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WASI
COOIS
NEVER WERE DAINTIER OR
PRETTIER THAN THEY ARE THIS
SEASON. THE MAlf TllOl'HLK
HAS BEEN TO GET FULL LINES
OP THE CHOICEST THINGS; HUT
AT LAST WE'VE SUCCEEDED IN
GATHERING TOGETHER A RANGE
WHICH IS
Hatchless for beauty,
distinct 3n styles, and
Exclusively our own,
$2
A3 A NEW CREATION ARE AL
READY ATTRACTING MUCH AT
TENTION. THEY ARE A LIGHT
COBWEBHY FABRIC. WITH CORD
ED SELFSTRII'ES AND THE LOVE
LIEST PRINTED DESIGNS IN
TWIG STRIPES, TRELLIS STRIPES,
FLASH STRIPES. SOLID STRIPES,
PARTI COLOR STRIPES. CLOUD
DRIFT EFFECTS. SPRAYS. LIGHT
FLORAL STYLES. ETC. TO SE13
THEM 18 TO ADMIRE THEM, AND
AS WE'VE ONLY FOUR CASES IN
STOCK AND CAN'T RENEW THEM.
THEY WON'T 8TAY LONG WITH
US.
ARE THE SWEETEST THING IN A
WASH FABRIC WE HAVE EVER
SET EYES ON. THE WEAVE IS
DELICATE AND FINE, THE PAT
TERNS LIGHT AND GRACEFUL,
AND IF EVER THERE WAS AN
IDEAL SUMMER FROCKING. THIS
SURELY FILLS THE BILL IN EV
ERY DETAIL.
Sill Swiss Tissues
ARE HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME.
ONE COULD ALMOST IMAGINE
THEY CAME FROM THE LOOMS
OF THE FAIRIES. THE GROUNDS
ARE WHITE AND THE FLOSSY
BILK IS THROWN UP IN WAVES.
CURLS, ZIG-ZAG BARS, STRIPES.
ETC.,'. IN ALL THE POPULAR
SPRING AND SUMMER LINES.
ARE MUCH SOUGHT FOR. WE
HAVE A FULL RANGE OF COLORS
AND QUALITIES. AMONG THE
SHADES ARE LEMON, TAN, CA
DET BLUE, CARDINAL, NAVY,
CREAM AND WHITE.
JSfarqiisc (Mele Dimities
MAVE WON MANY. FRIENDS. IN
THE SOLID COLORINGS THE DE
MAND HAS HITHERTO BEEN IN
EXCESS OF THE SUPPLY. AT
THIS MOMENT THERE ISN'T A
GOOD SHADE WANTING, WHILE
IN THE PRINTED EFFECTS THE
VARIETY IS COMPLETE.
WITH PATENT SATIN FINISH RE
TAIN ALL THEIR DELIGHTFUL
SOFTNESS, WHILE ADDED TO
THEM IS A RICH LUSTROUS
BEAUTY WHICH GREATLY EN
HANCES THEIR VALUE. FOR
GRADUATING DRESSES, NOTH
ING COULD BE MORE SUITABLE,
AND AS WE NOW SHOW THEM IN
ALL THE LEADING SHADES, ALSO
BLACK, CREAM AND WHITE,
. THEIR RANGE OF USEFULNESS
HAS BEEN MUCH EXTENDED.
Among other Cloths
are Victoria Lawns,
India Linens, Piques,
Dotted Swisses,
(UNLIMITED RANGE OF PAT
ERNS), ETC., ETC.
SPECIAL
ARE THE LATEST OF ALL THE
FLIMSY FABRICS, AND THEY'RE
AS PRETTY AND DESIRABLE AS
ANY ON THE MARKET. THIRTY
DIFFERENT PATTERNS AND COL'
ORINOS. 250 PIECES IN THE LOT.
WE GUARANTEE THIS CLOTH
FULL VALUE FOR 12i4o.
Special Price, 9c.
WAREHOUSE .
WORK SF THE LEGISLATURE
Resume of I):isin.'ss of the
Winter ut Hurrisburg.
I'ast
BILLS A1TK0VBD IJY GOVERNOR
List of Important Measures Considered
bv tlio House nnd Scnuto and tlio
lata of tlio Hills -An Office
Creating UoJy.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Harrisburg, June 9. The legislature
which closed up Us affairs yesterday
disposed of a groat deal of business.
It was a session In which there was
much discussion upon almost every
measure of Importance. The principal
bills that passed finally, and which
were the subjects of the warmest de
bate, were the Marshall bill, repealing
the pipe line law; the Farr compulsory
education bill; the Smith religious garb
bill; the Woods water works bill; the
bills allowing traction companies to con
solidate and lease competing lines; the
biineating a Superior court, and those
for the making erf a greater Pittsburg.
