)::. - V; r i. THE' ONY REPUBLICAN DAILY I U : LACKAV7AN N A ' COUNTY. EIGIIT PAGES 64 COLUMNS. 8SCB ANTON, PA., MONDAY MOItNING, DECEMBER 16, 1895. TWO CENTS A COPY. 7 l. 9 tZ ' UR WINDOWS and the general display throughout the store give ample evidence of our capabili ty as cater ers for the Holiday Trade, and the dally increasing throngs of buyers at our jcores of tables and con tents tell with unerring certainty the story of ex ceptional values and well satisfied customers. Stocks are still full and complete in all holiday lines, but cannot long re main so. Sensible, thinking buy ers will take the hint. Cloak News There's no use trying to conceal the fact longer. With the exception of a few late arrivals our cloak .took la pretty well crippled. Sizes are broken, prices aro mtxslng, and we cannot In all cases guarantee you just the style that you hail set your mind on. al though the chances are still greatly In favor of your finding It A Grot Cloak Seasoa With us, and consequently cleaning up time has come about two months ' ahead of last year. Btlil, tfe've tee - To make good the deficiencies referred to above, by late buying, and this, coupled with the fact that about Half Former Prices M Now Should make trado In this most popu lar of all our departments fairly whirl for the next eight or ten days, Just a Mnt At reductions must suffice. Misses' HaMsoiie Jackets ... Blses 12 to 18 years. The flower of th entire junior coat family that actually old at $15. Special Sale Price $7.50 IStylisli Brack Jackets Full range of sizes lined throughout, latest cut, and faultless at every point criticism may lead you to were $12.50, Special Sale Price $6.50 Extra Fir Cape Values In Wool Seals. Eleotrio Beats, etc. Than those there Is nothing newer or more desirable on the market. The kins are absolutely perfect. The cut and sweep cannot be Improved upon Lengths from 30 to 33 Inches. NEW PRICE LIST. $30.00 Capes now $ i 9.90 35.00 Capes now 22.50 . 45.00 Capes now 29.50 50.00 Capes now ' 3 1 .00 QaakSale Of the season opens Friday,' December ' 13, and we mean exactly what we say when we talk about selling our broken lots In latest styles at : Half. Price 0 CONGRESSIONAL FUNERALS Senator William Alfred Peffer Fur nishes Some Interesting Figures. COST OP Bl'KYlXG THE DEAD Items of Kxpeneo Following the Shoot ing of lreslJent Uarfield-Outrngo. ouh Fees Charged by Dr. Bliss. A Step Looking to Kcform. Tribune Bureau. " . &15 Fourteenth St.. N. V. Washington. Dec. 15. Slnoe William Alfred Peffer entered the United States senate on March 4. 1891, he 1ms flBured more or loss con spicuously In one thlnsr or another. He has been looked upon by his colleagues and the world at large us a most pecu liar man In many respects In fact, he has been regarded as a crank of the lat est and moat approved pattern. He has been the butt of every newspaper pora Krapher In the United States, and In parts of Canada and the United King dom. His whiskers have furnished col umns upon columns for the caricatur ists and funny men. Senator Peffer has taken the slaps nnd Insults in a Chris-tlan-like manner. He never criticises his critics, but rocs along In tho even tenor of his way. Since he has been In the senate Sena tor Peffer has not been Idle. He is one of tho hardest workers in the upper branch of congress. Several months ago he began gathering data on "Congres sional funerals" since the foundation of the government down to the present time, and last Thursday he addressed the senate on that question. He fur nished facts and figures which are cal culated to take the breath of political economists, as well as throw some light upon the extravagance practiced by both houses in burying their dead mem bers. After telling how the money Is appro priated and how tho expenses of "Con gressional funerals" have prown with the government. Senator Peffer launched out into facts and figures which are really startling. Many of these have already appeared la The Tribune. Personal Experience. Senator Peffer was the master of ceremonies at the funeral of his col league, the late Senator Plumb, of Kan sas. He admits that that funeral was conducted as cheaply and economically as possible under the eircumstances.the total expense being I3.0S2.73. In com menting upon the expense of burying the late Judge Chlpman, of Michigan, a member of the house. Senator Peffer furnished an Itemized account. Among the Items were $35 for a soloist and a male choir; four clergymen's fees, 40, and a surpllced choir and organist, $10. The senator said these items might ex cite wonder, but they were down on the expense account Just the same. In conclusion he said: . . "Without going further Into details,' I have shown enough to satisfy every one who cares to consider the subject at all that the custom of congressional funerals has grown into an abuse. It is not gen erally rejected as a serious proceeding by the people at lnrge. Indeed, it Is hard ly ever referred to In respectful terms In uny case of public