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AVONDALE COLLIERY
IS NOW ABANDONED
Engineers Decide That It Must Be
Sacrificed.
MEANS A LOSS OF MILLIONS
To Prevent the Lois of the Adjacent
nml Connecting Collieries, the
Lehigh nml Wilkes-llnrre Company
Decides on Heroic Measures.
Largest Mine in the World, the Not
tingham, to Itti Transformed Into u
Tciiiporiirj Pumping Stntlon.
Special to the Sctanton Tribune.
Wllkes-U.irre, April 2 What mining
engineers characterize ns the greatest
problem that the milling world has
ever been called upon to face, now
confronts the operators of the eollerles
in and about Plymouth.
Millions or dollars worth of property
nre threatened with total destruction,
thousands of men are In danger of los
ing their employment and the total
blotting out of a thriving town is
among the ominous possibilities.
Yeats ago, when mining was in Its
Infancy, and when surveying, if done
at nil, was done after the most crude
manner, the vatlous wot kings of the
Plymouth district were permitted to
tin ok In upon one another or to make
openings In such close proximity that
the dividing pillars are practically of
little or no value.
The old Avondalo mine of the Dela
wi:e, Lackawanna and Western com-pi-iy,
one of the largest of the group,
leccntly began to settle directly be
iieath the Susquehanna liver. The
rock strata between the Ross, or ton
vein, und the quicksand of the river
bed. Is only about forty feet thick In
some places. The settling caused As
sures in thl3 strata and the water
commenced to work its way throus).
The settling continued and the crevices
grew larger. Finally the water com
menced to pour In at such an alarming
rate that operations were stopped and
additional pumps put to work. Even
with this thf mine continued to nil up,
and today the water Is within fourteen
feet of the shaft and In len days, it Is
estimated, will" commence to fill up
the shaft.
ON THE WKST SIDE.
The shaft Is on the west side of the
river and adjacent to Its bank. The
Hoss vein is 2j0 feet below the surfac
where It branches oft from the shaft.
It Is n 14-degtev dip and is opened from
the mountain on the west to a point
borne distance beyond the east bank of
the rlv er. The low er vein is 120 feet be
neath the Ros and parallels It. Under
the river where the veins are fatthest
beneath the suiface they arc connect
ed by a plane. The water coming fiom
the river filled up the lower vein to a
gitdt distance up the mountain, tilled
the connecting plane and In now tilling
the Ross v . the water being, as stat
fd befote, thin fouiteen feet of the
point whet e top vein taps the sh'aft.
The top vein, which wa.s the fltst
woiked by the original owneis, has
connecting openings with the adjacent
Nottingham mine of the Lehigh and
Wilkes -Uarre company, and the Not
tingham has openings Into the others,
namely the Lance and Reynolds, owned
by the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre com
pany; Collie-les No. 2. No. 3 and No. C
of the Delawaie and Hudson Canal
company; the Gaylord mine of the
Kingston Coal company; J. C. Had
dock's mine and the Pairish Coal com
pany's mine. Kach of these opens Into
one or mere of the others, and the
Hooding of one means eventually the
Hooding of all.
At first the full boriottsness of the sit
uation did not dawn upon the engin
eers. They thought that by establish
ing a big pumping station at the Ros,s
vein on the Avondale and keeping the
wnter from accumulating too great a
weight against the imptovlsed dams
hurriedly built In the connecting open
ings, that tho other mines would be
kept fiee from Inundation and in time
would become choked up, as has been
the experience in some ptevious in
stances and when this automatic cessa
tion of the Inpour occurred the Avon
dale could be pumped dry and ovety
thlng would once more be Bereue.
WATER CONTINUED TO RISE.
Hut to the utter demoiallzation of the
engineeis and their plans the water
continued to increase in volume at
such a rate that this scheme had to be
given up and after futile attempts, and
dally consultations since last Saturday,
to devise some other etllclent plan,
they yesterday gave up In despair and
decided to abandon the Avondale to to
tal loss and pioceed to heroic meuH
uies for the salvation of the other
mines.