About 1,200 bills were introduced. Of
these S87 have gone to the governor.
He has signed 112, vetoed 25 and has
450 to decide upon In the next thirty
days.
The legislature will go down Into
fame for creating more new offices than
any other in the history of the common
wealth. The legislation of this char
acter was the act .reorganizing the
banking department and Increasing the
salary of the commissioner to $6,000;
increasing salary of the adjutant gen
eral from $2,500 to $4,000; creating the
office of executive clerk, and providing
for the appointment of two additional
Janitors for the senate; creating the de
partment of agriculture for a term of
four years, with a salary of $4,000; a
deputy secretary at $3,000, to be direc
tor of Farmer's Institutes; also dairy
and food commissioner, economic
zoologist, forestry commissioner and
state veterinarian, with salaries of
$2,500 each, and a clerk at $1,500 each;
creating the office of deputy auditor
general at a salary of $3,000; Increasing
the salary o the superintendent of
public buildings and grounds from $1,400
to $3,000; authorizing the election of
two additional transcription clerks, a
bill clerk and two additional doorkeep
ers of the house; Increasing the number
of factory inspectors from twelve to
twenty, at a salary of $1,400 each; au
thorizing the employment of two addi
tional draughtsmen In the department
of internal affairs to copy old reports
and surveys, and Increasing the salary
of the deputy secretary of Internal af
fairs to $3,000; establishing a state
board of veterinary medical examiners,
to consist of five members whose ex
penses are to tie paid from fees; creat
ing a commission to consist of three
senators and three representatives to
make Inquiry and report to the next
legislature the best method of utilizing
convict labor so as not to interfere with
legitimate Industries; establishing a
live stock sanitary board to consist of
the governor, secretary of. agriculture,
state dairy and food commissioner and
the state- veterinarian; establishing a
separate orphans' court In Schuylkill
county.
Dills Approved by Governor.
Some of the most Important bills ap
proved by the governor follows: Mak
ir? It a misdemeanor punishable by a
filie of $100 or Imprisonment not ex
ceeding one year to wilfully or wan
tonly raise a false alarm of lire; nxing
tihe number of councilmen to be elected
i boroughs at seven, they 'to be elect
ed for a term of three years; authoriz
ing Judges during vacation or when
court Is not In session, to approve bonds
of railroad and canal companies for
land damages; authorizing notaries
public, prothonotarles and clerks of
courts to administer oaths and take
affidavits In divorce proceedings; abol
ishing the law of 1772, by striking out
the provision requiring the kissing of
the Bible In the administering of oaths,
so that hereafter all swearing will have
to be done with the uplifted hand or the
laying of the hand on the Hook; au
thorizing county commissioners to erect
and maintain a suitable monument at
the county seat In memory of the sol
diers and sailors of the late war; pun
ishing pooi selling, the receiving or
transmitting of bets by telegraph or
aiding in pool selling or betting; au
thorizing county commissioners to ap
point counl'.y solicitors to serve for
three years; requiring the clerks of
orphans' court to keep their marriage
license docket open for the inspection of
the public; to allow copies and ab
stracts of the same to be made for pub
lication In newspapers and providing
a penalty of $50 to be levied on such
officials who refuse to fulfill the obli
gations of the act.
There wis a vast amount of Impor
tant legislation killed. From a. politi
cal standpoint the most Important were
the congressional, senatorial and leg
islative apportionment bills and the
various propositions to amend the bal
lot law. In the closing hours of the ses
sion the revenue bill framed by the
state tax conference and the Cochrane
bill taxing brewers 24 cents a barrel of
thlrty-or. gallons failed In the senate
after having gone through the houe.
In the way.of railroad bills there were
killed measures providing for a re
duced fare of one cent to persons who
are compelled to fitand In street cars;
making the uniform railroad fare 2
cents a mil?; regulating the Pullman
car service of the iate, and com
pelling companies to post at their sta
tions a' time card announcing all de
layed trains. .
Tho five and three year game bills,
which prohibited the killing of de?r
within these periods; an act to pre
vent the polluslon of streams; the game
commission bill and the esl basket bill
Is some of the game legislation which
failed. , ,
l iquor I.klslntlon.
- In the way of liquor legislation a
number of bills which were Introduced
for a purpose were killed. Some of the
legislation of this character was the
act which prohibited the wholesalers
from sellllng less than a gallon of malt,
spirited, or brewed liquors; the graded
license bill which was proposed to sus
pend the Brooks high license law; the
Gould bill making It a misdemeanor
for minors to wilfully misrepresent
their ago to procure Intoxicating
liquors, and the bill to prevent the sale
or gift of intoxicating liquors on Me
morial Day.
