fihttit? ' EIGHT PAGES 50 COLUMNS. SCRANTON, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13, 1897. TWO CENTS A COPY pth TTTTT1 (O TP L 0v 1U ooooooooooooooooo OP ALL THE BARGAIN GIVING IN MEN'S UNDKKWEAU OK STANDARD QUALITY THAT HAS EVER HEEN DONE IN SCRANTON THESE CAP THE CLIMAX FOR Wooderfmil Valines THE GOODS ARE PERFECT IN EVERY RESPECT, THE SIZES IN EACH CASE ARE COMPLETE, AND PAY WHAT YOU WILL, WE UN HESITATINGLY SAY THAT YOU CANNOT BUY' MORE DESIRABLE UNDERWEAR AT ANY PRICE. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO First Barsraie ONE CASE MEN'S CAMEL HAIR SHIRTS AND DRAWERS NO' BETTER EVER SOLD FOR $1.00. ooooooooooooooooo am ONE CASE MEN'S FINEST ALL WOOL SHIRTS AND DRAWERS, SCARLET ONLY', THEY'D BE CHEAP, CONSIDERING THEIR EXCELLENCE OF QUALITY, AT $1.25. Sale Price, ooooooooo oooooooo Third raao ONE CASE LACKAWANNA MILLS, NATURAL STRICTLY ALL WOOL SHIRTS AND DRAW ERS, EQUAL IN QUALITY TO ANY'THING SHOWN IN THIS CITY AT $1.25, SUPERBLY FIN ISHED AT ALL POINTS. ooooooooooooooooo Qyaetities Limited A Stated Above0 Sale Now (too ooooooooooooooooo OLO T3 IC WAREHOUSE Is.lXlLfJ' ARE riFAr 5 59c m Sale n j? Price- 2 FEARFUL PLIGHT OF NINE MINERS In the Pierce Company's Aline at Arch bald Borough. RESCUED BY A BRAVE F0REA1AN Cut OH' from the Shaft and Freedom bv nn Extensive Cnve-hi--Sur-roundod by Death on All Sides, They Had a Miraculous Escape. Foreman Jones Lowered by a Kopo Down an Old Shaft. Special to the Scranton Tribune. Archbald, Jan. 12. Nino miners had a thrilling experience and narrow' es enpe from death today in tho Pierce Coal company's mines In this borough. They were cut off from the main open ing by an extensive cave-in and were rescued through the bravery of the mine foreman, William Jones. Jones was lowered by a rope down an air shaft and located the men who were hoisted one by one to the surface. They had undergone a period of fear and suffering which the bravest of men do not care to experience twice. The men wore at work In an upper vein that was recently opened. Below them were other veins, one beneath the other and each long since mined out and abandoned. Many of the support ing pillars had been removed. With a deafening crash fell a long stretch of the gangway Iloor between the men and the opening. Down It went with a reverberating roar Into the vein below; down further to the next vein. Amid blinding dust and a choking atmosphere the nine stuuly fellows dropped their tools. One furtive look toward the cave showed that escape In that direction was absolutely im possible. With exclamations of hor lor they sprang away from the scene and without lights, which had been extinguished by the concussion, plunged Into the darkness toward tho recesses of the mine. FOUND A PLACE OF SAFETY. Their stumbling and blind passage wus accompanied by the ominous. angiy rumblings which followed the cave. Finally was reached a point that from the nature of the surround ings told the most experienced In the party was a secure haven. The men were: P. J. Munley, Edward Glhoy, Anthony Malta, Patrick Barrett, James Strong, John Walsh, Henry Dando, John McAndrew, and a Hungarian la boier whose name could not be learned by a Tribune reporter last night. Crouching and fearing that a horri ble death would soon reach them, they waited, awed by the awtulncss and power of the continued rumbling, cracking and squeezing of the coal from whence they came and which had extended around their position to the farther workings. They prayed all of them. They realized to the fullest the dangers they were In and at Intervals some one would In desperation grope forward a few rods and then stumble back again, warned by an occasional thumping fall of rock and coal. The cooler heads finally prevailed on their more frightened fellows that the only course was to wait. Maybe, help would come In a few hours; maybe It would come too late. Meanwhile, there was In progress on the surface, many feet above the Im prisoned wretches, preparations that meant their rescue. The crash and roar of the hundreds of tons of falling rock and coal had been the signal to those above that they must act and act quickly. William Jones, the foreman who. made the rescue, called all the avail able employes about him. An Investi gation soon showed that the men could not