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HOUSE WILL NO!
IGNORE VETO
Bland Falls to Secure a Two-Thirds Vole on
Seigniorage.
SENATE LIKE A GROPING MOLE
Warm Speeches Made on the Tariff
Bill by Mr. Allison and Mr. Mills.
The Member from Texas Declares
the Republican Eills Un-American
and Unjust The Action of the
House in Refusing to Pass the Sil
ver Bill Has Occasioned Some Sur
priseMr. Qua Reads Before the
Senate.
The house by a vote of 144 yeas to US
nays, not the necessary two-thirds, has
refused to puss the eeiguiorage bill
over the president' veto.
Washington, Aoril 4.
71 (71 R. QUAY, Pennsylvania, prc
n snted the memorial of the
W board of trade of Philadelphia
JuLI HBl;i n(t for adequate duties on
agar and att"inptod to have it read,
but Mr. Harris. Tennessee, objected,
and when Mr. Qnay was proceeding to
read it himself further objection was
made by Mr. Harrin under the rules,
and a somewhat lively discussion en
sued which whs ended by the vice
preaident sustaining the point of ordr.
The resolution offered by Mr. Peffer
(Kan.) instructing Uio fiamce commit
tee to report a bill to repeal all laws
authorizing the issne of bonds or inter
dt-beariug security of the United
Statea without express authority by
act of emigres, was taken ud and a
aptech in support of it was made bv
Mr. Pfffer. He was speaking at 2
o'clock, when the resolution went over
without action till tomorrow, and the
tariff biil was (aid before the senate.
Mr. Allison, Iowa, continued the
speech begun vetterday against th
bill. H" criticiz d the action of th
finance committee in departing from
the principle of ad valorem duties in
ihe matter of iron and steel, coal, iron
or and sugar and intimated that that
discrimination was ma 1" for the pnr
pos" of obtaining tne support of the
influences which surround the produc
tion of those products in the United
States.
SENATE COMPARED TO A 1IOLK.
The biH as it came from the house
ws estimated to produce a revenue of
$124,000,000, as it came from the fin
ance ci nimittea the estimated revenue
was $103,000,000. The uroduct of the
dntv n angar wm estimated at I2.
000,000, nnd if that were struck from
the finance committe bill, the revenue
under it wonld be fl. 000,000 less than
under the house bill. He
complained that there was
no detailed statement reported
by the finance committee as to the in
crease or reduction of importations
that would follow the passaire of the
bill, and compared the condition of the
senate to that of a blind mole winding
its way under-ground. The senate did
not know how the revenues would com
ont at the end of the fiscal year, al
though tho expenditure would amount
to $451,000,000.
Mr. Mills, Texas, replied to Mr. Alli
son's argument and contended that the
specific system of duties so extolled by
the senator from Iowa was a tax levied
on articles by quantities, disregarding
value, and was an un-American, nn
Democratic and unjnst system, while
thf ad valorem system was a tax levied
ooarlichi according to their valne,
and was a fair and just system
HOUSE REFUSES TO r.SS SEIONIORAflE.
Washington, April 4 Very much
vo iuD nuijiiist wi HimuHi. wvery one me
house today disposed of the Bland
seigniorage bill, refusing to pass it over
the president's veto, the vote being
yeas 144. nays 114, not the two-thirds
required by the constitution. The bill
came up after the house had voted to
eat Warren D. English (Dem.), aa
representative from the Third district
of California in place of Samuel G.
Hi I born (Rep.).
Mr. Bland had been willing to give
way with his seigniorage bill to the
bill passed by the senate yesterdav to
enforce and make effective the regula
tions for the protection of the fur seal,
recommended by the Paris tribnnal of
arbitration, but a demand was made hy
Mr, Puyne, New York, for the regular
order.
