I'll r otto EIGHT rAGES 56 COLUMNS. SCKANTOX, PA., .THURSDAY MOIINIXG, SEPTHMIIEIt 10, 1 SO.". TWO CENTS A COPY. tell DRESS GOODS .Are always hi demand by women of taste anil fashion, but tlii'iv is .1 peculiar attractiveness ami bright ness about them this season which cannot fail to make them more pnp tilur than ever. The somber, dull, dead weaves of other days have given place to lustrous. glace effects In such it mult It title of different ways thut no matter how one's ) nitturnl taste may run. It Is sure to find something exactly In sympathy y with It., These facts have led us to make A SKE'CIAL DISPLAY IF BLACI MESS VI For one week, beginning Tuesday, Sept. 17th. when all the LJEAMG mEM. Out for Fall and Winter wear will be submitted for your inspection. A walk through the department should prove highly Interesting these days, as it will post you on fashion's latest decrees as to what is correct. The Mew Crepon Weaves In dull or Glace "Mohair effects. Prices from "i c-rvts to jj.uO. Boucle Effects From foreign and domestic looms. Prices S3 cents to $l.;o. Bourette Cloths With new prettlners In them. Prices "3 cents to $1.25. Zibeline A new cloth with furry Appearance and a decided novelty, Sa cents up. New Seeded Weaves Tn all sorts of ways from 43 cents to $1.25. Quadrille Cloths Come In bright, lustrous cube and basket weave effects. J 1,00 to $1.23. Polntelles Glace dots and other small effects. $1.00 to 11.23. Granite Cheviots A rough weave with new brightness In It. $1.00 to $1.25. Sicilian Lustres Heavy enough for cold weather, and a certain favorite. 75 cents to $1.25. Diagonal Cloths In new Mohair effects which are very striking, or In soft wool weaves. 2"4 cents to $1.00. Silk and Wool Novelties riohairand Wool Novelties SHk and flohair Novelties In Brocades and all sorts of con- celts and fancies are among the other things shown. We'd only weary you to continue details, and " why should we when a glance from ' you at the stock can reveal so much? ' ' 1 WAREHOUSE. Sec THE EXPOSITION OPENED Atlanta's Great Show Is Now in Running Order. THE CITY ALIVE WITH VISITORS After Imposing I'uradcs unj Speeches of Welcome, ('resident Cleveland Touches tho Uuttun ot (irny liublc. and Starts tho Machinery. Atlanta. Ga.. Sept. IS. Atlanta Is alive with people. Strangers have been coming in for two weeks to bo present at today's exercises,, hut they were as nothing, in numbers, compared to the thousands who arrived last night tttitl this morning. The city Is profusely decorated with bunting stud the na tional colors. The crowds are gooil- I natured, and. as in obi carnival limes, : everything goes. Tito list of distinguished personages niul historic organizations here is a long one. Xew York, Pennsylvania. 'Massachusetts, Connecticut, ci'moiil, ; Now Jer.-. y, Maryland, Virginia, llli ; nois. In. liana, Arkansas, California, j Texas. Alabama, Florida, South Caro lina ami Ohio and many other states 'rtW- otlleially represented, either by the i governor or members of his staff or a board .of suite commissioners. I The pai.u!.' of civic and military I bodies, which acted as an escort to the I otlic'.als of the exposition and Its guests today, was the most Imposing proces sion ever seen- in the-south. Several thousand Grand Army members came down 110111 Chiokamanga ami were conspicuous on the snvels. They iv tvlved marked attention from the citi zens. ine of these. Lieutenant Frank lin IVrry. brought down from Massa chusetts the Identical Hag which waved from Keniiesaw to Allatoomi. the fa mous signal on which was written the song: "Hold the fort, for J am com ing." The llmtenant went upon Ken iiesaw mountain today, and about the time the exposition was formally pro nounced otieit. waved the same signal which he h id received thirty-one years ago from General Shermttn and waved to General Corse. .ItiJgc l-moiy Spcer's Jdro.. ilti.-h has been made of the Wash ington artillery of New Orleans, and ali along the route of the para tie today the artillerymen were cheered. Whoa the parade reached the exposition grounds the otllclal party proceeded to the auditorium, when- Judge Kninry s-'peer. of tre.' (Tnlteil states court at Macon, deliver.