"lo Smp .rfS: I. "! rtft' TTT- i-ULni. 9 'rx ov:r - " TWO CENTS. SCH ANTON, PA., FRTDAY MO"RNINGr, DECEMBER 24. 1897 nvo CENTS kmiMnrnwmmmmLr---" arm: a iiti'i i 1 cSrj5i(flfl.,'Wye i SINGERLY' The Doors Closed Pend- . g an Investigation of Affairs. PHILADELPHIA SENSATION Efforts to Avert the Financial Disaster. The Condition o. .street .Vitionat Haul, Known in Hanking Chest u tit Win Hull Circles of riiil.'iilt'lpliin, iiml l.floils Mcro .Undo to Kuiic llouoy to Keep tlio Institution in Ituunlug Older. 1'intililc I utisctl liy mi I'nprofilnblo Paper Mill. Philadelphia, Dee. 2.1 A stnsation tv.i rcated In this city today by the nnr eemcnt of the uiiU"t(in of the Che i Stieet National bunk, io Rank V one of the stiont.cst flnun- i.tl in. Vlmis In the. ell The sus pension letl with It the losing of the Chest St loot Tiust and Saving FtinJ comp Vwhleh does buines un der the state xjiklngl'iws William M. Slim. 5Jy. piibl. V'' of the Philatlclphi i Hciord, Is piesident ot both companies, and the prime men. with one eeptlon, nit as ollloeis and dlteitoi.s Tin flrt Infoi matioit tin public u- i "1X011 that the bank- xxue in tumble ' einor in 1S91. Mr. Slngetly succeeded wis in the form of a notice posted this him. The pi f suit olllceis and dlrec-, morning on the door of the building tins of the bank ate- William M Slng oeeunled lointlv bv the two ronceiiih. i erly, president. Iaac Cooper, vice pies- slgned by National Hank i:umincr William M Hnrdt. to the effect that the Chestnut Stieet National bank had dns,j doors iitndlng an investiga tion of its affaits. No statement of assets and liabilities available, but, it Is st-ited, that the thposltt of the Chestnut Stiert bank amounted to , nonoo and of the Tiut tomp.iny, $1,--nn con I'lesident Hinge il) gae out a bilcf st -it nient tonight In which he said. " We ire woiklng to secure the Indebt edness of the two banks t-o that they can ro Into oluntary liquidation, and thus ax old a ictelxershln " In this riinnectlon I)cputxvComptrollei of the Treasuij fjcorgf M. Collin, who was sent hero fiom Washington bj Comp troller Kckels today, said. "Tin matter of putting the Chestnut Ptif et National bank Into xoluntary liquidation has r en taken up b- Philadelphia men of I grt-at llninrl.il abllltj. Their flint step i xi 111 be to ascertain the xalue of the ats-s of the bank They must first lit satisfied that they have a x-alue suf fl'unt to watrant them In assuming the Indebtedness " Mr Cotlln has had great ep rlencc hi it suscitatlng troubl, d banks, and h. will remain bore sevral dajs ald inc, the men xxho haxe taki-n upen theinselxes the task of ONti bating Mr. Slngerly from hltj tinauelal dllllfvMtleh These gentlemen aie In consu'.atlop. tonlglit. and the belief Is strong that th y xxlll proxlde the funds neossaiy for a xoluntaiy liquidation of the two banks. KNOWN IN HANKING CIHCL1. It xxas known for some time in b. lik ing circles that Mr. Slngeily's banks xvcie In trouble, mid tho National banl examiner. It (s said, x.is awaie of the eouditlon of nffalis Last night a number ot the leading b'tnlc- olhciaN of the city had a conference luting until nearly 1 n't lock this luornlng consider In the matter of ,-alPig siillietont money to lelieve Mi Slnyerly's bank of theb dbtiess. It Is uutlei stood that .l pronation to float $J,000,000 preferieJ st irK of the Phlludelphiu Hecord had It en practically agreed to xxhen the ulai ei was made that became of the trust company's finances this sum lonld not be lthln sex r nil bundled thousand dollirs ot the amount icquii id Nesotlations xvere theiefoie de t tared oft and the banks weie foue.l to the xs till Now It is hopel that the committee xxhith betran tonight where the former committee left off xvlll Biieeeed In sit Isfaettrllv adjusting the flnantes and thus penult the banks to pay dopostt-t-is dollai foi dollar The net earnings of the Heceud last year aro sail to hax-e been JL'lii.OOO more than ull'ielont to pav dlvldeiids on a sum sufficient to pay all of Air. Plngeily's Indebtedness tt, the b.inKti The statements eif the rain- of the falbue curient heie asior xxltb tliht mud' by Comptroller Hckels at Wasli metoii tod.tj, that It xvus primarily duo to th loss of much inon?y b Mr. Rlngeilx In his unpioduttixo paper mill at i:iK'nn, ltd., one of the lurg-st bi the loiintn. Oik- statement plated tho sum thus Inx-olved at neaily a mil lion of dollars Mi. Slngeily also has much m mey Inxeit'd In othei enlei -pilses In this and other cities. Rumors xxeie 'in rent to th'e effet t that oxvin'i phlp of the Hetoitl would pass from J! I Slngerly. Vint this he denied, stat ing poAltlvclv that he is lit absolute control of the paper unci xxlll continue a I Its head ci,i:ahinu norsi: hkpout Op Monti iv of this u.vk th,. Chest nut Street National bank made the fol loxvlng repoit to the Philadelphia t lour ing Iiousj Loans and dls ouiils K 211,000. legal reseix-e, .SW.nGQ. dejios !ts, $I79.0UO, due fiom banks. $r.