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New
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fmgtt, Taffetas,
IHjIi 1 'It: t
toliU-Mil. JU
Every yard uf these Silks Is new und
represents t he very ileum uf present wu-i-on's
styles. The makes ure the best that
we Know of. ami In imliit of value wo
liave never wen their eipial. Do nut con
found l his SI'KCIAL iil-'l-'KKINli Willi
ulle of our periodic chilling Sllh-S, Whl-il
luive I.e. nine so popular, for H in no way
partakes of that nature. As Is well
known, we have a II nil grip on 1 he silk
rnuikei ut all seasons, an. I If there's .1
bargain looking for u luiyer we'll get our
share of It. Thai's how we came liy these
remarkable values now.
85 PIECES
llaliiitul I'aiiey Wash Silks In an
Immense vurlely of eulur cuiiibiuu-
ItllllS.
Special Price, JPc
30 PIECES
.Small Silks, In Tan, three lirowns,
Mrile, ullve, Iteseda, Nice, Car
nel. I'at'ilinal, Sapphire, lll Uiise,
i irange. Jlais, Ibise, l.uveluJUi..
i ".T rrr, Tiii mill .Ttlli'h," '
Special Price, 25c
20 PIECES
LT-lnch I.a Yulllore Cheeks 111
chaste, blight spring colorings,
suitable for waists, ele. A quality
fully worth Jtie,
Special Price, 28c
15 PIECES
:w-hteh Voiigce Silks 111 the fullow
Iiik attractive fnliirings: Mais. Hid
Itnie, Curdihal, Ituse, Light llllle,
Nile, Marine, Navy, I'rcutn, White,
etc. J-'ull value for 7 V.
Special Price, 4Pc
15 PIECES
22 nnd IM-inrh l-'am-y Stripe Tuffe
tas. In some of the loveliest Unlit
an. I medium color cuitihinutlons yon
ran iniMsihly Imagine. No Letter
wus ever sold lor 1.
Special Price, 79c
18 PIECES
H-lnch Kaney Tuffeta Silks. In Just
us muiiy new an. I striking color
coml. illations. This is a splendid
lot uf $1 Silks.
Special Price, 85c
12 PIECES
All Silk lilaek Pongee. Si) Inches
utile, extra strong anil weighty for
it i esses, waists, ele. CooU value ut
Special Price, 4Pc
10 PIECES
All Silk Satin finish r.rocndc., )
pretty, neal styles, mid a quality
worth CHe.
Special Price, 55c
20 PIECES
22-ineh Waek (Jro-Ornln Silks, with
jii'flty Uroeuilo patterns. In new
deslKiis. We cull tliem kooU value
fur tl.
Special Price, 75c
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Prices. Bscgin Toiay,
L OB E
WARBBOUSE .
MURDER AT PHILADELPHIA
Samuel Lanydun Held to Answer fur
Annie McGrnth's Death.
MYSTE RIOTS LOVB. AITAIK
Young filrl Thunfiht to Uov Been
.Murdered by a Man with Whom
She lluU Ksldcd
rhila.lclphiu. Xlun li 24.-The llmling
fr the luiily ut it yoiiiis Rh'l yrsli-rduy
-vcnltiK ii'veulcd the old (lmy of tlu
1 1 1 it-it love between a man and a wo
man, mid has hrotiKht a man within the
.-hailow of the aeciiHutioti of the terrilile
c-rinip of murder. The body was that
if a yountr Rirl named Annie AlcfJrath,
ami the man with whom she lived as a
wife? Is Samuel P. hangdon. Laiiilciii
Is a mail of ulinut CO years of utse, and
M'itiiled a iinnltlon of consldeiahle
in omlii.-iii e In financial mid business
ircles In rhlladelidiiu and the state.
le Is president of the I'nited I 'ollleries
('innpaiiy. a bit iiinltions mining com
luiny: president uf the Allooini and
I'liilllpsbiitK ciiiinectlnK railroad, and
was formerly presbleiil of I he Alloonu,
b-arlleld and Northern railroad. Uc
;bles these coiiimuiiIi'S he has other va
1 i.il interests In the bltiuriinoiis coal
rt-plons of reiiiisylvanlit.
Although he lived with Miss .Mo
(rath us her husband, l.tumilon bus a
wife und a Kmwn mm and duiiKhier,
l.ut he has not lived with his b-sal wife
for some time.
Tonight l.anson occupies a cell In the
'ntr.il police slut Win, and the police
iire workiiiK on the tnysleriuiis ninnner
of the Kill's death.
About six weeks iiko LunRiloii renleil
a i nniforlable little house at '2K (iirard
it venue. The hmiwe wus furnished in
an expensive manner and then l.aiiRdnn
took u;i his resilience In it with mi cx
ecdiiiKl.v pretty ulrl of about IS years
of aire, whom he staled wus his wife.
