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THE OtykY? RERUDLICAN DAILY IN LACKAWANNA COUNTY;
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( 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,
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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.
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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
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Tuaadur nlsrht. - v
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