THE M1DDLEBDRGH POST.
OEO. W. WAOENSELLER,
El;tor and Proprietor
MliUIeluirgii. I n., January 10. I ".:,.
Contract have lice-n let 1t tlio Mil
itii Department nt Ottawa, Canada, for
monuments t o ho erected ou the battle-fields
of Lun ly' Lane, Chateau
giiny, anl Chrysler' Farm.
A Now Yorker, writing to the S in,
Rives tho r-.triotn irifornvition t lint
Edison lias on tlio front door of liii
Now Jersey homo na electrical bell
which loes not work.
Tho rrhr-iiio of having railroad
tick' t-n.enti contest f r a prize to be
Rircn for the liest-written nlvcrtise
mtiit of tho Northern I'.ici'lc Ilnilroa 1
is, in tho opinion of tho Argonaut, n
poo l one, ns a kuowh' of n rout-j's
a Hantaa n is nccosnr t writ 3 its
praises projn rly.
One iutercstin; rcn!t of tho ti1tin
dancy of gn'iio in Maine in recent
years hvt Wn tho devt lupmciit nnd
cnltiv.itioti of t ixi.l-'rm.v in that State.
fSkilloil t-isidorinists nro tio.v to ho
found in every small town on tho
routes thut leal in and out of tiio pjrpnt
forest", on 1 not infroipuutly in rc
Iiioto banl;wrols k tlh-racnt.-.
Tho Now York Tituo feels sorry fm
tho seejii 1 v.ifo of tin widower "II.
S.," who writes to nn Hnli-li paper tj
ask if it will ho miit'thh to tno nt tho
ceremony tho simo rin with which
he mnrried his fir-tt wife. Thtro nro n
few tiling, toothbrushes and wedding
rius, for in-dnace, of which a woaiaa
likes to he lirt nnl nolo owner.
When nn American meets nn an
quuiut nee after .l.irk, no mutter what
the hour, ho says : 'S. 1 evetiiu,',"
and when they separate he my "(Jood
nij-'ht." l!:tt in Cauili oao oftea
hears tho latter phr.iau in salutation us
well os in jrjiil-br. To nu American
Jt seems oil I when, on secinc; a friend,
tho latter advancei with: "Ojo.I
night, bir. How nro yon?"
Railways Nerving Manchester, Eng
land," arc gravely con. si lerin; tho mof
tion of buying tho chip canal. Tho
price is put nt 33 0 )),);)), which
wonld menu n lo to tho shareholders
of 817,500,000. Dut judgoi by th j
pres 4 ' tb Transport,
il 1 1 n" . irj wtv"i
price indeed, and woim probably be
gludly accepted by tha uufortuuate
shareholders.
"Wojon," tho opprobrious epithet
which tho Chinese- npply to tho Ju'f,
belongs to nn interesting class of
names bestowed noon Nations by more
or lota unfriendly neighbors. Such
nuuies are found in all part of Eu
rope. Tho uamu Welsh is merely the
Tu'.touic fr foreign people, uud in
America thu peuplo who called them
selves Uik otahs wero knonn t j their
neighbors, tho Ojib.v.iys, ns Sious, or
"enemies." It is said tint tho worJ
Esquimaux is it French corruption of
the Chippsw.1 or Croo phrasj LVakia
luook, or 'r.v.v lleih eaters."
Tho un lergroun 1 rapid transit rail
way to ho built in New York will murk
an era in tho city'a history, likj tin
Croton .Vjuoduct, tho Central Turk
and the Urooklyu Bridge, writes tha
New York correspondent of tho Chi
cago Mail. When tho express train
are whirling their thousiu Is of pas
sengers from tho Uittery to West
chester County in llftoen minutes peo
ple will won ler how tho city ever did
without rjpH transit, just as now it ia
difficult to ima-ino New York without
a Crotoa witer miiply, without a
Central I'.tr. or without a bridgo ovei
the East liivcr.
Twenty-fivo year have no clapseJ,
recalls tin New York Tribune, biac
the opeuing of tho Suez Canal, ond
although fit llrst tho ncepticisrn with
which it wus regarded us a commercial
Ventura was .o groat that M. do Los
fcejis was unable to Ha 1 any purchas
ers for tho 2 )i),OO0 shares which he
Lai reserved f jr s-ibijriptioain Great
liritain, yet it lias turned out to be
one of tho jnot remunerative invest
ment it is poajihlo to imagine.
Founder' hharos, which a quarter of a
century ago roalizod on tho market
barely $2'j) npieco, now ore quotod at
8230,00'J villi, a rina of 1000 per cout.
Even Khedivo Ismail's bhares, which
bo sold to Euglaad a number of yean
after tho o:eiiiux of tha eanul mul
when its flaancial Buosess was already
assured, havo increased moro thau
five-Mil in value, although their divi
dends had boon hypothecated by the
spendthrift Egyptian ruler for a period
cf twenty yean, U0! drawing to a
lose.
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.
WAR AND SNOW.
Japanese 8oldlcrs Not Thought to
Bo BuT-ring Qreatly.
