vrontoii EIGHT rAOES 56 COLUMNS. SCIJAXTON, PA., MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 25, 180i TWO CENTS A COrY. RUSSIA JOINSWITH JAPAN Very Important Political 'Alliance Believed to Have Been Made. IS A BLOW AT GREAT BR1TIAN The Mikado May Now Dlctnta Term to China Whether John Hull Like Them or Not War l-vel-ing Hums High- New York, Miuvh 24. A special from Yokohama says: From odlciala of the ptate department It Is learned that Japan has decided on peace, ulthoujrh military and naval preparations go on us though the original plan uf niarehlnK on Peking were still unaltered. Hoth the Kmporer and Count lto feur the effect of any announcement that thu government Is willing to want peuce. The common peole are still Insane over the war, and they will he saUstied with nothing short of the Mikado dictating erni9 of pt ace at Peking. The most important recent occurrence here Is the alliance between liussla end Japan. The terms of this com pact cannot be given detlnltely, though they are, broadly, that Russia will not oppose any cession f Chinese territory to Japan and that Japan, in return, will permit Hussia to occupy one Corean port, with right of way to the trans Siberian railway, and the use of Jap anese dockyards and coaling stations. If this alliance has been formed, as good authorities believe, it puts Japan in position to defy Kngland, and refuse any British suggestion during peace ne gotiations. ...... LI HUXG'S NARROW ESCAPE. A Would lie Assassin Vainly Snaps a Pis tol in His l ace. London, March 21. The Central News correspondent In Tokio says that an attempt was made to assassinate LI Hung Chang In a street of Simonosekt this afternoon. LI was returning from the peace conference, In which he con ducts negotiations In behalf of the Chinese mission, and was accompanied by several of his suite. When he was a short distance from his apartments, a young Japanese ran up to him and tired a pistol in his face. The young man was seiz.'d and dis armed at once by the police. At the station house he gave his name as Koyama and his age as 21. According to the short report received in Tokio, Li's wound Is not dangerous. LITERAL MIGHT OF TERROR. Kif;y Lake Sailors, loo Locked, Nearly Starve Their Kscape. Sandusky, March 21. For thlrty-flve hoirrs. from Friday morning until yes terday afternoon, a fishing flt-et of stealers, on which tlv-ra were fifty men, were icebound In Lake Erie. The weather was cold, and during the night they were tossed about on the waves of Lake Erie. For a time their position . was extremely perilous. With nothing ta. eat and ujia.ble to get into ano-thr r port, on account of drifting Ice, thy were compelled to remain out on the lake. Brave men from the icebound steam ers left their boats and walked to shore over the floating lee for provisions for their fellow workmen. The trip was a hazardous one beset with danger. They succeeded In their effort, but not before several fell Into the lake. The power ful tug Peerless, of this port, was fitted out and was about to start to thHr re lief when word was received that the wind had shifted, carrying the Ice with It, and that the tugs were coming In. It was a night of terror for the men, and when they stepped ashore they were weak from the effects of the cold and exposure. GEN. BOOTH ON AMERICANS. Thinks We Are Superior to tho Kngll.h In Religion Work. London, March 24. General Booth, In an Interview on "Darkest America," ex presses the opinion that native Ameri cans are superior as a class to native English in religious work. This work, he says, they conduct on a broader basis In America than they do here. There Is no such wall between the churches, either in a special or a re ligious way. In America as there Is In England. The difficulty in the United States Is In their new and mixed population. The enrollment of a million tramps In -a great and distinct army, and a host of criminals, all working In colonies un der the Salvation army plans, la one of General Booth's remedies for the evils be seeks to eradicate. CUT-RATE WAR IN STAMPS. Allcntown Printer Will Sell Them for Si a Thousand. Allentown, Pa., March 21. Uncle Sam has been completely knocked out by a local printer in the matter of stamped envelope contracts. The United States government charges $22 a thousand for envelopes with 2-cent stamps upon them. . Local printers