I-" "" EIGHT PAGES 5G COLUMNS. SCRANTON, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 15, 1895. TWO CENTS A COPY. f ley May As Id ft lit ' And so make the cleaning up of our 611k and Black dress Roods stocks complete. It's a little off the ordin ary, however, to cut prices so deeply on goods that may be regarded as staple styles, weaves and colorings, but there's no such thing as half measures In our business code, so , we've d elded to complete the work of clearance, so we'll begin In this dept. earlier In the season. 25 Cheney Bros.' Printed China, pres ent season's patterns in an excellent assortment of colorings cheap at 60c. Closing Price 31c 15 PIECES Light Ground Armure Silks, neat plain and broken stripes and match less for Stylish Shirt Waists. Helght-of-the-season's price 50c. Closing Price 28c Cheney Bros.' best 14-Inch China Bilks In the pick of this year's de signs, light, medium and dark grounds. These are full value for 75 cents. . Closing Price 35c 27-lnch fancy Check Silks, light grounds and small styles in black and white, brown and white, etc. This silk has been a leading value at 60c. and a great seller. Closing Price 35c .MCI 25 PIECES All wool Black Henriettas (blue or Jet shades) 46 Inches wide, and as hone3t a cloth as ever came from a loom. Finish and color are 'both' perfect, and our regular price Is 65 cents). Closing Price 45c '20 PIECES 60-Inch all-wool Black Serge (Blue or Jet). A fine make, perfect In ev ery respect and guaranteed, worth 66 cents, . Closing Price 45c Ws Sale "' opens Tuesday, Aug. 13tb. As the ' : lota are limited and the goods un ," usually desirable, we cannot guar . Antes that supplies will hold out af ter the first dav or two. . Sflks-a a Sacrifice Gmds ALVAREZ TALKS PLAINLY Spall Is Becoming Tired of America! Pilibustercrs. A BILL FOR SOMEOXB TO FAT The Caban Rebels. II Claims. Are Out laws Led by Forelgncrs-Spala Will Hold This Country ieoouat able for Mischief Itone. New York. Aug. 14 The mayor of Havana. Cuba. S. nor Hegumle Alvarex. who Is at the Union Siiuure hotel. Bays that the insurrection in Cuba Is not a serious matter, but t'vit there is danger ahead of troutl between Spain and the United Slutes. growing out of the action of our government In pressing -Spain to pay the Mora claim at this time, and of the aid that Americans are extending -U Cuban agitators and ftl Ibusterers. S-nor Alvares talked, very plainly with a reporter of the United Press who called upon him today. He said that he had heard nothing in re gard to the report that Martinez Campos had resigned and placed no credit In the rumor. He said he be lieved that OnmiHis had asked that a trener.il be sent from Mudrld U assist him, nnd that the man 'Who Is sent out will b- placed In charge of all ad ministration affairs, enabling Campos to devote himself to operations In the field. Senor Alvarex then said: 'The ntws about General Campos re tirement Is like much of the Cuban news published in this country It Is manufactured. A largo part of the storks published here are lies." When asked about the progress of the rebellion Senor Alvares eald: "It is a rising of outlaw lead by for eigners. The better class of Cubans having nothing to do with It. "In the Santiago province the insur gents are nearly all negroes. iMaceO. the leader. Is a mulatto; Oomez is a San Doming. All the other leaders of the Insurgents are American citizens. They are foreigners on Cuban soil and should be shot down. American citi zens here who are aiding them should not be allowed to hold meetings, raise funds and tit up expeditions as they are doing." The Sonor Do comes Earnest. Senor Alverez became very earnest at this point and spoke with emphasis. He continued: , "The people of the United States should remember that the war In Cuba is not a war between two nations, and that they cannot say 'we will be neu tral." It is a difficulty which one na tion Is having In Its own family, and America should keup her hands off. Americans not only permit foreigners, but allow their own citizens to conspire against Spanish territory and Spain is a friendly nation." But has not the United States gov ernment 'by proclamation, and by or ders to men-of-war and revenue cut ters, shown their friendship