1$1&K It IDtGlIT PAGES---5G COLUMNS. SCRANTON, PA., MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 1, 1807. TWO CENTS ACOPY i.i in ra ri n m en vi - rra . . ""lutaiaminra irf.AuackVuuii.iuii iwn mjcjN tttM' iuiiis--- v-,ii . -. iwt p in n hj i in M m isfl iv W Yotw Hardly Expect It, Yet Yotm Never Gam Tell What May happen In n large, up-to-datp dry goods stole, such as outs Is. It's cpttalnlv eiy unumi tl to see staple Silks rind Black Diess goods olfend at sneli far down, below maiket values, as these, and If you weie to ask the reason why, v e might find It haul to ansvwi you, fm one tlilni? is cei tain, a hlgli"i tai UC Is as suiely befote us as the nlplit follows day, theiefoie we cannot expect to look foi nil thing but an adauco on all Silks 01 Woolen tex tiles, w bethel made in this country 01 abioad, ooooooooooooooooo To the full meaning of this? Tf so, It Is clenily to join Intel est to buy now and more especially when buch low prices piovall The 1 eductions we quote aie com plied with the lowest normal val ues e ei leached In the Aiuctlcin tiade, and when we sav that in ices In this department will ul nnce at least 2" pel cent within the next month or two, tli gieat money saving adv antag-'s of this sale aie hound to become moie ap paient. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Here Gees For The lowest pi lees for the n":t four eais at any late. The wise will pioflt theieby, the foolish will wish they had AV111 jou? OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO AM ON 0 THE SPECIALS OFFERED AT THIS SALE ARE 25 Pieces Cheney Bios. 21-Inch Black Chini Silk. Our best oidlnaiy 7oc. qual ity No need to ny inoro about it, the iest lies In youi judgment. For this line qualltj Sale Price 49c 5 Pieces rine 24-lnch Black Ducluss Silks. Supeib llnish and a su"iislng weight foi a puio make. The best wc know of foi $1 00 Sale Price 73c 18 Pieces Supeib Pilnlcd Silks. Not the i hi ap Jap or Chinese makes nut magnificent Biocado weivs with Ihcly lloral effects. Dutlng the si at on we Bald $150 and ST 7" foi pieclsel) the same goods. Now the Sale Price is 89c 15 Pieces Of Light and Pilnlod Silks, aomo light, tome daik; all excluslvo-in design; the weave will r.poik for itself. We sold the same goods last month at fiom $2 25 to J .".J. -For choice, Sale Price 98c 35 Pieces Black Slellllans; full CO tiu 'ies wide. Conect fabiic foi Skit's n-id the bebt GOc. quality cet offted Sale Price 33c 30 Pieces rnncy Satins in a new and popular weave Solid Black only. The best pi Ice you can buy thoss goods at atl) wheie Is 7Cc, Sale Price 55c 25 Pieces Extia flue Fiench Surges, 1," inches wide, lovely finish, Blue or Jet Black Shades. The best quality J ou evei saw at C2e. Sale Price 39c 3 Case .iG-lnch stiletly nil Wool P,iocide. Fine Shade of Black, ontltely now effects. Quai anteed full value for COc. Sale Price 35c 30 Pieces Fino Wool li-lnch'Henilo'tas, two shades In Block, exquisite Sat n finish. A lemutl.ablo value at 5?c. Sale Price 45c 3 Case 40-inch Blnck Mohair, modern and small patterns, the latest out for stjllsh Skirts Weie considered a snap baigain at i3c. Sale Price 25c OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Sale Opened JaiL- 21 toe Week Only. oo ooooooooooooooo GLOBE WAMTOE SENATOR LODGE HITS BACK HARD Shows How Steamship Companies Fight Immigration Restriction. FOREIGN CORPORATIONS AT WORK Circular Issued lij tliu American ltcp lcsciittitirus of the North (icininii T.lojil Steamship Coiiipnnv to Local Amciiciui Agents Aslant; Thuiti to I'ut Piosstiru on Cougicssiiiuu. Washington, Jan ,11 Senator Lodge said today . "Since roeelv Ing a copy of the telegrams which Clausseneus. Ac Co weie sending out to affect otes on the Iminlgiatlon 1)111, and which I gae to the pi ess, theie has been sent me u copy of the cliculai which the same 111 in hns been .sending out thtough