The Weekly Courier from Connellsville, Pennsylvania • Page 1

VOLUME XX. NO. 33. CONNELLSVILLE, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24. 1899.

EIGHT PAGES. QUAY LOSING GBOU1TD. Xow Waiting Until tho Senatorial giieHtion Is HA11R1SBUKG, Feb. Thiuwas the Manila Set on Fire by Natives and first day there was quorum oi the Mature present since last Friday, Much Property Destroyed STREET FIGHTING EESTJLTED. Tenth Pennsylvania in the Sltinniah, but Ho Casualties Beported, CONGRESS NEABING ITS ESD.

Tno Legitimate Court of Inquiry How in Sumlon Ths Hews of Waahlngtoa. ASHINGTON, Feb. a rrom Manila la disquieting and shows a the Filipinos will stop ut nothing to gain their emlB. The natives In the city set flre to It in many a and calmed great loss, meanwhile a a in the Americans under the cover ol the'exclTement, but Otis' men were too well placed to imvke the dCBperate game a 8ucce8l.ru 1 cue. The Tenth PennBylva- nin reported to have been In the light, hatl no casualties.

Congress will enter on its last week Monday next nod has much work to do yet. Admiral Schloy has statement to the hen- ate which completely annihilated the pro- tenslons ol Sampson and the chnrgeH ol Secretary Long. The latest news from Manila In to tin effect that the natives attempted to bun the city and had started many llres sim ultanecnisly, the property 16ss being enormous. There was much lighting It the streets and a plot to massacre the Americans came to a head at the sain time lust night, but It ended In i tallure. Nearly thousand houses were destroyed.

The fireman had a hard tlm of it as the natives obstructed them I every way and cut the hosescveral times big fire was started IntheTond dlBtrict, where the natives are thicker and when the fireman and soldiers at tempted to work a regular fusillade rifle and revolver ahots were fired frott the windows and roofs of the buildings The. flreman, escorted by soldiers, pro ceeded to clean out the houses, while th tire was unheeded. The Thirteenth Mln ncsota were reinforced by dctnchmen from the Third cavelry, the Second On iron, the Third artillery anil the Tent Pennsylvania. Bullets flew In every rcctlon in almost every Btreet In th Tondo and Bluondo causln Intense excitement. Many timid peop thought the had gained trance through the American lines an hurried from their homes, but we stopped by guards and sent back.

Ti American loss was Blight in this affa anil none ol the members o( the Tend Pennsylvania are reported among the killed or wounded. General OtlH cables that tlie plot to exterminate the Americans and all other foreigners was dlucuvered and frustrated. Hesiiys the natives of the island of Negros hart raised the American flag and have sent emissaries to General Miller at Hollo, asking for protection from the small force of insurgents. Thin condition Is regarded as particularly important on account of the belief existing Lere that the natives of the Negros were warlike and disposed to tight nurd agaliiBtAmerlcaiiauthorlty. Congress Is now on the next to the lust week of Its existence and there remains a i-reat deal of work to be done yet.

I Hull-llawley Army Reorganization bill is meeting with opposition in the Senate and Senator Cockrcll, who leading the opposition, says It will not be passed this t-ession. The Wai; Department Is out with a labored defense of the bill showing wherein It Is Baid to be better than (Jockrell's substitute, and threatening a special session of Congress if the Hull bill is not passed, while Alger in reported as saying that the volunteers will never be mustered out of sen-Ice until the- bill is law. The main feature of this measure Is that it increases the size of the army without correcting any of the abuses that gave rise to the scandals which have made our army a laughing stock. It creates large number of offlceH for which the War Department has Its favorites dated. The Board of Inquiry Is busily engaged thie week In hearing testimony on the charc.es made by General Miles that the tanned and refrigerated beef furnished troops In Cuba and I'arto Klco was unlit lor use.

So far the principal witnesses have been General Miles and Major Daly, but many officer, who saw service testified to the bad condition ol the meat sind agreed a the suggestion of Miles to buv beef on the hoof and kill It as needed prese iongh the form of voting for a Senator been gone through with. To-day oth branches were active and the Sena- jrlal vote was swelled to former pro- ortions. The results of Tuesday's elee- 011 add two votes to the anti-Quay trength. Quay's term will expire next aturday week and II an extra session of ongrees is called Pennsylvania wlllhave nly one Senator unless the deadlock is ro'ken in the meantime. Out of over 00 bills Introduced only one, the Can- tables' Fee bill, has become a law.

Representative Kreps of Franklin ounty introduced oneoftheni out Import- iitmeaBure.of the BOO odd now awaiting ctlon. It IB a 1)111 Important to the citl- ens of the State and has the sanction of lie Pennsylvania State Editorial Assocln- ion, under whose auspices I a ared. The bill provides that the laws nacti shed in two papt less population; in three papers ountles over and less than cted by the shall be imbed in two papers incountlesof in four papers in counties of over .0,000 and less 000; In five papers i counties over and less than in six papers In counties over 00,000 and less than In ten tapers In counties over .100,000. The MINE FIBEJIOODS Touted YeaterdHj- ulTrottci' Bcforo a Crowd of Coko Region A very unique and interesting test wns made at the Trotter plant of the H. C.

