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SCKANT027, PA., "WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER lo, 1897.
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MRS. M'KINIEY
NOW AT REST
Last Sad Rites at the
Canton Methodist Epis
copal Church.
MANY THOUSANDS ATTEND
Distinguished Faces Seen in
the Immense Throng.
Notwithstanding the Pouring Kniii
Thousands I'nublc to Get Into t lie
Church Wait Outside Tor Hours in
Order to (Set a Glimpse o( I lie He-innins.-At
Hit' Cemetery Another
'I'liroiiR Awaited tho runcrnl Party.
Services Cut Short.
Canton, O., Dec. 14. Although It
mined almost incessantly all day, the
crowd attending tho funeral of Mrs.
Nancy Allison McKlnley were num
bered by thousands. The First Metho
dist Episcopal church, doubled in cap
acity by throwing open the Sunday
school rooms and the gallery, was filled
to overflowing long before the ser
vices began. The rostrum of the church
was a bank of (lowers. After the sim
ple ceremony thousands after thous
ands passed through the church, each
stopping an Instant at the altar to take
a last look at the remains. This pro
cession was composed of 3,000 people,
who had gained admission to the
church, and thousands of others, who
stood outside in the rain waiting the
time when they could get In one side
door, puss the altar nnd go out at
tho other side. When this had contin
ued an hour it was found necessary to
close the side doors and remove the
casket to the funeral car, as It was
feared that the interment would be
delayed until after dark.
During the services and until after
tho remains had been viewed, the fam
ily and close friends occupied the front
pews of the central section of the
church. 'With the president In the first
pew was Ills sister, Miss Helen, and
his brother, Abner, with their sister,
Mrs. Duncan, of Cleveland. Imme
diately back of them wns the aged
slst- r of the departed, Mrs. Osborne,
of Youngstown, surrounded by grand
children and other near relatives. Hack
of these were members of tlie cabinet
and the Washington visitors, Con
gressman Taylor, representing this
trlct; Hon. Whltelaw Reid. of New
York; H. II. Kohlsaat. of Chicago, and
many other very Intimate friends of
the family from various points. When
the cortege reached the cemetery the
burial ground of the McKlnley family
was surrounded by an immense crowd,
who seemed to give no heed to the In
clement weather. A canvas canopy
had been erected near the open grave
for the shelter of the family, and those
assisting in the last rites. Here the
beautiful wreath of llowers which the
President and Mrs. McKlnley had
placed upon the graves of tlie children
they lost long ago, and of the presi
dent's father, brother and sister, were
literally covered with the numerous
floral offerings sent by sympathizing
friends from all over the country. Hun
dreds of lloral offerings includ.-d. be
sides the beautiful pieces sent by the
cabinet and tlie Washington friends
" llI !,'Vf.. d "' I
the Republic, In which the flag was
worked out In red and white carna
tions, sent by Canton post, of which
the president Is a member, a beauti
ful piece from the president's old regi
ment, tht Twenty-Third Ohio V. T.,
nnd another from the Knights Temp
lar. '
EXERCISES SHORT AND SIMPLE.
The exercises at the grave were very
short and simple. The casket was low-
" ,m" "lu Bm oy me pail-l.eu -
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a. . V- ,m1,e.BerV,'e OI -moiii-
odlst Episcopal church was read re-
Jloltz, of this district, and Rev. E. C.
1 . -1 ,. . .. .. ..
Manchester. Rev. MncAfee, of Colum
bus, pronouncing the benediction
This evening the cabinet ofllcers anil
other distinguished visitors, except the
McKlnley family, took dinner at the
home of Mrs. George D. Hurler. The
president and tlie immediate family
remained at the old homestead until
train time.
The special train on which the Wash
ington party came this morning left at
S.30 o'clock this evening, the president's
enr 'Newport" being attached. The
train curried President and Mrs. Mc
Klnley, General and Mrs. Alger, Sec
retary Hllss. Attorney General and
Mrs. McKennu, Postmaster General
Gary. Secretary Wllsun, Secretary Por
ter. Hon. Whltelaw Held, Assistant
Secretary and Mrs. Day, Mr. Abn-r
McKlnley nnd daughter. Congressman
R. W. Taylor. Hon. H. II. Kohlsaut,
Ernest Hamlll nnd Walter II. Wilson,
of Chicago; Miss Mury Harber. Mrs.
McKlnley'.s niece; Miss Sarah Duncan,
Mr Jack Duncan, Mrs. Gootgo Hur
ler. Colonel J. N. Taylor.
During the hours of the funeral
business was suspended throughout
tho city. Huslness places nnd oiiiees
were closed, factories and shops shut
down and all work suspended In tho
courts and county and city buildings.
County und city olllclnls and members
of the bar attended the services In a
body.
"CIVIL SERVICE REFORM."
All
Attack In lie .Made, on Grover
Clovclnnd'n Pet Scheme.
Washington, Dec. 14. Tho special
commlttco of Republican representa
tives In congress who are seeking to
change the civil service law held its
first meeting today and outlined Its uc
tlqn. It was determined to divide the
work between two Bub-commlttces,
one to draft a bill changing tho law,
and nnother to anther evidence on tho
defects of the present law, Its exten
sion beyond tho original purpose of the
law. etc. Tho purpose of tho latter
committee Is to make clear to the house
when the subject shall come up that a
change Is linperntlve.
