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IS M. OUAYjN THE FIELD
A Sketch of His Life Thought to Ik a
Campaign Document
THE PRESIDENCY TEMPTS HIM
Knowing That tho Republican Candidate
la Certain of Success, It la Thought
That tho Senator Will
Enter the Lists.
Washington. 'Nov. 8. 'The political
services of MaKhew Stanley Quay,"
U.'the title at a pamphlet without date,
author's or publisher's name that U
now ibelnc -wldtly circulated In this
I'.'ty. It Is beautifully patten up with
Imitation morocco covers and contains
a handsomely engraved picture of Sen
ator Quay, and a djzon pages of de
scriptive "matter culojrlzlng him In the
matt ardent terms. The pamphlet ds
generally regarded as 'the opening gun
In Senator Quay's fight for the presi
dential nonriiiiiion next year and has
exalted grtat 'interest.
The first tatim-ation that his candi
dacy was serious was contained in nn
Interview with a p.ronvInent Pcnnfyl
vairjan, raid ito stand close to him,
which was printed in Chicago a week
ago. Now (follows 'this pamphlet and
the politicians are wondering what lit
means.
Following are some extracts from the
pamphlet. They do not err on the side
of modesty, but that was not to be
expected from en'thusia-jtlo friends:
".Senator Quay Us one of the shrewdeft.
ablest, most farljhted and successful
pollMciians of 'the day. Indeed, It is a
question if there 'Is another man in tho
country who Is a ma'tch for him.
"Cortl, serene, far-seeing and re
sourceful, 'fertile 'in expedients, hold
ing 'hla Impulses and h'is forces thor
oughly in hand, fii'.-n as a rock and un
quailing under either opposition or
calummy, 'he has planned and carried
to success, at tho head of 'the "Republi
can eomraiictees, otate and national,
campaigns doubtful and difficult, win
ning by Ms masterful ability, these of
Governors Hartranft and Hoyt, of
Pennsylvania, and Henjamln Harrison
as president. In the las case he
clutched victory from almost certain
defeat."
, mocked tho Wilson Bill'
"It was largely due to his efforts that
the McKlnley Tariff bill beeame a law,
and durln.tr tne great tariff fight of lav
Mr. Quay effectually blocked tho pas
sage of the Wilson Tariff bill until it
was amended to protect tho great man
ufacturing interests of Pennsylvania
and elsewhere.
"He will be remembered by all Chris
tian people as the man through whose
efforts legislation by congress was se
cured closing1 the gates of the World's
Fair on Sundays. One who had taken
so prominent nnd active a part In pon
tic could not have escaped violent
criticism.
Wo matter how correct his acts, with
his strong and positive nature It was
not strange that he should have made
enemies and created antagonisms even
among the timid of his own party. The
fact that he has been ao long the master
mind in Dolltics has made him a tartret
for all sorts of criticisms, fixing him in
the minds of the people as a very dif
ferent man from his real self." .
The last IS the onlv reference In the
pamphlet to the attacks made on. Sena
tor Quay which led to his retirement
from the chairmanship of the Repub
lican National Committee, and to the
estrangement between him and Presi
dent Harrison, In. view of the certain
revival of these charges in case of his
nomination, it is believed that he would
not be a candidate If It were not certain
that the nomination next year was
equivalent to an election.
POPULISM PLAYED OUT.
Tlio Indiana Party Organization to Dis-
band-Its Managcra Hove Decided That
Thare Is No Future for It.
Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 8. The indi
cations are that within the next month
the Populist party organization In this
state .will disband. The men who have
been carrying on the agitation for four
years have about decided that there Is
no future for the party In this state
and that they might as well abandon it.
K. B. Cummings, the secretary of the
committee, has tendered his resignation.
The other officers and, members of the
Stnte Committee will, it Is said, follow
his example. Tho men who have been
leading the party here say they have
Information that the members of the
Executive Committee of the- National
Committee have decided to resign.
The Fopullst party in Indiana re
ceived Its first blow three weeks ago
when the Farmers' Mutual Benefit as
sociation of tho et.wj cut loose from it.
There is some talk of organizing a
labor party which shall take up and ad
vocate tne principles for whlcu tho
Populists have stood.
PHJLADELPHIA LEXOVV,
Sonator Andrews' . Committee Seeks
. ' Pointers from Recorder Gof f.
