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EIGHT TAGES 56 COLUMNS.
SCKAXTON, PA., MONDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 189(5.
TWO CENTS A COr
Tie
1M
Market
has never been In a more tlfmorll7.oa
condition than It Is toilay. Prlrt-s have
dropped and dropped unlll th.-re i no
longer any money In silk veiling fur
the manufacniri'r, whllu many lot ma
nre Idle In consequence.
The lioll.ini has undoubtedly heju
lTA-he.! now. mid chances are that
iil;. viil n"'-:- ;i;M:n he nffered at mieh
riilii'iilon-'iv !; linniv". Tor make -a
will In fin'ine limit tin- siii.ply to the
demand and thereby nature former
reasonable values.
This beliiB the fuel, we believe that
jiatrnns ciinnnl do better than follow
the example we have xet, anil buy nil
they ean at present prices, for u big
advn!)en is as eertaln us the rising sun
in the morning.
The values offered be
low easily eclipse all of our
previous best efforts, and
every yard represent this
season's choicest produc
tions. 15 PIECES
rleh I'ersdii.i silks, new and Borseous
effects; full color combination rutins:
regular $1 quality.
Special Price, 69c,
10 PIECES
nuperb Persian silks, dark (troun Is
with a wreath of Oriental coloring that
rivals the plumage of the peacock In
richness, but throws a soilness In lone
boul them that at once removes
gaudy display. This muirnltloeiit qual
ity would be cheap at Sl.nt).
Special Price, 99c.
10 PIECES
all sill; stripe surahs, lovely new color
ffecls, specially designed for skirts or
wulsts. Worth 50.
Special Price, 28c.
20 PIECES
brocade satin Duchess. Xew put terns
In the following attractive shades: Nile,
old rose, llKht blue, pink, cirdiii.tl.
lavender, maise, white, crer navy
und black. Cheap at Kh.
Special Price, 59c.
are by far the most popular effect on
the market today, and il is a rare thing:
Indeed when newest and best Koods can
be purchased at such prices as the l'ol
llowlng: 10 PIECES
Taffeta brocades, extra fine effects.
Cheap at two.
Special Price, 49c,
12 PIECES
India brocade silks, extra weight,
unarming effects. Worth 85c.
Special Price, 62 a -2c.
10 PIECES
hroendes, ro (train ground, extra
choice make, designs quite new. Cheap
at 73c.
Special Price, 62 l-2c.
15 PIECES
gros grain brocade silks, the best 11
quality we have ever seen. Latest
x patterna.
Special Price, 75c.
Silk specials opened on
Wednesday, May 6th. The
supply at these figures 3s
limited to the quantities
stated. ,
X3.LO B E
niNLEY HAS THE FIELD
General Grosvenor Says Its All Over
But the Shoutini.
0XE BALLOT WILL DECIDE IT
Kecd Men, However, rontlnoo to Hope,
Notwithstanding the Discouraging
Outlook-Congrca.man AIJ
rich'. Statement.
WushliiRton, I'.ny to. General tiros
venor In his weekly bulletin relating to
the liepuMieun presidential mmiina
tion, Issued tmlRht. insists that It is all
ucr but the shnutlne.
"I do not deem it vitally Important"
he snys. "to Issue the bulletin. Every
body who has knowledRe enough to be
KlBtilllcant anil candor enouph to be
nmnly knows that this rontest Is over
nml that no earthly power ean prevent
the nomination of McKinley on the first
ballot.
"In this connection It may be stated
Hint there Is stent interest being taken
by the masses of the Republican party
of the country in the nomination of
president thi.i year, more so, than has
ever been taken by the people since I
hnve known anything about politics,
oral the power of public opinion that
has crushed combinations and humili
ated bosses and marched In triumph
over the prreat body of the states. Is
abundantly capable of realizing the
fruition of the victories it hns won."
General Grosvenor's table of votes
by states nnd territories uvwtRate MS
In addition to which he asserts that at
least 1!0 votes east of the Alleprhenies
nre not enumerated by hint. Included
within his table are sixty contested
seats, some of 'which he says will be
surrendered to the McKililey delegates
without further contest, but allowing
that all should be decided against Mc
Kiniey General Grosvenor figures mt
for him 4SK uncontested. Instructed and
plcdrrcd votes on the first bnllot. of
the ; delegates to be elect) -rt. he counts
upon SO, which added to the -IS8, make
,r..;s beyond all controversy.