Chairman Grosvenor named nw the
st!h-eommlttce to frame a hill. Messrs.
Hepburn, of Iowa; 1'lerson, of North
Carolina, and Evans, of Kentucky,
and as a sub-committee to examine
Into defects of the law. Messrs. Taw
ney, of Minnesota: Odcll. of New York,
and Stclle. of Indiana. Their work will
begin at once.
,
BEATTY CAUGHT AT LAST.
Sentenced to I'iltcen Years in tho
Eastern I'cnitcntlnry.
Stroudsburg. Pa., Dec. 14. T. C.
Heatty, nephew of General Heatty, of
Ohio, and at one tlnu a well-known
attorney In a Michigan town, today
pleaded guilty to forgery, together
with Harry Otis, alias Howard. Tho
arrest of the men was made by tho
American Hankers' association. Heatty
and Howard passed a foiged draft at
the Kast Stroudsburg National bank
on tlie Hide and Leather bank of New
Yoik.
Judge Cinlg sentenced the men to
fifteen years' Imprisonment In the East
ern penitentiary.
SECRETARY GAGE'S
FINANCIAL BILL
It Will Ho Submitted to the Houso on
Tliiirsilnv-'I'hrcc Features Recom
mended by the President.
Washington. D. C. Doc. 14. Socro-
ti.ry Gage has decided to submit to
ne linuso committee on banking and
currency on Thursday one general fin
ancial bill instead of a number of sep
arate lulls. This arrangement gave
K neral sallsfactlo and having ac
'ompllshed this much the members of
the committee canvassed the com so
they would take as to making an Im
mediate report to the house and cur
rency questions. It wns decided that
the ilrst thing to be done was to re
port a 1111 embodying tlie three fea
tures recommended by the president,
viz.: A i eduction of the tax on cir
culation to one-half of one per cent.;
t'10 Issuance of circulation up to the
par value of bonds deposited, and the
establishment of small banks In rural
communities.
While these will be embodied in the
Gage plan, yet as they were specially
advised In tlie president's message, it
was f-lt to be advisable to give the
house the opportunity of acting on
tl.em at once, without waiting for the
report on tho Gage bill. For these
reasons the full committee will be ask
ed to report on the president's plans
at one The diaft of a bill hns been
prepared by Mr. liroslus, of Pennsyl
anla,. and this was given to tho so
licitor of the treasury, who is to re
turn it In time for action by the com
mittee, with such suggestions as tho
treasury authorities may wish to
make. As to the comprehensive Gage
bill, this and the monetary conference
bill will be gone over with care dur
ing the holidays, and as a result of the
Pott.' r feeling created today members
of the banking and currency commit
tee ray there Is no further doubt that
action will be reported to the house
soon after the holidays.
WAR ON TRADING STAA1PS.
Scheme Receives Another Hnrd lllow.
Driven from I'rnde Channels.
Wllllamsport. Pa.. Dee. 11. The com
pany supplying merchants with trad
ing stamps have taken alarm at the
mnnlfest determination of the author
ities to drive the stamp out of the
channels of trade, and for the present
the stamp Is an obsolete device so far
as this city is concerned.
The notice of Chief of Police Wise to
ngps becalne operative Today a'nd
inni'ftlio titt! i r nlinintiin tli.i ..r. ..C .
the edict was religiously obeyed bv
every business house concerned. Chief
of Police Ise called on all the mer
chants and notified them In person that
disobedience of his order would be fol
lowed by arrest, under the provisions
of the Act of June. 1SS5, which declares
the trading stump device to be a lot
tcty. Some of the merchants endeavored
to have the Trading Stamp company
Indemnify them, under which nroteo.
.,.. .,... ...ould .,.ltnUf. tll ,v. nl
tini
! stamps. This tho company declined to
,,. Th stalnn COIT1,,,,y nov, thrait.
, wi, i,n,ii..,i ibir.innuu f,. ,.i..i.i
of contract, but the merchants declaro
that the company must show in tho
courts thai the scheme Is legal before
they will abide by the contract.
Col. Siiowden llnys n Horse.
Danville. Ky.. Dec II. Jacob Hugh Riy,
of Danville, has sold to Colonel Snowtlu'i,
of Philadelphia, the two-year-old trotter,
The Dutchman, for $3.0po. The Dutchman
has no reeoul, but finished second to
J.inle T in 8.1 I'd In the big stock furni
stake at Lexington In October. Ho was
sired by Winks, dam Lady Pepper, tlie
ditin of Five Perfoimers by Onward.
Rich Gold Sirikc Vcrilied.
San Antonio, Tex., Dec. II. Ailvlcsx
wire received hen today from Indian
Creek, loo miles tvist of here, that tho
lecent gold discoveries there are of fabu
lous rli linens. An assay of the ore taken
from one prospect ron Sfl.TM to the ton.
Over 'itt claims have ulrcady been sluiced
off.
An Old Soldier's Death.
Lancaster. IM., Dec. 14, The body found
yesterday In an ut-h pile at Shocks' sta
tion, on the Pennsylvania railroad, was
that of Jessie J, Nichols, an old soldier,
of Hells Lauding, Clearfield county. It
Is thought he fell from a freight train
uud was run over.
