DEATH OF P. D. AM Captain of Industry Yields After Two Years' Illness. HIS VAST BUSINESS INTERESTS. 3"!hh For llic Fnlurr So Carefully Im4c Thai the lira I h of thr CkM Will llavr Ltttla BtTacI an Ills .r.-.it KnfiTprl.r.. Chicago, Jan. 7. Philip D. Armour icd at his residence in Prairie ave nue, In this city, last evening, aged !9. The end came after two years of illness, during which time Mr. Ar mour visited Oermnn baths, passed the -oid months in southern California, and devoted himself largely to an at lempt to restore his health. For several weeks the dead million aire had been living at the old family "Kin.e in I'rairle avenue, the usual trip M southern California not having been taken this winter. He came down to his office in the Home Insurance build ing but seldom, and as the cold inn eas ed he did not come at all. For several days death had boen fear vd as the outcome by the close usso Ciates of the great captain of industry. They realized that the decline from lay to day did not cease, and tU.it there Till: LATE PHILIP P. ARMOUR, could be but one end. When death (am'' his grandchildren, who hail so close a place In his heart, were at the family resilience, as was J, Ogden Ar mour, the surviving son. .Mr. Armour had lost strengtft stend lly from day to day Blnce the com mencement of the winter. The pneu monia was checked, but strength was not regained, The. Arm .grip he hid so long maintained upon the business of Armour A '., whether at the office or thousands or miles away, .'-lowly relax ed. Hi ports no longer Interested him ;is tin y were wont to do during tin- first D i tltha of his declining health. The sui' leu death of his son and namesake fr m pneumonia nearly a year ago at Pa idi i i hung heavily on him during the closing months of his life. In fact, he nevi r recovered from the shock he , experienced from that event. It stop ped his progress towards recovery in his winter home nt Pasadena, and Its , sorrow remained fresh until the cud. So carefully had the plans for the future been made that the death of Mr. Armour will have little effect on the outward working of the great enter-; prise with which he had been so i wise ly Identified. It is believed all the Ar mour properties will be I '.I It tact un til the grandchildren i. ... luto their own. The property Interests for which Mr. rmour stood ate estimated at fl60,- ,000, 1 1 personal sharp of this pn i crty Is varl -ly estimated at from $26,000,000 to $80,1 0,000. In works of charity Mr. Armour's monument will he found i.i the Armour Institute, to Which but a short Lime ago he gave 1760.000 in one remem brance. The institute today reprei "nts an Investment on the part of M . r mour and his brother Joseph of $3, 760,000, and a yearly ( xponse for main tenance of $inii,lil)o. Thro Trains Loaf In Snowilrl' Brandon, Manitoba. .Ian. s. T' Canadian Pacific trains were I the Areola branch. In, Western r toba. A passenger train left Bran' but after passing Mailer became s bound in the drifts, which are 1T. , feel deep. A snow plow and i : were sent out to bring the expi I It, too, was tied up with snow third engine was sent to the r i liu t a similar fate. The thru t remained imbedded in the li all thf week and were not . until lite farmers for 20 mil had formed themselves into a .-' brigade, Yesterday the worn nut i with their frozen up trains, retui to the ( Ity. ireo on ow- i Li) fine ick. A but red und ivel W8, ned Spir e r Kclaon'g Raalcptlon Assured St. Paul, Jan. 8. At the caucus of the Republican members of the b 'ise and i ' held la it night for the pur lo of ' 1 - ding upon legtslativt of ficers, a i Jut ion was Introduced In cai it branch Indorsing Senator K iute Ni on for re-election to succeed him self. The resolution was unanimously sidopti d by arh of the caucuses and a Joint i iucus on the long term sen .'or ahlp, which was to have been hell to nlght, will now not lie necessary. Ko action was taken upon the succession to the late Senator C. K. Davis. York' Increnaeil Valantlona. New York, Jan. 8. I're-ldent Felt ner, of the department of taxes and OJ n entS, said yesterday that the in creased valuations