"Thus It will be seen that allowing
the politicinns who are superior to us
In the management of all these affairs
to have their own way upon every one
of these contests and unseut every one
of the McKlnley delegates, still, then
McKinley will have a sweeping ma
jority." IlKEU MKN AUK HOl'KFl'L.
Congressman Aldrich inude tonight
the following statement:
"The friends of Speaker Heed, fully
conscious of the gains made by Gov
ernor McKinley In the pending nation
al contest in the past week, but wl h
full Information concerning th posi
tion nnd standing of the d legates thus
far elected are yet hopeful. If not con
fident, of the ultimate success of their
candidate before the convention.
"I'p to date there have been elected
S32 nut of a total of 918 delegates, of
which number it Is reasonable to say
Governor McKinley, excluding- the
contested cases, will have Stfl votes.
Concerning the latter we will not pre
judice the action of the convention.
The number of dc-lcgates yet to be
elected Is elghty-slx. Should he sue.
ceed In capturing them all and he
will not g"t one-hulf of them he will
still fall short of the necessary major
ity, and must then rely upon the con
tested cases to give him the nomina
tion. "All Republicans favor protection but
it Is quite evident that the tariff will
not be the sole Issue of the campaign for
a new nnd more Important element
now commands public attention the
money question. The straddling plat
form will never do, nor can any candi
date who ivns even on It gain the full
confidence of the people. It Is for this
leasoti, and because we believe that
sentiment Is undergoing a rapid and
radical rhuntro In that particular that
we nre convinced the candid, sober
Judeinelit of the delegates after the
deliberation which will be had between
now and the ltith of June will nominate
Mr. Heed because he best represent:
the great business Interests of the fin
ancial world and the American people."
!OM PLAIT'S OPINION,
lie Thinks Tltot McKinley Will Get tho
Republican Party Into Trouble.
New York, May 10. Kx-Senutor Piatt
continues to maintain that the nominee
of the Republican national convention
will not be William McKinley and to
night he made a statement of the
grounds of his opinion and the reason
why. In his Judgment, another candi
date would win. Huid Mr. Piatt:
"The convention will contain 910 dele
gates. II will require 4fil to nominate.
According to the figures printed in the
Tribune this morning, which are not In
all respects in accord with the facts as I
understand them, the delegates In
structed for McKinley number 3t0.
"This Is ISO votes short of a nomina
tion and only 88 delegates remain to be
chosen. When the time comes to vote
In the convention McKlnley's support
will be little in excess of the number
who consider themselves bound by In
struction. "My opinion as to Governor McKinley
proceeds almost entirely from my be
lief thnt he will get the Republican
party Into turmoil and trouble. He is
not a well-balanced man of affairs as
Governor Morton Is. He is not a great
man, as Senator Allison Is. Ho is not
an astute political leader as Senator
Quay Is. He Is simply a clever gentle
man, much too amiable and much too
Impressionable to be safely Intrusted
with great executive office, whose quest
for honor happens to have the accident
al advantage of the association of his
name with the last Republican protec
tive tariff..
"Mr. McKinley, as I think the Tribune
recently remnrked. hnd really less to do
with the Industrial law than had either
Governor Dlnpley or Senator Aldrldge.
Hut simply because of his position as
chairman of the ways and mesns com
mittee of the Fifty-first congress it has
borne his name, and there seems to be
a good many people who labor under
the Impression that he wrote It line for
line, and that everything It em
bodies originated In his colossal Intel
lect. I would deny him one Jot or title
of the credit that really belongs to him.
but it Is most unhandsome -to defraud
others of the credit that belongs to
them.
"'Now, If the Republicans are suc
cessful in the next campaign, as seems
so probable today, there are two great
questions In which are Involved the
earning capacity of every citizen, that
we shall have to settle. They are the
tariff question and the currency ques
tion. WHAT WE DON'T WANT.
"The American people have shown
that they don't want a radical tariff In
any direction. What they do want la
a protective tariff so devised 'as to make
up taxes on foreign articles that com
pete with our own for the difference be
tween the price of labor here and
abroad. Mr. McKinley represents the
most radical and extreme view of pro
tection. I foresee the greatest dangers
to the Republican party as the result
of extreme tariff legislation. In the
first place, long before the bill has be-
come a law the country will be flooded
with foreign goods vshlch must be sold
and consumed before domestic produc
ers will feel the effect of the new law.
