THE MIDDLEBURGH POST.
OEO. W. VTAOENSELLER,
Editor and- Proprietor
Middlchur-gh, Pa., February 7. IH'.'O.
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PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE
Zmportaat Measure Considered by Out
Lawmaker.
Mi'r. Tin so senate Mils piiw l finally;
Providing ttuit voluntary nnd compulsory
nou-sults shall bo it tinr to any other suit lor
(lie swim cause of H'ti'in except In tli action
ul cjis-trrout upon it legal title; 11 1 f roprlnt
lug i..'ioi t . r. c. N.vl-y. ol Allegheny
county tor nrlec n recruiting agent during
the war; providing that ii suit wrongly begun
tu iijuity may I" continue-! ut law: to
establish n separate orphans' court lu Seliuyl
knl county.
Iu tho house Ki-yffrt and Farr compulsory
education hills were r ru f tititli I .
These bi, Is were lutro.Iu I: l ow, I'hlla- I
d"liiliiii. abolishing collateral Inheritance tax
on l -j. ,t ly will to hospitals thnt uro do- !
( -tr.tf ul 1 from state treasury; nl- j
tin rising eoi.nty commissioners to sell tJ I
actual settler und convey unseated Inuds !
louiring to counties; iiii.rj rintlng $l.:iuJ
for -nyment ol funeral expenses of Into ndjt.- I
Gen. Mci'iclhttid. Including medical mil !
mil surgical attendance nud lw.pitul ox- i
making general net to pr-vi ut (i t ul- j
leralion ana trnl'.le In Impure milk in cities j
of frst and second ciasso; nmonding net 1
creating state pharmaceutical bo.-ul, so ns to !
Increase id" foe lor examination and regis
trillion ol t hnrniaelsts lro:n ?1 to J :l na I the
r'-nnwul of ccrtlllcates from el to $:; appro- ;
pnutlng i.'i.nnu to erect u monument In i
memory if 1!U0 revolutionary soldiers ut '
l.phralit. ;
TrrsiiAV. A Mil to establish n depart- i
tumt of vliaritli'S and correction was iiitro ;
Uuri'J lu tli house this rnomiug ly l;-ir
Mutative Marshall.
A Ull Introduced tv Mr. Hnlvcly upproprl. i
ate S5.0io.0Ui) to Imjirovo tun public high-!
way under the ehurg" ol the ixvp'tary of n
township road I'oiMiiitti'i' unJ a 'outity road i
engineer. Tli- moii-y 1.- to l o disbursed M :
thu state treasurer upon order of tho seere
tary d lLtTiinl ulTjir.. wimn this orl.T
ao.-ompaj.ln.l l,y thy h-.voru Kiat-mi'iit ol !
IOWUJ4U11I
Committed eouulerlne.l l,v tli.
county road euKiuecr. 'liie ui.i roi,rinii,,ti i. I
j w? vijieii'ieu ouiKi'jo i ciui' anil boronuhi
froraui. ui-i-oMIUk to the (opu;nt.iU ,,f ,.a.,i
county or such rou l as the secretary of nt-r-nul
nfTuirs with the county entfiueer and
township ej.-nmlltees shall miree upon. A!'
such roads shall be kept lu repair by th
State, ihe local committee will eousut ol
five men who shall serve live years wlthoul
cviiiH-usaiiua except e.C!ises. llio
pay ol
i;ie t-tiKin-er shall not be less Ihuu
tur aud uctuul eipuLi-ci.
4 j0 a
WrDxrsiuT. In tho Kennte to-day thsss
hills were iLtroduced: making eounti.-
liable for the maintenance of patients lu in
ano hot-pitals when committed to these In.
stltuUons by any court or Ju liro: to enlarge
the capacity of the wife to sell her real pro
perty without the Joinder of her husdnnd
to extend the limitations of actions to the
rtht to mine cool, stone, limestone
ores, iimoer, nw, oil, roads and right
of way In and on lands where tb
sam has cot teen exorcised for i
years. Ileulrlnn applicauu for permanent
teachers' certlilcutos to have a valid profes
sional oertlUiMte at least two years. Author
izlnrf soldiers uud sailors to sue countlea
borouitbs and townships for bounty money. '
la the House these bill were Introduced
To create the office of Htate Superintendent
of df 'Struotlon who shall b annolatal b
kr - U-Iln. miu uiOuid,
ix took aflat th chronld lnjaoe sod other
instutluhs: to ptovlda a Htato Lire
ctooi batiitary Uoara: authoriElng street
rauoys ro carry ircijjuri nuowina coiapan.
tee InoorporatoU under laws v et Btatas
for the manuineture of crlu,nA n: ..." othei
article vj oommeroe whfoh
. - ul u .
cured from the wato brolucti Vf Z!h .
nd .laughter house. R?? d
eniwina- Z- mouuf,rl"g ostublUhnieu I
may bo niMlitaC'
"t1qina
n this Stute "
TuiiwbAY.-A lot o( M1U r
r lace, among them one to , 10
ings by the supremg J "."t',n", t"af'
ihcret'; jTovldinis ' . Vturt, vt 011 W
lewclry u.nauf' ,'or tho 'nrjration o
I. r n kt ito .curing companies; providing
J:' ,' -oari ol examiner to examine
tier -u""t,,; T'ovldlng for the Ineori-orn-
v. iu.-tikuiiuiji icuruiUK, wild power 10
p on!er degrees, also for the Incorporation ol j
oouipani'-s empowered to Construct uu 1 mn.n
talu boulevards: prohibiting Mri-t railways
from being constructed across tiio tracks ol '
steam railroads ut grn-le, nud preventing
steam railron Is from crossing street railway I
tm .-s at grade; to eetnblisfi free scholirshlis
id the Pennsylvania state college; requiring
tidies appointing prison commlssloin-rs to '
r -cogbize ihe two polities! parlies p.,litig the j
l.irg'-st vote at the j.r-"-diiig ee-ctlou; t. i
i r-te.-t property and human II. o by j roviding !
leie-'-e aiong ranronos.