The Jnpana aiithoritlcj hre hat's not
ffcelveil ntiy Infonnntlon concerning tlio r
portcj rxtrntne urlni( of l!io Ja; .iu".
lol !li-rs fro.-a t!ii col I in Clilua. Clmn'.-. llor
Sakayama. of thn IfKntifjiis, thut it was
uliy un l-rsfjol thut the r.tjors of the ell
unto in M uii-hiirla wouM j rove hnrl oo tba
an-r! . i.-rn coming from tho nouth
of J,i.nn. Hie eol.lli'rs coiiiini Irom norllii-rn
i-litu.lt nr- ii li ir.ly eia. RCCU't-jiiie-l
to mx feot of fDoif nnd fee In
thu wmtT Tli Hint nrmy corps la Mnn
cluirlii Is innl" up of n.lv.-.l r-'Kl;n"iits trom
tho iimMIi mul i u:h. .Mr. N'8kiiyn:n ih,
liottcwr. lh.it full j r ruitl jus tinv hi-i-n
tu'ieii nuniimt thu vi.. '1 he nrmy Is rovhl
o i with niiiplo supplies of woolcus.norit fklns
etc. M.jrevr It luu eaptur."t sj many towns
that It hn -.h'-lter In t:.j rn.'o ltt, tlcpU-s,
et".. eo thnt few ui-r nru loft vx:-:l iu
touts Xhi-ro Is an Binph- supply of woi. J and
conl In ( hlria. J !. nrmy nt J'urt Arthur Is
well hoino.l. I'udor theso oircumstnneex.tho
riihnsi.-r nys. tlm lmrlMp will txi thos-i In
eviui.ln to a wiuti-r cu-npiiiK'u, but thov hnvo
not. f.ir ns r- oris are rcw-ived, In.i.c.uo.l
an e.xtrM-ii., or ;i'lenn whl'li thrent- n a
rep- titiun i,f Vuliey Jir-. or th m -n; imI.-j
ie(,u:,. of Niipyk-Jii's urmy by the suons bo-for-j
ilcioow.
Tlis Nicaratiian I'anil,
Tho jn lH-;n-iit (J( lii.iKi i-tiiitors who hnvo
reunite-1 in t!i. eity ilur.iu tho reooss In that
lli-i Ne-ar.i;.i,i Cuiul l.iil eni;:ut puss nt this
"-lou. -It is net n fttTorutilD tuns to uri;e
Kiicli a Iil"r.-iiro.'- mi l fM-iuiiiir llavls. of Him
i on Ik'U li-'laiioiis (.'uiiimitt'x. "i'liin-s havo
tieeli ho Imr.l h:i, thu pe iplo .lil not llko tho
pro.-1 :. .. Iiht"iiiiik e.x; ens 4 or of i-ront-
in nn lel litloiial ilel t. 1 li- nhort soshIoii of
i'oiitrr's l not a fav.r;i' I time to urio
sue.'i n iiii-i-tur-. ns oufll -e-at tuns can be
eifily c-o!i-i!n'l to uvure tlio ilep-nt,"
Thi-rit nro otlo-r K-.-na'.ors who dis-ni tho
ml'jei-t In iim.-ii tho it.iii,,! way. .Sevral of
tlioo wh tav.,r t.'io pr .y-.-t ILInk that the
pr-'s-iit (iii-i t-Tali on of tlc im-usuro Is n
Coo-! thlu' ns iiup- or ies (llMt'u.v.lon Is
I oiin.l to in- ha I. 'I hli Is thu view of S-nntor
W lute, who lavors th" I'liii.u, bat docs not noe
the p,j.-l,ity f fettina t blii throuuli at
this M-Hsioti. Si-iif.t-.T Winto Buys that the
ro)i-Mt;ou to m'ihI nu i-ucnu'i-r ' coniiii.s-lon
to Nicaragua t- niako another e. am I nation
iimi survey. N merely a ililatory oiid put for
ward I y thu opponents of the proloot to pro
eiituctk,L. I3eor and Bunk Checks.
Tho f.TiiiMalile opposition to tho Income
tax whieh bus di veinped Ja ooiire.s, it Is
iiU'lertoo 1. Ilmls partial euoouraumeiit nnd
mjj-irt in leluiltiistratiou cirolos. The
Mruniilo centers itround tho pnratrnph iu tbo
uiKcnt deileletu-y bin, iinikiiii an appropria
tion t- earry tlm law luto ifoct. If the
pr.jioi-itiiiii eti b defeiiteii this will, ol
ource. kill th ineomo tax by th eoi)i(re.
Mount iiiotlioJ known us -nturving it to
death."
I lint tho totnl revenues of tho Rovornmont
may not bo redueod from hoerelnry I'anlsin s
entunaies It Is proposod to ruiso revenue In
the lieu of tho ineo-nii tax of 2 eeuts ou bnnk
olieoks. from tin i-o two nour.H'n It Is said,
moro roveuiin than is expected fiom the In
eomo tai eau b derived and with far lr
notion. Jt In iickLowloilc d that the in-er-ased
tnx on beer can br eolleotod at uo
eMra cost by tho present forco of internal
rovenuo officers. Thu bunk chock tax collects
Ituuir.
ConKfOitniaii Payuer Kcairna.
Itepreeututivt J'homas II. I'ayiitcr, of
Eoutucky, who was last full elected a tnem-
4 on.o-'jof. tbyt .VI4, ha
.- uotlllod Hpoaker. , . ...... Jorwardod
i-j inn KOTernor oi nuuiui-Ky tlio ret-lunation
of his i.eUt Iu oonKross, to tako ilwot oo
Iioeembi-r 5. Tho Ninth Kentucky district
will bo without n representative tho rost of
the u-rin, us tho Kovoruor would have to
lia auy iiotl. o to hoid a special elec
tion. Income Tax Collectors.
On tho recommendation of Postmastor
(iierat Ills-oil tho pronldeut issued an order
vxteiidiiiK the civil service nvulntioua to nil
superintendents ol Hatlous In tho posi-olllce
of the t' lilted Mutes.
Seliutor I.o Ik Knve notleo of un amend
ment wl.t-h ho iuteiids to o!T.-r to tho urrfeut
de!P-ieie-y bill providing that the ofllca cre
ated by i tie bill for the collection of tho In
come tax shall be. placed In tho elasslUod er.
VI' nild tilled fur tho ellllblo lu,u ol tho
civil kervicu commission.
Oive Labor Leaders Hoariny.
