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THE SCBANTON TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY MOANING, MAT 27, 1896.
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Stales
' We've a stock to show In these,
the Itlce of which is not to be found
elsewhere ill this section of the
Mute. 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 dupllcuted.
Swell! Ciras!
AM Met Suits
Are u conspicuous feature In our
cloak room these days. They're
captivating In their all y summorlKli -eh
gancj anil win many purchasers i
dally among people who never
thought they'd put it leaiiy-to-mnde ;
gown on their hack. !
To describe Ftyles Is simply out of j
the question.
The New King Sleeves
Hew Style Waists, Etc
tell that the designer brought every
new idea Into play when he planned
them. Trimmings ph v-e'-d us
styles. Enough said. See them.
By tie Way
Ask to sec our $1.00 Crash suits.
We'll back it against nnythim;
you've looked at, at a good deal
more money.
Bicycle Si!ifs
in Scotch mixture and chick chlev
lots, ecru ducks, etc. "We've been
Very careful to have these right und
when we mention Lucy and Vassal'
skirts us our leads, you can guess
we made no mistakes.
Litest Out fttmh
Every worthy novelty is here to
look at. The designs, of Course, ure
exclusively outs. Among the or
dinary makes we mention the fol
lowing und extra good value prices
tiuoted for this week only:
New silk Persian effects,
sticks in hook
straight. I'sual
This
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Irtidesccnt silk, with fancy com- i
blnatlon border, lovely effects
variety In sticks. Regular price
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This Week, $3.75
Hem stitehed edge linen batiste.
Illuminated stripes and embroid
ered dots: red or blue linings, fancy
stieka, Indian iiambou sticks.
Tills Week, $2.50
Conehing parasols In Mack and
white effect, elegant sticks with
tow. Cases to mutch.
s. rings and fancy assembly was suBSrcsted. These recoin, rd
1 price $3 01) nu mixtions were submitted to the ?erre. I S taken to tho same no.
, tary and members of the board. Chairman ' f ..,.... ., ,
Week. 3.95 1 a"J -
Tlh'? We&lf 152 75 ' attack upon their united society. (In mo
il !IJJ3 XT ' $4. JO , nf KMvr sllt,,Ilerd tni3 ....sjjutiu,, wa9
j stricken out. i
, A second provision of the report arrnng
New Polka Dot Coaching Para- I lna for a popular meeting or voting peo- ;
sols, blue, brown or red grounds, i pie's societies al the next assemble to cs
Bambnn handles with knotted bow ! lahllsh a paper devoted to the interests of -to
match Regular price SI 75 ' young peoples societies and similar ob. j
to maicn. lie guiai puce, j,.,.,, was also stricken out of the report.
This Week, $1.25 ' A i,,b-!",,"te .mrc"ni. ,',k rmc i
" i'--" .,.eties to study and maintain the doc--1
trlnes and standards of 'the Pres bvtet-ian I
! church was adupted. A clause providlm; i
j for Intei-denomlnatloiial fellowship of j
young people's societies was stricken out.
DO by 20 Inch black serge umbrpl
las. New silver trimmed sticks:
best frames, etc.
This Week, $1.25
CO by 26 Inch sorge umbrellas; Aca
cia sticks; excellent quulity.
This Week, $1.35
GLOBE
WAREHOUSE
VICTIMS OF THE
WESTERN STORMS
Pehaps One Hundred Lives Lost in
Michigan.
AN ESTIMATE OF THE FATALITIES
Reports from the Towns Desolated
by the Tornndo-Olimy Pernous
Injured aud Iluudrcds of Euildiugs
Destroyed.
Oxford. Mich.. May 2& From reports
thut continue to come In from adja
cent points the extent of the tierce wind
that swept this part of OuKiand county
lest night is becoming known. The
death role in this vicinity may include
a hundred poisons, for many lioin 's
that were on the edge of the tornadJ
suffered from Its fury. At Oak wood,
a village five miles north of Oxford,
having a population of about aw. not a
house Is left standliiK- The two
church-s ure tluttelied to the eaitli.
The patli of the storm was between
half and thtee-tourths of u mile wide
and it extended In n nearly strnignt
course eastward for a dis'unce ui thiity !
miles, a remarkahh- chvumstaiue is j
that the building in close proximity ;
to each oilier were blown In opposit? ;
directions, some being swept nottiiward j
and others southward. The following j
are known to have been killed In this i
cou nty :
Near Ortonville W. J. Mitchell, wife
and two chlldivji; Daniel Thompson
and sun: Al.rani Quick, wile, and two
children: Mrs. Henry Quick. John Wll
l;lns. John f'orrltt. .Mrs. Joseph l'urrilt.
Juhn Mllkey. T. 10. Uleasou, Airs. T. U.
Kntuiu Abraham Kitehell, Mrs. Wil
liam Kitchen. Kdwln Fllleld, two child
ren and Mr. Howe.
