The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, January 28, 1895, Image 1
EIGHT PAGES 50 CO.LUMX.S. SCIiAXTON'l'A., 31 ON DAY MOIiXIXCi, JAXL'AUY 28, 18'Jo. TWO CENTS A COPY, HASTINGS JSNQT HASTY In Selection of His .Military Associ ates the Governor Is Deliberate. TO ABOLISH STOKE OKDEKS A Hill Imposing a Tux I pon Checks. Or itur!!, Pass Hooks-, l ie, lias Dcen In dorsed by the 'Tabor Combine." Judicial Districts. Epcrial to the Scraiilon Tribune. llarrisbur,:. Jan. ST. ;.vernor Hast ings is making haste si vvly !n tin- se lection of his MalT. The pressure f or place in Ids military family is so great that whin the s I, etimis art- announced thiy will !;!; 'y cause much surprise and wonj-r. tu fay nothing of the elis appoiiU:ii".'its and ht-ai iburnings. For fix wi- ks mt.-ii speculation lias been indu'.g- 1 In in to Ihf probable? s 'lec tions, bul nothing definite Is known, except tl.at Henry Hall, the bright an 1 versatile l-gi.- iativ- cui : -1 rr t of the Pittsb-..rg Times, is to be an aiil-. At th- c bj-t . f the ca'uii:'". tu et'ns n Tuesday last St was iti i.iy an nounced that the 1- ading oilier. and 6 few ald'S h id bell chosen and that mi one r would be issued the text day fi jin the h ii'Jquartcr.s of the N iUoik.1 'JuanJ. 'formally a.iin.'.in?lt:g the ap pointments. Tl.e older w.,s prepared for th placed by A lj printer aril was ac-alt ! n type wli- l; it was with l'M'.vn it.mt : n ra! ilreeninti.l by !:- rv'ii..ii i.r tii.' n .r. Th" !i.i!!!!'U'."Tis . .f a ininib-r "f p r po.'.s f.ir ..Me will '!- . I't to ."'-nale "M Tuesdjy and !t is thought th.. ilt v.'ill Inciud' several ;-t:ilf otti -.rs. Wh.le it he nut known eui-id- otiici-il circles who has b- en y,. -ete.i f .issis'.-mt a ljutant een ..'!-.! 1 the c- n-.'a! itnpr' ssi n is tliat the p. rr-.u e'le-s n f..r this pia V a persona! ftl.-nd of lie- go ellhough it is i n -toiirii y t cdjutant K"ii.TI t.. s. b'.-t !ii fiinei.il St' wart has w.iv.- l the - v..;i ,'ern' 'T, .'.v the ;-: mt. r lit h'vwr. an I thus k; III" K- V at v.!i" en pipiiirtnn.ty a I 11'; cii.i.js.s. !'.. Ftery w:i rir (V :.n I J. I.. m-ml' r i. f i ; til-- in.iuciiral 'II .;.l-it. d at th" c t.,it.i; r. .f i:-!!' f a !: iv.-r's sl all' hat . a in 1 a P' .n il ;'i i"i' i f ' I liod lieen rli't 1 f p-n'-r : !. Th in a a e!!irm e;- d- ny til's th y d-i !ar it i- iir f..i. ii' I Spar.s'.-r w.il ;..'.- t:i : llastii'.K.". cpja ; r-niast'-r i-.h.'.-lty r- fi-sd t. r-T" .mid but now rind that a ni'-mb-r of the staff. The ((thcr Staff Anpnintmcnrs. r.dunc! Warrell, cf i!i" Taird n-iri- j m-nt. v.-as tin-u.-rht t have bc-.n it- d i 1c li:-n--ter K-neral, ii'ii M-i i'lv -r-t-tt Warren, a'. ST.ar,t..n. for Jnli!" ad- -.orit" (f'-neva!. Th'-r- U no d'.u'ut tiiat CoWm 1 Warn il w .uM jrarlly a-'''-'t i if tend --red th!: pia"". but it is f til be j wKl not be appoint .1. M ij.-r W arr- w can have the Jmlc- ad.i.eate i" iier.il-. i f.aiD for th arkinir, liut it Is un br- , rt"X.l h-re that he do.---n't win! it and 1s not lik' ly to be appointed to a posi tion f' : v.al' h he has no likir-'. Tr. J. K. I'atnrs..n. of lMillad"ldiia. was in the city the j,at w-'-k to lay la-fore th Kovernor his l;:!ris for th-.-appointment of ijuarantine physii-ian nt I'liilaiielpliia. The doetor has be. n ttrf'nfly indorsed, y.'t bis r-lianees ,,f ippolntmeni ai- not v.-ry proml'ir-.. jovernor Hastings is v-ry f'-nd of the jH'iinibcnt, Ur. 11-nry f". I --i n lutr. a yMin.'ldiysieian appointed by his preilo nsvor, and hn.s l"ciil"d to re-appoint him. To Ahdi-h Store Orjcrs. A bill InPiided to wipe o at ;t"re on'.ers has been ( ndors -ii by tlif "labor combine" in the legislature. It im poses a tax of P) p"r cent, upon th face vahi" .,f nil order.", checks, divi dends, coupons, passbooks or other paper renr "entinir wap'-s und l.-sue j ly nny person, linn, partnership, cor fioration or association enraifd In prac tically any kind of business -xi"-pt inerchandisitiir and aKrlciilture, which havf not been redeemed In lawful money of .the fills m! Stabs withoi (thirty days from the issuing then of. All p.-rsons. linns, etc., lsKiiing sucli oi'lers or other paper are required to report the full amount to .th" iiudl'or general for taxation on or before loc. 1 of cadi year, and fail nr.- to do so Is punishable by a fine nf LT. per cent, on their face value. 