EIGHT PA
t4 COLUMNS.
SSCRANTON, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MAT 30, 1895.
TWO CENTS A COPY.
37aC
For Chanty Bros. M-lnch Printed Silks,
mark a value that itanda unpreoe
enUd. The patterns are tha vary latest, tha
colorings the most choice, the make tha
beat that comes from an American
town, and the price Is just exaotly half
their real value.
Thay come In Navy, Goblin, Tele
graph Blue, White, Cream, Beige,
Gray, Reseda, Myrtle and Black
rounds, while the patterns Include the
new Electrlo Bp ray Effects, dainty
floral styles, . figures, criss-cross lines,
stripes, etc
We positively guarantee the Silk to
be worth 75c. a yard.
Unprecedented Sale
Price 37c.
GLOBE WAREHOUSE
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
mand WAREHOUSE.
Light-weight Spring Capes, correct In
everything that comes under the head
ing of fashion.
Maybe a doxen kinds In all, but all
equally right as to style.
We've divided them Into three little
lota and shrunk the prices as follows:
$3.60 Capes now $2,62lc
8.00 " 5.25
11.50 " 7.78ic
A FEW
Very iolce Capes, richly trimmed and
made vo from materials of superb
quality; Wve been price cut from
v
$18.00 to $10.00
. 20.00 to 12.00
; ; . ; Eta
IN
Velour and the various other Silk
Weave Capes, we've started In to clerji
up stocks with a will, and as wo
haven't a great many left altogether,
we've slaughtered former price marks
with a ruthless band.
$12 Capes,- now $7,621
16.50 10.50
17.00 " 11.25
22.50 " 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.
COOD CITIZENSMEATHERING
Third National Conference of Muni-
cipal Reformers. '
CONVENTION AT CLEVELAND
Many Distinguished Citizens Are Present,
President Carter's Speech Officers
Are Ro-Hlectcd-Scoretary Wood
ruffs Report Received.
Cleveland, O., May 29. The opening
session of the third of the national con
ference for Rood municipal govern
ment. It being also the first annual con
ference of the National Municipal
league was held In the chamber of com
nerve rooms this afternoon. It was
perhaps the most notable gathering of
men ever held In this city for the sole
purpose of devising ways and means
tor the better government of mumci'
pal corporations. The motive drawing
these men toirether is purely to pro
mote honest and economical municipal
administration.
Carter's Speech.
The annual address of James 0. Carter,
of New York, president of the K-uicue,
opened with a statement thut the third of
the general conferences of the Municipal
leugue of the I'nlted States liegau with
the whole problem of munlotiuil improve
ment undergoing process of develop
ment, lie disclaimed that tho member of
the league were "theorists assembled to
speculate concerning the abstract princi
ples upon which municipal or utner gov
ernment Is founded." That It Is practi
cally Impossible to have In any city u
municipal government superior tn char
acter to the prevailing standards of mor
ality and honesty, was admitted, but, he
continued, "we uim to form a sober ami
reasonable estimate of what In the present
condition ofhumnn nature Is possible, tuid
to employ the natural und proper mcuns
to carry that est'.mate into effect."
Mr. Carter dwel upon the "municipal
degradation" which has compelled the or
ganization of municipal leagues, und urged
his co-workers to give their first attention
to a study of the right line of action. Mr.
Carter d:apnosed the disease of the body
politic for which the league seeks a cure,
as "municipal maladministration, a pecu
liar political malady affecting municipal
governments, ami l.ot elsewhere found,
and affecting oajv some of them."
The following tribute was paid to boss
Ism: "The alliances made between the
national parties and the municipal exploit
ers of votes are In their Inception, motive
and operation necessarily corrupt and
almost without limit. They cannot be
carried on in any manner which admits
of publicity, and they therefore require
the intervention of thut peculiur person
age known In machine politics as the
'boss. " All forms of lying, fraud and de
ception are committed without shame In
prosecuting them, the practice of one vir
tue only being requisite that which Is
known as 'honor nmotig thieves.' A cer
tain measure of good faith must be kept
with each other, of course; otherwise the
game could not be played, under this
system the municipal machine must have
awarded to It the entire control of the
municipal government with Its revenues.
The trust upon which this vast power Is
thus committed to them Is to make that
government and Its revenues productive
of votes In the party, and the understood'
reward Is that after the party has been
served, or while it Is being served, the ma
nipulators of the machine may employ the
power for tholr .personal and private en
richment and advantage. The conae
quenoes are Inevitable and such as we
And anywhere, where the system Is fully
developed. Every office is disposed of to
such person as will make himself most
efficient In 'getting out the vote' at elec
tions. The price paid for this fidelity is
permission to betray duty, to receive
wages and salary for something not done.
Votes manufactured are as good as votes
actually cast, and to facilitate the manu
facture, the machinery of elections Is
placed under the control of those who will
not hesitate to prostitute It. At the same
time, the power thus gained Is exulo'ted
for the private enrichment of those who
hold It. In short, the qualifications of ull
officials. Instead of being capacity and
fitness for the performance of their public
duties, are the capacity and willingness
to betray them."