At OaUwood -Mrs. Susan Stewart,
Mrs. K. A. Wolvetton. Mrs. William
Davison und daughter Ida. UiHvutd Fi
lleld. u child of Alfred l'illcld.
At Thomas t'hr.rles 111 ka and son.
At North 'Oxford Mrs. Oscar Slate;
Thomas Bishop; a farm, laborer, name
unknown; Joseph Smiley und son.
The following persons wore Injured
ul Xorth Oxford: 1'rnnk I.aidlnw,
wife and child; Mrs. C. A. Hicks,
frightfully crushed: Mrs. Sidney Oopo
mnn, will not live; Klvory Hicks, bad
ly crushed: T. P. Knapp, head badly
bruised: William Althouse. internal In
juries; fieorge Hibler. both less broken;
William Carr, fearfully bruised. In
jured Internally; Charles I'.rndley, In
jured about the head: A. M. Kidder,
arm badly shuttered.
The following persons were Injured
at Oakwnod: Alfred Fifleld. both Ices
broken: daughter Jessie, badly Injured;
Harvey Francis, Internal Injuries,
cannot live; Myron Johnson, leg
broken: Mrs. K. A. Howe and one or
two children, seriously Injured.
Near Ortonville between twenty ami
twenty-live persons were more or less
seriously Injured.
Mt. Clemens, Mich., May L'fi.-Last
night's tornado left a track f.50 feet
wide through the southeastern part of
tht tow n. No one was killed, however,
and none of the Injured have died
Among Die injured are: Mrs.Antm 1'ohl, ! tho matter of constituting' special ses
widow. back broken, injured internal- I rions of the Koneral conference. An
ly; Adolph Pohl, aged U. right ler
broken, bruised about shoulders and
body; Willie I'ohl, uged 10, Injured In- : a sharp debute over a attempt to give
temally, right leg broken, left shoulder laymen equal rights with the nilnlEter
dlslocntcd, recovery doubtful; Mrs. ; ial delegates to preside pro tern over u
Josefih Harder. Injured Internnlly, cut i general conference In case there Is no
about brad und urms: Russell Carter, I bishop present to preside. One amend-
head and face cut; .Mrs. Rttesell Carter,
injured Internally, recovery doubtful;
OuHtave Cnlche, head cut and right
arm broken; Mrs. Williams Ormsby,
left arm brohen und badly cut on face;
Miss Anna Ilelle Tebo, left arm broken,
right arm injured, skull fractured.
PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY.
Important Hill Regarding New York
l'resuylery is Considered.
Saratoga, N. V., May Ji!. The Presby
terian general assembly opened as usual
this morning with the report of Chairman
Uoolh, of the committee on bills and over
tures. The most Important bill before tho
committee Is one in regard to t lie New
York presbytery, which disobeyed the or
der of last year's assembly in receiving
students ti-otu the Union TheoloKical sem
inary. The committee decided to refer the
matter to the committee on ehurch policy.
Clialripau Kane's resolutions, which
were adopted without division, proposed
rudlcal ehanges i the distribution of the
rands of the Ivard. They were to the cf.
feet that moneys for home mission work
wire to be distributed according to the di
reetiou of the Preslnteiles in whose lurls.
I rlletlun Christian ehurches were located.
; The sums thus distributed were to bo de
termined by the exchange of reports be-
. tween the board and the presbyteries, und
! the apportionment recommended by the
; presbyteries wus to be tlnal.
' A second resolution recommended a
thorough scrutiny of the books unl
! methods of the board of home missions.
At the ai'teriioon session Chnirmnn
Booth reported an answer to nn overturn
asking for a e-llverance on lnternniion.il
ariuirniion and the assembly adopted the
answer setting lorth the advantages or
arbitration und proposing the establish
ment of u court of orbliratlon for the ex
amination und termination uf Intel-nation,
al disputes. The assembly than took up
the ivsular order of the day, the report i f
tiie committee of aid for culleges. This
was followed by a renewal of I lie discus,
sii.n on the youim people's society matter.
liy order of the assembly, speeches were
limited to live minutes, tiie subject belli
the adoption of a resolution aiithorixlinr
a reconsideration of the mailer of young
peuple's societies by the Itreed commit
tee, with Instruction for submitting to tho
presbyteries a plan of forming all Inde
pendent denominational iiidoa, and re
i porting to the next assembly. The illsi n :.
, sioti brought out the friends of Christian j
i KlldCaVor. H ho retral-d tin, t .it-t ,iu mt
The subject 01 the societies of the lirother
huod of Andrew und Philip, and the boys'
uriu'iioc was, ny resoiuuuii, rererred to ,l
special committee for report to the next
assembly. On motion the Breed comtult
teo was discharged. The report, thin
emasculated by the Christian Kndenvor
leaders, was then adopted as a whole
amid great nppluuse of the assembly,
Touluht the assembly church was mit-lrcl
I wilh an aivdlenee to hear Dr. John Hall'a
address-on the subject of home missions.
