K xihnml 10 PAGES 0- TWO CENTS. SORANTOX, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 15, 1807. TWO CENTS CONDITION . OF MINERS Deplorable, According to , the Report of the Sen ate's Committee. VERY GREAT DESTITUTION Found in Mahanoy City, Haz elton and Vicinity. Cumunnv IIousos Found to Ilo Airy nnd in (Jood Condition, nnd Rented nt Rensonnblo Jtiitcs-Tho Com pany Store Is Declared un-Amcrl-ciin--freight Rules 'ot Excessive. Cnuses of the Depression. Harrlsburg, June 14. The Joint com mittee appointed to Investigate the con- dltiorrtof the miners In the anthracite coal regions this evening made Its re port tp the senate. Senator Meredith, chairman of! the committer, piesented the report. "The testimony taken," says the re port, "shows conclusively the deplor able condition of affairs for a peiiod covering about two years and particu larly since the first of January of the present year, since which time the men innndaboutthecolllertes have been em ployed not more than two or three three-fourth days per week, earning on an average about $4' per week, upon which. In many Instances, they are compelled to support large families. The greatest destitution and want Is found-In Mahonoy City and Its vicinity; Shamokin and Its vicinity and WUkes Barre and its vicinity." The report then goes on to say that It seems that the wages now paid are up on the basis agreed upon by the oper ators and tho miners as far back as 1S75. The basis Is then given and the committee says that "the manner and custom of regulating the wages cer tainly appears to bo one which shows a strong disposition on the part of the employers to treat labor fairly." "The committee specially Inquired Into the subject of company houses." the report- continues, "and tound In all eases that the houses were roomy and comfortable und that the rents charged were not In excess of those charged by Individuals for house of the same character In the villages and towns adjoining." The committee also Inquired Into the causes which have brought about the present condition of affairs, and al though numerous reasons were advanc ed, the majority of witnesses thought it due to the depressed condition of business throughout the country. "The surplus labor In and about the mlnee," asserts the report, "contributes largely to the present condition of affairs." CAUSE OP TROUBLE. Speaking of the foreigners working In th'e mines, tho report says: "Non English speaking miners and laboreia with English speaking supeilntrndenls and foremen must necessarily produoe trouble and render the minor morn lln l:to accidents. The committee Is of th opinion that thr will be no gen . oral urospftlty In the anthracite re gions until congress shall have passed a restricted immlgiutlon law." The charges were that the high price charged for coal at tide water, thus decreasing tho consumption, was the cause of tho deplorable condition of the miners, bu,tjtfie committee say that for a nurnlJer oi'ycars none of the coal companies, save one, have declared dividends. Upon the question of freight rates the committee is of the opinion that the rotes charged are not greater, than thoso charged for other classes of freight. On the subject of company stores the report has this to nay: "We regard these 'srtOTPS aa un-American." Tho committee makes those recom mendations: First, the enactment of a law abolishing company stores; sec ond, the prohibiting of discounting ot negotiating money orders belonging to the miners; third, the enactment of a compulsory semi-monthly pay law; fourth, the repeal of the miners exam ining law and the enactment of a law providing for, a state board of exam iners and that certificates Issued by the beard shall entitle the holder there of to be employed In any mine In tho stato; fifth, the enactment of a law providing for the appointment of an Inspector of coal, to examine tho coal as It comes from the mines; sixth, the passage of a resolution requesting Pennsylvania representatives In con gress to vote for and urge the passage of a law restricting foreign Immigra tion. The senate adopted the report, two trampsTeizea train. They Hhoot the Conductor nnd a llmkomnn, nnd Then Escape. Parkersburg, W, Va., Jun U.