TWELVE PAGES 84 COLUMNS. SCR ANTON, PA.t SATURDAY HORNING, DECEMBER 7, 1895. TWO CENTS A COPT. Oaf-: Annua Hobday Opening of Ganies Silverware Toy Furniture FbotograpSa Frames Toilet Requisites Manicure Sets . 1N O.-.- And the thousand other things that fashion and custom have decreed to be specially available for , No need to say any thing about our prices. Experience in the past has told ..I you. probably, that . they're always right UATJEZOBSE Chnstnas wins THE FIRSTTAR1FF BILL Nr. Harris Seeks to Revise the Wools Scaedale. BILL PROM MASSACHUSETTS Congressman Men Will Present Schema to Revive Scot ions of the ' MeKlaley Dill - A Measure for Vaadllng'a Relief. . Wanhlngton. Dec. . Congressman S.-ranton to-day introduced a, bill In the house to relieve Postmaster Vand llng. of Bcranton, of stamps stolen from the Bcranton poatofflce In August. 1894. It was referred to the commltteee on postofflces and postroads. - W. R. B. New Tariff Bills. Washington, Dec. 8. In the house to-day, Mr. Harris, of Ohio, introduced the first tariff bill of this congress. It seeks to revise the woolen schedule Into three olasses. Congrssman Morse of Massachusetts, will on Monday, introduce the following bill to provide for the existing defic iencies in the revenue and move Its reference to the comnlttee on ways and means. It provides that there shall be levied, collected and paid upon all articles Imported .from foreign coun tries and mentioned in schedules O. J. K and L, of the revenue act approved October 1, 1890, the duties imposed In these schedules; also upon earthen ware, both decorated and plain, the duties named In paragraphs 84 and 85; schedule B of said act, upon tin plates the duties named In paragraph 121, schedule C, of said act, and upon gloves of all kinds, the duties named in para graphs 343 to 350, Inclusive, in schedule N, of said act." This bill revives the McKlnley bill In the sections named. It revives the agricultural schedule of 1890, which em braced more careful duties for the de fense of agriculture especially along the sea coast and the northern border, than any prvlous law had contained. It also revives the schedule relating to flax and hemp and their manufactures, the schedule as to silk goods and the schedule as to wool and woolens, be sides the special provisions relating to earthenware, tin plates and gloves. OITLOOK ENCOlttAClXC. The Fact That Many Business Entor. prises Have Bacn Able to Dodgo the Sheriff So Long Fills Don a Co. with Hope. ' , . New York. Dec. t. R. Q. Dun & company will say tomorrow In tnelr Weekly Review of Trade: With all the shrinkage In present business and prices, it Is encouraging to And but a small increase In failures. Failures In the United States for week have been 124 against 385 last year and 62 in Canada against 40 last year. Business la still sluggish, as if gorged by excessive Indulgence of the appetite for buying when prices were advanc ing. In nearly every brancn stocks not yet distributed to consumers stand In the way of new orders and competition of a producing force largely exeeeuing the present demand puts down prices. that decline, retarding purchases, yet more. After the holidays men look for a larger demand. Financial Influences have not hindered, and rarely has the opening of a session of congress af fected business so little. , Wheat has advanced about a cent or the week, though western receipts have been 7,014,911 bushels against 3.727,788 last year, and Atlantic exports, flour included, again exceed last year's, 2,- 326,093 against 1.887.737 bushels. Wool has been slightly strengthened by the London sales. Manufacturers have much machinery idle at present, and orders thus far ara not encouraging. Iron and Its products are lower. There Is more pressure to sell Southern pig here, and some large transactions have been made by concessions, while the small band has broken the barbed wire combination, and the two nail and the two bar associations are now In ses sion to consider their policy. Rails have not changed while bessemer pig has declined IS, and billets 86 per ton, and a purchase of 10,000 tons for San Francisco from Engtatfd la noticed, with a considerable Importation of wire nails at Boston. Anthracite coal Is weaker, and sold at $3.80 here against $4.15 according to clr culatlon. Boot and shoe shipments for the week are larger than last year, and manufacturers are getting Increased orders with general reduction In prices, but leather has declined. Hldea are about half a cent lower. The stock market has been weak. partly because