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TWO CENTS.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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