Death of Alexander .McDonald.
Lynchburg, Va., Dec. 11. Alexander
McDonald, ex-minister to Persia, died
hern this afternoon. Ills death hud been
expected for soeinl days, lie was born
In Lynchburg about 70 .years ago, and had
lived litre nearly all his life.
-.. - .
Sieniiikhip ArrivnlK,
New York. Dec. H. Cleared: Noord
land. Am rp; Teutonic. Liverpool; St.
I otils. Soiu uimpton. Havre Arrived; La
Tourulue. New York.
Ilrooklyn Tnkcs "Jorkv" Horlon.
Syracuse. N. Y Dee. H, Tho Brooklyn
dub has drafted Elmer Horton, one tf
tho Syracuse club's best pitchers.
NEWSPAPERS
ANPOLITICS
Charles Emory Smith's Address Before
the Independent Club of Buffalo.
GREAT PROGRESS IN JOURNALISM
A Glance nt the Itnpld Development
During tho Lust Thirty Yours.
The I'nnlts ofltlwilry In American
Newspapers--Concerning License
of the l'rcss"ruturo of Journalism.
lluffalo, Dec. 11. Charles Emory
Smith, editor of the Philadelphia Press,
delivered tonight before the Independ
ent club an Interesting addicss upon
the subject, "Newspapers ami Poli
tics." He said, in part:
In estimating the censorship of the
press as a factor In modern political
life we must first nieasuie the pi ess as
It Is. No development of the last amaz
ing quarter of a century has been more
remarkable than the growth of journal
ism In its material resources nnd In Its
comprehensive scope. The elder
llennutt In a moment of exultation an
nounced that he was about to be mar
ried and that the Herald had made a
prollt of $ii,wo the previous year. Now
the paper be created makes an annual
prollt of nearly a million, licnnett and
Greeley fell Into a violent dispute as to
which had the larger circulation such
things have been known even In our
day and It was proved that the maxi
mum was eighteen thousand. I low In
slgnlllcant compared with the circula
tions of one hundred thousand, two hun
dred thousand and half a million which
are now attained? The last thirty years
have revolutionized Journalism. The
quick stereotyping process, the fast per
fecting press, cheap paper, Improved tel
egraphy and rapid transit conditions, and
have made possibly the great circula
tions and the universal diffusion of news
papers which have 'became so Integral a
part of our later life and civilization.
With these changed conditions Journal
Ism has grown Into a great business, de
manding large capital and vast resources.
Everything Is cheaper but bruins, but
the mugnltude of the buslmss and tho
variety of the demands have immeasur
ably multiplied the cost of running a
newspaper euterpilse. forty years ago
fifty thousand dollars would have estab
lished a fair plant. Today It would re
quire not hss than SMo.noo to create an
equipment of corresponding rank. Where
the annual running expenses were from
one hundred to one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars then, they nre nearly
or quite a million now.
A PROFESSION.
The vnst expansion us a business un
dertaking, with Its requirement of large
capital and enormous expenditure, has
brought more breadth, more responsi
bility, more Independence and more in
tegrity. The Investments are too greut
to be lightly hazarded. That brings euro
and responsibility. They rest upon the
foundation of wioe popular support rath
er than of official patronage. That
brings Independence, Insight and Integ
rity. Their success depends upon their
energy of enterprise and upon the reach
and lealjty of their broad human Inter
est. That brings breadth of aim and
amplitude of scope. All of these forces
have lifted Journalism to the rank of a
profession, and have necessitated a var
ied and versatile Intellectual equlpnn nt
as well as high administrative capacity.
They have created a professional stand
ard which, measured by any fair test,
whether as to its code of ethics or as to
its general observance. Is. 1 venture to
say, as rigorous ns that of any other
profession.
Above all they have made the great
American Journals the best newspapers
in the world. Tills Is no vain boast but
nn Indisputable fact. In wide range, in
Instant and far-reuching enterprise, and
in minute and complete fullness they
are absolutely unequalled. The contin
ental papers of Europe bear no com
parison. The journals of l'arls have a
superior literary flavor and spaikle which
Is the special gift of the French, but
as newspapers In a large sense they
are grotesque. Their entire Intelligence
of Paris, France and the world would
not illl a single page of an American
paper. The only Journals which can sus
tain any comparison with ours are tho
English Journals. In some attributes
they overmatch us. In weight of dis
cussion. In expert treatment of special
subjects. In parliamentary and general
platform reporting they excel. There Is
much to admire and something to emu
late In the sobriety, gravity and Infor
mation with which they handle large
public questions. Their general heavi
ness would, however, be Intolerable to
our more alert temperament and agllo
movement. They have nothing of tho
I'acllu touch or the light funcy or the
crisp and pungent discussion or the ver
satile and picturesque treatment which
distinguish our American papers. In a
few special fields they are thorough and
masteily. The London Times Is strong
in its foreign political service nnd tho
great events or movements which sway
governments nnd dynasties are presented
in u large way.
1'NSPRPASSUD. .
