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EOL.. l9s
WASHINGTON.
!. interests OF Iron Workers and
Coal Miners.
p,,ioa Turns Author and viii Vindicate
Eis RecOrd-CNil Service Shams-
A Rather Lively Till on
the Tariff,
EyrgAL WASHINGTON DISPATCHES.


S,sr;d Dispat~a to The Register.
kv,su,>orox. February J. The tesH'
,v or Robert y. Layton, Grand Secre-
= of the Knights Of Labor, before the
E.,e committee on Education and
~ was continued to-day. He was
l. stoned as to the wages Of workmen IN
i IRON mills and coal mines. lie stated
h. the former were better paid, and did
have 10 submit TO the plucking process
dealing at the company stores as tue
fer do. Beside miners are at the addl-
IL expense of furnishing their own
L. Trht powder, etc. The annual wages
/, ;rsrs DO not average more than $3.50 a
H. He contended that the organization
|sborers was the only means working
H. have Of maintaining themselves, and
s,',;ued the manner in which orSaniza-
II le represents carries its members
IL siversities. That nickel from
In men her would carry any branch OF
+ aus,ry represented through the longest
L se they had yet had.
IA Washington special to the Boston
-nal says that Mr.. Blaine is pre-
\ ac polite history, under the title
Twenty Years of Congress, from Lin
,a GARFIELD, history Of national leg
II ION from l>UI 10 ISL. This is not 10
| = book Of "reminiscences, but q history
which Mr. Blaine wifi treat imperSona.-
| ( events with which he was connected.
\ work will consist of two octave vol
bey The tire Equalization is not fixed.
resides in Washington because he finds
Il s.e,sary 10 near the library OF Con-
l. where he obtain the documents
eessary to III. work in hand and 10
k,rs which he 5 in contemplation.
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DISSATISFIED AND HUNGRY.
4 Row at Eekhart Mine Between For
eigu Miners and COmmissarfes.

eigu Miners ana COmmfsSarfFS.
CUMBERLAND, MD., February IA Diff
Guilty occurred yesterday morning at the
barracks at Eckhart between some of the
foreign miners and four Cumberland men
employed in the commissary department
there. James Wallace, Of Cumberland is
foreman OF commissary, and Jerry Dona.
houe, Joseph Martz and Henry Wegman
are his assistants. They occupy room in
one of the buildings, and number OF the
foreign miners are in the same building.
One Of the four Cumberland men says
that about 1890 in the morning
some of the foreigners broke into
the portion OF the buildings where they
slept, armed with miners picks drove
them out, and afterwards broke up and
scattered about some furniture in the
kitchen. Thore was much confusion and
four shots were fired, by whom is not
known. No one was seriously hurt, but
one of the foreigners is said to have re-
ceived flesh wound from a pistol ball.
The four Cumberland men left camp and
came here today, and their statement Of
affairs is the only one 80 far received. No
cause is assigned for the trouble, as the
commSsary men say they did nothing, not
even offering resistance when attacked. 1t
is said the foreigners have been OF late
rather uniriendly toward the cooks and
walters because they were dissatisfied with
their food
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Cable Clicks.

LoSDoN, February The Neue Freie
PreSse, of Vienna publishes an interview
had b. its representative with Prince Ma
poleon, in which the latter admitted that
the death of NJ. Gambetta influenced the
publication Of his manifesto at the time OF
It's issue.
Tie International Indemnity Commits
sion held its first annual meeting to-day in
Alexandria.
1t is reported that the Government has
secured some very important information
regarding the secret societies in Ireland.
The police III Dublin have made numer-
ous rearrests Of suspect, who, it is alleged,
have used certain privileges they were al
lowed while in prison as suspects to pro.
mote illegal organizations and carry on a
conspiracy against the Government.
The Sultan does not disguise his distrust
at the British Eastern policy. This feeling
of distrustis so marked that it prevents
the Porte from iustructing Musurus Pasha
to attend the Danubian Conference.
1t is reported from Paris that apartments
have been secured at Geotz for large
number of legitimate notabilities, who are
expected to arrive Immediately.
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Cattle IN WyO0S09.

