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SCIiAXTON, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 29, 1895.
TWO CENTS A COPY.
For Cheney Bros. 24-Inch Printed Silks,
marks a value that stands unprece
dented. The patterns are the very latest, the
colorings the most choice, the make the
beet that comes from an American
town, and the price Is Just exuctly half
their real value.
They come In Navy, Goblin, Tele
graph Blue, White, Cream, Beige.
Gray, ' Reseda, Myrtle and Black
grounds, while the patterns Include the
new Electric Spray Effects, dainty
floral styles, figures, criss-cross lines,
stripes, etc.
We positively guarantee the 811k to
be worth 75c. a yard.
Unprecedented Sale
Price 37c.
GLOBE WAEEMOUSEc
-
and upwards, on an easily graded price
list, gives but a hint at the very extra
values we are offering In
Ladies' Serge Suits
Ladies' Alpaca Suits
Ladies' Duck Suits
We have given more than our usual
attention to this rapidly developing
department this season. As a result
Values are bettered
Styles are bettered
. Making is bettered
Cut is bettered
and finish and general get-up could not
be Improved on. Sleeves and skirts
fully fill the bill for fashion's latest de
mands. WAREHOUSE,
Light-weight Spring Capes, correct In
everything that comes under the head
ing of fashion.
Maybe a dozen kinds in all, but all
equally right as to style.
We've divided them Into three little
lots and shrunk the prices as follows:
$3.60 Capes now$2.62,c
8.00 5.25
11.50 " 7.78k
A FEW
Very choice Capes, richly trimmed and
made up from materials of superb
quality; have been price cut from
$18.00 to $10.00
, 20.00 to 12.00
- Etc
WAREHOUSE
IN
Velour and. tho various other 811k
Weave Capes, we've started In to clean
up stocks with a will, and as we
haven't a reat many left altogether,
we've slaughtered former price marks
with a ruthless hand.
$12 Capes,
16.50
17.00
22.50
now' $7,621,
10.50
11.25
15.75
In some instances wo have only one
or two Capes left of a kind. Figure
on paying about two-thirds of their
actual value for them now, and you
won't go far wide of the mark.
GLOBE WAREHOUSE.
SMITH GARB Bill PASSES
Kecclvcs a large Majority of Votes
in the Stutc Senate
A PROTEST FR0.H MEXX0XITES
Delegation from tho Scot Calls t'pon
Governor Hustings-Debate Vpoa
tho Qiiestlon-Spcoahcs by Sen
ator Vaughun and Others.
Special to tho Scranton Tribune.
Harrlaburg. Pa., May 28. The gal
leries of tho senate today pre
sented an Unusual sight. More than
fifty Mennonitcs from Lancaster county
were seated there. The men were clad
In the plain attire that marks this de
nomination, and the women, their old
fashioned poke-bonnets removed, wore
little white muBlin caps, and caps and
dresses of sober black, drab or brown.
They were there to protest against
the passage of the Smith religious garb
bill, which was a special order for
12 o'clock. There was, n largo attend
ance of spectators, the floor of the sen
ate being crowded, and tho senators
were present In force.
At the close of the morning session
tho Mennonitcs were escorted to the
executive department by the senators
and representatives from Lancuster
county and Introduced to Governor
Hastings. Short addresses were made
by Bishops Rrubaker and Eby. They
appealed to the governor not to consid
er the bill from a political standpoint,
but from a religious standpoint. If It
becomes a law It would drive the mem
bers of their sect out of the schools as
teachers. Governor Hastings said he
was proud to be presented to such a
delegation of men and women. He was
glad to see them and promised to give
the bill very careful consideration when
It came before him for his action. He
would remember what the bishops had
said, and would try to do his duty In
the matter.
The friends of the bill were by no
means missing during the proceedings
of the senute. Representatives Smith
and Spanger, the champions of the
measure In the house, mingled with the
senators urging them not to be in
fluenced against the measure by the
presence of the Mennonttes. Ex-State
Councillors Buser and Raymond, of the
Junior Order of United American Me
chanics, and other members of the legis
lative committee of the order, were on
hand. John W. German, of this city, a
leading member of the Patriotic Order
Sons of America, and other representa
tives of the patriotic societies were pres
ent to encourage the senators who were
pledged to Its support.
The debate on the bill was opened by
Senator KauO'man, of Lancaster. He
said the opposition to It was not con
fined to any single denomination. He
had received letters from members of
the Christian Endeavor society, the Ep
worth league, the Brotherhood of An
drew and Philip and the Society and
Brotherhood of St. Andrew, protesting
against Its passage. But he particular
ly spoke In behalf of the 50,000 Mennon
itcs and Dunkards of the state, 15,000 of
whom live In Lancaster county. They
were a people who were never In the
almshouse, never In Jail and never went
to law.
Senator Kauffman protested against
the passage of the bill because It pre
vented the wives and daughters of the
Mennonites and Dunkards from teach
in?: In the public schools unless they
took off their caps and cape, which were
the emblems of their religion, purity
and piety. It had been argued that tho
bill would not apply to them. Then let
that be specified in Its provisions. It
had been argued that It would never be
enforced against them, but they were
too conscientious to apply for a teach
er's position In violation of law. It was
a serious question, a question of hearts
and homes, and too high and holy to
be settled on grounds of political policy.
