THE ONLY REPUBLICAN-DAILY IN LACKAWANNA COUNTY. EIGHT PAG7V5G COLUMNS. JSCKANTON, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 189. TWO CENTS A CO 3. 0. .cr A First al OF Fancy OPENS Friday, Apr.i 7 The lots offered are all eorrert Spring styles, right In weight, fabric and color ings, while the reductions In price are the heaviest we havi ever made at this teason of the year. AC ' 11 11 1! jr. These comprise the balance of live different clothathat sold at 25c. The effects nre mostly of the tweed or der.and the colorings are all the lat est of Spring's favorites. Sale Price, 12yc 25 Pieces These are strict!, wool, full width .and Include among them the choic est effects of the season. Plain mixtures or figures In Gray. Browns. Greens. Bluets, etc., and not a yard worth less ttiun 42c. or 45c Dressesi s,j1a iPflrt '2Rfius consul general to Havunu might 1 i 25 Pieces 39c This has been one of our lending ROc. Spring cloths. It is strictly wool. 44 inches wide, has a lovely soft finish and Includes ail the Spring shades thut are must sought for. Sale Price, 39c Cpyerly Suitings, 58c These nre fine 46-inch Imported goods that have sold right along for T5c. The shadings are exceptionally line and they are a great bargain at the Sale Price, 58c 12 Pieces Boucle Suitogs, 3? l-2c These suitings are strictly all ave-Hght grounds In flprimfftnuee. will meet lomorrffwaheaF shades, with dnrker tufted ef fects. We are selling them today at Sue. Tomorrow's Sale Price, 37$ c Bicycle Sittings, 3? l-2c Smart, all wool Bicycle Suitings, S6 Inches wide.ln the popular Scotch Tweed suiting check effects. This , Is a genuine new SOc. cloth. Sale Price, 37tfc OPENING DAY, Friday, Apr. 1(7 til OB t Date. E OFFERS OF REFORfl IN CUBA Spanish Government Kill Treat With Peaceful Insurgents. LIBERAL TERMS OP I'EACC The Rebel, However. Are Suspicion! of the Uovcrnineat and Will Not Kepeat the Experiment of 1878. Washington, April 20. -In the oral discussions of Cuban affulrs which have taken place between the Spanish minister and Secretary Oluey during the last few weeks, an Informal memo randum of some tlfty or sixty reform measures, which, under certain con tingencies, the Spanish government Is willing to accord to Cuba, la under stood to have played an Important part. These concessions are entirely dis tinct from the decree-of March IS. 1895, j which was promulgated by the Span ish Queen Regent, seventeen days al ter the outbreak of the Insurrection and which was countersigned by ISuennventure De Aharzuza, minister of the colonies, himself a native of Ha vana. The decree provided a system of guvernment for the Island of Cuba und for the readjustment of Its civil administration, but left, as now abso lute revlsionnry power in the hands of the governor general. At the very out set of the plan It was provided that "whenever the governor general shall Judge any decislon.ot the council to be contrary to the laws or to the general Interests of the nation, he shall sus pend its execution and shall himself take such provisional measures as the public needs which would otherwise have been neglected because of such suspension, may require, immediately submitting the matter to the minister of the colonies. New proposals of reform which have been Informally brought under discus sion between the Spanish minister and Secretary Olney arc broader and more liberal than this decree and approach more nearly to practical autonomy, but are accompanied by conditions which apparently render their adoption or even their consideration by the in surgents a matter of impossibility. As in the case of the ten years' war. Spain Insists as a preliminary to negotiations that the insurgents xhuli tlrst lay down their arms, as it Is against the dignity of the Spanish crown to treat with armed rebels, THE LESSON OF I8T8. The Cuban lenders assert thut when they complied with similar conditions in 1X7S. in order to secure the reforms pledged to them by Martinez Cumpos. i the pledges lie inuile them were chlelly t left -unfilled, and they emphatically decline to be bkhIii deceived in like I manner. Consequently the proffered measure of reform Is likely to fall to tin; ground as fur as Cuba is concerned, though some similar provisions muy probably be tendered to Puerto Kico, where no rebellion exists. Nothing In the suggested plan us It now stands holds ouv unv prospect of a speedy termination of this desolating war. Private advices received here from Havana! Indicate that the luipes which were at Hist expressed that the ap tiointment of (Jeiieral Fltzhusrh Lee open up souir way of adjustment have died away. It Is dounted whether I ( leiieral I.ec will be able to