for Spain?" "Yes. but what good does a man-of-war anohored at Key West do? None at all Expeditions are fitted out just the same and sent under the protection of the American Hag. Perhaps your government acts 'because it knows that Spain Is keeping art account of all the expeditions; that are sent out, and when the trouble In Cuba is over will ask the Unfted States to pay damages. Your newspapers publish detailed ac counts of how these expeditions are fitted out and how they are landed."' "Are meetings to be held In your cities, money raised for the avowed purpose of sending war supplies to Cuba, and expeditions to be fitted out and sailed under the American flag with no redress for Spain? Let me tell you tWs," added Senor Alvarez, "the American flag Is being used to cover crime. Spanish officers are getting tired of letting expeditions escape be cause they sai.1 under the American flag. The day may come when an ofil cer will no longer "permit a vessel to go free through respect for the flag. "Something will happen not to the flag but to the boat that Is using It, and there may be trouble between Spain and the United States. Objects to the Mora Claim. "Another thing we do not like," said Senor Alverez, "Is Insisting that the Mora claim be paid Just when Spain needs money for war purposes. The claim Itself la unjust and should never be paid. All the arbitrators have de cided against it. iMora whs never an American citizen until his .property was destroyed. It would never have been pushed at all If aiSpanlsh minister was not to get a share of It. And why does not the United States pay claims that Spain has had ever since Florida was purchased? It was then agreed that Spanish residents of Florida who gave up their property should be reimbursed, but they have never been paid. It does not come with good grace for the Unit ed States to ask Spain to pay a million and a half now, and the manner In which the claim has been pressed makes Spaniards sore. "The United States does not pay the award made by the Bering Sea commis sion and is getting the reputation of being a had debtor among the nations, and then demands that Spain pay the unjust Mora claim and we must do It at once. All these things made our blood boll. We expect friendly treat ment from a friendly nation. Instead of that we have an Insurrection In Cuba which was Inspired by Americans and which would not last a month If it did not have the aid and encour agement of people In this country." Senor Alvarez expects to return to Havana in fioptember. JAPAN WANTS WAR SHIPS. San Franclsso Builders Expect to Ssouro wotio C.Anf -ncf. Ban Francisco, Aug. 14. Jap .i li evi dently preparing fur another war. The little Island empire wants twenty new war ships .arid on Tuesday Irving M. Scott will sail for Japan to secure the contracts for 'building some of the war vessels. San Francisco Is the nearest port to Japan where the ships can be built, and Mr. Scott expects to return with enough contracts to kenp Ms company busy for some time. FORGER GIVES HIMSELF UP. George Ssnford Price Relieves Uls Con slant Four of Arrest. Mlddletown, N. , Aug. 14. Oeorge Sanford Price, a well-known ex-temperance lecturer, who fled from Goshen, near here, ten years ago, to escape ar rest for 'forgery returned Friday night and delivered himself to Constable Lardy. In 1885 Price forged a note for $200 and one for inoo. Frioe fled, an Indictment for forgery in the third de gree being found against film. iHe re turned at midnight Friday,-, and al though there was no warrant against him, agreed to wait until the district attorney could De seen. He broke down completely and4 remained in his room in a hotel at Goshen until the constable returned 'With the bench warrant and removed him to prison. He has secured ex-Congressman- Bacon to defend him. During his absence, Price says, he has been in constant fear of arreet. He went through Canada and the western tatea to New Mexico. He spent five years on a ranch In Nebraska, but fled one night on the arrival ot a stranger, although he wan nut followed. He says that he has eluded detectives at every turn. His wife is staying with wealthy relatives here and does not know of his return. HIS TOE PULLED OFF. Singular sad Painful Acoldeat to a Bars Foot Bicyclist. 