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EIGHT PAGES 5 COLUMNS.
SCKANTON, PA., MONDAY MOIiNING, OCTOBER 21, 1893.
TWO CENTS A COPY.
f t'K Got
Seme Fir
Ideas This
Season
WHICH SIMPLY AJIOl'XT TO
THIS. WE'VE GOT THE STYLES.
AND WE'VE GOT THEM AT THE
KIGHT PRICES. TOP AY WE
OO.VFTXE OUR TALK TO CAPES.
BUT WE MAY ADD THAT
THERE'S NOTHING YOU'RE
LIKELY. TO NEED IN FL'KS
THAT WE HAVEN'T GOT.
He
ARE IN" TOUCH WITH FASH
ION
N'S LATEST DECREES. ANT
IE SKINS HAVE BEEN S.i
THE
LECTED
WITH SUCH CAR!
AND SO PERFECTLY MAItKE.'
THAT BETTERMENT IS IMPO&
SIBLE. OF COURSE THERE'S A
GOOD REASON FOR THIS. WE
PLACED OUR ORDERS LONG
BEFORE THE ROSES BLOOMED
THIS YEAR. AND WHEN YOU
WBR.E THINKING OF WAYS TO
ESCAPE THE HEAT OF SUM
MER. BUSY BRAINS AND DEFT
FINGERS WERE HARD AT
WORK DESIGXLVG AND FASH
IONING THESE HAN'DSOME
AND PERFECT GARMENTS
WHICH WE NOW SUBMIT FOR
YOUR INSPECTION.
im fee 0
n , . ' V
'MORE INTERESTING. WE HAVE
RESOLVED TO CUT THE PRICE
ON THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS
FOR A FEW DAYS ONLY. THEY
ARE ALL OF A DISTINCTLY
HIGH GRADE CHARACTER AND
SHOW TILE UNMISTAKABLE
STAMP OF QUALITY ON THEM
AT EVERY POINT.
choicest selected skins. In fashion's
latest approved modal, worth 134.00.
Special Price, $24.90
hn Seal fees
rich looking and matchless for ser
vice, worth $25.00.
Special Price, $18.49!
' ' 1
Electric Seal Capes.
a deservedly popular fur, owing to
Ms many good qualities, worth
Special Price, $24.98
Electric Seal Capes
' the very finest selected skins, su
perbly made and trimmed, worth
140.00.
Special Price, $32.48
Ww3 Seal Capes
Two numbers, both equally good
values. The expert alone will tell
the difference.
Wo. 1 worth $40.
Special Price, $32.75
No. 2 worth $45.00.
Spevial Price, $36.90
BE
OLO
THE VENEZUELAN
England's Ultimatum Has '
l'lnccd on Tile.
been
THE TERMS OP SETTLEMENT
Great Britain Lays Down the Law Which
the l.litlc' Country Is Expected to
tlbcy-Stiibhorn Resistance
Is Looked For.
'London. Oct. "0. The St. Jumps' Ga
zette savs It Is In a vosltion to an
nounce Hint Lord Salisbury has sent
on ultimatum to President Orespo. of
V;nezuela, demiindlnR reparation for
the arrest of policemen at Urunn ami
Klvinc the terms upon which tlreat
Britain will definitely determine the
lioiindiiry dis-pute with Venezuela. The
ultlinutuin Is either on the way to Vene
smvla or. possibly, has by this time
I
been aetua'.ly dullvem.
Lord Salisbury anil Mr. Chamberlain,
colonial sveii tary. the Garotte say, de
cided upon the llnnl course In the mat
ter 'bofore "Mr. Chamberlain started on
bis vacation a month aso. and bo-h
agreed that it was necessary to end
the frontier dispute nt once, even If It
p i had to be accomplish!?.! by force.
WashitiRton. Oct. IS. The Uritisti am
bassador. Sir Julian Pauneefote. au
thorizes an umiualilled denial 'of the
published statement that h- called at
the state department on a mission of
rr.at linprotauce: that he Informed Sec
retary .Olney In substance that In view
of the Interpretation which this coun
try placed tipon the 'Monroe doctrine In
connection with the Ventzuidan dis
pute. Great Britain would ask some de
lay In prei .at li'u its reply, and su'imit
tlntr It to this government.
lAsl.le from Sir Julian's i lain and em
phatic denial of this report, it may be
stated h-ro that .Lord Salisbury's for
mal reply to Secretary Olr.ey's memo
randa was made wvks aero. I; was ex
ceediiiKly brief, and said, in ep.'-vt. that
the Importance of the nuesMon at Issue
was such that her majesty's pev rn
nient would consider It cart fully bef re
answering it in rxtenso. It now ap
pears that Secretary Oitny's oriKinal
letter is sent to Ambassador Bayard,
am! by him transmitted to Lord Salis
bury In August last.
An In:erotl'ic l'1ie
The most Interesting phase of the
Vorzu.!.in boundary dispute with
Ircat Britain has been developed by
the ultimatum which her majesty's srov
crrment is sail to have sent to Vene
zuela, prowinit out of the arrest last
"t ar of Servant Behiens and two as
sistants of the British police force by
the Venezuelan authorities at Uru.in.
S-rceant Behrens claimed that at the
t'me of h!s arrest certain of his house
hold effects were "lzed by the Vene
zuelan soldiery. After his liberation he
was reimbursed by the Caracas tpv
ernment for the personal loss nllecel to
have been sustained by him. It is now
believfd that the Venuolan River n- i
rrent will flatly refuse to accept any ul
tirrvarnnrwhirb will look to the piyment
of an Indemnity on Its part to S-r:nar.t
B.-hrei'S or an apology for his arrest.