were In a red-hot war over the contract and now one of them has agreed to sell to the city any quan tity of regularly stamped envelopes nt $2 a thousand. As the 2-cents stamps alone will cost him $20 a thousand, his contract will be a loser from the start. ROYALISTS FOR ANNEXATION. Peoluro That Hawaii Must Have a Ho pnhllcnn Government. Washington, March 24. Late ndvlces received here from Hawaii statu that Charles B. Wilson, John Colbern, An tonl Rosa and John Richardson, all prominent royalists,' have taken part In forming an annexation club among the nntlve Hawaiian. This Is regurdede as a declaration among the chief royalists that the mon archy is dead for all time. SEND CAR LOAD OF FLOWERS. Southern States to Docornto Confederate , Monument In Chlcnuo. Atlanta, On., March 24. Ex-Lieutenant Governor John C, Underwood, of Kentucky, arrived here for the purpose of arranging for floral tributes to be sent to Chicago on the occasion of the dedication of ithe confederate monu ment to be unveiled in Chicago on the 30th day of May. . The fund for the building of this monument was raised chiefly through the Instrumentality of Colonel Underwood, tt prominent ex confederate soldier of Kentucky. A car load of (lowers will be sent from Savannah, und Atlanta, New Orleans, and other southern cities will imike contributions. -IT GOT A REAL TEST. Fire Steamer, While Practicing, Is Sum moned to a Serious lllaje. Special to the Scranton Tribune. Honesdale, March 24. While tho fire department was testing a ateamcr that broke down at a lire here Thursday, lire broke out In the livery stable of Courtrlght & Son, half a block distant from the engine house, and burned fu riously. The steamer hurried ito the scene and put the lire under control In a short time. The adjoining property was saved, and the horses wero gotten out of the stable with much difficulty. The fire's origin Is unknown; but the supposition of many la that the lire caught from sparks from the steamer. The lire started near the roof. Several wagons were consumed. The loss Is J1.500; In surance, barn, JMU; contents $5l0. LORD KOSEBEKVS CONDITION. lor Ten Days Ho lias Not Had a Single Night's Sleep. London, March 24. Lord Hosebery Is gaining strength slowly, but he hus pro longed periods of Insomnia and symp toms of serious nervous disorder. Nevei theless he will not withdraw from otllce until he sees the end of the present parliament. Throughout ten days he has not had a single night's sleep, und his favorite remedy, that of J drinking warm water, which he has found valuable upon previous occasions when similarly attacked, has not been eflicaclous. Only drugs have given hlni relief, and these only temporarily. His condition is such that his physi cians have again urged him to take a sea voyage t:y the only thing that would give him permanent benefit. - - GOV. M'KTN'LEY IMPROVED. Will Resume His Southern Trip Today, (ioing to Jacksonville. Columbus, O., March 21. Private Sec retary Boyle received a despatch from Gov. McKlnley, from Thomasville, tla., saying that ho was still In bed, but ex peoted by Monday to be able to resume h!s Journey to St. Augustine. Kla., and that he would be home by April 1 If he did not get worse. The governor took a chill after a horseback ride and a reception where he sat in a draught. Enthusiastic friends here say that this pleasure trip through the south will net him 1.0') votes for president in the National Republican convention next year. MILLIONS IN SIGHT. Fortunes for the Impecunious Turned - Out While One Waits. Hamilton, O., March 24. Mrs. Jacob Rupp, of this city, yesterday received word from Germany that she Is one of 2u0 heirs to an estate valued at $100, 230,009, near Wlnheim, Germany. Each heir is to receive $"01,4u0. San Antonio, Tex., March 24. E. F. Cot'ln, telegraph operator at Glldcn sta tion, east of here, on the Southern Pacific, received yesterday a letter from an attorney of Rio de Janeiro. Brazil, saying that his uncle, who lived In that country, had Just died, having an estate of $10,000,000. Mr. Collin is one of four heirs. GENERAL GREENLAND LEAD. Paulson's Adjutant Ucncrul Kxplrcs Un expectedly at Ills Clarion Home. Clarion, Pa., March 24. Ex-Adjutant General Walter W, Greenland died at his residence here last night after a lingering Illness. General Greenland was adjutant general during Governor Paulson's