rAsgo ToiTJl IZIAT: PA" TIJ3C:5DAY MQTO1TO, MABOII 0. ' TWO CENTS A CT Here's a .Temptation, Ladies that -s 111 oi ply try your power of ro Isting Indisputable but Bains, for In tho Annual Salg of Muslim UMeirwear which opens on Tuesday, Mirch 8th, wo will mibmlt such 1111 niray of as tonishing values si has lately been seen lu this ot un other city. oooooooooooooooco Yet Low Prices (ire. not to bo constiueil as meaning bnv Binges or qualities In this sale, foi theie isn't a single Item In the Ions price lls-ts that follow tint Is not nuuln fiom the piopei kind of Rood mulct lals, fashioned in the pio pei stjlc, or made in a pioper man lier to meet tho highest leciulromelits of women of taste and experience. Dvciy i)leeo or this undeiwear wus made to our special older and has passed a ligid Inspection before being placed on sale , we thenfoie know ex actly what we aie offeilng to eveiy buyer unil can confidents ipcommend these goods as tho best that skilled labor can pioduce. ooooooooooooooooo ip vac want Tin: r,c consirr CO l-.H TIIASI1 AND Sl'CH LIKD ask nut it, wi: haam: it, ijpt Wul 1,1) NOT ADVISD OUlt PATRONS TO Tut I'll IT. WOMDN' WHO K.VUW INHYTS AMIAT, WIU, NOT. tales' ted Covers jure or "A'" shapes; nicely llrl ishi d and tiimmed and made to lit lit, in cs of all piopoitions. The quo tuii'jns which follow aie away be luvv tegnlai values, how much you iun t,uess when you see them. Corset Coyer Sale Prices, 15c, 17c, 21c, 24c, 25c, 2Sc, 29c .and upward by easy steps till the j maik Is leached mid the peifec- tlon or dainty loveliness attained. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO tables9 llgM (ois Tin re s no aitkle in ladles' np pnnl on which sue h m fulslte taste ua bt displayed as in the slumbci if he or night gown. We think we haw fully emphasised this fact In the subs to be mimbltled foi jour in hjn tiun at this sale, but, of eouisc, you must be Judge in that mutur AW will say, hoeer, that In pi'.it of quality or llnlsh, you cannot bel li i il.i goods .shown, and that is say ins a veiy gieat deal, indeed, , Night Gown Sale Prices, 4 1 c, 48c, 52c, 57c 64c, 69c, 74c, 89c et , till an I ,n t the llnpst pioducts of skill lomblned ale leailud at Hi ci I ir dieam ul, kss than you can eci OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LaelSes9 White Skills The cut ind hans of a .stai dard skin has eveiy thing to do with tho uppcii.inio of a costume. If the diess skltt. and undeiskht eoitoim to each othei, both hanging coma 1), the c fleet must be pel feet, if on tho othei hand the white skiit Is bkimpy and the oeisklit full, or the fullness of the undu.sklit in one plaoo and tho oveisklit in anothei, ull of foit at effect is mined. Von hac iul 1 emplm-flaed ithls, fact cni-lSsly diet-see women, unj fine da on the avenues The skhts olfeied below die faithful copies, of fashion's latn ap pioe ! models and iu guuiunteej to be iiuht In eveiy putticulur. White Skirt Sale Prices, 41c,54c, 69c, 73c, 89c $1,119, $1.26, $3,35 and upward, necoidlng to tho elu boiutiiHss of the tilm and youi Idea of what Is handsome, OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Laies9 Miislto Drawers High giudo muslins, conscientious llnlshlng and good trimmings aro tho let-ding eh.uacterlstlcs of our muslin ilmners exhibit. Dveu tho lowest number will pioo satlsfactoiy to the neuter. Muslin Drawers Saie Prices, 17c, 22c, 26c, 36c, 39c, 46c, 29c 66c nnd higher If you think these arc not quite up to join staudaid of linenebs nnd elegance. Vet tho sumo deep out in price Is apparent in all. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BESIDES THESE we hao Included In this annual sale out full lino of Children's and Misses9 mm Dresses, SlpSfftiij'i In a word, tW isvAcmr5leto de-; partment sale, and if you buy any time between March 3th and March 16th, you get tho goods ut a lonjr flguie than It is posslblo for you to ob'oln them at any other time dur ing tho year. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO re SE GLOBE i Russia and Germany Favor the Blockade of Greece, THE BIG POWERS BLUSTER Italy Threatens the Immediate Re call of Her Minister at Athens and the Other Nations Fret and Sputter as if Bent on Belligerent Action. What Greece Replied to Their Joint Demand, F-ciTta, Mnich S nvenlng The re ply of Greece' to the identical note of Una poweis has been leoelved here, nnd as was expected, it Is unsutlsfactoiy. In consequence Cleimany and llussla have signified their appioval of an Im mediate blockade ul the Gieek and Cietan coasts. Koine. Murch S. It is seml-ofllclally announced that owing to the adveise icply ot Gieeec to the demands of the poueis, the latter will at once wlth diaw theii mlnlsteis fiom Athens. AVI1AT Gunncu SAID. London, Mnich S The follow intr Is a coirect outline of the latter as de Hveied to the foieiijn loptesentutlves today The note says that Gieeee In onnfoimlng to the wishes oi the poweis, leconunended that the Cietans accept ret tain ufmnis, but the .Moslems len deied these icfoinis Impossible and Gieeee was theiefoie obliged to Inter MMie to piotett a sister nation. An uutonomous admlnlstiatlon for the island, the note saj.s, does not con stitute a solution of the dllllculty and the Cietans 1 eject It. Gieeee, the note sajs in conclusion, is willing to accept the decision of the Cietans us to w beth el they doslie autonomy ot annexation. The lecall ot the Gieek Meet nnd tioops would be a signal for fui llier excesses in the Island In the face of which Gieeks could not leinaln pimshe. Theiefoie, the lecall of the lleet and tioops Is impossible. OPIXION IN ENGLAND. London, JIaicli S In the house of commons todaj Might Hon. A. .1. H.il tour, lit fat ioiil of the tie.isinv. denied that the collccthe note which the paw ns had addiessed to Gieeee was couched in the foi in ot an ultimatum. Theie was no doubt, he said, that theie was a dilfeience between the position of Tuikoj anil that of Gieeee. The latter was nctlnir In dellance of the poweis while Tuikej w.n acting puiel in the defensie and showing that she had no desiie to leslst the deslies of the pow eis Mi G. N. Ouizon, undel foieign sccrctaij. said It was impossible to pledge the poweis to the appointment ol a Chi IMIaii go ei not ot Ci ete FKK.VCII JIINISTKY SUSTAINED. Pails, .Alaich S In the chamber of deputies ex-.AIInlstei Goblet piessed the goM'uirnent to consult the ehumbei be loie taking any dedbUe steps in legaul to Gieeee. I'lline Ministei Mellne and M. Ilanotaux both declured that It was impossible Gieece's leply and hei In tention were otlldallj known, but, tluy added, theie would be no niilltuiy ojiei utlons by Fiance without the assent of the chamber v M. Mllleiand, a soda member, asked that toinonon be Ilxcd for debating the question Pi line Minister Meline i el us ed to fix the date and he was suppoited bi the chambei by a v)tf o ?27, to l'JI 31. James, socialist, said that he would leuen- the Intel pellatlon on the subject dully. H.imliuig, Match S The Hnnibuig coiiespondent (-eml-olllelally states that In the eint of Gieeee i ejecting the ultimatum of the poweis unil not ngiee ing speedily ah to tin ii iutuie i ouise of action in in the eient or a Gieco-Tutk-ish wai bi caking out It Is understood that the Geunan ciulsei now in Cietan wntois will.be lecalled. Geiniany will thus quietly retiie Into thnt leseive that Is suited to her political Inteiestb London, Match S The A'lenna coi rcspundent of tho Chronic le telegiaphs that much anxiety is felt theio looi Gieat Uiltuin lefuse to join in coercing Gieeee. As yet Austila, Germany and Russia me the only three of the slx gieat poweis that have assented to the pioposals made by the foieign ndmlials In Cietan wnteis, whleli himply is a blockade of the coasts of Gieeee. The coiiespondent adds that the vessels of the Gieek navy which nie going to A'olo harbor are kept under stilct surveil lance. Cnnea, March S Admiral Canavaio, commander of the Italian lleet lieie, has notified M Uai kails, tho Gieek vice consul, thut ho must leae the island. GOOD TIMES ARE COMING. rMilrt, t ollnr and Cull ractorics in Tro Kiihhcd with Drdcis. . Troy, March S. The geneial outlook foi tho shlit and collar Industry, which Is so vital to this city, is blight, ac cording to the expectations, of the iniin ufactuieis. This will be good news for tho operatives engaged in that Indus try, which, up to a shoit time ago, suf feied from the business depression