BENJAMIN F. BUTLER DEAD,
STORY OF HIS EVENTFUL LIFE.
The Veteran Massachusetts Warrior,
(Statesman and l'olttlcian Expires Sud
denly t Washington.
Benjamin r Butler, of 'a"sachiisetta,
died t f i is Washington res'tlence, n New
Jersey nvenue, (it 1:30, Wednesday, morn
ing, .Ian. 11.
Theticiicial has always, to a more or a
les extent, made Ills residence in Washing
ton. Durint tin' present winter A case
which lincl been decided ncninst li in in the
highest courts of the Slate of Massachusetts
ml in which he took nil appeal to the
III NJVMIX 1. HITUM.
I'nile'l States Supreme Court, linn demand
ed hisuiuiost constant residence in this city.
Finally, a lew weeks ago, the case was deci
ded nguinnt him.
Whether or not the lo of tlila case, to
which he hud paid much close ntli'iilion,
brought anything more than the sorrows ol
n casual defeat w ill nut lie known, ilis
death ereiited u ll iiniiiensc surprise, lis it
wus not even known that he was ailing. He
expired of failure of the heart.
Hcujiimln Franklin I'utler was horn In
Dcerlicld, N. H.. on November ft, IHl.s. He
was the son (it Captain John Ilutler, w ho
served under .luekstni at New Orleans, lie
was graduated Irotu Waterville College,
Maine, in 1-s.is, was admitted to the bar in
lam, liegnn to prticllceluw in Massachusetts
in 141. and since has had n high repiitn
t on as n criminal lawyer.
Mr. limler early took ii prominent par' in
politics on the Democratic side, and nm
e ectcd a inemher of the Mussncliusettn I
Mouse in ls..'l anil ol the State Senate in
1-s.Vi. In 100 he wus a delegate to the Demo
cratic National ('oiiveiillon, which met at
Charleston. When a portion of the dele
gates reaseiuli'ed at llaltimore lienernl
Ilutler aiiiiouncd that a majority of the
ielegutes of Massachusetts would not furth
er I'articipiitc in the contention, on the
ground that there had been a withdrawal in
par. fl'the majority of the States. He
further added "and iion the ground that I
would not sit in a convention where the
African slave Irale, which is piracy by the
lawsj id' my country, is approvingly advo
cated. "
At the time ot I'resldelit l.liicoln'1 call for
triMiis in April. 1HU1, the deceased held the
commission of Hngndier Heneral ol
M.lltm. l)n the 17th of that month he
marched to Annapolis with the Eight Mass
iichiisetts licgiment, and was pluced
ill command ol tint district of Annap
olis, in which ihu city of Haiti
more was included. On Mny 16 he
w.b made a Major tienernl anil assign I
10 (he command of the Department ol hast
en! Virginia. While here lie refused to la
liver to the r musters any rultigue slaves
who came within his iinis. In August lis
captured Fort- llatteras and Clark, on tht
coast ofN'ottli ('amiinu.
tienernl Ilutler then recruited an ex?di
lion in Massachusetts for service on the
tliill'ot Mexico, and after Furrugut captured
New Orleans. A ril -I, he took jiosfessiou o
the city .May 1. He instituted strict sani
tary regulations and armed the free colored
men. Jlia lumotis and etfective "Order No,
I'M," intending to prevent women f run In
mltllig soldiers, excited strong resentment,
lint only in the South, hut in the North and
Hbrond, and Jefferson liavia issued an or
der declaring him an outlaw.
In 1NW hu was placed in command of t lie
Department of Virginia and North Caro
lina. Alter an ineffectual expedition
ngaiust Fori Fisher, near Wilmington, N.
he was removed from command by tien
ernl liriiiil und returned home.
He served as a Kepulilicau in Congress
fronl-lMKI uuiil INTO, witn the exception of
the term ln7--7. and was uciive in tho liu
iwaehmeut of President Jiibiison. In las;!
he was elected Governor of Massuchuett- by
the United Dt-mocrutic und (irceiibuck far
lies. InlNMl be was the candidate of Mia
reeubnc.k-l.uhor party lor 1'reaidcnt mid
received l;i3.a2o vntes. Hi! wile was furuU
llildrilb, uu actress.
freqiienfly spoken, nnd he had pred icled
that be would g. off like a flash some luy.
