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EIGHT PAGESSO COLUMNS.
SCIt ANTON, PA.,' TUESDAY MORNING APRIL 9, 1895.
TWO CENTS A COPY.
DECISION ON INCOME TAX
Opinion of United States Supreme
Court on the Measure.
THE JUSTICES ARE DIVIDED
Their Decision Leave the Constitution
Hty of tho Law Still Open-Ou Impor-
tant Points the Count Stundu
Four Against Four.
Washington, April 8. The supremo
court of the United States today handed
down its decision on the constitution
ality of the income tax.
The decision loaves the question of
the constitutionality of the lnw still
open. It Is expected that the payment
Of the tax will be respected, and that
suits will result In United States cir
cuit and district courts, and that what
ever may be the decision of these courts
an appeal will again be taken to the
United States supreme court, when a
full bench can hear arguments.
On the question of the constitution
ality of the tax on rents, the court by
a vote of six to two holds that it Is a
direct tax, and not being laid propor
tionately among the states on the basis
of, the last census Is unconstitutional.
As to the tax on Interests from state
and ' municipal bonds the court Is re
ported to haV -,stood flvu to three
agianst constitutionality of the tax,
the majority holding that such a tax
Is an Imposition upon the revenues of
the municipality which authorized the
bonds, and unconstitutional. On all
other points the court divided evenly,
Justices Harlan, Shtras and Brown (Re
publicans), and Justice AVhlte (Demo
crat), holding the law to be constitu
tional, or rather that It had not been
Invalidated as a whole by the constitu
tional defect contained in the tax on
rents and bonds. Four Justices, Fuller
and Field (Democrats), and Grey and
Brewer (Republicans), held the law to
be unconstitutional In every particu
lar. Justice Fuller began reading the
decision at 12.10 and finished at 1
o'clock, reading the decision of the
question whether or not the tux on
rents from real estate is a tux on real
estate and therefore a direct tax, and
announced that the court has decided
It is a tax on real estate, therefore a
direct tax, and, as provided for In the
present law, unconstitutional. The
opinion of the chief Justice also de
clares that the tax on municipal and
state bonds is unconstitutional. On all
other points the court Is equally di
vided. The decision of the court below
on these points Is reversed, and a sim
ilar entry made In the case of Hyde vs.
Continental Trust company.
" Main Points of the Opinion.
" The conclusions of the court were
stated as follows:
First That by the constitution federal
taxation is divided into two great classes,
direct taxes and duties, Imports and ex
cises. Second That the Imposition of direct
taxea is governed by the rule of apportion
ment among the several states, according
to numbers, and the Imposition of duties,
imports and excises by the rule of uni
formity throughout the United States.
Third That the principle that taxation
and representation go together was in
tended to be and was preserved In the con
stitution by the establishment of the rule
of apportionment among the several
states, sa that such apportionment should
be according to numbers in each state.
I fourth That the tates surrendered
their power to levy Imports and to regu
late commerce to the general government,
and gave it the concurrent power to levy
direct taxes In reliance on the protec
tion afforded by the rules prescribed, and
that the compromises of the constitution
cannot be disturbed by legislative action.
', Fifth That thesa conclusions result
from the text of the constitution, and are
supported by the historical evidence fur
nished by the circumstances surrounding
the framing and adoption of- that Instru
ment and the views of those who framed
and adopted It.
Sixth That the understanding and ex
pectation at the time of the adoption of
the constitution was that direct taxes
would not be levied by the general gov
ernment except under the pressure of ex
traordinary exigency, and such has been
the practice down to Aug. IS, ISM. If the
power to do so Is to be exercised as an or
dinary and usual means of supply, that
fact furnishes an additional reason for
circumspection In disposing of the present
case.
Seventh That taxes on real estate be
long to the class of direct taxes, and that
the taxes on the rent or Income of real es
tate, which Is the Incident of its owner
ship, belong to the same class.
Eighth That by no previous decision of
this court has this question been ad
judicated to the contrary of the conclu
sions now and announced.
