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The State Convention Is Quite an
Orderly Affair.
A I'LAXK THAT PIEASP.S ALL
Carefully Worded Doeumont Thai Has
Caused Weci.it of Hard Labor-Tammany
Appears to 110 in the
Soup- Pelogates In Control.
Syracuse. 'N. V Sept. 24. Marring
Tammany's tight against the admis
sion ul' Uracc-Kairchitd men. the lem
ocratlc convention today was har
monious. The ai tendance wan large,
the enthusiasm great, and the long
string of candidates mude matters live
ly before and after the opening ses
sion, retry lielmont, who is said to he
in training for the next KUbernutoil.il
nomination, was temporary ehalniiau.
ami in his speech he sounded the slogun
of battle und outlined the policy of the
(arty on the issues which will be upper
most in the fall campaign In the 'Kui
pire state. Hy tar u better class of men
.s in attendance at the convention than
has been seen ut u similar lietiiucratic
gathering in years.
The day of the thug and the saloon
keeper in politics seems to be passing,
und men of standing In the community
are taking their placet). The new faces
are many und the new blood infuses
new life and new Ideas Into the pro
ceedings. The big men of the party from all
over the stute are here, but the dele
gates ure running the convent inn.
Tammany Is lighting- tooth and null
against the recognition of the state
I leniocruey. but they seem to have un
dertaken too Mg a contract. Lust year
they succeeded in shutting out the men
who set up the rival organization in
New York city, but matters are differ
ent this year.
Plunk I hut Please F.vcryboJy.
Te plank In the platform which
will be most talked about in tile c.mi
ing campaign that 'relating to excise
and Sunday observance has been
framed. Weeks have been spent In its
preparation, and the brainy men of the
party have struggled with hundreds
of suggestions. The plank Is intended
to be acceptable to the German-Americans
and other liberal minded peoople
without offending the more straight
laced Democrats. It Is most cleverly
worded. i The plank has been submit
ted to the German-Americans, end it
is satisfactory to them. It Is 'a I. so sat
isfactory to the Tammany IVnioerats
who announced some time ago that
they wtre out for legislation to do away
with Hooseveltlsm. Just how the Dem
ocrats of the rural districts will take
it is a question which the November
election will solve.
The plank is a slight modification of
the following, which was submitted by
the committee of the Uerman-Amerl-can
organization of the city of New
York: The Democratic party, being as It ever
has been, strictly in tavor of respectufl
observance of Sunday, i-tpec.ully uy ub
sia.ii.ni from all save necessary labor and
avcx-auons, und yet mindful of Hie right
of every cit.zen to the enjuyment of wor
st!, p and eomtorts and recreat.ons accord
ing to his own conw.em e and w.shes, as
fur us compat.ble with due regard to the
beliefs und desires of o'.hers, we promise
to. propose to, and endeavor to obtain
from th s coming legislature a law which
w.ll enuble each community to determine
for itself by popular vote whether the sale
of fool, beverages and other necessur.es
shall be perm. tied on the llrst day of the
week, dur.ng certain hours, and in a man
ner 10 restricted as not to interfere with
rellgous observunce to be spec. fled by
statute.
Senator Hill Absent.
Senator Hill diid not attend the con
vention today, but remained in ihis
room at the hotel. He was present at
the hearing; of the contests before liw
committee on credentials this evnlug
and listened c;o.-:ely to the arguments of
the Grace-Kaiichlld people, and also to
the replies of the Tammany orators.
Senator Hill Is throwing all his Influ
ence in favor of admitting the contest
ants, arid so bitter is the tight that ex
Lieutenant Governor fhei.'han. who
represents Senator Murphy, who Is laid
up at the hotel here with rheumatism,
and also Boss Clutter, who Is In New
York, that f-hethau and Hill scarcely
speak to each i.ther. Tammany refuses
to listen to arguments mid will fight
to the end apainsit allowing recognition
to be made to the men who helped dc.
feat t'helr local tiekit last year.
TQie general belief Is tihat Tammany
will 'he compelled to swullow the bitter
pill arid that tate Democracy will be
given one-third of tha New York city's
representation.
Tammany made a strong fight In
committee tonight, and if the report
is against them.will muke another light
in opca con vent ion tomorrow.
Flower Permanent Chnirmnn.
