-. ' ' 7 EIGHT rAGES40LU3INS. " SCKAyTON. PA;. TUESDAY CORNING, JULY 23, 1895. TWO CENTS A COPY. I V ( 23 v - 1 - it i i i i In ur ready to wear Suit and Skirt trade thl season. Our styles nwmeJ to please II comers, and when It cam to fitting we found nO trouble whatever, us our range of sixes Included everything that ordinar ily comes under an inch tape. The mate rials used In every garment were of our own special selection, and of course car ried our guarantee for quality, etc., while the tailoring In every instance was sub jected to our closest Inspection. But all tots treats or tne past, ana yei u nus us bearing on the present, for our stock of Is well sold out, and we've only a few dosen odds and ends left to tell the story f our greatest season's success. They, too. must go. but we'll help the good work long by such vigorous price cuts as will make every garment now In stock Beginning with skirts, we have thrown them Into three lots as follows: Fine Blue and Black Serge and Cheviot Skirts, lined throughout, correct in -cut to meet fashion's utmost require ments and guaranteed to hang per fectly. Nothing- worth less than to in this lot. Closing Price $3.90 Clear Wool Serge fiklrts. Navy only. Full lined and up to date at every point. All sizes. Closing Price $2.59 Wide Wale Cheviot Skirts, Navy only. Lined throughout, and taken all in all, as handsome a skirt as we had in our entire stock. $9.00 was the price last week. Closing Price $5.25 Prices In these have been torn up be yond all recognition of their former values. Had our Immense sales in the earlier part of the season not brought us a profit. It would have been impossible for us even to think of letting the remnants ofour stock now go at such ridiculously low prices. 27 Navy, Serge and Cheviot Suits' risht to a trlvot at all points, and Just the thing for a stylish and serviceable va cation suit. Lowest Former Price $6 Closing Price $3.90 10 Of our popular $0.00 Serge Suits, the leading feature at this department during the present season. Closing Price $6.50 Suits averaging In value fully 112.50. Handsome in style, elegant In quality nd superb In finish and workmanship. , Closing Price $8.00 Of our very choice Serge and Cheviot Stfts ($16.00 and 118.00 goods). The ' maker's art reaches Its highest point of perfection In these magnificent ults and becoming fashion was never more perfectly reflected. Closing Price $10.00 SEE ," Our Wash GoodHSae- CialS, Our Shirt Waistl Soecials. Our White Goods Specials, Our China Silk Specials. Ladies Suits and Skirts f;k MOSt jitofil 6 Price Tom la ics' Slits 1 They Spend a Very Uusy Day Camp Curt'in. at MANY OVERCOME Y THE HEAT Ounrtcrs of tho Thirteenth In Fine Sani tary Condition - Was l oitnnnte In the Appointments for the luy-Breejr Budget of Cnmp (iosslp. Special to the Soranton Tribune. Camp Curtln. Mt. Gretna. July 12. This was a quiet nml uneventful day Ineamp. If the soldiers are forced to do such duty In the future there will be no cause for any disorder. Seven hour today they have- marched tip hill and down, and tonight they are tired. This was a dreadful hot duy. yet not withstanding that there was a two hour drill In the morning and at 3.30 p. m. they were ordered for regimental di-lll. whk-h was followed y battalion and brigade "rills. nml bv ar"9 l:ll,e It was 7.30 when the drill ended and when that amount of marching ts .con sidered with the other duties such as digging s'lnks. waiting on tables and rninl thorn need lie no felir of the soldiers' spirits becoming so exuneratu as to break out In any mischief. The dancing at the picnic was a myth as f ir .is the soldiers were concerned, for General Gobtn was afraid that they would be too tired to drill. He forbade their gains on the plat form and 'these who ventured on were quickly driven off. In the evening the soldiers had the use of the parkr A Score Overcome f'V Hent. More than twenty members of the brigade were overcome by the heat dur ing the parade. Aide from the parade there Is but little of Interest except the rifle practice of the battery. In the evening the band concert was largely attended. The Thirteenth's quarters are In better sanitary condition than any other. The Thirteenth was fortunate In the appointments today. Dr. Parke Is bri gade surgeon of the day: senior com mander of guard. lieutenant Rubllng: supernumary officer of