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III TO PENSION JUDGES
he Civil Tension List Measure
Fosses Second Reading.
BLOW AT THE FLOBEKT K1FLE
Mr. row Introduces a Measure to Sup
press tlio Sulo of Firearms to Minor
Children Inspectors for the
Sweat Shops.
ITarrlsburf, Ta., April 4 The house
met at 10 o'clock. Anions the bills re
ported from commlttt'o was one author
izing cities, boroughs and townships to
appropriate moneys for memorial day
expenses.
Mr. Fow, of I'hiludeplila, Introduced
bill to prevent tlic sale of tuna, rifles,
carbines and small arms to minor chil
dren under a penalty of a fine not ex
ceeding $100 and Imprisonment not ex
ceeding one year.
A bill was read In place by Sir. O'Mal
ley, of Lackawanna, to prevent physi
cians disclosing iu evidence upon the
trial of a cause any Information nc-
Ired in attending a patient In a pro-
slonal capacity and necessary to en
able him to act In that capacity.
The Crothers pure food bill was dis
cussed and amended on second rending.
It Is the same bill Introduced by the
late Mr. Newitt. of Iilair. at the last
icsslon, and similar In Its provisions to
e Grlgsby bill, passed a few days ago.
was amended by eliminating all ref
enie to drugs and providing that gen
tle beer shall be made of barley and
ps that made of any other substance
to 1
be labeled.
The bill regulating the employment of
persons In tenement houses (sweat
fhops) passed finally. It provides for
eight inspectors who will be under the
direction of the factory Inspector's de
partment. Train Nobbing liill.
Among other bills which passed final
ly one defines the crime of train rob
bing, ami makes the penalty 13 years
In the penitentiary; another abolished
arraignment In courts of over and term
iner except where the charge Is murder.
Air. lliter, of Philadelphia, called up
the bill to pension Judges who have
served twenty consecutive years, or
thirty years altogether. An amendment
was offered by Mr. Hiter, striking out
the word "shall" In the first section and
Inserting "may" so as to leave it option
al with the judges whether thoy shall
resign under the bill. It was agreed
to.
An amendment to include preachers
who have served fifty years was de
clared not germane.
Mr. Mattox, of Venango, opposed the
bill because It would mean the creation
of a civil pension list. nd because It
was an Idea foreign to American insti
tutions. Several other members spoke
for and against it. The bill passed
second reading.
The vote by which the bill providing
for the appointment of game commis
sioners was defeated, was reconsidered
and after the compensation clauses
were stricken out It passed second read
ing. The Seyfert bill providing that no
school district shall share in the state
appropriation to schools until It has
levied a tax of two mills for school pur
poses was defeated. The bill to pro
hibit any one person from holding both
a brewer's and bottler's license was
amended to Include rectifiers, whole
salers and compounders.
Hills Pass Second Heading.
A large number of bills passed second
reading as follows:
Providing that territory annexed to
any city of the third class shall consti
tute a part of the poor district of such
city of the third class.
Granting an Increased pension to
Sirs. Mary A. Harris, widow of Will
iam Harris, a soldier of the war of 1S12.
Changing and fixing the per diem
pay of the musicians and the annual
appropriation to military bands and
also changing the rank of band leader.
Senate bill authorizing the county
commissioners of the several counties
of this commonwealth to erect and
maintain a suitable monument at he
county seat of each county In memory
of the soldiers and sailors of the late
war.
To provide for the better protection
of life and health by diminishing the
danger from infectious and contagious
diseases.
Regulating the printing and publica
tion of notices and advertisements au
thorized by the county commissioners
of the several counties of this common
wealth providing how newspapers shall
ie designated in which such publica
tions shall be made. Making It unlaw
ful for any turnpike road company to
collect toll for travel over such road on
which stones over two Inches In dia
meter are used for macadamizing.
Senate bill providing for the pur
chase and floating of United States
flags from the several public school
buildings of this commonwealth.
To prohibit mining and manufactur
ing corporations and limited partner
ships from engaging In the business of
carrying on stores known as company
tores or general supply stores; to pre
vent the coercion of employes of such
corporations or limited partnerships
Into dealing at and with stores con
trolled by said corporations or limited
partnerships or by the stockholders,
Shareholders, members, agents, clerks
or employes thereof; providing a pen
alty for the violation of the lame and
making it the duty of the factory in
spector and his deputies to . institute
prosecutions.