-.! the address of the day. He was followed by Mrs. Joseph Thompson, chaiiinan of the women's board, and Hooker T. Washington, colored. In behalf of the negro board. Then Albert liowell. of the Atlanta bar. lead an ode written by FiMtik 1.. Stanton. George Prown lead nn ad dress by Governor Atkinson, of Georgia, and President Collier, of the exposition company, reviewed the work of building the exposition. When he concluded his speech he called Gray Gables, which bail direct wire communication by the Western Union line, with the auditorium. This was the signal that all was ready. Pivsid. nt Cleveland touched the elec tric button and the electric spark start ing the ponderous engines In machinery hall. Then a pandemonium of noise followed and the exposition was form ally open. At (ivoy fiahlcs. liuzzirds li.ty. Mass., Sept. 18. The vast maciiire ry of the Atlanta exposi tion was successfully s-ot In motion to day from the president's summer home, Gray Gables. Superintendent Viles, of the Huston office of tlie Western I'nion Telegraph company, was at his temporary desk at Gray Gables, and made frcipjcnt tests to Atlanta, to see that every thing was in proper shape. Mr. Vilcs was in direct communication with Atlanta, and reeclvnl, during the ufternonn, several in'-sages concerning the pro gress of the exei"lss there. A-t about 2 o'clock the chairman of the committee of arrangements tol graphed that the president would not I be called upon to perform hi:i part until a or at the earliest. This caused come little disappointment, for It was understood, though not from official roitrce.t, that the button would In- pr d at or about 2 o'clock. Tiio room In which the ceremonies were p'-ifornvd is known as the president's gun room. On a little rlnlf close by I he window Is placed the annunciator. This is of black rubber, with n small solid gold band around the edge with the following inscription engraved thereon: "Marlon Cleveland. Sept. 11. The knob of the annunciator Is white with an engraved Masonic emblem -npwre and comprrs In gold, nn ex ceedingly pretty affair. The l.xpnstf itin romfcio. Atlanta, Ga., Kept. IS. The exposi tion is much nearer completion than the public have supposed. From sen sational reports sent out, the Inipres (don bad been conveyed that things were In a chaotic state, but the actual progress revealed a series of displays nearer completeness than any ever r.hown by nn exposition lit its opening. All the government departments are strongly represented and make a su perb showing. The exhibit of lint; arts Is also completed. The agricultural exhibit Is practical ly complete, nnd is nn excellent, Inter esting and attractive display. The ex hibits In machinery hall are not. all In place, but many are. Fourteen of the seventeen engines began to move when President Cleveland touched the but ton. The minerals nnd forestry display Is complete, and makes one of the most comprehensive und biautlfid exhibits of natural resources ever goITon goth er.The midway proves to be a line one, am almost every racial type on earth Is exhibited on the grounds. AIUKDKR ()! ANNIE KOCICKH. Johnson Questioned nt the Inquest In tho Court House, gomervllle. Sept. IS. Coroner Ilr.nly continued 'the Inquest today In the county court house In the case of Annie lingers, or llocltmnn, the young negro woman, who was found murdered II bout a mile, from this city on Hunday morning last. Jacob Johnson, his wife, their son, Charles aicnry, and Isaac Lewis, the prisoners, were present. Jacob John son Is suspected of having killed the woman. lie wns tho last person seen in her company ill Komcrvllle, nnd Kingman Gorman, of the Central rn II roatl, snys he saw Johnson and tho womnn together on .Saturday night not far from where the woman's body was subsequently found. growlim; at im.r.WM. England May Interfere- In tho Troubles tit the Congo.Froo Ktnto. I,ondon, Sept. 1S.-J-Thire are Indica tions that the powers may be Invited to Interfere In the affairs of Belgium and the Congo Free State. The feeling In Kngland regarding King Leopold's African venture was never very tuvor uble, and the execution last January of the Kngllsh trailer Stokes, without, it Is alleged, observance of the line processes of law, excited much Indig nation here, which found expression in tile late session of parliament, when the foreign ollice was urged to demand explanations. The reports which have reached this country in private letters, as cabled exclusively to tile Associated I'ret s yes terday, that a condition of virtual anarchy prevailed In the Congo Free State, that In several Instances Itelglun troops have been defeated u ml slaughtered by natives, and that two Kngllshinen were murdered there and eaten by savages, have iiiteiisllleil the feeling, which is given voice 111 a leader In the St. James' Gaxette this aller 110011. After reciting the facts above alluded to the St. James' Gazette says: "A troublesome time Is clearly at hand for Kln'V Leopold, whose African re sponsibilities are far greater than Mr. Stanley led him to expect that they would be." - - ji inn: i5ii)i)i. r. r.xnoKsr.i). Iieinociats of Philadelphia Kutlfy 11 K'e puMicait Nomination. Piilladeli 'aia, Sopt. lx.