,lv T TiT f o rifaute tnmtmt " 1 4A 2 PAGES 1 l-h 4 PAGES A 1 7- TWO CENTS. J TAkiPF Vote TO BE TAKEN An Agreement Reached by Republicans and Democrats Alike. THE COMMITTEE'S WORK Secret Agreement Between Two Leading Parties. Tho Reciprocity Clnusc, Providing for n Discount of 10 Per Cent., Frnctlcnlly Agreed On--An Anti Trust Amendment Drafted, but Not Passed Un by tlio Finance Com mittee. . Washington, Juno SO. A secret agreement litis been reached between the Democratic senators and the Rep llcan leaders In the senate, by which the final vote on the tariff bill will be taken at 4 o'clock next Saturday af ' ternoon. This Important agreement was made at tho reception tendered to the members .of the senate last even ing by Vice-President Hobart, but the fact is being guarded with great sec recy by the senators. Notwithstanding all that has been Bald In a hopeful way regarding the probable date of the final vote, Senator Allison said as late as yesterday that he would bo satisfied If the bill should be passed on next Wednesday, July 7. When the agreement was made lat evening several Democratic and Re publican senators who have been most conspicuous In the tariff debate were engaged In conversation with tljelr host, Mr. Hobart. Some one suggested that speculation as to the probnble end of the debate be ended cii and there, and an agreement for the time of tak ing a vote be made. It was done. A Republican senator suld this morning that while he could not say that this informal agreement would hold, tho compact was nevertheless mafic in earnest. The senate commute on finance has practically concluded its consideration of the reciprocity provisions to bee re commended In connection with the tariff bill and will probably preseivt the amendment agreed upon late todJiy or some time tomorrow. The amendment will set forth ns the Incentive to the provision the desire for extending the commerce of the United States and will provide for the negotiation of com mercial treaties with any nation; with which we have trade relations, author izing the reduction of the rates o;r duty on all articles from the co"ntrles'pnter ing Into the arrangement to iue extent of 10 per cent. The treaties are t? be negotiated by the president und rati fied by the senate. J It had been the original Intenttoji of the committee to make the. discount 20 per cent., but this purpose was aban doned because of the conviction 'that the rovenue that would be thus; lost could not be spared. I The senate judiciary committed has also completed Its draft of theanti trust amendment, but It has nut yet been considered by the flnancci com mittee. It follows tho general Alnes of the amendment offered by Senator Nel son directed against the syftar trust, but makes the provlslpivcf'genernl ap plication to allacWreres affected by the tariff. TOTHER OF ARAIY OF POTOMAC. A Vcuornblo Centcnnrinii Who Still Enjoys Life. Albany, N. Y., June 30. Mrs. Rebec ca Amc'la VunZandt. who Is visiting hergninrt nitre at No. 131 First street, wjjf'lorn in Albany, August 5 1701, and Is, consequently, nearly 105 years old. She reals the dally papers, Is a vi vacious talk.r, makeR nrtlflclal fiowers nnd fruitB ami enjoys life. Her proud est boast Is jihat she Is the "Mother of the Army of the Potomac." This ti tle was conferrel upon Mrs. VnnZandt some years ago Iiy tho Grand Army of the Republic. Mrs. VnnZandt's .irother, Abraham S. Thornton, and herVwo sons fought In the Civil War, and as .soldiers of the Army of the Potoitnc distinguished themselves, In honoryif their bravery, and on account of her great age and lovable traits, tho G. AiR. named Mrs. VnnZandt "Mother of th Army of tho Potomac." A Her next proudest boast. Is that she shook hands with GeneratiLafayette upon the occasion of his second visit to New York. She has shaken hnds with every uovernor or New Yorlristate in tne last titty years. BIG STRIKE THREATENED Twenty Thousand Illinois Conl.JIin- cr Mny Quit Work. Jollet. III., June 30. AV. D. RTan Lstate secretary of the Illinois Miners' Lissoclatl u today issued notice that al' i fork op (ie Illinois Held would be topped at nee, and that a national uBpenslon was a certainty. I The miners in tho Wilmington field Lopped work today. I Under the present scale they claim tour. ??r'.7U.e. Btrlk0 W,U affect 20'0W? mt bis miners ' "T "K GOLD IN THEIR STOMACHS. A. Herder rinds Cnttlo nnd Sheep Useful in tho .Mining Industry. Yuma, Ariz., June 30, Juan Carlllo, who raises cattle In