Kusincss will not revive on the instant
that a Republican president is elected,
and during all the period when the bill
is under discussion and until the Im
mense flood of foreign goods has dis
appeared into consumption, we Bhall
hove to defend our measure. It should
be, therefore, a safe, healthy and ra
tional bill.
. "Fully as Important as the tariff bill,
yes, more so. Is that measure which
must be devised to render our currency
system intelligible, safe and elastic. U
Major McKinley has any real convic
tions on the subject of the currency
they nre not revealed In his .votes or
his speeches. He voted once for the
five and unlimited coinage of sliver.
He voted to override the veto by Presi
dent Hayes of the Bland bill, and at
different times he has voted In direct
conflict with these votes. He has de
scribed himself as 'bimetallism as In fa
vor of the free coinage of both mcUIs.
His Ohio platform proposes anotner ex
periment in sliver coinage such as the
I Hand-Allison act or the Sherman law
with the parity between the metals en
forced by legislation. This in my opin
ion, should and will remove Mr. McKin
ley freni the list of presidential possi
bilities by the time the Republican con
vention meets.
SILVER ARGUMENT.
"The people of this country have had
enough of the attempt to force fifty
cents worth of silver into circulation as
a dollar. Thr-y have suffered incal
culable losses as the result of twenty
years cf that policy. I am creditably
Informed that the Instruction for Mc
Kinley by the California convention
was obtained by the promise on the
part of his managers of a cabinet of
fice and by the further promise thnt he
would sign any silver legislation that
could be got through the next congress.
This pledge Is tafe enough perhaps,
since the next congress Is not likely to
l ass any silver legislation, but the sense
of the nromlse was an effort by the
McKinley managers to show -that their
candidate was friendly to silver. Kvery
business man knows that the line has
got to lie drown sharply and distinctly
against every public man whose words
threaten the country and Its business
Interests with any further debasement
of he currency or with any more of
those losses and sacrillces which have
followed tvery effort to force silver
upon the country. The Republican can
didate for president must be a man
who instead of occupying an equivocal
p .sltlon on this subject stands out firm
ly an advocate of sound and thor
ough refoHss of the currency with gold
as the standard of value, and such a
nan Is our candidate, Governor Mor
ton. "When the delegates at St. Louis
come to ci. adder these mattets their
choice for president will not be Willlum
McKinley. They are not going to de
termine the destiny of their pnrty in
any 'hurray boys' spirit. Mr. McKinley
is still many votes short of a nomina
tion, and when the delegates get to
gether and compare notes, they will
realize that their candidate should be
a wise, temperate, conservative, educat
ed statesman, with definite policies,
fixed opinions and a safe record.'
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
Three Persons Lose I heir Lives Property
Loss Estimated at $.100,000- Lumber
Yard in Ashes.
Ashland. Wis., May 10. One of the
most destructive flres In the history of
northern Wisconsin, occurred here this
morning. Special trains brought the lire
departments from Washburn and near
by towns to render assistance. At
least three persons lost their lives and
the property loss Is nearly $SO0,0(iO.
The dead ure: Peter Kngedman,
John Nolander and Olo Olson.
Nearly 20,000,000 feet of lumber was
burned. The mill wus surrounded by
water and wooden tramways leading
to the shore. When the flames hurst
out in great volume and enveloped the
mill and the duck, all the men but four
succeeded in reaching the tramways.
The origin of the fire is still a mystery,
but It Is presumed that a spark from
some employe's pipe started the lumber
pile and W. R. Durfee's dock. The dis
tance between Durfees and the Shores
Lumber company's docks Is only fifty
feet. Th" fire Jumped across the short
stretch of water In fifteen minutes af
ter It had Rt--ted. The Keystone Lum
ber compa s mills and other mills
were shut down after the fire started
and all of the employes flocked to
Shores plant to light the flames.
At 11 o'clock a heuvy rain checked
the flames. Ole i - on died from the
effects of heat In fighting the fire.
At n o'clock the body uf one of the
unfortunates was recovered and Identi
fied us that of Peter Kngedman. He
Jumped into the bay while enveloped In
Haines and sank Immediately. The
loss In detail Is as follows:
Shores Lumber plant and docks, $2S(),
ftfu: Shores Lumber company, lumber,
$:!0.'C0; lumber of other parties and
:oii;?, $fs.00t); total loss, $178,000. Total
l;i-u:anee, $JDO,00.
