» “THE BULLETIN. MT, JOY, PA. L_o Editors SUBBORIPTION: Fifty Cents Per Annum, strictly in advance. Bix Months, . . 25 Cents, 2 Cents, Bingle Copies, Sample Copies Free. Epecial Rates to Yearly Advertisers, Entered Sept. 3 1902, at Mount Joyt Pa., as second class matter, under ac, of Congress of March 3, 1879. - - - OrriCE REAR OF MOUNT JOY HALL. The New Hampshire constitutional convention recently adjourned after agreeing in certain amendments to the organic law of that state for submis- sion to the voters. The last addition to the New Hampshire constitution was made in 1889, and one prior to that in 1842. Substantially the constitutior is the same as when adopted in 1782. The oldest engine in active service on the Northern Pacific reached the west coast ahead of the road bed, be ing shipped around Cape Horn, and did service in construction work. It does duty now in the humble capacity of “weed burner.” In the fertile sec tions along the division this locomo tive pushes a flatcar arrangement equipped with an oil contrivance used to burn the weeds that grow rank along the right of way, thus threaten ing, when left to catch fire from pass ing trains, the destruction of meadows or Crops. SWith a fund recently received from the Carnegie institute in Washington the department of experimental psy chology at Yale university will contin: ue experiments on the human voice, which were begun more than a year ago. Plans are being made for col: leching dialects all over the United States, by means of a car specially equipped with voice-recording ma- chines. A feature of the collectior will be voice records of varous tribes of North American Indians. It has en decided to gend the car west dur 7 oF Frenc Laplade, wrote an essay ®n this sub- ject partly to prove the fallacy of the gambler's superstition about hig “luck.” His essay shows that science upsets the belief that a run of bad luck is pretty sure to be followed by a run of good luck. If, for example, in a game of even chances, red turns up 20 times in succession, it is still an even chance whether red or black will turn up on the 21st time. "Gamblers reckless speculators, therefore, are continually flying in the face of cience. and A veteran of the Spanish war re- cently referred to the secretary of the interior a case in which he claimed a pension on account of corns that he ha’ contracted by wearing army shoes. The departipent after an ex- austive course of iin <onfies to are not a decision he conclusion 4 ensignable The convenient, but are wating, and when they e Me remedy is Simple and within easy reach of any cne. The soldier's patriotism ought not to terminate with is military service. It should prompt him to go to a chiropodist rather than to the pension bureau.” The London Spectator remarks: We verily believe that the continent kings, soldiers and reactionaries are every- where gaining power through the slow dying away of confidence among the people in their representative bedies, a dying produced entirely by their want of ability to move. They are longing for senates which will debate with gravity at reasonable length, and then act; and they find nothing but “talking shops” crowded with a mob which often cannot keep order, which always seem filled with a very spirit of faction, and which extremists have learned to paralyze by insuperable de- lays. Legislation is like a Spanish civ- il trial, in which final judgment is hardly expected before the next gener- ation. The people weary of it all, and wien they have not, like ourselves the experience of ages in dealing with parliaments they gradually come round to the belief that there is more to be hoped from any form of royal of bu- reaucratic authority than from any hamber, however Chose who believe in free institutions, as we ourselves do, will have to note this temper of mind most seriously, nd to see if, even by radical changes, ocedure cannot be so amended that najority can once mere act within sable time. It is not of much hat fcod is good and cheap if, breakdown in distribution, pts fed. represéntative.- BILLIONS IN COMMERCE The Responsibilities of the New Depart- ment Will Be Great. GROWTH OF PER CAPITA WEALTH, Enormous Commercial Interests of the United States and Their Rapid Growth—An Infer- nal Commerce of Twenty Billon Dollars, Equal to the Eatire International Com. merce of the World. Washington, D. C. (Special).