be reached via the main opening. Descent was possible, but only by an old shaft now used for ventilation purposes that the rescue would have to be attempted. "Even then there seem ed the certainty that the old mine story would be repeated days of slow tedi ous search and ilnally abandonment, despair of widows and children and the vision of mangled (lesh and crumb ling bones. LONO ROPE SECURED. A long rope was procured and a loop made at Its end, Into which Jones seat ed himself and was lowered to a point near the cave. Repeated calls and "hello's" were finally answered. The men had after four hours of nervous, desperate waiting, heard a voice and began a pitiful groping toward the sound. Their trials, were not ended, for sever al hundred yards they had to crawl over the falls. They had no lights. On hands and knees they creeped over jagged rocks, slate and coal and amid an occasional crash. That bore de struction to any head It met. Final ly, with clothing torn and with hands and bodies cut, bruised or bleeding, all had reached Jones. One by one they were hoisted up to daylight and safety. In constant dan ger, Jones waited, and was the last to appear. Until late tonight his sacrifice and nerve have been no little part of. the talk of the rescue. Among the men, not one of them possessed a face that, when washed of Its grime and dust, was not ashen pale, and some of them wept for joy at their deliverance. There were tears, too, from several dlstructed wives and chil dren. They all speak In the highest terms of the conduct of the mine fore man. IN ONLY A FEW HOURS. Gllroy and Munley had gone Into tho mine only un hour beforo the fall. Gll roy wns about to begin work In a new chamber, and took Munley In to see It. They were both considerably unnerved after their experience. The mine of the Pierce company Is one of the oldest In this vicinity. The drift, In which the fall occurred, was but recently opened. The fall occur ring In the abandoned workings under It will make tho work of removing the coal from the upper vein exceedingly dltllcult and It may he altogether im possible to mine It. Youthful Forger. Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 12, William Lie bold, a youth of IS years, wns arrested last night, charged with forcing tho name of Charley 13. Grubb, a prominent capitalist, to checks which were cashed at the First National bank of this city. Tho aggie- I gate amount secured by LleDdld Is said to LleboUl was coin- BUCK DIAMOND RUN. The Famous l'lyer Slakes Vlftv-slx Miles in Fifty-seven .Minutes. Philadelphia, Jan. 12. On Jan. 7 the famous "Black Diamond Express" of tho Lehigh Vnlley railroad made an other remarkable run between Jersey City and Easton, Tho actual running time for a distance of fifty-six miles wns llfty-sovcn minutes, Including a three-minute stope. From South Plalnfteld to Easton, a distance of llfty-one miles, the run was made in fifty minutes. Included In this distance Is the Masconntcong moun tain, which the train wns obliged to climb on an ascending grade of forty seven feet to the mile. RUSSIA IS ANXIOUS. Will Doubtless Try to Prevent Ratillca tlon ot the Anglo-American Treaty by the Senate. London, Jan. 12. Tho Chronicle Washington correspondent today tele graphs that Russia has been most keenly anxious to obtain knowledge regarding the treaty of arbitration just signed at Washington. Ho says that during the negotiations tho Russian minister to the United States asked Secretary Olncy whether It was a treaty of offense and defence, and whether It committed the two coun tries to an nlllance. Mr. Olney, according to the corre spondent, replied that In the ordinary diplomatic acceptance of the term It was not such a treaty, but that It was an alliance with Great Britain In sup port of tho Monroe doctrine. Great Britain, by the terms of Venezuelan treaty, having acknowledged the val idity of the Monroe doctrine. The Chronicle vouches for the cor rectness of the foregoing, and claims to be In a position to declare that the American executive holds that with Great Britain's support the danger of European Interference in the western hemisphere vanishes, and the United States becomes supreme. The Ameri can government now does not fear that any power will question the Monroe doctrine. It adds that Russia more