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TWELVE PvjftS-84 COLUMNS.
SCR ANTON, PA.. SATURDAY MORNINQ. SEPTEMBER 1. 1894.
TWO CENTS A COPY.
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DELAWARE
HUDSON
WRECK
Ibe Right Express Is Ditched Near fort
Kent ;
TWENTY PEOPLE SERIOUSLY HURT
The Montreal Express Thrown Down
n Enbankment While Running at
, tha Rate of Forty-five Miles an
Hour Narrow Escape of Many
Passengers Few Come from the
Wreck Without Bruises.
Crow Point. N. Y.. Aug. 81.
SERIOUS railway wreck, which
i caused alight .injuries to mora
i mi n twenty persons, occurreu at
9 50 o'clock last night on the
Dlawir and Hudson railroad, near
Port Kent. 154 miles from Albany.
Tbe Montrexl express, due in N-w
York at 6.45 this morning, was thrown
down en eubaukmunt while running at
the rate of forty miles an honr. Tbe
train was made up of a baggige oar,
express car, smoking car, two day
coaches, and three sleepers in the order
named.
Tbe passenger cars were well filled,
and many of tbe occupants of tbe sleep
log-ears hud retired. Suddenly tbe
passengers felt a rough motion as it
tbe cars were rolling over tbe ties. In
a few seconds the cars toppled oyer the
embankment into tbe sand fifteen feet
below tbe level of the track. Tbe en
gine and tbe trnck of the last sleeping
ear alone remained on tbe track bed.
The cars turned over flit on their sides
and many passengers were thrown vio
lei.'y through the windows.
Tbe most serious injuries befell Thos.
Bnreford, of . Albany, tbe express mes
senger, who was wedged betweon the
heavy seres in hi ear. He sustained
serious internal injuries. George Ned
do, of Whitehall, nad bis face badly
eut. Thomas Sntberland, of Troy, was
badly braised. Willis Hall, of Albany,
the train conductor, had his shoulder
diilocated. Very few pasaengersesoaped
without brultes, aud their terror for
some minutes after the wreck was
great.
CAUSE OF WRECK UNKNOWN.
H. C. North, assistant superintendent
of the Albany aud Cbamplain division
of tbe road, early this morning made
pecuniary reparation, to the passengers
for goods they bad lost He could not
explain tbe cause of tbe wreck. Tbe
pnBW.ii. war, haurjawmnn
broken axle or flange on the engine,
or a spreading rail. Tbe engine left tbe
track first. Had the cars toppled to
the left they would have rolled into
Lake Cbamplain.
J. Spear, of 114 West Ninety-seventh
street, New York, was one of the pas
sengers. He said: "I think that the
rails spread while we were running at
rapid rate around the curve, and
that threw us off the track. The en
gine was detaobed from tbe tender,
and that prevented tbe wreck taking
fire. The oil poured out of the lamps,
but we put the lights out. We had a
miraculous escape from death.'
Tbe wrecked passengers spent the
night at tbe hotels at Plattsburg, Kent
and Keeevllle.
PYTHIAN MEETINGS.
The Supreme Lode-a Liable to Be in Sea
ton Ten Days More.
Washington. Aug. 81. After trans
acting some routine business, the su
preme lodge of the Knights of Pythias
took up the report of tbe committee
"XjDtO tbe prtpsratien of a new ritual
the uniform ranks of the order.
v report was discussed until the
oess, at which time it was laid
.PJntil Tuesday next, on which day
Co a he the special order.
Wlir the recess the lodge took np the
nstitntion. The diacussiou of this
y! it is annonnoed, will probably
t.i the next three days. The mat-
faiyJe of great importance; tbe com
ajhiivinff charge of tbe matter
Jii!en at work on it for tbe past two
years. The present indications are
that tbe supreme lodge will be in ses
sion at least ten more days.
FLOODED BY A CLOUDBURST.
live Person Drowned In Two Texas
Villages.