=A bul- letin of the Treasury Bureau of Statis- tics calls attention to the fact that the new Department of Commerce will have dealings with the largest commercial in: terests of the world. Figures presented estimate the internal commerce of this country at $20,000,000,- 000, an amount equal to that of the en- tire international commerce of the world, the United States being first in domestic exports, in manufactures, in transporta- tion and in internal commerce. In arriv- ing at this estimate of $20,000,000,000, the bureau includes only one transaction in each article produced, while, in fact, a very large number of the articles pro- duced pass through the hands of several “middlemen” between those of the pro- ducer and those of the consumer. The SHimate is based upon the figures of the census, which put the total value of manufactures in 1900 at $13,000,000,000; those of agriculture at nearly $4,000,000, - 0co, and those of minerals about $1,000,- 000,000. Adding to these the product of the fisheries, the total value of the pro- ducts of the great industries in Ig00 would be $18,000,000,000, and the rapid growth in all lines of industry since 1900, especially in manufacturing, seems to justify the conclusion that even a sin- gle transaction in all the products of the country would produce an aggregate for 1902 of fully $20,000,000,000. Estimating the internal commerce of the country at former census years by the same method, the Bureau of Statis- tics finds that the total internal com- inerce has grown from about $2,005,000,- 000 in 1850; $3,500,000,000 in 1860; $6,- 250,000,000 in 1870; $7,750,000,000 in 1880 and $12,000,000,000 in .18g0. It will be seen from this that the internal com- merce seems to have increased 50 per cent. in the decade from 18go to 19c0, and is 10 times as large in 1902 as in the year 1850. During the same period, from 1830 to 1002, the population has increased from 23,000,000 to 79,000,0c0, and is therefore only three and a half times as great as in 1850, while the internal commerce is ten times as great as at that time. This relative gain of internal commerce over population is due, in part, to the greatly increased facilities for transportation, the cheapening of cost of articles utilized, and the increased earnings and increased wealth of the people. The railroads have increased from 0,021 miles in 1850 to 201,839 miles in 1002, and the estimated wealth of the country from $7,135,780,600 in 1850 to $04,300,000,000 in 1000—a per capita increase of from. $308 in 1850 to $1,236 in 1600. This increase in wealth has been accompanied by an increase in deposits in banks, those in savings banks alone increasing from $48,431,130 in 1850 to $2,507,004,580 in 1901. CONVICT TORTURED TO DEATH. California Prison Committee Makes a Startling Report. San Francisco (Special).—The As- sembly Committee on Prisons has made | a report on its investigation of cruel | pnnishment in the San Quentin and | Folsom State Prisons. It finds that the strait-jacket and | other methods of torture are in use at | both institutions, though the results are more disastrous at Folsom than at San | Quentin. The committee listened to | many convicts and made the following report: “At Folsom we found that one con- vict, Robert Smith, had been perma- nently cripnled in his right arm and | hand and had sustained other injuries. | In the case of Morris Weiss, alias | Weitz, we find he sustaified such inju- ries to his hands and arms as a result | [ | | | of the punishment that in all proba- bility he will never be able to work at | his trade, that of a tailor, again. “In the case of James Deare we learned that he was found dead in his cell within 24 hours after being releas- ed from the strait-jacket.” ® Killed the Wrong Man. Jackson, Tenn. (Special).—Robert E. | McCaw, whose home is said to be in Rochester, N. Y., was shot to death | here, presumably by a man who mis- took McCaw for another who, already | having a wife, married the daughter of the man who fired the shot. The mar-| riage of Albert Bilderback and Miss Lucy Hudgins, members of a prominent ! family, took place Friday. Later in the day a warrant was sworn out by Sam- uel Hudgins, father of the bride, charg- ing Bilderback with bigamy. At mid- night Robert McCaw answered a ring | at the door of the house where he liv- ed and was shot without warning. Hud- gins was arrested. United States Was Coasulted. Liverpool (By Cable).