The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-02-13

or Of the property holders, or Of the hoi-
ders of properties Of larges! aggregate
value Of a city, ward or borough, town
ship, county or part thereof join in re
monstranee against license, the court
shall refuse such application, ISc.
The resolution introduced i'm the House
l,v Mr.. Fockt for the appointment of
committee 20 investigate aud ascertain
the number Of alien paqpers and prison.
ers in the almshouses and jails of the
state was concurred in.
The House bill giving supervisors pow
er to have board, stone and hedge fences
removed and wire fences substituted to
prevent the highways from being block
ell with SNOW. Vas amended when it
came up on second reading, 20 that such
fences csn only be removed with the con-
cent of the cYner.
Tae Farr Compulsory Education bill
will soon be favorabiy reported to the
House. The bill provides for the attend
ance al a school in which the common
English branches are taught of all chill
dran between and - years of age phys
ically and mentally sound, who shall at
send at lesss sixteen weeks in a year.
This conforms 10 the factory law, which
forbids children under i3 years Of age
from working in certain departments Of
industry. The bill also provides for an
enumeration by the assessor of voters OF
all children between the years of and
Il. Secretaries of school boards are to be
furnished with this enumeration, which
viii also be Of service TO the factory in
spectoTs. The secretaries VIII provide
the different principals or teachers of the
public schools with the names of chill
dfen, their parents or guardians, in their
respective districts. The parents or
guardians of these abSentees will be no.
titled in writing of their noncompliance
with the law, and if there be no reasona-
lie excuse for nOn-attendance they shall
be prosecuted and fined = for the first Of
Tense and = for the second. Another
provision is that this az; shall not apply
20 any child that mas been or is being
otherwise instructed III the common
English branches OF learning for a like
period of time. This relates 10 private
schools or private instruction.
This is the third time Mr.. Farr has
fathered a bill of this kind. He succeed
ed in getting one passed in the last two
sessions, bu; Governor Pattison vetoed
both bills. lie has made an earnest
study OF this question and makes start
ling statements Is 10 illiteracy in this
state, among Others that ;here are at least
I53,1D0 children in this Commonwealth
between 5 and I3 years Of age who do not
go 70 any school
The venerable Lawrence. of Washing
ton, president Of the Senate in 1868, who
has been in pablic life continuously for
fiiiy years, presided in the House one
day last week in the absence OF Speaker
Walton. who was called to Philadelphia
totestify in the proceedings instituted by
Senator Porter against William T, An
drews.
The bill abolishing days OF grace is
likely 10 become Law. The banking
and business interests generally favor il,
Petitions are still coming IN against the
Greater Pitts5urg Bill" and the repeal
of the Marshall pipe line bill. The bill
prohibiting the sale of intoxicating Ii
quoTs on Memorial day has been report
ci from committee, and Is likely TO be-
come Law. \ resolution has been Of
ferei 10y Mr. Fow, OF Philadelphia, for
the appointment Of a committee to confer
with the Board of Public Property on
the Instability of the State establishing
lis own hcIt and light plant. Tie stated
the amoint the State WAS now paying for
that service. and thought it might result
in grel; saving TO the taxpayers.
The sweat shops are receiving some lit
tie attention from the legislature. One
section OF a bill introduced provides that
no less than 30 cable feet of air space
shall be allowed for every person in each
work room, and that there shall be am
pie ventilation.
The business of the House was blocked
TO a certain eyteai on Friday. through
the fIilure of the State printer to furnish
the calendar of the days business, al
though there was a storm raging and the
elements conspired against their getting
- their homes, many me nbers were will
ling to make the attempt. After the usu-
al formalities bad been gone through
and tbs absence of the calendar announc-
ed, a resolution was adopted to inquire
into the cause Of the dereiielion after the
introduction Of number of petitions
and bills the House adjourned until Mon
day evening. The Senate adjourned on
Thursday To the same TINA
Representative Spangler on Friday tel
egraphed 10 Representative POw: 81 am
stack in the snow and all the posts and
rail fences. stake and rider and wire fen.
ces will not stop the driff. Have me es-
cused till Monday evening"
Representatives Porter and Hunter, of
WcstmoreIand, who narrowly escaped
death by asPhyXiation at the Hershey
house on "Wednesday night, have rccov-
cred.
While digging out a snowbound train
on the Pennsylvania Y. r. near Lucknow
three miles west of this city. on Friday
afternoon. 10 men were run down by
section Of the Pacific express. Two were
killed Instantly, two injured so badly
that they lived bnt a short time, and
iifth i at the city hospital with fractur-
ed skull. his arm broken in three places,
and severe contnssions of the face.
\ fire, the origin (which is not known,
but Is supposed to have been an over
heated fiae. destroyed the building in
which State printer Busch operated,
about midnight, Saturday night. All
the mac hinery and printing material, pa
per, &e., were destroyed. The building
is total wreck. Mr.. Busch had only
lately added 10 his stock of labor saving
machinery, two type setting machines,
besides the latest improved fast presses,
and they Of course went up in the gener-
- wreck. II is not known just at this
time whs. annual reports of our State
officials, besides other documents of more
o. less importance. such as original bills
OF The House and Senate, etc, were in tie