THE MIDDLEBDRGH POST.
OEO. V. WAOENSELLER,
Editor anil Proprietor
Mid-IJelMitgh. Fa., January 8. ItJ'i.
KEYSTONE CULL1NGS.
Il rr.i cf lu'.trcat From 14 any Part of the
State.
Vi'alt'T M-Cienry, it eoul minor, lies nt hla
t-.nti.e in lhiht r In a serious condition, hav
ing i en womnlci in au unknown manner.
M.'CI'-ary l.im ln-eu drinking incut of Christ
wus day, itint about o'clock ho returned
home in ii pnrulyx-'d and Intoxicated condi
tion, having both arms broken mill til skuil
!ni"tured. '.:miI!' t i give nuy ac
count of his injuries, cr whore hu hud two
during t!;o tiny.
irri emet maiius to Mr.rT.
Tho I'xeeutlve Committee of the IMall
Implement 1 iilT! Association of Pennsyl
vania has culled tli nxsocmtiou to meet lu
uiiDunl convention nt thn Loehlel Hotel, liar
risburg, the ilny suee ceding Hastings' Inaugu
ration, on We Ines.lny, January li, for tiiu
I urpo--n of electing officer for tho ensuing
year and to transact any other business
which might be brought before the conven
tion. At Washington thi Wi stern Pennsylvania
Airriouitr.u As. elation elected tin- following
officers: dcorgo Cameron, President: Juiius
IM'.yin-, Secretary, uud J. K. Mitchcil,
i rtiuarvr.
t.r.V. (IHMI l.lis mit nir it.
The Ii.'iivi'r Vull'-y Presbytery refused to
release Iii-v. W. A. t li limber, of Lilwond City
wli'j resigned 1 cause lux salary was not nil
paid. The refusal was on account of tho Ir
regulurlty loth on tin nit of tbo congrega
tion ami Mr. chambers. A committee ul
investigation wax appointc 1.
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viu.aoi: xv.i:it I'.v flamex.
Tbo village of Wntsohtown wit visited by
fire which threatened the entire town. Tim
tiiUirx destroyed tbn (pern houso, fom
dwellings, a liv.-ry stable. Faust s general
etore and miitiy ittulllln. Tin Ion is
estimated nt tjO.OtAt, upou which there lit
t Jj.tuu Insuruucu
Il"i I HV AT lloMI Tr.AI.
lli store of H. Mok"ltz. of Tlilnl are
oiixhikI I'li'kauiii xtriTt, 11 Jiurhti-nd, wiw tub
t J. I ho tlilev Lrok' In tin.' bit'k lour uinl
hti.lv i.'jiu I Ill's .ii--i.1tuIjI cuuill '1iiui;i
ui.d itouiu tooJs. 1 hvy crn.d leavio uo
Clt'W.
i ri ri ii xoLi.itnf.
Tho report to tlio nlutaut gonoral of tho
fail iiii-jf'tloDs o( the NaUobitl Guard for the
I utt two y :ir !mw u luurkcj uvuruu lai.
jjlovtUitrut la flllcvu.'y.
John Glbxon, a farmer cf Kayotto county,
wlio wat reportiul kllli'J lu Now Mexico u
veivr ago, a(.(ear'.l at iilx old Loiue hutur.luy.
He fayi ba tin tio r--ol l.-ct 1 n of the puM
two years. Tlio iJ.UUU ho bad wbvu bo kit
bumo it all gone.
A C year old daughter of Katnuel Wlllard,
ot H.irntowD. was burned to death, llor
i U'tbfx caught II ro from a rate. Au oldor
utter wai xxrlouxly buruod lu trying to ex
tinguith the flame.
John A. Dunn, of Altoona, was killed and
tlx men lujured In a wreck on the Pennsyl
vania railroad, near Altoona, Tuesday night.
Tbry beluug to the crew of a wrecking
Ii, . ...ii'il .
vwMur wau fouliu
in k .unl at.MorrtxTi.je, with a kule ttlck-
lUK in bix bronxt. - John Morrell, au Itallun,
la beld to await tbe coroner'i inquest
Mrs. Andrew Moore, a widow, aped about
CO yearn, wbo lived four miles nortb of But
ler, was attacked by a vicious ram in ber
farm yard and butted to dvatb.
Mrs. n. H. Vaudevender. of Altoona, died
in terrible aK'.liy Weiluexday muriilDK as ton
result of inbnllui; tbe llames from a gasoline
Hove xtove ext.lokiou.
An execution for $15,074 ha been ixsuod
OL'hii.xt Allied liiller, ro rletor of a spoke
nuii wheel luetory at I.iiU'.'ater. Tho BHsuts
ure t'btitiiuted ut tO.Ul'U.
William ll.irry, n coal miner of I.eechburif,
fi ll from the railroad brldo Mutiilay tuoru
iLg, and U tbi.tigitl to bo fatally luj ired.
Mrs. Stevenson, an aired woman of liur
pettstowii, wa run dowa by a h.reaud sus
tiuue.l t rubably fatal injuries.
I'nul (iearlinrt and Joxeph Anderson are
ubder nrrext at clearileld, l..r robbing a man
named brooks of i'il 'J'uea.luv uinlit.
I.. ('. I'''x hardware store at Irwin was
I'urKiuriiEi'd Suuday nlclit and xever.-il hun
dred dollars, worth of nooj taken.
At the coming xe,jon tho leuixlnturn will
be w-ked t i provid for au additional law
jj.ltfolor Wi-xtmorelaud county.