Frlck Coke Company yesterday by a number of prominent coke region experts, when tho VnJen-Bader lire hood received a trial for effectiveness and practicability In case of mine fires or other tires. The test was not satisfactory on the whole, Dccnuse a practical mine fire was not at band to be used tor the purpose without extra trouble, which may be taken nt some other time. The hood Is made ol leather, with wool linings around the base. It fits down over the lace and head neatly, straps passing around under the arm pita to keep it on tightly. Just back of the hood Is a cylinder.

The latter, before entering tho burning mine, houHo or building, Is charged with air, compressed to live times natural atmospheric pressure, which Is 15 pounds to the square Inch. This cylinder is supposed to contain enough all- to enable the wearer of the hood to remain lu a place from which the oxygen Is burned for the space ol om, hour, but the exhalations passing Into the cylinder destroy the purity ol the supply and the limit Is much curtailed thereby. The hood was tested yestcr day lu a room Impregnated i sulphur to such a degree that no one could pass through It without the hood, the lattei affording Bucfi a protection that Mine In fOlWilOCMTIC. "wspnpers shall he of general circula- spcctor Bernard Callaglum remained ion and printed In the English rate for publishing shall he 10 cents or each folio of 100 words. The papers hall be selected annually by the County of the several counties.

Two of the papers shall represent the majority political party and the third the ninority party. Among the many bills hanging tire commltto is one providing that all wagons which carry a ton or more shall mve tires not less than four inches wide, the room seven minutes. The general opinion of those who wit nessed the test was that the hooii woulc be very effective in a house lire, but thtt then 1 should be a valve movement other method of letting out the exhnla lions to keep the supply of ulr puns whei it is thought the hood could be kept long enough to be practicable. There is mine fire at no entrance int this was made yeaterdny. The hoo tested In manufactured in Indianapolis practical good roads move: agents making an effort to Intro ther in admeasure making it the Connel.sville reg on In th That is rnent.

An mine foremen, fire bosses and superintendents the agents of the thus rendering liable for damages the company which employs them, when ac. cldentH occur through the negligence of any of those officials. Colonel Gulfey and Congressman Sib- lev are far apart as to the proper methods for the Democrats to pursue In the Senntorlolsltuution. Among other things Colonel Guffey sakl: "The very foundation of the Altoona platform pledged the Democratic party to prevent the farther success of (iuaylsm. Any move we made In variance with that platform would be undemocratic uudertheclrcumHtnnces.

We might not either directly or Indirectly, contribute in any way to the return of Senator The withdrawal of the Democratic representatives, to my mlud, would be undemocratic." "It is becoming more apparent every day why George A. JunkB wasuotelected Governor in November," said a prominent Democrat to-day. "It WUB thetool- ish belief of the bettor element of both Democrats and Republican! that the Democratic organization and its candidate, Jenks, were simply an auxiliary to the CJuay machine. l( was the Quay machine that started and fostered and spread this suspicion so tlmt It might weaken Jenks and elect Stone. All this Is apparent now.

The superb leadership ami straightforward Democracy of Colonel Guffey and Judge Jenks, nnd the organization Itself, arc putting all these auspicious to rest. Not a man In the Democrat or Kc-piibllcun, dare- 1m- the motives of tho Democratic lead- or the Democratic of House or Senate, who are the visible, representatives, In action, of the Democratic party ol Pennsylvanhi." Great interest is manifested here In the ippronchlng trial of Quay, which Is set was the proper one Miles and Daly is luayites and Anti-Quayites Knife One Another and MAKE THE VICTOBY EASY. litter "Vengeancein the Tint Ward Where tlie Democrats BBOKE ALL PBEVIOUS 3ne Councilman and an Inspector Only Spoils tho Republicans Saved, The Democrats swept the borough of ionnellHville out Irom under the feet of he Hetmbllcans Tuesday uud elected ivery Democratic candidate on the bor- jugli ticket with the exception of two ifflces, Jesse Hancock pulling through or Council in the Second Ward and W. S. Hood 111 the same ward winning for uspectOT o( Election, while a lie for the ofllce of Judge ol Election' resulted In the same precinct.

The election was ijiilet ill day and very uninteresting during the lallotlng. It, Is very uninteresting to the Republicans even after the balloting. There is little dissatisfaction, however, the result having been expected to a large degree, ami everybody will watch with Interest the work of the new officers to compare actual effects of the tmllotswlth the high hopes placed In tlie new town government. The full vote In the borough is given below; ji HUE IIF 1ST. 3M.

Chun. W. i i U7 Jim. IViiiKliciiour, I). 1()N Hum H.

DnShiitir. Jnllll H. H. Win. Mcforralcli.

