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Ioooyooooooooooooo ipecial ihow Days f etesslay, l&cl 31st CliiU pursday, April 1st ...n the entire department villi be thrown open to the public, no that they may pass their eullet on what we believe t be the finest display we hae ever made. oooooooooooooo Berlin and New Yrt have all lent their aid to make this a notable event well woithy our presence and we trust )ou will la vor us with a tall. oooooooooooooooo Mfobons Sod Laces In nil the popular weaves and fancies will also receive special ut U Mlon fiom us on the dates named above, when all the leading weaves and fancies of the hour will be piomlnently brought to view.. Hume foveltiei In Net Top and Black and White Chantilly laces will fotm a con spicuous feature In this display, While Embroldeiles with unique ef fects In wrought gold cannot fall to attract mm h attention. xxxxooooooooooo The iRyscMiniars In spring wear are many and va iled. The eftects In some cases are simply exquisite, and not the least of their charm lies In the novelty of the materials used. loooooooooooooooo primig Kid Gloves for the present season will prove u levelation to those who have not al ready seen them, for, let the cohr or tint of your headgear te what it may, we can accuratelj match it in high giade Kid Gloves. The new shades include all the gieens from the lightest to daik, all the heliotrope and puiple hues, all the leds, Hrowns, tans, modes, slates, jellovvs, buttons, etc, in all bUoh and all lengths. The fact is, Wednesday und Thuisdaj aie simply Advance Easter Show Days Rich In novelties and replete with everything that fair woman can J want to enhance her comeliness and beauty. Ioooooooooooooo LOB WAREHOUSE E CYCLONE VICTIMS NUMBER SCORES 21 Bodies Already Taken Out of Chand ler's Ruins. AN OKLAHOMA TOWN WIPED OUT .Mnny Persons Penned in Wreck and and Iturnrd to Ucntli75 to 150 I'voplo lnnrcil"llcliii!0 Ciimc to tlucticli tlir Pinnies mid Snvcd .Mnny Lives. authrle, O. T, Match 31. Chaos reigns In Chandler. Last night's teirl ble cyclone ban turned the peaceful town of l.TiOO Inhabitants Into a veri table moigue. Us principal business buildings and leslduiccs are vweckod In all ditettlons. As yet theie Is no way of getting at the actual mi in bf i of dead and wound ed, so Intense Is the confusion that pie valls. The death list Is vuilousl) esti mate at fiom twenty-live to fifty, with the lnjuted numbering fiom sevimt) llve to twice tliat nutnbei. Alieady twent-oiio dead bodies have been le coveied. The night In Chandler wits tenlble. With scons of Its Inhabitants dead 01 dlng, and the remalndtr too utterly panic-stricken to render assistance In the daikiuss, the mill liouied down upon the debris and the homeless popu lation all duilng the weal) bonis of the night and added honor to the situation. nun adds to thi: iiomtoit. Many of the w leeks took flic and bin nt d themselves out. Seveial vveie still Hinouldeili.g when morning brnki over the town. Fiom the tile's work may flnall) come the vvoist leallzatlons of the dlsuslei, for It is believed that many of the missing ate binned to death. The cyclone stiuck Chandlei without warning about 6 o'clock last evening Its work of carnage began befoie the inhabitants ieali7ed what was upon them and haidly any mans of escape was left open. Tearing thiough the business dlstilct, stoies weie bulled light and left, litted high' Into the all, and tossed in every dliectlon. The touit house. In which Chief Justice Dale was holding couit, wus taken off its foundation and the building neatly ciushod. WUECK AND KUIN COMPLETE. Soon file followed the cyclone's wotk, and here and theie Humes Hated against the dark sky. In a vety shoit time a hoavj rain storm came up. As night wore on it developed Into a deluge, and while it succeeded in completing the dismal scene, piobably pi avid the sal vation of the town, for in many spots it quenched the tire and stemmed the con llagiatlon which the people could nevei have hoped to stay. With the Hist leallzatlon of their pre dicament, the uninjuied weie too tei-jor-stt liken to aid tlieli mole unfoitu nate nelghbois. Finally, when an ef foit