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EIGHT TAGES 64 COLUMNS.
SCBANTON, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1895.
TWO CENTS A COPY.
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Want
Tbes?
Dainty Art Creations
about this time and we've
piled them 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
- thing is 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 many tints form
the grounds, while the
patterns are an endless as
sortment of sprays, 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. Com
binations are a novelty
commanding much atten
tion. Their value as fab
' ', ricwill at once suggest
' ' itself to the stylish dresser.
oilK nnisned Brilliants
come in spotless white, are
a lovely, fine, delicate
weave, and have a silky
, luster to them, which is
simply charming. This is
their first season.
Among the Old Favorites are
India Linens from 10 to37c.
. Victoria Lawns 8 to 2rc.
Check Nainsooks. 5 to 25c.
Plain Nainsooks, from. . .15 to Sic.
English Longclotha 10 to 15c
Dotted Swine, spots, all
sizes, weaves all fine
nenses .....12 to 85c.
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
v yet. But looking will tell
you more than writing ever
could, and we'd like you to
"all while stocks are at tne
iigh-water mark.
GLOBE
WAREHOUSE
QUAY COUNTY IS CRUSHED
It Pails to Pass the House on Pinal
Vote.
0LE0 RECEIVES A BLACK EYE
Dill Prohibiting the Sal of Hoarding
House Butter Goal Through with a
Ruih-Apportlonmont BUI Re-port.d-Dlstrlct.
Arranged.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Harrlsburir. April 30. The Quay coun
ty movement was given serious back
set today in the house. The bill creat
ing the new county was defeated on
final passage by a vote of 92 yeas to 83
nays, less than a constitutional ma
jority. The advocates of the bill have
already prepared to make a fight to re
consider the bill. They are In a ma
jority, but It Is a question whether they
can muster enough votes to pass It
Anally. The bill has already passed
the senate.
The morning session of the house was
given up almost entirely to the discus
sion on the bill. Thirteen of the fifteen
members In rhe house and senate of
Luzerne and Schuylkill counties, out of
which It Is proposed to create the new
county, made a vigorous protest against
It, They contended It was not wanted
by their people. The principal speech
for the opposition waa made by Mr.
Shrink, of Schuylkill. He said Schuyl
kill county had recently Increased Its
Indebtedness a half million dollars In
the erection of a new court house, ad
ditions to the jail, almshouse and other
county Institutions.
The friends of. the bill said the new
county was In the Interest of law and
order. They pointed out the fact that
Hazleton, out of which It is proposed to
create the new county, is fifty miles
from Wllkes-Barre, the county seat of
Luzerne. The county authorities, being
so far away, imake no effort to suppress
the lawlessness and disorder which pre
vails In this region. Since Easter Mon
day eight murders have been committed
In this section.
The advocates of the bill asked that it
be passed because the Democrats were
opposed to It for the reason It was In
tended to call the new county after
Senator Quay. This was denied by
Representative Fow and other members
of the minority. They claimed that
no united action had been taken by
them, and that If the party representa
tives were opposed to the new county
movement It was not on account of
politics. The Democrats, except Messrs.
Parcells and Klpp, voted against the
bill.
Lonn mil Defeated.
The Cotton Building and Loan asso
ciation bill was also defeated. The
measures waa Introduced at the request
of the Pittsburg Building and Loan
Association leauge. It was advocated
by Mr. Cotton and other members from
Allegheny and Western Pennsylvania.
Representatives Clarency, Crothers and
other Phlladelphlans Bpoke against It.
The bill authorizes building and loan
associations to Issue two kinds of stock,
one for Investment and the other for
home builders. It provides that the
associations may Issue twenty per cent.
of their capital stock as paid-up stock
for Investment, the stock to be taxed
the same as bank stock. It argues in
favor of the bill that it only gives the
home associations the same privileges
now enjoyed by foreign concerns doing
business In the state. The opponents of
the bill claim it would allow these asso
ciations to do a banking business, and
that it was In direct opposition to the
interests of the home builders.
The Marshall bill prohibiting the Bale
of oleomargarine and other limitations
of pure butter passed Anally. The bill
is slmlliar to the act of 1885, except that
it directs that one half of the Ane col
lected from vlolaters shall go to the
county, and the other half to the de
partment of agriculture for the use of
the state dairy food commissioner.