He spoke of Mr. Illaiue in this connection
atdiiiner. and asked how he was. lleing in
formed that he was holding his own, ha re
plied: "Mark me, he will outlivo us ull
yet."
tienernl Ilutler retired Tuesday night at
11 o'clock, anil s ion after midnight Ins
milorcd body servunt. West, heard him
coughing violently. He went to the Gener
al's room nnd offered his assistance. The
General mentioned that Ins expectoration
had been discolored with blood. He did not
appear to think seriously of the matter,
however, and after his valet had assisted
Iiini to hie bed, he suid "That's all. West.
You need not do anything more," and ap
parently went to sleep.
Ho had lain un his bed but a few mo
ments, howte-ir, when bis heavy breathing
gain caused alarm. ljuier Dunn, his
nephew by marriage, who resided in the
tut bounty started out in seurch of medi-
lUTI.KU'S IHJCIIKSY THAT It!
"would oo urr i.ikk a ri.tsu" imiovks
TU THK IMl CAM! PAIN1 LSHIY.
The sudden death of General Ilutler was
slue to heart failure, superinduced by uu
cute attack of pneumonia.
General Hutler 'ciimo to Washington
from New York Friday to attend to a case
In (he Supreme Court. He was feeling ill
ot the time, but gave the mutter no serious
thought. Tuesday afternoon, while going
to the War Department, he took a severe
fold, which developed Into pneumonia.
Nevertheless, he sat down to dinner with
liis accustomed cheerfulness. The subject
of sudden death was one upon which he bad
cl assistance. Shortly after the doctor ar
rived the Oeneral died. Tim tend was ap
parently painless. 1
Btooks ot Wheat Larger.
The Northwestern Miller reports the stock
nf wheat In the private elevators of Minne
apolis at ,.'177, 000 bushels, or only 14,000
tore than on last Monday. This inukes
the toin I stock of Minneapolis 14,228.029
bushels, an lucreaae of 101,430. Miiineap
olia, Duluth and Superior combined huve
aiJttll.KM bushels, a gain for the week of
721,403. A year ago the dock at these points
was l'CJ.OOU bushel.
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A OH AB OAMB AT MILLIONS.
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An Expose of Venality and Corruption
That Will Humble Home of the
Proudest Heads in France
Before It Ends.
The trial of the directors of the Panama
f'annl Company for fraud and emhcMle
mrnt hefrnn nt larlsln the First Chamber
of the Court of Ai penis and will probably
last for some weeks. The defendants are
Ferdinand and Charles DeLessepj, M. Ton
lane, M. Cottu and M. Eiffel.
Mr. I harles 1'el.esseps was fir.-t x
fiinined. He avowed tlinta huge petition was got
np on the occasion of the issue of shares in
Iss. promoted by the company. The I'resl
delit expressed his astoni-hmeut that the
guarantee syndicate had interested liself in
guaranteeing, not tho repayment nl capital,
Vmt only the expenses nf the isue. The syu
licateran no risk, heing certain thesuhscrip
i.. II Would proilueeat least tile ."i Oil.iHl
francs i, ceiled for expenses. M, De l.escps
iidinilled that a lonuntssioii nf 2 franca f'O
rent nut s, granted to the luemPcrs of the
syndicate, was uiven by way ot remunera
tion tor services rendered. 'J his ii.lmission
plodtlccd II selection.
lilt SIOI1V OK A IIIIFAT STI AI..
The trial, hich is now inidiTwav Is the
fuilL'rowtli of one ol the most stuiicudoiis
steals in the world's history, Thntly
I reni'hmoti to I he numlier of litl.issi have
lo.t f.'so.nni ihsi through their failli in the
ranama canal protect. The canal was de
siviied by I'etilinnnd de l.eeps, now t7, to
cross the Nihmns ol Paiinuin. ll was to ne
on the sea level nnd 4-'i miics in lenvlh. Hy
it shi were to sail fnim the Atlaulic to the
Pacific without ioing around Cape Horn,
Work was liegnn in IK.HI und stopped in asi,
about 'J I milesof the easiest portion being
partly cotu.leted. The money has come by
calls of 4in,"HSi,iki0 (rani's each Irom the
French peotde, nine tenths of the suhscri
bers being of the poorer classes, twho ti-ok
the savings of years from the"woolen stock
ings" in which they hail ticcumtilnlcil.
of the money spent on the canal pioper
fully !i.iSi.iK) is said to have been sloien
bv means of lalse contracts nnd exorbitant
charges. Ilesld- s this so msi.iNKI was spent
in F ranee to corrupt officials nnd hews
paers. Fully 1.110 Senators nlnl Deputii-s
were bri betl by Huron de Keiuneh. w ho
handled the corruption fund, w hile I he
silence or approval ol the notoriously venal
pre?-s ol Fans was secured in Hie same wav.
