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Peeeic
Silt Sale
Cleaning up stocks previous to tlio
completion of our sonii-unnuul inven
tory. Is the order or tin ilay in every
department throughout tin- store. To
day we particularize Silks us tin apt
Illustration of what is going on all
around tin- store. Not the Silks of oth
er days, however, but tlie Silks of to
day; the Silks that ure most in de
mand; the Silks that will meet with
your approval, becuiiso they're
RigM Ii weave
WgM li Styles
Right In Price
and right In season. Tn a word,
these Silks are just such as you
would buy anyway; supposing there
were no extra price Inducements to
tempt you.
Fancy
Taffeta
10 pieces pretty figured Taffeta
Silks in ten combination color ef
fects. For fancy linings or waists
nothing could be better. Portlier
price iVic.
Cleaning Up Price 31c
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10 pieces an odd lot of figured and
striped Taffetas. All excellent In
everything that can make them de
sirable, and not a yard In the lot !
worth legs than "5c. I
Cleaning Up. Price 50c !
20 pieces handsome seed effect Taf
fetus III ull the new and popular
stripes. Krtlllnnt color cnniblnu
tions for stylish wuists. Yester
day's price "." cents. '
Cleaning Up Price 5Pc
C pieces L'4-lnch funcy stripe Taf
fetas. The color effects and weave
Hie ull light, und better values for
$1 is unobtainable In the regular
w ay of selling.
Cleaning Up Price 75c
6 pieces of the new Chameleon
Stripe Tuffelas. The prettiest thing
of the season for an up-to-date
nobby waist. Yesterday's figure
v. us $1.00.
Cleaning Up Price 75c
Itaiig 'Milt Sarafes
fi pieces Herring Hone Stripe Kurnh J
Sllk;i.Full color range In u quality :
thut never sells under (!.. j
Cleaning Up Price 45c'
5 pieces Hluck Silk Hhadamesr are
excellent TUo. quality.
Cleaning Up Price 55c
4 nieces lslack Satin Duchess, our
well-known 11.00 quality.
Cleaning Up Price 79c
ce
20 pieces fancy Velvets in nil the
new and popular weaves and shad
ings. Yesterday's price was $1.50.
Cleaning Up Price 75c
Sale Begins Friday
GLOBE
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DISCIISmjIE DOCTRINE
Mr. Maker Mucks His Resolution with
u Monroe Speech.
WAKXIXG EIKOI'EAX I'OKEKS
Must Have the Consent of the I'nitcd
states before Occupying American Ter
ritory Suggestion That a Vene
zuelan Kumorllc Investigated.
WuslilniUoii, Jan. 9. The house bond
bill, with the free coinage substitute for
it reported from the committee on tl-nuni-e,
wustohuvecnguged the attention
of the senate today, but a hulf hour's
speech by .Mr. Iluker (Hep, Kansas)
in favor of an extreme application of
the Monroe doctrine, and mi hour ami
thriM-uartets speech by Mr. Stewart
I Top.. Nebraska on the financial ques
tion prevented the tuking up of the
bond bill until so lute an hour that Mr.
Jones ( Dem., Kansas) i referred to
withhold his opening speech upon it
until tomorrow.
Air. Maker's speech his Hist in the
seuute chamber had for Its text und
groundwork a- Joint resolution Intro
duced by him decluring that the exten
sion of any Kuropeun power of its ter
ritorial limits on the western hemi
sphere, whether by war. treaty, pur
chase or otherwise, without the con
sent of the I'nlted Stales, will be re
garded as un unfrlnedly act, und In his
speech he declared that position would
be maintained by war. if necessary.
The Joint resolution was referred to
the committee on foreign relutlona. und
the Hetiute at 4.10 adjourned until to
morrow. House Proceedings.
For some reason not apparent on the
surface, the committee on rules did
not report the changes today It Is pro
posed to make in the code of the Flfty
lirst congress, under which the house
has so far been operating, although
their work has been completed and Is
in print. Mr. Henderson. (Rep., 111.),
gave notice that he would make the
report tomorrow.
Mr. ltlue, (Rep., Kun.). reported the
general pension appropriation bill for
the year ending June 30. 189", and gave
notice that he would rnll It up after the
report of the rommlMce on rules hud
been disposed of.
A concurrent resolution was offered
for Immediate consideration by Mr.
Livingston, iriein.. Ha.), but Mr. Hoit
telle objected. It called upon the presi
dent to InvestlgatPthe report that Ureat
Britain had advanced her onUiosts on
the Venezuelan frontier, and if it were
rue, lie was instructed to demand u
withdrawal of them to the lines occu
pied on Dec. 17. INflr..
