J-' I V I1 EIGHT PAGES 56 COLUMNS. SCRANTON, PA., 'WEDNESDAY MORNING. APRIL' 3, 1895. TWO CENTS A COPT. THEY WANT THE FARR BILL Bills Considered and Passed Finally by tlie House. Amoorb and kuxkel wrangle The Gentleman from Dauphin UnrU Imputations Bock to the Teeth of the Bradford Representative. ' Various Methods of Koform. Bpeclal to the Bcranton Tribune. Harrlsburg, April 2. Twenty-flvs- bo Cletles of Philadelphia, Interested in, and caring; for poor and neglected chil dren, have petitioned Governor Hast ings end the senate to pass the Farr compulsory educational bill. - The societies say: "The bill meets our hearty and unqualified endorse ment and It Is ardently "hoped 'by those who have these matters at heart that this bill will be passed to further the cause of the little children. We believe that to form the child aright is better than to reform the man." Vigilant care In the rearing and edu cation of children will eventually de crease the number of reformatories, and penal institutions. HOUSE SESSIONS. armer Moore and Farmer kuultcl In- dulgo in Angry Talk. Harrisburg, Pa April 2. The house et at 10 o'clock this morning. By ryinimous consent the following bill as read in place: My Mr. Aloore, or Chester, appropriating $190 for the ex penses of the last Illness of Joseph Nelghly, a private of Battery C, Third brigade, National Guards, Pennsylva nia, whose death was caused by typhoid fever contracted ait the Gettysburg en campment. Owing to doubt as to the constitution ality of certain provisions of the bill, the house, on motion of Mr. Focht, re considered the vote by which it con curred In the senate amendment to the Focht bridge bill, and then refused to concur. The North bill, prohibiting the killing of deer for five years from next Octo ber, under penalty of J200 flne, was discussed and passed Anally yeas, 120; nays. 22. ' The Kunkel bill, providing for game commissioners, defining their duties and empowering them to employ game protectors, evoked much discussion. "Farmer" Moore, of Bradford, at tacked the measure on the score of ex pense and charged that the people were growing weary of the increase of office and expense. Mr. Kunkel, of Dauphin, replied in vigorous fashion, and threw back Into the teeth of the gentleman from Brad ford the imputation that he was op posed to retrenchment nnd reform. He v then proceeded to arraign certain mem bers of the house for prating about re form end economy after they had se cured what they wanted In the passage of the bill creating a department of agriculture. He had voted for that bill because he believed It was demanded by the farming class, but he did no. think it came with good grace Tor tfiose who had advocated Its passage s Btrongly to attempt to place others in the position of favoring extravagance. He said his constituents were not afraid of him, and he was not afraid of them; each trusted the other. After Borne further discussion the bill fell yeas, 90; nays, D9 being less than a constitutional majority. Hills Pnsscd I lnnllv. Among the bills which passed finally were the following: Granting an an nuity to Llllle C. Raabe, widow of , August C. Raabe, private in Company B, Eighth regiment, National Guards Pennsylvania. Providing for the em ployment and payment of janitors, fire men, engineers, mechanics, laborers and care takers of court house, grounds. Providing against the adulterations of foods and providing for the enforce ment thereof. Extending; the' provis ions of the act of April 28, 1855, relating to corporations and estates held for charitable use to disposition of prop erty made previous to the passage of suld act. The senate bill to establish the liabil ity of endorsers of negotiable Invest ments was defeated, as was also the bill authorizing the state pharmaceuti cal examining boards to fix the salary of Its secretary. The house . this afternoon resumed , consideration of bills on third reading and final passage. There was consid erable discussion of the bill providing . that none but citizens of the United ; States shall be employed In any capac ... Ity in the erection, enlargement or im- provement of any public building or public work within this commonwealth. ,Mr. Penniwell, of Philadelphia, and others Bpoke against the bill, but