That bo much of the act of Aug. 15,
1894, aa attempts to Impose a tax upon
the rent or Income of real estate wlth
put apportionment is Invalid.
The Act of August I S.
The court Is further of opinion that
' the act of August 15, 1894, Is Invalid so
far as It attempts to levy a tax upon
the income derived from municipal
bonds. As the municipal corporation
Is the representative of the state and
. one of the Instrumentalities of the
state government, the property and
revenues of municipal corporations are
not the subjects of federal taxation,
nor Is the Income derived from state
county and municipal securities, since
taxation on the interest thereon oper
ates the power to borrow before It Is
exercised and has a sensible influence
on the contract and therefore such a
tax is a tax on the power of the states
and their Instrumentalities to borrow
money., nnd consequently repugnant to
the co..vtltutlon. .
l Upon each of the other questions ar-
yed at the bar, to wit:'
it Whether the void provisions as
ats and Income from real estate ln-
Ltes the whole act.
d Whether as to the Income from
property as such, the act Is un-
lonal as laying dlmct taxes.
K'hether any part of the tax. If
cred as a direct tax. Is Invalid,
uniformity on either of the
Rested the Justices who heard
nts are equally divided and
I opinion Is expressed.
It Is tht the decree of the
I t is reversed and the cause
'with directions to enter a
favor of complainant In re-
' of the voluntary payment of
the rents and Income of Its
Ite and that which It holds In
on the Income from the
cipal bonds owned or so held by It.
The chief justice said that the Juris
: Jlctlon . of courts of equity to prevent
llverslon of. funds by breach of trust
or Illegal payment of the funds had
been frequently affirmed by the court.
The question was not raised In the
court below, but had been explicitly
waived on the argument of the case,
and the court felt Justllled In proceed
ing to a decision of the case on Its
merits.
He said that the power to decide a
law unconstitutional was used with re
luctance, but the responsibility could
not be evaded when the necessity arose.
The contentions respecting this law
were:
First That a tax on ronts was a tax on
real estute, and that not being luld accord
ing to apportionment it was lnvulld.
Second That it was not uniform and n
violation of the constitutional require
ments that such taxes shall be laid with
uniformity. Under this head came the ex
ceptions in fuvor of these persons who
were not in possession of an Income of
W.UtH); of mutual Insurance companies, sav
ings banks and partnerships, all organized
ior and doing the same business as that of
corporations authorized by the states.
These exceptions, It was held, were arbi
trary ami capricious, and not based upon
sound public policy.
Third That Incomes from Investments
In state and municipal bonds could not lie
taxed, t
Jiistlca Field's Opinion.
Associute Justice Field read an opin
ion declaring the whole Income tax
provision of the tariff law of 1S94 to
be unconstitutional. Associate Justice
White dissented from the view of the
court and protested against a re-open-lug
of the decisions of the court of a
hundred years past.
Next In order the opinion considered
the third objection to the law. That It
Imposed a tax upon the Incomes derived
from Investments In state and munici
pal bonds, and was therefore Invalid.
He concurred with the majority of the
court, however, upon the question of
the taxation of state and municipal
bonds.
Chief Justice Fuller re-asserted the
general principle that a tax on govern
ment bonds was held to be a tax on
contracts and prejudicial to the public
interest. It was therefore obvious that
such a tax on the power of states or
municipalities to make contracts was
prejudicial to public policy, and there
fore unconstitutional.
On the other matters Involved, the
case of Hyde vs. the Continental Trust
company, of New York city, and In the
case of John Q. Moore vs. Joseph S.
Miller, commissioner if Internal reve
nue, for an Injunction to restrain him
from proceeding to carry out the law,
appealed from the courts of the Dis
trict of Columbia, Chief Justice Fuller
stated that the court was equally di
vided. The Judgment of the lower courts, as
far as It related to the payment of the
tax on rents and state and municipal
bonds, was reversed. In the Moore case
the effect of the court's action Is to
aflirm .the refusal of an Injunction
against the commissioner of Internal
revenue.-
GOVERNOR MARVIL DEAD.
Delaware's Chief Magistrate Expires
from llonrt Disease.