The resolution went to the committee
on foreign affairs.
A resolution offered by Mr. Hingham.
(Hep., renn.). und approved by the
committee on impropriations was
agreed to. culling upon the secretary
of the treasury for a statement of the
reasons for the delay in the construc
tion of the mint building at Philadel
phia. After a session of twenty-five min
utes the house adjourned until tomor
row. I'rcc Coinage Majority Small.
A vei y careful canvas of the senate
on the free coinage substitute to the
house bond bill has been mode and It
is claimed as n result of that canvass
that the majority in the senate in favor
of free coinage at this time will lie ex
ceed'ngly small. Some of the so-called
"sound money" men go so far as to say
that it may possibly be defeated. A
conference was held, yesterday by Mr.
(lorman ond Mr. Cray, representing
the anti-silver men on the Democratic
sidt of the chamber and .Mr. Aldrich, on
the Hepubllcan side. These three men
went over the situation in a thorough
manner and came to the conclusion that
there wus good reason to consider the
passage of a free colnuge 1 I II ut this
time as a mutter ubout which there wus
some doubt.
They decline to mention uny numes
but it is Riven out that there are :;t! or
21 Republicans who will vote against
the substitute nnd 14 Democrats, mak
ing a total of 40 or 41 within three or
four of a majority against the bill. The
figure given ure claimed to comprise a
list of votes about which there Is no
doubt, inul they think thut sufficient
doubt i'ul votes may yet be won over to
defent the bill.
(minis to the late session of the sen
ate the Republican caucus was not held
this afternoon. It will be held at the
call of the chairman, possibly tonior-
MR. CARLISLE IIOI'EITT..
lie expresses His Opinion That the llond
Issue Will He a Success.
Washington, Jun. 9. Seeretnry Car
lisle expressed the opinion today that
the new bond Issue will be a success.
He did not Intimate whence the gold
would come from, but he spoke with
full knowledge of the number of In
(iiiiiies made for blank forms for bids
and the informal offers already made.
The mails today brought in quite a
number of Inquiries for blank forms on
which to make bids and in some rases
persons desirous of subscribing stated
the amount they wanted and the price
they would offer. These figures are. of
course, withheld from publication. The
bills are regarded as informal, and
where possible those making them will
be communicated with nnd blank forma
will be sent them, so that they may
comply with all the requirements and
make their bid In regular shape.
A circular letter of Instructions to
prospective bidders was issued today.
It says: The subscriber should state
plainly the amount of bonds desired,
the price which he proposes to pay and
the place where the bonds should be
delivered, which may he the subscrib
er's ho ne or any other and more con
venient place.
He should at the same time state
whether he desires to deposit the
amount of his subscription at the treas
ury department In the city of Wash
ington or at one of the following sub
treasuries, via.: New York. Hostnn,
Philadelphia. Baltimore. Cincinnati.
Chicago. St. Louis, New Orleans or Kan
Francisco. Deposits at San Francisco
must be with exchange on New York.
The bonds will be Issued In the follow
ing: denominations, via.: Coupon
bonds, $r.O. $100, $r.00 and $1,000; regis
tered bonds. $50, $100, $500, $1,000, $.-.000
and $10,000."
FOR COAST DEFENSES.
Two and One-Half Million Dollars Needed
at Once.
Washington, Jan. 9. At a meeting
today of the senate committee on coast
defenses, of which Senator Squire is
chairman, it was shown by statements
made before the committee by officers
of the bureau of engineers that there
is immediate need by that department
of $2,600,000 to be expended for tor
pedoes and torpedo mines for land de
fenses. The discussions of the tor
pedo system by the committee demon
strated that torpedoes are of little value
unless they are defended by guns, as
they can easily be removed by an ene
my unless protected by artillery.
In case of a sudde.n emergency it
would take ut least u year, If the ap
propriation were made to procure the
material, manufacture the torpedoes,
and put them in place at the principal
ports of the United States. The chief
of engineers advocated the expenditure
of $1:.', 000.000 during the tiseul year end
ing June 30, 1X97. This sum, it Is said,
would not provide the money necessary
to be expended by the ordnance bureau
for guns and gun carriages, but would
cover the cost for emplacements for
guns and torpedoes.
The hearing is being conducted In re
lation to the bill Introduced In tlie sen
ate by S.-imtor Squire, providing for the
defense of the principal seuports of the
country.
MR. LKVKLVXjTS LETTER.
