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SCRANTON, PA., MONDAY AfOKNINO, MARCH 10, 189.
TWO CENTS A COPY,'
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Ladies
Wait From
Year to Year
And
Save Money
At our annual spring- sale of hlh
Krade muslin underwear. The sods
on'ered are no stray or Job lot auih
eiing. picked up merely becuuse they
err low-priced. We will back any
und every garment among" the thou
sand laid before you to be an per
fectly, prettily and conscientiously
finished us any tn their line that were
ever laid on a counter or selling table.
The muslins, cambrics and nener.il
trimming; are just such an a care
ful, well posted woman would select
If ahe made the round of the varlocs
departments and when we add that
we've spared neither time nor effort
to muke this mile the crowning- tri
umph among-our many honest bargain
successes, we believe that we've Haul
all thai In necessary to convince yo'i
that the occasion Hhould command
your Immediate attention. The
WEAR ANNUAL SALE
Opens Thursday, Mar.
12th, and continues
for 10 days.
Guaranteed Bargain Facts
LADIES' GOWNS OR
NIGHT DRESSES.
CV. quallly for
ilV. quality for
r.c. quality for
fc7'ji quulliy fur
ft'ic. t uu lit y fur
11.00 qtialilv for
ll.lJti quality lor
SI. I:i qualllv for
11.55 quullty for
It aS quullty lor
Il.-T'i quality for
Si. lifi quullty for
i quallly for
t'UU quality fur
He
M.
71c.
811''.
XTc.
ttlic.
l.t
tl.L'l
tl-'tl
Jl.l.l
II.JS
LADIES' DRAWERS.
Diilntlly made from choicest mater
lul. !'. quality for 17c.
SHi; quality for
4ik: quality for Xtc.
Wc. quullty fur 27c.
': quality for 47.'.
btc. quality for ric.
6.k'. quality for '.:ic.
7U'. quullty for iW.
7jc. quullty fur tile.
7V', quullty fur "3c.
CORSET COVERS.
V or square cut fronts. Prettiest tf
dulntv trims.
ST.O. quullty for 17c.
Six: quality for IMc.
!lic. quality for Sic.
37'i quality for....: sic.
4"k quality for .ale.
Mc. quality fur fk'.
WHITE SKIRTS.
T.alMt styles In trim, and cut es
pecially designed to meet the require
ments of the extra wide dress skirts
now prevailing.
KOc. quality for 37' 0c.
kuc. quality fur (Mc.
Tk'. quullty for Wc.
tl.l2'-i quality for II.U5
I! .2.1 quullty for tl.lti
l.37!) quality for tUS
II.W quality for ti ll!
II 75 quality for tl.St
ji.uo quality for a II.7S
:'.2r quality for I.!KI
Baring This Sale
Special prices have also been placed
on iMIssks' and Children's gowns and
drawers. In which our Hue la com
plete A Eoyal
Shirt Waist Opening
In conjunction with our annual sale
of Muslin Underwear we will make
an opening- of new Spring and Sum
mer shirt waists. The goods are all
laundrled with stiff collars and cuffs,
and the styles are as new as the latest
fashion plates.
OPENING, PRICE CUTS.
K dog. new waists worth 60c. for Kr.
CO dos. new waists worth Ktr. for IMc.
(0 do, new waists worth tl for 7.'c.
W doa. new waists worth 11.2.1 for W:.
M do, new waists worth tt.50 for... .tt.lt
B do, new waists worth I1-T5 for tl.3
p;L0B.E
WAREHOUSE
BATTLE GROUNDS IX CDBA
A Circle Is Formed About Maceo's
Troops.
DISPERSES THE RAW RECRUITS
Tha Iasargeat Leader Breaks Thronh
the Line aad llnras Two llrldgta ia
the Vlclalty of foto Medoado.
fX'ejIer's Decrees Causa Paole.
Havana, March 14. via Key West,
Fla., March 15. Wednesday Oomez
anil Muceo, who were In the province
of .Matutizus. Kepurated, tlamei remain
Iiir In the vicinity of Jovcllaiiod, while
Mareo moved west. "
The government troops directed at
tention to Maceo, who showed a tend
ency to retreat towards Havana. The
columns conununded by Generals Ber
nul and Prats. Colonels Vicuna and
liuluti, Tort and Molina and the Al
inanxa battalion formed a combination
to encircle Maceo and prevent his en
trance to Havana province. The of
ficial announcement was made ut the
palace Thursday of the combination
of the seven columns. The result was
anxiously awaited. Yesterday the g-ny
ernment announced that Maceo de
clined an engagement anil entered Ha
vana province. From other sources It
Is learned Maceo discovered the com
bination and with l.aoiet and bander
as forces numbering- over ten thous
and, fell upon the Almanzns battalion,
which happened to be a raw one, re
cently from Spain, broke It to pieces
near I.o Palos. rode over the-remains
and crossed the Havana line, leaving;
the government combination In the
reur.