Among the bu.s favorably reported were;
l'l'ivi tini.g for the creation of a board of in-c-vtors
lor the su.vlsion and reguiattuu ol
elei.-irie light bent and power companies;
regulation of the leasing ol corporation trim-ctifco-s
and J ros'rty -authorizing iwe.-ors to
rn tko u biennial i-i.ur. eratloii ol all children
t,teeiiti un-1 il years who do not attend
- houhto rpnre a; piicauts lor teachers'
js-rtnanent eertifleates to hold a valid profo&
clonal eerti;lcii!e at lifust two years before
tiiaking application fur n permanent certill--nln;
eulnrgmg th" capacity of n wlfu to Hell
.-eul estate; to ubolish days ol grace on com
.uerclnl paper: empowering bor uU to tux
I roperty uud oecupntious lurgcuerul borough
purposea.
A Body From tho W.lio.
The II, hing smack Vrreii.i bus urriv.-d ut
Lowest. ill. liaviug on board one if the
ft'-a.uer Llbe's mall bugs and the bo.lv ol u
mini which sh picked ii m ar the spot where
the disaster to the sieiuni-r occurred. Iho
body wus thut ol l n lderl -h Kmst, of .Madge
burg, u 'twe.-u deck pacn' r, au 1 to him
was lastened u tile belt and in the pockets ol
run clothes ururo louud it purport mid sov
cn.l kcis
Jackdaw la Schoolyard.
Hire! are uot long In learning whoro
food U to bo found. (julln follow lu tho
wake of Hhljts. and crows jn the wafco
the i.lovr. A European writer mm
tioua an Intorestlug bublt of tho jack
flaws, which live In tower and bel
fries. Many of tm. n our school-days, must
have admired tho manner In which the
Jackdaw dlstlngulHhed the elgnlll
cance of the different school belU In
seneral, they do not mind the bell
rinsing. It Is nothing to them, und
they go on with whatever they happen
to be doing. Not so with the bell,
which mark the beginning aud the cud
of recreation time.
hen the bell striken for recess tho
Jackdaws abandon the pluygrounds
even before a sluele nur.il u in i..i.
Then at the tlrst stroke of tho bell that
calls the scholars back to f.,e school
room, down came the Jackdaws In all
8te; L'uc". w",ll" ,0 1,0 th0 "we,
that It may Lave the first ehanco nt
ony crumbs that tha boys may have
scattered.
Zhl lave.".t nU gonc b"t no
THE WRECK OF THE ELBE
THERE WERE 332 LOST.
Of th 362 Pnopl on tha Elba Only
SO War 8ayd.
It Is now ascortnineJ thnt thoro woro S5J
r-rsjns on the Elbo whon she nntNtl froir
Urcmrn, as follows. Cnbln iiawnwr foi
Now Vork, 4-1; cnbln pnsscn'rslor Sou'.hamr
ton, ri;HtM-rnt:o tnsiiiv for New Vork, 1'1'J
lti'i'Mi;i ns.jntri'rs for Koutliiiuipton, 10:
piittiiiii ninl orxw, 1 16; joMnin, 4; slwnnl-e-s.
:l. Tot nl. 35 Ol ull tin-so tlio sorej
ivn) only ).
Tlio North (i'Tn-.nn I.loyJ rornpnny ownors
of thn Kibo, have nt'iz vl tnu C'rtitiiii- ut Hottnr
Jim t y iiuilinir n writ to nor umi n a ire
llmlrmry to claimliii (1iiiiiik,''i for thn slnkiitir
of tho I-.iljo. Uhj C'r.tlbiti isvuluuj nt i.,WK
without her oiirtfo.
( apt. (ionlon, of ibi Crn:l;l, kus rportoil
So th" Lloyd's iki?i-rili thnt ho was knoi-ked
down Ijy thy shock of Ms ship with what hp
ibwrllinl an unkuown vi-si'l. la r-ply to
tin; iUPSt!un whi-thi'r h had taken stops tc
snvn pn-eiii;iTs nnd iti'W of tho other ship.
( apt. liordonsnld his own ship was damnirel
to such nu extent that he expected ovry
minute she would sink. Huo followed th)
other ship for n short tlmo, but found that
slio went inueh f i.ter than tho ('rtitble, and
th-roloro he thought sh was snfo.
Vevern, Uofinnu aud K.-bloyol who wore
ninoiiir tin; rescued denied emphatically ti.nl
tho l rathie remained sicnitlliiif lor two
hours near th soeue of tho collision. They
ay that hud she done so she c mid have
avtd mnny lives, llofrunii, who was amonu
the llrst to reiicli thn I'.lhe's dec'k alter the
collision, did not see tho C'rathlo aasworauy
of tho Kibe's signals. Ho notice. I a small
steamer, npp-irently t!io cue thnt tin I struck
th" I.ibi, steaming away. As regards the be
havior of tho Kil o's crew, IlolTmnu ny:
1 soiled n 111 j bout ns soon as I ?ot oh deck,
hut a settlor demanded It, saying thnt It be
l"iiif"d to tho eri'w. i unve It up with tho re
lii cu k. "Well, I Impii you will save yourself,"
hut ho dldu't. Theurew did their Lest tc
keep tho pu.sunij'ors out of tho boats.
Vevern told a reporter thero was n lot ol
treen hiindK In cbaro ol thn life boats,
'ihey wero so excited they did not know
what thoy wero about. They tilled one boat
"d then ilumped all of tho oocuiiantsluto tin
aubi-m-w 111 our ooai wis very re
luctnut to admit Mist Iiueoker. Hofmnu and
1 draped her in without any aid from thf
seamen.
Vevern nnd Hofman also nttack Third
onioer htolilieri; nnd First Kuirlneer Nou-ts-1,
They say thnt both acted selllshly nfler tte
rescue, and that Htollberif ma lo no effort to
command the boat, but gave the whole re
sponsibillty to the steerali pa4cn-r IlOo
then, who had been cook on a French steam.
er. Ihey speak highly of lloetheu's cool
ness nnd skill and give hlta th whoio credit
lor munaicluf; the bont.