The exposure came on November "I Inst,
w hen ,lu!es lielaharge, in the House ol
Deputies. laid the whole rotten scheme hare
Dc l.esseps is a broken-down old luau.
scarcely m bis right mind and robbed ol
even Ins good mime.
'I lie cnnal w ill probably never be finish
ed. '1 he "sen level'' idea' is impracticable.
Aside Irom that, the mute leads through
live miles of rock -lisi 1'eet high, to get
through which engineers declaie would
cost more limn I lie .t.is-i,issi already lost
in the enterprise.
A BIO HFBINU BUSINESS.
Preparations Making For it in all Line
of Trndo.
The pause In business incidental to the
hnh'.'ai's seeing to Inst longer this year thnn
usual, but preparations lor the spring bus),
ness are going oil actively and with the
utmost confidence. In spite of reports thai
more gold w ill go abroad, and in spite of
uncertainties regarding legislation on the
money question, the business world seems
inclined to believe that there (w ill be no
lerious flnanciul embarrassment, especially
ss the average of commercial iinlebtcdnesj
is remarkably low and failures have been
comparatively unimportant.
Wba' people mean by depression in liusl
ness is shown in the pii iron output. .'I.LfVI
tons weekly, or less than ner com smaller
thnn DeeeinU'r l.w ilh a slight increa-e in
stocks, and I4..'!l.' smaller tliiin n vear ago,
but with slocks much reduced. The output
III IWJ was i. 10'), noo tons, only tisi iul i I,...,
than the largest ever kuoun bat ot (bl
and (he consumption was probably the larg
est ever known. Prices are wtaker, Hesse
mer pig only till ft nt I'itlshurir. and Ala
bama iron is offered at the West nt lower
prices: but there is a belter movement tit
Philadelphia. Structural iron Isdull and liar
Weaker nt el .VJ, and rails are still inactive.
On the other hand, textile mills me
crowded with work. Sales of wool n re the
largest known for many weeks. Specula
tion in co;:dn h a -bis. n I i 1 1 1 i In i itr. the price
declining. 1c. idthough receipts this week lire
tn.lMsi bales less ninl exports 4o.inni more
than a year iil-o. Larger estimates of the
croii are now sent out.
Wheni bus scnrcelv chnuiroil in price,
though corn und naia have risen Uc each.
Western receipts of wheat of four dura have
been 2.AH0IKSI hnsneia; Atlantic cxpoits,
wiiy TIM. ."HIS bushels.
Fork has advanced $1 n barrel, and nt
118 2i is fur above the ruliiiu prices of re
iVnl vears. Ileccipln of ho s at the West are
Hill light and prices higher. Coffee and oil
are tiriictic.il ly unchaii jed.
Merchandise imports continue fully mi to
Inst vear s liuttres, while txports troin New
York for two aeekshuve declined e.! n ,.
5"0, or over llo per cent.
i itoe I'ltoseniTS.
Speeuhition in cotiot) has been llmilihit
ing. the prii-e decling a r, lai ter, ultlioiiL'li re
ceiits ibis week are Hi.is si bales less and ex
Ixirts 4II.ISKI more than a year nun. Larger
psiimutesof the crops lire now sent out.
Wheat has scarcely chrliced in price und
oiils have risen M cents. Western rrciptsnf
vheni in four days have been -' .'vsnssi hush
els, und Atlantic exports only 7 1:1. ."si, bush
els.
prsiM'vs luitoMrrnn.
The '.lonk clearing lolals fur the week
.Milled .laiiilarv I'.'. Is'.).'), with enmpurisous.
as telegruphcd to b oi.sieefj(, are:
New York.
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GOV. IlItOWN BUKNED IN EFFIOS
People Enraged at His CommtHing the
Benteoce of the Four Negro Mur
derers ot IX-. Hill.
ilenry Hnrtt, Cbailos H, Kmory, Joshua
Ilainard and Lewis Henson, four of the
eight negroes in jail at Chestertown, Mil.,
under sentence to be bunged Friday, have
been respited to inn risuiiuient fur life.
The men were taken by boat to the peni
tentiary at llaltimore curly Wednesday
morning, before the Govt ruor'i uctlon he
came known, to avoid an attempt at lynch
ing. The respited men were convicted of tut
muidcrof Dr. J. II. Hill.
Threats are made that the' Jail will hi
burned and that the (our murderers still al
Chestertown will be lynched. The excite
ment il great.