Laurel, Del., April 8. After an ill
ness from a complication of diseases
that ha.3 lasted for several months,
Qr vunoi Joshua Hopkins Marvll died
at T.15 o'clock tonight. Just previous
to his Inaugural a few months ago.
Governor Marvll was stricken with
heart disease and was too 111 to take
part !n the ceremonies of his Induction
Into office.
Governor Marvll was born In Sussex
county, this state, Sept. 3, 1835, and
came of an old Delaware family.
Governor Marvil's term of office
would have expired January 1, 1899.
By his death, William P. Watson,
speaker of the senate, who Is a Demo
crat, becomes acting governor. By the
elevator of Mr. Watson to the guber
natorial chair, the senate of this state
becomes a tie, four Republicans and
four Democrats.
.
GRADY'S DEFALCATIONS.
It Is Thought That They Will Exceed
$38,000.
Lancaster, Pa., April 8. It Is now be
lieved that the defalcation of T. H.
Grady, cashier of the First National
bank of Marietta, will reach. If not ex
ceed, 138,000 which it is feared will be
greatly swelled by sums secured in a
semi-official way.
While acting as agent for Mrs. Chris
tian Hower, she gave him $3,300 to de
posit In the bank. He credited the
amount In her book, but failed to put
any of the money In the bank, and It
Is believed that more transactions of a
similar character will be , brought to
light as the investigation proceeds.
The peculations were begun at least
two years ago.
THE CHAMPION DIPPER.
Colored Baptist Minister Itreaks tho
World's Ilaptilng Itecord.
Harrodsburg, Ky April 8. Rev.
Charles Davis, pastor of the colored
Baptist church here, broke all baptiz
ing records Sunday, when In twenty
nine minutes he Immersed seventy-six
colored converts.
The water was exceedingly cold.
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.'
Trichinae in pork will probably cause the
death of Peter Marks' family of six, at La
porte, Ind.
Ex-Adjutant General J. G. Farns worth,
of New York, is seriously III In a Wash
ington hotel. '
The Rock Island road will furnish more
money to C. B .Jewell for ralnmaklng ex
periments In Kansas.
By eating wild parsnips a child of E.
Stucke, of Genoa, Neb., was fatally pois
oned, but another may recover.
Because of a recent third suicide on
Ruf us Powell's farm, near Somerset, N.
Y It has been named the "suicide place."
The disappearance of John W. Wilcox,
from'Auburn, R. I., Is laid to robbers, who
are supposed to have killed him to get
$700.
Over 20,000 persons attended tho final
service of the sixty-fifth annual confer
ence of the Mormon church at Salt Luke
City.
Longshoreman J. M. Gregory, who killed
his wife at. New York, was found terribly
wounded at his home, having attempted
suicide.
While crazy with drink, Tom Nlfong, of
Modesto, III., shot at the postmaster,
slightly wounding, him, and tried to cut
his wife's throat. -x - 1 .
General George W.Jones, who was In the
United States senate years ago, will cele
brate his ninety-first birthday at Du
buque, la., next Sunday, ,
PENROSE ONPRIZE FIGHTS
Introduces a Bill to Kcrjulutc the
Veiyht of Boxing Gloves.
REGARDING WATER COMPANIES
The Woods Bill to Compel Cities and
Iloroughs to Purchase Water Plants,
Is Discussed Other Measures
Before tho Lawmakers.
Harrlsburg, April 8. When the sen
ate met at 8 o'clock there was less than
a quorum present.
A bill wus Introduced by Senator
Penrose to prohibit prize fights and re-qulrlng6-ounceglovesto
be used In box
ing mutches; a bill enabling citizens
and state corporations to hold and con
vey titles which have been held by
aliens; also a bill for the prevention of
blindness by Imposing certain duties
on mldwives and nurses.
Mr. Brown Introduced a bill requiring
tax collectors to make stated returns
to to.il councils, also a bill defining
Imitation butter. ,
Mr. Grady presented a bill authoriz
ing municipalities to establish public
llbrailcs. '
The bill creating the office of deputy
auditor general, which Is on the third
reading calendar, wus called up by
Senator Grady and amended bo as to
make the salary attached to theifflce
$11,000. This Is a reduction of $1,000.
