THE ONLY REPUBLICAN DAILY IN LACKAWANNA COUNTY. EIOIIT rAGES 50 COLUMNS. SCBAXTOX, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 5, 189. TWO CENTS A COPY. Iirlif For Glory 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 "En whore juice r prollt figures hut lightly In our calculations. We won't carry a single garment over to another season. If there's uny possible way of getting rid of them, and so fc.r our tirst failure in this department Is yet to be chron icled. Price Wi TV as it ulways has lit Hie 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 Bargain TMal mt bus struck the department and washed all the old figures away. CHILDREN '5 GARMENTS ure all sacriliced. About half of early season's figures will buy them now. and within cloths no stvles have deteriorated. The selection Is large and as nearly perfect us cor rect styles can make it. LADIES' CAPES Mprlim weight, correct out, plain or braided. Former ru'Ir. Si fii ANOTHER LOT In Blacks or pretty shades of Tan. Inlaid velvet collars, etc., very styitsn. former price, $;uio. New Price, $1.63 ANOTHER LOT Black and Tans, finer than the pre ceding lot and about the same de signs. Former price, $3.75. A NOL 3Y NUMBER Blacks duly. Button trim, we ever sold. Stylish Braid The best $4.00 and cape New Price, $2.98 CRAVENETTE CAPES ' . Blacks only. Very elaborate trim. ' Our former leader at $4.fU. New Price, $149 AN ELEGANT CAPE Fine Black Cloth, Braid, Bead, But i ton, Ribbon and Chiffon trim. Yes terday's price, J6.00. New Price, $4.39 CLAY DIAGONAL CAPES Right Spring weight, very hand some garments, richly braided. Wr $7.60. ce. .29 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, 18.60. New Price, $6.29 COLLAPSE OR BUILDING Five Story Brick Structure Tails in Cincinnati. " MAXY IXMATES ARE Bl'KICD l ully One Hundred People Injured-Many killed and Missiug-lho Work of Ucseuo llceun-Narrow l.seupo of street Cor Passengers- Cincinnati, Ohio. May 4. What may prove to be the most disastrous calam ity of the year occurred in this city tonight when a five-story brick struc ture, tilled with people, completely col lapsed and fell, a conglomerate mass of brick und shattered timber, burying the unfortunate inmates beneath its ruins. It Is impossible to say how many oersons have been killed, some placing the number us high as forty, others as low as lf. No accurate statement can be given on this point mail the debris shall have been cleared away, which will certainly take all night. The building was situ ated on the east side of Walnut street, just south of Fifth, the lower floor be ing occupied by Drarh's saloon. The upper apartments were rented out to j lodgers. No one knows at this writing, what caused the collapse of the build- I lug. It Is only known that people for I several blocks around where ttv dlsas- I I ter occurred were startleu oy n temnc I explosion about 7.4.V o'clock. A fire i alarm was Instantly tinned In, and in a few moments half the fire department of the city was upon the scene. The I work of rescue was Instantly begun, a force of men taking the front, while a : second co;ps went to the rear of the building which opened Into an alley. (l seems utterly Impossible that any j persons on the upper floors could have escaned a horrible death. In addition i to the victims who are burled beneath i the building, it Is estimated that fully one hundred people have been more or I bss injun-d by the concussion, falling electric, wires and fragments of slint leietl glass, stone and timbers. TWKXTY KKSCl'F.D. Twenty of those Injured on the streets Were taken Into the Gibson house. Just ! across the way and their wounds dressed. I Three persons, whose names cannot I be P-arncd. were Injured slightly In u ' passing street car. and several ladles in anothei car were prostrated from the 1 shock. A Newport. Ky., car which was also ; near the place, met with a remarkable i 1 experience. It was suddenly brought to I a standstill by a fearful shock und an I immense mess came crashing through , i the roof. Tills proved to be an Iron door i from the cellar of the building, which, j by some strange freak of the explosion, . hud been blown through the falling de j bris und up Into the ulr. No one in ihe car was hurt. 1 A Brown street car was smashed al- most Into fragments. There were for- innately no