V"'. I EIGHT PAGES 56 COLUMNS. SCRAXTON, PA., TUESDAY HORNING, JANUARY 1, 1895. TWO CENTS A COPY. THE SLATES ARECOMPLETED Fred W. Fleitz Unsuccessful In His Candidacy for Reading Clerk. SETBACK TOR J. A. SCRAXTOX One of the Rumors of the Hay Credited Him With Gubernatorial Aspirations Four Years Hence Sam Hudson Gets an Empty Honor. Bpeclal Correspondence of The Tribune. Ilarrlsburg, Dec. 31. This has been a day of caucuses with the members of the legislature. Both partlos haw held their conferences, but, of course, those of the Republicans were the most Im portant. The Senate Republican slate committee was in session until mid night before agreeing on a list of offi cers for the senate. The members were confronted with .the difficulty of trying to fill about thirty places for which there were live times as many appli cants. It took considerable figuring to parcel out these places satisfactorily to the forty-three Republican members, yet the committee feels It has accom plished this. Edward W. Smiley, of Venango, was selected for chief clerk; James B. Carson, of Butler, reading clerk; Joseph Young, of Philadelphia, Journal clerk; II. R. Thorpe, of Mercer, executive clerk; W. J. Robinson, of Erie, message clerk; Herman P. Miller, of Dauphin, senate librarian; Rev. P. C. Hardens, of Harrlsburg, chaplain; Jo seph Wooley, of Philadelphia, clerk to Judiciary general committee; James r. JIarrah, of Beaver, sergeant-at-arms; James Rellly, of Philadelphia, superin tendent of folding room; Edward Adams, of Philadelphia, engineer; E. M. Mackln, of Philadelphia, ilreman; R. W. Greenman, of Philadelphia, assist ant sergeant-at-arms; Wlllam McAn any, of Philadelphia, watchman. The house Republican caucus was presided over by Jerome B. Niles, of Tioga. Harry Walton, of Philadelphia, was chosen speaker by acclamation. A committee of thirty, one member from each congressional district, and two a: large, was appointed to select a list of officers of the house. John R. Farr rep resented the Eleventh district on this committee. The committee has thus far been able to agree upon A. D. Fet terolf, of Montgomery, for chief clerk; Jere B. Rex, of Huntingdon, resident clerk; and E. J. Randolph, of Pittsburg, Journal clerk. The fight of the night was over the reading clerkship, for which there were four candidates, Ed ward Taylor, of Delaware; Fred W. Fleitz, of Lackawanna; Lucius Rogers, of McKean; and R. Nichols, of Craw ford. The battle waxed warm und furi ous and was undecided at midnight. Later Representatives O'Malley and Farr succeeded in landing James Watklns for reading clerk after an ex citing contest. Fred W. Fleitz was backed by the other members of the delegation for this place, but the popu lar young members threw their support to Watklns, and with the assistance of Lieutenant Governor. Watres they have fceen assured by the slate committee of his selection. Forest R. Nichols, of Crawford, has been selected for mes sage clerk, with John T. Shoener, of Schuylkill, for sergeant-at-arms. Democrats in Caucus. At a caucus tonight of the twenty nine Democrats In the house John II. Fow, of Philadelphia, was chosen perm anent chairman and Fritz, of Columbia, made the nominee for speaker. Other candidates were named as follows: Chief clerk, Samuel E. Hudson, of Rcranton; resident clerk, George M. Wangaugh, of Dauphin; reading clerk, Albert Williams, of York; Journal clerk, H. W. Bowers, of Berks; message clerk. It. M. Jacoby, of Monroe; postmaster, H. J. Fostnot, of Mllilln, and doorkeep er, William Kreidler, of Monroe. The Democrats in the senate have selected Laubach, of Northampton, for presi dent pro tern and Green of Berks for permanent chairman. The Democrats nominated Colonel Jacob S. Dillinger, of Allentown, for Journal clerk, pf Elk county, message clerk; and John Hill, of Lehigh, postmaster. Scranton's Alleged Gubernatorial Bee. The legislature will probaibly adjourn after its organization until one week from Wednesday. This will enable Speaker Walton to complete his com mittee assignments and arrange other preliminaries. Governor Paulson's message will be sent to 'the legislature tomorrow. It is a long document end is said to contain some surprises. The retiring governor will take advant age of tils