DEATH TO THIRTY PEOPLE. THE AWFUL RECORD OF AN Accident on the Big Four Ilallrcad Alton Junction Caused by an Open Switch. I At the Alton Junction, Alton, 111., on Paturdny, .To people were either killed out right or fatally injure I and many other ladly hurt, by the fast express running into an open switch nnd colliding with freight train. To add to thejhorror. an oil tank car exploded, setting '"'re l' the wreckage and burning tip unfortunate passengers pinned (act to the debris. The list of dd is as follow: Webb Kos, Mattoon. 1 1 lo ; Hirinan Cor nelius; Iowh; Kdwnrd X. Miiler, Alton. Junction, two iiindriititipd men; William Hhettuck, t'pter Alton, 111.: lleiiryjlcnning. W'ann, Jil.; Wilde MrCiirly, Alton. lll.:Jihn Ixcke, Alton; F.dnurd " Miiurin, Alton; I'nnicl lliirer. Alton Junction; William Ma lithe, Fnsterhtirg, III ; t harlcs I'tt. Alton; William II. Miller. Alton; liarlcs Harris, Alton; John Wilkinson, Alton. Of the injured, 1 1 cannot recover. Thy ere Otto Hugewan, Alton; John F rod. Alton, Joseph Hermann. Alton, Henry l'llgnm. Alum; Jot, n l.iittdl, Alton, William It. Ilicliard-on. Alton; A. I. Fra.cr. M. Louis Frank Hurt h, Hriuitforil, Cimiidii; Frank K-cully, Alton: John llirne. Alien. William Miller, Alton Junction; Murray, I'ppcr Alt' ti, lintotl. rpixT Alton. 1 luise who sustained serious in lories. I nt who will iroh,ilily recover are: Vl r. A. I.. W'llion nnd In I1. K.in-4-.i itv. Henry Wig gins, Alton Junction Cr ri!c Stapes, Alton Junction. John 1'ikc, Alton: llcir N'li-k. Al ton. Irene Met aldwcil. Alton; Louis lieufc, Montreal; Henry Staples, t'niotitown, Ky.: Montrouiery. Alton. Paid n Harris. Xl ton Junction; I'miik Lurtoii. Stamford, Out.; Louis Mcintosh, Alton Juuctioii; William Mclnln-h. Alton Junction; John Henry, Alton Junction; John oi,uhiih. Fast hi I.oui; Jntnin Mnllniie, Alton June turn; Chnrlcs llarri. Alton; W. '. Hum-. Alton: I'ameiiiiiic Valentine. I '1 1 1. h i-1 1 -li i u Charles 1 1 n n i 1 1 tl . Alton Junction: I! Sleti liana. Alton; I at ( Menru. Alton: Z. II. Joh. Alton; John Sei-ter. Alton. Iphriniu lln h ardson, Alton, John Finlcy. Alton; John Mrl'ike, Alton F.vun uldwell, Alton; I nt rick Finlev. Alton: i 'liar, is ( row. Alton, Lesido tlie-e there are more than a move who sustained injuries of a more or less scr loua naliire, w hose names con!d not h learned. All the den. I were humed to death by the (laming oil. (if the fatally injure. I all are more or les seriously huriied ahout the liinht and body, hut the worst mjiirie sustained are tearfully b'irned hands and faces. Many are alio injured internally, from inhaling the Haines, which (.con bed and parched tneir tli routs to such an extent that tlieir escape from instant dtutli is al nioit miraculous. s IMOil UM I SI I H HI o. '1 he scenes in the wards occupied ly th injured are heai t rending. Lying on cots, aw.ithfd in cotton and bandages until they a. most ..-e semblance to human being, and Mirroiinilcd tiy weeping relatives anil sorrow nig friends, they form a picture that bring' learsp. the eyes of even the phys c aus 1 1 e iiiMimingM of i he patient!" are piteous. Kvery lew moments Home tortured soul, writhing in agony, half rises liom hi conch and then falls hack. full. -ring more intense .i'n Ihun before. Seeming to know hv in tuition w hen the physician is mar them. hey he.' pitcniMy lo he relieved from their pain. t 'ltiK'tor, for Gods mike kill me and j.ut nn' it of this misery," caid one. "(ill. for eveic. .ti instant's relief from thin linn ei tr," aid another. )rhaM the mint pitiful ight of all wan that of i.,e3liAji'nVilliu Met arty, hittintt '"t.'JL 4( i.Tjtrrf; dy--efnfje word a."U aootlnng cares-Mn. while her voice trembl .,-ith the xricf that wai breaking her hei.-., wna hia mother. 'Mid hov's tlesli wan cooked Irom head to foot. His eve were hurnisl out, the skin had peeled off his taieand head, taking with it large portions td lleali. The only res s the anxious mother received to Iter nniuiry us to how he felt wan : Oh my head ! I'octor, why don't 1 die." No trace has been found of the runaway f itchniHii, Kichard iraltan. throiigii win se carelessness the accident occurred. A rumor that he had returned to hi Work tins iiiornint; proved to be unfounded, ami it ) ll, Might 1 e hu gone for good. The total loss to the company will he he Iwecn tl).ooti and elVMi 0. It inciudws the eng:ne, eouiliiualion haL-age and bullet cat and M oil tanks and I leigh! cars I: . 