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ON THE TARIFF
An Able Argument lor the Protection of
American Industries.
SEVERAL SHOTS AT MR. CLEVELAND
In His Bitter Attack Upon the Income
Tax Feature of the Bill the Speaker
Advances Appeals for Protection.
Hawaiian Blunders Receive Consid
eration Tariff Revision at Present
is Deemed Di'nsrerous and Even
Criminal Objects to
to the Populist Kite.
Playing Tail
Washington, Anril
THE liob of Senator Hill iDem.,
K. Y.) delivered in the eennte
this afternoon on the tariff bill
wai chiefly devoted to a bitter
ittaek on tbe Incoine-tai feature of
the measure; his opening remarks,
however, took : wider range.
'The politic ii revolution." he hegnD,
'which commenced in 1890 and onl
mtnuted in '98, whs an emphatic ex
pression of ti.e popular will in behalf
of certain governments policies. Heat
urea and not men wjre largely tue
issues involved In that movement.
Rightly Inttrprattd it indicated the
puoiic sentiment In opposition to in
Irenabment npon the reserved rights
of the states through odioM fed
eral election laws, some proponed
aud other- then existing; it voiced
the irenunl demand for a discontinu
ance of the nnwlw and Indefensible
financial Severn of silver bullion pur
chases by the government, instead of
the coin ass contemplated by the con
sti ulion, a system eanally a hindrance
to the return to bimetallism ai well as
a menace to a sound aud stable ctir-
rencv: it manifested t.i d"sir- for a
greater administration of pnblio affair,
greater economy In governmental ex
penditnrei, an l the ezaoti u of higher
Lffioial standards in tbe execution of
pnblio trusts ; it demanded a more safe,
dignified and consistent foreign policy;
and it condemned tout abnae or perver
sion of tbe taxing ; ower of the govern
luetii which la :: own at tbe policy of
protection 'for protection's sik- alone,
an.', declared in favor of u tariff for
revenue."
Be th"ii took np tlm fr reis-n policy of
tuo Mflminutrattoo, saying:
It is not denied that some mistake' have
occurred. Our fori-iim police, especially
tbnt relatinc to Hawaii, is must be ad
mitted, basnotmet tlie.expectatioae-f the
people. A sense of humiliation prevailed
Y.U-U ti e project tor the restoration of a
deposed monarchy was nnfolded by the
administration, aud gratification ensued
when it-- abandonment or failure wa re
luctantly nnnouncedi influenced largely by
au aroused public sentiment That unfor
tunate contemplated policy was a blunder,
and a blunder is sometimes worse than a
crime.
TARIFF REVISION CRIHHMI
He spoke of the r-p 'a! of the federal
election law aa a fulfilment of the pir
ty's pledget and a trial for tbe just
doctrine of etato rights, and indorsed
the repeal of tn Sherman law. Coin
ing then to the main question tariff
reform be laid that revision would be
approitohed with circumspection and
with a realising sense of the changed
mdition of e country rince 1887 and
1890. He said:
An extreme reduction of tariff duties at
a time w i u tbe treasury was swollen
Withaanrplus of a hundred million dollars,
when th country was reasonably prosper
008, when aii our industries were in
motion, and all our workingmen were
employed, assamed a different aspect and
presented a different question when pro
posed now with a larire and trowing
treasury deficit instead of a surplus star
ing us in the face, with our industries
paralyzed, onr manufactories closed, our
workingmen idle, and following upon the
heels of oue ol the most, disastrous financial
panics in onr history. What was safe nnd
prudent and wise then it would be crimi
nal folly to attempt now. The present is
no time for partisanship and Democrats
and Republicans alike should strive to
solve existing problems in a spirit of
broad patriotism. In the far,.' of the pros
tration of private industries, and in the
presence of such a paralysis of general
business as the treasury deficit attests and
prolongs, this bill ss framed b7 its authors
and as pased by the house sought to
donble the defint by discarding customs
revenue and to fill the void with an in
come tax.
The rest of liln speech was given np
to the income-tax qnestion, and his
opening words defined his position.
'Against such a scheme," he Said, ' un
necessary, ill-timed, and mischisvons
suddenly sprung upon the country in
thehonrof its distress, undemocratic
in its natnre and socialistic in its ten
dencies, I entor the protest of the
people of the state of New York. They
utterly dissent from any proposal to
get revenue for the general govern
nient by taxing incomes. Their dis
sent is practically unanimous and alto
gether implacable."