Cochis county.near the Mexican line, I.h reported to have struck a bonanza of u novel kind. On his ranch ara salt licks which contain placer gold, hut w fine is the gold dust that it cannot bo saved, from the sand. Recently Carlllo killed a steer and In the llnlnj of its stomach found four -jU.aaSSi La9K rtaEasMJt" steer had ounces or gold in less tMRP'iwJ months. The salt In tho earth had chlorlnlzed the metal and tho lining tt the stomach ha1 served an a coarto( blnnkel nt the bottom of a sluico In prcseivlng tho gold. Carlllo slaughtered n Bheep that had been feeding In the same pasture, nnd tho result was equally satisfactory, only that the amount of gold was some what Bnialler. Carlllo believes that ho has ttruck a rich thin?, and means to keep a bunch of cattle always feeding In that pasture. If each steer hilled will yleli four ounces of gold, or even a little less, there will soon be started a slaughter house on a large scale on the Mexican and Arizona line. SPENCER AND AUBREY SENTENCED. Tlicy Immediately Tnko an Appcnl to the Superior Court. Special to tho Scrnnton Trlbun Wllkes-Barre, June30 Judge Bennett at noon today sentenced A. L. Spencer nnd Thomas Aubrey of Scranton, each to one year Imprisonment In the Lu zerne county Jail. They are also di rected to pay lines of $100 and the costs are Imposed upon Spencer. The men were convicted of defrauding O. W. Koons of Audcnrled of $5,000. Both Spencer and Aubrey took ap peals to tho superior court and entered ball pending a decision of tho appeal. OHIO DEMOCRATS. They Nominate Horace L Chapman for Governor-'-Othcr Candidates Named by the ConventionFree Silver Rules. Columbus, O., June 30.- The Demo cratic state convention adjourned to night after .nominating a state ticket headed by Horace L. Chapman tor gov ernor, and adopting a platform which among other things demands the free and unlimited coinage of both gold and fllver at a ratio of 10 to 1 without wait ing for other nations, demands the sup pression of ull trusts and monopolies, and favors Immediate recognition of tho belligerent rights of the republic in Cuba. It was a free silver convention throughout. Representatives of the silver Republicans and the Populists co-operated In the convention and an Informal fusion was perfected. Mr. Chapman, the nominee for gov ernor Is a large owner and operator of coal mines In Jackson and other coun ties. He has always participated In Democratic campaigns, but has never had any olllce and has never before leen a candidate. He has never had a strike In his mines and is popular with thu miners. Chapman was nominated on the second ballot and tho nomina tion was then made unanimous. Although it Is said the McLean men In their conference had agreed to go to Chapman they scattered their vote on both ballots so ns to llsslpate as much as possible the renort that McLean was naming the state ticket. It Is minted that ther Is an Implied arrangement for John It. McLean for United States senator with the stale candidates as well as the party organ ization for him. Still It is reoorted that ex-Congressman Taul J. Sorg will also be in the field for senator. Tho ticket nominated is as follows: Governor Horace L. Chapman. Lieutenant Governor Melville D. Shaw. Supremo Judge J. P. Sprlggs. Attorney General W. 11. Dore. Stato Treasurer James F. Wilson. Hoard of Public Works Peter H. Dcg nan. School Commissioner Byron II. Hurd. SWITCHED BY SEVEN GIRLS. Afterward 31 r. Abram Was. Enter taincd by Thorn nt n Dinner. Freehold, N. J., June 30. They have a novel way of celebrating birthdays nt Imlnystown, n little farming commun ity a few miles west of this place, YesFerday C. E. Abrams, the tele graph operator at the railway station, nttalned his majority. Seven of the vil lage maidens knew of tho fact, and determined to give him a surprise. Each girl armed herself with a birch switch, and the seven marched In a body to the depot to administer 147 strokes on the body of the operator, 21 for each girl. Abrams was oidered to como out. He had caught a glimpse of the switches In the hands of the girls, and refused to obey the summons. When oportunlty offered ho fled through a side door of the station nnd climbed up In tho boughs of a neigh boring tree. The girls espied him and made a bee line for the tree. None of the girls cared to climb nfter him, and there was a long parley. Fnally it was agreed that Abrams would bo let oft with only 21 strokes instead of the 147 as was originally Intended. The