on real estate this year would be between $75,000,000 and $100,000,000, which Is the normal an nual increase. The assessed valuations on personal property, he said, are $2, UOO.OOO.OOO higher than formerly. It Is said that the people assessed for per sonalty will have a much harder time In the future to escape such taxes than they had In the past. t nltnl Stilt.' Senator ( armnck. Nashville, Jan. 8. In the Joint cau cus of the legislative Democratic ma jority here yesterday afternoon Hon. E. W. Cnrmack, present congressman from the Tenth district, was nomi nated by acclamation to succeed Hon. Thomas B. Turley as United States eenator from Tennessee. Formal elec tion will probably be In joint session of the general assembly on Tuesday, Jan. 17. if. . 18? I AN ASYLUM HOLOCAUST. Fierce Flames Sweep the Home of Orphans at Rochester. AT LEAST NINETEEN ABE DEAD, And II la l'.nri-il That Munj More Deaths Will lie Hruortril A Trr rlfle Kiploalou Added to th Horror of thr Diaaatar. Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 8 Fire broke out In the hospital section of the Roch ester orphan asylum, on Hubbel Park, t 1 o'clock this morning, and the flames spread rapidly to other sections of the Institution. It is known that 19 of the children perished, and It is feared that many more victims may be report ed later. The fire was first discovered by two men passing the asylum. They hastily Kent in an alarm, and then turned their attention toward arousing the nurses and the children. A terrific explosion was then heard, and in a moment the entire hospital section was in flames. On the arrival of the fire apparatus a general alarm was sent in, calling out the entire department. The smoke began to pour out of ev ery window in the main building, and the screams and frantic cries of the children could be beard. The work of rescue began with a will. Children and nurses were carried from the build ing, all in an unconscious condition, and some di ill. Ambulances from the City, St. Mary's Homeopathic and Hahnemann hospitals were summoned, and the victims were removed to the several institutions. There were 109 children at the hos pital and a corps of about .10 nurses and attendants. Two of the women at tendants are among the dead. The origin of the lire Is not known at this time. The property loss will prob ably exceed $20,000. Till: LATEST RAILROAD DEAL. The Readlna Itaa o Ymi Required the ..ills). Valley Hon.). Philadelphia. Jan. 8. The hoard of directors of the Heading company yes t. day decided to accept the proposi tion made by J. P. Morgan concerning the purchase of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, and President Joseph S. Harris today went to New York to confer with Mr. Morgan and Charles SI iele regarding the financing of tin deal. Mr. Morgan, as the head of the l inking house, will present the terms i I a which the sale can be effected, anil Mr. Harris and Mr. Steele, as mem bers of the executive committee of the Reading company, will take them up and later report to the full board. While it Is generally believed that eventually the lyhtgh Valley Railroad company will pass under the control of th Reading company, nothing was dot in regard to that company at yes terday'S meeting of the directors of the Ri ding company. The annual meet ing of the Lehigh Valley company will lie he'd on Jan. 15. The Dilatory Calaeae Bavora. Pekln, Jan. 8.-Yesterday afternoon agreements, Identical for each nation, were presented to Prince Chlng. Those close to Prince Chlng and LI Hung Chang say they have decided to sign, even if they lose their heads, without regard to the latest orders from the court. Others, who are apparently equally close, say they will not sign Immediately, asserting also that there are two factions surrounding the court, equally strong, and that it would be impolitic for the Chinese plenipotenti aries at present to act for themselves. i i coi n the Price of Sugar. New York. Jan. 8. The Kvenlng Posl says: Announcement was made yesterday that all the refiners had ad vanced all grades of refined sugar 10 point-:. The reason given by the re finers for this advance was that