San Antonio, TVx., Aug. 81. News
reached here last evening bv private
telegrams that a cloudburst flooded tbe
town of Uvalde, tbe county seat of
Uvalde county, eighty miles west of
the Southern Pacific, and the town of
Dhanls, Medina eounty, fifty miles
west, on Wednesday night. After
midnight the water in Uvalde was
three feet deep, and tbe population
took refuge on high ground.
Three persons were drowned. In
Dhanis two children were drowned.
Tbe water there Is four feet deep. The
bridges and approaobes of the South
ern Paeiflo were wasted away, which
will stop trains for a week.
COKE PLANT IN OPERATION.
The Last In TTolomtown Dlatrlot to XU
sums Work.
Uniontown, Pa.. Aug. 81. The coke
plant of tbe Stewart Iron company,
near here, started up in fnll today.
This plant was one of the first in the
region to olose down after the strike
began, and is the last in this seotion to
stsrt up.
Superintendent Van Dnsen said this
morning be had hired his men from
tbe ranks of the strikers.
BROKE OVER THE TRACES.
Glass Manufacturers Fall to L v TJp to
Agreement,
Pittsburg, Pa., Ang. 81. There is
mueh feeling exhibited between the
window glass manufacturers and tbs
wags committee of the Glass Workers'
union, and it is doubtful if there will
Je muob harmony of action developed
at Monday's oonferenoe. However, it
is given out today that tomorrow
Ishmsen's Plttsbure; factory and Cham
bers' big plant at Kensington will re
sume operations and that the Phillips
company will start Tuesday.
Glass booses at Greenfield. Ind., will
start on Tuesday, and at Wilmington,
Del., and Itbaea, N. Y. This plainly
shows that diepite tbe aotion taken At
Cleveland on Wednesday some manu
facturers have broken over tbe traces.
WATCHMAN'S (XCUSE.
Drugged bv the Burglars Who Disturbed
the Summer Beat.
Woodclifp, N. J., Aug. 81. No
ciew nee Dten obtained to toe burglar
or burglars who broke into the Sum
mer Rest Home at (his place anil car
ried off $60 in cssb, some silver ware
and a bank bonk belonging to Mary
Wslsb, representing her savings in a
New York bank. Mary Welsh has
no tinea tbe bank and she will not lose
anything.
The Summer Best is occupied by wo
men teachers and artists, and no men
are inmates of the institution. The
women became so nervous on account
of fear of burglars that recently Victor
Gnstavsoo and his dog were engaged to
watch the Summer Btst at night. Tbe
night watchman says be w.is drugged
while be was asleep. It is apparent
that the person or persons who com
mitted the robbery were well acquaint
ed with tbe premises and knew just
where to ge to find the valuables.
Some think that Frank Stormi, the
mieeing forger of Westwood, commit
ted the robbery, because be bad worked
in the Summer Rest doing some plumb
ing there. The authorities, however,
do not believe that Stormi had any
thing to do with tbe burglary.
SATOLLI TO REMAIN.
Reports That the Apostolic Delegate
Will Be Recalled to Rome
Are Unfounded.
Washington, Aug. 31 Statements
have beon published from time to time
in the United States and abroad in re
lation to tbe establishment in this
country of a permanent legation rep
resenting tbe Church of Rome in mat
ters ecclesiastic, but official confirma
tion of them np to this time has
never been obtained. Some days ago
Pope Leo notified Archbishop Sntolli,
the apostolio delegate here, that it was
deemed best for the interests of the
cburoh that an ambassador of the iholy
father should permanently reside in
the United States, and Mgr. Satolll was
givou to understand that he would he
kept as resident apoatolle delegate. Up
to the present time no information to
tbe contrary has been sent to blm from
tbe Vatiean.
A reporter for the United Press called
at the legation' today to inquire con
cerning the report from Rome that nt
the end of this vear Mirr. Satolll wonld
return to the Vatican at the rrqaest of
the pope. After a short consultation
with Mgr. Sitolll. Dr. Papi. his seore
tary,made the statement that tbe dele
gate bad not yet been advised by tbe
pope ns to the matter, and in view of
that fast did not believe the report was
true. Said Dr. Papi:
"Whether Mgr. Satolll be recalled or
not, some one will be maintained. here
in the office he occupies. There is now
a permanent legation which represents
Pope Leo in church affiirs, the same
as the embassy of Italy here represents
the political government in diplomatic
matters.