New York, Nov. 8. The Pennsylvania
senate committee, of which Senator
William H. Andrews Is chairman, came
on here from Philadelphia to-day to get
podn'ta for the coinirjJt tee's for'tii'somlng
Investigation of tho police department
of Philadelphia. Immediately after
their arrival the committee went to the
new criminal court building to see Re
corder Goff.
When the Recorder adjourned court
he took the committee Into his private
chamber and had a Ions conference
with them. He gave them what inform
mation he could as to the result of his
experience with the Lexow committee.
He told them he would gladly aid them
aa much as lay in his power.
The Recorder gave them a number
of valuable papers relating to investi
gations. FOR CHURCH EXTENSION.
Changes Mado In Appropriations for
..- , Methodist Episcopal Church.
. Chicago, Nov. 8. At today's session
of the general commlt'tee on church ex
tension of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, the following Changes were
made in the appropriations for some of
the eastern districts: .
Districts. 1EM. J895.
Central Pennsylvania $1,500 t 200
Erl 800 1.000
Newark , l.cno 2,ooo
New- Jersey 1,&0 2.000
Philadelphia .4.200 . 6.000
Pittsburg 1,9)0 - 2,000
Wyoming 1,200 1,500
The, board wHl probably conclude its
buitneio by noon tomorrow. -
Lays it to kleptomania.
Miss Alice Hamilton Ha a Rich Stock of
. Dry Goods.
)t Liniis, Nov. 7. -When th police
arrested Miss Alice (Hamilton, they
olaim to haw captured the most adroit
uhop-Mfter the city 'has known In many
a day. She was arrested at the office
E. M. Ward, manager of the Transit
Coal company, where abe was employed
a a utenognaipher.
Yesterday lie entered Soru;g, Van
Wvoart ft Earner" dry goo4 tore.
coolly openeld one of tho large glass
cases and selected a beautiful mink
skin cloak woi'th $150, put it on and
walked out. Miss Hamilton was recos
nlzcU by un acquaintance, a saleswo
man, .who noticed her supposed pur
chase and went to the fur department
to lascertaln who had made the sale,
lit was then discovered that the cloak
had been stolen. '
'M'tE3 Hamllto'n admitted that she had
taken it, and told where the cloak could
be found. Instead of a single cloak the
de'teot'ives found her room packed with
dry goods of every description, inven
toried at $.1,500 to $4,000. MiiS Hamil
ton claims to be a kleptomaniac, and
says she did not steal the goods for
profit.
TWO MORE BODIES FOUND.
Relief for tho Families of tho Victims' of
tlio Detroit Disaster. '
Detroit, Nov. 8. The walls adjoining
the wrecked portion of ahe Journal
buvlCiing have ibeen braced, and the
work of digging in the ruins progresses
rapidly and 'with o, greater degree of
safety.
Two bodies were taken out thfa morn
ing. They were those of Lizzie Weld
ibu'sch, employed in Killer's hlndery,
and Charles Ijind. aged 20, also an em
ploye of the ihlndery. Several ptirssns
are slid missing. A mass meeting has
'been called for tomorrow night to take
Heps for 'the relief of the families of
the dead. Several popular subscrip
tions have also ibeen started, and a gen
erous response Is being made.
Prosecuting Attorney Frazer has or
dered the arrest of Engineer Thompson
of the wrecked building. An officer has
been sent to arrest him.
REVIEW OF THE WEEK.
R. G. Dun & Company's Picture of tho
- State of Trodo Is Loss Assuring-Dc
clino In Stock and Products
New York. Nov. 8. U. O. Dun and
company will say in their weekly re
view of tra.d'3 to morrow:
It has been a broken week, and just
before and after elections In the rnonj
Important states operations rarely have
much, significance. Stocks and products
aivj wsalter and 'there is soimo decrease
in the nunAcr cif establishments at
work, (both for reasons having ncthlng
to do wi'iWi the questions of government.
The controlling fKwer at present U the
fffcrt to readjust price aftiT the re
markable rise O'i l.u:l saimmtr In Im
portant 'materials and prmluots, with
the struggle of grcait combinations to
prevent decline.