it passed finally by a vote of 151 yeas, to 15 nays. Other Mcasuies Approved. Other bills that passed finally were the following: To provide for the lia bility of tenants In common In posses sion and their co-tenants out of posses sion; senate bill providing; that a suit wrongly begun In equity may be con tinued at law; to prohibit the capture or killing for the purpose of barter or sale of any quail or Virginia partridge, ruffled grouse, commonly called pheas ant, pinnated grouse, commonly called prairie chicken, or any woodcock, the transportation of the same after the same have been killed, and to provide for the, punishment of any person or persons guilty of violating any of the provisions of this act; limiting the dura tion of the Hen of taxes against real es- . tote In this commonwealth; to regulate billiard saloons and pool rooms; pro viding for the time from which wills declaring separate use trusts shall speak and take effect as to said trusts; providing that none but citizens of the United States shall be employed in any capacity in the erection, enlargement or Improvement of any public building or public work within this commonwealth; to prevent the adulteration or selling adulterated liquors and to provide for the enforcement thereof; to authorize . the election of road supervisors for three yearB In the several townships of this commonwealth; authorizing and re- : quiring county commissioners to add 10 per cent, to taxes on seated lands - that are returned to the county com mlstloners for non-payment, of taxes; to repeal section 1 of an act of assembly approved May 7, A. D., 1864, entitled "An act relating to Allegheny county" and also to repeal all former local and special acts of assembly fixing the sal aries or fees of the county controller and solicitor of Allegheny county so far as the same relates to the salaries or. fees to be paid said officers. The bill to further regulate the In corporation of mutual fire Insurance companies was defeated. FATAL ELECTION RIOT. Frank Thorn, Wotoher, Shot by Frank Iuy. St. Louis, Mo., April I. In an elec tion riot today Frank Thorn was shot twice and fatally wounded by Frank Day. The murderer was arrested and taken to police headquarters. Thorn wus employed as a watcher at the polls to guard against Illegal vot ing, and was shot while in the discharge of his duty. A mob pursued the mur derer, and in the chase over twenty shots were fired. IDENTIFIED AG A IX. Yet the Police are L'nable to Clear Up the Mystery Surrounding the Murder of a Colorod Wortmn. New York, April 2. Robert B. Ded mon, a colored porter, called at the morgue this afternoon and 'Identified the body of the murdered negress as that of 'Mamie Needab. He said she was a cook 28 years old, and had come to this city about three years ago from Virginia. She lived until a few days ago with Mrs. Foster, at No. 899 Sixth avenue, for whom she worked. Ded mon was positive in his Identification of the body. Before going to Mrs. Fos ter, Mamie had lived with her Bister somewhere in New Jersey. With Dedmon was another colored man named Dennis Bpruelll, an ex pressman. He said that lam fall he took her trunk to the Pennsylvania railroad when she went on a trip to the south. He also eald that the girl had a cousin in this city and the two col ored men accompanied a policeman to hunt up the cousin. Miss Needab"' s cousin, Mary Brown ing, was located at No. 106 West Twenty sixth street. She told the officers that she had gone to the morgue in com pany with her mother In the morning amd hod seen at a glance that the body was not that of Mamie Needab. The women were positive that the dead wo man was not their relative. The police believe that Dedmon and Spreulll con cocted the story for the purpose of ob taining a little notoriety. FOND OF AXLE GREASE. Judgo White Defends the Lubricating OuotltloH of Boarding House Butter. Pittsburg, Fa., April 2. An opinion was handed down by Judge White In common pleas court today refusing a mandamus and striking off the appeal in oleomargarine cases. The opinion was filed in the case of J. E. Gibson and six others who appealed from the judgment of Justice of the Peace J. M. McCourtney, by whom they were lined $100 and costs for selling oleomargarine. Judge White