THE SCRAJsTON TKIBUNETCJESDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1896.1
Saner
Sits aii
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We've u stock to show In these,
the like of which Is not to be found
elsewhere In this section of the
state. The choicest of fashion's tid
bits await your Inspection, and not
withstanding the excellence of
styles and make, we offer the addi
tional charm of values that cannot
be duplicated.
Swdl Qras!i
And Dick Suits
Are a conspicuous feature tn our
cloak room these days. They're
captivating In their ai'-y summerlsh
elegance and win many purchasers
dully among people who never
thought they'd put a reaUy-to-niade
gown on their back.
To des.ci lle styles Is simply out pf
the question.
New Style Waists, Etc
tell that the designer brought every
new Idea Into play when he planned
them. Trimmings are as varied as
atyles. Enough said. See them.
Ask to sec our $1.00 Crash suits.
We'll back It ugalnst anything
you've looked ut. at a good deul
more money.
ck Suits
In Scotch mixture and chick chlev
lots, ecru ducks, etc. We've been
very careful to have these right and
when we mention Lucy and Vassar
skirts as our leads, you can guess
we made no mistakes.
Latest Oil Paras
Kvery worthy novelty Is here to
look at. The designs, of course, are
exclusively ours. Among the or
dinary makes we mention the fol
lowing and extra good value prices
quoted for this week only:
New silk Persian effects, natural
sticks in hooks, rings and fancy
straight. Usual price, $5.00.
This Week, $3.95
Irrldcscent silk, with fancy com
bination border, lovely effects
variety in sticks. Regular price
JD.00.
This Week, $3.75
Hem stitched edge llnqn batiste,
Illuminated stripes and embroid
ered dots; red or blue linings, fancy
ticks, Indian Bamboo sticks.
This Week, $2.50
Coaching parasols In black and
white effects, elegant sticks with
bow. Cases to match.
This Week, $2.75
New Polka Dot Coaching Para
sols, blue, brown or red grounds.
Bamboo handles with knotted bow
to match. Regular price, $1.73,
This Week, $1.25
Sped
DO by 26 Inch black serge timhrct
: las. New silver trimmed sticks;
best frames, etc.
This Week, $1.25
BO by 2G Inch serge umbrellas; Aca
i ola sticks: excellent quality.
This Week, $1.35
Q LOBE
' WAREHOUSE1 .
Si2fllCS
CYCLONE AND FLOOD
CREATE DISASTER
Great Low of Life and Property in Iowa
aad Illinois.
YOUNQ VICTIMS AT DURANGO
A Mother Becomes Insane Over the
Loks of Her Four Children at
laraugoIiit of Killed and Injured
at lion l)urautCircus Tent Des
troyed. Dubuque, Iowa, May 23. A terrific
thunder storm struck Dubuque shoitly
after 9 oVlnck last night. In the midst
of the Ftorm, Mrs. Clark, station agent
of the Chicago and Oreat Western rail-
I road at Durango, eight miles northwest
i of Dubuque, was called from her n-sl-
i dence to the depot nearby to gt orders
lor a train which had ju.st arrivcu.
She took her tour children with her and
was at work when the tlood sweeping
down the Maquota valley, carried away
the bridge, then the residence and lin
ully the depot, which was born down
stream a mile and a half. The four
children were drowned, but Mrs. Clurk
clung to the roof and was saved by the
trainmen. All railronda loading Into
Dubuque were washed out and tele
graphic communication completely de
stroyed. Hridges on nil the roads were
washed out, the Illinois Central losing
thirty between Dubuque and Lemurs.
It was when the storm beg:in that
Mrs. Clark went to the depot with her
children, two girls 8 and 4 years old,
and twin girls three add one-half years
old. About midnight the water sur
rounded the depot and the streams
which forked at the bridge poured their
Hoods Into the valley until it was filled
from bluff to bluff, a distance of 150
yards. The depot went out about 2
o'clock and after golnjr 60 yards struck
a tree and careened. Tom Griffiths, a
braktmon seized the oldest Clark child
and jumped, lleth are mlsslr.g. Two
section men. James Dillon and Peter
Moss, caught the limbs of nn over
hanging tree and will be rescued when
the flood subsides. The depot lodged
ngulnt a tree, and this morning the
body of one of the t'Urk twins whs
found some yards below the logging
place. Those who remained in the de
pot were rescued soon after It
lodged. The loss of her children drove
Mrs. Clarl: craav. Twelve persons were
killed by a Hood on the Bloody run, a
stream along the Chicago, Mulwaukee
and Bt. Paul, emptying into the Missis
sippi at North McGregor. One man
was drowned a Dyersville, Dubuque
county, and two were killed at Man
chester. In Delaware county.
