THE ONLY REPUBLICAN DAILY IN LACKAWANNA COUNTY. , ml EIGHT PAGES 5G COLUMNS. SCRANTON, PA., 31 ON DAY MOHN1NG, MARCH 30, lb9. TWO CENTS A COPY, - lew ipiriii Bargain IN Wash Sifts, Sarals, Peesy TMdi to-Grate, Etc, Every yar.l of these SMks Ik new And JvHesi'iils thr very cream if present sea son's styles. The makes lire the bwl that We know uf. and III point of value we have never seen their e.iial. Io mil con found this HI'KI'IAI. UKKKIUMI Willi one uf our periodic clearing sales, which have become so popular, fur it 111 no way pu nukes of thai nut lire. As In W"ll known, tie have n Hi in grip on the Milk mantel at all seasons, and If there's a liuiKHln loukliiK for a Iniyer we'll get our share of II. Thai's how we came by ihes" ivuiarkuMe vuliics now. Tie Baroks In 5 PIECES lliilintal Kanry Wash Silks In an immense variety of color combinu- 5peciaJ Price, J 9c 30 PJECfiS Hurah Silks. In Tan, three Brown.'. Myrtle. (Hive, Reseda. Nice, Gar net, Cardinal, Supphire, i Hil Kuse. 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Special Price, 55c 20 PIECES ?Mnch Black nro-Oruln Silks, with pretty Hrocude patterns. In new lesions. We call tlieni good value for SI. Special Price, 75c (111 Ul) WIEIIOUSE Tksc .Special Bargain , Prices Ben May, , Tuesday, M (Mime ... . TV TT -TPS t CRIMES WiTHGUT PARALLEL A Fiend Attempts to Murder u futility. HEADS HACKED TO I'lECES Mr. und Mrs. Alvlii Stone Murdered In u Urutul .Manner Other Members uf the luuiily Arc l utully Injured Clevelulid. Ohio. March ' 29. At 1 o'clock this morning, a crime uf almost unparalleled atrocity was perpetrated iieur Talliuadgc, u Villa five miles north uf Akron. Alvin IStoiie. uged t9. und his, v. lie. uged 62. while usleep at their liome, were bi utility iiiiirdcred by u lii n. I. who literally bent their Iliads to piece, ufter whicti numerous knife thrusts were made into the bodies of the deud. Two daughter. Ilattle, aged 2. uml Kinniu, aged 27. und the family man servant. A. K. Stlllson, were also attuckeil. All three of these were fa tally Injured ulld lie ut their lliillll! awaitliiK death. They had been beaten about the bead with liltint Instruments which must huve been of great ski und weight. Alvlii Stone was aiming the most wealthy uml prominent of Suuiinlt I unity farmers and bis wife was also a member of one of the wealthiest und most prominent families In Northcsat ein Ohio. The object of the murder ous assault mi the family was not rob bery us numerous articles of value, in 1 in 1 1 1 IK two gold watches of the aged people, which were on the bedroom dresser, were not taken. The crime is shrouded In mystery uml the whole country Is agitated. The only sus picion as yet. rests on one John Smith, who Is employed at Kilwaril I'nrker's blacksmith shop one-eighth tulle from the stone homestead. Smith was dis charged by Alvin Stone two weeks ago. The former was a chores man about the place. The two men had very an gry words ami Smith departed In great antjer. Me Is now tinder police sur veillance. one member of the family only es caped uninjured. Kloru. the youngest daughter, atfeil sixteen. She Is labor ing under intense nervous excitement, but was uble between tears and hys terical sobs, to tell what she knew of the affair. The old folks, she said, oc cupied u chamber on the lower floor, llattie and Kloro slept upstairs. Km in:i t-lcpt across the hull and the hired man a' the rear end of the hallway on the same lloor. AN' ACOXIZl.Wi SCHKA.M. About 1 o'clock this morning, flora says, idle heard uu atvonlziiitf scream from Knima. She Jumped from bed. and npeninu the door, started to cross the bull, llattie followed her. Flora turning before the entered Kmniu's room, the door of which was open, saw a masked man strike Hattle over the head will) what looked like a crowbar. Hattle. with a groan, fell senseless to the lloor. while Flora. In terror, ran back to her room anil hid under the lied clothes. Hattle. who Is n woman of, remarkable vitality, despite her frightful Injuries, arose nnd going Into Kloia's room asked her to throw some thing over her head. Flora was too frightened to move. llHttle left her room, ami enteritis that of her sister, noticed the window was open and that a ladder reached up to it from the ground. She wrapped a iiuilt