Hurry IXHI-lil'TOK I I I Ity In the borough. It will be seen by aggregating the vote received by all four candidates and dividing by two thnt the total vote for Auditor on tills hypothesis was 1,077. The vote for Auditor was as follows: Frank I). Hnmbrey, "i James C. Munson, 404; John J.

Donnelly, 825; John M. Herpecfc, BOB. Donnelly's majority over Munson was llil and over Jorlty over Munson was 1I1 and over 8Urc1 success, an Hamnrey 1115. Herpick'B majority over nbcmt per cent. Munson was 142 and over Hnmbrey 14-li.

ul manufactnr THBEE BIG TBTJSTS, Sheet, and Cur A combination of all the leading stee' sheet manufacturing linns ol the country, similar to the American Tin Plate Company, the National Steel Company nnd other allied Interests, Is now an as- and an organization of ol the iron and steel bridge manufacturers is practically com- Thc new Town Council will stand 0 ted. The first Is tlie result of a mect- polltlcnlly six Democrats and two He- held In Pittsburg Wednesday by the publicans, the complexion having been I steel Sheet Manufacturers' Asso- mulntained at the former status by the tion for the special consideration of defeat of a Democratic candidate in the 1B movement for a consolidation of the Second Ward and the election of a Demo- p) Delegates were present n-pn- cratic candidate In the First Ward. Tin- entlngall the steel sheet mannfnctur- new Council will be composed us follows: I nn west of the AlleghonleH, having FlrBt Ward, John F. Ueynolds and a i a i a i of about i Charles I). McCormick; Second Ward, mm.

Michael Madlgan and Jesse Hancock; I practically all the steel sheet iimunfuc- Thini ami Marcus I the country will be brought Marietta; Fourth Ward, Joseph W. i They have here Of Inspector Bernard Oallaghaa Shows an Immense GAIN IN THE PBODUCTION OfCoalanidoke in 1898 Oomparei With That of 1897. OUTPUT or LEADING PLAHTB. Aoo.dentt, Working Dt Wilson and Jacob Brlckman. Of those UJ re been connected with the Iron named Hancock and Wilson are Itepuull- iins.

The Board gained two Democrats by the election. The complexion o( the board will stand five Democrats and one Republican. The fol' yteel Sheet Manufacturers' Association, which is purely a business organization to control the prices of steel sheet markets and regulate the output. The new isolldutlon will probably be capllal- wing are the at members of the new board: First Ward, it Is said that it will be finally absorbed W. Mauk and J.

S. Norrls; Second UH a part of the American Tin I'lateCum- U'ard, K. K. Mnrkell and ISobert WelBl Third Wanl, S. H.

Howard and Thomn Holt; Fourth Ward, Dr. Woods 104 party that witnessed the test were th following: Mine Inspector Bernard Cn laghan of the Ninth District; Austl of Lclsenring No. I P.J. Tormay, Superintendent of Trotte J. P.

Chief Engineer ol the Edward O'Tooie Superintendent of l4lnenrtng No. 8 James Cliilds. Superintendent at Adc Inlde, and James Hart. ABSWEBED THE QUESTIONS. lUtmltH of Kxuuilnatloii fur Ml Foremen and Fire Alter plodding through Immense quantities of irregular and jioorly written manuscript, the Examining Hoard Ior the Ninth Itltumliioua District, composed of Mine Inspector Bernard Callughan, Clair Stillwagon and' John Stevenson, completed the work! ol marking and grading the papers yeHterdny afternoon.

Some of the papers were so poorly written that they could not be considered at all. as the board could not read a Hue. All the original papers are filed kept for a time. In order that any candidate not pleased or satisfied with the result may ask for a revision or an Investlga tlou. The candidates were on the whole rather successful, however, a large clusa having made tho required percentage both for fire bond and for mine foreman.

The following were successful formliie foremen: T. Davidson of Vtindcr- bllt, 'iT-Yi per 1'. J. Del-nney of Youglilogheny, 77; Patrick Mullen of Fr nk Illillnjter. Oiarlen Illillnjter.

W. Hood. It i i 1). Cut, LiMillB luiacT. i i It Unitti LpwlH W.

It Chiut II. McConnlck, 11U JcmwUanrack, II Ij.wl» K. ID Frunk N. Slierrlclc. .11 Mnreui.

Mnrti-ltn, Samui'l I i i Brtekiuim, H4 11001. DIHKI-TOI I.Ioycl Johnston. 11.. J. 1) A Lynn.

It Thuuliui llolt. I) Win. Koowr. It W. S.

hclicnrk. 1 I A I i i i US Prnnk 1) 140 W. W. Brown, Ilnrtbolii Kotlter, 1) Ixroj SMIIwiiKOli. CluirfoHW.

Wllnon. W. 11. Miller. L'htiR.

