SHOE mm COOfiTEfl
15ovs' Shoe iiii T.'ii Tor, wt'U ni;iili, good Solid leather
mlicxsl from $l.2" to $1.00
Chilli's litcttui ('.ill', lii-ivv hliiij.l ? 1ki a i.tce tip, re
diiwvl fr.mi St.'.' t $1.00.
S iMie .tn iIIit s:.i s, "mw ijiiuiiiv, riuml from 9oo to 75c.
1 t lit- VI sijiAs. l).mjji)'a liatljii, Pr nerly 2, now $1.35.
Lilies' lC-toiiu Button roxltiv. from $1.50 to 90c.
l'aitiit lV.:tliiT Tip, $2.25 retimed t
.Men's 1'low SIkm'8 from $1.00 up.
$1.80.
Men's and Boys' Boots
1 Joys' lloots re.liictd fro n $1.75 to
Men's Boots reduced from $3.00 to
$1.25
$1.75.
The entire stock of Boots and
hoes are well made of superior
leather, carefully sewed and with
out a blemish. They must go at
reduced prices to make room for
nev stock.
Dry Goods
Good unbleached Muslin from 4j up.
The best Prints, 5c mid Co.
Dress Toods that will wear fur years a large 6to tl, kwri
Warm Fool-wear
Wo have a largo stock of lumber man's socks, good
heavy Avarm goods made of reliable materials.
Felt Hoots, that will stand hard wear and keep out
the cold, The prices are away down.
BROS'US & MINIUM,
Alt. Pleasant Mills, Pa.
naming I
ergain Counter
When you want to get a neat and serviceable cloth
for a Dress, I will give you a better f;tiality of goods for
the money than any oilier defers. 1 f any one offers you
c!'.t!i for less money, if.S. Hi inferior to the quality I
20-f.vnLJDr',':,'. on isianilliuJ'or-Ouly.lS.ceutv
Bargains in shoes.
Mill's Split J Double Sole Shoes reduced to 90 cents.
Boys' Fine Caps
i 'need from 50c to 10c.
I DIlvS' WAUM FOOTWEVU at bottom prices. '
! 'livvays piy liilirst prices for produce.
I.. dies' and Ml-ises' Rubbers reduced to 25c a pair.
ulies' and Miss.-s' Fur Hc trls' worth $3.50 reduced to $2.50
'en's Rubbers re luced to 50c a pair while they last.
r-ys' Rubber Hoots; $2.50 and $1.50
Table Oil Cloth for 12 cents per yard
HENRY HARDING
j SCIINEE,2PA.
! Agents Wanted
I To sell our household remedies; liberal
! . terms, and valuable premiums to
f TTTTrfTTTT TirN f
Banner Chemical Company,
MR TAXKREPEALED
House Unexpectedly Pasted Bill
Without Debate. .
THE VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS
y .
Mr. Richardson, Minority Leader,
Suggested That the Bill Be Passed
At Once, As It Could Not Be
Amended.
Washington, Feb. 18. -The unex
pected happened in the house yester
day, when the bill to repeal the war
revenue taxes was passed unanimously
without a word of debate. This action
was the outcome of a challenge
thrown down by Mr. Richardson, of
Tennessee, the minority leader, after
the adoption by a strict party vote of
a special order for the consideration
of the ' bill, which permitted debate
upon it until 4 o'clock this afternoon,
but cut off all opportunity to offer
amendments except such as had been
agreed upon by the ways and means
committee. The adoption of the rule
had been preceded by a stormy de
bate, in the course of which the Demo
crats protested against the application
of the "gag," whlih Mr. Hay, of Vir
ginia, charged was meant to prevent
a free expression not only by the
Democrats, but by some of the Repub
licans, attention being especially di
rected, toward Mr. Babcock, of Wis
consin, the father of the bill to amend
the steel schedule of the present tariff
law.
