ARMY BILLBEBATE, Brilliant Speech by Senatoi Lodge. OUR ECONOMIC SUPREMACY ASSURE! The House Indulges la an AnlMted Dlieuailon of R*apporilonm«Bt, Hopklnat Confident His Bill Will Pan. WASHINGTON, Jan. B.—A notabU speech was delivered in the senate yes t-rday by Mr. Lodge of Massachusetts. Addrestsing the senate on the amendment of the military committee striking out 't lie provision in the army reorganization Mil for a veterinary corps, he discussed briefly and principally in the form of a colloquy with Senator Bacon of Georgia tin; Philippine question and the necessity fur an army of 100,000 men. In conclu sion he drew a brilliant word picture of the commercial future of the United Km tea, declaring that the trade conflict v. itli Europe already begun could result only in the commercial and economic su premacy of this country over the entire world. In this industrial conflict he ap prehended no Anpr from a material contoot with any nation of the world, but ho urged the necessity for a strong and crit-utifically organized army anil a pow erful aavy in order that the United States might be prepared to defend its tights against any possible foe. The speech created a profound improesion. I Miring the afternoon the senate rati- V'd the committee proposition to elimi- SENATOR LODGE, nnfe the house provision for the estab lishment of a veterinary corps in the ar n.y. Senator Teller of Colorado gave no tice nf a substitution he will offer for the entire pending measure continuing in full force and effect the net of March 3, 1899, increasing the size of the army for three years from July 1, 1001. The animated debate in the house on the reapportionment of representation from the various states is nearing its cluse. it being unanimously agreed that the final vote would be taken before the session closes today. It was expected there would be a sequel to the exciting clash of Saturday between Mr. Little field of Maine and Mr. Hopkins of Illi nois. hut the latter made no effort at re joinder and contented himself with the direction of the measure toward the final voie. He expresses confidence that the bill hearing his name will be passed to day. although there ma be a slight chance giving an additional member each to Florida, Colorado and North Dakota, bringing the total membership up to 360. The notable speeches yesterday were by Mr. Crtimpacker of Indiana dealing with alleged disfranchisement in the south, by Mr. Hepburn of lowa severely arraign ing the present rules as annihilating the constitutional prerogatives of the house and by Mr. Grow of Pennsylvania com paring the old system in the house with that of the present. t rilateral Inheritance Tax. ALBANY, Jan. 7. —The collateral in herit siuc# tax act has brought into the state treasury during the past three month* over $700,000, which is above th* average for a period of that length. Th« leilk of that sum has come from New York city, which has always contributed the major part of the taxes collected un i'.er this statute. The estate of Emma S. Si liley, late of New York city, paid the largest amount of taxes during the three mouths. Its contribution to the state cash \va« $201,404. The secoud largest tix. $73,908, was paid by the heirs of Wallace I. Andrews, late of New York city. \o Hare Smallpox In Xew lurk. N'KW YORK, Jan. 5.--Smallpox has been effectually stamped out in this city, neeortllng to the officials of the hoard of health. All danger of infection from the eases discovered during the last six weeks is declared to be past, and it is de • tared that New Yorkers may look ou the situation with complacency. Al though the disease was found in one of i lie mast densely crowded blocks in the city, the energetic measures taken by ihe hoard of health, It is announced, com plctcly stopped its spread. It is estiinat ed tlint more than 1,000,000 persons have been vaccinated aince the first cases wera discovered. Itlaksi Pottar Nakea a Uleroeory. NEW YORK. Jan. s.—By means of the X rays Bishop Potter has discovered that instead of having the gout in his right feet be has been going about fur i! 5 tears with two bones broken. It was st tiio aanual meeting of the New York Oithopttdlc hospital and dispensary that ilie blahop. in his address to the sociot.v women, who were present in large uuiu ti-rs, mentioned his injured foot to e(- pluui how thoroughly he was in sympa tic the work tlsey wore doing far • tippled children. Iron Works Company laearpovate*. IIIWIOO. N. Y . Jan H The Ames It,, ii Works company, organised is 1H53, has been incorporated, with a capital •lock of SIOO,OOO The plant is one of ihe largeot holler manufactories m the euiiatry and rocottly shipped a large or d»r to the Russian government. Hsaisitss Miners Milled. LONDON, Jan 7 Acioidiug to • die pitch lo The Daily R spies* ftom Vienna. 