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Christmas exercfcos were,' held by
, all of the Sunday schools. The M.
J E. and First Lutheran were held on
(.Friday evening, the ' llcfonncd and
j Trinity Luiheruu on Saturday even-
ing all being interesting and largely
v attended in the Trinity Lutheran
, the whole exercise was performed
by the Primnry Department. . . . : ;
Among the many visitors in town
we note the following i Chas. Ehr
hart, and family of Hanover, Pa. ;
C E. Frontz, of Springfield, Ohio ;
J. S. Burkhart of '.Dickinson,; Pa.:
C. B. Noetling and family of lea
ver Valley ; Dr. Geo.. Ulrieh. and
Harry Thompson of Phil'a; F.
Ber vier of VilIiamsiort j Prof. C.
W. Herman t hud family I of Wy
oming ; Wm. Miller and family of
Phila -... Ed. F. I and Ji Biuton
Geruberling and Wm Duck, bridge
builders, ejient few" days at home,
but have returned to1 their,, work
again Harry Benuer. who' was
.away bridging, has returned home
to star, for 5u winter. . J. . . ..Miss
Ethel Sehoch spent a few "days" out
. of town during; the1 holidays'..,'..'.
The young people have been mak
ing good use of the ice on the canal
and creek dam, but oh 1 what falls
j there" werV. .V. Grandmother Ulrich,
the mothep bf .'Squire .UJrich died
on Monday forenoon after a short
illness, aged 81 years. .The week
of prayer is being observed by tne
- qhuiches of town by union meetings
t'.'.Very nearly all the' students have
returned from their 3 weeks' Xinas
vacation .-.. . The , people of : town
are making gjood use of the snow by
; a liumbfer o :sleiglung
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CENTREYILLE.
. if he Sunday schools 'gave their
sonc'ars a treat with candy but none
Ijeld a Christinas entertainment. In
stead of any entertainments the three
C. E. Societies held a convention in
jthe Lutheran' and Reformed church
on Saturday afternoon' and 1 evening;
Dec. 25th. The convention "was a
decided success. . The three minis
ters of the various denominations
were present and took active,, parts
in tne uiscussion oi me snojecis ....
Mrs. Julia Markle died on Saturday
and was buried on Tuesday. . . . J.
E. Bolig and family and ' Dr. Chas.
Mohn and family ot Jersey Shore
iaid a visit to,,!. IS. Jiolig's. . . ;
)r. C. Jiohn and family) of Laurel
on, visited John Jtolin's on Christ
nas. . . .John Loyd and family, of
Wagner, were the guests of S.. F.
Sheary's family. . . X'harles Bate
nan, of Selinsgrove1, visited 'H. II.
Jerbster8.t.-..Miss Henrietta Bow
rsox; of Muucy, isMpending a few
.veeks with her relatives and many
riends. . . . M. A. Buteman and wife
re spending a few days with Mr.
Jatcmau s parents at oolujsgrovc
V . .The funeral .of Aaron Smith ol
fhite Springs was held in tlie'Jle
nnel church on Sunday, Dec. 20
was conducted by Kev. Beaver
..The week of prayer will b$oK
fal by the C E. swueties of thi.1
ce....The United Evangelical
trch will l)e dedicated. Jan. . I(J.
hopStunford and .other minister
I lie present... f rrr h
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- HArrtabrf;' Jan. IJ-ThomM i. Edee,
ecretary, ot .'WfHcultur. ;hM submit
ted Mi annual report, for tti yr Jut
endjd. The aecrttay reports that the
past year baa bea Ale of advance' all
alone tb Mpe ot the rt fcJling under
the .are ot Jae flepartrntnu -JThrough
varlotfs acts paiNd, by the last legis
lature the effldtn'of the farmers'
InatttaUs haa been laereased, the work
of the dairy an$ food commissioner ex
tended and the forestry commissioner
enabled to mora efficiently carry on the
dntles Imposed unon blm.- The state
veterinarian, through the . live stock
sanitary board, has also been enabled
to. not onjv Increase the efficiency of
his work. but to greatly extend its
cope isnd usefulness and to exercise
control over milch cows and breeding
animals brought into , the state and
to shut out diseased animals.
"Every division of the department
Baa a work to perform which, when
property appreciated by our farmers,
will mora than reoay the cost of all
of the divisions," adds the aecretary.