But In comprehensive rnngo. In splen
did enterprise and In marvellous com
pleteness even the English papers do not
approach ours. We have n genius .for
everything of human Interest which they
do not understand. Wi often beat them
on their own ground. The other day
there was a great lire in l,ondou which
swept away millions of property The
American papers the next morning bad
a better and fuller report of that event
than the London papers themselves not
merely a more vivid description of tho
picturesque features of the spectacle but
a more minute nnd accurate account of
the losses, the Insurant and the prac
tical sides of the disaster. Tho London
reports wcie disjointed, ragged and in
complete, ns if there were no one to
grasp and organize and group the ele
ments. Tho London papers have their
leader-writers, their special contributors
and their stenographers, but they utter
ly lock the best typo of the American
reporter, with his college training, and
enthuslusm, ardent. Intrepid, heroic,
ready at an Instant's call for the most
dltllcult or daring service, at the fore
front of oveiy danger, cool in the midst
of excitement, knightly in his sense of
honor, chivalrous in his confidences, in
emergency enduring Inciedlblo strains,
uud astonishing with the lupidlty and
excellence of his work which performed
under strenuous demands Is read with
leisurely comfort In thousands of homes.
FAULTk
The intense rivalry of American news
papers has bred torlous fuulu us well as
magnificent achievements. In the rac
for popular favor murk you, it Is an ef
fort to catch the people and to meet u
popular want there Is an overstraining
for effect. There are garish and sturtll ig
heutl-lluos; there Is too often a sensa
tional presentation; there In sometimes r.u
overstepping of legitimate bounds; there
is not nurely u harmless and Interesting
persuiiullsm. but crcai Inuully an unjustl
tlablo Invasion of private sanctity; there
Is a perveislon of the perfectly prooer
method of Illuminating the text with
graphic uud llfe-llfo picture into dubious
Illustration or untecognlznble portrait, of
which It may be said as Hamlet said if
the ghost: "Thou cotnest In such a ques
tlon.iblu shape!" In some eases It de
velops Into a strange combination of
boundless enluprlsn and freak Journal
ism. 1 have no sympathy with the fie.lk
journalism which ministers to morbid
tastes; which constantly reaches out lor
the odd. tho wayward, the eccentric cr
Hie grotesque; which exaggerates tho
tiuth and magnifies the trivial; which dis
torts the Just proportions of the Impor
tant and permanent on the one hand, and
of the epliemeini nnd Inconroquonllnl on
tho other: which does In Journalism whit
the clown does In the circus, the quack In
nudlelne and the sensationalist In thu
pulpit.
While the appearance of these meteors
In the newsparor sky has Inlltteiiced Hie
llxed stars of the journalistic llrmameiit
to some extent, II has not seriously dc
llectcd them from their regular orbits.
A sti iking proof of the generally healthy
and wholesome character of journalism
was glt-en n year or two ago when In olio
or two quarters there was a manifest ten
dency townt ds thu Indecent in story and
the meretricious In art us pandering to a
diseased and dt based taste. It aroused a
pinmpt nlul general storm of protest be
fore which It lowered nnd skulked away.
The purlfle ttlon of the atmosphere was
quick and exhilarating; Hie grotesque ie
mains, but the salacious has dlsappeure.l.
Compared with lUiropean journals our
American papers are clean and decent.
We do not think of printing tho gross
court reports which the lOngllsh papers
give In all their revolting details. It
American Journalism turns- tho electric
light of publicity on vice and crime, It
does It lor the public protection and In
the cause of law and morals. It neith-r
shields nor encourages wtong-dolng; even
where It goes out of Its way to flaunt lco
It pays the homage of doing It In tho
name of morality; it dare not scoff at
purly or upologlzo for offenses; and In
upholding the law and exposing moral
obliquity It stands us u bulwark of pub
He virtue.
CONCERNING LICENSE.
It is often said that tin press has too
much license, that It Is too wanton In its
attacks and too unbridled In Its person
alities. Till re Is a measure of Justice In
this criticism Outside of Its political as
pects and lclutlnns. which will be consid
ered further on, the newspapers are some
times too free In crossing tl e lines ol pri
vate privilege nnd in transgressing tho
bounds of pulllc rights. Ii. most cases
there Is no malice and no thought of harm
In It. Apart from political rancor, it is
not a serious widespread evil and It
springs from the general freedom of our
manners and from our airy and good
humored view of life rather than from
any mild or malign spirit. Sometimes the
scandal which doesn't get into the courts
Is treated as a piece of news; more citten
It Is suppressed. What the newspapers
pi hit In this direction biar-i small pro
portion to what they do not print. Tho
self-imposed restraint immeasurably ex
ceeds the practiced license. There Is not
a large newspaper olllce but often catches
In Its wldespreiidlng net stoiles of mis
deeds which It shields with the mantle ot
charity and silence. Some years ago tho
teb'graph brought to every paper the n
telllgeiiee of a police raid and tl.e dis
grace ot a distinguished public man. It
was a fault that the persoi.nl Implication
got on the wire, bu there It stopped.
Without any common understanding, but
by common Instinct, no paper printed It
and the concealed shame ended with tho
next day's personal atonement. Journal
ism Is unsparing and oltiu unjust In deal
ing with public records, but with all Its
payoty and persiflage and Irreverence It
does not often lift the veil from tho per
sonal laspe or the social sore which be
long to another domain.