An opportunity will bo KVon by tha houso
committee m labor to purti.-s luterostol in
the new arbitration bill, revised by Commls.
sion.-r of Labor Wrlht. to pron-nt their views
ou the plan. Invitutlous havo boon gout by
( hairinun M -(ianti. of tho committee, to all
the principal railroad managers of tho coun
try uud to tho leaders of railroad corpora
tloim and labor or;ii!ii-.utionB In enoral, to
uppuar boioro tho committee next week.
(ion. Philip Sidney post, mombor of con
press trnm tlm Tentti Mmols district, died nt
the Hamilton hotel Sunday tnornlmr after an
lluo-s of but one day. His death was from
heart fuiluro, resulting from nouto gusiritls.
A HARD WINTER ABROAD.
Oermany Southern France aad North Af
rica Feal Its Bitter Blasts. -
There havo been further heavy snowfalls In
the Bouthweyt of Goruiany "specially In' Old
euwald, nnd S-hwarr.wald. Several place
uro Uohitod. Nuvirfatioa is stopped ou tho
Wart ho mid other rivers of F.tut Prussia.
Mu -li wroi-u n;o uud a uuinoer of corpseg
have b.-en wusiiej uhnre ou tho North Sen
coh-!s. J'lio stilp la lu-trn stranded on tho
ilaud ot iiorkum uud it is feured that ad of
ier crew were urowiliHl. l it) lioavv miovr.
fall;.
nave ooiie immense damage iu tho do
""""""I Ijrenui-H urieillrlli-S, OOUllleru
1 ranee. In Algeria tho eoid is intense. Pivo
liutives have bceu fruiiea to dentU iu the
POLICEMEN UNDER BONDS
K Novel Reform Measure Fropcae4bya
CUi.utfo Legislator.
Senator Dwyor hiw a police reform bil
which ho will introduce soou after be goes to
Hpriu'!lo!d. It provides that no person hav
i!i tho authority cf o H-aeo ofllcor shall bo
vested with tho power until he hall flloa
iS.OJJ bond. Tho bill makes nil ojjleerf vest
ed with the rower of ai rifting cilhris sub
servient to tins luw. It also will provide for
nn examination for ciitntidiitos for pollen
positions as to their thorough knowledge of
tho laws under which warrants aro served,
sli;lii arrests mude, ajul the rluhis of all per
sons so arrested uudt-r tho stnlu'.es.
llrlelly, polieomeu nro to bo inudo pecuni
arily reopouslblo to eitiyj-iis lor ful.se, uiull
cmus and hasty urrests, uud citizens aro to
un v retires lor nil Uatiiiu-es.bodily or other
wise, ollerod nt tlio hands of Incompetent
brutal uui drunken pultcomou. '
Statistics of Homicide.
TKC'Chlentjo Tribune" has undortakon to
keep a record of homicides, Ivitul oxecutioos
nnd lynching la tho I'nltod Stutos. It aives
the number of people who riled by violence
In is:u us U.KOt). Tho legal exflcutious wore
13'.'. the IvnehlUL'S U0.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE
Both Branches Oet Down to Bard
Work.
Poth branches of tho Pennsylvania legisla
ture mot nt noon Tuesday and f rocoeded
with tholr reioctlv organization. The
senate was called te ordor b Lieut. Governor
Wntros and tho Houso by Chief Clork Vor
hot s. Prnyor as offered In tho senate by
tho new chaplain, Jlev. I f. I). 1). Hamlin.
'I ho deputy secretary of the commonwealth
lit once presented to tho senato tho returns of
election for itovernor, lieutenant gurornor.
auditor K"tieral and secretary of Internnl
a!TiilrF, with tho decision of t he court Iu tho
contested election enso of Scooter I'.. II. I.au
bach. To tho house he presented tho n-nl d
returns of tho elcetlon which wero rend by
bo retiring rendis clerk. Jero 11. ll'-x.
After the rendinirof tho returns,. Indue sim
ontoti ndiiilnistered tho onth of oflico to the
liowly elected senators an I Jtido McI'ln-ron
performed a like serrn-o for tho tnrmliers of
the house, Tho roll call of tho senate thowod
all tho members present, except Senator
linker, who Is confine. 1 to his home from tho
results of n fall upon tho eo. Senator (li-o.
Handy Smith nominated ('. Wesly Thomas
for piegidt-nt pro tern, and Senator tiroes
nominated K. II. I.aubnch. Mr. Thomas re
ceived forty-two votes nud Mr. I.auba"h
sovej.
Tho usual ommitteo wero a polntO' to
wnlt ou the (iovernor nnd the S"uato; Lnw
reueo, of Washington, mid Muttox, of Vcnun- !
ffo, telna tho Western members. On Invitn- i
tlou of tint llous'i, (ieo. V. I,nwreii ie, of
Washliii'ton, dedli-ated the remodeled hall to i
the purposi-rt of tho Legislature.
Lills wero ititrudiiced iu tha Senato as fol
lows: Mr. Penrose, phila b-!j hla Tomnke voting
corrpiilsory; to nuthorl." cities nnd I oroiilis
to cstatilish free libraries: to co; s-,,t ite tlie
board ol si ho-I director!- In each towin-hip a
board of health; to prohibit trust"" of nor
rmil schools from I c;ni interested lu C litracls
relating to such schools,
Mr. f.uii'lls. Lan'Msti-r To compel the rt;r
chii'0 of lulled St.ites Hues liy school
directors to lie pluc'd on s"hool bulidlliirs.
Mr. Grady, Philudclj hla To protect f-res'.s
from tr"s-asors.
Mr. Mitchell, Ilradforl-To aathoriro
county couiiiiissiouin to erect suit-iblo
mouuinents at tho county n-nts lu memory
of tho soldiers and sailors of tho 4 ivil
War.
Mr. Mitchell, Jefft ro:i To detach Jeffcr
son county Irom tlio r.Jtlitcentli judicial
district and make it u ceparate judicial ti,.
trlet.