noted thioughotit the country. All the shops thioughout this city devoted to the manufacture of shltt wulsts, shirts and collais, have all the oideis they can fill, and in many cases a sulllclent number of opeiutlves In the severul different brnnches of the tiade cannot be obtained to do the work which is crowding the maiiufac tuieis to their utmost capacity. Killed His Wife and Shot Himself. Chicago, Mai eh S, James Poweis, n cabman, late, last night shot and instant ly killed his wife und then fatally shot himself, Jealousy Is supposed to have been the motive for tho deed. TOWN TO BE DESTROYED, Its Site ill Ilo Used as a Hcscrvolr for Itostou. Clinton, Mnss., Match S. Prepara tions for the unusual pioceedlng of wip ing out an entlie town nie now neatly completed by the lnoliopolltan unlet cominlsslonei, to whom has been Blunt ed the nuthoilty to wipe out the town ot AVost Bojlston, which lies in the midst of u tract of land to be used in the constitution of the liininniotli Nashua i her basin which Ii to supply the city of Hoston and its subuibs with watei. In occompllshlnir the fhange a l un load, sevcial chinches, cemeteries nnd Inctoiles, besides stoies, lesldencts and buildings or othei descilptions will bo either lemoved or toin down Among the factoiles affected nie those of the Claiendon mills, which employ -00 op euitlves, and those of the West lloyls ton Manufactuilutr coinpany, wheie a gieat number of hands aio winking. One subject that deeply Intel ests the people of the town section Is that of a new location foi the line of the Cen tial Massachusetts lallioad of the llos tou and Maine system, as much of the piesent lo'adbed will be bulled deeplj under the wuters of the proposed basin. TRIAL OF KAISER. Tile Norrislon Citizen Accused Wife Alurdcr Before the Unr of Justice. of Noitlstown, Pa , Maich S. Chailes O. Kaiiei, jr, who Is accused of having linn dei ed his wife Kinmn P. Knlsei, near heie on the evening of October 2Sth last, was placed on tilal In couit today. The couit loom was ciowded. Kaiser, It will be lenienibeied, took his wile cai lingo lldlng nnd declined that high waymen killed lipr. lie was anested on suspicion of being a party to n con-spli-icy to nuiider the woman foi $11,000 Insuinnce. on her life Seeiul dujs after his nirest the authoiities took steps foi appiehending James A. Clem nier and Lizzie K. De- I-Culb as the othet conspliatois but the commonwealth had no clue to their wheieaboutH. Kaiser was bi ought fiom pilson by Shsiilf Johnson hand-cuff ed to two jall eis. AVheii the couit was opened Attoi my N. Jl. Laieleie, senioi counsel foi Kulsei, moved to quash the indictment on the giounds that the guind juiy had not been piojieily svvoin. The couit over-iuled the motion and Dlsttlet At torney Stiassbmger lead the bill of in dictment to Kalsei to which he plead ed not gulltj. Dining the leading of the bill the accused moved neivously fiom one foot to tho other and sup poited himself bj testing his hand on tlu uilllim: suuountling the dock. AVhile this foimality was in progiess Kaisei'.s mother was ushered within tho b.u un noticed by hei son and v. as shown to a seat near Mi Laielcie. The woik of stcuilngn juiy was then begun At the afternoon session a juiy was obtained alter which couit adjourned until tomoiiow JAPAN THE BATTLE GROUND. Will Ilo tho Scene of Contest llctuecn Advocates of Gold and Mlver. AVashington, Match S Japan is the next nation which will furnish the battle gioiind for n contest between the advocates of a gold and silver staudaid The lepoit bus bun leient ly pt luted that the Japanese govern ment had adopted the gold staudaid, but this pioves to be Inconect. Olll clal cuble advices received fiom Tokio todaj state that the mlnistij has foi nuilated a bill for the adoption of the gold standaid and that on the second Instant this measuio was Intiouiicod in the house ot lepiesentntives ol the diet The intioductlon of the measuio no moie foreshadows Its successful pas sage b the diet than would be the case In the Ameilc.ui congiess. It Is undei.stood that this piopnsed financial legislation will eieate stiong opposition In Ihe diet. It is piedlcted that the contesL In the diet will not only be