Dea Moines. May 3 Twenty-three
persons are reported dead as the result
of the tornado which Bwept over the
northern part of Polk county last night.
The towns afflicted are Hon Durant,
Valeria, Santiago, and Ira. No tele
phonic or telegraphic communication
can be established, except with Bon
Durant.
The following is a list of the killed
and Injured at Bon Durant so far re
ported: Mrs. J. Bailie and 3 children,
living two and a half miles east are
dead. Mr. Hallle Is so badly Injured
that he cannot recover: W. E. Stott,
horribly crushed and life despaired of;
Peter Uolonbaugh. wife and child, at
Sunbago, dead: Charles Pheland and
four children at Valeria, killed, bodies
mutilated almost beyond recognition.
William Maxwell, of Elkhart township,
killed; Mrs. Maxwell and two children,
seriously Injured. Two houses were
wrecked near line of Section 10. Doug
lass township, fate of Inmates un
known. J. 11. Wood, of Velerla reports six
killed there. Mr. Woods store was de
molished and content scattered all
over town. The second story, contain
ing a large lodge room, was set down
In the street so that a lodge meeting
could be held In It tonight.
Grimes and Granger were not struck
by the cyclone. When first seen at
Valeria the tornado consisted of two
funnels which united Just after leav
ing there.
CIRCUS TENT DESTROYED.
Chicago, May 25. The work of the
storm In the suburban towns was dis
astrous. Edison Park, Norwood Park,
Irving Park and Ravenswood came In
for the greatest damage, several per
sons being hurt, some seriously, and
nearly a score of buildings, two of them
churches, were damaged. At Ravens
wood this morning there was hardly un
ornamental shade tree intact and num
erous weak structures were wrecked.
At Ravenswood, McDonald's circus
was tented when the cyclone came
along and ripped the canvass from the
stakes, snapped the guy ropes and up
set the animal cages. An elephant got
loose but was captured half an hour
later.
, FLOOD AT GALENA.
Galena 111., May 25. A flood devas
tated Galena last night as the result
of a cloud burst. Danger signals called
people from their beds and the night
was spent in an effort to save life and
property. Water rushing in torrents
from the bluffs to the low ground to
gether with the sudden rise of the Ga
lena river turned the down town streets
Into running rivers. Tow boats did ser
vice on Main and Commerce streets.
Franklin street Is a scene of devasta
tion. Several homes were wrecked,
among them thRt of J. F. Strickland,
whose wife was drowned In the flood. '
Pontine, Mich., May 23. Reports from
Ortonvllle, Oakwood, Oxford and
Thomas, which are located In Oakland
county, niieen 10 iweniy mmw nunu
of here, says that a cyclone swept those
sections this afternoon. Ortonvllle and
Thomas were nearly wiped out of exis
tence. It is said that fully a dozen peo
ple lost their lives at Ortonvllle, while
at Thomas four were killed.
Mount Clemens, Mich., May 24. A
cyclone passed over this city this eve
ning wrecking about fifty houses and
killing six or eight persons and injur
ing several others.
McGregor, la., May 23. A fatal
cloudburst devastated this city and
county last nlfeht. For ten miles ev
erything Is in ruins. Nine people are
missing, whose names are as follows:
Mrs. John Moloney, four children of
Mrs. Lawrence Meyers, Mike Havlc,
John Llvac and John Katie. Six
bodies have been recovered, namely:
Michael Moloney, Mrs. Burke and boy,
Mrs. Meyer and 0-year-old son, and
John Maloney.
The valley for twelve miles Is one
vaHt wreck and the damage to mills,
houses and farms cannot be estimated.
Oelweln, la.. May 25. A cyclone half
a mile in width passed through Mingo,
la., about lil.'lO o'clock this morning,
killing Mrs. Martha Dickey, Mrs. L.
Whitney, M,rs. Schell and a young
child of D. Aiken.
S. Dickey and one child, D. Aiken
and wife and one child were badly In
jured. Alkens and Dickey's houses
and outbuildings were totally de
stroyed. DISASTER AT MICHIGAN.
Ortonvllle, Mich,. May 25. A cyclone
swept over the northern portion of Oak
land county this afternoon. The storm
passed about half a mile north of this
village. The path of the cyclone was
half a mile wide. Kvery farm house
in Its path for a distance of fully 15
miles was destroyed and between
twenty and twenty-live persons were
killed and nearly thirty injured, some of
whom will die.
The names of some of the killed are
as follows: ,
Danluel Thompson and son, Mr. and
Mrs. -William Mitchell and two child
ren, Abram Quick and three children,
Mrs. Henry Quick, John and Mrs. Jos
eph Porrttt, Mrs. T. J. Heaton, two
children of Mr. Howe.
