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MASONS
WHY?-'
It would be difficult to believe thai
(he following superb lines of the
' latest erase In
Wash
Goods
Could be sold at such figure with
out satisfactory explanation,
therefore we'll tell you the why and
"wherefore in a couple of sentences.
As you are aware, the watv goods
season opened early this season and
stocks were quickly sold out. We
bad to repeat orders. Manufactur
ers and Importers could not keep
pace with the demand and ship
ments have been made late. We've
compromised prices with our sup
pliers, and now we're ready to sup
ply you with these high-class novel
tie at price which under ordinary
. conditions could not be touched even
at ithe close of the season. They
, hat fine goods cannot be purchased
at the price of common, every-day
weaves. There little chance of
such an opportunity happening
again.
At 7c.
Ciianntog Bengal' Dimities
Are So
Cheap
' Our out price for the same cloth
this season has been 10c The pat
tern range 1 complete, and Include
it - all the now effects. Stripes, weaves,
' ' sprays, figures, tcH In every popu-
lar coloring.
Late Arrival Price, 7c
At 9c
Fine Indian Dimities
Black Ground Organdies
These (three numbers will fully fill
the bill with the average buyer of
frt -wah dress stuffs. The first
tw fabrics named come In white
s;rc 'ds only, and the assortment of
. style is marvelous for Its complete
ness. Not a taking pattern Is want
ing, and the pink and white, black
and white nlle, and blue and white
nlle am) other popular shade con
trast are foere In unlimited abund
ance. The black ground organdies
are aniline dyed, and therefore
absolutely fast In color. The pat
tern are In white and dainty floral
effects. Nothing; loud or obtrusive
about them, but gems of modest
Simplicity. They never were made
for the pries we ask for them.
Late Arrival Price. 9c
. For High
:lm Buyers
Genuine Frencli M
One of the choicest printed fabrics
on the market. Still a good selec
tion of patterns and good a fresh
a when they left the mill. Last
week's price was 2Scj -
Closing Price, 18c
' Very Fine Swisses
Small, doss spots, dots, etc., on Che
finest weaves manufactured. Only
a few pieces left. Last week'
(trio were 45c. and 60c.
Closing Price, 35c
SPENDIKG JTATE FUNDS
How the Cash Wrung from Taxpayers
. Is Hade to Ply.
COST OP THE SUPERIOR COURT
Department of agriculture Will llsve s
Few Dollars Left After Offlelals
Are Paid-Bankers Uct an
, Increase Also.
Special to the Soranton Tribune.
Harrlaburg. Pa.. July 15.-The crea
tion of a superior court and the change
In the Judicial district by the late leg
islature will Increase the cost of the
state Judiciary $149,000 bl'-ennlally. The
legislature has set aside $1,324,000 for
the Judiciary for the next two years.
The cost of this branch f the state gov
ernment the past year was $1,175,000.
The superior court get an appropria
tion of $109,000. With the exception of
$11,000 this amount represents the sal
aries of the seven judges for the next
two years. The balance will be used
for the payment of the prothonotarles.
clerk hire and Incidentals.-
The number of common pleas judges
was Increased by the late legislature
from sixty-four to sixty-eight, and the
consequent cost to the state, of IL'3.000
for the next two years. An additional
orphan court Judge In Schuylkill
county added $8,000 more to the cost of
the Judiciary. There are twelve com
mon pleas judges In Philadelphia, nine
in Allegheny county and seventy in the
rest of the state. Their aggregate sal
ary for the next two years will be $840,-
000. The supreme court gets an appro
priation of $132,000 for salaries and $19.
200 for clerical assistance and other
expenses. The orphans court judges
will receive in the aggregate the next
two years $104,000. and the associate
judges $64,000. The milage and extra
pay to common pleas judges for hold
ing court outside their own districts Is
estimated at $75,000 In the general ap
propriation bill passed by the last legis
lature. There are sixty of these judges
In the state.
The estimated cost of running the
state government the next two years is
$660,000 more than for the past two
years. The amount set aside in the
general appropriation bill of 1S95 for
the salaries of state officers, clerks and
employes, and the Incidental expenses
of the departments Indicated Is $329,
000 greater than that appropriated by
the previous legislature. This large
increase is due to the creation of the
department of agriculture, the enlarge
ment or the scope of the tate bank
ing department, and the increased
amounts provided for expenditure by
the department of publio buildings
under new legislation. The Increase of
the salaries of many officials also fig
ure In the largely Increased total
Expense of -State Department.
If all the money appropriated should
he disbursad there will be rnrt,i
$1,017,000, under the liiead of state de
partments the next two years. In, 13M
the amount reached only $688,000. There
J no material increased expenditure
provided In the executive department.
