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TO KEEP AN EYE ON TURKEY
American Ship Will Sail Immediately
for Smyrna.
OUR CITIZENS TO BE GUARDED
The Sublime Porte Must Vndorttend That
tbe United States Moans llnsl
nous - State of Affairs
at Nicaragua-
"Washington, April 5. I.ate last night
Secre tary Herbert telegraphe,! orders
to Admiral Klrkland. of the flagship
Ban Francisco, now at 1'alermo, Sicily,
to sail Immediately for Smyrna, Aula,
to have both the vessels of his squadron
Visit Alexandretta and Adans to con
fer with the United States consuls and
resident American citizens, and If It is
found that there are good grounds for
the apprehensions expressed in those
vicinities concerning a possible mas
sacre of Christians, to Intimate clearly
to the responsible local authorities that
' the United States Intends to afford full
protection to American citizens In that
territory under Its treaty guarantees.
This display of force In Turkish
Waters by the United States Is declared
at the state department to be due to the
unsattafaotory delays that result from
diplomatic negotiations at Constanti
nople. ''
The Nicaragua Situation.
The announcement Is made that
Oreat Britain will not seek, In her
present controversy with Nicaragua, to
acquire any part of the latter'a coun
try. The Importance of this declaration,
of which i Secretary Gresham was ad
vised yesterday, lies In the fact that
the belief has existed here for several
weeks that back of Great Britain's
claim for damages ac.alnst Nicaragua
lay her purpose of taking forcible pos
ession of certain of Nicaragua's terri
tory. It has been suggested that Great
Britain Is driving a hard bargain with
Nicaragua; and until her demands were
satisfied, would occupy such parts of
her coast as would not only give her a
: foothold there, but would be a menace
to the Nicaragua canal when built.
It is authoritatively known that the
British minister of foreign affairs has
Informed Mr. Bayard thatUreat Britain
does not desire an Inch of Nlcaraguan
territory and all she desires of Nica
ragua Is that a proper Indemnity shall
be paid to the British. Pro-Consul
Hatch and other of her majesty's sub
jects who were driven out of Uluefiekls
during the troubles In the Mosquito
reservation last autumn. Assurances
have also been given that, while Grent
Britain will show an earnest determi
nation to collect this indemnity, there
Is little, if any, possibility that Grey
town will be bombarded by a British
fleet in the event that Nicaragua shall
,- be s!o Jn -eumplylng with Great Bri
tain's request.
ELECTRIC ROAD MIDDLE.
Delaware Valley Franchise to Be Pur-
chased by Mlddletown Company.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Stroudsburg. April 5. Mr. Freldber-g-er,
of the Delaware Valley Electric
road, was In this borough and stated
ithat he had sold the road to the Mld
dletown and Goshen Traction company.
As he no longer had the power to sell,
receivers have been appointed by the
court here. He endeavored to enlist
them in the sale that they would give
It their sanction and, .at the same time,
desire the consent of all the creditors
so that all future legal proceedings
might be discontinued. The terms of
fered 'the creditors stipulated that they
should receive about 50 per cent, of
fthelr claims. Many of them signified
' their consent to the arrangements
made, but no agreement was signed.
In the meantime the court ordered the
road sold at public auction.
On Tuesday suit was brought on sev
eral notes which had been given by the
company and were endorsed by Ellcott
Fisher. It la reported that there are
notes of this class extant, that aggre
gate nearly $6,000.
IN XAVY OF GERMANY.
An American Citizen Obeys an Order and
Serves Three Years.
Milwaukee, April 5. American citi
zenship does not appear to be worth
much on German soil if the story told
by Richard Wachsmuth, one of the
members of the life saving crew, Is
true, and there is no reason to doubt
it. Wachsmuth was a member of the
crew In 1890. When the crew was laid
off In the fall Wachsmuth decided he
would pay a visit to his parents, who
Jive on the Island of Silt In the North
sea.
Although ha had his citizenship -papers
he was ordered to report for duty
In the German navy and served three
years on the war ship Alexandria. He
has recently returned to Milwaukee,
and has his old place once more.
