omtttott K TlmLlt COLUMNS- StfVl0i W TWELVE TAGES 4 SCRANTON, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1897. TWO CENTS A COPY .i- "16 is He Store May Better stop at one of the big show windows and take a tool at tie New Trimmings We've gathered them In from the four coincis ol the eai th, and a liner dlspluy lias neer been seen In tills city. Vet, the w Indow show while Interesting enough Is but ati lntioductiun to the exhibition In side, to which eveiy lady In Scranton 1b coidially Invited. ooooooooooooooooo Laces Will undoubtedly reach the zenith of their uopuluiity this jeur. Tiue, they are never out of style, but theie are seasons when they seem to cany eveiy thing befoie them. and that Is just what will happen dining the spring and summer of 1S'I7. Among the newer things shown this season aie Net X&f, Venice Point, Gaze audi Oriemtal Laces In every conceivable tint, shade and combination of colors, also white. Widths, lifc to 11! Inches. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Black Ctaantily Laces, Valour Insertions, lXV f TV0 i m: mn. MlraMeirest loisliies, EmlbroMeirei Linons, MtoMeired Nainsoote, All Over EmlbiroMeries, MtoMeries In Sets, etc. ooooooooooooooooo Trimmmfle! In Boleros, Bands and Girdle. All shades and combinations. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Planted GMffoui! 2 to 7 Inches wide. Some exquisite goods In entliely new effects. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO In an endless vailaty and not a right shade wanting. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO These Are merely hints at what we've laid out for your Inspection. The Real Importance Of the Show Cannot be guessed ut however, till you've been it. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OLOBE WAREHOUSE CASE AGAINST THE PREACHER-EDITOR Dr. Swallow Will Be Arraigned for Contempt. SUITS TO BE HEARD THURSDAY Survurrts About the Capitol Ilnve Jlucn Questioned bi the Editor l,renchcr--lle Is Looking for State rtirnituie--i;cu. M Hit Thrcnteiis to Set thu Dogs on Spies About Ills l'lace. Special to the Scranton Tribune. liuitlsbuig, March 12.The purpose In delaying contempt proceedings against nev. Di. Swallow is not to give him a chance to pla the lole of nrnrt)r and create sympathy. At a meeting of some of the ottlclals Interested In the libel suits and members of the senate judicial y general and buildings com mittee It was decided to leave the doc tor alone until alter the suits aie tiled. Then he will be analgned befoie the bar of the legislature for contempt It he refuses to tetitlfj. The .suits will come up in the Dauphin county couit m.t 'Pliui Miln v. Kx-Ueputy Attorney Oeneial Stiana han, one of Swallow's law. vets, Hald this mottling they weie ready to pioceed. lie would not Indicate what he hud, but declined he was satlslled and his client is without fear. Dr. Swallow asked to have the case continued until June so that he could attend a Methodist con ference, but the prosecution refused to ngiee. It Is said his friends and prom inent Methodists here and thioughout the state aie being asked to contilbute toward the expense of the tiial. The prosecution claims that Swallow is U)ing to secure evidence fiom dis charged seivanls and cmplojes of cer tnin intH nfiieliils. Governor Hastings has learned that servants about the ex ecutive mansion have been questioned by the editor-pieacher. His object Is to seeuie evidence to sustain the charge that homes of some officials aie iltted up -with state luiniluie. Mis. Maigaiet Adley had charge of the executive man sion last summer. She says th'at the doctor asked her daughter If they had any old carpets or furniture In their liouse that was foimeily owned b the state. The governor sas Dr. Swallow visit ed his stables eaily Tuipsdav morning and talked to his coachman, but did not got any evidence that will help him In his defense Auditor General Mylln bought a cast-off chandelier