V- -V1' THE ONLY REPUOLICAN DAILY),: I f4 LACUAVANNA COUr4JY, TWELVE TAGES 84 COIiTJMNS. SCEAXTOX, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1895. TWO CENTS A COPY. ON THE : TALK. AT UNHEARD OP LOW FIO TJREB. THAT WILL EVER BE REMEM BERED BY THOSE FORTUNATE MONEY SAVERS WHO TAKE AD VANTAGE OF OUR SEMI-ANNUAL CLEARING UP IN THIS DE PARTMENT. TALKING WON'T BETTER THESE EXTRA ORDINARY VALUES, SO WE'LL LET THE VARIOUS LOTS TELL THEIR OWN STORY AS YOU SEE . THEM ON THE COUNTER. At Half Price A LOT OF IRISH POINT. TAM BOUR AND BRUSSELS LACE CURTAINS. ONLY ONE PAIR TO TO A PATTERN. BUT ALL VERY CHOICE STYLES. PICK OF THE I.OT AT HALF PRICE. A Curtail i ' ' At the following guaranteed - ' ' . ' reduction!; e k.8 Pain, Ecru only, were 45c, OZr now...; "7V 13 Pairs, 'Ecru only, were 75c, KKp ,'MW V. tO Pairs, Ecru only, were 85c, KOr . now ,yi" 10 Pairs, White and Ecru, were AQr 1.00. now uyc' M Pairs,' White and Ecru, were C ftA U.K. now M Pair. White and Ecru, were Cf ,11.75. now 17 Pairs, White and Ecru, were Cf AK tlDS. now .t . 5i (This lot In 4 patterns.) II Pairs, Cream only, were $2.3, CI 65 now U Pairs, Ecru and White, were 7$ tlfiO, now , W Pairs. Ecru and White, were 7 00 11.7a. now (Three patterns in this lot) . $3nowT!..."::.w.e" $2.50 MPalrs, White only, were 13.7 $3.00 MJ-alrs. Ecru only, were $5.00, $3,50 SALE Begins Wednesday, Nov. 27, at 9 a. in. CHOUSE :$ 1 .oo Lace Cirtilns dlildlHUi Sweeping Mtt ; ham Lace LIKE WASHINGTON TOPICS Forecast of Events by The Tribune's Regular Correspondent STRUGGLE FOR AtTOIXTMEXTS Reasons for Ambition on Part of Aspirants-Anecdote of the New .Mem-bcr-A Blow at Tho Ssrnnton Republican's Seed Uurceu. Special to the Scranton Tribune.. Washington, Nov. 29. By tomorrow nil the members of congress are ex pected to be here. Many or them are In town now, especially those Interested In the battle over the house offices. The friends of all the candidates have been on the ground with coats off. and sleeves u; for more than a week. At this writing it looks as tnough the com bine's slate Will go through' without much trouble. On the slate are: McDowell, of Pennsylvania, for clerk; Glenn, of New York, for doorkeeper: Russell, of Missouri, for sergeant-at-arms. The combine have not picked their man for postmaster, but he will likely come from Ohio. Rev. Turner, of Kansas, will probably do the praying for the house. The backers of General Henderson, of Illinois, are still full of fight and in the language of the late John O. Thompson, of Ohio, are "claiming ev erything and conceding nothing.". As stated In a dispatch in the early part of this week General Henderson, If de feated for the clerkship, may break the combine's slate and capture the sorgeant-at-arms. The general has a host of friends among the McDowell supporters who will no doubt vote for him for sergeant-at-arms after their candidate for clerk is out of the woods. Ex-Speaker and Speaker-to-be Reed has been In town all week, but he has maintained a dignified silence on the question rs to what the coming con gress will do In the way of legislation. Mr. Reed has run up his presidential lightning rod and he therefore recog nizes the value of silence at this time. In making- up his committees he will use the greatest Judgment posnlble. Ho will no doubt put men at the head of the important committees who will be able to secure for him the largest num ber of delegates to the next" Republican national convention. Senator Quay, who hns been In Flori da since the election. Is expected to reach here tomorrow. He will take no active Interest In the fight for house offices, as the Pennsylvania delegation Is a unit for his friend, McDowell, and If he attempted to control members from other states he would probably hurt rather than help . the cause of McDowell. Mr. McDowell's Ambition. Some people wonder why McDowell wants to be clerk of the house, after having been a member of congress. The question Is easily answered. Mc Dowell is no different from hundreds Of other ex-members. He was In Washington just long enougn u iuu In love with the city. It Is true he ! wmithv. onuush to live here. and N a Bentleman-t)f l"iurer but that Is not the question. He has had a pull at tha public teat and. like everybody else, he likes it. McDowell runs a banking business in snaron. ra. e is tho bank. He Is president, board of directors, etc. In other words, he owns tho bank. The major Is an In veterate smoker of Pittsburg stogies. He Introduced the "peBky things'" In the last congress, and now many of the members have become slaves to the habit. He- always keeps a box of them on tap at his headquarters, ana