to send foi outside help was made, it was found that all communication with the outside woild had been tut off The telephone ollice was among those buildings destioyed. It was seveial houis befoie communication with Guth lle was set in ed by tapping the line a mile and a half out of Chandlei. HESCUEHS ON A SPECIAL TKAIN. Hut a brief statement of the nature of the visitation w sought, together with an appeal for aid, had been sent to the nelghboilng cities, when tno vlies snapped and Chandler was again cut off. In the meantime, however, a tialn healing physicians and other helpeis left here tor the scene. Hy midnight a plan of systematic lescue hud been peifeeted and the dead und djlng were released fiom the grimy prison into which their own homes had been transfotmed. Improvised hospi tals weie elected and the unfoitunates caied for as teudeily as possible. At 1 o'clock twenty-one dead bodies had been taken fiom the lulus and doz ens of Injuied had been lemoved to places of safety. The list of dead and injuied as fui as ascei tallied, follows: THU DEAD. DAWSON, JOHN, of l.lmoln. Neb., a luwjer; burned to death. WOUDYAKD, JAMES, und wife, of El- Ooiado, Ivan.; visiting In Cnandb I MITCHELL. uMItS. hi:nhv. SMITH, MUS. TOM. .MOPF, F. D1J. DltKSSINUIlR, IJMMA. JOH'NSON, D C, ami wife. JOUNS(N, MItS. PHI UP, and child. 1.1313, MUS. Ull. K131.M3IC, A. W, and wife. WOODYAltD. J13NNII3. Pnknown woman and baby. Five unknown elilldien. FATAU.V INJL'HHD JRWI3TT. AltTHUH. JOIINSUN, MHS lI3aV. M'CALL, MUS. KKAN" CiOODINO, D. C. ki3avi:s, MAann:. ASHi:it. ANDUI3W, ana wife. (HILLOM, MUS WOODYAltD, boy, FOST13U, .MHS. h3MORV, and 'baby. The following me among the less soil c.usly hint: JVOAIlTNliV. JOHN; brotber-ln-luw of I'nlted State.s Maisliul Nugle. NIBI.ACK. F. N. i'cAthu. JOJI.V. WI-VilHUOI'. HAMUBU M'HBItV. ai30ltt3I3. Two elaiighteis of County Treasurer Ulum. Houi the above lists are being aug mented, it will be u day or two befoie u coinplite list will be h'ad. FLOODS IN THE WEST. Great Daiinge Wrought nnd TJies Sncrlliced. .11 ii n y Cincinnati, ") , March 31, A Scrlpps-Ic-Hue telfgiuin, fiom Helena, Ark., sa: Telephone meisugea suy that the West over levte Is silll standing, but there are slender hopes a saving It, Humor has It that the l.uconU circle levee has broken or Is about to break. Th government rescue steumboa Titian, due east last night, Is not yet, In. It U rumored the anchored five buries of refugees off Old Town and then tulned back to Iconlu to save llfo und proirty ot that point. Aboard launch H'acue, Aikansas City, Alk. The BteuireiAlCule Adams suvod nearly 300 souls froii the relentless flood lust night at Ilcedae und I.aeonla. The breaks at Dcnn, ivveral mile above Itosedule, has sent wVter down that way und threatened everybody in town. No power on earth can Aivo it, and homes. stores and mills will bo swept w v with In twenty-four hours. Men by h indrods fought the rlcr us long as posslile, but tho river was too strong. Hreak nuovo have relieved the pressure at A knnsas City. Wnter from Katon Is now with frightful jtpeed toward (Ir ushlng envllle, Miss. This Is nnother brenk it V several miles bdou. The pioplp U)Slde, of Ar- luui'-iis City sin they will ho'd tl levee, St. I'util. Minn . March 11 The nge of water In the Mlssiippl llvei It this liolnt. reached the dangei polit thil after noon nnd tho water Is rllnt nt to rate of nn Inch per hour. Tho vnter ins ill ready crowded out many of he Inlmnl tants of the Hats. There Is considerable lie i mining. 1 Jnckon, MtKS., March 31 Plie colditlon of nllalrs In the Mississippi Vnllev brovVH d.illv mote eoltlug und 1) is prkbable the woist hns not bis n ex erlenrtl So efforts ure being inadp to st 'p the leaks, the having gotten bevotii hiimnit con tiol, but evil-' possible em- y is dlirrted toward tho prtsei vatlon nr 1 strentihen. Ing of miles nd mlUs of in; n bankl still stundlng A WILL GENERAL RIVER BE SHOT. lie is Ilciug Cnrefull)' iirsed Ilclorc Jiilliug. I lliivulia, Muiili 31 Tint two chattels upon which ileiiernt Hlus (tlveia will bu trbd bj drum-head couf-inuitlnl Ate "itlielllon und Incendlarln," und tie penalty in his ease will l(" death. Tke