The water Is gaining with silch rapid
ity that the necessary pipes and pumps
cannot be gotten in place In the Avon
dtle in the fouiteen das that It is es
timated still lemaln before the Ross
vein at the point where It opens from
the shaft will be inundated. It Is
simply a physical Impossibility, the en
gineers declare.
What pumping machinery has al
ready been put In position is now be
ing takn out and In a few days the old
and famous Avodale will be no more.
The new plan of battle against this
most terrlflo of nature's forces contem
plated besides the total abandonment
of the Avondale, tho temporary aban
donment of the Nottingham as a hoist
ing plant. The Nottingham will be
transformed Into a pumping station
with nil possible dispatch. The water
will lie puinped out of tho Avondale
and Nottingham simultaneously and
when It recedes below the danger line
a permanent pumping station will be
established In the Avondale nml thn
i Nottingham reouenl'd for mining.
Tho Lehigh and Wllkes-liarre com
pany takes this all upon itself, but It
expects that the other companies whose
mines It Incidentally saves, will contri
bute to the expense of the temporary
station and the permanent station to be
established and maintained at the
Avondale.
THE TOTAL LOSS.
Tho loss resulting fiom the aban
donment of tho Avondile Is between
$2,000,000 and $1,030,000 to the Delawaie,
Lacknwanna and Western company.
Tho mine has been worked for foity
years, but It Is good for fifty more If
It could be operated. Over 1,000 hands
are thrown out of employment.
The loss to tho Lehigh and Wllkes
Batie company could not be estimated
last nlghUby General Superintendent
Elmer II. Lawall. He says It will be
enormous, but lv exrects the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western people,
whose injudicious running beneath the
liver caused the whole calamity, and
the other compurles who will be bene
fited by the Lehigh and Wllkes-Barj-e
company's costly and heroic measures,
will share the loss and expense with his
company.
The Nottingham Is the largest mine
In the world. Its tempoiary Isolation
means the Idleness of 1.S00 men and
boys, ns the depression In the coal trade
makes it impossible for the company
to wiovlde for them ut its other col
lieries even though these other collier
ies will have their respective outputs
Increased to meet the tonnage of the
company. The capacity of the Not
tingham Is 3,000 tons a day and It has
a tecord of 70,000 tons in twenty-three
days.
Already the Polandeis and Hunga
rians ate leaving Plymouth tor the soft
coal regions of West Virginia and other
places.
RIVERA'S FATE.
It Is Thought That the Insurgent General
Has Already Been Executed.
Weylcr's Scheme.
New York. April 2. A special to the
Evening Sun fiom Key West, Flu.,
says;
It was said heie today on Havana
Information that General Rivera's
court mattlal met yesterday and that
he was then sentenced to be shot at
sunrise today. Passengers on the Oli
vette said that thete were rumois In
Havana to that effect. Henrico Tonao,
a Cuban, who was on the vessel en
route to his home in New Yoik, said
that he knew positively that Rivera's
fate was but a matter of days or per
haps hours. He had a friend, a close
confidant of a palace otiiclal, who In
formed him. In confidence that Wpyler
was afraid the United States govern
ment would do something to save Ri
vera and he wanted to forestall such
action. The news of the debate yester
day In Washington was cabled to Hav
ana and then wlied to Wejler. It was
understood at the palace that Weyler
Intended to arrange matters so that he
would not be balked aguin.
The coutt martial was oideied the
moment the news of RIveia's captute
was teceled and it was directed to use
every diligence to make Its report. The
sentence of death was practically pio
nounced before the court convened. A
form of trial was ordered in deference
to public opinion in the United States.
Tlie names of the ofllcers of the court
have not been made public, it is said,
but they weie the most intense puitl
sans that Weyler has.
Several cable Inquiries sent over to
Havana this morning have remained
unanswered and It Is the opinion here
that something has oecuued, as the
censor lefuses to allow any Information
about Rlveia to be sent out.
