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Hart
ha never been In a more ilemnr:.ll7.ed
romlltlon than It is to.lny. Prices have
dropped iiinl dropped until there is no
longer iiny nnmry in silk selling for
the manufacturer, while ni;iiy looms
. are idle in conseepience.
The bottom has ninlonlt''Uv be 'i
reached now, mid chan-is me that
ni!ks will never again In- uttered nt sue-li
riilii'tilinish low figures, for iimke.-s
Hill In future limit the supply to Wic
iletnnuil utnl lin reliy restore foi nn r
reasoiiulile values.
This being the fart, we believe that
patrons eannoi iln hetter than follow
the example we have net. ami buy all
they eafi at present prices, tor a bin
advance Is as eerluin as the rising sun
in the iiiorniii!,'.
The values ol.re.red be
low easi ly ecli pse al l of ou r
previous best efforts, and
eyery yard represent this
season's choicest produc
tions. Never-to-lse
m Mrgams
15 PIECES
rieh lVrsi.1.1 Fllks. new and gorgeous
elTeets; full color combination rang--:
rcguUir .fl iU.ili;y.
Special Price, 69c,
10 PIECES
superb I'ersliiii silks, dark grounds
. with a wvealh of (Irietitnl coloring that
rivals the pliiniiigc of the peacock in
richness, but throws a soilness ill wne
about them that ut once removes
gitinly display. This mugHillcent qual
ity would be cheiep-at fl.,"0.
Special Price, 9Pc.
10 PIECES
all silk stripe surahs, lovely new color
effects, specially designed for skirts or
. waists. Worth oil.
Special Price, 2Sc.
20 PIECES
brocade patln Pile-hcss. New patterns
In the following attractive shades: Nile,
old rose, light blue, pink, cardinal,
lavender, ntaise, white, crear.i, navy
und black. Cheap lit &c.
Special Price, 59c.
Hack Braa&e Sills
are by far the most popular effect on
the market today, anil It is n rare thing
Indeed when newest nd best goods can
be purchased at such prices as the fol
Howing; 10 PIECES
, TnfTetn brm ados, oxlra tine effect.
Chap ut t.V.
- . Special Price, 49c,
12 PIECES
India brocadp silks, extra weight
charming effects. Worth 8.'ic. '
Special Price, 62 3 -2c.
10 PIECES
brocades, gros grain proline's, extra
choice make, designs quite new. Cheap
at 73c.
Special Price, 62 3 -2c.
15 PIECES
gros grain brocade silks, the best SI
quality we have ever seen. Latest
patterns.
N Special Price, 75c.
Silk specials opened on
Wednesday, May 6th. The
supply at tliese -figures Is
limited to the quantities
stated.
.til0 BE
WAREHOUSE
RESPECTS PEOPLE'S Will
Senator Ouay I'avors Xu Further
Kcsistancc to It.
UR IS XOT IX A VENDETTA
SisnifUant AJvieo SaiJ to llavo I'.ccn
Given the Coiuhino l.cudcis Touching
the Convention Other Candidates
l.ikcly Soon to Withdraw.
Chieagi, May 11. The Times-HeraM
prints the following tnf resting dis
patch hi. in Washington; It Is now
more than probable that nil the resl
ileiithil oniiilielntes in the Ibptihlhnn
patty will withdraw before tiie meet
ing of the St. Louis convention, ntitl
that but one name will be presented
to that convention as cunilidute for
president. The mo.si Rl;:iiilicant fea
ture of the situation hi the change in
I hi- attitude of Ht-nalnr UUtiy. The
I'l-nnsylvaniu senator Is easily the fore
most lender of the opposition to Me
Kinley and has been from the start.
The other candidates and managers
have nil the time placed went coo
lldence in Mr. Quay's Judgment, t'ntil
within n very short liir.e Mr. Q-.iny h is
ionise I nil the oilier candidates to hold
their forces vt' ll in hand, and lias d
elaieel tliat tin- fight was ni-t yet over;
hut In conference last week with the
iimnugers id' liecil ami Allison Mr. Quay
spoke in substance us follows:
Thotuh II Is not as yet neccssa--y for us
piiliicl to concede McKlnley's noniina
liou, tlx- probabilities ure we shall have
to do so la a IVa- days. I nggest that
keep Mill until all the delegates to the na
tional i -o.'ivi .-tuui have bera elected. Tle a
we should enure a careful, searching Ui
quiry to be made as to Ihe pre feretiees of
the deli-sates, and. If a majority are touad
lirevoi ably lied to Mckinley, as see his
probable, I see no reason why uny ua:a--but
his should be presented to the cnn
vealton. The most we could do would he
to force Mr. Ifaaua to spend some money
ki-plng his forces in line and miitr-ling
against surtoises.