law to be applied to him Is tho spi clVl law piomulguted by the SCililsh goveri m nt uftei the levolutlnnlliegan, undiV which till tho insiugent le.llers are con Bldercd us ImndltH and uiitehisls, Seveial repoileis went tj ban ( ilsloA b.il today to Interview C.cceral Ulvera He wus conlliud 111 thelnmrteis Of 1 He wus conlliud In the qui (Jiiirdlu Civil, r sting moij i.isllv tluiii lie did jesttiday, his wouiull huvlng betn attciidid to by Spanish pllslcl ms He wus veiv reticent rtgiudlii the condi tion of utluiis uniong the lnjurguits FANATICS KILL 600. Crushing Defeat for Qoverniient Forces in Brazil Attacked 6.010 Aen With Only 1,500 London, March 31. A lett(r received heie fiom itlo de Janeiro tnda gives some pirtltuUrii of the suloiu defeat, In tho state of Jlahlu, Hiuzil, ol a govern ment forte, cominatiiled bj Colonel Mor elia, eurl dining the present month. A nllglous fanatic, Const Ihelio, lius (olleit ed a large number of followns, whom lie bus lnspiiid with the giealest uwo und teverence tie is neiiiuu tiin me puwir of miraculous htullug, and, piomlsis to those klllid in uitlon lesuirittlon in three months' time I Colonel Mori Ira, with 1,5b men, wus ubout to enter Canudos, t'onselhelios stionghold, vhen his troops keie suddtii l ene Ire ltd b 0,00 fanatics 1 Colonel Moielra, two otlijr colon-I. tlili t otlkers of minor tan and bW of tho troops were killed. TJie wounded weiv massacred. CANADA'S TRADE WlTllllAPAN. Question ns to Heconuiig'n I'urti to New Trentv Pendiifc. hdatkn NWlin ttatutiimf IHwgat ttttt L Montleal, Mulch 31 The oflju t of the visit to Ottuwa und Montreal 3f Hon Mr. Nosse, the Japanese consul geneial In Canada, Is to see whether or not the Cuuudlan government Is disposed to lio coinu u p.uty to the tieat of cdnmeite and navigation, which gos Intj force next June. In an Intel view Ml, Nm-se said that by coming undt i the nost fa voied nation clause the AmaMti wei thants liad alltad Incie.istd Hull trade by over twelve million en, ot ubuilt i 000,tV0. The government. It Is iindeistcod. has ns et u uc hid no deiWIon K 'taKahus ill will piababl bo aiipolntid ,'apamse consul in Montreal FOREST FIRES RAOIISa. rnrincrs Pighting Hard to save Their Homes from the I'lunes. I3gg Harbor City, Muith 31 -Tlie foiest tires which stalled on Vloud.ii afternoon, ure still burning In the vlelnlr of Hrldge port and New Oretnu Duig the night inanj ucres of timber wus liirned ovei. Tho furment ale lighting he llames to jirevtnt them fiom biiiiiiiiMlht li houses They su that If theie Ir Jo wind today to fan the flames the tpeet to have them In check befoie eveulig. NAVAL MILITIA'S AEETING. It Will lie Held on Ilostou, .linn; Ilaltlmoie, Muith 31 tin .Minnesota, mid 18. lesldent Isaac 13. 13merson of the Nutfiiial Association ot Naval Militia of Hi t'nltul Stutts 1ms Issued a cireului -fating that June 17 und IS have bei n eiJ ted us the date fur the annual meetlnUof the oiganlza- tion. The meeting will b- 1 Id in Hoston, on board tho United Stutishlp .Minnesota. NEW MILL FOR I LL RIVER. A Crnnitv Structure C About SO, 000 Spindles lnanned, Pull ltlver Jluich JV-I'laus for n mill of about 50.W0 HplndlthUie soon to be un dt i tuketi Tho stiucture whl-liwlll be one of the best equipped 111 thi cit. will bo of gi unite, and Its appo I tint nts will bu of the lutest designs $50,000 FOR THE WEN AIR FUND. Hut It Will Not EU I'niit Until .Mrs Werner ot lit Los Angeles, Cal , of Mux Weinei, of mnnv Dies. Muith Sl.-Thu will erniuny, who tiled hole Malt h ID. leaves!' 0 0WJ to his mother Ill lfiinun, to go tj the open air fund of New York tlt uin In r deutli. I'roHts Injure ( nlifornia Fruit. San Fialielseo, Mar h 31. Duilng the last two nights kllllrg fiosts huvo dill ously dainugeil Hie fiult nop, I'runes uud upples uie Hut MiHklentl udvauced to let ho so milt')) Ifuii us uprhots uud ulmouds, which in inupy sections havo been totally tlestiojM, fhlle peach trees und vines huvo also bun Injuitd. A Hoston sin he I3iuh'd. Jioston. Maich 3li-Te gianlte cuttcra of Boston, Cambridge ilnd vtrlnlt, who huvo betn on a stilte fcr seveiul wteks, returned to work tl(U nuinlng The men struck because thd no ment wub