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EIGHT TAGES--G4 COLUMNS.
SCKANTON, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 14, 1895.
TWO CENTS A COPY.
V
Lace
Curtain
Qeanin
Cleaning-up season lias
come 'round once more in
our Curtain and Drapery
Department, and we've
put Prices down to the
point that will insure a
speedy clearance. The
goods offered are odds and
ends left over from early
season's purchases, and
are therefore right in ev
erything that goes to
make them desirable.
Lace Curtains
PAIBS WKBBS 100, NOW $ 5.00
PAIBS WEBE $ ISO. HO W 6.50
PAIB3WEBE 11150, NOW 10.00
4 f AIM WSBI tit, VOW $ 3.00
rxim wis! wo. KOW...... 4.00
Irish Point Curtails
In Cream Only
PADtaWIEB $2,50. NOW $ 1.75
pass were tan, now 2.75
PAffiS WIRfc $S0, NOW 2.50
PAIBS WBBX ., NOW 4.00
PAIU WEBB 17 50, NOW 5.75
Nottfaigliam
Lace Certains
Cream and White
PASS WEBE $ .85, NOW $ .50
PAIB8 WERE I M. NOW 59
t PAIBS WIRE SLC0, NOW 9.15
u pairs were iits. now 1 .95
PAIRS WERE $3.40, NOW 2.50
a PAIRS WISE $a75, NOW 2 .75
12 PAIRS WEBE 5 00. NOW 3.75
U PAIRS WEBE 12.50, NOW 1 .75
! The Last Number Has
Ruffled Edge
Silk Stripe
Madras Curtails
i PAIRS WERE 19.KI, NOW $ 2.50
f PAIRS WEBB $6.50, NOW 3.50
Sale Now On
THE
SALE
Of Specials in Spring
and Early Summer
Dress Goods contin
ues. See last week's
y papers for details.
Gift) BE
at
Dp .-Prices,
Tfl WHITIOH00L FUND
Quay and Hastings Favor Cutting
State Appropriations.
KILL BE DEVOTED TO CHARITY
Country Mcmbors Vigorously Opposo
Kcduulng tho ' Educational ' Ap
propriation Religious
Garb lllll't luto.
Special to tho Bcrnnton Tribune,
llurrtsburg, Mny 13. Senator Quay
haa endorsed the movement to out the
school appropriation $1,000,000 fur the
next two years. He believes this Is
necessary if the state charitable Insti
tutions are to be taken care of. By
giving $10,000,000 to tho sc-hoolr. the next
two years all the state hospitals and
other charitable Institutions dependent
wholly or partly upon the state for
support can be provided for. If the
school appropriation Is not reduced
many of these Institutions will receive
no aid from this legislature. Governor
Hiistlnga and his cabinet are of the
same opinion, and the chances are the
appropriation will be scaled down.
An organlxed movement has been
started among: the members of tho
house to prevent any change In the
appropriation. A petition will be drawn
upon and addressed to Governor Hast
ings appealing to him not to Insist on
a cut in the appropriation. Those at
the head of the movement declare the
petition will be signed by every mem
ber of the legislature, with the excep
tion of those from Philadelphia and
Allegheny. A conference of the leaders
of the countrymen will be held this
week to draft the petition and appoint
a committee to circulate It. It Is now
certain that an aggressive fight will be
made to prevent a change In the appro
priation. Chairman Marshall, of the house ap
propriations committee. Is getting the
general appropriation bill In shape to
report. It Is expected It will be ready
to be brought out next week. It will
provide only $10,000,000 for the schools
for the next two years. A delegation
of rural members went to Washington
last week and appealed to Senator
Quay to use his Influenei to prevent
the proposed cut in the nproprlation.
The senator very candidly told the
party that he believed In taking $1,000,
000 off the schools and giving It to
charity.
The rural members are afraid thl3
will be disastrous to the Republican
party next year In the election for
members of the senate and house.
They use the argument that In close
districts this will be used against the
Republican candidates by the Dem
ocrats with good effect, especially after
the legislature has created so many
offices and raised the salary of the bank
commissioner and other state officials.
All these things have been told to Sena
tor Quay and Governor Hastings, yet
they persist In their belief that the only
way to take care of the charitable In
stltvulons Is to cut the schools.
