-- to-n-'if v Lr J" fr "- .rtTV1" ' 8f"rt v4lUPll 4 f'-'M Jf 4- V SCR ANTON, PA., SATURDAY MORNlNGr, JULY 3, 1897. TWO CENTS TWO OE.NTS. - .rXf'Vr" "' A- 12 PAGES F WALL STREET MUST CHIP IN C 111 Proposal to Raise Revenue from Stock and Bond Transactions. 0 PERFECTING THE DETAILS Assessment That Beer and Tea Drinkers Might Have Paid. Tliii Witlitlrnwnl of tlio Propositi to Tax Ten nnd to Increase the Tn on Ilcor Estimated to Menu 11 Rcduc tlon iu Kcvcnue of iri,H(,000. The Scheme Suggested by. .Senntor IjOllgC. Washington, July 2. The lending members of the sennte finance commit tee agree that by the loss suffered by abandonment or the proposed tariff; on tea and 'red tax on beer the new tarllf wl. Sdnee about $15,000,000 less than In. .reeded revenue. To com pensate In part for this loss. Senator Lodge Is today formulating an nmend- ip lit to the bill providing fon a tux on I yftlcfl of bonds and stocks and on all new Issues and re-Issues. The Massa chusetts seratnr had the paper contain ing the prop '.use on his desk In C.te senate touu. . A refused tu state Its provisions, saying that lie had not yet perfected the measure. Mr. Lodge first Buggtsted n tax on bond and stock sales In the Itepubllcan caucus last night. It Is understood that the rnto of tnx tlnuv proposed "will bo the rate finally decided upon. That rate Is two cents on each share or stock and each bond sold nt a stock exchnnge or else where. Tn addition a tax of five cents per $100 on all new Issues and re-Issues of stocks and bonds Is favored. Senator Lodge believes that, as near ly as can be estimated, a reasonable tax on bonds and stock sales would jleld about one-halt of the estimated deficiency" of $157,0000&, and perhaps more, and that the tax on Issues and re-Issues would furnish at least the balance of the deficiency. ACTION POSTPONED. The finance committee brlelly consid ered the stock tax question at Its meet ing this morning, but Senator Piatt, of the committee, said afterward that it had been deckled to take no action un til the senator who Is framing the amendment had It ready to submit to the committee. It Is .likely that this will be done this afternoon or tonight, nnd that the proposition will he sub mitted to the senate and adopted to morrow. This statement is similar to that made in less specific terms by Senator Allison In the senate this morn ing. Members of the finance committee speak very favorably of the plan to tax sales of bonds and stocks, and It Is be lieved that the low rate proposed will not ' regarded ns a hardship by deal ers and others affected. It Is regarded as a much better plan than the tax on bank checks and mortgages proposed Home time ago, as that plan would In voke hardship for many people who ure not able to bear the taxation. Senators Prltchard, Deboe and 'Well ington have wo stienuously opposed the provision of the senate bill whlcl. would Increase the tax on manufac tured tobacco and snuff from six to eight cents per pound that the llnance committee has decided to abandon Its nmendment pruvldlng for the Increase, The law of 1S90 made the tax six cents, and the Wilson law did not change It, A BANK'S DILEMMA. Experts Unnblo tn Unlock the Safe of a Trenton Company. Trenton, N. J., July 2. Experts are still at work trying to open the big safe of tho Trenton Hanking company, which Cashier Snyder was unable to open yesterday morning, because of the failure of the combination to work. Two experts were engaged on tho safe all night. The money and books of tho bank am all locked up, but business Is being transacted as usual with temporary books und by the loan of money from other banks. B0RR0T0S WOUNDED. Inspectors Discover n Number of tiros. Irregularities. Havana. July 2. It Is officially an nounced that tho Insurgent leader, Bor roto, hns been seriously wounded and that his brother was killed In a Bklrm iBh at OJo de Agua, province of Santa Clara, with a column of Spanish troops commanded by Colonel Osos. Tlio gov eminent force also captured tho families-nnd arms and ammunition of the RorrotoH. Colonel Esorlbnno, Gurenal Weyltr'B chief of Btaff, and Dr. Mar- i'i1- M :xin o.miot iodce. tlnez, chief of the sanitary staff, dur ing their Inspection of the government departments at Mazanllto, have dis covered such a number of cross Irregu larities that all the employes of the factories there have been discharged and will be prosecuted. Addressing the municipality of Mnn znnlllo yesterday. Captain General Weyler said that the pardons granted to political prisoners were only due to