On the other side was the Pennlwell
local option bill, which was defeated.
Among the other bills defeated was the
Smith school fund bill which provided
fur the distribution of the school fund
on a new bads, which would have cost
the city of Scranton upwards of $15,000
and other cities of the state In like pro
portion. The bill passed the house and
was killed in the senate committee on
education. The bill to establish ,a de
partment of charities, which would
have established uniform rules formate
charities and recommend appropriation,
ulso fell by the wayside.
The bill known as the Seanor meat
bill, which proposed to compel the
Btate charitable Institutions to pur
chase meat that had been slaughtered
In the commonwealth and none other,
was killed. Other measures defeated
were bills for the purchase of school
books at publisher's prices; ceding
jurisdiction to the United States gov
ernment over the Gettysburg roads and
creating the office of state fire marshal,
making uniform policies of fire insur
ance and the judges' retirement bills.
BALTIMORE'S BIG FIRE.
One Hundred Persons Rendered Homeless
by tho Conflagration-Los $125,000
With Very l.ittlo Insurance.
Baltimore, June 9. One of the most
disastrous Sunday conflagrations that
ever visited this city occurred on East
Monument street today. One hundred
persons were rendered homeless and
$125,000 went up In smoke.
The fire broke out a little before 11
o'clock In the planJng mill of A. Storck
& Co. The flames spread to the lumber
yard adjourning and then to several
dwellings. Ten houses adjacent on
East Monument street and nine resi
dences on North Front street, In the
rear, were gutted, the burned area cov
ering over 1,000 square feet. The plan
ing mill with Its valuable machinery
and thousands of dollars worth of val
uable material, and the yard contained
over 100,000 feet of lumber, were wiped
away by the flames. There was but
Httle Insurance on . the houses or their
contents. Storck & Co. were insured for
$40,000.
DENOUNCE THE COURT.
Omaha Laborers Aro Dissatisfied with
Decision of the Highest Tribunal.
Omaha, Neb., June 9. At a- mass
meeting of laboring men held last night
these resolutions were passed unani
mously; ...... .
Whereas, The supreme court of the
United States has dented Eugene V. Debs,
president of the American Railway union,
a writ of habeas corpus, thus denying him
the right of an Impartial trial by a Jury of
his peers, and,
Whereas, Such denial has swept away
every safeguard that protects the liberty
of the citizens. Therefore, be it
Resolved, That we, the worklngmen of
Omaha, In mass meeting assembled, de
nounce the action of said court as arbi
trary nnd unjust and calculated to destroy
the confidence of the masses in-the Integ
rity of tho Judiciary of the United States;
and be It further
Resolved, That we call upon all liberty
loving citizens of tho United States to de
nounce the action of said court.
KILLED BY FAST EXPRESS.
Joliu Williams Struck at tho Kldgcficld
Park Crossing.
Hackensack, June 9. John Williams
left the Era office this morning and
started across the West Shore tracks
to take the 10 o'clock Susquehanna
train for his home In Hackensack. As
he stepped between the tracks a south
bound West Shore express rounded
the curve and dashed down the grade
at the rate of fifty miles an hour.
Several men called to Mr. Williams,
buit before he could get out of the way
he was Btruck by the locomotive. ' He
was thrown nearly 100 feet. His body
was terribly mangled. Mr Williams
was nearly 80 years old.
CHRISTIANS MASSACRED.
All of tho English, French and American
Mlsslonarys at Cheng Tu at the Mercy
of Anarchists,
London, June 9. The Telegraph will
tomorrow publish a Shanghai despatch
sying it Is almost certain that all per
sons connected with the English,
French and American missions at
Che? Tu have been massacred. The
Chinese admit that telegerams have
been stopped by government orders.
A French gunboat has gone to Wu
Chang to inquire into the matter. Vlr
tually the whole province qf Canton
Is In a state of anarchy, the rival fac
Hons raiding each other.
Whltmnn nnd tho stnto League.
Philadelphia, June 9. Not an official of
tho Stnto leaguo appeared at the spoclal
meeting called here today by W. A. Wit
man, of the Reuclng dlub, nnd Mr. Wit
man spent tho day alone at the Hotel Han
over. Mr. Wttmun stated that Lancaster
and Hurrisburg were ready to leave the
league with him if a change In the pres
ent policy of the management Is not made,
Gibson Victorious.
Easton, Md June 9. United States Sen
ator Charles H. Gibson scored on absolute
victory In the Democratic primary eloc
lions In Talbot county ycuturduy. Tlio
county convention on Tuesday will noml
nate three men who are unalterably In fa
vor of his re-election.
