I PAGES e- TWO CENTS a jOS rtfUfmXL -zr -m&iSzzTZ&d7lMliT(ttl firli' ttrv."ft I ttr52i w pages t1 ::j!r "TWO CeSs." SCEaSo', PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 27, 1897. -.- , . - I BLOOMSBURG DYNAMITERS Trial of the Alleged Con spirators Is Now Under Was GRANT HERRING'S ADDRESS Some Things the Prosecution Expects to Prove. Levi Wnllor the First Witness Rxnw incd Jolin Urtwcin llcnrtl Threat. Knto Dims Also (Jives Damaging Kvldcnco Agniust Wiiitcrstoen. Clifton Knarr on the Witness Stand--Ho Testifies in llcgnrd to His First Business Transaction With tho Defendant -- Story of n Deed nndTInn to Client Creditors. Bloomsburg. May 26. The Wlnter steen dynamite trial pot fairly under way today, and the hearing or testi mony was begun this afternoon. When tho morning sebslon opened, Grant Her llng, who Is associated with District Attorney Harman In the prosecution, made the first address to the Jury, out lining the commonwealth's case. He reviewed the details of the dyna mite explosion which wrecked Mr. Wal ler's house, stunned the Inmates and startled the neighborhood. He took up tho events leading up to the alleged conspiracy, Including the charge that the plot was concocted to cover up Wlntersteen's mismanagement as ad ministrator of the estate of Colonel Samuel Knorr. He said that by Wln tersteen's schemlnii he secured a trans fer of Clinton Knorr's stock In the Bloomsburg Iron company and after wards attempted to secure Mrs. Knorr's shares In the same concern. Wlnter ' eteen, he said, had endeavored to In duce her to vacate the suit In equity that resulted from his alleged attempt to prevent exposure and growing angry upon her refusal, uttere'd threats '.against Mr. Waller, who was Mrs. Knorr's attorney; how, scheming, he Becured possession of the stock of Mil dred Knorr and Mrs. Smith. He said the commonwealth would produce a witness who would swear that Wlnter Bteen said he would serve twenty years In the penitentiary It he could put a bullet through Waller. Other alleged threats of a similar nature were quot ed. He said the commonwealth would produce as a witness a former servant of Wlntersteen, who will testify that at his own table Wlntersteen declared vehemently: "I will kill Levi Waller." When reproached by his wife he said to her: "Yes, if It would not be for you I would." 'The testimony of Knorr" continued Mr. Herring, "will be oltered to show th'at Wlntersteen asked Knorr to kill Ills stepmother, that he, Knorr, re ceived twenty-five dollars to go to New v -k and secure a man who would wile here and kill Mrs. Knorr, but that --'TTnorr went to Reading Instead and wrote to Wlntersteen that he was Blck; that when Knorr afterwards went home to live with his stepmother Wln tersteen suggested that he might get a chance to poison Mrs. Knorr; that "Wlntersteen promised him fle thous and dollars If he could get his step mother to slsn papers assigning her Iron company stock to him, Wlnter steen, and drop her suit against him, nnd that when Knorr reported his fail ure, Wlntersteen said he rould with pleasure hit her In the head with' an axe." THE DIPHTHERIA GERMS. The story about securing diphtheria Kcrms and scattering them through Mrs. Knorr's clothing, how Knorr pur chased a revolver and laid in wait to shoot Waller and the subsequent move ments of Knorr and Wlntersteen were carefully reviewed. Mr. Herring's ref erence to Knorr's movements and his stay at Mrs. Sallle Goat's house at Heading, shows that the latter will bo n very Important witness fo- Vie com monwealth. " j Mr. Herring occupied thl , re fore noon In opening the case. Levi E. Waller, the prosecutor, was tho first witness called. He gave the deiullrf of the explosion and subsequent efforts to get a clue to the perpetrat ors of the crime. Ho offered In evi dence five sticks of dynamite found by him under a pile of boards on Mrs. Knorr's lot as described by Clifton Knorr In his confession before the mag istrate. Waller was counsel for Mrs. Knorr In the equity suit against Wln- tvisteen, James Scarlet, of Danville, being associated with him at Waller's solicitation. Thero were several sh'arp passes between counsel for the defense and tho prosecution during an attempt to show that Detective Henderson, worked for a reward. Mr. Waller said he withdrew the reward ho had of fered and paid Henderson six dollars a day. There was no' contingent reward. The next witness was 1'. G. Miller, a coul dealer of Bloomsburg, who testi fied that in the spring of 1831, Wlnter steen said in his (Miller's) house "That h'o'd fcerve twenty years In tho peniten tiary