ON ADMINISTRATION I.1SF.K
Ho intimated that the tariff hill was
conetructed on lines laid down by the
administration; that it wns an anoma
lous state of affairs when tiie president
should be able to give congress infor
mation as to what had occurred in a
committee of the house, and eaid that
"in these latter days th distinctions
between the functions and prerogatives
of the executive department on the one
hand and the legislative department on
the other do not seem to be always ob
served. The truth is that the first in
formation which congress had of tho
alleged details of the proposed bill wns
in the massage itself,"
An income tax is objectionable bernuso
from its very nature it must, be inquisito
rial in its imposition and collection. The
senior senator from Indinun iMr. Voor
bees) calls this allegation a "noisy and re
sounding Charge. " Let me tell him that it,
is not half so noisy as the constant vitupe
rations which we hear on every hand from
blatnut demagogues who nre abroad in the
land loudly inveighing against tho Wealth
of the country and impudently demanding
its confiscation through every means which
their devilish ingenuity can invent.
The public should not be misled into the
belief that only those whose incomes ox
ceed $4,U0) nre affected by this bill. That
is a mistaken idea, In tbe first place, all
those having incomes less than 4,ouu but
MM HILL
more than IS, BOO are put to the annoyance
oi malting ttwur i re' urns, ana tliev neglee
It at their peril. In the second place, it
may reasonably be apprenended that some
portions of the tax paid will re-imburae it-
If by an increase of rents, where the i'l-
me was derived from th'it souroe. Ho
poor tenants may b. affected in some de
gree as well as riohl landlord. The lull
s nously affects tbe rights and Interests o(
building and loan associations throughout
the country incorporated under state
laws. The senate amendments do not
cure the defejts complained of.
THE TOOl.s Of POPULISTS,
tut I airing SS to the source of the de
mand be said "that nothing was heard
in its behalf on tho part of either of
two great political parties In the cam
patgn of Neither the Rtpublloan
nor Democratic platform proposed any
such method of raising revenues. No
prominent Democrat or Republican
suggested any such measure, Its ap
proval whs limited to the platform of
the newly formed Populist party, aud
its advocacy w is reatrlotsd to Populist
orators. "
He protested against tho Democratic
party being made a tail to tim Populist
kite and denied tbe right of a Demo
cratic congress to male new principles
for tiie party not sanctioned hy its rep
resentatives in national convention
duly assembled It was his belief that
the complete substitutional of internal,
direct, or income t ixes for tariff taxes
would prove utterly ruinous to the
business interests of this country under
existing conditions abroad. A partial
substitution at this time would be pro
portionately disastrous. He continue.!
The bill proposes a suicidal policy when
it seeks by its extreme MOVldOns to dis
card ninnerouf reasonable tariff duties
and thereby Imperil mauy industries and
create a deficiency in necessary revenues,
simfily for the purpose of affording an op
portunity or excuse for tliu substitution
or an lucjuie tax. There is ample Held for
geimiue tariff reform without resort to
such an unwise and dangerous experi
ment. Tbe substitution of internal or di
rest taxes for custom house taxation
means the reduction of the wag i of Ameri
can workmen to the Burpoean standards,
it means the degradation of labor it means
the deprivation to our workmen of the
comforts and luxuries of life to which they
have been aCOUSt lined.
1 will only add that I am not ashamed of
tbe fact on the contrary am proud of
the fact that Neu- York is the wealthiest
state in our uui in; but I protest that this
circumstance should not make her citizens
the target of a very vicious scheme Which
discriminates ag hast her interests aud es
pecially that the blow should not he struck
by those political friends who have never
appemed to ner In Vain when they havo
needed evidences of her friendship. No
American statesman of rank except Jlr.
Cleveland has deemed it eligible, since our
war experience of an Income tux made
manifest ttiut aire too iu the northern
states it was generally odious. It is a nov
elty in Amaricon politics, to make its con-clusiou-
and prUMdnreS deliberately offeu
sive. it w like making religion immoral
and urbanity noisy in order to command
aud propagate them. No such federal ag
grandizement wn.s ever projected no such
liisiuuoiis aud dradiy assault upon state
tights. State power, and state independ
ence as a ituorai income tax.
lo double the deticit i,t ;8,0i)0,000 by
waj ui ouuiiig it; to discard .-ST,uop,iWII of
ituiiu.i. revecu in order lo collect tWH
BS mucn uotner Ways; to '-embody tariff
iTom, '.s tue pre-aJent imagined him
sed to be doing in his scheme to submit
direct taxes for the tariff taxes which
were io be reformed; to reconstruct all the
aeneouies in -lead of amending or discard
nig one group at a tune, the worst firs'.
ami encli upon its own dements- to ili-
turh mikI distress as many business men as
posmme and au at once, instead of a fe .v
at a time, is not a programme perfectly
oi.ii.uiru ituu suiiiiin m conduct tiie pol
icy ana principle 01 tiiritt reform Unim-
paired lnr..r.gii a peiiod i goneral In..:
1H-SS prostration, public deficit and private
uiti.Hi !i;m. - .