CHETkSsE, W., February 7.-Many tels-
graphic inquiries having come from tbs
East because Of the srossly sIagssrstsd -.
counts OF the loss Of cattle ssnt hsncs In
specials, the Wyoming Stock Growers A..
socistion, the largest body of the kind 10
the world, says officially, through its Pres.
dent and Executive Council, thst although
the storm bas been unusually severe along
the Union Pacific road, u has been mseh
less 10 ON the ranges which lie 10 the Dofth.
The cattle are in much better condition
than they have been for many years u this
season. As far a. learned from the ranges
the loss 10 the present time has bsss. 's.y
slight, the grass being coed on The north.
ern sides OF the hills. II the D0w nelts In
few days, as 1t now promises, ~ loss Of
cattle will be small.
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TElEGRAPHiC NOTES.

At Norfolk, Va, K p. Voight Il Co.'S
wholesale grocery was burned yesterday
morning. Loss, S33, 900; insurance $1,000.
John Flynn, of Columbus, employed on
the Pan Handle road, was run over and in.
stsntly killed yesterday morning.
William Dooly, . marshal OF Hartwell,
Ga, was shot and killed last night while
standing in barroom by some one outside.
Near Halifax. n. s., at q dance at Dig.
ley's Neck, last night, man named
Weathersby was killed, and another, named
Hutchison. was fatally shot
The customs agent at Greetns and Niche,
Manitoba, have been ordered by the Gov.
eminent not 10 allow grain 70 pass on 70
Duluth by the Canadian Pacific Railway.
An incendiary fire at Decatur, Ills. yes
terdsy, destroyed stables and fourteen
horses and several small business build
ings. The losses amount 70 $4,000; in
sUred for $500.
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Great Insa 10 Coal sIen.

CINCINNATI, February Owing 70 the
bigh water in the Ohio the sudden rise in
the Licking river sent an unususlly
strong current along the Coviagton shore
of the Ohio, and caused great damage 10
coal fleets moored there. Fifty coal
barses, half of them loaded, were swept
away to night with little hope of recovery.
The losers are Hayes & Bro. Lynn
& Fleaihen, Sheridan, Craig & Whitaker,
]. W. Clark and W. b. Cole. If none are
saved the loss will be SIS, coo. The river
was 40 feet at u o'clock tonight and still
rising.
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MINERS CONVENTION.
The Board OF Arbitrators Appointed.

The Board OF ArbitratOrs Appointed.
Special Dispatch 10 the Register.
PITTSBURGH, February THE second
days session of the miners convention
met in Labor Hall to-day at 10 o'clock.
The first business transacted was receiving
the report Of the Finance Committee ap-
pointed by the January convention. They
endorsed the counts OF the gen.
eral officers of the association and
recommended that the general Treasu-
rer, Mr.. Thomas A. Armstrong, be al
lowed one per cent. on all monies received
by him during the year 1852. 1t was fur
ther decided that he be allowed one-half Of
one per cent. of all monies handled by him
during 1852. When recess was taken at noon
The Railroad Miners
appointed their board OF arbtrators. The
following are the names of those elected:
Sawmill run, J. Costello, Chess mine, Pitts
burgh; Virginia and Charleston railroad,
J. O'Neill; Buffalo and Pennsylvania rail
1old, A. Stiner, of Weyman's mill;
Allegheny Valley railroad, J. Whir-
low Of Plum Creek; Panhandle
Railroad, J. Cunningham, Grant; CHARTERS
Valley Railroad, John McBroome. Summer
Hill; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, VIM. J.
Callaghan, Alpsville. This board will ask
a meeting at the hands Of a like number Of
railroad operators as early as possible.
The convention decided that these names
should be submitted To the men OF each
railroad district for approval ur disproyal.
This must be done, however, before We'd
nesday. the l4th inst, both sections, river
and rail
Will be Assessed
to pay their arbitrators. These two boards
will be entirely separate. One will arbi-
trate with the river operators for scale
OF prices in the river district. The other
will meet the railroad operators to fix
scale fo7 that district. Large beacon
fires were kindled at all of the river
pits on the nearest adjoining hill and rati-
iication meetings were INDUCED in. This
is the first time in the history OF the
Miners Association that the delegates
ever voted in favor Of accepting reduction
or even Tor the untrammelled powers OF
arbitration by delegates. These reSull Is are
largely owing 10 the influence OF President
Scheming and Secretary Flanner, who are
in favor of ConciliatiOn.
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recommended their friends and supporters
for collectorships, postoffices, land offices,
internal revenue places, clerkships and the
like.
And, to illustrate their sincerity, these
shams are now doing what they have most
censured, and using all the enginery of the
discredited machine to get possession of
the new Commission. This seifishness has
disguSted many who favored a genuine re-
form, and it has helped to bring the whole
movement into contempt as a mere Job to
put certain men into office.
If this experiment is 10 be made fairly,
the President ought at least appoint Com
mlssioners who have practical minds, and
who are not possessed of cast iron notions
that, if accepted, would doom it to failure.
OF all things, he ought to avoid the profes.
siOnal reformer, who goes about canting
his own superiority and lamenting that
mankind has fallen TO q low estate.
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Married MIsery.
wears.