This cleared the way for tho Bland
bill, and its author called up the presi
dent's veto message. He gave notice
that he wouid ask the previous ques
tion on the motion to pais the bill over
tne veto at 8 p. m. Saturday, but in tho
confusion which prevailed, while the
matter of an agreement upon closing
debate was being discnsied, no at
tempt was made to Bpeak on the bill or
message until after the speaker had
put the question of the pissage of the
bill and the roll call had begun.
lie men declared it to be too lato to
enter upon debate and against the pro
teits of Republicaus and Democrats
opposed to the passage of the bill, and
amid great excitement, he ordored the
roll aall to proceed to a conclusion. It
was completed at 5 o'clock, and innn -
luiulv rmnn t.llA n n in in ,1. , t ,.. .t
be bill had failed to pais the house ad
ourned until tomorrow.
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ALL BRIGHT AT BETHLEHEM.
DTK lUaUDIIII At t in Iron IVi 1 1 1 e TVi.nn
Thousand Men Employed.
Bethlehem, April 4. The pnddle
III III V I .1 in I U iiiJTI I I ,li emiitw..,..
CBUiUQU vvwirk IUUJIJ, Willi Beveil OI tQQ
m 14 fa i ui uai ra in ill ii n i. I ni MH iiii i riii
Oil TYOaU KIVUU tf 111 UIO V I II L. 1 II Mm -
n operation. Nearly 3,000 men are at
Secretary of the Navy Herbert spent
H uit-HLt'i I II L ill I iih i II v in inananrinir
UIVIIIU1WU, II,. llttVJ- tl'HU'-IB
nder way in the ordnana.i department
f the Bethlehem Iron company. He
liuawn i " . ...... , 1 1 1, w 1 a. iiimiin
nd of side armor for the Iowa, Brool;-
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n auu juassacuusetis anu saw tlie i'j
ton hammer forge a diagonal plate for
the Iowa. Commodore Sampson ac
companied him. They expressed them
selves as very well pleased with the
work.
MtUNItR UNO! H ARREST.
The Notoiious French Anarchist Cauuht
at Liverpool
London, April 4 The notorious an
archist, Meunier, the accomplice of
Francois and the avenger of Kavacbol,
was arrested this hvening by Inspector
Mellville at the Liverpool street station.
Tho police of three countries have been
tracing bis movemenu over since the
explosion at the Cafe Vere in Paris al
most two years ago.
The charge on which he was arrested
this evening was that in causing this
explosion he became guilty of murder
ing the proprietor, who died of his in
juries a few days after tho cafe wag
nlowu up. The motive of Meunier und
his accomplices iu exploding the bomb
was to puuish the men who hod be
trayed Ravachol to the police und se
cured his arrest in the cafe.
BATTLETO GRIM DEATH.
Desperate Fighting Between Indians,
Cowboys and Settlers
In Oklahoma.
El Reno, Okla., April 4. A battle
with Winchesters occurred Sunday
betweeu the Indians and white men
who went ou the open reservation. It
was the climax to the old feud which
has existed for some time. The battle
was lietween the Indians of Whirl
wind's band of Cnuyennes and the
whites who hold possession of the
vacant lands on t ho old Cheyenne reser
vation The cattlemen have persisted
in putting their cattle to graze on the
Indian allotments which iiave never
tieen feneed or otherwise shut off from
the common.
The Indiana would not bnva objected
to the occupation of the land if the
white men paid them the tribute which
was demanded. When the Indians did
not get their money, they stole thecat
tlo, which tin' v considered belonged
to them. Getting holder and less hon
est, the Cbeyenues stole nil the cattle
winch they could lay tneir hauls oci.
A party of OOWboyi caught the Indi
ans in the act last Sunday and fired ou
them. A battle ensued whicii lasted
far into the night. The Indians who
w re camped in the locality came to the
assistauee of their friends, and the
white settlers considered it their duty
to kilt off a few more Indian! for the
ood of the community. A courier
rodo to Fort Reno, sixty miles from the
scene of the rigctiuj,', and Informed the
soldiers stationed turre an well as the
agent at Darlington.
B and K troops of the Third cavalry
were at one despatehed to the scene of
the battle, They fonud iho lighting
still in progress. At tbat time ten or
twelve men had been killed. The fight
had waged with hate on both sides.