It is belieed here that General Rl
veia was shot at suntlse.
POSTAL APPOINTMENTS.
I'ourtli Assistant I'ostmnstcr General
.Makes Selections.
Washington, April 2. The fouith
assistant postmaster general made the
first appointments of fouttl class post
masters. His piedecessor, Mr. Max
well, did not uppulnt any one for the
last month, which left Mr. Rrlslow
about 2,600 places to fill caused by
deaths und resignations. Today thirty-eight
were appointed, and out of
this number four were removed. Among
those appointed were:
Pennsylvania David Blosser, Fort
Hunter; F. A. Wood, Grand Valley.
FIRST TWIN SHAFT SUIT.
Mrs, Wnrd Wnnts 820,000 Unmngcs
from New ton Coal Company.
Wllkcs-Rarre, Pa., April 2. Mrs.
Mnggle Ward, widow of David Watd, a
miner who was Killed In the Twin shaft
uccldent at Plttston In June last,
brought suit today against the New
ton Coal company for $JO,000 damages.
This Ih the first suit brought growing
out of that terrible disaster at which
time fifty-eight men lost their lives,
none of then eer being recoveied.
Clothing Employes Struck.
St. Louts, Mo.. April 2. Five hundred
men employed In clothing fuetoiles struck
today. The price ror making a coat was
l educed last full from C" to 60 cents, and
the men weio piomUed the rate would he
restored In the spring, which was not
done yesteiday.
Gain Delays Warships.
Port Itoal, H. 0 April S.-Tho United
States warships Maine and Texas have
not et sailed for Hampton Roads. They
have been delayed on account of tho
heavy gale, und will probably sail on Sat
urday. Spaniards Victorious.
Madrid, Apill 2. The Insurgents In the
Phlllplne Islands have met with another
serious defeat at the hands of the Span,
lards, according to special advices re
ceived today, Nearly "MO rebels wco
killed In the battle.
Two Men lllown to Atoms.
Cellna, O., Apill 2. Cornelius O'Donntll
and Jphn llalrd, of Pennsylvania, wfero
blown to atoms near here this afternoon
by accidental explosion of nltro-elycerlm
Only a finger was found ot the two men.
WORST IS TO COME
FROM THE FLOODS
The Mississippi Spreads More Destruc
tion in the Delta.
IN THE CALMNESS OF DESPAIR
.Surrounded Iiy Wnter, Crccnvillc
People Awn t Theni intc--l nn
mito Used on a Itnilrond--'l'rncUs
Itlown Up in Sevcrnl Places to Al
low the Waters to l'nss.
Greenville, Miss., April 2. All was
huiiy and contusion her Inst evening,
and Gieenvllle's population in that part
of tho city north and Immediately ex
posed to tho Mound Crevasse are today
Buffeting all the woe Incident to the
overlie vv.
Sooner th'an wns expected tho water
has reached here, and at 6 o'clock this
morning from 7C0 to 1,000 families were
surrounded by water. There is some
bitterness of feeling expressed by peo
ple living to the north of Alexander
stieet, througn which a protective levee
now runs. They do not think the levee
should have been built, as it will in all
probability make a higher stngo of
water In this section, "iesterday even
ing cltli-ens In that part of the town
dynamited- the railroad tracks In seven
or eight places to let th water pass
out Into the country east of here. This
has checked the rise temporally, but
when the outer basin lllls the tlse will
begin again. Water from the Deerfleld
or Lake Lee bieak l already coming
up slowly to the south and tlm two
Hoods have met.
East of Gtcenvllle n skiff mail line
from here to Elizabeth on the Southern
tatltoad has been established and com
panies of linemen are also established
at convenient points, working to keep
up the telegraph wires, so that com
munication from her with the outside
world will be maintained for several
days yet.
WORSE DISASTER YFT TO COME.
