i . .; v EIGHT PAGES 56 COLUMNS. SCRANTON, PA., Fill DAY MOKNING, MA11CH 22, 1895. TWO CENTS A COPY. THE GROWJMIY DODGE Thought to lie a Scheme to Defeat ; Quay County Movement. THE GOVERNOR IN A QUANDARY U Now Wonders if Another Commission Will Do Necessary to Settle the Boundaries Measures Consid ered In House und Senate. Special to the Scranton Tribune. Harrlshnrg, Pa., March St. The state authorities are In a quumlery over the CI row county wheme to block Quay county. A petition Binned by l.iKH) citi zens of Luzerne county was tiled with the governor recently "to create Grow county under the act of 1S7S. T'nder the law the governor was compelled to appoint a commission to make sur veys, locate the boundary lines and re turn a map of the proposed county, lie named J. Jeremiah Snyder, of Le high; Isaac A. Harvey, of Cambria, and B. F. A. Whitlock, of Warren, a com mission to do the work. Another petition for u county embrac ing the territory In Grow county by adding two townships, thereby Increas ing the population about Uj.OOO. was yesterday tiled with Secretary of Inter nal Affairs Brown. The governor now wonders if he -will have to appoint another' commission to. go over the ground. ; The Judicial apportionment bill j truck a sua today in the house, it was known that the Democrats, under the lead of Mr. Fow. were prepared to attack It. but It was not expected that It would encounter opposition from the other side of the house. The bill was tuken up at the morning session for second reading on a special order end the remainder of the day was given up to Its consideration. The tlrst change In the bill was made at the Instance of Chairman North, of the Judicial apportionment committee. He submitted a series of amendments which went through with practically no opposition. They change jhe bill by making Huntingdon and Mlfllln a dis trict; Adatr and Fulton the Forty-second district; designating Jefferson as the Fifty-second district Instead of the Eighteenth, and Center as the Forty ninth district. The bill originally made Huntingdon and Mitllin the Forty ninth district. Ohjeotor Tow Takos a Hand. When these changes had been made Mr. Fow submitted a series of amend ments agreed upon by the Democratic raucu9. They were all voted down by a overwhelming majority. One elimin ated the provision giving Schuylkill county a separate orphan's court. This Btlned up the Schuylkill delegation, which has been united in its effort to get a separate orphan's court Judge for raised change. He said the people of ncnuyiKiu were clamoring lor a separ ate orphan's court and that they were entitled to It under the constitution. The people who today are fighting this proposition, said Mr. Urine, favored it two years ago because they knew If the bill became a law Governor Pattison would have appointed a Democrat. Now, we have Daniel H. Hastings In the executive chair, and if this bill goes through he will appoint a Republican. Mr. Fow's next amendment was to strike out the provision giving Dela ware county an additional law Judgo. He claimed Judge Clayton had de clared publicly that another Judge was unnecessary. Mr. Fow said the pur pose of this feature of the bill was to heal up the factional quarrel In Dela ware county over the Judicial contest a- year ago. " The next amendment was offered by Mr. Mullln, of Cameron, a Republican. It sought to take Cameron from Clin ton and Elk and attach It to Mc-Kean and Potter to constitute the Forty eighth district. This called forth a . long and bitter discussion. Mr. Mullln claimed the people of Cameron were In control of a Democratic ring In Elk county and that this changf was their only redress. As part of his remarks he had read a series of restrictions adopted by the Cameron county Repub lican committee praying for the change. Mr. Fow opposed the amendment. It was supported by Messrs. N'iles and Meerlek, of Tioga. Mr. Collins, of Ly coming, a Republican, made an earnest speech In opposition to the proposed change. He said the Interests of Clin ton, Cameron and Elk were practically the same, that the three counties were contiguous, and for this reason the dis trict ought not be disturbed. ; Motive Honest and Sincere. 