SENATE COpiTTEES Republicans Complete the Work of Filling Them. fioino of the Important Commltteo Chairmen Whose Names Will Be Submitted to the Caucus This Evening—Every Republican and Member Taken Care Of. Washington, Dec. 17.—The republi can committee to fill the committees of the senate completed its labors last night and directed a call for a caucus immediately upon the adjournment of the senate to-day. When this caucus convenes Mr. Mitchell, chairman of the committee, will submit aud the caucus will approve the list of chairmen as agreed upon. Every republican and populist member of the senate is taken eare of. The chairmen of the important committees arc: 801110 of the Chairmen, f'" Agriculture: Proctor, Vermont. Ap propriations: Allison, lowa. Contigent expenses: Jones, Nevada (pop.). Cen sus: Chandler, New Hampshire. Civil Service and Retrenchment: Pritchard. North Carolina. Claims: Teller, Colo rado. Coast Defenses: Squire, Washing ton. Commerce: Frye, Maine. District of Columbia: McMillan, Michigan. Edu cation and Labor; Shoup, Idaho. En rolled Bills: Sewell, N.J. To examine the several branches of the civil serv ice: Peffer, Kansas (pop.). Finance: Morrill, Vermont. Foreign rela tions: Sherman, Ohio. Im migration: Lodge, Massachusetts. Indian depredations: Wilson, Washing ton. Interstate commerce: Cullom, Illinois. Judiciary: Hoar, Massachu setts. Manufactures: Wetmore, Rhode Island. Military affairs: Haw ley, Con necticut. Naval affairs: Cameron. Pennsylvania. Patents: Piatt, Connec cut. Pensions: Gallinger, New Hamp shire. Postoffices and post roads: Wol cott, Colorado. Printing: Ilalc, Maine. Privileges aud elections: Mitchell. Oregon. Public buildiugs and grounds: Quay, Pennsylvania. Rules: Aldrich, Rhode Island. National banks: Man tle, Montana. Populists Taken Care Of. Under the present democratic organ ization of the senate every member of the populist party holds a chair manship, and the republicans, believ ing that they should deal equally as justly with the third part}', have also given them chairmanships. Messrs. Jones of Nevada, Stewart, Allen and Peffer are left where they are now and Mr. Kyle, who is ranking member on the committee to establish the univer sity of the United States, was trans ferred from the committee on educa tion to the chairmanship of the first named committee. Mr. Uutlerof North Carolina, the new populist senator, is given a chairmanship equal to that of Mr. Peffer. Anxious To Avoid DHajr. There is little doubt that the caucus will approve the work of the commit tee, although the assignments are nec essarily unsatisfactory to some of them. A list of the senate committeessas thus reorganized will be at once handed to Mr. Gorman, chairman of the demo cratic caucus committee, and the re publicans expect the democratic caucus to take action on their assign ments by Thursday evening. The vote in the scnute on the reorganiza tion of the committees will le taken under the present programme the next day. Hut, if anything should inter vene to prevent this action, the re publicans will probably not agree to a holiday adjournment until a few days later. They insist that if they have, the votes, and they contend they have the committees should be reorganized before the senate adjourns over until January. No effort will be made to re organize the elective officers of the senate until after the holidays. THE FRENCH SCANDALS. Another lirport that President Enure Will Resign. E London, Dec. 17.—The Paris corre spondent of the Pall Mall Gazette tele graphs that he is in a position to state that M. Faure, president of the French republic, will resign before next March. He says that a fresh scandal has been unearthed in connection with the presi dent's family, and that daily hundreds of newspapers express disgust at the campaign of slander. 11c intimates that the secret fund of 200,000 francs (840.- 000), which the Elysec palace expended upon the press, was not wisely dis tributed. THE VENEZUELA MATTER. Lord Salisbury's Reply Ready for Transmission to Congress. Washington, Dee. 17. —Copies of Lord Salisbury's note on the Vene zuela matter have been made at the state department and are ready for transmission to congress at any time. The correspondence relating to the Armenian situation is also being pre pared and will follow the Salisbury note in a very short time. Refining Company Incorporated. Trenton, Dec. 17.