They also charged that such a
method of procedure was minimizing
the influence of the house and mak
ing it simply a machine to register the
decrees of the few men In control.
Mr. Babcock said that he supported
the program, on the ground that the
Issue presented for the repeal of the
war revenue taxes should not be com
plicated with other matters. At the
same time he gave notice that he
should press his own bill at the first
opportunity.
Mr. Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, scored
a point against the minority by recall
ing the time under Democratic control
of the house when 649 amendments to
the Wilson tariff bill had been forced
through without being read.
When the rule was adopted by a vote
of 15S to 120, Mr. Richardson, the
minority leader, sprang a surprise.
Rising in his seat, he said: "Mr.
Speaker I riso to make a request for
unanimous consent In view of the
fact that we are not permitted to
amend the pending bill, and In view
of the fact that two days' debate Is
absolutely fruitless under this rule, I
SBk unanimous consent that the bill
be put upon Its passage now." (Ap
$vai6 A tWa;" - -
Members looked at each other In
amazement Not an objection was
voiced, and, the vote was taken forth
with. Every vote, 278 in number, was
cast in the affirmative, and thus
quietly and unanimously came the end
of what at one time had promised to
be one of the roost exciting contests
of the session.
The measure, which was prepared
by Chairman Payne, of New York, of
the ways and means committee, cuts
off in round figures $76,000,000 from
the government's annual revenues.
Every item on the war tax schedule is
eliminated except that of mixed flour.
This is a very small Item, and Is really
not a war revenue tar.
HEAVY SNOW. Ml
Pall Varied in Depth From Three
t to Twenty Inches.
ATLANTIC CITY STORM CENTRE '
tl 1 1 tl TT
iweivn juiibu ami ua.au j rvoaaf
in a Eoer Trap.
Philadelphia, Pa.
West Park Station,
Some Know loilue.
lie The join!; man who is paying
att'titiun to VU fiutrox? Yes; lie's a
lawj iT.
She I understand he doesn't know
anvthinjr about law.
J!o Well, lie knows enough about
la to see that there's more money in
matrimony. Puck.
Stupid All Aronnd.
Patience I sent a postal curd to Will
last week, and forgot to put his name
or address on it.
rntric V.r'nlly?
"V ;; he nniKt have thought me stu
pid v.hen he got it. Yonkers States
man. Not it Met War of ratting It.
She Oh, Dr. Pillsbury, 1 am so
anxious about Mrs. Perkins. She is
on your hniuls, is she not?
'sr. l'uisbi .-j She was; but 1 have
k. t off attending her for the present.
She Oh, that's good! She is out
c! (V.i: z- " i'.. ! Judge.
A New Arrival.
McJiggcr I hear Mrs. Guggenheim
er had a small German last night.
Thingumbob luiVed! Great crowd
of society people there I suppose?
McJlgger No, only the doctor and
the nurse, I believe. Philadelphia
THE OLD At Tlir. HEW SCHOOL.
Found Dead In a Mine.
V. ilkt'sbarre, Pa., Feb. 18. Edward
Broome, a iiro boss employed at No.
1 mine, of the Delaware and Hudson
Coal company, at Plymouth, was
found dead in an abandoned working
of the colliery last evening. He had
been missing since Sunday morning.
When he did not come to the surface
Sunday a party entered the mine In
search of him. They traveled the
workings all night, but could find no
trace of him. The search was kept
up yesterday. Last evening about 9
o'clock the body of the missing man
was found in an out-of-the-way place.
It was badly burned. Droome had evi-
dently encountered a body of gas,
, which had ignited and an explosion
cccurrea, causing nis aeatn.
Packing Houses at War.