1 then contents. . i . FHOZEN l.VL'HAIiLEBTOK. Two Deaths in a Week by Cold, the First jn 200 Years. Cold Weather Items. The weather ut Charleston. S. ('., til ion tinues below frec.ing point, and has been o Hinee 'hr.stmii" ,i thing that has never been known in the hist ny ol Charleston. The body of 'an aged negro. Charles l.aiir rence, was found in a Miauty in one o the tenemeni districts, 'this man was troicu to death. This is the second death from cold that has occurred within a week, and ,t is the tirst time in the '.VI years o the citv s t listeiice that any one has hecu known to f icezc to ileath m tins city. (iiiKKNwn ii, Conn. The sound is frozen over from the shore to Captains island, a narrow sand bar three lime out, where a fog horn is stationed. Many people walked to the island yesterday. This has happened but once or twice in the memory of the oldest inhabitants. llKiix.niiiiT, Conn For the I'.rst time In 1H years the sound is frozen bevond the Itridgcport light, mid tlioii-auds ol (s'opie each day visit the veteran lighthouse keep er. To l Kio, ). Xot in the histoty of the present generation has Ijtke line been froz en as it is now. Special d spati lies indicate that tin re is an unbroken licld of ice from Detroit river to I'liMn-Hav. fisherman have driven 1') miles out Irom M nroe, uud returmsl with the dtatement that the ice was solid all I lie way, and that :t extended as far us they could see. Tne entire f ake l.rie archipehigo is frozen up. and teams ure trossini; the mouth ot the lieiroit river. Unit in. The Klnne is frozen to the eroiind from Mannheim to Itingen and Iike Consianz is nearly frozen over com pletely. Ill the Have! I .akes: at I'otsiiam the ice is 1J inches thick. Twenty-eiglit niona diisl at lliicharet during the ii.tst week from exposure to thecold mill in War law bo persons were frozen to deatli. One lay the thermometer fell to til below zero; I'ahreiiheit. Four workmen were found frozen to death under a barn near I'otsdum. They hud evidently crawled under the barn to aleep. VEHbELB TV DISTREB8. Schooners Caught in , no Ice Off Norfolk Cannot lie Reached. Oft Ocean View in Norfolk harbor are 14 chooners, and ut l.ynn Haven buy are two others, Hying signals of distress. They are tound fast in the ice, and no one knowa how lon they will huve lo wail for their sig nals to he answered. The steamboats re irt hundreds of vessels frozen in the ice in Hampton lioadsand Lower Huy. Confession of a Grave Robber. Oeorye W. Marlowe, known as the "king cf ghouls," confessed to a Washington (D, C.) reporter, whom he believed doctor in earcfi of cadavsr, that in 1H0J he robbed 8 to graves, and told the bodies to medical colleges and physicians in Washington and iitbar cities. BBKATOR1AL ELECTIONS In Many States By the different Assem blies. I-at week the various State Legislatures elected rVnator to the 1'. 8. Cotigress. Fol lowing is the result by states: At mky. N. Y Kdwnrd J. Mnrpliy. Jr., of Troy, was chosen to succeed rienalor Hit ."".'k in the upper house of congress. He has lor 18 years been a member of the state cen- I't'n.tKn mi iifiiy. 'rnl committee and for the pat four ynirs a-B chairman. He has represented the'statc n the two last Iiemmrutic nattonul con tentions and hns served both i'i the ieni. sly and senate as representative Irom Ins listricl. The light on Mr. Murphy ni a utter one. Mr. Cleveland announced him ;lf against Mr. Murphy s election to the Vnited Mii'r senate. lUiikisi run. The Pennsylvania Mute egisluture electisl Matthews. (Juny to suc ceed himself in the I'nited Stntes Sennte. Mr. tuav was bom in Is.lt; wa graduatec) from Jefferson college in Irt'iO. nnd was ad mitted to the bur in Is.'-1, liuring the war SK!(AT0n M. . Ol Y. . : -v rv-'Cs he wns lieutenant in the Tenth IVnnsvIva nin reserves and alo lieutenant colonel and assistant commissary general. Later he be came private serretury to the (iovernor of I'ennsylvania. Krom W).'! to Im.7 he was a member of the legislature. In 1K' he win made Mate treasurer. He wns elected to the Semite and took his seat March 4. 