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FREEHAND, FEBRUARY 9, 1893.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, D. C. Feb. 7, 1893. j
The majority report of the house judi- i
ciary committee, which investigated the
Homestead labor troubles, has attracted '
wide attention. It was written by
Representative Boatner, of Louisiana,
who says therein that he finds nothing
in the constitution which authorizes con
gress to interfere with, regulate, or pro
hibit the employment of Pinkerton or
other detectives, by persons or corpora- j
tions, except so far as they may be en- i
gaged in interstate commerce. "The i
trouble at Homestead," continues the I
report, "was beyond federal or congres
sional jurisdiction. To permit interfer
ence by the federal authorities, without
demand of the states, or to make laws
which would control or effect the rela
tions of employer and employe in the
states, would he to undermine the just
authority of the states and to interpose
federal authority upon a subject of which
the states have, and ought to have, su
preme control.
Representative Fellows, of New York,
is chairman of the committee that will
investigate the spending of Panama
('anal money in the United States. Col.
Fellows is a shrewd lawyer, and as a
skillful cross-examiner has few equals.
Furthermore, he is deeply interested in
the subject he is investigating. All of
which increases the chances for the ex
posure of somebody, if there is any
truth in the charges that have been
from time to time made, both in this
country and in France, of the bribery of
Americans of prominence. Ex-Secre
tary Thompson will be one of the wit
nesses heard. He was president of the
American end of the company.
The senate, which ha 9 only passed two
of the appropriation bills, seems at last
to realize that it is in a hole. Beginning
today, it will meet at 11 o'clock.
Senator Sherman's ability to look out
for number one baa made him a very
rich man, and not a small part of bis
wealth was made out of \\ ashiogton
real estate. Several years ago he bought
on speculation a large piece of unim
proved ground on the outskirts of the
city, and recently a water-main was laid
along the front of that property and a
bill amounting to about S7OO for the .
special tax provided by law was sent to i
Senator Sherman. Instead of paying the i
bill as a private citizen without an otli- I
cial "pull" would have done, he appeal
ed to the local officials to remit the tax,
on the ground that the land was unim
proved and would remain so, as it was
his intention when he purchased it, and
still is his intention, to sell it to the
government to be used as a park. If
the senator proposed giving this ground
to the government there might be some
justice in his not paying this water tax,
but as he expects to sell it (.at a big profit
presumably) he should be made to pay
all the legal taxes on it, just as the most
obscure individual would have to do.
President Harrison caused consider
able comment at the capitol hy his ap
pointment of Judge Jackson, a Demo
crat, as the successor of Justice Lamar
on the supreme bench. Just why he
performed an act so contray to his past
record cannot be understood by either of
the great parties, but none doubt that he
had a deep reason for it. Whether or
not it was done to spite the Republicans
for failing to re-elect him cannot be posi
tively stated and will probably never be
known. Perhaps the old adage, "It is
never too late to mend," occurred to the
president and caused him to commit the
gracious act that has thrown the Repub
licans into a spasm. 8.
LUZERNE is one of the Bixteen coun
ties in Pennsylvania tiiat had no debt
of any kind on January 1, 1893. Why
should Freeland and Foster leave such
a county to enter a new one that would
be compelled to pile up debts aggregat
ing hundreds of thousands of dollars?
Our county tax rate is the lowest in
the state, and we had better stay in
good company than to rush into a
scheme that has for its avowed pur
pose nothing but the booming of Haz
leton. It is a question of dollars and
cents to every property-holder on the
North Side.
The plan of the work, now nearly
complete, to utilize the power of Niag
ara falls is as follows: The river is
tapped a mile above the great fall and a
portion of water drawn off through a
canaL At intervals along this canal
wells or vertical shafts are dug down
into the ground. The water from tho
canal falls through the shafts one after
another upon turbine wheels that whirl
and develop tho power for the machine
works that will be built along the canal.
Great plants are already in process of
erection. After the water has done its
work it passes off into a tunnel which
discharges it a quarter of a mile below
the falls.
Delaware is able to meet all tier state
debts and has more than $.147,000 leu
over. Now let Delaware go in for good
country roads and first class country
school houses.
CLIFFORD ACQUITTED
IN THE HOMESTEAD RIOTS PINKER
TONS WERE LAWFUL.
The Convicted Grand Master Workman,
Hugh Dempsey—Judge Stow© Holds the
Lawyers Down to His Decision That the
Plnkertons Were Lawfully Employed.
PITTSBURG, Feb. B.—Jack Clifford, the
Homestead strike leader, charged with the
unlawful killing of P. J. Connors during
the famous barge battle on July 6, WHS
acquitted last evening.