--lVmnrratlc c 'inventions to nominate county oiiiceis w 1 'held in-je this morning and aside tiom dilVeivnci a s to the ill -trlcl attor neyship, the work was harmonious. For ju l-'.e of court of common picas 'o. 1. lion. Craig I'.iildle, the liepnh licaa candidate, received the unani mous endorsement of the judicial con vention which was held in Musical Fund hall. The other nominations were: Itecorder of d Is, John J. Ctirley; clerk of the court of iptarler sessions, Kiluin J. 'Sellers; city controller, Fred erick 1-'. Vaiiilegrlft; coroner, I r. Kd w In S. llan iim'ton. No nomination was made for the otllco of district at torney, the convention deeming It In expedient to do so. This means that Oistrict Attorney Graham (liepubll canl will have 110 opposit ion, but docs not receive tlie eniocratle endorse ment. SKIRMISHES IX CL'lJA. Kcports from Havana Say the Insurgents Were orted. Havana. Pent, is. The column of Colonel Kuiz. operating in the l'roln. e of Puerto Principe, lias, according to otllclal dispatches received lure, had several brisk skirmishes with insurg ents. In one of these seven insurgents Were killed and twelve wounded, while of the troops seven were wounded. An ollicial report states that Captain Mora, with Mi Infantrymen and cavalrymen, engaged insurgents to the number of 2.1a, and after a hard tight forced them to retire. The insurgent joss was four killed and three wound ed, one soldier was killed ami tlve were wounded. The steamer Santa Barbara has ar rived here with l.nm) soldiers and t!7 officers from. TVluan, Morocco. The troops were given a splendid reception by the citizens of Havana. The news paper proprietors of the city distri buted among tlie newcomers l.j.nuii cigars and 2U,0uu packages f cigar ettes. STRENGTH OF A MADMAN. Herman Sprouse Picked I'p Hugs of I lour Willi (lis teeth. 'Mount Vernon. N'. Y., Sept. Is. Her man Sprouse. aged 2s. a baker, from New York city, is 111 the hospital In a stiaight-jaokct, suffering from hydro phobic. Sprouse came from New York Sun day and went to work for Karl Kbert. on 'Sunday night 'the men Indulged la beer, and at i o'clock ..Monday morning Sprouse was missing. The foreman found Sprouse jumping over tables, boxes and 'barrels, like a crazy man. He would bark, snap and growl like ti dig. 'the foreman chased him Into the bakery, where he picked up bags of flour weighing W) pounds and shook tnem In tils teeth as a dog would a rat. It took ten men to secure him. NEEDLE IN HIS KNEE. A I'oltstnwn laid l.inblu tn Lockjaw from u Singular Cause. Pottstown, V,i Sept. is. As the re sult of running a needle Into his knee last June, Charles, a !i-yenr-old son of Andrew Johnson, Is In a serious condi tion. At the time of tlie accident a part of the needle could not be extracted, andln a short time it was forgotten. Ite cenlly, however, ho fill 011 the same knee and bruised It, and now the leg Is stiff and very much swollen, nnd a bright red spot shows where the needle t nfercd. The child suffers great pain, and It Is feared that tin- needle will have to be cut out ill order to save him from lock Jaw. CHOLERA IN RUSSIA. Thousands of Cases lleportcj and an .Manning Number of Heaths. SI. Pcten'hurg, Sept. 1x. In the Pro vince Volliytiia, between Aug. is and Aug. 21, Inclusive. r..S cases of cholera Were reported, and 2. IIM dent lis from that disease. In the Province of Podolla. from Aug. 21 to Aug. "I 101 cases of cholera nnd forty-live den I lis Wi re reported, Jr. i. P. A. M. officers. McICei'spurl, Ph., Sept. IN. The elpct'on of oflicers was one uf the itilerestiug fea tures at the Junior Order Fulled Ameri can Mechanics' eunvent'cui today. The big fight was for vice stale councillor, liev. I. Llehlller, Shu I'slnn g. was chosen over Cliiirlen Lung nnd James ,Mc Creniy. John W. Calver wns re-elected treasurer inn! r. M. II. Williams ninl Cyrus S. Weiss were chosen representa tives to the national ciiiiucll. -- limed by n Hull. Bethlehem. Pft., tfept. IX. Mrs. Jesse Ln bar, iigid l'.r, years, was gored so badly by a Q 1 11 1 1 lit Hanger, near here, this lifter noon Unit she will die. Her skull was cracked and her brain oozed out. STATE NEWS NOTES. Cigar Manufacturer Israel Good, of Kidiruta, fell from a hay mow and was killed, near Lancaster. There Is n. hot fight over the next presl ilency of the W inlow Glass Worker;)' as sociat'ion, at Pittsburg. George I.. Ilerriiigton has been appoint ed fourth-class postmaster nt llamiliig, Vice W. 11. Wright, removed. Dr. J. Pierce Iloherts, of Shenandoah, drove his horse over one of two high waymen who halted him oil tho road. Tho coroner will 'investigate tho case of nged Jacob Pa gel, who is said to have been killed by a cycler at Norrislown. Potatoes poisoned with Purls green were enlcn 'by Mrs. Joseph Lawrence slid child, lit Norrislown, and the couple nearly died. The famous stilt of Mrs. V. 10. IIiUTiim, bitter known as MM. Annlo WaH ngford, against her fiilhef-ln-law, J. C. Itiin'iim, for alsc arrest, has been iKHcoiitiiiucd, 1'homns Heddnll's heirs, nt Port Cur bon, have' sued the Imdson Mill Creek Coal comimnles for f t, (XH damages, caused fiy culm washed down tho creek to their premisses. - , The 13d!Ron Klectric 1,'ght. company, of lluzletoii, bus filed a pet ticn for a man tlunius to compul Controller jucohg to sign the five-year contract for illuminating the streets of Huzleton. CURANT MM TRIAL Tltc Chain of EvMencc Drawn Tightly About the 1'ientl. VERY STKONC.CASE I'KCSENTEI) The Prosecution Weaves a v ch About the Prisoner 'Hint Seems to Allow .Mi Opportunity fur I senpo-A Kemiirkublc Cuno. San Francisco. Sept. IS. lnirant in the 'I'.'.inaiiucl Llaptisl church, pale, agi tated, with "bloodshed cyi s. anil his hair disheveled, Ills coat and bat oil, .and with every evidence id' weakness, was presented to the Jiuy today by tie; prosecution us he appeared after his al leged travtl.s from the irnnial school ou the afternoon of April il. It had been short 11 by four witnesses that lie left tlie school with Blanche Lainont on thai atteruoon, and by three others that he lode with -a young lady of her description out to the church and en ti'i'ed It. From the lime lie entered tlie chinch, about l.:;n. it is the theory of the prosecution that he was occupied until ,ri o'clock in eipetiutii!g the mur der. At 5 o'clock he was seen in the church by anolber witness, to orge Ic. King, the church organist, who occu pied the stand all of today. The murderer of Clam he l.amont. after having killed her, locked the d.ior to the belfry, broke the lock and look the knobs off the door and threw them under the belfry door. It was then necessary for hint to cross above the ceiling to tt rear garret of the church, from which there was a passage down to the basement. Ii was down this! rear passage that Imraiit came when he burst 011 King's view, lie stopped in a space between partly opened fold ing doors when b saw King sitting at a piano in 11 corner, and when Kln't asked him what was the malti r he did not at once reply. When he did reply It was to explain that he had I n lix- Ing a sun burner al.ove the ceiling ami mat ne nan been overcome by ' escaping gas. Unrnnt's Startling Appearance. 'Intrant's appearance was so starflinff that King ran to a drug store a block mid a half distant, at his suggestion, to get him some bromo seltzer, and hast ened back with it. King was in doubt as to whether imraiit, on his return, was standing In the vestibule at the' church entrance, or lying on a plat form in the Sunday school room in the rear. As he remembered il, Hiirant was lying on the platform. I'pon first entering the church King had detected file order of escaping gas, the only thing In his testimony favorable to liurant, and this led him to enter the closet used for a library, where the body of Minnie Williams was after ward found. At that time he did not see Ouraut's coat and hat in the room adjoining the closet, but after bis re turn with the bromo seltzer lie entered the room with liurant and the hitter's coat and hat wjyt . Ui.m. lyiiiR on n box. The door tn this room was usual ly kept locked, but when King assisted nt the church he found the door