"WAGES ADVANCED.
Connellsvllle Coke Workers Will Receive
More Pay.
Connellsvllle, Pa., April, n. Notices
were posted at the works of W. J. Ral
ney this morning that the Frlck scale
would be paid their employes, dating
from April 1. Ralney's, Elm Orove and
Mount Brad dock works will likely re
main Idle for several weeks, now that
they have been shut down.
The company claims the mills were
Shut down on account of a number of
Employes getting drunk and riot show
s' up1 for work. The men claim, how
er, their wages were not advanced on
orll 1, as promised. Today's notice,
vever, will prevent any further trou-
S1IORTL1DUE IS SANE.
3 Not Care to Be a I.tinatle Now That
Ills Nock Is Ont of Danger.
Iorrlstown, Pn., April G. At the
rthly meeting this afternoon of the
itees of the State Hospital for tha
sane at this place, Resident Physi
cian Richardson submitted a report to
the efiect that Professor Swlthln C.
Bhartlldge, of Media, has been sane
llnce Nov. 1, and that further deten
tion Would be detrimental to his health.
The report was accompanied by a let
ter from Professor Shortlldge, In which
ae bewailed his enforced ... separation
rrom his children. The trustees adopt
id a minute advising PrneBsor Bliort
lldfs, or his attorneys, to apply to the
district attorney of Delaware county
for his release under habeas corpus pro
ceedings. Professor Shortlldge shot and killed
his wife, to whom he had been married
but a short time, on Dec. SI, 1893. He
was tried for murder, and was acquit
ted on the ground of Insanity. He was
the proprietor of 8hortlldge's academy,
a pivparatory school, at Media.
BIG ELECTRIC DEAL CLOSED.
Edison and Westlnghouaa Pool Tholr
Issues.
New York, April 5. The deal between
the General Electric company and the
Westlnghouse Electric and Manufac
turing company has been practically
completed. Each company will manu
facture under the other's patents.
The companies will contribute their
earnings to a common fund to be used
In defending their patents against in
fringements by other companies. Their
litigation has cost them $1,000,000 a
year.
TRADE 1SJMPR0VIX0.
Dun & Co.' Weekly Review Shows Bust,
noss Increaso All Along the Llne-The
Outlook Is Encouraging.
New York, April 5. R. G. Dun & Co.'s
weekly review of trade tomorrow will
say:
Returns of the highest Impor
tance given this week show the
condition of retail trade In March
throughout the country, and the
distribution of goods to final
consumers, In comparison with the
same month In 18M and 1893. AVhlle the
returns fully given cannot be con
densed into a single comparison, and In
view of widely differing condition In
different secitlons and branches, might
in that form be the less useful, there is
gratifying evidence that in most trades
and districts marked improvement over
1S94 is realized, though on the whole,
trade is smaller than In 1893. Every
where, also, the occurrence of Easter In
March last year, but In April this year,
Is found to account for much difference
In the volume of retail trade, especially
In dry goods and millinery, and the se
vere weather and backwardness of the
season also retard recovery. While the
volume of trade, in quantities of goods
sold. Is nevertheless larger than last
year, but on the whole smaller than In
1893, the main difference In compari
son with 1893 Is found In the general de
cline of prices, which makes trade in
value smaller even where it Is clearly
as large or larger In quantity.
Accounts from the chief centers of
wholesale trade are also encouraging
this week. There Is not only hopeful
spirit but real gain In business, though
not equally distributed geographically
or as to branches of trade. Payments
through principal clearing houses for
the first week of April have been 7 per
cent, larger than last year, and 18.8 per
cent, smaller than in 1893. Instructive
comparison of dally averages by
nionths show that all sections have
been gaining, but the east rather more
than others. Railroad earnings In
March were only 1 per cent, larger than
last year and 13 per cent, less than In
1S93. which Isf scarcely better than the
report for February or January, but
the loss Is mainly on granger and south
western, roads, while eastern roads
show a handsome gain.