The bill creating the office of deputy
auditor general passed second reading
on a special order, and will be consid
ered tomorrow on third reading and
final passage. It has already passed
the senate. Should it become a law the
position will be tendered Captain P. D.
Bricker, of Jersey Shore, the present
corporation clerk of the department.
The bill provides that It shall go Into
effect at once. It will probably be re
ceived and signed by the governor by
next Thursday in order that Captain
Bricker may enter upon the duties of
office at the same time as Auditor General-elect
Mylln.
Aportlontment mil.
Chairman Lawrence reported the
congressional apportionment bill from
committee. The bill gives Philadelphia
and Allegheny each an additional dis
trict, and arranges the districts east
of the Allegheny in the following order:
First district, First, Twenty-sixth,
Twenty-seventh, Thirtieth, Thirty-
sixth wards, Philadelphia; Second dis
trict. Twenty-third, Fourth, Fifth,
Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth
wards, Philadelphia; Third district,
Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Four
teenth, Fifteenth, Twenty-ninth wards,
Philadelphia; Fourth district. Six
teenth. Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Twen
tieth, Thirty-second, Thirty-third, Thirty-seventh
wards, Philadelphia; Fifth
district, Nlnteenth, Twenty-third,
Twenty-Afth, Thirty-flint and Thlrty
flfth wards, Philadelphia; Sixth dis
trict, Twenty-Arst, Twenty-second,
Twenty-fourth, Twenty-eighth, Thirty
fourth wards, Philadelphia; Seventh
district, Chester and Delaware; Eighth
district,- Montgomery and Bucks;
Nintn district, Northampton, Monroe,
Pike and Carbon; Tenth district. Berks
and Lehigh; Eleventh district, Lancas
ter;' Twelfth district, Lackawanna;
Thirteenth .district, Luzerne; Four
teenth district, Schuylkill; Fifteenth
dlBtriot, Dauphin, Perry and Lebanon;
Sixteenth district, Bradford, Susque
hanna, Wayne and Wyoming; Seven
teenth district, Tioga, Potter, Lycom
ing and Clinton; Eighteenth district,
Columbia, Montour, Northumberland
and Sullivan; Nlnteenth district, Hun
tingdon, Mifflin, Juniata,- Snyder,
Union, Franklin and Fulton; Twentieth
district, Adams, York and Cumber
land; Twenty-flrst district, Cambria,
Blair, Somerset and Bedford.
I.lttlo Son In Chlraon. ' .
Paris, April 30. It Is reported that Spain
has Joined Russia In the tatter's protest
against Japan's enjoyment of tho advan
tages given to her by the terms of her
treaty of peace with China.
TO ESCAPE TESTIFYING.
Two Members of the McCoy Family Desert
Kentucky for Canada.
Superior, Wis., April 30. It has Just
come to light that Superior had two dls
tlnguished visitor a week ago. They
remained In the city all day, drank In
a dozen places and In general enjoyed
themselves. That night they took the
South Shore train and are now In Cana
dtu One of the men was a member of
the McCoy family, while the other was
a Chapman, allied with the McCoys In
the celebrated 'McCoy-Hatfleld feud
which kept the .green valleys of Ken
tucky red with blood for a score of
years. The men were on their way to
Canada to get out of the Jurisdiction of
a Kentucky court which wanted them
as witnesses.
On reaching Superior the men made
Inquiries for William Knight, a well
known citizen. Knight was brought up
in Kentucky and Is related to the Mc
Coys by marriage. McCoy was a man
about 40 years old and was a magnifi
cent specimen of manhood, weighing
In the neighborhood of 260 pounds.
Chapman as not quite so large. The
police heard of the presence of MoCoy
and Chapman, but had no orders to ar
rest them.
F01B MEN KILLED.
A Family Feud Settled Result of nWholo
solo Shooting Affray In Tennessee.
Newburn, Tenn., April 30. Shortly
before dark this evening the sound of a
fusllade of pistol shots was heard on
the main street of this town. Within
ten seconds of the first shot the four
participants lay dead In the Btreet.
These four are R. W. Townsend and
his son, Bureguard, and Abb and John
Fulgham.
The quadruple tragedy was the out
come of a feud that started two years
ago and grew out of a trivial dispute
between the Townsend and the Fulg
ham families. The trouble smouldered
along without breaking out In open
violence until last Friday evening,
when Murray Fulgham, meeting young
Avery Townsend, began to abuse him.
He Anlshed by administering a beating
to the young man with an axe handle.
