afloat, mainly from
Washington, connecting Senator Quay's
name with the Republican nomination
for the presidency. Mr. Quay was asked
today about the reported combine to
nominate him and he replied:
"I wo'uldn't take it on a gold plate."
When questioned for his reasons, he
replied:
"Well, for two reason. ' The first Is
that I am not fit for it, and the second
one Is that I would not live thirty days
In the office. My only ambition Is to
take a rest and enjoy life after I com
plete my duties.". . ' ' "
"Doe this mean that you will not
seek a re-clectlon to the senatorshlp?"
, "That." answered, he, "depends on
circumstances." ' . ....
In reply to queries as to a current
story to the effect that he would be
In the next cabinet, Senator Quay said:
'IThere la not a word'of truth In It"
WANTS PART oF"sEW. YORK.
Indiana Attorney Claims a Settlor of
the Clt's Centre.
: Anderson, Ind.. Dec. 12. Wlillam En.
wards, an attornoy of Alexandria, Ind.,
left to-night for New Tory city to lay
claim to an estate that Is valued at
$80,000,000. It' Ilea In the 'central part
of. the city and Is covered by a ninety
nine year lease, In many respects like
that of tha famous Harlem estate claim.
He says It Is by no means a myth and
that he has It already worked out and
ready to present . John R. Houdst, of
If uncle, he says. Is on of the heirs.
VI9ITIMQCARna CAME BACK.
Kansas Maa Drops It lata tho Atlantis
CWeso tt a Battle. , ,
Topeka, Kas., Dae. U.-'Whll on their
war to Europe last August David Mc
Oowan, of Newton, Kas., and Edward
B. McLlelland, of Pittsburg. Pa., put
their cards in a bottle and dropped it
into the middle of the Atlantic ocean,
being four days out from New York.
Mr. McGowan has just received his
card from a strange hand with the fol
lowing letter:
"York Cottage, Crolby, Alderney, Chan
nel Isles, England. Nov. 12. 1896. Dear
Sir: Having, on the afternoon of Oct. 28,
unfi, found on the shore of our Island a
bottle containing two visiting card with
your address on one of them, I now take
the liberty of returning them to you,
thinking you may have thrown them over
board. Wondering if you would like to
hear from or see them again, believe me
your humble servant,
John Bernard Burke."
SENATOR THIRMAN DEAD.
The Old Rons Passed Away Yesterday
Afternoon.
Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 12. Ex-Senator
Allen G. Thurman died at 1:30 p. m. He
had been in fairly good health for one
of his age since his recovery from in
juries received in falling a month ago,
and yesterday morning he was sitting
up reading when he suddenly became
III and a physician was called. He soon
became unconscious and never recov
ered his senses. His physician Baw him
at 2 o'clock this morning and again at
10 o'clock. At both visits he pro
nounced the distinguished patient dy
ing and said he could not live many
hours.
Death was the result of gradual wear
ing out of the body, said his physician,
and the end was a colapse which
speedily resulted in death.
Death came peacefully and pain
lessly. It seemed that he passed from
sleep into death. At the bedside were
Mrs. Governor McCormlck, of New
York, and Allen W. Thurman. and
members of his family. His other child,
Mary Thurman, Is in California Out
side of the Immediate family it was not
known that Judge Thurman was dan
gerously ill until the announcement of
his death came like a shock. There was
universal expression of sorrow, for
Judge Thurman had been looked upon
for years as the foremost cltlsen of
Columbus and soon the flags were at
half staff upon ell the city and state
buildings. Mrs. Thurman died a little
over two years ago.
Sketch of HIn Life.
Columbus. Ohio, Dec. 12. Allan Gran
berry Thurman as born In Lynchburg,
Va., November 13. 1813. HI father was
a traveling preacher, and the education
and career of young Thurman was
mainly entrusted to his uncle. Governor
William Allen, and his boyhood and
young manhood days was spent at
Chllllcothe.the home of Governor Allen.
He studied law with his uncle, was ad
mitted to the bar and In 1851 to 1856 was
a member of the supreme court of Ohio.
