THE ONLY REPUBLICAN DAILY IN LACKAWANNA COUNTY. EIGHT PAGES 3 COLUMNS. SCR ANTON, PAM THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 189G. TWO CENTS A COPY Almost Earn, ILf Jlii o Where are the wUeaores now who told you that this was to he an ex ceptionally mlkl winter? You haven't thought so for the last two or three days, have you? We'll ad mit that we, too, are surprised. Last Wed We broke up prices on Blanket and Kur fa pen tremendously, believing that there wan hut little chance of much cold weather this season, and we had determined not to carry them over to next season, come what IhIkIK. Tile cold Hliao came along the mercury's gone down, down, down, day after day. unit while we write we've come to the conclusion that it's uhout cold enough. k fni iwl Blanket Sale i I'nder such conditions Is little short of a Messing. We hail n deal to say ahout tins on the dosing days of last week. A repetition of the price list must siifllce now. our sales in this department for the past two flays have lieaten all records. Stoc ks arc actualy getting low. No more at these llguies, no matter what happens. Canada Seal Capes, were $19.00, now lit.W). Astrakhan Capes, were $19, now J1A.00. Wool Seal Capes, were $M, now flLMK). Electric Soul Capes, were $:'9.00, now ' $13.90. Best Astrakhan Capes, were $H0, now $18.90. Electric Seal Caps, were $35.00, now $19.90 Electric Seal Capes, wore $10,00, now $1.90. Electric Seal Capes, were $45.00. now -'4.!IU. Extra Selected Wool Senl Capes, Mar ten trimmed, were $45.00, now $L'4.90. Blanket Bargains laving Prices on our ei.tlre Blanket stock have heen clipped unmercifully. Be low we submit a few examples of the results. Prices quoted are .not for single blankets, but for pairs. White Cotton Blankets. 60 pairs 10-4 lllanketa, now 4.1c, were tioc. 100 pairs 11-4 Blankets, now 55c, were 5c. 75 pairs 11-4 Blankets, now 75c, were 8714c 60 pairs 12-4 Blankets, now $1. were $1.37',. Colored Cotton Blankets. 75 pairs 10-4 Blankets, now 33c, were HOC. 60 pairs 11-4 Blankets, now 75c., were K7',sC 60 pairs 12-4 Blankets, now $1, were $ 1.I1712 White Half-wool Blankets 35 pairs 10-4 Blankets, now $1.73, were $2.50. 25 pairs U-4 Blankets, now $2.75, were $3.50. All-wool Scarlet Blankets 20 pairs 10-4 Blankets, now $3.25, were $4.00. 25 pairs 11-4 Blankets, now $4, were $5. All-wool White Blankets. Only 20 pairs strictly Wool and Real Home made Blankets, size 12-4. weight fully 5H lbs. This Blanket is cheap at $4.50; closing price, $:i.60. All-wool White Blankets. 45 pairs strictly Wool White Blankets. Full 11-4 size, soft and weighty. Now $4, have been $5. 25 pairs 11-4 California Blankets. Oreat weight and heavy fleecy make. l Now $6.50, were $8. 25 pairs 11-4 Fine California Blankets. Ab pretty a Blanket as ever you looked at. Now $6.50, were $8. Sale.Now In Full Blast Quick And ' Easy GLOBE .WAREHOUSE CELEBRATED JACKSON'S DAY Little Business Transacted in Senate or House. BRIEP SESSIONS AKE HELD Senator Jonci Desired Time tu .Make a Speech on Silver Coinage-Other Incidents of the Fifty-Minute Session of tho House. Washington, Jan. S. The house cele brated jhe anniversary of the battle of New oilcans, known as "Jackson's day," by remaining in session but forty minutes. Half of that time was occu pied in the reading of the Journal. In the other twenty minutes several other unimportant routine mutters were con sidered, and a Joint resolution, offered by Mr. Spalding, (ltep., Mich.), rend unil referred to the committee on for eign affairs, looking to the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands. The session of the senate today occu pied less than an hour's time the rest of the afternoon being given up to tne caucus of Kt-putdlcan senators to agree upon a line of action on the house tar iff bill, when Sir. Sherman, I ltep.. .). uuide the motion to adjourn, lie gave a hint as to the purpose he had III view in making It, anil assured the senate that hii early adjournment would expe dite business. And so the motion was agreed to without dissent from any senator except Mr. Stewart, (Pop., Nevada), who desired the senate to continue in session an hour longer in order that he might make a speech in favor of the free coinage of silver. Incidents of Note. The only Incident of note during the fifty minutes of the session were these: The swearing of Senator Wolcott. (Hep., Col.), for Ids new term: the reporting of an important bill from the commit ti'e on naval affairs for the enlistment of additional men for the navy: and the notice by Mr. Butler. (Pop., N. C), of amendments to the house bond bill, with the free coinage substitute. The nmendments propose to prohibit any Issue