the generosity of the queen regent and not to the political Influence of any party. Joaquin Pedroso and Antonio Hojas were shot outside the Cabanas fortress today. MR. M'KINLEY'S VACATION. Canton, ().. Will Resume Us Plncc on the 91 iip for n Foxy Dnyi. "Washington, July 2. President Mc Klnley left the city nt 7.10 tonight over the Pennsylvania railroad for Canton, O., where he will visit his aged mother and take a few duys rest. With him were Sirs. McKlnley, Assistant Herretary and Mrs. Day, Mrs. Saxton, who Is Mrs. McKlnley's aunt, and Miss Mabel McKlnley. The party occupied a Pullman car attached to the rear of the Western express. Canton will 1e reached at 10.P.O tomorrow morning and the return to Washington will be mude on Tuesday. This will be the president's first visit to his home since the Inauguration and he has expressed a wish that It bo a quiet one, devoid of speech-making and demonstrations. The president's party reached the railroad station about fif teen minutes before train time, where they were greeted by Secretary Porter. Taking each nn nrm of Mrs. McKlnley, the ptcsldent and Mr. Porter nsslsted her to the special car, which was rich with the perfume of choice llowers that had been sent by friends. The president loitered around on the plat- form of the car almost until the time the train started and then waved an adieu to those standing about. MRS. NACK ARRAIGNED. Will Ho Tried for tlio .Murder of Wil liam Guldensuppe. New York, July 2. Mrs. Augusta Naek, who Is under arrest for the murder of William Guldensuppe, the Turkish bath employee, was arraigned this nfternoon, but she refused to make any statement. A detective thereupon made a formal complaint, charging Mrs. Nack and nn unknown person with having murdered Guldensuppe. She was then committed to prison without ball. Frank Gardner, an attendant of the Murray Hill baths, swore that h rec ognized the headless and mutilated corpse as that of William Guldensuppe. BIO LAND CLAIM. Mexican Lnwver Revives the Pernltu Ronvis Pretensions. Santa Fe, July 2. E. A. Garza, a Mexican lawyer of Monterey, has been here several days preparing to file a new claim In the United States land court for the Peralta Land Grant, made famous by the long suit of A. J. Per-alta-Reavls, which ended In the lat ter'K sentence of two years' Imprison ment for fraud. Peralta. - Eewi3 claimed 12,000,000 acres, but Garza holds that tho grant included 30,000,000 acres, and that he has ample proof of the claim. He says the records are In San Luis Potosl and not in Spain. LUMBERMEN AROUSED. Will Protest Against Reduction of Tnriiron Lumber. Willlamsport, Pa., July 2.The lum bermen of this section are thoroughly aroused over the action of the senate In reducing the tariff on lumber, and are arranging to call a meeting at once of the representatives of tho In dustry throughout the West Branch valley to enter a protest. It Is proposed to make a fight before the conference committee with a view to having the rate restored to $2 per thousand feet, as fixed by tho house. OUR CRICKETERS ABROAD. The lMulndelpliinns' illnteh with tho Hampshire Eleven Resumed. Dourncmouth, Eng., July 2. Tho cricket match between the, Gentlemen of Philadelphia and an eleven of Hampshire, which began yesterday, was continued today. The American players, In their llrst Innings, scored 292 runs and at the close of play yester day the home players had scored 25 runs with no wickets down. At lunch time today the Hampshire cricketers had scored 1CS runs, for five wickets down. COLONIAL TROOPS AT WINDSOR. 1,000 of Them Lunched nnd Re. viewed by the (Juccn. Windsor, Eng., July 2. pno thousand of tho Colonial troops, commanded by Lord .Roberts, of Kandahar, spent tho afternoon' at Windsor castle, where they wero entertained nt lunch. Later the Colonials were reviewed by the queen from the East Terrace, after which they were shown over tho state departments, BETANC0URT RELEASED. Spnin Lets Ilim Go on Condition That lie Leaves Culm nt Once. Washington, July 2. United States Consul General Lee reports tothe state department by cable from Havana that tho Spanlsji authorities havo released Augusttn Clemente Retancourt, an American citizen, on condition that he leaves Cuba at once. Judge nnd SlieriU' Denounced. Glasgow, Ky July 2. Tol Stone, the convicted negro, wua safely escorted to his train nt 2.30 o'clock this afternoon by tho troops with glistening bayonets, and wns taken to tho penitentiary at Ed dyvllle. A thousund men gathered In a hall this nfternoon nnd bitterly denounced