11. I) A Frank II r. i i J.J.Doiinoll.v, Julin M. 10-1 24R 258 10U 2 and W. M.

Schenck. Of these named Mauk Is llepubllcuu nnd the others are Democrats. BESULTS ELSEWHERE. In the mid Near-Dy Horougln. Over In New Haven the Citizen's ticket, for the lirst time In seven years, swept almost everything clean and was elected i majorities to spare all round.

The new Couucllmen are W. H. Thomas, Matthew Crowley, John Diiggau and Clifton Wharton. All are Citizen ticket candidates with the exception of Wharton, who slipped in ahead of John Huddock. Duggan and Crowley succeed themselves.

The Council is still Republican, but will probably be organized by the Citizen ticket candidates. The two now School Directors are Frank Klncell and Captain William F. Nelf, both elected on the Citizen's ticket. The board will be Republican, the retiring members being Theodore F. White and H.I!.

Boyd. For Justice of the Peace I. W. Bycrs, on the Citizen's ticket, and W. H.

llcrgcr, straight Republican, were elected. Samurl Johnston was electwl Auditor for three years without opposition, and In the same manner Samuel Slcklesrolth was elected Auditor for two years. Isaac Hay had no opposition for Street Commissioner, and received 228 votes. For .) udge ol Election the Citizens elected Charles Miller over Theodore White, the vote being 131 to 115. For Inspector the Citizens also triumphed, electing Frank Biitlennore over Thomas King, 104 ior 101 108 -'-U Lelscnrlng, Robert Pollock of Coalbrook, Francis Kocks of Connells- vlllc, 77; James Henderson of Wick Haven, NO; John Gaughan of Dunbar, 77; Alexander Patrick of lllythesdale, HO; James McKechan of CIearfitld county, P.J.

Detaney of Klianer, 77. 177 Hi? There were few bitter contests, the results Indicate, otherwise there would have been more variety lu the politics of the successful candidates. Under the whole election, however, ran a current ol discontent among the Hepubllcans. The Quay and the anti-Quay feeling which was so strong last tall was paramount In the balloting. Old war horses among the Itepubllran workers were scarce at the polls, but there was a complete surrender of certatn elements to the Democrats which the latter took advantage of to the fullest extent.

For Instance In tin- First Ward the feeling was per- pany and the Steel Company. linns Interested in these combinations are also sheet manufacturers, and the National Steel Company practically controls all the steel billets and bars used by the steel sheet manufacturers. as well as the American Tin Plate Company. Organization I a trust of about UO per cent, of the iron and steel bridge manufactories In America was practically completed In Chicago Wednesday at an adjourned session of the meeting held lu Now York a week ago. It will be capitalized at Besides the Carnegie interests, the following concerns were represented: Union Bridge Company or New York, Plttshurg Bridge Company of 1'ittsburg, which has the contract to build the bridge over the Youglilogheny river here, Schllller Bridge Company of I'lttsburg, Phoenix Bridge Company ol Philadelphia, King Bridge Company of tClevelaud, Youngstowu Bridge Company of Youngstowu, Detroit Bridge uud Iron Works of Detroit, Louisville Bridge Iron Company of Louisville, American Bridge Company of Chicago, Lasslg Bridge and Iron Works of Chicago, Milwaukee Bridge and Iron Works of Chicago.

It is said the organization of the corporation will be completed within two weeks, and will belli active operation before the beginning of the summer. The third trust to be announced this week IB the Pressed Steel Car Company, which merged Into existence under a capital stock Friday. The trust Is a combination of the Schocn and From thi UK BEPOllT OF BER- Cullaglian, Mine Inspector ol the Ninth Bituminous District, I the year ready to he sent In to the State Department, one ol the surest signs of tlie prosperity which the Counellsvllle coke region experienced during he pout year. The Ninth District includes the coke plants along the Mt. Pleasant branch, Adelaide anil 'lort Hill, the plants at Broad Fotd and Moy- The total production ol coal at tlie, plants embraced In the district during year was tons, compared with 5,074,385 tons in 1897, rain lor the year Just ended of 1 tons Tic production ol coke In the district for ibe year was 2,028,177 tons, compared with 1,503,825 tons In 189T, a gain of tons for tlie year the vote standing Jacob steel At a meeting There Is always a.

great rivalry among thecoul and coke operators, especially the former In the Lower Yough region where no coke Is made. In the Darr mine took the crown In the amount ol Its production, out of the total having produced tons ol coal. Following close behind comes Ocean No. '2 with 333.437 tons, and then Forrest Hill with tons. In the following order are listed the following which are the chief producers: Panning, 311,250 tons: Adelaide coke 283,501) tons; Port Royal No.

1 and 2, "55 04!) tons; Eureka, tons; Vullev 241,583 tons; Wick Haven, 239,145 tons; Grace, tons; Went Newton shaft, 230,080 tons; Klst Blope, 228,088 tons; Davidson, 215,614 tons; Fort Hill, 205,348 tons. It will be noted that In this list are several of the works which manufacture nearly all or all the product ol the exclusive ol the coal used for steam purposes Into coke. Among these are Adelaide, Fort Hill, Grace. Hist, Valley, Davidson. In the produeHon ol colse W.