8peetal to the Scranton Tribune. Honesdale, Aug. 14. Chester, seven-year-old son at W. K. Cook, while on a bicycle bare foot today had his big toe pulled off 'by getting the member caught in the chain. He walked to his home, two blocks distant, after the accident without uttering a cry. MET A HEROES DEATH. Artist Thomas Movenden Is Killed While Attempting to Save the Life of a Little Uirl. Norrlstown, Pa,, Aug. 14. Thomas Hovenden, the 'famous artist, was in stantly killed 'by a railroad train near here this evening. Mr. Hovenden met with a hero's death, for It was in at tempting to save the life of a little ijlrl Unit he lost his own. The accident occurred at a grade crossing on what Is known as the Tren ton Cut-off of the Pennsylvania rail road. Mr. Hovenden has a summer residence In Plymouth township, this county, and he was returning home this ewning on a trolley. When the car reached Its stopping point on the far side of the railroad track the pas sengers alighted s usual and prepared to cross to the trolley car on the other side. Besides Mr. Hovenden among the passengers of the car were Mrs. Clara Peifer and her 10-year-old daughter, Itttfoie. A fast freight train was ap proaching the crossing as the passen gers of the trolley car alighted. The little girl did not notice the oncoming train and she ran ahead of her mother to cross the tracks. The train bore rapidly down and the engineer blew his whistle freely when he saw the little figure standing 'bet ween the rails. The child seemed to become confused and awaited her coming death without at tempting to avoid it. Mr. Hovenden rushed forward and snatched the child up in his arms. Before he could make the leap that would have saved them both, the pilot of the engine struck Mr. Hovenden and hurled him across the track with terrlble'force. The engineer stopped his train and he and the fire man ran to where Mr. Hovenden and the little girl were lying side by side. The man was dead and the child died as she was raised from the ground. Thomaa Hovenden was one of the leading artists that America has pro duced. He was still In comparative prime of his intellectual vigor and ar tistic skill, being but 59 years of age. His best known painting, "Breaking Home Ties" ha been engraved prob ably more than the work of any other American artist, and Is a familiar ob ject of thousands of homes In the United States. The painting was one of the most notaible of the American groups at the World's fair. Mr. Hoven den leaves a widow, but no children. REPUBLICAN LEAGUE. Members Getting Ready for tho Fall r.ampaigu-Call Soon to Bo Issued. Chicago, Aug. 14. At a meeting of the executive committee of the Repub lican lodge clubs held here today, bids were received for the next annual con vention. 'Besides Washington a.nd New York, Denver and Milwaukee made a Md of free rooms, and the Illinois mem ber, Albert Campfoell, entered the list with a raised bid of free quarters and $1,000 'bonus If given thirty days' time. The upshot of the matter was that the president, secretary fl.nd Mr. Campbell were selected to receive the offers form ally, and the best one will be accepted at the October meeting. Kx-Congressman Aaron T. Bliss, of Saginaw, Mich., was unanimously elected treasurer of the league. As a committee to report to the Octo her meeting on plans for league work during the national campaign Messrs. Goodenow, of Minnesota: Powers, of Michigan; Christ, of Arizona; the presi dent and secretary were selected. A call will be Issued in a few days from headquarters here to all the league dubs to organize and be ready for instructions from the committee In October. The league will make a big fight In Utah at the approaching state hood election, eo a to eecure the two senators for the party. Money, litera ture and speakers will be sent there in abundance. MR. QUAY WANTS A MEETING. Ho Has Asked Chairmen Qllkeson to Make I'pthe Roll of Delegates. Harrlsburg, Pa., Aug. 14.