' Illlnd I'ac'ory Itnrncd.
Kalamazoo, Mich., June 9. Flro this af
ternoon deutroyed the lumber yard and
sash, door and blind factory of Dewing &
Sons, and several from and brick blocks.
Dowlng's loss Is over JtOO.OOO, with $75,000
Insurance The total loss Ib $200,000.
CONDENSED STATE TOPICS.
Miss Cora Wood, assistant postmistress
at Conncaut Lake, has been arrested
charged with embezzlement of $317.
The annual commencement exercises
of State college began yesterday with the
preaching of the baccalaureate sermon
by Rev. James R. Breed, of Pittsburg.
An expansion pipe at the Lakeside Elec
tric Railway company's power house at
Mahanoy City, exploded yesterday fa
tally burning James Cattln, the fireman,
and seriously Injuring William Pounder,
the engineer. '.
EUETT SHOOTS HIS WIFE
Murder and Suicide Averted by a
I'lucky Little Girl.
NERVE OP AX EIGHT-YEAR-OLD
Ilnby Synott Catches Her Father's Arm
and Saves Her Mother's Llfo-Sho
Ihcn Baffles tlio Attempt of
Einmctt to Shoot II imiol f.
San Francisco, Juno 9. J. K. Emmctt,
the actor, made an attempt last night
to murder his wife, who is known dn the
stage as Emily Lytton. The shooting
occurred a short distance from their
temporary residence In this city shortly
before 8 o'clock.
Emmett had been Indulging In strong
drink, and after his wife returned home
a quarrel ensued. When the shooting
occurred there were very few people
on the street, and the best account of
eye witnesses was given by Frank Itcr
gez, 12 years of age.
The couple had evidently been prac
ticing upon their mandolin and guitar,
for only a few minutes before the first
sign of trouble appeared, the music of
these Instruments was heard in Em
melt's apartments. Suddenly the front
door was thrown open by Mrs. Emmett,
who pushed their little 8-year-old pro
tege, Gaby Synott, out on the front
porch ahead of her.
"I will shoot you; I will kill you."
yelled Emmett, who was In the front
room.
"No you won't," answered his wife
as she closed tho door, and, hastily In
serting the key, snapped the lock.
Pushing Baby Synott aside Mrs. Em
mett ran along the sidewalk. Emmett
rushed to the front door and started
to spring to the ground, a distance of
six feet. In doing so his foot caught
and he fell In the garden. In his hand
was a revolver. Springing to his feet
he started in pursuit of his wife. She
saw her husband and the revolver and
with a scream, redoubled her flight.
She cried loudly for help as she ran.
An Elglit-Ycnr-Old llcrolno.
At this point Baby Synott. hearing
Mrs. Emmett's cries for help, Joined In
the race. Near the corner Emmett
caught up with his wife and fired.
With a scream Mrs. Emmett fell to the
sidewalk. He advanced toward his vic
tim as though to shoot again, but as he
leveled his pistol the child seized the
hand that held the weapon. The actor
paused and looked at the little one In
astonishment, for he had not seen her
before. He pushed her from him,
stepped back and placed the muzzle of
his weapon against his temple, Siaby
Synott again sprang upon the would-be
murderer, seeming to climb up his
limbs. In an Instant the little hand
was gripping the barrel of the pistol,
which she pushed away from his tem
ple. She clung to his arm so that he
could not use the weapon again. Em
mett stood for a moment ns if be
wildered, and then threw the weapon
Into a garden. Then the 8-year-old
heroine full to the sidewalk In a faint.
Bystanders quickly gathered and one
picked up the child. No one would
touch the man, who walked up the
street and sat upon his doorstep until
an officer arrived. Mrs. Emmett was
assisted to the receiving hospital. The
police stated that Emmett was un
doubtedly under the Influence of liquor.
Mrs. Emmett, at the hospital, protest
ed against the doctors probing and In
sisted upon leaving the hospital. Final
ly she consented to allow them to probe
if they would desist when she cried
stop."
Dr. Redding probed but was unable
to find the bullet. It had glanced up
ward along the bone nnd had In all
probability lodged under the skin in
the scalp. In answer to questions she
snld her husband had struck her Inside
the house with the butt end of a re
volver, nnd she ran into the street. He
followed her and pointed the pistol at
her, when she struck his hand upward
and the bullet went Into the air.
When told she would have to remain
In the hospital, she refused to do so,
and she was allowed to leave.
A San Francisco Girl.
Mrs. Emmett Is a San Francisco girl
and made her debut In this city several
years ago as "Mlna" In "Little Lord
Fauntelroy." According to a friend's
Btory, Emmett and his wife have not
lived happily together since they ar
rived in this city, and their quarrels
drove Emmett almost crazy at times.