-,.00n; du to banks, J(M i)00: i lit illation, It 3,000 The leserxr has been below the legal icqulrcments foi sexenil weeks The deposits On (let S when the bank im ported to the c-omptiolliT of the treat. ury, amounted to $2,030,860 The shrlnk nge In this item, therefore, has been more than $300,000 In u little over txxo months, It Is said there have been nulet but steady runs on both banks for eex-eral days past. Of the deposit In the bank, the city Is represented by t:s9,53t; the state by $225,000, and the S BANK FA LS Natlonal government by n huge sum, but all of these t'ledltois ale bclleeil to be pi elected. When the Trust com pany made Its last report to the state authorities on Nov 1G, the deposits amounted to $1. 142.Hr. I. A mooting of the dlteetor.s of th Trust company wilt be held at 10 o'clock tomonoxx morning to decide upon a course of procedure. It Is believed that the state bank examiner will then tako formal possession ot the Institution. State Hank Commissioner Hlkcou wag In the olllee of the company a short while todav, and It Is stated that he linn had the bnoKn of the Institution under linpitlun for sonic time past Much sympathy Is expiessid on all sides Tor Mr Slng'-ily He has oeiu pled such a prominent plate In the, nffalis of the elt and the state for M'His past that the news of his finan cial dllllcultv natui.lll cieated a "Mi ration Mi Slngcrlx stated tonight that he hud I reed veil hundreds of tele grams fiom all over the toiintry ex piosslng tin sympathy of the senders. II has bin ne the strain well, although he naturally shows In Ills fate and , manner the deep concern his Doubles are causing him. ! Tim ('UOWI)R (JATHLH. I Ciowds xxoio. gathered in front ot the I big granite banking building all day, j but all was quiet. A line of policemen Kept the people moving. A Kit at num ber of small accounts weie carrletl by l the Tiust company, and apprehension , was exptessed that some dlslieso might . follow the tailure If the hopes of a, I quick settlement nif tc,ili7.ed. however, i all depositors will be pild In full with- I In a shoit time. The Chestnut 'Snoot Nntloinl bank ' was established In June 1SS7. but was not Incoipoiaud until July 5 of the same Near Hon. Hubert K, Pnttison was Its first pio'ltl'M, assuming the otllee when he retired from th" gov-, omotship When he again became gov- ident. Henjamln P. Obdvke. Henjamln A. Van Sehaltk. John SlmmoiiH, Charles A Porter, Walter T Hiadky mid Oeorgo J. Zlegler. direttors. W. W. Price, ivaxlng teller, William ' Steele, cashier, .1. l' HMidon. notary public. The ofTiccrs and directors of th" Chestnut Stieet Tiut nntl Saving Fund lompanj nie. William M Slngeilv, pu'sldcnt, Isaac Coopei, x Ice piesident; Iixln C. Oarvcrlck, secieuiy and treas urer, II. (3. Hart, tltli olllcer. The dl lectors nie- William M. Slngerly. Isaac Cooper, Henjamln P. Obdyke, Benja min A Van SchaicK. John Simmons. Allen U Horke. Charles A. Poitei and Waltei T. Hradlej Mortgage on Mr. singerly's rnrms. Norrlstoxxn. P.i , Doc. '.'3 A mortg.itre of Jl(i0 0fi coxerlng Willi im M. Singcil s reiltx in Cwyiiesiid township, was pi.ur.i xill I x c i I M 1 1 x. I llli till llioiill t 1 1 . . . j i - gawee is 11 i Hart of PlilUuUliiliia. jtid tin instrmm-'t 1 dated Maich 21, 1K1 The rate of Intel ist is ii per cnt. The properties eoxered bj this mortg igi ale bums of lib ;, NS M :.2. 30 HU 72 ?2, "1 and Ti aires ieptctle! three lots of six. titns and one lot of txxo aires making a total of " acies in hlt'ii slate of 'ultl xatlon SOLDIERS SHOOT AT RAIDERS Detachment ol Militia (.Hurtling a Tnllgite Pire on Some Marauders. Danxille, Ky., Dec 23 Captain Corns detachment of txxelve soldleis of the Haidin Hifles. xxho ,ue guard ing a tollgate on the Stanfend turn plko, a mile out of toxxn, llred upon xvhat thev believed to haxe been a pait.x of dynamiters at 2 o'clock this I morning Since tho troops were or i tiered heie there hax-e been numerous threats that the toll-house In which they xxeie quaiteied would be blown up, but as no x lolence had been offered for sexoial days no alarm xxas felt This moinlng Seigeaut Lntta xxas patrolling a beat seveiul hundred yards from the house xxhen he heatd a party of twelxe or fifteen hoi semen riding up. They stopped on a hill, and Latta lan back to the house to notify Cap tain Corn, xxho xxas in command. Latta decided to go aiouud the back of the house, nnd u,s he did so came upon u man xxho jumped tluough a gate and inn. Latin Hi eel at him and at the same moment anothei man tan by two other pickets, who also tired. Tho three then disc hui get! theli guns at tho patty of horsemen xxho gnlloped off. The soldiers are satisfied that the men bad slipped up xxlth the Intuition of dyna miting the toll-house, but Xee sur prised before they t ould