MIDDLEBURG POST. aauAiiHMca'sciisB Strike Commission Told Why Miner-. Were Evicted. REFUSED COY.PAN 'C OVERTURES Superintendent Williams Says They Were Not C-uilty of Criminal Acts, But Mr. Markle Did Not Care to Re Employ Them. Philad-bUa. Jan. 27.-Th-( atten tion of tho anthracite coal strike com mission was yesterday directed to the claims and ;iarn'' of the indepenuent operators. tn first casp presented le Ing that of G. 1. Markle & Co.. whose collieries are locai-'d in and about Jed ilo. In the Lehigh region. Ton wit nesses for t h company wore ex amined, t lie more important being Sid ney Willii!!u--. Kneral superintendent for the f'.rn:; C.'rtrude Martin, a pro fessional nurse in the employ of the tinnpiiny. and Frank Walk, general storekeeper at Jeddo. Mr. Williams testitied that on Octo ber 22, at his direction, notices were Iostcd asi.iui; the striking employes if the company to appear at the ofllce, bringing their hrnss checks, and apply for work. Probably 130 men respond Ml, but witness learned that pickets had been stationed along the roads leading to tin otlii " to prevent others from doing likewise. On October 23 a Dunnittee of miners waited upon Mr. Alarkle and said th men desired to return iu a body a.s they had quit. : They were told that certain men would not bo reemployed. Witness was aMied the object of the lirass checks and said that the miners were numbered, the checks containing the individual numbers. The company also want' d to know if the men as in dividuals were willing to accept the oinn i .-. U)i:'s arl.il i rini'-nt. The min ers failed tn iicti . the overtures of lie i 'uiiipaiiy, ainT on Ociui.er 27 twelve mil ices of eviction were Issued. The t' iitci r.tii man aff 'i ted was not a Vnnnt of the lompany. On November f the cvii tint's t'i;ik t lac". Ci css-examiii' d Mr. Williams said lie was piv-i'ut at a'l the evictions. "Was any appeal made to you by the ni'ii?" askcii .Mr. Iiickson, "Two of the men came to mn anil 'tesirci! (o sec ;!; t uses. I granted them their reiue.-t. "Wus ;iny innim- fi ri us-d in mak ing t ':e evict .'on.-,?" "No. iir: !!: i.nods and f'irnittirn were I'l-.-ci out en i!n- niiiin highway vitii r om.ble "PH y:tt .": cf any ease of sick ness t'""t - ride you grant any exten sion;! ( f ti:: to one or more of the tenants?" "Two men. i told, requested an extension o; t', hit our agent ad vised t'.s mo' u. rart t, .."jJt "V..ui wsked for I" mi r that an appeal mlcUi .lie mads to the qourts." "Did yoji s"a.iny children?" '"I did not." "Did you see a blind woman almort 10 yens of n?e in your cai! ity hicf evict'T?" "No. sir." "Kiin was falling on the furniture and gotais of the poor people?" "I can't s:: ." "It was raining. tIio,.i ':;?" "Yen. sir." "You made no inquiries as :i where w how the old blind woman and the children spent the night?" "I learned that the old woman's son and daughter-in-law habitually abused her. and that she sat on the ground' most of the time." I "Who told you flint?" inquired Mr.' Harrow iu a sneering tone. I "I can't remember." ""You have been told that since?" "In December, I think." "So that you didn't turn her out tn Kit on the ground in October because' you thought It was her habit?" -No, sir." (there one of the 13 men mention ed who has ever been guilty of a crim inal act, so far as you know?" queried Mr. Darrow. "No," eaid the witness. '"Why were these men turned out?" "Because. Mr. Markle said they had committed acts for which he did not care to reemploy them." i Sanmel Dickson.counsel for tho com-1 pany sprung a surprise on the oppos ing counsel by requesting tho eommls elon to tnimmon to the stand D. J. McCarthy, of Hazleton, one of the miners' attorneys. Mr. Dickson stated that he desired to question Mr. Mo-1 Carthy concerning the evictions made Ify the Markle company and also re garding a statement he had made be fore the commission at Scranton. Ivir. Dickson then asked Mr. McCar thy if he went lo see the sheriff of the county about the evictions, where upon Mr. McCarthy announced: "I asked the sheriff to give me twenty-four hours' notice of his in tention to serve the writs, ns it was necessary for me to know In order that j I might appeal to the court to prevent the summary ejections. He nald he would be only too clad to give me no tice. He failed to do so, and the men and their families were set out in he ifreet. On meeting the sheriff subse quently In Hazleton, I upbraided him. He said: down here at midnight and roused rue tip to prepare l he wills, and then In itiated on my fecrvir.g them at ti o'clock the follow in;; morning." ""Do you understand," asked Mr. iJkkson in Ms mildest tone, after reading du e.r;t t from the law of teases, "that under the terms of th form of leasa cjhW which the Markle tenants hold their properties the com pany had the riht at any time, If the tenant left Us employ, to eject him and his family at will to make room fttr Its workmen?" "I understand," said Mr. McCarthy, raising his voice to a high pitch and i WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED. Wednesday, January 21. In a boiler explosion yesterday at (he Pittsburg Glass factory, at Elwood. Ind., three men were fatally Injured. The North German Lloyd steamer Lahn. which grounded on a sand bank near the rock of Gibraltar, was floated yesterday. Fire destroyed the plant cf the Schaffer Piano Manufacturing Com pany, at Chicago, yesterday, entailing a loss of $2o0,0on. A London dispatch says the report circulated In the United States that an anthracite coal trust Is being formed In Wales Is incorrect President Roosevelt has accepted an Invitation to attend the bl-centennial celebration of the birthday of John Wesley, to be held In New York. Feb ruary 2fi. Thursday, January 22. The; Internal revenue receipts for De cember. 1002, were 20,743,832. a de crease from December, 1901, of J2.0G3, 0ti2. Jacob H. Gallinger was re-elected Unitnil States senator from New Hampshire yesterday. A bill passed both houses of the Kan Fas legislature yesterday providing that a commission be appointed to Investi gate the coal famine. The Good Roads convention at Al bany, N. Y., adopted resolutions favor ing the bill in congress appropriating 120,000,000 for good roads. The New Jersey board of pardons commuted to life imprisonment the sentence of George Tnylor, colored, who was to have been hanged in Jer sey City tomorrow for murder. Friday, January 23. A bill to prohibit the kissing of the rilble in the administering of oaths was defeated by the Virginia legis lature. The postmaster general has ordered the establishment of free delivery pos-! tal service at Cape May, N. J.,' March 1. Rev. Jean fUyles, of Gibson, Miss., was sentenied to lt years In the penl- j tentiary yesterday for bigamy. He had seven wives. The 1'niti'd Mine Workers' tonven-; t i .'. i;i session at Indiunapolis, yes-: terday issued a letter of thanks to the public for financial aid given thoni during (lie i'.ntliraeite coal strike. Ectjrday, January 24. The house of representatives of the Cuban cuneress has appropriated f:!00, 000 to build a capitol. j M. V. Savage, of Minneapolis, owner of Dan Pat'-h, the famous pacer, has insured the animal for $112,000. I The fall of a bucket down a shaft nt the Toi ii sdale filter plant, near Phila delphia, y -.; rday fatally Injured two worknun. Samuel . Pryan, a well-known financier Paltimore and Washing ton, died . ;erday of a complication cf (iii.eai".' . . " Capta! ' rwood, of the Ilrltlsh iteamer ..isle, committed suicide In the cani.. ; his vessel at Savannah, i.a yesteidaTt " " " -Monday January 26. General Miles reached Berlin Satur day night and proceeded to Paris a few hours later. An unusually large number of miners are ompeting in the annual examina tlon at Altoona, Pa., for positions as ' foremen, etc. i John II. Scott, proprietor of the Raleigh Hotel, Atlantic City, N. J., 1 died suddenly yesterday from a stroke of paralysis. A man named Shaffer shot and killed Richard Smith at Madison, Ind., yester day and when lodged in jail tore his clothiug to