take up his new duties tor months to come. This Is the berimilng of the most deadly sickly season in Cuba. The. cares und worries of responsibilities of the otlice of consul general at Havana, to an un- uccliinuted man of General Lee's portly physique. It Is said, would be likely to bring on an at '.each of yellow feve the chances of recovery from which might, be doubtful. He could not take refuge in the mountains, because the hundreds of alleged naturalized Ameri can citizens who are clamoring for protection and reparation from fjpnln would render such an escape impossl ble. Friends of General Lee who have been long residents in Cuba are said to have written to him. strongly -dls suadlng him from attempting to take up his duties until the rainy season is over. LOOKS LIKE ELKIX. State Chairmanship of the Republican Organization Is In Doubt. ' Harrisburg, Pa.. April 20. Less than fifty people nre here as an advance guard of the Republican state conven tlon. which meets Thursday. Senator Quay arrived from Washington on the evening train and most of the conven tion people have called . to pay. their respects. The contest over the state chairmanship Is the only thing of In terest, and as it looks now, John P. Elkin, of Indiana, will be successful: Frank Willing Leach, the other aspir ant, Is not here. Governor Hastings Is the only one or the eight aelegates-ut large to the national convention who ho a hepn definitely aereed unon: The executive committee of the state com- the report of the committee on reform legislation.- Senator Quay will prob ably remain until after the state com mittee meeting on Wednesday. National Chairman Harrlty will get here tonight and stay for the meeting of the Democratic state committee on Wednesday. 1 DEMOCRATS PUZZLED. Illinois Leaders Trying to Paeify Silver Karons and Gold Pugs. Chicago, April 20. The Democratic state central committee selected Peoria as the place and June 23 as the date for holding the Democratic state conven tlon. The call was Issued on the basis of the vote cast In the presidential elec tlon of 1892. which Is a victory of the gold element, as It gives Cook county a larger representatlonha.nupder,ihe VOW Ol lOVt. Members of the state central commit tee Bay that they acceded to the request of the anti-free silver element to make the apuorttonment Ofljthe basis of the Cleveland vote or iwz, wmcn Trves-cook county a third of the conventlon'on tho ground that the more delegates ptesent the better It would be foe Alt geid ana sliver. V JACKET MAKERS STRIKE. Philadelphia Tailors Desire Piece Work, Ono llnndrod Idle Philadelphia, April 20; A number of rhildrena Jacket makers employed by clothing Arms In the vicinity of Third and Market streets In thla city,' went on strike today. It could not be learned how many persona went out, but It is said that over 100 hands left their employment. Others will prob ably go out tomorrow. The jacket makers struck because they- have been refused piece work, ELECTRICITY ON WHISKERS. ; Wisconsin Men Have Reraarkarlo AdV venture After Storm., St. Paul, April 20. A remarkable ad venture befell a party of WiscorwHi 1 men. According to one of them, H. O. Tofson, who lives at Kllbourn. in com- any with Ole Tofson, Will Tofson. Jens Anderson and Kmmet Peterson, he at tended a party at the home of Tom O'Ccnnell. About S a. m. the young men started for home. The rain had ceased, but the sky was still very cloudy nd the night was black. Suddenly beads of electricity gathered on their mustaches and hair and a brilliant blueith light streamed from their fur coats. They were terrorized. They brushed and struck at the mystic fluid, but for fully fifteen min utes they fought with it. and then It disappeared for a short time only to reappear. They were greatly relieved on reaching home, but still puzzling their wits to make out what had pos session of them. MONETARY CONFERENCE. Mr. Willis Offers a Resolution Inviting Co-operation of t'ommcreial Nations. Washington. April 20. Mr. Willis (Itep., Del.) today offered in the house joint resolution authorizing and di- ectlng the president to Invite the com mercial nations of the world to join in an International monetary conference to he held at as early a date as practl- auie, ror the purpose or establishing an International standard of ratio be- ween gold and silver as money. a commission of nine Is created three to be members of the house ap pointed by the speaker: three to be senators, and three to be appointed by the president. One hundred and fifty thousand dollars is appropriated toward the Joint expense of the confer- nce. MEETING OFJPRESBYTERY. Opening Session Held at Carbondalo Last Kvening New