said: The oleomarga rine act Is a general law, and does not designate the tribunal or court in which tlie suit for the penalty may be brought. It is clear a Jury trial would do him no good. In concluding his opinion the Judge said: "I may be pardoned fur saying I regard the act of April 21, 1885, as un wise and unjust. Much of the oleomar garine is as pure and wholesome and In every way as good as a great deal of genuine butter. Like all similar, acts where the informer gets a share of the fine, it is frequently perverted to mer cenary purposes, and to the encourage ment of disreputable practices." NO AGREEMENT YET. Anthracite Presidents Cannot Mako Coal Allotments. New York, April 2. It Is reported that a committee appointed by the pres idents of the anthracite coal roads to make allotments of percentages to the different roads held a meeting here to day, but that no agreement was reached. In fact It was said a hitch had occurred and that the prospects for a settlement are not very good. The Lehigh Valley controversy is eald to be the chief obstacle to a set tlement. BROODED ON RELIGION. And Alice Hoover's Body Was Found In Conewago Creek. York, Pa April 2. 'Brooding on re ligious theories, 18-year-old Alice Kee ner, who mysteriously disappeared from her home In East Berlin several weeks ago, drowned herself. John Smith recovered her body from Conewago creek today. nismarck's Health Is Good. Frlederlchsruhe, April 2. Prince Bis murvk slept soundly lost night and rose at 10 o'clock this morning. He Is somewhat fatigued from his efforts of yestorduy, but otherwise in excellent health. STATE PARAGRAPHS. In a Pottsvllle cool mine, John Walgo fell 150 feet to his death. ' Clovemor Hastings will make the mem orial address at Allegheny city. Robbers ggt $500 worth of clothing In J. M. Ulddlng's store, at Bloomsburg. The Ross club, at Wllllamsport, will en tertain Governor and Mrs. Hastings on Friday, . ' , Financial troubles Induced Henry Ktl tnore, at Lewlsburg, York county, to hang himself. Shenandoah merchants have an antl peddler league, and yesterday drove out of town a number of Itinerants. Wanted for burglary In Clearfield county three years ago, William Shults has just been arrested near Jersey Shore.. Edward Kolly, a'Chester hotel man, re cently convicted of forgery, was yester day cent to prison for nine months. Altoona negroes held a meeting last night to honor Fred Douglass' memory, and Cotigressmxan Hicks mode a speech. While cleaning a revolver, a son of John Pearthree, at Delta, York county, acci dentally shot his little alster, Inflicting a dangerous wound. 'Officers John Hess, W. C', Keys and Mi chael Klmmell, of the Altoona Turner Blnglng society, Were held for trial, an- cused of Belling liquor without a license. C. A. M. Oswald, aon of Rev. Oswald, of York, hung himself In the garret of his residence at Lancaster yesterday after noon. He had been suffering from melan cholia for some time. He was 60 years of age, . ' V DRIVEN FROM THE COUNTRY Saxony Lace Weavers Forced Return to Their Homes. to WAS CONTRACT LAW VIOLATED ? After Being Knocked About for Some Time Through Influence of Trades Unions, the Experts Beg to Be Sent Back llotne. New York, April 2. The arrival In Wllkes-Barre, Pa., last December of four expert lace weavers from Saxony aroused the ire and animosity of the members of all the labor unions In the western district In Pennsylvania against the strangers who had Invaded their special field of labor. The new comers easily found employment in the factories of the Wllkes-Barre Lace Manufacturing company, but the Jeal ousy and Ill-feeling wast not abated un til after the new arrivals had been driven out of work, out of the city and finally out of the state and back to Ellis Island, where they last week be sought the authorities to send them back to Saxony. The names of the men are Franz Ludow, Franz Emil Sporn, F. Amy Bossier and William Richard Koehler. They first arrived arrived at Ellis Ltlund in December last on board the Hamburg lino steamer Normanla and having satisfactorily passed all exam inations were allowed to land. Had the Men llccn Imported. When they arrived last week and asked to be returned to Saxony, Dr. Senner, Immigration commissioner, took their depositions, and