The senator appealed to his colleagues
not to put such a bill on the statute
books.
.Mechanics Heard From.
Senator Green, of Berks, said he had
resolutions In favor of the bill from
lodges representing 1,200 members of
the Junior Order of United American
Mechanics in his district. He thought
these people were needlessly alarmed
at stories of sectarian attacks on the
public schools. Any man or set of men
who would dare to attempt to tear down
that system should be branded as a
traitor. But It was not menaced, and
It was too firmly Intrenched In the peo
ple's hearts to be successfully attacked.
Senator Green reviewed the Gallitzln
es.se at length, and read from the opin
ion of the supreme court to show that
the bill was unconstitutional. He said
no Democrat In the senate would vote
for it and that If it passed the time
would come when the people would be
ashamed of It, as are the people of
Massachusetts when told of the burn
In sf of witches In Salem 200 years ago.
Senator FHnn, of Allegheny, said the
most of Senator Gi ten's arguments
were ridiculous. For himself he be
longed to no patriotic order. He had
been bitterly opposed to the bill as It
came from the house. But It was now
a proper bill and should pass. Whether
It affected these people present, or any
other denomination. It should pass.
Some years ego a Catholic minister in
Pittsburg, one of his best friends and a
member of his party, became principal
of one of the public schools. Though
this was as but a grain of sand upon the
seashore, he could recall nothing that
had aroused a deeper sentiment In that
olty.
The Allegheny senator said If this
bill were not passed the schools would
get where they never should go, and
that was Into politics. If this bill
failed another would come up. Per
haps It would be attempted to uni
form the teachers. He believed it
would be riht to do anything to keep
religion and politics out of the public
school question. This bill was a con
servative measure. It placed no pen
alty upon the teacher, and It should
become a law.
Senator VauRlion'a Speech. '
Senator Vaughan, of - Lackawanna,
said that while the bill was a seneral
one It was aimed, at certain sisters of
St. Joseph, who tauitht In the Gallltzln
schools. He represented a largo num
ber of Roman Catholics and was htm
eslf a member of Wiat church. The bill
waa unconstitutional, as It deprived
citizens of the right to teach in the
public schools . merely because they
wore a gaTb required by their church.
In this It was an Interference with
personal liberty and a violation of
the constitutional provision which de
clared that all men should worship God
In accordance with the dictates of their
conscience. Ho attacked the patriotic
orders for teaching In effect that this
was a Protestant rtate,and that Cath
olics had no right here. . Senator
Vaughan defended the members of the
Roman Cathollo slaterhoodB from the
charge' of teaching sectarianism, and
pointed out tliclr service In sickness
and on the battle fields of the country
In caring for tha wounded und dying.
Mnukrotl Dill 1'nnaod.
TheMaekrell bill, prohlbltlnir the sale
of liquor by wholesale dealers In less
quantities thnn a gallon, made a nar
row escape today from defeat In the
house. The opposition to the measure
is very strong- and would have killed
It had its friends not postponed It
after third reading. Mr. Muckrell made
a hard light against heavy odds and
exects to get the bll through Anally
before the close of the week.
The bill wus taken up at the morning
stslon for third rending and final
passage. Mr. Crothers. of Philadel
phia, at once attacked It. ' He Con
tended It would work mischief If It be
came a law and would reduce the rev
enues of tho state. Ho also claimed
this proposition would furco those -who
were obliged to purchase liquor of any
kind for medicinal or cooking purposes
to get It ct 'the saloons. This was
wrong nnd for this reason, If for no
other, the bill ought not to become a
law.
Mr. Mnrkrell said the wholesale deal
ers sould so", to the retail dealers and
not to the people In general. He de
clared the people would be compensat
ed by ithe amount of suffering the bill
would prevent In families all over the
state, even If it did cut down the rev
enues of the state jaoO.000 or $400,000 a
year. He claimed tho bill wns a meri
torious and Just one and ought to be
come a law.
The bill then passed third reading by
a vote of 88 to C. The opposition de
manded a roll call on the third readln.r
of the bill, which Is an unusual pre
ceedlnir. hoping to kill It at that stng L
Falling to accomplish this, a motion to
postpone Indefinitely was made. This
was defeated, and a motion to post
pone for the present prevailed.
The bill prohibiting the sale or gift
of intoxicating liquors on Memorial Day
was defeated on final passage. The
vote was 101 for, to 51 against, or two
less than a constitutional majority.
This measure has been before the legis
lature every session in the past twelve
years, and has always been killed In tho
house or smothered In the senate com
mittee. Mr. Herzog, of Berks, offered a resolu
tion which wa3 adopted recording the
appreciation of the house of the worth
of the late S'-crctary Gresham as a
citizen, and his patriotic devotion to his
country In Its hour of peril aa well as
his noble services to the American peo
ple In the time of peace.
The bill was taken up at the afternoon
session. Senator Coyle, of Scuylklll,
started the speech-making. He attacked
the bill from a Catholic standpoint and
read a long address against Its passage.
