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Chinn-Japnn Treaty.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-Unlted
States Minister Denby. under date OF
October eo,' has Informed the depart
ment of state that the Japanese govern.
ment on the 10th >of October officially
and formally announced that part Of
clause four. article VI, OF the shlmones-
ki treaty between Japan and China, at
the close of the recent war, which pro.
Vides that all articles manufactured by
Japanese subjects in China In respect
Of inland transit and internal taxes, du-
ties, charges and cXnctions Of all kinds,
and also In respect Of warchousIng and
storage facilities In The interior Of China,
shall stand upon the same footing and
enjoy the same privileges md exemp-
tlons as merchandise imported by Japa.
nese subjects into China.
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PATERSON, N. j.. Dec. 2--Frank De-
Wolf committed suicide here last night
by swallowing a large quantity of NOR
phine
This is the tragic end OF what at the
outset promised to be n brilliant ca
rcer. Frank Smith, for that was the
suicides .right name, came from the.
SOUTH was handsome and talented, ana
had many wealthy friends Five years
ago. soon after coming to the north he
married Miss Kate Catlin. well known
In New York society. George L. CatlIn,
hIs sfn;her-ln-lnp was United States
consul 10 Zeurlch and Stuttgart, Ger
many, under Grant, an author and
prominent IN newspaper and literary cir
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NEW YORK, Dec. 2--I. K. Funk. edl-
tor Of the Voice, an organ OF the Prohi-
bitionists. was the first witness called
for examination to-day before the state
senate committee investigating the
workings Of the Ralnes exise bill.
II can sum up the result OF my obscr-
ratlonS." said Mr.. Funk, "by saying that
under the old law Illegal traffic in liquor
in Brooklyn on Sundays was well night
universal"
According to his best information, he
continued. there are now over 1000
"Raines hotels" in Brooklyn and In his
opinion the police and magistrates In
Brooklyn are too lenlent in their treat
ment of excise Offenders. because of their
desire to popularize themselves with the
saloon-keepers and so-called general
public.
Avery bad feature OF the present law
IS that is has opened from 500 to 1000
hotels in Brooklyn which are used al
most altogether as places Of assigna-
tion."
W. E. Johnson, member of the Voice
staff, gave evidence In elaboration OF this
latter declaration by DR.. Funk.
The Rev. Frederick T. Russell, a Meth
odIst clergyman and director OF the
law enforcement society of Brooklyn
gave testimony that was In direct con-
fict with that of Mr.. Johnson and Mr..
Morton.
I'VE had more trouble suppressing
houses of prostitution prior to the enact
ment of the present law than we have
now" he said. AFTER months of care.
ful investigation we have not found one
so.called hotel running as a place OF
prostitution. but on the contrary we
know OF many dlsorderly houses with
the former $500 saloon license that have
closed rather than pay the Increased
tax"
Mr.. Russell commended the law be-
cause 1t prescribed severe penalty for
selling beer OF liquor to minors even
when sent to q saloon for the purpose by
their parents. There had been a de-
crease In drunkenness since the Raines
law was enacted.
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n1I.,lnc Js,Yeler Eonnd.

PITTSBURGH, Dec. IA letter has
been received by the friends OF NJ. NJ.
Henry, former McKeesport jeweler,
stating that he is in detention In Chlca-
20, 1t being believed there that he Is In
sane. Henry left McKeesport several
month ago, leavlngsbehind him a young
wife. child and good business. Nothing
was heard of the missing man until last
week, when It was learned that he was
working in q jewelry establishment in
Chicago.
The letter bearing the latest tnforma-
tIon Is from an attorney named Sharkey,
and asks what he shall do In Henry's be-
half. Captain o. C.. Coon. Of McKees-
port, brother-in-law OF Henry, left to-
day Tor Chicago to look after the unfor-
tunate man.
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AT M'KINLEY's HOME.
National Commander ClarItson, of the G
a, A., yno Of Ills Callers,

