lential omatic up to y de- > the nt and the sition nbus’’, slative il ad- of the esults zether eland, senate otitive of the sion of going action mittee . the opted er no ourn- not be .con- with sed of 2 for r im- the the ragua rence Coup llom, ferees xecu- e-day with- oerats nsion d by 10rity that + the h Une. 1,con- ; oe ay, > been and taken d des- isbane TS. ncipal ht et ) feet n de- ve lost Loats 11 gas 1 and came towns merg- 1e his- )0. 1a8 Te which <The ity be loubt- image Proxi- ims o} , twa makes SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR SUNDAY, FEB. 19 “Rebuilding The Wall.” Neh, iv,-9-21-. Golden Text:.Neh.iv., 9.-Com- mentary. ©. “Nevertheless we made our prayer unto ovr God. and set a watch against teem day and night.” Nehemiah deter. mines to have dealings with God alone, and with men only as God may uss them and give them to him. His strengta is the good band of his God upon bim and reliancs uvoa ° ‘God to prosper him {caapter ii. §, 18. 2), His refuge is prayer (chapters ii. 4; iv., 4, +). His helpers whom God gave him, gold- smiths, apothecaries, Chas priests, rulers and their daugaters, each had a mind To work aud tooz hold of the work nearest to them (chapters iil., 8-12, 23, 23 ete.; iv., ©). Tne enemiz>s were those who; hata tae welfare of Israel and scorned, mocked, despised and fought against tha sarvants of God (ii, 10, 19; iv., 1, 7, 8). The difficulties were great, ths enemy was stron, the help-rs comparativaly few, but *'the God of heaven, He will prosper us'* (chapter ii, 2)) ‘was Nehemiah’s strength. ‘ "10. **And Judah said, We ars not able t> build the wall.” The ensmies without wera bad enouzh, but to bear the p2opie of Gol talk so discouragingly was trying indeed. Tha lJaborars’ streazrh givinz out, and tae amount of work to be done b2in z considerad, the men of -Tudah becams fain: hearted. 11. **rd sur adversaries s1id, They shall not krow, n ither see, till we come * * and cause he work to cease” Enemies within the last verse, for if we ars not help- ers we are hinderers, and now tho enemies without, who talk ot death and desolation. Enemies on every side ever since satan be- gan to fight against Gol and man. Sze our marching orders in Eph. vi., 11, 12; I Pet. v.. & 9; Math. x., 28. : 12. ‘*And it came to pass that when the Jews which dwell by themcame.” tis bad to live by bad neighbors or gloomy or dis- couraged people untess by the grace of God you have sunshine enough to dispsl the clouds. Every Christian is expected to baa comforier and encourazer of others and when *‘I'bey helped every one his neighbor, and every one said to nis brother, Be of good courage” (Isa. xli., 6). 13. ‘Therefore 1 even set tha people after their families, with their swords, their spears and their bows.” The p2ople of Ged in the days of Israel were oft called upon t» fight. Even Abraham had quite an army of trained servants whom ha could rely upon to get to battle for him (Gan, xiv., 14, 15). © “‘But the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty tarough Gol to the pulling down of strongholds, caspinz down reasonings and every high thiny that ex- alteth itself against the knowledgs of God, and bringing into capiivity every thouzht 10 the obedience of Christ” (II Cor. x., 4, 5). 14, ‘‘Be not ye afraid of them; remember the Lord.” These are somewhat like the words of Isaiah, **Who art thou that thou shouldst be afraid of a man and forgattess the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth” (Isa. 1i,, 12, 13'. It becomes us under all circumstancss to say, ‘Behold, God is my salvation (savior, helper, health, deliverer): I will trust and not ba afraii” (Isa. xii., 2), b Btth ¥ 0 uzht their counsal to nauznt, wa returned xe us to the wall, every ona unto his work.” This last Phrase is sugges. tive of the words of the Lord Jesus, *‘To every man his work” (Mark xiii, 34). He has a work for every member of His body in the building up of His church, for ‘‘we are His workmanship created in Carist Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained (prepared, margin) that wo shou'd walk in them,” (Eph. ii.,, 10). If we are only ready to do whatsosver He may ap- point (II Sam. xv., 15), He will surely show it to us. 16. ‘And it cameto pass from that tima forth that half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, shields,” ete, An illustra- tion of the fact that they also serve who only stand and wait (Milton). and suggestive also’ of the law taat David made in lLsrasl, ‘‘As iis part is that gosth down to the battie, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff; thoy shall part alike” (I Sam. xxx., 24) 17. “Every one with ons of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.” This rafers to the builders and the bearers of burdens and is somewhat explained by the next verse. Sure: Ly this work was carried on under great aif- ficulties, but, as we have read, ‘‘Ihe people bad a mind to work” (verse 6). _“‘Fer the builders every ons had his sword pirded by his side, and so builded, and he that sounded the trumpet was by me.” Our instructions are to have our loins girt about with truth, and to take the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God, praying always (Eph. vi, 14, 17, 18. We, too, are to be ever listening for the trumper, whica may sound any moment to call us to mest Him in the air (I