THE ONLY REPUBLICAN DAILY IN LACKAWANNA COUNTY. k)6l EIGHT TAGES 56 COLUMNS. SCRANTON, TA., MOXDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 17, 1S9. TWO CENTS A COPY. CMcc Bargai Morsels . . . FOR AND MONDAY, Or,; until these little lots are dis posed of. It all of them hold out till Monday we'll be more than pur prised. Of course, you tuke chances on that If you delay cumins till the lust day of pale. File EIette . Wrappers Stylish garments, honestly made from goods that will stund the test of time and hard nervier. The pat terns are extra choice, and the trim ming of Lace, Braid, etc., as Rood as most people would care to buy. LOT 1. About six dozen assorted makes and qualities; values ranging from tl.T'i to t2.U0. All this season's produc- Choice for 3 days, $1.4P LOT 2. Kill I y seven duscen very fine Wrap per?, full of excellence at every point und wonderfully handsome Two qualities that sold from I2.J0 . to $2.7;.. Choice for 3 days, $1.98 May's Fashions In Waists Are correctly Illustrated In the fol lowing: four bargain lots. Not a faulty seam, a poor fabric or an In different style is to be found in the entire range, while the values of fered are such as to make buying merely a matter of looking them over. LOT 1. Five dozen fancy Flannel Waists, solid colors and mixtures; all sizes. Good value al $!.-.'. Choice for 3 days, 49c LOT 2. A few very Hne Silk and Wool . Plaid Waists that brought $.1.7." and $4. no. All sizes today. Choke for 3 days, $3.00 LOT 3. . Fifteen fancy stripe Silk Waists In pretty fetching color combinations. Petter never was sold under $5.00. Choice for 3 days, $3.98 LOT 4. Less than a dozen extra fine and handsome Hillc 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 (LDpcis 1P1RTOAV at 9 A. 1. O'-LO BE CONGRESSIONAL FORECAST Programme of Proceedings of the Coming Keck. ; LIGHT OX MONROE DOCTRINE .Mr. Davla Will AdJress the Senate I'pon th. Subject-Committee Favorable to I u pom-An Farly Adjourn mem Is Hoped Tor. Washington, I). (".. Feb. 16.' The com ing week in the senate will be devoted to action on appropriation bills and discussion on our relations with foreign powers. The better part of the week, not counting unexpected matters that may be injected during the morning hour, will be given over to the con sideration of the military academy bill, which now has the right of way. and the pension and consular and diplomat ic appropriation bills. These will ex haust the appropriations co far report ed to the senate by the committee, but Inasmuch as the consular and diplo matic bill may cause the general dis cussion of foreign affairs. It is as sumed that the entire week will be com? tuned in disposing of the appro priation measures now on the calendar. it is doubtful If Mr. .Morrill will cull fiir the tarif bill agurn this week. Re publicans who peacefully canvassed the situation say that u motion would tend to complicate mutters und that no good can grow out of It until they have brought ubout a cohesion of sentiment In their own ranks and secured the necessary one vote from the ranks of the Populists. This, at present, sfcras Impossible und Mr. Morrill. It Is be lieved, will not renew his motion until he is surf of its success. Tomorrow Mr. Davis, of the foreign relutions committee, and author of the resolution reported from the commit tee concerning the Monroe doctrine, which bus not yet been unssed and possibly never will be passed, will ad dress the senute upon that resolution. This speech has been anticipated for some time- with a great deal of interest owing to the advanced ground taken by Mr. Davis and his well-known fami liarity with the whole subject. Mr. Davis is one of the closest students in the senute and his speech is expected to set forth the position of the ultra radicals on the subject in a clearer Unlit than hus yet been cast upon It. Tnc resolution, supplemented recently by an additional report from the com mittee on foreign relations that the opinion of consres.) Is that this gov ernment should remain iifUtral and grant al! imrtl In the struggle now pending In Cuba, equal rights, has the right of way as the utirlriishod business, temporarily displuced by the appro priation bills, then It will doubtless call out a number of speeches during the time that apuroprlatlon bills may not be under consideration. Mr. Mitchell, chairman of the committee on privi leges ami elections, will tomorrow sub mit to the senate the majority report on the Impont-Delewnre contest in fa vor