HUMANE BEQUEST OF $100,003.
Money to Be Spent I or Prcvcnliou of
Cruelly to Animals,
Philadelphia, May 2(1. The will of Ed
ward 11. Kennedy was admitted to pro.
bale today. He bequeathed his entire for
tune or $1UO,OUO in trust for the benefit of
the woman's branch of the Pennsylva
nia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals.
In cuse the soclely should disband the
money is to go to the Fairmont Park Art
association.
MRS. DYER SENTENCED.
Murdrcss of Infants to Perish on
nu
English KcnflTold.
London, May 20. The woman Dyer, who
has been on trial on the charge of murder
lug numerous Infants entrusted to her
care, has been sentenced to death. She
was arrested at Reading, together with
her son-in-law, a man named Palmer,
charged with having strangled a number
of Infants, whose bodies were recovered
from the Thames, weighted down with
bricks. From letters found In the pos-
, iiiiuiiui i fj.viM luuiiinini' iu ni'Ui I IU IIIU !lt?.M l...wr. r....- 1. 1 l. .. ...
session of the woman It appeared that
the parents of the Infants consigned to
Mrs. Dyer's care were aware of the fate
Intended for them.
The coroner had been puzzled for some
time by the extraordinarily large num
ber of infants' bodies found in the Thames
between Wrapping and Battcrsea. H
was impossible, however, to traiM the
murder of all those to Mrs. Dyer and ""ai
mer, but it has been suppc3d that ..my
were responsible (or a large number of tha
deaths of the children thus found.
CAR THROUGH A BRIDGE.
It I Thousht Fifty or Siy Tenons
Arc Drowned.
Victoria. B. C. May 23. An electric car
fell through Point Elliee bridge at 2
o'clock this afternoon. There were eighty
perilous aboard and fifty or sixty wre
drowned.
The car was taking the passengers to
view the sham battle at McAuley Point.
In celebration of the queen's birthday, and
fell seventy-live feet. The bodies of the
victims ate now being recovered.
At the time it wont down a number of
eariiasi.1 and foot passengers were on the
bridge, and these fell with the bridge Into
Hie water. The number of Cbl'tiages lost
and the foot passengers earrled down In
the wreck ca:ir,ot be learned. It Is claimed
that fully 2ju persons went down with the
span, and that more than half of them j
parched. The aceidfnt occurred so quick- ,
ly that nobodv has u very clear recoil-.-
tloit of what transpired.
BISHOPS CONSECRATED.
Honors Ari Conferred on diaries Card
well McCabc, Earl Crcasion and
Joseph Crane lisrtzcll.
Cleveland, O., May -3 The general
conference was presided over by Bishop
NinUe this morning. The judiciary
committee reported and the conference
acted on a lurce number of uppeals.
When (he celebrated Baltimore
amendment was hefoie the annual con
ferences the New York east conference
refused to act on It.
Joseph Fullman thought the confer
ence had no riirht to refuse to vote on
the question and accordingly' appealed
to the general conference.
A. J. Kynptl said that this matter of
refusal was a most important nues
tioit. "A few of the annual confer
ences." lie said, "might in the future
succeed In defeating an amendment by 'I
refusing to vote on It."
The committee recommend that no
appeul be entertained.
At the request of the committee on
book concern it was agreed to appoint
i a book editor.
Charles Cnrdwell McCabe. Earl
Cranston and Joseph Crane Hartzell j
v, e.e consecrate.! as bishops or tne ,
imniiuuiM cmvmcii at c entral Armory
tills morning. There was an Immense I
congregation present, liearlv everv !
;r 'i!! 'JluiL'& ?!?! i
Tonight had been set aside for the an
niversary of the temperance work, but
the decision of the conference to hold
an evening: session for business spoiled
the plan for a great temperance rally,
although on motion of Dr. Kynett the
rubs were suspended and the first
thirty minutes were given over to the
temperance organization.
The regular order, the report of the
; committee on constitution was then
I taken up.
There was tiulte a lone debate over
nrtlclo was adopted providing that it be j
constituted In the usual wav. There was
ment looking to that end was tabled.
hut Dr. Buckley Introduced another one
In another form, and made a strong
speech favoring the acknowledgment of
the laympn's right to preside pro tern
over a general conference.
Dr. Xfcly opposed the amendment,
but thought no reference should be
made to the order from which the pres
ident pro tern should be nclccted, and
this view finally prevailed, the refer
ence being stricken out and the sec
tion adopted.
After brief discussion of other and
minor constitutional changes the con
ference adjourned until S.ii) o'clock to
morrow morning'.
JEALOUS OF A BOARDER.
And Ncida Attempts to Murder His
Wife.