15 per cent, of which shall (to to the Informer. If lmn.ed the tax would purely Toot out the store-order evil as elT'-ctiially s tlm II per cent, tax on state b.mk Iksucs did nway with wiblcat money. Tie; objection to It Is that those IssuInK 1he order would, In reality, make the employes pay the tax nnd thus Int. n nify tlie present evils of the store-order nystem. Additional Judicial Kislricts. The Judicial tipportlontnent question Ik attain lufore the legislature. Hills providing for additional law Judges in W'ashincton anil Westmoreland roun itles have already been put thrown tlu house ond will be read tin- first time In the nenate when It re-convenes tomor row cvciilni;. Then- are also on the calendar bills, whli-h will come up 'bin week In the regular order, creating cir cuit courts of npp 'iils, providing for an diUtional law Judge In Delaware coun ty eres'tlng separate orphans' coucls In Lantasler ami Schuylkill counties, le tachlnff Jefferson county from Clarion and making It a sep uat" Judicial f!s trtct, providing "r :iie retirement on fuillpa.yiifJui!gc!'w-,i"li.'ivesiTvel a cer tain term und rcuched the age of seven ty. The only Judges whom the last measure affects are Judges Hare, Alll on ami Kinletter, of Philadelphia. All these measures are well under way and are llk"ly to go through without much opposition. There have been few sessions of the leBlr.laturi. ninre the passago of the pnsent Judical apportionment at which ndJUIoiial law Judges have not been grunted to one or more districts. There are now eighty-live common pleas and eight orphans' court Judge"! In Pennsylvania, riilladelphiii has II common pleas and 4 orphans' court Judges; Allegheny, ' common pleas und 2 orphans' court; Luzerne, 3 common pleas anil 1 orphans' court; llcrks, 2 common pleas and 1 orphans' court; flehuylklll ami Lackawanna, it common plea each, while Dauphin, Lancaster. Northampton, Chester, York nnd Mont ffomery and the combined districts of Fayi'tte-.'Jreenand.McKean-l'otler huve each two Judges. There ure thlrty-Hlx districts with a single Judge each. There are neven Justices 0f the u prem court ami llfty-flve assuclule Judges, a total of 100 Judges learned in the law and lifry-llve not learned In the law fur live unJ a half millions people. Kngland, Scotland and Ireland com bined, with a population six times as large, have not nearly so many, al though much of Die commercial busi ness in these counties Is disposed of be fore pttty sessional courts presided over by justices of the peace fur the counties. I or mi Agricultural Hcpartinent. An Important bill will be Introduced In the house this week which has for its purpose the organization of a Depart ment of Agriculture, the chief of which shall be known us the secretary of agriculture and be a member of the gubernatorial cabinet. The idea is i gijup the various bureaus of Dairy and food Commissioner, Lluard of Agricul ture, forestry Commissioner, Zoology. Weather Service and State Veterinar ian under one head. Those who fdvor the mea.-iure say the consolidation of th ae various boards and commission ers in one department will effect better r--sul;s and cost the sta.te little more than the present scattered system. As nearly as possible the department will lie organized on the lines of the similar department a.t Washington. It is be-li'-Ve-l (Jovernor Hastings Is in sym pathy with tile purpose or the bill as indicated by s.mie remarks in his in augural address. DOTH OK M. K (ilKIiS. Unssia's prime Minister Posses Away lit St. I cter-.bur His Part In Preserving i the Peace of I ui ope. I Uy the i'lliteil press. Si. Petersburg. Jan. 2T. M. de (ilers. minister of foreign al'airs. Is d-ad. M. d" tiiers died of inllammation of the lungs complicated by neuralgia the heart. Tiie funeral will take place on Wednesday. j M. De liiers had ample training f ir the ; important post which his death has Juvt i r. n-'-r.- i va.-an:. for from I, Is eighteenth i y.ar h- bad b - n empluy-d In the inrei:;ii j s-'i-vi -,. of i he If.i; sl.in empire iiiid had j . rv. d his king lor nearly tlfty-foiir years ' us ambassador and mir.i.-t ! of Hat . i Ni.-aoli:- K'arloviteh lie ibers was 1 r. on May :-., l': . au father, C-irl I . lii IS. was it Svv.-.ie. lie liiers was e l l- .-a'. l ai the Imp' rial l.y.t aia sit '!".- 't---ku.-V Jo. where he took ih- utiiie , i-oar.-e, ;J. l 1VJ,, ..filer,.,! the A-il'te' de- , iai '.iie-at i,'' i. e ministry of af fairs. In Ml In- was att.e he. tu th" It is- ; slan I'on-iil.ite !n i!.,!.;avi.i. v.-e re he ; S'-rv-il i . i r some ;. . ar-. In -ti he atteii'l. 1 ! lieie ral Liie l-rs in the Hungarian cam- paittn .s lilpliimatir ndviser. and was ap- I I 'ii.:-!. .': s a l'e.vard j..r t.i.s servie.-.-;. a-t i i.ei:i"!l!or, ret elvlnt' ihe order of Si. S;.i!ii?l:is of the fourth I;..- -. Tnereaft r he was in Heii'-nry fur tvo years; in 1 hi. went to Cur.. -1.111111, op!" ; s ! chief S'l-ietary of tl.e embassy, and ! tle nen. aiP-r three years, he was S' r.t to 1 Koamuiiia as chief chancellor to Ih" com- j mis.-.i.ry..leii!j,r;i ntlary of Wallaehia und .Moldavia, lb; w.-ls a .special a-'ent of the, ministry pf foreign affairs during the ; 1 !,mcnn war. In a.ii he heoaiiie consul geaieriil in ll';y't. and In iv.q returned. In the si'.wt eapueliy to Moldavlii and Wal-la.