Mra. Emmett is also said to have
caused him to put all property given
blm by his father into her name. Ac
cording to the same Informant, she has
lived extravagantly, and Emmett now
has little ready money. It Is said his
most Intimate friends were not at all
surprised that he tried to take the life
of his wife.
Other friends take an opposite view
and state that the fault Is on Emmett's
side; that he was abusive to his wife.
Kmmet Takes the Pledge,
Mrs. Emmett Is tonight entirely out
of danger. The operation disclosed the
fact that the bullet had not entered the
head. The hospital physicians stick to
the theory that the wound was made by
a bullet. Emmet claims the entire af
fair Is a blank to him. He Immediately
took tho pledge and says he will never
drink another drop. There was an ef
fectlonate scene between Emmett and
his wife after he was released.
CUBANS FIGHTING.
Rebels Aro Gaining Strength and Confi
dence Dally.
Santiago de Cuba, May 29. The reb
els seem to feel themselves very strong.
Yesterday about BOO came to the city
nnd took eighty beeves away with
them, without being molested. They
appeared ..again this morning, but the
Spanish troops to the number of eighty
were waiting them and a fight ensued.
The government sent 150 soldiers re
inforcements. The fight lasted some
hours, the Spanish losing five killed nnd
forty wounded, while the rebels had
two killed and five wounded. ,
FED DISEASED MEAT.
rtrntol Trcntmont Accorded Rteeraco
Passengers of tho San Juan.
Sa.h Francisco, Juno 9. The Call pub
lishes this morning affidavits from Gus
tavo flowen, a seaman of the Ill-fated
CoUma, Louis Boetticker, Samuel
Cohen and C. A. Bertram, passengers
of the San Juan, showing that the res
cued men were brutally ill-treated and
tho steerage passengers were fed dis
eased meat. The claim is made In sworn
statement that Dr. Robertson, the sur
geon of the San Juan, was drunk all
tho time and refused to treat the In
jured. One passenger named Thompson,
from New York to 'Frisco, died here the
second day after the Sun Juan arrived.
The affidavits made specific charges
against the doctor In Thompson's case.
The surgeon denies all the charges
mode, but 'makes no affidavit.
CAMPBELL WILL RUN AGAIN.
Ho Will Oppose IliiKhuoll in tho Hace for
Governor of Ohio.
Cincinnati, June 9. A conference of
Democratic leaders was held at the St.
Nicholas hotel yesterday. Senator Cal
vin 8. Brlce, ex-Governor Campbell,
Congressman Paul Sorg and Peter
Sschwab were preBent. The object of
the meeting was to receive Hovernor
Campbell's final answer relative to his
accepting the gubernatorial nomination
again. Ex-Governor Campbell said
that he felt It to be his duty to become
the party's candidate, If that were tho
wish of those present. There is no
doubt now that ex-Governor Campbell
will bo the man who will oppose Gen
eral Bushnell.
DEATH OF MRS. REID.
Tho Mother of tho Well-known Journollst
Passes Awuy.
New York, June 9 Hon. Whltelaw
Reid received a telegram today that
his mother had died this morning at
Cedarville, O.
Mrs. Held, tho deceased, win born at
Eyegute, Vermont In 1S0I. Her maiden
name was Marian Whltelaw Keyn
olda She married In 1S20 Hobert Clar
ton Held. Mr. and Mrs. Bold went
west and lived happily together until
Mr. Reid's death in 1NGG. Mrs. Reid
died in the old homestead In which she
has lived nearly seventy years. White
law Roid Is her only surviving child.
INJURED AT A FIRE.
Serious Results of an Kllznbcthport
Conflagration.
Elizabeth, N. J., June 9. A fire in
Fitzpatrlck row of frame tenements on
Court street, Elizabethport, at 3 o'clock
this morning nearly resulted in the loss
of two lives.
Mary Menzell, a widow. Jumped from
a second-story window and was severe
ly Injured. John Grid, a bonrder, was
rescued and went back after some
money he had left In a trunk. He was
overcome by the smoke and when found
was nearly dead. He may recover. Tho
fire Is believed to have been started by
an Incendiary.
BEFORE RAILROADS CAME.
Father Lawrcnco and Colonel Hall to
Make an Interesting Journey.
Harri9burg, June 9. Upon the ad
journment of the legislature at noon
yesterday an interesting episode oc
curred in front of the capltol. In the
presence of the assembled law-makers
Governor Hastings, In behalf of the
members of the house, presented to
Representative George Lawrence a
horse and buggy, with which he will
drive to his home In Washington coun
ty over the same route ho traveled be
fore the railroads were built.