For my OWU part, as a Democrat, 1 pre
icr indirect taxation and tana retonu
BOOTS uirect lax.-s sad t.n i't extinction. I
prefer taxing foreign products rather thau
taxing nome products, i toiiow Jefferson
In regarding even tli species of indirect
taxation on Dome products hy internal
revenue war taxes as not good to he ex
tended and the first to be rid of when Shall
need is past. That taxation of Incomes in
the United States would bo sectional and
Class taxation is precisely wliv it er.m
mends itself to some men of tke European
tradition. Their advocacy is sincere, and
wvaiauiMi BsiiusB, mat inroiigii our
own stupidity ana negligence some parts
of our tariff schedules have been shaped
loenricu a lew araegies with texts for
sermons on triumphant Democracy and
me uest use oi weanu.
If McKinleyisra is socialism forth" bono
lit ot tbe ricn and income tax is socialism
tor tue oenens ot tuo poor, no trneAmerl
can uemocrac win ioos to toe nalr of tho
dog to cure ins bite, American Democrats
will reject socialism or DOtD kinds. If mv
counsels were needed i would surprise and
satisfy the country by the conservatism of
our progr?r.s in revenue reform. The Mc-
Kinly bill lost tne country to our oopon
euts oy its extreme natures in one direc
tion aiid we should avoid tho opposite ex
trome, I will cheerfully vote for the Mills bill
and join wiui yon in making many mat)
iai reductions oi uui.ies rnerein. I ntn
ready to waive all minor differeune of il,
tails which do not involve n question of
principle, naving spoaeu today o.peci
ally upon tne income Inx reattire of this
lull, I reserve tho expression of my views
upon Its other features until near the close
of the discussion
Jlr. President, this is an important crisis
in inu nn-iory ot tne Democratic ti.-iri.v
The failure or the tariff revision means tiie
tiofest, the demoralisation, if notthedivi
sion and the annihilation of our party
Moreover, it means, na we bolievn, injury
to the best interests of tho Country. Let
those who insist upon lnji cnng into this
bill this odious and un- Democratic feature
of an income tax s relic of war legislation
- pause ami reflect upon tne possinin
COnseqneace of their unwarrantable de
mands.
I hey should ran line that it means the
loss of the control of tins senate, now
nearly ediinlly divided between tho tw
great, parties; it means ths loss of the next
house of representatives; It mentis the
loss of the electoral votes of how York
New Jersey, Connecticut, nnd probably
every northeii state, and, finally, it means
the I osaof the next president and all that
it implisV. They should recollect thai I he
Income lax feature is justly regarded iu
New York and innny other states as a
scheme of spoliation and unwarranted
sectional attack Upon their citizens of
mean'-. They should consider whether
there Is anything about an income tut so
sacred, so desirable, so popular, so just
and so defensible that its maintenance Is
worth the risk which they are precipitating-
MUNCY GREATLY EXCITED.
A Case of Email Fez CsMSS Delay In
prlrifr Flantlr,?.
WltAUMSPOltT, Pn., April 9 Jacob
Booker, of Ai uncy, who who recently
confined in tho Harrisburg jail, has
been attacked by small pox.
Tho village of Muucy is i;i't- ,;iy ox
cited and the house whore the patient
lies has been quarantined.
idol
f P
HORRIBLE FATE
hey Fall With a Root Into the Pit ol a Burn
ing locator.
Many Are Fatally Injured An Unex
pected Giving Away of Supporl
Sends the Firo Fighters Into a Mass
of Flames Brave Men Risk Their
Lives to Rescue Their Comrades.
Terrible Situation of Crowley Ori
gin ot Firo Unknown Loss About
$200,000.
MlLWACKBB, April 0.
T .'VID;ON" THEATER, tbe finest
j playhouse in Milwaukee, win
curued t'ctween 4 and 5 o'cloci.
zJ this morning, oautlng the loss ol
until her of lives. Soon aft-r 5 o'clock,
when the lire wns Beamingly under con
trol, the theater room, on which a
core or more of firemen stood lighting
tho 11 ones, went down and tho meu
were carried with in to .h auditorium
below. Some were extricated from the
mass of flames, In which ths whole in
terior was enveloped, by their com
rades, who risked their lives to drag
out tho bodies of the dead and injured
men.