than ' once offered assistance to the United States when the relations with Great Britain threatened to become ruptured. If Russia has any inlluence In Washington, It will lie directed to preventing the ratification of the treaty by the senate. BLOWN TO ATOMS. Four Persons Instantly Killed in a Pow der Alill Explosion Alore Serious Calamity Narrowly Averted. Pittsburg.Pa., Jan. 12. At 9.15 o'clock this morning the tank house of the Columbia Powder company, located In a hollow one half mile back from the Ohio river and midway between the boroughs of Shoustown and Shanopln, blew up. Five minutes later the stor age room. In which was stored a large quantity of explosive material, was also shattered by a terrific explosion. Two men and two girls were killed and a man severely hurt. Tho killed are: L. D. Stackney, aged 40 years, single. Peter McCloskey, aged 38 years, sin gle. Rose Inman, aged 20 years. Mattle Inman, aged 14 years. Injured: Walter Crane, aged 32 years, terribly injured, but may recover. By almost superhuman effort the flames which followed tho explosion were controlled before tho glycerine magazine Ignited ana a more serious catastrophe was averted, owing to the fact that there were several hundred pounds of explosives stored therein. The killed and Injured were employes of the company. The factory, with tne exception of the glycerine magazine, was totally destroyed. The fragments of Stackney and the two Inman sisters, and the body of Mc Closkey, were taken to C'orapolls, where tho inquest will be held. The cause of the explosion will probably never be known. Houses for a considerable distance surrounding were badly shattered by tho explosion, and not a window re mains In the vicinity. AIR. SMITH SURPRISED. The Talented Journalist Has Not Sought Cabinet Honors. Philadelphia, Jan. 12. Charles Emory Smith, of this city, who was minister to Russia during the Harrison adminis tration said today that the story tele graphed from Canton last night to the effect that his name has been presented to President-elect McKlnley as a can didate for secretary of the treasury was news to him. Mr. Smith added that he was surprised when he first heard this announcement, and had no Idea as to whether or not the story was based on fact. He was Inclined to think that there had been some mlB take, If he Is being favorably considered by the president-elect as a possible cabinet officer, It Is without any solici tation on his part or on the part of any of his friends, so far as he knows. If any of Mr. Smith's friends have urged his name upon Mujor McKlnley as a candidate for any otllce, Mr. Smith said ho had not been consulted In the mat ter. True Hill Against .Murphy. Wilmington, Del., Jan. 12. Tho gruivl Jury In the United States court found a true hill this afternoon against Ciiptaln Edward Murphy. Ho Is charged with hav ing taken a filibustering party to Cuba on the steamer Lauruda last summer. Mur phy was recently wrecked on the steamer Commodore, off the Florida coast. United States Senator Gray and II, II, Wnrd, counsel for Murphy naked a postpone, ment, owing to the absence of a material witness. The motion was granteJ and March 8 fixed as tho day for the trial. Fairbanks Nominated. Indlnnapolls Ind., Jan 12. Tho Republi can caucus on tho senatorial question, was held tonight, and after an exciting sesi slon I. W. Fairbanks was nominated for United States senator. be In excess or $1,000. mltted for a hearing. MEMBERS OF HOUSE IN WARM DEBATE Air. Johnson rind Air. AkGiiirc Exchange Compliments. THE F0RA1ER ADMITS HIS FAULT Ho Characterizes Mngulre as a Hu man Ilynca--Tlie Latter RuspondH in Warm JaiiguiiKC--Mr. Ilroslus' Class Hill is Passed. -David Hill Proposes I'ostnl Rcforni-OIcssrs. Allen and Vilas Have a Tilt. Washington, Jan. 21. A member of congress acknowledging on the lloor of tho house of repiesentntlves to his brother members and to the galleries, that he had been guilty of a vlolntlon ot law, and had been Indicted for it was the remarkable spectacle presented- under the capltol dome today. The circumstances connected with tho nf- fnlr followed In natural sequence the bitter debate last Friday while the Paclllc railroad refunding bill was pending. On that day Mr. Johnson, of California, made an attack on Mr. Wil liam R. Hearst, of