MACRO'S MARCH.
Muceo :uMed south of Giilnes and
struck the railroad north of Katubuno
removed the track and telegraph wires
from the trocha and caused consterna
tion In the block houses along the
strong line. In the vicinity of Poo e
ilondo he binned two bridges anil was
last reported going in 4he direction of
Final Del Jtlo line. General Weyer is
very angry over the failure of the col
umns to prevent Maceo's return, espe
cially since he lias just proclaimed ths
provlnc fre of Insurgents. Tin gov
ernment troops are now being rushed
west In pursuit of Maceo, and the
xtrong line Is again being strengthened.
There Is no improvement in the situa
tion In 'he other provinces. The Span
ish hold only three towns In the west
ern province. Flnar Del Klo. Cuude
luiia and Artemisia. In Matanxus
many thousands acres of cane have
been burned In the last ten days, ruil
roads destroyed and towns uttucked.
There have been encounters dully.
The rebels are more numerous thun
ever. The sume is true of Sumu Clura
and Santiago provinces. General tVey
ler's recent decrees are being rigidly
enforced, causing panic In many -tiunv.
FATAL, rlM'NJ"KR
Havana, March 1.1. An untoward
Itillltury uccldem that occurred lust
night, growing out of a misunderstand
ing of the reply to a challenge, resulted
in the killing of twelve soldiers and
the wounding of a number of others. A :
utiiull baud of insurgents hud set Are
to the cane and buildings on a sugar
estute near Murium), province of liuv
unu. The smoke attracted the atten
tion of two columiiN of Hpuuish troops
who were udvam lng In search of the
rebels. The column, which first ur
lived on the estate entrenched them
selves as a precaution against any sud
den ultai.'k from the insurgents, who
were supposed to be near. The second
column, cnnsh'ilng of the San Quinlln
battalion arrived on the men after
dark, As they approached the en
trenchments of the llrst column they
were hulled by the usual "Alert" front
u picket, and responded by calling out
the name of their huttalion Sun Quin-
in. The picket, .confused by the sud
den appearance of the column, misun
derstood the re)ly. taking II from the
similarity of sound to be Quintin b:in
dera, the nutne of one of the rebel leud
ers. He at om-e concluded that the lu
suraeiits were moving to attack the
column to which he belonged, and with
out further parley discharged his piece
and fell back to the entrenchments
where the shoi of the rllle had caused
all the trooos to seize their arms litul
prepare to relel an attack.
The second column had In the mean
time continued to advance, supposing
that they had come upon the rebels for
whom they were looking. They hud
not gone far before the llrst column
poured a volley Into their tanks. The
second column returned the Hre and
then In response to an order fixed their
hnyonets und ruHheil forward to .take
the entrenchments by storm. As theyl
went over the entrenchments, the first j
column poured another volley htto them .
and then when the troops,..eume into
close quarters. It was discovered from
the uniforms and tluns.-that a fatal
blunder had been made
It Is reported that the losses on both
skies In killed and wounded was over
thirty, but there Is a strong suspicion
that they were much larger.
All the clreumstunces tended to the
making of the mistake. Besides the
darkness, the smoke from the burning
cane fields prevented the combatants
from recognizing each other. The mis
take Is greatly deplored, and though
It is generally held to huve been un
avoidable, it is pretty certain thut the
officers In command of the columns will
be court-martialed.
KKCKITITINCI IX CHICAOO.
Chicago, March IS. A morning paper
says: Senor George Gomez, said to be
a nephew of General Gomez, is In Chi
cago on a secret mission to aid Cuban
Independence. According to all reports
offers have been made previously and
are now being renewed to both private
troops and Individuals In Chicago to
get them to go and fight, lur. Cuban
liberty.
Two months ago the Black Hussars,
a crack cavalry troop, were selected
for a most flattering offer from the In
surgents. The Black Hussars were of
fered as a troop $1,000 apiece to go to
Cuba and light on the Insurgent side.
Their horses, arm and uniforms v. ere
to be purchased for thein by the-Cuban
government, and would be at their dis
posal during their term of fighting. In
case of success attending the patriot
cause, pensions were to be given to the
survivor and to the families of those
killed. ..
