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WAREHOUSE.
How will
it fay Yon
QUAY HAKES BIG CAINS
but David Martin Claims He Kill
Use His Fiyht
HAS POSSIBLY 17 DELEGATES
The Highest Estimate of the Senator's
Strength Is Twenty-Two aad the
Lowest Is Thirteen-Warwlek
Loses Ills Owa Ward.
What the Press Claims.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Philadelphia, Aug. 20. At midnight
returns indicate the election of fifty-six
administration delegates and fourteen
Quay delegates. The Press.
Colonel McCain's Estimste.
Special to the Soranton Tribune.
Philadelphia. Aug. SO.-Hastlngs fifty
six, possibly fifty-seven: Quay thirteen,
possibly fourteen. Is the result.
George N. iMeCaln.
The Ledger's Calculation.
Special to the Scran ton Tribune.
Philadelphia, Aug. 20. Quay has
elected twenty-two delegates here and
claims he will be elected state chair
man without doubt. iP. J. lloban.
Political Reporter of the Public Ledger.
The Associated Press Mao's Figures.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Philadelphia. Aug. 20. Quay gets
twenty-two delegates with five doubt
ful, although probably for Hastings.
The mayor loses his own ward, the Fif
teenth, overwhelmingly, and Senator
Thomas carries West Philadelphia by
a handsome majority. iMy estimate
gives Quav the first ward, which Is
claimed by the Hastings people.
W. A. Connor.
DETAILS OF THE CONTEST.
There Was Little Repeating and the Iny
Kcally Passed Quietly.
Philadelphla. Aug. 20. The Republi
can county primaries were held tonight
for the election of delegates to the con
vention to be iheld tomorrow for the
nomination of county officers and dele
gates to the "state convention. The
county officers tj be nominated are
district attorney, coroner. Judge of the
common pleas court, recorder of deeds
and clerk of the court of quarter ses
sions. Practically little Interest is
taken In he reault for county officers,
as. with the execution of office ot re
corder of deeds, of which the present In
cumbent is a Democrat, all the present
officers are assiired of a renomination
at tomorrow's conventions.
The whole Interest at tonlgnt's pri
maries centred in the election. ot dele
Kate 'to the state convention and the
Jesuit of tonight's primaries will in all
probability decide the winner in me
factional fight now ramg in uie e
pubfican ranks of Pennsylvania, be
tween Senator Quay and Governor
Hastings, and the Republican leaders
of Philadelphia and Pittsburg.
Quay Gets Seventeen Delegates.
The battle at the polls tonight result
ed in a victory for Senator Quay. The
opposition has conceded him but ten
delegates from Philadelphia, but to
night he won seventeen and seven are
In the doubtful column. Mr. Quay car
ried the Second, Third, Fourth. Seventh,
Eighth, Fifteenth, Twenty-fourth,
Twenty-seventh, Thirtieth and Thirty
fourth wards, 'Which gives him seven
teen delegates. .Mr. Quay met with a
set-back in the First ward, which he
expected to carry with its four dele
gates, but tonight the administration
forces are confidently claiming this
ward, while the Quay people say it is
doubtful.
'Mr. Quay's greatest victories were In
the Fifteenth and Twenty-fourth
wards. The Fifteenth ward was Mayor
Warwick's own, and In this Mr. Quay
beat his honor not only In the ward, but
In the mayor's own division. Repre
sentative Peltz, a stalwart administra
tion main, is the Republican leader In
the Twenty-fourth ward, and he was
defeated by Senator Thomas, the Quay
leader, In that senatorial district. It is
probable that two conventions will be
held In several districts tomorrow and
two sets of delegates elected and the
committee on credentials at the state
convention will have to decide between
them.
Little Trouble at the Polls.
"Contrary to expectations there was
little trouble at Che polls tonight, and
only a few arrests were made for re
peating. Senator Quay has claimed for
the past week he could be elected with
out Phladelphlas delegates, and he said
tonight that the result df the primaries
simply clinched his victory. Mr. Quay
will leave hwe Thursday for Harris
burg, where tie will remain until the
convention.