A fleet of skiffs Is scouting the coun
try and hourly bringing In loads of
refupees. Thousands of head of live
tock are coming here from, every di
rection. The worst features of the disaster
yet to come In this country ate being
suppressed as far as possible. Hut the
river bulletin today has caused much
additional alarm. The high stage ot
the wnter fiom Cilto down, together
with the continued heavy rise at St.
Louise, meuns widespread destruction'
to the delta at all points south of the
Pet thshlre break.
Cons-eivatlve thlnkets fully realize
the gravity of the Mtuatlom Theie is
a calmness heie, It Is title, but It Is the
lethat g of despair.
TWO CITIES FLOODED.
St. Pnul The Mississippi rler here
has icuc-hed sixteen feet, and is still
rising slowly. This Is the highest point
reached since the great Hood of 1S81.
In Minneapolis at St. Paul, 1,000 fuml
lies have been made homeless by the
flood. They lived on the Hats along
the liver, and In the lowlands of West
St. Paul. The families that lived to
the left of the inter-urban bildge at
Minneapolis have been driven out and
a vast body of water rushes over the
spot wheie their homes used to be
In South St Paul last night ISO sheep
weie drowned There were 50,000 sheep
in the pens at that point which aie
being lemoved to othei yaids. Millions
of feet of lumber got away fiom the
boom companies and floated over St.
Anthony Falls. The Mississippi and
Rum River Room company about esti
mates It loss at JfiO.OOO.
Rosedale, Miss., Apill 2. The lelief
boat has brought in scores of negroes
fiom the back country today. The
water is pouring through the crevasse
near here and the outlook Is gloomy.
Warsaw, 111., Apill 2. Heavy rains
have again swollen tho Des Moines and
Mississippi ilers. thieatenlng further
destitution of piopeity. The Fox river
which empties Into the Mississippi near
here on the Missouri hide. Is out of its
banks and the people aie fleeing from
the bottoms. The situation Is growing
mote serious houily,
FRIGHT OR STARVATION.
St. Louis, Mo., April 2. A special
from Calto, 111,, to the Sctlnps-McRae
Pi ess association, states that a teooit
readied here last night that fle Dei
sons weie found deud yestetduv ut a
point about thlity miles below New
Madrid, Mo. The Information wns
brought to Calio by a commerclul trav
eler, who states that a relief boat yes
terday found the bodies of a young
girl, an aged woman and a child In the
Hooded house on tho Missouri side of
the river, at a point about thirty .miles
south of New Madrid. The people had
either starved to death or died of
fright. The water was ut the eaves of
the house
A negio and a white man nre also
reported as having been starved to
denth on tho platform of a temporary
refuge In tho same locality.
SITUATION IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
St. Paul, MInn.i April 2. A flood in
this region and other Sllsslsslppl river
points in tho state and in South Da
kota, remains serious. Tho water here
today shows twenty-four feet above
the danger line. Mr. Hudlesln, of Pies
cott, was drowned this morning whllo
trying to cross the South St. Paul belt
line bridge, although he had been
warned of the danger. No teams hae
been allowed to cross the bridge, but
he Insisted oil crossing on horseback,
leaving his load on the other side.
Horse and ilder were swept oft into
deep water, but the horse swam ashore,
while Hudlesln went downi. Tialns nie
delayed and one or two have not been
heaid from. Wagon bridges are down
and dams have gone out, letting great
deluges of water Into the big river.
The river is still rising at Huron, S.
D., heavy rains having fallen during
the night. The Great Northern railway
bridge Is in danger, and no attempt Is
being made to move trains on the north
and west lines of the Northwestern
road,
Helena, Ark., April 2. The river rose
two-tenths In twenty-four liouis and Is
still rising. The three-foot rise at St.
Louis yesterday and a rise of 2-10 ut
Marked Tree cairy doom to the people
who have been hoping for the river to
begin to halt.
The levee at the Hubbard place,
eight miles from here, will probably
breuk befote many hours. Already live
Incipient breaks have bscn closed by
the desperate workers and now that tho
back water is attacking it from the
rear, cutting off the supply of dry dirt,
the situation Is still less hopeful. Then
is no lack of men and sacks at that
point. It is simply Inability to secure
sufficient quantities of dry dirt In time.