guard. Lieuten ant Benjamin; Captain Kamba-k, regl n ental officer of guard. The Thirteenth got all the orderlies. Lieutenant Jacob Brooks, of the Twelfth regiment, was officer of the day. Arresting Bolters. A squad of troops was sent to Leban on today to arrest the national Guards men who bolted from Camp Andrew Ci. Curtln without leave. Several were captured. The thunder storms some what marred the evening, but all clay the Third brigade sweltered in the fierce heat. The sanitary condition of Camp Cur tln Is very good, and the -hospital ste wards report no serious cases of Ill ness. Battery C, of Phoenlxville, Cap tain Denlthorne, has gone imo largei the mile ranze. The bat tery Is In excellent shape, and will mike a good record during thl3 en campment. Every one seems to be satisfied with the supply of food. It Is Rood, and there Is plenty of It. Inspector General Morrell wllll be here tomorrow. Strong Point I Not Religion. It must be confessed that the Thir teenth's strong point Is not religion That was demonstrated hy the services conducted by Hev. N. F. Stahl on Run day. which were attended by very few of the guardsmen. The only excuse for the slight attendance was the ln- RDectlon of quarters by General Gob in a short time before the hour fixed for the services. Now the boys have settled flown to the task of extracting as much enjoy ment out of camp lite as possible. There nre a greater number to visitors to Camp Curtin than to Montrose. The value of newsrtaper advertising nnd the Innocent nature of many of the visitors wererhown early Sunday morn ing. Sergeant Wallace Molr advertised In a Lebanon paper on Saturday for a "good looking red haired girl, not over 35 years of age; Industrious nnd or good habits, to act as chambermaid for Com- ninv C during the encampment." One applicant appeared before 'breakfast, and three others called during the day. Old Sol Is Doing OreatWork. The weather Is delightful for camp ing out. but even the resident clnlm that Old flol Is getting In his best licks on this part of the country this -week The health of the members of the regl ment Is excellent and .there have not been nnv exciting nccldents ns yet The soldiers: are slightly Incensed at tho people on the camp meeting grounds and the Ohoutauqua because they so promptly applied to the general for pro tectlon from the soldiers, The latter do not claim that depreda Hons would not have occurred had no restrictions hern placed over them ns there are several reckless men in pach company, hut they hold that the gen eral would have placed the guards promptly, and In doing so would hnve undoubtedly allowed the soldiers to visit the park, hlch Is the most desirable spot &D01K ,nere. i ns ueHt or praer pre vails and the cottagers complained be fore there wan reason for so doing, Gossip About tho nova JudBe Advocate Major J. W. Oakford lWfl eupit't at neaaquarters. Ckptaln Jam: O'Hara Is the guest of CaptfcUt nnnnery, 01 ine rninin. AttaJqey David Davis, of Company F, has been worKing ime a irojam. Sergeanlf David Davis left ln?t even' Intr to visit friends at Landlsv-llte. Samuel Plnftrg is a valuable assistant at Captain Chrfsf'a headquarters. Corporal BlroheT'n blue Jersey faded during the rain and ie w true blue. Durliur the storm CJHJiPany A ten was blown down and thV Po broken, BETTER THAN A ULUECOAT. Farmer Jackson's Jcmoy Bnll protects Ills Trout llrook. Port Jervl. N. Y.. July 22.-Oieorge Jackson, a farmer, of 'Mojiitloello, Sulli van county, who ihas a well stocked trout brook running through his vkjoe, has tirled for several yean to protect It by posting warnings to trespassers. T1m bad boys would itear down bin no tices ami fishermen from city and coun try wvuM tl"li in his trout 'brook to tjiclr satisfaction. U-e 'then ibought tt. Jersey bull, a year old ar.d Vt ry vicious, and turned 'him Into the iature through which the 1rook runs. When any vwilureswme fisherman en ters the K)t the bull, with his ilall wav It.itf In 'the alriul his heal kv to earth, charges the trespasser. A few days nno one city visitor escaped from th lot In euch hasle ns to leave a rem-r-ant of hi ibreivhes attached to thtf bull's horns. THE 'DKFKXWKK AGAIN. Keel Downs CcntcrbonrJ In o Short Hnco with Varying W Inds. New York, Jiily 2'-'. If thtre was ony utibt of th. lK'fender's nerlorlty otvr the Vigil i'"'t nfter Saturday's rav it was illf.'ieMeil tolay. The new as pirant for t1u Inteniat'loual chaniplnti f'':'il ran away from the rid chamivfr.'