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SCRANTON, PA., SATURDAY MOKNlXCr, SEPTEMBER 28, 1895.
TWO CENTS A COPY.
TWELVE TAGES 84 COLUMNS.
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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.
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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
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SPANIARDS WIN A VICTORY
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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.
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' 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.
For eastern Pennsylvania, fair and
continued cook
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