-hla. Ther.j he remained, live years. In IsC ha was ma le amliassador to the shah, receiv ing at the sane- time the order of St. Anne of the Ilr it class. During his si:; years' service in Teheran, h" did much 10 j strengthen the friendship between itup.Va 1 and i'i.r;-!a. In y'. receiving 11 still hi -her order of chivalry from the em peror, he . as sent to Switzerland as min ister; and in h" went to SwcVn in the same rapacity, rind if ived the t vo-v.-s of the highest orders of chivalry to which a Kussiaii subject can aspire, those nf the orders of the White Ilagle and St. Ale;:- ! ajid'-r N.-vsky. ! He attended the king of Sweden wh' n t that monarch visited isuss'a in is;:,, and j In December of that year was appointed senator, assistant to Prince fioriehalioff , in the minis! ry of foreign affairs, and chief of Ih" Asiatic department. In tills j kilter position he renvsciiti d itassin in the continual controversies between lirit I pritaln and Ihe czar over ( i-nual Asi-in : matters. While preserving the outward forms of peace, he never allowed fin r.t , itritain to gain an advantage, hut steadily ' pushed P.iisliin ires.iee .'iislward. In PT'I he acti-'i ,-is minn-ter of foreign affcars ! while Prince (Sur'ehakoff was absent, rind ' did so again In 1s77. In lTS he racllcally ! siiecc'.ii, 'i 1 ;rirtctiaKoir in liie ministry, though he did not obtain the tit if of for eign minister until the prime's resigna tion in .March, I'M.'. His ibplomioy alone prevented a war with Cueat I'.rlliiln in IKK I, win n Itnsslan troops actually atliu kd an Afghan force at I'. njdeh, almost under the eyes of the IliV.tlsh boiiuduiy commissioners. .More recently he has been occupied with help ing lo preserve the ea.re of Huropc. and at Iho same time strengthening Hassle's hold over Turkey and In Asia. Never dis heartened by a defeat he had few defeat iiulte as much us his predecessor and preceptor, Prince f iortchakoff, did he abide by the former's famous saying: "Itiissla doi-s not sulk, she meditates." In IK'Ji 11. De filers made a Journey to Paris to nee his granddaughter, of whom he was very fond; such, lit least, was the rciissin given for a man of 71! years trav eling hifndreds of miles In winter. It was not generally believer! that his affec tion wits nolle so strong as that reason would Indicate. It has been repeatedly iist;ert."l that ihe understanding between Prance mi l Itiissla, was due largely to ,M. lie liiers. It was while on his way to vlrlt his sick daughter at .Moiitreux, 111 November, Ph::, that AI. He liiers met Illsinan k lit Danl zle and I'riedrlchsriili, which meeting wan followed bv the withdrawn! of the Itim- 1 shin troops from the Austrian frontier and by Ihe meeting of the three emperor, (spoken of ubove. II. He liiers wus mar ' rl' d to the Princess Ciintucuzetie, a niece I ... .-,.rt,.i.L,.fr Stole neopntru'v Jewelry. Ily the I'lilted Press. i'hlr iigo. Jan. 1:7.- The l'ld Columbian museum lit .liickson Park, yesterday was lohlicd of llgypllnn gold nei klaces valued ul ir.,ml. Two men lire locked up charged with being tint thieves. The neeklueua were of very rare design. CAIil.K WllISl'J.KH. If. Jules fluesile, Socialist leader In thu chamber of deputies, Is seriously III. M. Treinoiilel, ex-prefect of Corsica, has been nneiUid on u i harge of enibcz.le nient. The Irish parliamentary purty reerdved li:i.,'si in conlrlbiitlous from thu I'ui'.ed States iliii lng IMll. I'rlnce Alfred, only son nf Iho Duke of Huxo-Cnbiir g-IJothii, Is betrothed to the Duchess 1-liBii of Wurtemberg. The Hurl of Aberdcn hus been madi- a vice president of Ihe ulitl-itainbllng leagao of Mngliiiid, at his exiuess wish. Kmpiror Wllllsm II has sent a wreath for Lord Randolph Churchill's collln, and a message nf condolence to his widow. 1 A the result of a violent quarrel he tween Catholics and Socialists In the I lei -glum chamber of deputies, the president of thu body resigned, A report that Mile, Lucie faure, daugh ter of the president of France, Is be trothed to M. pun! Deschnnel, member of thu chuinlier of deputies, Is denied by the president. . STILL SIflSTHE CMS rassenjiers on IJrooKlyn Trolley Lines Huve Narrow Escapes. STKIKEKS AKE YET HOl'EIl'L liuilroud Officials, llonerer, Cluim That 'lhey dun Kim Their t ars to the l ull Copncity-No l ines Op erated After Haik. Py the f nited Press. P.tof klyn. Jan. 27. The city of chun his had a comparatively quiet day. The t roups were ready for any gatherings of rioters that might be re ported, but were not ordered out in nny numbers. The Seventy-tirst regiment, which -had live companies at the lier gcli strc't stabi.-s. was moved to the Twenty-tiiii d r. ginn-nt armory last night. The Tliiit-enth l-'giment was also h. Id in its armory all night. Tin's; two regiments and Troop A were under waiting ordi rs in the exp'.-ctation of trouble in il-iv.