Senator Taylor, of Montgomery, de
fended the proposition. He said there
waa no ground for the fear expressed
'by the opponents of the measure that
their religious rights would be im
paired. Senator Gobln, of Lebanon,
was the last speaker. He thought it
was remarkable that the opponents of
the bill should take this opportunity to
thrust into the senate a religious ques
tion which did not belong there. He
said there was nothing in the bill to
warrant the claim that this measure
was an attack on any religious denomi
nation. General Gobln said the school
room was not the place for the parading
of any religion. It waa there the chil
dren of the people gathered to be In
structed. The roll was called and the following
Is the way the senators voted; Teas
Andrews. Baker, Crltchfield, Crouse,
Flinn, Fruit, Gobin, Grady, Hacken
berg, Hardenlerg, Keefer, Kennedy,
Lemon, MoCarrell, McCreary, Meredith,
McQuown, Mllllsen, Mitchell, Bradford;
Mitchell, of Jefferson; Mercer, Osbourn,
Penrose, Porter, Saylor, Smith, Snyder,
Steel, Upperman, Walton and Thomas.
Nays Cochran, Coyle, Green, Hyde,
Haines, I-aufi'man, Landis, Laubach,
Rowland, Stiles and Vaujrhan.
ELDER MC1I0L ADMONISHED.
Advised to Revise Ills Idcns on tho Doe-
trino of Perfectionism,
Special to the Scranton Tribune
Carbondale,. May 28. The commis
sion appointed by ithe Presbytery at its
recent meeting lin Scranton to Investi
gate charges preferred against James
M. Niehol, an elder of the Second
Presbyterian church of this city, met In
th'3 church last Monday afternoon at 2
o'clock and remaJned in session until
lnte that evening, when they adjourned
until 9 o'clock this morning, when they
held a continuous session until about
3 o'clock In the afternoon. The com
mission was Rev. W. H. Smith, of
Hon'ssdale. moderator; Rev. George E.
Guild, Scranton, clerk; Rev. T. A. Mills,
of Wilkes-Bnrre; Rev.' N. F. Stahl, of
Scraroton, and Messrs. Thomas Ather
ton, of Wilkes-Barre, and W. B.
Holmes, of Honesdale. Rev. T. A.
Mills was selected as counsel for the
defense, and Mr. Atherton for the
plaintiff, who presented the following
charge against Mr. Nichol:
Conduct inconsistent with the cider's
V Spoclflcat'.on I-Inslncer!ty In his taking
the vow at his Installation over said
church May 13. 1S94, In that he did not
sincerely receive our standards' Interpre
tation of the Scriptural doctrine of sanc
tlllcatlon. Specification II Holding weekly meet
ings at his own house In which the doo
trin of perfectionism is taiicht and receiv
ing there minister of other denomina
tions who are special advocates of that
doctrine.
Specification III Marring the peace and
unity of the church by toachlng tho doc
trine of perfectionism In the public ser
vices of the church, distributing perfec
tionist literature In the congregation, and
making Invidious dlstlnct'ons between the
advacotes of the doctrine and other mem
bers of the church.
Tho commission was deeply Impressed
with the zeal and usefulness In church
work of Mr. Nlcol, so that the main
point on which ho was tried was for his
peculiar views on the doctrine of com
plete sanctlflcatlon in this world, and
the persistency with which he kept
those views prominently before the peo
ple had in the Judgment of the commis
sion been the cause of disturbing the
peace and unity of the church. They
earnestly admonished him against the
continuing of his teaching these views
on personal holiness,, which seemingly
are at variance with tho standards of
the Presbyterian church on the doc
trine of sanctlflcatlon.
STATE GLEANINGS.
Pottstown's renlstrotlon Bhows 3,377 vot
ers, a decrease In one year of 49.'
A young boar raided Charles Klslefs pig
pen, near Wllkes-Barre, and was shot.
Reading councils refuse to permit the
fire companies to attend a picnic at Potts
town. In a Pottstown cold storage houso are
packed 435,800 dozen of eggs that have
been shipped from tfce went.
The little son of Levi E. Lefevor, at
Boyertown, tumbled Into a kettle of boil
ing soap and was frightfully burned.
' While coupling cars at Gettysburg,
Freight Conductor Frank Wolf, of Cham
bcrsburg, was crushed lifeless.
Thore was a big Jubilee at Wilson Fe
malo college, Chambsrsburg, when the
new pipe organ was dedicated.
Tho Dupont Powder company, of Wll
mlnirton, Del., may withdraw Its suit to
restrain the (8,250,000 bond issue by Pittsburg,
TO
The Late Secretary of State to Have
a Military Funeral.
ARRANGEMENTS I'OR FUNERAL
The Remains Will Bo Deposited in a
Vault at Onkwood Cemetery on the
South Side of Chlsngo-Troops
Will l'orm an Escort.
Washington, May 28. Walter Quln
ton Orwham will receive a soldier's
burial. Except gallant John A. Logan,
of Illinois, no other man, not of the reg
ular army, has ever before been hon
ored by the ordering out of Unltud
States troops to attend his funeral.