MaSiy members believe the $4,000,000
on deposit in the state bank should be
withdrawn and a portion of It appro
priated to charity. Governor Hasting?
is opposed to this scheme. He says
this money should be kept Intact to be
used in case of an emergency like the
Johnstown flood. A state official said
today that if the school appropriation
was reduced either the salaries of the
teachers would have to be cut or the
amount of the tax levy Increased. "I
should be very sorry If the legislature
disturbs the school funds," he added.
"A smaller appropriation means poor
pay for teachers and that means less
efficiency of the system."
Delaware Harbor Bill Abandoned.
The friends of the bill appropriating
$."0,000 to improve the Delaware river
harbor have abandoned all hope of It
becoming a law. The depleted condi
tion of the state treasury precludes all
possibility of this appropriation. The
same may be said also of the half mil
lion dollars asked Tor by the University
of Pennsylvania to erect new dormi
tories. The soldiers' orphans schools
commission has given up all hope of se
curing an appropriation to enlarge tha
Industrial school at Scotland and has
decided not to Introduce the bill which'
had been prepared appropriating $350,
000 to be used for the erection of cot
tages. The proposed cut In the school appro
priation has endangered the passage of
the bills providing for the expenses of
the houses elections committee In the
session of 1SJ5, In Investigating the
four election contests. The expenses
of the committee, including the salary
of Its stenographer, aggregated over
$250,000, and bills for this amount have
been reported from the appropriations
committee and were read the first time
this evening In the house.
It U estimated that the Heller-Lau-bach
senatorial contest will not cost
less than $25,000, and the Investigation
of the management of the state Insane
hospital at Norrlstown and Werners
vllle upward of $10,000. The rural mem
bers say all this money could have
been saved to the state If the members
were as economical at the opening of
the session as at present. It Is also
argued that the proposed Investigation
of the municipal affairs of Philadelphia
will cost mors than all these election
contests combined.
'I ho Grangers Protest.
The state grange has Hooded the leg
islature with petitions protesting
against any change in the school appro
priation. The grangers claim the com
pulsory education bill, should It become
a law, will necessitate an Increase In
tho school facilities, and a consequent
Increase in the expenses of running the
schools. By somo misunderstanding
the Farr compulsory education bill has
not yet reached the governor. It was
reported from the conference commit
tee last Thursday and tins since been
lingering In the house or senate trans
cribing rooms to bo transcribed.
The Smith religious garb bill Is still
on the senate calendar awaiting second
reading. .The friends of the measure
are beginning to become alarmed at the
delay In celay In calling It up and will
endeavor to have aatlon taken on It this
week. The Impression Is that the pro
fessed friends of the bill Intend holding
It back until near the crone of the ses
nion and then amend It to meet their
views or drop It altogether. The legis
lative committee of the Junior Order of
the United American Mechanics Is
watching the bill and will not consent
to any such arrangement. The com
inlttee claim there Is no reason to delay
the passage of the bill. The members
have consented to the amendment of
Benator Kllnn placing the penalty for
violation of the proposed act upon tho
school boairdsemploylug teuchrs wear
lng religious garbs Instead of upon the
teachers.
ThomaB ltoblnson, of P.utlurV filed
his bond toduy and took tho oatli of of
lice as superintendent of public printing
uml binding. Mr. KeMnson succeeds
Colonel Wllllums 1 In. a drier, of CO'
lumblii, who was uppolnted by Clover
nor Pattlson.
Tlio IIoiisj nt Work.
The house met at 8 o'clock tonight
and eighty-eight bills that were on first
reudlnjr were quickly dlHjuised of.
These Included the appropriation bills
reiHirte.l last week. The bill placing a
tax of 24 cents on each barrel of beer
brewed In the state wus reported nf
tlrmutlvcly from 'the ways uml means
committee. The house reconsidered Its
vote by which It concurred In the sen
ate uinendineuts to the house 1)111 con
stituting u board of revision of 'taxes
In cities of the third class. It then iv
fused to concur In the senate amend
melits and the bill will now be referred
to a committee on conference.
Among the bills which passed finally
were 'the following: Granting relief to
a number of members of the National
Guard who contracted disease while In
service at Homestead and at the en
campineut at Gettysburg; prohibiting
the killing of certain game In Tioga
county for a period of 'three years; for
the protection of game In ledford
county.
ELKIXS' STKAXtiK TALE.
A lilch Man's Son Is Caught Wandering
Aimlessly About Jersey City-Ills Pe
culiar Explanation.
