ST0I1Y OF CIIINIQUY.
SYNOPSIS Of FRENCH -CANADIAN'S
STORMY CAREER.
l.ert it IlliUlon from tin Cethnlle
Cbnrwh Into the Kolil of the Presliy-trlini-(lnc
llefonilod lijr Aurliiu
Lincoln
Iter. Charles chlnlmijr, who died In
Montreal, Que., recently wai probably
tlio immt widely known preacher of
recent years. C'lilnlqimy's life In nml
out of tho rhiireh wns a turbulent one.
din quarrels with Illshnp O'Kongnn of
Chicago led to tho dismissal of tlmt
-bishop by tho pope and drove hun
dreds, mostly French-Canadians, from
the church. Chlnltiny was horn In
Kamnuraska, Quo., July 30, ISO!). !H
wns ordained to tho priesthood In Mon
treal In 1833, largely through thn la
bors of a former monk nnmcd Mnrk
Capucln, who took ft liking to Chlnl
quy when ha wan a hoy. In 1851 Chln
lquy visited Illinois nml during his
travela stopped at the French-Cnnn-dlnn
settlement at riourhonnnls drove.
Whllo there he electrified the memberj
of the church by hlB powerful sermons
end eloquence. He was pleased With
the country and decided to locate a
colony of his own In Kankakee coun
ty, as this was In direct line with tho
project of the bishop of Chicago to
take possession of the rich vnlley of
the Mississippi and the prairies of the
REV. C1IAULE3
west He was met with opposition In
his colonization scheme by the priests
' at Dourbonnals and by Ilev. Mr, Lebcl
of Chicago. Several of the prominent
residents of the village offered to as
sist Chlnlquy In selecting a site for
his colony and, with them, he started
to select the highest point of land In
Illinois for his first town, In order to
tenure the purest air and wator for
the new Immigrants. He finally locat
ed the village of St. Anne, naming It
thus after the fnmous 8t. Anne do
Beaupre In Canada. Within ten days
after the location had been made fifty
families planted their tents about
Chlnlquy's. The hardships of the col
ony during that winter were terrible,
a most of the colonists were with
out money and Insufficiently provided
with clothing to protect them from
the rigors ot the season. Chlnlquy
and two of the members of the camp
-used to kill every day sufficient wild
game to feed tho people. The colony
worked In harmony, and by the open
ing of spring over forty small log huts
had been erected, together with a
church building about forty feet
square. At this time the colony num
bered more than 100 families, and there
were more than 600 adults.
Notwithstanding opposition, over
?,000 Immigrants came from France,
Belgium, and Canada during 1853. The
priest at Bourbonnals had been dis
missed and Chlnlquy was given charge
of the church at that place In addition
to his charge at St Anne. This priest
located Just across the Illinois line In
Indiana, and began proselyting. Sit
hours after the dedication of tho
church the building was tn ashes.
Shortly after this fire Rev. Mr.
O'Reagan was appointed bishop of
Chicago. On one occasion the bishop
visited St. Anne to confirm a large
class and, seeing a fine house tn pro
cess of erection, Inquired who tho
owner was. Chlnlquy said It was his,
and the bishop demanded It, as the
laws of the church denied the owner
ship of property by priests. In 1857 he
was excommunicated. Such was his
Influence over his people that out of
over 400 families residing near the vil
lage ot St. Anne all but fifteen follow
ed him out of the church and Joined
the Presbyterian church. On April IS,
1860. the presbytery of Chicago ad
journed their meeting In Chicago to
St. Anne, when Chlnlquy presented
them with a class of nearly 1,000 con
verts, who were received Into full com
munion of the church. Tfcls action
-was soon followed by the stabllsa-
Diont ot missions In the French-Coa-ndlan
settlements at Knnkakne, Auro
ra, Watseka, Momencn, Mnntnno, and
many other points. Borne of thnso
missions have since died, but a few
havo grown. In 1854 he was sued for
slander In the circuit court of Kanka
kee county. A change of venue was
tnken to Champaign county, nnd.largn
ly through thn skillful pleadings of
er-rresldent Lincoln, Chlnliny was)
cleared.
MONEY IN "STOUT."