—Premier Bal- | four, in a speech at a luncheon given by the Conservative Club here, declared the British Government had no choice but to take action against Venezuela. The Ministers had shown no undue haste, no greed for money and no in- humanity. The United States Govern- ment, he said, had been taken into con- fidence at every stage of the proceced- ings. The Monroe Doctrine had no en- emies in this country. Siikwerms Dye Cocoons. : Washington, D. C. (Special).—To displace the dyer and cause silkworms to color silk naturally in any desired shade is the object of interesting ex- periments which form the subject of a special report to the State Department from United States Consul Atwell at Roubaix, France. He says that two ‘rench scientists actually have succeed- ed in producing bright red cocoons by feeding the silkworms with leaves wash- ed over with red. Orange and bluc shades also have been produced. | nats on state occasions. it. a of Spain, died in Vienna. | a furor in the French Chamber of Depu- | ing constructed in England and Italy | for Chili and Argentina. | fused to accept the government's tender i of seats in the legislative council at Pre- | College of Surgeons at Dublin, Earl | of Dudley, lord lieutenant of Ireland, | made a speech predicting a bright fu- | ture for Ireland. { Dresden, Saxony, to the Crown Prince { parties to marry again. i of { Act, were released. | with their entire crews. | usurer. THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER, Domestic. New York detectives, at the instance of postoffice inspectors, arrested Henry G. Cartwright, a broken; William Treadwell, a broken, and Charles E. Goodrich, a clerk, charged with im- proper use of the mails in an alleged combination for ‘turf speculation.” John William, alias Cullen, and John Wittmer, were arrested in New York, charged with stealing about $10,000 worth of silverware and silks from the store of R. H., Macy & Co. Wittmer was head night watchman for the firm. Carter Harrison, of Chicago, is re- ported to have entered into an alliance with Congressman Hearst, of New York, by which the Heart interests in Chicago are to support Harrison for a fourth term in the mayoralty. The forging of J. Pierpont Morgan's name in London is said to involve an amount exceeding $165,000. Mr. Mor- gan is not acting in the matter, which concerns only the banks that accepted the notes. Two mailcarriers and two prospec- tors have been lost in the blizzard in the mountains of Idaho. In Wyoming and Colorado the weather has been very severe and livestock has suffered. Recent advances in the stocks of the four principal express companies—the Adams, the American, the Wells-Far- go and the United States—have revived rumors of consolidation. A faithful Newfoundland dog, after arousing the family of George Copper- smith, at Hawthorne, N. J., and thus enabling them to escape from their burning home, perished in the flames. William H. Kimball, former presi- dent of the Seventh National Bank of New York, was sentenced to pay $5000 for over-certification of checks. Margaret Snedegar, alias Blanche Smith, aged 26 years, was found dead in her room, in Cleveland, O., and the police think she was murdered. John Cummings, on trial in Welling- ton, Kan., for the murder of Annie Dish- man, claims that his wife is the real murderer. ; George Nelk, a youth, who murdered his mother and fatally wounded his sis- ter Minnie at their home, in German- town, Pa., is still at large. His brother arrived from Baltimore and visited his dying sister. Reginia Curry, aged 24 years, was as- saulted and murdered on a lonely road just outside Philadelphia late Thursday night. got off, and the conductor saw him fol- low her. Robert E. McGraw was shot and killed in Jackson, Tenn., presumably by Samuel Hudgins, who mistook him for a biga- mist who had married Hudgins’ daugh- ter. The collier Ajax brought to New York the victims of the gun explosion on the battleship Massachusetts. The First National Bank of Asbury, N. J., was closed and the national bank examiner placed in charge. William Hooper Young, convicted in New York of murder in the second de- gree, was taken to Sing Sing. George L. O. Perry, colored, was in- dicted for the murder of Miss Agnes McPhee at Somerville, Mass. Fereign. The