criticism. But I place my objection on the broad ground that It is not a proper object of public expen diture. Nor ought the contingent fund of either house of oongresa bo drawn upon for such outlays. Whatever may be, and ought to be, appropriately done on the oc casion of the death of senator or momber of the houne ought to be done as a mat ter of pub'lc decency, and the expenses should be paid out of tho public treas ury. As to those cases where the dea th occurs at home or away from the capital, or when congress Is not in session, they are not matters that concern the nation so much as to Justify any expenditure of public money. Whatever Is proper to be done in such cases Is for the people at home to do and congress ought not to Interfere In any manner with that. If members of this or of the other house of congress wish to at tend and participate In the obsequies, at their own expense, nobody will be found to object. Such a pergonal sacrifice would be good evidence of a devoted friendship, Nothing better Illustrates the depth of a man's convictions than that he show Ms faith by his works. Friendshlo, if sincere, does not need artificial stimulus to bring It to the surfaae. Grief comas from the heart one's own heart; It does not originate In the pockets of other peo ple. The average congressional funeral, so It is commonly charged, is nothing more than a party of good-natured gentlemen having a good time at the public expense." The Garfield Fnneral The greatest expense ever Incurred by the government In the death line wa that of President Garfield. From the time Gulteau fired the fatal shots Into the body of the late and lamented presi dent until the time his remains were laid to rest In the cemetery at Cleve land, it cost Uncle Sam Just $39,783,01. This gigantic sum Included the fees of six physicians, $24,500. The largest fee was that of Dr. D. W. Bliss, $.500. Thfe others charged $4,000 to $5,000 each. Senator Peffer has Introduced a bill regulating the cost of each funeral in the future. Ills main object Is to break up the custom of "picnic parties" at tending the funerals of deceased mem bers at the government's expense. W. a B. RICH FINDS IN ALASKA. Miners Wintering In Cook's Inlet, So as to flet an Ksrlv .spring Start. Port Townsend, Wash., Dec. 15. The steamer Al-Kl, Just in from Alaska, brings news from the. northern mining districts that Is likely to encourage a big Influx to that region next spring. Passengers from Cook's Inlet and the Yukon country say that small miners are making frequent rich finds, and many men will winter in Cook's Inlet In order to get an early start prospect ing In the spring. Six weeks ago a re port was sent out from the Inlet that hundreds of miners were destitute there and unable to get out. An offer of relief was sent them, but word came back that not one wanted to come out, and that mining would be carried on there all winter. The Al-Kl brought down $75,000 In bullion from the Treadwell mine. . . CAMP OF TRAMPS RAIDED. A - Notorious Offender Csptnred-Tnoy nsd Money and "tamps ' Paterson, Dec. IS. For several weeks Chief of Police Praul has, been watch ins; a gang of tramps suspected of various offenses, and three detectives discovered tha suspects In .camp at Riverside, near the Erie railroad bridge, this morning'. Tho tramps wers t breakfast. There were fly of them, and the officers recognised Billy Moffat, a notorious crook and sandbaggcr. When arrested, one of the tramps, who was standing Borne distance from the camp fire, made a break for liberty. Detective Lord tired four shots at him. but he got away. The four prisoners were taken to the police station. There they gave their names and residences as George Con nell. Port Jervls: James Cummings. !m ran ton: John Brown and William Moffat. Paterson. On being searched, over $100 in money was found, besides numerous articles supposed to have been Btnlen. Their underclothes, shoos and socks were new. Connell had $75 in postage stamps. In the pocket of the overcoat of the nmn who escaped $-'5 in money was found. Moffat and Urown Is well known to the police, and the former is wanted for sandbagging and highway robbery, lirown has already served a term for shooting a man whom he held up about a year ago In this city. Conneil Is sup posed to be one of u gang who has been robbing! the postofilces in the small towns of northern New Jersey. GERMANY FEARS WAR. The Armenian Question Is Not of Suf t iclent Importance to Call for Interven tion That Might Involve Europe in Con- filet. Iterlln, Deo. 15. At tho climax of the strain between the sultan and the European powers the sultan's assent to the Issuance of firmans permitting the entrance of extra gunrdshlps Into the Dardanelles was obtained under thf Inlluenco of his knowledge that Ger many's support would be withdrawn If ho refused. Throughout the diplomatic struggle the German ambassador at Constantinople has been under instruc tions from Merlin that Germany should keap in the background, retraining from a-U Initiative action. The Ger man ambassador was often absent from the conference of the ambassadors, but was always in direct communication with the sultan. 