A number of the members' were In
favor of the proposed expedition, but
the majority, headed by,,the cooler and
wiser heads of the troop, opposed ac
cepting the offer, and it came to naught.
But the contagion has spread to the
sister troop of the Chicago Hussars,
and many of that body are now con
sidering similar offers to those made
Individually to the Black Hussar.
Since Gomez's arrival the talk among
the more warlike of the Hussars about
Cuba has broken out afresh.
Mrs. Bartlett Dead.
Iondon. March 16. Mrs. Kills Kartlett,
daughter of the late John King Ashmead,
of Philadelphia, died today at Turnbrldge,
Wells, In the elghtierii year of her ago.
Shu was the mother ef Sir Eill Aihmead
i ..'
Bartlett, M. P.. some time a civilian lord
of lh admiralty, und W. I.. Ashmeud
Bartlett. M. 1'., who, In ISNl, married
Baroness Burdett-i'outts, whose name he
assumed. . -
DAKOTA NEWSPAPER WAR.
Plank I ng ton Editors Take I'p the Fight
of McBride of the Milehell Mall.
Chamberlain. 8. D.. March 15. The
situation is becoming squally In Aurora
county over the sacking and burning of
the Mitchell Mail ofllce.and the regulurs
may have to be called out. After the
destruction of his office Kill tor McBride
went to PlunkiiiKton, twenty miles from
Mitchell and two of the newspapers
there promptly took ut his tight, the
Stuiidutd in Its regular edition being
particularly bitter In its attack upon
the participants. An extra edition of.
that paper was issued by McBride and
in It another attack was made upon
the former s (Mitchell's) enemy.
It has been Intimated by some one In
Mitchell that the next bonfire would oc
cur at Plankington. Captain Andrews,
of the Standard, going Ukii the sup
position that the alleged threat was In
tended for bl m. In this week's Issue of
his paper, refers to the matter and says
that the local undertaker has on his
hands a good supply of colHns, and that
If an attempt Is made to carry out the
alleged threat of burning him out those
who attempt It need not carry coflins
with them, as the expense of Interment
Is as cheap In Plankington as In Mit
chell. M'KIM.KV THE LEAD.
Gaining ltelcgate In Various States.
Chances of Keed. Morton and Other
Candidates-View of the Situation.
Jamestown. N. Y., March 13. The first
Chatauquu district to elect delegates
to the Republican state convention was
held In this city yesterday. A resolu
tion was adputed directing the dele
gates to vote against Instructing the
delegates at large from this state to
the St. I.ouls convention for any can
didate except McKlnley, und to vote
against any candidates for delegates
at large to the St. Kouls convention
who were not -supporters of William
McKlnley.
A poll was taken of the 105 delegates
In the convention on tilth preference
for president: 104 of them were for Mc
Klnley and one for Morton.
N QUAY'S PASTLRK.
York. Pa March 15. The Republi
can primaries to elect delegates to the
county convention to name national
de.legutes were held lust night and in
interest exceeded those' of some regu
lar elections. The Pule and Shlndel
fait Ions fought hard. In-. Junics A.
Hale carried the city 19 to 13. The Pale
delegate carried the city 19 to IX The
county Is rather Indefinite us yet, but
Shlndel is believed to have secured
twenty-two mujority out of US dele
gales, representing the fifty-nine dis
tricts so far heard from. There are
ninety-two districts In the county.
There Is no doubt that the sentiment
Is lurgely lu favor of McKlnley. Quay
falls uwuy below him.
FOB. TH K MA1NK MAN.
Providence, R. I.. March 15. The Re
publican machine leaders In this state
have selected a delegation of eight to
the national convention, headed by ex
Mayor Gluey, of Providence, and all are
solid for Speaker Ueed for president.
The leaders say Rhode lslund's delega
tion will support the Maine man as
'long as there is hope, but they admit
that in their opinion neither Reed nor
McKlnley will be nominated.
LEADING MORTON.
Bit (Tn to. March 15. The Republican
congressional conventions yesterday re
sulted III the selection of McKlnley
delegates from the Thirty-third dis
trict. The Thirty-second district con
vention was In favor of Morton. A
resolution was adopted instructing the
delegates to support McKlnley as sec
ond choice.
AS SKCOND CHOICR
Ooiiveneur. N. Y.. March 15. As a re
sult of the uniform Republican cau
cuses held throughout St. Lawrence
county yesterday Hon. W. U Proctor,
of Ogdeusburg. will represent this end
of the district In the next national con
vention. The other delegate will be W.
