. . SCRANTON, PA., SATURDAY MOKNlXCr, SEPTEMBER 28, 1895. TWO CENTS A COPY. TWELVE TAGES 84 COLUMNS. 1 -. v nrni a I'll II I 11 II V II II I M OUT OF TIE WET when It rains, under a good um brella. Yod'Nctct Had- to secure one at rock-bottom bar grain figures than now. It doesn't pay to run chances on getting a wetting, no matter how you look at It. It may affect your health or It "Way affect ' your pocket-book. Either way It's but poor economy to be without a reliable umbrella. Tack'TUs Pact an and the first day you're down town, drop In and see what we can do for you in this line. It must be I at an early date, however, It you want to participate in our special k bargain prices, for after which our regular good value figures, as quoted below in column Will be restored. . The newest fads and fancies In ' sticks and the covers and frames as - grood aa skill and money can pro t duce. All it Inches deep. It may seem funny, as possibly you haven't thopght of it before. A man showa a lot of character in the ' umbrella be carries. We never for ' set this In selecting sticks, covers ' and styles of trimming-. Our stock Je the strongest witness to this fact, ' Supposing you give ua a look while ' the apeclal sale tickets are on? ' Quarters and half dollars lopped off . prices maae a ainerence. t II II II W 111711 It yfl II TL-V a4A BX Tl A nrc a TT laies UilreMas QnautUy Quality: Sale Price. 200 $ 00 1(0 86 75 100 1 00 85 loo i as i oo 60 1 50 1 25 50 1 75 1 60 CO 2 00 l6i Men's Uilrellas Quautity. I Quality. Bale Price. 100 $ -7 '. tM .100 86 9 100 1 12) 90 100 1 85 1 16 -60 1 86 1 50 M 2& 175 ' 86 2 60 2 00 25 , 8 00 . 2 60 25 60 8 00 UMBRELLA SALE . begins tomorrow (Friday) and con ; tmtiea lw days. It la not a CLEAR- iu Bale, but a, special effort to . . Mill further popularise an already , . great ana prosperous department " r T T ?iT SPANIARDS WIN A VICTORY i 1 " - Government Troops break Up a Rebel Camp at Picdra. J0S6 MACCO REPORTED DEAD The Government Is Silent oa the Subject. Yellow Fever Aids the Insurgents In Seducing the Spanish Army. Siege of Baraeoa. West. Fla,. Sept. 27. Official reports Santiago de Cuba. Sept. 18. via Key from (Juantan-jnio say that on Monday, Sept. 16. a Spanish column attacked the rebel camp Pledra, between the Kellol dad and Rio Sew. ocouivled by 80U in surgents under Lender GUI. and killed eight of title rebels before driving them from their position. Three Spanish sol diers were wounded. When the Spun- lards took Douses Ion of the rebel camp they found several exploitive shells buried, but they were dug up before any damage occurred. It is reported here that Antonio Maceo Is moving to ward the villas with 6.000 cavalrymen. Another rumor is to the effect that Jose Ma ceo Is dead of heart dilseas?, but 'the report is not credited. The gov ernment l very silent in the matter whereas if the report were true it would be published officially with much rejoicing;. The recent recruits from Spain are r.ot likely to be of any material benefit to the authorities, Of thoe who ar rived a few days ago many have died and numerous others are in the hos pitals. Six succumb d to yellow fever within twenty-four hours of their land 1t,U here. Those of the recruits who are yt able to move about t'he streets, ate. tsvaus of their und:anlttH tu?.i drinking haiblts, likely to be In hos pitals or graves within a rhort time. Slcac of llurncon. From Baraooa come reports showing that city to be in a state of siege and threatened wlt'h extlnetl-a-n. The in surgents do not allow anything tt en ter the city from the outlying districts, and If the city is not buim-ed out Its inhabitant stand a pood chance or be in.? i:arved out. On Sept. U the rebolJ broke the acqueduct and burned the costly elevators which were recently built. 