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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 The bill originally made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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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