Oakwood. the next village' north of
I hero Is reported to have boon com
pletely wiped out and many persons
killed and Injured.
At Thomas, which is located a few
miles east of here, many building were
destroyed and It Is believed five per
sons lost their lives.
Metamora, a town a few miles north
of Thomas, on the line of the Michigan
Central suffered severely and several
persons were killed.
Mount Clemens. Mich. May 23. The
cyclone which struck here thla evening
was not as dlsartrousas at first report
ed. About 21 houses were demolished,
but so far as can be learned, no person
was killed. Four perrons were serious
ly and perhaps fatally Injured. The
cyclone did a great deal of damage to
the surrounding: counties.
HARRITY ISSUES CALL
National Democratic Committee Irc
paring for tho Convention.
Philadelphia. May 2S. Chairman Will
iam V. lUrrliy of the Democratic national
committee, his called a meeting of the
committee having churRi' of the arrang
nipiils for the Democratic national con.
vrntlon, to be held at th Au.lltorium an
nex. Chicago, on Monday next, June 1,
ut 12 o'clock, noon. The .election of as,
sl tant secretary, ct, is likely to be given
cousiileration u this meeting.
The Chli-ago Coliseum is expected to b
completed by Monday next, and the com
mittee will inspect the building, i-'urtlvr
progress In the tlr.anelal arrangements If
expected to be mUj with th local com
mlttee of Chlesgo.
BAPTISTS AT ASBURY.
Attendance at the Annivcrsurtcs Con
tinues to Be LargeAdJress by
President Harris, oi Buckndt.
Asbury Park, N. J., May 25. The at- I
tendance at the UaptlPt Anniversaries
continues lar-?. In his annual address i
before the Home Mission society this
forenoon, President II. K. Porter, of
Pittsburg, cnlled attention to the Im
portance of Mission work In our coun
try, tleneral T. (1. Murgan, the corres
ponding secretary, submitted the ori
nutil report of the executive board.
W. H. Harper, president of Chicago
rnlversity, delivered an address on
"America as a missionary Held."
The afternoon session was the eighth
anniversary ctlebiutlon of the liaptlst
Kducatlnn Foclety. President D. IS.
Puflngton. D. D., of Denlson University
of Granville, Ohio, delivered the an
nual address and presided.
Secretary II. II. Morehouse read the j
report of the executive board.
John H. Harris. LLD, president of j
r.ucl:ncll University, Pennsylvania, de-
llvered an address on "The Day of
Prayer for Colleges. In the discussion
which followed, the speakers advocated
greater attention to religious wotk in
colleges and schools.
Dr. C. R. Henderson, of the ITrlVcrslty
of Chicago delivered an Interesting ad
dress on "How to Promote Religious
Spirit Among College Students." At a
Joint meeting of the Women's Home
Mission societies of New York and Chi
cago. At the Baptist church In the afternoon
Mrs. J. N. Crouse, presided. Mies Ellen
C. Potter told of work In Chinatown, In
New York, and addresses were made by
Mrs. James McWhlnnle, Mrs. II. E.
C. iles, Miss Emma L. Miller, Mrs. C. M.
Reynolds and others.
The election of the American Baptist
Education society resulted as follows:
President, J. P. Green. D. D., Mis
souri; vice-presidents, E. B. Hulbert,
D. D., Illinois: J. B. Gambrell, D. D..
Georgia; recording secretary, Rev. E.
M. Poteat, Connecticut; corresponding
secretary, Rev. II. L. Morehouse, New
York: treasurer, E. V. Carey, New
Jersey.
At the requestlon of tho National
league for the protection of American
Institutions, u resolution was adopted
approving the action of the house of
representatives In refusing appropria
tions for sectarian schools among the
Indians and urging a sixteenth amend
ment to the constitution of the United
States prohibiting appropriations for
sectarian purposes.
At the evening session of the Hnptlst
Home Mission society It as decided to
accept the Invitation of Pittsburg and
meet In that city next yenr.
Rev. V. H. Sloan, of Mexico, deliv
ered an address on "Mexico's Impera
tive Needs." He described the burning
of seven men, two women nnd a babe
for heresy In the town of Taxcapa,
three months ago by fanatical Catho
lics. He took this instance as his text
und declared Rome to be an Implacable
foe to human progress.
PROHIBITION AGITATION.
Indications That the National Convention
at Pittsburg Will Be a Very Lively
Affair Throughout.
Pittsburg. Pa., May 25. The hostili
ties, which have already broken out
among tho Prohibition leaders, who
have reached Pittsburg, Indicate that
the national convention which opens
Wednesday will be a mort lively one.