-Thls morning at 4.30 o'clock two negio tramps boarded a freight train at Charleston nndtried to take charge. The conductorfehowed fight and they began to shoot They mortally wound d Conductor Coff and Brnkeman Matheny, neither of whom can recover. After doing this they took charge of the train and ran it several miles and then stopped it and got off. "When th'o engineer discovered what had been done ho ran as fast as possi ble to the next station and secured bloodilpunds and put tlim on the track of the tramps. They have not been captured, MEXICO'S NEW VOLCANO. Commission Sent to Study tho Phe nomenon nnd Earthquake. Oaxoca, State of Oaxoca, Mexico, June 14, Additional reports are being received here by mall of the recent disastrous earthquake shocks in the southeastern part of this state and on the Isthmus or Tehuantepee. These re ports tell of tho new volcano that has been formed near tho town of Juauelt, about 100 miles northwest of Tehuan tepee, No one has yet visited the new volcano, as the Mexicans of that section are too much terrorized to go near It, but smoke, and Are can be seen Issuing from a mountain some distance off. The government has sent a com mission from the City of Mexico to investigate tho report and get the facts In regard to the damage caused by the the earthquake shocks. The commis sion will go to tho Isthmus of Tehuan tepec by way of Vera Cruz. DISPATCHES SEIZED. Documents Intended for tho Cubnn Junta Aro Intercepted. Kingston, Jnmalca, June 14. Br. VIele, chief surgeon of the Cuban In surgent army, commanded by General Garcia, arrived at lllo Buena, this island, on Saturday, accompanied by eleven Cubans. They had escaped from the province of Santiago de Cuba In an open boat and brought with them dis patches for the Cuban !nta nt New York. The'o dispatches were seized by tho Jamaican olllclals. SHE WAS MRS. DORIAT, Woman Who Shot Herself in Church' Is Identified She Once Kept a Boarding House. New York, June 14. The woman who committed suicide by shooting In the vestibule of the Calvary Episcopal church Saturday afternoon was Mrs. Josephine Dorlat. Shortly after 7 o'clock last evening Max Gebauer, a druggist, of 409 First avenue, called at the Morgue nnd asked to be permitted to look at the body of the woman. Ho examined It closely, ran his fingers through the woman's hair and closely scrutinized her teeth, face and figure. He even went so far as to approximate her weight, and asked th'e morgue keeper how much ho supposed the corpse weighed. When he was asked whether ho knew the woman, he re plied, "1 think I do." AVhen pressed for his reasons for the belief, lie said: "About seven years ago I had charge of a drug store at Seventy-second street and Columbus avenue. While I was employed there I "had occasion to look for a boarding house that was nearer the store. One of the clerks recommended a boarding house on Columbus avenue, the second door from Park & Tllford's store, be tween Seventy-first nnd Seventy-second streets. I secured apartments Uiere. I soon became quite friendly "with the landlady, Mrs. Josephine Do rlut. She spoke with a marked French accent and at the time I should Judge she was about 46 years of age. I learned that she came from Bordeaux, France, and had been divorced. She told me she had one son living In France. At one time she said she was a maid for several aristocratic famil ies In England. While making the' trip to America she was Introduced to ex Queen Llluokalanl of the Sandwich' Islands. Mrs. Dorlat spent so much money on dresses that she failed to pay her household bills and was dis possessed. She was a bright woman. While I was boarding with her she Invented a moving table. It was a round table, calculated to seat twelve persons, with a revolving centre. When any one wanted the butter, for In stance, the centre of the table could be turned until It was directly oppo site h'lm or her." Today Dr. Gebauer positively Identi fied the woman and referred to Louto Balm, who Is employed in SteJnway's piano factory In Astoria, to substanti ate his statements as to her identity. Dr. Gebauer was asked to ascribe some reason for her having selected the vestibule of a church in which to com mit suicide, and he said that the only reason he could think of was that even In the faco of death she was desirous of showing her atheistic tendencies. Dr. Gebauer says that Mrs. Dorlat was E2 years old, a widow, and had a son and daughter living. He does not know their whereabouts. He could not recognize the pictures in the miniature. TRAFFIC RUMORS DENIED. No Agreement Mndn Between Jer sey Central nnd Pennsylvania. New Yolk, June 14. Second Vice President nnd Controller 3 M. Wil liams, of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, when