Moderator Was Chosen Rev. Mr. Mills, of Wltkes-Barre Suc ceeds Rev. U. F.. (iuild. Special to the Seranton Tribune. Carbondule, April 20. The Lacka wanna Presbytery opened Its spring session here today. The principle gath ering of the day was in the evening. As many of the ministers had not arrived the gathering was not so large as they will be the next two days. Several ar rived on the late trains this evening and others are expected tomorrow. - The meeting of most importance and greatest Interest today opened at. 7.30. The church was nearly Jilted with ministers and the public who manifest the greatest interest in the doings of the presbytery. Owing to the Jour neys which many hud made during the day. the session whs not long. The meeting was opened by prayer, after which Rev. George E. Guild, of Scran ton, the retiring moderator, preached a most eloquent sermon. His subject was mainly devoted to missions and the chance which we constantly have of doing some missionary work at ull times. CHANCES EVE MY DAY. "In our every day work, in the streets, among our neighbors, are fields for missionary work which we should make the most of. In our everyday life we onstantly pass by Hungarians. Slavs, Italians and others with whom we ould do some good by telling them the story of His love. Perhaps you have heard the story of a noble, sell -sacri ficing woman, which shows us how necessary It is to tell of Christ's love to those about us. This woman In her visits came across a gypsy camp, where she fuund a young man about to die. She cared fur him and doing so whis pered In his ear asking him if he hud hciir'd that 'God so loved the world that He gave His only Son for us.' His. eyes, which were fast closing, opened at the question, and he seemed bewil dered. At lust he shook his head, and upon being asked why he had not heard It, suid, as his eyes closed: 'No one told me the story.' "Perhaps the fable of the Persian prince may be familiar to you. The prince had In his possession a. shelf, and upon pressing a spring a canopy would suspend Itself over himself and com panions, sheltering thenVfrom the fierce heat. Upon touching another spring a canopy would spread Itself over all his country, armies and people. Christ Is not to be surpassed by a fable, for He does even greater things and His love spreads over, village, city and the whole world." This closed the sermon, and after singing and prayer the regular business of the presbytery was entered upon. BUSINESS OF PRESBYTERY. The first order of business was the roll call, to which about thirty-five re. sponded. The roll call of the churches was called and the following answered: Carbondale, First, S. Bolton; Franklin, K. D. Tuttle; Gibson, W. I,. Branden burg; Harmony, A. Smith; Hawley, John Niece; Little Meadow, H. A Pitcher: Montrose, C. C. Holson; Nich olson, N. L. McMillan; Scott. Henry Arneke; Sliver Lake, H. A. Ros3; Troy, N. M. Pomeroy; Wllkes-Karre Me morial, Wyaluslng First, Milton Lewis. Mr. Lewis also represented several oth er congregations and a discussion arose as to whether he was entitled to ilo this. Mr. Lee made n motion that HI8 name should be pmced'lpoldTetTie' church ttrst named and that it be dis cussed later. The election of moderator was the next order of business. Rev. Mr. Mills of Wllkes-Barre, was nominated, and aw there were no other candidates his election was unanimous. Mr. Guild made a brief speech In which he con gratulated the new moderator. The report of the committee on ar rangements, Rev. Charles Lee chair man, was then read. The morning ses- sions will open at 9 o'clock and close at 12. The afternoon session commences at 2 and closes at 5. The noon hour is to be lengthened until 8 o'clock on Wednesday, during which time a lunch will be served by ladles and the clergy 1 '!, men win enjoy a social hour. On Wednesday evening an Interesting session will he held in which prominent speakers will be heard. . Rev. CY K. Robinson, D. D., of Seranton, will speak on "Requirements for Church Membership," and Rev. James McLeod D. D., of Seranton, will discuss "What Ought a Church Member to Do and Be ; During me year tnree members pj the presbytery have died. Rev.rE.Ken nedy, Rev. Robert Wilson and Rev Mr. Gates. A committee to draw u resolutions upon tneir deaths was ap pointed. It was then moved that examination of candidates to the presbytery be heard the first thing In the afternoon session of today. Riot In Kansas. Topeka, Kan., April 20. The sheriff of Stafford county wired Governor Merrill tonight that a riot was In progress at St. John. TroopB have been seat there on u special train. llornld's Forecast. New York, April 21. Herald's wenther forecast: in tne MUiiiie states tou.ty ciouuy to partly cloudy, cooler weather win prevail, wun 'uin on una near the coasts and fresh to brisk vurlsble winds, mostly southwesterly to westerly, nossi bly followed In this section by clearing In the arternoon or fvening. on wedi vmlay oartlv cloudy to fair, sllirhtlv cool weather and fresh westerly to northwest. erly winds will prevail, possibly preceded ny rain on tne coasts. RELIEF AT HO UND Reinforcements Nearing and Wagon Traias oa Hand.