the mall. As the stated In an Intel view that the were sending out tlieli telegiams only In theii Indi vidual capacity, It will be Intel estlng to obsoive that tills cliculai Is ad diessed to agents, who, 1 suppose, weie aKo to act In theii Individual capacity and not as agents of the Noith Got inan Lloyd Steamship company, The cliculai in full is as follows. Chicago, Jan. 23. To Agencs The Immigration bill, which Is Intend d to matcilull icstilct Immigration, conns up foi llniil disposition In the house of leprtsmtiitiMs on Wednesday, 27th lnt. It Is iiiilte cle u that Iminlgiatlon will ncnil In icstilctcd almost to the extent of total explusion of Immigrants should the 1)111 becomp .i liw. and eer eltoit should thetcfuie be made to Insure the defett of the li'll You aie ltullrcctlj inteiested in the ile feit of the bill as much as we aie, and would itsppctfull ask ou to wire jour repipscntutlve In congress Immediately upon iietlpt of this to vote agalnxt the bill, Informing him that the measute vlr tually meins eelusIoii and that his ole In faoi of the ume will mean lepudlailon bj his constituents and his defeat at the next elet Hon Trusting that jou will not fall to gle this mittei join piompt attmtlon, we aie Youis ipupptfull, (Signed) 11 Clmisseneus iV Co "Hnclosed was a little slip In led tj po as follows: Who jour lppitsentatlve lullj and let us know cost of tclegiam and will piomjit- I. lefuud amount to jou "I think it vcij- desliable that the attention of congiess, of the press and of the public should be diawn to this attempt on the pait of the agents of a foielgn coipoiation to defeat a meas ure of such public Importance In which the people of the United Stntes aie piofoundly Inteiested " GOT CASH FOR HIS WIFE. An Armstrong Count) Man Soils His Helpmate. Kltlanning, Pa, Jin 31. Tho ilue of a wife has just been detei mined In a tiansactlon between Geoigo Shaef fei and a man named Rlnnnell, living in the neighboihood of Ciooked Creek, this count Shneffei has not hnd eni plojmcnt foi some time, and found it buidensome to suppoi t a wife as well as himself on nothing Ills nelghboi, Klinmell, had plentj of monej, but no wife, and he also needed n house keepei Uach having something that the othei needed, a baigain wns soon stiuck, and Iilmmell bought Shaftei's wife foi $2j0, with the additional con dition that bhneffci be fed and housed bj Kiminell until the warm weathei comer when ho will go west MUST STAY IN PRISON. Decided That Lndj Scott .11 list Serve Out Her Pull rime. London, Jnn 31 There w ill be no commutation of the sentence of eight months' impilsonment Imposed on Ladj Scott foi libelling her son-in-law, Eail Russtil Eail Cadogan and othei of hei fi lends have sought to ob tain hei u lease, but they have failed to shnke the home sccietaij's decision not to set hei at llbeit-. I'or n Pistic Carnival. Caron, Nev , Jan 31 Interest hero in tho coming contest between Coibett and ritslmmons contlnms unabited. It his now been pioposed th it when the big contest takes place a number ot othei events shall oceui at the same time In fact It Is now ptopced to have a pi 1 gi amine on the lines ot that followed at Athens, Gieece, lrt summei. M.illill Counterfeiter Caught. Washington, Jan 31 Chief Hiuen, of the United States seciet service, has be"n Infortued by telegraph of an important ai rpst of a Chicago countoifeltei, one of the most skilful and dangeiotis that the sp ciet sol v lip ofllcpis have evei encoun tpipd Tho maii's name is John A. Skojg, a Swede. ltii)nrd to Ilnteriniii tho Prince. London, Jan 31 Thomas P. llaj ird, the Ameikan nmb issadoi, will give u dlnnei to the pi luce of Wales at his home, No !3 Huston Squaie, on Peli J The lord ma oi, Geoigp P Paudel-l'hllllps, nml the shtilffs of tho city of London will he pi est nt. Untllcsliip Cious Knee. Noifolk, Vu , Jan J! Two picked crews from