Relating to the we of oils or other
products for illuminating purposes in
coal and other mines.
Senate bill authorizing the common
wealth of Pennsylvania to purchase,
take and assume control of bridges
now maintained, controlled and
known as county bridges, whlOi are
now being erected over and across the
rivers and streams which have been de
clared public highways by the several
acts of assembly and to provide for
the erection of any new bridges or those
bridges which may be- destroyed and
authorizing the auditor general and
state treasurer td purchase from the
several counties In this commonwealth
the said bridges and making an ap
propriation for the same. '
Granting a. pension to Jeremiah
Woodhull. '' ,
Amending an act entitled "An act
(.mending an act entitled a further
supplement to an act for the regulation
C
and continuance of a system of educa
tion by common schools approved April
, A. D., 1S67, authorizing cities and
boroughs which havo elected superin
tendents and employ no less than seventy-live
teachers to hold separate
teachers' Institute," approved May 21,
A. D. 1SS7, fixing the number of teach
ers necessary for separate institute ut
not less than fifty.
SHEEP HERDER SHOT.
Senator Hurt puts Five bullets Into
milium Milne.
Caspar, Wyo., April 4. State Senator
J. J. Hurt, who Is also mayor of Cas
par, last evening shot and killed 'Will
iam Milne, u sheep herder who hud
been In Mr. Hurt's employ for many
years. The affair created a profound
sensation. Senator Hurt Is one of the
largest sheep owners In the state. It Is
alleged that about a year ago Hurt's
10-yeur-old son caino home one even
ing unexpectedly and found Milne sit
ting on his mother's lap. Mr. Hurt
was away from home at the time, but
the boy wrote his father uf the occur
rence. Since the mayor's return from Hot
Springs, Ark., where he has been se
riously 111 for some time, he has been
stopping at a hotel, refusing to see his
wife, ullhough he had frequent Inter
views with his son. Meeting .Milne last
evening he began shooting. Ho shot
five bullets and every one of them took
effect. Milne was unarmed. People,
intimate with the family, believe that
Mrs. Hurt has been wrongfully ac
cused. Senator Hurt was prominently
mentioned as a candidate for governor
on. the Democratic ticket four years
ago.
DOCTOR 15LED HIM.
Peter hosz Dies After Treatment by tho
People's Physician.
Wilkps-Huriv, Pa., April 4. Dr. John
Grlgger, of Plymouth, who styles him
self as the people's physician and
veterinary surgeon in all diseases was
arrested toidght on a charge of mal
practice, causing the death of Peter
Kosz of that place.
A week ago last Sunday Kosz attend
ed a christening and was taken sick.
He lay at his boarding place without
attendance until Wednesday, when lr.
Grlager was called In and he proceeded
to bleed him. On Saturday night the
"doctor" was again called In and bled
his patient again. On the following
morning (Sunday) Kosz died at his
home. Urigger wrote out a burial per
mit and signed himself "M. I."
Dr. Whitney examined ,the body on
the day of the funeral and gave it as
his opinion that the man had died from
exhaustion following loss of blood.
LAKE ELECTROCUTED.
The Ilrutal Murderer of Emma Uunt Dies
Easy.
Auburn. X. T., April 4. William
Ltike. the Albion murderer, was elec
trocuted here this afternoon. Lake
was calm and collected and his death
was instantaneous. He left a state
ment confessing his crime. Lake was
executed for the brutal murder of Em
ma Hunt In October, 194.
The girl was employed as a servant
In the household of a farmer near Al
bion and Lake worked upon the farm.
He accused the girl of trilling with hi3
effectlon and beat her brains out, cut
h?r throat and disemboweled her In re
venge for her conduct toward him.
l'ottsvl'lc Amusements.
Pottsvllle, Pa., April 4. I.at night a
light ceurred In Jones' hotel, betwen
Peter Faulk and John liissinger. Tho
fight grew out of an old feud. Tho men
grappled ami In the struggle that ensued a
revolver In Kaulk's pocket was discharged.