National Chairman Samuel Dickie, of
Michigan, is the target for the com
bined attack of the bread gauge wing,
headed by ex-Governor St. John, of
Kansas, nnd D. W. Orandon, a Michi
gan Prohibition editor nnd delegate,
who claim that Dickie was Instructed
and pledged to work for a free silver
plank in the platform, but that he ban
proved traitor and declares he will pay
no heed to tho Instructions'.
Mrs. Helen M. uougor, of Indiana, Is
working actively In the Interest of the
broad gauge element.' Mrs. Cougar
states that MIsb Frances 1!.' Willard
has written that in case of a spilt In the
party, the Women's Christian Temper
ance union will array themselves with
broad gaugcrs,
Samuel D. Hastings, of Wisconsin,
who has been treasurer for fourteen
years, arrived today. lie predicts suc
cess for the narrow gautfe faction. He
says the party does not owe a cent and
he has $2,000 to turn over to his succes
sor. The broad guujre element will make a
determined stand for the nomination of
Charles E. IJerUley. of Lincoln. Neb.,
as temporary chairman. The hitter Is
are narrow gauge men. The full de!e
prosldcney. The narrow gangers, will
put up A. A. Steven?, of this state,
and will make a hard fight for him.
The narrow gauge advocates have done
a considerable amount of campaign
work In the Interest of Joshua Levering,
of Ilaltlmore.whom they expect to nom
inate for the presidency.
H. D. Tatton, of Lancaster, head of
the Pennsylvania delegation reached
Flttburg today. Mr. Patton s.ivs the
large majority of the delegation of Sit
the narrow gauge men. The full dele
gation Is coming, and among the lead
ing men In It are ex-Judge Amos
Ilrlgps, Philadelphia: William H. Ber
ry, Chester, candidate for state treas
urer Inst fall; Churlcs L. Hawlcy,
Scranton, who ran for governor two
years ago, nnd H. T. Ames, of Wilkes
barre, nn attorney.
SHOCKING ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.
Despondent Woman iu Indiimn Fa
tally Hums Herself With Oil.
Jeffersonvllle, Ind., May SB. Miss Bertha
Meyers, 21 years of ese. a beniitlfjil Swiss,
rendered despondent by her Inability to re
turn to her native country and the death
of her sister u few duys ugo, uttemptul
suicide this afternoon. 'She came hern
three months uvo ami was living with her
sinter, Mrs. William Klehenenbergrr, who
died.
Hhe sent the children out to play this
afternoon, and, going to u summer Kitch.
cn, saturated her clothing with ,eoul oil
and applied a match, Kvery vestige of
skin was burned from her bidy and her
death Is a matter of a few hours. In en
deavoring to save her, her brother-in-law
was seriously burned.-.
CURRENT TOPICS
AT WASHINGTON
Political aad Other Chat from a Special
Correspondent.
THE D0!.GS OF A DAY LN CONGRESS
A Uckume of Proceedings of Senate
and House of ReprcseutulivesIm
portant Matters Considered at the
St'sions-Other Topics of Natiounl
Interest.
Bureau of The Tribune.
C01 Fourteenth street, N. W.
Washington, May 23.
The death of ex-United States Sen
ator Wcl'acc, of Pennsylvania, removes
fr.im th- Democratic party of that etate
one ct its most prominrnt nnd valuable
numbers. Until six years ugn Sena
tor Wallace was probably the best
known Deirocrat in the Kcyntcue state.
Since his defeat for the Democratic
rubcrnntorlal nomination by Robert E.
Paulson In 1SW. Mr. Wallace has not
figured in politics. About that time
financial as well as political reverses
overtook hint. Many of his business In
terests centered tit New York and he
lived In that city most of the time far
the past six years.
Many good stories aro told at the ex
pense o ex-Renntor Wailaee. During
th'j sixties Mr. Wallace was chairman
of the Mate central rommltt 'e of Penn
sylvania. It waa Jutt after thtf war and
his pnrty was In a bad'y dennra'.lised
condition. n.r.d It wnf neceary to me
Krolr iretheds to keep It from rro'nsr
tr !lers. A good many members of
the Democratic party were too poor to
pay their taxes. A novel Idea struck
Chairman Wallace. It vaa to Issue
bo7us tnx receipts, lie acted upon this
Idea and issue.! several thousands of
them. Ho dated them back a year and
In order to make them look aged he
discolored them with coffee. Of course
the Republicans discovered the fraud
nnd exposed the whole business. From
that, time t. the day of his death the
senator was known as "Coffee Pot"
Wallace.
