teb lilkflff 8,ip .s.V- :.,ia- -la' ' is m ft BIGHT PAGES 5G COLUMNS. souantcxn-, pa., Wednesday moiining, January (;. i8n?. TWO CENTS A COPY C-r 'J W jb :ssyOTfj &jll JUL B li L H ft if TT PI V TT iLf MIL PITS cm and of course are going Into every hole und corner throughout the store. ooooooooooooooooo In Dress Goods We've marked the following for slaughter this week. The fabrics ure the newest on the market, and tile shades the most desirable. ooooooooooooooooo These Are But Examples 61 what we have done throughout this department. Nothing has been spared. Everything goes at cost or under. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 20 Pieces 3S-lnch, All "Wool Bouele Suitings, small Rqurbtte effects In high col ors. Sold all season tit 4r Sale Price, 28c 40 Pieces Double fold Novelty Suitings, new crochet weave effects In an 1m ,.1ietisiassprtineiit of shadings. Sold till season at 2Sc. Sale Price, II 9c 35 Pieces 3S-inch, Persian Novelties, Winter Weight, as handsome a suiting us we carry In stock. Sold ull season at 45c. Sale Price, 28c 35 Pieces 3S-inch, Crochet Novelties. The very latest color effects Including brown, blue, navy, garnet, etc. They sold .all season at 45c. a yard. Sale Price, 3 3c 30 Pieces 40-Inch Silk and Wool Mosaic Suit ings, beautiful inlaid effects, that are In decided novelty shadings in :lude blue, navy, brown and gar t. Sold all season for 75c. 5ale Price, 50c 30 Pieces Silk and Wool Rroches. Very neat style In lovely color bledlngs. In cluding black and white, black and garnet, navy and . brown, scerlse ancf bro.wn, and navy und black. Sold all season at G:ic. Sale Price, 50c 35 Pieces Silk and AVool Hair Lined Stripes; navy and brown, olive und black, black, black and white, etc., etc., combinations. Sold all season for 75c. Sale Price, 5Pc ooooooooo oooooooo SALE BEGINS TUESDAY, JANo 5, AT 9 L M. ooooooooooooooooo GLOB WAREHOUSE w CI AUG Pi Hi The Philadelphia Statesman Vindicated at the Caucus of Republicans, WILL RECEIVE 133 BALLOTS Wanamaker Musters Only 75 Yotes at Caucus Cameron, Robinson and Rice Each Receive One Yote. Three Senators Absent and Repre sentative Moore, Of Chester, De clines to Yote Mackey and Farr Support the Merchant Prince. Il.irrlsburg, Pa., Jan. 5. The great light for Senator Cameron's seat Is over, Senator Doles Pentose, of Philadelphia, has won. The' joint Kepubllcah caucus was held In the hall of the house of representatives and. a great crowd tilled the galleries and all the space in the rear of the desks. Senator Grady, chairman of the senate caucus, presid ed. The secretaries were Senators .M oy er and Vaughn and Representatives Williams und Harris. The tellers were Senators Stelnmnn nud Saylor and Representatives Shaw and Fredericks. During the roll call Representative Charles K. Voorhees, of Philadelphia, objected to the vote of Rcpr3.nlutlvo Pennewlll, of that city, wl-ii grourd that lie hud not qualified as a mem ber of the house. The chair retuued to hear the objection. Nominating speeches were limit '1 to live minutes, Mr. Hoyer, of Philadel phia, presenting the name of Senator Penrose In an eloquent spesen. Ho said he was a man without fear and re proach. He had been prepared for col lege by his own dear mother, subse quently taking second honors in all his classes at Harvard, being exceeded only by his brother, who was first. He has stood in the full glare of public opinion and the first breath of suspicion is yet te, blow In ids face. "I believe ne will be one of the foremost statesmen of this country" said the spenksr in dos ing Ills tribute of personal friendship. Senator lleCarrell, of Dauphin, president pro tern of the senate, made a fine speech in seconding the nomina tion. He declared Senator Penrose to be the soul of honor whoso word w as never broken. He stands before Un people of the commonwealth without a stain and without reproach. He is do voted to the principles of the party and by inborn qualifications is splen didly equipped as a legislator. CHAMPION OF THE PEOPLE. Mr. Hermann, of Snyder, referred to Penrose as the champion of the people In the state senate, the hero of the young Republicans of Pennsylvania. He was fit to be the colleague of the greatest chieftain of them all. Others who made seconding speeches were Mr. Chldiey, of Northampton, and Senator Gobln, of Lebanon. Senator VCar.lI'man, of Lancaster, nominated e-Postmaster General John Wanamaker In nil earnest and eloquent speech. He said