The deep canyons and tree-lined
creeks lnakb it an ideal country for
bushwhackitig.Every sheltering (iround
is being taken possesion of by the
settlers' families, arid farms have been
abandoned for a time.
CiLLED THEM BUZZ ROS.
Jude Bradlev'a Opinion of the Pollard
Brckinrldtro Spectators
Washington, April 4. Coi. Breckin
ridge eudud his testimony to-day after
having been on the stand almost c n
tinnonsly since Thursday. Then Major
Butterworth took up the redirect ex
amination, which elicited nothing new,
but just before tho court adjourned at
2:45 Judge Bradley took occasion to
animadvert in severe terms on the mor
bid curiosity which packed the court
every day with spectators, "like a
crowd of buzzards over a putrid car
cass "
Tomorrow the defense may submit
some additional testimony, hut it is
more likely that the rebuttal of the
plaintiff's evidence will begin and there
is every indication that all theevidence
will be before tne jury when the. court
adjourns over on Friday until Monday.
DEATH FROM YELLOW JACK.
Seaman on Ci.lt.. Bark.i Expire on Voy
agM from Rio.
Baltimore, April 4. The dread yel
low quarantine flag flouts from the
foremast head of the coffeo barks, Jose
phine and Julia Rollins, anchored (iff
the Hawkins Point quarantine, and
passing crafts are giving the vessels a
wid berth.
The vessels arrived from mo this
morning. The sen men of the Jose
phine and two of the Julia Rollins
were stricken down with yellow jack
on the voyage, and in each case the
disease was fatal, The unfortunate
seamen were burled at sea almost as
soon as the breath had left their
bod is s.
TILLMAN ENJOYS A SHAVE.
The Governor of South Carolina Cele
brate Peace In a Barber Shop.
Columbia, S. C, April 4 Every
thing is quite here today. Governor
Tillman walked down the street this
morning, went into a barber shop and
was shaved. While on the street he
was not jeered or otherwise insulted.
Both factions regard this aa an indica
tion that conditions are more pacilie
than they havo linen at any previous
time since the excitement bogati.
Mayor Fisher, of Columbia, says ho
shall pay no attention to the governor's
proclamation of yesterday taking con
trol of the police under the advice of
the city attorney. )
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CITIZENS WENT CUNNING.
Now They Art in the Hands of the Mil
Itia.
Florence, S. C, April 4 Five citi
zens of this place who admitted taking
the guns from the armory and partic
ipating in the pursuit of the constables
on Friday last were arrested today hy
the officer in command of the militia
here. The men were arrested under
tho authority of the proclamation ol
the governor proclaiming msrtial law
They were plaod on parole not to
leave the city limits, and r. quired to
report to Major WarUl.iw everv morning.
FIRST BATTLE
II COKE LAND
An Army of Rioting Foreigners Repulsed by
Deputy Sheriffs.
TWO !i.EN ARE FATALLY BEATEN
Numerous Special Officers are Sworn
In Prepared to Fight in Earnest.
Many Plants Forced to Close Two
Thousand Strikers March Upon the
Works Between Mount Pleasant and
Connellsnille for the Purpose of
Driving the Workmen Out The
Situation is Critical.
UttlONTOWN, Pa., April 4.
THE war betweeu the strikers anil
the workmen is now on in earn
est, and a number of serious
outbreaks are reported. The
Worst of these was a murderous assault
on Andy Miller, a Uungarian, near
Trotter, shortly before midnight He
wasjattacked by lifty rollers, and being
taken for a workman was horribly
henteu with clubs au 1 stones, He was
released only wheu thought to be dead,
He will not live,
Trotter whs the scene of the wildest
disorder. Nearly 1,000 Hungarians
having camped there for the night,
they look possession of the company's
grounds and carried ou in a most dis
graceful maimer
Miller was ou his way from Moyerto
Trotter, lie is a striker from the Trot
ter works, but lives at Moyer. The
strikers took him for a workman, and
without iii-king anv questions assaulted
him and beat him into inseueibility
with clubs and stones. Cov
ered with blood and uncon
scious ho was left lying on the
road, 'the members that camped at
Trotter moved to New Haven, where
they were joined by strikers from tile
southern end of the regions. They
number nearly 2,000 men and all
are armed with guns, iron bars, picks
and shovels. Tnis afttrnoou they
started northward for the purpose of
visiting all the works between Con
nelluville and Mount Pleasunt where
the strike has never been recognized.