opportunity to send In a valedictory full of partisan "ginger." One of today's bits of current politi cal gossip was a story to the effect that Congressman J. A. Scranton's presence In this city yesterday and today was In deference to a gubernatorial bee whWh It was said had begun to buzz in hlstiead and which looks ahead to 1898. Inasmuch us 'there has been no open au thority for such a story, and since lead ing Lackawanna Republicans deny having been consulted with reference to Ihiait kin4 of a programme, this story Is probnibly a canard, sprung by oftlco ' eeekers. It -was, .however, given a color of consistency by Mr. Scnanton's activ ity In supporting Fred W. . Fleltz's candidacy foi , house clerkship. It Is remarked her that had Fleitz won a place In the bouse organization, ha would have bee (n a good position to look aflter Scnanton's interests. If Fleitz's camdidac) fwvd any such ul terlor significance,, his defeat would eeem to Indicate tht the state organl gallon Is not warming to the Lackawan na congressman. New Faces In tin senate. The new faces In tha sena-te, which will aitrtrtaat special attention because of ' the prominence of the Hissing ones, Whose place rthey fill, indole those ot James C. Vaughan, of Lackawanna, . who replaces M. E. MoDOqald; the Bucks county Republican,. Renry G. Moyer, wiho succeeds the late Georgi , Rosi, leader of the Democratic Vide of the chamber In former sesslont; the Montgomery county Republican, ftonry v. aylor, who succeeds Dr. Arthur D. Markley; Harvey W. Haines, a York Democrat, Who will occupy the seat f "the veteran grangeir, Gerard C. Brown; Alfred W. Millelsen, the Meohanlcsbur.i Republican, who displaces the Jackson Ian Democrat, William Penn Lloyd, anl M. L. McQuown, a Clearflpld county Republican, who takes the desk of P. Gray Meek, now surveyor bf the port of Philadelphia. Another senator, who, like Mr. Saylor, of Montgomery, was sleeted upon e. platform of opposition to the re-election of Don Oajneron to the United S dates senate, is Chris C. Kaiuffman, of the Lancaster district, heretofore represented by Winfleld S. Smith. No voice was oftener heard in the senate than that of 'the Lehigh peda gogue and lawyer, Milton C. Hennlnger, wtho Is succeeded "by Harry G. Stiles, of Allentown. Grant Herring's mantle falls upon J. Henry Cochran, of Will lamsport. Ex-9tate Chairman William H. Andrews displaces the Crawford county Democ;'at!ic senator, S. J. Logan. John J. Coyle, a Republican representa tive In the last session Is the successor of Democratic Senator Monaghan, of Schuylkill. The ratio of thirty-three Republicans to seventeen Democrats Is changed to forty-three Republicans and even Democrats, In the senate. The familiar figures who agaln appear In clude all the old Philadelphlans, aind, among oUhers, Jesse M. Baker, of Dela ware; Henry D. Green, Berks; John II. Landls, Lancaster; S. J. McOarrell, Dauphin; General Gobdn, Lebanon; W. H. Hackenburg, the Northumberland champion. of an excise commission; L. R. Keefer, Schuylkill; ex-Auditor Gen eral Lemon, Blair; Messrs. Fllnn anl Upperman, Allegheny; and James S. Fruit, Mercer. Old Timers In the House. Of three conspicuous old-timers, John Cessna, B. L. Hewit and George V. Lawrence, all ex-speakers, who were leaders in the last house the first two are dead, but Mr. Lawrence will be back to introduce and battle for a con gressional apportionment bill giving to Philadelphia and Allegheny counties each an additional congressman. The best known of the other missing states men or the house, as enumerated bv a sprightly "old timer" In the press gal lery, will Include Captain Ziegler, of Adams; Emmanuel Werthelmer, of Allegheny, whose efforts at liquor legis lation always made a stir; Samuel M. LafTerty, of Allegheny, who had a hard road to travel as chairman of the com mittee that hnndled the Penrose bill to abolish the Public Building commis sion; Captain John W. Nesblt, the tow ering hickory of the Youghloghenv; uavia h. uranson, the Chester county expert on blue blood sheep; School master Edward Towksbury. the cham pion of antl-dlscrimlnatlon, anti-free passes and enforcement of all the dead letter provisions of the constitution; Samuel M. Wherry, the constitutional expounder and leuder of the