J. Ralney's Fort Hill plant lends with 208,008 tons. The H. Coke Company's Adelaide plant comes second with purchase all the steel used at the plants Morgan had no opposition lorConstable. the combination for 10 years from the A large vote was polled In Dniontown with much splitting of tickets and Democratic gains.

The result for Countll by wards Is: I'lrBt, William McClelland, Second, Ewlng Hibbs, Third. Kenneth Hngan, Fourth, W. C. McC'ormlck, D. For School Director, John Fulton, George W.

Wilson of Mt. llraddock. HI for uext Monday. Some very remarka- Thi-following were successful In pass- ps Hie most hitter among the Itepubll- Ing examination for tire bows; tho people and the treasury. What effect the death of Kx-State Treasurer Huywood, indicted with Quay, will have on the trials is the subject of much con- lecture.

FATAL. Holland Dion the Honultal. questioned, but their testimony was largely a repetition of what they hud said before the Alger Whitewashing Commission, of which the present Investigation IB the outcome, Genera! Wheeler and' Governor Roosevelt will be examined as well us many army officers and civilians. Thu separate bill appropriating $20,000,000 lor payment to Spain under the provisions of the treaty ol Paris passed the House Monday by a large majority. Navnl officers are much pleased over the passage of the Navy Personnelblll which corrects many delects In that branch ol the service and does Justice to the engineers and the construction corps.

There is a rumor current here to the el- tect thnt Speaker Reed has his knife out lor the Administration and has promised to kill every measure that he possibly ean that Is favored by the Administration. For some time past the Speaker has let It be known that he Is opposed to every measure favored by the Administration, from bills carrying out the policy of expansion to measures appropriating money for the actual running expenses of the changed conditions of the Clovernmeut. Speaker Reed has gone into the flght with the determluhtlon of humlliailng the showing Ids absolute control over the House and of venting his disappointment at his failure to get the Presidential nomination in 18SXJ. The President and party were given a rousing reception ill Boston InBt week where several speeches were made. Secretary Alger was hissed and the cheere lor Miles were loud and long.

McKinley's reception was an ovation. Willlu William Holland, the youth who was brought to the hospital week, sntfer- ng from a serious gun shot wound inthe abdomen, died at 12.20 o'clock Tuesday morning. Holland and a couple ol boys were handling a revolver which they did not know was loaded, when one of the boys dropped tho weapon, causing it to gn off. Holland first received surgical attention at his home near FayetteSprlngx, where the accident occurred, and later an operation was performed at thirhospltal, but It was believed from the first that the boy could not survive the wound. Holland was 18 years old and had worked on a farm.

The body was removed to Morris undertaking rooms and after preparation for burial was taken to Fayette Springs. Frank Hatnla, a Bohemian lad, was brought to the hospital Monday evening suffering from Injuries received by being run over by one ol the larrlcs at the Davidson coke plant north of town. He was picking coal on one of the tracks the accident occurred, the wheel of lorry mangling his body at the hips In a terrible manner. A very serious explosion at Grindstone urnished two sorry patients for the hos- ital Wednesday evening. Charles Tult ami Jacob Boco, two Slavu employed Ir mine, which is located on the Ked- stone branch, were the victims.

The two men were drilling out a charge ol dynamite which they had loaded lor a "shot, 1 when a spark made by the drill exploded charge, which hurled its force directly nto the faces of the men at work. The miners were rescued at once, and alter jeing bandaged up In oiled cloths, were sent here on the afternoon Southwest At the Southwest station a. large crowd saw the wretched looking patients taken from the baggage car and placed In the ambulance. The men will prob ably recover, worse cases ol burns hav Ing been treated successfully at the hos pital. A late report Irom Snperlntenden Miss Tost at the hospital last night Is the effect that the men arc getting along nicely.

13oml Onllimuve Vetoed Greensburg's Burgess vetoed an ord: nance authorizing the issue of $32, 000 4 per cent, bonds to refund presentbond on the ground that the new bonds coul Town Council OL Building. The West Newton Town Council pasMctl a resolution to buy one of the old abandoned, paper mills to be used us a borough building and electric plant. The price named is 5,000. be Issued just as well at per cem which would be quite a saving to th borough. Kecovered the The bodies ol James Landsberger an James Crise, drowned while skating nea West Newton, have been recovered.

iring, 75; Joseph Dongen of Scottdnle, Anthony Burns of Vanderbilt, olm Welsh and Peter Tressrnau, both of each S2, both having failed jr mine boas; Thomas Gray of Edward of Valley, 82; William lull ol Smlthtou, 7(; Peter Conner, Smock, 8i); Charles Winglnroth of road Ford, ill; Daniel AlsopofCottiiells- ille, 82; Patrick (jleasoa of Adelaide, 75; )avid Ainsley of Dunbar, I and homas Evans, THE THAW. Olfthe Yough Without Umiiuge or High Flood. When it began to rain last Thursday it lully expected that the great (inanities of ice and snow would cause a ood. But fortunately the weather be- ame colder each night and the freezing the night and the thawing In the day tept the streams and fields in check till almost all ol the two feet of snow had jaased away. Sunday and Monday vere pretty days, the temperature rising ar and high above Ireezlng point.