passengers on board aind , iho conductor and motornian escaped I with slight Injuries. C.U'SIJIJ BY GASOLINK. The explosion was caused by the Ig nition of a gasoline tank, Adolph Drach, proprietor of a saloon on the lower floor, had recently placed a gaso line engine In his cellar for the purpose of generating his own gasoline tuel. Best authorities agree that the com mutator of the engine has burned out, setting tire to u tank of gasoline. The building was seen to shake for nn In stant and then cave.. In. An instant later only an Indiscriminate mass of ruins remained. The walls rf the buildings ndjolnlng on either side re mained intact. The streets all around the block are literally covered with pieces of glass. It is almost Impossible to push one's way through the throng of excited thousands gathered about the place as late as midnight. Hun dreds of anxious Inquiries keep the tele phones lu the vicinity busy, and the hospitals and morgue nre besieged with callers, eager to ascertain -the. identity of the dead and dying. DKAD AND INJfltED. The identilled dead and the Injured so far us known are as follows: Dead H, A. Davis, traveling man. Hamilton. Ohio ; Adolph Drach, pro. prletor of saloon. The Injured H. K. Hunwlck. book keeper; Joseph Springs, colored, porter; C. S. Wells, clerk: Sidney W. Johnson, bookkeeper; V. D. Crosly, paperhunger; William E. Cook, clerk, Avomlale: J. L. Ward, race horseman. Toledo; Bar bara Huddelman, domestic; John Mc Carthy, of Cincinnati, wharf company; Peter Burns. Charles Splllo. Of the In jured, It Is believed several will die. Several more victims are yet beneath the ruins. H. A. Fricke, of Norwood, was to have left for Philadelphia, tonight. He is known to have left his valise In Drach 'a saloon enrly this evening. As he has not been seen since the explosion, his friends fear that his body is burled be neath the ruins in the cellar. The tlrcmnn came uiion John Mc Carthy by digging through un adjoining wall. He was lying upon his back helplessly pinioned. McCarthy was re leased after the hardest labor, he him self assisting his rescuers by giving them directions how to proceed. Near where he was found were three other victims, among thorn a woman and a child, who have not yet been taken from the ruins. The pitiful moans of the woman and the cries of the little one begging her mother to come to her is stimulating the men who are working with might and main to save them. Two priests. Fathers Tlernan and Kelly, were conspicuous for their effort at consoling those beneath the ruins. While leaning forward to administer consolation to an unfortunate who was crying for aid, Father Tlernan was struck by a falling tile and badly, though not seriously hurt. UIUL ASSASSINATED. Terrible Fate of Klsie Kreglo, of Wash ington. Washington. May 4. An awful trag edy occurred In the Northwestern su burbs of this city this afternoon, only a short distance from the Zoological park and on the borders of Rock Creek, the historic stream separating Wash ington from Its Georgetown district. Elsie Kreglo, a 16-year-old daughter of Islah Kreglo, a farmer employed on the Kliugle estate, wus attacked by a man, supposed to be a negro, und her throat was cut so terribly that she died as help came in answer to her screams. HAMILTON DISSTON BURIED. Funeral Services l.srgoly Atteitded-LIsi of Honorary and Aotlvo Pall-Dearer. Philadelphia; May 4. The funeral of Hamilton Disston,, the head of the ex tensive saw works' of Henry Disston & Hons, of this city, who died suddenly from heart disease on Thursday, took place this morning from his late resi dence, Broad and Jefferson streets. The services, which were conducted by Rev. Dr. Lawrence Colfelt. former pastor of the Oxford Presbyterian church, and of which Mr. Disston was a member, were attended by hundreds of the friends of the deceased, and also by 1.000 of the employes of Henry Disston & 'Sons. Senators Quay and Cameron were se lected for honorary pall-bearers, but neither was present. Mrs. Quay .and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Klcnard Quay, were In attendance. Interment was made In Laurel Hill cemetery. The floral offerings were magnificent. The honorary pall-bearers Included Oovernor Hastings. I. A. B. Widener, William L. Klkins, William M. ginger ly. Mayor Warwick, David Martin, Thomas