I.unh'Ioii looks fully his years and
the youth ami beauty of Die yumm wn
tii.'in caused llie i iiuple to be eonslder
iihly talked about In the nelnlilini lioo.l.
They neither sotiKhl nor seemed to
Wish lo make imv aeitiainttiiices, and
tliey were variously known by their
in Uhliots under th names of Mcfirath,
Mrlioiialil and l.aliKdon. The couple
were l'rciic nlly ubsent from the house
I liree uiiil four days out of the week and
it was iinderstiMiil thai the man hud
tiiislness Interests that took him away i
from the city freiiuently und that his
wife went witli It ill,
SYMPTOMS OF TIMM'P.I.K.
A colored Kill named llertlia Stewart
was employed as a servant. '.Mrs.
1 .amnion" came down to bieiikfast on
Sunday 111011111117 in her usual uood i
lieallh. Al dinner she complained of
fi-elintr unwell ami later In the uf lor- i
mini the servant girl heard her moan- j
ine, in her room on the second floor. 1
l.andoii told tin- Kill that there was I
110 occasion to disturb his wife as she
was sun. I'lni; only 1 1 1 nn a bilious at
tack. Hie servant did not h.i near her
niisttess' iiiont iiwlii lliat day. About
Ti ojeloi k yesli' riiay iil'lirniioii '.ujiuiluui.
:ioie iii 11 mails wiin a valise 111 nis
tiiind. And lolil licrtha Hint lie wus
point' to New Vork mid that she need
not worry about his wife, who still
was unwell from biliousness. I.umtiloii
linn left the house. Uinnl S o'clock
lost lilubt lierlha bec'ume iilurmed at
.Mrs. J.uiicdon's iulet. tiolni; to Hie
loom on lb" Heiond ll 11 ir. she looked
In mid saw Mrs. lampion lyiutf on Hie
floor, fully dressed. Her feet were
crossed, there was 11 lowel over her
face and her attitude was so quiet Hint
licrtha was frlKtilened. She sniilched
the lowel from thiirlrl's face ami even
to the colored u moan's untrained eye
one fclnnce was Slllliclellt to show her
that she looked upon death.
Thoroughly seared Mertha lied from
the house and went to (he homo of her
I'l'olher. with whom she returned to
tin- tiirard avenue residence. A phy
sician wus then summoned and he, af
ter mi ('Natulan t Inn of the body. Kve
it us Ids oolnlon that Hie woman had
been dead fully twenty-four hours be
fore he was called In. The Police were
untitled und from some letters and other
things found in the house they easily
learned tile Identity of the couple,
A noi'lil.K I.IFK,
The Kill was the datiKhtcr of a press
man on one of the dally papers here.
Jt seems thut when she was supHiseil
to have been traveling with l.annilmi
she was reully nt her father's house.
To her parents she had some plausible
tale of a situation that required her
absence from home, ami thus she was
euubled to be with Ijllltfiloll. She was
Hlso en refill to never appear at her
father's house urrayed in the hundsoine
rtresses ami Jewelry Willi which I.uiir
loit supplied her. Just when mid where
fin- Kirl met I.aiiKdon and how Iouk
her cnnnectlon with hltn has existed is
known only to the mnn nt present.
The revelation of his daughter's de
ceit and downfall i inne With n peculiar
ly terrible shock to her father, for a
year or so hko. his son shot mill killed
his X-year-old duiiKhter, mid then com
mitted suicide. The police easily
learned that laitiRdon had an office In !
the lrexe buibiiiiK. A detective went
there tills morning and put l.utiKdori
under arrest ami took him lo the Cen
tral jiolice station, where he now Is.
Willi their usual pulley the pilice it re
mukitiK us much of a mystery of the
affair as they run. and are kIMiik nut
very little Information. They refuse to
Kive the eli(irK upon which ! -a nation
is urrested und simply say thai, us he
was the lust person sen with the girl
when she was alive, he Is being held to
await the coroner's action. The detee
tlve who arrested l,uiiKdnu stated that
the latter told him Hint he went to the
house on Sunday niorniiiK and re
mained all day. He said Hint the plrl
was taken sick hi the afternoon, but
thut he hud fallen nsli-ep mid did not
nwake until 11 o'clock Monday morn
ing. He thought the girl wus sleeping
and dirt not disturb her when he left
the house. Last night he stopped nt a
hotel, nnd said he was astonished to
read In today's papers an account of
the Kill's death, lleyond this practical
ly, hut little has been told by the police.
They admit that there Is no external
evidence of violence upon the rIiTh
liody, and that the autopsy alone will
reveal the cause of her death.
An analysis has been made of the
Kill's stomach by an expert chemist,
but the result Is known only to the
police. In addition to i.niiKdon, Itertha
Stewart, the servant clrl, is locked tip
a a witness.