The faults to which reference has been
made are superficial and not vital; but In
coming to consider the censorship of tho
pn ss as a factor In our political life we
enter upon a broader realm of philosophy,
Continued on Page 2.
SEVEN BIRDS ESCAPE.
Wholesale .Inll Delivery at Cliam
bciburg. Chambcrsburg, Pa.. Dn 14. Seven
prisoners escaped from the Franklin
county Jail tonight by sawing through
the roof. An undorkeeper discovered
their lllght. He notllled tho sheriff,
who In turn summoned the town con
stabulary. The ofllclals are scouring
the borough nnd surrounding country
tonight, but It is ruining hard and the
soauh Is discouraging.
The names of the pilsoners nre Al
beit Alter, Albert Staley, Thonuis
Grant. Thomas Johnson, William Win
ters, William llurgess and "Dancing
Kid" Tolsun. Four of them were to
have been taken to the Eastern peni
tentiary next week. Several years ago
six prisoners escaped from the jail by
digging through' the floor. Five of
them were uftciw arils captured.
I'cdcralion ol Labor.
Nashville. Tenn., Ouc. II. The American
I-Vderutloii of Labor resumed Its session
today. A letter was re-ad from the Na
tional Women's Christian Temperance
union expressing sympathy with the la
bor movement and urging thnt a stand Le
taken by tho convention against saloons.
Tho report of George Me.N'oel, fraternal
delegate' to tho llrltlsh convention, wan
lead. Tho committee on resolutions of
f ei oil a resolution endorsing tho estab
lishment of postal savings banks by con
gress and advising the sect clary to Issue
u circular urging Immediate action in the
matter.
Dinner to Dr. Swallow.
Pittsburg. Die. II. There were 3l poo
pie around the tables at the banquet ten
dered Rev. S. C. Swallow by the Prohibi
tion county committee at the Seventh
Avenue hotel tonight. The Interest In thu
speechmaklllg seemed to lllllgo on the pos
sible statement of the speakers as to
Rev. Swallow's position In the next coa-le-st
for governoi. Rev. Swallow's speech
on "Pennsylvania Politics" was quite
lengthy and devoted almost entirely to at
tacking bosslsm In politics and a recital
of Incidents connected with ills libel suit.
. Croker's Social Visit.
Washington, Dec. II. Richard Croker,
the Tammany chief, paid a hurried visit
to Washington today. Ho went at oneo
to the home of Senator Murphy, of New
Yoik, where he denied himself to newspa
per men on the plea that he hud nothing
of interest to say. Senator Murphy al
leged Unit tho visit was "purely socl'U"
and said that Mr. Croker would return to
New York tomoirow.
Will Grant Stop Over Privileges.
New York, Dec. II. Tho passenger com
mittee of the Trunk Line association to
day considered the question of stop-over
privileges on westbound tickets at Phil
adelphia. Ualtlmore and Washington. It
Is tnoiighl the committee Is not averse to
grunting the privilege. It will report to
the eitilccrs of the Trunk Linn association
fur their final anion in the matter.
Capitol ConiniiKsioo to .Hoot.
Harrlsburg. Dec. 11. Thero will bo a
meeting of tho capltol building commis
sion at Grace Methodist church Wednos
ilu. Dec. 211, for tho purpose of hearing
tho statements of the men desiring to fur
nish tho material and lo be used In tho
construction' of tho new capltol.
DECLARATION OF
THE DEMOCRACY
Resolutions Defining the Party Policy
Arc Adopted at the House Caucus.
MR. BAILEY OFFERS RESOLUTIONS
The I'nrtv Will Probably Act Ilnlky
on Pinanclal Questions, Hut Mill
Stnnd Up for the Recognition of the
Cubans ns IIelligerants--Soincwlint
.Mixed as to Opinions on the Hank
ruptcy Law.
Washington, Dec. U. The caucus of
Democratic- members of tho house ot
representatives tonight resulted In the
adoption of resolutions ilcllnlng the
party policy on the questions of Cuba,
finance and bankruptcy. The caucus
was largely attended, 101 of the 123
Democratic members being present,
dispit" the stormy weather. Repre
sentatives Richardson, of Tonnei-see,
acted is chalrnuui.und lioptvsentatlves
Cutiimlngs, of New York, and Cowherd,
of Missouri, an secretaries.
Representative Halley, of Texas, took
the initiative by presenting the follow
irg seri 's of resolutions:
Resolved. That It Is the sense- of this
mucus that the Democratic members ot
the bouse of representatives ought to re
sist nil effort, direct or Indirect, to retire
the greenbacks and treasury notes.
Resolved, second, Tb.it we nre opposed
to mid will resist nil attempt to extend
the privleges if national bunks or to re
duce the taxes which fbey now pay.
Resolved, third, That we favor the early
consideration and passage of the somite
resolution recognizing that a condition ot
war exists In the Island of Cuba between
the government of Snaln and the Cuban
people.
Resolved, fourth, 'Hint we uivor me
early enactment ot a Just and wise bank
mptcy law.