Mr. I.aadls. of Lancaster, suhmltte 1 a petl
tioa contesting the e-eti..n (if Mr. Laubaeh its
Senator from Northampton count v on tlm
"round of irreuiurllies at tho pools In irloro
than three-fourths of tl.o districts of thu
county.
'I he Hoiie did nothln; but orijanlr.o uud
llsteu to tho li ivoruur's message.
OOVI tlNon I'ATflsoN's Jtf.SSAII!.
(lov. Puttl-ou's, mesaiM was rend la both
Houses of the Legislature, lie sav that tho
tlnaiiclul credit ol the Stuto Is of tho very
lilk-ln-st order. It will l.o only a few years
until tin-last dollar of the debt Is cxltiiKuishod.
nud tlio revenues will easily admit of n con
tinuance of tlm onerous appropriations for
education which have beeu roccutty ma h
but there is tiothiiiK lu tho situation to Justify
wasteful expenditure or reckless hvl-iutlou
The (iov"ruor roc imueuds that a special
frauchl.sc tax should l-t levied on nil corpora
tlous nnd distinguished from a property tux.
Ho urines that tho entire legitimate cost of
the State Kovermneut can be puid by taxatlou
upou corporations nnd collateral Itiln-ri'.unccs
uud tho tax uud feos cf county o Ulcers, and
therefore tho tuxes upon other forms of per
sonal property ami all license money, mer
cantile taxes, etc., should bo returned to thu
counties to relievo them from their pteent
burdens. Ho opposes thu repeal ot tho tuxes
upou merchants, billiard tables, brokers, etc.,
but ho coudomns the present system of collec
tion uud suggests that il should bo recon
structed so as to place it wthlu the coutrol
of the local authorities nud divert tho revo
nntsi to the counties sy4unlcipu!ltios. He
renew his reooiui ' j -u tL.it some simp
ler method o7 lovylmr una collecting the State
tuxes should to udopted and silicosis thnt
tras and electric compuules be made taxable.
Hu think thut jiubllo eluritles, hospituls,
ehurchos, educatlouul lu-tltutlous uud the
lik", ruljL-bt well be ereiipted from the coi
lateral Ifjlicritanco t5.
'ouecrjiluK tJ.o labor troubles, tho Gover
nor says i
There ouRht to bo no dinVu'.ty in dovlslntj
niioiirdot uriutratiou in wbtca both sides
might have coulldeuco uud to ivlios .- Impai tin!
Judgment both would yield respect. Such
u Huwstiun Is not intended to interfi-ro
with the rleht of contract; but v lien either
tlm opt. ression of tho Krcal ruilrosd, ininuijr
or iniiuufucturliiK ti.rjior.itioiis ol the State,
or tho disorder, riotinir uud dostruotivenos
of their e:iiilye interelero with the froo
movements oi our citizens, obstruct travel ou
the public highways, cheek the supply of the
staples of lilu or tiireaten the public oace
and order, tho responsibility lor this condition
ol affair tiei-oiiics a matter of KovernmeutiJ
concern. Corporations denviut; their lito
und power Irom tho C'otijiuouweuitU and
scckuiK Its protectlou owe to it tho duty of
serving uud carrying out tho purpose of
theiroririuiuatlon. When they coiifess them
selves unable to do this, because of a luck of
coiiUdelico ou the part of their employe nud
nn lucupue.uy to satisfactorily u' I just the
piestlou ol wattes, tin y become kiisjei-t to
tuo visitation of tho Lomiiiouweulth. It has
been well said: "I'ho Stuto is bound iu tho
eud to interpose; uud 11 the State is to come
iu nt the finish with the buyouet, it muy as
well come in ut tho start with tho balnucvs."
Ou tho subject of strikes thu message suys
thut of the 21 which occurred lu JtvJI all but
throe failed te elluct tho purpose ut which
they were ulmed. Iteurulng the Complaint
thnt miners are defrauded bv false woluht.
tho Kovernorthmksthe stutu mightuppoint an
olllcer to test mine scales uud to meiuro uud
brand the cars. He admit thut corporation
violate the spirit of the law forbid Jinn com
pany stores and think that a more particular
legislative deMnitiou of this lorm ot labor op
pression Is deuianded.
With rcsjiect to railroad discriminations, ho
says:
I'hac common carriers should not afford
ouperior lucllities or lower lutes to one per
son or corporation under like eoudltiiutiian
to another, uud thnt a traupoitatiou line
should uot charge more for thu shorter thau
tor the longer haul, seem to b) such obvious
proposit.ous that tuey up) Iv us forcibly to
the scuse ot commercial expediency as to
that of natural justice. Nevertheless, it Is
lreely charged, aud has been frutiuentl dis
closed in judicial proceeding, that" these
axiomatic principle of law. justice and trade
uro constantly violuted. More strlugeut and
positive legislation I needed to enforce
them, livery sort of seer -t rebate, discrim
ination aud favoritism should be made pun
ishable by a tine uud imprisonment of the
Individuals who practioe them, nud should
warrant the forieiture ol corporate power
whlcii thus abuses it.
To prevent tue creation of monopolies In
street railroads, the Governor suggests that
tho Legislature should prescribe regulations
simlliar to those ot the fourth seetion ot
Article 17 of tne Constitution, relating to par
allel and competing linos of railroads and
canals.
Tuo Governor calls attention to the matter
of public road Improvements. He auggtwuj
thut some legal provision might be uiado to
put the direct control of the roads between
principal jkjIuU or populous centers into
control of the couutles, aud certain license
ed to the couutles to provide lor the Increase I
oi.xci now paid to tuo state might be divert
aiiAi-a uuw uhju iu liio hmiH miirnr is- n vust.
of cost ot improving
and maintaining such
uiguways,
WitusEBDAT. In tbe senate Mr. Baylor, of
Montgomery, introduced a bill authorizing
building and loan assoclatioas, when a series
of stocks has matured, or when applications
the aceumulutlons of the treasury, to make 1
temporary loaus to meet such demand, not i
exceeding In tbs ajraregate at auv tluw 3
i . ' - . .
v.. ium uj wiu HocKuoiaors Shall exoeed
per e nt ot tne wil'ddrawal va!ubT the stock
Issue 1 at a rate of Interest loo than 0 per
cent., and secure the payment of the sareio bv
Interest-bearing order, note, bona assignment
of the Judgments or mortgages as collateral
and loan, and to be repaid out ot the
accumulation In the treasury as soon as
sufficient Is imld In and there Is no demand
therefore by i-o r rowing stockholders
Theso bills were also Introduced: Grady.'