The administration leaders do not
concede to Mr. Quay seventeen dele
gates, but only fourteen, and David
'Martin, the Republican leader, claims
that even with these fourteen delegates
Mr . Quay cannot be elected state chair
man. MAY ABROGATE TREATY.
t'nlted States Losing Standing la South
American Republics.
Washington, Aug. 20. C. F. Cara
crlstl, an American who has Just re
turned from a business trip to the
United States of Colombia and to Ven
ezuela, doesn't think much of the for
eign policy shown to that part of the
world by the Democratic administra
tion. "The position of the United States
hi South America," he said, "has been
made ridiculous and is most absurd.
We are misunderstood In our dealings
with our sister republics, so much so
that our so-called Monroe doctrine has
been changed In its recent Interpreta
tion to mean America for the North
Americans. Upon this understanding
we are placed in a secondary position
to other nations, and our every move
ment Is watched and suspected as
though It meant a menace to the free
dom of these republics.
As a result, it will take years of fine
diplomatic tact to change the opinion
of the press and the masses. For some
months the leading Colombian news-
pepers have been discussing the advis
ability of abrogating the existing treaty
between Colombia and the United
States, and have given prominence to
the claims of their government to the
Mosquito coast. Whether this clamor
Is Instigated by official sources or Is
only press agitation remains to be seen.
To us the treaty means the protection
of tfie isthmus ana control of the Pans
ma Canal, if it is aver built. Our recent
treatment, of Colombia haa not 'been In
accordance with the terms of the treaty
between the two countries, and should
Colombia now ask to discontinue the
statu qua by giving us the on year's
notice rtouirsd, we would lose the most
tmnnrtani strategic Dosltion un the
American coast, nor would the Colom
bians be at all to blame.
PETRIFIED TREE FOUND.
Remarkable Plseuvery Made by Ssrvey-
or in South Dakota
Chamberlain. 8. D.. Aug. 20. While
members of tlovernment surveyor
Meyer's party were surveying lnd
the lower Hrule reservation they dis
covered a whole tree in an excellent
state of ftetrttlcaition. It was sawed up
in lengths for move wood, ana tooKea
so natural ttr.it the men started to
(father It for fuel. They were
astonttthed to find that the wood was
petrified. A number of fine samples
have been brought to town. The men
have returned to the spot to secure the
stump and the rest of the tree. They
were Informed by an Indian that the
tree was rut down in 1S7. In the lo
cality of the tree several snails, frogs
and snakes were also found in a state
of petrification. Another curious dis
covery waa matte a few days ago by the
son of C. P. Davis, residing In Charles
Mix County. While out on the bluffs
along Platte Creek the boy's attention
was attracted by what lie supposed to
be a curiously shaped rock, but upon in
vestigation It proved to be a bone.
Work of ei cavutlon was commenced
upon the spot, and after digging into
the hill a tew feet the vwtebrae of
some extinct animal was found. The
fossil is well preserved, being In a per
fect state of petrification. The spinal
column was found and measure 25 or
26 feet In length. Mr. Davis has care
fully collected the bones and sent them
to J. E. Todd, state geologist and pro
fessor of geology and mineralogy at the
Vermillion University, for examination.
SIX PAS8ENWERS DROWNED.
By the Fouadering of a Steam Yaebt In
the Buffalo Uarbor a Pleasure Party
Experiences a Tragic Climax.
Buffalo, Aug. 20. The small pleasure
steam-yacht Young Brothers, owned by
th, Hui lev Brothers, of this city, with
thirteen passengers and a crew of three,
foundered eau-ly this evening between
the inner government light house, and
the Reading coal trestle, and six of
the passengers were drowned.
All of the occupants of the boat were
employe of the New York Central
stock yards at East Buffalo. They had
been picnicking.