W. Worden, of Saratoga Springs. Both
are "machine" men. In caucuses
wherever expressions are taken Gover
nor Morton hud a majority with ex
Goverhor McKlnley us second choice.
The hutiouul convention delegates will
go unimstructed.
COINAGE 1GNORKD.
St. Louis, Mo.. March 15. In twelve
counties yesterday conventions were
held to select delegates to slate and (,-on-givssionul
conventions. Ten conven
tions passed resolutions favoring Mc
Klnley for president, ami one was non
commiliul. In Caldwell county no in
structions were given, but a poll of Ihe
delegates showed 92 for McKlnley. S for
Lincoln and 2 for Reed. The coinage
question was geiiorully Ignored.
GIANT POWDER EXPLODES.
I our Men killed and Three Wounded at
, Kossland.
Spokane. Wash.. March 15. A special
from Rossland. It. C., says: A dis-nstp-ms
accident occurred at the Cen
ter Star mine here yesteiTiay afternoon
from the explosion of two boxes of giant
powder. As a result four men are al
ready dead and two more fatally In
jured. The accident occurred through
an explosion of powder which they were
thawing in a hot water tank, in a. cross
cut about seventy feet from the mouth
of the tunnel.
The cause of the accident Is yet a
mystery, as the only mun who knows
how the powder became Ignited, lies
at the point of death. Klght men were
at work In the mine at the time, and,
with the exception of two, all will per
ish. ' SONG AT PITTSBURG.-
Twenty-Six HundroJ Voeatlsts to Attend
, - the Snengarfest.
Pittsburg, Pa.. March 15. The entries
for the twenty-eighth na-Wonal sa'enger
fest4.whlch is to be held In Pittsburg in
June, have closed, with 111 societies on
the list. Secretary C. Saam has no"t re
ceived a complete roster of the Indi
vidual singers, but, making a fair esti
mate, there will be about 2.600 singers.
This guarantees that the Pittsburg
fest will be one of the largest ever held.
At the fest held In Cleveland, O.. In
1893, there were but seventy-six socle
ties represented.
Death of a I'enian Leader.
San Francisco, Col., 'March 13. Major
John C. Canty, the Fenian leader, died
at Oakland yesterday. Canty usslsteil In
planning the invasion of Canada by Irish
men in WiH.
Tho Allison Boom.
Los Angeles, Cat., March 15. The Alli
son boom was formally opened here yes
terday by Hon. John C. Clarkson, of Iowa,
who is Inuring California for the Interest
of his candidate.
Sulolde at Thirty-Foar.
Raston, Pa.. March 13. Will. am Ihrle.
aged 31 years, committed suicide this
morning by cutting his throat. He leaves
a wife and three children.
HEARD IN FOREIGN LANDS
England und Germany Are Becoming
Fiicidly Again.
ABYSSINIAN KING'S DEMANDS
Terms I'pon Whisk Ue Will Make Peaee
with Italy The Dignity ut the
Monarch Is to Be Keooguliod.
Other Foreign Topics. .
Reriln, March 15. Count Goluchow
skl, Austrian minister of furelffn affairs,
has returned from Vienna from his vis
it to Berlin. The result of the Aus
Jrlan foreign minister's mission here
have become distinctly visible in the
changed tone of the semi-official press
In regard to the relations between Ger
many mid England. The Cuesmens de
ny that any differences have existed
between the g6vernmeiitM at Berlin and
London or else to ignore the fact of
theie having been any ntruin In their
relations which threatened a definite
enstrangement of the two countries.
The semi-official newspapers In Austria-Hungary,
boast of the success of
Count Goliu hovnkl In achieving a per
fect understanding with the German
emiieror in regard to the relations be
tween the Orel bund and Knglaml and
also upon other questions The Pest her
Lloyd suys that the Dreibund is sare
and hits the corollary of the friendli
ness of Knglaml.
As regards the prosecution of the
Abyssinian campaign by Italy tlfe Aus-tro-German
official view of the matter
has undergone a change. Instead of ad
vising the continuance of active opera
tions In Africa until a nlg;nal victory
shall vindicate the prowess of Italy it Is
now held thut it would be better to limit
the scope of Italian occupation In Africa
to the trlungle formed by Asmara, Ker
en and Mussowuh, hold the line to Kus
Hiila und muko peace with King Mene
lik. This plun, it Is expected here, will
be the substance of the opening com
munication of the Marquis l Rudinl,
the new Italian premier to the Itulian
chambers upon their assembling this
week.