He will be accompanied by Colonel
Henry Hall, of the governor's staff.
ACROSSTHE OCEAN IN A SLOOP
Young Robert McCullum Going to Sea ia
a Very Small Boat.
New York, June 9. Another sailor Is
going to try to cross the Atlantic In a
small eloop. He is Robert McCullum,
who was born in Dundee nineteen years
ago, and has been nt sea for ten years.
His boat lies oft the Battery.. She has a
19-foot keel, Is 22 feet over all, and Is
5 feet 4 Inches beam. The boat has
three compartments, nnd Js built of
spruce.
McCullum takes with him provisions
for sixty days, nnd hopes to make
Queenstown in forty-five days. He will
leave here at 11 a. m. on Thursday next.
SEVEN GIRLS WENT BATHING.
Four Waded Beyond Their Depth and
Wcro Drowned.
Dubois, Pa., Juno 9. Seven young
ladles of Big Run, a village fifteen miles
south of here, went bathing in Mahon
ing Creek on Saturday afternoon, and,
getting beyond their depth, four of
them, Sadie and Maggie Anthony, Rose
Rimer and Cora Rugh. whose ages
range from 13 to 16 years, were
drowned.
Only one of the seven could swim, and
she succeeded In saving two lives. The
glrla all belong to well known families.
NO MONEY FOR PROBERS.
Tho Legislature Refuses to Pay for In
ves Hunting Philadelphia.
.Harrlsburg, June 9. The state legis
lature adjourned yesterday only after
a bitter row over appropriating money
to pay for the investigation of the city
government of Philadelphia. Tho ap
propriation wns lost In conference, tho
house refusing by a vote of 69 to 57 to
agree to the senate's demands. '
The senate will do the investigating,
however. If necessary, Senator Pen
rose says he will foot the bills himself.
AMERICAN KILLED IN MEXICO.
ohn T. Benton of Michtgnn Falls Over
the Sldo of a Cliff.
Chihuahua, Mexlpo. June 9. P. R.
Flowers and John T. Benton, two
wealthy young Americans from Mlchi
gan, arrived here a few days ago and
left on nn overland trip to Hermoslllo,
across the Sicrre Madre mountains.
Advices were received yesterday that
Mr. Benton was killed last Wednesday
by falling over the side of a cliff.
WAGES INCREASED IN OHIO.
Advance of 10 Per Cent, for Furnaccincn
In tho Mahoning Valley. .
Youngstown, O., Juno 9. Another
voluntary Increase of about 10 per cent,
In the wages of all the furnace em
ployes' In the Mahoning Valley was
granted by the blast-furnace operators
at a special meeting lust night. .
The Increase Is to take effect on
June 15.
PRINCETON STUDENTS SHOT
Fred I. Ohl and Garret Cochrane Arc
Seriously Wounded!
BULLETS FIRED BY A NEGRO
John Collins' In a Fit of Ha so, Fires from
a 22-Calibre Revolver and Hits.
Both of tho Young Men
Aro Students.
Trenton, N. J., Juno 9. Frederick
Iierson Ohl and Garrett Cochran, each
19 years of age, nnd both students In
tho freshman class at 1'rlnceton col
lege, were shot and dangersously. If not
mortally wounded at 10 o'clock last
night by a negro named John Collins.
The shooting took place in an alley
In front of the side entrance of Ander
son's hotel. Collins is a laborer, 20
years old. lie had had words with tlio
students, and in a lit of rage drew a
22-calibre revolver and fired first at
Ohl, then at Cochran and again at Ohl.
AH the Hhots took effect. The bullet
fired nt t'oehran struck him In the
mouth and traveled to the base of his
right ear. Iloth of Ohl's wounds were
in the stomach. The students dropped
to the sidewalk and were quickly re
moved to the college hospital. Collins
was placed under arrest by Marshal
11. 13. Tyrell. He took his prisoner to
the town lockup, but had got Jilm
scarcely Incarcerated before word of
the shooting reached every ear in
Princeton nnd the students gathered on
Nassau street by the hundreds. A re
port gaining circulation that both Old
and Cochran were dylnyr, the students
grew very excited and demands that
the negro be lynched went up on every
sldo. "Hang him, hang him!" was nn
exclamation repeated frequently.
At the lock-up is was heard that some
of the students had procured a rope
and were marching there lna body.
Marshal Tyrell, fearing for the prison
er's safety, handcuffed him nnd re
moved him to a piece of woods about
a quarter of a mile from the college
and kept him there until after mid
night. Ry that time the excitement had
subsided and a conveyance was ob
tained and Tyrell and two other offi
cers took Collins to the county jail
at Trenton.
Downs Also Locked ( p.
