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CONVENTION IN AN UPROAR
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.MtKinltites Buttle fur Supremacy
at Austin Texas.
MK. HAKKISOX DKOI'S A HINT
Would Nut Volunteer us a Candidal, but
Mittlit Acu.pt a Nomination if
Drafted -Oilier Newt Concern
1 I hk Political leu Jim.
Austin. Texas. March M. The Ite-
ltll)lll'MII 1-IIIIVelltloll VNelllbled at IV
n'clock tills mm nine; l'UI tlie credentials
committee not being ready to report,
tin- convention adjourned until 1
O'clock.
When ihe convention reassembled at
Mill . to. the committee on credentials
remilteil lliffiu-lnv mil- McKlnlev OroX-
len from forty or fifty counties. A
minority reoort by the McKiuley fac
tion whs ruled out of order by Cuiiey
because It was not prepared In the
committee room. Webb KluhniKau,
amid a terrible uproai offered u sub
stitute for the majority report, but lie.
loo, was ruled out of order. The con
vention at 2 o'clock wus in great con
fusion, but the majority report was
ayivcd to and the elect Inn of delegates
to the St. I.ouls convention was pro
ceed, el wiih. Chairman Cuney nn
noimced that himself ami HYikusoii,
colored. Allison and Makemlcsnli ami
Terrell, while triced meiil hud been
elected. The announcement caused the
wildest excitement and the McKiuley
men attempted to capture the platform.
A row followed in which Webb riun
miKiiu 'was struck on the head nnd
knocked down but the-row was finally
illelled without serious results.
The ivmilur convention, nmid Ki-eiit
opronr. declared adjourned sine die and
the McKlnlcyitcs took possession of the
hall. They organized with U-l dele
1 nates, of whom over one-third were
! colored. A nem o was elected chairman
unit I lie meet ins w us harmonious. A
! sound money ami protection platform
i was adopted. The follow intf McKiuley
! ilclcKaies to the national convention
! were elected' l-'rank Hamlin, of Ans-
i tin; It. F. Smith (col I), of Colorado
' c uy; lir. W. Davis. Fort Worth and
' I'liulriiiiin John i Irani, of the stale ex
I ecutiv committee The convention
then adji timed sin die. Hoth conven
j tion.'. selected two electors each from
the state at lai'Kc.
IIAIMIISoX SPF.AKS.
India impolls, lud.. March I'll. -One of
ileiieral Harrison's most influential 1
worshipers annum iiie imiiana politi
cians was authority today for the state
ment of much significance just now In
the political world. Aueiil Harrison's
IicIiik a receolive i iuullilate. he said, u
letter had been written to the Reiteial
recently by leading Itepiibllcnns of In
diana, usklnu him if he would accept
In i iisc the Si. I.ouls convention notnl
ualeil him.
In reply to this letter, tietiernl llarri
I
son is said to have remarked: "I'.elnp
ill a ft I'd and vnliintccrlnir are two dif
ferent matters." The inference Is that
he would acce.f the Humiliation.
('Inn lesion, w, Va.i March 2tl.-The
..I.. i,. ,. ,, .....in...; ii...... i,.,ii..u l
session, elected two dclcK'iltcs to til
iinliotiul lli'inildlian convention. The
iMeirnies nre uriiiistriicieil. but are for
McKiuley.
ciiii i Mi Ki'iiv di:au.
I lie W ill known I ontiicsslonal Kc porter
fusses A way.
WashliiKton. March . 1 1. F. Mur
phy, chief otticial it porter of the 1'nited
Stales senate, died In this city tonight,
anvil III' years. He '.tail la-en in bad
health for several yeu-s sufferlna from
nervous disorders. I.ust niwlil he hud
an Mjopl' ctlcslrokefrom which he lem
pmWily rallieil, only to succumb at V.4U
o'clock tolllKht.
Mr. Miiruhy becunii connected with
the seiiati in X4s ami hus reinitlued
there conllniionslv since, in 1ST:! IicIiik
appointed chief otlii ial leoorter.
Mr. Murphy reported the proceedings ;
of the famous electoral commission In ',
lsTii. and the absolute accuracy of his !
report in that case us In the numerous i
exciting: debute following the recon-
striicttoii period ninl since, were never
ipiesitoncil.
He leaves n family consisting; of a
wife and several children and two i
brothers. 1 1. I. .Murphy, deputy comniis- j
sinner of pensions, and K. V. Murphy. I
his chief a.'slstant in the senate. The i
interment will take place In I'hiladel-
! phla.
