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EIGHT TAGES G4 COLUMNS.
SCItANTON, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 30, 1895.
TWO CENTS A COPY.
Yoii
Want
Tbes?
Dainty Art Creations
about this time and we've
piled tliein up in an end
less assortment of weaves
and ways for your inspec
tion. One Difficulty .
will present itself to you
on looking, and that is,
which of all the pretty
thingsTs to your mind the
prettiest.
Bnt, Take Your Time
in looking, there's no need
for undue haste, and leis
urely looking means safe
buying.
Crepe De Japan
is the leader among new
printed fabrics, plain white,
cream and man- tints form
the grounds, wWle the
patterns a. an en. 'ess as
sortment oi orays, floral
styles, figures, etc., all
carrying with them that
light, graceful elegance
which marks everything
of French origin.
Irridescent Dotted Swisses
in all sorts of color. Coin-
binations are a novelty
commanding much atten-
tion. Their value as fab
ric will at once suggest
itself to the stylish dresser.
SilkinisM Brilliants
corAin spotless white, are
a lvely, fine, delicate
weavt,' and have a silky
luster to them, which is
simply charmjng. This is
their first seaso.
Among the Old Fayorites are
India Linens from 10 to 37 J c.
Victoria Lawns 8 to 2-ic.
Check Nainsooks 5 to 2oc.
Plain Nainsooks, from. . .15 to Sic.
English Longcloth 10 to 15c.
Dotted Swiss, spots, all
sizes, weaves all fine
nesses 12J to 35c.
Indian Dimities 20 to 35c.
French Mulls, in white,
cream and black 20 to 42c.
New Effects with Old
Names, White and Tinted
Dimities and Organdies,
a vast range of stripes,
sprays, floral effects and
dots. But they're so dif
ferent from past season's
goods that you cannot fail
to see the stamp of new-
ness on them. 70-inch
White Organdies will be
much sought after. Our
line lacks nothing in ex-
cellence' and prices run
from 42 to 65c.
Fancy Piques
white or dark grounds. All
sorts of neat patterns for
children's wear, not a yard
among the thousands in
silks that is not absolute
ly fast in Color.
We might prolong the wash
goods . story indefinitely, for
compared with its vastness,
we've hardly touched on it
yet. But looking will tell
you more than writing ever
could, and we d like you to
call while stocks are at the
high-water mark.
GLOBE
WAREHOUSE
THE GARB JM SLUMBERS
Pinal Action on the Measure Will Not
De Taken at One?,
FAKK BILL KETONE GOVEKX0U
Stiles rill Is Resurrected Important
Clerkships York Politician's Ex
perience as the lloldor of an Office
Under the Adjutant Uuncral.
Special to the Seranton Tribune.
Harrlsburg. April 29. The religious
Barb bill will nut be rushed thru ugh
the somite. It will be called up on
Wednesday and passed the second time
and then laid aside for a while. There
Is no necessity to hurry the passage of
the bill. Its friends have made a care
ful canvass of the senate and huve
pledges of support from two-thirds of
the senators. .In order that they may
be free to look after certain other legis
lation In which they are Interested, the
advocates of the bill have asked that
final consideration be postponed until
a fe:-' days before the close of the ses
sloi. The house will concur In the sen
ut nu'nendnients placing; the penalty
lou the school boards employing
teachers wearing a religious garb or
Insignia.
The ' legislative committee of tho
Junior Order of American Mechanics
has succeeded In getting about every
thing Its members have expected from
this legislature. The Farr compulsory
education bill has passed senate and
house. It will be signed by the presid
ing officers tomorrow, and then sent
over to the governor for his approval.
The religious garb bill has pasjed the
house and will go through the senate.
The Blddle bill taxing male allen3
three dollars a year after they have
been In the state three months, and live
dollars at the expiration of five years,
if they refuse to take oirt naturalization
papers, has passed finally in the house
and will be brought out of the senate
committee on finance this .week. The
fund raised by the collection of this tax
Is to be used for the lr-rrovement of
the streets and public hlgi. ys In the
municipalities of the state. The com
mittee is urging the passage of this bill
and Is confident it will go through,
although its past efforts in this direc
tion have failed.
The committee Is also Interested in
the Bandls flag bill, which has passed
the senate and will be considered In the
house tomorrow on third reuding, and
final passage. This measure requires
school directors to purchase out of the
school funds an American flag, made of
American wool, by American workmen,
to be displayed on the school houses in
the respective districts on a staff on
American lumber.