1 According to otunlul Information here the emperor saw no necessity for hav ing a second guardship at Constanti nople, and was strongly opposod to the project of forcing the passage through the Dardanelles. Finally, however, un der pressure brought to htm by Austria and Italy the German ambassador was Instructed to advise the sultan that Germany must go with the allied pow ers in the event that strong measures should be required. At the same time the sultan received the assurance of Germany that when the guard boat dif ficulty should be removed ample timo would be accorded to tho porte to re establish order In Asia Minor. It la probable that reliance upon the Kaiser's promise that no untimely pressure upon Turkey for reforms would have the as sent of Germany had more Influence upon the sultan than did the Inslstance of the Russian and British ambassadors that the firmans must be granted. During the coming three months If official expectations here are realized, diplomatic action in Constantinople will be relaxed. A great deal more confi dence exists In Berlin in the sultan's Intention to carry out the promised re forms in Asia Minor than seems to pre vail In other and especially In English official quarters. All the references that are made on the subject In the German semi-official press show this feeling and indicate the predominance of the poin ion also that no Intervention of the powers In Turkey Involving a European war should be ventured upon. German popular and official sympathy with the Armenians Is keen, but It Is argued that a war leading to the slaughter of the European armies would be a worse evil than anything that has happened In Armenia. The official organs In Vienna take a similar view of the situation. AI.LEN G. TIIURMAF BURIED. Fnneral Services Conducted at His Lata Residence In Columbus. Columbus, O., Dec. 15. Funeral ser vices over Allen G. Thurman were held at the family residence, at Wash ington avenue and Rich street, yester day morning. There were many more present than could be admitted to the house, notwithstanding that the fu neral was private. The coffin was placed in the archway leading from the residence Mr. Thurman had occupied to that of his son, Allen W. Thurman. Among the early arrivals was Gov ernor McKlnley, accompanied by the state officials. Ex-Govcrnor Campbell and tho Hon. L. T. Neal, of Chllllcothe, were also present. The services at the house were conducted by the Rev. J. L. Grover, himself 89 years old, and a close friend of Mr. Thurman. Mr. Grov er officiated at the funeral of Mrs. Thur man three years ago. Judge Thurman at that time requested Mr. Grover to act at his funeral. After all the guests had withdrawn and lett the family alone with the dead, Mr. Orovor again offered prayer, and, the family having withdrawn, the res idence was thrown open and those who had not been able to gain admission were permitted to pass through the halls and view the remains. The pall-bearers were Grandsons A. L. Thurman, Allen G. Thurman and Gwynne T. Jordan, of Urbana; Nephews McEldln Dun, of Bojlefon talne, and John O. Dun, of Columbus, and the faithful colored body servant, John Matthews. The casket was cov ered with black broadcloth. The re mains were Interred In Greenlawn cem etery by the side of his wife. DUCK HUNTERS RETURN. Sixty Dneks, 32 Partridges, 8 Geese and 4 Krsadt Begged at Nation's Expense. Washington, Dec. IS. President Cleve land and his shooting companions re turned to Washington to-day at 2:30 p. m. on the lighthouse tender "Maple," laden with ducks and a deep brown color. At the wharf there was the same little crowd of loungers, the same wagon to carry away the slaughtered game, the same Mr. Thurber summoned to meet the president by telephone mes sage from the Indian Head proving; ground, and the same Sinclair, the white house steward. The president wore a silk hat and a beaver overcoat He appeared to be In excellent health. The president and Mr. Thurber entered the coupe and were whirled off to the white house. Meanwhile Steward Sinclair, his as sistant and the sailors of the "Maple" were carrying to the white house wagon, the president's guns and traps, and the game that had been killed. Al together there were sixty ducks, thirty two partridges, flv' geeis and (our bra&t !'-.."