from the state at auction which he has now In his liouse on his Lancaster faim. The auditor gencial Is angry anU says If Swallow or any of his people visit his place he will tuin the dogs on them. Deputy At tot nev General Klklu bought a piece of discarded cat pet at one of the sales and now has It on the tloor.s of Mb home. The state otllclals believe that It Is upon such facts that Dr. Swal low based his accusations In the "Penn sylvania Methodist." HELI.EK-I.AUIiACH HILLS. Two of the Heller-Laubach expense bills weie this, moinlng sent back to the liouse appi epilations committee. One allows Senator Heller and ex Stnator Laubach $14,000 for expenses and the'other gives Joseph K. Hanah, e.-seigeant-at-aims ot the senate, $12, 000 for subpoenaing witnesses and tiavellng expenses. The bills weie le committed by lequest of Chaliman Mai shall to be scaled down. The re ductlon will have to be at least one half or moie before theie Is jn possi bility of their passage. Laweis say the state will have to pay the bills auhow, and that it can be compelled by mandamus proceed ings. Tile legislatois teel that the ex penses aie too gieat and If they aie not l educed consldeiably they can never pass. Theie Is no partisan poli tics In the opposition to them. Some of the comblnei s favor them. On the other hand, seveial led hot Quay men uie against them and seive notice that they will light them unless the llguies aie revised to biing the amount down to $15,000 or $20,000. The thiee bills aggiegate about $32,000. Chairman Hammond, of the educa tion committee, intioduced a bill gi ant ing school distilcts additional educa tional lights so that boioughs and townships may elect supervising piin clpals when the dlrectois deem it nec essary. The ptovislons of the bill may extend to two or moie distilcts Jointly. Mr. H amnion also had a bill allowing the bottling of beer In Westmorland county, which is now prohibited by a sjieclal act. Mr. Keitel, of Lancaster, put in a bill appiopiiatlng $4 000 to the State college to establish a tobacco expel i mental station. A bill presented by Mr. Wee, of Uucks county, uppiopil utci) $4,200 to Eustbuin Heuder, of Bucks county, to reimburse the Na tional Daiijmen's association for money advanced to him while dairy and food commissioner In 1893-93. A lesolutlon of sympathy was extended to Kepfesentatlve Samuel Ciotheis, of Philadelphia, on account of the death of his mother A lesolutlon was also adopted to substitute plain glass win dows for the cathedi al glass in thu hall of the house. Wanbaugh. - . (.'ovc'inorMoiint Wnrrrs Spoilsmen. Indianapolis, hid , March 12. Clovernot Mount Is being besieged by politicians for places on the benevolent, penal and edu cational boards which he will appoint, but It is given out from the executive of. lice that these appointments will be de lved till the governor is satHfk-il of the lltness of the applicants, He has deter mined that the Institutions shall not bo made the victims of spoils hunters. Now Homo iar.Uirsoiib' Orphans. Moweuquu, III . Itlareh 12 The new Ma sonlo and Eus'urn Stur Orphans" Home, locuted near Macon, will soon be :eady for the reception of Inmates, and many will aulve soon. Those peimltted to en ter the home are the widows and oiphans of deceased members of the Masonic und Eastern Star lodges. Thus ore accom modations for about 600. "Ilenler" Strong Mny ltocover. Hockford, 111., March 12.