There Is Keally nothing now in our giving the lies! and fullest election returns. It's a Habit THE TIM HUNK got into before it wus as much us one year old. f 6 I i 1 EKtIIT PAGES-50 COLUMNS. SCR A "N TON. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING-, FEBEUARY 2',i. 1S54. TWO CENTS A COPY. Ill TBI MBIT HAS -GIBfllWH UNTIL IT'S REALLY ft RIND OF MARIA ilTP PI. GO M K1NLEY HI CHICAGO He Speaks at (lie University and Union League Celebrations. IT WAS AN ELOQUENT ADDRESS The Ohio Statesman Is Greeted with an Ovation, and His Remarks Fre quently Interrupted by Applause He Laid Emphasis on the Fact that the Future of the Country Rested with Students and Scholars of Today. Chk aoo. Feb. 89 GOVERNOR WILLIAM MoKIN- LI LEY wus the (nest of the Ui n versify of Chicago for n brief Viitl half hour this morninK, end h vhh accorded ii cliHriicleriotic welcome by tlie u lents of that institution. It wag ttie firt official celebration of WasbinKton'i Birthday siuco the uni versity win formally opened, and the great lubonitorv in which the exrcises were held was packed to overflowing. When the Oliio u vernor appeared, arm-in arm with President W. R. Har per, it seemed HI if Bedlam had broken loose. Cheers and couintr-nlieer, col lege yella and cluss yell4, and the pip ing voices of the girl students, while they waved their ciimbric handker chiefs in uuiion, all combined t make a splendid but withal noisy ovation. After tbe singing of patriotic selections Governor McKinley was presented an 1 spoke for five minutes on "the hatchet story," dealing with that mueb-told-of , n.l mucb-written-of alleged iucideutin tbe life of Washington in a half humorous, half serious vein, especially dwelling on the moral sought to be conveyed re garding the necessity of absolute truth and veracity in all the relatious of life. He laid emphasis on the fact that tbe future of the country rested upon tbe students and scholars of the present generation, and urged that nothing was more calculated to promote the peace and prosperitv of the Republic than the observance of patriotic duties by the rising generation. Tbe governor re ceived an ovation when he left the hall. THE DEMAND 10U ADMISSION TICKETS Between 6,000 and 7,000 people of both sexes crowded the auditorium and its approaches this afternoon to par ticipate in tbe recognition of tbe day under tbeanspiras of the Union leagu of Chicago. Admission was solely by ticket and fully 4,000 applications were received after the lust of the coveted pasteboards had been given out. Upon tbe platform were ministers representing nearly every denomina tion, the presidents of the variom uni versities and colleges and of the city elnbs, General Milei and his staff and other special guests of tbe club. The exercises opened with a rendition of patriotio airs The invocation wai pronounced by Charles H. Fowler, of Minneapolis, and President John P. Wilson felicitously introduced the ora tor of the day, Governor William Mc Kinley, and the applause that followed continued for several minutes. The governor spoke for one hour, eulogizing Washington and drawing lessons from his life, but avoiding all political references. X tie exercises closed with singing of "America" by the andience. It had originally been arranged that the governor should be escorted from tho Union League club to the Auditorium by tbe inembn of the Cook County Republican Marching club, in evening dreBS, silk bat, white umbrellas, a band of sixty pieces, and u carriage with six wi.itu horses Ol jnctions to this prograinm-, how ever, were made by several members of the Union league on the ground that the governor was the guest of that in stitution, and that partisan politics hould not enter into the celebration of tbe day. Th members of the Re publican club were inclined to insist upon carrying out their programme, but the governor himself cut tbe knot by covertly but firmly declining the proposed escort At tbe Union League banquet that followed tne exercises of the audito rium, Associate Justice Brewer, of the supreme court of the United States; Biohop Fowler, Congressman W. J. Bryan, of Nebraska; Hon. John S. Wise, and Governor McKinley deliv ered addresses. THE DARBY MYSTERY. Coroner's Jury Unable to Decide Be tween Murder and Suicide. Media, Pa., Feb. 83. Th Upper Darby mystery is not any nearer a so lution