7 nkaia ware killed and 40 wounded Hstaifa; 1* an •Vrajr at Altgehirg. Huu itir, between lietwta miners and get. Imm A MESSAGE FROM MARS. <flkola Teala Bellevea He Haa Hni Signals From That Plane*. NEW YORK, Jan. 4.—"1 share the be ief of other scientific men that the plau •t Mars is inhabited; that the inhabitant* are intelligent and that they are tr.viug to communicate with the inhabitants of Dther planets, including our earth." Nikola Tesla made the foregoing state ment when seen in hla laboratory at 40 East Houston street and asked about a machine he hopes to construct to aid Mars in her supposed efforts to send us M message. What results he obtained from his ex periments in Colorado in 1809 were not made public by the electrician until yea terday. They were far beyond bis expec tations. Indeed, he is firmly convinced that while conducting his investigations one day certain strange electrical disturb ances affecting his instrunu«t were noth ing less than signals from another planet. Not only does Mr. Tesla believe with other scientific men that Mars is inhab ited, but he believes it reasonable to con sider the possibility of it or one of the score or more of planets iu the solar sys tem being even further advanced than us in telegraphy or other means of communi cation. Mr. Tesla spent about eight months in Colorado from May, 1899. He wanted to conduct experiments in relation to the wireless transmission of energy at an al titude of several thousand feet. He built his laboratory about ten miles from Pike's peak and set out to ascertain the best conditions for transmitting power with out wires and how to best develop appa ratus for the transmission of messages across the Atlantic and Pacific oceuns, a problem with which he has labored for years. SEVERE WEATHER IN EUROPE. Intense Cold and Tremendona Galea Canae Suffering and Dealli. LONDON, Jan. 7. Severe cold has •uddenly set In throughout Europe. In England it is accompanied by a north easterly wind, amountiug to a gale over the channel. At Dover a boat was cap sized, four persons being drowned, and probably other accidents will be reported. On the continent the weather is still more severe. Snow has fallen as far south as Naples, and In St. Petersburg tlie cold is sp intense that the police in the streets have had to be frequently re lieved and the schools to be closed. At Moscow the temperature is 30 degrees below zero. Tremendous gales are blow ing over the Adriatic. Terrible blizzards are reported from Austria and southern Russia, extinguishing signal lights und resulting in the derailing of the Orient express at Altpazua. The storm caused a collision between passenger trains at Mikola. near Szatmar, Hungary, six per sons being killed. Nine people were frozen to death nn a highroad ill Transylvania. Odessu is completely snow bound. The harbor is frozen over, and trains are unable to cu ter or depart in consequence of the drifts. DEADLY FIREDAMP. Several I.lves l.oat In a Colliery Ac cident at Miners Mllla, Pa. WILKESBARRE. Pa., Jan. 4.-The Pine Ridge colliery of the Algonquin Coal company at Miners Mills was the scene of a terribie accident yesterday. Three men entered the mine to make some re pairs. They did not come to the surface at uoon. A number of rescuers went down to investigate. They, too. failed to come back. Then another rescuing party went down. At 8 o'clock last evening they found the dead bodies of D. J. Williams, the fore man. und WilliuK. Morgan, tire boss. The men were victims of firedamp. There aro six other men in the uiine, and it is be lieved they have perished too. An explosion occurred in No. mine of the Helaware and Hudson company at Plymouth John Redusky, foreman of u gang of laborers, entered an nbiiudoned chamber with a naked lamp and iguitcd the gas. Redusky was iustuntly killed. The following were injured: Andrew Re dusky, Joe Eustace. Joseph Lyonsdsle, Philip Klein, Martin Duddv and Michael Kelly. Wire For India. AXHONIA, Conn., Jan. B.—The lar gest foreign order ever tilled in this city is now completed and awaiting shipment. It consists of 1,000,000 pounds of wire for a trolley toad in India. A train of between 15 and 20 ears will be needed to ship it to New York to be placed aboard • steamer. Now York Marketo. FI/Ol'R State and western tlrinly held again, but lacked demand, as buyers still anticipated concessions later on. Minne sota patents, M.iadtW winter straights. M if>. winter extras, IJ 'x>. win ter patents WHEAT- Opened steady and was dull for a time, with no feature, advancing sharply toward midday, however, on re newed outside buying and a sudden scare of shorts. March, 1314014 c ; May. Dull, slate. U'(ik . c 1. 