some addi tional light was thrown on the stories which had been communicated to the Federal authorities In Pennsylvania by the labor unions to the effect that the four men had been Imported by the Wllkes-Barre Lace Manufacturing company. In violutlon of the contract labor law. The facts in the case were forwarded to Washington by Dr. Senner, and the secretary and treasury ordered on ac tion in assumpsit to be begun against the Wllkes-Barre Lace Manufacturing company by the Federal authorities in Pennsylvania to recover $1,000 for each of the men said to have been Illegally Imported. William H. Cochran, of the law firm of Ullo, Kuebsainen and Coch ran, has been appointed to take testi mony In the case in this city in behalf of the government. The Wllkes-Barre Lace Manufactur ing company will be represented by Oliver M. Benedict. The taking of testi mony will begin on Friday next. MRS. WILLIAMS' CRIME. Announced Her Determination to Kill Her Children and Then Commit Suicide. Columbus, O., April 2. Mrs. Eliza beth Williams, who killed her two chil dren at the Park hotel yesterday, was examined by Coroner Herbst, in inquest this morning. She was perfectly calm and showed no signs of Insanity, relat ing the Btory of her domestic troubles, the disregard of her husband for her and the children, her conclusion to end her misery and theirs by murder and suicide, and how she carried the plan Into effect. It was only when the bloody razor, found in the room in the hotel, was shown to her that she broke down. After weeping several minutes, she said: "Yes, that is the razor with which I cut Harry's throat." A letter found at the house in Grove City and addressed to her husband was shown, to her by the coroner. Though It was not signed, she admitted that she wrote It. It was a long letter and In it she upbraided him for his cruelty to his family. She said he had never cared for anything but his own pleas ure and comfort, and that he would have that at any cost. It was enough that he had sent her soul to hell; he had tried to send the souls of their children there, too. She plainly announced her determina tion to kill her children and commit suicide. SHOT IN THE NECK. Singular Accident to ex-Spoaker John . Founce. Camden, N. J., April 2. While on the way to Atlantic City this afternoon, as the train was passing through the sub urbs of this city, ex-Speaker of the Pennsylvania Legislature John E. Faunce was shot In the neck by a bul let from a rifle fired by a boy on the roadway. Mr. Faunce was sitting at the window of the car when the, bullet Btruck him. The train was not stopped. at the time, but at the first station where a stop was made a, telegram was sent to Hammonton for a physician to meet the train. At Hammonton a doctor was in waiting and came aboard .the train and went on to Atlantic City with it. He did not attempt to remove the bullet from Mr. Faunce'B neck, but said the wound is not serious. John Richardson, aged 14 years, Gil bert Hubert, aged 17, and Robert Swain, aged 16, were arrested on the charge of having done the shooting. Richardson admitted firing the shot that struck Mr. Faunce, but said that he aimed at the wheels of the car as the train passed him and that his foot slipped Just as he pulled the trigger and the barrel of the rifle was thrown up ward and the bullet went through the window of the car. MOTHER OF MINISTERS. Mrs. Rcnnevllle Roth Commits Suicide by Hanging. Allentown, Pa., April 2.-Mrs. Renne ville Roth, aged 60 years, committed suicide today by hanging at her home near Rockdale. ' She had been melancholy for some time. Among her six children are two clergymen, Revs. M. F. Roth, of Sum mit Hill, and Benjamin II. Koth, of Mlllersvllle ' OBJECTS TO FIGHTS. The Governor of Florida Tries to Brae t'p tlio Legislature. Tallahassee, Fla., April 2. The Flori da legislature convened today for the biennial session of sixty days. - In his message under the head of "Prise Fights," Governor Mitchell said: "During the last year a most disgrace ful and brutal fight of this character took place In the city of Jacksonville, and parties who resort to this occupa tion as means of making a living, with out labor, are boasting that there Is no law in this state to prevent such dis graceful