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The record-union., 1897-09-16

in this field. Some of them will draw
SlOc for a months work on pay day,
Saturday next. They are not compelled
to deal at the companys store If you
believe that the miners get so little
money that they are hardly able 70 ex-
ist, ask scme Of the Hazleton savings
hanks how much money is on deposit
in them. and who deposited it. They
viii tell you that the amount saved up
by the miners Of the surrounding coun-
try aggregates two or three million del
lars"
4he n1ir,ers insist that the company
store is the main cause of their trouble.
They say they are compelled to pay So %
there for a sack of -four that they can
get in Hazleton for 81 80; that wenty
five pounds of sugar costs 81 % at the
colpany store and 81 % in town; cloth
in is 33 1-3 per cent. higher than else
whtre. That the company paws but
81 81 for fifty pounds of giant powder,
and sells twenty-five pounds Tor So; that
it sets black powder for from 50 10 80
cents, ana sells it for 50 70: that the
prices OF other necessary articles are
correspondingly high. The companies
say their prices are no higher than in
IL O-dA IElall SAOItSs anu -i4dt liz lAtAA
are hot compelled to purchase from
them.
The funeral Of Bitger, one of tie VIC
tins, took place to-day. He was burle
in st. Jcseph's Cemetery, and his re-
mains We're followed from his late home
in Cranbury by 1000 miners. The men
We're quiet and orderly.
1t was reported this morning that
some of the local leaders are making ar
raneemcEts to hold a big mass meet
ing in Hazleton on Saturday night,
v hich will be addressed by a nuInb.r of
labor leaders. and it is estimated that
,, COO rer will attend the meeting.
There is some question whether the
massing of such a large bodE VIII he
permitted by General Goblin.
THOUSANDS OF DIGGERS AT
WORK
PITTSBURG. Sept 15.-It was es-
timated during the morning by miners
in the city, who came from all points
Of the district to attend the conven-
ton, that fully 5000 dgers are al
ready at work. The mines of Robert
jenkins, the Ella Coal Company, Web
ster Coal Company, on the Lake Erie
Railroad and the two mines of the
Allen Coal Company, on the P. V. and
c. Coal Company We're in operation
yesterday. A number of diggers have
gone 20 work on their mines on these
roads. The mines of the first-pool Mo-
nongahela Coal Company, Pittsburg
and Chicago Gas Coal Company, Henry
Floerscheim, Boyle Brothers & Os-
borne, Saeger & Co.. on the Wheeling
division of the Baltimore and Ohio,
are in partial operation. 1t is stated
on reliable authority that all the mines
on the Wheeling division will be run
ming full tomorrow
The record-union., 1897-09-16
Condition of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.-To-day's
statement of the condition of the treas
ury shows: Available cash balance.
S216, 749, 152; gold reserve, $146, OBJ, ,S66.
The record-union., 1897-09-16
QUIET PREVAILS
AT HAzLETON.
Strikers Are Maintaining Silence
and Good Order.
An Extra Guard Placed About the COmpany's
Stores at LatimeT.

Arrangements Under Way for
Big Meeting Saturday Night
at Which Tt Is Expected TWen-
ty-Five Thousand Miners VIII
be Present.
The record-union., 1897-09-16

You want a paper clean in morals
and bright with news. The Record
Union fills the want.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-04
TERRIBLE STORMS.

Southern Arkansas, northern Texas
and northwestern Louisiana were
swept by terrible wind and rain
storm Saturday, causing the loss of q
number of lives and the destruction of
agreat deal of property. The greatest
destruction occurred at Mooringsport,
La, about so miles from TeXarkana,
where four persons were killed and
many were injured by cyclone.
In Arkansas the storm was severest in
the southern portion of the State, and
it is likely that number of casualties
occurred in some of the numerous lum-
Der camps in that section. All the
towns between Little Rock and Texar-
kama suffered damage. Reports from
the country give instances of damage
to farmhouses and cabins. The rain all
over the southern portion of the State
was the heaviest in years. and all the
branches and creeks overlooked. The
railroads in many places are under
water, but trains are now running near
ly on time. The Cannon. Ball train,
which was held at Renton Saturday
night, had q narrow escape from being
wrecked, and but for country lad d
terrible disaster might have occurred
The train was late and was running at
high rate OF speed when
nearing Benton. Five minutes be-
fore it would have reached the town
the storm struck farmhouse near the
track and demolished it. Trees were
blown across the track. A boy, re.
alizing the danger, got lantern and
signaled to the train just in time. The
passengers made up q purse and pre-
sented it to him.
Dispatches from different portions of
Missouri show that that State is storm
swept. Rain has fallen for the past "a
hours. Every stream in the vicinity of
Sedalia is out of its banks. Railroad
washOuts are numerous. A blizzard,
with snow, sleet and rain informing
led, ragged Saturday in the western por-
ton of the State. There is every indi-
cation that the storm is the worst of the
season.
A blizzard swept over Oklahoma
Saturday. A binding snow storm and
heavy wind started in the morning,
sending tine mercury down 40 degrees
in short time. The storm continued
throughout the day.
Dispatches from Minnesota, Kansas,
Nebraska and Illinois report severe
storms, followed by billiards., with
destruction ofproperty and interference
with travel.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-04