asked today as to the truth of rumors that a trnlllo agre ment had been entered Into between the Pennsylvania and Jersey Central railioads paid: "I know of no arrangement to change our present relations." ' It was further stated that negotia tions looking to such an arrangement are not contemplated. MORMON ELDERS WHIPPED. A Party of I'loridn Citizens Chuso tho Missionaries from Town. Perry, Fla., June 14. Mormon elders have been In this, Taylor, county for six months. A party of eighteen men, well armed, visited their camp near Rocky Creek, the other day. and, after stripping the preachers, whipped them with birch rods. They gave one of them a coat of tar and then ordered them out of tho county. It was learned later that eight wo men have left their homes In this coun ty and have gone with them. Relatives of the women are pursuing the party. Tim New Post Lino. Buffalo, N. Y., June 14. Tho Initial train of tho new fost line between To ronto and Buffalo over the Grand TrunK and Lehigh Valley roads arrived at noon today. The Hut train Into Buffalo over tho now Wabash line urrlvcj at 7 41 o'clock this morning. It left Chicago at 3.15 o'clock yesterday afternoon. ((uniiit Clinrnctor Dead. Bloomlngton, III., June 14. Jamei Pi per, a quaint character of this city, was found dead today. He was worth J1W, 000, but lived like a hermit. His ago was S9, He has lived hero for forty years, coming from Carlisle, Ky.. where he had considerable propeity. Ho nover mar ried. Pension C'crtlficntos. Washington, June 14. An original pen sion certificate has been issued to Rich ard A. Holley, of Scranton. RATIFICATION OF BOUNDARY TREATY i Exchanged at the State Department at Washington Yesterday. WORK OF U.S. GOVERNMENT FINISHED Grcnt Britain nnd Vcncznrln Will Now Ho Left to Work Out n Settle ment of tho Dispute Ilotwocn Themselves -- Unless Unexpected Developments Arlso tho Affair Will He Amicably Arrnngcd. Washington, June 14, Tho final rati fication of the boundary treaty be tween Great Britain and Venezuela was exchanged at tho state deport ment at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The treaty now becomes binding up on both governments, and they must at onco begin tho preparation of tho cases to be submitted to tho arbitra tors who will meet In Paris for organi zation, probably some time next win ter. With today's ceremony the con nection of the United States govern ment with th'e negotiations ceases and the two governments will be left to work out tho boundary dispute to a conclusion unless there should bo some totally unexpected Interruption In the workings of the machinery which has been so carefully prepared to ensure a settlement of this celebrated case. BRYAN AND SEWALL. Tho l'oliticnl Dond Ducks Travel In Company and Make Speeches. Norfolk, Va., June 14. Hon. William J. Bryan arrived hero this morning from Washington, accompanied by Hon. Ar thur Sewall.of Maine. He was met at the boat by two committees of citizens, and after breakfast at the hotel was taken with his party in a special car to Virginia Beach. where he spent several hours. Returning at 4:30 p. m., he and Mr. Sewall held a reception at the At lantic hotel, after which he made a brief address to an audience gathered at the Young Men's Christian associa tion. Mr. Sewall left early in the evening for New York and at 8 o'clock Mr. Bry an proceeded to Armory hall, where he addressed an audience of about 4,000. He left at 10:30 for Charlottesville, where he speaks at the University ot Virginia tomorrow. NATIVES OF THE SOUTH. The Democratic Protection Congressmen Were Born in the Section That They Represent. Washington, June 14. In opposition to the statement of tho Omaha World Herald that the large number of Dem ocratic representatives and senators from the South who had cast their votes for protective features of the tariff bill are not native-born South erners, but men who have settled In the South from the North and East, It Is pointed out that all were born 'and have lived all their lives In the South. The one possible exception is Meyer, of Louisiana, whose birth place 1b not given In the congressional directory. But the other four Democrats In the house who voted for tlje tariff bill Kleberg, Slayden, Broussard and Da vey are Southerners by birth, and the same Is true of Senators McLaurln, Tillman, McEnery, Bacon und Clay. PENSION BUSINESS LIVELY. fourteen Thousand Applications in in the Lnst Ten