'Many buslme.s men, wlfh their families, have left Baraeoa and come here to stay. One of them reports a dastrdiy double murder on the streets of Bara coa a few days ago. A soldier loaded his gun and without any kr.cwn cauw deliberately fired at a corporal, killing him Instantly. Another soldier who was with the corporal was also shot and killed. SPRINGER OX A VACATION. No Foundation for Sensational Stories, in His Visit to Washington. Washington. Sept. 27. There does not seem to be the slightest foundation for the sensational Inferences drawn from tihe uresenre in Washington at this time of United States Vine-Consul General Springer, of Havana. He has not been summoned here to confer with the state department as the preliminary steps to the recognition or the belligerency or the Cuban Insurrectionists nor for any other purpose. Mr. Springer 1s a oitiaen of Maine, who has held his present position elnee 1870. He la on his regular leave of ab- r.enee and before returning to his post of duty he called upon Assistant Sec retary Adee to confer about business mattcij, none of which, however, had to do with the political troubles of the island. BANKERS SAVE A FARMER. Prevent Sharpers from Fleecing II Im in an Old Omne. INHes. Mich.. Sept. 27. William Eb-. ner, a prosperous German farmer liv ing near this city, had a narrow escape today from losing J3.000 in a confidence game.-Two strangers came to his home and made arranTsmeints to buy his farm. While engaged In figuring up the pr!ee one of the men engaged Eb ner in a three card monte game. The victim was allowed to win a few mail ibets, when the manipulators of the cards wanted a lareer bet. Not having th monc-y a', hand, but think ing It was a oure thins to win the other fellow's miney. Ebner came here and endeavored to draw 1.1.000 he had on deposit. The bank officials' sus picions were aroused, and tbey made an Investigation, with the result that the gang of sharpers was exposed. MURDERED THE EXPERT. Horrible Crime of n Mining Prospector In flritlxlt Columbia. Spokane. Waph.. Sept. 27. Pasren rers from Trail Crt-ek. B. f? report a horrible crime ait that mining camp. iMorrta O'Connor, a prospector, owning feveral claims, took a mining expert named Cook to look at ithe mine. He and Cook camped out cm a mountain and during the night O'Connor, who had 'been drinking heavily, arose eirul takln a pk drove It through Cook's brain, pinning his head down to the fround. He th?n grawi an axe amd finished h's bloody deed by hacking his victim in a norrinie manner. The mutilated body was found t'he next -morning by some miners, who organised a pome and captured O'Con nor. DIPHTHERIA SCOURGE. A Widow Is Obliged to Nurse Her Dying . Children Alone. Lanoaatef. Pa.. Sept, 27. Mrs. M. J, Groff, a Widow, Mnied a child today that died from diphtheria hls morn tng. Two of ier other children have also died from the same disease. The neighbors, being afraid of carrying the disease to .their homes, refused to aid the distracted mother in nursing the children, and Mrs. flrofT was obliged to care for them alone. A fourth child la down with the disease, and is not expected to survive the day. There lare two additional children In the famuy, and the physkrtans In at tendance fear that they will also con tract the dread disease. i BIG HOTEL BURNED. The St. James, of Cnluitibns, Almost To i v tally Destroyed. Cohimbus, O.. , Sept. 27. The St. James Hotel, a four-story brick struc ture on long street, near High, wan al most totally destroyed by Are thbi morning. The Are originated In a lum ber room and had well enveloped the noiei oei ore u was oisoovered. J. B. Sttcicney. of Bucyrus. and F. R. ny- der. of Buffalri, guets of the hotel. were cut off on the third floor, and were rescuea trom winocwa dv m firemen ! The loss on the building and furniture Is estimated at 115,000. ROBBERY IN SLEEPING CAR. A Dead of I'aasual Boldness on a Llmltad Ksereaa Hear Cnleago. . ' Chicago. Sept. 27. An unusually bold robbery occurred In Pullman Bleep ing car on the Wabash limited as the train was leaving puis city tor ueirou last night. A well-dressed man en- ti-red the car. and Ptopulng at the nrsl occupied berth calmly stepped In. at the same time choking Into alienee Mrs. George Mack, the occupant. After se curing the pocket book, jewelry - ana clothing of the terrified woman, whoee husband sat in the smoking compart ment only a few feet away, the robber attempted to leave. Mrs. Mack clung to -nim. nowever. and