CASHIER IN A SAFE PLACE.
Thomas M. Grady Sentenced to Seven
. Years in tho Penitentiary.
Philadelphia, Aug. 20. Thomas M.
Grady, a former cashier of the First
National bank of Marietta, was today
found guilty in the United States dis
trict court of embezzling the funds of
the institution and making false en
tries In the bank books. Judge Butler
sentenced him to seven years Imprison
ment in the Eastern penitentiary, and
imposed a fine of 1U0 and costs.
Grady was defended by ex-Attorney
General Hensel, who stated that no de
fense would be made. He addressed
the court In the prisoner's behalf and
asked for leniency. The Judge severe
ly lectured Grady and then sentenced
htm on the bill charging embexzlement.
Grady, with the exception of the ex
treme pallor of his countenance,
showed no emotion.
TRIAL OF THE ST. LOUIS.
The American Liner Carries the Flag
Twenty-Two Knots an Hour.
Southampton, Aug. 20. The Ameri
can line's new steamer, St. Louis, had
an otllcial trial today, and maintained
a speed of twenty-two and three-tenths
knots per hour for over four hours, car
rying the 'Stars and Stripes faster than
any flag had ever been carried, through
the English channel.
The course was from Portland Bill to
start point, a distance of fifty-two
knots. The St. Louis made a flying
start due west with the tide. The time
consumed was 2 hours, 12 minutes, 5
seconds, showing a speed of 23.6 knots.
The return trip was made in 2 hours,
28 minutes, 37 seconds, a speed of 21
knots. The sea was smooth.
OPPOSES AN EASTERN MAN.
Senator Welles, of guiney. Says the West
Must Furnish Next President.
Washington, Aug. 20. State Senator
Albert L. Welles, of Quincy, III., who
has been here several days, declares, as
a Democrat, (that Illlonis will not sup
port an eastern candidate for president
next year, and that the Whitney and
Cleveland and 'Hill and Gray booms on
the side of Democracy, and the Reed
and Depcw and Morton booms In the
Republican party might as well be laid
on the eh elf.
"A western man will be president,"
he declares, "and both parties will be
wise to put such a candidate In the
field. The bond issues have been very
unpopular throughout the west and
will unfortunately act as a handicap of
the party In that section, but a good
western Democrat who favors bi
metallism ought to je elected."
COW CAUSES A MURDER.
Poundmastcr Morefleld Killed for Trying
to Enforce a Law.
Marion, 111., Aug. 20. The tax law
passed by the last Illinois legislature
led 'to murder last night. E. W. More
field, poundmaster for Stone Fort town
ship, waa waylaid and killed on. the
highway iby Ephiralm Thompson, a
negro farmer, whose only cow the
poundmaster had taken from the
range.
In many localities In the timbered dis
tricts the farmers threaten to kill any
man who will try to enforce the law.
Keeleyltes in Convention.
Harrlsburg, Pa., Aug. 20. When the reg
ular session of the National Kelley league
convention began this afternoon there
were at least 600 delegates present. The
report of the executive committee showed
the strength of the league to be about
30,000, with Kit leagues scattered over the
United States. The convention will get
down to business tomorrow. This even
ing Governor Hastings and Mayor Ely
delivered addreses of welcome.
Killed In the Steel Mills.
Pittsburg, Aug. Six men met In
stantaneous and horrible deaths at the
Edgar Thomson steel works of the Car
negie Steel company at Braddork at 4.30
o'clock this morning and eight others
were terribly in Jured. Two of the latter
died while being conveyed to the hospital
at Pittsburg.
Mo Strike of Glass Workers.
Pittsburg, Aug. 20. The Chambers Mo
Kee Glass company, of New Kensington,
Will agree to the proposed wage scale of
the window glass workers. The danger of
a strike is thereby averted.
Passenger Trals Held Up. ' r
, Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 81. It is re
ported here that the Chicago and West
Michigan passenger train has been held bp
at New Richmond. No particulars. .