not accepted turns, annual agree- by the munufau- Kciituclti De iillock. Frankfort, Ky J arc SI, The joint session of the leglshtur udjourned after the eighteenth bullet senator today. Time the vote, . ' fir United States vub no change in n j Hi To Urn Frankfort, Ky JIurti 31, A bill was Introduced In the legllature providing for- tlie braiidiiig ft convicted burglars an each Cheeh. DINGLEY TARIFF BILL IS PASSED Five Democrats and One Populist Vote for the Measure. MANY SILVERITES REFUSE TO VOTE The Alllrmntive ote is Composed of 191) Republicans, Messrs. llrossnrd, Dover und 'Meier, Democrats, of Louisiana, Kleberg nnd Slnideii of Texas, nnd .11 r. Howard, Populist, of Alnb(imu--A llrillinut Asscm blrigo Pills the Callerics. Vushlngton, March III The object for which President McKlnley called the Fifty-fifth congress to meet In ex tiaordlnnry session a fortnight ugo, was accomplished, so far as the house of lepiesentatlves was concerned, nt i.I'O o'clock this uftei noon when the vote on the Dlngley tailff bill was an nounced by Speaker Keed- yeas, 203, nujs, 121, answeilng present and not voting. 21. The afllrmatlvu Vote was composed of lltlt Hepubllcans, five Dem ociats Messrs. Htossaid, Dovey and Meyer, of Loulsiann, and Klebeig und Slayden, of Texas ane one Populist jr Howaul, of Aldbamn. ,. ,. , . , ..,.,.,..,, . ,..', t , . ' .. , . hair, dl- iccted the ileik to call Ills name just befoie the aiiuouncemeiit of the vote o which he responded live, umid aii- lause. The negative vote comprised Demociats und four Populists and Mslonlsts Messr. Hakei, of Illinois; Mu i shall, Simpson and Todd. Accoid Inl in the conclusion leached last Jion daV night, the gleat nuinhei of Poini llsft, sllveiltes und fuslonlsts, conti nt ed Ihemselves with ausweiiug "pres ent Tlif debate nnd other pioceetllngs preciulng the vote on the passage of the bill vieie Inteiestlng to an unusual de gree, ind weie witnessed by a brilliant asstnAlage of spectators that filled the ga'Jerles to overflow ing. Mostf the day was occupied In dis cussion the geneial pilnclples of the measute and of questions connected with thfct), tho consequence being that but two iv tluee pages of the bill vreie lead by he tleik for consldeiatlon under the five-minute lule Speeches were niadev Mi. Allen, of Mlsblsslppl. Clark, of MI,souiI, Johnson, of liidlunu, who told the house that he would vote for the bill only because he was as sured the senate would cuie Its de fects and make it haimonious and just, McMillan and Hichardson, of Tennes ste; Hobblns, of Pennsylvania, White, of Noitli Caiollnu the toloied member. Who made .1 trimd Itnnnxmtnn nml many otheis. A few amendments weie made to the bill, tlv piinclpnl uue be ing the new .section agieed upon yester day by the committee on ways and means making iIuUih In the bill to take effett toinonow Apill 1. This was pioposed b Mr. (liosvenor and advo cated bj him in a fifteen-minute speech. It was apposed b .Messis Hlchaidson, of Ttjinessee, Bland, of Missouri, and lialler, of Texas It was agieed to In commttee ISO to l.'O. DINGLI3Y CLOSh3 TH13 DKUATC. The debate was tbsed by Mr. Dlng lei, chairman of the tommlttee tin vas and means to whom the last ten min utes was aceoidtd yt the lequest of Mr. lialley, of Texas., At 3 o'clock, puisant to thb older of the house, the Committee of the whole lose and Chalibian, Sheiman, of New York, lepoited tie bill foi passage with sundiy amendments, A stpaiate vote was demanded lly Mr. Bailey on the amendment flxlnf April 1 as the date for taking effect! of the duties In the bill. The otheis viere agreed to in grO'js 174 to 12b. The jresei veil amend ment was adopted on. a yea and nay vote 201 to 140 ' Mr. Dockery, moved to recommit the bill with Instiuctlons jo intoipoiate it In a piovlslon to adirilt fiee of duty unifies the pioductloa nnd pilce of which weie tonti oiled In the United States by a ttust. Th;s was i ejected, 14S jenis, 1!)G nays. The vote was then taktn on the passage ttf the bill, with the lesult stated, and tile nine das" laboi on Its consldetution were ended. At 4 40 the house ndjouined until Snt uiduj next. SENATE'S SECRET CONCLAVE. Ouly Two .Matters