a splilted om-, but ginve doubts aie expiessed as to the possible success of the measuie. REBEL WAR SUPPLIES SEIZED. Government of Uruguay .Mount; to .Suppress a Revolution. London, Match 8. A dispatch to the Times fiom Montevideo states that both ehanibeis of the geneial assembly have appioved all the measiues pio posed by the cabinet for suppiesslng the i evolution, and have given the ex ecutive caite blanche In cairylng them out. The minister of war has seized a caigo of ammunition and wai supplies intended foi the lebels. LIL WANTS A HEARING. Sends Ilcr factotum lo the Mhito House with a Kcipicst. AVashington, March S Julius Pal mer, the Hoston gentleman who is a suit of Major Domo to the foimer queen of Hawaii dining her lesldence lieie, wus among the eaillest of calleis at the white house after luncheon He handed Mr. Pcutei a note which wns said to be a lequest fiom "Hei Giiiclous Majesty," ns he calls Lllluo kalanl, for m audience nt an eaily date. Caidinal Gibbons Injuied. AVheellng, W Ara., March S Cardinal Gibbons Is the guest of lit. Hon. Ulshop Donol.ue. and the local clergy. On the way to AVheellng over the Haltlmoie and Ohio the raulinnl was slightly Injun d by the bienklng of a window In the cai in which ho i ode Tho vicar general, Con nor, or Claiksbuig, vas tin own ngulnst the window by the motion or the tialn Tho glass was shatteied and fiagmentH fell on tho caidlnal's head and aim, cut ting them slightly. Gcndnrnierii) Dishands. Canea, Maich 8 Tho Intel national Gen daimle in the island ot Cieto has been ells, banded and the Drench and Italian otli cers or tlio Kendal ines have taken their depattuie Tho Monte iukiIiih belonging to tho geudaimeilo have been retalnid by Hussla, who will juiy them for theii sei viccs. Siunll Loss. Now Yoik, Maich 8. Thieo ce of photogiajih machines Hint were to bo used to photogiuph tho Coibpu-Pitzslin-mqns light for the klnetoscope, has been attached by the she! Iff, As n Jesuit of the attachment .the fight muy not be photoBlupher' WILL BE TRIED FOR AN0LD CRIME Hugh Smith Accused of the Murder of Alaliiuln Snyder. DEED COMMITTED 28 YEARS AGO According to Aflidniits the Hody of tho Iftim Uns Chopped In IMoces and l)iiriifd--.V StraiiKu Story if Crime That Surpasses I'ictiou. New lllooinfleld, Pa., Match S AVhen John Hhull, a cousin of Huiili Smith and .Samuel Smith, a brother ol the pilsoner languishing In the county jail nt this place chatged with the minder of Miss Mellnda Snydet in Pleasant A'allej, weie niest"d this evening ut their homes In the upper end of the county, the second chapter of this trag edy enacted twenty-eight .veais ago, was played by District Attorney Kell and Constable Helstllne. Dvei since Hugh Smith was lodged in jail all suits of lumois were afloat ns to the othet parties Interested In the case utul onlj when John Shull wus anested did the name of the teal infounant make its appeal ance. It now develops thnt Shull was called Into the tiagedy at the last moment and Is believed to have usslsted In dis posing of the body when the .seuiihlng paity vvns on the mountains neaibj It Is said lj Dlstiiet Attoinej Kell that the body was tempoiaillj bin led and feailng it would be dlscoveied Shull was piessed into service. mil Hied John Kendlg A: Co.'s saw mill to diveit the attention of the seaiching pail. Miss Snjder, although but a meie gill of IS pais, weighed ovei 200 pounds and It requlied two men to handle the body Duilng the confusion attendant on the burning of the mill the body was chopped up and binned. Smith denies this and ded.nes be was unawaie that the .saw mill, loin ted less than flftj lods fiom his huiiM', had buined down that night until the next day. Ho sas he was not out of the house the Sunda evening the glil came to his house, al though a piajei meeting was held at the home ot his patents Just acioss the wa. He sas he dtove the gill nwa, but used no fence. The last he saw ol bet was when she was standing in tne meadow some distance nvviij fiom the house. SKHTCH Or SMITH. Hugh Smith Is (11 jeais of age, served In the lute war as quaiter master of Coinpany F, MSth leglment. Pennsyl vania A'olunteeis. He has been twice maiiled.had 10 children living nnd tluee dead. Ills