a great ii v ord( rs were received shortly af ter the opening of the day. which put them in an oversold condition. In other quarters it was intimated that the advance was another indication of the le'tioricit of the sugar war. tadltor for the Philippines. Washington, Jan. 8 Auditor Law she received lib; final Instructions from the secretary of war yesterday prepara i i leaving Washington last night for th Philippines, where he will enter upon his duties as auditor for the Phil ippine archipelago. One of his prjn C p 1 duties will he to re-examine the account! of the officers of the army who handle the government funds In the Islands. The Scorpion nt Laaaayra. Washington, Jan. 5. The navy de partment yesterday received a cable gram from Commander Sargent, of the Bcorplon, announcing the arrival of that ship nt Laguayra, Venezuela, where she will assist Minister Loomis in his mission. This Is said at the binto department to he limited entire ly to the procurement of a judicial and equitable determination of the exist ing Issues growing out of the asphalt franchises. Characd With fedltloaa Libel. Cape Town. Jan. 8. Mr. P. II. Malan, editor of Ons land, the principal Af rikander newspaper here, has been ar rested on the charge of seditious libel, consisting of reflections upon the con duct of Gen. French and his troope. He is n member of the cape parliament, and his arrest has long been demanded by the extreme loyalists. The authori ties accepted bail In the sum of 500. Srnnlor llil' Small IXnte. St. Paul, Jan. 8. Judge Bazille yes terday. In the probate court, admitted to probate the will of the late Senator Cushman K. Davis. The estate, con sisting of $25,000 in personal and $40, 000 In real property, Is all left to the widow. The St. Paul Trust company Is named as executor. Hanaarlaa Slatcsmaa'a Bnlclde. Buda Pesth, Jan. 8. M. Lukacs, for mer Hungarian minister of commerce, committed suicide yesterday by drown ing himself In the Danube. He had been suffering from a nervous trouble. I WEST POINT HAZER& The "Plehes" Thoroughly Subser vient to Upper Class Men. THE CONGRESSIONAL PROBERS I'rodnrlng Ktidmrr Which Mar Rf anlt In Radical lleforiua at the Beyer aaaeaif Military inatiintc a Wltaeea la a Irani Tane-le. Philadelphia, Jan. 8. According to the testimony adduced before the con gressional Investigating committee, which is inquiring into the charges of hazing at the West Point military academy. Oscar L. Booz, of Bristol, Pa., and John E. Breth, cf Altoona, Pa., had a rought time of it during their "plebe" year at that institution. The star wit ness yesterday was former cadet An thony J. Ilurnani, Jr., son of Judge Burnam, of the court of appeals of the state of Kentucky, who was Booz's tent mate while In camp. The commit tee also heard for the first time testi mony In regard to the experiences of Breth from the lips of his father, brothers and sisters. Burnam. who was dismissed from the academy for deficiency In studies, said Booz became unpopular after bis fight with Cadet Keller. Personally, he was a good fellow, but the cadets of the upper classes always taunted him as a coward. I luring the 12 months Bur nam was at the academy there were ton tights, and as far as he knew no one was punished. Abused cadets, he said, feared to make complaints because they felt the hazers would make life all the more miserable for them, Boos while in their tent had told him of how upper class men had compelled him to swallow tabasco sauce under penalty of being 'called out." The fourth class men were allowed their liberty on Saturday afternoons, ac cording to the regulations, but the upper class men would not allow them to leave camp. If they disobeyed them the "plehes" as a rule would be punish ed for It. In the case of Breth it was testified by members of his family that h died of typhoid pneumonia, but that be suf fered from nervous prostration as a result of his alleged in treatment at the academy. Breth told one of his broth ers and sisters that one night he was hazed three times by three separate sets of cadets. He stood the first two ordeals, but was rendered unconscious from exhaustion by