Chicago, Feb. 18. Big packing
houses in the stock yards are at war.
and as a result the price of dressed
; beef in tho Chicago market has been
J cut more than 25 per cent Instead
' of receiving from 9 to 10 cents, the
packers are getting from 6V4 to 7 cents
for their dressed beef, and the market
man is reaping all the beneflt.for the
retail price has not been reduced. The
trouble is over the entrance of two
new meat firms into the Chicago beef
market The established firms were
quick to resent the intrusion into their
territory,' and began to meet the com
petition by cutting prices. The new
comers followed suit, determined to
get business at any price. -
Staid Old Harlemite A hundred
dollars for a suit of clothes! I never
paid that for a suit In my life.
Sporty Son Well, you'll have to be
gin now, father; here's the bill. Har
lem Life.
Flrat Aid to Aflwiei,
"I ear not for gold though I shall sot
conceal
A certain vague yearning for palf.
But just give ma ttock la tha matal called
stal ,
And tha told wUl taka ear at Itself." ,
, Hobson Will Retire.
Washington, Feb. 18 The president
yesterday sent to the senate a mes
sage recommending the retirement of
Naval Constructor Richmond P. Hob
son, and in accordance with this
recommendation Senator Gallinger Im
mediately introduced a bill providing
for Mr. Hobson'a transfer to the re
tired list In his message the presi
dent gives as his reason the trouble
that Mr. Hobson has had since 1900
with his eyes, and recites the history
f that trouble.
Died In Church.
New Brunswick. N. J., Feb. 11
Rlverlus Marsh, a wealthy . inventor
and hardware dealer of this city, died
uddenly yesterday ' while attending
morning service at the Second Re
formed Church la this city.
The Snow Fall Was the Heaviest In
Three . Years and Was General.
The Railroads Were Greatly Han
dicapped. Philadelphia. Feb. 18. The heavy
snow storm which began In this sec
tion at 10 o'clock Sunday night ceased
at t o'clock yesterday afternoon, the
fall of snow being the heaviest in
three years. Cape May reported a
snow fall of eight Inches. In this city
11 inches of snow were recorded, and
in the Interior of Pennsylvania snow
fell In depths varying from three to 10
Inches. ,
With the exception of the stranding
of the schooner Anna Murray, from
Boston for Baltimore, near Indian
River Inlet, 10 miles below the Dela
ware Breakwater, the life savers from
-Cblncoteague, Va., to Barnegat, N. J.,
report the coast clear of wrecks. The
Murray went ashore during the thick
est of the storm yesterday, and her
crew was rescued by life savers by
means of the breeches buoy.
The steam railroads centering in
this city were considerably hampered.
Trains were greatly delayed, and in
some Instances annulled. The great
est difficulty was experienced within
the city limits and on the lines lead
ing to New York and the seashore, j
Trains to the west and the south
from here experienced comparatively
little trouble, the trains arriving from
those sections maintaining the sched
ule fairly well. J
Jersey Swept By Blizzard. '
Trenton, N. J., Feb. 18. Advices re
ceived from points in New Jersey
show that the great blizzard has been
felt from Bergen county to Cape May,
and from Atlantic City to Camden. The
latest advices are that last evening
the storm abated, the snow having
ceased to fall and the wind having
decreased in velocity. As was natural, ,
the brunt of the gale, which approach
ed the dimensions of a hurricane, was
felt by the seacoast towns, but the
Interior cities and towns did not es
cape. Travel by road was almost im
possible; cities and villages not pro
vided with large gangs of street clean
ers gave up the battle against the
driving snow early in the day; the rail
roads were enabled to move trains by
the free use of snow plows, and street
car traffic all over the state was
stopped until the sweeping machines
and plows cleared the tracks.
Twenty Inches at Atlantic City.
, Atlantic City, N. J., Feb. 18. One of
Vb iPiOt-ye-snow eAoraa-.ince.
18S8, the year of the great blizzard,
8 truck this coast yesterday morning,
and by nightfall, when the snow fall
ceased, nearly 20 inches of snow bad
fallen. The trolley railroad in this
city was tied up, and it is feared it
may take two or three days before the
snow plows now at work can clear the
tracks as far as Longport. Residents
living in the suburbs cannot get to
town. On the boardwalk two-horse
snow plows are at. work preparing a
pathway for the Lenten crowd of
visitors.
