.-J THE OtykY? RERUDLICAN DAILY IN LACKAWANNA COUNTY; PAGES 64 COLUMNS. scbaoton, pa., Tuesday mobning, December 1,7, I895. TWO CENTS A COPY, TIE PASS NG SiOW A waaV fo-tw Ja(a nil 4 Vi a arlnrv a v vui uuv! aim n " ( the Christmas dlnplay will have departed for another year. Even , now, the hand uf the expert buyer ' can be traced. Odd specialties In all departments are being picked up. and while stocks are still complete In every line, they canm. ions re main so. . You Know Our. Line A generous gathering of everything to please the children. Including aU the strong toys, tn metal, wood, wicker work, etc., also useful ar ticles such as Desks, Chairs, Sewing Machines, and miniature specialties cf all sorts. Our Art Collection la too wtli and favorably known to need mention In detail. We have still duplicates of the choicest sub jects, but, take a warning from last year when late buyers fared so badly, " - Our Book Department. I boundless In extent and embraces all the standard and popular auth ors, besides an unlimited title list of Picture and Toy Books for chil dren. At idc,- 114c, l8c&22C Our values In Juvenile Works are remarkable. In If ma cloth bound works, with ' Illuminated covers, all the popular . poet and authors are amply repre T sented, while some of the classics come in the same list. The paper . and type are excellent, and at our ' selling price. they're a wonder in bookdom. Regarding Bric-a-Brae, Fancy Goods and the countless things that may be summed VP under the gen eral title of Goods, We have simply to say that our stock this year Is a notch or two head of all previous efforts. ZOUSE 6C. Holiday mEOBE ;:,.rnr"" STEWART'S LATEST SCHEME A New and Telling Argument ia the latcrcst of Silver. COUKT HOtSS HILL I'ASSEl' Federal Court Koom M.y Now Ha Rented Secretary CnrUle's Report. SuRBtfktions t.ooklns to tha solu tion of 1I1 j Fiiiuneial Prohl.in. Tribune Bureau, 515 Fourteenth St.. N. W., ' Washington, Dec. 18. The WU Introduced by Senator Quay allowing the Superior court und the courts of Luckawanna county to hold sessions In the Federal building at Sc-ranton passed the house today. It will probably be signed by the president tomorrow. W. R. B. THREATENED EVILS. Senator Stowart Of fort a New Argument in the Interest of "Silver Washington, Dec. 16. The evil day3 with which western manufaeturlnjt In dustry ia threatened by competition from China and Japan were passionate ly portrayed in the senate today by Mr. Stewart (Populist. Nevada), in con nection v.Mth his resolution instructing the finance committee to Inquire what effect the difference of exchanee be tween gold standard countries and -silver standard countries has on the agri cultural and manufacturing industries of the United States. Mr. Stewart's contention was that, as the expenses of eastern labor and ma terials are paid for In sliver by those countries, and as the products are sold in the United States and Europe for gold or its equivalent, the Orientals have. In the differences of exchange, an advantage of 60 per cent., and that this advantage Joined to their mechanical skill, their low wages and their cheap mode of living, enables them to under sell all competitors and will, if not checked, transfer the manufacturing for the world from the west to the east. The only way to prevent auch an evil, Mr. Stewart argued, is to restore the parity between gold and silver. No action was taken on the resolution which lies on the table, to be called up at any time for further discussion. Petitions were presented for a res toration of the wool and woolens sche dule of the McKlnley tariff act, and for one cent letter postase. Bills were introduced to exclude aliens from public employment, and to protect public for est reservations; and a resolution was offered and agreed to calling on the president for a report as to why the law providing for the payment of a sugar bounty has not been executed. HOUSE PROCEEDINGS. Secretary Carlisle's Report Efforts to Solve the Financial irb1i-n. Washington, Deo. 16. The session of the house to-day lasted an hour and forty minutes, and was devoted chiefly to routine business. Delegate Fllnn, of Oklahoma, offered a resolution, which was adopted, calling on the secretary of the interior for reasons why that officer has not in accordance with law, thrown open to settlement that Wichita Indian reservation, in Oklahoma, and Inquiring whether any of Secretary Smith's relatives were Interested In de laying the time of its opening. He se verely criticised the secretary for his dereliction in executing the laws of con gress, and asserted that there never was a secretary of the interior since the foundation of the government who had devoted less time to his public duties than Secretary Smith, who he said, was "parading around the coun try 'changing hia mind on the money question." , . Unsuccessful attempts were made to have printed In the, record various memorials and petitions on the