IF EIGHT PAGES 50 COLUMNS. SCRAjtfTON, PA.,. MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 15, 1895. TWO CENTS A COPY. 4 THE SENATORIAL BOOMLETS Mr. Cameron Looking Over the Ground at Harrislmrg. JOHN WANAMAKEK MENTIONED Chorlc Emory Smith's Chances Weak ened by Ills View I'pun the Cur. ' rcney Qucstlon-Spanclor'a School Seheme-Elcctrio Bill Whirl. Special to the Scranton Tribune. Harrlsburg, April U. Senator Cam eron returned to the state capital yes terday from a southern town and will remain at his home at Lochlel until after the close of the legislature. Sena tor Quay is expected here tomorrow or the next day. Cameron 1b anxious to become better acquainted with the law makers and has arranged for private receptions for the delegations from the several counties. It Is no longer a secret that Charles Emory Smith Is casting lunging eyes on Cameron's seat In the senate. It Is ' believed that Smith, John Wanamaker and other anti-Cameron people have ome kind of an understanding as to which of them shall be the candidate of this end of the party. Mr. Smith's position on the currency question, however, will probably operate against his chances, bs the free silver and bi-metalllc move- that no advocate of a gold standard can hope to receive a large following In Pennsylvania. Senator Usbourn's pictorial chart bill has been burled. It passed the sen ate several weeks ago and there was a cry went up against It from all over the state. The house education com mittee negatived the measure. Sena tor Osbourn then asked for a hearing and the bill was re-commltted. He has refused to appear before the committee and last week notified the members that he would allow the bill to die. He said It was charged there was a snake In the measure, but he denied this, and rather than have such an impression go abroad he would let the bill fall. The Penrose school library bill will be reported out of committee In the house. It has passed the senate. The measure provides for the levying of the mill tax In cities and boroughs to sup port the Institutions. The Rlter col - lege bill will be on the third reading calendar In the house this week. Chan cellor Holland, of the Western Penn sylvania university, at Pittsburg, spent last week here working for the meas. ure. The only opposition comes from Russell Conwell. a Phlladelphlan. He says Its workings would interfere with Ills lay colleges there. The friends of the bill say Mr. Conwell has not Inter preted the proposition correctly, and It - will not be a -hindrance to him. It Is thought the bill will pass the house easily. , Light Bill Is Whirling. The Hackenberg electric light bill Is "going through with a whirl. It has passed the senate and Is on the cal endar of the house for second reading. Under the act of 1891 no borough can manufacture electjrlclty for public lighting without first condemning and buying out any company engaged In furnishing the town with such light. If the council and the company cannot agree on a price, the court will appoint even " dlscret and disinterested" per sons to view the property and deter mine the value. -This law was the work of the electric light companies' association of the state. They had the act passed first fur boroughs to see how the people and the legislature would take It. Growing bold by experience, the electric companies are now working to have this borough law extended to cities of the first, sec ond and third classes. Hence the Hack enberg bill in the senate. When the bill was reached In the house last Thursday for second reading Its sponser did not have the nerve to call It up. He guessed rightly that the house was not In a good humor after the launching of the St. Paul, and was ugly enough In temper to throttle all corpreatlon snakes that might be pre sented. There are loaded clubs galore In waiting to belabor this electric light measure as soon as the people back of It are prepared to take their medicine. Senator Green. In opposing the Hacken berg bill, said there was some excuse for such a law with reference to water works, but for electric light plants, never. If the principle Involved In the Weeds water works bill Is spread out ad libitum the law makers wonder what rights municipalities will have years to come. Carlisle Is a quiet, old-fashioned town with strange customs. This' Is made evident by a bill being championed in the house by Representative Spangler, , ine Biuruy uuvocaie 01 me principle of America for Americans. The meas ure repeals a school law which has been in existence almost as long as Carlisle itself. The bill Is in the hands of the house education committee. Both sides have been given hearings and It will probably be reported out next Tuesday. Spangler1 School Scheme. The school board has autocratic power under the act