Tho ball entered his riht thigh and has
not been fouml. Faulk is lying In a pre
carious condition.
Griffin Will Ask for Mercy.
Chicago, April 4. Frederick W. Grif
fin, the defaulting assistant cashier of tho
Northwestern National bank, was ar
raigned before United States Commis
sioner Humphrey this afternoon. He
waivpd examination and was released on
giving tUVJijO ball. He will be indicted by
the May grand Jury and will then throw
himself on the mercy of the court.
Wages Increased.
Lawrence, Mass., April 4. The opera
tives of the Washington mills were noti
fied this afternoon that they would re
ceive on Increase In wages April 8. The
amount was not given, and Agent Chapln
would say nothing.
Mrs. I.cnso Ignored.
Topeka, Kan., April 4. In tho reorgani
zation of the state board of charities to
day Mrs. Iuse was entirely Ignored by
the majority of the members present. She
threatens to retaliate. -
Mntt Is Slightly Indisposed.
City of Mexico, April 4. Matt W. Ran
som, tho new United States minister 'o
Mexico, arrived hero this afternoon, lie
Is slightly indisposed.
CONDENSED STATE TOPICS.
Since going to Media In MM, Rev. W. R.
Patton has married 200 couples.
Thieves carted away $30 worth of shoes
from John F. Hluttery's Shenundonh store.
Young Robert Hrunncr Is accused at
Reading of stealing 1473 from his grand
mother. Rental of rakers' houses In tho Connells
vllle region have not gono up, even though
wages did.
As yet only one bituminous coal pit In
western Pennsylvania is working on the
00-cent. rate.
Miners at Sllverton colliery, who struck
for an advance, returned to work In two
days at their old wages.
Governor Hastings commuted tho death
sentonce of Antonio Rlzzutl, Schuylkill
county, -to Ufa imprisonment.
Lightning ran down the chimney in W.
If. Sillies' home, at Stroiulsburg, and
knocked a stove lifter from his hand.
Deinocrntlc County Chairman B. J. Mon
aghan, of Schuylkill county,, has appointed
George J. Waillinger a state committee
man, i
A Reading building and loan association
has purchased a large tract of land on
Perklomen avenue for $22,000, and will
erect many nouses there.
Isaac Altenderfer, aged Gu, some years
ag prominently Identlllod with the Green
back party of Reading, was killed on the
Readiag railroad at Auburn today.
Chartirs wero yesterday granted to the
Pittsburg Connecting railroad, capital
t2UO,OU0; thc.A,nrrcan MfUioiiljie Iron com
pany, of Vestmoreland county, capital
ii,ooo. : . . . v
Clerk of Quarter Session H. H. Holl,
aged GO, riled, RU(,(,ny yesterday morning
at Reading fctor a short illness of pneu
monia superfnat.ed by grip. Ho is the
third county! 0nuiai t0 U Wthin two
years, . , . .-.. ,
WILL CHASTISE REBELS
Spain Reforms Her Penal Code fur
Benefit uf Cuba.
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SEVERE I'EXALTiES 1'ROVIDED
Insurgents Will Ho Well to Keep Out of
Sight of Government Officials.
General Sulcclo ut Sua
tiago de Cubu.
Madrid, April 4.-Tho chamber of
deputies today approved the proposed
reforms of the Penul Code as applica
ble to Cuba, and providing the most
severe penalties for the promoters of
the movement ' favoring separation
from Spain.
Marshal Martinez de Campos has
started for Cuba, where he will assume
supreme military command. The min
ister of state, a large number of mlll
fary oflleers and high utllelals, bade
him an enthusiastic farewell. There
was an Immense crowd ut the railway
station to witness bis departure.
llavuiiii, April 1. At daybreak this
morning a batallion uf Spanish troops
marched out from tho fortress of Ca
bana, which lies westward on the hills
above Morro Castle. They were led to
the railway station, from which trains
travel south across the Island to liuta
bano. It Is from that port that the gov
ernment troops are. being forwarded to
eastern districts of Cuba; and, when
the. battalion en route today shall have
reached Santiago de Cuba, all the
troops newly arrived from Spain will
have been mobilized nt that point.