I-ord Ivongh, whoso gift of $t.2r.O,OD0
to tho Jenner Institute of Orent tlrlt
nln Is winning tributes of prfe In nil
pnrt.s of thn elvllli'.ed world, Ih Edw.tnl
Cecil Guinness, son of tho gront brew
er of Dublin. Tlio gift of tord Ivengh
In probnbly Ihn most . Important ever
mmlo to science. Specifically, It Is
to be used for researches In bacteriol
ogy and biology, n nm'at 'hat concerns
the life of every man. Possibly nine
tpulha of nil de'itlis nre caused by germ
diseases, and It wilt be to fight these
malndles by tho discoveries of their
causes and means of prevention thai
Iord Iveogh'H money will bo used.
Iionl Ivengh Is tho third son of the
Into Blr Uenjnmln Leo Guinness. He
Is 62 years obi and was inado a bar
onet twelve years ago and raised to
the peerngo In 1S01. Prom tho Im
tnnnso fortuno accumulated by the
mnnufneturo of tho world-renowned
Guinness "stout," tho family have
mndo enormous dountlons to Dublin.
CHINIQUY.
Tho father restored St. Patrick's ca
thedral, and Lord Ardilnun, Edward
Cecil's brother, presented to the city
Stephens Green park, one ot the finest
open plnces In tho United Kingdom,
Lord Iveagh himself but recently gave
In trust the sum ot $1,600,000 for the
erection ot sanitary dwelllnggs for
Dublin worklngmen. Lord Iveagh'g
most recent philanthropic gift Is not a
local or national matter. The whole
of humanity will profit by whatever
discoveries In bacteriology It may lead
to. Tho Jonner Institute numbers
among Its members all the big mon ot
medical and kindred Bclenccs In Grjat
LORD IVEAGH.
Britain. The careful and effective ap
plication of thlB great gtft is therefore
assured.
Identified by Flgeoni.
"One of the queerest ways In which
the Identification of a dead man was
ever established," said a prominent po
lice official ot Kansas City, the other
day, "was that of a man named Davis,
who was a carrier pigeon fancier. He
bad gone out to fly his birds and fell
dead ot heart disease. . Nobody knew
blm and not a line was on his par
son as to who he was. He had two
birds with him. I tied a slip to one's
tall, on which I wrote 'Come to the po
lice station,' and turned It loose. Ia
an hour after his son appeared and
Identified his father."
Ill Principle.
"Are you In favor of an open-door
policy?" "Well," said Agulnaldo, "I
suppose the door will have to be open.
But I want It understood right now
that I propose to be there taking tick
ets." Washington Star.
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDERSED
A YOUTH SUICIDES.
Was llrlr to Considerable Fortune- Writes
Two Not;i met Then Blows Off
llli Head.
ttnmoyn olds, nged 17 years, n high
school siuili'iit, heir to $2ri(i,ooo, nml a
son of clnrk I Mils, one of tin- most
prominent members of I In- Ki le bur,
committed suicide the other morning
by blowing his brains out with a shot
gun. The young ninn left home Inst
Friday to go In n rnrd parly In his
ustiiil good hi'iilth ntnl spirits. About
1 o'l'liirk he relumed, went to bis room,
end hastily scribbled two nut en, one
to his mother, and life other to n young
Vonimi w ith whom he Inn! In en keep
ing eompnny. In lioth of which be
nkod lot glvcncsn for Ills deed, w ithout
giving nny reason therefor. 'I Inn. do
liberntely loading one linrrel of u doit-ble-liiii
i eled shotgun, he snt down nn
the hed, plneeil the niur.xle to the side
of Ills hend. nml pulled the trigger.
The fnlher found the boy lying on the
bed. fnee t:p, the gun lit Ills Hid", the
entire top of his hend blown off, nml
I'lonil nhd lirnins sputtered over tho
Willis, eelllng mid fiirulluic.
The following pensions were Issued
Inst week: John Colloy, Chnmbors
burg, III); Samuel Williams, llazelton,
$1; John Leonard, Weldner, Pittsburg,
lit; t'hiis. J. Alnsloy, Irvonn, Ch-nrflcld,
tS; Itoswell Conk, Cnlovllle, MeKemi,
k to I2: Wm. If. Four, ttays Hill,
lledl'oiil. 1'in tn ISO; Alex Glenn, Dny
lon. tt In $12; (leorge Nutner, Hunt
ingdon. 113 to $14: Hnimiel lllnney, nil
City, K to $17; Itohert Koser, Hyltes
vllle, Jefferson, $:I0 In $72: W. l. Wnr
lioek. New Cnstle, $12 to $14: Win. M.