-C'hurlcs Strong, the healer, who tried to commit suicide esterday, Is still alive and will probably recover. He acts UUe a jnud mun and wants to bltn those who come near him. Ills mind Is believed to be deranged CHARLES 0. KAISER'S TRIAL. Interesting Testimony Produced Against the Prisoner. Norrlstown, Pa., March 12. The trial of Charles O. Kaiser for the murder ot his wife was continued today. Chief of Police Kodenbaugh, of Nor rlstown, was called as a witness and pioduced a putse which he found on Kalsei's pel son. In the putse, he said, w lapped In a paper was a shirt stud and a diamond. These, the prosecution assumed, constitutes thu dlnmond stud which Kaiser said was torn from his shirt front by a highwayman. Attorneys Holland, for the common wealth, und Larzaleie, for the defense, argued at lensth upon an endeavor of the former to move ceitain declaia tlons made by tilemmer as cotrobota tive of the conspliacy theory Judge Swaitz decided to admit Clemmet's? decimation, but stated that the com monwealth had not, thus far, located the man In question ut the scene of the muider. At the nfteinoon session the common wealth by the testimony of two detec tives, pioved that Kalsei had udmltted to thc-e men that he know who shot his wile, that the shoe muiks with a patch on the sole of the shoe iinpi luted on thu giound aiound the scene of the ttagedy cuuespouded with an Ii on plate that wus on Kalsei's shoe and that the prls ouer had made eontiadlctory state ments. Some evidence of a veiy huy chaiacter was intioduced intending to show that Kaiser on one occasion had admitted to these detectives that he shot his wife. The commonwealth will haidly finish Its case by tomoiiow. BUFFALO HOTEL FIRE. Three Persons Lose Their Lives Two Others Are Injured Breo nan's Leap to Death. and Buffalo, N. Y., March 12. The Chica go hotel, corner Washington and Ex change streets, was damaged by the at 3.30 o'clock this afternoon. Three persons lost their lives and two weie Injured. The dead: EDWARD O'DONNELL PADDY BltENNAN, alt ex-puglllst. WILLIAM HANAHAN, all of this city. Th Injuied aie: WILLIAM WILSON and his wife. O'Donnell end Hnnahan weio suffo cated In their beds. They weie boaid cis at the hotel. Brennan Juniper from a window and lecelved Injuries fiom which he alteiwatd died. GETTY INSURANCE CASE. Decision in the Test Action Will lie Awaited -with Interest. Philadelphia, March 12j In the United States circuit court of appeals aigument was this morning concluded before Judges Dallas, Hutler and 13uf fllngtoii llr the Gettj accident Insur ance case. James Getty, jr., was shot while In his olilce In Pittsburg In August, 1895, and his admlnlstiatois, William H. Getty and C. B. Wiley, bi ought suit against the Fidelity and Casualty company of New York to recover on a $10,000 pol icy of Insurance. The case was tried in the clicult court before Judge Ache son In Pittsburg, and lesulted In a ver dict for $10,573 33 ill favor of the plain tiffs, the amount representing the pol icy, with Interest. The defendant com pany obtained a wilt of error, and in this way the case came to the appel late couit, which has now leseived a decision. WHITE HOUSE RECEPTION. President McKinley Shakes Hands with I, SOU Persons. Washington, Match 12. The after noon public leception at the white house which began ut U o'clock was largely attended. Between 1500 und 1MK) people shook hands with Mr. Mc Klnley In the east loom. Many little chlldien came with par ents oi nuises, and the youngsters each lecelved a pat on the head. In addition to the conventional harulshake. Senntors Hanna, Foraker, Bilce ancl Kyle were the principal callers duilng the afternoon. m Insurance License He fused. Columbus, O., Mutch 12 State Insur ance Commissioner W. S, Matthews today refused to te-llcense the Guarantors Lia bility Indemnlt company ot Philadelphia to do business In this state. Ho states In his letter to the general manager of the company that the action Is taken because of the reduced tlnnniiul condition of the company as shown b Its repot ts and other oltlclal papers In his otllce. Shot und Sued for Divorce. Sioux City, Ia .March 12 Han y lie Willi tei, the l.anabee (la.) druggist who was so badl wounded in an encounter with ltev E l Benedict, a Methodist clergyman, has been sued for divot ce. Mew hitter lett Lariabee soon after his tow with Benedict und the oilglnal notice of the suit was served on him hete. Mrs. Mewhiitet wants 10,oW allmoni. Steamship Arrivals. New York, Match .2,TAiJlved: Stearn cts Havel, fiom Uiemeti, MussuchUbttts, fiom London, tieimunlc, from Lhetpool Anlvcd out: I'uisslu, at llambuig; Ems, at Genoa; Mohawk, at London: Umbila, at, Qneenstown Sighted: Mattsdani, from New York, for Hotter darn, passed the l.lzurd, Itig Storm Coming. Slllwaukee, Wis., Murch 1.'