—The United States Sugar Refining company has filed papers of incorporation here. Branches of the business are to be established in Camden, Philadelphia, New York and Boston, and the capital stock is two million dollars. Mia* Cause I Dead, Aged IOOT HarrUburg, Pa., Dec. 17.—Miss Mar garet (Peggy) Cassel, the oldest resi dent of Dai . bin county, died near this city Saturd; ' right, aged 100 years, 2 mouths and ' days. THE CHARM. Of a College Student's Life Causes a Pro fessor to Keturn to It. Everybody said that the boy with the eyeglasses and the pale straw hair would he a professor— of the great educational masters of the age. When lie graduated from the high school his lriends heard him read the valedictory with glee. When he received his sheep skin at the university they urged him to do his best to become a member of the faculty, und the faculty itself, be ing in need of a talented young man, beamed amiably upon him. So it came to pass that being a person of undoubted ability and great popu larity with the powers that be he was given a chair and taught chemistry in the university with such success that old professors spoke of him as a marvel and a wonder. For three years he taught chemistry and physics, and oc casionally instructed classes in biologj'. Then he went on a vacation und did not return. The professors shook their aged heads and his friends buzzed in utter astonishment. The young man—pro fessor though he was, he is not yet 27 — w rote from a little town out in the wil derness that he had found engagements that precluded his return to the chair of chemistry at university, and that he sent his best wishes along with his resignation. So the young man passed out of the faculty and gradu ally out of tlie memory of his friends. One day, about a week ago, a man who knew the bright young professor well chanced to be in a little town down in central Illinois. There is a college at this little town, and a troop of college boys came down the main street just us the nian was walking around and won dering when his train would come. In the center of the group, with a package of books in his hand, came a youth with straw-colored hair and big eyeglasses, the late professor of chemistry at university. The man who had known him caught him by the hand, and the astonished ex-professor walked aside with him. Briefly he told his story: *Tm going to college here," he said. "It's only a little town, and only about 50 students, but here 1 am—and L like it." The man who had known him tried to fathom the mystery, but the ex-pro fessor shook his head. "1 don't know why," he said. "I was visiting here for the summer—there seemed to be a fas cination about the place, and I threw everything away to become a college boy once more. I can't tell you the rea son, for 1 don't know myself. 1 haven't any special study, but simply do as the : rest of the class do. No, 1 don't know what I shall do when* 1 graduate—l haven't thought that far ahead." It was train time, and the man from the city hurried away. Ashe went up the street he looked back and saw the young man, who was a professor in a great city and is now a college boy in a little town, waving his hand in a last good-hy.—Chicago News. THEY ARE INFERNAL MACHINES The Man Who Sent, tho Packages to Armour and Pullman Arrested. | Chicago, Dec. 17.—There is now little doubt that the contrivances sent through the mails yesterday to Messrs. Pullman and Armour are deadly infer nal machines, and had not the postof flce officials' suspicions caused a warn ing to be sent to the two magnates serious results might have ensued. The man named Owens, who called at the residences of the two million aires with the intention of, as he al leges, warning them of tho plot lie overheard to murder them, is believed to have sent the infernal machines. lie is now under arrest. The theory of the postotfice officials is that the sender, who they believe |is Owen, did not intend death for the recipients, but merely to reap a reward for warn ing them of their danger. PLOT AG AINST TH E CZAR. A Prominent Nihilist mid Several Other Persons Arrested. Berlin, Dec. 1 17. —A dispatch received here from Moscow repeats the story that a conspiracy against the life of the czar has been discovered there. A number of bombs have been seized, and several men and women, including a prominent nihilist leader, have been arrested. Coronet Milking Good Time. New York, Dec. 17.