ONLY REPUBLICAN DAILY IN LACKAWANNA COUNTY. mm TWELVE TAGES 84 COLUMNS. fciCKANTON, PA;, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 189C. TWO CENTS A COPY V ' THE Srftttat Left us like every cither firm hand ling furs In thin country, over stocked. The winter so far has been one of exceptional mildness. Furs were hardly a necessity, and buying was put on. According to our usual custom these Pur Garments have got to be sold this season, and it seems to us that no better time could be found for a complete, clearance than the beginning of the year I Little rhouffhtful ommniomi Will suggest many Rood, sound ren- olis lor buylnir now. unioiiK wnlcn pi actual thrift and stylish economy fornix leading features. For In stance, prices are all hut cut In half, ii nd most 'if the Wintt r Is still ahead of us. Besides this. Furs never Ret out of Ktyle, mid as Mg sleeves have come to stay, every lady knows she cannot wear a Jacket over a fasli lonubh' waist without ruining the sleeves, therefore capes have a long lease of fashion before them. These ,.,. Ki. 1,1., l... viiiii. hftii.'hl f:il inm. moil sense will furnish the many good reanons we have omitted. mblbenni ice' Fact! edlesu to add that our Fur Capes eel fashion's utmost requirements every point, and the extreme care have always shown In the seloc- ,on and matching of skins, correct minings and perfect workmanship is never belter Illustrated than In e good:! offered below: da Seal Capes, were $19.00, now vakhan Capes, were $19, now $10.00. ool Seal Capes, were $20, now $12.90. (leetrlc Seal Capes, were T-fl.00, now IVj.W. Test Astrakhan Capes, were $H0, now I MS.ilO. Fleetrlc Seal Capes, were $35.00, now '. $1.S0. F.lectvle Seal Capes, were $10,00, now j 11.90. . JTIecl lie Seal Capes, were Jt."i.00, now $2-1.110. ! Kxtrh Selected Wool Seal Capes, Mar. ten trimmed, were $45.00, now $24.90. Important In most of the above sizes are com plete, but some have only one to a size. In addition to these we offer a few very high class Capes that sold at from $45.00 to $65.00. Prices are cut . In exactly the same proportion. Sale Begao Mormleg I LOBE ..WAREHOUSE- 11 896 Ye I SHEH'SJiD ADVICE Siijiqests a Keserve Fund to Be Kept Apart from Treasury Receipts. HE U'OILI) liOKKOW AT HOME Then Adopt n Tariff That Would Raise Sufficient Funds to Moot Expenses of the Nation Mr. Illklns' ItonJ Resolution. Washington, Jan. 3. For over Ave hours today the senate was In the tur moil of a linancial discussion. Tt whs opened by an hour's speech from Mr. Sherman (Hep., O.). a leading member of the finance committee. In nupport of his resolution to set apart the reserve fund of $100,000,000 Kold when in tne treasury and to segregate It from the ordinary current receipts, lie argued that there was no other cause for the linancial difficulties of the government than the unwise tariff legislation of congress, which had reduced receipts below expenditures, had lumalred con lid. 'lice and had compelled the govern ment to sell blinds In order to meet de ficiencies end that there was no other remedy except to borrow money on the best terms possible ito pay current de liciencles) nml to provide sufficient rev enue. To that extent and for those pur poses he was willing to support Mr. Cleveland's eclniiiil.-trutlon, however much he (Unagreed with Its general policy. The coin reserve must be. Mr. Sher man said, kept uninipaireo. Instead of being drawn upon to meet current ex penses. The Impairing of that fund (from which SUK.OOO.OOO had been paid out in the lust two and u half years) whs the source and fountain of all the linancial diftlcultles and the true rem edy was to supply by taxation addi tional revenue, and to orow from the people of the I'nited Ttates enoiis.h money to cover past and future defic iencies. Mr. lilklns' Nosolmion. No action was taken on the resolution, which ll"s on the vice-president's table, to be taken up for further discussion. As soon as it was Inld aside, the reso lution offered some days ago by Mr. Klklnii (Uep.. W. Yn.l. declaring It to ! the sense of the senate that T'nlted Slates bonds t-hould not be sold under private contract, and without adver tisement, was tTken up and discussed with much spirit until the tlnip of ad journment. A motion to refer it to the linance committee was defeated by the immense majority of V. to fl: and the adjournment motion was carried by a majority of only one. The senate nt S.:iO adjourned till Tuen day next. -House In Session. The reading of the lournnl of Tues day's session, the receipt of a message l'n in the senate and the announcement by the speaker that he had signed the enrolled bill directing the secretary of tlie treasury to accept the ram Katah iMr. and make It a purl of the l.