to put a bullet through Levi Waller," John Ertweln, a laborer, of Blooms burg, testified that In Wlntersteen's office In 1894 the defendant said he "would willingly serve twenty years of his life In the Eastern penitentiary to have the privilege of putting" a bullet through Levi Waller's heatt." I have laid lnwalt for him but ho never came my way, I could draw his blood as easily as not." Miss Kate Davis, who had been cm ployed aa a domestic by Wlntersteen, testified that In October, 1895, in the de fendant's dining room, Wlnstersteen exclaimed; "Levi Waller Is a rascal, he is a scroundrcl, I could kill him I could blow him. Up If It was not for tm (indicating his. wife.) Damn It, I'll get even with him some day. It takes a pretty smart fellow to get ahead of this fellow (Indicating him self).' KNORR ON THE STAND. There was a craning of necks when the name of Clifton Knorr, who yes terday pleaded guilty to the charges against him, was called. Knorr testi fied that ho was 26 jcars old In July. In nnswer to questions by District At torney Graham, of Philadelphia, he said: "I have known Wlntersteen ever since ho entered my father's office, about fifteen years ago. In the fall of 1889 I went to college nnd attended there for three years, but did not grad uate. After leaving college, I stayed at homo about a year, "and then went to Reading. I know Levi Waller and remember when the bill In equity was filled. I was party to it, nnu was rep resented by Mr. Waller, Waller and Scarlet, were attorneys for my mother and my sister, Mildred. It was after the bill had been filed that I met Wlnstersteen In his office. I went there to sell him my Interest In the bank building. I next met him In Harrls burg for tho purpose of selling him my stock In the Bloomsburg Iron company. The i meeting was prearranged. George Whltmer came to me and I sold my stock for $3,000 and got a check for It, but returned the check two days latter. I then wrote to Wlntersteen and be answered. In consequence of this correspond ence I met Wlntersteen at Harrlsburg at the Commonwealth hotel, April 10, 1894. He then said that while litiga tion was In progress the stock was not worth anything, nnd he was only buying It as a favor to me, but would take the risk and get out of It what he could. He offered mo $2,000 for It and gave me a check for that amount and a written agreement that he would pay me $1,000 If I would get for him the stock belonging to my stepmother. I afterwards tore Up this agreement. The check for $2,000 I had cashed at the Bloomsburg National bank two days after It was drawn. In connec tion with the effort to get my step mother to sell her stock I next saw Wlntersteen In July, 1S9C. Concerning Mildred's stock he spoke to me In January, 1893. He said a good way to get It would be to begin proceedings to part the property at Harrlsburg and bring It almost to a sale, and then Mildred would sell her stock In the Iron company. The house was occu pied by my grandmother and Wlnter steen said before my sister would see her thrown out, she would consent to the deal. Wlnstersteen was to pay the costs of the proceedings In partition," said Knorr, "and also to pay the counsel. I signed tho petition to part the prop erty. It was sent to me by Wlnter steen, and was prepared by him and executed In his office." PLAN TO CHEAT CREDITORS, r Witness here Identified the deed. Continuing Knorr said: "Wlnstersteen witnessed the deed, and as notary pub lic acknowledged It, after the pro ceedings In partition had been begun In Harrlsburg in August, 1894. Tho deed bears date of June 8. It was ex ecuted In January, 1895. Wlnstersteen antedated the deed to enable me to cheat my creditors who had claims against me. Wlnstersteen said we would date the deed back before the dates of the Judgment which had been filed against the property. Wlntersteen filled In the date, the 8th of June, In acknowledgment. The deed was to Mildred Knorr Smith, my sister. She gave a transfer of her stock In the Bloomsburg Iron company for It. Wlntersteen gave me $1,000 for this. I took the dead to New York to my sister. Wlntersteen met me at the St. Nicholas hotel there and waited for me at the Barthuldl, whllo I went up to my sister and got her signature to a transfer of the stock. She kept the deed. I gave a transfer to Wlntersteen at the Bartholdl. Then he wanted me to get my mother's stock and I wrote to her about It that night. Wlntersteen said ho would like to get contiol of all the fctock before the equity suit came up. Mildred refused to sign a withdrawal from the equity suit which I took to her. 