THE ONLY REPUBLICAN' DAILY IN LACKAWANNA COUNTY.
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SCRAIsTON, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 18915.
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Morsels
. . . FOR . .
Or, until these little lots are dis
posed of. If all of them hold out
till Monday we'll be more than sur
prised. Of course, you take chances
on that if you delay coming till the
lust day of sale.
ilfi
Wrappers
Stylish garments, honestly made
from kooUh that will stand the test
of time and hard service. The pat
terns are extra choice, and the trim
mings of Luce. Hrulil, etc., as good
as most people would cure to buy.
LOT 1.
About six dossen assorted makes and
qualities; values ranging from $1.70
' to 12.00. All this season's produc
tions. Choice for 3 days, $1.49
LOT 2.
Fully seven dozen very fine Wrap
pers, full of excellence at every
point and wonderfully handsome.
Two qualities that sold from S-.r0
to 12.7S.
Choice for 3 days, $.93
May's -Fashions
In Waists
Are correctly Illustrated In the fol
lowing four burguin lots. Not a
faulty seam, a poor fabric or an In
different style Is to be found in th
entire range, while the values of-
1 fered are such as to make buying
merely a matter of looking them
over.
LOT 1.
Five doaen fancy Flannel Waists,
solid colors and mixtures; all sizes.
Hood value at )1.26.
Choice for 3 days, 49c
LOT 2.
A few very fine 811k and Wool
1'lnld Waists that brought 3.7." and
$4.00. All Bizes today.
Choice for 3 days, $3.00
LOT 3.
Fifteen fancy stripe Silk Waists In
pretty fetching color combinations.
Better never was sold under $0.00.
Choice for 3 days, $3.98
LOT 4.
Less than a dozen extra fine and
handsome Bilk Waists in the nob
blest of fashions. New creations.
Warranted value for from $8.00 to
$10.00.
Choice for 3 days, $5.00
Sale Opens
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WAREHOUSE
SENATOR QUAY'S OPINION
Expects a Republican Victory Here
by at Least 2,000 Plurality. '
HE HAS NO I'SE FOR BOLTERS
Tslls The Tribune's Washington Cor
respondent That He Has Ever? Reason
to Believe the Republican City
Ticket in Sarsnion Will Win.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Tribune Bureau.
615 Fourteenth St.. X. W.
Washington, Feb. 14. I had a talk
with Senator Quay today about politics
In Lackawanna county. - He Is remark
ably well posted on the state of affairs
up there. He told me that from the
best authority at his command he had
every reason to believe that the Repub
lican city ticket In Scranton would be
elected next Tuesday by at least 2,000
plurality. I have every reason to be
lieve that Senator Quay will have noth
ing mure to do with the so-called Re
publicans who are fighting that ticket.
Whatever faults Quay may have no
body ever charged him with being a
bolter. He Is a struightout Republi
can. He does his lighting within party
lines. If licked he takes his medicine
like a man, and supports the victorious
nominees, no matter how hard he fought
them at the primaries or in convention.
W. R. B, ,
CONFIDENCE INCREASES.
Though Inaction of Congress Hinders
Itusiness, Exports Improve and There
Is Greater Heinsnd for Manufactured
I'roducts.
New York, Feb. 14. R. G. Dunn &
Co., will say tomorrow In their weekly
review of trude:
Failures for the first week of Febru
ary were $1.0T,80. against $2.o,890 last
yt-ur. Manufacturing were $2,372,253
against $73,348 last year, and $1,64,072
in 1S4 and trading were $1.26,427
against tl,l44.S;n lust year and 12.485,
DSi in 1SH4. Failures for. the week has
been 321 in the I'nited States against
270 last year und C7 In Canada against
01 lust year.
The weather still hinders business,
and continued closeness of money, und
prolonged inaction of congress, but
confidence increases. There is a little
more demand for some manufactured
products. Kxports Improve with yield
ing prices of staples, und for the week
from New York pig lion at the east
and at Chicago has not advanced,
southern competition continuing at
prices so low that several Alabama
furnaces have stopped, but besaemer is
a shade lower at Pittsburg. The. de
mand for plates, sheets and wire nails
continues faliy good, m.d then- are
more orders for railroad cars and our
Iron at Chicago, but no further sales
of rails appear, and the demand for
finished products keeps within but
about seventy per cent of the capacity
employed. The coke output Is again
much reduced. Copper Is a shude firm
er, while tin and lead are not active
and unchanged. The demand for boots
and shoes Is still disappointing. Some
inkers get good orders for women's
light shoes, but others scarcely any,
und Boston shipments thus far are 21
per cent, less than last year.
Stocks were fiist a little depressed by
heavy realizing since the sale of bonds,
and the money market has not yet fully
settled. The business of railroads is
large enough, to justify better results.
Karnltigs for the first week of Febru
ary were t.tt per cent, larger than last
year, and January reports ure the best
since September, showing 10.8 per cent,
over last year.
Clearings 'for the week 10.4 per cent,
larger than last year, are 27.7 per cent,
less than In ISM.
ARMS FOR 1XSIKGEXTS.
Statement Issued by the Spanish Consul
at Philadelphia I'rult Steamer Sus
pected. Philadelphia, Feb. 14. Dr. Congosto,
the Spanish consul at this port, today
issued a statement regarding the ship
ment of arms from this country to Cuba
In aid of the insurgents. The consul's
opinion Is in the nature of a reply to
a Washington dispatch that the gov
ernment ottlciuls will not interfere with
the shipments of munitions of war so
long as they are not accompunied by
bodies of men. The substance of Dr.
Congosto's stutement Is that Interna
tional law must be observed, no matter
what position the I'nited States
authorities are forced to assume
under their own federal laws. Should
the United States authorities permit
the sending nut of any arms or muni
tions by which in Cuba Injury shall
result to Spain or to Spain's interest,
the consul Is of opinion that under in
ternational law this country can be
held liable to assessment for the full
amount of damage done. Dr. Congosto
denied a report that tfc? steamer En
gelwood or any other vessel carrying a
Cuban filibustering expedition has
sailed from either New York or Phila
delphia this week.
The steamer Bernard, Captain Mo
Grath. which cleared from here on
Tuesday in ballast for San Antonio
coming from the Quaker City Fruit
company. Is suspected of having aboard
munitions of war on her way down
the river. When off New Caatle. Del.,
the Bernard hove to and then made a
landing on the Jersey side of the river.
What she Is took is not known, but it
would nof be surprising if repeating
rifle and ammunition were among the
thing. tht went down below hatches.
The Bernard passed out to sea on Wed
nesday night and by this time is well
on her way to Cuba. It is also said
that an Important expedition is now be
ing fitted out here and will shortly leave
for Cuba,
HE PLOTTED MURDER.
Chicago Man Wanted Hie Wife and
Throe Children Killed.
Chicago, Feb. 14. John Kochler is In
jail in this city accused of attempting
to hire an assassin to kill his entire
family. The alleged plot, it Is claimed,
was frustrated by three men. These
are John Meade, a miner of West Su
perior, Wis., a tramp by force of cir
cumstances; Captain Bchuettler of the
Sheffield avenue police station, and De
tective J. Baumer of the same station,
who disguised himself as a tramp, and,
It is said, was hired to commit murder.
Kochler broke down when arrested and
was so limp tab officers had to carry
him to a patrol wagon. '
He is an Alsatian, 42 year old, and
has amassed a small fortune in Chi
cago, where he has lived for fifteen
years. Four months ago he married
Mrs. Frederlka Tuebbecke, who had,
besides a handsome face and form, a
fmit..atA,ir tielnlt hntiH. nn flvtwilien
I avenue. The widow had previously
brought suit for $10,000 damages for
breach of promise against Kochler.
The afTcctlniis of the couple began to
cool soon after the marriage, anil It
was not a month before quarrels were
frequent. The many disputes finally
led to a separation, and then the plot
to murder the woman and the children
followed.
' SMBB1XK THE FRY.
t'nknown Pugilists at K.I Paso Have Been
Treated with Indifference by the .Man
agar of the Carnival.
Kl Pasa, Texas. Feb. 14. There was
a considerable thinning out of disgust
ed sports today. More are going on the
morning and evening trains of Satur
day and the prospects are that the
crowd at the ringside on Monday, pro
vided that Muher is In condition to get
within the ropes, will be composed In
the main of the local fraternity. The
promoters continue to insist tiiat the
size of the crowd la a secondary con
sideration, and that the chief point is
to get the men together, but they sug
gested that this means more of an ex
hibition for the benefit of the Kineto
scope, than a straight out contest for
the world's championship.
On the question of the minor contests,
that were to round out the carnival,,
the managers continue to manifest a'
reticence that Is chilling to Dixon, Mar
shal, Waleott, Leeds, Kverhart and the
remainder of the secondary fry who
have been dropping In the office at
frequent Intervals with the view of
finding out Just where they stood. A
number of the visiting sports would
have remained over for a few days
had the promoters been willing to put
on some of the middle or light weights
and it has been bluntly put to them
by scores of- Individual here from dis
tant points, and who are much put as
they are out of temper, that if the pro
posed battle ground Is as inaccessible
to the Mexican troops and without vio
lation of international comity,, as they
have- all along claimed, It would be an
easy matter to pull off the Dixon-Marshall,
or Leeds-Kverhart contest to
morrow so as to show that they meant
business and are acting In good faith
toward the, small fry.
To these representations, however,
there hud been till dusk but one reply.
"We Intend to pull off the big tight
first and then we will see what we can
do with the other fellows."
This evening, however, pressure
both from townspeople aiid visitors be
came so s'.rong that it was given out
officially that it Ma her was still unable
to tight on Monday or Tuesday, the
Dlxon-Marshul and Kverhart-Leeds
tight would be put on for those days,
but that the buttle ground would not
be the same as selected for the principal
contest.
Tonight word was received from Las
Crulces that Maher's eyes were greatly
Improved and If the favorable condi
tions continued he would agree to fight
next Monday, and fur the first time In
a week Dan Stuart's face hus been Il
luminated with smiles. The prospects
now are that the Fltzslmmons fight
will take place on Monduy.
After repeated refusals, Governor
Ahumada hus finally granted a con
cession for bull tights at Juurez on
Sunday afternoon.
. coyetT6. hall
The lluildlng to ll I'seJ by Republicans
at St. I.uills Will lie II Solid and Perma
nent Structure. '
St. Loulu, Mo., Feb. 14. General
Towcll Clayton, of Arkansas, and
Colonel J. M. Kwlng, of Wisconsin,
proxy for Republican National Com
mitteeman Henry C. Payne, met this
morning Messrs. S. M. Kennard, W.
H. Thompson and It. C. Kerens, repre
senting St. Louis, for the purpose of
deciding definitely upon the pluns for
a hall In which to hold the Republican
National convention. The new build
ing, to be called thu convention audi
torium, was selected. There will be
nothing of a "wigwam" character
about the building, as the pluns cull
for a solid and permanent structure,
capable of seating comfortably 12,000
people.
Three sites are In prospect. The
south end of Washington nark, facing
on Nineteenth street, Clarke avenue
and Thirteenth street, will likely be
chosen. The funds are lit hand to
prosecute the work. The committee
men express themselves well satisfied
with the arrangements made to accom
modate delegates and visitors to the
convention.
LOOKED 1TO THE CASE.
Successful Operation on a Young french
man in Chisago.
Chicago. Feb. 14. Louis Hurkart. a
young Frenchman, is grateful for the
discovery of cathode rays. In an op
eration performed at Mercy hospital
last night th- value of the great dis
covery was demonstrated. The young
Frenchman came to America two years
ago. Buried In the tipsucs of his hand
was a ball which he hnd received in a
street fight in Paris. The Mercy hos
pital operation last night was not the
first time Hurkart had subjected him
self to the surgeon's knife, but each at
tempt to locate the bullet had been un
successful. The photograph of the hand taken
yesterday by means of the cathode rays
located the leaden ball with wonder
ful accuracy. With ..the print as a
guide the surgeon made an incision in
the palm of the hand, and after a few
minutes' probing extracted the little
missile from its two (years' resting
place. This is the second instance
within two days In which the Roentgen
discovery has been put to practical ser
vice in surgery in this city.
LAW ON THE PASTOR.
Injunction Granted to Prevent His
Preaching in Lowell.
Boston. Feb. 14. Judge Morton '.In
the supreme court today granted a
temporary Injunction restraining the
Rev. C. F. Kenngott from preaching in
the First Congregational church, Low
ell, next Sunday. The order of re
straint Is returnable next Monday at
9.30 a. m., when the reverend gentle
man Is cited to be present to show
cause why the Injunction should not
be made permanent.
The applicants for the injunction are
members of a faction opposed to Mr.
Kenngott, who have leased the church
building and refuse to permit the pas
tor to enter.
COIN'S ARE ALL RIGHT.
The Assay Commission Tests the Gold
and Silver Milled at the Mints
Philadelphia, Feb. 14. A final meet
ing of the assay commission appointed
by the president to test the gold and sli
ver coin proved last year at the Phila
delphia, San Francisco and New Or
leans mints was held today.
The reports of the commission on
counting, assaying and weighing were
read, showing that coins to be within
the legal fineness and tolerable as pre
scribed by law.
John Russell Yonng III.
Philadelphia. Feb. 14. John Russell
Young, ex-minister to China, who Is re
riously ill a this home here with quinsy
and nervous prostration, showed no' Im
provement tonight, but the contrary, as
he ha become delirious,
AGAINST FREE COINAGE
The House Refuses to Concur in the
Senate's Bond Substitute.
EXD OP A TWO WEEKS' DEBATE
After Long Speeches for and Against
Free Coinage tbo Senate Substitute
Is Rejected by a Vote of 21 S
to no-study of the Vote.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 14. By a
vote of 215 to 90 the house today, after
debating the 'matter for almost two
weeks., decided that It would not con
cur in the senate' free silver coinage
substitute for the'blll of the house au
thorizing bond sales to maintain the
gold reserve, sales of treasury certifi
cates to meet the temporary deficiencies
in revenue and providing- additional
revenue for the treasury. Nothing else
was presented in the course of the five
hours' session. The closing debate was
notable principally because of the fact
that the prlnulpal speeches for and
against free coinage of silver were
made by two Democrats, both mem
bers of the committee on ways and
means, and both from Ueorgla Messrs.
Crisp and Turner, respectively. The
closing speech against the senate's sub
stitute was made by Mr Dalzell, (Rep.,
Pa.) The speeches were of unusual
length and throughout the speakers
were listened to with attention
and apparent Interest, the nov
el spectacle of Messrs. Crisp and
Turner arrayed against each other be
ing a strong factor in the case. While
Mr. Crisp was speaking Senators Lodge,
Pritchard, Burrows, llalmer, Tillman,
Huron, Oewrge, Cockrell and Mantle,
and Secretary Herbert were observed
on the floor.
When the debate had been concluded
the previous question was ordered, pro
forma, and at the suggestion of Mr.
Dlngley, (Hep.. Me.V, in order that there
might be no misunderstanding It was
put in this form: "Shall the house
concur In the senate substitute?"
When the Noll M as Called-
The roll was called amid extraordin
ary quiet, und at Its conclusion the
cause of ubsence of those not present
was stated by their colleagues, so great
was the anxiety to have the record
Bhow the attitude of every member
toward the proposition. A study of the
vote shows that twenty-five Republi
can, llfty-elght Democrats, one Sllver
ite and all the Populists voted In favor
of free coinage; and that 14 twipuhli
cans and thirty-one Democrats against
it. The Democratic vote against free
coinage was six greater than the Re
publican vote for it.
The yeas and nays were called, re
sulting, nays 215 to JO ayes, as follows:
Yeas Cefsrs. Abbat, Altken, Allen
(Mls.), Allen (L'tahl. Bailey, Kukui
(Kus.i, Bankheari. Hahan. Hurl let t (i)u.l,
Uell (Col.), Hell (Tex.l. Black R!a.). Ho'V
ers, Broderick, Clarity, Cockrell, Cooper
(Tex.), Cox, Crisp, Culberson. Curtis
iKb.... lie Armomt, Dlnsmore Hackery.
Doolittle. Downing, Kills, Gamine, Hart
man. Hermann, Hiluorn, .Hutuhesdu,
Hyde, Johnson CV ,)s Jones. Kem, Ken
lull, l.iitlmm-. I avion. Lester. Uii'-.ey.
LUtie. Livingston, Loe'k'.iart, 1-wuJ. Mail
dux, Msgulre, Marsh, McClurr, McCul
loch. McKenn.y, MeLaehltn, McLsurin,
MvMUIIn, .McKae, letealth, ondell, eney,
osts. NV.II, Newlunds, OgJeli, (Key Pear
son Richardson, Bobbins, Kesertsen (La.),
Saysrs, Shaw, SulYord, Skinner. Upencer,
Btbkes. Strait, Strowd (X. ('.). Swancou.
Talbert. Tate. Terry. Tswne. Tyler, l'n-Un-weod.
Walker (Va.l, Wheeler. Will
isms. Wiisen (Ida.), Wilson J. I.'.),
Wvodard. Ycukuni. Yeas Republicans,
; Democrats, it: PopulUt, ; Sliver, Mr.
Newland. 1; total. 90.
Nays Achlsen, Alrich. Andrews, Ar.
nold rl. 1.), Atweod. Avery, Bubcoek.
Bauer (Mil.). Bukvr (X. H I, Barney. Bar
tholUI, Rartlett (N. Y.), Beach. Bennett.
Berry. Bingham, Bishop, Blue, Poalner,
Poutelle. Brewster. Bromwell. Uroaju.
Brown, Brunim. Bull, Burrell, Burton
(Mo.), Burton (O.), Calderhead, Cannon,
Catchinica. Chlckerlng, Clark (la.). ClJik
(Mo.l. Cobb (Mo.). Codding, Coffin, Colson,
Connolly, Cook (Wis.), Cooke (111.), Coop
er fr'ls.t. Cooper (Wis.), Corliss, Cousin",
Crowther. Crumn, Curtis (la.), Curtis,
(N. Y.), Dalsell, Danfonl, Daniels, Denny,
Dsvltt. Dlnslev, Dolllver, Dovenor, l)rj
pur. Eillot (S. C), Krdman. Kvam, Fair
child. Ksrla, Kenton. Fischer, Fletcher,
Fowler, (iardner. Uibton, Olllet (N. Y.),
Oillctt (Mass.). ttraff, Orlffln, Orosvenor.
Croat. Grow. Had lev. Hager. Hall (Mo.),
Baltermnn. Hardy. Harmer. Harris. Har.
r'on. Hart, Hatch. Heatwole. Helnr
(Pa.), Hemenway. Henderson. Hendri -k.
Henry (Conn.), Hepburn. Hleks. Hill
(Conn.), Hitt (111.). Hooker. Honklns,
Unwell, Hulibnrd. Hullek (O.), Hilling
(V. Vs.). Hull (la.). Hurley, Jenkins.
.iniiPsun (tnd.l. Johnson (N. .). Joy, Kerr,
Kiefer. Knox. Kulo. Lacy, Lawson. Le'e
vre, Leighty, Llnrlt)K. Lewis, Lo"K,
.omf rtaKer, Lok. Mahnny, Muhan. Me
CbM (McM. MeOall iTenn.). McClesry
(Mirn.). M CUIlan, McCormick. McCrea
rv (Kv.l. Mermee. Meyes, Miles. Miller
(W. Vs.). inor (Wis.). Moody. Murphy,
Noonan. North wny. Oilell. Otken. Over
stol. Owens. Hark-e. Patterson, Pxyne.
Perkins. Philllns. Pitney, Poole. Price.
Prince. Piiah, Qulr Ray. R-eves. Rey
burn. Rovse. Rusk. Rimell (Oa.). Ssuer-herinu-.
Scranton. Sttl". Shannon. Bher
mn, Simpkins. Sm'th (111.). Smt'h (Mich ),
Hnnver, Horff. roui"ar". o"iuwiciv,
Sjaldlng. Snerrv. Brehle. Steele, "teuhen
on, Stewart (.V. .1 . tew-it (Wis.). C.
W. tone. W. A. Stone, Strode (Neb.),
Strong, 8'illoway. Sulaer, Taft, Hnrsney.
Tswrv Tavlc-. Thorns, Tr"eweP. Tra
ev. Ho'ir. Tucker. T"rner (lla.). Turner
(Vn ). I'mie'iiegr-". Van Vorhis. Wsuk
i"orth. W"lke (M ih . Wsls Wanir.-r.
Warner Vohlntoi. Wsison to.l.i. Wet
son (O Wellington. White. WlllT. Wil
son ((.). Wood. WrK-ht. Nav-Repub!l-cen.
ISt: Democrats. : 11: total. 2.15.
Th following nalrs were announceu.
the first nnnied being In favor of the
senate substitute: McDearmon and
Woodmen; Plckler ad Adams Penna:
Stallines an Leonard: Kyle and Rus
sell, of Conn.: Pendleton and Handley:
Cobb of Ala., and Powers; Howard and
Eddy.
The vote shows that Mr. Crisp was
able to carry with him all but three of
the eleven representatives from Geor
gia. Messrs. Lawson and Russell align
ing themselves with Mr. Turner against
free coinage.
The house committee on labor todav
ordered a favorable report on the bill
of Mr. Phillips, of Pennsylvania, pro
viding for the appointment of a non
partisan committee to Investigate the
cause of labor troubles and to report
their findings to the house.
Secretary of the Navy Herbert was
before the house naval committee for
two ami a half hours today in relation
to the pi-oposed increase in the navy.
He renewed the recommendation made
in his last annual report for two new
gun boats and 12 torpedo boats.
This matter being disoosed of, the
house took a recess until 8 o'clock to
consider private pension bills.
Washington. Feb. 14. The attend
ance unon the evening session of the
house was unusually large, a division
upon a disputed point showing the pres
ence of IK members. Matters moved
along smoothly for an hour or so, when
there were signs of a nersonal contro
versy between Mr. Tslbert (Dem., 8.
C.) and Mr. Hardy (Rep., Ind.) The
former objected to a bill restoring a
pension to a "widow which she had for
feited by remarrying, a case similar
to scores of others which come before
congress every session. Mr., Talbert
has perslstenly opposed bills to restore
pensions In such rases and tonlirht
renewed his objections to the pending
bill, moving that It be laid aside by the
committee of the whole with an unfa
vorable recommendation, .
This brought Air. Hardy to hla feet,
despite the efforts of several gentle
men to induce him to let the incident
pass. "South Carolina," he houted In
angry tones, "has made trouble In the
I'nited States ever since the days of
John C. Calhoun, whom Andrew Jack
son threatened to hang In 1832. Now,
she stands without a parallel In the
I'nited States, represented in this house
by the gentleman who hus just spoken
and In the senate by the senator who
has recently attracted public attention.
I am In favor of every pension propo
sition which Is recommended to this
house, but I am tired of coming here
every Friday night to be dictated to by
the state of South Carolina which has
not hsd a constitutionally elected repre
sentative here since 1872."
This outbreak failed to disturb Mr.
Talbert's cool nature, whose only re
sponse was, "I do not Intend to notice
what has just been said but rise mere
ly to suggest that Canada (Hard's nn
tlve country) has been heard from.
We now have a vote." (Applause.)
On the very next case consblered by
the committee Mr. Talbert won the
hearty applause of the Republicans by
remarking In a speeech in support of
the bill: "It Is not always, nor often,
you find the old veterans who met each
other In the red blaze of war lighting
It over again thirty years after the
conflict Is over. Those who Indulge
themselves In this way are generally
those who. while Invincible in pence,
were invisible in war."
The committee acted favorably on
ten bills, which at 10.1". were reported
to the house by Chairman Hepburn,
and five bills previously reported were
passed.
At 10.2." o'clock the house, finding
Itself without a quorum, adjourned un
til tomorrow.
M'EYLER 't'AMPAltlX.
Plans of the New Captain General W ho
Has Keen Ulven the Contract to Put
nown tho Cuban Rebellion.
Havana. Feb. 12. via Tampa. Pla..
Feb. 14. General Weyler, after going
over the situation with General Marin
before the latter's departure for Puerto
ftlco, held consultations with Denerals
Ochando Pundo, Valiles, Bazun Mar
ques and Almada. and arranged a plan
of operations. Itdlcal changes from the
former plan of crushing the enemy
were agreed upon. The strong line,
or trocha, between Havana and Bata
ta no. Is to be only maintained for a
convenience of moving troops and ob
serving the passage of the enemy. It
Is not to be relied upon to block his
movement east or west. Instead of
troops scattered along the line, a strong
force Is to be concentrated at Ucjucal,
a central point, and trains held In readi
ness tu move the troops north or south.
General Bazan will probably be given
command at Bejucal. He has been
stopping at the Hotel Inglaterra sev
eral months. Campos having deprived
hint of command as the result of al
leged harsh treatment of suspects
while In charge at Uuanatnnatnn. Ha
sten, who Is a fighting man In the field,
ami a courteous gentleman In soclul
life, will undoubtedly be heard from.
He Is u great friend of Weyler. Many
of Campos' friends commanding col
umns will be replaced by others close
to Weyler und in touch with his meth-
A strong force will be sent to Pinar
Del lilo, where there ore a few troops
at present. One column will go by
steamer to the south const and land at
Coloino, the principal port of the prov
ince. They will march to the capital
city, where the troops are now en
trenched with barricades across the
streets, small stone block houses com
manding the approaches. The garri
son will be relieved. The column will
then act In concert with another col
umn entering the province from the
east and endeavor to crush the In
surgents, who now occupy nearly the
entire province, using towns as a base
of supplies and quarters for the wound
ed, even having local governments col
lecting taxes which are due appropriat
ing government money and destroying
the property of loyal Spaniards. This
campaign in the west province is to be
conducted 'with all the energy for which
Weyler Is famous. Another strong
force Is to be thrown Into Mankans,
where the rebels hove been carrying
things with a high hand since Lacret
was joined by the rebel bands from the
eastern provinces. .
.Medicine for Smpithlers.
In Camaguey and Santiago provinces
operations in the field will be continued
on former lines, us no large forces are
available for an aggressive campaign,
but increased activity In the arrests of
suspects In cities and townit will be
begun under Weyler's proclamation re
garding persons who express sympathy
or extend aid to insurgents. This Is
true also in other provinces. Weyler's
order to the effect that such prisoners
must be placed at his disposal Is said
by Cubans to mean a return to the prac
tice of the old war. The official order
cancelling the passes permitting corre
spondents to travel about freely and
accompanying Spanish columns Is also
said to Indicate that severe measures
are about to be Inaugurated. Many
stories of shooting prisoners! of war
and killing Innocent citizens reach here.
Most of them on Investigation prove
untrue. In several Instances, notably
at Sabanllla Cadnelirla and Paso Real,
there is strong evidence from other
than Cuban sources tending to prove
the truth of the stories of massacre.
Some time ago an order was Issued to
the commanders of the army columns
authorizing them to proceed against
prisoners captured without turning
them over to the higher authorities.
I'ndcr this even petty officers hold the
power of executing prisoners. If Incon
venient or impossible to convey them
to the headquarters of the division
commander. The insurgent are re
garded as bandits, outlaws, felons, and
treated as such. Recognition of the
belligerency by a strong nation may
possibly alter this condition or may in
tensify it.
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BKi STORM IN OHIO.
Ice and Snow Break Down Telegraph
Poles In tho Oil Regions.
Cleveland. O.. Feb. 14. A special to
the Press from Bowling Oreen, O., says
for hours a terrible storm tins beep
raging In the oil fields, doing mi'ch
damage. The heavy wind that pre
vailed has levelled many buildings to
the ground.
Ice and snow has broken down tele
giaph wires, and nil communication
with the Buckeye Line company's pump
station has been cut off In many parts
of the field. The loss in Woods county
alone. Including production, will reach
about $20,000,
Cleveland as AiMtrator.
Rome, Feb. 14. Baron lllanr-, minister
of foreign affairs, authorised the an
nouncement that President Cleveland
having decided to accept the position if
arbitrator to settle the questions In dis
pute between Italy and Brazil, a (protocol
has been signed referring to his arbitra
tion all claims that are not amlcnhty net
tled by the two countries within two
months.
Houlan Held for .Murder.
New Brunswick, N. J.. Feb. 14. Thomas
Doulon, the Philadelphia mouliler, who
caused the death last night of Krlwanl R.
Masterson. the usher at the Geo mo street
station of the Pennsylvania mllroucl, when
Masterson was attempting to save 1 Ion
ian's life, was held on a charge of mur
der after a hearing In the case this after
noon before Judge Rice.
DR. NANSEN'S ACHIEVEMENT
Swedish Explorer Claims to Have
fouud the North Pole.
STORY BELIEVED IX LOXDOX
Tho News Is Brought from 1st Yacht, at
tho Month of the Yana Kivcr,
100 .Miles test of Jean
nette's Sepulchre.
London, Feb. 14. The reported dis
covery by Dr. N'nnseti of the North
Pole is much discussed In the press
this morningr. both In London, and. ac
cording to foreign telegrams, elsewhere,
and the general opinion seems to be
somewhat skeptical, without denying
the possibility of the truth of the report.
But this report is held to at least In
dicate that I)c. Nansen is safe and re
turning. The Itoyal Geographical so
ciety's officials consider It strange that
they should have received no word, a
Dr. Nunsen promised that the society
shrould have the very first news, and,
they have as yet received nothing.
The Times prints various conjectures
on the subject, and concludes that if
the news is true, Dr. Nansen has ac
complished the task more rapidly than
was expected.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 14. The news
from Dr. Nansen which was tele
graphed here from Irkutsk Siberia,
was received there from I'st Yacht, at
the mouth of the Yana river.
Kvery effort possible Is being made
by the Royal Geographical society to
ascertain It the story that Dr. Nansen,
the Arctic exphirer, has been heard
from. Is true and in addition the Rus
sian and Swedish governments have
taken active steps to find out the real
facts In the case.
The Y'ana river falls Into the Arctic
ocean by several mouths In latitude 70
degrees north and longitude 137 degrees
east of Greenwich. I'st Yacht, or Ut
Yansk. Is one of these. In fact, I'st,
or Oost, Is the Russian name for the
mouth of a river. I'st Yansk Is only a
little more than a hundred miles from
l.lakov Island, which Is one of the New
Siberian islands. The mouth of the
Yana is considerably over a hundred
miles east of the Lena Delta.
The Ill-fated Jeannette was cruBhed
In the Ice In 77 degrees lb minutes north
latitude and 155 degrees east longitude
on June 13, INK I, This pv'nt is to the
northeast of the New Siberian Islands.
Those of the expedition who reached
land came GOO miles In boats and sleds
to do It. Their point of arrival was
west and north of Cst Yansk.
jamksonVaithoiuty.
Whst Prompted Ills Expedition in Trans
vast Is an Unexplained Mystery-Bal-
four on the Boers.
London, Feb. 14. In the house of
commons this evening Sir William Har
court, leader of the opposition, referred
to the conflicting statements made by
Ha run Marschall von Blebersteln, Ger
man milliner nfj .foreign, mtalrr.. and
Lioru taiiiii,ry, prtnte minister and
secretary of state for foreign affairs,
of Great Britain. In regard to the trou
bles In South Africa. Lord Salisbury,
he said, had alleged that the govern
ment of the South Africa republic had
made application to the Kuropean pow
ers for support and the imwers had de
nied that they had received any such
appeal. This question, Sir William
Harcourt said, affected the relations of
Kngland In South Africa wlthOrmany.
Any one, he said, who would contribute
to the cult) ilon of ill-feeling between
Great Br .in and Germany was no
friend tc .ne peace of the world.
The '.ct still remained undisclosed,
he sa' ' by whose authority Dr. Jame
son .ad acted. In regard to the hitch
in.'.rie neirntlntlnni. with tlm Mnnih Afrl-
ojiti republic, he understood that thM
people or tnc Transvaal wanted to set
tle their own affairs. - In the circum
stances bethought that the Intervention
of Mr. Chamberlain, unless conducted
in the most delicate manner, would
not Improve matters. The hPst way
out of the difficulty would be to have
President Kruger oome to London and
settle everything at once.
A. J. Balfour, first lord of the treas
ury, said that Lord Salisbury's state
ment will be baseif-upon the assurance
received from Sir J. A. DeWet, British
agent at Pretoria, which were put In
language, the only possible Information
of which wax that an appeal had been
made by the Transvaal government for
the support of Germany.' Mr. Balfour
defended the course taken by Mr.
Chamberlain in IntrodiH-ing an Imperial
factor In the affair and maintained that
his action hail been alike approved by
the Knglish and Dutch population of
the Transvaal. That plan, or some
thing like it. he declared must be adopt
ed If the Hocr government was to be
carried on for any length of . time. If
the Knglish population In the Trans
vaal increased In the time to come the
Boors could not maintain an uncon
trolled government.
JOHN K. CiENTKY SOLIJ.
Tho Champion Pacer llrings Soven
Thousand, six Hundreds Hollars.
New York. Feb. 1. John R. Gentry.
2:03i. the champion pacing stallion of
the world, was Sold this afternoon at
Madison square garden for $7,600 to
William Simpson of this city. The
groat stallion was sold to dissolve the
partnership of Messrs Holt and Scott
of the Almanac Stock farm, Graham,
N. C.
The bidding; was between John Turn
er, who wns bidding for Frank Ellis,
of Philadelphia, and William Simpson.
Turner ois-ned nt $4,000 and the duel
advanced by 15.000 to $7.fi00 which was
the last bid on behalf of Kllis. Simpson
raised It $100 and Gentry was knocked
down to him.
. CIGARETTES KILLED HER.
Pitiful Death of an Indiana Ulrl-Wasted
to a Skeleton.
La Porte, Ind., Feb, 14. Miss Minnie
McCorkle, who has been a raving mani
ac for several days owing to an uncon
trollable mania for cigarette smoking,
died this morning. She was delirious
to the end, her lust words being in pite
ous pleading for a cigarette.
When In health Miss McCorkle
weighed YX imumls. but at death her
body had wasted away until she
weighed but 60 pounds. The ravages
of the disease completely destroyed her
mind.
Hotel Clerk Drowned.
Atlantic City. N. J., Feb. 14. While gun
ning at 1OiiKport this morning Frank Lee
Pierce, elery at the Hotel l.n Ray, up
set his skiff and was drowned. The body
has not been recovered.
BRIEFLY WIRED.
William Wiidvllle Hoekhill has qiialifl'd
as assistant secretary of state, Kiu-reeiling
Kdwin V. I'hl, apiwlnted ambussaiior to
Uemiany.
Wood A Robinson, lumber dealers, of
New York, msde an assignment yester
day. The liabilities anil assets are re
ported to be about fto.mm.
A 14-year-old girl In Portsmouth. O..
was sentenced to nay a line of lit and to
serve 'ten days In tail for whispering In
church.
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WEATHER HEl'OKI.
Tor eastern Pennsylvania, fair weather
decidedly wanner; southerly winds.
New York, Feb. 14. iHerald's forecast!
In the Middle States tcJay fair weathsr
will prevail with fresh westerly, shifting
to stroller southerly and southastrl
-winds anT nearly stationary, followed by
higher temperature aot.1 by cloudiness
and light snow or rain in and near thr
lake regions and eastward at nloiit possl
lily as far as the New Uiwland and Xe
Jersey coasts.
On Sunday panly cloudy to fair weather
will prevail with sllKhfl temperatura
changes and brisk to fresh south wester
ly to northwesterly winds, preceded by
snow or ruin on the coast taorta of Xw
York.
' AreJraie'Biiltos.