Jersey City. May 13. A young man
who claims to be Frank Elklns. 27
years old, of Falrmount avenue, Phila
delphia, was picked up by the Union
Hill police early this morning wander
ing aimlessly about the streets. He ap
peared to be half dazed. His clothing
consisted of a ragged coat and a dirty
pair of overalls. He had on a pair of
light russet shoes, but wore no hat.
After he had had a good sluep he was
more rational and was able to answer
questions. The story he tells Is rather
sensational. The police are Inclined to
doubt It. He Is the son of wealthy par
ents, he says. His father Is superin
tendent of a traction company In
Philadelphia, and Is one of the best
known and most influential residents
of the Quaker City. Friday night, the
young man says, he left home to meet
a friend. Later he stopped at a house
of 111 reput. He had several drinks, be
came unconscious, and knew no more
until he awoke to find himself In a cell
In a town many miles from his home.
When he started out Friday evening,
he says, he wore a new spring suit, a
gold watch and chain- worth $150, a
diamond pin worth $125 and had $67 In
his inside pocket. He says he cannot
understand how he got to Union Hill.
He refused to give his father's name or
address, or to state what traction com
pany he is superintendent of. His ex
cuse for refusing to do so was that he
did not care to have his parents wor
ried or disgraced. The police will In
vestigate his story.
Philadelphia, May 13. Inquiry was
made here tonight as to the where
abouts of the relatives of Frank Elklns,
the young man who was picked up by
the police early this morning while
wandering around the streets of Jer
sey City, N. J. There Is no one named
Elklns connected with the superintend
ency of any traction company here out
side of William L. Elklns, the railway
magnate, who knows nothing of the
young man, and no one here can be
found to offer anything In substantia
tion of his story.
TO TAX BICYCLISTS.
Florida Also Desires More Rcvcnuo from
Tar Companies.
Jacksonville, Fla., May 13. In the
legislature at Tallahassee a bill was In
troduced providing for a special tax on
all bicycles In use In Florida, and an
other new measure attacks the Pull
man and other sleeping car companies
with a special assessment and a Bpeclal
tax.
This la In addition to the small mile
age tax now assessed on all such com
panies whose cars are run In Florida.
Tliolr Wage Advanced.
tmt-kitT-cr Miiv 1". Tnrtiiv tho mannirGrs
of the Moorohead Bros'. Vesuvius Iron
works, located at Sharpshurg, voluntarily
advanced the wages of their 300 employes
an average of 15 per cent. Every em
ploye received an Increase in pay.
flnnkor tho Winner.
Paris, May 13. In the bicycle races In
the Velodrome De L'Est, today, Oeorge
Hanker,! of Pittsburg, Pa,, won the two
kiinmutra event, heatlnir Barns and Vas-
sour. Banker was the "scratch" man.
Strlks and Lockout.
Providence, R. I., May 13. All flf the
mills at Olneyvllle are shut down today.
Nine thousand operatives are Idle by the
strike and lockout.
STATE NEWS CLEANINGS.
The boom In oil has started many opera
tions In Potter county.
The sheriff of Elk cbunty was fined $25
for killing trout with lime.
Slate quarrymen, who struck at Bangor,
have returned to work at their old wages.
Lancaster's Young Men's Christian as
sociation will spend $450,000 on a new build
lng. Ttascals at Columbia scattered tacks In
the street and the tiros of thirty bicycles
wore ruined,
A bicycler at Reading ran over and dan
gerously Injured the. young son of Rich
ard J. Wall.
A new rolling mill, 214 feet long by 81
feet wide, is being built by tho Pennsyl
vania Steel company, at Btuelton.
In ten years 12,000 people! have been mar
ried In Lehigh county, which Is about one
sixth of tho total population.
Bthlehcm police are looking for a
scoundrel who has on two occasions placed
dynamite bombs near Mrs. Esther Miller's
residence.
Daughters of the Revolution at Norrls
town have formally protested against the
removal of General Hancock's body to
Arlington. '
The moral crusade has struck Wilkes
rsarro and Mayor Nichols fined Elizabeth
Stewart $1,000 for renting a. house for a
questionable purpose.
RESULTS OF THE COLD WAVE
Chicago Given Cheering News from
riftcen States.
NEW YOKKGKAl'E CK0F MIXED
Much Pumngo Is Dono to Crops lilao
where-Snow Storms in Aticlilguil
and WIscunHln-l'onnsylvunia
Uets a Slight Tasto.