around her nnd went down the ladder, running to Charles Sackett's farm, a (piarter of a mile away, where she told l lie story and collapsed. Two uf the Sucketts hurried to the stone house, while another summoned a physician. When they arrived the house was pitch dark. The side door was open. Filtering the room occupied by the old folks they were confronted by the two horribly mutilated bodies of the farmer and his wife. Knima was found unconscious on the lloor of her bed room. She hud been struck a fear ful blow over the fnivhend and still lies ns one dead. The hired man was funnel In his room In the same condi tion. He had also been struck over the forehead. Flota was found under the bed clothes In speechless fright. In a few minutes the whole neighborhood for miles around was amused and hun dreds assembled about the slone home stead. The Akron police department was notified and olticers hurried to the scene. They found what appeared to be tracks of n man leaving the side door. The rain, which hud steadily poured all night had. however, obliter ated tin- trucks along the mini. Illood hounds were put Into service, but they could do nothing. The impress'.nh seems to be that Smith Is not the right num. and committees are organizing this I'veiilng lo scour the country in J every direction. From nil the Indica tions of those who are starting to hunt ' down the murderer, It is Idle to attempt a forecast of what will 'happen If he Is caught. There is but one fate In store ; for him if he Tails Into the hands of the citizens who are looking for him, I aided hy the bloodhounds. This even- i ing a strong clue leuds towards Rn- I venna. where a strange horse and buggy was left by an unknown man, 1 who acted very suspiciously. j F01R 1'KIISOXsIlILLED. j Terrible Kesult of an I urly Morning Kire ' in New Yoiii- llruvery of the I I re- j 'men. ' New York. March 29. -Four persons were killed and two Injured early this morning In a fire ut No, :',T4 Hudson street. The building Is a three story j brick house, used for dwelling und store purposes. The two upper Ho us sheltered four families. The dense smoke deterred some of the inmates from descending the stairways. Miss Margaret Kyan, years old. with a1 companion, .Miss Kale Higglns, ran to a window. A llreman in uscendiug a ladder to rescue the women, was knocked off by a burst of Hume, shoot ing from a second story window, and was badly Injured. The women then became hysterical. Miss Kyan leaping from the window. She fell on the side walk breaking her back and died on the way to the hospital. Her compan ion fell out of the window utl broke her leg. The liremen could nut rescue every one In the building because of the Immense tuintlty of smoke. After the file had been extinguished three bodies were found of people who had been suffiivated. They are Miss May McMuhon. 22 years old; Thomas Malbiry. 2:! years old. a llreman on the steamer St. I.onls. and Archibald flrn Ran, .1.1 years old. Their bodies were not burned. The damaged amounted to JPUMiil. the building being utmost en tirely destroyed. KtSSIA'8 COIN CI'KUKNCV. It Is Itelk-veJ l'h t Matnlllo Currency Win Co mo Into l'c There. London, Marrh 29. The Times pub lishes a despatch from St. Petersburg which says the belief Is strong there that metallic currency will rotne Into ufo In Russia, though no official an- .,..,. -,b. t if .fet, mid " probability. The reform if the cur rency proposed provides for the coin ages of new gold pieces corresponding exuetly in value to the existing puper ruble. The State bank will cease issuing pa per on uci-ount of the Kxchequer, the note Issue being but on a busts similar to that of the banks of Kugiand and Fiance. The existing paper will be withdrawn ill exchange for the new gold rubles. The sliver ruble will be re ceived by the Kxebeu.ui r to any amount except ill payment of customs duties, but It will be compulsory between per sons ot.ly up to the amount of fifty rubles. 