The United Stales I:ath'er company
holding great quantitla produced from
high priced hides, and outf'xle concerns
reducing prices of leather, and haa
Flopped production for sixty days in
order -to control the market. Hough
calf is 2 cents lower this week with
other kinds unchanged. Meanwhile
tho great boot and choc manufacturers
are embarrassed, even to the stoppage
of very manyworks, by the refusal trf
jobbers to purchase In the belief thait
leatheir and shoes must decline in ac
cordance wUh toUtes. Manufacturers
have offered concessions ranging from
5 to 10 cents ptr pair, only increasing
the Indisposition to buy.
Many woolen mills are also closing
to wui'it for orders though tho demand
is fairly sufficient ifor aonie demands
and worsted and itha Washington
mills cpen clay wors'teda at 10 cents
advance. Hut p-rfces of these and mofi
qualities of woolens are still uncertain
for manufacturers don't know yet what
they hutve to meet.
iW'heat falls back with great reluct
ance ifrc'.T) Its summer rise of 20 cents,
but has declined 1 cents for the we?k,
western receipts being 8,029,910 bushels
against $.845,032 for came week laat
ytai. Belief in a crop much smaller
than last ycuir has to resist actual
receipts of 45,725,368 bushels In six
weeks against 30.416,005 last year and
Atlantic exports have ibeen only 9,0H3,
424 bushels, flour included, against 1.1,
847,019 lest year. The reiports tnf win
ter wheat from some stages ara also
better. Corn comes forward largely,
receipts being more titan double lant
ycair's, and nearly a million bushels
went abroad.
' S'tocks havo declined an average of
$1.46 for rallfoifldj and $1.1,7 for trusts
during -the week, 'With an obvious cause
In fears of gold exports and ecrlnus
financial anxieties abroad, especially
at Paris. A coming congress and pres
ent itangjble competition affecits sugar,
leatheir and tobacco. Uailroads earn
ings reported for October are for the
United State. nlone 46,705,654, or 5.5
por cent, over last year'a, 'but, in F:p!te
ai larger mileage. 2.4 per cent. 1cm
than in 1S92 on the fame roads, and
the comparison for thstthird and fourth
week was less favorable.
Failures for the week have been 2S0
In the United States against 261 last
year, and 49 in Canada against 42 last
year.
GROOM FAILED TO APPEAR.
A Klg Wedding at London Is I'navold
nbly Postponed.
London, Nov. 8. The wedding cf J.
A. McLean, an officer of 'the Il'iyal
Irish Lancers, to a daughter of Sey
mour Forbes, a Yorkshire land owner,
which was flxeid for this morning in
A'll Faints' church, London, was un
avoidably postponed thrju'h 'the fail
ure of tho groom to appear at the time
appointed, and the larce and flashlan-
eibia 'throng -which had gathered to
witness tha ceremony were ohKged to
depart in a difiaippa-n ted fiume of mind.
The "bride, with the t'rt'dcr.malils and
page, wai'ted at the chur&h for the
gioom until the hour fixed had arrived
and passed, and then departed lor her
boma in greait distress. Diligent search
faiiltd to discover any 'trace of the
groom and his valet, upon being inter
rogated .professed Ignorance of hid mas
ter's whereabouts.
CHEATED HIS EMPLOYES.
Pittsburg Coal Operator Convloted of
Sorioua Criroo.
Pttlisburg, Pa.. Nov. 8. The trial of
T. D. Seen, a prominent coal operator
and owner of the Idle wood mines, (term
inated laft evening, and the case wa
given to he Jury today. The verdict
was rendered finding (Mr. Siteen guilty
as indicted.
The charge was cheating his em
ployes by the use of light weight, and
defective ecales In weighing roal mined
by his men. Two weeks ago Mr. Bteen'g
check-weilghman was convicted on the
same charge.
BLEW OUT THE GAS.
Man and Wife Are Foand Dead In
LoJalng House.
New York, Nov. 8. A man named
Rush and his wife Maggie, both about
30 years of age, were found dead this
morning, having been suffocated by gaa
In the apartments of a Mrs. Hlcka at
No. 205 East Sixty-ninth street.