1 came back alono from New York the same day. In July, 1895, at Reading, Wlntersteen stopped at 710 Cherry street, where I was living. In the evening we walked out together, nnd I Inquired how I could get some money. Ho replied that If my mother would conveniently die he would be In good fehape and could get $4,000 or $5,000 for me. Wlntersteen said an arbitration would be held and he wanted mo for u witness. He said he'd be at Waller in some way." The register of the St. Nicholas hotel, New York, was here produced, show ing the signature of Knorr on Jan. 9, 1893, and Wlnteisteen Jap. 11, 1895. EPISODE OF THE KNIFE. "At Reading on Aug. 27, In an up stairs room Wlntersteen saw a knife lying In an open drawer. He picked It up, and flourished it around, and said he would Jlke to run It through Wal ler's breast because he had hurt him in the equity suit. "Wlntersteen said he wished thero was some way of getting somebody to get Waller out of the way, or to throw vltrol in his face. At the time of tho arbitration meeting, I saw Wlnter steen In his otllee and he aald In sub stance, that something had to be done to remove Waller aa the case had been going on long enough, and he hart been compelled to lose too much money al ready. Wlntersteen directed mo to go to my stepmother and endeavor to In duce her to sell her Btock to him. I paw her hut she refused to sell. When I report"' to Wlntersteen he was very angry i said It would give him great plev lure to hit her on the head with an axe. Wlntersteen said If they continued tho suit much longer and he continued to losa money, he would hlro somebody to kill both of them," meaning Waller and Mrs. Knorr. At G o'clock court adjourned until to morrow morning at 9 o'clock, Wlntersteen, tonight, said he was positive of hlb acquittal. Knorr related through examination tho Incidents connected with and which led un (o tho commission of the ter rible crlmo with which Wlntersjeen, is cnargeu.. j)i wie particulars con nected with his frequent meetings and communications with Mr. Wlntersteen during the propagation of the plan were brought put, also how the de fendant had paid him money from time to tlmo with which to secure in struments of destruction to bo used by htm In taking; the life of Waller. This was followed by an account of his actions upon the night previous nnd morning of tho explosion, tho 11th dny of September last, and of tho subsequent effect of tho result of tho attempt to destroy tho homo of Mr. Waller upon tho defendant. During tho examination of Knorr, District At torney Graham, for the commonwealth, nnd A, S. L. Shields, of tho defense wero continually on their feet, object ing and answering, to the evident amusement of tho audience. Several amusing situations were brought out through the examinations, and alto gether It was ono of the most enter taining court sessions ever held here, that Is for tho spectators. NO CRISIS IN SPAIN. Tlic Sale ol Cuba Is Opposed ThcrcFa vorablc Report on the Projected Almedan Quicksilver Mines. Madrid, May 20. It Is understood that Senor Sagasta, the Liberal lead er, will shortly publish an Important political statement, In which ho will announce his unalterable opposition to the sale of Cuba, and his unyielding support of the Integrity of Spanish teirltory. The premier, Senor Canovas del Cas tillo, denies the existence of a cabinet crisis, and says he is resolved to re main m office In spite of the abstention of the opposition fiom taking part In the sessions of the Cortez. The Budget committee has reported favorably on the projected loan with the Almedan quicksilver mines aa se curity, and has also reported favorably on the financial measures proposed to meet the expenses of tho wars. AMERICANS IN CUBA. Consul-(icucrnl Leo Telegraphs that Ample Relief is nt Ilnud. Washington, Muy 2C Consul Gener al Lee cabled the state department today, from Havana, that the amount of supplies he has now on hand for the relief of Amerlca.ii citizens In distress Is abundant and will last for some time. Presumably this statement np plles generally to nil the consulates, for tho consul general has been in consultation with his subordinate con suls on this very matter, by direction of the secretary of state. At any rate, the state department will now pause before moving further In the direction of tho distribution of relief. Yesterday steps were begun to hurry forward supplies from this country to Cuba Just as soon as General L?e wns heard from, Geneial Sullivan, commis sary general, had selected one of his most experienced assistants, Captain Davis, who rendered .such good ser vice at JMemphls In the relief of the flood sufferers, to go to Cuba with the supplies If necessary and distribute them under the general plans of Gen eral Lee. The New York commissary depot was to undertake the purchase of the supplies. R. A. Smith, a direc tor in one of tha steamship lines ply ing between New York and Havana, had offered free transportation to Cuba of the supplies and everything was In train to move as soon as word came from General Lee. Now, however, the department will wait until General Lee notifies It that there Is further need for relief before putting Its plan of sending more sup plies into operation. FARM HAND'S FORTUNE. He Befriended n Poor, Sick Wo in mi Onrn nnd Is Awarded. San Francisco, May 26. Mr. William F. Hastings, who has worked as an or dinary farm laborer for years, has. Just received news from England that he has Inherited $73,000 left him by a wo man whom he befriended fifteen years ago, when she was poor and HI In Cali fornia. At that time Hastings worked on Mr. D. O. Mills' suburban estate at Millbrae. Miss Carrie Burch was one of the housemaids. She fell HI and Hastings loaned her $200 of his savings. After her recovery she went away an a nurse to a rich woman, who went to Australia. There Miss Burch married a letlrcd shipmaster named Hall. She repaid Hastings, nnd he heard no more of her till a few days ago, when he re ceived a letter from a lawyer named Watson of London saying that six j ears ago Mrs. Hall died, bequeathing him all her estate. Since then Wat son's American agent had been trying to find Hastings. The lucky man Is 35 years old and has never been out side of California. He Is waiting for a icmltance to fjo to England. OSTRACIZED HER IN SCHOOL A Colored Girl Grnduutes from a High School After Discouragements. Indianapolis, May 26. Miss Carry Parker, the only colored school girl In Vermillion county, graduated from the Clinton high school last night after four years of discouragement. She was practically ostracized by her fellow pu pils during her entire course, nnd on two occasions, when she resented in sults, she was expelled from the school, not because she was In the wrong, but, as the trustees said, "to keep peace In the family." She made a good record despite her discouragements, and tri umphed last night over all others In her class w'hen she delivered her grad uating address. Miss Parker's father Is a laborer. She illl apply for a place In the mission field and devote her life to teaching the heathen, Duscrtcd Wife Drowns Herself. Huntington. W. Va.. May 2C.-Sadle Uurk's lovo for her hu3band, who a few months nuo forsook her for anothe-, caused her to take her llfo early this morning by leaping Into tho Ohio rlvor from the top of a steamboat anchored near tho shore. The woman wnn 19 years of ago and had been married scarcely a year. Husband Tried to Drown Her. Akron, O,, May 20, Mrs. John Btn nae, wife of a wealthy Ghent farmer, to day sued for divorce. Among other acts of cruelty she charges that her husband pushed her head foremost Into a sptlng und held her under water till she was unconscious. i Will Tear Down tho Capitol. Harrlsburg, Pa., May 20. Allen B. Rorkc, of Philadelphia, was awarded the contract today by the new cupltol build. In? commissioners for tear'ng down the burned building and removing tho debris, GIRL HORSE THIEF SET FREE. Gov. Iltishnoll l'nrdons Mrs. Fisher, Young, nud Throe Weeks n lirldc. Columbus, O., May 28. Governor Bushne'll tonight pardoned Mrs. Ger trude Fisher, serving a one-year term for horsd stealing. Gertrude Is Just 10, pretty and audacious. Three weeks ago she married Irwin Fisher In tho Wilmington Jail. Fisher Is not yet 21. He was convicted of complicity In tho same theft, and Is serving a year's sen tence In the Mansfield reformatory. But from all accounts Gertrude was tho moving spirit In the adventure which resulted In the conviction of both for horso stealing. Both belong to well known Wilmington families. Last fall they borrowed a horse and buggy, drove six miles to Dayton, sold tho outfit, went to Cincinnati", and spent the money. Strong pressure wns brought to bear upon Govornor Bush nell to have Gertrude transferred to" the Girls' Industrial school. But she Is Just over tho age limit. So rather than have the girl spend a year among hardened female offenders In the penitentiary the governor pardoned her. She kissed the pardon when It was handed to her. WAR ON AFRO.AMERICANS- Cowntdly Attempts of White Cnps to Drho Them Out of Oklahoma. Perry, Oklahoma, May 26. The col ored people of Tecumseh have