FOR SOUND MONEY.
Russell Alecrts Positive In Kefercneo to
Mr. Mckinlcv' Polities
Akron, Ohio, May 10. Russell A. Al
ger, ex-governor of Michigan, came to
Akron last evening from Canton, where
he had an Interview with Major Mc
Kinley. He departed this morning for
New York. Regarding his call on Mc
Kinley General Alger said thnt he found
him well, :1eased Indeed with the ex
isting situation.
"There can be no doubt," said Mr.
Alger, "where McKinley stands on the
financial question. He Is for sound
money and for protection. There has
been some talk regarding his financial
views, but I am personally aware that
they are for sound money."
It is stated on excellent authority here
that General Alger goes to New York to
assure eastern men of the certainty of
McKlnley's favor for sound money. He
did not deny that this was his mis
sion. Pclaware for Oiiay,
Philadelphia. May 10. J. Kdward Ad
dlcks, the Delaware Republican leader,
who yesterday defeated the force of .-x-Henator
Iligslns in the light for delegates
to the stHte convention, In an interview
hero today said that Delaware's vote in
the national convention would be cast for
Quay.
Warrant for llnin.
Lebanon, Pa., May 10. A warrant
charging him with murder In the firit
degree was today served upon Police
man Aaron Haln, who Is In Jail here for
killing John Smith. The coroner will hold
an Inquest in the ease tomorrow morn,
lug.
Oat Meal King Falls.
Akron, O., May 10. Ferdinand Schu
macher, the millionaire oat meal king, as
signed yesterday. The liabilities are es
timated at Sl.Wsj.OOtl and the assets at
tS.OOO.OW). The assignment was a volun
tary one. The fuilure was caused by re
cent heavy losses.
Advised to Lot Our Securities Alone.
London, May 10. The Statist advises
English Investors to leave A oi-rlcan secur
ities alone, owing to the prospects of heavy
gold shipments from New York and the
financial uncertainties attending tho presi
dential campaign.
DEATH AWAITS AMERICAN
1'ive .Men of the Competitor Con
demned in Havana.
XO EVIDENCE AGAIXST THEM
Witnesses Admit That tbo Prisoners Were
Not Armed When Cnpturcd-Includo
a Newspaper Correspondent and
Other American Citizens.
Madrid, Slay 10. A desnatch from
Havana savs that the live prisoners
captured on the schooner Comietltor
have been sentenced to death.
The names of the prisoners are Al
fredo Laberde. a native of New Orleans,
the leader of the filibustering party;
Owen Milton, of Kansas; William Kin
lea, an Kngllshman, and Kilns liedia
and Theodore Maza. both Cubans. Their
trial began In the Havana Arsenal yes
terday morning. The accused men
pleaded not guilty, and witnesses ad
mitted that w hen the men were captured
they- were not armed and offered no
resistance. Nevertheless, the prosecut
ing officer demanded the conviction of
the prisoners and their condemnation to
death, t'nlted States Consul-General
Williams made a written protest
against the trial.
Jacksonville, Fla., May 10. In refer
ence to Owen Milton, the Kansas boy
condemned to death by the Spaniards,
the following despatch twas sent to Sec
retary of Sta Olney:
"Owen Milton, who was captured by
the Spanish authorities on board the
Competitor and condemned to death,
left Key West as n newspaper corre
spondent, hoping to consummate plans
for furnishing reliable news to the cor
respondents of the Florida Tlnies-I'nlon
Bt Key West, who, in turn were to
transmit such rtports by cable to the
Southern Associated Press and 1'nlted
Press through the medium of this pa
per. He niUKt have had wi'h Jilm at
the time of his capture credentials
showing his cenmrtton with the Titnes
I'nlon as Its duly authorised repre
sentative. Such a letter was furnished
him by me.
"I send you this letter to usalst you
In- your efiorts In belmir of young Mil
ton. "T. T. Stockton.
'General Manager Times-Union."
A CRISIS AT HAND.