BIG FIRE AT NAsHYILLE.-One of
the largest fires in the history of Nash
vile occurred Saturday night. AT one
time it seemed IS though the fremen
would be unable to stay the progress Of
the flames. The estimated loss is
100000 to S4OO, 900, generally covered
by insurance. Three buildings 'front.'
ing on the public square and their
contents are total loss. Lebeck Bros
store, in which the fire originated, was
one of the handsomest and most COM
manding buildings in the city. Front
Ing the public square four other build
Jugs were partially burned, and their
contents are damaged by fire and water
The city's building at the south end
of the market house, containing coup
troller and treasurer's offices and other
public offices, was also almost totally
consumed. On Market street, south of
Lebeck's building. five buildings were
burned. The principal one was hand.
some four-story structure belonging to
Burns Bros, owners of the Lebeck
building. The rear OF several banking
houses and of the jeweiry establishment
of the Steitf Company were also badly
damaged.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-04
From Cub;,

HAVANA, Jan. 4.-Captain General
Weyler returned to Havana last night.
Colonel Benedito, with his column, has
had q fierce engagement lasting five
hours, with the united parties of rebels
under the leaders Aguierre, Aranguran
and Arrange, aggregating 1000 men.
The battle was fought near Tapaste,
in the Province of Havana. The Span
iards, who were largely ou.numbered,
fought until their last cartridge was
gone and were only saved from being
routed by the rebels by the timely
arrival on the field of a reinforcing
column from Tapaste, under command
of Colonel Aguilara. After the arrival
of these troops the tide was turned and
the rebels were driven back and dispers-
ed, leaving thirty.eight dead on the
field. The Spaniards captured four
prisoners, but they were wounded and
died later from their injuries. The
troops had one officer and fourteen
privates wounded.
Several detachments OF Col. Melqui-
EOS column while accommodating at
Monies, Capiazo and other places have
destroyed over 400 huts of all kinds
and demolished all of the forage and
other resources of the enemy south OF
Lajas and plato hills. The detach-
ments also surprised rebel camp
occupied by small party ofinsurgents,
three Of whom were killed. The troops
suffered no losses
Francisco Padlon was shot in the
Cabana fortress at sunrise this morning
for the crime of rebellion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-04
Whisky for His Stroud.