1' I T 1 Slit KG I'M M ARILS. Mckinley Carries Several District by Largo Majorities. Flttsbuig. Pu., March 2. The' Re publican county primaries on Saturday I resulted as follows: McKinley carried ! I'lttsburg (Third, Fourth and Fifth j Legislative districts) by u.W) niajor i ily. and the Sixth und Klghth Legisla tive districts by 1.500 each. Quay car ried the city of Allegheny, composed of the First und Second Legislative dis tricts, unopposed, and the Seventh also by suo to Don majority. Of the twenty seven state delegates to be elected, the Quay people got but seven, two each In the First and Second Legislative dis tricts, und three In the Seventh. C. L. Mugee and William Fllnn, W. A. Stone und Robert McAfee are the na tional delegates. Following is a partial list of the state delegates: First dis trict. Joseph Muy. John Morrison; Sec ond. J. R. Murphy, Charles Hetzel; Third, J. O. Urov.-ti. James Richards, Wulttr Billows; Fourth. August Sal ine; Fifth, C. L. Magee, William Fllnn. Charles J. Redder, A. y. Bingham, Ueorge W. (Josser. J. K. oolden. A. II. Leslie; Sixth. J. A. Hell. B. V. Hamil ton. Miles Hryan, !. W. Leadbeater; Seenth. James I). Wilson: Klghth, Ua vi.l Hardy. J. W. Morrison und W. J. Dalzell. THE K1T.SQX DAMAGE SUT. A Doctor Who Plsjlos.'d a Professional Secret Must Pay Huinaccs-Corurncnts of London Press London, March 29. In the libel suit that was brought hv Mrs. Arthur Kit Hon against Dr.WIIllum Rlayfalr, a ver dict was rendered yesterday In favor of the plaintiff and awarding her itio.uoo damages. The verdict was greeted with loud cheering. The plaintiff faint ed. Oreat Interest bus been felt In the case, as it involved the right of un at tending physician to disclose uny se cret revealed in professional cohtldclice to him. The doctor. It appears, made u state ment to his wife about Mrs. Kltson. and she eommuiiicu'ed It to Sir James Kltson. the brother of Arthur Kltson. with the resuU that Sir James, who is a millionaire, withdrew an u I In u a nee of S'-'.'i'lO which he wus making to Mrs. Kltson after her separation from his brother. Mrs. l'luyfalr is a sister of Sir Juiiies and Arthur Kitsoir. The press of the whole country com ments at great length on the case to day, und there is not u single utterance In favor of the position taken by JJr. l'luyfalr und the eminent physicians who tes'llled In Ills behalf. This case alone, with the serious public agitation which it bus an. used, will compel the College of J-'hyslcians to make u radical change in its code regarding the sanc tity of the secrets of the consulting room. The verdict Is accepted genet ally as establishing the fact that a doc tor has no tight to reveal a profes sional secret except for the purpose of preventing the commission of a serious crime which can be prevented In no other way. The St. James's r;azette says: "It would be Intolerable that u doctor should regard himself a moral censor and be permitted to punish by exposure and defumntlon sins which he has dis covered or believes he has discovered. A doctor who has suspicions, though they may be strong enough In his mind to amount to proof tliat a lady putient has been unchaste, must keep his opin ions and Inferences to himself." HOSPITAL KL'KNKD. l our Patients Hie of I-right llcforo Ihcy t'nn He MovcJ. Paris. March 2!. The Gothic church of St. .Sauveur, on the Boulevard I Ml Material Valllant. at Lille, was. de stroyed by fire this morning. The Humes spreud to the hospital of St. Sau veur. adjoining the church. The scenes among the patients were terri ble. The cries of Hie sick were heart rending. Four of the patients suc cumbed to fright and died before they could be taken out. Ten sappers who had been ordered to save the medicines in the liospltitl, came across what they 1 bout; lit was u iiuuntlty of schnapps. They each took a drink and were almost Imme diately seized with symptoms of poi soning. Four of the sappers died, and the others are still suffering agonizing pains. CYCLONi: AT ALTON." I Kulii f ollows nnd llntlst ones as l.urgeus Walnuts rail. I Alton. III.. March 29. A rvelone j passed to the south and west of this ! city yesterday afternoon. Twenty box I cars near the river were picked up and : strewn about In confusion. The storm j crossed the Mississippi river und passed northeast between Coper Alton and I Fast Alton, blowing down telegraph I poles, fences, etc. So far as learned, no great damage was done nor persons Injured. Rain fell In torrents, uccninpanled by .ha 11 us j large as Kngllsh walnuts. ! TWO HIi fihi:s. 1 Seventy Thousand Dollars' World of I rnpertv lii'strnyjd nt Philadelphia. 