KINO MKNK I.IK'S DRMANDS.
Rome, March 15. The Ti lhuna says
that the proposals of the Abyssinian
King Meiielik for peace with Italy In
clude u demund thut King Humbert
send him an autograph letter requesting
peuce and agreeing to the Immediate
evacuation of Adlgrnt by the Italians.
Menelik, the paper says, further insists
on the withdrawal of Italy's forces to
the frontiers fixed In the treaty conclud
ed by Kcciall, and an agreement on the
part of Italy to refrain from erecting
new fortresses and to decline all offers
of an ulliunce from an outside colony.
Menelik, the Tribuua says, promises If
these conditions ure complied with to
undertake to oppose any advance by the
Dervishes on Kassulu.
NO HOPE FOR CHRISTIANITY.
The Turks Are petermined to Abolish the
Religion-Shocking Treatment of Sur
vivors of the ttelgn of Terror.
London, March 15. -The L'nlted Press
correspondent at Constantinople sends
the following:
Later news from Harpoot shows thnt
In the Vlllayet at least some sort of
orders huve gone out to discountenance
the forced conversions When the au
thorities from Harpoot telegraphed to
Constantinople for instructions the re
ply came: "Do not use force to con
vert," The local governor Interpreted the or
ders libcrutly ami even announced thut
every one wus to returi:.
This change, however, Is only In the
cities and large towns; In the villuges
and humlets such orders will have no
effect.
Information from various points In
the provinces of Slvas, llurpoot, Dlnr
bekr. Wills and Van shows thut the
process of rot-Hug Christiana to become
Moslems is still In active progress.
Tlie purpose to abolish Christianity Is
pressed forward with the whole force of
the government, by the indirect menus
of depriving the Christian communities
of their men of influence, who huve
survived the massacres. In every town
or clly where the massacres occurred,
arrests of such men are now in progress.
No charges are preferred against the
men urrested.
Another indirect method of destroying
the Chrlstlun communities in these de
vastated provinces Is the degradation
of womanhood among the Christian
communities. A systematic debauch
ery of Chrlstlun women Is curried on In
nearly ull the devastated districts. It
is as If the Turks wish to muke sure
that the women, always conservative
In mutters of religion, shall lose their
self-respect, anil the grounds of their
religious hope. They therefore seize
the Chrlstlun women, day ufter day.aud
week after .week, and assault thom
with Impunity. .'
Alas, it seems that the Christian gov
ernments are powerless In the presence
of the beggared nation of nine millions
of Turks, or they are unwilling to tuke
any peremptory lneasures to prevent
Chrlstirnlty from being crushed out of
certain narts of the Turkish empire.
Surely, they might take so simple a
measure as to appoint consuls to reside
In the principal cities of the provinces.
The mere residence of a consul will
stop a host of Infamies, which the
Turks ordinarily dare to commit only
when they think they can deny them
with Impunity.
KE STICKY DEADLOCK.
Last Ballot Is Liable to Cause Serious
Tronble-Troopa Ordered to the Scene.
Populist Poor tlolds Key to situation.
Frankfort. Ky.. March 15. Tonight's
trains brought In a good sized j-rowd-
of. politicians -of both parries, wm are
her to witness tomorrow's struggle
over the Benatorshlp. It Is conceded
on all sides that the fifty-second ballot
will lie a.tt-tie forecast of the final re
sult, and the excitement ami suspense
over It is painful In the extreme. In
addition to the orders which Governor
Bradley has given Sheriff Armstong for
the swearing in of a large force of dep
uties, who are expected to assist in
preserving the peace, a detachment of
the state militia is also expected to
arrive at 10 o'clock to take a hand along
the same line.
Word came here tonight from Ia-x-Ington
that the members of Company
It, of the state- guard, located there,
were put under orders) today to re
port at the company's armory tomor
row at 7 o'clock, to be ready to receive
marching orders, and as there Is no
trouble anywhere else thl is taken to
mean thut military aid hus been evoked.
Senator Rluckburn spent Hundny ut
his headquarters surrounded all day
by his personal lieutenant and a num
ber of military men. Mr. Hoyle was
also conspicuous at his headquarters
and his lieutenants were particularly
active all duy.
Populist Poor, It Is conceded, holds
Jhe key to the Pituatlon-.iorrrorrow so
far as the ballot is concerned, and as
he has flirted with both parties during
the session, he Is a much watched Indiv
idual Just.tnow. He came here strongly
THE mm THIS MORNING.