young man took his punishment courageously, although none of tho strokes were heavy enough to make a mark. After this Abrams was Invited to tho village, where a dinner hnd been preparted for the occasion. Games, music and songs were Indulged In, and then tho party dispersed, CUT HER HUSBAND'S FOOT OFF. Snreeons Declined n Task Which n a Woman Perform od. Rochester, Ind., Juno 30. About six months ago gangrene developed In one of George Spotts' feet. Mr. Spotts Is a farmer, about 80 years old, and when his physicians informed him of tho na ture of the disease ho asked them to amputate the member. They refused to do so, on account of his enfeebled .tunuu.iiwi, titer me uociors icii niB Wife sharpened a coinmon butcher Vnlfe on a grindstone and successfully performed the amputation EMea ni.ttlnr- 4t.wn.inl. ,t.n tln.U l. T patient is reported Improving. 1 1 Price of Peanuts to Go Up. Nawport News, Va Juno 30. It is an nounod here today that the price of Vlr BinlaLpeanuti will be advanced soon. This li owing to tho limited supply. Tflo stocks of (hilled nuti in -Virginia at the pres ent tlpo will barely exceed 23,000 bags, tis agalnit 34.000 last year and 60,000 at this time In 1803. To Rescue the Word Professor. Little Rock. Ark., Juws SO.-Tho state teachers' convention has limited the tltla of "Professor" to tsichers In colleges and universities. nnurenfiiaEBBRroia. Tho Mfc2JrflllOTtfur j I UL V T I ,V- SOKAjSTON, PA., SERIOUS WESTERN RAILWAY WRECKS Trains Bearing Christian Endeavor Ex' curslons Meet Disaster. FIVE KILLED AND MANY HURT Sections of the Pacific Const Excur sion Collldo Near Chicago, Three Persons Heine Killed, nnd n Score of Others Injured, Some Fntnlly, in tho Wrcck--Trnln Hnnds Lose Their Lives on the Vnndnlia Rnll rond. Chicago, June 30. Three persons were killed outright and over twenty persons Injured In a rear end collision of Chris tian Endeavor excursion trains, on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, at 12.45 o'clock this morning, at West Chi cago, thirty miles out of Chicago. THE DKAD. GOODING, JOHN, Appleton Wis. SHIPMAN. MRS. R., Apploton, Wis. UNIDENTIFIED MAN, riding between engine and baggago car, supposed to bo u trami. TUB INJURED. Mrs. M. M. Balrd, Neenah, Wis.: Mrs. Daisy Blackwood, Dcpere, Wis.: Miss A. F. Flfer, Green Bay, Wis., Injured about the head; W. H. Finney, Oconto, Wis.; W. D. Gibson, Appleton, Wis.; Rjymonfl Gibson, 5 years old, i son of tho forego ing; Mlfes Ireno MacAlllster, Oconto, Wis., hurt about tho head; Miss Amelia Mc Kay, fracture of left aim; Mrs. B. U. Marsh, Appleton, Wis.: Mrs. McJCay, W. M. Mlckclstetter, Seymour, Wis.; Mrs. W. M. MIckclstetter, Seymour, Wis.; Dr. 11 A. Miller, Cllntonvllle, Wis.; S. A. Bus sell, Appleton, Wis.; Mrs. S. A. Russell, Appleton, Wis.; Mr. Ripley, Fond du Lac, Wis., seriously; Miss C. B. Shlpmanf Ap pleton, Wis ; Michael St. Letler, ankle broken and Internally Injured; Mrs. St. Letler, back sprained nnd Internally In jured; Professor Wllllim3, Fond du Lac, Wis., arm and wrist Injured; Charles Courtney, Belvlderc, 111., engineer of sec tion 5, fatally Injured. Tlhe victims of the collision wen Christian Endeavor delegates who left Chicago last night enrouto for tho great convention In San Francisco. The colliding trains were sectlonn Nos. 4 and 5 of a Christian Endeavor spec ial sent out In nine sections, beginning at 10.30 p. m. Section No. G ran Into section No. 4, which left Chicago fif teen minutes ahead of It. Section No. 4 carried the Wisconsin delegates, nearly five hundred strong, and in tha rear sleeper were people from Fond du Lac, Green Bay, Appleton and other Wisconsin cities. Section No. 4 had come to a stop Justoutof WestChicago, where the Freeport lino diverges from the main line, Section No. G came up behind at a great speed, and the shock of the collision wns terrific. ON THE VANDALIA ROAD. Two Killed nnd Two Injured Kn denyorers in tho Collision. Indianapolis, June 30. Train No. 11 on the Vandalla lailroad, which left this city at 7 o'clock Inst evening, con taining a large number of Christian En deavorers, collided with train No C bound east from St. Louis, nt 8.20 o'clock, near Vandalla. J. J. Turner, general manager of the Vandalla rail road, telegraphed the following names of victims to this city: KILLED: SHERMAN, R. T mail clerk on No. 6; Indianapolis. COON, W. P., baggasemaster on No. 11; 32G East Louisiana street, Imllunupolls. FATALLY INJURED. ARKINSON, SAMUKL. mall clerk of Col