of I'nited Stntes bonds without the authority of congress, nnd to re quire the payment of greenbacks, treas ury notes and the Interest and principal of bonds in either gold or silver, but in the cheaper of those metals. TO KI COtJMZi: CUBA. Tho .Matter of tho llclliecrcnt Mights of Cubans Will He Considered Saturday. Washington, Jan. S. The senate com mittee on foreign relntlons met this morning but considered no business of importance. Among the questions re ferred to the committee for action are the affairs relating to Cuba, Venezuela nnd Armenia. The recognition of the belligerent rights of the Cubans will be tne lirst thing taken up at the meeting on Satur day. There is no division of sentiment among the members on this subject. Should the insurgents secure Havana or make a vital attack on the Spanish troops that would give them a stronger foothold on the Island, the senate will. It Is believed, at once pass the resolu tion recognising the belligerency of the Cubans. The Informal discussion of the members of the committee has shown the practical unanimity with which they look upon this question. The meeting of Saturday may result In Important action on this subject. General Thomas Estrada PoJnia and other members of the Cubnn revolu tionary committee, now In Washington, have had an Interview with Secretary Olney on the subject of recognition of Cuban belligerency by the government of the Cnlted States. It was expressly stipulated by Secretary Olney that the Interview should be informal nnd Gen eral l'nlma was therefore not given any standing In his capacity of envoy to the I'nited States from the Cuban provi sional government. Secretary Olney, of course, did not commit himself with reference to the matter. TERRIFIC CAS EXPLOSION. A Newark Cigar Store Completely Wrcckcd-Mlrscnlons Kscuna of a Plumber. Newark, N. J., Jan. 8. An explosion of illuminating gas this morning wrecked the front of Karl Kleiner's cigar store nnd manufactory, at 170 Bloonilicld avenue, and gave surround ing stores and residences a severe shaking up, while basements, cellars nnd even the living portions of houses In the immediate neighborhood of the explosion were flooded with noxious vapors. This morning when Kleiner and his wife arose they had severe henduches and discovered that the house was filled with gas. Kleiner Immediately opened all the windows and doors of the house anil later engaged a plumber for the purpose of discovering the leak. After visiting all the rooms in the tipper part of the house and finding the pipes' and sound and in good working order, the plumber descended to the cellar, while Mr. Kleiner, who had not as yet fully recovered his senses, stood on the front porch of his store. Sud denly and without a moment's warning there was a terrific explosion, which made the surrounding earth tremble as if from un earthquake. At the same instant the little porch on which Mr. Kleiner stood rose In the air as If thrown from a catapult, and the force of the explosion together landed him in a heap In the street. He was badly shaken up and badly scared, but unin jured. When Kleiner looked back at his store a scene of ruin met his gaze. The explosion had completely wrecked the front porch. The timbers had been rent and torn apart Bnd mingled with clouds of dirt, had been thrown high In the air, falling back In heaps, while a yawning crack appeared in the front of the store and It was evident that the building had settled considerably In the centre. Kleiner supposed that the workman in the cellar had been blown to atoms, but Just as he was about to summon help, the latter, white with terror, but apparently .uninjured made his way out of the debris. When he had recovered from his fright he explained that he had gone Into the corner of the cellar near est the porch and had lighted a match In order to see his way about. The ex plosion followed, but beyond being knocked down by its force he was not injured and hurriedly made his way out of the building. CONSENT TO HAWAII. Kesolutiou KccognUIng the Kepubl ic lias Ilcei! Offered. Washington. Jan. 8. The following Joint resolution relating to tne Ha waiian islands, offered by Representa tive Spalding (Rep., Mich.), Was read In the house today and referred to the committee on foreign affairs: That congress doth consent that the territory properly included within and rightfully belonging to the government of Hawaii, and commonly known as the Sandwich Inlands, may be erected Into a new state, to be called the statu 4W of Hawaii, with a Republican forth of government, to be adopted bv the peo ple of said government of Hawaii by deputies In convention assembled, with the consent of the