president and other officials of the Macedonian Committee have been ar- rested, and the Bulgarian government has determined to dissolve the commit | tees in Bulgaria and place a strong mili- tary cordon along the Macedonian fron- | tier. The United States revenue cutter Seminole, Lieutenant Sturtevant com- manding, made two ineffectual attempts to rescue the five American fishing | schooners in the ice packs near Bay Is- lands, of Newfoundland. | Mr. When she left a car a man also oi { their claims, Mr. Bowen pledges the | signature of her first protocol. A British punitive expedition occupied | Kano, West Africa, after putting to | flight the Emir of Kano and 1,000 horse- | men. The enemy lost heavily. United States Ambassador Tower, at Berlin, has adopted a uniform some- what similar to that worn by other diplo- he Archduchess Elizabeth, mother of t'.e former queen regent, Maria Chris- “Tax Regis had two duels near Paris, ad his insulting conduct on the field lid to another challenge. YTaurice Binder, a Nationalist, caused ties by making charges against the Premier and other ministers in connec- tion with the Humbert case. The German government has decided not to buy the four battleships now be- Generals Botha, Delarey and Smuts re- ‘oria. ; : At a luncheon given by the Conserva- tive Club in Liverpool Premier Balfour replied to Lord Rosebery’s criticism. Bolivia has accepted unconditionally, but under protests, the Brazilian de- mands in the Acre matter. King Edward received Marconi, the wireless telegraph inventor at Bucking- ham Palace. At the annual dinmer of the Royal The decree of divorce, granted at and Princess Frederick permits both William Duffy, Nationalist member Parliament, and three others im- prisoned in Dublin under the Coercion The British gunboat Harrier has cap- tured three pirate ships in the Red Sea Rev. Dr. Randall Davidson was en- throned as Archbishop of Canterbury. Serious loss of life has followed an outbreak on the Island of Madagaxcar. The Humbert family were brought for trial in Paris on the charge of slandering a money-lender, whom they had called a Financial. Lake Superior charcoal has advanced $1.50 a ton at Chicago since last month. A merger of Alabama coal, iron, steel and railroad properties is talked of. The capital suggested is $250,000,0c0. A bill was introduced in the Legisla- ture at Albany to issue $50,000,000 State bonds for the improvement of public roads. The ratio of operating expenses to earnings in 19o2 for all the railroads in the United States as officially reported was 64.62 per cent. The previous year it was 64.86 per cent. PROTOCOLS ALL SIGNED Britain, Germany and Italy in Line for Peace With Venezuela, THE BLOCKADE WILL BE RAISED. Midnight When the Signing Took Place at British Embassy — Within Twenty-four Hours the Commanders of the Blockading Fleet Along the Venezuelan Coast Will Receive Orders to Withdraw Warships. Washington, D. C. (Special).—Her- be.t W. Bowen, Venezuela's represen- tative in the peace negotiations at Washington, has signed with each of the allies’ representatives here a pro- tocol providing for the immediate rais- ing of the Venezuelan blockade, and for the reference of the question of prefer- ential treatment of the claims of the allies against Venezuela to The Hague arbitration tribunal. The final formali- ties occurred at the British Embassy. At 11.30 o'clock p. m. Herbert Dering, first secretary of the British Embassy, announced tha tthe British protocol had just been signed, and that signa- ture of the Italian and German proto- cols would follow in the order named. The Italian protocol was signed at 11.50 and the German protocol at 12.10 o'clock, the presence of Baron Stern- berg at the White House musical de- laying a final close to the negotiations until after midnight. The British protocol was in English; the Italian in Italian and German, and the German in German and English. Bowen signed in duplicate for Venezuela; Sir Michael Herbert for Great Britain; Signor Mayor des Plances for Italy, and Baron Spec von Sternberg for Germany. Immediately on the signing of the last protocol ca- bles were dispatched to London, Berlin and Rome announcing the fact. 3y the provisions of these prelimin- ary protocols, which have required more than three weeks of constant ne- gotiations, Venezuela makes two dis- tinct gains—the immediate