the New Yolk Jour nal and San Fianclsco Examiner. Today he found In the congressional record a column of print devoted to personal reference to himself Inserted by Air. Mngulre of California, under leave to pi Int. Rising to make a per sonal explanation, Mr. Johnson, hU voice frequently breaking with pas sion, criticised Mr. Mngulre severely for attacking him In that mnnner and not on the floor. He admitted that ho had been indicted In Syracuse, N. . as charged by Mr. Magulre, but had atoned for his offense. He said that his full record was known to the people of ills congressional district and that they had shown their belief In him by sending him to congress. Mr. John son's remarks were applauded several times. Concerning Mr. Mngulre, his colleague called him a "human hyena" and other such terms and also bitterly denounced Mr. Hearst. Quite vigor ous was Mr. Magulre's response. He defended Mr. Hearst and himself and did not spare air. Johnson. After sev eral roll calls the house disposed of the matter by expunging Mr. Magulre's icmarks from the record. CLASS BILL IS PASSED. Outside of this incident tho proceed ings were very tame. Mr. Ilroslus, of Pennsylvania, called up a house bill increasing the classes to which prefer ence shall be given in appointments in the civil service. It provides that those classes shall be disabled Union sailors and soldiers of the late war, and honorably discharged Union sol diers and sailors. Tho present law gives preference to thpso Union sol die! s and sailors who were discharged by reason of wounds or sickness, con tracted" In service. After some discussion as to whether state troops might not be Included under the provisions of the bill It was modified so as to read that preference would be given to soldiers and sailors "ot the United Slates in the war of the lebelllon." Tho hill was passed. In the senate today a bill was Intro duced by Mr. Hill, of New York, and was referred to the postollice commit tee proposing to fix, the term of fourth class postmasters at four years, ex cept In tho case of appointments to fill vacancies, when they are to be for the unexpired pot tlon of the term. He explained and advocated tne measure as one which would start political bookkeeping on correct principles and which would be fair to all parties. Mr. Hill alluded in passing to the wholesale removal of fourth class postmasters un der Mr. Stevenson and Mr. Wanamuk er when they were respectively as sistant postmaster general and post master general, ana to tne rarity oi such removals under the present ad ministrationwhether to tho demorali zation of the president's party or not ho would not stop to discuss. Ho ar gues that the passage of the bill would be productive of much good, as It would place those ofllcers, now the football of politics on a fixed and defi nite basis. The resolution offered by Mr. Allen, of Nebraska, yesterday, in regard to the violation of the eight hour law In Brooklyn by contractors with the navy denartment. was taken UP and agreed to Mr. Chandler, of New Hampshire, admitting that he had been mistaken In asserting that the eight hour law did not apply to contractors. ALLEN A'S. VILAS. The house bill for the homesteads on public lands ncqulicd from Indian tribes was taken up as the unfinished business. It was advocated by Mr, Allen, who declared that tho existing "pnim of bankruptcy nnd suicide," was the logical consequence of tho fin ancial policy adopted by tho govern ment. It was opposed by Mr. Vilas, of Wisconsin, because It would surrender $35,000,000 In money, part of which was due under contracts between the gov ernment and settlers on those public lands, and because It would give rise to claims for the refunding of all the money herotofoio received by the gov ernment from settleis on Indian lands, in the course of the discussion there was an amusing Interchange of thrusts ntwi nnrrles between Senators Vilas and Allen In relation to which was tho real Democratic platform, tnat nuoptod ai Chicago or that adopted at Indianapo lis Mr. Vilas asserting that tho for mer was against the best interests of the United States and that the latter was founded throughout on Deinoc- Th'o Mil went over without notion, until tomorrow. VACANCIES FILLED. Speaker Reed just before the ad journment today filled the