Mrs. Hick waa a friend of the unfor
tunate couple and gave both lodging
last night
.Mrs. HosaGota $10,000. '
WUllamsport, Pa., Nov. I. A railroad
damage suit was ended here today when-a
jury awarded $10,000 to Mrs. Sarah Hess.
imr huahaml. Jacob Hem. waa klllnrl at
Montaamery, - on the Philadelphia and
Heading raiiroaa, dui oy a special engine
of th Wllllamoport and North Branch
railroad. ' The widow sued th latUr oem
sajur and set vardisb
TO IMPROVE THE SERVICE
r 1 1 1 1 '"
President Cleveland Signs an Im
. portant Order.
AFFECTS THE TOSTOFFICES
The Order tl'hich M ill Work a Revolution
in tho Postal Service 111 Bo Ap
plied Gradually and Very
, Cantionsly. .
Washington, Nov. 8. President Cleve
land today signed the most important
civil service inform order he has ever
made, under which all postottlces which
are not near enough to a free delivery
onice can be brought within the classi
fied service, and which, in Its practical
operation, will enable the postmaster
general to divide the country into large
postal districts, so that the potsmaster
at the metropolitan centre will be the
only official, high or low. In the post
offices of the district who will be out
side of a civil Bervlce law bringing
seventy-live per cent of all otfices of
all classes into the classified service.
The civil service commissioners sug
gested this plan of extending civil ser
vice reform to postoflices. and it was
cordially adopted by the postmaster
general nnd the president, who were
very desirous to reach this result with
out waiting for the loRiBlatlon which
congress seemed unwilling to give to
ward that end.
The order will work a revolution in
the postal service, but Postmaster Gen
eral Wilson proposes to apply it grad
ually and cautiously.
WELSH HOPES REVIVING.
If Stoel Remains Dourer Hero Than There
They Can Make Tinplate.
Washington, Nov. 8. Consul An
thony, at Cardiff, has made a long re
port to the State Department upon the
bright prospects of the Welsh tin trade
brought about by the rapid rise in the
price of steel In America, which threat
ens to make It Impossible for Americans
to make tin pinto at competitive prices.
For the time being, despair has given
way to hope, and all concerned In the
Welsh tin Industry are looking forward
to a period If not of prosperity of
more constant work and better wages.
An Immense Improvement has taken
place in the steel trade, although as yet
prices have not been enhanced to the
came extent as In the states, and therein
lies the hope of the tin plate makers,
for if the price of steel Is augmented to
that in tho United States, the Welsh
man would havo no advantage.
LOOKING FOR HEROES.
New York Police on tho Watch for West
, , tern Desperadoes.
New Yolk, Nov. 8. The whole police
ftooe of 'this city was oa the watch to
day for three men who last night en
tered the ealoon of the Walters Uroth
era, and, after ?hmoting and killing
R'jchard (Pope, i,abbei the till and es
caped. It is assumed that it he despe;
radovs are western "heroes," who wer
either attached to or followed the Wild
West chow. The nature of their crime,
tho manner of doit s, it, the weapon
used a 'big cok revolver and the
present QocaLIon and condition of the
Buffalo Gill company, all point to this
Inference, and, her ides a meagre de
scription cif the. men, this is all the
clue the police have to work upon.
Tho Walters saloon is a lonely drink
ing resort for railroad pinrpioyes of the
New York, New 'Haven anU Hartford
railroad. IFiive arrests -were made on
suspicion, but the prisoners were not
identified.
ELECTRICAL CONVERTER.
It Loses Only Four Per Cont. of the Cur
rant In tho Operation.
Washington, Nov. 8. United States
Consul Mason of Frankfort describes
a new device for the economical conver
sion of the high, pressure alternating
currents," which are unavoidably asso
ciated ,with any system of long distance
transmission of electric power. The In
vention bridges an Industrial dltllculty.
The efficiency of the new system
known as the Pollack rectifier, is fully
96 per cent. In other words, a 3,000
volt alternating current is resolved Into
a 65 volt harmless direct current, with
a loss of but 4 per cent.
ON THE EViToFa PANIC.
Paris Bourse In a Heriona State with
Speculators Anxious.
Paris, Nov. 7. Dustiness on the
Bourse this morning opened very dull,
and with a great fall in Ottomans,
which complicated the situation and
caused further depression. It Is appre
hended that there will be many default
ers among the speculators; but It Is be
lieved that the Coullssler bouses will
be able to meet nil their engagements.
It was announced on the Ilourse at 2
o'clock this afternoon that twenty
four hours delay had been granted to
the large coulisse firms in their diffi
culties in consideration of the efforts
they are making to make their engage
ments, STRANGE SUICIDE.