Harry, Tldloiite, Wnrren, $21; Anna
WIsHinmi, Johnstown, $8; William
Johnston, Lock Haven, $0; Hubert II.
Henderson, Green Castle, $0: Perry
Miller, Liberty. Tlogn. $0 to $8; An
drew Myers, lllg Tree, Greene, $14 to
$17; (leorge Hemiett. I'nlon city. Krle,
$12; Nmiey A. Htlves, Spnrtiinshurg,
$12; Elisabeth Nobler, McKeesport, (S;
Anna Wesley. Ilellwood, $S; I.enh Par
sons, Duncans, $H; Mary I.. Hamilton,
Pittsburg, $N; Frank L. Weiss, Krle,
$S; Aaron I lluscti, New Cnstle, $11;
Joshua Hnyder, Itnyinllton, Venango,
$2 to $(l; David H. Itniiisey (dead). New
Cnstle, $4: William Outline, Hope
Church, Allegheny, $n to 10; Charles T.
Taylor. Turtle Creek. $il to IS; David
A. Illtehey, Hmleksbiirg, $8; Hnrnh K.
McCartneys, ('larks Mills, Mercer,, $12;
Mnlvlna F. Ramsey. New Cnstle, $12;
Kllxii Bidder, Chnmbersbtirg, $K.
Itlehnrd Fox. a young farmer, shot
n mysterious stranger the other night
nntl was a ires toil Wednesday and
placed under $I,IHH) bond. The Injured
man Is under the care of the hospital
physichiiiH In a critical condition.
Many shots were removed from bis
body. He says bis name Is J. (1.
Meredith and that be travels for n
l'lttshurg ruliher company. When In
come to town a week ago he register
ed at the hotel as J. C. MacLeod, of
Huffnln. He states that a continued
spree had tinned his head and he has
no recollection of his actions when be
wondered out Into the Fox neighbor
hoi il nml tried lo enter Fox's house.
After being shot the man Is said to
have laid out In the cold all night.
John Harmon, aged 20. son or Jack
son Harmon of Jackson township, was
necldentnlly shot anil killed by Charles
Hoover of the name township nt the
bitter's home mar Cooperstown Fri
day evening. The young men bail been
bunting nml began fooling with their
guns, pointing them nt each other, sup
posing them tn be unloaded. Hoover's
shotgun contained a full charge, which
entered Harmon's head, enuring ln
stnnt death. Hoover's parents were
present, and on their testimony, a ver
dict of nceldentnl shooting was ren
dered. Harmon was a member of
Company F, Hlxteenth Pennsylvania
volunteers, nnd the last member of
that organisation tn return home.
Five thousand persons, Including
senators and members of Congress,
participated In the closing exercises at
the Indian training school nt Carlisle
last week. Thirty-four Indian boys
n nil girls received diplomas from Dr.
William T. Harris, United States com
missioner of education. Addresses
were mnde by Indian Commissioner
Jones, Htnnlcy llrown, of Alaska, son-in-law
of ex-President Oarlleld; Dr.
Sheldon Jackson and several noted
Indians. Members of the Pennsylvania
Legislature were present.
The body of a man reported tn be
George Gates, living near Manchester,
York county, was found In the burn
of John U'Neel on the Jacob Ilolde
nnin farm, one mile below New Cum
berland, Tuesduy night. During the
storm of two weeks ago the man was
given permission to sleep In the barn
and It Is thought he perished there
then,
Kev. I. N. W. Irvine, rector of St.
John's KplHcopol church at Hunting
don, was arrested last week on a
charge of forgery preferred by Mrs.
Alexander Klllott, a leading member of
his church. He la alleged to have
written a letter to Ulshop Talbot,
signing Mrs. Klllott's name. He denied
the charge and furnished ball.
The State's llnnnees In the general
fund are below $1,000,000, the lowest
for years. At the close of business for
February there wns $816,813.99 In the
general fund, and $108,1611.76 had been
advanced to members and employes of
the Legislature, which Is carried as
cash, making the whole sum of $983,
007.71. MnJ. Charles H. Seeley died Tuesday
at Forkvllle from Injuries received In
the explosion nt a gas machlno three
weeks ago. Mr. Seeley weighed 450
pounds and his great slse mude recov
ery Impossible. One leg was broken
and three gashes were cut across his
stomach. He was a veteran soldier
unci Mason.