strips and hanged himself. Charged with the murder of his 4-year-old adopted child Albert Jordan, a rich farmer of Crystal Plains, Kan., has been put in Jail, but mob violence is feared. Tuesday, January 27. i brigadier General 13. M. Hayes was retired yesterday and Col. Charles L. Davis, Fifth Infanry, will be promoted to the vacancy. The 13th annual banquet of the Con federate Veteran Camp of New York was held at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York, last night. Tho banking house of Houghton, Ford & Co.) of llurton, O., made an as signment yesterday. Assets, $500,000; ' llabilties, $300,000. , Two men were killed and one fatally injured in a freight wreck on the Wlll lamsport & North Branch railroad, near Wllllamsport, Pa., yesterday. GENERAL MARKETS Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 26. Flour was steady; winter superfine, $2.70 t.vv; reniisj ivauia roner, ciear, a.iu (fr 3.25: city mills, extra, $2.95(3.10. Rye Hour was quiet, at $3.153.20 per barrel. Wheat was firm; No. 2 Penn sylvania, red, new, 83c. Corn firm; No. 2 yellow, local, f5c. Oats were quiet; No. 2 white, (dipped, 42c; lower grades, 42V Huy was steady; No. 1 limothv, fJ0.f)ii(?j 21 for large bales. Beef was steady; beef hams. $li)Cfj)20. Pork was firm; family, $20. Live poultry, 13c. for hens, and 9ii9ic. for old roosters. Dressed poultry, 3V-c. for choice fowls, and 10c. for cld roosters. Butter was steady; cream ery, 2Xo. per pound. Kggs steady; New York and Pennsylvania, 2tic. per dozen. Potatoes were steady; choice, tiS(r'7oc. per bushel. Live Stock Markets. Fast Buffalo, N. Y Jan. 26. Cattle were steady, prime steers, $5.10fi5.4u; heifers, l-i.'Mi 4.50; cows, $2.'J0(ri 4.25; bulls, $3 t.25. Veals were steady; tops, $8.2VW8.75: rommon to good, $5.r0fTS. Hogs active and higher; heavy, $G.f)0t7; mixed. $li.80r6.90; yorkers. $6.75; pigs, $6.75ffr6.80; stags, $4.75 5.25; roughs, $5.80fi6.15. Sheep were steady; top mixeue, i.ztu 4.bu: culls to good. $2fi.4.15. Lambs were higher; tops, $6.15416.25; culls to good, $4.25(Tj6.10; yearlings, $55.25; ewes,, $4.50(ft 4.75. ' East Liberty, Pa.. Jan. 26. Cattle were slow; choL'e, $5.25ffr5.40; prime, $5.20; good, $4.707r5. Hogs higher; prime heavies, $6.957; mediums, higher; best wethers, 4.65g4.80: culls and common. $1.7682.50; choice lambs, $5.906.10; veal calven 7 K08. tmphaalslng nis answer by beattes tta air with his clenched hand. "I under stand by the terms of these leases that It wi a case of 'stand and deliver.' Paul Levy and old Jimmy Gallagher were sood union men, and the compa ny took the ground that 'If you dou't work as I want you to, I will put you and your family on the street-" " This answer caused a mild sensation, and the lawyer - witness was dismissed without further questioning. The anthracite strike commission la fast ncaring the end of its labors, and a lawyer who speaks with some au thority expressed the belief that all the evidence will be In before next Saturday, and all arguments by coun sel finished within a fortnight at the utmost. By a humane process of elim ination the case of one group of 30 independent operators was closed on Saturday. John Markle and Coxe Brothers & Co. were heard today, af ter which the case of tho Heading Coal and Iron Company will be heard. At the conclusion of all this testimony witnesses will be called in rebuttal by Clarence S. Darrow, counsel for the United Mine Workers. It will take but a few days to hear these wit nesses, so that there is every reason for believing that tho eutire proposi tion will be before the commission be fore Saturday, February 7. That tha commission has already agreed upon many points is generally understood, and the work of preparing a report of the findings will be greatly facilitated by a digest of all the. estab lished facts, which has been prepared bYuDr. O'Neill, one of the two assist ant recorders. Commissioner Wright who is the official recorder, has taken voluminous notes of the entire pro ceedings, and will, it is understood, writo a