A dIspaMu from VI Inn snys that nmonir the
I.lbo pussenRers were thetiuttmnn brothers,
directors of n stentn mill compuuy. near
Kamseham. Hunuary. Tho (.luttmana had
Hed to escape nrrrat for forgeries, by which
they defrauded the company and the peasant
ibnreholdors ol 300.00J florins. They ar
urn w nave given uMumed uumo at the
steamship ofDco.
TWO STEAMERS NEAR.
Possible Succor Waa Cloaa to the Elbe
Wheu Sba Sank.
The skipper of a fishing smack that return
ed to Lowestoft sty that about the time tht
P"tu. birred beUreentia-Flbsvani the
Cratble, he taw rocket set off from a largs
itonmer. Ho bora down toward the oijvl
but when within abont 700 yards of hor hi
lot lht ot her. lie saw another team.,. I
burning blua liKhta. After a few minute
the latter Teasel steamed to tha mm....! '
1 h. 1. 1 . ( "
mer y.
.. m tc
jwlsiancte. The Sntc- orutood nboul
FlA . . .11.
soma iiujv "i m wjhc9 or wrecaazv
were seen.
Capt. (i6rdq- wiiter of the Crathlo, and
members ol this craw, have been examined
judicially and they have al) nfllruied that thej
.lid not see the vessel with which the Cratblt
collided. They add that they did not oo th
vessel sink and that they did not hear aaj
cries of distress.
EIGHT MEN FREEZE.
Prospector In Northern Minnesota Kill
ed by Cold.
Several report have Iwcn reoclved in Du
luth during the winter of prospoutor in the
Kuluy hike aud Satne rlvor gold country be
ing frozen to death. A man by tho name ol
McLain was picked up within two miles ol
lialny Lake C ity ou Now Yestr'4 day froiou
-tiff utter he nnd walked ouo mile, XUe
thermometer was 4J d gres below sero.
Sunday D. A. Muirote, who oirus a great
deal of valuable gold property lu tho ltnlny
hike und halue river utstri Ms, received a let
ter from James Cummlngs, stating that a
I arty of nine pros;-ctor who wero neat
Wild Potato creek. about lUUmlie from ltnitiy
Lake City, an 1 about iilty miles from Ft.
1 r.incii, ou New iear's day, ho was tho only
urvivor,
Cuuimings stated that it fell 4S degree bo
low zero ou Now Year' day and that all the
puny sank Irotn cx!iau:iou from t,hu t;'
of the cold. Ho uiuuaged to reacji 4 ?amp
near Wild I'otito creii unl thiuk his com
puulotis wero fro.e!).
AMERICANS QAPTURED.
By Chinese Bcaus Thiy Sliot a Na'iy
Iust.-ad of a Partridgo.
A dispatch from Shanghai snys a telegram
hu been received thero from Chin Kiaog,
slating thnt a party of olTicer from the
i bin
.......... .,u wajsuiii Loncora iu,i...i
"'" ,ur 'o purpose of aliootlna
game,
nniii.
They, by accident, .hot a Chiua-
The populace became Infuriated and attack
"" nun csrrieii on tirfi wbeie
I-.. . j . iuo ..-oiiiumuuer oi me Concord sunt
au armed forced of blue Jacket and seaman
w .vwu-i kuuui m an uozaru.
McKinloy the Favorite.
The Cincinnati Comiuorclal Oaxtto priut
the presidential preferences ol liepubiloau
editors from every state and Uirrlt .ry. Ver-
iom das a kiuuiy loeuug lor boliutor lied
Held Procter, who was secretary t-f war la
Hurilsou's cabinet. Houutur Cbuudler'
New Hampshire news.aper las a loonlug to
ward hcuator Fry of Maiue. Utah waulf
silver nud Senator Don Cameron. There is
here uud there a touoh of "fuvorltirui " but
tho great majority hue up for McKiult-y Har
risou. ltel or Aliisou, lu th ordtr oamod.
Another Battle la ColuabU.
A severe engagement bat btwn fought at
Bogota, hutweeu the geverument Uitvtxt and
the robtils. Two hundred of the latter were
klilwL Tho government trxi were
under tbn personal command of the Presi
dent. By a vote ol H9 to '13 th Missouri Hous
went on reoord a endorsing the till to ore.
yeut bos-ibiill and lootbdil. Tb b provldee
lor a line of t&0 for aaeb offeu.ler tud nlaot-
such game oa level with Bundaygawbllug.
Many Miner KlILeJ. .
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON
WHAT IS YOUR INCOME?
Collector Will Soon Bo Around After
tho Details,
Commissioner Mlllor, of tho Internal reve
oae bureau, bos prepared a notice, coplea ol
which will be potted in all tho cities and
towns throughout tbo country, notifying
those who conie within tho provision of t lis
Income tat law of their duty In tho premises.
Tho law makes an appropriation ot 243,003
fir cnrrylng the net Into effect nnd provides
lor the appointment of 30 J additional deputy
revenue collectors and ten ndditlonul revenuu
agents.
The deputies will bo appointed by tho dis
trict collector and tbo ntteuttof ( ominloslonei
Miller, who will nt ou b' lu tbo apportion
ment of the appropriation. Tho deputies
will not be allotted at vuce, but only as the
bcciMxitit'S of the work require. Alter quot
ing the provisions ol the law, the notice says
it Is the duty of nil persons of lawlul ae,
having an annual Income of more than t.l,.oij
to make nnd render a return on or before the
1 1 rot Monday lu March, l to the collector
or deputy collector ol the district In which
they reside, of the amount of their vain nud
Income for tho whole of tho rnlendar yeni
1HM, and all guardians, trusters uud cor
porations acting In nny II lu' lary capacity
shall make n like r-itura lor their wurds or
persons tor whom they act.