The Focht resolution for .he appoint
ment of a Joint committee of the house
and senate, and two disinterested per
sons to Investigate the ste' . institutions
to ascertain how man;' their inmates
are aliens, was also advocated by the
committee, although It was introduced
at the instance of the legislative com
mittee of the Patriotic Orders Sons of
America. This resolution passed tho
legislature six weeks ago and was ap
proved by the governor. The commit
tee will not be announced before the
close of the session. The patriotic so
cieties have had the good fortune not
to have a bill defeated In which they
are intert 'ted.
Stiles Ilill Resurrected.
The Stiles bill requiring social clubs
to pay a license fee for the sale of liquor
has been resurrected. It assed the sen
ate three weeks ago. When It was sent
over to the house it was referred to the
vice and Immorality committee, where
it lingered until last week. Then it was
taken up and reported adversely. Dur
ing the excitement and confusion in the
house last Friday the bill was recom
mitted to the committee. Since then a
strong effort has been made by the re
tall liquor dealers as well as the temper
ance people In favor of the measure,
and it is thought It will be favorably re
ported and passed.
The bill requires regularly corporated
clubs with a membership of fifty to pay
a license of $1,000 In cities of the first
and second class; $200 In cities of the
third class; $50 In boroughs, and $100 in
townships. The license is to be grant
ed by the court on proper application.
In addition to the fee the club Is re
quired to pay the clerk of the court
granting the license a fee of $3. Clubs
selling liquors to minors or in quantities
greater than a quart to its members
are liable to a fine of $50. The act goes
Into effect Immediately upon its pas
sage. Auditor General-elect Mylln has ap
pointed Sam Matt Frldy, of Lancaster,
his chief clerk. Mr. Frldy will assume
the duties of office next Tuesday simul
taneous with the induction of his chief
Into office. The new clerk was revenue
collector of the Ninth district under
President Harrison and is one of the
best known politicians .In the eastern
end of the state. lie was for years com
mission clerk In the state department
and subsequently deputy secretary of
the commonwealth and prothonotary of
Lancaster county. He Is a personal and
political friends of Senators Cameron
and Quay, and for a quarter of a cen
tury a political associate of the new
auditor general. Mr. Mylln succeeds
Fred Schober, of Philadelphia.
A I'lnco for l emon.
Secretary of Internal Affairs-elect
Latta has selected Samuel Lemon, of
Hollldaysburg, for a clerkship In the
department under the act recently ap
proved by Governor Hastings for the
appointment of two extra clerks to copy
the old land surveys and warrants. Mr.
Lemon Is a son of Senator Lemon, of
Blair. It Is raid on the highest author
lty that General Latta will make no
changes In tho department.
There are no sinecures at the state
arsenal. This has Just been learned by
a well-known York politician to his
sorrow and disgust.! After the rhange
of administration this person made ap
plication to Adjutant General Stewart
for a position under him. The general
finally selected a place at the arsenal
for the ambitious politician at a salary
of $300 a year. He sold out his manu
facturing business In a little country
town In the northern end of York coun
ty and moved to Harrlsburg with his
family. He went to work for a Week or
two. in earnest and then grrew tired of
packing tents, "washing tha wheels of
cannons, repairing muskets and taking
care of officers' uniforms, and last Fri
day handed his resignation to General
Stewart to take effect May 1. There
are plenty of sinecures at the capital,
but the political worker who enters
the department under the supervision
of the adjutant general doesn't get
them. He must work ten hours a day
during the winter and fifteen and six
teen just berore and ufter the annual
encampments.
livening Session in House.
When the house met this evening tho
bill relating to the official newspaper
advertising of cities of second class
was taken up and finally passed. The
bill pertains to German papers In Pitts
burg. Twenty-eight bills which were
on first reading calendar were taken
up and disposed of. Mr. Mackrell an
nounced the death today in New York
city of Representative M. 11. Lemon, of
Allegheny, and the usunl rcsolutlonsAf
represent wtro passed and a committee
was appointed to attend the funeral,
nnd the house then, out of respect to
the memory of Mr. Lemon, adjourned
at 9 o'clock to meet at 10 o'clock tumor
row morning. It was decided to meet
tho body of the late representative
from Allegheny City tomorrow after
noon on its arrival from New York, anil
that It shbuld He In state in the rotunda
of the capltol from C until 8 o'clock.
The body will be taken to Pittsburg on
the midnight train, accompanied by tho
legislative committee.
SCHNEIDER A HERO.
fn the Vain Attempt to Save tho Life of
an Invalid in a l lrcllo Perishes in Hie
II nines.