1 Mr. Talbet, of Chester, wanted to know of Mr. Collins whether he was opposed to the change because it would affect a relative) of his law partner, who was the Judge of the district. To this Mr. Collins retorted that he had no law partner, and that his motives were sincere and honest. The how county craze has not yet abated. Bills for the creation of the committee of Quay and Monongnhela are pending In the house. A blfor the erection of another county was put In the house today by Mr. Fow. The ob ject of the bill Is to facilitate the divi sion of the counties of Wayne, Wyo ming and Lackawanna, nnd the forma tion of a new county therefrom with Carbondale ns the county seat. The new county Is to be called either Mere dith, after the secretary of the United States treasury In l4!l, who In burled In an unmarked prrave In the lower end of Wayne county, or after Robert Morris, the great llnnncler of the revo lutionary war period and signer of the Declaration of Independence, or An thracite. The bill was sent to -Mr. Fow by the ' people of Wayne county. It authorizes the erection of new counties out of two or more adjoining counties, which have more than the constitutional require ment of 400 square miles, upon consent of the majority of qualified electors of the proposed new county district vot ing at the election to be called for the purpose.. The persons desiring the erec tion of the new county must first file "with the secretary of. internal nffalrs nil v., i ir, LMK (j, in,, ,a in the case, description of boundury lines, and railroads, the name nf the new county, the names of the new munlcl s tal titles, and all facts In connection therewith, which shall be verified by the oath of not less than twelve quali fied voters In the new county district. This shall thpn be submitted to the gov ernor. Three disinterested persons shall be appointed and after their report has been received by the governor he shall Issue a proclamation ordering an election. The bill further provides In detail for the expenses and organiza tion of the new county. Chairman Marshall, of the appropria tions committee, put In bills to pay a deficiency of $75 in the salary of the auditor general, J-,900 tu Che salaries and expenses of the mine inspectors and Jj"5 in the salary of the secretary of internal affairs; appropriating $14'J.0l)0 to the state hospital for the chronic In sane ut Wernersvllle. Mr. Stewart, of Philadelphia, presented a bill appro priating $3,000 to pay a deliciency In the salary of the superintendent of public Instruction. Lincoln's llirthday Anniversary, At the request of the colored people of the state, Mr. Hopwood, of Fayette, Introduced a bill making Feb. 1" the anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, a legal holiday. A bill was read In place by Mr. Wyatt, of Schuylkill, appropriating $ir5.50 to John Augustine, father of Henry F. Augustine, a private in Company E, Eighth regiment. National Guard, for expenses Incurred and loss sustained by reason of the illness and death from typhoid fever of Henry F. Augustine, contracted In the service of the Guard at the dlvlsloneneampment lust August. Mr. Page, of Dauphin, IntiMduced a bill to provide for the Inspection of all private or public hospitals, reforma tory homes, convents, asylums, sec tarian seminaries, schools or institu tions by the commissioners of the coun ty in which such institution is situated, by the grand Jury thereof or by any person appointed by u Judge of a court of record upon petition signed by twen ty persons. Hills were Introduced by Mr. Spang lsr, of Cumberland, authorizing the school directors of Carlisle to contract deibts to any amount not exceeding $10, 000, and repealing certain sections of the act Incorporating the German Re formed church at Shlppensburg. An Invitation was received and ac cepted from the William Cramp & Sons, of Philadelphia, to the officers and members of the leglslaure to be present on Monday at the launching of the steamer St. Paul, the largest vessel ever constructed on this continent. A resolution was adopted congratulating the company on the completion of the ship. A message was received from the gov ernor giving notice of his approval of the bill for two additional Janitors ami two additional transcribing clerks of the house and the concurrent resolution referring to the secretary of agricul ture for final examination the final re port of the forestry commission. The order of business was the con sideration of bills on second reading. Except the Judicial apportionment bill and the bill establishing a state lire marshal, there was practically no oppo sition