existing government. In order that the same may be admitted as one of the states of this union. BIG BOILER EXPLODES. C. I. Teuton Fatally Injured in the Accident. Lancaster, Pa.. Jan. 8. An upright six horsepower boiler In the butcher shop of C. F. Fenton, in Mount Joy, exploded this afternoon with terrible force, blowing to pieces tho frame building In which it was located. C. F. Fenton, the owner, was fatally Injured, one leg being biowln off, tho other broken and fatal Interal lujurles being intlicted. Christian Gingrich, an employe, was injured about the head, and Is In a precarious condition. The loss to property is quite heavy. MR. MYEBS A STAR WITNESS. Uivea Lively Testimony Before the Sen atorlal Committee-Toe Woman Was Arrested and Sent to Prison When She tailed to Pay the Police for Pro tectlon. Philadelphia, Jan. 8. The senatorial Investigating committee this afternoon continued Its inquiry into alleged abuses of the police authorities. The star wit ness of the day was Mrs. Mattte Myers, who. for over three years, conducted a questionable resort, and who declared she paid the police every week for pro tection. When the payments ceased, the woman stated, she was arrested and sent to prison, and ufter being incar cerated for a week she was discharged. Mrs. Myers testified that It cost her $100 for her release, the money being paid, she said, to Lawyer Lewis Hutt and to tho "private detective of the dis trict attorney." The witness further stated that subsequently she was taken to court, and upon paying unother $25 to the "private detective," for "the purpose of getting $500 ball," the mat ter was dropped. The witness declared that she had made two attempts pre viously to reach the committee in order to testify, but that she was intercepted by unknown persons, who told her that "her case was ended." Witness Confused. In giving her testimony Mrs. Myers named Bernstein as the "private de tective." but she was evidently con fused, for a city detective by that name appeured before the committee and the witness said he was not the man. The other testimony related princi pally to the participation of the police in politics, and to their acceptance of "silence" money from "speak easy" proprietors. One of the witnesses, James L. Hartnett, supplemented his evidence with a declaration that Mag istrate Pole secured the releuse from court of George W. Smith, a "policy" denier, after the latter had pleaded guilty. Smith told ihe witness that this cost his (Smith's) backers $100. ANOTHER STRIKE PROBABLE. Mr. Ucctcm Refuses to Treat with a Com mittee from the Amnlgntnatud Associa tion. Philadelphia, Jan. 8. Tonight the pos sibility of another strike among the motormen and conductors has become a probability. The committee from the central committee of the local assembly of the Amalgamated association of street railway employes today called upon General Manager Heetem and asked him to reinstate 151 men who hud lost their positions by the short lived strike of Friday last and to give the old men their former runs back. Mr. Heetem refused to treat with the committee as coming from the Amal gamated association and the confer ence came to a coucluslon. Tonight the central committee held a meeting nnd called a meeting for tomorrow night of nil the divisions of the association to vote upon the Instructions to be given the central committee In dealing with the 1'nlon Traction company. This vote will be practically a vote for strike or not strike. President Mnhon and the other offi cials of ; Amalgamated association admit that the situation is now more serious than it has been at nay time since the tlrst strike of the men three weeks ago. ARMOR PLATE BROKEN. The Matt rial furnished by Carnegie for tho Iowa Is Unsatisfactory. Washington, Jan. 8. A plate repre senting 415 tons of eight-inch turret and barbette armor of the battleship Iowa and the armored cruiser ftrooklyn. (was tested nt the Indian Head proving grounds today with results very unsat isfactory to tho manufacturers, the Carnegie Steel company. Two big; ports were cut In the plate to make It repre sent as nearly as possible a port pplate of the 8-lnch turrets on these vessels. One shot only was necessary to deter mine that the plate was not up to the standard. A six-inch armor piercing projectile of the Wheeler type, weighing 1.000 pounds was fired at the big steel target with a velocity of seven hundred feet a second. The contract Vc tho group which this plate represented required that the shell should do no greater dam age than to merely crack it, but after the shot waq fired an examination dis closed that the target had been, broken Into three pieces. The result of the test will cause the holding up of this group of armor and Its temporary rejection, but a Becond test will be had. which is likely to prove more successful for the Carnegie company. The plate which fared so badly today was of inferior quality and it Is said that it did not fairly represent the other plates In the group. New Pension Bill. Washington, Jan. 8. Representative Plikler (Hep. 3. 