than upon tho morning when the dead body of the man supposed to be C. A. Hanne, of Bt, Louis was found in the swamp. Coroner (juinby has completed tbe inquest and the jury found a verdict that death was caused by pistol shot wounds inflicted by some person unknown, Tbi conclusion was reached after Detective Frank G-yer bad made a re port in which be expressed tbe belief that it whi a case of suicide. The re mains of tbe dead man have been buried, but the coroner is rsceiving numerous inquiries about missing peo ple. None of them oorrespoud, how ever, to tbe photograph of the man in question. LAYING OF THE CORNER STONE. Initial Ceremony Toward Building; the Lutheran Theological Seminary. Uetttsburo, Feb. 22. Tho corner tone of tbe new building of tbe Lu theran Theological seminary waa laid today with impressive exercises. Pres ident Valentine presided and addresses were made by Rev. Dr. Morris, of Bal timore, and Rev, Dr. Luther E. Albert, of Germantown. The president of the board of direct ors. Rev. M. G, Bover. formally laid th -tone. Tbe building will cost about $4U,0W CONSECRATION OF A BISHOP. Imprsselve Ceremonies at St Joseph'! Cathedral. Hartford. Conn. Hartford, Feb. 22 In tbe presence or an assemblage estimated at 1,000 to 5,000 persons, gathered within the walls of St. Joseph's cathedrtl this morning tb. Rt. Rev. Miebaol Tier ney, D D., of New Britain, wa conse crated bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Hartford, the sixth bishop in succession of tbe diocese. The solemn ami impressive ceremony was rendered brilliant by the presence of nearly 400 clergymen, embracing bishops, professors of universities, vicars general, roctors, curates and pri!ts from all over t lie country. The music service was rendered by a choir of 100 siugers. TO VISIT GETIYSBURG. Adjutant General Greenland Will View the Division Ca:np Sl'e HaXBISBURO, Feb. 22. Adjutant General Greenland and a parly of mili tary men will again visit Gettysburg next Monday to further inform them selves regu.-ding the proposed site for the division encampment of the Na tional Guard. In an order Hsued tonight several of licors are granted leave of abseuoe and these are honorably discharged: Ju lius S. Lawson, Company H, Third regiment ; Second Lieutenant Charles P. Lining, Company H, Third reci mont; Second Lieutenant Jamss R Haldcman, Company I, Eighth regi ment. Brigadier General Itbrt F. IWcbert, Firs! brigade, is authorised to hold elections to fill the vacinoies. SWELLING THE RETURNS. Hon. Galusha A. Grow's Majority In creasing as the Votes Are Counted. Philadelphia, Feb 22 Official re turns from every county in t-ie state except six (Allegheny, Armstrong, Erie, Fayette, Washington and West moreland,) aud with the latest esti mates from tbnie counti-s, show a plu rality of 180,330 for Grow (R -pubiicani for congressman-at-larg'. Following are uluralities by ooun ties: PLURAI.1 TIKS, lsia. PLltaA LI TIM, im. cauNTNta Adams Allegheny Armstrong Beaver Bedford Hork Blair Bradford Bucks Butler Cam' rls C'lmeroQ Carbon Center Chester Clarion CjcartwM Clinton Columbia Crawford Cumberland Dauphin Delaware Elk Ella Payette rarest Franklin Fulton Greone Hunting-dun Iu'liana Jefferson Juniata I.aikawanna. I ill ., '!' Lawrence I.ohanoii Lehiah lUzorne Lycoming McKaan lfansae Mifflin Monroe Montgomery Montour Noj tbampton Northumberland 'erry 'I I lade lphia ike 'otter ,. chnvllrill Snyder Somerset Sullivan Susquehanna..... i ioa L'nion Venango arret) Washington Wnyno Westmoreland..., Wyoming York I d 2 g ; A $ ...J is .... awr .... 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Tbe funeral servloes were held last evening and consisted of an address by Charles Sadner, the attor ney of the firm of Keppler & Schwarz man, and William Mnller. The family accompanied the remains to the grave, but no services were held there. IN OUR OWN COMMONWEALTH. DISORDERLY Mnnsfleld and t'hartiors boroughs. In Allegheny county, voted to consolidate under the name or Carnegie. With IWO in his possession, Fred (i. Mer warth, a South ICastou baker, is missing, and his friends fear for his gaiety. HiRhwaytnen rlret tried to bold up George Fulmer, near Lebanon, aud thuu shot at him as he escaped on Ins horse. The state board of agriculture reports that there are no umro cases of tubercu losis among tho cattle In