of seating Mr. IHipont.The minority report, in the hands of Mr. Gray, will soon follow, and this matter. Involving ,i'l.tiuii o? lhciitllet privilege, will he ('Riled up for consideration. An lurlr Adjournment. An early adjournment Is already talked f. A few senators are hopeful that congress inuv get through by the Mist of June. Among some uf the Ke publicun leaders an effort Is being nuiile to accomplish this result so that nothing muy interfere with their at tendance upon the national conven tions and the campaign that will Imme diately follow. There is nothing In the house but ap propriation bills. When the house adjourned Saturday afternoon general debate had Just been concluded on the bill making aproprlatlons for the agri cultural deportment for the next fiscal year, but Chairman Wadsworth ex pects that a day or two more at least will he consumed In the discussion of the blli under the five minute rule with, It Is understood, other members thun those who expressed their opinion Saturday, who desire to say things about Secretary ' Morton's refusal to expend the appropriation made in the bill for the current year for the distri bution of seeds. Uesldes the urgri cultural bill there Is on the calendar the nrmy appropriation bill, and the Indian bill Is rerdy to be reported. Mr. Johnson, chairman of the com mittee on elections No, 2. before the week closes may call up the report of his committee inthecase of the Vanhom Tarsney contest from the Fifth Mis souri district, hut ps this case s sure to lead to a somewhat extended de bate, the probabilities are against its consideration at present. So, too. with the resolution from the foreign affairs committee regarding Ambassador bay ard's speeches, which will also not be brought forward so as to antagonize In any way the progress of appropria tion bills. BIG 'POSSUM RANCHES. Pest ruct vie Animals Raised for the Ilount Paid for Ihclr l-:ars. Rlverhead. Ij. I., Feb. IS. The River head town agricultural society, more widely known as the Northville club, has made the discovery that 'possum ranches are being conducted in Suf folk county. The Industry Is carried on fo, 'lie purpose of raising stock for bounty t -tplng. A few years ago the board of Supervisors offered a bounty on certain wild animals which were an annoyance to farmers. Twenty-five cents is paid for 'possums' ears, and a like bounty on woodehucks. weasels and minks. Since this law was passed, members of the Northville club say. there has been a distinct Increase of the animals instead of a decrease. The other day a school boy named Rice, of Patchogue. was convicted of counterfeiting 'possums' with the aid of cat skins and obtaining the bounty, but members of the club say that Is nothing compared with the fraud and deceit practiced by others to obtain the bounty. Last year about $2.!00 was paid out bv the county in bounties, to say nothing of the fee of ten cents al lowed to the supervisor who Issues a certificate. MINE INSPECTOR'S REPORT. G. M. Williams, of the Fourth plstriet. Give Statistics for 180A. Wllkes-Harre, Feb. 16. Mine In spector Q. M. Williams, of the Fourth district, anthracite region, has Just com pleted his report for the year 1895. It shows the total production or coal shipped to market by rail a T.1M.855 tons, local sales at breakers, 228.641 tons: estimated fuel consumed at the mines. 642.872 tons; total, 8.066.412 tons. The number of accidents occurlng dur ing the year were as follows: By ex plosion of gas, 10 fatal, 45 non-fatal; by fall of roof. 3S fatal. 45 non-fatal; falling down shaft, 2 fatal; run over by mine can under ground. 12 fatal, 28 non-fatal: by explosion of powder and blasts, S fatal, 21 non-fatal; by various other causes underground, 7 fatal, 32 non-fatal; by various causes on the surface, 4 fatal, 30 non-fatal; total. 74 fatal, 221 non-fatal: number of widows left. 28; orphans. liT. ' The report also shows that after add ing a loss of 20 per cent, in minim;, hauling and preparing the coal for market, the production during the year of 1V.I5 is no less than 11.326.446 tons. Of the number of persons employed in and about the various collieries one inevery .Tin was killed and one in every lfl was Injured. The total production in tons by the various companies were as follows: Lehigh and Wllkes-Barre Coal company, 2.27.1.877 ; Delaware- and Hudson Canal company. 1.249.907: Sus quehanna Coal company. 1,411.09;:; Kingston Coal company. 