. Dispatches from the northern paitof the state leport the seveiest stoim of the scuson. At Giuntsbtttg, more thun a foot of snow bus fallen und Is drifting badlv At Hud son and Black Itiver Falls, trulns running on dlfteient brunches of the Omaha road are from two to eight hours behind time. Walling U ill Not Hang. Cincinnati, O., Match 12. A speclul from Fiankfotd, ICy., says Alonzo Walling, ono of the murderers of Pearl Bryun, will not hang on March 20. Governor Bradley hu elthet gi anted a reprieve or com muted his sentence. This comes from a reliable uuthorlty. The governor declines to Intel fete in Jackson's case. Wooster's liill l'nssed. Lincoln, Neb., Murch 1.'. Woostet'B bill, defining whut shall be legul tnnder In Ne braska, wus passed by the V.ouue today w Ithout the emei gettcy clause. Tin? object of the bill Is to pi event the ivisei tlou ot the gold clause In contracts, notes or mortgages. THE POWERS PLAN TO COERCE GREECE Admirals' Proposals Submitted to Their Governments. BLOCKADE OF THE GREEK PORTS Warships to lie Suited or, in Certain Cases to He Tired On.-Kitihnrgo on Crete's Coast--Hcslttitlon on the lurt of rrniico--Tho Integrity of the Ottoman Kmpire Necessary to the Pence of Europe. London, Maich 12. It Is assoited here on excellent nuthoilty that the powers aie exchanging views In le gaid to presenting a fresh note to Gleece giving notice of their Intention to resort to coercive measuies to en force; their demuuda If Gieece does not comply ut once, und ulso to maintain a blockade of Greek ports. The lollowlng senil-olllclal announce ment was made this ufteinoun: The Powers, while united in principle have not jet been able to leach a solution of the Cietun question, Pioposals und ob jections uiu being exchanged hotul. The piogrumme diav.li up b) the udntituls In Cietan waters is us follows: Kltst A blockade of the Island of Crete. Second A blockade of the Pliaeus und some of the other Greek ports. Thltd The seizure by a detachment of the fleet of the telegraphic otllce at S)ia. Kourth Any Greek warships encoun teied are to be taken to the Islund of Mllo and kept there Fifth Any Greek warships llrlng on any foielgu warships are to be mink, and the act to be conslderd casus belli. Sixth Any Greek torpedo boat nearlng a foielgn waishlp Is to be Hied at. Seventh As the blockade of Gieece will requlieall ciews of the foreign vvuishlps, each Power Is to send a battalion of In fantry not exceeding COO men la nutnbei. France, It is understod, is the only power ihowlng any leluctance to the pait In a blockade, and if she lefuses to participate the blockade will be un dertaken without her. RKNDim A WAP. IMPOSSIBLE. Buda Pest, March 12. Irr the lower liouse of the Hungaiian diet today the government was Intel pellated as to the outlook for a peaceable settlement of the Cretan imbroglio. Baron. Banffy, the pi line minister, leplying to the question, declaied that he believed that the gieat powers had eveiywheie shown their linn lesolu tlon to maintain the Integilty of the Ottoman empiie, and to tender the chances of war impossible. Paris, March 12 In the senate to day M. Chauveau asked the govel n rnent to explain the policy of France in legal d to Gieece and Crete. M. Hanoteau, minister of foreign af fairs, said In leply that he would ex plain the gov. ttnment'H policy at the beginning of tne week. In the mean time he said he would promise his as sociates In both chambers that the for eign policy of France, which could be expressed In one vvoid, would be to maintain peace by means of a concert of the European powers. Constantinople, March 