Pennsylvania. Attempting to cross tho tracks in front of a train BtLsDOSSter, the 5-year old son of Mrs. David Hmeltz lost a leg and may die. Suit for 110,000 ilaniageshaHbeen brought against Henry Folnstein. a Lebanon mer chant, who. It Is said, threw Kay P. Olick out of his store. Another haul of alleged counterfeiters was made and John W. Dillon and Henry Cowan were landed in the Clair county jail. Eleven have been raptured. Tbe plant of tho Heading Uoal and Iron company at the Keystone colliery. Ash laud, was destroyed by fire last evening. The loss is estimated at KiU.OflO. About luo men are thrown oat of employment. The trial of Kev. Elmer Auckermnn, pastor-elect of the Upper Buffalo Presby terian church at Washington, charged ou oath of Mrs. Emma A. Hank in. with inn ing committed an Indesrent assault and battery with intent to commit felony, ended to day In an acquittal. The Members Became Verv Boisterous on Washington's Birthday. TO REVOLUTIONIZE BALLOTING Senator Martin Would Have tho Votes Cast for President and United States Senators Direct. A Perma nent American Financial System Suggested Which Shall Include Un restricted Coinage of Gold and Sil ver. Wasiunuton, D. C, Feb. 22. THEKE was no business transacted in the satiate today beyond the passage of a houeo bill to extend the time for building a street railroad on the military reserva tion of Fort Kiley, Kansas. A short discussion was start-d by Mr. Hoar, Massachusetts, over an article in the New York Times relating to tbe estab lisbment iu the state of Florida of the Honduras lottery, a revival of the Lou laiana lottery. Mr Martin, Kansas, otl'red two resolutions which went over without action, line instructs the finance com mittee to formulate and report to the senate a bill providing for a perman ent American financial system which shall include the free, unrestricted and unlimited coinage and use as money of both gold and .silver on the baeis of sixteen to on. TO UICKOH.M TBI ELECTION METHODS, The other instructs tbe judiciary committee to foruiulato aud .- ; .r- u propos d ameudtneat to the coustitu liou for tbe eloctiou of president and vice president of the United States by u direct vote of all the people, and for a single tirm of six years--tbe presi dent to be thereafter ineligible to elec tion for a second term; also providing for the electiou of the United States senators by a direct vote of the people of the several states. The day's aessiou was wound up DT the reading of Washington's farewell address. It was tbe third time in lata years of the observance of thatcere mony,of which Mr Hoar is the author. Ou the first occsaaiou Mr. Ingalls.Kin- sas, was the reader, on the I Mr. Mau.lerson, of Nebr.isk i, and today- Mr. Martin, of Kansas. There were veid few senators present, and at the close of .,he leading at 1 81 p. m. the senate adjourned until Monday. THE HOLSE BECOMES NOISY. The honso cetebrated Wasbinstton's birthday by three hours of the mojt disorderly proceedings of the session. There was no bitterness manifested, except in one or two instances, the members being generally in good temper, but the lack of decornm has not been i (mailed in years. It became 0 in irked at one point that tbe speaker pro tern. (Mr. Dockery, Mo. (.announced l bat this was the house of representa tives and not a beer garden. At tbe beginning Representative Cummings. (Uem., N. Y ), rising to a question of the highest privilege, de. iiounced with much feeling his arrest on the floor of the houe previous to meeting as unbridled tyranny, and pro testing against a farcical session ou Washington's birthday, move! to ad journ. Uther mem hers, llullct, (Hep., O ). Sickles, (Im., N. Y. ). and .loiin- son, (Hep., Ind.), denounced their ar rests as unjtistiliable anil tinnuthorizid. A reading of the warrant issued to the sergeaut-at-arms by the speaker, under which the arrests had been made, diselnsed the fact that it contained no names, whereupon the Democrats suc ceeded in forcing an adjournment until tomorrow, leaving the cause of tbe ar rested members undisposed of. FEMALE COUNTERFEITERS. A Qang of Women 'Making Bogus Money ia Omaha. ClIlCAUO, Feb. 22 A dispatch to a morning paper from Omaha says; A gang of female counterfeiters has been unearthed in this city, aud two of its members lire under arrest, with th prospects of others being