Dolan, David Lane, State Senator Charles A. Porter, Colonel A. Louden Snowden, Fayette 11. Plumb. Alonzo Shot well. George A. Huhn, Thomas W. South and L. N. Klnn. The uotlve pall-bearers were County Commissioner Jacob Wildemore, Dis trict Attorney George S. Graham. Theodore Shoemakei. John Roberts, K. F. Steck and John Lamb. TALE BV WILLIAM TRUST E. New Testimony IntroJueed in the Trial of Jackson for the Murder of Pearl llryiin. Cincinnati. Ohio, May 4. The most Interesting testimony in the Jackson trial this morning was that given by William It. Truste, of L'rbana. Illinois. He wus formerly a brakenian on the Cincinnati Southern railroad and lived at Kings mountain. Witness said he was In Cincinnati on January 31 and met a woman on Sixth street, near Plum. Near the house, standing on the corner, said the witness, "was a man with nn umbrella hoisted. He followed us to the house. While standing at the front door a cab drove up. The woman went Into the house and soon returned saying: 'Kvrrything Is all rlnht." "The cnb driver und ttie man who was standing under the umbrella went inside the house und brought out the dead body of a womuu and put It in the cub. "I mounted the driver's seat and drove over the Newport bridge us di rected by the man with the umbrella, who was culled 'Doctor.' 1 drove slow ly over the bridge and met the doctor here In Newport. He drove the rig a square east and then went out Into the country. We passed a cemetery and also a long black house that stood near the road. Then we came to u spot where the doctor stopped. We took the body out of the cub. The doctor put It on his shoulder und climbed over the fence. Then I drove back to Newport. i I turned the cab over to the driver 1 whom I saw bring it to the house on George street III Cincinnati." I Truste said he had directions to go I over slowly after he left George street ! so he could meet the doctor In New I port. "What did you do after you left the cab at the end of the Newport bridge?" "I walked across the bridge and went to the I'nlon depot. 1 went to the lower waiting room and fell asleep. It was CM when I woke up. I then went to Kd Bradley's house on Richmond street and got my breakfast. Bradley Is a cousin of mine by marriage. He Is an engineer on the Cincinnati Southern railroad. After J got my breakfast. I took the first train tor Crbana, Illinois." Witness said he saw in a Cincinnati paper an uccount of the murder at Fort Thomas. He thought It might be con nected with bis ride Into the country. He told his father and Captain Seward about the occurrence. The woman who took him u: Plum street was named Baker. He met her in Somerset. Ky., live years ago. To combat this testimony the prose cution presented letters from William Truste, father of witness, claiming that the story was all false and offering to prove that It had been concocted by Detective John Seward, who had been employed for that purpose. INSANE MAN'S CRIME. William Kostetter Kills Ills Young Wife and Cruises the Ps-ith of III Mother. Slmmokln. Pa., May 4. While visit ing his father's home. William Kostet ter today shot and killed his young wife and caused the Instant death of his mother in the little village of Ston itigton. Procuring a breech-loading gun he entered the room where his wife was sluing In a rocking chair. He stepped up behind her. took deliberate aim snd blew her head hair off. Kos tetter's mother, who was Just outside the doot ran into the house. Shocked by the terrible spectacle. wMch.met her gaze, she threw up her hands, nnu"nt lering a loud cry, fell dead at the feet of her son. Kostetter was a sober and TiuluTtrlons young man, bavins held several posi tions of trust in this city. He was tak en to Jail this afternoon. The coroner has empanelled a Jury and will hold nn inquest tomorrow. Kostetter has been suffering from grip for mouths and his sanity will be made the subject of inquiry. KM (si ITS OF MALTA MEET. Representatives from lour Corner of the State Pour Into Attnonn. Altoona. Pa.. May 4. Knights of Malta fmm the four corners of the state are pouring Into Altoona on nil of tonight's trains to attend the fourth ur.nual convention of tin1 grand o-im-l.'