State department officials who are fa- ;
miliar with the dispute between the tw
countries believe that Venrzu-la will
rest the case on the assertion that the
Uriilsh police were the aggressor In the ;
first case In crossine the river and
planting their fit? on the west bank up- j
cupled by the Venezuelans: that the ar
rest of B-hnns. while not strictly le- !
pal. would not have occurred had he !
not taken the Initiative and thus :
aroused the anj-'t-r of the V-n ziielan
rA liery. Moreover, the country In '
wnich the arrest whs made Is at lnt
r"fty mile west of the S"liimherir line.
It lies In that part of Venezuela which
Isi In dispute between' the two roontri' S.
but the control i f which Grif Britain
Is iv'.ilinc to have arbitrated. The Vene
zuelans, on the othr hand, insists that
the point where the arrest was mad
1st as much their own territory as the i
country surrounding the capital at Car-
arm. ;
What action this government will
take cannot, of course, be foretold, i
I Should the United 'tates urire I'resl-
dent Cre.ojjo to ptand firm nnd to n d- j
ther pay an indemnity nor apologize,
this advice will no doubt be promptly ;
taken, and Venezuela will thus shift hi-r
nuarrl with f;reat Britain to th" shoul- :
nrs of th" United States. Sh mid the ;
T'nited States, on the other hand, do- i
cline to be "rawn Into the affair. V ne- j
zii'-la's course s somewhat uncertain. !
Thnt she will tamely snhmlt either to j
an Invasion of her country or to the oc-
CUTiation of her nrlncile.il sen.rwirt eltb.s '
;;nt"th ininity is paid. i. not be.
li-VPa til those who tin. fim 1 nr U'.th
Venezuidnn character. !
PrcfclJent tlrespo's rsrecr. i
President Crerpo. who has (irovdl 1
hlmsMf to bp a wise and humane rub-r
In peace, has also a hteh ri-putatlon
for bravery and no llttl" military skill i
no well. He Inaugurated the revolu
tion several years ago, which resulted '.
In the overthrow of the Palicb, ..v
ernrnent, and which resulted In his sub.
sapient elevation to the chief maKls- '
tracy of the country. He has nt his :
command an army of veteran troops. ;
which, although numerically small at
present, could he easllv inen n..d lo i
KiD.O'w available flehtlnir men. most of :
whom have seen hard service. Thcs
troops. It Is said, could be thrown n
masse into British Oulnna, and there
retaliate upon the British for any re
prisals that the latter might (i.-miind
upon the sea coast, and at the same
time take possession of all the country
which has lon been In dispute between
the two governments, and hold it
airalnst any force which might be sent
apalnst them.
If the British government a! tempt i
re-petitlon of the Corlnto Incident, their
first step In the collection of an l.lem
nlty would he -the o.-cnnatlon of Venc
suela's three ports of entry, li (In.ivra,
Porto Cnhellos and 'M irclabo. Vene
zuela's revenues are derived principally
from customs duties, o' which ihe ma
jor part are collected at I.a 'luayra.
The moneys arising from thli source
Aggregate annually llQ.Qnn.onn. l.n
Ouayra Is fortified to sunn: extent, hut
the fortifications are not sufficiently
strong to withstand the attack of the
powerful fleet, which (Ireut Britain
would doubtless send there to enforse
her demands.
STRIKE A FA I LUKE.
Tha
Dec eh Creek Miners Hcpndiato
tho
Clcnrflcld Convention.
iT'hllllpshurfr, Pa., Oct. 20. It now
looka ns If the stTlke ordered by th?
convention of miners held in Clearfield
on Oct. 15 will he.' so far as 1he Beech
Creek and Clearfield regions are con
cerned, a failure. The miners of the
Osceola district, which comprises about
twelve mines, at a mee'tlng held last
night, resolved not to suspend work and
take no notice of mass meetings held in
that vicinity. In the Beech Creek re
gion the miners employed In the fol
lowing mines also voted to continue
work: The Hoyal Acme, Forest, Qenr-
r.art. Decatur. Baltic. Lancashire ist.
I and Pardee mines. From the Cambria
county coal field the advlcvi are that
t'ta miners in. the v.clnlty of patum,
llastinps and Si aiiKler will continue at
work, and from the Clearfield region,
where the Iterwlnd-White Coal MinlnK
ctnipajiy has laiKO Interests, they are
o the effect that there will be no sus
pension at any of the mines.
At Morrlsdalc the miners decided to
Fiispend work and remain Idle until
Thursday, and then. If the Btrlke did
not prove to be of a jreneral character,
to return to wofk. At HloomliiKton and
Oshanter the miners irt still on strike.
Lancashire N'o. " Is the only mine so
far In the Beech Creek ronton that In
dorsed the action of the convention and
decided to suspend tomorrow morniiiK.
MAI)MAAT BAY.
Armed with a lcr-""S Kiflo nnJ Revol
ver a Chlcnito l unatic Defies the Police
for Horns.
ChloaRo, od. I'1 i.nncd with n re
peating ride and a double nc'.lon re
volver Gains S. Merwln di'lled the police
and everyone else from II o'clock last
nie.lit until il this afternoon. INIr. Mer
wln Is a man who ntvw wealthy In the
Iron trade and retired some time n to.
Vest rday an Inllrniy of the mind, j
which has ben threatenlnsr for some I
time, came unon him with renewed 1
! force and he locked himself In one of I
I the rooms of his palatial home, at "li i
! Woodland Park, where the sensational j
I events of today were enacted. j
I It w-as II :'.a o'clock last nlsht when I
the 'man's Insanity took a really vio.