soou behind tho bars. Counterfeit money has been in circulation in largo quantities for several mouths, but beyond the arrest of two or three men by the police noth ing has been done to apprehend or con vict the guilty ones by tbe federal au thorities. For several weeks South Side mer chants have handled a considerable amount of the queer coin through young girls. Detectives were detailed "to watch the girls, and the arrest of Maud Wilson, alias Wordon, and Car rie Hart ou the charge of passing bad money is the beginning of tho end of the shoving of the "queer." The po lice aro looking for B lith Simp ion and Mary Doe. the two other girls con nected with the counterfeiter' gang. BUROGE'S TERRIBLE CRIME. Brata His Wife Into Insensibility and Then 8boote Hlmaelf. Mikflintown, Pa , Feb. 22. At East Watorlord, near this place, last Bight, K. E. Burdge, a merchant, in a drunken frenzy, made a deadly assault ou his wife at their home, beating her into insensibility, leaving her for dead. He immediately proenrod a gun and fired a shot into his own head, dying instantly. THE FATAL CORNELL FUN. President Bchurman, of the University, Biaoueaed the Accident ITHACA, N. Y., Feb. 22 -To a United Press reporter, President Soiiurman, of Cornell university, in speaking of the fatal accident at the freshman dinner eald: "In connection with this Bad and deplorable circumstance two facta should be stated: First.it is not known that the perpetrators of the act are members of tbe uuiverslty, second, it is kuowu that the act was not the act of the sophomore class or of any other clans in the university. The individual offenders, whoever they may be, will, it is hoped, be discovered aud punished according to the severity of the offence. It has been the policy of Cornell uni versity to treat its etudents not as school boys but as men, "They are answerable to the law for their conduct aud tho civil authori ties have for years past understood that no immunity was expected or desired by the university authorities for student! "iiilty of violating tho law or of con- iml :inihn nn.ii nr irnt.lAtilAn . . , " n - i This policy has resulted iu a very high standard of character and condnct among Cornell students. And this reputatiou cannot be wrested from them by the act of one or mora indi viduals, whether nvunbers of the uni versity or not, wbo are not responsible for tho doplorablo occurrences of Tues day night." THE MURDEROUS STUDENTS. Police Keeping a Cloee Watch on the Susprcted Cornell Men. Ithaca. N. Y., Feb. 22. -The city authorities think tbey have several clues that will lend to the urrest of the sophomores wbo caused tho death of Mary Jackson, the colored cook, by liberating chlorine gas in the kitchen adjoining tho dining-room, whero the freshmen were holding the class sup per Tuesday night. Thev think they know wbo purchased the tools to make tuts holes in tho floor of the kitchen and where some of the chemicals came from The suspected students are being watched and will bo arrested il they try to loavs town. Students Patt-rson, McNeil .and Mc Culloch, who are suffering from the fumes of the gas, are slowly improving. Exciting development are expected, for pbytioiant say that any one who leuew how to arrange tae onemicaii and apparatus us. J, must have known how ileadlv the gas is tlist was gener ated. State Civil Service Commissioner Van Vlust ia foreman of the coroner's jury. At the inquest this afternoon a sen aatioii came which may be the means of UndtUj the guilty parties. On th jug which coutained tho deadly stuff was written in lead pencil: "No. 6 Cook street." The house, No. ti Cook street, is a students' boarding house. The coroner summoned all the stu dents at that number, and they were put on the stand. It was thuu ills closed that two of the stud-nts who lived lived iu the house were not pres ent and had to all appearances left the city. Their mimes were given by their fellow roomers to be C. C Diugens, of Buffalo, N. Y...md F. Taylor, of Plain field, N. J. These two students room together and had not been seen since yesterday. This brought the inquest to a sudden close for the nresent and it was decided to adjourn until next Thursday in order that the coroner might have time to look up the absent students. Late tonight it was reported tint Taylor, of Plainfiold, was Btlii in Ithaca