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The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08

Malone, y. Y, Feb. 3.--No storm in
recent years in northern New York
has reached serious proportions as
the one now prevailing. 1t com
menced at noon, ON Sunday, and in
less than eight hours three feet OF
snow had fallen. For the last ten
hours the wind has been blowing a
gale. Train service greatly delayed.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08
IN PESNsYLYANIA.
The worst snowstorm Experienced
In Recent Years.

Ebensburg, Pa, Feb. 3.-The worst
snow storm that has visited the
mountains in recent years has been
blowing here for the past "A hours.
Business il almost suspended All
trains on the EbeDsburg branch Of
the Cambria and Clearheld division
lowed up. The regular pas
sengcl rain is stuck in a drift east
of Yintondale, and traffic has been
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08
mo.t se,ere in Mnny Years.

Ballston, y. Y, Feb. 3.-Alternate
rain and snow, Sunday, were succeed
ed, Sunday night. by the seyerest gale
that has blown here in many years.
The highest velocity Of the wind
was 60 miles an hour, and many tele-
graph, telephone and electric light
wires went down before it.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08
, Man WIZ Nr,er reeIs cold.

CarlinvilIe. H.. Feb. This city
has. in well-known citizen, John
Irwin. the warmcst-bloOded person
In the state. Irwin has never worn
an oyercoat During the winter he
QOes about in his shirt sleeves, and
claims that he absolutely does not
know the senaation Of being cold.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08

Utica. y. Y, Feb. "A fearful
blizzard prevails in central and
northern New York. The railroads
are tied up and there'is no prospect
of the north and south lines getting
open for several days. Freight trains
are abandoned.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08
FIRE AT mENToiE, IND.
Half the business Portion of the
Town swept Away.

Warsaw. Ind, Feb. 3.-Late Sunday
night a disastrous fire at Mentone,
this county, wiped ont half the bust
ness part Of the town, causing a
loss on buildings and stock Of $50
600, on which there was but little in
surancc. A whole block Of stores
and two residences were DESTROYED.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08
Against the Sey Forest Preserve.

Butte, Mont, Feb. "a special to
the Miner from Kalispell, Mont. say
that the people Of the western Flat
head county are signing petition
against the creation Of the new
Kootenai forest preserve promoted
by Commissioner Hermann.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08
suspended. Drifts ten feet high in
many places block country roads.


Cory, H., Feb. s.-rhe worst biz
zard for many years has ragged IN
this region for the past II hours. II
has caused great damage 10 the rail
roads and To telegraph and tele-
phone wires. 4 dispatch from Mead
vile, Pa. says all Erie trains are
from four to ten hours late, and
freight has been abandoned.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08

New York. Feb. 3.--Railroads we're
tied up and telephone and telegraph
lines prosfrated as a result OF the
terrific storm which swept over the
country FROM the great lakes 70 the
Atlantis seaboard Sunday,
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08

Buffalo, \. Y, Feb. 3.-The snow
storm which prevailed Sunday abat-
ed during the night. Mails from the
east and west are from one to four
hours late. The mail from Pitts
burg, due at a. m, has not been
heard from, while the mail train on
the Buffalo, Rochester d Pittsburg
road for points in Pennsylvania has
been abandoned.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08
william 9. whitney 10 Retire.

New York. Feb. William c.
Whitney fnancier, aud ex-secretary
Of the navy. after about % years Of
far-rcaching activity ia the world ei
affairs bias decided to retire from
business life.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08
One Hundred aud Alone.

Kokomo, Ind, Feb. 3.-Through the
death Of her daughter, Mrs. Susan
McDanieIs, Mrs. Mary Bryan Cobb,
the oldest living Daughter Of the
Revolution, is alone in the world. At
one hundred years of age she is left,
having outliYed all her relatives.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08
Policeman KiIIed BY a Negro.

