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.
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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:
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Chester
Clarion
CjcartwM
Clinton
Columbia
Crawford
Cumberland
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Delaware
Elk
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Fulton
Greone
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Lycoming
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Montgomery
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JOE KEPPLER BURIED.
The Calibrated Artist Laid at Rest In
Woodlawn Cametery.
New Yokk. Feb 22 Tho remains
of Joseph Keppler, tne caricaturist,
were taken troin his lat residence at
10 o'closk this morning to Woodlawn
cemetery. 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S
MUSLIN UNDERWEAR
Exquisite Material aud Finish,
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Giving additional space
and special attention to this
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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
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215 WYOMING AVE.