"Thus the work of the analysis of com
mercial fertilisers much more than re
pays the whole cost of the department;
the benefits obtained from farmers' in
stitutes, especially in localities where
they are properly understood and taken
advantage of, more than repays the
total expenses Incurred in supporting
the department; the benefits gained
by tha work of tha state : live stock
sanitary board has been the means of
saving live stock of much more value
than tha entire cost of the department,
and the work of the forestry division
will also more than repay the outlays
on account of ail of the work accom
plished by tha department during the
year." 4
Secretary Edge says the work of the
division under the control of the dairy
and food commissioner has progressed
steadily, but It Is greatly to be regret
ted that a lack of funds haa more or
Jess crippled the performance of cer
tain duties pertaining to the office. The
annual appropriation of $12,000 is too
small. ' : ' I ' i -f t
f7 .ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.' '
Wllkesbarre, pa.) Jan. L John Law
rence, Daniel Sullivan ' and '.-Henry
Evans, three; prisoners who'" escaped
from the custody of Jail Warden Bo
land while he, was t conveying- them
from tha court house to the county
Jail, have been captured" In Chicago.
Ths men . were charged with picking
pockets during the firemen's conven
tion. Thev will be brought back to
Wllkesbarre. . ! t , , r , . , , , , , .
Phlladelr..'a, Jan. 4. GIrard college
celebrated its 50th anniversary yester
daw with an elaborate program of
exercises. . Addresses were made In the
afternoon by Mayor Warwick. Con
gressman Broslus and officials of the
Institution, and there were . a . number
of vocal ; and instrumental selections
by pupils. The event of the celebration
was the oration delivered last night by
Speaker Thomas B, Reed. . . J
Clearfield, 'Pa.,, Jan. l.-)ne of the
heaviest snowstorms' of the season
raged here all day yesterday, and last
night had reached a depth of 14 Inches.
AH trains on the Pennsylvania rail
road and Buffalo, Rochester and Pitts
burg are from one to three hours late.
A coal train of 14 cars and on engine
on the Beech Creek road was wrecked
on account of the snow at Wallacetown,
12 miles east of here. Three hundred
feet of track wars torn up. j(
r Philadelphia, Jan. - 2. Mrs.' Mary
Lamb, of 2214 Cuthbert street, died last
night in, the Medloo-Chlrurgt' at hos
pital from a fractured skull,- and her
son by her first husband la under ar
rest on suspicion' of having caused her
death. The son's name Is . Malachl
Scannell. Saturday night Mrs. Lamb
was found lying at the foot of the
stairs In her home. She was uncon
scious, and her body was covered with
bruises. The police, It is said, learned
that the woman and her son had been
quarreling considerably on New Year's
eve, Scannell was then airested..
Philadelphia, Jan. 4. Judges Penny
packer, Wiltbank and Sulzberger yes
terday appointed .appraisers to pass
upon the assets of the defunct Chest
nut Street Trust and Saving Fund com
pany, which closed Its doors with the
failure ot the Chestnut Street National
bank. In connection with the bank's
affairs . depositors representing nearly
$800,000 have assented to the plan of
settlement submitted by Messrs. Earle
and Cook, assignees of the trust com
pany, and about 70 per cent of the trust
company's depositors has also assented
Philadelphia, Jan. 1. Two men were
killed and three others injured yester
day at the warden Boiler works, Nine
teentn ana Aiiegneny avenue,, by a
shifting engine which was backed into
tha yard of the; works In a. careless
manner. The dead are Walter Greg
ory and Patrick McMellan. The in
jured' are Patrick O'Malley, Patrick
McIIugh and John A. Hallahan, all of
whom will recover. The men .. were
pushing an empty car out of the yard,
when a shifting engine backed a lot of
cars Into , the f yard and . struck the
empty car. The shock, threw the five
men to the ground. Gregory was killed
instantly and McMellan died soon after.