Cuban and Armenian questions. Messrs. Bull. (Republican, Rhode Island) and Cobb, (Democrat.Mlssourl), were appointed additional members of the accounts committee. scoetnr tlnrtm ' Report. The annual report of the secretary of the treasury was received. In referring to the national finances the secretary said I Our further progress toward a com olete restoration of confidence and pros perity is seriously Impeded by the detects In our currency laws. Our pit expen.nee with the United Slates notes and treas ury notes has cleary shown that the pol icy of attempting to retain theee ohllM tlons of the government as a part of our circulating medium, and to reueem litem In coin on presentation and reissue them after redemption, must be abandoned, or that such moan sh-all at once be provided as will have a tendency to facilitate the efforts of the seoretary to' accumulate and maintain coin reserve sufficient In amount to keep the public constantly as sured of the stability of our entire volume of currency and our ability at all times to preserve equality In the exchangeable value of its various parts. "The Issue of bonds to procure coin for the reserve, which Is the only effectual method now available under the law. will, unless the conditions which have already been developed by the present policy are radically changed, ultimately result in the creation of a publlo debt much larger than would be required to retire and can cell all the notes and the Interest charge will be much greater than It would be nec essary to Incur on a new class of bonds adapted to the present circumstances of the government and the well-known pref erences of Investors. "If, however, an attempt Is to be msde to keep the United States notes and treas ury notes permanently In circulation by reissues-after redemption and the gov eminent Is to be permanently charged with the duty of sustaining the value of a) our currency, paper and coin alike. the conclusion cannot be avoided that the policy of Issuing bonds for the accom plishment ot these purposes must also be come permanent, and such additional powers must be conferred upon the secre tary as will enable blm to execute the laws relating to thes subjects with the least possible disturbance of the business af fairs of the people, and the least possible charge upon the treasury. I am thorough ly convinced that this policy ought not to be continued, but that the United States nd treasury notes should be retired from arcutatlon at the earliest practicable day, and that the Government should be wholly relieved from the responsibility of providing a credit currency for the peo- ', cfst4 Reatedy The remedy which Secretary Carlisle proposes for the financial Ills Is thus set forth: - There Is but one safe and effec tual war to protect our treasury against these demands, and that Is to retire and cancel ths totes which constitute the only means through which the with drawals can be made. Many partial and temporary remedies may be sug gested and urged, with more or leas plausibility, but this Is the only one that will certainly remove the real cause of our. troubles and give assur ance of permanent protection against their recurrence In the future, "This can be most successfully and economically accomplished by authoris ing the secretary of the treasury to Issue from time to time bonds payable in gold, bearing Interest at a rate not exceeding 3 er centum per annum, and having a long time to run, end to exchange the bonds for United States and treasury notes upon such terms as may be most advan tageous to the government or to sell them abroad for gold whenever, in his Judg ment, It Is advisable to do so, and use the gold thus obtained In redeeming the out standing notes. In order to further facili tate the substitution of other currency for the retirement of legal tender notes, the nav!on.il bunks should bo authorized to Issue notes equal in amount to the face value of bonds deposited to secure them and the tax on their circulation should be reduced to one-fourth ot 1 per centum per annvm. "As part of the plan for the retirement and cancellation of the legal tender notes, the trmsury should be relieved from re sponsibility for the redemption of national bank notes, oxcept worn, mutilated and defaced notes, and the notes of failed banks, and each stsocls tlon should be re quired to redeem Its circulation at Its own oflloe and at nsencles to be designated by the Comptroller of the currency. What ever objections to a natlonul banking sj-ftem may have heretofore exlstod, or may still exist among our people upon economic or other grounds, the fact must be rt cognised that It has been so long established and, notwithstanding Its ad mitted defects, hits served such a useful purpose In furnishing a convenient form of currency of uniform value .' ronghout the country that an attempt at this 'time to abolish It. or materially abridge the fran chises of the institutions organlxad under