The news from the industries Is that
labor troubles have been, settled or
avoided. Mahoning Iron and Eastern
Woolen mills are again active. Next in
Importance Is the better demand for
many manufactured products, which
give greater reason to hope that recent
advances from the bottom may prove
successful. Following the rise In coka
there have been this week sales of two
million tons lake ore at about 15 per.
cent, advance, and finished products
are no longer lisactlve. Stocks have
made scarcely any advance, and specu
lation In products has been dull. Wheat
receipts at the west were small last
week and conflicting accounts give no
clear light as yet on the prospect for
the next crop. The demand for money
Is somewhat better, but since April 1
less Increase Is noted In commercial
loans.
There were 302 failures In the first
quarter of 1895. Among them were 35
bank failures with an average liability
of 360,000 each.
OHMIT IS MISSING. -
Loan Agent Disappears In Company with
Cash.
. Lebanon, Pa., April 6. B. C. Ohmlt.
who was engaged In the loan and col
lection business In this city, Is missing..
During the HlneBs of his partner, O.
Detwiler, It is alleged Ohmlt compelled
applicants for loans to pay a certain
sum upon signing application. It is
said he took $500 with him belonging to
different parties. Ohmlt not only suc
ceeded In getting away with the cash,
but disappointed many people whom he
had promised to furnish with certain
sums of money, negotiated for by April
1. No loans had been made as far as
can be learned, but negotiations were
In progress which involved several
hundred thousand dollars.
The money which was to be used by
the firm was supposed to- be furnished
by the Mutual Fire Insurance company,
of New York, through a lawyer of Phil
adelphia. The plan of the concern was
for the person who made application
for a loan to advance $10 and upwards.
In proportion to the amount desired,
the money to 'be used to pay the ex
penses of examining titles, etc. Ohmlt
left a note saying that he was obliged
to go to Columbia because of the Ulnels
of his wife.
LEGISLATIVE WORK, v
The House Displays a Spirit of Gener
osity. , .
' Harrlsburg, Pa April 6. The houso
met at 9 o'clock this morning and made
special orders for several bills. So gen
erous was the house In this respect that
Speaker Walton was constrained to re
mark: "Thfl chair is of the opinion
that senatorial courtesy is undoubtedly
prevailing here this morning." He also
assured the house that the special cal
endars would soon be made for local
and special bills, so that there was no
necessity for Interfering with the re
gular order.
A special order was granted for the
bill authorizing two additional
draughtsmen In the department of In
ternal affairs, and fixing the salary of
the deputy secretary at $3,000.
The Andrews fence bill, which, was
negatived, was placed on the calendar.
The calendar of bills on first reading
was cleared. ,
OSCAR WILDE UNDER CLOUD
Loses His Suit Arjalnst the Marquis
of Quccnsberry.
OTHER ARKESTS MAY FOLLOW
The Author's Name Removed from
1 hcntrlcul Show Bllls-Qtieensbcrry
Threatens to Shoot-Oscar's
Letterof Explanation.
London, April 5. The case of Oscar
Wilde ugalnst the marquis of Queens
berry for libel was brought to a close
this morning In a verdict In favor of
the defendant. The Jury found not only
that the defendant was not guilty of
liber, but In a subsidiary verdict de
clared that the marquis of Queensber
ry's charges were true and had been
made for the public good.
When the verdict was rendered the
marquis of Qucenaberry left the dock
amid loud cheers.
The Judge granted an order requir
ing Wilde to pay the costs of the de
fence. Mr. Wilde was not In court this
morning. In an interview this after
noon the marquis of Queensberry said
to a representative of the United Press:
"I have sent this message to Wilde:
'If the country allows you to leave,
all the better for the country, but If
you take my son with you, I will follow
you wherever you go and shoot you.' "
Sworn informations have been lodged
against several persons mentioned In
the trial, some of whose names were
not made public, and the civil officers
are only awaiting the authority for
making the arrests.
This afternoon a United Press re
porter visited the Hay Market and
St. James theaters, where Oscar
Wilde's plays are running. Mr. Mor
rell, one of the managers of the Hay
Market, In reply to the question how
the result of the case would affect fu
ture business, said he would rather not
express an opinion.