- - FORECAST JFIHE WEEK Programme of Business in Senate and House. STEWART'S SILVER SPEECH Floodgates of Financial Debate Will lie Opened by Secretary Carlisle's Report-Speaker Need's Committees. Membership of the lloose. Washington, Dec. 15. The third week of the senate will open with that body no better equipped for the transaction of business than on the day congress first assembled, although It Is more than probable that before the week Is over the caucus committee will have agreed and the senate committees will have passed Into the hands of Repub licans. If the suggestions of some of the younger senators are followed. It Is not impossible that this week may find the senate testing a strength of the two parties over the subject of the re organization of the elective officers. Tomorrow Mr. Stewart will make his first silver speech of this session. Thurs day ho introduced a resolution to direct the finance committee to inquire what effect the difference of exchange be tween gold standard and silver stand ard countries has upon the agricultural and manufacturing Industries of tho United States and report by bill or otherwise. This resolution will be the text for Mr. Stewart's first speech. Senator Hill takes issue with Sena tor Collum on his conclusions relative to the Monroe doctrine and may ad dress the senato on the resolution now on the table early in the week, possibly to-morrow. Senator White, of Cali fornia, who last week offered an amend ment that all debate shall be relevant and contlned to the subject directly, be fore the senate will speak to the resolu tion' Tuesday. It Is one of the many propositions now pending to change the rules of the senate with a view to limiting debate. The receipt of Secre tary Carlisle's report to-morrow will be the signal for the floodgates of financial debate to open. Several senators, among them Mr. Sherman, are prepar ing to discuss the monetary portion of the president's mcssuge but have kept silence pending the report of the secre tary of tho treasury, which is supple mental to the recommendations of tho president. Mr. Sherman will hardly be prepared to speak this week, but it would not cause surprise If a discus sion were precipitated at any time. Ilonso Proceedings. The only thing that Is expected in the house this week. Is the announce ment of the committees by Speaker Reed, and when that Is made adjourn ment for the holidays is anticipated. It may be that the committee on rules and elections will be announced tomor row, and In case that should be done a report from the former committeo will probably be presented and discussed before the week closes. The house at present Is operating un der the rules of the fifty-first congress, and If the proposition to make two or three committees on elections, which has been under consideration, is to be carried out a change In the rules to that effect must be first made. One change In the rules that it looked for In view of Speaker Heed's expression of opinion thereon is a reduction of the number constituting a quorum of the committee of the whole house from a majority of the full membership of the house. What figure will be fixed upon cannot be stated, but it is believed that It would not exceed one hundred and may be considerably less. Speaker Reed is satisfied that such a change will ma terially aid In the despatch of business, and be a means of Inducing a more gen eral attendance upon the sessions of the house. SENATE COMMITTEES. Chairmanships Given to Peffer, Stewart and Allen, PopitllMs. Washington, Dec. 15. The Republi can caucus committee, charged with the duty of making majority assign ments to the senate committees, held a protracted meeting yesterday after noon and adjourned until Monday, when the final report will be drawn for submission to the caucus to be held on Tuesday Immediately after the sen ate adjourns. A number of additional chairmanships were finally agreed upon yesterday. In addition to those that heve been heretofore1 named are the following: Civil Service and Retrenchment Pltch ard, of North Carolina. Education and Labor Shoup, of tdaho. Enrolled I31He Sewell, of New Jersey. To Examine the Several Branches of the Civil Service Peffer, of Kansas (Pop.). Improvement of the Mississippi Kiver Nelson, of Minnesota. Indian Depredations Wilson, of Wash ington. Manufactures Wetmore, of Rhode Island. Mines and Mining Stewart, of Nevada (Pop.). Relations with Canada Carter, of Mon tana. Revision of the Laws Burrows, of Mich igan. To Investigate the Geological Survey Elklns. of West Virginia. Forest Reservations Allen, of Nebras ka (Po:.). The committees on Irrigation, organ ization and expenditures In the execu tive departments; Pacific railroads, railroads, transportation routes to the seaboard, Quadrocentennial, National banks, and to investigate trespassers on Indian lands have not been definite ly determined, all of them being set apart for the new men. HE HAD A LADY FRIEND. Dsuihtor of a Preacher Accornpsnlcd Ambrose Who Left Altoona. Altoona. Pa., Dec. 15. It was an nounced In a semi-official way that the audit of W. ,A. Ambrose's accounts with the city nas ueen almost com pleted and that a shortage of over $7,000 has been found. It Is said it will reach $ 10,000 when the audit Is completed. It also came out today that Ambrose when he went away was accompanied by the daughter of an ex-Methodlst preacher, with whom he has been liv ing for some time past. BRADLEY FOR PRESIDENT. Ills Friends Are to llont for Sosthern ' Votes in the Convention. Frankfort, Ky., Deo. 