112 . New Torlt. car lots. No. I western. 57c , t. 0 b., afloat CORN—Generally Arm and a shade higher on good cables, poer trading anil * liberal decrease on passage, May. ii'.d 44kc OATH Quiet. but steady, track, whiter stale. UVIk . track, while, western, ll PORK—firm. mess |U»1«. family. 11l l» bit I.AKD— Steady prime western steam, 112 Mr BUTTER- Weak but unchanged, stato dairy. creamery. UQ2Sc CHfceffK-Kirm fancy, large, fall made, HSkfllW> fancy small, fall made U\a k OOiJ Steady. stale and Penusylveala. w astern, lo«o off. lie fvlli'CNTlNfc- Steady al RICB— ihrm, domestic, tt,»*V . Jupaa, WftxiW-Steady ally, k cvuatry. 'IRt diesitv slopping |s«l to akotve ISmMs. P. D. ARMOUR DEAD. Chicago Millionaire Yielded to Long Illness. SEVER RALLIED AFTER SOS'S DEATH. 1 Native of lladlson County. Jf. Y., He l.ultl the Foundation of Ula Great Wealth la Cali fornia In 1840. CHICAGO, Jan. 7.—Philip D. Armour died at his residence In Prairie avenue in this city at 5:45 o'clock last evening. The end cnme after two years of illness, during which time Mr. Armour visited German baths, passed the cold months in southern California and devoted himself largely to uu attempt to restore his health, which, however, had been broken never to be regained. For several weeks the millionaire had been living at the old family home in Prairie avenue, the usual trip to southern California not having been taken this winter. He came down to the office in the Home Insurunce building but seldom, and as the cold increased he did not come at all. It was understood in the office that he had uu incipient attack of pneu monia, but it was given out no luter than a week ago that he was on the road to recovery. It was noted, however, that •he constant attendance of Dr. Frank Billings, the family physician, at the bed vide of the sick man did not corroborate the favorable reports at the down town office. For several days death had been feared as the outcome by the close asso ciates of the great captain of industry. They realized that the decline from day today did not cease. When death came, his grandchildren, who had so close a place iu his heart, were at the fumily residence, as was J. Ogdeu Armour, the surviving son. The death of his son, Philip D. Armour, Jr., iu southern California on Jan. 29, I:KK>. was a great shock to the health broken man. The son had gone on a visit to his father and was taken sudden ly with pneumonia. His death followed with scarcely a day's warning. The son had largely interested the father and in herited the business ability of the Ar mours nud was closely following the foot steps of the head when he was stricken down. So carefully had the plans for the fu ture been made that the death of Mr. Armour will have little effect on the out ward working of the great enterprise with which he had been so closely iden tified. It is believed all the Armour properties will be held intact until the grandchildren come iuto their own. Kstiniutes of Mr. Armour's own estnte run from $10,000,000 to $25,000,000. This of course docs not include the $15,- (JOO.OOO or $20,000,000 owned by the younger members of his family. For years every enterprise he was Interested iu had beeu making immense profits. His holdings of stock have ull advanced largely during the last throe years. I'hilip D. Armour, who was in his six ty ninth year, made his own life on lines unique and wholly origiuul with himself. From a not overrich Madison county (N. Y.i farm to the position of paying more freight and controlling more provisions than any other man in the world were the two extremes of his life. The California gold fever struck west ern New York in 1840. and young Ar mour was the first in Stockbridge to de termine to visit the Pucitic coust. He obtained the permission of his parents and at the age of 17 started, having three ot four companions from the same neigh borhood. The almost incredible part of it was that the party walked nearly the en tire distance from New York to Califor nia. The commercial sense, which always predominated in his life, indicated its presence as soon as he saw the goldficlds of California. He made money from the start, and nt the end of six years he re turned home with a fortune. Becoming dissatisfied