- NO ObSTRlCTlOX MET KITH The Local Forces Were Too Weak to Make Farther Attacks-Secretary 1 ' . Chamberlain Crltlcizod-Ger many la Incensed. London, April 20. The Exchange Telegraph company says that better news was received from Buluwayo to day by the secretary of state for the mies, Joseph Chamberlalnv The wagon train of provisions (rom the south is said to have succeeded In en tering the beleaguered town and the reinforcements from Mafeking are re- k ported to be advancing rapidly without obstruction. A dispatch to the Dally Telegraph, which plainly antedates the one re ferred to above as received by Secretary Chamberlain, says: The enemy are manoeuverlng and constructing laagers to provide for re treat and organized attack less than six miles out. A council of war has been held, and It has been decided that the local forces are too weak to make further attacks upon the Matabeles. The greatest anx iety Is felt fro the quick arrival of re inforcements from the south, which will be the only link with the outside world, as the natives now hold all the country except Buluwayo, Gwelo and llellngwe. The returns of casualties to the white population thus far show that six have been murdered and that 100 are miss ing." The Dally News says that military authorities consider that the appoint ment of General Carrington, British commander at Gibraltar, who has been ordered to the Cape of Good Hope to take command of the British forces In Matabeleland, is a measure of precau tion, and that it will probably be fol lowed by the dispatch of more troops. "The militant section or the Tories are In active revolt against the policy in Africa of Colonial Secretary Cham bechtrn'and Governor 8ir Hercules Rob inson, of Cape Colony, and they talk of adjourning the house on the subject." The Chronicle (Liberal), commenting upon the situation In South Africa, does not assume that It is Mr. Cham berlain's policy, "bu," It says, "if the government deliberately intends the subjugation of the Dutch race In South Africa In revenge for the defeat of Dr. Jameson, It Is time that Englishmen were up and doing." The Chronicle suggests the forma tion of a watching committee of lead ing men. The Dally News asserts that Presi dent Kruger's original demand for an Indemnity from the Chartered South African company for the Jameson raid was 13,000.000, but that negotiations has reduced it fl.5O0.0O0. The Berlin correspondent of the Standard says thut the German press is indulging In the bitterest comments upon England's action In South Africa In which they see a direct menace to the Transvaal. They charge Colonial Secretary Chamberlain with duplicity In his statements to parliament and in his messages to President Kruger. The Standard's correspondent also says that it Is again reported that the Ger man government intends to Introduce a new cannon Into the army. AGAINST DUELLING. .1 Pcbato In the Reichstag is Aroused Against the Custom. Berlin, April 20. In the reichstag to lay Dr. Bashem, the Centrist leuder, raised a debate on the question of duel ling, ty calling attention to the recent tut I between Lieutenant Von Kettel shodt. an officer attarhed to the Im perlal Yat tit Hohenzollern. and Herr Zenker, n prominent Berlin lawyer, re- sultlto; in the death of the latter Dr. Vcn Bettlchcr. Imperial secretary of state for the Interior, replied that the assumption that the authorities had not done their duty was groundless. He could not admit that as a matter of course. The law, he said, was applied without distinction as to the position or vocHtlo'i or offenders. The chanceller. he continued, had civ en earnest consideration to the ques tion as to what measures were possible to ensure respect for the law, but he had not as yet arrived at any decision. Therefore communications to the gov ernment In regard to the matter were at present inadvisable. ZEALOUS WOMEN IN TROUBLE Go Into a Box Car to Destroy Beer and Are Mado Prisoners, Pierre, S. D.. April 20. Attorney Gen eral i;rawrora. iasi evening received a telegram from a number of women Im prisoned in a trelght car at Salem, a remote place, asking for aid. He wired to thorn, advhilng them to employ an al- torney. Further