f 7 ' ' m lw 11. kh,. TWO CENTS. SCRANTON, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 24. 1897. TWO CENTS Xij2 THE STRIKERS IN EARNEST They Have Camped Out in the Fields at Canonsburg. WILL ARGUE WITH THE MEN And if This Fails Other Meas ures Will Be Resorted To. The Alines Wrro Closed nt tlio Ap proach of the Strikcrs--io Acts of Violence Reported, Though the Operators Arc Preparing for Troulilc--Tlic Strikers Quiet nml Ordoriy Tlioueli They llnvo n Ilrnss ilaml in CampThe Situation Elsewhere. Canoosburg, Pa July 23. No trouble has yet occurred at McOovern. Tho mines were running this morning, but nte now closed for the day. No effort was made by the strikers to prevent operations. The mine closed before their plai.s were completed. Mr. Cook Fays the mine will be In operation again tomorrow. About 300 of tho strikers returned to Miller's Hun and Bower Hill this morning to securo food and reinforcements. A heavy rain fell last night and very much dampened tho ar dor of the strikers as they wore camped in an open field. They say they liavo come to stay until they win and today they were seeklns permanent camping a.uarters. They cxdccx lo locate on a farm at Meadow lands about a mllo from the mine. Scenes were lively about their temporary camp this morn ing. The men breakfasted on bread and ccffco and were dryl'ns their wet cluthcs In he sun Orders were being given In low tones by the leaders to tho effect that all entrances to tho mine are to be clOEfly guarded and any min ers going to work would bo halted and entreated to Join the strikers. If they refii thn forco will be u.sod. Should this, nlan fall, mere .stern effotts Will be nude to crimivl the miners to join their ranks. A brass band and drum corps enlivened the boeiws about tho camp tWs morning and a line was formed headed by the band and a march made to the mine through the principal streets and return. This was the only dcmonstiatlon made by tho men since their arrival last night. Tho miner who have been at work nt tho mine Kt'p themselves under cover, many of the foreigners lleelng to the woods nn.d remaining there nil night, The Uccne mlno at this pla?e la closed, but the men hive not struck. The manager deemed It wise to close until some settlement Is m-nli. They do not expect to be closed longer than a week. No serious trouble Is expected at Cook's mines. About forty deputies are still on guard theiv and many mora nro ready to be called out at any time. Tho strikers ar quiet and orderly and do not make anv more tlueatu of vio lence, ytt they are ver determined. No firearms were iiotlcjd ahout the camp. JiiFt what the outcome will be If the flim of Cook ,t Son Insist on operating their mine can be only (sur mised. There Is no Indication of trouble until tomorrow morning when the mlncis enter the pit and operations are lesumed. SITUATION AT PITTSBURG. Plttsbuig, July 23. -The Mtuatlon In this district has not materially changed today. The efforts of the arbitration commission have been so far success ful that a call for a meeting of opera tors on Tuesday next has been Issued, It Is signed by W. P. McArmltt, for tho New York and Clei eland Gas Coal company, J. B. Zo'be, for the Ohio and Pennsylvania company. 13. Young, for M. A. Hanna & Co.. George W, Schlindcberg foi the E.. L. Bobbins company, and other leading operators of tho district. The Canonsburs legion has pioduced no sensational features today. The btrlklng miners are still encamped near the Allison and Boone mines to per suade workers from going to work, but us the hearing in the injunction case was postioned 'f roin this afternoon un til Monday there Is little danger of any conflict nt piesent, because tho mine owners have' announced thut their mines would remain closed down until after tho hearing. There are vague rumors of a march on tho mines of tho New York and Cleveland Gas Coal company. There Is no doubt among those that are in a position to know that such a move is contemplated, but Just ut what time is kept a profound secret. While all of this Is gojng on tho Turtle Creek, Sandy C,icek and Plum Creek mines are working steadily and without in terference. The employes claim that they wjfl pay no attention to the strik ers, and want to bo left alone. RATCHFORD'S COURSE. Kansas City, Mo., July 23. T. B. Mc Gregor, of Pittsburg. Kas., national organizer of the Knights of Labor and president of the United Mine Workers '.for Mlbsottrl nnd Kansas, said In an in terview today: "Ratchford