open. Only liurant and King had keys to It. The prosecution attempted to show that the di fense had tried to tamper with this witness and had got hlni to change his testimony as to place Inir ttnt lying on the Sunday school plat form instead of standing in tlie vesti bule, but a reference to the records of the police court showed that King had teslllled, on cross-examination In tlie preliminary examination, that he thought liurant might have been lying on the platform. The point Is imma terial except as to the nlleged attempt to Inlluence the witness. Miss Lucelle Taylor was on the stand for a few minutes to say thut he was not In the church on the duy of the murder. Her testimony was to clear up a point left In doubt by Mrs. Leak, who yesterday testilied that from her front window she had seen Liurant en ter the church with a young lady she said looked like either Itlanche Lainont or Miss Turner. The case went over till Friday on account of the Jewish holiday tomorrow, to accommodate two of the Jurors. HONORING JOE JEFFERSON. Theatrical People All Over the Country tn T ake a Hand. New York, Sept. IS.-When Joseph Jefferson opens his season In this city next month with "Hip Van Winkle," a loving-cup will be presented to blm by members of the Theatrical profession. The presentation was arrn nged at a meeting of prominent theatrical people held in the Hotel Waldorf this atter uoon. Haldol Frohman presiding. Francis Wilson, Mrs. John Hrew nnd others advocated the presentation of a loving-cup. .Mr. Wilson moved that n W)-cent subscript Inn be solicited from theatrical people throughout ihe cotin Iry. The motion was carried unani mously and n committee was appointed to arrange for the gathering of the subscriptions. A number of letters from Ihoatrlenl people" all over the country, expressing sympathy with the movement, were re ceived. NO I'RAYING IN SCHOOL, Ohio State l.nw to He Kit-Idly In forced in the T own of l.inwooj. Cincinnati, Sept. IS. The customary Lord's . prayer In the I.inwood, Ohio, Fchool has been ordered stopped. James A. Under,' who Is a Unman Catholic, sent his tlilld to the village school to fhe primary room. At home in the eve ning the child mentioned the prayer. The father decided In withdraw the child from the school and su untitled Professor Andrew. Principal Andrew consulted the at torney of the Cincinnati schools and i!hcr attorneys on the legal status of the matter. He was told that prayers had bociv eliminated from the city schools and that the state laws forbid anything of a sectarian nature being taught In the public schools. LAD WITH A CHARMED LIFE. Whllo Nutting He fell Twenty-ITvo t-cet Across n l eiico nnd Survived. Cob tesvllle, 'Pn.. Sept. IS. A 10-yonr-old son of Jesse Gross, of Contesvllle, went with three companions for nuts, and when up tho tree fell a distance of twenty-five feet across the top of a fence. 'He broke flhree ribs rtnd tore two others loose. His companions car ried him home, a distance of over two miles. Mrs. Carpenter, an aged woman of Con tesvllle, had another remnrknblo full, down a Might of stairs with a baby In her arms. She received severnl bad bruises, 'but managed to save the baby from belnff-hurl. JOHN LEMON'S FUNERAL. r.x-Audltor Concrnl Hurled with Impres-J r sivo i croinonics. 'irollldaysburg, Pa., Sept. - 18. This city was crowded today with the mourning friends of ex-Auditor Gen eral John A. Lemon. The funeral ser- Ices this uf ill neon were conducted by dtevs. S. V. I'rier.r ami i. II. lt.ir ivn, 1 1. II.. and were highly impressive throughout, liusiia ss was complct- ly suspended toil.iy in honor or tile .sena tor's iiiciiioi y. Auditor General Amos Mylin, State Treasurer S. .M. J.u ksmi. Si-rgeuut-nt-Aims Ha! rah. Senators lioi- s Penrose, John C. Ci.oly. George ii.mdy Smith. C. Wesl. y Tlioiuas and twenty oile r stale senators were hroucht here in :i special train. Interment was made ill Hie Presbyterian tviuet 'iy of this city. MR. SHEIM'AUD RESIGNS. HicliarJs Mucklc ltcctcd Treasurer of Sovereign l.rnitvl l.oJge nf Odd I ellnws. Atlantic City. N. J.. Sept. lS.-The r-'oveleh.u Grand lodge. Independent order of odd Fellows, resiim d tlnli' sittings this nun nia r. Itosop.itiotis pr - hlin:, lor a n visioa of the ritual uml pall iarchs militant ami providing lor th" 111111 111I1111 lit of the Insula nee Inv of the order were introduced and relmTi,.!. Messrs. James Young and John M. Jones, of Maryland; W. W. Mollis, of Kentucky; M. ilichards MucMc, J'hil adelpl.la; All'l . d Sil.lo i ton, Massa chusetts; General A. ". Cable. Ohio, and 'L. L. l'ai'.