advices state that the wo men, .members of the Salem Women's Christian Temperunce union, went Into the .car to destroy several barrels of beer,' and while they were thus en gaged the door was closed and sealed. GOLD WITH CATHODE RAYS Iowa Farmer Claims to Have Made n startling Discovery. Cedar Rapids, la., April 20. Georee Johnson, a young farmer residing in jerrerson county, a graduate of Colum bla college, who has been experiment Ing with the X rays, thinks he has made a discovery that wlu startle the world By means of-what he called the X rays he-J enabled to change In three hours time a cheap pleee of metal worth about 13 cents to 3153 worth of gold. The metal so transformed has been tested and. Is -pronounced pure gom. . FAST OF A MICHIGAN HEN. fves In a flay Mow for Seven Months Without Food or Wotor. St. Johns, Mich., April lR.T-Farmer Keusch, near here, accidentally covered a setting hen as he waB filling his barn last fall. A few days ago in removing the hay, he was surprised to find the hr.n still allye.-arter seven months with out ftjod-ar water. -Tr wt ould make a still better Btory to relate that the eggs all hatched and that the old hen was surrounded by big spring chickens, but that isn't so; the eggs titled up. TURNED YELLOW AND. DIED Terrible Fat of an Indiana Youth Who Smoked Cigarettes. Elwood. Ind., April 20. Rene Waples of Frankton, Is dead from cigarette smoking. Ho tied l-ecome yellow, and was such a oiuve to tne namt that though know Ing death wris only a Question of time unless he quit, he was wholly unable to ao so. , THE NEWS THIS HORNING. Weather ladlcatloai Today t Skewer i Ceeler Weather. Tender of Reform for Cuba. Politics Warming I'p. The National Congress. ReUef for the English at Buluwayo. News of All Sports. Great Singing In Wales. (Local) Fisher Murder Trial. Arson Case Jury Still at Variance. Anniversary of R. R. Y. M. C. A. Editorial Quay as a Reformer. (Local) Board of Trade Listens to 8H?eches. Meeting of Presbytery. (9tory)-"The Cost of His Head." The Business World. News of the Suburbs. Trial List for May Common Pleas Court Market and Stock Reports. News Up and Down the Valley. YOUNG BRIDE REPENTED, v Daughter of a Missouri Millionaire Anz lone for a Divorce. St. Joseph, Mo., April 20. When there were rumors last September that arks Hall, of this city, and Miss Leo nora Hosea. the 1.1-year-old daughter of Millionaire William E. Hosea. had eloped and been married In Chicago, they were denied by the relatives of the girl and young Hall. The girl was tak en to Europe and Hall resumed his work In his father's olhce. Today the girl sued her youthful husband for di vorce, alleging that she had been In duced to marry him by deception. She snys he represented to her thot the Becret marriage would be nothing more than an engagement a,nd could be broken at any time. They were mar ried by a Justice of the peace in Chi cago when Miss Hosea was on her way to a boarding school In Washington. She has been in Purls and Berlin since the marriage. HAVE SEEN THE EVIL ONE. Watchers by an Inf idol's Bedside Stricken and Sick Man Dies. Winnipeg. Man., April 20. The town of Quluppelle, near Winnipeg, is much excited over a remarkable incident, more so because all the persons con nected therewith are quite prominent. An Infidel at Qu'appelle was dying, and wo well-known men of that place were sitting at his bedside. Suddenly those in the adjoining room heard a loud cry, and, niNrlng Into the sick room, found the two watchers In sensible and the patient dead. The men have never since been able to speak of what they saw and cannot re fer to the mutter. One of them Is not expected to live. It Is believed that they saw the evil one. GOOD OMEN FOR CARLISLES. White Carrier Pigeon Flies Into the Sec retary's Home. Washington. April 20. Mrs. Curllsle believes in omens, und from an unusual occurrence at her home a few days ago is led to hope thut this Is going to be a good year for the Carlisle family. She was standing at a window In her house, on K street, when In flew a car rier pigeon with a gold band on one of Its feet. The white-winged messenger has made itself quite at home and is being kindly cared for until some trace of its owner can be found. SHE LOANED HER COFFIN. Michigan Woman Says the One Given In Return Does Not Fit. St. Ignace, Mich., April 20. An old couple near this city provided them selves with collins. The old man died and was bureid in his. but. the widow let a neighbor have hers to bury a relative on conditlot that a coffin equally good would be given in re turn. The old lady would not accept the one recently proffered because when she got Into It the coffin Ud hit her