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Gossip's i Column, i The wards of the Harrisburg State Lunatic Asylum, the home of the patients, the place they must live twenty four hours each and every day, have been con denmned by several of the best architects of the State and by the whole Board of Public Charities. This has been done once, twice, thrice in periods covering more than that many years. It has been accompanied by the most urgent requests to the Legislature for an appropriation for new buildings for the care and maintenance of the indigent insane. The ap neal in past years Las been in vain. This year the unanimous opinion of the Board of Public Charities, including the Committee on Lunacy, is that there must be legislative action in the interest of safety and health of the patients.

The public interest is not again to give way to private demands. The indigent insane of this hospital district are to be cared for. The Commonwealth is not so poor aa to neglect this most unfortunate cln is, who are more to be pitied than all world beside. Without either mind or money, they are thrown on the world, and Penn sylvana will not agree to turn her back on them. The law gives them preference in treatment, care and support.

It is high time this duty is recognized, and we rejoice that the Board of Public Charities has taken no uncertain stand. Their report to the next Legislature will be most emphatic. This hospital district is not to lie again remanded to future years. Dr. Biddle, the able and excellent secretary of the Board, said yesterday, that while spending a winter at Harrisburg recently, he never heard a cry of fire at night, while there, that his eye did not at once turn in the direction of the State Hospital, where he feared a thousand patients might Ikj burned up in a luspital so poorly protected from fire.

Nearly fifty years have passed away since the buildings were completed. They were regarded good enough for the then purpose with all the light and knowledge the country had nt that early day for the care of helpless inmates. But there is not a State institution, in Europe or America, at the present day, that is so poorly provided for all necessary wants as the State Lunatic Asylum at Harrisburg. The universal opinion as expressed by many citizens in yesterday's "Telegraph is that there ought to be a paid fire department in Harrisburg, and it is more than likely that one will be established. Mayor Patterson lias in his possession a copy of the ordinance establishing a paid department in Altoona, and he says that the people of Al'toona, who about a year ago abandoned the volunteer department, are very much pleased with the paid system and would not dispense with it now for any consideration.

The Altoona department under the volunteer system would not take orders, refused to recognize those in authority, and in short behaved about as the Harrisburg department did at the fire on Monday evening at Front and Reily, when two companies wrangled for the possession of a plug while the fire was rapidly destroying one of the handsomest residences in the city, and there was no controlling head firm enough to put a stop to the disgraceful proceedings. The Altoona people took matters into their own hands and forced the passage of a paid fire department ordi nance, ana they are wen pieuseu their work. Harrisburg people will do the same. The Lancaster paid fire department is the call system, and works this way: There are three men on duty at each engine house all the time, an engineer and a driver each for the engine and hose carriage. These men are paid regular salaries There are, however, five others for each company, who work at their regular occupations, but who as soon as they hear the alarm sounded drop everything and run to the fire, where they net.

I hey arc paid by the hour while in service. It is argued that this is not the best system, as it does not keep the men at the engine house all the time. There are advocates of the other system which keeps a certain number of men on duty all the time, and tor onnortunit.v for train ing ns a body. Whatever system is adopt ed let it be the liest. There is Home pretty good skating on thp ponds in the lower end of the city, and skating has again Ixen inaugurated the question is being asked ns to why some enterprising people do not pre naro a rink and make a business matter it, charging so much admission.

1" several cities not as large as Harrisburg there are ice skating rinks that are liberally patronized. There Is some sporting blood in this imf ni tinieb. Some of the dead games" remained up until on early hour his morning to hear tins result or tin i'tztfimiiioiis Slinrkcy fight in San Iran risen, and went home very much dis gusted localise Kits lost on a foul. Envoi. When earth's last picture Is painted, and the tubes tiro twisted and dried.

When the oldest colors have faded, and the youngest critic has died, wa utiuii imI. nnd. faith, we shall need It lie down for an aeon or two, Till the Master of All Jood Workmen shall set us to work anew And those that were KOod shall be happy; iimv Hlmil Hit In a eotdeii chair ahull HDlash at ft ten leaKM" cauvaf ivtt lirimhes of comet's hall. Thcv shall find real saints to draw from Magdalen, Peter and Paul Thev shall work for an age at a sitting and never be tired at, all I only the Master shall pralua us, and only tne master hiiuii uimuv And no one shall work for mooev, and no ul.nl I wnrlr trtr fumA Hut eaeta for the Joy of the working, and each. in HI Hfcparme siar, Mhaii itrnwUm Lhlntr as be sees It for the Uod of Thing Ml They Are Hudyard Kipling.

PBIimSAIi tlrlcf Mention of the Movements of Yoni friend and Acqwlutancen. Airs, f'raig, a well known Kteciton school teacher, is dangerously ill from typhoid fever. Jerome Hite. of Steelton, has leen admitted to the Ilospitol suffering from re mitti nt fever. Miss Lizzie Miller, of Meehiiniesburg, Ss visiting Mr.

and Mrs. Engle, 231 Liberty street, for few days. Miss Lida Ithoodes, of North Second street, entertained last evening in honor of her guest. Miss Tombs, of York. Miss Marcclla Hannii, of Allegheny, who has been visiting Miss Sallie Shelley, of South Ninth street, will return jinmc to morrow.

Mix Mary Y. McReynolds, stenographer in the Department of Public Instruction, is neriouHly ill at her, residence, Second and Slate streets. Mrs. Ann Hellers; of 1010 Cowden. street, is visiting her son, John Sellers, (HO North Thirty third street, West Philadelphia.

Mrs. Simpson, of Philadelphia, who had IsK tin guest of her daughter, Mrs. rjeorge, S. Costa, North Second street, re home this week. Mis Marguerite Soleliac will moke her lebut as Hociety bud Saturday, Deoein Iht 12th, when a reception will be given home.

Sll) North Front street, from 4 to 7. iiMivrimro of Mr. William Kowe, an employe of the MeFarlnnd Prjntery residing on Nortli Third street above Harris, to Miss Rcls kah Pierce, will lane piuro at the bride' homo on North Sixth street, Reily, this evening. ilnlmuv UnlM'a Dime Social. niiiL' the Kisohnnv Guild of St.

Paul's KpWcjMU Church will hold a dime social in the rhuoel. Sixth and Forster wtreels. There tri) lie free admission and refreshments. UUAKKIl C1TV NOT KM. The Record.

Sweaters are seasonable. Blunt men sometimes wear pointed beards. Ixiok out for the is it cold onough for you mini. A Market street dealer advertises a drive in lap robes. Customer I thought you said this coal wiw high grade? Clerk Well, it came from the mountains.

"No gem'mcn ob colah," says Brother Watkins, "should fade when the colleek shnn bosket am tmswd around." Do Tanuc When my wife locks me out I always stand under her window and sing. Old Soak How can you sing without the key? Tommy Pop, what is a misanthros? Tommy's Poi A misanthrope, my boy, Im a man who thinks life worth living, and who kicks like a steer when he lias to die. PuMenger I gave you a dollar, and yoti didn't give me any change. Conductor Well, don't you see the sign, "no chunge between the depot and Frankford This js a through car. CAPITOL HILL.

Ex Representative Harry R. Curtin, of Roland, who fell outside the breastworks at the last election, has been appointed a special agent of the Department of Agriculture. Isaac B. Sharp, of Philadelphia, has been urged upon the Governor as the proper person to succeed Judge Hare, resigned. It ia now? reported that Judges Rice and Willard, of the Superior Court, will resign and that the former will be succeeded by Judge Pennepacker, of Philadelphia.

George Demming, of Philadelphia, son of Col. H. C. Demming, arrived in Harrisburg last night with a petition from members of the Bar of that city asking Governor Hastings to appoint Isaac S. Sharp, to the vacancy on the bench made by the resignation of Judge Hare.

Senator Woods, of Lewistown; Capt. Thoniaa B. Reed and Samuel W7oods had business on the Hill to day. Senator McQuown, of Clearfield, was here with Robert Cole, one of his constituents, whom he is urging for appointment as one of the board of mine inspectors to bo appointed under the act of 1895. FACTORY INSPECTOR'S REPORT What the Chief of the Department llec ommeuda for It Improvement.

Chief Factory Inspector Campbell has sent his annual report to Governor Hastings. He says manufacturers have wil lingily complied with all the requirements of the law. It was not necessary to prosecute a single case during the year. A great many establishments are not amenable to the factory law because they do not employ five women, five minors, or live of both. Chief Campbell says the law should be so amended that all establishments employing men, women or children come under its provision, thereby protecting all employes.