-State Chairman Gllkeson has received the letter of Senator Quay asking him to call a meeting of the state committee to make up the roll of delegates on Aug. 26, but has not yet replied. He declines to say what he will do, and does not think It proper to divulge the contents of Senator Quay's letter, Philadelphia, Aug. 14. A special to the Record from Pittsburg says: The letter which Senator Quay sent Chair' man Qllkeson asking him to convene the state committee, and which Mr. Gllkeson refused to give out, Is as fol lows: Beaver, Pa., Aug. 14, 189S. Hon. B, F. Gllkeson, Chairman Republi can State Committee, Harrlsburg, Pa.: Dear S!r: I take the liberty of making the request that you convene the state committee at Harrlsburg on Aug. 20 for the purpose of preparing the roll of. the state convention called for Aug. 28. -Yours truly, M. 8. Quay. Congressman "Jack" Robinson, a member of the Republican state com mittee, tonight wrote to Chairman Gllkeson asking him to call the commit tee together for the purpose of making up the roll of the state convention, as asked by Senator Quay. Mr. Robinson enclosed In his letter to 'Mr. Gllkeson a letter signed by about twenty-five members of the committee, endorsing the demand for the calling together of the committee, and further stated that about twenty-five more members of the committee favored the call, but that for certain reasons he withheld their names. Colonel Tabor Dead. Philadelphia, Aug. 14.-Colonel William H. Tabor, aged 64 years, of this city, who was a member of ex-Governor Beaver's staff, and who did such active service at Johnstown while the Pennsylvania Na tional guard was stationed there In last, after the memorable flood, died today. For a number of years Colonel Tabor was cashier of the People's bank of Philadel phia, and since 1893 he had been a clerk In the office of the board of health. Shot at Camp Meeting. . ; Laurel, Del., Aug. 14. Eugene Farlow, a young man, was shot while listening to a sermon during a camp . meeting last night In stetson's' woods, A number of young mens supposed to be under the In fluence oMIquor, came upon the camp sud denly and two pistol shots were fired. Farlow received two serious wounds near the heart, and la thought to be fatally In ursd. ;..' ' CHANCE FffiTTBE FARMER Europe Ready to Take Amerlcia Live Stock. , SECRETARY NORTON'S REPORT Cattle in Prime Condition Will Flad Ready Sale in England-Horses Meed Not Be Canned for Sale ia Foreign Markets. Washington. Aug. 14. "If the Ameri can farmer .would study the demands and condition of the foreign market and devote less attention to politics his con dition would be greatly Improved." Secretary Morton, of the agricultural department, advanced this proposition today as a result of his conversation a few hours earlier with Sam Degcan, of Chicago. Mr. Degean hus Just re turned to the United States from a trip to England, to which country he car ried, a month ago, a consignment of 308 American beeves for the British 'market. He reported to Secretary 'Mor ton 'that the animals proved to be good sailors; that none of the number were lost on the voyage; and that they all arrived at Liverpool In better condition than when they left this country. The average price paid for the 308 cattle was $97.58 each. The ready sale, Secre tary Morton ways, was due to the fact that the cattle were not only In prime condition, but that they were of a qual ity 'which the English market demands. He believes, therefore, that if the Amer ican farmer will study to acquaint him self with what the British and (Verman and other European consumers of American products want, they will not only And a quick but a mure lucrative market in those countries us well. A case in point, the secretary con tinued, is found in the shipment last year of American bacon to the Vnited Kingdom. Upon its arrival there It was .brought into competition with Danish bacon. While the price obtained for the latter commodity was $14.18 a hundredweight, that obtained for the American bacon was only $9.72. In other words, the secretary argues. If the American bacon exported last year for sale in the British market had been as well adapted to the tastes of the Brit ish consumers as the Danish, it would have realized $28,192,500, Instead of the $19,357,376 which it actually did realize. Horses Also in Demand. Upon the subject of (horses. Secretary Morton also grows eloquent. He as serts that there is a growing demand In England Cor American horses. 