In New York.
New York, Feb. 18. The snow king,
who has rarely shown his form in this
city the past winter, opened his treas
ury yesterday. For hours a perfect
sheet of snow filled the air, and a
strong breeze drifted it until streots
became blocked and all kinds of traffic
was seriously interfered with. The
city has employed 13,000 "white
wings" to clear the streets. The
storm Is the worst for three years.
Lewis Linn, a homeless man, was
found unconscious from cold in the
street by a policeman. He died in an
hour.
Blizzard On Mountains.
Stroudsburg, Pa., Feb. 18. A terri
fic blizzard raged last night on the
Pocono Mountains. The storm was
one of the severest for years. Busi
ness is practically at a standstill.
Trains on the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western railroad, both east and
west-bound, are running behind the
schedule time.
A Victim Near Brldgeton.
Bridgeton, N. J., Feb. 18. Edward
McGear, aged 60 years, was found
nearly frozen to death in a snow drift
on the Buckshutem road about seven
miles from here yesterday.
See Him Dead Than SurrendtrJ
Pretoria, Feb. 17. One hundred J
NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE
Message ef Governor Murphy CaHe
Attention to College ClalnC
Trenton, N. J., Feb. 18. Governor
Murphy sent to the two houses of the
legislature a special message, calling
attention to a claim for 1131,000 filed
with him by Dr. Austin Scott, of Rut
gers College. Dr. Scott contends that FIRED ON FROM THREE t
this money is due the college lor stats
scholarships established by a law of ,.. MmAm r,. .
1890. The governor states in this mes-,8r,ton' Mad Gal"nt Effort
sage that the constitutionality of the 'end , Position, But were ovei
law was questioned, and that therefore sre'd De Wet's Wife Would
so money was ever paid by the state.
He advises that a commission of three
be. annotated to make Investigation I
and report what money, if any. is due ' fifty mounted infantrymen, wail,
Rutgers College, anA as to whether trolling the Klip river, south ot
the law of 1890 shouM be continued, hannesburg, February 12, surro
repeated or moainea. i no special mea- a farm bouse where they susp.
sages were rererrea to committee. , Boers were in hiding. A slngh
The Republican members of the two Broke away from the house, an
houses held a caucus last night and British started to nursue him.
agreed upon J. Willard Morgan, ot Boer climbed a kopje, the British
camaen, ror state comptroller w sue- lowing. Immediately a heavy flrt
ceed William 8. Hancock, resigned, opened on them from three sides.
Mr. Morgan baa no opposition in me British found themselves In a
caucus, and. was elected at a jotni and tn a position where they we
meeting or the legislature at noon to- aDe t0 raake any defense. El
day. the British officers made a gall:
Mr. White Introduced a bill in the fort and defended the ridge wlti
house providing that the state treas- Dnea and revolvers until they
nrer shall deposit the state's money In overpowered. The British had
banks that will pay at least 2 per offlcers and ten men killed and it
cent Interest on the same, except that officers and 40 men wounded t
he may .name three banks In which the force was able to fall back
the active accounts of the state shall cover of a block house,
be kept, and they shall be required to j Lord Kitchener, In addition
pay only lft per cent .Interest The portlng the Klip river affair,
banks are required to give bonus in x party from the South Africa:
double the amount or tne aeposuts. stabularv line, on the Waterval
encountered on February 10 a
lor force of the enemy near Y
Carrie Chapman Catt, of New York, dersbek, and was driven back
Re-elected President. ; loss."