umbus, O.; crushed In tho wreck. OWENS. FRANK, fireman of Terro Haute; mangled under th engine. None of tho passengers on either train were hurt. Trnln No. 11 left Indianapolis in two sections on account of the heavy San Francisco travel occasioned by the na tional meeting of the Christian Endeav or society. Orders were given to meet No. C, the East bound passenger train, ut Vnndnlia, these two trains being due to meet nt that place about 1.30 o'clock this morning. It appears that the westbound train pulled out of Vandalla without waiting for the train from St. Louis. The head light of the westbound train was ex tinguished for some time before the crash came. EASTERN SIL,VERITES. Gold Democrats Will Put a Ticket In the Field Next Fall-Geo. Fred. Williams' Aspirations. Boston, June 30. In tho Massachu setts state campaign, next fall, the sll verltes, who are counted upon fighting alone against the Republicans, will have to contend also with the gold Democratic ticket which It has been decided to place in the field. Today tho Young Men's Democratic club are send ing out circulars urging all Democrats who, last fall, voted for Palmer nnd Buckner of for McKlnley, to rally around tho old-time Democratic stand ard in the state election. Just who will be found to head the ticket Is a problem. About tho only man who Is likely to lead a hopeless fight Is ex-Judgo John W. Corcoran, and It Is doubtful If he would make the sacrifice. Tho Massachusetts Republi cans will renominate the entire state ticket now in olllce and the sllverites will be led by Oeorgo Fred Williams. There Is a rumor in Boston that Wil liams wnnts to be on the National tick et In WOO, next to Bryan. THE INSURANCE SCANDAL. Committee's Report Signed by A Snvo Senator (iobin. Harrisburg, Juno 30. CQialrman John S. Wilson, of tho committee to Investi gate the $50,000 Insurance scandal, sub mitted the following statement tonight to the house. "After a careful examination of the evidence, your committee finds tho ru mor that 150000 was demanded of the Metropolitan Llfo Insurance com pany to defeat the Chllds' insurance bill, originated from tho corrupt rep resentations mndo during the pendency of tho so-called Chllds' Insurance leg- 1 (elation before the senate by one Frank THURSDAY MORNING H. LeonnrdJ in tho city of New York, to certain officers of tho Metropolitan Llfo Insurance company, and in which ho claimed to represent certain Penn sylvania senators, and sugggested u plan by which tho insurance legislation could bo defeated by tho payment to him of fifty o thirty thousand dollars. Your committee is of tha opinion that the representations of Leonnrd to the insurance company wero tho representations of an adventurer nnd ns ho was characterized nt the time by Haley Fiske, vice president of tho Metropolitan Life Insurance company, of a idackmaller, who, as he himself admits, hoped to secure, by his false representation profitable employment for himself. 3 "The committee, therefore, respect fully report that there .as no demand made by any membsr oPfho legislature upon the Metropolitan Life Insurance company or upon any other company or person for any money or other valu able consideration for the defeat of the insurance bill nnd that there waa noth ing done or said by any member of tho house of representatives or ecnato which Justified tho rumor affecting or Impeaching tho Integrity of the legis lature." The report in signed by every mem ber of the committee with the excep tion of Senator Gobm, of Lebanon, who refused to take part In the inquiry after tho first meeting at which he. wns defeated for chairman. Appropriation Hill Killed. Harrisburg, July 1. By a vote of 92 to it the house killed the bill appropri ating $7,200 to pay the expenses of the investigation of the Eastern and West ern penitentiaries by the Joint legisla tive committee. TACOMA BANK CLOSED. Receivership for the Union Savings Bank nnd Trust Company, Owing to a Court Decision. Tacoma, Wash., June 30. Tho Union Savings Bank nnd Trust company has closed its doors and gone into the hands of a receiver as a direct result of the recent supreme court decision declaring a. large amount of city war rants to bo Illegal. Judge Williamson appointed Charles Richardson to take charge. The bank was organized In February, IS91, with the late General William Sprague- as president, Chester Thorne, vice president, and A. R. Nichols, cash ier. The rnpltal stock is $100,000. Tho local deposits are small, the