' ' ,.v. ":,t : THE ONLY REPUBLICAN DAILY IN LACKAWANNA COUNTY. EIGHT rAGV-3- COLUMNS. SCItANTOX, PA., TUESDAY MOKN1KG, FEBUUABV 4, 189IJ. TWO CENTS . . ; j . ........... . r ' It Clllfll t iipectci That we'd sell everything out In CloakliiRH. Klderdowns. French Flannels, etc., anil we didn't al though we came very "cur it, con sidering the Immense stock of them that we carry each season. Well, to make the story short, we may simply add that we were tempted to buy a few odds and ends at awfully low (lRUri'S, and Between the manufacturers odds and ends, and the odds and ends we had left over, we've gathered enough little lots to inuke u more than usually in teresting vale. IMs Sale And continues till lots are sold out. and In many Instances that will be but a little while, as the '--mains are most templing. In the right makes, widths and I colorings. !s pieces 27-Inch Wool Kideniowris, In i tlie fo Mowing popular tdiades, Pink, Baby Blue, Cream, Navy. Grey, Slate. Fawn and Tan. Cupltul. 31c. i iiuallty. PALK PttICK, 20c. If pieces 36-inch Eiderdown. A little leavler than the abova number, hut ho same color ranke. f 'suUlly 4c. HAL.K PRICK, Mc. IS pieces fancy Eiderdown Cloaklngs. Cumel's hull" effect or a Zebra stripe ground. Our former price was 65c. SALE PRICK, KOc. C pieces riimklngM. dark mixtures, and . rollKh Tweed effects. Been sold ut $1.."iU right along. SAIjIS PRICE, 9!)c. t pieces Wool Astrakhan Cloaktnps, deep curl and capital dark shadings. Our former pi ice was $1.75. HA UK PRICK, 11.25. French Wtated Ftaels ' Mostly durk rotors In styles espe cially rtt.-slBtied for coay Winter Wrappers. Vou know their regular values well as mi- do. SALE PRICK, 3:,l: 10 piece of exceedingly handsome Skirt Flannels In Black. Natural Wool, Orey, Brown and Cardinal, with , heavy silk embroidered borders in contrasting shuues. Never lief mo under 87tc. SAtiK PRICE, 69c. ull 11-4 size Bath Bribe lilankets, avy make. Shades, Tan, Orey, lue and Brown. Best former figure 50. SALE PRICE, $2.75. pxtro. heavv ntn-a Wnnl Ttntv, T,,t.n Blankets, very large size, hair line Vaet In oil tl. ..1 1 t . evlous price, $4.50. SALE PRICK, $3.25. ther Odds d Ends n lota too small to mention go ractlcally at your own price. Skirt Flannels n -13 L 0 B E " WARM0US- ' IN THE BAILS OF CONGRESS v A Day with th&Nutional Lawmakers at Washington. 0KK IX SENATE AXD HOUSE Appropriation Hills Consldercd-Uavls Resolution to Ho Discussed llehind Closed Doors Silver Re publicans OrRnnle. Washington, Feb. 3. The senate committee on appropriation this morn ing ordered the pension and the mili tary academy appropriation bills to be reported tomorrow. The estimates for the pension bill amounted to IHl.UM, r7l). und the house pushed it with an ap propriation of $Mt.'23,S20: The senate committee increased It by $52,760. the two Items of increase being $5i),(HX) for fees and expenses of examining sur geons and $2,760 for rent of the pen sion agencies. As It will be reported to the senate the bill will carry $141, n7S,.Wi. For the currenryear $141. Wl. 570 was appropriated. A net luereuse of $2,408 has been made in the bill for the support of the mili tary academy. The estimates called for $l!l.261. The house allowed $448,117, and as reported the senate the bill will carry $450,255. tlouv Procccdlnc. The house spent nearly the entire ses sion In committee of the whole torlny discussing three amendments to the District of Columbia appropriation bill, changing the Items for the support of charitable Institutions so that the ap propriations shall be dlschargedmrfdlu board of children's gunrdiuns Instead of the institutions themselves. Two of these amendments were agreed to, and the third was pending when the com mittee rose at 4.50 p. in. and the house adjourned until tomorrow. The army appropriation bill for the coming lineal year was reported. The senate free coinage substitute for the house bond bill wns received and referred under the rules to the com mittee on ways and means. A message from the president asking a reasonable appropriation for the fam ilies of the four Italians killed last spring In Colorado during a riot was referred to- committee on appropria tions. The Davis Resolution. When the Davis resolution on the Monroe doctrine reported from the sen ate committee on foreign relations, is reached on the calendar or Is made the uullnished business of the senate, a motion will be made to proceed with the debate behind closed doors. As such a motion only requires a single second it is possible for two senators to com pel such