Wilde's Name Not on the Bills.
He would say, however, that Mr.
Wilde's name had been taken out of the
bills and advertisements of "An Ideal
Husband," and from this the. public
could form Its own conclusions.
George Alexander, manager of the
St. James theater, where Oscar Wilde's
play, "The Importance of Being Earn
est," is running, said: "When the
scandal was first rumored, business
here was slightly affected, but it is now
normal. 'Mr. Wlldels name has been
withdrawn from the bills and adver
tisements of his comedy, which Is the
moat Innocent play In the world. It
does not contain a line that could hurt
the most . tender susceptibilities.
Whether the trial will cause a change
In the business in the future remains
to be seen."
The Evening News received the fol
lowing letter from Oscar Wilde: "It
would have (been Impossible for me to
have proved my case without putting
Lord Alfred Douglast in the witness
box against his father. He was ex
tremely anxious to go into the witness
box, but I would not let him. Rather
than put him In so painful a position, I
determined to withdraw from the case
and bear upon my sholders whatever
ignominy and shame might result from
my prosecution of the Marquis of
Queensberry. (Slgned Oscar Wilde."
Wilde Is Arrested. ,
After leaving the Holborne hotel,
Wilde went to the Westminster bank,
where he drew out the funds to his
account. He was constantly shadowed.
He returned to the hotel, accompanied
by Lord Alfred Douglass only.
Remaining a few minutes they drove
to Ely Place, and thence to the Cadu
gan hotel.
He was subsequently arrested and
taken to Scotland Yard. The warrant
for Wilde's arrest was applied for by
Solicitor of the Treasury Lewis. Be
fore Wilde was taken ta his cell, the
charge. Indicated by his testimony, was
read to him. He stood with his hands
in his pockets, 'Silent and apparently
unconcerned. The audiences at the
Haymarket and St. James theaters,
where Mr. Wilde's plays are being
given, were rather small this evening,
but they made no hostile demonstra
tion. At St. James there were few
persons, excepting those who had
bought their tickets In advance. The
gallery was somewhat critical and two
of three audible comments confused the
players slightly.
New York, April 5. Mr. Frohman, of
the Lyceum theater, where Oscar
Wilde's play, "An Ideal Husband," Is
how running, has decided,' on account
of the termination of the suit against
Wilde, to have, the playwright's name
erased from the bills and programmes
of the theater after tomorrow.
Detroit, Mich., April 6. Mr, Leslie,,
manager of Miss Rose Coghlan, who
has been playing Oscar AVIlde'a "A
Woman of No Importance" here this
week, dpclded that the play should be
taken out of Miss Coghlaa's repertoire.
PIGEON SHOOTING.
The Match Continued Yesterday Kino
Records Alado,
Paterson, N. J April G. Contrary to
expectations' not oitfe of the lowest
scorers In the great American handicap
shooting match, which was continued
at Wlllard park this morning, dropped
from the list. The shooting began
shortly before 11 o'clock on the eleventh
round.
In the Highland handicap sweep, af
ter five rounds In the shoot off, the fol
lowing divided first money:, Fulford,
Class, Hlgglnson, Brewer, Dubray, W.
Bennett and Dickey. J. D. Arnold was
Withdrawn.
Coulston, Melct, Keller, Simpson,
Sweeney, Van Dyke, Wright, Sedam
and Thomas divided second, money,
and third money was divided by White
and Morley.
In the Kltaklnncy handicap $130 was
divided among Captain Money, Llnds
ley, Sedam and Sweeney.
The big handicap was won by J. Q,
Mesner, of Pittsburg; J. A. R. Elliott,
of Kansas City, and Frank Class, of
Morrlstown, N. J., who tied for first
place, each killing twenty-five birds. .
The men divided the purse, which
amounted to $1,520. -
Those who killed 24 birds are Kelsey
and I vlna. - '
Those" who killed 23 are Leroy, N.
Mooney, Hyde, George and Taylor. '
; Although the purse was equally di
vided, the men shot off for place, as
Is required by the provisions of the
match.