John Saurchlck of Tlostraver town
ship, near Oreensburg, has brought
suit against Kui lo LeBkozck, a wealthy
foreigner, to recover $2,000 for Injuries
received at the hands of the defendant.
The plaintiff Is 60 years of age and
Leskozek, it Is alleged, picked the old
man up and tossed him over a fence.
Mary Saroeky, of Bturmervllle. aged
4 years, was playing with a miner's
rartridgs In the street, when It ex
ploded and blew her head off. The
girl's mother was knocked down by the
force of the explosion.
The discovery of part of the body of
a horse In a vacant house In New
Castle, leads to the suspicion that the
family, which recently removed lived
on horsemeat during the winter,
Somerset county citizens are peti
tioning to have the salaries of the
principal officers fixed as follows:
Prothonotary, $1,600: register 'and rec
order, $1,600; treasurer, $1,200; com
missioners, $500 each.
John Plttlnger, who accidentally
shot and Instantly killed Mrs. Sarah
Shoemaker, at Chamberburg, was held
by Justice Haulman IT await action
by the grand Jury. The coroner's Jury
had exonerated him.
Alnnso Kittle, aged it, of Plymouth,
died the other morning from a gunshot
wound received while out hunting. A
companion, named Reynolds, was
playing iih the gun wkn It was acc
identally discharged.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
House.
mils were Introduced as follows Inst
Mondny:
Mr. Ilnrrold of Tlenver, authorising
the nttnehmrnt of wages and snlnrles
In certain eases nnd limiting the right
of defendants nml garnishee tn claim
the benefit of lows exempting property
from levying nml sale under execution.
A resolution was offered by Mr. Has
son nf Vennngo, that thn committee on
ln I1 If building nnd grounds be ills-
barged from further consideration of
the bill npproprlotlng $2.000.0.0 tn com
plete the capltol building mid creating
n new committee to carry out the pro
visions of the proposed net and that It
be printed nnd placed on the calendar.
The order of business lit the house
Tuesday was the consideration of bills
on third reading. There wns nearly n
full attendance nnd the measures
were disposed of In nenily every case
without debate.
The MM In rfuthnrlxe the Pennsyl
vania Connl Company to nbnmlon the
public use of (hot portion of Its ennnl
on the .1 ii nln I ii division from the first
lock east of Newton Hamilton. Includ
ing Iho river dam adjacent thereto In
Mllllln county to the Junlnta Junction
nt Duns Island In Dauphin county,
provoked n short discussion, Messrs.
Nlshet. of Allegheny, Fow. of Phila
delphia, nnd Hare, of Huntingdon,
speaking for the hill, nnd Mr. Kdtnls
ton, of llrnilford, against It. Mr.
Creasy, of Chlumhln, moved to go In
tn committee of the whole for special
innendiiient. The motion wns lost nnd
the bill passed finally by a vote of 176
to 4.
Among the bills Introduced In the
House Wednesday were the following:
llnhlivln, of Delaware, to Impose
same fees on venders of foreign beer
ns are Imposed by the Hosiick revenue
bill on the miinufneliire of beer In
Pennsylvania: also, taxing assess
ment life Insurance companies, except
frnternnl associations; mi act taxing
girts. Inheritances nnd legacies In cer
tain enses nml providing for the col
lection thereof; In regulate the Issu
ing of assessment In Insurances.
MeConnell of Philadelphia, to pre
serve the pmly nnd prevent the pol
lution of streams. It prohibits drain
age from pnper mills, tanneries, etc.,
under heavy penalties; also a bill to
prohibit municipal corporations In cit
ies ro-extensive with the county from
selling or leasing the use of any plont
established tn supply the people with
light, heat or water, without first sub
mitting the (iiestlnn tn a popular vote.
Ilersh. of Phllnilelphln, appropriat
ing l.vio.ono to the University of Penn
sylvania. Mr. Adams, Philadelphia, presented
a rapltol bill slmllnr to that Introduc
ed In the Semite, providing for a $4,
OIKinon expenditure.
The corporations bill of Representa
tive Hosack wns reported back In mi
a mended form In the house Inst Thurs
day. Instead of allowing trolley com
panies to do anything they please. In
Its present form the measure gives
them nn additional powers. It simply
riicilltntes changes of charter which
nre strictly In accord with the general
corporation net of 1874.