The Kent Disease Located.
Continuing, Mr. Carter said: "I think
we have now reached the end of our search
for the real disease. It Is the alliance be
tween the national political parties and
the corrupt manipulators of the fgnorant,
the unthinking and vicious multitudes
who crowd our cities."
The speaker told of the "recent expe
rience In New York," detailing the over
throw of Tammany Hall, and the election
of Mayor Strong by municipal non-partisans.
The discussion of "remedies" was
briefly entered Into and but little faith
was expressed In legislation as a remedy,
becauxe corrupt officials will not execute
the laws, however wise they may be. In
stead of legislation the control of the
electoral machinery was advocated, for by
this means honest and enable officials
may be secured. Four methods of reform,
aimed directly at the real malady, were
discussed: Excluding the purchasable
vote from the enjoyment of suffrage; a
more complete enforcement of civil ser
vice rules; a suggestion that all good citi
zens diligently labor Inside their party
organizations for the nomination of the
best candidates for municipal offices and
then give them their entire party strength,
so that the two great parties may thus
engage In rivalry to mi which, by best
administration of. municipal affairs, shall
obtain popular favor; and the divorcement
of municipal from national politics. Mr.
Carter treated each of the four subjects
exhaustively, and concluded:" I look upon
the destruction of the corupt alliance be
tween the national parties and the manip
ulators of the voting power In the cities
pot only as necessary to the redemption
of municipal administration, but as the
first, most Important and effective step In
a reform which will tend to place our na
tional parties beyond the reach of the
worst corruptions. Infuse Into them a new
spirit and enable them to better perform
their true functions."
Among the delegates who were In
their seats when President Carter
of New York, called the convention to
order were many of the most famous
men In the country In their line of re
form work. President Carter was loud
ly applauded. He called for tho report
of the secretary, Clinton Rogers Wood
ruff, of Philadelphia.
The report was enthusiastically re
ceived and filed. The nominating com
mittee reported unanimously In favor
of the re-election of the following offi
cers: President, J. C. Carter, New York;
vice-presidents, Charles Richardson,
Philadelphia, and Samuel B. Capon,
Boston; secretary, C. II. Woodruff,
Philadelphia; treasurer, George Burn
ham, jr.
In the evening. a mass meeting was
held in the First Methodist Episcopal
church. Wilson M. Day, president of
(he chamber of commerce, presided.
President J. C. Carter read his annual
report. Addresses based upon the re
form work In their resneotlve cities
hwere made by Charles A. Bonaparte, of
Baltimore.anu rierueri weisn, of Phila
delphia. '
ANXIOUS FOR A GOVERNOR.
An Australian Premier's Strong Mcssago
, to Lord Rlpon.
London, May 29. Tho correspondent
of the Times, at Melbourne, telegraphs
to that paper that the Honorable Q, H.
Reld, premier of New South Wales, has
cabled to London to Sir Saul Bamucl,
the agent general of the colonies, a
strongly worded protest agalnBt the
delay In appointing the new governor,
and Instructing the agent to tell the
marquis of Rlpon, secretary of the
uolonlul office, that tho colony can find
a suitable appointee If he Is unable to
do so.
CHICAGO IS HOt.
Mercury Dances at 02 to 00 Degrees In
tho Shade.
Chlcngo, May 29. The records of the
weather bureau do not show a hotter
day than this one in May for the last
twenty-live years. Thermometers down
town ranged In the afternoon from 92
to 96 degrees, the official reading be
ing
In the face of theso remarkable
changes In temperature during the last
three weeks tho official prophet gives
warning of a cold wave, which will ar
rive from 'the northwest In the next
forty- eight hours and may drop the
mercury 40 degrees.
SPAIN FINDS THEM WORK.
Government to Construct o Now Rullrond
in Cubs-Will Expend $20,000 a Month
In Order to Give tho I ncmployed a
Chnnce to Knrn n Living,
Havana, May 29. Captain General
Martinez du Campos lias arsured thu
newspapers of the Province of Puerto
Principe that the government will con
tribute the sum of I'JO.UOO per month
for the construction of tho rullroad be
twein Puerto Principe, tho capital of
thut province, und the port of Snnta
Cruz, on the eastern coust of thut prov
luce. Puerto Principe Is already con
nected by rail with Nuevltns, on the
western coast, und the construction of
the railroad between Puerto Principe
anil Santa Cruz would glvo the prov
luce a line of railroad from the west to
the east coast. The government has
decided to undertake this work In order
to give employment to about 700 labor
era, and in view of the fnct that It Is'
determined to finish the war soon, even
If It Is necessary to bring more troops
from fniiin for that purpose.