—The schooner yacht Coronet, which left Brooklyn on the sth, en route to Yezo, Japan, via Cape Horn and San Francisco, was sighted on Dec. 10 about 925 miles southwest of Sandy Hook. This would indicate that the American schooner which is to convey the Amherst eclipse expedition from San Francisco , to Yezo, has traveled since it left the Erie basin at the rate of 185 miles a day. Two Drowned While Skallng. Easton, Pa., Dee. 17. Howard Mood, aged 19 years, while skating, broke through the ice under the Dela ware bridge, connecting Portland, Pa., nud Columbia, N. .1., yesterday after noon. His nephew, ltoy Carpenter, ' ngcd 11 years, went to his assistance. He ulso fell into the water and both were drowned. To Ruild Pleasure Resorts. I Trenton, Dec. 17.—The Fair mount i Park and Beach company of Buffalo has been incorporated, with a capital stock of 8250,000. The incorporators arejAbrain Warner, John Kelderhouse and Ilenry Weill, all of Buffalo. The company's business will be the build ing of shore and pleasure resorts, im proving properties, selling lands, etc. Fliz Signs To Fight Mailer. Houston, Tex.,, Dec. 17. Fit/.sim raons has signed articles of agreement , to fight Peter Maher for the world's j championship on Februury 14 nuai Ki Va** ECONOMY IS NECESSARY Secretary Carlisle's Report to Congress. Becommends the Strictest Curtail ment of Appropriations and the of Tender Notes—A Deficiency, But No More Revenue Is Needed. Washington, Dec. 17.—The annual report of Hon. John G. Carlisle, secre tary of the treasury, was sent to con gress yesterday afternoon. The most important points contained in it are as follows: "If the income tax provision contained in the act of August 28, 1894, had been sustained by the courts, it is believed that the deficiency for the year would not have exceeded the total estimated in my last annual report. In that report the opinion was expressed that the laws then in force would not only yield an ample revenue during the fiscal year 1896, but that there would be u surplus of nearly .929,000,000. No Cause for Alarm. "The cash balance in the treasury on the Ist day of December, 1895, was 9177,- , 406,386.02, being $98,071,420.30 in excess of the actual gold reserve on that day, and 877,406,386.62 in excess of any sum that it would be necessary to use for replenishing that fund in case the sec retary should at any time be able to exchange currency for gold. There is, therefore, no reason to doubt the abil ity of the government to discharge all its current obligations during the pres ent fiscal year and have a large cash balance at its close without imposing any additional taxation in any form upon the people, but I adhere to the opiniou, heretofore expressed, that the secretary of the treasury ought always to have authority to issue " and sell or | use in the payment of expenses short time bonds, bearing a low rate of inter est, to supply casual deficiencies in the revenue. Although former recommend ations upon this subject cannot he , strengthened by repetition, the subject is of such importance that 1 consider it my duty to present it again to the at- ( tention of congress and to express the hope that it will receive favorable con sideration. Strict Economy Recommended. "While the situation does not re quire any legislation for raising addi tional revenue by taxation at this time, it is such as to require the strictest economy in appropriations and public expenditures. At a time when the peo ple, upon whom the expense of sus taining the government is imposed, are compelled to practice the closest econ omy in their business and domestic af fairs in order to meet their obligations and re-establish their trade and indus tries, it is more than ever the duty of public authorities to avoid waste and extravagance in the appropriation and disbursement of the revenues. Nearly every appropriation is in terms, or by necessary implication, a direction to the executive authorities to expend the money, and, therefore, the responsi bility for an increase or reduction of expenditure rests primarily and mainly upon congress. It is certain that if appropriations are not made the money will not he expended, and, for the rea son just stated, it is almost equally certain that if appropriations are made the money must be expended. Retire Legal Tender Notes. "There has never been a time since the close of the war when the gradual retirement and cancellation of the I nited Statesnot.es would not have been beneficial to the country, nor has there ever been a time when the issue of ad ditional notes of the same character would not have been