Mesner killed 10 straight; Elliott, 9;
and Class, 7. Mesner is a new man, his
friends claiming that he has shot over
traps for only six weeks. This was his
first match and he has not killed 200
pigeons, Including those he shot In the
big handicap. Meaner shot from 25
yards, while Elliott shot from the
scratch, and Class from the 32 yard
mark.
Today's unfinished programme.whlch
consists of two sweepstakes, will be
shot tomorrow.
IS IT CHAOS oFdEATH?
Colonel A. K. MoClure Points Out the
Weakness of Demoerasy, and Predicts
Disaster,
-Philadelphia, April C The Times
(Democrat), edited by Colonel A. K.
McClure, in a leading editorial tomor
row, headed "It It Chaos or Death," will
say:
"The attitude of the Democritlc or
ganization before the country today is
that of utter chaos, and the only prob
lem for the leaders to solve Is whether
that once great party can be restored
to respect and usefulness, or whether
the sequel of Its chaotic condition shall
efface It from the history of American
politics. -
Today the Democratic party has not
a single hopeful state north of Mason
and Dixon's line; It has not a single
hopeful Btate In the west, and the
southern states are all trembling In the
throes of threatened revolution.
The party has been condemned by
the people with an emphasis that has
never been approached In the history
of our political contests, and the over
whelming defeat of 1894, called out no
statesmanship In the Democratic coun
cils In congress and Intensified the mad
ness of Democratic lawmakers, Instead
of chastening and recalling them to the
lines of patriotism.
But for the heroic Integrity and pa
triotism of President Cleveland the
credit of the nation would have been
dishonored and business chaos and gen
eral distrust must have prevailed
throughout the land.
No party thus poisoned with dishon
esty In Its way vitals can survive, and
If there Is to be a Democratic party In
the future It must be promptly organ
ized on the basis of honest government,
honest money, honest taxes and honeBt
elections. ,
Perfidy or blundering in Republican
statesmanship will not restore the
Democracy to public confidence. It
may destroy the Republican organiza
tion, but It will not revive Democracy.
It must, be In position to command
the honest men of every political faith
or it must die, and If it cannot retrieve
its honor and Its fidelity to the coun
try, the sooner it shall die the better It
will be-for Its followers.
The .time has come when Intelligent
and considerate men will cast party
lines to the winds to sustain the in
tegrity, of the. n,alonal tne
tranquility of buslness'and trade. The
Times .will support no man for presi
dent In 1896 who Is not squarely for
honest! money, tor that Is the para
mount Issue. The tariff question Is set
tled, not only for the present but for
the future.
National and state credit must be
established so clearly and positively
that the whole world will accept it;
failing In that we must pay our thous
ands of millions of obligations hold
abroad, not one-half of which could
be paid with all the money of every
kind now In existence In this country.
This is the Issue the Democracy must
face, and It must face it now. It It
falls to do so it must die. With the
Democratic leaders rests the solution
of the problem whether the present
overthrow of Democracy shall be tem
porary chaos or death. Which shall it
be?
REPUBLICAN LEAGUE.
Fourth Annual Convention Held at Grand
Rapids.
Grand Rapids, Mich., April 5. The
fourth annual convention of the Amer
ican Republican College league con
vened this morning. There were sixty
five delegates present representing the
various colleges of the United States.
The convention was called to order by
President Cox, of the University of
New York. Congressman William Al
den Smith delivered the address of wel
come. F. E. Debbervllle, of the Uni
versity of Vermont, made a lengthy
speech on "Harmony."
The afternoon session was a warm
one and resulted In the defeat of L.
J. Hennlng, of the University of Wis
consin, who up to the forenoon adjourn
ment had the lead for the presidency.
During the recess Vaughan, of Chica
go, and his friends formed a coalition
with the eastern delegates and won
out. The election . resulted ts follows:
President L, B. Vaughan, University of
Chicago; first vice-president, F. B. Deb
bervllle; University of Vermont; second
vIce-preBldent 8. E. Johnson, Univers
ity of Nebraska; third vice-president,
C. E. Colsand, of Earlham; secretary,
F. L. Edenbrough, of thn University of
Michigan; treasurer, L. L. Twltchell, of
the University of Minnesota; first vice
president National League Republican
clubs, J. Howard Frye, of Princeton;
representative to the Republican Na
tional league, W. D. MoWilllams, of
Kalamazoo college. Minneapolis was
selected as the next place of meeting.