At Cilbara on tho west coast of the
province of Suntiugo da Cuba most ex
traordinary hot weather prevails. Cap
tain General Martinez do Campos left
C. I bar a today, lie has requested the
nome government to furnish him with
additional batteries of field artillery,
Six of Mlro's band have surrendered
at Oibara and Iwo more of his In
surgents have surrendered at Holguln,
They pay that the small bnnds of In
surgents In the neighborhood of Glbara
and Holguln, both of which towns are
in the Province of Santiago de Cuba,
are badly armed.
Colonel Sandoval, who commanded
the Spanish troops which defeated the
rebels at Boca dl dos Rlos in the en
gagement in which Jose Marti was
killed, has received the thanks of the
Queen Regent of Spain, and her felici
tations upon the outcome of the attack.
Her Majesty congratulates Colonel
Sandoval 'that, by the protection of
Uod, courage and good discipline he has
had the good fortune to kill a bravo
and unwearied agitator, and, having
conquered tne enemy a position, ac
claimed the queen and the governor,
Captain General de Campos. The felici
tation from the home government has
filled the officers and soldiers among
tne paniaras witn joy and enthusiasm.
The troops surprised and captured
Charles Chacon in the mountain previ
ous to the engagement ait Boca dl dos
Rlos, and from letters found upon him
the news of the enemy's position was
learned, and Information also of the
rebel cause. The watch of Jose Marti.
taken with him, has the dead man's
initials upon It.
THE MOXBOE DOCTRINE.
Thereto of a Stirring Speech Delivered at
Washington by Jnmcs A. D. Richards.
Washington, May 29. The members
of the Interstate Democratic associa
tion of tho District of Columbia held
tlhelr annual meeting today at Marshall
hall, a well-known pleasure resort down
the Potomac river. The principal ad
dress of the evening was delivered by
ex-Congressman James A. D. Rich
ards, of Ohio. Mr. ltlcnards chose- as
his theme "The Monroe Doctrine,"
which he warmly asserted was not dead,
and ought to be maintained by a patri
otic American administration. The
BrLtlsh admiral, he said, who Invaded
the soil of Nicaragua referred to it
boldly as an "obsolete doctrine" "a
-myth" and the London Times sneer
lngly referred to it as "a strange piece
of statecraft."
"He asked: What is the meaning of
the mounting of modern guns and the
strengthening of the fortifications at
Quebec and Halifax? For whom are
the massive fortifications and new guns
at Esquimault on the Pacific Intended?
Why are the fortifications of British
Honduras being strengthened? Who
is menaced by the new and powerful
fortifications lately so eecretly con
structed on one of the Bermuda
islands? Whose commerce and whose
cities are threatened by the great naval
station and yard on another of the
Bermudas? Why are the Atlantic and
Pacific shores of this continent con
stantly patrolled by a fleet of British
iron clads and cruisers? Against what
nation are all these guns trained?
Whose peace and Interests are threat
ened? He closed by appealing for a vigorous
enforcement of the principles enunciat
ed by Monroe and Jackson.
SHANGHAI FABLES.
No Faith Placed In the Latest Eastern
War Stories.
Washington, May 29. At the Japan
ese legation, which has been kept
promptly and acnurotely advised by Its
home government of every movement
of importance from the outbreak of the
war down to the conclusion of peace,
nothing has been received to confirm
tha news from Shanghai tthat the
Japanese warships off Formosa had
been cleared for action and thmt a re
newal of hostilities was Imminent.
The officials In charge of the cable
service of the state department are
also without news and the story In its
present shape Is brusquely dismissed
as "another Shanghai fablo."
Pittsburg Wants tho Convention.
Pittsburg, May 29. This city Is making
a strong bid for the Republican national
convention In 18110. The Times hns started
a guarantee fund of $100,000 to defray ex
penses. All the newspapers and business
men aro making every effort possible for
tho convention and much encouragement
has been received from national commit
teemen in 'favor of Pittsburg.
I'ulminato llulldlng lllown I'p.
New Haven, Conn., May 29. The ful
mlnato building at the Winchester Re
peating Arms company blew up at 2.10
this afternoon. An employ named Jere
miah Splllnne was killed. No one elso
was Injured. The explosion was a tcrrlflo
one and caused much excitement in the
city. ,
Death of Mrs. llnrr.
Mount Holly N. J., May 29. The mur
derous assault upon Mrs. Samuel Burr, in
In tho pines near Shamong yesterday, by
her husband, resulted In her death this
afternoon,- the announcement . that . her
dead body had beon found yesterday be
ing an error. Burr has been traced to
Buddtown and he will probably soon be
oaptured. -
A Committee Is Appointed to Pre
pare a New bill.
THE JUDICIAL MEASURE PASSED
In tho Scnato There Is a Shut-Out for the
Opposition Senator Quay Is
Still Opposed to tha Ap
portionment Dills.
Harrlsburg, May 29. The senate Re
publican caucus this afternoon adopted
a resolution In favor of apportionment
and after Borne discussion, agreed to
elect a committee of nine to prepare
an apportionment bill.