Washington, May 10. The pus-ase
of the death sentence on the men
caught on the filibuster Competitor is
liable to bring about a crisis hi the re
lations between Spain and the I'nit 'd
States. It is understood that this gov
ernment will not allow the executions
to take place without an earnct uvid
vigorous protest nealnst the sumn nvy
manner In which the trial was con
ducted. Seceietary Olney several days
ago sent Instructions of no uncertain
tone to Consul-General Williams, and
theseformed the basis for the repr.'
r.entatlons made by Vr. Williams to
the court martial yesterday. Kvery
effort Is being made to prevent the
execution of the sentence tlriltl thin
government can make a thorough in
vestigation on which to bate appeals
or demands.
Of the live men convicted and stn
tcnoed two are native-born Amerlenns,
and a third. William Klnlea, dese.-lb-d
as an Englishman. Is understocd to re
a naturalized citizen of this country.
The state department is Informed Jl.nt
Owen Milton is from Kansas and that
Alfredo Laborde was born In New Or
leans. In all cases of the arrest of American
citizens for alleged complicity In the
Insurrection, the United States govern,
ment has Insisted on civil trluls for
those who were not captured la the act
of using urms against the Spanish
forces, practically conceding, hnwewr,
thnt those bearing and using arms
might be tried by military eouits.
Secretary Olney had a long Interview
with the president on the subject yes
terday morning, and on bis return io
the state department sent telegrams to
Mndrid and Havana.
The Competitor sailed from Key West
between 10 and 11 o'clock on the night
of April 0, and had on board twenty
five or- thirty Cubans. Site was com
manded by Captnln Alfredo Laborde. a
resident of Tampa, but It was rumored
that Captaln-fiussel Waeca, who com
manded the 'schooner Martha, lately
forfeited to the I'nited States for vio
lation of the revenue laws, was In bid
ing on one of the keys north of Key
West, waiting to take command of the
Competitor and run her over to Cuba.
The customs officials at Key West hnd
watched the schooner for several days
before her departure, suspecting that
she would attempt to take out an ex
pedition. A few days after tho schooner sailed
from Key West she was captured by the
Spanish gunboat Mesngerr near Hrr
rucos, on the northern coast of the
province of Plnnr Del Rio. She was
loaded with arms and ammunition.
The schooner Competitor is a vessel
of forty-seven tons, 72 feet 4 inches long,
20 feet wide und 4 feet in depth. She
was built at Heliport. L. I.. In Mf.7.
The American Record gives the name of
her captain' end owner respectively as
A. Albury and S. Pindar nnd her sail
ing port as Key West.
PROTEST FROM MR. WILLIAMS.
Havana, May 10. The report reaches
here fiom the 1'nlted States that Cap
tain General Weyler has notilled Sec
retary of State Olney that the Ameri
cans captured on the schooner Com
petitor, will be executed In accordance
with the sentence of the court martial
which tried them, despite the protest of
Mr. Olney. It Is not known here that
the captain general has done anything
of the kind. The only tMng that he has
said about the case Is that Consul Gen
eral Williams has presented a claim
that the Americans should be tried by
a civil tribunal, as they were not bear
ing arms when captured. It is believed
that tho matter will be decided at a
cabinet meeting to be held In Madrid.
The British consul has presented a
claim In favor of Kildea, the Kngllsh
man, who was captured on the Com
petitor. Great secrecy has been observed re
garding the proceedings In the case and
tho fact that the men were sentenced
to death has not been made generally
public here. All that is said is mere
talk.
On Friday last rebel bands Invaded
the town of Hoyo Colorado, elghtcm
miles from Havana, and burned 1SS
houses. Including the town hall.
Cornellp Alvarez will be shot at Co
lon, province of Matanzas, tomorrow
morning, and at the snmn time sentence
of death will be executed on Jose p.lan
co Alfonzo In the Cabanas fortress
here. Roth men were convicted of the
crime of rebellion.
Nine political prisoners were deport
ed to Spain today.
General Pando sailed on the same
steamer.
W5TLKR WANTS ULOOD.
Madrid, May 10. It is understood
that the cabinet has decided to place
the case of the men captured OK the
filibustering American schooner Com
petitor before the supreme council of
the army and navy for a revision 9i th
the m:v,s this .mormng.
Weather Indications Today :
Fair; Continue! Warm Weather.
1 Status of Presidential Ra.-e.
Gcmuny's Contempt for Holland.
American In 'i:ba lo lie Shot.
Destructives Fire at Ashland.
2 Forecast of Congressional Work.
Cholera Menaces lOgypt,
-Mysterious Suicide.
Colonel Frank liain Killed.
3 (Local) Two Kloquent Sermons.
