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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-17

The electoral count bill Of Senator
Hoar, which has passed the Senate, pro
vides that the states shall determine all
controversies concerning the appoint
ment of electors and requires the affirm
ative vote of both Houses TO reject a
vote from any state from which but one
return has been received II more than
one return from state shall have been
received by the president Of the Senate,
those votes only shall have been regularly
given by the electors whose appoint
ments have been recognized by the state
tribunal. The bill provides also that in
case of dispute as to which of two or more
state tribunals determining the titles of
electors is the lawfully organized trlbu.
nal, the votes only shall be counted of
those electors whose title as such the two
Houses acting separately shall concur
rently decide is supported by the deci,
sion of the tribunal authorized by the
laws of the state in question. In case OF
more than one return from a state which
shall not have determined the legality OF
the title OF the electors as provided by
the bill, it is provided that those votes
only shall be counted which the two
Houses acting separately shall concur
rently decide TO be the lawful votes OF
the legally appointed electors of such
state.
II Is needless TO point cut that under
such regulations as these, now acknowl
edged by the Republican senator's TO be
fit, Mr.. Tilden would have been awarded
the office to which he was elected, and
out of which he was defrauded in 1876.
Every interest Of public safety and in
tegrity demands that no opportunity fo
a like triumph of fraud should eve
again occur; aud that the countr,
should not be subject to the danger O
revolution which might ensus over tn
certain resistance that would be made I
"A repetition OF the electoral fraud o
1876. All good citizens are agreed tina
hethings which being In doubt led to tn
appointment OF an electoral commission
should now be defined the Senate ha,
Ing taken the first step in that directio
the House must promptly supplement II
action or take the responsibility of fail
ure 10 perform this important duty.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-17

y rosy faced, six year old girl, in q
brown frock aud red hood, was called as q
w!tucss in Judge Thayer's court of the
quarter sessions Philadelphia, in tho case
OF David Hoover, a tramp, who was
charged with stealing an oyercoat. The
child chin almost touched the rail of the
witness stand. She gave her name as
Mary Eyhart. She said that she went
regularly Ito church and sunday
school and once she went to church
fair"
Would it bs wrong for you 70 tell a
lie - asked Judge Thayer.
"Oh yes, sir 1t would DO very
naughty"
And il you should tell lie and die,
where would you go?'
To hell, SIR"
Let tho child DO sworn" said the
Judge. "She is more intelligent than
many witnesses who come here four timet
her age"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-17
raE FATE or NINE LUaBEuNiES.
now rhey All, one After Another Were
Ktlteu IN tho woods.

George and William jennings, brothers,
Arthur Fraley, Andrew Shalcross, and
Hiram Stevens, young men, two years
ago, came from the woods of Maine where
they followed the occupation of choppers,
aud found employment in the lumber rc
gions Of Pennsylvania, in the vicinity OF
Malley's mills, on the New York border,
The first week that they were in the
region George Jennings was shaking
| logs to roll way. As he was engaged IN
fastening chain around a largo log,
standing ON the lower side Of it as it lay
on the top of a small hill, il was started IN
some manner, and before he could get out
| of the way it knocked him down, and roll
! ing over him, crushing him To death. His
| father had been killed in o similar manner
| 10 Maine.
Arthur Fralcy and William Jennings
were hunting Ia the woods near MallCy's
mills. They had shot a deer and, after
| loading their guns, had walked up TO
where the deor lay. Fraley stopped down
beside the deer and Jennings stood behind
him. While they were in these positions
jennings saw \ fawn come leaping along
the edge Of the ridge close by them. lie
quickly cooked his gun, The click OF the
hammer caused Fraley TO look up. Seeing
the fawn he rose quickly to his feet.
| Jennings gun was discharged at the same
instant and the ball passed clear through
Fraleys head, killing him instantly.
4 few weeks later Jennings was engaged
with others in driving logs, and while he
was breaking jam the jam gave way
unexpectedly aud he was carried down
with it and crushed to death. After VIM
jennings death Andrew SnalcrosS de.
clared that he could not remain IN such an
apparently fatal spot and he obtained
work in Potter county. Last week the
news was received that he had been killed
by falling tree and a short time after.
wards Hiram stephens, while Telling tim
Der, fell upon his axe and bled 10 death.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-17
rnm uuLpE,r MONT
mcrOury FROM l to 10 pesr,ss uolow

