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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21
Ten powerful blacks are also
held in reserve for occasions Of
ceremonial. The Queen has no
less than 22O horses and ponies.
SOMETHING NEW.

The latest diversion in the So.
ciety of the backwoods Of Pres
ton county, is said 10 be RAT
Parties according to q minister
who travels over the mountains.
hunting up Lost Sheep of Israel.
He informs us that they had q
porty recently Of this kind out at
Billy Hartzell's. The latter lives
out on Huckleberry Ridge, near
Hard Scrabble, and according to
our information, they had q live
ly time at their "Rat Party. !"
The modus operandi is as fol-
lows:
They catch a rat in a trap and
then invite in the young folks Of
both sexes and move everything
out of the room. leaving nothing
whatever for the rat 70 hide un-
der and no place for 1T to escape.
Then the girls are all invited into
the room, presumably for a dance.
The boys are there also, OF
course, and while some one locks
and bars the door the rat is let
out in the midst Of the crowd and
fun begins. The girls can scream
and jump and kick. but they can
not escape. No one is allowed
to kill the rat and they simply run
it down, unless the shrieks of
the affrighted females scare
the rat to death before that.
Parties who have witnessed
this latest FAD in red brush social
circles are unit in declaring
that it beats the high kicking of
the "Black Crook" or any ballet
dancing ever seen on the vaude-
vile stage. 1t is hard to tell
which is scared the more, the rat
or the girls. Both make frantic
attempts to climb up the sides
of the room, and the play will
never be popular with the fair
sex till they all get to wearing
bloomers. When the rat is finally
run down or scared to death, the
doors are opened and the dance
proceeds. All the old bald-heads
in the community are anxious to
get an invitation to a RAT
Party Klngwood Argus.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21
Isa West ylrginlan.

1t has been repeatedly stated,
upon the authority of mere pre-.
sumption, that N. w. Campbell,
the successful University orator
ical contestant. is a Pennsylva-
MAN. 1t gives the Monongalian
pleasure to correct that errone-
Gus impression, and i: will please
all West Virginians having pride
in their highest institution of
learning to know that Mr.. Camp
bell is a citizen of the lutte
mountain State. and what is
more proposes to remain one.
True it is that the gentleman
was so extremely unfortunate as
to have been born in the Key
stone commonwealth, but if he
had had any considerable say in
the matter he surely would have
arranged to be born in West Vir-
GINA.
But Mr.. Campbell last year
proceeded to do what was denied
him at birth, moving to West
Virginia to stay. He will, as
soon as he completes the law
course at the University, locate
some place in the State for the
practice of his profession. So
it is that West Virginian was
the winner in the contest.
Queen Victoria has twenty-five
state carriages, which are kept
in the coach house attached to
Buckingham Palace. In addi-
ton to these, she has great
variety of ordinary road carri-
ages, such as clarences, ba-
rouches, sociables, phaetons, ETC.,
that would not be used in a royal
procession, but are employed for
conveying visitors to and from
railway stations. The "fowers"
of the royal stud are ten cream
colored horses that are never
harnessed to any carriage save
that occupied by the Queen, and
then only on occasions of state
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21
CONFERENCE SEMINARY.
seventh Annual Commencement, June
$40, 1897, at Buckhannon.

$40, 1897, at Buckhannon.
Sunday Baccalaureate Sermon
10 80 a. m.
Sunday, Seminary love Feast,
3p. m.
Sunday, Annual Sermon, Rev.
S. ]. Cotton, 8 r. m.
Monday, Elocution Recital,
SIP. m.
Tuesday and Wednesday, An
nual meeting of Board of Trus-
tees at 9 p. m.
Tuesday. Lecture by Bishop
G. C. McCabe, 8 p. m.
Wednesday, Exhibit by Art
Department, Up. m.
Wednesday, Glass Day Exer-
else, 2:so p. m.
wednesday, Annual Concert,
SPIN.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21

Wednesday,, Examination
close, noon.
Thursday Commend ement,
9 $50 q m.
Thursday, Reunion Of Alumni.
Thursday, Reception ~ the
President and Faculty 8 90 Is. NJ.
THE anniversary exercises
promise to be unusually inter-
esting. For orders for round
trip excursion rates on RAILROADS,
send stamp to the President.
Buckhannop, w. Va.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21