Thess. iv., 16, 17), there to join Him ere He comes wita the armies of heaven as the man of war on behalf of Isra=l (Rev. xix., 14, 15; Ex, xv., 3). While the trumpet is silent we are to be ever building by winning souls unto Him. » 19. “The work is great and largs, and wa = are separated upon the wall, one tar from another.” How every statement concerning this great work of Nehemiah comes right to our heart as laborers with God in building up the church of Christ, which is His body! Through all the world the lnhorers are seat~ tered, some so very far trom others, and ir some places so very few laborers, while ip many places nons at all as yet. 20. *‘In what place theratore, ye hear ths sound of the trumnpst, resert ye thither untc us. Our God shall fight for us.” *‘The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your sace,” and it was so nanifest that the oe Pr said, “The Lordi fighteth for them” (Ex. xiv., 14, 23). “The Lord, your God, which goeth before you, He shall fight for you” (Deut. i., 30). Such facts and words as these made Nehemiah strong to strengthen his people. Never strone in our- selves, but always “strong in the Lord and in the power of His might” (Eph. vi, 10). He will accomplish His work in and through S. 21. “So we lahored in the work.” And in due time the wall was finished, for the work was wrought of God (chapter vi. 15, 16), Consider well the diffizulties, ses the treachery within (chapter vi., 18, 19) as wall as the enemies without the camp, ani eon- template Nehemiah and his God until you can hear Him say to you as He sail to Jera. miah, “Say not 1 am a child, for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thes, and whatso- ever [ command thes thou shalt speak; be not afraid of their faces, for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord. They shall fight agains’ thee, but they shall not pre- vail” (Jer. i., 7, 8, 19). —Lesson Helper. reer fp eff weet NORVIN GREEN PASSES AWAY, The President of the Western Union Dead at an Advanced Age. Norvin Green, president of the Western Union Telegraph Company, died at his home in Louisville, Ky., Sunday morning. His death was caused by bowel complaint, from which he had been an acute sufferer for one week. NorviN GREEN was born in New Albany, indiana, April 17, 1818. He received a country school education and was graduated from the University of Louisville with the degree of M. D. in 1840. His interest in tel- egraph matters began in 1866, when he tormed a syndicate to purchase the almost bankrupt People’s New orleans and Cincin- nati Telegraph lines. His fine organizing ability was soon shown by the payment of dividends, the first ever declared in the tele- graph business. He directed the Western Union deal which merged everv American line in that company. Upen the death of President Orton, in 1877, Norvin Green was chosen unanimously to succeed him. He leaves a widow and six children. ‘ | SECRETARY STEWART’S REPORT. i ; Figures Affecting the Question of Taxa- { tion in the State. The Assessed Value of all Property for Taxing Purposes. Secretary Thomas-J, Stewart has finished the general report of the department of in- ternal affairs for the year ending November tailed statement of the transactions of the board of property, a board ccnstituted by law for the purpose of settling disputes which arise from defects in the titles which have been given by the commonwealth, as well as matters which pertain to applica- cations for the vacant land of the common- wealth. Many important cases have been censidered during the year, involving the application of the rules of law as they rte fate to the laws of original%itles. One important feature of the report for the year 1892 will be a history and descrip- tion of ‘‘depreciatéd lands,” The lands de- scribed are situated north of the Ohio and west of the Allegheny rivers and comprise about 16,000 acres. They were given in ‘payment of continental scrip, which were given to the soldiers for services in the rev- olutionary war, At one time this continen- tal scrip was considered substantially worthless, but the state of Pennsylvania, with due appreciation of the services render- in the w~1 for inderendendence, provided for a r.de.aption of this money by aliowing the soldiers and other persons who ha possession of this script ro pay. it. to ine commonwealth for the lands located as be- fore indicated and those lands, on account of the great depreciation in the value of money, have since been called ‘‘depreciation ands.” The report contains the detsiied account of the operations of the state weather burean as conducted by the Franklin institute of Philadelpuia. “The climatic changes, tem- erature, rainfall and weather observations in general are given in detail. ASSESSMENTS, ; The question of taxatien isof so vital an interest to every citizen of the ecommon- wealth that the portion of the report refer- ring to the assessment of taxes is of para- mount intérest. In this part of the report will be found:First.the number of taxables; second, the number of acres of cleared land; third, the number of acres of timbered Jand; fourth. value of all real estate; fifth, Value of all real estate exempt from taxation; sixth, value of all real : estate taxable; seventh, number and value of horses, mares, geldings and mules over the age of 4 years; eighth, number and