Attorney Erwin asked to submit an offer
as to the line of policy in cross examination
with regard to Pinkertoniam.
The Plnkertons Were Justified.
The judge said: "These men were going
to Homestead on
a lawful errand f Sjgjk
and had a right to /
go. Even if the JCS
Plnkertons had /'
been going there S\
to take that mill Wb"
by force they were
Justified in doitig
so, and no one has
a right to dispute A
it in this court,
and you may as
well understand '
that now. Such
ideas as you at- HUGH DEMPBEY.
tempt to advance never have been the law,
are not the law, and I hope never will he
the law. It is anarchistic to advance such
sentiments, and I will allow no one to ad
vance such ideas here."
Strikers Fired First.
Captain Rodgers, who was in charge of
the steamer Little Bill, related the story of
the trip. During the cross examination
the court again overruled the questions
asked by Mr. Brennan, and an objection
was filed. Witness said that Captain Iliues
and others on the barges had revolvers in
their hands. Then the firing became gen
eral on both sides, lasting 15 minutes.
After the battle a dozen wounded men
were taken from the barges to Port Perry.
Pinkerton Captain W. H. Burt graph
ically described the battle at Homestead,
aud declared that the men on the barges
did no firing until after 15 shots had come
from the crowd on shore.
After this the detectives sent two volleys
of shot at those on the mill property, scat
tering them right and left. The witness
then described the wounding of Conners.
He saw Clifford just before he started to
run out the gangplank. The defendant
came in through a break in the fence.
Clifford had a pistol in his pocket.
Several other witnesses reviewed the
scenes of the riot and identified Clifford as
a participant.
The Vesuvius' Tests.
PORT ROYAL, S. C., Feb. 4.—The tests
with the pneumatic tubes of the cruiser
Vesuvius were continued at the navy yard
dock yesterday. The vessel did not move
down to the lower harbor because it was
desired to test certain important observa
j tions made from data acquired by a com
j parison of the results of preliminary prac-
I tice with the results obtained during pres
i ent experiments. Beginning shortly before
noon seven shots were fired, with even
more satisfactory results than any yet ob
! tained. Two shots fired from the same gun
consecutively were absolutely accurate.
Had the tests been made on shore the two
I shells would have fallen In the same hole.
The first shot fired for a range of 2,000
yards fell directly on the line. Speaking
of the day's work, an officer said this after
noon that it would lie misleading to state
that every shot had been entirely satisfac
tory. Oue of the shots had, he said, iieen
disappointing, but the remaining six shots
had given the most satisfactory results yet
obtained. It is probable that the Vesuvius
will not go down to the lower harbor be
j fore Monday.
Rhode Inland Odd Fellows.
PROVIDENCE, Feb. B.—The 50th annual
meeting of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows
of Rhode Island is being held here. The
following officers were elected: Grand
master, j. Milton Payne, Pawtucket; dep
uty grand master, Joseph E. C. Farnham,
Providence; grand warden, George F. Mac
kinuon, Providence; grand secretary, Wil
liam H. T. Mosely, Providence; grand
treasurer, Stephen O. Raudell, Providence;
grand representative, John Cockcroft, Paw
tucket; grand marshal, Adoniram J. Gush
ing, Providence; grand guardian, Henry
O. Martin, Olneyville.
Ward and FJnb Free.
NEW YORK, Feb. B.—Judge Cowing, on
the recommendation of District Attorney
Nicoll, dismissed three indictments against
Ferdinand Ward and James D. Fish, joint
ly accused of grand larceny, and three
against Ward alone for the same offense.
In making his application Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Macdona, who represented
Mr. Nicoll, said that in the case of Ward it
was understood at the trial that conviction
on any indictment would entail the dis
missal of all the others.
The President-elect Praises Harrison.
NEW YORK, Feb. 4.—ln reference to the
nomination of Judge Jackson as the suc
cessor of the late Justice Lamar, President
elect Cleveland alluded pleasantly to his !
appreciation of the compliment paid to a
man who had been originally appointed to
the bench by himself. He was pleased to
know not only that the bench "would suf
fer no injury from such an appointment,
but that President Harrison had had such
a high regard for our highest court."
Legislation Against Crinolines.
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 4.—George M. Beck
er, Democratic member, caused a sensa
tion in the legislature by introducing a bill
as follows, "It shall be unlawful for any
person to manufacture or sell, or to offer
for sale or use, or to permit the manufac
ture, sale or use of any hoopsklrt or hoop
skirts or anything like thereunto within
the limits of Minnesota."
The Old Colony Rumor Confirmed.
BOSTON, Feb. B.—The Old Colony rail
road has been purchased by the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railway com
pany, subject to ratification by the stock
holders. President Choate will immedi
ately issue A circular to stockholders sub
mitting the offer of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad.