Young Townsend swore out a warrant
charging Fulgham with assault and
battery with Intent to kill. Fulgham
at once left the town to avoid arrest
and went into Madison county, but his
father sent for him and brought him
back.
Young Fulgham was arrested upon
Ms return home and gave bond. This
evening he was taken before a magis
trate for a hearing, and as the evi
dence showed the assault to have been
unprovoked, a Ane of J50 .with costs at
tached was Infiloted.
At the conclusion of the court busi
ness ithe crowd moved out, and near
the door the Townsend and Fulgham
parties came together. There were a
few angry words. Then weapons were
drawn and the shooting began. In
almost an Instant the wholesale killing
was done, and the four men lay
stretched on the pavement. .
ONE OF THE CREW LOST.
Sailors from the Wrecked Snklo Shepherd
Reach Toledo In a Yowl.
Toledo, April 30. Captain OPorge
Hayward and four of the orew of the
little steamer Sakie Shepherd, which
foundered and sunk Just outside of tho
Maumee Bay yesterday afternoon, ar
rived in Toledo safe and sound this
morning. They left the sinking steamer
In a yawl Just before she sank and
made the Michigan shore. William
Jones, the cook, and Albert Hamlin,
the engineer, were left on the wreck.
Hamlin was afterward rescued by the
tug Roy of this city, but Jones was
drowned, he having jumped overboard
In the excitement.
The steamer was coming across the
head of Lake Erie in the trough of the
sea, and the strain was too much for
her. She sprung a leak and Ailed so
fast that she sunk in less than an hour
after the Arst water commenced com
ing Into the hold. .The men who were
saved report a very rough experience,
having rowed seven miles In the yawl
In a terrlAc sea that threatened to
swamp their frail craft every minute.
Murphy-Orant Wedding.
Washington, April SO. The world of so
ciety In Washington was enlivened today
by the marriage of Miss Julia M. Mur
phy, the daughter of United States Sena
tor Murphy, to Hugh J. Grant, ex-mapor
of New York city. The ceremony was per
formed at the residence of Senator and
Mrs. Murphy, Seventeenth and K streets.
The marriage ceremony was performed by
Archbishop Corrlgan, of New York.
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.
Federal Judge Brown In New York re
fused to grant a writ of habeas corpus to
stay Murderer Buchanan's execution.
While guests were helping him celebrato
his forty-fifth birthday In Chicago, George
H. Bowen cut his throat with a razor.
Coroner Hoeber stopped James St.
John's funeral procession In New York to
Investigate as to whether St. John was
killed In a fight. .
Reporter Richard Q. W. Wadsworth, of
the New York Evening Post, has been ap
pointed by Mayor Strong a civil service
examiner, at 10 a day.
While running In her. night dress to the
East river. New York, to commit suicide
because of Inability to pay a board bill,
Loulso Sckarce, a. girl of 18, was caught by
a policeman.
The body of the foreman of a stove foun
dry, U. H. Ebersol, who mysteriously dis
appeared on April 2 after discharging sev
eral employes, has been found mutilated
In the river at Chicago.
Grand Jurors have been unable to Ax the
blame for the killing of fifty-eight men by
a dynamite explosion at Butte, Mont., but
civil suits for 5200,000 are pending against
the hardware firms that owned the explo
sive. , r
BITS OF STATE NEWS.
Reading's police department may' be
Lexowed.
A dozen men were arrested at Reading
for watching a cock fight.
Ex-Mayor John Powers died at Belle
font e of diabetes, aged 60 years.
Playing with matches at her home In
South Bethlehem, the little daughter of
George Jandrlk was burned to death.
Boston detectives have received requisi
tion papers for A- Bachelder, now In Al
legheny county workhouse for forgery..,:
'John McQulston, a poor man living at
Ileltzhoover, Allegheny, has fallen heir to
(1)0,000, and will return to Ireland to live.
In two days the Philadelphia and Read
ing has sent out from Palo Alto and Cres
sona forty-five long trains loaded with
col. , . , ,, ,.
SHOT THE GOVERNOR'S SON
An Awful Tragedy Results from a
Liaison In Kentucky.
MURDER OP ARCHIE D. BROWN
Discovered In Company with Mrs. Gor
donIn the Shooting That Follows
Both Are Klllod-Grlef of
Governor Brown.