-nited Siates navy, comprised the record or tlv live minute iwslon of the house to il, fy. Adjournment was then taken un til Monday next. LOAN C OMPANY FAILS. Tho Kesl tvstato Speculations of J. Kns.li Hitter Swamp a Philadelphia Concern. A Peculiar Case. Philadelphia. Jon. .a. The Solicitors' Loan and Trust company, at 142 South Fourth street, assigned today. The as signees are Thomas UeWItt Cuyler and Effingham H. Morris. The failure of the company resulted from unsuccessful and unuulhorlfled p-peculation on tho part of J. Hush Kit- I tor. leal estate omcer or me company and a member of the board of directors. Mr. Hitter speculated heavily In a num ber of securities, chiefly stock of the Citizens Passenger railway of Indian apolis, and had also been concerned In a number of real estate deals in New Jersey and elsewhere. He became deeply involved und to meet certain ob ligation:) drew four drafts on a Mr. Cook, of New York, to which were at tached bills of purchase for certain se curities. The drafts aggregated $209. 000 and bore the signature of Mr. Kltter and the name (by rubber stamp) of the Citizens Loan und Trust company. The drafts were taken by Hitter to the Tradesmen's National bank of this city, whose cashier, 3. 8. McKee, Instead of entering them for collection pnid Mr. Hitter $209,000 In cash. The drafts were returned from New York dishonored. President Clay, of the Solicitors' com any, consented to furnish the Trades men's bank with an Indemnifying bond for Jl.'iO.iioo without waiting for the au thority of his directors. The directors were ignorant of the creation of this obligation, It is said, until Sunday last, nearly two weeks after the event had occurred. A hurried meeting of the board was held and the action of the president and the bond given by him were Jointly repudiated. The Trades men's bank threatened to bring suit for the $150,000 and the assignment of the Solicitors' company was then dec Jed upon by the directors. Through worriment over the affair Mr. Blttej,hns become critically 111 and he Is now lying at the point of death. Cashier McKee. of he Tradesmen's bank, has retired from the service of the institution, BIG BREAKER BURNED. A Number of Houses at Cranberry Arc Also Destroyed. Wllkes-Barre, Pa., Jan. 3. The town of Cranberry, near Hazleton, was thrown Into a state of excitement to night when a fire broke out In the Cranberry breaker, operated by A. Par dee & Co. The massive structure which was recently rebuilt of Georgia pine, was destroyed In less than one hour causing a loss to the owners of nearly $100,000. A heavy wind was blowing at the time and the sparku from the burn ing breaker set fire to a number of company houses which were also de stroyed. Six families so far are ren dered homeless. At 11 o'clock a furious blizzard Is, raging. The boiler and fan houses ad joining the breaker are on fire, and the fire department Is of no avail. VICTIMS OF EXPLOSION. Two More Head Bodies Taken from the St. I.ouis liulns. St. Louis, Mo., Jan, 3. Two more dead bodies were this morning taken out of the rains at the scene of yesterday's explosion. They were so badly mangled and covered with lire that they were unrecognizable, but are supposed to be L. Ley, shipping clerk of the Kxcelslor Iron and Wire works, and Jos. Cavo reck. At 11 o'clock workmen partly uncov ered three more bodies, one of them a headless trunk. Last night's report of 19 missing has been very materially re duced by the finding of 12 of the miss ing who had been slightly wounded and had been cared for by friends. The number of dead, however, Is still con- Jectural, and only a thorough overhaul ing of the debris will determine the number. The wreckers are working at a disadvantage, as the temperature Is S degrees above zero and the water thrown upon the lire has frozen almost solid. Reports from the most seriously wounded are gratifying, all of them progressing favorable. One of the bodies has been Identified as Norman McArthur. foreman of the Excelsior Wire company. , ' REBELS CAIN KR01M). .Many Young Wavering Patriots llavo . JoincJ the Kanks of tho Cuban Insurgents-Newspapers Muzzled. Havana, Jan. 3. There is no doubt that the Insurrection Is gaining strength daily and that the rebels are obtaining assistance from sources that have hith erto been thought to be loyal to the government. The success of Clomez and Maceo In passing the hitherto In vulnerable Trochn. tho military