Prior to this he had been a member of
congress.
In 1S68 he was elected to the United
States senate and served two full
terms, retiring in 1881. While serving
in this capacity he Introduced and had
passed the well-known Thurman Pa
cific railway bill. In 1888 he was nom
inated by the National Democratic
convention for vice president on the
ticket with Cleveland and was de
feated with him
In 1844 he married Mary Dun, of Ken
tucky, by whom he had three children,
two daughters and a son.
Mrs. Thurman died In U91 but the
three children survive. " . .
CAPTURE OF A NOTED CROOK.
William F. Hammond, Wanted for Man?
CrimsH, Arrested In New Orleans.
New Orleans, La., Dec. 12. William P.
Hammond, aged about forty years, who
styles himself a physician and a minis
ter of the Gospel, was arrested her to
day and conducted to police headquar
ters. '"Dr." Hammond is charged with Hav
ing committed almost every crime on
the calendar. Hammond's photograph
which adorns almost every well-regulated
rogues' gallery In the country,
bears the following Inscription on the
reverse side: "Rev." Hammond, thief,
confidence man, bigamist, adulterer,
abortionist, and all-around crook."
Hammond, it Is statert, was born In
La Chute, Canada, and was brought up
a farmer. He married on reaching
man's estate. His wife soon died, and
then his career of crime commenced. In
1886, Hamomnd married Mrs. Brock
way, widow of a wealthy physician of
Franklin Falls, N. H and the mem
bers of the Free Will Baptist church
made him their pastor. He swindled
his wife out of $3,000, and the people of
the town out of several thousand more.
Later he traveled through Canada,
and then suddenly disappeared. He
was next heard of at Euieka, Cal.,
where he officiated its a minister, mar
ried one of his flock, had her life in
sured, and when she died suddenly col
lected' the Insurance and started on a
tour of the world, vlBltlng Honolulu,
New Zealand, Japan, and Cape Town,
working every section xor all It was
worth. He married an estimable lady
In Melbourne. He then returned to the
United Staes, and on July 20. 1890, his
wife died suddenly. He was then prac
ticing medicine. He returned to New
Zealand In 1891, where ne marnei again.
HALL CAIN'E NO JINGO. '
The Novelist's High Trlntoo ths Great
ness of America.
Liverpool, Dec. 12. Hall Calne, the
English novelist, who returned on the
steamer Teutonic from America, said
that he had seen no antl-Engllsh spirit
In the United States, although he had
found much to humble the spirit of
Englishmen. He expressed a high ap
preciation of the greatness of the Amer
ican character.
Ho declared himself as well satisfied
with his reception In both the United
States and the Dominion. He referred
to the farewell banquet given at Otta
wa, at which five ministers of the Do
minion government were present, and
also spoke In appreciative terms of the
hospitality shown him by President
Cleveland.
In Mr. Calne's opinion, the Copyright
act has not appreciably affected Eng
lish fiction In the United States. .
NO WORK FOR NEGROES.
Whites of Leo Cosnty, Florida, Starve
and Shoot Orango Pickers.
Tampa, Fla., Dec. 12. Two hundred
half-starved - and terrorised negroes
were brought from Leo county on the
steamer Lawrence today. They had
been hired to pick oranges, but when
they reached Lee county, they were
herded on the pier by armed whites
whd kept them there two days without
anything to eat, occasionally shooting
a few of them. 'r . ' "
. Twelve .'. of the frightened negroes
leaped Into the; water, and . were
drowned, Gangs of white men are vis
iting all the orange groves and driving
away tho negroes, the plan being to
prevent tha gathering of the fruit and
thus fore the owner to sell the groves
tooatlval ' , .. ,
SINS OF THE QUAKER CITY
Fbiladelpbla Investigation Reveals
a Shocking State of Affairs.