the Judge and sherrlrf for having brought the stato guards here. Now llridgu at Niagara, Niagara Ear., N. v., July 2. Tho con tract to replace tho vpper suspension brldgo by a steel arch bridge has been signed by tho Ntugara Falls Suspension' UrlOgo company with the Pencoyd Iron works of Philadelphia, Active operations jro to begin by October ft and the bridge U to be computed by April ), 1S9S THE TRANSVAAL RAID INQUIRY Telegrams Exchanged Between the Lon don Times and Rhodes, MISS FLORA SHAW EXPLAINS THEM Denies That Tlicy Involve Co-oporn-tlon on the I'nrt of tho Colonlnl OHici-'HIiodcs's Confidence. London, July 2. At the resumption today of tho sittings of the parliamen tary committee nppolntcd to Inquire Into tho Transvaal raid, four telegrams exchanged between Miss Flora Shaw, the Colonial editor of tho Times, ami Cecil Rhodes, then premier of Capo Colony, were produced. The first, from Miss Shaw asks for tho date of the commencement of the plans, owing to tho necessity of Instructing the Euro pean correspondents of the London Times, so that they might use their Influence In favor of Mr. Rhodes. Tho second dispatch points out the dunger of delay, as the European situation was considered serious, nnd a protest from the other power might paralyze the government. The third message says Mr. Chamberlain (the secretary of state for the colonies), "is sound In case of the Interference of European power. Hut have special reasons to believe he wishes you to act Immedi ately." One dlsnatch from Mr. Rhodes to Miss Shaw says: "Inform Mr. Cham berlain I shnll get through nil right 1 he supports me. nut he must not send cables like tho one sent to the high commissioner. I'll win, and South Africa will belong to England." FIRST TELEGRAM. During the course of the examina tion of Miss Shaw, she said the first telegram was sent on her own respon sibility and that Its contents were un known to the editor of the Times for some weeks afterward. Miss Shaw de. nled having ever given any informa tion to the colonial office regarding Mr. Rhodes' plan and said she had never received any Information from the co lonlnl office. Regarding the cable mes sage saying Mr. Chamberlain wa3 "sound," Miss Shaw explained that the secretary cf state for the colonies had publicly declared his attitude on the subject of South Africa. At this stage of tho proceedings Mr. Chamberlain entered the room, and re plying to a question of the chairman, Mr. William L. Jackson, ho said: "There has been so much baseless chat ter that I had better state exactly what happened. At the colonial office, In discussing tho possibility of a ris ing, Under Secretary Fairfield re marked: 'If the Johannesburgers nre going to rise, It Is to be hoped they will do It soon,' haUng special knowledge of the subject. I think this remark gave the ground for saying It was wished tho rising would occur Imme diately." Replying to a question from Mr. Henry Labouchere, relative to Under Secretary Fairfield's remark, Mr. Chamberlain said It was a "casual ob servation," and, he added, It Is possi ble Mr. Fairfield was laughing at Miss Shaw. The chairman announced that he In tended to re-examine Dr. Rutherford Harris, formerly secretary of the Brit ish South African company, but, con tinued the chairman, Mr. Harris was abroad nnd he was unable to reach him. The silting of the committee was then adjourned. JUDGE COOLEY AN INVALID, Noted Jurist's .Mental and llodily Health Lost Through Overwork. Ann Arbor, Mich., July 2. Judge Thomas M. Cooley, who for many years was a member of the faculty of the University of Michigan, a judge of the supreme court, and constituted for some time tho head and front of the Interstate commerce commission, may be said to be a hopeless invalid. In deed, the family doctors say that the Judge must be Immediately removed from his home and placed In some quiet retreat. Judge Cool ey's 'breakdown dates from his connection with the Interstate com mission. Always an excessive worker, he plunged Into the Intricacies of rail road and commercial affairs with' an ardor which, while It gave him a wider If not more enduring fame, could not help but tell on a constitution already impaired uy age and overwork. It was In 1S91 that Judge Cooley re signed from the commission, and soon afterward the impairment of his great Intellectual forces began to show itself In a fading memory and inability to concentrate his mind or analyze a legal proposition with his old-time strength and acumen. Since then his failure has been so gradual that Its