action to be taken. Many sfnatots believe that this Is the proper coin se with respect to this question anil the statement Is made with posi tlveiies that at the outset, at least, the doors will be closed. A lending member of the committee on foreign relation- said this morning that no harm could come from the carefully prepared essays on this reso lution, but that harm might grow out of the Impromptu debate that would certainly follow this question when it came before the senate regularly for consideration. That the resolution will pass, although it may be modi fied somewhat, there Is no doubt. Silver Republicans Organize. The silver Republicans In the house are considering the advisability of cull ing a caucus of their purty associates who favor ttei senate substitute to the bond bill. The purpose of the cau cus, if it be held, will be to secure har monious action In support of the senate substitute and to formulate a method of procedure with reference to Its con sideration. The bill will be sent to the ways- and means committee mid will probably be reported back to-morrow with n motion Unit it be not con curred In. The silver Republicans think they enn muster thirty votes In Its favor anil that the laildltioiial votes front the Democratic side will Increase their strength to about one hundred. ORAL SCHOOLS RECWiMZI.I). An Appropriation Will lie Mudo to I du cnte Teachers. Washington, Feb. .1. The house com mittee on education today tirdered a favorable report on the bill to aid in es tablishing schools hi the states and territories to teach speech und vocal language to deiif and dumb children before they are of school age. The meHsurc nppropriutes $Hiii,ink) for edu cating not less than one hundred teuch ers who are to be sent to state and territorial schools when established. The fund is to be paid to Mary L. Harrett, (iovernor Hastings und ex (lovernor l'attisou, of Pennsylvania, and three other trustees. AIlss tlnrrctt Is the promoter of the proposition, and hus her school in Philadelphia. iuyaru will rl:si;. The Ambassador Ready to Return Ills Portfolio at the Rcguest of Coneresx. London. Feb. .1. Thomas F. Huyanl, United States ambassador here, lias authorized President Cleveland to an nounce his resignation in the eent of a vote adverse to him in the house of representatives on the resolution cen suring him for his utterances in his speeches In Edinburgh and elsewhere In C.reat Britain. I TROUBLES AT GOA. The Portnfiiieeo (iovernor General Re called for All Hound Rascality. London, Feb. 3 A dispatch to the Central News from Lisbon says that R. De'Andrade, governor general of (ina, the Portuguese colony in India, has been recalled by the government. Ooa has been the scene of a revolt against the Portuguese authorities and a num ber of the troops there Joined the rebels. It has been discovered that the tele grams sent to Lisbon by De Andrade toiling of bloody combats with und vic tories over the rebels were apocryphal. In his dispatch he mentioned officers wlio were worthy of distinction for the valor displayed by them In face of the enemy. These officers. It transpires, ure personal friends of tle governor general, and it has been further proved that mlthl they nor the troops have ever met the rehelB. De Andrade increased his own salary from six to ten contos of rels und per mitted his adherents to plunder and murder people In the colony. It Is like ly that he will be severely punished. KILLED WITH A HAMMER. 1'atal Result of a Onarrel Ilctwccn Two Young Men at Atlantic cit. Atlantic City, N. J.. Feb. 3. Harry Carrlden. a painter about .15 years old, is in the city jail charged with the mur der of William Collins, aged 30. Lizzie Johnson, Carrlden's mistress, in also In custody as an accessory to the crime. Between 7 and 8 o'clock this morning the two men met In the' rear of MIbs Johnson's Jiome on North Texas ave nue.' An Ill-feeling of long standing existed between the- men and the quar rel wai renewed. Collins was under the Influence of liquor and It was not long before the men came to blows. Cairidcn, it is alleged, hud in his hand a hammer or an uxe handle and during the encounter struck his antagonist several terrible blows about thu head, splitting the heud and fracturing the skull. Collins hnd almost strength enough to reach his boarding house, where medical usslstance was obtained and the wounds dressed. He lingered In an unconscious condi tion until four o'clock this evening whi n he expired ns a result of his In juries. Currldeii and the woman were arrested tonight. He has admitted the quarrel and claims that he struck Col lins In self defense. In the absence of Coroner McLaugh Ian. Justice Williams has taken charge of the cuse and will hold an inquest to morrow. MR. HAKK1S0X I) h( LINKS. lie Is Not Willing That His N'amo Should (in before the St. Louis Convention as a Candidate. Indianapolis, Feb. 3. Tonight Cap tain John K. Cowdy, chairman of the Republican state central committee, called by Invitation at the residence o( (Jcneral Harrison, when the ex-president handed him the folowlng letter: Hon. John K. (iuwily. liiillunapollM. 