bank hav Inic leen engaged chlellj in the pur chase of securities of cities, counties, towns and school districts throughout the Northwest It owns SiS.OO'J of Ta-V coma, general fund warrants and $IS, 000 of city hall fund warrants, the val idity of which Is thrown Into question by the supreme court leclMon handed down Friday, The bank will now ask for a rehear ing in the supreme court and will also sue the city for moneys paid for the warrants. In view of tho supreme court decision a receivership was con sidered advisable to protect all Inter ests. Cashier Nlcols says every depos itor will be paid in full when tho war rants are realized on. Ha says the stockholders should receive tho full alue of their stock. FAIR LILLIAN'S DOUBLE. At Anbury Pnrk ilhc Is Crcnting n Seusntiou by Her Beauty. Asbury Park, N. J., June 30. Because her name happens to bo Lillian Russell and she registers from New York and rides a wheel, and has beauty enough to make her conspicuous whatever her name might be, a young woman who Is a guest at the Lake Avenue Hotel has become one of the most prominent persons In Asbury Park. During one of tho evening concerts at the Asbury Avenue Pavllllon a few nights ago, where the crowd was thickest, some guests from the hotel where she Is stay ing were talking of the coincidence In name. Scraps of the remarks were overheard. Report spreads rapidly on the board walk, and soon the woman found herself followed by a little army of spectators. As she is striking In her appearance nnd is individual In her style of dress ing, no one found It hard to believo that she was the Lillian Russell of the stage. The bicycle costumes, bathing dress and. afternoon toilettes worn by this Miss Russell are watched with interest, and in tho face of so much observation It has been a matter of pride with her not to appear twice in tho same cos tume. MURDERED IN II0R ROOM. Mnslicd .Han Shoots n Young Woman in liar Home. Redbud, 111., Juno 30. Miss Lillian Bliss, daughter of a, .prominent fam ily, was awakened early yesterday morning by a masked man who had entered her room and threatened to kill her unless sho kept quiet. She screamed at the top of her voice, and he rlnced tho pistol to her breast and fired, the bullet entering near the heart, pausing through tho body and indicting a fatal wound. Thu man entered the house for the purpoto of burglary, as everything whs turned upside down, nnd an at tempt had been made to enter a neigh boring hojse an hour previous. CONVICTED OF ARSON AT 66. The Old -Man nnd His Son Faint in Court. New York, Juno 30. Max Blum, 60 years old, today pleaded guilty to ar son In tho third degree, and was en tenced to a year and a half In state prison. The old man fainted In court, as did his Bon. He was charged with setting fire to a building on 1 1 roadway in 1895. Blum was convicted of arson In Phil adelphia, Juno 12, 18S3, before Judgo Robert N. Wilson, for burning a dwell ing house belonging to Isnao Stein, and served four years in prison. German Vessel Sinks, Constantinople, June SO. iA. collision (ook placo In the Dardanelles today be tween the German vessels Rembeck and BerthlUle. The former mink almost Im mediately nnd fourteen of her crow wero drowned, while a boat was sent to the rescue by tho Austrian guardshlp was capsized, drowning two. - , JULY 1, 1897. LARGE IMPORTS OF SUGAR AND WOOL Enormous Quantities Have Been Rushed in for May. FIQURES OF BUREAU OF STATISTICS The Rush Occasioned Last Mny in Anticipation of tho Now Tnrlir Du ties. Washington, Juno 30. An exact statement of the enormous importa tions of wool and sugar for tho month of May is given in tho revised figured of the bureau of statistics of the treas ury department, proofs of which have como from the printer today. Tho fig ures showing Importations of other merchandise have not yet been com pleted, but will be ready In a day or two. As shown In tho preliminary state ment of exports nnd Imports for tho month of May, published In Tho Com mercial Advertiser, the nmounts of wool and sugar Imported during tho month were much larger than usual, owing to tho expectation of higher tar iff rates on those commodities. Tho total value of Importalicrs of sugar for the month of May reached $15,034,777 as against $13,817,477 for the corresponding month in the last fiscal year. The de tailed statement of tho bureau of statistics gives the classification of sugars and wools which wore import ed. The statement with regard to sugars is ns follows: Hawaiian (free under reciprocity treaty) $ 1.2IS.912 Not above No. 10 Dutch standard (beet) 6.9fil,S7l Not above No. 1C, Dutch standard (cano and other) C,13S,C21 Abovo No. 1G, Dutch standard ... 