oi Public Interest ( ousidcrcd. Washington, Maieh 31 The st nate ie mainel In teciet session this afteinoon for three houis und u half, dining w tilth time it disposed of all the impoitant amendments to the general tint) ot uibl tiatlon and failed uttcil) to t.giee io- to u time when the llnat voe shall be tukun. Voting will bo lesumed on ull amend ments that may then be pending, tomor low at 4 o'clock and after that hoiu no further amendments will be pennltted The most Inteiestlng featuiu of todu's sesi Ion was the notice given b Mr H.ins brough, of Noith Dakota, that he should tomorrow or at the Hist favorable oppoi t unity, offer us a substttuto for tho wholo tieat) a declaration In the shape ot a lesoluilon that tho Pulled States Is In favor of tho pilnclple of nrbltrat'on, but that the exigent its of the times do not deioand that such u treaty should be no.v ratified. Mr Hoar, of Massachusetts, objected to sucha pioeetding ami said that ho would makti a point of order against it when the it solution wus offeied. Voting begun piomptly ut 2 o'dock ac cording to the agreement, the (list vote bilnfi on tlie amendment offeieei by .Vli Hour which consist! d of u tomblnatlon of the Chilton amendment and the amend nifiJ to the fiist uitlcle to the tleaty subilttted by the committee ut the lust session, This umeiidment provides Unit "any differences which, In the Judgment of tlther power, mateilally affects Us liorpr, or its domistle or foreign poll')-, ihould not be refeneel to uibltiutlou un ler this treaty except by spetlul ugree lurit." This wus adopted by u vote tf II to 13. Despite tho adoption of this Chilton pressed his amendment, but It was laid m the table by a vote of 47 to 23. Whllo he adoption of tho Hoar umcridtnent hits .vcMkened tho opposition to the treaty. 't is not altogether certain that It will ,iavo two thirds of the senate when the lual vote is taken. I The only mutteis of public Interest that Incurred in the open session weie two resolutions on the subject of Cuba and both of them went over without action till tomorro"', Tlie first was one offeied by Mr. Mills. ,of Texas, Instructing the committee on foreign relations to inquire what obliga tion, If uy, tho United States has as sumed towaid the people of Cuba by ns sorting und mntntulniug thq right to pre vent the acquisition of tho Inland by uny Iluropean power and compelling them to romnln subject to the domination of Spain. Tho other was offered yesterday by Mr. Morgan (Alabama) In relation to the letters fiom Muxltno Clomcz to Pres idents Clevelund und McKlnley. At 4 p. in. tho senate adjourned. HIS LUNCH COST $1700. Sntcliel Deposited With n Cnshicr Mjstorlously Disappears. Washington, D. C, .March 31. Arthur O, lladeiirlei, of the Metropolitan Hull load company, drew J1.7W from the bank toduy, pliced It In a sutchel, and soon af tt r entered a lunch loom There he In tl listed tho satchel to the cushler, itli.l. nftei lunching, found that It had disap peared. Mr. iiadeniier had pievlnusl) deposited his satchel with tho cashier, and It Is supposed that an expert thief hud utllirel tho knowledge to get away with the cash PETTIGREWS AMENDMENT Hopes to Tack a Clause to to the Tariff Bill That Will Admit Articles Con trolled by Trust's Free. Washington Maitli 31 In tho senate todu Ml I'ettlgtew guvo notice of un umeiidment to the tailff ill which will lemove fiom the dutiable und place on the free list nil at Melts of like character of domestlu production or manufut'tiiie that uio mude or conlrolhd b u tiust or t oinbluatlon for the pmposu of ptev tilt ing competition, livery contract combi nation in the form of a trust, ot to le stiltt the quantity of production or nf fttt the price of iins urtlclo or conspli uty In itstt.ilut of tiude, Is ditmttl u Host within the provisions of the utt. Action to determine the existence of such tiust mm be begun by uny citizen und upon the decision of the fodeiui court that such a trust exists, the coutt Is di rected to Issue uu older directing the customs olllttis to thereafter admit such articles free of duty. The United Stutts clicult couit Is made the court of lust rtsoit fiom which no upptul un bo