nose, and" a lawsuit Is threatened BLIZZARD IN NEBRASKA. Fearful Storms Are Raging Throughout the F.ntlro State. Chadron, Neb., April 20. A severe blizzard has been raging here all day. Three Inches of snow has fallen and it Is still snowing. This morning a heavy shower of hail, accompanied by thunder, was followed by a sfcrni that plied the snow in huge drills. Hallway traffic, is tmneded and reports from stations along the line of the Elkhnrn are that the snowstorm Is general throughout Nebraska. THE ANGEL1ERS ESCAPE. District Attorney Thinks That a Convic tion for Murder Cannot ho Secured. Baltimore, April 20. Mrs. Mattie V. and Frank Angeller arc now wholly relieved of the criminal charge of hav ing murdered, the Massachusetts sales man. Charles F. Parker, on Jan. 11. States Attorney Duffy today "stet ted" the cose against the accused, stat ing that In view of the result of the re cent mis-trial, when the Jury stood 11 to 1 for acquittal, he did not believe he could secure a conviction. KILLED BY HIS OWN GUN. Robert Clay In a Fight Pull a Revolver and Receives Its Contents. Harrisburg, Pa.,.-April 20. Robert Clay, colored was shot and instantly killed at Steelton today by Sheridan Crumway, another colored man, who was acQused by Clay with trilling with nis wire's affections. Clay pullcyd a re volver, and In the scrimmage was him self shot and killed. Crumway bears a good reputation. tie is in custody. HANGED BY MOONSHINERS. Suspected Rovenuo Spy Strung I'p by Tennessee Avengers. Chattanooga, Tenn., April 20. Star ling Savage was taken from his bed at Irving college, seven miles from Mc Mlnnvllle, early this morning by a mob or masked men and hanged to a tree. He was suspected of being a "spot ter" for Vnlted States revenue officers. He was a resident of White, an adjoin ing county, but his "moonshine" ene mies had followed him from home, Stenniship Arrivals, New York, April 20. Arrived: Thlng valla, from Copenhagen ; Mobile, from London. Arrived out: Kaiser Wllhelm, at Gibraltar and proceeded for Naples; Aller, at Southampton (en route from Bre men for New York); Furnessla, at Glas. kow: Venetla, at Copenhagen. Sailed for New York: Suuthwork, from Antwerp, April 18. Slghted-H. H. Meier, from Bre men for New York, pnBsed Sniliy, April 19; lirnunschwetg, from Naples for New York, passed Gibraltar, April 19, Clarion's Convention. Cltrlon, Pa., April 20. The Clarion coun ty Republican convention today endorned Senator Quay for the presidency. NO PROGRESSES SENATE Another Day Is Passed la Idle Argument. THE INDIAN DILL FENDING On April 39 Congress Will Be Affercd a Piece of Stataarj-other News from the National Lawmakers. . Washington. April 20. No actual progress in the work of legislation was made In the senate today. The reso lution for an Investigation Into recent bond Issues came to the surface on two or three occasions, but Senator Hill (Dem.. N. Y.) was not Inclined to yield an Inch of the right of the senate to a full debate on the resolution, or to In dicate any time when a vote might be reached; and on the other hand the chf.irmun and members of the commit tee on appropriations Insisted on the importance of getting along with the grtat appropriation bills. Finally Mr. Peffer (Pop., Kas.) author of the bond resolution, consented reluctantly to have that resolution laid aside tempor arily until the appropriation bills now before the senate are disposed of. It Is still the unfinished business, however, and as such will be entitled to formal presentation to the senate at 2 o'clock every day. The Indian appropriation bill was under consideration the whole day, but did not advance a single step. The propositions on the subject of the In dian schools were passed over Inform ally on account of the absence of Mr. Carter (Rep., Mont.) who had offered an amendment to strike out the house provisions on that subject, and then the senate got Into a tangle on an amendment reported by the committee on appropriations for the payment of the fees of some fifteen attorneys for legal services characterized as "lobby ing rendered to the "old settlers or western Cherokeea." There was a good deal of a controversy on this subject, in which Mr. Chandler (Rep., N. H. took a leading part. The matter had not been brought to an Issue when the bill was laid aside for the day. Notice was given by Mr. Vilas (Dem.. Wis.) that on Wednesday, April 29, he would present to the senate a com munication from the governor of Wis consin offering to congress the statue or "James Marquette. HOUSE PROCEEDINGS. After passing a few private bills the house spent the remainder of the ses sion today In the consideration of the general deficiency bill the