782,008; Dela ware, Lackawanna and Western Kail road company. :i66.47ti; Lehigh Valley Coal company. :iti2.664: Ked Ash Coal company. 221.626; Purrlsh. Coal com pany, 262.401; miscellaneous companies, 924.7.".S. SENATOR Ql'AY 1XEARXEST. Chairman Frank Willing l.each Throws Farther Light I'pon Senator's Can-dldacy-In llio Fight to Win. Philadelphia. Feb. 16. Chairman Frank Willing Leach, of the Republi can state executive committee, re turned yesterduy from Washington, where he had been since Thursday, vis iting many nolitlctans, Including Sena tor (Juay. Reing asked to throw fur ther light on the announcement of the senator's candidacy for the presidency, Mr. Leach remarked thut his business in Washington wus to get thut Infor mation. "I have returned home." he said, "with a full understanding of the programme of Senator Quay's friends throughout the country. For three mouths a score of the Republican lead ers of the several states have been urg ing him to permit the use of his name, but It was not until a few days ago that he cave his assent.." To the question whether there would be un uggressive contest In support of Senator Quay. Chairman Leach re plied: "Yes: the buttle Is on: and It Is a tight to the llnish. so fur ns Senator Quay Is concerned. What I learned in Washington was In the nature of n revelation to me. 1 came In contact with a good many of the lending mem bers, of both houses as well as wlh u number of national committee men and other Republican leaders outside of congress, and I am satlslied that Col onel Quav Is the choice of many of them, and the second choice of nearly all. (lovernor McKlnley is likely to have the most votes on the first bal lot, but no candidate can come any where near a nomination on that ballot. From what 1 leurtied I am convinced that there will be a concentration of forces In behalf of our junior .senator upon one of the subsequent ballots." Mr. Leuch emphatically denied that the senator's candidacy wus merely for the purpose of holding the Pennsyl vania delegation together. "Of course It is not." he declared. "Fully sixty out of the sixty-four delegates would have stood with the senator in any event, anil in behalf of any available, acceptable cundidnte. lie certainly would not have entered the field shindy for the purpose of getting the other four delegates Into line, lie Is earn estly and aggressively a candidate, and will remain so until lite end. 1 honest ly think he will win. For the first time since the organization of the party I believe the Republican candidate for ihe presidency will come from this greatest of Republican (dates, Penn sylvania. Ordinarily T am the reverse of a political enthusiast, and the con clusion I have reached In this cuse has been arrived at only after coming In contact with scores of the party's lead ers throughout the several states north, can:, south und west." - ROENTGEN OPERATIONS. Professor llergraumi F.xtracts bullet from a .Man's Hand. Berlin, Feb. 16. Professor Rergniann. the eminent Herman surgeun. performed the first surgical operation in the hos pitals here through the use of the Ro entgen rays. The professor extracted a number of pellets which had for n long time Imbedded In the hand of a, young man. The position of the pellets, which had previously been probed for without success, was made known through the medium of the rays. Professor Uergmunn told the medical students who witnessed the operation that while the discovery of the rays was a welcome addition to surgical diagnosis, it could not be compared in respect of usefulness to the recent achievements attained by the use of the antiseptic discoveries of Professor Ksmareh. Foreign objects In the hu man bodv which were not a source of trouble, he said,, ought to be left there, especially In cases where an operation for their "removal was dtfiigerous. BONES OP STUART lXIUMEI). Identifying the Skeleton of the Great portrait I'nlntcr. Roston, Feb. 16. The skeleton of the great American portrait oainter, 3 11 bert Stuart, who died sisty-eieht years ago, was exhunud In tomb No. 61, of Roston Common, today. The tomb was first used in 1802, and up to 1828, the time of Stuart's burial, six bodies had been placed in Its narrow limits. It Is built of brick, is arched, and measures about ten feet In height, eight feet In length and seven feet In width. The skull of the artist was Identified by its remarkable size, the compara tively perfect condition of the teeth, the square-set, powerful jaws, tlie project- ; lng brows, the lack of hair on the top ' ... .1... .Uu ......... r.t U ! . I Ill llie lirtiii. luc- ji I.D1HI v dih locks of hair and the whiskers, which came to the lower part of the ears and there stopped. There wan no sign of hair on the unper lip. nor anywhere else on the skull, save the sides and back. MURDERER'S INSANITY. McDarby Crated, It Is Said, Over I oar of the Elcctrlo Chair. Hudson. N. Y.. Feb. 16. Charles Mc Darby. 