The platform adopted favors bi
metallism and the use of both gold and
silver.
The delegates of the league were ban
quetted tonight by the Young Republi
cans of ithe Lincoln club, plates being
laid for 000. Speeches were made by
ex-Senator Warner Miller, of New
York; Senator Burrows, of Michigan;
Congressman Smith and ex-Senator
Pattan, of this city.
STATE NEWS GLEANINGS.
A new breaker Is going up at Pine Hill
colliery, Mlnersvllle, that will employ 000
hands,
: Enterprise National bonk, of Allegheny,
capital $020,000, was authorized to begin
business.
After tracking his eloping wife ovor
three counties, L. W, Hart, of Morris,
found her at Jersey Shore,
. Two of the Flowerschelm mines In
southwestern Pennsylvania resumed yes
terday at the C9-cept rate,
: Reading's .loading? Republican newspa
per, the Times, was yesterday 76 years old,
and la better than ever before.
About 100 witnesses were yesterday ex
amined by the Heller-Laubaoh senatorial
inveitlgstora In Northampton county. . , ,l
DETECTIVE UNDER ARREST
An Amateur Sleuth Is barged with
the, Murder of a Girl.
IN DANGER OP BEING LYNCHED
Marshall . Price Appeared to Know Too
Much About the Murder of Sallie
Dean- Is Now In Prison
at ilultlmore
r
Baltimore, April 6. Marshall E. Price,
charged with the murder1 of Sullla E,
Dean, the 1,4-year olO school girl, at
Harmony, Caroline county, on March
20, was brought to thls'elty today to
protect him from mob violence. When
It became generally known that Price,
was In Jail at Denton yesterday, the
impression grew stronger and stronger
that he was the guilty party. The pea
pie became so excited toward night that
the authorities were compelled to spirit
him out of town and remove him to
safer quarters.
It 1b almost universally believed now
that Price committed the dastardly
deed. He was a member of the coro
ner's Jury which Investigated the death
of the girl, and first attracted sus
picion to himself through his fondness
for talk. The detectives asked his co
operation, and made him believe that
he was a born Iiawkshaw. . He accom
panied the officers to the spot where
the murdered girl was found, and said:
"After three thousand people have
looked over this pluoe for clues, It re
mains for me to llnd the knife which
cut her throat.".
He then unearthed a blood stained
knife within ten feet of where the body
was discovered. He uIbo dug up a
bow of ribbon that had been worn by
the girl. Afterwurd he remarked: "I
have found for you all except the club
with which the blow on her face was
dealt, and that I am unable to dis
cover." Price Is ai wheelwright and black
smith, 2'i years old, of Harmony. He
was married a year ago to STIss Brodis,
of Dorchester county.
ATHLETIC EXHIBITION.
Pleasing Performance tiiven at Wilkes-
Durre Armory.
Special to tho Scranton Tribune.
Wllkes-Uarre, April 5. The athletic
exhibition given at the Ninth regiment
armory this evening under the auspices
of the Young Men's Christian associa
tion was largely attended, and was en
joyable throughout. Gymnasts from
Scranton, Bucknell university, Pitts
ton, Lehigh university and Blooms
burg Noraml school assisted local cele
brities in entertaining the audience.
One of the features of the evening
was the combination basket ball game
in which Kingston and Scranton played
again Wilkes-Iiarre and I'lttston. The
game resulted In a vlotoly for the lat
ter clubs, the score being 1 to 0. The
only basket thrown was In the second
half by Kern, of Wllkes-Barre.
The high Jump was won by Stuart,
of Wllkes-Barre; the pole vault was
won by H. Sutherland nnd the mile
run by "Kid" Smith, also, of Wllkes
Barre. The dumb bell drill by Pittston ath
letes and the Indian club drill by
WIlkes-iBarre men were very well exe
cuted. .Music was furnished during the
evening by the Wllkes-Barre. Young
Men's Christian Association orchestra.