takes a great deal of pleasure In hand ing his callers a "death dealer," and then calmly await results. The first .time a fellow tackles a nu.mirg stogie he Invariable gets sick, xnis tickles the major. There Is more reason for General Henderson wanting the clerkBhlp than Major McDowell. He seeds It from a financial point of view. The general in eone-ress twenty years, but he never saved a dollar. His salary didn't more than keep him, and ne was too honest to take any of the money that la floatlnsr around at times. In dispo sition General Henderson Is one of the most lovable men that ever came to congress. He doesn't know the first principal of meanness. He Is kind and affectionate, and probably hasn't an enemy In the world. He is 71 years old today. Sympatny. 11 nomine eise, win probably secure for him the office of sergeant-at-arms. Ho certainly de serves recognition of some kind from the party which he has served so long and faithfully. The Irrepressible New .Member. The new member of congress, as a rule, is decidedly "new" In the strict est sense of the word. He Is an Im portant individual, Indeed. About the first thing he does when he . strikes town Is to visit the clerk's office and see if his name is on the roll. Then he visits the various departments Just to let tho officials know he is In town and Is a full fledged member of con gress. If he Is stopping at a hotel he watching the register to see If any of the late arrivals are from his district. He then hunts up a friend, generally an old member of congress, to pilot him around town and show him the sights. One of these "new" members, I will call him Jones for short, wa3 In troduced to Senator Gorman the other day. and this Is what followed: "This is Mr. Gorman, Mr. Jones." said the gentleman In charge of the "new member. ' "I didn't catch the name," said Jones. Gorman." replied the distinguished Mnrvlander. ' x "Member of tho House 7" inquired the "new" member. . "No. sir: Senate." "Oh, yes; Senator Gorman, I see!" re filled Mr. Newmember. "Liet me sees Vrnm what state. Mr. Gorman?" "Maryland," said Senator Gorman, who bv this lime was somewhat irri tated by his newly-made acquaintance's Ignorance. '"Oh, yes," replied Mr. Newmember. "Democrat or Republican?" This last question was more than the leader of tha Democrats of the Senato could stand, and with a look o' diBgust on his face, he turned on his heel, and walked hurriedly away, leaving Mr. Newmember and his friend staring at eex-h other. - Thirl Is only a sample of the stupidity exhi ilted bv the average new member of congress. The oiitarolna clerk of the House. Hon. lames Kerr, who has resided In Wash ington for tne past rour years, win re move with his family to Clearfield, Pa., hnut the first of the new year. Mr. Kerr was very popular In Washington mmi his enforced departure will be re mitted bv many. He will probably come back to Washington as a member of ongress rrom tne 1 weniy-eignm district when the Democrats up there set control again. Mr. Kerr has leased his Washington residence on Capitol Hill to Representative Leonard, of the glxrwntn renniriTsnw umnci. ' -. A csiHM Third Term. Mr. Logan Carlisle I one Democratic office-holder wider President Cleveland, who te opposed to a third term, and ha SayS so WttOOUt snv ncsiiawy. Hi cussing the question of third term with your correspondent a flay or two ago ne-rnld he would prefer to see the Demo cratic party defeated next year than to hnv it establish the third term prece dent. Mr. Carntle probarly not only voices his own sentiments In this ques tion, but those of his father, the secre tary of the treasury. Possibly ne was specking the thoughts of President Clevelanu himself.' The president will sena his messasre to congress probably on Tuesday; It will be read in both houses Immediate ly after the opening of tho session and will be one of the most Important docu ments Mr. Cleveland has addressed to the national legislature. It will have Im portant bearing on the government's financial condition. It will contain rec ommendations regarding glaring de fects in an imperfect currency system and it will state the attitude of the ad ministration toward tho Cuban Insur gents, who are struggling for freedom from the iron rule of Spain. A con spicuous feature of It will be a recom mendation touching on bond Issues. The speculative world will receive with In terest the modifications which Mr. Cleveland will suggest rejecting cr- tain tariff schedules, notably the sugar schedule. The president has, it is un derstood, completed his message and when the business preliminary to the organization of tho house is