LANGDON'S HISTORY.
-Samuel P. Ijihgdon is the son of
lib hard Iangdnn, who, in his lifetime,
was the wealthiest bituminous coal
operator In central Pennsylvania.
Samuel Langrion was born In Hunting
don, Pa., and wan at first. In business
in this city with his father, but he early
in life branched out In the coal business
Tor himself. When his father died he
received a considerable fortune and
controlled Inrge coal Interests. In 1890
lie organized and Incorporated under
the laws of New Jersey the linllsrt f'nl.
lleries company. The company had an
authorized capital or JiTji.imm, and $m.
UOu wus paid In. The plants of the com
pany nre located in t'leartleld und Hert
ford counties, this state, l.angdoii wus
opposed to the Pennsylvania, Kuilroad
company, und some time ugo organ
ized und built the Alumna ami Phillips
burg connecting railorud. This road
connects with his mines and the iteeili
Creek ruilroad. and t'ave the product of
Ills collieries uu outlet to tidewater over
the KeadliiK railroad. I.angdon was
thought to have Inst considerable money
in recent years and his liiiunciul stand
ing Is said to have been not jooil re
cently. He wus brought Into unpleas
ant promnience a yeuror so ugo through
the wild escapades of his son. The
young man was very extravagant, and
his careless use of other peoples' money
lauded hint into a reformatory. Since
his separation from his legal wife
i.angdon has had no fixed residence in
Philadelphia.
HKATII FHO.M POISON.
Despite the efforts of the police nt
concealment, enough leaked out tonight
to show pretty conclusively that Miss
Mcdratli wus killed by poison. Whether
this poison was self-iulministcred or
not. l.miKdoii probably only knows, un
less he has told the police the full story.
Thut he watched by the girl during her
death aftonies Is brought to light in
rather u peculiar wuy. l.ungdon had
ulwuys been a precise und methodical
man. und this I rait of his life cropped
out even In the face of dcHth, for he
made a memorandum of the exuet hour
of the Kill's deuih. This memorandum
was found upon him.
Now that the exposure has come. It
is hinted that behind the honorable
front liUimdon presented to the world,
he was a man of dissolute habits, and
thut he wus intimate with other women
besides the MHlrath girl. Lust August
Laiigdon went to Indian Territory to
procure a divorce from his wife on the
ground of Ini'i.nioatllilllty of temper.
Mrs. Langdoti und her daughter are
now living with her parents near Pitts
burg. MEKTIXti OFHK A. V. A.
The Advisory Hoard Mups nut 11 Politicul
lanipulfiii -An Article for the ( onstita
tion. Washington. March 24.-The advisory
liourd of the American Protective asso
ciation began its session lure today.
The meetings to follow will be devoted
to promulgating u political campaign
lor the coming elections. All the mem
bers of the board have not yet arrived
ami no definite action on uny matter
bus yet been taken. The sessions of
the hourd are secret und no authorita
tive .statement of the subjects lo be
considered can be definitely given. It
Is said tonight however, that one Im
portant subject which will come up is
the resolution of Kepresenlative Lin
ton, regarding iion-secturlan appropri
ations by emigres. The proposition of
Mr. Linton Is to add the Mlowlng new
articles to the cniisittulinu:
Article XVI.--Neither eongreis nor any
slute shall pass uny law respecting an
establishment of religion, or iruhllllliiu
the live exercise thereof, or use the prop
erly or credit of the t iilled Stats or of
any stale, or uny money raised by taxa
I ion or authorizing them to be used, lor
the purpose uf foiiiiiliiiu. maintaining, or
niiling. by appropriation payment 'or
f-et vli i .S. l ielles or otherwise, any
rflUTrtf. TPHiftmiw rtmompmtton or relig
ions society, or any insliliilioii, society
or iinilertakiiig, which is wholly or in pan
miller sectarian or eeeleslasl leal control.
This resolution, It is stated, will be en
dorsed ami congress will he requested
to pass it. Outside of this Hie board Is
expected to deal with political subjects
wholly.
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.WITHSTOOD Till: TF.ST.
farnesle Armor for Russian Vessels
Proves Satisfactory.
Washington. March 24. A nickel
steel HaVeyl.ed sample plan-, repre
senting Hie ii-iuch armor inn till fact u red
by the Carnegie company for the Itus
sian government was tested ut the
naval pioving ground, Indian Head,
.Md.. today by Captain Sampson, chief
of the bureau of ordnance anil his as
sistants ut the request of the Itussliin
government.
Six shots were llred nt the plate nt a
velocity of 1.7ml feet per second. Five
id' the shots were from a four-Inch gun
and one from a live-Inch gun. The
plate withstood the shot und passed
tile test successfully.
A test was also tniule for the navy
department of the liashiell recoil car
riage lor the live-inch rapid lire gun.