Chicago, May 13. Cheering news
cc m oh from the fifteen states visited by
frost yesterday morning. The crops
are reported safe. Wheat and outs ex
caped uninjured, because neither had
begun to Joint, und where cut down by
tho frost or heavy rains will sprout
again. Corn was lightly nipped by 'the
wild In a few wtutes, but not enough to
occasion the slightest ulnrm thut tho
yield will bo uffected to uny notice'
able extent. Small fruits, garden truck
and vegetables have suffered from tho
frost In a few of .the northern Btates,
but no damage of any consequence Is
reported elsewhere. Secretary Garrard,
of the state board of agriculture, at
trlbU'tes 'the death of millions of chlneh
bugs to .the henvy rulni, and says the
ground needed JUHt such an amount of
moisture to make tho future of thu
crops more promising.
Predictions wfre made by 'the
weather bureaus last night that fair
and warmer weather would visit Chi
cago toduy. Reports from 'the various
signal stations showed a rising tem
perature In all of 4he states west of Il
linois. Ilarrlsburg, To., May 13. The cold
wave Beems to have done no damage In
this region owing to the high wind
which prevailed last night. U'rost,
however, is feared tonight. '
Injury Is Slight Here.
JohnBtown. Pa., May 13. General In
quiry made In nil parts of Cambria ana
Somerset counties leads to the Informa
tion that the frost early this morning
did not do extensive damage. Orchards
escaped serious damage, while the
Injury to grape vines, excepting In a
few exposed localties, was very sugni.
Tender garden truck, such as tomatoes
and cucumbers, were somewhat blight
ed, but on the whole the injury has
been little all roun.d
Dunkirk, N. Y., May 13. Frost ruined
the entire grape crop of Chautauqua
grape belt. The loss is at least one and
a half million dollars. That figure Is tho
value of last year's crop, and by reason
of new acreage coming Into bearing
the crop this year would have been
much larger. The Chautauqua grape
belt extends from Erie county through
Westward to Erie. Other fruit suf
fered nearly as much.
Wllllamsport, Pa., May 13. The cold
wave did little damage In this vicinity,
the thermometer not falling below 35
degrees.
Korty-Ono Dcgreos at Road lng.
Reading, Pa., 'May. 13. As far as oan
be learned no damage waa done to
growing crops In this section of Penn
sylvania 'by the sudden fall of tem
perature. The lowest point reached
was 41 degrees.
Columbus, O., May 13. Assistant
Secretary James W. Fleming, of the
state board of agriculture, states the
frost in Ohio last night did little dam
age except to the early eweet corn and
strawberries.
Milwaukee, Wis., May 13. Reports
received here from all sections of Wis
consin Indicate a general frost, aceom-
anled In many arts by high winds and
snow, reaching in some cases the se
verity of a blizzard. The freezing
weather and snow began last night and
continued throughout today. Early
fruit and vegetables, not of the hardy
kind, and much grain have been de
stroyed.
Snow flows at Grand Rnpids.
Grand Rapids, Mich., May 13. West
ern and northern Michigan was visited
by a heavy snow storm today, and
grave fears are felt for fruit, as tho
storm Is heaviest through the fruit belt.
In this city the full of snow commenced
about 3 p. m. und 1b not aa great as It
Is reported from all around, especially
from the northern part of tho Btate,
where railroad traffic Is badly hindered.
Snow plows were sent from this city to
clear the tracks. Snow to tho depth of
18 Inches Is reported.
HE PRAYED TOO LOUD.
A Brooklyn Glazlor Oots Into a Fight In n
Synogngno.
New York, May 13. Pencus Pome-
ranz, a Brooklyn glazier, went to a
synagogue Saturday morning to pray.
He prayed so loud that Samuel Flnkel-
steln, a young man, whose father has
a butcher shop under the synagogue,
told him to be quiet. Tho glazier talked
back and Finkelstoln pulled his whis
kers. In the fight that followed Finkel
steln's brother and futher took ahand,
and between them they floored the
glazier.
When order was restored Pomeranz
lay prone In his pew. A tuft of his
whiskers was gone and 'he had two cuts
In the hid. He secured a summons for
the arrest of tho Flnkelstelns.
SKELETON IN A MOUND.
Remains of One of tho Early Explorers
Unearthed at Alton.
Alton, III., May 13. While removing
an old Indian mound In the heart of
this city today workmen took out a
skeleton which looked unlike that of
the natives frequently found, and close
by Its side was unearthed a large steel,
brass mounted rapier of the make of
200 years ago.