A bill introduced by Plmnn Hnrmld
of Henver enmity provided for the com
pletion of the new capltol nt n cost of
Hf.on.non, n,,t Including the expene of
furnishing. Mr. Harrold contemplates
a commission to consist of Gov. Btone
and two persons to he named ,y him;
A. J. Cnsselt. Hon. Wllllnm If. Grn
batn nf Alleghenv. ex-Onv. Pnttlson
nnd Judge H. II. Miller, nf Mercer. To
cover tile cost of completing every
thing. $!ioo.oon n yar Is apnroprlonted.
There wns considerable excitement In
the House Inst Friday. Bpenker Fnrr
adjourned the House In suite of Ih"
wishes of the mnlorlty. When Forr
and the clerks had left the ball the re
malnlnir mnjorltv organised nnd elect
ed Mr. Itllss. of Delaware, presiding of
fleer. A committee wns nnpolnted tn
retmrt the following Tuesdav on the
relntlons of Speaker Fair to the h'ius".
Benat.
Blxteen of tho 81 votes polled for
Vnlted States Senator on Monday's
Joint ballot were cast fur Senator
Juny. Fourteen went to George A.
Jenks, and one to Colonel K. A. Irvln,
of Clearfield.
When the Senate met Monday the
bill providing that the i.'.wers nnd du
ties now vested In the uoard of health
of Philadelphia shall bo performed by
a bureau of tho department of public
safety, to be known us thn bureau of
health, passed second reading, and the
bill 'vus recommitted to tho committee
on Judiciary general for the purpose of
amendment. The bill abolishing the
board of health In Philadelphia then
passed second rending.
The vote for Senator Inst Tuesday
resulted as follows: Quay, 6!i; Jenks,
67; Doltell. 11; Stewnrt, 7; Irwin, 6;
Huff. 8; Stone, 4; Wldener, 2; ltlter,
2; Itlce, 2; Mnrkle, 2: Tubba, 2; Smith,
2; Grow, 1; totul, 196; necessary to
choice, 1)9.
Among tho bills Introduced were the
following:
l)y Mr. Vaughan, to repeal the anti
prise tight act so far as It relates to
Luserne county. This Is said to be a
bid for the Bharkey-Fltsslmmons
tight, to be held at Wllkesbarre.
Hy Mr. Brown, Lawrence, "relating
to the water supply In cities and bor
oughs." This Is a bill that would com
pel cities or boroughs to purchase
private water plants, and Is similar
to the once famous Woods water bill.
Senator Muehlbronner's bills were
the most Important of the day. One
of them amends the prison labor act.
It changes only the first and second
sections of the present law. It amends
by Increasing the per cent which shall
be engaged In manufacturing goods
other than brooms from 10 to 20 per
cent, nnd 60 per cent of the Inmates
of any penal or reformatory Institu
tion or workhouse may bo set at mat
making. As amended the Muehl
bronner act will permit the employ
ment of all tho Inmates of such In
stitutions. The changes mado are
very slight.
Senator Quay was 14 votes short on
Wednesday's Joint ballot.
In the Senate the traction liability
bills were on the calendar, but they
were again postponed, the reason giv
en being the absence of Mr. Magee.
The bill relating to negotiable paper
was placed on .the postponed calendar
by a vote of 19 to 14.
Following Is the ballot for United
States senator last Thursday:
Quay, 6; Jenks, 74: Dalxell. 17;
Stone, 4; Stewart, 7; Irwin, 4; Huff, 7;
Wldener, 2; litter, 2; Itlce, 1; Tubbs, 1;
Smith, 1; Grow, 1; Markle, 1; total,
218; necessary to a choice, 110.
The Mugee bill for the creation and
government of special townships hav
ing a sufllcient population passed the
senate last Thursday. It allows such
townsiilps to arrange for police and
fire protection.
The proceedings of the senate were
without Incident. Senator Muehlbron
ner amended his curative act govern
ing street paving In Allegheny city to
suit objections already raised.
Among the bills passed finally were
the Wents bill, empowering school
boards to administer health laws pn
der certain circumstances; giving an
additional law Judge to Lancaster
county; requiring amendments to laws
now enacted to be distinguished by
certain type In the pamphlet laws; to
provide that In certain cases costs of
proceedings In courts ot quarter ss-
shins' may be placed upon the prose
cutor. The first material change. In the
Quay vote on Joint ballot was recorded
Friday. The vote wns: Quay, fir
Jenks, 65; DntRell, 1,1; Htewnrt, 7; Huff
8; Htone, 4, Tubhs 2; Itltr 2; Wldener!
