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appear Monday.
TWELVE PAGES-84 COLUMNS.
SCRANTON, PA.. SATURDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 6, 1894.
TWO CENTS A COPY.
THE TRIBUNE HAS A LARGER BONA FIDE CIRCULATION AMONG SCRANTON BUSINESS MEN THAN ANY OTHER MORNING PAPER
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ANTI-TAMMANY
IS
Colonel William Strong, a Republican, Heads
the City Fusion Ticket
DAVID B. HILL MAY WITHDRAW
Willing to Resign the Nomination in
the Interest of an Independent Ticket.
Judge Gaynor Backs Out of the
Harness A Winning Group Selected
by the Committee of Seventy in New
York In the General Scramble for
Back Benches Democratic Politics
Become Slightly Mixed.
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New York. Oct. 5.
'HE sojourned sonference between
tbe Tnrions anti-Tammany or
ganization was resumed at 4 40
o'clock this afternoon in the
United States Charity building. Dele
gates were present from the anti-Tammany
Democrsoy, tbe Strsckler Inde
pendent County Democracy, tbe Good
Government elubs, tbe Committee of
Seventy, tbe German American
Reform union, tbe Republican or
ganisation and tbe Grace Democraoy.
C. C Beaman presided. In calling tbe
conference to order, Mr. Beautan said
that he was eager to bring matters to a
conclusion as rapidly as possible, and
was prepared to give tbe message of
the committee of seventy to tbe people.
He then read a letter from John W.
Goff to tbe effect that be appreciated
tbe honor of being nominated for
mayor by the committee of seventy and
the German-American union, bnt he
waa compelled by bis doty to decline
the Domination. Mr. Goff urged that
there should be a combination against
Tammany ball, and that itsrulesbould
be destroyed in New York.
Mr. Bsman then announced tbe re
sult of the conference. "We just re
solved," be said, "that tbe head of tbe
ticket should oe a Repnblioan." He
added that Col. Strong bad been
ebosen for mayor. Mr. Beaman eulo
gized Col. Strong, and said that there
was no tarnish on bis name, and that
be was one of the foremost bniine&s
men of New York. "I say now," be
eontinued, "that even if yon do not
accept CoL Strong we will fight for
blm and find ont bow many men are
back of the committee of seventy,"
Tbe whole ticket presentod by the
committee of seventy is as follows:
Mayor, ColonHT TWHlam"3T"Strong; re
corder, John W. Goff; president of the
board of aldermen, John Jeroloman;
sheriff, Otto Ketnpner; jndge of tbe
superior court, Henry K. Beekman;
coroners, Dr. William O'Heagher and
Dr. E. W. Hoeber.
UK. HILL MAY RETIRE.
Une of tbe prominent leaders of
Tammany Jttali stated this morning
mat senator mil would resign the
nomination lor governor if an indnn.n
dent ticket were plnced in tbe field, and
mat li Mr. ralrcblld were to recelvn
ucb nomination a meeting of the Dem
ocratic state committee would be
called at once' to accept tbe reslgna
tion aud indorse Air. Fairobild's nom
Ination.
In view of the other rumors, Jndirn
Gaynor was asked today if be would
seceptths nomination for governor if
ill" should retire and it were offered
to mm.
"1 have nsver beard of such a propo
sition, so have nothing to say on it.
Don't say that I said anvthinsr " ha re
plied. At noon the judge left tbe court
nouse in Brooklyn with a friend and
crosaed the bridge on his way to New
York. He went to the Democratic state
headquarters, where he met Senator
Hill, with whom be was in conference
foranbonr. He declined to say any
thing afterwards.
S. S. Whitehouse, who is chairman
ot the committee appointed by tbe
"regular" or Bell Democrats in Brook'
lyn to proffer tbe olive branch of bar
mony to tbe independent or Shepard
faction, said this forenoon that he be-
iievea that Senator Hill would send
declination to the state committee to-
wurruw mu ion eitner uaynor or
urece wonia be the candidate for gov
eroor.
,.,?.?,KL.. N 0ct- 5.-Judge
milium w. waynor nas declined toac
cept idc nomination for Judge of tbe
conn or appeals on the Democratlo
siate nonet.
DANIEL NOT IN IT.
Ice limes tomorrow will publish
the following: In all tbe conferences
yesterday more or less talk was heard
of tbe attitude of the administration,
and tbe presence in town of Colonel D,
S. Lament, secretary of war, was taken
as an indication that a personal repre-
euinurt) oi toe administration was
interfering with the campaign. Colonel
Lsmont himself exploded these theories
to a reporter of tbe New .York Times,
Who saw blm last nisht.