The committee on permanent organ
ization will report ex-Hovernor ltos
well I. Flower us permanent chairman
of the convention.
The committee on credentials, before
whom the contests for admission were
curried, also met In the Yates house.
David li. Hill was an interested specta
tor. The committee on resolutions, which
had In charge the framing of the plat
form, met tonight. The session was a
protracted one, the excise plank caus
ing much debate.
The committee adjourned shortly be
fore midnight, after adopting the plat
form, with the exception of the excise
plank. A committee to draw up a
special excise plank and report to the
whole committee tomorrow was ap
pointed. The committee on contested seats,
after two hours' executive session gave
the OraceiFalrchlid people one-llfth
representation.
DROWNED IN A CANYON.
Ilcrt llolton Lost Ills Wife and Child In
the Ibirknwn
Albion, Neb., Sept. 21. A distressing ac
cident, resulting In- two deaths, occurred
at Hradlsh. six miles east of this place.
Bert llolton, wife and child, were driving
Into the village in curt. When near
town they were obliged to crop a canyon,
ami th's was filled with water to a depth
of five feet.
In rrosKng the cart was overturned ami
the three occupants were thrown into the
water. The rain and darkness caused
them to be separated, and when the man,
almost exhausted, was rescued by Mr.
Bchavland the wife and bnby were not to
h found. The bo1y of the child was
found during the night, but that of tho
woman wan not recovered until the next
morning;.
DEFENDED ItlslwOTHEH.
Robert Sshondnnbe Puts Flv Bullets
Into Fred Hole. .
Chicago, Sept. 24. Fred Relge, of KM
West Forty-F event h street, was shot and
killed "by Robert Achondaube, at 1 o'clock
this afternoon. Beige was beating Bchon
daube'a moliher. Mrs. Bchondaube is a
widow and clw'ms to have been engaged
to marry Relge and to have given him
$1,400 recently.
A dispute arose ovef the money today
and Re ge struck the woman In the face.
Her son, Robert, Immediately drew a re
volver and sent Ave bullets 'into Helge'a
body with the above result. 8chondau.be
u in jaw.
AN AXTI-QI AY KIMOtt.
The Philadelphia Record's Interesting
story In Kcference to the Hans of Uov
ei nor Huntings' Friends.
Philadelphia., Sept. 24. A special to
the Kecoid iroiii llarrlsbiiig states
that a significant meeting of the lead
ins members of the antl-yuay Republi
can forces was held there this after
noon, which is believed to mean that
ill.' lines' ure to be shaped for a tight
against Senator Ijuiiy for the control of
Uk- state del, gat ion to the. Republican
national convention.
David- Martin and C, I. Magee ar
rived together this afternoon from
Philadelphia, und went to the execu
tive department, where they were
closeted with the governor until after
li o'clock this evening. It is asserted a
plan was agreed upon regarding; the
distribution of ollicea that will best
aid in Hie securing of delegates to the
national convention. The same au
thority has It -that the prospects of
success In sec nil ntr a majority of the
national delegates was thoroughly dis
cussed, und that the members of the
conference feel satisfied they can cap
ture enough to win.
'I hose wlio profess to know say that
.me of t'iie iirst movements In the di
rection of carrying out the proposed
plan will be the announcement of Uov
ernor Hastings as a candidate for na
tional delegate from the congressional
district, the Twenty-eighth, composed
if Clearfield. Center, Klk, Forest and
Jlarlon counties. The object, so It is
aid. is to have Oovernor Hastings a
delegate to the convention from I'eiin
sylvantn with a view lo making him
chairman of the deb gallon and placing
htm so completely before the national
organization that his chances for the
presidential nomination will be ma
terially strengthened.
CELECKAT El IH KAXT CASE.
