The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, May 16, 1896, Image 1
THE ONLY REPUDLICAN DAILY IN LACKAWANNA COUt3TY. .. .. r?5 TWELVE PAGES 84 COLUMNS. SCBAXTON; PA., : SATUBDAY MOBN1NG, MAY 16, 189B. ; ; TWO CENTS A COPY A E .Our Hosiery and SA has eclipsed our highest expecta tlons. It's success Is almost phe nomenal, hut It comes to a close on SATURDAY NIGHT. Will you miss this oppor tunity of Saving money ? We guarantee the goods) and also the reductions as quoted below: The famous "Hard Wear Brand." sixes 8 to 10. extra heavy, absolutely stainless, black; regular price lite, up, according to size. Any slae at Special Price, 2 for 25c. Fine heavy ribb. double knees, heels und tuts, fust bluck and the mjst durable thing' on the market. .Reg ular price I'lu'. to according" to si-. Spfclai Price, 21c. Women's Hosiery Full seuinless make, fust blui'k, usu al U'W. quality. Special Price, 9c. Oar well-known 25e. quality of Hermsdorf Dyed Hosiery. Full, fashioned throughout, double sole. o gauge, line, etc. The hem quarter dollar hose on the market. Special Price, :19c; Our leader In hiKh grade Hosiery, the tfVfcc. quality that Is famous throughout the valley. A quality as good as most of the COc. Hosiery sold. These have high spliced heels, double soles, and are full regular made at every point, guar anteed I0 gauge fine. Special Price, 27c. High Class Hosiery, three pairs to a box. full regular made, right sum mer weight, ami the best quality we have ever seen at three pairs for a dollar. Special Price, 79c. Ladies" Fine Menrests Silk Vests, excellent "r.c. quality, all sixes, elegant goods, beautifully fin ished. Special Price, 50c. White or Ecru Ribbed Vests, our best 25c. quality, nicely trimmed, any slxe. Special Price, 1 9c. White or Ecru Vests, capital quali ty, all sixes. Aa Extra Special Valee s S; Tills Week Oily - nd the prices quoted will positively not to be maintained after the tune specified. :Q;b:.OB VAREHOUSE AT SUCCESS l-5'c. FATAL CYCLONE IN TEXAS Many Persons Killed in a Windstorm at Sherman. LIST OP KILLED AND INJURED Uavoe Wrought by tho Uurrieane-lland" torn Dwelling Destroyed-Pnblle Bindings Turned Into Hospitals. Escape of a College. Dennlson, Texas, May Vk The cfty of Sherman was visited by the worst cy clone In the history of North Texas about live o'clock this evening. The path of the wind was ISO yards wide. It struck the city at the west end of PoBt Oak creek and swept In a westerly direction for several blocks and then spread and spent Its force. The track of the cyclone is a gruesome sight, the devastation being complete houses, trees, tenets and In fact everything In its pathway destroyed. The loss of life will probably reach one hundred with hs ninny more bruised, and wounded. Th city hall and the store room, for merly occupied by H. C. Holmes, have been turned into temporary hospitals and eighteen bruised, mangled and mu tilated bodies are awaiting identifica tion. At this writing nearly every house in Fulrvtew Addition has been turned into a hospital. The unidentified dead ore being taken to the court house, Gray hill und Fair view were badly damaged and the cy clone passed directly west of the North Texas Female college, barely missing it. B. B. Sales, a delivery man, drove down Houston avenue directly after the cy clone. He stated that he saw at least seven men, women and children lying along the avenue dead and many wounded. Houses, once the pride of the city, are In some Instances entirely gone, and in others only a Pile of rubbish marks the place where they stood. Mayor Lone, of Denison, who was In Sherman during the storm, gives the following account of the cyclone: "I was on the court house square about S o'clock and heard a roaring wind coming from the south. The next thine I knew the air was thick with mud and small specks resembling ashes. The cyclone did not strike the court house or jail, but followed up Post Oak creek. The roaring did nut con tinue over two or three minutes. Dur ing all this time It rained hard. In about five minutes rumors began to tpicad that many lives hud been lost, und the reports grew worse and worse as time pressed. By 