Governor Foraker Declines a Trusteeship.
j CINCINNATI, Feb. B.—Ex-Governor For
aker will not accept the appointment of
fered him by Governor McKinley as trus
tee of the Ohio State university to succeed
ex-President Hayes, deceased.
Not Any For Boles.
I DUBUQUE, la., Feb. 4.—Governor Boies
( has forwarded to President-elect Cleveland
I a letter declining the secretaryship of agri-
I culture.
SENSATIONAL EVIDENCE.
Allegation* A|;iiln*t Dr. Treverton, at
Uncle or Harris' Victim.
SCRANTON, Pa., Feb. 3.—Evidence which
it is believed will be of great importance in
the case of Carlyle Harris, now under con
victiou in New York for the murder of hit
wife, Helen Potts, has just been discovered
here. Mrs. Harris, the young man's mother
has been spending some days here, and it
is principally through her efforts that tin
evidence was gathered.
The newly found evidence has been ob
tained from Helen Potts' friends and inti
mates while she was a visitor here at tin
home of her uncle, Dr. C. W. Treverton
and from physicians of high standing in
their profession. Some letters are held
from young ladies in the Hyde Park section
of the city who during Helen Potts'visit
hero associated with her, and who were
spoken of as the "arsenic eating coterie,"
and who know more about the troubles of
the dead girl than they have heretofore
cared to reveal.
The evidence gathered shows that Miss
Potts was a confirmed morphine eater. The
claim is also made here that whatevei
abortion was performed on the girl wnv
done by Dr. Treverton while she was at his
home, Treverton's wife being an aunt ol
Miss Potts.
Traverton left this city some time age
and is now. It is believed, living in Chicago, i
Treverton's house burned a short time !
after the conviction of Harris, and nothing i
was saved from it hut his diploma, show-1
ing that he graduated from the University j
of New York. Treverton received ovei '
$2,000 insurance and soon afterward left j
for the west. There is also some evidence 1
that Dr. Treverton encouraged ins niece in '
the use of morphine, and it is stated that I
prescriptions that he gave her have been j
procured from a Hyde Park drugstore and j
are certified to as being filled for the girl. I
OUR PANAMA CANAL FRAUDS.
Colonel Ingernoll Received $5,000 unit
Other Lawyers 825,000 In Fees.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. —After many de
lays the Punama investigation was begun
by the special committee appointed by the
house for the purpose. Charles Colne of
Brooklyn, secretary of the American com
mittee of the Panama company since its
formation in 1881, testified that Mr. Thomp
son was not at the office much, and most
of the business done there was transacted
through witness. He has disbursed about
$3,000,000. After 1883 the principal busi
ness of the American committee was to
seek for subscriptions to loans and to act
as a go between for the Panama Canal
company and the Panama Railroad com
pany, the canal company owning nearly
all the capital stock of the railroad com
pany.
Mr. Colne testified in substance that the
American company purchased the Panama
railroad stock at $290 per share, although
the market price was $l4O, because it was
necessary to obtain control of the road.
Attorneys' fees paid were: To It. J. Inger
soll, $5,000, and Shellabarger & Wilson,
$25,000.
The committee decided to meet again on
Wednesday and if possible have Messrs.
Thompson and Appleton present. Mr. Ellis
Is now traveling in his yacht "for his
health," as Mr. Colne expressed it. The
books of the American company will he
brought from New York by Mr. Colne and
placed before the committee for inspection.
BURNED AT THE STAKE.
A Texan .Mob Takes tin* Execution or the
Law Into Its Own Hand*.
PARIS, Tex., Feb. 2.—Henry Smith, a
negro, who murdered the 4-year old daugh
ter of Henry Vance, a white man, was cap
tured by a mob. The country roads were
alive with people coming in with wagons
and on horseback. It is estimated that
the crowd surrounding the depot num
bered nearly 20,000 people. When the train
arrived a rush was made for the coach In
which the negro was confined. The deputy
sheriffs and the guard of Paris citizens
who accompanied the negro from Tex
arkana drew their revolvers and attempted
to prevent the mob from taking t heir pris
oner. The guard was quickly overpowered,
however, and a rope was thrown about
Smith's neck. He was dragged from the
train and hurried to the scene of his crime.
All along the route he was pelted with
missiles, struck by fists and otherwise mal
treated. He was tied to a stake, and alter
being subjected to every conceivable tor
ture lie was cremated amid the howling of
the mob.
Tern.' Governor Denounce, the Mob.