the .Most Complete chain of Circumstan
tial F.vidt-'iicc river Produced at a Mur
der Trial
Pan Francisco, Sept. 24. The prose
cution in the Mutant case closed this
afternoon. Three more of its witnesses
will be recalled for the accommodation
of the defence tomorrow, but they will
testify only t.) facts connected with the
finding ot the body of Mit-s Iximont in
the tower. The most, iiiiimrtunt of the
Unal witnesses in connecting Durant
with the murder was William Sterling,
a gat filler, who put burners on all the
gas cocks in the church the day before
the murder. He today corroborated
Janitor Sad. -man In saying that there
was a leak In one of the chandeliers
near the entrance to the vestibule
which Is supposed to have supplied the
gas smelt by tleorge King when he en
tered the church on the day of the mur
der. Just before 'Durant burst on his
view, pale, weak and agitated. The
day after the murder Sterling said he
had taken out the sun burners on
which Durant claimed to have been
working when overcome by gas. He
found nothing the matter with them
and no gas leaking In that part of the
building. While trying to reach the
ceiling on thi day after the murder he
trUd the lower door, but found the out
side knob broken off. He seized the
projecting rod to the other knob with
his pincers and turned It. but the lock
was broken and the could not open the
dour. Had ho done so the murder
would probaibly then 'have been dis
covered. Three more witnesses were today in
troduced, to whom Durant had denied
that he had seen Miss Lamont on the
afternoon of the murder, though he ad
mitted that he was with her that morn
ing. This testimony is to prevent the
defense from explaining Durant's be
ing In Miss Lamont's company on that
afternoon, even should It desire to do
so, which Is not probable.
The defense will open tomorrow
morning, but It is not yet known If It
will outline Its case In a speech.
Durant's attorneys are very secretive
for the alleged reason that they do not
want their witnesses to be attacked
by the prosecution. The defence prom
ises sensational developments, but
there Is a general doubt of its ability to
affect the case of the prosecution.
NEW WO.M AN CAUSES TKOCKI.E
llcr Advent In Denver Polities Aluikcd by
n I'iglit.
Denver. Sept. 24. Two men almost killed
was the llrst result of I he introduction of
woman to practical pol.tir-s In Denver.
For the Iirst timu since they were given
the franchise the women were formally
admitted to the county cintiul eoivniit
tee of the Republican party K' iilny night,
and yesterday most of them reg.-ette.i that
they were ever prevuileu upon lo accept
the franchise.
The nieet.ng was one of the noiseiest In
the no.sy Insiory of the party In Denver,
and one woman, who had Just returned
fiom Chicago, said she hud been shamed
by the reports that hail been circulated
,n that city about the hiiITi agists of the
west. She said she told her hearers In
Chicago that there was not a word of
truth In the stories of the disgraceful con
duet of committeemen anil lhat there was
nothing !n pol tics that any woman need
b" ashamed of. Now she said she re
gretted the statement, for she found that
the real situation was worse than pic
tured. During the whole proceedings
there were cries of "Put him out," mil
"Hp is off his trolley," when a man mude
a speech for moderation in the presence
of vomen.
M si ilingley, daughter of Alderman
llinrlr-y, went home from the meeting un l
eomiiluined to her father that Holler In
spector Kett. chairman of her district,
hud appointed Judges of "primaries wl'h
out eonsiiltlng her. Hinglev demanded
satisfaction yesterday, and Kelt told h'm
that If anyunn hnd m!ide such u slate,
ment h or she was a liar. Then the al
derman struck Kelt, mid the pnir rolled
over In the city hall for ten minutes be
fore they were separated. Then the po
lice surgeon hnd to attend them, but tho
sore Is not healed, and the father says he
will repeat the dose when' he Is able to
meet the injieetor agnin. The lutter is on
the retired list.
SWEPT HY SWAMP FIRES.
Valuable Timher Destroyed and Farms
"threatened.
Appteton, Wis., Sept. 24,-Sunday night's
Kale fanned the big swanin lire into a sea
of flame and swept away a strip of timli-r
a m le iinu a nan long ami a m;ie win.
Firms !n the threatened region are being
protected by means of back tires, and It Is
hoped that the damage can be conllned to
the timber. The loss of the timher al
ready umoimts to )tO.0uo and will soon
reach $2il,O0U If the remainder of the swamp
goes, as is now likely..
Swamp fires are also reported in the
towns of Black Creek, Freedom and In
Grand Chute wiilhln two miles of Apple
ton. Shoe Fnetnrv Iturnod.
Klmlra, N. V., Sept. 24.-The Dodson A
Warnoek shoe 'actory was burned about
4 o'clock this morning. The cause i
thought to have been incendiary. Loss,
tS.OOu; Insurance, $17X00. The sumo fac
tory, when In course of erection last spring
was blown down and had to be rebuilt
from the foundation.
CONDENSED STATE TOPICS.
The Norristown Shoe company has mailt
an assignment for the benefit of creditors.