"I have been in New York," he said,
"purely on business conneoted with
tbe war department and to keen en
gagemenU made a long time ago with
army omelets, Uatside of army offl
cars yon are the only person I have
seen since my arrival in tbe city.'
An Intimate friend of Senator Hill
In discussing the apparent lethargy in
vemooraueciioies, explained tbe sllua
tion ions;
"Up to noon today It was by ne
means sottled that either Senator Hill
or congressman Lock wood would ae
cept the nomination tbe state eonven
tion bad forced upon tbem. Eaeh was
wining to yield to some other Demo
Crat, It tbe rlcrht man vu nhmmn. At
no time since tbe convention adjourned
um iiu.r one oi these canal
astes expressed a willingness to
accept tbe nomination, and at
all times tbsy were perfectly will
log to retire in favor of Democrat
Wbo would' conciliate and unite tbe
party. Not till today, when Judge
Uavnor declined the honor Senator
Hill wished to impose upon blm, of
taking tbe nomination for governor,
was it determined that Hill would lead
the ticket Had Gaynor accepted Hill
wonld have retred and taken tbe
atump for blm ana tbe rest of tbe
ticket" ' .
CRUSADE
Senator Hill's first speeoh in the cam
paign will be made at Utica, October
17, and his last November 8 at Elmirs,
where for tbe last thirteen y ara be bus
nnuuily wound np tbe campaign.
SCALDED TO DEaTII.
Shocking; Fate of Mrs. Ward, of New
Mllford.
Sotcial to th Scranton Tribune.
NewMilford. Oot. 5. Mrs. Ward,
widow of tbe late Charles Ward of this
place, was badly scalded yesterdsy by
tbe upsottlng of a kettle of hot water,
from the effects of wbloh sue aiea
bont noon today.
Mrs. Ward was about sixty years or
age, and had resided in this place for
many years.
LOST A LOWER JIB.
Expsrlenoe of the Brig Waubuo. in an
Ocean Gale.
Philadelphia. Out C The brig
Waubun, from Savannah, reports that
on Sept 26 and 27, in latitude of Savan
nah daring a gle,in standing on snore
for sea room, she burst ber jibs and
lower sails, lost one lower jib entirely
and shipped a cargo of timber.
Hue suetslned no apparent damage.
WHEAT IS VERY LOW.
Producers Compelled to Sell at Prices
Below the Ordinary Cost of
Raising Crops.
New York. Oct. 5 R. G. Dun &
Co.'s weekly review cf trade tomorrow
will say: Tbe lowest prices ever known
for wheat and cotton necessarily imply
somewhat restricted consumption of
other products. With the cbief money
crops of tbe south and west sinking In
value, it is not strange that purchases
ot manufactured produota are smaller
than was expected. Wheat has touched
the lowest point ever known for op
tions, and lowest ever known in any
form witb the present classification.
Prodncers are compelled to sell at
prices below the ordinary cost of raii-
ne crops, in some western states mere
is also a lamentable failure of the corn
crP- . .
YV beat suffers most from accumula
tion ot stock. Tbe condition of tbe
industries is in some respects more
satisfactory. Evidently tbere is a
arger demund for Iron products tban
there was a month ago, though tbe in
crease in output bas been somewhat
greater than tbe Increase to the de
mand, so that prices steadily tend
downward. Bessemer pig is selling at
$14 90. with steel bars at $1.05. while
contract to snpDress tbe principal
western competitor in nail manufac
ture is expected to bold- tbe -prio-al $1
for wire and 83 cents for cat nails,
Tbe structural market Is fairly active
at tbe west, without change at tbe
east, and while the coke output has
now become the heaviest ever known,
149,775 tons for tbe week, the price is
declining, and steps are being taken to
limit tbe supply.
Commercial failures In third Quarter
of 1894 have iuvolved liabitities of
$29,229,916, exclusive ot banking inni
tutlons and railroads, against S33.409,-
S-'l, reported a year ago tor tbe mime
quarter, and for nine months of 1894
tbe liabilities have been $131,094,002
against $251,334,265 last year. The
manufacturing liaMlitio were 112,
831,892, agsitist $23,005,864 reported i
year ago, and iu trading $14,131,230
for the quarter against $58,814,176
year ago.
for tbe month of September tbe
liabilities have been smaller tban in
any month this var. only $6,897,124.
of which $2.904 .873 were on manufac
turing and $3,650,093 of trading con
Crca The failures for the past week
have been 219 in the United States
against 320 lust year, 39 in Canada
against 41 last year.