v.ith the quiet life of his na tive town, he came west again and to gether with a brother-in-law established a large wholesale grocery house in Milwau kee. This venture was also successful, and in a year's time he purchased the largest grain elevator in Milwaukee. This led to more elevators and railroad stock. In 18IUJ he cnme to Chicago to take charge of the Chicago branch of a New York packing establishment. The result was that the Chicago house ceased to be a brunch, and the west gained tile largest packing and provision plant in the worljl. The property interests for which Mr. Armour stood are estimated ut $150,000,- 000. In works of charity Mr. Armour's monument will be found in the Armour institute, to which but a short time ago he guve $750,000 in one remembrance. Asked once what he considered his best paying investment, he replied, "The Ar mour institute." The institute today represents uu in vestment on the pnrt of Mr. Armour and his brother Joseph of $2,250,000 and a yearly expense for maintenance of SIOO,- 000. Mar Come to America. ST. PETERSBURG}, Jan. 7.—The Molokanen, u sect numbering 400.000, whose founders removed in 1840 from various parts of Russia to the Caucasus and whose delegates have just brought glowing reports from tbe DotTkhobora, or Russian Quakers, iu Cauada, couteiu plate emigrating to America. The sect secured state lands in the Caucasus al most rent free, but recently tbe Russian government announced that the rents would be iucreased threefold or four fold. Now tbe Molokanen are petition ing the government to restore tbe former rent uls or to permit emigration. Last of a Famous Class Dead. AUG I'ST A, Me., Jau. 7.—Former I'tiitcd States Senator James Ware Bradbury is dead at his home Iu this rity of brouchitis. He was born in ParMUt field in this state June 10, lAO 2. He graduated from Bowdnin college in 1825, tbe celebrated class iu which were Heurjr \V. I.nugfcllow, Nathaniel Hawtboruc, Jonathan filley, John S. (', Abbott, George H. Cheever anil Horatio Bridge He wa« tin last survivor of his class uud the uKlc»t living graduate of Buwduin college % Rare roaall. PRINCETON, N. J. Jan. Aa noiineciuent Is made that during the Christius> vacation (be Geological inn sciiut received from Geiiuany a Hell pre served sod extremely rare fossil of the eitiuct species of flying reptiles called pierednctyls Tbeie is hut one other <• peel men of tbe kind la Ibe Halted I StrS. CHINESE COURT FICKLE. Row Reported to Have Ordered En voys .\o« to SUtn Joint Mote. PEKING, Jan. B.—The report tluit the Chinese court had instructed the Chi nese peace envoys to refuse to sign tbe joint note of the powers to China is con firmed. The court referred to tbe objec tions of the southern viceroys, which are tbe same as the court has. Prince Ching, however, informed the court tliat it was too late, and a reply from the <:ourt is expected shortly. Count von Waldersee says that China's request through her representatives nt foreign courts thut the expeditions shuuld cease cannot be complied with at pres ent. No expeditions, he asserts, are sent out without adequate cause. Where there are scenes of bloodshed or disorder troops are sent to interfere, this being the only means of preventing outrage. He declares thut the expeditious are not for punitive purposes, but merely for po lice purposes, with a view of giving the necessary protection to life and prop erty. Proposed Commercial Treaty. SHANGHAI, Jan. 8. —Sir Ernest Ma sou Satow, British minister to China, bus proposed to the other foreign en voys the draft of a commercial treaty with China based upon the following conditions: First, freedom for all coasting vessels; second, freedom for all vessels on inlflud waters, especially the Yaug tse Kiaug; third, permission to import foreign salt; fourth, adoptiou of regula tions encouraging Chinese investments in foreign concerns; fifth, steps extending China's exports and imports; sixth, pro tection of trademarks, nnd, seventh, pro tection of treaty ports. The draft has uot been accepted by the powers, and discussion regarding it has been postponed. Bigoted court olliciuls, it is reported, still raise objections to signing an ac ceptance of the joint demands. THE WORLD'S MONEY. Aa lacreaae ot Over.lOO l*er Cent in Recent Years. WASHINGTON, Jau. 4.