Liabilities, $23,0011; assets not announced.
The mill of the Oliver Iron and Steel
company, at Pittsburg, baa been declared
open to union men. This action, which Is
satisfactory to the company and to the
men, has been taken by the Amalgamation
lodge at tnat mill.
PITTSBURG INVESTIGATES
Police Magistrates Are Placed on
the Kack.
COUNTY DETECTIVE IS IX IT
Mr. Clarke Relates a PeeuliurTrunkuetlon
of Interest in the Case-Mrs.
Florence Tells of the I hirst
Of Officer Murphy.
Pittsburg, Fa., Sept. 24. Police Ma
gistrates Donahue and Doherty, with
Attorney iShlelds. were Drcsent ut tile
Oak Alley police station lit the hour
appointed for beuling the evidence In
support of their bribery and corrup
tion charges against the Pittsburg bu
reau of police. Attorney .Shields' ex
amination of witnesses was pointed and
brisk, while the ciiiHS-exanilnutiou of
Attorney itui'leigh, representing the po
lice olIK-luls, was no less sharp. The
attorney for tthe magistrates claimed in
his opening address to Director Itnuvn,
sitting us Judge, that it wus the mayor's
duty to heur the evidence, If It may be
admitted, that will, not only affect
many olllcluls of the police force, hut
will even Implicate the chief of the de
partment of public safely. .For this
reason Attorney frihlelds thought Direc
tor Hi-own phould not sit In Judgment
and stated that he would ask the police
muglstrutes to go before the muyor und
muke tihe information In regular form.
Director Htown announced hla determi
nation to proceed with the Investiga
tion, und called Marlon Clarke, the llrst
witness.
Mr. Clarke's evidence concerned a
transaction three years ago, where the
witness claims to have been released
from Jail on payment of $loo to hush
up charges of having stolen a diamond
ring, the money having been paid to
Hubert ti. Koblnson, the present coun
ty detective, but who at that time was
a member of the city detective force.
"Witness stated that the money was to
pay the man from whom the Jewelry
was stolen and he was released upon
payment of the amount. Clarke's evi
dence was substantiated by Gustav J.
.Malinju, who furnished the money,
and the check In the transaction was
produced as evidence.
.Mrs. Florence's Story.
Mrs. Felix Florence testified to re
peated arrests on charge of illegally
selling liquor and as often discharged
by Magistrate Donahue on her chil
dren's account. Finally she was ar
rested and fined by another magistrate.
In August. ls4, witness stated Officer
Murphy drank a bottle of beer In her
house for which he did not pay and
then made an indecent proposal to
witness, promising that she would not
again be subject to urrest. Witness
nlso testified to Police Lieutenant Scott
having on one occasion called at her
place in citizen's clothes and that he
was then drunk.
Mrs. Clara Porter, who hns made
serious charges against the police de
partment, failed to appear when her
name was called. A physician's; ser
tlllcate of her illness was presented.
It was then agreed to adjourn the
hearing until tomorrow, when Attor
ney Shields says he will have all the
witnesses present.
TOWN DKSTKOYE!).
The Cuban Insurgents Wlpo Yiimuri Out
of existence -.Many I'oor Heople Are
Homeless.
Philadelphia, Sept. 24. .After an un
successful search for Yumuri. a Cuban
seaport, the British steamship Cul
more, u fruit currier, whloh was sent
there to lead bananas for Philadelphia,
returned to this port tonight and re
ported that the entire town had been
devastated by the Insurgents' torch on
Sept. IS and destroyed, not a home hav
ing escaped the ravages! of Hie flames.
Several of the refugees were picked up
along the coast of the former town and
brought to Philadelphia on board the
Culmore. Among the number were Col
onel Miguel Arrue, a prominent fruit
exporter, wltfli this wife and family, und
J. Kodlgrta and several women and
children. They were, for the most part,
engaged In fhlpplng bananas and co
counuts to Philadelphia and New York,
and they lost all their property.'
Prominent citizens of Yuniiii'l were
sympathizers with Spain In her war
fare upon the Cubans and the Insur
gents determined that In order to ren
der such sympatihy Ineffectual they
would destroy tdie town. Hundreds (if
persons, many of tihem from t)he poorer
classes, wtre left homeless.
UNKNOWN MAN K OAST ED.