9 o'clock fifty dead bodies had been brought Into the public buildings and parching parties are out for more. "Dead ch'ldren have been found in trees, under leveled houses and in Post Oak creek. An Iron bridge ovtr Post Oak creek wus twisted Into scrap Iron." A 111U.SS meeting wu held tonight at the ix lot lioute In Sneruiuu to devise lncuii to relieve I lie distressed. Hun dreds of homes ure blown away. LI SlT OF KILLED AND 1NJCKED. ' Following la list of end, so far as known: K, K Buriis, wife mid two children; Mia. Otto Paulding und two children; James . Nic holson, wife and tow chU ditu: T. H. Montgomery, wife and two children: John Ames, wife and two chil dren: ttev. Mr. Shearer; eight member of Pearce Mid Klchurdson futilities ut the Wakefield farm; chtM of Mrs. Crulghead: Mrs. Hums und two chil dren: Mi'H. James Davis; Mrs. John Fields: l.uclndu Lake, colored: Charles Cox, colored; Eliza Cox. colored; Uosl liu l.;ike colored; Sloan Bulllngcr, col ored: Kutle Ijulllnger, colored; VVIIIIum Nickel-son's four children, colored; Wright Clark uud three members of his family, colored; Mrs. Athens; eigh teen unidentified dead at the elty hall; Dr. Sadler, who hud not been seen since the storm, believed to have been killed. Seriously Inured: Professor and Mrs. Kohler: six chil dren of J. H, Irwin; Edwurd True. IX THE rOXVEXTIOXS. North Carolina favor Priiuhord and Mckinley W yoinlng and West Virginia Solid for Mckinley. Raleigh, N. C, May 15. The second day's session of the Republican stute convention begun at noon. The fol lowing resolution was adopted by accla mation and a rising vote: Resolved, That Peter C. Prltchard be nominated as the candidate of the Re publican party for I nlted States sena tor and that the delegates to this con vention pledge themselves to use all honorable means to secure his re-election. Senator Prltchard spoke and was giv en an ovation. He made a strong plea for protection and attacked the present tariff and declured that he was a friend of silver. Senator Prltchard offered the following resolution which was adopt ed by acclamation: Resolved, That- delegates .elected by this convention to the national conven tion be instructed and directed to vote for that typical American and Ideal citizen, William MrKtnley, of Ohio, for president so long as his name is before the convention. Hczekluh A. Gudger and Oscar J. Spears were elected Republican elect -ors-ot-large by the state convention. They were Instructed for McKinley. The balloting for governor began at 11 o'clock. Three ballots were taken up to midnight, D. L.-RUSselr leading, with O. H. Doekery second; J. B. Boyd third, and J. M. Moody fourth. Sheridan. Wyoming. May 15. The Wyoming Republican convention com pleted Its work today. The platform declares for protection and bimetallism and Instructs the delegates to vote aa a unit for McKinley. Urafton, VV. Va.. May 15. The second district Republican convention met here today and chose T. B. Gould and W. N. Lynch as delegates to St. Louis, and endorsed McKinley. VERDICT FOR POWDERLY. Jury Allows Itlm 54.J25.73 for Ills Ser vices as Master Workman. A verdict was rendered yesterday In the common pleas court of Philadel phia against James R. Sovereign, gen eral master workman and the general executive board of the Knights of La bor, for $4,225.73 in favor of Terrence V. Powderly, ex-master workman, who claimed that amount for balance due him for services as master workman of the order. The suit has been pending since Sov ereign succeeded Powderly as head of the order. A. P. A. CONVENTION. keeommondstion nt tho Session Hold .Washington, Washington, May . At this morn ing's session of the American Protec tive association the committee on agita tion and education was adopted, It expressed the committee's belief that agitation without education was dan gerous, and that a bureau ought to be established for. disseminating Inform tion. It also recommended that the Junior American Protective association be formed under the control of the Wo men's American Protective association, and presented an opinion that all prop erty In the Fnlted States except that owned by national, state and