progress can scarcely be measured by weeks or months. Of late Judge Cooley's Infirmities have become pronounced. Ho Is driven out dally, being nblo to walk very lit tle. An attendant is always with him. Hteonco erect form Is bent and feeble. Ills features are shrunken. His mem ory Is almost gone, nnd although he recognizes members of his family nnd his moro Intimate friends he passes many old acquaintances on the street without recognition nnd with eyes cast down. That the judge will ever recov er his faculties is not expected. BANK OFFICERS SENTENCED. GnrdcMuud Glrnult, of New Orlenns, Got Night Yours Each. New Orleans, July 2. Judge Pnrllng, In tho United States Circuit court this morning, sentenced tho bank officers, ex-President Henry Gardes und ex Cashler Walter W. Glrault, each to servo eight years In the United States penitentiary. They were recently convicted of wrecking tho American National bank. RUSHING IN CANADIAN LUMBER. Tlilrt(yji Vessels Ilrlng 7,000,000 I'oot Into Toledo Yesterday. Toledo, July 2. The largest lumber fleet that has entered this harbor In years arrived yesterday. Thirteen ves sels with 7,000,000 feet of sawed lumber, consigned to tho Peter Lumber com pany, came in and are unloading. Al- bort Peter, the manager, Is hurrying in large consignments from Canada to avoid tho proposed now tariff on logs und lumber. Yesterdny Mr. Peter wired Congressman Southard Inquiring If the tariff 'in lumber would be retro active. If an nlllrmntlve answer Is not re ceived Mr. Peter has nrrnnged to bring In 2,000,000 feet more. The company has, during the past week, been doing a large business in Importing logs from Canada. So far Mr. Peter has brought In 22,000,000 fceet and 10,000.000 more Is en route. Mr. Peter said: "Canada un doubtedly will get back at us with a retaliatory measure, and wo arc trying to get tn nil we can before the Canad ian tariff goes Into effect." THREAT FROM JAPAN. Count Okuinn Sny Ills Country Will Rctullnte (or Tnrill' Importation.. Victoria, R. C, July 2. Count OUu ma, the prime minister nnd minister of foreign nffalrs of Japan, Is reported to have recently said nt Shlzuoka with re gard to the proposed American tariff that he believed the majority of Americans nro opposed to the contem plated changes. "On necount of the heavy duty to be Imposed on tea," he continued, "an equivalent duty will be put on our chief articles of export, such aa silks, BUgars and carpets. This Is an unpleasant fnct to face, but there Is no help for it. The proposed new tariff will effect Japan more than It will 'England, France and Relglum. It appears that the only course open Is to warn Amer ica that Japan and other powers will reciprocate by Imposing heavy duties upon her goods." FARMER KILLED IN A FIGHT. Clinrlos Aker Shoots Robert Brink, Who Attacked Him with n Hon. Lawrencovllle, 111., July 2. At West port, In Lawrence county, Charles Ak er shot und killed Robert Drink, who had nttacked him with a hoe. As far as can be learned, Urlnk, who had been driving across Aker's farm, had been forbidden to cross, and the gate which he went through was locked. Ho came to the gate and found It locked, broke It nnd started across the field, when Aker met him and or dered him off. llo refused and nt tacked him with a hoe and Aker drew a revolver and shot at him and missed and started to run. Drink followed him, striking him with the hoe, when Aker turned and llred again. This shot took' effect In the abdomen. Drink struck him several more times with the hoe and then fell dead In the field. Aker Is so badly hacked up that he cannot recover. ATTACKED BY STRIKERS. lUen vt ho Ilnu Taken Their Places .Molested on Returning from Work. Chicago, July 2. Thirty workmen who had filled strikers' places In the works of the Irorpjols Furnace com pany at South Chicago, were attacked by a crowd of men nnd boys last eve ning, while leaving tho works for their homes. Several were knocked down nnd severely beaten and others were Injured by stones thrown by tho strik ers. Tho police nrrested nine of tho men said to be strikers. Tho Injured are: Frank Baer, a moulder, severe scalp wounds; Henry Wltkowskl, scalp wounds; TonI Ducek, knocked down nnd benten about head and body; Frank Celeskl, struck on the head with piece of slag; an unidentified man, liv ing nt East Chicago, Ind., soalp wounds. HAS 242 LIVING CHILDREN .Mary Raker, of Cans County, Illinois, Still Hearty nt Ninety-seven. Virginia, 111., July 2. Mary Baker, tho oldest person In this (Cass) county, celebrated her ninety-seventh