Dealer in Firearma la Worked for a Out
let by One Tired of Life.
Now Orleans, Nov. 8. 'A. O. OrMiey,
aged fc ytaTS. formerly a resident of
Bioomlngton, 111., committed suicide in
a reiuational manner today. He went
Into a second hand store and asked to
be shown a purUl.
The J?aler handed him a, pistol which
he appeared to examine closely. He
&?ked for a cartridge, which was gtven
him. Gridley 4aced the cantrhlg'e In
the pistol, and, for perhaipa half a
minute seemed in deep study. Sudden
ly he placed the pistol to hi head,
fVred and fell dead. 'He came here a
year ago for the benefit of his health.
EXPEDITION TO ASHANTI.
Preparations Making In tha British War
Office to F.nforc tha L'ltlmntnm.
London, Nov. 8. The Chronicle Is
officially Informed that the War Office
has arranged for an expedition to Ash
antl. This leaves no further doubt of the
accuracy of the report from Accra, on
the Gold Coast of Africa, received on
October 81, that the Kins; of Ashantl
had rejected the ultimatum offered to
him by Great Britain to the effect that
the King should have a British Com
missioner In hla country, and that he
ahould place Ashantl under British pro
tection. LAW AGAINST SQUAW-MEN.
Chickasaw Utlslatara Disfranchises
Those Not of Indian Birth.
Ardmore, I. T, Nov. 7. The Chicka
saw legislature, which haa Just ad
journed, panned a bill barring all Inter
married oltlsena from any property
right In the Chickasaw nation what
ever. The bill not only disfranchises
all. Inter-married, cltlsena, but. takea
away their rights, heretofore unquea
tioned, of boldinv lands In the natkm,
nortlciDatlna- In annuity moneya and
fund held by the United Btaiea gov.
eminent tn trust tor we uuuaaa. Mora
than half the property in the ChTcka
saw nation Is owned by lnter-married
citizens, or aquaw men, as they are
called.
And If the new law stands as consti
tutional, millions of dollars worth of
property held by the inter-marrlcd citi
zens will be confiscated.
SMITH'S BIG MAJORITY.
Unofficial Returns from Et-ery County
Havo Been Kcccivcd.
Philadelphia, Nov. 8. The count of
Luzerne county was completed to-day.
With the figures from this county tne
United Press has now received the com
plete though unofilcfal returns from
every county In the state. The totals
are as follows:
For State treasurer: Haywood (Rep.).
455.SG6; Meyers (Dem.). 2R1.524: Hay-
woods plurality, 174.442. For Superior
court judges (seven to be elected): Vi'll-
lard (Rep.). 457.283: Rice (Rep.), 457,-
782; Beaver. (Rep.), 453.9S2; Wlekham
(Hep.), 455.783; Reeder (Rep.), 454,111;
Oiiady (Rep.), 448,317; Smith (Dem.).
286,103; Yerkes (Dem.), 280,8.19; Magpe
(Dem.), 276,769; Noyes (Dem.), 275,709;
Bechtel (Dem.), 273,906; Moorehead
(Dem.), 273,323.
Smith Is thus elected as the seventh
Judge, he having 5,264 votes more than
Yerkes, the next highest Democratic
candidate.
BIGAMIST'S SUICIDE.
John Frltchloy Shoots Himself in tho
Head.
Blnghamton, N. Y., Nov. 8. A special
from Afton, Ohenanso county, eays:
The suicide of John Frltchley here
this morning has created gromt excite
ment. .Frltchley came to Afiton about
three years ago from Susquehanna,
Pa., and soon after married Julia
Pavls. The cou'irte have since resided
here, at all times appearing to be per
fectly happy. Their domestio happi
ness was, 'however, disturbed at an
early hour this morning when Frltch
ley was arrested on a charge of big
amy, preferred by a wife who Is now
living In Pennsylvania with her chil
dren. Fritchley was left alone for a few mo
mar.its auout an hour after the arrest,
and duving the Interval he commute!
s-ulcldc by ghootiln; himself In The head.
CLOSE ELECTION IN DENVER.
Official Count and Pcrhnpa tho Courts
Must Decide It.