Mr. Andrews presented a bill amend
ing tne act for the Incorporation of
third class cities, defining the duties of
boards of assessors; also a bill amend
ing the act providing for the assess
ment and collection of damages and
costs for municipal Improvements.
Mr. Grady Introduced another bill
authorizing the appointment of a sten
ographer snd typewriter In the ofllce
of the he.ilth office of the port of Phil
adelphia at a salary not to exceed $1,000
a year.
House Proceedings.
In the house tonight Mr. Shuey,
Schuylkill, Introduced a bill to com
pensate N. B. Johnson, father of W. S.
Johnson, of Company F. Eighth regi
ment. National Guard, who died from
typhoid fever contracted at Gettys
burg. For the first time during the session
a special calendar of senate bills on
second, reading had been prepared, and
among them which passed were the.
following: To Increase the salary of
the superintendent of public printing
from $1,600 to $3,500; relating to Index
ing of Judgments and decrees of United
States court; for th publication of
state library catalogue; to establish a
state board of veterinary medical ex
aminers. .
The Woods act to compel cities and
boroughs to purchase private water
companies before going into the busi
ness of furnishing water, provoked
considerable discussion. Mr. Merrick
objected to It on the ground that It was
contrary , to all public policy and de
stroyed competition, and Mr. Scalfe ad
vocated the bill on the ground that it
protects Invested capital and seeks to
prevent a great wrong to existing cor
porations. The debate on the bill was continued
at length and amended' so us to permit
cities and boroughs to vote on the ques
tion of whether the private corpora
tions shall be purchased, and passed
second reading by C9 yeas to 03 nays.
DROVE HIM TO SUICIDE.
A Man Whilo Pinned Down by a
Bowlder Cuts His Throat.
Oelweln, la., April 8. A tragedy of a
peculiar nature occuroed yesterday. ' A
few miles east of this city a man named
Baker, while excavating a hole for the
purpose of sinking a bowlder weighing
several tons, was crushed by the acci
dental falling of the stone. He lay
with both legs broken and the left arm
mangled for probably six hours, no re
lief coming. I
In his despair he cut his throat from
ear to ear with a dull jackknife. When
found he was still faintly breathing.
He left home about 1 o'clock, but not
returning for supper a man went In
quest of him, finding him In the de
scribed condition. He leaves a widow
and two small children.
SKELETON DISCOVERED.
Found Burled in a Yard at Jefferson
Vllle, Ind., by Negroes.
Jeffersonville, Ind., April 8. The find
ing of a skeleton In a crude-shaped box
in a yard In the heart of the city this
morning was the cause of much com
ment. The bones were evidently those
of a woman, and th skull was crushed.
Negroes made the discovery while they
were laying off a strip of ground for a
garden.
From the appearance of the skeleton
It Is supposed to have been burled sev
eral yors. The box Is in a good state
of preservation. Many are Inclined to
the belief that a murder has been com
mitted. FORTY DAYS WITHOUT I OOD.
During That Time an Indluna Woman
- Drinks Only a Cup of Wutor.
Valparaiso, Ind., April 8. Mrs. Henry
Burgess, of Hebron, this county, died
last night. She had been bedfast for
over .eight weeks nnd for forty days she
was unable to take any nourishment.
During all this time she only drank a
cup of water. Her case bullied the skill
of numerous physicians who were
called to attend her.
Before she was taken sick she
weighed 180 pounds, but at her death
she weighed ,only sixty-five pounds.
Sho was 55 years old.
BOY THIEVES CAUGHT.
Leader of a Gang In Indiana Is Only 10
Years Old. '
Anderson, Ind., April 8. One of the
most notorious gangs of petty thieves
In the state was broken up this morn
ing at 2 o'clock by the arrest of five
boys. They have been banded together
for the past year, nnd, under tho leader
ship of Willie Blue, a 10-year-old lad.
have been doing a wholesale house and
store brenklng business.