-'i ',,!i,t tod.iy. The day iKii.-d qiti.-t in Father (I'llire'H baili wick an I th- ir.'i.p.i did not Invad.- the section of ihe city wki.se citizens al V mat' ly le-titioti the mayor for cars and stone cars when they arrive. In various outlaying places, as well as on many 'built up streets, wire cut ting an I stoic- throwing was indulged l)i. ;:n ! ;i number f arrests were mad". The 1 ii'vcii Point ears lost many panes of glass, and the Cross Town cars Were not run to South Dr.. , klyn and the l-lrie Ha-'in district. A car ..f tile Ham ilton Av. ill!.' line was stoned at Ham ilton aveiiii" and Mill street at L'.IHJ p. m. A plice of brick came through tile win dow an.f narrowly missed 11 young lady's le-ad. She screamed and ran mil . on tin; platform of the car. line of the ( two poilei men on the car got off and , gaz"dat tie-sky. as though liecxpiT'ted a j meteoric fail of stones and bricks. The i cjriducti.r pointed to two men running a cross a vacant lot and said: "There j th, y go." Th" police-man made no ut- j t. nipt to fellow them, but returned lo 1 his st on tin- rear platform. The car v . nt oil without further trouble. Tie- Inst car from Fifty-eighth site t to Foil Hamilton w; started at :; p. m. It g"i as far as Sixty-eighth .street. h-Te lie' tr.r-k was f mnd to be' bb.i k.id" I. Til-re w..s a gang waiting f .! th" car. It was stoned and the moil ".man nnd endu-tor hit. Another en j 1 ntta-'k' d tii.- car a: Ni::.ty-! c'r'lith sire.-t. A g 'ng of mounted po lice charg. 1 th- ci d nnd scattered it. The guardsni"!! of the S -coinl brigade an- fixing f,r ; long stay. Their quar ters in the various car houses have been changed from the lower floors to the upp"r floors. Strikers Advocate Moderation. j Tin- strikers ure quiet and peaceful and iidvoeate moderation in all cases. 1 A number of non-union mr :: nrrlve-d tit the Halsey ptri-.-t rb'pi.t last night and j are being Instructed now to handle the , ens. Th" strikers do not congregate In crowds and the men are keeping well j within bounds. Th- consensus of opin- : Ion among them Is that a linn front and j a steadfast position on their part will , win the light. j Olllcials of the railway companies j claim th-'t Ih" 111' 11 lire beat-n and tli.it they can run their cars to th" full capacity Willi the m -n they have. j A conference was held at brigade 1 headquarters this afternoon, said to . have b"i-n called for the purpose of; eon."iib riiig the advisability of s. ndln..' back to their b..ni"S a pari of the troops .f the First brigade What the result , of th" conference was could not be 1 l-artie.'. I A mass nu i-ting of citizens, called In fn" lnti-r : t of the striking employes of the trolley roads, was hold at th" Athenaeum this afternoon. Hniiy; ieorge. Congressman Jerry Simpson ; and .b.s ph I., liuclianan were the speakers. !!"d hot language was in dulged In, and resolutions calling upon j the uttorney general to take action against the railroad companies were adopted. No attempt was made tonight to keep cars running until midnight. The va rious lines began to edos- down at 7 o'clock. Some we're run until ID o'clock and then all cars were housed behind the sentry line's which are thrown out around the car houses. lirooklyn Ii ad one of the driest Sun days In 'its history today. The order fent out from police lieadqua.rtiTS last night was fairly well observed unJ nearly all day saloons had both front nnd side doors nlnS'-d. This undoubted ly nlibd materially In giving tin city a iiili't day. -The Cetftral Labor union had a meeting tonight and decide el to boycott all the liu-s opeiated by non union men. Tin strikers have a new m ve tn con templation. Tiiey have tontiilted law yers and have- lieclib d to h, gin suits against the p.rooklyn Heights company for e.iii week f piy for 1 ich of the I, two men formerly in lie employ of that road. Theey claim that the laws of this rlate entitle them to one week's notice, and eilalm that they wen locked out without warning. They ulso propose to begin action ngaliisl the e-, .niia.ny for vli bit! ui e.f the ten hour law. There is a JliMi penality for each offi use iignltist thlslavv. Theyr.