disposed of he will be heard from. Crnojrnlng the Sennto. The senate will not be reorganized at the opening of the session. It will be a continuous body practically for the two great parties are about on an equal footing in numerical strength, and It will take time and politics to deter mine whether the rule that shall prevail shall be Democratic or Republican. Secretary Morton, of the agricultural department, has abolished the seed di vision of his department and thus saves Uncle Sam a cool million dollars a year. The abolishment of this use less adjunct to the agricultural de partment Is eenerally commended, al though it will be greatly missed by members representing rural or farming districts and country editors, who used the seeds to boom circulation. The rural circulation of Congressman Scranton's Mugwump Republican will doubtless take a downward course next spring about "plantln" time." w. K. lieu. MR. HEED'S PLANS. ft Is Said That He lias Decided t'pon Several Appointment. Washington, Nov. 29. It was report ed at a late hour tonight that Mr. Reed haa practically decided upon two of the chairmanships, which he will give to the New York delegation. James S. Sherman, of Utica, is said to be one of the lucky men, and the com mittee on which rumors place him Is of Indian affairs, over which Mr. Hol man, of Indiana, presided at the last congress. The chairmanship of the committee on railways and canals. It Is believed, will be given to Charles A. Chlckerlng, of Copenhagen. The Impression Is deepening that Se- reno K. Payne, ot auduhi, tne senior Republican member of the committee on ways and means, will not secure the chairmanship of that important com mittee, but that it will be given to Mr. Dlngley. of Maine. It Is also re norted tonlirht that the chairmanship ef the Judlolary -committee will W given to Mr. Dalxell, 01 flttsDurg. CHARLOTTE HOWELL'S TRIAL. Tlogo County Furnishes the Mont Pou- liar Criminal Coso I'pon Kceord-A Do. tcetivo Aceuscd. Wellsboro. ra.. Nov. 29. The county court here has been occupied all this week on the case of Mrs. Charlotte Howell, who Is charged with the mur der of Miss Elizabeth Knapp, at Tioga last May. It will be remembered that Miss KnaDD died under mysterious cir cumstances, and it was suspected that she had been poisoned. Detectives were get to work and the more they In vestigated the- case, the more probable it became that a tout aeea una oeen committed. Miss Knapp lived with Mrs. Howell and for months before her death she received every day or two a threatening cnonyrnous letter. Libbie (Miss Knapp) saved all the let ters until she had about 100. These are now to be offered in evidence and an attempt is to be ma"" to establish the fact that Mrs. If?,, ell was the author of them till, and .that she It was who. from a Jealous motive gave Libbie Knapp poison. Mrs. Howell was Induced to write or print some-letters In Roman capitals, dictated to her from some of the orlsrlnaln. Rho made these eopie3 In the -presence of several witnesses, among them the detectives. The case has dragged along without particular Incident until this afternoon, when Mrs. Howell was put upon the stand to testify In her own behalf rela-vj tlve to her examination In the district attorney's office before her arrest, when she made the printed copies of the let ters. She stated that Duplgnac, one ot the New York detectives, was In the room alone with her and that he made an insulting proposal to her, offered her 25 to accede to his request. She al leges that the detectives told her that If she would comes me wnoie ming they would let her off free. Dunlenac toon tne Btana ana oe- clareil thnt there was no truth In the woman's testimony regarding his words and notions. Tho letters made by Mrs. Howell were then offered In evidence as a ground upon which to establish the fact that she brought the original notes to Libbie Knapp, which contained vile Insinuations and threats. The court ruled all these letters out and this Is considered a very strong point for the defence. . The caee 13 a very singu lar one In criminal annals. The evi dence is purely circumstantial, but Is deemed to be quite complete In every point, except on that of a motive for poisoning the girl. ' If the commonwealth Is able to make It appear that Mrs. Howell was Jealous of the girl the case will be a strong one, without this. It will, ho doubt, be Im possible to convict her. WEDDED WHILE HYPNOTIZED Sensational Complaint of a Woman Who Applies for Divorce Ann Arbor, Mich., Nov. 29. If the story told by Mrs. George Faltrldec, of Ann Arbor, Is true, George Is a bold, bad Svengali. Mrs. Paltridge was for merly Miss Mary Lurfield. a popular young lady of this city. She was en gaged to marry a student named Weir In the law department. In the bill for divorce t.led Tuesday she claims that on Sept. 9, 1S95, Paltridge took her to Ypsllantl, hypnotised her and com pelled her to marry him . under the name of Mary French. 