In this Motion there are about 4,000
men at work under the pi-jteetiou of
armed depUtiei, and it forms the wedga
between the extreme southern and
northern ends of the coke field. If the
atrikeis do not succeed in driving the
men from these places, the movement
will bj lost.
ALL SOUTH PLANTS ARE CLOSED.
About 300 men from the works nnrtli
of here marched to the Leitli and
Browntieid works of the Fiick com
pany, and to the Fiiirehance works of
the Fairchance Furnace company, and
drove the men from the yards. Very
little resistance was offered and now
all the plants south of Connellsville are
shut down.
The workmen at the Mount Brad
dock works of the W. J. Rainey com
pany were driven from the yards to
day by rioters, and the plant is now
shut down, as are all the plants of the
Rainey company. A delegation of
rioters also visited the Wheeler nnd
Morrell works of the McClure com
pny and compelled the men workinir
to law down their tools and vacate the
ground?.
A workman from the Painter plant
of the McClure company was assaulted
by wives of the strikers last night and
clubbed into insensibility.
The Mayfiold aud D.uiuelly plants of
the McClure Coke company, on the
Mount Pleasant brancii, were the scene
of the first pitched battle, which oc
curred about 10 30 today. Tti rioters
had assembled In largo numbers and
wore parading around the works with
color, flying. The men wr working
both in the yards and in tiie nit, and
Hie Strikers asked them to come out.
No response was given. Superinten
dent Boyle and fifteen Hrmed denuties
were in charge of the works and
warned the strikers not to trespass.
The rioters paid no attention to it an d
made a rush on the works.
HUNGARIAN MORTALLY WOCHDBD.
The first move called forth a volley
of shot from the guards, and oue Hun
garian fell mortally wounded. The
invaders turned and fled, carrying
their wounded companion with them
and leaving the plants in operation.
About fiftoen shots were fired."
Sheriff McCaun, of Westmoreland,
arrived on the ground at noon with a
posse of deputies
The coke region is now in a more
critical coudition than at any time
since the famous riots of 1891.
Pittsburg, April 4. A Connellsville
special says two more strikers have
been shot by deputies at Broad ford
shortly after 7 o'clock tonight. This
makes a total of six persons killed and
oue fatally wounded in the coko region
today.
Mount Pliasant, Pa., April 4 It
is aaid that 500 strikers will swoop
down on the Moorewood plant early
tomorrow morning when me meu uo
to work. Sheriff MeCaon is there
with ninety well armed men, waiting
for tho charge. Mc'Jann's force num
bers thri-e or four times as many as
Captaiu Lear bad at toil plant three
years ago yenUrdty, when a mob of
1,000 Slavs was put to flight, leaviug
ten dead men on the lield.
Ueneral Manager Lynch of the Frick
company, went to Moorewood this
evening to give the sheriff the benefit
of bis knowledge of handling strikers.
Pittsburg, Ph., April 4. A large
consignment of arms have been sent by
the Hi", it Western Gun company, of
tills cily lo the deputy sheriffs guard
ing the coke plains in the vicinity of
today's riots near Coiinellsville. Mem
ber! of the National (4anrd living in
this vicinit.v hnv been notified bythoir
superior officers lo keep thvmnelves in
readiness in casii a call lo arms is
issue t by the governor.
Adjutant (ieuerai Greenland came
to Couuelleville today to ezamiue into
the situation. He regards the outlook
with concern, but has not de.orminsd
to call out the militia.
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TWELFTH BODY FOUND.
Only One Victim' Remains nra Now In
the G n lord Mine.