he only got away after knocking her senseless. He Jumped from the moving train, and. aparently unin jured, escaped In the darkness. FISU ATE HIS FALSE TEETH. But the Lucky Angler Recovered Them at innvr. Stroudsburg. il'a.. Sept. 27. George Parcel! and A. E. Pywher, two residents of East 4troudsburg. have Just re turned home from a ilwhlng excursion. While out In a boat one day Parcell was seised with a fit of coughing, which dislodged Ms false teehh, and they dropped from his mouth to the bottom of the pond. Several unsuccessful at- te'tnpts were made to regain mem. Shortly afterwards, while nsning mir the same spot. Parcell caught nn unusually large oat Ash. When the fish wa dressed for dinner the missing teeth were found In Its stomach, and Parcell now wears them a.i formerly. IRISH COXfiKKSS ADJOURNS. The Action of the Chicago Convention, It v Is Said, Will lie Kcpudiatcd by the Usee Ucncrnlly. ChJ.MBO, Sept. 27. Most of the dole- gatta to -the National Irish congress left for home Jawt night. The New York, Ma?:-'ac.iiiuse't:ts and Pennsylvania deleg-jte took t'lielr ikTwrture at 10 o'clock this morning, but Prealdent Ly man, of 'Mie National Alliance, whli.i wap brought Irito ex Istei'ce yesterday, will remain over until tomcnow for 'the purpose of con suming with the memlvrs of the exe cutive council concerning 'the issue of cRu'ters to loci'l organizations, and other matters reOatlri? to ithe prelim inary work of the alliance. The dele gates generally express 'themselves as well FatlHed with 't'he outcome of the convention, und ome of 't'hom go as fares to pretllet 'tiho't five million Irlsh- A.merlcaris wiM be enrolled under the l a''ir?rof 'the now movement before the advent of 1S96. The appointment by Preplrter.'t Lyman of John P. Sutton, of New Ycrk. formerly of Nebraska, who was pecretarj' of Ithe old Irish National lcasrue for several years, as secretary of the Irish Alliance, Is received with general a ppmvel. Tt Is naid tnls morning that t'he ele ment of the race In 'I'hls country that Is antagonistic 'to the new movement pad Its promoters, and which sounded Its note of warning Immediately after the call for the recent convention had been Issued, will ifue an address to the people of the United States repu diating the convention and Its action, end declaring that it does not represent the Itrue feeling of 'the Irts-h people on tihl continent, but hns solely been pro moted with an eye t ingle to the man ipulating of the Irish vote In tJi'e ap proaching presidential campaign. COACH OVERTURNED. ; Twenty-five -asscngers Badly Shaken I'p at Attoonn. Altoonia, Pa., S?pt. 27. 'N?ar Homer 'tataon, within three mil of this city. on the Altoona, Clearfield and Northern railroad, a serious and yet fortunate accident occurred ait 5.1S o'clock this evening. At the time eta'ttd an engine a'nd one paseenger coach were coming down the mountain from Wopsononock and had Just orrasfd a high trestle when a sharp curve was struck and In F.Tme way thw ocach overturned, torn loose from the engine and thrown down a stesp embankment. T.iere were twenty-four passengers on board, ard nil there were more or leys bruised arnd cut by their rough and tumble fa.!!, but none seriously injured except B. iM. B?ck and Joseph IMc- iManany, 'both of near this city, who received ghastly soa.lp wounds and possibly fractures of the skull. They wore removed to t'he Altoona hospital. The traiin was running slow at the time or the accldemt would doubtless have been much worse. SALOONKEEPER LIABLE. Erastus Kills Want Damages for Death Caused by Intoxication. Wabash. Ind.. ent. 27. Krastus E1- lM, administrator of the estate of John Ellis, who -was thrown from a wagon in Walt .township, this county, a month ago, while driving home, has brought n action for f 10,000 damages against James Iarnell, proprietor of a aloon n.t Converse, ami H. T. Ileed and Lewis liareer .his 'bondsmen. Erasttis EIHs. in his comnh'l'nt, alleges that Dar nell fold John Ellis liquor while he was Intoxicated, anil that as a result of starting home In nuch a condition he was unable to control his horses, whloh tan away, threw him out and inflicted Inlurles which caused his death. It 'is claimed to be a violation of the law. and that the saloon man and his hond.