of disappointing returns of earnings. November reports show a gain over last year of 9.8 per .cent, in the first week, 1.6 In the second, 6.6 In the third and 1 Ih the fourth week and for the month 8.1 over last year but 3.4 per cent, less than In 1892. NEW CONSTITUTION MADE. South Carolina's Coavcntlon Com plot as Its Work and Adjourns. Columbia, S. C, Dec. . The consti tutional convention tonight adjourned sine die. The final reading of the con stitution was finished this morning and It was ratified practically as It passed Ha third reading, with a few verbal amendments. The only protests against the adop tion of the constitution came from five of the six' negro . delegates and two white delegates. TALE OF TWO CONTINENTS. Lovers Win Wealth a ad Happiness After Years of Waiting. Morrlstown, If. X. Dec. (.After be ing separated for seventeen years, Wil liam Job and Sarah Ann Ennls were married here today, each having trav eled about 8,000 miles to keep the tryst. The home of the bridegroom Is near Helena, Mont, while the bride came from her home In Cornwall, England. The two had been children together In a little Cornwall Village and lovers as they grew older. ' William was too poor to get married, however, and seventeen years ago sailed for thla country, after Sarah had promised to wait for him. . Ha landed In New York and proceed ed direct to tha copper mlnea at Lake Superior, where he got work. It waa not tha kind of work that ha waa look ing for, nor what his studies had fitted him for, to be too drifted wast British pluck and native ability won, and Wil liam Job's check for $250,000 would be honored In Helena today, It la aald. During all these years across the sea a woman waited and watched and tolled and prayed. Faithful and true she stood by her plighted troth. About two months ago Sarah received a letter from her lover, asking her to meet him ' In Morrlstown, where she has a brother, William Ennls. At his home they were to be married, William said, and the brave Cornish woman came, reaching here on Nov. 28. - Job arrived on Monday and yesterday they were married, and Immediately after the ceremony Job gave his happy bride a check for $10,000. On Saturday they will leave for Helena, where they will reside. Job Is superintendent of the Ontario mine, which is owned by Eng lish capitalists. . MSGBACE TO THE SAYY. Commander Matthews' Report of the Affairs at Annapolis is Mot Ro-astur-. Ing. Annanolla. Md.. Dec. A. Commander Matthews has made a renort to Secre tary of the Navy Herbert upon his re cent Investigations of the condition oi the naval academy. The report states that the academy Is a shame to the nation and a disgrace to the navy. The educational departments are an rigni. but toe accommodations are most mis erable... It Is recommended that every building- now used by the cadets be rated to the ground. Several or tne structures have been condemned as un safe, unhealthy and III adapted lor their purposes. On the whole the re port sums up the academy as in a bad plight and demands the prompt atten tion of congress. , ( .-' ' The nlans oroDosed for Improvements contemplated the expenditure of about $6,000,000 but only comparatively smau amounts would be required for- each year. Commodore Matthews will urge that the general plan of reconstruction and rehabtllatlon be approved and that $100,000 be provided at tnis session oi rontrresa to beeln the work. Secretary Herbert is now considering the report FLIGHT, OF MRS. IIIGG1NSON. Her Banker lliibnd Said to llavo Cabled Her $100,000 In Pltv. Boston, Mass., Dec. 6. The elopement of Mrs. Frances L. Higglnson, wife of the millionaire banker, with James W. Smith, a young lawyer and society fa vnriio mure than a dozen years her junior, has fairly stunned society. The deserted nusDanu returnee, iu night from New York, whither he went to catch his recreant spouse, if possible. a a she and her youthful lover had a start of several days he could do noth ing. Mr. Higglnson Is satisfied that the munis sailed Saturday on the - Col umbia, which is due to reach Genoa In a few days. -. The banker has not decided what ac tion to take, but It Is presumed a dl varra will comnlete the seDaratton. He feels tha blow very keenly on account of his position In society and because ot his children, just growing Into man hood and womannooa. : Although Mrs. Higglnson is reported to have taken with her $50,000 worth ot jewela and $40,000 in cash, It Is alleged that her husband cabled to her at Genoa last night a money order for $100,000. He accompanied this extra