Pittsburg, April 29. Three bodies
were found this morning In the
ruins of last night's lire, which started
in the feed store of S. F. Iiialns, located
on IVnn avenue, Kast Knd, and burned
Beveral tenement houses adjoining.
Their names are: Lydes Mitchell, car
penter, aged 35; Samuel Weaver, aged
25, married; Frederick Schneider, aged
21. The victims last their lives in the
house of Samut'I Weaver. Weaver had
been ill for some time with typhoid fe
ver. His wife had been confined only
a few days ago. She was removed in
safety from the approaching flames.
Mitchell and another man were In the
act of removing Mr. Weaver, when a
lamp in the room exploded. At the same
time an adjoining tenement fell in on
the Weaver house, and Mitchell and
Weaver perished in the tlames and fall
ing debris.
Fred Schneider, who had saved sev
eral persons during the progress of the
fire, hearing Mrs. Weaver's pitiable la
mentations to save her husband,
rushed into the burning house and he
also lost his life. Mrs. Weaver is In
a critical condition from the shock, and
it is feared she may not recover. Six
tenements, all of a flimsy character,
were burned, together with Blalas' feed
store. The total loss Is probably
$10,000.
PROFITS OF BUTCHERING.
Remarkable Statement Made by Armour
and Company.
Washington, April 29. A sworn state
ment, made by E. J. Martyn, of the
Chicago firm of Armour & Co., concern
ing the profits and losses of that con
cern's beef slaughtering business for
the past sixteen months has been sub
mitted to the secretary of agriculture.
Enclosed In the documents presented by
Mr. Martyn to Secretary Morton Is an
abstract from the books of Armour &
Co., showing results on 421,720 cattle
slaughtered and marketed In the year
ending Nov. 3, 1894, of an average loss
per head of 17 4-1,0 cents.
A similar showing on 54,844 cattle
slaughtered and marketed during Nov
ember and December, 1894, exhibits a
loss per head of 16 7-10 cents while
better figures on 56,948 cattle slaugh
tered and marketed during Jan
uary and February, 1895, In which a
gain per head of 45.18 Is recorded with
one of 21 cents per head on 44,352 cattle
slaughtered during the period of Feb.
25 to April 20.
PERILS OF FOOTBALL.
Twenty Persons Killed In England and
Many Others Hurt.
London, April 29. The English foot
ball season Is closed and the West
minister Gazette publishes Its annual
football "butcher's bill."
The "bill" shows that during the Ben
son there were twenty deaths from In
juries received on the football field, nnd
over 150 legs, arms and collar bones
were broken, besides many cases of con
cussion of the brain or spine, paralysis,
knee caps split, peritonitis and hundreds
of minor casualties.
H keel's Acknowledgement.
Boston, Pa., April 29. Dr. K. L. Rlegel.
who on December lost fought a duel at
liloomstmrg, N. J., with William Hlbler,
of Philadelphia, today mado an Interes.
Ing statement. The doctor at that time
said Hlbler'a attontlon to his wife were far
too friendly. Today he said that he had
Investigated thoroughly the Berloiis
charges made against his wife and her
parents, and says he finds that they wuro
Innocent of wrong doing.
Wants nachclder.
Harrlsburg, April 29. Detective Hnlos,
of Moston, today secured a requisition for
A. Hai'helder, now In the workhouse at
l'ittsburg, who Is wanted for numerous
forgeries. Iiacheldor got Into tho Pitts
burg workhouse for affixing the nume uf
the mayor to a bogus check.
Mrs. Parnell's Condition.
Bordcntown, N. J., April 29. Mrs. Par
nell had a weak spell last night, but had
fully recovered this morning.
CONDENSED STATE TOPICS.
Tho Harrlsburg Telegram has been sold.
Altoona has Just treated Itself to a paid
fire department.
Pottsvtlle Miners' Journal now occupies
handsome new oilln.es.
Owing to war among dealers, Ice Is now
cheaper at Heading than ever before
A msd hog so seriously mangled John
Shoemaker, near Carlisle, that a doctor
sewed up the wounds.
The trolley road from Kutztown to.AI
lentown was begun last Saturday and will
be completed in four months.
New miners Imported Into western
Pennsylvania to work for $1 a day, have
struck, and will be sent home.
The Lancaster New Era on (Saturday
printed an unusually prosperous-looking
industrial edition of twenty-four pages.
In one week three persons wore killed
at a Sharon grade crossing, the victims
being Mrs. Ellen Hanna, Thomas Durry
and William Noonan.