Weather ladkatleas Teday I
Kala er Snow ; Slightly Warmer.
1 (Maceo Again Outwits the Spaniards.
Booth's New Army is Named.
Topics of Other Climes.
TIhj Presidetlul Horison.
Turks Determined to Abolish Chris
tianity. (
3 Congressional Forecast of the Week.
Uenerul Market and Stock quotations.
3 Yesterday's Services In ftcranton's
Churches.
Bishop llobun to Be Consecrated Next
(Sunday.
4 Kdltorlal Comment. ". ''
The Paulson Room. ,v,
5 List of Those Who Were Fortunate In
Receiving Licenses.
Toughs Huve a Pitched Rattle.
4'. Smith's Attack on J ml Re Ounster.
Mail Wagon Driver Censured.
8 "The 8ecret of the Heart" (Continued).
7 Happenings in Our Husy Suburbs,
(juurterly Meeting of Calvlnistio Meth
odists. g News Vp and Down the Valley.
Railroad News.
Inclined to the Republican side, but he
cut loose from them some time ago,
since which he has been what he him
self terms a free lance, voting ot rlrst
for Hlackhurn but lately again at ran
dom, so that he keeps both sides In the
dark. If lie votes for Hoyle tomorrow.
Senators James and Walton will be
voted and the Royle men are confident
Lieutenant Governor Worthlngton will
declare an election on sixty-nine votes,
notwithstanding his ruling on former
occasions that seventy votes were re
quired. Lexington. Ky., March 15. Governor
Bradley ordered out troops at 10 o'clock
touiicht. directing Colonel Gulther to
bring them to Frankfort nt once on a
special train. They will depart as soon
as the men can be notified.
SUICIDE FOLLOWS MLRDER.
Memettv killed His Stepdaughter and
Then llimself-llis Infatuatioa for the
Girl the Cause of the Tragedy. Which
Took Place in Yonkers.
New York, March 15. Much excite
ment was caused In Yonkers yesterday
by the shooting of Mary Nitkowsky by
her step-father, and the suicide of tin;
murderer, Alexander Nemctty. The
lutter was the proprietor of a meut
murket at No. 240 Ashburton avenue,
and with his wife and four children oc
cupied two rooms back of the store.
The room Immediately In the rear of
the store was used by the family ns
a sleeping apartment, while the room
buck of thut answered the double pur
pose of kitchen and dining-room. It
was In this room thnt the' shooting
took pluce.
There hail been trouble between Ne
metty nnd his wife for some time past
over the attentions which the man had
been paying his wife's daughter. The
girl hud always repulsed the advutices
of her step-father.
About 8.45 o'clock yesterday morning
neighbors were startled by four shots
fired III rapid succession. Detectives
Cooley nnd Curroll heard the shooting
nnd hastened to the meat market In
time to meet Mrs. Nenietly as she ran
from the pluce. crying that her hus
band had murdered her daughter. The
detectives stopped '" woman u nil went
with her Into the store and found that
the door leuding into the bedroom wus
locked. This they forced, and found
Mary Nitkowsky lying on the kitchen
floor neur the door which lends Into the
buckvurd. Nemctty was sitting upright
In another corner, still holding a smok
ing revolver and muttering to himself
in litingurinn. Immediately ufter the
otllcers entered, the man fell over on
his buck nnd died.
Coroner Miles was summoned, nnd he
ordered that the bodies be removed to
Veltch's morgue, where an Inquest will
be held at 10 o'clock this morning.
There wus a pathetic scene when the
undertaker's men came to remove the
body of the girl to the morgue. Then
the mother became frantic, and It was
with great dllllculty that she wus quiet
ed. This was accomplished only when
the coroner promised the woman that
the body would be returned to her after
the Inquest..
The reserve forces of the Yonkers po
lice were ordered out, und they hud
great ditlicully In dispersing; the people
Who thronged the street.
From evidence given by Letza Nemct
ty. the brother of the murderer. It was
learned thut the family had opened the
meat market about three weeks ugo,
and that they had been doing a thriv
ing business. Mary Wltkowsky was
employed by, one of the cnret mills in
the town auif bad prepared to go to
work as usual yesterday morning when
her stepfather told her she must remain
at-luime and obey his orders. This the
girl refused to do, nnd when the man
seized her by the urm she struggled to
free herself.
Nemetly became enrnped at tills nnd
drew his revolver. Placing the muzzle
of the weapon close to the breast of his
victim he pulled the trigger and the
ball passed through the girl's heart,
and caused her almost immediate death.