to those under consideration. There are over 300 bills on the calendar to be considered the second time. LEGISLATIVE WORK. Uecord of a la' Deliberations In Senate nnd House of Hcprcscntativcs. Hurilsburg, Pa., March 21. The sen ate met at 11 o'clock. The following bills were Introduced. By .1r. Walton, to reduce taxation on real estate and to equalize the same between real and per sonal property. By Mr. Green, author izing the uudltor general to compromise and SMtle claims connected with the erection or the steam neat punt at trim state hospital for injured persons uTi the anthracite coal region. By Mr. Baker, providing for rapid transit rail ways. The bill allows railroads, with the consent of the mayor or councils, whose routes are located through or wholly within corporate, cities, to build through, over, ur along streets, lanes and alleys, elevated above or depressed beneath the surface, for the purpose of local tapid transit. The senate concurred In the house amendments to the bill creating the of Ili e of superintendent of state supplies. The senate accepted an Invitation to attend the launching of the St. Paul at Cramp's ship yard next Monday. The following bills passed finally. Enlarging the power of street railway companies to hold, purchase and con vey such real estate as the purpose of the corporation shall require; providing for the construction. Improvement and maintenance of public roads; amending the divorce act so as to Include Indigni ties to the husband. House Proceedings. The house met at 10 o'clock. An In vitation was accepted to be present at the launching of the steamer St. Paul on March 23. Bills were read In place as follows: Ity Mr. Hnpewood, of Fa yette, making Februury 12. Lincoln's blthday, u legal holiday; by Mr. l'ascoe, of Lehigh, providing for the burial of Indigent soldiers by the appointment of suitable persons by county commis sioners; by Mr. Page, of Dauphin, to provide for the Inspection of all prlvute or public hospitals, reformatory homes, convents, asylums, sectarian semina ries, school or Institutions by the com missioners of the county In which such Institution Is situated, by the grand Jury thereof, or by uny person or per sons appointed by a Judgo of a court of record, upon a petition signed by twen ty persons. Mr. Marshall, chairman of the com mittee on appropriations, Introduced a bill appropriating $142,000 to the trus tees of the state hospltul for the chorale Insane at Wernersvllle, 1 lie Apportionment Dill. When the Judicial apportionment bill came up ut noun on a special order, Mr. North, chairman of the committee buy ing charge of the Mil, offered several amendments as follows: Making the Eighteenth (list riot Huntingdon and Mltllln Instead of Center, and making Center a separate district, to bo known us the Forty-ninth district. Lebanon county Is made the Fifty-second dis trict. Tho Forty-second district Is to consist of Adams and Fulton counties. Mr. Fow moved to strike out the pro visions for un orphan's court Judge In Behuylklll county, on tho ground that there Is no necessity for this additional court. The amendment was defeated, as was also the snme gentleman's amendment to strike out the provision for an ad ditional Judge In Delaware county. Mr. Mullln, of Cameron, offered an amendment that Potter and Cameron counties be attached to McKeun and form the Forty-eighth district with two judges. Mr. Mullln made nn earnest speeoh asking to be detached from any district In which Elk county is located, because of the Democratic methods In voguo In that county. Pending consideration of the bill com munications were read from the gover nor notifying the hoqjie of his approval of the blU provldlng'for the election of additional officers and the appointment of additional employes of the house, also the resolution referring to the sec retary of ugriculture the report of the forestry commissioner. Amendments Adopted. The house resumed consideration of tho judicial apportionment bill. There was further discussion of the amend ment attaching Cameron to Potter und McKeau counties, and it was llmilly adopted, other amendments adopted wero as follows: Making Clinton and Clearfield the forty-sixth district; adding Elk to AVar ren and JFurest In the thirty-seventh district; striking out the twenty-fifth district, composed of Clinton, Cameron and F.Ik counties, and making Jefferson and Clarion the twenty-fifth district