He says further: "The department having no authority to inspect boilers, there should be legislation either requiring a certificate of safety or a competent boiler insiector furnished the department." He also says: "All children between the age of thirteen and sixteen years should be required to have a certificate from the school superintendent in which they live, that they had attended school at least six months in the school term preceding their engagement to labor, and no minor ur.der the age of eighteen be. employed that cannot read and write the English language. The law limiting the age of children before they can be employed in shops and factories, should apply to all other avocitions in which children are employed, and the restriction of the hours of labor of minors to sixty hours a week should apply to women." In the judgment of the Chief Inspector the semi monthly pay law should be so amended that it would be less cumbersome, and he suggests that the department should bo relieved of the responsibility of prosecuting firms that are not amenable to factory inspection. He says te sweat shop law has resulted in securing better and larger shops and improved sanitary conditions, but does not reach the family worker. He thinks the law should be amended so as to require this class to take out permits.

He says a tour through the sweat shop district will convince anyone of the importance of a restrictive immigration law. The inspector recommends that bake shops be made subject to factory inspection. A summary of the work done by the department shows that inspections were made of factories and shops, where 3(! persons are employed. Number of accidents reported was fatalities, 77. The total number or persons em ployed in the sweat shops inspected was 2,054.

and the total number of employes THK CITY'S NEWEST PIPE ORGAN. To he Publicly Teated TliU Evening in FaartD street unnren oi una. Ilarrisburg's newest pipe organ completed a few days ago by the Farrand Votey Company, of Detroit, will be first publicly tested in the Fourth Street Church of God, this evening, beginning at 8, when a free concert will le given by some of the best local talent. The organ will be dedicated Sunday, Rev. D.

S. Shoop, of Mechanicsburg, delivering the morning sermon; Rev. C. I. Brown, of Jit Joy, preaching in the evening, and the church choir under the leadership of S.

P. Starnbaugh rendering special music. The new organ is a two manuel instru ment. This will lie the programme of this evening's concert: Part 1 Organ solo, "Al lelulia" Dubois, Mr. D.

10. Crozier; organ solo, "Fantasie" Grison, Mrs. S. D. Sansom; soprano solo, "Adore and Bo Still" Gounod, Miss Mary K.

Seaman; organ solo. "Adagio Cantabile" Haydn. Mr. O. A.

KllenlK rger; bass solo, "Fenr pot ye, Israel" Dudley Buck, Mr. D. Hawkins; organ solo, "Overture to Buck, Mrs. Katharine Lonir. Part 2.

Organ solo, "Last Rose of Summer" Dudley Buck, Mr. C. A. El. lenborger: organ soio, "invocation" Du ltois, Mrs.

S. D. Sansom; contralto solo, "The Children's Kingdom" Blumenthal, Miss Mary K. Worley: organ solo. Marche Nuptialo" Guilmant, Mr.

1). 10. Crozier; tenor solo Rejected, Mr. Harry Van Horn; organ solo, "Harvest, Thanksgiving March" .1. Batiste Calkin, Mrs.

Katlia rine Ivong. HTUICKKN WITH BIlM Josephine Morrow Apparently Well In the Morning, bat IMen in a Jevr Honrs. Before her first and fatal stroke of apoplexy at noon yesterday. Miss Jose liiiine Morrow was apparently a. well wo man.

But detjpjte the best of medical at tention, xtii! piisHc.i away at last veiling. At her bedside w'fe her sisters, to. A. iuit and Mls Hannah Morrow, the well known chool teacher with whom sho made her home at 424 Forster sU'eet. eaed was a native of HollidayBhurg, and 51 years of age.

John Morrow, it glue manufacturer at High spire, and James Morrow, engager! in th mime business nt INewport, ar brothers. William 1j. ait. tlie well known, news paper man, is a nephew. Funeral services will ho conducted at the house to morrow Hid Jim body taken to Hollidays burg for interment fejaturduy morning.

llev. ieioc, an om irir'" neighbor, will conduct the services tin house to morrow evening. Mr. and Mrs 10. 'Z.

Gross will sing. Rev. D. II. Barron pastor of thn Holtiilayshijrg Presbyterian Church, will conduct tin; services at tin grave Saturday iiioriiintj MAV ST 11 1 It IT UIC1I.

And 'liun Agnlil Thff Mny Not Ool.l Mlnlifcjf Fever The Western gold fever lias again struck Harrisburg, nnd jjuitc number residents of more or lesx prom inenee have subscribed for stock in tin1 hope of receiving hack from KM) to per cent, more than they put into the com pan.v. The latest company of this char acter lo gain foothold here Is the Big Seven Mining Company, of Denver, (51. with capital stock of dividei into 700,000 xhares of the par value of $1 each. Dr. W.

II. Painter, win is selling the stock in this city, has already dis posed of some shares at 10 cent is share, a number of men in private am public life subscribing for from 10 to 2.r0 shares each. Celebrated Their Ciol.lru Wedding. Mr. and Mrs.

James MeGrew.w'io hav been visiting their daughter. Mrs. A. Wall, K07 Green ntre't, have returned to their Monoiigahcla home. Mr.

and Mrs. MeGrew celebrated their golden wedding May 14th last. Mrs. MeGrew accom panied Mrs. Wall to her Harrisburg homo and on May Vitn attended the 11th birth lay party ot tier youngest grandson.

Gar ret S. Wall. On June 10th ih was 7 years old, Mrs. MeGrew belongs to uiu of the good old patriotic families of All gheny county. From ficr father's home six brave sons and three srm nul.i v.

one of whom wn Jut husbaijd, went forth I defend the Stars and Stripes. One of brave Hon fell Chiniccllorsville, The youngest son was nn ot ih Jn'uy nnmlHT who hrcd the last volley it Get fvHlmrir on the third day's light. 4 real. hrr joy whom the McKinley victory wn won, Old (J lory was safe again. A'cGrew oinde many dear friends in Harrisburg' Ioat llft'n Kleellou To Klglit, This is election week among the local G.

A. R. posts. Post lid's election will take place this evening nnd Post TiS's tomorrow evening. V.

O. Bishop has no opixmition for commander of Post 110. William Urieh and John Stager also have a "cinch" on senior vice councilor and quartermaster, respectively. Mercantile A itnU Appointed Arnold B. Spink, of Steelton, has been appointed mercantile appraiser by the County Commissioners.

lie succeeds D. D. licit. The place about SOOO in lees. Another Cowl Harry Gciscl has opened a coul yard at Seventh and Emerald streets.

WHO IS HE FOR? Senator Quay Coming to With the Governor. Talk LOTS OF POLITICAL GOSSIP Governor Hastings Has a Lot of Callers To Day. PENROSE SAID TO BE SLATED Governor Hastings had another long string of callers to day, but the atmosphere is on clearer now than it was a week ago regarding the real choice of Senator Quay for United States Senator. The impression is stronger, however, that Senator Penrose is likely to be the Quay selection, although friends or Governor Hastings say the Beaver leader will stand by him. Governor Hastings told a Senator who called on him this morning that he would not be a candidate for Seiifftor Cameron's seat unless Senator Quay supported him.

He wanted the Senator to hear from his constituents and abide by their wishes. Senator Jlcljiiown, ot uiearneiu, wno represents the district in which the Gov ernor resides, was very frank in talking to the Governor about the matter, tie lid: "When you were interested in tne ij Ii airninst Senator Quay on the State Chairmanship issue it was embarrassing for me, but I have always trained witu he friends of Senator Quay, and was oni polled to be against you. In this con test I am frank to say that it enator Quay is for you, then I shall cheerfully support you, but I am for the man whom Senator tuay wants as uis coneague. The Clearfield Senator was equaiiy frank in talking to Captain Seiders, of i who wants to succeed himself as a candidate for postmaster of the Senate, lie said: 'Captain, i suau hnve to tell von that I am going to have a candidate for that place and will do all can to give it to him; but you seem to have a cinch." Captain Seiders has tne support of Senator elect Uhishoim anu other prominent members of the upper irunch of the Legislature. Among those who called on tne gover nor to day were Senator Kd M.

Hummel and Representations Gbas. W. Herman, of Snyder county; Senator Vaughan, of Lackawanna; Senator White, of Reaver; Colonel Burchfield, of Blair; Representatives Marshall, of Chester, and Schrink and Whitman, of Schuylkill; Congress man elect Connell, of Scranton; W. Irwin Shaw, of Houtzdale, and otners. Senator Ouny is expectea to arrive in Harrisburg late this afternoon or even ing.

THE SENAT0RSHIP. Who Is In Ifnrrlsburc Said to be for Penrose. Philadelohia. Dec. 3d.

With most of his visitors yesterday Senator Quay talked privately on the TTnirod St.ilps Senatorshin. To his clos est friends, if not to others also, he freely expressed his opinion on tne outcome oi the ficrht for Don Cameron's seat. From some ot tnese comes tne iniormai.1011 us what Col. Quay said. On the authority of men who could not have misunderstood the Senator, and whose word would not be questioned by tneir acquaintances, no is ouoted as having confidently predicted yesterday the election of Senator Penrose.

