MOATED CASTLES OF
Some Picturesque Sights in a Land
Polling Into Decay.
The castle moat, thnt ancient means
of defence, si. famed In song and glory.
Is now scarcely more than a memory
In nil the broad lands of the queen'
domains, Britain to the other, and
scarce see more of a moat than an
empty ditch around the castle. In
nineteen out of twenty Instances even
the ditch has been filled up, and not a
trace of the moat can be found.
There are Just eight castles and
manor houses In the entire United
Kingdom around which Is still to be
found the moat filled with wr.ter, and
to which access can only be had by
means of a venerable drawbridge.
The nearest of these to London Is
Igtham House, In Warwickshire. Not
quite an hour's ride by train from Ixm
don brings one to Igtham Station.
From here It Is a four-mile drive to
the baronial house. The road Is splen
didly kept, and Ib bordered by thick
woods from almost the very door of
the station until Ivy Thatch Is reach
ed, a charming little cottage boasting
an age of nearly three hundred years.
It Is at the head of a steep, winding,
green lane, which brings one to the
wall surrounding the garden. This
wall Is of comparatively recent date,
having been built during the latter
part of the eighteenth century.
The garden Is quaint, curious and
old-fashioned, reminding one very
much of the garden with which Scott
surrounds Tully-Veolan, with Its trees
and bushes clipped In fantastic shapes.
A short walk over the tan bark path'
and one Is at the moat, fully 40 feet
wide, with Its green water shimmer
ing In the sunshine like an emerald
of somewhat pale hue, out of which
rise the massive walls of the castle,
fully 600 years old. A bridge, solidly
built, leads directly luto the tower
surmounted gateway.
It Is a beautiful picture of the ex
terior of a typical mansion of the four
teenth century. Defore us loom gray
walls, covered In patches with dark
green Ivy, carved and fretted gateways,
dork red roofs, quaint doorways, and
leaden lattice windows filled with
stained glass.
The distinguishing features of the
Interior are the baronial hall, and the
private chapel. The
ball Is fully 100 feet
long, with a celling
supported by huge
cross beams of oak.
The walls, paneled
with oak, are dec
orated at Intervals
with pieces of ar
mor. What mem
ories of mediaeval
days such a hall
revives! Days when
the hall was filled
by hundreds of
rough knights and
their ladles, and
great tables groan
ed under the good
cheer provided for
them.
Over In Sussex
stands all that Is
left of Bodiam Cas
tle, still surround
ed by the stagnant
moat. Built by 8lr
Edward Delyti-
judge, In 1388, It ,
has never been -changed,
and what remains of It
Is a perfect specimen of the architec
ture ofthat period. The outer walls
and keep are still In a fair state of
preservation, but the balance of the
structure Is nothing but a complete
ruin. ?n one corner of the moat are
to be seen two stone columns. Tradi
tion has It that these were spanned
by a crossbeam of wood, surmounted
with rows of iron spikes, and that the
first lords of the castle hurled male
factors from the castle walls at this
point, Impaling them on the spikes set
In the wood.
In fair Cambridgeshire Ib the moat
ed castle of Churlellnge, built by Ed
i in the twelfth century. It Is a
noble pile, built In the form of a rect
angle. Here Roger Bacon, the monk
philosopher, spent many of his declin
ing days, and here, In-1578, came
Queen Elisabeth, to visit for three
days.
Huntingdonshire has Hanham Hall,
with Its circular moat. It Is an ugly
structure. It Is no longer Inhabited,
but Is kept In good repair by its own
ers who are doubtless proud of the
fact that It was tbo residence of the
Princess Elizabeth during the reign of
Queen Mary.
The only moated castle that now re
mains to be mentioned Is Great Tarry
ley, in Surrey. The first structure
erected on the site of the present
cattle was a hunttng lodge built by
King John about 1200. About sixty
years later the lodge was destroyed by
Are, and another and larger structure
was subsequently erected. In 1380, tor
some nnknown reason, the castle was
besieged by peasants, and, after the
capitulation of Its little garrison, was
entirely destroyed. For nearly two
centuries no further attempts were
wade to build on the spot, but in 1682
the present structure was erected, and
enjoyed, at that time, the reputation
of being the most magnificent In all
England. Ita outer walls are built en
tirely of huge pieces of timber. It Is
splendid specimen of the architecture
of the' time of Queen Elizabeth.