Stephen Downs, also colored, was
lodged In the county jail at the sam3
time. Ho was In the company of Col
lins Immediately before the shooting
took place. Ohl and Cochran, with
some other students, It seems, were
walking down Witherspoon street a lit
tle before 10 o'clock. Collins and
Downs approached them from nn op
posite direction, and Collins, it Is said,
used Insulting language directing it
toward the students. The latter re
joined sharply nnd there was consider
able profanity. A few minutes later,
Cochrane nnd Ohl met Collins In tho
alley alluded to. Downs was a few fret
away. Collins stood in the door of the
hotel bar and reviled tho students and
dared them to enter. They undertook
to do eo, when the negro whipped out
his weapon and began the firing. This
is the story of the affair as given by
persons who were on the scene soon
after the shooting. The negroes would
not Fee reporters in tho county jail
today. Downs bears the reputation of
being a peaceable man and he claims
that the students assaulted them with
tense rails.
Tonight the wounded students are ly
ing In a critical condition. Dr. Bull,
of New York, extracted the bullets
from Ohl's body this afternoon, but
failed to dislodge the one underneath
Cochran's ear.
Ohl belongs in Now Castle, Pa. He Is
a brother of Full Rack Ohl, of the Cor
nell college football team. lie played
half bnck In the Trlnceton freslffnan
football team and was last fall heavy
weight cane sprec-r, winning the only
cane won by the fresh num. Cochran
la from Wllllamsport, Pa. Ho wns cap
tain of th3 Lawrenceville football team
1n 1S93. and played full bnck with
Princeton team, last fall.
-STARVING IN OKLAHOMA.
Aid Is Asked for the. Destitute Citicns of
(irant County.
KanBas City, Mo., June 9. Rev. P.
Shan and Judge T. P. Nash, of Grant
county, Oklahoma, are In the city ask
ing aid for the people of Prairie town
ship, and In fact for the entire popula
tion of Grant county, who are actually
starving. The section of the territory
was opened in September, 1WI3. Tho
settlers came in the rush for claims
with little money nnd less household
goods. Today not a penny of their
savings is left, and every household Is
a scene of destitution
Tho unfortunate people have not the
wherewithal to leave the country and
so they remain to suffer, and, If help
does not come soon, to die.
SQUIRE WEBSTER OBJECTS.
Takes Steps to Prevent tho Corbott-Fit-slmmons
Physical Culture Fxliihltlon.
Dallas, Texas, June 9. Alderman R.
H. Wegstor hns begun a war upon the
prposed physical culture meeting be
ween Corbctt nndi Flt7.sImmons. He
has called nn Indignation meeting at
the city hall for Monday afternoon of
men of all religions to tnke measures to
prevent tho fight. He has sent notices
to all churches requesting the meeting
to be announced from the pulpits to
day. He is laughed at generally.
Applications for boxes find reserved
sats have been pouring In, although
the fight will not take place until Oct.
31. '
WAS BUCK THE MURDERER?
Light Thrown on tho San Frauclsco liar
rin;toii Mystery.
Snn Francisco, June 9. Miss Nellie
Harrington was murdered one week
ago in her fiat on Ellis street. She was
killed by ome visitor whom she cx
pected and whose object was evidently
to secure possession of Borne documents
that he kmiw were In the room. The
murderer tried to efface all traces of
crime by setting the place on fire, and
If he had not left the window open he
would probably have succeeded and
the woman's death would hive been
accepted as the result of acciflent.
At the Inquest it was brought out
that ex-Stato Senator Ruck owed the
dead-woman $2,600 and that he was on
Intimate terms with her. Among the
dead woman's 'papers was a note exe
cuted Jointly by Senator Ruck and his
son-in-law for 12,000. In another en
velope were found a note executed by
Bunck for $051 nnd his photograph. On
the back of this envelope was an en
dorsement by Miss Harrington thnt this
should be burned without opening in
case of her death.
It Is also known that Mi?a Harrington
called at Ruck's house tho day before
the murder and made a scene, declaring
she must have her money or notes of
Ruck. When Ruck heard of this he
was angry and started for the city.
As Ruck Is dead, however, the coroner's
Jury will probably not charge him with
the crime, but will ndd It to 'Frisco's
long roll of criminal mysteries.
THE DEADLY MAXIM GUN.
An Interesting and Successful Exhibition
ut Snndv Hook Provlnu Ciroimdu.