Harry (ieras-lmo, a Johnstown candy
ri.ainHacturer, has failed with iiubllities o'f
tl.t'Ot.': a-sets of j 1,1)00.
A W.ixliini;tnii Jury sustained thn will of
Jamex llerrou, leavinn tU.OUO to William K
llriiiiTx, whom ll- rron raised.
.lohu Crowley, of Jobntown. and William
Hull, 'of New I'loreuce, were killed by freight
traiiu at Johnxtown Friday hlht.
J. T. Ituuipton. of Hackutx, McKenn eountv,
d.ed under anetthetio inlhience in a dentist's
ihuir.
Ileprexentativo II. II. North, of McKean
county has withdrawn from tbs legmlative
1 eukersbip conte.-t,
John Hettlemlre, of Jolmxtown, was killed
ly a luliiiitf tree.
Mrs. tiurK'i Mdiuire, of Clearfield, com
anted SUlelde.
John SMeedv wax killed by a train at Cirecus
burg I brii-tUiUS lit,'!.t.
Wllliarn Ilairerr.eyer. was xtni"k by a train
at ( uar.erio abd u.ktHiillv killed.
BOUNDARY N0T IN DISPUTE.
Commander Wakeham'a Report on Seia
urea on Lake Erie.
Tbo dlxatjreeir.ent over the llxblug seizure
lu Lake Lne, whl.-h took place so mo weeki
ago, bus af Mimed an international turn. Com
mander tVakeham's report lias been for
warded to the homo authorities, wbo will
deal with the I'mied Mutes. It is under,
stood that in the Canadian report It is amply
proeii that the xeir.ure win made In Canadian
territory, but tbe question bus become oun of
Inct uud uot of boundary, as tbe American
llxtuu llnu axxlfc-u the seixuro to au entirely
Uillerent portion of the luku tbun tbut sworn
io ty '.auadiau olllcers.
European Imports in Corn.
fulled states Conxul J.aihrop, I'rixto!
ut!iand, has lurniklied to heerolury Morton
ou.u inu rrxtlu tabus ou gram imports ii
Europe, from which it appear that clgln
counirn s impor:e.l during tne Uscul year just
i.Uot over IJl.UbU.' Ui buxhels of com. U
this amount tne tutted Kiudom took ovei
10,'XK,o0, and ilvriuaiiy ueMrly sa.UOU.UuC
bushels; Fraueu took lO.tUO.uoO, and Hol
land aud Auxlriu-Huiiiriiry each ti,&00,i00
ltelnlum took nearly i,0JU,OC0, aud Leuunirk
and bwltacriuud nearly l.'i&U.bUU busheii
uctt.
SEWS FROM .WASHINGTON.
NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
Matter of Oineral Intsrest About the
Capital.
CoDercxxmaii Springer makes an explana
tion of tbe laodllled currency bill to show
tbo absolute guarantee It nftords the
people against loxcs by any banks Hint fail
to redeem their notex when presented. There
enn be uo reasonable dout t on this point. On
A circulation o t 00,00 l, H)0 the 5 per cent
safety fund would amount to J 10. U0 , C O, and
In addition there l the iruanintee of I de
poit of -A) per i-eut. ill leifiil tender', nlid A
llrxt lien upon the i.xetx of the bank. W hat
ter may be the demerits of the bill, taking
ear o the noteholder Is not one of tle m. It
po"x fur beyond the requirements experience
bus xhowu to I o heeesnary. In the nil yeurs
of the national bauklbg xysteni, less than I
per cent, of their circulation wouid make
ttixnl all ti e notes of insolvent l.ai ks. lutho
currency bill wo have it pinraiitee of :. pet
cent., and lu nddltion u llrxt lien ou uli the
iiMieta of Hie bn:ik,
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Thn Blaine Manaion.
The old Maine mansion at 17 T.nfnyetto
ft tiar will soon pnxx Into other hands than
that of tbe Illulne family. It will be bought
by Chicago capitalists, and negotiations are
now pending for tho transfer. Ibis house
bos hud quite romantic history. Kreeted (or
a boarding houe in lllii. its conveniences
for entertainment soon attracted the atten
tion of wealthy residents, and there was qulto
a context between xeveral of them to scciirfl
Its possession. John c. Calhoun occupied It
twice, once when In Jacksou's cabinet, and
again when Vice 1'resldent. Henry Clay lived
in it when be was Secretary of btiite. Later
on the Washington club leased the
premises and it became tbe abid
ing place of thn fahiohahlo men who
gathered nt the Capital. I'hillii Iliirtoii Key
stepped from Its doors to llnd the bullet from
the pistol of (.en. I'nU hlckles that killed
film, and several years Inter 1'iiyne, tlm ax
xoclnte of John Wilkes liooth, attempted, to
kill Hecretnry of State W illiam H. s-uvar I,
who was then occupying the house, in bis
bedrftom nt thn same time thn nreh-a. ni.stn
wus murdering I'resldent Lincoln nt l ord s
Theatre. After the war tho building was
used l y the Government for various oflico
purposes, mid remained vacant for a long
lime, until Mr. Illume moved into It and no
gotiate.l its purchase when lie became Secre
tary of Mate under I'resldent Harrison's a 1
rjilhiii'.ntlou. An Income Tax Regulation.