The United States postal authorities
have placed under the ban the mall of
Publishers' Collection agency, of St. Paul,
having an office at Pittsburg,
ARE OFF FOR NICARAGUA
United States Gunboats Ordered to
the Scene of Trouble.
WILL I'KOTCCT OUR CITIZENS
Tho Atlanta and tho Alert Are to Look
After American Interests Only.
Gravity of the Situation Real
ized nt Washington.
Washington, April 2!). After several
conferences today between Secretary
Clreshutn and Secretary Herbert the
secretary of the navy sent dispatches
to the commanders of the United States
gunboats. Alert and thu Atlanta, direct
ing them 'to proceed without delay to
San Juan Del Stir and Oreytown, Nica
ragua, respectively. The Alert la at
Panama, and It will take her about a
day and a half to reach Sun Juan Del
Sur, which is the cable station nearest
to Corlnto, situated about 100 miles be
low that port. The Atlanta Is at Key
West and can make the distance of 750
miles from that place to Greytown in
two and a half days.
When Secretary Herbert was asked
the significance of these orders he an
swered promptly as follows:
"The newspapers say that a revolu
tion Is probable In Nicaragua. They
Btate that the people are very much dis
satisfied with the course of the givern
nient and are likely to attempt to over
throw It. In order to protect the Inter
e.'its of American citizens, their lives and
property, and following the pulley al
ways pursued In such contingencies, I
have ordered tho Alert to San Juan Del
Sur and tho Atlanta to Greytown. In
addition to ithese vessels, the Mont
goery, now at Mobile, will sail on May
7 for Greytown, conveying the Nica
raguan canal commission to that place.
Tho Monterey, which has sailed for
Panama, will remain at Panama fur
the present. With two United Startes
ships on one side of Nicaragua and one
ship on the other side, It is plain that
American Interest will be well pro
tected If the rumored revolution should
take place. Hut I Ish It distinctly un
derstood that these vessels are sent to
Nicaragua for the purpose of caring for
oltizen9 of the United States and their
interests, and not on any business con
nected with the situation at Corlnto."
The Alert Is one of the older vessels
of the navy, an Iron cruiser of 1020 tons
displacement, and propelled by a single
screw. Her main batery consists of
four guns, and she dues not compare
formidably with either of the Drltish
ships now at Corlnto, although she
would probably not be overmatched
by the Wildswan, now at San Juan Del
Sur, the port of her destination.
Policy of the Government.
AVhile the policy of this government
In the trouble at Corlnto is well under
stood, the first authoritative statement
on the subject was not made until to
day. A cabinet officer said this eve
ning that the United States could not
interfere between Great Britain and
Nicaragua in their matter of difference,
because Nicaragua was a soverelgh
state, recognized as such by Great
Britain and the United States, and
must hold herself responsible to Great
Britain for offenses committed against
British subjects.
"The United States government," he
said, "does not undertake to extend a
protectorate over Central America and
South America to such an extent that
a sovereign state of one or the other of
these countries may Insult another sov
ereign nation with the expectation that
this government will protect it from
forcible resentment by the nation In
sulted. Such a principle has never been
recognized by the United States, and if
we attempt to assert it, we would Incur
the emnlty of every nation having deal
ings with Central and South America."
It Is understood that the situation nt
Corlnto has been relieved of much of
Its tension by an Intimation cabled by
Ambassador Bayard, that In case Nica
ragua would guarantee payment of the
indemnity asked within fifteen days,
Great Britain would accede to the re
quest for an extension of time.
. Developments to lie Expected.
Despite the Inclemency of the weather
Mr. Cleveland decided on account of the
pressing nature of official business and
the gravity of the Nlcoroguan situation
to come into the white 'house, where he
could have better opportunity for con
sultation with Secretary Greshnm. Mr.
Gresham spent all the morning In se
clusion at the' state department nnd
towards noon granted an audience to
Dr. Guzman, the Nlcaraguan minister.
An unexpected development in the
Nicaragua-British situation may be ex
pected within the next twenty-four or
forty-eight hours. From present Indi
cations an agreement will probably be
reached which will be mutually satis
Paotory to both countries, whloh will re
sult In tho withdrawal of the British
forces from Corlnto and bring the pres
ent complications to a close.
OIL TO GO STILL HIGHER.
Franklin Rockcfoller Claims tho Advanco
Is to Do Permanent.