'Dur ing the first nine months of last year the English market took 2.811 American driving horses, at an average price of $139 a head. A sound, light draft horse In good condition of the size and weight adapted to omnibus work In cities will generally 'bring In London or Liverpool $150. Here, (again. Secretary Morton Insists the need of the purchasers must be consulted, and if this 'be done, a largely Increased demand for American hrwses will follow. , .. Secretary !rrtnn mad May a com parative estimate of the shipments of American cattle to Europe for the first nix months of this year with those of last year. He finds, to his surprise, an enormous decreaso ifor this year. Tn 1894 there was shipped to Europe 228,333 head of cattle for the first bIx months of the year, and this year, for the same period, the shipments have been, but 132.179. Secretary Morton does not attribute this falling off to any project against American cattle, but believes that tt Is due to. the fact that the scarcity of the corn crop has resulted in a poor condi tion of cattle generally, and conse quent Inability of 'being satisfactorily disposed of In a foreign market. . YELLOW JACK IN MEXICO. Central American Vessels Are Very Closely Watched. City of Mexico, Aug. 14. Great ap prehension 1s felt in all west coast por tions regarding the continued ravages of yellow fever 1t Central America. All vessels recently arriving from Cen tral America have been treated as sus picious, principally those from Acoju tala and Ocos. The American Surety company, of New York, has opened a branch store, according to the terms of a liberal chanter.recently granted. The cumpany wlH injure government employes and give bonds for contractors, besides do ing a private ibuslness. Due cause has been found for holding Landsboil, the alleged lover of I ma Thorn, Uhe manner of whose death is In dispute. Two persons of the twenty-two In jured in the Teh uan tepee railway acci dent have died. The road Is new and the track not altogether In good condi tion. It Is probable that the Verastegul Romero duel will go to the Jury, as the press has demanded this without a dis senting voice. Much Interest Is felt here regarding the truth of the alleged interview with United States 'Minister Ransom, tele graphed from Washington, regarding extradition. If Ransom Is correctly re ported, he will probably .be regarded here as a "persona non grata,'.' the al leged utterance 'being a direct attack on the highest functionaries, for whom, while here. Ransom expressed esteem. It Is charitably believed here that the minister 'was misrepresented. Mr. Gray, JUFt before his death, was reported by an American Journal an declaring that Guatemala was right in her contention with Mexico, an utterance that natural ly gave offense here, hut Gray died be fore there was an opportunity for an explanation. COLD WAVE COMING. Cltlsens of the Atlantis Coast May Wear Overcoats Tomorrow Njeht. Washington, Aug. 14.-JPhe'chlef fore caster at the weather bureau today said: "A cold wave Is on Its .way and will reach the city Friday night. The low eat temperature ever reported at this season of the year comes from Helena, Mont., today, the temperature there having dropped to the freezing point. At Bismarck, N. D., tfhe temperature has fallen 30 degrees In the last twenty four hours, and the same conditions are being experienced throughout many places In tthe northwest. The coming cold wave will extend over the entire Atlantic coast, cktles on or near the sea board experiencing , the greatest change.'" , ' . ' NOT FOND OF PEARS. : .. .. . ' . - - Miss Flagler, the Negro Slayer, Receives . Shook.' . Washington, Aug. 14. The News thhi afternoon eays: "Miss Flagler, who hot and killed young Ernest - Green, and who Is only beginning to recover from the prostration' extending the tragedy, hae received terrible shock tho Innocent cause of which was one, of the young tedy'e most devoted and sin cere friends. ; . ' Green, as Is known, received the fatal hot from Mies Flagler's pistol while in the sot of picking up a pear twhlch had faun from a tree. Mia Flafler't friend, who Is a young .woman living 1n the country, without thinking of the significance attaching the sending ot several specimens of fruit to