do tiny thing. AN OPINION OF QUIOG. LouU P. Pa ii 'I liiiil.sTliut ho Lead er lint, no Political Sagacity. New Yoik, Det 2J Louis F, Payn, state supeilntendent tif Insiiranee.anda clos" political friend of Goxrnw IllacK w uh in the city today. He talked fiee ly about the lot a political sltaiulon nnd particularly about the nepu'illoan county committee, of New Yen It. He xvas ask-d "Will the up state Hepul. llcans take any pait In the ic-organl-zatlon of the Hepubltcan putty in this tit v. "No, not as long a.s Qulgg lemains at the head of the oiganU.illo:i, ' replied Mi. Payn, 'a ft I end of mine asked me il.o ithei day if 1 did not think that ijulq-; was dead. 1 looked at him xxlth suipii?e and told him that ho wns not up with the times: that he did not keep pace ,lth tho piocession. I told lilm that Qulgg xvim tiead enough to success last summer He hue been dead s'ver since. Why. he has no pol- Ilka! sagacity ' - . An Italian's Sircidc. Manchester, N Y Dec. il-Stox. n Zeno So years old, un Italian, committed sultlilo In the Lehigh alley x.tids here this morning by dellbuititi Iv laying his nick oxer u lull, allowing it freight ti.clii to cut off his hctd. It Is thuuulit lie xxas in sane, hut It xxas ati'o said that an tintoi. tunuto loxo affairs vim the cuiise llnhblt-II ii n line Accident. Noith Tonuwanda. N. Y. Dec. 2X Au gust Ilroker. 3 years old aciiilentully idiot and killed his IS-yn-tr-old lirothcr. Paul, today whllo hunting rabbits. Au gust statir Unit in endeaxorlng to Imcur the hummer or his sun his hand slipped and the ruh xxiib dlichurged, COAL INTERESTS ARE TO BE UNITED What (be Movement Means to Those Concerned, TUP SCHEME -'OK CONCENTRATION Combination Striven l'or Dining Several Venr--Sure to Come and Sure to Please All Kxcrpt tlic Sales Aspnts-.A l'rolil Woultl ItcsultAII Around. Nexx York, Dee 2! The coal Hade, as at present conducted, Is In the hands of the sales airents of the com panies xxho dispose not onlx of the toal pioduecd by their own tomeins, but alo ol tli. output of man of the Indlxldual opeintois. that Is. of the collieries owned and opuuitd b.x Indi viduals mid small mining tompinies. The pike of this coal Is fixed at f.O per cent, of the tldtnxaler selling prices, the i.illio.ul companies taking the le nialnliig -In per cent, as the fi eight tale On this b isIh, low pi It i s in the title xx aler m.tiK'ts ininii no prollt, not onI to the mlnei. but also to the tai nt r. Sometimes the loss Incuircd on the sale of the coal Itself hijs been eilT--et bj the piollt 111 the fi eight rate, .intl this lias led to exoctslxo mining by ceitaln Intel esi- xxltli a vlexx to mak ing a good showing In transpoi tatloti returns Lox toal ptlce.s haxe resulted fiom thl- .dlt nntl also fiom th. piesont tlnl Lcltl r & Aimour will pool their system of niaiketlng the pioduil As )nUrist(, ,,, (llwi muv whe.it Is stll at piesent constituted the tntde Is of- lA, t,a,,S n Change. Tht Post ten piactieally at the meicy of a single ,tj. seller Thus the agent of a company 'Ceoige Kioneh nperatins lor the whose veallx firoduct ma.x not be 2 loiter ,iwd, has piled up a line of at pr cent of the entire output, finding I hnst l.OQO.OOO busliels ol May Xitvat, hlirsell xxlth nn accumulation of coal i c(.i ding to lepnrts from the floor. t; a lesult of ox erpiotluttlon which .imour's radical i hange of fiont in must be maikuted foi financial reasons ( lia.s Had to ollci It at a leduted piitc to the etealcis in older to move It Ills cufctomeis' coniretltois in the retail trade bear of this and ask the sales agents xxho supply them to 'protect" them by meeting the lower pi ice at xxhlch their llxal pecuted Mippll s. lle duttltrs f.illoxx, lust by one company, then by iinotber, until pi-ltes are nil lower, to the manifest ilKidx-nntage of the dealers theinselxes. xxho oonttacted for t oal ( ai Her In the season at a tnghei llt.uie SHI.LINO AGENCY This unsatisfactory eouditlon has been recognized and plan.s have been suggested lo do nxxay with it. A cen tral selling agency has been lecom montled as offering the only practical solution. Fiom the days of Franklin !i (fower. of the Heading lallroad, the miii, 1 1 has been agitated exeiy time tli Hade has been in an unsntlsfae toix condition. Conditions today are moie than usually faxoiablo to Its con summation, becnuso Mr. Morgan's In tel est in the leading companies Is xeiy great and Just now he Is contemplat ing a ti ansae Hon affecting the secur ines of the Heading company, which slon In the On hardsen-Merrick mar would be difficult to carry through un- nage annullinent tate, alllimlnir the less as.surantes xiete glxen that the d'troc of nulllflcaiion gianted by the company will, thiouuh hnpioxed Hade 1 -we-r niiirt and gixing the property to conditions, be placed In a poMtlon to meet its inteiest and othei t barges. It Is said on good authority, howexer, that