The President I nburdens His Mind und
Kuna the Campaign Kuiuor to tlio i:unh,
So to Spcuk.
"Washington. Jan. 9. Senator Cuffery,
of Louisiana, tonight made public a let
ter of the president's. to him which hud
opportunited presented since Monday
he would have incorporated in remarks
which he Intended to make In the sen
ate on the bond bill. It reads:
Kxecutivo .Mansion, Washington, Jan. .".
.My Dear Senator: I have reud today in
the Congressional Hecord the debate I'l
the senate on Friday concerning the finan
cial situation and bond issues.
I uni amazed at the intolerance that
leads even excited partisanship to odopt
us a basis of attack the unfounded erudi
tions und assert Ion of a maliciously men
dacious und sensational newspaper.
N hanker or llniiuoier nor any other hu
man being has been invllml to visit Wash
ington for the purpose of arranging in any
way or manner for the. disposition of bonds
to meet the present or future needs of the
gold reserve.
No arraiixenient of any kind has been
made for the disposition of such bonds
to any syndicate or through the ugency of
any syndicute.
No assurance of such a disposal of bonds
has been directly or indirectly given to
uny person. In point of fuct u derided
leaning toward a popular loan and adver
tising for bids has boon plainly exhibited
on Die part of the Hiliuinistration at nil
times, when the subject wus under dis
cussion. Those charged with the responsibility of
maintaining our sold reserve, so far as
legislation renders I possible, have unx
ously conferred with each other and us
occasion permitted, with those having
knowledge of llminrial affairs and present
monetary conditions, as to the best and
most favorable means of selling bonds for
gold.
The usual Importance of a successful re
sult if tlie attempt is ugnln mude ought
to be apparent to every American citizen
who bestow upon the subject a moment's
patriotic thought.
The secretary of the treasury from the
llrst moment that the necessity of anotrAV
sale of bunds seemed to be approaching
desired to offer them If Issued to the peo
ple by public advertisement If the could
thus be successfully disposed of. After
full consideration lie came to the con
clusion to which I fully agree,, that the
amount of gold in the reserve being now
$ai,tH),imo more than it was In February
last, when a sale of bonds was made to a
svnilicute, and other conditions differing
from those then existing. Justify us in
offering the bonds now ubout to be issued
for sale by populur subscription. This is
the entire mutter; and all these particu
lars could have been easily obtained by
any member of the senate by simple In
quiry.
If Mr. Morgan or any one else reasoning
from his own stundpoln brought himself
to the belief that the government would tit
length be constrained to again sell bonds
to a syndicate, I suppose he would have
a perfect right, if he chose to take such
steps as seemed to him prudent, to put
himself in condition to negotiate.
I expect nil Issue of bonds will be adver
tised for sale tomorrow, and that bids
will be invited not only for those now al
lowed by law for such other and different
bonds us congress may authorise during
the pendency of the advertisement.
Not having had an opportunity to confer
with you In person since the present ses
sion of congress began and noticing your
participation In the debate of lust Friday,
I have thought t not amiss to put you
in possession of the facts und Information
herein contained.
Yours very truly,
Orover Cleveland.
lion. Donaldson Caffery.
the Venezuelan dispute.
President Crcspo's Changed AttiluJo-Po-ninl
of n Caracas Kcpnrt.
London, Jan. 9. A letter from Cara
cas, Venezuela, to the London Times,
says it Is evident that it is the present
Intention of President Cresuo not to
give any satisfaction for the I'ruun In
cident. a'd thut he is determined to
combine the I'ruun nnd frontier ques
tions, regarding them as one dispute.
The Times' correspondent snys thut this
Is directly contrary to President Cres
po's previous assurances tn him, and
he recites at length how the change
was brought tbout by President Cleve
land's message to congress, nnd arrives
at the following conclusion:
"By hook or crook. President Crespo
nnd his friends hone to entangle the
I'nlted States, and they will not leave
a stone unturned to accomplish this
end."
The colonial otllce this evening pub
lished a denial of the report which
reached here from Caracas, Venezuela,
via New York, that liritish troops with
cannon from Demerara had arrived at
Cuyuiii. a station at the extreme limit
of the Hrltlsh claims In tlie disputed
territory, and the scene of the I'runn
incident.
SERVICES IN A .MINE.
Miners Converted .Many I'ect Below the
Surface of the Earth.
Pana, III.. Jan. 9. A novel, fruitful
and encouraging revival meeting was
held In the Pen well mine. 720 feet below
the surface of the earth, today at noon.