.;1 on every U:r, and Ut featetl her handily over the thirty-mile triangular course by nvlnuto? 17 sio.-!!i. The start air.J tin:l were nt Svtlar.'J lightship. Viffil- awi sailed a biauMful rat, but only for a few moments did Fhe aif.tr to have a r.iy kind or a chance wi;n tne Keei beat. R was when the wind, which was tight mt the ftaat. died down to a flint V jhyr -t.h j t the c:.'tei'boailor rei;- up on the rival, remained 'by h-r ,le a few .minutes and then tr.ch by n ft moved ahead. Ir all points of palling the new lo.tt mi'r.Mtnted her ability to drreat tne tgllant In -the li?ht air which pre- alled fl Sandy Hook. Tlr rtnrt nearly resulted In dl-'aster. The Visitant was Mamling for tho ne a few seconds befiv.e the starting un was boomed, sue nrone out ner r.lloon Jib topsail nnd was raei-n for the line at a rate which would lake her cross ahead of the pun. The Pefenl r was pointing diagonally toward tn? ne. with the Vigilant on her rtarboard bow. Had both held their eoursj there w.wld have been a collision. " The Defender had the rljrht of way and held on. forclnir the Visilant to round un In the wind, and narrowly miss hitting the Scotland lightship. The Vigilant displayed a protest flas s a result of this maneuver. The Pa nder swung across 'thf line thirty seconds after gun Are. The Visilant was thirty-ore seconds later. The races today and Saturday were preliminary races only, and while the Defender has displayed her worthiness to meet Lord Dunravep's Valkyrie III, it will not be until tlt trial races ore slled, about the middle of August, that the cup defender is officially named. BRAINED BY A NEGRO. Snlcomnn Oliver S. Humes Assailed by a Colored Porter Who Vainly Tried to Hifte the Snfe. Philadelphia, July 22. Oliver S. Humes, a salesman In the employ of Henry C. Kwlng, 120S Chester street, war? 'murderously assaulted this morn ing by Timothy Robin?ou, a colored porter In the store. Robinson bent Humes Into insensibility by striking him over the head with a club when the latter was bending over his work. and, seizing the salesman's keys, he tried to open and. rob the safe. The negro did not succeed, however, he breaking the key in the lock. Itob- IriMon then made his escape. The vic tim is badly hurt and the doctors fear that he may die. KILLED IN THE PRIZE RING. Pugilist Schmidt l.nld Out hy Plow from l uknown Opponent. 'Milwaukee, Wis., July 22. A your.g Milwaukee pugilist'tiumed tfc-hmld't was kll'Itd as tho result of a mfll heH near North Milwaukee laft nlgh'i. It w.ifl a private affair and quite a number of n;ort9 were presen-t. Schmidt was hit and fell forward. Tfho crowd euw he wo. dangcrotifily ihurt and ran away. A diiftor was frummoni.Hl and the man brought to Trinity hospital, where he died 'this morning. It Is not kirjown who his opponent was. MAY HELP UOLMES. District Attorney Grnhntn Snld to Hnve Found nn Important Clue. iphlladelphla. July 22. iDlsotrlrt A'Hot- nty Graham Had a two nou conic r- enee with If. H. iio.imc.nne ine in surance consplra'tor a.nd nuirposed mur derer Ot the Pletatel chlWren ond oth ers. The confere-nce was secret, but It Is supposed that Holmes gave 'the dis trict n'Morney an alleged clue wheroby llhj WIMlams sorters, rtom he Is UB- peeted of .having murdered In Chicago, can be loca'teil, GOLD EEVER IN ALAliAMA. Rich Strikes Reported In Abandoned Fields In Clehurno County Birmingham, Ala., July 22. Intense excitement prevails around llcfltn, Cle burne county, over rich finds of gold Just made. These deposits were worked forty years ago, and ji.uikmhio realized. New openings are now being made. One small mine, owned by William Noble and associates, of Annlston, watl sold for $91,000. It Is paid to net $1 per pound of ore on an average. A ruoh to the new gold fk'lds Is on, end fabu lous Bums are being offered for options. t WAYLAID Y VILLAINS. Woman ilrntitlly Asssnlted When Rotitrn i Inafro-n n Timor nl. Pottslllte."July 22. iMrs. Henry Ebert, the wife of well known hotel proprie tor of New Ringgold, was waylaid by three men in a secluded spot on the road between Raushes and New Rlng- Eold. She was returning from the funeral of at iWend at thu former place. 