1.,), ehnlrman of Ihe committee on Invalid pensions, today in troduced Into the house a bill to prevent discontinuance of pensions, to restore pen sions discontinued, to establish uniform rates of pension, to facilitate the allow ance of pensions In matters of proof. Dig flrowcry Burned. Baltimore. Jan, 8. The brewery and malt house of tteaiOlgeubrot Brewing com pany, a three stary brick building located on Wilkins street, near Frederick ave nue, was gutted by tiro tonight. A lurge quantity of grain and malt was destroyed and the machinery ruined. The loss, which is covered by insurance, will be about $73.000. STATE SNAP SHOTS. Allentown has a tine poultry show with nearly 3,W0 entries. The state convention of school directors will open In Harrlsburg today. A charter was granted to the Capital City Shoe Manufacturing company of liar rlHburg; capital, $20,000. The robber of four Berks county churches, Harry C. Johnson, Is at last In jail at Heading, and has confessed. License has been granted at Harrlsburg to the Merlden Curtain Fixture company of Merlden, Conn., to open a Philadelphia oflice. Henry Close, who loaned He.ks county. $5,200 about thirteen years ago, can't be found and the treasury counts Itself so much the richer. STRANGE FINANCIAL VIEWS Secretaries Herbert and Smith Open Uraturia! Throttle-Valves. ASTONISHING INFORMATION Uoke Smith Asserts That No One Ques tions the Ability of the Government to Meet Current Expenses Doubt Is the Only Drawback. New York. Jan. 8. Secretary Her bert's speech at Jackson dinner: Hon. Hlllery A. Herbert, secretary of the navy, who was very cordially re ceived, adroitly took advantage of the occasion to discuss the "sound money" policy of the administration. Com menting on the "firm foreign policy" of Andrew JackHon, which had caused our country to take a stand among the nations of the earth it had never before occupied, he further claimed for the Tennessee stntesman that he saw as clearly as it can be pointed out today the value of the soundest possible cur rency, and iti the midst of a financial crisis; severer and more prolonged, than any this country has ever witnessed, he brought the currency of the land back to a sound basis by an exhibition of courage und devotion to principle which, though it may have Its parallel, Is never to be surpassed. With this preliminary reference to the hero of the day. Secretary Herbert ltn nedlntely switched off to a discussion of existing money conditions. "Our currency system," he said, "must he reformed, and reformed on sound principles. How shall we ever get this reform ? It can only be effected by getting a sound money president and sound money congress at the same time. It Is easy enough to get the house for the house represents the people, and the people of this country will always he for sound money by a large majority. Hut the senate, 'we must have that too. How shall we get It? I nnswer first, we must hnve no more equivocal platforms; we must huve no more juggling with words in any party convention: we must accept the chal lenge tho free silver men have given and then when the Issue Is made up w must look for our votes to the agri cultural statett of the middle west, and to the south, to the states that have no local interests o lead them away from sound principles of finance. Hoke Smith Expound History. rhll.vldlphla, Jan. 8. Following Is speech of Secretary Hoke Smith at a dinner of the Young Men's Democratic association this evening. In opening his address Secretary Smith declured that Andrew Jackson was a sound money Democrat. He then reviewed the record, of the Demoeratlc admlnis tratioTlTrom March 4. 1S85, to March 4, 1HS9. showing that It had paid off $o41. 