and his friends claim he can prove an alibi. Diugens, however, it is quite pon itive, left the city. STILL IN SUSPENSE. The Heroic Work of the Hiscuing Party at Plymouth Without Results. Wilkks-Barre, Pa.. Feb. 22. The outlook for tiuding the bodies of tbe entombed mou at tho Giylor mine is anything but encouraging, and it is be lieved by those who know best that they will never reach the unfortunate men. About twenty feet of debris was remove I from the mine today with oonsiilorable difljcu ity. It is not given out by the suptrln teui'lent nor any of the rescuing party that the mines contiuue to cave-in, though it is expected that a portion of the Cooper vein in the mine may also drop at any time Reports have been sent out tor tbe past two days that two miners named Evans and Picton had crawled through holes aud had ex plore I through a portion of the mine where the men ure supposed to be. This is denied by miners Who know that such is not the fact. It is safe to any that if the bodiee ure sound at all it will not bo within the next three weeks. SCItNTISTS WILL GO NORTH. A Party of d-iaker City People Arrang ing an Excursion. PHILADRLPHIA, Feb. 22 An expedi tiou of inn persons will start from New Y'ork for Labrador in Juno next for the purpose of studying the geographical aud natural features of that country It will be under the anpics of the Geographical souietv of Philadelphia and each member of the party will contribute $-100 to help defray thu ex Denies, The following have signified their intention of joining the expedition Professor Lightfoot, of the Avaloti Summer school, geologist; Professor Gittord, Swarthmore college, ethuol- ".v and manemalin; Mr. Cook, of Virginia ; Mr. Williams, Uuiversity of Pennsylvania, ornithology and botany and Alfred Wallerstoin, University of Pennsylvania, botany. e - HOODOOED BY PlCKLES. The Defsnen Claims a Mis Trial In the Case of McKane.- New York. Feb. 22. An allegod foundation has at last been fonnd for the rumor circulated in the interests of John Y. McKane, to the effect that his conviction was obtaiued ou a mis trial owing to former insanity on the part of one of the jurors. It is now learned that tho defense as serts that Theodore A. Hortel. u pickle dealer of Flushing avenue, Brooklyn, during an operation, was placed under tbe influence of aiui'ithetice and did not at once recover. They claim that this was due to a wak inuid NOT.. BLE GROUP OF DEATHS. Commander Edwin T. Woodward, United States Navy, died at Saratoga He retired two years ago ou account of tailing liealtb. lie was horn iu Kutlaud, Vt., ol years ago. Johu Milton Courtright, a prominent re tirod business man, died at bis home iu wukeS'barre yesterday, liowasiii) years of age. During his life time ho was a member of the ciiy council tor many years r.nd at tho time of his death was a director of the Wilkes-Dane Bridge compauy. Robert U. Hutchison, aged GO, one of the best kuowu mine olncials in this state died at Wllkes-liarre yonterday. Ue was superintendent of the I'ettehone shaft. operated by tbe Delaware, Laokawauua anil Wuettiru Coal compauy, for tbe past twenty year. Deceased was born Iu Nova Scotia auu leaves a wite and live children. M. H. DEYOUNG, Director-General of Midwinter International Exposition. MR. WUHAN WILL NOT TALK. Tte Statcn Island Millionaire Refuses to Be Interviewed in the Tombs. New Yohk, Feb. 28, Erastus Wiman steadfastly declines to receive visitors since his incarceration iu the Tombs, with the exception of his lawyers and members of his family. Warden Fal Ion says that Mr. Wiman, under the circumstances, does not appear unduly depressed, and seems to take matters easy. After the first great surprise at his arrest he seemed to hare summoned mutdi courage, an I doos not betray any unusual amount of anxiety. Iu response to a uote requesting an iuterview, Mr Wiuiau sent out the following written statement: "Would by very glad to do so, but under the advice of General Tracy will make no statement till my turn comes. Am sorry to deny anything to a newspaper man, but must adhere to that determi nation for the present. In response to inquiries sent in by friends this morning, Mr. Wiman in variably returned word that he was comfortable. Sumo of Mr Wiman's friends maintain tndsy that he would not accept bail, if it should be pro cured. Tby think that