rt, would not only bo unsuccessful, but would provoke Injurious agitation when the precarious condition of our fiscal af fairs demands repose." Recommends llrhnch National Banks. The secretary recommends the estab lishment of branch national banks, as suggested In the president's message. In closing his report the secretary says: "It is not probable that any plan for the permanent retirement of the United States and treasury notea will be adopt ed thnt will not require any consider able time for Its complete execution, and, I therefore! respectfully urge upon congress the proprietary of prohibiting any future Issues of such notes, or of national bank notes of less denomina tions than ten dollars. Such a policy would make room in the circulation for silver coins and silver certificates of small denominations, thus Increasing their use among the people in the trans action of their daily business and pre venting their frequent return, and ac cumulation In the treasury. The largo silver certificates now outstanding could be retired and cancelled when re ceived, and small ones substituted for them, so that there would be a' diminu tion of the amount of small currency in circulation, and the result would be Increased use of our present stock of stiver in the form of subsidiary coin, or stanaara dollars. TO SAVE THE TREASURY. Rcpuhlloans llsve Agreed "pon a Plan tn .Meet tho Deficiency. Washington, Dec. 16. The exDectPd withdrawal of gold during the week promises to reduce tho treasury reserve to JTO.OOO.OOO, below Mr. Cleveland's danger line. Such a situation seems to demand some other remedy than the Is sue of bonds such as have been put on the market of late by Secretary Car lisle. How to meet matters has been thoroughly discussed by leading Repub licans of both senato and house, and it is now said that a course of action has been practically agreed upon. The plan has two phases, one prac tical, as applied to the (situation, ine other political. Tho latter has two points, one to pass a b..l In the house, putting a tariff upon wool. This would not. It Is believed, pass the senate, but the Democrats would have to take the responsibility of defeating It. The other Is to pass a measure Increasing all duties under the Wilson bill twenty per cent., and to also put some duty upon wool and agricultural products now on the free list. This might pass the sen ate, and If Mr. Cleveland vetoed it, tho responsibility would be upon him alone. The revenue must be collected from Imports, and since the Wllrrn bill plain ly does not yield sufficient revenues for expenses, the proper plan la to increase them until they do. To pass these measures would put tho Republican party right on the record, and if tho senate or president defeated them they would make their political record on the other side. The practical plan to meet the pres ent treasury situation Is to Issue short time, low-interest treasury notes to meet existing deficiencies. It Is said that Senator Allison, of Iowa, will In troduce a bill for this purpose in a few days. It will authorise the secretary of the treasury to pay the difference be tween expenditures and receipts with these notes. Another plan Is to Issue three per cent, long-time bonds, to re plenish the gold reserve when It falls below 1100,000,000, the greenbacks, when redeemed, to be held In the treasury as part of the reserve. This might lead to the depositing of gold by banks In order to get greenbacks as the more convenient currency, and would pre vent the administration from using tne' proceeds of bond sales to pay current expenses. The proposed plan also In cludes the passage of a bill authorising national banks to Issue currency to the par value of their bonds, and reducing the tax on their circulation to such a rate as would be sufficient to pay the expenses of the comptroller of the cur rency's office. KOCKAFELLOW MYSTERY.' Tho Imprisoned Banker Is Said to Have Msde s Confession. Wllkes-Barr, Dec. 11 The Rockafsl low mystery, which has baffled the ef forts of detectives and the public gener ally since the remarkable failure of his bank two years ago, by which over $400, 000 completely disappeared, now prom ises to be unveiled. One of the deposi tors who lost a large amount saw the banker in the Eastern penitentiary last Saturday and the latter, It Is claimed, mads a complete confession. This Implicates a number of people to whom ha attributes his failure and It Is further stated that action will be commenced to recover somt of ths toad v ; ' - THE DEFENSE OF INSANITY Important Decision Reid by Justice Harlan of the Supreme Court. THEORIES TO ITZZLB A JURY Opinio of the failed States Supreme Court Will Make the Temporary In tend Dodso More Popular Tnaa Ever In Murder Trials. Washington. Dec. 16. A case ap pealed from the court of Judge Isaac C. Parker, for the western district, of Arkansas was the occasion or an Im portant declaration by the Supremo court of the