Denver, Nov. 8. Tho election In this
(Arapahoe) county was very hotly con
tested, and will undoubtedly result in
one or more legal fltrhts. The only ma
terial opposition to tho Republican tick
et was a non-pnrtlsan or "taxpayers' "
ticket, whose supporters charged the
Republicans with extravangunce and
Jobbery.
The Republicans elected all their can
didates except for assessor and the-as-'
urer. The taxpayers' candidates for the
two former eltices were, elected, and the
latter is still in doubt. The ballot boxes
are now In the court house awaiting the
official canvass, with nine watchers
from each side on guard. Illegal voting
la charged on both sides.
DEBS SAYS NO STRIKE.
lie Brands Press Despatches About Great
Northern as Fatso.
Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 8. An Ameri
can railway union man In this city re
ceived a letter today from President
Debs, written yesterday In which Mr.
Debs touched on the Great Northern
strike matter as follows:
"I am advised that no strike hns been
declared, nnd that none Is likely to be
declared. There hns been local trouble
at three or four points, but none of a
Keneral character In which the Ameri
can Railway .Union has been Involved.
There could "be no genernl strike with
out. being authorized by the men them
selves and this hns not been done.
Press despatches about Great Northern
are mostly false."
HONORS FOR MATTHEWS.
Th Colored Democrat Is Elected Judge of
Heeordor'a Court. :
lAlDany, Kj Y..' Nov -8. James C.
MaUthews, colored, JormeVly" recorder of
dtdfl at Waehinytoh, D. C, under
PretMcnt Cleveland's flreit administra
tion (has 'bet'ni eledte'd Judge of Hiie re
cordcir's court of th'la city which office
cuTTlea wit'h It powvrs of a Supreme
co-earl Judge. His majority Is over 2,000.
'He was nominated and elected on the
rc'SruCar tcmociratle ticket. It is the
highest Jtltoial office over held toy a
mioai of his race In Mil's country.
DURRANT IN SUSPENSE.
A Continuance of Two Weeks Is Granted
in Ills Caso.
43an Francisco, Nov. 8. Duramt was
'brought up for i?ntenee this morning
for the n urderof IJlancho lamont, but
upon application of itho priKotmr's coun
ae.ll, a continuance was granted for
tiwo iweetat, to fl'ive .itliem time to pre
pare a imntion for a new trial.
The Minr.te WiMlams murdef case,
which was se't Cor itoday, waa also in
definitely postponed.
EBEN BENTLEY IS ABSENT.
Liabilities, Sixty Thousand Dollars-Assets
Nothing.
Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 8. Eben H.
Beniiiey, pre Iden't of the .Hentley Shoe
company, of this city, left Syracuse last
Saturday and has not been seen since.
Attachment papers charge him with
fraud and 'Porgery, and 'the liabilities
will reach $60,000, The assets are prac
tically nothing.
Tho llnxeis Indicted.
Huntington. W. Va., Nov. 8. Tho grand
Jury which has been In session for a week
pnst has today been Investigating the sev
eral clove contests that took place In this
city recently, nnd tonight reported that
mey nan lnuinea imve i-ianerty, or Port
lund. Ore.; Dick Wilson, of Clnclnnntl,
and John Bingham, who had been tho
principals In the malls, and also InillcteJ
many prominent men who had anything to
ao in Dringiog mem logeiner.
Verdict Against Pcnnsv.
Wllkes-llarre, Pa., Nov. 8. A petition Is
being circulated In this county UHklriu'
the board of pardons to commute the
death sentence of William Pcnn Ilowmpn,
the boy murderer, to Imprisonment for
life. Howraun Is awaiting execution for
tne mumer or tne Arauian peddler, which
waa committed about a year ago.
John Taylor's Successor.
Philadelphia, Nov. . Third Vice-President
John 11. Onrrett, of tho Ixhlgh Val
ley railroad, today announced the appoint
ment of Henry H. Kingston, of Jhllailel-
pnia, as Kiwivriu iruinu munaKiT 10 sue
ceed John Taylor, deceased. Mr. Kincs
ton was the assistant general traffic man
ager,
. 1
Trying to Save Bowman.
Norrlstown, Pa., Nov. 8. In tho suit of
Sebastian a. Kudolpn, a paper manufac
turer, against the Pennsylvania Railroad
company for 2to,Q00 damages to his prop
erty at West Jdimayunk, tho Jury tonight
returned a veruici in lavor oi in plain
tiff for 1135.KO.