705.473 Total Importations $15,034,777 Tho principal countries from which sugar was Imported contributed to tho total amount as follows: Germany $G,0D0,0W British West Indies 1,402,2J1 Cuba 2.797.G32 Hawaii 1,245,912 Much has been said with regard to the unprecedentedly large Importations of raw wool which have continued during the spring months In antici pation of that commodity being taken from the free list. The classification of these Imports for tho month of May Is given In the corrected figures of the bureau as follows: Poun Is. Ciass 1, In the grease 22,404,671 Class 1, tcoured 4,40ft,509 Claw 2, In grease 4,73ti,27G 'Otnpa 2. scoured 42,017 Clus3 3 J2.300.2i2, Total amount Imported 43,13,GSo Total amuunt Imported In May, 1800 13,43S,S42 WOMAN TRAPS A BURGLAR, Locks Him in a Closet and Arouses the rnmily. West Chester, Juno SO. There wns lodged in Jail In this place last night one Stephen Andrews, believed to bo the leader of a desperate gang of out laws which has been committing dep redations throughout Chester county for a long time. He wns recognized under peculiar circumstances while sacking tho residence of Hugh J. Steen, nt Rerwyn, and his capture speedily followed. One of the female mernbers of Mr. Steen's household heard a noise in the house long after the family had retired, and, nothing daunted, lit a lamp and started on a tour of investigation. She had not proceeded through many rooms when Bhe became convinced that the midnight prowler hnd concealed him self In n certain closet. Going to tho closet the brave girl threw the door open and beheld tho burglar. With n scream the younc lady vio lently closed the door, turned the key in the lock and held the thief a pris oner. Other members of the family speedily appeared nnd an officer wns sent for. In the meantime the burglar begged to be liberated, saying that he was being srnothered, but to no avail. Finally, as no ofdeer could be found in the nelghlwhood, It was decided to turn the fellow loose, when he was rec ognized as Stephen Andrews, and his arrest followed the next day. He had In his possession a number of articles belonging to the Steen family. TRUSTEE FOR DANVLLE ASYLUM. Governor Appoints Congressman Council in I'lnco of Dr. Throop. Governor Hastings has appointed Hon. William Connell to fill tho vacan cy on the board of trustees of tho Danville state asylum for the Insane, occasioned by tho death of Dr. B. H. Throop. In a letter to Mr. Connell conveying word of the appointment tho governor says: I have this day (Juno 23) appointed you a trustee for tho Stato Insane asylum at D&nvlllo to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of Dr. Throop, of Scrnnton. Tne DauvU.o Institution Is ono of the best In tho state and the character of the gen tlemen er.gaped In Its management is of tho very highest. Tho position will not add very much to your burden, and your natural Inclination to help our un fortunate fellow beings, I am aure, will make It matter of duty on your part to aid In such ,humane work. There were a number of applicants fo- th'E appointment, but it was un solicited by Mr. Connell. COMPULSORY CITIZENSHIP. I'orty-Sovou Aliens Who Wnnt to Ks- capo tho Tliroo Cent Tnx. Tho law taxing aliens three cents a day goes Into affect today. Yesterday there were forty-seven applications for naturalization papers. Remarkable to say nil but a few of these would-bo citizens were Kngllsh speaking aliens. YERDICT IN THE VON STORCH CASE. l'liiintlirvt ins the Lonc-Dnuvn Out FJcntmont Suit. Tho Jury li. the ejectment suit of William Von Storch against Currlngton S. Von Storch came in yesterday after noon at 3:30 o'clock with a verdict in favor of tho plaintiff. Tho caso had been on before Judgo Archbajd. uluco June 7. The Jury went out at 3:30 Monday afternoon and it is said stood 11 to 1 in faVor of tho plain tiff from tho very first ballot. Answers wero also made by the Jury to eight questions submitted by Judge Arch bald and their wero filed as an addi tional verdict. The defendant will ap ply for a new trial. In discharging tho Jury Judge Archbnld snld: "I congrat ulate you that your labors have now reached a conclusion. You havo evi dently given a very faithful considera tion to tho case and you certainly re turned nn intelligent