municipal governments ought to be taxed. The American Protective association held a mass meeting tonight at the hall over Center market and was alargely attended, several ladles being among the audience. The speakers were greeted with great enthusiasm. Those who spoke de scribed the objects of the association, which was decidedly adverse to the Catholic religion in politics. JEALOUSY AND SUICIDE. Robert Kdwards Tries to Kill Ills Wife anq Then Shoots Himself Chicago, May 15. Robert E. Edwards, formerly an. employe of the Pullman Palace Car company, whose home Is In Pittsburg, committed suicide by shoot ing himself through the head in this city tonight, after first shooting his wife in the temple. Edwards died instant ly, but Mrs. Edwards may recover. Ed wards haa been in Chicago for some time past with his wife, who Is 26 years old. and ten years his unlor. He has been out of work and this, together with Jealousy. Is supposed to be the cause for the deed. In the possession of Mrs. Edwards, the police found several letters from a man in Pittsburg. One of the letters suggests that Mrs. Kdwards get a. man to address her letters to prevent the possibility of their being intercepted. Kdwards is suld to be a brother of the division superintendent of the Pullman company at Richmond. WARNER MILLEiTxPLAIXS. Has Mad No Rargaln With Mr. Uanna With tho View to becoming VieePresi. dcnt-Meklnlcy Is Ills Second Choice. New York. May 16. Warner Miller furnished the United Press today with the following statement: I returned from a trip to the Adiron liaeks this morning and tlnd that some of uovcrnor .Morton a menus are excitea over the fact that some nuoeri have men Honed myself us a candidate for vlcje-presv ident on the ticket with McKinley and also that the old ami discarded story that i nao visueu Air. i-tamiu anu msoe ur- ranxr.ment with him has been revived. Ordinarily I would give no attention '.0 a mutter of this kind, but under the cir cumstances, I think I muy as well end them both a; once. To all of my friends who have asked my views In regard of be ing a candidate for vice-president, 1 have replied that I was nut a candidate und would not be under any poasuiu condi tions that might ui'he. I have not sen Mr. Manna sincu last June, and I haw had no communication direct or indirect: lu short, Mr. Hanna has not attempted to buy my support for Major McKinley by utTerlnir me any oosltlon or other consid eration whatever. I announced myself us supporting uuvernor uortou uerore many of his ultlclous friends did so. I have alo been Instructed by the tatt convention to support uovernur Morton a candidacy, I have done so and shall eontlnu to do so, but 1 want the Republicans of the stute of New York, whom I have the honor In purt to represent at St. Louis, to undur stand I am not taking any part in any uauvuis whltih bus fur its sole object the proposition any tiling- to oeui McKin ley." I haw looked upon all 11)4 leading candidal, heretofore mentioned us In every nuy competeut und wormy to f)U the exalted position of president or the fulled 'Mutes and the nomination of any one of them Would receive my most cordial etidoisenienl and Support, but from my correspondence find connection with .he Ftepuhlleans of the Interior of the state I believe that u va?; majority of them after and sei-oinl Uoxernor Morion's candida cy prefer the nomination of McKinley. M'KINLKY SECOND CHOICE. 1 shall attempt to carry out the wishes of the Republicans of the stute of New York, and If the occasion shall ever arise lu th convention, my second choice will he Major .MclKuley; I have known Mujor MclKnley for ueuily twenty years. I know htm to be an. holiest, straightfor ward, conscientious and able man; lie has had large experience In public affairs und would no doubt till the exulted position of the president of the t'nlted States with credit to himself and honor to his party. As I slated t few days ago In an Inter view, have no ilouhl that the St. Louis convention will adopl u sound money plat form without any equivocations or Btrad dies In It und whoever will be the can didate for president, whether Governor