Chester. Pa. Feb. 3.--Policeman
Mark Allen was shot and instantly
killed at midnight by Albert West,
negro, whom be had arrested for
luarreling on the street with col-
1red woman, West narrowly escaped
ynchlng.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08

The Dcnd.
NJ {. Lnwler, Wall Lake. Ia
II. T. Pancake, Will Luke. In.
Chris Ferndon, 81 Ansrar la.
G. Il. Blunt Charles City. Ia.
The seriously Injured.
W Cameron, Dundee. III badly
crushed; not expected to live.
+. !. Jordan. Dunlap, la injured
about ribs and back
y. Lawlcr Wall Lake. la, injured
about the hrenst aud legs Slightly in
iured.
J. J. Morehead, Dunlap, Ia; W. J.
Evans, Dunlap, Ia. unknown man.
None Of the trainmcn Yus injured
as they heard the second train ap-
preaching aud jumped. The stock
men were asleep in the bunk ear
when the collision occurred, thcil
death and injuries resulting from be
ing crushed. \ special train will
surgeons WIS sent ont from here
and the injured are all being cared
for at Apple River.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08
|. THE BIDDIES' REMAINS.
The Bodies of the Two Brothers
Taken From Butler, Pa,
10 Pittshurg.
A BROTHER WILL GIVE THEM BURIAL.

Mrs. soncr. Condition Hcmntns n
chanErd-if She lives sh" Niii
unNr somr scrtou- Charges {"
Tnce-steps BcinR Taken Tor Her
nrfrnsr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-26
TRINIDAD SCHOOL BUILDING.
Subproposal to Bring Cost Within
Amount Available.

The acting inspector Of buildings made
the report today that Messrs. Gleeson and
Humphrey, who submitted the lowest bid
for the construction of the proposed new
eight-room school building at Trinidad,
have made a subproposal to reduce the
cost OF the building to the amount avail
able for it's erection.
The bids opened December last, for
the construction of this school edifice at
18th and n streets northeast. showed that
the lowest proposal, that OF Messrs Cleo
son and Humphrey, placed the cost Of the
building. without heating. at $4,000. The
bid of $3.50 for heating. submitted by II.
/. Gregory. made the total cost of the
structure $40.25O. The amount available
for this building. including heating. is not
More than $S7 80, or 5000 less than pro-
posals.
Upon the recommendation Of the building
Inspector the plans were returned to the
architect with q request for revision or re-
duction in cost. to be explained in revised
specifications with his estimate of the value
OF the work and the materials. to be
changed or omitted. so that the cost Of the
building might be brought within the
amount Of the appropriation at hand.
The reductions In the subproposal OF
Messrs. Gleeson & Humphrey are based on
an item.zed list furnished by the architect
Since il was found that the amounts allow
ed the several items are reasonable II
was recommended that all omissions and re-
ductions mentioned in the list be made. BY
the proposed changes the contract price OF
the building. not including heating and ven
tHating. will be reduced to $33, $50 with a
reduction of 500 on the heating proposal
submitted by Mr.. Gregory. thus making the
blast and ventilation. $37 go. 1t was recon.
mended that the modd1ed proposals be &C.
copied. The architect has rendered plans on
the easas OF the revised proposals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-26
DEMAND FOR COAL.
But Few Orders Filled by the Dealers
Today,

From all along the line there was gen.
eral charge on local coal dealers today. The
demand for fuel was greater than ct any
time since the famine began. The dealers
listened to many stories of suffering and
distress. but comparatively few immediate
orders were filed.
A report from the mining region today Is
to the effect that twenty Philadelphia and
Reading collieries and two washeries are
idle because of the failure of the men to
return to work after the Christmas holiday,
and ten collieries and four washeries are
working short handed.
Five collieries are also closed down be-
cause of high water. 1t Is the miners GUS
tom to take Christmas and the day succeed
ing for brief celebration, but the Phila-
delphia and Reading Coal and Iron Com
pany had hoped that the men would return
About fifty cars of anthracite coal were
brought to the city today over the Paltt-
more and Ohio railroad. Perry Johnson of
Johnson Il Bros, who handle coal from the
mines controlled by the Pennsylvania rail-
road, said this afternoon that comparative
ly little was being received here. He said
the situation was trifie more serious than
II had been.
The Post Office Department heating plant
was In operation today. but the interior Of
the building was not so well heated Us on
previous days. With doors closed the rooms
were comfortable but the corridors were
far from being in n satisfactory condition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-26
Washington Stock Exchange.