-men are liable In damages for the consequences of such violation. GANG INDICTED. builders of the Irclnnd Building May Ge Into Prison. New York, Sept. 27. The grand lury this afternoon Indicted Thomaa Mur ray, foreman; Thomaa Walker, super intendent of construction; John H Parker, fr.ntractor; -Dennis T. Buck ley, building Inspector: Charlee E. Hehrens. architect, and Edward J. Youdal. architect's awls-tant. 'in the rase of the Ireland building collapse of Aug. 7 last. The Indictments are for manslaughter in the second degree, the extreme pen alty for which is ten years' Imprison ment. CHASING A RUNAWAY WIFE. English Innkeeper lining to Chicago on a nd Errand. IPftWburg, "Sept. 27. Atchlneon Fltg- hu-i. a broken-hearted Englishman, wer.'t through Plttisburg -this morning to Chicago In quest-of his wife, who had eloped with Crawford Allen, an American artist of Chicago. Fltxhue Is an innkeeper in Leicestershire, Eng land.. The artWt, who went 'there sketching the biiaultlful rural scenery, fell In love wi'ili the innkeeper's wife and Induced her to elope. Mr. F lit r hue believes that his wife wiN return home with him. . - ' Water Two Hours a Day. ' Altoona. Pa.. Scot. IT. There '.a now only one day's pup-ply of water In the new reservoir uuun-ma ror ini cujr mntj but -t:ttle In the old one. Beginning with tomorrow consumers are to be given water but two hours per day. ' The Gold Reserve. Washington, Sept. 27 The treasury gold reserve has been reduced to Ki,7lC 087, at which figures It stood when the treasury closed Ms doors today. These figures were reacnea louay uy a w in drawal at New York for export of $1,600. WW.' SIDE-WIPEDJH SWITCH Sleeping Coach Demolished and an Cnn'me Wrecked. MAXY TASSEXCERS IXJl'RED A Disastrous Accident on the Baltimore ad Ohio Railroad-Several Passen gers Are Severely Scalded. Their Injuries Serious. Tunnllton. W. Va.. Beipt. 27. Train No. 1 passenger on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at thlB place early this morning side-wlied Ho. 4. a passenger train lying on the switch. A eleeper crowded witn passengers was totally demolished and the engine of No. 1 wrecked. United States Mar shal Garden, of Wheeling, and ex-Sec-tetaly of States William A. Ohley. of Oharlestnwn, who were on he sleeper, were terribly scalded by escaping steam and both will probably die. Mlm Lulu Iowntaln, librarian or the Btate, who was also a member of the party, is probably fatally Injured. Several other passengers were injurexl slightly. Among the others Injured were: W 111- l-am Kecse, Sallna, Kan., right knee bruised and foot scalded; iMlss Carrie Hobart, Philadelphia, left leg Injured; Miss Allle L. Taylor. FJklna, W. Va., left hand lacerated, side, neck and head scalded: Henry Thomas. Baltimore, right hand cut; W. A. Ohley, Charles town, W. Va., face and hands scalded and cut in the forehead; A. D. Garden, Wheeling, w. Va.. hands and face bad ly scalded; Miss Mary L. Downturn, Churlestown. W. Va., face and hands f jalded and left knee Injured; R. C. Porter, Su-th Laneaster. Mass.. hands and wrist cut; Mary Evans, Parrona, Kan., cut on nose: ee Hlxy. twarles town. Mo., cct and brule?d; Mrs. Nell J. Fortney, Klngwood, W. Va., badly scalded aliout the face, upper part of the licjy and hands. Among the 4niurr'.l not heretofore re ported are Hon. Nell J. Fortney and wife, of Klngwood, who were badly scalded. At noon It Is believed that all the (n- lured will probably recover, though i'n'ted States Marshal Garden's condi tion is serious. GOLD EXPORTS CONTINUE. In spite 'of This the Outlook Is F.ncourag. ing-Viewa of K. Q. Dun A Company. New York. Sept. 27. It. O. Dun & CO. In -their wwekly Itevlew of Trade tomor row will say: The full statement of about 2.800 com mercial failures for the third quarter of 1895 will be published next week, and will dhow liabilities of about 000,000, of whloh about 111.000.000 have been of manufacturing and $17,600,000 or trading concern. In the same quar ter of last year the failures