The Scranton tribune., November 25, 1895, Image 1

OTE ONLY R E PU D LIC AN DAI LY IN LACKAWANNA COUNTY.
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EIGHT PAGES -56 COLUMNS.
SCK ANTON, PA., 3IOND AY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25, 1895.
TWO CENTS A COPY.
2 to 1
oft Rcc
k ta rr
a mum
iiettl
It means that ho far this season
our Cloak sales are fully double
those of last year, to date. It means
that such a result could only be
achieved by merit. Such things
never come by accident.
It means that our efTorts to have
things Just right, to the smallest de
tail in the great stock has more than
pleased the people, and the good
news of a perfect Cloak stock at
closely clipped prices, seems to have
spread from mouth to mouth, and
from home to home, till the whole
valley rings with Its praises.
OF COURSE
WE'RE SATISFIED,
that our long and earnest labors
have brought such a rich reward.
As a consequence of all this,
We're Encouraged,
We're Enthusiastic,
and show our appreciation In the
most substantial manner known to
. us, by offering . -
5" Special-
Cloak Values
of such surprising merit as will "as
tonish the natives."
$7.39, worth $112.50.
100 Ladles English Boucle Jackets,
cut to fashion's latest pattern, silk
lined throughout, extra deep storm
collars, ripple back, box front;
faultless in tailoring, finish, etc.
$12.50 buys a meaner looking gar
ment elsewhere.
Special Price, $7.39
$5.75 worth $10.00
50 handsome Fur Capes, full length,
extra sweep, and with ail the style
that fashion and judicious cutting
and making can give. Sterling
value for $10.
Special Price, $5.75
$14.90, worth $20.00. -
, This is a Fur Cape bargain we can
s' not possibly duplicate. The skins
are fine American Seal; every one is
whole; and there is not a patch In
1 any garment in this lot. They are
i elegantly made and trimmed. The
lining is rich satin rhadame and
everything else Is in keeping. You
never saw a handsomer cape at $20.
, Special Price, $14.90
$21.90, worth $35.00.
Only 25 superb Canadian Seal
na tm hoaw Qiitln linlnir. extra
deep storm collar. Specially long
and full in the sweep ana maae up
in the highest style of the furriers'
" art.
These Capes are worth every penny
Of $35.
, Special Price, $21.90
$3.39, worth $4.50.
100 Children's stylish fur trimmed
, Coats, sixes , g and 10 years. Col-
. AH nViflrt a
not be Improved on. Never sold
' -Bern less man H.WJ.
Special Price, $3.39
fi-LOBE
AGAINST THE GIANT TRUST
Senator Chandler Objects to tbe
Great Railroad Tool.
HIS LETTER TO MR. CLEVELAND
A Vigorous Protest Against the Agree
ment of Knllroad Presidents That
Practically Abolishes Competition
Between New York and Chicago.
Washington, Nov. 24. The text or the
letter which Senator William E. Chand
ler, of New Hnmpshire, two days ago
addressed to President Cleveland on
the subject of the agreement or rail
road presidents was made public to
night as follows:
Washington, Nov. 22.
To the President.
Sir: I make complaint to you and
through you to your interstate commerce
commission KInst the trust and pooling
agreement now nearly Anished. of the
right American railroad trunk lines and
tne one uanauian line controlling tne traf
fic between New York city ami Chicago.
The agreement orovldeg that every rail
road in the combination shall make and
maintain the transportation rates pre
scribed by a board or manaKers represent
ing all the roadii. This Is a conspiracy in
restraint ot trade and commerce under the
act of July 2, 1880.
The agreement also makes certain that
all competition shall be abolished as above
rt quired by imposing heavy tines upon any
offending road, which fines are to be ap
plied ror the benefit of the other roads.
This is a division of earnings contrary to
Section 6 of the interstate commerce law.
This trust and pooling agreement can
be annihilated as provided by explicit ex
isting laws of the United States; 1, by in
junction from the courts; 2, by an order
of ilhe Interstate commerce commission;
or, 3, by an indictment of the individuals
signing the same.
It can also be stopped by a vigorous ap
peal from you to J. Plerpont Morgan,
wnose power over the nine governors of
the nine trunk lines Is as absolute as it
was over the bond syndicate. It cannot
be possible that you intend to take upon
your administration the responsibility ot
tastening upon your burdened ami Help
less Deonle this, the hughest trust the
world ever saw or that was ever con
ceived of, when one earnest word from you
to your rresn attorney general, your am
bitious chairman of your commission, or
your omnipotent hanker friend will para
lyse the iniquity in its inception.
very respectiuny,
William E. Chandler.