line that in previous Insurrections kept the rebels In the province of Santiago l)e Cuba, and their dash across the prov ince of Santa Clara into Matanzas has led many men and youths who wera wavering In their allegiance to the crown to throw aside their doubts and cast their lots with the insurgents. The whole Island Is now In a stale of war. The restlessness In the provinces of Havana and Plnar lel Bio. the two westernmost political divisions of the Island, has caused the government of ficials to adopt measures to prevent risings there. Heretofore the leading papers here have had correspondents with the army who have sent reports of the various engagements, which after being so pre pared as to meet the views of the cen sors, have been published. These papers will now not be permitted to publish even news of this character, an order having been Issued that the newspapers shall print no news concerning the in surrection except such bh Is contained in Information officially furnished them by the government. RACING HATES FIX EI). Ucnrcscntntivcs of Jockey CI tin Arrange for Next Session's F.vent. New York. Jan. 3. At a conference between representatives of the Jockey Club, the Coney Island Jockey Club and the lirooklyn Jockey Club. "ield litis nf ternoon. the following dutes were al lotted for the racing season of 1S9U: West Chester itoclug Association spring meeting, Tuesduy, May 12, to and luc ludln.v Tuesday. June 2. Fall meet ing Tuesday, October III. to and includ ing Tuesday, November 3. lirooklyn Jockey Club, spring meet ing. Thursday, June 4. to anil including Monday, June 22. Fall meeting Mon day, September 7, to and including Sat urday, October 3. Coney Island Jockey Club, spring meeting Tuesday, June 23, to and In cluding Saturday, July 11. Fall meet ing Saturday. August 15. to and Includ ing Saturday, September ii. New York Steeple Chase Association will race every Wednesday during the spring und fall meeting of tho West Chester Hnclng Asaocfation. . The entries for the Suburban are com ing in by every mall. Among the prominent horses already entered are: Clifford,'' Hulma, Ijiaicne. Senator Urady, Counter. Tenor, Handspring, Domino,' Henry of. Navarre, Dorian, Keenan, Helmar and Sir Walter.. HONORS TO SATOI.LI. lie Will Receive the llercttn of a Cardinal Tomorrow. Haltiinore. Jan. 3. The Investiture of Mgr. Francis Satolll with the lleretta of a cardinal Sunday next will be one of the most splendid ceremonials that has ever taken place within the walls of the famous old cathedral of Haiti more, lie will have been the second prelate receiving there the insignia of a prince of the Catholic church and In vested with the authority and privileges of a member of the satred college of cardinals and a light to cast a vote, for the election of u pope of Rome, the pres ent primate of the American church. Cardinal Oibbons being the first. At least forty of the hierarchy of American archbishops and bishops are expected to nttend, together with hun dreds of prlenj, many of whom will come from other stales. Archbishop K iln, of St. Leuls. who will preach the sermon, accompanied by Bishops Jans sen, of l'.cllevllle. Ills., and Hennessy, of Wichita, Kas., and fifteen priests from Missouri and Illinois arrived to day. The party were driven to the car dinal's residence and paid their respects to his eminence. TAILOR'S FAfAI. ARM. lie Shoots a Man round in Company with His Wife. West Chester, Pa., Jan. 3. John B. McClure, n tailor, last night Knot and It is believed, fatally injured William Haines, a man of family about fifty years of age. whom AleClure found In company with Mrs. McClure. There l.i hone for Barnes recovery. McClure is la custody. Sirs. McClure is the mother of six children. About two years ago she eloped to Philadelphia with a young man who after a few weeks deserted her. Her husband took her back on ac count of the children. Three Buildings Destroyed. Wllkes-iiarre. Pa., Jan. 3. Three build ings were destroyed by fire todav at Me Aililo, six miles from Hazleton. They were occupied by Anthony Pedorovlcs, Isaac Shepowlcz and Heorge Fedorskl. clothing dealers. Loss. XWM. Origin unknown. Hied While Reading. Huntingdon. Pa.. Jan. 3. John H. Grove, one of the wealthiest men In tills section, died here .'late lust night while rending aloud to his family. He was part own-r of (jiove Uiok.' lurKe Iron works at Dan ville, and owned valuable land Interests here. l ire in Ouches. St. Hyaclnfhe, Quebec, Jan. 3. A fire In Di'Uliimonilvllle, Quebec, today destroyed the greater part of the place. The tele graph and