her, and entirely out of the 'kindness of her heart, expressed a basket full of pears to Miss Elizabeth Flagler and enclosed a friendly note. IMisa Flagler chanced to eee the package, and wlth her own hands opened it. The flrat tiling she Haw was the large and beautiful pears carefully packed In the basket. It seemed to her the work of some vicious mind to eend such a package. So violent was the shock to Miss Ular er that she was seized with convulsions. A physician was hastily summoned and grave fears for her were entertained for some hours. EIGHT SKETETONS FOUND. Evidence Showing That Homo Might Have Ilccn Burled Alive. Maysvllle, Ky., Aug. 14. Eight more skeletons have been taken out of the mounds on the Fox farm, where the New York scientists art at work, mak ing sixty-five in all. The explorers are unable to estimate the length of time the bones have been in the ground. Some skeletons are found with the legs drawn up, which is claimed by the explorers to Bhow that the men were burled alive. FATHER AND SON HANGED. Desperados at Washington Are Treated to on Exhibition of tho Kfflcaoy of Lynch Law. Ellensburg, Wash., Aug. 14. At an early hour this morning, Charles Vin cent, who shot Mike Kohlopp In a drunken brawl, Sunday, was lynched. A large mob gathered at midnight and attacked the Jail a'bout 1 o'clock. The sheriff made resistance, hut had a small force of men and was overpowered. Vincent was hanged to a railroad bridge and his body shot full of holes. His hearing was to have taken place today. Last night John Burglin, who was stabbed by Vincent's father in the same row, died from his wounds. Young Vincent had served time in the Oregon penitentiary for burg'lary. .Within an hour after the younger Vincent was hanged, .his father was also taken from the Jail and hanged be side him. Sheriff Stinson made a strong effort to save the men, but the mob was too strong for him. The Jail is a weak affair, and there was no trouble In gaining access to It, but the men were confined In steel cages, which gave the mob a good deal of trouble In open ing. The Vincents made no fight, be ing apparently overcome with fear. Some of tthe most prominent citizens in town participated In the lynching. A few were masked, but the majority made no attempt to disguise them selves. There has been a good deal of lawlessness In the neighborhood for the past year and It was the general be lief that a sharp lesson wjs needed by the desperate characters who had taken up their quarters In town. The civil authorities have not yet taken any ac tion with regard to the lynching. WAR CLOUDS THICKEN. Hostilities May Take Place Between France and Brazil-Startling News from Cayenne. Banbadoes, W. I Aug. 2. Intelli gence of a most stirring character has Just been received here from Cayenne, the capltol of French Guiana. War may shortly be declared between France and Brazil. Since the encounter between the in habitants of'Mapa, within the contest ed territory between Brazil and French Guiana, and the French troops sent to effect the release of Captain Trajan, who had been taken captive at Conna nl by the Mapans on May IS last, the Mapans have been freely offering In sults and gross Indignities toward the French subjects within the contested territories. ELOPEMENT CONTAGIOUS. Aftor Being hnragod at His Sister, a Boy Follows Her Example. Caldwell, N. J., Aug. 14. Philip Reeves' 19-year-old daughter. May, packed a handbag and took the noon train for New York city. Wednesday's mail brought a letter announcing her marriage to Robert Herns, a Brooklyn young man. Mr. Reeves was much ir ritated. Ills eldest son, Robert, who Is 20, was bitter against his sister. He said he would give Herns a thrashing as soon as he caught him. Friday afternoon he took Mallnda Arena out for a drive. His mind being on the subject of runaway marriage, he told 'Mallnda that they ought to elope "Just for eplte." .Mallnda agreed. Both have been forgiven, but the father, who Is a business man, waa at first hitter against them. WANTS A SECOND" DIVORCE. Mrs. Davis Goes to Hloux Falls to Gain Residence. Sioux Falls, 8. ID., Aug. 14. Lnst year a bright young woman secured a di vorce here from Dr. Burke, a prominent physician of 'Rochester, N. Y. iMrs. Burke did