birthday yesterday at the country home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Cyrus Evans. Her health Is good and she enjoys tho use of her fncultles to a remarkable extent. .Following a custom begun several years ago, she went out in the harvest field yesterday and bound sev eral sheaves of wheat. Her descendants number six children, fifty-nine grandchildren, 1C0 great grandchildren and twenty-seven great-great-grandchildren, or a total of 242 living children. She hopes to reach the hundredth milestone. TOOK A CRUEL REVENGE. Husband und Wife in Jail for Poison ing a Horse. Bridgeton, N. J., July 2. Lewis Win row and his wife are In jail In do fault of $300 ball on a chnrgo of pois oning a horse belonging to James Redd. They confessed their cruel crime, which they committed out of revenge. Redd had entered complaint against them for cruelly beating their child. At the hearing before Justice Powell Wlnrow said his wife poisoned the horse, nnd she said her husband mixed parls green with some bran for the purpose. BOLD BANDITS ESCAPE. In the Night They Pass Through tho Lino of Their Pursuers. Deadwood, S. D July 2. The chase after tho outlaws who attempted to loot tho Belle Fourche bank has so far been. without result. The robbers wero surrounded by the posse last night on the V. rnnch, but during tho dark ness managed to slip through the lines of sentinels, nnd when dawn broke had put a long stretch of country between them and their pursuers. Tho outlaws, who were headed by Tom Curry, of Johnson county, Wyo ming, are all armed with Improved Winchesters and excellently mounted. Steamship Arrivals. New York, July 2. Arrived: Steamer St. Paul, from Southampton. Liverpool Arrived i Taurlc, from New York. Urow head Passed: Umbrla, Now York for Liverpool. Rotterdam Arrived: Spaar dum, from Now Yolk via HoiiIokiic. Hamburg ArUed: Fuerst Ulsmarck, from Now. York via Plymouth. Ltznrd Passed: Frlesland, from New York for Antwerp. Wnge Scales Signed, Pittsburg, July 2. Two more signed scales havo been received nt tho Amal gamated assoch tlon headquarters. They ore from tho Cincinnati Rolling Mill com pnny, of Riverside, O., ami the Marlon Iron and Steel company, of Marlon, Ind. Ten llrms have signed tho scale to date. TWO PHASES OF THE TARIFF BILL Reciprocity and Retaliation Arc Con sldcrcd In the Senate. nOTH OP THE PROVISIONS AGREED TO Senator Allison Enilcnvors to Secure Agreement on TjTmo for n Final VetoMr. Toller Desires That All Amendments lie Submitted. Washington, July 2. Reciprocity nnd retaliation were tho two phases of tho tnrlff bill to occupy the attention of the senate today, to the exclusion of all other subjects. Hoth provisions wore agreed to, although the debate on the reciprocity clause wns protracted to 0 p. m. Shortly before adjournment, Senator Allison endeavored to secure an ncrcement on the time for a final vote, but Mr. Teller would not consent to fixing tho time until nil proposed amendments had been submitted to the senate. As Mr. Allison was not pre pared to submit these amendments, he withdrew his request and the time for the final vote was left open, although there Is still hope that It will be reach ed tomorrow. The retaliatory clause provides that whenever any country bestows nn ex port bounty on any article Into the article, then upon the Importation of such article Into the United States there shall bo levied In addition to the duties provided by the act, an addi tional duty equal to the amount of the bounty. The debate on the section dis closed some difference of opinion on the Democratic side, Mr. Gray, of Dela ware, and Mr. Lindsay, of Kentucky, opposing It, while Mr. Caffery. Louisi ana, supported It as a legitimate meas ure of self-preservation. Mr. Gray dwelt upon the effect of the clause In evading our treaty obligations with Germany and Austria. The clause was agreed to, 33-19. The two Democratic senators from Louisiana, Caffery and McEnery, voting with the Republicans In the nlllrmatlve. The reciprocity clause empowers the president with the advice and counsel of tho senate, to make reciprocity treaties giving 20 per cent, reduction on duties on designated articles, or placing articles on the free list. The amendment brought out much opposition. Senators 31111s, Vest, Pettus, Teller and White arguing that it evad ed the constitutional right of the house of representatives to participate in measures affecting revenue, while Sen ators Morgan, Gray and Chandler de fended Its legality and propriety. Late In the day the vote was taken and the