The preliminary services will take
place in the east room of tho white
house, which has witnessed some
memorable obsequies, the last being
those of President Harrison's wife, but
which has never before been the scene
of funeral services over a cabinet oin
cer. There will further be this dis
tinctive feature In tomorrow's sad cere
monies that the draperies and other
accessories will be entirely military in
character. The flag which General
Gresham loved so well, for which he
fought so bravely, and In whose de
fence he was so grievously wounded,
will be the chief emblem of mourning
wound round his casket. Bishop Hurst,
of the Methodist Episcopal church, will
conduct the services. He was warm
personal friend of the dead secretary,
who himself was brought up In the
Methodist faith, 'his father and mother
belonging to that denomination.
All the cabinet will be present ex
cept Secretary Carlisle, who will Join
the funeral cortege en route to Chicago,
where it has been finally determined
that the Interment shall take place.
Secretary Hoke Smith, the only other
absentee of the president's official fam
ily, returned this morning. Sir Julian
Pauncefcte, the British ambassador, as
dean of tho corps, this evening con
vened a meeting of the members of the
diplomatic corps, at his embassy and
they, after adopting suitable resolu
tions of sympathy on the occasion of
the grievous loss which the government
of the United States has sustained, de
termined to attend the funeral services
in a body. Similar action was also had
by the Justices of .the Supreme court.
All the executive departments haw
been ordered" closed by one executive
order.
Public Business Suspended.
This action, with Decoration Day, a
legal holiday, so closely following, will
practically shut off public business for
the balance of the week. The callers
today at the Arlington annex, where the
remains of the dead secretary will He
until removed to the white house early
tomorrow. Included all the foreign am
bassadors and ministers, the cabinet of
ficials, the Judges of the supreme court
and most of the other distinguished
residents of the city, Mr. and Mrs.
Cleveland being among the earliest visi
tors. Hundreds of telegrams of condol
ence have been received during the day.
The honorary pall-bearers will be
Secretary Lamont, Attorney General
Olney, Secretary Smith, Postmaster
General Wilson, Secretary Herbert,
Secretary Morton, Acting Secretary
Uhl, representing the state department,
and Acting Secretary Hamlin, repre
senting Secretary Carlisle. Mr. Car
lisle will Join the funeral party en
route.
All these will accompany the remains
to Chicago with the possible exception
of Mr. Hamlin, whose place will be
taken by Mr. Carlisle.
The decorations of the east room for
the funeral services there tomorrow are
most elaborate, and exceeds In beauty
and lmpressiveness the attempts made
on similar occasions.
A Military Funeral.
To carry out the Intention to make
the occasion purely military, the Ameri
can flag Is predominant In the decora
tive display. ' Whenever the eye
wanders, the stars and stripes nre seen.
Each of the four great salon mir
rors is half hidden by a large flag,
nnd every window Is curtained by hang
ings composed of the national standard
twenty feet long. These form the back
ground foo an effective display of grow
ing plants and cut flowers. Great,
spreading palms branch out from every
window and alcove, and are surrounded
by potted oleanders and other greenery.
White and gold pots, holding smaller
palms and Innumerable varied and of
ovorgreen, are banked on the mantels
and beneath them, and cut flowers are
Interspersed here anfl there, while
wreaths of smilax entwine mirrors and
windows and doorways. The effective
ness of the arrangement will be greatly
enhanced by the glow of electric lights,
rendered through hemispheres of thick
glass of a pinkish hue.
The officials and clerical force of the
state department assemble at the de
partment at 8.30 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing and proceed to the white house In
a body. Four of their number, Messrs.
Renick, the chief clerk; Chilton, Hay
wood and H. T. Smith, will Beat the
members of the diplomatic corps, while
Messrs. Blddle and Keller, of the de
partment, will receive the diplomats as
they arrive at the entrance to the
grounds.
At the conclusion of the services at
the executive mansion, the funeral es
cort, under command of Major General
Thomas H. Ruger, United States army,
will move in the following order from
tho executive mansion to the Baltimore
nnd Ohio depot: Military escort. Clergy
and physicians who attended the de
ceased. Pall-bearers and hearse. Rel
atives of the deceased.
Places will be reserved for the presi
dent and heads of departments. Mem
bers of the senate and house of repre
sentatives. Justices of the supreme court
and diplomatic corps.
Funernl Arrangements.
Final arrangements for the funeral of
Mr. Gresham were made tonight.
The remains will be deposited In a
vault at Oakwoods, a large cemetery
on tho South Side of Chicago. The fu
neral train will leave the Baltimore and
Ohio tracks at South Chicago and be
branched off on the Illinois Central
tracks leading to Oakwoods station.
Here the remains will be met by the
troops from Fort Sheridan, Hi., which
will form the escort to tne cemetery, a
few blocks distant. The train Is sched
uled to arrive at Oakwoods station
Bhortly before 2 o'clock Thursday after
noon, and the final services at the vault
will be held at the latter hour. Rev. Dr.