-oii, Missouri, were np puinti d a committee to take action rela tive to tile purchase of propei iy la lial- tibioie for the Use of the Sovereign Hand secretary. .Soviieign G'tind Treasurer Isaac Shi ppard, of Philadel phia, then pri si nlid a letter aini'ouiio ing his lesigiiat ion. '.VI. liichards iM inkle, of Pennsylva nia, was nominated for the vacancy, lb- was unanimously elected. He will lie Installed 011 Friday. At the secn t session fills afternoon an amendment to tin, constitution was passed prohibit lug the admission in the 1 11; me lo inenil.ersiilo In tho ot'.I t of saloon-keepers and professional gam blers. The closing speech 111 favor of the amend nt was delivered by Past Grand Sire James P.. Nicholson, of 'Pennsylvania, and had great weight w ith the body In bringing about the re sult. The (lllesliull has Vi ell a Vexed one for yen is. The iiieslioii, "Where shall the next annual session lie bold'?" will be settled tomorrow. Hi prescnta tive Itussell, of liallas. Tex., and repre sentatives from Arkansas, Kansas and Canada tire working hard for their respect Ive a bodes. A resolution ,-isklng that the ritual be printed In the Italian laio-nago nu t Willi strong; opposition. 'P.. night, at the Ciiited States hotel, n grand ball and reception vc..,., tendered the mem bers of the Sovereign grand lodge, their wives and friends. LARGE FIRE IX INDIANAPOLIS IiiJiiiiia.Nntion.il Itnnk. I press offices linj Smres Destroyed. ImliaiiuiMdis, I111., Sept. IS, At C o'clock this iiioi'iiing tire broke out In the tive-.story building on Washington street, between i.Merldian ami Pennsyl vania street's, occupied by the llrm of Kastman, Schleicher & Lee. It upload immediately to the stone building 011 the east occupied by the Indiana Na tional bank, ami thence to the Fulled States and American express building;. It then communicated to the fin-story Western I'iiIoii building, fronting on South Meridian street. The upper Hour of the Western I'nion building tvas used as the battery room, and the next floor below as the operat ing room. They were soon Hooded with water and all the wires were burned off, cutting off communication with oth er points. The J'111 nit m e and china store of Fast man, Schleicher Lee was one of Hie largest in tlie country and an immense stock was carried. The entire building; and stock were de stroyed, and only the walls remain standing. The bank building was com pletely wrecked. The banking room has recently been remodeled at a cost of about JiiO.linii. Next to the express olllces was the three-story brick build ing occupied. Ly George Mannfebl, clothing merchant, and George Win gerter, tobacco dealer. The building and stock were badly damaged. To the west, around the corner on Meridian street, was the lllackford building, four stories high, und of brick. This is occupied by the Western I'nion Telegraph company, American Kxpross company, Huston Clothing company and fhe I'.l.r Four railroad ofllces and the Speni'erian I'.ilsiness college. The damage In this block will be largely from smoke and water. The great vault 111 the Indiana Na tional bank, which is situated In the rear of the building and fronting on Pearl street, contains nearly $2.(iiiii,oim) in cash. The flumes licked everything clean around It. but the money Is be lieved to be snfe. TOSMOKi: OFT HARRISON. Indiana Kcptihlicnns Would l.lko to know vi here lie stands. Indianapolis, Sept. IS. A conference of the leading Uepithllcans of tlie stale has been called for the latter part of the week, at which methods of reor ganization will lie discussed and steps taken to open lieaditiartcrs at once und procei d to active organization for the coming national campaign. It is proposed lo reorganize the commit tees in all the counties during the full mid early whiter, and place them at work as soon us the new stale colu mn tee Is elected, which w ill be In Janu ary. It Is understood that the conference lias been calleil in order that some thing delliiite may he learned regard ing the Intentions of ex-Presideiit Har rison touching Ills candidacy, lie will lie asked lo take pint In the confer ence, In the hope that he may give an expression regarding his Intentions. TORNADO IN MICHIGAN. live Lives UcporicJ Lost nnd Much Hiiuinge lione. Detroit, Mich.. Sept. IS. Despatches to the livening News tell of a tornado that passed over a portion of the stale last night. At Charlevoix a house was demolished and fences, trees and out houses scattered III the path of the wind. . 