44H.OOO of bonds, and hadjeft over $230, 000.000 in the treasury in excess of the gold reserve, while the Republican ad ministration which followed, paid off $2314.000,000 of bonds, it found a surplus In the treasury almost sufficient with which to make the payments, and left the treasury practically .empty, with the exception of the golij reserve, when turned over to the Democrats on March 4, 1893. He urged that the financial disturb ance began before the revenues had ceased to be sufficient to meet the ex penses of the government and also that the tlrst deficiency was before the pas sage of the new tariff legislation, there having been a deficiency in round num bers of $00,000,000 during the twelve monthsjiiedlately preceding the re peal of the McKlnley bill: that the pas sage of the Sherman purchasing law forced into tho currency a large amount of paper money at a time when already It was difficult to sustain the depreci ated silver and the outstanding green backs. He urged further that Immedi ately upon the passage of this ct the withdrawals of gold became large and that during the last seven months of 1892 they amounted to over $33,000,000, and that gold was being withdrawn at the rate of $12,000,000 a month during the last three months of the Republi can administration. He nlso showed that since the passage of the Sherman purchasing act gold to the amount of $395,000,000 has been withdrawn fronT the treasury. An Astounding Asserslon. Concluding his remarks, the secretary said: ' "No one questions the Inability of the government to meet Its current expenses. It is the doubt ns to the pur pose of the government to main gold as a standard which has created the distrust, which has shaken confidence, which has checked business and less ened the revenues. Remove this doubt, and the Increase of general prosperity will readily take care of the question of revenues. "Andrew Jackson was distinguished for his courage and patriotism. Let Democrats meet the Issues before the country with the same spirit, and Re publican majorities will fade before them." DEADLOCK LIABLE. .Mr. Teller Proposes tu Place a Free Coin age Tag on Every Tariff Bill. Washington, Jan. 8. If the Republi can members of the senate committee on finance act. in accordance with the vote of the Republican caucus this af ternoon, and if Mr. Jones persists In his Intention to demand that raw sugar shull be given the 15 per cent of an In crease iirovlded by the house in every other schedule, there will probably be a deadlock In the committee and the bill cannot be reported. There Is a general belief, however, that Mr. Jones will re lent and act with the Republicans. The resolution Introduced by Mr. Quay declaring it to be the sense of the caucus that the Republicans should report the tariff bill from the commit tee PS it came from the house, passed the clueus this afternoon after an hour and a half of debate, without division and by a practically unanimous vote. The chief point in the discussion was the probable attitude of the silver Re publicans. Many of these were out spoken in their desire to have the tariff bill pass and declared that It would be unwise to place a free coinage rider thereon, especially In view of the fact that such a bill was now before the senate and would be passed before ac tion was had on the tariff bill. Mr. Teller, of Colorado, however, threw a brand among his associates when he made a vigorous speech and said ihat for one he proposed to assist In placing a free coinage amendment on every tariff bill until such a measure became a law. Conservative silver men will not Join him in this vote and the votes of the "sound money" men on the other side of the chamber are counted uuon to defeat such a proposition. Just as the caucus was about to ad journ. Mr. PettlgTew askedu when the Republicans proposed to consider the question of the reorganization of the elective officers of the senate and sug gested that this would be as good a time as any. Nevertheless, Mr. Mitch- all Immediately made motion to Journ and It wa carried. This left the silver and the new senators in the lurch. COAST DEFENCE BOATS. Secretary Herbert Looks After the Monitors. Washington, Jan. 8. Before Secre tary Herbert left for New York this morning he set on foot Inquiries as to how quickly the coast defense monitors Mlantonomah. Terror and Monadnock could be prepared for service. State ments furnished by the bureaus con cerned show that the Mlantonomah re cently placed out of commission at League Island, could - be re-com mis sioned within two weeks. The Monad nock can be finished by Feb. 1 and the completion of the Terror within sixty days is assured. The Monadnock Is at Mare Island, Cal., and the Terror at Brooklyn. The reason for the request maV by the secretary cannot be ascertained. 