12. It Is posi tively stuted here that the administra tion of the sultan's civil list will seek to enter Into negotiations with the United States government for the pur chase of two or three Ironclads that are already completed. It Is said that fmty thousands pounds will be paid on ac count of the pui chase money. MAGEE NEEDS QUAY'S BACKING. itlcKinlov's ltespcct for the Kepubli cun Senators. Wnshlngton, D. C, March 12 Senator Christopher L Magee Is hav ing just the same experience as the other original McKlnley men In Penn sylvania, who find that they must have the indoisement of the senatois to get consldetation for application for pattonage. Pie.sldent McKlnley justifies himself to his old friends by .saying that he must have the solid support of the Re publican senators In order to pass the measuies demanded, as he believes, by the eountiy and essential to Its prosperity, and that he cannot afford to quarrel with an of them or to lec ognize factions hobtlle to them. He theiefore advises his fi lends who have been antaKorrlzIng these senators (Senator Quay, for example), even In his Intel est, to make peace with 'hem foi the public Intel est. HYPNOTIST'S STUDIED CRIME. Would Have itlndo His Wife Commit Suicide for Insurance .Hone). Berlin, Mar"h 12 A fearful crime has been uverted at Hamburg. A jouns w lf, member of one of the best famil ies In the city, consulted a phjslclan about a severe nervous disase. Tlie" physician at first considered her insane, but scon discovered that she was the victim of hvpnotle suggestions made b her husband, whom she loved otdently. Some stiango circumstances dlieeted the attention of the physician to these hpnotlcal experiments. 'Pine patient paid that .she often felt an irieslstible Inclination to commit suicide. Finally the physician ptrt her Into an hpnotlc state, when she confessed In his pies enco and befoie another witness that her husband had suggested to her that she cqmmlt suicide within two months. He had Iruuied her llf for 50,000 inaiks ($11,900). When the husband knned of tills dlscovtiy he tied. They Kxpcct High Tin ill. New York, March 12 The tush of mer chants to the custom house In this city to withdiaw goods in bond because of the expected Ittcteaso of duties under a new tariff law was continued today. It was estimated that today's withdrawals would reach half a million dollars. Democratic Chniriutin, Washington, March 12 Hon. Benton F. MeMillln, of Tennessee, has been appoint ed chaliman of the executive committee of the National Association of Democratic clubs, of which Hon, Chauncey F, Black, of Pennsylvania, Is piesldent. The Hoard of Pardon. Harrlsbuig, Pu Match 12. The meet ing of the bouid of pardons bus been postponed owing to the sitting of the Bit pel lor court from Wednesday, the 17th. to Wednesday, the 21th. RECEPTION TO PENROSE. The United States Senator Honored by the Union League. Philadelphia, Match 12. Not since the reception tendered to ex-Prosldent Har rison has theie been such a notable gathering of icpresentatlve business men In the Union league as that v hlch tonight did honor to Philadelphia's Uni ted States Eenntor, Boles Peniose. While It was a puiely local Union ltngue nf falr, over nine hundred well known men uctlve in business and professional life tendered their congrntlatlons to the young senator, and wished him a suc cessful und brilliant career. The army, the navy, and thu Nntlonal Gnrd weio welt represented, and the htndsoiup dress uniforms of the winrlois lent a mattial air to the assemblage, Political factionalism wus lost sight of In the ovation to the young Quay leuder, and Mayor Chailes F. War wick was among the early callers. As he grasped the senators hand he cor dially said, "Accept my congratula tions, senator," to which Senator Pen rose as cordially expressed his thanks. Governor Hastings was also an eaily aulval, and also heartily congratulated the guest of the evening. Pievlous to the