Help wns sent down from here this
morning. A rumor lias reached here
that the Mississippi levee, at Kilo's
store, three miles above here, Is about
to give way, and that the Austin, Miss.,
ltvee is In a very precarious condition.
Five men near It.dtan Pay, Mcnro
county, ate known to have been
drowned while fleeing from the rl"lng
waters In White river bottom.
On the whole, the situation Is eiy
distressing.
ROBBED OF $3,500.
Ilrutnl Attack on n .Messenger Roy
Who Cnrrlcd the .Moncv.
Chicago, April 2. Chris Sch'ultz. aged
15, a messenger for the wholesale cloth
ing firm of Kuhn, Nathan & Fischer,
at Van Buren and Franklin stteets,
was lobbed of $3,500 at It o'clock today
on tho Twelfth street viaduct near tho
NIcMe Plate dej)t.
Edward Wildcn, driver of a delivery
wagon for the nun, with two confeder
ates, committed the ci line, utter knoc Ic
ing the boy In the head with a billy
while he was riding on th'e seat by his
side. Sclmltz was nfterwatd bound
und gagged and left Ivlng unconscious
In the bottom of the wagon, while Wil
son and ills confedeintes made good
their escape.
Shntlly after 10 o'clock the boy wa.s
f?nt by the Him to the Metropolitan
bank to c.ish u check for ?3.r,00, with
which to pay the cutteis of the con
cern. As Is custoinniy, the mesenger
was accompanied by Edward Wilson,
who Iris charge of the delivery waifon,
also the piopeity of the clothing firm.
After cashing the check Schultz placed
the money In a satchel, which he car
ried on his lap. On reaching the vln
duct, Sclmltz wns dealt a heavy blow
on tlm head with a billy, ile saw Wil
son, with- the weapon In his hand, mo
tion to two other men, who were stand
ing on the viaduct. All three then
boarded the wagon, liound and gagged
the youth, stufhng handkerchiefs In his
mouth. With a knife Wilson cut open
the grip and put tho money In his
pockets. The three men then Jumped
from the wagon and escaped. Schultz
Is In a precarious condition from
wounds inflicted, nnd it Is feared thete
is a possible fiaclute of the skull, and
murdei may yet be added to the crime
of robbety.
The police this afternoon captured
Edward Giant, one of the men who
held up and robbed Messenger Schultz.
He was taken at Thirty-fifth and Hal
stead stieets. He made a confession
admitting his complicity in the crime.
Nearly $1,000 was found In Ills poses
slon. BUTTON QANQ EXECUTED.
The Hanging of the Assassins Wns
Not Attended by Any Disturbance.
Santa Fe., N. M., April 2. The mem
bers of the Rorrego, or "Rutton" gang
of assassins, weie executed In the Jail
yatd here at 9 10 o'clock this morning.
The Jail was under the guard of tetil
torlal militia all night, and an addi
tional guai d was put on this morning
Theie was no disturbance of any kind.
The convict's spent the night In play
er and at 9 03 walked from their cell
act oss the Jail jaul and mounted the
scaffold steps without a tremor. Thev
made no statement. Only Patrice Va
lencia's body showed the least signs of
life after the drop fell He died of
sti angulation. The necks of the Uoi
icgo biotheis and Alarld weie broken.
COL. GRANT DECLINES.
Refuses to llfcomc Assistant Secre
tary of inr.
New Yoik. Apt II 2. ipollce Coinmls-sIonet-Fied
D. Grant today sent the fol
lowing dispatch to President McKlnley:
William MeKlnle, President or the Unit
ed States, Washington, D. C.
Although you weie pleased to urge m
to think over the mattei, it Is Impossible
for me to consldei the position or assist
ant MS-ietaty of war, which ou wwo
good nough to offer me.