.c.idcry of Pennsylvania, which meeta h?r-. Between 400 and iiOO knights, rep rc.iotittng all the bulges of the order In the state will be present. At tomorrow morning's session Sir A. T. Hamilton will deliver the annual ad dress and at the ufternoun session 0 knights will have the past commandery degree conferred upon them. In the evening there will be a public rceeptljii. Mayor Dorr will make the address of welcome mid Sir A. T. Hamilton will respond. Wednesday and Thursday will be devoted to the business sessions of the commandery. - m riencrttl Jackson Surprised. Harrlsburg, Pa May 4. Governor and Mrs. Hustings gave a tinnier at the exeen tlve mansion tonight to the outgoing and incoming siate treasurer, weneral Sam uel M. Jackson ret li ed today and Hc:ih m in J. Haywood look his pluce. After dinner the retiring treasurer was given a surprise In the presentation by the gov ernor, on behalf of the department of ficials, of un elegant silver service. - Deserts Mr. Morton. New York, May 4. Hon. Thomas W. Hradley, of Orange county, tlelegate to the Republican convention from the Sev enteenth congressional district of New York,- who was elected without Instruc tions, but counted for Morton, this even ing Issued a statement announcing t hut he would vote for McKllilcy. bullion Thief Sentenced. Carson, X.nv, May 4. John T. Jones, who after two trials was convicted of felo niously taking ?old bullion from the Cur son mint, was this morning Sentenced ly Judge Huwley to eight years in the peni tentiary at hard labor anil to pay u line of $."i,(w0. The same sentence has been passed on Henry, the other suspect. Scrintor Wallace Vcrv l.nw. . New York, May 6. Shortly ufter 1 o'clock this morning It was stated at (he residence of ex-l'nlted - Suites Senator Wallace, of- Pennsylvania, that he wus poiiscIoum, but wus very low. The (lold Reset ve. Wushlngtun, May 4.-Gold withdrawals today amounted to $2,213,900, of which 12,160,000 was token for export. This re-, duces the gold reserve to tlil.612.57u. Itll QFAJCQaSPlRACY Eight Accomplices Concerned in the Shah's Assassination. WAS KILLED UY AX AGITATOK The Futal llnl let t ired by Mnllah Kcia, a Disturber Who Mud Keen Par doned from Prison by -the Shan. Teheran, May 4. The assassin of the late shah. Nasr-ed-Din. proves to be Alollah Reia, a follower of the agitator. Sheikh Jem Aleddln. who was exiled In 1S91. after having been convicted for high treason. R. ia was also impris oned for treason, but wus subsequently liberated. After his release he con tinued has attacks upon the govern ment, ws again imprisoned, was once more released, and was actually grant ed a pension by the ishah. In spite of the clemency shown him. Iteza continued his agitation against the government, und when warned that he would again be arrested, he (sudden ly left this city. He was next heard of at Constantinople, by a police report sent here, and Instructions were tele graphed to that city to Have him close ly watched. Additional reports from Constantinople advised the government here that ltena was corresponding with Sheikh Jem Aleddln. There the plans for the assassination of the fhali are believed to have been laid. About two months ago Keza quietly left Constantinople, and for some time all trace of him was lost. Hut recently his presence here has been known to the police authorities, ami they are now blamed for not having caused bis ar rest. They excuse themselves m the ground that the late shah's clemency to the assassin was exercised under the belief, founded on the report of physi cians, that Reza was of unsound mind and not responsible for his actions, and it wus consequently believed that even if he was taken into custody once more, he would only be released again by the shah's orders. The police, therefore, contented themselves with watching him. Since his arrest for the murder of the Shah. Keza has been closely questioned by the Judicial authorities. At first he professed to have acted entirely of bis own accord and in the Interests of his people, to whom, he claimed, reforms to which they were justly entitled had been refused. Later, however, he con fessed tluit the assassination was the outcome of a deliberate und long planned conspiracy, and that he, llezst, was chosen to do the deed. He said that he waited two months for a favor able chance to shoot the Shah, which confirms the authorities In the belief that the conspiracy began In Constanti nople, as it Is ahout two months sincp