the tlugshlp New York and the hit tleshlp Indiana laced foi tho champion ship of tho navy and a $l,t,00 puise In Hampton Roads jestiidi afternoon, over a 5-tnilo couise The New Yoik's ctew won by foui boat lengths Seied Hold ot u Live Wire. MUlville, N J , Jan. 31, While widening the emploes at the .Mlllvlllo Electric Light station test a new butteiy todiv, Benjamin .Madklff seized hold of a live wlie, and, receiving a shock of 1,200 volts, fell 'to tliu Hoot dead. Mr. Gn go Denies it Sill) Storj. Chicago, Jan. 31, Lj man J. Gage, tho piospectlve secretJiy of tho treasury In 1'ietldPiit-elect MeKlnle's enb'iipt, posl tlvoly denks the published story that ho was a slngle-tuxer and an uncompiomls lug ttdhoiunt of Heiuy Geoige. Chicken Thief Shot. Gioeiuvlch, Conn., Jan. 31. M. Klou, a German, was shot and pel hups futully wounded eailj this morning while at tempting to rob the lienhoiiou of Uanlel Lent. NO WORD FROM JUDQE GOFF. Ills Action About tho Cabinet Port folio In Unknown. Canton, O , Jan. 31. With Major lie Klnley's lnauguiatlon a little moie than four weeks distant, there still l cumins a good deal of work to do In tho way of completing the cabinet. No word lias been received from Judge Ooff, but the conviction glows that ho may find it Impossible to accept a portfolio. In case lie does not go Into the cabi net, the whole question of giving lep ieentatlon in the body will have to be leopened and there will be nnother lush foi Canton on the pait of dele gations In tho Intel est of llvnl candi dates Theie is no light to be had on the New York situation todav, and theie Is icason to doubt that tho president-elects may not choose the last member of his cabinet till he gets to Washington It maj be stnted upon excellent au thoiltj that applications for appoint ment to the diplomatic and consular service will not be consldoied till af tei Apt II 1. This will not, of couise, apply to the Impoitant embassies, which will no doubt be filled pretty shoitly aftei Maich 4. ilajoi McKinley had a day of un bioken iest and the rest was a wel come one, foi the last week was one of the most hiboilous he has spent since Ills election. SEVEN PERSONS BURNED. Two Fires at Hoboken, N. J., Saturday Night Have Fatal ResultsNames ot the Dead. Hoboken, N. J . Jan. 31. This city was visited bj two desttuctive fires be tween 11 .SO o'clock Satuulay night and 3 o'clock this morning. Seven persons weie burned to death and thlity famil ies weie made homeless. The Saturday night flie started in the thiee-stoiy name building at 410 Nevvaik street. Heic six pel sons lost thClr lives, They weie. MKS Ni:L,I,IC SCHBOBDBH, 40 jears old. IinNItY SCIinOBDBR, 11 jcars old. JIAOOin SCimOBDBIt, 7 ears old. KATi; SCUHOBDUK, 9eaisokl. JOHN SCIlHOr.Ur.H, 3 jears old WILLIE SCHHOBDmt, 3 months old. The father of the famllv, Charles Sclnoedci.was in a neai-bj saloon play ing caids while his wife and children weie djlng The second fire started at 3 o'clock this morning in the flve-stoty double deck tenement at 1157 Fourteenth street, ovei a mile from the scene of the first. In this ilie tlnee tenements, Nos. 153, 157 and 159, wete entiiely wrecked and No 130 was damnged badlj' by water. One child was but ned to death on tho f ninth floor ot No 157 She Was Mabel Mangles, 8 yenis old. As neai as can be determined tho flro last night at 410 Newaik stieot started in a defective flue in Schaffer's wheel w light shop on the gtound llooi of a thiee-stoij frame building FRANZ SCHUBERT'S ANNIVERSARY. Celebrated with u Pestiwil bv the United Singers. Philadelphia, Jan 31. With festival addi esses, oichestial music and song, the United Singers of Philadelphia celebiated todaj the hundredth annl veisary of the blith of that pilnce of song wiitets, Franz Schubeit, who, neglected dui Ing life, ranks now as one of the w 01 Id's gteatest harmonists The slngeis to