appealed to the governor for protection from the White Caps. Nearly every colored fam ily In that town has received letters of warning to leavo he country Imme diately. It Is supposed that tho White Caps are white laborers who do not want negro competition. For several days White Caps have been threatening vengeance on negroes If they do not leave the territory. Nor man, a city of 2,000 Inhabitants, has not a negro In town, all having been kept out by a vigilance committee. MAHATMAS HEARD FROM. Precipitated Upon Tlieosophistsat Onset Bay Camp GroundHow It Came Is Unexplained. Onset Bay, Mass., May 26. Thooso phlsts pnd others at the Onset Bay camp grounds have been greatly ex cited of late- bv u. message which has been received from the Mahatmas, and which Is said to have been promulgat ed through the medlumshlp of Henry B. Foulke, leader of the followers of Mme. Blavatsky. The communication Is addressed to Annie Besant nnd tho Countess Waekmelster, the. self-asserted leaders of the Theosophlcal move- Ument in the WJ.'s.t. The message Is of considerable lengin. nnd contains much that is purely per sonal. Among other things It says: "Theosophlsts, having chosen their own leaders by volts and proxies of soci eties arc refcponMble for their own fail ure, as can be seen lif tho decadent quality of their past year's propagan das. It is only by following out the plans which we have arranged in the past, plans which originate In psychic faculties, that further and growing schisms can be avoided." Mr. Foulke says tho message appears to be tho result of a conference held at Onset' Bay, when the Countess dl Braz-sa, Mrs. Rosa Moore and party were hl3 guests. He says one of the leaders xansacked the cottage and pro duced an idol, the famous Image of Buddha. Sh'e placed this Image of mystery on the table In the teceptlon room, decked It with Mowers and be sought It to deliver tho warring ele ments, and lead them to seek peace and find It at the Onset Bay camp ground. This act, followed by the pre cipitation of the communication, had had a marked effect upon the Theoso phlsts. Just how, wheie and when the mes sage was read has not yet been made public. Seeral requests for Informa tion on tins point weie made to prom inent Thcosophlsts today, but no other reply could be obtained than that the letter Is of vast Importance and had been "precipitated." Koot Hoomi and his partner are summering In the desert of Gobi, and as the telegraph and mall facilities In that country are rather poor It Is pre sumed that they communicated per oc cultism. Theosophlsts here refuse to say whether one of their number re ceived It while In a trance, or whether it fluttered down from the celling In an envelope. JACK THE PEEPER IN KANSAS. Tho Women of Kmparin Now Practice Shooting nt n Tnrgct. Emporia, Kan., May 26. The women of this city are being terrorized by a "Jack the Peeper." For over a month he has been In the habit of peeping In at blinds when women were pre paring to go to bed. He has been shot at several times. Miss May Whiting, a teacher In the Kansas State Normal school, discov ered him twice In one evening at her window, where, when caught, he made Insulting remarks to her and her moth er. When he went away Miss Whit ing obtained a revolver. About mid night be again appeared and attempt ed to open the screen. Miss AVhltlng fired and he fled. Last night nearly fifty residences oc cupied by women alone, or where tho men were absent, w;ere visited by the man, and somo women and girls were scared Into hysterics. Today the sup ply of revolvers at the hardware stores hus been depicted, and many women are practicing shooting at a target. Accused of nmhe.lcmeiit, Itethldham, Pa., May 20. Na'lonal Bank Examiner Channlnp Bingham has sworn out warrants before United States Com missioner Kirkpatrlck, at Easton, for the arrest of John I). Molxell. cashier, and Wfills II. IJoch, teller, of the flouth Beth lehem National bank, upon the chargo of embezzling funds of tho bank. , Iho amount of the embezzlement Is believed to be $S,000 or $9,000. Held tlm Crowd at Day. Parkersburar, W. Va,, May 26. Leo Onkes, tl.e desperado who Is wanted hero for robbery and Jail breaking, was seen today at Xetart, 0 and recognized, GUI zens undertook Oikes' arrest, but he hold the crowd at bay and compelled a youinr man! nt tho muzlc of his pistol, to row him across tho Ohio river und ho escaped Into tho woods. EAST0N CONVENTION OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR Officers Elected at the Session , Yesterday. Held MAIN CONTEST ON JUNIOR WARDEN Tho Successful Cnndidnto