In stead of the llfty-second. The Dem ocrats had Inserted an amendment pro viding that In the Fayette-Green dis trict one Judge shall reside In Green county. An Important amendment tu the tenth section was adopted. It pro vides that in districts having two judges reserved law points shall be ai'eUed be fore both Judges, and In case of dis agreement, the decision of the Judge who sits at the trial of the cause shall be the judgment of the court, but In all other ease: the decision of the president Judge liluill be the Judgment of the court. The bill, as amended, passed sec ond reading. There was some lively debate on the bill to prohibit Uie pollution of streams which are stocked with game fish by the Btate fishery commissioners with saw dust or shavings. Mr. Kunkel, of Dauphin, moved to amend by Inserting also coal dirt or culm from any mine. This amendment fell and' with It the bill. The bill for the Incorporation of sewerage nnd drainage companies was only saved from defeat by the adjourn ment of the house e. 6 p. m. until to morrow mornln- ' u o'clock. THIS MORNING'S Filth.' An alarm of fire was sounded from box 81, at the corner of Oak street and Brick avenue. Providence, this morn ing at 2.30 o'clock. At the time of going to press the flames could be seen dis tinctly from the central city. The fire originated In a double frume building near the Cayuga shaft. PRESIDENTS MEET. Committee Appointed to Devise Plans fcr Injuring Hariuouy Between Anthracite Currying Companies. N'ew York, March 21. The presidents of the anthracite coal carrying and I roduclng r.iUruatf companies met at 11.30 a. m. today. The railroads repre sented were the Pennsylvania, by President Roberts and General Freight Agent Jolce; the Delaware and Hud son, by President R. M. ollphant; Luckawannu, by President Sloan and vice-president Hidden: N'ew Jerney Central, by President Maxwell and Di rector George F. Baker; Pennsylvania Coal company, by W. E. Street; Read ing, by President Harris and Sales Agent Henderson; New York. Susque hanna and Western and Willtes-Harre nnd Eastern, by President Simon Borg; Ontario nnd Western, by General Man ager Chllds; Lehigh Valley, by Presi dent Wilbur and Second vice-president Suyre; Erie, by G. G. Cochrane; ond Delaware, Susquehanna nnd Schuylkill (Coxe Bros., line), by President Walter. The report of the committee o statis tics made recently was thorough gone over. i A committee of five was appointed to consider the question of production and percentage, and endeavor to devise a plan to Insure harmony between the various companies and to put u stop to demoralizations In the trade. Another meeting will be held one week from today, at whloh the commit tee will report. - ... Jl'DUES APPOINTED. I x-CoiiRrcssmen Springer and kilgore Are Provided for. Washington, March 21. Tho presi dent today npolnted William M. Springer, of Illinois, judgo of the Unit ed States court of the Northern district of the Indian Territory. Constantino Buckley Kilgore, of Texas, Judge of the I'nlted States court of the Southern district of the Indian Territory. The appointments of ex-Congressmen Kprlliger Ulid Kilgore wns received with gratlllcatlon tu Washington, where both men are personally popular. Itingliiimton's recked Hunk. All'uny. N. Y., .March 21. -The report of Superlnli udeiil of Hanking Preston of the inmlltloti of the 'hcime:;o Valley Hav ing bunk, of l:iiii:lic.intoii, which was wrecked by the peculations of tho treas urer, shows that the llitlt'.lltles, so fur as discovered, will exceed the assets by JI.W, 27!t. I'nmlnc in Africa. Zanzlhur, March t. 1 irouglit and lo cunts huve cause,! wldespri ml famine in Kiislcrn Equatorial Africa. Villages have been depopulated und mlsnlun schools und churches liavu been close I. Many na tives me selling themselves slid their chil dren Into sluvery tu obtain food, l ire nt Port Allegheny. Port Allegheny, I'a., March 21. I.ar.ibeo 4 t'o.'s Jewelry store and four other busi ness places were destroyed by lire narly this morning. Loss, J'.o.cxki; Insurance, S-Ti-(rnu. Three families living over tho stores hud narrow escapes. . Has I Iminelully Wilted. Bethlehem, Pa., March 21. Joslnh n. Wilt, a contractor, made nn assignment today. Ills liabilities are '"..0WI. und his assets muy reach K'o.txa). His failure Is attributed to hetivy losses on recent ron trucls. v STATU PARAGRAPHS. The Brotherly Lovo association, at Leb