Demo cratic side of the house, whose county, Cumberland, puts Republicans In both Its seats; and George E. Heyburn, of Delaware, learned In agriculture, but unsophisticated In the devious ways of the Hill." Big, eloquent Captain Sklnner.of Ful ton, is succeeded by a' Republican. The humorous Henry Butterfield, of Erie, and the Yankee make-up and address of J. Russell Thornton, of Payette, will be missed, as will also the stalwart labor exponent, M. T. Burke, of Lucku wanna; the Public Buildings ctminiia Bloners' catechlzer, M. N. Bernhard, of Lehigh; the sprightly young leader and convincing talker. Walter E. Rltter, of Lycoming; McKean county's former candidate for speaker, W. E. Burdlck; i-armer- Taggart, of Montgomery, who Is dead; S. A. Losch, of Schuylkill who was never uninteresting; C. C Thompson, of Warren, speaker of the last house, and H. M. Bortnpr, thu pas toral bard of York. i ; Other Interesting Notables. With the majority of the most widely Known of the Philadelphlans will re turn to the house appropriation conv mlttee Chairman Marshall, of Alle gheny; John Kearns, who Is just as lonely a Democrat from Allegheny as John H. Fow will be from Philadelphia; the red-headed hopeful Armstrong strategist, S. B. Cochrane; the Brad ford county Bon of Plymouth Rock, F. L. Kinner; Prohibitionist D. B. Dou thett, of Butler; Chester county's cham pion manipulator of sliding boards for Democrats with contested seats, D. Smith Talbot; George Kunkel, Dau phin's timber for the speakership; the mild-mannered editor, Ward R. Bliss, of Delaware; the Huntingdon "man who looks like Quay," P. M. Lytle; the gigantic local optlonlst, Noah Seanor, of Indiana; the persistent advocate of compulsory education, John R. Farr, of Lackawanna; the suave antl-Pen-rose-blll pleader, H. L. North,, of Mc Kean; the champion absentee of the last sesBlon, F. A. Comly, of Montgom ery, and his colleague, the Beau Brum mel of the house. Editor B. Wltman Dambly; the shrill-voiced objector and protester, John A. Klpp, of Pike, the leader of the ruqal tax agitators, Jerome B. Ntles, of Tioga; the flowery Union editor, B. K. Focht, and the oil region's mouthpiece, H. H. James, of Venango. AH the Philadelphia papers today contained notices of the tight against Fleitz. The Press had the most accu rate account. It said the Lackawanna delegation was evenly divided over the reading clerkship, part of It being for Fleitz and part for James E. Watklns, whom Representative Parr urged. Mr. Watklns had originally been a candi date for a clerkship In the state depart ment. Both General Reeder and Lleu-tenant-Governor-lect Lyon opposed Fleitz, because of his tactics In the Roblnson-Lyon fight of last spring. Compulsory Education Again. It Is as good as settled that John R. Farr will have his old chairmanship of the committee on education. Mr. Farr will again Introduce the compulsory education bill that Pattlson vetoed, and It will be unchanged in any Import ant detail. Many other Important bills relative to the public school system will be presented to the legislature for Its consideration. A bill to prevent teach ers frcrtn appearing in the schools sup ported' by the state In their religious garb has been pwpared by Representa tive Talbot, of Chester, at the instance of the Junior Order of American Me chanics and other patriotic orders, and will be offered by Mr. Talbot. Bills will also be introduced for the establish ment of township high schools, provid ing for a census by the assessors of children of school age to ascertain how many are without the benefits of educa tion and amending the law governing the annual examinations at the state normal schools so as to Increase the number of superintendents of schools to conduct the examinations from two to six and providing that the superin tendent may be taken from any locality In the state. The last three named measures have been prepared by Su perintendent of Public Instruction Schaeffer and he will put forth every effort to secure their passage. , Mr. Farr will not have the compul sory education field all to himself. Representative Seyfert, of Lancaster, who takes great Interest in school mat tors, has prepared a bill to promote public school attendance and to re strain truancy. While the 