Philadelphia, May 20. Albert Von N'old.i.
aged '22 years, this morning- attempted to
kill his wife. Charlotte, aged St years, and
then to end his own existence at tho wo-
man's home, IMS Kllsivorth street. Tho
couple will probably die. The husband
pursued his wife through the houe and
lired three shots at her, all of which took
elt'ect. She fin-illy escaped through d cel
lar window. Von Ncida then turned the
weapon upon himself and sent a bullet
Into his left breast. Just over tils henit.
.Mrs. Von Xeida had sufficient strength
to walk to St. A;rnes' hos'iital and th
would-be murderer and suicide ran from
the scene of the crime to tho homa of his
chance for recovery. Jealousy was the
cutic-o of the deed. The couple lived un
happily ami four weeks ago they separat
ed. Von Nekla frequently thieatene l hlh
wife ar.d yesterday he was arrested nnd
held in J3uii ball to keep the peace. The
woman kept a boarding house In order to
support herself, and the husband Was
Jealous of one of the boarders.
COSTLY FOR LONDON PAPERS.
Coronation Ceremonies at Moscow
Cause Heavy I'xpcndituies.
London, May '.'J. Special reports of the
coronation at Moscow, which ure crowd
ing the IXMidun dailies to the exclusion of
all other news, are costing the papers 114
uiiK.li ua war news. The personal ex
penses of each correspondent w ill be at
let-: s-l.wd or $a,VM. Messages cost 11 cents
u 'vord from .Moscow to London.
Columns every day are sent at this rjte
to the 'IVlegiaph by three of lis best mem.
hers. The Chronicle has William:, the
fame-US war col respondent, In Moscow.
Tne Times has two special correspondents
doing the coronation, as ha3 uHo tho
Standard.
HERMIT THOMAS HAS AN HEIR.
Acting Sheriff of Clcnuoea Springs,
Colo., May tivl the Estate.
Cincinnati, May 2H. An official search of
tho effects nf Charles H. Thomas, the eged
hermit who died at the city hospital
W .'iinesilay, disclosed that he has a sou,
Henry, who Is, or was, acting sheriff at
Ulenwood Springs, Col. The old man was
miserly and physicians say he died of
starvation.
lie lived mainly on what he gathered
from farbage barrels. Re owned a furm
In Kentucky, an orange grove in Klori la
and had several hundred dollars In nunk.
He lived In a dingy hotel in MeKarlauel
atreet, where he kept a Junkshop.
MANGLED BY A TROLLEY.
Two-Year-Old Child Meets a Terri
ble Ucntli.
Heading, P.i May. 2. The 2-vear-oll
child of John nplluKcr wns horribly and
fatiil'v mangled by a To I ley car at Nine
teenth street and Perkiomen avenue, this
cay, today, i he lad had been playing in
the s-treel, and running to get out of the
way ot a coming mug wason run In front
of the car. He was Immediately removed
to the liomoc-opathlc hospital. His lea
was aninu: ;ted below the knee.
He also received Internal Injuries from
which he died ut 8 o'clock this evening.
Steamship Arrivals,
New York. May 21. Arrived: State of
ivetirasKa, rrom uiasgow and Movlile;
i esierniunu, irom Antwerp, MRUcd:
Trave, for Bremen. Arrived out: tiaale,
st Mrenierhaven; Praunschweiir. at Na
ples: Teutonic, at Queenstown (en route
to Liverpool): Havel, at Southampton (en
routo to Uremenl. Sighted: Spaarndam,
from New I'orU for Rotterdam, passed the
Lizard; Kdam, Irom New York for Amster
dam, .passed the Llr.ard; Patrla, from New
York for Hamburg, passed Isle of Wight,
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EXPLOSION ON
A STEAMBOAT
Elcveo Persons Are Drowned in Capsii
tag of a Ferry DuaL
KATKERJNE STRUCK BY A STORM
The Boat Turned Completely Over
and Her Cnhins and Smol.o Stacks
Carried AwayList or the Dead,
liodiet Recovered.
Cairo, Ills., May 2$. The most terrible
accident In the history of Cairo hap
pened this morning shortly after 8
o'clock, when the ferry boat "Ivathcr
lne" capsized and eleven persons were
drowned. The names of the lost ure:
Charles minuter. Richard Thurman,
Iiertha Stanley. May Jones, alt resi
dents of Cairo: Mrs. Shannon ana
b ,)y of E, da Voint Mo ; an unknown
"l ,,i iut.nhnia
colored woman; Wood Ilittenhousa,
supet Intendeiit; George uai, cptoreu.
employed In palntins the boat; Louis
Hall, colored, fireman, Asoury Ai.xano.
cr. colored, dock hand, cf the boat's
crew.
The Lent left her landing at eight
o'clock ami was near tho Illinois Fhore
about a mile below here when Cue storm
struck. i-'he turned completely over
and remained In that position f r some
time, while her cabin, chimneys and
bodies were carried away, nothing re
maining but her hull and engines. The
captain, John V. Hacker, Engineer
George Mctice. Clerk Stanley Posry
and Joseph Curry, a passengrer, es
caped from the wreck, and they assist
ed Dr. Orr, of Wlckllffe. Ky . another
pas;eugi r, out from the debris, and they
all climbed upon the overturned hull,
which was partly submerged. They
expected every minute It would sink
and Hacker, Ho?ey and Curr swam
ashore, while McCec remained with Orr,
who could not swim. As;ilstnnce was
soon ot hand and the survivors were
brought to this city, while work to find
the missing commenced.