Hcinalns Found In the Knlns of a Velvet,
Stumping Factory.
Puterson, N. J., Hipt. 24,-The velvet
stumping factory of ftan & Co. was burned
this ul'teruoun, nothing remaining but the
brick walls. When the flumes were well
under control the llremen discovered the
churred remnlns of an unknown man who
had been engaged two hours previous lo
the fire us un engineer's helper.
The tire was caused by the explosion of
chemicals used in preparing and printing
Hie material. The dumagu is estimated
at $IO,iwu.
CROOK'S WIDOW DEAD.
She Survived the Famous Indian Fighter
Four Years.
Baltimore, Sept. 24. The widow of flen
eral (leorge Crook, the Tamuus Indian
fighter, died at Oakland, .Mil., at her coun
try place, "Crook Crest," this morning ut
X.ilu. Mrs. Crook was Miss Mary Da.ly be
fore her marriage to (leuerul Crook.
The latter died at tlui Palmer House,
Chicago, four years ago. Mrs. ('rook's re
mains will rest beside those of her hus
band at Arlington cemetery, Washing
ton, D. C. -
PHILADELPHIA HAS COIN.
National Hanks Offer the Govern
ment .$i,.Mo,noo.
Philadelphia, cit. 2l.-Two national
banks of Philadelphia have olTered to de
posit Jl.r.au.iKie In gold with tho l nited
States sub-treasurer in tills city III ex
change for greenbacks.
Hub-Treasurer Higler stated today that
negotiations urn pending and he thinks It
probable that the money will he accepted
by the government In a few days. Mean
while he will not discuss the names of the
banks. "' ' j
Now Quarantine on the Delaware.
Ilarrlsburg, Sept. 24. Governor Hastings
and the statu quarantine commission had
a conference this afternoon regarding thu
new quarantine station on I lie Delaware
river. A lease was submitted which will
be referred to the attorney general for an
opinion as to the full requirements of the
law. it -
Ilia Storehouse Iliirned.
New York, Sept. 24. The big six-story
brick storage warehouse at Mi and &7
Fast BI,Xty-flrirt street, owned by A. H.
Yelter, was burned this afternoon, caus
ing a loss of between 140,0(10 and $D0,mi0,
Adjoining property suffered to the ex
tent of $iiri,ooo, bringing the total loss up
to about $7u,uoo.
' ' Counterfeiter Arrested,
Philadelphia, Sept. 24. The flVo members
of a gang of reputed counterfeiters who
were arrested here yesterday were given
a hearing today. They- were all held In
ball-for a further hearing on Oct, X.
riULADKLl'II I AS BLAZE.
Six-Story Warehouse Is Destroyed by
Fire, Loss $400,000-Other lluildlngs
Injured.
Philadelphia. Sept. 24. A furious tiro
what one lime threatened the destruc
tion of the wool Importing district
bounded by Chestnut, Front, Inglis and
Second streets, staled shortly utter 8
o'clock tonight In the rear portion of
the cellar of the wool Importing house
of Charles J. Webb & Co., No. lit!
Chestnut street. Itelore tho flames
could be checked they had destroyed
or ilamai'ed property worth between
S.TiD.tiDO and $4uo,(im), which is under
stood to be fully insured. The burnt
district Is 1. shaped, extending from
the rear of the Webb building on
Chestnut street to the building belong
ing to Charles l.cnnlg, at 112 South
Front street, anil occupied Jointly by
Churles Leiuilg & Co., Importers und
manufacturers of chemicals, Churh-s
J. Webb & Co., und 1. Kellsnyder &
Co.. wool importers. The lire Ted rap
idily upon the wool, which filled the
building occupied by Webb & Co. from
the cellar to Hie Klxth or top floor.
As file lire ileuped through the roof
the Humes communicated with the rear
of the building, No. IIS Chestnut street,
occupied by 11. 1!. Meston Co.. wool
importers, und Charles W. Nolens, drug
broker and commission merchant.
The burned buildings were the proper
tyof the estule of John A. I'.rown und of
Churles Deiuaig. The Hrown property
In worth tiliout $4ii,0i)l) und Is Insured.