Wyoming Classia Sessions.
4 Editorial.
Speaker Heed's Mistake,
The Proper Ticket.
5 (Local) American Volunteer Move
ment.
Two Cottages Purned.
Holler House Destroyed by Fire,
6 (Sports) Scores of Yesterday's and Sat
urday's Rail Games.
7 News of the Suburbs.
Market and Stock Reports.
8 News I'p and Down the Valley,
proceedings of the court martial held
in Havana.
A dispatch from Havana says that
Captain General Weyler is angry be
cause of the attitude of tiie.Fnited
States, nnd that he will resign unPss
the sentences are executed. The dis
patch adds that the conduct of the
American consul general Is very Irri
tating to loyal Spaniards. He shows
himself everyw here and his talk Is men
acing. The Imparelal's Havana correspond
ent says that a men who was tried by
court martial on the charge of piracy
admitted to the court that the Ameri
can police made It a point to vanish
when a filibustering expedition was de
parting from Key West.
Savannah, Ga., May 10. Alfredo La
borde, one of the five men captured by
a Spanish warship on the alleged fili
bustering schooner Competitor, is well
known to several people In Savannah,
lie was formerly a conductor on a Pull
man car running on the Plant system
between Savannah and Jacksonville.
F.NGLAND AKOCSKD.
London, May 10. The Dally News will
tomorrow say that it regards the Com
petitor case as being of the most se
rious nature, recalling as it does, the
Virginia, horror. The papers advises
the Spaniards to mistrust their owr na
tional ferocity In cases of this, sort,
and adds that by prompt and timely In
tervention queen Regent Chii-rf:tn niuy
find a wlii inn of the ililllculty.
Tho Madrid correspondent of the
Standard telegrajdis that the unll
Anieiiean feeling among the Spaniards
haa been bitterly revived by the action
i of the t'r.lted States government in
i the care of the filibusters who are now
! under sentence of death at Havana.
The prime minister has announced pub
licly thnt the t'nited States do not pro
test against the right of Spain to pun
ish the filibusters but against their sum
mary trial by a military court claim
ing thnt American citizens are entitled
to be tried by the civil courts under
the treaties of 1SS and 1S77. Spain, he
added was willing to consider the j(e
mand of the I'nited Stutcs and ITad
tpngra.phcd Captain General Weyler to
delay the executions. Great Britain
had also protested against the execu
tion of KHdea.
The Kpoca recommends prudence and
Intimates that the government will
seek again to conciliate President Cleve
land. The paper confirms the state
ment that the case has been transferred
to the supreme council of the army and
navy nt Madrid. The execution of the
sr r tences Is thus virtually shelved.
All tho Mndrid papers, with the ex
ception of the Kpoca, denounce the
Fulled Slates In their comments on the
case.
The Standard will say: "The posi
tion of the Spanish government must
attract sympathy. If it quashes the
sentences It will lose the services cf the
only man in Cuba upon whose flrmnf s;t
and seneiiih-hip it can rely and will
besides have to face the Invectives of
Its countrymen at home. On the other
band, if the justice of the sentences t::
maintained, Spain must face a probable
war, to which the Cuban Insurrection
will be mere chilli's play. The presen;
crisis is produced by conditions which
ordinary good will would have rendered
Impossible."
The Chronicle will say: "President
Cleveland has an admirable opportunity
to emancipate Cuba. We will not re
gret It If he uses it to the full, for
there Is no longer any doubt that the
Spanish rule in Culm is-abomlnable."
NO NEWS FOR OLNEY.
Washington, May 10. When Secre
tary Olney was asked tonight If any
news had been recti ved during the day
respecting the action of thf Cuban or
Spanish authorities noon the cases of
the Americans condemned to death for
participation in the Competitor filibus
tering expedition he briefly responded:
"No news."
The best opinion in Washington co
incides with the statement telegraphed
from Havana that the fate of the
Americans concerned will be decided bj
the Spanish cabinet at Madrid. The
impression prevails that they will not
be executed.
ARMS FOR INSl'RGKNTS.
New York. May 10. If the Uritish
steamer Laurada took arms and ammu
nition for Cuban Insurgents when she
sailed hint night, the person:! who engi
neered the expedition very clearly out
witted the Spanish authorities, who
watched the vessel down the bay from
a tu;:. It was announced about tlm
battery that four Gardiner guns, 400
cases of ammunition and twelve long
eases, supposed to contain Winchester
lilies, composed the Laurada's cargo.