reciprocity clause was agreed to, 3018, two Democrats Gray and Morgan voting with the Republicans In the affirmative. Early In the day, Mr. Wellington, Republican, Maryland, rising to a ques tion of personal privilege vehemently upheld his senatorial prerogatives in the matter of federal appointments. GENEVA'S CENTENNIAL. Celebration in Charge of the Knights of the (.'olden Eagle. Now Geneva, Pa., July 2. This town will celebrate the one hundredth, an niversary of Its 'birth tomorrow. The little city has tho distinction of hav ing been founded by Albert Gallatin, Washington's secretary of the treas ury, minister to Prance and member of congress. The celebration Is In charge of tho John L. Dawson castle, Knights of the Golden Eagle. There will be a whole day of splendor, eclipsing anything tho town has setn In the hundred years of Its life, except It being the memorable event when General Lafayette, during his triumphant tour through the coun try, wns entertained at Friendship Hill by Mr. Gallatin. The exercises will be held In the grove which guards the entrance to the Friendship Hill man sion. , m GIRLS ON A COWCATCHER. Mnd Ride of Twenty .llilcs to Escapo Their 1'iircnts. Omaha, Neb., July 2. Clinging to the cowcutcher of the engine drawing the Kansas and Nebraska limited ex press yesterday, Grace Wilson and Jessie Belts horrified people along the Missouri Pacific track. The girls, pretty 17-year-old misses, Jumped to their perilous positions at Nebraska City, In a flight to elude angry parents. Their wild ride came to a sudden end after twenty miles had been swept by, when tho engineer discovered tho girls. He stopped his train nnd put then, in a coach. They were brought inti- Omaha and are now at the pollco station. They were running away frorr. home. CONVENT GIRLS SOUGHT FREEDOM. One Disabled by Leaping from a Window nnd Roth Captured. Cincinnati, O., July 2. Maggie Gaf fey, of Covington, aged 15, and Mllllo Hober, of Cincinnati, aged 16, ii.v-lo a daring escape from the Convent of tho Good Shepherd in this city early this morning. They dropped twenty feet from a fourth story window to a roof and then scaled the convent walls. Millie Hober sprained her ankles and her companions would not desert her. So the police took charge of them. Tho girls tell stories of starvation.hard work and cruel treatment, nnd threat en suicide if they nro. returned. Tho police will Investigate. BATTLE AT METZ0VO. The Greeks Stiller n Loss of Ono Hun dred nnd Twenty Killed. Constantinople, July 2. Tho newspa pers of this city report that In a bat tlo which has Just taken place between 4P0 Greek raiders and a detachment of Ottoman troops, near Metzovo, tho Greeks suffered a loss of 120 killed. In addition SO of tho Oreeks were captured and taken to Janlnn, the headquarters of the Turkish army In Kptrus. MURDERED A CRAP GAMBLER, Exciting nnd Dramatic Struggle After n Giuiin nt iHiddlctowii. Mlddletown, Del., July 2. Alexander Thomas, colored, was fatally stubbed today by Charles Jones, colored, head waiter of the National hotel. The men, accompanied by John Showell, went to the old cannery near the hotel to play crap. During a dispute Thomas wns .stabbed between the ribs, the knife penetrating tho heart. Showell on entering the building went to sleep. In a short time he was nwnk eneil by hearing cries for help. The other two were fighting. Jones had Thomas by the shirt and was waving a huge Jack-knife, shouting: "Olve me bnck that dollarl" Thomas was covered with blood and his head was cut. Showell started to leave tho building, nnd In reply to a question of Jones snld ho was going for a constable. "Well, I guess not," exclnlmed Jones, waiving his blood covered knife nnd stnrtlng toward Showell. Tho latter remained. Jones, holding Thomns, left tho bulg ing and Thomas keeled Over dead. Jones then went to Magistrate Fer guson's ofllco and told the 'squire that he nnd stabbed a man and wanted to surrender. After the Inquest this nf ternoon Jones wns hold for the murder by the magistrate, nnd he nnd Wit ness Showell were locked up In New Castle Jail tonight. Jones says the stab bing wns done In self defense. DUN'S WEEKLY REVIEW. Midsummer Vacations Begin in Many Works.