It Is qui stlouuhle whether we ought to
do that, Inasmuch u liovcrnnr .McKlnley's
nomination Is Inevitable If the preferf-u
of the delegates hiive bei-n correctly re
ported, and It would be n Kood thing lor
the party if the iionilnatlun were made
without opposition and with umihimiiy.
All bitterness could thus be healed ut the
convenllen, Inslead of afterward, and the
party could j;ct Into li-.-lilliii; trim so much
he quicker. The nias--es of the party, wlri
nppeur to be for McKlnlcy, will be belter
satisfied If they are alii-- to securn the
nomination of titer favorite without lui-
tner opj-n. ltlon, and withdrawal of the
c"r,d!il:ites won id save some of as a lieuo
o. t.o.lble.
S sjuitnr Quay's stiifpestlnn was well i
nccived by the friends of the other
candidates, nnd it will probably lie act
ed noon. If, upon Investigation, Mc
Klnlcy Is found to have a clear majority
of the di legates Instructed or pledired to
his suonort, the chances are the cither j
cnr.dldntes will withdraw nnd rinrmlt
the nomination to be mnde by ncclatna- :
tioti. It is only fair to Senator Ouny 1
to say that he is not quoted literally In j
the forcKoinir paraKraphs, but the sub- i
stance c f what he said is correctly I
Blveii. It would be premature to suy
that the unsuccessful candidates will !
certainly withdraw, but all the indica
tions are that Mr.' Qauy's stiKKcstlon
will lie adopted In good time.
SAY QUAY IS I'NSKLFISH.
Mr. Qaity's friend say he has from
the lirst acted wholly unselfishly in his
.t.iiiuoe i.iwjiu me pi.iocucmi c..-
lest. At the outset he was willins to ,
support Peed, Allison or MeKinley. his
pre fore nee- probably standinK in the I
other named. Hut Mr. Piatt wus for j
some reason fiercely and unrensoniibly
opiH-ced to MeKinley, unci IJuay had
already promised to in with Plait In I
tin i-ITort to name the ciinclldates. I
The New York boss realizes that nn- '
less he can soon set federal Pntromw '
at his linck the days of his rule In the i
empire state will come to an end. Mr. I
iuay became a candidate himself for i
the simple' reason that he was Weill '
it ware 'hat if In- did not Pe nnsylvania I
would pi for McKlnlcy. It could not I
have been carried for Peed or Allison. !
and nothinir but the charm ol his own j
name was powertui er.ouun to prevent
McKlnlcy runnliiK away with a major
ity of the dilefrntes. Tile friends of
Senator Allison say they do not care
whether their candidate Is voted for or
not nt St. Louis. Now that the tluht
Is practically over they admit that Iowa
has been at route for MeKinley nil the
time, and that the Ohloan would have
the deletrntion but for Allison's can
didacy. If the Hepubliciins of Iowa
wish to withdraw the senator's name
or to chnmro their plans and fail to i
present his name to the St. Louis con
vention, Mr. Allison will not object. 1
MOKTON KKADY TO KETIKK
Accordr.iij to reports received here
Coventor Morton Is anxious to retire
from the race, and rofly do so" even if
the Implacable Mr. riatt insists noon
his renialnlnu- In the field. (lovernor
Morton has from the Hir'- l-een sus
picious that h was brim? "worked,"
ns the sayini! is. Half of Piatt's insis
tence upon a ballot at St. Louis nnd
upon a continuance of the a licked fltiht
is for the purpose of satisfying t lover
nor Morton that he ium been in earn
est nil the time.
Speaker iieed personally j?ar up the
contest weeks uko. Mr. Ueod does not
ilaim to he a trrytt politician, hut he is
not u spilnir chicken, and when his
mannireia were issuinir their tabula
tions and claims r.r.U predictions ou: Mc
Klnlcy' defeat one man who died not
believe a word of It was the speaker
himself. It is understood that the
speaker Is ready to withdraw at any
moment thut his friends consent, hut
he will probably await the action of the
other candidates before making any an
nouncement.
QUAY'S IDKA PRAISED.
The Times-Herald editorially says:
'If Senator Quay has expressed himself
as reported from Washington In the
matter of the Si. Louis nomination for
the presidency,- thut able Republican
leader is keeping a cool head when
some of his associates have lost theirs
completely. Nor have we any reason to
doubt thut he is correctly reported.
From the first Mr. Qunydias thought
well of Mc-Klnley. During his canvass
for the chairmanship of the Pennsylva
nia state committee last year he dis
tinctly and repeatedly tt vowed a prefer
ence for either MeKinley or I teed, pitt
ing McKlnley's name tlrst, and the only
candidate to whom he positively ob
jected was Harrison. Subsequently bo
yielded, ill-iulvlsedly we think, to the
Importunities of Piatt and the desire
to give Allison a chance to show Ids
ability to make a race, and agreed to
hold the Pennsylvania delegation un
der waiting orders by proclaiming his
own cnndlducy. '!