Every ol BHOW departed under the hot and the creeks, run high. The Youghloghcny did not break up till Tuesday. About 11 o'clock tho river, which hod been free at this point, the Ice rom the Yough here having gone down lodged at Broad Ford, became covered Irom bank to bank with thcftoatlng ce which was loose from Jthoetruck lor some miles up the river. The flow of Ice, solid and about two feet high, continued 'or two'hours, and then tensed as rapidly as It started. Hundreds ol people Jlned the bank to see the pretty night, but rapid current kept the mass Irom gorging and by 2 o'clock the river wns tmooth and free.

In the evening the upper Ice begun to come and thla continued till apparently the Yough had exhausted her cold storage supply. The river has been at a high stage since, but there are now no indications ol a flood. The Monongahela river was equally as mild. The Kisklminetae gorged at Freeport and tore away tht bridge there, but outside of this damage little Is reported. The cold weather yesterday will check a lurtter rise lu thi river.

NorcroiOl Waives Hearing. Karl Noreross, who if charged will soliciting Sylvester and John Devlin to murder his little brother with poisoned candy, was taken before Justic W. H. Miller ol TJnlontown Friday for a hearing. The District Attorney had th County Detective and a number ol wit nesses present, but the attor ney.

R. P. Kennedy, walvetlahearingam Norcross was held lor the March term criminal court In boll. Althougl his friends and attorney have been search Ing for bondsmenhehasnot yetsncceede in getting the required ball. He has full recovered from tbe effects olthepoiso be took to kill himself In Jail.

and for the first time In the history of the borough the followers of Andrew Jackson carried every olnce on the ticket. Hi'i-e the Smith House workers had their revenge for the trouncing given by the antt-Uuny forces last fall. This was not done by open work at tlie polls, but the colored voters and othcrB whom this faction always have voted were not marshalled at the polls lor the solid Kc- pulillcnn ticket, and the strength was certainly taken out of the backbone of tin; ticket, right there on account of this abandonment. The results loom up In the election of Charles 11. McCormick Ior Town Council, the Democrats now having both Councllmen In the ward, and the defeat of Lloyd Johnston for School Director, he having been a particular target of the younger Republican forces all d.iy, J.S.

Norrls' railroad strength helping to pile up a popular majority of votes over Johnston. Considering the ward usually goes about 20 or 0 the other way this somersault quite acrobatic lent. Early In the day the esults In thi' First ward were foreseen, wo of the strongest factions In the Ke- ubllcan ranks having picked out Frank Campbell, J. S. Norris and Charles IS.

Mc- Jormlck fur election, Mnuk, for Judge of Election, also getting under Jie heap In he straight tickets voted. In the Second Ward the order of the uttlug wns Inverted, LewlB E. Bishop or re-election to Council having encount- red the ire ol a Btrong clement in tlie Democratic ranks. There was not a vorker lu town that labored to keep tack defeat like Blwhop, but the inevitable happened, and when the votes were counted In the evening he was found to )e 18 behind in tbe race with Hancock, ito Republican opponent. In the drift of the fight over this office Sam H.DuSuane and John H.

Doyle tied for Judge of Election, each receiving 103 votes, while. W. S. Hood slipped in over Thomas O'Bara to the tune of 105 to 101 lor Inspector. In the Third Ward the avalanche fell down without respect to office or candidate, every Republican finding himself aopelessly under the majorities, which ranged Iromt 131 for Charles Wilson for Constable to 107 lor Marcus Marietta Council, this latter majority being almost double the vote cast for Dr.

Frank N. Sherrlck, Marietta's opponent. William McCormick loomed up with Ills usual majority lor Judge ol Election, this First Ward; M. A. Klelcr, Secomi: Joseph White, Third, anil Robert F.

Hopwood, Fourth, all Republicans. Constable, Daniel F. Collins, First Ward; Charles M. Fee, Second; Andrew J. Bowie, Third, and John Murphy, Fourth.

William H- Miller, is re-elected Justice of the Peace, and Johnston, Is elected Auditor. In Connellsvllle township the following; ticket wai( elected: Constable, Samuel Illlenour, Supervisors, Robert Hughes, Solomon S. Kern, School Directors, Gyon Daniels; Keck, and Duncan Jamison, Justice -of the Peace, Jeremiah Loomls, Auditor, George T. UrllDn, Township Clerk, William Brown, Township Treasurer, James Trim berth, 11. In precinct No.