-Business Will Increase When Tariif Is Settled. New York, July 2. R. G. Dun &. Co's. weekly review of trade tomorrow will say: Midsummer vacations have commenc ed In many works with the decrease of orders usual at this season. This cus tomary vacation Is cnlled a strike where agreements regarding wages for the coming year have not been reached, and the extensive strike of Amalgam ated Iron workers announced July 1, is of this nature, but the strike of coal miners In Illinois nnd other central western states Is not, and may prove costly. In some Iron and cotton works wages have been reduced owing to low prices, one cotton mill In Virginia clos ing because reduction was, not accept ed. With a better demand the employ ers will seek ngreemont, and In Its ab sence the workers will, before long, s.o that the situation is distinctly of a midsummer character. Large hopes are built on prospective demand after the tariff bill has passed, but the pres sure In the market of large Importing stocks may defer It. The general be lief Is that removal of uncertainty will In any cuso Increase business. Since much of the future depends on crops, the brightening prospects are of the highest Importance. Estimates by persons usually most pessimistic now far exceed nny made a month ago, ono promising 559,000,000 bushels of wheat, with lower condition, but largely In creased acreage of corn. Cotton pros pects are brighter as tho crop appears to be early rather than late in regions which were not flooded. The Iron and steel Industry halts at midsummer, although the demand for finished products' still Increases and disappointment Is due only to the fnct that the increase Is not yet enough to keep all mills at work and thus to bring better prices, which, now aver ge slightly lower than ever before, though not one per cent, below those of March, 1595. The export trade Is In creasing, nnd a large order for India has pust been taken nt a price said to be $5 below British bids. Coke pro duction Is increasing again, as moro Iron furnaces are going Into blast, and an addition of 25 cents has been ordered In anthracite coal. Textile manufac turers are waiting and cotton mills cur tailing production with large stocks on hand, and prices scarcely changed, while woolen mills nro gradually In creasing work with better orders, and prices Incline to advance a shade. Enormous buying of wool, 256,000,000 pounds this year and against 102,000, 000 last year reflects speculation mainly and some large lots have been sold three to five times since arrival. Prices ore somewhat stronger at seaboard markets, and so hlrh In the Interior that dealings In domestic are restricted, for two months not 21,000,000 pounds against 55,000,000 foreign. Tnilures for the week have been 211 in the United States against 257 Inst year and SO in Canada against 22 last year. .Mine Accident nt Dunbnr. Dunbar, Pa., July 2. Samuel Washing ton and Hugh Jeffries were, probably fa tally injured In art accident In the Fergu son mlna today. The men had charge of a car In tho mine and wero letting It down from bno heading to another when tho car broke looso and dashed down the track to tho foot of the mine at a curve, und Jumped tho track and crushed Wash ington batween tho car and the sldo of tho mine. Jeffries was thrown out nnd se riously Injured. Governors Protest. New York, July 2. Tho governors of the Stock oxchango today sent to Wash ington a telegram protesting against tho proposed tax on stock and bond trans actions and ctKing that the tlnanco com mltteo of tho si rato grant a hearing. THE NEWS THIS 3I0RNIN0. Weather Indications Today: Scattered Showers, General Senator Lodgc'3 Scheme to Tax Stocks and Hotids. General Strike of United Mine Work ers Ordered Transvaal Raid Inquiry. Senate Considers Reciprocity and Re taliation. flport-Scrai ton Wins from Springfield. Eastern, National and Atlantic Leaguo Game?. Last Day of Races at the Park. State Costly Freight Wreck on tho 1'ennsy. Amateur Rase Hall. Editorial.. Comments of tho Tress. Religious Nows of tho Week. Social and Personal. Ioca'. Lively Court Proceedings. Opinions on the His Cut In l'rico cf Bicycle. Local Diamond Thief Sent to Jail, Mayor Signs tho New Telephone Or dinance. Iocal West Sldo and City Suburban. Luckawanna County News. Story "Mercy's Independence Day." Welsh Notes from Home and Abroad, Hooks and Magazlnek. Nowb of Neighboring' Counties, Financial and Commercial, COAL MINERS CALLED OUT General Strike of United Mine Workers of America Ordered. WORK WILL CEASE JULY 4 Order Issued by the National Board at Columbus. President Knight, of District No lty Ollicinllr Confirms tho News of tho Strike nnd Estimntcs Tknt 100,000 .Men Mill Ho InvolTcd--Striko I Ordered for the Purpose of Clearing Out tho Markets nnd Enabling tlio Operators to Pay Hotter Wages to Their Men. Columbus, Ohio, July 2.X general strike of