Kvnry corporation, eompnnv aud associa
tion, both resident and lort'ttfD, dotait busi
ness for trollt In thn I'nlted t tates shall
make nnd render n return to tho collector ot
deputy collectors of tl.o dlxtrlct, In which Its
priiiClj ul o.llce or place of business Is situat
ed on or before the first Monday lu Marcb,
1x36, of nil It business and profits tor the
whole ot thn cnlendar yenr 1:4. lieturn ol
persons shall be mado on form No. 385, and
of corpurntions on form No 3UG. Hal l forms
may be procuriil of collectors on application.
I'eunltles: If said returns are not mode in
tho manner and time above staled. It is th
duty of tho collector or deputy collector to
make tho returns In the form prescribed by
law thereto. Th" ih'jorto toi Is due and
payable ou or Ukro tho 1st da cl nlv
-j, und on nil taxes due and i.npalj au'-i
thnt there shall be lovled. In addition thereto,
tho sum of 8 per centum on tho nmoutH dm
nnd Interest nt tho rate of 1 prr centum per
month from the timo tho sumo beenmo duo
KuLI luitructlons for rnuklng said returns urJ
printed In blank form.
HOME AND FOREIGN.
What la Tranapirlng the World Over.
Important Events Briefly Told.
CsriTAI. 4XD LSBOB.
Tho Illinois plnss compsny of Alton has
shut down, throwing b2i hands out of
employment. The child labor low la the
cause.
With cash wheat quoted in Chicago nt 49
cents a bushel aud bitumluou coal ut t2 a
ton, the lowest ever known there have been
reached. Cheap coal Is a result of war In
rail soad rates, which scut down pricoi
dollar a ton.
rmw, tccivnn, rATAiiTtss, bto.
Five piusenger were hurt by a stage UDiot
Ing at orange Mountain, N. J.
A boiler la the Denver (Col.) tanner? com
pany power house exploded, wreoking tho
h i lwo mon ""voding fouj
mix is A5D ris.Ai.riM,
Members of the New Jork ectlud vkohaugo
admit making adulteratroti.
Dr. Horaoo E. Pope a dentist ot Dotroit,
was murdered by lUhun Drunsenus, Mr.
Pope' nurse,
Jkck Oollln, oITaits Fork, Ky., shot and
Will Ambory and Nat Martlu, aud senouoly
wounded John Martin.
At Mllllcau Tex., William Verd, a section
hand on tlio Housion 1 Texiw road, shot into
a section house, killing four meu and wound
ing two. lie also t-boi Mrs. Yeagcr aud her
dougutr. Mis Kicker. He then set tire to
the liousu. but Mi Kicker put Uio lire out.
- - -ns'ii.LNuors.
The now revenue cutter Outhrle wa
launched nt Italtlmore Baturduy.
A canvass of the M-nate s!iow 47 senators
fuvoring tree coinage of sliver to 33 against
it.
Tho wit of tho Japanese minister has be
come n Catholic, and will be baptised lu the
laltli by Archbishop Aghardl, the pup al nun
clo to the Austrian court.
Ward McAllister. Now York' foremost
society director and organizer of the i'our
Hundred died ut tf .30 o'clock Thursday night
at hi home, No. ID West ikirty-suth street,
Governor Knute Nelson, of Minnesota, has
resigned, to take the oillco of (.'cited ututej
tienator, to which he was elected. Lleutun-aut-Uoejuor
dough wun woru la tils
uecefcor,
The rUU-Armenlc oMoclatlon has bocn or
caulked iu Washington with ubout loo mem
bers. Tho object is to express sympathy
With Armenia uud aid In "eatablisUlng tho
security ol life, honor aud property lu Ar
muiu." In tho Oklahoma 1'Ulataro a reso
lution declaring President Cleveland's rocom
mcndiitlous In his onecial
against the best Interests ot tho oodlitrv w'jj 1
,l..f....tu.. A l.t.l .... . . ' . 1
wu introduced makinu
train and bank
dentil.
robberl'.- puuhfhublo by
IOBtIO.1.
Furthiiuake shocks were felt in i,.k.
nt M..wl.:,. i. .. . . i : w
V 11 CUUT9UUJI UigUU
Ex-yuoen Lllluokaltml. of Hawaii, has
lHn arrested la couuoctlon with the rueont
lusurrectluu. '
In a recent battle between government
troop aud rebel at Tolima, Colomb.o, tho
former wero luuceaafuL
Elghte n Italian anarahlst of Lugano ona
of the throe capital of the Canton ot Tlclno.
who bate be..-u engaged la iuuggllug auar
chtat I leruture Into Italy, have been eT
peUed from bwtUerlaud.
'i!0.?Kb "I1 M,,l1n Mrthquake shock
of lust Novembr relgo of terror bu pre
vailed lo the town of amlltepeo aid Tuxu
pee. State of Oaxao. where tLT earth trem-
Churches end bouse an a heap of ruin aud
he Inhabitant, bav. nearly all gd to neigh
boring bamiet. The eruptioo ot om vo .
'je?u,u(1 .ubterraueau fon
, iuiuuiairiy expected.
Bobtwr' Uig Haul.
BoHtiiera Pnciflo westhoumt tr.ir, w,. a.
wa held up ix roik from Wlloox, Wed'nee.
day night at tl M by party , niaikid run
lliey feiNtatd the sinrm f.,o., .1...
trulu, hauled it itv mile. we.t nd putting
Is shou of dyaamll ou the through f
blew tt wide opu. It oontalued 10 000ln
lUva .liver, whluh wu
trail tf th robber. 1 marked by tirotut
caUerlug lu the WJphur prlutfs ol lleilr '
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS,
Aa Outline of th Work la the Beaata
a4 Boi
roBTIBTH DAT.
A special order was invoked to-day to
bring the bill to repeal tho one-tenth of
cent differential duty that la imposed by tho
new tariff law on sugars imported by
bounty-paying oountrle and it waa passed
without amendment by rote 01239 to (U
roKrt-IIUST DAT.