Duluth, April 29. Franklin Rocke
feller, vice-president of the Standard
Oil company, passed .through Duluth
this afternoon on his way to the Mesa
ba Iron mines, which he and his brother
control. "Tho advance in coal oil
prices Is permanent," said he, "and
speculators can expect to see t)he prlco
go even 40 or 50 per cent, higher this
summer. For many years to come tho
world will not see oil as cheap as It has
been.
"The recent advance has stimulated
exploration, so that the demand for Iron
pipe and other supplies has greatly In
creased, end business In those lines
should be brisk. On the whole, the ad
vance In oil prices haa been a good
thing for the country."
DR. GIBSON HAS AN ALIBI.
All Facts, Says Chief Crowley, Point to
Durant as a Murderer.
San Francisco, April 29. Chief of Po
lice Crowley Is of .the opinion that there
Is not a fact now that points In any di
rection other than Durant as the mur
derer of Minnie Williams. Dr. Gibson,
he says, has a perfect alibi, while not a
fact has been discovered upon which
any reasonable man could construct a
theory consistent with the Innocence of
Durant. Speaking of the Lamont cai
Chief Crowley said the police dep
ment would present, If possible, a
stronger chain of circumstantial evi
dence than in the case of Minnie Will
lams. The chief said that, at this time it
would not be prudent for him to make
public all thu evidence in the case, but
he Intimated that new witnesses would
be produced to show that Blanche La
mont was lust seen alive with Theodore
Durant, and in the Immediate vicinity
of the Emanuel Baptist church. It Is
now understood that District Attorney
Barnes will elect to try thu Lamont
case In the superior court before taking
up the case of " 'Williams.
DENMAN ThOMPSON RETIRES.
Will Take tho Rest lie Has I'nrned by
Years of Hard Work.
New York, April 29. The curtain fell
tonight on the active theatrical career
of Denman Thompson, who, rugged and
sturdy at 02 years, retires to a com
fortable rest. He was born n'ar Glr
nrl. Pa., Oct. 15, 18:0. His first ap
earance on the stage was ns a super
with Charlotte Cushman at the Howard
Athenaeum, Boston, lie soon lieeame
an Itinerant actor, playing low comedy,
and In 1854 wen.t to the ltoyal Lyceum
theater, Toronto, where he remained
until 1808. During the spring of 1862 he
played In London with moderate suc
cess, and lu 18T1 he began In variety
theaters. At Harry Martin's, l'itts
burg, In February, 1851, he appeared as
Uncle Joshua Whltcomb In a one-act
piece of that name, which he wrote.
He added to the sketch and attracted
the attention of J. M. Hill, of Chicago,
'"shua Whltcomb" was elaborated to
a four-act play and was produced In
New York In "l878 with success. "The
Old Homestead" was produced at the
Boston theater in April, 1XS0. He will
spend the summer at Swanzey, N. II.
CHANGES IN THE SQUADRON.
Vessel -i I mler Admiral Meade's Coin
mnnJ to Undergo Alterations.
Washington, April 29. SeveraJ
changes will take place In Admiral
Meade's squadron. The Minneapolis Is
going to Norfolk to have her cabins
changed and be fitted for a flagship;
the New York and Columbia go to New
York to make ready for the Kiel cele
bration. They will bo docked and
painted, and the Columbia will have a
torpedo outfit placed aboard. The
Montgomery will remain at Mobile, and
the other three vessels, the Atlanta,
Raleigh and Cincinnati, will remain at
Key West for a time, although it is un
derstood that the Baleigh will return
to Colon and look after American In
terests about the Isthmus.
After the New York and Columbia
are sent away there will be no vessel
in the squadron with cabin arrange
ments fit for a flagship, and the altera
tions In Minneapolis are therefore
necessary.
WILL COLLECT INTEREST.
Great Britain Proposes to Take Revenues
from llondurnn Ports.
. . London, April 29. Bepresenta'lves of
Guatemala, who are acting also for
Honduras, have been Informed by the
authorities of the latter country that
Great Britain Is preparing to take ag
gressive measures for the collection of
the Interest In Honduran bonds negoti
ated In England, upon which that re
public defaulted nearly twenty years
ago.
The Interest and principal in arrears,
It is said, will amount to between 20,000
and f30,000 per annum, and the proposi
tion Is to collect the revenues of Hon
duran ports until some portion of the
overdue Interest at least is paid.
TOLEDO MINISTER ARRESTED.
Mrs.
L. I'. lionrdinnn Accuses C. M.
Gardner of a Mean 1.1 he I.
Toledo, O., April 29. Hev. C. M.