-iy till 1 1, Cull.. ftliiin will being mils, 'and the company will be niiih'ti d $ym.0'". Tin re Is also talk e.f suits for damages against the trojle-y cimipnnb'-f !' the hop kcoirers nnd merediaiils whose- business has been se riously affected during the past two weeks by the .failure of the compuiiles to run their cars n usuaJ. A singular Accident. There was a singular accident and a sei ne of great excitement at Fast New York at 8.111 tonight. A itrolb y car of the Fulton street line was the prime cause of the .trouble. The trolley pul. became entangled with Ihe overhead wire In some manner und 11 hIiowit of pparks rained down on the roof of the car, setillng It on fire. This was ulong Hide the Alabama aveqnie cur house, and within tin car Iioiiho was stationed WendrU'B battery. A portion of the Sixty-ninth Is also stutloned there as a guard of the buttery . Some of Ihe militiamen attempted to pull 'the trolley pule dnvn and got shocked. Others who Jumped on the platform of the cur Jumped n(T again and dfcl.ircd the car vviih alive with ele-otrlclty. While this was going on someone rang a lire alarm and a couple of fire engines dashed up. Just us Iho members of the battery run out of the car house t lie engines, emitting showers of sparks from their funnels and dropping glowing embers on the street, were driven straight ut the four cais sons belonging to the battery, la these were stored 1,000 pounds of powder, be sides fuses, caps and shell. The men of Wendell's battery ran yelling like Indians at the firemen and ordering them to stop, one f the en gines was stopped b'ss than six feet from a caisson. Showers of sparks fell all around. The horses were seized by the militiamen ami engine', horses and all were dragged away in a hurry. Tiie excitement was over in live minutes, but it was Interne while it lasted. It Is rumored that the Seventh regiment an 1 the Sixty-ninth battalion, and possibly the Si vi nty-tlrst regiment, ure tu be or dered home tomorrow. - . . . KAIL .MILL RLMOVLD. Johnstovv n to I. nose the Steel Plant of the Johnson Company. i-'y the United Press. Johnstown, Pa., Jan. 27. The John son Steed Hall mill shut down in this city tonight and tomorrow a large force of men will be put to w.c.k tearing out the machinery and loading it on ears fur shipment to Lorain, o.. where the company is building a great Bierl rail I plant. The vacated building will be used for o;!n r puiposes at an early date. The switch works, which are the mo't .extensive of tiie Johnson com pany plant h"te. will not be removed, but In all probability considerably en larged. The olllcials ;f the company say that Johnstown's loss of tic rail mill will n t b - felt, n.t the company will employ as many. If 11 it inoie. 111. n in tiie future In the other blanches of its industry. SCOW'S I.0STJN TIIE GALE. Twelve Purges Are Afloat Off the Jersey Shores -One or Iwo Men uu Lucli of the bonis. Ily the I nlted Pics?. New York. Jan scows adrit't off ashore, as the southwester wh . 27. Th' re are twelve tills coast, or ilrivin nsult of the terrible i'h has bee-n raging since 1 iily Saturday evening off the Jersey and Long b! m l shores. Marly Saturday aft.-i noon th- tug lloveiiior started for s a with tii- two city dumping sows. They were heav ily loail", with city ! fuse. When the iovciiior started the wind was Just beginning to kick up a 11.1 ly s.-,i oi'f th" llo,,k. When about t"ii miles off shore at a point nfl Kockaway th" ni'-n on th" sc. ws wi-re si' nailed to dump. The l"V. is w.-r thiown and the scows re leased of their lu avy lo.-dr, r..s blah ill Hi" wat-r, pr-sentini; j, Ki',,,tly in-ci-"USed area of hull to the howling gale which biilfet'd th"in abo'i: lik" burn la. At H.2'1 p. in. tiie II:;.,. connect ing th-' scows tu the lug pari-d and th" light scows drifted rapidly before the gale into the breakers on P.ockaway shoals. Twice the crew of the fiover nor tried to pass the drifting scows a line, but the heavy s -a prevented th"m. The cold was Int. use and Icy spray lb w In cloudscl' Mr ov.r the tug smokestack; her deeks. rails and decklious s were a mass of ha and .th ; lines were virtually huge Icicles and could not be handled with any degree of facility. The gale had become so strong that the captain, fearing for th" sao-ty of; his own crew, headed for Sandy Hook I uud gained the shelter of tin- lower bay at midnight. The dumping scows an- all staunch and stand an excellent , chance eif weathering the gale even if I they fhotild go ashore. Tin fo are two men on i nch scow. Late this afternoon ' tugs wife sent to liravcseii'l bay to save nil!- scows, which, with tic moor- , lug s"ovv to which they had le i n se- ! cmvil. brok" fr mi their anchorage 011 Saturday niirht and were driven h!.,'i i nnd dr .- on Too- .,- Island "nl'-t. These eco'.s were all loaded with refuse, and I tie ie is a man on each one. I'p to a! bit" hour tonight the tugs had not re turned. iion-L cvsn i: m km:d. Another I ire Caused by tlie l uce Curtain nnd lias Jet. Ily the fulled Frees. New York, Jan, 27. A lire which Ftart.d on 'the fourth floor of the Hotel Catqlo, corner of One Hundred and Third stri-ct end Amsterdam avenue, at 'J.'