Organizes Rayures, 15c.-new and
beautiful things for dressy wear--im-
ported from France, where the finest
Organdies are made.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21

Abraham Lincoln said eigh.
bors give your boys chance"
How many have had their chance2
The April fool is indeed the one
who finds in himself no change
for the better, since last April.
Be prudent, be wise, be accumu-
lative. Open your account ct R.
T. Lowndes & Co. Savings Bank.
There is no fee attached. Books
always open. 2l'tf.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21

sDenotes arrival, except Sunday.
denotes departure.
C.L BRETT. General Manager.
CIV HARRISON, Gent Pass. Agt.
After Sunday. December eth. and
until further notice Sunday trains will
be discontinued.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-08
IMPORTANT TREATY ABOUT ENDED.
A QUESTION OF TARIFFS.
Arrangements by which Germany and Eng
land Enjoy Mutual Advantage.

Commercial Agent stern. at Bam-
berg. I'm n report to the State Depart
ment, says that at the instance OF
Great Britain, negotiations for new
treaty with Germany have begun. The
treaty about to be terminated comedies
to German trade the enjoyment OF
any concession or privilege granted to
the colonies OF Great Britain or to
the mother country by the colonies.
Germany does not have the same
advantages with the Dutch, French
and Spanish colonies. The relations OF
the three latter mother countries to
their colonies Is much closer In matters
of trade than England with hers. Re-
ferring to the fact that Canada has re-
Gently made concessions In her tariff
to English goods, and after expressing
the opinion that there Is no doubt other
English colonies Will soon follow Can
ada, Mr.. Stern says:
Great Britain will then be obliged to
make concessions In her turn and
alter her customs law In such way
that certain products Of her colonies
may be imported into the mother coun-
try under more favorable conditions
than the corresponding products OF
other countries. This would be carry
ing into effect the plan to amalgamate
all parts OF the British empire into one
customs union"
Mr.. Stern says that In the German
tariff certain amount of considera-
tion seems to have been extended. re-
sulting in a great increase OF trade,
and in comparing the figures II Is
shown that imports to Germany from
England and her colonies have been
considerably greater than Germany's
exports thither. He instances a num-
Der Of articles which England and her
colonies send to Germany and upon
which the tariff amounts to but very
little.
Influential German papers discussing
the termination of the treaty, say that
IL Will be easy for Germany to make
reprisals and that an increase In Ger
man tariff rates would be much more
serlous for England than Germany.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-08
MANY GOLD SEEK ERS.
Next Spring to Witness a Great Rush For
the Klondike.

Consul Smith. at Victoria. in n report
TO the state department discusses the
subject of the Klondike gold fields.
The advices received at Victoria, he
says, indicates that the rush in 40 to
California and later to South Africa
Will be eclipsed by the gold seekers
headed for the Yukon In the early
months of 1898. Agents from England
have been at Victoria making ar
rangements for 5000 or 1000 gold seek
ers. Merchants there have secured
great SUPPLIES of outfit goods. and the
transportation companies have made
arrangements sufficient to make daily
lines between that port and St. Mich
aels, Taiya, Skaguay and Fort Wran-
gle. The Canadian authorities have
made every possible arrangement for
an all-Canadian route to the gold
fields, and are trying to made II to the
interest OF miners to purchase their
outfits in Canada. This Is to be done
through tariff laws. Hon. Clifford Sif-
ton. the Canadian minister OF the in
terror. made a trip to the Northwest
recently, and In address intimated that
the hundred pounds exemption now
allowed by the Canadian government
to the miners would be abrOgated by
the first of January. and that probably
everything not bought in Canada
would have to) pay duty. He declined
to give any assurance that the tax on
mining would be reduced or the alter
nate claim outrage" would be allevia-
ted. The consul goes to some extent
into description Of the methods of
mining in Alaska. gathered from peo-
pie who have returned from there
One man told him he regarded Alaska
as more profitable place for miners to
go than to Canada. owing to the excess
sive royalty charged by the dominion
government, which 1t seems there is no
expectation Of having repealed. The
Klondike stratum runs in the direction
of Alaska, and those men who have
interest In the mines there are doing
as well as those in Canada.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-08
CAPITAL oLEANINas.