value of neat cattle; ninth, value of salaries and emoluments of officers; tenth, ageregate value of all prop- erty taxable for county purposes; eleventh, twe fth, amount of money at interest in- cluding mortgages, judgements, bonds, notes, etc.; thirteenth, value of stages, omnibuses, hacks, etc; fourteenth, aggregate value of property taxable for state purposes at rate of 4 mills on the dollar; fifteenth, aggregate amount of slate tax assessed; and sixteenth, the debt of the several counties of the com- monwealth. In considering the number of taxables there are in the commonwealth it is well to remember that the £5.000,0C0 appr - priated by the legislature per annum to aid in the support of public schools is distribut- ed according to the taxables in each asse¢.us- ment district. A somewhat remarkable fact is sho'yn by the returns froni the county commissivhers as they appear in the report in regard to the county of Allegheny. In the report for 1891 the county of Allegheny returned 174.714 taxables; this year the re- turn is bat 153.636, being a decrease ‘of 21.- 078. It may be presumed, therefore, that Allegheny county will get a much less pro- portion of the, $».00),000 appropriated for scheols than it has heretofore received. The report of Secretary Stewart attributes this falling off to the failure of the assessors In that county to make a full return of the number of taxa- ables in the several assessinent dis- trie's, for it cannot be presumed that, with the reported growth in the cities of Alle- gheny and Pittsburg, as well as throughout off in the number of taxables. There are a few other connties in which there is a slight falling off in the number of taxables. ost of the counties, however, show a marked increase, especially in Philadelphia, which shows a very marked increase, indi- cating that these counties’ share of the school appropriation will bz somesrhat in- creased. . TOTAL VALUE OF REAL ESTATE REPORTED. The !otal value of all real estate. as shown bv Secretary Stewart, in 1891 vas $2,256.161,- 310, while for the year just closed the amount returned is found to ba $2,543,507, 934, or an estimated increase of the value of all real estate in the Commonwealth of $282.- 416.674. The increase in 1891 over that of 1890 was but $72,120,324. "The county of Allegheny shows an in- crease in the value of real estate of $163.910,- 116. Cambria county shows the next high- ect increase of $15,862,070. Some of the counties show a falling off in the value of all real estate. The property which is exempt from taxa- {ion under the laws of the Commonwealth is that consisting of municipal buildings. schoolhouses, churches and cemeteries. There are a few counties, among them Arm- strong, Dauphin, Forrest, Greene and Pot- ter, whose returns show a falling off in the property exempt from taxation, while most of the counties show a remarkable increase. The value of real estate taxables has in- creased rom $£2,092,336,983 in 1891, tn $2.- 808,767,431 in 1892, or an increase_of $216,- 430,348, The heaviest increase of values of real es- state which is taxable is found in the county of Allegheny, and is given at $115,709,862. There certain animals are taxed for county purposes, where they are over 4 years of age, but it has become proverbial throughout the State that but few of these animals ever reached that age, and their under-valuation is equally well known. The purpose of screening this subject of taxation, of course, is well known to be the desire on the part of everyone to escape paying taxes wherever there is a possibility. : The aggregate amount of county taxes as- sessed in 1401 was $18.250.660 37. In 1892 the amount is given at $18,829,630 78, show- ing something over $500,000 increase ot money collected for the purpose of main- taining the several counuy governments throughout the Commonwealth, Allegheny county appears to have decreased the amount of taxes collected for the support of ] the county government. In 1891 the re- turns showed an increase of 69,000,000 of money at interest over the previous year, while this vear there has been an increase of but $9,817,332, the total amount reported about $590,382,360. Seven millions of the increase of the money at interest is reported from the county of Allegheny. ONE TAX THAT COULD BE ABOLISHED. The Secretary of Internal Affairs gives it as his opinion that not 5 per cent. of the xalue of stages, omnibuses and hacks is re- turned for taxation. He suggests that the law taxing these articles bad better be re- pealed than to have it so poorly executed. The amonnt of taxes collected through lo- cal authorities in the several counties of the Commonwealth has increased from $1,748 - 448 86 in 1891 to $2,365,999 61 in 1892. The counties which show the greatest percentage of increase are Allegheny, Berks, Chester, Montgoniery and Philadelphia, The total county debt for the year closed has decreased from $84,775,191.42to $63,- 602,502.43. There are 16 counties which have no debt of any kind. Tbese are Bradford, Center, Erie, Franklin Fulton, Greene, Law- rence, Lehigh, Luzerne, Northumberland, Pike, Sullivan, Susquebanna, Venango, | Washington and Wyoming, while the coun- ties of Bedford, Bucks, Cambria, Carbon, Clarion, Crawford, Cumberland and Indiana show a marked increase inthe amount of { their money debt. Fifty-six of the G67 