Fell Throuch a Trcstlo.
Harrisburg. Pa.. Nov. 8,-Mrs. Wolf fell
through a railroad trestle at Wiconiseo
to the bed of a creek twenty-five feet be
low, and was terribly Injured, both legs
and ono arm being broken nnd her nose
almost torn off bar face, eh may re-
savar.
THEY WILL DIG TEE DITCH
Chicago Capitalists I'ropose to Build
the Nicaragua Caaal.
IT IS A I'KIVATO ENTERPRISE
Vncl Sam Will Not Bo Asked to Con
tribute Anything but His Blessing.
The Scheme Is Ono of
tho Greatest. '
Chicago, Nov. 8. An afternoon news
pa'jxff 'puivishes a, lengthy article pur
porting to give facts regarding a new
deal, the consummation of which will
mean the complete construction of the
Nicaragua. th.p canal witn American
and UriKsh millions, purely as a pri
vate enterprise, auded maitenally by
C'nlca'go capital, as represented In new
ly Invented oar.al machinery in success
ful operation on 'the Chicago drainage
canal. It is elated tha't all atempts
to obtain financial assistance from the
United States government through con
gress will be abandoned, and It 'it
should develop that the charter grant
ed the Nicaragua Maritime Canal com
pany hy congress 1s likely to prove
embarrassing It wHl be surrendered
without hesitation.
With revised estimates of the cosit
of constructing the canal, 'based on the
great saving through use of tho im
proved excavating machinery owned
by Chicago contractors and Inventors,
It Is said the canal promoters went to
London and laid the tempting plans
before tho money kings of the world's
metropolis.
Tho Financiers Investigate.
For months the financiers have been
Investigating the proposition and the
great lienl is on tho verge of consum
mation. The new figures call for the ex
penditure of between seventy and
eighty-five million dollars.
Tho ofiicers of the company expect
there will be vigorous opposition on this
side of the Atlantic in tho executive and
legislative branches of the government,
when the fact becomes known that
liiitlsh capital is to be Invested in the
canal, but they do not apprehend serious
complications from this source, and
claim that as a purely private enter
prise they have a perfect right to get
capital in any market free from inter
ference or dictation from any govern
ment EX-SENATOR TIIURMAN ILL.
It Is Thought That lie Has Little Chanco
of Living.
Columbus, O., Nov. 8. Last Friday
Ex-Senator Allen G. Thurman foil from
a sofa In his library and suffered an
injury to his left hip, which was very
painful at the time, but his physician
found no bones broken, and though he
suffered severely on Saturday, ho was
better on Sunday, and It was believed
that his strong constitution would en
able him to stand the shock notwith
standing lils great age.
On Tuesday he was so much better
that he wished to go to tho polls and
vote, but at the advice of his physician
he did not do so. ' Wednesday- he was
much worse, and yesterday he fell Into
a stupor, from which it is altogether
likely that ho will not recover.
His son, Allen W. Thurman, said at
noon today that there waa little
ground to hope that he will live more
than a few days, and his death may oo
cur at any time. Allen G. Thurman
was born in Lynohburg, Va., Nov. 13.
lKl:t, so that he will be 82 years old If
he lives to next Wednesday.
In 1844 he married Mary Dunn, of
Kentucky, by whom he had three child
ren, two daughters and a son. Mrs.
Thurman died In 181)1, but the three
children survive. .
At 11 o'clock to-night the condition
of Judge Thurman was somewhat lm
prsoved. Dr." Whittaker, his physician,
does not now think there is any Im
mediate danger of death. Judge Thur
man's condition is that of collapse, and
the physicians say It Is altogether im-
iprobable' that he will survive long.' , No'
bones were broken by. the fall and the
only wound noticeable 'Is a slight abra
sion over tho hip bone. - In a young per
son the accident would have been trivial.-
RETIRED GRAND OFFICERS.
General Henry S. llnldekopcr and Major
J. Rldgeway Wright Are on tho Roll.
Harrlsburg, Pa., Nov. 8. Attorney
Genral McCormlck hns given Adjutant
General Stewart an opinion to the effect
that the act of April 13, 18S7, providing
for the placing on, the "roll of retired
officers" of all commissioned ofiicers of
the National H Guards who honorably
retire after ten years of continuous
service is retrospective; In short that
It was the Intention of the legislature
to honor those officers who had already
served continuously a period of ten
years as well as those who might there
after continue in the service for the
same period.