Spangler seeks, to wipe to the statute books. The directors examine their own teachers, and have aole supervision and control over the entire school system. Not even the county superintendent is allowed to In terfere with the Carlisle schools. Al most unlimited power Is given the di rectors In levying of taxes for school purposes. They can levy an assess ment annually for building purposes . which will raise a revenue of about $5,000. The law has kept the same men in office as school directors almost con tinuously for a half century. The prin- tlnnl nhlpntlnn tn the rpnpnl nf thn not v la that It would legislate out of office men who have grown grey In the ser vice. Friends of the bill claim the schools are run. by relatives and that every teacher and director are related. The opposition deny this and assert the people who are voting for the repeal of the act re newcomers in the borough. The advocates of the bill have filed petitions with the education committee signed by the leading and most pro gressive citizens of Carlisle. They de clare the memorials presented by the other side were signed to a different beading than Sthe one prsentd to the ' committee.. It cannot be denied that the educational system of Carlisle Is not In keoplng with that of neighboring towns. Not a teacher holds a certifi cate referring to examination; they simply have the endorsement of the board. Except a few, they are gradu ates of t-he Carlisle schools. The su perintendent of schools and the prin cipal of the high school never gradu ated at any Institution nor held any otter certificates than- the endorse ment of the directors. M'NEIL DIVORCES. They Art Too Numerous to Suit the Wife. Chicago, April 14. A special from San Kranclsco says: Margaret Mc Neil, of Pittsburg. Pa., filed a suit yes terday In the llilted States circuit court asking that a divorce grunted three years ago to her husband be set aside. The McNeils were murrled six teen yeurs ago In Pennsylvania. Soon afterward McNeil left his wife and came to Culifornio. Several years later Mrs. McNeil was awarded a divorce for desertion and $10,000 alimony, but, unknown to her, McNeil had obtained a divorce In the Superior court here on the ground of cruelty. Since then he has accumulat ed a fortune estimated at $100,000. This fortune Mrs. -McNeil desires to share. CIBAXS EXC01BAGED. Spanish Soldiers Are Joining the Hanks of Insurgent Dally-A Frisky Officer Shot. Jacksonville, April 14. A special to the Times-Union from Tampa. Fla., says: News from Cuba today Is to the effect that there is a big uprising in the province of Puerto Principe, that all la borers, sugar field hands and sympath izers are Inarms and that a battle Is at hand that will probably decide the fate of Cuba. The uprising In Puerto Prin cipe is general and will seriously affect results. Maceo Is on the Island hasten ing to the front with 11.000 men. Mun uel Dei La Cruz and family reached here from Havana this evening. He Is the author of several works on Cuba and Is an Intense patriot. He was com pelled to come here or-suffer Spanish tyranny. He is confident that the Cubans will triumph If their leaders remain firm. He says the troops in Havana are dying by hundreds, and those in the mountains are dying and deserting. The outlook is very bright for Cuban success, he thinks. Near Santiago thirty-six Spanish soldiers lost their way, and hearing that a band of Insurgents were near by they went and Joined them, taking their guns and accoutrements with them. A letter was received here from Havana today saying that a Spanish officer, riding on a train with some la dies, began to take liberties with them. On the Bame car was a duelist by the name of Mendleta, who, when he saw what was being done, drew his revolver and killed the officer. He then left the train. Madrid, April 14. The government has been Informed by Dupuy De Lome, Spanish minister to the United States, that a fresh expedition of Insurgents Is organizing under Gomez and Marti in Haytl. The Haytifln officials are said to be watching the preparations closely. MIBDEBS IX A CniRCH. Bodies of Two Girls Are Discovered in the Steeple of the Emanuel Baptist Edifice. San Francisco, April 14. Another horrible discovery was made this morn ing in a small room in the Steeple of Emanuel Baptist church, where the mutilated remains of young Minnie Wlllams were found yesterday. . The church had been desecrated by a sec ond murder, the victim being another young girl, Blanche Lamont, who had been missing since the third Iniitunt. She had been strangled, her clothes had been torn from her person and her body was almottt nude when discovered. Shortly - aftor the discovery Dr. George Gibson, pastor of the church, was taken Into custody. No charge was placed against him, but he will be