In Milllngton, the home of murdered Dr.
Hill, the enraged populace burned Govern
or Brown in etligy and tolled his death sen
tence on the town bell.
Hamburg's Births and Seatha,
The Hamburg health oltlcer reports that
there were 10.010 deaths from cholera in
1802, and 20,323 from oil causes. The births
numbered 22,000. Thus the deuthl lust year
outnumbered births by 3,321.
HALF A MILLION LOST.
The Cincinnati Ice Gorge Grinds tht
Coal Fleets to Pieces... A Fine Btenmot
Bunk.
There was greater excitement along the
river front.Cinclnnnti, on Monday thnn wni
ever known before. Besides the extraordin
ary heavy losses to the coal men hy the let
gorge, the magnificent side-wheel steamer
New Mary Houston, wni cut down by ths
ice, and will probably prove a total loss.
The losses (o the coal Interests are Inerens.
Ing every hour, and w hile :i.v.oo i was
thought to fully cover the damage, the lo-s-cs
arc placed nt f 1.M1.IS1O to .'oo,0,)0,
Of the valuable fleets of coal llinl weie
swept away nil lire supposed lo have been
totally destroyisl. Captain John Itolnr .
son's fleet was ontirclv wrecked lielore it
ii mi proicci.si n mile Irom the place il laid
been Imbedded in the poige since Friday.
1 he bonis and harues from Bucks Funding
went one by one. until lint two bnrues re
mained below IlisingSnn. The large nnin
ber of men on these harui-s Pud a remark
ably thrilling experietu e. nnd were rescued
al A n nm with the greatest dilllcnltv. I he
Heel of the Wnulreite Coal I oinpanv had 1 1
barges w hen il passed Kising Sun. and little
hope was eiiteriniiied ol suvii.ganv of them.
The steamer Dick Fulton, n large nnd
powerful Pittslinrg low hoat, lying in the
month of Kentucky river n ill make an nt
tempt to land nny iloating crafts Hint nss
of the 1.1 large rnal eleentots here only
two could work. The river fell very rapid
ly alter the gorge passed, leaving hundreds
if crafts high uml dry on the shore, break
ing many of them in pieces. The coal ele
vator. Moats and iin liin-s were nearly all
broken. Dozens ol sunken barges and coal
boats till the elevator landings nnd busi
ness will be crippled badly for weeks. The
luil lior boats are all more or less disab'ed
by lighting in the Ice for the pust two
weeks.
About noon the l c began to thin out, and
messages wcreal one-senl up the river in
TUirlng If another gorge had lonned. An
swers were sent buck, saving the ii-e had
jnrvvd at the mouth of the Little Miami, six
miles above.
The gorge is holding out, but it is liable to
break nt anv time. Amid the excitement
attending the (urination of the gorge, (he
steamer New Mary Houston, lying with
e ghl other large 'passenger boats nt the
landing, begun blowing n distress signal.
1'be palatial steamer, that hud been the
pride of the Ohio ami Mtssm-ippi rivers.wna
lotiud to be sinking. All cITorls to keep her
ntloal were tisebs. nnd she settled in 20
feet of water. She wns to huve departed f)r
New Orleans nnd wns pnrtly loaded for the
trip. All her valuable freight was lost, The
niiiouut of insiir iiii'e on her is i:i,.'iiM, bHl
(he Vessel was worth Hilly t'.'.S.OiS) and lied
about ifm) nun when built. It is expected
the ice will tear the bout to pices.
Two tnore bnrges of coul were cut down
id the Cincinnati gas works.
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two Fly-wheels bubst and
Kill Two Men and Injure a Number of
Others.
Two fly-wheels burst at the South NiMH
Mrect mill ol the Oliver and Koherts, Wire
''ompnny, Fitts'itcg. nnd killed John Orient
n heater, and Frederick Kiheu, a roll hnnd,
and injured seven otliets seriously. The ac
cident was caused hy tht. extreme cold
weaiher, which made I tie wheels brittle.
When the w heels burst there were a num
ber of workmen near a I'iMiace close by and
heavy pieces of iron were thrown In nil di
rections. Orient was struck by a large piece
snd died shortly lifter he was picked up.
Frederick Kiben died tit the South Side
Hospital. He bail been standing about ID
feet fioni t lie flywheel when it burst, nnd
was Idled into the ntr mid thrown on top ol'
a limine. He hud his skull fractured by
being hit with n pic e of iron.