nttsburg Dec. 31. Another strike of
window glass workers, which may i.re
veut the general resumption on Jan. 8,
is threatened. After the settlement
of the wage dlfllerences the factory of
W. P. Jones & Co., at Eaton, Ind., was
started with cutters and ilattencrs who
are not members of the league, but are
emweHed, with the Blowers' assembly
of tha, Knights ,of Labor. The flatton
ers (apV cutters claim that; they ari
non-union jneni , and, say a strike will
be "ordered If members of the Fiatton
era" and Cutters' 'organization are not
substituted. President, Burma,, of the
Blowers and, Cathcxers,' insists that th
men shall not' he ; dj&t.urbed,.;: and de
Hwes .that If ' the 'mRnu?ftctifrrs;U-:
charge them he, will order pub hi'merr,-
inM tut., tl ...... i .i ;
c-tuiii. tai?. fb .winfivi vi-eiUj mui II Witt,
manufuoturers dn not 'l!y.( un to. thlr
agreement with the cutters, and flat
tenors they will" nave 'a strike of these
two trades on thoir hands,' and. Jf they
flo yve'uj loth'elr agreement the gatly
efersVand Blowers' wUl sHrlke'In'the
meajhtlmo the mdrfuracturers' , refuse
ttoay. "what durse'they will pursue.
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Fatal Collapse at a Political Meet
' ' ' ing in Canada,
THIKTI PEES 0S3 MEET DEATH.
The Breaking of a Ream Preolpltata
Over a Hundred IVople to the Floor j
Bvlow, and Then a Fearful ItUHh For
Life EuaueM. '
London, Ont.,Jan. 4. One of the hottest
and most stubbornly contested munici
pal elections ever known in this city
was followed last night by a fatal acci
dent that has put the city in mourn-1
Ing.. Thirty persons were killed and !
others injured by the collapse of a !
irowded floor of the city hall. At mid
night 20 bodies had ben taken from
the wrecked building and identified.
List of the known dead follows: F.I lea
man, C. Beckett. K. Luxton, N. Caroth
ers, R. LeUh, James Harris, U W.
Burke, John Smith, Henry Talbot, A. i
Phillips, John Turner, Ben NaBh, J. Yv
Borland, George Hllburn, Frank ltob
Ison, James McLean, John Barrldge,
Oswald Bruce, B. Jacques, W. H. Dell,
Stephen Williams, John Fellows and
Allen Towe.
There were a large number Injured,
among them the following: Dr. Wil
son, the mayor-elect, leg broken; Al
derman Carothers, slightly Injured; j
William Gray, leg broken; George
Fleming, both arms broken; William'
Jones, water commissioner-elect, badly
bruised. I
How many were Injured will never;
be known, as those who Buffered but
slightly at once made for their homes
or were taken care of by their friends.
Those who were more seriously Injured
were carried to neighboring drugstores,
whence thev were taken to the hos
pital or to their homes after their In
juries had been attended to. The dead
were taken to the committee rooms of
Alderman Farnell, the defeated candi
date for mayor.
At the close of the polls a crowd
gathered In the city hall, where It has
been the custom for years past for the
successful candidates to address the
electors. The building was crowded
to the very doors, probably 2,000 people
being Jammed In. Its 'narrow space.'
There was a lull in the proceedings, the
audience . called for several of , the
newly tlected aldermen at oii". and
there was some delay , in securing -v
speaker . to address them. Alderman
Carothers joined the mayor In an effort
to secure quiet. .' In response to numer
ous calls It. M. Toothe was pushed for
ward to the platform on which the
speakers stood. As he reached It there
was an ominous crackling and the
raised platform on which the mayor
and newly elected aldermen were seat
ed seemed to pitch forward to the floor.
There was a sagging of timbers, and
the next moment 160 people were hurled
20 feet to the floor below. A beam run
ning 20 feet along the center of the hall
had given away, and the crowded mass
standing above that section 'of the floor
was thrown In a heap at the bottom.
A large safe stood In one corner pf the
hall, and a huge steam coll, weighing
a half ton, crashed down on the heads
of the victims.
Following the crash there was a wild
rush for the doors. At the south door,
where the majority of the crowd had
entered, there was a terrible panic.
Those In front were thrown down by
the oncoming rush, shrieking and fight
ing for tlM door and safety. Only one
half of the rear door, a space of prob
ably three feet, was open, and In the
mad rush no one thought to open the
door in Its entirety, and 500 people
struggled through the narrow space,
the strong bearing down the weaker.