2; Itlce, 2 Mnrkle, 1; Grow, 1; Irwin,
2: total vote. 102; ns:essry to a choice
12.
' MINES AND MINERS,
Pennsylvania Operators to Fight the Rill Making
Them Keaponelbl lor the Careleae.
neaa of Their Employes,
Plllsburg mnnurncturers nnd conl
operators will send n strong lobbying
committee to llarrlshitrg to defeat tho
bill, which bus been presented to thn
general assembly, to make mill nnd
shop foremen, mine bosses nnd Ilre
tnen agents of their employers, tho
bitter being responsible and subject to
damages ir It can be shown that It Is
through neglect of the foreman nny
employes have been maimed mid kill
ed. At present mine bosses nnd fore
men nre licensed by the state, and Iho
'i'erntors nre not responsible for their
W s. Tho proposed bill has been In
ilotsed by prnetlcnlly all the .labor or
ganisations of the state and various
bodies of more than local ilnmnln have
sent committees to Itarrlshurg tn
lurllier Its passage. Mill owners and
mine operators throughout the state
are arranging to strenuously oppose
Its passage,
A. M, Fretts, nf Westmoreland eoun
tv. Pa., has for some time been leas
lug lands In Hack Creek Valley, mid
In Third HIM mountain, W. Vo. He
bus about a.r.oo ai res nnd will prospect
for coal, ns the coal belt of the Third
Hill tiiountnln Is thought to extend
through these binds. The lenses or op
tions which he Is taking Is In the na
ture of nn agreement by which the
land owners agree to sell their land nt
prices stipulated In thn agreement, the
prices range from $:i to $60 per acre.
There Is abundant chances In these
lands for speculation, ns the ounllty of
coal that has been dug nnd tested
proven to be nnthrnelte of nn excel
lent quality, thn only thing thnt seems
tn be In the way Is to find whether It
Is in pnylng quantities. If this proves
tn be the ense. this will bo one nf tkjo
finest conl fields In the state.
Another big denl In tho Irnn and
mining trade Is about to he closed at
Cleveland. It Is the sale of the Lake
Superior Iron Company, which owns
considerable mining property In the
Lake Superior district nnd n Meet of
vessels on the great lakes. It cannot
be learned who Is negotiating for the
property, but the general opinion Is
thnt It Is either the Federnl Steel
Compnny, tho Amerlcnn Steel and
Wire Compnny or the Carnegie Steel
Compnny. There Is little doubt that
the denl In prnetlcnlly closed, and thnt
the matter will be settled in n very
short time.
Wllllnm Morgan, president of the
Masslllun, ()., Miners' union, has Is
sued a call for a convention on March
li. He says that under no condition
will the miners of the district accept
1 cent less than the present price,
which wan agreed upon for another
year by the Interstate convention, nt
which the Hocking valley was not
represented. "Wo nre prepared for u
long and bitter struggle." he said, "to
retain wbnt we havo gained."
The Florence, Wis., mine nnd other
property of tho Florence Itlver Iron
Compnny, Including over 4 000 acres
of bind In Forest county. Wis., has
bi en sold. Krnest Thallium, of New
York, wns the purchaser, paying $166,
600. Thnlmnn was a henvy creditor.
The receiver will probably bo dis
charged on March 1r, nnd mining oper
ations resumed. The mlno produces
non-hivsemer ore.
Tho Western (Vial and Mining Com
pnny of Utile Kim k, Ark,, posted nn
ultimatum tn their employes nt all
their mines at Denning, Conl Hill and
Jenny Kind, stating that none of their
demands will bo granted. The miners
reruso to yield, nnd It Is now settled
thnt tho four thousand men or more
will quit wnrk, effectually closing
down the entire district.
Joseph I. Frnser. superintendent of
the Nova Scotia Steel Company, Ltd.,
Is In Pittsburg tn Interest some of the
big steel and Iron manufacturers In a
rich ore mine, which, he says. Is Just
being opened up In Newfoundland.
Mr. Frnser says that the ore Is of very
superior quality, and that the ship
ping facilities are excellent.