I lent form, and he a'tacVed his wife, i
; ho Is In extremely delicate health.
lie ej 'cic I her fioin the rear door, lb-r
nelchbors ca-ed for her, and sent word
to the nearest police station. Li. uf n- j
nut Bontleld. with four oillcrs, went
at once to the hoo.-e. They found nil i
the doors locked and the windows fas'- i
encd. They coul.l sec Mcwln In ope of !
the upper rooms ma i lilii't backwed 1
unl forward with the title over his j
should, r. They thought best t" leave;
until this m 'i nintr. and when day ;
d.'.ivne-l ihoy were astounded nt seeimr ,
him . HMoaeh th" window overlookittK
' the street, and. after raisinif the sasli,
took aim with his title and thvd directly
' at a pe.lestrain across the street. !!
: fore the street cmM be clear d he had
'ripeated the .l.inijeroiis perfoi ninn
several times, -but his aim was l ad and
1:0 one was hit. Police wore stationed
at ear'a etel of ti'e bio, ' and the way .
was barrel to all Toot p asseiiL-ers. Trie t
o v.ip.ints of lion-- s 011 the upioste side I
. of the aristociatlc park d-.-w the cur
tains and shutters of tle ir windows
:i"d rlose.l the i- front doors. :i:-d ua-d
tiie rear doors the lemninier or t'le day.
' Tin- 'iliestit'tl ;;s to tiie eti' "I to be t'"l. 1
, ployed 111 seciiri.ns the i;au without In-
jurine; him or p.-i aiittln him to li'.ri
any one was a haul "lie to Ive Eve-y
f.-w minutes duiiiift the day the poll, e
would hear a shot from one of the
weapons In the hands of the crazed
man. but nothiiiK could bo done. 1
Several years atn a similar case cct
, 'he life of one if the In :t policemen "'1
the force, atvl Lieutenant Bontleld did
not rare to risk a sa nillceof that Jklr.d.
It was tltxilly decide,! that an ntt- nipt
to overtime hi n with fnrreo f snl
i ' hue miuht result sin essfnll v. Ar
1 rorvllr.Eiy the h"ut w:is rhut tint of the
r"'tns f t.'ie hotio ai I sulohur was
-bnrn-d In t!r" furnice. A sm.t!l nm.imit
ilbl n"t have r'le 'l-slr-'l effoc', and as
rhf y did not core t" en.5.iner the man's
' life, the pHn w ni irloiel. Ulnallv
It was arranc-l that in entry rhiull
" mnde to the rem frun two doors
, s!miOtantieilv. Two oll!co-s were ti
; enter each door, each man ''- .id a small
; hiir hed mattress for a ' v!ei 1.
Tiie plan v.irked p-r'.-i'Iv. th" cra-r- 1
I trin not hivlntr an r i rtun'ty to n-
i before belnir A'rono ar 1 n'ritMle-l.
' tte Wis Mi-vi taV"n I 1 'he itl"i"e h sti'
! tal. Vr. Mfrin r. vfT'i r',1 A' "i
! r. year aci h was kli'd on ii'e -a 1
; liv a horse. ir t ' i kicwn the injury
i affected Ills brain.
STATISTIC. ON STI!IKi:S.
Intcrcstlni; l lcnrcs from the nnnnl Ue-
port of Colonel Carroll
Wrislit
Cntmniftwioner of l abor j
V ishlngton. Oct. no -Thn r. latlotis '
of capital and labor. S" far a t!;. se uti
ply to strlks and lockouts iluring the
past seven nnd on-hnlf years, are ex- j
haustlvely treated In the annual report
of Colon-" "arroll !. Wri-tht. the ci n- j
mlssiotierof labor, wh!i h is made public
today. The report shi ws that dining!
the fori R'ing period Illinois had the I
pirtfest number of est.ilillshtnents nf- I
feeted. both by strike and lockouts. I
There have h-n ).nVt of the former
ami 1M of the hitter. New York came
second m the list with !i.M0 establlKh
nu rts Involved In strikes and 7.'H In
lockouts, and (Pennsylvania third with
(. rt.f. -tl... .....I Kilt I. .:!, fa
n. ' fi I II,' 7. I' no ' e " i- mi i I .
The total number of strikers, or per-
sons originating the strikers was I.SiU -212.
There were L'l'.tl Cil n"W employes
nfter the strikes, of which 1 1 ..::77 w-re
brought from other plaecs. Lockouts
were ordered In it SVI fstnblihtuenls.
having ?74 fii7 emnloveil before the lock
outs, of which '.'d.'i.St;; were thrown out
nf etr'ilnyniciit In eonseiineunce there
of. These establishments secur-"! 27.
4i." nciv employes nfter the lock'mts,
Ifi 300 of which were brought from other
pin ces.
- uv,u- H.ni e,,t ,.f n total
The
nf 10. ss ytrlkes i the i ntirc country.
more than uiitpor cent, occarr- o in tivn
ty-rlx c its. The total wage losa to the
..l,.e,. ,1,,,,-n.r ft,,, for, I II.. i.r rind i
In hcsetw -niv-elx -Hie, was in round
. umbers $::r. noo cno. wl.lle the I ops to m-
1 ' . '" ".
rM 11-1 a tr' .Hi. "i tor I, to I rii n S "I -
(iOoiiiio. 'I'he number of lock-outs, us
compared wi'h the strikes for ithe rame
period w is small In the nggrngate, but
th" pines Incurred wrp enormously
IniTiased. Tim .total was 214 lork-ouls,
with a loss) of wages to the employers
was nearly half that sum.