New York, June 9. Successful tests
of the murderous Muxiin automatic
rapid-firing gun toou pi.icn yivmruny
at tho Sandy Hook proving grounds
before the ordnance- board. The gun
weighed twenty-five pounds. It is
mounted when In use upon a tripod
and consists of a single barrel attached
to a boxlike-affair, which contains the
rather complicated machinery. This
can lie nrsanged to fire either one fhot
a week or (100 a minute. The ammuni
tion, whit is .I'tCI calibre, Is fed to the
gun by belts containing 100 cartridges
each, and these are exploded by a trig
ger arranged In a bundle similar, to
thnt of nn ordinary revolver. Avt long
as the trigger Ms pulled back the gun
will send forth a steady fire of death
dtallnfr middles. T!:o Instant the trig
ger Is nil as-d the firing ccares. In the
heavier guns the hurreU aic kept eo i-'d
by water jackets. Thir!yi-l.-;ht grains
of Fmnke-lejs powder n;? u:s.d in each
cartridge. While in a. ti in the' Jain
costs $''. a minut'i for continuous auto
mat firing.
Supposing the gun to be packed and
upon a soldier's back, one test was to
ascertain the- time It would take to
prepare the gun suddenly for firing.
Mr. lluiier was the soldier, with the gun
dismantled nnd strapped in Its case
upon his back. In less than fifty-eight
seconds from the giving of the word
he had the jjun in position and was
firing at the rate of 5uo shots a minute.
The accuracy yppmed to be fully as
wonderful in the extraordinary rapid
ity of the shots. In continuous auto
matic rapid tiring the gun would last
for about HO.OOO rounds at th? rate of
600 a minute.
MOURNING FOK WRONG MAN.
Funcrnl Services Interrupted by a Dis
covery of .Mistaken Identity.
Cleveland, Ohio, June 9. A hymn was
sung over the supposed remains of
Henry C. Classman yesterday after
noon when the undertaker walked In
and Informed the mourners that they
wero weeping over the wrong corpse.
Glnssruan disappeared more than two
weeks ago. A body was found In the
rlve-r which was identified as his, but it
transpired later that It was that oif
John W. Linson, of Stratford, Ont. The
funeral broke abruptly off, and the
body will be sent to Canada. Clans
man has not be?n lizard of yet. His
wife had paid for the coliin.
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MAD BOHEMIAN LOVER.
He First Shoots .Vary Volilijka nnd Then
Kills Hims'-H'.
New York, June 9. Charles Hrabak,
a. Bohemian laborer, committed suicide
in the hallway of G2S East Seventy-fifth
Ptroet yesterday afternoon, after at
tempting to murder Mary Vohlldka
who lives at 402 Bast Seventy-fourth
street. He shot himself in the breast
and died Instantly. The woman had
refused to live with him.
He threatened see;-.il times to mur
der her, and yesterday when she saw
'him draw a revolver she fled. Two bul
lets were sent after her, but only one
struck her, doing little harm.
....
SHE HAD A DIVORCE.
When llnhn Cains Home to Supper Mrs.
Halm TolJ II i in to Leave.
Rrldgeport, June 9. When Frederick
Hahn, a barber, returned to his home
last night he was informed by his wife
that she had a divorce from him, and
that he was'not wanted there. Whe had
a copy of the decree to back up her
words.
Up to that time Hahn and his v.-rfe
had been living together, and he s:vys
he never suspected anything of the
kind until he was ordered to get away.
Hahn says he will make a motion to
have the eaae opened, as he never had
notice of the trial.
REPROVED BY THE QUEEN.
Piineo of Wales Admonished Thnt He
Should llnve Observed v hltsuutUc.
London, June 9. It Is. said that the
prince of Wales hns got Into trouble
with hla august mother by visiting the
Whltruptlde exhibition of paintings at
the Guild hall nnd afterward dining
with a city sheriff.
The papers announce that the prince's
action incited the queen to send him a
long telegraphic reproof.
SURVEYORS KILLED.
They Aro Shot Down In Cold Wood by
r.hicknsnws.
Denlson, Texas, June 9. A party (if
government surveyors nt work nenr
Little ISosKy. In the territory, wcro nt
tackoel by Indians 'lust Wednesday. Tho
surveyors! were clearing away bruiih to
run a run.
The Indians, bellevlnpr them tres
passers, shot thorn down in cold blood.
The murderers are full-blood Chicka
saw c.
WKATIIUK UKPORT.
For eastrirn Pennsylvania, Increasing
cloudlnoss; wanner; northeasterly winds.
Mnrnld's Wcnilicr l'orccnst.
New York. June 9. New York Herald
wenther forecast: In the middlo states
and New Enttland today fair to partly
cloudy weather, with noarly stationary
temperature, followed by rain, with fog or
hazo on the coast. Ort Tuesday In both of
these sections, cooler, cloudy to partly
cloudy weathor will prevail, preceded by
rain, posalbly followed by frosts In tho
northern districts, and on Wednesday
cooler, clearing weather.
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