will order tho western toal miners to come out. I nm sure, hut they'll never do it if I can help it. I'll lose my official head in this fight before they do." McGregor returned recently from Columbus, O., where he had been In consultation with President Ratchford, of the Unlte'd Mine Workers. "It is my linn conviction" continued Mr. Mc Gregor, "that tho best thing to do Irto let, the western miners continue at Avork and ask them to contribute twen-ty-flvo cents a week to tho eastern men who are out. But that Is not Hatch fold's Idea. I know Just as well as If I had received my Instructions what Jhey win be. They wilt be to call the western miners out at tlio Saturday convention at Pittsburg, Kaa." McGregor gives Bcveral reasons why, In his mind, .the western men should not go out now. In company with William Crawford, of Springfield, III., and J. W. Wilson, both of West Vir ginia, both members of the executive council of tho United Mlno Workers of America, McGregor will attend tho Pittsburg, Kas., convention tomorrow. r-OUGHT WIFE AND FRIENDS. A Crnzy Ainu's Struggle to Encnpo Onuses nn Exciting lluiinwny. Atlantic City, N. J., July 23. Charles Rosenburg, of 211C North Sixteenth street, Philadelphia, became mentally deranged last evening and his confine ment In the Sanatorium was attended by one of tho most exciting runaways ever witnessed here. Rnrmnurg, who Is a well-to-do baker, arrived at the Mansion with his wife on Tuesday to spend the season. Yes terday he complained of being unwell and this morning- became worso. Ac companied by his wife he went to tho Champion house and sat upon the porch. Hero It03enburg became so demon strative that tho patrol wagon woa summoned and he was hustled Into It. His wife went with him. His struggles to escape knocked William Wllltts, tho driver, off the seat and the horse tak ing fright dashed madly down Atlan tic avenue, while Rosenburg fought with his wife, tho police olllcer and his friends. The horse' was finally checked near tho corner of Pennsyl vania and Pacific avenues and Roscn burg was taken to the Sanltorlum. PRUSSIA'S CRITICAL VOTE. Tho Coining Division of the Associa tion Lnw Amendment Causes Ex citement Berlin, July 23. The bill amending tho law of association will go back to the lower houBe of the diet on Satur day, and, Judging from present indi cations, will be rejected there. Tho division, it is anticipated, will be one of the chief sensations in Prussian parliamentary history. The whips of all the parties are actively engaged In gathering the party members. It Is an nounced that one deputy who Is suffer ing from a broken hip bone will attend and record his vote In spite of his In Jury. The uncertainty regarding the votes of a few National Liberals keeps tho excitement at the highest pitch. The organ of the National Liberal party declares that the division will be a matter of honor and, perhaps, of life or death, for the party. Vienna, July 23. A special dispatch received here says that the Emperor Nicholas of Russia has presented King Alexander of Servia with 40(000 Berdan rltlfcs and 25,000,000 cartridges. CABINET MEETING. Attended by Alt .Members Save Secre tary Slicrninn. Washington, July 23. The cabinet meeting today was of short duration and was attended uy all the mem bers, save Secretary Sherman, who was said to be detained at his home by preparations he Is making to leave Washington this afternoon for a rest at Amagansett, L. I. Foreign matters did not figure at all In the proceedings and tho only matter of consequence be fore tho cabinet was the submission by Secretary Gage of a plan for the es tablishment of sub ports of entry In Alaska to collect revenues from tho goods being Imported In large Quan tities Into the territories as the result of the great immigration of miners. There was some talk about the cur rency message and it was decided that it should be sent in only after the tariff conference has passed the senate. KIND ACT OF A MILLIONAIRE. Revived n Working Girl Who Fainted on the Stroct. New Brunswick, N. J., July 23. Act ing the part of a good Samaritan a millionaire wall-paper manufacturer ministered to the wants of a poor fac tory girl who had fainted on the street this noon. The millionaire was Charles Carpender, of this city, and the girl was Miss Kate Garry, of French street, an employe of the United States Rub ber company, in this city. The young woman had bee.i over come at her work and started to go home on the trolley. On her