For the i.er'"d covered by the report
' out of .the establishments nffccte.1
i bv strikes, success In their demands
I wis nliiel by the emuloves In ?0T.t7:
I pnrt 'il surcess wns gained In 4.77 es
' ta.i.il'.l.-ments. and failure followed In
j 21.P.V7 'inblb'hmenU). Out of the S R'.H
estaWhment having lock-outs. I.x'1
iiir'-'-ediiPlngalrrlnstlhelr demands: Hid
pnr"lally succeeded and Ji'-H filled. The
leadiiiir rause of rtr.kin was for nn In
crease of wa-jrea, nnd these rr present ?S
per ccn.t. of the whole number. Thir
teen per cent, wrre for reduction of
hours: 8 per ?ent. were against re-lue-tlon
of wages): 7 per cent, were sympa
thetic: 6 per ccr". were for Increase of
Wages and reduction of hours; 4 er
crnt. were ap'Mnst employment rf pon-ii-plon
men, and S per cent, ifnr a recogni
tion nf the union. The remalmaVr of the
strikes are ai'trlhtitctl to a nuir.ber of
other causf 3 of no especial general In
terest. A BLAZE IN I UN. MO RE.
Harlv MornlnB t'.onf lagrntion Destroys
One House and Attacks Another.
Patrick Lyons' single dwelling house,
on Pine street, Ounmore, was burned
to the ground at 2.30 o'clock this morn
ing. The famMy had but little time to
escnipe ard did not suotwI In savins
any furniture. A defective Hue caused
the hVaxe.
T'.-.e dimes attacked the house nf
Thomas McDonald, which adjoined,
but the Are cotripa'iy arrived In time to
save the butldinr. - ,
SUE fffilS CANCER
His Submission Only a Brief Kcspitc
from .Mure Trouble.
IS SlKKOtXUEI) BY ENEMIES
The .Mohammedan lieform Party Is
Anxious to Depose the Stiltan-Uroek
Residents of t'oiiNtnntliinpIo Are
Alnnnctl by the Coming Storm..
Ionrion, Oct. 20. Much interest has
Ik -n excii'lcd In diplomatic and political
vlix-lcs by th return to lyuidon of the
ill til. f-'cboinberg MicBoiinell, the pri
v.Ue svi-retary of Lord Salisbury, who
was not generally known to have left
Kiighid. It appcMis that he returned on
Wtdnesilay from a secret mission to
' instant inople. Outride of the most
-In Dilute f"ii!n olllce circle, his pr.-s-eiici'
III uistantinople was kept a
lose secret, nnd the fact that he had
l.n sent on a mission to the Turkish
vt Vital was not known to either the
KiiuM.-h or Ktiropean .tress. Mr. 'Mc-
I .iiiell occupies toward Lord Salis
! Iniry a conildeiitlal pojltlon. He Is
i trusted to omvey v rhi.illy the opln-
i (cos tint the prime minister may deem
Irndvi'nabte to coim olt to writing.
Though iiotihlng has been made known
ilt'cr-lolly as to the ivrult of his mission.
It is Klcn'il -ant that, coincident with
Ivlsi presence here, the olileial appre
! 'eisioii ret arding the gravity of the
r n Tot-key has Increased,
i The submission of the porte to the de
mands mud by Hreat Britain, France
I tir, .1 Itussia relatlre to th" reform of the
i mlinlivistratlon In Armenia appears to
li.- considered as only a brief respite
! i i.itn the gravest developm"nls.
' According to trustworthy Information
til.- Mi'hiimitiii reform party, which
'illiTi.s at the disposition of the sultan
:iml the formation of a government mi
ller a constitution, rell' upon the sup
port cf f5 rent Britain In the vip of a
revi.liit'on provltnr even partly success
ful. (Mi tin other ha ml. It Is understood
Mint the snl'an h as ."''ta'ned nn assiir
nnce that the three powers will support
hi:n aeuiiist any movement tendini; to
ntiarriiy. If he adheres faithfully to his
AiMietiian compact. "o acsurnnces nf
th alll'd powris can po beyond moral
sii) port without rintuilr;r the alliance,
mvii;,' to the diversity of the Interests
Involved, wllh a view to striklnir in
M lle:i the upliiiiva! cf th" Turks comes.
A utrl'i has Joined the ex is tine en ten I -
lu-tween !r. at I'.tl'a'n. ftussi.i and
Krani'i', In hlh ofll'-lnl circles here '
th iinloiibttd expictatioTi Is Hint a '
oliniax In th fate of the Turks will not I
KifiK be delayed.
Null mi Alive to lianser.
T. "ay's diy.j ad'hes from '.'onstantlno
t 1" concur in the assertion th it tiie
Sultan Is keenly alive to the d.insers
ain..i1ni( his personal rafcty, and that
he Is rrnly to resort to the severest
measures as S'vin as his enemies afford
him a pietext for aclio;i. The stronnr
i st cliiiue opposid to the palace Is sa d
t" lie ih slioiis vf replacliu? the Pnlt in
by I. ils yonnifes- both'-r. I'rlnce Sulel
mflti Kfft'n.f.. w b fens horn Jan. 1?. l.l,
PA si .-dm; ov r 5Mitii'I l!e-hnd I-:,-le'vo.
h's second 1'i otht r. who Is tiie
heir apparent to the throne. H Is con
teri'leil that, t'ho exclusive harem educa
tion tJ it the latter has been plven has
ut: .i t ti il 'him to cope with the despt rate
f -tunes of the empire.