last administration. The funeral will take place next Wednesday morning at 10.30 o'clock. - - Injured During a Hrc. Philadelphia, March 24. While trying to affect their escape from a fire In the two story houso at 411 Catharine street, early this morning, Minnie Witt, nged 17, and Frank, her brother, aged 9, were severely and Mrs. Wolmlna Klosman, the grand mother of the two children, fatally burned. Frederic k Klosmnn dropped the members of his family from the second story win dow to the ground, and as the distance was short none of them were hurt by the fall. Tragic Knding of a Variety Show. Hilda Pest, March 21. A variety show was In progress when the Inn on tho Theins at Tlltcl was burled by a land slip on Friday. Six 'of the dancing gir ls, the mistress of the house and her four children wero killed. All but four or llvs of the audience escaped. KEYSTONE NUGGETS. The capital of the Media and Aston trol ley road will be Increased from $:0,UO0 to JliiO.OIKI. A charter was granted on Saturday fo the Lock Raven Traotlon company, cap ital JIO.'iOO. About 1,0"0 soft coal miners In Beaver county huve decided to strike unions they are paid W cents a ton. Professor Joseph Bhortlldge, tried nt Media for causing the false arrest of Rob ert Ward, wus acquitted, Tho Lehigh Valley railroad has received the last of the ten new locomotives being built by the Baldwins, or Philadelphia. Berks county's Jail Is so overcrowded that the health of the prisoners Is euduii leered tind the grand Jury hus bagun an Investigation. Aged Thomas B. Meghan, of Pittsburg, was so anxious to kill himself he refused to pull the knife from his throat when dis covered by friends. Cyrus L, Hose, a member of the carpet firm of Hovard, Rose At Co., of Pittsburg, fell or jumped Into the Allegheny river from the Hlxth street brlilua yesterday morning. He wus rescued before drown ing, Mr. Rose says that he lost his bal ance and fell. The Newport Deposit bunk failed nt Nuwport, Pa., Saturday to puy exehang amounting to t.M. Yvsterduy It was learned that tho bunk is embarrassed ami will probably not be open for tho trans action of business toduy. The liabilities are suld to be between $200,000 and ttfiO.ouo, but the assets are claimed to be sulllelunt to puy dollar for dollur. James Watson, Willlum Sullivan and Richard Burnett went rowing on tho Delaware river at Philadelphia yesterday afternoon and whon within fifty feet of the wharf on their return their boat was upset while they were trying to change places. Watson and Bulllvan could swim, but Burnett could not. He clung to the boat and was suved by some peo- plo putting out from the shore In a skiff, Watson and Sullivan were drowned, THE EMPEROR VERY ANGRY Tillies the Kciclisttirj's Sniiuliint of Bismarck as a Personal Thrust. GERMANS ARB 1XDIGXAXT There Is Very Widespread Talk of a Grand Popular Demonstration to Off set the Churlish Deed of the Socialist Majority. . Berlin, March 21. The Reichstag yes terday afternoon, by a vote of 163 to Mil, rejeoted the proposal of llerr von l.e vetzow, president of that body, that the relchstag charge him with tho duty of offering tho congratulations of the chamber to Prince Bismarck upon tho occasion of the ex-chancellor's eigh tieth birthday. When the result of the vote was announced. President von Levetzow lmmedla.tWy resigned. The opposition came from the Center party, the Radicals, the Socialists, the Independents and the Poles. It was po litical, not personul, in Its character. The feeling in the Reichstag lobbies last evening was that the Bismarck haters will find tlulr victory u very costly one. Even the opposition parties, excepting the Social Democracy, show ed it plainly. Their Jubllutlon In the house gave place to something like dltlldenee after the excitement subsid ed. The leaders of the majority looked rather anxious, und, although convers ing lively among themselves, sealed their mouths to all others.. When Emperor William was apprised of the rejection by the relchstag of President von Levetzow's proposal that the relchstag vest In him (Levetzow) the duty of congratulating Prince Ills mark, he wired to the ex-chancellor at Fi lederlchsruh the following despatch: "1 have to convey to your serene high ness the expression of my most pro found Indignation at the resolution which the relchstag has just adopted. It is In most complete opposition