1h7. He became famous as the maunder of the cam paign of is, which resulted in the election tif Hamsun. Jn h iison Citv, Mo In sepemte sessions the two houses re elected Senator Cockreli uver t hauiicy I. 1'iliey, Republican. Sackvmi vro, Cm . Stephen M. White, Peiuoi rut ot l.os Angeles wus elic:ed I'nited "lutes Senator. MiNvr.M'oi.i, Minn. Senator M.ivis. Ke puhlicuii, was re elected, getting the exact n u in Ut of votes necesary, K'i. llAKironii, Conn The Connecticut state legislature elected Senator Joseph I;. Haw. ey to Hictved hiuisvif. Mr, lli.wiey was born in 18 II. wus graduated from Hamilton college in 1K47, became editor of the Hart ford "Courunt" in IHiii, served in tne army as brevet major general, ami wns elected ftovernor of his state in lsiM. In November, IH72. lie was elected to congress mid was lat er elected to the Forty-third and then to the Forty-sixth cotigress. lie was llrst elected to the seiiute in l.iM and re-elected in 1h7. Mr. Haw Uy is o native of North arolina. having been t orn in Stewurtsville, in thut itate. Indiana Senator Turpie. Iem., renomin ated, Hepiiblicans easting an honorury bal lot for Charles W, Fuirhunks. Tennessee W. L. Ilute, J'ein. was elect ed. West Virginia Faulkner and Camden have combined. Faulkner will Micceed himself and Camden will tuke the unexpir ed term of Senator Kennu. Colorado (ivurge tiruy was elected V. 8. senator, Pclawuro -Senator (ieorge Gray re-elected without opposition. Maine Kugene Hale, Kep., Senate CS, House 95, Arthur Sewoll, Dew., House 41. Senate 4, Massachusetts Henry Cabot Ixxlge was sleeted I'. S. Senator, total of 1KU votes to 7U for 1. A. Collins, leiu. Michigan The two houses met in joint tension and foriuully re-elected tieuator Stockbridge. 4 Cigarettes Killed Him, Suruuel Zeuckerliecker, a young man, died at New York of "smoker's heart." lie waa n insatiable cigarette anioker, consuming as many as three packages a day. j "n i ii k. haw i rv. THE FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS.1 Freoeedint of the Senate and the Hone Tersely Told. TWKlfTT-rofBTH DAY. PitsiATr. Three prepared speeches were read in the Senate to-day. The first was by Mr. Morrill (liep ). Vermont, anninst the MKiarrahan bill: the second br Mr. Tetter (Top.). Kansas, in favor of a constitutional amendment limiting the I'residentia' office tonne term, and the third br Mr. Call (Hem.), Florida, In defense of the constitu tionality of the anti-option hill. After a Quorum waa procured, as a result of a call of the senate, considerable provresj was made on the anti option bill. An amendment was agreed to fixing the 1st of July. ISM, at the time when the bill is to go into effect. The resolution ottered on Saturday by Mr. Wolcott (Kep.), Colorado, instructing the committee on foreign relations to inquire into the expenditures in and about the con struction ofthe Nicaragua canal since the accounts of exneiiditure, rendered two year ago, was agreed to. The McUarrnhan bill went over without action, and the Senate adjourned. Hot sk For almost an hour this morn ing the time of the house waa consumed in the consideration of a resolution to which there was not the slightest opixisitlon In any quarter and which wns hnally adopted without objection. It was one calling upon the executive departments for Information as lo the number and amount of war claims allowed or disallowed by such departments. Then a motion to susehd the rules and pass a hill to settle the claims of Arkansas and other States under the -wamp land grants failed to secure the necessary two-thirds vote and was there fore defea'ed. Mr. Chip man (I'cmocrnt. Michigan) front the com mittee on prcsid ntinl elections moved to tiicnd the rules and pas a joint resolution t rovioing lor the election ol senators of the I'nited States by popular vote. Alter some filibustering on the part of the licpuhlicans the motion was agretsl to without division, Olid the house adjourned. TWINTY-HHII inv Skxatk. The Anti-option bill, which hns monopolized almost the whole time of the Senate during the present session, and which iexectcd to reach its final vole to morrow, was debuted to-day for nearly three hours and then went over' without action. Sweeping denunciations were lumle o' the measure by Senators Hoar. Republican, of iissaehuselts; Vest, Ilemocrat, of Missouri; and I'latt. Kepiiblican, of Connecticut, as being in utter contravention of the Consti tution of the I'nited States nnd in violation of the rights of the Stales. 