1 hen, she alleges, he took her to Kala mazoo and maltreated her. Ten days later she returned to her father's home In Ann Arbor, ana now seeks a divorce. Train Held Cp. St Louis, Mo., Nov. 19. A speolal from Port Worth, Texas, says that two masked men held up the north-bound passenger train on the Fort Worth and Denver rail road last night, two miles north of Child ren. They boarded the car at Childress and forced an entrance Into the express car. The express messenger was unable uopen thi ThrougS "safe loi thV bandits secured so money, . ... HUNTING FiLIBUSTERERS Spanish Officials on American soil Arc Verj Active. . ' TH2 CASE OP CAI'TAIX KIB0KG Madrll Dispatch Denies Pjoco Rumors. Insurgents L'so Dynomltu With Fearful Results at Rntnblazo. Norwcigan Steamer Held. Wilmington, Del.. Nov. 29. Warrants sworn out today by the Spanish consul, Jose Cansosta. were served late this afterr.oon on Frederick Svanoe, captain, : end Rangnan Christiansen, first officer ; of the Norwegian steamer Leon. The two oincers, accompanied by Superintendent Nathaniel Benson of the chip building firm, were taken to the federal building, where they weto ar- raigncd before United. States Commls- J Eioner Smith, charged with violating the neutrality laws under section fed eral statutes. They pleaded not guilty and Captain Benyin'went their security for their appearance at noon tomorrow. The nccuced men expressed a wish to have their case transferred to Philadel phia? and that question will be settled tomorrow. No levy was made upon the steamer and sue was not searched. Philadelphia. Nov. 29. Captain W'l borg and Mates Pedresen and Johansen of the steamer Korea were arraigned this morning before United States Com missioner Bell to answer the charge of setting on foot "a military organization or enterprise to be carried on against the territory or dominion of the King of Spain." A number of members of the crew were examined and all swore posi tively that no men or arms were taken on board the Horsa after she sailed from this port, except Carl Armston, who was just as positive that 3S men, two of them generals and a number of cases of guns, rifles and ammunition were taken aboard from a tug. The men were landed on the Cuban coast, but -the 48 boxes were subsequently thrown overboard. Witness also swore that John D. Hart, agent of the Horsa. was aboard until the transfer was made (Mr. Hart had previously testified that he had not been aboard the Horsa at any time during the voyage). commissioner uell then nostooned the hearing until Dec. IS. The defend ants were held In 11,000 bail each and Witness Armston In 1400. The commis sion refused to place the defendant's witnesses under ball. Humors of Pesos Are Unfounded. Havana, Nov. 22. A Madrid dispatch says that La Epoca, the ministerial or gan, emphatically denies that any pour purlers looking to peace in Cuba have been. Initiated. It Is said that the ru mors anent peace were purposely put In circulation by revolutionary agents In Cuba. General Marttnes Campos has cabled to the government that Instant action is. necessary to correct the misleading statements cabled to Spain by press correspondents In Cuba. He asks the government to rely on his cablegrams and his official and confidential letters. Advices from the Interior says that on Nov. 26 a band of insurgents placed a quantity of dynamite -upon the track of the railway between Neuvltas and Puerto Principe at a place called nam blazo. The explosive was put on the track a few minutes before the ar rival of the train, composed of a num ber of cars loaded with cattle with passenger cars attached. Tho train exploded the lynamlte and the locomo tive and several cars were blown to pieces. The engineer was killed and the two firemen and several passengers were Injured, the latter being terribly mutilated, and will, doubtless, die. About 100 head of cattle were killed. Patriot lo Spaniards. New York, Nov. 29. Forty membors of the Spanish Colony of this city, railed -on-the Spanish consul general, Senor Arturo Baldanaro Y. Topeto, of fering their services asainst the Cuban Insurgents. The consul was overjoyed with the patriotism of his compatriots, and at once telegraphed to the Spanish minister at Washington. EVILS OF HUNGARIAN DIET, llsrr Andreansky and Hon- Von Pcrczel Ara Thirsting for Illood. Buda