Nearly all of these castles and
manor houses are In the hnnda of Im
poverished families, and an American
millionaire looking for an English
home, rich In historical associations
and unnue, even In a land of castles,
In the possession of a moat, could ob
tain any one of them at a bargain
price.
WHY SHE KEEPS YOUNO
Gives
r
Hints to
the Failed
Friend.
"Everyone has to do some disagree
able thine In this world," said the
pink-cheeked woman of 40 to the
woman of 25, whose complexion looked
like a hit of faded gray crash. "Hut
there are always two 'ways of doing
disagreeable things and the choice
rests with the person who has to do
them." The faded young woman
looked puzzled and the wrinkle
deepened between her eyes, says
the New York Commercial Ad
vertiser. "You and I Illustrate
the two ways of performing unpleas
ant duties," continued the pink-cheeked
matron. "If I go to bed early It
Is because I want to keep young and
healthy and good-looking as long as
posslblo, or because I am tired or be
cause my book Is dull or for some
other purely selfish reason. If you
were tired to death you would stay
up If you thought any one needed
your society or you ought to finish
your embroidery or you ought to send
letters to China. If you wanted to do
any of these things I wouldn't object,
but you don't. It la the staying up be
cause you feel It your duty to do so
that Is making you old before your
time." The faded woman of 25 sighed
and the cheery woman of 40 went on:
"You give big parties because you
think it your duty to entertain and
make your house pleasant for your
husband's friends. You always look
like a ghoHt at the feast and have a
nervous headnche for a week after
ward. You look forward with dread
to a big dinner, but you give one every
two weeks. I give parties, too, but
not for conscience sake. I enjoy them.
I never gave a formal dinner In my
life and my only reanon for not doing
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BODIAM CASTLE WITH ITS ANCIENT MOAT.
so Is that I don't like them. Of course
I cannot escape unpleasantnesses, but
I take them as lightly as possible. It
wasn't very enlivening to have to
nurse an old third cousin who called
on me one day and was taken down
with the grip. But I waited on her
day and night because I wanted her to
get well and go home. You would have
done the same thing, even for a
stranger, but not for any selfish, ma
terial motive sl.nply because you
would hail It as a duty. When I stand
for two hours to have a gown fitted
I do It of my own free will. In order
to have the gown I would willingly
stand two hours more. No such vain
courage buoys you up. You dress be-,
cause your means and position and
family demand It. I tell you there
is a great difference In how you take
things, my dear. The point of view
Is everything, and the right one,
which Is the wrong one, I suppose,
does one's complexion so much good,"
MUST MARRY.
Or Feast Whole Legislature on Succu
lent Oyster.
The way of the bachelor in Dela
ware political circles Is a thorny one.
In the present legislature there Is one
member of the house, Hon. William F.
King by name, from Sussex county,
who Is a bachelor and a prosperous
merchant Mr. King la about 85 years
old. He wears a beard, neatly trimmed
in the latest style, and there Is prob
ably no better dressed man in the
house. He attends strictly to his own
business and that of his district. Even
the pretty young women of Dover,
who have also learned of Mr. King's
single state, have been unable to make
an impression upon him. In order
that all the members of the house
should enjoy wedded bliss, Representa
tive Donatio of Wilmington, the
Democratle leader of the house, arose
to a point of personal privilege a few
days ago. He said that be regretted
to learn that one of the members of
the bouse wo traveling through the
world alone, and he desired to bave
ENGLAND.
the following resolution read: "That
Hon. William F. King, member fit the
house of representatives from the
Fifth representative district of Sussex
county, be, and he Is hereby, ordered
to have himself united In the bonds of
matrimony within the next thirty days
ensuing. Or else ho shall be fined an
oyster supper for the members of th
house of representatives of the pres
ent general assembly. The lady of
his choice must be tinder six feet
three and must not weigh over 800
pounds." The resolution was passed
without a dissenting voice. It begins
to look as If the members
would enjoy the oyster supper. In
fact, It Is whispered that Dr. O'Dny
has already been Instructed to look out
for some of the flncHt oysters that he
can secure. Mr. King has received a
number of letters from forlorn maidens
In neighboring stutes who want to
link their fortunes with his. He keeps
these letters locked In bis desk, but
says that some day he will show them.