I.I AIM K Kll.l.l l.
llnJ v of I convio Yidiil t xposeJ to View
ill the Streets.
!!'.. 11...1. March '.'-It Is oniciallv n
pill..' that a comliinatlou "f r.lnl
b irc.s taking' advi ilage of th" f.n t
that illy a small lone of S;:iniii
li.ops was s'ntloned in til" cliv of
4".s,ii!i:i i "aru, marched upon th ir pi n
otl iiie night of Mcich 1'J mvl let.
irai i: I i the center of the town, w 1 ci
th-y niaile nn utteni.l fo .ar-r.iv il.e
r-ii.:, t. liinernl Hazau. in comoiaml
if t .- t oops III the city, lucoii". ine-1
m ly l his staff, personally Insptcti d
i ti." oiidi' of dang- r ami so iiisi.si I
of t'.i- unison as to save the city
Tli- i M leader Leonclo Vldal n-;
killo! in front of the arsenal, oivos.it-
thi' :.'a: u. and his body rennfc . (
i: i
lh.- n fnl exposed to public U
the i:i .fiitiiB for several hourr.
t i!nl l as the result of the
are n I known.
Til K EE AIEX KM'I.I I).
w in I
Tl c
tlt-'.t
lUey At Knn iHtwn In the Jersey t'entral
I reieht arjs
Klizuhcth. N. J.. March L'fi. Four men
were run down by a train In the Central
railroad freight yards this morning.
Two were killed instantly and one Is
fatally Injured. They were stealing a
ride, and in alighting from one train ran
in front of another. Deoige M. Lane, of
Providence, It. L. died on the way to the
hospital: John K. Allen, of Ilolyoke.
Mass., Is fatuity hurt.
The other dead man' name l un
known, linger laine. a brother of
(leorge, wus only slightly hurt.
em u;kaxts :om im;.
Prospect of a Banner Year as to Nnio
hers Are Ahead.
Washington, March 26. Colonel
Stump, of the treasury emigration bu
reau, rays the tide of Immigration has
again Is-gnn to flow from F.urope to
this country In considerable volume.
Immigration slacked up during the
winter months, hut the prospects now
are that the number of immigrants'
that will come this spring will eciiial. it
not exceed, the statistics -of previous
years.
WIU. INSPECT AK.MOI K.
Scaators Tillman. Chandler. Bacon and
Ktle to Visit Bethlehem.
l'hllad-lphla. March 26. Senators
Chandler. Tillman. Baron and Kyle,
represnetlng the "onimltlee on naval
affairs, leachid Philadelphia toniclit
nnd will go to Bethlehem tomorrow to
Inspect the armor plate factory at that
point. Tin Ir inspection Brows nut of
the investlsatlon now being condtioted
by the ccnute committee Into the whole
subject of armor plute, its cost, the
patent under which It Is made. a.d
tic- uilvlsiibilil.v of the establishment
In Washington of u plant for the man
ufacture of the plates by the Bovetn
n: lit.
Tlt committee will ri'tnrn tomorrov.'
cvenitiK. and together with the house
uaviil committee will witness the
luillichliij; of the new bultleshlp luwj.
I OK SOl'M) .mom:y.
Massachusetts Will follow tha Lead of
New York.
Huston. March -U. Sound money will
be the slogan of the Massachusetts Ko
publlcan conventinn.
The old Hay state Is the first of the
New Kngland states to hold her con
vention, and she will follow the ex
ample of the Kmulre state and put a
clear and clean-cut nlank In her plat-
1 fnrm tomorrow against cheap money.
0WK.VS WAS SHAWHA1KI).
I.ato I Irorunn on the oinmoJoru Telia
What lla knows About I ilibunlcrtng in
Cuban Boundaries.
Charleston. S. t. March L'C lMwanl
Owens, late tin-mini on the alleged tlll
busteriiiK' steamer, t'ommodore, went
before the Spanish consul here today
and made a slntement resardliiK the
much talked of trip of the Commodore,
lie was Indliiliant because the otllcers
of Hie boat would not nay him more
money, and II seems had also been
drlnklmr. He admitted that he always
knew where the boat really wus koIiik.
but claimed to have been "shang
haied." that Is, shipped to ko to one
port tul then made to ko to another,
ami uvers thut he will prosecute the
orllcers of the Commodore, lie told the
consul today that the Commodore went
straight to Cuba when she left here on
tile lilth. She tried to land at nlfht,
and put her men and arms ashore.