These triends or tne fonator say mat before his return from 1' lorida he prob ably had some apprehensions of a looscn IT 1 1. of the anti yuay torces auring nis an sconce, but now if any fears of this kind possess him he does not betray them After having had long und earnest talks with him, they come out and inform cer tain Inends in confluence mat tne senator not only declares that he desires the lection of Mr. Penrose, but that the lat ter is shown by a earetul count ot tne State Senate and House to have already cnouirh sunnorters to warrant the assur ance given by Mr. Quay of his belief that the Philadelphia Anti Combine leader will be (fhosen the successor or Mr. Cameron.

A State Senator, who was among Ool Ouav's callers yesterday. nald afterwards: bont two weeks the activity anu energy displayed by our opponents. togohter with circumstances generally. had caused me to regard Senator Penrose's rirosnects as very doubtful. As 1 desired Ins success, 1 had the bines, mit i naven got them now.

From what Senator Quay savs I believe that Mr. Penrose Will win Other informants who had talked witn the State loader since his arrival in the city on Tuesday, all agreed In saying that he was devoting his attention just now mainly to the lining up all his friends in sunnort of Mr. Penrose's candidacy. None of them, however, seemed to have a clear idea ot how t.iovornor Hastings was to be satisfied, unless, with other Senatorial candidates who are friends of Senator Quay, he should be ready to acquiesce in the hitters expected decision mat tne Senatorship belongs to Philadelphia this time, and that Mr. Penrose is the man to get it.

NEEDLE AIIT WO UK. Handsome Kyhlhlt by tfc White freTring iiint imii: vufiuny. The ladies of the city are especially in teresU'd in the magnificent display needle art work at the rooms of the Har risburg Cycle and typewriter Company, 22 Second street. 1 lie exhibit is under the auspices of the White Sewing Machine Company, whose machines the ('vole Company is now handling in this city. Those who have visited the exhibit ire delighted with the elegantly em broidered curtains, center pieces, lambre Uliiiis, draperies and pillows.

1 he Invader," the wonderful painting which attracted so much attention at the World's Fair, lias been reproduced in a large square picture, representing barnyard in which a hawk has come to disturb the peace of the excited fowls. There is also a picture in thread of Joseph Jefferson II Van Winkle." Other famous painlings are reproduced in colors on the White machine by Miss Lewis, the artist in charge of the exhibit, and who has boon all over the world as the representative of the "VVhite Company. A curtain of bolting cloth, handsomely embroidered in colors, is one of the chief features of the exhibit, which will ('lost! Saturday evening. Silver Wedding. Mr.

and Mrs. Edward Arment celebrated tin iwenty Hfth anniversary of their marriage op Monday evening, at their home, 057 Boas street. TJicre were a iiumlier of handsome presents received. Those present were: Rev. Luther DeYoe, Mr, J'eter Reed, Mrs.

10. Arment, Mr. and Mrs. Williai)) Brown, Mr. and Mrs.

Samuel Schriver, Mr. and Mrs. William Burger, Prof, and Airs. Ivingsiajry. Mr.

nnd Mrs. Charles Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bender, Mr, and Mrs. Earnest Mathias, Mr.

and Airs, (Jt'orge Doelker, Mr. and Mrs. JOd BiickenstoBs, Mrs, Joseph Koiser, Mrs. Harry Stroh. Miss Luretta Hamlin.

Miss Clara Maul, Misses Clara and Ruth Stroh, Misses Bessie, Alice nnd loreiicu Burirer. Misses Eva. Minnie nnd Alice Arment. Mr. Samuel Keiser, Mr.

Hershey IfockL Mr. George Springer, Mr. Harry Reel. Mr. Howard Sponsler and Mr Hurry Arment, of Harrisburg, and Mrs.

Jennie Jt'jrloy, of Altoona; Miss Lillie lier. of Ihincaiiuon, and Mr. William Jones, of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Go to Camden to Wed. lOx Oouiioilman Abraham K. Brecken makei', who conducts a harness establishment' at 'No.

1 north Fourth street, was wedded at Camden. N. 4.. November 5th io Miss I 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rankin I Iz. of lOast Har risburg.

by Rev. Luther DeVoe. pastor of Messiah Lutheran Cjurch. Both bride and groom are well known in Harrisburg. ftufU 'fled for Winter.

The river has nun steadily falling for the pnst row days tirnl It Is now bit a tpw feet, above low water mark. Twelve timber rafts near the mouth of Bald Eagle Creek and twenty timber rafts at Sha have lx cn tied up for the winter. May It Uve IjOUK at4 Pronper. Tuesday the Middlctown Daily JfoyrfcaJ reached Its sixth birthday. It is'n'lu'sty infant and under the enreful eye of County Treasurer eject L.

Eer should Income still more of it power ip thw con munity it servos. Publisher Etter proui, iscs a new dress sliortjy. Here's to the Daily Journal. May it live Ioiik and prosjMT. Trooper WIII Take Purl.

Members of the Governor's Troop of fliis city will assist in the presentation of tjie ''Drummer Boy of Shiloh," in Franklin Hall, Mocha ics burg, to morrow and Sitturdijv evenings for the benefit of the charityAmd of Col. Zinn Post, (J. A. R. SPORTING MATTERS.

PaDer chasing on wheels promises to be come popular this winter. The League of American Wheelmen is expected to create an office of professional referee at the annual meeting in Albany. The smallest number ot applications tor A. W. membershin from Pennsylvania since last March was received last week, only 31 names being entered.

New York Sad V7 applications. JLne total memoer ship of the League is now 72,526. Louisville has sold Shortstop Eustace and Right Fielder McFarland to Indian apolis for JfSUU. on dor Ane, or t. iouis, nas sueu jku w.nrd Hanlon.

manager of the Baltimore, for $800 which he claims Hanlon borrowed fromi him last summer. Pittsburg club is to go south, proba bly to Mobile, for early spring practice. One day sumced to transact tne annual business of the Eastern League in New York yesterday. The League abolished the "nlaver farming" system and award ed the pennant to Providence. President Powers was re eiectea, ana a committee of three on revision of constitution appointed.

The dispatch stating that fitcner uusie was on his way to iew lorK to receive his salary of last year from the New York Club and to sign a contract for next year is declared by President Freedman to be without foundation in fact. Mr. Freed man said yesterday that the position of the New York Club in regard to Rusie had been taken after careful consideration and was the expression of the unanimous opinion of the directors. If Rusie joins the New Yorlc Club it will he under an entirely new contract, and he will receive no salary for last year, when he elected to stay out of the game. The following report of the receipts and expenditures of the Princeton Yale game, played November 21st, on Manhattan Field, lias been mace out iy tne commit tee: Expenditures, net receipts, each college receiving $14, 282.14.

The weekly bulletin of the racing board issued by Chairman Gideon is rather shorter than usual. Quite a number of Texans have been shoved and the two third mile amateur competition paced standing start record of 1.2o has been awarded to Earl Bovee, of Binghampton. Edward llarley and John McCoy, two colored lightweights, had a four round set to at South and Cowden streets, last evening, in the presence of a number of onlook ers, itcleree itoy Jones ueciareu tne con test a draw; the fourth round. Afterward Roy Jones sparred with an unknown, winding him up in the second round, and "butting" his head against a post in the effort. Harley will spar with Pete Peterson, another local man, mt the same place, this evening.

ABOUT POLICE HEADQUARTERS Mayor Patterson went to Philadelphia this morning. He will return this evening. Officer Charles Yowler is slowly becoming a type writer expert, although he confesses ho docs not find it as easy as shooting turkeys off telegraph poles. Michael Casey, the latest addition to the force, has not received his number as yet. Chief Weston numbers the men alphabetically and will have to do some renumbering.

He dislikes thisi changing around of numbers and thinks that in the future he will pay no attention to alphabetical order. Mary Johnson, a 12 year old colored girl, who gave her occupation as domestic, was arrested about 3 this morning on the charge of being a runaway from Rochester, N. and lield untii Iier parents or relatives could be communicated with. FIRST '97 JURY DRAWING. Nearly 150 Names, Including Ilnuua and McKinley.

Sheriff Shellenberger officiated at his last jury drawing this afternoon. Of the 775 new names put in the wheel yesterday, 144 were drawn out for the January term, including Hanna and McKinley. Both the latter an Democrats. Grand Jurors. Alex Shartzer, Penbrook; Enoch Run kle, Susquehanna; Enoch Nace, Wayne; John Y.

Yousling, Thomas Ferree, George W. Small, Thomas J. Maley, Charles C. Welder, Edward J. Cox, John G.

Wall, John Burns, Harrisburg; Charles N. Fin ton, Lykens; Kirk Livingstone. Susque hanna; George A. Doibler, Mifilin; Isaac S. Hoffman, Halifax township; Jacob Bordner, Jefferson township; S.