I Hieiefoie decline with thanks the ap
pointment, at the same time legiettlmr
that I am not to seive your udmlulstia
tlon, for which I woiked earuestl).
(Signed) u-d D. Giant.
Michignu Dnilj Paper Sold.
Giand Rapids, .Mich., April 2. The Dally
Democrat, tho lending Democratic pupi r
of Western Michigan, was sold toduy to
Elliott G. Steennou, of Detroit, for l.',0u',
on foieclosuro of a moitgage.. Steenson
was at one time chairman of the Demo
cratic stuto cential committee, and u law
paitncr of Don M. Dickinson.
Auburn Woman 1'atnlly Riirncd.
Auburn, N. Y April 2. .Mrs. Anne Mea
ly, about OS years of age, was ratull
burned this morning. Flumes from the
room occupied by Mrs. Hcaly In ought
neighbors-, who found Mrs. llcaley in a
semi-conscious condition and extinguished
tho fire.
rnriner's .Murder nnd Suicide.
Lexington, Ky., April 2. At llayden,
Leslie county, last Tuesday, Tom Otjle
thoipe, a pioapeious farmer, shot and
killed Henry Schneider, a farm hand who
was tho cause of his wife's leaving him.
lie then killed hlmseir
TIIK KKWS THIS MOKNIKG.
Weather Indications Toda:
Pair; Slightly Coaler.
Mississippi River Spieads Destruction
and Death,
Senate Takes Hold of tho Tariff.
Aondale Collleiy Abai.doned.
Dun's Wi'ekly Trade Review.
Financial and Commercial.
(Ical)-rell Down uu Air Shaft to
His Death,
IHItorial.
Wellington Gossip,
(Local) Tho Dickinson Trial.
Largo Apartment Store for Scranton,
Social nd Personal.
News of the Churches.
West Side and City Suburban,
Mercantile Appraisement.
Dickinson Trial (Concluded).
(Story) "The Lord of Sullane."
Sketch or tho Democratlo Leader In
Congress,
Up and Down the Valley,
WORK ON TARIFF4
IN THE -SENATE
The Committee Will Not Report for
Three Weeks.
EXPECT TO COVER ALL THE GROUND
llnrd to Forecast the Pnto of tho
Retroactive) Clnusc--The Commit
tee! Is Dhldcd.-Rcmnnd fur Reduc
tion of Duties on Woolens.
Washington, April 2. 'The question
of constitutionality will ptobably not
be removed us a stumbling block to the
adoption by the senate committee, now
In churge of the Dlngley bill, of the re
troactive clause putting the new utles
that shnll be adopted Into effect April
1. The action of the committee as to
adopting oi rejecting the provision Is
haul to foiecast. Two of the meinbeis,
In talking on the subject today, de
clared that they believed the house pro
vision a w Iso one, providing It was
constitutional. Neither one of them had
Investigated the matter, but fiom what
thiy had heard and from what was
stated In the house they expiessed the
opinion thut the retroactive clause
would stand the test of the courts.
On the other hand, membeis of the
committee ate quoted as intimating
that the retroactive clause would not
stand In their report. It Is Impossible
to say, however, that they will not
yield to piessure In the matter or that
they will not sympathize with the effort
to frighten the Importers against fur
ther contracts. Governor Dlngley, Mr.
Russell und other members of the ways
and means committee freely expressed
opinions hostile to the retroactive sec
tion before Its adoption, but voted with
the extremists to put It upon the bill.
AT THE TREASURY.
The retroactive provision dues not up
pear to have made much Impiesslon at
the treasury. The subject w as present
ed to Secietary Gage yesterday by As
sistant Seci-etaty Howell, but the sec
retary decided not to take any definite
action for a day or two. The treasuiy
officials tecognlze the fact that some
regulations should be framed for keep
ing trace of goods subject to the retio
active law, It theie Is a probability of
Its becoming law. The framing of reg.
ulatlons, however, will be sui rounded
by dlfllculties, and theie Is not any vety
confident expectation that any revenue
will be collected under the new sec
tion een if It becomes a law. The fact
that It Is limited to puichases made af
ter April 1 piactlcally excludes neatly
all the contracts made for the usual
spring nnd summer trade.