6 BEAT BRITAIN DEFIANT. Lord Salisbury Has Notified the German Government That English Rights In Transvaal Will Be .Mala' tained. London. Jan. 8. The Central News Is authority for the statement that Lord Salisbury has notified the German gov ernment that Great Britain will main tain the rights In the Transvaal secured to her under tho convention of 1884 at all costs. The generosity shown by President Kruger Is admitted everywhere. A dispatch from Pretoria, dated Jan. fi, says the prisoners of Dr. Jameson's following are loud In their praise of the treatment they received at the hands of the Hoer's, while the Burghers deep ly resent the action of Dr. Jameson. They are Intensely angry at the neces sity of leaving their farms and demand ,a speedy and final settlement of the questions at Issue and full and free pos session of the Transvaal country under the undisputed rule of the Boers. Of the prisoners, the m.en were con fined In the race course enclosure at Pretoria and the officers In the town Jail. Dr. Jameson, Sir John Wlllough by nnd the Messrs. White were deeply dejected at the result of their move ment, Jameson refusing to take food for some time lifter his Imprisonment. Ir. Jameson Released. London, Jan. 9. A dispatch - from Cape Town received tonight says that Dr. Jameson und those of his follow ers who were taken prisoners by the Hoers have been released nnd handed over to Sir Hercules Robinson, the governor of Cape Colony. A Pretoria dispatch says It Is report ed there that the Transvaal govern ment has demanded tho banishment from tho country of Cecil Rhodes nnd Dr. Jumeson und the pnyment of a large Indemnity by the British South Africa company. Nothing Is known of this report in official quarters and It is not believed. The lectures to Emperor William are generally repeated. The marked cessation of the hostility of the press of Germany toward Eng land is ascribed to the British govern ment's preparations for war. which are highly commended on all sides. MORE PEACE OFFERING'S. The Chronlelo's Suggestions Regarding tho Settlement of Differences Between the I nitcd States and Inglnnd. London Jan. 8.-Wlth reference to the meeting held to consider what further steps shall be taken concerning the suggestion that differences between the I'nited States and Great Britain be settled by a commission composed of an equal number of Judges of her ma jesty's high court of Justice und of the I'nited States Supreme court, the Daily Chronicle tomorrow will say: "We are delighted that a practical movement has been begun. It will In stantly create a response In the United States, and thus the original warlike situation may prove a preliminary to a great and noble pence, honorable to the nations concerned nnd a lesson to the world. Half of the mischief which has desolated mankind has been due to inability to put ourselves In the point of view of our fancied enemy, i o learn what he thinks is our first duty and our most vital Interest. Let us realize the American feeling as Americans should and will realize ours; let us pro vide a method for putting each view before wise and learned men. That the present friction can only be ended by impartial arbitration is already cer tain. Lord Salisbury could not pos sibly face parliament with the state ment that he had refused to meet the United States on this ground. The first movement In this particular issue be tween the two countries should per haps come from our government as soon as Secretary of State Olney's dispatch was handed to Lord Salisbury. Our conviction is that when Lord Salisbury shall huve replied It will be for the Knglish people to speak touching the necessity for what Kant called per petual peace. This would Involve the establishment of a permanent court of arbitration between the two countries to discuss, advise upon and adjudi cate all. disputes that may arise. That court, we are able to-say, the Ameri can government desire." Death of Thomas Grier. Wllkes-Barre. Pa., Jan. 8. Thomas U. Orlcr, of West Pittston, died today at the advanced age of S3 years. He was a prom inent man and well known In the Wyom ing Valley. Deceased was born In Orange couty, New York, In lSlli. 7n early life he was a member of the legislature from Wayne county. Since 181H he hail been en gaged in the milling business in Pittston. ICn Ronto for llattlo Ground. Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 8. Peter Maher. Jerry Marshall. John J. Quinn nnd the three trainers, Luwery, Burns anil Quinn. left Pittsburg last night en route for their southern battle ground. . SPARKS FROM WIRES. Tracy W. Douglass, the alleged default ing Peru, In., banker, has been arrested in Cannndnlgua, N. Y. Robert .1. Fleming hns been elected mayor of Toronto, (int., by a large majori ty over the Conservative candidate. The Wttier Cotton mill, near Atla'a, On., costing $200,000. and eqnlped with lO.uOO spindles, has begun operations. Frank Denlson, of Itockford, Wnsh., froszled with jealous race at Uniting his wtl-t with a man at his home, shot and killed her. Tho Jefferson Davis mansion, nt Rich mond, Va., lias been formully turned ov-T