McPhcrson, pastor of the Second Pres
byterian church, of Chicago, will offi
ciate. The services will be simple and brief
and at their conclusion the president
and other members of the funeral par
ty, with the exception of Mrs. Gresham
and the relatives of the deceased, will
return to the train, which will begin
tho homeward Journey without delay.
Secretary Gresham's remains' were
exposed to public view at the Arlington
tonight, but as few people knew of this
there was no large gathering- of peo
plo to see them. A guard of honor,
composed of Messrs. Emery, Nalson,
Chilton, II. T. Smith and Blddle, of tho
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state department, remained beside the
casket all night.
LAUNDRY FIEND JAILED.
Shocking Crimes of a Chinese Sunday
School I'npll.
Wllliamsport, Pa., May 28. Williams
port citizens would probably have dealt
very roughly with Sing Lee, a Chinese
laundry tlend, If he had not been pro
tected by Jail walls and bars today, By
the confession of 14-year-old Mabel
Shaffer before Alderman Flnlcy, evi
dence wns produced establishing shock
ing atrocities on the part of the heath
en, though he has seemed to be great
ly Interested In church and Sunday
school work here.
It was shown that Sing Lee had not
only enticed the Shatter child, but half
a duzen other Little girls into his
screened and curtained laundry, and
had there assaulted them. Mabel Shaf
fer's case Is an especially shocking one,
and the Chinaman would have suffered
violence If he had not been hustled off
to Jail.
FLORIST FKllSAL'S CRIME.
Ho Assaults Miss Kco and Then Attempts
to Murder Her for Having Told of
Ills Atrocious Act.
Spring Valley, N. Y., May 28. John
Fehsal, a florist of Nanuet, Is a prisoner
In the new city Jail in default of $1.(300
bail, charged with assaulting Miss
Fanny Kee, of Philadelphia, and then
attempting to kill hur because she told
her Bister what had occurred. Miss Kee
Is visiting; her sister, Mrs. Frederick
Denner, of Spring Valley. She was to
have returned home tomorrow, but Is
In a critical condition and cannot be re
moved. Fehsal suggested that Miss Kee take
a car rln ge ride to see the beauties of
the Ramapo . valley, and In company
with her sister, Miss Kee went. This
was yesterday afternoon. At about 4
o'clock, while ascending a hill, Fehsal
asked Mrs. Denncxto leave the car
riage, which she did. He then whipped
up his horse and disappeared In the
woods. Miss Kee states that Fehsal
drove around till dark. Then he drove
Into the middle of a stream, where the
water was over the carriage wheels.
He then stuffed a handkerchief In her
mouth to prevent any outcry, after
which he assaulted her.
From fear of being murdered. Miss
Kee at first kept the facts to herself,
but finally told her sister of the occur
rence. Fehsal becamo suspicious and
left the Denners home suddenly. But
at midnight he returned and entered
Miss Kee's bedroom, saying he had
come to kill her for telling her sister,
whereupon Miss Kee shrieked and fled
to her sisters room. Fehsal was
caught today by Deputy Sheriff Stam
mers and lodged In jail. He refuses to
make a statement. He Is 35 years old,
Is a widower and has three children.
His wife died under mysterious circum
stances six weeks ago.
EFFECTS OF THE FROST.
Condition of Crops as Indicated by Re
ports from Agricultural llurcan.
Washington, May 28. The weekly
crop report of the agricultural bureau
says: Cotton has suffered seriously, es
pecially on sandy soil, and Is reported
as dying In portions of the Carolinas,
Georgia, Mississippi and Arkansas, and
complaints of Injury from lice are re
ported from Louisiana and Mississippi.
Florida reports cotton late but healthy.
Replanting of corn has been general
during the week, owing to damaging
effects of recent frosts. In Indiana
most of the crop had to be replanted.
Kansas reports corn doing well, and
in Nebraska the early planted Is In
good condition.
Winter wheat Is reported as In good
condition In northern Illinois, but In
poor condition In the central and south
ern portions of the state. The condition
of wheat has declined rapidly in Mis
souri, owing to drought and insects.
In Indiana some wheat ho3 been
plowed and planted In corn, nnd the
crop has sustained further Injury from
frost In Ohio. Reports from states sum
marized: New Jersey: Seeds rotting in ground;
much replanting going on; grain and
grass very promising.
Pennsylvania: Considerable fruit
unhurt; losses probably overstated;
much corn replanted; grain and grass
Improving; cut worms plentiful and
damaging.
MUDGETTS PLEADS GUILTY.
The Celebrated Pitzc! Cnso Is Ended Ab
ruptly by Defendant.
Philadelphia, 'May 28. The trial of
Herman Mudgetts, alias M. H. Holmes,
alias Howard, before Judge Hare In the
quarter sessions court, for conspiring to
defraud the Fidelity Mutual Life asso
ciation of Philadelphia of $10,000 'by the
Imposition of a corpse as that of Benja
min F. Pltzel, whose life was insured
for that amount in the Fidelity associa
tion, ended abruptly today by Mudgetts
withdrawing his plea of not guilty and
pleading guilty.