They entered three of the largest
business houses In the city Inst night
and looted them, and were caught In
Harrlman & May's hardware store and
landed In jail. Besides Blue the boys
are; . Clyde Chapman, Ora Welch,
Charles Stinnett and Charles Turner,
all of whom have good homes and
plenty of money. They wlll.be sent to
the reform school.
COFFEE MEN FORM A POOL.
Capitalists in Prunce Will Try to Control
tho Market.
New York, April 8. Definite informa
tion reached here Thursday of the
formation of an extensive pool In
Franco to control the coffee market.
The most conspicuous figure In the deal
Is Guzman Blanco, the former presi
dent of Venezuela, who now lives in
Paris.
Blanco Is generally credited among
coffee men of this city with having
bought 200,000 bags or Brazilian coffee
within the last few months. In addi
tion to this he Is carrying an extensive
line of futures.
CYCLONE RELIC FOUNp.
Oak Sill Recovered Which Kccalls a Ter
rible Storm In 1858.
Areola-, III., April 8. The removal of a
building today unearthed a relic of the
destructive cyclone which swept over
this section In iMay, 1858. During the
storm an oak sill twenty feet long and
eight Inches thick was lifted from an
adjacent structure, driven completely
through the building above referred to,
and entered the ground fully eight feet.
Workmen who were excavating for a
cellar today unearthed the sill and It
will be preserved as a memento of the
hurricane.
REV. LANSING EXPLAINS.
Ills Assertion Thut tho President Was
Under Influence of Tanglefoot Was
Based I'pon Common Report.
Boston, April 8. Rev. I. J. Lansing,
whose references to the president in his
address before the New Englund con
ference at Salem last Thursday night
provokd extended crltlclam, gives out
the following statement tonight:
"My allusion made in a temperance
address at Salem on Thursday, April 4,
to the drinking habits of the presi
dent of the United States was based
partly on common report and partly on
the testimony of eye witnesses.
"From various and independent
sources which I believed to be wholly
reliable, I had been Informed that the
president had been seen, on different
occasions, and in the presence of many
persons, In an Intoxicated condition.
"From the circumstantial and de
tailed character of these statements, I
supposed there was no doubt as to the
facts alleged. I therefore made this al
lusion as a matter of common report,
basing my confidence on the testimony
of personal, and as I supposed, credible
witnesses.
"I must, therefore, say that if my
statement reproducing such testimony
Is not in harmony with facts, I regret
having made it. I could have neither
desire nor motive for saying anything
unkind or uncharitable of the president
or of any party whatsoever. The case
being one-of conflict of testimony be
tween witnesses of equal, credibility
I cannot decide, and since I have no
personal knowledge apart from the
testimony, I withdraw the statement
and tender apologies and sincere re
gret to- the president of the United
States, and to the public."
SWINDLER ARRESTED.
C. II. Badlln, Who Victimized Piano and
Organ Men, Captured at Niagara.
Niagara Falls, N.Y., April 8. Charles
H. Badlln, a clever piano and organ
swindler, wns nabbed here today by the
police. Bndlln's plan of operation Is to
write to different piano and organ man
ufacturers and have them ship a piano
or organ to him, giving good references,
or asking them to draw on him In ten
days.
. Ho' would forge the references and
Becure the instrument, reshlp to some
place, there selling It and pocketing the
proceeds. Among the firms fleeced by
him are Tapper & Co., of Chicago; New
man Organ company, of Chlcngo, and
Packard Organ company, of Fort
Wayne, Mich. A charge of forgery and
an Indictment are against the man
under the name of Day at Ogdensburg,
this state. Chicago authorities also
wanted the man.
MAY INHERIT TIfE TITLE.
Topcka Minister Called to London by Ills
Father's Death.
Topeka, Kan., April 8. Rev. Charles
Rowland Hill, only son and heir of the
late Viscount Hill, who died In Lon
don, Is a resident of Topeka, an Episco
pal clergyman, connected with Grace
cathedral here. Whether the title de
scends to' the son he will not state.
J to declined to say what his Inten
tions were, but he has received a num
ber of ' cablegrams since his father's
death, and probably will go to London
soon. Before he came to Topeka he
was located at Leavenworth.