8h struggled desperately wlith the fiends, who were dragging ber Into the woods, and when they had almost succeeded the was rescued by a farmer, who hap HASTINGS' CENTER TRIUMPH He Gets 108 Delegates to Only 13 for the Quay Candidates. MAY YET CAPTURE MANY MORE An Irregularity In One of the Borough Representation l ikely to Swell the Governor' Total Convention railed in Schuylkill County. Bellefontf. Pa., July 22. The returns from every precinct In Center county have been heard from and they give IlastlnK nnd Hennlson 10H delegates to the county convention, to 13 for Dale and Gray, the Quay candidates. The convention will have to decide whether Miles-burg borough can be represented since the chairman refused to hold pri maries there, and appointed the dele gates himself. Should these appointees be given seats In the convention It will add threo votes to the administration column. Delegate Flection railed In Schuylkill. Pottsville. Ta., July 22. The execu tive committee of the Republican standing committee of Schuylkill county met here today nnd named Sat urday, Autr. 10, next, as the day to hold the district convention to elect dele gates to the next Republican state con vention. This county Is entitled to two delegates from the tlrMt, one each In the second and third, and three In the Fourth district, aggregating seven dele gates. MRAXrS TRIAL BEGIN. An F.ffort Is Mndo by His Attorneys to Procure a ChniiHO of Vonuo on the Plea That the Courts Are Prejudiced. San Frainciflco, July 22. The trial of Theodo-:! 1 mailt on the charge of hav ing murdered Mist Miss Blanche La ment In the Kmmanuel BaptlHt church, began 'today. Mr. Duprey, of counsel for the defense, commenced the pro ceeding by making an apllcatlon for a change of venue, to support which he produced a number of affidavits. In brief, 4he affidavits state that Du rant cannot secure a fair trial In San Francisco, the press of the city having already judged the case nnd prejudiced the people against the accused man. SINGERS STORM ALLENTOWN. Third Annnnl Sncngcrfest Is Opened Vnder Felicitous Conditions. Allentown. Pa., July 22. Allentown fllleS up today with delegates and so cieties for the third annual saengerfest of the United Binglng societies of Pennsylvania.- Stores, factories, hotels and residences are In holiday attire and wel coming signs are conspicuous. The earliest arrivals Included the Arlon society, of Brooklyn; the Phoe nix, of Newark; the Jung Maennerchor and Allemanla, of Philadelphia; the Llederkrans!, of Reading; the Froh Sinn,, of Altoona; the I.lederkranz, of Trenton; the Friedrlch Gluerleh quar tet club, of Brooklyn; the Frank Harth quartet club, of Brooklyn, -the Lustiga Saenger. of Philadelphia, and the Lan caster Maennerchor. The day was spent In sight seeing and In preparation for the opening concert tonight, -which was a grand success. SAVES LI EE AT SMALL COST. Jersey Man Rescues Drowning Hoy and Cntchcs Ills Cnr Agnln. Brldgeton, N. J., July 22. Alexander J. Flthlan was going to Millvllle on a trolby car. The tracks run around Union Lake as they approach Mill vllle. As the car was spinning around the lake there were cries of "boy over board." Flthlan saw a hut floating In the water, and hastily throwing off his coat sprang Into the lake. Ho found the boy at the bottom, pulled him up and swam ashore with him. The 'boy was resuscitated and Flthlan, catching the car again, con tinued his ride. ROISIIED IN TREASURY VAULT. Visitor's Pocket picked In tho Strong Box of tho I'nlted States. Washington. July 22. It Is hard to believe that a man's pockets could be picked in the vaults of 'the united States treasury, whfre are so many bolte and bars. Jerry King, clerk of the court at GrecnivIHe, Alt., was roibbed of a gM watch and chain while pacing through the vaults as a sight seer. He was one of a party of a. dozen or more that was 'being snown tnrougn by a guide. SAVED AN EMPEROR'S LI EE. I'nfortnnnte Daniel Schoowe Now Com pcllcd to Appeal for Charity. Denver, July 22. Daniel Schoewe has appealed to the county board for as sistance, . and was provided with ticket to Kansas City, where lie has friends. He once saved the life of the present emperor of Germany, who was thrown from a horse and would have been trampled to death had not -Schoewe rushed out from the crowd and dragged him to a place of safety. MILITIA IS NOTIFIED. Indian I'prlslng In Wyoming May Kaqnlro It to Tako I'p Arms. Omaha, Neb., July 22. The