AUSTIN, Feb. B.—Governor sent a
message to the legislature concerning the
lynching of the negro Smith nt Paris hy a
molt, the governor strongly denounces the
torturing and burning anil wishes to have
laws made to punish those who participate
in lynching. He denounces Smith's slayers
as murderers.
Donoghuo Anxlou. to.Sleet If agon.
N'EWBURO, N. Y., Kelt. 8.-The Newburg !
Skating association will give a purse of i
1800 as a bonus for Hagen to meet Joe Don
ogliue in a it-mile race at this city within
20 days. Donoghue Bays that, as chances
of a race between hiruself and Hagen for a
purse are very slim as It stands at present,
he will meet Hagen in an exhibition race
of five miles as stated for honors only. If
such a race cun be arranged, Newburg sport
ing men stand ready to back Donoghue In
bets for $25,000.
Murderer McDowell Confesses.
BENNINGTON, Vt., Feb. 4.—Officers here
have been notified by authorities in Nur
walk, Conn., of the arrest and confession
in that place of Henry McDowell, who
killed John Crowley at Glsstonhury, near
here, in April, 1892. One night lie coolly
walked into town and told what he had j
done. He as coolly walked away and has !
not been seen since.
A Cabinet Rumor From Boston.
BOSTON, Feb. 7.—There Is a rumor cur
rent that the portfolio of state has been of
fered to John Quincy Adams by the presi
dent-elect. At hiß residence on Common
wealth avenue today Mr. Adams could
not be seen. His secretary refused to say if
there was any truth in the report.
The Haytian Minister Arrives.
NEW YORK, Feb. 4.—Among the passen
gers arriving on the Dutch steamer Prince
Wilhelm 11, from Amsterdam via Port au
Prince, was Mr. C. Haentjeus, minister
plenipotentiary of the Haytian government
to the United States.
West Point Appointments.
\\ ABIIINGTON, Feb. B.—The following ap
pointments have been made to the Military
academy at West Point: H. K. Cloke of
Trenton, with W. S. Fennimore of Beverly
as alternate.
Nellie Grant's Husband Dead.
LONDON, Feb. 7.—Algernon Sartoris, who
married Nellie Grant, died on Friday at
Capri, Italy. He had not lived with his
wife for some years.
ANNA E. DICKINSON SUES.
The Doctors Who Committed Her to the
Insane Asylum the Defendants.
SCR ANTON, Pa., Feb. 6.—Miss Anna E. :
Dickinson, lecturer and actress, lias
brought three suits in the circuit court of
the United States directed against eight'
cians. askingdam-
T a^ts in tlie n^re '
gate sum of $125,-
yajjf 000. These suits
are against the
i*L ..... instrumental in
lodging her in the
• against James j
ANSA E. DICKINSON. Courtwright.G. B.
Thompson, Allen I
Kggleston, John B. Heilmaii, George Un
derwood and Henry Bryden. In this $50,-
000 damages are asked. In the second suit
I)r. George Underwood of Pittsburg is
made defendant, and damages are placed
at $50,000. The third suit is against Dr.
James Oglesby of Danville, from whom
damages are asked in the sum of $25,000.
Miss Dickinson, after referring to her al
leged forcible removal to an asylum, de
clares that the examination the physician*
made as to her condition was hastily, im
properly, negligently and insufficiently
done. In consequence of her imprisonment
she suffered mental and physical agony
was subjected to indignities and pain from
wounds and from exposure and for five
weeks was kept in the asylum, during
which time she was prevented from pursu
ing her vocation as a lecturer. For these
reasons she believes that she is entitled to
damages in the aggregate sum of SI2S,(XX),
which she now claims. The case will prob
ably be tried at the March term of court.
FOY PRONOUNCED GUILTY.
He Receives the Jury's Verdict With an
Air of liravudo.
BALLBTON, N. Y., Feb. 2.—The jury in
the Foy murder case came into court and
asked that the evidence given by eye wit
nesses of the shooting be read to them.
The testimony showed clearly that the
second shot, which struck Miss Wilson in
the back of the neck, nearly severing the
spinal cord, was the fatal one, and not
the third one, which was fired after Foy
had shot himself twice in the forehead.
The jury retired, and Judge Holmes, who
had been standing out alone that the third
shot was the one which caused death and
which was fired after Foy had been crazed
by bullets striking his skull, now became
convinced of the prisoner's guilt and agreed
with the other 11 jurymen.
Foreman Sickler announced that they
had agreed and that their verdict was
guilty of murder in the first degree. Foy
took his fate nonchalantly and walked
back to his cell with the same air of
bravado that has distinguished him in jail.
His aged father sat by his side and seemed
to realize that the verdict was the inevita
ble result of the evidence.
ANOTHER HOMESTEADER GUILTY.