Within a moment after the floor col
lapsed there were not half a dozen per
sons on that portion which had not
fallen, and the work of rescuing the
injured and the bodies of the dead was
quickly proceeded with. ,.
In the theater adjoining, where "The
Girl from Paris" was being performed,
a panic was narrowly averted.
A TERRIBLE HOLOCAUST.
SlxofOno Family Meet Death la Their
Iturnluue Home,
Jersey City, Jan. 3. Six members of
one family were killed by flames and
smoke in a fire that occurred early yes
terday morning In this city. The dead
are: Adolph Reich, 42 years old, the
father; Kinina Reich, 43 years old, the
mother; Tillle Reich, 22 years old; Ida
Reich, 15 years old; Albert Reich, 14
years old; Gustav Reich, 8 years old.
Several others were injured, and It
may be that another member oi the ill
fated family will die. He is the 19-year-old
son, and his body is covered with
burns. '
John Conway, chief of the JerseyClty
fire department, was badly cut and
burned. He fell through a burning"
floor and was rescued with difficulty.
Henry A. Reich, 17 years old, man
aged to make his escape front the house
with bad burns on the neck, face and
hands, but he Is not seriously injured.
HIS 19-year-old brother escaped, ,but
may die from his burn's." Adolph Reich,
the father of the' family, had' escaped
from" his burning home, but rushed
back to help his loved pnes, and sacri
ficed his life. "..
Trnvollnar Country Postofllces. ;
Washington, Jan. 4.--The benefits de
rived from the extension of the rural
free' delivery of mall matter,-it Is ex
pected, will be Increased as soon as
authority oan be obtained from con
gress on the, subject. Hy a proposed
amendment carriers In' rural districts
will be given authority to receive cash
and obtain money orders for patrons,
and -to receipt for and deliver ; regis
tered lot ten. The carriers .will. If the
spheme Is put In operation, become
''traveling "postoffices." Country peo
ple, therefore,-will have nearly .all the
benefits enjoyed by residents of the
city In this regard. " .
a Canada' Municipal Eleetlqnsi .
. Toronto, Ont.. Jan. 4. Municipal elec
tions were- held ' throughout the prov
ince of Ontario yesterday. The mayors
elected in thejprlnclin' cities, were
Tornntn. Job"
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Ahda MexicanEag Talia Its Phc9
- on Clippertoa Island.'
TEE WOKK OF MEXICAN MARINES
They Landed From the Government
Gnu boat Ienioorata and Wout About
Their Work Deliberately Claim the .
iHlnnd In Within Mexican Territory.
San Diego, Cal., Jan. 1. The steamer
Albion arrived yesterday from a
month's cruise down the coast, and her
passengers tell of a rather high handed
proceeding at Cllpperton Island on the
part of the Mexican gunboat Dem
crata, being no less than the haullnit
down of the Stars and Stripes by an
armed force landed for the purpose,
and in spite of the protests of the men
there employed, and the raising of the
Mexican Hag. The story is told as fol
lows:
"Our trip down the coast as far as
Santo Domingo was void of any par
ticular Incident," Bald Koscoe Howard,
one of the passengers. "On our re
turn we took on a sailor at Acapulco
and from him I learned that he had
been brought to that port by the Mexi
can gunboat Democrata from Cllpper
ton Island. He, with two other men.
had been employed by a guano com
pany to take charge of about 4,000 tons
of guano that was stored In the ware
houses on the Island, and when they
were landed there, some nine months
ago, they hoisted the American Hat;
and notified the secretary of state of
their action.
"On Dec. 14 the Democrata anchored
a short distance from the Island and
sent a boat's crew of marines, fully
armed, to the island, but on attempting
to land the boat was dusbed against
a coral reef and suffered considerable
damage. Finally the marines were
landed, and after an official ceremony
the Stars and Stripes were hauled down
from the flagpole that had been erected
by the Americans, and In Its place the
.Mexican flag was hoisted. Having taken
formal possession, the marines with
drew and notified the men who re
mained on the island not to allow any
,one to take away the gua:io, under
penalty of violating the Melcan laws."
The island is about 800 miles off the
' Mexican coast, almost, due west of
Acapulco, and Is known as an atoll, or
coral reef. It Is about four miles In
.. circumference. Two palm trees con
ntitute the sole vegetation on the isl
aiiii, ivhau is made the home of mil
lions of sea fowl. Thousands of tons
ot the richest guano Is to be found on
the Island. When the marines landed
to take possession of the Island in be
half of Mexico they were fully armed.