CYNTHIANA, KY, Jan. 4.-Charles
Bramlett, who died On Saturday, at the
age of eighty, owned several planta-
tions in Harrison county. and mad been
very prosperous man all his life. His
only popularity was in his ideas for his
own burial. He was q great reader
and perhaps drew his notions of his
own interment from the history of
ancient Egypt. At any rate. about
fifteen years ago he hired
stonemason to make him sar-
cophagus of blue Kentucky limestone,
which is much more durable than the
hardest marble. At the sa me time he
bought barrel of the best old Bour-
bon the State could produce, and or
dered that at his death the whisky
should be poured upon his body after it
was placed in the stone coffin. The
sarcophagus was then to be hermeti.
cally sealed and placed in grave near
his residence. All his directions have
been followed to the letter and he was
buried to-day. 1t will take q number
of strong horses to carry his body in its
heavy receptacle to the grave, already
waiting it. Bramlett was constant
imbiber of apple brandy and never left
his house without flaskful in his
pocket, yet none ever saw him so in
toxicated as to be unable to attend to
business or to talk sensibly on any and
all subjects,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-04
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Work was resumed to-day at the
Newport News yards on the new war
ships Kcarsarge and Kentucky.
Walter Goodwin, engineer and fire.
man at the Staunton postoffice, was ar
rested on Saturday charged with rob-
bling the U. S. mail.
Mr.. Augustus Cain, respected cili-
zen and well.known farmer of Clarke
county, died at his home in Long Marsh
district last Monday, aged about 90
years.
Miss Margaret M. Long and Mr.. R.
A. Devices were married on Saturday
at EAST Belmont" the residence of
Col. Isaac Long, near Keswick, Abe
marie county.
Rt. Rev. A. NJ. Randolph, bishop of
Southern Virginia, preached twice in
Baltimore yesterda, in the morning at
Emmanuel Episcopal Church and in
the evening at old st. Paul's.
VIM. Rice, a Shenandoah county
constable, was arrested in Staunton
yesterday on the charge of numbering
a farmer named Bowers living near
Mount Jackson, whom he was trying to
arrest.
YoSt's Weekly, a republican paper,
edited by Mr.. S. M. Yost, at Staunton,
was put in the hands of receiver on
Saturday. This action is the result Of
summary proceedings On the part OF
employees to collect amounts due
them.
Messrs. Blackburn Smith and Conrad
Knowslar, while driving from Win
chester to Berryville Thursday night,
were thrown out of the buggy in which
they were seated. Both were badly
bruised and Mr.. Knowslar's left arm
was broken.
Judge Simonton, of the United States
Circuit Court, has asked the counsel en-
gagged in the Cape Fear and Yadkin
Valley Railroad litigation to meet him
in Richmond, Va, on January 18th,
when decree of sale will be formu-
lated according to the courts recent de-
| cision.
A petition with the requisite number
of names for another local-option cleo.
ton in the Leesburg district has been
presented TO Judge r. H. Tebbs, Of the
Loudoun County Court. An election
| will probably be ordered to be held
about the second week in February.
There is no place in Loudoun county
=, now where liquor is licensed to be sold,
Leesburg district having two years ago
voted dry"
!
The barn upon the farm of Mrs. L. c.
Lewis, in Clarke county, was discover
ed to be on fire early Thursday morn
ing. When discovered the fire had
made 30 much Roadway that it was i'm
! possible to save the building, which,
with all of last years crop Of wheat
and hay and part of the machinery
contained therein, was destroyed. All
the live stock and some Of the ma
cbinery in the barn, by the strenuous
efforts of those who came to aid in
fighting the fire, was saved.
A letter from Richmond says: every
little is being said here about the con-
stitutional convention which is to be
voted upon at the election in May. The
subject has been so little agitated few
are acquainted with the proposition.
The democratic leaders are very much
divided in opinion as to the expediency
of holding convention, while the re-
pubicans are almost a unit against it,.
AS rule the corporation people are
not in favor of the scheme, for they
fear new constitution might be less
favorable to them than the present
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-04
VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS.

A letter from Washington to the
Richmond Times says: The Virginia
republicans in Washington are watch.
ing with great interest the preparations
for an active contest after the fourth oil
March for the Internal Revenue Collec-
torship in the West District of the State.
The leading candidates for the position
are Patrick II. McCaull, Park Agnew,
of Alexandria; Henry G. Rives, Of Char
lottesville, and Thomas Wilson, of Cliff
ton Forge. There are also several
others, whose names have not been so
prominently mentioned, who will enter
into the fight.
A prominent republican said Saturday
to the representative of the Times, that
in his opinion Mr.. McCaull will receive
the appointment.
sit is very amusing to u.s." this gen,
tleman continued, ito see the pretence
on the part of the Brady, Agnew, Wad.
dill, and Bowden faction, that they
only are the men entitled to recogni.
ton by the incoming administration in
the distribution of patronage.
"They assume they are entitled to
this appointment in the Western Dis
trict. and they are impressing other
people with the same idea.
"Now, as fact, Mr.. McCaull is like
ly to receive more consideration from
President Mckinley than any other
man who has appeared as an applicant
for office. 1t is not to be forgotten
that when nearly all the republi-
can leaders of Virginia were either
openly or secretly in favor of
the nomination Of Reed, Mr.. McCaull
announced, in an interview, his prefer
ence for Mckinley. He staked all his
chances for political preferment upon
this announcement, and the fact is not
only appreciated by MIR. Mckinley but
will be remembered by Mr.. Mckinley
after he has been inaugurated.
"This leads me to another peculiar
phase of the republican situation in Vir-
ginia regarding the distribution of pa
tronage. 1t is generally assumed that
Col. Lamb has no longer any influence,
and that Messrs. Brady, Waddill and
Rowden will simply dictate the appoint.
ments in the State. do not believe
this assumption is correct in any re-
spect. 1 believe Mr.. Mckinley will be
a candidate for denomination four years
hence, and as such is bound to make
every effort to conciliate and harmon
ize all the factions in Virginia.
"Hs cannot, therefore, ignore Col.
Lamb, and place the patronage of the
State at the disposal of the other fac
ton without causing great bitterness
and discomfort.
Il not only believe Mr.. McCaull will
be appointed collector of the western
district, in spite of the opposition of
Messrs. Waddill, Allan, Brady and
Rowden, but that Col. Lamb will be
consulted by MIR. Mckinley regarding
other appointments.
nInasmuoh as majority ofthe Office
seekers in the State have allied them
selves with the Brady faction, it seems
probable to me that Colonel Lamb may
be able to take care of his friends with
catisfac action To himself.n
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-04
Senator Moneys Views.