to the feelings of all the German princes and peoples. William." Public Sentiment Disapproves. The loss of an army bill could not have excited Germany more than the Reichstag's refusal to congratulate Bis marck. The moment the result of the vote was known. Dr. Von Boetticher hurried to the telephone and told the emperor, who was awaiting the news In the old castle, llerr Von Loeanus, chief of lib! niajenly's cjvil cabinet, went directly from the imperial box to the castle and described to the emperor the scenes of tumult In the relchstag. He must have given a very vivid pic ture, for when the emperor drove out Unter Den Linden, between 2 and 4 o'clock, he looked unusually sullen. He Is understood to have exclaimed at the end of Loeanus' narrative: "It Is scan dalous. The vote Is a reflection on me, the government and all the authorities and societies who will unite in honoring Bismarck." The denunciation of the deputies Is aln.ost universal and there Is a general demand for some national demonstra tion which shall serve as a complete popular disavowal of the vote. RELICS FROM THE CHICORA. Manistee Man Finds Wreckage from the III l uted Steamer. Manistee, Mich., March 24. Shifting winds have driven the Ice from upper lake points along the shore In this vicin ity. Today a former mate of the steamer Puritan, while patrolling the beach, found a large quantity of wreck age from the Ill-fated f'hlrora. For live milis the timbers are fast In the Ice only a short distance from the shore. Martin claims to be familiar with" tin lost beat mid Is positive thut the wreckage Is part of the upper works. The lee will break up In a few days and the timbers may come nsshore. sharp lookout will be kept for bodies. INDIAN KILLED HIS GUARD. Convict in the Kansas State Prison Toma hawks n Turnkey. Leavenworth, Kun., March 21. James Howard, a turnkey nt the Kansas state prison, was tomahawked by an Indian convict, who In serving a sentence for murder committed In the territory. The Indian had been nt work with n hatchet and Howard, who wns near, turned his back. That Instant the Indian sank the blade In his skull, Inflicting a fatal wound.- In disarming the convict, other guards had narrow escapes. No cause for the net Is known. It Is believed the Indian Is Insane. DIED IN LINE OF DUTY. l our llruvo Firemen Sacrifice Their Own Lives In Saving Others. Denver, Colo., March 24. All but one member of Hose company No. 3 lost their lives last night fn a lire which destroyed the Ht. James Hotel. The hose company, excepting tho captain. Is composed of colored men. The dead number four. The unfortunate men, In company with four others, were groping about In the blinding smoke In the rotunda of thw hotel when the tile and cement floor gave way, precipitating them Into the basement, where the four unfortunates were mangled and sufTocnted. ... .. FUNERAL STOPPED HY MUD. Impossible to Drive the llcurao to o Cemetery. Wvst Chester, Pn., March 24. The fearful condition of thu roads prevented tho burlul of the lute Rev, John A. Watson. It was Impossible to drive through the quagmire to the cemetery at Covciitryvllle and fin preacher could bo secured to hold services at file grave. Four ministers were Invited but could not promise to drive through the deep mud. Hence the body of Rev. Wat son was placed In a vault and will remain there until the roads Improve, ENGLAND SWEPT HY GALES. Three Londoners Killed hy Falling Walls; Tlirco Othors Injured. London, March 21. A Revere gale hns swept the south of England this after noon and evening. Many houses have been unroofed. In London three per sons have been killed and three others hav been severely Injured by fulling walls- A boat race on the Thames wns upset ami lto two occupants were drowned. Many Isolated cases of death In the storm have been reported from tho provinces. Several of the ancient and historic trees at Rugby and Oxford have been uprooted. Three of them were between twenty-seven and thirty feet each in circumference. THEY OFFENDED AGAIN. Posing In tho Nude at the Cottluo house (iocs KIght On. I'luy New York, March 24. Although re buked by the court yesterduy the exhi bition of a nude woman wns kept up at the Casino. The woman and two men who pose similarly, together with the manager of tho theatre, are under $300 bail each to appear for examination on a charge of offending public