How this white mancame to be burled
here among the savages before the
country was civilized Is an Interesting
problem that may never be solved.
One theory advanced Is that the man
was a follower of Father Marquette on
his tour of discovery down the Missis
sippi, who died and was burled here
with his sword.
COMPANY G WILL LIVE.
Sufficient Numbor of Men to Maintain
Oriutnlmtlon Will Ue-Knllst.
Special to the 8c ran ton Tribune
Montrose, May 13. Company O, Thir
teenth regiment, will live unless some
thing supernatural intervenes. The
number sufficient to maintain Its or
ganization will be forthcoming next
Thursday, when annual muster and In
spection occurs. The company has bad
no trouble In enlisting men, but tho
high standard attained by the company
caused those In command to exclude all
who would, by habits and personality,
reduce tho company to an Inferior
grade.
Many old members are re-enllstlng,
and It seems as If everybody was heart
and soul In keeping Company G here:
Lieutenants McCauslnnd and Jessup
were beaming and enthusiastic when
seen today, and Captain Alney, though
not seen, was said to bo silently re
Jolclng.
DRANK A QUART OF WHISKY.
Joseph Swurti llntcrtuins IIIh Friends and
Then Drops Dead.
Shamokln, Pa., May 13. A crowd of
men this morning went Into a saloon
with Joseph Hwnrtz to see him drln't a
quart of whisky for a wager, and they
emerged In a little while bearing his
corpse. It was a tradition that Hwartz
could drink two quarts of the reddest
liquor at ono time, und when the ques
tion arose as to whether he could swal
low the quart Joe nhrugged his shoul
ders contemptuously. Without cere
mony he ordered tho fiery liquor. Down
his throat coursed the stuff, and his
eyes sparkled. Finally the lust drop
was down, and Joe cant a triumphant
glance at his comitunlons. Then ho
sang a song and danced a Jig.
His bruin hud been truned, and he
said his nerves tingled as though a
thousand needles were pricking him.
Faster went his feet, until he suddenly
threw his arms In the air and grew
deathly pale. He groaned, dropped to
the floor, and the merry shouts of his
comrades died Into exclumatluiiw of
alarm. They rushed to his side and he
seemed In awful ngony, but unable to
speak. Ho becum'e senseless In a few
minutes and then died.
ECKLEY H. COXE DEAD.
Tho Well Known Coul Operator Passes
A wa y.
Drlfton. Pa.. Mnv 1.1. TVUlov Tl. rum
died at his home here at 10.25 o'clock
this morning, aged 56 years. Mr. Coxe
had been suffering from rheumatism
for several weeks. This was followed
a few days ago with pneumonia. Dr.
Da Costa, of Philadelphia, and other
well-known physicians were brought
here, but the disease could not be
checked.
There Is unlvprsfll Hnrrnw nmnna- all
classes in this vicinity. Burial will be
at Drlfton, In accordance with the re
quest of Mr. Coxe.
TRIES TO KILL HERSELF.
Detroit Widow Takes Poison and Later
Jumps Into a Lake.
Duluth, May 13. Mrs. Mary E. Cam
eron, a widow 45 years old, whose home
Is In Detroit, Mich., tried to commit
suicide here today. During the night
she took poison In her room at the
Spalding hotel, but her stomach re
fused to retain It, and the attempt was
unsuccessful, v
About 8 o'clock this morning she
threw herself off one of the docks Into
the bay. She was rescued some minutes
later and Is still alive. Despondency Is
tho cause. She came here on Thursday.
She has a son, 21 years old, residing In
New York city.
SOCIETY MAN'S FALL.
Sidney Carr Drops from tho flow Window
of Ills House and Is Killed.
Baltimore, May 13. Sidney Carr, a
prominent society man fell from the
window of his house at 6 West Read
street this afternoon and received in
juries that resulted in his death an
hour later.
The Carr family has for many years
been prominent In Virginia as well as
In, this city. The late Mrs. Newell Mar
tin, formerly Mrs. Pegram, of Confed
erate fame, was Mr. Carr's sister. He
was 40 years old.
DORMITORY BURNED.
Ono Hundred and Fifty Students Have
Narrow Escapes from Death.
Butler, Pa., May 13. The boys' dor
mitory at Slippery Rock State Normal
school at Butler, Pa., was entirely de
stroyed by fire this morning. There
were 150 boys sleeping In the building
and many narrow escapes from death
are reported.