Michael Schmiiter bud bis skull fractur
ed hy a piece of the Hying metal, mid he is
not t peeled to live. John Novae had a leg
broken: Andrew Juchas also snstiiihcd a
broken h-g; Ailolph Stark was badly nit and
bruised and Charles Dnlewick mid Michael
Hoiiiihua were iiiju e.l likewise. There
were n number ol oilier workmuu who
sustained slight injuries.
FIRE-DAMP'S AWFUL WOBK.
Twenty-Four Miners Killed by the Ex
plosion of Gaa in a Colorado Coal Mini'
Nearly All Italians.
liy an explosion of fire-damp In a coal
mine of the I'liion Pacific railroad, rent
Colon, Colorado, 24 miners were killed. The
accident was caused by w hat miners rail a
"windy shot," that Is, the charge of powdei
hud been insuflicienily tamped. The con
cussion set free and circulated the black
damp, ami the almost instant death of tlit
24 men followed.
Of tho 21 victims of the explosion 21 were
Italians, one a Scotchman nnd two Ameri
cans. Tweuly-live men were lit work in the
Chamber, hu' one ol ll.ein escaped death.
James (.iirmossa. the single survivor, was
llirown foi aard on his face by (lie explo
mon, but was not seriously hurt and. scram
bling over the prostrate bodies of his fel
In a. made his way to the Mtrtace. The
fceue when the resi niiig party reached t he
place where the accident occurred was one
of utmost liovror. In al) sorts of positions,
with limbs and luces drawn and distoried
by the n 'ony of their deiilli. the poor fel
low's were found. Some hud evidently been
killed instantly by the liitul blast, ibeii
bodies being so burnt und blackened as to
be unrecognizable.
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A GENERAL COLD WAVE.
TPrert Ing Weather Extends as Far South
as Florida. While the West Be
porta Below Zero.
The coldest pines on the American conti
nent Tiiesduv night was While Hiver. Can
uibi. w here t lie tliei nioiueter registered 40
degrees below zero In Chicago at 4 o'clock
the mercury showed 2 below, and al ft
o'clock tlie thermometer indicated be
neath the zero murk. At night it wus 8 be
low. The cold wave prevailed all over the West
Slid South. At Atlanta tho teniM-riiHue
wus 24 degrees nhove ucro, or eight below
freezing. Freezing wiutlier reached us far
touih us Flor da.
Ai.i'fva, Mil il. A terrible slorm raged
here. The thermometer ranged from 10 to
14 below zero.
Mauistkk, Mich. The worst storm in
years has raged hero since Sunday flight.
All public schools are dtsertcJ. The snow
is piled in huge drills.
Kast Livk.hhooi.. O. A blir.zard struck
this section Tuesday night and the mercury
reached 10 degrees low.
C'aton, O. Tuesday night waa the cold
est of the year. The thermometer register
ed 10 degrues below zero.
Mew York's Fever Scourge.
The otllclal record up to Thursday of the
present visitation of typhus fever in New
York City were 130 cases, 85 deaths and 0
discharges. There are S4 patients and 23
"suspects" in the North Brothers' Island
hospital.
An Earthquake in Indiana.
A severe earthquake shock waa felt al
Jefferson, lnd., ut H o'clock Thursday (light.
The shock rattled the doors and windowi
and shook bouses. Perseus walking ou tht
I a'.teet felt the tremor.
PENNSYLVANIA PICKINGS.
BOMB IMPORTANT BAPPZNINCHI
Of Intsreet to Dw-llers In the Kerstoa
State.
TIIK CM! I NCOI I-I.I'.I! CONVIC1F.U.
JOIIS, I.. St l.l.:VV I.MIilFTOA I.IIMI TKr.M Of
(It'll IPOMMI'.Vr,
Hoi i iinY-iu no. John L. Sitllivnn. not
llie slugger, who uncoupled three I'ullmnti
sleeping cars from Hie fust line, midway lie
tween Allnona uml Tyrone, on (he night of
December PI last, with Intent to wieck the
in rs. was convicted in court here. J here
were almost I'si passengers on hoard the
I'ullmun. and only the timely discovery ol a
hrakrman preserved ilicm from ncciilcnt.
Ihe maximum (s-nuKv for the nllense is
eto issi tine and in years penitentiary Im
prisonment. t i:di t:isMT ni:w castlk.
SIX BACNS MI A I'ttl I.I.INi! Mit ON 1'ir.K III
TWO PAYS.