Louisville, Ky., . April 30. Archie
Brown, the governor's son and secre
tary, paid with his life today for a lia
ison with another man's wife. The
latter shared the fate of her paramour,
the wronged husband shooting them to
death In the room In which be had sur
prised them In their guilt.
Fulton Gordon Is the name of the man
who so terribly avenged his domestic
dishonor.
The tragedy is one of the most sensa
tional In the history of the state, on
account of the prominence of the per
sons Involved, and the circumstances
surrounding the case. It occurred at
12.35 o'clock In an evil resort kept by a
colored woman at 1025 West Madison
street. Brown was killed In the room,
and Mrs. Gordon was shot as she was
Aeelng from the place.
At noon. Brown wilth Gordon's wife
knocked at the front door of Lucy B.
Smith's Madison street house. They
were admitted by Matle Mattlngly, a
colored woman, and Immediately re
paired to the upstairs front room,
which had been previously engaged.
Thirty minutes later a tall, dark haired
man knocked at the door of the house
and was admitted. He engaRed the
front lower room, saying that a wo
man would Join him there shortly. The
man closed all the doors and a few
minutes later a commotion was heard
above, followed by a succession of
pistol shots. Then there was a hurried
movement down stairs, and Mrs. Gor
don fied from the sctne. A few more
shots rang out and she fell dead on
the porch In the rear yard
Ghastly Work Completed.
Gordon left the house Immediately.
A few moments later Brown's corpse
was found In the upstairs room.
The following telegram was taken
from his pocket:
Louisville. Kv . Atirll 99.
Archie T. Brown, Governor's Private Sec
retary, rranxrort, Ky.:
Don't Write anv more. Coma fimsrlfiv.
Meet me at 8.10 a. m. P. M.
It was pursuant to this telegram that
Brown met Mrs. Gordon this morning.
As soon as Gordon gained admittance
a duel to the death evidently began.
Brown had a revolver, which was found
empty after the tragedy. Gordon must
have had two pistols, as six bullets
pierced Brown's body and three that of
Mrs. Gordon. The walls of the room
are smeared with blood and filled with
bullet holes.
The slayer of his wife and her para
mour was arrested while getting Into
his buggy. He exclaimed:. "I shot
both of them. They are both dead.
Come with me and I will show you
where they are."
Story of tho Battlo.
Gordon said to the officer on the way
to the Jail that he had suspected the
couple for some time, and about a
week ago he found that his suspicions
were correct. He went to the house
this morning and found them In the
same bed. He drew his pistol and fired
five shots at Brown, by which time the
governor's son had his own pistol In
play. Brown Ared two shots at Gordon.
Then the latter grappled with him and
took his pistol away from, and shot him
with his own weapon. After shooting
at Brown he shot at his wife as she
was going down the stairs, striking her
Just as she reached the bottom. She
fell dead outside the door.
Brown's body lay on the floor of the
room In which he waa killed until 2
o'clock, when It was removed by Under
taker King. The body presented a
horrible appearance, being covered with
blood from head to foot. There was no
clothing on the body except a pair of
drawers and a pair of socks. There
were three gun-shot wounds In the
breast, one of them being over the re
gion of the heart; two wounds In the
head, one being In the center of the
forehead. There was another In the
center of the stomach, and another In
the right arm.
Mrs. Gordon was lying on a cellar
door In the yard, face downward. She
was clothed only In a chemise and shirt.
and was in stocking feet. Her hair was
hanging in a tangled mass-
Member of an Old l amllv.
Mrs, Gordon was -Miss Nellie Hush-.
of this city. Her family Is one of the
most prominent In this state. Her
mother was once state librarian and
her grandfather was Judge Zacharlah
Wheat, chief Justice of the court of
appeals of Kentucky.
Fulton Gordon at the time of his
marriage was one of the best-known
men about town. He was then clerk at
the Gait House of this olty, and had
acquaintances in every portion of the
country. They eloped about ten years
ago.
The coroner held an Inquest over the
bodies this afternoon and the Jury ren
dered a verdict of Justifiable homicide.
It Is understood, however, that Gordon
will be held for a formal preliminary
examination.
Frankfort, Ky., April 30. The news
of the tnaglc death of Arch Dixon
Brown, son of the governor, reached
here shortly after 1 o'clock. Governor
Brown, who was at the time sitting In
his office quietly conversing with Sec
retary of State Headly and Commis
sioner of Agriculture McDowell. was
completely overcome when apprised, of
the tragic fate of his eon, to whom he
was as devoted as it was possible for
a father to be. The governor's grief
was uncontrollable and he gave way to
the most piteous lamentations. He and
Secretary Headly left at 3 o'clock for
Louisville.