EVIDENCE AGAINST fOLICE
Two Ministers fro the Eaay street
Districts Give Interesting Testl-BBony-Iaflusac
of Crime Vpoq
the Rising Generation. -
Philadelphia, Dec. 12. The testimony
given before the senatorial Investigat
ing committee this afternoon shows that
the social evil flourishes In Philadelphia
to an appalling extent and that, too,
seemingly, through the Indifference, If
not also with the actual connivance of
the police. It was sworn to before the
committee that In thirteen police dis
tricts, comprising the heart of the city,
there were 629 houses of ul-fame, and
of this enormous number 280 are in one
district alone. Today's session of the
committee was devoted almost entirely
to an exposure of the prevalence of
houses of prostitution and the unavail
ing efforts of citizens In securing the
aid of the police In stamping them out.
Rev. Hugh Gibbons, pastor of the
Third Presbyterian church, and the
Rev. Henry L. Phillips, an Episcopal
clergyman, whose charges are in the
heart of the foulest plague spots of the
i city, testified to the character of - the
! houses that abound around their
; churches and to the Indifference of the
; police when they appealed to them to
suppress these resorts. Mr. Gibbons
i further exposed the methods of the po
: lice In his ward in the part they take in
; elections. He asserted that repeating
and padding of voting lists was done
openly and that the police stand by and
allow these frauds to go on. He also
i told of the efforts he and some of the
reputable citizens of the ward had
made to improve the school facilities.
Whenever they held a meeting with this
object In view the room would be pack
ed with ward heeler and roughs who
invariably created a disturbance and
frequently precipitated a fight that
broke the meeting up.
' Mr. Phillips is a negro and he la
brought in contact with the lowest of
his race In Philadelphia He took an
especially gloomy view of the effects of
their environments upon the children
of the neighborhood and he gave It as
his opinion that many of them are ab
solutely without any moral sense of the
difference between right and wrong.
Proprietors llnve n "Pull."
Both Mr. Gibbons and Mr. Phillips
said that It was the common belief In
the neighborhood where they live that
If any policeman should make Informa
tion against ths infamous dens on his
beat, the proprietors pf these places
have influence enough' to have .the offi
cers discharged from the force.
Eugene Lyons, a private detective,
testified that Keepers of several houses
of 111 fame had told him they paid the
police for protection. :
A number. of citizens residing In the
neighborhood of fast houses, told of the
orgies carried on openly and the re
buffs they met with from the police
when they sought their aid.
Philip Fredericks, a dealer In musical
Instruments, at 438 North Ninth street,
testified that on one occasion he had
the keepers of forty-one houses arrest
ed, but that they immediately re
opened after the hearing before the
magistrate, and are still In operation.
Margaret Langdon, who lives at 621
North Tenth street, and who was one
of the women whom Lyons said had
told him that they had paid protec
tion money, took the stand and flatly
denied that she had ever paid any
money to the police. Without finish
ing this branch of the Investigation,
the committee adjourned until to-morrow.
BARBARA AlB'S CASE.
Ths Strang Creature Now Ssys Tbst Sho
lias No ReoolUetlon of Having Mads a
Confession to Reoorder Oof f.
New York, Dee. 12. Lawyer Houae,
who was assigned to defend Barbara
Aub, who was indicted tor perjury in
the trial of Walter Langerman for crim
inal assault, had an Interview with Miss
! Aub today. When House was seen after
leaving Mlsss Aub be said she made
I the following statement:
I "I have absolutely no recollection of
having made any confession. The story
I told on the stand at the trial was the
absolute truth. I did not state that In
the relations that existed between Lan
german and myself no force was used. If
I did so state it Is untrue. I have no
nr maklne- such a statement.
because Mr. Langerman did use force."
The Princess Vlroqua, wno, wnn
.... i.n mus Aub when Mr. House
did, said that Barbara Aub told her that
she had no recollection of ever having
been to Recorder Goff's house or of hav
ing made a confession to mm. .
DOCTORS MAY ADVERTISE.
Iowa Supreme Court Sustains the De
islon of a Lower Tribunal.