The leaders of the gymnasium classes
were as follows: W. R. Harper, Buck
nell; R. L. Weeton, Scranton; J. N. Ty
son, Pittston; C. W. Smith, Lehigh; A.
K. Aldlnger, Bloomsburg, and A. F.
Wolfe, Wllkes-Barre.
DIED FROM STARVATION.
Chicago Police Torturo a Boy In Efforts
toOhtuIn a Confession.
Chicago, April G. Harry Kellogg, the
18-year-old son of respectable parents
living in the suburb of l':isdon, was to
have been tried lni Judge Wlnde's court
yesterday on the charge of being im
plicated In, the shooting of two police
officers, but the only answer niade to
the Judge when he called .the case was
a note from tho boy's mother, saying
her son hud been summoned before a
higher .tribunal, having died that morn
ing. The parents, friends, and physicians
In attendance on the boy accuse officers
of the Maxwell Street station of being
directly responsible for his death. The
doctor says typhoid pneumonia, from
which Kellogg, died, was Superinduced
by Insufficient food and exposure to
dampness In his cell; In fact, that he
was starved to death while being sub
jected to the "sweat box" process to
force a confession, although the died
saying ho was innocent. The police
say he died of consumption and was
well treated at the station.
TO HAVE A CIVIL TRIAL.
American Citizens Arrested at Santiago
de Cuba.
Washington, April 5. The depart
ment of stata has received a cable
gram from Consul Hyatt at Santiago
De Cuba announcing that the two
American citizens, August Bolton and
Gustave Richelieu, had been allowed a
civil trial and that the government had
personally assured him of speedy ac
tion. Immediately upon receipt of the news
that these American citizens had been
arrested at Santiago De Cuba, the de
partment sent Instructions to Consul
Hyatt - to protest against trial by
marine authority and insist upon defi
nite accusation of crime and speedy
trial or release.
ATTACHMENT QUESTION.
Anthracite Presidents Are Vnablo to
Agrco Upon Percentage
' New York, April 6. The presidents
of the anthracite coal carrying and pro
ducing railroads held their third meet
ing today. The presidents convened at
11.30 o'clock, and for over three hours
discussed the matters of percentages of
allotments. They reached no decision
and the question was referred to a
board of arbitral' ion, consisting of five
of the. presidents, who will have full
power to act and make a final settle
ment of the tangled allotfpaat ques
tion. .
The were rumors after the meal
ing that the representatives of the Le
high Valley and Reading companies had
a lively squabble durlpg tha session r
gardlng concessions In the Way of al
lotments which the Lehigh Valley peo
ple claimed were due them.
All those present declined positively
to discuss the matter. The committee
of arbitration will meeet at the call of
the chair. Eleven companies all those
Interested In the distribution of ton
nagewere represented at the meet
ing, JUMPED THE TRACK.
Fatal Train. Wreck Near Zanesvllle,
Ohio.
Zanesvllle, O., April 5. At Whlg
vllle this morning, five miles west of
Summerfleld, on the Bellalre, Zanes
vllle and Cincinnati railroad, a coach
on the westbound passenger train
Jumpod the track Just before reaching
a trestle which spans a small stream.
The coach, after running along the ties
until almost across, dragged the en
gine from the rails, and the trestle
went down.
Engineer Ell Lucus and Fireman
Jesse Johns remained at their posts.
The former was Instantly killed and
the latter fatally Injured. Henry
Brown, of Brownsville; Mrs. Nathan
Young, of Zanesvllle, and her Infant
daughter, passengers on the train, were
also killed. Joseph Dennoon, of
Barnesvllle, and Frank Mallard, of
Summerfleld, O., were fatally Injured.
Nathan Young, husband of the woman
killed, had his foot badly crushed.
EXPLOSION AT KEW ORLEANS.
Five Persons Instantly Killed and F.ight
Others Woundcd-Llut of tbe Killed and
Injured.