vacancies on the committee on rules and ways and means cnused by the death of the late Mr. Crisp, of Georgia. Several gentle men who desired an appointment to tho ways and means committee have exerted considerable Inlluence upon the speaker to secure the olllco and It was thought for n time that It would be given to Mr, Newiands, of Nevada, Who was unusually well Indoised, hut the speaker gave tho place to Mr, Boatner, of Louisiana. Tho vacancy on the rules committee was filled by the appointment of Mr. Bailey, ot Texas, Mr, Stokes, of South Carolina, was 1 assigned to the committee of agrlcul- MEN OF PROMINENCE. l HON. CHARLES V. FAIRBANKS, Caucus Nominee for United States Senator from Indiana to Succeed Voorhees. Hire nnd public buildings and grounds. Mr. Charles Crisp, the son of the late Speaker Crisp, who was elected last month to servo out the remainder of his futher's term, was assigned to the postollice and mileage committee. STROUDSBURQ FARA1ER KILLED. Tenm Run Awny anil Overturned a Load of Wood Upon Iliui. Special to the Scranton Tribune. East Stroudsburg, Jan. 12. Charles Morrison and his 13-year-old daughter started to drive to their homo today on a wagon load of cord wood. The team ran away and overturned the load upon Morrison and his daughter. He was instantly killed, but, remarkable to say, the girl escaped without Injury. Morrison was 40 years of age and well known throughout Monroe county. SENSATION AT HONESDALE Terrible Fate of Airs. Thomas HmrfDr. S. A. Kelly Arrested on a Serious Charge. From tho Carbondale Herald. Honesdale, Jan. 12. A great sensa tion has been created In this town by the death of Mrs. Thomas Ham, ma tron of the Honesdale and Texas poor house, which occurred Sunday after noon. The poor farm Is situated about four miles below the borough and Is In charge of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ham, who have four children, tho oldest of which Is S years. The unfortunate woman's death seemed to have occurred under suspi cious circumstances and Coroner Fos ter made an Investigation, the horrible result of which showed the suspicions well founded. It also came out that ton hours prior to her death she had submitted to a criminal operation at the hands of Dr. S. A. Kelly, of this place. The corner's jury brought In a ver dict substantially as follows: "Mrs. Thomas Ham came to ner death 'through the effect of criminal malpractice at the hands of Dr. S. A. Kelly." The doctor wns arrested and placed under $1,500 ball for his appearance to court. This doctor Is the man who gave the Lackawanna county court so much trouble In tho Jennings case. Steamship Arrivals. New York. Jan. 12. Arrived: Worm, from Genoa. Sailed: Spree, from lire men. Arrived out: Statu of Nebraska, at Glasgow; Fulda, at Genoa. Sighted: St. Louis, from New York, for Southampton, passed tho Lizard. VARIOUS STATE NOTES. Schrader, tho "healer," has opened a room In the Klso block, Lebanon, and ex peels to remutu thero a week. Yoik bus reached the bonded debt limit created by councils, and any Increase must be voted by the people. Three turret plates for the battleship Iowa were shipped from the Hcthlehem Iron works to the Cramps last night. Larry McCullum, of the Union Water works, Lebanon, was probably fatally gored by a maddened bull on Sunday. THE NKWS THIS MOKMNU. Weather Indications Today: Rain Probable: Warmer. Archbald Miners Have a Miraculous Escape. Day's Doings at Washington, Electoral Vote as Cast Yesterday. l'arallel to tho Maybrlck Case. Financial and Commercial, (Local) Superior Court Proceedings. Annual Meeting of Public Library Of ficials. Editorial. Casual .Mention. (Local) Hoard of Associated Charities Hold Annual Session. Knights Have a Public Installation. Whitney's Weekly News Budget. News and Gossip of tho West Side. Up and Down tho Valley. Suburban Happenings- THEY WANTED TO DIE. Two Men Alake a Desperate Attempt at Suicide and Assault the Persons Who Rescued Them. Bollmore, N. Y Jan. 12. Two men tried to kill themselves today by throw ing themselves In front of an express train at this place. The train passes through here without stopping at about O.f'O o'clock. It goes through at a ter rific rate of syeed and the men would have succeeded In ending their lives had It not been for Charles Miller, a section