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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.
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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.
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