It was in the nature of an auxilliary
to the union revival meetings now In
progress, and was conducted by Secre
tary Atkins, of the Young Men's Chris
tian association. Quite a number of
miners were converted and many asked
for prayers.
Senate Confirmations.
Washington. Jan. 9. The senate In ex
ecutive session today confirmed the fol
lowing nominations: Kmory F. Hest, of
(leorxla, to be assistant commissioner of
the generul bind otllce; Joseph H. Until
waite, of Ohio, member of the hoard of
ordnance and fortltieatlons. Consuls
James K. Connolly, of New Jersey, i t
Osaka and Hlogo; llnratlc It. Higelow, of
Pennsylvania, at Itoiien.
Steamer's Crew Missing.
Halifax, N. 8., Jan. 9. No trace of the
missing crew of the wrecked steamer
Kuling has been found as yet and the opin
ion prevails that all hands were lost.
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STATE SNAP SHOTS.
A court decision at Allentown is that
eoclal clubs may sell liquor.
Managing Editor M. K. dfiblc, of the
Pittsburg Times, has resigned.
The trdon board meeting has been
postponed from Jan. IS to Jan. 29.
After being Idle a considerable time the
Kust End Rolling- mill, at Lebanon, has
resumed.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Haekmon, of Pine
grove, aged 73 and 70 years respectively,
celebrated their golden wedding.
District Attorney Kox, at Kaston, will
Investigate the bribery charges In con
nection with the Delaware River boule
vard. Edward Ttowden, a Philadelphia steve
dore, was attacked by a foot pud near Me
dia, and In the scrimmage came out vic
torious. .. ., , -
ENGLISH PEACE OFFERING
Mr. Chamberlain Compliments Prcsi
. dent Krugcr of Transvaal.
NOT ANXIOUS TO I'ICHT BOERS
An T.xcuse for Activity in Securing War
Mores. However, Conflicts with the
Secretary's South African Olive
llranch Latest from Colonics.
London. Jan. . Mr. Joseph Chum
berluin, secretary of state for the Col
onies, has sent the following telegram
to President Kruger, of the South Afri
can republic:
"I have received the command of the
queen to acquaint you with the fuct
thut her majesty hus heard with satis
faction that you have decided to hand
over Dr. Jameson and the other prison
ers to the liritish authorities. This
will redound to your credit, and your
honor.andoontlnue-topreserve the peace
of South Afrleu. The harmonious co
operation of the liritish and Dutch
raeea is necessary to South Africa's
future development and prosperity.
Washington. Jan. Information haH
reached the navy department thut the
liritish government Is displaying great
activity in storing coal at its well for
tllled naval coal or supply station of
St. Lucia near the Venezuelan coast.
The disturbed relations between Ureat
liritaln and (lermany are given as the
reusoti for the activity.
News from Cape Colony.
London, Jun. 9. Dispatches from
Cape Colony continue to dribble In, but
the freshest of them received today
showed that they were but two duys
old showing that the telegraph and
cable companies are either clearing up
the accumulation of old business or
that the government still refuses to
allow the transmission of news dis
patches. Much Interest is manifested
here in the receipt of Intelligence that
will show the attitude of the Hon. Cecil
Khodes. lately prime minister of Cape
Colony, who Is strongly suspected of
having much to do with the dispatch
of Dr. Jameson's force to the Transvaal.
Hut until the normal condition of the
telegraph service Is resumed nothing on
this point can be stated delinlely anil
nothing but speculation can be indulged
in.
On tlie continent It Is openly charged
that not only was Mr. Hhodes fully
cognizant of the movements of Dr.
Jameson, but that the liritish govern
ment was also a ware of what was going
on. Hud the raid been successful (ireut
liritaln. according: to the popular be
lief in Km ope, would have stepped in
and occupied the country ostensibly
to protect her subjects, hut really to
establish un occupation similar to thut
In Kgypt, which is tantamount to an
annexation of the country. As the
raid resulted In a most miserable fiasco
tlie liritish government Is accused of
attempting to forestall condemnation
by emphatically denying any prior
knowledge of the matter and of taking
measures to prevent the departure of
the expedition after It knew (t had de
parted and had resulted In a failure.
Of course, these statements are de
nied here, and the government news
papers Insist that Mr. Chamberlain, the
colonial secretary, has acted through
out with clean hands. At any rate It
can be said, so fur as the Trnnsvaul Is
concerned, that the government has
done everything In Its power to pre
vent the raid from affecting any more
than possible relations between Oreat
liritaln and the South African repub
lic. Foreign Relations Affected.