1 Philadelphia. March 29.Two flreg oo ! curred here early this morning, result , Ing In u total loss of STO.WO. ne was In I the factory building of the North Star ! Tannery company ut Third and WH ! low streets. j The loss here was S'lO.Oou': partially I Insured. The other damaged, the plan : lug mill of the Flte-Ardello company ut 1 wenieth street und C.lenwond ave nue. The loss on this lire wus S12.U00, fully Insured. LYNCHING I'KOHAULi:. Alfccrt Knaiiss l.iuble to Die for an Atrocious ( rim?. Crown Point, Tnd.. March 29. It Is very probable that the Crown Point Jail yard will be the scene of u lynching party before tomorrow. Albert Knuuss, a farm hand working for Nil holas Healm, a prosperous farmer living live miles south of this place, brutally and criminally assaulted Mrs. lieahn while her husband wan away from home. The brute then kicked her Into an In sensible condition, and her recovery Is extremely doubtful. Knauss was ar rested and placed in Jail yesterday. - . ' , llertle Mct'onniil Hotter. Contesvllle, fa.. March 211. llertle Me ('.ncll Is trenn hat better today than she was yi'Sterduv, but her conditoln Is still critical. She is now threatened with pleu risy and ecxeniM. The woman noiud stand a much belter cl inc of recovery if fhe enly desired lo live and would exert ber r., j-, ,vn fVe-ilon, JOHN RECH IS CAPTURED Surrounded at a Country Hotel by a I'ossc of Partners. 0YEKC0AT tTKNISHES CLUE the Man Accused of lluviiig Strangled His Wife In New Jersey Is in a Philadelphia Po lice Station. Philadelphia. Murch 29,-John Rerh. the supposed murderer of his wife at the hamlet of Kstelvllle. N. J was ar rested about 1.20 this morning in a little hotel Just ucross the city line In Mont gomery county. It Is probable that Iteih has made a full confession that he killed his wife, but the police re fuse to utllrm or deny this. Still, from various little circumstances this re fusal to ulllnil or deny In every likeli hood means that Rech has confessed. Rech was seen In his cell nt the city hall today by a reporter. The man Is about 3u years of age and a well set up, rather eood looking fellow of the ordinary type. While not overly In telligent. Rech seems clever enough, but while giving no evidence of bru tality, he seems to luck moral percep tion and to have no realization of the honible crime of which he stands uc cused. The muu has a pronounced (.lerinan accent und was ready enough to answer uny question that the police oliliiul who accompanied the reporter to the cell would allow him to reply to. Rech was not allowed to answer any questions bearing directly upon his guilt or Innocence, nor was he permit ted to state whether he had confessed anything to the police here. According to his story Ilech left Ks telvllle on Thursday afternoon last for Philadelphia with his brother and his baby. His brother went on to Allen town, where he resides, the same night, and Rech remained at th Home of In dustry with the child over night. On JMiday morning early he started out to look for a boarding place for the Infant. He inserted an advertisement In one of the dally papers for n buard Ing place for the child, and then con tinued his search. He llnally found a hoarding place for the Infant with n German family, and leaving It there walked towards the suburbs of the city and sought work from the farm ers of the neighborhood, lie wus un successful and spent the night at a country hotel. On Saturday he con tinued his search for farm work. Sat urday he read the account in the papers of the finding of his wife's body and the hot search for himself. He says he be came nervous and frightened, and leaving the hotel where he was. went out for a walk. He left his overcoat behind him. and this oversight caused his arrest. The man's evident nervous ness had excited the suspicions of the landlord, and when he went out with out Ills overcoat, the landlord searched his pockets. He found In one of them a letter addressed to "John Rech." This disclosed the man's identity, and the landlord Immediately notified the Philadelphia pulley and (.roused the neighboring runners. IWSF. ON THE TRAIL. Rech. in the meanwhile, had crossed the city line into Montgomery county, und, as it was now dark, he stopped at a small country