HAD MONEY TO BURN.
His Farm Went Up the Chlmuey in
Emoke.
Cincinnati. O. Oot 5 JasDer T.
White, of Sycamore tnwnsip. reoentlv
sold a farm for $12,000. He bid tbe
money, cash and notes, in an unused
chimney, not telling his wife of tbe
hiiling-place.
Ua 'iuesday sbe bad a number of
visitors and made a fire in the bed
room where the money was bidden.
The whole amonnt was burned up, Tbe
eonpie nave another farm leit
On the Retired List.
harhibburo. fa.. Uct. & orders were
issued from national guard headauarters
tbls evening placing Captain Thomas
Kyan, Jr., late of Company G, Third reni
Client, aud Cnptain James Molr. latu ot
Company C. Tbirteenth regiment, on the
roll ot retired officers.
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
Fargo, N. D., had its fl.-st snow Carry,
The Canadian minister of finance will bo
to Lionaon to negotiate a loan.
Six St Lonls people were killed by
street cars and railway engines in one
day.
Labor unions ot Missouri will wage war
on the American Protective association
and similar bodies.
While going to n fire at Chicago Captain
William Hand was thrown from a hose
cart and fatally hurt
The sndden sinking of the tug-boat W.
J. McCalden. at a Brooklyn dock, nearly
cost me uvea oi tnree men.
Bandbaggers at Toronto waylaid Frank
Dnpre, a Rochester drummer, and secured
i,uu, oesio.es oauiv injuring mm.
Avenging the murder of bis father ten
years ago, Henry Ferguson shot Thomas
Sweeney, a St, Louie motorman, at bis
post. -
Acquittal was tbe surprising verdict at
Staunton, Vs., in the case of Mrs. Mamie
McCauley, charged with killing her hue.
band.
In resisting an attempted hold-up, C.
N. BidwelL a Seattle (Washington) bar
tender, was shot dead, and tbe murderer
escaped.
Divorce was granted at 'Frisco to Miss
Tbel Brandon, the actress, on account of
cruelty of ber actor husband, L.
StockweR,
Charges that President T. R. Hazard, of
the Bedgwlck City. (Kan,) bank, forged
trust deeds of 123, 000 are .declared black'
mail by tbe accused man.
Mrs. Angelina Crane, who died Sept 20,
at tue tiolel Brunswick, .New XorK, gave
sa to ner daughter (Mrs. Kobert J. blm'
nions), and too, 000 to charities. J
OLD VETERANS
HONOR
caching Incident
of Governor McKinlcj's
Tour.
HE DEMONSTRATION AT AYOCA
Battle-Scarred Soldiers Weep Over
the Son of Their Old Commander.
Colonel Fred Grant Captured by the
Enthusiastic Veterans Governor
McKinley and Party Tendered an
Elaborate Banquet at Des Moines.
Des Moinks, la , Oot. 5
HEN tbe cbief aoostle of high
protective duties. Governor
McEiuley, reached Council
Bluffs from Omaha for break
fast this morning be found awaiting
him a large number of his friends from
liferent parts of tbe conntry. Among
them were General O. O. Howard, U.
A., commander of the de
partment of the east, Colonel
Fred Grant, Tecumseb Sherman, Major
Hoyt Sherman, General G. M. Dodge
and a score of others Nearly the en
tire number was eastward bound, and
fter Governor MeKinley bad addressed
tbe crowd In the public square, with an
appropriate introductiou from Gov
ernor Jackson, bis special car witb
that ot Geueral Dodge was attached to
tbe east-bound Rock Island passenger
train and the politicians and tbe vet
eran survivors of tbe Army of tbe
Tennessee resumed their fraternal in
tercourse.
At Avoca. one of the places where
ha train stopped, a large proportion of
tbe audienee were Grand Army veter
ans. Gov. McKinley spoke for ten
minutes and then gave away to Col.
Grant
enthusiasm over grant.
At tbe very mention of bis name the
veterans went frantic. Tbey stormed
the platform and almost smothered
him in their embraces. His bands
were canght and his arms stretched
akimbo. Old men clasped him around
toe necK ana soDDea aloud, and ex
clamations of "Gol bless you' were
mingled with cries of "I was with your
rather bere and there, a number ot
the famous battles of the war being
mentioned.