COLONEL 1IAIVS DEATH.
The Theory of Suicide is Refuted by the
lend .Vnn's Friends.
New York, Mny 10. Mr. George A.
Post, Colonel Haln's liersonnl friend,
who Is representing the family, was
very itnllgnnnt tonight over the report
that Colonel Haln had committed sui
cide. He stated that Colonel Haln had
wandered away from his friends and
It Is thought by them that he had gone
to the depot to Investigate the workings
of an air brake and was struck un
awares by the train. Mrs. Haln is pros
trn ted.
The remains reached the eitv this eve
ning. The funeral will be held on Tues
day morning'. It will be private. The
interment will be nt Danville, Pa,, the
dead man's native place.
Killing the Indians.
St. Louis, Mo., May 10. A special from
Oxayo. Mexico. Bays the federal troops
are rapidly killing the Indians who re
belled against the state authorities. Twenty-live
participants In the uprising have
been shot by olllolal ordera at Juqulla, and
over lio Indian prisoners have arrivad
hero for trial. They will all be shot.
Oldest Navnl Officer.
.Savannah, Ga., May 10. Captain J. D.
Johnson died In this city last night In
tho ninety-eighth year of his age. Captain
Johnson wa.i the surviving ranking of
ficer of the Confederate navy, and the se
nior ranking officer, by date of commis
sion, of the old United States navy.
COMTESPT FOR ENGLAND
The Attitude of the German Govern
' mcnt is Now Coldly Neutral.
SYMPATHY P0K THE BOEKS
Troubles In llcrlin Over the Observance
of May Puy-tiencral Striko of tho
Metal Workers- Emperor's Opinion
of tho Christian Socialists.
Rerlln. May 10. The temper which
the dominant party in Kngland dis
played in the Rritlsh house of commons
on Friday last on the Transvaal ques
tion has excited Intense Indignation
throughout Oormny.
The attitude of the German govern
ment toward Knglnnd Is now coldly
neutral and Implies that Germany will
not exert Immediately any direct In
lluence in South Africa, but the popular
sympathy wi'.h the liters nnd the gen
eral contempt for Knglbh methods have
become so strong that the government
mny be constrained to adopt some form
of Gorman Interference In South Africa
before long. While thesemi-otllclnl press
maintains a certain degree of reserve,
the lndt;'endent organs unanimously
condemn England.
Most of the German newspapers quote
wick approving comments from a com
munication from Johannesburg which
has been Issued by the Rerlln All-Tetit-seheverbund.
the pith of which Is the
statement that the Cennnns In the
Transvaal are very bitter against the
Knglish and are joining the I'.ocrs. A
volunteer cnr;s of comnunles hns been
formed composed soltdy of Germans.
These Germans, tlv communication
fays, share the feeling of the whole
peonle of the Transvaal, who, as well
as the Transvaal government, are de
sirous of seeing the beginning of a war
to decide the question of supremacy In
South Africa.
A French minister hiu come from
Paris to consult with the foreign olllce
as to the selection of a successor to M.
Herbette, the French ambassador to
Germany, who has now been definitely
recalled. M. P.lllot, ' now French am
bassador to Italy, would be persona
grata here, but no matter who might be
selected any ohonge from M. Herbette
would please the emperor who de
tests the brusque Frenchman ns cor
dially ns that diplomat hates the kais
er, ami would also be welcomed by the
ollielnls of the foreign olllce, whose en
forced contact with M. Herbette has
been anything but pleasant.
MAY DAY TROCP.LKS.
The observance of fay day by the
workingmen has resulted In a numl er
of troubles between the employes nnd
the employers. Fifteen metal working
establishments in lieiiiii have locked
out their men for not working on May
1st, nnd the men have since declared a
general strike of metal workers unless
they are granted a nine hour working
day nnd an increase of 2S l cr cent. In
their wages. Three thousand other
workers at that trade have remained
at work In order to support the strix
ers. The Hamburg cigar exporting
firms have discharged all of their em
ployes who did not work on May day
and labor disputes of this character
ure general throughout the country.