1 ml. In view of the resolutions passed by ihe state central eommlttce at lis rei ent meet, lug and of the fact that ilelegutes to the nutiomd Kubl!ran convention are soon to be chosen In this state, I have conclud ed I hat some statement from me as to my wish-s and purposes should now lie made to my Indiana friends. "Hitherto 1 have declined to speak to the public upon tills matter, hut scores ut friends to whom I have talked and inany si'oies more In whom I have written will lei'Ojdilxe In this expresHlon the substance of what I have said to I hi m. To every tine who has proposed to promote my nomination 1 have said 'no, there never has been an hour since 1 left the white house that 1 have felt a wish to return to lr.' ".My Indiana friends have been most de voted and faithful and I am their grateful debtor. The Republican parly has twlcn In national convention given me Indorse ment, und I hat in enough. I think the voters of our party are now entitled to have a new name. Kor the sentiment, great or small, that has been manifested for my nomination, I am grateful, and of that wider respeet and kindness breaking party lines which have been shown nie in so many ways, I am profoundly appreciative. 1 cannot consent liuu my name be pre. senled to or used In the St. Louis oou ventlon and must kindly ask my friends to accept this as n sincere and final ex pression upon ihe subject. Ilenjamln Harrison. Indianapolis, Feb. 3, luitti. The politicians close to ex-Preident Harrison have feared that he would flatly refuse the use of his name if crowded too i ' upon the subject and they rep ' the "resolutions of loyalty" ado'ifnl '-y the state commit tee last week as the prime cause of the letter. Kven in soite of these resolu tions they had hoped that he would continue to say nothing and quietly permit the use of his name. Nobody here questions the entire sincerity of the letter and they regard Harrison as dellnltely out of the race. In tills situation there is little ques tion that the Indiana delegates will be largely. If not solely, for McKinley. M'KIXLEVS CANDIDACY. Members of the Ohio Delegation lilsouss Ills Chances for Nomination. Washington. Feb. 3. All the Repub lican members of the Ohio delegation, in congress with the exception of Sena tor Shernuin. u ml Representatives Wat son, Feiilon, Dewltt and Heacli, met tonight in the apartments of Repre senttlve Orosvenor In the Cochran hotel to discuss tile prospects of Major McKinley for the noiniiiutiou of his party at St. Louis. It was stated after the meeting thut Senator Sherman was not expected to be present and of the other iibsentefs one was sick und three are out of town. The reported object of the meeting wus to endorse Major Me Kin ley's candidacy, lint this was not done and probably will not be done by the delegation on the ground that .there Is no necessity for It nfter McKinley has been approved us a pros pective presidential nominee by the Ohio Republican state convention. The strength of McKinley throughout the country in comparison with thut of the other party candidates for the nomination was discussed, the entire time of the meeting being consumed in this exchange of views. It wus de cided thut weekly meetings of the dele gation should be held ami an adjourn ment was taken until next Monday night at the same pluce. BIDDING ONTlfEUOl)s Mew York bullion Healers Report a brisk " business. New York, Feb. II. There were a number of in'orniul conferences In bunk parlors down town today In re gard to (lie new government loan. The chief point of issue was the prices to be hid for the bonds, and local hunkers were endeavoring to find out the aver age rate to be tendered by New Vork city capitalists. It wus said that those most enthusiastic for a popular loan a little while ago and who advanced the urguiiieiit that the government would net considerably more by refusing to deal with a syndicate have materially lowered the prices they will pay for the issue. According to good authorities the bids put lu by these parties will run anywhere from lliati to PI!'