Des Moines. Dec. 12. The supreme
court today decided that a physician
may advertise his business and not
violate the statute which requires a
license of "any Itinerant vender of
drugs, nostrums or appliances" who
shall advertise to "cure disease, injury
or deformity." ...,.,
The case came from the Mahaska
district, where Judge McCoy's ruling
was the same as that of the supreme
court. Dr. Boner resided In.Ottumwa,
and advertised that on certain days he
would be in Oskaloosa to treat pa
tients. . - '
WANT A WOMAN ON THE TEAM
Female StadMt at wissonsla Bellsve
i They Can Itaeate Well Enough.
Madison, Wis., Dee. 11 Next Mon
day afternoon the joint team which
will debate with Northwestern uni
versity will be chosen. 1
' There Is likely to be on woman on
the team. Laura and Castalla, the two
woman's debating societies at the Uni
versity Of - Wisconsin, are anxious to
be represented and will make strenu
ous efforts to have a woman elected
to membership in the team. - ."
I oil agent"convictei). V v
A. Standard Agaat VloUte the Tesas
Aat'l-Trast taw; ". " k ...i
Waoo, Texas. Dec. It B. T.-Hathaway,
agent of the Waters Plero Oil
company, and one of tha defendanta In
wkat la papularly urmtd tha atandard
Oil trust case, was convicted today
after a ten day' trial In the district
court, of violating the Texas anti-trust
law. There are four other defendants,
agents of the Waters Pierce company,
awaiting trial. The indictments also
Include John D. Rockefeller, Henry M.
Flagler and other officers of the Stan
dard Oil, Waters Pierce company, al
though none of the defendants have
been arested and placed within the
jurisdiction of the court, despite the
vigorous efforts to secure their arest
and extradition. The result of the trial
today occasioned great surprise.
The verdict will be appealed from
end fought to the court of last resort.
The Jury assessed the penalty against
Hathaway at a fine of $50.
EXILES IX BAD BUSINESS.
Gang of Rassion Nihilists Arrested for
' Connterfelting-l'alted State Officers
Capture the Finest Counterfeiting Out
. fit Ever Put I p.
Pittsburg. Pa.. Dec. 12. A gang of
clever counterfeiters have been run
down here by the United States au
thorities. Two of them, George Good
man and Joae Balkells, had a hearing
before United States Commissioner Mc
Candless today, and each was held In
the sum of $1,000 ball for court. Thom
as Juscovlskl and Joseph Ludanovlts,
who made the spurious coin are also
under arrest, and will have a hearing
tomorrow. Goodman and Balkells had
worked a considerable amount of the
counterfeit money oft In the suburbs of
the city before they were arrested. At
the boarding house of Juscovlskl the
authorities found as fine an outfit for
making bad money as has ever been
captured.
On the table was a complete electro
plating apparatus, consisting of several
battery jars, solution Jars for holding
copper and nitrate of silver solutions,
jars holding material for, use, piles of
broken molds, - about 300 In number,
about fifty sets of molding blocks,
ladles, metal and all the necessary tools
for carrying on their work. In the
valises of the men were found books
describing the manner of conducting
the electro-plating business and many
notes of use in the business. These
notes consisted chiefly of formulas for
mixing metals, etc. Besides these there
were a great quantity of literature
which seemed to Indicate that they are
Russian nihilists to addition to being
counterfeiters.
Belong to a Rad Gang.
Letters found on the men indicate
that they are members of the same
gang tried and convicted In Judge But
ler's branch of the United States court
In Philadelphia, last Friday. When the
verdict In that case was announced
about 300 Polish sympathizers of the
victims, who were In the court house,
started a riot, which was suppressed
with great difficulty.
In a valise owned by Ludanovlts was
found 382 counterfeit sliver dollars and
1J7 bad halves. The coins were excel
lent likenesses and would deceive any
one. When arrested the men were pre
paring for flight.
STATE COXVEMIOJf.
Republican State Executive Committee
Names April 23. 1806, as the Date for
Selecting Various Candidates.