Dlfllculty will be encountered In the
opinion of some of the oHlclals, In pie
ventlng the drawing back of contiact-e
which are made after April 1 and the
accumulation uf evidence to ptove such
evasion of the law. The propoitlon of
good which will be bi ought In which
have not been already contracted for Is
consldei ed so small as to be a trifling
element In linpoi tutlons during the next
few months It legulatlons aie flamed
for keeping ttnek of goods Impelled
after April 'l under contiacts inude af
ter that date, there will be some effoi t
to fasten the lesponslblllty upon ie
putable Importing houses. While con
signment shippeis appears to be ex
cluded fiom the benefits of existing
duties, contiacts may be transfetied to
American citizens of little pecuniary
lesponslblllty who will not be found
when the attempt Is made to collect the
Increased duties.
FAVOR LOWER WOOL RATES.
A majority of the members ate In
favor of a leductlon In the rates on
wool und woolens ns that schedule
passed the house. A leductlon In that
schedule, however, might endanger the
passage of the bill lit the senate'. With
out the help of some of the westein
wool men the bill could not pass the
senate, and these men ute all opposed
to any i eduction In the rates on law
wool. The rates on woolen manufuc
tuies cannot be i educed unless the
lates on taw wool "ate sepled nt the
same time. But the piubabilltles ute
that thete will be a leductlon ot fiom
10 to 20 per cent, on the tates on wool
and woolen goods.
It Is aluo piobable that there will be
a reduction on some Items In the metul
schedule. Steel lulls ate likely to go
down to $r a ton Instead of $7. HI us
passed by the house. And pig lion Is
ulso npt to undeigo some i eduction, as
ate steel billets.
This will be done largely on the
gtouud that the higher duties aie not
tiecessaty and ulso because of the fuct
thut combinations lute been made un
der both the WIImui anil Me Klnley law
to emitted pi Ices on those ill tides.
New England men aie demanding n
reduction In the duty on coul, und li
looks now us though that leductlon
would be tnnde to the extent of meet
ing the duty I in posed em Canada, which
is CO cents a ton Hut all of this Is
more or less speculative, based cm the
expressions il" opinion by Individual
niembeiB of the committee.
PRESIDENT'S "STAQ PARTY".
Clients Entertained nt the White
Iloiihn by .Mr. .Mclilnlcj.
Washington, April 2 The piesldent
entet tallied a "stug patty" tonight at
the white house Those piesenl weie:
The vice piesldent, the speaker of the
house, the attorney generul and Sen
utois liuirows, Geai and Mills (ex
membeis of the committee on ways and
means, house of lepieseutattves); Rep
resentatives Dlngley, Payne, Dalzell,
Hopkins, Grosvelior, Russell (Connec
ticut), Dolllver, Steele, Johnson (Not tit
Dakota), Evans, Tawney. Ralley, Mc.
Mlllln, Wlieelei (Alabama), McLuuiin,
Robertson and Swunsou, present mem
bers of the committee on ways and
means; Hon. Ml. Cutinon, Hon. Mr.
Henderson and Hon. William A. Rus
sell, of Massachusetts.
Ilurncd to Denth In His Home.
Corning, N. Y Apill 2, Annls Cobb
was burned to death In a fire wliloli de
stroyed his home, at Middlesex, Yules
county. He was sleeping alone when tho
house took lire.
Rebels in Uruguay Defeated.
MontevUeo, Uruguay, April 2 'I he na.
tlonal troops have defeated the insur
gents with heavy Ions.
