WK"" "MF A '- rikttie cntntim, PAGES TWO CENTS. S0RANT02T, PA., MONDAY MORNJJSTGr, JUNE 7. 1897. TWO CENTS "' v w $ n-m-.if 10 IS W" r ' PAGES STILL BLUFFS THE POWERS Why the Sultan Wishes to Prolong the Peace Negotiations. AFTER THESSALY'S CROPS Macedonian Peasants Occupy the Greek Villages. Tliov Are Wniting to Gather the Corn If it Ripens Ilcforo tlio Negotiations for Pence Aro ConcIudcd--Numbers of Greek Tliossiillnns Are Hiding in the Mountains Preferring Death by Starvation to Heine Massacred by Turks--l'ormnl Protest of England, France and Italy. London, June 6. Conflicting news Is published about the progress of the peace negotiations at Constantinople. On one side the sultan is said to have adopted a most unyielding attitude, and on the other hand he Is declared to be showing a conciliatory disposi tion, and that the settlement of the questions In dispute is only a matter of a few days. The Associated Press, however, learns that the ambassador at Constantinople are hopeful that the negotiations will be concluded In about a week, In the sense of Turkey's ac ceptance of the peace conditions pro posed by the powers. There is now lit tle doubt that the sultan has decided to agree to the evacuation of Thes- saly, and 'the Turkish public is be ing prepared for this step. The police of Constantlnonje have been ordered to confiscate the leaflets which are be ing circulated, demanding the annexa tion of the conquered territory as a duty devolving upon the sultan. The wnr songs nre also being suppressed in order to stihe the fanaticism of the lower classes. ' , It is considered probable that the conclusion of peace between Turkey and Greecq will be followed by a com plete change of the Turkish cabinet, as the palace clique Will endeavor to saddle iha. mlnlBtry-wJttf all the re sponsibility for tho peace conditions. Moreover, a Btrong feeling exists among the Mussulmans against the ministry, especially against the navy, depart ment, owing to the deplorable condi tion of the Turkish navy and the in activity of the Ottoman fleet. ' The ambassadors of tho powers and the Turkish minister for foreign af fairs, Tewflk Pacha, met to discuss the peace conditions at the Tophane Pal ace, where the protocol of the union of Bulgaria nnd Eastern Roumella was drafted In 1885. There were no sec retaries present, nor were minutes tak en. This was Ira accordance with tho wish of the sultan, The news from Thessaly Is that the Turkish army, which at first pillaged and committed other excesses in the Greek villages, is now under stringent discipline, the object of the Turkish authorities, according to the Athens newspapers, being merely to gain the signatures of the Inhabitants in favor of Turkish rule. In the meanwhile, twenty thousand Macedonian peasants have crossed the mountains Into Thessaly, have occu pied the abandoned Greek villages and are waiting to gather the corn, If it ripens, before the peace negotiations are concluded. In fact, the seizure of the Thessallan harvest seems to be a reason for the sultan endeavoring to protract the peace negotiations. Numbers of Greek Thessallans are hiding In the mountains of Kalkts and Brochorl and on the Island of Skiathos, being afraid to return to their homes, fearing massacre and preferring death by starvation, exposure and disease. The Impeachment of the leading spir its of the Ethnlke Hetarla, or National League of Greece, is mooted at Athens, where it is said that ex-Mayor Melas Intends to resign the leadership of the society. His excuse for the society's conduct Is that It was understood Great j Britain would assist Greece in her I' Rtrllfcrirlft nirnlnat Titrlai. THREE POWERS PROTEST. Constantinople, June 6. At a meeting here today between the representatives of the powers and Twflk Pasha, minis ter of foreign affairs, a definite, formal declaration was made by Mr. Cambon, Sir Philip Currle and Slgnor Pansa. the representatives respectively of France, Great Britain and Italy, against the re trocession of Thessaly to Turkey. The declaration Is regarded as highly important, not only In showing clearly the attitude of ihe powers mentioned, but as also marking the Russo-German rapprochement. It Is believed that the league of the three emperors, William, the czar and Francis Joseph, Is already an accomplished fact. WOMAN'S BODY FOR A TARQET. I'cstofun Alleged Hnllct-ProofCloth in Chicngo. Chicago, Juno 6. With the dead body of a woman for a target, the bullet-proof cloth invented by Caslmlr Zeglen, a cloistered brother of the Or der of Resurrectionists, was tested last evening at the Chicago College of Den tal Surgery, In the presence of a num ber of professors, army officers and citizens Interested in armor. The test was conducted under tho supervision of Lieutenant