"That Mr. Quay ever really expected
the presidential nomination no. one
who knows hint ever believed, but hav
ing entered the list he could-not do less
than go through all the motions of a
veritable candidacy without Impairing
his prestige among his followers. That
he became satisfied long ago of McKln
Icny's hold upon the peopla nnd the
proablllty of his ultimate triumph is
very plain. But having once made
common cause with Piatt and Clurk
ton. It was not In him to desert them
under the hottest Are of the enemy's
Kttnu. Neither can It be doubted that
lie has fully appt-eciatcil and accepted
without murmur the sacrltlce wnlch
he made in stntldinf? by a lost cause.
WHOLLY SATISFACTOKY.
'His present position Is logical and
should Rive no olTense either to his old
allies or to the Mclvinlcy people. Ac
knowledging theovorwhelniinK strength
of A.'cKitiley with the people of all sec
tions, and the likelihood that they will
have their wnv, he advises his friends
In the opposition to wait until the roll
of delegates Is foinnlite rtnd scan it
carefully, and 'if a majority are found
irrevocably tied to Mi-Kinb y, u.i seems
probable,' lie sees no reason why any
name but his should be presented to the
convention.. Meanwhile he (tives the
cue for the opposition not to ninkc fac
tious trouble, bm to accept the result
with fo.-titude and avoid by all meu'is
any incitement to bitterness which
inisht Mirvlv-j the nomination. There
is no encouragement here to Mr. Piatt's
stubborn refusal to accept the truth
until he Is hruten to n jelly, nor t i
Mr. OlarUon's vain hunt for new can- j
dldates. much less to Mr. Ilaikett's
preposterous ami caitriiKeous stlMTKes- :
tioti that tin- mitiotuil committee should j
be used to throttle the honest expres- j
Nioll of the will of the pt-.ity.
"Si nntor tjuay's iliauunKls of the hit- ;
nation mul skillf-il prescription for
l :i I in witlt It will tend to allay mil-
nioslty, lii int; reealc llinnt leaders to i
ihi it- srns. s, and incline the Repitbll-i-Kits
cfif th,. country more than ever to
the belief that he is, as we Ituve often
said, a lii-ld marshul anionic, political
poneruls. the i;ti-utest, indeed, of his
tit:-e. I I'he failed in I his cmei Keiiey
I! would be the tlrst lime in a loan and
active career of leadership, when, huv
ini; hsi i-rtnlned to Ills own satisfaction
what the people wanted, he did not fol
low their wishes, even If It were neces
sary to lei-lify his ou ll :ili;,'ntm-Id.
Ileitlii Is thi! hlciuii nuality of the
sclnnd of leadet shiii In which lie was
trained and of those results he is the
most conspicuous exemplar.
COLOR XOT CONSIDERED.
The Methodist General Conference Again
on Kccnrd on the Knee (.fficstion -No
Caste. No Color IUconicJ.
Cleveland, Ohio. Muy ll.-The Meth
oillst Konernl conference jiut itself on
record uRain on the race question this
morning by ndoptlni? n resolution Intro
duced by the liev. Dr. II. A. Monroe, of
1 tela ware, endorsinir the treatment that
Cleveland hotels have accorded to all
the deleaates, re;;arclless of color and j
cb-inamlluK that wherever it Is decided i
to hold the conlerence In the future a
uatantec
,n,.m
In; obtained of equal treat-
. remilnt ion was refei-i-ed nonrnnie
inr, that the Methodist church recoi,-
nized no color or caste and statinif that
If the conference elected a necro Mshop
It was not to be considered class leg
islation. Chairman 1). II. Moore, of the South
ern Kilucatlonal and l-'reedman's Aid
committee reported a resolution station;
; that It was the sense of the conference
that the name of the society he not
I clumped. Alter considerable debate,
the report was adopted.
The committee on fraternal union of
! the Methodist church which was np
I pointed four yeurs uso, was requested
to report at once. The fact that the
standing; cnmmitlees have not report
ed yet has almost brought the confer
I i nc-e to a stop. There was no business
i to lie transacted unci a recess was (aken.
1 Hiring the recess the liev. Dr. J. li.
draw, of New Jersey, nnd Rev. Dr.
i.,nIlhaii. of 11a t more, hatched un a
,.,.,, i....... ihe elec tions oeenr thin
week. AccordhiKly Dr. draw moved to
reconsider the vote of last week by
which May IS was fixed as election day.
The Itev. Hiickley, of New York, said
that he thiiUKht that next Sunday
would be better spent by the delegated
if the elections were held this week.
He held that the elcleijutes would elec
tioneer on f'tinclay If the elections were
held on Monday. It was decided to
commence the elections on Thursday.
A resolution wus Introduced deplor
ing the linancial condition of the coun
try and askinir that salaries of officers'
cunnccUd with the benevolence society
, be reduced.