NEW YORK, Jan. IA dispatch
from Havana rays Senator elect Money
now a representative in the House and
member of the committee on foreign
affairs, and Fitzhugh Lee, jr., visited
Gusnsbacoa on Friday last for the pur-
pose of learning the details of the al
legged murders committed by the Span
ish authorities OF Guanabacoa since
Christmas. Mr.. Money said the guard
at Guanabacoa refused to allow him to
visit the spot whore the bodies OF the
Cubans were said to have been thrown.
The Senator-eect is OF the opinion
that the House and Senate have gone
to work in the wrong way in passing q
concurrent resolution, that the end
could be best attained by tie passage
oil an act to regulate the commercial in
tsrcourse between the United States
aad Cuba, which might, il vetoed by
the president, be carried, notwithstand-
ing his veto.
HAVANA, Cuba. January 4, 1897
The Hon. H. D. Money, of Missis-
sippi, United States Senator-elect, who
disappeared from the Hotel Inglaterra,
in Havana, on Saturday morning, is
still missing and thus far no clue to his
whereabouts has been obtained.
AS it was the intention of Mr.. Money
upon arriving in Cuba to penetrate the
Insurgents lines if possible, it is surmis
ed that he has accomplished his object.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-04
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Foreign News.

PARIS, Jan. 4.-The official returns
of the elections which were held in
France yesterday for the choice of
one-third Of the members of the Sen
ate, show that 60 republicans, Is radi-
Gals, 3 socialists and II reactionists
were elected.
LONDON, Jan. 1.-The trial of Lady
Selma Scott and others upon charges
of cr!minally libeling Earl Russell,
Lady Scott's son-in-law, which has
been under adjournment for several
weeks, was resumed this morning. Sew
eral witnesses who were on board Lord
Russell's yacht when the improper acts
alleged to have been committed by his
lordship were said to have occurred,
testified that they saw none of the i'm
proprieties which the defendants have
declared took place. Some Of the wit
nesses spoke of money having been Of
fered them through the defendant
Cockerton in consideration of their CIV
ing testimony against Earl Russell.
BERLIN, Jan. 1.-The TdgeJlatt as
serts that France and Russia have
agreed to intervene at Washington to
prevent a breach between the United
States and Spain.
LONDON, Jan. 4.-Sir Henry St.
John Halford, Bart. who was captain
OF the British rifle team which visited
the United States a number of years
ago, is dead. He was in the Goth year
of his age.
BERLIN, Jan. 1.-THE Emperor upon
New Years Day communicated to the
commanding officers of army corps q
decree expressing his desire that hasty
duels among officers growing out of
passion shall cease.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-04
MONDAY EVENING. JAN 4, 1897

ONE OF the gold boilers organs In
New York speaks of one of the appoint
ments of the new republican Governor
of that State, as shameful to him and
insolentiy defiant of decent public senti-
ment." The organ referred to did all
il could to defeat the democratic candi-
date for Governor and to elect his re-
publican opponent, and if it were fool
ish enough to suppose that republi-
can Governor would not appoint repub
licans to office, common self-respect
should have prevented it from parad-
ing that fact.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-04
B. B. S NTH ,
500 KING STREET,
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