Morton, Mr. Allison, Mr. Heeder, Mr. McKinley. he will stund unhesitatingly upon the platform adopted representing the sentiments ami the wishes of the Re publicans of the 1'nlied States. I am a business man myself and deeply Interested In the question of the currency and tariff ami shall never give my support ut St. Louis to any platform which is not right upon these two questions, nor my support to any candidute regarding who;e fidelity to these principles I have the slightest doubt. (Signed) Warner Miller. VOTING FOR THE BISHOPS. Proceedings of the M. E. Confcreneo Yesterday Results of the llattle. Chaplain McCabe in tho Lead. Cleveland, O., May 15. Bishop James N. Fltxgerald, president of Kp worth league, presided at the session of the Methodist general conference today. The order of the day, the election of bishops, was taken up. Two-thirds of all the votes cast arc necessary to elec tion. Pending the counting of the votes the conference resumed the regular order. The amusement question was brought up by a resolution bearing on the sub ject Introduced by the Rev. Mr. Fran-' i l n, u . i .. l rf-'TJ ! a oeuuurgll. i no l esoiuiiun wtob leieu eu to a committee on Judiciary. ' -. Rev, Dr; -William Swindells, of Phila delphia, Introduced a resolution asking the I'nlted States government to refuse permits to sell liquors in any building owned or controlled by the government. Adopted. The first ballot on the vote for bishops was announced as follows: Whole number of votes cast, 521; necessary to a choice, 348. At least fifty canldates received votes. J. W. Hamil ton received 107; Earl Cranston, 115; C. C. McCabe, 141; J. W. E. Bowen (col ored), 148. The result of the vote was received with gi eat applause. Another ballot was ordered and the conference took a recess until 2,:i0. Cpon reassembling the result of the second ballot was an nounced as follows: C. C. McCabe. 218; J. W. E. Bowen (colored), 175; Earl Cranston. 167; A. W. Hammond, 161. A third ballot was ordered, but the result will not be announced until morning. , Steamship Arrivals. New York. May 15. Arrived: Island, from Copenhagen, etc.; Augusta Victoria, from Hamburg, etc.; St. Paul, from South ampton; Campania, from Liverpool and Oueenslown. Sailed: Bonn, for Bremen; State of California, for Glasgow; Patrm, for Marseilles. Arrived out: Lucanla, at UUHcnutown; I'alntlu. at Hamburg, May 14. Sailed for New York: Fuerst Bismarck, from Southampton: Stuttgart, from Itre mrrhaven. Sighted: Zuamlam, from New York for Amsterdam, passed Lisard; Veendam, from Rotterdam for New York, passed Llznrd. New York. May 15,r-Arrlved: Steamer Prussia, from Hamburg. . Cunnelll Acquitted. Baltimore, May 15. Jerome Counclll, charged with the murder of his foster par ents. Captain and Mrs, Langtn, In Novem ber last, was tonight adjudged hot guilty. The case was on trial four days and some lfty witnesses were examined. ... BUTCHERY AT IMAMS Evidence Tint Inarmed Cubans Are Slaughtered. BRUTALITY OP THE SPANISH Sixtj-fosr Men, Women and Chlldreu - Are Slaaghtertd and Their Bodies Are Left fo Buzxsrds-Other Stories of Crncly. i Philadelphia, May 15. An afternoon newspaper today prints the following story: No more forcible evidence of the butchery of unarmed and unprotected Cubans by the Spanish troops could be adduced than by advices received in this city tbbj afternoon from Matanxas. Cuba, which graphically depict the bar barous and Inhuman means employed by the gutnish, soldiers in their war against tho Cubans. The letter was duted May and reached thia city through private sources, foe the reason, as citrtd in the communication, that all letters that go via Havana postoffice are tampered with, and frequently do not reach their destination. It was pointed that letters containing any In formation against the Spanish govern ment led to the Imprisonment and often to the death of the writer. The letter received here this after noon starts out with the statement that sixty-four non-combatants, men, w inen and children, were met by a Span ish column under Colonel Altlea In the town of Savanllla. near Matanxas, and fired upon by his orders. Twenty-aev-en were hilled instantly, and the rest fled