New YoRK. February Edward Mutry,
ayoung man who was committal today by
Judge Siilsing, Of the Jersey City Police
Court. on the Chare of wife murder. Mrs.
Murray died in Charity Hospital, from in
iuries received from her husband. who
brutally beat her during a family quarrel.
The prisoner, a slovenly looking fellow,
was brought into court with his eight-year-
old daughter. The surgeon deposed that
the murdered woman was mass OF black
and blue spots. Doth eyes we're discolored
and her face bruised. The injuries were
inflicted while she was stupid from liquor.
The police found the woman entirely with
out clothing, moaning on the bed which was
wet with her blood.
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VIII be Assessed
INDIAN TRAGEDIES.
The Noble Son ofthe Forest Can't Stand
Prosperity.

ST. LOUIS, February "A Little Rock
special ssys: A tragedy occurred among
the Creek Indians last Saturday, when the
Creek orphan money was distributed. One
OF Euches band received 5000. The
mans good luck drove him crazy. On
Saturday ke received the money and on
Sunday morning, before daylight, he shot
two Of his companions, Kigia Brown and
John Buck. through the head while they
were sleeping. The whole camp was
aroused, and in the attempt to capture the
lunatic Jim Barrett was mortally wound
ed, and the Indian then took shelter under
a wagon and defended himself with fire.
arms. 1t being impossible TO capture him,
he was killed by well-directed yolley, and
the principal chief of the Usage Indians,
Joseph Pawnee Nopawine, WAS dead, aged
4S He had ruled the Osages more than 20
wears
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kRfudieI.

DENSIsoN, O., February 1T just nov
leaks ont that about thirty prominent
citizens of UhrichsviIle. one mile cas-. Of
here have been feeced by the alleged
swindlers, Kendall & Co, )f Chicago.
Many OF the innocents have been sending
Kendall & Co. large sums of money for
several months past, and the amount which
has thus been wruDg from the Uhrichsvil-
ians is estimated at from SO, ,OO0 to Sl5,OJl.
Among these unfortunate unfortunate
dealers in puts" and calls" are pr0mi.
nent elder in the Pres5y ierian Church aad
an old Methodist class leader.
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Bad Morals In New Jersey.

TRENTOY, February lin the House The
special committee appointed to inquire
into the matter Of elections bribery pre-
scnted its report, in which it is set forth.
that bribery is universally prevalent in
local, State and national elections in that
State; that it has been condoned to such
an extent that the senses OF the people
have become blunted to the enormity OF
its effects, and that a large proportion Of
the voting population depend upon cleo
ton day as a regular source Of income.
The committee suggest as the most feasibl
course by which the evil may be remedied
that amnesty be declared tor past offenses,
that the present law relating 20 bribery be
repealed. and that a new law be enacted, to
take effect Immediately.
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A LIVELY ulTTIs TILT.
nrett VIII Not TameIy he Sneered
atby Mr.. kassOn.