MoICury from 10 10 UeSrtsa BoIOw Zero.
Last night was tho coolest Of tue season
in this vicinity. At dayhreaH this morn
ing thermometers ralged from | to 10
below zero, according 10 their exposure.
those hanging in protected places standing
at the first named figure Tho general
average was about 6 below. At AL
Zahm's, on James street, tho mercury
marked below. At VIM. \. MOrton's,
In the southern part Of the city, at Schroy-
er's green houses, On the Harrisburg pike,
and at John G. Hager's, AbbeyvIle, 10
below At Joel LightEer's, between Para
disc aud SOudegsburg, IL below, aud
along the creek below Paradise, lG de-
grees below zero. At Fraulz's mill, ucar
Gap, 1t was 0 below, while 1t White Horse
it is reported only ut zero.
The Sleighing Is excellent, but parties
who we're out last night complain that
they suffered much from cold. BY noon
to- day under the Influence Of bright sun
shine, tho mercury had risen to about 20
degrees above zero, in the shade.
Ga all the hills in the city there was a
great deal Of coastiug last night-West
Vine, West Chestnut ard North Ann
| being the favOrte resorts. Several acci-
dents occurred, all Of them OF trivial
| character, except ono on West Vine
street, where o collision occurred, aud q
young man, whose name we did not
learn, was knocked geuSeless and carried
home in an unconscious condition.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-17
Gardening AND FARMING.
The stUe horticultural amt agrlculi Ir
societies In session.,

Tho stUe horticultural ami hgrIcuii Irai
societies In Session.
The State Horticultural society is hold
ing its 2j.h annual convention iu the
Senate chamber ut Harrisburg. The at
tendance is large aud the proceedings thus
far have been very Interesting. At the
session this afternoon tho report OF tho
general fruit committee was made. II
treats Of the best means OF raising good
fruit. II. \. LDngsdori, Of Mechanics
burg, read an essay on the quality and
durability OF apples governed by local in.
iluonces II NJ. Eagle, OF Marietta, this
county, presented paper on celery
culture, which oliCtod much discus.
sion. At the night session President Stit,
eel read his annual address. Governor
PattsOn'S administration was highly
praised aud ne was singled out as the only
governor who has taken any prominent IN
| terCst in associations OF this character. The
president suggested that the society make
| a fine representation at the next state fair
| aud that its meetings DO continued until
tho centennial anniversary. Touching
references wcro made 70 the death OF J. Il.
Eaby, Of Harrisburg, and Fred. Lausr, ot
| Reading. Professor Meehan. of Philadel
phil, delivered = lecture on horticulture In
| California, which was listened to with
NNCl lAleItbt. 10 haJ Nuo hJEiGSJ tIVSta
officers for the ensuing year.
state agricultural society.
| The executive committee Of the Stat,
Agricultural society met in Harrisburg on
! Wednesday. 4 letter was read from
Secretary RealI, of tho National AgTicul
tural society, suggesting that the twt
associations unite in making n live stool
| exhibition at the state fair in Philadelphia
this year, \ letter WAS read from William
| Pierce, of Philadelphia, on carp cultur
for food purposes, and on The construction
Of ponds in the exhibition grounds
Tho following officers were elected
for tho ensuing year President, Jane
Miller vice presidents George Blight
L. II. Swaddle, John Hunter, William NJ
Siugerly, Burnett Landreth, David II
Bransou, William II. Holstcin, Tobia
Bartc, 5. 5. Spencer Daniel II. Neiman
d. II. Waller, Ira Tripp j. S. Keller
Gabriel Hester, Joseph Piolct, X, /
Allen, John A. Lemon, j. s. Miller
Daniel o. Gehr, l.. 4. MaCkey, Geo, Rhey
+. +. Chopper, w. w. Spsor, John Nc
Dowcll, J. \. Mexican, J. D. Kirkpatric
aud J c. Thornton at large, J. A. Pax
son corresponding secretary, ID. w
Seller treasurer, John B. Rutherford
chemist and geologist, \. i. Kennedy
librarian, William II. Egle.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-17

News has reached Boston from Fall
River saying that Ssickuoy, the forger
who was recently released from the state
prison by Gov. Butler, was, with his wife,
burned to death Wednesday night. De-
tails of the calamity have not yet been
received.
According to later particulars Mrs
Stickney was pouring benzine on q carpet
10 kill moths, when the vapor iguiteG
from gaslight, causing an explosion
She was instantly erveloped In flames
Her husband rushed to her assistance, anC
in his efforts to save her his own cl0thin(
caught fire. An alarm was given and thu
neiGhbors rushed in only TO fiud Mr.. Stick
ney surrounded by tho flames and his wifi
charrod corpse on tho stairs. He wa
removed TO ueighbor's house, where a
last accounts he was unconscious and hi
Injuries pronounced fatal.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-17
Wind.