D. Ba shore, Concwago; Thomas Ryman, Wil Jinmstown; Rombergor, Williams township; William E. Weaver, Steelton; Peter L. Stine, Elizabetliville; George F. Groenawnll, Huniniolstown J.

M. Royalton; John Sliirenian, Ijondondorry. Petit Jurors. Aaron S. Jrcenawalt, W.

W. Becker, James T. Walters, Charles Fisher, Elias K. Geiger, John Jackson, RoJiort Hughes, Wilmer Crow, George Elder, Edward J. Daugherty.

J. Edward Jenkins, Samuel Johnson, Hurry Riley, Harrisburg; William Bond, J. Benjamin Nace, Jacob Miller. Joseph. Smith, Harry W.

James, Williamstown; John H. Sheesley, Susquehanna; John Early, Lower Pax ton; Jacob L. eavcr, IOlizabeth ville George W. Geety, Middle Paxton; Ben jamin F. Henderson, (J.

N. Hanna, M. Zimmerman, Abner Bycrs, James T. Roth, Steelton; IK II. Hoover, John F.

I Iamptoii, East Hanover; Samuel If. Chubb. Halifax township; W. Frank Sei bert, Swatarn; Harrison Homer, South Hanover; J. Oscar Beck, Warren McKinley, Henry King, Middlctown; Sam uel Maurcy, Dauphin; George Geyer; O.

Cry dor, William Brotz, Roy alton: Aaron Weli ner, Washington township; Martin At ticks. Lower Swatara; C. E. Sweigard, Jackson township; A. Douglass, Dan phin: George A.

Carl, Swatara; William II. atkeys, Williams township; John S. Harvey, Hummelstown; Isaiah Willis, Middlctown: Franklin Wolf. Lower Swa tara; S. (1, Wallace, Wieoniseo township; Henry Reichcldeifer, Lower Paxton; J.

it. pNoni, iMinorsJburg; Daniel xsoii, I pior Paxton; Harry Aloyer, Unionfown; Jona than Weaver, iMillersljurg; Keiiner. Rush township; John F. Davis, Lykens; I'eter rrulM Conowago; W. L.

High Millersburg; Harry Eshelman, Irwer Swatara Xravertte. Daniel Mcssnor, Win. G. kens; Wiii. John Jacob Lenhart, Goqrge AV.

G. Straw, oelto'ii: Fro Neiffer, Ly F. Miller. IlrosH, Johii Fiokhiger JOlissahcthviJIc; Isaiah Aaron S. Payne.

Wash. 1. Poole, diehard V. Fox. John K.

Kinney, Peter Mullen, Edward Miller, Michael Lenhart, Robert Landis. A. C. Foil, John II. Hoffman.

Edward 1 Vlliam, Frank P. Brown, Win. 10. lOberly, James F. Stewart.

Harry L. Dublin, Win. C. Kurtz, Goo. F.

Rohrcr, Samuel D. Win. J. Calder, Harrisburg; Charles O. Ilouek, John J.

Por ter, Swatara; Frank Lestyer, David Willier, r'niontown Win. Jones, Williamstown; Jeremiah Sultzbqch. David P. Weaver, Jacob A. I letuifiugcr, Miflliu township; Jacob Page, Moses Iless, Lower Paxton; I.

J. Brensholtz, 1 hos. Manning, Lmdomlorrv Hassler. Smsm iieli. i una .1.

Frank Miller, Joseph F. Roinberger. Berrvsburg: Aug. Lynch, Hall, Middlctown; W. Sheelz, I.

Glace, Halifax township; Henry Stahley, Derry; John N. Hummer, West Hanover; 'Christian Nissley, Lower Swatara; Adam Hirickleir, nuiniuels' town; Geo. Kline, East Hanover; James II. Novinger, Jackson; Cyrus Novinger. Middle Paxton: Win.

Etzwciler, Jefferson; Wn. F. Williams, Williams town sip; Win. Dubeiidotf, Millersburg. Marrluce Llceniiej).

Fred Miller and Minnie Maokloy, both of Harrisburg; John Campbell and (Mara Summers, both of Harrisburg; William John Rohrback and Alva May Hock, both of Harrisburg; George Will, Steelton and Minnie Hummel, Hiimnielstown Daniel S. Shank, Derrv Church, am Apna1 May Miller, IUodatc; William M'onfgoiiKM'y and 'Catharine McDonnel both of llari iH(iijr Death of Kohrrt Hunk In. Robert Raskin, a former member of the Board of Water Commissioners, died at his home on Washington street to day in his year. He had been ill several weeks. Air.

l.askin was prominent in local business circles. He is survived by a wife and two married Mrs, C. Y. Lynch and Mrs. Dr.

J. W. Ellon berger. HUntlug 111 gtfuth Harrlahiirg. The first skating of the season was rt P0i(Ol lj oii (lie Sjiulh Harris! hi rg ppn'ilsj mis morning, ice several lin Hctf HI Illicit iichs having formed during the previous day and night.

llarrlfttuij; Vnton'M Aiinlvei iujy. A mevi'ng of the members of Harris hunt I'nioii, No. Equitable Ai ITiivon. will bo held in Odd Fellows Hall No. Kill Mailicf siree'l, Friday evening, I'l'iauge ior ine proper uciciiruiion ii ine l'nion's seventh iHf JllMH Married.

Col. and Mrs. W. S. Thorna, of Hur risbnrgi announce the marriage of their fliHUfhlcr, Charlotte to Percy H.

Hay don, of JcMiiwyii'c Pa, fi the 2d in the Church of tne di sunv'cUoii, and Tioga streets, Philudelphiu, Uu Rev. Joseph R. Moore. The skeleton whale weighs alone tona. an jverage FITZSIMMOIIS AND SHARKEY, Two Biff Bruisers Have a Con troversey in San Francisco.

SHARKEY GETS THE PURSE College Presidents and Foot Ball Having Made, Prize Fighting Respectable. TELEGRAPH GIVES DETAILS San Francisco. Dec. 2. OBERT FITZSIM MONS was to night robbed of a victory which he had clearly earned by punching Tom Sharkey into insensibility.

No one in the audience saw the foul complained of, but all saw Sharkey strike ttu Aus tralian in clinches and wrestle him all over the ring a score of times. The call of time saved the "Sailor" at the end of four rounds, and the referee finally saved him in the eighth, after Fitz had laid him low with a couple of left hooks, both nf which struck the i'mut Aniuhi without a mark on his body and did not receive a single rair punching lrom the "Sailor" in the entire contest. As Sharkey rolled over on his back, Wyatt Earp, the reteree, announced ttiat Fitz had struck him foul with fiis knee and that the decision should go to Shnrkev. The decision was received with hoots and jeers, anu Jiiarp aisapjearea just in time to avoid rough handling. Fitz put up a clean, hard fight and though he was fouled repeatedly and wrestled all over the ring, he never murmurou.

Fitzsimmons entered the rina at 10:30. followed by his seconds. Bob's m.mv San Francisco friends shrieked themselves hoarse when their tavorite appeared, but their efforts were as the bark of a doer compared with the fierce yelp of a sea lion, I i4 i i. ir n' 1 1 li .1 five minutes later, as he vaulted into the ring, scorning to use the ladder. Fitzsimmons sat quietly in his corner and eyed the sailor, while Sharkey surveyed his opponent critically for the first time.

The gloves were inspected and laid in the center of the ring, but where was the All sort of rumors were afloat, and a hurried consultation was held between President (iroom and the seconds and managers of the pugilists. out tne clicking of the tele graph instruments could be heard when the men were introduced. The cordon of police was drawn tightly around the ring, and there were whispered consultations, but still the celebrated Arizona gun fighter tailed to appear, 'the appearance of the noted frontiersman created more excite ment than did that of the principals. As juarp stepped tiirougn the ropes Julian eyed him suspiciously, evidently having in mind touis and nugging bouts. The cause of the delay was explained a second later when the master ot ceremonies announced that Mr.

Julian refused to accept Mr. Earp. Julian secured an audience and explain ed that he had accept.VI every reputable man's name which had been suggested, but did not propose to take any chances with a man who was professedly ignorant of the rules. The crowd lieard Julian patiently and their sympathies were evidently with the Australian. Earp endeavored to make himself heard, hut failed.

Lynch, Sharkey fl manager, that lie had signed the articles in behalf of Shark ey, and that his man had lived tip to them. A lie ltzsimmoiis crowd nnd he could not agree on a man, consequently the selection devolved on the club. Earp had been named by President Groom, he was here ready to officiate, and Sharkey was ready to light. remained obdurate, and there was another conference between Groom, Julian, Fitzsimmons and Lynch, luring which Sharkey sat alone watching his antagonist. Julian shouted that he was willing to have a referee selected the audience and the crowd yelled for Earp.