It was entirely gutted. The Lentil
property Is worUli about $20.u0fl. ulso
Insured. Mr. Webb had about $200,000
wort'h of wtock In No. llti Chestnut
street and In 112 South Front street, but
he could not cellmate his loss un
til he had learned how much of it had
been destroyed. He had wool stored
in the basement and on all the lloors
of the Lennlg building, but what pro
portion of his Ptock wlis there he could
not suy. IMf. "Webb said he hud no Idea
as to the origin of the lire. No esti
mate of the less of H. ill. lleston & Co.
could be obtained, but It was said they
had between J40.000 and SMUmO worth of
stock on hand, und that It was fhlly In
lured. IX EXE( IT1VE SESS10X.
(jrnnd Council of Young Men's Institute
Considering a Matter of tiravo Impor
tance Scrunton Man for National
Delcgntr.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Indianapolis, Imi.. Sept. 24. The dele
ga.Us trnm Hcrunton and its vicinity to
the sixth untiual meeting of the Urand
Council of the Atlantic Jurisdiction of
the Young Men's Institute arrived in
this city .Sunday night, alter a pleasant
Journey westward. Monday mornlng
the delegates, 2011 in number, met in
iMusotiic hull and after presenting tiheir
credentials, 'attended muss in St. John's
church.
In Hie afternoon the delegates re
convened, but it was found that IMa
yonlc thall was not well suited to the
work of the convention, und the dele
gates moved to St. Joseph's hull. The
olllcers i.f the grand council who are In
attendance are: lira ml chupl iln, Hev.
J. A. McFaul, of Treiiiton, N. J.: grand
president, Judge II. W. ltlzcs, of Leba
non, Ky.r grand sis-ond vice-president.'
James daynor, of Sctiinton, Pa.; grand
secretary. Hubert A. Keyer. of Louis
ville, Ky. ; grand treasurer. Thomas J.
Kolgcr; grand meilh-al examiner, Dr. II.
L. Tuban, of Fiaiikfonl. Ky. Tomorrow
will occur t.lie election of officers and
It Is thought that the present oi'lcers
will be re-elected. James lliynor Is fill
ing 'the clhalr of the absent first vice
pit sldelit.
The reports presented to the grand
council today show that it Is In a
nourishing condition financially and
numerically. During the year flfty
seven new councils were organized and
there was nn Increase of 2.110(1 members.
The united membership of the councils
affiliated wlt'h the grand council of the
Atlantic Jurisdiction at present is
la.UUO. ,
At this meeting of the grand council
six delegates will be clocted to attend
the national convention of the order,
to be held In San Francisco. Cal., in
January. James tia.ynor, of Scranton.
ban many friends nmoinr the ilelh.Er:it,.
'to the grand council. nnd at present
ii ioors us ii ne coin. i ne chosen as one
Of ICle Six delegate.
This afternoon and until a la.te hour
tonight the council was in executive
session, hearing u niatten of great 1m
portunce that 1ms been the prolific
source of comment among the councils
of the Jurisdiction during the year
From present Indications tho r'rin,i
couni-H will not complete its work until
nine i nurstiay.
I.as.'t night the delegates W-Prp ten
dered a reception by the members of the
local Institute.
PLAINT OF THE SEALERS.
Collector Milne Kuy They Are Pursued
and Persecuted.
" iiuoiiei- .Ma V II,
Collector Milne says:
.-Lptaiii Cooper, of .(he liush, is pursu
ing und persecuting our sealers. The ve
sel was out on the high seas, forty miles
beyond the prohibited zone, and lliil m'b'S
from land, and I deny that he has a r gh't
to board or search her. If he had reason
nble grounds to suspect her of nn Infrac
tion of law, or had chased her Troiii Ins' e
of the xoiie. he would have ben Just'lled
In boarding and seurhing. Mvldence Is en
tirely Ineklng."
The documents In it be case with the sua,
pleious seal skin were sent to I tear Ad
miral Hteplicnson. It Is believed lhat ho
will order III., vuctaul ..l,.n.l i ...
, , , .. . ' ' . ... ti.-.,-.,, to. li of
deemed Imposs.ble to secure her con-
uemnnnon in me admiralty court.
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NEBRASKA'S SNOW MELTS.
It Wan gulte a Storm 1 mil tho Sun
Came Out.
Omaha. Neb.. Sept. 24.-The warm sun
has w pert out all truce or Sunday's snow
und I lie heavy frosts of the same night
The snow was quite general lliroiiKhout
the state. The damage was conllned to
flowers.