Reza left that city for Teheran. The assassin has also admitted that upon many occasions he had succeeded In approaching the late Shuh under va rious disguises. EIGHT CONSPIRATORS. The muderer says that eight persons were In the conspiracy. Two of them, who have been arrested, are his nieces. They are both domestics, employed un til made prisoners, In the harem of the Shah. Reza has confessed that the wo men kept the conspirators Informed regarding the movements of the Shah, and that on Friday morning the assas sin was Informed that the Shah In tended to visit the shrine. I Reza has also informed the authori ties that he intended to commit suicide by blowing out his brains, as soon as he was certain that he had killed the Shah, but he was seized and disarmed before he could carry out his Intentions. The prisoner later mnde a further confession, admitting that the conspir ators had also planned to murder the Grand Vizier. Tt Is also believed that the Tllot was milch mm-u u-M.urAn,i than Reza even now ndmlts, and some time must elanse lieforo nil ti,. r.,.ia In the case nre made public. The enthronement of the new Shah. Muzafered-Dln. at Tabriz, on Saturday. Was aCCOmollshnd tvlthnllt anv ,11a, der, and he stnrtd with little delay for mis city to attenn tne runeral of his father, whose body has been embalmed nnil will be Interred nt Koom. The pew Shnh has also been pro claimed here by the chief priest, by order of the Ctrnnil Vlln. km, guaranteed to maintain order pending .iue .arrival or tne neir. Telegrams an nouncing the allegiance of the gover nors, princes, ministers and officials are being received from all parts of the country. The new Shah's elder brother, Massud Mlrza. governor of Ispahan, was one of the iirst to profess allegiance to the new Shah, nnd no ground has been found for the report thut he was In any way connected with the futul conspir acy. FOR PHILADELPHIA'S PORT. Uuaker City Wnntt nn Appropriation to Improve thj Delaware. Philadelphia, May 4 Representa tives of the Hoard of Trade Commer cial exchange, .Maritime exchange. Grocers' nnd Importers' exchange, Ves sel Owners' nnd Captains' association. Hoard of Port Wardens, Manufacturers' club and Hoard of Harbor commission ers of this city, who form the joint ex ecutive committee np the improvement of the Philadelphia bnr'uor and the Del awe re river met In the board of trade rooms today ami prepared a memorial to congress urging that the $.100,000 ap propriation for the Delaware river be maintained. The memorial which will be taken to Washington tomorrow by a special committee and presented to congress recites: "That the needs of the port of Phila delphia demund the completion of the project which has been In progress since 1SX5 for a 2-foot channel between Philadelphia amf the sea at the earliest possible date. This necessity has been appreciated by the house of representa tives in appropriating JDOO.OOu in the pending river and harbor bill for the Improvement of the Delaware river. This provision the senate committee on commerce recommends shall be re duced to $250.0110 und to secure the full appropriation of $5uo,000 this memorial Is directed." Kid Not know It Was Loaded. Altoona, Pa., May 4. (Jeorge A. MeCuns a 13-yrar-old boy, was shot toduv lu the left side, the bullet entering his body hear the hcurf. hL- hia f-i . . .: We, of the same age, und probably fiital- is iNjiura, -Ai-uie utiu .uci-ans were pluv lug with u revolver which thev did not know was loaded wheii it was discharged. Slneuin .Monument Site. 'T '!ljU,'K' ,Pu;' A,av --Uenerul Daniel K. Sickles and the other members of the New York state Gettysbum huttieneid commission have located the site for the ao,uw suiiue or uenerul Henry w. Slo cum,' Which the Kmoli-e suite will It will stand on Steven's knoll, which is me- cievuuim just west ot l.'illp's hill. llnrrltT's Committee to Alect. Philadelphia, May 4. National Chairman William F. Harrlty has called a meeting of the sub-committee of the lirm nnril fit national committee to he held at the Hotel nijiiiigton, t nicago, an Friday: ttext, May t, at 12 o'clock noon. THE XEWS TIMS MORNING. Weather Indications Today 1 Slightly Warmer; Easterly Winds. 1 Five-Story Building Collapses at Cin cinnati. Shah a Victim of a Conspiracy. Admission of Women to Conference Causes a Wrangle. Scott Jackson Murder Trial, 2 Day's Doings In Congress. The World of IlnsincFS. Woman Whips an Actor. Found Husband After Twenty-Eight Years. 