Before the proceedings were begun In
the court this morning Attorneys Moon
and Rotan, for the defense, had a con
sultation with District Attorney Gra
ham and Thomas W. Barlow, private
counsel for the prosecution, and at Its
conclusion Mr. Moon stated to the court
that his client desired to plead guilty.
The plea was accepted and sentence
was deferred.
Jcptha D. Howe, a St. Louis lawyer,
and Marlon Hedgepeth, who Is now
serving a term of Imprisonment In St.
Louis, were also Indicted with Mud
getts on the same charge.
TRIO EAT RAT POISON.
Death in a Drag Which Cecil County
Boys Mistook for Candy.
Elkton, Md May 28. Of Farmer
Richard F. Foraker's three Bons who
ate rat poison for candy yesterday one
died today and the other two nre now
lying at death's door. The children,
three bright little fellows, Augustus,
Alexander and George, 7, 5 and 2 years
old, had been playing alone In the sec
ond story of their parent's home, on the
John L, Davis farm, In the Fifth elec
tion district of Cecil county.
As soon bb the parents discovered that
the children were sick unto death they
summoned a physician from North
East. But he arrived too late to save
the little fellows.
TRIED TO POISON A FAMILY.
Wisconsin Man Arrested for Socking tho
Death of Uls Relatives.
Vlroqua, Wis., May 28. Andrew En
grebretson, an old farmer living In Coon
Valley, was today placed In Jail here on
the charge of at tempting to murder his
two sons, the wife of one of his sons and
a cousin by poisoning them with arsenic.
Tho poison was placed In the coffee, and
after breakfast all wore taken sick.
Medical aid was summoned and the
poisoned persons were saved.
Engebretson, who is GO years of ase, Is
accused of frequently making threats
against his family. He Is not living
with his sons, and It is charged that he
entered the house during the night and
placed the poison In the coffee pot
SHERMAN ONSQUND MONEY
Speech at Republican State Conven
tion at Zaacsvillc, Ohio.
ASA S. UUSHNELl NOMINATED
McKluloy, Fnrakcr and Sherman Loudly
Applauded by tlio Members of tho Con-voatlon-Heport
of the Committee
Is in Favor of IlltnetallUm.
Zanesvllle, Ohio, May 28. With
cheers for McKlnley and Foraker, and
an ovation for John Hhurmun that
brought a suspicious moisture Into the
eyes of that venerable statesman, accus
tomed though he has been to tho adu
lation of his Ohio brethren, the Republi
can stute convention Inaugurated its
business this afternoon. It was one of
the largest conventions that has ever
responded to the call of the party man
agers. Five thousand people were
packed into Memorial hall when the
doors were closed on a crowd that would
In Itself have made a respectable as
semblage. Senator Sherman was given a tre
mendous ovation when he appeared.
When State Chairman Bonner called
the convention to order a few minutes
after 4 o'clock, his voice was scarcely
audible above the din raised by the
partisans of Ohio's big three, and finally
Senator Sherman assumed the gavel,
and, without formality of an Introduc
tion, reprimanded the convention like a
parent chiding a child for Its misbe
havior. Senator Sherman spoke with consider
able energy, and his references to the
currency question were loudly ap
plauded. AVarm greetings were also
given to his naming of McKlnley as
Ohio's presidential candidate, and For
aker as her next senator. Senator Sher
man spoke as follows:
The primary and fundamental sentiment
of the Republican party Is love for our
country, our whole country. We are for
the Union, one and indivisible, now and
forever. The Republicans of Ohio are not
provincial, but national. This Is our cor-nar-atone,
planted In the first Republican
convontion in Ohio in 1S55. We stood by it
In the storms of war, when Lincoln was
our slandurd bearer. Our soldiers fought
for It under Grant, Sherman and Sheridan.
The soldiers of Ohio curried our Hug in ev
ery great battle of the war for the pres
ervation of the Union. Other patriotic
citizens and soldiers wero equally deserv
ing of honor and praise, but they could not
carry their purty with them. When Grant
was in tho Wilderness und Sherman was
before Atlanta, a great party declared the
war a failure. Ours made It a success.
When the war was over we did not treat
our onemles as conquered subjects, but as
erring brethren. We invited them back
Into the Union with unabridged powers,
prescribing only one condition, that there
should be no slaves in our country. We
now meet them and greet them as friends,
and, turning our back on dead Issues, we
congratulate them on their prosperity,
which they did not and could not have In
their condition prior to the war.
When the war was over the Republican
party developed Kb civil policy. First of
all it declared Its purpose to pay every
debt or obligation contracted during or
since the war, that tho public faith should
be unblemished. This promise has been
performed. In spite of all temptation und
the shrieks of Populists, ive have dis
charged every obligation contracted dur
ing the war, and especially the highest
anil most sacred debt to the surviving
soldiers of the war, their widows and or
phans. Tho pension roll Is a roll of honor,
hltrher In amount than any pension roll
ever before provided by any nation. Whllo
tho Republican party is in power it will
only be diminished by tho death of pen
sioners, a fate that awaits us all.
Undiminished Loyalty to Protection.