Gardner was arrested today charged
with criminal libel by Mrs. L. E. Board
man. He is accused of perpetrating a
disreputable and malicious hoax. Last
Monday a large number of men In this
city received a typewritten Invitations
signed "Lottie." They were so worded
as to convey the Impression that the
writer had opened a resort to which
the recipients were welcome.
The house number was Mrs. Board
man's and all that night hack load after
hack load of bartenders and rounders
endeavored to gain an entrance. Gard
ner came here recently from tho center
of the state.
SAVED FROM WRECK.
Miss Wilson Signals the F.nglncor Just In
Time.
Pn8fladcna, Cal., April 29,-iMlss Lou
Wilson, a pretty young girl, stumbled
upon two bowlders nnd a quantity of
planking placed upon the tracks of the
Southern California railway When re
turning home at 7.30 o'clock last night.
With great presence of mind she ran
to the nearest house, seized a lamp,
and returned to the track Just In time
to signal the passenger train then due.
Durnnt's Case.
Snn Francisco, April 2!). Durant was ar
raigned this morning on the charge of
murdering Blanche Lamont. He listened
to tho reading of the complaint In tho
same stolid manner which has character
Ized him since his arrest. Coroner lluw
klns has fixed tho time for beginning thn
Inquest in the case of Blanche Lamont
for Wednesday morning.
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.
Tho supremo tribunal of Knights of Py
thias will meet at Indianapolis this week.
Under an anti-trust law, the Standard
Oil company has been Indicted nt Asho
vllle, N. C.
In his excitement over a fire K A.
Browers, water works superintendent cf
Lyons, N. Y., dropped dead.
Cashier W. T. Jones, of the Farmer's
bank at Koxboro, N. C, acknowledges
a shortnge In his accounts of $2,300.
By being thrown from her horse nt
Dungcness, Flo., Mrs. Lucy Cnrneglo had
an arm fractured and was badly bruised.
While carlessly handling a revolver, Ilcr
tlo Groom, aged 17, of Petersburg, Va.,
probably fatally shot her sister, Qussle,
aged 19.
By a collision with a wagon In New
York, James J. Alexander, a bicyclist, was
terribly hurt In tho throat, and may lose
his volco. ; .
In attempting to abduct her child from
a Chicago convent, Lillian Hrower Stiles,
a divorced woman, was overpowered by
tho sisters and forced to loovo.
The capturo at Washington, D. C of
James Young, an ex-butler, who robbed
the Wolf, family at New York, secures
the recovery of a $1,500 diamond, said to
have belonged to Empress Eugenie.
INSuRCENTSJRE ROUTED
Great Victory for the Spanish Troops
in Cuba.
GENERAL MACEO DEFEATED
llerco Duttlcs ,, x Fought In tho Vicinity
of lluvono-Jenoral Gurzu's Army
Also Snstains llcuvy Loss-Survivors
Surrender to Spain.
Havana, April 29. General Salcedo,
commanding the Spanish troops operat
ing ugalnst General Alaceo, the Insur
gent leader, has won a great victory. He
attacked 'Maeeo's forces at I'urra llueco.
After a severe engagement, during
which the Spanish soldiers fought
bravely, the forces of the government
were victorious, completely routing the
Insurgents, who lost many killed and
wounded.
The survivors of .Maceo's command
were dispersed, and have sought refuge
in the mountains. In addition, the In
surgent band commanded by General
Garza has been completely defeated,
with great loss In killed and wounded
and prisoners. Nearly all the remainder
of this band afterward surrendered
themselves prisoners to the Spanish au
thorities. All the orders given by Captain Gen
eral Martinez de Campos since he as
sumed supreme command In Cuba
would lead the ordinary observer to de
duce the fact that, there must have
been great laxity In the administration
of the war department by General Csil
leja, the captain general who was su
perseded by Martinez de Campos, and
who is now on his way to Spain. Even
the sanitary service so essential In time
of war seems to have suffered greatly
from neglect. The national Interests
were also apparently neglected In other
directions.
It is believed that the clear Intelli
gence of Martinez de Campos will have
proved to him that the rebellion could
have been prevented if proper precau
tions had been taken In time. Happily,
the activity of the new captain general
In the direction of a general plan of
campaign against the Insurgents will.
It Is confidently expected, soon produce
a beneficial result.
HONESDALE'S BIG FIRE.
J.N. Foster&Co.'s Mercantile FstnMlsh
mcnt Is Destroyed.
Special to the Seranton Trib'ine.
Honesdale, April 29. At 8 o'clock
Sunday night fire broke out In the
3-story double brick building of J. N.
Foster & Co., situated at the corner of
Main and Ninth streets. The building
is occupied on the first floor by J. N.