Pafvrt. The Senate wont Into executive
tension nt 2 o'clock for the consideration of
ine Japanese treaty. There was a running
debate In which almost tho entire Senate pnr
tlcspnted, nnd It soon beenme evident that
the Senators who bad objected to the trenty
in its present form would continue to urge
them until ton treaty should bo amended or
ratified over their objections. The executive
session continued tor two hours and
resulted In the ratification of the
treaty with un amendment striking
out the time llt.ilt The trenty as
presented to the Senate provided thnt it
should go Into effect after five years nnd thnt
after remaining lu effect for ten yenrs It could
be nbroirnted by cither party to It after n
year's notice. Senator I.liidny offered an
amendment, striking out ten the year's pro-Vl-lou
as a sul-stlluto for Sennlor I'rtn'.
amendment, winch was directed at preserv
ing the American rlsht to Impose discrlmlna
lins' duties In caso of goods carried in Atner
cah ships.
The 1'rye amend mnnt had been tho bono of
contention during the entire session, ns It was
In the previous session devoted to the treaty,
but It was nt once recognized that tho Mnd
sny substitute would cover tho entire ques
tion, nnd It win accepted without question.
The House to-day entered upon the con
nl deration of the bill to fund the debt due
the tiovernment from Ihe l ulon Taenia nud
Knn:.as I'.vlllc r.-ulroads with 3 per cent 5
yeur bonds.
roiiTV-xEcosn tat.
While Allen. IVfTer, Chandler nnd other
senator were involving tho sent lu ono ol
those tangles which arouse, suspicions ol
senatorial pnresis in the mind of the average
on-looker, Mr. tiorman impatleutly mov
ed thnt the District ot Coluvibla appropria
tion be taken up. He followed his motion
with the remark that it was worso than use
less to waste tho time of tho senate with
talks about financial menurcs and question
which could hnve no result nt this session,
verv remaining mluuto of which wovld b
heeded t9 diSjU appropriation bills.
n Louso devoted tlx Lours to-dnj
to dobitlo on the rnclllo rntlroad fundlnj
bill, nnd. nlthuuu tr.e speeches on both
iuc were characterized by utiSISa; eager
ness, thero wai no mnrke I or sensational In
cidents. Anions tho bills paused wus ouo tc
adopt speelal rules for the nnvlgatlun of hnr
bors. rivers uud luliiud water of tho fmtud
titutr.
roniv-Ttiinn pat.
There was n most exciting scene in tho
(louso of Kepreseututive this utternoon,
-hen llepreneiitntive Dreckinridge, of Kon
:ucky, and llepresentutlvo Heard, of Mis
lonri, came to blows in thn center into In tho
nlddleot tbo hall, lcepresentatlvo Hear I. who
n chairman ot tho Committee on the District
)t Columbia, became angered because the
Hawaiian question was being brought for
ward In the time devoted to his committee
tnd attempted to secure the floor. The be
ginning ol the controversy was not plain, but
luJdenly both members sprang toward each
Hher, Mr. Oreckinridgn shouting: "Vou cur,
icoundrol and liar." striking nt the member
from illesgurl o floret blow which missed
hla.
Deputy 8orgonnt-at-Arm Isaac Hill rush,
sd down tfie llo bearing the great mace, fol
lowed by his aMisMjoU. Tb" two members
froro brought. rn Ijfore the peakot' dask.
wi"rSh oh each e'tdo hokllng their armj and
flopreeentative Doekexy, of Missouri, stand
tine business
sd frniM the I
fcSolut'C'n CAULig tor all oorresoondonoe or
tjjjormntlou In the possession ot the President
fngardlDg the reoeut uprising In llawull. At
that point the altercation, took place, which
threw the Uouso Into wild oxoitojient
In tho eourso o nn cxplaLr1da to the
House, Mr. Lreckiurlogo practically chal
lenged Mr. ltayl nnd demanded personal
ntisfactlon, tkith Heard and Iln-ckluridge
were furcod to npologt& to the House, Ex
pulsion procoodlugs aro unlikely.
roalVTIIIUD DAT.
S-uutor Mantle, of Montnr.., took his seal
to-day. 1 his mukes tho senate evenly di
vided botween Democrats ou one side aud
ltepubllcans aud popullei on tho other.
The house parsed the bill to temporarily
rovtve the rauk of lleutenuut-genernl of
the army. The purpose is to authorize tha
promotion of Major-General Soholleld to that
rank. It hud already pussed the senate. The
I'nclUc railroad refuivling bill was recom
mitted to tho uomn.ltroe t y tho house. This
practically kills ths measure, iui tho vole
was 177 to lus.
LEFT WITH DEATH-
CtuoI Desertion of Passenger on
Burning Steamer.
The following detulls of the burning of tht
ferryboat Terocla, ani the loss of over a uuu.
tired live came from Itio do Janeiro: .
Tho Tcfjolrn, wl'.h over 3)3 ny.ir-iigors J.-fi
the lio side yTlt.e buy al about J p. m. Neat
Praia Oraode It was discovered il.n ti. T.r
vi-.in lryj on lire.
B flrc. At the saim timo tho V
i left Praia Grand", having aboarJ
e nu'ff f ""'I'ttOH.
cat ljulr.lu 1
'luiifi a large
,riior buol el iho guinta steamed
ipilte olpso to the Tercel, i. now almost en
tirely ufigiJvorBulile, but when uarly in
luruH,? Wry.;, I: I
'calico Of ti!T:'
o , T:i a largo crowd
..... . -.;TYV iM "".ui.n
t'Lg';is of tuo iju.w.n. aCi
ui.uiiiinj i.i ve IT.u ilrnuili in. men
womea aud cb'ldreo. nnd uiouy wero thui
,"v"- ul '"'if i uuuatred
karily lost.
were uuuoes-
BATTLE IN COLUMBIA,
Oovernnxent Troop Buco.ia.ful P . .