Six or eight mm were removed from
the building when the r sellers were
compelled by th (limes to abandon
tiie work. It was slated then Unit at
least ten of tho ill fated lireuion were
aiill in the blazing interior.
V beube roof of the theater fell, the
members ol the Insurance patrol were
covering un tL seats in the paruuet.
A light was suddenly seen tbrongb
tho roof above, and the men iu the
iu litorium ran back just as the crash
came. Several ot tne men in the thea
ter were caught by the falling timbers.
l or a moment all whs dark, then aud-
lenly a greet sheet ol riame shot up, and
with it came ths cries of tho Bremen
who bad f illeu through the roof to the
theater below.
Ihero was trouble in getting tho
WStcr on the fire, which, alter the lull of
the roof.rapidly made its way through
out the building. The water was
finally got into ire auditorium, and
several of tho firemen who had tallon
nearest the front door of the lobby
were dragged from the burning debris
and curried out more or less injured.
The men were removed to tho saloons
across tho street, and their wounds
dresietl.
The guests of the Davidson Hotel,
which occupies part of tne bmidiug.
fl;d panic stricken from their rooms
when tho alarm of tire was rung oi t lit
hotel corridors lhoy were really iu no
danger and had ample tiliio to get out
No one was Injured,
The origin of the fire, as far as
known, v,ns in the meat house of th
hotel, which was on the top 11 jor, under
tne roof, near tho auditorium and
stage.
MANY ACTS OF IIEUOI-M.
There were many acts of heroism
displayed, chief of wine i was the dar
nig of Michael Dunn, captain of tiie
lire tui I ataract. lie was on the roof
when it fell and seized the situation In'
an instant. Other lireuion had rigged
a rope, making it fast to a portion of
the hotel building and dropped it over
into tue awiui noie rnrongn wnicli so
many of their comrades had gone down
to death. Seizing the rope, Dunn
slipped down into the furnace. Soon
there was a cry from below to pull tl
rope up Dunn had found rlnemao
Yen helpless, tied the rope iiriiuiid and
ordered it raised. Ho found Pieman
O Neill in the debris. Just at this
point a delegation of insurance.
putrnl that had effected a-
entrance from below, joined Dunn in
the rescue. 1 he case of John Cronbv
is a terrible one. He lavburioi under
the debris from 5 a. m. until Vi o'clock
noon. Wlu-n first discovered he wn
being fbodd with water, lie could
talk and begged them not to drown
hirn. Near him a comrade was burled
who died before rescue. Crowley was
suffering for nir. A rubber tub" WSI
spcur'd and inserted in his mouth ni
attached to nn nir pump and ho was
thus supplied with nir while tho tns!;
of removing the debris above him went
00 as rapidly ns possible. When taken
out he was aliv". He was taken to th
hospital. H is seriously If not fatally
injured. Thero have been eight dead
recovered no far
Following is a partial list of the men
who were buried under the fallen roof
Qsorgs Jsnssen, Company N'o. 2; Cap
tain Linehan , ( oiupauy 4; Assistant
Chief August Jsnssen; Archis Oamp-
bell, tirii boat titarnct ; I liomis Mor
gnu, Company No. 1; Prank lloQurh
James Freeman, Company No. 4
O Neill.
The following wen rescued and
laken to the Emergency Hospital
Lieutenant Cnrran of Company No 1
central lire station, probably fatally
injured ; rod Marsh of Company No.
5, loot crushed; Fred Schroedr, John
Yoo, piptmsn of C impaoy No, I, badly
burned and back hurt.
u.iver Hen, nop my wo B, was
fatally injured by a fall oi n ladd
when the liremeu b gan their work
He died on the way 1 1 the hospital
'J hn Davidson ti,eiitr was opened in
Hep temDer, lOWl, I lie manager, Sher
man Hi own, said this morning, speak
ing of the losses: "lho original cost
to John and Alexander Davidson wns
betwoen 880,000 B0d 400,000i The
loss is mainly on the Interior, There
is no way lo estimate it, but it. may bi
above halt ol the original investment
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MOST REMARKABLE WOMAN.
Mr. Buttnrworth Ssyn Miss Pollard Is an
Actreee of Wonderful Skill.
Cincinnati, O, ApriUl. "Miss Pol
lard ih an actress rqUs), i may say
Clara m irris or Ssra Lijriiiiardl, ' sab
Denjimin lintterwortb, one of Colonel
Uroi'kinri ige s counsel, "i nsver saw
anything liko it. Sueoin simulate auy
pasrion or emotion, and It Is mr ODln
ion that this is but the preludu to her
going on the stago.