The internal revenue collections for
the month OF November In the Peoria,
H.. district were $2,137,23I.
A counterfeit of the IS silver certifi-
cate series OF 1891 is sfoat. 1t Is not SO
large or so wide as the genuine.
After opening congress last Monday
President Mckinley left Immediately
for the bedside Of his sick mother at
Canton. o.
The delegation Of native Hawaiians
who have come to this country to pre-
sent a protest against the ratification
of the annexation treaty. reached
Washington recently.
Available cash balance, $220, ,30l, ,39l; ;
gold reserve. $157. .766.93s.
Shipments through the sub treasury
by the banks last week at New York
were $500. 900 against 100000 the preyi-
Gus week and $3S0.000 for the week end
ing November 10. Practically all OF
this weeks shipments through the
treasury went to New Orleans.
In his annual report for the year end
ing October 81, 1897. Comptroller Eckels
says that the bank note Is safer than
greenbacks. and urges that all forms
OF paper money. but the bank note. be
abolished. He states that all comp
trollers of the currency for the last
twenty years have been OF the same
orinion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-08
FROM ACROSS THE SEA.

The striking English engineers and
employers failed to agree after a pro-
tracted conference.
To counteract rheumatic symptoms.
the pope Is obliged to take several hot
sand baths every week.
Terrible gales swept the English
coast Tuesday. Many vessels went
down and bodies were washed ashore.
The French wine crop Is 1900, 900 hec-
tolitres less than last year, but only
126, 900 below the average of the last
ten.
The Belgian government has decided
that Americans residing there will
hereafter be exempt from service In the
civil guard.
That great destitution will prevail in
Ireland this winter because OF the crop
failure is admitted by the English
government.
The treaty of peace between Turkey
and Greece was signed by representa-
tives of both powers Saturday. Ratifi-
cation will take place in fifteen days.
The Chinese Emperor would rather
give up his crown than yield to the
demands of Germany. so 1t Is said.
Germanys insists on damages for the
murder Of two missionaries some time
ago.
A dispatch from Bucharest, the capi-
tai OF Roumania, says that Monday
fanatical mob. 10000 strong, armed with
iron bars and cudgels. attacked the
Jewish quarters pillaged the shops and
destroyed windows and furniture.
The English Sewing Cotton Company.
Limited, combination of thread
manufacturers. has just been organic
ed in opposition to the Coates combi-
nation. with capital OF f2, $50, 900,
which was subscribed twice over in
Glasgow alone. The ]. e. p. Coates
Company has invested 9s00,000 in ordi-
nary shares in the new concern, in
hopes, as the president declared at the
annual meeting of the Coates Company,
that the maintenance of amicable re-
latians will be greatly facilitated
thereby"
A dispatch from Moscow says that
during a quarrel between some officers
and students at Kieff recently stu
dent named Ulyanitski struck an Of
ficer. whereupon the latter drew his
sword and ran Ulyanitski throukh on
the spot.
The London Daily Mail reports that a
party Of Englishmen, including Robert
Barr, the novelist, while touring the
Mediterranean. was seized by Turkish
soldiery at Suediah, port of Asiatic
Turkey, IS miles southwest OF Antioch.
on November % last. They were de-
tanned 26 hours In prison and expert
enced much III treatment before they
&er liberated. The Daily Mail says
that the government has addressed a
serious remonstrance" to Turkey.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-08
DOWN WITH THE GERMANS"
80 Cry the Rioting Czechs in the Streets Of
Austria.

The jubilation of the Germans over
the fall of the Austrian ministry. and
the forced resignation of Count Badeni
has aroused the Czechs at Prague to
riot.
In spite of the military large Czech
mob made a. descent during Wednes-
day evening upon the German quarter
and plundered houses and shops In sew
eral streets. The furniture OF a we'll
known German cafe was piled up In
the streets and set on fire. When a
detachment of troops approached to
disperse the rioters the soldiers were
greeted with showers of stones, broken
glass ana other missiles. The officers
In command ordered his troops to pre-
pare to fire. but at the urgent request
OF a police official the order was lot
carried into effect.
Two special sufferers from the riots
are Baron Won Aehrenshal. q repre-
sentative of the German land owners
In the reichsrath. and Count Won Salm.
Baron Won Aehrenthals palace Is on
the Wenzels- -Platz. The mob smashed
the windows and tore out the window
frames on the ground floor. Similar
outrages were committed at Count Won
Salm's palace. which Is the editorial
office of the German paper. Bohemia.
During the night the Aehrenthal pal
ace was boarded up, but the rioters
soon removed the planks and threw
large stones into the luxuriously fur
nished rooms. smashing valuable OBJ
poets of art and costly furniture. Dam
age to the amount of many thousands
OF forins has been done to German
firms. clubs and other Institutions hav-
ing German proprietors or patrons. No
performance was given at the German
theater Wednesday.
The constant cry of the rioters was
Down with the Germans" Down
with the Jews" Ladies' venturing on
the street were obliged to wear the
Slav tri-color in order to avoid being
attacked. German sign boards are be-
ing hastily removed by their owners
and replaced with Czech inscriptions
Nobody dares to utter word In Ger
man
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-08
TREASURY STATEMENT.
Internal Revenues Amount to sls. $40, Gao for
the Last Month.