Wo aro in favorof a protective tariff. Wo
had Buch a tariff. While it was In force
we hud prosperity, good times, and money
plenty. We had bo dlversllled our domes
tic Industries that American labor and
American capital supplied nearly all tho
wants of tho American people. We prefer
to tax foreign productions rather than our
own. We believe that the policy of protec
tion should be extended to all productions
Impartially to labor on the farm as well
as labor In the workshop. We are opposed
to tho Democratic policy of protecting
woolen manufactures and admitting wool
free of duty. We denounce a scheme of
taxation which annually Increases the
publlo debt more than $,r0,OiK),OiH). This is
the result of Democratic ascendancy. The
tariff law of the last congress is partly a
copy and generally a failure. All that Is
good of It was taken from the McKlnley
tar'ff, and tho rest of It Is confessedly a
hotchpotch. The supreme court has al
ready disposed of a part of It. All tho
productions of the south from peanuts to
whisky are carefully protected, while the
duties on tho great stnplo Industries of
tho north ere largely reduced, and on some
articles, like wool, are entirely repealed.
We demand a reform in the tariff, not to
promote sectional Interests, but to secure
ample revenue and Impartial protection of
domestic industries. This we can have
only by the election of a Republican presi
dent. We want a change, and for this
change we w!H have tho hearty support
of a lurge portion of the Democratic party.
Favor a Sound Currency.
We are In favor of a sound national cur
rency always redeemable In coin. All
forms of money should be of equal pur
chasing power. For fourteen years after
the resumption of specie payments, while
the Republican party was In power, we
had such a currency. We had gold, silver
and paper money, all bearing the stamp
and sanction of the United States, of un
questioned credit and of equal value, pass
ing current not only with the United
States, but in all parts of the commercial
world.
Roth gold and silver are Indispensable
fur use In the varied wants of mankind.
Gold Is now and has been for ages tho
chief measure of value In International
commerce and the larger transactions of
domestic exchanges. Silver, from Its bulk
and weight. Is not available for the large
payments either at home or abroad, but It
is Indispensable in the minor wants of
mankind. Gold, from Us greater supe
rior value, cannot be utilized for such purposes.-
Therefore It Is that both metals
have been coined into money nt a fixed
ratio. The enormous Increase of the pro
duction of sliver in the United . States,
Mexico and Austral'a has disturbed this
ratio, and has lowered the market value
of silver precisely as a like Increase of pro
duction has lowered tho price of other
commodities. It Is a universal law that
price or value Is measured by quantity.
JOI1N SHERMAN.
Under these conditions the rational and
proper sourse would be a change of rath),
but this can only be effective us to these
two metals by concert of action among
commercial nations. Until this can be ac
complished tho only logical way la for each
nation to coin both metals and maintain
the colnuoe of tho cheaper metal at par by
limitation of amount, and redemption
when In excess of the demand for It. Such
Is now the policy of the United States, and
of every great commercial nation, Includ
ing every country in Kurope. Other na
tions adopt the silver standard alone, not
from choice, but from poverty. I believe
that tho policy of the Unltud States adopt
ed in 1853 of coining fractional sliver coins
In limited quantities from silver bullion
purchased at the market price, and muk
Inir tii'im legal tender for small sums Is
th' . i wuy to preserve the parity of gold
an. . -K.T coins at a ffxed ratio. This Is
properly called bimetallic money. I hope
and believe that the common Interests of
commercial nations will lead them,
through an International commission, to
either adopt a new ratio based on market
value of the two metals or to coin them
and maintain them us we do at their pres
ent rutlu.
Good Monoy, and Plenty of It.
The policy now urged by tho producers
of silver, and by men who wish to pay
their debts In chenper money than they
promised to pay, Is the free coinage of
silver. This tneuns the single Jtundurd of
silver and the demonetization of gold.
This Is the monometallic syste-n. It Is tho
degradation of our dollar to fifty cents. If
applied toournutlonul bonds It Is a repudia
tion of .one-hulf of the public debt. It Is
tho repudiation of one-hulf of all debts.
It confers no favor on producers of any
kind, whether of the farm, the workshop or
the mine, for if they get nominally more
dollars for their productions, their rddl
tlonul dollars would have only cne-half the
purchasing power of the gold dollars. Tho
great hardship of this policy would fall
upon worklngmen, skilled or unskilled,
whose da'ly wue measured by the pres
ent standard Is higher than In any coun
try of tho world. Their wme will pur
chase more of the necessaries of life than
the wages paid for similar labor anywhi.ro
outside of the United States. It is a false
pretense that tho cheapnl'iv of money
will be beneficial to them. The repub
lican party, in its national platform of iWi,
demanded good money of equal purchas
ing power, whether coined of silver or
gold, or composed of United States notes
und national bank notes, based upon the
credit of the United States, maintained at
pur with coin. This is the bimetallic poI
Icy. There we stund today. I hope and
trust there we will stand forever. Wo will
seek tho co-operation of all nations, and of
all parties In maintaining the parity of
gold and Bllver coins. If they will not co
operate with us in this policy the Repub
lican party can, and, I hope, will, do it
alone. Good money and plenty of It Is as
Important to all our people as equality of
rights and privileges.