no higher honor could have been paid him than when he was selected to place John Wanamaker in nomination. He was one who hud risen fioni the humblest walks to the great est postmaster general tills country has f-ver seen. Business men, said Mr. V Kuuffmun, uie demanding the presence of business men in the United States senate. He called upon the Republi cans to hesitate befoie they cast their votes against a man who lb the choice or nine tenths of the people of Penn sylvania. Senator Fllnn, of Pittsburg, said In behalf of the united delegation of the second city In the state he de sired to second the nomination of the greatest merchant and storekeeper on earth. W. F. Stew at t, of Philadelphia, spoke of the great resources of Penn sylvunia and of the need of a business men like Wanamaker in the United States senate to represent Pennsyl vania. Mr. Young, of Tioga, albo urged his nomination. 'Penrose received the votes of "1 sena tors and 102 members of the house, total 133: Wanamaker 10 senatois and C5 members oil" the house,, total 70. Sen ators U. B. Mitchell, of Bradford, was absent on account of illness and Senut or Penrose did not appear In the cau cus. Representative Andrew J. Pit cairn, of Allegheny, was absent on ac count of illness and Representative .Moore, of Chester, declined to vote. The vote In detail was as follows: VOTE OF THE SENATE. For ivnrose Philadelphia, First dis trict. George A. Wure; Second district, Ellwood Decker; Third district, Franc-Is A. Osbourn; Fourth district. C. Wesley Thomas: Fifth district, Charles U. Drown; Tenth district, Ducks, Henry CI. .Moyer; Twelfth district, .Montgomery, Henry 1). Saylor; Thlrtc-nth district, Lancaster, .Milton Ebv; Fifteenth district, Daupnln, Samuel J. M. AleL'nrrell- Seventeenth ,IU trlct, Lebanon, J. P. S, Gobln; Eighteenth district, Northampton, Henry I). Heller; Nineteenth district, Chester, William P. Snyder; Twentieth district, Lackawanna anil Luzerne, James C Vaughn; Twenty fifth district, Tioga, Rotter and McKcnn, Walter T. Merrick; Twenty-sixth district, Susquehanna and Wayne, 1C, D. Harden, bergh; Thirteenth district, Schuylkill, John J. Coyle; Thirty, first district. Perry, .Milliln and Juniata, Willluni llertzler; Thirty-second district. Cumberland and Adams, Alfred W. Mlllelseu: Thirty-third district, Fruuklin and Clearfield and Cen ter M. L. McQuown; Thirty. sixth district, Somerset, Bedford and Fulton, N. D. Crltchlleld; Thirty-seventh district, In diana and Jefferson, James G. .Mitchell; Thirty-ninth district, Westmoreland, John II. Drown; Fortieth district, Fayette and Greene, Daniel S. Walton; Forty-first dis trict, Hutler and Armstrong, William D. .Meredith; Forty-second district, Alle gheny, Arthur Kennedy; Forty-sixth dis trict, Heaver and Washington, Samuel H. White; Forty. seventh district, Lawrence and Venango, Charles M. Short; Forty, ninth district, Erie, Perry A. Gibson; Fif tieth district, Crawford, William H, An drews. For Wanamaker Philadelphia, Eighth district, Jucob Crousoj Ninth district, Continued on Page 2. DELAWARE ASSEMBLY. It Is Organized Without Any Incit ing Features. Dover, Del., .Inn, n. The general ns scmhiy was organised today without any exciting scenes. Seven Union Republicans (AddlcUo) candidates for the house of representa tives In Kent county, who were de clared not elected by the board of can vass and the seven Union Republicans who were defeated In Susex county met in the statu library this morning and decided to form n "rump" house nntl to meet at the Hotel llichardson. They then repaired to the hotel and organized wltli I,. C. Oonwell, temporary chair man. Thomas C Moore was elected permanent speaker and the oath was uUniinist'-rcil to him by Mr. Conwell. Mr. Moore then swore In the 15 other members. Charles S. Hastings wns mule clerk and Thomas K. Brown, re cording clerk. They u Ith the minor as sistants then took the oath of ollice. The regular senate met and selected Heezklel Harrington (Democrat) speak er. The Democrats captured the .sen ate through the fnllinc of the Repub licans to stand together. Air. Meredith (Democrat), of Kent county, was seated and Allee (Republican) was rejected. The regular house organized by muk ing K. D. Rlggln (Democrat), speaker. The house appointed a committee on the contest of W. W. Clieacls against T. J. Dickey, both Democrats from New Castle county. A "rump" .senate seems Improbable and In that t-use the "rump" house would be defeated in Its