20 years old. who Is In the prison here charged .with the murder of Caro line Pruner. has shown signs of in sanity during the past few days, and Sheriff Connor hns removed him from the mnln corridor of the Jail to an Isolated cell. His Insanity was super induced, it Is said, by the taunts of his fellow prisoners over the killing of "Hat" Shea at Clinton prison a few days ago. McDarby exhibits no vio lence, but expresses great feur of the electric chair. The medical attendants at the prison think that his reason may be restored by his being Isolated from the other prisoners. Caroline Proper was 80 years old, and McDarby. It Is charged, after having criminally assaulted her. murdered her In order to conceaMlis crime. FRENCH RAILWAY SCANDAL. The Crisis Crowing Out of th Troubles Liable to ("rente a Revolution. London. Feb. Ifj. The Observer's Paris correspondent confirms the re port that the political crisiB growing out of the Southern railway scatulnl Is most serious and says there Is every prospect of a conflict in the chamber of deputies over the matter. ' j The correspondent declare? that the country has not In years been so near If not a revolution, at least a great up heaval of the people. , - THE REV0UIT10N IN CORES It .May Lend to a Conflict ISetwccn Russia and Japan. KIXC AT RUSSIAN LEGATION II Seeks Safety with Subjects of the Cur-New Cabinet Orders the Kx cention of Former Ministers. Other Foreign Topics. London, Feb. 16. The news of a revo lution in Corea. attended by the mur der of the prim minister and several other officials, has excited the foreign office, where the movement is regarded as a coup d'etat In the interests of Rus sia. The revolution In Seoul last Oc tober, In which the queen was mur dered, removed the greatest enemy of Japanese Influence jn Corea The Japa nese envoy. Viscount Mima, virtually nominated the ministers, who kept the king almost a prisoner. The counter revolution, the destruc tion of the ministers, the anti-Japanese movement and the fact th.it the king has sought refuge at ths Russian lega tion have caused Intense excitement In Jnpan. This, coupled with Russia's ef forts to secure a nuvul station in Corea, Is likely to lead earlier ihan was ex pected to a conflict between Russia and Japan. .Marines Ordered to Seoul. Yokohama. Feb. 16. Detachments of British, American and French marines have been sent to Seoul, the caultu of Corea, to guard the interests of their respective countries. The king of Corea still remains at the Russian lega tion as u measure of personal safety. News has been received here that the new cubluet which hus been formed In Seoul hus doc'-eed the execution of n number of the foreign ministers. A conference of foreign diplomats has been oneiied at the Russlun legation in Seoul to consider the sltuulion. New .Minister nt Alarmed. Washington. Feb. 1(1. Pom Kwang Soli, the new Corean envoy extraordin ary, accompanied by bis secretary, bong Sun Pak, arrived in Washington this afternoon, forty-seven days after leaving Seoul. He was rather surprised on reaching the legation to learn of the revolted overthrow- in the lust few days of the cabinet of which he was until recently a member; but he de clared that if the news was verllled it would not alarm him, fur no hurm other thun momentary ever came to Corea from such ntTalrs. There was a long sten In ndva"ce on each occasion, and it was eventuully found that revolu tions did not go backwurd. When he left the country on the last day of the old year, the whole people were show ing thu beneficial results of wise re. forms, and he did nut believe any back Steps would be taken.. Mr. Soli, who spent ten years in Washington and speaks Kngllsh flu ently. Is about Ui years old, and re markably like an American In his earn est, active manner. DR. BARTII'S ASSERTIONS. Claims to Have Had Assurances That Mr. Cleveland Mould tcto Silver Hills. Herlln, Feb. 10. In connection with the silver debates in the Reichstag Herr Von Kardoff as president of the bi-metallic league of Germany, hus sent a letter to President Cleveland asking whether the statements recently made by