Meanwhile tbe rest of the party bad
reached tbe train and it moved out of
tbe station. The absence of Colonel
was not noticed until Walnut.
some lour miles distance, bad been
reached. Here a wired inquiry de
veloped the fact that Avoca being a
changing station he bad managed to
secure a special engine and was speed
ing eastward. Half an hour later be
rejnlned his party and was received by
the veterans with a volley of cheers.
It's the first time a Grant ever got
left," said General Howard, and above
the roar ot laughter Colonel Grant
shouted : "Bat it was worth while being
left for such au experience."
Dee Moines was reached shortly after
6 o'clock, Since leaving Omaha in the
morning Gov. McKinley and bis
friends bad addressed fourteen crowds
aggregating some 40,000 men, women
and children, and had bowed their
thanks in response to greetings from
assemblages at a dozen additional
points.
THE STATE TURNED OCT.
When ths capital city was reached
it seemed as though half ot tbe state
bad turned out to bid welcome to the
visitors. Tbe thoroughfares leading
from the depot to tbe savoy honee were
almost impassable, and tbe olieering
was tempestuous. Every few feet tbe
carriage containing Governor McKin
ley, General Howard, Colonel Grant,
Mr. Sherman, aud others of the party,
were oompeilea to come to a standstill.
and old army veterans fought with one
another for a obanee to shake bands
witb the sons of the warrior statesman
and the geueral of the armies.
Tonight Governor McKinley ad
dressed an audienee of 5,000 at the
Tabernacle, and a sssond meeting at
roster s opera bonae bere. Five times as
many people as resolved admissions re
malned on tbe outside and were ad'
dressed by other speakers.
After tbe meetings Governor Mc
Kinley and Jackson, General Howard
Colonel Grant, Tecumseb Sherman and
others Of tbe visitors were tendered an
elaborate banquet. Governor McKin
ley resumes bis trip at 0 in the morn
ing. making the first speech at Ames
at 7:30 and reaching St. Paul at dusk
FOOT BALL LOOMS Ul1
The
Inter-Collegiate Association Wil
Meet in New York
City Today.
New Haven, Conn., Oot. 5 In New
xork tomorrow afternoon will take
place tbe annual business meeting of
tbe Interwmllegiate Football associa
tion. It will probably b the moMm
portant meeting ever held, aa tbe ex
istenoe of that body seemingly hangs by
a thread.
sAt the close of last season the with
drawal of Wesleyan and tbe University
of Pennsylvania left ooly Yale and
Princeton as members, aud the anomaly
of 'an association consisting of two
members, governed by a constitutional
and a regular playing schedule and
award or championship was presented,
Tbe curtain is likely to be run down
on this faroe tomorrow.
Daring the past few weeks the Yale
and Princeton mnnagoment have been
iu correspondence with various onl
lege teems, and If the association
wishes. Us ranks can be swelled by tb
addition of enough oolleges to make
tbe body as large in membership nam
here as ever.
Cornell is anxious to join, and it
understood will make formal applies'
tion for membership at tomorrow
meeting. Whether tbe Yale and Prinoe
ton delegates will consent to admit
that college and form a triangular
affair Is uncertain, put it Is thought
probable. The dissolution of tbe as so
olattou seems inevitable as a choice to
be preferred rather than lower
ing the standard ot play by
admission ot minor oolleges.
Tbe fsct tbat no "X ale- Wcsisyan games
have been arranged tbls year has pro
voked considerable comment bere. The
two oolleges have been tbe best of
friends. It bas always played more
practice games with Wesleyan than
with any other oollege, bnt hard feel-
Inge arose last year at the withdrawal
of Wesleyan on tbe day of tbe sched
uled Yale-Wesleyan championship
game, and a slight difference in the
matter of receipts this year has given
rise to a large coolness.
Wesleyan. on ber part thinks that
Yale players treated her team roughly
on the last New Haven trip, and seems
glad to be released from meeting Yale
this year.
CZAR REPORTED DEAD
" m
Startling Humors float In European
Cltlei.
Amsterdam. Oot 6 A report readi
ed the bourse bere today from Parts
that the csar was dead. As a result
there was a fall in tbe price of RusslaaJ
securities.
Paris, Oct. 5. Serious ramors were
circulated bere today in regard to the
condition of tbe czar's health, Trans
actions on tbe bourse, In consequence,
were weak.
STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING.
L. D.
Hall's Large Barn
is Totally Se-
troyad.
New Milford, Oct 5. Daring the
thunder shower on Thursday evening
the large barn belonging to L. D. Hall.
fonr miles east of this village, was
struck by lightning, causing its total
destruction, together with tbe con
tents.
An insurance of $1,400 on the build
ing and contents will nearly cover tbe
Iocs.
BALTIMORE MOURNS.
The Orioles
Have Become Demoral
and Will Not
Play Ball.
ized
Baltimore, Oo. 5. Hundreds of bast
ball enthusiasts who bad arranged to
go to New York tonight to see the Ori
oles and Glanta play tomorrow can
celled tbeir engagements. Tbe New
Yorks won tbe second game of the
Temple series muoh as they won yes'
terday a game by out batting tbe home
olub and the rooters were ssd in con
sequence. It was not alons the game
however, that eaused ao many heart
aches. More properly should tbe dis
satisfaction be attributed to trie units
of the players while off tbe field.
ID is morning some oi ine piayers
were sulking and wrangling and Ms
Grew openly asserted tbat he would
not play another game, it was men
tbat tbe people of Baltimore, as tbey
became acquainted with tbe zaets, n
a an to critizise the pennant winners,
Recalling that they had shown tbeir
anDreciation ot tbe base baliists in
way which reordered on tne pnnceiy,
tbe citizens insisted that the players
show a liks aDDreoiation ot favors ex
tended and defend tbe city s lair name
for sportsmanlike conduct
Manager Hanlon presented tbe con
dltion to tbe players and tbey were all
on the field tbis afternoon, but tbeir
minds were in a chaotic state and
nerves not of the steadiest Tbe boys
nut un a good game of ball, however.
and Dartially redeemed themselves in
tbe ODinlons or tbeir rnenas.
A crowd of nearly 11.000 persona were
on the grounds when game was eel led
It waa an ideal day for base ball. New
York earned four runs in tbe third
inning. Baltimore tied tbe score
in tbeir bait of tbe same Inn
ins and took the lead in tbe
seventb. The Giants tied th
score in tbe eighth and won out in the
ninth through Jennings error. I ihe
side would have been retired bad Jen
uings made what wonld erdlnarily
have been an easy play. Tlernan
triple cleared tbe bases. The Orioles
scored one and had three men left on
bases in tbe nintb.
Baltimore. .... 000000090 0-6
New York 0 04000000014-B
Hlte-Battmore, 6; New York, 14. Er-
rors Baltimore, 2; New Xork, a Bat
teries Uleanon and Robinson; Meekin and
Fairell. Umpire Hurst and Emslie.
GREAT BAIL GAME.
Boston and Wllkee-Btrre Clubs
Flay
Wlthont an Error.
Wilkes-Barre. Pa., Oct. 5 Wilkes-
Barre and Boston played u flue game
here this afternoon, the only score be
ing a home run drive by Baunon in the
seventb inning. Belts, the oeuter-
fielder of tbe home team, waa in tbe
box, and only gave Boston six hits,
while Nichols also pitched a superb
game, com teams piayeu wuaout ao
error. Score:
WilkcsBarre..O 00000000-C
Boston 0 0000010 x-1
Hits Wilkes-Barre, 8; Boston, 0. Er.
rors-Wilkes-Bnrre, 0; Boston, 0. Batter
Irs Betts aud Warner; Nichols and Han
zeL Umpire Kittrlck.
PENNSYLVANIA POINTERS.
While insane. Miss Catharine Beutz
hanged herself at Carlisle.
A Pittsburg school teacher, Mrs. Mary
E. B trickier, hanged herself.
Partridges in Dauphin county are more
plentiful than for many years past,
A warrant Is out for the arrest of Law
yer J. M. Funck. ot Lebanon, who 'shot
Fred Turner.
Rev. George J. Marts, a Lebanon preach
ar. who struckvbis head In a fall a
month ago, is uow, insane.
Thn I'nmherland Valloy Traction com
pauy ran iu firstcarover the Susquehanna
river at narrisourg.
Tbe death warrant of Antonio Rizzuto,
to be hanred at Pottsvllle on Uoo. 4, was
signed by Governor Pattison.
Attorney C. La Rue Monson, of Wtlllaras-
port, will be Founders day orator at ts
high university next Thursday.