ordinary gift with the words, "Poor things, they'll starve If I don't Bend them nome monev." . Mrs. Higglnson Is 40 years old. a stately brunette, vivacious and attrac tive. She was a Miss Borland and her i.ter married into the Jackson family. while her brother wedded only a few weeks ago to one of the belies or urooK lyn, . Smith la nne nf the handsomest men ever graduated from Harvard. In his college days he received tne soDnquei of "Handsom Jim." He stands about 6 feet 10 Inches In his stockings and w.irh about 185 Dounds. With a well- shaped head, set firmly on massive -hnniHor. nirlv hair, expressive eyes, perfect teeth, and a complexion that many a belle might envy, tne ime waa fairly won. JEALOUS STUDENTS. Angry Because tha Girls Gave a Danes to tho Princeton Men Kenr Brunswick. N. J.. Dec. 6. There ho. keen lll-feellne- between the stu dents of Rutgers and Princeton Colleges ever since the students or tne former .tnia tha nil) canon from the Princeton campus. When the Princeton musical nitih. crave a concert here last week tne girls of the town gave a dance In their honor, and now the Rutgers College pa per Is out In an article caning tne action tha cirta a dead Insult to Rutgers men. The latter say they give many dances to which all the gins are invited, h tha latter never reclDrocate. Now they say It seems small business to give the dance to the Princeton men, .k n nlalm nn the townsnoODle. W HV ' - - rm, .tl.1a aaneclallv blames the tWO or three girls who originated the scheme. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT. A Boy Killed and Two Others Fatallv injured. Thannn. Pa.. Dec. 6. A frightful ac Cldent occurred on West Lebanon street today, resulting In the death of Joseph, aged (, son of Joseph Light, and prob able fatal Injuries to John Melly, aged .i uarrv Dohner. aired 6. The -oys nn their way home from school and were stealing a ride on tne tongue ot a ...nn fiiieit with cinders drawn by an other wagon to which waa hitched four mules. . ' . The boys were ordered on oy tne driver and in their hurry to get away all three fell, the wheels of the rear wagon passing over their bodies. Toung Light was killed almost Instantly, the wheels passing over his head. TIRED ON HIS LONG WALK. Globe Trotter Quits tha Undertaking and lain Jail for Drunkenness. . Duluth, Minn., Dee." 6. William J. Thaler, who last spring started from Montreal to walk around tha world, Quit the undertaking at Tower In oils state, after having made $.600 miles of the distance. , - He la serving a twenty-five days' sen tence for drunkennesa. . . . '.','. 1 New Bishop at Washington. .. Washington, Dee. (.Rev. BVY. Bat teries, of Calvary church, New York, was elected Me hop of the Protestant Kplsoo-. pal diocese of Washington On the fourth ballot -today, receiving forty votes out of a total of sllty-toree.- THE CUBAN WAR A FARCE A New York Journalist Taluks War . News Unaecessary, PERSONNEL OP INSURGENTS Revolutionists Ara Lot of Mullattoa and HsIMIreeda Who Ara Scurry ing to the Woods to Avoid tha Government Troops, New York, Dec, . Senor Don Arturo Baldesano Y Lopeto, consul general for Spain, has received the following letter from an American who recently went to Cuba In tha interest of a New York newspaper: 'Dear Sir: Thera la no apparent rea son why I should write you, but I sim ply want to say that what you told me in New York, and what at that time I was unwilling to believe or accept, is ail very true. After looking over the ground carefully, from the point of a newspaper correspondent, I am firmly convinced that the "war" is a farce, and that the insurgents are a lot of mulat toes and half breeds.scurrylng to the woods In the hope of keeping out of the way of the troops. While correspond ents here are making big reports to their various publications, I can see no need of sending 'war news' and will therefore devote a few weeks more to the study of Cuba for the purpose of special articles." official Notice of a Victory. Washington, Dec. 6. The Spanish minister today received the following ofliclal telegram from General Campos under Havana date: "The combined' force of Maximo, Gomes and Maceo, numbering between five and' six thousand men, attacked General . Valdace, ' twelve hundred strong. The Spanish troops charged the enemy without hesitation. The rebels fl!d and were actively pursued for a dti.tance of over nine miles, in surgents only returning fire from points where escape was difficult, attempting to check the vigorous attack of the Spanish column and protect tha retreat of the bulk of