Into a cane field, which was set on fire by the troops, and all perished in the flames, and the bodies left food tor the bustards. BODIES IN THE BAY. Another vase was then cited. It was that of two bodies of white men which were , found on the shores of Mutuuzas bay. These bodies were lashed to gether and there was unmistakable evi dence of having been killed by machete. The .discovery of the bodies caused a great sensation, and now the author! ties are trying to make out that the killing was the work or the insurgents. The writer points out that this Is ridicu lous, for the reason that the Insurgents are not In possession of Mutuuzas, and that the dead men were political prison ers confined lu San Severino castle, where assassinations of this kind are said to be curried on almost nightly. ana the Domes east Into the buy huve been found with ) weights attached to their feet. In the case In point, the writer says the weights must have be come loosened and the bodies flouted ashore. In a case before this, It U stated that fishermen b rout lit up In their nets bodies tied together with weights and since then fishing has been prohibited anywhere near that fort. Affidavits to all these facts are in possession of the person who wrote the letter. . WILL FIGHT FOR CUBA. Two Ualtltuor Swells Lcle on th Steamship Lanra o. Baltimore. Muy 15.Socie.y u.id club tlivlea are ugltutetl toiilglil over tile re port tnnt two oi Baltimore s swell set were pawnger.-i on the ulleged lillbiist er steamship Luurudn, which sailed from New Yutlt lust Saturday. Additional Interest Is excited by the statement that another youth, belong ing to the top notch circle, went to Cuba a few weeks ago and hus ar ranged to Join the Insurgents alonK with the two Ballimoi-euns on board the Laurada. Dr. Stewart McKluu a recent grad uate of the I'niverslty of Virginia, and a brother of Mr. Mo Klin, the well known banker, early espoused the causa of the Insurants and recently went to Cuba, without, however, declaring un lutenMou to do more thun study the situation. Osmund Latrobe, a son of Mr. Stewart Latrobe, and a nephew- of ex-Mayor General Ferdinand C. Lat robe. and Stewart Janney. who re-ently graduated from John Hopkins' un I ver ity, are named as the other two re cruits for the insurgent ranks. For some time it is alleged the young men have been In communications with well knewn Cubans in Baltimore mid else where and have been offered hirh po sitions in the Cuban service. Mr. Lat robe, It is said, is slated for a colonel. Mr. Latrobe's father, tonight declined to discuss the matter beyond admitting that his son was out of town. A MIDNKiHT BELL. Produced as a Ucncflt for tho Grocn Rid ko Wheelmen. One of the largest and most fashion able audiences of the season saw "A Midnight Bell" produced at the Froth ingham last night by Dlgby Bell and company as a benefit for the 'Green Ridge wheelmen. It is more serious than the average of Hoyt's comedies, and gives Bell an opportunity to ills play his versatility In an entirely new field. His portrayal of the rustic dea con, Lemuel TUltl, was an excellent bit of character work. He Is surrounded by a fine company, Including Laura Joyce Bellaud, other artists of not( and tbe-ftPfforrimnce as ajyJuda-tsTer.v fine. The scenic display is quite elaborate. -The benefit was arranged for the bi cycle club by James Qarney, Jr., and will net It $250. HOTEL WITH A HISTORY. Its Proprietors llavo a Mania for Selling Liquor Without a License. Harry P. McCabe. proprietor of the Pale n tine hotel, located near the Driv ing park, was arrested by Constable Timothy Jones last night for selling liquor without a license. He waived a hearing before Alderman Fldler, of the First ward, and was held in S500 to appear at court, Riley Edwards be coming his bondsman. The information in the rase was made by County Detective Leyshon. John Lay born, when proprietor of the place, was convicted of selling with out license and sentenced to a term of Imprisonment While serving his sent ence a nephew named James Boyle con ducted the place and he too was ar rested on the same charge as the uncle, convicted and sentenced to Jail. A