15. Gov. Brad ley Is a candidate for president It seems to Be settled beyond question that h win bo endorsed by Kentucky Republicans, and messengers will go to Washington and will make trips to Southern and neighboring Northern states to whoop up the boom. Only one complication has beset Bradley so far, and that Is the candidacy of H. Clay Evans of Tennessee, for vice president Should McKlnley fall of the nomina tion, it is believed that Bradley, owing to the neighborly relations, would fall heir to some of the votes from Ohio. Ex-Gov. Foraker and Gov. Bradley have long been Intimate friends, and some say that Bradley will have the quiet support of Ohio's next senator and his open assistance should no can didate from that state appear avail able. . The states which, It Is thought will In struct for Bradley are Kentucky, Vir ginia, West Virginia, Arkansas. Mis souri, and one or two Southern states. Bradley's friends say that all of tho Southern delegates, except Tennessee's, will be made up with reference to Oov. Bradley's candidacy, and will be con trolled by him. SLAlClfiiBfliABPOOT. Victims of Mohammedan Fury Are Butch ered While Pleading for Mercy-Spectacle for Christian Powers to Contem plate. London, Dec. 15. The representative In Constantinople of the United Press, telegraphing under yesterday's date, says that advices from the interior showed that forced conversions from Christianity to Mohainmedlsm are oe curing everywhere. Women and chil dren whose husbands and fathers have been killed and whose homes have been destroyed have, rather than to lead a vagabondange, accepted Islamlsm whereupon they were housed and fed by Turks. Ostensibly the women accepted Islamlsm and thus rendered their lives and perhaps their honor secure. It is known that perhaps one thou sand persons were killed in the massa cres In Kalsarea. The fury of the Kurds was not satisfied with the death of Its victims, but vented Itself upon the In animate bodies. The mutilation of the corpses was frightful and in many cases was of a nature that cannot be de scribed. In Harpoot sixty Chrlstiuns fled to a church In the vain hopo that Its walls would furnUh them a shelter. They were permitted for a time to believe themselves Becure, but suddenly the church was surrounded by a great num ber of Kurds. The doors were blown In and the Christians thought that they would be mnssacred within the sacred structure. They were not. Their cap tors took them out one at a time out side the church, and there, heedless of the pitiable cries for mercy from the women and children, killed them, either by shooting or stabbing them. The first victim was the Protestant pastor of the church, who, as he was dragged out. bade the others, If they had to die, to die as Christians. He met his deaui like a r.ie.i ir. Some of tho refugees In a very agony of terror offered to abjure their faith and acoept Islamlsm, think ing thus to save their lives. Tho offers availed them nothing, for their insatia ble enemies, after accepting them, dragged the converts out and killed them one by one. The Armenian church has been turn ed into a mosque, and the Protestant church Into a stable. YOUNG MACEY DYING. Ho Will Be tho Third Victim of tho Wild Act of the Boy Train Wreokore. Rome. N. T., Dec. 15. John Maccy, a young man who was injured in the wreck of the Central fast mall train ai this city on Nov. 19. and has since been at the Rome hospital. Is very low, and his friends have given up hope of his recovery. Maeey was stealing a rldi on the platform of a mall car with Robert Bond. The latter died on the morning of the wreck. Mncey wns in jured about the head, and his right leg was so badly crushed that it had to be amputated Just below the knee. He Is unable to take any nourishment, and the doctors believe that he is injured Internally. Macey Is 22 years of age. and thp son of respectable parents living In Syra cuse. Though he figured In the first accounts of the wreck as a tramp, he had never been away from home until he started on the trip that ended so disastrously. Bond persuaded him to go, saying they could beat their way to New York. If Mncey succumbs to his Injuries he will be the third victim of the wild act of the four hare-brained boys who derailed the train to rob the passengers. Mrs. J. Bagg, a sister of Macey, who lives In Syracuse, Is with him, and other members of the family are expected tonight. KITTY IN A FLYWHEEL. Round and Ronnd, Pressed Close to the Rim by Centrifugal Forco. . New Brunswick, N. J., Dec. 15. A few days ago a pretty kitten walked into the -power house of the Brunswick Traction company at Mllltown. It en tered at once also Into the affections of the engineers there. They treated It to milk and made it a bed. It was petted by nearly everybody In the place. But pussy one day was seized with a fit, and was last seen scurrying around the engine house at a speed that was astonishing. That night, when the power was shut off, Kitty's corpse dropped . from the huge