Hubert Miller, of Pittsburg, said that
! he hoped the Kreot Methodist church
would not ko on record us a calamity
howler. He was sure that the country
wus DfoHbeiitiK unci that It would con
tinue to do s i.
A resolution deplorinn mob violence
wus ottered and referred to the commit
tee on state of the church. The all
alisoi blr.K topic after the conference ad
journed wus the four new bishoprics,
! which It is proposed to erect. Dr. Buck
ley, of New lotk, has announced that
he has decided nut to allow his name
to be presented to conference as a can
didate for a bishopric.
Earl Cranston, of the Western Book
concern, hus considerable strength.
Chnolain C. C. McCabe is alitsHmivijos-
H,iiitv ,vh , , clevelnneil considerable
striith within the last forty-etirht
, hourf. In reiinrd to Dr. J. W.- Howeii.
the colored candidate 'be situation Is
still unchaii'ied and prchalTly will re
, main so.
Among the dark hoists favorably
I mentioned are Dr. John W. Hamilton,
i of New England, secretary of th" Fived-
man's Aid society, and Dr. H. J. .lack
son, of Chicago. Nclthir is an avowed
candidate for the olllce.
I VICTORY VOi THE SEMINARY.
Itev. Henry W. Ilainton Admitted to the
.Ministry.
New York, May 11. At a regular
monthly meeting of the Presbytery of
New York, held In the First church, on
Fifth avenue, today there was a lively
discussion ns to the admission to cure
and licensure of Henry W. Balnton, a
student of I'niem Theological seminary
It belnij claimed on the part of the
opponents that the Instruction at the
setnlnarv was not strictly in accord
ance with the vliws of the Presbytery.
The friends of Mr. Haintoa said thut
he was all right In theology and educa
tion, and was qualified for admission
to fellowship, it wus finally decided
to vote to admit the nplic-ant to care
and that he was qualified for licensure.
Tills Is regarded as u great Victory for
t'nlon Theological seminary.
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STKL'CK HY LIGHTNING.
.Miraculous Escape of n It on in lull of
Children.
Bethlehem, Pa., May II. During a
thunder storm this afternoon lightning
struck the school house at Hath, hear
here, w hile sc-hoyl was in session. The
building was badly damaged, the ceil
ings being knocked down and the doors
broken.
Four classes were In the different rec
itation rooms nt the time, but very
wonderfully no one wus Injured and the
children were dismissed with nn mis
haps. Steamship Arrivals.
New York, .May II. Arrived; l'urnessla,
from tllusgow and ilovllle; Kaiser Wll
helm II, fium (ieiiuu; Su'ale, from lire
men and Southampton. Arrived out: Bins,
at tllUraltur: Georgia, lit Copenhagen.
Sailed for New York: Anehorlu, from
Moville; Worm, from Gibraltar, Hlghti-el;
Maumlnm, from New York for Rotterdam,
passed the Liturd,
New York, Muy U. Arrived: Frieslund,
from Antwerp; State of California, from
OiaHROw and Moville. ,
EXPLOSEON j!FJ STEAMER
Awful Catastrophe on the Mississippi
Kivcr.
nLEVEX I'UKSOXSUERE KILLED
Hollers of the Hurry Drow n, u Tow Hout,
lAploJo und the Craft is Com
pletely WreckeU-l.ist of
killed and lujtircJ.
Vicksliiirpr, Miss., May 11. fine of the
most terrible disasters of recent ycats
occurred last nlj;ht about twenty-live
miles below this city. The tow boat
Harry lirown, of FlttsburK, upwurd
Viound, from New Orleans, exploded her
boilers ut 11 o'clock. Tile boat was com
pletely wrecked and sank in less than
five minutes. Kleven lives nre known
to he lost, InelittlitiK Pilot Norman X.
Drnve. ir. W. Liardsley, stiersinnn; Wil
liam 1 loiiKherty, chief etiKlneer; Miss
Annie Hess, cliunilnrniald: Tom .Indue'
and William Wilson, llreiuan. Tne
bodies of Fire Male William l-'ltzslm-ln.
ins tout of llu- second mute, and
those of OcoIkc Kelrn and Wllliaiii
Kelly, liimii trimmers, were recovered
and brought to tills city by the steamer
Washington Honsheli, which foi tun; -ly,
was in sii;ht of the lirown nt the
time of the ac-ciden. The survivors
ai d also the wium-hd wet-1 broniTiil l'
tills city on the Honsheli.
Six of the ollii-ets el d crew id' Hie
Harry lirown are in the Murine ward
of the yieksbtirc; hospital, us follows:
Captain John Kc.-irn. master, bio se
riously Injured; W illiuni i li iiiitne, car
piiitir. Ic-u laciken: John Hardy, badly
seulded and otherwise seriously injured;
thin Delaney, second enirincer, badly
scalded and Iniured Intel nully; w ill
probably din. Pilot Hravo, who was lost,
was of 1'lttshurR.