negotiations looking toward that end are by no means completed and that some time must elupse befoie any positive annountenient can be made. In xx ell infoimed trade elides, it Is understood that the sensational news , ipurs haxe merely lehushed old his tory in gixing alleged details of the deal. The real adxantages of a cential sell ing agency nie that the danger of lulnous prices Is axolded nnd some sta bility established. Dealeis xxould be able to buy with the certainty that the futuie xxould not enable .some of their competltois to sec in e "baigalns" latei on. The eonl miner xxould profit In that he xxould Know how much woik he xxould be called upon to perform. The suxintr In expenses to the xniious companies would be gieat. Moreover, the public xxould not surfer, as, beyond a ceitaln price, the temptation to bieak faith xxould be too great to be tcslsted by some of those Intel ested Absolute control by one company has always been rocosnued as the solution audi for that strong capital has been work- iiib for yeais. DISASTROUS FIRE. Properly Valued tit 1'-2.".,(MHI 111 Ash es. -A Teirilie Lxp!oion. Clilcago, Dec 2"1 File bioke out this afteinoon in the basement of the live- story building at 101 Madison stioet, the first tlooi and basement of which , ci,ceks stolen from letter boites. were oteupled by the Tosetll cafe and ,mUs ,hl. ., lt,tl)illcc ofllelnls say, was 11 lestauiant lompaiiy. on the second Kat; (tt tlu. Kallfr. floor by the bllllaid pailois of Piank 1K. secured M.W from the National Mussey. The blaze wus Inslgnllle ant ,, ink " of Cincinnati. On that ehaigo at Hist and a ciowd of people galheied J)u VN.',S ,eiaM.ti on 55,00l lo.ll. which Is on tho .sd -walk in fiont of the build- h.m at.in,nc ag.'lnst him Daxls xxas lug to ixauh the woik of the firemen. ,,'tld l)y tJnlttfd Stales Commissioner About a dozen policemen were busily sj.,1,,,1,1,, in $f,,00o ball after being ldii engaged In pushliia hack the Huong une,j ,v Geoige C. Huldeii, of Clm In Just befoie a tenlllc uxpluslon took 1llt plate The building was badly wiecked, . - - the window, xvlndow giutlngs, .sldo-1 Judge I'iivmih Muted, xxalk lltzhts and niauhole eoxers were XX ushliu'iou. Di 23. It Is bollexed tliti hutled Into the nil anil tell among the iho prtKldcnt has decided to appoint ciowd. Dozens of people xxeie thl own Judge Paxsem of IVnnsy Ixaniii. as a fiom theli feet and tweiity-thtee weie n.embei ,lf tl11' lll,rs!"V' Vin'MiVi!i,n'n , . , r. t , . . mlsslmi tu ucietMl Colonel Ulliuu U injuied. Only one of them xxas soil- n ,, lm m cxplio in Jan. ously hurl. 1lv Thl) lir,.,i,.nt lodny luloiiiu'd The explosion caused a punle on the (-.puator D Uoe. ol Keiitutky who tailed .sticetund In the fiantlc tush foi safety upon him In thu Inltitst ot Ma) or Todd, which folowed many people were 01 Loulsxllle that tin pl.uo was promised tin own down and trampled upon. That , uml 't Is thounlii that Judge P.iison Is mnny weie not killed and many more 1 ""' '11 land foitlieMiUt e. injured xxas a sou of u mliuclo. The , , llr, O.i,ou.,. (l.i u.t.rt.l ,l,,,,ll,vl, ,t,., Ix.tl.l Id, ,. 1.1. ' "" !''' "h.i his- muixiiuk mill gieat rupldlty aftei the explosion. The loss Is estimated at $12.1,000. - V Kui'ilig I liulleiige. Milxvuukte. Wis., Doe 2! Hum) lx.iu asku a piolexaloniil evillst 01 this city, lotlty Ubiu-d a thullinge to tur woiitl to ruee any dlnlulitt tiom cm to thieu miles tin 1111 Indoor iruek for a purse of Vxi to Jl.eoo The conditions of the hull use uro that each lidei Is to fiiruUh Ills own pucemaktrs IvauusKu prefeis tu go uguiiiHt Mb nm I tin Welsh xxouiicr, but fulling In this Is xxillim, to take on uny of thu hpeecly oiks. Kunusku holds the xxorltlrt Indoor paced n-toid for mile ut 1.5S 2-5. United Mini! oiltcru Convention, Columbus. O., Dec. 3.1. A Call was Is sued today foi the ninth annual coax jii tlon of the Pnlted Minn Workers of Amer ica to meet In Columbus January 11 IVi-i. RACING BOARD BULLETIN. Special ( irculnr Issued by (. Iiairniaii .Uott ol the l. A. U. Haltlmoie, Dec. 23 Albert Molt, t hall man of the I, A. V. racing board, has Issued the folloxxing special bul letin: A hearing i elating to matteis ton netted xxlth the six tiny uue at Mutll son Square C.arden xxlll be beltl at the tli and Union hotel In New Ytnk at 11 o'clock on the mottling of Satuulay, Dec. 2.1. The heating will be private and wltnes-ses ale nssllietl that their testlmonj xxlll be treated as eonllden tlallx as has been the custom of past lining boards ami Is with this The boaid tumiot. like a court, compel the attendance of xxitne.sseg, and those who xxlll glx'e evidence are promised that the boaid will not blockade all Its channels of information for the future by depaitlng from the usual fouise. This should be appaient to ixery piospeitlxe witness. All ptisons who haxe any exltlenee of acts xxhlch they know of their