National Commander Clarlsson, OF the G..
a. AZ, Ono of Ills Callers.
b CANTON, o., Dec 2.-National Com
mander II. S. clarkson, OF the Grand
Army OF the Republic, accompanied by
several members of Ills staff and ladies,
arrived In the city this afternoon. They
were driven to the Hurford House
where dinner was served at one large
table.
Following dinner, Gen. Clarkson was
met by number of G. a. r. men of the
city who took advantage of the oppor-
tunlty to greet thelr national officer.
The party later in the afternoon called
on Major Mckinley and We're cordially
received. 1t Is understood that the par
ty Is here to arrange for q place for the
Grand Army men In the inaugural pa
rlde at Washington. Gen. Clarkson and
his suite returned to Cleveland at 4.3o
O'Clock, where they will attend q camp
fire at the Army and Navy headQuar-
tiers.
Congressman James w. Babcock, of
Wisconsin, chairman OF the Republican
Congressional committee, arrived dur
ing the afternoon, accompanied by Mrs.
Babcock. They spent some time, at the
Mckinley home.
Ex-Governor Romualdo Pacheco, OF
California, WAS another of the days
visitors.
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! The explosion at Moundsvillc has oc-
cupied the minds of nearly all the peo-
pie since 1t happened. In all circles of
business and society it was discussed.
There has been some unreasonable
charges made against the gas company,
but It Is In nowise any fault of theirs, US
was fully explained in yesterday morn
ing's 1ntelllgencer. People have become
scared, and quite n number Of those who
thought OF putting the gas in have de-
clded the other way now, at least for the
present. No less than one hundred
school children were kept away by their
parents from attending the new school
building where the gas Is burned.
At the Weaver property there were
large numbers attracted to the scene Of
wrecNage, among them being many
such a complete destruction by similar
agencies. Mr.. v. A. Weaver was seen
yesterday and said he was thankful it
was no worse, that as he looked at the
ruins and thought OF the many years of
earnings lying there. his heart went out
4 In gratefulncss for the miraculous cs-
cape Of those of his family, and attrlb-
uted It to the kind providence of the
overrullng Higher Power. The Injured
ones are being cared for, ut the home Of
Mrs Weaver's parents. Mr., and Mrs.
A. j. Martin, and are getting along us
well as could he expected. but the o1ndI-
tlon OF the older child. John. is not We,
regarded as entirely safe but the bet
ter Is hoped for, 4 IN vi
The insurance carried by Mr.. Weaver
is as follows: Scottish Union & Nation
al, Of Edinburgh $500 on building;
Fire and Marine. Of Wheeling, $500 on
household goods and furniture. &6l
One Insurance agent: sa!g ,;S;;,ss.. asslay
taat he ,ia u, SHdfiy policies dur
ing ahe dny for the Insertion of the nat
ural gas permission where 1t had failed
to have been granted, r
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THE INAUGURATION.
Ms,srs. IIadna and Payne will Arrange
for the Ceremony.

=
for the Ceremony.
, MILWAUKEE,. Wis, Dec. 2,-Henry
c. Payne, who will leave tomorrow
morning for Chicago and Cleveland,
states that he viii join Chairman Han
ma, of the national committee. and ina,
the two will then proceed to Washing
ton to transact some preliminary bust
ness with reference to arranging for
the Inauguration ceremonies. When
asked as to what the national commit
tee expected to do in reference to the
hints some time ago that 1t would
maintain permanent headquarters, Nj.
Payne said: geF
There has been nothing done In ref
erence to that question as yet and do
not know at this time whether Il will be
decided to continue headquarters per-
manent or not. As 1t Is the duty OF the
National Committee to arrange all mat
ters pertaining to the inauguration, We
Will SO to Washington In n few days to
look after some OF the preliminary de-
tai1sr a.G Nr. -N..H flTFlI I. rntEF Isf -
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) THAWED DYNAMITE
And an Explosion Followed with Disas.
r trous ResnIts,

:
JAY Me-, Dec, 2.-An explosion OF
dynamite which shook the country for
miles around. occurred here this morn
Ing, killing Orlando Larocca, an Ital-
ian workman, fatally injuring another
and manning several others. Larocca
was thawins out the explosive over q
fire on the new Phillips railroad exten-
sion, and he was blown to pieces. Both
legs are missing, his head was badly
crushed and other parts OF his body
were mangled.
Fifty men were at work nearby and
the explosion created havoc, every man
being thrown to the ground and several
hit by flying earth and debris. Antonio
Damore was picked up unconscious and
Is fatally Injured. Three others were
cut and bruised, one having his leg
broken,
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WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. The
clerk sof the house of representatives
has issued the usual unofficial list OF
members of the house Of the Fifty-flfth
Congress. The list. shows that the
house will be composed OF two hundred
and four Republicans, one hundred and
twenty-four Democrats, thirteen Fus-
ionists. twelve Populists and three sill
Verites, and that there Is one vacancy
from the first Missouri district. or the
total membership two hundred and five
were in the last house and ten others
had served. In previous congresses.
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nr. In,nlunll lsells,x,r,l.