The Rerlln Post hns obtained pos
session of and published the text o" a
telegram from the emperor in regard
to the Christian socialists, of which
party Dr. Storeker, formerly court
chaplln, Is the leader. The telegram,
which is dated at the Schhw on Feb
ruary ?8, deals with the rupture be
tween Dr. Storeker and the conserva
tive party and snys:
"Storeker has finished as I foretold
years ago. Political clergymen are
monstrosities. Whoever Is a Christian
Is also social. This Christian socialist
nonsense lends to self conceit and In
tolerance, and Is directly contrary to
Christianity. Clergymen should mind
the souls of the community and not
mix in politics."
WAU CREATES PATRIOTISM.
Archbishop Ireland (Jives His Hensons for
Objecting to Arbitration.
St. Louis, May 10. Archbishop Ire
land, of St. Paul, In tho course of' nn
ndtlrw-s delivered last night at n br.n
i!Uet given by Missouri Commandcry
Order of the Loyal Legion disparaged
the movement now being agitated in
this country and Kngland toward uni
versal arbitration, lie advanced tho
theory that war is the great instigator
of patriotism and thnt if wo come to a
stage where everything in dispute is to
be peaceably settled, wo will lose the
Interest In the a H airs of our country
in Its relation with other Rnvrmir.entK.
The words he spoke vcr greetetl with
a perfect storm of upp! 'Use.
The Importance of the question cot
tied by the civil wnf was dwelt upon
at length. It settled the destinies of
huiiit'.nity, the speaker said, not only
in America but In the world. It was
tho great object lesson to the nations
of the earth of the stability of a Demo
cratic form of government and the vic
tory of the union forces was a stunning
blow to monarchy nnd ilospolism nil
over the universe. None of these re
sults could have been achieved by arbi
tration. CONFERRING THE PALLIUM.
Imprcssivo Ceremonies nt tho Confirma
tion of Archbishop Knin.
St. Louis, May 10. Ono of the most
Impressive ceremonies in the history of
the Catholic church of St. Louis oc
curred today, when His Kminence
James Cardinal Gibbons, conferred tho
pallium, the insignia of arohloplseopal
olllce, upon Archbishop J. J. Kaln. For
hrilltancy. wealth of detail and solemn
ity, the Investiture was unprecedented
In the west.
Cardinal Gibbons, the celebrant of tho
pontifical muss, was annlsted by local
clergy in all the olllees of the ceremony.
A number of eminent church digni
taries from all parts of the country
were present.
t Steamship Arrivals.
New York, May 10. Arrived: Spnnrn
datn, from Rotterdam; Alsaiia, from Medi
terranean ports; Sorrento, -from Hamburg,
and Havre. Arrived out: l.n Hretairne,
nt Havre, May 9. Sailed for New York:
Cnmpunla, from Qucenstown. Sighted:
Kensington, from Antwerp for New York,
passed the Lizard; Halle, from Uremea lor
New York, passed Dover.
Senator Wallace's Condition.
New York, May 11. Ex-Fnlted Stales
Senator Wallace was reported at l.uO
o'clock this morning to be resting easily.
The hot weather did not seem to affvet
him much, If any.
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Pitdercwski 111.'
London, May 10, Paderewsltl, the dis
tinguished pianist, is suffering from In
somnia. All his lOiiylitih engagement!:
have been cancelled.
He: -aid's l'or?cnsf.
New York, May 11, In the Middle states
today, fair weather and continued p.b:ior
mally high temperature will prevail, with
fresh southerly to westerly winds, fol
lowed probably In the northern parts by
local thunrtor stdi ins. On Tuesday, fair lt
partly cloudy weather will prevail, with
westerly winds and slightly lower tem
perature, followed local thunder
storms on the coasts.
FINLEY'S
pedal
of
Towels
m this Week Only.
Tills 3s an ODDortunltv
for liousekeepers to re
plenish their stock of
Towels at prices irmch be
low regular value. We
call special attention to
our
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In Damask and Hucka
back. Fringed Towels at I2l,
IP, 25 and 35 cents each,
Hemmed Towels 32.
35, 33 and 22 cents each.,
Hemstitched J2. 38,
25, 35, 48, 55, 65, 75, PS,
$1.25 and $1.50 each.
A 1 A lit.
Towels 7c
35 clo2en
25 dozen
35 dozen
30 dozen
20 dozen
Linen
Bath Towels 3 Pa
Bath Towels 25c
Bath Towels 35c
Bath Towels 42a
Fowls 43,
65, 75 and 95c, each.
i Slkets to Kg&
sizes,
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