A Baltimore young womnn wroto re
cently, Inclosing a bow of blue rib
bon. Several widows are also report
ed to hnve Implored the legislator to
surrender to Cupid. Some Inclose pho
tographs. Matrimonial Journals have
also been sent to Mr. King, and re
quests for his photograph have been
received. One New York woman
wants to be married In the hall of the
legislature, and says that If Mr. King
consents she will throw In an oyster
supper "to boot." Some choice litera
ture, such as the "Ways of Cupid" and
the "Marble Heart," have also been
forwarded to him, but It any of the
women have succeeded in making nn
Impression upon the legislator, bis fel
low members cannot find it out.
IN COLD WATER.
Annnsl Christina Ilandloep of I-ondnn
Serpentine Bwlmmer.
Long before most of us were out of
bed on Saturday morning, December
24th, a shivering band of Serpentine
swimmers stood ruefully surveying
the Ice-coated course, over which they
usually hold their annual Christmas
handicap. Ice, as a rule, is a trivial
matter to those Indomltnblo spirits,
but It Is a more serious impediment
where racing is concerned. So, for
the first time In thirty-four years the
wholo lifetime of the club. In fact
the course was reversed, the race be
ing started from the east Instead of
the west, thus Insuring a stretch of
water free from obstruction. Previ
ously the winner had always finished
at a flag post in the water; this time
he had to reach tho shore, where the
winning flag was held. At 7 o'clock
In the morning at this time of year is
not a popular hour to turn out for
open-air entertainment, and there was
not a big crowd present; the fact that
the race was held a duy earlier than
usual, too, probably took a certain
number ot would-be onlookers by sur
prise. Tbo race itself resulted in a
somewhat easy win for E. Harrison,
a Cambridge university freshman, who
was given a start of 29 seconds.
A I'm from Sarah IlerntiarUt.
A Loudon bookseller tells this story:
"One time Sarah Bernhardt visited my
shop. I Bhowed her every attention,
and slio seemed pleased. As she was
going out she took bold of my pencil
and asked me something in French
which I did not understand. Seeing
that I had failed to catch ber meaning,
she looked about on the counters, then,
quick as a flash, she took up a volume
ot one ot the very best sets of Scott,
bound In tree calf, opened It at the
very center, wrote something quickly,
calmly tore out the leaf, handed It to
me, smiled and went out." The as
tounded bookseller looked at the leaf
and discovered that Sarah had written
a pass for two to ber performances
that evening.
Rnaala'e Large Standing Army.
Russia possesses the largest standing
army on earth. Every year some 2S0,
(Ho conscripts Join the Russian forces,
which In time ot peace number 1,000,
000 men. On a war footing this ri.ses
to 2,600,000, and calling out the present
reserves would Increase It to 6.947,000
well-trained soldiers. Should neces
sity arise the militia would be r;illel
out, bringing the czar's forces up to
9,000,000 men.
Don't think the woman who pom
as a man-hater can't be Indue id to
change ber name.
KEYSTONE STATE OS CONDENSED
BURNED TO A CRISP.
Cn of Turpentine Explode and Fatally Injurvl
A Child-Two Other May Die
Prom Their Burn.
At Knrthnus, near IHitlols, Oeorge
t.aiidenslngcr placed a run of turpen
tine on a shelf near a stove the other
ilny, when the fluid exploded nnd the
burning contents were scattered over
Mrs. t.audcnsliiger, her child end over
Jessie Hrownlce, a sister of Mrs. Laud
cnplagcr. The child wns Inn nnd to a
crisp, and Mrs. Ieuilcnslnger and Miss
Iltownlee were terribly burned. The
father himself sustained serious body
ami facial burns while attempting to
squelch the llnmes.