telephone wires are down ow ing to the conminniliciii. and details are unobtainable. The loss Is very heavy. STATE SNAP SHOTS. All the state school funds but $W,000 have been distributed. Dr. Frank Lenahan was elected Luzerne county Jail warden. W'llkes-Hnrre will get Its water supply from ihe Susquehanna river, above Pitts ton. Only $.r2.tfl were collected by the attor ney general during the lust quarter of 18M. A charter was granted to Ihe Relay Man ufacturing company of Heading; capital, $10,010. For n sprained ankle Anthony Rice sued thes Shamokln Street railway, at Hlmnio kln. for $.".,000. Accussd of a serious crime. FMward ,t. Hughes, one of Ihe Schuylkill county alms hoUite keepers. Is iimier arrest. Charged with robbing Hook & Hand work's store, at P.lrdsboro. Samuel StllzH was yesterday seized at Reading. Pulling a bucket of hot water upon her self, the little daughter of John Hazleton, L'niontown, was scalded to death. A lighted match, which she dropped to the floor, ignited the clothing and fatally burn nl Miss Hannah Morgan, ticket ageat nt Morning Bide, on the Allegheny Valley railroad. TRACTION STRIKE ENDED Conservative Employes Refuse to follow Hot-Headed Agitators. MANAGER KEETEMS TRIUMPH lie Induces the Majority of Conductors and .Motnrmcn to Desert tho Agita tors The Strike Practically Over at Noon Lutz ICxpclled. Philadelphia, Jan. 3. The second strike of the inotormen and conductors of the Pnlon Traction company was a dismal failure and was over before It was fairly begun. The strike was or dered at a mass meeting of about 4u0 of the men held early this morning. The meeting was attended by the more hot headed und dissatisfied of the men and their Irritation against the company was Inflamed by. speeches of outside agitators and by the address of Hiram Lutz, who presided, and who was a member of the executive committee of the local assembly of the Amalgamated ! association. The strike was disap proved by the leaders of the associa tion and tho more conservative element among the men, and when It was In augurated this morning only about 1. I 000 of the 6,000 employes of the traction company went out. At no time were ' any of the divisions of the road com I plelely tied uf and by noon the care were practically running on every dl ; vision on schedule time. Karly In the morning General Man ager Heeetem. of the I'nlon Traction company. Issued a general order notify ing all employes who were not at work bv 3 o'clock that thev could consider themselves discharged. The division In their own ranks and the order of Mr. Beetem brought the Btrikers hurrying ! back and by noon the strike was pruc- ttcally over. Although there were no disturbances of any kind this morning the authorities had made every prepar ation to suppress any renewal of the rioting that attended the llrst strike. President Xlnhon.of the Amalgamated association, this afternoon expelled Lutz from the order on the ground that he had ordered the strove without au thority and it is now probable that all violent agitation of the employes against Ihe traction company will cease and that the men will try to have any grievance they have adjusted by peaceable means. Dl VS REVIEW OF TRADE. An I'.xplunntlon of the rouses That Pro duced Over-Produatlon and Also Ser iously Injured the Wheat and Cotton Interests. New York. Jun. 3. R. O. Dun and company will say tomorrow in their weekly review of trade: The commercial failures during the complete year 18a number 13,197. uRalnst 13.883 in 18W. but the aggregate of liabilities- Is slightly greater $173. liltt.OKU against tl72.U2.8i. The bright promises offered by a li.ix' decrease In the Hist quarter was followed by n small increase in the second and third quarters, and a laige increase in the last quarter of the year. In that quar ter also the deferred liabilities to each lirm In business increased and also the proportion of deferred liabilities to pay ments through clearing houses. The effects of unreasonable speculation In materials, rapid advance In prices of goods, heavy purchases ahead of dis tribution, and enormous increase in production clearly appear in the re turns. Produce markets have been the thea ter of surprising changes which have Influenced ull business. The acerage In cotton was wisely restricted In order to give producers it better chance for fair returns, and the crop was further re duced to some extent by Injury, but growers were injured still more by fran tic speculation, which checked exports, and by false information and advice. Wheat producers suffered in like man ner from wild speculation