counties during the y year have expended $1,172,916.66 for the support of the poor There appears to have 30, 1892, In this report ruay be found a de- . ed by the soldiers of the Pennsylvania line | aggregate amount of county ‘tax assessed; the entire county, there could be a falling | been a marked falling off in the amount of money expended during the present year for the support of the poor as compared with the year 1591, COLLECTIONS FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES, Fifty-eight counties report as collected for school purposes ¥9.898,937 £6. This, of course, is independent o* the $5.000,000 an- uuaily =pbropiated fron: the State Treas- ury forthe same purposes. Philadelphia “seems to have collected a much 'ess sun in 1892 than in 1891, for while in 1891 there was collected $3,336,886, during the year just closed there was collected but $2,992,292. This decrease is undoubtedly due to the large appropriation which that city received from the State Treasury. . The total amount of money reported as collected mn 58 counties irom licenses is $3,533,657 26 or an increase of $964,613 16. The increase in Phiiadelphia collected from licenses more than makes up the entire in- crease in the state, +s the total amount of increase in 18 2 over 1891 is £1.012,660 25. This of course is due to the recent legisla- tion which provides for a great increase of the amount 1equired to be paid by the re- tail vendors of iiquors. From the returns made itis not possible to ascertain the exact amount of taxes col- lected in the Commonwealth for all pur- poses. In 58 counties which made a return under this heading the amount was given as $43,007,779 38. This does not include the amount co!lected in the counties of Berks, Carbon, Cumberland. Delaware. Lnzerne, McKean, Schuylkill, Snyder and Tioga. Assuming that the nine counties whose reports are Jacking pay the same proportion of taxes for all purposes that their taxab'e feal estate pays tothe whoe amount of taxable real estate in the Com- monwealth, it would appear that the total amount of taxes collected from all sources through the local channels of taxation was ,965,361. LL en TRADE SATISFACTORY. torms Have Interfered Somewhat, but . There’s No Complaint. R.G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Tradesays: ‘Two important events, defeat of anti-silver legislation and the concerted deposit of gold by New York banks in the Treasury in exchange for legal tenders, have directly opposing influences upon the mar- kets, and itis yet too early to determine what the net result may be. In other re- spects the state of trade is satisfactory, ex- cept that severe storms and cold have much interfered with trade, collections and trans- portations during the week especially in the West. Boston reports the largest busi- ness in woolens for many years, Pork products show a greater strength and have further advanced, supplies of hogs being very small. Coffee has been strong advancing a quarter with moderate sales. Wheat bas risen 1% cents, with small trans actions, Western receipts being retarded by storms and in four days amounting to only ' 1,200,000 bushels wheat and 1,800,000 corn. while Atlantic exports of wheat were 760,000 bushels; but there is nothing to indicate that the unsold surpius at the end the year will be small. Cotton declined three-six- teenths on Saturday and the continued pressure of enormous unsold stocks here and abroad is felt. : Sales of wool at the three chief Lastern markets have been 37, 200,000 pounds against 20,700 U0 to date last year, an increase of 21 per cénts, and the season for men’s wear bas been extraordinary in low and medium goods. : Exports are improving a little. but the outgo of $4,000,000 gold expected this week is not due to’trade balances. If the relative action of strong banks does not check the movement, further measures by the Clearing House are contemplated for the prevention of disturbance, The business failures occurring through- out the country during the lust seven days number, for the United States 222, and for Canada 44, or a total of 266, as compared with totals of 301 last week and, 2053 the week previous. ; BUSINESS BAROMETER. The bank clearing totals for the week ended February 9, 1893, with comparisons, as telegraphed to Bradstreets, are: New York.. Boston... Chicago... Philadelph fallihae St. Louis. .... onus Cineinnati............... Baltimore... .......... Pittsburg................ San Franciseo.......... Cieveland.... 1 indicates increase, D decrease.) FORTY-FOUR INSANE PERISH. Helpless Paupers in a New Hampshire Almshouse Burned in Their Beds. Only four in the Building Escape. The county insane asylum four miles from Dover, N. H., was burned ‘Wednesday night and 44 lives were lost. When Watch- man Wm. Cheevey made his 10 o'clock round into the asylu.a he found the fire coming out of the cell occupied by Lafami- tane, a woman, and gave the alarm, Wil- liam Driscoll, the keeper, with his family, lived in the building, and he at once broke the locks of the 54 cells and tried to get the inmates out. Then he got his wife and two children: Of the 48 inmates only four es- caped. They were William Twombly, Rose Sanderson, William Daly and Frank Don- shon. The latter walked two miles in a blinding snowstorm with only his shirt on to Wil- (liam Horne's house, where he was