the number of 300 as sembled in the moining at Hoitlcul tuial hall, in Tali mount pail:, nnd gatheied about the Schubeit bust In fiont of that building. In the evening a much moie elnb oi ate telebiatlon was held In Jungei Maenneichoi hall, Sixth and Vine stieets The slngeis and theii friends tinned out In foice to paitlclpate in and listen to a compiehensive musical pi ogi amine, in which Schubeit's own music piedominated. Icl Strikes u Tree. Bellefonte, la , Jan 21. Poui Oung peo ple weie serlousl lnjuied ami eluvm moie oi less huit In a coasting Occident heie last night. Plfteen oung men and gills were coming down a steep giude on Alle ghen stieet on a big sled, when tho guld ei lost his hold on the ropes and tho sled collided with a tiee, piling the occupants with terrible foice on tho stone curbing and lavement. Hoarded h Spaniards. New Haven, Jan 31 Captain Dorr, of the schooiipr Jennie A Stubbs, of Lemolse, Me, icpoits that his vessel was boaided b Spanish oillceis In tho haiboi of Porto ltleo A package ot American newspapeis was seized This w is done, the captain tas, so as to pievent tbo natives leading the accounts of the wat In Cuba. Internal Revenue .lieu to Orgiiiue. Cincinnati, Jun 31 A call bus been Is sued toi a national convention heie Keb. 20, of all emplocs of the Internal revenue dcpuitment, to toini a national civil set vice oiguiUat'on slniUai to the piesent National Civil Seiviee oiganlzatlon of the postal dtpaitment Delegates will be pieaent fiom all the states and ten Holies. l'nmino in India Spreiiding. London, Jan. 31. The fumlno in India spleads Thoioughly tellable advices concur In saing that lellef will bo re- uulied foi about J,50o,lW0 people before the famine abates, tho period of lellef ex-J tending to Seytembei next. ill Not Itunl'or IMiuoi. Chicago, Jan. il Attorney A. H Trufle, who has been piomiueutl mentioned as the Dumociatic candidate for niujoi at tho coming spilng elections, has wiltten tt lettei, in which he positively declines to be a candidate, .Mr. Eckels' Successor. Canton, O , Jan 31 Choi les G Daw es, of Dvuiistou, 111 , will be uppoiuted comp troller of the currenc, to succeed James II. Eckels. Mi. Dawes U national com mitteeman fm initio's. To Prohibit Cold Contracts. Guthrie, O. T Jan. 31, The senate of the terrltoiial leglslutuie has passed the bill to prohibit the making of gold con tracts in Oklahoma, Homo for Inliriu aliisons. Trenton, N. J Jan. Si' Tho Musonlo Giaud Lodge of New Jersey has decided to build neai Trenton a homo tpi ageu and Inllim members of the order. REBELS BLOW UP 'A MILITARY TRAIN Spaniards Receive Proof That Pinar Del Rio Is Not Pacified. FIFTEEN KILLED AND 23 WOUNDED The Insurgents Also Appear to Ho Having Pretty Much '1 heir Own u in Iliuaun Province, Burning Itnmle'tH in tliu I'ace of Well I'orti licd Spanish Garrisons. Key West.Fla , Jan 31. Advices from Havana state that In flat contradiction of all rumoiM lately clt dilated that the labels are demoralized and weakened and readj" to surrender, especially In Pinar Del Ulo province, where Weylcr made the ridiculous assertion that only 500 remained in straggling bands of bandits, word reached Havana Pilday that the insui gents had dynamited a tialn causing damnge and loss of life. Although the censoi, for state reasons, suppressed the Infoimntlon In the pa pers, the news lapidly spiead and all weie soon fnmillnl with the details On tlie inoining bf the 2StJi Inst , as a millta' tiain was ciosslng a culvert at a place named Oceguera, tremendous djnamlte explosions occuired, ditching the engine and tender. The armored car was complctel' vviecked and other cars were also more or less damaged. The engineer, fireman and thirteen sol dieis were killed The suigebn, twen tj soldiers, conductor and a biakeman were wounded. Assistance was luu rledly sent and the dead bodies brought to