hotel. A posse of furiners were, hot unon his trull und luter in the evening they came up with him ut the hotel. At Hist the funnel's hesitated to arrest the man, but llnally set upon him. A short rough-and-tumble Hght ensued. In which no greut damage was done to any of the contest ants, and Rech being overcome, was .led towards i'hiladelphlu. His captors meeting u mounted policeman, they turnejl their prisoner over to the officer, who took the man to the district station house, where he was locked up over night. This morning he was brought to the central police station. Rech denied that he had any quarrel with his wife that could have led him to kill her. He said the woman Hist came to his saloon ut (tloiicester, N. J., about two years ago and that they had lived together. In May last they were married In Jer sey City by a Justice of the peuce. Rech says that when he read the ac counts tn the papers of the case It was his intention to Klve himself tip but that he was gi.lnff to wait until Mon day." He wrote a letter to his lawyer. Carroll Williams, yesterday. Mr. Wil liams has not yet received the letter. As the reporter was leaving the cell room Rech called ufter htm: "Come around tomorrow and perliups I may have something to tell you." Rech wus put through n Uig eross exuminatlon by Chief of lieiectives Miller today and It Is supposed that he has made u confession to his Inquisitor. Rech will be given a hearing tomorrow and will be committed to await the ac tion of the New Jersey authorities. Chief of Detectives Miller tonight ad mitted that Rech has made n full con fession, but the chief refused to give any of the details. Miller vouchsafed the further Information that Rech con fessed that the child which passed for his wife's and his is not t heir's, but was an Infant she secured for udoptlon by advertlstment. It is supposed that Rech and his wife obtained the. child and passed it off us tluirs for the pur pose of securing the money left by Dr. Weaver, of this city. Mrs. Recti's father, t'nder Or. Weaver's will the money left to his daughter Bessie (Mrs. Rech), was to revert to relatives In the event of her death without Issue. Lan(;don..m'(;katii cask. The Ancient Adonli to Kacapc for Lack of I liJence. Philadelphia. March 29. There was nothing new In the Langdon case to day, and until the chemist who Is mak ing an analysis of the blood and viscera of Annie M. i'.iuth reports, the result of his work, It Is unlikely that anything will crop out. It Is expected that the chemist will be ready to report tomor row, but, as stated In these dispatches. It Is likely that he will report that he has been unable to discover any traces of tiolsoning. The police still seem to ml lien? to the belief that Langdon was In some way responsible for the girl's death, anil they will probably try fo hold him and have an indictment returned against him. CAMPAIGN' LIE NAILED. Turkish Xcws Telegraphed to the London Times Declared l iilso. Washington, March 29. The Turkish legation today received the following telegram from the Turkish minister for foreign affairs. "The news telegraphed to the London Times about the Turkish legation of Washington being false, you may contradict it." The above undoubtedly refers to the dispatch from Constantinople to the effect that the Turkish minister to this country and his secretary were to be reculled. Li Mimic Chang '"nils. K'.innMhai, March 20. LI Hung Chang nulled from here yesterday on his Journey to Kiitaia, whither he goes to attend the ,v,."e- i c2;'.r THE NEWS THIS MORNING'. Weather Indication Today : Cloudy; Showers; Clearing by Evening. 1 . Fiend Tries to Murder a Family. latest News from Cuba. Wlfe-titrungler Is Arrested. Civil War in Corea. Kltson Damage Suit. Mit-tlug uf Mutiurchs. 2 Forecast of the Week In Congress. Boers Are Kt-jdy fur Fight. Market und Stuck Ki.jurts. 3 (IajcuD Two Fart well Sermons, Wyoming Conference. 