'bill does not contain the words "compulsory" and "arrest," the first section of it requires parents and guardians of children be tween the ages of 8 and 15 years to send them to a public or private school for at least sixteen consecutive weeks In each year, provided they are not be ing Instructed for a like period In the common English branches or their mental or physical condition renders attendance Inexpedient or impractica ble, or they live more than two miles from any school by the nearest trav eled road. Absences not exceeding five days during the prescribed term are permitted, but the loss of time is re quired to be made up. A violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor, punishable for the first offense by a fine not exceeding $5 and for each subse quent offense by a fine not exceeding $25, or by imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, or by both, at the discre tion of the court. The second section requires school directors or controllers to provide sufficient accommodations In their districts for all the children of school age and to appoint necessary truant officers to apprehend all child ren of the proper age who habitually frequent or loiter about public or other places and have thorn sent to school. These officers shall receive such com pensation as the directors or controllers shall provide, the money to be paid out of the school fund of the proper dis trict. A AVW U1I1CI9 rruviuvu rui. i Section three makes provision lor schools for the accommodation of ha bitual truants in separate rooms in public school buildings. In these schools all the common English branches and Industrial training shall be taught. Section lour provides for the payment of fines for violation of the act Into the proper school treasuries. Section five authorizes the superintend ent of public Instruction to appoint a competent person, at a salary of 51,800 a year, whose duty It shall be to as certain to what extent the law is com plied with In the cities and school dis tricts of the state. The superintendent of public instruction is authorized to withhold one-half of all public school moneys from any city or district which, in 'his judgment, wilfully omits and re fuses to enforce the provisions of the act, to be paid over to It when he Is convinced that it is complying with them. The act Is to go Into effect July 1, IS'JS. DUEL WITH REVOLVERS. Desperate Fight Between Dr. liicgcl and Hlllhtm Bibler. By the United Press. Easton, Pa., Dec. 31. Yesterday morning the quiet little town of Bloomsbury, N. J., nine miles from Easton, wus startled by the report that a duel had been fought between Dr. L, E. Rlegel, of that place, and William Bibler, of Philadelphia. Dr. Rlegelsaldhemade a professional call at the home of Albei t Beers, who lives near him. AVhlle there-he met Bibler, who, the doctor alleges, stole his wife's affections and broke up his household. Rlegel and Bibler began to quarrel in Mr. Beers' house and wore ordered to leave. According to the doctor's story Biblor opened lire on him with a re vllver. The doctor received a bullet through his coat collar, which plowed up the back of his head. He emptied his seven shooter at Bibler, who wns struck by one of his bullets over the heart. The bullet did not enter his body on account of a picture and a pocket book which he carried in his vest pocket. Bibler is employed as n. plumber at Philadelphia and is a cousin of the wife of Dr. Riegel. CUT HER HEAD OFF. Mc.Mullcn Kills His Wifo and Then Com mits Suicide. By the United Press. Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 31. After quar relling together for hours William Mc Mullen, a laborer, early this morning attacked his wife with a hatchet and almost cut her head off and then cut his throat, dying in a few minutes. Mrs. McMullen survived her husband but a short time. Insurance Companies Insolvent. By the United Press. LancuBter, Pa., Dec. 81. At the sugges tion of Attorney General Honsel, Judge Livingstone today Issued a decree dissolv ing the charters of the Lancaster County Mutual Live Stock company anil the Pennsylvania Mutual fire Insurance com pany, both companies being Insolvent. Killed in a Ktinuway. By the United Press. Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 31. While returning from church lust niaht the horse at tached to a Blelgh In which were seated Thomas Anderson and wife, ran away. Mrs. Anderson was Instantly killed by be ing thrown from the sleigh, her neck be ing broken. Better Faro For Uobos. . By the United Press. Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 31. The sheriff's al lowance for boarding tramps at the jail has been ordered by Judge Sadler to be Increased from four to nine cents per day. The order covers the past three years. Balance in Treasury, By the United Press. Washington, Doc. 31. The general treas ury balance at the close of the calendar year 1894 Is stated at jlw,Ui,sa:i.ll, ot which 8(i,370,14G Is In gold. STATE NEWS PARAGRAPHS. The Ornithological society of weBtorn Pennsylvania wants to found a museum In Pittsburg. Plans for a 180,000 department of publlo safety building for Pittsburg have been almost completed. Steps are being taken to Becure the erec tion of armories for all National guard organisations located In Pittsburg. The state gets J1.300 from the estate of John Becker, ot Reading, who died a your ago without heirs or known kindred. San Francisco letter carriers wi'l be reprimanded for Issuing a New Year's ad' dress. ' Falling to Inflict a mortal wound with a shotgun, Bernard Flood, a farmer of near Oil City, gashed his arm with a butcher knife and may die from loss of blood. Frank Wlngerfelt, Joseph Wlngerfolt, Harry Miller and Joseph Anderson, rang ing In age from 12 to 14 years, were placed under $300 ball each In Pottsvllle on the charge of picking a farmer's pocket of lie. iwLfke m&l T is THE DELEVftNft FIRE TRAP Fourteen Persons Said to Have Per ished in the Plumes. VICTIMS NEARLY ALL WOMEN Vpon Being Warned of Their Danger Tbcy Became Panic Stricken and Could Not Bo Directed to the Exits-List of the Missing. By the United Press. Albany, N. Y., Dec. 31. The Delcvan House fire was the absorbing topic of conversation about the city today. Interest In It was Increased when it was learned that a number of the house employes, nearly all of them women, had been bulged to death. They had rooms on the fifth story of the building and their deaths could not have been the result of anything but fright. One of the porters who went up to warn them said today that It was Impossible to lead them to a safe exit. They sim ply went wild when they learned of the fire. The proprietors of the hotel esti mated that about fourteen people were missing. It was thought that the night clerk, Charles Rosekrans, had perished but he turned up this afternoon all right. Karly this morning Mrs. Henry II. Fooks; who jumped from the fourth story window, died at the Albany hos pltal. The others injured, who were taken to the hosplt.il, will nvover. They are: henry H. Fooks, Benjamin Hell man, Mrs. Benjamin lleilman, Edward Walsh, porter; James Hennessy, flre- mun; D. F. Brockway, E. W. Arnold. The list of the dead who perished in the flumes includes: Mrs. F. H. Hill, housekeeper: May Sullivan, chamber maid; Mrs. Ray Young, of Jamestown, linen woman; Agnes AVII.son, of Atwood, Cunada, linen woman; Bridget Fltzglb bons, puntry girl; Kate Crowley, cham ber maid; Fernando BellettI, cook; Rl cardo Telesfem, cook; Megetta Staur- ena, chnmber maid; Kmllgia Tomngln, chamber muid; Simon Meyers, employe; Thomas Cannon, employe; Annie Daly, chamber maid; Ellen Dillon, chamber maid. Missing: Mary Carey, chambermaid. So far as could be learned from the hotel authorities the above list includes those who were unsuccessful in their efforts to escape. Search For Bodies to Be Made. Streams were kept playing on the ruins all day. No attempt will be made until tomorrow to search for the bodies. The thick fire wall which divided the main building from the additions was all that kept the llames from sweeping the entire block. The guests and em ployes did not have time to save any thing, not even wearing apparel. The loss on the building Is estimated at $150,000; Insurance $160,000; and on the furniture, loss $65,000, Insurance $50,000. The rentals were Insured for $26,000. A commercial traveller who had a trunk full of Jewelry In his room, which he said was valued at $50,000, offered a reward of half the contents to any one who would get his belongings. Three men entered the building and succeeded In getting the trunk out and they were handsomely rewarded. TO LEAVE HOMESTEAD. Many Dissatisfied Steel Workers Will En- gnce In Farming. By the United Press. Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 31. The Carnegie mills at Braddock, Homestead, Law rencevllle, Duquesne, and Beaver Falls will resume work Wednesdny morning. The new rates were generally accepted by the employes and 12,000 men will re turn Ho work Wednesday at the differ ent mills. The average reduction in wages amounts to probably IS or 20 per cent, from last year's scale. Muny of the Homestead Bteel workers who are dissatisfied with the cut made by the new scale will remove to Ashta bula county, Ohio. They will exchange their Homestead property for farms there. This has been done by about twenty Homestead families in the past two months. WITNESSES WANTED. Authorities Looking For Evidence In the Case Aguinst Boudcnot. By the United Press. Doylestown, Pa., Dec. 31. Sheriff Nicholas reached here tonight from Trenton, N. J., having In custody John Boudenot, the Hungarian boarding house keeper who Is charged with the murder of Frank Condo, at Morrlsvllle. The authorities are looking fur sev eral Italians who ore now In the an thracite coal fields of Pennsylvania and who are'suld to have been witnesses of the crime. HOMESTEAD MURDERERS. An Kf fort Is Being Made to Secure Pardon V of Three Convicts. By ths United Press. Pittsburg, Dec, 31. Andrew - Toth, George Rusnak and Michael Sabal, serving life intonces In the western penitentiary, convicted of complicity In the murder of Michael Qulnn during, MrJ& Business ft a strike riot at the Carnegie Steel works, Braddock, January 1, 1891, may be set at liberty. Recently, It Is reported, two Hungar ians near Scranton quarrelled. Charges and counter charges were made, result ing In the nrrest ot both. One charged the other with the HomPBtead murder. The officials, it is claimed, are satisfied that the sUry is a true one. Attorneys who defended the three imprisoned men are investigating the case, and believe that evidence sufficient has already ac cumulated to set free the men now In the penitentiary. From the evidence It Is known, how ever, that the three convicts were in the crowd that assaulted Engineer Qulnn, and it In believed that the new revela tion will hardly secure their pardon, MIXOOKi CITIZENS MEET. They Obtain DatuTliut Will Bo Presented to Select Council-It Touches on the Matter of Annexation. Last night a meeting of the executive committee of the citizens of Mlnooka was held at Martin MoDonough's store, and besides the committee a large number of prominent citizens attended. The object was to hear a report from the committee regarding the progress made toward annexing the district to the city. Civil Engineer Edward F. Hlewltt was present. It was I14 who prepared 'the map that" was Bent to councils showing the territory to be annexed. He suid that In the district that it is proposed to annex there are seventy eight blocks, and each block consists of f n m twelve to twen ty-fotir building lots. No lot has a narrower frontage than forty feet and many of thorn nre seventy-five feet wldo. Thre Is a uniformity of depth to alrfiost all of the lots; they are 150 feet deep. Altogether there ure 1,000 building lots In the district that can be assessed for taxes. These facts were Jotted down by the committee to present fo members of select council in order to prove that Mlnooka will not be a 'burden on the city if admitted. The committee was continued and instructed to lay the matter In a business-like way before the members of select council. LAUGHED AT HIS SENTENCE. .Murderer Garrett Takes 'tlio News of Ills Doom Very Coolly. By the United Press. Lebunon, Pa., Dec. 31. Judge Melly today overruled the motions, made by murderer Garrett's counsel In arrest of Judgment and for a new trial. At 10.30 this morning he sentenced Garrett to be hanged for the.murder of his wife. His voice trembled as he pronounced sent ence. Garrett took It coolly and laughed with his attorney after heanlng It. Be fore It was pronounced when asked If ho had anything to say the murderer said: "I have no more to say than that I have not had a