to the Confederate Memoinrlal Literary society. In the city court, New York, Theatrlcnl Manager MeC'onnell obtained a judgment for $2,229 against Playwright Paul M. Pot ter for money loaned. R. W. Agnew, late president of the First National bank of Ocala, Fla., and one of the richest men In the state, hns been found guilty of misapplication of bank funds. A freight train on the Louisville and Nashville road went through un open draw near New Orleans, La., killing the fireman, Injuring a brakenian and drown ing several tramps. John O. Bailey, ex-recorder of Knox county, Ten ii., who Is dying, has stipu lator that Colonel Robert O. ingersoll shall receive 1500 for delivering a funeral -tin. aw .hl remains. THE CUBANWAR SITUATION Insurgents Are Repulsed in the Vicinity of Ceiba Del Agna. SPANISH ARMY IN HIGH SPIRITS Social and Commeieial Intercourse et Havana I'naffceted by the War-Rebels Continue to Plunder Small Towns in the Interior. Washington, Jan. 8. The following cablegram from General Miwtlncx Cam pos was received at the Spanish legation late this afternoon: "The column of Ocneral Navarro yesterday had an engagement lasting three hours with the main bands of Maceo nnd Gomez In Ceiba del Aguu, dispersing them. Twenty dead have been found and burled by our soldiers. The Spanish loss was slight, four otil cers wounded and twenty casualties among the men, either killed or badly wounded. The troops captured numbers of horses and urms and ammunition. Tho column Is reconnoiterlng the scene of the fight nnd many columns are follow ing the Insurgents. The army is In high spirits and Ha vana is completely quiet." Havana, Dec. 31, via Tampa, Jan. 8. Four heavy siege guns have just been disembarked ut La Machlna In this harbor. They will complete the sev eral forts and sea batteries of this city. They are the heaviest and most de structive guns In the West Indies. Work of Plunder Goes Uu. Havana, JJan. 8. The rebels after plundering the towns of Hoyo Colorado and Punta Brava broke up Into small parties and burned the suar cane on tho estates In the vicinity. The arrival of Spanish troops, which dispersed tho rebels, prevented them from making nn attack upon the town of Mariano. Gen eral Surax Valdes Is said to have de feated a band of rebels on a plantation near Baracoa. General Arderlus has ordered the con centration of the forces In Havana In cuse any movement of the Insurgents should cause disorders In the city. The circulation of the people In social and commercial Intercourse throughout the city Is uninterrupted. .Minister Pe l.om V Telegram. Washington, Jan. 8. Minister Dupuy De Lome received a long cablegram from the government at Madrid today giving a summary of the latest offi cial reports received there from the commander In chief in Cuba. These re ports show that it Is exceedingly diffi cult to get a fight with tlTe bands of marauders which are continually gal loping about burning nnd pillaging the defenseless plantations and sinull vil lages. General Kchngue. who is In the rear of the insurgents, hns twice suc ceeded in overtaking a few of the bands and capturing some prisoners. General Campos says the rebels never stop long enought to be overtaken In any consid erable numbers. In the Invasion of Pinar Del Rio by the Insurgijits, small bands of bandits precede the main forces of the Insurg ents and cause more damage than Ma ceo and Cloiues. Y sterday 1.000 men were sent by sea to Colonla. the port of 1'lnar Del Rio, to reinforce the troop'i there. In the rest of the entire island of Cuba, nothing of a revolutionary character Is occurring. Minister Dupuy De Lome expresses his full confidence that give an exact ly truthful statement of affairs and he courts the comparison of these dis patches with news from other sources which secure publicity from dny to day In several newspapers which have been proved so unreliable recently. The battle of Sudincz. Havana. Dec. SO, via Tampa, Tla., Jan. "8. The following official account of the battle at Sodlnez, was sent to tho Island press Inst evening: A column from the battalion of Nn varra, under command of Lieutenant Colonel Perera toduy (tho 2Hth) had an engagement with the enemy near Coll mete. It resulted In a serious action with the forces under Maximo Gomez, who greatly outnumbered our forces. The column drove the enemy back and captured the position held by them on the Sodinez estate and the enemy was forced to scatter. The column which was composed of :ir0 men, had an officer and four men killed und 20 officers and lifl men wound ed, uill of whom were taken to Coliinete. An hour after the engagement, cannon shots were heard in the direction of the Mnrla