The bodies of Klchurd Thurman, Miss
Itertha Stanley and tlcorge Davl
have
l been recovered. The boat has since
righted herself and lies Willi her. stern
considerably, sunken. Dr. Orr 'was
badly Injured about the head by fall
Ing timbers. He was standing In the
cabin with Mr. Rlttenhouse when the
Kftrtt til'ti rwl -tt-A a rtA ha nn ntiA 4 nil
hpw n,, fS(,api?a. Mr." Rlttenhouse and
Mr. ailhofer were both old residents of
Cairo
BAPTIST ANNIVERSARIES.
Addresses Before Home Missionary So
ciety Financial Committee's Re
portA Petition to the Czar.
AEliury Park, May 26. The conclud
ing day of the Laptlst anniversaries
was begun by an address before the
Home Missionary society, by Rev. A. C.
A. Woody, cf Oregon. His subject was
"Fifty Years Work on the Paclflu
Coaiit."
The next speaker as II. C. Woods, D.
P.. of Colorado. He spoke on "Chapel
building In the West." The following
offlccrs of the Home Missionary society
were elected: President, H. K. Pleter,
of Pennsylvania; vice president, E. M.
Vatiduso, of Minnesota; Stephen
Greene, of Massachusetts; treasurer, J.
Oreenwocxl Shelling, New York; record
ing secretary, A. S. Hobart, P. D
Yonkers, IV. Y.; coirespondi'if? secre
tary. Thot,,a3 J. Morgan, D. D., LL. D
Nei- York.
The financial committee's report Etat
ed that while the debt of the society
has been reduced, nearly J2,",1'0 during
the past year, the outlcok for the com
ing year Indicates that the debt will bo
Increased to $t30.e0ti If the present rate
of expenditure Is continued and no spe
cial help comes.
The committee on resolutions report
ed the following, which was adopted:
That a petition to the Czar ot Russia,
crowned toduy, be forwarded through
the proper channels, asking the exer
tion of his kind offices In behalf ot
Christians In Armenia.
Tho final session cf the Baptist anni
versaries was h?ld th's even ng. It was
devoted to work among foreigners In
America.
The Rev. Kerr B. Tupper, D. D., ot
Pennsylvania, spoke on the foreigner
In America. He gave statistics ot tho
number of foreign born people among
us and urged greater efforts in mission
work among them. A vote of thanks
to Founder Bradley for the use of tne
auditorium and other courtesies was
passed and tiie baptist anniversaries
for lbUG were ended.
ADVANCE CONVENTION.
Prohibitionists Gather at the Smoky
City Ready for the Baltic.
Pittsburg, Pa., Jlay 23. In advance of
tie: mtetlnm of the Prohibition convention
lomcvruw. the chiet issue to be raised is
ueciaied openly and without qualiuca'.iou
by thu leaner of the two winps of the par
ty, who a-re by no meaus "napping" to
gether and munlleat no Intention in that
ulrtctlon, Each of the chief candidates
for nomination was seen by representa
tives ct the United Press this morning.
Mr. belli ley, of Nebraska, tiie so-called
"broad-gunge" champion, declared that
without u froe sliver plunk in the plat
term and an endorsement of woman suf
frage he would nut run in it.
Me. Levering, of .Maryland, the "narrow-
gauge" mun, asscVted In equally positive
terms that lie would not consent to be the
champion of the party unless the Issue
were conlined to the one question of prohi
bition, leaving' out all others; and ex.
Uovernor St. John, of Kansas, asserted
thut without positive declaration for freo
silver the party would not receive In any
western state one-sixth of the support it
could Otherwise claim. Collateral issues
a:e being raised by the "reform party,"
which held a meeting this aeternoon and
expects to exorcise considerable Influence
on ii.e cunvenliou,
iur;i:g tho hue afternoon and tonight
many ui locutions held eauuuses and select
ed coiiiimuci-nicii.
At a beiiLi-..l caucus of the delegates who
favor a broad-gauge piattorm it was dis
ciut d to push c. K. I-tt iuley, of Nebraska,
lor president; J. II. fcoutugace, of .North
Carolina, lor vice-president; L. B. Logan,
ut onto, for chairman ot the national com.
inittee.
At the meeting of the national commit
tee the utmost harmony prevailed.
Ceurge C. Christian (Antansas) nominat
ed A. A. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, who is
undei stood to be an anti-tree silver man,
for temporary chairman.
Kx-Uo.ernor 8t. John, of Kansas, the
fie coinage leader of the committee, noiu
Inuted Luvvard J. Wheeler, of New Vorl:.