The state department Is authored to
pay out over $7,000 more than It was by
me appropriation bill of 1893; the auditor-general's
department nearly $15,000;
the state treasury nearly $8,000; the de
partment of Internal affairs about $25,
000; the banking department, $88,000,
making its total possible disbursements
$124,000; department of public Instruc
tion. $9,000; adjutant general's depart
ment, $9,000; factor Inspector's depart
ment, over $37,000, making Its total au
thorized payment $82,000; harbor mas
ter, of Philadelphia, over $6,000; de
partment of public buildings and
grounds, about $23,000, making Its total
this year $77,000.
The large Increase In the department
of banking is due to largrr salaries,
more clerks and additional bank exam
iners. The department of agriculture
gets $98,000, of which $48,000 is payable
to the secretary and deputy secretary,
dairy and food commissioners, economic
zool&glst, forestry commissioner, state
veterinarian and cither officers. The de
partment Is glv&n a contingent fund of
$10,000, $15,000 for the expenses for the
farmers' Institutes and $25,000 for the
expenses rrf the dairy and food commis
sioner. Forty-edghit (thousand dollars
set aside for the pay of the twenty dep
uty factory Inspectors authorized to be
appointed under a new law providing
for a more rigid Inspection of "sweat
shop" methods and $20,000 for their
traveling expenses of these officials.
An appropriation of $601,871 haa been
made by the legislature for (he pay
ment of the expenses of the legislative
branch of the state government for the
next two years. In 1893 $544,359 was set
arlde for a similar purpose. A portion
of the Increase of $57,512 Is due to the
Increased length of the session and to
the consequent Increased compensation
of nearly all the officers and employes
of the senate and house. The senate
Is credited with an expenditure of $153,
370 and the house with $448,501. The
salaries of the senators aggregates $75,
000, and those of the members of the
house $304,500.
School Appropriations.
Outside of the itate department, Ju
diciary and legislative expenses pro
vided for In 'the general appropriation
bill, $12,280,558 Is appropriated for the
schools and other purposes. The public
schools get $11,000,000, the amount ap
propriated to the county superintend
ents Is Increased from $190,000 to $198,
000, and for the education of teachers
In the normal school from $196,000 to
1260,000. The latter sum is In addition
to the $200,000 Governor Hastings dis
allowed In a veto whlch he soon after
recalled and supplemented with the ap
proval of the bill making the appropria
tion. ' For the payment of Interest on
the funded debt $538,742 la appropriated,
or $68,000 less than two years ago.
Ex-Representative Crawford, of
Philadelphia, Is allowed $1,870, which
he refused to take, for services as a
member of the house of representatives
during the special session 'of 1882. Pro
vision Is made In a ' number of places
for the payment of clerks and other of
ficer of committee,' of whom there
wer a larger number 'than usual. Oth
er clerks to committees were provided
for under th Acad of clerk hire. One
hundred dollar a year I voted to wind
and oil th capltol clock; th fir com
panies of Harrtobur art allowed $1,100
annually; $500 is appropriated for the
t ainting of a portrait of ex-Governor
Paulson, and a like sum for one of ex
Lieutenant Governor W'atres. For the
paiment of the funeral expenses of the
late- Representative Lemon, of Pitts
burg, $1,405.10 Is appropriated. The
senate appropriations committee I al
lowed $3,500 for visiting various state In
stitutions demanding financial aid, and
the house appropriation committee
$10,220.80 for similar work.
ENDEAVOR MEETING ENDS.
Closing Sessions Held at Boston Last
Evening.
Borton. July 15. The fourteenth an
nual convention of the Young People's
Society of Christian Endeavor came to
an end tonight after the most success
ful meeting In its history. The usual
early morning prayer meetings in twen
ty-one churches were weU attended and
thj throngs In Mechanic's hall and the
ter.ts when the afternoon meeting
opened testified to the restrained en
thusiasm of the delegates. No services
were h&& this afternoon, but five pil
grimages werenfade by as many groups
of delegates to placea of historic inter
est in and about Uooton. These were
the first of a series which will be ex
tended furtherf rom the city during the
remaining days of this week.
The two most Interesting of the pil
grimages mude to day were those to the
Washington Elm, near Harvard square,
in Cambridge, where Washington took
command of 'the Conttivpntal army, and
to Bunker Hill. The closing sessions of
the convention were held tonight In Me
chanic's hall andt ents Wllllston and
Endeavor.
THE ENGLISH KLECT10XS.
1'nlonist Condldates Who Have Been Re
turned Without Opposition-Conservatives
I.argolv In th Lesgne.