which pre vented the exporting of many million bushels, and false reports which en couraged farmers to keep back their grain until the- cream had been taken off the market by speculators. The Inevitable consequence has been a very low range of prices, the yield being clearly In excess of all demands. The great crop of corn has materially af fected the price of meats. The course of Industries during 1K5 has been ma terially affected by speculation In ma terials. Midsummer witnessed a tre mendous advance with a rush to but .far exceeding the ordinary demand for consumption. Prices rose beyond all reason, exciting still more the anxiety to buy beyond actual needs. Thou sands of producers strangely mistook the extraordinary buying for a vast In crease in consuming ability, and ex tended plants, opened mills. Increased force, and pushed production In many lines far beyond actual consumption. The I ffcct or Inflation. Inevitably both traders nn.i i facturers were left toward the close I with considerable stocks unsold, and . claims against customers who were I themselves tied up by purchases beyond i their distributing power. Hence the general shrinkage in prices for the pat I three months, and though In scarcely j any department did prices rise higher than In former years, they were found I out of relation to existing demand. I Railroad earnings show deelded Im j nrovement over last year r..(l tier cent. ' for the year and 8.9 tier cent, for De cember, though 4.6 per cent, smaller than In 1892. Rapid outflow of gold with high rates of interest caused anxiety, which was checked by decision to issue clearing house certificates at New York, Boston and Philadelphia and by prompt atten tion to linancial questions in congress, but at the close another Issue of bonds is expected. Offers already exceed the amount of tho itisue proposed The re cent decreases in Imports of merchan dise and some Increase In exorts war rant hone that trade balances may be more favorable hereafter, but much de pends upon the course of securities which foreign holders are selling to some extent in order to share In the ex pected profits on bonds. Rarely has there been a situation so complicated and the near future Is difficult to fore cast, but It Is the widely prevalent Im pression that a large sale of bonds will speedily revive confidence and activity. MUSIC CREATES DISCORD. Introduction of an Organ Disrupts a Church Congregation. Indianapolis. Jan. 3. Religious circles at Oaktown. Knox county, are in a fer ment over the Introduction of an organ Into the Christian church of that place, and It is altogether probable that the congregation will be entirely disrupted. The young people are contending for the music and the older brethren and sis ters are opposed to It. the young folks being In a decided majority in the church. Even after they found them selves in a majority, the young people hesitated to offend the patriarch! by bringing the despised "music box" Into the sacred edifice. Finally the spirit of advancement could no longer bv suppressed. Accord ingly, a neat orpan was purchased and placed in position. The older memliers were greatly Indignant, und to show their displeasure refused to attend church services when the "patent squeak thing" was to be heard. As a result separate meetings are now being conducted by tho two factions. The division between the "organ" and the "anti-organ" fuctiou Is so broad that the minister has lost all hope of re uniting the congregation. TKAlNOK'sY-IKCULAK. High Officlols Are Criticized by the Presi dont of the A. P. A. Detroit. Mich., Jnn. S. W. J. H. Tral nor, supreme president of the American Protective association. Is about to Issue nn oillcial circular reviewing the pro gress of the organization and the pres ent situation, lie states that a lurge number of the members of congress are also members of the A. P. A. pledged to a number of measures, most of which will be Introduced Into the house dur ing the present session. Tralnor attacks President Cleveland In these words: "It Is doing no Injustice to Mr. Cleve land to assert that If the I'nited States bad been a vapul country and the Pope a temporal sovereign our president could not have given more recognition to the papacy ns a temporal power than he has during his present term of olllce." Allison nrd Uocd come In for a fair share of condemnation for what Mr. Tralnor alleges as their pro-paonl at titude and their antagonism to the pa triotic orders. He presents the names of Hon. W. S. Linton, of Michigan; Senator John II. t lear. of Iowa: Hover nor