The students lost all of their effects.
The Iosa on building And contents Is
$35,000; Insurance, $20,000.
Working nt I'ocnhontcs Mine
Roanoke, Va,, Mny 18. Ono hundred new
men went to work at Pocahontas mines
toduy. which enabled tho compnny to get
out about one-half Its product. The Rich
mond Blues arrived today to relieve some
of the soldiers who have been on duty ten
days. Governor O'KerraJl Is still at Poca
hontas.
CAUGHT FROM THE WIRES.
Thn trlnl of Inspector McLRtishlln has
cost New York taxpayers about $30,00
Congressman C. F. Joy, of 8t. Louis,
wedded at San Francisco Mrs, Elizabeth
Dyer,
The Boston police nabbed George O.
Davis, one of the eleverest forgers In the
country.
For attempted assault Upon a 17-ycnr-old
girl, Joseph Burrles, colored, was hanged
at St. Joseph, Mo.
Wisconsin capitalists have bought
French Mlno telephone patents to light
the Bell company.
A terrific fall of hailstones, as large as
hlokory nuts, at Rochester, N. Y., did
thousands of dollars' damage.
James Plerson. a civil engineer, died In
Bollevue hospital, New York, yesterday,
as a result of having been drugged, beaten
and robbed.
Indictment for embezzlmont was found
at Duluth against A. T. Bhorer, ex-presl-dent
of the United States Loan and In
vestment company.
The murder of F. Koebel, a contractor,
at Hullon, O., Is laid to John Kline, an ox
convict and tramp, who was arrested at
Cleveland.
The Canadian cruiser Petrel, on Lake
Brie, captured, off Rondeau Harbor, five
miles of fishing nots, supposed to belong
to Americans,
On attachment for $260 back salary of
stage manager and lending lady, the
"Whlto Squadron" company's property
was seised at Chicago.
With considerable money of W. II. Devln
& Co., belt manufacturers, at East Hamp
ton, Conn., Frank W. Bevln, the book
keeper, has disappeared.
Negroes near Lexington, Ky., are wild
over the acquittal of William Ship, white,
who klllod Samuel Brown, colored, with
whose wife he had been Intimate.
JACKSON FAVORS THE TAX
That Is the Opinion of Close Ob
servers at Washinyton.
DECISION KILL BE SUSTAINED
Tho Impression Regarding Justice Jack
son's Probable Decision Gains
Ground Duily-A Moro Cheerful
Feeling at the Treasury.
Washington, May 13. Justice Jock
son called at the white house today and
paid his respects to the president. He
expects to leave for TtnticBiiee tonight
or tomorrow In tho expectation of re
turning here In time fur the October
term of the court, and his house Is be
ing put In repair in anticiputlwn of his
tuklng up his permanent residence hero
at that time.
The officials of tho government lnter
cMted in revenues ure much more hope
ful of a favoruble decision by the Su
preme court on tho income tax. W'hllo
formerly expressing the belief that the
income tux lav would be upset, they
now say tlvat they believe the fuctii In
reference to Saturday's conference of
the Supreme court make them confi
dent that Justice Jackson has voted In
favor of tlje constitutionality of tho
luw, at least as respects the points on
which the court was divided.
The Income tax returns already re
ceived at the treasury department are
being classified and recorded. Al
though the officials are extremely re
ticent on the subject, It Is believed that
the rent exemptions will amount to DO
per cent, of the whole. The whole num
ber of returns made under the law are
approximately 150,000, and the estimate
Is made that these represent not more
than 75 per cent, of the number of per
sons legally liable under the law.
If the recent decision of the court Is
sustained next Monday, as Is now re
garded as altogether probable, the de
linquents will certainly be proceeded
against as rapidly as possible, and It Is
thought that the 60 per cent, penalty
Imposed by the law will not be remit
ted In any case. It Is asserted that the
persons who have failed to make re
turns have done so with a clear under
standing of the law and In many cases
have refused to comply with it, on legal
advice, preferring to take their chances
of being compelled to pay the penalty.
SHOT WHILE ASLEEP.
As Senator Morrlssey Slmnro.'od Maud
Lewis Put a Bullet in His Drain.