Four shots were fired, the cat t inge act
ing well ut each discharge.
last hodyIrkcovkkkd.
Thirteenth Victim uf the Illinois Mine
Hisiistcr Drought to the Surface.
Dubois, Pa.. .March 24. The last body
of the thirteen victims of yesterday's
mine disaster was recovered this morn
ing. The explosion, it is IcUI'lleil, wus
cuused by mine dust. The company of
liclals are all here, and ale making
preparations at the company's expense
for Hie funeral of the victims.
The condition of the remains show
the explosion to have been of unusual
force, many of the bodies being horribly
mangled ami torn. Twelve families of
the deceased are without support und
nil are In poor circumstances.
Pennsylvania Hircctors.
Philadelphia, March 21. At the annual
election for directors of the Pennsyl
vania Kallroinl company today the result
was the re-election of the present board,
vist.: (lenrge It. Itoberts, A. ,1. Cussatt,
Alexander M. Pox. Clement A, (Irlseoni,
Alexuniler lllilille, lieiijumin H. Comefvs,
N. Parker Shoruidge, Amos l. Lilt!.-,
Henry II. Welsh, William II. liarnea,
William I,. Klklns, Ceoie Wood and '.
Stuart Patterson.
aihollo Church Darned.
Krle, Ph.. .March 24. St. Andrews' Cath
elle church was destroyed by lire today.
The lire occurred during the devotions uti.l
spread so rapidly that only the ultur llx
tures and vestments could be suved. Sev
eral young women risked their lives by
rushing through the smoke und tire to
save the statuary and ultur furniture. Tin;
church wus valued ut $IO,iin0 und wus par
tially Insured.
Oystormnn's Crime.
Alexandria, Va., March 24. Walter Pern,
gory, u young oystermun, futully shot his
sweetheurt, Annie Hooney, through the
ear and then shot himself through the
head on the streets tonight. Peregory
died almost instantly. Hoth were young.
Jealousy Is the supposed cause of the
tragedy,
llnhv .Murdered.
Harrlsbiirg, Pu March 24. An Infant
was dropped upon the Northern Central
railroad truck, neur New Cumberland, tio
duy, A womun hound for llultltnnre, who
wus a passenger on an express train
which had passed a short time before. Is
suspected of the crime. The babe's head
wus crushed by the fall.
Storage House lliirncd.
Chester, Pn., Murch 24. The large rot
ton storage house of I'lhenejicr llirtwell
was destroyed by lire tonight, involving
a loss of about $",il"rt. I'lfieen himdrcl
bales of cotton, owned by Woodward und
Stillmun, of New Vork, were consumed.
The loss is partly covered by insurance.
thane for Thompson.
Lancaster, Pn., March 24. H. I). Thomp
son, who was shot by Miss Hertlo McCon
nell, showed some improvement In his con
dition tonight and now stands some chance
for rapnverv -
STRENGTH DF CANDIDATES
The (iuvcrnur of .Maine Receives
Crumbs uf Comfort.
MK. KERD IS (.AINIXG GKOIND
I ho Delegates in Hand I p to Date-Mr.
Manlcy's letter of Kiplu-uution-Mckinto
Con
trols 154 Votes.
Washington. March 24 Hon. J. II.
Mauley, secretary of the national Ite
piiblii'iiu committee has addressed the
following letter to the governor of
Maine in connection with the claims
thut Hovernor McKlnley. of Ohio, has
already secured a majority of the dele
gates to the St. Louis convention:
The Arlington,
Washington. 1. C. March "4. lxMi.
To Hon. Henry it. Cleaves, tlovernor of I
Maine.
.My Hear llovernor: Including elections
lieiii luimy mere nuve oeeu oeief$aieS
elede.l 10 the national Hepublleuti con
vent ion. There lire 3ti coiilesled cases
I.1..1, rnu it,kl ttt--tt In mil. i-u n.llil:, I li.-
causn It Is unfair to assume how these
euaes will be ilei lded, mther by the na
tional committee or the convention, nt'
the ;i7i delegates fleeted, I:"i4 me-for M '-l
Kiiiley, provided you couerile to I1I111 tb
'1; from Indiana and the Is from Mtmiesot
ta.
Slxlv-four delegates have been elect
for (lovernor .Morton; 1!) for Senator
Wiiuy; III lor Senator Culloiu; 44 for Sen4
ulor Allison, mid 4S for Mr. Keed. .Mr
Heed's strength from now until the con
eiitlun will steadily Increase.
I 11111, Sincerely yours,
J. II. Manley
NRW VOTIK'S SON.