Stanislaus de Korwln Barneckl, of the Austrian army. A 44 callbre revolver was first used, after the upper part of the body had been Incased In the alleged Impenetrable cloth. Thirty shots failed to pierce the cloth, fired at a distance of from three to fifteen paces. A 38-callbre revolver wna then brought into use. and the renresentn. ktve of the inventor demonstrated thut it was impossible to puncture the cloth with such a missile. While the cloth or outer portion of the armor had been disfigured but slightly, an examination later by Dr. Leonhard a. Borland re vealed the fact that two of the ribs on the right side of the body had been shattered by the force of the bullet coming In contact with the bullet-proof cloth. Aside from the bruises In those porta of the body with which the bul lets came in direct contact, there was no indication that bullets had been directed against it. SHOT THREE WOMEN. rormcr Negro Convict Kills One nnd Mortally Wounds Another. Kansas City, Mo., June 6. Tom Clarke, a notorious negro ex-convict, last night shot and Instantly killed Elizabeth Hatch, an aged negro wo man, mortally wounded; her daughter Elizabeth, and shot another woman, Mary Robinson, in the ankle. Clarke went to the home of the wo men, on Brooklyn avenue near Ninth street, determined to kill the daughter, who is known as Elizabeth Williamson. The other women were shot as a result of his bad aim. Elizabeth, with three bullets in her body, is dying at tho city hospital. Clarke escaped. REACTION AT URBANA. The Excitement Oyer the Lynching Tragedy Dying OutMass Meet- tng of tbe Women. Urbana, Ohio, June 6. The reaction, has set In after the tragic scenes of the week and sober second thought Is resuming sway. The best nsw is that the wounded are getting better and the two believed to be fatally wounded will recover. Upton Baker'o funeral took place this afternoon. He wos poor and leaves a wife and four chil dren. People are sulracriblng liberally for their benefit. Harry Bell's funeral will be held on Jlonday afternoon. Very little was developed by the cor oner's Inquest that has not already been told. Deputy Sheriff Klrby testi fied that when danger appeared on June 2, the sheriff asked for ten mem bers of the National Ciuard. Mayor Ganson has made a. written statement that the prisoner was tur.Tjd over by him to the sheriff Wednesday evening nnd was entirely under tho sherlTs charge as were the company of Na tional Guards. The women of Urbana have called a mass meeting for Monday to take measures to make criminal assault on a woman a capital etime. A well founded rumor Is circulating tn:tt tho order to fire was given to one man to fire one shot at the ground and then through excitement the fuslliide begaji.. Mrs. T. M. Gaumer, who was assault ed by Mitchell, the negro, lynched by the mob last Friday," today issued a card of thanks to her friends for their sympathy during her aflllctlon. After speaking of the messages of sympathy she has received from many parts of the country, she concludes as follows: "My heart and the sad hearts of my household are In mourning today for the aflllcted homes of Urbana. Broken hearts call to hearts equally sad and distressed with prayer for strength and great sobs of sympathy. May all Christian hearts throughout the length and breadth of this free land of ours go out In sympathy to the sorrowing homes In our midst, made desolate by misguided minds. Never did soldiers on any battlefield die for a more holy and righteous cause than these brave boys for the purity of their homes, for mothers, daugnters and sisters. They should be looked on as heroes, as sol diers willing to spill their blood for the holiest of all and any cause. (Signed) "Mrs. T. M. Gaumer." THREE FIREMEN KILLED. Results of n llig Itlnzo in Son Trnn-cisco--I,oss, 9100,000. San Francisco, June C A fire In the southern part of the city at noon today cost tlirre firemen their lives and en tailed a property loss of $100,000. Killed were John Mahoney, Frank Keller and James Hallenln. The build ing was that occupied by the Standard Biscuit .company and owned by Schoth and Westerfield. Loss on building, $40,000; on contents, $10,000. Had Ten Worked Olfon Cnnndn. Toronto, Ont., June 0. The new United States regulations regarding tea Imports promise to have a serious effect on the tea trado In Canada. Already largo quan tities of adulterated tea rejected by the United States customs officers have been diverted to Canada. It looks as If Can ada were to be made the dumping ground for all teas that aro unfit for Americans to drink. Desertions from tho Oregon. Seattle, Wash., Juno 0. There have been fifty desertions from the ranks of the marines and seamen of tho battleship Ore gon since the ship arrived on the Sound about two months ngo. As a rulo the deserters were new men, and chafed un der tho restraint and discipline of a man-of-war, ' . Collision ofStcnmors. London, Juno 0. The British tank steamer Aral, from New York, for Dover, collided with nnd sank tho schooner Pearl bound from London for Port Talbot, oft Wolf Rock, last night. The captain's wife nnd two of tho crew of the Pearl was drowned. Suicide of Roger Keep. Lockport, N. Y June C.