anon, will build a church. , An entertainment given at Easton netted tuou for the Orphan's home. ' Lebanon works are turning out unus ually largo numbers of gas stoves. While hanging clothes upon a line nl Me. fllorrytown, Mrs. Charles Klunk dropped dead. Eight years In the penitentiary wus the sentence imposed upon Thomas Duke, who stole Altoona bond worth IS.tiiW. IDEHIIFICATIONJF THUGS Dumunlnij Evidence Aflitinst Michael Kcurncy, Charged with Murder. KAY B0 YE K'S STARTLING TALE She Claims That lieurney, Hendricks and liohinnoa Admitted Having "Done I I"' Iluiney Hick on No vember 23, 189.1. WIlkes-Barre.iPa., March 21. Michael Kearney, of this city, who ha been in Jail for some weeks past charged with being connected with the murder of Barney Rick on Nov. 23, 1893, wan brought before Judge Lynch today on a writ of habeas corpus. Karney was nn old-tlnio "pall" of Jim Hendricks, who was arrested in Jersey City'. recently and brought here on the same charge. At the hearing Kay Buyer, a noted woman of this city, gave some Startling testimony. On the dny of the murder Kearney, Hendricks and a man named Utiblnson were at her house during the afternoon. They left her place at 6 o'clock on the night of the murde returning at 8 o'clock. They appeared to her as being excited and had blood upon their hands. The men told her thut they had "done up" Barney Rick, the well-known commission merchant, and then sat down ut u table and divided several hundred dollars, giving her $li. The men all left town on different trains during the night. Kearney was positively identified by Mrs. Rick and her daughter us being the man who came to her residence on the evening of the murder and enticed her husband to go with him on the pre tence of having a carload of potatoes that he wanted to sell. After the hear ing Kearney was held for trial without bail. Hendricks, tho man Implicated by Ray Boyer some time ago, is now In Jail and the Barring detective agency of New York have located Robinson, who is In Virginia and whose arreBt will follow In a few days. From other evidence produced It is almost conclusive that the real mur derers are In custody and may swing In the near future, - .. SOUTH AMERICAN WARS. Trouble Uetwecn Chile and Argentine Republic Will Cause Complications. San Fn icisco, March 21. A private letter fron Potosi, Peru, just received in this city ontalns the following: War Is threatened between Chile and the Argentine Republic which will draw In Bolivia, Peru, nnd Ecuador as allies of Argentine against Chile. One thing feared by the people here Is that Chllu's first step will be to put a heavy body of troops Into the centre of Boli via, which can easily be done by the railroad, and thus step In between all the allies and chartise each one sepa rately at leisure. Nobody here knows Just what will hsppeh, but the outlook Just now is cloudy. Washington. March 21. Mr. McKen zlc, the I'nlted States minister to Peru, telegraphed the state department this afternoon that after three days' fight ing an armistice had been arranged be tween the Insurgents and the govern ment troops, and that over a thousand dead and wounded were left lying in the streets of Lima. Later some sort of an agreement woo reached by the belllgerants und peace was restored. A provisional govern mont'now seems-to be In power. PREYED ON WOMEN. Two Chlcugo Swindlers Arrested for Mis use of the .Mails. Chicago, March 21. Government postolllce Inspectors have arrested A. Clark and Edward Robinson on a charge of using the mnlls with Intent to defraud. They claimed to publish tho 'Ladles' Gem Monthly, and have Bent out circulars ull over the country offering a gold watch us a prize for the solution of a rebus. They would then demand $1 for the package and sending out the watch. The ofllcluls claim that no such pub lication ns the Ladles' Gem Monthly has ever existed, and that no prize watches were ever sent. They found in the rooms of Clark nnd Robinson the addresses of about 10,000 women in all purts of the country, and believe an ex tensive business wus carried on by the two men, ANOTHER CLAIMANT UOIIS LP. A Granddaughter of J nines U, l ulr Now Steps on the Scene. San, Francisco, March 21. The Ex aminer announces the discovery of a granddaughter of James G. Fair who may play an Important pnrt In the liti gation over the late millionaire's estate. The child Is about live years of uge, and Is the daughter