own knowledge are appealed to to present themselxes and glx-e them to the boaid The lnxestl gatlon has been proceeding for some time, and much docuiiuntaiy evidence is in the pot-sesxlon of the member for the district and the t hall man, and tho Ideiitit.x of nil xvho are com ei net! Is bollexed to be known It would there loio be best foi the Interests of those lonterned that tliex should attend and testifx. CORNER IN MAY WHEAT. Possibility Thai I, oitur and Alm oin XX ill Pool Their Interests. ('hie ago. Det 21 The possibility bulling May wheat Is common kuoxx-1- lue. It Is tquillv well known that X-t'iiour has n pvi.unid of May xx licit bought which Is niipposod lo come elosi to the Letter holding. s If to eniph.ulze the bull talk, both Atmour's intl Liitei s men bought xxheit today. Armour's moxements nre closelx- x oil ed, but Leltei s engincei-s make no te net of their dealings In Max wheat. Alrcadx that option is icgarded as be ing tlaugeious foi tho public to handle. "May xtluMt Is a Ions shot. Is tho ansxver given by commission men when approached b oustotnets. The xx Inter wheat ci op In this country 'is not har xostetl until July and accoidlng to the foiccitsteis on 'Change, the situation has noxei ben so f.ixomblc for a eor nei In -Max- wheat as It xvlll be this season Hxervuht ie the pi Ice ot May is on the side and the dlrteronee bc t xeen May and Dicimber in being nar i ixxed. orchardTen-merrIck case. Illinois Supreme Court Hands Doxvn a Decision, Chit ago, Dec. 21 The Illinois su preme tnutt lint handed down a decl Ihe lelatlves ot .xn.s .Mtirieic t ne case Is unique In that the marriage is sec asi.k. alter one of the contracting par t'e.s has been doid almost four veats. In IS.i"I Chaile Qichaidsen, an aitlst, tnd at one time Socialistic candidate Mr niayoi against the Kite Cartel Hai llbon, was mauled to Mrs. Meiiiek, of Uuiney. Ill Mrs. Muriik, whir xvas oxer '0 ytais old, xxas the poss-essor of piopeity won!, something like $100,000. Orchardsen. who was CO years old. mt Mrs. Mel rick at a spiritualistic se ance at Qulnc-y. conducted bv Vevj. Ava, better known is Odelia Dls de Par. and with her help It Is. nliejreci pi e ailed upon the aged Mis. Merilck to mairy mm ami nunc iu imnnb hor pi-jpeity to him. Mis. Mcirlck died wllhln a yeai Shoitly afler her de..th Mis MeiiKK's i.'lntlxes brought suit to haxe the mairinge set uide. The case has been In the courts for oxer thiee yeais F0RQER arrested. l , , ' iiichnid O. I.um is Captuioel lv ! Po-tollice Ollicinls. New Yoik.Dec. -i -Hlchaiei (J. lavis, sail to be a well known foicer and thief, was nrresttd today by a posi ii'.IW insp'etor Dtixls Is cbaiged with p is.slng thiee checks foi 311111II amounts which had been stolen fiom stieet mull 1 . ts at Toledo, Ohio He N said to be a member of a gang of lettct box tUlexes who began opeiatlng on Aug ust "J last at Milwaukee and who, It u u.itil. Imve tiaxelletl ail ovji the ( liulltl v' aa haxe ieallsed about $5.00(1 ,,,.,... ,. .!!, ,,!,. y11,uli,.r ,.f Hie Pulled Slates tin nil court, today sus tain! d a motion of the defendants' ut leineys in the tase ol Muiy O'Lejiy n.llliHt tlm Hiipuiuc. council Calliope LitlRhts and Lndles of Ainerltu. to ills. Outgo the letilxu reiently uppolnted liv Judge Ininii.. holding the bill did not show Hie hum if in Hon It xvas thcie lure illsinisesd for xvitiit of tqidty Miintn.liip Ariivulx. 'm York Dn. 2' Balled Kd.tin Am sleldum Queenhtoxxn Hulled. (Jn manic, N"xv Yoik. Ainsti tdum-Arrlxed: Verk 1 11 Jam, Nov, Yoik. Iloitcrduin Anlxed: Spuiirndam, Nexi Yoik. Sailed. Veen dum, Nexv Yoik. Oeuth oft liuile Green. Pilncoton N. J., Dec. 23 Cliurles H. Oreeno one of tho most prominent of the liiMtrt'Hof I'rinceton iinlxoulty died Mid th lily heio today ot heart failure. V IIIVdMU, .' . - ...... ...,........! RUSSIA AND JAPAN AT ODDS Strained Relations Oxer tbc Occupancy of Korea. SPIES IN THE .MIKADO'S ARAW Cliiurao Papers Itcpurt a Serious State of Allalrs in the Lust'-Tho Action of OurniHiiy in Sci.inc Kino Chan Disturbs the Pence of tho Kast. San Krancleo, Dec 23. Commenting e'i the strained relutlons betxxeen Jai) i. i and Hussla over Korea, the Chinese papers repoit that the Japanese army Is full of Russian .spies disguised as Japanese and that the Russian army Is being tampeietl xxlth by Japanese emissailes, xxho nre doing all they can to stir up disaffection among them Ceimmontlng up Klao Chau nffalis, the Ah.thl stis that tho attlou of the 0,-i mulls In haxlng suddenl selzetl Klao Chan on the pietext of the mur der of missionaries Is outiageous, and that It dlstui bs the peate of the far ent admits of no discussion. Japan be ing near the scene of the tiouble can not H said the matter lightly. Sooner or later a line of policy to lie pursued toxxnrd the aftnir must be decided The foreign ofllters huxc theiefoie glxen In structions lo the Japanese