Alter a groat deal of wrangling Fitz simmons arose and shouted: "Gentlemen: I have given into everyliody in all my fights and I'll give in to this. Lot Sharkey take the bandages off his hands. I have none on mine." and immediately the crowd stood up and cheered for tho Cor inshman. Sharkcv bandages were re moved and the men shook hands at 10:35. in the hrst round Inith men were cau tious, but a sharp liooic from Fitzsim mons sent Sharkey down.

It was evident that 1 itz had lost none or his cunning. Secand round Sharkey seemed rattled, but got in several blows on his opiMinent. Fitz got in a hot one on the jaw which staggered "the sailor" ns I he gong sounded. Fitz scorned to Hit down and caint up strong for the third round. There was considerable infighting.

Sharkey led time again, but Fitz was not there. Clinch es lololwcd in rapid succession. here were shouts of foul and Sharkey was cau tioned. In the fourth round Fitz led and a clinch followed. In the breakaway Fitz slipHd and fell and as he rose Sharkey went' at him like a bull, landing two hard blows on the wind.

Bob sent a swing blow on the neck and ns he recovered fol lowed with another on the breast, taking a hot one in the nock in return. Sharkey's left eye was closed and he seemed 1 cidedly weary as the round closed. Father Time came to the relief of the sailor and saved him. In the fifth round Fitz land ed a right and Sharkcv clinched, throwing J'llz heavily. Another left started a stream of gore from Sharkey's damaged eye.

1 he sailor made several loins, nut Earn was blind. Fit landed two hard lef ts, he ast of which sent Tom on his back throilKh ropes. Toni WM very groggy, and Fitss liir him hard twice in succession, and for the fourth time Shar kev was all but out when the gong tapped. There was much hard fighting in the sixlh round, Fitz having the best ot it. Sharkey grabbed the Australian around tin knees, and was hanging hard when the noinr sounded.

Shnrkev was Til King ieai lul punishment, but still had a lighting punch left. Ip tho seventh round Sharkey rusnea anu caught a left on mo iae. nt clinched and Fitz all over the ring. The crowd veiled foul, but Earp was still blind. Sharker should have lost on foul at Icnxr i Ioku times.

In 111 eighth round Fitz landed rcieatedly and Sharkcv lnurircd Mm mm until the crowd hissed. As Kharkov rushed ocain Fitz got ill his left hook twice nnd the sailor's career was cheeked. Sharkey rolled over on his back and threw up his lei leg Khz suiileil iiml mi ni ne. to his cornel The seconds wore intuited off and Sharkey was carried to his corner limp as a iisuiag. ne had to lie carneu jmu rinir and aimenred li distressed, while Fitz was spry as a lark and did pot boar a scratch.

The crowd yi lled its approval and shouted Instil f.ir the Australian Order cpuld pot be. restored long enough tor the referee's decision to hoard When order was restored the referee im nouueed Shnrkev lint ieon uriven the de cision, he having been hit foul by Fitz. It was clearly an unf. iiii decision, ns tin knock out blow was fair punch. The crowd became boisterous and cursed Earp loud and long.

The unanimous sentiment was that Fitz had been roblx in th most, cold blooded WHul J'lu To IIy. Sun Francisco, Dec. a. Whether or not I'. ili Fitzsimmons did or did not tool 'Join Sharkey in lust niirht's light, will furnish more talk in this city than is necessary to elect a President.

Sharkey has the money, but Fitz certainly lias all the honor. From the time the two men' shook hands at hist night until SharKey dropped jike to'M lu.foro terrific upper 'cut 'in the round. Fitzsim nions outgeneraled, outpouched and out winded his antagonist. Exports in pugil ism swarmed in onml the ring side, nut the boxer who niiw strike a foul blow is hot' found. Jack Mc Aulilfe.

Jimmv i imII. Herget Voting Mitchell. I.mi AirneW. IOddie Creaney and scores of others declare that I he decision of Referee Wvatt Earp was a plain case of robberv. Major 1' rank McLaughlin, chairman of the Republican State Central tee, who was prob ably in a better nosilion to see the al 'ged fniil than anvhudv.

savH that the ktuii koiii was as jemi nil upper cut as he ever saw. 10a rp's selection as referee came iitxnit. in a nccii ar way. For many lays Martin Julian has urged Danny Lynch, Hliiii.Ke.yiM' to inline satisfactory iVjiiu, but Invariably reiusea to do mo, claiming that there was plenty of time. Yesterday morning the managers wrangll over the question for uours.

juuait named muii after man but Lynch was obdurate, and when the noon hour arrived President Groom, of the National Club, was called upon to make a selection. He fixed upon Wyatt Earp, and Julian agreed to accept him. Rather than leave Fitzsimmons open to the charge of cowardice, Julian took the short end of the stick. That Sharkey has mproved as a boxer, no one who saw him perform last night will deny. That he is greatly overrated and entirely out classed in a contest with Fitzsimmons is also not disputed.

The men were about evenly matched in weight, there being less than two pounds difference between them. Julian Will Ask for an Injunction. San Francisco. Dec. 3.

"I was simnlv robbed of $10,000 by that decision," said Jeitzsimmons after lsst nights battle. I felt sure I was going against the worst of it when Earp was named, but my repu tation was at stake ana took chances. I never struck a foul blow in my life, and no one knows better than Sharkey that I won last night ngnt tair and sauare. Look at me. Do you see a single mark or scratch.

Jid 1 get a good solid punch during he fight? Why that dub is simply a strong young wrestler and one of the foulest boxers I ever saw. Nobody can get a square deal from tne thieves who handle tights in this town. 1 now be lieve Corbett was robbed of the decision here in his Jackson fight. Sharkey as sorts that he had the best of every round and would certainly have won had he not been fouled. Sporting writers are unani mous in saying that the sailor is the luckiest man that ever stepped into a ring.

Sharkey announces his willingness to meet all comers for the world's cham pionship. Julian will ask for an injunc tion restraining tne bank trom paying Sharkey the check for the purse of $10, 000, and the matter will be taken into the courts. Fitzsimmons is Game. San Francisco, Dec. 3.

The fol lowing is a copy of a telegram sent last night by Fitzsimmons' manager: JJan. A. Stewart, uallas, ex. we were robbed to night, but thi outrageous decision will not make any difference in our plans. Fitzsimmons will meet both Sharkey and Corbett in the same ring any time you are ready to arrange the match.

(Signed; Martin Julian. Corbett is Sarcastic. New York, Dec. 3. Champion James Corbett, when he heard the result of the Sharkey Fitzsimmons fight, sent the following telegram to the winner: To Tom Sharkey.

San Francisco Am very sorry at Mr. Fitzsimmons' foul tac tics in his contest with you. which pre vented you getting a decision over him in a full ten round contest without a foul. I am ready to meet you on or before Janu ary 1st, lSUT. James J.

(Jorbett. "No Science" Says Solli ran. Boston. Dec. 3.

John L. Sullivan, the champion, in speaking of the fight last night between Fitzsimmons and Sharkey, said: There was little or no science in the battle between Fitzsimmons and Sharkey last night. From the reports I road it was simply a rough and tumble battel." Loudon Club Will Offer a Parse. London. Dec.

3. The National Sport ing Club anounces that it will offer a purse to be contested for in a twenty round bout between Sharkey and i nz simmons in the arena of that organiza tion. The Referee Says Foal. New York, Dec. 3.

Wyatt Earp, referee of the Sharkey Fitzsimmons tight, telegraphs as follows regarding his decision: 'The foul blow of the night was seen nlainlv bv me. Fitz smashed with his right on Sharkey's shoulder and then with an upporeut with the left he fltruck the sailor below the belt. Sharkey was leaning over, and the blow knocked him down. It was clearly a foul, and before the sailor moved I mentioned that the fight was over. The first blow was weak, and I believe the secoud blow was intended for an upporeut, but it struck foul.

No man on earth ever questioned my honor. I have boon in many places and in pecu liar situations, but no one ever said be fore that I was guilty ot a dishonoranie let. And I will reneat that 1 decided in ill fairness and with a judgment that was as true as my eyesight. I saw the foul blow." Sharkey Still Sleeping. San Francisco, Dec.

3. Tom Sharkey, who was knocked insensible by Fitzsiniiiions in last night's prize fight, ap Hars to bo resting easier to day. At 10 o'clock this morning he was reported sleep. A iKiliee officer is on watch at Sharkey's quarters, and if the condition of the pugilist becomes serious, Fitzsimmons will be arrested. K1NLEV KKI'T II IS WOHD.

Tendered a Cabinet Place He Had Prom ised at a Dinner. Washington, Iec. 3. The Washington Post has made tho discovery that I'resi dent eliK't McKinley has offered W. J.