Days. Washington, June II. The war vet erans are rushing forward their apllca tlons for pensions under the new ad ministration and the Increase In tho volume of such pensions has been so extraordinary as to necessitate the detail to-day of 30 additional clerks to tho lecord division of the pension bu reau to look after the claims. These employes were taken from the various adjudicating divisions. In tho ten days ending last Saturday tho numlr of applications of all kinds for pensions aggregated 14,300. Duilig the eighty-three days subsequent to March 8 last, the record division of the olHce disposed of 81,100 application". Tho approximate number of such clalmi) now pending In the bureau Is 35,000. - - HE EATS BROKEN QLASS. Tho Hoy i;rcnk Snys It Is Not tho Glass, but X Rays, That Hurt. Oakland, Cal Juno 14. William Leary, the boy freak who nto lorgo quantities of broken glass nnd assert ed that It was his solo food, could not stand exposure to the X-rays. He will begin fault for damages ngalnst Dr. O. D. Hamlin, a physician, for injuries alleged to have Oeen Inlllcted by exposure to the rays. The boy ate glass for pay at the ex position here last winter, and nt his request the doctors examined him by the Roentgen light to see how his or gans worked. Ho now asserts, that he was Injured. The doctors are inclined to attribute his trouble to his diet. TEACHERS' COURSES AT YALE. They Will lie Continued This I car if tho Clnsi Is Large Enough. New Haven, Juno 14. Tho graduate department of Yale university has de cided to continue the teachers' cours es another year with a few changes. There will be two periods of ten- weeks each one In the fall term and ono in the winter. No course will be given unless as many as fifteen perwms take It and application must bo made on or before Sept. 25. hi ' i TO TRY A MILLION-DOLLAR CURE. A Herb to Ilo Used in Attempting to Ilestoro Lost Sight. Chicago, 111., Juno 14. A Chlcagoan will attempt to earn the $1,0C0,000 re ward offered by tho New York mer chant, Charles Broadway Roues, to anyone who will restore his .right. Ho Is "Dr." Horry Slater, He believes ho can restore the lost vision by tho ap plication , of a common herb, found in the swamps of Virginia. He will go to New York soon and ex periment on tho eyes of John F. Mar tin, employed by the millionaire to servo as his substitute. SUICIDE OF DARNATO. Tho South Alrlcan Diamond King Leaps Into the Ocenn. London, June 14. A special dispatch from Funchal, Island of Madeira, off the west coast of Morocco, says that on the arrival there today of the Brit ish steaniBlilp Scott, which left Table Bay (Cape Town) on June 2, for South ampton, It was announced that Bar ney Barnato, the South Africa "dia mond king," who wob among the pas sengers, had committed suicide by leaping overboard. His body was recovered. Barnato was In many respects the most remarkable speculator of the cen tury. He was an English Jew. Ho went to South Africa when 20 years of age and began dealing In diamonds In a small way nnd later became owner of the diamond mines. In 1895 when the excitement over tho new gold mines in the Transvaal was at its height Barnato was estimated to be worth $150,000,000. Barney Barnato was an assumed name. Ills namo was Bar nett James. About a month ago It was rumored that his health was Buffering from ner vous prostration ns a result of the se vere tension of speculation. He had a wife and three children in South Africa. STANDS BY THE BOYS. President Insists That Newspaper Men lie Treated with Courtesy. Asheville, N. C, une 14. President McKInlcy and party arrived at 11:40 o'clock this morning enroute from Nashville to Washington. They were met at the depot by the citizens' recep tion committee and escorted to the ho tel by Asheville light Infantry. Presi dent McKlnley held a reception and then the party took carriages for Bllt more house, George W. Vanderbllt's palace, five miles away. The president and cabinet and the ladles with them and others of tho party were shown over the mansion. The party boarded the train again at G o'clock and the Journey was resumed. Mr. Vanderbllt Is abroad and a sensational Incident occurred today when a Mr. Harding, the man In charge of the palace.lnform ed the local committee that the news paper men accompanying the presi dent's party could not enter Blltmora house. When the president was informed of this ha told Mr. Porter, his private secretary, to Inform Mr. Harding by telephone that If the