The senator did not relish the sobri
quet given him. He simply "grinned
anil beared" It. Mr. Wallace was en
gaped in the lumber business during
rnd after his -experience nn chairman
of th state committee. He had an a
partner William Irwin, "mil." as Mr.
Irwin's friends called him for short,
wns a practical Joker as well as a very
shrewd business man. It Is customary
for lumber dealers to have a private
mark, which they stamp on the ends of
their logs so they may be able to pick
them out of thousands of others after
they are "run" down the river and
reach the market. Some time after Mr.
Wellaee's experience with the bogus tax
receipts, and the coffee, his partner, Mr.
Irwin, thought it would be a capital
joke to get up a new trade mark. He
went to Philadelphia and secured a
new die or stamp In the shape of a
ceffee pot. Upon his return home to
Clearfield, where both he and Mr. Wal
lace lived, Mr. Irwin ordered his log
men to use the new stamp on all logs
owned by the firm of Wallace & Irwin.
When Mr. Wallace learned of the Joke
he was very angry and tt Is said he
refused to speak to Mr. Irwin for sev
eral years afterwards. They transact
ed their business through a mutual
friend.
Canton, O., the home of Major Mc
Klnley, seems to be the Mecca of Re
publican ltolltlclaus Just at present.
Senator Quay's visit to the Ohio Na
poleon Is to be followed by other po
litical generals. The next big man
scheduled to visit Major McKinley is
Hon. Sr-.niuel Fessendcn, national
committeeman from Connecticut. Mr.
Fessendcn is a warm supuorter of
Speaker Reed for the presidency, but
that fact will not deter him from call
lug on and paying his respects to one
of the Maine man's moit dangerous
rivals. Like Senator Quay, Mr. Fes
senden Is a Republican, and can see
no harm in one good party man calling
upon another, even at the critical point
of battle. There was no special politi
cal significance In the visit of Senator
Quay to Major McKinley. nnd there will
be none In the visit of Mr. Fessenden.
Ex-Oovernor Campbell, of Ohio, was
here a few days last week.- He may oe
the Democratic candidate for presi
dent. Mr. Campbell says he Is not
seeking the nomination that Is, he will
not die of a broken heart If he does not
get It but will accept the empty honor
If tendered him. Neither is he particu
lar as to what kind of a platform the
party builds for him to stand upon. If
the Chicago convention declares for
sound money Mr. Campbell will agree
with It. If It declares for free silver,
he will see no reason why any goot
Democrat should object. He Is a strict
party man and Is in favor of obeying
the will of the majority whether It
breaks the neel: of the party or not.
He is In the hands of his-friend. Sena
tor Price, of Ohio and New York. As a
political general Mr. Brlce- doesn't
rank very high. He was l;i command
of the Democratic forces in ISMS, when
Mr. Cleveland met his Waterloo.
There has been more Impeachment
talk at tho present sepslon of congress
than has been heard since the days of
Andy Johnson. Representative P.ar
rett, of Maspnehusetts, started the ball
rolllnjr hen he Introduced n. resolution
to lnoeach or censure Ambassador
P-ayaM for his un-American utterances
abroad. A few weeks later Mr. Bar
rett wanted Representative Tolbcrt,
of South Carolina, Impeached or re
moved from his seat In the house on
the charge of being an unreconstructed
a'ccsslonlRt. Now comes Hepresenta
ileward. of Alabama, author of the
sensational and very much overdrawn
book entitled "If Christ Came to Con
gress." He wants President Cleveland
Impeached on various charges, the
principal of which is for issuing gov
ernment bonds without authority. Rep
resentative Howard occupies the name
position In the hours as "Pitchfork"
Tllinian does In the senate. They are
both despised by their eollecstues. No
body who has- any self-resnret ever
speaks to or apsochtcs with" Howard.
Ke Is p. blnckgunrd of the flr?t water.
It Is unnecessary to state that he is a
Populist as well as an accident In poli
tics. For many year.-) he was a clerk
In one of the departments in this city,
and after he wrote his notorious book.
In which he attempted to bring all
members of conges down to his own
low level, the Populists of Alabama
took 1:1m up and by a scratch elected
film a member-of the body he so ma
ligned. He Is a disgrace to any party
even the Pcpulittts. w. R. R.
IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE.'
Deficiency Hill is Passed With a Load
of Private Claimi... Tariff Talk.
The last of the general appropriation
bills (the deficiency bill), engrossed the
attention of the senate today. As re
ported from the appropriation commit
tee it covered Items aggregating about
nine million dollars: about twice tho
amount that H carried when It came
over from the house. In Its progress
through the Fenate today the aggregate
was still further increased by the ap
propriation of over a million dollnrs for
findings In the French spollutlnn
claims; of over hulf a million dollars for
findings of the court of claims under
the Bowman act.