Some of our misguided and misin
formed-though Of course highly es-
teemed and we'll miuded-contempor
rles seriously err when they rush to the
conclusion that the Democratic party is
in serious danger of division because
Henry Watterson rides his nightmare 80
valiantly. lie can call spirits from the
vasty Deep" of course" but will they
come" Mr.. Watterson isa bright man
he talks and writes glibly, though with
more regard to ALTERATION than to pro
fundlty OF thought. lie is smart, but
sacrifices sense to smartness. He is
genial and attractive, but a great many
people who like him refuse to follow
where he leads. Indeed he has never had
any standing as a leader In the Demo
cratic party, not even sectionally. The
influence OF his paper iscurtailed and its
leadership disputed 10 the Southwest,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-17

Atkins, tho Suspect, Known In This Coun

Atkins, tho Suspect, Known In This County
It IL believed that w. II. Atkins, now in
the NorristOwu jail, is not the murderer
of Clugston, but that he dropped the
paper and letter !mpicating him for the
sake of notoriety. This man Atkins is
we'll known in Quarryville, this county,
where he spent part of 1880, and from
where ho made hasty exit. He was for
short time on the Reading n Columbia
railroad, aud managed to get into debt at
every place ho could and never paid any
body or anything. The meanest part OF
his career was his treatment of very re-
spectacle family whom he boarded with
and suddenly left. No more was heard of
him until summer, when District Attorney
Wanger, Of NoTristowD, was at Quarry
Vile working up the charge which his wife
had made against him. Those who knew
him intimately think him capable OF com
mitting any crime, as he frequently told
wonderful tales of his travels aud scrapes'
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Aanraster fntelligenrer.
EVENING, JAN. II. 1894.
EauaIixe the Assessments.

In his message to the board Oh aiuoi
men Of New York city, Mayor Edson
calls attention to the existence OF gross
Inaccuracies and inequalities in the Valu-
alton of real estate for assessment. lie
gives the valuation Of 81 pieces Oh rea J
sstste IN the city by experts in property
=, ynliv twice as much as they are
...aeaed while he has found many
pieces of property valued by the depart
ment at very nearly their full value,
many others are valued at less than 80
per cent. of their real value. The
Worlds investigation Of the same sub
TACT confirms this estimate, and it Illus.
trates IL with the publication OF a series
of assessments, showing that the smaller
properties running below $4,000 are
generally assessed up to nearly their full
value. while real estate worth from
$50 900 to 81, 900 900 in actual value is
seldom rated at more than half or third
of what it will sell for. In
this city and probably in every other
municipality the same condition of
things exists; Mayor MacGonigle has
repeatedly directed attention to 1t in a
very intelligent way, but neither the
assessors, the county commissioners, nor
the city councils have applied the
proper corrective. The results Of the
present inadequate and inefficient sys'
tenn In vogue here are that, notwith.
standing constant improvement and in .
crease of values in Lancaster, the
assessed valuation remains the same,
and to meet the increased expenses in
Cured by the growth of the city there
has to be an increase of the
tax rate. 1t is easy to explain
why in general way the smaller
properties are assessed more nearly their
full value than the more valuable
their value is more easily ascertainedand
Il less liable to fuctuation, but the in-
adequacy that too often prevails Is
wholly unjustifable and entirely RENE
diable. 1t is due, in the first place, to the
personal and political fayoritism exhibit
ted by partisan and unfit assessors sec
ondly, the carelessneSs and favoritism OF
the county commissioners lead them TO
fail to correct the assessment or eQualiZe
it, and finally the finance committee OF
councils is guilty of remissness OF
duty.
The people have the remedy in their
own hands. Let the taxpayer;
examine the books and see who is put
up and who put down; let them demand
that one rate of valuation shall be aP
piled to all alike, whether it be wha
property will sell for, ,three-fourths, two
thirds or whatever proportion of th
actual value let them defeat any can
didate for assessor who will not pledg
himself to equal assessments, and eiec
men to the offices of commissioner an
council who have the brains to knol
the delinquencies of tie assessors auC
the courage to correct them. With
fair, full and equal assessment in tn
city the municipal tax rate could b
maintained at 80 cents on the sl.00 va
uation as it is, the only question
whether the tax rate next year will hay
obe Sl.00 or sl,l0.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-17
uequc.,s,, Charity ana Education,