On a call of the roll .Mr. Stevens was
elected by vote to 10 for Wheeler.
Governor 9:. John asked whether (he
chair would entertain a minority repot
w hen the convention met 'tomorrow on tho
subject of appointment of temporary
chairman.
Samuel Dickie, of Michigan, chairman of
the committee, replied that he would not
unless Instructed by the committee.
Mr. Stewart (Illinois) moved that he be
Instructed to that effect and thla motion
was laid on the table by a decisive vo:e of
31 to Y2. Tho committee then adjourned
subject to u call,
TEN LIVES WERE LOST.
I'nknoun Steamer Sent Down
in a
Collision Near Boston.
Boston, May 26. The three-masted
schooner Mary Sprague, lumber laden,
Thomaston, tin., to Iloston, was towed
Into this port tonight In a sinking condi.
tion. She reports that on Friday night, In
routh channel, In the fog, she was in col
lision with an unknown schooner, which
was so badiy cut do-vn that she must have
sunk In a few minutes.
Nine men und one woman were seen on
board the unknown, and It It feared I hey
went down with the vessel.
THE SEWS THIS MOUSING.
Weather I ad teat loot Today
Cloudy; Light Showers; Warner.
(Telegraph) Victims of the Storms,
Work ot Our Lawmaker.
KUven Persons Drowned.
Oeneril Assembly at Saratoga.
(Local) Kniehtsi Templar) Conclave,
t'uride and Ball.
Kditorisl.
Prsss Comments.
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(Ucal) Chief Simpson's Men Busy.
Ktpoit ot Uiund Ja:y.
(Local) Knixhts
(Continued).
Templar Conclav
7 Suburban News.
Market and Stock Reports,
liusioess World.
8 Whitney's Weekly News Budget.
t (Bportst Scrsnton Defeated at Roch
ester. 10 (Story) "The Cause of the Difficulty"
(Concluded).
Tho Celebrated Diamond Trail.
H Achievements of the .'Utorlan Age.
Interesting BM ot Church History.
Literary Chat.
Dramatic Uosslp.
13 News Up and Down the Valley.
DUEL IN A P1INE.
Uniontown Miners Fight fn Darkness.
Loved tbe Same Woman Encoun
ter With Pick and Shovel.
Vulontown, Pa., May 26. Deep in the
Ferguson mines, two miners fought a
desperate tight yesterday afternoon In
total darknesa, a life being at stake.
Philip Kstltck and George Comlnskl
quarreled over a woman before they
came to this country and the feud has
provoked many fights. Comlnskl, be
cause of the old trouble, sought fCstlick
In his "room" In the mine and attacked
hint with his pick. Kstltck defended
himself with a shovel, which bears
three ragged holes where the pick sank
through on Ha way to, his head.
Both their lamps went out and they
fought in the dark, stumbling over piles
of slate, until at last Kstlick knocked
the pick from Cominski'a hands and he
could not And It. Estltck made a brave
fight for his life and has a number of
cuts on his head and body from the en
counter. Comlnskl was lodged in Jail
thla morning, charged with attempted
murder.
John H. Pastorlus, Jr., brother of Llda
Pastoriua, the Cooley queen, and last of
that famous band ot outlaws, wait
placed In Jail here today charged with
attempted murder, robbery and several
crimes. Pastorlus was tho boy member
of the Cooley gang, and acted aa a
spy for them. He waa. arrested with
Ramsey and the others after Frank
Cooley's death, and tried with them,
but was liberated after serving a light
sentence, owing to his youth. Last
summer he robbed a Btore at Mason
town In broad daylight. He was fol
lowed by an armed posse of citizens
but fought them oft with his revolvers
and escaped. Since that time he has
been living across the line In West
Virginia but made frequent visits to his
parents in their mountain home near
Kalrchanoe. Constable Huston Wil
liams lay In wait for him last right and
captured him as soon as he crossed the
line into Pennsylvania.
SAYS HE SHOT 385 SNAKES.
Missouri Farmer's Story of Dcstrito
tion in n Den of Reptiles.
Columbia, Mo., Msy 2t!. A prpat den of
snakes wa discovered yesterday In Hat
ton Cave, northeast of Rochonort, Boon
county. Robert Ration a farmer, was
looking for a. mlpilnc calf when his atten
tion was attracted by a huge black snake,
which, upon his approach, gilded rapidly
in the direction of the cave's mouth.
Hatton pressed Ida way to the dark en
trance of tho cave, and there, lying on
the ground, was his missing calf In the
agonies of death, while its body was lit
erally covered with writhing, hissing ser
pents of overy size,- color and species. Ho
opened Are with his gun, making repeat
ed shots and killing 8SG of the reptiles.
Among tno numbor were rattlesnakes, al
ders, vipers, copperheads, 'bull snakes and
one black racer that measured twelve feot
in length. Mr. Hatton skinned this mom
ster reptile and brought the hide to Colum
bia, where It has been stuffed and Is noa
on exhibition.