Hecretnry ( arllxie has issued tbe following
circular t postmasters and distributing o(
llcers: "lbe regulations relative to the income
lax. approved Ieeemt.er I'l, 1x04, provides
that all salaries or cnmpiisatlnus paid to
(. Ulcers or persons In the employ of llie gov
i'lbmeiit of tho I' tilted States In aud for the
calendar year, lay I, shall b included in tho
nuuual returns to collectors on form Si'.S of
neb officer and persons, lu otatements
(1 gains, prollix, and incomo subject to
iucomo tax lor that yeur. As the Income
tax on xucb xaiuries or compensation
will, uudor tlm provision above quoted, bo
paid directly to collectors by the persons re
ceiving the same, you will, therefore, not de
duct and withhold tho aforesaid tax, or any
part thereof, from the salaries or Compensa
tion of uuy such olllcer or employe in and tor
thn year 1H. 4. You will inform all such
officers and employe to whom you may
make any paymeut for services rendered
in the year 1H'.4 of tbe method prescribed for
tho return aud payment of tbe tax on all
taxable salaries aud compensation paid by
tbe government in and for suld year.''
I A ' .Colohaial Money." '
Though t century ha elapsed since thn old
Colonial money was Issued hardly a week
f .asses but some of It is sent to the Treatury
or redemption. Whether it Is that hard
limes have led to a general ransacking of old
trunks aud desks and the shaking out of old
stockings or not, tbe fact is that recently
more than usual of this old paper money bos
been seut to tbe Treasury for redemption. It
ix. of course, worthless, aud the sunders are
so advised. Comptroller E.'kles bos recently
received one quite interesting speelmnu of
this currency. It wax forwarded by tho
Sj.rlngileld National Hank, of Sprlnglleld.
Mass. Tbeuote wus numbered 2,S'J3, and
Muted that tin' Statu of lihode Island and tho
rrovideuce l iaututloii will pay one Spanish
milled dollar to the holder by Dec. 31, 17x5.
It was countersigned by John Arnold, evi
dently the Treasurer! of the l'rovidcuce.
The rioteJw.'H Inanexuollent stale of preserva
tion Foster to Aid Chinese Diplomat.
Mr. John W, Foster has accepted the invi
tation of tho Chinese government to go to
Japau and meet the plenipotentiaries of the
former government, to aid them lu tbelr ne
gotiations for peace. Mr. I'oster goes purely
In a private capacity aud has no authority to
represent or speak for tbe government of the
I uited States, lie wits Secretary of State
under I'resldent llurrieoii. after lilulnn re.
Signed, aud is ii diplomatist of ability und ex
perience. Spain uud Cuba.
In a desire tov avert the threatened tariff
warfare betwe-n tlio I'ulted States mid
Spain, tbo latter country is considering the
question of ceding to Cuba the privilege of ur
rntiglnir ber own revenue budget Including
tariffs with tho I'nited states. This budget is
to be subject to the approval of Spain. Tho
hcgotltatioUH nt Madrid nr.) partly on these
hnu. but the state li. partmeut authorities
of this government ur proceediug with then
retaliatory pliius, as they do uot believe
Spain's concessions to Cuba can be carried
out und made ben.-Melal to the t'ultod States
for some months to come.
Cauicut in a Blizzard.
K P. I'utieau. tbe member of the Tenneg.
we Legislature who lias been walking Iroiu
Wosbiugtou county, East Tennessee to the
Capital, reached Nashville Suuday having
been forced by the bitter cold weather to
come by rail tbe hut 00 mile. In au inter
view be says he did not take this tramp for
lbe purpose of gaining newspaper notoriety,
but to study the lite and habits of tbe moun
taineers, lu. be intends writlug a uovel aud
w ill Include, in it tbe result of his study and
observation.
Sovereign iiooms the South..
Mr. J. 11 Sovereign, muster workman of
lbe Knights of Labor, has made a careful
t:udy ol tho advantages of the South for the
laboring iniiu and iu a letter to the Southern
Mutes MuuiixIuh urge such to leave tbe
crowded cities of the North aud go to a eo
tion where individual enterprise or co-operative
colouies with small capital will Und an
Inviting Held. Ho believes huiiuiu life cuu
be therd sustained better with lex capital
mid less effort thnu uuy other place cu tbe
ilobo.
Two Stick Die.
Two Sticks, the Sioux Indian, sentenced to
death for u lending part iu tbo murder ol
four cowboys, 1'ebrunry, lft'JU, was banged ut
1 lead wood. H. I'., at 10 o'clock u, m., 1'riday
by I'ulted States Marshal reumliler, in the
presence of 00 peobl"- 'I b I11.I114U died eiullf
uud quickly.
Colored Son of Veteran. '
Commander-in-chief of the Hons of. Veter
ans, Coi. Win. lluudy, having beard tho ap-
eul of eolored applicants wbo bad been re
used charters a sou of, veteraus, by sou th
orn commune tn, has sustulued the refusal
aud eouuseled the colored applicants to 'or
fcbulze a sepurutu or.-uuiiatiuu ul tbelr twn.
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.
Colorado coal miner or again talking
Itrlke. . ,
Wnzlrls am still hnraxilnj British troop
on tbn Afghan frontier.
Illinois Legislature will bn tsked to probe
Chicago municipal rottenness.
Frnnk I'uvls, a miller of Fort Jackson, JJ.
i' was killed by his pet deer.
As a result of a mutiny in tbe Ohio pcnlten
tnry one prisoner is dead, another wounded
and a guard seriously injured.
Tho municipality ot I'nrls has voted 200.001)
francs for the purchase of antitoxin, the new
diphtheria remedy, for use in its hospitals.