Pest, Nov. 29. In the lower house of the Hungarian Diet today Herr Andreansky reproached Herr von Perczel, minister of the interior for assisting In electoral abuses. In re plying to the charges made against him the minister said that the accusa tion was Insolent, and used 'language that was oTensIve to Herr Andreansky and the house. The president of the chamber finally Intervened and called the minister to order. After the sitting Herr Andreansky sent to Herr Von Perczel a challenge to fight a duel, which was accepted, Herr Von Perczel temporarily resigning his ministerial rost in order to be able to meet his adversary on the field of honor. ' a ''' THE QUESTION SETTLED. Mr. Weeks Sars TlWt tb Nomination of Mr. Harrison W'Hnln He t'nlse. Chlcairo, Nov; 29. John D. Weeks, of Pennsylvania. Who was treasurer or the Republican National committee during the Plaino campaign, now eaitor or tne American- Manufacturer - and I.vn World, declared in an interview here to day that the nomination of Benjamin Harrison tor tne presidency would bo exceedingly unwise because "he has for his bitter enemies all tne party leaders in Pennsylvania. . Mr. Week added: "Hay this enmity to Mr. Harrison's discourtesy. There may be a few party men In Pittsburg who admire him. but he Is opposed by the state at 'large. Reed. McKinley, or Allison would please the people of Pennsylvania." BALL PLAYER HANGED. "Pacer" Smith Not In the Jnrlsdlctioo of Pennsylvania Pardon Doard. Decatur, Ills., Nov. 29. C. N. Smith, known In professional base ball as "Pacer," was hanged here at noon to day for the murder or his little daugh ter, Louise Smith, and his sister-in-law on Sept. 23. The crime , was de liberately planned and executed. Smith went to the home or his rather-ln-law, where h'.s wife and child were living. for the purpose of killing them, but his wife escaped him, and he killed the child and his sister-in-law. The execution took place- promptly at 12 o'clock and the murderer's neck was broken, and he was pronounced dead In fifteen minutes. . BIG COTTON EXPOSITION. A Schema to Maks New Cnstomers for , present iroaneis, Augusta, Go., Nov. 19. Augusta has started a plan to Include the whole south for a southern cotton exposition In Chicago. It Is proposed to have a cotton exposition - In Chicago, whose purposes shall be: First to make cus tomers for present products: sec ond, to open direct lines of distribution between producer ana consumer; mini. to bring to the knowledge of the cap. J lUUata la wott forrtblo and convinc ing way the great opportunities for profit which southern cotton mills af ford, and, finally, to show to the great west that Chicago is the natural and logical distributing center for $275,000, 000 worth of cotton goods annually, which tho south must and will natur ally and logically make; and to ofler to Chicago the great prize of an Immense trade in exchange for Chicago's mighty assistance in buildtng up the south. The exhibit, its designers say, should be as practical and business-like in Its nature as expedient, with enough of the picturesque element to make It attract ive to the public. WILLARD HOWARD SAFE. The Man in Charge of the American Re lief I tin J Still Lives. New York, Nov. 29. The Christian Herald in its neit issue will say: News was received today of the safety of William Willard Howard, who was upopsed to have been murdered by the Kurds, while on a mission of mercy in Armenia. Mr. Howard was sent to Van several months ago by the Christian Herald of New York to distribute a re lief fund of $12,000, contributed by sym pathetic Americans In behalf of the destitute survivors of the recent mas sacres in Armenia. DINS ARE DYSPEPTIC. Tho Business Outlook Is Decidedly Gloomy from tho Standpoint of tho - Review of Trade. Now York, Nov. 29. R. G. Dunn and company will say tomorrow In their weekly review of trade: The failures for the past week have been 279 In the United States against 2S9 last year, and 47 In Canada against 36 last year. Business has not Im proved, though there Is very little change except In the shrinkage of prices which is a period "of inaction naturally caused. The movement of crops is only fair, both cotton and wheat being largely kept back In the hope of higher prices, and there Is a prevalent feeling that foreign Imports will fall off. Exports show a little eain for the week although the small outgo of cotton is still a threatening fact as respects foreign exchange , Kailroads reporting for November show a gain of 8.4 per cent, in earning compared with last year, and a loss of 1 per cent, compared with 1892. There Is no especial gain attributed to tne Trunk