tuken. Whcio ii duty Is levied upon raw ma terial or uny article Unit is Improved by any proctss after bt Ing lmpoitetl, the duty on the raw mateiial, oi uniellned or unimproved artlclts, shall be collect ed as provldid b this act, but the dlff"i entlal ol additional dut shall not bo tol lecli d If the Improved oi lellned ultleltt Is found to bo the subject of u trust. NEW THEATRE HAT BILL. X Pcnnltv ol'tjj I'mc for Obstracting the View. Albany, March fl Mr. Koster intio diied In the assembly toda a bill pio vhlng that an) pei son who, In iins thea ter, hull or other public plate of amuse ment, entertainment or lnsti notion, and oiiip)lng a teat theie'.n, shall wear hejdgeur ot sut li propoitlons und dlmen slons or so leathered, plumed, bedtcked or ditoiated, us to obstruct the view of persons occuplng seats in tho reai, and shall lefuse to it move such obstruction after having been it quested to do .-o, shall bo liable to a penult) ot $3 foi eaih otfnse, to be locovered b the ptison piosn utlng. fot the same, In any couit of tompetent juilsdittlon. LOVER OF LAWSUITS HALTED. A Pnrsou Continually Appealing to Court is Prosecuted. Wlllinmspoit Pa. March 31. ror the first time In the hlstoij of L coming count) u prosecution on the charge of bun utt y, or vexatious, habitual und nit wit! runttd litigation, was tothiv begun tho defendant being Hev. Augustus 13 Seliude', loinieil) pastor of tho (Jeiman Jtifoimeil ehuith heie Tim pioseeutor is Charles Fisher, of South V illiainsport Mi Scliudc was de postd us pastni of the (leim.iu chuicli, slnte which time he has hud numerous casts In touit and has been non-suited. IRISH RESOLUTION DEFEATED. House of Commons ltejects Need of Itemediul Tnx Legislation. Loudon Muicli 31 The lesolutlnn move el bv IMwaid lllnke, Irish National ist, fm the south division of Longford, in the house of commons on Mnuduv last, to the tffect thut It had betn established bv tho lepoit of the iO)al commission that there existed an undue bin den ot taxation upon Ireland, constituting a git at grltvunce und making It tho tint) of the government to pioposo lemedlul legislation at an tutlv da), wus nega tived today by a vote of JIT to 137 BIQQEST OF SLATE BLASTS. Oul) 10 Pounds ol Powder Dislodged 12,(1 Oil Cubic l'ect, Unbroken. Hethliheni, I'll., Mm eh 31 The Ke) stone Slute eomputi), of Chupinun's dun. rles, has, with fort) pounds of powder, successful!) blasted one of the latgest solid pieces of slate known to the si ite industi) The block, which was moved ut least six Inches fiom Its oilglnul bed, meas ui ed 07 feet In length, 14 feet eleep and U'j feet III width, ai'id contained 21.CU eulilu feet It weighed 2,I.'7,US4 pounds, oi ntui 1) 1,001 tons m I'lincled Cnricntnres Caused Suicide. BiilTalo, Mauh 31 .lost ph I'uelltr, 27 )ears old, u lloiu patkei In tho Banner mill, jumped Into the iuu.il )tsterdi) and was drowned Pueller hud the plcturts In panels weie carlcatuies of himself, and that lie wus despises) li ull men Suicide After n Lover's (unrrcl. riloversville, N. Y., Manh 31.-l'hi be Sutllff, IS )tnrs old, and giandduughter of ex-Sheriff Sutllff, shot heiself In tho light temple last night ufter having quanellod w'th her lover, l.lttle hopes of her leiovei) aie enteitalneel, THE NEWS THIS M0HNINU. Weather Indlcstlum Today: (ienerally Pair. 1 Oklahoma C) clone Victims. Determined Fighting In Clefe. Dlngley Bill Passed by the House. 2 State Legislative Proceedings. Pitianclul and Commercial, 3 (Local) United States Circuit Couit. 1'Kdltorlal. Comments of the Press. C (Local) Thlid Day of the Dickinson Tilal. ' C (Local) Dickinson Caso (Concluded.) 