Washington, Feb. 18. Interest In According to special disp:
yesterday's session of the National from Pretoria, the mounted in
American Woman Suffrage Assocla- men who were trapped at Kllj
tlon attached principally to the elec- were ail fresh from home ami
tion of officers for the ensuing year, to Boer tactics. The bulk of t
which resulted as follows: President, ualtles occurred during the ret:
Carrie Chapman Catt, of New York; the British. The killed included
honorary presidents, Elizabeth Cad y Do well, the commander of the
Stanton, New York city; Susan B. De Wet Will Never Sun en
Anthony. Rochester, N. Y.: vice presi- Durban, Feb. 17. Mrs. De V
dent at large, Rev. Anna H. Shaw, of an interview .held at the Mnr
Philadelphia; corresponding secre- concentration camp, said that
tary, Kate M. Gordon, of New York her sons were still lighting vi:.
city; recording secretary, Alice father. She regrotted that t:
Stone Blackwell, of Boston; treasurer, era men t had not permitted
Harriet Taylor Upton, ot Warren, O.; communicate with her huslw
auditors, Laura Clay, of Lexington, said she was certain that he
Ky.; Mrs. Mary J. Coggeahall, It Dea never surrender. Mrs. Do Ti
Moines, la, claied she would rather see h
Except in the caso of second audi- band die than submit
tor, Dr. Cora Smith Eaton, declining
a re-election, all the old offlcers were
re-elected. While the ballots were be
ing counted ex-United States Senator
Henry W. Bfalr delivered a short ad-Cress.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE OFFICERS
PRATT CONVICTED
SENATE PASSED DANISH TFI
No
Amendment Made to Agn
For Cession of Islands i
Washington, Feb. 18. Yest?
senate disposed of the 4reaif
Denmark, ceding to the Unite:
for a consideration tf $5,000,1
Jury In Wet Chester Murder Case; telan(jSi of gt Th0mas, St )
H. !Pratt who was on telal all oila M
' .l. -!.!.. 1.1. umuw. ijiog tuai east 0'
w ,eVu a, , ""'u"u Rico, and thus s.-Tar v tfcit
wife, Emma, was convicted of murder concerned con8Ummavi. ,
iu iuo !!. uceiwo . tin wlilf-h hna heen under
tion intermittently since the
tration of President Lincoln
The treaty and the rep'
were read at length, and morJ
discussion of the proposition!
dulged in. It was not amende!
particular.
Senator Bacon proposed acl
ment eliminating the paragrai
treaty giving authority to com
fix the civil and political rig-J
Inhabitants, but It was voted I
a viva voce vote. Senator Cu!
explained the provisions of tl
In detail. The resolution to i
adopted without division.
case was given to the jury at noon
Saturday, and the verdict was ren
dered at 10 o'clock yesterday morning.
Mrs. Pratt was found murdered at her
home on July 24 of last year. There
were many stab wounds on her body,
and her husband was arrested and!
defense claimed that his wife com
mitted suicide.
B. AND O. EXPRESS KILLS TWO
Bodies Were Carried Over a Mile On
Pilot of Engine,
Chester, Pa., Feb. 17. A. D. Blair,
aged 68 years, and his son, Charles
R. Blair, aged 36, of Fairvlew, Dela
ware county, were killed near that
place on Saturday night by an express
train on the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road, the train striking the carriage
In which
train did
Conference With Coal Bl
Shamokln, Pa., Feb. 18.-1
John Mitchell notified the 1
trlct United Mine Workers' !
they were driving. The ters here that he had issnl
not stop until it reached tions to heads of coal carrl
this city, a mile from the scene of the , roads to attend a proposed :
accident, and both bodies, with frag-; ference of representatives cl
ments of the carriage, were then taken !
from the pilot of the engine.
era and employes, to be tl
nesday, March 12, at a V I
selected later in the anthrar I
Secretary George Hartlclrl
place, was ordered to go to
to aid President Mitchell M
Count Baudissln In Philadelphia.
. Philadelphia. Feb. 18. Rear Ad
miral Count Von Baudissln, com
mander ot Emperor William's yacht
Hohenzollern, came to this city last
night for the purpose of visiting rela
tives, and will remain until tomorrow.