.'M o'clock tonight, caused a loss of fully $ini),ooo. The lire originated in Ihe suite of rooms occupied by Colin J. Forbes, the well known antlst, and was caused by a lace curtain blowing Into a lighted gas jet. Forty-three families, aggregating f.O persons, lived In the hotel. When the cry of fire rang through the halls 11 scene approaching 11 panic ensued among the women and children. There wus a stumped) for the elevator uud stairways. All escaped In safety. - Sfr (HI SHI l ItV If KICK. .Mr. und Mrs. I.lmer Zaue fatally Injured hy 11 l ulling Willi. Ily the f nlted Press. Green Springs, o., Jan. 27. Yi'slerday morning the Jiiyins block, on Center street, a two-story brick partly finished, was blown down by the heavy wind. The falling walls I'liught Flmer Zan and his wife, who were passing along tin street, burying bolh In tin debris. They were taken emt, .ine In a ilying condition, nnd Mrs. Zane probably fatally hurt, ..me lived hut a short time, STK1KI: TIIKI'.A'n.NLl). Ucdiietion to the Slxly fivo Cent Huto V ill ( iiiisc Trouble nt Coscliocton, I). Ily the J'lllteil Press. Columbus. O., Jan. 2". A sieclal from Coshomlon, ft., says: Notices have been posted at all the railroad shipping coal mini's In this county that on und after Feb. II the' rate for mining will be G cents per ton ubove the Hocking Valley rate. The locul rate has heretofore been 1" ci'litu more than the Hocking Valley rate. This . means a reduction from the 75 cent rale to Ci,. It Is the geiierul opinion a strike will be the result. - - The New County flriuo. Ily the Fulled Press, lli'lli fontc, Pa., Jan. 27. !l"ircentativo Wiimelsdoif, of Centre, will Introduce u bill ill the legislature for Hip formation of a new eeinnly out of the bituminous t'oul district composed of piirtN of Centre, Clearlli'ld und Blair, with I'hllllpsl.iirg uu the county 111'ut. The proisiseel division would make Clearfield ami Centra 11101 0 Democratic and the new county would be lU'publlcui. , BLOODSHEDJK PITTSTON Staliliinn Affray Which May Kcsult in Death of Two Men. 0CCIKKS OX THE .MAIN STREET Peter and Mlcuucl Judge .Met l ive Ital ians Who Were Occupying the- nolo Sidewalk -Tliey Made u Henuirk und tlio Stubbing followed. Special to the Suranton Tribune. Pittston, Jan. 27. A street light that may result in a double murder occurred here at IOHii tonight. The wounded men are 'Peter and Michael Judge, brothers, and their condition at mid night was such that the attending phy sician was unable to say whether or n.-t they will live. The Judge brothers are residents of Pittston and spent the evening with their brolher-in-lai.v. John De Foe, who resides at .Main and i.uigis streets, a shoot distance from -the Junction. I About lo. IS the young men prepared to '"" "'"". "en a lew yarns turn home, and wh 110111 i." 1'ii-s uejuse ine-y met nve Italians, who were evidently .somewhat under the Influence of liquor. They were taking up tiie entire width of tin: sidewalk, which led one or the Judge boys to make a ilispar-'glng remark concerning the conduct of the ltaliais. This angered the sons of sunny Italy, who attacked Peter Judge. , Michael dot 11 iiiin. Michael saw it was useless to combat the Infuriated Italians single handed nnd rushed back to De Foe's house and obtained a gun. In an Instant in; was again at the scene nf the light charged the contents of tin- w uid ills- 1 apoti at , one i.r ,the Italians. Tile e-harge tore away the man's coat collar, but in flicted only superlii'ial injuries. I;n mediately one e.f the Italians grabbed the gun and wrested it from Michael. I ::-nd In th" meantime knives were s -en to flash und".- the glare of the I'l-otrlc 1 lights. For about five minutes th- unequal battle wag -.1 with g,-. a fm y until sistance nnivd and the Italians we re driven aw iv. T- Jul,.... !,,. w-.-re tehm f..ii. id lying ,,n the slcle'walk in po.'is of bloc 1. Th,.y were 'al ri"d back to the ivsid-nc" i.r .e Ji, Foe and a a doct ir summon.',!. I lie Wounds Inflicted. Ii found t!i.,t Petcp hn.i i;nife v. .un 1 i,i th.- .,;, ;,i'.d another In the Sid- about s -.cti ii. !,,.. which it. risi:ired tweni;. -f.-v.-n stitches to close. Via knife s'.Hp;.. I the n.-sh off the rib. went cnnplt ly a:-, und it and rpliut c.i d the bone. After making the Wound th" knife had evidently I n tiinn-l around. What injuries w.-iv intli"t'd to the Internal e.igans tiie doctor was ; unable to determine. I Michael Judge hns a wiunil eight ! Inch's long in the- side that was only H-loced with great elitlicuity. He also j his a vv und .01 th" load caused by a ; blow from the gun. jt Is not vt known wiln tin r or not tin Tin sufferer is in n tloii. Hoth tin 11 are a very precari nis e Iniiin dial, ly aft r f-P.'llc Loltus sue f. 11 r of the live I tali are kn.c.v 11 a .Ia:m kull is fractur. d. dangerous condi r. ported to be in liitiotl. th- affray Ciii.-f-cd d in arresting Hans. Two 1 f th. m s aa.l Frank Smith and Ii.-iiie h .lani.