way to the trolley line she fainted on the street. Mr. Carpender happened to be passing at the time and procured some brandy. A liberal dose revived Miss Garry, and she was taken to her home. SHOT A MERE INFANT. A Newark Hoy Killed n Companion Ho 31 cant to frighten. Newark, N. JJuly 23. Eugene Schaf. fer, 15 years old, shot and Instantly killed Harry Zesch, 4 years old, today. The boys, who lived in the same house, were playing In the Schaffer's kitchen, on tho second floor. Schaffer picked up a breech-Ioadlng shot gun In a bed room adjoining the kitchen and stand ing In the doorway sought to frighten the little boy by calling to him that ho was going to shoot. The little fellow was standing beside Mrs. Schaffer. Hardly had the older spoken when there was an explosion nnd the little fellow dropped dead. Schaffer was arrested and released under ball, charged with manslaughter. Plngreo on tho Tnrlll'. Detroit, Mich., July M.-The Evening News publishes an interview with Gov ernor Plnureo, In which the governor de nonccs the pending tariff bill. He says that tho duty on hides means an aver "rigo Increase of 25 cents a pair on men's shoes. He asserts that Armour, Swift, Morris and the Llbbeys control the hldo market and will coin millions out of It. I'lngiie-Strickon Upmlmy. Bombay, July 23. There has been -during the last ten days an alarming increase of death from cholera In the Bombay Presidency and some recrudesence of the mibontc pltgue. On tho other hand, as a result of the plentiful rainfall the crop prospects throughout the Presidency aro Improving. Six Drowned in (ha I'.lbo. Berlin, July 23. A dispatch from Ham. burg says that a boat containing forty five employes of the Hamburg Engine works capsized In the river Elbe today. Six persons were drowned. i WILL OF POWERS NOW PREVAILS Turkey Accepts the Frontier Settlement Dictated by Them. EVACUATION OF THESSALY BEQUN A Special Turkish Mission to Crete. DJovnd Pasha's Errand 11ns to Do with n 1'lnn of Autononiy--Servln's Warning. Constantinople. July 23. The ambas sadors of the powers and Tewflk Pasha have agreed upon the frontier clause lit tho peace treaty. Tho line drawn by the military attaches and In sisted upon from the first by the pow ers has been accepted by the sultan with slight technical modifications. The reports that tho Turkish forces have begun to evacuate Thessaly nro confirmed. DJevad Pasha started last evening on a special mission to Crete. The Palico party contends that his experi ence especially qualifies him to bring about an understanding between tho admirals of the international fleet and the Mussulmans Cretans with refer ence to autonomy. St. Petersburg, July 23. The Novoe Vremya urges the powers most inter ested In the settlement of the Eastern question to pay immediately on behalf of Greece tho whole of the war Indem nity, as the only means of forcing Tur key to evacuate Thessaly, which Is In dispensable if the tranquility of Euro pean politics is to be restored. London, July 23. A special dispatch from Vienna reiterates the statement that the Turkish government Is prc pailng to send three battalions of troops to Crete. 'SERVIA WARNS TURKEY. Constantinople, July 23. In conse quence of the recent raids by Alban ians Into Servian territory, the Servian foreign minister has informed the Potto that If further incursions take place the Servian troops will be or dered to pursue tho raiders into Otto man territory, and that they are now held in readiness at Prokoplye, pre pared to start for the frontier imme diately. The Servian minister adds, that in tho event of another raid the Servian government will' decline all responsibility for the consequences. VVEYLER TRYINQ A BOY. Young American Under Arrest and Iloforo a Court Martini, Havana, July 23. The trial of Man uoel Fernandas Chaquello, an Ameri can citizen, by ordinary court martial, took place today at the Jail In this city. Tlie prosecutor asked that sent ence of death be Imposed, but the court did not render a vordlct. United States Consul General Lee was pres ent at tho trial as a private citizen. He made no protest, as the proceed ings were in strlot conformity with tho third article of the protocol of Jan. 12, 1877. Chaquello, who is 20 years old, was captured on tho 9th of July, 1896, near Jaruco, about twenty miles east of Ha vana. He had landed threo days be fore with an expedition and was cap tured during an engagement between a band of Insurgents which ho joined and a party of Spanish