not stay here all the time while gaining a residence, and during one of the absences she met am fell In love with Jack Davis, In the east. As soon as she got her divorce from Dr. Burke she - married 'Davis, whom she. supposed waa wealthy. Davis proved to he a high flyer, and is now In Jail tn San Francisco charged with forgery. IMrs. Davis has Just ar rived here to secure a divorce from her wayward husband. SECOND SECRET MARRIAGE. Fannie Uordon, of Moline, Becomes J. C. Monette's Wife. Moline, IN., Aug. 14. Fannie Gordon, eldest daughter of Byron Gordon and a member of trl-clty society, was mar ried last week at Des 'Moines to J. G. Lloyd Monette, a young clerk In the employ of O. H. Sohrbeck. They both left the city at different times, meet ing later at the dlty mentioned, where they were Joined In marriage, not let ting out their secret until today. Th3 marriage was a great surprise to their friends, as it had not been known that the young couple had been going together. It is the girl's second venture In this romantic style, the Arst occurring four years ago. . ' Trouble for the Tuxedo Club. Washington, D. C, Aug. 14. The treas ury department has decided to ask the United States district atterney for north ern New York to Investigate tho allega tions made against the Tuxedo club of employing Canadian boatmen In violation of the alien, contract labor law. , No Mora Bodies Discovered. ' ' New. York, Aug. 14. Shortly after I o'clock this afternoon the search Of the ruins of the wrecked building on West Broadway .was completed, and the work of digging stopped. No bodies were found today, and the total number of killed re mains fifteen. , Ei-Treasarer dentensed. ' Pierre, -8. D., Aug. 14. IDs-State Treas urer Taylor was this morning sentenced to Ave years la the ptnltentierx, : THE SITUATION IN CHINA Americas and Caropcai fowcrs Urged to Take a Hand. A C0REAX EXILE ARRIVES Prince Yang Ho Pak Concludes That America Is the Ucalthiest Cuaatry for lllm on the Face of the Ulobe. St. Petersburg. Aug. 14. The "No vokU" recommends that Russia. France and Germany unite with the United States and Great Britain with the view of obtaining satisfaction for the out rages committed by Chinese upon the different missions and in order to ob tain substantial guarantees against a repetition of these occurrences. Washington, Aug. 14. iMembers of diplomatic corps who are Informed as to the progress of affairs In the Orient think is probable. If there has been any crisis in the Japanese cabinet as repre sented in recent dispatches, that It may be due to developments made in con nection with the negotiations between China and Japan, which are under stood to 'be now In progress at Pekln between the new Japanese minister there and the Chinese authorities. It Is understood' here that the labor of shaping the new relations between the two Oriental empires embraces the fix ing of the amount of the indemnity for the surrender of the Lio Tung Peninsu lar. Count I to and Viscount Matsu's surrender of the peninsula -wltih its splendid fortifications at Port Arthur aroused much criticism at the time, and It now seems that the entire arrange ment for the surrender of the conces sion waa made with the Interfering European powers, who contented them selves with securing Japan's promise to keep off the Chinese mainland, leaving Japan to arrange with China as to the amount of Indemnity and to provide for Its collection. China is now showing a disposition to take advantage of the attitude of Russia, France and Ger many. Victoria, B. C Aug. 14. The steamer Empress of Japan has arrived with ad vices from Yokohama up to Aug. 2. Re ports of Impending cabinet changes are freely circulated in Toklo, and are largely credited, although entirely without official confirmation. Prince Yang Ho Pak, the reifueee Corean minister of the Interior, who fled from Seoul a month ago to avoid arrest at the reuet of the Queen, ar rived on the Empress of Japan. He sought an asylum in Jap.in. but a plan was forinied to cause his arrest on the charge of plotting against the life of the ijueen. and to prevent any cumuli cations b" was advised to leave. The United Stat est he regarded as the best asylum, and to this country he is come. He did not