Line agreement as yet, but stocks have advanced an average of 44 cents per share for railroads, while declining 37 cents per share for trusts. On the whole, the demand Is nothing like what it would be if general busi ness were In a normal condition. The speculative markets have not helped. for while wheat is a cent higher, with corn unchanged, cotton is a shade higher, and held with much stiffness In spite of all evidence ot the abund ant supplies abroad, and the sagging trade of European spinners. Goods here are a shade, weaker, perhaps 1 per cent, on the whole. In spite' of a small advance In raw cotton. Another sharp fall In hides at Cht- cargo has not been followed by leather, which has declined only for grain, nor proportionately by boots and shoes. The manufacturers are getting remark ably little new business for the season and many look for no material change until after January 1. The woolon busi ness makes scarcely any gain. Tho iron market is decidedly weaker again, and while Bessemer pig has de clined to 112.8a at Pittsburg and grey forge to' $12.25 and plates to $1.60 at Philadelphia, so that the averaee of nU quotations is about, half of one per cent, lower than lost week. A sharp decline is noted in barbed wire. The bar asso ciation and the two nail associations re fuse to reduce prices of their Droducts. although the demand haB been surprise ingiy reduced since the great advance two or three months "riKO.and there were rumors in the market that one of the big combinations had gone to pieces be cause or underselling by members. 'ine western receipts of wheat con tinue larger than last year, for the week , 50,201 bushels against 3,565,404 a year ago. As before, Atlantic exports are relatively small, and for four weeks have been only R.27.M6 bushels, flour included, asrlnst C.742..196 last vear. Tt in evident that wlt such movement high er prices enn hardly be expected, nor can the exchange situation be favorably auccieu. BULLET IN HIS SKULL. Albert Stern Shoots Himself While De spondent. Long Island City, I. I., Nov. 29. Al bert Stern was found with a bullet In his skull and another In the region of his heart, at the rear of the stair case leading to offices of the Queens county Jail this afternoon. Stern, when questioned, said he had shot himself and crawled In there to die. Stern, who Is 24 years old, said he was lately disrharged from Bellevue hospital. New York, where he under went an operation, since which time he has not been responsible for his ac tions. SANDOW HAS A RIVAL. Strono Butcher of Des Moines Who Per forins Astonlshlnc Fents. Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. 29. Charles Lloyd Barney, a butcher of this city, 21 yean old. Is a rival of Sandow. Only his Intimate friends knew of his won derful strength until yesterday. He is accustomed to kill cattle with a blow of his Ilr3t. He raises a beam on which elcht men are seated, and holds It above his head. He recently raised a horse weighing 800 pounds on his shoulders, and performs many of the most remarkable feats of San dow. Aecldcntsl Shooting. Cumberland, -Md., Nov. 29. Oeorpe Seav, aged 19 years, son of Charles A. Seav arid brother of Franlile Haines, the actress, shot and almost Instantly killed Walter Carpenter, aged 23 years, at the residence of Thomas J. Lowery, of Paca -street, this afternoon. A daughter of Mr. Lowery, who was In the room at the time of the shooting, says It was aclcdentally. Seay has been arrested and is now in Jail. An F.lght-Clnb Ixagne. York. Pa., Nov. 29. John J. Hanlon, president of last year's State Base Ball League, Is in York. He Is trying; to form an eight-club league and wants York, Hasleton, Carbondale, Lancaster, Read ing, Philadelphia, Allentown and Harirs burg to fro into It A meeting will be held here tomororw to consider the formation of a club. ' James Rallec's Ralclde. Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 29. James Ralleg, 105 Taylor oven ue, Allegheny, shot him self through the head this morning and died a few minutes later. Despondency through Inability to secure employment Is the suposed cause. Raleigh was 49 years of age. He leaves a widow and two chil dren. Duet to Death Mt. Sterling, Ky Nov. 29-John Wil liams and David Rose, who were wealthy stock trailers of Wolfe county, fought a savage duel to the death yetserflay st Hazel Green. Williams was killed and Rose died later. They had a dispute over business. 