Wyoming militia have been ordered to hold them selves In readiness to move into Jack son's Hole country at a moment's notice. . The Indians are Increasing In num bets rapidly and a geneial uprising la feared. . DRANK ACID FOR GIN. A WolPHnown Horseman Made a Narrow Escape. Hartford, Conn., July 22. A. W. Wll lis, of Glastonbury, a well known owner of trot ting horses, had a narrow escape from death by poisoning. In the stables Mr. Wills drank a large quantity of carbolic acid, mistaking It A MARVELOUS ESCAPE. Woman Falls ISO Feet at Niagara and Lives to Tell of It. Buffalo. July 22. A remarkable ac cident occurred on the Canadian IU of the Niagara river about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Just a short dis tance west of the upper auspenslon bridge nnd immediately In front of the Clifton house. At that time Mrs. C.ra- hani, of Buffalo, accompanied by Mrs. Ames, whs strolling along the wulK that parallels the river bank, which at this point Is about 1M feet high. The two stopped to rest when Just near the Clifton house, and Mrs. Graham was either leo .ng against the Iron rail which creA as protection and guard. or was looking over at the scenery be low, when the rail gave way ami she was precipitated over the bank, turning completely over two or three times In the descent. To the spectators U seemed as If she would mtrely strike on her iheail ami have her 'brains dashed out. but rtie struck the ground about 110 feet below and rolled the remainder of the way down the bank into the river, where she lay, nppnre.itly dead. Men at once rushed to her assistance, procured a boat, and In a verjr short time succeed ed In bringing Mrs. Graham safely to shore. She revived almost Instantly Indeed, had never been unconscious, and pro ceeded to talk in a rational mnnner as If nothing had happened, going so far even as to give directions to the men who were conveying her to a hotel near by. Doctors were at once summoned and examined the Injured woman. She iwaa found to have suffered no Bevere external Injuries. CURIOSITY Ill-lt CURSE. Postmistress at lloylo. O. T., Confesses to Opening I ottorx. HoyUj, O. T.. July 22.-IMI? Daisy Moore, the pretly postmistress of tills place, l-t to trouble, all through her womanly curiosity. The ordinary busl- 'Neftf correspondence which parsed through her hands In her official ca partly did not tempt her, but when rhe got hold of a Jove letter from the wife f a married man to a former sweet hp.iPt IMIss iMoore hesitated and fell. 'Her 'burning anxiety to know what a m.arrlfd woman would write to an old over wai .too much for the postmis tress an'.! miow she has been selsted by the 8troner arm of the government and an explanation demanded. BOOM IN IRON TRADE. Demand Is So Great That Pittsburg Plants Are Heftislng Orders. Pltttsburg, July 22. Pittsburg's In dustrial boom has reached such propor tions that its enormous Iron and steel plants are unable to fully meet the de mand. The flood of orders upon local billet manufacturers Is so great that buyers were forced to go to Philadel phia during the week for a supply. Local manufacturers decline to take orders for Immediate delivery and no contracts are being taken for shipment before September. JEALOUSLY AND A TRAGEDY. John O. Luck Trios to Kill Ills Wifo and Himself. Los Angeles, Ca!., July 22. John O. Luck entered his wife's room at the Westminster hotel nnd finding her In bed cut her throat. Her sereanvt aroused other boarders and Luck Jumped to the ground from a window In the second story, severing his own wind pipe before he leaped. Both are still alive. Luck, mho Is said to be the son of a wealthy family In Nashville, Tenn., suspected his wife of unfaithfulness. FOOD FOR A CHINESE SOUL. Fee Jin Mini's Spirit May Feast on Pork nnd Chicken. Pittsburg, July 22. With much Ce lestial pomp and many weird cere monies thp body of Lee Jin Mun, n laundryman, was burled here today. He stood high In Celestial masonry. A table was spread on the walk with the provisions which are to sustain the spirit In its new home. There was a big slab of fat roast pork, another of raw pork, two chickens cooked with the heads and legs on, and all kinds of fruit and sweetmeat. FOR STEALING ONE CENT. Smoky City Sunday School Proseentcs n l.nd Strangely, Plttfburg, July 22. One of the most Insignificant court cases ever known here came tM'fore