The following; pension were Issued
Inst week: Jacob Ijoncrhnugh, doiul,
Ilnrmnrvlllc, Allegheny, is; Stephen
Mellolt. l.nshlcy, Fulton, $12 to $17:
Itlchard K. Hill, Haltshtirg, Indlnna, $H
to $12; Jacob Crawford, Emerson, Hert
ford, I4 to $17: Amiisa Clark. Jr., Lit
tle Marshn, Tioga, $12 to $17; Oeorge? J.
Hunl, Towando, $14 to $17; Henry
ilrant, l.atrobe, $S to $12; Kinrinii"!
Noel, Iteiiver Springs, $14 to $17; Thom
as II. Oallntlii, llenver Falls, $10 to $17;
John H. Caener, 1'olnt Royal, Jiinlntii,
$14 to $17; Thomas Cowan, Taylors
burs;, Clarion, $1(1 to SI7; Liberty Estcs,
Arbiickle, Erie, $10 to $14; John Metdcr,
New Castle, $11 to $10; Kuril h R. Shiv
ers, Vnndcrgi iff, $K; Rnihel C. Ilnr
vey, Indlnna, $K; Catharine Alt, Erie,
$K; Jessie II. Snrgcint, Meadvllle, $12;
Itnchel K. Heelr, Three Springs, Hunt
ingdon, $S; Hiram Rice, Waterforil,
Erie, $; John M. Weston, Simlcksburg,
$; Louis l.iibotilt, Derrick City. Mc
Kean, $11; Oeorge O. Cutnmn. Austin
burg, Tlogn, $ to $12; Levi Wells,
Sprlnglree, ftradford, $10 to $2(1; Win.
H. Cornell, Altoona. $; Martin Knlttel,
Pittsburg. $12; F. Wilson Hrlsxy, Mon
roeton, $2); Richard llcnjamin. Liber
ty Corners, $24: Washington Campbell,
Cross Fork, $17: John Montgomery,
I'linxsutawney, $8; .Jnci.b Smith, Eld
erton, $14; Nlmrnd II. Hofford. Pltts
burg, $M; John W. Lytic. Coalmont, $17;
Holon .1. Knxton, Ornnvllle Center, $12;
Oeorge M. Marks, I'ort Matilda, fill;
Ell M. Parsons, Townnda. fl4; William
Underwood, Armagh, Indiana, flO to
fl'2; John M. Leasure, West Middlesex,
$12 to $17; William H. Moore, McAllls
tervllle, Juniata, fin to $12; Kllsha Hen
nett, Johnstown, $B to $S; Henry Arm
strong, Tnt"svllle, llrdf.ird, $12 to $17;
tieorge Johnson, Btratlonvllle, Clarion,
$10 to $17; Joel T. I'olnter. MeKeesport,
$ to $8; Charles A. Wunrterllch, Al
taonn, $(l to $S; Adam Phaffer, Mlshler,
Somerset, $S to $17; Jam' s L. Illetxhen,
Krle, $ to $s; minor of Augustus Ray
mon, Huntingdon, $10; Mary A. Jaqu
Ish, Camp, Tioga. $12.
Abraham Rlggle, aged over 76 years,
R wealthy and prominent farmer tit
West Ilethlehem township, Washing
ton county, committed suicide Monday
by hanging himself In a cow stable
with a rope hnlter. ills wife discovered
lilin hanging to a beam. He was then
alive nnd apparently In great agony.
Mrs. Rlggln Imd her 2-months-old babe
In her arms and ran at once to the
nearest neighbor, neorly a quarter of
a mile away. She fell exhausted before
teaching the place, but was discovered
by one of the neighbors, to whom she
told of the suicide.
Rescueil fnun a vat containing caus
tic soda Into which he hnd fr-llen. Ste
phen A. Hlckham. hi"ad bookkeeper ot
the Aberfoyle Mills ut Chester, was
saved by being pltiugi-d Into a second
vat full of mill which neutralized the
effects of the caustic soda, llefore this
could be done, however, Mr. Hi( khntn's
elothlii'-r bod to be cut from his body.
The accident happened In the mercur
b.liiR department.
As the result of on explosion of giso
lino at the homy of Rev. William Tay
lor, of Mt. Jackson lost week, Mrs.
Taylor, Mrs. Minerva Mack, James
I'nttetson and John Minger were seri
ously burned. The first three had their
eyes so badly Injured that they cannot
hre. The force of the explosion blew
the door of the kitchen off Its hinges
nnd shattered the north wull ot the
house.