New York, Murch 24. The KcpuhlJ
cans of the Kmplte state today pr
tiutinced emphiiHcally in favor of tin
ernor Levi P. Morton us their (list uiid
only choice for president of the t'nlled
Slates. Hy a vole in Hie ratio of U o I
they voted down an attempt to sedure
u declaration in favor of McK inleyl for
second elioice, uml if the friends of jin.v
other cflnrtiiltite should have iittemi'ited
to secure recognition for him. it Isl'er
laln that they would have I'areil no
better. I
The state convention held In this '.city
today was from beginning to emj an
enthusiastic demonstration In fnviiu of
New York's favorite son, and the e'fl'ort
made In behalf of the Ohio stutesiiau
only served to emphasize the unanliifjty
of the party ill favor of Morton. N
The iiitrodiiction of a resolution (lo
stibstititte il.'miral .Sum Thomas, t
this city, and Mayor Kdgar 1 1. Jewetjt,
of liulTalo, for ex-Senator Thnmus '.
iJlall und Kdward Laulerbach as rtehv-
gate-ut-lurgi to St. Louis und to inv
inv.
Me)
1 Ul.i
Millet the delegation in favor of
Kinley us a secuul chhlce, leil to
only exciting imident of the conven-
Hon. The res.Kution ivus offered by
Thomas ITtchle, of Krooklyn. formerly
supervisor at large of Kings county.
and Us introduction was followed by
an attempt on the part of the McKlu
ey men to create 11 demonstration In
behalf of their favorite. The tippluuse
of L'ou or :iuu delegates und spectators
wus speedily squeli lied by the cheers
of s-veral thoioaml 'Morton men.
Aside from this Incident the proceed
ings of the convention were largely of 11
routine character.
The linuuclul plank of the platform
was us follows:
The ligllat Ion for the five rnhiuue of sil
ver ut the ratio of Hi lo I seriously dis
turbs ull Industrial interests, und culls for
u clear statement of the Itepiiblleaii par
ty's ullllnde upon this question. To the
1 nd lhal t he t rinlu of this country ut home
and abroad may again be placed upon a
sound and stable foundation. We recog
nize in the movement for the free minus-
of silver an attempt lo ilcKiuile the loim
eslahlished Muiulurd of our uionelaiy
syslem, .u.ud hence a blow 10 public titel
prlvnle credit,' ut' once costly to the lair
liiinul government and harmful tu our
doniestle mid foreign commerce.
I'mll there is a prospect of international
nvrer-iueiii us to stiver coinage, and w hile
gold remains the siaudar.l of Hie l ulled
Stales and or the civilized world, the Ite
pulilliaii party of New York declares it
self In lavor of tin- lii'in and honorable,
maintenance of that standard.
M KINLIOV I. FADS QCAY.
niiiiliiigihui. Pa., March 24. The
Huntingdon county Republican con
vention held here today was largely
attended. The vote on presidential
preference resulted as follows: Mc
Klnley, M; Quay, U.I.
Secretary .1. I. Rex. of Hie stale com
mittee was elected a national delegate,
with lower to choose hi own district
conferees. The delegates to the dis
trict convention were Instructed to vote
for .McKlnley u long us his name re
mains before the conference. Dr. Ru
dolph .Myers ami C. K. Hortoit were
elected delegates to the state conven
tion. The convention adopted a resolution
declaring it the tight of every Re
publican In the county to express hi
preference for any candidate; and I hat
the names of all caiididates for I'nited
Slates senator shall be placed on the
ticket.
TUX A3 FOR ALLISON.
Austin, Tex.. March M. The Republi
can state convention which was to have
met here ut noon today did not assem
ble until S o'clock tonight, owing to de
lay in the credentials committee In
passing on contested delegations to do
teitnlne which should participate in Hie
temporary organization. The commit
tee gave the .McKllileyltes a black eye
by seating Allison's delegation from
Sun Antonio and Austin mid Hie Alli
son men tonight claim they have a
chance of tunning ull the delegates to
the national convention tomorrow.
The convention at !.") tonight I a
perfect bedlam, trying to elect u tem
porary chairman, with McKlnley ami
Allison men in nominal Inn. The Mc
Klnley faction lost prestige today for
want of leaders, but they still claim
they will elect three of the four deb
gates. Prominent Allison men are will
ing to concede them two with no in
struction. M KINLKY KNDOIISKP.
Minneapolis, Minn.. March 24. In the
convention hall wherein ltenjamln Har
rison was nominated for the presidency
of the United Stutes, the Republicans
of Minnesota today declared unani
mously for William McKlnley, ns the
next president of the United Stales, re
newert their fidelity to the principles of
the Republican party, declared their
belief In the policy of the i'nited Stutes
as declared hy James Monroe, demand
ed the restoration of the principles of
reciprocity as a national policy, nnd
passed a resolution favoring the use
of both gold uml silver to the extent of
which they can be maintained nt a
parity on the purchasing und debt pay
ing power nnd opposing the free and
unlimited coinage of silver.