—An increase of more than 100 per cent iu the mouey of the world within less than a genera tion will be one of the most interesting exhibits of the anuual report of tbe di rector of the mint, which is uow going through tbe press. Nearly tbe whole of this increase Is in metallic money, and much the largest proportion is iu gold. The collection of complete statistics re garding the money supply of the world was only beguu at tbe mint bureau with in tbe past decade, but cureful research bus brought together some interesting fig ures of the supply of money In tbe lead ing commercial countries in 1873. The totul stock then reported was about $4,000,000,000, of which more than half was in paper money not fully cov ed by metallic reserves. The situation at the beginning of 1000 showed a total monetary stock of about $11,600,000,000, of which but little more than one-fourth was in uncovered paper. A large proportion of the increase lit gold hus taken place within the short space of seven years, while the quantity of silver money, which was at its maxi mum of about $4,250,000,000 at the be ginning of 1890, has since been somewhat reduced by the sale of silver by Germany and its retirement in other countries. The conditions of 181)3 showed a total mone tary supply of about $10,.100,0(10,000. which lias since been increased by about $ I,UK),000,000. About $040,000,000 of this increase has been in gold moucy.. TRANQUIL AND PROSPEROUS. Cubans Have Little Desire to Try Independence. HAVANA. Jan. B.—Mr. R. B. Haw ley, who has just returned here from tin' southern part of the island, reports that tranquillity and prosperity exist there, that the people are satisfied with the American government of Cuba and that no desire is expressed for an experi mental change. The crops of the sec tion are large, the sugar crop now prom ising to reach 050,000 tons, the best known in many years. The proposed constitution is not meet ing with a favorable reception. The con sensus of opinion is that it is top heavy, involving too many governments, assem blies, executives and other unnecessary officials. Moreover, it is believed that such a scheme as is proposed would mean an enormous expense. The feeling is that great confusion would iuevitably follow the adoption of federalism. Busi ness men fear the extortious of excessive government. Radical modification will be insisted upon, aßd if these are not made tbe commercial classes will urge the indefinite continuance of American intervention. Strike Leads to a Shot Dona, BCRANTON, I'a., Jan. 7,-The 800 employees of the Mount Pleasant colliery of tbe Elk Hill Coal and Iron company are agaiu on strike, the third time in a year. They decided to strike Saturday night because tbe superintendent refused to give a driver boy tbe rate of wages the boy claimed he was entitled to. The company anticipated the strike by post ing a notice that tbe colliery from this date would be shut down. This will save the officials from any dealings with the union. Tbe couipauy will keep tbe col liery closed uutil tbe men rescind their strike order. The American lavasloa Serloaa. LONDON, Jan. r>. The Daii) L\pr< wh!cb coutinur* to pul>ll«h in«»«nies of English and otb'-r European coutruet» for iron works and the like going to the I'nited States, aliliouuces the piohubilil.v that uu Auicrlcuu syndicate will provide a summer steamer service on the Thames. "This American luvuslou," it says."l much more serious thmi the Beer Inva sioti of Capo Colony, but il serves the Britishers right for their discourage uienl or iliventois uud tin ir eeglect of the opportunities to progress." Kilt hi Men Suffocated. MINNEAPOLIS. .Inn. 7 Light men lost their lives in a lire ut lift Washing ton avi nue iu su early morning lire hi.-ii hud its origin in thr rear of the Standunl I'urnituie couipauy. The uii'ii were hum ink 'ii l>y un immense Volume of smoke in ihe Harvard hoUl. wb.ch occupies Ho Kt'coitd, third and fourth floor* of th> huildiug. unit death ill cv.-iy ilistauce ans due to •ufforatio |. When the men were fouud in vaiiuos parts of the bouse a man named Krickum was dead and lh< seven others un conscious. Nearovs l.eave for Hawaii. MONTGOMERY. Ala. Juu 4.