Owing to the snow storm it took the
admiral four hours to make the jour
ney, which under ordinary circum
stances consumes about two hours. He
was met at the Pennsylvania railroad
station by Lawrence Johnson, whoso
guest he will be. -This evening a re
ception for men will be given at the
Johnson residence. About 250 Invita
tions have been issued.
Chinese Minister to Russia Dead.
- St Petersburg, Feb. 18. Yang Yu,
the Chinese minister to. Russia, died
here yesterday after a short illness..
Yang Yu was formerly Chinese mln
!ster at Washington.' He was trans
ferred to St. Petersburg in November,
1896. Yang Yu, who was over 60 years
of age, was a Manchu, and It was said
that he was bitterly opposed to signing
ever Manchuria to Russia. -:
Hereford Cattle Ranch Sold.
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 18. A deal
was consummated in Kansas City
. , n Z .ni7i-t.'n!clte district presidents
Hereford Cattle Company sold It. tQ bcar on x pk.
.Aii -t f7h VnZ a tn and others to attend t
cattle at Ashland. Nob., to George A. . . m. J
Rickor, of Quincy, 111., for $431,000. . v' v " 1
The cattle sold compose tho largest -' Kmed Wife For Dlsobeyi
nera oi puro muuu hciciujuj m ujo, Bellefonte, Ta., Feb. IS.
world, and are estimated in the deal nn-With. & descendant of
as being worth $200,000. The herd best-known families in ttl
is headed by the ramous duus Aamirai ghot an,i instantly killed
and ThicKset, ror wo lauer oi wnicu , Beckwlth lives near Hann:
15,050 was paid, 'ine rancn consists Md workg at sandy Ridge,
or i.bw acres or tana.
Beaten tQ Death With Tack Hammer.
Baltimore, Md., Feb. 17. Mrs. Mag
gie Engcl, 35 years old, was found
dead at her home, 421 North avenue,
Saturday morning, and her husband,
Charles W. EngeL Is under arrest
charged with her murdor. The wom
an's head had apparently beon beaten
with a tack hammer, which was found
beside her. Engel attempted suicide
two weeks ago, and has since been
confined in an Insane asylum, from
which he escaped. He says he does not
know whether he killed his wife or
not ......
miles distant Mrs. Becuvl
Sandy Ridge to visit at Ul
Mr. Edminson. Beckwlth i
be home not later than mil
coming home, tho man wl
miles over the mountain, i
his wife, killed her. He V
back home, intending, he i
the eldest of his six cbildr
he could carry out his tbr
arrested and brought here '
Tried to Burn Boy !
Scranton, Pa., Feb.
Young, of Carbondale, wno.J
discharged, tied his emfl
William Hick, to a stake i
sd to set fire to it was l
In court Saturday by Ji4
King Leopold Has Threat Trouble.
Brussels, Feb. 18. King Leopold Is
confined to his apartments with throat
trouble, and his doctors hare enjoined
strict precautions. .
'Transport Meade Arrived. .
San Francisco, Feb. 18. The TJ. S.
transport Meade arrived yesterday, IS it is said that the youth
days from Manila, with 1,200 soldiers , to the crime by reading
whose terms of service have expired." gad-thunder literature.
Four deaths occurred during the for tenced to serve two and
age. The vessel encountered heavy , in the penitentiary,
easterly gales and was forced to nut I
Into Honolulu for coal. President's qousln
. ...r.. -.- . . New York. Feh. 1'
Treaty With united states sinned. . .v" ...-y
Madrid. Feb. lZTCtttt
Niacin - tot wi 7"? cousin te President Raeff
Weyler, the minister of war, will tab. Ana.vii wu ham tat
, mlt to the cartes a proposal to reditu $
tha Spanish amy hr four irsy efpe. JJT rSJuSaic Ttoatri