Dr. Theodore Baith. the eminent German Monomctallist member uf the Reichstag Fllbettin. that Mr. Cleveland had assured him thai he would veto nuy silver bills that congress might puss were true. Dr. liarth. Herr Von Kur dorlf wrote to President Cleveland, had pretended thst he had received the au thority of the president upon one of the visits which he had made to the'l'nlted States of late, to express his views up on the silver question und he was de sirous to know whether or not this was the fact. Hedd Von K ardor IT'S letter was forwarded to Washington through the I'nited States embassy here Frelherr Marschall Von Biebersteln. minister uf foreign affairs. hus informed the Turkish, ambassador here that del-many will recognize Prince Ferdi nand of Bulgaria as the rightful ruler of Kulguriii. Die Duke Wants to Fight. Rome. Feb. 1C. The duke of Aostu. nephew of King Humbert, has begged his ma jesty and General Mocennl, min ister of war. to allow him to take com mand of the men of his regiment, the Fifth artillery, who have been selected to reinforce the Italian army operating ngninst the Abyslnnians. BOLD ROBBERY. Foreman of a Printing Establishment Is Assaulted by a llnndlt. Indianapolis, lnd.. Feb. 1(1. H. S. Gamer, foreman In the printing estab lishment of W. B. Buford. received $400 yesterday afternoon with which to pay employes. While passing through one of the rooms, ix stranger struck him heavily u:un the head, felling him to the floor. The man then presented a revolver, and held it against Garner's head while he pocketed the money. Telling his victim If he moved he would kill him, the robber started to the street. As soon as he passed out of the room Oarner rose and cried fur help, and the employes ran in pursuit. On the lower floor one of them struck the revolver from the hand of the rob ber as he passed blm, and he was over powered and bound. He hud another revolver in his pocket. The mini Is unknown here and is believed to be from Cincinnati. RUSSIA ALONE OBJECTS. Only Opposition to the I'nited States Despatch Boat at Constantinople. Constantinople, Feb. 16. The repre sentative of the I'nited Press in this city learns that Miss White, a member of the family of Rev. George F. White, an American missionary at Marsovan, has died from small pox. It is reported that Russia alone objects to the diked States having a ilesnatch boat here. The Hon. A. W. Terrell, the American minister, has referred the matter to Washington for settlement with the government at St. Petersburg. .Miss Clara Barton and her colleagues of the Red Cross society have arrived here. TAR ON THE HEALER. An Imitator of Schlatter Is Driven from North Platto. North Platte. Neb., Feb. 16. Rev. William Bailey wns tarred und feath ered and ordered to leave town by a vigilance committee consisting of i,V) citizens last night. I In I ley is on Imitator of Schlatter, the Denver healer, and hns been work ing his so-called miracles all winter. GIRL STUDEnTs IN A RUSH. Seniors and Juniors Help Ont th Boys at Weslcyan in Ohio. Delaware. O.. Feb". 16. At chapel last night the- juniors of Wesleyan college wore straw hat decorated with their class colors In place of the mortar boards stolen from them by the seniors. The moment the services were over the seniors tried to tear off the Juniors' headgear. The younger men defended themselves with hickory clubs decorat ed with the class colors, and fought their way to Monnett hall. A crowd of 3.000 iiei-sons gathered to watch the tight, and they tore down the fence about Monnett hnll. On the steps of the hall stood the senior girls, waving thejr colors. The Junior girls charged on them, and seis ing one, tore her clothing. A policeman was assaulted and another kept off the crowd with a revolver. There are nearly L'no ruined suits of clothes and scores of broken heads as evidence of the lluht. QIESTIOX OF THE EIGHT. Fitisimmons Says Thut th Jig Is I'p. Small l ights Are Declared Off and Forfeits Will ( Paid. Kl Paso, Tex.. Feb. 16. The question of fight or no fight has been off for one more day. After having dragged Mail er's representatives down from Las Cruces today, Martin Jullen refused to go Into conference, contending himself with the oft-repeated statement of, "We will make known our position to morrow," just as for two weeks before the Ozark fiasco, he chirruped: "We will be in Hot Springs on Oct. SI." Fitzsimmons privately expressed him self this morning to the effect that he regarded the Jig as up. anil tilts is taken us