After making this important declara
tion Dr. Papi refused to discuss tbe
matter further.
Ia view of the satisfactory manner
in which tbe differences in the Catho
lic obureh in this country have been
settled by Mgr. Satolll, nod of tbe good
reeling tnat generally prevails within
the obureh it is the opinion here that
Mgr. Satolli will not be recalled.
A PACIFIC CABLE.
The Times Vis Great Britain to Be
Flret la the Field.
London, Aug. 81. The Times re
ferring to Canada's accordance with
the resolution of the colonial oonfer
enoe at Ottawa, calling for tenders for
a racino cable, says: "With Alex
ander Siemens' estimate that snoh a
obl could be laid immediately for
3,000 000, leaving a working capital
of 30,000. and be finished in throe
years, or in two for an extra 30,003,
tne question is entering ine stage In
wolou tbe governments concerned have
to decide tbe part tbey mean to take.
Tbe question, moreover, is not purely
a financial one. Tbe main considera
tion being public utility, the nation
which lays the first eable and estab
lishes the first steamship linss may ex
pect to bold a commanding position in
the Pacific and in the efforts tbe
British eolonles are making to ssoure
this position for Great Britain thev are
simply obeying the dictates of self in
terest." The Times concludes by ursine the
laying of tbe cable.
FLASHED FROM THE WIRES.
Molasses drains have killed flab in the
rivers near New Orleans.
Friends of John Y. McEane talk of ask
ing Governor Flower to pardon him.
Buffalo Elks have allied themselves with
tbe Atlantio City faction of the order.
Vice-President Stevenson has arrived at
Sorrento, Me., to spend his vacation there.
The ateeraire rate to 8oathamoton has
been cut from $15 to 110 by the Hamburg
American line.
Governor Peck insists that the Milwau
kee health board shall enforce Its regu
lations without the aid of state troops.
Wisconsin's state board of health will
takeoontrol of tbe small-pox epidemic
in Milwaukee at the city officials' request.
Mlataken for a burelar. drunken Wil
liam Buchanan, who tried to enter James
A. Rice's house at Bentonville. Ark., was
shot dead.
William V. Henrlch hoa been arrested at
New York on a charge of embezzlement
while city treasurer of Oeden. Utah, from
lbtft to 1893. .
Texan cattleman think the nsw tariff
will allow the importation of 100,000
Mexican cattle to be fattened for Ameri
can markets.
In an attemnt to tnVa in adnntad child
from ita parents. Dr.. T. I Bates, of St.
Hums, wm moooea on tne streets ana
beaten lnseuaible.
of Koffrrsvllle. Tenn.. hoa had arraated
John Cantrell, wife and brother-in-law,
who say he has been intimate with the
woman.
SENATE IS ON
ITS DIGNITY
The Bod; Will Reseat Mr. Cleveland's Treat
ment to Gormanltei
DEMOCRATIC DISSENSION REAL
The President's Attack Upon the Sen
ate Has Aroused Much III Feeling,
and the Members May Retaliate at
the Coming Sessions The Entire
Body, with the Exception of Two or
Three Cuckoos, Arrayed Against
Mr. Cleveland.
Washington, Aug. m
tPHE renomiuation by Mr. Cleve
. II land of a large number of pres-
idential postmasters who were
U not confirmed by the senat nn l
the nominations of new nun, chiefly ia
New York, but also in other parts of
tbe country, will probably be bnt for a
brief term of servioe. From tbe pres
ent temper of Democratic senators it is
wsrrautable to assume that none, or
next to none, will be confirmed at tbe
next sesnion of tbe senate.
The war between the administration
and the senate on tbe openiug of con
gress will be much more open and un
compromising Ibuu heretofore. It was
possible for tbe President to accomp
lish something in the senate before by
combinations and tbe uniting of Demo
cratic votes with Republican, to secure
confirmations, and, once in a while, to
accomplish something else desired by
the administration. In other words tbe
antagonism has besn between indivi
dual senators and the administration.