United States todny In an opinion read by Mr. Justice Harlan, of the effect of a plea of Insanity set up as defense in a criminal proceeding. Dennis Davis, chargred with murder, was convicted and sentenced to death. Judge Parker instructed the Jury that the defense of insanity could not avail the accused, unless It appeared af firmatively to the reasonable satisfac tion of the Jury, that he was not crim inally responsible for his acts. The fact of killing being clearly proved, the legal presumption, based upon the com mon experience of mankind, that every man is sane was suillcient, the court said to authorise a verdict of guilty, although the Jury might entertain A reasonable doubt upon the evidence, whether the accused, by reason of his mental condition, was responsible, in law, for the killing In question. In other words, if the evidence was in equillbrio as to the accused being of sound mind, he was to be treated Just as he would be if there were no de fense of insanity, or If there were an entire absenco of proof that he was insane. These extracts, said Justice Harlan, presented, for the llrst time to the Su preme court this important question: "If It appears that the deceased was killed by the accused under circum stances which nothing else appearing made a case of murder, can the Jury properly return a verdict of guilty of the offense charged If, upon the whole evidence, they have a reasonable doubt whether, at the time of killing, the accused was mentally competent to dis tinguish between right and wrong, or to understand tho nature of tho act ho was committing." Opinion of tho Court. After reviewing the decisions upon this point, which, he said, were about equally divided. Justice Harlan in ex pressing the opinion of the court, said: "All admit that the crime of murder necessarily Involves the possession upon the part of tho accused of such mental capacity aa will render him re sponsible, criminally, for his acts. Upon whom, then, must rest the burden of proving that the accused, n-h ofi Iff It Is sought to take under the forms of law,- belongs to a class capable of committing crimes. On principle, It must rest upon those who affirm that he has committed the crime for which he Is indicted. That burden is not fully discharged, nor is there any legal right to take the life of the accused, until guilt is made to appear from all the evidence in the case. If th ihni. dence. Including that supplied by the legal presumption of sanity, does not exclude beyond reasonable doubt the hypothesis of insanity, he la entitled to an acquittal of the specific offense charged." In concluding the opinion, which re versed the Judgment of Judge Parker and sent the case back for another trial. Justice Harlan said: "It Beemn to us thU In most of the caFes holding thnt In a prosecution for murder, where tho evidence does r.o more than create more than a reason able doubt of the sanity of the accused too much stress l placed upon the fRct that th defense of Insanity Is frequent ly resorted to,' and ia sustained by the r-vlderice of Ingenious experts whose trH are rMflcult to be met and overcome. Thui. It Is said, crimes cf the most atrocious character often go virvuninhed, nnd the public safety is thereby endangered. Put the possibili ty of such results must always attend any system devised to ascertain and punish crime end ought not to Induce the courts to deport from long estah ' llshed principles, fundamental In the j criminal law, and the recognition and I enforcement of which are demanded by every consideration .of humanity and Justice. No nan should be de prived of his life, tinder the forms of iaw, unless the Jurors who try him are able upon ineir consciences, to say mat the evidence before them, by whomso ever adduced, Is sufficient to show be yond a reasonable doubt the existence of every fact necessary to constitute the crime charged." ' BURNED BY MOLTEN IRON. Workmen Lose Control While "fearing Off" the Metnl. Northampton, Mass., Dec. 16. At the Norwood Engineering company's works tonight, while the workmen were "pour ing Off" In the foundry, having 4,6u0 pounds of melted Iron In the heavy ladle, they lost control of it, and the hot Iron ran out on the men who were work ing It. Three were severely burned, William Drlacoll, William Flarrlty and Jonn Lapping. Flarrity's c onditlon Is seri ous. All were taken to the hospital, IMPRISONED BY RUSSIANS Amerlesas Sentenced for Life for Flail ing la Prohibited Waters. Ban . Franolsco, Dec. !. Five San Francisco searfarlng men and ten other Americans are supposed to be held In Saghalln prison by the Russian author ities for prohibitory fishing In Siberian waters. The five San Franciscans be long to a party of seal hunters who left here about one year ago on the steamer City of Pekln to Join John Kennan's fishing crew that has headquarters at Pakodate and Yokohama. The missing men are: Frank Peter son. Jamss Maloney, Steve Brennan, R. Bheehy and