held untl the mystery Is fully clear. Miss Lamont was last seen alive In the company of Theodore Durant, a young medical student and assistant superintendent of the Sunday school connected with' the church. Durant, who is said to have been engaged to be married to Miss Lamont, Is suspected of having murdered the Williams girl, who is known to have been a warm friend of Miss Lamont. They were members of the church they frequently attended together and were also In the same Sunday school class. Since the disappearance of Blanche, Ml an Williams often salt' that she knew that her companion had met with foul play. This startling statement reached the ears of several members of the church, and the girl was asked for an explanation, but she refused to give it. The police bellve that, Durant, know ing Miss Williams was In possession of sufficient evidence to prove his guilt decoyed her Into the church and si lenced er forever. Durant has not yet been arrested. Rloodthirjty llolicmlnn. Cleveland, O.. April H-Durlng a drunken brawl today John Seghar, a Ho hemlan laborer, shot and Instantly killed Charles Klechtcr. He thm shot Fleohter's brother In the neck, fatally wounding him, and after being arrested committed suicide by hanging himself with his suapenderi. v Rnhbor Storehouse llurncd. Port Jefferson, N. Y., April 14. The pumping station, grinding department und storehouse of the North American Rubber company, at Seatauket, were burned to day. The total loss Is estimated at $711,(100, on which there was no Insurance, Newport's Mayor lnd. Newport, It. I., April 14. Mayor Waters died tonight after a lingering Illness. The cause of death was cirrhosis of the liver. He was the llrst chief executive of this city to die In office. ' DwiRht Dana lcsd. New Haven, Conn., April 14. Professor James Dwlght Dana, author and acltmtlst, of Yale unlverolnty, died very suddenly about 11 o'clock last night. STATE NEWS NOTES. '" ' The Carnegie Steel company, at Pitts burg, went on full time last night, the llrst time for many years. ' Charles A, Ziegler, aged 76 years, was stricken with paralysis last night and died at noon yesterday. He was elected alder man of the Eighth, ward of Wllkes-Barre In 1871, and held the position up to the time of his death. in nninn m H pnuniniTPl Enthusiastic Gconliuns Boom Fnrclnn-BoJl Citizen. a- m WILL NAME HIM rh PRESIDENT Tho ex-Speaker, How vor, Doubts Ills Eligibility to the fflco of Chief Magistrate, ns Ho Was and. Horn in En, Washington. Anrll 1 iA "Peeiai from Atlanta, Uu.. eays thilf Speaker Crisp Is being freely talked ol among Georgia Democratic politicians n available candidate for the iiresf'entlttl nomina tion. Mr. Crisp was b"'n ,n England, of American parentaseVbut ne 18 ua-l,i to now be In possession 6YllBlaclory legal opinions that he Is eltS(lble' ftnd that the only question ahead td that of availability. There is hardly a doubt, the soeY'a' further Btates, but that the GeorjjJ delegation to the next natlonul DemN ocratlc convention will present the name of Charles F. Crisp for the presi dency. The statements In the special differ materially from the views expressed by Speaker Crisp's friends here. They as sert that Judge Crisp 4s clearly con vinced that he Is barred from eligibility to the presidency by reason of foreign birth. Article 2, section 1, of the constitu tion of the United States provides that "no person except a natural born citi zen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this con stitution, shall be eligible to the office of president." Must Ha an American. No recognized constitutional lawyer has ever placed himself on record as holding otherwise than that the presi dent of ttufc United States must be an American citizen, born on American soil. Speaker Crisp himself, in the most significant manner, has given his adherance to this construction of the construction of the constitution, and In such a manner as to Indicate that he felt its full significance. At the close of the Fifty-third con gress, In responding to the vote of thanks tendered him, by his associates of the house of representatives, he said, with a distinct emphasis, the im port of which wus thoroughly under stood: "Never In my life, no matter what may be its future, can I expect to attain to so high an office as that which I owe to your kindness, to your consideration, to your partiality." Every one who heard that declara tion. Interpreted it to mean that Speaker Crisp regarded himself as con stitutionally debarred as a presidential candidate. AN EASTER CELEBRATION. Three Men Are Wounded in a Street Brawl at Baltimore. Baltimore, April 14. Easter morning was ushered in in South Baltimore with a shooting affray, the victims being Edward Lawrence, shot In the groin and through the left arm; William Lawrence, 