l.. w. Abt and Company, wholesale
jewellers, of Chicago, failed to-day.
Mr.. Jno. Wanamaker arrived at Hsr-
risburg, Pa, to-day to personally con-
duct his canvas for U. S. Senator. Mr..
Quay says that Penrose will defeat
Wanamaker.
LAUNDERING operations throughout
the upper peninsula of Michigan are
at standstill because OF the weather.
No skiddng is possible and the roads
are almost entirely gone The weather
is absolutely unprecedented and the
loss being caused to lumbermen ard
contractors amounts to many thousands
of dollars daily.
Polly Brannum. the Oldest woman ia
Tennessee, died at Knoxville last night
at the age of 1909. She was the daugh-
ter of revolutionary patriot, and in
her day was acquainted with Sewer,
Blount, Roam, Carroll, Sam Houston.
Andrew Johnson, Jackson, Polk and
other men of national reputation.
A wholesale escape of prisoners from
the penitentiary at Caldwell, n. j.,
early this morning was nipped in
the bud by their keepers. Joseph
Clayton, burglar during the alb
sence of guard from the lower
corridor, opened his cell door with false
key, also y rear door. and then returning.
opened tho doors of several cells Clayton
escaped but the others were secured
Justice Mitchell in the supreme court OF
Pennsylvania, to-day rendered an opinion
reversing the verdict Of $4,000 for libel
which WAS found in the common pleas court
against the Philadelphia Times and in favor
of e1.Mayor VIM B Smith, of this city.
new trial is granted the Times
Handy and Hartman will ship $4,000
ounces Of silver to Europe from New York
tomorrow. Tho steamers Segursnca and
Yumuri. from Mexico to-day brought to New.
York 191 900 ounces of silver and $4,000
gold to smelling firm
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-04
More Bank Failures.

ST. PAUL, Mimi. Jan. 1.-THE Ger
mania Bank of this city closed its doors
this morning. Its capital was $500, 900,
with a surplus of $4,000. December
II the loans and discounts amounted to
1915, 900 and its deposits to 81 .091,9
The Allemania Bank, of this city,
closed its doors today. Its statement
on December II shows as follows :
Loans and discounts, sos, $40; cash on
hand and due from other banks, $192,-
O66; deposits, $500, 305. 1t held on
January 1 st. Paul city funds to the
amount of $5l 900 and State funds ag-
gregating $35, 1902.
DUBUQUE, Iowa, Jan. 1.-The City
Bank OF Nora Springs, Iowa, suspend.
ed today.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-04

THE coal mine owners in the Massil-
Ion district of Ohio have just notified
their employees of reduction of ten
cents ton in their wages. The en-
ployees referred to voted for Mckinley
with the understanding that the mere
fact of his election would be the signal
for great increase in the.demand for
labor and necessarily in the price
thereof
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-04

THE INSPECTOR general of the New
York militia has been removed, though
the statement, in his official report, to
the effect that embellishments have
been covered up and that the annual
encampments have been orgies utterly
destructive of discipline, have not been
denied or even investigated. No won
der the tax rate in New York has been
increased since the mugwumps of that
State, by uniting with the republicans,
enabled the latter to obtain possession
of both the State and city government
of New York.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-04

THERE HAS been perceptible in
crease in the passenger travel on the
Manassas Branch OF the Southern Rail
way since it regained that portion OF its
line from Strasburg to Harrisonburg,
and there has also been an improve
ment in its freight business, but not
such as there should have been for the
good of the shippers, especially of cat
tie, inasmuch as by coming via Alexan-
dria, on their way to Northern markets,
they save many miles, and consequent
ly many pounds Of beef.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-04
Why Attenlnt to Cure

catarrh by the use OF so.called blood rene
dies? That catarrh is not caused by blood
troubles is self-evident when you reflect that
attacks are always due to sudden climatic
changes or exposure, and occur most fire.
quently during the winter and spring, though
the blood is as pure then as in summer or
fall. A remedy which quickly relieves and
cures the catarrhal attacks has been found in
Ely's Cream Balm.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-04

No WONDER the defective armor
plates for some of the new war vessels
have been accepted, as the fine imposed
upon the makers by the Secretary OF
the Navy for some of those previously
made, was reduced by Mr.. Cleveland.
And then, too, the makers of the armor
referred to, it reed not be forgotten,
were liberal subscribers to Mr.. Hanna's
corruption fund.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-04

AS SENATOR WoLCoTT had confer
ence with both the President-elect and
the latters mortgage before he sailed
for Europe on his bimetallic mission, it
may reasonably be surmised that if the
next administration can see any chance
of advantage to itself that would be
likely to result from the free coinage OF
silver, it will not hesitate to avail itself
of it. Notwithstanding the fact that the
platform upon which it was elected de-
clared for the gold standard.