WOKK file KKSCI K.
The bodies of the killed, which were
hrounht hem, will he embalmed and
sent to their homes. The prompt lower
ltiK of the HonsheU's bouts resulted In
the savinir of many lives. Captain
Kelrn. the master of the I'.rown, was
Mown on to the cabin roof by the ex
plosion. This portion of the cabin
Moated off fromithe hull as it sank. The
captain, althouirli seriously injured, re
mained perfectly cool and collected,
und directed the efforts of the men who
were ut work iescttlnn the bodies, lie
ays that it wotild.be impossible for
any one to tell how many of the seven
boilers exploded. It seimed to bloi that
the vessel went down in less than a
minute. Captain Kelrn attaches no
Illume to any one. lie says the cause
o the explosion will never be known,
as the chief engineer, William Dough
erty, wna lost. He dedans that the
vessel was running: nt her usual speed
und under no special pressure, and he
can form no idea of the reason of the
explosion. The boat carried n list of
forty-elKht ollicers and en w, nil white.
She had in tow sixty empty bat-Res and
two find boats. The odlcers and boat't
eiow sneak In the moat Bt-ateful praise
of the ollicers and crew of the steamer.
The Hurry lirown wta built in 1SS2
and owned hy the Mrr coal firm of
lirown Co., of IMUsburK. The boat
was In perfect order and had Just had
her hollers cleaned nt New Orleans.
MONTANA CONVENTION.
bimetallism. Protection nnd Keclprocitv
the Cardinal Principles
Butte, Mont., May 11. The Iteptlbll
eun state convention called to select
delegates to the national convention
was held here today. The only contest
wus between the old line Republicans
und the American Protective associa
tion, the latter making a light ugalnst
the endorsement of Senators Mantle
and Carter, and Congressman Hnrtmnn
because of their views on the Indian
appropriation bill. The tst vote came
on a motion to snt n contesting untl
Amerlenn Protective association dele
gation from tbnnite icunly. ntnl the
American Protective assentation was
defeated by n Vote of IDT to Int. Reso
lutions were then adopted commending
In unqualified terms the action of Sen
ators Teller, Dubois. Cannon. Mantle
and Carter on the tdlver question. Bi
metallism protection and reciprocity
were the three cardinal principles of
Republican faith and a declaration was
mnde for the free and unlimited coinage
ft both cold end silver nt a ratio of
16 to .1, Independently by the 1'jilted
Suites.
An effort was made to instruct the
national dolecates to walk out of the
St. Louis convention In case free silver
was recognized but the effort failed.
McKlnley's rnme wits very coldly re
ceived and the delegates will go to St.
Lnnls tiniustructed.
REUNION OF VETER ANS.
Kifihth Annual liatluring of the I27ih
KcRllt'Cllt.
Harrisburg. Pa., May 11. The eighth
nnnunl reunion of the One Hundred
and Twenty-seventh regiment, Penn
sylvania volunteers, was held here to.
day. Over U,'i of the survivors of the
regiment which distinguished Itself at
Fredericksburg nnd in other buttles of
the late war were present. The busi
ness meeting was held this afternoon.
These ollicers were elec ted:
President, C. R. I .an hi. Lebanon;
vice-presidents. .Icrcnil'ih Robrei-. Lan
caster: A. .1. Fager. Harrisburg, and
Robert 11. Hickernell, Middle-town. A
camp fire was held at the court house
this evening. Addresses were made by
Adjutant General Stewart. ex-Seimtor
Lnntz, oft- Lebanon; Senator McCarrcll
and others. The next reunion will be
held at Lebanon.
GOT MYSTERIOUS LETTERS.
Policeman Captures nn Aged Married
Man a tho offender.
Reading, Pu., May 11. For some lime
Miss Ruker, aged tS years, and resid
ing on Rose Htrect, nenr Walnut, has
received letters of an affectionate clinr
ncter und iinoaretitly from a stranger.
She- was nsked repeatedly to incot the
unknown admirer nt certain places.
Last night she visited tin' appointed
place liccouipauied by a policeman.
AVheu there she was accosted by Per
c;lval tterhey. a married mun, M years
old. He- was at oiie-e nabbed by the uf
llcer and pent to jail us the supposed
oi'tender,
v -
1'ncU's I'dltor Pies.
Now York, .May ll.-Ilemy Cuyl'er Ban
ner, editor of Puck, died ut his home-. In
Nutlvy. N. J., this afternoon of consump
tion. After Mr. banner's rediirn Ironi Cal
ifornia, where ho went in suneh of henlih,
he failed steadily. Mr. Runner has been
editor uf Puck since 1877.
I.clilch Vulloy bnildlm: burned.
New York, May II. A lire In the Lehigh
Valley railroad blinding ut Jerse y avenue!
ami lissex street, Jors-y t'ily, this alt u--noon
datuage-l property valued at more
than fstl.tiim, The origin of tho lire-In un
known. rcnter Xow York bill n l.nw.