work, Neither house transacted any busi ness of Importance nt this afternoon's session of the general assembly and an adjournment was taken until Mon day next, when committees will be named. The "rump" house is to meet on Fri day, but there Is no prospect of a "rump" senate. ALLISON INVITED. It Is Relieved That He Is u Fnvorit witli Jlnjor Jlcltiiilev for Cabinet. Cleveland, O., Jan. E Major McKlnley leaves on Wednesday morning for Can ton, to meet Senator AV. B. Allison, of Iowa, who will stop u few hours In Clin ton on his way to Washington to see the president-elect. The Interview be tween the senior senator from Iowa, who lias twice decided to remain In the senate when a cabinet position was of fered him, and the president-elect, who is avowedly seeking the strongest men he can find for his ofllclal family, will be the most important political event which occurred at Major McKlnley's home since the election. It is under stood that Major Mc-Kinley would very much like to have Senator Alison In his cabinet, but It is not known that the actual tender of a portfolio has been made. Probably the meeting tomorrow Will demonstrate whether such a tender is to be made at all. Senator Thurston and General Os borne, secretary of the Republican na tional committee, left for Washington tills afternoon. The work of cabinet making has been begun In real earnest and will proceed at a pretty lively rate until about the -Ith of March. Senor F. G. Plena, a representative of the Cuban Junta In New York, called on Major McKlnley and explained at some length the wishes and claims of the Insurgents unci their friends. AlURDEROUS TRAA1P. Jnnics JlcCtic Follows His Victim Throe Years Before Killing Him. Akron, O., Jan. C James McCue, nn iron worker of Johnstown, Pa., gave himself up to Sheriff Williams toduy us the murderer of Richard Vincent, u tramp telegraph operator, of Newark, N. J. He made a full confession. Vin cent was killed here Dec. 31 in a pottery kiln while asleep. McCue declares lie had searched for Vincent for three years, following him from place to place, to kill him. In 1S03 Vincent as saulted him in Rochester, Pa., and he swore vengeance. Brooding over the injury doubtless caused Insanity for this corresponds with testimony given by Vincent's friends. McCue went with the ofllcers and recovered the coupling pin he killed Vincent with, lie Is proud of the crime and says he has only killed the devil. The spirit told him to give himself up and lie did so. He will plead guilty of murder If the sheriff tells him to do so. After lie killed Vincent he went to early mass at St. Vincent's church, and says he has spent ills time In prayer since then. McCue's parents are dead and lie has some property in Johns town, still In his guardian's hands. Vin cent vns also known as npencer and Provert. He came of a respectable family. Conu-lius Carroll, a tramp, who heard McfJue tell Vincent he had not long to live, Is under arrest us a witness. CASHIER COMMITS SUICIDE. Yet Accounts of Christian Sell mi or, Jr., Were All Right. Pittsburg, Pa.. Jan. !". Cluistlan Scruuer, Jr., -"ishLr and treasurer of the iSatiiuis Hank for Savings, Alio glieny, committed suicide this morning by hanging himself In a closet at the Allegheny gymnasium. Hlb lifeless body was discovered by the Janitor, who summoned physicians, who made elfoits at tesusclllon, but they were unavailing. it is supposed that Schnuer was la boring under a lit of insanity, caused by Illness. An examination of his af fairs at the bank showed them to lie ull right. He leaves a widow. Schauer had been In the banking business for many years and was well known. PAINTERS' CONVENTION. Tenth Annual .Meeting of the Penn sylvania Association. AVIlkes-Barre, Jan. C The Master House Painters' nnd Decorators' asso ciation of Pennsylvania are holding their tenth annual convention here. The entire session today was devoted to registering the delegates and arrang ing the exhibits. The number of dele gates present is not us large ua antici pated, but it is expected that many more of them will urrlve some time during the night and tomorrow morn lug. The session Is to Ust until Tliurs day next. The delegates so far arrived are about sixty in all. PIP II The Legislature Opened at Harrisburg Yesterday, Scenes on Floor, MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR It Is Listened to with Close Attention by Both Branches Henry K. Boyer Elected Speaker of the House Senator Penrose Greeted with Applause and Floral Offerings. But One Senator Falls to Respond to Roll Call. Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. B. At noon to day its presiding otllcer, Lieutenant Goyernor Lyon, called the senate to order. Long before the hour fixed for the opening session visitors swarmed through the chamber greeting senators of their eequulntnnce or talking on the changes that have been made since the sessions of '1)3. The galleries were crowded and there was a lively inter est taken In the proceedings. On the desks of Senators Penrose, Mngee, Flynn, McCarrell and Vare, friends or GOVERNOR DANIEL II. HASTINGS. admirers had placed flo-al decorations. The Penrose Republican club had placed on Penrose's desk a chn'r bear ing the word "Vindication." A large horseshoe was the gift of Magistrate Devlin, of Philadelphia. On the desk of Mr. Magee were two horseshoes, one from Alex P. Moore, of Pittsburg, and the other from A. A. Hoar, of Phil adelphia. The "Bourgeolse associa tion," of Philadelphia, presented Mr. Vare with a horseshoe, and on the desk of President Pro Tein. McCarrell was a basket of llowers from a friend. When Penrose enteted the chamber, ns the -ravel fell, there was a cheer from the galleries. It was cut short by the lieutenant governor. After pray er by Rev. William A. Fest, of the Car lisle Presbytery, Secretary of the Com monwealth Reeder ptesented the re turns of the November election. These were read and the new members sworn In by Judge Slmonton, of the Dauphin common pleas courts. M'CARRELL PRESIDENT PRO TEM. The rull call showed that there was absent but one senator, H. B. Mitchell, of Bradford. Mr. Gobln, of Lebanon, numed Senator McCarrell, on the part of the Republicans, president pro tern., and Mr. Stiles, of Lehigh, presented the nominee of the Democratic cau cus, Mr. Cochran, of Lycoming, who received the votes of the six Demo crats. Lieutenant Governor Lyon ap pointed Messrs. Cochrane and Walton to escort the president pro tein. to the chair. On taking the chair Senator McCarrell thanked the members for the honor conferred upun him. He lie spoke the co-operation of the senutors In discharging his duties. When Mr. McCarrell had concluded, Judge Slmonton administered the oath of ollice. Chief Clerk Edward W. Smi ley was re-elected. By resolution the president tiro tein. was. authorized to appoint all special and standing com mittees. Lieutenant Governor Lyon appointed Messr. Grady, Meredith and Stiles to Inform the house that the sen ate had organized, and was ready for business. On the part of the senate, the lieutenant governor unpointed Messrs. Short, Gobln and Kennedy to wait on Governor Hustings and Inform him that the general assembly had or ganized and was ready for business. At 1.45 the senate took a recess un til :s p. m. THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. When the senate adjourned nt 1.1G o'clock, It was to have met at :) p. in. The committees of the senate and house which were to have waited upon the irovernor to Inform him the gen eral assembly had organized was not yet ready to report and it wne -1 o'clock before Lieutenant Uovernor Lyon rnpped the gavel for order. Then the committee made Its report. The ser-geant-at-arms announced Private Sec retary Deitlcr, who presented the mes sage. During the reading, which occu pied considerably more than an hour, respectful attention wus given. Chief Clerk Smiley and Rending Clerk Carsuu divided the task of delivering the mes sage to the senate. At the conclusion of the reading the governor sent In the appointments made durlns the recess for confirma tion. After they hud been read the sen ate, on motion of Mr. Short, adjourned until 11 o'clock tomorrow morning-. IN THE HOUSE. An hour before noon the gallery of the house was filled witli an Interesting Iff K JS throng, ninny ladles being present. On the desks of prominent members were baskets of handsome llowers, and there was much good feeling displayed not withstanding the bitterness of the sen atorial struggle. Scores of ex-members of the assembly were on the floor ex changing greetings with their former ussoclatcs. The handsomely remodeled hall of the house was much admired, the alle gorical paintings on the panelled walls attracting much utentton. There are gtoup figures representing agriculture, science, literature and mechanics. The celling has been lowered twelve feet since the last session and the nccoustle properties