of James Fair, the senator's oldest Bon, and Mary Ellen Lumpman, who. It Is asserted, was probably married to young Fair In 1.SSS. The child was left at nn orphan asylum and was adopted by Mrs. Charles Greggory. It Is believed that the knowledge that this child was In existence Impelled tho ex-senator lo In sert In his will a clause relative to the claims of Illegitimate but recognized children of his sons. ... SPAIN FRIENDLY. Her Politicians Think the Affair with I'nlted suites Should Ho Adjusted. London, March 21. The Central News correspondent In Madrid says: "The leading polltclans hero are not Inclined to the Idea of letting the A 111 nnca affair result In a serious difference between Spain and the United States. The matter ought to be adjusted easily, unless the I'nlted States Insist upon demands Injurious to Spain's dignity. Spain is most anxious to mnlntuln the frlembdilp of the two countries, and would even prefer to waive an over close Investigation and accept the Washington view rather than risk a quurrel. Some of the leading Journals argue In this spirit with a view to pre venting public indignation in case the government yield to the United Btntes." ' '' IIOXESDALE LLAZE. llottllnt 1 stubllshmcnt of Julias Kelch Hcstroycd. Opeclal to the Seranton Tribune. Honesdale, Pa., March 21. At 10.30 this evening the bottling establishment of Julius Kelch, situated at the foot of Park street, s -lit fire and in a few moments the ent. rame structure was a mass of llames. Vour fine horses used on the delivery wagons were In the barn adjoining, and when the door was opened to release them the Interior was a mass of flames. The horses were burned up. The steamer It. W. Ham was brought into action. At first It failed to work. Tho second steamer worked poorly. During the lire a cyl inder, charged with gas, blew up and landed COO yards away. The large crowd near the buildings scattered. No one was hurt by flying debris. The second cylinder blew up a few moments later and landed a hundred yards away, causing great excitement. Buildings destroyed are the bottling es tablishment und barn. X Ketch's loss Is $L',000; A. Hartung'H loss, $500. 'Mr. Kelch also lost four horses worth $500, delivery wagouu, etc. Origin of the flro Is unknown. FRANK P. AMSDEX DEAD. Expired Suddenly ut His Home In Hall stead PIuco. Frank P. Amsden died suddenly at 7.30 o'clock last night at his home, 1 Hallstead place. He had been seriously 111 only a few hours und died of paralysis of tho bruin. He was generally known throughout the city and in the vicinity as u promin ent citizen, architect, surveyor and a leading spirit In Urund Army of the Re public matters. About two months ago he suffered a stroke of paralysis which was ren dered more serious by Brlght's disease. Later he had another but lighter para lytic attack, from which he quickly rallied. Though ailing, he has for over a month attended to his business mat ters as usual, and was at his ofllce yes terday until the afternoon. He became critically 111 at his home late In the afternoon and died before he could be revived. Mr. Amsden's death was not known last night, oven among his Intimate friends. A Tribune reporter, who culled at the house at midnight, was unable to learn the particulars of Mr. Ams den's Illness. His death had not been commuidcated to Lieutenant Ezra Grif fin post, Grand Army of the Republic, many of whose members were present at a meeting In thel rooms on Lacka wanna avenue, nnd later attended the entertainment of the Women's Relief corps. Mr. Amsden was on artillery captain In the war of the rebellion and pos sessed nn enviable record. He was one of the .most active and best-known Grand Army nf the Republic members In this section of the state. He had resided In Scranton since the war nnd as engineer und architect was con cerned in the planning and construc tion of many of the city's manufactur ing plants and business buildings. Two daughters and u son, each un married, survive him. THI RSTON'S POSITION. No Specific Chnrgo llus been Made Aguinst Hiin. Washington, March 21.. As long as the state department refuses to divulge any specHle charge that has been made the ground for demanding Minister Thurston's recall beyond the authori tative but uuotllcial intimation that he had given polltic.il Information to the press In advance of Imparting to the state department, the Hawaiian repre sentative's friends