At the opening of the convention tills
morning a telegram was read by con
gressman Tawuey from Senator Oush
tnun K. Davis, announcing his retire
ment as a candidate for the president-!,
of the I'nited States. This step 011 the
pnrt of Mr. Diivih was not unexpected
and left everything open for the Me
Kinley men, who immediately took ad
vantage of the gap and carried every
thing before them, which, in Any event,
would probably have been the result.
THE NKWS THIS MORNING. I
WeatheA Indicetlons Today !
Fair; Decidedly Warmer.
1
Suposc4j M ur.lcr ut Philadelphia.
Jto-.t's f hamvs Are brightening.
Spuiiiuvds Shoot Knell other In Cub.t.
Men ling of the A. P. A. ut Washing
ton. tr
'otigresslonul Proceedings.
I Ruoth Cannot He Uecoucilfil.
Iiieiieral .Market and Sunk Reporls,
I News of llio liuilruads.
J (iKicnll Common Pleas Court In Ses
1 siou.
Hood Shows at Present in Rerun ton's
Playhouses.
I Editorial.
Itellel'Hl Political Oosslp.
The Hypnotized Reporter.
(lxjcnlt Matters llefortv the United
States Court.
All Is yulet ut Dunmore.
Republican CouintiliiMti Klectud on
South Side.
Death in the Mines.
I Congressman Cousin's trllllant Ora
tory In Kxeorlation of Ambassador
Hayatd.
Farmers Ixwe liver a Million ft Year.
Duo to Hie 1 lemoctullc Tariff.
' Happenings In Our P.usy Suburbs.
Seclal Meeting of the Poor Hoard.
I (Sports) American Amateur Athletes
111' for I ireece.
Some Fiulsi in bicycles.
Vale's Ci'ey ut llaiiley.
Ruse Hall, bicycle, und General Sport
ing .Miscellany.
I The Decadence of Spain,
The lutest War I 'Intnl.
Female bull l-'bthtcrs.
Noicji on Science and Industry.
10
fStoryl "With Weird Weapons."'
Smooth .Marcus A: lliuinu.
Americans 111 at Fuse.
When it-nl ns Oulcrop.
Wealth of Presidential Candidates.
12 News Up and Down the Valley.
HAK I KANI T STATCi:.
The
Was Model Is Now Heady for In
spection hy the tnnilly.
llarrisburg. Pa., March 24. The
Hurtranft memorial commission met In
the executive chamber today, owing
to Illness In the family, the llartranl'l's
themselves were not present ami was
expected. Mr. Kuckstuhl, the sculp
tor, will stop uml see them on his re
turn from llarrisburg und the question
of likeness will lie left solely to them.
Mr. Kuckstuhl now has u model In wax.
The I'lgoro will represent Henerul Hart
l'uiift as he appeared at the close nf
the war.
It was decided to have the pedcslal
twelve feet high und of red granite,
this color assimilating best with the
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tal will beur the full mime ami rank
of Ueueral 1 htrtrauft. On one of the
kldes will be the inscription "The Hero
of Port Stedinun." It will lie neces
sary to rearrange Hie capital walks and
grounds for the monument.
This afternoon tin- contract for the
llarl ranrt equestrian inoiiiiiiieni in
Capitol park wus mvarded to W. F.
Kuckstuhl. of New York. It will cost
XIX.MIU and -lie twenty-six feet in height
from the ground uml will require uboiit
one year ami a Iftilf to build. It w ill be
of standurd bronze.
DEBS I.N Nile ITLIMT.
Torre Haute chiiieluncn ( hided for Their
Attitude Toward luhor.
Terre Hiiute, hid., March 24. After
the First linplist church auditorium
becunie crowded tonight, as never he
fore, the ushers stepped outside the
doors uml tjiilrt tin hutnlreds who same
that they would not lie aide to Ileal' Ku
gene Debs fell what the church ought
10 do for labor. Debs I not a believer
in t'hiisllauily, but Rev. .Mr. Holme,
in hi invocation, asked divine inspira
tion for what Mr. Delis should say.
Debs snld the church could discuss Un
social mid ecoiiomi uidltlons, if it
were not ufrald. and in thai way assist
tile cause of labor.
lb- said that the church, n an Insti
tution. Is not In sympathy with labor,
und there s a lack of the spirit of the
brol lierhooil of man In the church.
When ministers do talk ubotit labor it
is to inlvise 1 he wage earner not lo
break the law. but the same advice Is
not f.;iveii to the employer who Is n luw
breaker. :ash for cum i-ssion.
Publishers Did Against I ach Other for
the Truth from Holmes.
Philadelphia, Pa.. .March 24. Faults
nre being tniiile by several Philadelphia
ami New Vork publishers to induce
Murderer H. II. Holmes lo make a full
confession and to tell the story of his
life, fine New York publisher began
with an offer of $I.ikhi for a truthful
and tletalleil story of his criminal career
ami gradually Increased It to $."1,111111 be
cause of Hie Indifference of Hie con
demned matt.