reception, Which lasted fiom !) until 11 o'clock, theie was a pilvate dlnnei given to Senator Pen i ose. After the dinner the senator lecelved In the old cafe of the club, which was piofusely decoiated with Hags and palms. STEEL RAIL WAR IS ON. The Carnegies Expect to Drive the Illi nois Company Out of Exist enceRail Prices. Plltsbuig, Pa March 12. A special to the Times fiom Washington, D. C, says: "The Illinois Steel company might as well shut up shop. The iiat has gone foith fiom littsbuig that the steel cotn pan is to be under sold at eveiy point and lor all piodttcts represented lrr its output. We are going to bust the Illi nois Steel company and dtlve it out of the field Is the ultimatum ot the Cai neglo combination." The Catnegle company is mad for the leason that the Illinois Steel company inlluenced congiess to fix the maximum limit on at mot plate at $"00 per ton. A tepi emulative of the Catnegies told a member of congiess lust night that steel i alls can be rnnnufactuted at a cot.t of 11 8d per ton, and that they would sell rails light down to that point if neeessnty to "bust the Illinois Steel computr." FREE HAWAIIAN SUGAR. Reciprocity Clause of 1875 Incopor uted in the Turill Hill. Washington, March 12. The sugar schedule of the DIngley turiff bill will contain a clause reaffirming the rclp locity clause of the treaty of 175, uiidei which raw sutrar frbm Hawaii is ad mitted free of duty. A determined fight was made against this by Louisiana cane sugar piuduc eis as well as by western beet sugai men, but Chaliman DIngley say today there w 111 be absolutely no change made, unless It be to sttengthen the ex isting provision. m ELECTRIC MOTOR PLANT BURNED. Jenny Wo i lis in Indianapolis Dcs-trojcd--Tho Loss, 880,000. Indianapolis, March 12. The Jertney Electric Motor wotks, on the eastern edge of this city, was entirely destroyed bj fire this morning. The loss is $80,000 to $S5,000; insuiance about $35,000. It Is thought the lite was staited by chaiged light wiles. Torpedo Ilont Ordered to Newport Washington, Match 12, United States toipedo boat No 0 has been ordered to Newpoit und sails tomorrow. She will touch at New York. FOREIGN GOSSIP. By the collapse of the old walls In the town of Tci, Moioeco, ISO workmen weie killed The Queen of Madagascar has been ex iled to the Island of Hennlon, a French possession, neui Muutltliis The health uuthoiities at Bontbav le port thut up to dute in the entile Horn bay presidency, li.ioC cases of bubonic plugue, and 12,201 deaths have oceuned The Swiss Bimdesrath has selected e Presldent I'rej, forrnerlj Swiss minister ut Washington, D. C , to be director at the Intel national telegraph buieau. Among the passengers who sailed foi tho rnlted States on the Teutonic -tre Sir Donald Smith, the Canadian H'gh Commlsiioner, It C. Lehman, the Ux fotd loach, and Mrs. Annie Uesant. THE NEWS THIS 310UN1N0. Weather Indicitlons Today: Pair and Colder. 1 Admlnl f ration Is SatUtled with Cu ban Affairs. Dt. Swallow- to Be Arraigned for Con tempt. Plan to Coetce Gieecu 2 Day's Wotk ut Haiilsburg. Dun's Trudo Hevlew, Financial und Coinnietclul. 3 (Local) Music Hall Hoxlng Tourna ment, lnteicstlng Htldo'o Figutes, 4 Kelltoilal. Comments of the Press. 5 (Local) Wjomlng House to He Re placed b un Otllce Building. Mltaculous EScupe of Mine Workers. Ii Social and Petbonal, Religious und Chut Ruble. 7 West Side News and GossIjj Suburban Happenings. 8 Incidents of a Journey to the Sumiy South. WIlUes-Buire Forty-four Years Ago. 9 Mr. Evans' Explanation of Ilia Cur rency Plan, Are Our Public Schools Nursetles of Disease? 10 (Story) "The Heatt ot the Oueen Witch." 