W. O. Bradley, of Kentucky, and ex-President Harrison as worthy of the support of the A. PA. ' ST R IKK AT BUFFALO. Employes at Western New York and Pennsylvania Shops Puit Work. Buffalo. N. Y.. Jan. 3. The strike at the Western New York and Pennsyl vania railroad simps here, which began yesterday when about 3t) workmen went out because of the discharge of fellow employed, assumed larger pro portions today and threatens to become serious. Resolutions were atlonted at u mass meeting demanding the rein statement of tln discharged men and Ihe restoration of the ten per oen'-. re duction made three years ago. The em ployes say that In case the difficulties are not nd.lusted It Is altogether prob able that, the Western New York and Pennsylvania will be tied up. The chief complaint of the men Is that the company has been discharging men because they have taken an active part In the labor movements of the day. A conference was held today between the strikers a"d the railroad otllclals. The strikers made the proposition that they would return to work If the com pany would agree to shorten hours In stead of discharging men. The com pany took the matter under advise ment. Seventy-five men are out. NARROW ESCAPE FROM FIRE. Hotel Proprietor and His Sister N. ar ly Perished. Shenandoah, Pa.. Jun. 3. The Fnlr vlew Hotel at Lakeside, a summer re sort near here, was totally destroyed by lire, with all Its contents, this morning. Richard K. Coognn. the proprietor, nnd his sister, who were the only occupants of the hotel, had a narrow escape from death. Mr; Coogan was nearly suffo cated by the smoke when he awoke, but niunageii to get to his sister's room and dragged her out of bed In an uncon scious condition. I'pon ronohlner the stairway he was met by the. flumes acendlnsg from the rooms below, and was obliged to escape to the awning through a second-story window. IOIK'S OFFER REFUSED. England Has No Desire for Arbitration In Venezuelan .Matter. Rome. Jan. 3. It Is reported In clerical circles here that the pope offered to mediate In the Venezuela boundary dispute, but that Kngland refused to accept the offer. Orders puve been is sued to the keeper of the archives of the propaganda Fide to make further researches for documents connected with the Venezuela missions. As stated exclusively by the United Press yesterday Important documents have been found In the archives of the Vatican relating to the Catholic mis sions In Venezuela. These documents show that the missions within the ter ritory claimed by tlreat Britain were In cluded in the diocese of Caracas prior to the acquirement of Guiana by the British. SHE COULD OT DKOWN. Woman Weighs :tOO Pounds and Floated for Three Honrs. Carlisle. Pa., Jan. 3. The wife of Alexander Oeese. a N .wllle farmer. Is Incapable of drownin . Y'esterday she Jumped into Conodogulnet Creek, in tending to commit suicide. Mrs. Oeese weighs 300 poundH, and her body would not sink. After floating for three hours she was discovered and pulled o it by neighbors. Just as she was about boat ing over the falls. When rescued she was almost frozen, hut will recover. It was no effort for Mrs. Oeese to keep her head above water. She can not swim a sroke. but she bobbed about In the deep water like a cork. She couldn't wade out. as the water whs far too deep, and so Hhe floundered about helpless. It was a frightful sifuutlon, as the water was freezing cold. PARENTS AM) CHILDREN WED. Singular culmination of a Double l.ovo Affair In Ypsilonti. .Mich.' Ypsilantl, Midi.. Jan. 3. A double love story culminated last evening In a double wedding at the home of Rev. R. W. Van Kirk, the contracting parties being Mrs. Mary J. Bailey, a widow, who Joined hands with Charles P. Dol bee. a widower, and Nellie Bailey, who became at otice the step-dauchtcr and daughter-in-law of Charles Dolbee by marrying William Dolbee, her newly made brother. William acted ns best man when his father married his stt.' -mother, who afterward became his m.ither-in-law. The parties reside at Oakvllle. . The Robber Identified, vhlcago. Jan. S. The bo.lv of the high way robber killed by Jiistlee Blu tie Wednesday night has been identified as that cf Charles Ross, of Toronto, Out. WAS I llMiToTw'A I FS. The discovery nnd operation of great pe troleum fields In Austria-Hungary have been reported to th? state deimrlnient nv George II. Murphy, I'nited Btates com mercial agent at Luxemburg. Karon von Btumm, the German military attuehe. whose left arm was" broken by being thrown from his horse while fox hunting on Wednesday, wll be onlv tem porarily Inconvenienced b