Nemetty then turned the revolver upon
himself, und lired two shots, one of
which entered his heart and Ihe other
penetrated the left lung. After he bad
fallen to the Hour he raised himself to
a sitting posture and fired a lust shot
ut the dead body of bis stepdaughter.
The bullet flew wild, nnd. striking the
stove, glanced, and was found by the
officers before they left the house.
TRAOF.DY AT SKNLCA FALLS.
Thomas .Pelkluroi a rolehmaa, shoots
r " Minnie Manclle.
Seneca Falls. N. Y.. March 1."). A ter
rible double tragedy occurred here this
morning. Thomas Pelkiton. a coach
man, shot Miss Minnie Manzelle, a
servant, nt the residence of P.dward
Mynderse, In the northern part of the
town.
Pelkiton had lately been pnying at
tentions to the young woman, but she
refused to receive them from him. as
he was considered a disreputable char
acter. Yesterday morning she refused
to ride with him, and since then he had
been drinking considerable. This
innming he went to Mynderse's house,
and after shooting Miss Manzelle twice
in the head, blew his own brains out.
Heavy iSnow I nil.
Aitoona, Pa.. Mftrch 15. With twenty
Inches fif snow on the ground in this sec
tion, a high wind in the mountain dis
tricts and 1he snow still fulling heavily,
the Pennsylvania Railroad company ap
prehends tronlile in getting trains over the
mountain, if the snow ami wind con
tinue all night tratlln will surely lie block
aded. Hre at York.
York. Pa.. March 15. -The office of the
Age, York's letnoeratlc evening paper,
owned and edited by Kilward Stuck, was
dumnged by tire, believed to be of in
cendiary origin this morning. The loss
Is not severe, It is thought. -The damage
to machinery cannot be ascertained as
yet. I ,
BOOTH'S HEW ARMY NAMED
It Is to Be Called God's American
Volunteers.
FLAG . OP THE ORGANIZATION
A Whit Banner with Blue Trimmings.
Colonel Nieol's Hasty P pert ure for
Englaad-Jlalllugton Booth Coa- .
trsdlets Certain Statements.
New York. March 15. Mr. and Mrs.
Balllngton Booth huve nt length decid
ed upon the name of their new religious
movement. Thenatne they huve adopt
ed Is "Ood's American Volunteers." Al
though the name carries with it to the
fullest extent the national sentiment
with which Mr. Hooth Is anxious to sur
round his new organization, it hus al
reudy been said In several quarters that
the name is not sufficiently distinctive.
Mr. Hooth, replying- to these criticisms
yesterday, said that he was anxluus
that his organization should be known
as the "fi. A. V.," in Imitation of the
"tl. A. K.." the Initials of the Oram!
Army of tho Itepublic. The details of
the uniforms of the officers and sol
diers of the new movement have not
yet been completed. 1 1 was said yester
day, however, that these details would
be forthcoming tomorrow.
STANDARD OF TIIK ARMY.
The articles of the new organization
are being rapidly completed, and yes
terday at a meeting; ot the administra
tion nt the Hlble house headquarters
the following resolution was formally
adopted :
The standard of the O. A. V. Re
solved, that the standard of the O. A.
V while being emblematical of the car
dinal principle of the truths In which
we believe and seek to propogute, yet
shull be distinctively Amerlcun. It
shall consist of a white flug, emblemat
ical of purity, containing in Us centre
a large blue stur, typicul of 'Hope.' In
the middle of this star shall be a whito
cross, emblematlcul ot 'sacrifice to
others." In the top corner of the stand
ard nearest the flagstaff shull be whito
sturs on a blue ground, representing
the number or states in the union. Over
the central blue star shall read the mot
to. 'The Lord My Banner." lteneath
the said blue star shall read the words
designating the number of the post to
which the stuudaril i presented. This
standard shall be carried by a- color
sergeant nt the hcail of purades, side
by side with the Amerlcun national ting.
This standard may be preserved by tho
American people for ull time."
Mr. Booth's attention was called to
a cable dispatch from Jjondnn, In which
(lencral Booth Is quoted (is saying that
he had no alternative-, but to stand up
for the discipline of the army, anil
could not except therefrom a member
of his own family, nnd that Command
er llooth's resignation had no been
accepted because his father was even
now pleuillng with Itls sou to return
to the army.
Commenting upon these statements,
Balllngton Booth so lit thut he had nev
er usked the "general to make un excep
tion In his case, anil that he had never
been asked to remain lu the urmy. Mr.