A very few plecrs or late corn wore
sligihtly nipped, but the loss in this direc
tion Is so limited as to be unimportant.
Corn was so rapidly matured bv the torrid
winds of the past ten days that husking
wus commenced in many parts or the
state today,
COKE WORKERS' ADVANCE.
All Strikers Are to Return to Work I'ntll
October 10.
Scottdnlc, T'a flept. 21. The coke work
ers' convention hero today passed a reso
lution stating that the operators had
promised un advance In wages when the
price of coke advanced and calling on all
men on strike to return to work until Oct.
10.
The labor ofllclnls expect that hy that
date the price of coke will be advanced.
Notices hnve been posted at tho Charlotte
furnace, giving the ten-hour men a volun
tnry advance In wages or 10 per cent.
The advance will date from Sept. 10.
Liberty lloll at Atlnntn.
Atlanta, Oa., Bept. 24. Arrangements
were made this afternoon by the exposi
tion directors for the reception on Oct, 9
of the liberty bell, which Is to arrive here
the previous day. The school children
will be given a holiday and there will be
formal addresses by the mayor of Phila
delphia and the mayor af Atlanta.
IRISH SOCIETIES MEET
Intcrcstjni Sessions in the Interest
of rrcctlum Held at Chicayo.
CHAIKMAX l'lXEKTY'S ADDKESS
A Kovlcw of the lifforis of the Advocates
of Itisli Independence Tribute to
Luborsof the l enluns-An Address
That Provoked Loud Applause.
Chicago. Sept. 21. The convention of
Irish societlt m w as called to or.lr ut
noon by J. J. O'Coiincll, chairman of
the local committee. At the time only
ai. nit half the Keats were occupied.
Fr.mi h lu rite number of places In
Massachusetts, Connecticut, I'ennsyl
vanla and Wl.eeonsin and some of the
southern slates file dispatches rad In
this stereotyped form:
"(bid-speed the new movement for
Ireland a iiuitlou scpurute and Inde
pendent." Kx-Coiigressman John F. Flnerty. of
this city, was greeted with prolonged
applause on being presented us tem
porary chairman. The original and
subsequent culls v.i re read by John 1
Siiiiton. i f 'New Vrrl:, seer-tarv r the
Irish National League of Ani'-rlca, to
get her with it resume .ii tin- telegraphic
dispatches.
As Secretary Sutton read the cable
grams he omitted the names of the
signers. A delegate from New York
demanded to know who signed the mes
sages, and the secretary brusquely r
Spnndedj "None of your business. The
men who signed Mu se messages are not
going lo expose themselves to the Mrit
ish government." This was applauded
by a .portion of the convention and
there were no further Interruptions:.
In culling the convention to order
Mr. O'Conncll said that It was a spon
taneous congress of the people of the
Irish race, born of the fact that the
Irish-Americans were dissatisfied with
the parliamentary rnmnaltrn on (he
other side, nnd of the further fact that
the parliamentary party had betrayed
Its supporters and proved faithless' to
Its trust. This was greeted with loud
applause, which was renewed wh.-n the
speaker concluded by prophecy in? that
out of this convention would be born
and established an Irish republic built
on the plans of this great republic.
Chairman Wnorty's Address.
Chairman Flnerty delivered the open
ing address. Itrlefly reviewing the suc
cessive efforts for centuries of the advo
cates of Irish Independence he said
that whenever the Irish fought the
Hrltlsh on the open field they lost less
people than they lost since the passage
of the union act. Fenians were the
llrst body that ever made the Knpllsh
government listen to reason. (Great
applause.)
England had passed a bill, a sort of
home rule bill, but between It nnd the
house of commons Ftood nn Immovable
barrier of terror and tyranny In the
siiupe of the house of lords. Should the
Irish race give up the struggle because
the house of lords says that it shall
remain enslaved? There were cries of
"No" In response to this Interrogatory,
and the speaker went on to say the
"Noes" came from 20.000,000 of Irish
hearts on this continent and from 50.
OUO.OtH) more of all nationalities whose
hearts beat In sympathy with Ireland's
struggle. There were some who thought
that the convention might do some
thing to implicate the government of
the I'nlted States with England. 'Did
the display of Stars and Stripes before
them? Did showing of national colors
all about them Intimate that they in
tended to do anything that would har
rass the American government? (Cries
of "No.")