RAILROAD EARNINGS.
Preliminary Report of the Inter-State
Coratncrea Commission.
Washington, Nov. 24. The Inter
state commerce commission has Issued
a preliminary report on the Income
and expenditures of railways in the
United States for the last fiscal year.
The report Includes the returns from
fl.r0 roads whose reports were filed on or
before Nov. 9, 1S, and covers the ope
rations of 104.&29 miles of line, or 92
per cent of the total mileage In the
United States. The gross earnings
were $1,003,022,853. The operating ex
penses were J677.C67.C35, leaving net
earnings of $325,355,218 as compared
with net earnings of $320,137,670 for the
same foads in 1X94. Reduced to a mile
age basis, gross earnings were $6,096,
operating expenses were $4,119 and net
earning were $1,977; or a decrease in
gross earnings of $13 per mile as com
pared with 1S94, and of $1,094 per mile
an compared with 1893; a decrease in
operating expenses of $44 per mile as
compared with 1894, and of $757 per mile
as compared with 1893.
Net earnings show gain over 1894 of
$31 per mKo of line, but a decrease of
$337 per mile as compared with 1893.
Income from sources outside of the
operations of the roads were $33,057,243,
making total income available for the
payment of fixed charges and dividends
K3GS.412.4til. Total deductions from In
come, Including fixed charges were
J:i30,351,946 and dividends paid Kvere
$53,135,645, leaving a deficit from opera
tions of the year of $31,075,0:10. The
dividends paid by the same roads the
preceding year were $61,504,736.
HANGED WHILE SINGING.
Florence English and Amanda Cody, Who
Killed the Lotter's Husband, Sing "We'll
Soon Be on the Way to llcavon," When
the Death Trap Is Sprung.
Warren, Oa., Nov. 24. Florence Eng
lish, a boy 20 years of age, and Amanda
Cody, both colored, were executed here
to-day amid exciting scenes, for the at
rocious murder of the latter's husband.
They died In the ecstacy of religious en
thusiasm. A trio of colored ministers held a
prayer meeting In the corridor of the
Jail during the early morning. The pris
oners now and then mingled their sup
plications with the preachers', produc
ing Intense excitement. The culprits
stood in the midst of the visitors, sway
ing their bodies to and fro, singing
plaintive melodies characteristic of the
black race.
Shortly before noon the prisoners were
marched from their cells to the scaffold.
As they stepped on the platform, both
commenced singing an old negro camp
meeting melody: "We'll Soon Be On
the Way to Heaven.". While their hands
and feet were being Pinioned, the mur
derers still continued the hymn. They
refused to make a statement. The Ma?k
caps were then drawn over their faces,
the hymn still being sung with renewed
vigor. .
When the trap was sprung they were
still singing.
WIFE MURDERER SUSPECTED.
Charles Olmstead Arrested at the In
stance of Ills Father-in-law.
South Bend, Ind., Nov. 24. October 12,
1895, Mrs. Charles Olmstead, of Grang
er, near the east county line, was
burled, her death certificate alleging
death from typhoid fever. She left a
husband, four children and some prop
erty. The husband drifted over into
Michigan, and the father-in-law, Adam
Myers, began to suspect that all wus
not right, and his suspicions were fur
ther confirmed to a degree that led
him to decoy Olmstead over, the state
line Into this city, where he was ar
rested for poisoning his w)fe to secure
her property.
The remains will be exhumed at once
and an examination and analysis will
be had. Olmstead Is about 40 years old,
and is an honorably discharged soldier
from troop E, United States cavalry,
regular army. -
COW CRAZED WITH RABIES.
It Attacked a Horse and Severely Injured
. Its Owner Before It Was shot.
Columbus, Ind.. Nov. 24. William
Townsend. who lives near the Morgan
county line, had a thrilling experience
with a mad cow, which came near Cost
ing him his life. Five weeks ago Town-
send had a dog Which showed signs of
hvaroDhobia. ana n Dit a nne jersey
cow, a horse and a pig. They all went
mad and naa to oe snot.
Yesterday one of his cows charged
ii nan a horse. The cow set un a tre
mendous bawling, frothed at the mouth
and pawed the (round. After attend
ing to ins wounded bom Mr, Towaatna
and wife, Henry Farley and wife and
Mr. Ewbank. a veterinary surgeon,
went out to the barn to see the cow.