With ttubela. 41
A revolutloo has broken out In v. ,1,,.
.ooi siniioiiea
beeu withdrawn. 'Ihe re1 "
IPanuma bnve
mrui troop naa au en
Praden, dsuartnient of
were routed. The ar
et and tbeGovera-
jTageiueut Friday at
Cauaua. Tb reuuls
oommnnded by Ue
gvlo. Jti
irtmsnt trooM war
rula t'tloa aud An-
Ihe inhabitant .
upon American 'Colon are depending
lenders of the d' fnrotoetlou. Some of th
ed. The L'niu Jturbauoe have boon arreat-
coaliug here. Stuto cruiser, Atlanta, U
New York 1
and the Culled Slate cruiser
svpecleil. A FroucU worship
eVirnd to Colon.
ha boon o
Tlia Oivn Up All Hop.
Hue, tttiiier Ludluglon, of the Ooodrleb
pirl vblult had beeu lorty-elght hour ou a
lut iou und Ironies trio In uroh ot lb
o iateauier Chloora, arrived at Sheboygan,
strd with tllty tou of ice. During
Mr trip U eoverod 80J uiilvs, but saw uoth
'Ing oltue wrecked stsaiuar. Capt. Henry
A'Mllues, brother of tho cnpluiu ol the Chu-ora,
s'ind. S. W dialler, Chicago agent ol the
ing ueuiaj tnera. Mr. wrociinnao wm es
:ftdlug,ytcj In the faoo, while Mr. Hoard.
SHU u liwm mU "i'.t -t V i U.VUJ I Ul V
like a loaf. The UousS Wtf fturag? J OU f?I- ?Sn
I . T II. .! w.a -ll Slot Ihiml.l.
- Vr lt.il ftA t- ' V
C"t'lijioiuop,igt ho;i?a nndwl".
revolvers, corC.elfeJ Ilru t0 av.rT.i. ,n"
Br .r V 8urVi 6r ,hro'r a.selve.
'WIW A Wrgo u'lfiet nt lauiiclie.
n-ij Olbcr croft ba-toned ,i, i,. .(.i
v..i
CEYSTONE STATE CULLESG3
PENN'S HEIR WINS.
- - .
He Cccuroa Judjrnsnt Against Property
In Luaorne County.
Wm. Stuart, who claim to be a dcsecen.l.
ant of William 1'enu, and Is seeking to ob
tain possession of valuable land, which he
assert l'onn bcquenthei to his heirs, has won
the first step iu me uVht.
Ue succeeded in gelling four Judgments In
the l.tizeruo county courts, i .'u-y nre ngnlnst
Hugh VSiliiiuns. Sm. treemnn, t It. Watt
and in. Ii. Nash, who are in possession of
property in Mymoutn townsuip. Stuart,
whoso residence is In I.ouiloii. came here
about six months ugo fur tho purpose of pros
ecuting his cuilm.
F.MTOU Hllli K SKNTtXi r.i.
J. J. Stuck of tho Clarion Jncksonlnn,
?hared with criminal lit-l on out h of Hon.
Oeorgo Knbs, was sentenced ou tho third
count of the Indictment to pay a 'ine of j 10J
and cost tl pro-i c,iil,,n ami to stand com
mitted to tlio county jail uutll It is compiled
with, ihe deien lunc was acquitted cu the
11 rut and second counts, nnd senleuco was
suspended ou the tourth nnd lllth counts.
The case will go to u higher court. Ine
delendent proposes to write up his paper
from the county jail.
KPUifcMic or I'll nrnKi'.iA.
Tho public schools have lieen closed nt Dal
las l ily. Suwyi r t Ity, Corwlu Center nud
1'ratt Hollow, M' iv-uii county, owing to the
epidemic ol diphtheria prevailing In tboso
localities. Local physicians nru making un
ellort to seeiuo a supply of iinti-toxln. A
large number of small childrcu ura ill with
tho dist-u.ie.
HOME Al XCB r.uirt VEAns.
After nu nbsenco of forty yejrs Philip
Friooly has rciurded to his former home '.u
Dreher towusblp, near MllforJ. When a lad
of ID he suddenly disappeared. He went
West and never bmr 1 a word from nu (.m..
l!y. Since then fjoth ot his barents have
died. C'lmrlcs i'nboly rcsldt-s nt tho old
house, nnd thereuulou of tho loan-separated
pruiners wus a very uippy nnnr,
The sheep pens of Farmer H outer, of lllild.
yl'ri l '?v;r c?u!itv. wer.j r'n.rod ty dog
Saturday nhU aJ i.l ".loen killed outright
and ninny otlioiS u.idly Injured. It Is nl.. g
ed tho dogs were let Into the pea by a neigh
bor. Hnrry Fleck, Wllilnrn Leproglo, L Gordon,
alio iicbrecenengust und u mau mimed Well
are charged with tho robbery of tho James
Coon lumber camp, near 1'unx.sutawuey.
Fleck has Leen arrested. The rest aro serving
time iu jail lor other ofteusew.
The Woman' relief corps, of Johnstown,
have sont betweeu 6500 aud (b03 worth !
provision nud ciothiug to famine-stricken
Nebraska, nud the Johnstown churches hav
decided to send some mouey.
Mrs. John Kauftman became a raving
manioc after witnessing thedutlgurements ol
her brothers-lu-law, the Kaufman boys, who
were frightfully burned in a powder explo
sion at Honker station a tew day ago.
An ice gorge has formed In the Conemaugh
river, extending from the dam at Concmaugb
furnace to the Cambria Don Company'
HlfJ works, diitano of more thau four
tt lies.
The Now Brighton bnsoball club will oped !
up ine season oi ib'jj in a game witu tn
Btoubenvlllo club at that place on April 9'JtB.