INSANE FROM EXCITEMENT.
.
Walters' Crime Drives Ills Mother and a
Man Out uf Their Minds.
Galena, Kan., April 8. Boston Mills,
the scene of the killing of the
Cox brothers by Newton Walters, and
his subsequent suicide, Is still In a fever
of excitement. Thursday Levi Rtnker,
on whose farm Walters was employed,
became InBane from the shock caused
by the tragedies.
The murderer's mother, Mrs. Wal
ter's, huB also become a raving maniac
since her son's crime bccalne known.
STATE GLEANINGS.
Beefsteak has gone up to 25 cents a
pound at Easton.
The slate operators of Bangor and vicin
ity were never ao busy,
Plnegrove, Schuylkill county, will have
a new shirt factory, employing 100 hands.
Hnzleton advocates of the Quay county
bill will continue their efforts until the
measure passes finally.
Several Pottstown land owners will ex
periment on a new form of charity by
loaning land, for truck farming to poor
people.. - . ,
" An Interstate fair for the colored people
of West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsyl
vania will be held at Conocogaeagne In
September,
- Because they created a disturbance at a
class entertainment six members of Har
risburg's high school graduating class will
be refused diplomas.
On the ground that one of the Jurymen
who convicted him of murder In the first
degree was prejudiced, 16-year-old Frank
Morris has asked for a now trial at Union-
town. . , .
WINDISB JflURDER CASE
Damaging Evidence Heard Before the
, Coroner's Jury.
TESTIMONY OP THE CHILDREN
What the Neighbors Saw-Story of the
Husbund's Brutality Threats Made
Agulnst tho Murdered Woman.
Wlndish Still Missing.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Plttston, April 8. The witnesses In
the Wlndish murder case were ques
tioned this afternoon at the ofllce of
Justice Gibbons before Coroner John
E. Perkins and County Detective Eck
ert, both of Wllkes-Barre. The first
wllnets sworn was Frank Wlndish, the
youngest sun of the murdered woman.
He testified that on Thursday morn
ing last hu left home as usual for his
work at No. 8 breaker of the Pennsyl
vania Coal company. When he re
turned about 3 o'clock he was not able
to find any of the family about the
premises. Ills oldest brother, George,
returned ' from his work about 3.S0.
Nothing unusual in the appearance of
the house attracted their attention or
aroused their suspicions, lie stated
that his Bister, -Sophia, returned from
school at the usual hour of 3. 4.".. The
children on Thursday night thought
that the father had left home for a
short time and that their mother had
fullowed him, as had been the oase be
fore. On Friday morning the children
overslept their usual time, and It was
10 o'cluck before they left the house for
work. Frank stated that the "last time
he saw his mother was on Thursday
morning, before he left for work at the
shaft. His father was in bed when he
left for work Thursday morning. He
said that his father always carried the
key to the room where the body was
found; and also said that his father had
beaten his mother on the Sunduy pre
vious to the day the crime was com
mitted. The Father's Thrcuts.
The testimony of the oldest son,
George, only varied from thut of his
brother. In that he said that his father
had threatened to kill both the mother
and witness on a previous occasion;
and tha,t In a row lust summer had
struck the woman with a mallet. He
saw his father last on Wednesday, and
his mother last on Thursday morning.
James Kerrlgener testified thut he
lived opposite the residence of the
Wlndish family, and lirst discovered
that something mut be wrong at the
Wlndish home, as the boys had com
plained thut their parents had not ar
rived home. The boys told him they
had. never been away so long before.
Kerrlgener said that he had requested
the boys, to look In the cistern and
search the barn for their missing par
ents. The children, he said, had found
their mother's best clothes about the
house-, but had not. entered the parlor,
as they had never been allowed In the
room when their father and mother
were at home. Kerrlgener advised them
to kick the parlor door in. About this
time J'. F. Smalts, who lives nearby
opposite the Wlndish residence, came
over and looked In the parlor window
and discovered the object on the floor
which proved to be the dead body
of the murdered woman. Smalts forced
the door open.