The Creek tinir In Constantinople
view the appro.achlnn storm with .alarm
ami are sen lirir their families to
A t hens i a t ha t they will be In a place of
ftfe-ty when the storm coid burst.
(Vini lanllnople. Oct. 2". Since nffi's
here have assumed a critical phase -i
cb.a.. watch has be-n kept up in the
rt'i'lents nt the various r-hools. It be
In.T known that there was a tendency
nmonc the yotme nun to ncrtatc for
r.-vcdiitlonary action. Toi'ay a'vt.en
stit.lenls at the I'iincaldl Millta'V
rf-h-(d were arrested on the chnrire of
crT'tiirlnc to n ptore the constitution
of yCtuVvnl. AVhon ouestloped In prison
t1.,. v I'lmr men confessed. RlvlnR all the
details of the plot.
liniAXE alKWOMTK.
Tliev Will tsiifpnrt Their Own Poor nnd
Avit llther It-mnmltintlons in Aholl In
Inq the ItrcnJcd I'ooihoiise.
.Tehnstown, Pa.. Oct. 2rt The Men
ropitn churchis of Pennsylvania,
which have been hnld'n? their eonf--r-
! ericr In the Plough church nt Tnvlds-
v i 1 1 . -. Somerset eoiinty, near this city,
cumo nut tlat-footed nn the poor house
UUeftlon at the session Saturday, nnd In
terms forclbie and plain decided that
congregations of that denomina
tion will keep their own poor and that
th'-y will assist In keeplnt the pour of
I other congregations when possible. To
lhl end they have called upon other
' chill r hes to iio llkf w ise.
I P-y unanimous vote nt Saturday's scs
: slot' the pop fen nee took a decided stand
ion the prior house question. The dele
I natos were of one opinion that the poor
hou . wo should bo nbnltshcd nnd ti nsslst
! In I he trot ti r decided that the Mennon
I Ito churches will In Iho future support
i"ny of Its members who tuny become
b eetidrnt nr.d assist In the keeping of
other poor without pomprnsailnn when
ever ennhled to do so. This nct'on was
ml"'". ""1 "ecHiisepo many .uenuoillies
"xvn ' ' h ,'r'V."T "". V"'
tierpsssrlly pay heavy taxes to keep
tint ioip houses hilt linen inw. f h l.it.
nnnltes were brought to a reaMxntlon of
' ' ........ ,,
rlht and wrong and would rather pnv
more money to keep poor nutsid of
poor hciiscn than In those Institutions.
The closing session today took Ihe form
of n large snored rally.
The Mennotiltes nre n, religions sept,
necuUar lo every other dennmlnallon.
In iome resnerts thev compare lo the
Dunkar.ls and the Amlsh. They held
love feasts, but th.y discarded honks
and eves as fastenings for wearing ap
parel long ago. nnd most of them dreys
! In a mpnner similar to the members of
other dcnoimlnntlons. With llmm p
man's word Is ns good ns his note, nnd
they scorn a man who would attempt
to fraud another. They do not care
much for the world outside their own
congregation, and hol t thnt ncal, self
respect and honesty go to make th
man. They take little Interest In poli
tics, nllhiiit.'th the most of them are
Benubllrans and Populists.
T,hf Sunday school convention of tho
Mc-nnonltes, which also met at Dnvld.i
vlllp. took the hull by the horns In re
gard to Fccurlng the means of mndern
progress now In vogue In the schools of
other denominations. Most of the dele
gates were of the belief that they knw
too little of what was going on out
nlde of their own schools: that their
teachers had not the opportunity to
itiiike their scholars comprehend the
meaning of good and bad. beenuse they
merely taught lessons brought to their
attention on printed sheets.
PLEA FOR WALLER.'
Chicago Jurist and l.nwwirs Send a Peti
tion to the President.
Washington. Oct. 20.-rjohn O. Jones,
a colored attorney of Chicago, called
on President Cleveland today, accom
panied by Senator Cullom, and pre
tented ft petition In behalf of John L.
Waller, the former United States con
sul to Tamatave, (Madagascar, at pres
ent Imprisoned In France. The peti
tion UIKes the president to do all that
can be- done to secure release and re
dress for Waller, nnd Is slfned by many
members of the Chicago liar and a larso
number of Jurists of thut city. Mr.
Cleveland suttKested that the petition
be laid before Secretary Olney, and Mr.
Jones and Senator Cullom did this with
out delay.
Paul illray, stepson of AVuller, called
at the state department yesterday with
reference to his mother's trip to Wash
ington. Mrs. Waller In in Baltimore, but
will come here on Monday to see Secre
tary Olney, and lay before him papers
In behalf of her Imprisoned husband.
S'.ie will make her home In Washington
until somethliiK delinlte occurs In Wal
ler's case. Youmr Bray cald today that
he knew nothing about the transfer of
his ptepmfather to the Nlnies prison,
further than the statement contained
in press despatches.
FIGHT STILL IV 1)01 HT.
Governor (llarkc Is l.lahlo to Ita Dsfeatcd
in llli Attempt lo Prevent Iho CoiK-tl-I
itsimmons Mill.
Hot SprliiKS. Ark., Oct. 20. iMartln
Julian, 'Itzclmmons' manager, may
save governor Clark further trouble
in the niatti r of stopping the propos-d
j lltht.
lie declared today In positive
i.iiiltnnue that he would not si-n th"
new articles, nor would he consent to a
postponement of the light, and that if
roi'lictt was not ready Oct. ill, to tlcht
to a llnish he would claim the forfeit
money for FI!7.lmmons. who would be
here that day prepared to enter the
rlniT.