. It will be remembered the syndicate bid was Pl4:'i net. with a guarantee that the gold to lie turned ill would not lie tuken from the sub-treasury. liullion dealers report a brisk busi ness in gold today at premium for buying and for selling. At the tuib treasiiry there was quite a rush for the subscription blanks; in fact the demand was larger than at any time since the forms were received from Washington. itouinan Will Not tie llnntrrd. Tlarrlsbtirg, Pa., Feb. ;!, flovernor IIusIIum today Issued commutations from the-death setitene eto life ItnprHonment in the eaw of William Venn Itownian.i of Willies harre, ami James MuNullen, of Allegheny county. The commutations were recommended by the board of pardons. The tiold Recrvc-- Washington, Feb. 3. The treasury gold reserve, ut the close of business toilav. stood ut l7.7!r.',it!. The withdrawals for the day aggregated jl.ltKi.WHi. CONDENSED STATE TOPICS. Allegheny City will filter Its water. Hugh Hempsey may return to work ill Carnegie's Homestead Bteel mill. The St.'liard Oil ' mpnny Is erecting chestnut telegraph poles ulong its pipe line sin this state. State Superintendent of Schools Schnf fer has prepared a new edition of the pub lic school laws of Pennsylvania. - A quarrel with n waiter nt Pittsburg for one cent cost Olliecr Joseph Kelly Just JLTitl before he got through court. Robert Struthers, a young man of Oil City, fell upon a piece or Iron, cutting the jugular vein and bleeding to death. Jacob F. Rlchter. aged 40 years, of South Knston, stepped in front of u. Cen tral Railroad of New Jersey train yes'.er. day anil wus Instantly killed. The acci dent happened within sight of his home. The Hol.tilaysburg Iron and Nnll works will resume operations tomorrow In all departments, after a week's shut down, due to the holler explosion. The capacity of the plant will be Increase and a large force of men will be given employment. MORE SPAM CRUELTY Culian Laborers at .luruutjaMines Are . Tortured by Soldiers. f XIXTH EXPEDITION TO SAIL Another Lot of Troops Will l:mbark from Spain for Cuba on l eb. 1 'i-Agitat ing the Oucstion of Hel liecront Right "orreapondence of the Vntted Preas. Suntlago De Cuua, Jan. 'li, via Tampa, Fia., Feb. 3. A horrible crime wus perpetruted on the estate of the Juruaga Iron Mining company on the 2lith inst. Three Spanish soldiers, armed with guns, left the village Fir tnosea to ask ulnis and were met by a purty of rebels who killed the soldiers with machetes, tuklng their guns and ammunition. As soon as this was known the chief of the Spanish forces of that place ordered the im prisonment of all the Cubans working in the Juruaga mines. The order was obeyed, but of the entire force of Cu ban laborers In the mines, the Span iards could catch only eighteen or twenty as the others ran away and Joined the insurgents. The unfortu nnte prisoners after having been bar barously beaten, were hanged, some by the neck and others by the feet, and tortured until some of them died. A few escaped, but they were In a terrible stale. The survivors have been brought to this city and are In jail, twelve in number. . Madrid. Feb. 3. The ninth expedi tion sent from Spain to Cuba will pull from Oudix. Barcelonu and Coruiinu on February 'U. This expedition com prises lS,."ifi6 troops. New York. Feb. 3. Senor Thomas Estrada. Palimi. the delegate to this country from the Cuban revolutionists, left this morning for Washington. Ills mission to the capital is for the pur pose of ugitatlng the granting of bel ligerent rights to the Cuban Insur gents. breaking Through the Lines. Havana. Feb. 1, via Tamoa. Fla., Feb. 3. (Jomez has crossed the stra tepic line, or trocha. between Havana and Natalia nn twice within a week. He had no serious difllculty either time, although the wall of men is-the strong est one ever s.nead across the Ishtnd by Spain. Troops have been drawn from all part of the island to make it Invulnerable, and several thousand volunt have been added to the force of regulars along th line. With nil these preparations and the building of block houses of wood and stone, the throwing o' earthworks and the trans forming or railroad stations, churches und dwellings into forts, the daring rough-riders of Oomez push through the lines, leaving at each dash a few dead and wounded Spaniards to mark their passage. Kveiy.time the line Is crossed the authorities of the pa luce, who sift ull news published here or cabled direct, eliminate all reference