TERMINAL NOLONGER. D. II. Employes Will Have to Move to Wllket-Unrro. Next Monday an order will go Into ef fect on the Delaware and Hudson rail road necessitating the removal of two crews, twelve men, from Green Ridge to Wllkes-Barre. The trains now leav ing here at 5.45 a, m. and 7 a. m. will bp started from Wllkes-Barre, and the trains due here at 4.55 p. m. and 7.41 p. m. will run through to Wllkes-Barre. Conductors Nichols and Cook are In charge of the two trains. With each are an engineer, a fireman, a baggage master and two brakemen who niujit also move to Wllkes-Barre. This city Will no longer be a terminal of the Dela ware and Hudson road THE NEWS THIS MOUSING. Weather Mkatleas Today i Fair; Slightly Cseter. 1 Warner Miller's Statement. Butchery In Cuba. Conference Votes for Bishrps. Senate Turns Mr. Dupont Down. 3 Market and Financial News. Business World. 3 (Local) Fegley Was a Deceiver, Baileyites After Nelson. 4 Editorial. 5 Local) For the Knights Templar Pa rade. Suicide and Accidents. A Spruce Street Fire. ( Society Doings. Church and Church Societies. T News of the Suburbs. 8 (Sports) Scranton Walloped at To ronto. National League Scores. 9 Wonderland of Alaska. 10 Our 8parkling Welsh Letter. H Woman's Paper Finale. 12 News Up and Down the VaHey. REVIEW OF TRADE. Weekly Opinions Advanced by K. G. Pan Company The shoe Business Booming-! ho Genoral Ontlook. New York. May 15. R. O. Dun and company, will say tomorrow In their weekly Review of Trade: Failures for the week have been 224 In the United States against 211 lust year, and 33 in Canada against 37 last year. It is now the middle of May. too late for business to change materially until the prospects of coming crops are as sured, and definite shape haa been giv en to the president contest by the con ventions. Until the future Is more clear there Is a disinclination to produce much beyond orders, or to order beyond immediate and certain needs. If this waiting spirit prevails two months longer It will crowd Into the last half of the year an enormous business if the outlook then Is good. For the present there Is P-ss business on the whole than a year ugo.though In some branch es, . more, and the delay following months of depression Is too many try ing and ctiusea numerous failures. Speculative markets are comparatively inactive, but the stock market 1 stag nant, and the a vein e price of rullroud stocks hus declined less than 1 per cent, for the week, und the average of trust stocks only about one-half of one per cent. An attempt Wutt made to manufacture excitement lu cotton out of the govern ment report but the prices cloned ex actly as It began the week, and the port receipts have been actually target- than hist yeur. All current argument based on the assumption thai I he quantity . used . in matiuiuetui-e . haa been or Is now at u maximum rate- ure disproved- by the closing of many mills for waul of demand, und these general fifurts to' reduce wage which have l UUned some strikes. As the mill to:k in re ut hcin mills and also abroad are much larger than usual, calculations which ignore these lend to decelvY and tile total supplies are far greater than requirements for four months consump tion, even at the maximum rate. Wheat is unchanged In spite of all rumors. Th railroad earnings huve been for the first week of Muy 3.8 per cent, larger limit last yeut. showing a trifle bet ter than the returns for April. SHOE BFSINF.HS GOOD. ' The most fortunate of the chief Indus tries at present Is the boot and shoe manufacture, which is not only ship-" plug to customers within six per cent. of the laj-gest number of cases ever forwarded In the Hist half of May, but is getting many new orders, and there are many tirgent requests to an- tlcl'iute oilers for June and July de livery. Indicating that distribution to ccMtsumei-s has much out run expecta tions. Prices are unchanged at tho lowest average yet reached, but there Is a rather rapid advamce in hides at Chicago and leather begins to stiffen a little. . Textile mills are not yet gaining. Enormous bargain sales of cotton dress goods and of ready made woolen cloth ing have hindered orders at anv prices which the mlll can afford to take, and must have partly supplied needs of consumers. For some cotton goods a more active demand appcnrti, and low grade bleached are an eighth higher, hut Lonsdale and Fruit of loom bleach ed 4x4 goods are cut to 6'j cents, and unsold stocks of many kinds are heavy. Sales of wool have been a little larger the past week. The large drives In clothing have cleared our stocks of some ready-made concerns, but check new business, and the general disposition is to postpone orders as far as possible. SILVERWARE STOLEN. Burglars Pay an Early Morning Visit to Kx-Jtidgo W'srd. ; The resident -of ex-Judge Ward. 124 South, Sumner avenue, was burglarized- at an early hour yesterday morning. and $tuO worth of silverware was stol en. A small pet dog was In the room in which the judge and Douglass, his son. sleep. The creature's barking awakened the latter and upon sitting up In bed, he saw a man at the door, who r.d vised him with a "Ssh" to be quiet. When the burglar was discovered he left the room. Mr. Ward aroused his father and they went through the house. The odor of chloroform was very strong, and upon going to the servant's room on the first lioor they found the woman employed in the household under the Influence of the drug. It Is the supposition that the burg lars are no amateurs, but are a part of a gang believed to be here In view of the approaching Knights Templar pa rade and Burnum's circus. Entrance to the house was made through one of the dining room windows. MORE AIR IS NEEDED. For That Reason the Dctlcvue Mlno Is Now Shut Down. An accumulation of a large body of gas in the Bellevue vein of the Bellevue mine has caused the shutting down of the colliery, temporarily at least. About six months ago there was a cave-In in this vein. Outside the settling of the surface caused much damage to prop erty. Tbe full partially blocked the air way to one of the veins and the gas has been growing In bulk every day until last Tuesday when it was decided to eeuae. operation until the danger could be remedied. If the gas were once "touched off" the consequences might be serious. A week ago the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western starteu a lorce oi men at work on a new air-way. This will be driven through before Monday when work Will be re-commenceu. CB. DUPOMT THRHEB BOWH Senate Rejects the Delaware States man by a .Majority of One. P01TLISTS AID DEMOCRATS They Vote Against the Admission of Mr. Dupont-Cuban Ouestlon Revived. Private Pension Dills Con sidered ia House. Washington. May 13. The claim of Henry A. Dupont for the vacant seat In the senate from the state of Dela ware was decided adversely to him to day by a majority of one. The question has been debated ot great length from time to time; and that debate was closed today at ft p. m. The result of all the legal and constitutional argu ments for and against, wits that the Republican senators to a man voted in favor of the claims; that the Demo crats Just as unanimously against it; and that the Populists allied themselves solidly on the Democratic side making the vote on the amendment which de clared that Mr. Diiont was not en titled to the seat 31 to 30. A second vote on tbe resolution resulted In exactly the same figures. There w us no attempt on the part of the Republicans to postpone the decisive issue. The Cuban question was revived in the senate today in the offering of a resolution by Senator Morgan (Uein., Ala.) In rotation to the American cltl sens captured on hoard the Competitor; and a speech on the subject Is to be made tomorrow by Mr. Morgan. The tariff and public debt questions were also brought up on the offerings of a resolution by Mr. Ualllnger (Rep., N. to be Imperatively demanded and Mr. Galllcger gave notice that he would address the senate on the subject before final adjournment. A bill to prohibit the Issuance of government bonds without the authority of con gross was made the basts of a long spseoh by Mr. Baoon Dem., Ua.) in support ot the bill. Ha advocated the Immediate repeal ot the act of 1876 (the resumption act) under which the authority to Issue bonds Is claimed by