claim that public Judgment should be suspended, partic ularly as he has had no opportunity to state his side of the case. It Is well understood that the whole facts of the case have not yet been disclosed. Minister Thurston refuses to talk with representatives of the press, but his friends defend him warmly. They ossert that he h.id ns much right to publish the result of the conspirators trluls as he had to tell of an earth quake or any other Hawaiian event of Interest. It Is claimed that Minister Thurston's well known strained rela tions with Secretary Gresham must have mnde him extraordinarily careful In speaking of matters under diplo matic consideration. But while defending Mr. Thurston, there appears to be no one whose opin ions are entitled to respect whft ad vances the idea that the secretary of states has not absolutely authority to dismiss a diplomatic representative who Is personally offensive to him, nnd It Is reasonable to suppose that when a country learns that Its minister has outlived his usefulness for friendly ne gotiations it will substitute another In his sleud. Professor 'oppeo Deud. Bethlehem, Pa., March 21. Henry Cop pee, LL.1)., acting president of Lehigh uni versity, died this morning of heart dis ease, aged 74 years. He was In the flkiss of '39 ut Yalo anil graduated ut West Taint In INIIi. lie was breveted captain for gal u ut und meritorious conduct In the Mexi can war. Ho was professor of English lit erature nt 'the University if Pennsyl vania from PCi.'i to ISi'.tl, was then elected president of lehlgh university. Twcntyl.lght Men Indicted. New Orleans, March 21. The twenty clsht men Indicted yesterday evening, chained with murder In connection with the levoe shooting, are now, with the ex ception of a very few, in prison. As soon as the men received Information of their having been Indicted, they began report In to the nlicrllT's olllco and guvs them selves up. Pittsburg's License. Pittsburg, Mutch 21. -The ofllclal list of liquor licenses for the cities of Pittsburg and Allegheny wero handed down today. There Is an increase of sevenly-soven li censes In the two municipalities over last year. Tho total number granted is 601 In Pittsburg nnd Hit In Allegheny. The num ber refused In Pittsburg Is ninety-two und In Allegheny forty-live. Scnor Muriiaga Weukcns. Madrid. Mureh 21.-8enor VS. Do Mu riiaga, Hpunlsh minister In Washington, cabled his resignation on March 11. Tho minister of foreign affairs has refused to accept It. Polios Pleaded Not Guilty. New York, March Jt. All the police of ficers Indicted by tho grand jury for brib ery and extortion were arraigned In tho court of oyer and terminer hls morning and pleaded not guilty, to tha charge. A Eighty Men Killed ut Red Canon, Wyoming. ROCKY MOUNTAIN MINE H0RK0K .Most of the Victims in the Lower Work ing of tho Coul Mine, Which Are Llockuded with Dcbrls-Tho Whole Town Shakes. Red Canon, Wyo., March 21. An ex plosion at Rocky Mountain coal mlno No. C here is believed to have killed eighty men, who are Imprisoned In the mine, In addition to ten who were in thu powerhouse above ground or near the shaft openings. The slopes and en trances to the lower workings are all blockaded by wreckage, and It is thought that at least three days will be required for rescue parties to reach the bodies In the mine. The disaster occurred at 5.45 o'clock last evening. The explosion shocked the whole country around, wrecked the power plant, a fanhouse, and several other buildings. Edwin Cox, the out side carpenter; James Bruce, outside boss; James W. Clark, William Sellers, Jr., and James Gernlly, an Austrian, were killed In the powerhouse, while O. Maltby, foreman; Jerry Crawford, and Andrew Mason were Injured, and died soon afterwards, the last three being about the powerhouse at the time of the explosion. A few hours later the dead bodies of James Limb and Frederick Morgan were brought from the slope, only a short distance down. A relief party was speedily at work, but, owing to the foul air and after damp, it was fully three hours after the accident before volunteers were able to enter the main slope. They re turned with two burned and blackened bodies with garments torn to threads, making It almost Impossible to identi fy them. Today a force of twenty-one men went into the mine to recover the bodies of the other victims. There Is no Are In the mine, and the work is proceeding as rapidly