The long luokcd-for udvonce In
wages of tho otial miners of Illrmlng
harn, Ala., f.Urlet has been an
nounced and went Into effect Inst
week. The advance will be 2'4 cents
for every ton of coal mined, and It Ih
thought within the next month or two
It will be made effective for every coal
miner In the district.
The Hocking Vnlley Railway Com
pany has restored the cut of 10 cents
per ton In coal rates made recently to
meet the rates made by the Norfolk &
Western for West Virginia coal. It Is
said the restoration of the tariff rate,
70 cents per ton. from the Hocking
coal fields tn Columbus, Is also con
templated. This would mean a furth
er advance of 20 cents.
II. Sellers, of Pittsburg. Is said to be
at the hend of a syndicate nf capital
ists which proposes to develop recent
ly acquired copper ore mining proper
ties In North Carolina. W. H. Phillips,
an expert metallurgist, has been en
gaged to pass upon the value of the
property. It lies near Granville, N. C.
Eastern capitals are negotiating for
the purchase of large coal and timber
tracts in tjn south end of Jefferson
county, near Northvllle, Pa. Arrange
ments are being completed for the
opening of the coal fields, and timber
contracts will be let this spring.
The Morris Coal Company of
Youngstown, O., has leased the En
terprise coal mine of Grove City., Pa.,
Idle for over two years, and will at
once put It In operation with 100 men.
senator Lodge's Engraft.
A Washington correspondent writes:
Senator Lodge, who for eome reason
prides himself nn the purity of his
English, was address.ng the Senate on
the navnl personnel bill. He had
reached a lofty oratorical plane and
was telling grandly why he favored the
measure. He gave many reasons, but
the one upon which he luld speclul
stress was "because it will stop the
stagnation In promotions."
"Stop the what?" Inquired a sharp
voiced Senator slttln7 near by.
The polished Lodge started to repeat
the phrase, paused, flushed a,nd slowly
said: "Kelleve tie stagnation, It It
suits the gentleman better."
"It does."
This little passage was carefully
omitted from the record.
Travelers In Australia complain that
almost the only trees In the continent
are eucalyptus, and they afford little
shade, as thev have learned to turn
their leaves edgeways to the sun. The
botanical gardens In the cities are.
however, declared to be dreams of
beauty.
A Kentucky farmer, noticing a tree
on his place filled with something that
looked like black fruit. Inspected It
more closely and discovered that hun
dreds ot blackbirds were frosen to the
limbs. -
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
House,
RtGIITT-FIFTfT DAT.
The House was In session seven
hours Monday and sent to the Senate
two more appropriation bills, the
army, which has been under consider
ation for several days, and the fortltl
cnllons. The former carried about'
I7l,noo,noo and thn bitter npproxlmntely
4,700,0(M, The Drift I conference report
upon the Indian Appropriation bill was'
also ndopted.
KIGHTY-SIXTIf DAT.
The house spent prnetlcnlly the en
tire time of the seven-hour session
Tnesdny passing the public building
bills fnvoralily noted upon by the enm
nilttee of the whnle.
Sixty-one bills In nil were passed,
rnrrylng $!M,'i2,mm, nf which, however,
$7fi0,ooo, the nmoiint npproprlnted for
the New York custom hiuise, Is to bo
repnld from the proceeds of the sale
of the old building. Only one bill
failed, that appropriating $'-,r.,(so for a
building nf Minefields, W. V.
KIGIITY-HKVKNTH DAY.
In the House Wednesday the genernl
deficiency npproprlallon bill, carrying
2l,liM,mii, was passed without objec
tion. The conference reports upon the In
llanapolls public building bill, the na
val personnel bill, the census bill, tho
bill tn reimburse governors of states
ror money expended In organizing
troops ror service In the Into wnr nnd
the conference report on tho omnibus
claims bill were nil passed.
The Inst lingering possibility of nn
extra session of congress disappeared
when the House passed the Senate
army organisation bill. The bill
passed. 2n: d, J2.
KIGHT Y-FIGHTI! DAY.
In the house Mr. Hlllhorn fllep.,
f'nl.) Thursday moved to suspend tho
rules nnd non-concur In the senate
amendments to the navnl appropria
tion bill.
Mr. Dnyton (Hep.. W. Vn.) cxplnlnefl
briefly the nature of the senate amend
ments and the nreesslty of getting the
hill into conference nt the earliest pos
sible moment. Tho nctlon of the sen
ate In reducing the price of armor
pinto to tMXi per ton with the alterna
tive proposition of building a govern
ment plnnt for the manufacture of
nrmor. he said, practically mennt. If
adopted, the embarkation nf the gov
ernment upon the project of manufac
turing nrmor. If this were tn be done,
he snld. the government should nlsi
mine the conl for our ships nnd raise
the hogs nnd corn to feed our snllors.