Judge Clayton, of Media, Inst week
sent Alunm II. Hnrrls, colored, to Jail
on a ten years sentence, after his con
viction on the charge of aggravated
assault and battery, with Intent to kill.
With a monkey wrench, Harris, last
January, struck u fellow-workman
mimed Roby on the head, at Johnson's
ouarrles, Wayne. The blow was dealt
from behind and Koby's skull was frac
tured. Last Friday the way passenger
train, westbound, ran into the rear end
of a freight train at Allegrlppus, six
miles west of Altoona and just west of
the Horseshoe bend. John Tsrr, aged
40, engineer of the first engine hauling
the passenger train, and George Keim,
aged 28, his fireman, were killed.
General orders were issued the. other
day from the headquarters of the Nat
ional Guard of Pennsylvania announc
ing that Captain John Frederick Aus
tin, of Company A, Sixteenth regiment,
and First Lieutenant James Turner,
Jr., of the some company, have been
placed on the roll of retired officers.
Harry Shanafelt, of Flatwoods, ar
rested on a charge of raising a fl note
to flO, and trying to pass It at an Kv
erson saloon, was allowed to go to the
Ore in the Jail corridor to dry his cloth
ing. He deliberately set the floor on
fire beside tho stove and then made his
escape through the burning floor.
Harry Kintzer, a prosperous farmer,
aged 35 years, living near Womels
dorff, Is said to have eloped with Miss
Keldler, daughter of a neighbor, and
their whereabouts is unknown. When
Mrs. Kintzer learned the news she
took a dose of parts green and died
within a tew minutes.
Aloyslus Hillenbrand, a foreman on
the Cambria rolls at Johnstown, was
drawn through a pair of rolls, caused
by his clothing catching. His wounds
are frightful. Both knees are dislo
cated, many of his ribs were fractured
and his head was scalped in a horrible
manner.
Mrs. Jacob Walters died at Clays
burg a few days ago, aged 104 years.
Three children average 70 years of
age. Mrs. Walters was never more
than 20 miles away from where she
died. Six great-great-grandchildren
acted as pall-bearers.
Relatives of Mary Myers, who died
at New Castle about two weeks ago,
discovered over t'i.&OO in money con
cealed about the premises, $2,800 In cur
rency and the balance In gold and
silver coins.
Joeephln Wyner, of Canono..,rs
has been Informed of the death cf her
grandfather In Austria, and that she !
heir to one-third of his estate, which
aynounts to $05,000.
Lewis Correll, warden of the aim
house at Bhamokin, died from a stab
waund inflicted three years ago by
John Kennedy, who Is serving ilmo for
the act.
Percey C. Wllhelm, aged 27 years,
died at Easton the other day ' from
heart disease. He refused to take
medicine and put his faith in Christian
science
Conduct r Daniel Beamer, of th
Cambria locomotive department at
Johnston, was killed In an accident In
i the wort I. t
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
Houee
After a lngthy debate the bones
Tuesday morning passed third reading
the Todd bill, making a minimum
school term of seven months.
Making constables of townships and
boroughs ex-olllclo Are, game and r)sh
wardens and prescribing their punish
ment for failure to perform their du
ties. The bill requiring owners of theaters
to advertise prices of admission was
amended to make the penalty for vio
lation of the proposed net not more
than 1,000 Instead of not less, and laid
aside for printing.
Some sensational evidence was de
veloped at the bribery Investigation
held Tuesday evening. Two members
of the House, Representatives John
Kngler, of Lycoming, and Peter J.
Crlste, of Milton, testified that they
bad been offered money to voti for
the McCarrell bill and again to make
the motion to reconsider the vote by
which It was postponed to March 21.
Later Mr. Crlste admitted thnt the
would-be tempter was ex-Representative
Thomns Moyles. a Wllkesharre
book agent.
The house Wednesday morning tnn4t
up the second rending calendar. W. T.
Marshall's bill regulating the manner
In which appropriations shnll be paid
to petml, reformatory, charitable or
benevolent Institutions, which was a
special order, passed finally In tho
house.