Lon'.on, July IS. The Unionist candi
dates for the following seats have been
returned without opposition:
Somerset West or Wellington divi
sion. Captain Sir A. Acland-llood,
Bart: Brldgewater division, E. J. Stan
ley; Devonshire, East or Honltou divi
sion. Sir J. Ker.naway, Bart.; Kent,
West or Sevenoaks division. L. Hardy;
Isle of Thanet division. Right Hon. J.
Lowther; Cheshire, Knutsford division,
Hon. A. de Tat'ion Egerton: Worcester
shire, east division, J. A. Chamberlain;
Surrey, Northeast or Wimbledon divi
sion, H. C. Bonsor; Essex, West or Ep
plng division. Lieutenant Colonel A. R.
Lock wood; Nottinghamshire, Newark
division. Hon. H. Flnch-Hatton; Dorset,
East division. Hon. H. N. Sturt; Glou
cestershire; North or Tewkesbury di
vision, Sir J. E. Dorlngton, Bart.; Staf
fordshire: Handsworth division. Sir. H.
Meysey-Thompson, Bart.; Middlesex:
Uxbridge division, Sir F. Dixon-Hart-land,
Bart.; Hampshire: South or Fare
han division. Lieutenant General Sir F.
W. Fitzygram, Bart; Hertfordshire:
West or Watford division, Thomas
Frederick Halsey; Edinburgh and St.
Andrew's universities, Right Hon. Sir
C. J. Pearson, Q. C.
The Unionist candidate for the East
division of Down was also returned.
The returns thus far received show the
election of 1.05 Conservatives, 16 Union
ists, 11 Liberals, 4 Parnellltes and I Mc
Carthyites. FAINTED FROM HAZING.
West Point Offlelals Investigating an
Allsged llrutsl Affair.
Newburg, N. Y., July 15. adet Rob
erts, a member of the "plebe" class at
West Point, Is said to have been so
badly hazed a few days ago that he
fainted. Cadets Robert Jayne Maxey
and Wallace Bryan Scales were placed
under arrest, charged with being th
offenders. Both are members of the
third lai3s. Maxey la from Arkansas
ami Scales from Texas. Cadet Roberts,
who is delicate and frail, has been under
the care of the poet physician since hi
adventure.
An order was read at parade last
evening releasing Cadet Maxey from ar
reFt. The case of Cadet Scales Is still
under advisement. Colonel Mill says
that drills are rather severe at West
Point, especially to new men, and
thinks this may account for the appar
ent weakened condition of Cadet Rob
ert after the alleged hazing.
TO REVISE LIBEL LAWS.
State Editorial Association Will Take
Measures for Protection.
Harrlsbursr, Pa., July 15. At the
meeting of the State Editorial associa
tion In Buffalo on Wednesday, Thomas
V. Cooper, editor of the Media Ameri
can, will present for consideration the
draft of a proposed libel law which Is
Intended to meet the abuses growing
out of the present defective HbcH law.
One of Its provision Is that suits for
libel shall be Instituted only In the
counties in which the publication has
printed. It Is proposed to appoint a
committee of fifty to urge the next leg
islature to pass a proper libel bill. '
STATE NEWS NUGGETS.
There are 51,310 taxables In Schuylkill
county.
Iron ore miners in Lehigh county earn
but 70 cents a day.
There are fifteen men In Luzerne county
Jail charged with murder.
Schuylkill county commissioners hold
night sessions to transact business.
To kill his dog a Shenandoah miner tied
a stick of dynamlto to It, blowing the
canine to pieces.
A detail of the Third brigade will on
Thursday go to Mt. Gretna to arrange for
the encampmnet.
A piece of glass, which ran Into her
foot, caused death by blood poisoning of
Jerome Blxler's daughter, at Mlllerstown,
Clinton county.
Accused of robbing the Roland poatof
flee, Edward Hannahan, of Altoona, and
James O'Neil, of Wllllamsport, were cap
tured at Bellefonte.
In attempting to cure his cow by bleed
ing her, aged Abraham Delp, of New Brit
ain, Bucks county, was attacked by the
beast and nearly killed. - s
It Is estimated that In the valley be
tween Jersey Shore and Wllllamsport,
twelve miles long, 600,00) bushels of wheat
were harvested this month.
Pottstown saloonkeepers complain that
the trailer roads sreatly Inlurs their bus
iness by taking all convivial men to
neighboring parks every night
Th nailers at Ellis st Lelsslg's Iron and
steel plant, Pottstown, have been notified
that on and after August 1 they will re
ceive 'an Increase of $0 $-10 per cent, la
plant recently set out ' :
pietzel mm TOO
Slaughtered by the Insurance Fiend in
Canada.
ANOTHER ACT IN THE TRAGEDY
Tb Dead Bodies of th little Ones
Found Buried la s Cellar-An-other
Murder st th Boor
of llomes.