Ntw Csii.. Since Sunday evening a
half dozen hums and one dwelling house
have been set on lire and the barns burned
lo Ihe ground. Two ol the burns were set on
lira Monday ultertioou und another Tues
day aliernnon. The other Cues occurred
Monday night.
At.lobn Davidson's house t lie Incen
diaries climbed under a porch ami saturated
a big pi.e ol kindling wood und Ihe lower
side ol the Hireli with oil and (licit set (Ire
(o it No nrrests have been made, hut resi
dents are guarding their property.
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Kti.i.Kii ii v i iiiAitKrrrs.
Thomss i ot kvmv a thirteen year old lnd
nfl'bilndelphia. grew ill on Thursday nnd
complained of pains In the bean. That
night be was seized Willi co ivu'sions and
yesterday be died The coroner held an in
ipiest and It was teslitied (hut young Cole
man was in (be habit of lighting a cigarette
on rising in Hie morning, smoking incess
antly during the day, and indulging Ins
abnormal craving lor cigarettes immediately
belore rent ing at night. The coroner's ver
dict wus that cigarettes killed him-.
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II! .11 st walk (not T.
Mum it. i.n. William Wandless. tried
here lor the recent robbing of the Nvpaiio
station, took kindly to the society of' some
visitors at the l.iil Saturday, nud'when they
left he Just walked out ot prison with them.
He is not w ith them now, but so lar as
known has not ended bis walk.
t-KXs;syi.vxiA Txt' i(,OHH,O0il i r.ntr..
II Mtittsat ito. The tax returns from M
counties received at the Detainment of In.
lernal A (lairs -how an increase lor the veur
of tii.ino.oon. There is alirge increase In
Philadelphia, but a lulling on" In interior
"ouiilies.
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A Polish coke drawer nt llesemer. Pa.,
named Joseph I'ekowski has received word
from Kussht that be is heir (o 1 10,000.
MissMixxik Bkxpkr. of S'oyestown, put
carbolio acid on Iter corns to cure them. The
acid eat through the Mesh and diseased the
bones. To prevent a still worse allliction
two of her toes had lo be amputated.
Miss. John Dux, wlfcof the new Supreme
Judge, lias been chosen a trustee r.f (he Bap
tist church, at Holidiiyshurg. This is the
first Instance in this part ol Hie Slule where
a woman has been elected to till such a po
sition. Ki.kvkx Western I'liion linemen were ar
rested ut Washington. Wednesiiay, lor hav
ing worked on Sunday. Al a bearing belore
'Sipiire Magdl (hey furnished bail and a fur
ther hearing will be held.
Tiik State convention nt Scran ton of Mast
er painters has adopted n si of nil-1 fl dng
the measurement ol work und scale oi pi ice-.
Members of the association are restricted
from making a contract for a price lower
han Hint fixed in the scale, thus avoiding
competition, 'ihe con vent in;, favors com
bining paper-hanging w ith their business.
In his latest sech, Powderly declared
himself a s-ocialist, and says he is but one of
lij.oo i.ooj of thesamo creed in this country,
Listcr Hkipi fit ami Samuel Nelce, two
farmers living near Frie. while cutting tim
ber Saturday were caught bv a lulling (ree.
Ileidler was Instantly killed ami Neice was
probably lutally injured.
John I'm in, of Canonshurg, an oil well
tool ilrneser, while out hunt ng Saturday
was finally injured by falling and accidvn'.
ally discharging his gnu.
William Isswok. a Pole, (brew himself
uudei a Ireigbl I rain at Johnstown yester
day ai'd was filially hurt.
John Mi iifiiv, a coke drawer, was killed
hy a Pennsylvania railroad train on Tues
day evening near leith. He wus ws- ', known
as a tiauip workman.
At Beuver F'alla three sledloads of merry
makers lei t the other night for Darlington.
The driver of one of the sleds lost his way,
and while turning his team precipitated
about Is people down an enbaiikment i
leet. The parly lauded on Iho ice covering
a creek, w inch gave way, letting all into
Ihe creek. Besides receiving a midwinter
butb and several bruises no injuries are re
ported. RonLttT fitt'SAX, a one-legged railroad
waicnmaii nt lluiii'sville Intersection, was
run down by an engine, und bis remaining
liu cut oil. He will die.
Aaot'T 2" business men o' Meadville were
arrested lor not keeping the sidewalks
clean.
Ixa light at ronnellsvillo Samuel Hefner
iirobababy fatally stuUlie l Boss llalsley.
llelllev has fled.
l.Awvnis are searching In (he neighbor
hood of F'ranklin for (lie heirs lo .1. Gardner
Kenyon's estute. Keiiyou died at Seattle,
Wiish., recently, leaving a fortune of over
1,000,000.