Now it is tbe whole senate against
the administration, with not half a
dozen In the body ready to take np Mr,
Cleveland's tight. The Democratic sen
ators stand by Mr. Gorman from habit.
and because they feel it to be a matter
of eelf-defence to hold a solid front
against any encronchment by tbe ex
ecutive. SENATORIAL RESENTMENT.
Moreover, they regard Mr. Cleve
land's attacks upou the senate as gen
eral, involving the whole body, with
tbe possible exception of two or three
cuskoos. and their resentment is gen
eral. There Is a great deal. of bitter
ness in tbe row between Sanator Gib
sou and Postmaster-General Bistell
oyer the' oppolntmeot of tb postmas
ter at Centerville, MJ. Mr. Gibson de
clares that tbe nomination ehall not be
confirmed. Mr. Gorman will, of course,
take up the fight, and senatorial cour
tesy will require hie his democratic
colleagues to stand by blm.. - -
Mr. Briee has become involved with
some nomination, to which he ia op
posed, and tbe desire to strike back at
Cleveland, more than any feeling of
friendship for Hill or Murpby. will lead
the senate to refuse compliance in the
New York appointments It is doubt
ful whether any of thosa nominations
will bold the beneficiaries lu office
longer than until the meeting of cou
gresi. Tbe assertion that and intimation of
lack of harmony between the members
from tbe senate and the members from
the houss on the congressional cam
paign committee is without founda
tion and absnrd, is a quibble. The
committee is just about as harmonious
as were tbe two houses of congress dur
ing tbe tariff fight, and no more so.
They are in perfect harmony as
long hs they can keep away
from tbe tariff question. The trouble
as stated yesterday, is one threatened,
not one that bus already actually oc
curred in the committee, for the rea
son that the question which threatens
It has not yet been tackled. The differ
ference of opinion as to bow tbe tariff
measure should bs treatod exists, and
there is an administration and anti
administration sentiment.
REVIEW OF TRADE.
The Financial Situation as Viewed by
R. G. Dun & Co.
New Yohk, Aug. 81. R. G. Dun &
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade tomor
row will say:
Tbe aotivity whioh fame with ex
hausted stocks and the pressure of de
layed fall demands, and was increased
by tbs removal or uncsrtainty about
the tariff, has continued with heavy
entries of foreign goods since ths bill
became a law. But tbe people who
know best are saying. "Improvemsot
will come." rather than "Improvement
has some." Tne gain Is not yet what
has been expected, and business, if
good in comparison with last year,
is still poor in comparison
with years preoeding. Presumably
there has not been time to feel ths fall
effects of tbe cbsnge, and a gradual
gain will be more healthy and encour
aging than a spasmodic one, but the
expansion of commercial loans has sud
denly cesssd, prices of manufastured
products show wealcuess rather than
strength, andthore has been a reaotlon
in the stock manor, prices or railway
stoeks averaging 32 cents and tinst
stoeks 2.11 psr share lower than a week
ago.
August has ended, but the Interior
demand for money still balances tbe
receipts of superfluous carreuoy from
eastern cities, although crops are
moving quite freely. Tbe rseent
material Inorease In dsmand for
commercial loans appear to have
been due to payments for sugar
Imports, for whiskey taksn out of bond
and for Imported goods taken out of
custom housss, and has dropped off
sharply. Tbe unavoidable eonolnslon
Is that tbe deslrsd increase In domestic
distribution has not yet reaohed snob
proportion as to influence tbe loan
market.
Imports will be large, it is olsar, but
for the pHSt month have been 6 per
cent, lass than a year ago, and mean
while exports of domestic product
from New York for tbe month have
been $3,619,597, or 8 per cent smaller
than last year. The demand for pro
ducts' of iron and steel has Increased,
but prices tend downward where any
change appears, as there is not enongh
business yet to employ the worka in
operation. . Steel bars are sold at 1
cent at Pittsburg and wire nails at 1 05
cents, with beeseiuer iron at $11 05,
eeverai naiittionai iurnaces Having
gone into blast.