John Drummond, tho next witness,
was well acquainted with the Wlndish
family. He hnd frequently heard the
couple engaged In quarrels. He last
saw Mrs. Wlndish alive on Wednesday.
Dr. 'Barrett testilled to having ex
amined the body of the murdered wo
man, and stated that he had found a
number of wounds upon her head,
any one of which would have caused
death. The cuts appeared to have been
made by some blunt Instrument like
a dull chisel.
A l ink in tho Chain.
Louis Welntz went by the Wlndish
residence between 12.30 and 1.30 Thurs
day and met Wlndish walking toward
the central part of the city. Wlndish
was nicely dressed at the time. Welntz
hailed Wlndish, but the latter, making
no reply, walked hurriedly away.
Charles Heinselman testified that he
had known the Wlndlshr family ten
years. On Wednesday night he met
Wlndish- In a place kept by a man
named Reynolds. Wlndish and Hein
selman hud not spoken to each other
since last summer, but on that evening
Wlndish began conversation with
Heinselman and during the evening be
came very confidential. During the
course of his remarks WlndlHh intimat
ed that he would dispose of his wife
In some way In the near future.
After listening to the evidence the
Jury rendered a verdict to the effect
that the said Elizabeth Wlndish came
to her death by the hand of her hus
band, Oeorge Wlndish, at noon on
Thursday, April 4.
Officers working on the case have
not been able to locate Wlndish.
WOOD HEIRS SUCCESSFUL.
Come Into Possession of Mining Prop-
crty Valued ot $10,000,000.
Denver, April 8. The famous Wood
heirs' litigation thas been settled and
the plaintiffs have come Into mining
property In Aspei! valued nt $10,000,000.
It was claimed that W. J. Wood, a poor
Canadian, who located the Emma mine,
was defrauded of h!s Interest in that
property.
All the heirs except Captain James
O. Wood, of Chicago, have signed the
agreement, and he Is expected to do so.
ROBBED BY MEXICANS.
American and English Tourists Fare
Budly In Chiapas. V
Cordova,' Mex., April 8. Henry'West
fall, a young English tourist of prom
inent family, has arrived here from 'an
overland trip to the Isthmus on TehuanV
tepee. He states that he was attacked
by a band of renegade Indians and out
laws In the state of Chiapas and robbed
bf all tho money and valuables that he
carried.
Ills American companion, named
Goodwin, was wounded by the bandits.
i COAL PRICES FIXED.
Result of tho Solos Agonts' Conference
. Yesterday.
New York, April 8,-rrThe coal sales
agents" at their meeting today recom
mended the following basis ot anthra-
clto prices for New York tidewater
points to take effect Immediately:
Grate, chestnut and egg, 93.35; land
stove, $3.1)0. Western prices were
placed at $4.60 for grate, egg and chest
nue, and $4.75 for stove.
In some cases these prices show ad
vances of 60 cents per ton. The New
York tidewater points are considerably
below the lust circular, but a good deal
abovo the prices recently prevailing.
Compared with April 1, 1894, prices
show a decrease of 15 to 40 cents.
NO HOPE FOR QUEEN LIL.
England Will Not Interfere In the Case of
the Dusky Prisonor.
London, April 8. In the house of
commons today Sid Edward Grey,
under secretary for foreign affairs, re
plying to a question, said the govern
ment could not Interfere In the case Of
ex-Queen Lllluokalanl, of Hawaii.
Replying to a question by Blr George
Baden-Powell, Sir Edward said that the
government had not yet received any
response from Venezuela in regard to
England's demand for txn explanation
of the recent Insult to the British flag
In British South American territory.
out suipTatIiayti.
Admiral Meade's Squfdron Will Leave at
once for Port An Prince Amerleun In
terests to Bo Protected.