LONDON, Dec, a.-Dr. Leander S,
Jameson was released tonight at Q
o'clock from Holloway jail In compliance
with the order of the home secretary,
Slr Matthew White Ridley Doctor
Jnmleson underwent n eerlous operation
III tho jail on November, 10 nnd the re.
lease was ordered on medical grounds
He was sentenced To fifteen months I'M
prlsonn,crt2 on July IS last on n chnrgc
OF violating the neutrality. laws In In
yadlng the territory OF the South African
Republic.
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THE OLD STORY.
A woman Locek. Her chlldren In I'M


House and They arc Cremutod.
CHICAGO, DEG. 2.-The four children
OF Paul Bartcovltch, a laborer living. at
12l6 North Fltty-thIrd street, were
burned to death this afternoon. The
dead children are: Joseph BartcoyItch
years; Rosa Bartcovitch, 4 years; John
Bartcovitch, years; Louis Bartcovltch
year. ,a s3l'i4 =
The children were left alone in the
house by Mrs. Bartcovltch. She left tho
three younger children In charge OF 10.
seph. placing al four In the kitchen, und
locking the doors. 1t Is supposed the
children played with matches, or light
cd pieces of paper In 1he stove and set
fire to the houee. The building was A
small one-story frame affair, and in n
sparsely settled district no other house
being within q block OF IT, None OF tho
nelghbors appear to have seen the build
Ing on fire, as tie mother when she re-
turned two hours after leaving. was the
first one to find that her house had been
burned and her children were dead, All
four II the bodies were found badly
charred in the rulnB Sol 81 -
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BELLEFoNTE, Pa, Dec. Fire
visited this city to-day causing $4,000
worth Of damage. The business blocl,
on the corner OF Allegheny and Bishop
streets, wn3 completely destroyed. The
greatest damage was done to the estates
OF, Mrs. Rose Mccarthy and L. Brown,
1r. ON tho latter there was no insurance.
The extremely cold weather greatly hin
dered the flremen In their work. the
water freezing almost as soon as Ii left
the hose. The fire Is believed to have
been of incendary origin. a i
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Miners will Resume.

MoNoNGAHELA CITY, Pa. Dec. q
The Monongahela river miners met in
delegate convention to-day and accepted
the proposition made by the operators at
the convention on last Monday, namely,
50 371s In the first. second and third
pools and 81 S7h. In the fourth pol. 1t is
expected work will be resumed at once.
giving employment to 5000 men.
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MURDER AT SEA.
Dssngured Body Found In the Hold Of a
~. q. 't.-l t-Efs.s'rt yessel, I'a 80 Z. g rs

Dssngured Body Found In the Hold of a
Vessel.
BALTIMORE, Nd, Dec. Frederick
Meek, a cattleman on the Johnston line
steamer Sedgemore, Captain Bartlett,
which arrived at Baltimore yesterday
from Liverpool. was found dead in No. .
hold November II, the day after the
steamer sailed from Liverpool Meek's
head was badly crushed. It was believ-
ed that the man had been murdered.
November IS Meek had complained to
was In the quarters OF the cattlemen, of
which there were twenty-nine beside
himself had been forced open and that
els In English money had been stolen.
Captain Bartlett considered 1t an i'm
possibility to search all the men, and
Meek returned to his quarters. The
next day, as Third Officer Harker was
going about the ship, he found Meek in
the hold dead. The body was buried at
sea.
Captain Bartlett yesterday reported
the matter to British Consul Coates. who
had brought before him Captain Bart
lett the first and third officers Of the
Sedgemore, and several of the cattlemen
and seamen. Regarding the consular
inquiry, Mr.. Coates said:
II privately examined several Witness
es. but am unable to say whether the
man was murdered or not. ! am gov
erned In such Investigations by rules and
regulations which will not permit me to
divulge the nature Of the investigation
until the result shall have been reached.
That may be several days"
Meek Is said to We come from Man.
chester. England, where, from what was
learned from him, he was we'll connect
ed. To have the amount OF money which
was aid 70 have been stolen out Of his
trunk indicates that he was more say
Ing than most Of the men who work on
cattle steamers.
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nl.l,o,n KeuI,n nenorl.