Tbe volume of trade shows a gain
over tbe worst month of last year, and
the average of prices, all products con
aldered, is but 5 per cent lower than in
1892, and not quite 2 per cent lower
inu last year.
Failures are still few and small. The
failures this week have been 188 in
the United States, against 85S lust
year, and 40 iu Canada, against 29 last
year.
TYPHOID SPREADING.
People Moving Away from E izabeth
Through Fear of an Epidemic
Elizabeth, Aug. 31. The typhoid
fever pii1raio i spreading in this city.
Health Offl'jer Putnam and the mem
bers of the board of health are aoing
all in their power to prevent tbe
spread of the disease, but tbey bave
not met with uiuoh success. There
are now about sixty-five cases in
tbe city, but the mj rity or tbe pa
tients have but a plight attaok of tbe
disease. Uo to date there have been
five deaths. By order of tbe board of
health wells with contaminated water
in tbem have been ordered closed. New
cases of the disease are constantly de
veloping. All tbe doctors in the city
are kept busy.
Owing to tbe spread of typhoid the
people are becoming alarmed and some
of tbem are leaving tbe oity until tbe
disease is stamped out.
WANTS TO MEET PETER
Champion Corbett Expresses Anxiety
to Face Pugilist Jackson Upon
Any Terms.
Providbnck, R. I, Aug. 81. James
J. Uorbett was Interviewed today re
lative to the deposit of certified checks
from the Sioux City club with a New
York newspaper.
"Will I meet Jacksont Of course I
will." he said, and added: "Tbe fact
that the two certified checks were on
the way from tbe Sioux City club has
been known to Brady and myself for
nearly a week. All that we were wait
ing for was to learn in what shape tbe
offer was to oome that is whether
there was anything besides the obecks.
The presence In the east of the cbeok
forwarded by tbe Sionx City club does
not mean auythlug that is binding on
either tbe olnb, Jackson or myself.
Tbe club' eoulil withdraw tbe checks
and there would be nothing loft but
our words (Jackson's and my own) that
we would accept tbe club's off-r.
"What is wanted is the tangible ar
ticles' of agreement If they ever are
signed, then we can make soma head
way. ' Until that is done we are still
at odds. 1 would suggest that the
Sooix City club send a man east at onae
with snob articles as the olub may wish
to bave signed and, whatever they may
be, I will accept. I gball go from this
city to New York next wesk, when I
will b prepared to sign articles to fight
Jacklon. I make this unequivocal
statement for tbe reason that I am
more anxious to. have this farce ended
and. more than anxious to meet Jaek
sou. "You oan tell Jackson's representa
tives that I will not only accept the
terms and conditions of the Sioux City
club, but that I will make side bete to
any amount that I will whip him,
Neither he nor they need worry about
tbe size of the side bet; any money
tbey may offer will be promptly cov
ert d, and covered again,
"Do I expect that this will nail Jack
son down to a fight? Not much. I
don't believe be will ever faoe me in
the ring. He will have another excuse
to offer."
MR. MORTON WILL ACCEPT.
Will Not Rxjeot the New York Guberna
torial Nomination.
Rhinebhck, N. Y.. Aug. 31. This
evening tbe Hon. Levi P. Morton gave
letter to tbe representative of tbe
United Press in whioh he explains bis
position in regard to the Republican
gubernatorial nomination, and in his
letter be says:
"I am certainly not seeking say nomi
nation from ths convention. By
the kindness of my countrymen, having
held high official positions at home and
abroad, I was profoundly content to
let the record stand. Bnt do not
nnderstand me to Imply that I
look lightly upon the offloe
of governor of the state of New
York. I know something of the re
sources, the capacities, and the needs
of the Empire state, and I appreciate
the importance, the usefulness and the
honor of the great office of its chief
executive. Should I be called on to fill
it, I shall strive earnestly to serve the
people with steadfastness of purpose
and to faithfully administer a public
trust"
SPECIAL UNITEO STATES COURT.
eorantoniane Who Bave Been Called to
Act as Jurore.
A special term of the Un ited States dis
trict court will be held at Willlamsport
beginning next Monday. Judge Joseph
Bufflngton will preside.