Allmny, N. Y.JMay 11. (lovernor Mor
ton today hlgr.ed tin; Greater New York
bill. The consolidation of the VHrlous el
tte and towns embraced in the bill iix
not go Into effect until Jan. 1, ntlift.
THK NEWS THIS JIOIIMXU.
Weather Indications -Today :
Fair; Continued Warm Weather.
the
Jud-te Acli.-soa ATinuls Work of later
slate I'omun rce Commission.
Ptc.im-r Kxplodes on Mississippi Ttlver.
Ab-tiioilist Conference Does Not ltcouii-
nissu Color or Caste.
2 The Pay nt Washington,
liasiniss World.
3 (Loral) The Stoi m 1'liys Havoc,
t liisais oessisns Kuded.
4 Kdllorlal. '.
Carlisle's Small Trick.
5 (Locnll ltnard of Control Becomes Eco
nomic:-1.
District KiiKlneers to be Named To
night. Memorial Day Exrreises.
K--V. llosan lb-stuns His Charge,
I! fSnnrtsl Sprlnulleld's Waterloo.
Kaslc-rn and Xatl-inal Leauue Sum
maries. 7 News of the Suburbs.
.Market und Slock Kcpnrts.
S News i'p ami Down the Valley.
I.1VI.I.V MKI'.TINii AIIKAl).
Hclctjates of American Protective Asso
ciation to Consider I'lizliua Quest Inns.
Yrnsliliqttoii, May II. The dcleautes
to tin- iiicctinir of the council of the
American Protective a.ssi.-l.illon are
nearly all In the city. The inei-tiilif
will be called to order behind closed
doors at In o'clock tomorrow iiku iiliur.
Tin- litM day's session will be devoted
to di'L'nuizntlon and routine work, 'the
convention is exoected to be in session
live in- six days and nearly the last
work will ! the election of the otlleers.
There Is likelv to he a stubborn Unlit
over the report of the advisory coun
cil nyainst McKlnlcy.
Two committees held ineetinus today.
The judiciary commit tee is comucsed
id' lawyers und JudRe Stevens Is chair
man of it. John W. Ki hols. of tleurntu.
nnd 11. .1. Swiiin, of California, were
appointed uienrt" rs of this committee
this ruornitiK hy President Traynor. The
executive nicotine; was for the urn nose
of lookinir Into the reports of the treas
urer and other ollicers.
llKi DI AL IN COAL.
Tim Hell, Lewis and atcs Company Sell
(int.
Buffalo. N. Y.. May II. The Hell,
Lewis & Yates Coal company lias sold
its plant, worth about $;i.0r.i.0'li to a
syndicate coiiieoscd of New York capi
talists und some stockholders of the
Buffalo. Rochester and Pittsburg rail
road. The syndicate is hen-led by the
New York tluaranty Trust company.
Tile sali- Inc ludes all the mines In the
P.eynoldsville ri-ion. Pennnylvania,
and tin y are thought to be the Itrst
coal producing mines In this country.
Included In the sale are forty-seven
miles of railroad, the Falls Creek and
Reynoldsville and Falls Creek. These
lines feed all the railroads leading out
of the coal company.
The property will be transferred to
the new buyers nbout Jan. I. It is un
derstood tnnt Adrian Isi-lln, of New
York, Is at the head of the syndicate
purchasing the property.
MARRIAGE NOT THEIR AIM.
(Inly One Young Woman in u Class Do
sires .Matrimony.
Columbia. Mo., Muy 11. Mrs. Lucila
Wilcox St. Clair, president of Christian
college, this c ity, recently requested all
the members of the class which will
graduate this year to state briefly in
writing their, mim ioal purpose in life
Ten of the gli Is 'replied that it was
their iiiin,ipal desire to obtuin further
educ ation, especially in art und music.
Three prefer quiet life at home, that
they may ! a comfort to their parents
In their declining years.
one desires to be a missionary. One
prefers a career as a physician, und
the highest ambition of another young
lady is to be a. hospital nurse;. Three
girls spited that it was their wish to
travel us much us possible. Only one
admitted that marriage was her prin
cipal purpose in life. Several of the
replies were written In poetry.
COL. IIAIN'S 1TJNERA1..
Impressive Services Conducted hv Kcv.
Hr. Anthony I vans.
New York. May 11. The funeral ser
vices over Colonel Frank K. Main, gen
eral manager of the Manhattan Klc
vnteel ailroad, who was run over and
killed ut Clifton Springs on Saturday,
were he-Id this afte rnoon at his resi
dence, PJ1 Wont .jNth street. Colonel
Rains' iisoclatlcri with the elevated
rond-i mnde him one of the best known
railroad men in the country and the
funeral was hugely att--nded.
lie v. Dr. Anthony H. Evans, rector of
the- First Presbyterian church, con
duct cd the service s. He- read the- regu
lath n prayers nnd offered a special oie
w hic h spoke- ef the dead us u husband,
friend and num. The remains will be
taken to Danville-. Pa., tomorrow where
the Interment will be made.