The senate this afternoon passed the
Judicial apportionment bill,, the vote
being 35 to 0. The bill having been
amended, goes back to the house for
concurrence in the Donate amend
ments. The Republicans of the senate and
the house held caucuses this evening
and each appointed a committee of
eleven to consider apportionment bills
and endeavor to harmonize differences
on the measures. The senate commit
tee consists of Senators Upperman,
Thomas, Penrose, Kennedy, Vaughan,
Crltuhflold, Hockenborg, Kauffman,
Walton, Meredith and Mitchell, of
Bradford. Thla commltteo will report
to the senate caucus tomorrow morn
ing. The house caucus appointed Messrs.
Nlles, Rlter, Focht, Lytle, North, Cul
bertson, Comly, Harrison, Peltz, Mc
Gaughey aTid Lawrence.
It Is stated that Senator Quay, who
Is opposed to tho bills, will be here to
morrow. PUBLIC SCHOOL FUND.
Smith Distribution Mil Passed, but the
Krlti Hill Is Killed.
Special to the Scranton Tribune ;
Harrlsburg, May 29. The farmers
forced through the house today the
tho Smith bill distributing; the school
apiiroprlatlon by giving $50 to each
teacher, and dividing the balunoe on
the baHls of the number of taxables In
the several school districts In the state.
Should this appropriation become a
law the city districts will receive con
siderably less than their present share
of the appropriation, and the sparsely
settled districts a corresponding gain.
The Philadelphia members and other
representatives from city districts, ex
cept Pittsburg and Allegheny, fought
the bill at every stage. The Allegheny
members voted for the measure In re
turn for tin? support of the farmers for
the "Greater Pittsburg" bills. The vote
on the bill was 111 to 71. The an
nouncement of the vote was received
with chesrs and applause by the farm
ers. Later In the day the Frits bill,
providing for the distribution 'of the
school appropriation on the basis of
the number of children In the several
school dlstrctB between the ages of six
and twenty years same up for third
reading and final passage on a special
order. The bill was killed by an over
whelming majority.
The McDonald bill authorizing brew
ers to sell their own product to li
censed dealers upon payment Into the
state treasury of an annual license of
$1,000, passed finally. The purpose of
mw measure is iu relieve orewers irom
taking out a license In courts. The
bills authorizing poor directors In
counties having farm lands In connec
tion with county almshouses to lease
the land for oil and gas purposes, and
regulating the license fee for build
ings and other places in which theatri
cal performances are held, and menag
artes or museums are exhibited, passed
many.
GENERALS AT CHICAGO.
Distinguished Sonthernors Will Witness
Confederate Monument Dedication.
Chicago, May 29. Southern generals
and the wives, daughters and grand
daughters of southern generals, to the
number of thirty, arrived In a Bpeclal
car, attached to the Baltimore and
Ohio express from Washington at 1,1
o'clock this morning to attend the dedi
cation of the confederate monument
at Oakwoods cemetery tomorrow. The
party was met at the Grand Central
station by a reception committee and
escorted to the Palmer house, where a
public reception was given this after
noon. Among those In the party arriving
this morning were: General Wade
Hampton, of South Carolina; General
iiutier, or south Carolina: General
Eppa Hunton, of Virginia; General
rrencn, or Florida: Central Marcus
Wright and wife. General Hethe. Gen
eral II. D. Douglass, adjutant general
of Maryland; General Lorrrax and wife
and General Green, of North Carolina.
OHIO'S STATE TICKET.
Work Completed at tha Zanesvills
Meeting.
ZaneSVllle. O.. Mav 29. Fnllnarlnor la
Ihe ticket adopted by the Republican
Btate convention: .
Governor. Asa S. Bushnell. Snrlnir-
fleld; lieutenant governor, Asa W.
Jones, Youngstown; auditor of state,
W. D. Gullbert. Caldwell: supreme
judge, Thaddeus A. Mlnshall, Chilli
clot he;clrk of supreme court, Joslah B.
Allen, Athens; attorney general, Frank
S. Monnett, Flndlay; state treasurer,
Bumtu.'l B. Campbell, SteubenvUle;
member of board of public works, K. L.
Lybarger, Coshocton.
After adopting the eagle as the party
emblem and the usual local resolutions
of thanks and authorizing the state
committee to fill all vacancies, the con
vention ait 2.10 p. m. adjourned.
r
ASKED NO EXPLANATION.
Portsmouth Man Snwjlls Wife With
Prlond and Shot Her.
Portsmouth, N. H May 29. John
Roberts, proprietor of a saloon and
lodging house here, shot his wife and
Edgar D. Stoddard, whom he found In
her company early this morning. Stod
dard and two other men went driving
with Mrs. Roberts last night and re
turned early this morning.
Stoddard went Into the house with
the woman and encountered her hus
band, who at once opened fire on the
pair, Mrs. Roberts was shot In the.
head, but will recover. Stoddard es
caped with a flesh wound. Roberts Is
locked up charged with assault with
Intent to kill.