t tlSn css T. lss - at sS q
a5s 10 % It ssd 1871 , ,Ssys 81 iss sysf
70 at IN Norfolk a and Washington Wash Steamboat
Trust and Storage Co., 10 at los MergenthaIer
Linotype 10 at iso5s tbuyer so,: 10 at 1I5g:,
losta asked Metropolitan IS, 1lyz4 bid. III asked.
Cert nasS lS bid S$ os
Columbia q. IS LIZ sG bid IA asked Columbia
MISCELLANEOUS Bond. Washington Gas Co. es, Sc
s series ad bid g. see Eight bsS CO
g: lo5h BID, lO7A asked $. u: s Electric Light
and Potomac Telephone S. ioes BID lose asesd
Washington Market Co.. LIST 6s, 1osh bid Mason
is s Hall Association s.. lo4 bid American GRAPHIC
Safe Deposit and Trust stoeks-National Safe De-
oss and ans Trust aSS Sa @ asked
Trust, 215 lid, 21sla asked. Washington Safe De
Pasit 90 pid Union Trust and stoFags l91S bid
Railroad stocks-Capital Traction Co.. .1254s bid
l2GA asked. The Washington Railway and Eiec-
tric Co. Pref, 43 bid 40 asked The Washington
Hsway and a. Eses Co. 70 BID Is asked
lid. As asked. Metropolitan. '7so bid, $50 asked;
S aS 9a BID ne e sa ss
ed ed Cslumbis 1877 BID 80 asked s Capital $50
as bS is Asked Sa :1 s ssss
Riggs 725 bid. 500 asked.
So s IS sstaa 80 d
80 asked. Corccran. 20 bid. Potomac. 63 bid
go i Sd. $40 asked National faoa' s bid
asked Coli mbia. II bid. u asked Riggs 'Ss
meres !sf bid csonis rs b 3D. asked
Title Insu. ance Stocks Real Estate Title 90 bid
" ashsa THsmes ss y s.t sd As
Telephone and Graphophont Stocks Chesapeake
and rotomas Telephone 81 BID y asked Amer-
can Graphophone Pref. bid. ~ asked:
Gas Stocks-Washington Gas. 76ts bid. TN ask
ed Georgetown Cas- 76i4 bid
Type Machine Stocks--Mergenthale Linotype, '173
bid. 1s9ts asked. Lanstcn ionotype, s& bid, 10s
asked.
Miscellaneous Stocks-Grecne Con. Copper Co.
s24k bid PIX asked. Washington Maarkpt 16
bid sa3 asked. Norfolk and Washington SteaInbost
III bid. rs asked. ]. Marry Dove Co.. 10 bid,
lis asked.
Eek dividend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-26
THE CLOSING SESSIONS.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity Near
ing an Adjournment.

The closing sessions Of the annual conven-
ton of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity
were begun this morning. 1t is probable
that the order will not be able to con-
clude it's business until tomorrow morning,
preparing to leave for their homes. A
lively session was held today, which con-
tinued until almost 2 o'clock. The matter
for discussion was the report Of the COM
mittee on extension, which has charge Of
the granting of charters to new societies
or chapters. There were five candidates
for admission to the national organization
that were granted charters today. but not
until after full and free discussion of the
merits Of the schools where the chapters
were formed was had. Those admitted
as a result Of the vote today the Lambda
Beta Chapter Of the Virginia Military
Institute, the Gamma Rho Chapte. Of
the Tri Phi Of the University Of Wis
consin chapter from the Colorado
School Of Mines was also admitted to nem-
bership. At the conclusion Of the colsid-
Grafton Of the report of the COMMITTEE. on
extension a recess was taken until $3.50
this afternoon.
Yesterday afternoon the members O. the
fraternity enjoyed their Christmas dinner,
the annual Sigma Alpha Epsilon dinner,
at the Ebbitt House. The tables were ret
tily decorated for the occasion. and the
orchestra played college songs. After din
ner the fraters gathered in the hotel oar.
lors. where they sang college songs ano
told college stories until time to go I, ths
theater. They occupied seats at the Ma
tional Theater for the evening performance
and with the end of the performance, thu
ceremonies for the day were over.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-26