Philadelphia, authorising Judges In vacation
or when court is not In s-sslon. to approve
bonds of railroad and canal companies for
luw damages.
Mr, C'ritchlleld. Somerset, to prevent the
spread of tiibercniosls among domestio ani
mals; to provide for tho pnyniont of expenses
for taking samples cf commercial fertilizers;
to remove the limitation lu t!ni amount to be
paid for thu killing of disentd animal and to
modify tho modo of appraisement.
Mr. Laudls, Lancaster, to abolish days of
gra-e.
Mr. P.annon, Bradford, Introduced six bills
Which failed of pnssago in tbo lost session,
one of which proposes to extend the net pro
viding for tho establishment ot industrial
schools In cities of tho second to cities of tho
third class. The others uro intended to meet
local demands.
fifty-thFrd congress.
An Outline of the Work la tha Senate
and House.
rmiiTrtxrti iat.
SrxATf. Tho senate reassembtod at noon,
i iiiursany, aiiertno iioii.iny recess tho ses
; slou la-iug opened with prayer by tho blind
i ehnplnln. liev. Mr. Milburn. There were
I some forty setintors present tho vice presl
i dent being lu tho onulr. Tho Presldeut to
I tiny seut to tho senate tlio following u-milna-!
turns: Postmasters- I'eiinsviv.inia W. H.
i V ss. Kast Stroii Isburg; Mae K. Lukln, Em
; lentotij lieorgo H. Martin, Haz'-ltou: Alfred
Hi Hill. Hughesvillci Hurry I. Moser. Sehtiyl
kill Haven. Andrew J. l'att"rsoti who was
I liomiuated by I'resi lent Cleveland, consul at
. I'eniaraia, lirltlsh Giil.iu.i.i the griindsoti 0
j President Andrew Johnson, a rou of ex-Senator
Patterson, o! Tcincss.Mi and bis mother
was mistress of the White house during tho
Johnson administration.
Ilofsr l.t-ss than I0J members of tho
I house wero in their seats when tho last ses
emu of the I ifty-tlilr I t'otigres was remnd
alter the holiday recess. A long list of ex
eeutlvo doeuments, largely estimates fr Rj.
ditloual appropriations, was laid before tho
uouto and upi-rojiriateiy referred.
MXKTI.I .xril DAT.
SrSA-rr.. Tho Hawaiian question wasagaln
brought before tho public lu thcsi-nute to-day
by the discussing f A resolution, introduced
by Mr. Lodge, of Massachusetts, enlllug on
tho secretary of tho navy for information as
to why tho L uited States battleship hud been
withdrawn from Hawaiian waters. The de
bate consumed tho greater part ot tho morn
ing hour, and ut Its close the resolution took
Its place on tho calendar, and now cun bo
taki n uj) only by uuunlmou consent. Mr.
Morgan concluded his speech on tho Nicara
guuu cuunl bill, nfter which the bill making
appropriations for support of the military
ticii'li my for the llscal year lH'.'G was passe, L,
It carries ait appropriation of 420.000, a re
duction of til.hCO, ns passed by the house.
The senato thou, after n brief executive ses
sion, ad joe rued until Monday.
Horse Tho general debate on the currency
bill, which consumed tho timo of tho houso
aualn to-dny.will continue until tho caucus Is
held. Then, If the present plnus of the advo
cates of the bill are Indorsed, the debate will
go on uudt-r tho flve-uituutu rule until Thurs
day of next week, when the dual vote will be
taken, iho feature of to-day's debate was a
spooch made lu opposition to the measure by
lieprest-ntiitlve Hendrlx. n New York bnukor.
Ho declared that tho bill would bo Inadequate
as a measure of relief lor tho treasury, nud
beaido would not provide a sound currency.
He suggested as the only measure of relief
the passage of a bill to fund the greenbacks.
Tho other speakers wero Messrs. Hepburn,
of Iowa, Mugley. of Mnlno, aud Gresham. ot
Texas. When Mr. Gresham bad llnlshed his
speech nt 5 o'clock, the bouse took a recess
until 8 o'clock to-night. Tue night session
was devoted to private pension bills.
I fl'MTJItll DAT. ' ' "
Horse Another iu day the House was
consumed by debate over tho Carlisle cur
rency plan, la which I(proooutiitlve Cock ran,
of New York, was the most conspicuous
figure. Mr. Cock ran held tho fioor tor moro
thnn an hour, nnd spoko with his accustomed
vigor and eloquence. He opposed tho bill
throughout, nud declared in favor of tjie
Paltlsuoro plan. Mr. Lacy fllop., Io.) also
In opposition, while Mr. lloutman, (Dom..Ia.)
and Mr. Catchlngs (Hetn., Misa.) exhorted
their party to unite in support ot tho measure.
TV. tNTY-tillsr pa v.
Senate. Iu the Senate t-day Mr. Lodgo't
Hawaiian resolution was taken up nu a mo
tion which was curried by a Vote of lid to 12.
All tho liepumieaa mil Democratic nud Pop
ulist votes of Allen, llittb-r, Cockrell, George,
Gorman. Gray. Hill, .buies, ot Arkansas;
Kyl. Lindsay, Martin. Morgan. Pasco, Poll-er.ltau-uni
und Voorhees wo.o in tho alllriiiu
llve. Tue resolution then went over until
to-morrow.