forecasting bis attitude tomorrow. Both Dan Stuart and Maher. the latter having lieen telegraphed for tonight, will have Homething to say on the ques tion of forfeit, mid the chances are that the Cornish man will not find himself able to curry things his own way. Mailer's eyes have improved wonder fully during the past twenty-four hours. The cathurthlc discharge hns been arrested and spots within the lids have vanished, and very little blood re mains about the eyeballs. Tonight Dan Stuart announced that tlie Kverhardt-Leeds, Walcott-ISrlght-eyes. Murshall-Dixou and Hurry-Murphy contests were ntllciully declared off and that lie would pay the forfeit of $i00 In eueh contest tomorrow. Sonic comollcations between the fighters ure likely to arise as the result of the abandonment. Leeds and F.vcr hart who wire to have fought on Tues day should weigh In tomorrow under forfeit of Jl.Ollii. Kverhaydt. however, recognizing that the game was up, has been taking things easy and euinlug flesh with the result that he tlis the beam tonight at 140. or eight pounds overweight. Captain tJlorl Lceda' backer, liiflsts however, that the weigh ing in shall take place and says that he will claim the forfeit If Kverhurt I fulls to appear or If he Is overweight. The concensus of opinion among the expert sports remaining here Is that the tight having been declared off In ad vance of the weighing in, dlorl's posi tion Is untenable. Dixon and Marshall are mntched to meet before the Long Island City dub March 8. "Hrlght eyes" und Wolcott before n Boston club March l.l. The Olympic c lub of New Orleans, has wired for the I-eds-Kverhart contest and other details will be settled tomorrow. SlTI ATloT IX (IBA. Gomez Has Notified General Weylcr That lie Will Kctallnt on Spaniards If Cubans Are Massacred. (From a Slnff Correspondent of the I'uiieil t' ess.l Havana. Feb. 16. The utf Is full of rumors. One is that 24 political pris oners In Cuba were shot Wednes day night. General Weyler says he knows nothing of it. It Is also said Gomes has notilled Weyler thut if Cu bans in the cities are shot, he will re taliate by shooting Spaniards In the interior of the ishind. Gomez and Maceo are both In Havuna province and parties huve come even to the outskirts of the city of Havana, taking the horses of milkmen in the suburban towns of .liiburhuna. and exchanging shots with tlie garrison in the block houses at I Jesus Monte. Gomez probably has 1. 000 men under arms operating in llav- ! ana province. Skirmishes between the ! outposts are of dully occurrence. The Spanish ofllcers of minor grades gen- : erally magnify these into battles, but since the arrival of Weyler the nfTlclal reports are much nearer the truth than formerly. Volunteers are being sent from Havana to the field und the Cu bans In the city are alarmed over the rumor that Weyler intends to order them to enlist In the army to show their loyulty. The order forbidding correspondents to accompany the col umns of troops Is strictly enforced, making it dllliciilt to obtain reasonable news. Very little Is given out ollicinlly. The American correspondent, Mannlx, ordered to leave owing to having pub lished obnoxious news, sailed for the I'nited States yesterday. Mannlx filed a formal protest with American Consul Williams. ni:gro lynched. Action of the .Mob SoOnlck Hint Ofriccrs llnd No liiuoto Resist. Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 16. Robert Williams, the negro who shot and killed Hodman John F. Suggs Friday night, was lynched In the suburbs of the city last night. Williams was arrested at Cnwles station, about thirty miles from here, on the Western rood. He wus brought to Montgomery In charge of Deputy Sheriff Young and local police men. To escane a mob arrangements had been made to take the prisoner from the train at the Savannah. Amerlcus and Montgomery railroad crossing about a mile and a half out. When the train stopped and the of ficers appeared with the negro they were confronted by a large crowd who Immediately seized the negro and hur riel him away Borne distance to a tree, to which he was strung up and his body riddled with bullets. The action of the mob was so quick the ofllcers hud no time to offer resistance. LAST LINK IX THE CHAIX. George Jackson Confesses to Having Driven Pearl Pry an and Her .Murderers to Fort Thomas. Cincinnati. Ohio. Feb. 16. George H. Jackson, colored, who was arrested last night, confessed to having driven Scott Jackson. Alonzo Walling mid Pearl Rryan across the