When all are there, there will bu a
grand review, and then the hunt for
the insurgents will begin. Meanwhile
the organization of the troops by com
mands is being affected. There will
be two grand divisions, and two brig
ades in each division. The first divi
sion will be commanded by General
La Chambro, now military governor
of Manzanlllo. This will be his ba.se
of operation, and for the present he will
be expected to preserve quiet, or make
battleagalnst therebeln.in the districts
of Principe, Nuevltas, Tunas, ISayanio,
and possibly part of Hnlguln. Within
this territory, chiefly in Principe (or
Camaguey, as It may be referred to),
some of the bitterest business of the
last rebellion took place.
General Salcelo will have his base of
operations at Santiago de Cuba, and
his forces are expected to put down any
rebellion in the districts of Jiguani,
Cuba, Guantanamo, Baraeoa nnd the
eastern port of Holguln. These two
commands with tho forces indicated
will number something over 4,000 men.
At the pr.lac of the governor general
the writer was today informed that
when all the troops that are now ex
pected to come from Spain shall have
arrived there will be available against
the rebellion about 32,000 men. This
number covers troops nlready arrived
here, the standing army of Cuba and
all volunteers and Guerrillas. The last
named are not the Guerrillas familiar
in the states, but are separate com
panies enlisted for a definite time and
purpose. Regular army olllcers and
men are to be assigned nmong these
troops to drill and lead them In battle.
These oflleers receive for this service
$;!0 per month and the men receive $23.
NOVfL THEATER.
Complete .V.uslc Hall Launched at
lloston.
Boston, April 4. There was a novel
kind of ship launch at East Poston this
afternoon, the launching of the float
which will carry the theater of the
Floating Palace Amusement company.
This 13 the very latest thing In theaters
and It Is certainly unique, as the only
thing which approaches it are tho
London Music Halls, which are moved
along the docks, or the old flat boat
theaters of the Mississippi river.
The theater will be anchored off tho
Marine pier, South lioston, for part of
the summer season and will also go to
liar Harbor, Coney Island and other
summer resorts. In the winter it may
go south. This can be easily done, as
the float Is broad and flat, and will tow
easily.. It is built a good deal like
a lighter, except that It has a rounded
bow, and Is very strongly put together.
The stage will be at the stern nnd will
be 40x48 feet. The main floor of the
theater runs forward to the round of
the bow. It Is arranged so that tho
scats can be taken awny and the floor
raised to a level, giving an Ideal dance
hall. There will also be a gallery which
will bo little above the deck.
ELOPED WITH THE PASTOR.
Tho Aged Dr. Carter Creates a Sensation
in Virginia.
Lynchburg, Va., April 4. The Rev.
Dr. Georgo W. Carter, one of the most
prominent ministers In tho Virginia
Methodist conference, nnd now pastor
of a Portsmouth church, has left this
city for Washington In company with
Miss Virginia Stnham, a highly respect
ed lady of 21 years, with the avowed
purpose of getting married. Dr. Car
ter was at one time a prominent figure
in Washington. He la about 70 years
old.
Washington, April 4. A marriage li
cense was yesterday Issued to the par
ties above named, 'but It Is Impossible
to ascertain whether, a ceremony lias
yet taken pluce.
UNITED FOR SILVER.
Illinois Democracy Will Declare for the
Whlto Metal.
Springfield, III., April 4.' The Dem
ocratic stale committee held an Impor
tant meeting this morning. It was de
cided to call the state convention to
meet In Sprlnglleld June 4.
Chairman lllenrlchsen, of the state
committee, gives out an Interview on
tho subject, asserting that there is no
question that Illinois Democracy Is al
most unitedly for free silver, and 'he
believes that tho convention will so de
clare. He expects a tremendous out
pouring of Democrats to the state con
vention. REUNION OF VETERANS.
Survivors of Hnrtrnnft's Division Will
Meet nt HnrrlHhurg.
Harrlsurg, Pa., April 4. The surviv
ors of Hartronffs division of tho Ninth
corps, Army of the Potomac, will hold
reunion In this city on next Tuesday,
Major J. B. Brown is president of the
association. The day of reunion will be
the thirtieth anniversary of the sur
render of General Lee. The men com
posing tho divisions were; those Penn
sylvania troops under Hnrtranft, who
were in the battle of Fort Bteadman.