as possible. All hope of any of the entombed miners being alive has been abandoned. Around the mine Is a great throng of people anxiously inquiring regarding friends known to be In the mine. No one after seeing the bodies brought out of the slope had hopes of any person In the mine being alive. These bodies were burned and blackened, with gar ments torn to shreds, making It almost Impossible to Identify them. How many persons were In the mine at the time of the explosion is not yet positive ly known, but the best Information ob tainable places the number at more than eighty. Nearly all leave large families. Immediately after the explosion Sup erintendent Bradbury telephoned to Hvunston, five miles away, for all the physicians, with an extra train. The relief corps, carrying lanterns, gotready to descend In hopes of rescuing alive some of the victims. The blacksmith shop was turned Into a dead house, with four bodies lying there, one with Its head blown off, the others less muti lated. Several men had tried to de cend some of the air and escape-slopes without success, nnd It was not until three o'clock this morning that a vol unteer party entered the main entrance to the slopes and soon afterwards re turned with the two bodies. They re ported that the caving of earth stopped further progress down the slope. Then a party went down to clear away the obstructions, after which the searching party again entered. This slope being down 2.000 feet with nine levels, each one nnd a half miles long, will probably require several days to reach all parts of the mines. l ew Lives Were Saved. A few lives were saved because of the hour at which the explos7on occurred. The miners quit work nt six o'clock, and It Is customary for them to be near the entrance nnd come out Just as the whistle blow's. A number of men had come out, nnd some had just left the entrance to the mine slope, away from tho working tunnel, when the explo sion occurred, thus escaping death. Ezeklel Baker nnd his father and a brother came out five minutes before the explosion. Ezeklel Baker was hit by the timber which killed the Craw ford boy, but he was not much hurt. John Hanna, a carpenter, had just come out nnd was talking to Cox nnd Bruco when the two latter were killed, he being burned slightly. The engi neer nnd weigher wero the only persons In tho power-house not killed. The en gineer was blown through 4he window, but was not seriously hurt, and the weigher was only slightly burned. The explosion shook the whole town, nnd women and children ran Into the streets, crying for their hushnnds and fathers. It Is supposed to have come from a blast setting lire to dust, since lhi mlno was supposed to be free from gas and was well ventilated. The Rocky Mountain collieries, pen urally designated ns the Central Pacific mines, have two mines, Nos. 5 and 6, with 1-mlle face, with 150-feet pillars separating them. This leaves No. 6 un harmed, but deprives the company of one-half of Its capacity. This Is the third disastrous explosion In this vicinity. In 1SS1, No. 2 mine. Rocky Mountain, exploded, killing thirty-six Chinese and four white men. In the spring of 1SS6, In the Union Pa cific mine, No. 4, thirty-six men wvre killed. Cornell's t'lght-Onrotl Crew. New York, March 21. Passage was en gaged today to Southampton and return by tho American lino steamer for the Cornell 'Varsity crew. Tho party will consist of sixteen persons. This will ho tho tlrst American elght-ourud ervw to visit Emtlund and row in England's great est regatta at Henley, although several four-oared 'varsity and amateur crews of this country have In pust years competed 111 England with varying success, Wntklns Delegates Dcfcutcd. New York, March 21. Tho strike of the electrical workers which has boon holding In this city for some weeks, has como to nn end. The result Is a complete victory for tho Electrical Contractors' association, and overwhelming defeat tor tho board of walking delegates of the various trades unions, who have been conducting It. WEATHER REPORT. Tor eastern Pennsylvania, fair weather; northerly winds, shifting to easterly; (light change In tnurtur. FlNLEYS JUL Hosiery Department Extraordinary value ia Fast Black Hosiery. While they last we will offer tlie fol lowing THREE NUMBERS i In High Grade Hose at prices never before quoted for this class of goods: 150 doz. 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