1 tut thut the troubles have uffected
British foreign relations more particu
larly those with lermany, there Is no
denial. Since the fact became known
that Emperor William had, before the
Jameson raid, decided to intervene in
the Transvuul, the feeling against (ier
ninny has greatly increased in bitter
ness. The naval preparations now bo
ins made meet with the fullest popular
approval and the more fiery among
those who are in favor of war declare
that the time has come for (Ireut Hrlt
uln to assert herself In her might and
teach (iermuny that she will brook no
Interference with her suzerainty in the
Transvaal.
Those of calmer blood hold that court
Interference, which Is against any hos
tility towards (lermany, will be sutlle
ienlly powerful to prevent an outbreak.
Hut court Interference does not und
cannot control the populur demand,
which Is decidedly In favor of warfare.
The naval preparations however, are
proceeding apace. In addition to the
Hying squadron which has been ordered
to be put In readiness, instructions were
issued today for the immediate com
missioning of twenty torpedo boat de
stroyers. All these preparations, together with
the mobilization of the land forces do
not necessarily mean that there will be
a war. In well Informed circles It Is
believed that they simply mean that
the government Is on the alert against
any emergency that muy arise, and
should conditions demand It. it will be
ready to strike a swift blow aguiust any
enemy.
ROMANciToiMtOCIIEPORT.
Ilrokmcvcr's Sncotbcard Spirited Away
and Placed In a Convent.
Kocheport, Mo., Jan. 9. Across the
river In Cooper county the people are
very much wrought up over the sensa
tional finale of a love affair In which
the central figures are John Hrokmey
er. son of a prominent business man
of Hooneville, and Miss Kate Franken,
heir to farm lands and real estate in
Cooper county.
The young couple were to have been
married this week, und the girl's guar
dian and uncle, Andrew Smith, healing
of it, locked her up in a room nnd took
her clothes away and drove young
Brokmeyer from the premises when he
called to demand the girl, who is con
siderably over age. Then Smith called
In Dr. Hurt to confirm his allegation of
the girl's Insantiy, but the doctor failed
to coincide In this view, and Instead
conveyed a message from the girl to
her lover to rescue her by any means.
Brokmeyer applied for a writ of ha
beas corpus. In the meantime the girl
was spirited away aAd taken to St.
Louis and placed tn a convent, where
she Is now.
WEED'S RULES ABANDONED.
Home Committee Will Adopt the Methods
of J- Randolph Tucker.
Washington, Jan. 9. The changes In
the house code of rules prevailing in
the Fifty-first congress, proposed by
the committee on rules, us expected,
are few In number, and but one is of
any great consequence. That relates
to the counting of a quorum. The
method pursued by Speaker Keed In
the fifty-first congress has been aban
doned and the following, which J. Ran
dolph Tucker proposed In the forty
seventh congress, substituted therefor:
Whenever a quorum fails to vote on
any question and a quorum is not pres
ent and objection Is made for that
cause, there shall be a call ot the houit
and the sergeant at arms shall forth
with proceed to bring in absent mem
bers ami the yeas ind nays on the
liending question shall at the same time
be considered as ordered. The clerks
Fhnll call the roll, and each member as
he answers to his name may vote on
the ponding question, and. after the roll
cull Is completed, euch member arrest
ed shall be brought by the sergeant at
arms before the house, whereupon he
shall be noted as present, discharged
from arrest, and given un opportunity
to vote, and his vote shall be recorded.
If those voting on the question and
those who are present and decline to
voteshnll deiiure that n quorum be con
stituted, and the pending question shull
be decided as the majority of those vot
ing shull appear. And thereupon fur
ther proceedings under the cull shall be
considered.
(riTIIERIxTTHK liOLO.
ThoJ. Picrpont Morgan llond Syndicato
Preparing to Cobble I p the Issue of
l eb. 5.
New York, Jan. 9 From a sul ibing
member of the J. Pierpont Morgan bond
syndicate, the following facts have been
obtained:
The syndicate expects to secure the
entire $100,000,000 4 per cent, bonds
which are to be sold by the treasury on
Feb. 5.
Mr. Morgan will bid for the entire
Issue and expects to be awarded the en
tire $100,000,000. It will tuke ull or
none.
The reuson for Mr. Morgnn's confi
dence of entire success is thut he will
make an offer so advantageous that
no other propositions can stand In his
way.
This offer Is to purchnse the entire
$100,000,000, paying principal and premi
um in gold, and In nddltion, furnish
un amount In gold equal to one-third
of the Issue, or $S3,SH.3::3.:13 in exchange
for green bucks. The government gold
reserve will thus not only be brought
up to the recognized limit, but will have
a large surplus for its protection.