+ 3WASHINGTON.sD D. c.. Dec, 2.-Blshop
.Keane let sc:;a~ scc::sa~sst, ~ssst, rSohr for Baltimore.
!. ~. { nc VIII visit Cardinal Gibbons be-
fore leaving for Rome. A,large delega-
tlon Of the clergy and lalty accompanied
him to the train and SaveYhl q feeling
farewell. During his stay here Bishop
Keanc called on Mgr. Martlnelll but 1t Il
said the visit was without Significance
as bearing on tho .rlp 10 Ro;tie.
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sTElNWAY's FUNERAL.
"' '"mon' Plano Makers T,emnlns Laid

10 Hest. ~.
,,.,, MGW YORK. Dec. 2.---The body OF
"mHam steinway was laid in the tomb
WIN imprcraiye ceremonies this after
noon Public services were held In
,r's"eFhranz hail. which had never be-,
''i e contained 50 many people. zi1' RI
~ private funeral ceremony, attended.
XIX ky ~ Ii family, had previously been,
IN I,i' iatsef each side otftliu ENTRANCE.
WiTi,i,@ nan were 1000 OF 1.-the. employees of.
pprHam Strinwny &S Son. Nine. Anna
s%n,r ,%,,,"s- story and M.Edouard dc Rcszka
ccSS"E soloa and Lillian Blauvelt render-
e9i,hDInyinq. II Z = ! I u 4 !, ~ ~
IS5,r.I,o,o 10 closr OF the ceremonies the
.''JL"yWtkfanz L,Wfanz eaag iIrgc. ~ z
tC""sn,IHs Hoffman delivered n culosy5.i
sbmal nE1 was followed by Carl
.rNkutZ. rk wto broke do@n and vent,
MAJ. ~ poly was placed In tho, StcIhWay
I ''A"s''eliln In Greenwood cemetery,
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I INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Dec. 2.--The
executive committee iiaslnE in charge
the arrangements ,ferthc national mon
etnry conference of cons n)ercInl bolles
thiS D 1f,ernoon changed tEe date for tho
conference from January 81 to january
~, The body viii meet In 'romllns0,,
j,all, where the national convention of
gold Democrats swas held
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!. Mckinley Will be There.

Z. BUFFALO, n. Y, Dec. 2.-This af-
tcrnoon telegram was received by
the G. A. r. encampment committee
on arrangements reading as follows:
CANTON, Ohio. Dec. 2.
ITO D. II. Turner. secretary Citizens
Committee. Buffalo, n. Y.
.'Major Mckinley says: The Lord
Willing, Il Will be at the next national
encampment of the Grand Army of
the Republic at Buffalo
(Signed.) 1T. S. CLARKSON,
"Commander-in-C Chief"
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ATLANTA, Ca. Dec. IA snow
t"''n Of almost unprcccdentedSseveri,y
.Ir -, 'hS season OF the year broke upon
s"'' section this morning. SNOW be-
sam falling at G o'clock and fell without
;,assatlon until II. when II lay. four
f.,mt fS,rneI deep The street car service Is
oal!y !mpeded. IN . III -
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COLUMBUS, Ga. Dec. IA wreck on
the Columbus. &; Rome railroad, near
Hamilton. occurred this morning. En-
gneer John Proctor was fatally hurt
and several passengers were slightly in
jured. The wreck was a head-end colli-
sion between a passenger and q freight
train, due to Misunderstanding Of
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BOSTON. 5Mast.. Dee. aa.--The assign
mgnt OF iE1 who!fxalc clothing iirm
af Whitten,a Bnldc,tc & Company, of
this city. III announced to-day. An az.
count of stock;lsj now ben!g taken md a
statement OF assets-and liabilities will
be prepared soon us possible. %
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NEWlSYORK, Dec. 2-Thc United
States Rubber Company has declared
a a,dlvldend OF 4 per cent. on preferred
stock. payable. ssJaniiaryI5t5 Is. Actl3n or
4 tie dividend on the common stock way
tdefcrred until December %.
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An E1p,ctca shttos,s,3

BrRt 8 !. commander Of
the German cruiser, Aroma lyinglat
Manila, in the Philippines, telegrapfss
10 The government that theEsltuatlon
there Is critical. Spanish acts. he says!
are ,conilned to the defense OF Car!te anu
MANILA and an attack Is expected daily.
Preparations have been made to remove
resident foreigners toa place or safety.
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for maintenance, The couple were mar
rled nine years ago and In her COM
plaint she alleges that her husband de.
serted her eight years ago. In his an
swer he alleges that no lived with his
wlfe as long as Il was possible to do 80.
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/, XillciI lIil,li,ci..