QTjrt is olo bolog ruaje t
i with the Wheeling tcab. -.
is aiso uoiog rnaie to arrange k
Alda Robinson ot Now Castla, died ill
uumuiii osyiuiu iueiuay, i rv j. (. tlurts
born, ex-prlnclpol of tbo New Castle ichoola,
is in the peniteutinry tor tho cri'iua whlob
made Mlts lioblusotj lijone.
Eastern eapitalU purohnsed the In
terect 6; . N. Cocs In tho Meadvllle Dis
tilling Company. Thn manngoment ot the
comjliny roSanln iu Meadvllle. A quartet
of Dilllloa Is now invested.
Adam Larabrlght escaped from Dlxmont
asylum Sundry bight. He murdurhd a man
numed Fltzpntrlck lu tho Iicnvor county Jail
two, years ago, but was ucipuittod and sent tc
Dlxuiout.
Anna Johns, tho stepdaughter of Michael
Aikeus. ut Millwood, 11 years old, wns fatally
burned. She was standing In front of a gratt
aud her clothes ouught tire.
L. P. Mills, ono of Fayette county' pool
directors, has given (500 ball fur his appear
ance at court on tho charge of turuuhlug
goods to the home.
Harry Teeters, 20 years o!J, of Grucnsburg,
shot his mother Saturday evuniug because
sho objected to him brluglug ihpiur home,
Mrs. leeler may die.
Ten-year-old Opal Ilorthol, of Mt. ricasnnf,
fell while- ckatiiig, und n lead pencil In Let
pocket jienutrutud tier side to u depth of thret
inches, mlllctlug a probably lutal wound.
Postmnstrr Clark, of Erin, appointed Joseph
P. Detzul to 1111 tho vucnucv chuhriI i.u
r . . . i ... til. . . .
dJ.tio 01 AsslstiUit
K"ll?.s -
Postmaster bIJuey M.
Mr. lirry Iieuglo of ileavor Full, will uc
Peter Dottrel! und John IHiris, of Youngs
town, 0., for 3uO on tho Cf3UTias th hut
husband lost money gambling with tbJC.
Four men tried to rob the resldonco ol
Jame Mayo, a tanner of Nottingham town
InlfT, Sen otl;aj.Uuia XV'dy night, but
worn IrigtitciiiKl away.
Charles Mercer, ngj jj 'y0
suicide at Kendiug u turuina
hu ...ii ... i.-i. J
.Vf, cJlUJlltUM
an on the gas In
Mercer, wholsole
the oillco of Kl
uger &
grain dealer.
Qsorgo owlus, a rittshtirg A Lake Erie
brake
stka at New Casrln
wis fatally uurt
a wife aud two
th
.M Saturday. 114
has
children.
Carry aitUitrui are ambition to liave a hoi
tdtal. Uuu thousand dollar has already
btmu subscribed. A state appropriation ha
been asked.
Johnstown' new city dlroctory shows tht
population to be 2S,U3'J. Iucludlug the
suburb tnere are 3U,uii people tnere.
The German and Slavish colonist who left
the Connollsvllle ooko region for Wlsuomiiu
are disgusted aud will return.
The Philadelphia courts have refused to I
sue an lujuuuttou to prevent the election of
ruoolvor of tnxe.
There are twenty petition lor divorce to
b argued before the Lawreuoo county courts
iu New Castle io March.
Anna flughes, a little daughter of Watch
man Hughes, at Donuhu station, lost
her eye by fulling agaluat a rod hot poker.
The JoliuBtown Telephone company ho
anollsd tor a charter.
Oermany Winter Bound.
Toe weather I Intensely cold, especially
along the i'.altlo coaat. The river, are fro
la aud trurtlo Interrupted. Most ot th
road iu t'eutral Ueriuany have been mad
Impassable by suuw. Tue fame ooudlllou
;iravall lu Austria, and a gouulue blhutard
4 reported at Vleuna,
Will Aouept th Out.
The Whit IJIy Owl Company of rtannlnq
LOWEST PRICE AVERAGE.
Better Outlook In Iron, But It I Not t
to Expeo:atlona. '
R. O. Dun A Co. nyi Thing look bett
near the close tht week, because it u
lleved that a new loau will be neg.jtj,.
Thero wo need for rellof, since jM,'
closed with the heaviest exports of gold,,.
made la any mouth, nnd the heavl
drawnls ol gold from tho treasury, Hu7
108, the hope ot n Rew loan belug ths'
thing wjhtcb has lilted price during tho t
few days. '
January loaves behind It the lowest
ngo of prices for all commodities ever knve
for cotton, Iron and Its products, wooi ti
silver, the lowcit monthly avorage
knowj, nud for wheat a range alov V
minimum but yet declining rnpldly tV,.'
that point. Industrial operations lnv ,
materially diminished, though It has tr.,
disappointing month because thu getu-ui f '
, iiiv- no eouie.
hpecuistlon hns uot fnvored prelu m
Wheat Is hnlf a cent lower, corn Is j ,.J
lower; co'toii de. lined a sixteenth nndi .; ,
10 ine lowest poiut ever touched, sllv
been weak, nnd for tho month h,.
r IJ
slightly the lowest average ever kno-a.
iron nnj steel look les rncouruglag n .
east, nud the demand Is dlsappolnliu
though prices nre not weaker. At l'nv
nnd the West, larger demand appear" V.
llculnrly for wire nud wire nulls, w hi.' t,'
not change the rrlces as yet, while b. .t.
Iron Is 20 cent higher: billets a liltl-str '
nnd gray forge 15 cents lower. Tho t7
tural demand Is good, but prices nru n nl4
lower, nnd while the market for bar lm i".
unusually good, price do not lift. Col' .
able contracts tor east plpo hnve been t ,i
or nre pending, but In the nggregatoth,.t.
business since January 1 has not un-.v-expectations.