to the crnssimr. and state in official re ports that Oomez was driven away. The hosidtals are full of wounded soldiers, and thousands have died on the field, despite, the light losses given In the Spanish reports. Twice each day the government issues official re ports to t lie local papers and to the for eign correspondents. The press censor hands them out and all news published here or cabled abroad must conform to these reports. Similar reports are cabled to the Spanish minister at Wash ington. London and Paris. ilurtlnez Campus suid that those re ports were ludicrous, every press cen sor who bus held the post lias suid that they are absurd, no intelligent Ameri can bus any faith In them, but forsooth tlie correspondents are compelled to send these misleading reports or give up tlie use of the cables. General Marin is now nt Quivlcnl. eighteen miles south of Havana. He missed his great opportunity of pen ning hoi It Oomez and Mucoo In Piiiar Del Kio province by starting one tiny late. Now he has Oomez on one side of the line and Maceo en the other, and will try to prevent their meeting. While pructlcally ull the Spunlsh forces which can be spared from gutiril Ing the cities are concentrated uboiit the strategic line In tin effort to main tain Its Impregnability, tlie various bands of Insurgents roam at will in ull the provinces of Cuba. They have had dally encounters with Spanish trops und continue gaining in strength. I Pinal Del Rio, Muoeo is rutin? to. the Havana border ufter a triumphal campaign and has turned away thou sands who wished to join his tinny. Tlie few Spanish troops in tlie province bad succeeded In holding the capital city mid Column. Its port, but every oilier town bus bee" entered and occu pied by Maceo In Havana province. Americans Are I nansv. American residents are becoming uliirmed us to their safety in case the reHrt of tho committee on foreign af fairs becomes it law. The news of the action of tlie committee caused many bitter utterance- In the local papers iigulnst Americans. The feeling against American!- has been fed by newKpuper editorials and public utterances of rab id Spanish otlice holders, to the effect thut the I'nlteil States Is to blame for ull the trouble thut has came upon Spain. The feeling has been intensi fied since the recall of Cainpos. and American cltuens who are merchants and business men. professional men und who are permanent rcaideiilH here ere very much worked up over the out look, fhev would fuel much more se cure If one of I'ncle Sam's warships was anchored In the harbor. Already reports of severe measures ugainst sus pects are coming In. The intense Span ish hatred for Cubans w hich led to hor rible atrocities in the last war is begin ning to munifest Itself. Only the other day at lio.vo Colorado, a little town, eighteen-miles southwest'of Huvunu. a Cuban nnnied De Venatio Stiraez, who hud been arrested on suspicion, was shot dead by his guards. A list con taining 10U names of suspects was made up und. presented to the commander of t lie -Volunteers in the town. Most of the list fled to this city hut others were arrested. One of them was the unfor tunate Suraez. ICxctise for Murder. The guard who were Spanish volun teers muke the following report: Suraez was arrested and while being taken by four guards through the main streets of HoyoColoradoasked tobe per mitted to stop Into the house of bis mother which they were pusslug. (The guurtls say that he closed the door and fastened It after entering and then escaped from a rear door. They paw him running among some banana trees and fired nt him. The ball penetrated the shoulder and came out nt the breast. The Cuban version of the af fair Is that the man was killed In cold blood. In the old war of 1S6S-7S.- U was said to be a common practice to take a pris oner to the outskirts of a town, give hint a tip thut he could escape, ami then shoot him down as he ran. Re ports of arrests are made daily bub no further mention of trial or release or execution of prisoners Is made. In some rases the persons arrested are members of prominent families and po litical Influence is used to save them. The fear of these arrests, and of harsh measures when Weyler arrives crowds every outgoing steamer with Cubans who nre thelng to the states, or to Mexico and South America. Victory for Spaniards. New York. Feb: 3.