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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-01-12
HARRITY's REPORT.
SOME RECOMMENDATIONS MADE REGARDING 7
BALLOT LAW.

soME RECOMMENDATIONS MADE RECARDtNG THR
BALLOT LAW.
HARgIsBURG. Secretary Harrity has sub.
mitted his annual report to Gov. Pattison
IL shows that during the last two years L.
los charters were granted under the act Of
April ~, 1864, and ~ locomotive and l27
street railway companies were incorporated,
besides great deal Of miscellaneous busi.
ness. The fees for the last TWENTY-FIVE
months amount to s7l,577 so. which does
not include the bonus fees received on the
granting of charters The expense Of the de.
partment for the same period was s6l l4l g.
From this Il appears that the fees more
than exceeded the expenditures Of the de-
pnrtment by the sum Of $40 i35 -. In ad.
dition 10 this there has been received from
commissions, certified copies and miscelan.
eous sources the sum OF $l2,0l6 u, which
would make the excess Of such receipts over
the expenditures amount To s22.4b2 The
total commissions issued were G,3I2
Secretary Harrty refers 10 the defects in
the new ballot law. and makes suggestions
Tor the bench of the legislature. He thinks
that nominations made by nomination
papers, which do not have attached thereto
the number Of signatures as required for any
state or district nomination, should not he
certified 20 county commissioners aud
sheritls as directed in section 10 of the act.
The reason for this is that no authority is
given in any part Of the act to anyone TO de
termine what is the required per centum OF
the vote at the previous election in the dis
trict from which nOmi.
nation paper purports to come,
II ~ suggested that section should
be so changed rs 20 set out clearly what pO.
litcai appellaiiOn may or may not be used
by parties making nominations by uomina.
tion papers. lie thinks that the time for I'll.
ing objections To nomination papers and
certificates should be reduced one half.
Regarding the form OF ballot he says In
Justice TO the several political parties com.
PEELED 10 make nominations by nomination
papers this section should be 80 amended
as 10 allow their nominations 10 be arrang-
ed on the ballot in the same manner as
nominations made by certificates of nomi.
nations. Further, he suggests that the
manner OF marking the ballot by the voter
could be simpliiied by providing that one
cross mark opposite the party name or APP
pelation at the head ofthe list of candidates
shall be considered US a vote for all the can.
didates Of the party.
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BEYOND OUR BORDERS.

Seven persons were killed and % wound
ed in the recent wreck on the Mexican
Southern Railroad
Cholera continues TO spread in the North
of France. In the town of Gravelines, near
Calais, three deaths and one new case were
reported on Wednesday, and three
deaths on Thursday. Several streets in
which the disease is especially prevalent
have been closed by the town authorities.
A battle took place near Guerrero Mex.
between government troops and rebels, in
which the latter were defeated. The total
loss was II killed and 32 wounded.
Hundreds of Austrian villages are showed
under so badly that inhabitants are unable
to get out Of their houses.
Two trains colided q. Kaniza, Austria,
killing eight passengers and badly iniuring
10 Others.
The Mexican authorities have confscated
the estate Of Adolph Vilareal, valued at
$50, COO In addition, Villareal has been
sentenced TO 10 years imprisonment. His
crime was the hiring of person to assassi.
nate ID. AcKellar, who owned neighborine
ranch.
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p,s.,er.. Accident. dra,ii,ie.

The station house at Brighton, Cal, was
destroyed by fire. The remains of Miss +.
A. Ayers, the telegraph operator, were
found in the ruins. Ii is evidently a case
OF murder and arson. Miss Ayers was re.
ported to have had considerable money.
Adrian Fairchild, who had been employed
nearly 40 years as diver by the dock de-
partment, New York, was under water ram.
ming a charge Of dynamite into rock. The
charge exploded prematurely, and Fairchld
was hauled up dead.
Percy Carter, al7-year-old youth of Good
Ground, J., J., while skating fell through
tbe ice and was drowned.
C. f. Johnson, Of Toronto, Canada, was
blown to atoms at the Hercules Torpedo
Company magazine, near Kokomo, Ind.
A livery stable in Cambridge, Mass, was
burned Nineteen horses were roasted alive
and l.ouis Taylor, an employe, had his
brains kicked out by some horses he was
trying to save.
Arthur Kennedy, 10 years old, and George
Freeze % years old were drowned while
skating near Sparrows Point Nd. William
freese, brother of George Freese, broke
through the ice while attempting 10 rescue
his brother and was himself rescued with
difficulty.
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EARNINGS OF RAILROADS.
Some Statistics Showing How the Tras
hc Business Grows.