BREAKS SILENCE AT DEATH.
Boy Refuses to Tell His Murderer's
Name Until Dying.
Sioux City, la.. May 26. Three weeks
ago T. M. Keilly, an 18-year-old boy, was
stabbed while playing with companions of
his own age. Yesterday ho died. Until
almost the very moment of his death he
would give no details or the nffair.
Finally, however, he declared: "It was
Pat who stabbed me," and Immediately
breathed his last. P.eiily was an employe
of the Cud.ihy Packing company and the
pollco believe he was killed by a fellow
workman whefl last name they refuse lo
divulge and whose promotion would have
followed Ilcllly's removal. He Is alfo al
leged to have threatened the dead boy,
BID NOT TRUST BANKS.
Allison Hid His Money iu Straw and
It Was Burned l'p.
P.ushvillc, Ind., May 26. James Alliaon
of Wllllainstown. distrustful of banks,
drew out Jolt) last fail und wrapped it In
a newspaper. This package he concealed
In the straw under the carpet in a room
at Wilbur Atwood's, where he was stay
ing. Today the Atwoods were house-cleaning
and while Allison was in the Held tool; up
the carpets and burned the old straw. The
roll of bills was consumed in the bonttre.
SLAIN FOR HIS A10NEY.
Discovery That May Account lor
Missing Nebraska Farmer.
Enrwell. Nob.. May M O. H. Ray. a
bachelor who lived near hero for some
venrs drew :) from the bank and left
a month aro for a point east. Nothing
hsd been heard of him until yesterday,
when an empty grave was discovered near
his farm hv the ship of which was found
a portion of a flannel shirt alleged to have
been worn uy nun wnen ne itepurieu.
A senrch la bein-r made for the body,
The opinion of the officers Is that he was
murdered for nts money.
WOMAN KILLS HER CHILDREN.
Terrible Crime Committed by Mrs.
Frost,
Marrlsonvllle. Mo.. Mar 20. Mrs. Martin
Frost, living at Cleveland, In tho western
part of this county, drowned her three
small children in a barrel of water and
then cut her own throat early this morn
ing. It is supposed that the woman became
suddenly Insane and In her frenzy took
tho lives ot her children and herself.
Cook Comity Democracy.
Chicago, May 28. The Cook county Dem
ocratic convention, called to elect dele
gates to the state convention, today chose
3i Altneld delegates to the slate conven
tion, which gives the governor 703 dele
gate a clear mnjorlty of the state. They
declared for free and unlimited coinage
of both gold and silver,
Seven Men Killed.
Vlnoennes, Ind., May 2C Tho report ot
a riot In which seven men were killed at
Fort Branch today between circus men
and citizens was false. A tight occurred
between gsmblerB and Lent's circus men
over a shell game, but no ene was serious
ly Injured.
Herald's Weather Forecast.
New York, May 27. In the Middle states
today, fair, less sultry, but warm weather,
with brisk southwest to northwest winds,
followed by partial cloudiness and lower
temperature, will prevail. On Thursday
cooler, fair weather and frosh to. light
northwesterly and northerly winds, fol
lowed by higher temperature,
BEER AND CHEESE
TALKED ABOUT
Mr. DoBois Sanest a Scheae to It
er ease Internal Reveaae Rettim.
A SUBJECT OF EARNEST DEB.VTE
House Decides to Impose Tax oa
Alcohol I'scd in the Arts and -Uaau
fnctures-Opposition to the SIeas
ure from Castera Maaafactarers.
Washington. May 22 The house
measure known as the "filled cheese"
bill came up before- the senate today
under the lead of Snator Sherman
(Kep., Ctilo.) who had reported It from
the senate committee on finance. Us
object Is to discourage the manufacture
and sale of an adulterated artlcleof food
by Imposing a heavy license on man
ufacturer and wholesale dealers, ana
its (.upporters advocate Its passage, not
as a revenue measure, but as a protec
tion to dairymen and the general pub
lic. It had not been many mlnutca be
fore the senate when It was converted
from a merely nominal to an actual
revenue measure by an amendment
adding to it a section Imposing an ad
ditional tax of "5 cents a barrel on
beer, ale nnd porter. Thl9 amend ment
was offered by Mr. Duhols (Rep., Idaho)
In order to offset Mr. Sherman's criti
cisms ot the senate for proposing to ad
journ without providing a sufficient
revenue for the treasury.
If adopted this amendment would
bring Into the treasury according to
Mr. Dubois' statement. $25,000,000
about enough to supply the estimated
delclency. Mr. Sherman antagonised
the amendment as something that waa
Intended to defeat the pending measure,
or that at least would have that effect,
and he moved to lay the amendment
on the table. The motion was defeated
by a yea and nay vote 25 to SO. Seven
Democratic senators Messrs. Cockrell,
Hill, Mitchell, (Wis.), Palmer, Pascue,
Turple and Has, voted aye, while an
equal number of Republican senators,
Messrs. Brown, Cannon, Carter, Du
bois, Hansbrough, Pettlgrew and Tel
ler, voted no.