decency and tho managers announce that they Will continue to offend It. Tho additional drapery used at the umtlneo yesterduy was hung carefully over the model's left breast In such a way that Its principal effect was to em phasize tho absence of covering from the right hand side. The "picture" was not given last night. The same woman appeared In other pictures, with Mow ing drapery. MAY CAUSE CONTAGION. Nuw Spanish Troops In Cubu Would Prohohly Spreud Dlseuse. Washington, March 24. The Insur rection in Cuba muj be of much mo ment as affecting the Interests and wel fare of the 1'nlted States In a direction to which public attention has not been heretofore directed. If Bxiln Sends 8,000 unaccllmated troops to that Island, as the dispatches Indicate may be done, then we shall have to look out for yel low fever. It will Inevitably strike among those raw troops, und the disease will rage with unusual virulence In Havana. From there to the 1'nlted States Is but a night's ride, und only the most rigor ous precautions and the exercise of the utmost vigilance will keep It out of our borders. WOMEN USE WHIPS ON HIM. A I'cnnsylvnnlun CliastlseJ .lust Outsldo of u Vlrginiu Court lluum. Alexandria, Va., March 21. Hurry Hlnes, one of the citizens of Alexandria, was tried yesterduy morning before Justice Trlplew for assaulting J. C. Weese, a Pennsylvania!!, who. It was alleged, had made some remarks de rogatory to Virginia women. He was acquitted. As Weese left the court room he had to pass through a double line of women, all armed with rawhides, who beat him so unmercifully thut the aid of a physi cian had to be called In. An attorney who appeared for hi in was compelled to go down on his knees and apologize. DESPERATE SUICIDE. Indiana Man lllous His Head Off 11c fore His M ife and Chlljrcn. La Grange, Ind., March 24. Cornelius Da Muuyon committed suicide last night In a shocking-manner. Becoming angered at his family, he deliberately blew his head on" with a double barreled shotgun, after first compelling his wife and children to seat themselves so they could see him kill himself. Hold llsndlts at Work. Victor, Col., March 21. Florence and Cripple Creek railroad train No. 6, south bound, was "held up" lust night hy live masked robbers Just outside the city bru its. The bandits went through the nmil and express ear, but found nothing valu able. The robliers then "held up" several passengers, taking two or three gold watches and some money. No one was In jured. (ienerul Oiuirnntlno Declared Little Rock, Ark., Mnrch 2I.-Kvery city of note on the line of the railroads In this state except Little Roc k was toduy quar antined against all commercial traveler', because one salesman, Sam Buckale, of Kausus City, was taken with smallpox. Divorce Sensation in llultimoro. Baltimore, March 24. The charges of unfaithfulness made by professor Rein hold Faction In his suit for divorce ugaiiist Mrs. Annie Fuelton have caused a sensa tion In musical circles of this city. All Hodlcs Recovered, Save One. Evimston, Wyo., March 21. Searching parties 111 the Alma mine have recovered all the bodies except one. Of the number killed thirty-two were members of tho Mormon church. VARIOUS WIRINGS. Father Lnlumlere, the noted Jesuit, Is dying of old age at Cincinnati. Ann Boyd, the actresB, Is to wed Tunis F. Benn, manager of Harris' Academy of Music, nt Italtlmore. Tho surprising cattle embargo of Houth Dakota ngiilnst Texas Is now said to upply only to southern Texas. Prematura' explosion of a charge In a Llthnnlu (lu.) quarry killed 811ns lOvuns und Ueorgo Bryant, colored. A train of twenty-nine cars, loaded with cotton goods, consigned to China, left lllddeford,,Me., for Vancouver. The annual meeting of Ihe National As sociation of Life Underwriters will be held In Philadelphia In October. The murder of James 1-1. Hell on the road near Perry, O. T., Is laid to William Htovsll, who hud threatened Hell. By the breaking of a juekserew a loco motive fell on three workmen at Algiers, Ln killing Joseph Vulller, aged 23. Dr. Roliert Buchanan, tho wife mur derer, of New York, was sentenced to death during thu last week In April. The next annuiil reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland has been called for Hepl. 18, at Chlckamauga. By grusplng on uninsulated wire, W. S. Pierce, electric light munsger nt Peta luma, Cab, was Instantly shocked to ties Hi. To tho disgust of California politician.