The December statement OF the pub
lie debt shows that at the close OF the
business November 30. 1897. the public
debt. less cash IN the treasury,
amounted to 81, ,009, 226. .i66. a decrease
since October so. of li,33s,f 1876. This
decrease Is accounted for by an In
crease In the cash due to the deposit
of an installment Of the proceeds of the
sale of the governments interest in the
Union Pacific railroad. But for this
action the cash In the treasury would
have been 77i.450 less than last month
The debt Is recapitulated as follows:
Interest bearing debt. ss47, ,36b620;
debt on which interest has ceased since
maturity, 1881. $50; debt bearing no in
terest. s3s1, ,193,125; total. $i,220, SCOOPS.
This amount. however, does not In
clude S579, 9,g20,g33 In certificates and
treasury notes outstanding. which are
offset by an equal amount Of cash In
the treasury. The cash In the treasury
Is classified as follows:
Gold, si9i ,0S9. .260: silver. S50i ,6j63 3s2;
paper. s10j, ,75G.lS1: bonds. disbursing
officers balances. etc, $3S.90I25i; to-
tai. SS46. .409.0I6. against which there
are demanded liabilities amounting to
s625, 1885. leaving the net cash bal
The comparative statement OF the
government receipts and expenditures
show that the total receipts for the
month of November 1897. were, S43.-
1905, of which sIs,t9f,6is was re-
ceived from the reorganization com
mittee of the Union Pacific railroad,
making the ordinary receipts for the
month $685. b16S,9S7. The total expendl-
lures for November were $37, $40, 1888. Of
which A,549. 1858 was cash In the Union
Pacific sinking fund turned into the
treasury and repaid to the appropria-
tion from which It had been originally
drawn for investment. Hence the
months disbursements include this
sum. The ordinary receipts for the
month. therefore. were s.5. 1853. 1887. and
the ordinary disbursements of $33,261,-
40. leaving n deficit of SS,092, ,4s3. The
receipts from customs were $3.50. OPS,
n falling off of about 100000, as COM
pared with November, 1896. The re-
ceipts from internal revenue were S13.-
53O,6i9. IA gain of about $4300O0 for the
month.
The excess of expenditures over re-
ceipts for the five months of the pre-
sent fiscal year. independent of the
proceeds of the sale OF the Union Paci-
fic railroad was i6.1Oi ,f9i
The government has received anoth-
er payment of $6,100,000 on account Of
the Union Pacific sale, which still
leaves due from the company S3f. .l53,605
to be paid in four equal installments,
the last on January 8. 1893.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-08
COLLIDE WITH TERRIFIC FORCE.
THREE DEAD.
Trolley Car Disaster in Detroit superintend-
ent Killed.