niNGT'N, February 7.-Messrs. Kas-
nd Errett had 4 lively tilt in the
; and Means Committee to day, in
the Iowa free trader came out sec
peSt. Mason wanted TO amend the
'tchetuIe Sn as 70 admit all steel for
AtUrai implements at a rate Of duty
eher than At present. Erreyt opposed
the ground that it was speciaI
Nlon for one particular interest
peued The door Tor fraud, and underit
p would be imported for agricultural
pes. hLSSOu came back at E-rett an
,rd SUeerlnEly. and said that Errett
fuir. special interests. Errett said
q "as not true sUd tha: Il did not
tp NaN>on 10 Surrr at him. for while
I'Srnte a manufacturing c0mmuni-
'fat uniformly voted for protection
n, "i'e AaSSUn, though pretending 10
u p'e'unui>t, voted for nothing exceDr
-pcn 10 tie farmers Of Iowa.
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HANGING By PtATooNs.
vixtiasce Committee HwisgtnS Nqssas
0f MaIefaes01s.

BosENas, Mon, February IA gentle
man just returned from the front gives
some particulars OF the attempt Of the re-
spectacle citiz.Dsuf Woodvills. A railway
camp some distance beyond Missonis, on
the Northern Pacific, break up the reign Of
terror which has prevailed at that placs.
Urged to desperation, the citizens Organized
q vigilance committee. Less than ten days
ago BILLY. the Kif," well known In Butte,
river. On Sunday night four despsrsdoes,
"Ohio Dan" "BIondy," I'd. Enright and
another man, were arrested. The nrst three
were hanged without ceremony, and the
fourth was shot At another camp two
miles out OF Weedsyille three men, whoss
names are unknown. were hanged on tbs
same tree. The report has Just reached
here Of the hanging OF three more men st
the terminus on Monday.
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Texas Weather.

ST. LOUIS, February "A Fort Worth,
Texas, special says: The snow storm has
abated, and the weather greatly moderated,
although still unusually cold. Reports
from the ranchers are that the cattle have
drifted in every direction, and the morta!i-
ty among the sheep is the largest ever
fnowA from the weather in this section.
The Stock Journal, of this city, has &C
counts from all the stock and sheep regions,
and reports as high as % per cent OF loss
to the focks, and in some few cases as
high as 50 per cent The thermome-
ter rsDgsd from three TO eight degrees be-
low Zern
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Deyoured by Hsgs.
Special Dispatch to the Register.

Hpecdt UISpulcH 70 IIe II1yISEH.
PARKERsRURG, February Last night
after the fast train went east, the watch
man at the depot found q young body
wrapped in sheet lying where the train
stood, but left it there and went to call
fellow.watchmsn. When they returned
they were horrifed to find that hogs had de-
voured the babe, and scarcely fragment
OF the infant was left. The deepest mys-
terry surrounds the affair. No clue was OBJ
tanned as to whethers it was purposely
dropped there by some one on the track or
placed there by others.
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wuxnAAHrK, Pa, February7.-1hs peo.
pIe living along the river front Of this city
are nov In dYesd of the river oveF6oHinG
10 night. Those living In the ioWef pntd
torn are making preparations 70 move.
The Zee il piled In inmssss hsaps IN ~
Ha,s between here and KiA0too. md ase
covered With sbost nine fsss q Wse6k. 10
rsin last night svsiied IL Dc9noA
streams, and should ths ice ren1ln y -
ity Of the greater PORTION of he valley -
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shrOuded InDarkness.
TIE MONoNGAYEIA.
The Greatest Flood for Half a Century.

Special Dispatch 20 ne Register.
rIrrsEURGH, February 7, 1910 A. NJ
The NoHonsahela river is Using at an un-
precedeutedly rapid rate, and by morning
will have reached 4 height probably never
equalled in its history. How much dam
age has been done up the river cannot be
aScerta.ned until morning, as all the up
river telegraph Offices are flooded and the
operators have been compelled to leave.
On the South Side all the dwellings and
manufactures along the river are sub
merged, and by daylight The water will be
considerably higher than at this hour,
midnight.
PITrSBURGH, FEBRUARY From present
indications this section will be visited be-
fore morning with the greatest food for
ht'y years, All day yesterday and last
night the rain fell in torrents at all points
along the MonOngehala Valley, the record
showing total rain fall OF
one and half inches. This
melted snd carried OIL the snow on the
mountains, and soon the creeksand streams
at The head waters were converted into
small rivers, and pouring their volumes OF
water into the Monongahela. EARLY this
morning. came reports from the points
SN'Ne ot booming river, but not until
noon was there any rise here. It commenced
swelling st that hour and has since been
Il>'hs rapidly. Dispatches from Morgan.
ITC"h, ". Va, Greensboro, Brownsville,
Ia, and other towns along the banks re-
port the
Water still Rising
~ tho r,ta 90 = a., 20 -.
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No Apprehension Is Felt