4 Kditorlal. I Frank Willing Leuch. ! G (Local) Juhnsun Coal Co.'s No. 1 Rreak- er Burned. Tried to Murder the Doctor. Mayor-Kli-cl Bailey's Appointments. S (Story) "Susanne" 7 (IajcuI) Death of Father MoMurray Suburban Happenings. S News I'p and Down the Valley. THE BEKMl'DA EXPEDITION. Maceo and (iarclu Move South After tho l.unding-Wcvler's Army in Pursuit. The (iovernmcnt Silent in Kegard lo Maceo' Whereabouts. Havana. March 29, via Key West, Flu.. March 29. Immediately ufter the landing of the Bermuda expedition, Maceo, ciutiiu und other leuders with a long string of pack mules moved southwest in the direction of the capitul of 1'inar Dtil Rio province. Rumors have been current here two duys that the city has been attacked and cap tured. It Is Impossible to obtain defi nite news as all the wires are down. General Weyler has sent nine columns of troops, about 40,000 men. In pursuit of Maceo. The hitter has 12,000 men ami arms and ammunition and rapid tire guns landed by the Bermuda. The government Is still silent In regard to Maceo's whereubouts. Other sources locate him near the capitul of Santa Clara, province, which was entered by the rebels .Monday. No official report of tlie result of the attack hus yet been made. During the' week half a dozen Im portant towns and titles were attacked. The Insurgents' have taken the offen sive since the Garcia nnd Collazo ex peditions arrived. Weyler's recent or der declaring small bands of Insurgents in Havana and Plnar Del Rio provinces bandits is denounced by the Cubans, who say It opens the way to wholesale slaughter. The three brothers, Ferran, American citizens, and owners of Estrella coffee plantation near Al quizur, have Hied a protest with the consul general stating their residence was bom bunted with grape and can ister, shattering the doors and windows on March 21, while occupied by their families only. No Insurgents were pres ent. The troops looted the wardrobes and Jewelry and money were tuken from the houses. Workmen were searched und twelve laborets tuken were treated the same as prisoners of war and sum mary court martial ordered. Ferran claims damages. Genera! Hernnl. comJ inandiug the troops, made an official report next day describing a brilliant victory and dislodging the enemy with artillery and capturing twelve prison ers on the Kstmlla plantation. A mob of 200 persons followed twenty prison rs through the streets of Havana Wednesday. The pinioned men were struck, kicked and stoned. Yester day 10B prisoners arrived from Sagua. Rappleye, correspondent of the New York Mall and Kxpress was expelled by order of Weyler Thursday on the ground that his presence here wus prejudicial to the Vovernment. his articles criticis ing the . troops and volunteers, und army operations creating a wrong Im pression abroad. Ranpleye observed all the rules and regulations while here, apparently Incurring displeasure en tirely by treating the war from an American rather than a Spanish stand point. SOMERSET PRIMARIES. Anti-Scull Candidate Are Nominated pv Handsome .Majorities. Somerset, Pa., Murch 29. The Repub lican primary election held In this coun ty yesterday was the most exciting po litical contest In the history of the county. With but two exceptions the anti-Scull candidates for county offices huve been nominated by handsome mu Joiitles und the people are greatly elat ed over their victory. The nominations ure as follow; For congress. F. J. Koosef. by about 1,500 majority over F. W. Becker; us esmbly. close between Jeremiah Mum urer. W. H. Miller und W. H. Tanner, the contest between the latter two be ing close; associate Judge, George J. Black: prothonotary, H. F. Barron: register und recorder, John S. Shaffer, of James Cover, their vote bslng dose: commissioners, George F. Klmmel and a close Vote between Gabriel Good, l". D. Bi-ochr and W. N. Moser for sec ond, POLITICS IN PARIS. No Change in the Situatlon-Uerthclot's Keslgnntlon. Paris, March 29. Thr has been no change In the political situation here since yesterday. The Temps, com menting upon the resignation of the foreign office portfolio of M. Hert helot says that if the recent foreign policy wus nota success the change hus been Inspired by Prime Minister Bourgeois, who Is an able parliamentarian, but an Inexperienced diplomat. Therefore M. Bourgeois in the foreign office will possibly be more dangerous thun was M. Berthelot. France must know who leads and where she is led. LEI T WEALTH TO A CHURCH. Patrick Hughes W ills $40,000 to the llolv Cross Catholio Church. Pittsburg. Pa.. March 29. Patrick Hughes, of this city, who died last Thursday, left his entire