It charged at the party, breaking down
a heavy fence to get at them. The in
furiated animal caught Townsend.
tossed him in the air and then tramped
on him, leaving him to look after the
others, heeding nothing In Its way.
Kwbank ran to the house and pro
cured a rifle, with which the cow was
shot. Townsend was found to be seri
ously Injured Internally and he may not
recover. Dr. Ewbank says undoubtedly
the cow was mad. An examination
snowed where it had been bitten on the
foot by the dog.
' OBJECTS TO DANCING.
Rov. Dr. Graw, a Corodcn Minister, RotsiS
a Briexe by Denouncing an Estimable
Young Lady. .....
Camden, N. J., Nov. 24. Some of the
members of the First Methodist Epis
copal church are deeply grieved over
what they Bay was an uncalled for de
nouncement of an estimable young wo
man by Rev. Dr. J. B. Graw, pastor
of the church. The young woman's of
fense consisted of teaching her young
sister and several of her girl friends
the art of dancing.
Miss Carrie Mead Is a member of the
Broadway Methodist Episcopal church.
A few weeks ago hersiater, Edna, a girl
oC 15 years, asked Miss Carrie to teach
her and one or two of her young friends
to dance. Miss Mead consented, and
the' dancing lessons began. Last Sun
day night Miss Mead accompanied Mr.
and Mrs. Murray, the parents of one
of the young girls she Is teaching, to
the First church. In the course of a
sermon directed against the theater
and (lancing and other terrible evils,
Rev. Dr. Graw said he had heard of a
young lady who had formed a dancing
class and was taking the pure and
Innocent children of the Sunday school
and teaching them the terrible thing.
He likened such a young lady to the
tiger, with his soft, smooth fur and its
deadly claws lurking beneath. Con
tinuing this line the preacher said:
"If that young lady In in the congre
gation all I have to say Is that she is a
fool."
Miss Mead was so astonished that
she could scarcely speak after the
meeting, but since then her brother,
Alfred Mead, has taken the matter up
and says Dr. Graw has not heard the
last of It by any means.
The preacher said he had no apology
to make. At a public meeting In Cam
den on Thursday night last Dr. Graw
took occasion to speak of the incident.
He said he had been called upon and
told that he had made an error. "But
so long as I live," he said, "I shall
preach the truth."
GLASSBLOWERS TROUBLE.
The In Ion Refuses to Allow the Half-
Starved Men to Work ''pan the Co
operative Plan.
Baltimore, Nov. 24. A scheme to re
open the glass works of Baker Bros.
& Co., In this city, on a co-operative
basis, has been frustrated by the deci
sion of President Joseph Troth, of the
National Glass Blowers' association.
The plant closed down last February,
throwing out of employment 150 men
and as many boys, many of whom are
still out of work. A committee repre
senting them has recently been in con
ference with William Baker, and he
submitted a proposition to lease the
plant to the workmen,, furnish capital,
purchase all products of the factory at
the ruling market prices, guarantee $15
a week to the skilled employes and di
vide any profits proportionately among
the workmen. This proposal was well
received, and there was much Joy
among the unemployed over the pros
pect of earning some money. There
was one drawback, however, and that
was the Glassblowers' union. A rule
of that organization Insists that each
union man shall receive not less than
20 per week for his work. The com
mittee sent a letter to President Joseph
Troth, of the National Glassblowers'
association, in Philadelphia, and anx
iously awaited a reply. None came to.
them, but President Troth wrote to the
local union stating that if the unem
ployed glassblowers should begin work
at the Baker plant on the terms stated,
they were to be considered as non
union workmen, and should be black
listed. This decision was a blow to the
committee, which yesterday awaited
upon Mr. Baker and formally declined
his proposition. Another plan of co
operative work is being discussed
which will not be considered a violation
of the union's rules.
The men are meantime placed In a
peculiar position by their letter to Mr.
Troth, in which It was stated that the
hungry and half-starved men would
be driven to "scabbing" if their co
operative scheme was dissented to.
When President Troth returned the
letter to the local union, he wrote that
all men whose names were signed to It
would be considered as non-union men;
their names should be sent to the trade
and the letter should i read at the an
nual convention n t summer,
WINDM1LLSIN OPERATION.
Another Corbott-Fitzsimmons Talking
Match Is Threatened.
Dallas, Tex., Nov. 24. W. K. Whee
lock, secretary of the Florida Athletic
club, and since that organization's de
mise In Texns. closely associated with
Dan A. Stuart In a similar capacity,
returned this mornlnrr from Houston
and Galveston, where he went on Fri
day last on a mission for Mr. Btuart to
Murtln Julian and Bob Fltxslmmono.