Washington, April 8. Admiral Meade
cabled the navy department this morn
ing from Kingston that his squadron
would leave at once for Port Au Prince,
Hayti, with the exception of the Cin
cinnati, which would go to Port An
tonio. This dispatch was somewhat
surprising to the naval authorities, as
the fleet Is already overdue at Colon,
where the admiral asked to have his
mull sent after April 1. It Is explained,
however, that Minister Smythe, at Port
Au lrlnce, was greatly disappointed
when the squadron sailed directly from
San Domingo for Kingston omltlng
Port Au Prince, which had been om the
fleet itenerary, and he complained to
the navy department of the omission.
It was considered very harmful to
American Interests for the warships to
avoid the Ilaytlen port, and It Is
thought the admiral has taken this op
portunity while the squadron was In
the vicinity, to rectify the mistake. It
Is also explained that Admiral Meade
was competed to hurry from San Do
mingo to Ivngston because the fuel of
the ships was running low and the coal
supply was at Kingston awaiting him.
It Is not so easy tu explain the mission
of thp Cincinnati to Port Antonio. This
Is situated on the northeast coast of
Jumacla, not over a hundred miles from
Kingston, and Is Important as the land
ing place of the cable, and the stopping
point of many American fruit steamers.
It Is ulso directly opposite Santiago Da
Cuba, and would be an ideal point of
departure for tillibusters who might
tranship arms and ammunition from
fruit steamers to Cuba schooners. It
is said at the navy department that the
admiral has a perfect right to order
the ships of his command wherever
he pleases without explaining the reas
ons, the sole restriction being that he
must Inform the department of their
whereubouts.
BURNED TO DEATH.
Horrible Fute of u Child who Fell Down
Stairs with a Lamp.
Special to tho Scranton Tribune.
Forest City, April 8. The thirteen-year-old
daughttir of David Thomas,
who lives on the Warren tract, between
here and ltlchmondule, met with a
frightful accident Friday evening,
which resulted In her death Saturday
morning at 6 o'clock. The child went
up stairs about 6 o'clock Frldoy eve
ning and started to come down again
with a lighted Inmp. In some manner
she tripped nnd fell to the bottom of
the stairs, the lamp breaking and tho
burning oil scattering over her clothes.
She ran out of the house Into the yard
and the wind fanned the flames until
she was nbluze from head to foot.
S. T. O'NcIl heard her screams and
running out of his house, which is sit
uated neair by, he called for a quilt or
blunket. A part of a quilt was brought
to him and he enveloped the upper por
tion of her body In It. Assistance came
nnd the flames were smothered, but not
until the clothes were nearly burned
off tho child. She lingered In great
agony until Saturday morning when
death ireileved her sufferings.
; At the time of the accident the girl
wns not at home, but was working for
a neighboring family.
BURGLARY AT MAYFIELD.
Thieves Gain Entrance to tbo Storo of
(l A. M. Place. .
Sneclal to the Scranton Tribune.
Maylleld, April 8. Sometime during
Saturday- night thieves entered the
store of A. M. Place, on Poplar street.
gaining an entrance through the upper
part of the front door by taking out a
pane of glass. They secured some
shoes and a few trifling articles.
There have been so many burglaries
In this place of late, it would seem as
though the borough officials 'should do
something to apprehend the guilty par
ties, or put a night officer on duty to
patrol the streets.
Cucsnr Is Indicted.
New York, April 8. The grand Jury this
afternoon ordered an Indictment for mur
der in the first degree against the negro,
William Caesar. Caesar Is charged with
the murder of Mury Martin, whose dis
membered body wus found In an areaway
cn Sixth avenue a week ago.
FOREIGN NEWS NOTES.
- Russia has just sent her first diplomatic
representative to Chile.
The Duke of Aosta, who Is to wed
Princess Helena of Orleans, has arrived
In London.
The Trlesto chamber of commerce has
asked Austria to subsidize a direct steum
shlp line to America.
By the Intervention of government of
ficials the great shoe strike In England
will probably be settled this week.
Many bodies of tramps, frozen to death
during the Murch blizzard, have, been un-
vered by the thaw in Eastern Germany.
esplte the repeated expulsion of Mor-
moil missionaries, several women from
Brandenburg, Germany, left for Utah last
week.l
Count Taaffe, the retired Austrian prem
ier, hua published for private circulation
a novelueallng with political history of
his time.
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