Voters of Carbon county will In Novenv
ber decide whether the publle debt shall be
lnoreased 178,000 to pay for the new court
bouse. ,
Bonn brothers, merchant tailors, of Lan
caster, failed yeterday afternoon on an
execution for (3,913, being Issued against
them. Their liabilities are about fcl.oOO,
and their assets are estimated at about
A0OU.
FALLING ILL
KILLS SIX
Sadden Collapse ot Masonry Catches the Fire
men at Datrolt.
SPECTATORS TERROR-STRICKEN
While the Firemen Were Directing
Streams Upon a Burning Building
the Front Wall Falls-Five of the
Workers and One Spectator Are
Killed Instantly Ten Other People
More or Less Seriously Injured
Previous to the Fire the Building
Had Been Condemned as Unsafe.
Detriot. Mloh.. Oct. 5.
F
IRE at 7:45 o'elook tbis morning
completely gutted Keeoan &
Jahn's furmturn etr.re, at Nos.
213, 215 and 217 Woodward ave
nue, entailing a loss of $00,000 on stock
and $25,000 on the building. The fire
started in the boiler room and shot up
the freight elevator abaft, obtaining
snob headway tbat tbe firemen were
unable to save any portion ot the build
ing or contents.
At 9:15 the front will of tha bnildlncr
fell out Five men were killed and a
number seriously injured.
ine usi or killed and injured Is as
follows:
DEAD.
lilZUTENANT MICHAEL B. DONAOHUE. of
cneinical engine No, 1.
Richard Dkly, pipeman, engine No. 9.
John W. Paqkl, pipeman, engine No. 9.
Martin Ball, pipeman. No. 9.
JCLIK (it. CCMMINQB, truck No.
Fred A, Busbar, a spectator.
injured.
Fred. Dbaheim, engine No. 8, badly in-
E. a Stevens, chemical No. 1, badly in.
Jnred.
Uichaxl C. Gray, badly hurt about bead
and body.
LiIbdtenant Patrick O'Rourke, Engine
ou. o, uauiy mj'ireu.
F. E. bTocKs, pipeman, engine No. 8.
Bartholomew Cronin, pipeman, engine
11 u. o.
John B. Newell, truck No. 8.
Leslie E. Met lmorray, fireman,
Thomas Gdrrv, fireman.
Henry Hebriu, spectator.
None of tbe last six named arc badly
injured.
i be floors of the building fell la at
UIj o clock, and the front and rear
walls immediately collapsed, Tbe
men otiLngine coiapanyNo, 9, Cheml
cal JNo. 1 and True No. 2 were work
ing in tbe windows and doors of tbe
ground flxtr in front. 'In tbe rear tbe
men of Engine company No. 8 were
playing on tbe fire from a bridge tbat
Bpauuvu (no euey. adc men were
working olose to the rear walls, and
when they eollapsed they were com
pletelp imbedded in tbe debris. Every
uiaii iu mt company except tbe cap
tain was more or less Injured, and
r rederlck A. Bassey, a speotator who
wbb iBuumg oeneata ine bridge, was
killed.
The work of rescue was immediately
began and in fifteen minutes tbe men
who bad been working in the alley had
been taken out Tbe firemen working
in front of the bnilding did not fare so
well, bowever. When the first crack
of the railing floors was heard, the men
etarted to run. but the walls came down
on tbem so swiftly tbat all were bnried
under tons of brick and mortar. Tbe
walls did not fall outside of the middle
of tbe sidewalk and the last brick
bad scarcely touched tbe walk before
tbe work ot rescue in frout began.
The first body reoovered was that ot
Lieutenant Donaghue, then the bodies
of Page, Djly, Cummings and Ball
were taken out in succession. Michael
Gray was badly injured, as was also
Stevens. The bnilding was a fire story
brick, with twelve-inch tilled walls, and
it is said tbat it had been condemned
as being unsafe. The insurance on the
building foots up $10,000, and on tbe
stock about $50,000.
VETERANS MEET HIM
Governor McKinley Rtoeived bv Old
Soldiira at Council Bluffs.
Council Bltjff3. !,. Oct. 5. When
Ixoveroor Alclimley reached this city
morning to take part, for a conple of
days In tbe Republican campaign, be
was treated to a pleasant surprise
the form ot an impromptu reception
from members or tbe society ot tbe
Army ot the Tennessee, who were
about to scatter, after their annual re
union. After greeting! bad been ex
changed, the governor made his first
Iowa speeoh from a stand erected
tront of the Grand botel.
in
Governor Jackson introdnced the
speaker, who urged his hearers to
vote in November as to prevent tbe
Democratic party from cutting deeper
Into the Industries of tbe country and
draining tbe life blood of Its industrial
Interests. He paid a bigh enlogy
Senator Allison. The governor and
party left at 10 45 for Des Moines.