fair trial. There are many more In this 'town worse than I." CAPTAIN HOWGATE'S PLEA. The Ex-Govcrnmcnt Official Says Not Guilty. By tho United Press. Washington, Dec. 31. Judge Mc Comas today over-ruled the demurrers filed by the attorneys of Captain How gate to three indictments returned by the grand Jury. Captain Howgato wns then arraigned and pleaded not guilty, but appended a further plea that the indictment was not found within three years after the alleged offence - therein, charged wns committed. The question as to whether the Indict ments were barred by the statue of lim itations was thereupon argued. SENATOR FAIR'S WILL. Tho Document Is I'nsatlsfactory to Ills Children. By the United Press. San Francisco, Dec. 31. Much specu latlon is rife over the will of the lute ex-Senator Fair. It was learned this evening through reliable sources that at least one of the children will contest the will and this contest will be sane tloned by the other two. The will la wholly unsatisfactory to the son and daughtera and will be vlg orously assaulted. BRECKINRIDGE'S CASE. Court Decides That Ho Must Pay for Do positions Taken. By the United Press. Cincinnati, O., Dec. 31. W. C. P. Breckinridge, who sued Gustavus A. Meyer to recover the receipts levied upon at his lecture Thursday night, lost his case today. The court sustained Meyer's cladm for services In taking depositions in the Pollard case a year ago. lllg Fire at Lock Haven. By the United PreBS. Lock Haven, Pa., Dec. 31. The picture frame mnmifuctory of Brown Bros., to gether with 'hrco dwellings, a barn and a number of outbulldlngB were destroyed by fire here early this morning. The loss is $16,000, Insurance, $7,000. h Lord Churchill Gains Strength, ky the United Press. London, Dec. SI. Lord Randolph Churchill was reported t midnight us gaining strength ' . , - (i A Coaon V.O U N C I U v V V 1 4 J&W I Stories of the Slaughter of Chinese Arc Confirmed. JAPANESE EKE ONLY HUMAN When They Learned That Their Country men Had Been Koastcd Alive the Sol diers Followed the Example of the English in India. By the United Press. Washington, Dec. 31. Little addition al Information concerning the reported massacre at Bort Arthur ''after the Japanese troops entered that strong' hold, lis contained In the unofficial mall from Tokio, delivered at the Japanese legation here todiiy.' One account of the battle says that in an engagement at Suchlatun, just before Port Artthur fell: "The Chinese behaved with their usual brutality, beheading the bodies of the Japanese, cutting off their hands, ripping open their stomachs and tear Ing out their livers. The mutilated bodies presented a revolting spectacle. The fury of the Japanese troops at the sight was deep, and both officers and men swore to take vengeance for their unhappy comrades." A telegram from Shanghai, published lu a Japanese newspaper, says that the Japanese itu avenge the Inhuman treat ment extended by the Chinese to their prlh-om-rs, gave no quarter to the troops that marched from Fu Chow to recap ture Chin Chow, butcut down the great er part of ithem. Four hundred Chin ese encountered and virtually annlhllat ed at Ma-Kwo-Llng are said to have been fugitives from Port Arthur. The fugitives encountered a battalion of Japanese In a narrow pass. The Chin ese fancied that their only chance of escape lay In fighting, and the result was heavy slaughter. The Stories Credited. The Japan Mall, an English newspa per published In Yokohama credits the stories of massacre in this paragraph "From Shanghai telegrams are belli circulated broadcast to the effect that the Japanese troops exhibited a merci less disposition nt Port Arthur, and that the killing of Chinese took place on an unnecessary scale. We think it very probable. Soldiers are human beings after all. When they learn that two of their countrymen have had their bones crushed and been roasted alive by the Chinese; when 'they see the awful mutl lated remains of their comrades killed or wounded In battle, small wonder If they set their teeth when next they meet the foe and kill as long us muscle and thew hold out. We know what our own troops did In India. "The Japanese, Indeed, ore so keenly watched and criticised that they must be denied, as far as possible, the