TIIE MEXICAN VIEW OF IT.
Claim That ths Maud Is Within Mex
ican Territory. .
Mexico '" City, Jan. 1. Official Intel
ligence received from Masatlln shows
that when the Mexican gunboat El
Democrata arrived at Cllpperton Isl
and It was found that a party of
Americans had raised . the American
flag and had appropriated ail the
guano beds, where they were operating.
They had built hous.es and permanently
established themselves. The Demo
crata had a very stormy passage and
found the Island "of very difficult ac
cess, and a boatload of Mexican ma
rines was upset in getting through the
surf, the men losing their rifles and
swords. They saved themselves by
swimming, and a Mexican flag was
carried ashore by' Julian Santos, the
stoker of the gunboat, who ran the
risk of being devoured by sharks that
abound in those waters.
Captain Oenesta ordered the Ameri
can Hug hauled down and the Mexican
flag was raised, there being little pro
test on the part of the Americans rep
resenting a guano exploring company.
This formality having .been accom
plished, the gunboat returned to Ma
satlln. T,hcre arc about 20,000 tons of
guano on the Island, valued at $300,000
in gold. Representations showing that
the action of the guano company Is one
of mere usurpation' will be made. Cllp
perton Island is undoubtedly In Mexi
can territory, although not settled by
Mexicans. There has been no excite
ment over the matter.
From Tramp to Iluronet.
Portland, Ore., Jan. 3. Clarence Dan
vers Dapenport, a young Englishman,
who has been leading a hand to mouth
existence in Portland since last Au
gust, has become a baronet. He re
ceived a cablegram announcing the
death of bis uncle, Sir Richard Dan
vers. of Dnnvers Court, Lincolnshire,
England, and Informing him that he
had succeeded to the estate and title.
Money for the trip to England was
telegraphed him by American agents
of the estate, and he left to take pos
session 'of his Inheritance. He has
i tramped about the country for the past
i three years.-
I Germany A if u In Bulldozes China,
j Berlin, Jan. 3. It is announced that
China has yielded to the demand of the
German ambassador at Pekln, Baton
Heyklng, for the dismissal of the com
mandant of the Chinese garrison at
Tsao Chow, province of Shan Tung,
j because of the use of threatening lan
: guage to the Germun missionaries there,
j The Chinese government telegraphed a
dismissal of the commandant.
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Fores'.!-do wed in the Organisation
of Ohio's Legislatare.
DEN0UU0INQ GOV. EUSHSELL.
Haiina'n Adherents Hitter AsnltiHt the
Chief Mnatlntrate Republican Club
Will Miub IIIn Inuiianrntlon The In
fluence of Women lu the Context.
Columbus, O., Jan. 4. The combina
tion of ten antl-Hanna ItepuMicans,
With the Democratic members, succeed
ed in organising both branches of the
legislature yesterday in the Interest of
the opposition to the re-election of Sen
ator Hanna by a vote of f6 to 52.
In the apportionment of the chair
manships the Democrats got 2$ in the
house and the Kepublicans 13, that
body having a Republican majority of
15. In the senate, which Is a tie po
litically, the Democrats got IS chair
manships and the Republicans 4.
There are two more dates for tests of
strength the Joint senatorial caucuses
tomorrow night and the Joint balloting
for senator one week from tomorrow.
With the complications of the legisla
tive organization and Its patronage dis
posed of, the Hanna men hist night be
gan a desperate tight on the senator
ship. The Hanna men deny that they will
form a coalition with Hrlie for a gold
Democrat for senator rather than be
SENATOR HANNA.
beaten by a free, silver Republican, or
that they will do anything else but fight
It out If It takes all winter. While they
are not able t'o frlve a list long enough
to elect, they claim that Hanna Is
stronger than -Boxwell and the other
regular Republican candidates in the
organisation of .the legislature, and
that the opposition .has nitt enough
votes io elect a senator. The Hanna
men concede that thev have lost the
power which would result from the or
ganization 'of both branches, as they
can name no chairmen, place no mem
bers on desirable positions or on any of
the committees or dispose of any oth r
state patronage, but they have carried
the war Into the home counties of the
bolting Republican members and ex
pect the necessary changes before to
morrow night.