'No one was hurt. Port Austin reports a heavy storm. Considerable damage was done to buildings, and three lives are said to have been lost by the collapse of a house In Hume township. At Sand Heacli nearly every building was more or lesw damaged, I wo houses and twelve barns being destroyed. Near Kliule I -o children of Uicliard Tott were killed by falling timbers and three others Injured. - TURKS APPREHENSIVE. Hrlllsh Minister's Yaclft Heady to Hush Dispatches to the l icet. London, Sept. IS. A dispatch to the Chronicle from I'onstantliiopleFays that the Itrltlsh minister's yacht has been under steam for the last twenty-four hours awaiting dispatches for the fleet. Great apprehension Is felt among the Turks. Crushed by a Keel of Wire, Allenfnwn. J'a.. Sept. 18. Tsnnc Genneft, of Philadelphia, wireimin for the new Al leiitown and Heading Fleetrle. Huilw.ty company, was instantly killed toduy bv a reel of wire weighing one ton roll.ng over hint. He leaves a wife and one child. MOKiiffiENTSARE DEDICATED The Ceremonies at IhR-kamauna and Chattanuotja National I'ark MICHIGAN LEADS THE SERVICE Pennsylvania's Muraonals Af Incutn plele and the tiicrcises Are Postponed, Speeches by Jov. Mckinley and Others- Many Visitors present Chattanooga, TVnn., Sept. IS. Thou sands of visitors leached this place Jest -Play und today. The heat is un-ii.-iiul, ev-ii for this Section and native uol strangers alike sitlTcr from It. The day pivlinilnaiy tn the formal dedication of the Chickamaiiga and 4 iiatiiauooga. National park was de voted largely to the exercises in con nection with the dedication of state inoiiiimenls erected ut various points within the park. Owing to the absence of Secretary 1. anion! the monuments were present ed in each Instance to General Fuller Ion, president of the National I'ark commission. .Michigan led oft in this pleasing and patriotic service, the com mission occupying for that purpose the I'latforiii 011 .Snndgrass 2 1 ill. on which th" general dedication exercises will take place tomorrow. The monuments nnd mnrkers erected upon the battletlelds of Chickaiiiauga. Chattanooga, .Missionary itldge anil orchard Knob were presented to Gov ernor Kicli by Captain and ex-Con-gr.-ssmaii C. 1:. p.olknap. president of the state park commission. The Michi gan organizations taking part in the cum pa hjns and 'ha.tlles were the Ninth, Tenth, Kleventh, Thirteenth, Twenty- i.rsi ami Twenty-second regiments of Infantry; Second and Fourth cavalry; First Knglnoors und Mechanics; liat tcri. s A and 1), First light artillery. After Governor lilch 'had accepted the monuments on behalf of the state, G. neral Henry M. Dullb bl, of Detroit! wlm commanded the Ninth regiment In the war, delivered an eloquent ora tion. The monuments were then turned over to General Fulh rton. and with prayer by Itev. Washington Gardner, secretary of state, the exercises ended. The Ohio llcdication. The Ohio dedication followed, under direction of General John lntty. presi dent of the board of commissioners. This was the most elaborate, and nota ble event of the day. ltlshop Juice, of the Methodist church, ofteied prayer, and addresses were made by General Charles li. Grosvetior. ex-Governor James K. Campbell, General Aiiiilla Wiley, who turned the monument over to Governor McKinley, and he in turn to General Fullerton. Jlembers nnd of licers ot the' siate commission also spoke. A distinguished gathering marked the dedication of the Indiana monu ments ut the camp established Hear Vive Springs. ltesides.Governor Claude Matthews, the occasion presented as speakers the soldier-author. General Lew Wallace. Colonel I. N. Walker, the newly elected grand commander of the Grand Army of the Itepuhlie; General .1. U. Carnahan and Judge U. P.. Me Conwell, of the Ninth Indiana Infantry. Kelly's Held was occupied by the Wis consin people, near which stands the monument erected to the First regi ment of that state. Itev. Jackson 10. Webster, chaplain of the Tenth Wis consin, opened with prayer. Addresses were made by Governor W. II. I'phum, ex-Governor Hoard, W. W. Watklns, chairman