New Orleans, April B. At 2.30 o'clock
this morning an explosion of gunpow
der occurred In a grocery store belong
ing'to Charles Salathe, completely de
molishing the building and the neigh
boring saloon, known .as the Fisher
man's Exchange, Instantly killing live
and seriously wounding eight people.
Several persons are missing. The killed
are: Charles Salathe, Mrs. Charles Sa
lathe, Charles Salath, Jr., Felix Hegald,
James Edwards. Among the seriously
wounded are Charles Relss, James
Murphy, J. Vallenoor, Charles A. Bul
ller, and David Lobar.
The market opposite was well filled
with people this morning when the ex
plosion occurred and the next Instant
the two buildings (Salathe's and the
saloon) fell In complete collapse. The
ruins soon took fire and come of the
crowd rushed Into the ruins and began
at once digging at the place where cries
were heard. They soon succeeded In
rescuing Llllle and Edward Salathe,
who were precipitated from an
upper story, where they were sleeping
and burrled deep under the debris. The
origin of the lire Is a mystery. The
premises were lighted by gas and a
small light was left burning In the U:re
ut night. . The powder which exploded
was kept in two kegs of twenty-five
pounds each, and was usually kept In
an Ice box. The clerk says the powdi r
was left under the counter last night.
CANDY AND CIGARETTES.
The Suhlimo Porte "Blows Himself in
Honor of christian Tourists.
New York, April 5. The Hamburg
steamship Furst BLsmarck arrived here
this afternoon after an extended cruise.
Two months ago she sailed for the
Mediterranean with 200 tourists. She
brought back but fifty of the original
number. Those of her passengers who
were seen today stated that their ex
perience had been a delightful one.
While thi? steamer lay at Piraeus,
near Athens, she was boarded by King
George of Greece, the crown prince, the
duke of Sparta, and the ladles of the
royal family, who lunched on board.
At Constantinople, the tourists were
enabled to witness the annual pro
cession of the sultan, followed by the
women of the harem, to the mosque of
Saint Sophia. After the ceremonies
the sultan presented to each woman on
the steamer a tiny box of confections
and to each 'gentleman a package of
Turkish cigarettes and a box of smok
ing tobacco.
Mr. Clement, of the Boston Tran
script, is authority for the statement
that while the steamer was at Constan
tinople the Mohammedans made dem
onstrations of unfriendliness against
the Christians of the Bismarck.
SILLY GIRL'S SUICIDE.
Wayward llcrthu llulinct Kill Herself
Because of Her Punishment.
Milwaukee, Wis., April 5. Because
her mother slapped her In the face,
Bertha Hulinet, aged 17, committed sui
cide today.
The girl returned home about mid
night last night, and her mother a'.ked
where she had been. Bertha refused
to say, and her mother slapped her.
The girl then went to her room. Soon
afterward the family was awakened by
a pistol shot, and the mother found her
daughter lying dead on the floor, with
a bullet through her head.
EX-PRIESTS LECTURE.
Created No Disturbance at Williams
port, Wllllamsport, Pa., April 5. An ox
priest named Ruthven was to have de
livered a lecture In tho court house
here tonight on tho subject,- "Shall
Rome Rule America?" A delegation of
prominent German and Irish Catholics
called on the county commissioners to
day and requested that the privilege of
the court house, which had been
granted to the speaker, he rescinded.
The commissioners acquiesced, and
the lecturer, who had previously been
refused the use of the Young Men's
Christian association' hall, hired the old
opera house. It was feared that trouble
would ensure, and a squad of police
guarded the hall. There were no signs
of disturbance.
BATTLE WITH ROBBERS.
Marshal Mcdson and Depntics Engage In
I a Lively Fight.
Hennessy, O. T., AJrll 5. A desperate
battle took place between Marshal
Medson's deputies and live of the Rock
Island train robbers at Cimarron, Ave
miles west of here, last evening. One
robber was killed end another wound
ed, i
The robbers Were : taken unawares
and tired at random on their assailants,
not one of the shots taking effect.. Th
robbers ithen took to the brush.
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