"Let me remind him that there were
thousands of places in the I'nlted
States that Isuv the name of Dafayetite,
wiio broke the neutrality laws lo uid
the struggle for American Indepen
dence. Neutrality laws stand oa noth
ing nwiln.-it u nation's freedom." went
on the speaker, while the audience
cheered ind shouted In turns, "else
what mean these overwhelming mani
festations of sympathy for Cuba
thiiiiighout our country. I am about
as loyal us any man to the American
flag and u. respector of American laws,
but I would not be ashamed to stand
on the platform with Lafayette, with
Dekalb 'and w ith Pulaski nnd hall the
superb vision of a hundred thousand
armed men breaking the neutrality
laws to liberate Cuba, or of a half-million
breaking them with England in be
half of Ireland's Independence."
((reait cheering.)
The chairman resumed his seat amid
applause (that continued for several mo
ments. The committee on credentials and
permanent organization were appoint
ed and the convention took a recess of
an hour.
When the convention reconvened the
committee on pcrniunont organization
reported f:lvor of cmU,,,,,,,,, the
temporary olllcers, and John T Fin
nerty resumed the chair.
A number or greetings from this
country and Oreat Itrltaln were rend
at the afternoon session. Some of the
.... . .-. .iriKru lllllllS without limit.
A lengthy despatch from the Kmmeit
C.uards, of Philadelphia, ended: "Tho
messages pledged funds without limit.
tt
he
movement must end onlv In the com
plete autonomy of Ireland." About 700
delegates, representing nearlv every
state and territory were In attendance
at the nfiernoon session. The dele
gates will reassemble tomorrow morn
ing. HARRY WRIfiHT ILL.
Tho Veteran Huso Hall Manager In a
Serious Condition.
Atlantic City. N. J., Sept. 21. The con
dition of Hurry Wright, the veteran huso
ball inn linger. Is not Improved. Dr. Hen
ne.t said this afternoon:
"Hurry Wright's condition Is still crit
ical. rroresor William I'epper and Dr.
John A. linger, his Philadelphia, phvsl
can, met me this morning In consulta
tion. We find Mr. Weight to be suffering
rrotn a mild catarrhal piieiiinonlu, nnd a
rupture of the pleura, which Is u lure and
exceedingly grave afreet ion in one at h's
age. While w do not despair of his life,
It lis in great danger ut present."
CHARLOTTE HOWELL'S CASE.
Trial of the Alleged Murderess Is Post
poned I'ntll November.
Wnllshorn, l'n., Sept. 24. When the case
was called in court toduy of Mrs. Char
lotte Howell, of Tioga, who Is charged
with Ihn murder of Allss kibble Knnpp,
the commonwealth asked for n continu
ance of the case to the November sessions
on account of the illness of the witnesses
for the prosecution.
Judge Mitchell allowed the case to be
put over. The grand Jury returned a true
bill uganst Airs. Howell this morning.
Spruco IV and F.thclwvnn.
Center Island, N. V., Bept. 24. The race
between F.thelwynn and Sprue IV was
declared no race at G o'clock, the expira
tion of the time limit, at which time both
bouts were over a mile to leeward of the
finish trying to stem the ebb tide with
very light wind.
WEATHER REPORT.
For eastern Pennsylvania, generally
Ifalr; winds, shifting tot southerly; no
chance in temperature.
NLEY'S
BLACK
DRESS
GOODS
Never claimed the same attention
as they do today. Realizing thl9
fact our orders were placrd with
the English, French and rjerman
Manufacturers early enough to se
cure not only the most desirable
styles of Staple Ooods and Novel
ties, but at a great saving on pres
ent prices. It la well known thac.
ft AflT1.A
Are tk tercet Blag
Few, perhaps, are aware that to
day Manufacturers have advance)
the price of most Mohairs nearly
one hundred per cent, higher than
Wto Ws Mm
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.
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Agent for Charles A.
Schieren & Co.'s
Leather
Belting
The Very Best.
313 Spruce St., Scranton.
CHOOL
SHOES
"lit.,
We are busy selling good
School Shoes for good chil
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Elegant SpedmensSuit
able for Wedding Pres
ents, Birthday Presents,
Etc.
Eye Glasses, Opera
Glasses and Spectacles a
Specialty.
W. J. WeSchel
JEWELER,
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