The price which the syndicate will
offer Is not exactly known by anyone
beside Mr. Morgan. It will be con
siderably more than the 104 '& puld last
February. This low premium was paid
because of the provision in the con
tract compelling the syndicate to pro
tect the treasury reserve. No such
contract will be made this time. There
fore, a higher price will be paid. The
figure Is believed to be 10S. The syndi
cute Is now accumulating gold from
every nvulluble source.
Members of the syndicate will be at
liberty to make individual bids beside
the syndicate bid.
This Is the state of affairs today. The
position will probably hold until Feb
ruary ." without any change of Im
portant detnlls. The president nnd
secretary of the treasury have no
agreement, private or public, with the
syndicute. They know, however, what
are Morgan's Intentions and knew it
when the public call w-ns Issttod.
philadelpihTlkxow.
Interesting Testimony Concerning tho
Police department Is Continued Before
the Senatorial Committee.
Philadelphia, Jan. . The protection
by the police of "speak ensies," und pol
icy shops, the misconduct of policemen
und the discharge ot employes from city
departments because they did not fac
tionully agree with their superiors wus
brought out this ut'ternoon at the meet
ing of tlie senatorial investigating com
mittee. Kx-Policeman Oeorgo Slook, sr., tes
tified to having received together with
Special Olflcer Martin and other police
men, sums of money which were paid
them for protection by proprietors of
policy shops and speuk eusles. The
witness further stated that Martin was
indicted in October 1S94, for un alleged
bribery In January 1SiL'. but thut the
case against him was dismissed lust
month on the ground thut the time for
the prosecution had expired by statute
limitation. The witness declared thut,
although Martin is unable to reud or
write, he is still connected with the
police department. Severul witnesses
testllied to having been discharged
from the gas ami water departments
because they did not "turn in" accord
ing to political "orders" given by their
superiors, and others gave evidence
regarding the brutality of police offi
cers. One of the latter witnesses. Kl
mer Rexter, a youth, told of several
beatings he hud received from police
men in the L'L'd police district, because
"they hud a grudge against him."
j Prior to the meeting of the commit
I tee, ex-Policeman James W. Nuylor,
who bus Incriminated severul police
ofllcers In the testimony he lias given
before the body was arraigned before
Magistrate South on the charge of per
jury. Naylor was arrested yesterdny
nt the Instance of Sergeant of Police
Richards, who is one of tho accused.
The case was continued until Monday
nnd Nuylor wus held in $1,200 bail.
EARTHQUAKES IN PERSIA.
licven Hundred Persons Perish In the
khufkhtll District.
Teheran, Persiu. Jan. 9. Two severe
earthquakes, causing the loss of l.loo
lives, huve occurred In tlie Khnlkhul
district. The first shock, which was
experienced on Thurcduy last, was very
severe. It completely destroyed the
village of Kunzahad and partly de
stroyed other villages. ( n the folowing
Sunday there was unother and severe
shock which destroyed the small town
of (inl and did great damage in many
of the villages in the district affected.
i Kight hundred persons were kiled in
! (Sol alone. Large upmhers of cattle
! and sheep perished,
i London. Jan. !. The Times will to-
mnrow publish a dispatch from Teh-
eran saying it Is reported In that citv
: that severe earthquakes were felt Wed
nesday nt Alesheci and Kelut. No dam
age was done at the former place.
On November 17, 1S93. a most destruc
tive earthquuke occurred at Ktichnn,
Persia. The city wus practically de
stroyed and the loss of life wus enor
mous. It being reported that 12.000 per
sons perished.
RIGHT OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
Hearing Before tho Supreme Court of the
(icttvsntirg Reservation Case.
Washington, Jan. 9. The Supreme
court today heard argument In the
(lettysburg reservation case. Involving
the question of the light of congress to
determine what is a public use of lund.
Congress appropriated $75,000 for the
purpose of condemning the land includ
ed In the Oettysburg battlefield as r
public park and among other tracts
sought to condemn the right of way of
the Gettysburg electric railroad.
Tho railroad company resisted this
proceeding, contending that the use to
which It was sought to put the lund was
not a public use, and that the right of
eminent domain did not apply. The
attorney general and solicitor general
appeared for the government, and
Thomas Hart, Jr., for the railroad com
pany. Brndstrcet at Wllkcsdtnrrc.
Harrlsburg, Pa., Jan. 9. The Itradstreet
Information company of New York was
today authorized to do business In Pitts
burg, Reading and Wllkes-Uurrt).