In an order Issued from National
Guard headquarters to-day Major Gen
eral Henry S. Huidekoper and Major
J. Rldgwny Wright are placed on the
roll of retired ofiicers,
STRIKE AT DEVIL'S LAKE.
Tho Work of Destruction Uas Already
Been Inaugurated.
Devil's Lake, N. D., Nov. 8. The first
overt act of the present strike was
committed 'last night. Spikes were
pulled ifrom several rails a mile west
of this city. Tho broken trackage was
d ipcovered ithls morning 'before 'the pas.
eenger train reached heire. Twenty
more speciail policemen arrived on a
train and are iia-t-mlllnir the yards.
Traiins are 'being Rent out hourly
principally manned with new men. The
strikers say It 1b only a question of a
few hours when every American Rail
way union employe on the road will
quit work. Forty men participating in
the strike were illseharged today.
ORPHANS SCHOOL PROBLEM.
One Hundred and J'lf ty Applicants Can'
not no Accommodated.
Harrlsburg, Ph.. Nov. 8. The Sol
diers' Orphans' commission state thp.t
there are over 150 applicants for ad
mission to their schools who cannot" be
accommodated owing to limited room
and a restricted appropriation from the
state. The only building owned by the
commonwealth for the education of
soldiers' orphans Is the new Industrial
school at Scotland.
At the meeting of the commission this
week the lack of funds- was amply evi
denced by the Inability of the body to
till up various uepqrtmenta or work.
Flvo Hundred Miners Svrlko. '
Philllpsburg, Pa Noifr 8. Because of
the discniirge oi two nv-mers of tho
miners local orgnmcaiior,, 500 miners em
ployed at Glen Rlcheyby the Blooming.
... -..at Mini-"- In - r. . 1 1 . ... o .l ......
terday. The WTublo dates back to the re-
cent striKe aguai'on in this region,
.... j .. i
i W illing tvt S ervo Ilia Country. . ,
Hnrrlsburv.' Pa.. Nov. 8. M. K. Olnv
stead, a prominent lawyer of this city,
has announced his candidacy for repre
sentative In congress from this district,
convosed of the counties of Dauphin,
4awaaen aau rernr.
Y'S
TWO
Great Specials
IN
Underwear
Department
Two Cases of Men's
Heavy Natural Wool
Shirts and Drawers at
75 cents a suit)
1 Case Ladies Heavy
Egyptian Fleeced Un-
dea;rweart at
75 cents a suit
These are the greatest
bargains of the season. '
Full lines of the 5tut-
tgarter Sanitary Under
wear for Ladies, Gentle
men and Children.
. 510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
Always Buisy.
An Honest Shoe is one
of the Noblest Works of
Man.
Bm (hit mrj ft li fKmp ,
Th. Bvtr t Faciahd.
"Korract hapo.' ,
We have them from $1
to $6. ' Every foot In the
ffanilly properly fitted.
s,
111 AND 116 WYOMING AVE,
Wholesale and Retail.
LAMP:
A beautiful line of
Banquet Lamps, and
Bric-a-Brac, very
suitable for a
Call and see them.1
408 SPRUCE ST
HE WASTED NO TIME.
Kenneth Whito Marries Gertrude IIIslop
in Spite of Guardians.
' Washlnprton.Nov. 8. Pretty Gertrude
Hlslop, who was adopted early In life
by Dr. William U Hlslop and hla Blsterj
Dr. Margaret Hlslop, all formerly of
Chicago, but now living; here, fell In
love with and promised to marrjf J;
Kenneth White, of this city. The union
was opposed by the Hislopa.
Yesterday afternoon White heard that
the Hlslops were to send Gertrude to an
Insane asylum. White Immediately had
Dr. Hlslop arrested and then going to
the HiBlop home with a policeman
helped Gertrude to pack .op and carry
her belongings across the street Then
while Gertrude-- recovered her breath,
White got a marriage license and a
minister and by the time Dr. Hlslop re
turned home Gertrude waa Mrs, White.
WEATHER REORl. t : !
For Eastern Pennsylvania, shows rs;
winds shifting to , northerly and cooler
Saturday nlhu ; . . ;
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