King Francis Joseph lias accepted tho
resignations of W'ekerle's Hungarian Cabi
net. Uy tlm explosion of a boiler in thn Midland
Hotel, Kansas City, two employes were fa
tally hurt.
Thn thirteenth annual session of tho
American Forestry Association is being held
at Wii.-hingtou.
The I'resldent has approved the act to
establish a national military park at thn
battlelleld of Still h.
The Southern Hallway company offers fre
transportation for all shipments to tho des
titute farmers of Western Nebraska.
The rittsl.urg police have len or Wed to
arrest all professional pugilist found iu that
city.
A:i Indiana man has gone through ninety
three nights and days without sleep and is
a parently thriving. He says bo feels nt
though he would hover xlecj, ngnln.
Two bodies were washed ashoro nt Glen
Cove, L. I., one of them being that nt Captain
CufT. whose schooner sank about a month
K.
Lieutenant J. E. I o.lge, a dashing young
infnutrymuu ami a nephew of "(Jail Hamil
ton," was drowned while yatchlng near 1'ort
TowLxend, Wash.
Ex-I'olice ( apt. Stephenson, of New York.
1ms been convicted of bribery aud sentenced
to three years and nine months In prison uud
to pay a fine of i 1.0 JO.
Mrs. Itietta l'ike, a m:ill, InoiTctislvo-look-lug
woman, is uuder urrest In louver, oa a
charge of burglary, and she admits her
guilt.
Ileports from peri state tbnt tho Insur
gents ure within Km miles of Limn, an 1 that
liorgona's troops have been reduced to less
than 1,000.
A K. Liuderfelt, Milwaukee's defaulting
librarian, who cmbcrzlcd $10,000 of tbo li
brary funds, bos been located in Talis, hcro
he Is about to become a physicltiu.
Five boys wero terribly burned Christmas
In a suburb cf Llcbmond by nu explosion ol
gunpowder. A firecracker was accidentally
thrown into the house containing thn powder
for use in a toy cannon. Some may die from
tbo injuries,
Tho woman' council of the Nlnteenth Cen
tury Club, of Memphis, Teuu., in the name
ot its 4,000 members adopted a rcsolu tun
boycott CoL W. C. T. Brecklnrldgo on the
occasion ot hi lecture in that olty.
Tbe authorities of the Cotton State and
International Exposition have received ad
vice that tbe Argentine Itepublio has apppro
prlated 15,000 In gold for a display at tbe
exposition.
Agent Day, of the Southern I'le reservation
bos reportod regarding tbe "Ute Invasion,"
tbut tbe eutlre tribe ot Witnlauehes aud their
ponies are lu a deplorable condition, and
asks tor (1,000 to relievo their Itiimudiute
wants.
Hewitt Miner, a Dunkirk, N. V., banker,
who fulled ten years ago and since had resid
ed in Canada, has returned homo an.' given
i J.OUO ball wltu tbe expectations of eftoctiug
a xettlemen ot the claims against him. The
failure was for k 150,031, but this was reduo
cd by tbe payment of c0,OUJ by bondsmen
uud Irieuds.
BRIBED THE MANDARINS-
Alleged Reaon for the Easy Vittorle
Secured by the Japanese.
Tho secret of Japanese success in import
ant battles is the fact that Chinese mandarins
und Chluese ofllcials have been bribed to
nmulato resistance. This ttatemeut Is made
ou the authority of a Jupanexo merchant who
receutlv arrived at Taeoma. Wash. H de
clare that while it cost approximately S00,.
000to"llx" the naval battle oft tbe lulu
river mouth, it cost only $100,000 to buy an
eusy victory at Fort Arthur. Tbe bribes, bo
savs, nro paid iu gold.
A dispatch from Shanghai says: Private
letters Iroiu Wei-Hai-W'ei alllrm that China's
ileet is iu a hopeless condition. Ill their
operations by laud the Chluese aro following
the famous Iiuxsiiiu tactics of lMpj, uud
harassing the Hanks of tbe llrst army, wblob
is stuck iu thexuow. The u.-tiou of tbo Chi
nese Indicates that the prot.osals for Jaceare
being made merely lu order to gulu time und
b t the winter play havoc with the Invading
forces. Tbo progress of Count Oyaruu's
troops tins been arrested by tbe delay iu tbe
movements of tho llrst aruiy. Tbe Chinese
are plucking up courage in view of the
climatic difficulties with which tbe enemy bus
to contend.
CHINESE FIGHT AT LAST.
Vanquished by the Japs Only After an
Obstinate Battle.
A dispatch from l'ekiu say that Liu Kun
VI. Viceroy ot Llaag-Klang, ho been appoint
ed to tbe chief command of all tbe Chinese
forces, ousting Li Hung Chang.
Detail from Kuug-W'ab-Hul confirm tbe
reports tbut tbe recent battle was fought with
great obstinacy. Tbe Chluese were strongly
entrenched. T bey bad 11 field pieces, some
machine guns, and were well bundled. Tbe
Japanese charges were repulsed with heavy
loss.
Tbelr reserves from Ualtcbong, wbo bnd
experienced great difficulty on the march
owmg to (be snow, tbun Joined them aud
they made another charge, with hurrahs uud
shouts of victory. This tlm tbey carried
everything. Tbe Japanese udmit that they
bad 450 killed and wounded and suy that tbo
Chluese had 800 killed aud wounded.
Tbe villagers ot Juaniug drove away tbs
Chinese soldiers wbo sought refuge there.