mlnlt-teis in xniious foielgn countiles to make le ports contenting the matter. "Japan is Indebted to Germanv In many xxays." says the Cliugal Shogyo, "Her militnrv oiganlzatlon has been copied after (iorninnj. and her consti tution and local legb-latlon are found ed on the Gennnn svstem Hesldes In fMimlng the laxxH and adopted medical silence, etc, Japan owes a debt of gratitude to Gumany. Lastly, Ger main has noxv shown Japan anothei inrtanee of her kindness That Is the seizure of Klao Chau bay. We need not dwell tipon the partlculais of her k.ndness here but the seizure of Kino Chau may glxe Japan the light of peimaneiit possession of Wel-Hal-XVel " AccoidliiR to the olllc ial census Just completed, the population of Japan lor the xear 1S90 xvas 42,761,029, an Inennse of 417,044 ovei that of the preceding yeai. CONGRESSMAN PATT0N DEAD. Lxpiros At the Aldine lotcl--s(ory ot nn iCveutfiil I. lie. Philadelphia, Dec 23 JN-Congress-nian John Patton, of Cuixxensxllle, xxho xxas widely known throughout Pennsylvania, died nl the Aldlno hotel tonight. He had been In poor health for oxer a yeai past and came to this city Inst September tor tieatment For the past ten days his death haa been momentarily expected, and he passed uwnv sunounded by his children, five sons and txxo daughters. He will be bulled on Tuesday next at Curwens vllle John Patton, of Cuixx-ensville, Cloar 1 elii county, Pa xvas born In Tioga county on Jin 6 1S23 His paternal giandfnthe. Colon") John Patton. xxas 'i member of Ocneial Washington'! bodv guaid. anc1 a colonel of the Slx-te-nth Additional Continental regi ment Mr. Patton wai .1 Henty Clay Whig, and in t"?"2 xxas a delegate to the na tional conxentlon of the Whig party at lialtimore. which nominated Oeneial Scott for the piiMldoney. In 1SW) he 'xas a delegate to the Chicago eonxen t Ion. xxhlch nominated Abiahiim Lin coln, and in fie same year xxas nom inated and elected a member of the Thirty-sex enth tongies from the Twenty-fourth tlistiict of Pennsyl xnnla, c ox ling an adxerso majotity, and likewise cjrrxing the Democratic county of Clendeld as a Republican for the Hist time In its hlotoiy. He xus a xx aim peisonal fiiend of Lin coln In ISG4 ho xvas one of the Pennsvl xanla electois, xxlien Llmulii xxas ip elected, and it xxas on his motion that all the pay, mileage, etc, of the elec toilal college was tionated to the Pnlt eti States Chrlsli-ip coinmlsslon In aid of the suffering soldlert. Duilng that yVui Mi. Patton made an Individual contribution of $,000 to the Chilstlun commission lie was eletted a nieuilie.' of the Plf il 'b congiess In HStJ, o ei coming a Deinocrutlo majority of ncaily J.O00, .Hid then leprcenting the Twenty-i-icnth distill t ir Pennsvlx-anl.t In IKe" he xx-as eleciiti us one of the boaid of tluauce of Un Centennial exhibi tion. .Mr Patton enily In life u tut with the .Methodist Kpisiopal church. He was a delegate to the Ecumenical con ference at Washington, D. C, and twice tjoixed as a delegate to the general eonfeienee of the ihurcli He seixod as a dltector of Dickinson semlnaiy, a titlstee of Dickinson college, and also of the Dfw Theological semlnaiy ami the Ameiitau unlxerslty ut Washing ton. Ho gave a fund of $10,000 to the (lunch extension .society "foi the build ing of churches upon the Hontleis," and donated thousands of dollars to collegcH and schools The Patton graded public school at Cuiweiisvllle, Pa he built at a cost of $.'.',000. and piesented to the public sdwd boat d. Duilng 18S2 Mr. Pat ton's toiitiihutlons foi educational pui poses .imoupted to over $40,000. TRACE WAS CAUSED BV OPIUM. Iteiiiarltiible Coiitlition ol a Hoy So. piano is Kxplnincil. Ntw Yoik, Dec. 2J. One 01 tlu fe.i tuies Hint has dtuwn huge toni;ics:u tlons to the Churth ot tlm T1.1 istig lllMtlon (the Little Chuieli 10und Ihe Corner) fm some months has been thH singing of n b iy sopiano, whoe olco Is said to be a woiidei Thu boy is called a Cuban and Is known as Johnnie tb Costa. He has a fact- of gieat beauty and gieat blut k eyes that, his udmlrois suy, spenk of the music that tills tils soul He Is only 11 years old, and small for his ago, Is exceedingly blight, but It xvas te maiked that at times, xxhen his voico xx-as nt its very be.M and his Intel pre tatlon if tho uuiho near peifectlon, ho appeared to be in a stale approach ing tho hvpnotlc 'flo Is in a irnnco nnd sees tho nnBels," Haiti the women Pecently It xxas discovered that the oox xx as not all that he seemed. Ho Is a Cubin mn'atto. His step. father's nniiie is Do Costa, but his real name Is Just plnln rimlth His trances haxe been caused by opium Last night 1k xvas found by agents of the Gerrv society in n piotound stupor fiom the use of the iituc He is a conflimetl "fiend" a.id uses opium In gioater quantities than most adults xxho ate Its elexotees. Prominent mum bets of the Chut oh of the Transflgutatlon