Judge W'hUc. C. H. Weber, aged f, was prosecuted by the Presbyterian Puiidnypchool on the South Side, on a charge of larceny, It -was claimed 'he stole the contents of the contribution box, and he was convict ed The amount be took was Just one cent The Judge suspended sentence on payment of costei . THE FAMILY ASSASSINATED. Shot Down Whilo Seated at the Supper Table. New Orleans, La., July 22. At Terre Haute, a flag station on the Valley railroad, twenty-nine miles north of New Orleans, the Gordlno family were seated at the supper table, when Frank Nosoa, and another Italian, name un known, fired upon the family with a double barreled shotgun. nosle Oordlno, Benny Gordlno and Charlie Calamari were Instantly killed and Rosrsa Gordlno, tho father of the family, was seriously wounded. STRANGLED AS HE SLEPT. Head Dropped from tho Track on Which He l.sy. Lancaster, Pa., July 22. Ad-am Kay- lor, who was a resident of Mount Joy, came to his death In a singular fashion. With -his body stretched on a baggage truck In the Pennsylvania Railroad star tlon, but with his -head hanging down, Kaylor slowly strangled. : He had laid down on the railroad track near the station to sleep. FOUND IN MEXICO. Defaulting County Treasurer of Iowa . F.ngagod In Manning a Siiloon. De Moines, July 22. Chester W, Howe, the defaulting treasurer of Poweshiek county, Iowa, has been ap prehended In the City of Mexico. lie was apprehended through the efforts of a detective agency of Chicago, Hove and hia brother were running MOONSHINERS MAKE MERRY Residents of Spcakvillc Have a Dance, with Tragic Trimmings. OBJECTIONABLE PAIR EJECTED This Starts the Ball Mai ling and Soon There Is Itlood on tlio Moon -Tho Death 1.1st as Revised, to Date. Callathi. Tenn, July 22. There was a daiivce given at Speviikvllle, in- the north ern portion of the county. West Dixon and his wife aittenltwl. They were dis liked by the people Hiere and were or dered from the grounds arjd -withdrew to a -wag-on near by. Here Dixon was attacked by Bill D-Whlron a moonshiner, and shot the luK-ter dead. Dlxom and his wife then ran into tho bushes, pursued by seven or eight imen, firing as they ran. Dixon fell with five bullets In his body. His wife received a 'bullet In her hip What will likely prove fatal, while Dixon Is expected to die. L01GHKAX SHOT TICIIE. Former Was Flourishing Revolver and Tighe Tried to DNnrm lllm. Special to the Seranton Tribune. WUkrs-llarre, July 22. James Lougn ran was arretted last night charged with an attempt to murder Patrh-k Tlghe. Lough ran 1s an oil man, who, when 'he gfts Intoxicated, becomes pus fwssed of a mani-a for shooting. He was flourishing a revolver and thrent e:.'lng to shoot everyone when Tlghe drove up in a ibugff.u Tl&tie raid: "You had better put that Mevolwr away and go home." Loughran turned B'nd pointing the weapon at Tighe, pulled the trigger. The revolver failed to go off and Tighe leaped upon Ijoughran, bearing him to the ground. In the ecrlmm ige the pis tol was discharg'-d, Ir.iflictliig a severe fie;1h wound in Tlghe's right leg. Loughran waa overpowersd tend brought to the ftta'lioo .houpe Ir. ithls ci'ty, where he was held for a hearing today. Tighe wa taken to the hos pital. His wound Is pairofu. 'but not dangerous. He is an ex-nrolorman who kft the employ of the Traction company some time ago. Louphran Is an old man who Is peaceable when sober, but a dairicerous man when drunk. It Is likely that the charge against him will be punned. BLEW HIS HOUSE TO ATOMS. The Man Who Determined His Wife Should Not ict It. Beaver, Ore., July 2?. James Flsk. a lumberman, blew himself up with giant powder and smashed his Tine house Into kindling wood In order that his -wife should not secure It. Flsk made money as a logger, married a Beaver girl and built a $3,000 residence on his ranch, which he furnished hand somely. Recently he had trouble with his wl'fe, who showed fondness for on other lumberman. LOST HIS LIFE ON A WAGER. A I.ad Una on Awful TtimMo from i Tele- graph Pole. Altoona. Pa., July 22. Claud Heck, a 10-year-old lad of Newburgh, was fatal ly Injured while trying to win a daring wager. He bet that he could cross by a telegraph wire from one pole to an other. lie accomplished the feat, but on reaching the second pole he lost his balance nnd fell forty feet to the ground, fracturing his skull and break lug both