-.Roger Keep, 30 years of age, a member of one of the wealthiest families In Niagara county, committed suicide at his homo In this city today by shooting. It Is believed that he killed himself while temporarily Insane. Dcnth of James Gibson. Salem, N. Y., Juno 0. Jumea Gibson, one of tho most prominent lawyers of northern New York, died at his home hero today, aged SO years. Ho had held many offices of trust and was a prominent Ma son. Ranker McConnell Kills Himself, Jacksonville, Fla June 0. Richard B McConneli, president lato Merchants' Nal tlonal bank of Ocala, when served with a warrant for his arrest, today shot and killed himself. F.arttiquako nt Richmond. Richmond, Va., June e. Two pro nounced shocks from earthquake were felt In Wrythevllle. Va., last night, one at 11,48 and tho second at 3.1S o'clock. Thoy yero both short. SOUTH AMERICANS WILL SEE THE SIGHTS Delegates to the Pan-American Trade Congress Will Leave Philadelphia. TO DEPART ON BALTIMORE AND OHIO Ton Dnys Will Ilo Spont In Now Eng ' land Ilcforo tho l'nrty Returns to Now York--Tho Party Will Occupy a Special Vostibulcd Pullman Train nnd Will Ilo Givon nn Iden of American Railroading. Philadelphia, June 6. The delegates from cities and towns: of Mexico nnd of the Central and South American states, forty-nine In number, who came here to the big Pan-American trade congress, which tloed on Friday, will leavo this city tomorrow morning for the.r six weeks' sight-seeing tour of the United States. All the commercial and Industrial centres of the eastern and western states and some iew of the southern states will be visited. feme of the delegates who represent ed trade bodies of cities in the United States at the congress will accompany tho party, as will also a few of the officials of the Philadelphia commer cial museums who will look after the arrangements and details of the trip. Committees of prominent citizens and business men will meet and take charge of the party nt the respective places visited, and will direct the movements of the visitors In seeing the manufactories, business establishments and other places of Interest. The party will leave here tomorrow morning for Baltimore on special cars attached to the regular train on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Monday and Tuesday will be spent In Baltimore and Washington and on Wednesday the party will arrive at New York. While In New York tho party will visit Brook lyn, Jersey City, Newark, Paterson and other places In the vicinity of the met ropolis and will leave on Sunday even ing on one of the Sound steamers for Fall river. Ten days will be spent In New England and the party will re turn to New York on June 23, when they will leave at once for the west, the first stop to be made at Pittsburg. Up to their arrival at New York, on June 23, the party will travel In special cars attached to regular trains, but from New York through the west and back again about July IS, the party will occupy a special vestibule Pullman train equipped wfth all the modern ap pointments. The train will have sleeping cars, a dining car, smoking car and obser vation nnd parlor cars, and tho visit ors will thus e placed In direct touch with the most advanced Ideas of Amer ican' railroading. Leaving Pittsburg the party will go to Dayton, Cincinnati, Nashville; St. Louis, Chicago' Milwau kee, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Cleveland. Buffalo, Niagara Falls and across Now York state to Troy and Albany, then by the day boat on the Hudson to New York city. ADVISE WEYLER'S RECALL. Tho Queen Krgunt Confirms tho Ap pointment of Canovas. Madrid, June 6. The Queen Regent has confirmed Senor Canovas, the pre mier, In his ministerial powers, and the cabinet will remain In office with per sonnel and policy unchanged. All the leading members of the sen ate and of the chamber of deputies who were consulted by her majesty as well as three marshals, have advised the recall of Captain General Weyler from Cuba. Madrid. June C At a cabinet coun cil held this afternoon at his residence Senor Canovas, the premier, announced that the Queen Regent had renewed his powers and those of the cabinet In terms most flattering to him and to all his colleagues. It Is understood that the government does not contemplate any Immediate change In the supreme command of