newspaper men were barred from the mansion he would not set his foot Inside the state. This brought things to a crisis and Mr.Hard lng capitulated. The newspaper men were admitted to the mansion on the same footing as the president and his cabinet. DIMES GREW INTO DOLLARS. A Itcmnrknblo Story of How n For tune Wns .Undo. San Francisco, Gal., June 14. As W. Flsk, of Boston, son of the lato noted money-lender of this city, by a former marriage, has brought suit to have his father's estate held In trust until certain claims amounting to $l,f.99,0fil have been settled. Flsk says that "when his father left Boston, in the early day to como to California ho took with him the claim ant's savings, amounting to $187.50. He alleges that this formed the basis for the money-lender's fortune and that It wus agreed that the money should bo Invested In the son's favor. The latter claims that this money loaned out at tho rate of interest usu ally charged by his deceased father would now amount to $954,363. He makes a further claim against tho es tate for $141.C90,whlch ho says his fath er lost by Injudicious investments in Tacoma, Wash r lands. The claimant was cut off In his father's will, hence the action. PARIS BOMB EXPLOSION. Believed to Be a Practical Joke or tbe Act of a Madman No Harm Was Intended. Paris, June 14. The newspapers of this city agree In saying that the al leged attempt to asslsslnate President I'aure yesterday, by the explosion of a bomb, near La Cascade restaurant, i:l the Bols de Boulogne, while he was on his way to Longchamps, was either a practical Joke or the act of a mad man and that the so-called outrage was arranged so ns not to hurt any body. General Porter, the United States ambassador, has presented his con gratulations to President Fauro upon his escape from what appeared to be an attempt upon his life yesterday. ACCUSED OF MURDER. Henry Willis Hold in Tntinton for Killing W. P. Rnndnll. Taunton, Mass., Juno 14. Henry Willis, of Brockton, was brought into tho district court here, this morning, and charged with the murder of Wil liam F. Randall, whose body wus found In the woods at South Huston, yesterday afternoon. Ho was not represented by counsel and pleaded not guilty, Tho case was continued until Friday and Willis was held without ball. Upon being arrett ed he said that ho and Randall had quarreled and that he merely struck Randall'. HIS HAIR FuRNiNfJBLACK. Eighty Yonr-Old Jllnu Apparently Regaining Youth. West Union, O., Juno 14. James Dunhami a resident of Levanna, a lit tle hamlet' a few miles west of here, Is SO years old, and was once ns gray as a rat. His hair is now changing to Its original color black. He is cutting his third set of teeth, reads tho finest print without tho aid of glasses, Is halo and hearty, and walks as sprightly as a man of 40 summers. In a word, he eeems to have imbibed a draught of tho elixir of llfe; and Is a boy again. WARM DEBATE ON SUGAR SCHEDULE Senators Hoar nnd Tillman Indulge In Sarcasm. CHARGES AGAINST THE SENATE Mr. Tillninn Claims that tho Body Will Stand Convicted Ucforo tho American People if It Tailed to In vestignto tho Cliurgcs-OIr. Allison Makes n Speech in Dcfonso of tho Dili. Washington, Juno 14. Tho senate debate on tho sugar scehdule of the tariff bill proceeded today with only one diverting Incident to relieve the mo notony Into which the discussion has lapsed. This was the sharp exchang? between Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, and Mr. Tillman, of South Carolina, representing the two extremes of sena torial procedure. Mr. Tllllman again referred to published charges of Irregu larity In connection with tho sugar schedule, and asertcd that the senate would stand convicted before the American people If it failed to Investi gate the charges. Mr. Hoar calmly and impressively repelled this statement, his tone and language being calculated as a rebuke. He declared that tho vague charges of Irregularity were not only preposterous but infamous. Mr. Tillman reiterated that senators would Btand convicted by the people If they sought to hide behind the senatorial toga. Mr. Allison, in charge of tho bill, made another speech In defense of the schedule, presenting tables which he declared proved that the sugar refiners received less protection under the sen ate schedule than under the existing law. Mr. Pettlgrew, South Dakota, spoke at length In favor of his amend ment to place on tho free list, articles controlled by