Wilkrs-BarrI', Pm., April 4. The
body of Thomas Moran, the oldeit
miner in the Gaylord mine, was dis
covered at midnight. He was found
face turned from the rescuers ae if lie
had become confused and turned back
when the fall came.
Only tne body of Picton retnnins in
the mine. Morgan leaves seven child
ren, DR. SPAYN SHOOTS A NEGRO.
Aocuoed of Complicity In Die pessary
Troubles Ha Seuka lUvrmite.
Darlington, S. C, April 4 At the
Cleveland house here today Dr. Spayn
shot nnd killed a negro cook who hud
reported him as being one of those who
w-re concernod In the dispensary trans
action winch caused tbe resent riot.
Spayn was at once arrested and
taken to police headquarters.
SNAGS ARE ENCOUNTERED.
Pittsburg Police Are Hostile to
Coxey's Army and Object
to Parades.
Pittsburo, April 4 Fate in the
pnise of hostile police hue overtaken
Coxey's cohorts, und today the men
are corraled in the camping ground at
Exposition park. Chief Murphy of the
Allegheny police absolutely refuses to
allow a parade today, and has further
emphatically negatived the proposal of
a theatrical mnuager to have the army
visit tonight's performance. In like
manner, the army has refused admis
sion to the camp to all people, and a
state of armed neutrality exists.
The local Populist leaders are very
angry at the action by which the army
i.s kept in the park enclosure. Sveral
of them made vigorous protests to
Mayor Kennedy this morning.bnt with
out any effect.
This afternoon wsr between Chief
Marshal Browne, of the commonweal
army and Manager Bnckenberger, of
tho Pittsburg Base Ball club, ou where
park the army is encamped, over the
admittance of the public to the park
was nmicubly adjusted and the army
will remain iu its pri-ceut quorters Un
til tomorrow morning. The gates,
however, remain closed against all ex
cept those specially specified by Mar
shal Browne,
Thiity two recruits joined the army
this morniug. No more, it Is expect
od, will be enrolled until tomorrow
evening.
SHILOH FOR A PARK.
The Famous EatUefltld Will Probably
Be Beught b the Government.
Washington, April 4 The commit
tee whichjwas aent to the Shiloh battK
field to secure that famous lield for a
great national memorial park has se
cured y, 500 acres, covering the main
battlefield, at Viry reasonable prices,
and will recommend that the govern
ment pnrchase the land for this pur
pose nnd care lor the thousands of
graves scattered ail over the battle
field. The movement is endorsed by many
thousands of the old soldiers of that
battle nortli and south. A grand two
days' reunion will bo hold on the bat
tlefield Friday and Saturday.
APPEAL SO,'. 7HE REFUGEES.
Presided Cleveland Aeked to Interfere
in Behalf of Brazilians.
WASHINGTON, D, C, April 4 Presi
dent Cleveland last nitfht received a
cabled appeal from the Masonie lodge
of Argentine urging him lo intercede
to have the government of Argentine
permit tho landing of refugees from
the Portuguese vesrelg at Buenos
Ayres.
The administration holds that it can
not consistently take action whero the
interest of American! Bre not jeopar -diznd
and no exception can be made in
this itistanve.
TREASURE IN A GARRET.
Over Three Thoueand Dollars Found in
a Bcokery at Carlinle.
Carlisle, April 4 While apprais
ers were looking up the property of
James MoKee, of Mifflin township to
day, in mm old chest in the garret was
found ji3,Si!. 80 tied up in a mouldy
paper. Tho money is supposed to have
been put then forly ye.irs ago.
Eighteen hundred dollars of the
money was in gold, ifflOO in silver and
the balance in pup-r money. AH the
mony was covered witn mould.
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VACnTION FOR HEYiiRMAN.
The Comminder of the Keardarve Sue
pmded Two Years.
Washington, April 4 The sentence
of the court martial iu the case of
Commander O. F. Hfyermau, com
mauding the Keersnrge when sho was
wrecked, is two years' suspension on
waitinu orders, lleyerman to retain his
number and rank
Tho court reeommended cleiuencv.