1 ' :' Firs at Johnstowa. Johnstown, Pa., Nov. 29. Fire late Wed nesday night at Twin Rocks, up In the mountains In this country, destroyed the Ciwer house and machinery at the Charles cFaddea coal mines. Loss, lU.000; In turaaos, $t,(KA ; DISASTER ATT1LLY FOSTER A Cave-In Results in the Loss of Several Lives. . BURIED UNDER TONS OP ROCK Thirty-five Men Aro Caught at tho hot- torn of a Pit Threo Hundred Feet from the Surface-List of the Head and Injured. Carmel, N. T., A cave-In, resulting In the loss of thirteen or fourteen lives, occurred at the Tilly Foster mines after 3 o'clock this afternoon. Foreman Patrick Lynch was de scending the pit to take the time of two gangs of laborers, numbering about thirty-live men, working at the bottom, when a large umount of earth and rock slid from the surface to the bottom of the pit. about 300 feet below. Out of one gang of eleven men only five came out alive. The bodies of three of the other gang were recovered. More bodies are under the tons of earth and -rock. Several others were more or less Injured. 1. 1st of tho Dead. Among those known to be dead are Michael Oannon, foreman: Patrick H. Murtha, foreman; John Fagan, boarding-house keeper; Thomas Dennis, James Smith, an unknown Austrian, No. 234. Gannon, Fagan and Murtha were married and leave families. An Austrian, known as 394, received a fracture of the skull. The work of recovering the bodies was begun at once under the direction of Superintendent Tompkins and Fore man Lynch. Up to 6 o'clock Ave dead bodies had been brought up. Murtha was taken out alive, but died In about fifteen minutes. At 5 o'clock the work had to be abandoned until tomorrow on account of darkness. The others remaining in the pit are probably all Italians and Austrlans. Some of the bodies were fearfully mangled. Coroner K. C. Penny and Undertak ers Knox and Smith, of Brewster, were on hand to take charge of the bodies, which were placed In the carpenter shop of the mines as fast as they were brought up. As the lifeless, mangled forms of tho poor unfortunates were one by one stretched In the Impro vised dead house there was a rush of friends and relatives to identify them. SCHLATTER'S VlLCBIMAGE. Healer Ridss a Whlto llorso -Following Lonely Trails to Albuquerque, Jf. M. Where He Will Begin s Long Fast. Denver, Col., Nov. 29. It now begins to appear that Francis . Schlatter will not attemct to continue his mission as a divinely gifted healer of diseases in Chicago, and it Is probable he has fin ished his mission, not only In Denver, but for all time and for all places. The mystery of his disappearance bailies both the curious and his loyal support ers. The most intimate of his friends here declare with positlveness that he is In hiding somewhere in the hills not so very far from Denver. Ever since Schlatter disappeared a solitary man riding a white horse has been reported traveling slowly southward.. He is to day not far from Walsenburg, taking unfrequented - trails southward Into New Mexico. He may be a prospector who Is imposing upon the credulity of the people with whom he meets, but the testimony now has become so abundant as to warrant uie belief that thin man on horseback is Schlatter. At Elizabeth, at Overton ami now at Greenhorn the sparsely settled com munities believe the stranger is Schlat ter. Last night George Sears, a ranch man on the Greenhorn, thirty miles southwest of Pueblowlred from Gran eros station,' , on'the. Deliver A: Rio Grande, this message: ." "Francis Schlntter,.thn healer," took dinner at my house tbday, going south wardly. He told nie he rode through the storm Thursday night. On Friday morning he camped In an abandoned cabin on the Greenhorn, and remained there till Monday morning. I know him to be Francis -- Schlatter, the healer, having seen Mm In Denver." Several ranchmen of the Greenhorn country have corroborated this report to the station agent at Graneros. Schlatter told Mr. Sears he had suffered severely from exposure during the snowstorms of the last week, and that he had traveled all the way from Den ver by unfrequented ways anu much of the distance by night In order to avoid being seen. He Bays he will go to Albuquerque, where he will begin a forty days fast. Rouse, Col.. Nov. 29. Francis Schlat ter, the healer, passed through this coal-mining village this .afternoon, mounted upon a gray horse. A number of people who had seen him In Denver positively Identified htm. His coming has been anticipated by rumors which came from Walsenberg last night. He was met a distance from town by near ly the entire population, who flocked about and begged him to give them the healing grasp.. The healer dismounted and grasped tho hand of every one who came to him. He did not talk and re fused to answer questions. He said only that he was going south and that hethnd traveled twenty miles