Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-18

| POLITICAL
WASHINGTON, Jan 1l.-Thes inc ONE tax
bill will, it is said, be reported to the
house as separate measure wholly dis
tinct and apart from the tariff bill.
Boston, Jan. 1.-THE state central COM
mittee of the prohibition party held its
annual banquet last evening in the Quincy
house. Previous to the festivities a busi-
ness meeting was held at which the fol-
lowing officers were elected for 1894: DIR.
John Blackmer, of Springfield, chairman;
c. +. Burnham, of Worcester, vice-ehair-
man; L. e. Clark, of Boston, secretary,
and w. H. Partridge, of Newton, treas
! urer.
TOPEKA, Kas., Jan. 11.-Mrs. NJ. f.
Lease has formed a partnership with
Cyrus Corning, editor of the New Era, a
weekly paper, and will soon begin the
publication of a populist daily paper in
this city. The paper while advocating
populist principles, will wage a relentless
war against Governor Lewelling and the
entire state administration. Corning has
been fighting the governor for months,
but his paper has had only small circu-
lation.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16-The senate spent
six hours yesterday in executive session,
pied with the Hornblower nomination,
which at 6:45 p. m. was put to a vote, re-
sulting in its rejection by a majority of
six, the total vote being 80 against to "a
for. Mr.. Hill, of New York called up
the report of the committee the case,
and began speaking in support of the adj
verse report of that committee. 1t is I'M
derstood that Mr.. Hill went into this case
in detail and made a vigorous speech in
opposition to confirmation on the grounds
that Mr.. Hornblower was not qualified to
sit upon the supreme bench of the United
States and that in confederation of these
statements and in support of the report of
the committee he laid before the senate
the letters and other documents which
: had been before the committee. Mr.. Hill
L did not according to current report, omit
i to discuss the political phase of the case,
It but on the contrary made some very plain
r statements as to the reasons why, from
g his point of view, the nomination was
e made and insisted upon.
- Business.
e NEW HAVEN, Conn, Jan. 1.-THE Con-
d solidated road now has entire control of
the Fall River steamboat line, having re-
r Gently purchased all the shares not previ-
ously controlled.
t PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 17.-The bondhold-
} ers of the Philadelphia, Reading and New
England railroad, the Poughkeepsie
r Bridge system, which is leased to the
5 Philadelphia and Reading railroad, have
interposed an objection to the proposed
Reading reorganization plan.
DANBURY, Conn, Jan. 17.-At the con
| ference between committees of the hat
manufacturers and the trade, each side
limit tod 10 tl,a ntbn
) ing what it would grant in the way of
concessions in order to bring about a set
: tlement of the labor difficulties. Neither
side will divulge anything regarding the
nature of the propositions made, as both
} have decided to make nothing public un-
; til final action is taken.
MEADvILLE, Pa, Jan. ia statement
has been issued by President Cyrus
Kitchen of the Meadville Savings bank,
which closed its doors Saturday, in which
the cause of the suspension is charged to
the financial stringency and difficulty in
making collections. Deposits have de
creased $1,000 daily for some time.
The bank claims to be able to pas
all claims If it is granted sufficient time.
A receiver is to be asked for to-day.
SCRANTON, Pa, Jan 1.-THE Scranton
. glass company will draw the fires under
, its big tank furnace, temporarily suspend
ing that part of its work. This action is
! caused by the business depression and by
having large stocks of manufactured
, goods on hand Three hundred workmen
will be thrown out of work. AT the East
Stroudsburg glass works, non.union the
wages of all employees have been reduced
10 per cent, the cut to continue in force
until May l.
SANDWICH, Mass, Jan. 15-The growers
, of the Cape Cod cranberry are much
| elated over the work attained by A j.
Rider, of Trenton, n. j., who was dele
a gated by the American cranberry grow
: ers association to find a market for the
q surplus stuff in Europe His work in in
4 Producing the American fruit, was at
i tended with considerable difficulty. AT
/ first he succeeded in getting mess into
v the royal Kitchen and the queen was so
pleased with the American fruit that she
). ordered dish sent to the prince of Wales
$ FALL RIVER Mass, Jan. 16.-Statistics
l show great falling off in the marketable
value of Fall River mill stocks during
1893 There are 2,S02 500 spindles repre-
sSnted by capitalized stock of $22, s6s, 900
in the city, and the shrinkage as indicated
by the statistics mentioned amounts to
from to 20 per cent The shrinkage is
not confined to mills whose product will
be directly affected by tariff bill. The
shrinkage is notable in the entire list, and
in several cases shares on which larger
, dividends were paid in 1898 than in 1892
are offered from s. to s15 less than they
were at the close of 1892