Havana. The wounded were left at Candelarla. CUBAN REBELS ACTIVE. Other advices from Pinar announce a change of leadership In rebel forces Mnjda Rodriguez, after successfull crossing the tiocha with a stiong body guni d, has assumed command, and Ruis Rivera, who was designated to take charge of the Cuban forces in Havana province, mannged to pass the celebiated line Fridaj', and is neai Ma llei now at the head of the insurgents of that section. Aianguren has struck nnother blow in the vicinity of Havana, sacking and turning the hamlets of Cruz, Pledra and Bacuianno, neai Guanabacoa Wednesdaj' last the lebels buined the most of the town of Nuva Paz, In Ha vana piovlnce, despite tho fact that the town is protected by ten foits, with a ganlson of 300 men. All were taken by surptlse when they saw the rebels in the place. All the stores were loot ed and then burned. MISS1NQ STATE OF GEORGIA. Search Will lie Mnde, but It Is Be lieved She Has Poundercd. St. John's, N. F Jan. 31. The steam er Neptune being unable to fit out suf tlclentlj' soon, the steamer NImrod w ill sail In seaich of the missing steamer State of Georgia. She will bo gone about a week, and will cruise through the Ice floe In the hope of sighting the missing vessel The undei taking Is regarded as hope less heie, the general opinion being that the State of Geoigla has foundered with all on boaid. DESPERATE STRIKERS. Thev Decide to Cull Oil the ."Won Mho Arc righting Tire in a Mine. Halifax, Jan. 31. The sti Iking mln eis at Spilnghlll aie about to nlay their last catd. The mlneis have de cided to call off all tho men who are fighting the die In the east slope This would monn the destruction of the nilne; but It Is thought the pro vincial government will Intel feie. Students Hold the Port. Athens, Gieece, Jan 31. As a result ot a dispute between the students at the univeislty hero and one of the protessots the students three das ago took posses sion of the buildings and gi omuls nnd piiVnred to hold them by foice of aims. Yesterdaj the watei supply was cut off and the buildings weie suiiounded by t loops, and no one was allow ed to enter the grounds. Dm Ing the disturbance ono ho was killed This afternoon the stu dents In the univeislty suriendered. Tuictioii Cnmpiun Iteduces Wnges, Toledo, O, Jan. 21, The Toledo Ti ac tion company, which conttols all the stieet l.illvvaj lines In this cltv, esterda announced a reduction of 10 pel c nt. In tho wages ot all Its emploes to take ef fect tomonow The l eduction Involves about 500 people. A falling on In business Is given as the reason foi the cut Tho Cruiser llrookljn Aginund. Philadelphia. Jan 31 No details of the extent of the damage done to the new United States ciulsei Biookln, which stiuck on u iock ledge estenla ultei noon while proceeding down the Delawaio llvei, could be learned toda. Tho Princess Louise Elopes. Beillu, Jnn 31 Princess Louise, oldest daughtei of King Leopold, of Belgium and wife of Pilnce Philip, of Saxe-Cobuig and Gotha, biothei of Pilnce Peullnand of Bulgaria, has eloped with an Ameilcan cuptuln of Hussatd. Penou lor Ciiln--Pcr!inps. Madild, Jan. 21. Tho Epoca sajs that Geneiul Acarruga, minister of wai, has Intimated that an' nirangement with the Cuban Insui gents looking to a cessation of hostilities in Cuba ma , posslbl be reached soon. Papers Worth 9100,000 Stolen. Chicago, Jun 31 Papers consisting of legal docunu nts, which Geoige Shaw said were worth $100,000 ro him, were stolon estcrdaj morning at tho rooming houso of Mis. J. Orth, 1313 Michigan nvi mie. ."Weuslctf tit tho Indian School. Cai lisle, Pa , Jan, 31 Uetween foit ind l)fty casts of measles aio lepoited among the Indian o)s and girls ut the United States Training Bchool heie. The school has been quarantined. I'itsimmous Talks right. Dallas, Tex,, Jan, 31, Hob Pltzslmmons last night telcgiuphcd Dan Stuait that he