Cuba. The surprise and displeasure of the various sections of tho opposition are not easy to describe. NOISE HINDERS A WEDDING. Crowd Outsido Disturbs tho Nuptials of Annie Goss nnd William Holdcn. Webster, Me., June C During the wedding of Miss Annie Goss and Wil liam Holden last evening a large crowd of men gathered outsido the bride's residence and made such a disturb ance that the minister could not be heard. Tho service had to be post poned, but later the marriage was performed few persons In the house hearing a word of the cerotnony. The couple started for their home in a carriage, but were net upon by ihe mob and thrown lnto; the mud and Jeered at. Tlvj brldegi')jm was busy today swearing out wirrtur.B for tho offenders. WEST POINT GRADUATES. Thoy Aro All Addressed by Roy. Her bort Shipman.' West Point, June 6. The chapel of the West Point Military academy was completely filled this morning by corps of cadets, tho board of visitors, the officers and ladles and families of tho cadets at the customary hour for re ligious worship, to listen to the fare well discourse of Rev. Herbert Ship man to the graduating class. Rev. C. G. O'Koefe, of Highland Falls, preached for the Catholic cadets In tho Soldiers' chapel under the hill. Boats from New York landed a large party of excursionists today and West Point presented an animated appear ance for a,' few hours. MAQ0WAN IN A ROW. Ex-Mayor ofTrontou Again Exhibits Himself In nn Unfavorable Light. Trenton, N. J., June C People re siding In the neighborhood of ex-Mayor Frank A. Magowan's colonial man sion wero awakened about midnight lbst night by a disturbance in which the ex-mayor, his two boyd and. a po liceman were tho central figures. Mrs. Mugowan and her children live next door to thehouse occupied by the ex mayor nnd Mrs, Barnes. If is claimed that last night Magowan and Mrs, Barnes walked nn Unusual number of times past tho house where Mrs. Ma gowan and her children resldn. The boys believed It was done- with tho deliberate purpose of annoying their mother. They began to shout at Ma gowan and told him to tnko Mrs. Barnes into the house, .nnd it is said, made uncomplimentary remarks about her. Magowan walked into tho yard of his former wife's house after the boys. They ran Into tho house. Meanwhile Mrs. Magowan sent for a pillceman nnd ordered -the arrest of the ex-mayor. Tho latter ordered the policeman to arrest tho boys, but the policeman de clined to do either without a warrant. The matter was soon qule-tcrt down by Magowan leaving. Durlnt? the day there has been some talk about war rarlH being Issued, but at police head quarters tonight it was said no steps had befin taken as yet by either side. FRANCIS SCHLATTER DEAD. His Body Found in the Foot Hills of Sierra Mndro. Denver, Colo., June C A special to the News from El Paso, Texas, eays that Francis Schlatter, who claimed to perform miraculous cures by Divine power, was recently found dead In the foot hills of Sierra Madre, thirty-five miles southwest of Casa Grande, the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. He had been fasting nnd apparently starved to acath. While In Denver from Aug. 22 to Nov. in, 1803, ubout two hundred thou sand people visited Schlatter to re ceive treatment. FLORIDA NEGRO LYNCHED Isaac Barrett Tried to Kill a Family. After He Had Fled He Came Back to the Scene to Offer Help. St. Augustine, Fla., June C News was received here this evening of the lynching at or near Orangcdnle, in this (St. John's) county, on the St. John's river, of a negro named Isaac Barrett for attempting to murder the entire family of II. J. Hewson, five In num ber, on Thursday at midnight. Barrett entered their houso at mid night and struck Mr Hewson a fearful blow on the head, knocking him sense less. Mrs. Hewson was awakened. As she turned over Bnrrett struck her n blow, smashing her forehead In. Their little son, aged 11, came running In, awakened by the noise, and the negro attacked him, flooring him with a blow that cracked his skull. The Intruder then went into the next room, and, finding the girl getting up, attacked her, forcing her back on the bed. The girl fought heroically for her Ife and shrieked for help. The negro choked he;', and phe scratched his face terribly. In the struggle the washstnnd was knocked down, and the negro, fearing that some one was coming, Jumped through' the window and fled. After the girl regained consciousness alio went Into the other rooms and tried to aid her parents. Soon ufter a knock was heard, and Barrett, who bad worked on tho place, came and asked If aid was wanted, saying he had heard some noise. He came In nnd aided the girl. She did not recog nize him as the- Intruder. He remain ed till morninp and then went for aid. Yesterday at noon