-), Governor lludd will appoint Miss scphlno Tollman, a former clerk, us his private secretary. After n flstlo encounter near Carthage, M'.tH., Dan Bummers, a white youth, nnd Ilto Allen, colored, shot each other through the heart, ' A bill reported to the New York legis lature provides for a. trial of the gold chloride treatment for the cure of liquor and tobacco diseases. For stealing nn overcoat, W. C. Apple gate, the lexow green goods witness ut New York, was sent to prison for two years und eight months. Because Miss II. N. Haskell, a semin ary prlnclpul of Alton, 111., forbade her pupils to enter Louis Roberts' store, she Is sued for $100,000 dumuges, ' By refusing medical attendance to his wife In childbirth, John Buinmls, a Chris tian scientist of Whlttlur, Cul caused her death and will be prosecuted. Jim Morrison, a noted Alubama desper ado, was shot und killed on Thursday In the -forks of Lit tie and Big Warrior rivers,' by Deputy Sheriff Cole, BATTLED SMOKE AND FLAME Two I'crsons Caught in a Baltimore burnint) Building. THE l'LAMCS SPKEAD RAPIDLY Heroic Efforts of Policemen and l lrcincn to Keseue the liimuies of the House. Mr. and Mrs. Ilcuth llurucd In a Terrible Muniier. Baltimore, March 24. Seven nersons nurrowly escaped cremation In a llrel on West Mount Royal avenue at 1 o'clock this morning; two of them were budly burned und may die of their in juries. In the home of George 10. Tlmanus, Mil Maryland avenue, Mrs. Florence Cox, his sister, had Just died. Mrs. Tlmanus, who was sitting up with the dead, discovered flames bursting from the rear of the first floor of the resi dence of Roscoe B. Heath, stock broker, at 29 West Mount Royal avenue. Mrs. Tlmaiuia gave the alarm and awakened her husband. Mr. Tlmanus, without stoppng to dress, rushed to the Heath residence and aided three servants who had Jumped from the third floor to the roof of an extension In the rear of the house, to reach the ground In safety. Mean time the firemen and policemen had ar rived and found the parlor floor a mass of tire and flames. Two Children Rescued. They broke In the front door nnd rushed up two flights of stairs to where two children were screumlng. Police man Howe gathered both In his arms, but was overcome by smoke on the second floor. Assistant Chief McAleer met the ofllcer and dragged him. und the children to the front door. Mrs. Heath had been asleep In the second story front room, and did not! awaken until her escape was almost Impossible. Her screams told the fire men that there was still another person In the building. The woman made her way to the third story through the fire and gmoke-eongested hall nnd stair case, but was frightfully burned. Her night dress had been burned from her body und her hair was ablaze when she appeared at the rear window. Assistant Chief MeAle?r and other firemen stood on each other's shoulders and brought the woman to the roof of the extension. From here she was lowered to the ground and sent to the hospital. Her face was blackened nnd scorched, nnd most of the skin of her body was burned away. Her condition is critical. Heath llndly Hurncd. Mr. Heath was also badly burned, although he was the first to leave the house. He ran through tho flames and smoke out of the front door. He is also at the hospital, in a critical shape. The children and servants escaped serious Injury. DID NOT WAIT FOR A SHAVE. Detroit burner Hus nn Experience with Delirium Tremens Patient. Detroit, March 24. Yesterday after noon a rough-looking man with his face covered with a two weeks' growth of beard entered a barber shop near the county Jail and demanded a shave. He tat down In tho chair, but continued to hold his hat aid a heavy pair of black smith's tongs. After McCoy had lln Ished lathering the man he asked If he shouldn't relieve him of the hat nnd tongs until the conclusion of the shav ing operation. He answered not n word, but with an expression of horror on his face began to rise slowly but steadily from the chair. The barber asked him what was the matter. The caller did not reply, but let out a terrific yell and bounded for the door with his hat In one hand and the tongs In the other. It wus learned the man's name was Sarbl nowskl, rfnd he evidently has the de lirium tremens. INDIVIDUAL COMMUNION CUPS Preacher Invents u Scheme