anna and legs. RELIGION ENDS IN A COMHAT. An ex-Councllmnn Itndly Stabbed as tho Result of a Dispute. Allentown, Pa.. July 22. Kx-Councll- man John (MeCalTerty was stabbed nnd seriously hurt by Alexander McCon aghy. In a dispute over religion. Slc Conaghy was nlso badly hurt, being kicked In the face and cut over the forehead and sustaining a scalp wound from a knife thrust. McConnghy Is In Jail. 11A12Y CAUSED A TRAGEDY. Its Corrlago Struck a Man Who Pro tested nnd Was Stubbed. Wllllamsport, Pa., July 22. Because William Smaile protested when struck by a baby carriage which was pushed by William Williams, the latter struck him In the face with af tone and stabbed him twice In the back with a pocket knife. Onei of the thrusts penetrated the lung and Smale is at the hospital in a critical condition. Williams Is in Jail. FIVE MINUTF.S FOR DIVORCE. Jxlck Work In Parting Preacher and Ills wire. Muncle, Ind.. July 22. In fifty minutes after Mrs. Clark, wife of Rev. S. S. Clark, who was recently o?kel to resign as raptor of tho First Baptist chnrch, had made application for a divorce tier husband had made a nswer, t ho case had been tried nml the divorce granted. Clark waa known m the Parkhurst of Muncle. THREE KILLED HY LIGHTNING. Result of an Electrical ftorm In Kansas. Ellsworth, Kan., July 22. A severe electrical utorm passed over Ellsworth county about 2 o'clock yesterday morn ing. Lightning struck the house of Ell Mc Henry and Instantly killed Mr. Mc Henry, Edward Grimes and Frank Brown. All were mairrlf d and left large families. Tho Casino Traced Inquest. - Atlantic, City. N. J.. July 22. The report of city councils' investigating -committee, which officially probed Into the circum stances surrounding the Inlet Casino dis aster In nhlch sixty people were Injured was rendered tonight It Is an evasive document, Warning no one and merely states what the public Is already aware of, that the cause of the floor collapsing was DEATH DEALING CYCLONE. Silver City, N. M.. Reported to Do Do- vasicd and Thirty Pcoplo killed. Demlng. N. 31.. July 22. A terrible cyclone visited New Mexico today. The town of Silver City Is said to be almost totally destroyed, and rumors reach here that thirty people have been killed. The statement of death cannot yet oe verified, SB all communication with the town la cut off. CouiU-rs from the sur rounding country have gon to get de tails, but it will be ihard for them to reach Silver City, as all bridges have beeen demolished. An effort Is being made to get particulars. PRINCETON STUDENTS SAFE. Tho Parents of Ono of the Explorers Ho- ci lvo Reassuring News. Philadelphia, July 22. A pprehenslon In this city for the- fofety of the Prince ton students' geological exploring party was dispelled today by the receipt of a postal card thlmornlng from L. Fred erick Pease, a member of the party, by Ills parents In this city. In this he p.tated that the students are all well and have hud no trouble from the Indians. OFFICERS WEttK ASLEEP. The Terrible StcamsliipCnllislon In Genoa Day Thus Fxplnlncd-SlghtcJ l och Other Too I oto to Avert n Collision. Rpexzla, July 22. Additional details of the collision between the Italian steamships Ortlgia and Maria P, and the sinking of the latter, with the loss of lis lives In the Gulf of Genoa, In clude the testimony of the lookouts on both vessels that they sighted each other too late to avert the collision. Each also charges that the captain and mate of the other vessel were asleep in their bunks, when they should huve been on deck. - - HIS HOME IS IN DUNMORE. An Italiun Rnv Murderer in Drookljn Mnils from This Koelon. Pomps D;-merel3, a 16-year-old Dun mure Italian chut and killed another Italian named One-ton Cherante. on Noi-th Second street, Ilrooklyn, N. T., early yesterday morning. He escaped but afterwards gave himself up to the authorities. The boy admitted that he did the shooting and said that Cheranto had Insulted him. Demereia's home Is on Drinker Ptrpet. His father Is a well-to-do shoemaker. The police of this city received word from Brooklyn early yesterday to be on the lookout for him, but a latter telegram Informed them of his capture. KEYSTONETTES. Berks county preachers have organized for mutual benefit. Little Clyde Yeonash was drowned near Lancaster while bathing. The Citizens' National bank of Ash land will erect a new building. Miss