CARVED HIS RELATIVE.
A Quarro! Over Land In Indiana Ends
. Fatally.
Princeton, TnJ., May 29. James Cope-
ley murdered his fathor-ln-law, Philip
Glvens, near Patoka, Monday. Olvens
tried to oust Copeley from land he had
rented.. - When he reached the farm the
two commenced to quarrel. Glvens
made for him unarmed. .
Copeley gut out his knrfe and com
menced carving his father-in-law, mak
ing slashes, levering the jugular vein I
and blood vessels at wrist. Glvens, a
powerful man, finally ran to the house
and fell prostrate on the floor. The
murderer then pioked up an axe and
was going to brain his victim, but the
women present prevented him. Glvens
died shortly afterward.
GRESIIAM FUNERAL TRAIN.
Secretary's Remains Reach Pittsburg en
Rout for Chicago.
Pittsburg, Pa., May 29. The Gresh
om funeral train arrived in Pittsburg
over the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
at 9.45 tonight and left at 9.50 over the
Pittsburg and Western for Chicago.
Everybody on board wus well. .The
train Is due to arrive In Chicago at 2
o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Mrs.
Gresham rested somewhat easier since
leaving Washington and Is much im
proved In health.
Secretary Lamnnt said that the pres
ident had Just gotten over a bullous
attack before leaving Washington, but
tonight he was In good health. While
the train stopped at the transfer at
Laughlln station, several of the crowd
attempted to speak to the president,
but he shook his head, ns much as to
say the occasion was not one for hand
shaking. PROTEST FROM VETERAN'S.
Union ex-Prisoners of War Regard tho
Chicago Confodcruto Monument as on
Insult to Our Dead
Boston, May 29. At a meeting of the
executive committee of the National
Association of Union ex-prisoners of
war to discuss the arrangement for the
coming national encampment, the sub
ject of the Chicago memorial to the
Confederate dead, which Is to be dedi
cated tomorrow, was discussed, and -the
following adopted:
Headquarters National Association of
Union Ex-Prisoners of War.
State House, Boston, Mass., May B,
Office of the President.
Whereas, There Is about to be dedicated
ih' the city of Chicago u permanent memo
riol of the Confederate dead prisoners of
war at Camp Douglass, and
Whereas, This memorial in manner and
form. Is designed to perpetuato a lie,
against which we, ae surviving union ex
prleoners of war of the Confederate prison
pens of the south feel that we cannot re
main silent, not only In the intorest of
truth of history, but by tho duty which we
owo to the memory of the sacred dead, fel
low prisoners with' us, and by that .duty
which we owe to our children who shall
come after us. Therefore, bo It
Resolved, That we, comrades and mem
bers of National Association of Union ex
Prlsoners of War, utter this, our emphatic
protest against the rearing and the dedi
cation of any such memorial as this to
the southern Confederacy and its dead
anywhere on the soil of free America,
and especially on soli of the loyal north.
In view of the fact that all traces of
Confederate prison pens at the south have
been carefully obliterated; thut in no
school history furnished for the education
of our children, north as well as south, Is
allusion made to them or to the treatment
of our comrades as prisoners of war in
them, we see in the subtle Insinuation of
of that ragged, emaciated, drooping figure
at the top of the Confederate memorial
at Chicago; In the design of the dying pris
oner in the panel beneath, a deliberate at-
temp to sacrifice truth and to falsify his
tory at the expense of our national govern
ment and of its loyal defenders.
When we remember the condition of
those Confederate prisoners from Camp,
Dougless as compared with that of our
comrades coming from Confederate pris
ons for exchange, we feel that we cannot
remain still and permit a wrong like this
to be perpetuated without our earnest and
sincere protest.
Would those who rear this memorial at
Chicago wish us to depict the "Union pris
oner as he was on a like shaft at Andorson
vllle? We oannot but regard this memo
rial as an insult to our dead; to our flag
and government, to the loyal heart of this
great nation.
While, therefore, we honor braverey;
whllo we would not detract from the hero
Ism of men who yielded their lives for
that in which thoy fully and honestly,
however mistakenly believed, and while
far be it from us to awaken anew the
passions long stilled, yet we feel that
treason and loyalty cannot ha niibn 'hon
ored and commemorated under the same
flag and true patriotism live lu the hearts
of our children.
With this molllimnnt hpnrlnt- tv.n AHnn.
and arms of a cause forever lost, we have
"".-Miumii not nione to ine bravo dead
but to that effort, which, If suedfessf ul.
would have dlsniomhniixi thin jii.. I
brought our national glory and Its flag
Into disrepute. Against that we record
SOLD FAKE SILVERWARE.
Soveral Prominent Now York Firms Are
Indicted.