The Kneheag Affair.
Washington, Aug. 20. The state depart
ment Is without any information, about
the report that the Chinese officials have
refuted to allow the mixed American and
British commission to make a free anl
complete Investigation of the Kucheng
massacre. , -
IT LOOKS LIKE CMiPBELL
The Ohio Democrats Threatea to
Force Him Into the Sacrifice.
CONGRESSMAN S0KG DECLINES
Us Wires from Lakcwood, N.J., That He
Cannot fader Any Clreunwtaaccs As
opt the Gubernatorial Nomination-Other
Political News.
Springfield, Ohio, Aug. 20. Unless
thera is a sharu and sudden onange
lit the political temperature the nomina
tion for governor win oe Deswweu uy
the Democratic state convention to
morrow upon ex-Governor James K.
Campbell, and that by acclamation.
All afternoon and evening the bands
have been playing "The Campbells are
Coming," and the thousands in the
streets have taken up the refrain.
Campbell badges have sprung Into view
In every direction, and the voice it the
ex-govurnonhlmself as he declared to his
friends with earnestness and unques
tionable sincerity that he was not and
could not be a candidate, and that
neither his financial condition nor his
future engagements would permit of his
making the race, waa drowned by the
cheering of the packed corridors for
"Campbell and Victory."
There was a time this morning when
It looked as though Congressman Paul
J. Sorg would be the nominee. Many
of his friends were of the opinion that
he had only to say the word to head
the ticket, and the wires to Lakewood,
N. J and Chautauqua, N. Y., at one
of which places he was supposed to be
sojourning, were kept 'hot with mes
sages urging him to take a special train,
and put in an appearance among his
friends before the opening of the con
vention. Had he yielded to these Im
portunities the programme contemplat
ed the selection for ex-Governor Camp
bell as permanent chairman) from which
point of vantage he could have declared
Ills inability to ibeconre a candidate,
and then the nomination of Sorg with
outthe formality of a 'ballot.
Congressman Sorg Declines.
Late In the day, 'however, the con
gressm&n wired from Lakewood, N. J.,
that he was Bick and unable to make
the Journey, and that he did not seek
or want the nomination. The sound
money advocates tonight are claiming
seven-tenths of the convention.
Lycoming's Democratic Ticket.
Wllllamspont, Pa., Aug. 20. Tho
Democratic county convention this
afternoon nominated the following
ticket: Sheriff, Adam Rot'hfoot, pro
thonotary, C. B. Vandine; district at
torney, Nicholas M. Edwards; county
surveyor, Edward J. Eldred. Judge
Motzger, of this county, and ex-Judge
Buscher, of Union, were endorsed for
the suoerlor court. Orthnrinir nmn.
ciatlo resolutions were adopted..
Fulton Instructs for Quay.
McConnelsburg, Pa., Aug. 20. A
spirit of compromise seemed to pervade,
the Republican county convention here
today. M. R. Shaflher, the delegate to
the state convention, was Instructed by
resolution to vote for Hastings and
Quay.
Mifflin for Qnny, Also.
Lewlstown, Pa., Aug. 20. The Mifflin
county convention held here today was
very animated. Lafayette Webb was
nominated for prothonotary; W. A.
Martin, for register and recorder; H.
0. Lantz, for district attothey; C. G.
Mllllken., poor director, and S. T. Moore,
county surveyor. Alexander Reed was
elected state delegate and-William H.
Taylor county chairman. A resolution
to Instruct the delegates to support the
governor's appointees as superior court
Judges was voted down, and a resolu
tion was adopted Indorsing the Hastings
administration, and declaring for Quay
fur state chairman.
Ilarrity Loses Franklin,
Chamberobur;, Pa., Aug. 20. Al
though the friends of National Chair
man Harrity had the Franklin county
Democratic convention in their hands
today, they let It slip from their grasp.