the third set. When he became conscious he found the hazers rubbing him vigorously, and they appeared to him to be frighteni d, A cadet named Pender made him sit on Hie point of a bayonet while Ben der played a violin. He fell off the bayonet and was made to sit on It again. Breth told his relatives he was put through all the various hazing exer cises, Which resulted in him being laid up In the hospital with nervous pros tration. Bretli wrote home to his fam ily that the surgeon said it resulted from overwork, but this he said was not so. His brothers and sisters want ed to make complaint, but he told them not to do so. as he feared the cadets would haze him more severely. He was compelled to "often eat soap" and chew the end of ropes, which his rela tives believed impaired his indigestion. Cadet Breth was discharged from the academy for deficiency in mathematics. After he left the academy he told his brother that West Point was the best institution in the world, but added that the place "was run by the upper class men." Today the Breth family will submit further evidence In the way of letters from the cadet while he was at West Point. The committee got Into a legal tan gle with Lucten Alexander, secretary Of the board of examiners for the ad mission of law students to the bar. The committee wanted to learn what sort of average Booz made In his ex amination, but Mr. Alexander refused ; i siate except on an order from the court of this city, believing that under a rule of the courts he would be In contempt for making such information public. He persisted in his refusal, al though he said he would cheerfully give the information if the court would permit him, and the committee allow ed him until today to choose whether to be in contempt of the courts of Philadelphia or the United States house of representatives. BailavM's e.v aparintendent. New York, Jan. 8. Gcort'n Taylor' Stewart, superintendent and chief of the house staff of the Metropolitan hospital on Blackwell's Island, was ap pointed superintendent of Bellevue, I Qouverneur, Harlem and Fordham hospitals yesterday. Superintendent Stewart lias the power to suspend any 1 interne, nurse, or other employe When ever in his judgment the interests of , the service shall de;nund such suspen-1 sion. Rorth Carollnai'a Snprema Jadn. Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 8. Governor Russell has appointed Davis M. Purch es, late associate justice of the state supreme rourt, to he chief Justice of that court, and Charles A. Cook, of Warrenton, associate justice. Messrs. Cook and Kurches took the oath of of fice yesterday. Kmiihum' Si'W Senittor. Topoka, Jan. 8. The Kepnhllcan members of the legislature met yes terday afternoon in joint caucus and agreed to support J. R. Burton for United States senator. The legislature Will meet today. The free silver Re publicans and Populists will give Jerry ( Simpson the complimentary vote. Trolley Wire For India. Ansonla, Conn., Jan. 8. The largest foreign order ever filled In this city is now completed and awaiting shipment. It consists of 1,000,000 pounds of wire for a trolley road In India. A train of between 15 and 20 cars will be needed to ship It to New York to be placed aboard a steamer. Record Breaker on Stock Kzehaage. New York, Jan. 8. All records were broken on the Stock Exchange yester day. Up to the close of the exchange about 2,150,000 shares had been dealt in, the greatest number of transactions recorded ia the history ot the exchsaga. - - Help... Nature 1 Babies and children need I proper food, rarely ever medi cine. If they do not thrive : on their food something is wrong. They need a little j help to get their digestive v machinery working properly. COD LIVER OIL WITH HYPOPHOSPHITES or LIMES SODA will generally correct this difficulty. If you will put from one fourth to half a teaspoonful in baby's bottle three or four times a day you will soon see a marked improvement. For larger children, from half to a teaspoonful, according to age, dissolved in their milk, if you so desire, will very soon show its great nourish ing power. If the mother's ? milk does not nourish the baby, she needs the emul sion. It will show an effect at once both upon mother J and child. 