11 The Welsh National Dictionary. New York Fashions. , 12 Up and Down the Valley " "(. NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN ON CUBA AlcKinley Considers That the Present Conditions Arc Satisfactory. IT IS DISCUSSED BY THE CABINET A Positive Statement That the T.vlst ing Policy Will Sttind-OIrs. Ittti Culls on Shcrmnu--Seerctnrv Wants a Written Statement for the Depart ment to Proceed Upon. Washington, Muiclr 12. After the cabinet meeting It was stated positive ly that no changes In the status of Cuban aflalrs were bi ought to tile at tention of the pieetlng, und that ptesent conditions of that question were regard ed as entirely satisfactory. Mrs. Ruiz, widow of the dentist who wus found dead In his cell at Guunnbu co.i, Cuba, called ut the state depart ment oduy and met Secretary Sher man The meeting had been previously ur ranged by a female ft lend of the widow. Mis Rul. was uccompanled by her friend, who acted as interpreter, and by iter live chlldien, all diessed In the deepest mourning. Sei-retntj Shet man received the party In his private olilce and listened with sjnipathetic! lntetest to Mrs. Ruiz's representations. She did not go far In to the details of her husband's death; Indeed, she was unnble to do so for want of more thun hearsay evidence herself as to the main points, it was, how ever, her purpose to have all the facts olltclally disclosed, and lrr this she sought the good offices of the state de partment. She also expressed her in tention of piefeulng a claim upon the Spanish government for indemnity for the killing of her husband. Secretary Sherman listened for ten or fifteen min utes to the statements of Mis. Ruiz, and then, without committing himself, sug gested that she leduco her statement to wilting and submit It to the depart ment, whir li might thin be used as a basis for an Investigation. Mrs Ruiz called at the white liouse at 2 15 today, accompanied bv her chil dren. They wulted for a time in the East loom and weie then shown to the prlvnte office of the president, where they remained for some time. Mis. Ruiz does not speak English, but an interpreter was present to communicate her stor $ to the president. DECISION IN THE KNORR CASE. Juege JHctgni Decides Thut thu Ar rest of Defendant Was Proper. Wllllamspoit, Pa., March 12. Judge 'Metzgei today tendered, a decision In the case of Lawjer Winter steen und Cliftott Kitotr, Indicted for conspliacy to kill the family of ex-Representative Waller at liloomsbuig. A motion to quash the bill having been made befoie Judge Metier, who occupied the bench at the request of Judge Ike ler, of Bloomsbuig. The decision ren dered toda and sent to Bloomsburg to be filed with the piothonotaiy of Col umbia coutitj. oven tiles the motion to quash and sustains the Indictment, in which are fourteen separate grounds. The principal ground laid in the mo tion to quash is that upon the prelim inary heating befoie Justice Clatk, the committing magistrate, the defendant was not 'given arr opportunity to be heard In his own behalf. It was claimed that this was a violation of the act of 1S87. Judge MeUger decides that the hear ing of the defendants' witne-ses. In a pieiiiulnaij hearing is a matter of dis cretion on the part of the magistrate who has only to s.itlstv himself of the probable guilt of the defendant, then lequlie ball or commit for trial. RAILROAD VETERANS ORGANIZE. Association formed nt Hnrrisbiirg f torn Points) Iwiniu Emploves. Harrlsbuig, Pu March 12. The Vet eran Employes' association of the Mid dle division, Peiinsjhanla railroad, met here this aftel noon and formed an organization, Robert Steele was elect ed tempo! at y e huh man and livin J Crane secretary Chairman Steele ap pointed a committee on organization compoM-cl of Messts O. Gibson, of Huntingdon, William McFadden, Sam uel Hepfotd, Lemuel Kennedy, of H.n rlsburg, Duvld Kiemer, of Mllllln, Ralph Greenwood, of Oiblsonla, and Jo seph Brown, of Altoona All eniployeh who enteted the ser vice before lSt,9 and ull uftet that time who have seen twenty-one ears' con tinuous set vice aie eligible to member ship About thlity-llvo men wete pies ent ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING. Thu HovsWhn Wounded tho Fireman Did Not Know