St. Louis, Mo., May 13. State Sena
tor Peter R. Morrissey was murdered
while asleep in bed about 3 o'clock this
morning by Maud Lewis, at her home,
3319 Washington street. The woman
sent a bullet crashing through Mor
rissey's brain, placing the muzzle of
the pistol against the sleeping man's
left eye and pulling the trigger. She
also shot htm In the mouth.
Deceased was 32 years old and single.
Ho was one of the best known Dem
ocrats In St. Louis and was just enter
ing on his fourth year in the state sen
ate. Last night Morrissey and several
companions were drinking heavily, and
late at night he went to the Lowls wo
man's home and retired. They had
lived together for years, and the wo
man was of a jealous nature. It Is sup
posed she killed htm as the result of a
quarrel. His death was Instantaneous.
Maud Lewis, half crazed over her deed.
Is strapped to a cot in a prisoner's cell
at the city hospital.
Jefferson City, Mo., May 13. The kill
ing of Senator P. F. Morrissey In St.
Louis leaves the Democrats with only
eighteen senators. Just enough to paas
a bill if they are all in their seats. A
successor cannot be elected In time to
take his seat this session. The tragedy
caused a sensation at the capltol.
MURDERED FOR SHOUTING.
Indiana Youth Fatally Denton at a Dose
Unll (iiimc.
Franklin, Ind., May 13. During a
base ball game here Friday, Chester
Overatreet, aged 10 years, was sitting
In the Judges' stand, and made himself
conspicuous by yelling at the players
In the game.
This enraged James Rothbaust,' who
threw a brick at the boy, fatally Injur
lug him, Rothbaust is 24 years of age,
and was intoxicated. After striking
the boy he refused to allow anyone to
enter tho stand to see how badly he
was Injured until forced to do so by the
police.
GAVE A CERTAIN CURE.
Patrons of a Green Hnv Alan, However,
Appcnl to tho Law,
Green Bay, Wis., May 13.-J. Henry
Delaney, a prominent merchant tailor
of this city, was arrested today by gov
ernment otllclals charged with using
tho malls to defraud. The complaint
alleges he advertised In the Pittsburg
DiHpatch and other eastern papers to
give the receipt of a cure for the liquor
habit for $1.
Tho receipt, It In claimed, was to
take tho pledge and keep It. The com
plainant In the present case Is a Pitts
burg minister. Delaney was given a
hearing before the court commissioner
and bound over.
DEATH IN A DEER BOTTLE.
Poison Thought to llnvo Killed a Rich
Man and Ills Farm Hand.
Mount Sterling, 111., May 13. A dose
of polaon Is supposed to have caused the
sudden death Friday of James Robin
son, the richest stock raiser and land
owner In the county, and Frank May
field, his hired man.
The two drank a bottle of beer and
both became suddenly 111. Mayfleld died
yesterday. Some of tho beer was
brought here to be analyzed.
STRIKE IN A WOOLEN MILL.
Four Hundred Girls Hoot at a Now
Foreman.
Trenton, N. J., May 13. Four hun
dred girls employed in Samuel K. Wil
son's woolen mill went on strike for
several hours this morning on account
of the action of Superintendent Hill In
dismissing William McGregor, who had
been' foreman In the weaving depart
ment for fourteen years. When
Charles F. Sloan, of Philadelphia, the
man appointed In McGregor's place, ap
peared at the mill this morning, he
waa hooted and Jeered ait by the girle.
while some of tho smaller boys In the
place attempted to kisso him with a
rope, but the girls prevented this.
Sloan was then chased out of the
mill and through the streets by a large
crowd of girls and boys. Superintend
ent Hill and Mr. Wilson both refused
to consent to McGregor's retention, and
after about three hours parleying the
girls decided to go to work again after
being promised fair treatment by the
new foreman. Superintendent Hill Is
himself a new man, and the dismissal
of McGregor Is taken as indicating a
change In the heads of the different de
PRESIDENT CATCHES FISH.
Mr. Cleveland Surprises Ills Friends with
Seventeen Speckled llcautics.
Washington, May 13. Mr. Cleveland
has surprised fishermen In this seutlon
of the country In being able to find
trout In a stream within fifty miles of
Washington. Such a thing had been
unheard of until yesterday morning,
when several friends of the president
received presents of "speckled beau
ties" brought back by him. The size
of catch ha:) dwindled today from first
reports, and Mr. Cleveland Is now
credited with only seventeen trout.
The family at Woodley are making
arrangement for going away for the
summer. It is likely thnt Gray Gables
will see Mrs. Cleveland iid the chil
dren by the first of June and the presi
dent will accompany them there, re
turning to Washington for a short stay
as soon as they are settled.