IN HUSBAND'S PRESENCE.
William Hound and Robbed and. His
. Wlfa Assaulted. .
Guthrie, O. T., April 30. Near Baker,
Lincoln county, two : masked negroes
held up Mr, and Mrs. George Williams,
robbed and bound Mr. Williams, and
then assaulted his wife. - ; '.
Hayes and William Beach were, ar
rested and fully Identified as the guilty
parties. There is talk ' of lynching
them.
f 'j- 'i' ' ' ''ATO
NICARAGUA WILL PAY IIP
Willing
to Give Up Smart Money
Under Conditions.
BUT BRITISH SHIPS MUST GO
This Preliminary Is Strongly Insisted
Upon on Account of Feeling in
the Country Which Might Ken
dor Compliance Impossible.
Washington, April 30. The Salva
dorean minister to England and France,
Mr. Medina, who also acts as a friend
of Nicaragua, has been notified of Nica
ragua's willingness to compromise the
difficulty with Great Britain as out
lined in the dispatches from Managua.
He has been asked to lay the matter
before Lord Ktmberly with .a view to
securing his consent that the ships be
withdrawn from Corinto and the In
demnity paid in London. Should Lord
Klmberly accept the proposition, in
structions will be cabled to the British
admiral to leave the coast temporarily.
Although such a course would be con
trary to Great Britain's usual policy, It
Is hoped that this course will be adopted,
particularly as such action would be
greatly appreciated by the government
of the United States.
London, A'prll 30. Managua, Nica
ragua,, advices state that President Ze
laya and his cabinet will agree to pay
the $77,600 smart money demanded by
Great Britain In London within fifteen
days, but asks as a further condition
that British ships be Arst taken out of
the harbor of Corinto. This prelimin
ary Is strongly Insisted upon on account
of the condition of feeling In the coun
try, which otherwise might render com
pliance with the ultimatum, even in
Its modified form. Impossible. Great
Britain's answer to the request has not
yet been given.
HEIR TO MILLIONS TRACED.
Proves to Bo Ansol White, Who Died
Seven Years Ago.
Port Angeles, Wash., April 30. Ansel
White, heir to an estate In New York
valued at $4,000,000, has been traced. He
died In May, 18S8, on his ranch, between
this city and Dungeness.
It was. supposed that Ansel White
had corns to his death many years ago
by drowning In San Francisco Bay.
During the past two years, W. Plerpont
White, a son of Ansel White's nephew,
has been searching for the lost heir, or
for conclusive evidence of his death.
He was traced from his home In Utlca,
N. .Y, to Missouri, and thence to Cali
fornia, where all signs of him was
lost.
The nephew then' advertised In the
San Francisco papers and from the de
scription, C. F. Clapp, of Seattle, recog
nized Ansel White. He telegraphed the
Information to Mr. White at San Fran
cisco and that gentleman came to Port
Angeles for the purpose of. meeting
County Auditor John W. Troy, who was
for many years a neighbor of White's.
The identity of the dead man was fully
established during the conversation be
tween these gentlemen.
Plerpont White left at once for New
York and stated before leaving that
two attorneys would be at once sent
from New York to this city, whose mis
sion it would be to secure legal and con
clusive data In order that the will
might again be .probated and the
$4,000,000 divided among the sixteen
heirs who have waiting Afteen years for
the information now obtained.
Ansel White had lived for twenty
years on his farm east of this city and
at the time of his death was 76 years
old.
THE DURA NT CASE.
Shocking Evidonce Given by Dr. Barrett,
Autopsy Physician. .
San Francisco, April 30. Theodore
Durant's examination on the charge of
murdering "Minnie Williams was re
sumed In thepollce court this morning.
The prisoner did not look as well as he
did last week. Dr. Barrett, the autopsy
physician, was called to the stand and
the court ' room ordered cleared of
ladles.
He testified that the murdered girl
had been assaulted prior to -the murder
and that her death was .aused by suffo
cation and hemorrhage. In his opin
ion the wounds on her body were made
before death.
4 - BLACKWELL MYSTERY.
Evidence Which May Prove Carpenter's
. Innocence Is Promised.
Baston, ,Pa., April 30. Samuel Car
penter, the accused murderer of Mrs.