At first there appeared to be a pur
pose on the port of Mr. Butler (Pop., N.
C.,) to antagonize It with his own bill
prohibiting the issue of United States
bonds without the consent of congress
but he yielded to the appeal of Mr.
Hale (Rep., Me.,) to allow the deficiency
bill to be disposed tf and of 1174,446 Xor
THE SEWS THIS M0RXR6.
WmUw buUcalWns TUy . .
Ctoady; Light Shawm; Wars.
I Tele)rrjh)-DUutera by Cyclone and
Closing Session of Oonreroncai,
Curreut Washington Chat.
Day's Doing in Congress.
' Moderator Wit brow Appeal for Peace.
Prohibition Agitation.
S (Local) Knights Templar.
4 Editorial.
Lxcerpl from Valued Exchanges.
5 (Lo"Rl)-3ad Story of Misfortune.
Meeting of Pourd of Control.
Thirty-Six Mules liurned.
Common Pleas Court.
e 3port Scranton Loses to Syracuse.
Hade ball Chat and Comment.
8 The Case of Mrs. Maybrlck.
9 (Local)-Kn!ghts Templar (Concluded).
10 Character Sketch of Joseph Manley.
Oosslp at the National Capital,
Trace of a Lost Race.
II A' Brilliant Welsh Soldier.
History of the Cross.
12 News Vp and Down the Valley.
the Choteau claim In building an iron
steam battery In W54 so a to leave the
way clear for the consideration of the
bond bill. SfVeral propositions requir
ing unanimous consent were made to
have a iay and hour fixed for taking
the vote on the bond bill and all amend
mc;lK thereto; but a Very determined
objection wet made by Mr. Palmer
(Dc-m.. 1!!.,) who declared that no Unan
imous consent could be obtained for
taking the vote on that bill.
After having loaded the deficiency bill
pretty heavily with private claims, tho
bill was passed.
SESSION OF THE HOUSE.
Today's session of the house, under
tho rules, wns devoted to District of
Columbia affairs. Tlat calendar was
soon cleared, however, and the remain
der of the session was spent In com
mittee of the whole considering the
bill to repeal that section of the present
tariff law providing for a rebate on
alcohol used In this arts and In medi
cinal compounds. Mr. Evans (Rep.,
Ky.) on behalf of the ways nnd means
committee, offered an amendment pro
viding for the appointment of a com
mittee of three senators nnd three rep
resentatives to consider the question
relating to the use of alcohol In the
arts nnd manufactures free of tax and
to report to the next session of con
fress. In advocating the passage of
the bill. Mr. Evans stated that the
section had been found so faulty that
no regulations could be framed by the
treasury department as the language
of the section directed that would pro
tect the government and that the gov
ernment stood to loose between J-fi.OOO
and $30,000 in claims every day since
it was enacted. The repeal of the sec
tion wns vigorously opposed by Messrs.
Russell and Hill (Rep., Conn.) on the
ground that it would be a reversal of
one of the principles of the Republican
party In the matter of protection. The
bill was not disposed of when at 5
o'clock the committee rose and the
house adjourned.
Th)e report of elections committee
No. 3, on the case of Martin (Pop.) vs.
Lockhart (Dem.) from the Sixth North
Carolina district In favor of Martin,
the contestant, was presented and or
dered printed.
PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY
Moderator Witbrow Makes an Appeal
for Peace Proposition Regarding
a Mission House.
Saratoga, N. Y May 25. The Pres
byterian general assembly resumed its
business sessions today with the usual
half hour's devotional exercises.
Moderator Wlthrow appealed to the
commissioners In the assembly to Btrlve
during the coming week to be harmoni
ous. He based this appeal upun the
great number of telegrams which had
come to htm, urging peace and har
mony In the deliberations of the as
sembly. He said that thirty or forty
such telegrams had been received by
him this morning, and he declared that
If the week rhould pass without a
clash of opposing parties in the as
sembly, the church would be more
pleased thereat than with anything:
else that could be done.
The board of freedmen's report was
considered and recommendations in re
gard to Its work adopted.
The report of the special committee
on young people's societies was again
taken up. Chairman Dreed had the
floor. This matter was raised at Pitts
burg by a request for the formal en
dorsement of the Christian Endeavor
movement, and for the establishment
In the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
house of a young people's societies
headquarters, with a board and secre
taries. The report was under consideration
when a recess was taken.
At the afternoon session Dr. William
IT. Hubbard, editor of the Assembly
Herald, read a series of propositions In
regard to the Presbyterian mission
house. The first proposal recited that
John S. Kennedy, in conversation with
1). Hubbard and Secretary Roberts of
the Home board, proposed that If the
church was not entirely satisded with
the pew building as un investment, he
v.as perfectly willing to purchase it at
t'i price of its cost.