Toronto, Ont., July 15. The bodies of
Etta, Alice and Nellie Pietzel, the miss
ing daughters of Benjamin F. Pletael,
were found by Detective Cuddy, of To
ronto, and Grler, of Philadelphia, this
afternoon, 'burled In the cellar of house
No. 16, St. - Vincent street. II. H.
Holmes, now under arrest at Philadel
phia. Is believed to have deliberately
murdered the two girls after he had
first murdered their father In Philadel
phia, and their brother in Detroit. In
quiries begun by the police led to the
knowledge that Holmes and the chil
dren lived at the house in question, and
search was made by the two officer.
When they reached the cellar It ap
peared to the detectives tliat something
had disturbed the cellar floor, and arm
ing themselves with chovel they began
to dig. A short distance below the sur
face they came across the arm and a
portion of the head of one of the mur
dered girls, and further work soon re
vealed the bodies of the two vlotlms.
They were both nude and had lain
there, la all probability, since last Oc
tober. The bodies were burled three feet be
low the surface and were In a fair
state of preservation. Holmes, the al
leged murderer of the girls, Is held In
Philadelphia on a charge of conspiracy,
and a nice legal point now presents
itself. The murder having been com
mitted In Canada, the aucussd must be
tried within Its boundaries, but as
Holmes has pleaded guilty to one
charge In the United States he may In
sist on being sentenced for that.
H. H. Holmes, alias Herman W. Mud
Rett, alias H. II. Howard, was born
in New Haven, Conn., and attended
a medical school at Burlington, Vt., and
later at Ann Arbor, Mich. He was
married at the latter place. He and a
friend swindled an Insurance company
In Chicago out of $12,000 soon after
graduating. They made another haul
of $10,000 in a similar way.
Career as a Swindler.
Holmes went Into the drug business
and speculated. His wife, went home
and be married another woman, with
whom he went to California. Return
ing In about a year he went to house
keeping w(tl the' woman typewriter of
the company whose 'acquaintance he
had formed. He tried to cheat a fire
insurance company out of $00,000, but
failed, and learning that; his typewriter
and her sister hod Inherited $50,000,
laid a scheme to get the money. The
sister came to live with them arid dis
appeared, while he and iMinnle, the type
writer girl, took up their abode at the
Piazza hotel, Chicago. -
Holmes next appeared In Terre Haute,
Ind., where he balled B. F. Pietzel out
of Jail. From there he went to Frank
lin, Ind., where he married Miss Yoke,
and they spent their honeymoon In Den
ver, where Holmes made $27,000 In spec
ulation. At Philadelphia, later on, he
and Pretzel played the last card. Piet
zel was Insured In the Philadelphia Mu
tual for $10,000. On Sept. 3 he was
found dead In 'the house, 1316 Callowhill
street, which he had rented under the
name of B. F. Perry.' His body was
badly burned and his face was almost
unrecognizable. Holmes, Pletzel's wife
and children Identified the body as
Pletzel's and the insurance money was
paid over.
Then Train Robber Hedgespath gave
the whole case away to Chief of Police
Harrison because Lawyer Howe, whom
he had gotten Into the conspiracy, had
not paid him the promised reward.
Holmes was traced to Toronto, Burl
ington and Boston, and In the latter
city was arrested. Meanwhile the
Pietzel children had disappeared, the
boy being traced to Indianapolis and
the two girls to Toronto.
GERMANS' PICNIC.
Interesting Games at Washington Park,
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, July 15. The two day's
plcnlo and games of the Philadelphia
Platldeutches Volks Fest Vereln opened
this afternoon at Washington park,
Twenty-Blxth street and Allegheny
avenue, by the reception of a delega
tion convpTlelng 1,000 member of the
society from New York. The visitors
reached here about 1 o'clock and were
met at the railroad station by a com
mittee of the Philadelphia society, and
escorted to the city hall, where they
were received by Mayor Warwick.
The visitor then proceeded to tMaen
nerchor garden, where a bounteous
lunch was served. After lunch the
party boarded a special train and were
taken to Washington park, wher an
other reception was tendered thm by
the members of the local society.
The delegation from New York repre
sents a society having a membership of
over 25,000, composed almost exclusive
ly of merchant and buslnes men,
who represent the northern section of
the Fathertaad.
The society Itv this city number but
about 500 members, owing to a large
majority of the Germans 1m this city
reresentlne; the southern section of
Germany, while In New York the north
ern sections of the country have by
far th greatest representation. The
delegation 1 accompanied by two
band of muslo.
WILL DRAW COLOR LINE.
Blacks Refused Accommodations at tb
Louisville Knosmpsiest.
Youngttown, O., July H. A sensation
has been caused her among Colored
veterans and others who are knembers
of the Tod post over a report In circula
tion that at the national encampment
of the Grand Army In. Louisville the
color line will be closely drawn and
accommodations refused them at hotels
and public place. - ' - ...