care to talk, merely saying: "I am an exile from my country and aon going to the Untted States after a May of two weeks in Japan.. How long I will remain in the United States I ra.nn.t say. I am unjustly forced, out of Corea, Unit iwhat the future will bring I cannot say." Prince Pak is about 40. small, (but has an intellectual face. This is his sec ond exile, having returned to Corea a yenr ago Aug. 2 after ten years In Japan. The night after the Empress loft Hontr Koii) a bad explosion of gas oc curred In her coal bunkers. One conl passer waa killed and four badly burned. One of the latter is not ex pected to Uve. HE SCORES CLEVELAND. Senator Marion Butler Makes a Bitter Attack on' the President-Calls Him Hireling of Gold Bugs. Raleigh, N. C, lAug. 14. Senator Marion Butler, In his speech at Con cord, made one ot the severest attacks on President Cleveland ever heard in North Carolina, die said: The man who puts party above prin ciple Is the best tool the gold bugs have, and the devil never had a better servant than the gold bug. Every bond this government owes England or any other country or Individual Is payable in gold or silver, at the option of the government, and It says so on the face of the bond. Yet Cleveland is going to England to get gold when he could pay bonds in silver. He does not pay them In silver because he Is a hireling ot the gold bugs. 1 charge It here, and I'll charge It on the floor of the United States If he sends down his army after me for eaying It. If you had an honest man for president he could make times easier In ten days by calling congrese together to furnish relief, it ia not enough to send honest men to congress. We will never see better times till we drive traitors out of the white house and get an honest free silver man for president. Senator 'Butler Is here tonight presid ing at a conference of Populists, among whom are State Treasurer North and Congressmen Shueford and Stroud. JUMPED INTO THE SOUND. Edward Hall's Escape from Detective Delhanty. 'Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 14. Detective Delhanty, 'Who went to Boston to get two men arrested there on suspicion of being tho thieves who enticed Dr. Drury Into a vacant house here, beat him and robbed him, returned this morning with only one man. The other man Edward Ball es caped from him by Jumping from a Fall River line boat laet night near Newport. Whether he waa drowned or swam ashore is not known. Samuel Ryle hi Uie name of the' prisoner 'brought here. PROHIBITIONISTS ON DECK. They Nominate Candidates for the Superior Conn. Harrlsburg, Pa., Aug. 14. Twenty five members of the Prohibition state committee met In Young Men' Chris tian Association hall this afternoon and nominated the following candidates for Judges of the Superior court: A. A. Stevens, Blair; Lewis D. Vail, Philadelphia; Davis Sterrett, Washing ton; lOdward Campbell, Fayette; W. W. Lathrop, Lancaster; F. Harry Hoffer, Cumberland. Chairman Patron pre sided. JUSTICE STRONG BETTER. A Chssge for the Better in His Coadltloa la Reported. Washington. Aug. 14. The latest In formation received from Justioe Strong, retired, of the supreme court of the United States, at 'Lake Jdahonk, N. Y., Is that a decided change for the better has taken place In his condition, and that the physicians give his family as suranoes that the venerable Jurist may recover despite his age, (7 years. ; On Sunday he waa supposed to be dying, but on Monday he rallied, recov ered consciousness and began to Im prove. ; ' : - , " WEATHER REPORT. ' ; ' For Eastern Pennsylvania.' genhreJly fair, variable winds. jr Filey s Misii icr Sale At prices reduced to close out balance ot stock MUSLIN UNDERWEAR One lot Empire Gowns 98 cents, former price $1.25. Four lots Cor set Covers 25c, 39c. 50c., 75c, former prices 38c to $1.25. 5klrts, D$awers Chemise, etc CHILDREN'S COLORED DRESSES 69c, 98c, reduced from 85c and $1.19; Boys' Kilt Suits. LADIES' SILK WAISTS $3.50, $5.00, $6.00, $7.50, reduced from $4.50, $6.50, $8.00 and $9.00. Ladle' White Lawn Waists at exactly half price. FINLEY'S H. A. KINGSBURY, Agent for Charles A. Schieren & Co.'s Leather Beltami! The Very Best. 313 Spruce $t., Scranton. 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