The r.econd proposition was from Miss
Rachel L. Kennedy to Improve the
premise?, Ko. ,".:! Fifth avenue, by
changes or additions thereto, so ns to
make them abundantly adequate to all
the need of the boards of home and
foreign missions.
Resolutions were Introduced and re
ferred authorizing the sale of the build
ing nnd the acceptance of Miss Ken
nedy's offer.
Reports of the committees on educa
tion and church unity were read.
The report of the committee on church
unity, which has been before the as
sembly for Kcveral years, was laid on
the tabic Indefinitely and the assembly
adjourned for the day.
COMES TO LIFE INM0RGUE.
Man Scheduled for an Ice Box Now
Occupies a Hospital Cot.
New York, May 23. A man who was
scheduled for an Ice box In the morgue
Is now !n a ward In Bellevue hospital, tha
speeehles but Intelligent victim of soma
escapade, the nature of which neither tho
ceroner', the, police iter the physicians
hav been able to discover. The body
of the supposed dead man was tnkeli from
the Kaet river Friday afternoon and sent
st onee to the morgue. A physician from
Ilellevue happened to be there and de
tected signs of life and sent for a stretch
er. He caused artificial respiration, and suc
ceeded in bringing the man back to life.
An examination showed a depression of
the skull, und ltwus then seen that tho
mull huil been asaultril und thrown Into
the water. After he hud been revived with
stimulants the man said that he was
B.imuel H, Cochran, and declared that
Alfred Myers had committed the nssntilt
upon htm. Further thnn that he refused
to ny, olthotiKh told that he would prob
ably die. Doctors think he has a chunce
of life. ,
MR. QUAY WILL NOT TALK.
Has No Explanation to Make Regard
ing Ills Visit to Canton.
Pittsburg, May 2T. Snator Quay came
to Pittsburg today, arriving at the Hotel
Duquesne shortly before noon. During
the ut't--! noon he talked with a number of
friends and acquaintances, He leaves for
Washington this evening.
To reporters Senator juay said: "I re
fuse to be Interviewed on any subject and
will not talk." Not one word of ex.
planatlon was obtainable concerning the
senator's visit to Canton, O.
CLOSING SESSIONS
OF CONFERENCE
Dr. HarUeH b Elected Miulourj Blakoa
to Africa.
THE NEW UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES
Deferred Fight Betwee" Lay aad
Ministerial Delegates Comet I'p
Report of Committee tm Costito
tioifXr. Swarthout's Objections.
Cleveland. Ohio, May 25. Onlr four
days remain of the session of the gen
eral conference of the Methodist. Epis
copal church, and the delegates are de
termined to make as good uso of the
time as possible. To that end a reso
lution was passed this morning; limit
ing all speeches to tive minute. Very
few of the many Important matters
now incorporated In committee reports
will be passed upon by this session.
Only the reports which must be acted
upon in order to Insure the progress of
the church during the coming four
years will be considered.
The following were approved as trus
tees of the new American University at
Washington: Judge E. L. McComas,
Washington, D. C; Rev. Michael Burn
ham. D. V., St. Louts; Hon. II. L. Hlg
inbotham, Chicago: Rev. A. J. Palmer,
D. D., New York; Chaplain W. H. Htl
burn, Washington. D. C; Mr. William
Connell, Scranton, Pa.: Hon. John
Fritz. Bethlehem, Pa.; John E. H. iien
eld, Washington; John O. Holmes,
Pittsburg; John R. McLean, Washing
ton, D. C; John Patton. Curwensvllle,
Pa., and Rev. Thomas Pearnler, D. D.,
Hlllsboro, Ohio.
The conference then- began balloting
for missionary bluhop to Africa. .
Dr. J. C. Hartxell, was elected on the
second ballot.
Colonel Fred Grant was introduced
and received aa tnthusiastle reception.
The lung deferred fight between the
lay and ministerial delegate came up
w hen the committee on constitution re
ported the new constitution. The ma
jority report wanted a referendum to
be composed only of "the ministers,
while the minority report demands that
the lay members be given a voice In
the referendum.
Dr. A. J. Kynett, of Philadelphia,
made a strong argument in favor of
lay representation. E. Swarthout, of
Michigan, declared that the report of
the constitutional commission was a
failure. "What the Methodist church
needs most," he said, "1 a judiciary
that shall decide Judicial questions only
and keep its hand off legislative ques
tions. "What a miserable farce was the
consideration of the woman question
by this body. We first considered the
question ai a judicial one and then
compromised it by virtue of our legis
lative power. That kind of work
makes our conference ridiculous. -1 am
opposed to the report because it gives
us nothing new."