The Senate adjourned shortly nfter 3 o'
clock us a mark ol respect to the memory of
llepri-sentativo post of Illinois, who tiled
Sunday. A speech by Mr. IVHer, (Pop.Kuu,)
lu support of a service pension bill for the
betieiit of soldier and sailors ot tho late war
uud another by Mr. Mitchell, (pop Ore.1 iu
behalf of the Nicaragua!! canal bill occupied
tno-t of the timo of the session. Mr. Hansom
(lom.) N. C'.,) was cioctej president pro tern
of tho senate to net in tho ai senco of Presi
dent Stevenson and Mr. Harris.
Hot sK -lly u vote of si to 6J tho Demo
cratic ious caucus decided to-day to Indorse
the Carlisle substitute currency bill, now be
fore tho house. Speaker Crisp took the lend
In presenting the resolution uud iu vigorous
ly urging tho necessity of its adoption. The
committee ou rules was in-lructed to bring
In a rulo to-morrow to elosti the debate. Lf
forts to utneud Mr. Criso s resolution were
i voted down, one of tho ml verso vote show
ing only 111 members of tho euueus favorable
to uu issue of bond to retire tho free?
buck. TELEGRAPHIC TICKS,
Mr. Gladstone's Concordance and Traycr
Cook, the work of bis leisure hour for 20
your, will bo ready oa February 1.
Tbo Swedish government has decided to
raise tho duties on corn to S13 oere per 100
kiios ami on Hour to CM core. Tho
tariff took effect Monday.
now
Tiio Argentine Congress, n secret session,
has sauctloued a war credit of 2,000,000 In
view of a possible rjuarrol with Chile regard
ing the froutier.
Tho UnlUsd Htutes grand Jury bas Ignored
the charo aalust Oovarnor Hughes, of
Arizona, of appropriating to hlaiself the (09
salary allowed for an interpreter.
A mooting of 2,000 members of secret or
ders met at Tacotna and declared tho pope's
eillet against sicrot orders to be unwarranted
interference.
Six young mo of East Norwich, while
coasting ut Oyster Boy, Long Island, ran into
atroo wltu terrific foroe, all being seriously
Injured, and one I expected to die.
The Cushmnn United Telephone Comnanv.
, i . .' ' tooorl'fatI with eapl
. . -
, tal stock of 20.00C,000 to manufacture tolo-
phone appliances and to eonstruot and oper
ato telepboue and tolcgropb oxwbanges.
Oerault Richard, Soclulist, editor ot tbs
"Chatuburd," who was recently ImnrisoueJ
for Insulting rresldent Caslmlr-Perler, bos
u 0 member of the French Chambei
of Ueputles by 2.7J2 votes against OSS east for
M. Felix, Republican.
LABOR REVIEW.
Enoouras-lnr Reports from Many Placet
la tha Industrial Field.
At the first meeting of the new Executive
Cornell of the American Federation of Labor
la New York, the books nud papers of the
Federation were handed over bv ex-Presl.
dent Samuel Gompers. John Mi'Ilride. the
nwly elected president: James Duncan, of
Ualtlmore. second vice president: T. J. Llder
kin, third vice president! Atigustin MeOrnltu.
geueral secretary, and John F. Lenuon,
treasurer wero present, p. J. McGure, of
Phlla lelpbla. first vice president, and llhody
Kenelln. of Ieuver. fourth vice president,
wero the only absentees, president M'-prldo
said be could not speak en any anticipated
changes.
Jon M'nnrn.
President A. I). Sniimon, of th" P ickeve
filuss works. Martins Ferry. 0.,has announc
ed thut lie Is willing t arbitrate. o pro-
I osen to leave the diiTerei to n commltteo
of three, one to bo selected by the company,
one by tlio union, nnd these two t select tlio
third. Should the committee d"-l In that tho
plant can be run successfully mid pay union
wages. President Scnmun promise not to
a.ukc. au attempt to start non-union.
a no sTrr.i. hail cimm.
As Is customnrv at tho bcgiuniug of a new
year, tho Pennsylvania ltailrond Company bus
ordered u lurge supply of steel rails lor use
lu renewals nud iu new constriction. The
coutracts call lor tho delivery ol U0.00J tons
of lulls, nnd nro divided between tho Penn
sylvania Steel Company, the L' igur Thomp
son steel works, the Cumbria Irou Company
nud the Scrnutou Steel Company. It Is be
lieved thut some 30.000 ton more will bo or
dered later In the year, lu is;u the Penn
sylvania railroad used 117,000 tons of steel
rails. Last year, when the amount of new
oqjistruetloii fell off greatly In consequence ot
tho extreme depression (.rcvailin,-, only UJ,
0jO tons wero used.
EMD or STHIKE IN SKtnT.
Tho outlook in tho strike nt Haverhill is
hopeful for a speedy settlement. The action
of W. W. Spnuldiug iu culling Agent Ponio
roy to a conference Is favorably commented
upon, nud although It cannot be learned Just
wbut was said or done, it I generally believ
ed thut tho big manufacturer decided to ac
cede to tbe demands of his employes. In
view of this tho manufacturers will undoub
tedly follow hi example.
WILL NOT START MASSILLOX MIXES.
Secretary Phillips, of tho Masslllou district
coul operators' association, said coueeruiug
tbe coul situation: "Wosnulluot niukumiy
attempt to start the mines ut present. We
have every reusou to believe that the men
will recousider their action tnkeu lust Friday
and go to work at tbe price stipulated iu the
sward ot tbo arbitrator."
AWABD AOAf. T TH; MINI: It C
Tbe state board ot arbitration unanimously
lecided agaiust tho miners lu the wage dis
pute in the mine of Morgnu A Tauby, near
InnesvillS. Tho miners wnnted t0 ceuts per
.ou, tbosiata for tbut vein, but thu vein was
jnusually thlcit iu thut mine, uud thu opera
:ors ollcrVd the wages usually pull for mm
iUg iu vhis of thut thlckues.