50c. ami f 1.00, att driiRpists. SCOTT A BOWKH. ChcmUts, New Y. rk. OOOOOOOOOO-'jfXS'vo RITBDEMI s , farmer'. Felt Roots..,. , Metl'l Kill. tier IIcinN ...MS ..tltoupM . up J .SOeupg Me iif l! , Hfen'i K libber Shoe . Women'!, Rubber Hlioan 'Ghllfl'i Rubber Hmi" LEA I III K k Mon 's Khoei . Bos Shoal i Ladfa.1 Shoe. BXJONOMCIAL'SIIOK KMp'.'Hiinbury, PuS Site u p . You'll 'ft surprised W li e n y o U read that we a r e Belling l! Golden Oak t BCDROOn I If we told you how we are able to do this it would not lie so surprising, but h t it lie sufficient that we arc tcliine- tin ni at THIS PRICE Don't worry about how we t doit. Call and see out all and sec our Fine Dteplayol I U IkV KOL UTS 2. 11D.D ii iii 8 Wo i msr & Go g000000000000 "H Head This! 4th St., SUNBURY, PA. 4-X-H-4-!-W-;-I-l"!-HHH-r-!-K-K- I morse collars! 1 I have reduced prices as X ? follows: I Scott's Collars from $2.25 to $2.00 and another grade from $1 to 85 cents. J. M. Maurer, 1-3 3m. Kill AU KB, FA. H"H 111 HIM 1 HI 1 HH4I H-7 MlDBLEBURGH MARKET. Bi tter 24 Etgs 20 Onions 00 Lard 8 Tallow 4 Chickens. 6 Turkeys 8 oboulder 8 am 12 Wheat 70 Rye 45 Corn 45 Oats 30 Potatoes 50 Bran per 100. 90 Middlings " 1.00 Chop 1.10 ITWataaaKkl at nn JfA . V -V .N. V V N. -i IMMENSE E Jim s CaII to see tliem. --v0?Mi,40a d - a I urcai, ureat Sacrifices 115,000 of Stock of Gents' and Boys' Clothing will be Mcritied at Wolff Freednian'8 "(Loob's old stand), Market Street. Prices as follows: $20 Overcoats I'm- $15.50 1-1 Overcoats for t.50 10 ( Overcoats for 5.50 ." )verooats tor 2.90 $18 Suit I'm- $12 1 I Suit for 10 Suit tor 7.50 Men's Overalls reducer to 3I5oyis' Suit.3 $10 Niii tor :,-7..")i '1 Suit tor l.lo 2.50 Suit &r .r, 3 OvcrcrntE M ( Ivtrooats f.r $6 0 Overcoats fur 4.60 ".."0 Overcoat. for 1.50 2 OverooatH for '.') UPlirsla Caps 50o ( 'aps for 35o fit it 55c Caps for 19c I he reasou why we sacrifice is on account of the mild eKmaie. .'iinl we are bound to make room foj the summer stock. Our sales X commenced Jan, 7. Come to nee us. Quality tells prices sell. ! Wolff Freedman, sunbury, pa. 1 KfHC.M.v,,'. Frank S. Rieglsv DEALER IN Sewing Machines Middleburg, Pa. Inquire for . . IND -p. J e f IT1 S and P T i C 6 S. Ia , larger than ever before my I'UJC'S LOWER than OTH ERS for 1 1 o SAME (iOODS. Aly i rice! ou 45 rolls of carpet I Wish to close out will suit tho pocket book of many and suve others money. Do not think of buying TOUT fall carpets until you give my stock of carpets your attention and get the prices of some of mv Laawaius 1 am offering. Prices just right One Word About Pictures. I am offering my present stock of pictures at cost, LESS TIlAN COST and some for the price of the glass in the fiames. Don't miss this sale. I have some pretty things to offer in Furniture, all new. Later will surprise you in Styles and Prices. UNDERTAKING! UNDERTAKING! In this branch of my business I am prepared to give the public the best serbice that cau be secured by money, time snd personal attention. My equippage in this branch of business is one of the finest in the state. HEARSES, CARRIAGES and UNDERTAKING PARLORS are op- to -date. One word about a report that my attention nas tie called to lately In regard w my prices. I on ARANTEK to furnish tbe same goods at LESS MONET t han aar house In the county. 1 GUARANTEE to give you easier PAYMENT than all others- First-Class Livery Connected with Undertaking Department. W. H. FELIX, Telephone Connection. -ifl-Vlt-ti-lir.r ... i . ,. t ROCKER SALE AT SHIPMAN'S s M-Mtifijjt St, SUNBURY, PA, raaAaVaVeAwaL TJ ndorwoar $3 Suit lor $2 2 Suit for 1.25 'iiildien's I Tiit!ervcar ',,v ), men's Prxts $5 Pants fur $3.50 :..r)() Pants for 2.40 2.50 Pants for .50 JVIoia'sa shoes $3 Shoes for $2.25 -'.50 Shoes for 1.50 1.75 Shoes for .!).) O loves Glovea for $1.50 1.50 Gloves for 1 I Gloves for .60 .50 ( ; loves for .25 3Vock.tloM ind 76a Nook ties for 39c 39c Neckties for 19c. , 1 Head This! on these goods. LEWI8TOWN. PA- FURNITURE STOI B3 s anSem.15, 1900. I aa.
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