The result is that four out of the five
delegates to the state convention will
Btand by the opposition. The county
ticket nominated was James F. Mc
Feeren, of Chanvbersburg, for sheriff;
1. C. Elder, at Chambersburg, district
attorney; C. W. Duffleld, director of the
poor; John M. Kuhn, of Antrim, county
surveyor, and C. H. MoLaughlln, Green
Castle, for coroner. W. Russ Glllan
presided over the convention.
KANSAS ARMY AROUSED. ,
Will Investigate the Death of as Insane
Asylum Patient.
Topeka, Kan., Aug. 20. 'Recently, Su
pervisor Wilson, of the Osawattomle In
sane asylum, printed an expose of the
cruel treatment Inflicted on the patients
of that Institution. He charged that
attendants and officers kicked and beat
an old soldier so cruelly that death fol
lowed. The victim's name was M. TA.
Young, He has two brothers living,
one In the soldiers' home at Leaven
worth and the other in Chase county.
The story told by Wilson reached their
ears and an Investigation was at once
begun. The brothers of the murdered
man wrote a letter to J. (H. Harris, de
partment commander of the Grand
Army of the Republic of Kansas, who
commenced the collection of evidence
in the name of the order, as all the
brothers were members of the Grand
Army.
Before Harris could get to the asy
lum he was Informed that the state
board of charities had made an Investi
gation and that it had exonerated the
officers of the Institution. The Grand
Army Intends to go to the bottom of
the causes which led to the death of
Young. There are 100 old soldiers In the
two Insane asylums, and it Is alleged
they are shamefully maltreated 'by
cruel officers.
WILL BE TRIED FOR MURDER.
Escaping Of fleer of Scdalla, Mo.. Is
Captured In Montana.
Butte, Mont, Aug. 20. W. B. Ray,
marshal of Sedalia, Mo., was arrested
at Anaconda today on the charge of
murder and is being held, awaiting the
arrival of officers from 'Missouri. On
the 19th of last month Ray, while act
ing as marshal at Sedalia, shot and
killed hotel-keeper named A. C.
Crane, and escaped.
He was identified at Anaconda by a
man who had known him in Missouri.
Ray was taken by surprise and ex
press a .willingness to return to Sedalia
without a requisition.' He says he shot
Crane because the latter whipped him.
GEN. ALFARO VICTORIOUS.
News of ths Defeat of Sarastl's Forces
la "Confirmed.
; Panama, Colombia, Aug. 20. Guaya
quil, Ecuador, dispatches confirm ths
report of General Sarastl's . complete
defeat toy Atfaro's forces, Sarastl hlm
sckt was .wounded la tto engagsaent
Gabriel Moreno, a son of Garcia Mo
reno, who was president of Ecuador
for several terms, was also mortally
wounded at ban Andres, where an en
gagement took place after the main
-battle, some of Sarastl's troops having
rallied for a moment under encourage
ment from their officers.
The wildest enthusiasm and rejoicing
prevails at Guayaquil, and at Rio Bam
ba 30.000 cltixens are cheering General
Alfaro. The cities of Tabacunga and
Andubo have already proclaimed in
favor of Provisional President Alfaro.
Alfaro' a columns, under command of
Colonel Sorrano, have besieged the City
of Cueiiua, In the Province of Azuay.
CIIASE FOR THIEVES.
t'alcss They Surrender All Are Likely to
Ito Shot Down.
Otsego-, Mich, Aug. 20. Samuel S hee
ler, a colored thiehf, who broke Into the
house of a 'Mrs. Smith here last night
and robbed - and attempted to assault
her, was arrested at Plalnwell this
morning. A crowd gathered around
the Jail with a rope and foroed an en
trance. They placed the rope around
the negro's neck and dragged him from
his cell.
As the noose drew tight Sheeler con
fessed, and implicaled In robberies sev
eral uthtir negroes, whom he said could
be found In a swamp near here. The
gang was located two miles from town
and began- firing on their pursuers. In
an attempt to escape. All neighboring
towns have been notified, and the mem
bers ot the gang will be killed If they
do not surrender.