The 'report gained circulation
through a letter in th Cleveland Ga
tett, an organ of th colored race, sent
from . Louisville, In which the writer
state that aort'lMrn . ost dtilrtaf
quarters were refused, when It was
known they had colored members; that
southern posts would refuse to go In
the parade If colored men marched, and
that the only places that would be
opened to negro veterans who attended
the encampment would be the Ohio
river and the workhouse.Tod post will
make an Investigation and If the re
ports ar confirmed 'many posts hi this
section will remain at home.
MARIA BARBF.RI GUILTY.
Convicted of Murdering Her Lover, Do
- ssealco Cataldo.
New York. July 15.-The trial of Ma
ria Barberl In the court of general ses
sions, before Recorder Goff, for the
murder of her lover, Domenlcs Cataldo,
was concluded tonight, the Jury bring
ing In a verdict of guilty of murder In
the first degree.
She la the first woman In this state
condemned to death since the passage
of the law making electrocution the
penalty. As the case mow stands 'Maria
is adjudged by the Jury a subject of the
electric chair.
Few believe, however, that Maria will
ever sit In Utie death chair. The vase,
It was reported tonight, would be taken
to the court of appeals, and If that
court did not order a new trial, the gov
ernor would be appealed to to commute
the sentence of death to imprisonment.
MILLIKEN'S STORY.
Surprised That He Has Been Indicted for
Housebreaking.
Washington. July 15. Judge William
A. Mllllken, law clerk of U'he postofllce
department, today made the following
statement regarding the action of his
brother, B. H. Mllllken, who has been
Indicted for alleged housebreaking and
assault upon a daughter of ex-Solicitor
General S. F. Phillips:
"B. H. Mllllken left town upon the
advice of his brother Saturday, July 6,
with the understanding that no crimi
nal prosecution tnor proceedings would
be Instituted against him. Since he
has learned of the Indictment against
him he Is both surprised and Indignant,
and will return to Washington and
meet the accusation. A full statement
of the case will be given to the press
later."
INSANE MOTHER'S DEED.
Kills llor Two Young Children with s
Hatchet.
Sheffield, III., July 15. The little town
of Annawan, ten miles west of this
place, was shocked last night by tho
killing of two children by their Insane
mother. Mr. and Mrs. J. Debay have
not lived happily, owing. It Is believed,
to the mind of .the latter being un
hinged. Some time ago she was com
mitted to the asylum, but had been re
cently released as cured.
Last night a quarrel arose between
thecouple and the woman, suddenly
becoming frenzied, seized a hatchet and
before her husband could divine her In
tention killed her two children, aged 6
and 3 years. After a desperate strug
gle Sir. Debay succeeded In disarming
hi crazed wife. She was placed In Jail.
HEIRS IN CONFERENCE.
Claim to Be Entitled to a Vast Estate In
Ireland.
Anderson, Ind., July 15. The Antrim
of Indiana, who claim heirship to the
vast estate of the famous Lord Antrim,
of Ireland, mett In this city today. They
will send an attorney to Ireland the
first of next month to present their
claims to the vast estate, valued at
$75,000,000, now being held by the Lord
Chancellor of England for the heirs.
When they presented Ithelr claim before
they found one link of the chain was
minting. This has been supplied.
The ertate will go to Grandfather
Antrim, of Wheeling, W. Va,. one of
tho best known men In the Btate.
Through, htm it will reach the hundred
or so minor heirs.
O'Donncll and Mnher fight.
New York. July 15.-The Florida Ath
letic club, through Manager Vendlg, to
day matched Steve O'Donnell, Corbett's
sparring partner, and Peter Maher, to
light to a fln!sh at Dallas, Tex., on the
afternoon of Nov. 1. They will fluht for
s) purse 0.1 $5,000. The Dixon-fPllmmer
fight will take place the same afternoon,
two hours before the O'Donnell-Maher
fight.
National Guard Orders.
Harrlsburg, July 15. An order from Na
tional guard headquarters tonight grants
an honorable discharge to Commander R.
K. - Wright, Jr., First battalion. State
Naval militia, resigned July 8, 1895; First
Lieutenant William I. SchafTer, Company
C, Sixth regiment Infantry, resigned
July 10.
Mrs. PUston Dead.
Atlantic City, N. J., July 15.-Mrs. Mary
Dlsston, widow of Henry Dlsston, the
founder of the Dlsston saw works, of
Tacony and mother of Hamilton Dlsston,
died at 6 o'clock this evening at her son's
residence here.
WASHINGTON WAIFS.
Secretary Carlisle and his son Logan,
the latter Just back from Europe, have
returned to the capital.