were 2.869 and the liabilities S29.4U.194. of which $12,3.11,892 were of manufacturing and $16,181,230 of trading concerns. The weeks reports are highly en couraging as ito rnonetary' matters, al though exports of gold -still continue, and also es to the cotton manufacture, but not as eatlrfactory regarding Iron, woolen, hat her or silk manufacture. Nettling Is cker about the Iron and fteel manufacture, but some of the largest Pittsburg concerns, professing to have orders for many months ahead, are bidding for small contracts in east ern markets at $1 to $1.50 per ton less then the quoted rate. Some say that It Is done to deprees the market, and again it Is thought that the object may De to ouy material, but contracts have been made at the east for 2:i0.000 tons of foreign ore to be used In bessemer iron-making at eastern furnwees and the 'termination of the 'Marquette strike sets free about half a million tons more of Bessemer ore within the period of lake navigation. The strike of coke workers at Connellsvllle eeems to have been avoided. The Iron (Age reason that nothing can explain the situation except some large movements In steel raills not yet made known. For the first week in many months the average of prices of Iron and steel products show no Phange whatever, (though the de mand for finished products Is distinctly reduced. The exports of gold, though not ns large as they were some weeks ago, paused some distrust In view of the dlsboncMng of the bond syndicate. Money has gone o the Imerlor rather largely and there Is considerable ln- creare In volume of commercial loans. Stocks have slightly declined for rail roads during the week, though the mar ket shows much stobhornnes. and trust storks averages 42 cents per shijre Mr'her than . week ago, but are now rrowlng stronger in tone. Failures for the week have been 216 In he United (Mates a.ralnst 23r. Inst year, and 60 in Canada against 55 last yfar. FIGHT FOR A VACANT CHAIR Lively Contest Between Judges Kllgore and Sprleecr. Washington. Sept. 27. A lively con tert is In progress for the place of chief .luf'ttce of the supreme court of Indian Territory, msde vacant hv "the resig nation of Judnre Stuart It appears to he set'tld thait the appointment lies be t-ween Judge Kllgore, laite of Texes, and Judge Springer, late of Illinois, who were recently appointed to the bench In Indian Territory. Accordi'.ng to report- one member of the cabinet favors ithe elevation of Kll gore, and an?therone Is backing Sprin ger f-r the plnce. JupWce Clancy Lewis, of SMirth ;McAlester, I. T.t Is alao an aspirant for the oiilee. DIED TO SAVE HER CHILD. Wisconsin Mother Sacrifice Her Life L'nder Maddened Horses. Neienah, WI., P?pt. 27. To rave the life of her bainy 'boy, a lot of 3 yea.rs, Mrs. William Dickinson, aged 29 years, suffered herself to be trawipled to death undfT ithe hoofs of a rnnoway team of horses today. The child had been left In the wagon while the parents did tome shopping, and the team, becoming frightened!. broke loose a'nd dashed down the etreet iM-rs. Dickinson attempted ito etop them and was kicked acid stamped to death. The houses were caught a few moments later, and the baby taken from the wagon unnurt. TROUBLE WITH ENGLAND. Vailed mates May He Involved In War . Over the Veactaclen Matter. Washington, - Sept. 27. "Expect to have trouble with Ureat Britain within r lnety days and are trying to get Into ahape for it. i This aUrtllng statement first seems to have a ring of sensationalism until It was made official of the government. It was made In anawer to an inquiry Why work on'government vessels hear ing completion and In the gunehops In navy yards la being pushed to such an unusual Degree. ; It has been known for the past two weeks to a few officials outside the im mediate circle ot the president and tola cabinet that the relations between this government and Great Britain over the Venesuelan matter are reaching an acute stage. It is now known that le tween this time and the assemblage of congress the United States will call an abrupt halt to Hritish encroachment up on Venesuelan territory. This will be for