'I he Mdiurruhuu bill receive I its death blow for this session, the nllirmative votes failing eight shoit of the constitutional majority to pass it over a veto. A bill to rcal the silver bullion purchase provisions of the Sherman bill reported from the committee on finance and went to the calander. Afier u short ex ecutive session the Senate adjourned. Hocsk. In the house to day Representa tive Itrosiusi Itepuhlicun, Pennsylvania) in troduced a hill to authorize the refunding of the 4 percent bonds, to increase the cir culation of the national batiks and to dis continue the purchase of silver bullion. The session of ttie House was an interesting one. Work was mapied out for the remainder ofthe week and for part of next week, but beyond this little was done. tw km v sixrn HAY. 1'pon the announcement of the death of ex-President Hayes in the senate und house this morning, those bodies adjourned. IWKNTV-SJVINTH PAY. Sn ATr 1'hc discusiioii of the anti-option bill was continued in the senate to-d y, but no action was taken. In the morning hour Mr. Petler concluded his ss-ecli in favor of a a iigle term of the presidential olllce. Sen ator Wolcott introduced . bill todiscontintie the sale of the Colunih an pustule stamps, except when called for. At 2 o'clock the senate resumed consideration of the nnti- wMion hill und Mr. I'latt concluded hia air- guiiiV'nf iigil.Vi.wit dl coiisiitutioiiiTi grounds.") .Mr. sicwurt also opKsec the bill on con stitutional and business ground. The hill went accordingly over without action and the senate aclj.'urned. lo l'he greater part of to-day in the House was consumed in filibustering. The pooling clause was killed and the bid pass ed. Ileiiresentutivv John II. Ilohinson, of I'enusylvaiiia. introduced a hill increasing the tax upon tieer and other fermented li quors from tl to (J a barrel. The measure is in accord with the proHsed increase in the tux on whisky. Adjourned. T'l NTY-l lollTII IHY. Sfnatk. The senate to day out of respect to the memory of ex-1'resideut Hayes a t journed without transuding any ' miscel laneous business. Horsf. The house for the second time this week adjourned out of res.cet to the memory of ex I're-ident Hayes. Ilefore doing o, however, the general .iet'iei"iii v approbation bill was renorteil and placed mi the calendar. Mr. Warner i Menus rat, New York i from the committee on manu facturers pre-ented a repnr' jii the wveting svsieni and it also was place. 1 upon the calendar. 1 w i:m y-sintii pay. siwrr. The new Coiimiiiun postuge sunup was vigorously attacked III theSeliale to day by Mr. W'olcoit. of Cohna lo, who called up h.s joint resolution directing the discontinuance of these stamps. In a brief but decidedly breezy speech, Mr. Wolcott I . on lied the Postmaster dciicrul s im-reim- , Hie i -,i thiit a large profit might be made , Irom their sale to slump collectors an iiiea. I he said, that might suit some t en iral Amer : can Stale that was "u few thousand dolluis i thy." He was unwilling to have union led 1 on stum p collectors ' a cruel and unusual. stamp ' and rather approved of r. phvsi- ; cuiu s idea that it might be lists! su u "cnest protector ' Senators enjoyed the speech, uud the joint resolution would have been pa-sed instantly had not the Chairman of the Postotllce Commit ee, Mr. Sawyer.inter posed uu objection which sent it to that committee. 1 he nnti option bill Was dis uei inr a nine over an Hour and then went over, without action, till Monday, und tin-Senate adjourned. Hoi i The lemur of the 'House to-day was the consideration of the national (juui amine lop. A number of amendments to the bill were proposed and voted down. Throughout the day the confusion in the House was very greut and its culmination wi-.s tea. lied when an amendment was otter ed, the readin.'of which could not lie l.eard 1" led Irom the clerk's desk. To this fact Mr Ihckcrson, Item.. Ky., culled uttenti.ui He added that the bill was an important one and should not be acted upon in u scene of such utter inattention, lie therefore moved that the committee (for the bill was being considered in committee of the w ho'ei rise. This wus agreed lo, and then on motion of Mr. Ituynor the House udjouiu ed. Flour in the Northwest. The "Northwestern Miller," Minneapolis, nays: The mill, slightly increased their cut out lust week, getting out Ui:i,:ilo barrels averaging -2H.-S21 burrel.d lily against loS, UK) barrels ihe week before. The total rales of flour for the week appiar to huve been grcuter thun the output. Millers however, say thut the market has no snap. When wheat began to go up, buyeis were anxious to place oiders at old prices and good deal was probably sold on this basis, and more or less even at ll lac. advance, but since another 10c. was added, business 'has been tatherslow. Foreigners have paid part of the advance, but are slow ahout taking hold t prices now asked. Starved Rather Than Upend Money, Fannie Fitzaiiuinonj died at Lowell, Maas., from hunger and neglect. She had 125 in cash about her person, and bank book showing H.aoO.deposiU, KB. BLAINE AND THE ORGAN. Bow the Italian Orinder Escaped Rough Treatment the Other Day. On the morning of the death of General Putler and Senator Kenno, all