n Mem ber of Miuv Commnndcry Various Appointments Mudo by Right Imm inent (.'mud Commander Van Znndt. Easton, Pa., May 2C At this morn ing's session of the grand commandery of Pennsylvania, Knights Templar, the following officers were elected: Right Eminent Commander, Harry M. Van Zandt, Harrlsburg; Very Eminent deputy commander, Henry II. KuHn, Johnstown; eminent grand generalissi mo, James B. Youngson, Pittsburg; eminent grand captain general, Adam H. Schmehl, Reading; eminent grand prelate, Thomas AV. Boyle, Unlontown; eminent grand senior warden, Thomas F. Penman, Scianton; eminent grand Junior warden, Ezra S. Bartlett, Phil adelphia; eminent grand treasurer, John J. Gllroy, Philadelphia; eminent grand recorder, William Allen. The main contest was for the office of grand Junior warden. There was 107 votes cast. Mr. Bartlett Is a member of Mary commandery. The grand commandery decided that hereafter all ofilcars or that body and all Knights who shnll have been an eminent commander shall not wear the baldric. Rlsht Eminent Commander Van Zandt made the following appoint ments: Eminent grand standard bearer, Wil liam Fox Eckbert, Jr., Lewlstown: em- ADAM H. SCHMELD. Inent grand sword bearer, John C. Wal lac'e, of New Castle; eminent grand warden, Fredeilch Munch, Philadel phia; eminent grand captain of the guard, Peter Barkey, Erie; eminent grand marshal, Owen M, Copelln, Har rlsburg: herald, Monroe A. Althouse, of Reading. FEDERAL APPOINTMENTS. Charles liiirdett Hnrt of West Vir ginia for MinUter to Columbin. Washington, May 26. T.he president today sent the following nominations to the senate: 1 Charles Burdett Hart, of West Vir ginia to bo envoy extraordinary nnd minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Colombia. Francois S. Jones, of Loulslann, sec retary of the legation of the United States at Buenos Ayres, Argentine Re public, John G. Thompson, of Illinois, to be assistant attorney general. James Edmund Boyd, of North Car olina, to be assistant attornoy general. James S. Fruit, collector Internal revenue, Twenty-third district of Penn sylvania. Kenneth R. Pendleton, collector of customs, District of Albemarle, N. C. UNCONSCIOUS IN THE CAB. Engineer Lny Senseless While the Train Hushed on. Grafton, W. Va., May 26. Engineer T. B. Smouso was unconscious In his cnb for an hour yesterday, whllo his engine sped on towards Keyser. The engine boiler Is so high that tho fire man cannot communicate with the en gineer without passing around the end of tho boiler. When the fireman dis covered that the whistle was not blow ing at tho proper stations ho found Smouse badly Injured. He had his head out of the cab and it was struck by a pillar at the Cum berland siding. The fireman ran the engine. Into Keyser and Smouse was tnken off In a bad condition. His head was crushed and bleeding. SEA SERPENT GONE ASTRAY. Seen by n Veracious nridgotendor in Woodbury Creek. Woodbury, N. J., May 26, The sea serpent has lost Its bearings and tak en up Its abodo In Woodbury Creek, ac cording to Robert Hudson, bridge ten der at Crown Point bridge. As Hud son was listlessly watching the tur bid waters of the stream yesterday ho was startled by the appearance of a monster head, 'having tho appearance HENRY If. KUHN. MKlPr TKW PS 111 I ' 1 SUKjf fliPfflto J of a hog. emerging from the surface. The reptile slowly arose, until, Hudson says, about thirty fcet of Its body was visible. He called his wife nnd daugh ters, who watched It until It passed un der tho bridge, headed upstream. The Hudson family declare that the monster was as big around as a beer keg, and that from the hog-llko face protruded a horn a foot long. The head and body wero a dark, muddy green. It was twice seen during tho day. The Crown Point road Is much fre quented by bicyclers, and all day crowds of wheelmen stood on the bridge listening to the story of the monster and hoplpg to get a glimpse of It. MALLET AGAINST KNIFE. Intending Murderer licntcn with Hie Croquet Implement. Lafayette, Ind May 20. This eve ning James T. Quick, an Inmate of the Soldiers'- home, attempted to kill Commandant James P. Megrew. Me- grew was playing croquet with mem bers of his staff when Quick ap proached and make a lunge at him with a knife. Captain Havens came to Megrcw's rescue with a croquet mal let. A desperate fight ensued. Quick us ing his knife and Havens his mallet. Quick was llnnlly beaten Into Insensi bility, but not until Havens had his right ear cut off and several other uts on the head. . PASTOR DISAPPEARS. Rev. Ilnrrisou ofWusliington is Short 80,000 in ;iis Accounts. Washlngton.May 