The will of Ralph Sellew, who died sud.
denly in st Louis, on Tuesday, bequeathes
ESQ 600 20 ST. Louis institutions,
$40 900 OF which is to the manual training
school Of Washington university, 10000
to St Lakc's hospital, $4,000 to the mis-
sion free schoo,, and 5000 each to the
Missouri theatrical society, the Episcopal
orphans home, the memorial home aud the
Protestant orphans homo.
The late DR.. Calvin Ellis, OF Boston, LETT
his estate n trust for the benefit of his sis.
ter. Upon her death $50, 900 goes 70 Har
ward college, the net income of which after
deductng i've per cent. for the purpose Of
increasing the fund, IS 10 be applied % the
payment Of tuition and other expenses Of
certain descendants of Davis Ellis aud
others who may be members Of college.
! The residue OF the trust property, II auy,is
| also to be paid 20 the president and fellows
of Harvard college, the income, after the
! same deduction Of five per cent. to be ap.
! piled 10 the payment of a salary Of pro.
! lessor Of pathological anatomy.
The will Of Joseph Arnold, late president
! of the Birmingham National bank, Conn,
contains q codicil bequeathing TO the town
of Derby, 10 consideration Of the kindness
of it's people, thirty shares of the capita
stock Of the Birmingham National bank
with accumulation and increase, TO be he'll
, until the principal and accumulatiOas equa
IS, 900, 900. This will occur IN the yea
2,034, when the interest on the aggregar,
: amount is 10 be devoted to paying th
expenses Of local secular schools and ac
adames.
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CAUGHT In A SHAFT.
rEHH,nLn FATE ur YOUNG MILLER
John Eckert become. icnt ,naIed In the Ma.
ohiuery OF stricRlers min and
i.GTound 90 Doath

h'touhu 90 bohth.
terrible accident occurred on Wednes.
day about 10 u. M, at Joseph Stricklet's
mil, about two miles west of Wriyhts.
vile, along tho rlilroad, by which John
Eckcrt, tho miller in charge OF tho mill,
lost his lifo.
1t seems that tho family and the neigh
bors and all about tho premises went to
tho funeral Of Miss Louisa Strokler,
about mile distant, leaving Eokert alone
at the mill. Some time after Mr.. John
Ferries boy came to tho mill and upon
entering aud looking for the miller was
horrihed to find his manglcd body fast
among the shaiting aud bciug whrled
around in frightrul manner. Not know
ing how to stop the machinery Of the mill
young FCrric ran over to where the funeral
obSequies were being held, and obtaining
assistance they hurried back to the mill,
but too late, for when tho machinery was
stopped tho unfortunate man was found q
bruised and maDgled corpse.
Eckott was young siuglc man, and
much thought of i'll the ncighborhood,
How the accident occurred ia not known
and perhaps never will be, but it is prob
able that the unfortunate mau was adjust
ing some part of the machinery when his
clothing was caught aud he was whirlcd
around the shaftiug. Thorc being no ono
in the immediate neighborhood TO hear his
calls for help, it he made any, he WAS left
TO his fato II is doubtful II even young
Ferrio had been able to stop tho mill, he
would have been in time TO slyo the un
fortunate mans life. Tho accident created
the greatest oxoitomont in tho ncighbor-
hood.
Eckcrt was 23 years of ago, and was
from Lebanon county. His father is dead
but his mother is living in Lebanon county
He also has n brother in that county, who
is telegraph operator. Tho shaft tha,
| caught him has twice before caught por
| sons, but fortunately tho mill was stopped
in time to save their livos The men who
came to the mill could hear his Icot strik
ing against tho wall from the outside. lie
was caught about ths stomach, and at
every revolution his feet struck agains
sone nails in the wal, tearing and lacsrat
ing them. One leg was also badly laceratct
and bruised and the blood ran in a stream
on the mill floor
| The deceased formerly worked "a
miller for McBIaido & Maulfair, of Col
umbia, and was well known there. Rela
tives have taken charge Of the remains
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PERSONAL,