foreman In the employ of the Long Island railroad. Miller and a gang of men were mak ing somo repairs to the track when he noticed the strange actions of the men. When the train. was about half a mile away Miller saw the men He down on the track. He ran to the place where the men were and with the assistance of one of his gang succeeded In get ting the two men from the tracks. A few seconds later the train shot by. After tho men had been taken from tho tracks they attacked Miller. The latter Is big and stiong and the two men picked up stones and other mis siles and hurled them at him. Several ot those cut Miller and he summoned assistance from the gang. The latter went to the aid of Miller and after a short struggle, overpowered the two men. Neither would tell his name nor would they tell why they tried to end their lives. They evidently had made an agreement to die together. The men were placed under arrest charged with attempting to kill themselves and with assaulting Foreman Miller. Tho prisoners are apparently In poor cir cumstances. THE ELECTORAL VOTE. Itcsult of the Meeting of Colleges iu the Various States. New York, Jan. 12. The following is the elector vote by states as a result of the meeting of the various states' state electors yesterday: McKlnley. and. Hoburt. Alabama Arkansas California S Colorado Connecticut G Delaware 3 Florida . Georgia ....' Idaho Illinois 21 Indiana 1.1 Iowa 13 Kansas Kentucky 12 Louisiana Maine C Maryland S Massachusetts .... 15 Michigan 14 Minnesota ' Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire .. I New Jersey 10 New Yoik M North Carolina .... North Dakota 3 Ohio 23 Oregon 4 Pennsylvania 33 Khode Island 4 South Carolina .... South Dakota Ttnm-sseu Texas Utah Veimont 4 Virginia Washington West Virginia G Uryan. llryan. and and Sewull. Watson. 11 0 3 1 4 4 13 3 10 1 8 U 13 3 4 3 4 13 l.'i 13 4 Wisconsin i- Wyomlng Totals 271 ISS IS SPARKS BY TELEGRAPH. President-elect McKlnley Is said to have had hi life Insured for t&O.UUO. William J. llryan Is In Chicago, III,; ar ranging for tho publication ot his forth coming book. Tho Citizens' bank, at Chardon, O., was robbed by burglurs of money and other valuables worth H.000. George II. Woodworth, CD years old, of Chattanooga, Tenii., depressed by busi ness isverses, killed himself, While resisting arrest Frank Dougherty, a striking miner at Leadvllle, Col., was shot and killed by a policeman. Sixteen jversons were made ifl, and one of them, Mrs, Hugo Bock, may die, from eating smoked sausage at Unglewood, 111- ,YTT N JANUARY SALE OF Uinidlerwear We will pen the season of 11897 by a Muslin Un derwear Sale, SATURDAY, JAN. 2, 189? At prices so attractive as to make at an object fox you to purchase now. S, 5. mise, V ted Covers, Etc, Child's -Short Whit? Dresses and Kilt Skirts. 530 AND 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE KEEPS COMFORT. W- "-. . j X '.1 yAuso tFiME LiNte' oi- uHoits -a. ri&riy SHOES - emu Winter Shoes for Boys and Girls, Shoes that will stand all sorts o:? sports, and protect the health at the same time--whatever the weather. IEWIS,REEIY&MVIES 114 AND 116 WYOMING AVE, Greatest Redaction! On all our Holiday Goods. Call and let us prove it trj yon in SILVERWARE A H 'i&Mj-.fim Watches from $4.50 up, Every one warranted at feicie '51 408 Spruce St, NEAH DIME IUNK. SIMPLE INAUGURATION. Governor of Coloindo Takes tlic Oath ol'OIIicu Without nourish. Denver, Col., Jnn. 12. Tho most slm pie an unpretentious inauguration ceremony In the history of Colorndu marked the Inauguration of Governoc Adams at noon today. Mr. AUaml walked over from his residence to tha oupitol, took the oath of olllco befort Chief Justice Hayt, then read his ad dress before the assembled legislators, and, returning to his olllco begun JiU duties of his new position. There was no printing of tickets oj admission to tho capltol building. Tin governor In his Inaugural demands th most rigid economy In tho conduct of, state affairs. Oivillu I'lntt Itonoiniuatcd. Hartford, Conn., Jan. 12. Orvllle H, Piatt was today icnomlnated for United Stutes setiutor by a caucus of the .'.tepub. licans of tho legislature. Tho Democrntiq members In caucus nominated Joseph 1J, Sargent, of New Haven. J1LJ li. C Tt7 vYfl K fiA
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