The first three features of tho resolu
tions wore considered separately, the
dl'-cusslon b.Mng vigorous nnd unani
mously favorable. Mr. llalley made
the main speech, urging that Demo
cratic members should take their posi
tion promptly against those financial
movements now assuming formidable
dimensions owing to the recommenda
tions given to them by the president
nnd secretary of the treasury. He also
poke for a clear cut position In favor
nf the recognition of Cuban belligeren
cy, as embodied in the Morgan resolu
tion which passed the senate during tho
extra session. There was not a dis
senting voice to Mr. Ilailey's proposi
tions and the first throe resolutions
woe? carried by a unanimous vole, the
result being received with liearty
cheers.
OPPOSITION ENCOUNTERED.
The fourtli feature of the resolutions,
declaring for a just and wise bank
ruptcy law, mot with some opposition.
Mr. DeArmoitd, of Missouri, argued
that It was not expedient for the party
to tnl.o a position favorable to a bank
ruptcy bill at this time. The resolu
tion was supported by Messrs. Ualley,
Slinms, of Tennessee, nnd Swnnson, of
Vliginiu. The resolution finally prevail
ed by a large majority, although Mr.
DoArinond and about half a dozen oth
ers registered their votes In opposition
to this course
Pn motion of Mr. Maddox.of Georgia,
arrangements were made for the usual
congressional lommlttee to conduct the
congressional campaign of 1S9S. The
committee Is to consist of one member
from each stute, ferritin y and the Dis
trict of Columbia, and nine senators to
be chosen by the senate Democratic
caucus.
The caucus adjourned at 0 o'clock,
having been in ssslon Just an hour and
huvlpi; accomplished its results with
practical unanimity.
STREET RAILWAY ClfARTERS.
A I.iuo to Iluenu Vista--Olher Pro
posed Ifouds.
Hnnisburg, Dec. 14. A charter was
Issued by the state department this
afternoon to the Hlue Ridge Electric
Street Railway company to erect a line
three and one-half miles long from
Mason and Dixon's line to Ilueiui Vista.
Tho company is organized at $.10,001),
with R. W. Rarron. of Hnltlmore, ns
president. The Pnik Gate and Ell
wood Street Railway company wns
also chartered with $2.',0U0 capital. It
will operate a road three miles long in
Reaver and Lawrence counties. Thomas
Dugan, of Ellwood City, Is president.
The Lykens and Williams Valley
Street Railway company, capitalized at
Ili.lO.OOO, was chartered to build a line
from Lykens to Johnstown, Schuylkill
futility. John H. Skyles, of Martin
burg, Pa., Is president.
NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE.
Executive Coinmitlco 1'igbts
tho
Shallow of a Dead Issue.
Washington. Dec. 11. The national
board of trade met here today for Its
twenty-eighth annual session, ex-Governor
Stannrd, of St. Louis, presiding
in tho nbsence of Frederick Fraley. of
Philadelphia, who has been president
of the board since Its organization In
IW'iS. The executive committee made
its nnnuul report which was adopted
without u dissenting vote.
Train Robbers Captured.
Silver City. N. M.. Dec. II. Wells. Fargo
company's special otlleeis' and deputy
I'nlted States marshals have captured
In Eastern Ailzouu live train robbers en
gaged In the attempted robbery of the
Southern Paiillc's sunset ilyer at Stein's
Pass lust Thursday night. They will bo
brought lo New- Mexico for trial. The
penalty for truln robbery In this territory
is deuth.
Eoinny on the Witness Stand.
lirldgepiirt. Conn.. Die. II. Charles llol
nuy. on trial here for the murder ol Mr.
Nichols, of Daniels Farms, lust summet,
took the witness stand In his own behulf
today. He narrated the story of th
tragedy as It was lidd by Weeks, bis
brother-in-law and confederate, last
Week, except US lo the net of shooting,
which he said was done by eok J.
Played Football mid Died,
Akron. ().. Dei. 11 Frank Hunt, tho 11-ycur-cld
fcon ot William 11. Hunt, of this
city, died loduy from bruin fever, tho io
suit of contusion on the head sustained
on tho foot bull Held lust Thurbdiy.
ZAN0LI ARRAIGNED.
Will He Cnllcil to Account for the
Dentil of Ills Fourtli Wile.
New York, Doc. 14. Charles Kannll,
the barber, held on suspicion of caus
ing the deaths of some of tho many
people cm whos" lives he obtained In
surance, wuh arraigned today on the
c'hnrpo of homicide, In causing the
death of Jennie Suhtyer, his fourth and
Inst wife. This charge la based upon
the result of 'ie prelimlnaiy examina
tion upon tho body of Jennie Suhmer,
which was exhumed ycsterdiy. The
death certlllcato gave typhoid fever n3
the cause. Tlv cursory Investigation
made by the oj potts yesterday proved
tl.iit typhoid fiver was not a direct
cause of the death.
When Zanoll was told that It had
been found that his fourth wife did not
die from typhoid fever.he wild: "That's
not my fault. It's the fault of the doe
tors who sal.l she did."
Hanoll has already pleaded guilty to
the charge of defiuuding an Insurance
company but ban positively denied that
he was In any way icsponslblo for the
deatlis of his four wives and the oth
er jitrsuns whose Insurance he obtain
ed. Zunoll was held without ball on tho
charge of linmlclclc. He will be ex
utnlncd on Saturday next. He was
also held in JL'.OOO ball on the charge of
larceny for oollccllr.;: jn.iri from the in
surance e-ompany under the namo of
Chtrles lirauno, nsithe Insurance for
Charles Znnoli, whom he had repre
sented as dead.