eldest child, a son, is 58 yeais of age, while the youngest is 2 yeais Ills second wife is about thli t -eight jean, old. The flist wife on her death bed, it is claimed bj Dislilit Attorney Kell, vvnntid to tell something but hei husband dune the people out of the loom and lefused to allow her to talk This Is belipved to have be'.n n confes sion of the minder she saw hei hus band commit lor which he has been at tested. ShuU's an est is made on the crinund that he was an nc complice aftei the fact. Sam Smith's nil est is ui-o as an acce.sooi v. Dlstib t Attorney Kell has affidavits to piove most ot the chaiges against the men, vei little of his case being eonjectuie Ilaimon, Hugh Smith's eldest son. Is looking alter the Intel ests of his father and -ays he will .spate no expense to clear him Smith's motive In killing: the Snydei gill Is not ideal Iv made out, but Is supposed to hae been to conceal the fact that be had been unduly Intimate with hei oi that lu a fit of anger he stiuck hei with a hatchet, killing hei almost Instntitl.v. DMilet Attoinej Kell has not yet decided which cue he will take In piosecutlng the ease. L0! THE POOR INDIAN. Petitions the (iovciuoi to Give Him All of Oil CK. Hanlsburg, Pa, Maich S Soloman Oball, the etieiable chief ot the Coin Plantei Indians lesldlntr on the n-sei-witlun In the northwestern pai t of this state, ai lived heie today with an In tel pi eter to nsain place his claims fm land beloie the gov ci not. The old chief claims all Die land along oil cieok on which Oil City Is now lointvd, Tho gov ei nor uave him a heniing and nd vised him to seek a lemedy tin ough legislation. Two yeais a;jo Oball's claims were looked Into by a legislative committee which decided that he could not sub stantiate them CAMERON AND BERLIN. It is Humored 'I lint tlio i:-Senutoi .Mm .Succecil Aiiibiissndoi IIIil. AVashington, Match S Among the appointment Illinois, In die ulatlon Is one which sends Senator Cnnieion, of Pennsylvania, to succeed Mr. Ulil as ambassador to Geiniany. The Massachusetts delegation asked this place for Hopiesentntlve AVIlllam F Diapei.'but Senatois Quay and Pen ioso uiged Senntoi Camel oil's appoint ment and It is stated Hint Geneial Diapei will succeed Mlnlstei .MncVeagh at Itoine. 200 MASSACRED IN BRAZIL. Coiibcllioiio'h i'niiatics orst Soldiers in Hnliia. Ihe London, Maich S A dispatch fiom illo de Janelio by way of Pails says that u band of fanatics led by Consel helio have killed Colonel Moielia Caeser, thiee oillcials and -'00 hol dleis In Uahla. Theio Is much excitement In Illo Jan elio, where the populace has pillaged and binned the oflle-es of the Jlonaieh- ist papeis, taide. Llbenude and Gazetuda- School Tiiifliur'h Suicide. Heading, Pa., Mulch 8 Miss Isabella Pulton, a te-acher in the Chicago publlu schools, committed suicide heiu today by tluowlng heiself In fiont of un cn'lue on the Pennsylvania lallroad. Tho unroi lu nate woman was cut to licvs hy tho wheels of the locomotive. No leason is known for her act. Superior Court .Meat. Ilarrlsburg, Pa March S.-Tho suporlor com t begun its sitting today for Dauphin Lebanon and Yoik cases, Theio nie enough cases to keep the. court hero two weeks. AUDITOR QENERAL'S REPORT. Methods ol Conducting tho Depart ments and Collcctinj; Taxes. Hnitlsbuig, Pa., March S. Auditor General Mylln and Coipoiatlon Deputy John A. Glenn weie befoie the legis lature committee this afternoon which Is Investigating the departments of au ditor general and stale tiensuter. They gave lu detail the methods of conduct ing the departments and the sjsteiu ot collecting taxes of ull kinds Ml. Mvlln said thut in IS!),-, when he took chin go of the ofllco .some coi poiatlons weie delinquent for as long a polled ns 20 yeais He at once hot to woik to collect these taxes and during Ihe past year with the assistant e of the attorney geneial, the totnl collections have i cached almost a million dollais. This at a tost to the state of only font thousand dollais He suggpsted an ap piopilation by the legislutuie to pay foi u clerk whose sole duty shall be to look nftei the collection of delinquent tuxes. Mr. Glenn explained the svstein of collecting coiporation taxes. In seven yeais $42,000,000 