eighteen-foot-flywheel Into which it appeared she had fallen. Centrifugal force had held her to the Inside on the rim, and she had revolved for eight hours at the rate of eighty-six revolu tions per minute. Life It Is thought was crushed out of her, and It Is prob able that she died after only one or two turns of the wheel. AN EXPRESS SPEAK.EASY. gent Aston Cos viol ed of Vlo latloaof . . the Llqnnr Laws. Omaha, Neb., Dec. 15. Agent Hugh Aston, of the Adams Express com pany at Hastings, was yesterday con victed In the Federal court of selling whisky without a license. Sentence has not yet been pronounced. This case will cause a revolution In the methods of express Companies through out the country. The Federal law re quires all persons handling spirits to have a license. - Brewers save thousands of dollars annually by consigning goods direct to express companies in fining orders who collect and remit. Under this ruling they will be forced to take out licenses forall distributing; points, how ever small, and will not be permitted to depend on express companies. 'The cue wtU be appealed. .... , TORTURE FOR THE CUBANS The Mohammedan Fanatics Outdone by Spanish Cruelty. LA TORRE'S SHOCKING CRIME Mordcra la a Fiendish Manner a Poor Gardner Who Would Not Inform on Ilia Brother Field Laborers Led Out and Shot Down. New York, Dec. 15. Senor Jose F. Garcia, who accompunled Mrs. General Ignaclo Agramonte and her family from the city of rrinclpe to the United States, gives a graphic account of the methods used to extort Information of Insurgent movements from prisoners who fall Into the hands of Jose Iji Torre, chief of police In tho city of Puerto Principe. "The numerous acts of cruelty prac tised by this man," said Senor Garcia, "are almost beyond belief. His bar barity would do credit to the Spanish Inquisition of the sixteenth century. I will relate to you one incident only, which will be vouched for by the best citizens of Puerto Principe. There was a poor man In our city who had a little farm upon the outskirts where he grew vegetables, bringing them Into town for sale. His brother, who Is n captain In the Insurgi-nt army, hail been making considerable trouble for the Spanish troops. This Inoffensive gardener, Jose Agullar, bought a gun and ammunition to defend his little farm ngainr.t van dals who overrun the country. As he was leaving Puerto Principe for home he was arrested by I.a Torre and thrown Into prison. This prison Is an old, rambling building In the center of the city, and from the adjoining houses one can hoar distinctly all that happens. Agullar wns questioned by La Torre roga-dlng the whereabouts of his broth er. He protested ignorance. La Torre ordered that he be fctruck five times with a whip-like board, used for thnt purpose. He still refusing to say where his brother was. ho was struck aain and again. Then La Torre, convinced thut he could do nothing In thin way, placed around the unfortunate man's head a tourniquet. Again he asked him to reveal the camping ground of hU brother, and each time the victim de nied all knowledge of It the instru ment of torture was turned. "Tho gardener's groans and prayers for mercy could be heard distinctly by all passers by. La Torre placed guards at each coiner of the building nnd al lowed no one to enter. Aguilar's wife and her aged father, who had heard of the arrest, begged for his release. La Torre dragged them Into the prison, and there kept them for hours In a room within hcarlng of the cries of agony. Half crazed by' what they heard, they ran past the guard. A sentry felled the woman with the butt of his musket. She was left unconscious on the prison lloor for an hour with her two Utile children crying over her. Enraged by his failure to obtain tho desired infor mation. La Torre gave the tourniquet a final twist. The man's temples burst, and In a few minutes he died. La Torre then drove the wife nnd her father and children out Into the night." tncontrollnhlo Brutes. Scnora Agramonte, In speaking o Spanish cruelty, said: "Nothing that I could tell you would paint in Its true colors the bloody work being done. I do not think Gen. Campos approves of these acts, but it Is beyond his power to control the many brutes who are in command of Spanish troops In distant portions of the Island. "Col. Rojas and Lbut.-Col. Pablo Tjinila are two Spanish olTlcers from whom we have suffered severely In the province of Camnguey. Owing to the strict Spanish ccnrorshlp accounts of the acts of these men seldom reach the American rross. I "vlll relate to you one incident, which occurred upon my own estate. Lleut.