yhls Injuries. Chairman Ulngley. of the wuys and means committee, has appointed H. M. Lord, of Rockland. Me., lo be clerk of that body and E. J. Merrill assislaut clerk . SOUTH AFRICAN CONFLICT English Bushwhackers Cause an End less Amount of Trouble. THE FATE OP DK. JAMESOX It Is 1'robaMo That lie Has Been .Made an Example of by the Angry lloers. i:nland Agitated by the I'ilibnstcrcrs. London.Jan. 3. The fact that the tele graph wires in South Africa have been devoted to government work since the trouble In the Transvaal occurred and the fact that no private cable messages have been received from South Africa for four days has led to all kinds of ru mors being put In circulation regarding tho situation in the South African re public and the fate of the British In vaders of that country. One of these reports has it that Dr. Jameson has been shot by his captors, and another Is that the Citlanders In Johannesburg have risen against the Boer government und given the city over to flames. What truth there Is In these stories. It Is of course Impossible now to ascertain owing to government monopoly of the telegraph lines, but it Is Judged that most. If not all. of the reports are based upon the fears engendered by the un certainty regarding the fate that the Boers, slow to aoger.. but strong in wrath, may have meted out to the 111 advised and foolhardy Kngllshinen who attempted to compel the Boers to grant concessions by force of arms. It may be, however, that the report of the shooting of Ir. Jameson Is true. If he has been tried by court martial and convicted there Is scarcely a doubt that execution would promptly follow the passing of sentence. At 8.50 o'clock this evening a repre sentative of the I'nited Press called at the foreign office to confirm. If possible, the report of the shooting of Dr. Jam eson. He was informed by otllclals there that they had received no infor mation further than had already been made public. No news had been re ceived from Transvaal since last night. Mr. Chamberlain, the colonial sec retary, was ut the office waiting for dispatches. He hus had frequent con ferences with the war office and ad miralty olllclnls but no special Instruc tions bearing on the situation had yet been issued to the naval or military authorities. Amsterdam, Jnn. 3. A dispatch re ceived nt the Britltdi colonial otllce last night concerning the defeat of Dr. Jameson's filibustering expedition against the South African republic, stated that he invading party surren dered to the Hoers after a conlllct in which a number of men were killed anil wounded. The governor of Cape Colony was Informed that 1r. Jameson paid no heed to the message ordering him to return. He went on anld was sur rounded by a large force of Boers near Krufcrsdorii. where ,thc battle took pluce. Dr. Jameson and the other pris oners were taken to Johannesburg. THE VICTIM OF PER J IKY. ' Charles Atkinson, an Innocent .Man, Is Set I'rco After Having Served Seventeen .Months in Prison. Trenton, N. J., Jan. S.-Chnrles At kinson, the Camden mini commit ted to state's prison In May. IMil, on the now confessed perjured testimony of his. stepdaughter. Mary Miller, who alleged that he had assaulted her, at 2 o'clock today left the prison a free man. His pardon w hich was grunted to him was mormally read to him a short time be fore his departure, but Atkinson hul been told yesterday ufternoon that the purdon hud been granted. The liberated man left for Bridge ton, via Camden, on the i.y, o'clock train. His wife Is in Krldgeton and he said he wished to reach her us quickly as possible, "for it was she." lie added, "who really secured my pardon. She had been to see me often anil written to me many times. She did everything In her power to secure my freedom." A reporter gave Atkinson the first cltrar he had smoked in seventeen mouthy and as he left Ihe prison. he turned u.r.1 waved his hand to the convicts r.p.o were watching tils depurturc. ' "My daughter," he said, "rjnde th. charge agsdist nie In a won-,ent of anger, nnd. being fearful of ihe con sequences, stuck to her story. I will not prosecute her, but, llslpj; 'i,.r H n state's evidence, will irosucu(. th'so who urged her on. Thev parties 1 cannot now name but I know who thev are and I hnve suillcicnt evidence to convict then " The only e Vets of Atkinson's Impi i. onment were risible In dark rings iimlfr Ills eyes. He seemed to be quite st-onir and hearty. . Cave-In nt Plymouth. WIlkes-B.m-e. Pa., Jan. X Several ea-i londe-l with coal descending a plane In the t.aylord shurt. at Plymouth, last night Jumped the