A bill was Introduced by Mr. Hare of
Huntingdon appropriating $40,000 for
tho support of the national guard for
the next two years.
The vote by which the Mil extending
the duration of the Hen of the debts n
a decedent on third reading was recon
sidered and the Mil passed flnariy.
The bribery Investigation Wednesday
developed Interesting testimony, though
no such Inrge figures as were men
tioned at the first meeting came to
light. Representative I. N. Johnston,
who Is a doctor, was offered either f.10
or floo, he rould not remember which,
for a prescription nnd the signing of a
paper. Representative 71. F. Miller tes
tified thnt he and Representative
Johnston (both Democrats) were offer
ed tr.0 each by Representative Kpats
i Dpih.) to sign a paper agreeing to vote
for Jenks and nobody else for senntor.
Miller snld this offer was afterward
raised to ftOO In his own case. Miller
testified that he was asked to name his
price for voting for the McCarrell bill.
Hosnck's Judges' retirement bill was
up In the house Thursday and consid
eration was postponed until March lit.
It provides for retirement after 20
years on two-thirds salary, If the Judge
Is 70 yars old. This provision would
make the application of the bill rare.
The anti-trust bill was probably the
most Important measure which passed
second rending In the house Thursday.
A bill was Introduced In the house by
Mr. Woodruff of Philadelphia to amend
the Tlullltt bill by prohibiting the col
lection of political contributions from
or by officers or employes In cities of
the first class, and providing ft penalty
of fl.OOO or one yenr's Imprisonment
for violation of the proposed ait.
When there shall be n violation of the
act, with the knowledge of any city of
ficer or employe, It shnll bo their duty
to arrest or endeavor to procure the
arrest of the offender and to mnke a
full report to the civil service board. A
failure to perform this duty shnll be a
sufllclent cause for dismissal from the
service.
The House Friday granted an exten
sion of time to the special committee
which Is Investigating the charges of
bribery In connection with the consid
eration of the McCarrell Jury bill. Tho
committee had ben ordered to report
on March 13.
Chairman Fow asked tho extension
In the house. He said:
"Your committee to Investigate al
leged charges of bribery In reference
to legislation before this body do re
Rectfiilly report thnt owing to the na
ture and character of the evidence pre
sented and to be presented, that It will
be Impossible for them to conclude
their labors by March 13, the time fixed
by resolution of your honorable body.
They therefore ask that the time of
their filing a final report be extended to
Mnrch 27, IhM."
The tax Mil drafted by the commis
sioners appointed for the purpose,
known as the Creasy bill, and expected
to yield f2.000.(W a year, was reported
to the house Friday with amendments
and will be pushed through the legis
lature, as Oov. Stone has declared that
the additional revenue It provides for
I badly needed. The bill levies a 1
mlll tax on manufacturing corpora
tions. Increases the foreign Insurance
company tax from 2 to 4 per cent, and
places a 5-mtll tax on the now author
ised capital stock of artificial gas com
panies. It also Increases bond tax from
1 mill to 5 mills; places a 2 per rent tax
on business done by foreign building
and loan associations In the state;
taxes trust companies f mills, and pro
vides for the return to counties of all
mercantile license and personal prop
erty taxes.
Snt e.
Following Is the result of Tuesday's
Joint ballot for Senator: Quay. 101;
Jenks, 77: Dalcell, 17; Stewart, 8; Ir
win, 6; Huff, 8; Stone. 4; Rice, 2;
Tubba, 1; Wldener, 3; Rlter, 2; Grow,
I; Markle, 1; Total, 231.
President pro tern. Snyder presided
In the senate Tuesday morning. The
following bills were introduced:
Increasing the salary of the secre
tary of the state board ot health from
$2,000 to $3,500 a year.
Jenks 8. Tubb 1.
Governor Stone nominated William
It. Tucker for master warden of the
port of Philadelphia, the senate
promptly confirming It.
Wednesday's ballot for United States
Senator resulted as follows: Quay,
105; Jenks. 80; Dalzell, 17; Stewart. 8;
Stone, 4; Wldener, 3; Smith, 1: Rlter,
2; Irwin, 6; Tubbs, 2; Huff, 9; Rice. 2;
Grow, S; total, 241; necessary to a
choice, 122.