A preliminary report on income and ex.
pendture of railways for the year ended
June 80. 1892 compiled by the statstician to
the Interstate Commerce Commission. will
soon be made public The gross earnings Of
lbs, $40 20 miles Of railway are shown 10
have been Sl5l 025. l59, from which the gross
earnings Of the entire railway system of the
United States are estimated 70 have been 81 70
ODD, III G9S. This is an increase Of 10 $50. b
3lj over the earnings of the previous year
Cn increase of SOS per mile of line. The
operating expenses FOR the year were Ssli-
722.Os0. being an increase OF So. s3i $50,
which leaves an increase IN net earnings Of
Si3, ll6, ia or S2,472 per mile OF line.
A comparison of passenger and freight
service shows the larger proportion of in
crease of earnings from operation to have
come from the freight service The actual
increase in revenue from passenger service
were S3l 500 03s, or S2i7 per mile OF line, ,as
against an increase in the revenue from
freight service Of S9l SOC C1L J. or S3i9 per mile
Of line.
1t is observed that the railways on which
there has accrued the largest increase in
gross earnings per mile OF line
are the lines connecting the
wheat growing territory with the sea
board, and the lines in the Southern states
bordering on the Cult OF Mexico. IL is sig
nitcant, however that on these railways
there has been an increase in operating ex-
penses nearly equal 10 the increase III gross
revenue. The report shows that the aggre-
gate gross earnings ofG2 roads, each OF which
enjoys an income in excess OF - 100000, IL
s79i, ,47S,63l, being an average income of
flQsl4l7l
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KIRK's ROAD LAW.
Third Revision of an Act Providing for
State Road Department and Its



Arthur Kirk has Just sent out the third re-
vsed edition of his road law, which will be
presented TO the legislature probably this
month. lie invites criticisms to he sent in
speedily so they may te considered. with O
view TO amendments, before the bill is in.
truduccd. II is practically the same bill pre-
sented by Mr.. MIX two years ago.
Mr. Kirk sets forth at length the reasons
why the road should be made only by the
state as they are exclusively the property of
the commonwealth. When the land of the
State was first plated six acres were reserved
for every hundred for road purposes. and as
a hundred years experience has proven the
counties aud townships cannot be depended
upon 10 make either good or uniform roads
ne thinks II is time for the State To- take con-
troll OF this important feature. MIR Kirk
thinks conyicts should he made TO work on
The roads.
The act itself provides. first for the ap.
cointment by the gOvernor.nnd subsequent.
~ at ehch election for governor for the
election Of State superintendent OF roads,
to have full control subjCC' TO decision OF
court in al matters pertaining TO location
and improvement Of roads. lie shall appoint
Tor each county a county superintendent
and hc In turn district supcrutendents all
OF whom are held under heavy bonds for
performance Of their duties. State superin-
:endents salary Is fixed at $4,000 year:
county uupCrintendents $1,000, and district
superintendents. 81 900 wear each.
The expense is 20 be provided for BY the
issue of 81. 900 600 in bonds each year for ten
years, payable in twenty years with interest
ut per cent payab'e by the state treasurer
semi. annually IL also provides for the levy.
ing of a poll tax ON each male inhabtant Of
the state of q year for road purposes ex-
clusively. IL also provides for property
tax which shall be levied on all property
alike. whether in city. borough or country.
But Mr. Kirk argues property in thecouniry
will be 80 enhanced in value In twenty years
by good roads that the burden will not be
felt
Il has the usual provisions to prohibit
superntendents from being interested many
contracts for either work or material.
IL also provides that any private individ-
ual pipe line, telegraph or telephone com.
pany, electric light or power company. or
any transportation company desiring 10 en-.
croach upon any road must file map and
particulars with the district superintendent.
who will transmit with inform 'tion To the
county superintendent who shall pass upon
the question and fix the charges for such
encToachment.
The bill in detail is lengthy. but the fore
going are the main provisions. There are
some good ideas In it,and 1t is now generally
admitted that some kind Of road law is u
necessity
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Three Porsons Killed by Gns.