the double purpose of testing the Monroe doctrine and to protect Ameri can Interests of the syndicate of Ameri cans from Faribault, Minn., which has been granted a concession from Vene suela jvlthln the territory disputed by Great (Britain. The syndicate will take possession of Its concession within a month and begin Its preparations. If Great Hrltain ob jects Venesuola will insist that the con cession is within iher own territory and will protect the syndicate. At this point our government will demand that England submit the boundary In dis pute to arbitration or else the United States will act our own view of this dis pute and carry out the Monroe doe- trine. It Is known that instructions have already been sent to Ambassador Bayard to this effect. CASE DRAGS SLOWLY. Little Testimony of Interest I Heard at the I-amous Ourant Trlal-Tho Line of Pofcnse. San Franelsco, Sept. 27. Proceed In gs in the Ourant ease were opened this morning with Captain Lees on the etand. He testified that the belfry door was in ithe same condition at the pres ent time M when he examined tt on April 21 last. He had applied the chisel to the imairks on the door, but trad not enlarged them. Attorney Duprey, at this point, interposed, and asked that the reply of Sergeant Burke that he did not think the spot on the sole of the pastor's shoe was a blood stain, be stricken out cm the ground that it was simply an opinion. The motion was denied. Today was the tamest session of the case. It was expected that the de fense would eontlnue in Its efforts to show that Dm rant was at the college on the afternoon of the murder, but In stead, It switched off to technical mat ters connected with the church. This was. In consequence, a tame day of prosaic points about marks on the church tower door and the sun burn ers where Durant alleges he was re pairing the electrical vibrator. This was not without its use In the case, and In that portion relating to the sun burners the defense showed that there was defective ventilation around them and that their theory as to gas having overcome Durant on the afternoon of the murder was not altogether unlikely. Together with (Carpenter, a gas fitter. who examined the sun burners at the requewt of the defense, testified that the ventilators above them afforded no draught, and that he had found the damper In one of ithem closed. His In- vestlgatlom showed that a person tn the position Durant alleges he was In fix ing the apparatus connected with the run bunw-re might have been overcome by am escape of gas. The gas supply connected with the burners was turned on at a potnt 75 feet from the sun burners and on the floor below them, Amy one fixing the apparatus, if alone, an Durant Is alleged to have been, would, -he raid, have had to turn on the gas before ascending to the burners. This Durant allege he did. but there Is no evidence .that he turned the gas off again. During the time Organist King was abstnt for the bromo-seltzcr, he rays, he -woe lying down on a platform im the Sunday echool room and he did not turn the ga off after that, accord ing to the statement of King. iiobort W. Martland, an electrician. another witness who visited the scene of the sun burners in the Interest of the defense, produced drawings of the sun burners, and a duplicate of the electri cal vlbra.tor, used In one of them to light the gas. His testimony In con neetlon with this was favorable to the defense. He said In one of the ventila tor pipes there was quite a hole. It is apparent that the defense will not confine itself to the alibi; but that It will fight the case exhaustively on every point. The case today went over until Tuesday. STORM AT TO WAX DA. Four Horses .struck by Lightnlng-A Panic on the Fair Grounds. Wllkes-Barre, Pa.. Sept. 27. A terrl fie etorm burst v-lslted the town of To- wanda yesterday afternoon causing great excitement among the residents of the place. It came with the force of a cyclone, accompanied with severe thunder and lightning. Four horses were killed) outright by a bolt and a number were stunned and badly in Jured. At thp fair grounds many people were knocked down, and