Washington was plunged in mourning. Death seemed to prevade the atmosphere and the more credulous of mankind, with superstitious turn of mind, regarded the death ofthe ex Secretary of State as a matter ol few hours. Dur.ng ad that morning the number who passed the li.aine residence was noticeably Increased, many of his old friends going blocks out of tlieir way to get a glimpse at the window through which the sun was glancing in upon an tincoticlons patient. Mr. llluine had been sinking rapidly dnring the night and if fears of his end were ever well founded it was Uon that day. In the midst of this gloom 11 o'clock ar rived and as promptly the . Italian and his band organ, about which the countjy has heard so much of lute: put in their appear ance. In a few moments the strains of ErprvrKNly has a swert heart rutlrrnentti thi- r. EvertsNl Ittves s IsmIv, Ho (lie oht souk izucs, etc went floating upon the wures of the winds up nnd down the bro.td avenues of the capi tal in the neighborhood of the sick man's home. At this moment three gentlemen on their way from the Ar.ington to ihe Treasure le partment were stopped imiuedistely in front of tin) llluine house by un excited individ ual who rushed up to them ami asked: "Is that the house Mr. It uined e l in this morn ing'" Thinking possibly that he had died within halt an hour ami they bad not yet l.eard of it, ami knowing it to be the only bouse in wlm ll he could have died that day, thev re plied: "Yes, that is Mr. 111. one's house." " I hen." said the stranger, putting him self in command of the other three, "wo will hang this Italian scoundrel to the tree!'' As they were about to throttle the musi cian, however, the tr.-nt door of the Maine mansion opened and . lames (J. Kiuine, Jr., walked out to the step und handed the Ital ian a silver half dollar. The Italian dotted his hat and proceeded to grind away while the stranger, as much chagnned as surpris ed moved renlctanily down the street. The appearance ot the younger Ulaiiiu served to avoiJ nt lea-t nil exciting s-ene and nil un pleasant exerience for the Italian. When Mr. Illume has been utterly uncon scious of all things else, w hen totally ob livious ol the presence of even the members ol ins own f amily; w hen every passion seem ed dead nnd every sense bet.uinbed.il is said that iliiym-chainc al melodies ol this wand ering Italian seem to Hpsul to the only scns,e thut reiiiuins lespoiisivc toi.nv lorin of worldly iiilluence. When the air about him is tremulous with this simpie music his counteiiunce betrays a culm nnd felicitous contentment. Keiause of this the Italian is paid regularly for his services. and if he fails to uiur at the apiKiinted hour each morn ing, no one seems more conscious of his ub seuce than Mr. llluine himself He loves the music, uiidtheliandoru.ni will probably continue to play beneath his window sis long us the sick bed claims him as its own. - CARLISLE'S HE8IO NATION Received by Governor Brown of Ken tucky. Takes Fflect Feb. 4. At Frankfort, Ky., (iovernor llrown re ceived the following letter. w'- ' 4" 'iWLIl. JOU.SJ O. CAIlI.ISL. OF KIMUKT. "Hon. John Yoii!i' llrown, (iovernor ol Kentucky: "I'Kah Sin I herhy resign the oltlee of senator from tin-State ol Kentucky in the culik-re-s of the 1'nited State" to take effect On the -ft h dav of February, 'lstci. "Yourt truly, J. ii. (,'aiii.isi.k." (iovernor llrow i Ir.irrie I a private mes mge to tl.e si nate and house to remain in se-sion a few minutes longer, und followed this up immediately w ith a communication to the assembly i-mhracimi the letter. , BIX MEN KILLED. Two Firemen Lose their Lives in Roch ester, N. V , nnd Four More Killed n H. R. Wrecks. A disastrous lire broke out Saturday night in the McKay building, a six-story structure in Stone strett, Rochester, N. Y. The fire start ed ir. the fourth story, and hardly had the alarm teen given before the four upper floors were a roaring mass of flames. Half un hour atter the alarm was given a cornet of the va!i leil upon tiiree liremen, killing one instantly and injuring two others. One of these two hitter died three hours luter. Ihe names ofthe three firemen are: Sylves ter W. Hii'iH. killed instantly; John He who was fatally injured, and Fredtrick Sa. ke:t, who escaped with a broken leg and other injuries. The building was completely destroyed. It was valued ut v.'xi.uoo, and wus insured for :;.