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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. .
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