They said they preferred to be governed by
tbe Jupunese wbo bad captured tbe village
previously.
Twelve Drowned.
The Norwegian steamer from Furapotorl
was wrecked Sunday morning oft liourjg.
Twelve otf the crew were drowned, alter be
ing exposed in an open air boat lor 24 hours,
tbe boat having capslxed. One man saved
himself by swimming ashore.
FORTY-ONE PEOPLE KILLED
A LAMP WAS OVERTURNED
And a Panio Followed the Explosion and
Fir.
A most horriblo holocaust occurred at 611
ver Lake, Lake county. Ore., on Christmas
evening. In which 41 persons were burnnd to
deutb and 10 badly Injured, flveof whom will
die.
A Inrgn crowd has assembled in Chrisman
Druthers' Hall to attend a Christmas tret
festival. While the festltlves were at their
height, some one climbed on a bench Irom
which point he expected to get a better view
of what was going on. In doing so his head
struck a lamp hanging from thn celling, over
turning It. The t il immrdistely caught fire,
liver) tiling being of a dry uud Imflummablu
nature, the mom wax soon a mass of flames.
Home one shouted:
"Shut tbo door and keep quiet; It can be
put out"
liy this time the confusion was sogreat that
people began scrambling In a wild eudcavoi
to reach tbo door.
Women and children were trampled under
foot, uud as thnro was ouly one exit to th
hall, aud the lire being between the majority
of the crowd and the door, many rushed
headlong Into tbe flames.
1 he building, n two-xtnry frame structure,
contained ( brlstmnn Fros.' store. In ths
first Moor was the ball, which was rented for
gatherings of all kinds.
Silver Luke Is a small villngo In Lake
county. Or- of about I'M) inhabitants, and
it is 15U min i from tbe nearest telegraph of
lico. STORM NEWS.
Snow, High Winds und Low Temperature
Over a Wide Area.
Ileports from all sections of New York and
New Jersey toil of the severe northwest
snow storm of Wednes luy night, which was
general lu Its extent. From ouo to two tee
tell.
Tbn snow storm wns severo In all the New
England States, but no serious dumago ap
pears to have been caused.
Tho benvy snow-full In Michigan will give
work to S,oi0 men In g"tting out tbo lumber
cut.
In Washington and Ililtlraorn thn snow
turned to sieet. but little damage was done.
H"avv xnow falls aro reported from Cleve
land, Detroit, St. Louis and other points in
the southwest, including towns lu Northern
Texas.
The storm was general throughout tbe
West and especially severe lu Chicago and
other points in lilluolx.
Tim coldest wavo of thn season struck
Dulutli and the mercury steadily lowered to
10 degrees below rro.
Near Morencl. Mich., Albert Neebaus was
found frowu stiff on the highway near bis
borne. He bad been in Morencl during the
afternoon. Neelisus was lu poor hoaltu.
At llocheter. N. V., the xnow Is piled up
from two to five feet. All trains are from
two to eight hours late.
At Auburn, N. Y.. no mail had boon recciv
ed from uuy point east until !l o'clock Thurs
day night. One train from the west passed
through thn xnow drifts at noon, but could
hardly get as fur oa Skaueateles Junction.
Tho imprisouud passengers wore ted by
farmers.
At Saranao Lake, N. Y.. 20 Inches of snow
fell; nt Lake Flacid two feet of suow lull and
drifted badly.
. Thursday was the coldest day ot the win
ter iu Minnesota, tbn temperature ranging at
St. l'aul from 14 below rero at 7 a. in. to 4
below at 9 p. m. T hrougbout tbe State the
range wm from 25 below, at .Grand-Rap
to 20 below at Stillwater. Not over lw
inches of snow have fallen at nay point, und
loggers are having serious trouble in tbe
woods.
At West Buperlor Wis., tbe thermorreter
wan at 22 bolow ecro at 9 p. m. and still fall
ing. Thn blizxnrd struck Nebraska. At various
places thn tempnruture marked 12 to 16 de
grees below zero, aud a light snow fell.
Tbo mercury dropped 84 degrees and it is
growing colder.
ICE-BOUND GUNBOATS.
American and British Ship Turned lnte
Fortresses.
The little gunboat Petrel is Ice-bound at
Newcbuug, China, and has been laid up tot
winter. Admiral Cnrj.euter has sent a re
port to the navy department in which be in
closes a photograph of tlio vessel in the pro
cess ol being encased In earth walls and roof,
looking much like a turtle iu wuteriu wiutei
quurters. A couple of hundred yards distant
Ix the ltritish warship Fuebruud, likewise
encased In mud with a roof ot heavy mat
tiug. Tbo l'ulrol, according to tbe plans ol
Admiral Carpenter will be turned into a for.
Irexs, ber decks Iwing covered by au adobe
roof aud galling guns mounted in specially
erected top. Iu view ot tbe evacuation of
Newcbaug by the Chinese, Just reported, and
tbo approach of the Japanese army tipou that
point, these precautious are believed ut tbe
navy department to be well taken.
DEMURRERjOFFERED
Io the Suit Intended fo-.Hy 0& of the In
come Tax: L-iln,
Assistant Attorney General Wbltnoy has
(lied in the District Supreme Court a demur
rer to the complaint of John O. Moore
against Commissioner Miller, of tbe Internal
Itevcuue llureuu, in which be asks for an
injuu.-tiou restraining the latter from collect
ing the income tax uuthorlred by tbe new
tarifl. The demurrer Is very brief aud geu
crul in its terms, setting forth that the com-
t.luluuut has uot mndo such a case as entitles
ilui iu a court ot equity to the relief sought.