Throughout the proceedings today
Hanoll appeared perfectly calm. He
refused to talk to any one but li'ls
lawyers. He was taken to the Tombs.
BLANCO'S REQUEST.
Desires That Emigrants Return to
"nun and l.ive in Ponce.
Wnshing'on, Dec. 14. Tho following
ndics have been received by the
Spanish legation in tills city from Gen
eral Hlanco In Havana;
To the Spanish minister: In addition to
my cablegram of November l!'i. I now add
that your excellency can authorize con
suls to Issue pubsports for this Island to
all personr having emigrated, who solicit
them, without any exception save in cases
of common crime. This applies to all po
litical emigrants, both those who have
emigrated voluntnrlly and those who con
sider themselves obliged to remain In ex
ile for any purely political motive, reason,
cause or act. In both ca.ces your excel
lency can assure them that In this Island
their personal safety, their families and
their estates will be guaranteed with tho
efficacy with which the government today
protects and aids those who obey tho
laws.
(Signed) lllanco.
WILL FIGHT W. A. STONE.
Eighth Legislative District Sniil to
lip Against Him.
Pittsburg. Die. 14. Oillclal notice has
been riven that Colonel W. A. Stone need
expect no delegates from Pittsburg. In
the Eighth legislative I'istiict an anti
Quay ticket has been arranged, and Its
members huv oi.nouneed that, if elected
to the state convention, they will not vote
for Stone. This is the llrst announcement
of anti-Stone delegates made in the coun
ty, and it is genetally re'g.irele'd as tho
promise of a hot light next April.
The Actor Threw Eggs.
New York. Dec. H. The taking ot tes
timony In the case of E. J. Ratcllffe. the
actor, charged with beating his wife, was
begun today. Mrs. Ratcllffe totil a long
story of brutality and said ho husband's
morning amusement was to pelt her with
hard boiled eggs. The hearing was not
concluded, and Eutiiiffe was locked up.
Killed by White Caps.
Ulrmliighnm, Ala.. Dec. II. Louis and
John Runner, two negroes who were wit
nesses against alleged whltecappers. were
murdered In a foul manner near Kennedy,
in Lamar county. They were- called out
of their homes and shot down. The gov
ernment has been notified.
The Snngiiillv Fairy Tale.
Washington. Dec. 11. The Spanish le
gation here has absolutely no Informa
tion respecting the seml-ottlclal announce
ment coming from Havana that General
Sangullly has tendered his services to tho
Spanish cnuso. There Is reason to believe-
that the story obtains no credence.
Mr. It yi mi in Mexico.
City of Mexico. Dec. H. President Diaz
sent one of his nlde-di-camps to call on
Mr. llryan early this morning to arrange
for his pleasure. Then Mr. Ilryau paid
his respects to General Clayton, the Am
erican minister, and later went to drive
in the forest of chapultopei.
.Mnlinak Sentenced.
Newark. N. J.. Dec. If. Andreas Mai
Inak. who on July :".' killed Mrs. Anna
Knletz, while she slept, was today sen
tenced to bo hanged on January l!7, U9S.
Tho woman hud cast him off after they
had sustained lifiproper relations for u
long time,
Pen us viva ii in Postmasters.
Washington, Dec. II. These fourth
class postmaster huvo been appointed for
Pennsylvania: churchvUlo, .Mrs. Helena
Cornell; Klysburg, A. Klefer: Gree.i
town. Samuel Hupps; Mutumorus, G. it.
Liiugton; Welssport, Joseph A. Fenuer.
Princeton's New Captain,
Princeton, N. J.. Dee. II. -At a meeting
of the men who played on the Princeton
team in the Inst game against Yale, held
ut Princeton tonight, John Ilulrd. of Phil
adelphia, was unanimous I'leeted cup
tain of the eleven for next year.
THE NEWS THIS M0KX1XU.
Weather Indications Today:
Rain; Followed by Clearing Weather.
1 General Funeral of Mrs. McKlnley.
Democratic Representatives Form a
Plan of Work.
Charles Emory Smith on "Newspapers
and Politics."
Congress Will Reduce Expen.-cs in llio
Pension Ulllce.
2 Whitney's Weekly Ntws UtulRCt.
a Local Duryi'a's Iilg Fire.
Court Procicdlngs.
4 Editorial.
Glimpses of Congress at Work.
0 Locul-Dr. D. J. StalYord on "Muc
beth." Lecture on the Laud of Gold and Dia
monds. 7 Local Miner Has Ills Neck nraken in
Ilrlggs Mine.
New England Dinner Arrangements.
8 Local West Sldo und Suburban,
i Lackawanna County News.
10 The Murkets.
EXPENSES TO
BE CUT DOWN
Scheme to Lop Off the
Heads of Ninety-six
Pension Clerks,
MR. BINGHAM'S AMENDMENT
Suggests That a System of
Weeding Be Adopted.