Robert J. Heatty Fouiul Guilty of Com
plicity In l'ulttoiiliig.
PITTSBURG, Feb. 3.— A verdict of guilty
as indicted was rendered in the case of
Robert J. Beatty, charged with complicity
in the poisoning at Homestead. It was
just nine minutes from the time the jury
retired until they reported their verdict
ready. When the verdict was rendered
Beatty was taken back to jail. He looked
very much worried, the very noticeable
change in his countenance indicating his
great disappointment.
Another Inland Seeks Admission.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7.—Colonel Charles
E. Dailey, the Ameiican commissioner for
King Teburiemo of Butaritari, one of the
Gilbert islands, has forwarded to the state
department at Washington a protest from
the king aguinst the forcible seizure of his
islands by the British government while
negotiations were progressing with the
United States. He asks the protection of
the United States or annexation. Advices
from Butaritari state that Captain Davis
of the British navy, who seized the islands,
was very arbitrary in his conduct He was
insulting to Americans on the island and
übusive to the king. Representatives of the
island king in this country state that the
British made haste to seize the islands some
months ago on receipt of the information
from Sydney that the king had gone to the
United States to ask protection.
To Connect Fondu and Fultonvllle.
FONDA, N. Y., Feb. 3. —A company with
a capital of SIOO,OOO has been organized to
build an electric railway between Fonda
and Fultonvilie. The road will he oper
ated in connection with the one being built
from Fonda toGloversville. Ex-Coniptrol
lerWemple and Ex-Superintendent of Pub
lic Works Shanahan are among the di
rectors. _
Phillips ItrookH* Estate.
BOSTON, Feb. 8. —Bishop Brooks' estate
is barely sufficient to cover the amounts
named in his will, aggregating $10,500. I)r.
Brooks never permitted himself to receive
any emoluments outside his salary either
as rector or bishop, and he gave from his
income with an open handed but wise
charity.
A Yellow Covered Tale.
ROCKVILLE CENTER, L. 1., Feb. 4.—This
town is stirred by the attempted elopement
of pretty Miss Stella Bright man with Deer
foot, the head medicine man of the Kicka
poo medicine tribe. Stella was locked up
by her mother. She wore a bright red
Kickapoo squaw's costume when captured.
Populist Senator From Nebraska.
LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. B.—Judge W. B. Al
len, Populist, was elected United States
senator today, receiving 70 votes, 4 more
than necessary to a choice. The vote for
Paddock, Republican, was 57. All the in
dependents and Democrats voted for Allen.
His election was then made unanimous.
Port Itoyal Mines Ablaze.
WEST NEWTON, Pa. Feb. 4.—The fires in
the Port Royal Coal and Coke company's
mines are now burning with the fury of a
.furnace. All efforts to reach the part where
John Gettings is supposed to have lost his
life have been abandoned, and attention is
now given to extinguishing the flames.
Egyptian Affairs Serious.
LONDON, Feb. 4.—Lord Cromer, the Brit
ish minister to Kgypt, says that the condi
tion of affairs in Kgypt may compel the
landing of nil the British troops who have
been ordered to that country.
Mrs. Whitney Dead.
NEW YORK, Feb. 6.—Mrs. "William C.
Whitney, wife of the ex-secretary of the
navy, died at her home, 2 West Fifty
seventh street, at 8 o'clock Sunday morn
ing of heart disease.
THE DEACON DIVORCE.
The Decree Granted Upon Arrangement
With Mm. Deacon.
PARIS, Feb. 3.—About a month ago Mr.
Deacon offered to his wife the following
conditions: That the eustody of the thra
elder children should be given to him; that
his wife should acknowledge that tht
charges of cruelty made against him in the
Paris proceeding were false; that she should
consent to a decree in the Paris proceeding
granting him a divorce, and that she should
relinquish the name of Deacon and resume
her maiden name of Baldwin. Mr. Deacon,
on the other hand, was to abandon tin
proceedings in Grasse and in New York.
Mrs. Deacon after consideration agree!
to these terms and gave evidence of la
consent in writing. Therefore the divon
was granted. It is understood that Al
Deacon will shortly return to Amer
with Gladys.
DR. GRAVES OUT ON BAIL.
Once Sentenced to He-Hung, Now Frc- Ui
dec $5,000 Bonds.
DENVER, Feb. 0. —Dr. T. Thatcher Graves
who a little over a year ago was convicted
of poisoning Mrs. Josephine Barnaby of
Providenceand was sentenced to be hanged,
but subsequently
, V granted a new
\ trial, was released
t\ from the peniten
&X tiary and came
immediately to
Denver. He came
here for the pur-
Py pose of furnishing
bail Pending are
Upon his arrival
v ' the formality of
DR. T. T. GRAVES. frni9ln K bonds
was gone through
with, and the doctor was allowed his free
dom. The amount of bail given was $5,000
Dr. Graves is lmle and hearty and does
not show any truces of his long imprison
ment. He retains his old time courtesy
and pleasant manner. The doctor is of
course happy at being free again, as there
is no probability of his ever being tried the
second time because of the great expense
attached to the trial and the absence of
witnesses.