New York, May 29. Among the In
dictments filed today by the grand Jury
were true bills against the following
firms for selling "fake" silverware:
Bloomlngdale Bros., fllmpson, Craw
ford & Simpson, H. C. Koch & Co.,
Stern & Co., Maey & Co., Adiams & Co.,
Hearn & Son, Hilton, Hughes & Co
5h LaA Jamlsn & Co., Daniels
& O'Neill & Co.
The members of the various firms In
dicted were arraigned before Recorder
Ooff In the court of general sessions
this afternoon, and on motion of Dis
trict Attorneys Battle and McManua,
the defendants were paroled in the cus
tody of their counsel.
LUM SMITH'S TROUBLES.,
He Is Found Guilty of Carrying on a
Schcmo to Defraud.
Philadelphia, May 29. L. Lum
Smith, publisher of the Philadelphia
Agents' Herald, was, this afternoon,
found guilt In the United States dis
trict court of .carrying on an alleged
scheme to defraud by use of the malls,
through the medium of his paper. Sen
tence was deferred.
Smith was also placed on trial today.
In the same court, on tho charge of
sending Information contained In his
paper, through the molls, which stated
where obsence literature could be ob
tained. SHERIFF MUST ACT FIRST.
Colorado's Governor Cannot Interfere In
the Ranchman's War.
Denver, May 29. Governor McTn
tyre has decided that he cannot Inter
fere In the warfare between the cattle
men and the sheepmen In northwestern
Colorado until the sheriff, having ex
hausted all his powers In the effort to
preserve peace, Invokes the aid of the
state.
It Is probable that the sheep owners
will give tip the plan of drlvlflg their
flocks south to the railroad, and drive
them north to Rawlins, to which no
resistance will be offered.
MARTI COMES TO LIFE.
Frionda Cannot Furnish Death Proofs for
Insurance Companies.
' Jacksonville, Fla., May 29. A cable
gram from Key West;, Fla., says:
- The steamship Mascotte, from Ha
vana, tonight brings the news that
Martl's death Is authoritatively denied
In that city. It la reported that Martl's
life was Insured for $50,000, which his
wife attempted to collect. The Insur
ance, company demanded proof of his
death from' Martlnea ' Campos, .which
was refuted, v. , . 4 '
MAIL STEAMSHIP WRECKED
Only Nineteen of the Passengers and
Crew Arc Saved.
THE PATE OP OTHERS IN DOUBT
Paclflo Mail Steamer, Colima, Is Wreckod
Near Manzanilla-Small Boat Load
of Passengers Renuhos the
Mexican Coast.
San Francisco, May 29. The Pacific
mall Hteamshlp Collrna was wrecked
between Manzunllla and Acapulco on
May 27, and of the 150 persona aboard.
only nineteen are known to have been
saved. The Colima was an Iron ves
sel of 2. HUG tons burden. She was
built by Roach & Sons, of Chester. Pa,
nnd sailed from this city on May 18 In
command of Captain J. F. Tayier.
There were forty cabin jiassengers,
thirty-six steerage, passengers, forty
i ninese and seventy owners und crew
The news of the disaster reached this
city through a dispatch received by
tne agents of the Pat-IIIc Mail company
One of the steamer's small boats, con
taining fourteen passengers und five of
the crew, reached the Mexican coast.
and it was this party that telegraphed
the news of the wreck. None of the
remaining 150 passengers and crew has
been heard of, but It Is hoped that they
have reached shore in the vessel's boats
at some point where telegraphic ser
vice Is not maintained.
Just how many passengers were
aboard the vessel when the accident oc
curred which sent her to the bottom
cannot be ascertained at pris?nt. The
vessel stops at Mazatlan und San Bias
before reaching Munzanlllu, and passen
gers were landed and taken on at both
places. The corrected passenger list
can only be made out after tho names
of the passengers who went ashore
and boarded the vessel at those two
points are received by telegraph.
The Colima was due at Manzunllla on
Sunday, May 20. The dlHpatches show
that the vessel foundered on Monday,
May 27, off Manzanilla, which would in
dicate that some accident to tho ma
chinery occurred which rotared the
progress of the vessel and prevented
her from reaching the port of Man
zanllfa before she foundered. The otll
cers of the Pacific Mail Steamship com
pany do not believe the vessel struck a
hidden ledge. They are more Inclined
to think that the cause of the disaster
was an aecldent to the machinery,
They are sure that the officers and
crew did their duty and believe that
the loss of life will prove to be much
less than ia at present feared.
The vessel had six life boats, which
hung from davits ready to be launched
at a moment's notice, and It Is thought
that all of these could have been
launched, no matter how rapidly the
vessel sank. The telegTam received by
Mr. Schwerln only accounts for one
boat, and the fact that more had not
arrived at Manzanilla at the time the
dispatch was sent was the only Indica
tion that the loss of lire may nave oeen
very great.
The Colima was a single screw pro
peller, with ian iron hull. She was built
in 1873 at Chester, Pa., by John Roach
& Sons. Her tonnage was 2,909 gross,
and 2,143 neit, her horse power 1,100 and
her speed 11 4 knots. This was her one
hundred and twenty-ninth voyage to
Panama. She carried about 2,000 tons
of cargo, and was valued at 1103,000,
Dope for More Survlrors.