general summary, based upon an analysis of the statistics filed, and this summary of facts and figures will in all probability form the nucleus of the forthcoming report of the commis sion. AMERICAN LINER WRECKED Reported to be Ashore Near Holyhead, Wales, in Heavy Gale. Holyhead, Wales, Jan. 27. An Amer ican linw is reported to be ashore oft Aberfraw Point, 13 miles south ol Holyhead., A heavy gale is raging iu St. George's channel. A Total Wreck. London, Jan. 27. A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company from Holyhead says that a portion of the crew of the liner reported ashore off Abfrfraw Point, numbering 17 men, have come ashore in their own boats. They report that tho vessel is a total wreck. The name of the vessel Is nol yet known. FED ARSENIC TO PARENTS Girl of 13 Explains Myiterioua lllnesi of Father and Mother, f Corning, N. Y., Jan. 26. Thirteen-year-old Nellie Kinsley has confessed that a mysterious illness from which her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac B. Kinsley, have been suffering is due to poison she put Into the food in order to obtain their property after death. "Do you know how to get money and houses and everything you want?" she asked her playmats while her parents were ill. "When your father and mother are dead all they own will belong to you. I found that out a lit tle while ago, and I took some of the rat poison papa got to kill the rate with and put it in the supper I cooked. I did not eat the supper, but papa and mamma did and then they got sick. It they die I will have money." At the Susquehanna Home, at Bing hsmton, she repeated the story of the poisoning. Nellie was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Kinsley when she was 2 years old. Recently Mr. Kinsley had bought some arsenic, and it was kept on a shelf in the pantry. Soon after Nellie prepared supper for her parents and they were taken violently ill. It was traced to arsenic and Nellie was suspected. Mrs. Kinsley will probably be crippled for life as a result of the poisoning. Outlaw Shot From Ambush. Middlesboro, Ky., Jan. 26. Henry Cummings, notorious among the high waymen of tho mountains, met death from ambush before daybreak here yesterday on one of the principal streets. James Adley Turner, who was walking with him, was shot In the arm. The assassins are unknown. It is common report that Cummings killed John Gorman, president of the United Mine Workers' Union, two years ago; Greenwood Ward Boon- af terward, and about a year ago Branam Elam, a Kentuckian, while the death of others is generally attributed to him, so that It is almost Impossible, for officers to get a clue as to the as sassins. Americana Boloed. Manila, Jan. 27. It is reported hero that the volunteer force organized at Bollnao, Province of Zambales, for the purpose of dispersing the Ladronea in that vicinity has been defeated and that three Americans, Including Mr. Osborne, a teacher, were killed. The Ladrones outnumbered the volunteers, surrounded the latter and boloed them, Tho Americans died fighting. The de tails of tho affair obtainable at pres ent are meagre. Bov and Girl Killed by Insam Man. Charlotte, N. C, Jan. 27j-E11 Rog ers, a white man living near Stouts, In Union county, yesterday killed a ne gro boy and a white girl Rogerg had been in the state hospital at Morgan town twice, and was discharged from that Institution in 1896 as improved. The bloody deeds wero done in a fit of insanity. j IMjqU For the Winter Mo ill s. A Special Reduction in all Clothing. Men's all wool Suite that sold for $5.50, $7.00 ami $10., now $4.00, $0.00 and $8.00. ' ' Youth's Suits, regular Prioe, $3.75 and $6.00, are now $3.00 and $5.00. Children' Suit, regular price $2.75 now $2.00 " " 3.50 2.75 " Overcoats " 3.00 2.50 " " 5.00 3 50 A lot of Yoths' oven-oak, $1.50 to $2.50. Uomfoits, regular price $3. now jj2 00 llore Jllankets, were 2 now 1.75. " 2.25 " 1.85 " " 1.40 now 1.00. Lap llot.es " " 2.25 " 1 80 , . , , DHYGOOD8. All prims reduced lo 5c. Lancater tJirgluinis 5c. Amoskeag GiDghams now 5c. A lot of white and cream Flannels regular value 50c. Now ,40c. All Flannelettes reduced toOc. HUBBKR GOODS. Men's Ruober Booti regular $3 now " Boys Rubbers were 7 now (Joe. Boys Rubbers were 5-5 now 50. Ladles R ibbers wete 50 now 40n. Men's Arctics, were $1.25 now $1.00. OroOOrlOB.