taken care of. The building was of wood, 135x386 feet, two stories high with a big yard on each side. It was built 20 years ago and had 50 cells. One woman escaped to the yard, but was burned to death there, The building cost $15,000. The main building, in which were over 100 of the county poor, caught fire, but was saved by the heroic efiorts of the inmates, who carried pails of water and extinguished the flames, although many were buined in s0 doing. The Dover fire department was summoned, but owing to the distance, the blinding snowstorm and thejcy roads it Look 95 minutes for the departmentto get there, too late to be of service. The smok- ing ruins show the charred bodies still lying on their beds. How the building caught fire is a mystery. BIG RAILWAY STRIKE It is to Begin on the Day the World’s Fair Opens. Much uneasiness prevails at Indianapolis and other railway centers of Indiana antici- patory of rumored strikes. A prominent labor union nan said: ‘‘Plans are under consideration for the areatest revolt of railrcad labor the world has ever known. Everything has been done with the utmost secrecy, and as yet a large majority of those who are expected to par- ticipate are not aware that the affair has been aranged. The movement is a strike of nearly all the railway employes of the Uni- ted States and Canada to be begun at noon on the day of the opening of the world’s fair. Every railroad labor union in the United States und Canada, with the excep- tion of the telegraphers, and possibly the conductors, is to participate. Both these were urged to take part, but the telegrapbers have refused, preferring to act independent- ly. Theday may be changed, if circum- stances require it, but 700,000 men will be on strike in the eaxly days of the fair." | Pennsylvania Legislature. SEVENTEENTH DAY.—A bill of great im- portance was read in the senate by Mr.Neeb of Allegheny by request. Tie measure cre- ates a State Toned of inspectors for the su- pervision of natural and artificial gas com- panies and heat and power companies in the various cities of the commonwealth, and the relations of such companies to consumers. The board is to consist of a chief inspector ut a salary of 4,000 a year, and six assist- ant inspectors at sa aries of $2, a year. The chief inspector is to give bond for $10,- 000 and the assistants $5,000 each for the proper performance of their duties Thirty days after his appointment. and annually thereat:er, the insiector shall furnish the auditor general a complete list of all such companies in the State, and a statement of their condition with regard to all branches of the business. He shall require from the _companies a complete map of all service 1 nes, and each artificial gas company shall furnish him with full information concern- ing the process of manutacture and ingredi- ents of its product. Thereisa fine of $500 provided for on the companies for violating any part Of the law. . ‘I'he measure fixes a maximum price of $1.25 per 1,00 for artificial gas, 12} cents per 1,000 feet tor natural gas and for electricity 17 cents per Pennsylvania unit. Artificial gas must be furnished consumers at a light- ing power of 15 candles. All meters shall be tested upon the request of the consumer, and if found defective, the tests shall be paid for by the company; if not defective the tests shall be paid for by. the consumer. The principal offices shall be in Harrisburg, with branch offices at Philadelphia and Pittsburg. The measure also provides tor the method of conducting tests and sealing gas meters "and has several paragraphs relating to contracts between companies and consumers, tending to put them on a more equitable standing with regard to each other. Senator McCreary of Erie introduced by request a bill to correct what the me sure termed the growing practice of courts to hold secret sessions. It is alleged, without specifications, in the bill that such practices exist contrary to law, and that they are be- coming more frequent in occurrence. The balance of the senate session was taken up with routine measures. A message was received from the gover nor announcing his approvai of the concur: rent resolution asking that every honorably discharged soldier be placed on the pension roll, and protesting against the alleged striking down of pensions. The hous: session commenced at 8 o'clock and lasted about half an hour. Both the bituminous bills were recommitted unread to the mines and mining committee for a further hearing. EIGHTEENTH DAY.—In the Senate to-day a large number of remonstrances from re- ligious organizations against any modifica- tion of the Sunday laws of 1794, were pre- sented. Bills were introduced as follows: Baker, Delaware—To prohibit conditional rebates for the sale of alcohol for medicinal purposes. Brown, Franklin—To repeal the act relating to the granting of letters of ad- ministration on the estates of persons pre- sumed to be dead by reason of long absence from their former domicile. Brown, West- moreland—To authorize aldermen and oth- er magistrates having jurisdiction toc enter judgment for costs in case where parties charged with crime are dismissed on exam- ination. The bill to abolish the Philadel- phia Public Building Comission was fa- yorahly regorted, The following bills were passe: finally: onfering on school boards power to sell school