The latest concerning the disaster Is
a private message which reports that
there Is a possibility that several more
boats are adrift or have landed on the
coast. The disaster occurred about
fifty miles from Manzanlllo, and be
tween that port and Punta San Telmo,
a bend in the south Mexican coast. The
Colima. had been out several hours
when an accident occurred to her ma
chinery which caused her to spring a
leak. She filled quickly, and It being
night, and all the passengers having
turned In, great difficulty was encount
ered In arousing them. Confusion and
wild disorder followed. One boat was
lowered and five swung out but as far
as is known the one boat was the only
one that got a good distance from the
ship before she went down. It was
impossible to say whether the other
boats pulled away before being sucked
under by the sinking vessel or not.
Tho boat containing the rescued men
was picked up at sea by the steamer
San Juan, north bound to this city from
Central American ports. She imme
diately put Into Manzanlllo with the
Vwved, and, according to dispatches
since received, at once wrent to sea
again In search of other boats.
NOW IT IS HOT WINDS.
Moro Trouhlo for Kansns Formers Somo
llnvo Abnndonod Hope.
Kansas City, May 29. Hot winds,
which have been blowing over western
Missouri, Kansas and part of Nebraska
for the past forty-olght hours, have
badly damaged or in some places com
pletely destroyed the crops. The ther
mometer at St. Joseph yesterday regis
tered 95, which is one of the hottest
May records known here. In Dickin
son, Clay and adjacent counties dust
and sand storms have added to the
heats further. Reports from Clay Cen
ter say that farmers In that vicinity
have given up all hope of raising any
thing. The hot winds are reported as
not only damaging crops, but are said
to have blown fruit oft the trees. A dis
patch from Hope, Kan., is to the same
effect.
At Caldwell, Kan., the local water
company hns shut off water for all pur
poses except for fighting fires, as the
long continued drought has caused the
creeks to run (jry. Reports received
by railroad officials from various other
points show like conditions. There are
still no signs of rain.
St. Joseph, Mo., May 29. Farmers in
this section have become discouraged
on account of the hot winds. For two
days hot winds from Ihe South have
prevailed, and advices received at the
Grand Island rullroad offices today say
that at some places In Kansas the wind
was blowing fifty or Blxty miles an
hour, and burning everything In Its
path. Today the thermometer regis
tered 95 above, with the wind blowing
hard and no signs of rain.
Omaha, Nob., May 29. The hot winds
continued to blow with terrific force
throughout Nebraska yesterday. Small
grain Is being damaged considerably,
but corn Is In good condition, and not
likely to be affected If there should be a
week of similar weather. In some lo
calities the high winds have blown sand
over the corn, and may cause some
damage. .
WOULD IIANGFEATHEROFF.
An Angry Mob Clamors for tho Lifo of an
Old Man.
Cleveland, May 29. A gpeclnl from
Chllllcothe, O., says: Tremendous ex
citement Is now prevailing at Adelphl.
this county, and the lock-up at that
place Is surrounded by an enraged mob
of 300 or more, who are provided with a
rope and clamoring for the life of Nel
son Featheroff, a well-to-do and promi
nent farmer or that locality, ireatheron;
Is CO years of age, and Is the father of
a family. He Is under arrest on the
charge of aftomptlng to assault a
9-year-old girl named Strausser, who
is the step-daughter of John Karshjer.
All the parties live at Laurelvllle, two
miles from Adelphl.
The preliminary hearing was set for
today before Mayor Ebbe, of Adelphl,
but the mob declared that the pris
oner should never reach the court room
alive.
TUNNEL ROOF FALLS.
Two Men Are Killed and Pivo Aro Se
verely Injured.
Cannonshurg, Pa., May 29. Two men
were killed and five badly injured lust
evening by the caving in of the roof of
-Hull's tunnel, four miles below Can
nonsburg, on the Chartlers Valley rail
road. The -parties tvere all negroes from
Virginia, who were at work on the tun
nel. TERRIBLE Itl.NAWAV.
Nineteen Philadelphia School Children
Trampled by u Maddened Horse.
Philadelphia, May 29. The most ter
rifying and excltlriK runaway that has
ever occurred In Philadelphia took
place this afternoon during a flag rais
ing at the Kmerald primary school, on
Kmerald street, above Susquehanna
avenue. A maddened horse dashed
through a crowd of adults and little
children and trampled nineteen f the
latter under foot. Providentially, no
one was killed. The exercises at the
flag raising attracted abuut 2.000 peo
ple. A stand had been erected on the
pavement on which wera gentlemen
taking part In the ceremonies.