the president and secretary of the treasury and said that an adjournment of congress without such repeal would be an approval nf past and future boud Issues under that uct. HOUSE PROCEEDINGS. The house spent today lu passing private peusdon bills, favorably report ed from the committee of the whole during the pat week. Before the houe took the UttuaJ Prltay recess at 5 o'clock 101 bills hud been passed, and thirty four others had be"ii laid aside to await formal eivgrosgcim-nt before final ac tion. The cont cited election case ot J. Hampton Hoge vs. Peter J. Otey. from tfui sixth district of Virginia waa ended by thM aduptlcui of the report of the oonniltte on elections No. 3 c until intiig OUy a title to the scut. Mr. Howard (Poo., Ala.) tnude a de nial of the stories printed two nr tluiee UtoutlM-atru ohargunr hliu with being drimk on the floor of thv bouse, assert ing that hf wutt sick, and that since then he had been near to death's door. PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION. The president today sent to the sen ate the following Humiliations: VMlllunj Luvltren, of Minnesota, to be I' idled Status district Judge for the dis trict of Minnesota, vice R. T. Nelson resigned. Dominic I. Murphy, of Penn sylvania. -now first deputy MJtiiiumioiier.; of pennons, to be comuibisUnier of pen sions, vice William Lochren resigned. Napoleon J. T. Dana, of New Hamp shire to be first deputy commissioner of pensions, vice Murohy. The resignation of Judge Nelson was received aX the White House this morn ing a tul after a very short consul tation the president decided to fill the vacancy by the appoint ment of Judge Iji hi -u without consultation with the latter. Judge Nelson's resignation was not unexpect ed, as he has reached the age of re tirement and has taken advantage of the law, which ix-rinlts him to retain his salary after leaving the bench. YOUNG PEOPLE'S UNION. Now Holding s Convention in tho First Welsh Baptist Church. The Barrtlst Your People's union of the North Eastern Pennsylvania dis trict began their annual conventlnu Inst evening at the First Welsh Baptist church on outh Main avenue. The meeting was a forerunner to the regu lar business convention of which will lar business . convention, which will start at 9 o'clock this morning. Tho church was about half filled, the great er oart of tho audience beitiK young peopl. The 1'nli n delMirates preseni were: From Flttstrm, Miss Christltin- nn Martin. Edward Evan. John Harris, David Jenkins and William Watklns; North End, J. W. Jenkins, John Twin ning, Miss Surah A. Evans and Miss Mary A. Davis. Plymouth. Wllltnm N. Evans and John Ingram:. WtlkesaUarm- Mlesj Delia Evjmi, f Retr. J. T. Lloyd. DantrrtTetTlngs and William Roberts; South Wllkes-Barre. John W. Dnvls. Richard .1. Evans; Warrior Run, M1ss?s Emma Hopkins and Sue Richards; Tnylor, Rev. J. M. Lloyd: Edwardsdnle, Thomas Prltchard, William Doughton; Scranton, Luther Lew-is. Professor James Hughes, Morgan Bevan, Francis Bevnn, William D. Kdwards, Annie Davis and Norma Nlchotls. Dr. N. S. Dt bbins. of Philadelphia, was the antaker of the evening. Dr. Dobbins Is seen tnry of the Baptist Missionary society. As a public sjH-aker he ranks with the gest In the Baptist denomination. L.i.sl evening his theme was on the missionary work In Africa. Before Mr. Dobbins sricike Rev. El enzar Edwards, who is president of the I'nlon, offered a few Introductory re marks. There v.-ns. also, a period of Congregational singing and prayer. Af ter Dr. Dobbins' bcture the delegates held a short secret session. The lat ter part of the evening wits spent In a scclul way. Uefreslmimts were served In the church festival room. The delegates are bcliijr entertained during their Htay her by individual members of the first church's union. Lansford and Nantlcoke representatives are ex pected to arrive in time for today's business sessions. The programme for today's session Is very Interesting. The regular church convention will begin In the afternoon. Tomorrow will be devoted to devotional meetings. Del egates from the churches are expected to arrive today. 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