Mr. Wheelock said this evenig:
"I met Julian and Fitzsimmons at
Houston and they signed all papers
necessary to Insure a fight with Cor
bett, so for as the presence of fitzsim
mons Is concerned, at any time and
place Dan Stuart can get Corbott to
agree to. Julian and Fitzsimmons sat
isfied me that Bob's side bet of $10,000
will be all right if Corbett desires to
have that amount wagered. I expect
Mr. StuRrt will start for New York to
morrow. He will carry with him docu
ments 'which neither Corbett nor Bra
dy can object to with any show of rea
son. I feel confident Fitzsimmons and
Corbett will fight to a finish for Dan
Stuart's purse of $20,000 and a private
side lft of $10,000 each, near El Passo,
just previous to, or Just after the com
ing holidays, the date to be to the sat
isfaction of CorbettandBrady."
TRAMPS ACCUSED. '-
Two Road knights Thought to Bo Mur
derers of Mrs. Gorman.
PottsvlIIe, Pa, Nov. 24. Two tramps,
a man and a boy named O'Brien, were
arrested at Frackvtlle this morning on
suspicion of being connected with the
murder of Mrs. Gorman, at Mill Creek,
last Thursday night.
Their stories conflict, but they ac
knowledge being near the scene of the
murder the night It occurred. Pending
a hearing they were committed to
prison tonight -
Prospective Speaker on the Ground.
Washington. Nov. 24. Hon. Thomas B.
Rii arrived in the cttv this evening from
New York. The prospective speaker de
clined to talk snout tne contests tnec are
being waged for committee chairmanships
nd Ik minor elective efnoea of the aeuee.
TBE TURKISH SITUATION
Three Months Are Kcquircd to Quiet
the Armenians.
AMERICAN CITIZENS AftE SAFE
Germany Still Has Faith in the Sultan's
Ability to Kulo Ills Subjects-Gruesome
Talcs of Murder la
London Papers.
Rome, Nov. 24. Ambassador Pansa
has telegraphed from, Constantinople
the substance of an interview he re
cently had with Halll Kifaat Pasha,
th" grand vizier. who said that the Porte
would require at least three months to
si p resa the Armenian rising at Zelt
oun and to set the reform machinery
working. The grand vlsier requested
Italy and the other powers to co-oper
ate to restrain the Balkan states from
an. Ill-timed anti-Turkish agMatlon.
London, Nov. 24. -The representa
tives of the United Press In Constanti
nople telegraphing under date of yes
terday, says that advices from Marso
van, bearing date of Nov. 22. show that
the American college at that place Is
now carefully guarded by the authori
ties, a condition of affairs that is no
doubt due to the energetic representa
tions that have been made to the Porte
by Minister Terrell, who has been In
defatigable in his attempts to secure
the safety of American citizens ana
their property wherever located in the
Turkish dominions.
St. Petersburg. Nov. 24. The Czar
yesterday gave a cordial audience to
the Italian ambassador. In the course
of the conversation his majesty said It
was necessary to accord Turkey time
to aut Into effect the reforms the Sul
tan, had promised. '
Faith In the Sultan.
Berlin, Nov. 24. The decision of the
German government not to send a dis
patch boat to Turkey is regarded as a
sign that Germany places strong reli
ance upon the ability and Intention of
the Sultan to preserve order in his do
minions. Although German official
opinion Is not openly hostile to the ac
tion of Great Britain toward Turkey, it
certainly is not friendly, and what are
considered as Lord Salisbury's Inflam
matory policy and Btr Philip Currie s
want of tact In dealing with the Sultan,
together with his frigid and unyielding
manner toward that monarch are the
subjects of open talk In diplomatic cir
cles here and In Vienna.
The final spell of shooting which Is
allowed to the Kaiser before his' atten
tion will be engaged In the direction of
political and court afTalrs by the resumption-
of the session of the Reich
stag and the opening of the winter sea
son will be passed upon the royal es
tates In Prussian Saxony, where the
emperor will go on Monday. His maj
esty has recently had a period of re
markably successful hunting, first at
Piesdorf, where he beat the record. In
a single day he shot 264 hares, 67 pheas
ants and six partridges. The shooting
lodge at Letzlingen was the scene of
nlgnily festivities and the emperor put
aside his dignity and joined tn the fun.