- Best ABngur 5o. (Granulated Sugar 5c. ArLuckles CofTe' ltd Lion t'otlee, .'0c. We sell the1 celebrated Levi Smith Coal Oil, noted for lu bi lllinnt lieht ' ' BXISin ZD Ctys to Commence January l!Mh to January Ultt GELNETT BROS., The attention of our farmer is call ed to the list of institutes, to he held in this county this wiuti r, by the State Department of Agriculture, assisted by I he local board of institute managers for the county. These meetings are in the interest of nil our farmers, and ojc u to till. The expenses ol conducting them is borne by the State. No col lections nre allowed or advertising of any business. The discussions tire up on farm topics for the hem-fit of farm ers. All clnssesof citizens are welcome, and interesting programmes have been prepared. The county chairman is F. J. Sclioch, of Selinsgrove who will be glad to send programmes or in for mation to any one who will make the reipicst. The State Speakers who will be present nre : R. S. Seeds, Dr. I. A. Thayer, C. V. Brodhead ami lion. A. L. Martin. The institute will be hold on the foHowlnjrlnt and places: Middleburg, February 1 m 11th, 8e linsgrove, February 12 and 13th 1902. Come out to these mnctings and bring your families and friends. VACCINATED CATTLE Experiments Prove They May Be Ren dered Immune From Tuberculosis. Philadelphia, Jan. 24. Dr. Leonard Pearson, dean of the veterinary de partment of the University of Penn sylvania, announces that experiments covering a period of more than two years had proven conclusively that cattle may be rendered Immune from tuberculosis by vaccination. The ex periments, Dr. Pearson stated, were conducted by Dr. S. H. GflMland and himself. The vaccination consisted of Injecting Into the vein of the animal a small quantity of a suspension of tu bercle bacllla, non-virulent for cattle. This procedure was repeated several times, with gradually ascending quan tjtles. The immediate effect was to produce a passing fever following each injection, which did not seri ously annoy the animal. To prove the efllcacy of this treat ment four healthy animals were se cured and two were vaccinated. Then the four were Inoculated with virulent tubercle bacilli. At the expiration of nearly a year the inoculated cattle wore killed. The two animals that hp 'I been vaeclnated were perfectly sound, while i .to unvaeclnated animals NUT evteiiiziv. ly tubercular. TO Llrl THE BLOCKADE Prcpossla of "Venezuela's Guarantees Will Probably be Accepted. Washington, Jan. 27. Great Britain has given her assent to the proposi tion to raiso the Veneiuelan blockade, and has promised to use her influence with the other allies to that end. This Information was conveyed to Minister Bowen yesterday by Ambassador Her bert Italy is ready to co-operate with England, and as soon as Germany gives her consent the blockade will cease. Unofficial - information as reached Mr. Bowen confirmed him In the belief that the pending controversy would be settled "soon and satisfactorily." It developed that the proportion of the customs dues collected at La Gualra and Porto Cabello to be paid to the allies Is 30 per cent. These two ports collect a large part of the total cus toms receipts of the country. Under this arrangement probably a cash pay ment can be dispensed with, as the customs receipts would quickly defray the pressing Individual claims of the allies. 