all escaped injury but two men, who were seriously burned. Dozens of women faJnted and It Is miraculous that the striking of the bolt In the midst of hundreds of peo ple should not have killed some one. ALLEGED BEEF COMBINE. An Investigation of the Action of Chicago Packers to Hcgin. Chicago, Sept. 27. fleneiral John C. Blacki United States district attorney. received Instructions today to Investi gate the alleged combination of Chi rago packers to control the price of beef. His Instructions came from Attorney General Harmon, who enclosed a state ment of the suspicions regarding the alleged Trust, iprepared by Secretary of Agriculture Morton. Ceneral Black refused to divulge the nature of the evidence, but said that if the Investi gation developed (sufficient facts to warrant actlon, the matter would be placed before the federal grand Jury. APACHE KID HEARD FROM. His Hand, Armed with Rifles, Attack a Party of Prospectors. TT1 Paso. Tex.. Sept. 27. Apache Kid and hie band of renegade Indians have been located thirty miles southwest of Dos Ca'bese. 8mora. Mexico. In the Sierra Madia. The hand was accom panted by three Americana, one of whom had long -red hair falling be tween hlis shoulders. The entire party are armed with united States army rifles. They at taced a party of prospectors three weeks ago and after a four hours' fight the prospectors escaped with the loss of their mules and baggage. Getting Hcndr for Jim and Rob. Austin, Tex., Sept. 27. The proclamation !sueil by Governor Culberson late Isst night, convening a special sesn'on of the K-gislatiire next Tuesday to pass anothur law aguinst prize fighting, was the popu lar topic todny. It was said today that Populists and other political opponents of tne governor may oereai n: plans uy en acting a law to go Into effect in ninety days. Representative Wanl said that the legislature would undoubtedly pass a law to go Into effect immediately and that it would make price lit: tiling a felony. Spanish Draft Paid Washington. Sept. 17. The state depart ment waa advCned this afternoon of the payment in London today of the Spanish draft for the Mora claim and the deposit of the net proceeds to the credit of the secretary of state In the New York sub treasury. The draft called for the pay ment of fl.m.OOO in gold. DE LK JUST RETRACT Guatemala's Minister Offended at His Utterances. AX INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE Scnor Depuy de Lome, of Spain, Is Said to Uave Been Making Statements in Which He Referred to Guate mala aa an Inferior Nation. Washington, Sept. 27. A sharp diplo matic correpondenee is passing be tween two distinguished members of the diplomatic corps In Washington. Senor Lmpuy de Lome, of Spain, and Senor -Laxo- Arrluga, of Guatemala, The latter has called on the Spanish minis ter for a public dleuvowul of certain reHe-ctlons on Guatemala. The two diplomats met at the state department, where 'Senor Laxo-Arrlaga personally reiterated what he had al ready requested In writing in the form of a public retraction. The affair is the result of one of sev eral interviews and statements in which Senor Depuy de Lome has ap peared of late concerning the Cuban Insurrection. In these statementa ha arraigned t'he 'press fur partiality toward the Insurgents, and, in speak ing of the latter sold that if t'he Cubans gained the lndeimmdcnce they sought they would reduce Cuba to an Inferior place among the nations of the world, analogous, he said, to the low position of -Hayti, San Domingo or Guatemala. The statement rer.eiied Senor Laxo- Arr'iaga in due time. He resented Guatemala's being held up aa a type of an Inferior nation. He thereupon ad dressed a letter to Senor de Lome, which, although couched in the smooth phrases of diplomacy, left no doubt of Senor Arrlaga s indignation. The let ter is understood to have pointed out. among other things, the following; That Guatemala did not at present have an Insurrection of her people on her hands that Guatemala had made more material progress during the last seventy-tlve years than Spain; that It was permissible for Senor Depuy de Lome to make such