had been collect ed. It was also explained that dining the panic n year of two ago the auditor geneial had extended the time of pay ment of .some coipoiatlon taxes to i"e Ileve the stiess of some coipoiatlons No inono has been lost in this vva. PLYMOUTH SENSATION. Three Councilmcn Under Arrest on Charge of Soliciting Bribes-Daniel Reese Prosecutor. Special to the Scianton Tribune. Plymouth, Match S. Thiee council nien of this hoi ough weie anested to night by County Detective Hekeit on a ehntge ol soliciting billies. They nie (SCOHGi: WALTON. THOMAS THOMAS. JOHN D. STin'HNS. The Intoimatlon was svvoin out by Daniel J. Iteese and C. AV. Honeymoon, two unsuccessful candidates for ottiee at the le-otsanlzatlon of councils held lecently. Mi. Reese was a candidate foi secietaiy. He makes aflldavlt to the effort that Thotnny and Stexens came to him beloie the election and demanded money beloie they would suppoit him Mi. Honeymoon aveis the same thing about Walton. The thiee men weie anested tonight and weie held In $J00 ball befote 'Squiie Woolkeis. Lach ftunlshed bondsmen Giciit excitement pievnlls lieie. The citizens have organized and have em ployed Attorney C. AV. Palmer to push the case against the accused council men. BACK TO THE COMMITTEE: Tlio S'eunto Again Itelcrs the .Mooted Albiliulioii Trcutv. AVashington, Match s During the ex ecutive session of the senate this after noon Senator Davis moved to icfir the geneial treaty of aibltintion between tho United States and Gieat Hiltaln which Is now on the table, back to the committee on foieign lelntlons, togeth er with the pending aincnitmi nts. This action was taken without oppo sition. APOSTOLIC DELEGATE TO CANADA. Kopoitcd That the I'opc Will Send ,.1!r. Mcir Del Vul. London, Match 3 A dispatch to the Times fiom Home says: "The po:0 has dec Ided to send Mon slgnor Meny Del Ail as Apostolic dele gate to Canada. 13y sending one so cloelv attached to his poison the pope gives exceptional nssinance of his spec ial peisoual inleiest in the vvelfaie ot Canada " Tvudull Gums Wisdom. YoiuiRstovvn, Pa., Maich, s One of the fimous Tyiulnll Palmer libel cases, of vvhli h theie weie 2U0 or mote biought against vailous newspapeis thioughout the eountiy, was illsposi d of heie this looming by Judge Kennedv, who dis missed the cute pending against ihe Viningstonn A'lndlcatoi.and assessed the costs on the plaintiff. Suicide ot a liutclici. Plttsbuig, Pa., Mai eh S. C'hilstophei Stochi, a butcher, committed suicide this afternoon at his home on liouquet stieet, neui Piasei, Oakland, by shooting him self. Stoehi and his wife had quaileled Htoehi was 40 yeais ol age und well known. lie leaves a wlfn and seveial ehlldien. Opposril to Prison Printing. Albany, March S Samuel P. Donnelly, piesldent of Ty poginphlcal union No ii, of New A'oik city, will appear beloie the state pilson commissioner on .Maich 10 and oppose the Introduction of prinking union,? the lnelustiles of the stato piisons Mefl Hor' s Kcsunic. Plttsbuin', Pa , Maich 8. The Spang Iron and Steel company and the .VIoiihead liros. & Co. steel woiks, both located in Shaipsbuig, lesumed woik today uf ter an Idleness or about tv.o months, giv ing employment to about "UO men. I'nlii) Divorce Squelched. New A'oik, March 8. Justice Lnvience, In the supieme court today, declared an othu Oklahoma divorce Invalid. TIIK NEWS THIS M0KX1XU. Weather Indications Today; (K-ncrall) Cloudy; Warmer. 1 Poweis Will I'so Poice to Dnd the Cietan Ttoublea. Will lie Tiled tor a (Jilmo of Tiventy elght Veins Afo. State Lawmakeis Aio ilusy, 2 cost or Itunnlng this Ooveuncnt. rinancial and Commercial, 3 (Local) New Committees of the lioaid of Conttol, Investigating the New Telephone Hold-up Story. 4 IWItorlal. Volco of the People. 5 (Local)-Hoven Men Uurned by Mine Dxploslom. City Asfeessmont ror 1S67, Gannon .Must Stay in Jail, 0 Stoiy-"Tho Dlslntegintcd Oieen Gro. cer." 7 West Sldo News and Gossip. Suburban Happenings. v I S I'p and Down the A'alley, STATE LAWMAKERS ACTIVELY ENGAGED Numerous Measures Introduced in Sen ate and House. MANY NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED A Scrnnton Notaiv Anions; tho Nttm-bei.