(KK. The estimated loss on the contents of the building is .MO.Ouoj uboiit half in 'lisured. IHKF.K LIVI-S LOST. V Moll 1 K rxri.OPKS WITH TI KIlllil.K RrsI'M wiiti k nuN.i ti;stkd. The water works boiler at Napahncs.Ind. a town of l.WK), located 15 miles southwest ol Goshen. Ind., exploded, killing three uier. uud injuring two others. The boiler wus being tested when the accident happen ed. The killed are N. A. French of the town bourd. (ieorge I'urlter and Klectrichin Johnson. Injured, Jonas and Isaac WIiik ler, boiUr makers. A .NOT UK a lOHT WAYNE WHKCK. A reur end collision between the two sec tious of the fast east-bound meat truin on the Ft. Wayne road, occurred at Amboy near I'eru, Ind. The second section was running at the rate of 4.r miles an hour and telescoped lour curs. Kcgineer Mike Ma loney. of the second section, was Killed and riremuu K. J. I'rixe seriously injured. Louisiana'.Lottery Will Move. The Louisiana state lottery has been grant ed charter from the republic of Honduras, nd will remove its business to that country on the expiration of ita present charter, which will be January 1, 1894. The con cession is monopoly of the lottery busi ness for the term of AO years, Fa km irs about Great Falls, Mont, have been plowing for the last three weeks. The thermometer aUndt at 50 above. WHAT SrortTSMKN WANT. J nrY hay rot n mt.u to rvsit at thi mis- r.Nr srr-sioN. HARaisarrio. The Legislative Board of the flta'a Sportsmen's Association com tdeteil Its work. A number of members of bold branches of the legislature met with the committee and assisted them In arriving at conclusions. Governor J'attison Is a member of the Association, and is under stood to be favorable to the legislation pro-P0"- J118 meeting decided to push four bills. The first provides for State Game Commiaaioner, similar with operations to the present Fish Commissioner, to look af ter toe propagation of game, birds and mammals, and to prosecute viola'era ofthe laws. Another intended to make mors strings-nl regulations agninst trespassing, while two more revise the game seasons and the scalp act. Under the new system, wild turkeys, woodctick. rulled grouse and ptairie chick ens may be shot Irom Octntier n to Decem ber ' field plover Irom July IS to Septem ber Vt. quail from November 1 to I'ecember IS, with the season lor other game birds as at present. The bounty for wild cats is in creased to I'i, and that for lull grown foxes is placed at J Mi. Fifty cents is to be paid for sc.ilps of minks, weusels. huwks and owls, 'these hitter provisions nre expect eel to secure the support ot the grangers. "The new-s.aip law isc-refullv drawn to prsvent fraud," snid Ir. Wnrrem the State ornithologist. -ruder the old act fl.'Hj.tsJO wis paid out. Including HW.OoO for hawks an) owls The heads of turkeys nnd chick ens were produced nnd paid tor bv the tlidnsands. In one count v 'l. noil was pnid lot a bnllnlo hide and u wolf skin, which ws cut up nnd worked off as sculps cf van ot ntiimuls." I he artmen have informed Speaker Thompson, ut his request, that they lavor t!i appointment of n ppeciul com in it lee of th Home to look alter this legislation. A RADICAL HOW LAW. nt NrsniT onrits a Kii t Tio.s to thb mrrt- Cl'LTir.a TO UY. oVim (IMK. I vntilsm l:o Henreseiitnlive Vrshlt nf Allegheny county, introdticed a novel meas ure in the Mouse, winch is very favorably regarded by those who have CAamined it. h pivides that Courts of Common 1'leas shall aioint competent person to serve for lljree years as county superintendent of r .Aids, and that in every township three com nfssioners shall be elected for a similar Idrm. These commissioners shall choose tjfrce from among their number, who, with lie county superintendent, will constitute a liurd of road directors. This body shall in vjstigute the location and construction of Ipblic highways, and divide them into two tii sees, lobe known as "highways'' nnd 'foads." The members shall ulso act as a Hmrd of viewers for location und vacation. he commissioners of each township are to leet with the auditors. in Marcn bmcIi vear. Ind npiHiint an oulsidu person treasurer. hey snail levy a road tax not exceeding Id tills on the dollar ol count v valuation Mule tazablea. with vuluation less than loo, shall work one day on the roads or ay u cash equivalent. Jowtikhins are to be divided Into rood dis- nets, with supervisors appointed by the oiumissioners. Townships can let contracts or the making and repairing of highwavs, nd have authority to loin with on 'or liore neighboring townships in their work. fhose who work out taxes must An so under I '.Speljij I'I" JD,')i.i d.'kfU'lY u.'jyr. ,, penult Vji, I iPwIiarge and forleiiureof the right to Vote. inio-iotirtu oi tne taxei