troops, under Colonel Ochoa. He wa3 born In Key West, Fla., and has been confined in the Cabana? fortress 6lnco his cap ture. CONSULS MADE TO STAY IN CUBA. One Who Is in 111 Health Refused Leave of Absence. Havana, July 23. The state depart ment has refused Pulaski F. Hyatt, United States consul at Santiago de Cuba, a leave of absence, on tho ground that it is important he should remain at his post now. This action Is re garded as significant, as the consul had sent in an urgent request for a leave, based upon the condition of his health, which has been much impaired by the tropical climate and Incessant strain of oflice since the outbreak of the Insurrection. The Santiago district embraces over one 'third of the area of Cuba and in cludes the Important agencies of Guan tanamo, Manzarlllo, Santa Cruz del Sur and Daiquiri. More than $17,000, 000 of American capital are Invested in it about three times as much as in the Havana district, and about 1,500 American citizens are inscribed on the consular registry. WILL REPRESENT UNCLE SAM. Ailmirnl Miller Goes to Hnwnli in August. Washington, July 23. Admiral Joseph N. Miller, who represented tho United States navy as one of the special em bassy from this country to London, on tho occasion of the queen's Jubilee, called at the navy department today and made formal report of his arrival and the discharge of the functions de volved upon him. He sat for a time as a member of tho boaid to examine Commodore Norton for promotion to the grade of admiral, and then spent half an hour in conference with Sec tetary Long, presumably In reference to his duties In Hawaii. He expects to sail, according to his original plan, on the fifth of August, from San Francisco, on one of the regular merchant steamers. ' WANTED TO FIX HER HAIR. A Negro Murderess Shows Indiffer ence Before tho Ctimcrn. Atlantic City". N. J., July 23. A Jury was empaneled by.Coroner McLaugh lin this evening to sit in the case of Henrietta Newson, the victim of Maud Jones' murderous razor. Tho inquest will bo held tomorrow afternoon, Im mediately following that of Joseph Buny, who was drowned last week. The weapon with which the Joncn woman carved the dead negress win found by Detectjve Russell this after noon secreted in a tub of dirty clothes in the rear of the Newton home. A photograph was taken of the prisoner this afternoon for the coroner, and the showed her indifference to the position sho was placed In by requesting to be allowed to arrange her hair before pos- J Ins. SPOOK DOCTOR-SENT TO PRISON. Henry Sinter, Mnstor of "Spocrlts," Gets Into Trouble. Chicago, July 23, Henry Slater Is known among the colored folk of State street as a "spook doctor" and master of "speerlts." His invetreate habit of taking large doses of medicine himself In the shape of exhorbltant fees work ed out his downfall and conviction before Judge Goggln this week. He sat in court with the dignity of a sovereign and sternly carried the bur den of Ills many titles. Even when the witness agatnet him told things that sent the court, Jury and spectators Into convultlons the "dootor" never smiled. At the end he had cause for gravity, for he was given a term In tho peniten tiary for swindling. Mrs. Elizabeth Carr, of 2710 State street, was the simple child of the sunny south who last trusted his pow er. Sho told the squirming Jury that her husband had been out of employ ment, and she had gone to Slater to enlist his wonderful powers in her ef fort to get him a place. The "doctor" directed her to bring him fifty silver dimes in a white muslin bag. With the bag and the dimes he went Into a trance. In which he retained enough of his earthly appetite to demand $21 from her on the spot. She gave him the money and was repaid with a panto mime show. In which tho "doctor" fought several rlzo fights with tho powers of darkness, the one decision of which was: "Woman, depart. Your wish will be granted." Weeks went by and her husband had no work. Then she had tho "doctor" arrested. BUSINESS REVIVAL SEEMS ASSURED Widespread Confidence That There Will He n Mnrkcd Ilevivnl in Gen eral Trndc--Unlvrrsnl Demand for Goods--Tho Wheat Crop. New York, July 23. Bradstreets to morrow will say: The widespread confidence that there will be a market revival In general trade In the fall continues to grow, and with it material evidence that it is well founded. Chicago Jobbers In clothing, dry goods and shoes, and manufacturers, there and elsewhere, of pianos, organs, wagons