IT ClbiLACLJ lli OtttLS.
Labor saving devices, which llguro largely
,n wage disiiiites. have lately been added to
Arbucules' establishment In l'I'.tsourg, where
(machine Is iu operation which pucss and
pwtes pouud package of cotft-e, a work that
uuitilttihrto,teen'ouu by huud, uud required
iht service oi girl.- KiULX'y', 'in w suys
th.t tue niaciilue bus pussud the exjiuriueu
(ui stage aud is a auccees.
JOUSSTOW.X WILLS OOOMINO.
Wlth the new year, work lu the Cambria
company nud Jiihusou company mills, at
Johuatowu, has resumed. The former
liuis under way plaus for increasing its maiiu
(ueturlug products. The Johusuu comnunv
I crowded with orders, so much so that tbe
;oB)teuipluted moving of the rail mill to
Loittlu, U., cannot bo made without loss, and
Kill oo posipoucd several mouths.
6,003 MIS Ens IDLE.
As a result ol the present cold spell 5,000
tamers of the Mouuugabela valley uro Idle.
A resumption of work cauuot take piuce
until tbe weather moderates, as tho Monou.
gubela river is froieu over In mauv places in
the different pool and navigation i entirely
tuspended. This state of alluirs ha torced a
Uut-Uowu at all the river pits.
OLASS WOB EES WtS.
The factory of the Bridgeport, O., Glass Com
pany, after nine mouths Idleness, resumed
operations In full Wednesday tnornlug. Two
years ago this concern dismissed all tbo
members of tuo glass workers' union, and
filled thu factory with uou-uuiou men. There
was uo trouble, but tbe new workmen have
proved unsatisfactory aud now the old force
ui uuiou men is again employed.
rOTTEniES DESCME.
Tbs Kast Liverpool. Ohio potteries are
preparing to resume. Half a dosuu ot them
have started and only a few will remain Idle
alter the Urt ol tbe week. Salesmen lor all
tbe Ilrins are preparing tholr sutnplet to start
out on tbe road immediately.
Tho trouble on aceount of tbe cut in wages
st tbs works of tbe American axe and tool
company at Beavor Fall still continue. The
polishers seem to bo the oues upon whom the
cut fell heaviest. Oil coininou axes a cut oi
). ceuts per hundred was made, and ou
"f'hantom" axes they were sut from (X 10
pcr.bundrod to 11.70. Tbe bit drawers,
grinders aud other departments are willing
to accept tbe reduction, but the polishers
will not.
Tbe Fostorla Glass Company, at Monads
rllle, which has been off for tho holidays,
went on full with order enough to keep busy
111! 10a summer stop-
Papal Anti-Sooret Society Edict.
Aroh bishop John J. Williams has sent out
the following lottor to be read iu all the
cburuhes of tbe urehdlocee of Boston:
"Reverend, Dear Slr-Wo learn by lottors
from Rome, forwarded by hi exoolcncy the
npostollo delegate at Washington, the most
holy father has forbidden nil Catholic to
Join tbe societies ol Odd Fellows, Knights of
Pythias or Hons of lompsraone . As to those
who have already Joined any of these so
cieties, tbey are to be admonished to with
draw from them, nnd, if tboy refuso
to do so, they are to bo-denied tbe sacra
meets "
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS
SUBMERGED by SNOWSLIDE.
Peril of a
rrelfrht Train
Haven.
Near Lock
Snow f lldcs covering five miles a few mill
wt s; of Loot Haven on tbe I'hiladelphia
Lne railroad, blocked truffle Sunday morn
Uitf. Whiloa freight ttaiu, i-ustbjuud, wits
running along the bnse of the snow-enpt J
Aiiegheuies, with thu Icebound Susquebuuia
below, it was suddenly submerged by an
itiuiuuche ol dry sleety suow, which coutsej
down the mountain side between P.itchle uud
Hyuer. iuetnuu was coveted almost Us
enure length, crows Irom tlie east und frwu
tf.e West, to tti-J number of several huuari-.i
trainmen, came to the rescue, and worked ti
train turwugu the suow for a distunce ol
ui I ies.
LEATII ruLLOWS IMl'IIISONMEXT.
(.'har.es Conunt, a young man of 27 years
iti d suddeuly In convulsions at a duo r em'
oa 1 tiiru nveuue, New Brigluou. ( oiiunt liaj
b I'll released irom tho Jk-uver county j-,,i
whero ho Had been liiciirceraled lor tue m.
tlirce luomhs awaiting scuien.e on the unarm
ol embezzletiieiit, to which hti pit..ied guniy
one tiioutn ago. Attorney K e-niurt wtun-tj
his gran. ilatlier iu Colorado, lue old
tiem.in nt once seut on tho money to pay i Ul
tho it-nouiit ol his peculation-, mi l an court
charges. J ho mutter was theU nrriiuged
tnat uo was givt-u his release. Ton iasi :, :u.
p.iny ciusci uis downfall.
r.ll.L t.X TUE (OliK ofTI'l-r.
Coko production was n -.inv s,00) ,.,,
less Inst ivee than on tlio previous week ,.:,l
the shiiuieuts are about 2,iuj cars Bii rt.
The pM.-;ie.-is for tuo eoke tr.id j duriu,- isjj
nro good. Jim price Is very Io. but tti--f4
lire uiutiy lieln-ailoiis that It will not euntiinv
r-. iui Me.i.; ,-.,u:, u (.iiiit; tf IIOUlllS I'l.'l-T
'lho o orators uro ol tlio opinion Unit tui
region is un tho eve of nn Improvement i t,,
mudc-i ato proportions, nut It will t,o n.i.y.
f-stcd by conservative notion. In fact itn
mis teieieuey t-i UoKl back that preven-1
rise lu tho puce ol coke on January 1.