river to Fort Thomas, on the night of the Pearl Utyan murder. Jackson says the girl was rryiiiR all the way and he did not want to go with- them hut they (com pelled him to drive. He says when he got over the river he jumped from tlie vehicle and ran away. This confession proves the last link In the chain of evidence which has been developed against the accused. Kentucky Deadlock. Frankfort, Ky., Feb. H!. There seonic to be good grounds for the story that th" hunter forces are on thn stampede mul it is expected that unolher break in Ms ranks will occur tomorrow or 'j'ucs.lin'. The name of ex-t'hlef Justice Holt will he use for several duys, to see if there Is uny chance for his election. Shaw Pays His Fine. Boston. Feb. 10. Rohfrt O. Shaw, of the Myopia cub. who In September last wus lined $2 for beating a polo pony over the head with a mullet, has with drawn his appeal and paid his fine. DR. HANSEM ANB THE POLE Reports of His Discoveries Have Now Been Confirmed. NEWS PROM ST. PETERSBURG Grcely aud Peary Are Still Skeptical on the Subject Nsnien's Associate Believes That There Is Laad at the North Polo. London. Feb. 16. A dispatch from the llritish consul at Archangel, in which the report that Dr. Nansen, the Arctic explorer has discovered the North Pflle and Is now on his return from his successful voyage is confirmed has been received at the foreign olllce. The corrcsiKindcnt of the St. James Gazette at St. Petersburg telegraphs that the report of Dr. Nansen having discovered the North Pole Is coulirnicd. Washington. Feb. 16. The reported continuation from Archangel of the re port of the return of Dr. Nansen does not really amount to a continuation In the opinion of General Greeley and of Lieutenant Scheutze. The latter is, with the possible exception of Commo dore Melville, who is temporarily ub sent from Washington, better posted than any other official In Washington on the characteristics of the North Si berian coast, which ho has visited on a government mission, being charged with the distribution of rewards to the natives who aided the survivors of the unfortunate Jeannette expedition. He said: "This contlrhtatlon of tlie Irkutsk story from Archangel Is as if we had u. telegram from Port html. Me., confirm ing a story from Sandy Hook. General Greeley took a similar view and held that it wns conceivable that the story could emanate from two places so remote from each other as are Irkutsk and Archangel. He knew of no way In which news of Dr. Xansen's approuch to the northern mouth of the Lena Delta should ulso reach Arch angel. With the aid of a chart. General Greely indicated the vast distances be tween Archangel and Irkutsk, the hit ter point being that where the tlrst re port of Nansen'a return started. He showedthat if It was really true that news of Dr. Nansen's movements had reached the mouth of the Lena, and hud so worked up the liver to Irkutsk, then it was improbable that the same Infor mation could have reached Archangel. UreclCs Disbelief I nshaken. General Greely called attention to another point, which was thut, If Nan sen has really emerged from the Polar regions anywhere off the Siberian coast, then lie has himself disproved the correctness of the theory on which his expedition was embarked. It would show, he suid, that Instead of there ex isting a current across the pole, there was a current that swept him up from the neighborhood of Bennett Island to the pole and then turned buck und re turiud him to his starting point. Gen eral Gi ly thought this state of affairs was hardly possible. Lieutenant Scheutze mude the point that hus apparently escaped observa tion, that If the tlrst story from Irkutsk was true then Nansen wns sighted or i heard from off fie Lena River Deltn away back lust summer. Lieutenant Scheutze is thoroughly familiar with tliut country. He says that from Irk utsk to Yakutsk, which is the most northerly Russian post of any signifi cance, is a distance of about 2.000 miles, and communication Is had only by sleds, or, In slimmer, by rafts down the river Lena. From Yakutsk to 1'st Yansk, at the mouth of the Lena, where the Russian trailer is said to have heard from Nansen, is a distance of l.iinu miles through an unbroken wil derness, and the means of communica tion ure reindeer or dogs. The only travel between Yakutsk and I'st Yansk is confined to a few half-breed traders, who go up to the latter point early in the winter and stay until the next spring. Many months ure required for the trip, and so