Mubel White, who went driving at lirurirord a v k ago, Is still missing . Oats poisoned with arsenic have killed a number of mine mules at Shenandoah Jumping from a coal train at Potts town, James Plerson was dangerously in jured. The business at the Pottsville postof- flce has increased so that extra clerks are employed. A trolley car at Hraddock ran over and killed Coleman McDonouKh In front of his own door. Five days' hard work this week Is the programme for the employes of all Read ing collieries. Two shell game sharps captured $200 In a few hours from Richard colliery employes at Shamokln. Kdwnrd Nnngle. residing at Reading. Is 97 years old and has regularly smoked since he was a boy. Lycoming county will probably build J;i.tM annex to the court house to accom modate tho Superior court. Tho nethl'-hrm Iron company shipped five turret plates for the I'nlted States battleship Indiana to Philadelphia. Falling to pee an approaching train, young son of Amos Hershey, of Gordon vllle, ran upon tha track and was fatally hurt. Suit for $15,000 dams ires has been brouuht nirulnst the l-hU,'h Traction company ny Miss Ida M. lenls, of Reaver Urook, who was Injured In a wreck. John Glace, whose wife was killed by Wllllamsport trolley car, has sued the city for $15.ooi, s the accident was due to an obstruction In the street. WIRE BREVITIES. Spanish merchants in Central America have formed a league to boycott Urltlsh goods. Nails of every kind were put up 50 cnts a keg by order of manufacturers' meeting at Hoston. By tho runaway of his oxen Alexander Pratt, of New Cannan, Conn., received finals hurts. Tired of life, Clara Johnson, aged 26, of New York, Jumped off a North river pier, but was saved. Miners of the Wilmington (111.) coal field will help tho Indiana miners to resist a re duction In wages. Bulls which fiKht at the Atlanta expos! tlon will hnve their horns padded, and there will be no blood-letting. The burning with her house of Kirs, IxhiIbc Sonffer, postmistress at Lapresa, Cel., Is laid to Indian robbers. By a blow dealt by Paivlel Turpln, former partner, William Harper, hotel manager at l'lqua, O., was killed. While four negro boys were playing with a pistol, near Hamburg, S. (?., the pistol went off, killing Thomas Sitnpklns, aged 16. On returning to China Grove,' .V. C, a ter long exile after betraying a iilece, M, P. Cllne was sought by otllcers a lid killed himself. While riding on a railroad veltfolped near Danville, Ky., Wllllum Gooch1 was struck and hurled fifty feet in the atf by an express, but only got a dihck eye X sprained ankle. WEATHEK REPORT. For eastern Pennsylvania, fair; westerly winds. generally llornlJ's forecast. New York. July 23. In the Middle states , . v.-.... I .... .1 mmfnv fnlr altfrtittv I warmer weather will piivall. with fresh and light vartablo winds, mostly north westerly to southwesterly ana maximum temperature about 90 degrees In this sec tion, except on the coast line, possmiy fol lowed toy local rain on the coast. On Wed nesday. In both these sections, fair weath er will prevail, with southerly winds and slight temperature changes, and on Thursday, generally, fair and hot sultry NLEYS Special Sale of SCOTCH GINGHAflS. Our reputation on Fine Scotch Ginghams is un questioned and it is a well known tact 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 ISO pieces, att 19c. per yard. This 13 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- utely 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 c, Price to dose, 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 m natural color with em broideries to match. 51(!aND512 LACKAWANNA AVEF " - E A. KINGSBURY, Agent for Charles A. Schieren & Co.'s Leather i Beltto The Very Besir" 313 Spruce St., Seranton. SHOES for all the people all the time. Two stores busy fitting feet with, Honest Shoes. Have your Shoes fit. Give your feet an easy time of it. The cost Is the same. Ui AMD 1U WTOWSO AVi J est Re ; A beautiful line of En gagement and Wed ding Rings. Also a ' ' 'fine line of WEBBING F1ESENTS ; : In ; Sterling Silver, Dorf Hnger's Cut Glass and Porcelain Clocks, at: : -v ' .j. Weicher, ceived Spruce Street 7 r M i V--' . - .j- " Continued en Pi pened on h scene. for gin. saloon In tne otty oi Mexico, dm to a rotten post and ovirwtlghtlnr weather. toil
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers