THE ONLY REPUBLICAN DAILY IN LACKAWANNA COUNTY.
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SCR ANTON, PA., MONDAY 3IORN1NG, MAY 4, 189H.
TWO CENTS A COPY.
Working
i
on
Comes as near the truth as any
way we know of putting It these
days In our cloak department.
Of course we've had our profitable
season, with tne biggest trade we
have ever recorded, and now we're
fairly Into the
aosc.'Em
Out Scasca
where price or prutlt figures
but
lightly in our calculations.
We won't carry a single Ruiiiurt
over to another season, if there's
any possible way of getting rid of
them, and so far our tirst failure In
this department Is yet to be chron
icled. Fries Will Jto If
as It always has in the past, and
we've simply to say that we haven't
spared a single garment in our en
tire stock. .
Of course, we can only mention a
few things out of the many, but
they'll serve to show that
A
TIM WaYi
has struck the deuaf tmeut und
washed all the old ttgures away.
CHILDREN'S
GARMENTS '
are all sacrificed. About half of
early season's figures will buy them
now, and within cloths no styles j
buve deteriorated. The selection Is
large and as nearly perfect as cor-
rect styles can mak It. :
LADIES' CAPES
Spring weight, correct cut. plain or
-- braided Former piict, J2.50.
Nsw Me;, $169
ANOTHER LOT
in Blacks or pretty shades of Tan.
Inlaid velvet collars, etc., very
stylish. Former price, $3.00.
New Price, $1.68
ANOTHER LOT
Black and Tans, finer than the pre
ceding lot and about the same de- j
signs, rormer price, 13. iu.
A NOBBY NUMBER
Blacks only.
Button trim,
we ever sold.
Stylish Braid
The best $4.00
and
cape
New Wee, $2.98
: CRAVEN ETTE
CAPES
Blicks only. Very elaborate
trim.
Out former leader at J4.Su.
New Price, $149
LEQANT
lav n luin. umiu. iikhii. nnii
lbbon and Chiffon trim. Yes
a puce, 9U.W.
CLAY DIAGONAL
CAPES
Right Spring weight, very hand
some garments, richly braided.
Were $7.50.
my
: New Friqe, ISte-UV"1'-hls r "K"-ea8",g
ENGLISH BROAD
CLOTH CAPES
garments that have all that quality
can give them and an elegance that
will commend them to the respect
. of well dressed women. Yesterday's
price, $8.60.
MKINLEYrSWINNING GAIT
Is Now Within Thirty-one Voles of
the Nomination.
SUCCESSION Or VICTORIES
Kestilt of Last Week's Elections Makes
His IVfcat lractically Impossible.
Present Standing of the
Oilier Candidates.
New York. May 3.--A Washington
dispatch to The Tribune gives a resume
of (he presidential situation as follows:
In the last week M delegates to the
Kepubllcan nutlonal convention were
elected, bringing the total number up
to 770, or more than five-sixths of the
full membership. .Mckinley's strength
is now placed at 4L'. only HI short of the
number necessary for nomination. The
remainder of the delegates are dis
tributed as follows: Speaker Reed. 100;
Coventor Morton, 66: Senator Quay. 56;
Senator Allison. 41: Oovernor Hradley.
16: Senator Cullom. 11'; doubtful. 50.
Washington. May 3. More than five
sixths of the delegates to the Kepubll
can national convention have now been
chosen and the end of the canvass for
the Kepubllcan presidential nomination
Js easily In sight. Major McKinley Is
apparently today within thirty-one
votes of the necessary majority at St.
Louis, and It seems almost Impossible
for his opponents by any combination
of hostile Interests to prevent his tri
umph on the tirst ballot taken for a
pi evidential candidate. In the national
convention four years ato at Minne
apolis lki delegates had seals, and 455
votes were necessary to nominate. At
St. Louis next June it is probable that
tour additional votes will be given to
the territories of Arizona and Okla
homa and one additional vote to the
Indian territory, which sent but a single
representative four years ago to Minne
apolis. The total membeshrlp of the
convention will thus be Increased to HIS
and 46o votes will be required to make
a nomination. Major McKinley has to
day the support of 429 delegates out of
a totul of 770 alieady elected. One hun
dred and forty-eight delegates are yet
to be chosen, and of the 770 elected fifty
are apparently committed to no par- j
ticular candidate. It Is reasonable to
, suppose that of the IDS delegates un
, committed or not yet chosen Major Mc-
Kiriley will get at least one-half, and
! there are consequently few, well-informed
observers who r ow believe that
' the Ohio candidate will enter the ap
proaching convention at St. Louis with
loss than form 525 to 55U votes behind
i him.
WEEK'S CONVENTIONS.
Convention were he'd in four states
und one territory during the wetk Just
I ended, ana sixty-four additional dele
! gates tt. St. Louis were chosen. Flfty
I three of them were captured by Major
1 McKinley whose friends scored a sue
j cession of unexpected and decisive po
! llticul victories. In Vermont, where
1 Speaker Reed hud expected a solid dele
gation. Dotn state and district conven
tions declared unanimously for his Ohio
rival:, while In Illinois, after a struggle
which has lasted for nearly six weeks,
the McKinley forces carried the state7
convention against Senator Cullom, and
practically put him out of the' list of
Presidential as.ntrants at St. Louis,
Georgia and Alabama also elected del
egates u large pledged to McKinley.
Arizona's Territorial convention split,
and the majority faction chose six dele
gates whose presidential preferences
are not known. District conventions
I were held during the week In Vermont,
1 Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Ala
! hamu, Tennessee, Illinois and Missouri,
j The 770 delegates so far chosen are
I divided unions the following states and
territories:
Alabama "I New York
Arkansas 16 North Carolina .,
Connecticut 12! North Dakota ....
Florida 8'Uhlo
Georgia 26 Oregon
Illinois
Illinois JS Pennsylvania
Indiana -ii Rhode Island
; Iowa 26 South Carolina ..,
! Kansas )) South Dakota
! Kentucky 20 Tennessee
I Louisiana 16 Texas
1 Maine 12 I'tah
.Maryland II Vermont
Massachusetts ...30 Virginia
Michigan 16 West Virginia ...
Minnesota IS Wisconsin
Mississippi Is Arizona
Missouri IS New Mexico
Nebraska 16 Oklahoma
New Hampshire .. S'Dlst. of Columbia
I New Jersey 26 Indian Territory
21
Total
7.0 I
STANDING OF CANDIDATES.
The present apparent strength of the
rival candidates Is shown In the fol
lowing table:
McKinley 429! Allison 41
Reed M) Bradley Ji
Morton 66 Cullom 12
Quay u6, Doubtful ...
Total
.;?)
The Hftv ' votes cbssed as doubtful
come from these states and territories:
Alabama ...
Tennessee ..
Connecticut
Texas
.Maryland ,.
Utah
New Jersey
2 Virginia
2; New York
6 Arizona
2 Pennsylvania ,
8 New Mexico .,
G South Carolina
41
Total v fiij
M'KINLEY'S PERCENTAGE.
As has been noted above, the elec
tions of the week show a marked gain
In Major McKlnfey's strength, as com
pared with that of the combined oppo
sition. From the table of delegates
elected published In The Tribune of
April 26, it appeared that out of 706
delegates then, chosen Major McKinley
had the support of 376. a little more
than 03 per cent. Today, out of a total
of 770, he seems to have the support
of 429, or nearly SO per cent. Since April
25 his total strength has Increased from
376 to 42!. while that of the combined
opposition has risen only from 330 to
341. Senator Quay was the only other
candidate to make nercentible Dioirress
.Major icjinieys a aeiegateB come
from the following states and terri
tories: Alabama l8New York
Arkansas
lU; North Carolina
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky ...
Louisiana ...
.Vi.i -l North Dakota ..
;Ohlo
22' Oregon
26 Peuist4wiMriar
-uenouth Carolina .
16 South Dukota ...
10 Tennessee
..... T Texas
Maryland
5' Vermont
Michigan IS
Virginia 20
Mlnnesota
West Virginia
Mississippi .
Missouri ...
Nebraska ..
New Jersey
Total
w tsconslu
Oklahoma- .......
Indian Territory
...429
Speaker Reed's strength Is d'strlbut
ed thus by states and territories: ,
Alabama
Connecticut
Georgia
Louisiana
Maine .,
Maryland ......
Massachusetts
Total
1 New Hampshire .
8 Pennsylvania
41 Rhode Island ...
I' South Carolina ,.
12 Texas
1 Oklahoma
30 Dlst. of Columbia.
100
. Senator Allison hts votes in tha fol
lowing states and territories: ,
Alabama . I Hcuth Carolina ...
Iowa 'X, Texas 7
Louisiana Ijl'lah 1
North Carolina ... 2 Dlst. of Columbia. 1
Total
The other candidates have
only In their home states.
41
support
MR. CLARK MIX'S OPINION.
He Thinks That General Urosvenor's
Tables Uave ISeea Grossly Exaggerated.
Glance at Mr. Harrison.
Washington, May 3. Among Ke
publicans In Washington today are Mr.
Fecsenden, member of the Kepubllcan
national committee for Connecticut,
and Mr. Clarkson, member for Iowa.
The gentlemen had conferences with
Senators Quay and jtulson and other
friends. This evening Mr. Clarkson
was asked:
"Has McKinley a majority of the
delegates already, and what of the
claim that he will be nominated by ac
clamation?" "He has not neurly a . majority yet,
nor will he, In my judgment," said Mr.
Clarkson. "enter the convention with
a majority. He will not be nominated
by acclamation, because I can say
positively that Allison. Quay and Mor
ton will remain In the contest, and so
surely will Keed. and t Judge so will
Bradley and Cullom. McKinley will
fall from SO to 100 votes short of enough
to nominate at the start, and the Held
will represent from 525 to 550 votes. By
the field I mean, Allison. Keed. Quay,
Hradley, Morton and Cullom. already
suggested. and such other available men
as Harrison, Lincoln, Foraker, Hobart,
Dnvts and Ueneral Tracy, of New
New York."
Referring to his allusion to General
Harrison being in the available field of
candidates. Mr. Clarkson said: "In
one respect Harrison would give the
earliest certainty of uny one who could
be nominated, for the day he Bhould be
nominated the country would know ex
actly what his policy, as president,
would be on tariff and exactly what It
would be on finances, and this would
quickly bring confidence and good
tlmeB behind It." He considers General
Grosvenor's tables as "grossly Inac
curate," and further Bays: "The result
In Illinois has been exaggerated to Mo
Klnley's benefit and Grosvenor claims
It as practically solid, whereby It will
take the first ballot at St. Louis to
snow wnether t w be a mulorltv tnr
McKinley or a majority against him
Many more mistakes could be Dolnted
out. but these are samples of the rest."
Mr. Clarkson's approximate table of
the first ballot divided between McKin
ley and the field and the unsettled con
test so tar us the delegates have been
tlected, figures up from a total of Stl8
delegates. 28 for McKinley: 403. the
field; to. contested, and 136 not elected
REGARDING CONTESTS.
Regarding the contests Mr. Clarkson
remarked:
. "By the rules of the party all these
contests will first be heard by the na
tional commi'.tee, which makes up the
temporary roll of the national conven
tion. Each state In the temporary con
vention elects a member cf the commit
tee on credentials and the contestants
are heard again before this committee.
The convention Itself will also hear the
contests through the report of the com
mittee on credentials. So there will be
three careful examinations of alj these
ecu tests, Insuring the fairest decision at
last,"
'.'What about the reports as to the
national commi'.tee and how It stands,
and how these contests are going to be
decided."
"The national committee Is made up
of good and trained Republicans ,the
most of them of long service and all of
them careful of the party's interest
and honor, and all representative men
In their respective states. While a ma
jority of the national committee doubt
less prefers some other candidate from
personal choice and party Interest. It Is
safe to say that they will give as fair
a hearing to every contest as will the
committee on credentials or the conven
tion Itself. Four-llfths of the contests
are represented by the McKinley people
who bolted from the regular state or
district conventions of the party. The
convention at St. Louis, which Is going
to be a very serious affair, will result In
showing that the sober judgment of a
majority of the delegates In that body
will from pany Interest be in favor of
some other candidate than McKinley."
MR. MAN LEY'S ESTIMATE.
Speaker
Heed's Representative Looks
Over the Field.
Washington. May 3. Mr. Muuley. of
M:iint, tonight gave out the following
Ltiuentcnt:
' t'ince my statement of a week as.
thw" have liHt n elected fO!ty-el'ht cel
naus. Tne t lections have ocum-ain
Michigan. Illinois. Missouri, Aiion:i.
ludiviii Territory , Vermont, AUSu-na
und Otngla. They can be asslffnej a
follow:
' In Alabama and Arizona, two sets of
t delegates lmve been elected, a.v3 ippy
tire therefore placed, ns they ought to
b, in the cntested column; Indian Ter
ritory, Michigan, Missouri and Uliivjis
in-' placed in the column for UoVern'jr
McK'.nlc.
"i he ciii.vntloii in ermont wuj t siir
l.risc t- the friends of Mr. Reed. They
luul a rifcht to expect that .Vermont
wi uli j In with the rest of New Eng
land and stnd a delegation pledge! to
th Miipport of the New England can
didate. The delegates selectsd un.lues-
lionably l iefer the nomination of M:.
keed. How fur they will feel bwutvl
by tht Declaration of preference lor
Governor McKinley by the.r convention
tliuts alenc will determine. It must t?
remenibf red that the convention did
not Instruct the delgutes. and left them
free to exercise their own Judgment.
"Preferences und even Instructions
In the past have not uniformly gov
erned the delegates, because the condi
tions undr which they were passed did
nrt exist at the time the delegates were
called upon to discharge the duties en
trusted to them. The situation to
day Is as follows:
"For Mr. Reed, 162; for McKinley,
275; for all other tandlatei, 217; con
tested and doubtful, 103. This makes
767 delegates elected, and leaves 161ito
be chosen. The contest Is not yet set
tled and can alone be determlnd by the
delegates when they meet In conven
t l.iii ul St. Louis.
.- ,
FOOLHARDY FlSHERAlANr-
F. C.
Heine Makes a Trip Across the
llrlnk of Nlnpnrn rolls.
Niagara Falls, N. Y., May 3. In the
presence of between two and three
thousand people, F. C. Heine, a fisher
man of this city, this afternoon made
the perilous trip through the rapids
above the American Falls down to with
in a few fee, of Opat Islands, In an
ordinary Hat bottomed hoat.
The floating Ice In the river made
the voyage more than usually danger'
ous. The late Anthony Waller In an
endeavor to make the same- trip three
years ago, lost his life by being swept
over .the Falls.
Kllle I hy tho Cars. ' -
Erie, Pa., May 3. MIssMary Elliott, a
lady of wealth living In Harbor Creek, was
struck by a Nlckle Plate onsnenger trniu
last evening and was Instantly killed. Her
attention had been attracted by a pamiln
Lake Shore train. Her brother was kill
In the same manner a year or twe go.
NEWS FROM QUI WAR
Genera! luclan and -Maceo Engage
in battle.
THE REBELS SUITER LOSSES
Spanish Troops f ader Colonel Molina
Capture a Rebel Camp in Santa Clara.
Arms and Ammunition Pouring
Into Hands of.Insnrgenta.
Havana, Slay !. Intelligence has
reached here of a fierce engagement be
tween six columns of Spanish troops
under General Maceo, near Cacarajl
caras, 'south of Hah la Honda. The re
bels were well entrenched and had
erected a number of log forts behind
ivhlch they made a stubborn resistance.
General lnclan brought his artillery
to bear on the enemy, but notwith
standing this repeated bayonet charges
were necessary to entirely dislodge the
enemy. The rebel loss Is stimated at
over 200. The loss on the Spanish side
Was two lieutenants, and fourteen sol
diers allied and one lieutenant colonel,
two captains, one major, two other or
flceia and sixty-one soldiers wounded.
:. The Spanish troops under Colonel Mo
lina had a desperate encounter with a
force of 1,500 rebels under the Insur
gent leader, Lacret, near Ceja De Pa
blo, In the province of Santa Clara. The
fighting lasted two hours, at the end of
winch time the Spaniards succeeded jn
rapturing the rebel camp. The loss on
the Spanish side consisted of one lbu-t-nanl
und two soldiers killed and four
soldiers wounded. The rebels are sal 1
to have suffered a severe loes and it l
reported the rebel leaders, Lacret, Vn:-"
qjes jf'tuucho and Peres, were among
the wounded,
ARMS FOR INSURGENTS.
Galveston, Texas, May 3. The Tri
bune this morning publishes an article
stating that a boat left here last night
loaded with arms and ammunition for
the Insurgents In Cuba, making the
sixth expedition that has so far left this
port. Continuing, the article says:
"Some months ago It was reported that
the United States cruiser Ralejgh
would be here; the day of her arrival,
even, was reported. It may seem like a
gilded lie. but it is a fact all the same
that an attempt would have been made
to capture the cruiser off the bar with
500 apparent citizens, who were In re
ality, Texas men enlisted In the Cuban
cause. The plan was to go to sea, run
down the northern coast of Cuba, cap
ture a mall steamer and leave the
Raleigh to her commander.
It was a brilliant plan; and foolhardy
as it may appear, had more chance of
success than failure In It.
It miscarried because the Raleigh did
not come here."
Tampa, Fla., May 3. It Is stated on
authority which Is considered reliable,
that the ammunition, guns and supplies
carried by the schooner Competitor
which was captured by the Spaniards
were successfully landed In Cuba and
are now safe In the hands of the Insur
gents. It is stated that Alfredo Labor
do"VvlH commanded' the expedition, a
woman and a cRlld and two men were
all the persons found on board the bout
when captured. The statement Is made
that he had landed his men and muni
tions of war and had started to come
back to Key West when he was over
hauled by the Spanish gunboat. Of
ficial Information is expected In a
day
or so which will confirm this story
SPAIN'S KEW PLAXS.
An Administration Will be Tondered
Cuba Similar to the Canadian Govern
ment Fith ugh Lee's Mission.
Washington, May 3. Since the pas
sage by both houses of congress on
April 6 last of the senate concurrent
resolution declaring that a state of
war existed In Cuba, and that In the
opinion of congress the president should
recognize the belligerency of the Cubans
and tender his good offices to Spain to
bring abcut a recognition of the in
dependence of the Cuban republic, no
overt action has been taken by the
United States, so far as known, unless
the appointment of so prominent a
personage as ex-Governor Fitzhugh Lee
us consul general to Havana, can' be
no regarded. There Is a widely pre
vailing Impression that General Lee
will go to his post of duty In the double
capacity of consul general and special
commissioner empowered to report di
rectly to the president, as to the ex
act condition of affairs In Cuba. This
Impression has been deepened by the
protracted conferences which General
Lee held with Secretary Olney and Mr.
Cleveland yesterday.
Meanwhile considerable Interest Is
felt as to the probable course of the
Spanish authorities.
The uueen of Spain a speech to be
delivered at the opening of the Spanish
Cortes at Madrid on Monday, May 11.
Is exnected to outline definitely the
Cuban volley of the government. Tt Is
awaited with considerable interest here,
especially as informal assurances are
believed to have been given to the ad
ministration that Cuba la to be tender
ed almost as sreut a degree of auto
nomy In purely domestic affairs as the
Dominion of Canada now enjoys In Its
relation with Great Britain.
BIG CREAMERY BURNED.
Thw Establishment of A. Lathrope Near
Montrose Totally Destroyed.
Special to the Seranton Tribune.
Montrose. Pa.. May 3. Azur Lath
rop's creamery, located In South Mont
rose, was totally destroyed by Are this
morning. Albert Nichols resided In the
building. The Are was discovered
about 11 o'clock and every possible ef
fort to save It was of no avail. The
creamery was one of the largest In this
section and among its customers were
Chauncey M. Depew, President Sloane,
of the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western, and many of the prominent
railroad men of New York city.
A large shipment was to have been
made to the. Hotel Jermyn. Seranton,
tomorrow. iTha building was Insured
-for $2,000. It Is not known whether It
will be rebuilt
WILL FIGHT THE TRUST.
A Million Dollar Rubber Plant for I'rovl
denoc. Providence; R. I.. May 3. Ex-Presl-dent
Banlgan, of the United States
Rubber company. Is to fight the trust.
A new plant costing upward of a mil
lion dollars will be erected In. East
Providence, where it will be exempt
from taxes.
The plans have been prepared, and
with modern machinery the new fac
tory can produce one-quarter of the
rttSber boot and shoe goods In the
country. About 1,000 operatives will
be employed.
' lloform Committee Comfortable.
" Pmtorla. May 3. An Improvement has
been made In the arrangements at the jull
where the members of the reform com
mittee are Imprisoned and they are now
more comfortable and have little reason
tp complain.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.
Weather Indications Today :
Fair; Preceded by Showers.
1 Standing or Presidential Aspirants.
Paul KriiKer's Diplomacy.
Spuln's New Plans.
New York's' Electrical Exposition.
Severe Fighting lit Cuba.
3 Forecast of Week In Congress.
The Uusiness World.
3 (Local) Sermon on Dancing.
4 Editorial.
Nine Years Ago.
5 (Local) Sequel of Allentown Conven
tion
Twisted a Mule's Tall.
8 (Sports) Itiisc Pall Game.'.
Seranton Still After New Players.
7 Suburban News.
Market and Slock Reports.
8 News Up und Down the Vulley.
KLKCTKKAL EXPOSITION.
Preparations for the National Exhibition
to be Held in New York Ueglnning
Tonight.
New York, May 3. Several hundred
men have been at work night and day
for the last week in making prepara
tions for the opening ceremony of the
National exposition of electrical appli
ances to be held In the Industrial Arts
building beginning tomorrow evening.
The National exposition Is held under
the auspices of the same organization
which made the display at the World's
Fair, and It Is Incident to the nineteenth
annual convention of the Electric Light
association The delegates present will
represent nearly 10,000 electric lighting
plants In the United States, with an
aggregate Investment of $750,000,000.
The opening ceremony will take place
at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening and will
be attended by Governor Morton and
his staff and a delegation of state of
ficers from Albany as well u gover
nors of neighboring states, representa
tives of the army and navy department
at Washington; Thomas A. Edison,
Profe-ssor A. A. Anthony, Dr. Park Hen
Janiin, of Newark; P. B. Delaney. Her
bert Luwes Webb, Alexander Graham
Bell, and other distinguished electrical
magnates. Governor Morton will be re
ceived by the reception committee at
the building at 8 o'clock and escorted to
the platform where he will deliver a
short address. He will thereupon turn
a current of electricity generated from
the Fulls of Niagara over the Commer
cial wire of the Western Union com
pany, and put In operation machinery
in the exposition building.
This will be longest transmission
ever perfected by electricity for power
purposes, the line being 462 miles In
length. The only Hue approaching It
In length wns one established In Ger
many, beng 110 miles. On this occasion
the governor will use the same gulden
key with which President Cleveland
started the wheels In the great World's
fair.
Another Incident in connection with
the opening will be the discharge of
four pieces of ordnance by Governor
Morton over the telegraph Ines of the
Postal Telegraph and Cable company.
Arrangements have been perfee-ted
whereby, with the consent of the war
department at Washington, a com
puny of artillery at San Francisco, New
Orleans, Augusta, Me., and St. Paul
will place a gun In the public park,
which will be connected by suitable
mechanism with the lines referred to.
As the governor declares the exposi
tion duly opened, he will press a but
ton, which will discharge these pieces
of crtlllery. ...
A feature of interest In connection
with the exposition will be the send
ing a message of congratulation to Her
Majesty, queen Victoria, on her birth
day. May 24, the current to be used
being generated by the wuters of the
Niagara river, which are International.
THIRD ANNUAL MEETING.
Officers of kindergarten Assoeiatica
mil De Chosen rorl;ht.
The third annual meeting of the
Seranton Free Kindergarten associa
tion will be held at the Albright library
this evening at 8 o'clock. The man
agers of the association extend a most
cordial Invitation to the people of
Seranton to attend. Ohicers will be
chosen for the ensuing year, and re
ports from the various kindergartens
will be read.
Those of our readers who possess or
w ent to possess the kindergarten spirit,
do well to attend these annual gather
ings. No one can study the kindergar
ten method and see itB effect upon the
little children and their parents a well,
and fall to be filled up with enthusiasm
for the noble work.
MOTORMEN STRIKE.
Nino Hundred Kmployes of Milwaukee
Road Go Out.
Milwaukee. Wis.. May 3. The strike
of 900 motormen. conductors and barn
hands of the Milwaukee Street Rail
way company is now a settled fact
and the men will not return to work
after the last car has been housed to
night. President Malum, of the Amal
gamated Association of Street Railway
Employes, tonight ordered the men
out at 4.30 o'clock Monday corning.
The controversy Is a demand for
higher wages and the recognition by
the company of the union.
MUZAFER.ED.DIN IS SHAH.