any news of Nun sen coming from 1'st Yunsk must be very old. Lieutenant Scheutze referred to dif ficulties that might be encountered in the attempt to trace such a rumor ns that in question. He said thut the nil ! tives who might huve sighted an Arctic explorer would not conceive the nuuiro of bis undertaking, and owing to their dense ignorance It would hardly be pos sible for them to transmit an intel ligible account through muny such na tives, and after that through half breeds, who knew little more, to civil ization, in Illustration he cited the ex perience of Nordenskjold. who passed out of the Siberian islands In a fog while a hunting party of natives was on It. The natives could not see the steamer Vega owing to tlie fog. but hearing the churning of the screw they were stricken with terror, put out their camp-llres and hid themselves In the Ice, und not till months afterward was It llniilly wormed out of them by a half-breed, who hud been fortunate enough to linve once seen a steam ves sel, that the explorer had actuaUy passed in the neighborhood. Nnnsen's Courugo and Resource. Lconhurd Stejnegcr. a former asso ciate of Dr. Nansen when the doctor wus curator of a museum in Norway, nnd who is now one of the curators of the I'nited States National museum, thinks there is nothing Intrinsically Improbable In the story.' und bears high tribute to Dr. Nansen's indomit able couruge and fertility of resources. "If," said he. "Dr. Nansen found land north of the New Siberian islands, It would be a comparatively easy matter for him to proceed northward, for the ilistance Is not so great; the extreme difllculties experienced In traveling over the frozen sea make the task one of greater hardship and tmineasurubly Increases the apparent distance. We know that there is land further north than anyone has yet iM'en. for the rea son thnt birds fly north of the limit of explorations, raise their young and re turn with them. These birds do not breed their young on Ice; they must have land, und because they do go north and breed Is very good reason for believing that luml is to be found there." BROKE TUP. RECORD. .Marvellous Feat of Joe Donoghne, the Champion Skater. Washington. D. C, .Feb. 16. Joseph Donoghne, the champion skater, last night at the ice rink broke the five-mile skating record of 14 minutes 59 seconds, nude by Neilson at Minneapolis on a quarter mile track. The track here had ten lups to tlie mile, and Donoghue's time was 14.47i. Yesterday afternoon he broke the two-mile record of ii.42 S-ii mnde at Red Hunk. N. J., last winter on n third of u mile tnick by Olttf liuiiil. Donoghue's time was r."2'2. STATE SNAP SHOTS. Fire In the Herald Publishing company's building ut Krle yesterday entirely de ti'oyed the box factory und some valuable machinery. The newspaper department was not Injured, but the damage lu the stock was about SfO.Oiio. Robert W. Ryers, president of the Penn sylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, died suddenly at his home. In Philadelphia, yesterday. New Dress Goods Large and Magnifcent Stock of Foreign and Domestic Novelties Unique and exclusive designs. Our Stock as usual com prises the Latest Paris Novelties, and being our own Importation, the de signs are exclusive, and in addition our stock of r ID) Is very complete and we cordially invite an early inspection while the lines are complete. Elegant Stock of Latest Trim mings. 510ancf 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE Our 0C School Shoes Our Winter Shoes must go. You need the Shoes; we need the room. LEWISJWEDLLY&DAVIES ill AND 110 WYOMING AVEL WEICiEL TEE JEWELER WISHES EVERTBODt A Happy New Great reductions In prices before taking inventory in ... . & aM Silverware 408 Spruce St. Near Dime Bank.' WEATHER REPORT. For eastern Pennsylvania, for Monday, neurly clear; colder northerly winds. New York, Feb. 1". Herald's forecast! In the Middle states today fair. cold'T weather will prevail with brisk nnd fresh northwesterly winds, shifting to north easterly, followed by comliness In this section and possibly by snow und dan gerous easterly gales on the coast. (Mi Tuesday, cloudy weuther will prob ably prevail, with snow or rnin, slight temperature changes und dangerous east cry winds, becoming vurjuble. Fight Persons Killed. London, Feb. 10. A lodging house In Soho, this city, ws destroyed by Art this morning and,' eight persona war Kiueu, Staple Giiis is, Etc Are Ink Biiltos.
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