7 West Sldo and City Suburban, 1 8 Vp and Down tho Valley. aJvJJ FIGHTING HAS BEEN RESUMED The Bombardment of the Izeddin Block house Continued. WAR NOW 1IANQS BY A THREAD Husslu nnd Crcnt llrltnin Do Not De sire That the Hlockudc llo Cou-thuicd--Tliu Creek Nutloiial So ciety is ltcginiiiug to Movc--l'rlnt'f Conslnutiuc's Words. Vienna. Match 31. It is unclei stood that Cirent Hiitatu does not dcslie that the blockude of the pints of Ciete shall be continued. The admlials command ing the warships of othet foreign na tions In Cietan waleis, however, eloslie the continuance ot the blockade und that a blockude of the Aegean gulf also be established This last ptoposul, It Is bedieved, will be adhered to by the continental powtts, piovlded Hnglund s assent to It cun be obtained. Laiulca, Island ot Cpius, Male h' UK The CJieek sleumei Illeiit has ein bai kud a number of C prlote v olunte cist und Clitek leseives foi tho Island of Ciete. She will tiy to tun the blockade of that Island. Caneo, Island of Crete, Jtiuth 31 The Cln'lstlnns since yesteida have bombarded the blockhouse ubo' e th 1edillii feiit, which, together with th foteign liouclads, replied with shell'. The bombaidnient vnis conlluiied until 11 o'clock ut night und was resumed this muiiilng. Pails, Match 31. It is announced heie this afternoon that tb powers have de cided to pieiteed with the paitlal block ade of (Jreee e at an e irly dale Athens, Mulch Jl It Is iiimored heie that Russia has intimated that she will not paitltipnte In a blockade of Greek poits. Tills appal er.t change ot fiont Is viewed with susplclcn In Clioek of ficial cliele? It Is understood that the udniluils have called on their lespective govern ments for moie wuishlpj, as v,oll as moie tioops. Constantinople. Match 31 The am bassadors have called the attention of the Tuiklsh government to the unruli ness of tlie Tuiks nt Canea In filing upon a p.uty cf Chilslians beurlng a flag of tiuce. An lmpei lal hade Issued esteiday ordeis thut the Hist five mmy toips shall be armed with Mausets. GUUAT ENTHUSIASM arAHKHD. London, Maith 31. The toiiespond ent of the Dally Chronicle at Voio, (iieete, telegiaphs under date of Match .W, " u thousanil icservists leached Volo today. This Is oxtiemely Impoitant as I am confident that the National bo elety is beginning to move. A public meeting held litre this afternoon sent a deputation to welcome Pilnce Con stantino and tell him that the whole population hopes for an Immediate ad v unie. Thee town prince thanked them foi their lo)al devotion, said he wus piofoundl) touched by the boundless enthusiasm, and added. ' 1 am confident that If the ciuel ne cesslt) of wai should arise we shall all be teudy to do oui tlut) foi our t ountr) Let us still hope, howevei, that peace will ciown our Just and patriotic am bitions. In the meanwhile let us feel pei feet confidence in the decisions ot the king and the legal authorities, who will without doubt tnke eveiy step nee -essaiy foi the safet) and honoi ot the counti) " WAH OF PownitS FAIL. A dispatch toduy fiom the corre spondent of the Dally Cluonlile at 111 assona, the headquuiteis of the Tuiklsh aimy In Macedonia, sas. "My opin ion is unchanged. War Is inevitable. If the negotiations if the Poweis fall. Thirty thousand In-in gents, uiined to the teeth, aie waiting at a teitalu point on the Hontlei A week toda) Is the annivtisaiy of Cheek Independ ence, and It is difficult to believe It can pass without the enthusiasm bieaklng its bounds, though Pilnce Coustantine s oi del sale to exeiclse the utmost stilci lless to pievent unauthorised action " ICE CREAAi A HICCOUGH CURE. The icliin II ml Tried All Sorts of ltcinctlii's in Vain. New Hiunswb-k, N. J , March 31 M.nk Kd)wood, of Push i'ouds, wlio luis btm lileioughlng for twenty da)s and slowly wasting ttwuy, was i ured )tsteiday by Ite ileum All soits of lemedles hud btm tiled without avail, uud Dr. Canoll tlnall) admltteil his falluie uud gave the patle'it lp, suylng that his d?uth was only u matte 1 of time Ku) wood asked foi sonic, leo oleum estcidu) Aftel he ate it Ills spasms siiddeiil) teased. DEATH OF ISAAC BENNETT. round Demi in Ited After llnviug Ileeu Thrown Iroui u nqon. Sin flal to the S l niton Tribune Hawle), Manh SI Isaue Bennett, ugel 70 )eais, u funnel itslillng ut I'aiipat k, was found dead this inoiiilng In bed. lStn nett was seen In town )esterdjy with a team of horses On ids wuy home he was tliuiwn fiom tlie wugou uud luceiied In Juiles upon the he ad When he letlled for the ulpht was ap pareutl) ull light, but this iiioiulug he was foiuiil deud In bed. Sninllpov in the liiilgurinii Ami). London, Mar. It 31 A dUpiteh to Ihe "Hall) Chtonlc-le" Horn Solla, Bulguilu, published