Second Son of Nssr-cd-DIn Ascends the
Throne.
Teheran. May 3. Muzafer Ed Din.
the second son of the late Shah, was
enthroned today at Tabriz, 'the capital
of tho province over which he has been
acting as governor. He will start for
this city at the earliest possible mo
ment. .
'All affairs of state were subsequent
to the Shah's death entrusted to the
grand vizier, whose energy has secured
order everywhere in the country.
Steamship Arrivals.
Meu- York. Mav 3. Arrived: Norgo,
from Copenhagen; Manitoba, from Lon
don. Arrived out: La Gascogne, at Ha
vre. Sillied for New York: Etiuria, from
Oiiefinntown: Ssale. from Southampton.
Sighted: Kaiser Wllhelm II, froin'Oenoa
for New York, passeu uioruitar; state
of Nebraska, from New York for Glasgow,
pusseil Tory inland.
. Money Losses and Suicide.
Buffalo. N. Y.. May S.-George H. Os
borne, uged 32, agent at Watertown, N. Y..
ror the K(inuiiie L,ne insurance company
of New tork. committed suicide by shoot
ing himself through the heaJ here early
this morning. Money losses In oil spec
ulation Is thought to have rendered him
temporarily insane.
The Antl-llun Riots.
Bel made. May 3. Anti-Hun riots oi
cured here today growing out of the use
of Servian flags at the Budapest Mlllenlul
exhibition. Soveral persons were killed
and a number wounded befort order could
be restored.
PAUL !!rS DIPLOMACY
President of the Boers Blocks Eng
land's Game.
THE PARDON OP THE KEBELS
Uj an Exhibition of Clemency lie Uas
.Made It Impossible for England
to Go to War With Any
Sort of Eaeuse.
Berlin. May 3. The latest advi es di
rect from lretorla of the South Atrican
republic, remove all official apprehen
sion that there will be a war between
the Transvaal republic and England.
The feeling here Is that President Kru
ger's diplomacy has rendered England
powerless to trespass upon the Inde
pendence of the Boers without outrag
ing the opltilon of the world and Justify
the powers In Intervening. Dr. W. J.
Ixyds, the secretary of state of the
Transvaal republic, who recently spent
some months in Germany, will return
to Berlin In July In some new official
capacity and Germany will soon send
an Important diplomat to Pretoria and
this will certainly be done too, without
asking the opinion of England. The
utterances of the Right Hon. Joseph
Chamberlain, British secretary of state
for the colonies, against foreign Inter
vention in the Transvaal have made no
Impression here and will not In the
slightest degree affect Germany's ac
tion. The revelations which have just
been made in Pretoria showing the du
plicity of the British officials may have
startled the German public, but they
have not surprised the German govern
ment whose communications from, Pre
toria have kept the German foreign of-
nce advised of even more than Presi
dent Kruger has as yet chosen to pub
lish. The unanimous voice of the press
strongly condemns Mr. Chamberlain's
want of tact and the clumsy and arro
gant style of his treatment of President
Kruger, whom Prince Bismarck de
scribed as the most astute diplomat he
had ever met. The remission by Presi
dent Kruger, of the sentences of death
pronounced upon the leaders of the Jo
hannesburg reform committee has only
found approval here as having been dic
tated by political prudence. It Is un
derstood that the troops In German
Southwest Africa will be reinforced.
TRICK WORTH KNOWING.
Politicians ho Are Wasting Their Sweet
ness on Winton's Desert Air.
An Interesting Incident in the Ameri
can game of iiolitlcs occurred In the
borough of Win ton recently. Bernard
Giles ran for council and was elected
over James Strong by Hve votes. A
few days after the battle wa over
Strong, by his attorney, T. V. Powderly,
took out a writ of quo warranto direct
ed to Giles, setting forth that the victor
was not entitled to the seat being In
eligible on account of not having paid a
borough tax within a year prior to the
election; and that Strong, having the
next highest number of votes, ' should
have the office.
Giles evaded service of the writ,
which was returnable at 2 p. m. on the
date on which the council organized.
The service was no good after that
hour, and so he was not disturbed In
being seated when the council met in
the evening, which was on the first
Monday in March,
But It was not long until Burgess
Charles Sheridan had the horror of the
invalidity of Giles' election dawn upon
him, and he took out a writ of quo
warranto. The date on which it was
inude returnable was fixed far enough
In the future to give the sheriff's of
ficer plenty of time to get his X rays
on Giles if he showed any disposition to
hide as he had done In the case of the
other writ.