At Bagdad diphtheria epidemic is
feared. Thiee children have tiled of the
disease.
Bi n. kit list six Indie who want to be
nominated for school directors. and it issuid
that some of them will succeed in butb gel
ling nominated aud elected.
The Allegheny and the Monongahela
rivers are now frozen over for many miles
up stream. At McKetort the ice will sus
tain a ten in of horses, and all along the
Monongahela there is fear that a sudden
thaw will do much damage to river craft.
P50 UIBLS CREMATED.
A Honible Aooident and Fire in a Ja
panese Spinning Mill.
Japanese advices by mail state that a spin
ning mill al Oasaca burned December 10,
with a loss of 2M lives. Most of the victim!
were young girls. The hundred and seven
ty houses In the vicinity of tho mill caught
lire from Ih sparks and were destroyed
The lire was caused by Ihe breaking of out
of the bells, which, getting between the ma
chiiiery, waa ignited by friction and set
tire to oil 'tud waste nearby.
-Tin i.AKiiKST lodging contract ever let In
the Stale of Washington was signed between
ihe new Tacoina Mill Company and the
(southwestern Kallnind Company. The rail
road is lo haul 200.0110,000 feet of fir limber
off Ibe mill company's lands. The los will
be pawed in Tacoina and a large pait of Ihe
lumber shipped to Nan Francisco. Jt will rn
(joire livf to execute H e ioiUihcI.
CANDY MAKING.
btoiiy or now alTj Kfvnq op
H W KKTM i: TS ARK rilODUC KU.
A Itnt-rel nt (sugar lor Onn Kettle
1 il I nt t'loiim Melt, l-lnucre
Mike Pretty nnd De
licious "liOHllCS."
HE art ami
mystery of
rnutlv niak
r'j Is one
tbnt in for
mer ilnyi
was easily
summcil up.
Its essen
tial elements
x"v
lispil to he skill anil
stifrar. Hut very
m my other thintis enlcr into cunilv "tin
ilc sitelo.'1 Flowers nnil fruits add
flavor nnil frnatunce. and color, too, to
sweetness, says the icw York Press.
Finn candies aro ht ulii fiotn tlio linst
tloulilc rclitiud auanr. It is iml, n liur
(el nt a time, into hi', deep copper kct
(.cs. Willi moiu or less water, nccorilinir
to the consistence of tho ctimly o be
tnadoof tltu syrup. The cooking isilono
hy atciim, vthit.li It tunic. I Into the
jacket two-thirds high around tiio kct
tics nnil soon 1ms cvcrythiiii; insiilo h.
in; hot without datc-vr " of liurninif.
Tnee candy kettles arc wa'clicd all tin
Innf, anil the stc.im shut o.l tho Very
instunt the syrup is cookciI ctiouli. If
it Is to Ijo creamed it "ocs into the victim
ntf mill, where his curvcl iinn arms,
moved also by steam, whirl and toss; it
until (t is n white foamy mns.
Cream is usually "-mndo up" on a
rtOtuOisO
RKE1TIIF.S IX A
fclv.tn table, in which a doziu small
kettles are sunk. In tbcte kct'.lcs the
cream is heated aud worked to a thick
smooth liquid, viscidly ndlictcut I.) what
ever is thrust within it.
Two tir.s nt one end of tho stcmi
table ate iliiing walnut'. O.iu ha n
jiila of kernels ut lice cibow, a iwistctl
loop nf wiro in her hiiiid. Slio lays n
kernel on the loop, dips it down under
the thick, piuk Mirlaco of her kettle,
withdraws it, nnd drops it on a co.trsu
sieve beside, her. Otic swift, deft tuiu
of wrist and lingers has done it all.
Tho uuts no'v o to her companion;
(hey arc ahape'ess obloii'r bits, tho yel
low akin ah.iwins bcto and there
through tho pink jacket. E.ich is attain
set in a looped wire, soct down iietiin
into the thick pinknuss, an I comes up
nearly doubled in sizj. A ipnct wrist
motion sets it on a white paper, where
other pink bonbons stand in tows. Til",
looped wire, though, is not abruptly
withdrawn. Instead it slips nlons up to
the top, draw-ins tne warm candy with
it in two faint horns, then la turned
slowly over nnil is taken away, Icavins
truly artistic curlicue by way ol linisli.
The process is tho same witii nil
creamed nu(s, also with crcii'ncd dates.