A Gruesome Tale. '
Ixmdon, Nov. 24. London papers
have weird stories from Turkey.
Batches of suspects are said to be
dally deported - from Constantinople
and secretly executed or Imprisoned in
some of the sultan's oubliettes In Asia
Minor. His own order that all the
princes must reside within the Ylldls
Kiosk, under his direct supervision, Is
sufficient to Indieate how volcanic the
position continues. The Westminster
Gazette publishes a letter from Con
stantinople regarding the secret exe
cutions, and the writer tells a grim
story. Divers who are employed In driv
ing piles for a new pier outside the
Golden Horn on reaching bottom were
surprised to find a number of bodies
standing Upright around the place that
had been designated for the driving, of
the piles.
One of the divers Identified them as
the bodies of students, some of whom
had been known to him personally. All
had heavy leads tied to their feet,
causing them to stand erect, the
corpses thus being given a weirdly life
like appearance. They numbered be
tween forty and fifty.
SITCIDE OfTmUNKARD.
After Trying to Kill Ills Wife and Step
daughter Andrew Timko Pats Two
Bullets Into His Own Head.
New Tork, Nov. 24. Andrew Tlmko,
a Hungarian, ot No. 235 East Third
street, ended a week's debauch early
this morning by stabbing Mary Thouc
kuk, his 15-year-old step-daughter, with
a knife and cutting her with a hatchet;
firing two shots at his wife, and then
killing himself with a revolver.
Timko and his wife. It Is said, have
quarreled several times lately over the
advances he had made to the girl, which
she and her mother repelled. Lost night
the family attended a christening and
when they returned home this morn
ing. Tlmko was very drunk. Soon all
retired, Mrs. Tlmko sleeping with her
daughter, and her husband with his
son. In another room. After awhile
Tlmko went to his wife's room and
stabbed the girl in the back. She sprang
from the bed and ran into the kitchen,
followed by her step-father. There he
caught her by the hair and dragged her
toward the ctove, against which a small
hatchet was standing. Mary seeing him
take hold of the weapon, was nerved by
terror and broke awav but not in time
to escape Timko's blow with the hatchtt.
It struck her on the left shoulder, cut
ting off a piece of flesh. The girl ran
out of the house and took refuge with
a neighbor. Tlmko tried to follow her.
but his wife grasped the hatchet and
held on. The enraged man threatened
to kill her, but she wrested the weapon
from him and ran out. As she went
Tlmko fired twice at her with a revolver,
but the bullets missed their mark and
lodred In the wall. Timko then re
turned to his room and In the presence
of his son fired two bullets Into his
head, dying shortly afterward.
The girl was later removed to Belle
vue Hospital, whore It Is said she would
probablv recover from her wounds.
The body of the would-be murderer
and suicide was removed to the morgue,
Mrs. Tlmko stating that she was ton
poor to defrffy the expenses of a funeral.
MINT DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
Interesting Figures Concerning the
Metnllla stock of tha World.
Washington, Nov. 24. The director
of the mint has submitted his report to
the secretary of the treasury covering
the operations of the mints and assay
offices of the United States during the
flecal year 1895. together with the statistics-of
foreign countries relative to
the production and coinage of gold and
silver and the monetary condition of
each country.
The value of the gold and silver esti
mated to have been used In the Indus
i 1tH- tte calendar rear
1894, was approximately $21,641.(52, of
which $10,58,04 was (old and I10.883,.
im. was silver.
- The estimated metalllo stock In the
United States on Jan. 1, ISM, was:
Gold, tttUSMtti aitrcr, HtMH.MlL The
estimated product of gold and stiver In
the .United States during the calendar
year 1894, was: Gold. 1.910.813 fine
ounces, of the value of $39,500,000: sti
ver, 49.500.000 fine ounces, of the com
mercial value of $31,422,000, and of the
coinage value of $64,000,000. The esti
mated production of the world for the
calendar year, was:- Uoid, 8,737,788 fine
ounces, of the value of $180,625,100; sil
ver. 167.752.E65 fine ounces of the coin
ing value of $216,832,000; commercial
value. $106,522,900. Mr. Preston gives
an estimate of the approximate stock
of money in the principal countries of
the world. He places the stock of gold
at $4,086,800,000: the stock of full legal
tender silver at $3,439,300,000: stock of
limited tender stiver at $631,200,000,
making a total silver stock li the world
of $4,070,900,000: the uncovered notes
are placed at $2,469,500,000.
JiO ARMS OSJTIIE FOSTER.