3 fl.ocal) Workers for Childhood. District Attorneys of State to Meet Hero. A P.ald Mount Party. Spruce Street Pave. 4 Kdltorbil. Grout britaln's Best Friend. 3 (Local) Assaulted with a Knife. Anniversary of Polish Independence. 6 (Sports Scranton Again Wins from Springfield. Possibility of New Intlelders. 7 Suburban News. Market and Stock Reports. 8 News Up nnd Down the Valley. COM PAN V KEOWG AN IZED. Pennsylvania Steel Enterprise Trans ferred from Hands of Receivers. Philadelphia. May 4. The property of the Pennsylvania Steel company, which went into the hands of receivers on April 21, lW'U, was transferred by the reorganization committee to the se curity holders at the annual meeting of the stockholders this afternoon. The reassignment of the property and the transactions of the necessary legal re quirements will occupy some time und it Is not likely that formal possession will be taken for some weeks. The re port of Ktllngham IS. Morris, chairman of the reorganization committee, which body has been acting as directors of the company since Its reorganization stat ed that the sales and deliveries; during 1NH" amounted to Sti.BTO.H.Mi. The net profits during the year were JIl'l.Gi". The following directors who were recommended by the reorganization committee, were elected: F. C. Felton, Harrlsburg: 1,. S. Rent. Philadelphia; E. U. Morris. Philadelphia: F. W. Hun newell, Huston: John Cnssells, Wash ington; Alfred Karnshaw, George Wood, C. Stuart Patterson and SC. R. Dick, Philadelphia. The directors will meet for organization In it few days nnd then K. C. Felton. who Is the present general manager of the company, will be elected president and general man ager. CUPID AT HIS CAPERS. John llcldbrcder, a Health? .St. I.ouis .Man, Marries His Housemaid. St. I.ouis, Mny 4. Miss Eva Dough erty has become Mrs. John H. Held bretler. Mr. Heldbreder Is one of the best known and wealthiest citizens of the north end. His father was the founder of the Liberty brewery, and he was himself ot Its head when It was absorbed by the St. Louis I trowing as sociation. His wealth Is estimated at J2C0.000. Miss Eva Dougherty was a domestic for the Heldbreders about two and a half years. The girl had not been long employed at the Heldbreders before she began to attract the attention of all the members of the household, but par ticularly that of John. She was so ladylike, attentive to her duties and so uniformly pleasant to all that the en tire fumtly was soon captivated with her. On April 1 Miss Dougherty gave up her position and went home. Held breder about this time bought a hand some house nnd furnished it elegantly. Last Monday night they left for Springfield, III., where they stated they would be married, and expected to re turn to St. Louis tomorrow. Miss Dougherty's mother said last night that they had been married. PINCUSHION PARDONED. William stnplcford Ucloascd After Serv ing Two Years for Murder. Ionia, Mich., May 4. William Staple- ford, sentenced from Huron county In 1SU4 for three years for killing a man at a charivari, was pardoned today from the state house of correction by Oov ernor Rich. Stnpleford was known as "The Human Pincushion." Twenty years ago In Chicago he nar rowly escaped death by poison, and la now strangely afllicted with pnralysls of the nerves. He sticks needles nnd pins into any part of the body and can not feel them. He burns his skin with out pain, nnd Is a puzzle to the doctors. SIX1TUEMEN INJURED. Catastrophe at a Motel I'iro in Kingston. N. V. Kingston, N. Y., May 4. Six firemen were severely Injured In a fire which occurred this morning In Fischer's ho tel. This hotel and IUney's hotel nd jolnlng it, and several barns In the neighborhood were burned, as was the dwelling and store of llerold Pros. The injured firemen -wore in Rigney's building when the roof fell. None of them were fatnlly Injured. The loss will exceed $.10,000. The pusts in the hotels escaped in their night clothes, losing all their property. TAKE INDIAN STORY. Reported Disturbance at Sitka Is Re garded With Suspicion. Washington. May 4. Officials of the Tndian bureau have received no ad vices of alleged troubles between the Indians and the whites in