Somewhere around this time Giles
thought It waa a good thing to u to
the tax collector and settle up. Paying
his taxes then, however, would not give
him the rlirht to serve In council pur
suant to his election; but on April 6
last, after he had his receipt In his
pocket he went to the meeting and re
signed. It was accepted and he was
forthwith chosen to fill the vacancy
until the next regular election. The
quo warranto proceedings will now
wrap the drapery of their couch about
them und lie down to pleasant dreams.
WILL REPEAT ITSELF.
illatory In the Case of This Team Keeps
I'p It Uepntotion.
On lower Lackawanna, avenue. In the
Wholesale block, Uvea one Mrs. Bryant,
alias Alice Carr, alias the "Sorre-I
Mare," which last sobriquet she earns
by reason of the color of her hair Hind
the fact that she Is nearly as bl und
as strong as a horse. For the same rea
sons, Intensified and because he asso
ciates with her. her "gentleman friend."
Jim Hughes, the big. burly rockman
from Prlceburg, is known uulte general
ly as the "Sorrel Horse." These two are
particularly well known in the police
circles and recently nave hua two new
Introductions Into that. set.
About three weeks ago Hughes came
down from Prlceburg, whipped Alice,
was arrested, gave Patrolmun Peters a
hard scrimmage, was locked up, spent
the night In the station house und hud
Alice to keep him company at his cell
door. Again on Suturday night last he
came down from Prlceburg, whipped
Alice, was arrested, gave Special Of
ficer Tlernev all kinds of bother, was
finally locked up and again had the for
giving Alice to cheer him up during his
hours of imprisonment. Last night she
ciime to his cell and while he was
stretched out on hts bunk enjoying his
pipe she sat In front of the bars mend
ing his clothes, and chatting as pleas
antly us If he had showered upon her
gold .and precious stones Instead of
kicks and blows.
He was committed to the county Jail
by Alderman Millar . to . answer the
charge of assault and battery, but it
is' almost certain that the churge will
be withdrawn before the patrol wagon
calls for him today.
1'OLAsKl GETS A HEARING.
Ills Badly Uottored Victim Testified
Against Hi in Saturday.
John Polaskl, one of the three assail
ants of John Malohnlck, was held hi
$500 ball by Alderman Wright Sntur
duy. Slncet he assault two weeks aero
the victim has been In a critical condi
tion and not until Saturday wus he
able to leave his bed.
He presented a dilapidated appear
ance at the hearing, The other two as
sailants havemadgujd their escape.
Herald's Forecast,
New Yolk, May 4.-ln the Middle states
today, partly cloudy to fair weather will
prevail, possibly preceded by loeul rain
on the New Jersey coasts In the morning,
with fresh southerly and sstithwesterly
winds and nearly stationary, followed by
slightly higher temperature. On Tues
day, fair and slightly warmer weuther
and fresh to llxlit southerly winds, fol
lowed by cloudlneMS and possibly by lo
cal rain.
Senator Waltaoe Condition.
New York, May D. Shortly before mid
night ex-United States Senator Wallace,
of Pennsylvania was reported as being In
a comatose condition.
IN
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a 1
peciai
ale of
Towel
This 3s an opportunity
for housekeepers to re
plenlsli their stock of
Towels at prices much be
low regular value. We
call special attention to
our
In Damask and Hucka
back. Fringed Towels at 12i,'
19, 25 and 35 cents each.
Hemmed Towels 2y'
15, 18 and 22 cents each.
Hemstitched 12'. 18.
25, 35, 48, 55, 65, 75, 95,
$1.25 and $1.50 each.
s.
A PAIR.
Towels 7c
Towels 19c
Towels 25c
Towels 35c
Towels 48c
Towls 48.
15 dozen Bath
25 dozen Bath
15 dozen Bath
10 dozen Bath
20 dozen Bath
Linen Bath
65, 75 arid 95c.
each.
sizes,
510 AND 512
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Bicyclists
Take Notice
Welchel, the Jeweler -
has a nice line of Bicycle
Belts. Call and see them,
One of the latest novel
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