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. Am
assa Ely, thirty-tour;yeor, o., r,..:Ssi Z ~
North Fifteenth street, a,.wcii known
civil engineer, committed suicide at his
home this morning, By shooting hlmself
In the hcnl with a revolver.
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y,yn,,is n c,,iarqniIon.

NEWARK, MI, Dec. 2S--Mrs. Ann
Sloan Allen. wifcof the Rev. J. ! ic., Alien
IN Vice Chancellor Heed to-day for d
separation, from her husband and also
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-22

Plant only four seed at a time, if the
seed is sound. Four are as goodas two
dozen to be put in at one planting
When all danger of cold has passed, thin
out to only one vine in hill.
Cultivate deeply at first with cultiva-
tor or shovel plow. When vine gets
about two feet long, plow very shallow
with cultivator, or sweep pillow if prefer
able. Plow as early and as often as you
can, but never, under any circumstan-
ces, turn or disturb the vines after they
begin to run.
Now, as to fertilizer, use equal parts
Of cotton seed meal and some good am
moniated dissolved bone guano; about
400 pounds per acre of this mixture. A
much less amount, say 225 pounds-two-
thirds cotton seed meal and one-third
guano-has given me very satisfactory
results. The finest crop I ever made as
to size and quality, was fertilized with q
compost made Of woods earth from
hammock and cotton seed. in proportion
twelve of first to one of latter, on which
was sprinkled very literally a strong
solution of pure potash (commerclaD.
About one peck of this compost, to-
gether with about one.quarter pound of
ammoniated guano, was put to each
hi 10 o%oIo
melons, unless it is very thoroughly
rotted, and then l prefer it composted
with some milder manure.-W. M. Girar-
deau in Southern Cultivator.
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Profits in Bee Culture.

The Times has from time TO time
commended the hen and the cow as able
and competent assistants In the problem
of making living or gaining wealth in
Florida. We now desire to add the bee
to the list. That little insect is prof.
table investment. She only asks for
quarters, and does her own foraging.
There are well attested instances Of
colonies yielding 300 pounds and up
ward of extracted honey, while one
man reports that in eighteen years ex-
perience his average was above $50
pounds per year. Besides the yield of
honey, bee colony will put out two
swarms per year. This adds to the in
come by wy CT compromising the in
crease, or the additional colonies may
readily be sold. Bee keeping is easy,
simple and pleasant work to one who
goes at it earnestly and intelllgently.
Bees make an excellent side issue for
fruit or garden farmer, the more especi
ally because his crop work keeps him
all the time so near his bees that he can
give them prompt attention when they
swarm, and he ucan market the honey
with his other products. -Tampa Times.
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half than the output is proving to be.
There have been shipped out of South
ern California thus far this season 1000
car loads of oranges, and there are now
over 1900 car loads more remaining to
be removed to market. While the Sc
we're wind of the early winter did more
damage to oranges than was at first
thought, and the frosts that followed in
iured the fruit at Riverside, yet it is
now evident that the entire crop on the
trees was lighter than the growers
thought it would be. The orange grow
ers are rejoicing over the marked raise
in the prices now offered for their fruit,
and there is little doubt that the balance
Of the crop will be marketed rapidly.
The exchange sold several cars during
the past week at prices IN the Eastern
markets that net from 1926 to S2.35 per
box, f. O. b. These are the highest
prices reported at which oranges have
sold at since the holidays. The recent
rains and heavy fall of snow in the
mountains, which gave assurance of
abundance of water for irrigation during
the coming summer, have relieved the
growers of considerable anxiety, and the
outlook for another season is now prom
iSing Anna Blade.
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Manatee Celery.

Messrs. Young & GARRISON, of this
place, have about three-quarters of an
acre in celery that is netting them in
New York twelve and half cents a
stalk. These gentlemen are making a
pretty good thing off this small piece of
land this season, as they put about
10000 plants on an acre. and at this rate
would amount to something like SIS, 625.
They have twenty-six acres of good
hammock land which they paid So, 200
for, and without taking into considera-
tion the other equally valuable crops
that can be raised on the balance of the
place, it shows very conclusively the
the kind of land it pays to buy in this
part of the State. With the protection
that the farming lands about Palmetto
have it will be seen at the first glance
that the land is actually worth several
times the amount per acre that it is held
at.-Palmetto News.