rroperty; giving Dau. phin county judges additional clerical as- sistance; Judge Arnold’s bill authorizing trial of issues of fact on statement and athi- dayit of defense and to establish liability of endorsers of negotiable instruments. The Senate then adjourned. In the House, bills were introduced as fol- lows: Kearns, Allegheny allowing judges to change the polling places before or after election proclamations are issued. McCor- mick— Requiring owners of leins, mortgages or other judzmentsto pay county and local taxes the same asreal estate. The bill to protect miners in the anthracite coal regions of Pennsylvania was called up and amend- ed so as to apply only to men working by the ton. It wasthen laid over. The ifol- lowing bills passed finally: An act to em. power cities and boroughs of the Common- wealth to appropriate money for the pay- ment of firemen in service and of firemen not in service, disabled in the performance of their duties; supplement to an act regu- lating lateral railroads, changing the method of issuing damages to land owners in certain cases; providing for the conyeyance and de- livery of pow:r, oil and {ools 10 the miners in the anthracite coal mines; to prevent the sale and manu ‘acture of cigarettes, render- ing woman eligible to the office of notary public; increasing the maximum punish- ment for the first conviction of murder in the second degree to 20 years. The House adjourned until to-morrow. , NINETEENTH DAy—In the senale this morning Mr. Steele, of Allegheny county, introduced a bill for better securing the public safety in the operation of steam rail- roads by punishing trespassing on railway property and compelling railroad tracks in cities and boroughs to be fenced in. : Mr. Laughbach introduced one granting street’railway companies the privilege of carrying merchandise now carried by ex- press companies. The Fow rapid transit bill consumed the balance of the day, when the senate ad- journed until Monday night. In the House, Lemon, of Allegheny, in- troduced by request a bill for the protection of fish. A bill was introduced by Cessna, of Bed- ford, to protect contractors and sub-con- tractors who furnish material for railroad companies. : The country members of the legislature held a meeting last night and decided to op- pose the repeal of the oleomargarine law and Kipps trespass bill. . Mr. Fow's rapid transit bill came up in the house on second reading, and considera- ble speech-making was induiged in over its provisions. It was under discussion when the house adjourned. TweNTIETH DAY—Senate—not in session. In the House, among bills favorably re- orted from committee were the following: rotecting the public health by providing for more careful supervision or cases of con- tagious diseases; Senate bill providing for the admission into the public schools of soi- diers’ orphans, Among bills introduced were the follow- ing: To authorize notaries public to admin- ister oaths in divorce proceedings. Swartz, to compel railroads to erect safety gates in borou«hs at grade crossing. Mr. Bliss, of Delaware, introduced a new quarantine bill. It is not entirely complet- «d, but the finishing touches will be given it in committee. The bill is of great import-- ance to the people of the State in view of the proposed removal of the present.quarantine station near Chester. The bill constitutes the Quarantine Master and the Port Physi- cian a State Quarantine Boarl. fixing their salaries at $3,000. They shall have all con- trol of the health matters of the port. The Governor issues proclamations opening and closing the quarantine season, and he is au- thorized to aeclare quarantine against any city in which infectious disease may be epi- demic. All fines and fees go into the State Treasury. The Governor is authorized to purchase land for a quarantine station and to erect the necessary buildings. If a loca- tion be selected on tire main land it must not be less than three miles from any incorpor- ated city, and if on an island in the river must be within the State. Whenever the Governor is satisfied that the Kederal Gov- ernment has established a National quaran- tine, the Governor is empowered to suspend the State quarantine. In this case the Gov- ernor can establish a boarding station, at which, however, vessels cannot be detained or fumigated. The callendar was cleared of bills on first reading, aiter which the House adjourned until Monday evening at 9 USK, KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS COOLEYS WILL NOT DOWN. THE GHOSTS OF FRANK AND JACK STALK ABOUT THEIR OLD HOME AND IT HAD TO BE SOLD. Uxrtoxtow~.—Lute Cooley has sold , the old home and lot near Smithfie!d.and mov- ed to Fairchance, where the family will all live together. The reason assigned for sei- ling the old homestead is that Frank and Jack Coo'ey, who met such violent deaths, made visits to their old home both night and day. At one time Mrs. Cooley says she saw both Frank and Jack walk up to the kitchen door. At another time they claim that Frank was seen walking through the yard and sink out of sight. AR SIMULTANEOUS VERDICTS. TWO JURIES DECIDE EIGHTEEN CLAIM CASES AGAINST A RAILROAD. Beprorp.—Claims to the amonnt of $19.