the neighbors came and nfter some sharp work Bar rett was arrertert, as all the clues lend to his cabin. He was taken in a wag on by Captnln Patterson and William Breton. As thoy were going along to ward the magistrate's office Barrett Jumped from tho wagon and seized a gun as he did so. Levelling It at their heads he swore to kill them If they did not turn the wagon back and re turn, lhls they i)IU. Soon afterward two other men wero met, but, being unarmed, they could not do anything except argue with Barrett. The negro had worked him self Into a rage and several times he raised the gun as If to shoot them, but he was pacified, and as soon as he was off his guard Mr. Brenton leaped out of the wagon on his back and In a sec ond he was a prisoner. They tied him and put him In the wagon. Seeing that his game Was up he admitted the assaults upon the fam ily, saying he was sorry he did not kill them all. He said he Intended to kill his would-bo captors as soon ns he got nearer the river. The men went along a little further toward Orangevllle, when suddenly a band of men, masked, appeared with uplifted guns and compelled a halt. Barrett cried out defiantly at first but seeing the stern faces of the men he wilted and cried for mercy. He was helped out and the band marched out to the woods with him. The negro shouted with all his might, praying and cursing by turns. The men compelled Captain Patterson to re turn tho way he came, and to ask no questions. Late this afternoon It was learned that Barrett'a body was hanging to a live oak tree near the river. Mr. and Mrs. Hewson aro badly off, the tatter's life being In Jeopardy. 'The boy's life Is despaired of. The girl was In hysterics all day and is in a critical condition tonight. Barrett had always been regarded as a quiet negro. In his confession he said that tho fact that Mr. Hewson owed him money and that Mrs. Hewson had called him a nig ger caused his attack. The weapon used was a heavy black cudgel. m Bicyclist Killed by n Train. Camden, N. J., June 6. Mies Florenco' Brain, of this city, while attempting to cross tho tracks of the West Jersey and Seashore tatlroad In front of an Atlantis City express yesterday afternoon while on her bicycle, was struck by tho engine and thrown twenty feet Into a ditch. She was Injured Internally and dlod tuts morning, m For Reciprocity with Hnxvnil. San Frarclsco, Juno 0. The San Fran cisco Board of Supervisors today unani mously adopted a resolution petitioning congress not to cbrogato tho Hawaiian reciprocity treaty. Burrlos Declares Himself. New York, June 6. A dispatch to tho Jlerald from Panama says; President Barrios lias publicly declared himself dic tator or Guatemala. ' Disturbance nt Dccornli. Deoorah, la., Juno 6. An earthquake hock was distinctly felt In this vicinity shortly aftor daylight thl9 morning. No damage Is reported, BERLIN POPULACE HOOT ATTHE KAISER They Resent the Exclusion from the Templebof Parade. BRUTALITY OF THE OFFICERS In Excluding Persons Who Had for Yonrs Enjoyed tho Popular Diver sion the OHiclnls Uso Clubs Freely nnd Many Aro Seriously Injured. Newspapers Condemn Police. l Berlin, June 6. Several unusual fea tures occurcd during the great spring parade on the Tempelhof grounds last Tuesday. By the rigorous police meas ures barring nil traffic from the streets leading to the Tempelhof, the public was virtually excluded from this sight, which for many years has been a popular diversion. Those measures were so rigid and so brutally carried out by tho police that many persons were kicked and injured on the field. The number of carriages was much smaller than usual. The emperor and empress, while going to and coming from tho field, were not once cheered by the populace, which was In an ugly mood, as tho stringent measures were attributed to tho emperor's orders. Several persons in tho dense crowd hooted the emperor, which was in stantly answered by the police forcibly dispersing the throng and arresting a score of people. The emnress was pale and nervous and was so affected by all this that she suffered from a violent headache and insisted upon returning to the castle, the emperor therefore stopping the pa rade before It was half finished. In the Jostle on leaving the Templehof the empress was again badly scared. Wo men of the lower classes suddenly ap peared at her horse's head, and with a threatening gesture one of tho women threw a petition In the face of tho em press. In the turmoil which ensued her majesty lost a unique decoration con ferred upon her by Queen Victoria, and composed of the queen's enameled portrait set with big diamonds. The empress was present at the pa rade on horseback, In white riding habit of the pattern of the uniform of the Queen's Own Pomeranian Cuiras siers, and