The government's fine new harbor of
refuge at Point Judith, R. I., which will
cost $210,000, Is half completed.
Since Saturday the treasury gold reserve
shows a loss of $232,000, standing at the
close of business today at $107,027,413.
Although members of the new Russian
legation have begun to arrive at Wash
ington, the new minister himself may not
arrive before September.
James I. Parker, of Indiana, as assist
ant attorney of the Interior department
at Washington, has been promoted to the
chief of the lands and railroads depart
ment. '
With four healty sheep tied up on the
for and aft decks of the Amphltrite,
whtls her great 10-Inch rifles were fired
and tested at sea. Secretary Herbert dem
onstrated that the guns' concussion alone
would kill.
Mint Director Preston reports the total
eolnags at United States mints during the
past financial year at 6MU.1U piece of a
value of $5J,716,64, as follows: Gold, $43,
tn.475; silver, ,069,480; minor coins, $712,
6M. Of th silver coined $3,960,011 wore In
standard silver dollar.
Th Interstate commerce commission, as
an outcome of the hearing held before It
last Friday, has decided to extend tho
time for th plating of grab Iron on all
frieght car until December 1 next. The
Mm for changing all drawbar to th
standard height required by the law of
1M I likewise extended to Feeb. 15, 1895.
During th last fiscal yea th United
State mint coined for th government of
Ecuador, South America, 4,600,000 nicest
pi.
HASTINGS riEN CONFIDENT
Pleased with the Results of Lacka
wanna Primaries.
HOPEFUL AT HEADQUARTERS
Th Defeat of Ouay's Ueuchmeu la th
Fourth Bistrlet Is Regarded as
On of th Shadow of
Coming Event.
Philadelphia. July 15. There were
several conspicuous anti-Quay Republi
cans In the city this morning, the most
prominent of .whom were Chris Magee,
of Allegheny; State Chairman Gllke
on and Major Samuel Losch.of Schuyl
kill. All of them had a conference
with David MirUrv, and subsequently
Mr. Magee called upon Mayor War
wick, with whoim he had a short inter
view. The Allegheny lead, r still talks
confidently of the result of the contest
and said: "I can only repeat what I
have already stated, that we are going
to win." He was particularly pleased
with the result of the primaries held
on Friday and Saturday in Lackawan
na county, a.rxl remarked: "It was
what we expected."
Colonel Gilkfson, as usual, would not
talk. He was not long in company
with the gentlemen named above, hav
ing some 'business of a pressing nature
to attend to before leavfctg the city for
Harrlsburg.
At the Hastings headquarters every
body was in good humor over the result
of the primaries In Lackawanna coun
ty last Friday and Saturday. Lt was
said t'hat the defeat of the Quay forces
in the Fourth district on Friday was
particularly Important, for lt was there
the senator made his strongest fight.
In the most emphatic terms the man
agers of the Hiasitlngs-Cilkeaon forces
den.ied that any thought had been given
to the matter of a compromise, and de
clared none would be made.
COLLINS TRIAL BEGINS.
Accused of the Murder of a Princeton
Student.
Tietnton. N. J., July 15. The trial of
John S. Collins, .the negro who shot the
Prlncetonst udents, Fred Ohl and Ga,r
rett Cochran, was begun In the county
court this forenoon. Cochran, the stu
denlt who survived Collins' bullet, was
not present, but will ba tomorrow If
wanted. He has scarcely recovered yet
from the effects of the shock to his sys
tem. Collins, neatly dresaed in black,
sat 'behind Chauncey Beasley and Sen
ator Daly, his counsel. A number of
Princeton students and colored people
were In court
Collins' counsel, when Jt was an
nounced that ttihe Jury would be drawn,
moved for the quashing of the Indict
ment on the grounds that Its caption
was defective, not containing a his
tory of the case down, to the finding of
the indictment. Counsel showed that
numerous Indictments of like character
had been quashed In this state. Pros
ecutor Stockton said thalt the Indict
ment was similar in form to all mur
der Indictments ever drawn In this
county. Judge Gummere decided that
the indictment was good, holding that
the caption and the body of the Indict
ment are to be read together and that
In that way the Instrument becomes
sufficient. Senator Daly took an ex
ception, and the drawing of the Jury
began.
Three hours were consumed In ob
taining twelve men satisfactory to both
sides. Candidate for the box were es
pecially examined by the defenee on
the point whether they had any preju
dice against the negro race and whether
or not they hailed from Princeton or
had relatives there. Two did come from
Princeton and they were promptly ex
cused from sen-Ice. The feeling In the
college town against Collins Is very
etrctr.g, and his counwl determined to
brook the presence of no Prlnoetonlan
In the Jury box. The state will open
the case tomorrow.
THE BIGGEST GAS WELL.