fortune, esti mated at S-10.000. to the Holy Cross Ro Mun Catholic church, lie started life as a pack peddler und amassed the money by steady accumulations. He came to Pittsburg In 18.10. Hughes hud a stepson whom he re fused to recognize. His wife died u yeur ago and since thnt time he had lived the life of a hermit. News of Mntahelcs. Cape Town, Murch 29. According to ad vices received here the rising unions the Matabeles is not so serious us the llrst dispatches portended, but there Is never theless nuirh anxiety as to what the llnul outcome will he. A dispatch received to day from Biiluwayo, the principal town or Malubelelaiid. says that thus tar twenty whites have been killiil by the natives. Shipping News. New York. March 29. Arrived: Vmhrla from Llvernool. Arrived out. La Tou ralne at Havre. Sailed for New York, l.iicunla from (Jueenstown. Sighted, Kai ser Wilhelm II, Uenou, for New York, passeu jVmrauur. THE CIVIL WAR IN COREA Insurgents Demund That All rorcjgn ers Be Expelled. THE SITUATION IS SEKI01S liovornment lias No Troops to Cope with the Insurgents Who Are Advancing I pun Seoul Influence of Am erican Kepreseotative, Toklo, March IX via San Franctsco, Murch 29. The stute of affairs, in Corea goes from bud tc worse. The Insur gents in the province have adopted a new tone, dictated, of course, by adher ents of the purty of the king's father. They suy the men by whom the king wus persuuded to Heck usylum In the Russian Legation are traitors to the country ami must be exterminated. But they also proclaim that all for eigners must be expelled from the kingdom. They have pushed to a point not more than ten miles from Seoul, and the government has no troops to cope with them. The raising of several new buttallons of royal guards has been ordered by edict, but money to pay them Is not forthcoming, even If they could be organized quickly enough to meet the emergency. The whole situation Is rapidly grow ing Insupportable, and a general Idea gains ground that the departure of the king from the Russian legation will be the signal for the downfall of the pres ent cabinet. It hus been the pretext by the pro-Russian party that the king's residence tn the palace is out of the question so long as Japanese troops have their barracks in the immediate vicinity. The troops were placed there originally by desire of the Corean gov ernment, but In the Japanese author ities have neither need nor occasion to keep them there they are about to be removed. The United States representative In Seoul Is winning golden opinions among the Japanese at the crisis. His Influence, they report, Is steadily ex erted in the cause of light und Justice. Strong und In great part successful efforts are said to have been made by j him to mitigate the cruelties practiced by tlie cabinet against its political op ponents and to lessen the brutalities resorted to by the legal tribunals in their examination of prisoners. NKW WAR LOAN. The Japanese government has an nounced another issue of the war loan amounting to H.I.OUU.OOO yen. (inly 10. 000.000. however, are offered for public subscription, the remaining 25.0(10.0(10 worth of bonds having been taken by the Bank of Japan. The minimum sell ing price uf the bonds ts to be their face value, and the rate of Interest 5 per cent., as before. Detailed accounts from Kiangyln, which lies midway between the mouth of the Yangstee and Chlng Klang. 1.500 miles up the river, show that a mutiny on a large scale anlong the soldiers there was only prevented by the explo sion of a magazine. The insurrection was planned, the programme being to kill the general In command, get pos session of the magazines and ritles, and then master the city, the foreign In structors being sent uway by boat to Shanghai. Already the work has commenced. Ritles had begun to crack, and the mu tineers were removing the contents of the magazines when the principal of the three, containing about seven tons of gunpowder blew up. The cuuse of the explosion is not known, since ull in or neflr the muguzlne to the num ber of about 300 were shuttered to pieces. The catastrophe wus so terri ble that it completely cowed the sol diers, and they desisted from further nets of violence. MEETING OF MOXAKHIS. Kmpcror and Kmpress of Uormuny Will Visit King