A rkell, of New York, the post of Secretary of Agriculture in the now Cabinet, and that the modest publisher of Judge has declined. The story ns told is that some time lef ore McKinley became an active candidate for the Presidency he attended a dinner at which Mr. Arkell was present. In an after dinner speech Arkell said all he exMH tel of Mr. McKinley when he was elected was the place at the very foot of the Cabinet.

Major McKinley replied to the sally, assuring Mr. Arkell that his wish should be granted. lie talk created much siiort at the time and long since passed out of the minds of all present, it appears, except that of Mr. McKinley. Since his election Mr.

McKinley has written to Mr. Arkell refer ring to the promise and asking if he riv garded it as serious. While the latter did not say so, yet it clearly conveyed the idea that if Mr. Arkell looked uikiii the promise as serious it would 1h fully honored by an apiKtintmcut. Mr.

Arkell enjoyed the letter mute as much as ho did the original promise. He had never looked uion the promise as any thing more than a joke, lie accordingly answered that he had never attached the slightest Importance to the affair and had regarded it as a pleasurable circumstance ol a. good dinner. atK.Vr UL1ZZAHD IK TIIR SOUTH. Snow Nine Indies Deep lit North Carolina Charlotte, N.

C. Dec. 3. A winter storm of unusual severity, beginning last iiiglil, lias columned until the snow is in in or ten niches deep. I he winds kept uniting i no snoy upon the track, and yesterday ji Itcriiooti the electric street cars stopped running.

Nearly all trains are reported delayed, a number of freight trains on the Soul hern Railway having been milled or stopped on the way. The snow is thi! heaviest in Charlotte for eighteen years. Heavy Snow in irgliiliL. Petersburg, Doc. 3.

About, nqon yesterday a heavy 'snow yfonn set iu hero, it uus oeen allowing mini ever Last night the storm abated some little, but it is still Hiiowing, and there are no signs ot clearing weather. lie snow is about five inches in depth on a level. The elii lnc cars were lorccd to slop run ning. The storm is general throughout the South and Southwest. Suffolk, Dec.

3. The Fiercest snowstorm within four years has been ranging here since 12 M. yesterday. Drifts are several feet tlnc.k, a up trains, pu all roans are late. Itullcs of Kilgar Allan Por.

New York, Dei 3. E. It. Hill, of the Detroit. Journal, has presented to the New York Shakespeare Society his entire and unique collection of relics of Edgar Allan I pe, i onsistmg (if between ((H and TOO conies of I'oe's first, editions, contri butions to magazines, newspaper clippings and other memorabilia contem porary with the poet's life.

The col loo tion is to be placed in the cottage to which the poet lived when that building was re moved to I'oo 1'ark. Itetlreil from Prni'tlef. From the Hostou IJudget.l Tte Satiptcror's the Doctor, has retired' from practice. A. few years ago he inherited a largo fortune, und since? then his time hasi been so occupied manag ing his estates that it.

is iunisissiblc for him to continue his professional work. Nt oniy nas ne taiien in; mtf put he also discourages the' practice of calling hiiu fjo that iu his iieighlMrhootl Ihe title has been generally dropiicd. However, i' very few days the Irish maid of all work, when she answers) the door bell, has to explain that though ihe, proprietor ot the establishment is a duly graduated p(ysieiivn is not. at present pi Rctming his profession and dties nut wish to rcsiHid to oallsi for his medical skill. It.

hapticmxl that one day there apiionr od at the door a caller of very different kind, lie was the agent of some religious society, anxious rather to bleed othevH than to Ito bled himself. So, naturallv ho wa eager to iwiHt himself as to the church relations of his proposed milijec in order tj piako appeal more effec tual. His way: home' first "1 question, lwgan in the usual Mr. Jlaniinersleigli i "Sure tin' he Is, "(Jail you tell me whether or not he is a Christian To Bridget this, waa something of a Iioaor but she ns supremely to the pccn siou with her aeeustumed answer; "Sure, iiu" he is, ye honor. But he's not practisn' it lately." There were 070 new oil wells completed, in the oil fields in November.

ICE CHOKED RIVER, Residents of ChiDewa Seek Places of Safety. THE RIVER GORGED WITH ICE Business Houses Abandoned at a Great Loss. DYNAMITE USED ON THE GORGE Chippewa Falls. Dec. 3.

Yester day was moving day in Chippewa Falls and along the Chippewa Valley down to the Mississippi. The lower streets of the city were alive and noisy with moving wagons, all descriptions of drays, sawdust carts, farm wagons and delivery outfits. Everything that could be drafted into service was set at work, and the merchants of Spring street got to places of safety wiiu speeu. At midnight the water, forced back from the Chippewa ice gorge, was creeping up the street toward the Wisconsin Central Station. At 8 o'clock the water was two feet above the tracks.

An hour later the tracks were abandoned. The water rose steadily and at noon Prince street, in the business section, was a lake. For several Diocks further back, the hotels and business houses, the water extinguished all fires. For ten miles below the Chinnewa Riv er is filled with ice, gorged well to the bot tom, obstructing the flow of water, and back of it the water is constantly and rapidly rising to the dam at the unner end of the city. Below trie gorge to Eau Claire, the water is receding, wrhile reports from aDove the dam Indicate that the water in the upper Chippewa, Clambeau and other streams will soon go down.

he loss is already nearly a million dollars, and the indications are that it will tie much greater before the waters subside. Fifty business mructures in this eity have been abandoned and the thoroughly alarmed people are making every effort to leave as little for the incoming waters to destroy as they possibly can. Should the force of the back water be come so great as to loosen or break the jam of ice and logs packed almost inextricably between this city and Eau Claire a calamity would follow. With the mercury at zero the suffering from the flood would be beyond the power of imagina tion. Vast masses of water aro flowing over the upper dam, above the Weyer Ha user Mill, at the lower end ot the city, bringing down broken ice in large Quantities.

Below the rapids, at the dam, the water flows under the ice pack for miles, shoving against the bridges and backing into the town. The water is 25 feet above the low mark. The wagon bridge across the river to the south of the town seems almost im perceptibly in motion and may soon become dangerous. Below it is the Wisconsin Central Bridge, as yet safe. The en tire pack above the solid gorge has moved 1,000 feet in the last 24 hours and attempts are being made to open a passage through it by dynamite.

Because of the fact that no high gorge is apparent, the river being packed for miles, the project can scarcely be successful. The city is in darkness, the gas plant having been long ago abandoned. The electric light plant at the dam was forced to run under check, by reason of loss of power by the lessened head. And this may be so much further lessened as "to stop the whole. The Water Still Rising.

Chippewa Falls. Doc. 3. The wa ter is still rising, with no hope of breaking tne ice gorge, 'the Uhippewa Kiver is now twenty eight foot above low water mark. All places of business on Spring, Itiver and Eowor Bridge streets are rap idly neing vacated.

he ice gorge is forty feet high, and backincr water on the citv at the rate of a foot an hour. DIIVGLKV UIL.I4 DISCtlSSKD. Senator Hale Hopes it Will Fau nt tne nliort tension. Washington, Dec. 3.

Many of the mcmlK'rs of Congressional committees are already at work preoarimr for the opening or the session next week. Jingloy bill and its prospects were thor oughly discussed by groups of legislators to day, and opinions as to the probability of its success varied widely. Senator Halo to day expressed the opin ion that the Senate would take ui and. he hoped, pass the JUiigloy bill at the session to begin next Monday. We ought to have it," said he.

"for the Treasury re ports show the great need of more reve nue. While I would not attempt to siH ak for all of them. I am satisfied that some of the silver Republicans will give their assistaiifo of the passage of the bill, and I cannot believe that. the Democrats would put any unusual obstructions in the way of the success of the measure. Furthermore, I am quite persuaded that Air.

ll.Ievcluml would not veto tho lull it it: should bo presented to him." TO HANNA. Mtilor M'Klnley Tf nder. Hint I lie Trt tts nry i on rol 10. Canton, Dec. 3 As a result of the conference between Mr.

Hanna and 1 'resi dent elect McKinley, the National Chair man was yesterday formally offered the! Secretary of the Treasury portfolio. Mr. Hanna asked for time to consider liefore making final answer. This was granted iy niajor Aicivnuey and 11. 111 11a was told that he may take as much time as he desires to consider the matter.

Marcus Aurelius Hanna, therefore, has it in his own hands whether he will be a Cabinet advisor ot McKinley or not lluylug Walnut Treea, Allontown, Dec. 3. A parly of men aro buying up ail the good walnut, trees they can tind in the townships of Salis bury, lipper and lower Milford and Up per and Lower Maenngie, this county. The trees are cut up into logs and shipped to Baltimore for export to Germany. There is great demand in that country for American walnut, and the trees grown in this country are specially desirable for their hardness, enabling the wood to Ik5 IKilished to a high degree.