-.m. Woodiull i'lcsunts a .Schcinu to Abolish tho Uouhlc Ollicu Holding llusinuss in the Stato -- Against the Phosphorus Mutch. Hnnlshuig, Ph., Mnich S. The sen ate wns calleel to older this evening at i o'clock with President Pio Teni. Mc Canell In the chali. Leave of ubsence was gi anted Senn toi Mite hell, of Hiadloid, for a month, Mr. Gobln explaining that his physi cian hud advised the liiadfoid sena tor to take a sea oyage for his health. Mr. Mitchell has been ubsent the gi eat er pan ol the session because of Ill health. The bill piovldlng for a house of de tention la Philadelphia for juveniles was lepotted lioin the committee on Judicial y iieneial as committed. Fiom the committee on municipal af fairs Mi. iiiown, of Lawrence, lepotted the civil sen vice bill affecting cities of the thlid class as committed. Mr Gibson's bill amending the act piohlbltlng pool selling, so as to give icitaln associations the light to sell pools on c et tain day s vv as i epoi ted f i om committee. HILLS INTRODUCHD. Bills weie lead in place as follows: l!y Mr. Snydei-i'tovlitlng for tho election ot a sohlleis' monument neai Stiuffoid Station, Chester county, and appropi lut ing U,W0 theipfot. Hy .Air. Usboui n Amending' the act of 1V3T) lelutlng to the election of a now i.ii-uu iinu a eteiiiors' apaitmcnt within the city und county of l'lilludclplil i and lot the sale of the county pileon In AVal nut stieet In that city so fin as it pio yldps that "none bqt ofllclnl vlsltois shall buve any communication with the eon vlots," amending the same by lpqulilng the consent or the hoaid or pilson In spectois heroic any person shall visit the convicts Hy Mi Savloi -Giving dliectois or the poor tin co cents pci cliculai mile in tiuvil necessuiy In the )Pi foimnnce of theii duties, amending thu act of 1'U piovldlng ror the legulutlon or the n..v- ment or Ties to con-tables us rollows: $1 .i0 for each lotuin, $.' for seivlng nt a geneial election; SI for special township boiough oi wind ele'ctlon ind 51 loi each defendant on warrant, $1 ttn each defend, ant on commitment and tin cets per eiiculai mile foi p.uli mile tiavpllcd. Hy Mi. Kennedy An act piovldlng that cveiy caucus oi convention for the nomi nation of public odlcus oi election of del egates to a nominating convention shall bo held within the lenltoilal limits or .in- uisuili wmen said otllceTs oi dele gales shall lepiesent If elected Two bills weie lasted finally. The (list limits the time for Tiie foifeltuie ol policies on die insuianee companies for the non-payment of piemlums and making the unpaid piemlums a Men upon the amount of loss ot damage ns i ei tallied to be due. The second bill lepeais me act piovldlng foi the nscei tulnlng and paying the sepaiate Indebt edness of second class cities. NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED. In executive session the Semite con flimetl these nominations Thomas H, Clltfoiei, New Yoik, to be commission er ol deeds foi Pennsylvania, llailev W. Fishei, aldeiinan for the Seventh waul ut Oil City , nolniles public, AVIll lam H. Golden, Plttsbuig, J. A. iiuugney, William McKenuan, jr., I. D. AVoicestei, .Mc Keespoi t, Hany A Me-Fadden, Hollidaysbuig. J. M. Sbei- win, Kile; M L Ulnh, W. S Hulsland ei, Scianton; C H Pleam, New Hol land; Joseph A. Coxe, Mlllaid F. Shock. Joseph S. Himan, Joseph M. Wooley, A G Stout, Fiank 11. Caitley, Geoige C Hawker, W. II. Hummel, S. C Kraus, Philadelphia. The two bills weie defeated on sec ond leadliiff Tho act l elating to the Uudy of the humane tieatnient of ani mals In the public hlIiooIs and educa tional Institutions teoelvlng state aid, and the act lo lequlie school boaiels to place In the public schools appara tus to lllustiate studies and especially conett vveluhts and measuies to show the use of the arithmetical tables. The act to lerulate ihe civil seivlco of the commonwealth nnd of the cities thoieof and counties containing moio than 100,000 Inhabitants lu the special oider fot tomorrow at l" o'clock At 10 HO the senate adjourned until tonionow inoinitifr nt 10 o'clock. uns'Nnss in thh housh. It was 'J.'IO when Speal.ei I'.uyei called the house to oielei tills evening Chief Cleik Genihait piesenled the i etui us of the spei lal election In Fulton coun ty show