A meeting of the Florida Athletic club
will lie held tomorrow, when Julian will
be heard in regard to tiie proposed
poutjionement and chaniT" of eontra-t.
Wipce the decision cf Chancellor
Liaihcrmnn In the Corhett case th-rc
Is a '.'(eilng of more assurance In the
minds of the people as lo toe ability of
the Florida Athletic club to bring o!f
the ttlove contest here as hilled.
An ixtra se.-sion of h" loiti-d.i'urc If
now the governor's only hop,, nf iiia'fir. .'
good his wind that there shall be If.
meeting of Corbet! anil Fitzsimmoiis
anywhere In Arkansas. The epinl' n of
Chancellor Lcathcrman Is generally In
dorsed by the leading at.'.ormys of this
! 'lty. Attorney General KInsworthy
j has been hen- all day cn'jage.l In th
j work of getting the appeal papers ready
to take the ease to the Supreme court
j tomorrow. 1'e stat. d tbit If the So
i preme canurt ntllrmul th- der-lsion TTf
the lnwer court that would i n 1 all !r.
. terferojice on the part of riie unvuniir.
, so far as the law is concerned. What
otner stops, if any, tin- e ivernor con
tenudat d taking, the attorney general
Would not y .
The T'niti d Press rorresnnndent rpent
the nfternonn at Ccrhett's training
quarters. During the a'ternoon's train
ing Coibett tired out live men in the
j dlfTi reri exercises and nt the ,-nd. aside
I from a little perspiration, he was ap
i parently as fresh as wh- n he began.
I Ciovcreor l'lnic Means llelncs
T-it B.o.-k. Ark.. Oct. TO The T'nti. d
i Bri ss reporter hail an Interview with
I i"Vtr"nr Claike at bis h. m t.ais cvi :-.-
in. The gevcrnor tallied freely nf !.
' iieiidlng mil! b. tv.e;-. c'orhttt ai.d Fitz
i sitnmons. He said:
I "1 am unchanged In my position.
There Is no possibility ef a fHTht be.
tweeri those men at Ha! Springs The
idea ef two or three hundred sports n.i
Hot Sprinss being abb- to pull off a
j prize fight in Arkansas when the law
I rays they cannot do it. is preposterous
i In t ho ( xtreme."
"Mow about Judge I .itherman's de
; Cisi'itl V"
j "That does not amount to .mythim:
ns stated in the papers her? this morn
ing. 1 cannot say what 1 shall do, hut
you can say for me that the flh: will
! not take place. 1 think It would be but
fair for ou to advise th oo people in
the porlii and east not to come to Ar
kansas to see the tight. becr.UFe it will
never come off In Arkansas."
si'.x!AKHs"ii-.i i:ah.i).
Column Itemed Near illirlsto-Tlio rap
ture nf n Nanl Vessel.
Santiago do Cuba. Oct. 12. via Ki v
YoM. Oct. 2'. On Oct. 10 a Spanish col
umn Mt. ler Colonel Cotrlna and Com
tr ir li-r Hie!!, left San l.uis to go to
Cp Fto. on crossing the river tlu.anin!
iitp. three milts from Cris'to, they m. t
a ban 1 of rebels under Colonel Pcmi
ami 'hail a nh rt battle. The Sinnbh
retnated to s.in i.uls carrying with
them twelve or fourteen wounded. Tin
loss of the Insurgen's Is no! known.
The vi .-sel captured bv the Insurgent
Is runir.l the Mes do 'M ayo, nnd was
taken nt a place palled As.-rrad ro.
eighteen nilhs frem Santejo. it had
been placed there to watch the cc it
between M iclo and Porlillo. It hn l a
lieutenant of the navy ns comnvin.b'r
and fifteen men. As they were In necI
of wiitrr. the commander m nt ten of h's
men n thorn In an open 1to-.it to get It
The rnlnds surprised the nen nnd ma-lc
Pit in ;-rlsoncrs, afterward .going to the
Iios ti - 'Main, where the commander
surrendered without nMklnj the leas!
re ltd arce.
fjoicrr.l Oarc'i Navarro, nfter having
fortified Pa lou I rl. one of the Ar-n-tiriM
mlnlnrr villages, went on Oct, 11 to .lu
ragua. another of the Anierlenn Mi n
ing company's vlllags to fortify n'so
The American It-allrond rempauy, of
this city, rur all its trains empty, ns
passengers do not dare travel on'that
road been use the rebels have threatened
to attnek the trains with dynamite
btvtibs.
The Spaniards bring bnok so many
sick ami wounded soldiers dallv froiii
the oount-v thnt It has 1 pen necessary
to arrange tn-o larg" rooms nf the bar
racks to receive them. Yellow fever
hns Increased owing to the heavy rains
Hint linvn been fulling for the !:it few
dnys, which also Interfere with Hip war
opera Hons here nnd In Ottantannmo.
Ir. Tntmnce's I'nrcwcll
New York, Oct. m.Uev. T. BeWllt Tl
niage rrcschetl n farewell sermnn tonight
In tt' Mii'llson Avenue Prehvterlnn
church to nn -niidlenee that fl'le.l tht
structure to overflowing. Dr. Tnlinngi
snltl: "It Is not without deep crontlim thnt
1 break up my home In such n city. Ksre
well, nil the pastors. Farewell.' nil the
churches. Farewell, nil the Institution
of mercy. We pnrt now. lint wc shall meet
ngnln In the great harvest home."
Pnnlo nt thcCinnd Pnlon.
Chlcngo. Oct. 20. Fire In the store room
on the third floor of the Grand Union ho
fel early this morning caused a small
panic In Uie hotel nnd ilrnvn the guests
Into Itonrbom street In scant attire. All
escmieiT uninjured. Tho hull. lint helong.
to Chief Justice Fuller, of the United
States Supreme court.
Sinking nf tho Kimg Pal.
Ixmdon, Oct. M. The Dally Graphic will
tomorrow publlnh a dispntch from Bhang,
hnl saying thut there were 400 trocris on
board the transport KungPnl, on which
vessel nn explosion occurred on Oct. Hi.
the transport slnklnglmmetllately thereaf
ter. Only twenty-four persons are report
ed to hnvo be-.-n saved.
The Work of l-'lend.
Van Wert, O., Oct. 2.1 Rnllrond Ocn
mlssloner Klrkly has reported that the
switch on the Cincinnati, Jacksn-i an I
Mackinaw rabr-iad, wh.ch nearly oauti-d
the wreck of the train tearing Q ivernor
McKlnley and General Btishnell, on Frl
uay night, was purposely displaced.
TERRORS OFJHE PLAINS
The Northwest Is Scorched by Blister
inij Kinds.
DISASTROUS I'KAIRIB TIRES
South Dakota, .Minnesota and Manitoba
Aro Swept by Destructive Fires.
Houses, Stables, Stock and Grain
Suffcr-A Doicn Lives Lost.
Chicaso, Oct. 20. A special from St.
Paul says: Fur th past two days the
arid gales nnd blistering winds of Ari
zona and New Mexico seem to have
b'-en transferred to the American and
Canadian Xoiihwest. The chief dif
ference Is that lii'tnad of the scorch
of an equatorial sirocco the Icy blasts
of tin.- Poles have held sway.
This has been the general condition,
not only in Minnesota, but in I iwa, the
Dakota and i.Miinltoba. Sand storms
und dust storms have made the air a
blinding fret-zing scourge, accom
panied, as tl.ey have been, by a low
temperature, that cannot ordinarily be i
expected before th'.- latter part f No- j
virni.fr. i
The win 1 has r'-acht-d and maintained
rnainiaim u
ts of north-
for hours a velocity of ff
hour, anil the nlkall deposits
tii North Dakota and iMinltoha and
the y.aiiily sod of South Oakoia an I
.Minnesota nvt- arnn"! and intensified
the universal blizzard. Mere physical
'iiscomfort 'ii.i.a not been th" worsi char
acteristic of the storms of the last few
days.
More than one human life and largn
amounts of farming property have been
ihe forfeit f nature's angry mood. The
winds h ive fanned smouldering prairie
tires into fresh blaze and fury and
started new conflagrations, particu
larly in the lietl Kiv.-r Valley and Mani
toba, and the consequences In the way
of loss to farmers have been fearful.
I. nine Areas I lame Swept.
Seldom have such large areas of
country In the rorthwe- t b. n swept by
tire. St.iiie of these prultie conlli.gra
t'nis hive appeared In southwestern
Minm "it i and South Dakota, but tht
bulk of the disaster has fallen on both
::iu'j of the It. I Klver Valley in Min
nesota and North Dakota and extend
ing f r many miles up Into .Manitoba..
It;.mio:ive sparks set thre- fires on
the trip from Pod I.-ike Falls to the
erassir.g of the Ft-sfton line at Tilden.
Iiift cct nf this classing the worst fire
occurred. It swt pt north and great
'oa result-d. Another fire .started in
K-ptv-tinviil -, eight miles 'east of
ft o( I-y t in.
N't-oly all the country between
f'neks-. n and Maple Lake north of the
Foi-st --n line have been fire-swept and
"he loss will be vi ry heavy. Only one
'if.- is thus far reportt i lost In this
fate, a t'liil 1 "f H. Tim- rick, who was
' arned to ileath near Hermann.
In Min t ila. near Kim Creek, two !
ction nv-n of the Canadian Pac'.iio. i
vere burnt d to death. Houses, stable.
'Ive stck. rr.aln sc-vi' and hay have '
I'-iti ti'sitni'--' in all 1'rectinns in the
t ivirv. and h.i'if a doz-n people, all j
old. have 1 tst their lives and a rc-are
r more. hive been serltu3!y burned and i
ti rmnnen ily P'llmed. I
It is esi'mctej tKit a qunr'er n' a i
r.llllon Inishi '' of grain nnd n.irly a :
!llltn ti us rf hay have been de
stroyed. ALGIERS FLAME-SWEPT.
the New Orlcnn Suburb Is blackened hy
a 81l)O.(Hi0 tlonflasratlon-Scvcn Hun
dred Are Homeless.
Now Orleans. Oct. ;a. A fire broke
out at Algiers. o)posite tliis city, at a
late haur las: nii:ht. and continued
buri.liis 11 n ; il H o'tiock this mornini?.
when it was not under control, because
very little else wis left to burn. Two
Hundred el. '. twenty houses were
hnrtu 1 In all. The lire was confined
almost entin ly to the rmlJenee por
tion of ';he town, the owners of which
ire p .pie 'In moderate circumstances.
Too insnran.-c Is said to be very lipht
and t ie loss s then .'ore almost total.
It Is est.niated fiat the loss if fully
Meo.e-iMl, but it will bo several days be
fore It can be accurately stated.