Senator Brown, of Westmoreland,
Wednesday morning introduced a local
option repealer which alms to repeal
the old act of I860 prohibiting the Issu
ance of any but retail licenses in West
moreland county.
By Senator Stiles a bill was Intro
duced providing for the better manage
ment of state quarries, and for the ap
pointment of an inspector at t2,f0o a
year.
Tho vote Thursday on Joint ballot
for United States senator resulted a
follows:
Quay, 95; Jenks, 75,; Dalzell, 19;
Stewart, 7; Stone, : Wldener. 3;
Smith, 1; Riter, 2; Irwin, S; Tubbs. 1;
HulT. 7; Rice, 2; Grow, 1; total, 223,
necessary to a choice, 122.
In the senate Thursday Mr. Cumlngs
Introduced a bill regulating banking
and trust companies hereafter to be
formed. A special feature was that
"No director, officer or employe of any
corporation to be formed under this
act shall be a borrower ot ita funds un
less application for such loan shall be
approved by a majority of the direc
tors, and then only upon the applicant
furnishing approved collateral of suf
ficient market value or an Indoraer of
such financial standing as to make the
loan good, and failure ot directors to
meet these requirements shall make
each member ot the board Individually
liable for the whole amount of any loan
In violation ot Its provisions.'
MINES AND MINERS,
Bill Introduced la the New Jersey Lellturte)
Prevent the Pormetion ot the Ol.
gentle Coel Truit.
Assemblyman Abbott has Introduced
In the house of the New Jersey Assem
bly, a resolution against the proposed
combination of the coal-carrying com
panies of the country, asking the attorney-general
If there Is no existing
law In this state tinder which such m.
combination could be prevented; to
draft a bill covering the subject, with
penalties. The resolution was tabled
before Its character was explained.
Simpson & Walkins of Scranton, Pa.,
have effected a consolidation of the
eight different coal companies In which
they are Interested nnd disposed of
them to a syndicate, Incorporated un
der the title of the Temple Coal Com
pany nnd hnvlng a capltnl stock of
$2,ri00.ooo. They retsln an Interest anil
Mr. Wotklns becomes president and
general manager.
The Sstintry Iron mine, on the Mes
abn range, has Just been sold to the
American Steel and Wire Company.
The price expressed In the deed of
transfer Is fr.O.OOO and other valuable
considerations, bat It Is said the actual
figure Is fr.oo.oon. The mine covers five
"forties," and lies one-half mile north
of the Virginia. The one Is of a mixed
character, about the same as the Oliver
mine. The bulk of It Is non-hessetner,
but there are spots that contain good
bessemer ore.
The deposits of Connel coal near Hill
Hale, Ky., will be Investigated during
the coming spring. There Is said to bo
good coal In tho vicinity, but the seams
are thin and the Innd Is owned by many
small farmers who probably have an
exaggerated Idea of Ita value.
Dr. Kugene Smith, State geologist,
has estimated the mineral production
of Alabama for the past year as fol
lows: Coal, 8,509,223 short tons; coke,
1,390,254 short tons; Iron ore, Z.202.1&S
long tons; pig Iron, 1.028.459 long tons:
stone for flux, 49H.S59 long tons; beanx-
ire, j:i,mn long tons; lime, 127.S8 bar
rels. For the past ten days A. Howard
Fleming of Fnlrmount, W. Va., repre
senting number of plttnhnrg and
Western Pennsylvania capitalists, has
been leasing coal rights nn lands on tho
west side of the Monongahela river di
rectly opposite Morgantown and ex
tending back three miles. Thre
thousand acres have been leased or se
cured by ten-day options, and Mr.
Fleming says that It will not be many
weeks until one of the biggest coal anil
coke plants In this section will be
built. The coal is of a fine quality and
the vein sixteen feet thick In many
places.
The steamship Venus arrived In
Delaware Hay recently burning sugar
oh fuel. All woodwork which could be
spared had already been consumed and
to reacn port It was necessary to use a
portion of the cargo, worth $60 a tun.
On the same day another vessel
stopped at Iewes for cool. She was en
route from Mauritius to Boston and
hod only 25 tons left In her bunkers.