the insurgent forces. They were finally dispersed. This en gagement furnlBhes ample proof of the lack of organization and military posi tion in Insurgent ranks. (Signed) Campos. Charleston, S. C, Dec. 6. The case of the United States against the steam ship Laurada and Captain Hughes, her master, lor an alleged violation of the neutrality laws In carrying men and arms to assist the Cuban Insurgents, came up before Judge W. H. Brawly, In the United States District court to day. Three Spaniards employed as fire men, testified, that the steamer carried thirty-five men and a number of boxes of arms and ammunition to Cuba on. Oct 21. The case will be continued to morrow. ' DEFENSE At HOWEll TRIAL Twenty Charaotar Witnesses Ara Sworn to Show That tha Prisoner Was a Good Woman-Regarding tha Letters. Wellsboro, Pa., Dec. 6. The court room waa crowded today with an au dience largely composed of women to hear the evidence for the defense In the Howell poisoning case. This fore noon about twenty witnesses were sworn, to prove that Mrs. Howell has been an amiable, quiet and peaceable woman during the ten years she has lived at .Tioga; that , she has been a kind neighbor, and that in all her act Hons she had shown that she had the most genuine affection- for Llbbie Knapp up to the very hour she died from poison. This afternoon Mrs. Charlotte Howell, the prisoner, and her husband, Chaun cey Howell, were both on the stand, and testified In direct contradiction to Dr. Brown, about the finding of a package of supposed rat poison In the Howell door yard. Mrs. Howell denied writ ing or dropping the letter In the postof flee which Postmaster McAllister said he picked up from the floor. Mrs. Howell explained where she found the letter she sent to Mr. Waters, and she denied' writing any of the notes printed In capitals. J. H. Putman, a Tioga attorney, lden tilled a lot of the scurrilous letters which Miss Knapp had consulted him about in the fall and winter of 1894, shu believing at this time that Right- mire had sent them to her. . Mrs. Howell made a good appearance on the stand today. She Is evidently a shrewd and Intelligent woman, and, no doubt, will prove a quick witness when the lawyers for the prosecution take her In hand for cross-examination. as DID NOT TRUST THE JURY, Judge Lynch Orders a Vordlct la Favor of . the Lehigh Velloy Railroad. Pottsville, Pa., Dec. 6. This afternoon Judge Lynch, of Luserne county, epe dolly presiding In the Schuylkill court this week, In the trial of the case of John F. Paul, of Gordon, vs. the Phila delphia and Reading Railroad company, for $15,000 damages, for permanent per sonal Injuries,-took the case from the Jury, who had been sitting since Mon day morning, and directed a verdict for the defendant company. On Sept. 22, 1881, Paul,, the plaintiff, who was a conductor on the defendant's railroad, was on his coal train going up a heavy grade from Gordon to Lo cust Summit. A water train wltfl large cylinder boilers loaded on trucks, was on ahead of the ' coal train. On the last car there were three of these cylin ders one on top of two others. Thla car broke loose and started down tha grade, and ran into tho engine of the coal train: killing tw.o of tha crew. Paul lumped from the engine for hla life, but was hurled against the wreck and sustained Injuries to his spine which rendered him a cripple for life. It was k.M th.t'tha car had a defective brake. and had been In tha ahop only tha day before. ' , ' " "' ; STONE'S STORY A DREAM. - Police Officials Bay He Has Made Moan . tains of Crime of Molehills. -' Fort Wayne, Ind., Dee. 1 Thla after noon .when tha officers . learned that John O. Stone's confession had become generally known he waa hustled out of the city to tne Micnigan city peniten tiary to serve a term of ten yeass. When tone made, hla private confession two months ago he Implicated Tils pal, John Duffy, as the leading aplrit In the bioooy hlgMway-rebberlea.