last of the general appropriation bills. A pro longed debata was occasioned by the purugraph appropriating (850,000 to sup ply a deficiency in the collection of the customs revenues.. The action of the secretary of the treasury In Increasing wie customs jorce at new iors, was criticised by Mr. Hepburn (Mep., la.) This Increase was due, according to Mr. Dlngley (Rep., Me.), to the change from specific to ad valorem duties made by the WUson-Gormun act. A general comparison of the tariff hwa ol 1HW and ISM, both as to the revenue pro duced by them and the coHt of collect ing the same, and a comparison of the appropriations for the past congresses made a lively debate which lasted nearly three hours. The committee concluded considera tion of the bill without material amendment, and It was passed by the house. FOR PURE BEER. Mr. Cooper (Rep., Wis.) Introduced in the house today a bill to Impose a tax upon and to regulate the manufac ture, sale. Importation anu exportation of adulterated beer. Pure beer is defined by the measure as that made from pure hops and malt." In audition to present taxes the manufacturers of adulterated beer are to pay a tax of $2,500 per annum; wholesale dealers in the article $1,000 per year, and retail dealers $250 per annum. Those dealing in adulterated beer who do not comply with the above requirements are made liable to fine and Imprisonment. Makers of adul terated beer are required to brand their product as such, and persons who sell the article are required to have printed notices In their places of business stat ing that "Adulterated beer Is sold here." The measure is drawn on lines simi lar to the oleomargarine law and the "filled cheese" bill. THE MAYBRICK CASE. Mr. Call presented to the senate this afternnon a petition signed by L. D. Yarrell and A. H. Garland, attorneys for Mrs. Mnybrlck, addressed to the president of the United States, urging this government to Intervene In behalf of Mrs. Maybrick. The petition is ac companied by a great number of print ed comments and letters from Indi viduals interested in the case. -OLY PHANT DiSASTERr Saturday's Fatality to bo Investigated by the Coroner Todnv. Coroner Longstreet, who had been re quested by Mine Inspector Roderick to Investigate Saturday's Olyphant mine fatality, In which four men were killed, went to Olyphant yesterday afternoon. It was found that the Important wit nesses were at work In the Eddy Creek mine, where the disaster occurred, and that their presence could not be secured for several hours; consequently, after Impanelling a jury, the Inquest was postponed until 10 o'clock this morning In mine fatalities a coroner has no jurisdiction unless authorized by the .m in Inspector. Mine Inspector Roder ick himself Investigated the case Sat' urday, but concluded It was a matter which more properly belonged to the coroner, who was asked on Saturday night to give It his attention. This ac counts for the seeming delay. In Olyphant there does not seem to be any general opinion as to the re sponsibility for the accident. Appar ently the cause of the Immense fall of roof is wholly unexplalnable. CRAWFORD PRIMARIES. Qunv and McKinley Forces About Evenly Balanced. Meadville, Pa., April 20. The Repub lican return Judges of Crawford county met here this afternoon to canvass the vote at Saturday's primaries. The of ilclttl vote for national delegates is as follows: Quay candidates William II. An drows, 3.646; Louis Streuber, 3,235. Mc Klnley candidates Jessie Moore, 3,708; W. J. Sands, 3,613. Either side present ed any resolutions an their forces were too venly balanced. Cvolono in Ohio. Fremont, ()., April 2D. The rural part or SunuuHKy county was stricken by cyclone this afternoon which left deaih anil, destruction in Its wake. The dead and Injured so far as known are: w. I, Greene, farmer, crushed out of shape James Greene, fels Son, 'mangled and dead; Mrs. Jan? ' 4yone, his wife, In jurea, may am FILEY'S Lace To close out balance of Lace Curtains we offer ex traordinary inducements in prices, as the following special values will show: 25 pairs Nottingham Cur tains, 3lA yards long 69c. a pair. 25 pairs, 3 yards long 95 cents. 15 pairs, 3lA yards long,' $1.12. 15 pairs, ZV2 yards long, $1.88. 12 pairs, 2VZ yards longi $2.37. 36 pairs Irish Point Cur tains, 3 1-2 yards long, at $4.00, $4.95, $5.85, $7.75.- 20 pairs Brussels Curtains, 3 1-2 long, at $7.50, Lace yards $8.00 and $9.00. This is a rare opportu nity for housekeepers. 510 AND 512 . LACKAWANNA AVENUE SPRING FOOTWEAR DRESS SHOES And Slippers for Every Member of the Family. s 114 AND 118 WYOMING) AVE. Wholesale and Retail. 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