haxe Intel ested themselxes ti the kid nntl will have him placed in some Institu tion xx here bis lefoimatlon muv lie nt-tein;itej. OHIO CONTEST BEGINS. The I'orces Are .Mnrslinllcd in the Senatorial fight. Cleveland, O, Dec 2J The tnnishul Ung of fotccis In tho Ohio sonatotlal contest bus begun Chntles Kuitr. Is In Columbus and has diopped all pi tense of not seeking to defeat Sena toi Hnnna, nntl hns for some time been orgunlzlng his forces Todav theie weie many impoitnnl lonfeienos In Senator Hannn's n'fllce aninng his lieu tennnts. Among those xxho xlislted the senatoi xxeie. George K. Nnsh chaiimau of the He publlcan ex tutlxi' committee', of Ohio; Hariy Dougheity, eliiilrmau of the He imbllc.iu state cential committee. John H Mnlloy, clerk of the house of lop lesentntlxes, and a candidate foi to election; Colonel Ale Cnry, iletk of the state senate and a candidate foi re-election, nnd President D D Wood mansee. and Secretaiy It. K. Case, of the Ohio League of Hepubllcan clubs. Although none of these gentlemt 11 xxould levenl xxhnt transpired ut their cnnfeiences. the general inipmt of the meetings Is easily Infeiied. WHITE HOUSE CLOSED. CliliMitius XX ill lie Obscivcd (iiit-llv bl the Mcleinlcx Piiuiily. Washington, Dec 23 During the tc malnder of the present xxeek, the White House xxlll piactieally be closed to nil ecept those xxho call upon utgent official business, and who have engage ments to .see the piesident. In older that Mr. McKlnley may consldei some Important questions and obtuln a need ed lest. The death of the president's mother, and the mine lecent death of his cousin, Mif Chailes H Mlllei, of Canton, caused an entire abandonment of prepaiatlons for holiday ftstlxitles at the White House Chiistmus day xx 11 be obseived cruictly. Onlx, the president and Mis McKln ley and their ImmeJIute household, xxhlch Includes their ntcces, Miss Bar ber and Miss Duncan, and two or thiee personal friends will be present at the Christmas dinner. WANTON SHOOTING. John lInKili Dying Prom Mouudu Inflicted by )ti Heller. New Mat thorough, Mass, Dec. 2J John Haskell died this morning fiom the effect of a gun-shot xxound Inflict ed by Otis Heller, aged 14 Haskell and the Cuitls family xlsltod the Heller family last evening, and Otis Heller went to the Cuitls home to attend to the fires Haskell letumed in mix unco of the lest, and after knocking lepeat edly, opened the doot and walked in Young Heller picked up a gun unci shot Haskell in the abdomen, and then at tempted suicide by cutting his tin out Heller has sutfercd for some tlmt fiom St Vitus dance He Is the son of a Hiooklyn. N. Y, ice dealei. HER SLIPPER CAUGHT FIRE. Vgcd Mary Daily I'utully Ituiued Mliilc Sewing at Her PireMde. Habyion, L I. Dec. 23 Mls-s Mniy Dally, S4 yeuis old, died ut liei homo In this plate this evening fiom the ef fects of but us she had sustained xihlle sitting by the the sewing ibis after noon Hci slippei caught Hie and the flames spread to liei 1 lolhlng. Her bi other Nicholas. xho Is h2 yeais old, was seveioly binned while attempting to save his slstei's life WHEAT FOR NORTH AFRICA, The Meuinshio Vlgoii Leaves Tn. coma it ith a Lingo Cuigo. Tutoma, Wash Det 2J The bilge ttamp steamship Algoa salletl fiom Ta eomu bust night xxltli the Kugest caigo of guiln oQi' loaded In u single xessel ennylng 377.S0! busliels of xvheut, val ued at $JI2,oou The Aluou is bound for the north west coast ot AH lea and Is expected to lie about seventy days making tho voyage. . (.'only Ityuu lluiiged. (iltciit-uoio. N. 1.. Hot 21 l'liiiiipllx ut tlxe uilnutis 10 12 this lurenoou, c'oulv llyiin. xxho on Dutiuilur t miilull) mlr tiered his xvlfe was illumed. Ills nei k xxas dislocated by the fall It) an was neivy to the last When uskid by the xliultf If hit xvas letuly, lie loplled "Lei her go " III Health and Suicide. New York. Dec 2 -Mrs Cicoige l. Naxlcu. 2i years old of Aquutoim. Pa. commuted sultlib todny Ii) fhootlng liei sell with a lexolver. f'lu fi.nl lecelitl) suffered fr-im ill health and melancholy TIIK NEWS THIS M0UXINU. Weather lndktiun luJuyi l-jlr; Colder elf 11cr.1l Two Prominent I'lill,tdelpiil,i Hunks Close Tin It Doers. Strained Helatlons Uetxeeu Julian uud Husiii Illinois Senate l'assts mi Appoitlou- mini Hill. Ptiiposeri t'nlon of Coal Inletciits. Stuic InoldtnlH ol ihe l)urcu Sluiot- iug. Local t'lirintmus Aliirlc in Suiaiilou'.i Churtlios. Ldltotlal. Comment of the Pre. Local Social Uxuuts. Local Tcstlmoiiiil for Chief of Plio Depattincut HIckcy, Ominous Lull In thu liunxciy War. Loeul Patiolmun Saul Hlint I'lunten'n Itellff Ordliuuci. Local West Sldo and Suburban, l.ackuxMtnna County Nexvi. Neighboring County llapieiilns. Thu JUlkets. REPUBLICAN TRIUMPHS Senatorial Apportionmenl Bill Is Passed in Illinois. THE-BALANCE OF POWER It was in the Hands of Pat rick Meaney. lie I'liiiiiftlicd tho Soxciity-Seveuth cite Necessary to Puss the .Ileus, iiie.