- Dufty only received a four years' sentence, six less than bis squealing pal, who was Implicated In the same crime. The officers are inclined to think that Stone has painted ana em bellished a few mole hills of criminality into mountains of crime for no other purpose than to vent hla enmity agalnat uunry. Since the death of their pal. William Walrath, from the effects of bullet wounds, received In their battle with the ' deputy sheriffs, here last April. Duffy and Stone have been such bitter enemies that they have been kept In dif ferent parts of the jail and were never in the same room even during meats. Advices from Mansfield. O.. and Erie. Pa., and Kansas City, indicate that 8tone was familiar with murders com mitted at each of these places. Denials have been received from Chlcago.Cleve land and Buffalo. . OUTRAGE UPON NE6B0ES. Fiendish Treatment of a Man and Two Women-They Are Stripped Naked and Beaten. , Columbia,' S. C, Dec. 8.A dastardly crime was committed last Monday night In Colleton county, near the Barn well and Hampton lines, but was not generally known In that vicinity until Wednesday morning, when the bodies of two of the victims, stripped of their clothing, were found one being an old woman. They had been taken out and beaten to death with new buggy traces. Liquor seems to have been the Incen tive for the crime. Several months ago St Nicholas church, in Barnwell county, was broken open and robbed, a Bible and some pul pit furniture being taken away. A young negro, named Isom Kearse, who disap peared from the neighborhood about that time, was suspected of being the thief. Four Barnwell men got Information that he was at his old mother's home. near Broxton Ford, and they went over there on Monday night last. These men got two others from the neighborhood to assist them, one being Frank Hlers. They then went to Isom's house and found him coming out of the door. The party took the negro, put a rope around his neck and tied htm behind their buggy. Then they drove to the ferry, two miles away, very rapidly. The poor negro kept up as long as he could, and, It Is said, that finally he fell and several times was dragged along. On the way two of the party were sent back to get the negro's aged mother, "Old Mamma Hannah," and his young wife, a girl about 17 years of age, who has a five months' old infant. At the ferry the party held up and awaited the arrival of the detail. When the women arrived, none of the three would. or could, tell anything about the church property. Strlnped Naked and Beaten. Upon their refusal they were all three stripped naked and beaten with a new buggy trace, which. It was said. was almost worn out. The man was given about 150 lashes and fell Insensi ble, Ills body being in a terrible condi tion' The women were likewise severely beaten. , The man several times pleaded with hia tormentors to shoothlm. The old woman broke away and dashed Into the woods. The young woman did like wise, going In a different direction. The men built a fire near the Insensible ne gro, threw his old coat over him and lift On Wednesday night the body was found where it was left, cold in death. It had been there a night and a day. About 100 yards away In The swamp, lying In a pool of water about knee deep, was found the old woman's body, Cold. and. stiff. She had' 4 fallen :ace downward with her hands extended. The young woman managed to find her way home, and is said to be in a critical condition. ' She told some of the negroes about It Tuesday afternoon, but they seemed to be afraid to men tion It. Trial Justice A. C. Walker held an Inquest yesterday evening, the bodies .still being where found. The jury, com posed almost entirely of good white men from the neighborhood, upon the testimony of Hlers, who. It develops, tried to prevent the deed, and who gave all the details, has' rendered a verdict, charging directly four prominent men, one a physician, with the crime. THROUGH THE STATE. E. W. Painter was today appointed fourth-class postmaster at Burning Well. Thieves looted the office of the At lantic Refining company at Pottstown. A locomotive In the railroad yard at Bellefonte struck'- and fatally Injured James Gallagher. Falling from a car at Carhondale, Brake man Charles Ball had both legs cut off, causing .death. Two hunters, .John and T. B. Harris, killed a black bear near Wllkes-Barre, weighing 612 pounds. The Shenandoah authorities have made arrests of persons who chance oft tur keys by the wheels of fortune. A bride of only a few days, Mrs. David MnCracken, died suddenly yesterday, at Alburtus, Lehigh county. Burglars raided the Lackawanna and Western station at .Wyoming and stole $300 worth of Jewelry from a trunk. Register-elect Wa'nbauah, of York coun ty has announced that his deputies will be Samuel Filler and W. W. Diets. Philadelphia capitalists will build a hotel at Glen Summit, on top of the W'llkes Bsrra mountain, to cost $250,000. Pottavilte Coal Deal. Pottsville, Pa., Dee. 6. The Anthracite Coal company sold this morning 165 acres of valuable coal lands In the western nart of this county to O. W. Strong, of Pitts ton. Pa. The money consideration of the purchase Is not