I he fire or'irlnntrd In an Italian's con
'eo iontty and fruit store, and every
'hlns seems to prove It was Incendiary.
i Intense wis the feelliur ncainst the
'Uectetl man tnat if he could have
- Wrtj
been foil to early this m
have nr.d oiiotedly 'been
was nrr.-ste l today and hnniRht over
to New Orleans for safe kecpine. A
s ubrcripiioti f.ir the relief of the home
leys people, who number nbout Too, h.is
been f 'lifted a"tl has been liberally re-
pordetl to. The public v:nl bull.l
'nrs have vpen thrown oirn to them
and many have found flhelter tliore.
I lKi: AT IIAZLIH'ON.
Tclv) Houses nt No. 8, Stockton
Aro
t'onsnmed.
Harh'ton, Pa., Oct. "0. Twelve
houses, x-cui'led by miners, were de
..troyc.l by tire at Xt. S Stockton mine
at an earlv hour this morning. The
orlcln of the fire is unknown. There
was no water on hand to fight the
tlames. and a high wind spread them at
will. 'The buildings were owned by the
sttockton Coal company. The loss to
the eoni'inny Is Jio.diin.
Mrs. IM. M.tllory, Patrick HI. Con
shun. Adam Kluck. Jacob Hoshmati.
il. W. Miller, Thomas Miller, John Mul
hern, John Taylor. Samuel JlcVey.
losliua Wootllng, Thomas TI urges, and
Patrick 'Vomers, who occupied the
houses, lost all their effects.
1-IRi: AT II AVTLF.Y.
llonjnmln lloffmnn's Saw Mill Is burned
to the tirnnnd.
Special to the Rernnton Tribune.
Tlnwlcy. Oct. TO. Fire broke out at
12. 21!0 o'clock Saturday morning In Ben
lamin Hoffnian's siaw-mlll, which was
lopntod on the flat near the Untwley
Class pomparv's works, and dcstroyexl
the c-ntlre building. Two large piles of
mine ties near the mill were somewhat
damaged.
There was no Insnrnnpp to cover tho
les. About fifteen men are thrown out
of employment.
WEDDING GUESTS FIGHT.
William Milter Is Stabbed by William
Paisley.
Hazleton, Pa., Oct. 20. William Mil
ler and William ra,lrjey quarreled fcist
night while roturnlng from a wedding
at Humboldt -and Paisley stabbed Mil
ler, Inflicting a probably fatal wound.
Paisley -made his espape.
A few years la-jo Paisley J acquit
ted of killllmr a woman and seriously
wounding (her husband.
l-'tihrmnn'a New Plgnres.
Buffalo, Oct. 20. P. C. Fuhrman today
established new figure for the iiOO-mlle
American rond record. He rode the dls
tnnce In 1I.M.1.", lowering the American
record of 12.41.4a, made by H. P. Searle,
Oct. 13, 1.'l, over the PlalnQeld, N. J.,
course. Fuhrman waa paced the entire
distance. , ,
NLEYS
Fail
Aod Wfloter
Underwear,
THR TtRPTTTATION OF TH!3
DKPATtTMK.NT OF OL"lt EUSN
NKSS IS TOO WEbl, KXOW.V TO
NEED ANY COuM.MENTS.
The stock this season Is larger
than ever before and of grtater va
riety, comprising very full lines of
I-atlies', Gentlemen's, and Chil
dren's Vests, Pants and Union
Suits. We call special attention to
er.fl
?''.7-:4'f-?t -pia
;
1 0L.i I ill J ml VVi U i.Ji
fof which we are solo agents In
Scrantonj the excellence of which
Is unquestionable. Owing to lha
reduced tariff these goods are lower
In price than ever before, while the
quality Is much l.mprovtd, Wa
note a few
Ll
1
Ladles' Onelta Union Suits. Thre
r-peclals in Union Suits at "Sc.,
11.00. 1.2.".; Children's Union SuPsj
at 4'jc. up; CK-nts' Wright's Fleeii
Health Undenvear at DOc. up.
O 9 -
In Ladles' Egyptian Ribbed Vest
and Pants at 2.".c. 30e. and Zta,
Givat special In Children's Vestl
and Pants; all s.zn. Full lin ut
("tr,
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
t.f-r i-ti Tr7A Jp-fiT
ti.- IfCi cu.ZI
SHOES,
PHPE3 thst don't let In wet: bul't to leep
feet lrT when it rsmn: oonift ruble, iwr
vUcslilo hcl fer winter wear. Have a pair.
I LEWIS3HLLY t SAVES
Ut AND 1IH WYOMING AVE.
Wholclrt and lietsil.
ran
i ii ii
m FIRS JEWELRY.
ElepantSpeclrnensSuit
able for Wedding Pres
ents, Birthday Presents,
Etc.
Eye Glasses, Opera
Glasses and Spectacles a
Specialty.
W. J. Wenchef
JEWELER,
40S Spruce at., Near Dime Bank.
iMKS. MAC KEY'S GRIEF.
She Is Prostrated at the News of Her
Son's Death.
Paris, Oct. 20. Mrs. John TV. Mackay,
mother of John W. Mackay, Jr., who
died yesterday from the effects of In
juries eustalned by being thrown from
hla horse, reached Paris this evenlnf.
She Is almost completely prostrated
with grief. Clarence Mackay, th
brother of the deceased, and Evelyn
Fitzgerald will receive the body at 10
o'clock this evening, when It arrives.
The remains will .be 'taken to the
Mackay mansion, which has been closed
for years, but which will be re-opened
on this sad occasion.
The certificate of the doctor, who at
tended Mr. Mackay, attribute hla
death to a fracture of the skull.
WEATHER REPORT.
For Eastern Pennsylvania, fair weather)
alight . rise la temperature; wester.,
winds.
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