are much Improved. It was mainly to remedy the defects of this character that the changes In the hull were made. At 12 o'clock the retiring chief clerk, A. D. Fettcrolf, rapped the house to or der, and the aisles were quickly cleared. A fervent prayer was made by Rev. Ebenezcr Adams, of Philadelphia, a member of the house. Secretary of the Commonwealth Reeder was here announced and pre sented tile returns of the lust election for members of the assembly. The clerks read the list or successful can didates. There were few absentees. A committee consisting of Messrs. Voor hees, of Philadelphia, and Muolilbroii ner, of Allegheny, was appointed to wait upon Ills honor, Judge Slmonton, of Harrisburg, and teeniest him to ad minister the oath of members. The ceremony of administering the oath to the more than two hundred members consumed considerable time. Tlie bouse next proceeded to the elec tion of a speaker, on motion of Mr. Lytle, of Huntingdon, who nominated Henry K. Boyer, of Philadelphia. The chairman of the Democratic caucus, Mr. Long, of Philadelphia, nominated M. J. Lonnan, of Lehigh, who received the votes of the Democrats. Mr. Boyer was chosen, the vote being: Boyer, 1C9; Lonnan, ;i3. On taking the chair Mr. Boyer made a short speech. MR. DOVER'S REMARKS. He said It was with the highest ap preciation and thankfulness that he ac cepted this honor, for the third time conferred upon him by the house. He was Impressed, he said, with the fact that tills was no ordinary house; its grade of intelligence was higher than the average legislative body. He asked for the co-operation of the members In maintaining order In discharging the onerous and perplexlllg duties of the chair. He referred to the fact that heretofore the hall of the house lias been used too much as a thoroughfare for visitors, clerk and department em ployes, and the corridors us an assem bly' room for the bootblacks and others. He asked assistance In stopping tills disorder In the future. Referring to legislation the speaker Impressed upon the house the importance of care in creasing the expenditure of public funds. There must not be increased taxation; economy must be the watch word, lie also referred to the necessity of wise legislation for the municipali ties of the state. .,-aa';i a At the conclusion of his speech Speak er Boyer was sworn In y Judge Slmon ton. REX FOR CHIEF CLERK. The election of a chief clerk being next In order. Mr. Lytle nominated Jere 11. Rex, of Huntingdon, and Mr. Long, of York, nominated Colonel James Sweeney, of Tluzlcton. The ballot re sulted: Rex, 107; Sweeney, 20. Mr. Rex was then sworn In by Speak er Boyer. A. D. Fettcrolf, of Montgomery, was nominated for tesldent clerk and. elect ed. John P. Dohoney, of Harrisburg. received the Democratic vote. After swearing In the resident clerk the speaker appointed Messrs. Gould, of Erie; Seuner, of Somerset, and Scho fleld, of Centre, a committee to notify the senate of the organization of the house. The chair appointed Messrs. Stewart, of Philadelphia; Muehlbronner, of Al legheny, and Kerr, of Yoik, nn the part of the iiouse to notify the governor that the legislature was organized and ready for business. At L'.IO the house took n recess until 1 p. in. The house re-nsseinbled nt 4 o'clock and the clerks relieved each other In reading the governor's message. Oscar 1. Saunders, of Philadelphia, Third legislative district, filed notice of contest against Robert L. Roberts. The house adjourned until 11 o'clock tomor row morning. THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. Valuable Suggestion- Bearing Upon the Interests of Commonwealth. To the Senate and House of Representa tives of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl vania: , T , .. In compliance with law. I have the honor to submit, at the beginning of your labors, such liifoimutlon "of the state of the commonwealth," and to lay before you such recommendations, as appear to be timely and proper for your consideration. It is with profound satisfaction, I have to record that the two ycats intervening since your last ineelng here have, not withstanding the general depression throughout the land, left the prosperity of our people, our Institutions and our ln dustilal and commercial conditions com paratively unimpaired. There has beuti a steady Increase In our population. (Jilr farms have yielded abundant crops ami our agilciiltunil Interest!! have been there by comparatively