1 this election board WUB chosen: Judge of Election, Duncan Jamison, Inspectors, W. M. Wagoner, and Charles Brlerly, It. At Dawson the Democrats elected can. illdates lor every office on the ticket, the full vote bing as follows: School Director, It.

D. Henry, 108; G. G. Moore, 95- C. O.

Schroyer, 44; A. C. Carnegie Steel Company, the latter firm In return agreeing not to engage In the manufacture of pressed steel cars, which was contemplated, as announced in The Courier. Tlie olncers elected are: President, Charles T. Schoen, Pittsburg; First Vice.

President, E. N. Dlckcrson, New York; Second Vice President, Henry W. Oliver, Plttsburg; Third Vice President, William H. Schoen, Plttsburg; Secretary, W.

O. Jucyuette, New York; General Manager of Works, Kdwin A. Schoen, Plttsburg. Brown, (Mi; A. Council, D.

J. Redding, Horn, 91; It. Lauglirey, W. T. Dam, 08; A.

C. McCune, "i4; J. S. Newmyer, 53. Constable, M.

II. a 02 George 57. Township Constable, I Sheppunl, 100, i oj the Peace, Robert H. Wright, 113. Tlie following Is the result of the election in Dunbar: Council, Adam Bryson, James U.

Ellcnberger, R. Alexander Reed, James Humbert, D. School Directors, Andrew Wlshnrt, D. C. Foils, K.

Justice ol the Peace; Joseph H. Wilson, Independent. onstablo, A. C. Duncan, 11.

Auditor, Vllllam Jacobs, It. At the electionInOhlopylethefollowIng icket was chosen: Judge, Irvin Bailey; nspt'Ctor, James Kennedy; Constable, Weo. P. Mitchell; School Directors, I. F.

Voodmancy and B. S. McNutt; Council, i. F. 1'otter and J.

W. Chuck. There three Conncllmen to be elected, and the third place Barney Baker and M. latter tied. In Dunbar township the election re- mltcd as follows: School Director, T.

t. Bluckstone, Alvu C. EdwurdB, load Supervisor, Stewart Speer, IX; Constable, William Itolaml, Auditor, W. H. Johns, D.

office having been his lor a number of years, to the evident Batlsfactlon of both parties. The Fourth Ward was somewhat of a Burprlse all round, the Republicans having hoped to elect a part of their ticket at least In this precinct. W. S. Schenck lorHchool Director ran like a scared deer his majority being 114 over W.

Kooser, his Republican opponent, out a total of 330 votes in the ward. This vote somewhat resembled the vote for Constable in the First Ward, where Frank Campbell doubled up on T. M. Fee to the rate ol 142 to 62, having more than enough In hie majority to covei Fee's whole vote. The vote for Borough Auditor is th only indication of arriving at a major the other larger coke producers In the district are lollows: Davidson, 431 tons; 2:50 tons; Painter and Diamond, 120,711 tons; Grace, tons.

There won an Increase In the number ol men who worked in the mines nnd yards during lastyeBrascom- pared with the year previous, In proportion to the Increase both in the production of coal and coke. The district last year employed 8,128 men In the mines and on the yards, this army ol workmen having been steadily employe, I during the year. The B. O. mine ol the Marietta Stlllwagon Coal Company of Conncllsvillc, the only coal mine In the Connellsvllle region located In the borough of ConnellBvlllc and the only mine that Is distinctly a coal producer, led In the working time, having made 364days during the year, part of the time having worked at night.

For two the mine was completely cloBed down on account of a fire, but one of those days was made up one Sunday. The whole number of days worked in district during the year was 12,220. While Connellsvlllecoul Is soft anfl little powder Is used, the report shows that the whole district used during the year 10,425 kegs of powder, and dynamite to the amount of pounds was employed In the mining operations. The number of mules and horses employed was OtiO; number of steam butlers and the plants, 107 and the number of mine locomotives 11. The latter have made a great increase In number during the last year, a couple of theYoughioglieny mines having adopted those of the electric type.

The number of coke ovens In blast lu the district during the year was tons. The llccla Coke Company pro- 4,507, as compared with 4,1211 in 1807, duced 282,512 tons; the Ilostetter Con-' gain of 444 last year. The report shows that the total num- ier of accidents in the district was 56, if which 28 were fatal and 28 non-fatal. lome minor mishaps are not included. mine led in the list accidents as production, having had during tbe ear five fatal and two non-fatal accl- leiils.

Ocean No. 2 hud three fatal and jne non-fatal accidents; Portltoyal No. 2 had two fatal and the same number Smithtou is credited with two atal and Yough slope hod two fatal. lorner Rolwrts, (juffey, Grace, Fort III), Dexter, liig Chief, Banning and Ade-" aide each had one fatal accident, as did Vest Newton, Valley, Shuner No. 2, Klst, alnter, Ocean No 4 and Ocean No.

nines. SECOND BITUMINOUS DISTBIOT Iteport Shonn It Wonderful llHirunnu 111 Coul ami Coke Production. Chauncey B. Ross, Mine Inspector of the Second Bituminous District, embracing many of the coke plants in the north end of the Connellsvllle region, lum completed his report for the year 1808. The production of coal In the district during the year was tons, as compared with tons In 1807, a gain of 085,870 tons.