Ned Howe. In addition to these men. In whom local Interest will naturally center, are the ten American seamen and hunters, John Ross, James McCarthy. John Riley, F. Hill, A. An derson, H. Carbon, -Kdward Lankln, Alexander Lerlek, C. I Nelson and X. Ertccson. Two of the party seised by ths Rus sians and hurried to Batfhalln art said to XWtlah safcjeota, Th7 an C. O Campbell and A. Mlngen. The Russian penalty for fishing In the waters off the coast of Saghalln Island and Siberia Is Imprisonment for life in the Island prison where no man can hope to es cape the persecution of petty tyrants and the abuses of laws that govern ty ranny. The men under arrest have undoubt edly trespassed on Russian territory, but there Is some question as to the Jur isdiction of the csar over the Island. Kennan has appealed to the secretary of state at Washington in benalf of his men, asking the Intervention of the United States government. FORCED TO REMARRY. Startling Story of an Indiana Woman Who Wants a Second Divorce. Portland, ind.. Dec. 16. Emma Fox has filed a petition in the Blackford county Circuit court for a divorce from her husband, George Fox. and in it sne makes some startling allegations. They were once married and then divorced. She charges that sho then went to work In a tin-plate factory at Montpelier and that durinir last October her ex-nus- band drove up in a buggy and Intim idated her Into getting Into It witn mm. After doing so ho told her Bhe must mi to Hartford City and remarry him or he would kill her. She alleges he drew a revolver and nourished It. bhe went with him. they were married by a Justice of the peace and then drove back to Montpelier. 'Fox then told her ho had done It to keep any one else from getting her. He has never been seen since. EASTERN BASE BALL LEAGUE. Proceedings of the Meeting Hold Yestcr. day -Tho Circuit Will Remain to-chanced-1'all River and Heading Re jected. New York, Dec. 16. The annual meet ing of the Eastern Base Ball league was commenced today at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, when the board of direc tors went into session at 12 o'clock. The board was made up as follows: President, P. T. Powers (chairman); E. E. Bogart, of Wllkes-narre; O. N. Kuntzsch, of Syracuse, and W. H. Draper, of Providence, R. I. The board took up several protested games but the result did not effect the standing of any of the clubs Involved. The championship for 1895 was awarded to the Springfield, Mas3., club, and the board adjourned. Th league convened at 3 o'clock with the following delegates In attendance: Toronto, Canada, John C. Chapman; Syracuse, Qeorgo N. Kuntzsch; Scran ton, Pa., H. P. Simpson, T. R. Brooks and M. H. McDermott; Wllkes-Barre, Pa., E. F. Bogart, L. W. Long and C. W. Tammany; Springfield, Mass., C. T. Shean, T. E. Burns nnd J. E. Sanborn; Providence, R. I., W. H. Draper, E. A. Johnson and W. A. Murray; Bu'Talo, N. T., James Franklin and "Jack" flowe Rochester, N. T Charles Eng- lert and C. A. Lemgruber. The discussion of matters to be pre sented to the national league at Its meeting next month occupied the time of the meeting. A committee of five was appointed to lay the subjects before the national league. The committee Is as follows: President P. T. Powers. Messrs. Draper, Franklin, Borjart and Sheon. The league will apply for pro tection under the National agreement In Class A Instead of Cla3s B, to which thet belonged last year. They desire to be put on the same footing with the Western league. Tho committee will also call to the attention of the National board the practice of register ing reserved Eastern league players without first negotiating for their re lease, and will endeavor to have ln irted a clause requiring the players drafted from their league to be paid for within a reasonable time, about lxty days thereafter. It was al30 voted to urge the National board for a eturn of the original classe?. It was decided that tho circuit should remain the same as last year. Appll uthws were read from the Reading, and Fall River. Mass., clubs, for ci.fianchlsement, tut as there were no vacancies the applications were tabled. The league then adjourned till tomor iow morning. WOULD FIGHT WM'H WINE. i'nlqne Reply of s Challenged California Heeler. San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 1C When Carlos F. Montealegre.a wine merchant, challenged Jacob J. Jacobl, a business rival, to fight a duel, tho latter said he would accept, providing the Implements were confined to bottles of wine. He suggested that Mr. Montealegre drink his wine and he would drink Mr. Monte algre's. There the matter rests. Jacobl'a firm recently bought an en ormous quantity of California wine. For some reason the offer of wine from Montealegre was rejected. He sought out Jacob! and they had an angry dis pute, which led to the challenge. KINDNESS WON A FORTUNE. Brooklyn Man Deeded $300,000 bv a Woman lie Had Berrien -ted. Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 10. Henry Lewis, a confectioner, forty-eight years old, who lives with his wife and six children on tho second floor of the flat house No. S3 Floyd street, Williams burgh, has, it is said, fallen heir to a fortune of $300,000. The fortune was the gift from an old woman whom he had befriended while she was homeless a few years ago. The old woman is still a member of Lewis' household, .She had been found sitting on the doorstep of the house without a place of shelter or a friend to go to. Lewis took her Into the house, where she was made comfortable. 'There she remained until six months ago, when she found" a place in tne poor house at Flatbush. This was caused by reverses Lewis had met with In business, and was unable to provide for her any lon ger. After a stay of a few weeks In the poor house Lewis again found himself able to take the woman home with him. About this time the Surrogate of San Francisco was seeking, through the Surrogate of Brooklyn, for Information of a woman who had, by the death of her brother, Inherited $300,000. It was tho woman Lewis had befriended that the Burro gate was looking for. As soon as her identity had been established be yond a doubt, she turned the fortune over to Lewis. The latter on Thursday 'ast went before the Surrogate with tne old lady and ths papers were signed riving ths money over to him. Hs will to In possession ot ths fortune la & few THE SENATE COMMITTEES List of Chairmen Selected nt tbe Republican Caucus. THE I'OITLISTS TAKEN CARE OP Senators Jones, Stewart, Allen sad Pef for Will Head Important Committees. Messrs Kyle and Sutler Aro Also Rembcred-Rcpublican Policy. Washington, Dec. 18. The Republi can committee to fill the committees of the senate completed its labors to-night and directed that a call for a caucus for to-morrow be Issued Immediately upon the adjournment of the senate. When this caucus convenes Mr. Mitchell, chairman of the committee, will submit j and the caucus will approve the follow ing list of chairmen, which it will be seen takes care of every Republican and Populist member of the senate: Agriculture, Proctor, Vermont; ap propriations, Allison, Iowa; contingent expenses, Jones, Nevada, (Populist); census. Chandler, New Hampshire; civil service and retrenchment, Prlt chard. North Carolina; claims. Teller, Colorado; coast defenses, Squlre.Wash lngton; commerce, Frye, Maine; Dis trict of Columbia, McMillan, Michigan; education and labor, Shoup, Idaho; en rolled bills, Sewell, New Jersey. To examine the several branches of tho civil service Peffer, Kansas (Popu list); finance, Morrill, Vermont; fish eries, Perkins, California; foreign re lations, Sherman, Ohio; immigration, Lodge Massachusetts; improvement ot the Mississippi river, lxelson, Minne sota; Indian affairs, Pettlgrew, South Dakota; Indian depredations, Wilson, Washington; Interstate commerce, Cul lom, Illinois; Irrigation, Warren, Ken tucky; judiciary, Hoar, Massachusetts; library, Hansbrough. North Dakota; manufactures, Wetmore, Rhode Itland; military affairs, Hawloy, Connecticut; mines and mining, Stewart, Nevada (Populist); naval affairs, Cameron, Penntiylvanla; organization and ex penditures In the executive department, Butler, North Carolina (Populist); Pa cific railroads, Gear.Iowa; patonts.Platt, Connecticut; pensions, Galllnger, New Hampshire; postofilces and post roads, Wolcott, Colorado; ptlnting, Hale, Maine; privileges and elections, Mitch ell, Oregon; public buildings and grounds. Quay, Philadelphia; public lands, Dubois, Idaho; railroads, Clark, Wyoming; relations with Canada, Cart er, Montana; revision of the laws. Bur rows, Michigan; rules, Aldrich, Rhode Island; territories, Davis, Minnesota; transportation and routes to the sea board. McBrlde, Oregon. To establish the University of the United States, Kyle, South Dakota (Populist); Inter national expositions,' Thurston, Ne braska; to Investigate the geological survey, Elkinn, West Virginia; national banks. Mantle, Montana; Forest reser vations, Allen, Nebraska (Populist), to Investigate trespassers on Indian lands. Baker, Kansas. The special committee to Investigate the Ford's theater disaster will be left open for one of the Utah senators. Courtesies to tho Third Pnrtr. Under the present Democratic organ ization of the senate each member of the Populist party holds n chairman ship, and the Republicans, believing that they should deal equally as justly with tho third party, have also given them chairmanships. Messrs. Jones, of Nevada, Stewart, Allen and Pefter, are left where they are now, and Mr. Kyle, who Is ranking member on the committee to establish the university of the United States wu j transferred from the committee on edu ! cation and labor to the chairmanship or the llrst named committee. Mr. But ler, of North Carolina, the new Populist senator Is given a chairmanship equal 1 to that of Mr. Peffer. I The Republican caucus will be held ' to-morrow Immediately after the ad journment of the senate.when thechalr- 1 manships as above Indicated, agreed upon finally at to-night's meeting, will be submitted to the caucus. There Is llttlo 'doubt that the caucus will approve ! the work of the committee although the i assignments are necessarily unsatlsfac- I tory to some of the men. Tho vote In the senate on the reorganization of the committees will bo taken, under the present programme next Friday. But If anything should Intervene to prevent this action, the Republicans will prob ably agree to a holiday adjournment until a few days later. Thoy Insist that if they have the votes and they contend they have the committees should be re organized before the senate adjourns over until January. No effort will be made to reorganize the elective officers of the senate until after the holidays. WRECK ON THE I).. L. ft W. An Extra Train from Port .Morris Crashes Into the Buffalo Fast Freight at Dover. Stock Driver Killed. Dover, N. J., Dec. 16. A fatal railway wreck occurred Just above the draw bridge here about 10 o'clock last might. The fast Buffalo freight, going east on the Delaware, Lackawanna and West ern railroad and due here at 9.45 o'clock, was late. When It reached the draw bridge the signals were set against It, as it was then time for "No, 11," a west bound fast train. The Buffalo freight was made up of cattle cars. It had no sooner stopped than "extra No. 234," from Port Morris, came rushing up be hind it. Before "Wes" Johnson, the en gineer of the extra, could get his train under control, he struck the freight. The shock was terrific. The caboose and eight cars containing cattle, sheep and swine, were completely wrecked. W. E. Caldwell, a stock drover from Iowa, was caught as he was hbout to Jump. The top of his head was torn oft and his face crushed. He died In stantly. ' A number of heads of the live stock were killed and the engine of the rear train was completely stripped. The damage Is estimated at about $26,000. TARRED AND FEATHERED. A Student at Wyoming Seminary Is Liberally Desorsted. Wllkes-Barre, Dec. 16.-Charles Dur chek, a student at the Wyoming Semi nary at Kingston, and a resident of Freeland, Luzerne county, where his father Is a wealthy brewer, was tarred and feathered by about thirty students at one o'clock this morning on the cam Pus. The students had for the past few weeks missed articles from their rooms and Durchek was suspected of pilfering them. They ,resoived to punish him themselves and not refer the matter to the faculty. At 1 o'clock this morning the door of Durchek's room was broken open and he was gagged and in his night shirt only was taken to the campus. There he was stripped naked and coated with tar. The feathers were then put on In liberal handfuls and then he was re leased. The boys went back to bed and Durchek spent all night In his room crying. When he did not come down to breakfast this morning tho faculty learned of the matter and President Sprague after having the boy cleaned expelled him. It Is thought he will not say anything to the boys who were en gaged In the affair. C01RT HAD A GIN. Chief Justice Snoderasa, of Tennessoe Shoots John R. Oeasley, Inflicting s Serious Wound. Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 16. John R. Beasley, a local attorney, was shot and painfully wounded this afternoon by Chief Justice D. L. Bnodgrass, of the Stale Supreme court. In the law of? flee of Brown & Spurlock. In the Timet this morning there apppeared a com munication from lieasley relative to the statement of the state debt in 1880 and a suit brought by himself in the Su preme court to test the validity of that settlement. In the communication the following language was used: "After the argument was eloped the judges then held a hurried consulatlon without leaving their seats, and Chief Justice Turney announced that the court had determined to dismiss the bill and tax complainants with the costs. Judge Snoderasa then spoke nnd said the two wings of the Democratic party had agreed upon this settlement of the railroad debt. No written opin ion was ever delivered, and when this great law suit was summarily kicked out of couit In the manner before ln- aicated, one or tho best lawyers of Nashville, who had heard the case from the beginning to thu end, walked up xo me ana said: 'Beasley, there Is i.nly one explanation of this decision it Is a political decision.' Chief Justice Snodcrass had gone to the oftice of Brown & Sputiock to see about a correction of the statement quoted and there met Beasley. He at once took up the subject with him, de nouncing It as false. Beasley, who was sitting on n sofa, rose to his feet and asserted its truthfulness, whereupon the chief justice denounced him as an Infamous liar. Beasley had his hand behind him and made a motion as if to disengage something from his pocket, at the same time reiterating the state- mem mat every woru written was