will start from New Yoik for Nevada next Tuesday to get ready to fight Corbett. Insurgents rupture n Town, Havana, Jan. 31. Tho Insurgents have captured the town of Palmasatltn, near Manzanlllo, sacking all the stores. MEN OF PROMINENCE. Ml ltf FOR SECRETARY OP WAR (PERHAPS) GEN. RUSSELL A. ALQER. PEACE AT ANY PRICE. Spaniards, Cuban Traitors and Bankers Scheme in Havana for the Bribing of Insurgent Cenernls. Key West, Fla , Jan 31 Adv Ices i e celv ed last night by the steamei 011 ette saj : A seciet meeting was held In the palace iecently, in which Ahu mada, Weylei's substitute; i-almerola, societal' of the government; Monteio, Galvez and Cueto, for the autonomist paity and Rnbell and Rlveio for tho lefonnlsts, took pait and it Is hinted a lepresontatlve of the dim of Haup mnnn & Co , Rothschild's agents at Havana, assisted The object of the meeting was to discuss the proposed lefoims soon to be granted to Cuba. The consent, it appears, of tho Cleve land administration, was consldoied necessary and It was believed would be gi anted, but as In nil contracts whoie til-lateral Interests are con cerned, the potty of the thlid pait must give his entire confoimlty, It wns thought advisable to explore that pat tj's will and, if possible, induce him to give his volunaij consent, either by framing promises, or, it necessary, by monetniy influences, which would be liberally expended. Somebody was lequlred to make oveitures Jo Gomez, who Is the remain ing, so they believed, or visible head of the revolution, and Mai cos Gaicia, and Spottorno, the lenegade Cuban who had been puiposely called foi tho meeting, was designated. He accepted the pioposal at once. He will start iminedlatolj' for Sanctl Splritus nnd from there will pioceed to Gomez's camp, which is said to be In that vicin ity Doubts nie entertained as to whethei Gomez will lecelve him or enter Into unj negotiation with the Spanish government It is lepoited Gomez has wamed Garcia that If he catches him he will ham; him as a traitor to his countiy Tho paitieipatlon of the Rothschilds In this nffali mnkes the impression that a deep money game is behind the scteen, nnd that leform humbug Is simply a bluff on the pait of Spain on the United States and Europe to avoid diplomatic contingencies which may arise when the McKinley ndmlnlstia tion comes into power. A Huge Locomotive. Schenectad, N Y., Jan 31 Ono of the greatest locomotives evei built In Ameii ea has Just been completed at the Schen ectady Locomotive woiks foi the North ein Piclllc Itallroid conipnnj It is a compound 12-vv heeler, and will weigh 102 tons It can les a steam pressuie of 2U0 pounds to the situate Inch of bollei sin face. Corhctt Hunts Tinumig Quartets. Reno, Nev , Jan il A tclegiam wts lecelvid here yesteulu fiom Wllllum A Hi ady, managoi foi James J Coibett usklng If suitable training ncoommoih' tlons for the pugilist could he secured at Steninbonts Sittings, a few miles south of Reno Ho wis answeied In the af firmative. Rolling. Mill Resumes Woik. McKeesport, Pa , Jan 31 No 1 depart ment ot the National Rolling mill, which has been Idle for the past font mouths, will resume opinttons Monday inornlut; giving employ ment to 2j0 men Woollen .Mills Stall Up. Rockvllle, Conn, Jan 31 The Mlneril Spilngs Manufactuiing compaii, manu factuterH of wool at StnfToid Springs, em p!olng 300 humls when ninnlng lull ca pacity, will stmt up Its mills Monda. Till NKWS THIS M0KXINU. Weather Indications Today: Pair, followed by Snow or Kaln. 1 How Steamship Companies Fight Immi gration Uestilcllon Evidence that Pinar del Itlo In Cuba Is Not Pucllled Foiccust ot Week In Congiess. 2 Peace Tieat) to Bo Reported to the Semite Financial and Commercial, 3 (Local) Circular of tho Anthtaclto Coal Opeiators' Association. Mr. MeCollum l lied to Account. 4 Edltoilul. Stuto Legislative Topics. 