made public. It Is be lieved extensive operations on the newly acquired lands Will be opened In the near future. ; Jesse Marched with Firm Step. ' Osark, Dec. 6. Jesse Jones was hanged this morning. He marched to the scaffold with a firm step and protested his inno cence to the last. His neck was broken by the drop -anil he was pronounced dead in twelve minutes. Jones murdered Charles, and Jesse Hibden, cousins, near Boonevlllc, Logan county, Ark., Feb. 18, 18H. - ' . Superior Conrt Bnalneaa. '' Pittsburg, Dec, 6. Coal Operator D. .T. Stein, sentenced to Jail for three months and to pay a fine of 8D0O for using false weights and defective scales at his mlnea, was this afternoon released from jail, wher he has been since -Monday, on an order of the Superior court Ball waa given In $3,000. The ease will be heard at Borantoa in January. . ,. . Oold Shrinkage. : New York, Dec (.The total withdraw als or gold today from tha sub-treasury tor export amounted to $$,400,000. yvjvv'V'ti','r.i,-'Vj-'..:'-' SALISBURY'S REPTY HERE Will Rcmaia Secret Until the Duck Seasoa Is Over. TO BE GIVEN TO NR. OLNEY The Answer "Expected Shortly" Will Be a Matter of General Snrmlse L'atll Oar Over-Worked President la Able to Return to Daty Again. Washington, Dec. . Lord Salisbury's reply to Secretary Olney's dispatch, which, according to the president's mes sage, "called upon the British govern ment for a definite answer to the ques tion whether It would or would, not sub mit the territorial controversy between Itself and Veneauela In Its entirety to Impartial arbitration." was received by Ambassador Pauncefote thla evening. It will be handed to Secretary Olney to morrow. At the same time that lue formal reply waa transmitted to tne British ambassador here, another copy, according to diplomatic custom, was handed to Mr. Bayard, our ambassador In London, through whom, last July. Secretary Olney's original note waa presented to the British foreign office. Sir Julian Pauncefote being then absent in England on vacation. This copy was undoubtedly placed In Mr. Bayard's possession some days before the presi dent's message waa presented to con gress. Shoald Have Been Cabled. It la Inconceivable that In a matter ot auch Importance some Inkling ot its contents should not have been commun icated by cable to Secretary Olney, prior to the framing of the president's message. Bearing in view thla point the passage in the message In which the president says that the United States will not be "satisfied" If one of the powers concerned Is permitted to draw an arbitrary line through the territory in debate and to declare that It will submit to arbitration only the portion lying on one side of It," will be re garded as having much significance. There is a promise In the president's message that when the text of the an swer of the British government ' "ex pected shortly," shall have been re ceived, "further communication of the subject will probably be made to con gress." Of course this cannot be done while the president is absent duck shooting, and the probabilities seem to be that the correspondence will not see the light until after the Christmas holidays, un less It should be made public on the other side of the Atlantic. SAID PASHA KERY01S. Be la of the Impression That Hia Hea- WouldRcat More Securely on Ills Shoald dcis at tho British fcmbaasjr. Constantinople, Dec C The fact that Sai'l Pasha has sought refuge In tne British embassy has caused a great sensation In all circles, and Is a general topic of conversation. It Is Impossible to foresee the outcome, but' the fact of a native statesman of the highest rank seeking an asylum in a foreign embassy Is recognised everywhere as indicating an extremely critical situation, which It Is believed, may become a turning point In Turkey's history. When the Sultan heard what his ex grand vizier had done he waa' greatly incensed and made . several vain at tempts to Induce, him , to return to his residence. His Majesty Bent Tewfik Pasha, with Said Pasha's namesake, the president of the council, to the em bassy at half-past 1 o'clock in the morn ing, where they had a long interview with the refugee. - They made all man ner of promises In behalf of the Sultan lr he would return to hla old home. They declared that nothing would happen to him, but Said Pasha, with an ever-present knowledge of the value of Imperial promises, declined - to leave the safe slielter he had found. Then Tewfik Pubha vainly pleaded to Sir Philip Cur rie to compel Said Pasha to leave the embassy. THE POOL MATCH. Standing of