'his brother, bone of left arm shattered and finger shot off; Charles Foss, shot In right leg. Thomas Welsh was locked up charged with having done the shooting. Welsh and William X.awrence had been political enemies for some time and renewed their quarrel when thny met today. They were about to come to blows when Edward Lawrence in terfered. Welsh then, U Is charged, drew his revolver and fired five times. Every bullet took effect In someone's anatomy. Foss was an Innocent vic tim. He Is a deaf mute and was shot by accident. . The police quickly gathered In Welsh and his victims. When the wounded men reached the hospital Edward Law rence refused to allow the physicians to probe for the ball In his groin. He became unmanageable land assaulted Dr. Briscoe, dealing him a severe blow In the fuce. Lawrence was then re leased and was taken home. He may die. ANOTHER LIQUOK WAR. Arrests Follow on Attempt to Make a Town lry. Chicago, April 14. Municipal politics In Evergreen Park reached an exerting state last night In the arrest of eight residents of the place on charge of bribery, perjury, disorderly conduct and carrying concealed weapons. The fol lowing were arrested: Rev. George Moore, pastor of the Baptist church; Attorney John C, Hal ley, Alexander Richmond, William C. Thompson, Percy Hullou, George Mil ler, August Gottschalk, and William A. Bennett. The' warrants were sworn out by Fred Lephlne, a saloon-keeper. Ballou and Hev. Mr. Moore wore ar rested while leading a prayer meeting at the church this morning. The trouble grew out of the primaries hold some time ago when the two par ties In the village came to blows. The question at Issue In the village Is the saloon question. One party, headed by Lephlne, wants the saloons to remain. Tho party of the other side, which have been arrested, are leaders In striv ing to get possession of the village government to make tho village "dry." SHOT HIS SISTER-IN-LAW. Charles Janda Pays His Hoard Hill with llllllCtH. New York, April 14. Because Ca milla Jandu, his brother's wife, up braided him for his wild ways and his failure to pay his board, Charles Janda today killed her and then sent a bullet through his own brain with probably fatal results. According to the story told by the murdered woman's husband, young Charles has been a cause of trouble to him and to 'his wife for months past. Rather than be troubled longer they told him that he would have to find quarters elsewhere. He left with threats of revenge. This morning about 11 o'clock Charles visited the home of his brother and de manded that his slstei'.ln-law give him his clothesT which she had retained be cause of Charles' non-payment of his board bill. A violent quarrel followed, In the midst of which Charles Janda suddenly drew a revolver and fired point blank at Mrs. Janda's breast. The bullet pierced her heart and she fell! dead without a cry. Charles then sent a bullet Into his brain, Inflicting a fatal wounu. Janda died in Bellevue hospital to night. SHE TURNED ON THE GAS. Mrs. lannle Dorian's Method of Com nilttlug Sulcido. ' Brooklyn, N. Y.( April 14.-Mrs. Fan nle Doi'lun, 34 years old, who lived with her relatives at No. 18G Dead street, was founU dead In the kitchen of her home this morning. Her father, on coming down stairs for breakfast, found her sitting In a chair beside a table, that stood directly under the gus. She had a largo blanket wrapped around her head. When he pulled this aside, he raw she had one end of a rubber tube lit her mouth, the other end of the tube being attached tu the gas burner. The gas was turned on full. Miss Dor Ian had been 111 for some time past, and of lute had been despondent and melanchonly. She had wrapped the blanket around her head In such a manner that none of the gas could escape, even If the end of the tube Blipped from her mouth. INCOME TAX TROUBLE. It Now4iPks os Though Further Hearing in the "UsSi-"" ,n Supreme Court Will Ho Denicdr-v Washington. Apr 14. Unless all precedents fall therew11' e n oral proceedings In the coui'Hrfne United Slates tomorrow In connection'"1 tne presentation of the motion fit a re" hearing of the income tax casetk Tne rules of the court direct that suciNaj" tlons shall be printed and distributed, to the several justices on the bench, but oral argument Is prohibited. The government not being a party di rectly to either one of the suits in which a rehearing will-be asked, the attorney general will not, of course, prepare a brief, but he will doubtless be on hand to respond to any sugges tion or Inquiry which may be made from the bench. The petition for re hearing asks the court to assign the case for re-argument for the purpose of deciding the three points upon which an equal division of the Justices was announced. First, whether the void provisions