-'l'hc Dciuocrnls Slioul and .Icci ami Itiilso u (.icat Tiiiniilt. The Hill Piovides l'or Republican He- Vppoitionniont ol the Lvgislii" live Districts of theSintc. Spilngllcld III, Dec. 23. Ambt ct nes of" llotous tilsoidcr and Intens.! i'M Iteinent. lb' houso today passed th" Hepubllcan enntnrhil nppoitlonine nil bill by a -ote of 7') xoas f) el nny Theie xieu but two x-otes to .spate. It was 11 halibieidtli 1 scape from defeat lot the ilt-piiblli.ui managers. Hoim -sentPtlve- PatilcK Motny, of Chh aao, sax eel the bill tor the Henublliun 01 -ganlatlon He furnished the seventv sex 'iitli xot. uecL'S'ni.x to pass tln mo.istiie', and w he-i he ended n spcet h with the winds, I vote veM," Sti Trrnnuei He'itv licit, l It DUblk.l liuder, who stood at his hI le tiombllris: wllh anxiety and exclt'tiient. Hung his nuns nboi't Menney's nee'e ttnd liuggi ! him as though h" was a Ions lost nm leti.inlng fiom the Klondike nejiii sentatlxos Punk and Si orgin the M. - Lean count v kickers, then xoled Jcu Ihe l)l, making 7'J In nil Th Demoeiats shouted nntl Jtenil and till their best 10 make so nun b noise that business could not be trans acted. A scoie of their loudest-lunged, tne.t mounted their dsks and starti l a hulluhulop that xxas n al'it lined un til two calls of the loll wei llnish.'.l. So gieat wns the tumult that eveix body li the state house xas drawn to the seen- and the Ho ir ot iei)icomi tixes hall was uoxvdod xxblt cxciinl men whom neither the speMkei's g'axel nor the seifieants-at-atm' could cen tiol spcchss of appohtionmii:nt Today's events lusuics th'e success of the appoitloument us the senate Is ceitaln to pass the bill In dununiv. The bill in oxides foi a Hepubllcan re appoitlonment ot the leglslltivo ells tibts of tli' slate Actording to the Deminrits ihe re-uppoi tlonnicnt Is a gen y minder Tho Hi publicans nr-si 1 l that tlij changes simply eoircct thn outrages alleged to have been pcipet lated 11 the so-called gen xmunder of tile state "so elexei was Ihe Dem -erratic imxn-ninklng that under exist ing vondltlons It Is necessary, Ooxot nnr Tinuei dee hues, for the Henubb cans to cm iv Illinois bx at least Set 000 mujoilty in oidei to mntlol iln state leglslatuie , PRESENT TO SAM SLOAN. He is .Made Iluppv by a l(i, ( (.olden Somce. New Yoik Dt 23 Samuel Sloan, piesiciHii' of tli- Delnwiiio. Laikuwan na .t'ld Wtstein l.ilhoad. was todi x-piesentc-d with 1 $10. 100 golden sonlf by lie ntl'i lllls Hid emuloves of tin toinpanx In I'liiueiU nation of his elghtleib lilithd.i) wlilob falls ..n Clulstni is Piesldell' Sloan In the eully llinl nine; had made mi his mind pot lo ucctut the testimonial, but aftei lunchcuii he saw things in -i dlffueiit light and 111 his bile!' addle ss ol acieptunc" pials ed bis illleials and employ js lor tlu It? consistent attention to dutv HUSH PROM AUSTRALASIA. Ml Available space on essels for the Moudil.o Huciiged. San FiancHco Dec 23 Tiavel f ro n Ausiialasla to the Klondike will 1 e xeiy heavy next year, and the Oceanie Steamship coinpany Is piepuring foi It. All the available siiaee on Hie M111I posa. due heie In Febiuaiy, and tho Moana. due heie In Muich, has be, 11 engaged In the i.im of the Moanu the hulk of the pussengeis will come flulll New Zealand, and the peimlt Is to be ob tained limn the goveininont for ijh lulsston to eieit berths in some of the spate liseixed foi fleluht Hogs Devour I, idle Children. Tiff I'll e Mo, Dec J Two Hub ihil dien of Hi oi go t'eakltx 11 tunnel livii g near heie. t tin bed Into n 1 Iv d) toJ ix and xxere set upon by u nutnbi 1 of hoes, xxhlch Mlbd unil ilexouieel l."th chlldti n Tlu ehlldleti hud bteu left ilom ut hoiHB while tliilr miitlur xvuni un 1111 ertund to tl llelflllbcil's houce Mn 1 1 iii U'ts I'lllccu Vrni. Albany N Y Dee St-Albt n 8. Vx . -per the kldniii per, xmik h. 11tc1u.nl todiv lo Cliutiiii prison for u ruin 01 llfte, u years ul haul lulioi llluke and Hhi .In his fellow lonHpliutoiH are m-ixIiu- ioi in of foillteen xeitlH uud six moilttl ut 'Ii same plan for the sume irlme . - Hur-liirH' llig Hniil. NVvviiiK "N J Dti 2J-Levl Tayliu s ilotlllilK stole wus eiileit'd lust llglll ind lllllshed pniiiU'ilts of the nhgregate xul . of $",,000 xxeie can led uxvuy The gouUs Wile loaded upon a wiiyon ut u tear win dow between the iuiiiuIh of the pollceni 111 on the heal - - The lli'itild's Mcatlicr Pnrccaiet, New Yoik, Dec 24. -In the inlddla states and Now Hugl uul. today fair uud clear vx wither will tuevul! pit ceiled by light snow 011 the toiist wllh hilrik wint erly lo uorthetl) xvliids IiIkIi off thd coasts, und cunnldeiably lov.ei tempeia. lute. On Saturduy, lair and cold xvoather will prevail xxlth flush northerly xvlnds, shifting In 1101 Hit list, ami lustily station ur folluxveil b) kllghlly higher trmpcia tui e.
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