Mr. Cleveland Is understood to have
been negotiating for the purchase of
another cottage near his summer home,
but for what purpose Is not known.
MURDEROUS ASSAULT.
Moore linker Is Aitnckcd by an Unknown
Thus.
New Brunswlck, N. J., May 13.
Moore Baker, a young farmer of
Franklin Park, six miles from here,
was murderously assaulted last night
on the Franklin Park road by an un
known person.
It is supposed that the crime was
committed by a colored man In revenge
for the killing of the negroes. Pierson
and Baker, by Moore Baker, who was
aroused from his sleep on the night of
March 1, 1894, to find that his wife and
ohlld had been murdered by the two
negroes in his bedroom. Baker will
recover.
FOUND BURIED TREASURE.
A New York Mnn Digs I'p a Ilox of Gold
ond Silver Money.
Riverside, N. Y., May 13. John A.
Peterson, a resident of Baiting Hollow,
while excavating for a cistern on the
premises of George B. Wells Tuesday
last, found an old Iron box containing
a quantity of gold and silver coins.
The money had evidently been de
posited where it was found for at least
a century. There are thoee who Insist
that Peterson discovered some of the
gold once belonging to Captain Kldd.
Peterson refuses to discuss the find.
SMALL COAL WAR.
Local Dealers at Rome, New York, Sell at
Job Lot Rates.
Rome, X. Y., May 13. There Is a coal
war on here among dealers backed by
the coal companies. Coal which has
been retailing at $4.50 per ton since last
fall, dropped last week to $3.50, then to
$3.25 and Is now eold at $3.
It Is said that the Ontario and West
ern and the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western companies are at the bot
tom of the fight, and thai: each Is try
ing to drive the other out of the field.
REBELS DISPERSED.
Government Troops Arc Victorious . at
Caharan, Cuba.
Havana, Mny 13. General Suarez
Valdes, commanding the government
troops in the north coast provinces, re
ports that his forces have had an en
gagement with the Insurgents at San
Lorenzo Moscones and also at Cabaran,
in both of which, lights the rebels were
dispersed.
The government lopt one officer,
killed. The rebel loss is unknown.
CIGARETTES SHUT OUT.
City Council of Ripon, Wis., Adopts a
License of 500.
Jilpon, Wis.. May 13. Thn city coun
cil passed an ordinance requiring a li
cense fee of $500 for tho sale of cigar
ettes. This virtually prohibits their sale.
Cigarette smoking in public buildings Is
made punishable by a. $10 line.
WASHINGTON CHAT.
Snator Mitchell comes Imek from Wis
consin greatly surprised at the growth of
the silver cruzo In that state.
General Casey, Into chief of engineers,
United States army, who retired on Fri
day, Is quit 111 from a chronic complaint.
Secretary lloko PmVth has Invited the
delegates to tho Southern Baptist con
ference to go to Mount Vernon as his
guests on Monday next.
Howard Krcts, the new superintendent
of tho Philadelphia mint, and W. E. Mor
gan, coiner of the mint, will aenume their
respective duties on Monday, May 20.
8eeond Assistant Postmaster General
Ncllson will, within the next two weeks,
close an agreement with tho Broadway
Surface line for a street railway mail ser
vice on Broadway, New York.
The Inst chapter In the Mexlco-Oatite-mala
Incident was closed Inst Wednes
day, when the Mexican senate ratified tho
treaty, which provided for a settlement
of the boundary dispute between the two
countries.
The president has appointed as civil ?cr
Vice commissioners the following: Will
lam G. Rice, of Albany, N. Y to Bucceod
Theodore Roosovelt; ex-postmaster John
B. Harlow, of St. Louis, to succeed Charles
H. Lyman.
The report circulated that Japan Is ne
gotiating a treaty with Nicaragua which
will give her Important privileges In con
nection with the proposed Nicaragua,
canal proves to be without the slightest
foundation In fact.
The Plymptom Manufacturing company
and tho Morgan Envelopo compnny, c.f
Hartford, Conn., have been awarded the
contract for supplying tho pontollice de
partment with registered package enve
lopes, tag and dead-letter envelopes for
the next fiscal year.
WEATHER REPORT.
For eastern Pennsylvania, Increasing
cloudiness with rain; cooler, southerly
wlads, becoming northwesterly.
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