Ray. Blackwell, Is recovering rapidly
from the attempt on Sunday to commit
suicide by . cutting his throat with a
razor and should no complications arise,
he will recover.
.' The remains of .Mrs. Blackwell were
taken to Rlngoes, N. J., this morning.
A secret consultation was held here to
day In the Interest of Carpenter, and It Is
Intimated that another Important arrest
will be made. The general belief Is that
Carpenter Is Innocent, and that the
Uncle Sam Is Not Warlike.
deed iwas committed by some one who
entered the house after he left. Just
what clue or chain of evidence the de
fense Is working out Is kept a secret
with the attorneys. Carpenter Is still
being watched closely, night and day,
though It Is not thought he will make
another attempt to Injure himself. Car
penter continues to protest his Inno
cence. Mr. Emmons, one of his counsel,
claims that a comparison of letters In
his possession with that found on the
mantel-piece prove that Carpenter had
no connection with the crime.
WOMAN COUGHED TO DEATH.
A Severe Strain That Lasted a Number of
Hours.
Conshohocken, Pa., April 30. Tho
death of Mrs. Edward Hogan, at West
Conshohocken, Is a distressing1 case.
She was seized with a At of coughing
shortly after breakfast, and continued
to cough until death came at 1.30
o'clock In the afternoon.
REPUBLICAN LEAGUE.
An Important Meeting Held at llarrisburg
Yesterday President Everett Warren
In tho Chain.
Harrlsburg, Pa., April 30. The exe
cutive committee of the Republican
League of Pennsylvania met here this
afternoon In the Supreme court room.
The meeting was largely attended and
much Interest was manifested In the
welfare of the organization. The usual
routine business was transacted with
Colonel Everett Warren, the president
of the league, In the chair.
Arrangements were made to attend
the next national convention of the
league, which will be held In Cleveland,
O., on June 19. From the reports re
ceived today Pennsylvania will send
a large delegation. The date fixed for
the next state convention, which is to
be held In York, Is Friday, Sept. 13.
The executive committee will meet the
night previous. A committee consist
ing of Magistrate Lukens, of Philadel
phia; A. Wilson Norris, of this city,
vice- president of ttWe league, and
Florence J. Miller, of Pittsburg, were
appointed to make arrangements for
transportation to both the national and
state conventions.
HOKE SMITH TALKS.
Tho Pension Reformer Gives Views on
Finances.
Macon, Ga., April 30. Secretary Hoke
Smith, of the Interior department, was
Interviewed here today on the financial
question, and defined the difference of
opinion on the currency question exist
ing In the country at present. He
thought that during the next twelve
months a thorough discussion of the
money question will be presented all
over the country. This discussion will
be limited, he thought, to the proposi
tion for the unlimited coinage of silver
at the ratio of 16 to 1. The secretary
divided the people Into three classes
gold monometalllsts, silver monometall
lsts and bimetalllsts. He did not think
that the gold monometalllsts were
strong enough to become a factor In
the campaign, but that the Issue would
be for and against silver monometall
ism. In conclusion he said: "I have no
doubt that the next president of the
United States will be opposed to the
unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1."
WILL KEEP OIF THE GRASS.
I nitcd States Will Take No Hand In the
Japun Pcaco Treaty.
Washington, April 30. The state de
partment officials are persistent in the
declaration that the United States has
no, and will not enter Into any, alliance
with Great Britain and Japan to offset
the alleged concerted action of Russia,
France and Germany, with regard to
the Japanese-Chinese peace treaty.
This has never been the policy of this
government, and, according to tTie
statements made, It does not propose
to establish precedent. .
REDS ON THE WAR PATH.
Troops Will bo Necessary to Q ttcll a
Uprising.
Fargo, N. D., April 30. A telegram
from Deputy United States Marshal
Shindler says that about 200 Indians at
Langan, near St. Johns, have burned
the homes of the settlers and are mak
ing preparations for a strong resist
ance. The United States marshal here has
applied to the attorney general for In
structions. It is expected that troops
will be ordered out. . '
Roosevelt Resigns.
Washington, April 30. Theodore .Roose
velt today sent In his resignation as
United States civil service commissioner
to accept the position of police commis
sioner In New York city ofTered him by
Mayor Strong. Mr. Roosevelt has been
civil service commissioner for about six
years. He . was appointed . by President
Harrison. ) .