There is still talk of lynching Sheeler,
and he will probably be removed to
Allegan.
DB. ANDERSON ARRESTED.
Ths Physician W ho Attended Miss Vanco
Is Taken Into Castody-What the Post
Mortem Revealed.
Pittsburg, Aug. 20. The post-mortem
examination on the remains ot Llda
Jane Vance was completed this after
noon and revealed a shocking state of
affairs. The infant was badly decom
posed and had been dead eight to nine
days. If there had been any irregulur
operation performed on the woman It
was so skillfully done thait an. examina
tion at this time would not reveal it.
Dr. Anderson, who visited the woman
In her Illness, was placed under arrest
at 3 o'clock. It is said that there was a
policy of Insurance upon iMlss Vance's
life.
ANOTHER LIBEL SUIT.
Senator Porter Brings Action Agulnst
llcnjamin T. Condon.
Philadelphia, Aug. 20. Upon the affi
davit of State Senator Charles A. Por
ter today, Magistrate South issued a
warrant for the surest of Benjamin. T.
Condon, on the charge of criminal libel.
Tlve accused is charged with having
caused to be Inserted in a Philadelphia
paper a defamatory libel in the form
of a sworn letter addressed to Robert
R. Dearden, president of the Republi
can League of the Twenty-eighth,
Thirty-second, and Thirty-seventh
wards.
In the letter Condon declares that he
waa. compelled to withdraw from the
fight against (Mr. Porter, owing to the
fact that .the positions of relatives
would be Jeopardised if he supported
Quay and opposed the admini.ttra.tlon
forces of which Mr. Porter is a leader.
Condon claims to have been intimidated
by a representative of Senator Porter.
NO CONCESSIONS MADE.
Reading Railroad Is Bound to Have a Big
Share of the Coal Output.
Philadelphia, Aug. 20. The report
that the Philadelphia and Reading rail
road has agreed to submit to arbitra
tion its claims for 21 per cent, of the
output of the anthracite coal was
stamped as unfounded by an otllcial of
the company this afternoon.
He said: "Our position is unchanged
and no concession will be .made." Re
garding a report that a movement was
on foot to settle the existing difficulties,
he said he knew nothing of It, and that
so far as Reading was concerned the
situation was precisely as it stood four
months ago.
DISEASE ATTACKS PEACHES.
Farmers Fear It Will Hlval the Yellows
in Fatality.
(Decaltiir, Mich., Aug. 20. A new dis
ease of the peach, which growers fear
will rival the yellows In fatality, has
inadelts appearance In Casco township,
Allegan county. lAn examination of
some of the Infected trees has been
made by Professor Taft, of the Michi
gan State Horticultural society, but
with unsatisfactory results.
The farmers are considerably alarmed
over the number of diseased trees, and
are Inclined to believe the pest to be of
bacterial origin, rather than due to the
climatic conditions.
KENTUCKY EARTHQUAKES.
The Earth Trembled and the Windows
Rattled.
Cincinnati, Aug. 20. Despatches from
Maysvllle and Flemlngaburg, Ky., re
port an earthquake at those points yes
terday afternoon. At Maysvllle the vi
brations were distinctly felt for at least
twenty-five hours, and passed from east
to west, lasting ten seconds. At the
home of Mr. Robinson, the table was
upset while the family was at dinner.
The trembling of the earth was so per
ceptible that the windows rattled and
some of the doors swung open.
SHOT THE TERROR.
Constable (tollman Gets the Drop oa
John Wesley Hardin.
El Paso, Tex., Aug. 20. JYhn Wesley
Hairdln, the terror of the border, was
shot and killed In the Artme saloon, of
this city, last night y Countable John
Sellman. iScllman arrested Hardin's
mistress for being disorderly a few
nights ago, and yesterday Hardin
threatened to run Sellman out of town.