Philadelphia, Dec. 12. At a meeting
of the executive committee of the Re
publican state committee held here this
evening, at which Frank Willing Leach
presided, It was decided to hold the state
convention at Harrisburg on Thursday,
April 23, 1896, for the purpose of nomi
nating two candidates for representa
tive at large In congress, 32 candidates
for presidential electors, the selection
of eight delegates at large to the Repub
lican national convntlon and for the
transaction of routine business.
On the day preceding the convention
the Republican state committee wilt
meet to prepare a roll of delegates to
the convention of the following day and
to consider any other busines that may
be presented.
PUTS GIRLS BEHIND BARS.
Chlcsgo Msn Prevents His Daughter Mar-
rylng sn Ohjeetlonal Suitor.
Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 12. 8. R.
Dawson, of Chicago, had his daughter,
aged 18, sent to the Insane asylum from
Keokuk, Iowa today to prevent her
marrying Walter Scott; a candy man
of Des Moines. Scott was arrested
twice on charges pre fe red by the
father for using the mails to send the
girl Indecent letters.
The girl disappeared from Des Moines
last summer. When found by her
father she was sent to an Insane asylum,
but on .Scott beginning habeas corpus
proceedings she was released and was
sent to school In Ohio. Scott Induced
her to meet him at Ottumwa today to
be married, but her father Interfered.
DAVID HARPSTER IS ILL.
Wool King of Ohio Reported to Be In a
Dangerous Condition.
ITpper Sandusky, O., Dec. 12. The
Information has reached this city to the
effect that David Harpster is danger
ously 111 at his home near Harpster.
Mr. Harpster Is known far and wide
as the "wool king," being one of the
moct extensive sheep raisers In the
middle states.
He la said to be worth a million.
HUSBAND AND WIFE, KILLED.
Thy Are Struok by a Train While Riding
in Their Carriage.
Syracuse, Ind.. Dec, 12. Dr. Levi
Keehn, late postmaster of Mllford, Ind.,
togethe with his wife, while returning
home In a carriage was struck by a
train on the Baltimore and Ohio at this
place this evening and Instantly killed.
Mrs. Keehn was so badly Injured that
she cannot recover.
Mis Nichols Marries the Marquis.
- Cincinnati, O., Dec. 12. The marriage of
the Marquis De Chamrun, attache of the
French legation at Washington, and Mia
Margaret Reeve Nlcholla, daughter of
Mrs.' Bellamy Btorer, by a former mar
riage, was celebrated at the Church of
the Holy Angel at noon today, -
i - cave-In at llaileton . - .
' Hasleton, Pa.. Dec. 11 This morning
four of the seven tracks of the Lehigh
Valley company, about a mile west of this
city, ware carried down by a cave-In. The
balance of the track were badly twisted,
and passengar were transferred for sev
eral hours. -"
' '' ' . . Flllbastersr Asqaltted.
:' Nassau, N. P., Deo. 11-Th twenty-two
men who were arrested on Oct II at Ina
gua, one af tha Bahamas, on the charge
of. violating the foreign enlistment act, it
being ask) that they- were Cuban filibus
ters, were acquitted today. The Jury was
svniy sa gumma.
ECKELS TALKS 08 FIMCE
The Opinion of an Expert on the
Currency Question.
DANGERS OP PRESENT SYSTEM
The . Comptroller Thinks That ' We
Msy Eat Our Cake and Sell It Too.
Doleful Consequences of Not
lleeaing Ills Advice.
New York. Dec. 12. Ex-Comptroller
of the Currency A. B. Hepburn, presi
dent of the Third National bank, gave
a dinner this evening to the Hon. James
H. Eckels, comptroller of the currency,
at the Metropolitan club.
Mr. Eckels said, in part:
' The nation's tariff lews have been
changed, and a system involving. In a
large measure, at lease, a reversed
principle In taxation. Invoked. There
has been taken from our volume of en
acted laws one that was rapidly vitiat
ing our whole currency system, and
bringing into disrepute American credit
and a measure of a kindred character!
fraught with greater danger, has been
prevented, through the president's cour
age, from taking Its place. We may
well congratulate ourselves that, de
spite the tremendous loss attendant
upon some of those happenings and the
unsettled Influence of others, the coun
try Is now emerging from their de
pressing Influence, and today Is fairly
started on an era of prosperity com
mensurate with the vastness of her
resources and the energy of her people.