The agents in this country buy all trees over eighteen inches thick. hoy are experts and can tell the quality of the wood at a glance. They generally pity $10 por thousand feet. hen they buy a tree on the stump, they pay so much for the log, say from to $r(. though trees of the latter value are not very numerous, the value lieing large ly regulated by the soundness or the tree.

Shllllr Located. Lebanon, Dec. 3. Searching parties are out looking for (Joorgo E. Shitllcr, the missing bank teller, In the vicinity of Jonestown, whore he was seen to dav Shinier is said tP ho hi a pitiable eondi I Hill.

'l'o l.erttire lit OTerllaulcHUUrg. I rot. KolM rt. railing, of tins eitv, nil give his illustrated lecture. "A Trio to Washington," in Franklin.

Hall, Mo chanics burg, Saturday night. Deccmlei itli, for the benefit of the Baptist 11 ..1. ,1. 1 vjiiurcu 01 inai. place.

TrUrenieul I'lllou, Thp Fircpion's Vnlon will hold meet Pig lit the riondslnp engine house to morrow evening, at 7:30 o'clock, when every member is expected to lie present. STATE lEVKt Allentown wants ten more nolicemon. Shamokin's famous brass band is to le revived. he 1'ittsburg Carnegie Library will have free Sunday concerts hereafter. Avondale Sound Miuioy I'ugue has on uorseu awumuker for Cuited States Senator.

Tho experiment of growing Sumatra nnnv in oiinton inunty this year has beep a. success. A runaway horse raceiT nock and neck with an electric car five miles, from Ann ville to Ix banon. 'J he chrysanthemum show at Reading netted ONI. IO, which has beeu divided among five of the ehavjtablo institutions of that citv.

At special meeting Downingtown's Business Men's league John Wantunakep was endorsed for United States Wenutor niiiniiiL eipiMisji ion. ho Honoilpys yf Allegheny i punty iowiin niive organized ami wilt pvcpnro bill sto Ih submitted to. the I jegiMlnturo lor itottor regulation of municipal affairs, An eiigpio struck Farmer Amandin Amor's team as he was crossing the Phil adelphia iV Jteadtng tracks near Taina.pia yesterday, mm kiiicu one horse nnd badly Injured him. he Alosclom Creek, formerly. Motet trout stream in U15 verniern portion of Berks coun'y, is drying up owing to the cutting imwn or ihe forests which for STEELTON NEWS.

Steelton. Dee. 3. Not the surfew bells. but the curfew whistle for Steelton.

At least the ordinance which passed first read ing in council last evening says so. Tne Ordinance Committee presentee! an ordi nrreo last night and had passed on first re ing to prevent the running at large of children under 15 years of age at night. It provides that from April 1st to October 1st no cnilaren under the above age snail be allowed unaccompanied on the streets after 9 o'clock, and from October 1st to Apru ist, not later than As a warning to get off the streets it is nro posed to have the shrill furnace whistle sounded ten minutes before the time men tioned. At the next meeting of council final action will be taken. Last night council nassed a motion to change the name of Raspberry alley to Raspberry street.

A prominent citizen called your reDre sentative's attention to the item in regard to the Green family yesterday. He stated that the facts in the case were that when (ireen was convicted and sent up for three months the family was in destitute circumstances, and the borough authorities secured a permit to admit ihe entire family to the county home. The stew ard refuseel to receive the children unless the mother accompanied them to care for them, this she refused to do, preferring to live in squalor. The woman has been leading an indolent life and made no effort to shelter and care 'or her little ones. YY hile there is a charitable disnosition among the people of Steelton to succor the children, they are loath to do anything ror tne motner.

"Several persons in contributing money this morning to High Constable Seltzer admonished him not to give the money, but purchase the necessaries of life. The ordinance regulating the tax on tele graph, telephone and electric poles at 25 cents per pole per annum, passed first reading. An effort was made to increase the amount to 50 cents, but it failed. The secretary was instructed to aeain call the County Commissioners attention to need ed repairs to Conestoga and Trewick street bridges and request prompt action. It was decided to make no appropriation to the Board of Health for 1S97.

St. Paul's Baptist congregation was exoner ated from the payment of tax on their vacant lot, corner Mam and Trewick streets. Council sustained the burgess in imposing a 100 license on the management of the proposed sparring exhibition on the West Side. The secretary was instructed to invite bids for lighting the borough with electricity. George la.

Wilt, of this place, and Miss Minnie Hummel, of Hnmmelsto.vn, have procured a marriage license and will, on Sunday, be united in wedlock at the bride's Bernhard Blake.v. the faithful mes senger at the steel works, made a narrow escape last evening from losing his life.and owes it probably to a gentle.docile horse he was driving. This is his last trip from the post office. As he was cross ing below the rail mill, where the rails are run out after being punched, he fail ed to see a rapidly moylng rail, being blinded by the lights rrom the machine shop, coming down on the rolls. It struck the front wheels, knocking both from under the carriage and precipitating him over the dash board between the shafts and the hind legs of the horse.

The ani mal immediately stopped and stood pa tiently until Bernhard could extricate him sedf. Mr. Blakey considers he had a very close call. It has been decidtd tiy the Republican Club not to go as a boely to the inaugura tion, unless the times should improve between this and March 4th. Holding the refusal of "the Citizen's Band up to this time, tho band was released.

JOHN POW TAKES A BUIDE, The Seventeenth Ward legislator Mr rien in uraouyu. John II. Fow, the ex member of the Legislature from the Seventeenth district, and well known lawyer and until recently a iiolitical leader of the Democratic per suasion, was married yesterday at noon to Mary Bennett, daughter of John Lovett Rile. The wedding took place at the home of the bride's parents, 821 Marcy avenue, Brooklyn, the ceremony being iierformed by the Rev. John Gerardus Fagg, of the Middle (vollegiate Church of rsew lork city.

The guests were the bride's imme diate relatives and friends with a party of the groom's friends from Philadelphia. I he decorations wore pink. he bride was attired in, white brocaded silk en train, trimmed with point lace, and the bridesmaid was Miss Esther Kile, her sister, who was handsomely attired in pink taffeta and mousseleine de soie. lie best man was Frank lliter. IJi rcctor of l'ublic Safety.

Philadelphia. 1... 1, 1 II ll.lll I .1 ,.11114,111 1,111 IUIT brother: Alfred li. Allen and Frank L. Lylo, of Philadelphia.

The presents to the bride were numerous and handsome, including those from the officers of the Philadelphia courts, Judges Arnold and Gordon, William Latin, Edward A. Anderson. Frank M. lliter, Assistant District Atterneys Boyle and Finletter, James Rankin Young and many other Philadelphians. while the bride's many Brooklyn and New York friends vied with each other in expressing their appreciation of her by the gift of many articles of beauty and value.

'1 he groom present to the bride was a diamond brooch and earrings. After a wedding breakfast the happy couple started for au extended tour of Florida nnd the Southern States. A reception will bo hold 111 January at their residence in Philadelphia. A TKOTS TllltOl TOWN. People in Port ail JUtmuorns ait Uitiuttiiil IMglit.

Pint Jervis, Dec 3. At o'clock on Monday a stately doer trotted out of the woods of Pike county, near the Delaware River, and ran slowly along the old road in Matamoras until it came to the abut meuM of the old Delaware bridge. It skipped down the river bank, swam the rver to Port, Jervis, and galloped across the Erie flats and over the railroad trncks, pasaing among locomotives and cars which wore on the switches. It nimbly sealed the precipitous canal bank, paused a moment on the tow path, and surveyed the houses and moving trains below and then plunged into the canal, which it swam. It bonneted through the ytird and over the fence of Thomas O'Brien on West Main street, knocking off the top board and leaving' some of is.

milky hair lie hind. It then disappeared up the steep side of Mount William. The deer in its "ourse pa sijietl several houses in Matamoras, and went through nearly the whole central part of this place. CAN 11 All 1IKII IIEAIIT HEATS. Self Iiftle renteil lit lite CnNr of a Suit, ring tThiltl.

Paris. Dec. 3. Groat interest is mani festeel iu scieptlic circles ill the case of a 4 year old American girl who was presented before the Academic de Medicine by Dr. Klein, of London.

When a baby she accidentally fell down stairs and received coneuxsion of the brahi. but recovered in few days. Recently it was di.eo vered that the heart beats onlil be hoard distinctly when the oar was placed to the child's head. Medi cal 'men consider it a most remarkablr case and will endeavor to find tliv en use. IloflVr'a ltefctittttioii.

Lebanon, Dec. 3. The Modoc gold mine, in Colorado, which was assigned to the li rectors of the First. Bunk this city, by Allen D. 1 1 offer, brother of J.