Edwin Dunlop. who. for the past twenty
years has been superintendent Of the Ter
minai Railroad Association Of ST. Louis, has
resigned. -siti9 -
Capt Alexander Hmnsen. during the Span
ish- American war commander of the trans
port Seguranca, running between Tampa
and Santiago. y deadSn Chicago Of Bright's
Chief Of detectives Ut Hot Springs. Ark.
John .Donahus,, ~. was, shot and killed by
Frank Doughsuty, astrace track follower,
Christmas dayitT y
According too.he LATEST advices from An
dian. Russian central Asia. the shocks Of
earthquake ara continuing there
BENJAMIN Neal Thornton, son of E. H.
Thornton. president ~ the Neal Loan and
Banking Company Of Atlanta, Ga. COM
mitted suicide shy shooting himself through
the head with a. reyoiver.
and killed by auhorsai attached to a car in
New York ThpIhorsei stepped on the mans
neck. and his shoe severed the jugular vein
and the windpipe. ,ssr
Prisoners when arrested, in Morocco are
required to pay the policeman for his trou-
BILE In taking them to Jail.
The Michigan Sugar Manufacturers Asso-
citation adopted resolutions protecting
against the ratification of any treaty with
Cuba which reduces the present tariff on
sugar. ts: --ls.
The Augusta. Ga. Chronicle has been
placed In the hands Of a receiver.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-26
COURTESY AND CONVICTION.
Not Necessary to Be Disagreeable in
Truth Telling.

From the Sunday School Times
1t is very interesting to observe what diff
ferent things different people demand as
signs Of conviction. One man cannot con-
ceive that there is any earnestness afoot
unless he sees strain and agonizing. He is
inclined to distrust calmness In moral mat
tiers. and think 1t too slow. This type Is
exemplifed by the deacon who did not like
his new minister because there wasn't
strugglin' and wrastlin' enough in his ser
mons" Very often the man who is him
self quite disinclined to anything strenuous
is very particular in his demands that other
people should be strenuous; and all along
the line there Is a popular notion that earn
estnesS and moral effectiveness must be in
some way mixed up with strain and diff
Guilty. Have we not all seen the religionist
who feels that religion is never really TAX
ting hold until it begins to hurt? He seems to
feel that he has not truly represented 1t I'M
less he has made people uncomforta BILE by
1t, and the very fact that they are uncom-
Portable under his influence often makes
him feel that here is unmistakable sign
Of the reality Of his doctrine.
- Theodore Parker was one of the men who
were always strenuous, and. while he never
shrank from declaring truth because 1t
was ddsagreeable, there was In his general
habit just suspicion Of feeling that the
more disagreeable the truth was the more
likely 1t was to be true. Indeed he some
of their not liking what he was saying was
in itself good evidence that 1t was the truth
This Is very dangerous ground to stand
upon. and nobody would have resented such
a position. when occupied by others, more
quickly than Theodore Parker
Now this is not to say that people who
have convictions are generally likely to be
disagreeable people, but rather that people
do not know just exactly what Is due from
them toward others when they do have con-
victions. What ought to be the general
tone Of a man who has them? Ought it not
to be one of belligerency? That all depends
upon the situation. Certainly there is no
one strict set Of manners that belong to a
man who holds his beliefs strongly. But
there is the danger with US all that as
soon as we are really convinced of a new
truth, we are a little inclined to suppose
that we are the only ones who believe in it
that the rest of mankind are reluctant or
hostile to it, just as we used to be ourselves
SO that our first announcement of our new
principle rather assumes that nobody else
believes in it. One man finds this hostility
almost Immediately; another, assuming that
everybody has something of the principle
in him, acts rather as the spokesman for 1t.
and through him the thoughts of many
hearts are revealed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-26
SHOWS BREADTH OF GRASP.
A Londoner's Comment on the Park
Commissions Plan.

Mr. Owen Fleming. secretary of the ar
chitectural board Of the common council of
London, which is in charge of the vast i'm
provements in that city, who attended the
convention Of the American Institute of
Architects in this city December 10, has
commented favorably on the plans for the
park Improvement of the District of Co
lumbia. Speaking of this scheme Of i'm
provement in connection with the work Of
improving London, in which Mr.. Fleming
Is engaged. he recently said:
During last September it was my good
fortune to be able to visit Washington. and
I was profoundly impressed with the dig
nifty Of the federal city. The view of the
Capitol from Pennsylvania avenue toward
the end of the day was one Of the finest
sights 1 have ever seen, and felt instinc-
lively that those who had been intrusted
with the planning and arrangement Of the
city had fttingly prepared it for the great
part that 1t is destined to play in the coun-
ellis Of the nation. 1t was also my privilege
to be able to visit the Congressional LII
brary and to study the models and plans
therein displayed for the further ARCHITECT
tural development and establishment of the
Capitol, the White House and their sur
roundings. These designs and models con-
WINGED me that the architects and sculptors
of today appointed by Congress for the con-
ception of this great scheme have not only
followed Loyalty in the steps OF LEnfant,
but have developed and perfected his ideas
with breadth Of grasp that calls forth our
warmest feelings Of admiration. There can
be no doubt that when this monumental
scheme has been carried into execution
Washington will become one Of the fairest
cities Of the world. '----
ut is an interesting coincidence that
while Washington is thus preparing for It
self more glorious dress, Westminster
happens to be similarly engaged. The cd
rookeries and slums which now obstruct
and confuse the western view Of Barry's
masterpiece are to be swept away and the
gray towers of the mother of parliaments
are to stand isolated On the river bank,
f1anked on either side by the majestic curve
OF the Thames embankment, and in this
connection it is important to bear in mind
that London had not the advantage of the
conscious deliberate scheme Of planning
that fell to the lot of Washington. The
city is the unconscious outcome of natural
requirements and conditions. 1t is perhaps
standing example Of the practical work.
ings of the laws of least resistance, and,
therefore though 1t can lay Its claims to
the close attention of the student of the
picturesque, its beauty is largely acci-
dental"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-26
Old Maids and Climate,
From Harper's Bazaar.