8TATE COUNCIL WINS Vic Chancellor Decides In Favor of New Jersey Jr. O. U. A. M. Trenton, N. J., Jan. 26. State Sec retary Melrs, of the New Jersey State Bros,, Reduction Sale ' Council, Junior uruer tinitea Ameri can Mechanics, received notice that Vice Chancellor Pitney had decided In favor of the State Council in the case that has been pending in that body and the national organization. The suit was brought by the Na tional Council to compel tho State Council to pay over some $20,000 back per capita tax which the State Coun cil refused to pay at the time it broke away from the national organization. The decision Is interpreted by attor neys for the state organization as a complete victory. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Mary land and some other states seceded from the national body three or four years ago. GROUND UP ALIVE IN A MILL Man Was Oiling Machinery When Drawn Into the Cogs. Bollefonte, Pa., Jan. 26. While "at wo.k as a miller at-ono of thoetone crushers of the American Lime and Stone Company, Mackey S. -Lyons met a horrible death Saturday. . He was under the machine oiling, when his clothing was caught by a cog wheel. Lyons was drawn through the wheel and thrown out the other side, his arms, legs and body being crushed to a pulp. Lyons was 23 years old, and four months ago was married to Miss Lucy Hampton. The young wife Is almost crazed with grief. Richmond Newspapers Consolidate. Richmond, Va., Jan. 26. Saturday an agreement was entered into be tween the Richmond Dispatch and Richmond News on the one hand and the Richmond Times and Richmond Leader, by which the Dispatch passes to the Times and will be consolidated therewith, and the Leader will be con solidated with the News. Tho trans action is In the nature of an exchange, and will give the Times-Dispatch the morning newspaper field, and the News-Leader the afternoon field of the city. The agreement took effect today. Will Observe McKlnley's Birthday. Cincinnati, Jan. 26. The McKlnley Carnation League has Issued a call for all to observe McKlnley's birthday next Thursday, January 29, by wear ing a carnation In the lapel of their coats. As there Is opposition to hav ing any more legal holidays,, this sim ple observance of the day, without any Interference with business duties, is all that the league contemplates, and efforts are being made to have the first observance a success. Pennsy Settles Suit for Damages. Hollidaysburg, Pa., Jan. 27. The lult of Ephralm W. Mentzer against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to recover $8G0,0fi0 damages for al leged discriminations In freight rates was settled In court jesterday. The amount of the settlement made by the company was stated to be $75,000. President Contributed to Famine Fund New York, Jnn. 2C. President Roosevelt has contributed $100 to the Christian Herald's famine fund for the relief of the suffering peasantry of Finland, 400,000 of whom are reported to be on the verge f starvation. The fund now exceeds $20,000. Pennsy Loans VW.000,000. New York, Jan. 24. Tho report that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company has negotiated a loan approximating $40,000,000 in this market at 4V4 per cent is confirmed In high quarters. The loan is to run for six months, with the privilege of renewal for a like period. Discovered Pneumonia Serum. Rome,- Jan. 26. Professor Tlzzoni, of the Bologna University, has an nounced to the Royal Academy of Sciences the discovery of a serum to combat pneumonia. fttrf MIDDLEBURG, PA. First National t of Aiddleburg, Pa. Capital, Surplus, $50,00 $30,0( G. Alfiskd Suionr, Ties, W. V. WlTTKNMYF.lt, Vice Jas. (j. Thompson', CVIiiir, DIHECTOUS- G. Alfred Seliocli, V. C.pJ W . Y . Wittenmyer, A J. X Thompson, M. tas. G. Thompson, accounts oi individuals A j n t i. i Corporalions "Hoi ic.W J MlDDLEBURGH MAE Wheat Rye Corn... Oats Potatoes Bran perl Middling Choti IFlourperU Central State Na scMooUof Principal. , J Bprin m opens Ajnl ikp Offers tuiJrtVLf To prt teachers. is institution h foremoi mal Schools of til Has the udsomest iiui niostJ buildings, a well educated fuel a beatuiful location. It alo cellent courses in Music, Shorthand; and has an excel! lege Preparatory Department see absolutely lower than in institution of equal rank. Address, for illustrated catw 1-29-lt. 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