There were thirty-two men. he said,
anion w in. in were General DeSoto
I and six boat oads of titles, machetes
' and ummilliitioii. lie said the luudlliK
! was made lust around a caoe which
I was he thought ill the province of
! Santa Ana. The men on board were
I mostly Americans of Cuban extraction,
Hern ial Desoto being the only man of
I note amontr them. They did not drill
I while on board the Commodore, but
! when they landed they all put on caps
: with Cuban llaxs on them. The Span- j
I Ish consul said that he could take no
, part in the mutter until official recog
nition of Owens' statement had been
tuken
If Owens wished to prosecute i
the utile els or libel the boat, the Span
Ish ".overnmeiit would helo all it could j
utter the case had I een made, ami If the
I'lilt'-u States district attorney would I
start proceedings, Spain would help to
push them. I
Owens consulted a lawyer this after- j
noon ami a libel suit uttalnst the vessel j
will be broiitiht tomorrow. ;
A UK I.ST OF A MOUKI-.
A Pretty lilrl Locked I p Without t'suss
. hv a MnplJ Polleeinnn.
New1 York. March :'.- This Is the
story of no artist's handsome model.
who, not knowim; the customs and
i manners of New Yorkers, spent a night I
in n station house cell, but w hen at'-1
rulKiied in Jefferson Market police court'
today was discharged by .Magistrate:
t rune.
A month aix Julia lliirnard. nil years
i old. came to this city from London,
i llcr symetrii'iil form and the attractive
face won for her a place In the studio
i of Henry Mosler. the well-known hi
j list. As she told the story today, she
! posed all day yesterday for Artist MIs
! jer in his studio In the Carnegie hulld
j I iik. Soon after .". o'clock, ulmosl ex
liausUd from tile long posing, she
started for her home, ut No. 1117 Klghth
' UVCIIUe.
ine corner 01 .Mueiocmn sireei
ami Kindt!) avenue. percelvliiK that the1
j sidewalks were thronged with people,
! and being- tired ami hungry and uurc
j Ions to reach her home, she stepped
into the street and hastened uloiiK,
; oblivious of the (fiances directed ut her
' by I he crowds on the wclk.
I 'reset! i ly boys began to follow her,
laud then men, no doubt, lit trailed by.
; lu r pretty face and the odd spectucle
ot a woman walking In the middle of
the street. Joined in the procession,
When she became aware of the crowd
n her train she stopped and. with some
dismay, looked for n means of escupe.
At that moment I'oliceman Churchill,
r .i,H ,.. 'rwenileth street doIIcc sta-
' Hon. stepped nil and. taking her arm.
I lold her she was under arrest for ills-1
orderly conduct. She w renched herself I
I free and prottsted against the Indiff-1
nil v. but the policeman was nbdurale, 1
mid look her to the station house, I lie I
I crowd following. ,
j When arraigned in court today she'
j Insisted that her nrrest was an out-1
rage. Mr. Mosler was present, and lie I
I explained to Magistrate Crnne that Miss!
Itiirmird was Ignorant of the ways of j
i New Yorkers. She was then ' dls-'
charged, but she could not forgive the!
j policeman, w hom she characterized as i
, "a beastly creature." i
RAILROAD MENMEET.
ne lliousand Persons Attend
Mil
tiathering at t rie.
Krie. 'a., March 28. over I.OuO peo-
pie alt' -tided the union meeting of rall-
road men held in this city this even-
lug. Speeches were made by V. I'. Sar-
gent, grand master of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen; P. Hs Mori I -sey,
ijranil master of the rlrotherhood
of Pullwuy Trainmen: K. K. Clark, j
grand master of the Order of llailwuy i
Conductors: Uelos Kverett, of Cleve- I
land, third grand, engineer of the j
Brotherhood of Locomotive Knglueers: I
Mayor Scott. Mayor-elect Saltsman.
Professor J. It. Burns and other prom
inent citizens of Krie.
This afternoon n secret session was
held at which there was u large at
tendance of delegates and It Is given
out tonight that the sentiment ex
pressed was unanimously in favor of
federation of all the railroad mens' or
ganizations although no action was
taken. A banquet was served by the
wives of the ru 1 1 road men to which
upwards of MM leegate and Invited
guests were seated.
M'C.ONN EEL-THOMPSON CASE.
Parties Concerned In the Shooting Affair
W III l ive.
I.ancaster. Pa.. March 2G.i-lt was
learned today that the hale of Miss
Bertha McConncll, of Coatesville. who
shot Henry Thompson nnd herself. Is
not denil. as was supposed. It Is still
living and is supposed to be at a Phila
delphia baby farm.