track am! knocked tho tim ber work In all directions. An hour later a cave-in occurred ng considerable damage to the Interior. The spot where the accident took place was in the vein where the thirteen men lost their lives two years ago. Now York Wants Convention. New York, Jan. 3. Th" linance commit tee of the committee of Hm which is boom ing New N ork ns the place for huldlng the I'fmocratic national convention met th's artei-noon, but did little more than discus the general situation and to cull for a meeting of the committee of twenty-fl v at the Fifth Avenue hold next .Momlav niijht. Commission Will Meet. Washington, Jan. 3. Pour of the five niemlM'ts of the Venezuelan , liuiimlurv eoniinlsslnii will assemble, in the diplomatic room of Ihe stale ilepurnneut tomorrow for the inn-pose of having :m Informal talk over the work before them. Mr. White will be unuble to be present. 1 Riisii i,orki;ngossii A deficit of frl.W.'ias lx eji discovered 'n the Civic Savings bunk, of Oftenburg, Ba den, anil Treusurer Vmuz Bauer has been arrested. A report Is current on the Vienna Bourse lhat Uusslii has offered a gold loan of about $9,uHMiiiu to the I'nited States. The Porte has consented to accept tho offer of foreign representatives uc Con atautinoplc that the foreign consuls at Aleppo wedinte between the Turks ami Ar menians who hold Zeitoun for Its surren der. . SPARKS FROM WIRF.S. ' T ie 'treat Ice palace at Lenilvllle, Col., will he formally opened today. Charles lingers, a Southern tna., pois oned himself at Ixm Angeles, IV1. Lawyer Klbert Clement, of Ilcverslra w, N". V.. committed suicide by inhaling II lumliinting gas. Kour prisoners broke Jjtfl Wednesday night at Murphyshoro. III., including Hen ry Jones, a murderer. Samuel (lompers has succeeded John Me Bride as president or lie American Ped crntion of I.iilicr. and has Iickuii work. Tennessee ik-ki'opk celebrated Knianclpa tion day anniversary at Memphis, and pledged ihelr support to Thomas II. Heed. Governor Hustings and Mrs. Hustings, accompanied by Attorney General Mcl'or mlck and others, from Harrisburg, have arrived St St. Louis. FIN-LEY'S MAI MMJAL LIEN SALE Our annual clearing sale of table lln ens. previous to Inventory, has always been looked forward to with interest byl Intelligent housekeepers, and Judging1 from the many inquiries already made concerning this one It will be no excep tlon to any of Its predecessors. The values we offer are always appre elated, and during this sale IRRK-. S1STIBLK BARGAINS will be fcrougM forward from day to day and will com prise everything throughout the de partment, from a table linen at Twenty Ave Cents a Yard to one of our Douele Satin Damasks, at Two Dollars and ft Half or over; also, In table napkin from one Dollar a Dozen U to Fifteen. Quotations on goods of this class are no criterion of their values, but are often misleading. Therefore we Invite you to a personal inspection of our stock, knowing that you will not only be Interested, but that we can save yoil at least Twenty-tlve Cents on every" dollar Invested. Hxtra choice line of Dinner and Tesj Sets, Lunch Ckdhs, Center pieces, Doy lies. etc. Our usual fine assortment of German "SHVer- Wench" Damasks. Agency for John 8. Brown & Sons' lln ens, "Rest In the World." Sale commences Monday morning and will last for ten days. 510 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE I596 Increase every day In the; year; more good shoe make more good friends. LEWIS.REILLY&MYIES 1U AND 11(1 WVO.M1XO AVE. WHCHEL THE JEWELE! WISHKS KVEKYHODY A Happy New Year. Great reductions In 1 prices before, taking 'inventory in ... . Watches, BtaMtfs mi Silverware. 4D8 Spruce St. Near Dime Bank. iMISS SWEEXF.Y'S SURPRISE. She Kccelves an I nexpected Package Containing Conscience Money. Wllkes-Barre, Pa.. Jan. 3. Miss Car rle Sweeney, of I'lttston, received an unexpected package today from Ne braska containing nearly one hundred dollars. forty yearsngo MlssSweeney's father lived at Sebastopol.a suburb of Plttston, nnd was then employed by the Penn sylvania Conl company. One pny'day while going home from his work he lost quite a largo sum of money, which was never found. Mr. Sweeney died twenty-two years ago. The party who sent the money to Miss Sweeney from Ne. braska complained In the letter that he had found it and for twenty-five years his conscience had chided him for not returning It. The sender refused to give his name. WEATHER REPORT. For eastern Pennsylvania, fair, colder, with a cold wave; hjfh nurth westerly) winds. t
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