Glace bonoons, nil except the very
finest, mo riral molded iu s:tirci. It is
made as tine- as dust und p icKcd smooth
and hard iu lisht wooden trajs. Next
the plastic shapes or molds, undo Ir.'t
to strips ol wood, are pressed dotvii into
this tine packed sturcii, w liuie they leave,
a penect iinp'.iiit. Into these 'prints"
candy watm enpu'li t.) bo II aid is poured
qtiicKly mid lull to hiirden.
At sodiii s ihe cendics have "set" tho
trajs puss into the drying room, which
is hcuted by steam to h device that
evaporates some of the water in the
moi.cino rrrp!?nM(.N'r crttuMt.
syrup aud forms a hard outer crust. Tho
nays are taken out of the moui naiu m
suuu as (bat point is raacheit. tVheu
lliey ( luoroughlr cuUl the boooout
tfVo? (f Z'7 1
r ' 'r-J
mi
are picked out and laid In it tray ol
wire netting. Then ft men with a huge)
bellow! play upon them until all tbl
white dusty starch blanket U blown
away. Next they are crystalixed, which
TUB DBS OK TIIK i"OCiAS)t;t rnriTHtt.
is accomplislic 1 by aprcvlinir them nut.
thin nnd stmUin hot suiur thicklv over
them.
Tho bulk of bonbons aro lini-d in
clui. olale. I'll it is wliat happens nino
timet in ten. no matter wmit the licain
nlMjr. Ami every b.t of chocnluto dip.
pins is hiiml work.
Here is k mi! one mttsitis young, tjrcprt
pea poiis, true to life In form nntl color.
Ho hu bulls of liicdit, y-rcen cantlv be
fore bun of the Mjrue-s of your thumb;
hu bus also smaller nnd paler ones tho
sir.ij of pca. l'liittciiint; a largo one ti
it thic!ish round, be lays these small ones
TANDY FACTOItV.
tltillS till! middle, bends the tw. lobe
up together, and behold your pen p:id ia
ready for its stirir c vit.
Hose lc'ves mid violets arc cr,ts:i!ir;.l
iiy ilrIa: lliein for minute ititu
boilins liot candy, tuUius them instantly
out, spiciidins the n very thin mid then
la w
j.,.,-. . .
mm
Dll'I'ISlt NCCS ('OH IIDNC1K4.
ni'iuklins their, with hot sus'ir :m
alto!;ctlict' tedious aud li'oub!eoiinu
procuis. It is much the some witn j,'Ui:i
fruit, save, indfcd, lint the Iruit niu-t
be cooked uutii cle.ir and sutured all
tlin ;i ;.i.
('ic:pnj(l clioctilatu nud ejlrico nlmnnds
all beii: the suuu way. 1'irH tin uu:
are lilauclicd by sciiliiins iu hot write ,
then I'.m tbrou.di a winuowins mtcliiut
to rctuuvu the lnnls. Then the nhnotids
uto put by the busncl Into biiifu conicil
copper poU swims ut uu ansle of lorty
live Jcjicc.-, an I so arcaiisu 1 as to Im
revolved rapidly uy u stcmu gcarir. tic
the bottom. Steam also keeps the pot
warm, while thick, whitu su-tip isj
poured over the alinouds, that nre kept
whirling, wliitlins, until the susar lie
lh:c' and white all over each kernel.
After I hey am creamed, or they nre
dipped iu t'lioc'ilatc, perhaps both. Fil
berts aud litii.il utits lure the mine way.
Very many cittidit!, especially those
of satiny mrlace, art stamped betwceis
dies. 'Ihe candy, flavored und colored,
lies in it hius roll on a mirble slio, witn
a hooded s-i" na un t kee; it w ir.it
ciKxi-.it io work. It is dntwu nut to it
kiuiill round; a (piic'c knifscits o.t it
length that the ucxo minute his been
cuusht betwixt ifoii jaws an j turuol ti
tipiurcs and cuuuds or what a iupei you
pic.itc.
('uramcls are mndu from solt euu
cream nnd butter, cooked burily euousa
to handle und Ihvorcd with cuocolaie,
maple tujar or molussei, TUu iuas ii
slirtcd soft nud yi'iiuy on n marble slab,
ami theuuliillod to allow of cuttiu.s into
(ijuarcs.
Last and brtt of nit let H be set donf
tbut iu caudy miikins clcanlioett rule
Tbere are said to bo lU'J.OOO lueo
tuotivu iu tin; ivutlu.