collected each year must be Ht aside to use for the opening and macadamizing of highways, and township are to share in protctive State appropria tions in proportion to their efforts in this direction. The pay of the county superin tendent Ih to be fixed by the sulury buurd or the judges. A SCARCITY OV HtODl'CE. raicES have ntn.N fohckp i f BV THE V-lfl t OI.II W KVTIII R. riTTsnpiio. Not for many years Los the I'ittsburg produce been so budly handicap-ix-d by the cold weather as it is ut present. I'ommisxion luerchunts report that then upplies of potatoes, cabbage, njiples and other perishable goods ure now about ex hausted. Prices are higher than thev have been in years. On Monday the Grocers' Supply Company received u consignment of several cars of erisliab!c goods, in curs furnished with heating apparatus, hut belore the btult could be put into the warehouse it was frozen. All shipments huve been order ed off for the present. Perhaps the most inconvenience has been Caused by the scarcity id fresh eggs. The market wus hureol tiiem Monduy, although tome of the dealers were selling cold storage Hock us fresh at 110 cents n dozen. Fresh itock would bring at least 4U. At some (if the restaurants about town signs huve been put up, announcing the price of eggs served in an style at 6 cents each. , In the grain, flour and feed market a imilur state of affairs is reported. Country dealers cannot get the larmers to bring their itock o the ruilrouds. The prices of incut save also advanced. GAMK ALL RIGHT. CVEl THE OJ'All. AT1H NOT V1SIHI.V Si rFEHISJO riiOM THIS COLD WI.NTfn. Niw Casti-k The stories about the whole sale destruction of game birds in Weatern Pennsylvania by the severe cold are not credited by the farmers in 1-awrence county as a rule, and the people of the border counties in Ohio are equally skeptical. A systematic investigation ofthe mutter, cov ering hulf a dozen counties on both sides of the .State line, beur out this skepticism. The snows have not beeu heavy enough long enough on the ground, nor 'the weuther cold enough to have caused any general loss of li.'e among even the quail.' Several reports from Kusrerii Ohio Indicate thut while more quail have been seen since the cold snup set in thuu during the whole of last summer and fall, on account of the birds being com pelled to forage more in the open, the birds are as vigorous as ever. THE STATIC'S HANKS. SOME FK'.fHKS IIIOM STIT. K lU'.MI'.II AAlt'S AS KI'AL HKI'OHT. Hakmhiii-ro. The report Charles 11 Krumbhaar, superintendent of bunking, shows there are HI bunks 1U saving institu tions and 72 trust cum panics in the Slate. The cspilal of thee institutions aggregate t-HH.Wei. tm (M; the surplus ll),410,L!Mj b, the undivided profits )lJ.bTG,503 4 the de posits I.01.:il7.3i2 60. The trust funds held bv trust companies on November 30. W.il, amounted lo I JO,ti54,ltiH 54. Mr. Krum bhaar suggests that he should have the power to appoint a temporary receiver or reprs ten'ative when he takes jxmsession of a cor poration, and urges the importance of legis lation to compel trust conipunies to make re port in detail of their trust utscts. KILLED W HILE Hl'KTINU. Erie. While hunting nearlrvlng.William Blunfuss shot and killed himself close to the railroad track. The body was discover ed by an engineer of a traiu passing on the Lake Shore road. The remains were sent to the home of the aeceased at Buffalo N. Y. The telephone la Bald to have been known la India for thousands of years. Yet tbero baa been very llttlo talk over it Rochester Democrat. LATER NEWS WAIFS. WASRiRoron, The President sent to the Senate the nom ination Of Elijah Halford. of Indiana, to be paymaster with the rank of Major. The House received the general deficiency bill. The total is 30,95(1.610, of which tl3,. 844,437 Is for pensions. It provides for abo lition of the census office December 31, 18f0, and that the work shall be cWed in one year by the Interior department. The row for the department of Justice Is 1.1,241.214, nd for the treasury department f l.SKJ.ft'A The House Committee on Manufactures tdopted the report of the sub-committee de '.ailed to inquire into the "sweating system'' of tenement house labor. The report recom mends the use of tags on all articles of cloth Inp, so that they can be traced to the place of manufacture, and the prohibition of inter State commerce in such goods as are made under unhealthy conditions. That Mr. Dlaine is weaker Is the only knowledge his physicians gained of any change in his condition Sunday. He is ap. purently about the same