lncr the election of Dallas F. ISainlund In place of Representative Cook, deceased. Among the bills Intioducud' tonight vvete the follow ins. Ily Air. AVoodiufT, Philadelphia regulat ing the ellKlb'lliv of membeiu of councils ami munli Ipal oincers of first-class cities It Is designed to pi event membois of council holding othei olllces than that of councilman nt the same time. Mr. AVood inff'u Idea Is that ono pcr&on should not hold moio thnn one olllce at tho same time lie alms to abolish double olllce holding He also intioduceHl an act by lequest of the AmuU'amated Assoi latloii of Tile Woikeis to extend tho ni'-chanlcs lien 1 iw to tile vvoikeis. Hy Mi. .MaiiHllifd, Heaver Providing for tiaiispoitatlon to and from Chattanooga, Tenn , at tin time of dedication of monu ments of Pennsylvania uglments and battel les foi all suiv Ivors iTf oiganlzu- lloim paitlclpating in battles In that vic inity and nppiopilaiing ;j5,o.W il,e refor. Hy Mr. West AppioprntinK W3.000 to St. Joseph's hospital of RiMuiug, also nn act giantlng a pension to Ilvan James, u etc tan of tho wai; nlBO to John F. Gllbeit. Hy. Ml. Luden, Hulks Granting a pen r.lon to Louis Adsell, also to John F. Col led, also to Augustus Rocket. Hy Mr. Scholleld, Centie To prevont tiespasslng on lands enclosed us private for the put pose of hunting Hy Mi Gould, Drle-Appioprlutlng $10,. 000 to St. Vincent hospital association at Drie Hy Mr Guughey, Indiana Grunting giatulty to John I. Tlncom, a .Mux lean Vote i an. Hy Mr. Itelnhard, Lebanon To prohibit manufacture and sale of matches con taining phosplioius Hy Mi, Keen, Dauphin To icpenl an Continued on Pane -'.J TT v vr v o rxi r 4 ILd DNFANT: L AND Our assortment oi3 Long and Sliort FOR INFANTS Is now complete and yzry attj'active. Also a Beautiful Stock erf 49 lib m 511k, Hull, ChlHon, Etc. 5110 AND 532 LACKAWANNA AVENUE Always Busy Selling loncst Shoes. -sjy I'J rS5! Specials for IVlarcli Ladies' Vici Kid Welts, $2.00. Men's Calt Welts, $2 Footwear Spring 'Tor every member o'f the -Jamily, vynojesaje anu retan. Lewis, Reilly vl Davles III and lib Wy oniing Avenue. SCKANTGN1ANS IN FLORIDA. i-copic n no ilo hojouruiiiK in thu l.nild ot ;:tcrunl Summer. Soeclal to Hid Seranton Tilbuno. St. Augustine, Fin, March S. Th hotjl Hcjal Palm, at Miami, bonleii I on tho east bv Dlscnyne liny, und un the west by the famous Ev erglades of Fhnldn, the homr of the Seminole lu ill'ins. Is the lntest addition to tho Dat Coast System of Hotels. Tills Is its lu-t seuton, but the lintel nnd town that suiiouiids it la the Mecca of touilsts fiom all over the country. Vislteus to the east coast spend some time at ull the lesorts leached by the Flcnldi UtiHt Coast lailwuy and a)vvays leav a pl'ce with l egret Among the touilsts from Rcranton now ti the east coist, aie: Mrs T. II. Catkins, Mis. A. H. Christy und 1Z G Cent sen, who on' Kuests of the Iloyal Palm. Mi. and Jlu. C. II. 5?ehndei. Mr. and Mrs. ,T. L. Crawford, M C .Stow era are at the Hotel Ponce de Le.m, St. Augutlne; Mi. and Mrs. G. 13. Hill, at the Ahas-ui, Hi. Augustine; Mr. and Mis. W. F Ilnlsteid and Mr. and Mis. G. M. llnlstead me now- nt Palm Beach. .Mi. and Mis. William McClavo have made the tout of th" East coast tesoits. Slciniisliip Aiiivuls. New York-, March 8. Airlvcip Stoainer 01denbug tiom Uiemen wnivod out: Dins at aibrultai, ruerst JJlBmarck ut Constantinople, .Maich 7, on excursion, Mississippi at London. Sailed for New York Steamer Knisoi Wllhelm II. from Naplen. SUhted Stodmer Siberian, from evv Vork for Glasfjovv, passed Toiy Island, Hi'tlilnhoiii Thpitini iiiiiuod. Hethlehem, Pa, Mnich S-Tho IJIJou theater wns destroyed by tiro touiuht. Tho loss Is Jll.UiW, liuuianee, JS.OOJ. Tho Hcinld's cutlici E'oiccust. Xevv Yoik, Maich S In the Middle States today cloudy, warmer, fiesh to brisk boutheasteily and southerly winds, with lain, genui ally light or moderate, followed by paitlal dealing tonight, (in Wednesday, partly cloudy; fieah to brisk eouthttly vvuielH, luereekd by intn ner the lakes and ncaily stationary tompiru ture, followed by dealing ana fair. OAKS CAPS, CLOAKS CAPS SS, AVliW missr x-(K fta VJ . r 'V A W. i VJ . ftif . " rrriL i utjt f m,,- irv- - WmWmJMW J &-(&-! f vy ffir f 1 1