Tliooipson had a comfortuble night
and loda he Is fully as strong as yes
terday, with the chances of recovery
Increasing. '
Miss Mi-Council Is Imfirovlnjr. and her
chances for recovery nre now good.
tirtater New Y ork mil Passed.
Albany. N. Y., March 2il. Senntor
lexow's greater New York bill passed the
assembly this afternoon by a vote of
yeas. 91; noes, M. The measure now goes
'-i ffnvernar Morton for his approval.
ANOTHER MAN IN THE CASE
One ritzsimnions Alsu Loved Annie
McCrath.
STKAXCE TALE OP DITLICITY
I he MurJered tilrl Said to Have Had Two
Men at Her Kent-A Jeweler
from West Chester fur
nished Idamonda.
Philadelphia. March 2G. Another fea
ture in the case of Annie MeC.rutli
cropped out today. It appears that,
while practically living upon the boun
ty of one man, she was playing fast unit
loose with another. She passed as the1
niece of one and the promised wife of
the other. She was not averse to titrtu
lion, and It was through her propensity
for his that she met the man to wlioti
she was engaged to be married.
This man was not Lungdou. Ilia
name Is r'itzslminons. and he Is a Jew
eler In YVest Chester, pa. How the two
met is best told by Coroner Ashbridni?.
The latter was seen today by a report-!-,
and-this is what he said:
"The girl had known Langdon for
some time, an J lust summer she made
some sort of ail excuse to her parents
and went to Atlantic City. There li
pier l.aiiKdon. and they went to a cot
tage in one of the fusliionuhle und ex
clusive portions of thu Island. Then
they apparently occupied separate
looms, and weru known as uncle uml
niece. '
"They were quiet, modest In th-lr
manner, und made some few friends lit
the select circle In which they moved;
but after awhile the gentlemen uln.ut
the pluve beg a,n to hint that the coiile
Were not what -they represented them
selves to be. There was a certain sort
of coldness evinced toward them, ami
tlli'illy they left the house, ostensibly
on their way to Philadelphia.
"The two enjoyed themselves III tlie
usual fashion In vogue at the seaside;
they went out sailing, took ocean trip
and were seen together often. It wax
wlille the girl was on the board walk
at Atlantic City that her propensity for
llti ting resulted In her capture of Fltse
sliiimous. the West Chester Jeweler.
FIT8IM M ONS PKOPOS Kl .
AVithin a week after she met him Kltz
simmons had proposed marriage to h-r.
was accepted, gave her a diamond rinjr.
as evidence of the betrothal, and vIimi
she left the city with Jier 'uncle' bude
her ail affectionate farewell, but not
in tlie presence or the aforesaid uncle-.'
For some reason there was an estrange
ment between tlie two nnd the engage
ment was broken off. Shortly after
wards, however, a reconciliation n--curred,
und at the girl's suggestion
FitzslmmotiM took the engagement rinar
and had the diamond placed In another
setting. At that time the dute for their
marriage was fixed for June 23 next."
Coroner Ashbrldge did not know
what-had caused the trouble between
the (,'lrl and Fitstsimmoiis. but from
other sources It is said that tlie latter
became aws.ee jif betv true relations
with Langdon. He unbruided her for
her duplicity and left her In anger.
. -Afterwards the girl wrote to liim ami
effected the reconciliation. The ring
was changed to suit her taste, and nil
the time Fltzsiniiiions und I. unction
were both being fooled. l.aii(tdon
thought the girl was true to him mid
so did FiUsimiuoiis. Lungibiii evi
dently learned how the girl was acting;
ami to this knowledge Is ascribed the
cause of the quarrels in the corridor of
tin- Drcxel building.
Tlie ring which Pitzslmmr.ns krvo
the gill wus round in Langdon's porket
when he was urrested. Whether he
took It from the dead body of the Kirl
or she gave It to him before shedft-d.
has not yet been determined-at lesu t
neither the police nor tin- coroner will
talk on the subject.
Fitzsimmons is said to be a Jeweler
in West Chester In very well-to-do -ir-
cuuistances. lie had been married
twice-before he met Annie MiCratli.
It hus been ascertained that when the
physicians made the autopsy on the
body they found two blood clots near
the heurt. When Coroner AshbridKe
was usked about this he laughed heart
ily. "There is nothing whatever to In
dicate that the girl died from heart
disease. That organ was perfectly
normal. I can say this because I kuow
what I am talking about. Y'ott report
ers and others have your suppositions.