The children of the school were
grouped In a seml-clrcle around the
stand, and the balance of the crowd
were packed In tho street behind the
children. Suddenly a cry came from
the people on thu edge of the crowd,
and there was a rush for safety. Bear
ing down opun the crowd at tha top
of its speed was a horse with a boy
upon his back. The people scattered
as best they could, but the crowd was
too dense to got out of the way In time,
and the horse pluged Into the midst of
children around the stand. The shrb-ks
of the little ones as they were trampled
under foot and the screams of their
agonized parents were henrtrendlng.
Just In front of the stand the horse
fell over the prostrate bodies of the
children that he had beaten to the
street. Before the animal could arise
a dozen men had thrown themselves
upon him and held him until he became
quiet. The greatest confusion followed.
The frightened people carrlti away the
children that had been hurt. The ma
jority of those Injured were suffering
from cuts and bruises, and how badly
many of them were hurt It Is impossi
ble to say, as they were taken directly
to their homes. v
The names of nineteen who had been
cut and bruised by the horse's hoofs
were obtalnl by the police. Jacob
Ernest, the boy who was riding the
horse and was thrown when the animal
fell, had his arm broken and was taken
to the hospital, and Mrs. William Rog
ers, the wife of a director of the school,
had her ankle broken. Ernest had had
the horse In blacksmith shop being
shod, and just as he mounted him the
animal took fright and ran away.
KNIGHTS AT READING.
Thoy Decide to Hold Next Grand Cora
mandery Meeting at Scranton.
Reading, Pa., May 29. At today's
meeting of the grand commandery,
Knights Templar of Pennsylvania,
Adam H. Schmehl, of this city, n
young lawyer and a member of Read
ing commandery, was elected grand
junior warden on the third ballot over
Captain Linden, of Philadelphia, by a
vote of 1C3 to 154. Immediately after
the election Grand Commander Spen
cer announced the following appoint
ments: Grand standard bearer, Charles
Carey, of No. 53, Philadelphia; grand
sword bearer. Ezra S. Bartlett, of No.
.14, Philadelphia; grand warden, Robert
P. Mercer, of Chester; grand chaplain
of guard, John A. Vandersllce, of No.
15, Phoenlxville; grand marshal, Har
vey A. McKillip, of No. 12, Bloomsburg;
grand herald, Thomas S. Williamson,
of No. 4, Chester. The grand com
mandery held a public Installation of
Its newly elected officers at the Acad
emy of Music this afternoon, which
was the first public Templar event of
the kind held in this city. Tne next
meeting of the grand commandery will
be held in Scranton.
Thirtv thousand men. women and
children, packed like sardines, crowded
Penn street, this evening to see the pa
rade of the Mystic Shrlnors. About 500
members from all parts of the state
participated, headed by the full Ger
manla band. Flanking the column were
100 colored men carrying torches on
long poles, bearing the ensign of the
order.
All members wore full Shrine uni
form. It was a novel sight and tne
display of lire works along the line of
parade was fine. After the parade, the
Shriners met at the Academy of Music
where seventy-five candidates were In
stalled Into the mysteries of the order.
B1METALISM STRONG.
Tho Colorado Republican Clubs Dc
mnnd It.
Denver. May 29. The State league of
Renubllcan clubs met here yesterday,
electing full delegates to the National
league meeting at Cleveland. A red
hot fight occurred over the resolutions.
A minority favored instructions to the
Colorado delegates to bolt unless the
convention came out unequivocally tor
free coinage of silver at 16 to 1. The
resolutions finally passed to instruct
the delegation to work for such action
by the National convention.
The platform adopted is woraea in
the strongest expressions. High tariff
against all countries refusing to adopt
a bimetallic money standard Is urged.
Another plunk says there Is not n
square Inch of room for the anarchist,
socialist or nihilist, or any one not
willing to swear allegiance to this
country.
AFTER THE COMPANIES.
Schuylkill Farmers Want Damages for
Ruined Lands.
Pottsvllle, Pa., May 29. Recently
heavy damages have been recovered
against the coul companies hereabouts
for culm or coal dirt washing Into the
streams and spoiling farm lands.
Last Monday thirty-two new suits
were entered In court here and today
no less than llf-ty-slx other suits were
entered here oof a similar nature and
whereby many thousands of dollars are
Involved, aggregating over a quarter
of a million.
Gail llnmllton Dying. ' '
Washington. May 29. Miss Mnry Abigail
Dodge Is sinking rapidly and her physician
does not think Bhe can last another
twenty-four hours. She Is not able to
take food of any kind.
WEATHER REPORT.' '
For eastern Pennsylvania, fair: warmer:
southwesterly wluds.
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SwJvel 'Silks, Kai-KaJ
Silks, Habitual Silks,
1 Printed India Silks,'
Brocade Taffeta Silks,
In fancy effects for
Waists; Black Brocade
India Silks, Black Bro
cade Taffeta Silks,
Armures, Peau De Sole,
Satin Duchesse, Satin
Soleil, etc., etc.
Tfee 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
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We have made Special
Low Prices on a large
line of Wool Dresc
Goods of this season to
. reduce stock.
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