The feeling of the flfty.-twoRepubllcan
members who voted for their caucus
nominees Is openly expressed against
Governor Bushnell more than against
Mr. Kurtz or other Republicans who
combined with the Democrats. The
State Journal, the Republican orgun
of central Ohio, prints a large picture
of the governor with heavy bluck
borders. Some Republican clubs have
cancelled their engagements of quar
ters here for the Inauguration exer
cises next Monday, and many protests
are being received at .the state house.
Colonel T. W. Moore, of Marietta, nn
other appointee of Governor Uushnell,
yesterday resigned as trustee of the
State Insnne asylum nt Athens.
During the noon recess yesterday a
jrusade was developed In telegraphic
protests to .some of the Republican
GOVERNOR RrSHJs'ELL.
members who had voted wjlh the Dem
ocrats. The most notable cuse was that
of J. P. Griffith, Republican member
from Union county, who was made
speaker pro tem, by receiving 47 Demo
cratic awl -nine Republican votes. He
received telegrams from constituents
asking him to resign, saying hp would
be hung in effigy, and. that delegations
were en route to Columbus to hold an
indignation meeting. Mr. Griffith has
withstood much agitation- the past
week. Sunday midnight th Hanna
workers got him Into a conference at
the Nell House, and-it is said -that ho
was "almost persuaded" about 3 o'clock
yesterday morning, but he. did, not
want to change without consulting his
wife, who was strongly In"1 sympathy
with the combine that nominated her
husband for speaker pro tem,;
The Hanna workers 'at .3 a.- m. went
to the Great Southern) hotel, got Mrs.
Griffith un, and escorted her to the
Nell House, where" she remained with
her husband till 8 a. m., when the
Kurtz workers' missed both 'Mr. and
Mrs. Griffith and 'proceeded trt the
Nell-Houstt after their, Whlkn being es
corted Out -of tba-Nil Houso -th" rir'i
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.. A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSE
Wednesday, Dee. 89.
The repjrt that Secretary Giw ten
dered his resignation to the pi t-riU ent
is unfounded.
A secret organisation has been form
ed at Lexington. Ky., to fight the t:il
service system.
Patrick Kelly, of Louisville, who v-;u
struck dumb while cursing an t mploivr.'
had his speech restored durlnx & St of
anger.
' 'A Christmas pardon for DietliTk !r
Tragman, a Sing Sing convict. arrivV.
at the prison Just half an hour af
hisideath..
Thomas Collins, a merchant of lies
mer. Ala., went to the jail and
and killed J. H. Powell, who tia.J I -r
arrested on complaint of Collins' e.
Thunulay, Hec.
The president has approved the Mir
to prevent the killing of fur K.-nln '
the North Pacific.
An effort will be made to haw s
ated the office of secretary of i;.,
and mining in the president's c.iH
The asphalt beds on the hm-dcr
the Uncompahgre Indian reset v aid
will be worked, and are eiivu!
yield about $1,000,000,000.
As there are no direct heirs, tl
million dollar estate of Charles Cor
tolt, who died recently In New Yuri
has been devised to charity.
Four officers of the Stock Kxch.-ing
bank, of K.I Reno, f). T., have been ai
rested, charged with receiving deposit!
knowing the bank to be Insolvent.
Frlmty, Hec. Jtt.
The census recently made shows tha
there are 1H6.375 children of sc hool ag'
In Philadelphia.
Representative Hlnrlrlmm, of Illinois
Is likely to lie chosen chairman of th
Democratic congressional committee.
Hugh McLaughlin has retired front
the leadership of the Democratic partj
of Brooklyn, und Bernard J. York wll
succeed him.
Trustees of Princeton university hav
passed a resolution fnrlildiUnn student
to drink or have in tlioir posscjsln
any Intoxicating liquors.
The saloons at Juneau. Alaska, wei
' busy at last accounts exchanging with
ky, for gold dust, a large party of Yuk
miners having come to town.
Saturday. .Inn. I.
A snowstorm In Pittsburg and All
gherty did- $H5,000 damage.