The five Populist senators present,
Messrs. Allen, Butler, Kyle, Pefrer, and
Stewart, also voted no, giving the pre
ponderance to the negative side. So the
senate refused to table Mr. Dubois'
amendment, and it was up for discus
sion and was discussed until the con
clusion of the morning hour, when the
prohibitory bond bill came up as the
unfinished business.
BOND BILL DEFEATED.
The debate' on the bond bill did not
present many points of interest. Mr.
Prltchard (Rep., N. C) was the first
speaker. He Intimated his willingness
to vote for his colleague s bill In a cer
tain contingency, which contingency.
however, would not present Itself If con
gress would before adjournment pass
an act that would provide a sufficient
revenue on the lines cf protection to
American. Industries. Mr. Lindsay
(Dem-., Ky.,) opposed the bond bill as a
measure that would within sixty days
produce a Busrienslon of payment; and
he expressed his belief that If congress
adjourned without providing addition
al revenue, there would be another Is
sue of government bonds at an early
date.
The bond bill went over without ac
tlon.
TO TAX ART ALCOHOL.
With an amendment the house today
by a vote of 165 to 69 passed the bill
to repeal section 61 of the Wilson tariff
law of 1SSI, which provides for free
alcohol in the arts and manufactures.
Tho affirmative vote was composed of
104 Republicans, 56 Democrats and 6
Populists; the negative votes of 60 Re
publicans and Democrats. The amend
ment adopted was that recommended
by the committee on ways and means
providing for the appointment of a joint
committee of three senators and three
representatives to sit during the recess
aud investigate the subject with a view
of reporting to the next session of con
gress a form of regulations under which
the free use of alcohol may be had
without danger to the revenues of the
government. There was vigorous op
position to the bill from Massachusetts,
Connecticut, New Jersey and New
York delegations In the Interests of
manufacturers of these and other
states, but they were able to muster
only 69 votes all told upon any propo
sitlon to amend the bill or to defeat
Its passage.
The house disagreed to all the senate
amendments to the general deficiency
appropriation bill, except that making
provision to pay French spoliation and
war claims allowed under the Bowman
act, amounting altogether to nearly
two million dollars. As to these, a vote
upon concurrence In tho senate amend
ments will be taken tomorrow.
A further partial conference- report
upon the Indian expropriation was pre
sented and agreed to. It provides for
tho continuance cf the Dawes Indian
commit-slon.
STEERING COMMITTEE.
The Republican steering committee
cf the senate held a meeting this after
noon for the purpose of arranging an
order of business for the remainder of
this session of the senate. Measures
thut were endorsed aud which will be
given attention, If the appropriation
measures do not interfere, are the bills
providing for the refunding of the debt
of the Pacific railroads, bankruptcy and
immigration and several other matters
cf minor Importance. While these mat-
teru will, by the tacit consent of the
committee, come up tor action there is
little belief on the part tit any member
of the committee that any of them will
receive serloun consideration at this
session. It was agreed that aa soon
as the filled cheese bill was out of the
bill, the bill which passed the house
this afternoon for the repeal of the
free alcohol in the arts clause of the
Wilson bill, should be taken up and
pressed to a conclusion. As the Dem
ocrats nte In favor- of this measure
there will be no trouble about It.
The anti-bond bill of Mr. Butler's now
before the Benate was the subject of an
Informal discussion, tho silver members
of the committee, of course, favoring
action at the earliest possible date. The
anti-silver men stated that they looked
upon the passage of the bill as a piece
of folly that could result In no tangible
results for the silver men, but ex
pressed their wllltngnes to permit' it
to come to a vote without obstructive
tattles being Interposed. It is probable
that thla vote will be taken within the
next few clays.
The meeting was harmonious, and on
the question ot an early adjournment
there appeared to be a unanimity of
sentiment.
CAMPAIGN BUTTON APPEARS.
Heed, Quay, Culloni, Allison and Mor
ton Men Wearing the Badge.
Washington, May 26. The campaign but
tons, which were so numerously circulat
ed about the capital a few weeks ago, nave
nearly all disappeared. The McKlnley but
ton is seen frequently and there are some
Reed buttons left, but the novelty ha,
worn off and many of the most enthusi
astic Reed men have ceased to war them.
A new button appeared yesterday, It Is
a compromise button Intended to be worn
by Reed men, Quay men, Cullom men, Al
lison men, and Morton men. It bears the
simple Inscription: "Don't kick."
lteading Rumors.
Philndelphla, May 2a. The Reading re
organisation committee will meet In Nw
York on Thursday next. It Is generally
supposed In stock circles that the meet
ing has been called to discuss some modifi
cation of the present plan of r.-orranl-
tlon and that another effort Is to be tnadt
to save tne roau irom lorectosura.
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