as to the rents, etc., Invali dates the whole act. Second, whether as to the income from personal property the act Is un constitutional as paying direct taxes. Third. Whether any part of the tax. If not considered as a direct tax, is Invalid for want of uniformity. The petition alleges that the court early in Its history adopted the prac tice of- requiring constitutional ques tions to be heard In a full court. It is urged that no case can arise requiring more Imperatively the application of the rule than the present one. It is said (hat until some decision je reached, the courts will be overwhelmed with litigation upon these questions and the payment and collection of the tax must seriously .embarrassed. If a rehearing be denied. It Is asked that the construc tions sending the cases back be amend ed so that the court below may deter mine whether the law has been ren dered invalid In the respects specified, and whether or not it is unconstitu tional in the respects not decided upon by the supreme court. Without the request of one of the Judges who support the constitution ality of the law for further amendment, It is qurte certain the motion for a hear ing will be denied. SPENT HIS GIRL'S CASH. Fred Price Is Lodged In Jail at Wilkes llnrro. Wllkes-Barre, April 14. Fred C. Price was lodged in Jail here tonight. Last January he won the heart of Miss Ellen Allen, at Lock Haven, and they were engaged to be married. The father of the young woman was well pleased with the match and gave his daughter$700tobuy furniture. With the money and the young man she started out to buy whut was needed for a com fortable hjome. On the way to the store Price convinced her It would look better when they went to buy If he had the money and paid the bills. His sweetheart consented and handed over the cash. While they wene inspeotlng the fur niture Price excused himself for a mo ment and took the first train out of town for the west. He was traced to Cincinnati, and from there to Bennet, Pa., where he was arrested. He, has confessed, and says he Bpent the money. TEACHER A SCOUNDREL. Ekln Under Arrest Upon a Very Serious Charge Pittsburg, April 14. The borough of Braddock, a suburb of PlttBlturg, was thrown Into a state of Intense excite ment last night by the aVrest of M. J. Ekln. assistant principal of the Brad- dock public schools. Ekln Is charged with having taken liberties with thir teen girl pupils, all of them about 12 years of age. The parents of the children were pre vented from administering summary punishment only by the Interference of the police. Ekln Is about 27 years old and Is married. I.uzorno Social Events. Wllkos-Barre, April 14. A number of Slavs engaged In a drunken tight In a boarding house at Maltby last nK-ht. George Lines was thrown out of the house. He returned with a big butcher knife and before he could be disarmed fatally stabbed Mrs. Annie Tontsh, the mistress of the boarding house, and cut her hus band, Alexander Tonlsh nine times, lio was captured In a. mine hole, where he had taken refuge, and lodged in Jail. Perry's Compunlons Captured. New York, April 14. A telephone mes sage was received here at 1 o'clock this af ternoon from tho state hospital for Insane criminals at Matteawan, which stated that James Coyle, a - honpltal attendant had captured Michael O'Donnoll and Patrick Mugulre, two of "train robber Perry's companions, at Pine Plains, a village forty miles bock, of Flshkljl. What Ho Was Thcro For. Chicago, April 14. A. dispatch from El Paso, Tex., says; Webster Flanagan, ex collector of customs at this port, generally known as "What are we here for," Is on trial charged with assisting A. G. Daw son to smuggle 20,000 sheep from Mexico. ' ' , Crench Steamer Darned. Paris, April 14. The small French steam ship La Heve, which was used In the pe troleum trade, burned last night at the pier In Havre, where she was unloading. Part of the pier was destroyed. It May Be Considered by Wyoming Conference Today. APPOINTMENTS KILL BE MADE Businoss Transuded by the Conference at its Sessions on Suturday and Sun day Addressed by Ulshop An drews and Miss Duufortb. Special to tho Scranton Tribune, Carbondalo, April 14. Saturday's meeting of the conference will long be remembered for the wonderful efTect of the address delivered by Miss Mary A. Danforth, a youn- missionary from Japan. A general concensus of opinion pieValled that the ' address was un doubtedly the best effort of the whole conference. The manner In which the bright younif 1ml V HWnvml tlm Inrm, concourse of clergymen and others iii-rceni was simply marvelous. Dr. Pearce, who was to speuk, declined to follow Miss Danforth. At the morning session of Saturday considerable routine business was transacted, Including the reports of ex aminations of