injurious to the country. If our legal tender notes were retired, there is abundant reason to believe that a very large amount of gold, which has been excluded from the country by the excessive use of silver and paper in our circulation, would promptly return to take its place in our currency and constitute a perma nent part of our medium of exchange. BOIHIH Payable in Gold. "As a part of the plan for the retire ment and cancellation of the legal ten der notes, the treasury should be re lieved from responsibility for the re demption of national bank notes ex cept worn, mutilated and defaced notes, and the notes of failed banks, and each association should be required to redeem its own notes at its own of fices and at agencies to be designated by the comptroller of the currency, or, if this is not considered expedient and the present system of current redemp tion by the treasury is continued, the secretary should have the power, after a future date, to be fixed in the law, to require the banks to keep their 5 per cent, redemption in gold coin and to de posit gold coin for the withdrawal of bonds whenever circulation is to bo permanently surrendered or reduced. This can be most successfully and eco nomically accomplished by authorizing the secretary of the treasury to issue from time to time bonds payable in gold, bearing interest at a rate not ex (vo'l'ng 3 per centum* per annum aud having a longtime to run. No Mt.ro National Bank Notes. "it is not probable that any plan for the permanent retirement of the United States notes and treasury notes will be adopted that will not require consid erable time for its complete execution, and I therefore respectfully urge upon congress the propriety of prohibiting any future issues of such notes or of national bank notes of less denomina tions than ten dollars. Such a policy would make room in the circulation for silver coins ami silver certificates of small denominations," THE BEST CHRISTMAS UP TO DATE! SHara of tire Good Tlximg-s? This Season Is the Gift Makers' Great Opportunity for Bargains. The presents were never nicer nor never so numerous, and their cost has never been so low. This applies to every department. WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, DIAMONDS, SILVERWARE AND NOVELTIES. The field for selection is the widest, the prices are the lowest. You can't help being pleased when you see this beautiful holiday stock, which is as complete as it is handsome, and fully equipped to meet all your wants at prices below anything you have ever known. V. H. NITSCHE, 116 West Broad Street, Hazleton, Pa. PORTRAITS 1 Christinas will soon bo here. You will need a por trait of some kind to give to your relative or friend. We A re Making Them at all prices from §.'1.50 upwards. Our $3.50 crayon, 1(1x20, with white and gold frame, is very good indeed. Don't give your small photographs to strangers, but bring them to us, where you can rely upon the work and he sure of getting satisfaction. ii. imisiis, nmurim WEST 11IIOAO STREET, HAZLETON. SCHOOL AND CHURCH. —Of 7.1 religious communities in the diocese of Paris only 28 have refused to pay the new tax imposed. —l'ope Leo having appointed a vicar peneral for Wales, u Welsh Protestant journal calls it "the attack of the auti christ on Wales." —Oxford men are beginning to send in petitions asking the university au thorities not to submit the question rf giving women the bachelor of urts degree to tlie vote of the alumni. —A woman, Fraulein Marie SchXvartz, has been made for the first time di rector of a girl's public school in Vienna. All the male teachers in the city protested against the appointment. —Arizona pays the women teachers in her public schools the highest aver age monthly wages of any state in the union—s74.4s. Massachusetts, on the other hand, pays her men teachers an average of $118.07 monthly. Flogging as u punishment for girls is what the London school board wants to introduce into the industrial schools. A short time ago it was considering the advisability of turning out the school teachers who did not agree with its theories of religious instruction. —Over $14,000,000 will be ut the dis posal of the Institute of France, whose centenary was recently celebrated, when the due d'Aumale dies. The in come of the five acadcmis that consti tute the institue is now $140,000. The Due d'Aumnle's gift of the domains of Chautilly gives it nearly $9,000,000 of lauded property. —A bout a year ago a party of Seventh