.11 r. Rnrrett llrings Up n Discussion
in the Civil Soryico Law, in Which
Scrotal .Members Explain Their Op
position to 'be .Measure in Emphatic
Tcrins--A. Hill (or the Relief of
Ronch Heirs, Who Woro Victims ot
the First Cleveland Administration.
Senate's Short Session.
Washington, Doc. II. Tho Iiotto to
day after a session of about two hours
adjourned out of sympathy for tho
president whoso mother was buried at
Canton this nfternoon. Tho tlmo of tho
session was devoled to tho considera
tion of the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bills. It was de
cided to postpone the consideration of
the item providing for tho mainten
ance of tlie civil service commission
until after the other features of thu
bill had been concluded. It was appar
ent from tho remarks made today
that tho entire subject will be exhaus
tively debated. There is seemingly no
disposition to curtail the discussion
and It probably will not be concluded,
before the holldny recess. So absorb
ing is the topic that almost the etitlru
time today, despite the fact that tho
consideration of the question had boon
technically postponed, was consumed
In debate upon it.
Mr. liinsham (Rep., Pa.), who li'as
charge of the bill, said ho would offer
an amendment reducing the pension
ofllco force by nlnety-slx clerks and
the salary list by $lt.'.000. Ho said that
he and his colleagues on the appropri
ations committee felt satlslled that a
teductlon of from $1,000,000 to $l,!.00.0n0
could be made til the salaries of sub
ordinate ofllcers by a process of weed
ing without In aii.. way Impairing tho
government service, and therefor
every suggestion from heads of de
partments for increases of salaries had
boon rejected.
THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
Others who participated In tho debate)
were Messrs. Grosvenor.Eavrett.Mursh,
Cannon, Moody and Dockery. Mr.
Barrett (Rep., Mass.) made somo gen
eral remarks in support of tho civil
service law when it passed the hoiis,
in ISSIt. The vote stood 153 to 47. Hui
three of that minority, lie said, ivi-re
now members of the house: Me.isrs.
lilnnd, McMlllIn and Steele. This state
ment Hushed a series of explanations
that gave the antl-iivU service mem
bers lepeuted opportunities to applaud.
First, Mr. Steele arose and said ho hud
never had occasion to apologize f-.i-that
vote. Then Mr, Rrumin (Rep.,
Pa.) called attention to tho fact that
his name as one of those who bud
voted against tho measure bad been
overlooked. He was proud, ho said, to
be included In tho "roll of honor."
Mr. Marsh (.Rep., 111.) also claimed a,
placo In the list and added th.it be
liever cast a vote with which lie wurf
better s.ttislled.
Then Messrs. Cannon (Flop., ill.) and
Hinghum (Rep.. Pa.) reiterated thole
opposition to the broad extension oi
the law- by executive orders.
CLAIMS OF THE ROACH HEIRS.
Tho house committee on claims to
day f.ivoiiibly reported the bill for th
relief of the heir. of tho lato John
Roach, of Chester, Pa., shipbuilder, ap
propriating $.:::o,ir,l, for labor, matei
lal, dockage, detontion ar.d occupation
of yards and shops for tin- cruisers
Chicago, Huston nnd Atlanta. This)
grows out of the repudiation by See
rotary of the Navy "Whitney of tho
contract for the dispatch boat Dolphin,
in tho Hist Clovelnml administration,
which' so Impaired tho credit of tli
Roach plant as to make the continu
ance' and completion of the thro crul-
ers named Impossible.
SENATE'S SHORT SESSION.
Washington, Dee. H. Today's ses
sion of the senate lasted fifteen min
utes. Aftei a few bills nncl resolu
tions bad been offered adjournment
was tikeii until tomorrow out of re
spect for tho president who was ai
teniilng his mother's funeral.
Mr. Kyle (S. D. Introduced a bill
to change l lit InimUmtlon laws "
that Immigrants shall have tliu test ot
ediicatluu made by tho I'nlted Stat
consuls at tho polntti nearest th ic
homes.
PENNSYLVANIA PENSIONS.
Washington. Dee. II. These Penns' I
vnnlii pensions have boon Issue: Original
Horatio P. Keyto. Wllllamsport. IS. Ad
ditional William Carpenter, Uurfor.i,
Susciuoliuiuiu. $1 to fs. Renowul lien i.i
liiln F. Harmon. Montgomery, Lyonmliu.
Si). Increase William Ogden. tiluttnuklu,
Js Original widows, etc. C.ithurlno J.
McIIenry. lleiwick. js; Millie Campbell,
New Albany, llradford, ii.
Tho IlcnildN Wcntlun Forecast.
New Yorw. D?c. 13. In the inWHlo
slates and New England, today, purl I v
cloudy weather will prevail, preceded in
the morning uy ruin anil fog mi and m it
the coasts, with brisk to fresh easterly
and northerly wliuls, high on the oou-t,
becoming variable, und ne,ui stationary
followed by sIlKtlv lower ti-mpuruturi)
and clearing by tho afternoon, and m
Now England cloudy, rainy weather and
brisk easterly wlnus blowing with gain
forco on tho lower cousin. On Thursday,
fair to partly cloudy weather and lowe-p
temperature will prevail with fresh varu
nblu winds, probably followed by snow.
1 or ruin lu thu northern districts,