wearing a triple-peak white cockade of the old Bayreuth Dragoons. Across her brcaBt the empress wore tho broad orange band of the Order of the Black Eagle. The newspapers all condemn the se vere police measures adopted In exclud ing the people from such occasions, and contrast them with the different course under Emperors William I and Frederick II. Among the1 Invited spectators at the parade were the United States ambas sador, Edwin F. tJhl, and his family, and John W. Foster, the United States seal commissioner, and Mrs. Foster. Mr. Foster, while on his way to Rus sia, stopped four days In this city, and a reception In his honor was given by Mr. Uhl, which was attended by a number of diplomats formerly stationed at Washington. NOMINATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT. A Number of Consular Appointments nnd Army Promotions jMndc. Washington, June C The president sent the following nominations to the senate yesterday: Andrew D. Barlow, of Missouri, consul general at tho city of Mexico, Mexico. Harold S. Van Burcn, of New Jersey, consul at Nice, France. Carl Bailey Hurst, of tho District of Co lumbia (now consul at Prague), consul general at Vienna, Austria. Henry H. Morgan, of Louisiana, consul at Horgen, Switzerland. William Ganada, of Indiana, consul at Vera Ci uz, Mexico. Louis A. Pradt, of Wisconsin, to be as sistant attorney-general. Lieutenant-colonels to bo colonels II. B. Noyes, Second cavalry; Guy V. Henry, Third cavalry; John I. Rogers, Second ar tillery. Majors to be lieutenant-colonels Adna R, Chaffee, Ninth cavalry; Michael Coonoy, Fourth Cavalry; William L. Has kln, First artillery. Captains to bo ma jorsWilliam C, Forbush, Fifth cavalry; J. A. Augur, Fifth cavalry; James M, Ingalls, First artillery. First lieuten ants to be captains H. J. Goldman, Fifth cavalry; A. C. Macomb, Fifth ca valry: C. .L. Beat, First artillery; H. Lig gett. Fifth Infantry. Second lieutenants to be first lieutenants L. J. Fleming. Tenth cavalry; J. J. Hornbrcok, Second cavalry; Edward F. McGlachlln, Jr.. Firth artillery; C. C. Clark, Ninth Infantry. Sergeant F. L. Munson, Fifth Infantry, to bo second lieutenant. Andrew D. Barlow, appointed consul general to Mexico, Is only thirty-three or thirty-four years of age. He Is a son of S. D Barlow, for many years president of the Iron Mountain railroad nr,d nromlnently connected with the development of the southwest. Mr. Barlow was nt one time connected with the St. Louis postolllce, and Is spoken of by his friends ns a young man of excellent attainments and well quali fied to perform the duties of the of fice. DEATH OF A JEALOUS LOVER. Richard Caldwell Shoots His Sweet heart and Is Killed by nn Oilicer. Cairo, Ills., June 6. Richard Cald well, of Memphis, shot and killed Mary Jenkins this afternoon because he wan Jealous of the favors she had bestowed on others. Immediately after the shooting ho fled to a lumber yard back of town where he was found two hours later by the olUcers. He was ordered out with some diffi culty when he opened flro on the offi cers. His first shot passed through the wrist of Deputy Sheriff George W. Moore who returned the fire, killing Caldwell Instantly. Mooro was acquit ted of all blame by a coroner's Jury this evening. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN COURT. Despcrnto Efforts of n Convict nnd Father to Kill TIiciiiscIvob. Toledo, O., June 6. One of the most sensational scenes ever enacted in a Lucas county court room occurred to day when Leslie C, Barnes, convicted of perjury, and Ms father both mado desperate efforts to commit suicide. As soon as the verdict was read Barnes' father, who is 65 years' old, exclaimed, "This Is not Justice!" and, pulling a 1 knife, made several desperate lunges at his throat. After a. hard struggle, in which several men were severely cut, the elder Barnes was overpowered. No sooner had ho been shackled than his son began to hurl men right and left, started on a run for one of tho windows, and was about to leap to tho ground, a distance of over fifty feet, w.hen ho was caught. ARREST OF SUPPOSED CROOKS. J. Stnnwood Dodgo Cnucht Passing n Forged Chock. Alexandria, June 6. A well dressed man giving tho name J. Stanwood Dodge was arrested here yesterday for passing a forged check. When searched at the station, a larso num ber of checks on Washington ond Alexandria banks were found In his possesion, also a letter supposed to have been written by his wife, Mrs. Kato S. Dodgo, of New York tlty. Dodge claims that he has a wife living In Maine and that he was a lieuten ant in a company in tho Fifth Mas sachusetts regiment during the war. He denies that he or his wlfo was ever In New York. Sergeant Smith who made the arrest, believed the man to be nn all round crook