"There was no excuse on earth for
tbe bringing of this anil Nothing; la
alned by It ; public or private virtu n
id subserved by if. It is worse then
foul, pestilence breeding contain :'-
Had 1 been called into the cane t ir
ays sooner it won 1 1 not have bei II
tried, if my counsel could have pr -
anted, and bad 1 been a judge on tiie
lench 1 would never have let it com'
lo trial.
Thero i no condoning of Mr. Dreeit-
inridu". I will not do it. lie does nol
want it. 1 believa he would discharge
me from the case II 1 did oiler any
thing in extenuation.
lint to come to Miss Pollard. S io
is the most remarkable witness I ever
aw or oyer heard of or ever read of.
She has her can thoroughly In hand,
very detoll of if. i never saw any
thing like the tact nnd art of this
woman. If there isn't a time when she
hasn't a rea ly answer she will make n
plea for sympathy to gain time, and all
be tun lo-r mind is active to com
Some uk'o phrase or apt ouo in Which
reply. Yon r.'m- inU'r when she
pleaded that I was hard on her. That
.vis to fain tun" to think in a critical
moment
Mae hns nothing to gain if slio wins
her suit, where she OOflld have had
everything iier own way had she so
willed Sue could have gono anywhere,
or done an tiling, and a word from her
vonld have been law with Mr. Breck
inridge, Mie could hare hud what she
wanted."
EXPLOSION OF A BOILER.
The Blow-Up Occurs Fortunately
Without the Loss of Life.
Firemen's Escape.
Wilkes-Barbb. Pa- April 0.-Th
central boiler of a nest at tho Harry K
jolliery operated by Simpson & Witt-
kin at Broderlcks, near Forty Fort,
xploded with a terrific lorco tonight
almost miraculously without loss of
life, lho enure boik-r house is
wrecked, roof blown off, side walls
blown out and the remaining boileni
blown out of position. The exploding
boilor, tlurtv feet in length, went aaii-
itiif through the space and landed 201)
feet away, crossing, in its flight, the
main roadway i.ud the Lehigh alley
railroad tracks.
Just beloro the explosion Firemen
lliouias Welsh and luoinss ileuiing
had tried tne water and, limlitig one
guage, had turned on the injector to
raise it two guages, and they walked
to the door, twenty teet away, whe
they stood when the explosion took
place. Thy were blowu through
door about forty feet further away ami
were seriously but not fatally injured
W hen tiie accid. ut took place, ha
giueer Uonliam was about luu tee
away, letting a minor down on tn
carnage, and ho bad great difficulty
stopping the carnitce from a rapid d
s .nt iuto the pit oue nun lied feet
below.
in the eleven foot vein, '-'00 feet
down, were a number of company
hands who had no means of getting
out, but they managed to climb up tbe
bunting ot the shaft to the surlacf
within an hour wiihout injury. Ouu
hundred and thirtv tive feet below Uiis
in the ehaft which is being deepened
to the lower veins, were live shaft
siukers. They were hoisted to tho
eleven foot vein by means of a block
and tackle and then climbed to the
surface by the bidder or "bunting" of
the shaft, without an injury to any of
them.
The loss is not known, but will
reach s vcral thousand dollars.
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AN UNATTRACTIVE VISAGE.
Lutler I'lessm His Face to a Window
aud Rec.iva a Bullet.
Al.TOONA, Pa,, April S) William
Duller, who was shot by J. F. Kyler at
Martlnsburg on tho night ot Friday,
.March HO, died from the effects of Ins
wound last night. A Cormier's inquest
was held today and the jury Charged
Kyler with the murder of Butler.
Kyler was calling upon u young lady
when i hitler's face was seen at the
window, looking Into the room.and the
was tired which ended his life.
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ON THE BASE BALL FIELD.
Risults of Quiii.'! Pliyod at Various
Plntn Y 'sierdnv.
At Philadelphia Philadelphia, 10; Wil
mington, u.
A i. Charlottesville. Va. Lniversity of
Yiruiina, ii; University of Vermont, ti.
At Richmond va. -Ktchmoud college, 10:
Altouua, 12.
THE GRIM Ri:..Kue.'S HARVEST.
illiain Parry, President of the Cincin
nati, Richmond an ' Fort uayue ramond,
died yesterday, egad St. Mr. 1'arry was
ry wealthy, a philanthropist ol national
reputation nud li r Hfty years n prominent
member cd tiie "Society ol menus.
The death of Dr. Johfl Howe Ji nks, pro
fessor of physloh gy and m dern languages
at Washington nniveisity, occurred at St.
Louis yesterday morning, itiood poisoning
was the cause. He cat UimseK in the baud
while dissecting a co pse last Tuesday,
FLASHES FROM THE WIRES.