From Harper's Bazaar.
OF course, an unmarried woman is always
a disappointment to herself. but the way
she takes 1t Is the difference between old
maids and bachelor girls. The unenlight-
ened frequently make the mistake of think
Ing that lack of opportunity is responsible
for the existence Of single women. but
lay most Of 1t to climate. The New Eng
land climate is not conducive to matrimony
or even love-making. And even after the
crucial moment has passed and the single
woman has drifted from girlhood to spin
sterhood. cold climate, raw Winds chill
rains and snow tend to increase the loneli-
ness of it. There may be old maids In the
south. but I never heard of them being
called by that name. I have known some
single women, school teachers. anywhere
from seventeen to fifty, and some Of their
grown boy pupils were eternally and per-
ennially in love with them. A single wo-
man who has made up her mind not to
marry has hard time to keep her resolu-
ton in the south, for she Is always assailed
to break It. The very climate breathes love.
All, there 1t is! As I said, old maids are
surely matter of climate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-26
DISTRICT EXEMPTIONS
RESOLUTIONS PRESENTED TO
THE COMMISSIONERS.
Northeast Association Suggests Tax
ing Of Property Held by Churches
and Educational Institutions.

The resolution recently passed by the
Northeast Citizens Association relative to
the exemption from taxation Of certain
property in the District. was presented to
the board of District Commissioners today
by Messrs. Evan H. Tucker and W. J. Frfz-
Zell, representing the association. The reso-
luton was prepared by the committee on
taxation, and it discusses the subject at
length.
The northeast citizens take the ground
that the greater portion of property now
exempt should be listed and taxed, inclnd-
ing that owned by churches and religious
organizations, and by charitable and educa-
tional institutions. excepting that belonging
to the District and used for public schools.
They claim that II this property now ex-
empt were taxed there would be no need
for an increased rate Of taxation for neces-
sary municipal expenses.
In the resolutions are included figures
taken from the reports of the assessor rela-
tive to the matter. 1t appears that the ag-
gregate amount Of property exempted Is
valued on the assessors books at $219.O20.-
.9S3. OF this the United States owns $204.-
S21 ,S91 and the District of Columbia 81, &c.
$50. The property of churches and eccle-
siastical institutions is 81 642 ,941. Charitable
institutions have 81 ,642, 654, and the balance
belongs to the foreign legations, cemeteries
and the Chesapeake and Ohio canal.
The Taxable Property.
The taxable property of the District
taken from the same report as the exemp-
lions. is $176, SCI $40. The resolution further
shows that the revenues of the local gov
eminent in so far as they are raised from
real estate are assessed against 1922 per
cent of the property of the District. This
percentage, 1t is further shown, constantly
decreases by the exemptions of public prop
erty from time to time. For example, with
In the past year the power house site"
purchased for the new District building is
exempted as is also the tract of land in the
southeast part of the District purchased
for the municipal almshouse, together with
several school sites purchased in various
parts Of the city.
Legislation by Congress placing the
greater part Of this exempted property on
the tax books is urged in the resolution.
and the Commissioners are requested to
prepare and present to Congress a bill
making such provision.
Messrs. Tucker and FrizZell also present.
ed to the Commissioners resolution ask
ing the board to forward to the conference
committee on the railroad terminal bill an
amendment to the bill creating a commits
sion to award the damages to private prop
erty instead of leaving the matter to the
courts, as the bill now provides.