-Two carloads of negroe* left here lent night 'nt tbe Hawaiian Islands via Han Ftsu usee. They goto lake employment uo W7ycwcsr£jj FACTORY LOADED SHOTGUN ! J "Newßlvat,"" Leader," and "Repeater" ' Insist upon having them, take no others and you will get the best shells that money can buy. ( 1 ALL DEALERS KEEP THEM. > WILL BATTLE FOR REFORM Regular Be publicans Now Control Both Branches of the State • Legislature. THE FUSION GAME BLOCKED. State Committee and County Chair men Adopt Resolutions Demand ing Adherence to the Principles of Republicanism From Candidates Elected by the Party. (Special Correspondence.) Harrisburg, Jan. 8. —The stalwart Republicans of Pennsylvania, having succeeded in organizing both branches of the general assembly, now propose to carry into effect the several reforms to which the party organization stands committed. The so-called insurgents, whose whole stock in trade has been what they could make out of their cry of "reform," are absolutely helpless and must follow the lead of the regular Re publicans, upon whom the voters of Pennsylvania have placed the respon sibility of the conduct of the general assembly. The election of Dr. William P. Sny der. stalwart Republican candidate for president pro tern, of the state senate, was the first victory for the regulars. His election followed his nomination by the Republican caucus and not a single insurgent senator had the temerity to vote against him. In turn ing down the Democratic candidate, Fllnn, Martin and the other ring lead ers of the fusion movement showed their cowardice. While they declined to vote for a Democrat, they wished the Democrats of the house to support an insurgent Republican candidate for speaker, Koontz, of Somerset. MARSHALL ELECTED SPEAKER. The regulars, after capturing the sen ate, directed their attention to the or ganization of the house. This was a very hard problem to tackle on ac count of the fusion deal made between the Guffey Democrats and the Flinn- Martin insurgents. The regular Re publican caucus showed that owing to the absence of several of their num ber the stalwarts lacked a few votes of a majority. A number who had pledg ed themselves to vote with the regular Republicans had betrayed their trust nnd joined the insurgent alliance. When, however, the vote in the house was taken the candidate of the regu lars. Marshall, of Allegheny, was elect ed speaker by a vote of 100 to 09. The insurgents were wild with rage over the fact that five Democrats voted with the regular Republicans and one declined to vote for either candidate, but they apparently want people to overlook the fact that of the 99 votes for Koontz for speaker 43 were Demo cratic votes. The Btalwart Republicans propose to go right ahead with the program they have mapped out. TO BATTLE FOR REFORM. In the caucus of Republican mem bers of the house for the selection of a candidate for speaker Former State Chairman Thomas V. Cooper, a mem ber of the house from Delaware county, offered a resolution, which read: Resolved, That the Republicans of the house of representatives in regular caucus assembled, in ad vance of other action, pledge every honest effort to the end that this session of the legislature shall pass just and complete apportionment bills, measures for the simplifica tion of the ballot and reform of our election and primary election laws, the most adequate appropriation in aid of the common school system and in covering any pust deficiency therein, from revenues now suffici ently Increased to make this wholly practicable, liberul support to the public charities and to do all these things with such promptness that the session may he kept within the ) limits of proper economy as to pub lic expenditures, so far us the gen eral assembly Is Itself concerned. ! These resolutions were adopted by a unanimous vote, and the policy therein outlined will no doubt be rigidly ud- I hered to by the Republican members. 1 TO ENFORCE HARTY REGULARITY. The attitude of the members of the party organization towurd those mem . bers of the legislature elected by Re publican votes who United (heir party caucus was made manifest at meet ings of the Republican state committee and of chairmen of the Republican , county committees held heie lust week. Chairman Hllluiau. of the Berks county committee, at the meeting of the county chairmen offered a resolu ! tlon which was unanimously adopted. The reaolutlou read: Resolved. That as the executive committee of the Republican or ganization 111 the counties and cities of the commonwealth we realize Ibe necessity for the continued uni ty of the party, wlilh unity can only be promoted by (he cordial ac ceptance of the wishes of the ma jority of (he party. Those wishes were clearly expressed at the re cent greatest of all our elections In the nomination of senators and rep resentatives to reflect the will of their respective localities, and where there Is doubl. then Iha » lahes uf tbe pnityaa a whole with '* ibe slate No otbel count* can preserve the party intact, and any flagrant violation will cripple it be yond a speedy power to heal, save as It can again recover through a recognition of the principle of ma jority rule. There is no other en during law. and none so