raising of a blockade from which she has been suf- fering for some weeks, and the return of all her vessels, war and merchant, which have been captured by the allied Great Britain, Germany and Italy re- ceive advance payments of £5500 each, Great Britain receiving her .payment on the signature of the protocol, and Germany and Italy within 30 and 6o days from date. Germany, in addition, will receive five monthly payments un- til the full amount paid her in advance aggregates $340,000. As a guaranty for the satisfaction of allies a share with the other creditor nations in 30 per cent. of the customs receipts of the two ports of Laguayra and Porto Cabello. This percentage will be set aside beginning March 1 and retained in the Venezuelan treas- ury until The Hague tribunal shall de- cide whether it shall be distributed without preference among the claimant nations or whether the allied powers of Great Britain, Germany and Italy shall receive preferential payments. Italy, by her protocol, gains immedi- ate payment of her first-class claims, without further adjudication, as soon as the joint commission at Caracas shall have passed on the remainder of he claims. In round numbers the adjud¥ cated Italian claims amount to $560,000, from which will be subtracted the $27,- | 500 to be ‘paid her 60 days from the | The | Italian Ambassador also has secured for his government the insertion in his protocol of an agreement that Ven- ezuela will insert in her treaty with. Italy the favored-nation clause possess- ed by the other nations. Castro Hears the Good News. Caracas (By Cable).—News of the raising of the blockade was received by | President Castro in a eablegram from Mr. Bowen, who said: “The protocols” have Risckade will™ be raised Congratulations.” To this message President Castro re- plied as follows: “Bowen, Washington. In the name of Venezuela and in my own name I offer you expressions of my eternal gratitude for the decided spontaneousness with which you served the cause of the hu- manity that distinguishes superior minds. (Signed) “CASTRO.” ACCUSED THE FRENCH PREMIER. been signed. to-morrow. Chamber of Deputies In An Uproar Over the Humbert Case. Paris (By Cable).—The sitting of the Chamber of Deputies Friday afternoon was suspended amid an uproar, which was precipitated by charges brought by Expulsion for Hazing. Representative Charles Dick intro- duced a bill providing that the superin- tendent of the Naval Academy shall make such rules, subject to the approva of the Secretary of the Navy, as will effectually prevent the practice of hazing at the academy. shipman found guilty of hazing shall be summarily expelled” and shall not be eligible for reappointment to the corps or as a commissioned officer in the army or navy until two years after the gradu- ation of the class of which he was a member, Indian Bill Reported. The Senate Committee on Indian Af- fairs concluded its consideration of the Indian appropriation bill. The commit- tée recommends a number of changes, and its amendments add $1,488,185 to the aggregate of the bill as passed by the House, making a grand total of $10,434, 213. The most important item of in- crease is $1,200,000 to pay awards to loyal Creek Indians whose property was destroyed during the war of the rebellion. Election Laws for Havraii. Representatives Graham, of Pennsyl- vania, from the Committee on Territor- ies, favorably reported the bill to re- laws of the Territory of Hawaii with amendments. The bill provides, among other things, that election officials shall be apportioned equally between the two political parties. Provision also is made for an official ballot, giving the names of candidates, the office to which nomi- nated, and the political party. Urging Eight Hour Bill. Mr. McComas gave notice in the Sen- brought from Mr. Quay the statement that ‘“‘until the Senator from Maryland and those obstructionists behind him” consent to the fixing of a day ‘when a he would oppose any action on the eight- hour bill. Refused to Reconsider. Mr, Pettus, of Alabama, sought to re- open discussion of the Alaskan boundary of the previous day. This was resisted. by Senator Lodge. He moved to lay the motion to reconsider on the table. was a roll call and Mr. Lodge's motion was carried 36 to 25, which closed the subject. Includes Naphtha Boats. The House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries authorized a fav- orable report on the bill ‘making ap- plicable to vessels ‘propelled by ‘gas, naphtha, or electric motor which carry passengers or freight for hire the same regulations provided by law for steam vessels. In the Departments, The House adopted the Sundry Civil Bill and then broke all records in the ing 325 private pension bills and clear- ing the calendar. The suite which the new Chinese minister will bring to Washington will contain people of high rank, a depart- ure from the traditional policy of China. The Senate agreed to the House amendments to the Elkins Anti-rebate Bill, which now goes to the President. The foot-and-mouth disease is mont. | The Elkins bill passed the House by a vote of 241 to 6. Armond (Mo.), Glass (Dem. Va.), Hooker (Dem., Miss.), Klutz (Dem. N. C.) and Neville. .(Dem., Neb.). The Senate Committee on Postoffices and Post Roads decided to amend the Postoffice Appropriation Bill by adding as an amendment the Omnibus Statehood 3ill. The vote on tl was 8 to 5. ~ Secretary. Root-ias issued an order to carry out the purpose of Congress di- recting the submission by E. V. Valen- tine ,of Richmond, Va., of designs for a bronze statue of Gen. Hugh” Mercer. "Tt is stated that the President has de- termined to call an extra session Congress unless the Senate ratifies the Panama Canal and the Cuban Recipro- city Treaties. The Senate Committee on Cuba con- sidered Major Rathbotie’s petition for an | investigation of the circumstances con- | nected with his trial. A bill was passed by the Senate mak- ing Chester, Pa., a subport of entry. The Senate Committee on Commerce agreed to report adversely the nomin- i ation of Dr. W. D. Crum to be collector of the port at Charleston, S.C. The vote on confirmation was 6 to 8. All the Democrats voted aginst confirma- tion, and they were reinforced by. tl { of California. > : An amendment to cut in half the ap- Maurice Binder, Nationalist, against the Premier and other ministers in connec- tion with the Humbert case. The Deputy accused the Government of corruption in the matter, and called Premier Combs a chameleon. The Vice- President, who was in the chair, ordered Binder to withdraw his terms, but the | latter refused. Amid a general uproar, the Ministers left the hall. M. Binder continued to use harsh terms in characterizing the Government's | act‘on, referring to the Premier as ‘“‘sin- uous.” The Vice-President finally became so exasperated that he ordered the galleries cleared, and, putting on his hat, left the | chair. M. Binder refused to withdraw or apologize, and was censured, and the sitting was suspended, but M. Binder re- mained in possession of the tribune until | the House reassembled. He then refused to leave the tribune until threatened with expulsion. $25,000 Lost in the Mail. Indianapolis, Ind. (Special).—A mail pouch, containing upward of $25,000, placed on the Pennsylvania train leaving Louisville at 8 p. m., is missing and after making every effort to find it the postal authorities have about decided to give up. It is supposed that it was stolen from the Indianapolis Union Rail- way Company's station. One draft for $17,000, said to be from a Louisville bank to a New York bank, was lost in the missing pouch. } ; | ! i | propriation for the relief of distress in | the Philippines from $3,000,000 to $1,- 500,000 was defeated in the House, but { the language of the paragraph was | the expenditure of the money. { Mr. William Loeb, Jr.,, of New York will succeed Mr. Cortelyou as secretary to the President upon the latter's ele- Department of Commerce. Mr. Stewart E. Barber, of Easton, | Md.,, was appointed an assistant pay- | master in the Navy by the President. Admiral Dewey is. confined to | home by a severe cough and cold. Secretary Hay and Mr. Brun, the Dan- approaching termination by lit | the period for time for the ratification ot | treaty for the cession to the United | | States of the Danish West India Islands. fair progre priation Bill. The Department of Commerce Bil was agreed upon by the Senate withou debate. z SE An interesting insight of the losses the Straits Settlements and Indo-China is given in a set of consular reports pub- lished by the State Department. Minister Bowen, acting for Venezuela, has formally accepted Great the dispute to The Hague arbitration tribunal. cided to unite. The bill