One Source of Danger.
One source of danger which remains
a menace to a complete revival of busi
ness prosperity he pointed out as our
unwholesome currency condition. The
currency system possesses elements
radically wrong and weakening to the
financial world, and everywhere the
system as It now stands Is the one
great subject of discussion arid debate
He said:
"The government ought at once to
cease Issuing credit currency and have
as speedily as possible Its treasury de
partment return to Its legitimate func
tion of collecting and disbursing the
same. These credit Issued evidences of
the government's Indebtedness ought to
be paid because they arc now and have
been under existing circumstances more
expensive to maintain than the pay
ment of interest on bonds for their
funding could possibly be. Again they
should be retired through payment be
cause under present laws whenever
there Is disturbance In our business
world, the embarrassment is made two
fold greater by the reason of the doubt
of proper payment of the government
of these demand currency obligations
and the taking through them from the
government for export. It is absurd
that the government should not have
one source of supply for the gold that
all people want. , The banks will not as
formerly supply the amounts necessary
for the reason that they know what the
ultimate result of pursuing tho present
currency policy will be. The skilled
business man who cares nothing for
the efTect politically wishes the demand
obligations of the government paid be
cause he knows that as matters stand
to-day they are a source of cheapening
to the American credit and the with
holding from us of large sums of money
which otherwise would here leek In
vestment. This Is so serious a side of
the matter that the cost of interest on
the necessary bonds to pay this debt
Is as nothing compared to It. There are
now ample funds In the treasury to
meet the present and future obliga
tions, but gold still goes from us and
no amount of Increase through the op
eration of tariff laws will change the
situation and put an end to the taking
from the treasury for exoprt, and what
is equally patent and more significant,
for boarding by our own people.
Would I end In yn Contraction.
The cancellation of the legal tenders
would lead to no contraction. They
could not and would not be all presented
at once. The banks on the one hand
would supply much of the needed cur
rency to take the place of such as were
presented and, on the other. Just as soon
as It was demonstrated that we were
freed from this weakness to our credit,
so great on amount of foreign gold
would flow In to be Invested that there
would be no deficiency whatever. The
one conspicuous fact In history of every
civilised people has been that money
has never been - wanting where such
people's credit, Individual and national,
Is not under 'suspicion. ' We put our
selves In-such a position we will have no
cause to fear the lack of currency to
carry on any proper undertaking. If we
do not we muat Inevitably reach a point
where we will be completely cut o.f
from foreign and where our own re
sources will be of little avail.
CABLE ON POPOCATEPETL.
Enflncors Complete th Survey for a
Rnllwav to the frnrarolt.
Mexico Ity, Dec. 12. Engineers have
completed the survey of the volcano
Popocatepetl for the purpose of deter
mining the best location for an aerial
cable railway' to the summit. It has
been determined to start the linn from
the ranch of Tlmacas, on the northwest,
and tourists will be able to make the
ascent to the summit, nearly 18.000 feet
above the sea, with ntlre ease, and also
descend Into the crater, where the work
of extracting sulphur Is going on.
The train line will conect at the base
of the cable line with the Interoceanlc
railroad, so that the business of bring
ing In sulphur to this city will becheap
ly accomplished. v
POTTERY AND THE TARIFF.
The Subject to ! Ventilated at Their
Meeting In Washington Janaary I.
Pittsburg, Pa.. Dec. 12. The two as
sociations of pottery manufacturers
meeting at the Monongmhela house con
cluded their aeasions today, which were
principally taken up with routine busi
ness. The meetings had been called
to adjust the classification of differ
ent grades and patterns of ware so a
to more fairly be able, to compete with
Imported earthenware? . '
; The question of a change In the tar
iff was not taken tip, as n.was thought
bo good could be accomplished by doing
so. The matter will be fully aired at
the annual meeting of th United States
Potters', association In Washington,
Jan.. 11 ' '. :.-
Chambarstottrg, Pa Deo. U All the
tin plate factories In this country were
represented at the meeting of tho Tin
Plate Manufacturers' association to
day. The session was long and the
discussion animated. The probabilities
of a change in the tariff bill was the
subject canvassed in all its phases.
