THE ONLY REPUBLICAN DAILY IN LACKAWANNA COUNTY.
EIGHT PAGES 3 COLUMNS.
SCR ANTON, PAM THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 189G.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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