Among the distinguished visitors will
be Major General John Park, who com
manded the Ninth corps. General Levi
A. Dodd, of Baltimore, nnd General R,
D. Cox, of Wellsboro, will nlso be there.
Mrs. Hnrtranft, with hor sons and
daughters, will bo present as guests of
tho Governor and Mrs. Hastings.
MILDRED V. LEU LOST.
Another I Nhlng float Added to the 1. 1st of
Alisill.
Gloucester, Mbbs, April 4. The
schooner Mildred V. Lee, one of the
staunehest vessels of thu New . Eng
land fishing licet, with u crew of six
teen men. is now to be added to the
already large number of Gloucester's
lost fishermen.
On the afternoon of January 30 she
sailed from this port on a fresh halibut
Ashing trip to the grand banks, since
which time she has not been heard
from, and it is supposed she was lost
in the great storm of February 8, as
wreckage picked up In the vicinity of
Sable Island about that time by schoon
er Henry Stanley was identified as be
longing to her.
15 ALL AT NEW YORK.
Season Opened by Qiuntt and University
of Pennsylvania.
New York, April 4. The New Yorks
opened tho local base ball season to
day with the University of Pennsyl
vania team at the Polo grounds. The
weather was clear but quite cold, and
the attendance did not exceed 1,000.
The home players worked hard and
batted the college pitchers very freely,
but the Pennsylvanlons made a most
excellent showing In the field. Rusle,
Meekln and German pitched three Inn
ings apiece. Thu Hcore: New York, 21;
University of Pennsylvania, 4.
Batteries Rusle, Meekln, German,
Karrell nnd Wilson; Schoenhut, Dick
Bon and Erennan.
DEVELOP NEW MATERIAL.
University l oot Hall Players Will Ucgin
Practice.
Philadelphia, April 4. Captain Carl
S. Williams today Isaucd a call for all
candidates for the University .of Penn
sylvania Foot Ball team to report in
suits for practice next Monday after
noon. This marks somewhat of a de
parture for the university, although
last year Captain Knlpe had a few of
his back field men at work In the
spring.
The principal object of the move is to
bring out and develop new foot ball
material.
FOR MURDER OF IlEICK.
Grand Jury nt Wlll;es.larro"Rriu?s True
Kills.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., April ' 4. The
gmnd jury in session today found true
bills against James Hendricks, of Ho
boken, James Fisher, formerly of Phil
adelphia, John Robinson, of Pleasant
Valley, and William Kearney, of this
city, for the murder of Barney Relcks.
Their cases will be called for trial at
the next session of the criminal court,
which will be held In this city the latter
part of this month.
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Hrcvoort llnuso to llo Closed.
New York. April 4. The announcement
was maflu this ovenlng that tho Hrcvoort
House, at the corner of Fifth avenuo and
Clinton place, will close on the 1.1th Inst.
The Brevoort was formerly one of the
most promlnnent family houses In the city,
and In Its tlmo has been tho point of con
centration of more prominent people than
nlmost any other hotel of an exclusive
character In tho city. The house was
originally opened In lull.
Victoria's Death Reported.
Now York, April 4. A rumor thnt Queen
Victoria was dead was circulated on the
Stock exchange at about 2 o'clock this af
ternoon. Where It hnd Its origin Is not
known, but it spread quickly, nnd tho
market became unsteady, though the de
clines were In no case severe. The rumor
was soon denied and the market recovered.
New masting Explosive.
Vienna, April 4. The president of tho
Nobel company, makers of explosives, an
nounced at tho general meeting In Vienna
today tho discovery and successful pro
duction of a blunting explosive which is
not affected by fire dump and can bo used
with safety In tho most dangerous mines.
Itritlsh Officers Captured.
Calcutta, April 4. It Is reported from
Slmlu. thut tho Chltnd expedition sus
tained losses morn severe than was at llr.it
reported. I'mra Khun Is reported to have
captured two lirltlnh olllcers. Hundreds
of natives are flocking to his standard.
Poisoned by Nicotine.
Columbus, O., April 4. It In reported
hern thiLt John Mellrlde. nresldent of tho
American Federation of Labor, Is serious
ly 111 nt Indlunnpolls. He Is suffering from
the effects of nicotine poisoning by smok
ing a pipe.