Willie Holmes was considering tills
last proposition a rival New Vork news
paper offered him $7.ini Hut for t Insulin-
thing. It I not known whether
lie bus accepted the offer, but he has
been doing a good ileal of willing late-,
ly, the character of which he ha con
cealed. 1HXF.V WANTS DAMAGES.
Hot Cross-Suit Against Aliens tin Holy
fiver "A l ottery of love."
New Orleans. La., March 24. Attgus
tin Ilaly was awakened tit 2 o'clock tills
morning nnd served with a summons in
u. suit for 2.'i.imh) damages, brought by
Henry F. Dlxey. Duly hud on Satur
day brought suit against Dixey, charg
ing him with piracy in playing "The
Lottery of Love," and Dixey now
charges that the accusation is malic
ious und Hlumlf-rou.
He claims to have receipts showing
that be paid $xno to a Sun Francisco
lawyer ns royally to Daly. Daly was
to leave this morning for Mobile ami
the papers hud to be served early to
cutcb him. -
NANCY IS SARCASTIC.
Indiana Womnn' Tort I'ublio keply to a
Husband's Discarding "Ad."
Knglish. Ind., March 24. Samuel W.
C.arvey not I lies his fellow citizens
through the local press that his wife,
Nancy L. Harvey, has. without reason
able provocation, abandoned him, nnd
that he will puy no debts incurred by
her.
Mrs. Harvey writes to Ihe editor to
say: "He need not remind people that
he will not pay," and then Ingeniously
nsks: "Did Sumuel pay for the 'ad.".'
H ho did. Mr. Filitor, give him n re
ceipt uml 1 will labor to frame It for
him as I labored three yeurs lo feed
ami clothe him."
Ilertie Mcf nnncll Will l ive.
Conlesvllle. Pn., March 24. -Miss Her
tin AlcConnell, who shot II. ll. Thomp
son, at lancusler, and then came here
nnd shut herself at her parents' residence,
showed com limed Improvement today and
In all likelihood she will recover
SPANISH SHOOT FRIENDS
Troops Tour u Deadly Tire L'ptHt
Their Conn tides.
SC0KES T:KE SI.AK.HTEKP.D
live Officers Were Wounded -Tho Ex
planation of the I'omiuundors Is
t nsntlafuctory and a Court
Martial Will He Held.
Havana, March 24. Another terrible
mistake, uttended with loss of life nnd
resulting In many soldiers being
wounded, has taken place. In some
manner unexpluined, two column of
Spanish troops opening lire, upon each
other at midday. According to the few
details received here the columns of
troops commanded by General (lodoy
und Colonel llolgtiin, at the Santa Ro
sa plautallun, neur Ksperunzu, prov
ince ot Santa Clara, mutually mistook
each other for insurgent forces, owing,
It Is said, tti the thickness of the sugar
cane. Koch detachment opened lire
upon, t lie other, uml for ten minutes
shots were exchanged, resulting In the
killing of seventeen soldiers, among
them being Lieutenant Colonel Ftten
mayor of the Nuvns battalion. In ad
dition, live otllcers and eighty-four sol
diers were wounded. Two of the latter
have since died, six others are mortally
wounded and thirty-two Hte seriously
injured.
Lieutenant Colonel Fuenmayor died
while leading his troop oil und shout
ing "Lung live Spain."
Owing to the fact that the meeting
between the two columns took place ut
tnbl-day, the explanation furnished by
the Spanish commanders Is considered
unsatisfactory und court-martial will
follow.
.Maximo C.omez has returned west
ward from the province of Santa Clura,
und was encamped yesterday at the
plantation of Moralito, near Union do
Reyes, province of Matunzas. Antonio
Maeeo Is supposed to be tit San Diego de
los 1 la Jos. province of Pltiur del Rio.
Kniique Porto Mutu, an insurgent lead
er, bus surrendered to the police of
Cardenas, province of Mutuuzus. The
authorities of Cardenas have captured
Rufuel Toruyo uml Custmlru Ponce,
who have been uccused of conspiring
against the government.
The explanation given for the rapture
of the three bout, with arms und am
munition ut Varadero, near Ctirdenus,
is thai Collazo. who is understood to
have cominiindeil the expedition, mis
took the landing place uml went ashore
ut Vitruitero Instead of ut the San Anton
canal.
ACTION AT MADRID.
Madrid. March 24. The government
paper, Li National, disavows the un
friendly urtlcle to the I'.ullcd State
which uppeared In tile Kpocu yesterday
und which Were supposed to reflect the
views of Hie Spanish cabinet. Due of
these articles challenges the United
Stales to show Us colors ami deflates
I hut Spuln Is ready to fact- America
with dignity If Ihe latter country de
sire wur. The other reviews possible
Fiiropcun alliances, timling fault with
all of them, but Inclines, to those coiiu
Iries whose interests ute equally op
posed to the Ameridii-JapuileM' claim.