Sitka, Alas ka, or thereabouts, as stated In an Ot tawa dispatch. The present alleged outbreak Is re garded as having no more authenticity than similar Ottawa uispatches have had. No l-'nrthcr I'se for Rhodes. London. May 4. The directors of tlie Uritish South Africa company held a meeting today, at which they discussed the connection of Cecil Rhodes and Mr. Helt, oilkvrs of the company, with the projected overthrow of the Transvaal government. It was finally decided thut Messrs. Rhodes and ilelt should be re requested to resign. F.lcctrlcnl Imposition Opened. New York. May 4. The national electri cal exposition was formally opened to night In the Grand Central Palace. Then wore delegates present from over Iti.Oim electric light plants in the 1'nlu-d States. The expos:tlon was formally opened by Oovernor Morton. Stcnmshlo Arrivals. New York. May 4. Arrived: Y'erk:n dam, from Rotterdam; Peninsular, from Lisbon, etc. Arrived out Kensington, at Antwerp, .May 2; State of Nebraska, at Olasgow, i1ay U. Sulled for New York: Frlesland, from Antwerp, May 2. Sighted: Yeendani, from New York for Rotterdam, passed the Lizard. Bcsleicd by Menellk. Rome, May 4. A dispatch from Masso wah states that General Haldissera has relieved Adlgrat, which bus been besieged for a considerable time by the forces of King Menellk. WGffll CAUSE A VUE Objections Made to Their Admission to Methodist Conference- WOMEN DELEGATES WITHDRAW l.jrdia Trimble Does Not Sign the IKicu meut and the Women's Champions Rall-Kev. Ueorge Main's Earnest Protest. Cleveland. May 4. At the conclusion of some routine business this morning by the general conference of the Meth odist Kplscopul church, ltlshop Merrill announced that the order of the day wus the report of the committee on eligibility. Secretary David S. Monroe read communication from the women delegates from the North Indiana und Ohio conferences. It said that while they firmly believed thut woman hud the right to be admitted to the confer ence, they respectfully withdrew their rights in the Interest of harmony. They thanked the champions of their cause, but said they could not consent to have a protracted struggle over their rights. It was signed by three of the four wo men delegates and wus a stunning blow ut the rlmmplons of the woman s cause. Lydie A. Trlmble'a name was not signed to the document ami the wo men s champions rallied. The secre tary read the majority report, which declared thut women had a constltu tionul right to membership In the con ference. Rev. Dr. A. O. Kynett. who Is leading the light for the women, made a bril liant speech In favor of the adoption of the report. It was an historical au count of the (itiestlon and was a mas terful presentation of the woman's side of the question. MINORITY REPORT. The Rev. Dr. Neely. of Philadelphia, rend the minority report. It said that the minority had carefully inquired In to the question and had found that the women possessed no right In the eon ference whatever. He made a fervid speech in favor of the minority report His chief point wus that women could only be admitted by a change In the constitution. That could only be done, he said, by a three-quarter vote of the members of the annual conferences and the approval of the general conference. Dr. Neely moved to substitute the ml norlty for the majority reort. Thin was lost. The Rev. Dr. (ioorge P. Mains, of Brooklyn, said: "This Is one of Ihe gravest times In the history of Meth nillsui. The tpiestion of women today in the world threatens the very ctvlll zation. We cannot afford to make this change in the mast conservative man tier." He was satisfied that the great cause of Methodism would suffer If wo men were admitted and the law of tho church positively denied the admission. Other vigorous speeches for and against women were made. The discussion continued at length and was heated at times. Finally, on motion of Rev. Dr. Ieonard, of Cincin nati, the further debate on the woman question was postponed until 10 a. m. tomorrow. At that time Rev. Dr. D. Stevenson, of Kentucky, will have thtt floor. DIED AT KINGSTON. Brother of Ex-Count? Treasurer 1): W. Powell Passes Away, A prominent person of Luzerne coun ty passed from this life nt 9M Sunday night In the person of Watkln Powell, at his home In Kingston after an Illness of one and one-half