At tlio request of Mr. Whitney tbe case is
et for hearing on Jauuary H, Thn case Is at
tracting little utteutlou among (iovoruuieul
olllciulh, uiauy of whom express tbe opinion
that thn complainant bits absolutely no case,
Tbe officials of the Department of Justice re
gard the constitutional question as settled by
a series of Supreme Court decisions, begin
ning with tbo Hviton cose lu 1700 aud eudiug
with tue Springer case lu 1b81.
CUT THEPUDDLERS-
Mahoning Valley Manufacturer Offer
Steady Work at $3 Per Ton.
Tbe Uulen Iron aud Hteel Company, ol
Youngstowu, O., aud the Matioulug Valley
Iron Company have proposed to their pud
dlers to give them steady work tbe next three
month at t3 a ton. and If the the iron cannot
he sold it will be piled up in tbe warehouses.
Tbe proposition wits made simply to provide
employment lor tbe men.
The companies say that it their offers are
not accentod tbe men will have to oootinuo
taking chances for work at 4 a ton. At 3
a tou the pudlers would make t'l 10 a day.
No action bos yet beentuken by tbe puddlors.
President' Pardon Refused,
The president's bos refused the application
for pardvn lu tbe cose ot the Iudiuu, Cba
Nope lluub, alias Two Hticks, wbo was con
victed of murder iu South Dakota aud sen
tenced to bang next Friday. Tbe Indian,
with bis sous and another Indian, delib
erately murdered four cowboys whose hospi
tality they were enjoying.
FIFTY YEARS0F SUCCESS.
Jubilee of th Inauguration of Working--
men's Co-Operatlon,
Tbe working people of Rochdale. Lancas-
shlre, England, have just celebrated tbe Jubi
lee ot the co-operative movement Tbe Pio
neer Society was established In 1844 by some
weavers, wbosn joint capital amounted to
140. There are now In England morn than
1,700 co-operative societies, with 1,300.000
members. Tbelr aggregate capital amounts
to . 10.00 1,000. the annual turnover to about
9230,000,000, and profit to nearly 23,500,009
year.
Vntll early In thn ftO's the managers of each
co-operative st re bought goods nt wbolesnla
In what they r. fj irded as the best market,
and there was uo national organization In
which tbe societies were afTlll.ited. In 1KC4
the principal of co-eperatlou was applied to
the wholesale buying. Thn co-operative
Wholesale Society was established, and since
then most of tho societies have done their
buying through this concern, which has its
headquarters in Manchester and depots in all
tho Inrgn towns. This society was fully or
ganized in IWJ.
Although thn co-operative societies havn
become so numerous and thn volume of their
trade is now so large, there has been prac
tically no change lu the simple details o
organization and constitution adopted by the
Itocbdale pioneers 60 years ago. Now, as in
1H44, to become a member cf a eo-operiitlvo
society it Is only necessary to subscribe t3 to
tbe society's share capital. Tho sum so in
vested gives the shareholder a voice In the
management of thn society, and entitles him
to a dividend taxed on tho amount of bis
purchases at the store. Thn management is
iu the hands of a committee elected annually
by tbe members nu I to this committee Is In
trusted all responsibility. It nppolnts the
paid inuliuger aud tbn salesmen, and elects
delegates to the wholesale society's meetings,
and generally acts for a co-operative society
a a board ol directors does lor a joint stock
association.
It wan oK'n to anyone to make purchases nl
tbu stores. Prices urn the same to member
aud non-members, and there is absolutely nc
credit. Trade at tho co-operative stores diller
from trade In ordinary stores lu this, tbnt foi
every peuuy spent at the co-operative storei
cheeks nro given to purchasers. At the end
of the quarter a dividend is declared nt sc
much lu tlm pound on the purchases. Mem
bers theu hand In their checks ami elthei
draw tbelr dividend or allow It to uo-ruo t
tbelr credit. In tho latter case Interest is pale
on tbe money, usually at the rate of 0 pel
cent, with a llmtt. however, oa tbo sua
wbich can be placed to tbe ciudit of auy ou
member.
FOR COAST DEFENSE.
A Cleveland, Ohio Company Capture
Fat Contract.
The army ordnance office has commenced
tbe work of equipping tbe coast defenso
torts with disappearing guu carriages. An
order bos been placed In tho last few days
with thn Kilby Manufacturing Compnny, of
Clovelnnd. O.. for ten of tho mounts which
were designed by two ordnance officers.
Ilufflngton and Crosier. They am intended
to support tbe ten-inch rllles, and tbe llrst
order provides for ten of these carriages.
Additional bids for nlue or ten more havn
been oalled for by Oeneral Flagler who did
not fnel Justified In awarding the contract to
the Cleveland Hrm for more than ten car
riage. Tbe company has bad little experi
ence with ordnunce work, and the order
given them already Is on of the largest aud
most Important bestowed by tbo department
tor const and defense work.
Tbe contract was awarded at very low
figure compared with the bid received from
sompetltors, aod it Is a surprise to tbe steel
and iron men wbo bid that any concern
would do the work at so small a cost.
COLLISION IN TEXAS.
'ftML'.een PerionsT Injured ontne Central
Ball road.