GOVERNOR CURriN'3 ILLNESS.
A Slight Chang for tha Belter in Hi
Condition.
Bellefontaine, Pa., Oot. 5. Ex
Governor Curtiu's condition tbis even
ing Is about like it was this morning
a little improved over yesterday
although the change is probably due
to the stimulants administered,
Thongh be has rested fairly well all
day be has taken very little nourish
ment,
He has been couselous all the time
aud osn converse with the members of
bis family, but uo strangers are per
mutea to see Dim.
GAVE A LAD A FINE PLAYTHING.
Boy Terribly Burasd by Lighting '
Bottle of Powdor. ,
PiBBAic, N. J., Oct. 5. Walter W .1
laoe, aged 10, living with his par nts
on Prospect street, was horribly
maimed. A neighbor who was mov
ing gave the boy a bottle of powder,
telling blm it would be something to
play with. . Wallace touched a match
I
to the powder and a fearful explosion
followed.
The flesh was torn from bis face in
shreds, his soalp was almost blown
from his bead, and his eyes were badly
I Injured. He will Drobtbiv lose his
sight. Pieces of tbe bottle were em
bedded In tbe bonrc ot bis faoe.
BAY STATE REPUBLICANS.
The Work of Their Convention to Sa
Short and Sharp.
Boston, Oct 5. The Republican
state convention will meet in Mnsio
ball tomorrow at 10 a. m. Tbe session
bids fair to be short and sharp. Con
gressman William Coggswellot Salem,
win preside.
senator Uenrv Cabot Lodge will pre
sent the name of Governor Greenbalge
to the convention and move bis re
nomination by acclamitlou. Senator
Hoar will be chairman of the com
mlttec on resolutions and will
read the platform, which will eon
tain less than six hundred words.
It will reiterate well known Republican
principles, and will make no allusion
to tbe A. P. A.. BimDlv demanding a
public school at common charge, free
from partisan or sectarian eontrol, bet
ter Immigration and naturalization
la we and no distinction of birth or
creed in the rights of American citizen
hip.
MONGOLIAN UPRISING
More Trouble for China Troops
from Pekin Sent to Quell
Disturbance,
Tientsin, Oct. 5 Reports have
reached bere tbat a rebellion bas broken
out in tbe province of Mongolia.
iroops from Pekin have been sent to
qnell the uprising. Serious troubles
are also said to have arisen within the
palace of Pekin. No details have
reached bere yet.
A number of Europeans from outiy
lug districts are arriving bere. The
residents of tbis place are taking every
precaution against an anticipated at
tack on tbe part of the natives.
Shanghai, Oct. 6. The Chinese mer
chants are cancelling freight contraots
to uieiyo and Tientsin, owing to tbe
report tbat the Japanese intend to
blockade those ports. Several Japanese
war ships are patrolllcg tbe coast near
Wei-Hni-Wei, tbe Chinese war port on
tbe Chan-Tang promontory. Tbey
approaon tbe coast at night and steam
away again at daybreak. It is said the
ol jtct of these movements is to prevent
Ubinese warships from leaving Wel-Hal-Wel,
or Port Arthur, on tbe op
posite side of tbe Yellow sea.
It Is stated here that the Japanese do
not Intend to Interfere wito the expor
tattoo of coal to China. .
London, Oet 5 Concerning the or
ders iisned by the admiralty yesterday
tor. the first class oruiser St George,
now at Portsmouth, and the seoond
class cruiser JEjIus, of tbe Medoterra-
nean squadron, tbe Times says: "The
Increase of onr naval force in Chinese
waters is not of a kind to hurt the ens
ceptiblllties of any power. Our plain
duty is to keep a force there sufficient
to protect our fellow-subjects in case
ot nesessity. We earnestly trust that
tbe necessity may not arise, but the
cabinet were obviously bound to make
timely provision against it
Tbe Si. James Gazette says tbat tbe
interests of England. France or Russia
are closely involved In tbe possible
bresblng np ot the Chinese Umpire and
that it la believed that Russia has slg
nified that she cannot any longer re
gard the progress of eveatc In tbe far
East with indifference.