miners of the United Mine. Workers of America has been ordered; for July 4 by the national executive) board, whose headquarters are In this) city, and nlso by the district presi dents, as tho result of a meeting held here on June 21, 25 and 20. Spring Valley, Ills., July 2. The min ers of this city have voted unanimous ly to obey the order of the national executive board of the United Mlno Workers of America to mine no mow coal after July 4. All employes of tho company whose wages rise and de cline when the wages of tho miners ar affected have also been asked to coma out. This means that all tho trappers and even the cagers who havo chargo of tho hoisting of cars will also comb out. This puts a serious aspect upon, the situation for If the mines1 are al lowed to remain Idle without the con stant uttentlon of the trappers It would not take long for them to cave. The miners of this city are very deter mined. They hnve had their wages re duced nearly 50 per cent, in the past four years and 75 cents a day Is above tho average. Now the men will go In tho mines in tho morning, fix up their rooms, and take out their tools and Fay they will remain out until the ope rators concede their demands. All klndsv of business In the city will be moro p.- less demoralized. PRESIDENT KNIGHT CONFIRMS THE NEWS. Terre Haute, Ind., July 2. Presi dent Knight, of district No. 11, United Mine Workers of America, officially confirms the news of a miners strike. Ills estimate, however, of the number of men who will be Involved Is about 100,000. Mr. Knight says the object of the strike Is to clear out the markets) and enable the operators to pay living' wages to their men. Ho declares It 13 not a war on operators and the miners do not so regard It. They admit, ac cording to Mr. Knight, that the opera tors are not responsible for the pres ent aggravated condition of affairs, but are, like the men they employ, the vic tims of over production and under con sumption. Mr. Knight says that whllil the miners may not be especially hopa ful as to the outcome of the strike th feel sure they have nothing to lose and trust they may gain something. It Is believed the block coal miners will also join the strike. PittsTjurg, July 2. District President Patrick Dolan, of the miners organiza tion, In commenting on the circular said: "It will remain with the con vention of miners tomorrow to decide whether a strike shall be Inaugurated In this district or not. The circular. contains only a recommendation of tho officials of the United Mine Workers; If It Is slid tn strike I will do all lnl my power to make It general." A number of operators we- seej during the day but none appeared to be worrying over tho probability of at strike. They are of the opinion that a strike at this time cannot bo made general. Some say they will pay the advance, nnd can do so and make money provided the majority of tha mines are closed. The miners believe, however, that If the convention orders, a strike, they will le able to bring out all the miners whether they are work ing under a contract or not. MME. ALBANI SANG. Reception to Lnurlcr Given by Sip Donald Smith. London, July 2. Sir Donald Smith, the Canadian high commissioner, gave a reception at the Imperial Institute last evening In honor of Sir Wilfred and Lady Laurler. More than fifteen hundred persona were present. Mine, Albunl sang. Riiilrond Reduces Wages. Albuquerque, N. M., July 2. Tho shop employes of tho Santa Fo Pacific railroad, formerly tho Atlantic and Pacific, wore yesterday notified of n reduction In wages of from 10 to 15 per cent. Tho reductions extended all along the lino from Albu querquo to Los Angeles, and affect several thousand men. Iron .Mines Resume Work. Ncgaunee, Mich., July 2. After an Idle ness of nearly two mouths, operations at the Queen Iron mines have, been resumed with a forco of about 275 men. Killed His Stepfather. Llttlo Rock, Ark.. July 2.-Late last night Frank Clark, aged 22 years, shot and kll'A-d his stepfather who tried to cut htm. The Herald's Weather Forecast. Now York, July 3. In the middle states and New England, today, clear weather and light to fresh southerly winds will prevail with rising tompcraturo attaining a maximum of 90 degrees or moro in this section, except on und near tho coast line. On Sunday, In botho of these sections, fair, warmer und more sultry weathvr and fresh southerly winds wfll prevail, with a warm wave, possibly followed by local tnunuer Btorms on trve. coauis. i . c . ,.,
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