The secretary of tlie navy has yet to
approve tho II ntence.
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GUARD AGAINST CHOLERA.
Besul'.j of tin Ric,it Intornatlouul
Sni.it niv Conference.
Paris, April 4 The international
sanitary convention was signed loday,
the United States and Great Britain
making reservations as to a few minor
dtnils.
If the decisions and recommend itions
of the conference are carriud ont it is
believed that tho importation of chol
era into the United Stales aud Europe
will be effectually changed,
FIRE IN A GROCERY STORE.
It Wan Exilniruieh. d with but SlUht
Diunae.
At 1 110 this morning a (ire broke out
in a kitchen in the rear of the grocery
of James T. McHale, at Capouse ave
nu" and Omen ltidg street.
The 11 tines wore promptly controlled
and but slight damage resulted.
eOfvlB STARTLES
THE PARISIANS
DInsrs at Restaurant Foyot Are Thrown Into
Panic hy an Explosion.
THREE PERSONS ARE ARRESTED
The Deadly Miosile Is Exploded on
the Window Sill Two or Three
Feet of the Wall Blown Out -Windows
of Houses Two Hundred f-eet
Away Are Shattered The Socialist
Poet Tnillade Wounded Severely on
the Head -The Whole Neighbor
hood Shjken.
Paris, April 4
n BOMB was ezploJed at 915
o'clock this evening on the win-
dow Hill of tho restaurant Foyot,
ti U iu the Rue Do Conde, near the
Luxemburg. The restaurant was two
thirds full oT late dinere. Pieces of
the bomb flew through tho room,
smashing b:s-j and crockery. Every
boriy started for the doors, but tho
panic ahaled as soon as it became evi
dent that only one bomb had been
placed. When the police arrived tbey
found only three persons injured, ono
Of them the socialist poet Taillade, who
was wounded severely iu ttiu head
The end of tho restaurant facing the
Una Do Conde was partly wreoked,
The window Bill and two or three feot
of the wall wero blown out, the plaster
was cleaned from the wall as if with a
knifo and everything on the nearest
tables was shattered in fragments. Not
a window in the iiii" De Conde front
of the building was I ft whole.
THE l'AVKMKNT COVERED WITH GLASS
The windows of houses for 800 feet
Up and down the Street were smashed
into small bits aud the pavement wat
strown with glass. Tho whole neih
bofhOOd was shake'i and the audience
ill the Odeou theater, hardly loO yards
distant, was badly frightened by the
report nnd shock. At first many arose
to leave, but the manajjor quieted their
fears and the performance proceedud
to the end.
Many senators hurried . to tho cafe
immediately after the explosion and
the military guard of thu senate was
called to arm. Teu minutes after the
explosion the prefect of police was at
hand and tha whole force of the dis
trict was foeus6od spe-clily at the
Foyot, so as to prevent the escape of
the man whu placed the bomb. Im
mediately after ihe explosion there was
oue arrsst.
The policeman who arrived at the
restaurant first was informed by a by
stander that a man then walking hur
riedly down ihe street had just run out
from the building next door. The
policeman overtook tbe men and ar
rested him. At 10 30 o'clock it was
not known tnat the police had nny
proof of the prisoner's ui It.
MYSTERY O FULLER MURDER.
Writ of II ,il Corpui Grantud in the
Caeo of li'nir.".
New York, April 4. -Judge Beach,
in supreme court, chambora this after
noou granted a writ of habeas corpus
inlho case of Joseph T. Mngee, who
is held for the slKOtiue of Martha J.
Fuller.
Tlie writ, is male returnable tomor
row morning when Magee's diieharge
will be asked for upon the ground that
bis detention is illegal and not justified
by the evidenc
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DRECM .EflDS TO MURDER.
Patch's Room-mate Ihoaiht There Were
Thitven in the Room.