Tbe Manchester uuardtaa is in
formed tbat Rnssia and Great Britain
have definitely decided tbat the settle
ment of the war must be an interna
tional and not a Japanese affair. Ger
many and Franoe are satd to have
acquiesced in this deoision, while the
policy of tbe United States is still re
garded as uneertsin. Rnssia has
already warned Japan that tbe future
of Korea concerns the Russian gov
ernment. MR. SINGERLY'S TOUR.
Will Swing Around the Circle with His
Friends.
Philadelphia, Oct 5. Chairman
Stranabau tbis evening gave ont an
itinerary for tbe first week's meetings
on tbe tour, whioli gubernatorial can
didate William M. Singerly, and bis
colleagues on tbe Democratic atate
ticket, propoce to make in tbe closing
davs ot the atate compaiRn.
Governor Robert E. Pattison, Secre
tary of the Commonwealth William F.
Harrity and Attorney William U,
Hansel have accepted invitations to
accompany Mr. Singerly on the trip,
and among others who will expect to
be witb the party for part of the time,
if not for the entire tour, Hre ex-Jus-liee
of the Supreme Swinel G. Thoinp
son, David W. Sellers, Dallas Sanders,
James H. Beck, N. J. Ryan and others
ot this city; Robert L. Wright and ex
Judge Edward Harvey of Loblgb; Sen
ator George Ross of Bneks, ex-Con-gressmnn
B. F, Myers, ot Dauphin;
District Attorney John M. German ot
Luzerne, ex - Solicitor General
George A, Jenks, ot Jefferson, R.
Jones iHonaghan of Chester, Grant
Herring, of Colombia; ex-United
States District Attorney George A, Al
len, of Erie; Congressman Simon P.
Wolvertin, of Northumberland; James
Denton Hancock, of Venango; ex-Congressman
Dinlel Ermentroat, of
Berks; J, Ross Thompson, of Erie; W
Rush Gallan, of Franklin, and others.
FRESH FOREIGN FACTS.
Premier Crispl celebrated his 75th birth
day and received hundred of congratula
tory messages.
Official estimates of French crous In,
dicate a SO per cent increase in the oat and
barley yield over tbat of 'US.
Andrew Carnegie bas given 12,000 for a
library in Jedburgh, Scotland, and bas
received the freedum ot the burg.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Wabhinotox. Oct. S. FwiPMt
'or eastern 'nnj!tatn'a: Gn-
allu fair durino Saturday, west
winds: iliahtlu cooler in eastern A'eio
York and extreme eastern Pnnmlaa,
For western rtunitylraata ytnerally fair
in interior, but light heal shourrt art
liktly txccvr at laist stations, west winds.
FINLEi'S
Fall and Winter
UNDERW
AND
HOSIERY
We have now open the most
complete stock of Underwear and
Hosiery for Ladies, Gentlemen
and Children ever shown in thia
city.
v e mention a few specials:
The Stuttgarten Sanitary Wool
In1, Vests, Panta and Com
bination Suits.
The f Wriiit" Hcaltii Underwear
For gentlemen.
Special drive in GENTS' NAT
URAL WOOL and CAMEI3
HAIK SETTS.
Ladies' Swiss Ribbed
In Silk, Silk and Wool and
Cashmere, Black, White and
KatnraL
We call special attention to our
Ladies' Egyptian Vests
and-Pants at
25 and 50c. Each.
The Best for the Honey Ever Offered.
And Ladies' Combination Suits.
Our special at 1, $1.25
aud 1.50 up.
Full line of Children's Goods, in
Scarlet, White and Natural
Wool, Vests, Pants and
Union Suits.
510 and 512 Lackawanna Ave.
MINERS'
OILCLOTIII
Wholesale and RetaiL
H. A. Kingsbury
313 Spruce Street
TELEPHONE NUMBER 4COL
LewiSj Reiliy & Davies
School Shoes
Ton know how that Hvnly, enercetlo hoy of
four's knocks out his shoes. tVe'v bean
thinking of him providing tor him and bis
dostrnctire energy. We have a regular wear
duly ing ghee from 50o. upward.
Lewis, Reilly & Davies
114 WYOMING AVENUE.
New Store
New Goods
Wedding Presents
Wedding Presents
tine line of DORFLINGEE'S
RICH CUT GLASS just re
ceived. Also, a fine line of
CHINA, BANQUET LAMPS
and
Silverware ,
408 Spruce Street
W, J. TOHEL, Jeweler.
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