Mr. Wiman's specnlatious in Stateu Island real es lat", wl ich has naturally depreciated iu value, involved him to a great ex tent, and that Caen, driven to deepora tion, he did wrong. Ernstns Wiman has been conspicuous in baelnoal circles in tbe United States since 1808, and of resent rears has also been before the pnbilo constantly as a philanthropist an I as a writer on socio logical questions He is a foreigner by accident of birth. His parents were both citizens of the United States. Ue was born In Churohville, near Toronto, in liW) His father was a poor me chanic. Wiman begau earning his living early as a newsbov, and between times he (licked tip some edncition at public sohools. When 10 lie got a job iu tuo Toronto Globe as a roller boy and fin ally got to be a printer, lie drifted Iroin typesetting into writing ou the markets and finance for the Toronto Globe. His fame as a niarketmaii spread so that when R. (J Dun & Co. wanted to start a branch of their commercial agency in Toronto, in 1881, tbe agency was offered to Mr. Wiman, and he ac cepted it. Four years later he came to the New York office. He insisted on the Arm branching out its bu-iuess, and aarried out this policy until R G. Dun & Co, instead of having sixteen ngODOiet had 103. Soon after he came to New York he became interested in the development of Staten island. H i invested all the money ho eould rink in property there, and devoted the greater part of his time to improving it. He got control of the Staten Island Rapid Transit railroad, and of the ferry to Staten Island, and managed them so as to de velop both shores of the island. It was through his effort in later years that the bridge over the Kill von Knll was luilt and tho Ualtiuiore and Ohio railroad got an eastern outlet to New York city. There bus been practically no great improvement ou Staten Island since the day Mr Wiman went there that he was not interested in, directly or indirectly. Two years ago he was supposed to bra very rich man. His fortune was estimated to b uot less than $:i.0U0,U0l) and some placed it at fi.OUO.OOO. Ah a public speaker and as a writer Mr, Wiman has been most noted for his advocacy of commercial union be tweeu this country and Canada, He has duvoted a great deal of time uud luoniyin helping along tho growing sentiment of this annexation. Mr. Wiman lias been a prolific writer for the uiag.zines and newspapers. Ho wrote a book addressed to voting men on the way to achieve business suc cess. It was a story of how he had succeeded. RE-ORGANIZUION PLANS. Creditors of the Reading Rolling Mill Company Adopt Ruaolutlona. Philadelphia, Feb 28, A largely attrudeil meeting of the creditors of Oofrode & Saylor, incorporated, the Rending Rolling Mill company and J. F. Hailey &, Sons, all of which concerns are closely identified with each other, was held here today in reaponso to a call issued by C. 11. Houston, John EL Maltzberger aud Austin Hucksher, constitniiug the creditors committee. Over HO per ceut of the creditors In terested iu the proposed re organiza tion of the corporations were repre sented at the meeting. The plan was carefully sonsidered in all its bearings and, after a thorough discussiou, a resolution was unanimously adopUil stating that the creditors present fav ored the acceptance of the plan. This practically asmirea the adoption of the re-organization scheme, JIMMY'S MYSTERIOUS BOX. An Attempt to Fire the Residence of the Late Hon. Charles S. Wolfe. LlWlBBORO, Feb. 22. By a timely discovery a great explosion anil fire was averted latelatt niglit. Smok was seen issuing from the basement of the business block belonging to the estate of the lato Hon. Charles S. Wolfe. An examination of the premises revealed tbe work of an incendiary. Nailed against the joists iu the cellar was dis covered a largo box, from which a cloud of smoke arose. It was knocked down aud carried into the street, where it was fonnd upon examination to bo a sort of infernal machine, containing a bottle of powder, saturated ootton aud other combustibles. Early in the veiling an elder brother of the late Mr. Wolfe, known about town as "Jimmy," who claims to have neen defraud -d when that gentleman's state was settled, was seen entering the cellar carrying a i- x To lay be was arrested at Milton, carried to Lewisbnrg, and after a hearing was sent