Senator Cunningham's convict bill,
which passed the Alabama Senate
opens the way for the solution : the
convict problem. Its most Important
provisions are those which require that
from January 1, 1900. not more than
one-hnlf the convicts sentenced to
hard labor for the State shall be hired
or lensed to mine operators nnd that no
county convicts shall work In the
mines.
A Pennsylvania paper says in regard
to sending Anthracite abroad: "If tho
operators owned their own ocean
freighters we think they could afTord
to carry their own coal at $1.00 less
than the present rates and land our
conl In the market at a cost of fin centa
less than the English product. This la
the Important question for them to de
termine end their Interests demand
thnt they Investigate It ot once." There
will be little heard of this scheme after
the leases are renewed.
Naturally Washington operators do
not want any change made In the turlff
on coal and the new Senator from the
Northwest, Mr. Simon, has been writ
ten to upon the subject of C. J. Smith.
general manager of the Oregon Im
provement Co. and the Pacific Coast
Co., which controls the principal mines
on the coast. The duty on coal is a
many sided question. Tho Ohio oper
ators would like nothing better than re
ciprocal free trade, but at the extreme
Fast and West protection Is necessary
If the Industry is to thrive on this side
of the line. New England politicians
are not anxious that the roal trade
should thrive as their people are con
sumers, not producers. If Senator
Simon pays any attention to the letter
asking for his assistance he will find
that he has entered upon a perplexing
subject.
The exportation of Pennsylvania
Bituminous conl from Philadelphia to
the West Indies. South America and
Mexico has steadily Increased since the
close of the Spanish war. Over 81.841
tons, representing thirty cargoes,
ranging from 258 to 1,000 tons each have
been shipped by local dealers since
January 1.-
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
Fhyslolsns report that the ro;e has fully
recovered from tht surgical operation.
Senator Clark, of Montana, wns working
In a mine in Central City, Col., tulrty-alx
years ago.
Oenernl Blr Arthur Cotton Is one. of Eng
land' oldest soldiers, bolag la bis uiuaty
sixth year.
Ex-Oovernor William R. Merrlam, ot
Minnesota, hns been appointed to be
Director of the Cenius.
Baron de Coareol, lately French Ambus- .
sador In London, ha benn elmited a mem
ber of the Pmnoh Academy ot Moral sail
Polltioal Scieoiie.
fleneral Guy V. Henry, Military Governor
of I'ort o Rico, is the grandson of Dnnlel O.
Tomplcios, twice Oovurnor ot New York
and oaoe Vice-Preeldeat ot the Culled
States.
According to an nnnnnocement Issued
from tbo Imperial offl.ee for regulating the
affairs of tiio chase, the Kulr bugged
Inst year H07 head of game while attend
iDg the different oourt liootlug partlei.
President W. It. C'ouiieill, of the Collg
for Negroes nt Normal, Aln.. is tile ouly
colored Prosl lent of a college born la
slavery and telf-ednoated. Hu whh suvea
taen year old before be know the alphabet.
Ex-Commlxsary-General Engiin, who
wu suspended by President McKiuley for
ix years on full pay, for hi attack nn
Qenerol MUes, has gone to Honolulu,
where his eoa 1 largely interested la aoffee)
plantation.
The President of the French Republic re
ceives a salary of 125.000 outright, sod
hi allowance of one kind or suotlier ara
a mach more, making altogether tue sum
of 4:250,000 for keeping up the French
presidential establishment.
Chief Naval Constructor Uiclibura Is no
a Rear Admiral by virtue of t lie proviainasoi
the Naval Personnel bill relating to bureau
ottloere In the Navy Department. Admiral
Ulchborn bu been in the uavhI service fot .
forty-five years, having entered as an ap
prentice boy.
General James Adams Beaver, who was a
member ot the War Investigating Commis
sion, was bora la 1837, nerved lu the Civil
War, an. I lot a leg In the cmiipnlgniutnlnet
Lee iu 1H(I4. In IStM he wa elected Oov
ernor ot Pennsylvania aad served nntll
1891. Alter that he practised law, aad k
ow a Judge ot the Appellate Court o
Feaaavlvaaia.