Tbe Scrantonlans wbo have ben nm.
moned there to serve aa jurors are: John
M. Rose, who will serve as a grand juror,
and fames Archbald, Myron Kasson and
P. M. Moffatt as petit jurors.
It is not probable that any Soranton
cases will be brought to the attention of
tne court at this session.
COXEV WILL SPEAK.
Ocmmonweal Leader Will Deliver an
Addreaaat Mountain Park Today.
n....t T.k
chief of the Commonweal Industrial Army
of tbe United States, arrived in Pittaton
Irom Massllon, Ohio, at 9.40 last night and
was driven to the residence of his sister,
Mrs. Rlcketto, of West Pittston.
At noon today General Coxev will sneak
at Mountain Park on the subject of "Good
Roads.1' His visit here is under tha aus
pices of District Assembly No. 10, Knights
of Labor, wbioh runs an excursion to
Mountain Park. The train will leave the
Jersey Central depot at 9.40 this morning.
THOUSAND
DO FLIES
Fearful Fire Among Canton River Flower
Bloats.
RAPID SPREAD OF THE FLAMES
A Number of Boats Moored in the
River Occupied as Dwellings Be
come Ignited and Burn Rapidly
Hundreds of People Burned and
Drowned in the Confusion of the
Attempt to Escape.
Honoi Kong. Aug. 81.
H TERRIBLE fir-, has occurred on
Al tbe Canton river. A flower boat
Ul eauitbt fire and the flames spread
UU rapidly until hundreds of these
craft were destroyed and at least 1,000
natives perished in the flames. The
flower boats were moored stem to
stern, in rows, and large num
cers of natives livsd upon them.
The epre.id of the conflagration
from one boat to another was so rapid
that the unfortunate Chinese bad no
time to cut them from their moorings,
a strong wind materially helping to iu
orease tbe fierce fire.
Many hundreds of the persons on
board tbe flower boats leaped over
board and were drowned, while several
hundred others remained on board the
doomed crafts aud perished in the
fl itnes.
JOHN CONSPIRES.
A Flgtall Convention in Omaha Seeks to
Overthrow the Flowery Kingdom.
Omaha, Nb., Aug. 81. A conven
tion of wealthy Chinese from different
parts of the United States is said to
have been held here on Wednesday
night, In which a revolutionary society
was formed for the purpose of iuterfer
ferlng in the affairs of China and, if
possible, overthrowing tbe pressnt
dynasty.
Tbe ritual and oath of the soolety
baviag been completed, Nlng Gee, of
Denver; Toi Ye, of Kansas City; Lie
Lung, or Omaha; Tee Kong, of St.
Paul; Woo Foo, of Minneapolis; Ah
So, of Sioux City, and Ah Han, of Du
buque, were elected as delegates to a
convention said to be arranged for
Chicago next month.
FIRST BRIGADE SUCCESSFUL.
Xte Team Wins tbe Oaneral Match at Mt
Gretna.
Mount Gretna, Aug. 51. The brig
ade shooting match today the score
was:
First brigade, 1.029; Second brigade.
1,022, and Third brigade. 1,011. There
was also a skirmish run, tbe Sixteenth
regimen carrying off the honors.
MR. YOUNG IS WINNER.
Company D'a Uarkaman Passee . All
Beosrda at llllt Gretna. '
Svtcial to the Scranlnn Tribunt, '
' Lebanon. Pa, Aug. 81. Private W.
W. Young, of Company D, Thirteenth
regiment, of Soranton. won the state
championship matoh here todsy, mak
ing a score of 03, the best seore ever
msde at Mt, Gretna.
Mr. Yonng also has the highest aver
age of tbe week's shooting by 10 points.
tXCELSIOR ATHLETIC CLUB MEETING.
A Ep oial Tournament Will Be Held at
the Clnb Booms on Oot. 9
The Excelsior Athletio club met last
night at Boston store hall and made ar
rangements for holding a special tourna
ment on the nigbt of Oct 9 at the club
rooms. Special tournaments will be held
until the general tournament at tbe Acad
emy ot Music in January.
The programme for the tournament in
October will be made an interesting one.