Foster & Co., nnd on the second and
third floors by Charles Baker nnd
wife, who keep a boarding house. The
fire, which broke out through the build
ing suddenly, had probably been burn
fur some time. Its origin was on the
third floor and evidently caught from
an explosion of a lamp in the servant
girls' room, which is supposed to have
been burning at the time.
The entire third floor was burned out
and the first and second were drenched
with water. The building has three
roofs added from time to time. The
first was an old shingle roof, overtopped
about three feet above by a tar roof,
which had been covered by Iron. This
triple roof made the fire very difficult
to fight, .as for a long time It seemed
almost impossible to break through it.
The burning tar roof sent volumes of
dense black smoke down through the
building. The fire was confined to the
building and burned for two hours, do
ing no serious damage to surrounding
property. Charles Spencer, Jeweler,
occupying a store on the east side, re
moved some of his property, but was
not damaged. The loss Is estimated at
$S,000. J. N. Foster & Co., building,
$3,000; merchandise, $2,500. Charles
Baker, $2,000; boarders, $500. Covered
by insurance. The burning building
was near the churches. The shouts of
lire and sound of alarm caused some
consternation In tho congregations,
which were nt once dismissed.
CARPENTER RECOVERING.
Realizes tho Hunger lie Was in While
Ii awlii(; a Ruzor About His Throat.
Easton, Pa., April 29. Samuel Car
penter, arrested last week on suspicion
of having caused tho death of Mrs. Ray
Blackwell, Phllllpsburg, N. J., and who
attempted suicide In Easton Jail yester
day by cutting his throat with a razor,
is very much Improved today and will
likely recover. Carpenter passed an
easy night and today was in brighter
spirits. He, however, fully realizes the
position he Is In, and has since regretted
that he attempted to take his life. He
was able to talk clearly, although his
voice scarcely rose above a whisper.
Carpenter said he had attempted to
take his life because he realized that,
however the case should go, he would
be ruined. Besides, It would take all
the money he owned to defend himself
and his family, end In the end he would
bn left penniless. He stated that he
felt tho heavy disgrace that must rest
on his family through him and that It
was his duty to save them now, before
his fortune was all spent. He said he
had never quarrelled with Mrs. Black
well and that she must have cummltted
Bulclde.
WIVES CHANGE VOCATIONS.
First to no an Actress, While tho Second
Leaves tho Stago.
New York, April 29. 'Mrs. Luella C.
Oukes, from whom the millionaire
manufacturer, Francis J. Oakes, recent
ly obtained a divorce, contemplates go
ing on the stage, and her press agent
announces that she will be starred next
season by a prominent manager In a
comic opera, "Fashion; or the Maid of
Marseilles."
Mr. Oakps, since his divorce, has mar
ried Miss Estelle Sylvane, an actress of
Joseph 'Haworth's company, and the
second Mrs. Oakes has retired from the
stage.
VAN DVCK PAINTING SOLD.
tiring $90,000 at tho American Art
Association Snlo.
New York, April 29. A much larger
attendance nnd more spirited bidding
characterized the second night's sale of
the pictures belonging to the America n
Art association at Chlckerlng hall Is it
night. The feature of the evening yi is
the sale of Van Dyck's large canvas of
the Marchess, dl Splnola for $r,0,000,
which was bought by Knoedler & Co.,
for reshlpment to Paris.
Other old masters realized good
prices. The total for the night's sale
was $158,400; this, with the $:i:i,237.50 of
the first night, makes a grand total of
$191,837 for tho two nights.
ROY FOUR DAYS IN A WILL.
Found Almost I'ninJiircd After lleing
' Without Food 1 01) Hours.
Arkansas City, Kan., April 29. This
afternoon Arthur McKay Stanley, tha
fi-year-uld son of Dr. J, A. Mathews,
formerly of fit. Louis, was found nt tho
bottom of an old unused well. The boy
had been there since Monday after
noon, as he disappeared on that date.
A thorough search had been made; thi
rivers and canal had been dragged, and
It was finally concluded that he had
been stolen by Indians.
Edward Henry, a Salvation Army
captain, heard the moariH of tho boy.
On being taken out the little fellow was
discovered to be uninjured, except for
a few flesh wounds. He was ulive, but
terribly emaciated. He will pull
through. He was without food since
breakfast Monday, a period of more
than 100 hours.
MAN RLOWN INTO ATOMS.
Seven Hundred and Twenty Ouurts of
Mtroglyccrin Kxplodcs.