TO TELEPHONE HANDWRITING.
A New Company Which Will Do A\va\
With the Telephone Girl.
CHICAGO, Feb. 2. —A new telephone com
pany is chartered here with $80,000,000 cap
ital to work under the Harrison patent.
The Harrison patent was some time ago
involved in a lawsuit with the Bell Teh
phone company. The case was hotly con
tested before the supreme court of tin
United States and was the first in which
the Bell company ever suffered defeat. The
incorporators claim that they can give
service for one-half the rates now charged.
President. Feree said: "We will construct
a circuit between New York, Boston, Buf
falo, Cleveland, Detroit, St. Louis, Louis
ville, Cincinnati, Pittsburg, Philadelphia,
Washington, Baltimore and from then
back to New York.
"One of the most important features of
our new system is that it is expected to do
entirely away with the telephone girl. We
do this by a system of automatic switch
boards. In conjunction with the telephone
we will have a new system of telegraphy
by which messages are written out, and an
exact facsimile is transmitted to the re
ceiver."
CHICAGO AND INAUGURATION RATES
The Trunk Line Agents Establish High
Tariff For the Events of 1893.
NEW YORK, Feb. 4. —At a meeting of the
executive committee of the Trunk Line as
sociation it was agreed to sell tickets to and
from the World's fair at Chicago at a
20 per cent reduction from present rates,
with one stop over in each direction. It was
also agreed to sell unlimited tickets at the
fares now charged for limited tickets. This
arrangement will take effect April 15 and
continue until Oct. 30.
Rates to Mr. Cleveland's inauguration
at Washington will be made on a busis of
2 cents a mile each way.
Alaska Wants Homo Kule.
SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 4. Late advices
from Alaska are to the effect tliat the citi
zens of that territory are earnestly work
ing for home rule. A convention will meet
in Junsau this month to elect a delegate
who will carry to Washington a petition
asking the following legislation: A delega
tion in congress, home rule, modification
of the present prohibitory law and a law by
which the public lunds may be taken up by
actual settlers.
Major Pond's Daughter Keeks Divorce.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 7.—There was much
surprise in theatrical and musical circlesol
this city when it became known that Edith
Hand, nee Pond, daughter of Major J. H.
Pond, the manager of lecturing tours, had
begun suit in this city lor an absolute di
vorce from her husband. Elmer E. Hand.
Edith is a singer of ability and has a repu
tation in musical circles both in this city
uud New York.
Hell's Telephone Patents Fx pi ring.
ELIZABETH, N. J., Feb. B.—The old Mucci
Telephone company, of which J. It. English
of tlds city is president, is about to revive
Its charter and begin active operations here
and in other cities of this state. The Mucci
| company had a regular system in operation
I some years ago, hut had to suspend busi
ness oil account of infringing the Hell com
pany's patents, which are now expiring.
New Jersey Repeaters.
JERSEY CITY, Feb. 4. —The argument in
the Kiddle-Hoffman contested senatorial
election case from Atlantic county was
continued before the senate committee. 1
j The evidence went to show that some men
had voted in Philadelphia and Camden
and then went to Atlantic City and voted I
there. The hearing will be continued at |
Trenton ou Tuesday.
A Reception to Governor Pnttlson.
1 FRANK 1.1 if, Pa., Feb. 4. —The reception
tendered Governor Pattison and staff by
General Wylie and staff of the Second
Brigade, N G. P., in this city last evening
was the most brilliant social affair of the
seasou.
Lamar's Successor Appointed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—Howell E. Jack
son of Tennessee was appointed by the
president to he associate justice of the
supreme court of the United States, vice
L. Q. C. Lamar, deceased.
Fell Into a Rolling Vat.
NEWARK, N. J., Feb. 7.— Peter Reilly, an
employee of the Newark Licorice works,
fell into a vat of boiling iicorice. lie was
frightfully scalded and died in a few
I hours.
Hon. Joseph I*. Couiegys Dead.
DOVER, Del., Feb. 2.—Joseph P. Come*
gys, ex-chief justice of this state, died at
I his residence. He was born near Dover In
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BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS
INTERESTING HAPPENINGS OF THE
WORLD FROM FAR AND NEAR.
The Development* of Kach Day During
the Week Caught Fresli From the lluny
Wire* uutl Carefully Edited and Con
demned For Our Headers.