HMLEY
Spring Sale of
MmsMo
Uederwesir
Commeiclig
Monday, March 29,
WE WILL OFFER
FIVE SPECIAL NUMHERS
IN GOWNS. ,
One lot Muslin Gowns, trimmed
with Embloldery Mc
One lot Muslin Gowns, Cumbria
Entile COo
One lot Gowns, Tucked Yoke. Em-
broldeied Collars nnd Cuffi) 8e
One lot Oteclan Gowns $t 00
One lot Gowns, V and Square Neck
Sailor Collars 1 33
SPECIAL ATTENTION IS CALLED
TO OUR
IE - MAM
FIVE SPECIAL NUMHERS
IN SKIRTS.
One lot Muslin Skirts. Cambric
Rulile 7Je
One lot Muslin Sklits, Embroid
ered Rulile $110
One lot Cambric Skirts, Lawn
Ruflle 1 CO
One lot Lawn Skirts, Embroidered
Ruflle 2 00
One lot Cambric Skirts, Touchon
trimmed 2 9S
One lot $3.50 up to $9.50 each.
FULL LINES OF SHORT SKIRTS.
FIVE SPECIAL NUMBERS
IN DRAWERS.
Lot Muslin Drawers, Plain and
Tucked 39o
Lot Muslin Diawers, Embroidered
Wide Rulile COd
Lot Cambric Drawers, Embroid
ery C3c.
Lot "Lole Fuller" and special extra
sizes.
Full line of Corset Covers, 29 cents to
$3.00, Including extra sizes.
MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S GOWNS,
SKIRTS AND DRAWERS,
ALL SIXES.
5110 AND 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
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ALWAYS BUSY
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Sprtag
Footwear
For Every member
of the Farnjly.-
Don't fool jour feet-
.Mlud yoiirfeit.
Put -.our mliitl em our shoes.
We will tit our shoes em your feet
Vom mind will lieius-,.
So will join fe'it In our shoes.
Always llusj Mine Mines.
WlioleMile and retail, 1 I and 1 JO
Wjomliigiivc-uue.
Lewis, Reilly
& DavSeSo
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MALTBY BREAKER BURNS.
N'curl) Eight lluudicd Mon nml llova
Thrown Out ol Employment.
Wilkes-Hane, Pa., April 2 The Malt
by bteukei, an Immense stiuctuie, op
elated by the Lehigh Valley Coal coni
puny ut Maltbj. live miles fiom this
city, was desttojed by file this morn
ing. It was one of the best equipped
coul lueakets In the Wyoming leglun,
containing all the model n, maelilneiy
and Its capacity was 1 COO tons pel day.
It will be a seve-ie blow to this mining
Village, us the ( oinpany employed neat
ly bOO men und boys wlm uie thiowu
out of employment for many muiiths.
The loss to the company Is estimated
ut $tio,000. on which theie was uu Insut
auce uf $r,o.ooo,
'
llig llicjclo Riicc.
Washington, April 2 The bicycle scora
nt midnight was us follows; Sehoi k, 1,819:
Albeit. 1.1.10: Golden, 1,-Wii; Cussedy, 1.S02,
LawBon, 1.3T,7; lllvleie. iiisV, Ford, 5&0: Mai
ler, 130 Law son, ufter getting ten hours'
sleep, camu on at two minutes to 10 this
forenoon and covered 190 miles idnco then
und U still on the track.
ltig I'irc nt lloMnn.
lloston, April .'.Tho East lloston dis
trict wus visited by a tire tonight tnat
eauned about $.r0,Uixi damage. The terri
tory Is hugely occupied by planing mills
and wood woiklng establishments. The
tire started In the planing and lumber mill
of 'E. T. Mansou, on Holder street.
.More Striken in Chicago.
Chicago, April 2.-The) Btrlke fever had
full possession of the union forces of tliU
city jesteiduy Resides the tanners and
currleis, who have been out for u ween,
three tiudete In building weie Involved.
Tlm tie-up Is tho work of Individual
unions.
Con mi I I.ee't. Family Leaves Ilnvniin.
Havana, April 2 Tho fumlly of Consul
General Fitzhuxh l.ee left for New York
city by the Ward Lino steamer City ef
Washington but evening at U o'clock,
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