trusts, severely arraign ing the various large trusts. Mr. Al len, Nebraska, urged legal proceedings against the trusts. Only one roll call occurred during the day, on Mr. Llnd say'sVamendment to place all sugar on the same basis. This was rejected, 2S to 29. Mr. McEnery, Democrat, Louisi ana, voting with the Republicans In the negative and Senators Pettlgrew and Mantle with the Democrats in the affirmative. THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK. Heavy Crops in the WestReturn of Confidence and a Revival of Trade. NewYork.June 14 Ex-Governor Ros well P. Flower, who has Just returned from a trip to the west, thinks the prospects of a revival of business In that section of the country very good. Speaking of the matter today at his office, 45 Broadway, he said: "I found that the crop of wheat Is good and the corn, while a little backward, promises to develop Into a good crop. Taken altogether the outlook so far as the grain products are concerned are very good, and that, of course, means bettor times for the farmer, "The feeling among the peoplo ot the west seems to be much more hopeful, and with that thore Is naturally more confidence In the business world. As a result of these conditions, business Is already Improving and the railroad earnings are Increasing. One of the encouraging facts In connection with the Increased earnings of the railroads Is that their statistics show that much of the increase is due to the hauling of freight from the east to the west. This shows that western merchants aro again buying from the manufacturers and Jobbers of the east, and Is a sure Indication of the feeling among west ern manufacturers as to the future re vival of business. I think the outlook good for a still further increase In the earnings of tho railroads, and taken all in all, I think the business situation Is very encouraging." It Is understood that whllo In Chica go ex-Governor Flower looked Into tho affairs of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad and the Chicago Cas companies. He declined today, how ever, to discuss the affairs of either ot these companies, but his statements regarding railroads In general aro un derstood to be based In part, at least, upon the condition and earnings of the Rock Island road. Asked regarding the truth of th'e re ports that Comptroller of the Currency Eckels Is to succeed him as president of tho Colonial Trust company, Mr. Flower Intimated that there might bo come truth In them, but he said that as far ns ho knew no formal tender o the position had as yet 'been made, He admitted that the company was looking about for a suitable man to succeed him. Ho accepted the position with reluctance and with the under standing, It Is said, that he was to be relieved when the proper man could bo secured. - I. PLAYED WITH MATCHES. Two Children Set Tiro to a House mid Aro Cremated. Dayton, O., June 14.--.-Tho firemen ex tinguished tho fire at noon at the home of Frank Prestel, a laborer on Nassau street. They found the badly charred bodies of Rosa, aged 6, and Albert, aged 2 years, locked in each others arms. Tho children had played with matches and set fire 'to tho house. - CUBAN INSURGENT LEADERS. X Denial That Rivera nnd Bucnllao Aro Under Hciitcnco of Death. Washington, Juno 14. Tho Spanish minister hero has received an official communication stating that tho report coming from Havana via Key West, that tho insurgent lenders, Rivera and Bucallao, are In danger of being shot, Is false. Not a single Insurgent lead er, ho says, is under tho death' sent ence. P0STOFFICE CHANGES. Gettysburg Advunccd, and Thrco Olllcos Aro Relegated to Fourth. Washington, June 14. The fourteenth annual re-adjustment of classification I and salaries of presidential postofftQes has been completed and th4 changes were given out at tho poatofllce de partment today. They are based on the fluctuations ot postofllco revenues at the respective places. The changes In classification in Pennsylvania are as follows: Pennsylvania Columbus, Mltlcrsvlllo find Quakertown relegated from third to fourth; Gettysburg advanced from third to second, CYCLONE HITS WEST INDIES. Public Huildings nt St. Vincent's Is Innd Wrecked. Kingston, St. Vincent's Island, Juno 14. A cyclone struck St. Vincent's Island, of tho Windward group, today, seriously damaging some of the publlo buildings, Injuring a number of pcr Fons at Georgetown, capsizing a Bloop and drowning three of tho crew. St. Vincent Island