Fort Wayn, ind., April 29. William
Ulner started this morning from BlufT
ton to the Montueller oil fields with 70
quarts of nitroglycerin In a wagon.
When two miles from lilufftnn thf
wagon wheels struck the root of a tree
and upset the wagon. An explosion
immediately occurred, which made a
hole sixty feet errors the top and fif
teen feet deep.
Four or five large oak trees wer?
blown down and cnrrled a distance of
500 feet. I'lmer and his hordes were
blown to atoms. Window glass was
broken In houKes for miles around, and
the shock was plainly felt In this city,
a distance of twenty-five miles from the
explosion.
SCIIWEINT I RTH ARRESTED.
Incictmcnw Against the HockforJ
.Messiah nnd 'i'liree Angels.
Ttoekford, April 29. fleorge Jacob
Schwelnfurth, the famous alleged
Ilockford mcslah, for the first time in
his life was under arrest this afternoon.
He stood it for six hours and was re
leased from th custody of Sheriff Oli
ver this evening on a bail bond of $1,000
signed by Peter and William Weldon.
owners of the 000-acre farm south of
this city, on which is located the
Snhwelnfurth "heaven."
This morning the grand jury returned
three Indictments, charging him wUh
living in open defiance of morality with
Mary Weldon, Mrs. Isabelle Tuttle and
Mrs. Margaret Teft Weldon. indict
ments being returned against the three
women also, all of whom have become
mothers of children. A caplns was l
sued by Judge S.haw in the case. Sher
iff Ollvrr.wlth four deputies, rta.-tei for
the plnre to serve the paper. Whin Ire
reached there he found the big house
barricaded, every door being tightly
locked. When the hands in the fields,
who are followers of the bogus lord,
saw the officers, they dropped their
plows and flocked in. Sehweinfurth
did not come out of the house for an
hour and old Peter Wtldon attempted
to tell Sheriff Oliver that he own -d
everything on the place and nothing
could, be removed.
The officer politely Informed him that
he had a paper In his pocket which
warranted him in breaking in the house
if necessary to secure what he was
after, referring, of course, to Sehwein
furth. The sheriff also had In his
pocket an execution In favor of Oeorge
W. Coudrey, of Chicago, to levy on the
personal property recently transferred
by George Jacob. When the latter
emerged from the back door it was
quickly locked after him. He made no
resistance at service, but asked to be
allowed to go back and get his overcoat
to' return to town in. The sheriff told
him he would go with him, but tho
messiah was sharp enough to know he
would make a levy on the Coudrey
Judgment of $"i0,000 once on the Inside,
and he refused to go back. Several
drays were there to haul the goods to
town, but they returned empty.
When Sehweinfurth nnd four male
followers left for the city the female
"angels" wept bitterly. It was a lively
day at "heaven," and among other In
cidents was the ordering off the prem
ises of William H. Hill, of Chicago, at
torney for Coudrey. Sehweinfurth an.1
his followers returned to the place to
night, but they are retui liable in court
Monday morning, when the four in
dicted persons will probably enter a
plea.
DOES NOT KNOW ASSAILANT.
Negro Attacks a l.ittlo Girl in the
tmrk.
Jacksonville, 111., April L".). T.nst
night while the family was at church
little Carrie Oxley, of this city, was as
saulted by a colored man, who left the
child in a serious condition. William
Holt was arrested nnd was said by th;
child to be the guilty person, but he
proved an alibi beyond nil question and
was released.
There was no light In tho room nnd
the plrl was unable to see her assail
ant's face sulllclently to describe him
accurately. There is Intense excite
ment and If the miscreant Is caught
Judge Lynch will probably sit on his
oase. The victim is not likely to die,
though much injured.
OPPOSE ALIEN IIUSHANDS.
Illinois LoRlslntor Asks American Women
to Keject Foreigners.
Springfield. Til., April 29. In the house
of representatives today Mr. McCarthy
Introduced the following resolution, and
It was referred to the committee on
federal relations:
Resolved, That tho members of the
thlrty-nlnlh general assembly of the state
of Illinois do hereby request the daughters
of Illinois not to accept the hand in mar
riage of any person who is not a citizen of
the United States by right of birth or
naturalisation, ns wo nro of tho opinion
that tho daughters of Illinois should be
patriotic In their views nnd should disre
gard tho title of any foreigner and marry
none but a nltlsen of tho United States.
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WEATHER REPORT.
For eastern Pennsylvania, unsettled
weathe and showers during tho greater
part of Tuesday, slowly rising tempera
ture; easterly winds.
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