Kthoi Krnuder, the actress, Is to Institute
nroosedittgl for divorce from her husband,
L B Stockwell, the comedian.
Tho carpenters of Montroa' have DSSU
Victorious In their agitation for a nine
hours day at twenty cents an hour.
On a little-traveled road in ilaltiinore,
Aire. Julia Hums was criminally assaulted
iu broad daylight and left uncnusctotis.
Utility love for Hiding Master C. I
Mueller has divorced Mrs. W. H. Porter,
of Urooklyn, from her wealthy husband.
For obtaining a fraudulent pension, Mrs.
Margaret Mooie, of Wheeling, . Va ,
was sent to prison for a year and lined
11,000,
Forty years iu politics makes a man a
tough ens", says '.vaugelisllc Sam Jones,
speaking of his alleged conversion of
tngslls.
In a quarrel over ii new grate, John
Bcott, a Urooklyn baker, fractured his
wile's skull with a hammer and then cut
his own throat.
So fnt is Mrs. Jane Canldwell, of Now
Yoi k, that u cable car, which kuocked her
down, pushed her along instead of cat
ting hor to pioees.
Arthur Da Paile, son of n wealthy Chi
cago liquor dealer, lulled Mrs. Eintnn Devi
on Friday night, because she would not
marry him. Tie theu shot himself.
The eagle design for warships' figure
bead, reji-ctel by the navy department,
was made by fjculptor MacMonles, not St.
Usudens, and too few feathers was his
only fault.
FBOTHINGHAM
MM IS
BURNED OUT
Contents ol tbe Bui ding Entirely Consum I
by En!- Horning Wro,
THE TIIEATEil HAS A CLOSE CALL
Flames Are Discovered in the Cel
lar of the Arcade About Three
O'clock This Morning In Spite ol
the Efforts ot the Firemen the
Building Is Entirely Consumed.
The Frotliinfthnm Theater Narrowly
Escapes Destruction- Odd Fellows
Hall and The Vietdminster Badly
Damaged,
About '.i o'clock this morning a fire
originated in some unknown mariner
in the basement o; the Arcade where
it fronts on Oakford court, directly un-
lor that portion of the i sliding used
is a box oilicu for the Frothinghani
theater.
The fire was the work of an ineendi
iry, this being tho third time tho place
has been Bet on fire within a month.
Owing to a mistake iu laying hose
tho fire was given a great impetus and
what would have been at most a
slight fire, developed into a destruc
tive conflagration.
The fire communicated with tho
Frothinghani theatre by means of the
underground slope entrance nnd filled
that beautiful structure with Buioke.
The Westminister was filled with
smoke and there wns grent commotion
among the guests who filled tbe hall
ways dressed in the night clothes
At 8.20 tbe fire was still burning and
it looks as if the Arcade would le
gutted. The gu'sts at the Westmin
ster left in large numbers.
As the flames broke through the roof
of lbs Arcade, tho fire seemed to b
impelled bv invisible force, nnd
burned fiercely, notwithstanding the
efforts of the tiromsn. The district
alarm was sounded and companies
from nil parts of the city were on the
ground.
The efforts of the firemen were con
fiued to save the buildings enrround-
ing.
Soon after the slirm was given th
guests at the Westminster removed
their goods from the house and sough:
lodgings at other hoteU.
The goods of merchants doing busi
ness in the Arcade were entirely de
stroyed. The Hat of tenants includes
W. J. Weiehei, jweler;C. W. Shank,
shoes; Van Fleet & Hand, bicyles; F.
L. Lane, hats; Frank Leach, candy;
John Brsigll, paints; and others.
la. m The interior of the Arcade
is entirely gnti-d and the fl.incs
have obtained ft foothold on the
Odd Fellow's building on the south
nd the Westminster on the north.
The indinatious are that both
will be badly damaged. Tho goods
of H. Devon ami Miss OBsra in
Ihe 0 Id Fellows' building aro being n -moved,
and (.u sts and help are carry
ing everything moveable from tbe
Yi stiiiiiister.
4.15 a. in, Arcade is a mass of
crnmbling ruins but the continuom,
sustained iforts of tho fire companies
have prevented the fire from communi
cating itslf lo the theater located on
the opposite side of Oakford court.
The south side of the Arcade has
just fallen in and it now looks as if the
Odd Fellows ball nnd Westminster
would be laved from irreparable in
jury. Hie stock ot nil whose tuiriness
pla"es wero in the Arcade is
a total loss, All danger to
tho that"r seeius averted as th"
fire lias burned i;self out iu the rear
and is now destroying the Moorish
towers nnd ornamental architecture of
the Wyoming nvenne facade. A brisk
breese is whirling large sparks in all
directions anil threatening neighboring
buildings.