Thursday, Feb. 2.
Stephen Decatur Johnston, the veternn
hotel keeper of the Thousand Islands and
proprietor of the Isaak Walton House,
died of puralysis.
An explosion of firedamp occurred in the
General von Dluinent hal coal pit at Reck
linghausen, Westphalia. Eighteen miners
were killed instantly and 17 were injured.
Hon. George C. Shearer died at Watkins.
N. Y., aged 75 years. In 1862 he was
elected judge of Schuyler county and
served one term.
Miss Ethel Rogers and Miss Elizabeth
Reeves, pupils of Linden Hall seminary,
Lancaster, Pa., have died of diphtheria at
that place.
A record of accidents in and around Bos
ton caused by the electric street cars in
1892 shows that 10 persons were killed aud
205 injured.
In the Tennessee senate Tuesday a reso
lution advocutiug the amendment of the
United States constitution so as to elect
United States senators by direct vote of
the people was adopted.
Ex-Governor Robinson of Massachusetts
has been retained as counsel for Lizzie
Borden.
Friday, F. b. 3.
Maurice Morlarty of Ware, Mass., over
seer of mason work on the Central Massa
chusetts railroad, was killed by a milk
train at West on. A colored man was killed
at the same time.
The First National bank of Little Rock
has failed for $500,000.
George M. Pullman intends to present
Chicago with a children's hospital.
Four negroes suspected of having killed
two country merchants were lynched at
Rich lands, Va.
Powell, Partridge & Storer's brick and
terra cotta works at Rocky Hill, N. J., were
destroyed by fire.
It is said Mrs. Blaine and her sister, Gail
Hamilton, intend to write the life of James
G. Blaine.
Dr. Lancaster Drew, secretary and treas
urer of the Central Savings Fund, Trust
ami Safe Deposit company, Philadelphia,
has disappeared, and his accounts are said
to be SIO,OOO short.
At Xenia, 0., a paper mill was complete
ly destroyed by fire. Two hundred men
are thrown out of employment.
Saturday, Feb. 4.
Ex-Secretary Thomas F. Bayard and Mrs.
Bayard arrived at Niagara Falls and are
quartered at the Prospect House.
At Schenectady Margaret Thurber, aged
82, and her 5-year-old daughter Josephine
were fatally burned. The little girl's
clothes caught fire, and the mother tried
to extinguish them.
John McAdams of the firm of McAdams
Brothers, Penn Yan, N. Y., was run over
by the cars at Dresden last night, crushing
hot h legs. He died this morning.
General John F. Hallier died at his resi
dence in Philadelphia. He was boru in
Wurtemburg in 1815 and came to Philadel
phia in isas.
The president sent to the senate the nomi
nation of J. Rice Winchell to lie collector
of customs for the district of New Haven.
Johu Cooper, the tramp indicted for the
murder of George L. Cottle, a reputable
citizen of Skaueatelc* Junction, N. Y., was
declared guilty of murder in the second
degree.
Monday, Feb. O.
Dr. Horace Lathrop, a prominent physi
cian of Cooperstown and a member of the
State Medicul society, has been stricken
with apoplexy. It is feared that he will
not recover.
Miss Sallie C. Koop, 28 years old, com
mitted suicide in Brooklyn by taking chlo
roform, and then she fired four shots into
her left breast. Miss Koop was the daugh
ter of Herman 11. Koop, a wealthy retired
merchant, who died suddenly lour yeurs
ago.
Judge L. C. Lincoln, a prominent attor
ney of Conway, Ark ,is dead. He was a
third cousin to ex-President Abraham Lin
coln.
Dr. Spencer C. Dovnn, past assistant, sur
geon of the United States Marine hospital
service, died at Philadelphia.
Stephen A. Walker, who was United
States district attorney in New York In the
latter part of President Cleveland's term
and who was for seven successive terms
president of the board ot education, died
of pneumonia.
Stephen Vanderpool, a wealth farmer
living near Clyde, N. V., cut his throat.
Tuesday, Feb. 7.
Chancellor McGill granted a writ, of er
ror in the case of Wesley Warner, sentenced
to be hung at. Mount Holly, N. J., on
March 15 for the murder of Lizzie Peak.
A train from New London on t he Consoli
dated road struck a woman named Arm
strong and her infant child at Shannock,
R. 1., instantly killing the child and Injur
ing tlie woman so severely that she will
probably die. The woman became bewil
dered on the track.
Sherman Weldon, a bachelor, 35 years
old, was frozen to death on the road be
tween Charleston aud Rural Grove, N. Y.
Charles W. Walworth, president of the
New York Walworth Business college, is
dead. He conducted commercial colleges
in Utlca, Philadelphia, Washington and
Detroit.