to jail. He had threatened to kill the execu tor and attorney of his brother's estate. There was much excitement ou the street as the prisoner was taken to jail. . A FEMALE ANARCHIST. Adrieune Chailly Is Among the Blocd Thirsty Fanatic. Paris, Feb. 22, The police here say they hare proof that the five anarchists arrested iu a batch yesterday morning are responsible for the explosion at the police station in tbe Rue Dee lions En fants, in November, 1HH2. One of the prisoners is Adrienne Chailly. She had long been associated with anarchists, and, the polico say, received the bomb made by Emil? Henry, who a few days ago threw a bomb in tho cafe of "the Hotel Ter minus. This bomb she placed on the staircase of tho building where the Cariuau Mining company had its of fices. AGAIN THE LOV ELY TRAMP. A Helpless Woman Attacked and Daaten Out In Omaha. Omaha, Neb., Feb. 22 Mrs. Freda Kothsuhild, wife of a live stoclc dealer, was assaulted at her home this morn ing by a tramp who tried to outrage her. She beat him off and finally the tramp, for revenge, thrust her into a closet, set fire to ber clothes, robbe 1 the house of jewelry aud decamped. Mrs. Rothschild is so badly burned alio will probably die. She is a sister of Andrew Haas, a wealthy Wyoming ranchman. PUBLISHERS CONVENTION. The Amsrlctn Aseociatlon Meeting at Nw York City. New YORK, Feb 88. The morning session of tbe second day of the eighth annual couv'nlion of the American Newspaper Publisher's association ut tho Imperial hotel, was occupied mainly with a consideration ot type setting uiacliups. A resolution was adopted advocating the issuing by the government of frac tional paper currency. - - FLASHES FROM THE WIRES. Kx Minister B J. Phillips is seriously ill at New Haven, Conn. Dill Nyo says his illuess came from over work, and he will give up lecturing, Flight of (Horge 11. Davis, a Krederick ton (N. U.i druggist, revealed forgeries of over 118,000, Columbian mines will be worked bv an American company, headed by ex-Uover-nor James 1C. Campbell Illinois (irand Army mou will push Colonel Thomas Q, Lawyer, of Kocktord, for commander-in-cliief. Suffering from the grip. Judge J. W. McDill. of the Interstate commerce com mission, is suriously ill at Crostou, Ia, Because it brounht a child, who died or small-pox, a Panhandle train at Chicago Was quarantined and the pasuugers wore fumigated. tin charges of wrecking a Missouri, Kan sas and Texas train aud shooting a brnko mau. John Yocnm and C. II. i raft were jailed at Houston, Tex. Caught in n inowsllda near Nerdl, Nov., Tom Thrasher, M. S. Wheeler. Michael Warner ,nud Leonard Nelson, all wood cliopiers, were suffocated. Sheriff White today arrested Governor Hogg, of Texas, tor alleged violation of the state game laws whilo in Nacogdoches county a few weeks ago. Tho governor gave the required bond. e WEATHER FORECAST. I SNOW vVashinhtoh. Fob. 22.-r'o-.C(isi or Friday, t'ur eastern I'enn- 1 fvtiMiil, Bir, slight 0ACN ON ill temBtrttiaiw, aw leeifera Braa lyiraafaoir, n e( un'nds. FINLEY'S LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S MUSLIN UNDERWEAR Exquisite Material aud Finish, (' P Mli. W IB I n. : i i ktr . . r i HI 1 I Mi ...smW I'M L I . Giving additional space and special attention to this department for one week we offer handsomely made GARMENTS at prices sel dom met with. These goods are of superior qual ity and at prices usually asked for medium grade. The Embroideries used in Trimming, the Muslin, the Sewing, all have been carefully examined, and nothing unworthy is of fered. During this time we sell the "Queen" Night Gown, Tucked Yoke Val encienes Lace Collar and Cuffs at 98c, regular price, $145. FINLEY'S, 510 and 512 Lackawanna Ave, IDE GUTTA PERCKA & RUBBER M'f'G CI 'J FAMOUS Maltese Cross RUBBER BELTING AND HOS& CHAS. A. SCHIEREN & CO. '3 PERFORATED ELECTRIC And Oak tanned Loather Belling, H. A Kingsbury AGENT 313 Sprues St., Scranton, Pa. Lewis, Reilly Ii Davies Reliable Footwear. ill Feet of every description fitted at Lewis, Reilly & Davies. Will closv fvorv i' vr nir.tr t fl.30 P.M. xoopt Bktttrak.fi We Examine Eyes Free of charge. If a doctor i needed you aro promptly told bo. We also guarantee a pats feet lit. WATCHES AT COST for one week 011I3'. I J. WEICHEL, AUCAD13 JEWELER, 215 WYOMING AVE.
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