estate. It Is believed that the same body of rebels hud "nn engagement with the forces under Colonel .Molina." A cablegram from Madrid dated De cember 20 stales that the ministers be lieve that General Martinez Campos account of the battle of Zollseo was minimized by him owing to his modesty. Prime Minister Ca novas and the min ister of war, General Azzarraga, believe that the action was of great Import ance. They hellcvt that the plans of the rebels hnve been upset. Preparations are being made to send reinforcements to Cuba. FIXED 1ROM THE PL'Ll'IT. Grand Rapids Preacher Adopts Novel Method of Swelling Collections. Grand Rapids. Mich., .Inn. 8. Dairy lodge of Elks uttended church In a body this morning, and the rector. Rev. 11. II. Johnston, who Is a member of the order, announced nt the conclusion of the service, us the contribution boxes were starting out, thnt he "fined each brother $1 for being late." They paid, and the nmount collected was $73. BOOK BLACK TO OUAKREL. Possum Hunters Tight While l.'p a Tree and both Are Killed. Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 8. Near Ken nedy, Lamar county, Alabama. James Runyon and Robert Young climbed a high tree for an opossum. On the same limb, forty feet from the ground, they quarreled. Runyon pushed Young off the limb, but was pulled off with him. Both lived just long enough to tell how It hap pened. Governor's llenlth Improved. Harrlsburg, Pa., Jan. 8. A letter wns received today by Deputy Attorney Gen eral Kiklns from Attorney General Mc cormick, which says that Governor Hast ings nnil his pHrty are comfortably fixed at Hot Springs, Ark., and that the gov ernor has noticeably Improved in health. FRESH FOREIGN GOSSIP. John E. Redmond, member of parlia ment, in a spech at Wexford, Ireland, de clared that the British government is with out a friend In the world. Convpte Cestl has been arrested at Paris for having obtained $200,000 by fraud from the late Max Lebaudy. the young million aire conscript. M. Felix Franeolc Devllle, a member of the French chamber of deputies for the department of Aisne, committed suicide yesterday by shooting. Tho London board of trade returns for Dermnber show an increase In Imports of tt,500,000, and an Increase In exports of SMW.OOO, as compared with 1S94. INLET'S (SWEAT cemmeice Mom- iay, kcemkr 30, and s. Our annual clearing sale of table lin ens, previous to Inventory, has always; been looked forward to with Interest by Intelligent housekeepers, and Judging from the many inquiries already mads concerning this one it will bo no excep tion to any of Its predecessors. The values we offer are always appr elated, and during this sale 1RRK 81ST1HLK BARGAINS will be brought forward from dny to day and will com prise everything throughout the de partment, from a table linen at Twenty five Cents a Yard to one of our Double Satin Damnsks, at Two Dollars and a Half or over; also. In table napkins from tine Dollar a Dozen up 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 thnt you will not only? be Interested, but that we can save you nt least Twenty-five Cents on every dollnr Invested. Kxtra choice line of Dinner and Tea Sets, Lunch Cloths, Center pieces. Doy lies, etc. Our UHiinl fine assortment of German "Silver-Hleach" Damasks. Agency for John S. Brown & Sons' lin ens, "Best In the World." Sale commences Monday morning and will last for ten days. 510 and 512 LACKAWANNA aVeNUE I896 Increase every day In the year; more good shoes make more good friends. LEWESoREILLY k BAVIES 111 AND UU WYOMING AV WEICIEL TMi5. JEWELER WISHES I0VERY11ODY. A H&ppy New Year. Great reductions in prices before taking inventory in ... . mi Silverware. 408 Spruce St. Near Dime Bank.' DEATH IN A CIGARETTE. Ilnrtenso Dcmora Fires tier Bedding and Is f atally Burnad. Pittsburg, Jan. 8. In a Second ave nue resort this morning Hortense De niora. one of the inmates, fell asleep smoking a cigarette. When she awoke her bed was aflama and she had been fatally burned and hud Inhaled fire. Stepped in Front of a Train. Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 8. Dutnlnlck Swif ter, of AlcKce's Rocks, was instantly, killed In the presence of his wife and cjiil drcn by stepping In front of train near h'.s home this morning. Mrs. Switzer was prostrated and one of the children thrown lino convulsions. - Delaware nA Hudson Dividend. New Vork. Jan. 8. The directors of th Delaware nnd Hudson Caunl company have decided to pay the regular 'Jlvidend of 7 per cent. In quarterly Installments for tho year 189H. WEATHER REPORT. For eastern Pennsylvania, tail, waxmerl south to southwest winds. AMJE HEN st
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