So have I, but I cannot say anything
as to the cause of deuth, simply Id
ealise I know nothing nbout it. Wo
will not know until Dr. I.elYmun makes
known all that he has learned by his
chemical unulysis of the different por
tions of the body which have been sub
mitted to him for examination."
Ij A NO DON CONSILTS I.AWYKlt.S.
I.angdon was taken from fiis r-t-H
ngnin this afternoon and escorted down
stairs to Captain Miller's room. There
he was closeted with Lnwyer Barlow
and Captain Miller. , The cunfereneo
lasted nearly two hours, and at Its
conclusion l.angdou was sent back to
his ctll. Dr. S. D. McDowell, bang
don's family physician, visited the i Ih
oner and found him suffering with a
severe cold, which was contracted since
his arrest.
Otherwise Langdon was In excellent
health and hus not apparently worried
over the grave charge that has heen
made against him. Dr. McDowell, pre
scribed for the prisoner nnd then re
quested that Langdon be placed In nu
mber cell and provided with certain
comforts thut are not usually Riven to
prisoners.
Dr. Andrews will have n cell fitted tip
with a bed nnd other furniture this
evening and tonight Langdon will rest
as comfortably as he could at the hotel.
Attorney Arthur Moore, who repre
sents Langdon, nnd Coroner Ashbrldge
had a long conference this afternoon
nbout the case. No steps were taken
by Lnngdon's counsel towards seem ln
the releuse of their client on ball.
At present Langdon Is held merely
upon suspicion, lint should the mi-oner
delay the inquest an unreasonable
length of time a writ of habeas corpus
will be apnlled for to have Lang-don
released, or a ease made out -against
him.
Mrs. Langdon arrived here today
from Pittsburg and was In private con
versation this afternoon with Assistant
District Attorney Barlow. The reuHon
for Mrs. Lnngdon's coming or the sub
ject of her conversation with Mr. M:ir
low could not be learned, nor Is It
known where she Is stopping.
INSANE BOY WITH A (JLX.
I.eon Kosentiaura Attempts to kill I.ouls
Black.
' Rochester. N. Y.. March 2fi. Ixiuls
Black, of the clothing manufacturing
firm of Black & Meyer, on North St.
Paul street, was the victim of an at
tempted nssasslmitlon this noon as lie
wus on his way to lunch. The would
be assassin is leon Itosenboum. 21
years of age, n son tif Mr. Hosembnutii.
of the firm of Seel. - Itosenbauin Ac
Steefel, clothing manufacturers, whose
factory Is near that of Black tt Meyers.
YVhen Mr. Black passed Andrews
street he passed Mr. Itose.nbaum auiU
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.
Weather Indications Twday :
Fair ; Colder ; Northwesterly YYindi.
1 Another Man lu the Luugtloii-McOrath
Case. m
Typical Texas Convention.
Kaypt to Pay the BUI.
Poisoned with Arsenic.
2 Congressional Doings.
Stricken Hlln. I by Ulectrlelty.
(ienerul Market and Stock Keport.
3 ( I .call Cuss Before the United States
Court.
Diimnore Itioters Are Arrested.
Common fleas Courts.
I Kdltorial.
lieneral Political Information.
W hat Homo of our Kxchunge's Say.
5 (I.ocnD Councils Hold a Lively Ses
sion. Neslls Und Million the Caucus Nomi
nees. .
Domoerats of the Third.
Fought Like Demons.
"The Ittill-FlKhter's Secret."
Industrial and Itullroad News.
7 I Lot-all Suburban News.
Mammoth Water Company Organized.
t Up and Down the Valley.
greeted tle hoy "flood niornltiB." He
had tuken but a few steps past the
yotinit man. however, when u. pistol
shot rang out and lie fell something
strike him In the buck. Turning he ex
cluluied "My Hod, what are ou shoot
ing me for!"
ltoseiibiiiiiu continued to lire and Mr.
Black held bis umbrella In trout of him
In an effort to protect himself from
the Hying bullets. Three shots weiv
fired, the young mint .being; within ten
feet of his victim. A large number of
people gathered nnd Koseiiliuuni es
caped up nn alleway. Mr. llluck
walked to his house, nearby and an
examination of his hat k showed a bul
let hole through the rout ami vest and
I where the vest buckle hud been shat
tered., tins evidently suvea his lire.
The boy is thought to be Insane as the
families of Black and Koseiibuum are
on liitlmuta terms.