Humbert of Italy and Other Princes. Berlin, March 29. The Imperial party In their visit to Italy are accompanied by a large and distinguished suite. Leaving Naples on March HI on board the imperial yacht, Hohenzollern, the emperor and empress, with their suites, will sail for Palermo. They will so journ Ave days In Sicily and sail thence for Venice, where a meeting will take Place between the kaiser and King Humbert, the communications between Prince Hohenlohe. the German chancel lor, and the Marquis Dl Rudlnl, Italian prime minister, in regard to the pres ence of the German emperor In Italy having resulted In the two monarchs deciding upon having a conference alone. Queen Murgherlta will accom pany King Humbert and will receive the empress. During the three dnys of the stay of the Imperial party In Venice, the king and queen of Roumanla will Join the Imperial and royal family. Af ter the Interview between the kaiser and King Humbert, the emperor will start for Vienna, where he will be Joined by Prince Hohenlohe. The offic ial press have received Instructions to minimize the Importance of these con ferences and to state that Prince Ho henlohe ts going to Austria for the pur pose of attending the marriage of his niece and that his meeting the emperor there Is a mere coincidence, the Imperial visit to Austria and the marriage of the chancellor's niece being synchronous events. It Is Impossible, however, to divest the kaiser's trip of the Inijmrtant fact that his majesty will meet succes sively three monarch who are his allies, meetings which certainly have some significance. It Is believed here that the conferences do not relate to a re newal of the Drelbund. that being al ready secured, but rather to the kais er's pulley toward Russia, whose suc cessful diplomacy in Bulgaria and dominance of Turkey has created feel ings of great anxiety at the Austtiun and Roumanian courts, to the king of Roumanla especially, that monarch be ing somewhat Uneasy as to the pru dence of his entente with the Drelbund in view of Russia's attitude, OLD FRIEND RETURNS. Principle of Perpetual Motion Again Said to Have Hcen Discovered. Ottumwa. la., March 29. It Is assert ed here that Count Otto Von Holt schuerr, of this city, has discovered the principle of perpetual motion. The machine, as seen by the reporter, Is a decidedly simple affair. It Is In the shape of un inverted bicycle, a com mon safety, the wheels standing high In the air. The front wheel of the cycle Is the one to which the principle Is up plied. . Blank Poisoned Tea. Hanistoiirg, March 29. A post mortcn exaniimi lion was held yesterday on the remains of John W. H. Hill, the Steelimi inun, who) died from drinking poisoned teu. The stomach and tea will lie anal yzed. The physicians -think death was due to in.iallli' poimniliiir. I itwsvlllo Postmaster. Washington, March 28. The following fourt h-class post musters were appointed today: I'emieytvaula, A. J, Cosgrlff, Lwille, gupquehunns Nltf ST o , Waist Sale We are now showing a magnificent 13ne of Shirt Waists. TIE DERBY WAIST . In Linen Batiste, In dian Dimities, Gala teas, Percales, Etc. Also the KINO and MOTHER'S FRIEND, for Boys. 'The most satisfactory Waist in the market, GINGHAM BMSSES Boys' Kilt Suits and Infants' Long and Short Dresses. 510 AND 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE Tread easy in a pair of our EASTER SHOES. Ev ery department is com plete 5 every Shoe is se--lected with care. LEWIS,RmiY&DAVIES 114 AND 110 WYOMING) AVE. Wholesale and Retail. Easter Eggs. Easter Eggs. We have secured one of the prettiest, Inexpensive, Easter GSfls ia u Beatd Easter Egg, . Something entlrelv new. Look in our show window as you pass by. W. J. Weichel 408 Spruce St. CHINESE KILLED. blown to Atoms hy the Kxploston of Powder .Mncalne In klnng. San Francisco, March 2!'. Three hun dred Chinese were blown to utonis by the explosion of a magazine attached to the fort at Klang, In Chlnu, on Feb. Sit. The disaster, according to the mail advices rece.ved by steamer, was the work of mutinous soldiers, who were preparing to Join secret society rebels In the attack on the udjucent town, but whether through carelessness or by Intention li not known. Spring of '960 i
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