Owing to the peculiar political condi
tions it was deemed unwise to make
a vigorous move toward petitioning for
an Increase In the rate.
AFTER THE GHOULS.
Topeka Body Snatehcrs Will Be Dealt
with According to Law.
Topeka, Kas.. Dec. 12. There Is still
great excitement here over the finding
of the body of Mrs. Llllls at the Kansas
Medical college, but there is no further
danger of a riotous attack on the col
lege. Ex-Chief Justice Horton, one of
the trustees of the college, this morning
served notice on the faculty that If
they do not clear up the entire affair
he will summarily withdraw from the
board and Institute a prosecution for
the entire body. It was announced that
the mystery as to how the body of
Mrs. Llllls was obtained will be venti
lated and that steps will be taken to
send the guilty parties to Jail within
twenty-four hours. This assurance has
had a quieting effect.
Nothing since the legislative war of
three years ago has so excited the peo
ple of Topeka. Battery B was on the
ground .with guns until daylight this
morning, and a strong police force Is
still watching the college property.
"HIGH VALLEY AFFAIRS.
Prekldent Wilbur's Ko-clcctlon Seems to
Bo Assured.
Philadelphia. Dec. 12.-FoIolwing their
established cuBtoms, the Board of Di
rectors of the Lehigh Valley Railroad
company have issued a circular to tne
shareholders, In which they ask for
proxies for use at the annual meeting
on January 21. It Ms stated In the cir
cular that under the proxies thus ob
tained the stock represented will be
voted for the present board of direc
tors. That the present management of t.ie
road will be re-electel does not seem to
admit of the slightst doubt. Th only
sign of opposition that has so far made
Its appearance comes from the same
source that Inspired last year's unsuc
cessful campaign against President Wil
bur and his associates, and it Is prob
able that even the small vote polled by
the Dick committee on that occasion
will be materially reduced at the elec
tion in January.
WRECK OX THE READING.
Two Car Jump the Tracks and Topplo
Ovcr-Scvcral Pins-ncr. Hurt.
Norrlstown, Pa., Dec, 12. The . 11
llamsport Express on the Philadelphia
and Reading railroad due here at 8
o'clock this evening, ,was wrecked Just
after entering the borough. Two cars
Jumped the tracks and toppled over and
were dragged a considerable distance.
About thirty passengers, who were in
the two cars,, had a narrow escape from
death, many of them reaching safety by
crawling through the car windows.
Those injured are:
Colonel James Boyd, of Norrtstown;
Miss Anna Keely, of Phoenixvllle, spine
injured;' Jacob B. Clymer, of Philadel
phia, hurt internally, and W. F. Jaeoby,
of Philadelphia, cut by broken glass.
STORMS AT SEA. .
Great Damage to Shipping Along the At
Untie Const.
, Gloucester, Mass., Dec. 12. A de
spatch received from St. Pierre, says
that a hurricane of great violence pre
vailed there to-day, doing tremendous
damage to shipping and that the
schooners Mabel R. Bennett, Hattie D.
Linn, S. P.WIIlard and Jennie Seaverns,
belonging to this port and engaged in
the frozen herring fishery, were driven
ashore and will probably be a total loss.
Also, that a French steamer was also
ashore.
These vessels were among the finest
sailing from this pert and the loss Is a
severe one. The crews of all were
sayed.
IIOWETL CASE CLOSED.
Th Jury Will Probably Attempt to Un
ravel tho Mystery Today.
Wellsboro, Pa., Dec. 12. The court
room at Welsboro was crowded today
with an audience eager to listen to the
summing up of the evidence tn the
Howell murder case. The district at
torney, made1 the Opening argument
and was followed by Robert K. Young
for the defelse.