-Col. Pablo Lamia visited several little farms In the neigh borhood of Puerto Principe and too from them laborers, who could be use us guides through the forest. Land, ordered these men to follow him, saying that he wnnted them to show him a road. They all went willingly, and af ter he had collected fifteen on twenty he conveyed them to a Held near my house. He then ordered those laborers to reveal to him the whereabouts of the nearest Insurgent en nips. All protest ed Ignorance. Landa then had these men blindfolded, and, placing his cav alry behind them, gave them another opportunity to reveal the desired Infor mation. Upon their refusing a Beeond time, he called out: "These men are shielding the Cuban dogs; cut them down!' The cavalry with cold steel fell upon the laborers and butchered them without mercy. The bodies were burled on the plain where they fell. War cor respondents between Spanish lines dare not report these atrocities. If one did. he would be mistaken accidentally for a Cuban Insurgent and a stray bullet would end his career." Can't Cope with the Cuban. Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill and R. W. It. Barnes, the young Eng lishmen who went from this country to Cuba early In October to study mili tary operations on the Island, have re turned to this city. Mr. Churchill Is a son of the late Lord Randolph Church Ill, and had letters of Introduction to Captain-General Martinez Campos. He passed several days with the Spanish general. Valdes, as a member of his stsff. The Spanish troops were near an Insurgent camp for three days, but before an attack was begun the insur gents withdrew. The Spanish troops. In Mr. Churchill's opinion, are brave and ready to fight, but the nature of the Island makes It Impossible for them to cope success fully with the Insurgents. The sup pression of the Insurrection will be a very difficult task, Mr. Churchill thinks, and he agrees with the Insurgent lead ers that, if they shall not be crushed before the spring rain begins, they will have an excellent chance to win their freedom. No Important or decisive battles have been fought so far, and the reports In dicating such engagements are Inaccu rate. Mr. Churchill crltlsea the Span ish authorities for not handling their columns of troops more In harmony, Spaniard Repalsed. Madrid, Dec. 15 A despatch to the Impardal from Havana says that 800 Insurgents surprised, seventy-two Spanish troops who were foraging near Ninas, between Nuevitas and Puerto Principe. The Insurgents fired a volley Into the Spaniards and then charged them with machetes. The Spaniards made a heroic resistance, killing many of the rebels, but were themBelves com pletely crushed. A lieutenant and twentythree . privates were killed, while the rest of the Spanish force, except four men, were either wounded or taken prisoners. A Spanish column has started In pursuit of the rebels. The Impartial ulso has a despatch from Santa Clara oaylng that General Oliver has defeated Gomez and Maceo In Mabujlna. The insurgents' loss was heavy. The Spanish loss was five killed and twenty woundod. BITLT A niUU.ll ALONE. lisorjo Taylor, a stone Mason llcws Blocks and Lays tho Walls of a Beauti ful Structure at llcpburnvlllc- Willlamsport. Pa., Dec. Ij. Thero was dedicated this afternoon (it licpburn vllle as unique a Presbyterian church us exists anywhere In Pennsylvania. It Is a beautiful stone structure and the walla were not only luid up by one man, but he also hewed out the stones from great boulders on Brobst moun tain. He labored more than six years, never drawing pay for his work, and when he died recently, In? bequeathed his unpaid wages t the church. This heroic stone mason wns George Taj lor. In the church, ho nared. Is a pretty memorial window erected by a grateful congregation for the nged and untiring builder. It Is called the Lycoming Cen tre Presbyterian church, and ttiinds nt HepbuiRville, seven miles north of this city. The congregation is composed mainly of well to do farmers and their families. The church Is GO by US feet with a square tower (10 feet high. About a year a;;o, when ho had Just rbout '.pished the- tower and his long labor swmed ubuut to end. Taylor grew HU. ilia hammer and chisel were laid aside and they were never .-iijiiin taken up by him. He was ubout 70 years old and died of raneer. When Taylor died a will was found, in which tho story of I1I9 devotion to the church was made complete. All his wages, amounting to many hundred dollars, was bequeathed to the congre gation. There remained a small debt which was practically wiped nut to-day by those who gathered in the pretty house of worship to see it dedicated. aiuucn sli'I'er koki:x UP. Tho lustor csdcd Moncy-llo Kcccivcd Si no In Noteinhcr. Oyster Bay. L. I., Dec. 15.