Arbor Day DcslgnatcJ.
Hirrlsburg, April 4. Governor Hast
ings Issued a proclamation tonight llxlng
Thursday, April 11, nnd Friday, April 20,
to be observed as arbor days.
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.
Cotton growers In South Carolina will
reduce thu acreage 25 per cent, from last
year. ,
Five o( Abbey's "Holy Orall" paintings
for tho ISoKton Public library have urrived
at tho Hub.
Bogus checks drawn on New York banks
by a fictitious F.mplre slate company, of
Brooklyn, are circulating largely In Texas.
While resisting arrest, Mont Desklns, n
noted desperado, of Magnolia county, Ky.,
was shot dead by Deputy Sheriff How
ard.
With his throat terribly cut by himself,
F. W, Gipperlch, of Richmond, Va., was
found wandering about a Baltimore brick
yard. By a voto of 23 to 7 tho Presbyterian
church at Chawmont, N. Y., decided to
ask Uev. William Cleveland, brother of
the president, to resign.
Imitating tho "stamp chain" scheme, A.
R. Jackson, of Boidh Vancouver, II, C,
buncoed many people on ' a mythical
church, but was caught.
Rev, Dr. PnstorfloM, a 70-yenr-old re
tired Methodist minister from Philadel
phia, dropped dead 111 Washington, D. C,
where ho was visiting a son.
The body of William Itawls, tho negro
murderer, who was taken from guards at
Nowmansvllle, Flo., was found dangling
to a tree and riddled with bullets.
Terrible burns received In her Baltimore
home ten days ago, finally caused the
Death of Mrs. R. B. Heath, daughter of the
lute Commodore Kittson, of St. Paul.
SITUATION IN VENEZUELA
Inhabitants Believe They Should lie
Protected ly United States.
POSITION OP CURAT BRITAIN
Sho Will Not Arbitrate Her Control of
tho Country Now Held by Her
at the Mouth of tho
Orinoco Uivcr.
Washington, .April 4. "Venezuela,"
said a gentleman today who has lived
many years in Kouth America, "would
rather be reduced to ashes than
permit Great Britain to occupy per
manently the country In dispute be
tween her and British Guiana. This
declaration seems correctly to express
tho sentiment of the Venezuelan peo
ple with reference to this long mooted
ilueMtlon, What action Venezuela may
tillimately take In the matter Is not
known, but It 13 doubtful it the Crcspo
administration is considering the prob
ability of war with Great Britain as a
result of the. latter's refusal to abandon
this territory. The Venezuelans be
lieve that their interests will be pro
tected by the United States, and they
nr hopeful thut the dispute between
themselves und Grout Brltuln may yet
li referred to arbitration. They ltiHlst
strenuously that the territory belongs
to them and that Great Britain has
been encrouchlng upon It for years, be
cause of Venezuelan inability to pre
vent her.
Great Britain, on tho other hand, has
loiifT maintained that while she will
arbltrute some of the points In dis
pute between the two countries, she
will not for a moment arbitrate her
control of tho country now held by her,
which embraces about 40,000 square
miles a tract 1M) miles long by 33 wide,
stretching froni the coast eastward and
embracing a portion of thu mouth of
the Orinoco river.
There Is nothing new In this position
taken by Great Britain. Iu the corre
spondence between Mr. Bayard and the
Salisbury government as far back as
isss, when Mr. Bayard filled the ofilee
of secretary of state. Great Britain
then asserted that this territory was as
much o part of her country as any of
her colonial possessions and that she
could not, for that reason, permit her
right to occupy It to be arbitrated. Mooe
recently still the British representatives
have claimed that their ownership of
thin land could be no more the subject
of arbitration than Great Britain's
right to Surrey or I3?sex, or any other
of tho counties In Kngland.
FOKF.ST WEALTH OF CANADA.
Nearly $100,000,000 Invested in
In-
dustiic-) Allied to Wood.