-s has be. lights and ai i". Th. y are bad 111.11. a Implicate' 1 in nuine-rous out two mouths ng he o.valcd a sensation by going into tlie ollie.' of Sup ilnt 'ml. nt ii'Iirii'ti at tie Twin i-haft and attempting to kill him. Aft. : lo, king th four prisoners in tic station house Cbb r Loflus started In piir-niit ..f the man w ho .scape-d. Til stabbing has cti at. . the most Intense excitement. m.Azi: at 1 )ki:st city. Tlie Lively Town Niirrovvlv I. sea pes Des truction from l ire. Special to the Scranton Tribune. Forest, City, Pa., Jan. 27. lioglnnlng Friday evening about lO.l'.O o'clock a snow storm of unusual violence started with 11 strong wind blowing eastward. About 2.1") Saturday morning when the eh'iiieiits were raging in nil their fury the sleeping deiiize-iis of this borough Were aroused from thedr slumbers by the ringing of the Methodist Kpiseopal I'hinvh bell and the tooling of the steam whistles, which meant that n (Ire had started in some part of the town. The lire was locatiil In a tenement house be longing to Peter Oiillesplo llllil occupied by William Nolan, situated on the east side of Hallioad street a little north of J.ru ml iivi-iiue. The Hillside Fire com pany and the Knterprlso Hose company responded quickly. Tin Hillside at tached their hose on the hydrant tit the "muli barn." and soon had 11 stream of water on the burning building. The lintel-prise tire laddies experienced a little dilllciilty in getting a stream of water. The building burned rapidly nnd Is rulni'd. The lire oilglnated. it Is tboiitht, from the stove. Mr. Nolan had no time lo remove nny of the household goods, ami a little blind sou "If his lost $1.0 which he bad saved tow ard having an operation performed on his eyes. Mr. Nol in carried an In surance which will about half cover his loss. Mr. lilllesple iib'o Aarrlod some insurance. Luckily the holise was not In close proximity to any others, and Oils ri b ibly averted what otherwise, with the high wind prevailed, might have proved a disastrous coiillugratoti. I.OCKOIT COMl'KOMISl'. Six IhoiisnuJ Men W ill Continue to Work ut Salem, O, Uy the fulled i'rers. Columbus, o., Jan. 27. Secretary Hlshop, of the slate board of nihil ra tion, has been notilled that .the lockout nt the nail mill ut Salem, I)., was com promised yesterday und Hie men will return to work tomorrow. The men had refused a 20 pel- cent, reduction, und Were consequently locked out. The settlement nffe-cts the mills at New Castle, Flndlay and Salem, In nil employing over C.iioo men, SESSIONS AT TYRONE. Annual Meeting of Central Pennsylvania Methodist Conference. Ily the V nlted Press. Tyrone, Pa., Jan. 27. M In borate pre parations fire ftlrenely being made by the pnetor, Itev. II. II. Ollbert, und the congregation of ithe Flint church, Ty rone, for .the Annual csslons of the Central Pennsylvania MethodlM Fp's conpal cxinference, which will conveno In this pluce 011 Murch 18 and continue one week. This conference grown In Importance and strenrth with each successive year. It embraces almost one third the territory of the entire state and Is comparatively as large In every otheq way. In this ti'i ritory there are 218 appoint ments, divided Into live divisions, us follows: Altoona district, 4S appoint ments: Danville district, 47: Ilarrls burg, 40; Juniata, HI, and Willlunisport district, 4li. According to the reports presi'nted n year ago the Altoona district is In the lead of membership, it having 12.201 full members; Danville comes next with 10,1.27; llariisburg, 10.r,o5; Junlaita. 9,'ds; and Wllllamsport, 8.0111, a total of 51.S72 members, an Increase over the preced ing year of 47f. The increase will be even larger this year. The sessions of the Central Pennsyl vania conference this year, and not only the C Vntral Pe nnsylvania, but tiie Philadelphia, Pittsburg und Krie con ferene.'es, will be presided over by liishop John P. Newman, D. D., LL. D., of Omaha, Neb. POPE'S EN( V(1I( AL LETTER. Communication to the American bishops of the Human Catholic Church - Churltr. Me Kccommcndatioiis. Hy the I'lilted Press. London, Jan. 27. The Standard will print tomorrow a summury of the Pope's encycllcul letter to the American bishops. The letter opens with the words, Longlnqua 1 iceunl Spatia. It re calls the fact that the pope assoi-lated himself with the celebration of the four hundredth anniversary of the dlscov-e-ry of America, the evangelization of which was the llrst care of Columbus and was realized by the Franciscan and Dominican monks und Jesuit fathers. Ati"!- pointing out that the llrst Catholic bishop in America was a great I friend of Co'orgo Washington. His lloll- j in ss shows how the Kpiseopal councils, al i 'd by the breadth of view and e quity i of American laws, assured the develop, j ment of Catholic institutions In Amerl- j ca. It was to contribute sji more of j this development that tlio ,,p... had f urn -led tiie fnivcrsity of Washington. ' for It was of imp . .-t ine,, that Caticiics .hould be In th- from rank of .