has about twlco the area of Slaten Island ond a popu lation of 40,000. It is 93 miles west of Bar'badoes, and the most English Island of tho group which belongs to Great Britain. Tho chief products aro sugar, molasses, rum, arrow root, cassavo, cocoa, coffee, cotton and spice. FIRE ON ELLIS ISLAND. Main Building for the Reception Immigrants BurningVniunbic Records Will Be Destroyed. of Now York, Juno 14. Tho main building for the reception and clear ance of Immigrants at Ellis Island, In New York bay off the city front, Is on fire. This building contains the valuable records relating to the pass age of immigrants into this country through .this port. Th'e walls have fallen in and the building will bo completely destroyed. New York, June 15. 1,30 a, m. All the buildings on the Island will be de stroyed. The fire is now at Its height, and presents a magnificent spectacle as seen from the city. The ( ollco be lieve that the loss of life Is heavy. All the immigrants, about 200 In number, have Just been brought safely from nillls Island to the barge oftlco en the battery. The only persons now left on tho ivhind are the firemen and a few attendants. There will be prob ably no loss of life. All the records are undoubtedly destroyed. THE COLONIAL PREMIERS. They Visit Edinburgh nnd Aro Re ceived by the Lord Provost. Edinburgh June 14. Wilfred Laurler, premier of tho Dominion of Canada; George Turner, premier of Victoria: Richard J. Seddon, premier of New Zealand; Sir Hugh Mulr Nelson, pre mier of Queensland, and C. C. Kings ton, premier of South Australia, ar rived here today and were received at the railroad station by Lord Provost McDonald and the municipality of Ed inburgh. Later they were presented with an address of welcome by the Edinburgh chamber of commerce. STRIKERS RETURN TO WORK. Employes of tho Apsley Rubber Com pany Accept Lower Wages. Hudson, Mass., June 14. The entire force of employes of the Apsley Rubber company returned to work this morn ing, nnd the trouble at thb factory ap pears to be ended. They individually accepted the prices offered by Mr. Apsley, which are con siderably lower than those formerly paid. Mr. Apsley, however, claims that the wages now In force nre as high as any paid at other factories. FIRE CAUSED BY A LAMP. Four Persons Burned ns tho Result of Its Explosion. Pittsburg, June 14. A lamp explo sion In tho residence of Stephen Welsh, near Sharpsburg, early this morning set Are to the house and badly burned the four occupants. The Injured are Stephen Welsh, Mrs. Welsh and two children. Mr. Welsh and one of the children aro In a criti cal condition and may die. Tho houso was entirely destroyed. Tho loss was SIO.OOO, which was fully covered by in surance. Denth of Dr. Edwnrds. Princeton, N. J June 14. Dr. Gcorgo K. Edwards, '89, of New Castle, Pa died today in tho room ho had occupied dur ing his collego course. Dr. Edwards was a favorite with the undergraduates. While 111 he traveled hero from California In order to die In the town where he had spent the most enjoyablo days of his life. Ilrnkoninn Steals nn Engine. Rldgway, Pa., Juno 14. Michael Mann, a brakeman on tho Buffalo, St. Mary's and Southwestern railroad, while undar tho Intluenco cf liquor today, took posses sion of an engine and ran It two miles. Ho was finally arrested. THE NEWS THIS MORNING. Weather Indications Today: Thunder Storms Are Probable, 1 General Hawaiian Treaty Is Ready. Venezuelan Boundary Ratification. Senate Debate on the Sugar Schedule. 2 Sports JEastcrn, National and Atlan tic League Ball dames. Whist Gossip. 3 State Leglslatlvo Committee Visits tho Western Penitentiary. House Favors a Beor Tax, Amateur Base Ball. 4 Editorial. Wasrlngton Gossip. 6 6tory-"Tho Girl cf tho Whlto Butter Iflcs." Facts About Our Pcstal Service. 6 Local City Officials Inspect Flro De partment Quarters, Thrco Courts In Session, Crushed to Death at tho Marvlne Breaker. 7 Local School Controllers Practlco Oratory. Big Lcauo of Coal Land. 8 Local West Side and City Suburban. 