Houston, Tex., April 4 Elmer Mit
chell and Ed Patch wero working for
tho Morris road outfit at Crosby and
were room ma'es. During Monday
night Mitchell drtamed he was in the
stable and that thioves were stealing
the horses. !
Suiting his Istoli in his sleep he
nreii, Killing raten instantly. Ho then
ran out of the house, still asleep, and
began a fusilade.
Bl(f Fir nt Lancaster.
LANCASTER, N. V., April 4 The entire
htisine-s district of Lauoaster was wiped
out by fire tonig t. The total loss will
exceed HOD, 0(10.
W i lli) CVER THE SEAS.
Spain Will establish public works for the
roller or the unemployed.
David Powell has been re-elected gover
nor of tile bank of England,
The Servian cabinot has resigned and M.
Nii'oiaievitrh formed a new ministry.
Home Secretary Arqnith, of England,
will marry Miss Jlnrgot Tennant on
May 10.
ICofsnth's sons are holding a series of re
cautions at Budapest that may assume
much political importance.
one hundred and twenty uow war ships
will be added to the lliili-h navy, or their
couitirjctiou beenn, accordineto the ad.
mlrality'b piogiamrae. 'ihe list comprises
inmeen non-ciau warship, thirty-seven
cruiser, sixty four torpedo destroyers
and aix sloops,
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AT THE NAflONAL CAPITAL.
The postofflce department established 188
new money uraer i Dees yesterday,
l ongressmen have since last fall ilis
trlbuteu to their constituents t,uoo,ouo
small bajjs of free seeds.
Six Democratic senators are counted on
to vote aaaiust the Wilson uiii on toonnt
ol its funoine tux rider.
Democrats in the senate strongly oppose
confirmation oi Taylor, the negro nomi
nated to be recorder of deeds of the Dis
trict oi Columbia.
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GRIM RtAPefi'S HARVEST.
M. Abor, tho French artist.
('. W. Babb, a successful lawyer in Alle
gheny City, Pa., aged T.Y
Abbe Bfbour. parish priest of tho
Church ot tin- Madeline, I'm is, who had
refused bishopries forty-two times.
At Lnaansonrt. Did.. ,1 ihu Beoktev. ai-ml
88, who had Just lott the Democracy to
uocoine a ropousB,
ANOTHER AFRICAN BRUSH.
French Reconnoiierinir Party Attacked
by Nu Uvea of Nsapa.
Paris, April 4 The government hns
received information that a French
reconnoitering party in the southern
part of tho Soudan was recently at
tacked by a band of natives of the
village of Nsnpa, and Lieutenant Le-
cerf nnd three native soldiers were
killed and sis others of the French
party were wounded.
I hv Chief of tbe village recalled his
men when he made the discovery that
it was a Freneh party be was attacking
and humbly apologized for his act. He
explained that ho mistook the native
soldiers for a party of the warriors of
a turbulent chief in the Bougie region,
whom he had long intended to punish
when he should catch him.
MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION.
doseph Kollas and , Family are Wiped
Out of Existence in a
Twinkling.
Pittsburg, April 4 A speeisl to
the Times from Oil City, Pa., says:
Joseph Kollas, a German, his wife and
three ohildren, living in the northern
part of the city, were killed tonight,
ine result of au explosion at Kollas
home. The whole rear end of the
house was blown away and Kollas'body
was found dismembered Ivinir beneath
the debris. The head of one of the
children yras almost severed from tbe
body. Another was found near a shed
two yards away, in a horribly mutil
ated condition.
Tho child of a neighbor, Joseph Fess
tier, was playing in the yard when the
explosion occurred. She lived for a
few minutes, but was frightfully man
gled. Mrs. Kollas and one child, who
were in the kitchen at the time, were
severely shocked, the mother dying af
ter ocing removed to tuo hospital. The
baby's yes were blown out aud it cau
uot recover.
The cause o? the accident is a mys
tery, some saying it was a partly emntv
c m of nitro-glyoerine while others say
it wus a dynamite cap which Kollas
was examining, the latter beimr the
generally accepted theory.