-The I'.ev J W. McCoy of the A. M. K. church Is troubled over the matter of unpaid sal ary. Wishing to make Me Christmas suason a clad one Tor him. some younK men arranged a chowder and apple dumpling supper to be given In the church basement on Thursday night Njw a genuine church row Is on. Last fall, when the annual fair for the benefit of the church " was being ar ranged, Hev. Mr. McCoy advised that the musicians be selected from local tal ent. Mrs. Elbert Townsend, wife of one of the church trustees, Insisted that the contract be given to Glen Cove music ians who had served on former occa sions. She carried her point. The fact that a chowder and apple (lumpllng supper waa to be given In tho church for the benefit of the pastor awakened Mis. Townsend to opposition. It is asserted that Mrs. Townsend or dered the sexton not to turn the keys of the building over to the young men, nnd Trustee Jenkins was asked to notify the Rev. Peter McCoy that he could not have the keys. Tho clergyman sained an entrance to the church, however, and the supper wns proceeding merrily when Trusto s Townsend and Jenkins appeared a. .d ordered every one to leave the building. The liev. Mr. McCoy refused to go and both sides sent firon officer. In tho meantime Mrs. Townsend, nc oompnniod by her daughters, entered the liiiihlinrr. and the trio, so It Is al-?,-r.,i .... ... t ., i tln tnr nipp(r 1 ... .1,, , ,ii... ,i rnr.,i on floor. Mr. McCoy asked his friends to ;uln him al his home, where the fes- was nmdo for a warrant tor tho arrest of the pastor on a charge of burglary In entering the church without permission, but no warrant was secured. Mr. McCoy declares that tho church owes him salary to tho amount of Sino, and that his fa:nily needs It. Durlnic the month of November, so the clergy man says, ho received but fl.GU. - . . DROWNLD I'XDKK THIN ICK. A Young Skater Loses Ills 1.1 fo on tho Pnssnlc Kivcr. Faterson, Dec. 13. Ono boy was drowned nnd two narrowly escaped drowning while skating on tho Passaic : Itlver at Dundee Lake yesterday after I noon. Tho accident occurred in mid 1 stream, where the Ice Is very thin. The boy who perished, Harry NIenhouse, 10 years old. had skated away from his companions when the Ice broke. One man reached the boy as he was sink ing for tho third time. He tossed his overcoat toward htm, but although NIenhouse clutched at the garment It struck the buck of his hand and he dis appeared beneath the Ice. A searching party failed to recover Xelnhouse's body. It will probably not be found un til the Ice breaks up. The two other boys who went under the ice are unknown, but they were rescued. '. A number of boys skating on the Mor ris Canal, near lied Rock Bridge., this afternoon, built a fire at the base of a big tree. The heat loosened the roots and the tree fell when several boys were standing by the fire. All escaped but Robert Faxton, who was pinned under the trunk. He was removed to St. Jo seph's Hospital, whore it was found that several of his ribs were broken. He can not recover. Faxton is 11 years, old. DAMAGE FROM HIGH TIDES. Much Property It Destroyed by Angry Seas at Cspe Ms? . Cape May, N. J.. Dec 16. Tfie con tinued beating of the heavy surf ac companying the usual run-of, high tides has damaged the , entire shore line here at weak places. Near the foot of Madison avotiue tho trolley company's loss will reach tl.GOO. Along the shore to Cape May Point the heavy sea has, where the artificial defences were weak, broke In upon the solid land, effecting serious losses to riparian owners. Near ex-President Harrison's bouse the board walk was carried away and tha drive encroached upon bf the sea. ... .. . .. I HILEY'S HOLIDAY : A good SHk Dress is al ways an acceptable gift for a lady. Very Afecfe BLACK AND COLORED SILKS AXD SATIXS. ELEGANT PERSIAN SILKS, FOR WAISTS. FAXCY AND PLAIN VELVETS TOR WAISTS; REAL LACKS AND LACK HANDKERCHIEFS, HAND EMBROIDF.RED I HANDKERCHIEFS IN ENDLESS VARIETY", SILK AND LINEN INITIAL HANDKERCHIEFS ?'OR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, KID GLOVES AND MITTENS, ' SILK GLOVES f ' AND BILK MITTEN 3, I SILK HOSIERY AND UNDERWEAR. Our Ikn Department Is UiepaM DINNER AND LUNCH SETS, NAPKINS TOWELS, TAllLE AND BUREAU SCARFS. PILLOW SHAMS AND CENTRES, EMBROIDERED IN DELFT AND FANCY COLORS. DOWN COMFORTABLES, SILK PlLLOV,'S AND CUSHIONS AND AN ELEGANT STOCK OF LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S UMBRELLAS IN LATEST DESIGNS. ! 530 and 512 LACICA WANNA AVENUE 4F!&M Large Amei FILLED WITH kOOTMR Fvery Foot in tho Family Proji.rly Fitted. 0i? u Lvenings. holo.als and KuUtU lEWIS,ffiilYMAYIB 114 AND 116 WYOMING AVE f 11 Silverware ami Sil Kt tallies. '. . Ladies' Watches from $5.00 to $75.00. W.J, 401 SPRUCE ST, NEAR DIME BASK. WEATHER REPORT. New York, Dee. 10. The Herald's weather forecast: In the Middle fltatea today, cloudy weather will probably pre vail, followed ty rising; temperature, wllhj fresh variable winds, mostly westerly and southerly, followed by Increasing eloudl ness, and In the like region and viol nit y by snow or rain, which may extend by 1 HOUMY Mill. night eastward to the coasts; and on : Tuesday cloudy, colder weather with snow and rain. . , ; : ' Batcher Fatally Injured. C.: Chester, Pa,, Dee. 15. An express' traili ' on the Philadelphia, Wilmington and feal ttmore railroad last night collided with tba horse and wagon of Robert Coppock. ' a butcher, living near Lima, Coppock was fatally injured, his hone killed and hj wagon wreaked. . j, ;--'V:--' 'Vr V ' ':.,.;Vi"'V:,;:'t.: y K V ' ' :-i 'V ', ...' 0'
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