-The following- ca ble despatch sent from Havana today bus been received It) this city: "A severe encounter hus just been had between the troops under -om-jnand of Keneral Marin and the forccR of Maximo Gomez, the scene of the battle being the sugar plantation San Antonio, near Sa:i Felipe. Colonel Calinto Ruiz, in commnnd of seven HqiiHdrons charged impetuously upon the advance of the Insurgents driving them In confusion before- him, and continuing his march, tin troops came up with the bulk of the cn.Mny's forces which were encumped on the above named plantation. The jittack of the Spanish forces was so furious that the Insurgents broke precipitately, "The insurgents left "0 dead on the field, tl of whom were killed by L yon eta. Hcsidcs these, they had niuny wounded und lost many prisoners;. The troops succeeded in capluriiiK large quantities of arms, ammunition and camp equipment." THOMAS KlYIVS TRIAL. The Murderer Wept When Arruicncd for the Slaughter of His Itnbcu-IIls Wife Spectator. West Chester, Pa.. Feb. 3. The- trlnl of Thomas Klvln. who on Novenil-r 1" cut the throats of his two little children at Pltooiilxvillc and then attempted suicide, began her today. While the jury was being selected at the morning session of court Klvln spent the time sobbing and crying. This afternoon he appeared to huve braced up a little and wept less. His wife, who hud eloped with KIiuUom, the missing man, sat in the audience In the court room. With her wus Mrs. Morris, her mother und her daughter, who Is ubout 23 years of age. The story of Klvin's son, Robert, nged 13 years, was the most sensational fea ture of the day. He had not slept at home the night of November 14. Hub ert went home between 7 nml X o'clock on that Friday morning and found his father making coffee. He had four cups set upon the table, one for himself, and one each for Hubert. AgRi and Thomas, jr. The prisoner poured cof fee into the cuus and Robert Haw a white Htibstance rise to the surface. He would not let the children drink the coffee, Hubert said, but threw It out, and his father threw- his cup out too. Robert left the house shortly after thut und the next he heard of his brothers und sister was that they were dead, having had their throats cut by their father. Premeditation has . already been proved by the prosecution. Dr. Ittick walter, u druggist, testillcd early lu the day of the murder Klvln houprht an ounce of arsenic at his store suying It was for rats. It was this uVsenU- that Robert had seen rise to the surface of the coffee. Prof. V. 11. Cochran, chemist, testified that he had nnalyzed the coffc and found arsenic in It. The only- defence that Klvln will make will he Insanity. Ho does not de ny having killed his children. Ills lawyers will try to prove that owing to his wife's affections for another man and her elopement with liiin, -r:ized Klvln and he was not responsible for the crime he committed. lKODI(iY IN .MICHIGAN Clever Muslo Written and Played tiy a (ilrl Seven Years of Age. Kenton Harbor, Mich... Feb. V.. At Whner's) Ooera house in Coloma Miss Alice Alt-Clung, the 7-yeur-old prodigy, made her first appearance on any stage. One hundred tickets were sold ut $1 each. Miss Alice has writte-n a large number of waltzes, liilldbys, melodies etc., and has set Kuene Flehl'H ' Lit tie Hoy Hlue" to music and played and sung It tonight. One of her tests wus for anyone to strike one to four keys on the instrument uml she said sin- would name the keynote of each. This feat she performed success fully several times with her back to the piano. ..Musical people are enthusiastic over her wonderful poweis and predict great things. She composed her first musical pro duction, her -Sault Ste. Marie Mm-ch," when only f years of age. She In the daughter of poor parents and 1st said to have lnhcriteu her musical tab-nfs from her father, who. however, never did anything so noteworthy us hl lit tle daughter hus olreadv accomplished. She Is daily securing flattering: offers to exhibit herself and will no doubt soon give exhibitions before lurger au diences than can be assembled In bet native village. DK. GOODMAN DEAD. Prominent PhlloUclrhia Physician Lx plrcs from Heart I allure. Philadelphia. Feb. 3. Dr. II. Krnest Goodman, a prominent physician and brevet colonel In the army, died sud denly on a suburban train this" aft'9 niMin. Kxccpt for a cold, from which he hus been suffering for some lime. Dr. Goodmun was apparently In koihI health und his death Is ascribed to heart failure. Dr. Goodman was one of six brothers, all of whom served in the civil war. nml five of them were commissioned olll cers. He wus born In Speedwell. Pa., in 1S3B und graduated from the 1'nl versity of Pennsylvania in tSMi. I-'rom 1NM to ISM