Sfieclul telegrnms to Ilradstreofs n.nfc.
plain thnt the uncertainty as to the o:;! -
vi uo i.unucini siiuaiiou, insil upoii
withdrawals of gold from the lre,is-irv
bnd a deprccslug eflect upon the g.j' .
traje. "
AiViong 20 staple proJucU four Lave
mnlued steady in price wool, lumber t
nud leather although In Wes'ern cei
tome grade of the Inst named have b.-en"i
at nu advance, nnd nt London sales cf
..I.I alt. Sff i . . "
u... uF oiiKiitij, jiore important uecrrn,
wero ou live cattle nud hogs, the lutt
cents per hundred weight, wheat, corn .
pork, lurd and cotton.
The greatest encouragement m ti i
Vance In price i found au.ong the lr-Ji v
sivci lu iusirieg.
Three Mer"lClloa.
The Isoiler of Earl Catpenter A Km
house, nl Mnshapuiig poud. Elmwond, i:
exploded killing two men outright, lio .
n third so thut be died within au hour. a
Avouudiug Id others some oi them serin.
a man car on ine Air Lino trnin I;
i.ouisviiie io nt. i.ouis, was burned nr.
tlinmall la.lpnti&l n-
u..vvu, vid-jn uuu poucu 01 r.l
MAKKI5TM.
riTri!nt(i.
iI'J!: wl"tAI.B I'ltlCH AllS (IIVEN . .
tirnln, Flour nnd feed.
WTIEAT-No. 1 rod 4 K X
liihX NaVyoii-Jiv' i-'ai",
Mixed ear, new
No. veUow r.li.l
UAIS-Ao.
1 white
Nu
j-xtra To. 8 white.
Llulit mixed ..
II 1 Z. .O 1.
No. 'J western. :.
Lj.'VIt Mlnu. fancy patv'i's
" -hev srlnler Osl.o .
'Sin r
M i-
il v-j
01
n tv :j.
:u 00 :
in in
M HJ li
iuui i.'ii.:r.:-'
aaa bakers ,r.
llmothT
-o.
Mixed clover, Na I
Loose timeUiy, from wiikoiis.
FiiKU No. 1 WhlteMd., lull
No. It While Middlings
llrowu .VI Idlluys
Ilr.ni, bulk
fcTHAW Wheat
Ollt
.
i:
i, ii
is M
c .V'
5 U'
Dairy pej-'-i-t,
BUTTEll-Elnln Cieu:net7
Fancy t'rcamci V
1 iiuc) country lioii
Low grnile aud cooking
CIIKhKr: Ohio, new
New Yoik, ;. .
Wisconsin SY.fA...
Ullllilllgcl-. newnillhe
!
11
11'S
P.
'-"tl
l'rult uud Vvgt-tublrs.
ATTLES-FMicy, V l td I 3 5.'-
bliA.N llaud-plcked, per bu...... 1 w
1 una. lb s
PolAlor.S l ine, III cm, bu
From store, bu ii
WKK1 per bid 1 s.1
I AIUIM.E-I!.,ii.. Ki-iun, btil 1
'I I llNll'S per Obi 1 -o
M"N-YeUiW.bll 4'i
I'AKsNIPs , pel- bid 1 IM
Poultry, i'tc.
Mve ( hi. kens. V pair ,
Live Din-ks. 'p pair oi
iresfil iJiicks.i lh...,u ii
l'lessi-d thlekens, V P 'i
r " " ftf "l--t-. U
J'U lecd i nt m ys. jj ITT .: o
.Mr I'n an I Olilo, fleli ijl
Fi;ATIIKl'.!.-l-.xtra live o. -i-.,e, vl'J 4
No 1 Ex I. li e lil-ese, II. 'l
t uunliy. iariru pack'-'l
.Vllsct-llaiieous,
M:K1)K( lover U' lbs
Timothy, prime...
Hlue l.iHss
HAi! Country nilxeJ.
'tft"'? VU'vcr
MAPl'dT bHt:KuvZZZZ'Z
IHKIt Coiiutry, sweet, bbl
TALLOW
CINll.NN."lTl7
H. ollt r--
WHEAT-No r i(od nr.
ItYt No . -,-
iufrN-ilis.d
d1H
I. I.OM
) 1
Ill
li
41
in i-ivh
iib i'ieiuiiry
rillLAUr Ll'lllA.
1 i.oi.'it- - a '''
IIFil -.No 4 Hod 'js
t Oll.-N., Mixed
OATS-.No. tf WUlte 3
Ill'ITKH I resiuery, extra W
l.i.(.K-l'n nrsi
FI.OVH-l'tent
WIIKAT-Nu. tf Had
HYtf htats
1 Wits-I
M
4U
:ti
lu
lOltN .No tf
OA 'I l-Mille Wusteru
Ill 'ITEK crnuiuury
(l.h Main and 1'enu
1.1 VIC KTIK'li,
Ckntual svui Yahiw, Last Lisxhtt, I',
CAVIL.
Prime, l.t)0 to I, WO lbs i
o.k.iI. UiM lu I.4UO His 4 li'.
liood bun tiers, I.asj to l.jHJll.s,... 4 411
'Hoy, l.iKOto l,l!im. a uu
I-air 11111 kinors, uuu to lax) lb ... II in
CullUUliU, iOU to VUOIti II M
III SjA
Hills. Iel bins 4 !l
lii-si Yoikursaiid mixed 4 l'.
CuiuluuU Ul lair Yulkur 4 10
silk sr.
Extra, W to HA lbs 8 Ml
I mod. lo tut lbs d iM
I air, Ti 10 1 Ida tf
1 oiuiiioii , 1 to
Yum links-. tf W
Cdiusgu, Csllls I minium . lo extra 'i
tlMiisHUii; sliHikers ami Ueile.-,
in and bulls, el.oOis .culves, .'
ling heavy, U YOij4 lt; t'lilllllinu K 1
In I if U, WK,i4IS; tlioica n win led, tn
ll.lit, :i.i..a so; ni. H W'isil io. till"
Imlor lu cbuuie, 4'J 4H'A nu; IhiiiIib,
Ini-limstl II i neluct eli I ) o i lit '
Efralgkl-
lire Pour
liAY-No. I