contests, and openly boast that another one will be 'pulled off' at Jack sonville next September; but, gentle men, you have it in your power to pre vent this by proper legislation. "I recommend that these prize fights, or glove contests, be made felonies by statute, with such penalties attached as will cause these thugs to respeot the law and to respect me law abiding, God fearing people of the state In the pursuit of all their rights as citizens. "Also, that all persons who may ho present ait such contest shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, be punished the same as the prlncl pals." PASSED THE CENTURY MARK. Daniel Baugh Preparing to Colebrate Uls 100th Anniversary. JefferBonvllle, Ind., April 2. Daniel Baugh, residing near the Kentucky and Indiana Cement mills, five miles from the city, will celebrate his 106th birth day tomorrow. He was born April 1, 1789, in Wyeth county, West Virginia. In 1800 his parents moved to Pulaski county, Kentucky, and at later periods they lived in Franklin, Oldham and Spencer counties. In 1854 he moved to Indiana, and for a number of years re sided In Scott county, but for the last five years he has lived with his younger son, Daniel Baugh, who is 65 years of age. He has four children Thomas Baugh, Mrs. Alice White, of Johnson county, Mrs. Kate Payne, of Scott county, and Daniel Baugh, Jr. The aged man is re- covering from an attack of grip, and aside from the feeling of exhaustion that . accompanies the malady, Mr. Baugh is In remarkable health. He Is as bright mentally as he was fifty years ago, and he gets about with wonderful sprlghtliness. The anniversary celebra tion will be attended by every member of his family, and elaborate arrange ments are being made for the event. CATHOLIC DIGNITARY COMING Superior General of the Rodemptorlst Order to Visit America. New York, April 2. Catholics In this country are making great preparation for the expected visit of Rev. Mathias Raus, superior general and rector ma jor of the Redemptorlst order, or, as it is more familiarly known, the Congre gation of theiMost Holy Redeemer, one of the most powerful organizations in the Catholic church. Although the American branch of the order was established in 1832, this will be the first visit of so high a dignitary, and the tour of Inspection to be made by the superior general will take him all over the country. In Rome Superior General Raus is said to be even a greater man than Satolll, and Is said to enjoy the closest friendship of the pope. ' ' ASSAULT IMPORTED MEN. Striking Crows of Oystor Boats Intimi date Newcomers. Millvllle, N. Y. April 2. The trouble with the imported colored oyster men has begun and Is likely to get worse. Today 500 men organized at Port Norrls and promised the home workmen that they would not work for less than $35 a month. Hiram Wagner, one of the gang, hired out for $15 and was assault ed by the crowd and had to leave the place. Several of the colored men from Baltimore, fearing that the mob would hurt them, rowed their boats ashore at night and made their escape. Others will follow at the first opportunity. Several boats today sailed out to the cove to prevent their crews from leav ing them. The oyster men say they will boycott the captains. SATOLLI GIVES A DINNER. The Washington Clergy Honored by the Papal Legate. "Washington, April 2. Mgr. Satolll, the papal legate, gave a dinner today to a number of the local clergy in honor of his patron Balnt, Saint Francis. Among others present was Father An drew Joseph Stephan, who has for his special charge the Catholic schools among the Indians. During the progress of the dinner Mgr. Satolll took occasion to announce to the assembled company the fact that the pope had authorized him to make publio the appointment of Father Stephan as private chamberlain to the Holy Father with the title of Mon slgnor. GIRLS START FOR ALASKA. Three School Teachers to Seek Their ... Fortunes In the Gold Fields. Tacoma, Wash., April 2. Misses An an K. Wells, Eugenie Armstrong and Maggie Farrelly, of Ellensburg, Wash., left here today to seek their fortunes In the gold fields of Alaska. The young women, who have been school teachers, have In their outfit a small sail boat in which they will make the trip up the Yukon river