Captain Wheal ton Threatens to Givo Ip
the Ship l nlcs Released at Once.
BlooJy Engagements In Cuba.
Lewes, Del., Nov. 24. Mr. Sharp, deputy-collector
of the port, early yester
day morning; boarded the schooner Jo
seph W. Foster, which is anchored near
Mammoth Buoy, in the Delaware Bay,
etghteen miles from Delaware Break
water, and placed two government
agents in charge of the vessel. The
Foster, which left Philadelphia on
Tuesday tor Tampa, Fla with a cargo
of coal. Is suspected of having a party
of Cuban fllibusterers and a quantity of
arms on board. Deputy Sharp, after
formally detaining the vessel, returned
this afternoon to Lewes, and reports
having made a thorough search of the
vessel, without discovering anything
contraband or suspicious aboard. Mr.
Sharp has telegraphed to Collector
Townsend, of Wilmington, for in
structions, and will await orders before
proceeding further. Captain Wheal
ton, of the Foster, complains of his de
tention, and threatens to give up his
vessel to the government, if not re
leased by 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Santiago de Cuba, Nov. 14, via Key
West, Nov. 23. News was received here
today from Manzanillo that General
Gonzales Munoz Is urrounded by the
forces of the rebel leader Rabl, in
Valenzuela, between Veguita and Bay
amo. ,
The steamers the Vlllaverde anfc the
Jose Garcia left here this af tern Am for
Manzanillo, with two regiments to aid
General Munoz, who, according to pub
lic rumor, has been terribly defeated by
Rabl.
Colonel Sandoval had a bloody en
gagement on Nov. 9, In San Jorge,
Jurisdiction of Hongolosongo, with the
rebel leader, Cebreco. Sandoval had
1,200 soldiers, against 300 Insurgents.
The troops had fourteen killed and
forty-nine wounded. The rebels lost
five killed and thirteen wounded.
On Nov. 11 the rebels attacked the
town of Jiguany, In this district, and
burned It. The garrison, numbering
250 men, defended themselves heroically
until the smoke and the flames com
pelled them to surrender. About fifty
soldiers escaped to Bayamo.
On Nov. I I sixteen ot the newly ar
rived volunteers from the Argentine
Republic went to join the Insurgents.
YALE DOWNS PRINCETON.
The Tigers Beaten by a Score of 20 to 1 0
In the Best Foot Ball Game of the
Year.
New York, Nov. 24. The Tiger was
driven back to the Jungles of Jersey yes
terday and "Old Ell" Is again trium
phant. Yale defeated Princeton for the fif
teenth time during the two decades of
foot ball history between the two uni
versities. When time was called at the
end of two 35-mlnute halves, the big
score board on the north side of Man
hattan field Indicated . that Yale had
won by twenty points to her opponent's
ten. ; . '
It was one of the greatest matches
ever played between the two rivals and
until the ball had been In play for some
time it was a question ot great uncer
tainty which team would come off vic
torious. But it soon became evident
that Princeton's much-vaunted defense
was not standing the battering the Yale
backs were giving It. On the other
hand her backs proved to be better than
had been expected, especially in the
matter of kicking, when neither side
could be said to have much the advan
tage. The game,' however, cannot be con
sidered a kicking gome In comparison
with previous games of the year, punt
ing being chiefly resorted to when the
ball was in danger of being lost on
downs. .
DEFEAT-OF HARVARD.
t'ntvcrslty of Pennsylvania Victorious by
a Score of If to 14.
Boston, Nov. 24. At yesterday's game
of foot ball the University of Pennsyl
vania defeated Harvard on Soldiers'
Field, Cambridge, by a score of 17 to 14.
Fully 12,0w people saw the game, which
was intensely exciting from Btart to
finish. The field was soft and muddy
and tn the second half a strong wind
came up which swept down the field
and gave Pennsylvania big advantage.
Atarvard's defeat can De explained In
one sentence her failure to kick two
goals, which would have won her the
game. In spite of her defeat. Harvard
clearly outplayed her opponents and in
the second half had the Pennsylvania
team on the run. It was merely a ques
tion of a few minutes before she would
have scored again.
Pennsylvania's first score was a goal
from the infield made after a blocked
punt, and uelbert's run of 40 yards, the
longest of the game, was made from
another blocked punt.
TO LIVE ONwTlEATLY HILLS.
Long Island Property Purchased for
President Cleveland's Future Home.