as he had ls?en for several days previous. He retains concious ness and does nit apiear to be better or worse, but the d.n-tnrs have noted a alight loss of strength each day. Imports of merchandise Into the VniUd rentes during the calendar year 18 2 were In creased In vulueover that of IHfil, while the vuhie and volume of exports and the num ber f immigrants decresscd. The value of the imports for the year was s7l!,K,17P an increase of l7.iW7.itfl. rthr.s. The Sunapce (N. II.) Hame Wot It t were burned. Loss ."0,000; insurance IJO.OOO. Fire at Shelbyville, Tenn,, destroyed a good part of the business portion of the town, causing a loss of ulxint IlL'O.O'iO. At Winston, N. C, the Tise block con taining ('need furniture store and several other business houses. Ixss estimated at KHO.hU). The car shops of the 1'ittsburgh A Lake 1-rie railroad at Chnrtieift station, near Fitta burgh. were burn-d to the ground, causing a loss of between Iho.Ou) and f!J tK), de stroying considerable rolling stock and throwing idle over a hundred employes. At.St. Louie elevator C of the Curondolit F.levator and Gram Company, wuscomp.etes ly destroyed by fire together with over 1,4 'J.VJ.0 X) bushels of wheat. Loss, l,L0O,0OC; ins,ired for t:iOO,000. M1S( M.I.ANKOt'S. People on the island of Nantucket, Mass., are threatened with starvation because huge ice diss prevent provision bouts coming from the mainland. Irenos and Amca Klton.of Vinelnnd.N.J., agesl !).' and 92 years, celebrated the 70th an niversary of their wedding. CAPITAL, IAHOHAND INPt STKIAU All the coal miners in the Fa hols, Mo. Henry, Tuylor and Williams mines nt Cen tral City, Ky., have struck for an advance In wages and the in i tics are now idle. Jl PICIAI.. at women muv vote at school elections. I.KtitSLATIVIt. A bill was introduced in the Mulligan legislature to tax all church property worth over t3,(K)0 At Cheyenne, Wyo., the Domocnita "and Populists huve gained full and complete control of the House. The decision of con tests gives the Democrats 10 votes, republi cans 12 und the Populists ,r. The Populists have made a full and complete coalition with the Democrats. Stiite Comptroller Campbell, of New York in his annual report to the Legislature, re ports thai there is practically no Stutc debt uud the finances in a sound condition. I'I KSOML. A dispatch from Franklin. Ky., says that Cougrtssiiiun L. II. Goodnight, who was thouvht to ho out of dimmer, sutVered n re lapse uud was suddenly taken much worse. II. condition is serious. FOHKION. According to a renirt .from Colon, the crew nnd passengers of the Spsuish sloop, Juiine, were without food and water for 'J7 days, and had resorted ft cannibalism be fore they werti rescued. The outbreak of cholera in the Nietlebei. asvlum, in Halle, continues to cause great anxiety. From noon Sunday to noon Mon duy 17 new cases and nine deaths were re ported to the authorities. MMKTi:lH, ACCIUK'Cra AND FATALITIES An explosion of giant powder at Hich moiid, north of Gdgen, Utah, killed Ben jamin '..ewis. James Kew was mortally injured and Thomas Exeter, Fred Huiney and Klnnder Pert were badly hurt. A ful minating cap exploded while the men were warming u stick of powder. TRAIN GOF8 THROUGH BRIDGE. Two Fcrsons Killed and 14 Injured Miraculous Escapes. The north-bound express from Chicago, on the I-uke shore and Western roud, was horribly wrecked a mile south of Fern, ImL Not one of the 15 passengers abourd escaped Injury. One of them, George C. Dorland, un attorney of La Forte, Ind., wus killed by having his back broken, und Henry Grif fith, the engineer of the train, was to scald ed that he died to-night. A broken rail about 10? feet from the riv er threw the train Irom the track, but it con tinued to run on the ties until the bride wus reached, when the engine broke through and fell to the ice below, a dlsturici ot 35 feet. The express car, a smoker and 8 chair cur full on top of the engine. The wreck took tire and every bit of timber waa burned, liraktmon Kichard Neff was bad ly hurt, but pulled himself out of the wieck, lighted his luntern and ran back and flog ged a freight train that waa following. It was stopped only about 100 feet from the wreck, and another horrible wreck waa averted, it is a miracle that every jrsoD on board the train was not killed. ' Mas. Bahvel K. Lanokkll, of Denton, Md., and her three children, were buried in one grave at Uultimore. The mother and little ones were taken down with uieaalea a week alio, and all died Tuesday morning.
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