to Forty mile Creek, a distance of over 1,200 miles. Miss Farrelly'B father has been in the gold fields of Forty-mile Creek for more than a year and sent for his daughter. The other girls were eager to make the trip and seek wealth and so Joined her. WAFTED FROM THE WIRES. Ranches near Bingham, Neb., have been swept by disastrous prairie fires. Wreckers turned a switch and derailed a Florida Central train near Gainesville, Fla., but got no booty. Coroner Hoeber, of New York, cannot longer draw salary as coroner and fees as a United States pension examiner. David M. Stone, the venerable editor of the New York Journal of Commerce, dl4d at his home In Brooklyn last night. . Admiral Erben, United States navy,re- tlrecl, win, it is sain, oe appointed a New York dock commissioner by Mayor Strong. Mrs. Thomas O'Mara was shot and per haps fatally injured by her brother-in-law during a quarrel, at Stanford, Conn, Fired by Its cargo of wet lime, the Rockland (Me.) schooner Alfred Keen was wrecked on Trinity Lodge, N. 8., and her mate drowned. Rev. Stephen Kamlnskl, a Polish priest at Omaha, Neb., has been arrested, to gether with four parishioners, on the charge of burning the church. The division of Maryland Protestant Episcopal diocese and appointment of a bishop for Washington, D. C, Is urged because there Is to be a great Episcopal cathedral at the capital. , WAR SITUATION IN CUBA Bight Thousand Soldiers Landed This Week from Spain. THE NEW GOVERNOR GENERAL Those In Arms Against tho Government Do Not Seem to Be Increasing in Nurabcrs-N'ot Much to Re port from Seat of War. Havana, March 30. .During the past week some 8,000 troops have arrived from Spain and have been landed at various ports, where they were re ceived with great enthusiasm. It Is un derstand they will be followed immedi ately by a further contingent of some 10,000 men. The majority of the people here are much pleased with tho appointment of General Campos as governor general of the Island. It Is confidently hoped that he will succeed in suppressing the pres ent disturbance without unnecessary bloodshed. It is also understood he comes authorized toestablish the re forms recently passed by the Spanish Cortes. From what the New York press would call "the seat of war" there is not much to report. Those In arms against the government do not appear to be increasing in numbers and it is not likely that the present trouble will extend beyond the Santiago De Cuba district, the reports from all other cen ters of the Island being most satisfac tory and assuring. . JEALOUS HUSBAND'S RAGE. Charges XV, Sherwood Attacks His Wife's Partner at a Ball. Syracuse, N. Y., April 2. Charles W. Sherwood, one of the auditors of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad, went to the ball at Columbia hall, in this city, last night, in com pany with his wife, to whom he had been married about a year. During the dance his wife was introduced to John J. Laass, son of Emll Laass, a promi nent patent lawyer. Laass danced with Mrs. Sherwood and Sherwood became insanely Jealous. He left the hall. vowing vengeance, going to the saloon of W llllam J. Kuntszch. A few moments later Laass and Mrs. Sherwood went to the same saloon, en tering a elde room. Laass saw Sher wood, and Invited him to enter the room. At this Sherwood drew a re volver, and calling Laass a vile name, threatened to shoot him. The proprie tor or the saloon held Sherwood, and Laass and iMrs. Sherwood left the room. Laass took Sherwood's wife to the Clarendon hotel, where she has been stopping. They had been there but a, minute when Sherwood appeared, carrying an unbrella in his hand. With this he knocked Laass almost Insen sible. He again drew his pistol, and, according to Laass' story, he was In danger of being murdered, when he managed to make his escape. No ar rests were made. REPUBLICAN VICTORIES. Largo Guins at the Spring Elections Everywhere. St, Louis, Mo., April 2. A Republican victory is assured. The Democrats at 8.30 p. m. claim but one of six council men and one of twenty-eight delegates. Chicago, April 2. Five hundred and ninety precincts in the city give Swift, (Republican), for mayor, 92,270; Wenter, (Democrat), 59,210. Sedalia, Mo., April 2. Three Republi can and one Democratic