MR. AgBEY Is thought to have lost
s53,OOO in his first opera season.
ARCHnUcHEss STEPHANIE, of the Aus.
TRAN court, is alarmingly i'll with the
smallpox,
JAMES @. HAND, ons of Philadelphia's 8
succ ''s'ul merchants, died on Wednesday
at tn ripa age of IS years.
COLONEL RATHBoNE, the wife murderer
has been pronounced insane aud his chill
dren are on their way to the United
States.
SIG. EDMoNTo DI AMICIs, tho Italian
author, is coming TO America TO lecture
for slO, 900, aud to write book about us
while he is here.
PETER HUBER, tho Oldest native born
resident of Allentown, is dead, at the
age of eighty eight years two months and
nine days. In early life no was tho leading
merchant of Allentown, and at one time
employed twenty.soyen boats to transport
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-17

merchandise to aud from Philadelphia. Ho
was an extensive grain dealer and when
the Lehigh canal was constructed ho
supplied the men with meat.
JOHN w. MACHEY, the California mil.
lionaire, kept a small drinking saloon in
Louisville Ky, in 1si0 His marriage
has romance attached to IT, Ho mado
love to a young and ostmablc widow for
whom he had made little purse among
his rich friends. When she came to thank
him her pretty, childish face captured his
heart. Aud this is tho good woman who
now dazzles Paris with tho blaze OF
$4,000, 900 worth of jewels.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-17

\ Kensingtoa cloth worker sent tho fol-
lowing questions to a protectionist news
paper in Philadelphia, but no can get no
satisfaction
a. What are the particular advantages
to producing workers in republican coun-
try under high tariff
C2.) Have the wages Of the p.olucing
workers in this country under high tarih
been rising or falling fo7 the last fifteen
years?
90 Have the wages of tho producers in
England been rising or falling for the last
thirty years under the free trade system OF
that country?
(4) A bricklayer, having no protection
for his bricks, gets as much for one DAY
work as Kensiugton weaver does for
two. Now, how does this happen when
the weaver is protected and the brick layer
ian't .
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SriuusuKnDoD NEWS.


Events Near ana across the County Lines
For the month OF December, si5, 900
were paid TO p. s. Il. employees in Read
ing.
Jacob Wagner was instantly killed in
stone quarry, near Hummelstown, on
Tuesday by fall of stone.
The contract for building tho 800 now
coal cars at tho +. II Il. shops, Reading,
has been completed and an order has been
given for $50 more new coal cars.
Tho musical convention now In progress
at Selinsgrove, Snyder county, 10 grand
success, Tho thToo grand concerts be-
ginnipr 20 day and ending Saturday will
be especial features of the OCCASION some
of the best musical talent in the state
taking part.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-17

The SchuylbiI valley ministerial asso
citation held its regular meeting at the Oak
street Methodist Episcopal church, Norris.
town, on Tuesday. The following mem
bers were in attendance Reys. j. B.
Dobbins aud +. B. Nicely, PhnniNyillo
J. s. Hughes, Pottstown W. l.; Gray
G.. w. +. Graf and W. IL. Smith, Norris
town r. G. Mueller, Bethel circuit A.
L, Urban and Robert Mckay, Philadel
phia T. NJ. jackson, Manayunk ; Samuel
Pancoast, Conshohocken L, g. Pearson,
Cheltonham f. II. Moore, Bryn Mawr
NJ. G. Moore, Washington borough, this
county. Owing to the stormy weather the
attendance was small. A numb,r of inter
esting papers were read and discussed.
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and in the last Kentucky state conven-
tjon he was utterly defeated in his
attempt to make the expression OF the
party a reflection of his economic views.
OF late he has been indulging in q
good deal Of fine phrase, or fine frenzy
rather, about the tariff, and about read.
iug out of the party Democrats who do
not agree with him, and about letting
states go to the devil whose Democrats
will not vote with him. But this is all
froth. Mr.. Watterson may have studied
economic questions theoretically and as
such his ideas may challenge respect.
His glitterlpg generalities, however, do
not prove that he knows how to apply
them to existing conditions, nor how to
conserve them with an order of affairs
that has arisen from long established
system of protective duties. Who
ever wants to be accounted a
leader in directing the economic
policy of the Democratic party must
show some breadth Of mind and more
than superficial information on the sub
ject. lie must be able to frame bill, to
show what articles can be put upon the
free list and upon what articles the
duties can be decreased without injustice
to any class and to afford no more than
fair protection to any industry. We
understand that this duty is now with
the ways and means committee; it is for
them first to deal with it, and until the
result of their deliberations is before the
country and the party, there is no issue
for Democrats to quarrel oTer, and the
footing of Mr.. Watterson's buSle need
occasion no alarm.