the Pin; era at the Close of ' Last Nlght'a name. Syracuse, N. Y., Dec. 6. De Oro and Clearwater were the. winners In the championship pool tournament here to day by the following: De Oro 130, Stofft 89; Clearwater 128, Horgan 72. . Standing of the players: Clearwater won 3, lost 0; Keogh won ?, lost 0; Eby won 2, lost 1; De Oro won 2, lost 1; Sher man won 1, loBt 1; Walsh won 1, lost 2; Stofft won 1, lost 3; Button won 1, lost 2; Horgan won 1. lost 4. FROM OVER THE SEA. M. Challemel-Lacour. president ot the French senate. Is seriously ill. The new British cruiser Diana, of 6,600 tons burden, was launched at Glasgow, The French Institute has started aa In ternational subscription for a monument to M. Pasteur. Mrs. Daniel, 20 years of age, a nleoe of Baron Bantty, the Hungarian prime min ister, has committed suicide. Premier Crlspi will ask the Italian chamber of deputies - to prolong for a year the exceptional laws against Social ists. German papers ' are inclined to think from President Cleveland's message that he wants to viist England and Germany from Samoa, Madrid Mtlzens will hold a great mass meeting Sunday to denounce the corrup tion eavosed In the municipal council and the p&aslve attitude of the government in the matter. Because of the closing of the Socialist offices in Berlin,' the party headquarters have been moved to Hamburg, beyond thf reach ot the Prusalan la. Coolie Chief nf Pollco. New York. Dec. . Peter Conlin. who on the retirement of Thomas Byrnes waa made acting chief of police, was today ap pointed chief by the board of police com missioners. He waa born In this city fifty- four yearn ago. He served In the war of the rebellion and waa engaged in the bat tles of Fair Oaks, Gaine'a Mill, White Oak swam; and Malvern Hill, In the last of which he w?a severely 'wounded. - l.angertna? Discharged.' 'New York, Dec . Recorder, Ooff this afternoon In the court of general sessions discharged Walter L, 8. Langerman from custody. ' , . y ; Tha Saltan Waakene. - London. Dec. I A dlapatch to the Cen tral Newa aays that- the Sultan has de cided to coreent to eaoh of the powers having a second guarghlp at Constant!' ffliErs Blankets. Comfortables a o Our stock of Blankets is most complete in both size and quality. The follow ing prices prevail throuzh- out this week: 10-4 White Cotton Blankets 1 CI 10- 4 White and Grey Cotton Blankets M 11- 4 White and Grey Cotton Blankets 1 SS 11- 4 White Extra Heavy Blankets a 5 12- 4 White Extra Heavy Blankets, t M 11- 4 White All Wool and Shrunk.. I IB 12- 4 White and Scarlet All wool and Shrunk 4 S 11- 4 California, Plain and Damask Border C 60 : 12- 4 California, Plain and Damask Border 1 4$ . 13- 4 Extra Heavy and Fine Call. fornla t 64 ' 13-4 Extra Fine California 7$ Fancy Blankets in plain ; and figured centers, suit able for . Dressing Clowns and Bath Robes at $2.00, -$2.98, $3.45 and $3.85, Attractive prices in cotton and down Comfortables. Full Slse Comfortable............. M Imported Sateen White Cotton.... 169 Imported Sateen Best White Cob - ton - S W Crepon Elaborate Stitching 2 4$ Silkollne Four-Inch Ruffle, Hand made 9 2S Imported Sateen Down Filled.... 4 4 J Fine French Sateen Down Filled 6 64 Fine French Sateen Reversible, Down Fllled-?2x(l 7 69 Eiderdown In plain col ors, pink, blue, gray, car dinal and black; also fig ured and striped, suitable for children's wear. 510 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE .4 Floors aniLarge Annex FILLED WITH vary Foot in tha Funlly reperlr mieft Open KTenings. . Waolaaala eM BetaA LEWIS,LY&BAVIES 114 AKD llo WYOMING AVS LAMR Just Received, A beautiful line of Banquet. Lamps, and Bric-a-Brac, very suitable for a WEBBING OR ' iOLIBAY GIFT ' Call and see them.' W.'JfaWEICiEL, Jeweler 40$ SPRUCE ST., . Base Ball for Pottsville. Pottsville, Pa,. Dee. C-John S. Ban. Ion, president of the State Baaa Ball league, who has been in town since yes terday, says Pottsville will have a pro fessional club next year. Mr. Hanlon says ' the traction company will Interest Itaaif In the matter and It Is now an assured success. ' ' . Shot Hla Slater. ' Coudersport, Pa., Dec. . Elmer, a email settlement near the Tioga county line, wag the scene of a murder yesterday mora Ing. Thomas Hall became Involved In quarrel with hia wife' a alster, and, pick. Ing up a gun. shot tier, blowing her head almost entirely off. . . ''. WEATHER REPORT. ' " I f easawaaaaaj . For eastern Pennsylvania, fair until Saturday evening; southwesterly, winds) and wanner. .t '
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