advantaged, notwith standing the low prices of farm products. Our manufuiturlng and mining Interests, while Hiilfei'lng their full share In the general depression, have stood the strain with unabated confidence 111 the future. No occasion has existed for calling forth the strong aim of the state to stay the destructive hand of the lawless. No pes tlleneu has disturbed the general health of the people und no great calamity of flood or lire has come upon us. Our schools and other establishments of learning have enjoyed the Intelligent and constant sup port of our people.whlle our Institutions for charity and correction have been as u rub' wisely udmlnistered. There bus been unusual opportunity for the hand of charity and benevolence and I feel con fident In saying there has never been a period In the history of the commonwealth when these virtues were more generally and generously exhibited. At the begin ning of your labors there Is abuintunt room for thanksgiving to Almighty Hod. With lids communication are trans mitted the reports of the several depart ments und of the boards and commissions which constitute tho executive establish ment of the state-. While commending them to your earnest attention I beg leave, In accordance with law and custom, to In vite your attention to the following sum mary: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The appropriation of live and one-half million dollars to the public schools has attracted widespread attention to tho method of Its distribution among the sev eral school districts of the state, and there nnpears to bo ground for the general com pin In t that the distribution Is not fair and equitable, all things considered. The present method la based upon tho number Continued on Page, 0, CONGRESS AGAIN OPEN FOR BUSINESS A Resolution Introduced Asking for the Release of Sanguilly. IIOUSE TO CONSIDER THE LOUD BILL The Jloiistirc to Amend Postal Laws So As to i:cluilo Sample Copies und Serial Novel Publications from tlits Mail Is Opposed by Messrs Qnigg, Johnson and Cuminlngs. Washington, Jan. C There was no public Interest manifested In the re assembling of the senate after the hol iday recess. There was, as shown by a call of the senate-, forty-nine senator's present, only four more than the num ber necessary to constitute a quorum. The proceedings were as unimportant as they were uninteresting. Mr. l'effer, of Knnsas, read a speech In favor of a joint resolution Introduced by him on the 14th of December for the appoint ment of a national monetary commis sion to examine and study the general subject of finances In Its practical re lations to the business uffalis of tho people of the United States. After the speech the Joint resolution was referred to the committee on llnanco. A memorial was presented from the Massachusetts Historical society for the repair and preservation of the fam ous old frigate Constitution, ns a navul museum, just as Nelson's battleship, Victory, Is preserved at Portsmouth. A Joint resolution was introduced by Mr. Call, of Florida, Instructing the president to "demand the immediate release" of Julio Sanguilly, condemned to perpetual Imprisonment for his con nection with the Cuban Insurrection. The matter went over till tomorrow, when Mr. Call Is to address the senate upon It. HOUSE DELIBERATIONS. Only about half the members of the house were in their seats today when that body wns called to order, after the holiday recess and entered upon the bulk of the work of the last session of the Fifty-fourth congress. A resolu tion Introduced by Mr. Broderlck (Rep., Kan.) was agreed to, calling upon the secretary of the Interior to report to the house the reason'w'liy pnletits for lands In Kansas granted to old Kansas Puc i!lc Railroad company had not been patented to the company and why homestead entries upon them were be ing permitted to lie made by the olll cers of tho Topeka Land district. . By the terms of the order adopted Dec. 1!), the house resolved Itself into committee of tho whole to consider the .Loud bill to amend the postal laws by excluding "sample copies" and serial novel publications from the second class mall matter, which held the lloor for the rest of the day.' TruV passage of the bill was advocated by Messrs. Kyle, Mississippi; Burton and Bromwell, Ohio, and Ogden, Louisiana, and op posed by Messrs. Quigg, New York; J.ohnson, California, and Cuminlngs, New York. At 4.40 the house adjourned until to morrow, when the bill