5 (LocuD Illuminating Heat and Power Company Plant limned. Seventh DIstilct Sewei Oidlnance Will Havo a Rough Roud, t G (Story)-"Stntlon 347--G7.G." 7 Now a and Gossip of tho West Side. Rubin ban Happenings. Ind Down tho ValFcyv THE WEEK IN CONGRESS. Treaties Will Engross the Attention of the Senate and Minor Legislation That of the House. Washington, Jan. 31 Some of the time of the senate this week will prob ably be spent behind closed doors. Tho genetal treaty of arblttation between the United States and Great Britain will bo lepoited to the senate tomor row, as amended by the committee Satuulay. In addition to this geneial treaty there aie also the trade maik and copyilght tieaty with Japan and the convention piovidlng foi the ap pointment of a commission to deter mine the boundniy lino between Alas ka and the Biitlsh possessions, which will probably be sent to the senate to monow. These matters, to saj- noth ing of the unrest of the Democtats on account of tho holding up of the post ortlce nominations by the postolllce committee, will cause more or less ex ecutive debate The Nlcaraguan canal bill, on which Mr. Morgan has vainly endeavored to secuie a time for a vote, still remains tho unflnlshetl business The bank ruptcy bill was agieed upon to follow this, but the two steeling committees hnve decided that the Hawaiian cable bill shall be consldeted lirst. IN THE HOUSE Tho hdti'e will devote tho coming week largel to the consldciatlon of appropilation bills nnd election ctjses The diplomatic and consulni and DIs ti let of Columbia appropilation bills are leady, and before the week closes the postofilce and naval bills, it is un dei stood, may be presented GEORGE B. ROBERTS DEAD. President ot tho Pennsylvania Rail road Pusses Aw u. Philadelphia, Jan. 31. Geoige B Robeits, piesldent of the Pennsylva nia lalltoad company, died at 4 30 o'clock josteidaj' afternoon, at his home at Bala, Montgomeiy count, fiom henit failure, supei induced by Indigestion and catarrh of the stomach Anangements lot tho funeral weie completed today. Thefuneial will tike place at 2 10 on Tuesday aftei noon ii-t. The funeral will bo held from Ml Rob cits' lute countiy residence at Bala Sta tloi;. An Aiuericiin Consul in Trouble. Berlin, Ian 31 The couit at Maycnce has condemned Peic Baitholow, United States consul at that place, to pa 11 tine of 200 marks foi assaulting an inmate cf his house on the head with a levolver Bartholow claims tho com t has no Juil dletion ovei him as an Amcricui citizen and a icpiesontntlve of the United States, nnd lit will appeal .Murdered ut His Own Door. New Yoik, Ian 31 Roeco do SIo, on Hall in shoemakei of Hedtoid Pirk, was shot dead at the doni of his shop shoitlv after midnight It was cold-blooded crime The motive seems to have been revpngp foi icil 01 imaglnuv ki lev antes, the outgiowth of n paid party qf v.hleh the dead man wos host llettei 'fillies Aie Coming. Reading, Po , Jan 31 Tho Reading coin pan hns posted notices ut all ot its cai icpuli shops tint employes will walk ten houis Instead of nine, commencing to monow, except on SUuidays, when woik will stop at noon A numbei of additional hands will be employed .Mrs. Itootli ut Woik. Trenton, N. J., Jan 31 .Mrs Halllngton Booth, of the Ameikan Volunleets, Is a vlslloi at the state pilson hero with tho object of securing members Horn among the convicts for her organization, the Volunteei Pilson league Shu delivered two uddi esses today . Threatened vv Hit inleuce. Nev, York, Jan 31 Mrs Hradlej -.Martin has received dozens of thieatenlng httois In connection with the fane diets bill which she will give on Pelt 10 Titty havo hinted at all sorts ot violence if the ball is given. Kner Miners in Distress, Plttsbuig, Pa, Jan 31. Gleat distress pievalls among the ilver miners, almost all of the 10 000 diggers In tho Monongahe li Valley being out of employment. Toronto