Which He Thinks Will become Popular. Grand Rapids, Mich., March 24 Rev. Charles S. Lee, of the Second Baptist church, has Invented and had patented an Individual church communion ser vice. The device Is a pyramid of three dlBcs attached to a central standard. The discs have apertures Into which seventy-five tiny cups shaped like grapes repose, each holding n spoonful. At the top of the standard Is a ring and swivel. A long handle wllh a hook nt the end Is used In passing the service. Rapidly ns used the cups nre Inverted and there is a slop basin attachment to catch drippings. Mr. Lee Is confident that his device will be come popular. He will Introduce It In his church. BILL TO TAX KACIIELORS. Proposed That Proceeds lie I'std to Ls tabllsh an "Old Maids Homo." Pprlngllold. III., March 24. A bill to tux bachelors for tho establishment of nn "t)ld Maid's Home," when the tax fund shnll have reached $.".0,0(10, was In troduced In tho house Saturday by Rep resolutive Waleck. The bill defines bachelors ns single men of 32 years or over, who have never been married, nnd exempts men who have reached Cii, those who are physically unlit, and those who enn prove to a board of unmarried women over 80 years old, that they havo pro posed marriage ut least three times to marriageable females, and been re fused each time. GENERAL NOBLE MUST APPEAR tx-Secretnry of tho Interior Served wttb an Attachment lit St. Louis. St. Louis, March 24. Kx-Heeretury of the interior John W. Noblo was served with a shorllT's attachment for con tempt of court. General Noble wos Buinmonod ns , witness In a fraud case In the criminal court, but fulled to ap pear. Judge Murphy announced that ho did not recognlxo grades or politics In wit nesses and ordered the attachment. EX.OITTCERS ROB A TRAIN. They Are I'ndcr Arrest to Answer the Charge, Cripple Creek, Colo,, March 24. This morning Sheriff Bowers, assisted by a half dozen deputy sheriffs, went to tho Bcene of last night's train robbery. jjob Taylor, ex-deputy sheriff and ex- deputy United States mashal, and Frank Wallace were arrested. They were brought to Cripple Creek by Sheriff Bowers and the trainmen Identified Taylor as being one of the men who went through the cars and re lieved the passengers of money and Jewelry. The sheriff Is convinced that his ex-lleutenant was one of the five who held up the train. THINKS PLEDGE UNMANLY. Newton Minister Tells Why Ho Defies on an Kdict of the Conference. Newton, Mass., March 24. Rev. Dil lon Bronson, pastor of the Newton Methodist church, who refused to pledge himself to abstain from the use of tobacco at the last annual confer ence of the Methodist denomination, held In W'althum, has prepared a state ment explaining his position. It will be presented at the next conference In Salem April 2. And Kays: "I am convinced that It would be entirely unscriptural and contrary to the whole spll it of the New Testament for any church to require Its ministers to pledge themselves to wholly ubstaln from tho use of tobacco. For about a year and a half I have not Indulged once, and am entirely free from the habit, with no Intention of resuming It, but I conscientiously decline to put myself under what I regard as an un necessary and unmanly pledge." FOUR DEATHS FOR 30 CENTS. Trivial Disputo Is Likely to Result in Other Tragedies in the f uture. Meridian, Miss., March 21. Trouble over a suit for .'JO cents' worth of meal which J. L. Brlrtou lost at Cramp's grist mill caused three highly respected citizens , to be killed. Brltton Is one, B. F. and Allen Pringle are the others. They Impeached Britton's testimony and he had to pay $Co0 In costs. The men started to talk it over yesterday and the discussion tnded with the deutfi of the three. The same suit caused young Cramp to kill Charles Shlnks last spring, and there will prob ably be more killing later. CONCERT BY TELEPHONE. Heard In Columbus; Furnished by New York und Other Cities. New York, March 24. A long distance telephone concert to Columbus, O., was given last night from the office of the American Telephone and Telegraph company. The Epworth league of Co lumbus was the recipient of the re ceipts, and It expects to realize $2,000. The New York end of the programme was furnished by Miss Fanny Cartz dafner. Chaplain C. C. McCabe, Frank II. Parsons, and Dr. W. B. Maple. The other cities which assisted in the