he wus a director of the I'liion League club, and since Hint time he has been first vice president of the league. During; the war Dr. Goodman was surgeon general of Kosencrtins' nrtny. Durum the inlministiatijii of Governor Gf:iry. lr. !Midmnn was made surpeoti general nf "the state. He married the 'widow of Governor Geary In 1.S74. and she survives hii.i. WITHOUT A COUNTRY. Predicament of a former Subject of the livrninii I mporor. New York. Feb. 3. Otto Von Toss berg. of New oi lcans. It., but at 'pres ent in this city, is in the unploriMiint predicament of bein-r without a. coun try. About two years ago be renounced his allegiance to the German pinXror, whose subject he was un to that time, and declared his intention of becoming a citizen of the I'nited States. He has not, however, complete his citizenship. He now wishes to travel extensively and would like to have passports. He has discovered, how ever, much to bis chagrin, that lie can obtain them neither front the country of his adoption nor from that ot his birth. M I IT UNTO VS TRI LS. Four Defendants tVill Answer for On .Murder. Miffllntown, Pa.. Feb. 3. The cape of the commonwealth aBrtlnst Warren J. Mnffit. for manslaughter, was called for trial today. Four defendants arc under indictment, but they elected to be tried separately. Great interest centers In the outcome of the trial. The case involves the killing; und abandonment or a child, and the -par ties charged with the crime have been heretofore highly respected citizens. mm JECKER BOARD A Revival oF the Kusso-TurMsti Alliance Story. NAVAL DISPLAY I'OSTrOXEU The St. James (iactto Announces That Tho Alliance lias .Modified the Plans or the lulled States. Indemnity to Americans. London. Fib. 3. A dispatch to Ft. .Tallies Gazette today from Washington snys that the correspondent of that pa per has the hir-hest authority for an nouncing that the entente between Itus sia and Turkey Is known at the state depurtmeut. and that It has had a most Important effect In modifying the plan which the administration hud prepared to compel Turkey to pay an indemnity for the damage done to American prop erty in Armenia. The correspondent says that. In spite of denials, a naval demonstration upon the part of the war ships of the I'nited StHtes was prepared, and that a cabi net meeting apnrovetl the policy of bringlm? pressure to bear upon Turkey: that Secretary Olney entered Into com munication with Hussla and Great Url taln asking them IT they would oppose fiction by the I'nited States against Turkey; that Great Hrltaln's reply was favorable, hut that Russia Informed him that she preferred that there should be no naval demonstration at that time, as site was negotiating to bring about a restoration of order In Turkey, which country, M. de Kotze bue, Russian minister to the I'nited States, is said to have Informed Mr, Olney, would pay any Indemnity re quired, and that therefore the project ed demonstration of United States war vessels In Turkish waters was aban doned. Story of the Cesarea Trouble. Wilmington, Del.. Feb. 3. A letter has just been received by an Armenian resldiiiK In this city from a clergyman In Oaenurea, Turkey. He advises the Wilmington Armenian, not to mentltm the Armenian troubles In his letters, as "It will do us o -rood and might harm us greatly." The writer further says: "The following seems to be an accu rate account of the recent troubles in this city: tli'.O killed; 400 wounded, many fatally: 50 houses burned and 400 looted. About 100 jcirls were curried away, but all but ten or fifteen were allowed to return. The Iosb by the looting of shops Is estimated at $r,"(1. 000." - MINNIE SIVAXfiEK RETRACTS. Tho Young Woman Imprisoned as a Poisoner Claims That llor Alleged Con fession Was I also. Altoona. Pa.. Feb. 3. A'. V. Dlvely, counsel for Minnie Swanger, who is imprisoned In tlie llollblaysburg .lull on the charge of causing the death of Will lain McGregor by poison saw the girl prisoner this afternoon In rcgunl to the alh-ged confession she Is subl to have made to Harry Howe. What she said in regard to the alleged statements she made in writing as follows: "The statement made by Harry Howe that I admitted putting the poison In the coffee not at the dinner hour and that I did this In order to make the family sick, is totally false. 