further provides that any mid- | modify certain sections of the election | HELD A Burlingto BLOODHOUN] One of the Trai With the Rob Two Explosig Known What § of $5,000 Ofte Butte, Mon lington Expre held up short] | Northern Paci of this city, n mounted men, of the train Wij the engine, ma ran them ah | miles. | had left with th) ened incoming which, was and the alarm The train wag the engines wit cars were r the: rest of : after the train w { two explosions wrecked the e» was blown off, b Reports vary booty secured express messeng bers did not In other qua der will: amor ad The traj 1 i ate that he would call up the eight-hour bill at the the earliest opportunity, which | vote can be taken on the Statehoood bill, | treaty by moving to reconsider the vote | There | matter of private pension bills by pass=| Of the train re- | ported to have broken out again in Ver- | Those voting in the | negative were Messrs. Cochran and: De- | 1e motion to amend | of | votes of Jones of Nevada and Perkins | | modified to require annual ‘reports of | vation to the new cabinet portfolio, the | his | ish minister, have been discussing the | tation of | The House of Representative s made | s on the Sundry Civil Appro- caused by the depreciation of silver in | Britain's | protocol framed to secure a reference of | The Siemens-Halske and Schuckert | electrical companies, of BeNin, have de- | dollars at least. several of the ma When the ex that there was | package of m | hand upon a rack this money proba fact will not be dc { ever, until an opp a search of the w After the exprq | the package of mo he jumped out of 1 side. In the exy said to have been h | nip, but he and t went on with the tr | hurt badly enough { | turn to Butte. { Sheriff Quinn and |« mile and a half o | met by Division Suj | who was a passet up. Supermtenden the front: of the smgped by the | from slBoting, feari | trainmen. { Every officer | called to South | proaches to the | guarded. | ~ Detective Murphy { McCullagh on suspi robber land eighty-five dolla | laugh’s possession. _ 2 a Helena, Mont. gb pecial). — The | 410 Northern Pacific Railay Company has | of A | offered a reward of $3000 for the arrest | gene | and conviction of the five men who are | sions | said to have held upy the Burlington | of the | Express just east of Bit The: com- | t to, t | pany will pay the $500¢ > 4rd for the | entire gang or $1000 f a1 member convicted. STRIKE HEARINGS END. | | i | in B | Clarence S. Darro’ws Argument Completes Miners’ Case. hiladelphia, Pa. (Special).—At last | ¢ | the beginning of the end is reached in the long-drawn-out hearings of the An- thracite Strike Commission. - When the Commission adjourned Friday. afternoon, after the last word had been spoken in | hebalf of the miners by Clarence S. Dar- row. that remained to be done for the Commission to struggle with great mass of testimony and render decision, which, no matter what it 1 be, will be binding upoiboth operat and miners for three yea tion} The Session of Fifty-Six Days. October 15—Commission named President. October 24—Meets and organi NVashington, with Judge Gray as man. October 20— niines in Pent November ended. November = 14—Testimony aton, with John Mitchell November 22—Recess taken. December 3—Hearings re December 17—Miners’ osed. December { to testify. December days. January Philadelphia. January 10—Operators their witnesses. February February | niiners’ lawyers. February 13—All arguments en The Commission has been mn | 56 days. It has heard 3500 Nine of these were called b; | mission, 244 by the union mi { the non-union miners and operators. The stenographer approximately 9200 typewt testimony, or 2,300,000 words. Starts on inspec 6—Inspection S1dc 18—Non-unien 20—Adjournment resume 6—Hearings g—Arguments Germany Declines Warships. Berlin (By Cable).—The U Navy Department, after cons proposal that Germany purcl battle-ships being cor icted tina and Chile in Eng decided not to do so. Drowned in a Gale. Washington, N. C. (Special ing the heavy gale of Thursda) skipper Manco was capsized Quarter bay. ~ Capt. Robert | master, and two white mem! | crew were drowned. Rep flicting. One rumor is that f also of the boat’s crew, were The same evening in Pamlic Form Point, two miles dis Washington, the schooner Ia Son was sunk. The crew of t saved. 1 ~0
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