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FIGHTING IN ACYSSINTA.
Italiun Kcprisnis Involve the burning of
Native Villages.
MnWsowuh. May 11. General Baldh
ncra recently demanded that Ras i.Ian-'
gascia. Ras Hc-hatti and Ras Agoatnfarl
surrender the Italian prisoners in their
hands, threatening reprisals unless his
demand was complied with. Agostufari
is complying, but the other chiefs are
temporizing.
The reprisal have begun. Colonel
Sle vanl has nttac!;od Ras Sebath's
forces, killing sevtrnl of the Ahyssin
Inns. The .Miyssir.iiius retreated, with
the Italians lit pursuit. The hitter have
burned four villages while following
the natives.
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THE LAST OF HOLMES.
Notliinu Starring in the Papers Left by
Hit- Vtireleror.
-T-'iiliulelphbi, May 1 1. I.n ivyr-r rtotan
today concluded his examination of the
imperii and other mntcriril which H. !I.
Holmes turned over to him on the day
rf the hitter's e.-ie entlon. Mr. Ilot.-in
stated thai he found nothing of public
Interest among them. There is no will
among the papers nnd no provision Is
niiPl'.- for Mrs. i'iet'icl.
Most of the papers were letters ad
c'res.seil to lni-niDc is of Holmes' family
bidding thrm farewell mid to other pcr
snis explaining points in the cases
agalust him.
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SCOTT JACKSON'S CAS P..
Arguments Heard nt tho Trial Ycslcr
dnv. Cincinnati. May H. The rending of
Instructions to the .lury in the Scott
Jackson case' at Newport this morn
ing occupied fifteen minutes. Thvy
were (jitite damaging to the prisoner.
When Judge Helm concluded Colonel
Nelson began the opening argument by
denouncing the prisoner In the most
scathing terms. An eloquent appeal
wna made to the Jury. for conviction
tftlid the death sentence.
Ill FAVGR CFTiiE CONY
Judrjc Achcsf.il Annuls Work of Inter
state Commcrci Commission.
A VERY IMPORTANT DECISION
I tility of tho Commission is Destroyed
in Case of Coxo brothers vs. I.chlgh
Valley 1,'nilronJ Company-Petition
for Injunction HisiuisscJ.
Philadelphia. May 11. Judge Achoson
tiled an opinion in the I'liucd States
circuit court today deciding in favor
of the Lehigh Valley Railroad company
in the proceedings instituted against
the road by the interstate commerce
commission. The action was an out
come of the suit of Coxe Brothers Ac
company, the anthracite coal miners
and shippers of Prittun, l'.i.. ng.alm t
the railroad for alleged clircrimlnatioii
In freight rates. Simon Sterne, of New
York, represented the Inteirtate com
merce commission und John (1. Johnson,
of Philadelphia, was the attorney for
th railroad.
On Oct. pi. IKxs. Coxe Brother & com
pany tiled u complaint with the Inter
state commerce commission against the
lA-high Valley railroad. The proceed -lug
resulted in u llndliig by the commis
sion that the rates and charges cstab
Indiei! by tile defendant and then In
force over Its lines for the transporta
tion of coal from the Lehigh anthracite'
coal regions In I'ciiiisylVHiiia to Perth
A mho), N. J., were unreasonable and
unjust. On .Murch l.'i, KM. the commis
sion made un order directing that the
charges shoulel not be over a certain
lute per ton.
The railroad company (ilcd an an
swer denying thut the rates were' un
reasonable' or unjust and declaring the
finding of the commission wus against
.the evidence.
KSTIMATE I NRKLIABLE.
The case then came before the court.
Judge Aejjesou after reviewing the cir
cumstance of the; litigation aid: "The
nil I read company's report for 1SS7 upon
which the commission based its esti
mate does not furnish the data by
whic h the actual t-osl of carrying coal
trom the Lehit'h and Malianoy mines
to Perth Amboy can be uscertuliie-d.
The commission therefore resorted t
an estimate of the currying cost. That
estimate however ns we have see-u rests
upon nn erroneous principle unci Is un
reliable. Hence the order based there
on cantiot be sustained and Is not to be
judli-lally enforced."
After quoting decisions of the Fniteel
States supreme- court in interstate
commerce cases. Judge Ache-sou con
cluded: "These views of the supreme court de
cisively show that the Interstate com
merce commission is not clothed with
the jiower to llx rates which It under
took to exercise In this case. The peti
tion of the Interstate commerce com
mission must be dismissed."
The court ordered thnt a decree to this
eflec t be drawn.