BY an explosion of natura! gas in the
cellar of 1910 Sarah street, South Side, Pitts
burg, Saturday morningat $50 John Doy-
ey, wife and baby girl were killed, ana
William Harris and Charles Doyey were
severely injured
The house was two.story brick. Mr.
Harris, with his wife and baby, occupied
the first floor and John Dovey aud hi
family lived on the second floor. he two
women were sisters. Both families burned
coal and there were no gas pipes IN The
house Mr.. Harris went into the cellar with
a lighted lamp and the explosion followed,
The four poyeys were sleeping on mat
tress on the second floor at the time, The
walls nt the first floor fell out, those at the
second fell in. covering the Doveys with the
debris Mrs. Harris and child escaped with
slight injuries, bgt Mr., Harris was severely
burned.
The house which was owned by Nicholas
Maui. is total wreck. II is thought that
the gas followed the water pipes into the
cellar from leak in the street main.
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During the past year 1000 miles Of main
track have been added to the immense rail.
way mileage OF the United States. according
TO the Chicago Railroad Age. This mileage
consists nearly altogether of extensions OF
old roads and the construction of branches
and feeders. In addition to this 1000 miles
track laying is in progress on 500 more. In
Pennsylvania 2jG miles have been built and
this is exceeded by only one other State that
Of Washington, whose record is 400 miles
81 ROADS IN THE READING CoNBINE.--The
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad has sent
in it, report to the Secretary of lnternation
al Affairs. which shows that they operate
81 railroads, aud OF these IA are directly un.
der its control The gross earnings for the
past fiscal year were s32 93i ,5l0, and sum
Of ;is, sj3, lss was required TO operate 1t.
Archbalds mill at Dundas. Mich. and
ibe elevator adjoiningit II was totally destroy
ed. Loss, 100000.
The foundry OF the Robinson.Rea Manu-.
featuring Company, on the Sou,hside
Pitt,burg, was burned Saturday night, loss
$4,000.
The mills OF the Neusmanfed Company
al sweepsonville, y. g., manufacturing cot
ton goods, have been destroyed by fire. Loss,
100000; insurance, 1000.
The works OF the Bayless Paper Company
ut Bnghampton, ~ y. have been destroy.
cd by fire. Loss, $4,000; insurance, $50, 900.
At Memphis, Tenn, four large business
buildings were burned: Matthews Hardware
Company, loss $1,000 insurance $50 600;
Geddell & Bros loss, $4,000 insurance
I3.tO1: 5. Levy d Co. Trunk Company loss
sisUOO; insurance, $1,000; !. Goldsmith &
Bro CLOTH loss, $4,000 insurance ss00o0;
Dean Carroll, paints, loss, $4,000; insur-
ance $4,000. Total stocks, 1925 600; total
loss Sl56, 600 total insurance, $l6s,000. The
four buildings which were owned by Mrs,
Kate Hamilton valued at $40, 900 and insur.
ed for $4,000, were damaged $50, 600.
The Allegany. (Md) Court House AT Cum.
befland whin ostroyed by fire. A greater
part of the records were saved. The build.
'ng cost $4,000 and was insured for $40 600.
Thursday night, fire destroyed the two
immense buildings at 933 and S35 Penn
avenue, Plttsburg With accompanying
damage TO other structures and the destruc-
tion of merchandise and personal property,
causing loss of nearly 100000. No 933
was the establishment of L. Duff Il Sons
commission merchants, extending through
TO Fayetie street in the rear and including
huge wing every part of the building be-
ingpacked full of merchandise. The great
ageensware establishment Of Cayitt. Pollock
4 Go. was at s35. Both buildings with their
contents are total losses.
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WASHINGTON News,