1 told hhn no such thin?. He hud ine sign a pa per and told me If I tdgned It he would go at once to mv lawyer and Judge Hell and get me out that tiny. I did not kno- what was in that paper and I have been waiting evr since to see him so he would get me out of jail. "He came to see me three times and t told him I did not want to talk about my case. He then suid Mr. Dlvely had sent him to see me. I believed him and signed the paper In the belief that it was a puper to get me out of Jail. If he has written anythinsr ubout my con fessing to have done anything concern ing the poisoning It Is false. 1 only signed the paper In the hope that he would get me out of jail. I wrote home after the first time Harry Howe was here when he told me that my mamma had sent him and I found nut that this was not true and then is when he told me my lawyer had sent him. (Signed M innle Swunger." At the Inipiest held Saturday night Hurry Howe ter.tllled that Minnie had made a full confession to hint of the crime. lie said he bad made her no promises and did not tell her he could get her out of jail. Howe, who lives In Richmond. Va., has left the city and taniiot be seen tonight.- The written statement which the girl says she was Induced to sign whs signed by her in the presence of (."oroner Foitst and Jail Warden 1 laird, nfter it hud been read to her. PULLING Till: ST. PAUL. Tug Hunts Move the lllg Stcnmcr One Hundred and l ifty t'ect. , Long Uraneh. V. J.. Fi-b. 3. The tugs iiiude no attempt to work on the steam er St. I'tnil this afternoon because of the low tide, hut operations were re sumed about PI o'clock tonight. At midnight the ship's otllcers reported over the telephone thnt the four tugs nl work had succeeded In moving the ship about l.r0 feet ill a northensterly direction. At U.:to o'clock the tide commenced falling, tint work was not relaxed The waves are. booting against the broadside, -or the steamer with great force, but it in not thought that she has sustained any damage. Notwithstanding the henvy storm to night, hundreds of pfople braved the elements und stood on Oceun uvenum wall-bin? the boat move. At midnight it wus stated that if the St. Paul is not titrated tonight, she will go out with the next flood time, which occurs about noon tomorrow. Stato I. and Given Away. Horrlsburg. Pa.. Feb. 3.-John MeNcff was toilav granted n patent for forty-two acres and ninety-eight perches of bin. I sit uated In Ooyle township. Cambria county. The pater t was Issued by the departni-'iit of internal affairs anil Hie hind has never before bail any legitimate owner save the commonwealth. . UKII-TLY WIRED. Mr. Olar Issa Htebblns Lawrence, of Murlhoro, X. II.. celebrated the one hun dreillh annlvu-sit'-y of her birth, and the town took u hollihty. The Iowa senate has passed a bill mak ing It a crime to matiiilHcture or sell cigarettes In that slate, and the house will also pass the bill. I.awver Frank J. lllschoff. brother of Justice HischofT. of the New York Su preme court, has been arresied on a charge of misappropriating JJ.JOO belonging to Hosalie .Miller. While Insane from the excessive tie of morphine. Dr. "hiirlji Writ, of Ola'.rs vIIIk. o., fell from his home t midnight ami run twelve miles through a rain stonn to Wheeling, W. Va. At .Mount Hlga, X. Y., yesterday morn ing Mary Jones and her husbitud. while ilrlvlng across the tracks of the Philadel phia, Heading and New Knglsml railroad were struck b) -Mi eoM-bound passenger train and both 4 New ' - Spring Goods We have now on sale the most elegant stock of we have ever shown. Our line of Is up to date and com prises Scfltcl mi Irish Bimitlcs Sco-tcl Ciighaffis, mm with all overs and trim! mings to match. Fersiai lawns, IMtat Swisses . and full stock of Staple White Goods. 510 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE Otur 50c School Shoes Our Winter Shoes must go. You need the Shoes) we meed the room. 1H AND 118 WYOMINO AVE. WISHES EVERYBODY A . Happy New Year. Great reductions in prices before taking Inventory in ... . Watches, Biam aid Silverware, 408 Spruce St. Near Dime Bank. WKATUKK KKPORf. Arc -Trade" Builders. For eastern Pennsylvania. clonfl" anil threatenhiK. with ocuastoiial showersj warmer; sutilheusterly, 'hilt lug 10 suutiw westerly winds. Xcw York, I'eb. 4. -Herald's weathef forefRfi: lit the Mhlrfle vtutes anil New Knslaivl to.lay cloudy weather will pre vail with nliKht temperature chanKe.; hiiuw or rain; tre.h variable winds, mostly noiihwexynly and northerly, blsh ofl tho coasts cMfllnn to westerly and followed by tleorftn in this section In afternoon. On We.neKilay In both of these sections fulr, siahtly warmer weather will pre vail, with fresh variable winds, pri'lJ by ruln; and on Thursday warmer,
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