of the state board, and oth ers. This afternoon the Massachusetts delegation dedicated the monuments to the Third nnd Thirty-second regi ments of that state. Governor Green halge made the address. At the completion of the several state dedication exercises the troops in Camp Lament, on the battlefield, under coniinainl of Colonel Poland, gave a dress parade, which was witnessed by thousands of spectators. This closed the programme for the day In the park. Pennsylvania Ceremony Postponed. The i.M issotirl nnd Pennsylvania com missions bad expected to dedicate their monuments, or some of them today, but found that they were Imiuiiplete. The Pennsylvania monuments are In the shape of bronze panels, which It Is the Intention to bolt to the rocks on the face of Lookout mountain. The Penn sylvania ceremony has been (lostponed until Nov. IS, the Missouri to a date yet to be tix"d. Forty members of the Second .Minne sota regiment, under command of Col onel J. W. ltlshop, escorted the mem bers of the state commission to the Hel l, nnd this afternoon joined a re union of the brigade with which they served In Itratulon's division. P.esidcs the .Second Minnesota, 1 licit Were the Nineteenth Ohio, Colonel Kammerdlng; lilgbty-sevrnth Indiana, Colonel Hath-lii'-ild; Tlllrty-llflli Ohio, Colonel H. V. Poynion. Speeches were made by Col onel ltlshop, cx-Govcrnor Campbell and ol tiers. Army of the Cumberland. The quarter centennial reunion of the Society of the Army .of the Cumber land, meeting 111 conjunction with the dedication of the Chickaiiiauga and Ch.itlanooga National park, was lield tonight In the monster tent erected to iioeonimodaTo the several gatherings of Ihe week, which convenience required nhotild he In the city. Its ample folds covered a concourse of about 10.000 people, 2,000 of which were on the stage. OUICKEST DIVORCE. Wichita Woman Secures a Decree in Ten Minnies. AVichfla, Kan., Sept. 18. Mrs. Julia A. lenmird secured a divorce In just ten minutes and two seconds In the dis trict court today. Judge I teed drew out his watch and timed the proceed Imrs. They occupied nine minutes less than lln recent divorce suit before Judge Jennings, of Woodward, which was heralded far and wide as the quickest divorce on record. SPARKS IIY WIRE. The sudden denth of J. Arnold Ttrecker, member of a hitukrii'il Chicago linn, Is believed by many to have been a suicide. Itev. J. 11. O'Neill, of Mlddleboro. Mass., becomes one of the faculty of Ihe Theolog ical Seminary of St. Hulpice, ut Italtlmoie. Tonnage men at the Hay View (W'ls.) Iron works won 1111 important concession from the company relative to wealing tags. Hecauso of a thentened Importation of mon-uiiloti nie 11, tirty piiddlcrs in the I'nion Steel mill, nt Alexandria, Ind., quit work. A mysterious letter Is believed to hnve prompted llev. James Wooilard, of o chester, I)., to swallow a fntal dose. of ucoulte. , . In trying to reach a railway mail car, Henry II. Wilcox, a probate judge at Madison, Conn., was struck by another train and fatally hurt. WEATHER REPORT. For pastern Pennsylvania, fair, preceded by local thunder storms In the early morning. NLEY'S BLACK DRESS Never claimed tho same attention as they do today. Realizing this fact our orders were placed with the Kngllsh, French and Gorman (Manufacturers curly enough to se . cure not only the most desirable Styles of Staple Goods and Novel ties, but at a great -savins on pres ent prices. It is well knowa thai AH Mrics Of a Ikkm Mure Are tie Coned TMsg For His Season. . . . Few, perhaps, are aware that to day (Manufacturers have advanced the price of most Mohairs nearly one hundred per cent, higher than Wki We &r;sM Our prices will bear out this as sertion when you examine our lines, which we can safely assure you are unexcelled in Styles, Quality, and variety 510 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE H. A. KINGSBURY, Agent for Charles A. Schieren & Co.'s Leather Beltta: The Very Best. 313 Spruce St., Scranton SCHOOL SHOES We are busy selling good School Shoes for good chil dren. Lewis, Reilly k Dairies, .14 AND lit) WYOMING AVE. Eles;antSpec3mens5uJt- ab,le for Wedding Pres ents, Birthday Presents, Etc. . Eye Glasses, Opera Glasses and Spectacles a Specialty. W. J. Weachel JEWELER, GOODS r Ml Novelties E FINE JEWELRY 4N Sprue it., . , Near Dim Bank.' 1 y;
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