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THE MOSQUITO SITUATION.
Captain Wataon Will Investigate Affairs
at the Scene Of Turmoil.
Washisuton. D. C, April 4 Cap
tain Watson, of the San Francisco, ca
bled the navy department last night
stating that he had finished coaling
anu would leavo nt once Tor Cnracoa,
where Admiral Benham would leave
the ship to take the steamer which
would leave in u day or two for Now
York.
it is not expected that further news
will be received from Captaiu Watson
until he makes bis investigation iulo
the Mosquito situation, aud communi
cates with the department by way o!
Colon.
DIED AS HE HAD PREDICTED.
An Atfed Man Thoueht Ha Would Ex
pire on Hli 79th Uirlhdfty.
Bristol, Pa., April 4 Somrf time
ago John M. Smith, of Pleasant Val
lv, predicted tii.it he wonld die on his
T'.llh birthday, then closely approach
ing. Yesterday was Smith's birthday, and
true to his prophecy bo expired.
IN OUR OWN COMMONWEALTH.
In a Solvation Army row at Middlotown,
Mayor Duflln was stoued.
Au oratorio society with sixty voices has
been organi.edin Pottsville.
The Pottsville Young Mn's Christian
association will build a $1,000 gymnas
ium. linkers In many Pennsylvania towns
have reduced tho price of bread 'JO per
cent.
For catching a squirrel near Monocacy,
Berks conuty, Warren E. Koch was lined
t):M.
John Audros, of Tamaqua, is in jail for
catching trout, tho season not having
oponed yet.
William Eyrlch was arrested In Beading,
charged by his wife with attempting to
burn her home.
Fifty Pennsylvania canal bontg aro load
ing coal at Nauticoke, and they will soon
be gliding toward tidewater.
A cave-in under tho Lehigh Valley rail
road traclis at Shenandoah yesterday stop
ped trains for several hours.
Governor Pattison and other stnto offi
cials will Httend the dedication of the
Mate Normal school at Clarion next Tues
day. Twenty tons of metal can bo melted at
ono time in it now galvanizing kettle just
placed in the Heading Iron company's
works at Reading.
The following fourth-class postmasters
were appointed yesterday for Penusylva
ilia: James O'Kourke, Archbald; W. II.
Crosby, Hlou Summit.
Thu'o is not B liquor saloon in Greene
county. There ws only one application
for hotel license, thut ot E, O. Ewing. and
ho has withdrawn his application. Tem
perance opposition was too much for hue.
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FLASHED FROM THE WIRES.
The Baptist Young People's Union of
America is in annual session at New York.
Honor Yglesias, secretary of state of
Costa tiiea, was yesterday elected presi
dent. In h Boston lodging house blare Rev. I.
M. Babcock, a retired clergyman, was
tound suffocated in bod.
fSAfter a week's mystery the bullet-riddled
body of Bev. N. Nolan, au evangelistj
v as found near Homer, Touu.
Searchers in the mountains noar Port
land, Ore., failed to find J. L. Downing and
J. L. Law, who are thought to be lost.
Melancholy drove Harry W. Hudson, a
wealthy Oswego druggist, to shoot him
self on a train near White Plains, N. Y.
Ten yean in prison Confronts Mrs. Au
gusta Boiimldti of BTokomo, Ind., who
killed Oscar Walton, a tenant, m a quarrel,
For his 188,000 embezzlement from the
Lehigh and Wllkes-Barre Coal company,
William T. Zell. of New York, was given
four years in prison.
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WEATHcR FORECAST.
Wakhiniiton, April 4. Fori--rast
or Tkurtday: h'm- fijuettm
Vnii .!! ni(i,yeiicrn(jiiir sgf.
(We M-i'mls: slitil.tlu rmtltr
I CLLAR
Thursday cmn'iiy. For Hera
AnMV'vnHfo, fair but pestiNg IfgM loeal
i H in .s on Wis luA'cx; cooler, weetsWy Kinds,
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Point De Esprit,
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Elegant stock of BLACK
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Our usual line of Real
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