In 1808 the production of coke was tons UH compared with 2,505,350 tons of coke In 1807, a gala of tons for lust year. In 1HOH the number of persona employed In the district was 12,501 us compared with 12,272 in 1807. There accidents, of which 30 proved fatal, by which 10 wives were made widows and 37 children were left fatherless. in the production of coke tlie H. C.

Frlck Coke Company led with 008,135 tons, the Southwest Counellsvllle Coke Company coming second with 805,530 nellhvilc Coke Company 1)00 tons; the Puritan Coke Company, ons; the Derry Coal Coke Company, Unlontown Brewery In the Trust. The deal was closed Saturday for tlie transfer of the TJnlontown brewery totlie new PlttBburg Brewing Company. Several weeks ago the Connellsvllle Brewing Company bought out the stock of all but three shareholders in the Cniontown jrcwery at a bonus. The Comiellsville jrewery went Into the trust nt the formation and the Unlontown concern followed at a price ol 9121,500. The capital stock of the Unloutown brewery was $100,000, with $73,000 paid In, but 'iiough of earnings were invested in the plant to bring the stock up to par.

Conn Uites lliH Gun. William Culbertson nnd his wife of Oliver works, quarreled Sunday and Mrs. Culbertson wentwthehomeof her mother Mrs. Maria Brown, In Unlontown. Culbertson followed, armed with two revolvers.

As soon as he located his wife he opened Hre on her. saying he would end their trouble)). One bullet produced a dangerous wound In the woman's groin. Culbertson fled and is believed to have gone south on a freight train. Officers have been in pursuit.

Voted to West Newton voted Tuesday to Issue $16,000 bonds for street paving and enlarging the borough electric light plant. 1 11, tons and the Isabella Furnace Company 102,000 tons. The H. 0. Frlck Coke Company led also In the production of coal, having produced 1 ,500,882 tons; the Southwest Connellsville Coke Company 1.319,405 tons; New Vork Cleveland Gas Coal Company, 1 1 50,012 toiiB; Westmoreland Gns Coal Company, 1,112,947 tons; the Perm Gas Coal Company, 021,205 tons; Hecla Coke Company, 388,752 tons; Hostetter Connells- vllle COKC Company, 315,000 tons; Puritan Coke Company, 21 7,000 tons.

OI the 73 plants in tlie district 03 were operated in the year. One new mine wns opened and two were abandoned. The following other figures are interesting: Number of horses and mules employed, inside steam locomotives, outside steam locomotives, 28; compressed air locomotives, coke ovens In the district, kegs powder used, 509; pounds of dynamite used, steam boilers in use, 250; average days worked by all the mines, 233; whole number of days worked at all the plants 15,378. Many Curs Ordered for 1801. The "Railroad Car Service" is the title of an interesting article in the Railway Car Journal for January.

The article covers tlie car business during the year 1898, and shows that at December, 1898, there were orders in for 14,041 curs. The grand total of cam ordered during the 1898 was 132,425 cars an compared with 04,000 In 1897. The estimate is that It will require about 80,000 new freight cars per year to maintain the present equipment of the country in good condition. The Car Journu prophesies that from lOO.OOOto 110,000 cars will be ordered during 1 A slg meant fact Is the large percentage the cars ordered being of pounds and above capacity. More than ol the cars ordered were of 100, OOC capacity.

Thought it Wait Citugh Syrup. Thomas Hughes, a wealthy Grecm county man, died last week from the el fects of taking carbolic ncld In inlntak lor cough medicine. MAY HAVE A BTBIKE. Action of IMUnlmrE Dlntrlct May In Trouble. Miners In the Plttsburg District at their district convention In Plttsbui-g resolved that the differential between the, thick uid the thin veins should bo reduced rom 13 to 7 cents.

This action IB looked ipon as radical, nnd It won admitted by a number ol delegates that its enforcement would result In a strike. Inasmuch as the thick vein operators are a unit igalnst any decrease In the differential. The convention also adopted a renolu- tiou fixing tlie differentials lor machine mining; thnt In cutting with the Harrison, Ingrown and Sullivan machines prices are to be based on one-tilth of the mining price, either by tonnage or yardage; also, one-eighth for all chaWj machines, and three-filths for loading. The price lor entry driving alter any chain machine Is to he one-half the pick mining rate, or 67Vi cents per yard. Other mutters relating to prices to be paid ou the dead work scale were decided.

These questions will be considered at a joint meeting of tbe miners and operators to be held early next month. A meeting ol operatore 1s announced to be held In PittHburg to the matter. Brother Shoot. Brother. Frank McClure wan shot and nerlounljr wounded by bis brother, Irn, during a quarrel at Davbrtown.

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