Lot us then with a firm reliance upon
the principles, policy and wisdom of the
great party to which we belong nominate
our candidates and declare ur platform,
and then make our appeal to the intelli
gence of the people of Ohio. In all the
great issues made In the lost forty years
the Republican party of Ohio has had tha
courage to propose, and to do what Is
right. Let us now follow In the same
pathway, and we will not only elect a Re
publican governor and state officers, but
also another Republican senator, and I
hope a president of the United States from
tho state of Ohio.
Bushncll Nominated.
When the convention reassembled at
8.15 the temporary organization was
made permanent. By resolution it was
decided that no delegation should ba
allowed to change its vote until the
final result of the ballot had been an
nounced, a new departure intended to
prevent e-tampedlng. Nominations for
governor were In order at 8.20.
On the sixth ballot Asa -S. Bushncll
was nominated.
The vote on the sixth and nominat
ing bnllot follows: Bushnell, F.09; Nash,
201; Hoyt, 111; Kiefer, 5; Nevln, 1.
Asa S. Bushnell Is the eldest .son of
Daniel and Harriet Bushnell. He was
born In Onslda county, Now York,
Sept. 16, 1S34, moving from there to
Cincinnati, O., when quite a small
child. In 1S51 he came to Springfield,
In which place he continued to reside.
During the war he was captain of
Company K. One Hundred and Flfty
eecond Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which
company he recruited and served as its
captain in the Shenandoah Valley, un
der the command of General Hunter
In 1SU4.
In 18S6 he was appointed quarter
master general by Governor Foraker,
In which position he served four years.
He was one of the delegates at large
to the national convention In 1892, nil
of which poKltlogs were given him
without solicitation upon his part.
Hiinctallism Favored.
Just as tho convention was about to
adjourn, Governor Foster approached
with the report of the committee on res
olutions, and which will be presented
at the morning session. It Is as follows:
The Republicans of Ohio in state con
vention assembled, declare our adher
ence to the principles of the Republi
can party as defined by the national
convention in 1802, chief among which
are: A protective tariff, reciprocity,
fair elections, based upon a free ballot
and an honest count;honeat money, con
sisting of gold, silver, and paper, every
dollar as good as any other dollnr, and
all backed by the national faith and
honor.
We favor bimetallism and demand the
use of both gold nnd silver as standard
money, cither In accordance with a
ratio to be fixed by an International
agreement If that can be obtained, or
under such restrictions and such pro
visions, to be determined by legisla
tion, as will secure the maintenance of
the parity of values of the two metals,
bo that the purchasing and debt paying
power of the dollar whether of silver
or gold or paper, shall be at all times
equal.
Ex-C.overnor Joseph B. Foraker was
endorsed bb a candidate for the United
States senate in opposition to Senator
Brlce, and Governor William B. McKln
ley was endorsed for the Republican
nomination for president, and the un
swerving support of the Ohio delega
tion was pledged him lnhe national
convention. Resolutions of regret and
sympathy upon the death of Secretary
Gresham were adopted.
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.
After a quarrel William Worcester fa
tally beat his wife with a base ball bat,
then cut his own throat, at Obcrlln, O.
Wife Murderer Buchnnan was resen
tenced by the court of appeals at Albany,
N. Y to be executed during the week
beginning July 1.
Domestic quarrels led Mrs. Carrie Alex
ander to sever arteries In her own and her
baby's wrists, at Chicago, but physicians
saved both lives.
Frank Hoenck, a Missourlnu, hag filed
with tho state department a claim for $fi0.
OCO danmiM against Hawaii for being
ex'led because ho did not suit as a soldier-detective.
"I'm glad there's one mon willing to ac
knowledge It," said Dom'nlck K earns to
Kgbert H. Chattleld, who had Just said, Rt
Rochester, N. Y., that ho was an A. P. A.,
whereupon Chatfleld shot Kearns dead.
1 Murdered Hor Daughter. i
Baltimore, May 28. Mrs. Marion Cur
tain, 45 years old, murdered her 14-year-old
daughter, Mamlo, at her home, 1713 As
qulth street today, and afterward com
mitted suicldo. Bho killed her daughter
with a razor and cut her own throat with
the same Instrument. It Is supposed tho
woman was temporarily insane.
WEATHER REPORT.
For eastern Pennsylvania, fair; warmer.
EY'S
WcbiI ftress (Ms
SvJvel Silks, Kai-Ka!
Silks, Habitual Silks,
Printed India Silks,
Brocade Taffeta Silks,
in fancy effects for
Waists; Black Brocade
India Silks, Black Bro
cade Taffeta Silks,
Armures, Peau De Soie,
Satin Duchesse, Satin
Soleil, etc., etc.
Tie Settlement
Of the KNOTTY ques
tion of the NATIONAL
ITY of some of these
goods to others who
have more time at their
disposal, and will mere
ly say that you will
ALWAYS find our'
Aid Prices RigM
We have made Spec'a!
Low Prices on a large
line cf Wool Dresc
Goods of this season to
reduce stock,
510 and 532
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; ding ; Rings. Afco a
fine Sins of
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