Two suburban cars carrying some 20
passengers. and both running at a
speed of 25 miles an hour, collided at
Detroit Saturday afternoon. The re-
suit was that three men were instant
1y killed and score of persons Injured.
ten OF them seriously. The names Of
the dead are: John Savage, superin-
tendent of the road, Charles M. white
head, motorman, John Kelly, of De-
troit book agent A half dozen others
were more or less cut by broken glass
and bruised. The collision came near
. gravel pit about midway between
Pontiac and Birmingham, at the foot
of two steep grades, down which the
fated cars ran at full speed. The i'm
pact was terrific. The cars were driven
half through each other and crushed to
pieces.
superintendent Savage was I'm the
motorman's vestibule operating the
outbound car. Both his legs were cut
on. and his dead body was frightfully
mangled. Motorman McHugh. who
stood behind Savage, narrowly escaped
a similar fate. John Kelly was evident
ly the only passenger who saw the
northbound car approaching. He rush
ed for the vestibule door, and he and
motorman Whitehead were struggling
came. Both were killed. Kelly's head
and shoulders were jammcd out of the
vestibule window and his neck was
broken. Whitehead'ss head was cut
open and his chest crushed.
Had II not been for the stout con-
struction of the cars. both of which
were new, II is doubtful whether any
OF their occupants would have escaped
alive. As II was. nearly all of the IL
passengers In the southbound car suf-
fered some injury. Some of the injured
were taken to farm houses and others
brought to city hospitals.
The company officials are investigat-
Ing as to the responsibility for the dis
aster. and n coroner's jury has already
been empaneled. The Detroit. Birming-
ham and Pontiac road Is a separate
suburban enterprise. Its cars enter the
city over the Woodward avenue street
car line
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-08
FF1Y-nF1H CONGRESS OPENED.
MESSAGE READ.
After Hearing the Presidents Communica-
tion, Both Houses Adjourn.

The opening of the session OF the
Flfty-nfth Congress last Monday was
without unusual incident. In the house
Speaker Reed after prayer directed the
clerk to call the roll, which showed 301
members present
There were five vacancies from death
or resignation during the recess and the
credentials Of the members-elect were
read by the direction OF the speaker.
who then administered the oath of Of
flee to them. They were +. M. Griffith
(Dem). successor to the late Judge
Holman In the Fourth Indiana district;
II. $. Boutelle tRep), OF Chicago who
succeeded 10. ID. Cooke, deceased;
James Norton Dem.), of the Seventh
South Carolina district. who succeeded
John l.. McLaurin, now senator;
George y. Lawrence tRepD, OF the
First Massachusetts, district. who sue
coeded Ashley y. Wright. deceased, and
J. N. Griggs tDem), of the Third New
York Distrnct. who succeeded Francis
G. Wilson. who resigned to accept the
po sition OF postmaster at Brooklyn.
The latter's credentials had not yet ar
rived, but the oath was administered
to him by unanimous consent
At i.i0 the committee appointed to
walt on the President announced that
the chief executive was prepared to
communicate with the two houses In
writing.
Mr.. Pruden. who had followed the
committee into the hail. Immediately
presented the message OF the President
which by the directiin of Speaker Reed
was read Mt the clerks desk. The read
ing consumed an hour end 90 minutes.
on motion of Mr.. Dingley the message
was referred to the committee of the
whole and ordered printed.
At ~ o'clock the gavel of Vice Presi-
dent Hobart called the Senate to order.
Mr.. Allison Uowa) presented a resolu-
ton that committee Of two senators
be appointed to join a like committee
fiom the House to inform the President
that Congress was In session and pre-
pared to receive any communication
which he might desire to make to It.
The resolution was passed. and the
vice president named Senators Allison
ana German tMdD as the Senate com
mittec.
After the committee waited on the
president the presidents message was
presented by Mr.. Pruden. the presi-
dents assistant secretary, and was at
1.35 laid before the Senate and read.
Senators gave the closest attention to
the reading of the message. n majority
of them following 1t from printed cop
les with which they had been supplied.
That part of the message which dealt
with the Cuban question and outlined
the policy of the administration with
reference to that question was listened
to with particular interest.
Both houses adjourned until the fol-
lowing day
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-08
THE NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Governor uriggs Of New Jersey to Receive
the Appointment

Governor Griggs, Of New Jersey, who
has accepted the offer of Attorney Cen
eral McKenna's present place, If the
latter's appointment to the supreme
bench Is confirmed, arrived in Wash
iLgton and had a conference with Vice
President Hobart. and intimated that
he was willing to accept the portfolio.
The change will not be made until af-
ter the New Jersey Legislature meets,
in January. This is one OF the condi-
ticns under which Governor Griggs ac-
cepts the office. Under the Constitu-
tion Of New Jersey the President OF the
State Senate becomes Acting Governor,
there being no Lieutenant Governor.
The present President of the State
Senate Is Robert Williams. of Paterson,
but his term expires January /. When
the new Legislature meets the Repub-
licans have arranged to elect Foster NJ.
voorhees,. Senator from Union county.
AZ successor to Mr.. Williams, and Gov
ernor Griggs does not wish TO resign
until the new President of the Senate
Is chosen.