As a result of a collision between two pas
senger trains ono mile west of Waxahacie
Tel., 16 persons were badly Injured. Thi
westbound Texas Central passenger trail
was slowly passing over tbe Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas railway crossing, wbet
tbe southbound passenger train on tb
latter road crashed into the rem
coach, striklug it squarely in the middle am
overturning it. Tbe passengers und seati
piled In a inns In the forward purt ot the car.
An Instant later the car caught lire from ut
overturned stove. A line ot hoso was hur
riedly stretched from the Texas Ceutrul loco
motive to the burning coach, aud the llumei
wern extinguished before any person wat
badly burned. After halt au hour's bare
work the wounded passengers were gottet
out and conveyed on improvised stretcher
to nelgbborlug farm houses, where tbey re
solved medical assistance and were eared foi
by the people living in tbo vicinity. Twc
person wern found to bn fatully aud lourteeL
seriously injured.
REFORMS IN INDIA.
View Taken by a National Congres
In Session at Madras.
Tbo first resolution submitted to tbe Indian
Nutional Cougros now iu session ut Madras
was au emphatic protest uguiust the iujustlco
of imposing an excise duty on cotton goods
manufactured lu ludlu, as calculated to
cripple au infant Industry. If tbe bill pro
posing Ibis duty shall be adopted by the
council, the congress will pay the Govern
ment to have exempted ull cottons ot a cer
tain grade from the operation of tbe act.
Tbe fourth resolution submitted duclaros
that the congress considers the ubolittou of
the Indian Council and the olllce of Secre
tary of State for Iudia, as ut present consti
tuted a necessary preliminary to all other re
forms, and suggests that a stauolng commit
tee of tbe Houmi of Commons be appointed.
WEATHER REPORTS.
Deepest Snow and Lowest Thermometer
for Many Tear.
At Morgautowo, tV. Ya the biggest mow
since 1M2 tell Wednesday night. It 1 now
18 inches on tbe lovol, and some place as
bigh as 20 inches.
Thursday morning was tbe coldest ex
perienced iu Llsbou, Ohio, In many years.
Thermometers varied according to location,
but none registered above 20 degrees below
te.ro, while several Indicated 2H below.
Tbe mercury was 10 degree below cero at
Wheeling; at Druce Station, O., it wo U
legrees below, aud at Wext Alexauder, Pa.,2'i
jelow. T he Ohio 1 closed at several point
between Wheeling and Purkersburg.
No American Inquiry.
Ti e sultan made a final reply to the appli
cation ol United States Minister Terrell for
permission to have CjusiiI Jewett muke an
Independent Inquiry into the Armeulnu
troubles. The sullen positively declined to
to allowed the consul to accompany the com
mission. . British Blew Up a Village.
A dispatch from Kanlguram, dated Decem
ber i3, says that a detachment of 600 IJritlsN
troops bus bad a sharp skirmish with tbe
Wazlrls near Karam. Several ot the UrltUth
foroe were wounded. The official dlx paw lies
add that tbe ltritish troop blew up the
towers and village nt Knram.
Seventy Thousand Their Shortage.
The total shortage of Carbi t ilielby and
Tiller Ulllett. of tbe Central Nttional Hank
ofi Home, N. Y., Increases as tbe experts
continue their investigation ol tne book.
It has now reached an aggregate of f 70,000,
LABOR REVIEW.
Probability of a Strike Among Pitta.
burg District Miners.
The increasing probability of a strike of ti,
local miners ot the Pittsburg district, M
a result of tbe reductions by the operators of
the ruining rate 60 to 65 cent per ton, is re.
ported to be causing considerable anxlsts
among tbe manufacturers of tbn dtris;
a rv-in supply 01 coni is not sumcieht to
i' iiiein stoiug uuring inn roniiuueri strifes
Within the past week 15.000.000 bushel. ;
coal from tbo river mines have been sIiiicm
a kJ I . 1 - ... .. I . I- ' ' 1
nvutiiuu f.vrui oi nnipr, nii.l luu ral.r. fcl
mines nave oeen snipping largely to
ports, previous to the closing ot the tj
iramc, j uis leaves me visinie supply gr-at.
ly depleted, and a general cessation of v,ti
among tbe miners will cause great embarrtu.
nieut Io mnnufvturers. A strike in it,
i jiisi urg uistrici wouiu aneei io.oou u.:uti
auvi inuircciiy mnuy inousauus more.
noMRstrn stekl wohks.
. . i . . . .
ine new scales oi wages lor inn prvit
Homestend, Pa. . xteel plant wern post-. lg
tbe 11 different departments of the mill Mr.j.
uny. i uey were posieu lor inspection, nt
ore to be signed by the men before tho cIa
oi in year, i lies., scams are io go into en -ct
on January 1. The mnn In one depart n.sr.t
nre not irmittcd to seo the of any other h
pnrimeui. it was soon Known. Low-v.f
wnat tne result oi tne weens ni work on ttis
so-cniien --renujustmenis scales conls;e. f
Common laborers will receive tin-s.iin.-
they are now getting. Io the convert, ng u.ili
mere is a reduction oi irom in to 20 per c..Bt,
among the skilled laborers. In the io. . i :;
81, 35 and 40-lncli.mllls thero am redie ti. oj
ranging from 20 to 35 nr cent among t.
rollers, l ne latter class ol workmen g"t it
henvlest cut of all.
There Ix, of course, some d Ixs.- 9
ntnong the men on nenotitit of tho rvdu ti' .u.
out uo irouoio is niiiicipuicu.
IN Tilt Xot'TII.