POISONED wTtH ARSENIC.
.Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Snyder, of Port
Jcrvis, the Victims of I'oknown
Murderer A laughter Suspected.
Port Jet vls. X. Y March 2. On Sun
day evening Jacob Snyder and his wife,
who live on Kast Main street, this
city, were tuken suddenly III with ar
senical poisoning. Jacob died lust Tues
day, but Mrs. Snyder lingered along
until early this morning, when she died.
The Snyders' only daughter. Mrs.
Martha Whittnker. who Is suspected of
having administered the poison, has
been under the surveillance of the po-'
lice since yesterday morning. She was
debarred from the presence of her par
ents by order of the physician, Dr.
Swartout, on last Sunday, at which
time it was first ascertained that they
had been poisoned. Mrs. YYhittuker
was practicully a prisoner in the sitting
room below the room whenvlierjuother
lay suffering; all day yesterday, u po
liceman standing guard on the outside
of the building by order of Coroner
1 larding, who hus the matter In charge.
When Mrs. Snyder was found to lie In
a dying condition at C o'clock lust even
lug the daughter was admitted to her
presence. As soon as she entered the
room the mother called out: "tb-t her
mil of my sight." The daughter did not
leave the room, but remained where
her mother could not see her. W'licn
tlie mother died Mrs. W'hlttaker
stvooned ami fell to the floor.
Shortly after Mrs. Snyder was seized
with nausea and Dr. Swurtotit was
hastily summoned. He found her suf
fering evidently from the efTerts of
poison and udminlstered antidotes. The
physician was auain culled tit 7 o'clock
and later ut 11 o'clock. At Ulmjii it wus
said the woman was dying. Corouor
Harding took an ante mortem state
ment from Mrs. Snyder on Titesduy,
the substance of which he will not make
known until the Inquest, u Jury for
which was empanelled this morning.
Autopsies have been performed on the
bodies ot ltotli the victims und the.
stomach, intestines nnd other organs
showed violent irritant poisoning by
arsenic. These will be sent to a New
York chemist to be analyzed.
A box of rnt poison In the house from
which about two spoonfuls hud been
taken. Is In the possession of Coroner
Harding.
Airs. Whittnker, by the death of her
parents, would have come Into posses
sion of $::.0ou insurance, Ii'.Ihmi of which
was on the life of the father, payable
to the wife, and tl.iHMI on the life of Mrs.
Snyder, payable to her husband. Mrs.
Snyder inaile a will on Tuesday, in
which she devised her property so us
to deprive Martha of Hie $.'.0U0. but the
J'.DoO Insurance on her own life she
could not change.
Mrs. Whit taker asserts her innocence
of the crime.
.MAVKOYENI BEY'S CASK.
Stories of the Uecall of tha Turkish
Minister to the I nilcd States.
Constantinople, March 26. The re
port that Mavroyenl Bey. Turkish min
ister to. the I 'tilled States hus been re
called. Is confirmed by Information ob
tained nt the foreign ofliee here.
London. March 26. The Constantino
ple correspondent of the London Times
telegraphs that the recall of Turkish
minister at Washington is In conse
quence of the sympathy for the Armen
ians manifested In the I'lilteil States.
Washington, March 21!. At the state
department the usual n licence is ob
served and Secretary Olney declines to
give any information either iilllrming
or denying the reported recall of the
Tit', k Ish minister. Mavroyenl Bey him
self stales that he Is entirely Ignorant
of any Intention on the part of bis
government to recn'l him. as he he-its
or It. except through the newspapers.
SIXTY MEN I.MO.YIUI I).
Horrible Mine I plosion In New Zealand,
l ive Miners killed.
AWlllnpton. New aland, March 26.
An explosion occurred ill the JSrunner
mine this iiioiniiig.
Five miners are known to have been
killed and sixty are ciitomls il with no
hope of their being- rescued.
- - -Hay
nf Accidents.
Shenandoah. Pa., March 26. There were
six mine accidents here todav. At Kllati
gowan colliery, Michael Muldoon and
Adam Lltman were thought to be fatally
Injured by a fall of coal, and Amhoiiy
Ifarnlsry was seriously buriied by a ga:i
explosion. At Knickerbocker eulllerv An
drew ilufsky ami James Pagrauls' were
badly brtrneil by u gas explosion, mid ut
Maple Hill John Konopluy was Injured.
.-
. Whipped "ScoIJt Bill."