The seoretary was directed to open com
munications witb some of the best men in
the Atlantio association and select from
among them three or four of tbe best
Several members ot the Excelsior club will
immediately go into training.
A committee was appointed consisting
of Joseph J. HoNally, John J. Collins and
P. J. Durkin with power to engage a com
petent instructor to teach during the
winter.
ST. CECILIA'S ACAOEMV.
It Will Open for the Fall Term Next
Tuesday, Sept 4
St Cecilia's academy will reopen next
Tuesday, Sept 4. From the applications
already in, there is evidence of an increased
attendance this year. The resident stu
dent will number from forty to fifty,
which number compares well with any
former year.
Some minor improvements have been
made about the academy building and
there will be increased faoilities for in
struction in the various branches which
are taught there. TI.e excellent showing
made by the graduates ot this institution
in the local and normal school examina
tions and the annual commencement exer
cises, has won for it a high place among
the educational institutions of the city,
and tbe sisters who have it in charge are
deserving ot congratulation for the excel
lent standard wuicb baa been and is still
maintained there.
BIGGEST WAGON IN THE CITY.
It Will Be Pot on the Boad Today by
the Union Tramftr Company.
J. F. MoCawley, tbe Spruce street
wegonwright yesterday turned out of bis
shop the biggest wagon ever made or used
permanently in tbe city. It will be put in
service today by the Union Transfer com
pany and will be used cbleny In hauling
scenery and theatrical baggage.
Tbe platform Is U4 by H and It has a
carrying capacity of 7,600 pounds. The
wheels are but 2 feet 10 inches high and tbe
tires are 2X inches wide. It weighs 3, TOO
pounds and when loaded to its full capacity
will make a weight of over five tons.
Three horses will be nsod in drawing tt.
AUGUSTINE OALV STEALS PIE,
Hie Hat Proved to Be Poor Hiding
Plaot for His Booty.
' Augustine Daly, musician, New Itork,
ia tbe name, occupation and address of a
man who was arrested for the laroeny of a
piece of pie and a napkin from the Metro
politan eating bouse yesterday morning
at an early hour.
It was not the Augustine of theatre
fame, however. This man was one ef a
party of four strangers whom the police
have noticed lounging about town for the
past few days. About 1 o'clock yesterday
morning be entered tbe Metropolitan and
when be thought no one was looking
helped himself to a piece of pie and a nap
kin, put them into his bat, put his hat on
his bead and started out.
lie was halted by a waiter and asked to
return tbe napkin and settle for the pie.
He was highly indignant when accused,
but a few minutes later when his bat was
removed by Oillcer Boland and tbe pie (ell
at bis feet be was just a trifle embar
rassed. Tbe officer locked blm up to cure
him of his freshness and yesterday morn
ing he was fined the price of twenty -five
pies, which he paid.
WHAT HAS BECOME OF OWENsVT
Members of Taylor Caatle, K of G B.,
Anxious to See Him.
'Taylor Castle Enigbts of the Golden
Engle, of Taylor, is minus one of its mem
bers and 1100 of its money. The society
recently appropriated that sum for tbe
purchase of club paraphernalia, A com
mittee was appointed a'ud David J. Owens
was made treasurer of iu Tbe last seen of
him was Sunday, and his whereabouta at
present are being hunted np.
He Is 25 years of age, married, and had
boen regarded as a young man of upright
character.
POPULIST POW-WOW.
Susquehanna County People's Party
Holds Convention at
Montrose.
fperioJ to th Soranton IVftuiu.
llONTRosi, Pa., Aug. 81. About
seventy-five Populists attended tbe Sus
quehanna county People's party con
vention in the oonrt bonse here yester
day and nominated ssnatorial, congres
sional, representative and county
candidates. Tbe attendance was pur
suant to a call upon nil voters interested
in tbe party's principles and in point of
numbers was vastly different from a
like gathering last year when less than
n seore of delegates were present
The following nominations were
made: For congress, E. A. Weston,
Brooklyn; for state senator, James
Lonergan. Silver Lake; for representa
tive, Aaron Stockholm, Franklin Forks,
and Sidney Masters. Susquehanna ; for
prothonotary, E. W. Watson. New
Mllford; for eoroner, Dr. C. D. Deoker.