A Tremendous Spouter Struck Near Mid
dlebonrno, W. Vs.
Slstervllle. W. Va., Jury 15. The 81s
terville oil field today boasts the largest
well In the world. I -ate last night the
drillers on the Anthony J. Smith farm,
near Mlddlebourne, tapped the oil sand.
In almost an inntant an immense col
umn of gas sprang out, forcing the
heavy tools out of the hole with terri
ble force.
In the twenty-four hours since, it Is
estimated, 12,000,000 feet of gas has es
caped from the well. The roaring can
be heard eight miles. No attempt to
control the enormous flow of gas with
the tools at hand' will avail.
Before this well was struck the Big
Moses gasser, In this field, was consid
ered the largest In the country; but Its
volume was scarcely half that of yes
terday's find.
STAMBULOFF SHOT. '
Ex Prime Minister of tlnlaerla th Victim
of an Assnssin.
Sofia, July 15. While ex-Prime Minis
ter Stairrtbuloff, accompanied by M. Pet
koff, was walking home this evening
from the Union club, he was attacked
by four unknown men. Two of them
tlhot him with revolvers, while the oth
er two stabbed :hlm. M. Stalmbuloff fell
to the ground groaning. He was re
moved to hi residence and. physician
were summoned.
After an examination of the wounds
the doctors announced that there was
llttiu hope of M. StambulofT recovery.
The affixes ins escaped.
BOTH HAD BEEN DRINKING.
Button Discharges th Content of a Shot
gun Into Leo Phillips.
Bradford, Pa July 15. At Cole Creek
yesterday a man named Button, aged
$0, discharged the contents of a shot
gun .In the abdomen of Leo Phillips,
aged IV. Phillip may die. The old
man is held pending the result, of his
victim's wound.
Both men had been drinking and
quarreled over money matters.
MAN EATEnIbYACIDS.
U Want to Sleep in th Pit ef a Pnlp
Mill. .
. Cumberland, Md., July -lS.-Thls
morning a horrsbl dlraateir occurred at
the pulp mill, located one mile west of
this city. 1n which Cornelius Miller,
aged 35, lost his life, die was employed
hi the digesting room and had fallen
asleep In the blow-out pit. It 1 the cus
tom to blow out the digester every
morning, and as usual this was done,
completely covering iMlller with acids
and boiling water.
Twenty minutes later the unfortu
nate man was found by the employes,
the acids having eaten portions of flesh
from his bones. He leaves a widow
and four children.
OIL BOOM IN MERCER.
i
Speculators Cause Land Values to Mak
Ilia Jump.
Sharon, Pa., July 15. Large oil strikes
are being made dally In the vicinity of
Sandy Lake, this county.
The hotels are overcrowded with oil
(peculators, and land Is being sold t
big prices. Speculators yesterday
bought 2,000 acres at $500 an acre.
10RBETT DIVORCE CASE.
Some Katbcr Interesting Testimony Is
Given by Miss king Concerning tb
Pugilist.
New York, July 15. There was a
hearing t.h:a tafu-rnoon In the divorce
suit brought .by Mrs. OMie Corbett
agaln.it hrr .husband, James J. Corbett,
the champion pugilist of the world, be
fore Referee Edward Jacobs. Mrs. Cor
bett was early on lund. Lawyer Hum
mil 13 looking after her Interests.
Mrs. Corbett, who was d reraed In a
light ellk vest, black drnss and white
railor hat, looked quite pretty. Her
fluffy blonde hair was curled in the
latest style.
Mrs. Corbett took the stand and said
she was married to James J. Corbett
on June 8, 1SS6. at the Utah House, Salt
Lake City, and that her maiden name
was Oil ie Lake. She said she wished to
assume it again in case a divorce wan
granted her. Mr. Hummel announced
that she charged her husband with Im
proper conduct at the Hates House, In
dlar.apolis, in Choi leFton. W. Va., and
In Zanesvllle In April last.
iMarie King, an actress in the "Gentle
man Jack" company, in which Corbett
is the star, was t,h' next witness.
Miss King testified she saw a woman
named "Vera" in Corbett's company In
Pittsburg, Indianapolis, Cincinnati,
Charleston and Louisville.
"Was this lady an actress?"
"No, sir."
"Was she In his company often?"
"Tea, sir. She used to accompany
him from the hotel to the dressing room
and used to wait until the play was
over."
The witness said that Vera travelled
with Corbett from Cincinnati to St.
Louis on April 21, and they occupied the
same state room on the train.
"What was Vera known as?"
'Whe was known as Mrs. Corbett."
The witness said that the party reg
istered at the different hotels as Mr.
and Mrs. Corbett.
Mrs. Corbett smiled all over at this
testimony, and Miss King blushed vio
lently as she gave It.