years. He had been confined to his bed only two weeks before his death. Besides ex-County Treasurer D. W. Powell, the deceased is survived by another brother, Wil liam, in California, and by a wife and a family of six. The deceased was fifty-four years of nge. He enlisted when only twenty years old In Schooley'g bottery. Second Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, and served three years and one-half. He fore the war he lived in Scranton anil after It located In Wilkes-Harre, next moving to- Plymouth, and later to Kingston. The funeral will be held at 1.30 tomorrow afternoon. Interment will be made In Plymouth. THREE ELECTION TODAY. Superintendents of Count?, Mt? and Punmoro School to Ho Named. The school board will hold a special session this afternoon at 2 o'clock to elect a city superintendent of schools. The present Incumbent. Professor Oeorge Howell, is the only candidate and will.mott likely, be re-elected unan imously. Professor J. C. Lange, prin cipal of the High school, who wus spoken of as a candidate, yesterday said his name would not be plneed be fore the directors as a candidate for superintendent. At iO o'clock this nwrnlng the county school directors will meet In the court house and elect Professor J. C. Taylor as superintendent. Tonight the liun more school will elect a successor to Professor Williams as superintendent of the schools of that place. SETTLlili THE CASE. f:qulty Proceedings Attn Inst the Sperl llcntcr Co. I.nded. A week tiw an equity suit was be gun by Thomas McDonald, of Susque hanna, nnd James Nolan, of Scranton. against the Hpcrl Heater company, of Carboiidnle, prnving the court to re strain the company from selling out to another corporation. The plaintiffs owned a few shares of stock each, and McDonald was general manager. The case was settled yesfrday, when the nrgument for un Injunction was to be made. The settlement was for 1 and other valuable consideration. Mc Donald resigned ns general manager. CONTRACT IS VALID. That's the Decision in the Ablngton Turnpike Case. The supreme court yesterday handed down an opinion ufnrining the decision of the court of this county In the case of the Providence und Ablngton Turn pike and Plank Roud company ugalnst the city of Ssc rantou. This means thut the contract be tween the company and the city is val id and that the city must keep the turn pike in repair. T obacco I inn Tails New York. May 4. K. &. O. Friend & Co., wholesale dealers III leaf tobacco at 12S1 Maiden Lane, fuilod today. They havt been In business for over thirty years and this is their second failure, K. and (1. Friend having fulled In 1674 with liabili ties of JIiH.oik), which they settled, It was said, at 4D cents on the dollar. Tile fiiil ure Is attributed to depression in tile trade, depreciation ill values and inability to make collections. Herald's Forecast. New York, May 4. In the Middle stales today, clear, warm weather will prevail, with fresh and light southerly to Wester ly winds, followed by a slight rise of ttm- Eerature on and near the Atlantic sea oartl. On Wednesday fair with warmer weather will pre will, wltb a slight tem perature rise. IltEY'S Special Sale f Towels ' For fMs Week Only. This 3s an opportunity for housekeepers to re plenish their stock of Towels at prices much be low regular value. Wo call special attention to our GERMAN LINEN TOWELS In Damask and Hucka back. ' Fringed Towels at !2yU 19, 25 and 35 cents each. Hemmed Towels 12,' 15, IS and 22 cents each. Hemstitched 12, 18,' 25, 35, 48, 55, 65, 75, 95, $1.25 and $1.50 each. A PAIR. Towels 7c , Towels 19a Towels 25c Towels 35' Towels 48c Towls-48, , each. 15 dozen Bath 25 dozen Bath 15 dozen Bath 10 dozen Bath 20 dozen Bath Linen Bath 65, 75 and 95c Batik Sleets la regular 510 AND 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE SPRING FOOTWEAR DRESS SHOES Ami Kllppera for Every Member of th Family. LEWIS.REILLY&MVIES 114 AND 116 WYOMING AVE. Vliolettalo nd Retail. Bicyclists Take Notice Weichel, the Jeweler, has a nice line o? Bicycle Belts. Call and see them. One of the latest novel ties. 403 S HEADQUARTERS FOR NOVELTIES. s Atlantic Leai Fracii Zinc, id Paints, Reynolds9 Fwe Color 9 01 Mf d 11 14, Ready Mixed Tinted Gloss Paints, Strictly Pure Linseed Oil, Guaranteed.
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