day Adventists chartered thebrigantine I'itcairn and started out with her from San Francisco on a missionary expe dition in the south seas. Word of the vessel has just been received from iNukunlofa, Aonga. The party has vis ited' itarotonga, Kurutu, Pitcairn and many other islands, stopping long enough at each one to distribute traqts and pamphlets and Bibles, and to do missionary work in various ways. Wo are sole agents for the "Fashion" shoo. No other doalor In town lias this lino. Our prlco $2, guarantood to be worth $3. At the Wear Well. Only reliable goods at the Wear Well Shoe House. Advertise your wants in tho TIUBUNK. It pays every time. THE UNIVERSAL It has always been our policy to sell Seasonable Goods in their season. We still stick to our policy. Ladies' Capes and Jackets: A distinctive line opened today, entirely new and up to-date. We can suit you as you were never suited. 1 )ress Goods and Black Goods: We are, as usual, headquarters. In point of extent, variety, style or price you cannot do better in America. We shall be delighted to wait on you. A New Corset, the Armorside: We thought we had everything under the sun in Cor sets worth having. We now have the missing link, in the "Armorside," an unequalled, shapely and artistic Corset, at the unusually small price of sl. Underwear, Furs, Blankets, Etc: All kinds of Winter Goods. We have everything desir able and necessary and can make your dollars go very far, indeed. ANDREW J. HAIRE. T. CAMPBELL, dealer In Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes. Also PURE WINES and LIQUORS FOR FAMILY" AND MEDICINAL PURPOSES. Cor. Centre and Main Streets, Freeland. The Choice Is Yours Whether or not you will hate or. your house built by contractors who are prepared to do work that is satisfactory. Knelly & Fredrick Contractors and Builders, will gunrantee you a good Job and have the facilities for doing any and ail kinds of build ing in a reasonable time. Wholesale and retail lumber dealers—the best stocked yard in the city of Hu/.leton. All kinds of mill work promptly attended to. Agents for Adament Wall Plaster and Key stone Calcined Plaster, which will be sold to contractors at factory prices. Yard and office, cor. Pine and Holly streets, Long distance telephone. HAZLETON, PA. J7F. BARBER & CO. 120 W. Broad St., Hazleton. Dealers In Stoves, Tinware, House Furnishing Goods, Roofing, Cor nice Work, Mine Sapplies. JOBBERS OF GROCERS' SUNDRIES. GEORGE FISHER, ' dealer iu FRESH BEEF, PORK, VEAL, MUTTON, BOLOGNA, SMOKED MEATS, ETC., ETC. Call at No. fl Walnut, street, Freeland, or wait for the delivery wagons. VERY LOWEST PRICES. Read - tlie - Tribune. Are the only HIGH GRADE and strict ly first class pianos sold direct from the factory to the final buyer. Are the only pianos on which you can save the dealers' profits and enor mous expenses, agents' salaries and music teachers' commissions. Are the only pianos every agrent condemns, for the natural reason that NO AGENTS are em ployed by us. Are the only pianos which are not sold in a single store in the United States, because we closed all our agencies over a year ago, and now sell only to the final buyer, at the actual cost of production at our factory. We have no store on Broad street, but the factory ware room is open every day till (i p. m., and Saturday evenings from 7 to 10. Kellmer Piano Co. HIE PHIS 1 FACTORY: CHESTNUT STREET, \ BETWEEN CnURCh AND LA UREL, 1 UAZLETON. NOBODY TO BLAME But Yourself —if you do not secure the best bargain in the goods we are now offering. Coats! Coats! Jack Frost has come to stay and his reign will be filled with terror unless you are warmly clad. We are able to furnish you with any size, style or ma terial— Boucle, Astrakan, Eng lish Kersey and Beaver. Capes! Capes! We have them in Coney—some better in Belgian Coney—and still better in French Coney. Our Astakan Capes are 100 inches sweep, full length, ele gantly made and only $18.60. Our Electric Seal Capes were bought in the early summer, therefore we secured only the best. Prices, sls, $22, $37.60. P. DEISROTH West Broad Street, Hazleton. Hid Keeley Institute Harrisburg, Pa. FOR THE CURE OF Alcoholism, Narcotic Addictions, The Tobacco Habit. None but genuine Keeley remedies are used. No restraint. No risk. Tlie treatment abso lutely removes all desire for uleoholic stimu lants and drugs. tW Literature free. Correspondence confi dential. W. S. THOMAS, Mgr., P. O. 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