reflections as he chose on Spain or Cuba, but that his position as a diplomat made It incom patible that he should' publicly insult other countries. What reply. If any, Senor Depuy fie Lome made is not known, but the two mln'Isters happened to come together today while seeking Secretary Olney at the state department. The ministers phowed all due deference to each other, but Senor Lazo-Arrlaga did not hesi tate to expres decided disapproval of the -Spanish minister's course. It is un derstood that Senor de Lome gave as surance that the correction or retrac tion would be made public through the press. CONFLICT IN .MADAGASCAR. Ilovaa Dctcrmlaed- Reports from French Sources Denied. London, SejL - 27. Oolonel Charles ltobert Shervlnton, who waa formerly comimander-In-chlef of the Malagassy forces, a position which he resigned last April, stated today that he be lieved .that the IHovas Intend to fight to the bitter end. and that he is con vinced that the French account of a vtotory over the 'Hovas at Majunga was exaggerated Tor the purpose of cheering the French people. He said that It was ridiculous to suppose, as was stated In oftlclal despatches from Madagascar this week, that the main body of the Hovas army had been met fonty miles from the capital and de feated. The Hovas would never expose the capital by wending the main body of troops to the front. The French expe dition has not met the Hovas army, he eatd, and will not do so until it Is within twenty miles of the capital. Then there will be a desperate battle. POISONER HANGED. Martin Adams Pays the Penalty for His Crime. Columbus, O., Sopt 57. Martin Ad ams, of Cincinnati, who caused the death of John Ohmer by putting strychnine Into a pint of ber, was hanged In the penitentiary annex at li!.07 o'clock today. IHIs neck was broken and he died In eleven and a half minutes. Adams was Indifferent to h:is fate up to the time he mounted the death trap, when he showed alight nervousness. Strong efforts were made by Bishop Waters, his spiritual adviser, to save his life. Adams was about 29 yearns old, and when ithe crime was commit ted was a helper to Ohmer, who was a blacksmith. The ipohwinlng was the result of trouble 'between t he men grow ing out of attentions paid Uhmei's wife by Adums. FOR THAT TIRED FEELING. Michigan Genius Invents aa Electric Shampooing Machine. iBenznnla. iMlch.. Sept. 27. A Ben- zonla genius has Invented what he calls an electric shampooer. It consists of a battery and Induotlon colls placed under the barber olialr. from which one wire is connected with the arm of the chair and another with comb, brush or sponge In the hands of the batlber. Tha person In the chair places hla hand on the electrode on the arm of the chair, and the barber completes the circuit by brushing the hair. The current Is eupposefl to clear out the head oind produce a general feeling of exhilaration, especially If the sub ject has "been out all night." It 1 manufactured at lienzonla. and already there Is a brisk demand for It. TAYLOR'S DISAPPEARANCE. Some People Bcllevo He Was Eatea by Alligators. St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 27. The disap pearance of .Kdward Taylor, who wa supposed to have been drowned in the Mississippi Sept. 14, which fact, now ever, the ;ln-urance companies doubt, is still ehrouted In mystery. The prevalent opinion In the neigh borhood of LoughlHirough avenue, op posite the spot where Taylor was last seen alive, incline to the belief that he Is not dead, but in some way man aged to leave the river unnoticed by his two companions. Others, however, bflleve he was devoured by alligators that abound in the river where Taylor d-lsapeared, and often measure over six feet m length. I'mello Volpe Acquitted. Modla. 'Pa., Boot. 27. KmMlo Volpe, who nn Aifir. 18 ! ot nnd killed Oeneroso Colo reno. was tonight acauitted. Coloceno broke Into the room where Volpc's young ilsuichter was asleen and assaulted ner. The father seising a shotgun, went In search of Coloceno and shot h'.m, and the lury tonight cold his act waa justifiable. WEATHER REPORT. 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