con cert were Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, Terre Haute, Chllllcothe. Pittsburg, Cuyahoga Falls, and Cincinnati. - BEATS A BROTHER TO DEATH. Murder Results from a Quarrel Started hy an Intoxicated Man. Carmel, Me., March 21. Frank Thompson, a farmer, has killed his brother Kdward. Kdward was drunk and attacked Frank, whose wife went to his aid. Edward threw her down und renewed his attack upon Frank, who had meantime armed himself with a club. With this Frank knocked Edward down, and in a frenzy of rage beat his head out of all semblance to humanity. The brothers were well to do, owning considerable properly in common, and had always lived together peacably. Edward was a bachelor. . . CLAIMS AN IMMENSE ESTATE. Michlgun Woman to Sue for an Interest In Land Near New York. Charlevoix. Mich., March 24. Mrs. rriscilla Copeland, who lives on a small farm south of East Jordan, claims to be a direct descendant and heiress of Joseph Rodman, who once owned all the land on the Hudson river north of New York w.here now the suburb of Irvlngton stands. Mrs. Copeland has engaged an attor ney to push her claim In the New York courts. HUSBAND AND WIFE KILLED. Arkansas Farmers Murdered While Asleep by I nknown Persons. Jonesboro, Ark., Mnrch 24. News was received Here last night from Buf falo Island, In the extreme southeast ern portion of this county, of a horrible double murder. John C.argus, a pros perous farmer, and his wife, were mur dered In bed while asleep. Their baby, who was In bed with them, was not molested. The heads of the uged couple were both crushed. There Is no clew to the murderers. The Slugger Is Itctter. Boston, March 21. John L. Sullivan's condition Is much Improved. WASHINGTON WISPS. Rudysrd Kipling was sight-seeing In tho slate department Saturday. Although the income tux Is not due till July 1, It Is said $10,000 bus already been paid In. Secretary, llerlvrt hns paid the Cramps, of Philadelphia, $179.8.10, the tenth Instal ment on tho battleship Iowa und tho fif teenth Instalment on tho armored cruiser Brooklyn. Tho United States supreme court will meet today after a vacation of a week. It Is possible that tho cases Involving the constitutionality and validity of the In come itax may bo disposed of. After opin ions nro reud the court will hear argument In tho lebs esse. Lycurgus Dallon, postmaster of tho houso of representatives at Washington, died nt his residence In that city. Mr. Daltnn whs a native of Bedford, lnd., nnd a pronilnont Democrat In politics and hus held tho position of postmaster of the house through a number of administra tions. Ho leaves a family. FOREIGN FANCIES. Tho Puke of Aosta will probably wed Princess lleleno of Orleans at Turin In April. Floods In Prussian Silesia have Inun dated tho towns of Ohlan, ZeUUti and Kotitwltz. Sir Henry TYnsonby, secretury to Queen Victoria, Is agutn reported to be near death's door. Tho Hungarlun house of magnates ro amended a religious freedom bill as to rob It of all pretunsa of freedom. WEATHER REPORT. Vor eastern Pelnsylvanla, fair, fol lowed by cloudy weather; warmer; south westerly winds. Rnleys Hosiery Department Extraordinary value in Fast Black Hosiery. While they last we will offer the fol lowing THREE NUMBERS m In High Grade Hose at prices never before quoted for this class of goods: 150 doz. Ladies' Fine Two Thread Hose,high spliced heel and double sole, 17c. per pair; 3 pairs for 50c. 125 doz. Ladies' extra fine, 40-guage Hose, high, spliced heel and double sole, 21c. per pair; Actual Value, 30c, 150 doz. of our celebrated "Boys Armor Plate" Hose, 1x1 and 1x2 rib, double knee and extra heavy, sizes 7 to 10, 2Qc. per pair. OUR REGULAR 25C. STOCKING. These goods are all made from the best Maco Yarn, guaranteed Hcrmsdorf Dye, and are the best Hosiery val ues we have ever seen ofEered. FIN LEY'S 510 and 512 Lackawama Ave. H. A. KINGSBURY AGENT F0S THE VERY BEST. 813 SPRUCE ST., SCRANTON, PA We arc celling more Shocst You urc helping us. OUR 2.00 Hand Welt Shoe is one of our trade stimulators I1IUEUU1 UUII WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. REPAIRING OF Km. the Jeweler, can repaiir your watch to give per feet satisfaction, having? had ten years' experienca in our leading watch fa tones. GIVE US A TRIAL mu amirs LEATHER BUB linn FINE MCE
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