Havana. March II is reported
here Hint the rebel leuder, AlK'-eo, Is
In Ihe province of liuur Del Rio, near
Hie north coast, (jomex Is said to be
moving to Hie eastward. Two political
prisoners who are bow cuiillned In the
Cnbunii fort res will be shot this week.
Washington. March 24. A govern
ment dispatch from Mudibl to the
Spanish minister announces that Col
onel Martin has captured nil Ihe ar
chives ami ilix nnieiits of the Cuban re
public near Sam tl Spititu.
JOKED AUDI T (iAS.
Snppored Clilcuconn 'I hen Pound
Asphyxiated ill St. Joseph, Mo.
St. Joseph, Mo., March 24. An un
known man, who registered ns F. W.
H. Ilulibs, was found deud from as
phyxiation In a lorn at the Hesse house
this morning.
He I about 26 years old. Letters In
hi pocket show thut lie lately came
from Chit ugo und is uu odd fellow. He
entered Ihe hotel lale last night and
when he retired jolted with the clerk
about blowing oin the gas.
STATE NEWS NOTES.
.Indue Craig granted liquor licenses to
all the .Monroe county saloons except one.
The I,eliigh llranlle cumpany of Luzerne
county, capital JlltHi.miil, was chartered yes
terday. Viewers repoiieil In favor of 11 new SU11.
wm bridge over Cluster creek ul Nhiih
street, Chcs:er.
Pulling coal fatally Injured William l!cr
ryiuaii and his son, .lames, In the Kieh
urds mine, at Shnmnkin.
Little John McNollis, at Mlnorsvlllo. a,-.
clileiilally shot his mother, Mrs. John
.Me.N'ollls, in the leg with a pistol.
When a jury ut .Media rendered a verdict
contrary lo Ids Inst ructions yeterday,
Judge Clayton at once set it uside.
Dr. D. S. .Marshall, of Ashland, who
was dangerously poisoned In performing
a pnsl-inorteii examination, in recover
ing. A farmer, near All-mown, John llol
lenstelu, yesterday secured licenses for
the marriage of his -two daughters, uuvd
is uml l.'i years, respectively,
TI.I.I.CRAI'IHC TICKS.
A severe shock of earthquake wa.t felt
at Calais, Me. on Sunday evening.
About ?!.um union glassworkers nllenil'd
a monster ineeilng at Red Key, 1 ml., on
Sunday, but nothing di-llnilc was accom
plished. An explosion at Corey's lorpcdo works
lit Jetrolos, 1 ml., is lielleved to have kill--1
John Owens and William Jluugard, who
are missing.
fettle Wolfe, when nrrcsleil In New
York, was found to have a large lot of line
laep uml ribbon bunging on little hook
on her garters.
The 7MU estate of Chillies W. Henry,
Ihe murdered llrooklyn miser, was yes
terday divided muting ilm heirs, the bad
son getting his share.
The general assignment of F. M. MrF.ir
I i 11 V Son, one of t lie oldest dotl lng houses
in the city of lioehester, bus lii-en tiled.
The nubilities will reach about (2,UUU.
WASHINGTON CHAT.
All appropriations for dry docks have
been stricken from the naval bill.
A pi.nOti monument lo James Monroe,
ul Fredericksburg. VI. , is projected.
niaekburn's sllveiite friends banked his
desk Willi (lowers yesterday ill the senate.
The bill to elect senators by 11 dlr-ct
vote ha been favorably repotied to the
house.
T. W. Roberts, of Maine, hu been np
polnleil consul at Cupe Tow n, Cape Colony,
uml It. II. l.ouy, of Alabama, al Nugales,
.Mexico.
Tlu house naval commit lee has de
cided that it cannot visit the Kcthlclt.-tn
(I'u.) Steel work until after the naval
bill htis been disposed of.
The United Stutes will be represented nt
the coronation of Fmperor Nicholas of
Russia by Major fleneral A. .Mel). Mo
Cook, retired, und Major (leiieral P. Sciiv
en, signal corps, the present military
attache of the legation at Rom
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BUTLER'S COINSIT..
The Populist Chairman I rjcs Silveritei
Not to I use.
Italelgh, N. ('-, March 24.-Ma.lon
Itutler, chairman of the ropullst party
in North Carolina, has issued a circu
lar letter to county chulrmen of the
purty ami to inlliienlial members. In
which he advises Populists not to fuse
or eo-oierate with either Kepiibilcans
or Democrats, hut lo hold llrmly to the
free silver coinage plan.
It Is alleged thut the masses of the
Populists in the stnte stnnU with Chair
man itutler. though it Is alleged by
Republicans uf prominence tht ha hat
lost Influence with the in.
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