DR. LOME'S CHEERING HEWS
Informs Spain That the United States
Will Not Kccorjnizc Cubans.
MOKE TK00PS TO THR ISLAND
AJlttonal Advices Concerning Spnnish
Army Indicate That an Important
engagement Is at lland-tiov-crnmcnt
l orccs Active.
Havana. Jan. 3. via Tampa. Flu.. Jan.
9. A cubiti'tuceting was hole! yester
day In .Madrid, when Premier Cunovus
Del Castillo presided. He muele a
lengthy address beating on Cuban mat
ters. In his statements he was of the
opinion that it will be Isposslble for the
rebels to retreut from central Cuba In
the direction of Puerto Principe or
Santiago De Cuba.
He read a cablegram from Senor Du
puy Do Lome, the Spanish minister in
Washington. In forming the govern
ment of Spain that the I'nlted States
will not recognize the Cuban rebels as
belligerents.
The Queens hns signed a royal decree
naming the awards for the soldiers in
Culm. Yesterday the trans-Atlantic
steamship Leon XIII sailed from Vn
laniia for Porto Itlco. She embarked
90 otliccrs, 1.040 soldiers. She will re
ceive her linul orders on arrival at
Porto Rico.
Pcclslvo Kngngcment Probable.
Madrid. Jan. 9. Additional advices
to those already reported have been re
ceived from Havana concerning recent
engagements with the revolutionary
forces. These show very great uctlvity
on the part of the Spanish armv and
Indicate an Important and possibly de
cisive engagement ut an curly date.
icneral Navarro, as already reported,
recently met and put to lllght at tlunn
jay the combined forces of Maceo and
eloinez. The assault of the Spanish
troops upon the insurgent forces was
vigorous und s'llrlted. und the retrent
of the enemy precipitous.
A fact tending to strengthen the im
pression that a decisive butfle Is Immi
nent manifests itseif In the nearne-ss
of proximity of the two armies to each
other, nnel that the generals who re
cently engaged Mucco and (!omez anil
who have followed tnem vigorously
from the provinces of Santa Clara and
Matanzus, are In command of the
troops now honing dally to engnge the
mnln body of the Insurrectionary
column.
STILL ANOTHER STRIKE.
employes of the Philadelphia Traction
Compnuv Will (io Out Saturday,
Philailclnhia, Jan. 9. It now seems
probable that another strike of the
motormon and conductors of the l'nion
Traction compnny will tuke place Sat
urday morning. Tho (inferences be
tween the compnny and the men. ure
apparently Irreconcilable, and the men
are very bitter towards the company.
If another sH'ike takes place it will
have the sanction of the Amalgamated
Association of the Street Hallway Ktn
ployes and it promise's to be ns serious
ns the first strike on Dec. J7. It was
einlmcd today at the association head
quarters, that If another strike Is or
dered, nil the members of the associa
tion anil a number of the new men will
go out.
Tonight, nfter the majority of the
men have finished work, meetings will
be held by all the divisions of the asso
ciation nt which Hie eiuestion ef strik
ing will be practically voted for. The
Traction company ninclnls c xpeei an
other strike and ure making prepara
tions for it.
FLINGED INTO THK CREEK.
Car and Passengers Prccipitutcd IM
I'ect or More Into the Mlver Two killed
outright.
Cleveland, Jun. 9. The bridge across
Tinker's creek, a few miles from this
city, on tin Akron. Hi'ilford and Cleve
land Electric road, gave way beneath
a big electric motor early this morning
und the car with Its passengers, was
precipitated to the bottom, l.Mt feet or
more, to the water bedow. It Is known
at least two persons were killed outright
and a number seriously injured.
The name of one of the dead Is Will
iam Young, of Cuyahoga Fulls, (., body
terribly munglcd.
The injured are: Charles lleh, legs
and arm broken and injured Internally.
An unknown man.
It Is generally believed now that the
curs jumped the track, and that tlie ear
causeel the iron girders of the brhlge
to snap.
. .
SPENT A FORTUNE.
Wild Career of a Young .Man Who l ot
lowed Ills brothers' f ootstep".
Decatur. Inel., Jan. !t. Twenty yenrs
ago John K. Evans, a man of consider
able wealth, (lied here. In his will hi
1 bequeathed to his three infant sons $lo,
000 each with Interest until they should
become 21 years old. Seven years ago
I the oldest son. John, received his for
j tune, which had eloubleet Itself, lie
i spent It In six months. David followed
i three years afterward in the same
course. Three weeks ngo Samuel, the
youngest, received a check for his for
tune, lie Immediately begun n career
of wild dissipation and today is n total
wreck llnaniially. His iliuijonds anil
fine clothes nre gone. His fortune ot
$25,000 hns been spent In precisely fif
teen days. He Is now under arrest Tor
forging the name of the president of
the Adams County bunk to a note for
$200.