New York, Nov. 24. It Is rumored
that President Cleveland Is going to
build a fine house on Long Island and
that he will occupy it with his family
v.-hen he leaves the white house. It is
juid that Mr. Cleveland feels assured
that there Is not the remotest possibil
ity of his being renominated or elected
for a third term, and he is laying his
plans accordingly. The location of yi-.
Cleveland's new home will be, It is ru
nored. umong the Wheatly Hills. The
village of Wheatly is situated a few
r-'llcs inland from Long Island Sound.
Xehr It re the pretty villages of Ros
1) n, the home of the late Wil'lam Cul
len Brytint; Westbury, Sea Cliff, Glen
-Vovo and Greenvale. Many wealthy
ana pnnnineni men nave country
homes In this part of Long Island.
Among the largest owners of choice
property is William C. Whttrey, ex-sfn-retary
ot the navy. Mr. Whitney
has len. a everybody knows, a close
rwrsonal lriend of President Cleveland.
Mr. Whitney, it Is declared, has been
making of late extensive purchases of
'and In the Wheatly Hills adjacent to
that which he already owned, and it Is
said that he has done so In the Interest
ot the i resident.
Fire at D. a H. Coal Pockets. . '
Special to the Bcranton Tribune.
Carbondale, Nov. H.-Obs of the Dela
ware and Hudson coal pWtets was burnee
this evening. The structure was entirely
destroyed, and the Ion will be about
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GENERAL WILSON'S REPORT
Official of Low Tariff Fame Desires
Civil Service Extension.
IX FAVOR OP LIFE POSITIONS
lie Believes That Assistants Who Sacri
fice Their Tlmo for Large Salaries
Should Bo Allowed o Labor la
definitely for Their Country.
Washington. Nov. 24. Postmaster
General Wilson in his annual report of
the operations of the postoffice depart
ment remarks that the financial and in
dustrial depression which has seriously
affected the revenues of the postal ser
vice for the past two years, and dis
appointed the estimates of his prede
cessors, extended far enough into the
fiscal year 1895 to make an unusually
wide gap between revenue and expen
ditures. It is gratifying, however, to
report that a large part of this defi
ciency occurred in the first quarter of
the year, and that since then the rev
enues of the department have reflected
the general returning prosperity of the
country.
He ascribes the gross abuse or sec
ond class rates of postage as the chief
cause of the yearly deficit In postal
revenue. He repeats and endorses the
recommendation of his predecessors,
Bisscll and Wanamaker. for an amend
ment of the law in regard to the trans
portation of second class matter.
Wants an extension of Service.
Mr. Wilson praises the extension of
the civil service rules to letter carriers
and desires civil service methods to be
carried still further and higher In the
postotfice department He says:
TWO or my assistants are cnargeu, earn
with the expenditure of over $40,000,000
annually, together with the management
and discipline of tens of thousands of em
ployes. The duties or tne otner two are
not less onerous and multiplex. If such
officials are to be real heads of their
bureaus. Intimately acquainted with all
the machinery and working of them.
competent to direct and able to Infuse
their own Intelligence and zeal among
their subordinates, they should 'have a
tenure at least as assured from 'the muta
tions and chances of political contest as
those subordinates. I concur, therefore,
in the judgment of one of my recent
predecessors, that at least three of the
assistant postmaster generals should hold
tneir onices Dy a civil service or merit ten
ure, and not by a political tenure. I re
frain from offering a like opinion as to
the fourth assistant postmaster general,
because fourth class postmasters, whose
appointment is primarily allotted to him,
are yet outside of that tenure.
The question of extending civil service
methods to the selection of fourth class
postmasters has naturally received my at
tention since i nave Deen at tne neaa or
this deDnrtment. It is beset with diffi
culties. I have studied various bills Intro
duced In both branches of congress In re
cent years, and welcomed suggestions
from otber quarters. But I do not And
myself able to muke, as yet, any specific
recommendations on this important sub.
ject in the line of lgislatlon which has been
proposed. ,
The other' points discussed In the
postmaster general's report have been
substantially covered by the reports al
ready maae puonc by his assistants.
SHOT BY A CRAZY LOVER.
Fred Banker Attempts to Commit Murder
and Suiclda-His Victim May Die.