Booth added thut all official communi
cation with his lather hail ceased.
.Mr. Booth was also usked about the
negotiations which have been set oil
foot, with regard to his taking charge
of the National Uospel union, which
has Its headqunrti'i'H in Washington.
In reply to Inquiries) Mr. Booth said
he would be uillintr to accept the
churge If Ihe organlziit ion would agree
to adopt the principles, uniforms nnd
degrees of the new movement.
COLON 10L NICOL'M DF.PARTUKK.
Colonel Nlcol, who was sunt ns u spe
cial commissioner ti this country by
order of Ueneral BiMith. and lias in the
last two weeks been on u tour of In
vestigation in the west, sailed for Kng
laml yesterday morning: on the Cunurd
steamship I. m ania. Colonel Nicol only
arrived lu New York lute on Friday
afternoon from his visit in the west,
and his speedy defmi tare from the
country was totally unexpected. Neith
er Commissioner Kva. Booth tier Com
missioner Carlctiin would speak yes
terday of the reasons for Colonel Nieol's
departure. Both professed to have no
knowledge of the reason for his hurried
leaving. It Is known, however, that a
cnble messHge was awaiting Colonel
Nlcol when lie reached the Fourteenth
street headquarters on Friday after
noon, and the supposition Is that, he
h:us been reculled to confer with Gen
eral BiMilli und to acquaint Mr. ami
Mrs. Booth-Tucker with the prevail
ing conditions ami feelings in this
country before the latter take charge
here.
No new resignations) were announced
yesterday, ulthoimli It was hinted thut
In the early part of this week the numes
of several prominent st-coders from
the urmy would bo niuile public.
FAVORS .METRIC SYSTEM.
Another Scheme to Occupy the Time of
Congressmen Who Believe the Conntrv
Ueslres Tool Legislation
Washington. March 15. An Interest
ing report has been made by Charles
W. Stone, of Pennsylvania, In favor of
a bill for the adopt inn of the Metric
system of weights unil measures, which
has been for some weeks before the
house committee on coinage, weights
and measures.
Referring to the objection thnt the
words und terms of the Metric system
are foreign, and too loll)? for convenient
use, the renly is niuile that the terms
are not simply for A meilcao,ueethey
are for alienations. """ J
iVitr ease with which other nations,
except France, where vacillating legis
lation and revolutionary disorders im
peded the work, huve mude the change
of systems hus Is-cn surprising. Ger
many changed to the? compulsory sys
tem in two years, Austria In three, and
without friction or trouble.
The conclusion reached by the com
mittee Is that the Metric system of
weights und measures should be adopt
ed by the various departments of the
government although not deeming It
wise to change the methods of survey
ing public lands. They recommend,
therefore, that Its ndootion by the de
partments be fixed for July 1. IKM, and
by the national larne coincident with
the dawn of the twentieth century,
January I, 1WH.
siiokta;i: AMI SUICIDIU
Frank Mates Postmaster at kansas City
Shuffles tho Coll..
Washington. March 15. Chief Fost
ofllce Inspector Wheeler received a tele
gram today from Inspectors Sutton and
Keed. Inspecting Kansas City. Kan., of
llce. reporting nn apparent shortage of
SS.900 postal funds. .
Frank Mates, ihe iHistmaster, com
mitted suicide this nun nine.
Pauper's tinotl Fortune.
Cleveland, O.. March 1.". John Francis.
0T. years of upe. un Inmate of Ihe city
poor house, hai fallen heir to $.'W.ii. He
Is a native of Knglund. Word that a rel
ative has died there and that he Is the sole
heir has just received.
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Muslin gowns, tucked and embroid
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Muslin gowns, tucked and Insertion
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89 Cents
Cambrlo gown, tucked yoke, embroid
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Sacque gowns, embroidered frent, col
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$1.10
Cambrlo Sucque gowns, embroidered
and ruffled collar ana cuffs,
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IMMENSE HI.D OF COAL.
Discovery of a Blgv ein in an Abandoned
Mine.
Ilazleton, Pa.. March lfi. An lm
mensc bed of i nal F;iid to be 100 feet
thick, was struck h. Hid Ruck Mountain
colliery Inst night. This Is the tract
which Kckley It. uxc leased before hl
death, and the tliscovery fulfills predic
tions which he iniide.
The colliery bus been abandoned for
tnuiiy years, the former operator be
licvintr that the beds hud been exhaust
ed. lHirins: war times this colliery was
worked to Its fullest capacity, and the
towns surrounding it were of the must
prosperous In the refion.
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