This afternoon Major Merrick closed
the case tor the defense in a three
hours' argument. Tomorrow morning
Hon. Jerome 13. Nile Is to make the
closing argument on the side of the
prosecution and it now appears that
Judge Mitchell will be able to make
his charge and give the case to the Jury
by noon.
Mrs. Howell appeared somewhat paler
than usual today. Her two brothers
sat beside her and she held her 8-year-old
son on her lap most of the time as
she sat with downcast eyes listening
to the argument ;
SILVER NEAR SAGINAW.
Valuable Vein Reported to Have Deen
Discovered In Michigan.
Saginaw, Mich., Dec. 12. A valuable
vein of silver Is said to have been dis
covered In Thomastown. eight miles
from Saginaw. Capitalist began op
erations last fall, and although cold
weather has prevented anything fur
ther being done until spring, they claim
to have struck It rich.
They are obtaining options on land
in the vicinity. The shaft where work
was begun is covered by a huge tent,
so that he exact discoveries may be
kept secret
TILLY FOSTER VICTIMS.
Tho Thirteenth Body Is Reoovrd from
the Mine.
Brewsters, N. Y., Dec. 12. The thir
teenth body recovered from the pit at
Tilly Foster mine was raised to the
surface today after having been burled
under tons of rock for two weeks. It
was that of an Italian named Raffael
Petito, and was horribly crushed.
This completes the death roll, and the
men wll not go Into the pit again until
the walls are pronounced safe by the
authorities. Petito leaves a widow
and four children.
, , - l Burned In an Explosion. .
Shenandoah, Pa., Dee. 12. By ah explo
sion of gas at Indian Rldg colliery today,
John Morris, Anthony Motanlskl and John
Androf ky were seriously burned. The
explosion Was caused by Motanlskl going
Into old workings with a aak4 lamp. -
FINLEYS
flOlMY :
MIS ' :
A good 'Silk Dress is aK
ways an acceptable giftj
for a lady.
Our line .
BLACK AND COLORED -
SILKS AND SATINS, "
ELEGANT PERSIAN SILKS, V
FOR WAISTS, :
FANCY AND PLAIN VELVET! J
FOR WAISTS,
REAL LACES AND .' 1
LACE HANDKERCHIEFS, "
HAND EMBROIDERED : i
HANDKERCHIEFS 1 ,1
IN ENDLESS VARIETY, A a
SILK AND LINEN
INITIAL HANDKERCHIEFS
FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,'
KID GLOVES
AND MITTENS,
SILK GLOVES
AND SILK MITTENS,
SILK HOSIERY
AND UNDERWEAR,
DINNER AND LUNCH SETS, 1
NAPKINS TOWELS,
TABLE AND BUREAU SCARFS,
PILLOW SHAMS AND CENTRES,
EMBROIDERED IN DELFT
AND FANCY COLORS,
DOWN COMFORTABLES, .
SILK PILLOWS
AND CUSHIONS AND AN '
ELEGANT STOCK OF
LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S
UMBRELLAS IN
LATEST DESIGNS. . . .
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
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Every Foot In th Family Properly Fitted.
Open Evening Wholesale and HeUu.
s
' 114 AND 116 WYOMING AVE.
Ladles' Watches from
$5.00 to $75.00.
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4M BPKUCE ST NEAR DIMB BANK.
AT A MANIAC'S MERCY.
Fort Dod Terrorised Before Joha'F)f
terly Is Captnred. - ,
Webster City, Iowa, Dec. lt-JohifT
Tlntterlv. a maniac, was discovered In
a church In Fort Dodge today in tho
act of destroying the altar service.
When Father Lenham reproached him,,
he ran into the4treet and attacked sev
eral cltlsens. . '.
A general alarm was sounded, and,
with the assistance of several xrttlieps, ,
Flatterly was captured and, taken to
Jail.- Tomorrow he will be pkioed In an '
asylum, '
WEATHER, REPORT, (''I
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For eastern Pennsylvania, fair, probable
followed by. snow on th eoait Frlony
evening or night; .continued oold aorta ';
easterly winds, -
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