Amsterdam, N. Y.. Nov. 24. At about
8" o'clock this morning Fred Banker,
aged 25 years, went to the home of Miss
Cora Harrison, aged 19, and, calling her
to tne uoor, arew a nnire and attempt
ed to cut her throat. She knocked
the knife from his hand, and he then
drew a revolver and shot the girl three
times, twice In the face and once in the
shoulder. She fell to the floor, and the
would-be murderer stepped out on the
walk and drew a knife across his own
throat. He hurried to his home, which
was near by on the same street where
his victim resides. '
Street Commissioner PIoss. who was
coming along, ran into the house and
found the man lying on the floor. The
revolver was tn the sink, and the knife,
covered with blood, was found tn the
yard. Banker and Miss Harrison are
at the hospital receiving surgical treat
ment. Banker has been courting the
girl, but she did not Beem to care for
him and was desirous that he should
keep away from her. This annoyed
Banker, and he determined to kill her
and also himself.
Banker and his victim were still alive
at 2 o'clock. Banker will probably re
cover, but the surgeons are In doubt as
to the girl s recovery. One bullet Is
still lodged in her shoulder. It is said
that Banker had repeatedly threatened
to kill the girl, and she hod finally be
come afraid of him. He purchased the
revolver with which he shot Miss Har
rison last night.
Bunker was arrested this afternoon
by the Chief of Police on the charge of
attempting to kill MIbs Harrison,
KILLED A RIVAL.
Sixty-Year Old Man with Wife and
Thirteen Children Loved a Widow.
Dubuque, la., Nov. 24. Hans Allen, a
wealthy farmer. 60 years old, today
killed William Cross, a fisherman; shot
and badly wounded Ida Mink, 12 years
old, end sent a bullet into his own
heart.
The tragedy occurred In McGregor,
la., where Allen lived with his wife and
thirteen children. For some time Al
len has been enamored of Mrs. Mink,
a widow of that city, but had had a
rival for the woman's affections In
William CrosB. Allen took some meat
tn the widow's house today and found
Cross there repairing a ceiling.
A o.uarrcl between the two men end
ed In Allen drawing a revolver and
killing Cross Instantly. Cross' brother
and Ida Mink ran out the front door
screaming. Allen followed, revolver In
hand, rnd in an Instant fired, the ball
striking the girl in the Bpine.
Allen returned to the house and shot
himself in the heart.
AND THE CASE WENT ON.
Kentucky's Secretary of Stato Trias to
Stab a Opposing Attorney.
boulsville, Ky., Nov. 24. A special
Trom Georgetown. Ky., says that Sec
retary of State John W. Headley creat
ed a small panic in the court room
there yesterday afternoon by attempt
ing to Btab Attorney John Brand. The
nen were In opposition in afase on
trial and auarreHed. J
After p. little war of words Headley
uddenly drew a buslness-llke-looking
knIJo and mede several rapid motions,
lot provided for in the briefs. Brand
lid a bit of clever dodging and escaped
irhurt. Court attaches disarmed the
belligerent secretary, of . state and the
ase went on. . ' ' '
Killed by tho Cars. .
Special to the Bcranton Tribune.
Hawley, Nov. 24. Patrick Welsh, aged
21 years, was badly injured Saturday
night by cars In the Brie and Wyoming
vara at tnis place, wnen louna ne was
ylng between two tracks with several
leep cuts about hit head and face; Jaw
was broken In four places, also a deep cut
In the neck above collar bone, and a bad
flesh wound upon his leg. He died about
i o'cnck uu morning. " - -
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BLENHEIM IS ALL RIGHT.
Marlborough's Solicitor Denies State
raents About Marriage Settlements.
London, Nov. 24. R. H. Mlllward. th
local solicitor of the Duke of Marlbor
ough, says in an Interview that the
American statements concerning; the
amount of the settlements made on the
occasion of the marriage of the Duke
and Miss Consuelo Vanderbllt are
grossly untrue. He added that thero
was no heavy mortgage on the Blen
heim estate. The estate had always
been well kept up. The duke had de
clined to touch a shilling of his bride";
money, all of which had been settled
on' her. , '
It was not true that the second Wife
of the late duke, who, prior to her mar
rlage to the duke, was Mrs. Lillle
Hamersley, of New Tork, had expend
ed anything to improve the estate.
Killed by Gas Explosion.
Butler, Pa., Nov. 25. Edman Heller,
aged 70, was killed by an explosion of gas
In his houae at flaxonburg this morning,
and bis daughter. Minnie Heller, was
badly Injured that she will probably die.
The disaster was caused by a leaking gaa
pipe in the cellar that had fllled the nous
with the eicaplng gas. f
WEATHER REPORT.
For Eastern Pennsylvania, cloud
weather, followed by rein or snot Men.
day, or Monday night.
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