verdict. Wo are obliged to you for your aslstanco here In theyrlal of the cause and you are now discharged with thanks." HUSBAND AQAINST WIFE. Hnrrr Lltz Charges His Wife with Theft. Jennie Lltz was arrested Tuesday night on a warrant sworn out by her husband, .Horry Lltz, charging her with stealing some clothing from a North End dry goods store. The peculiar feature of tho case Is that Lttz had no interest further than a grudge in causing tho arrest. He heard that his wife had stolen the goods and thereupon swore out the warrant. The woman was arrested late Tuesday night and taken before Alderman Wrlzht, but as no one ap peared aealnst her she was remanded until yesterday morning. Again no one appeared and she was discharged, Tha county will pay the costs. Lltz lives at 18 Lackawanna avenue and his wife nt other places. Special Otllcer E. C. Yeomans made the arrest. BANNOCK INDIAN SCARE. Fences Being; Burned nnd Cattle Killed in IdahoThe Government's Action in Matter. Washington, June 30. Senator Helt feld, of Idaho, received another dis patch today from Governor Steunen berg dated at Boise City, last night, concerning the Bannock Indian scare. The Governor says: "Fences are being burned and cattle killed. The Indians come from Lemhi, Ubatllln, Fort Hall and Duck Vallev reservations. They must disperse or trouble will soon fol low." This was soon communicated to tho Interior department, and Secretary Bliss immediately wired Agent Irwin at Fort Hall to expedite his telegraphic re port of the situation. He also called upon the agents at Lemhi, Umatilla and the Western Shoshone (Duck Val ley) asencles for reports. Game Warden Manning of Marys Vflje, Wyo., near the eoepe of the Jackson Hole affair, part of the old Bannock Hunting grounds, urges that the Indians on the Fort Hnll reserva tion be disarmed, and the matter has been forwarded for consideration through Governor Rlchard3 and. Senat or Warren, of Wyoming. Agent Ir win, In a repot t to the Washington au thorities, dated a day or tso before the present trouble, says: "Tho prop osition to dlfarm tho Indians of this reservation Is not practicable nnd If It wero would be of no particular 'bene fit, flnce, If It wero possible to col lect every gun on the reservation, the supply could be renewed within a few hours from tho vaTloua towns in ad Joining reservations. The war department has received a telegram from Btigadler General Cop plnger, commanding tho Department of the Platteo at Omaha, stating that, in accordance with the Instructions sent to him yesterday, he had dispatched Colonel George M. Randall to the vic inity of Hailey, Idaho, to ascertain tho situation In that vicinity. SUICIDE AT FALLS. Simeon Do Witt Ends His Life with a Bullet. Special to tho Scranton Tribune Falls. P.i.. June 30. Simeon DoWItt, a young man, whose home is in Lu zerne county, committed suicide at this place tonight by sending a bullet from a revolver through his brain. He is a law student In Luzerne coun ty, exact place unknown. Won't Vouch for Fraudulent Meeting rtoutou, June 30. The Boston spiritual lits are havlntr heaps of trouble through the resent work hero of alleged fraudu lent mediums. Tho official organ of th3 Spiritualists hero upheld them at first, but that paper now comes out and says it will not print announcements of me diums until thoso claiming to be such have been tested In the otflce of tho pa per, under conditions Imposed by tho man agement. Steamship Arrivals. New York, June 30. Arrived: Steamer Chester, from Amsterdam; Delphic, from Liverpool Ulrleken, from Hamburg; AI bano, torn Hamburg. Boulogne Arrived: Spaardam, fro n New York for Rotter dam. Crook Haven Passed: Britannic, from New York for Liverpool. The Hcruld'N Wcnthcr Forecast. New York, July 1. In the middle states and New England today, fair weather will prevail with fresh and light northwesterly and southwesterly winds and slightly lower followed by rising temperatures On Friday, In both of these sections, fair, warmer weather and light to frojh south w esterly and southerly winds will prevail and maximum temperatures of 90 degrees or more south and west of New York, fol lowed by local rain in the lako regions. THE NEWS THIS M0RNIN0. Weather Indications Today: Fulr; Southwesterly Winds. 1 General MMrdcrer Van Horn Cap tured. Tariff Vote to Bo Taken Saturday. Knormous Inserts of Wool and Sugar. 'I Sport Providence Also Takes tho Third. Eastern, National and Atlantic Lcaguo Ball Games. 