Seeking Industries, Tot onto, O, Jan 31 A mass meeting was held In the opera house Inst night to appoint committees to ofter Inducements to" Industries seeking locutions, Old Ludv Burned to Death. Hagcistown, Mil., Jan, 31, .Mrs. Ro'o Ann Butts, uged 70 years, was horribly binned by her clothing taking fiie tiom a lamp. She died shortly aftei ward. FIN f M9K Am o tuial DC! ik,, Saturday, Jan. 30, wiH commence a Linen Sale that -will be ? special in terest to housekeepers. We will not enlarge on the Extraordinary Bargains we offer, ' but submit quality and pi Ices for jour peisonal Inspection, feeling satisfied that the goods will do the rest, 10 pieces Loom Damask, nil linen 23c. G pliees 62-Inch Damask, all linen 23c. o pieces 01-Inch Damask, all linen, ... 3Sc. G pieces CC-Inch D imask, all linen 12c. G pieces 72-Inch Dannsk, all linen 13c, G pieces 72-lneh Damask, all linen GSc. 72-lnch Sllvci Bleached Dannsk, !3c. tp $1.00, actual value, $1 00 and $1 15. Bleached Linen Damasks, at 4Sc G3c, GSc , 73c, Sic. to $2 30 per jaul. 230 dozen all linen Napkins, 7i)c, 03c , $1 00, $1 13, $1.33, $1 GO, $1 73 to $12 00 per dozen. Wo call special attention to our Silver Bleached Napkins at $1 GO We know they aie tho best value over offered. Extraordinary values on Towels. No tlco especially our Extra Size Huck Towels, at $3.00 per dozen, Luncli Cloths, D'Oylles, Centers, Etc. We carry a line or 5o?t Finish German Lin ens. 510 AND 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE Always Biflsyc 1897 Bmisiero ATTEND OUR Mofliey Savflnig: January and Feb ruary, 1897 iEWISKmY&MVHES 114 AND 110 WYOMING AVE. AlURDBRER TAYLOR RECAPTURED. Shcriil Hucknci iintl n 1'ossc uc iced ed in Wuiiiiiug II im Down. Hanfoid, Cil Jan 31 Atter patient ly trailing him lor scvcial davs Sheilft Buckner and posse overlook Geoigo Taylor, the Mlssouil muiderei, Fiiday evening in a small cabin on tho Jncoli taneli neai lianloid, wheie ho was stu piised nnd taken without n struggle. He was brought to Hnnford jesterday nnd placed in tho citj jail under a stiong guai d in May, 1S04, the Meeks family con sisting ot Geoige Mecks, his wife nnd thtee chlldien, staited to dilve fiom theit home near Hi owning, Mo to Ol--luhoma Meeks was a witness agnnist William and Geoige Tayloi, two piom incnt eitiens of the county, w'lio had been chaiged with stfallng some cattle, and w he e ti lal w as to be held the wpok following Tho morning after the fam ily left homo little Nellie Meek, aged six ycais, moused n fanner near Biowtilng nd told that her fathn, mothei nnd the othois of the fnintL had been kllleu and tlieli bodies wen in a Httaw stuck In a field, sho heisel' was wounded in tho head The two Liolheis, on learning of tho finding of the bodies fled tiom the neighboihood They wcio nfteiwatds anosted in Aikansatj and voluntaiily i etui ned to Mlssouil. They weio tried and (mulcted on tho testimony of little Nellie and sentenced to bo linugo'l. On the night of Aiuil 12 last, Geoigo escaped from tho Jail at Carlton, Mo , wheie he was confined, together with ills brothei William. Tho latter also got out of the pnson, but was io-eai-tuied and was hanged in Carroltou Apiil 30 Interesting to Salesmen. Ottumwa, la., Jan 21 Judgo Foo ins decided that a traveling man's contract Is not binding ou the houso until approv ed, Tho Ifoiald'n W outlier Foiccust. New York, Peb 1 In the Middle states today, full to puitly cloudy weather and slightl) higher temperature will pievull with fiesh to bilsk easterly to noith rasterly winds piobablj attaining dan gerous force on the coattt and lollowed by tmow Ou Tuefila, cloudy to partly cloudy weathei will prevail, with alight tompenmue ehanjree, snow and danger ously high roitheasterl and noithetly winds on the coasts, ptobibly followed by clearing In the Interior ScTT Salcs
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