luxury of revenge, but Mulvaney's story of the men that had seen their dead, applies to Japanese as well as to the British soldiers. Which of uh could hold his hand under the circumstances." KILLED THE BABY. Sad Illustration of the Folly of Teasing Children. By tho United Press. York, Pa., Dec. 31. The 3-year-old son of ,John Glutfelter, of Snyderstown killed Oils 2-months-old brother yester day. A neighbor's girl was iteaslng the boy about taking the baby home wltih her when the boy became angered and threw a pair of scissors at her. They struck- the balby lu the head, killing It Instantly. Victims of Diphtheria, By the United Press. Reading, Pa., Dec. 31. Paul, aged 5, Churles M., uged 12, Lat, aged 10, Liz lie, nged 2, children of Jacob K. Levun of Oley, this county, died within the past twenty-four hours or diphtheria. Ada, aged tf, wus buried on Saturday. Two oth era are seriously 111 and their death Is expected. TELEGRAPHIC FLASHES On charges of swindling St. Louts hotels, Dr. Martin Brandt, an ex-convlut of Pennsylvania, was arrested. Notice at Tiffin, O., that the natural gas would be turned off sent wood up from $1.25 to $8 ai cord In one day. MUslng-ex-Congressman W. H. Butler, of lown, who was thought dead, was found at work In Indianapolis. Jumping Into his Ice-box which he had connected with a gus jut, Paul Hchatt on Omaha saloon man, ended his life. After six months' secrecy, tho marriage of Mnriu Uurress, the actress, and Uuy W, Currier, of North Andover, Mass., Is made public. By mistaking the name, cltlseni of Cal lender, lu., elected Mrs. 1m VI. Castle, Jus tlce of the pence, Instead of nor husband, and she took the place. Trying to join his wife after two years. hiding, C. V. Klx, a Chicago embescler, has been arrested In Humburg, Germany, The closing up of the lottery concern of E. 'Fox & Co., Kansas City, Mo., ends the unlawful business In that state. WEATHER REPORT. For eastern Pennsylvania, fair; varuv bis winds. FiNLEY'S SPECIAL SALE OF MUSLIN To make room for Spring Stock. We are now selling a lot of slightly soiled goods at prices to close them out quickly. SET COVERS. -ALSO- iiinwiiynsjii:. A special job lot of Children's GOWNS Fine White Aprons at . about half price. FINLEY'S 610 aod 512 Lackawanna Ave. H. A. KINGSBURY AGENT FOR THE VERY BEST. 313 SPRUCE ST., SCRANTON, PA. A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO THS PEACEFUL. HONEST PEOPLE OF THE WORLD! Io wis, Rellly & Davles wish the peace ful, honest people of the world a liuupy, New Year. We ure huppy because we llvo In one of the mom M'osrieroun cities). In onn of tho Ix'Ht counties. In one of the largest states and the greatest country that man I privileged to live in. Among tne cities, towns, etc., that we wish to remember lot n iiarticiilitr wuy are the following; Wlkes-Hurre, 4reut llend, Kingston, C'onklln. Bennett, New Mllford. Forty Kort, Alford, Wyoming, Klngsley's. j J'nrsons. Foster, Miners Mills, Nicholson, -. , Mill Creek, FactoryvIlM Ltitllll, La Plume, YateiivlUe, Imlton, Plttston, Olenburn, Duryeu, Clink's Summit. Lackawanna, . Chinchilla, Taylor, v Muytleld, Avoch, Nay Aug, Jlooslc, lninmore, Mlnooka, Wlmmers. . Hancock, Miiplewood. Starlight, Luke Ariel, - Treston Park, Georgetown, Lake Oomo, Hawley, Poyntelle, Honesdule, Helmont, AVaymurt, . Pleustiiit Mount, Klmhurst, ' ; Uniondule, Moscow, Forest City, Couldshoro, Cnrbondiilo, . Tobyhannu. While Krldge, : Mount Pocono, Jermyn, Pocono Summit, Archbuld, Cresco, Wlnton. Henryvllle, lVckvtlle, Spiaguevllle, Olvphunt, Portland, Plckson City, Stiottdsburg, Throop. Water Gap, HlnKhnmton, Delaware, Sciunton, Muntiiika Chunk, Conklln Center. May thev live long and prosper Is th( wish of Lewis, Rellly & Davles, the honest and most extensive dealers In boots, shoes,! rubbers, etc.. In northeastern Pennsyl' vania. No. 114 Wyoming avenue, Scran ton, Pa. , li, . . . - - i Holiday Goods li ine Our doors are open to every lover of the beautiful, and we welcome all to see and enjoy the largest display of Holiday Goods that was ever put on exhibition in this city. Take a ' Look at the Diamond in Our AVinUow Can show you many more inside. ' V. J. WEIGH EL, 408 SPRUCE STREET, NEAR DIME BANK. r
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