here as to the outcome. What ice is still
in the MonOngahela and and Youghioghe-
ny rivers, it is thought, will be so rotted by
the thaw of last week as to be in cOndI-
tion TO do no damage. Portions ofAllegheny
City and the South Side are now under
water, and by tomorrow morning it is ex-
pected the mills and factories along the
rivers will be compelled to suspend ope-
ratiOns.
Families in the lower part of the cities
are moving their goods to places OF safety
and deserting their houses. The Allegheny
riTer is also rising, but no serious damage
is anticipated from that source.
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werkm., D.rn.nd Their PAY.

STEUBESyILLE, o., February 7.-About
fifty coal miners, drawers-out aud some
other laborers, this forenoon attached the
property Of the Cleveland Furnace Com
pany for wages due. This IL the regular
payday and the company refused 10 settle
the amount due the men. Over twelve
hundred dollars Is said to be due them.
The company intends TO shut down.
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grert destruction Of property is
anticipated. AT this point there was
25 feet at 10 o'clock tonight, and from
and it is thought there will be from 80 to
IS feet before the food reaches its height.
Beyond the damage done by inundation the
possible washing away of the old Smith
field street bridge, which is in bad condi-
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Forty Years Experience Of m Old

Mrs. WinsIo1's Soothing Syrup is the
prescription Of one Of the best female ply
sicisns and nurses in the United States,
and has been used for forty years with
neverfailiDg success by millions Of mothers
for their children. Il relieves the child
from pain, cures dysentery and diarrhoeA
gripping in the bowels and wind collie BY
giving health to the child relieves tie
mother. Price IS cents bottle.
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Drowned.

CoNSELsvILLE, Pa, February THE
body OF a man was seen floating in the
river at Indian Head yesterday, and al
though an effort was made To recover il
the high water prevented it from being
successful. A short distance further up
common black hat was washed ashore,
and the probability IS hat il belonged 10
the man. There is as yet no report of any
person being missing along the river and
the body has not been recovered.
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..s,r..1 Car. s..sssea Isse Csssls.

OTTAWA. February 1.-The prepnstofs OF
the Ontario Car Works, London, Ontario,
are said 10 have made Representations 10
the Government that railway cafs are bsipk
systemmsticslly smuEgied into Csnsda
from the United States. II 10 alleged thst
large numbers Of cars are brought scross
the line loaded and never returned, and In
due time the letters indicsting their owner.
ship are sHsced. Il is estimated that Amer.
icsi, built cars 10 the value Of tl50, 900, 90
have found their way into the Dominion
ip this manner and are now In ~ On the
yuious Canadian roads.
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The ScietO Booming.

CINCINNATI, February IA Commercial
Gazette special from Waverly, o., says the
Scioto river is overtlowing Its bottom lands
and rising 21l inches an hour. The town
OF Jasper, seven miles below, is flooded
tonight by the breaking OF the levee. The
damage is enormous.
At Marietta the whole lower part OF the
city is oyerflowed as far as Putnam street.
The river is rising three inches per hour.
Hundreds OF people are driven out OF
doors. A meeting was held tonight to or
ganize relief measures.
PORTSMOUTH, o., February The Ohio
river is Al feet inches, and rising four
inches an hour. 1t is fall OF ice. 1t is al
ready in the houses in the upper part Of
the city.
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A Salvation Warrior.

NEW YoRK, February 7.-Henry S.udi-
fori, a warlike recruit OF the Salvation
Army, wss chsrged in jefferson Market
police court to-day with felouious assault
on Michael Reilly by shooting with a pis-
tol. The prisoner said he drew his pistol
to qusll disturbance at the meeting room
"f The array. The justice held him in de-
fault of $500 bail.