A motion was made to amend tho
report of the committee on constitu
tion so that the lay delegates to the
general enference should be elected by
the people of the church Instead of the
quarterly conference. It was received
with tremendous applause by the lay
men. The amendment was defeated
by a vote of 189 to 193.
The committee on Epworth league
recommended that certain members of
the board of control be appointed by
the general conference Instead of by
the representatives of the league.
Adopted.
SPANIARDS SLAUGHTERED.
They Are Ambushed in tho Mountain
Fastness at Cubita.
Kingston, Jamaica, May 25. Advices
have reached here from a reliable source
In Cuba to the effect that a strong body
of Spanish troops recently made a second
attempt to Invade Cubltas, the seat' of the
Cuban government. They were ambushed
In the mountain fastnesses and sustained
a crushing defeat. The Spaniards were
literally slaughtered by the insurgents
and the force was compelled to flee in
disorder, abandoning their equipments on
the field. The advices further show that a
filibustering expedition, having large
quantltea of munition of war, has landed
at a place to the east of Santiago De
Cuba.
Havana. May 25. Colonel Tort report
having had an engagement with the rebel
near Madruga in the Havana province In
which the enemy lmd eleven killed. The
troops had two men wounded.
The rebels were attacked by the garrison.
The rebels, on their retreat, burned a num
ber of huts on the outskirts of the town.
The loss of the rebels was heavy. The
garrison had four men killed and twenty
wounded.
NATIONAL REFORMERS MEET.
Nine Delegates Hold a Convention at
Pittsburg.
Pittsburg. Pa., May 25. The convention
of National Reformers mot at 11 o'clock,
with eight delegate present. By 2 o'clock
the number was Increased to nine. Chair
man Evans opened the convention with an
addresa, in which he stated that the object
of the convention was the unification of
all reform parties. After remarks by Jo
seph Elliott, of Vale Jaw school, and Pro.
fesuor Slleye, llr. Evans spoke again,
this time nn McKinley, maintaining that
the TdcKlnleyltes had no principle, except
McKinley.
It waa decided to hold the convention
open till Friday, In the hope that posslblo
bolteis from the Prohibition convention
will seek refuge under the banner of the
Reform pnrty.
Mr. Evans addressed the delegates on
tho political history of tho country from
l',7fl to the present hour.
DECISION IN K0RSA CASE.
Judgment of the Lower Court Affirmed
in Case of Hiborg.
Wnshlngton, D. C, May 25. Chief Jus
tice Fuller announced the opinion of the
Supreme court of the United States today
in the Horsa filibustering expedition, de
ciding that It waa a military enterprise
in violation of the neutrality laws of the
United States.
The Judgment of the district court of
the I'nlteil States for the esstern dletrlrt
of Pennsylvania sentencing CRptaln Wl
borK to fine and Imprisonment was af
firmed, but as to Petersen and Johansen,
mates of tli vessel, the Judgment was re.
versed, on the ground that the record did
not disclose testimony to show that when
the vessel left Philadelphia they had suf
ficient knowledge of the errand of the
Horsa to warrant conviction, and a new
trial was ordered for them.
SQUEEZED TO DEATH.
Fearful Accident to n Young Log
Splitter in Ontario.
St. Thomas. Ont., May 23 George Ben
nett, of Eileti, met with a horrible death
about S o'clock lust evening. He was as.
sistlng In the operation of splitting large
stumps with a jack-screw and had one
nearly spilt, when ho stepped Into the
opening.
autldnnly the Jaeksrraw sorting out,
the stump closed like a shot, catching Hen
nett, and he wus slowly squeesed to death.
WOULD DEPOSE CHIEF ARTHUR.
Opposition to the Head ol the Brother
hood of Engineers.
Ottawa, Ont.. May 23. Chief Arthur, of
the Brotherhood of Engineers, Is likely to
be opposed for the presidency.
There Is some dissatisfaction with his
administration, and it is likely the dis
senters will put up a candidate, but the
majority of the delegates seem to be of
the opinion that he is Indispensable.
Steamship Arrivals,
New York, May 26. Arrived: Fuldn,
from Oenoa; Mobile, from London; Mar
rala, from Hamburg. Arrived out Kai
wr Wllhelm II, at Gibraltar; Im Touralue,
at Havre, (May St); Norge, at Copenhagen;
State of California, at Glasgow; Fumes,
stu, at Glasgow. Sailed for New York;
Ems, from Gibraltar. Sighted: Boandin.
from Hamburg for New York, pasted Do.
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