during tho day. After everybody had shaken hands with him he mounted his horse and rode on. , ' Indianapolis lla a Hcnler. Indianapolis, Ind.', Nov. 29. George W. Bunting, the street commissioner of this city, is arid to possess the same healing power that has attracted so much attention to Schlatter. "I do not know what Influence It Is.' said he today. "It consists merely in the laying on of hands. I .have cured over 2,000 persons, but I never took a cent for ny services, and I have al- always tried to keep my work out of the papers, because, as I said, I was uiruiu peopie wouiu tninK I was, a crank. I went Into the Pates house one evening anu u. Whltcomb. then su perintendent of the Union Rr.ilway company, was ineve. His race was ter ribly swollen ftom an uleeratml tnnfh I passed my hand over his face two or three times and told him he would suf fer no mere pain. In an Instant his sufferings stopped, and in a short time the swelling was gone and he has never oeen pothered since. "A man came here from tho south who was suffering with a cancer on his face. He had spent nearly every cent of his money trying to be cured, and the doctors bad told him his case was hopeless. He was an old friend of mine and came here to visit me, knowing notning or my ability to heaL The first day he was suffering Intensely. I had him lie down on the lounge In my office and I passed my hands over h'.s. faco and the pain wad gone. I told him that In three weeks the cancer would disap pear, but he laughed at me. avid so did several of the local docton W whom he talked. I gave htm three treatments. passed my hands over his, face at three different 'times, and shol-tly after the last time the cancer was gone, and It nas never returned. 1 showed the man 10 several aoctors, nmong them Dr. Lockrtdge, and they 'would hardly be lieve It." - Mr; Bunting la not practicing tht healing, art "l mm not going Into tho HI Blankets. ComfoitiHes- - Oiar stock of Blankets is most complete In both size and quality. The follow ing prices prevail through out this week: 10-4 White Cotton Blankets 10-4 White and Grey Cotton . 69 99 1 33 3 25, 2 94 5 73 4 93 6 Cd 4 8 GO 9 74 idanKets 11-4 White and Grey Cotton Blankets 11-4 White Kxtra Heavy Blankets wnne Kxtra Heavy Blankets. 11- 4 White All Wool and Shrunk.. 12- 4 White and Scarlet All wool land Shrunk 11- 4 California, Plain and Damask Border 12- 4 California, Plain and Damask .Border- 13- 4 Extra Heavy and Fine Call. fornla 13-4 Extra Fine California.... Fancy Blankets in plain and figured centers, suit able for Dressing " Gowns and Bath Robes at $2.00, $2.98, $3.45 and $3.85. Attractive prices in cotton and down Comfortables. Full Size Comfortable f 09 Imported Sateen White Cotton.... 1 54 Imported Sateen Best White CoN ton 2 CXI Crepon Elaborate Stitching 2 3 silkoiine Four-Inch Ruffle, Hand. made , 3 33 Imported Sateen Down Filled.... 4 4S Fine French Sateen Down Filled 6 6(1 Fine French Sateen Reversible,' pown fined 72x81........ 7 Cd Eiderdown in plain coif ors, pink, blue, gray, car dinal and black: also fig ured and striped, suitable for children's wear. 510 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE LEWIS AHltY A VIES 114 AMD 116 WYOMING AVE. Wholesale and Retail. LAMP: A beautiful line pf Banquet Lamps, and Brie -a-Brac,' very suitable for a ". I0LIBA.Y GIFT Call and see them,1 hi 9 408 SPRUCE ST., burliness," said he, "and I would rather nothing would be said about me." 8ev eral persons who were said to have been healed by him were seen, and they all declare that he did heal them. We lave Them in Stock An 0" I f edfor I f f "Ml season IP SATOLLI IS CARDINAL, Tho Apostolle Delegate is Elevated bjr the Consistory. Rome, Nov. 29. A secret consistory was held at the Vatican today, ove 4 which the Pope presided. The session ended at noon, when it was announced that His Holiness was in fair health and had made a speech of some length eulogising the new cardinals whom the consistory had elevated to the sacrea college. Among the prelates elevated to the cardlnalate by the consistory was Archbishop Satolll, apostolle dele gate to the United States. The Pope) also recognised fpur new Italian blsh ' ops. ' The grand master of ceremonlei an , .nounced that the Pope would confer the red hat upon the new cardinals at the next publlo consistory. The pro ceedings of the consistory lasted onlfl half an hour, owing to the Pope's be comlng-Bomewhat weak from fatigue, , V WEATHER REPORT, ' For Eastern Pennsylvania, generall cloudy during tha day, possibly vary llghl show.rs in the morning: slightly, colder. . 1
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