Little Martena Harri son continues 10 i'm.
prove, but the White Hou Sc is still auaran.
,ined, and the big placards aiming the
Information that contagion exists within
are displayed on the entrances TO the pri
yate part of the Mansion.
Mr.. IIARHIsoNs FUTURE. In view of the
statement published that President Harri.
sons health was failing, and that he was
likely to break down, Postmaster. & eneral
Wanamaker said; The report that the
President was in failing health must have
toriginaied with some one with little oppor.
tun'ty To know the truth, / would take him
10 be now at his very prime. IL il not a
telever thing TO make an invalid out of a man
because uncommon griefs are not laid of
At the end of 30 days. 1t is quite likely that
stamford University is seeking him; so are
IL score OF other things, but, until his work
is competed here, doubt If he will serious.
" thing OF future occupation"
a COMPLETELY STAMPED 0uT.-According to
the report of Secretary Rusk to the Senate
the work OF stamping out p,euro. .pneumon
pa has been carried on as rapidly as wa,
& possible and the disease has completely dis
0fappeared. The United States is the first Of
|<iarge nations of the world which has been
ahls TO completely extirpate it. The tins
fequired was only about five years, and tbs
1sotal expenditure little in excess of sl
DO. .O00.
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ed the sheriff at London, Tenn, took Henry
Duncan from Jail and hanged him to tree.
Duncan was accused of the murder of four
persons.
Six prisoners at Atlanta, after locking
their keepers in their cells, walked out Of
jail.
AT Albany, n. Y, William II. shattuek,
22 years old, shot his wife, 10 years old
three times in the head, killing her instant.
ly. He then shot himself in the temple but
isalive and will probably die. Cause;
Jealousy. At the hospital shattuch said the
shooting Of himself was accidental
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THE CEREALS IN 1909.
The Wheat Crop Almost Unprecedented
The Corn Crop a Short One.


The Corn Crop Short One.
The wheat crop is sli ,htly above an aver.
age one in yield, and in volume has only
been exeeeded in 1891. 1884 and 1882, al
though the crops Of 1889 and 1850 nearly
equaled it. The area, estimated, is IS, 554, :
$50 acres, product. 6l5, 9i9, 900 bushels;yalue,
t322, lll,SSl. There has been a considerable
enlargement Of breadth the past year in
several Western States The rate II yield is
1874 bushels per acre. The average value
per bushel, 62 &c, is the lowest average value
ever reported. that Of 1884 being 6i.5c, and
that of 1887 being 0s.ic. The heayerage of the
crop of 1891 was S3.Ac. The weight OF meas.
ared bushels will be determined later, but II
Is probable that the aggregate will be equiv.
alent to nearly 500 000, 900 commercial bush.
els.
The corn crop is short exceeded in quaint
ity seven times in the last 10 years, but
slightly larger than in 1888 1887 and 1890
Its average yield per acre 23l bushels, has
been excecied in 10 years. The breadth, as
estimated, is 70026. .65S acres. The produc
ton, l,62s, 49i, 900 bushels; value, s6l2, l46,'
US0i averaging 1913 cents per bushel.
The estimates for oaA are: Area, q, ,063,
s35 acres; product, Col, ,O35, 900 bushels
value, s2Oe, 2o3Oil; yield per acre A.5
bushels
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completely paralyzed. His wife lies in an
adjoining room paralyzed, her brain being
affected. She is not expected TO live many
days.
Senator Kenna continues critically III and
the gravest apprehensions are still felt. His
family physician, DR.. Chiffon, is constantly
with him.
James @. Blaine, who is quite Ill at his
home in Washington, is reported as i'm
proving.
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LUTHERANs TO SUFFER, TOO.

More Persecution Coming in Russia,
Power Being Given the Holy Synod.
81. Petersburg dispatches confirm the re
port that the Car has ordered the Ministry
Of the Interior 10 transfer to the Holy
Synod the administration Of all church
affairs This order is certain TO result in
putting further yexatious restrictions or
non.orthodox religions, and will probably
lead to religious persecution 1t is feared
that the chief sufferers will be Lutherans,
who are mostly German or Of German
decent
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A TIP FOR WOOL GROWERS.

A Valuable Government Publication
Now Ready for Distribution.
One Of the most valuable publications
ever issued by the Government is report
upon the sheep industry Of the United
States, prepared under the direction Of the
Secretary of Agriculture. It treats OF the
history and conditions of the industry,
from the early settlement Of the country
down to the present day. 1t bids fair to
rival In popularity the work on the diseases
OF horses, published by the department
some time ago 1t is ready for distribution
by the Secretary and through members Of
Congress
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THE RIGHTS or MARRIED WOMEN.