The men met In the saloon and Sell
man got the drop first. Hardin hud a
record of killing nine men.
Arthur Was No Farmer.
Reading, Pr., Aug. 20. Arthur, aged 12,
son of Nathan Zimmerman, of this city
committed suicide by taking Paris green
at Rloomsburg, this county. The boy hud
been hired out on a farm. He did not like
the business and sn d he would rather die
than follow that kind of work.
His Whisky Was Inflammable.
; Washington, Aw?. 20. The acting secre
tary of the treasry has allowed the claim
Of A. B. heafer. distiller In the Ninth
district' of Pennsylvania, for the abate
ment of the tax on S,erti gallons of spirits
destroyed by fire on the Fourth of July.
The tax amounted to over $15,000.
Allowance for Clerk litre.
' Washington, Aug. 20. The postofTlce de
partment today made annual allowances
for clerk hire at the following postofnees:
Pennsylvania Columbia, tl.AOO; Phenlx
vllle. Il.too; Carbondale, 11,800; Waynes
boro, 11,000. :
Klllodby a Yellow Jaiket's fttlng.
Bellefonte, Pa., Aug.- 20-John Horner,
a well-known farmer living near here,
died In great agony fthts afternoon front
uie eneots or a siuur on tne iid or a vuiiow
i Jena a wamram toss sasnuosj.
SPAIN PAYS Mft CLAIM
After Considerable Delay the Fer
petual Bluff Is Called In.
PLANS OP THE GOVERNMENT
It Wss tho Intention of the I'aited States
to Seise Havana snd Hold ths
Port Until Payment
Waa Mada.
Washington, Aug. 20. After many
years of controversy the claim of Maxi
ma Mora, a naturalized American cltl
xen, against the government of Spain
for the vulue of his sugar plantation in
Cuba, has been amicably settled, or,
rather, practically so, foriSpaln has un
til Sept. 15 to make the payment. Spain's
final and positive agreement to pay at
an early date was made some time ago,
but since the cabinet council at Madrid
committed the government to that
promise, a difficulty arose through a
further decision of the council not to
pay the Interest of the claim, amount
ing to about 1300,000. It was believed
at the time that this attitude of the
cabinet would result in serious difficulty
between the United States and Spain.
The patience of the Washington gov
ernment had been worn out through
Spain's consistent policy of making
promises and then failing to keep them.
So seriously did this government view
the refusal to pay the Interest that a
plan that might have involved the
United States in war with Spain, but
probably would not, was decided on by
the president. Secretary OLney and
Secretary Herbert.
Havana Was to Have Been Seized.
This was no less than an Intention to
seize Havana and hold that port until
the Spanish government laid down flie
amount ot the Intel est, or until customs
revenues amounted to the full Interest
had been collected at the Havana cus
toms house by the United States offi
cers, who would be placed In charge.
The statement that this plan was prac
tically arranged. Is made on the best
authority. In coming to such a serious
conclusion, the administration found a
precedent in the recent action of Great
Britain in seizing the port of Corinto,
Nicaragua, for the purpose of collect
ing indemnity claimed for subjects who
had suffered at the hands of the govern
ment during the Mosquito troubles.
Rear Admiral Bunce, commanding the
North Atlantic squadron, now cruising
in New Kngland waters, was selected
as the otfioer to command the expedition
to Havana,. and his fleet was to consist
of the 'Nw York, the Montgomery, the
Raltegh, and the Minneapolis, at pres
ent composing the squadron of evolu
tion, the Cincinnati, now at Key West,
Fla., and such other vessels as could be
prepared for service In time.
The waiver of Mora, however, with
regard to the Interest, obviates the
necessity of carrying dut the plan,
which Spain, by prompt payment would
probably not have allowed to proceed
farther than the receipt of an ultima
tum that '(he Interest must be paid or
Havana would he seieed.
HAWAIIAN REPUBLIC.