Professor J. H. Worcester, Jr., T). D ,
professor of systematic theology at the
Union Theological seminary, New York,
died of heart failure.
W'(liie(lay, Feb. 8.
C. J. Hamlin of Buffalo sold the famous
pacer Jocko to A. E. Perren. Jocko lias a
record of 2:16K over a mile track. He is
one of the Hal Pointer type and went A
trial mile in 2:14.
Thomas Coyne called upon one of his
neighbors in Miuooka. In the morning
his dead body was found lying outside the
house.
Dr. Benjamin S. Van Zile was found
guilty by a Brooklyn jury of manslaughter
in causing the death of Lillian Cook
through malpractice.
Ilenry Kamm, a young man who figured
prominently iu the George manslaughter
case at Leeds, N. Y., about two years ago,
has been declared insane and taken to the
Hudson River Insane hospital at Pougli
keepsie.
Frank Madden, a Rochester bookkeeper,
jumped from the Genesee river bridge to
the river bed, a distance of 125 feet.
Augustus Jost, who shot his wife at
their home at Glen Cove, N. Y., on Oct. 10
last, was convicted of murder in the second
degree, and Judge Brown sentenced him
to Sing Sing at hard labor for the remainder
pf bis natural life.
lias the
Xjarg-est Stcr®
in town. Bargains are prevail
ing this week in all depart
ments.
Ladies' Coats.
Newmarkets at half price.
An $8 coat for $5.
A $lO coat for $5; etc.
Special Bargains
In Woolen Blankets.
Have them from 79 cents a
pair up.
Remember, men's gum boots,
Cnndee, $2.25
Mnifs, 40 cents up to any
price you want.
Ladies' woolen mitts. 2 pair
25 cents; worth 25 cents a pair.
Some 50-cent dress goods at
25 cents.
All-wool plaid, which was 00
cents, now 39 cents.
Some Special Things
In Furniture.
A good carpet-covered lounge,
$5.
A good bedstead, $2.25.
Fancy rocking chairs, $3.50.
Ingrain carpet for 25 cents a
yard.
Groceries & Provisions.
Flour, $2.15.
Chop, sl.lO and $1.15.
Bran, 50 cents.
Bologna. 8 cents.
Cheese, N. Y., 13 cents.
Tub butter, 28 cents
18 pounds sugar SI.OO.
5 pounds Lima beans, 25 cents.
5 pounds currants, 25 cents.
5 pounds raisins, 25 cents.
6 bars Lenox soap, 25 cents.
6 bars Octagon soap, 25 cents.
3 packages pearline, 10 cents.
Best coal oil, 12 cents.
Vinegar, cider, 15 cents gal.
Cider, 20 cents a gallon.
Syrup, No. 1, 35 cents gal.
No. 1 mince meat, 10 cents.
3 pounds macaroni 25 cents.
3 quarts beans. 25 cents.
0 pounds oat meal, 25 cents.
FftEELAND
READY
PAY.
J. C. Berner,
Spot Cash.
Promoter of Low Prices.
IF'reelan.d., - -
CITIZENS' BANK
OF
FEE ELAND.
15 Front Street.
Capital, - gpSO,OOC.
OFFICERS.
JOSEPH RIRKBECK, President.
H. C. KOONS, Vice President.
R tt. DAVIH, Cashier.
JOHN SMITH, Secretary.
DIRECTOKB.
Joseph Rirkbeck, Thomas Rirkbeck, John
Wagner, A Hudewick, H. C. KOOIIH, Charles
Dusheck, William Kemp, Mathias Schwnhe,
John Smith, John M. Powell, 2d, John Liu r ton.
&T~ Three per cent, interest paid on saving
deposits.
o|h?m daily from 9 a. m. to 4p. m. Saturday
evenings 1 nun 6 to 8.
The Delaware, Susquehanna
and Schuylkill R R, Co.
PASSKNQEK TRAIN TIME TAIILE.
Taking Effect, September 15, 1892.
Eastward. STATIONS. Westward,
p.m. p.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m.
5 00 1 02 7 60 Shcppton 7 40 10 20 3 49
Atsool 08 7 50 Oneida L J 7 '* 14 313
Ll 5 12 124 8 (fc> 1 neiaa A j 10 ., ;w
520 1 37 H 18 Humboldt Road 7 10 950 324
529 140 821 Harwood U..Hd 707 947 321
635 147 830 Oneida Junction 700 940 3 15
i{B >" i{SM
s <r >l B. Meadow Road 028
tt®! Btoe- ton Jet. 019
6 12 Eeklej Junction 0 10
tt£* Drilton 0 00
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