- 187 70 were recovered against the Pennsyl- vani and West Virgin a railroad. when 19 verdicts were rendered against the company. The cases were tried by two juries—four by one and 14 by the other—who brought in their verdict at the same time, an occur- rence which has never happened before in the history of this country. The claims were all in favor of sub-contractors and workmen. This makes the total amount recovered against the company this week $200,377 70. ——— BIG ELECTRIC ROAD SCHEME. A LINE 80 M'LES LOXG TO COXNECT 39 TOWNS, ALARMS RAILKOADERS. Pairaperneuia.—The charter granted to a trolley road, 80 miles in length, at Harris- burg, has caused a feeling of alarm among railroad officials. The road is called the Northumberland. Bloomington and Scran- ton Street Railway Company, and connects 39 towns in that region. = Among them are Lackawanna, Pittston, Mechanicsvilie and Nanticoke. It 1s a very busy center and the establishment of a trolley Line will mater- ially interfere with the local traffic of the steam roads. ge BLAINE MEMORIAL. HarrisBurG.—The Blaine memorial exer- cises were held in both branches of the Leg- is ature. The fo lowing was presented in the Senate by Mr. Brewer, of Franklin, and in the House by George V. Lawience, of Washington. Resolved, That the General Assembly has Yearned with most sincere and profound re- gret of the death of the Hon. James G. Blaine and desires to place upon record its appreciation of the many virtues which characterized him during his long and bril- liant career in public life. His acknowledged eminence and recognized ability place him by common consent in the front rank of the statesmen of the world,shedding lu-ter in the name and history of America, and causing us, a3 Pennsylvanians, to feel a special sense of gratitude and pride , that he was born and educated on our soil. So longas men recog- nize unusual attainments, with long amd useful publ c service, there will be those who wi.l turn with pride to the life and character of James G. Blaine. who, while living, held the highest place in the affec- tions of the American people, and whose death brings regret and soryow to every household in the land, in the House George V. Lawrence. a Rep- resentative from Blaine's native county, de- livered the pincipal address. He said: The consideration of the resolution 1 have just reported presents to our minds the life and death of the most illustrious citizen and statesman of the United States; one whose history will, when written in detail by some faithful historian,in the years to come find its way into the libraries of the world. His record, 20 extensiVs, 56 ¢labo.ate, éX- hibiting such wonderful natural and ac- quired powers, will pass his posthumous fame down to the coming generations as the Gladstone of America. Mr. Lawrence then sketched the history of the Blaine family and the career of Mr. Blaine, concluding by saying: It is to me a most pleasant recollection that I served with Mr. Blaine for a short time in pubiic life, often enjoyed his confi- dence and shared his hospitality. His work is done, and he has passed from this, we trust, to a higher life; and may we not ex- press an ardent hope that he could say as the shadows of the future pressed on his vision: “Ont of the beauties of the land below Into the beau’ iss supernal I go.” Mr. speaker, the Great Reaper, is gather. ing them in, gathering them in. uring the month just past, the first month of 189: ex-President Hayes, Justice Lamar, Senator McKenna, General Doubleday, General Butler, Bishop Brooks and our own lament- 8d Blaine have crossed the dark river. Tos us be admonished, Time is weaving the winding sheet for some of us. These earth- Iy honors are evanescent. God has given us hfe and takes it away at pleasure. Ten TuoMAS, a 13-year-old son of the Rev. Mr. Ross, of Sharon, was accidently shot by a companion named Mitchell. Two valuable trotting horses belonging to John Cashdollar, of Stewart Station, were stolen froin the stables. SterHEN G. Boyp, of York, who began to read law at the age of 61, has becn admitted to pract'ce. In his time he has served as legislator, school superintendent and raii- road president and editor of theYork Gazette Ar Ebervale, a loaded car came down the slope operated by C. F. King & Co. and crushed four men at the bottom, Stephen Marrisko, Join Midlev, Charles Johnson and Anthony Tarrasko. Marrisko and Midley were killed outright and the other two were not expected to hve. Tue turbine wheel that furnished power at Mayer Bros. pottery at Beaver Falls was stopped by fish, Davip, a 3-year-cld son "of C. W. Reed, of Beaver, chocked to death on a piece of dried beef, Wednesday night. Prrer Mogrisox, of Clearfield township, Butler county, aged 75, was found in a dan- gerously frozen condition on one of the county roads late Friday night. He cannot recover. Patrick King, of Scottdale, a fruit dealer, was killed at West Newton. Histeam balk- ed in crossing the tracks of the Southwest branch as a train was approaching. King's body was crushed out or all semblance to a human form. A vEIN of iron ore was discovered on the farm of Isaac Morgan, Brighton township, Beaver county. The vein is said to be about six feet thick and easy of access. HENRY Lorman and Frank Howard, pris- oners in the Washington county jal, chok- ed into insensibility and robbed John Kor- covack, a fellow prisoner. They secured $25 and a valuable ring. They are now held on a new charge. Wirsranm Cook, an employe at