Ottawa, Ont., April 4. The depart
ment of agriculture has Issued a re
port on the forest wealth of the Domin
ion, in which the statement Is made that
in Canada, In various Industries depend
ing for their existence upon the supply
of wood, there Is Invested capital
amounting to nearly $100.0oo,oi0, and an
annual wage list of over $30,000,000, with
nn output valued at close upon $110,
000.000. From the mass of cited data the con
clusion Is drawn that Canada Is now
within a measurable distance of the
time when, with the exception of
spruce, ns to wood, and of British Col
umbia, us to provinces. It shall cease
to bo a wood-exporting country.
POISON IN A WELL.
Dastardly Attempt to Kill tho Family of
Levi Keed.
rottsvllle. Pa.. April 4. A large
quantity of paris green waa found
down the pump to the well at Levi
Reed's farm on the top of Schuylkill
mountain, wear Friedensburg. The
family was not nt home, and the at
tempt to poison them was not discov
ered until yesterday afternoon. A man
passing nlong the road stepped in the
garden to get a drink. He saw the
water was colored and on looking
around found a paper bag containing
some of the poison.
Mr. Heed suspects Boms one who had
been in his employment. A thorough
Investgatlon will be made.
HARRISON AS A SENATOR.
Tho cx-l'rcsidcnt May Return to Legis
lative Work.
Washington, D. C, April 4. Ex-Pres-Ident
Harrison may return to the son
nnte if he does not return to the white
house next year. Of course, Senator
Vcorhees is taore interested In the mat
ter than any other person In Washing
ton. If thu legislature were to be Dem
ocratic, he would unquestionably be
elected to succeed himself.
If the Republicans have a majority In
the legislature cx-Presldent Harrison,
Uf nns t
si'lency,
presidency, may be re-elected to the
senate. It Is understood that he would
be entirely willing to return to con
gress. KOCK ISLAND IIOLD-LF.
Train Robbers Compel Passengers to
Empty Their Pockets.
Oklahoma City, April 4. Five men
stopped a Rock Island train near
Dover, I. T., at a late hour last night,
and made a desperate attempt to se
cure the contents of tho safu In the ex
press cr. Express Messenger Jones
refused to open the door and was shot
through a crack In tho door, sustaining
a serlou3 wound.
Tho robbers went through the cars,
which were well filled with passengers,
and compelled .them to empty their
pockets, securing In this way about
$350, f:lx watches, two diamond rings,
and other urtlcles of value,
AGAINST STUART.
Tho English Descendant of William Pcnn
Loses Suit Against Knstnn.
Philadelphia, April 4. The jury In the
suit of William DtigaUl Stuart, of Lon
don, Kngland, against the city of Eas-1-ton.
Pa., under Instructions from Judge
Dallas In the United .States Circuit
court, returned a verdict frtr the de
fendant. Mr. Stuart, as a .descendant
of William Penn, brought action to re
cover an historical piece- of ground
eighty feet square, now used as a pub
lic park, In the center of the city of
Eoston. The ground was dedicated, it
was Bald, by Penn to Easton for a
court bouse. It was used for that pur-
tho
the
ground became a public park.
Stuart claimed that It should have re
verted back to the Penn possessions.
The case originally came up six years
ago and then also resulted in a verdict
fur tho city.
I1AKLRS FEAR AN OLD LAW.
Prosecuted for Not Selling Bread by
Weight.
Lancaster, Pa., April 4. The bakers
In thlB town are trembling lest an un
limited number of lawsuits be brought
against them. K. P. Althouse, a baker,
sued William Helm for a bread bill, and
In return Helm has prosecuted the
baker for violating the act of 1797,
which provides that bread must be Sold
by weight insteud of by the loaf.
Helm brought seven suits, one for
every time lie made a purchase. The
.penalty Is a fine of $10 for each viola
tion. As none of the bakers In. this
city observe this old law, they fear
prosecutions.
HKSDISH YOITH'S CRIME.
He Shoots Two Hoy Playmates and As
en lifts Their Sister She l.scupes to Giv
Alarm.
Galena, Kan., April 4. A crime of al
most unparalleled enormity was perpe
trated four miles from the city yester
day. Newton Walters, aged 10, mur
dered In cold blood George and James
Cox, IU and 13 years old, respectively.
and then attempted to outrage their
17-year-old sister, .Dolly, fche escaped
from the fiend, who disappeared.