9 Lackawanna County Happenings, 10 Neighboring County News. Financial and Commercial. THE HAWAIIAN TREATY READY It Has Been Prepared and Approved by Presi dent McKinley. THE SENATE'S ATTITUDE Approval of Important Com mittee Secured. Tho Treaty forllnwniinn Anncxntion Will Ilo Sont to tho Scniito Soon After tho Return of tho Prosidont from His Trip Through tho South--On Lines with tho Trcnty With drawn by President Clovcland-An Enrly Report Is Looked For, Washington, Juno 14. A1 treaty tot the annexation of Hawaii to the United States will be sent to the senate soon, after the return of the president to Washington from his trip to Nashville, unless present plans are altered. THa treaty has been written and all Its details were fully agreed upon before the president and Secretary Sherman left for tho South. There is no doubt, It Is said, of tho president's acquies cence In the terms of the treaty for the reason that he was made fully, aware of them before he left. The treaty Is on the general lines o the treaty negotiated during the ad ministration of President Harrison and withdrawn by President Cleveland. It provides for annexation without tho exaction of conditions on the part of the Hawallans as to the form of gov ernment to be vouchsafed to Hawaii, leivlng that question to be entirely; disposed of by the government of tho United States. The United States will agree, how ever, to assume the debt of the present Hawaiian government, but will como Into possession of all the Hawaiian crown lands and other possessions. ALLIGATOR STEALS A BOAT. Two Children Hnvo n Terrifying Trip and Aro Happily Saved. Palatka, Flo., June 14. While tho two little daughters of Hiram Johnston, living near Georgetown, were in a boat on the bayou washing a poodle which they had thrown overboard with a ropo attached, an alligator swallowed tho dog and attacked the boat. Johnston, hearing the girls' screams, ran and began tiring his shot gun at the beast. The rope tied to the dog was also attached to the boat, and tho alligator started to go about In a cir cle, twisting the craft and nearly spil ling the frightened children. It then started up the bayou, drag ging the boat after It. It made the en tire circuit of tho bayou, several miles In distance, Johnston firing at It when ever he could. He at last shot It In tho eye and the 'gator In his pain upset tho boat.Johnston finished killing the beast and some friends rescued the girls, D1V0RCEDFIVE TIMES. Rapid Record of a Woman Only 34 Years of Age. Clinton, Me., June 14. Mrs. Addle W;. Buzzall, 34 years of age, has been mar-' ried and divorced five times. In each case she has been the llbellant. Her five former husbands aro living and most are neighbors of her. Mrs. Buzzall says that when she finds a hus band falls to come up to her Ideas of Industry, thrift and congeniality, sho promptly sets him aside. She says that sho Is still looking for the right man to handle her farm and herself. From fifty miles In every di rection suitors have flocked to her. Ono man was reputed to bo worth $10,000, and ho urged Mrs. Buzzall to go with him. He had been divorced and ex plained that after seventeen years of married life he had found' his wife too "slack." TEARS A SSOO BILL. A Young Milllonniro Crontos n Scono in Court nt Mount Vornon. Mount Vernon, 111., Juno 11. Tho young millionaire, James E. Berry, was arraigned before Judge Wells to day on a charge of wife abandonment, preferred by his new wife, Mrs. Sadie Miller Berry. The case wns sot for trial next Wednesday and Berry was required to give bond for $?.00 for hla appearance. Great excitement ensued when Berry objected to furnishing bond and begun, displaying all kinds of bills and saying that he would go the bond himself without the aid of other people and this not being permitted ho mado things lively by tearing a $500 bill In two while tho spectators stood struck with awe at his actions. Several friends signed the bond. THREE STRUCK BY A TRAIN. Two ill en Killed nnd Ono Entnlly In jured Noar Johnstown. Johnstown, Pa., June 14. Two men were killed outright and one fatally injured on a Pennsylvania railroad brldgo a few miles east of here Just before' midnight last night, Ono of the victims was knocked Into tho Conemaugh river and his body hna not been found. All threo wero tramps, according to the railroad men. Tho Horuld's Wenther Forccnst. NeVr York, Juno 15. In the middle states and New KngVind, today, clear weather, rising temperature and frosh to lght. southwesterly to southerly winds will prevail with tomporature maximum of So or moro In the Interior of this sec tion. On Wednesday, la 'both these sec tions, fair, sultry and warmer weather will prevail with fresh southerly and southeasterly winds and a warm wave followed by sonlo cloudiness and by local rain and thundor storms In ha western districts of this section..
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