A .XKWY1.AU S ACCIDENT.
mid.-im l.arclay, loremuii of tho May t
pottery ut Leaver Fulls, whlio skutlng .j,,
uuai si.aie.1 nuo uu oioa Hole. i.n...,;
iiysou leli iu also. Alter much trouble In.
son was rescued, llarclay was kept a
I..I.--4 tt uu siii;i,i, oy me LTOWU IO ki"Ji l.rj
irom uruwniug until n skill could bo lira.-.-,
froui tlio stioro over tho lee. He wusb:.u .
lu the shore moro dend thuu nlivc.
I.E.VO OL'ILTV.
l rank ll.inscu, thu bricklayer arreslelh
in tectivo lirowu alter a long elia.se, coi.it
titui tej ifiiiHI .irt'Til lll'J rt-SIH'inco OI .IJfJ
Haiiuall Dice, ol New Castle, Saturday t.i.-j;
nun ine rt-si n-neo ol Andrew Doatt,,;, v.
Wampum, on Weduesdny night, il ; ,1...
turned up the stolen watches ho Bi-ci.P itl
tho robberies. Ho waived a hearing aj v.il
pleud guilty ut thu next term ol eojrl.
A! ILLEOAL I'ENSIOX
Joseph Conrud. uged 70, wits urr,"-?e,i w
' ut o mi-- -sot iituiiiuvriuuu eouuiy piw-ji,
impersonating ins dead coiijiii oi tue .. im
mune uua urawiugu pen.-iou on :aU; J ..-i I
no was cruuiua u pension u yo.tr ao ol
u mouth aud tll'U nuclt pay, nu I has ill--.
uruwu over ejue irom tuo bu.iei Muil
treasury.
ELECTUIC ttAILUOAU EXTLNSIOX.
Tbo McKcesport, Duiiiesnu & Wilu -r liaf I
i.uuwuy Lompiiuy uns oeeu granted a i.i.l
ot way irom Wilmording along me tov. lsj;!
roaa in ortu xersaiiies borough io
borough ot l'ltcairn. Tbeeompuuy win
Pieueo the work Ouiecled. wltn thoe.itcj l
oi ins uuci ucii ween.
lU7l
TUIKO TO KILL A COMPl'CTOH.
o)a the arrival of tho 7.15 Pittsbur,
Laeraiu ut ilellevurnou, James tuli
aoji Conductor himrra threo time u :
uidf and back. Drs. Gullet- aad Nicki- r
the 'wound are not dungerous. U.oli;!i
slio'lMtly de:ucatcJ.
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I A.N.inClIIsT MOWUIIAY INPICTErt.
TIAo grand Jury nt Phlludelphiu lo'r.!
tru-s hill ol indictment uguiust charl-i '
Mowbray, tho EmjIisU auurcnist, cLar;
hVjt of mukiug a seditious sucecu.
A lot of wool !u tho wool plckln,- hn :i
the Chain ber.sburg Wool Company cuus'it
as a result of spontimeous euuiuUsiiuj, i-
u quantity of It was burned nud tbe bui.
nud muchiuery were damaged. Tuo !
bo about e 13.000, Covered by iu-uro;
There was about ei.OJO worth f s'.i.cit il
building, b3t it was uearly all rem jvoi -
tore the tiro could reach it.
Threo deaths have been caused l.'i
families of Cassandra by diseased po.-.i. i :
Meyers kiiicu some nogs u lew w
ot which he mil two sisteis, Mis. .iv
Leay and Mrs, Doll Leap ate. 'luj uli
within two weeks.
Prof. Frank Stouch, of Heading, ultli
in his o7th year, still teaches daucing, n.
sail to be a active us a miiu ot SO. 1-M
hi long career a uduudug muster tm l
23,1.0 J pupili.
The Rov. Llmer E. Aukeraian has '
drawu his suit ut Wushitigtou ugaiu't
Joseph 11. Rankin, lor damages lor m
slander the trouble grew out ot ua cili w-ti.j
dissension.
Frank Gohn, a ganger In tho employ
Mitionai jran-.it company, was u i . i.-.J
train uuar Glade Hun. He lived nt iVx'l
aud leaves a wifo and eight children.
Swim Peterson, residing in Pleasant t '
ship, vennngo eouuty, committed sal il
hanging bluisolf lo a ruftor lu a bar;:.
Wm. spalding, employed on the ti
the Oliver Works nt L'uiuntowo, wu
by a fall to the bottom ol tbo shad.
A slolgli containing Alvin McKnU'M
James pent ley, of hharpsville. was :r."
atruin aud the meu sjssibiy latady IU;-:
C. W. Suuser, martdo dealer, mil
Miau-ru, dry goois mcreimut at Tyruuf,
faliod.
The clothing storo ot lU-ynobts A N t
Kittauuiug was cloi-d by the shenll. t-
tica estimated at tt.ilOO.
Firebugs are at work In Jabntoffa
last attemiit having been made TuvjJi;
tue llaguu block.
A war of extermination Is npout t-J be
upon speuK-euBios at Jooustowu.
Two Ilradford bakers will cut tho en
bread from H to 5 cent pur loaf.
Jeremiah MoClearr. ol Morrjilvf
run dowu by a train ut Johnston.
Eight Necroos Cremated.
Fight negroes were burned to deata l
or two airo ut I'lillllua Xfll (lenrjla. c
the negroes was about grown and trie
were children. Thev iere "all lu S
which accidentally caught lire, and ' j
mates were consumed before they cu-1
cape.
Only One Man Saved,
The pilot boat No. 8. of tha T. J. Lr
Boston, was sank by the schoouor Hf l
l'nrker. of tiloiiensmp nsr mi..ai'i I.tdj
an
urday morning, and four ot tbe crcvM
pilot boat fiorlshed. Rudolph IIar4 1
Stewart of tho Lawler. was the only
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