much in harmony with the best interests of the people in every public relation. The action on the above was practi cally unanimous, out of the entire rep resentation only one chairman object ing. the exception beinp Chairman W. F. Reeder, of Centre county, the per sonal representative of ex-Governor Hastings. There were a great number of speeches favorable to the resolution. At a meeting of the Republican state committee Chairman Frank Reeder said the time had come when the represent atives of the party must speak upon matters which have threatened the in tegrity and solidity of the party. The state committee, closely in touch with the people of the respective counties, was In a position to voice the prevail ing sentiment, and he considered it a duty to do so. The authority of the party caucus and of majority rule had been questioned, and the people must decide. In a burst of eloquence the state chairman epitomized the obligations of party fealty, concluding with the decla ration that the Republican who did not respect the will of the majority must relapse into a condition of political savagery. He emphasized the hypoc risy of the insurgent pretense which approved a caucus of Democrats and a caucus between insurgents and Demo crats, but which characterized as a crime a caucus of the majority. Mr. Cochran, of Armstrong, then pre . sented a resolution requesting mem bers and senators to abide by caucus decisions. Mr. Cochran's resolution was as fol lows: Resolved, That the Republican state committee, disclaiming any right to instruct senators and rep resentatives touching their duties and disavowing the intention of ad vocating the candidacy of any indi vidual, feels that it can properly request all to support and stand by the safest principle known to po litical or government action, the right of the majority to rule. The Republicans of the state by a large majority evidenced their indorse ment of the organization, and fully expect thr senators and representa tives chosen by the party vote to confirm the policy of their own election in the choice of United States senator, in the absence of a rule and principle synonymous with American liberty there could have been no opportunity to carry out or to betray the will of the peo ple, and since the only method known to our practice or laws to ascertain the wishes of the majori ty is through the caucus or con vention, we ask all professing to be Republicans and to represent Republicans to enter the caucuses of their respective branches of the legislature for the selection of ex ecutive officers and the joint cau cus for the nomination of a candi date for United States senator. This resolution was unanimously adopted after speeches by a number of the members of the committee. Chair man Reeder appointed the following committee to amend the party rules: H. W. Bardwell of Wyoming, David H. Lane of Philadelphia, H. I). Saylor of Montgomery, Frank M. Fuller of Fay ette and O. D. Blakely of Venango. Eczema for Forty Years. The Unqualified Statement of a Well Known Attorney, St. Ignace, Mich. Some of the cures made by Dr. A. W. Chase's Ointment of stubborn and long con tinued eczema and skin diseasps are causing much com men t. ning to realize thai this Ointment is t M wonder worker witf trouble. Attornej s J as - J• Brown, St Ignace. Michigan 41#^'.'(JMVf IXf writes as follows TV" Dr. A. \V. Chas« <4 ■ 7 Med. Co. Buffalo N- Y.—Gents I " - 1 cannot refrain fro it expressing iny acknowledgment for the reliei 1 have felt from Dr. Chase's Ointment. Poi 40 years 1 was alllicted with a skin disease which was located in one spot—on my leg. I have spent at a rough estimate five hun dred dollars trying to effect a cure, and not until I applied this ointment did 1 get relief You are strangers to me and this letter ii prompted directly because 1 want touy and I feel as though 1 ought to say it. • Thai Chase's Ointment has effected a complete cure ot my affliction. '1 hrec Uixt s <hd ilit work on my 1 was also suffering Iron itching piles and applied the ointment which gave the best ot satisfaction by affording mc rest at night and rapidly causing the disr.iv to disappear I have received such rehcl and comfort from the ointment that I cannot withhold expressing my gratitude. I was sc. long afflicted Willi the tortures of ec/emn I feel now that I am cuied, a ward of recom mendation i» dur from me. Yours nuly. JAS. J. HKOWN. l»i 1 fuse's Ointment is sold at $0 CMts a bos at all dial'. »01 I»' .%. \N .k. ha»c'» Medi um; Co.. llutfiio. N. V. 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