cou'ncilmen and one Republican and one Democratic school director were elected here today. Schenectady, N. Y., April 2. At the city election here today Jacob W. Clute, Republican, was elected mayor. Denver, Colo,, April 2. The municipal election passed off today with a few minor disturbances. At 10 o'clock to night it is conceded the Republican ticket Is elected by 5,000 majority. Re turns from the smaller towns of the state nearly all show Republican vic tories. Chicago, April 2. Reports received at a late hour tonight Indicate Republican victory In almost every city and town In the state in today's municipal elec tions. MRS. M'HUGH'S DAMAGES. Receives Six Thousand Dollars for Loss of Her Husband. Pittsburg, Pa., April 2. Mrs. Mary MoHugh today received $6,000 damages from the proprietors of the Hotel Schlosser for the death of her husband. In December, 1891, A. B. MeHugh was a guest at the Schlosser, and for some cause, alleged by the proprietors to be drunkenness, he was put out of the house. He fell in an alle near tha hotel nnd for some time lay in the water and snow. While being taken to the hospital he died. His wife began suit for $10,000 damages in 1812, and the case has Just been settled. THEIVISH EMPLOYE CAUGHT. Had Taken Nearly $1,000 Worth of Mer chandise from Cars. Logansport, Ind., April 2. The Penn sylvania railroad- deteotlve, after searching- for a year, last night cap tured August Worth, a freight house employe of the company, who has been taking goods from packages in, cars. Worth's house was searched and nearly $1,000 In merchandise found, con sisting of dry goods, shoes, groceries, etc. Chief Detective Bradley, of Chi cago, thinks a number of other robber ies can be laid to Worth. The thieving has been carried on for a year and the company baa paid the owners for the articles as "lost in transit." . LOGS ON THE TRACK. Dostardjy Attempt at Train Wrecking Near Doylcstown. Doylcstown, Pa., 1 April 2. Two at tempts were made, evidently by dis gruntled former trackmento wreck the Stony Creek Railroad train due here at 3.25 p. m. yesterday. At a point be tween Belfry and Acorn stations, as the train was rounding a curve Into a cut, Engineer Edward Charles and Fireman Baxter saw a huge log lying across the track. Before the train could be stopped the engine pilot struck the ob struction and threw It aside. Several 'Iron coupling links were found on tha rails also at another point near by, evidently placed there to wreck the train returning, If the log failed to do its work. WORK OF THE MOD. A Negro Prisoner Is Taken from Officers and Lynched. Jacksonville, Fla., April . On the night of March 27 B. H. Kane, a mer chant of Newmansvllle, Fla., was mur dered and robbed. Since then a coron ers' Inquest has decided that William Raws, a negro, who had been arrested on suspicion, was guilty. Tonight while the negro was being guarded by three officers at the depot waiting for a train, they were attacked by masked men who overpowered them, seized the prisoner and disappeared with htm. It is supposed that the negro Is dead by this time. SOWING HIS WILD OATS. Thirteen Year Old Curbondale Youth Who Is on the Hosd to the House of Refuge. A hearing was yesterday had In chambers before Judge Edwards in the case of Percy Courtright, a 13-year-old Carbondale youngster, whom, his mother desires to see Incarcerated in the House of Refuge. Attorney John F. Reynolds represented, Mrs. Court right, She was sworn, as well as her daugh ter and another son, and the three of them coincided in their stories about Percy's waywardnt&q. They testified that he refuses to abide by his mother's advice, will not go to school except when It pleases his fancy to do so, and absolutely refuses to work. He also manifests a propensity for skylarking and on past occasions has remained out all night. As soon as Stenographer Coston tran scribes the testimony It will be exam ined by two of the judges. The law requires that a majority of the court must agree upon the feasibility of con fining an incorrigible youngster. PRAYER WAS SLANDER. ' Rev. Mr. Campbell Cannot Escapo Miss Kelso's Suit That Way. Los Angeles, April 2. Judge Clark has overruled the demurrer Interposed by the Rev. J. C. Campbell In the suit charging him with slandering