26. Rev. A. G. Har rison, pastor of the People's Tabernacle und his family, disappeared from their home here yesterday and It Is reported that the reverend gentleman Is $9,000 short In his accounts. He was given entire charge of the church funds and acccrdlng to the charges failed to pay bills for furniture, carpets nnd a church' organ for which the money was given him and also borrowed large sums from his parishioners. W. L. Bruen, the builder of the tab ernacle, Is a loser to tho extent of $7,000. SEVENTH MAN KILLED. Another Chapter in the Whitclmrst Whiddcn-Stevciison Tend. Tampa, Fla., May 26. William Ed wards was assassinated at his home near Trilby last night. He and his two children were eating supper, when parties concealed In the woods fired through a window killing Edwards In stantly. He was a one-armed ex-federal soldier. This Is the seventh man killed In the" Whltehurst-Whldden-Stevenson feud. Bud Stevenson was assassinated In his field two months ago. It was thought Edwards did It and he was marked by friends of Stevenson. ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLEMENT. An Ofiicinl of Cincinnati Placed Un der Arrest. Cincinnati, May 26. John C. Wheet stone, late secretary of the city water works, was arrested tonight on.a charge of embezzlement of water works money on a warrant sworn out by President Herman, of the board of affairs. The sum specified as embezzled $2,400. STEAMSHIP MOVEMENTS. Is Southampton. May 26. Arrived: Steam er Paris, from New York. New York, May 20. Arrived: (Majestic, from Liver pool. Islo of Wight Paired Broadmayne, Dunkirk, for Philadelphia. Queenstown Arrived: Rhynland, Philadelphia for Liverpool. Liverpool Arrived: Teuton ic, New York. Southampton Sailed: a vel. New York. New York Cleured: Ams terdam; Fuerst Bismarck, Hamburg, via Plymouth and Cherbourg. Queenstown Sailed. Servla, New York. Rotterdam, May 20. Sailed: Vcendam, Now York. Di Felice Insults Itnlli. Athens, May 26. An exciting sceno took place at tho mlnlstcry of marine today. Slgnor Dl Felice, the Italian Socialist leader, rudely accosted and insulted M. Ralll, the Greek premier. The latter Im mediately summoned tho police and had Dl Felleo put on board un Italian Iron clad lying oft the Piraeus, within a re quest that ho bo not allowed to again set foot on Greek soil. Steel and Tin Workers' Convention. Detroit, M'ich., May 35. All the com mittee work of tho Amalgamated Associa tion of Steel, Iron ami Tin Workers was announced completed tody. Discussion of the tin plato wage- scale Is still In progress. The business of the convention will be completed by Saturday. Detroit, Cincinnati and Wheeling are being consid ered for tho next convention. m Find ilommcr Is Insane. Cumberland, Md., May 2G.-Tho stato lunacy commission which examined Into tho mental condition of Simon Hommtr, of Salisbury, Somerset county, Pa., under sentence of death here, completed their report which recommends ihat sentGiico be commuted to life Imprisonment and will submit It to Governor Lowndes to morrow. Suspended His Son Too Long. Akron, O.. May 20. Justice A. W Hall today sued Superintendent Frunfelter and Professor Rood, of tho public schools, for $3,(00 damages. Ho charg. them with suspending his 15-year-old r on from school for two weeks, which was longer than necessary. THE NEWS THIS M011NIN0. Weather Indications Today: fair; Rising Temperature. 1 (General)-iUvldenre In the Knorr- lr- tersteen Dynamite Conspiracy. Tariff Debate Begins In tho Senate. Spain Will Not Sell Cuba. Convention of KnlKhts Templar. 2 (Sports Base Ball News and Gossip. 3 (State) Day's legislative Work. Amateur Base Ball. I Editorial. Senator Forakcr on Railroad Pools. G (Story) "At tho House of tho Scarlet Witch." 6 (Local) Equity Court's Short Dura tion. Judge Edwards Pays His Respects to the WInton Councils. 7 (Local) Coroner Longstreet Teaches Jurore the Law. Memorial Day Parade. Ftie In tho Crystal Hose House, S (Local)-West Bide and City Suburban. 