1 During this year's game season
Maine -7.5O0 deer, 250 moose and :
i caribou '. were shot,
j Nathan B. Scott, of West Virgin
' took the oath of office as Internal re
nue commissioner, vice W. S. Form
Mall 6c robberies sggrcgating
000 have been discovered In Clevelt
Richard O. Davis, under arrest In I
York,- Is suspected.
J. H. 'Ashmore was killed by 1
from a train near Trenton last :
He was en route to spend New Y
day with his mother in Trenton.
Monday. Jan. -II.
Farmer John FKzgerald, of Ogdei
burg, N. T., hid $400 In his cellar a
thieves carried It off.
Murderer Martin Thorn's New Yea
gift at Sing Sing (N. Y.) prison- wai
' stay of execution, set for the week 1
; ginning Jan. 10.
James Klrkley, the Ronton, coui
i (Ind.) treasurer, who was fnund de
' In his office, committed suicide becat
1 his accounts were short.
' Mrs. Nellie Pcterkln, of New Yoi
has been convicted at Boston of ma
: slaughter for causing the. death
Mrs. Caroline F. Murphy.
Tnoxday, Jan. 1.
'' Dnrrant's attorneys will ask the fr
' eral court for a writ of habeas corp
Rev. Arthur C. Dixon; of Brooklj
startled his congregation by a vlgoro
attack on the modern woman.
, Secretary Gage approves the rccoi
meudatlons made in the nioneta
commlsnlon'8 report on currency
form.
Senor .Rodriguez will not rctur
Washington as the minister of
greater republic of Central Ante
Intimations having been glv
would not lit- acceptable.
Much mystery surrounds
of a youiiK woman named ,
who nits found mangled b'
shaft of a New York
companion, a young mi
rested.
THE PRODUCE I
As Reflected v I-ittlni
plibi ami llultlti
PhlladelphlH. .Inn. .1.-F1
tnlm-il: wlnttr Hiipirflm-, ;
tra. J.!.2riiX75; lVnnsylvitni
H.10fi4.:K: do. str.-ilRltt. $1 4i
winter,- clear, 4. VdHM; do
iii4.K5; city mills; extra, I
i flour unlet and -steady at
barrel, as to cii.illty. Win
2 red, spot. Oii'itiWVl-e. : No. 2
and No. Delaware red. sr
Corn lower; No. 2 yellow
mixed, in t-levator. SS'nJB'nc
No. 2 white. ?flc; No. 2
line. ; No. 1 white, clipped,
dull; choice timothy, Jl-'W
bales. Beef llrnier; family
tra mess. IWiS.Si); beef
packet. $!i'l: city extra In
lli.at. l'ork tlrm; mess. K7i
clear, UM12. family. $llil2..
western steamed, .".10. Butte
ern creamery. 1Vh22c; do. f:ie
Klgins. 22e. ; Imitation creatiu
New York dairy. I:fi20c.; li
15'i21c. Cheese steady: large
colored. September. S;.iis-V-do.,
September. P'' '.' ie. ; llu'lll
fi'ic: part skims, 4V.t.V...e. ;
ju.iUc. Kki's tlrm; New Yuri
sylvanla. 2L"(i2"i'-jc; western, f
Baltimore, Jan. 3. Flour
Wheat dull mid lower; spot
9ti"iii7c.; February, 97tic.: I
I steunicr No. 2 red. lUTi'i'M''
wheat, hy sample, !i:Mi9Sc; do.
MVyJifC'te. Corn weak; spot i
K2Vi::i"S,.e; February, ?2V
mixed, ai-V' Wa'.; southern
, yellow, ?j'y::tc, Oats fjrmer: !'
! IWjfoy.; No. 2 mixed, 27V
j easier; No. 2 nunrhy, Tic; ;
ern, K)-"ic lUy steady; chol
; fVi. Grain flights very, qui
changed." Suuar strong; itr.i'n
' Butter quiet infancy creamer
I imitation. IStiiae.: . du.- ladle,
ladle. lWtbk'.; Jjtore pocked, 121
i steady;' fresh., 19c." Cheese stet.
j New York, :lrge flftfTlOv.: do.
KHMOlic.i ao.1 small.- W'.iU0ic.
IUftEtt.2G.pcr guUon for llnlshcd
carl'ojil'. 11.27ft 1.2S per gallon
I blng lots. '