I loner, the thieving cashier, is declared by George W. Eddy, of Boston, to be a valuable property. Eddy was in. consultation with the directors and a.i ex aminer will lie sent to see the iurrv Ills Four Ilurneal. Chicago, vo, Jt.

liartooviteh. The four children of a laborer. livinir at BilH North Fifty third street; Joseph, 0 years; Rosa, 4 years; John, 2 years, and Louis, 1 year, were burned to death yesterday afternoon. My BartteoviU going out of the left the three youniter children 111 etiarge ot placing all lour uie Kiictien and looking the doors. It is supposed they set tire to the house in playing.

The building was a small one story trnino affair, and in a sparsely settled district. Jtuiiit'MOii Agnln Th'rrv, London, Dec. 'i. Dr. Lenndor S.

Jame son was released last night at. clock from Ilvdiday Jail in compliance with the order of the Home Secretary, Sip Mat thew Kidley. 1 oetor underwent serious oiiorutiem in the jail on November 151th. and the release was ordered on miHtical grounds. lie was sentenced to fifteen months imprisonment on July llSth last, on a charge of violating the neutrality laws in invading the territory of the South African Republic.

Weyler nm F'lnanrlrr. Havana, loo. .5. The ofhcial lunette contains the dicree of Oautuin General Weyler ordering the redemption of the present golj Wills within fifteen ditvs and a uuw Issue of in silver bills. i m.

iii. 1 11c UVII U.l!,iji iil creases the duties uuan imported goods five per cent. The new. silver biUs, nro receivable; for the payment of all taxes RETALIATIOH, Clean News Onlt Er TELEGRAPH SO THAT IX CAjV BE READ TN HOMES. HARRISBURG, THURSDAY EVENING.

DECEMBER 3. 1896. VOL. LXV.t NO. 288.

ESTABLISHED 1831. Germany Has Gone too Far Against Uncle Sam. AND HE WILL FIGHT BACK President Cleveland Issues a Proclamation of Retaliation. THAT WILL MAKE GERMANY HOT Washington. Dec.

3. The President today issued a proclamation which suspends the law relieving German vesseds from tonnage dues and other charges in American ports. This is done upon evidence that American vessels are not given those privileges in German ports. It is retaliatory in its nature. Evidences of an unfriendly disiiosition on the part of the German Government toward the United States have been accumulating ever since the differential duty on bounty paid German lieet sugar was imposed by the Wilson tariff law.

American cattle have been excluded on the pretext of danger of contagion from Texas fever, which cannot exist in northern climates. American hog products have been exciuueu even inougn cooked and enclosed in cans, on tne allegation that the cooked I. I. 111 1 1 1 11 cannot exist in cooked food. Discriminating and prohibitive duties against American olen el 1 1 11 we '1 ml 11.0 ..1 v.

.1 11 VI. Villi It 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 other exports, which formerly went to the wei 111,1 11 rjuinre, nuve xonoweo one alter the other. All these matttrs have been made the siibiif.l of vivr.irmiu nmtiut our Government, much of the correspond ence naving noon conducted ly Air. rid in uni, now our AmDassador in xier II A' 1 1 1 1 1. 111.

.1 .1 1. A I .1 nH .1 1..1.1 lil Vll l.ll I 1 1 State. Mr. TJhl is, therefore, particularly well qualified to deal with the existing situation should it grow more tense. FIRE IN OTTAWA.

Business oases Burned and (he Masonic Lodge Rooms Destroyed The Loss is $400,000. Ottawa, Dec. 3. The most disas trous fire in the history of the city broke out about clock this morning in Mrs. Turner's confectionery store at" lOS Sparks street.

The losses will probably foot up S400.000. Bv the time, the fire brigade got to work the fire was bevond control, the entire building being in Haines. MacDonald Brothers establish ment, adjoining, quickly caught and was destroyed. Holdbrooks' tailoring establishment next tloor east, was the next to go. The second floor of this building was occupied as offices, while the third story contained the Masonic lodge rooms.

Con tinuing on its way east the fire next at tacked G. Koss Company establish ments, and it was a blazing furnace in a few minutes. Here the fire was checked. Ross Company's loss is about $2150.000: insurance $100,000. E.

Partney, owner of the building in which the fire started loses partially insured. Hold brooks' loss is $00,000, also partially insured. The other losses amount to iihonf $45,000. Fireman Stanford was severely hurt by a falling wall. Make TJp ot tne Home in tus S3th ongress.

Washington, Dec. 3. The clerk of the House of Representatives has issued the usual unothcial list of members of the House of the Fifty fifth Consrress. The list shows that the House will be com posed of 204 Republicans, 124 Demo crats, 12 Populists, IS Fusionists and 3 Silverites, and that there is one vacancy, from the First Missouri district. Of the total membership, 205 were in the last House and ten others had.

served in pre vious Congresses. Student Payne Not in Svliool Yet. Easton, Dee. 3. The facidty of Lafayette College met and discussed the Payne whisker cutting affair, but took no action owing to the absence of President Warfield.

Payne has not presented himself at recitations and has not benm seen on the campus since his return. His friends have advised him not to return to recitations until he has seen President Warfield. Itrftunl to Take I'ouil. Sharon, Dec. 3.

Mary Winter, of Orangeville, near this city, has not tasted food for over three weeks and is slowlv dying of starvation. All the persuasions and entreaties of friends have been vain. WTiest Oils Pic. Washington, Dee. 3.

L. M. Weist was to day apiKiinted postmaster at Schoe neck, Lane aster county, Pa. Evangelistic Service. Evangelist William Matthews, of Boston, and Willitm Heveridge, of Virginia, are conducting special meetings, in Assembly Hall, corner State and Second streets, this Thursday mid Friday nights, at 7:45.

Sunday Seliool Primary Tearhers' lrilo. The Sunday School Primary Teachers Union will meet in the Y. M. C. A.

parlor at 8 o'clock this evoniiiir. Lesson. "Solo mon s. Sin," by Miss Ida M. Stewart.

Topic, "Music in Primary Work." by Mrs. Gilbert M. McCanley. A New Orleans Delilah. New Orleans Times Democrat.

A Coliseum Square is the ikis sessor of a distinctly remarkable sofa, pillow. It is stuffed with the whiskers, lieards and moustaches of admirers whom the fair one. under the pretence' ef testing their affection, enticed into shaving clean. The i ollcctioii of hirsntes iiu ludoH all colors, shades, lengths and degrees, from grave to gay, from gay to delionnair the shaggy, snow i ovcreil whiskers of ancient beaux, the lion tawny Vandykes of middle aged men, the curling mustache! of early manhood, and the downy fuzz of devoted but callow youth all jumbled together heartlessly and remorselessly inK a strange, soft, multiohroniatic medley upon which madamoisello reclines her; pretty head with a languorous faith in tin1 effectiveness of her patent method for dreaming dreams of her faithful and hair loss band of gallants. Whtu ISngle lllow.

When bugles blow, le't no mat) steep Nr his commoreial measures heap. But lot him rise with heart aglow. And rush to meet his country's foe. And foil most to the danger leap. What though at home the maidens weep.

And wives fall down in sorrow deep? Where honor calls the man will go. When bugles blow. Let cowards shun the blazing step; i The fields of glory heroes reap: And if they fall and no word show. Where they do lie. ti.

better so That freedom all her splendors keep, When hujjh blow. Juris von I PAltACiUAPIIKl) KKWS. Judge L. W. Ciuideff, of Enid.

(. who has become insane over politics, i in an asylum. Incorporation has been asked at St. Louis for an "Association of Veterans of Blue and Gray." A great demand for pennies has sprmig as the holidays approach, oven California desiring them. Mrs.

Henry Ward Boecher. who is S4 years old. met with an accident while visiting in Stamford. but is recovering. V.

(I. Leland. president of tho defunct Springville (X. Bank, and his son a rounder arresfc for misuse of the Kink's fu litis. Professor G.

Lo.h i.iau. of Ithaeu, X. a distinguished scientist, while temporarily insane from overwork, committed suicide. Almond growers of the Pacific slope have formulated a memorial to Congress urging that almonds bo placed on tho pro 'ctive tariff. Tho door of the vault in the Xation.it Bank of Belleville (Kan.) was blown off by burglars, but they failed to get to the money in the safe.

A. C. Ady. a Columbus tO.i real estate dealer, who failed for $200,000, was yesterday convicted of obtaining money "under false pretenses. Judge Baker, of Chiouao, has dismissed the suit of John Bosch for the recovery eif MH offered for the discovery of Dr.

Cronin's body. Jefferson, Pagctt and Albert Ells, who attempted to rob an Alton express train near Independence, on October 23d. were captured at Kitnsms City, Mo. George F. Curtis, a clerk in the Con gressional Library, will demand indemnity from the Swiss Romiblie for illeiral art est while no.