Tin; Lehigh Vnlley railroad did not
obey the order of the interstate com
merce commission in the rase and the
oonimissloii applied to the t'nlted States
circuit court for an injunction to re
strain the railroad from violating the
oreler nnd for n decree compelling Its
enforcement. The opinion of Judge
Acheson was upon this application.
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JAMES AS A TRAIN GUARD.
St. l.ouis I press Official Think Ho
Would Intimidate Itnn lt.
St. Louis, May 11. Frank Jann-s as
a guard on expre-ss trains carrying large
pnioiints of money or valuables Is one
of the novelties Ihe express people are
now nrrangleg. Negotiations have been
In iiroaress for several weeks, and the
probabilities are 'he contract will be
closed within n few days. The effect of
James' memo, in view of Ids form -r
prowess in robbing trains himself. Is
what the exprcrs compnnles are aiming
after. They do noi know, they snv.
that he could sto; n determined rob
ber an:' more than one of their own
messe ngers, but they think the ordinary
train robber would hesitate to tackle
him.
James is willing to nccept the position
and guaranfets that no train in his
charge will be robbed excent over his
dead bod:', with one single provision,
and that Is that the express people put
up a bond of Jl'O.WO, tills amount to go to
his widow in case of his death.
COl RSE OF A METEOR.
Computations on One SialitcJ Three
Years Ago Probably Correct.
New Haven. Conn., May 11. John R.
Lewis, of Ausonia, Willi" photograph
ing Holmes' comet through a telescope
on Jan. 17. ISM. caught upon the plate
the path of u large meteor, showing Its
place npiong ce'itain stars. Prof elisor
H. A. Ncv ton. of Yale, made a very
careful computation, showing that the
meteorite probably fell at a place about
two miles north of Danbiiry, Conn.,
nenr Kolmnza reservoir.
This morning Professor Newton re
reived intelligence of the finding of a
meteorite at ah. lost exactly the com
puted point. It Is described as an oval
spce-imcii. liiteen and n half ine ln-s lollf.
und seven and a half inches In clia
meter. vel;:hi'i;r about t"tity-slx
pounds. The professor has nsked that
the meteorite be sent here for xumina
tion. GOLD IN A HIGHWAY.
Kich Discovery Made hv Workmen Near
Midd'ciowu. V V.
.Ml. 1.11. -town. X. Y.. May 11. While
worklngnteii were n-'inlilng the high
way at Campbell hull, ten miles south
of lure, tills inoriiiii:v. ttaee'S of gold
deposits v.e-re dhicovcrcd in a bank.
ripecbi c.-iis Wrfi-e tiikeu to Uoshen,
where- the- nitric- acid te st wns applied,
and the gold was eU-e-l.l'.'ed to be genu
ine. There is mii'-h excitement in the
lilt 1.3 village over the dlscoveiy.
.1 xprcss Triiiti V recked
Savannah, ("In., May II. The noith
hound New York and l-'Iuriila limited ex
press on the l-'lorld.i Central ami renin
toiliir r.iilroinl was thrown from the trait
:it Anderson, a sin. ell station te; mile;-,
south of here, to, lav, bv a nii.-i'bic-d
switch, l.ouis Nat hah.', a:'.i"l years, win
killed, it 1 1 -1 twenty-six people were oi
jureil, none of llieni faiall).
Wcvler Wants to nVspjn
Havana. .May II. The reporl tlu.t Cap
tain (le iiernl Vi'eyitj- had resigned bcceiiise
of tile action of the home government In
the case of the Cumpciltor lillbunteren; .
true, but II is noi accepted wjth eonli
deuce by the public here, it Is miller.
stood thai the government refuses to ac
cept tin- resiri-.tlen and' has orelereel ilea,
eral Weyler to remain at his post.
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Tioiimim v Until Kocrve.
Washington. M.ty 1!. Tlie treasury lost
today, J-'.m.iiii!) in gohi, or which 2.i.Vi,lieM
was withdrawn fo;- e-Nooit. Tile leaves
the treasury gold reserve fll.'i,7S"i,imi.
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Hciabi's forecast.
New Vr.rk, May 12. In the Middle
states today fair weather v ll prevail,
with slightly lower temperature nnd fresh
to light variable winds, mostly norm-wesc-rly
and southwesterly, on W'ednes.
day, fair,, slightly warmer weather mill
fresh southerly winds will prevail.
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low reguiUr value.- We
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Fringed Towels at i2y2t
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HemrnecV Towels 12VJf
15, 18 and 22 cen ts each.
Hemstitched J2, 13,
25, 35, 43, 55, 65, 75, 95,
$1.25 and $1.50 each.
BATH TOWELS.
A PAIR.
15 dozen Bath Towels 7c
25 dozen Bath Towels 19c
15 dozen Bath Towels 25c .
10 dozen Bath Towels 35c
20 dozen Eath Towels 48c
Linen Bath Towls 48,
65, 75 and 95c. each.
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sizes,
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