Ptndnl reports to tbn Minufnc'-irsrv
Itecord xhows that the improveme it r-vi .Uk
ly mentioned iu Southern bu-ltiess 1 1-1 r- -ti
continue to broaden. This Is lu-ll -iiv 1
only by nn increased demnttd for xoin-
of inniiiiiactured goods, but nslo by a v-rj
decided iucrene m tho interest of Lew m L.
trial undertakings mi l nllroa l euterj r.- .
Cotton manulactiirliig Is especially attr.i t
mu"h attention, ns many new miii com; u
are now le-iug projected, wimn mills a ..-,.,
in opcratlou are enlarging their capa.-in. a.
ilin new machinery, aud, lu qulto u mi.i,..i
of eases, running ou double turn. In r ....
road enterprises several quite important i,i
ure getting under way, with good pro.;-,
of early construction. F.leetrte rallroa ; ;i
tore show Increased activity, and many i,.i
lines are being stnrte.i. a important c.i.. n
dutiou of a number ot Florida phosphate,. -l
ames hits been made, w ith a paid-up ..-.. it,,
ot il,2Su,0U0.
cruxoK TiiKiu rrr.u
Tho lower Cambria works nt John'Cr
have beeu closed for Christmas, mid wui a
operate, uutii some necessary repairs u
beeu made. The 44-luch blowing ti-
been closed and will bn inactive for i. :iinat!i
or more, 'The company husdecid.-d t ret;ra
to tho use ol coni proluceu ga inst., . v -'ue
Ardier fuel gas, uiado from crude ;: ,el,,n
and introduced about four years, ta tin
nuturul go supply became weak.
iM'Utit iMfstar x.
A carefully compiled repoi. of Anlern
manufacturing concerns, tbu iiuniwr of n.m
employed and tbo capitnl.luveste.l, has U-ea
made. I: shows that tlu-re are ?) nnaulu
luring concerns, that the total uuu is r of aits
employed Is -i.'i.t", aud that t' capital In
vested in tin-so concerns is 3.xl7. i I'f the
7ti but oue Is now idlo' and all but t .r - uie
running full capacity.
MINER WSNT Ltolst-ATION. (
At tbe annual convention of e l : ! w
W -the Tlltfuurff din '- --tftr.-.iwy n.
action will be taken to seal son-' i
tion that will aid in removt. ixtut lis- vle-
ments bet woe u operators ant. mlicx. Ai
effort is to be made for a law that I : t
check weigh men authority to uiuIumi.
positions and perform their dull. -.
penalty attached for interfering wit' I"
venting them from acting us the ag. i.t lb
miners. Tbo quest ten of screen1' ... t- I
an important matter to bo decide-1.
AXE I'AlTolUF.X CLostn-
Tbe nso factories nt Mill Hall. J
again beeu shut down, owing to n '"
between ltobert Mann A Sons, owikV- !'
works, aud the American Axe aud 1
The trust wus organized In 1HJ. It Is
for live years, nud the time has expire
Mann claims that his mills nro in tb
lor U'Jyears and reiuses to withdraw.
Ihe axe factory at Iiollefonle, l'u., a.
came a member of the trust, aud for the i 4
year or more has beeu closed down, will
prttpecl ol reuuiptlou.
I'oW i n IIIOM THE XTSyfEIIANNA
The Susquehanna Itiver Electric eon
with 9100,0(10 capital, bus been incori
to di.m tho river near Couowlnuo, M l,
Its water to generate electricity and trJ
m it power to Ualtlmore, Philadelphia.
mingtoa autl uenr towns, it is sal. I ti.
Wextiughouse electric, pooplo are bebmi
project.
A TnAl'TlOS COMMSE.
The various eh-ctrio traction compiinW
Jinyton, o . have eousoii.rne.i atul "'"
einiiull, HamHtou, Middleton A Dayton
liai i road Company ln'oriorated. 'lbs
corporatlou is cupall.ed ut CjOJ.OOU,
sum miiy bo Increased.
The Trades and Labor council "f
Liverpool. ().. hus voted to ask A. M
of Canton, factory Inspector tor that i-
to visit that town und Inquire ns to tut
plovnicnt of cblidreu lu tlio potteries.
POPULISTS MEET
Confernce of People Party Lea'-lH
St, Louis.
Tbe conference ot tbe national com:
of tho People's party began Friday
Lindell Hstel in Ht, Louis, with nu uttsu
of something over 200. Tbe medio.
called to order by National Chairman
eueek. After organisation tbo cou('
listened to addresses by J. H. Coxey.
Delegates Howard, Manning and Adttu..
the recent election In Alabama aud 1
upou tbe general purpose ol the coulrc
Alter tne evening recess ueuerui "
roxpouded, urging his woll-kuowu fin-
views, and asked that tbe light of th
two years, until the next national elect)'
made upon the Omaha platform in l
ureiy, wuu iiuanciui relorm well to io
iletore adjournment, for the Knights ol
bor. Master Workman Sovereign oles.l''-
tbn Omaha platform, aud pledged tUot-
support oi l opuiiBi pnucipics.
MASSILL0N MINERS STBIK
Decision of the Arbitration Board
Jected Unanimously.
Tbe Massillon miner wilt strike,
convention ended Friday by tbe adopt
resolutions declaring the recent settlcaj
arbitration an outrage, claiming the r-
have been prearranged and asking for
conference to arrange prices.
Tbey refuse to work for 00 oents c
positive tbat tbe operators will yield
tliMtr Irh. mlnArs I kiftvn ftkMAn Out S
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refuse to meet the miners aommlttee.
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