New York. March 26. At the new Man
hattan Athletic club tonight I'aildv Pur
sell, nf Kansas, fought ten hot rounds with
William Qnlnu. better known us "Hcaldv
Itlll," fram Pottsdale, Pa. There was
hard hitting throughout the bout uml Isiih
were fighting hard as the bell rung for the
nd of the lust round. The spectators
Were In favor of a draw, but the fudges
decided In fkivorof Pursell.
EGYPT TO JFOOT THE BILL
Will Advance Money fur the Dunyolu
U ipcdit iun.
FRAXCB AND KtSSIA OBJECT
Tint Sultan Inters No Protest Serious
Condition of the Ituliun Army la
Abylnia-A Continuation of
War Will 11 Hisaatrous.
Cairo. March 2C The commission of
the. Fgyptlan debt met here today and
decided to advance JL.MHi.oou lS2.riU0.iH.Hl)
necessary to meet the expenses of the
Ptritlsh-Kgyptlun expedition which Is
to advance upon Ixmgola. Of the sum
needed, 420U.00O ( $1,(HM,MHJ) Is avallublc
Immediately.
The Kngllsh, Herman. Italian nnd
Austrian members of the Kgyptlan debt
commission voted to advance the money
required. The Ktisslun and French
members voted uKulnst the proposition.
TJirectly the action of the majority of
the Kgyptlan debt commissioners be
came known, the representatives of the
1'urls syndicate of Kgyptlan bondhold
ers took steps to Institute proceedings
before the Kgyptlan mixed tribunal
ng;ulnst the debt commissioners und the
ministers responsible for the reserve
fund.
London, March 26. A special de.
spnti h from tlalro says that the French
und Iliisslau members of the Kgyptlan
debt commission left the meeting today
after protesting; against the use of Hie
reserve fund for the purpose of the
Urttlsh-Kgyptluu expedition.
The iiuestiou of the Teported protest
of the Turkish government against tha
Drtttsh-Rgyptlaii expedition was taken
up In thu house of commons today.
The Under-Secretary of stute for for
eign affairs, (ieotge N. Curzou, said
that It was true that the sultan hud
made Inguirles us to the nature of the
expedition to Dongola, hut no protest
against it had been made on behalf of
thevTurklsh government. The neces
sai y i xolanatloiis, Mr. C'tirzon added,
were given to the Turkish ambassador.
It was true that Turkey had not been
consulted previous to steps being taken
to organize the Nile expedition, but that
wus because nothing was contemplated
which was beyond the power of the
khedlve In the advance of the troops.
Iteferrlng to the conflict of opinion
which has arisen regarding the use of
the Kgyptlan reserve fund, Mr. Ciir.on
Said that there were various precedents
for asserting thut a majority vote of
the commission was all that wi s neces
sary to aulliorige the expenditure.
The Marquis of Salisbury hus gone to
Ueuulleu, In the north of France,
ITALIAN AltMY.
Rome. March 26. General F.llona.
who was wounded at the battle of Ad
owit, In an Interview Is quoted as saying
that the Italian army wus never so
hudly organized, fed, and disciplined.
The three columns operating against
the Aliyssiitlans were so separated that
contact was impossible. The officers
were without mups,' th ntintry was
quite unknown, and no provisions were
Mnde to meet emergencies.
He declared that If the war Is con
tinued Italy will be exposed to great
disillusions.
A 1'EfTLIAR FIRE.
F.tectrlc Light W Ires Coming in Contact
with a Metallic Ceiling Causes
Blae.
The alarm at 2.20 o'clock this morning
from box 24, was occasioned by a slight
tire in Fo Hike's drug store In the Carney
A Iti own building, at the corner of
Adams avenue and Linden street.
The electric light wires leading to
tne nrst chandelier came lu contact
with the metallic celling and causing It
to glow w ith a white heat, set tire to the
ru Iters and flooring above. One-of Mr.
Koulk's clerks, who wus on his way
home, pussed by the store, and, notic
ing; that tin? light which Is usuully
left burning all night, wus out, he
Klaneed In and discovered the cause.
lie sent In the alarm nnd brought
the central city companies, which sub
dued the lire with chemical extinguish
ers, before much damage resulted,
ATE WILD PARSNIPS.
Nw Jcrse School Children Are Poisoned
by Mesterlous Hoots.
Tlnunrl P.rook. N. .f., March 26. Four
school children were poisoned in South
rlnund I it unit today and one of them Is
lead and mint her Is not expected to
live.
in company with other children Hes
sie nnd Willie Matthews and Leon and
Anna Van Nest left school at noon to
go home to dinner. On their way they
found some roots which they mistook
for horseradish nnd ute of the plants.