.Major Wodchouse Thinks It an Oligarchy
Supported by Bayonets.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Aug. 20. (Major
Wodehouse, ex-British minister to (Ha
waii, and formerly British commission
er and consul general, is spending a
few days in Winnipeg, on his way from
Hawaii to England, where he goes to
press the British government to en
force the claims made by British sub
jects against Hawaii for illegal arrests,
imprisonment and doportation. He ex
perts the government of the United
States will aid Great Britain in enforc
ing these claims, nearly $250,000 being
claimed by American citizens for in
juries sustained during the recent up
rising. i.VIaJor Wodehouse says that Hawaii
will never be annexed to the United
States, because the states will never
undertake control of the Islands. 'He
says the present government of Hawaii
is nothing more or less than a despotic
oligarchy, propped up by bayonets, and
that the republic will soon collapse.
Accompanying IMajor Wodehouse here
was Mr. Cleghorn, who Is known to
fame as the father of the Princess
Kalulani, of 'Hawaii. He only re
mained an hour In the city, as. he Is de
sirous of making close connection with
the New York vessels for England,
where he expects to meet his daughter.
FELL INTO A SNAKE DEN.
Two Beaver County Boys Have a Startling
Adventure with Reptiles.
Beaver Falls, Pa., Aug. 20. This
morning William Nichols and George
Hutchinson, two small boys, were gath
ering elderberries at Wallace Run,
north of this pluce. Hutchinson fell
into a hole six feet deep concealed
among the underbrush. He was not in
jured, but could not get out. die called
Nichols to his assistance.
The latter fell into the hole also, and
a minute later both boys found them
selves surrounded 'by a mass of hissing,
squirming snakes of all sizes. Wild
with 'fear, they scrambled out and ran
for home. Before leaving they looked
down Into the don and noticed that the
snakes had engaged In a deadly combat
with each other. On their way home
they met a couple of farmers to whom
they told their adventure. The farmers
visited the place and found forty or
fifty dead snakes, principally little ones,
lying in the bottom ot the den. They
saw no living ones.
HERE'S MINNIE WILLIAMS.
Uolmes Victims Are Beginning to Torn
l p Alive and Well.
Philadelphia, Aug. 20. Lawyer Shoe?
maker, counsel for H. H. Holmes, the
much accused fwlndiler, received a tele
gram today, dated Providence, R. I.,
and purporting to be signed by Minnie
Williams, and Mating the report that
she had been murdered was absurd and
that she 1 alive and well.
Minnie Williams Is one of the girls
Holmes Is accused of murdering In
Chicago, but whom he has Insisted Is
alive. IMr. Shoemaker did not know of
the telegram was authentic, but said he
believed Minnie Williams sent It, as ho
has always thought Holmes told the
'truth, when he declared she was alive.
Taking Oat tho Bead.
Denver, Col., Aug. 20.-The horrors of
the Outney hotel catastrophe grow more
pronounced as the work of recovering
bodies proceeds. Although five bodies
were taken from the ruins today, making
thirteen in all, it is supposed that thir
teen more are still burled under the tons
of debris.
Legion of Hoaor In Coaneil. . ' -Detroit,
Mich., Aug. 20.-The biennis'
session of the. supreme council of tf.e
American Legion of Honor opened here
today. The meeting will last four or five
days. There are forty-nine dslegattsl
present. 1 - ; . ' ,
';,' WEATHER REPORT.
Tor eastern Pennsylvania, tkrtatoiiiiut
Mather, but wit UMs st tax tajs
tiicys
mer Sale
At prices reduced to
close out balance ot
stock
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$1.25. Four lots Cor
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50c, 75c, former
prices 38c. to $1.25.'
Skirts, Drawers'
Chemise, etc.
COLORED DRESSES.
69c, 98c. , reduced
from 85c. and $1.19;
Boys' Kilt Suits.
$3.50, $5.00, $6.00,
$7.50, reduced from
$4.50, $6.50, $8.00
and $9.00. Ladle'
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at exactly half price.
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