Montrose; for jury commissioner, Wif
Ham J. Heavey, Silver Lake. The leg
ialatlve nominees were empowered to
select their own conferrees.
Susquehanna county is considered
one of the most favorable sections in
the state for the People's party move
ment and the candidacy of Sidney
Masters, of Susqnehanna, is expected
to draw upon the Republican and Dem
ocratic vote from tbe fact that he Is a
leader in several labor organisations.
The invention adopted resolutions
declaring fealty to tbe national plat
form, citing tbe $10 per capita plank
of the Republican atate platform as a
happy omen, attributing present fin
ances to perfidious legislation, dubbing
tbe wealthy as "the real anarchists who
should be crushed," condemning the
Republican "partisan" administration
of county offices, ridiculing the reoent
Republican oounty convention and fa
voring a reduotion.in offiolal salaries to
lessen the ourrent money depression.
E-A. Weston, Brooklyn, chairman;
E. W. Watson, New Milford, secre
tary ; 8. J. Northrop. Montrose; W. C.
Deakin, Susquehanna, and G. D. Nash,
Brooklyn. Wars elaatad tha
committee for the ensuing year.
DR. FRASSOM'S SUDDEN DEATH,
He Was Attending- Patients Vj Till 11
O'clock the Previous Night
Dr. M. A. Fraisom, of Mooslo, died sud
denly of heart trouble yesterday morning.
He had been attending to patients uo till
11 o'clock Thursday night and was as" welt
as ever upon retiring for the night.
Dr. Frassom was a man prominent In bis
profession and one ot the leading citizens
of Mooslo. He was born at Lyons, France,
and with his parents came to this country
when quite yonng. He enlisted in the
Fifteenth Pennsylvania cavalry when only
fifteen yeara of age, serving with distinc
tion during the whole war. He was a
member of Colonel Fred Taylor Post, No.
19, Grand Army of the Republic, of Phila
delphia, and Keystone Lodge of Perfection,
A A. St, R., of Scran ton. Dr. Fraesom
studied medicine in the University of
Maryland and the Medioal College ot
Memphis, graduating from both these in
stitutions. He was a resident of Moosio
for eleven years,
THEV ARE CHEERFUL CONTRIBUTORS
Soranton Taxpayers Do Not All Take
Advantage of the Time Extension.
Mayor Conn ell yesterday signed the
resolution extending the time for the col
lection of city taxes until Jan. 1. Not
withstanding tbe fact that it was freely
sdvertised that this extension would be
given, hundreds of people flocked to the
citv treasurer's offloe every day since the
collecting began, showing conclusively
that Soranton taxpayers are cheerful con
tributors. Deputy City Treasurer Ruane said yes
terday that tbe average collections since
Aug. 21 amounted to abont 14.000 per day.
When it is considered that this money is
paid in by those who pay several taxes,
and who do not stop to consider the mat
ter of interest on their money, it oan be
readily seen that no small number of peo
ple have within the last few days stepped
up to the oity treasurer's desk.
:LL POSTER REESE AGAIN.
More Trouble Beoausa People Don't
Know the Value of Newspaper Ads.
Last month John W. ' Reese, the bill
poster, was arrested for tacking advertis
ing matter on telegraph poles. Ever since
then Reese has been lookinc out for other
violators of this partionlar eity ordinance,
vowing that if he could not use the tele
graph poles as bill boards no one else
should.
Yesterday he discovered J. P. MoCor
mick, of Philadelphia, tacking a big eradl
cator advertisement on Linden street tele
graph polos, and forthwith he had the
Philadelphian arretted. Alderman Fuller,
before whom he was taken, gave blm the
minimum penalty, $1 and costs, whioh was
paid.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington. Aug. 91. For
eastern Pennsylvania and New
Jersey, fair; northwesterly winds
becoming northeasterly, i'or Delaware
and Maryland, fair: northeasterly winds.
For western Pennsylvania, fair; slightly
warmer; variable winds becoming southerly.
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