At this Juncture adjournment was
taken until Wednesday.
FOUR BABES AT A BIRTH.
Wife of s Smoky .City Iron Worker
Astonishes Her llnshsnd.
Pittsburg, Pa.. July 15. Mrs. Eliza
beth Rankin, wife of Hugh (Rankin, No.
3929 Liberty avenue, gave Ijlivh to four
children, three boys and one girl, last
night. One of the boys died.
The doctor pronounces the chances
of life for the other three rhllilrn r.
cellent. iMr. aod ST.rs. Rankin have
been married five years, and they are
the parents of seven children. On a
previous occasion Mrs. Rankin pre
sented her husband with twins. iMr.
Rankin works in an Iron mill.
QUARRELI-D OVER LINES.
Husband Killed the. Wife and Then Threw
Her Overboard.
Raleigh, N. C, July 15. Three imlles
rrom stonewall, Pamlico county, yes
terday afternoon. Gabriel Thomas, col
ored, and his wife were flshinr In Rev
river and quarreled about their fishing
lines.
Thomas struck his wife with a ntn.nlr
killing her Instantly, and threw her
body into the river. He Is In Jail.
JUMP TO SAVE HIS LIFE.
Manager Roup Leaps from Telephone
Pole and Pic.
Shamokln. Pa., July 15. While at the
top of a telephone pole forty feet high
today. William Raup, local manager of
the Bell Telephone company thought
that the pole was breaking.
To save himself he jumped, landed
upon an embankment and. rolled into
a ditch. He was so badly Injured he
died a few minutes afterward.
CAUGHT FROM WIRES.
The French production of win last
year was 1,0.11,000,000 gallons.
A census taken by latter carriers gives
Indianapolis 180,000 population
A 68-days' fast of A. M. Kennedy, of
Tjopcka, who had paralysis, tended In
death.
In a row at a church social near Hunt
ington, W. Va., Burt Davis was shot
dead by Purs Peyton, who fled to Ohio.
After a three years' chase, John Isom,
one of a gang that robbed the Bank of
Cayucas, Cal., was captured at Sacra'
mento.
A gang of mounted robbers rode Into
Lake City, Fla., looted A. M. Chandler's
store nnd the depot and escaped with their
plunder.
When drunken Fred Barnett attacked
Mrs. H. Buchols In her husband's saloon
at Cleveland, Policeman Ragen Interfered
and clubbed him to death.
Search Is being made In California by
Mrs Marie Wainwright, of Boston, for
her son ueorge, supposed to oe in ine
regular army, who has Inherited wealth
from an uncle.
WEATHER REPORT.
For eastern Pennsylvania, cloudy with
occasional showers; wamorr.
Ilrald's riceaat.
. New York, July 16. Herald's weather
forecast: More sultry ana warmer weatn-
will nrovail W.lh rJn. On Wednesday
partly cloudy to fair, warmer and more
sultry weather will prevail, with rain and
tkun.iAr atAi-me followed hv mn advance of
tb "warm wave." On Thursday warmer
and generally fair. , .
KEY'S
Special Sale of
SCOTCH
GINQHAfXS.
Our reputation on Fine
Scotch Ginghams is un
questioned and it is a well
known fact that for qual
ity and assortment our
stock cannot e matched
this side of New York.
As we never care to carry
over goods from one season
to another, we will offer
the balance of our stock,
about 150 pieces, att 19c.
per yard.
This is an opportunity to
buy the genuine article at
a price generally asked for
domestic makes sold as
Scotch and French goods.
10 pieces fine Clan Plaid
Silk Ginghams, specially
suitable for waists and
children's wear and abso
lutely fast colors.
About 35 DressPatterns,
extra choice, lace stripe
and printed brocade Trilby
Silks, all light ground and
27 inches wide; 12 yards
to a pattern, have been
55c, Price to close, 39c.
per yard or $4.68 a Dress
Pattern,
A very attractive line of
fine Irish Dimities, French
Corded Piques and Organ
dies, White Persian Lawns
and White and Colored
Dotted Swisses.
French Linen Batiste in
natural color with em
broideries to match.
510 AND 512 '
LACKAWANNA'AVHiVDtrT"'
H. A. E1NGSBURY.
Agent for Charles A.
Leather
; Beltio!
The Very Best.
313 Spruce St., Scranton.
VACATION and OUTING
HOE.
Sale Begins Today.
LEWIS9MILLY& BAVIES
114 AND IK WYOMING AVE.
J tast
Received
A beautiful line of En
gagement and Wed
ding Rings. Also a
fine line of
WEBBING PRESENTS . ". .' '
; 'In Sterling Silver,:
Dorflinger'sCutaiasa
and Porcelain Chcki
w. j. Weichel's,
463 Sprue Street ;
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