Morocco Men .Meet.
Wilmington. Del., Jun. 9. The Morocco
Manufacturers' National association met.
In si'ini-nnnual session hi-re today with
President Henry Hnrk, of Philadelphia, in
the chair. Only routine business was
transacted, A banquet was given this
afternoon.
l etter Carrier Arrested.
Washington, Jan. 9. Colonel Wheeler,
chief poslottiee inspector, today rereiwd
word 'of the arrest at Pittsburg, Pa., of
Winllelil Wise, letter currier In the main
otllce, charged with stealing mull mutter.
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SPARKS 1 ROM WIRES.
P.y the fall of an elevator In the criminal
court building In Chicago. 111., a dozen
passengers made a narrow escape from
being killed.
The Hank of Fayette, at Fayette, O.,
was robbed TiK-silay night, by blowimr
open tho safe, of about JilMjejo and u pack
age of valuable papers.
Mayor Plngree. of Detroit, Mich., has
deeiari'il In favor of Thomas H, Reed for
the Republican pri'sldentlal nomination,
and Heed, it Is said, will huve a majority
of the Michigan clclrgutes.
Senator Ruynca Introduced his exiise bill
In the New York legislature yesterdny.
It was prepared nfter consultation wiih
Mr. I'lott and other lenders, and it is ex
pected that it rfl become a law.
A iontrae-t for building a freight anil
passenger steamer for the Plant Line has
been awarded to the Newort News Hhlp.
building anil Dry Dock company ut New
port News, Va. This makes nine vessels
under contract to be built there.
MLEY'S
CHEAT
commence Ira- '
iiy9 Becemkr 3D, mi
s.
Our annual clearing sale of table lln
ens, previous to Inventory, has always
been looked forward to with Interest by
Intelligent housekeepers, and Judging
from the many Inquiries already made
concerning this one It will be no excep
tion to any of Its predecessors.
The values we offer are always appre
ciated, ami during this sale 1RRE
SIST1HLK IIARdAINS will be brought
forward from day to day and will com
prise everything throughout the de
partment, from u table linen at Twenty
five Cents a Yard to one of our Double
Satin Damasks, at Two Dollars and a
Half or over: also, in table nnpkimi
from One Dollur a Dozen lip to Fifteen.
Quotations on goods of this class are
no criterion of their values, but are
often mlsle-udlng. Therefore we Invite)
you to a personal Inspection of our
stock,' knowing that you will not only
be Interested, but that we can save you
at least Twenty-five Cents on every
dollar Invested.
iOxtra choiio line of Dinner and Tea,
Sets, Lunch Cloths, Center leees. Doy
lies, etc.
Our usual fine assortment of Oermanj
"Silver-lliach" Damasks.
Ageni'y for John s. Hrown & Sons' lin
ens, "liest In the World."
Sale commences Monday morning and
will lust for ten days.
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUB
.tinptt
Increase every day In
the year; more good shoes
make more good friends.
LEWISJReLLY&BAVlS
1H AND llii WYO.MIN'O AVE
WHCBDEL TIE JEWHJEIt
WISHES EVERYBODY
A
Happy
New
Year.
Great reductions in
prices before taking
inventory in ... .
Watcks.. Btarts
aM Silverware.
408 Spruce St.
Near Dime Bank.
GOVERNOR'S CONDITION.
Improved in Health During Ills Staj at
Hot Springs.
Harrirburg. Pa., Jan. 9. Private Sec
retary Heltler this evening received th.
following telegram from Attorney (Jen
era 1 McCormick:
Hot Springs. Ark, Jan. 9.
Lewis K. Heltler, Harrlsburg.
Our stay here Is very pleasant. All well.
Weather here like September at honm.
(iovernor Hastings lias fully recover
from the cidd he had before leaving H,tr
risbui'K. He rode sixteen miles on hors.
bae-k today and overages fifteen mile,
ilally. We visit Little; Rock Saturday,
then Indian Territory and Texas.
This dispatch Is In response to an In
quiry from Mr. Heltler us to the gover
nor's condition, nil sorts of sensational
stories bavins: been circulated In regard
to his health, it even having been re
ported thut the governor wus deud.
WEATHER REPORT.
For eastern Pennsylvania, fair; slowly
rising" temperature; light northerly wiueis.
ANMJAL
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