true.upon which the chief Justice struck hitn In the fare with his fist, following it witn a couple of shots from a pistol. At the second shot Beasley cried: "Don't kill me, Judge," and the firing was discontinued. One shot struck Beasley on the left elbow. Inflicting a wound that will probably destroy the usefulness of that arm. Judge Snod grass surrenderee to tne sheriff, gave bond for his appearance for trial when wanted, and left tonight for Nashville. BIG STREETCAR STRIKE. Every Traction Line in Philadelphia Will Be Tied t'p To-day-Efforts cf the Clti zona' Committee Fruitless. Philadelphia, Dec. 16. At the meeting tonight of the executive committee of the Amalgamated association of Rail way employes it was decided to declare a strike upon the lines of the Union Traction company. Ex-Governor Rob ert E. Pattison and Thomas Martlndale, representing a committee of citizens, were present, and urgrd the men to try to effect further arbitration of their differences with the railway company. The e"orts of the two gentlemen were unsuccessful, nnd the decision to strike was made. The decision of the execu live committee is not nnal, but was submitted later to a mass meeting of the association. At the mass meeting tonight of mem bers of the Amalgamated association of Street Railway employes It was decid ed to go on a strike at 4 o'clock tomor row mnmlnp. anit nr. ror. i-m tm? d(,poU manned by memhern ot the association, but it Is believed that fully 95 per cent, of the entire force of the company will refuse to man their cars in the morning. This strike will tie up every line In the city but the Arch street line, and the Race ond Vine street lines, which are not controlled by the Union Traction company. The Company Prepared. It was asserted br gentlemen close to the management that the company was prepared for a strike. Offers of experienced motormen and conductors from Chicago. Pittsburg, Brooklyn, Baltimore and other cities It was stat ed had been received. A letter from Chicago offered to seriu on 500 men. ARE NOT TAXABLE. Attorney General McCormlck Will cmnt Life Insurance Policies. Ex- Harlrsburg, Pa., Dee. 16. Attorney General McCormlck this afternoon sent to the auditor general an opinion in which he holds that life Insurance poli cies cannot be taxed; that they are not of the class of "personal property" In tended by the act of 1891 to be taxed and therefore should not be returned by tbe taxpayer. In the blanks sent out by the auditor general's department to the assessors this year the taxpayers were directed to return policies of life Insurance Is sued by foreign or domestic, stock or old line mutual companies. WASHINGTON NOTES. Mr. Atoheson, of Pennsylvania, Intro duced a bill in the house appropriating $76,000 for a public building at Washing ton, Pa. The treasury department was Informed yesterday afternoon that $3,200,000 In gold had been withdrawn at the Hvw York sub treasury for export today. Most ot the gold gees to Germany. The president. In reply to a conrmKtee of citizens of Utah, said he would give the matter of Issulqg a proclamation ad mitting Utah to statehood fcts attention. Mr. Snrtth (Rep., Mich.) Introduced In the house a resolution re-enacting the provlsons of schedules a, K and L, of the McKlnley tariff law. - These schedules cover agricultural products and provi sions, wool and manufacturers of wool and allk sad allk goods. . FILEY'S ML1AY GOODS. A good SilK Dress Is al ways an acceptable gift for a lady, re Is. Very. Atte BLACK AND COLORED ' BILK8 AND SATINS, ELEGANT PERSIAN SILKS, FOR WAISTS, FANCY AND PLAIN VELVETS FOR WAISTS, , REAL LACES AND LACE HANDKERCHIEFS, HAND EMBROIDERED HANDKERCHIEFS IN ENDLBS9 VARIETY, SILK AND LINEN INITIAL HANDKERCHIEFS FOR LADIES AND OENTLEMEIf. s AND MITTENS, " BIT. IT f-T CW'TTQ AND SILK MITTENS, SILK HOSIERY AND UNDERWEAR, Oust. Linen Bepartmsit ... Is Uncpald . DINNER AND LUNCH SETS. NAPKINS TOWELS, TABLE AND BUREAU SCARFS, PILLOW SHAMS AND CENTRES, EMBROIDERED IN DELFT AND FANCY COLORS. DOWN COMFORTABLES, SILK PILLOWS AND CUSHIONS AND AH ELEGANT STOCK OF LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S UMBRELLAS IN LATEST DESIGNS. 510 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVI 4 Floors-and Large FILLED WITH jpoe Every Foot la the Familr Propsrly Fittsd. Dpu Kvoniturs. Wholesale and Retail, 111 AND 116 WYOMIXQ AVE. HOLIDAY .iiond$ Ladies' watcnes irom $5.00 to $75.00. 4M SPBUCX BT, XI A B DOtX ECKERT SENTENCE! Will Probably nasg for ths Murder of Blttenbeader. Wllkes-Barre, Deo. 11 Amfc Eckert, of Nantlcoke, who was C ed of murder In the first degre weeks ago for the killing of Bch rector Fred Blttenbender, ws teiYced to-day by Judge Woor" be hanged. . I The prisoner was tn no way and when asked if he had ' say refused to plead for mer WEATHER RET For eastern Pennsylvania winds shifting to sowthea Tuaadur nlsrht. - v A mm att. AJULIliVA nns. ! J 7
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