3 State All Night Legislative Seatlon. The Drlvlnr JPark Races. i Editorial. Comtrtnts ot tho Press. 5 Story "A Dreadful Occurrence." 6 Local-Will of the Late Dr. B, H, Throop. 7 Local Olehefskl Committed to Jail. Accide.Un of a Day, 8 Local West Side and City Suburban. 9 Lackawanna County News. 19 Neighboring County Bvents. Financial and Commercial. TWO CENTS VAN HORN IS CAPTURED Murderer of Mrs. Jose phine Westcott in the Toils CAUGHT IN WADENA, IOWA Chief Robling Does a Good Piece of Work. Lcttors nnd Descriptions Sent to tho Iowa Town, Where Von Horn Form crly Lived, Result in Apprehending tho much-Wanted Murdorer--Tolo-gram Received Lnst Evening Leaves No Doubt but that the Captured Ulan Is Van Horn--Somo Storic Brought to Light by tho Arrest. 'After eluding arrest for ten months George K. Van Horn, the accused mur derer of Mrs. Josephine Wescott was yesterday captured in Wadena, Iowa. GEOnQE K. VAN HOItN. At 11 o'clock yesterday morning Chief of Police Robllng received the follow ing telegram: Wd.na, Iowa, Juno 30, lt97. To Frank Robllng, Jr., Chief, Scranton; I have got Van Horn. Will hold him for further Instructions. Thomas F. Jones. Immediately Chief Robllng wired as follows to tha captor: Scranton', June 30. Thomas F. Jones, Wadena, Iowa: Are you positive you have Van Horn? Wlro mo full particulars Immediately. Will send pcrty to identify.! F. Robllng, Jr., Chler. At 7 o'clock last evening Chief Rob 11ns received the following answer: Wadena, Iowa, June 30. Frank Robllng, Jr., Chief of Police, Scranton: Am posltlvo that I havo Van Horn. Ac-' knowledges name and answers photo graph. Also that he left Scranton last September. Will deliver prisoner on re ceipt of reward. Thomas F. Jones. WILL START TODAY. Lieutenant John Davis nnd Detectivo John Molr will leave this nfternoon to secure tho prisoner. It will be a week possibly before they will be uble to get back here. Some Mm ft will be lost by reason of the delay; nt Harrlsburff attendant upon the-socurlng of requi sition papers and then again it will take two days travel tai-h wny between hero and Wndena, taking into consid eration that a trip will havo to bo mado to Dea Moines to secure the Klgnaturo of the governor to the requisition pa pers. Wadena Is a small lumbering town) of Fayetto county in tho northeastern part of Iowa. The day following the murder Chief Robllnc; lni an Interview! with Van Horn's mother learned that the family lived there and thnt many of his friends are still residents oC the place. Thinking It quits likely that the fugitive would head that way tho chief sent letters and photographs to the chief, station agent and postmaster of tho town In the hopes that If ho came there he would be apprehended. Every couple of months tho chief re freshed the memory of the Wadena) parties by sending them further re quests to watch out for Van Horn. While nothing has been heard of tha details of the arrest the local police are of the belief that Van Horn did, not nrrlvo in Wadena until quite re cently. Three different men claim to have seen and talked with Van Horn with in the past three months. These three men at different times recently have; como to County Detective Leyshon with! the story that Van Horn was up iti Susquehanna county in tho region of Forest City. One of the men, John Helmes, of tho West Side, who former ly worked with Van Horn,- on the Del aware, Lackawanna and Western road, stated positively thnt ho met Van Horn about two months ago near Star rucca and had a long talk with him. Van Horn told Helmes that ho eluded tho police on the night of the murder by crawling under the Delaware nnd Hudson station platform. The fact that Vnn Horn was been at daybreak in the vicinity of the station by Gro eeryman A. J. Saunders, of Penn ave nue, would go to substantiate Helmes story. WAS ON THE WEST SIDE. One night not long after tho murder, it will be remembered, thero was a re port that Van Horn was seen on th9 West Side by the same Helmes. It ap pears that Van Horn and Helmes wew very Intimately acquainted and not only wtrlted together but boarded In tho Wescott house at tho same time. Helmes at tho Ime of the murder wasi living In the rear of the Cusick much on North Main avenue. Holmes came down to the West SIdo police statlcu in great agitation and reported that j had passed Van Horn In the covefl alley leading to the rear of the bll Continued on Pago 0. . Vi "7 f 1 -it. zma&sji 4.iiSMHfc... . ....
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