At 4 20 the Haul's crept np about tne
Arcade towers and a few seconds late:
they fell with a crash, severing the
electric light and telegraph wires
nearby. Several people standing near
were slightly burned by coming in con
tact With the wires.
As the wires came down the street
was additionally illuminated by lurid
dashes of electricity, which added to
ths danger of tbssiuation as well us to
the spectacular effects.
it became evident that adjoining
buildings were doomed at this stage an i
the general alarm w is lOUnded, There
wss little nir stirring, yet tbe flaniei
were fanned by an invisible draught,
and sparks were showered on the house
tops for blocks around.
Oars Standing 00 the Traction com
pany's tracks in tbo middle of Wyo
ming avmue had to be moved to pre
vent tl.em from being huruod.
The Wyoming avenue entrance to
the Arcnde is a muss of seeching
tl dues and the tic has obtain
ed a good foot hold in the Old
Fellows' building and Westminster
to which the flretneii had turned thoit
attention in good earnest. A general
alarm has been sent out. and the force
of the working firemon, whoso posi
tion is extremely hazardous, has been
greatly augmented. An awning in
front of Hull & Co. "a place at SOB and
207 Wyoming aviinuo ignited, but the
lire was prevented from spreading fur
ther. 4 US a.m. Arcade is completely de-
jstroyed and two adjoining buildings
badly damaged. It is not likely tl
tire trill spread furl ler.
Th loss will ba about (75,000; In
surance not kne ti
At 1 l.itle 11 ii wi'i- under control,
CBj:CT0lt S I r, TIYliBURG.
Ii Junction Asked to B utraia tho Build
In? of E SCtrlO Ruilrokd.
GeTTYBBDRO, Pa., April 0 A bill In
equity was today reported and filed
before Judge riri. en by the (Jettys
burg Battlefield M morial association
iiekingan injunction to restrain the
'ie'.ivsliiirg K ! i : Hallway cmup uy
(com appropriating the Hound Tup ex
tension of tbe Gettysburg and Harris,
burg railroad, to form its continuous
route and complete its circuit.
Toe I ill asks Ihe & nrt to enjoin said
el ctt ic railway c mpany from cross
ing with its Ira
lho property of t
Hancock avenu,
association. Ths
time fixed by tbe c mri for a beariu
Is Wednesday ,' I i Otli It was d
.loped tnat this ap lioation we.s who
he the battlefi-r. n -o iafion with :
knowledge and epjyr vui of theJJoits
But cs con.!, i lo .
t -.CP.. OF fiDf.1 L OA 6AM A.
Leaves tho Fo.i
L .ni'. u. )
Buenos Ay;: s, Ai
ise War Ship n:
o'js Ayrcs.
iril 1). via Galves
Admiral Da U im
ton. The In ui '
made his escape from tiie Portuguese
war ship Miudello .u 10 , m. yester
day nnd arrived at lbs Buenos Ayr s
qu -rantiiie staiioa last evening. Tp
fortngaest ssilors made no reaistsnes
to his lesvihg ihe warships. Ths
Miudello and bar companion hip, th
Alfonso De Alhudnerque, eiiie.i foi
Montevidoe nt 10 i 'cl cu this morning
The people of the Argentine ttepal ..t
generally are rej Icing OVST tbe eeospi
of Da Onma and repoi is ol iMello's buc
Cfbsos at Hio Oru:i !e do Sui
COKE STRIKES ARE OVER.
Plants South ol Pittsburg Resume.
Encouraging Reports from
Entire Region.
PlTTsBL'RO, Pa.. April SJ A Union
town, Pa., special to the Tim's si rs:
It is not at ell improbable that tbe
coke fire, so far ar, Prick company i:
oonosrneo, will be declared oil by to
morrow's convention at Scottdale, nnd
a resolution pass 1 endorsing tbe Frit',:
eliding scale. This scale provides !or
an increase in wages when the sell'
ing price of coke advances. "As the
strike is now cor,fi;ii d to works t.o:
paying scale prices," rai l a delegate to
night; "tbe passage of snob a resolu
tion willsolidiiv the rinks and onipel
the operatives to at least establish uui
form rates "
All the plants south of this place re.
samed work today and no attempt w p
made to stop them. The raiding vac
done early in the day at YonngStOWn,
where nine men were stopped from
working.