9 Lackawanna County News. 10 Neighboring County 'News Budget, Financial and jcommercla1 INSPIRED BY B0RACIC ACID The Antiseptic Releases a Flood of Pent-Up Eloquence. WARM DEBATE ON TARIFF Wrangled Over Rates on a Small Article. Mr. Stewart Thinks Tlint Bornx Should Itccoivo Adcqunto Frotcc tiou--Otlior Senators llcllcvo That English Monopoly Would Ho Bene fited by High Tnrifr on Bornclo Acld--An Kfl'ort to Rostoro Itntcs on Alcoholic l'crfiiinory--Scnntors Ihigago in the Debate. Washington, May 26. The first voto on the tariff bill was taken In the sen ate today. It came after a two hour's) debate on tho item, of boracia acid, which, although comparatively unlm partant, afforded an opportunity for the first alignment of the various ele ments, Mr. Vest, of Missouri, a Dcmo cratlc member of the finance commit tee, moved to make the rate on bor acia acid 3 cents Instead of 6 cents per pound, as provided by the committee. This presented a direct issue between the committee and the opponents o the bill. The amendment was defeat ed, yeas 20, nays 31. The voto was) largely on party lines. The affirmative) was made up of 19 Democrats and one Populist, Heltfel. The negative was made of 29 Republicans, two Demo crats, Mcftnery, Louisiana, and White, California; two Sliver Republicans, Cannon, Utah, and Jones, Nevada, anil one Populist, Stewart, Nevada. The debate was participated in by Senators Vest, Jones (Arkansas), Al drlch, Perkins, White, Caffrey, Gray and Stewart. Mr. White, Democratic member oC the finance committee, opposed Mr. Vest's, amendment, urging that, the California Industry required the rate allowed by the committee. The formal reading of the bill then began and the senate was thus brought to the point of considering tho men sura by paragraphs. The first amendments were formal and were agreed to with out question. As soon as the second, page was reached, a. contest arose over the amendment proposed by the finance committee, raising the duty on boraclo acid from 4 to 5 cents per pound. Mr. Vest, of Missouri, moved to sub stitute 3 cents. He characterized the action of the committee as remark able, and said the proposed duty of 5 cents was enormous. PROTECTION FOR CALIFORNIA. Mr. Aldrich replied that the proposed rate was regarded as a proper protec tion to the producers of the article In Nevada and California, nnd the persons engaged In the production held that this rate was essentlul. Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, presented a prospectus of an English company set ting forth that it was about to pur chase and consolidate the borax lands and plants In Nevada, California and Oregon. The prospectus also stated the large profits made by the American com panies, Mr. Jones said he read this to answer Mr. Aldrlch's stntement that more protection was required. Mr. Jones declated that crude borax from the United States was selling at a profit In London at less than 2 cent3 per pound, and yet there was the au dacity "of coming to the United States senate and asking a protection of four cents a pound." It was not a time, said Mr. Jones, when tho senate should swell the prof its of an English monopoly. , Mr. Aldrich answered that there wero many borax companies outside of the English company alluded to. Some, of them had been compelled to shut up as a result of the Wilson tariff law. "They were shut up," asserted Mr. JoiUtft "because It would be profitable to Bi9 monopoly to shut up the other companies." Mr. White (Dem., Cala.), a member of the finance committee, Bald factlous ly that In the distribution of favors by this bill he desired to have his state receive a share. He had been assured by those Interested that there was not a word of truth In the statemont that the American fields were controlled by an English company. He had some personal Information on the borax pro ductions of California, he paid. The negotiations for a sale had failed. Mr. Stewart (Pop., Nov.) whose po sition toward the bill has been a sub ject of Interest, stated that If there wan to be a tariff bill the products of Nevada, Including borax, should re ceive adequate protection. A vote was then taken on Mr. Vest's amendment. It was the first vote on tho bill and was followed with close at tention. The amendment was defeated 20 to 31. Dank V'lcrl;'H Suicide. Chicago, May 20. Blik and dlscou rased over his Inability to meet payments of his homo, Alexander T. Beckett, formerly a clerk In the Natlonnl Bank of Illinois, which co'.lapsed a few months ago, shot and killed himself today. This Is tho third suicide resulting: from the folluro of the bank, i i Tho Hornld's Woiitlior Forecast. New York, May 27. In the Middle states and New England today, rloar weather and slowly rising temperaturo will pre vail, preceded by local froc'.s In tho north ern highlands, with fresh and light north easterly and westerly winds, shifting to southerly, with cloudy conditions In the western districts of this uo:tlon. On Fri day, In both of these sections, slightly warmer weather and fresh southerly winds wlil prevail In tho western district of this section and local rain at night on seaboard. kt.ii ' - ju
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