will be further discussed until 1 o'clock and a vote then taken on its passage. YOUNG BOY DROWNED. Sister Narrowly Escapes tho Same Fate in the Elmhurst Reservoir. Willie Luther, aged 13 years, was drowned, and his sister, Annie, 11 years old, narrowly escaped the same fate while skating across tho big Elmhurst reservoir Monday afternoon. The pair were returning from school to their home on the west side of the reservoir and were accompanied by their fl-yeur-olil brother. The girl An nie bro!:e through the leu first. Willie was too near the brink to escape and plunged in head foremost. Italian section hands at work on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western tracks near the shore saw the occur rence nnd ran to the rescue. The boy had sunk from sight. The girl's abund ance of cdothlmr had kept her ullout as she clung to the edge of the Ice and she was pulled out. The boy's body was found nt 10 o'clock yesterday morning. A jury Im panneled by Coroner Long-street re turned a verdict of accidental drown ing., Mrs. Luther has been severely III for some time and the news of her boy's death cannot be told her. The family Is extremely poor. Perkins for Senator. Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 5. George C. Pei kins will succeed himself In the Unit ed States senate. That was tho conclu sion arrived at by a Joint caucus of the Republican members of the legislature to night. (July one ballot was taken, result lug 111 a uuunlmous vote for Perkins. Pen n sylvan in Postmu-ters. Washington, Jan. &. Following fourth class postmasters were appointed today: Pennsylvania 10. J. Drum, Jamison City, Columbia county; D. J. Post, Mye-rsbtirg, Bradford county; Mrs. S. li. Shaffer, Oss terburg, Bedford county. - - Improvement in Iron Trade. HolUdnysburg, Pa., Jan. 5. A welcome slyn of Imiuovenie'iit in the Iron business was noted In this county today when iho Altoona Coal and Coke company llrecl up seventy-two omiiis at Klttaiiulng Point, for the tlist time In three years. THE NEWS THIS MORNING. Weather Indications ToJay: Generally Fair; Northwesterly Winds. 1 Penrose's Easy Victory. Organization of State Legislature, Dlennlal Message of Uovernor Hastings. Day In National Legislature. Penrose's Victory (Concluded). Wull Sheet Review und Markets. (Local) Work of the Oranil Jury, Thirteenth to CIo to Washington. 4 Editorial. Comments of the Press. 5 (Local) Remodeled Court Room to Do Ready Monday. Notable Hoiiesdalo Wedding. 0 (Story)-"Thc Mystery of the Little Red .Man" (Concluded). Governor's Messugu (Concluded), 7 West Side News and Gossip. Suburban Happenings, 8 News Up and Down the Vulley, IN JANUARY SALE OF Underwear We will open the season of 3897 by a Muslin Un derwear Sale, m. SATUE1AY, JANo 29 1189! At prices so attractive as to make It an object for you to purchase now. s, SI CkiHise, Drawers, Corset Covers, He Child's Short White Dresses and Kilt Skirts. 530 AND 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE ll. V t- I nrimm Jtf?ht. Winter Shoes :?or Boys and Girls, Shoes that will stand all sorts of sports, and protect the health at the same time--whatever the weather, LEWISyREILLY&BAVIES 114 AND 110 WYOMING AVE. Greatest Redmictfloe On all our Holiday Goods. Call and let us prove It to you In DIAMONDS, WATCHES, SILVERWARE, UMBRELLAS, BRIC-A-BRAC Watches from $4,50 up. Every one warranted at o ffeicae 408 Spruce St. NEAR DIMK RANK. POWDER ACCIDENT. A Snow Shoo .llincrN House Ulown to I'icccs. iWllllasmport, Pa., Jan. C At Snow Shoe, early Saturday morning, Gcorgu IlOBnneunip, a iiiluer, wns lllllnir bis powder can from n Itt-puuml Iter, which lie had Just opened, when the powder In the ketf exploded, blowing the liouaa to pieces and seriously burning thu man and bin wife. It Is thought the injuries each has sustained will prove fatal. .Mr. Wilson's Prospects. Washington, Jan. !. Postmaster den. erul Wilson, It Is rumored, will, upon Ills letlrement from Mr. Cleveland's cabinet, accept tho position of president of Wash liiKtou-Lee university, which Is now va. cant. llornld's Weather I'urrcnst. New York, Jan. C In the Mld'Un states today, partly cloudy to fair, coldepweathtt und freisb westerly to northwesterly- - ' preceded by light snow euul rain . western nud northern districts. On 'I day, clear, colder with fresh northerly and northwesterly Kinds. i TT M9 HERE'S COMFORT. j . iuau u r i r l; i.m,u- teiyitSU-c
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