He rend the report of experts In op
position to a government nrmor plnnt.
Mr. Underwood fDem., Ala.) defend
ed the proposition, for n government
armor factory. Armor was only mado
for the government. It would not come)
Into competition with private concerns.
I no government should, ho argued.
mnnurnctiirn its own guns and armor.
The Alaska code passed the senatn
after Mr. Oiilllnger's proposition tn
strike nut the liquor license - feature
had fnlled. The bill to reimburse gov
ernors of stntes for mining nnd equip
ping volunteers passed.
EIGHTY-NINTH DAY.
The House Frldny passed the army
appropriation bill with nil senntn
amendments nnd the bill now goes t
the president.
rhe house sent the deficiency nnnro-
prlatlon bill back to conference.
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Senate.
EIGIITY-FIFTIf DAY.
The Gorman army bill passed the)
Senate last Monday by the decisive
vote of 65 to 13. As sent to the House)
the measure is from the ennctinir
clause to the final paragraph the work
of tho Senator from Maryland
Thn bill us passeo gives the adminis
tration all the men originally askeil
for 1O0.000 but there Is an ironclail
provision compelling tnu reduction or
the temporary army provided for In
the Gorman bill to the strength of 27.-
000 after July 1, ISKil. Apart from tho
addition or two regiments or artillery,
tho regular army will revert on that
date to the standard maintained prior
to April, 1XM.
EIGHTY-SIXTH DAY.
A frenzy of bill passing was on the
senate Inst Tuesday. The bills passed
were principally public building meas
ures. All the bills passed by the house
and several others were, rushed
through. At a late hour an amend
ment to the sundry civil hill was
adopted appropriating nearly $4,000,
000 for the preliminary work on the
buildings which had been authorised.
The sundry civil bill was passed to
night, having been technically under
consideration throughout the day nnd
evening.
EIGHTY-SEVENTH DAY.
fine of the ilrst acts of the Senate
Inst Wednesday wns the consideration
of the bill carrying $20,000,010 with
which to pay Spain for relinquishment
of the Phillippines in accordance with
the treaty of Paris. The hill pased.
Mr. Tlllmnn secured the adoption of
a resolution authorising the secretary
of war to loan to the executive com
mittee of the ITnited Confederate vet
erans for their reunion to be held in
Charleston, S. C, on May 10, 18119, 10,
000 cots, 10,000 mattresses and 2,000
tents.
The naval appropriation hill was
passed. It wns amended radically In
one respect. The price to be paid by
tho government for armor plate was
fixed in the bill at $.100 a ton. a reduc
tion of the amount fixed by the house
of $145 a ton. The house had made a
reduction of $100 a ton on department
estimates.
In addition the secretary nf the na
vy was authorized. In the event of the
refusal ot the armor plate companies
to supply armor at $300 a ton. to pro
ceed to the construction of an armor
factory to cost $1,600,000. and placing
In the secretary's control $2.0U0'00iJ
with which to operate the government
plant.
EIGHTY-EIGHTH DAY.
The senate Thursday considered th
fortifications bill, the bill being In
precisely the same form It paused the
house. It carries $4,744,798.
itefore the bill was completed the
senate went Into executive session and
then ndjourned.
At the senate's night session consid
eration of the fortifications bill was re
sumed and Mr. Tillman was recognized
to reply to speeches made earlier In
the day by Mr. Gorman and Mr. Lodge.
He said that It was an anomalous
condition that the conference on the
naval bill was tn control nf men who
were proposed to the senate amend
ment to reduce the price of armor
plate. He was willing and anxious to
give the administration all the sup
port It needed, both for the army and
the navy.
The fortifications bill was then
passed without division.
EIGHTY-NINTH DAY.
The army Appropriation bill was
passed In the Senate Friday after a
heated discussion over and the op
tion of Mr. Foraker's amendment that
no franchises In Cuba shall be granted
by the United States. The amendment
reads:
"That no property, franchises or
concessions ot any kind whatever shall
be granted by the United States or by
any military or other authority what
ever In the island of Cuba during the
occupation thereof by the .United.
States."