In an opinion delivered by Judge Green
IN the case Of the Latrobe Building and
Loan Association against Margaret A. Fritz,
the Supreme Court has decided that mar.
ried women can now make any kind Of
a contract in relation 10 the improvement
of her seperate estate, which she could
make IL she were single woman, includ-
ing even the giving of "a bond. In this case
the Court reyerses the county court, which
had treated as illegal and void bond given
by Mrs. Fritz for the payment of money
loaned her by the building association for
the improvement OF her real estate.
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THE BIG KRUPP CAR.

LARGEST IN TIiE WORLD, At LAST COMPLETED At
THE ALTOONA sHops.
ALTooNA-The largest freight car ever
built in this country was turned out OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company's shops
here IL will be used TO transport from
Sparrow Point, near Baltimore, to Chicago
the l2i ton cannon being manufactured at
the works of the Krupp Gun Company in
Prussia for exhibition ut the Worlds Fair.
The car practically consists of two ears,
with eight pair of wheels each, joined by
an iron bridge thus presenting the appear
ance Of one long car with 10 pair Of wheels.
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rNrs,,A1 sNoM ANn Ice.

CoNNELIsVILLE.-Not within the memory
ice i'm the Youghiogheny nver as at present
From West Newton almost to Ohiopyle the
river il entirely frozen over, foot in thick {,
ness In the mountain districts travel along
the public roads is bloekaded on account OF
the snow, which in many cases has drifted
TO depth of five and six feet, The farmers
report much suffering from their stock.
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judicial.

AT Boston in the Supreme Court, a petition
was presented from Seve,al certificate hold.
ers Of the order Of the Solid Rock, asking
for an injunction against the order The
complainants allege that the liabilities Of
the order are s77i, 600 and thu assets but
about SO 600. 1t is also alleged that II cost
s3G,OOO to collect $1,000.
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dnpi,nI. Lnhor and Industrial.

The Maoungie furnace of the Crane lror
Company, at Macungie, Pa. has been light
ed after an idleness Of several months.
The b9ilermakers at the Brooks locomo.
tive works at Dunkirk, n. u, struck ,oy
higher wages,
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The New York legislature passed the
Constitutional Amendment bill.
bill has been introduced in the New
York senate providing tina, in New York
City the wages Of day laborers employed by
the city shall not be less than 81 day and
of other employees not less than % cents per
hour. Preference shall be given TO citizens
of that state OH such work.
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All hope OF the recovery of Lilly Langtry
|Nho is seriously Ill at I.ondon) has been
lpAndoned by her physicians. She NAV
fe week, month, or year, but per
rnent recovery is out OF the question.
enator colquites condition Is now con.
pred critical by his physicians. He was
ten days ago TO walk with some Ala
ut the house, but he Is now confined %
esd and unable to rise. one aide being
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Ms. .nmes HnVeTstOoE, NJ WcIItsIY, Ntaf
Boston. Mass. visited a friend on Tuesday
night She started home about 10 O'Clock,
uut did not arrive there. Though continuous
search was made, no trace Of her body was
found unit saturday, when her bp1y Nas
discovered in u field by two boys. She had
lost her way in the severe storm and Ter
ished from exposure. She leaves husband
and SIX children.
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--~~~---l77--g@~ ;
HUGE NIAGARA iICICLE

Knocks Two Photographers over o
Precipice--Both Fatally Hurt.
Frank II. Warner and Harry W. Halo.
well, two Philadelphia photographers, who
were at Niagara Falls to take pictures of the
ice bridge, were knocked of the ledge over
the Cave of the Winds by an icicle which
weighed nearly ton. The men fell over
100 feet. Both will probably die Hol)well
had both arms broken and his collar bone
is smashed beyond repair. Warner is
seriously injured
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oregon's Vote.

The Official canvass Of the vote OF Ore
gon at the recent election shows the
resnlts following Harrison, So,oo2 ciese'
land, i4,243; Weaver, 28.s75; Bidwen. 2,%l;
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I"ia' huWhcr of NuirS..... 80
t.cyclauds majority. y....................lu los
--FoE the first time IN seven years The Nj
agara river "a, Niagara Falls, ont, ~ block
ed with ice.
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As THE last legislature failed 10 make
nm appropriation for the Maryland presiden-
tial electors they will have to pay their own
expens y and obtain the money from the
next legislature
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THE ELECTORAL VOTE.
The Final Figures Showing Cleveiand,s
Large Majority.

The settlement Of the Oregon con,es,
makes II possible to give an accurate table
o The votes or president as It should be
east bv the electoral college. as follows