Tho slrike is now confiud to four
teen plants locr.te.l between UoiontOWn
nud Connellsyi'.le None o. the striite
leaders have met since they were ar
rested. They nre kept In sepsrste
apartments in the jail. A Connellsville
special suss trouble is expected at ta -Hill
Farm works of the Dunbar
Furnsce company. They attempted to
start the works today, I nt the Eo n
were driven from the yard by n moo
of strikers.
Shirer & Wister, of Philadelphia,
who own the works here, arrived tois
afternoon and announced their Inten
tions of starting the plant if all the
strikers hav i to be killed. They or
dered 100 Springfield 10-abooting rifles,
which were received on an evening
train fbev were t ..e.l in tiie hen's
100 determined men who were giv n
o.Mers to slii'ot all t ;ie UriK Ts that o:-
fered resistance.
A mob of slrikrs are said to be
gathering In thai vioini;y and their ac
tions are said to be threatening, The
trouble is not txpeoted nntll the
men go to work at 5 o'cloci in tbe
morning.
CONDENSES STATE NEWS.
The KtrmesS for the beuefll of charity in
Wllllamsport netted over i,4i)t).
Judge Livingston ha put his foot down
npon the Indiscriminate transferring of
liquor licenses in Lancaster,
.Misses Kate Han kies and Lillie Snyder
were sent lo the I'msb.ug work house lor
80 days for flirting with mentu the post
office.
The body of Frank McQill Who blew
OUtthegns in a I'ottsvi'.le hotel, will be
sent to tue University of Pennsylvania for
dissect inn.
During the first quarter of t Ms year At
torney General fiousel lis collected $187,-
OH 0& an Increase ol eiT.uii" over tbe pre
vious quarter,
Divers yeeterdnv tried to find the body
of the long lest Isaac Uonseknecht, w ho
whs murdured a Muncy, but the river did
not give np tbe dead,
Tbe real name of the tin peddler who
fatally wounded llotelkeeper Mlchii I
I urns at. Tamaqns end shot himself, Is
David Shapr. , and he is in the PottSVtlls
jail.
HEARD OVER THE CABLE.
An International conference of miners
will he held at Berlin,
Trade between Boasts and Germany Is
hnviiigagie.it boom as the result of the
new treaty.
Russian oftlclals highly praise Tailor
Dow's bullet proof cuirass, and it may he
adopted iu tii army.
Iu two years tho number of children em
ployed in Oerim.n lactones hss decreased
from 17,480 io 11,918.
Cholera of s most maligna it type I as b -
come so prevalent throughout Constanti
nople ns to muse general alarm,
Prussian railways earned 10,880,000 mi ra
net surplus last year than was nxpooted,
t hus wiping out the treasury deficit.
To prevent trouble on Kay Day. the
Uennau government bus wsrned state
workingmen thai discharge will follow
absence from thSSbopS thai day.
WEATHCf. F0.i:CAST.
WasvncoToit, April B, For
can uir Tteidoy: fr Autsra
Aansvlenafu, I'acreastoo elosidf
nejs oef rni'e; east winds i'ii-
CLEAR
crcdjitij; in owe. Fur llVseru
ftaissyieaitfa, Lsrratsafno weather and
ruin. Moktly NUrSISV,' sonficdsts' -li ui'adi
shiJUny to iMSteWy,
Lad
ies Misses'
Children's
an(
AND
worse's Waists
To mak- room for new fstyleg'
which we have added to our stock
we offer for one week:
"Our Own" 50c. Corset at''
38c.
The Union
48c.
75c. Corset afy
Thomson Dollar Corset at
G8c.
Among our New Corsets we men
tiu n:
"Her Majesty's,"
(Priuc ss of Wales Co.")
"The Sonnetle,"
Especially for slender forms
besides the well-known styles,
Tho P. D., R. & G. Thomp
son Glove Fitting,
The C. P. A , La Sirene &
Venus,
Ferris Good Sense, &c.
510 and 512 Lackawanna Am
i
IHE GUTTA PERCKA & RUBBER M'P8 Ca
FAMOUS
Maltese Cross
RUBBER BELTING AND HOSE.
rilAS. A. 8CHIEREN & CO '3
PERFORATED ELECTRIC
And Oak tunned Leather Belting,
H.
A
King-sbury
AQKXT
513 Spro: St., Pcranton, Pa
Lewis, Reilly & Dairies
Ladles show frlsnds ,eir sii.sii. nt, M.St
ana s:i NUOI .-. and m entboslastte are they
over their purchssea that one sals t, are t
be the un , tns ot making another.
LEWIS, REILLY & DAVIES
114 Wyoming Ave.
W ARE
T leatiqunrtera
Elk Emblems
w. j. wiioaiL,
OOiwETS
FILEY'S
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