ns he an swers the description given on several postal cards received at police head quarters for men who are wanted for crooked work. Tho prisoner is about B0 years of age. AGE OF THE EARTH. Lord Kelvin Thinks It Solidified About 30,000,000 Yonrs Ago. London, June G. Lord Kelvin In an address upon the age of tho earth as an abode fitted for life, has summed up the evidence Into what must be ac cepted as the latest dictum of science. He affirmed that geologists and biolo gists no longer consider the question of absolute dates outside their prov ince. Tho Idea was of a solid earth nearly 20,000,000,000 years old. Modern science makes an Immense reduction In this estimate. He was able to declare with confid ence that the earth solidified between 50,000,000 and 30,000,000 years ugo. The latest estimate of the tlmo required for the formation of all strata since tho beginning of the Cambrian rocks Is 17,000,000 years. Lord Kelvin asserted that the earth could not have been habitable more than 30,000,000 years. DUEL AT PARIS. .Monsieur Mirman Slightly Wounded in the Forearm. Paris, June 0. Monsieur Thomson nd Monsieur Mlrman, members of tho chamber of deputies, fought a duel to day, gTOwlne out of nn article writ ten by the latter nttacklng Monsieur Thomson. Monsieur Mlrman was slight ly wounded In the forearm. The latter 1b a Radical Socialist nnd gained considerable-notoriety through his protest against being confined In Barracks as a conscript during the election of a president to succeed Cas lmlr Pcrler. Steamship Arrivals.. Lizard, Juno 5. Passed: Spree, New York, for Bremen. Havre, Juno 6. Ar rived: La Oascogne, New York. Queens town Sailed: Campania (from Liverpool), New York. Queenstown Sailed: La Bretngne, Havre; Barbarossa, Bremen; Tartar Prince, Buenos Ayrcs; Arthur Head, Alexandria, Egypt; Strathairiy, Hamburg. Sailed: Victoria, Havana; Flushing, for orders; Pisa, Newport News; Massasqua, Philadelphia; Strath more, Deptford and Hamburg. Will Not Force Nntionnl Issues. Albany, N. Y June C Tho Democratic party will not force National issues Into the vnrlous local campaigns and elec tions In this state this fall, and, while repudiation of tho Chicago platform will not be allowed. It will not be brought forward as nn Issue paramount to any thing else. That Is the statement of Na tional Committeeman Frank Campbell, of Bath, who was In this city tonight, fresh from a conference with party leaders. Schooner Sinks. London, Juno 6. The steamers Bittern and Ystrom, both bound for Amsterdam, collided In the Thames early this morning, Tho Ystroom foundered, two of her pas sengers being drowned. Tho remainder of her passengers and her crew wero taken on board the Bittern which was damuged. Tho Bittern's second officer and carpenter wero drowned. Wnnt n Gold Standard in F.cuodor. Lima, Peru, Juno C Tho merchants of Guayaquil held a meeting today nt which they resolved, In view of the Improvement In exchange rates, to petition the Govern nitnt to adopt a gold currency standard. I'rotcst from Wine-Growers. San Francisco, Juno 0. A special meet ing of the Wine Growers' association was held for tho purpose of taking some action relative to tho proposed cut in the new tariff bill on California wines. Kllpntrick n Winner. London, June C Chnrles A. Kllpatrlck, tho American half-mile champion, won tho half-mile open hnndlcnp from tho scratch In the Sanford sports today. Suow in Michigan. Marquette, Mich., Juno 6. Snow fell here for half an hour last night. A cold rain fell nearly nil day preceding It, THE NEWS THIS MORNING. Weather Indications Today: Threatening; Southeasterly Winds, 1 (General) Cause of the Delay of tho Eastern Peaco Negotiations. Forecast of Work Before Congress. South American Business .Men will Visit Uncle Sam's Manufactures. Berlin Citizens Hoot the Kaiser, 2 (Sport) Base Ball News nnd Com ment. Bicycle Chnt. 3 (State) Slow Work of Our Legislators, Comments on a Peculiar Hand nt Whist. Amateur Bnso Ball. i Editorial. Washington Gossip, 6 (8tory)-"A War-Tlme Incident." 0 (Local) Rev, Dr. Robinson on tho In vitation of Chrlbt. Jennings' Trial to Begin Today. Found Dead on tho Road. 7 (Local)-Evangellst Crittenton Opens His Meetings This Evening. Pollco Regulations. 8 (Local) West Sido and City Suburban. 