Schudde- mage’s flouring mill in Harrisburg, was caught by a pulley and almost instantly illed. His arm and leg were torn from their sockets. Trae State Board of Charities has 1ecom- mended a large list of appropriations. The aggregate amount demanded from the State by the various institutions enumerated is $5,077,835 56, of which the Board of Chari- ties recommends $3,701,115 71. The board approves $2,376,849 54 for maintenance and $1,324,267 37 for buildings. SENATOR NEEB'S bill permitting the sale of soft drinks, cigars and newspapers on Sun- day passed second reading inthe Senate. Senator Lloyd wanted to offer several amendments, but was induced to withhold agreeing to Lave the bill recommitted for a hearing atthe same time the hearing is | WiLL, i them until third reading, Senator Neeb | | given on Mr. Marshall's Sunday newspaper i i : LATER NEWS WAIFS, LEGISLATIVE. By a vote of 20 to 23 the Minnesota Senate killed the memorial to congress in favor of free coinage of silver. A bill introduced by Representative Moore declares the accept ance of a railroad pass by any legislator or State officer to be a bribe, punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by 10 years imprisonment. FOREIGN. Four skaters were drowned in Lake Ba- dolfzeli, near Reichenau, Swiizeriand, and three were drowned in tle Lake of Morat. RR MISCELLAM £0US. Forty charred bodies have be¢n recovered from the County Insane Asylum, near Dover N. H. The search for the remains of the other victims 18 in progress. rig tei FIRES, A fire next to Delmonico’s famous place in New York on Sunday in the buiiding oc- cupied by Redfern, the women's tailor, ruined-20 gowns valued at $150 to #250 each. About 70 people had narrow escapes. Loss, $70 200. dt ines ln inn DISASTERS, ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES S1x Miners KiLLep.—Sunday morning a | slide occurred on the wall rock of one of the tunnels at tlre Orient mines of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Ccmpany, at Villa Grove, Colorado. Six were killed and six injured. The names of the killed are: James H. Mor- gan, Hugh Connolly, Mike Novak, , Ed. Johnson, Ed. Carter and P, J. Breen. The wounded are: Joe Murpby,Tom Walsh, Ben. Malnox, Mat Koehner, John Dolphin and James Smith. The wounded are attended by Dr. Griffith the company’s physician, and removed to the company’s hospital at Pueb- lo. samme ff ef eee tre — AN OCEAN DISASTER. An Anchor Liner Goes on the Rocks. 30 of the Crew and Many of the Passen- gers Drowned. A Fatal Spot. The Anchor line steamer ‘Irinacria went aground off Cape Villano at the exact spot where the British cruiser, Serpent, was lost September 10 1890, when 273 persons per- ished. The Trinacri:'s crew numbered 37, and only seven were saved. There were a number of passengers, and all the women were drowned. The ship has been broken to pieces. MARKRKTS. PITTSBURG. THE WHOLESALE PRICES ARE GIVEN BELOW. GRAIN, FLOUR AND FEED. $ No.3 R CORN— High Mixed ear Shelled Mixed - OATS—No. 1 White...euuu. No. 2White...... Sewrrase No.3 White............ Mixed, vi... 0 ul RYE—No. 1 Pa & Ohio... No. 2 Western, New FLOUR—Fancy winter pat’ Fancy Spring patents..... Raney Straight winter. ... XXX Bakers. .S....h.nvan Rye Flour HAY —Bsled No. 1 Tim'y.. Baled No. 2 Timothy..... Mixed Clover. ............ Timothy from country... STRAW — Wheat. Oats. FEED—No.1 WhMd 8 1T Brown Middlings........ on @ 00 03 TEE 10 on 03 COM iis 282323538288 8 — o [= ~ — NERS RRGwwmr a — - ww < DAIRY PRODUCTS. BUTTER—Elgin Creamery Fancy Creamery Fancy country roll....... Choice country roll....... Low grade & cooking.... CHEESE—O New or'm mild New York Goshén. 3. Wiscousin Swiss bricks.. Wisconsig Swe'tzer. _JLimburger. ....: R : FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. APPLES--¥aidy, # bb 3 50 Fair to choice, § BEANS—Select, Pa & O Beans, Lima Beans,........ ONIONS— Yellow danvers ® bu.... Yellow onion, § bb Spanish, ® crate CABBAGE—New # bbl..... POTATOES— Fancy White per bu...... Choice Red per bu... . POULTRY DRESSED CHICKENS— Dressed ducks #1 ....... Dressed turkeys # 1b LIVE CHICKENS— Live chickens ® pr....... Live Ducks. § pr... Live Geese @ pr Live Turkeys 81h EGGS—Pa & Ohio fresh.... FEATHERS— Iixtra live Geese 9 BH No 1 Extra live geese 1b Mixed MISCELLANIOUS. TALLOW-—Country, #1... City 3 . SEEDS—West Med’m clo’er Mammoth Clover Timothy prime.... Timothy choice.......... Bue grass............. Orchard grass. Buckwheat. .....v..... RAGS—Country mixed .... HONEY—White clover.... Buckwheat FLOUR WHEAT RYE—N —No. 2 Red. EGGS.... . BUTTER .....0 00%, v 20 PHILADELPHIA, $3 40@ $4 60 76 78 ; xed........ 52 OATS—No. 2, White 40 41 BUTTER—Creamery Extra. 35 BGGS—Pa., Firsts......... 3 38 NEW YORK. FLOUR—Patents. ........... WHEAT-—No, 2 Ped.. RYE—Western CORN—Unpgraded Mixed...,. OATS—Mixed Western..... BUTTER—Creamery........ EGGS—State and Penn LIVE-STOCK REPORT. EAST LIBERTY, PITTSBURG STOCK YARDS. CATTLE. Prime Steers..... =versenssen$ 56H tO Fair to Good... :.eo.cniis . Common Bulls and dry cows Veal Calves Heavy rough calves.. Fresh cows, per head Tin ~3 00 TON |8g88a8kd SHEEP. Prime 95 to 100-1 sheep....$ 5 45to 5 9G Common 70 to 75 I sheep... 3 50to 40a Lambs ; to 6 5@ HOGS. Philadelphia hogs.......... 80 t 90 Corn Yorkers aes } 875 Roughs.. 5 ET EE RS iN
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