Fined forswearing. '
Pittsburg, :Aprll 30. For using a profane
epithet four times, John Hoffman, a con
tractor, wasnned $2.6867 cents for each
time by Alderman Donovan today.
Hoffman and one of his tenants had a dis
pute In which vile language was used, and
the alderman Imposed the fine as laid
down In the act of assembly.
GARRETT'S JAIL SENSATION
The Condemned Murderer Displays a
Large Knife to Visitors.
WINDOW BARS SAWED AWAY
Ho Soys tho Knifo and a Razor Were
Given Him by Jules Ferry The
Work on prison liars Con
cealed by Soap,
Lebanon, Pa., April 30. Charles Gar
rett, who is to be hanged May 7 for the
murder of his wife, created a Bensatlon
In Jail here today. This morning Gar
rett sent for District Attorney A. Frank
Seltzer, Constable Aaron Pattazahn
and several others. While the district
attorney was In conversation with Gar
rett, he suddenly drew a large knife
fully six Inches In length from a belt,
which he -waved above his head. He
then Jumped up on the window sill and
Bald:
"There, Seltzer, get up on that win
dow." Garrett had previously threat
ened to kill the colonel, but the latter
did not fear the man and did ns he re
quested, and Garrett with his knife cut
into tho bar. "See that," he exclaimed.
The bars had been neatly sawed in two
and the cuts were hidden by soap. Gar
rett, however, declared that he had not
done It. "Where did you get the
knife?" was asked of Garrett. "Jules
Ferry gave It to me. He also gave me
the razor which was found In the folds
of my necktie some weeks ago." Ferry,
who overheard the charge, cried out:
"You are a liar."
"No, I am not," said Garrett. "You
gave it to me less thnn a week after
the razor was taken from me." He
was white with rage while speaking
and no one knew at first what he was
trying to get at.
It appears that Sallie Garrett, a sis
ter of the murderer, visited her brother
on Monday evening and handed Ferry
a file, which Fhe directed him to give to
her brother. The watchman, however,
discovered the woman handing It to
Ferry and It was taken from him. Gar
rett then charged Ferry with being his
accomplice and with double dealing
and his object in having District At
torney Seltzer and others call was to
expose Ferry, who is a privileged char
acter In the jail.
WOUNDS POINT TO MURDER.
J. J. .Malone Disappears and His Corpso Is
Washed IP by the Ohio.
Calio, 111., April 30. The body of J. J.
Malone,. of Henton, III., was washed up
by the Ohio yesterday. Malone came
.here April 12 as a witness In the United
States court. April IS he drew a part
of his fees and purchased drink there
with. .
He was last seen that night in com
pany with two negroes, and, although
diligent search was made afterward,
no trace of him could be found. His
clothing was stripped of all valuables,
and the body showed unmistakable
signs of murder. The guilty ones have
not yet been apprehended.
GOLD IN IRON ORE.
Value of the Y How .Metal Kxcceds That
of the Other.
Ishpemlng, Mich., Anvil 30. Assays
of carefully selected, samples of Iron
ore from the 3,000-ton stock pile of Dex
ter mine give almost- $4 a ton In gold.
Traces of gold are found In many Iron
ores of this district, but this assay,,
which Is reliable, shows value of gold
Is greater than value of Iron ore a ton.
Kxperlments will be made In stamping-
ore for the gold contained and
utilizing the tailings for the metallic
Iron and manganese.
FOREIGN SNAP SHOTS.
Herr Gustav Freytag Is critically 111 at
Wiesbaden.
In London today tho Dowager Duchess
of Marlborough will be wedded to Lord
Beresford.
' It Is said Minister to Denmnrk Rlsley
may go as to Havana as consul Renoral in
consequence of the Importance of the posi
tion. Owing to an accident to tho Duke of Or
leans while hunting, his sister. Princess
Helens of Orleans, has Indefinitely post
poned her marriage to the Duka of Aosta,
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Congressman Hltt Is still extremely 111.
Public business will prevent the presi
dent from attending the Washington
Memorial Arch dedication in New York.
Ensign George Mallison, of the navy.
was struck by a chain on the Olympla nt
San Francisco Sunday, necessitating am
putation of a leg.
Arrangements will be made to give the
State Naval reserves of Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and
North Carolina actual practice on vessels
of Admiral Meade's fleet this summer.
WEATHER REPORT. :
For eastern Pennsylvania, unsettled
weather and showers; northwesterly
winds.
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