It Wit I, muled. Speclul to the Scranton Ttibtme. Hallstead, Mure it 12 Hile Prentice, of Great Bend, the boy w ho Miot ancl wounded the fireman of un Etle milk tialn on Wednesduv, was arrested und brought belore Justice of the Peace Chailes L. Crook, of this place, Friday uftet noon. Piemtloe waived a healing und guv e ball in the sum of $2o0 for his appeal ance at the next term ol couit. It is said that the shooting wns acci dental as the bojs say the did not have the least thought of liijuilug any one It Is it case of where thev didn't know the gun was loaded. Pinldlcrs Accept Reduction, Reading, Pa, Mutch 12 Thu puddlers of the E. und G llrooke lion eoiituan, at lilidsboto, will go to wotk next Mon day ut $2 23 a ton The helpers will et 22'i, cents u heat On Nov 14, lyjti, the pllco of puddling was I educed bv the com parry from $2 73 to $2 00 The puddleis re fused to accept the latter rate und have been idle evei since Thursdn night the held u meeting und decided to tesume. About 130 men will go to work. Sold Oleo Without tr License. Trenton, N. J., March 12 Paul Paul bon, of Atlantic City, wus convicted lit the Fedetal couit todaj of selling oleo nmrgatiuo without u wholesale govern ment license. He Is an agent for a Chi cago house, und wus made tespotislble tot Its business. Dr. Strtiul; Killed. Brewster, N. Y Maicli 12. Dr. E, F. Htrimk, a prominent phvslciau of this town, was Instantly killed this morning by an eust-bound passenger tralrr on the New England railroad crossing. T " TT liT IT TH "T 7 9 (d " "IT S DRESS GOODS We Open Xutoy a Mapl ceuit New Stock oif Ex clusive Novelties Bi lls. Two Tone Grena dines (the latest), Snake Skin Novelties, Pure French Mohairs, Lace Mohairs Two Tone Checks, Eping lines, Endora's, Et erniennes, Coverts, Etc. OUR STOCK OF Black Goods As Usual, 3s Unsurpassed. 510 AND 532 LACKAWANNA AVENUE Always Btmsy iig Honest Slioes, "m 5pecials for March Ladies' Vici Kid Welts, $2.00. Men's Calf Welts, $2.00. Spring Footwear lor every member of the family. Wholesale and retail. Lewis, Reilly & Davies 1U aud 110 Wjonilng Avenuo. -O SMITH MURDER MYSTERY. Defendant's Attorney Claims That tbc Alanner in Which Malinda Snyder Died Can Never Be Established. New Elooprfleld, Fa., March 12 In tel ost still continues In thu case of Hugh Smith and his leiutlves In con nection with the murder of Mellnda. Snjder. The defense tcouts the theory of the commonwealth us to the disap pear ance of the Snyder gitl, and says It cannot be piovcd that she was mur dered. Smith is disposed to talk of the case to ull who desire to hear him. He stoutly maintains that he is Inno cent, and epi esses that he has no fear of the outcome when the case conies to tiial. He ugiee-, that the girl's dlsap peat ance was msteilous. Ills uttot nejs uro conlldent that a case cannot be made out against him. One of them, In talking to the cot respondent of the United Associated Presses, said todav : "Tlio commonwealth will be unablo to establish the main luct lit a case of this kind, thut Is, thut a muider was committed. The gill was simple mind ed. Jt It not the most plausible thing In the world to believe that she wan dered away. It may be that sho met her death irr her wandeiings, but how the prisoner la to be connected with her disappearance I cannot conceive " On the othei hand the dlsttlct at torney believes lie has a stiong easo and ept esses the belief thut he will send at least one man to the gullows, Tho Ileiuld'h Wo at hot Forecast. New York, March 13 lit the Middle stutes toduj, cleat, colder vveatbtt and frush northwester) to westerly winds will prevail, tempetutuie fulling below tho fteezlng point 111 tho Duluvvure Virile1) , On Sunday, fair to partly cloudy weather will ii ev all, with tie. ill not tlrvv ester I) to noitheasterly winds and lower, followed by slightly higher tumperutuie, und possi bly by snow. JCST" y? tir 5i s
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