candidates. Rev. J. W. Hamilton, of Boston, one of the corre- V REV. EDWIN Blnghamton's Secretary spondlng secretaries of the Freedmen's Aid and Southern Kducatlon society addressed a large gathering on Satur day night upon the anniversary of the Freedmen's Aid society. Today was devoted to religious ser vices, including a love feast conducted by Rev. W. H. Hlller and a sermon by Bishop Andrews. Tomorrow the session will commence at 8 a, m., when the appointments will be announced and It Is anticipated that the utterances of Rev. J. C. Hogan at the Prohibition meeting on Friday night will be taken Into consideration. MR. IIOGAN'S SPEECH. It Is l'robahlo That it Will Keccivo Con sideration from tho Conference. Tomorrow t Is anticipated that the conference will take action upon tin speech delivered by Itev J. C. Hogan at the Prohibition meeting on Friday night. Mr. Hoan asserts that "the half was never told" ana that there are a large number of accusations to be brought against Presiding Elder Thorpe for abusing the privileges of his office. Some of the very zealous prohi bition pastors allege that Mr. Thorpe Is not the only one who has made Prohi bition pastors uncomfortable because they would not desist from preaching Prohibition. On the other hand the leading men of the conference are unanimous in condemning the action of Mr. Hogan and many who were spoken to by a Tribune reporter remarked that It was unfortunate that some of the Prohi bitionists were so zealous that they lived for Prohibition and forgot that they were ministers of the gospel, The church is favorable to Prohibition, but it Is clnlmed' that Instead of Prohibition the meeting was turned Into an indig nation meeting r.'jjnlnst Presiding El der' Thorpe, so that the audience was gathered together under false pre tences. If the proposal to Introduce a reso lution in the conference tomorrow morning condemning Mr. Hogan's at tack Is persisted in, and the blahon de cides to place It before) the meeting, tho question will be finally settled. The question of Prohibition will not be af fected, but the dignity of the office of Presiding Elder will be maintained and discipline restored. SATURDAY'S SESSIONS. Address by Miss Mary A. Danforth on Mission Work In .In pan. A largo amount of routine business was transacted nt 'Saturday morning's buslnes session. The committee on ex aminations piesentsd their report showing that the following candidates for full connection with the conference had passed their examinations satis factorily: Clurk Cullender, A. D. David, R. W. Lowry, T. N. Sweet, George N. Underwood, II. E. Wheeler, S. Guy Snowden nnd S. H. Florey. Tho following candidates were passed Into their second year, A.'C. llracken bury, of Galilee; J. Brundcll, of Harpes vllle, N. Y.; F. D. Carroll, of Maple Grove; J. S. Custard, of Little Meadows; O. II. Northrop, of Slatervllle; L. M. Olstcad, of North Norwich, N. Y.; L. D. Palmer, of Coventry, NJ Y.; W. S. Wilcox, of Baton and J. B. Wilson, of Klrkwood, N. Y. The following were ordained to the fourth year: James Benlnger Kunkle, H. L. Ellsworth, of NIcTiols, N. Y.;D. Hardstock. of Edmer ton, N. Y.; C. L. Jeffrey, of New Berlin, N. Y.; E. E. Pierce, of East Worcester, N. Y.; C. H. Reynolds, of Davenport, N. Y.(; L. E. Van Hossen,' of Forty Fort and J. M. Correll, of Ollbertsville, N. Y. , Bishop Andrews announced the fol lowing transfers: George B. Benedict to the South Amerlcen conference and LI Cho Wren to the North China confer ence. ' Rev. H. C McDermott, conference treasurer,' presented the report of Wy- omlng Seminary, Kingston, from which It appears no deaths had taken place und no case of serious Illness had oc curred during the past year. The seml-centennlal which had been cele brated at the Inst commencement wns attnnded by the loyal sons and daugh ters of Wyoming from far and near, nnd formed a great event In the his tory of the seminary. Upon that oc casion Nesbltt hall was dedicated, in which ithe day scholars, art and science departments and college nf business had excellent accomodation. The attendance at present was higher than In the previ ous year. The report made detailed com ment on the various departments, all being highly favorable. The trustees were re-elected by the conference as follows, J. J, Shoak, Plymouth; Rev. Lewis II. Taylor, Wllkes-Barre; and T. H. Dale, Scranton. After the reading of the report Prin cipal Spruuge, of the Wyoming Semi nary, was introduced and gave a brief review of the work and the position of the institution. Dr. J. E, C. Sawyor, editor of the Northern Christian Advocate was In troduced to the meeting and after hear ing an uddrens a resolution was passed pledging their effords to double the sub scription of his paper. Dr. Freeman, of the Sunday School and Tract so ciety, and