.After dinner, liessle, who wus 6 years
old. wus taken with convulsions and
died before medical attendance could be
jirociired. The doctors .sey that the
roots eaten were either wild i-ursnlps
or wild artichokes. Anna Y'an Nest, 4
yenrs old, is so III that she Is not ex
locted to live. The others will prob
ubly recover.
FAI.SK IMI'KISONMKNT.
Martha Burke ticts a Hlg Verdict in Her
Caso at Pittsburg.
Pittsburg. Pa.. March 2C. Martha
litirke, a colored servant who recently
sued her employer.' W. K. Hawiey, the
well-known Democratic politician and
contractor; Police Inspector Henry
YY'hitehotise uml Police Superintendent
tl'llara for SPUhmi damages for false
arrest and Imprisonment, today re
ceived a verdict of js,2i against Iluw
ley und White house, but not against
i I'Mura.
The plaintiff was suspected of the
larceny of valuuble wedding presents
from Mr. Hawiey in Di!i4. She was ar
rested and locked tin for eight days.
No Informal ion was made against her.
und no warrant was issued. She was
released without tlie hearing. The de
fendants will usk for a new trial.
tkle;kafhi: ticks.
The famous violinist, Kemenyl, is so.
liously III In Daveiipnrt, la.
Six women compose the Jury In a divorce
case on trial at l: rookie us. s. j.
The Ohio senate has passed a bill to sub
stitute electrocution for hanging in capi
tal cases.
My the collapse of a brick hotel building
lit llccutUI'. III.. seVt-ll pcrsntlS Were sc.
veiely Injured ami a child killed.
Hiram II. .Morrison, of lln.-ton. Mass..
under arrest tor wile muViler, confesses
that he choked his victim to death.
A syndicate has been formed, wiih hea.l
luarters lu Koslou, .Mass.. which will ab
sorb all the iiiitiorlani electric healing
companies of the country.
William M. Khlpii and Itookkeper C. W.
Finnc, of the Deposit bank, of Midway,
Ky who were recently dismissed, ur
short 111 their uccouals $4li.Mi.
Albeit M. Hull, alias K. J. West, a
New Y'ork reporter, ended his .life wiih
morphine In a Clinlmiuli (O.I hotel. A
Sio.uuu life Insurance policy was lound
among his elTovts.
FIHLEY'S
ST 0 a
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Waist Sale
We are now showing a
magnificent line ot Shirt
Waists.
THE DERBY WAIST
n Linen Batiste, In
dlan Dimities, Gala
teas, Percales, Etc.
THE CEEltATEB
Also the KING and
MOTHER'S FRIEND,
for Boys. The most
satisfactory Waist in
the market)
GINGHAM BRESSES
Boys' Kilt Suits and
Infants' Long and
Short Dresses.
' 510 AND 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
Spring
Tread easy in a pair of
our EASTER SHOES. Ev
ery department is com
plete; every Shoe is se
lected with care.
lEWI5yMIXY k MWl
U4 AND lltt WYOMINU AVE.
Wbol.ul.au4 K.taU.
Easter Eggs.
Easter Eggs.
We have secured one ot
the prettiest, inexpensive,'
Easter Gifts to o
BeesOTted East:r la,
Something entirely
new. Look in ouf
show window as you
pass by.
W. J. Weichel
408 Spruce St.
( barters tiranted.
Harris-burs. I'a.. Jlarcb Uii These char,
teis were granted today: The Culumbift
K11IUII11K ami loau association, ut Taylor,
Lai. kn wanna county, capital Xjv.VUO: Bcott
dslo Hnll'liMK and l.aaii association, ut
S -ott.itili-. capital Jiw.iu"; ba-011 Urniu
tuctiirmK company, itf Krte. capital
im. ami the Mercer Telephone and- leie
Krapli .-oinpaiiy, of Mercer, capital 2u.tHW.
Hampering Itelief Work.'
T.onitoll. March W. The Morning I'ost
will tomorrow- publish a divpateh from
Const-i ntluiiple savins that the officials ut
Hm lis are preveutnu; tin- American mis
siouaiics from rellevlnir tlie needy. Thu
1! -patch adds that Sir I'hillp Carrie. tb
Ittiilsh anibassstfiinr, mis visiten lewnK
Fashu. mlnlsti-r of forsisu aflalrs, lu r
of '96.
Card to this matt.r.