The fathers of the youths, James
Walters and Samuel Cox, live on ad
Joining farms. Cox is a widower, and
his daughter Dolly keeps house for him.
Young Walters was Infatuated with
Dolly, but the latter did not care for
him.
Yesterday morning young Walters
went to the Cox place and asked the
two boys to go to the river with him
nfter ducks. They started out, taking
a gun with them. Mr. Cox was" bsent
on business, and the girl was left at the
house alone.
About noon young Walters returned
to the house alone and atempted to as
sault the girl, who escaped and ran to
one of the neighbors.
Word was brought to town of the
affair, nnd a party went In search of
the Cox boys, who were still missing.
The body of the older boy was found
In a sitting posture against a tree, with
a bullet hole In the back of his head.
He was still alive, but unconscious. He
regained consciousness long enough to
tell that young Walters shot him.
Nearby were traces of where the
younger boy had been shot, and his
body dragged to the river and thrown
In. The body has not been recovered.
The dead body of young Walters
was found yesterday hanging from a
tree, two miles from the scene of the
tragedy.
Whether he committed suicide or was
lynched Is not known, but the former
seems more likely.
THE WEASEL WAS ASLEEP.
Br. kellcy, of Kquinunk, Was Rounded
Up by Deputy Sheriff Price Yesterday
Morning and Spent Last Night at tho
County Jail.
After all his toying with the law and
his superroyal contempt for the dignity
of the court of this county, the end has
at Inst come to the stretch upon which
Dr. Carl M. Kellcy has bet n spinning
In his grotesque handicap.
Deputy Sheriff Thomas J. Trice
reached Equinunk yesterday morning
nnd proceeded, after a short prelimin
ary skirmish, to the doctor's house. He
went inside without the formality of
rapping at the door and searched the
upstairs rooms first. Then Mr. Price
returned to the lower floor and on a cot
In an apartment off from the dining
room, he found the doctor Indulging in
a deep Bacchanalian slumber.
No resistance was offered to the
deputy and both reached town yester
day afternoon at 4.20. Dr. Kelley spent
last night In prison, and will be re
quired to do some explaining before
Judge Gunster this morning.
BIG PIGEON SHOOT.
Several Ambitious Marksmen Dropped
from tho Lists.
Paterson, N. J.. April 4. The second
day of the big pigeon tournament of
the Inter-State association at Willard
park opened before a good-sized audi
ence. In the grand American handi
cap there were sixty entries. A squally
northwest wind nixise about 11 o'clock
and made many of the birds hard shots.
The birds were of a beter quality than
those used yesterday and they made
sport lively.
Three rounds in'the event were shot
off this morning. Yesterday's lost
event, the sportsmen's handicap, was
continued this morning. There were
forty-four entries In this event. When
the required seven rounds were shot
It was found that there were twenty
guns with clean scores.
The following ties divided the purse:
Clark, Arnold, Ingersol, Duston, May
hew, F. R. Bennett and Captain Money.
The Highland sweepstakes opened
nn the western traps with forty-two en
tries. The conditions are seven birds,
$7 entrance, class shooting, twenty
eight yards rise. There are thre.
moneys 50, 30 and 20 per cent.
Referee I'entz ordered an adjourn
ment until tomorrow in the big handi
cap at the close of the tenth round. At
the close of the Inst round of the day
the following names were posted as
having been dropped owing to the men
missing three birds: Duston, Ingersol
Work, Sedam, Hoffman, Jones, Moore,
Daly, Jr., Swartz, Lenone, Y'oung Post
and F. E. Bennett. There are still
forty-three remaining in the shoot.
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WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Secretary Carlisle and Attorney General
Olney returned to Washington yesterday.
"Chomp" Clark, defeated for re-election
from Missouri, will lecture on "The Pic
turesque Men of the Fifty-third Con
gress." Cnptaln Louis N. Slodder, of the reve
nue cutter service, has lost his valued
Alonltor medal, presented by citizens of
Voston.
General McCook 'has prohibited gamb
ling within the limits or In 'the vicinity ut
any military reservation In the military
department of the Colorado.
WEATHER REPORT.
For eastern Pennsylvania, falrj warmer;
winds shifting to toutheast; probably rain
pose for a time and afterward
court house was abandoned and
Saturday.
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