todii), su)s: "I have vUltel the liospltals heie and found oul) 2 per cent, of the ganlson theie, all tt Iv lal cases The mllttui) authoiltlts have stopped all comiiiunitution uciuss tho fioutler In tonsequenco of the pluvulen e of smallpox " TrnnsMHil Hnleler Leaves Jnil. London. Mauh 31 Major Sir John Wll. loughb), the milltai) commander of the Jumesou raid Into the Tiansvuul, who wus sentenced to ten mouths' Imprisonment In Hallowuy Jull on July 2S, aftel having been tonvlcted of violating tho Foielgn Enlistment utt, wus leased from piUon toduy. Piro nt LmiciiKfrr. Ijincaster, Pa Maith 31, The town hall at Uslnbridge, n four stoiy building occupied by two schools and the Ameri can Mechanics' bull wus destroyed by Die this morning. I mux $8,00); partially In sured, An adjoining dwelling owned Ly W. S. Smith, wus aUo destroy ed, Loss, $1,000. TTsTv Y O JIAMIUIL Spring Sale of Mtmslie Umiderwear Commeiiciag Monday, larctt 29, WH WILL OFFHIt PIVK SFilCIAL NUMimns IN GOWNS. One lot Muslin Gowns, tilmmed with Ktnbinldeiy Mo One lot Muslin Gowns, Cumbrle Hullle C9a One lut Clow ns, Tucked Yoke, Em broidered Collais and Cuff') Sio One lot Gleclun Gowns $1 00 One lot Gow ns, V and Squaie Neck Sallm Culluts 1 35 SPECIAL. ATTENTION IS CALLED TO OUlt IQiiE- MADE GOWNS. FIVE SPECIAL NUMUEHS IN SKIHTS. One lot Muslin Skirts, Cambric Unfile 75o One lot Muslin Skirts, Embiold- ered Huflle $110 One lot Catnbtlc Sklits, Lawn Huflle 1 00 One lot Lawn Sklits, Einbtuldeied Huflle 2 00 One lot Catnbtlc Sklits, Touchon ttltumed 2 93 One lut $3.50 up to $9.50 each. FULL LINES OF SHOUT SKIHTS. FIVE SPECIAL NU.MBEHS IN DHAWEHS. Lot Muslin Drawers, Plain and Tucked 29o Lot Muslin Diaweis, Embroidered Wide Unfile &0c Lot Cambric Drawers, Embrold- eiy 69c. Lot "hole Fullei" und speilal extiu sizes. Full line of Cm set Covets, 29 cents to $T00, Including extia sizes MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S GOWNS, SKIHTS AND DHAW EHS, ALL SIZES. 510 AND 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE Always Busy Selling Honest Sloes. .Specials for March Ladies' VJcl Kid Welts, $2.00. Men's Calf Welts, $2.00. Spring Footwear for every member of the family. Wholesale and retail. Lewis, Rellly &. Davies 11 1 uud 1 111 V )oiulng Avenue. Iclcphoiie, V! 15'J. PERU REFUSES OUR DEA1AND. Shu Coiidoinus mi American Sailor Nilhout Tiinl. Lima, 1'ein, Mauh 31 'I ho lssno ral8d between I'tiu uilel the I'nited Stutes with lespeel to tho imprlsounit nt of ltuiusay, the Amtileau salloi. Is beeuinllig a se llout; i.,-tstloii. , Tho I'eriivliu gov ei anient refuses to astedu to tint ileiuuud of flitted States Mlnlstti .Vli. Mi KinIn to set him Im mediate!) at libel t). Itumsu) was a membtr of the crew of tho Cambrian Mouatih Ho wus aucst eel b) the IMuvlun uuthoilth'S ut C.ll lao ubout tluee munths ago tor nlltgeit dlsoick'ily eoiiduel. He was tin own lalo Jull, and now has been toudeinned to a yeai's Impilsonment, tliough without tho slightest foimality of legal til.il. This action b) 1'eiu Is In diiect con tlltt with the piovlslons ot uitlcle 11 of tho tieat) btlwetn l'ein und the United Stutts. , Stcmtihhip Arrivals. New Voik. Mureh Jl Sailed: Steamers H II. Meier , foi Biemtn; New Voik, for SuuthJmptou. Aiilved out: Steamer St, Paul, ut Southampton; Spiee, ut South aiupton, Yvtikendum, ut Itotteidam (Maieh 201. Sailed for.Ww York: Sttuld eis Muusdam, fiom Itotteiehim; Edam, fiom Amsteidam, Havel, fiom South urnptou. - Sonntc Coulirmntinns, "Washington, March 31. The senate to duy continued the following nominations: Joseph 1.. Brlstow, of Kuusas, to be fourth asslstuut postmaster general, lien- r) Clu) ..'vans, of Tennesst.', to bo cum mlssloner of pensions. Thomas Ityun, of Kuusas, V be Hist assistant socieluiy cf the Intel lor. Colorado Trains Stormbound. Denver, Col,, Aluich 31. Not u railway train on any of the six itiuds coming Into Denver hus ai rived or departed to du), Kveiythlng Is stoi in-bound. Denth of Judire Wilson. Wellsboio, Pa Manh SI Ex-Judge Stephen l Wilson died ut his home here thls morning of kidney disease, In the seventy-sixth your of his uue. Y v.
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