Dr. Breckenrldge, of the George T. Seney hospital, Brooklyn, was also Introduced to the meeting. The supernumeraries were announced B. OLM&TEAD of Wyoming Conference. as follows: Revs. S. J. Austin, J. D. Bloodgood, E. L. Bennett, G. M. Peck. C. H. Jewell, L. W. Peck, J. Labar, E. M. Sabin,- J. S. Southworth, Y. C. Smith, W. Keatley and W. R. Nether ton. Address by .Miss Mary A. Danforth. After the phonographic entertain ment given from 2 to S o'clock by Frank B. Glover, of 568 McDonough street, Brooklyn, the anniversary of the Wo men's Missionary society was held, Mrs. Manley S. Hard presiding. Miss Hill presented the annual statement, which showed that the total receipts from the districts were $5,697, being an Increase of $936, the Wyoming district subscribing $2,382. Mrs. Furey, super intendent of bands, also presented an interesting report of her work. Miss Mary A. Danforth was Intro duced, and at the outset of her speech attracted the undivided attention of her Immense audience, which listened throughout in rapt attention and with evident admiration. As a prelude to her address, Miss Danforth referred to the prominent position of Japan in the eyes ' of the whole world, nnd, with delicate cynicism said that it was a country of whom everybody who re turned from It, except missionaries, wrote books and newspaper articles and painted pictures. As the public knows so much of the country she would content herself by describing the adventures of two American girls (Miss Wilson and herself) who left this coun try six years ago in response to a call from the interior of Japan for assist ance In missionary work. As a humorist Miss Danforth delight ed her audience with their adventures In traveling hundreds of miles Into the Interior to reach their destination. Al though In perilous positions at the time and alone with the natives in a wild mountainous district,' Miss Danforth was able to look back upon that part of their foreign adventures with com paratively light feelings.. Having ar rived at their destination they were, owing to the opposition of tho heathen priests, unable to rent a house for a considerable time, but when they were successful their difficulties were not ended, but rather aggravated by the swarms of reptiles, contipedes and Itzard-llke creatures which Infested the house, climbing chairs, beds and dinner dishes on the table. F.stnMlshcd a Girl's School. Eventually she was successful In es tablishing a grll's school, the methods employed In which were most charm ingly described. It was absolutely necessary In order to carry on any practical work In their district, or else where In the interior of Japan, to be come acquainted -with the people in a social way by entertaining and visiting the natives. Her experiences In this respect were brimful of humor, especi ally where entertained at a six hours' feast, Bitting legs cross-wise on the floor; she was unable to move, as it was considered a gross breach of Japanese etiquette. Having secured the affections of the people, Miss Danforth set to work to learn the native lan guage, so that she could labor "voice to voice and heart to heart," and the mistakes essential In her attempts were described to the Infinite delight of her audience. Miss Danforth having spoken In a vein of polished humor, showed, how-, ever, her depth of feeling when she spoke of the serious part of her work. A school of eighty-six1 pupils and twelve native teachers had been organized, and in course of time the girls of the school became familiar with most of ' Continued on Page 3. WEATHER REPORT. For eastern Pennsyvania, fair; cooler In eastern portion; northwesterly winds. EASTER i During this week wc will offer some EXTRAORDINARY VALUES from our LINEN DEPARTMENT. We quote u few of the special prices in TABLE DAMASKS: 56-inch 23c; recent price 23c 58-inch 27c; recent price 35c 60-inch 33c; recent price 45c 64-inch 38c; recent price 48c 67-inch 43c; recent price 55c 72-inch 55c; recent price 68c 72-inch 89c,- recent price $1.00 72-inch 98c; recent price 1.19 72-inch $1.25; recent price 1.65 80-inch 2.00; recent price 2.35 90-inch 2.20; recent price 2.50 Napkins to Match. llMPlEyyilS: Full size, soft finish, Crotchet. 98 cents; recent price. $1.35. Eleven-uuarter Marseille!) On. chet, $1.19; recent price, $1.50. Also about 50 dozen all Linen Napkins, odd lots und broken doz ens, the low prices of which will sell them. .FIN LEY'S 510 aid 111 Lackawanna Ave. H. A. KINGSBURX, AGENT F6R k yew co HI DEL (7 D THE VERY BEST. 813 SPRUOE ST., SCRANTON, PA. mm I REPAIRING OF REBEL the Jeweler, can repair your watch to give per fect satisfaction, ' having had ten years' experience in our leading watch factories. MED IF SHOES, PINE WATCHES GIVE US A TRIAL
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