-duca- tion in the se-ie nces even the mod- rn s-1. n-es, prov ided that th-y were h.ir- j m,.ii;oiis with the integrity of the faith. To tills end His Holiness exhorts all Catholics to do all In their power to encourage the progress of the f nlver-i-ity in Washington as well as the North American co..,. in p,,,uic. As regard tiie apost,,lie delegation to th- church in the f nited State's the pope says it was instituvd with .1 view to drawing morn clos-'ly together th" bonds be tween the Catholics of Ant-rica and the .1 .I.',. -powers oMh.dX. iii'ss urges th-American Kpiseopalo to, put nn end to ftrlfe nnd to Instill the idea of tin unity und perpetuity of marriage among the faithful and to In culcate- among the people the civil and religious virtues. 1 tie pope calls upon bishops to turn aside tlie wotklnginen's associations ! from law breaking and violence. He j urge. them to t:ti li iii",vspnpef men tc respect religion and truth and to re- : prove those journals which puss Judg- 1 moot upon llpiscop.il nets; Dually, to turn tin- Protestants to Catholicism by j charity, by instruction in the doctrine of the C'l'lioilc church and by bailing1 exemplary lives. i In conclusion His Holiness re'com- 1 tin nils the sending of missionaries to tlie Indians. H.i: Ct TTIIRS IN l'KKIL. I our. Men Carried Out in l.uke liric on a I lie of lcc. ily till- f lilted I'll :-s, Leamington, Out.. Jan. 27. In the storm Friday night four men, while at work cutting Ice mi Lake Kile, were carried out in th" lake. The ice on which tlu-y stood with a team of horses suddenly cr.u k. d and the wind rapidly blew 1L out toward nildlake. Tin' ll.iv cracked uud hugh pieces broke off until only i'ii. nigh for the men and horses to stand on was left. Then throe iin-n volunteered to man a (mair boat and put off. Alter three hours' hard wotk they rea-hed the llo and took olT the men, but h id to leave the horses. In a few mimitt s tlie Ice broke and the horse were drow ned. CHIKCII 1HRXI.H, The Loss Is .vJ.MHHl fireman Uccnnn llnjly Irucn. Py the fulled Prciis. Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 27. Karly this morning tlie Wilklnbnrg Presbyterian church was completely destroyed by 1 lire. The loss Is $25,000, with an Insur ance or $17,000. Fireman Keenan. of the Voluntary Fire department, was so badly frozen that his condition Is serious. The lire was caused from un overheute'd furnace, A larger and llii.-r eillllee will be creeled ut once. sieil Mills Kenuine. Ily the I'lilted Pu ss. llariisburg, Jan. 27. The billet mill cf tin- Pennsylvania Stce-1 works, which has been Idle for (he past seven w cells, will lesiiine on Tuesday niorn'ng, giving em ployment to lib out lixi men. No. 2 blast funiiiee will be blown In this week, em ploying about sixty men. It is 1 In- larg est furnace nt tlio steel works, having a capacity of 2e0 tuna a day. I limber business Declining,, liy the I'lilted Press. llellefonle. Pa., Jan. 27--ln Cli arlltl.l nnd Ce-ntre coiiiilii'S tills year there has been 11 fulling off of over T.i per cent. Ill the cut ting uud rafting of lumber and over half nf the mills have burn closed. The hard tltiies ami small demand us well u the uliiiruige of timber ure some of thu cuuaei of Ihls. Two Children Perish. Ily the f nlted Press. Columbus, O., Jan. 27. The residence of Thomas Williams, Hem- Homer, wus to tally destroyed by lire this evening. Ills Iwo children perlshi'd In the llilllies. Mrs. Williams Is likely to lose her mind over the terrible occurrence. - - - - - - - l ire Inn Presbytciiuu Church. Ily tlie t'nllcd Press, Wllllamsport, Pa., Jan. !7. The Seeond Pi'i-sbyterlan church of this city was bad ly iliiniiiKed by lire this nfiernnun, origi nating from nn overhcuto.1 furnace. Thu loss will be from jr., mo to $15,000, fully cov ered by Insurance', WKAI'linT REPORT. For eastorn Pcniifylvanlu, winds, fair; west I FlNLEYS Opening; of Embroideries Thursday, Jan, 24th. We will have open our HEW EMBROIDERIES Aud the largest stock we have ever shown. The character of the line of these goods we carry is so well kuowu that it is Needless for Us To Specify Styles, But Merely Say WE HAVE THE VERY LATEST NOYELTIES AND SPECIAL DESIGNS And the entire stock at Tlie New Tariff Prices. FIN LEY'S and 512 Lackawanna Ave. II. A. KINGSBURY AGENT FOtt THE VERY BEST. 313 SPRUCE ST., SCRANTON, PA. REILLY & DAYIES. HONEST SHOES. - l . Jri H II SLUM'S VHllWI Iff VUlllbllbll A U W V LEATHER III tsT Kj-V , The boys and girls must have the best Leather and Rubber Shoes. We have them. They don't cost much, either. pp.iiiY h mm lllJilJUl 1A VllllWj Closed Evenings Except Saturday, THE POD WEICHEL, Is doing the business. POPULAR GOODS, POPULAR PRICES, And the population of Scran ton know where to go for popular goqds at popular prices. W, J. WEICHEL, 408 SPRUCE STREET. NEAR DIME BAN