Miss Tesea L. Kelso, the librarian of the Los Angeles library. The basis of the ac tion was a prayer offered by the de fondant before his congregation in the First Methodist Episcopal church, in which he said: "Oh, Lord, vouchsafe Thy saving grace to the librarian of the Los Angeles city ' library, and cleanse her of all sin and make her a woman worthy of her office." The Rev. Campbell In his demurrer took the position that his statement was privileged. The court held that a slander can be perpetrated In the form of a prayer as readily as In any form of speech, nd that no communication made by parson or priest to his congre gation is privileged because of such relation, unless perhaps when made In the discharge of his pastoral duties with one subject to the discipline of the church, and then only unless made without malice. WRECKED THE HOUSE. Joseph Schmudc, to Escapo Arrest, Throws Dynamite In the Stove. Dunkirk, N. Y., April 2. Officer Wal ters went to the house of Joseph Schmude to arrest the latter on a charge of murderous assault preferred by Mrs. Schmude. As the olilcer en tered the door Schmude threy a stick of dynamite into the stove and an ex plosion followed which completely wreckedthe house, threw the policeman twenty feet and hurt him badly. Schmude was burled in the debris, the calf of hla leg torn off and he was otherwise mutilated, but not fatally hurt. STRIKE THREATENED. Several Thousand Miners Organize at Johnstown and Altoona. Altoona, Pa., April 2. The miners from this city, west to Johnston, sev eral thousand In number, are said to be organizing, preparatory to a strike which they Intend inaugurating on the last day of the month. They claim that all miners In the state will join in the movement for higher wages. Tom lohnson's Steel Plant. Chicago, April 2. A special from Lorain, O., guys: The Johnson steel plant, one of tho largest In the world, began operations yesterday and made one charge of Besse mer steel. Tom L. Johnson touched the match to the fuel which converted tho pig iron into steel. The plant represents a cost of 15,000,000. Bowman Sentenced. Wllkes-Barre, April 2. William Penn Bowman, the boy murderer who killed the Arabian peddelr some months bko and was convicted of murder In the first de gree, was sentenced this morning to he hanged. Before sentence was pronounced he told the judge that he was Innocent, First Republican in Thirty Years. Winona, Minn., April 2. This city elect ed a Republican mayor yesterday for the first time in thirty years. Addison B. Youmans Is the mayor-elect. Excepting an alderman and the assessor the entire Republican and reform ticket was elected. Right of Suffrago Fatal. New Castle, Col., April 2. While Mrs. Thomas Jones was preparing her ballot at a polling place here this morning Bhe fainted and fell, striking her head heavily against the floor. She died In a short time, having ruptured a blood vessel. Rebel Lenders Will Surrender. ' Havana, April 2. It is reported from Manzanlllo that several rebel leaders in tend to surrender. FOREIGN NEWS NOTES. Kmlle Zola has been elected president of tho Soclete des Qens de Lettres. About 4,000 Belgian glassworkers in tho Charlerol district struck yesterday. England and Russia have concluded an agreement with reference to the Pamirs. The Anglo-American expedited Atlantic mall service will go into operation next Saturday. Venezuela has extended a great ovation to Admiral Heads and his fellow-officers at Caracas. With a view of harmonizing contending factions, Venezuela's president, Crespo, has announced a new cabinet, with Dr. Luclo Pulldo at its head as minister of foreign affairs. , WEATHER REPORT. For eastern Pennsylvania, showers. FiNLtTS We have now open our spring and summer stock of Children's Caps,com prising many Silk Caps in baby blue and pale pink, ENTIRELY NEW. "The Gretciien" With Cape effect is one of the most desirable . styles. Also "French Cap," a favorite for in- - fants. Our line of Mull and Lawn Caps is very complete. m. Ei6 Our line of Caps is the most complete we have ever shown and we guarantee pop ular prices. H. A. KINGSBURY AGENT FOR THE VERY BEST. 813 SPRUCE ST., SCRANTON, PA. We are selling more Shoes. Ton arc helping us. 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