9 Lackawanna County News. 10 Neighboring County Happenings, Financial and Commercial, , COMING WEEK IN CONGRESS An Outline of the Work in Prospect for Senate and House. THE SENATE PROGRAMME Sugar Schedule Causes Uncer tainty as to Procedure. , Wood Scucdulo Will Receive Soma Attention Ilcforo tho Sugar Ques tion is Rcnched-.Tho Hnwniinn Treaty Will Probably JJo Protected by the Finnnco Conimlttoc--Mnny Shnrp Contests Aro Abend on tho Paragraphs of tho Agricultural List House Will Probably Adjourn lor Wnnt of Business. Washington, June C While the tar Iff will continue the general topic of discussion In the senate during tho present week, thero is no certainty as to what portion of It will receive es pecial attention. This uncertainty la duo largely to the difficulty of deter mining when. the sugar schedule will bo taken up. It lsso generally under stood that this schedule will consume considerable time that there Is no ef fort to outline beyond It the course of proceeding. Tho wool schedule will afford a brief respite Monday beforo reaching the sugar question, as that subject was one of the disputed., when the senate adjourned on Saturday. Senator Allen probably will enter a motion to strike out the paragraph re lating to sawed lumber and the mo tion mav lead to other speeches than his own. Whether the sugar schedule will bo taken up In order Is still undetermined. There are mnnv differences of opinion on the subject, but tbe prevailing de Blre to get the schedule out of the way ns soon as possible. This Is the case on both sides of the chamber, hut It Is especially true of the Republicans, as the responsibility for action rests there. Still there Is a desire among Re publican senators that there should be absolute agreement among themselves on the rates of this schedule beforo entering upon its discussion In the sen ate, and It Is realized that this may bo difficult of attainment without a fur ther exchange of opinions than has yot been permitted. There Is no doubt In any event of a postponement until Sen ator Aldrlch returns to the senate. Ho Is still confined to his room, but Is ex pected to be out early In the week. THE HAWAIIAN TREATY. That the Hawaiian treaty will bo protected by the finance committee Is considered settled but a caucus may be necessary to determine whether1 other changes should be mnde. Senat or Fettlgrew has decided definitely to offer his anti-trust amendment In con nection with this schedule, but be yond the fact that It will lead to a number of speeches thar is no cer tainty as to Its course or its fate. The tobacco schedule Immediately follows the sugar schedule; but 11 It should be reached on Monday It would bo necessary also temporal lly to i uss it over, as the committee has premised the tobacco men a hearing on Monday night. They will usk for two dollars on wrappers and thlrty-flvo cents on filler tobacco. There is also an incli nation to return to the language of tho Wilson law on this su'J.;ot. This Is understood to be the wish of both the importers and the tobacco growers. There are many sharp contests nhtacl on the paragraphs of the nijricullural schedule wh'lch Is next after tobacco Including those on rice, on which there will be an effort to secure a return to the house rates; on cattle, on which it will be claimed there should be an advnlorem rather than a specific duty, and on fish, fruits, chicory and Fait. The Innovation of a duty on tea is also proposed on this schedule, but it is practically certain that this provision will be withdrawn by tnu committee. Thus what would have been one of tho severest contests over the bill will be avoided. Tho cotton and spirit sche dules, will, It Is now thought, exelta comparatively little debate. HOUSE MAY ADJOURN. The house has no work ahead of It this week nnd It Is the intention of tho majority leaders to adjourn tomorro-v until Thursday nnd from Thursday until Monday. Mr. Simpson and other members of the minority doubtless will as usual manoeuver with' tho pur pose of emliarraislnif the Republicans, but In the present condition of tho houso their latitude Is narrow and they easily can b ever some by the advemaries. . Chnrles P. Scrlbner Killed. New York, Juno 0. Charles P. Berlin ner, secretary und bookkeeper of tho Ver lBcope company, which Is manufacturing and exhibiting pictures of tho Fltzslm-mons-Corbett fight, was killed this after noon by falling down nn elevator shaft nt his placo of business. It Is thought that ho fell while trying to operate th elevator for himself. Died nt 105 Ycnrs. Boston, Juno C Mrs. Charity Green, 103 years of age, an Inmate of tho Homo for Aged Colored Women, died today. Mrs. Green was born a slave at Portsmouth, Va., she came to Boston In lS5i and be came a freo woman. i Tho Hernld's Weather Forecast. Now York. June 7. In tho Mlddlo States and Now England today, partly cloudy weather and freBh south easterly winds will prevail with Blight temperature chunges, followed by rnln. On Tuesday, In both of theso sections, cloudy to partly cloudy weather will pre vail with light varlablo winds becoming northerly and slightly lower temporaturo preceded by rain on tho coasts and fol lowed by. clearing and .warmer conditions.
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