and farm Implements, report that fall business has begun which Is much earlier than usual. The distribu tion of general merchandise from St. Louis is a little less active, although trade there is favorable. Like reports are rcoelved from Pittsburg, notwith standing dullness in iron and steel, Savannah, 'In Bp'te of, this, being the busy season on plantations. Omaha. Milwaukee. Duluth, Minneapolis and St. Paul, where merchants are feeling the influence of a prospectively large crop of wheat, and from Galveston nnd other points In Texas on tho favor able crop outlook and confidence In an increased movement of merchan dise next fall. Demand for supplies for shipment to the Klondike region has made July the busiest instead of the dullest month In the. commercial year at Seattle, and has had an in fluence on sales of staples at Tacoma, Portland and San Francisco. The world's wheat crop outlook continued to favor the United States much as It did eighteen years ago. The out look Is that Russia, alone of all other wheat exporters, will be able to com pete with the United States. The ad vance of more than 20 cents a bushel, compared with a year ago, in the face of a domestic wheat crop probably 100,000,000 bushels larger than Inst year and the prospect for a continued high level for quotations, owing to Increased demand from Importing countries, ex plain why the American farmer Is to secure his proportion of the advance and the coming era of prosperity. That he is alive to the situations Is Indicat ed by a tendency to hold batlc wheat already harvested, notwithstanding higher quotations. Unfavorable features Include the con tinuance of the strike of bituminous coal miners In the western and southern states, which now begins to threaten the continued activity of Industries de pendent upon that variety of fuel, the practical stagnation of the Bessemer pig Iron and steel billet markets, with prices as low as ever Hnown, the shut ting down of New England cotton mill machinery to reduce output and get rid of stocks on hand, and the unsatis factory condition of the woolen goods market, owing to the relatively low prices of pioducts compared with quo tatlons for raw material. Exports of wheat (flour Included as wheat) from both coasts of the United States and from Montreal, this week, amount to 1,978,S2S bushels, nn increase of about 455,000 bushels compared with last week. There are 220 business failures reported throughout tho United State3 this week, as compared with 247 last week, 280 In the week a year ago, 230 in the week two years ago, 237 three years ago and 489 In the corresponding period in 1893. ' RACE WAR IS THREATENED. Negroes nnd Whites of Kiverton,' Ala. , Arming for Trouble. Birmingham, Ala., July 23. A race war Is on at Rlverton, Aln,, a town of 600 inhabitants, and serious results are feared. A negro attempted an assault on Mrs. S. L. Vaughn, a white woman, Monday afternoon, but was beaten off and the neighborhood aroused. A searching party is said to have caught and lynched him, but this they will not admit. After the lynching the whites became incensed and threatened to exterminate the negroes. Both sides are arming, and one white man has been seriously Injured, ,Mrs. Vaughn Is not expected to recover. An rioper Comes to Grief. 'Plalnsneld, N. J., July 23.-James Dur can, whojlx months ago it Is said, eloped from Salt iLake City, Utah, with tho daughter, of a wealthy citizen, was ar rosted today, chaiged with 'stealing JS00 worth of Jewelry and diamonds from Harry C, Maruhalf, a laundryman, of this city. Drenm ofWenltli Cut Short. Trenton, N. J., July 23. Special oMl cers of the Pennsylvania railroad arrest ed a gang of twelve men hare tonight. The men were stealing a tide on a freight train on their way to the- Klondike gold fields. The aggregate ready cah of the crowd was less tfian 110, GOLD IS CLAIMED BY CANADIANS A Surveyor Writes That tbe Paying Field Is la Its Territory. THE MININQ CAMPS' TERRORS An American Returning Says Cold Abounds in the Yukon Country; bnt No Ordinary Sinn Cnn Stand the IInrdships--No rood forDays--Tho Stcnmship Companies Control Its Iniportntlons-2,000 Graves in tlio Klondydo Basin. Ottawa, July 23. At laBt a letter has been received In Ottawa from Mr. Ogll vle, a surveyor, who spent the winter In the Yukon country. It Is dated June 7, and made the quickest passage of any letter yet sent out from that country, arriving July 20. The letter is addressed to the surveyor general of Canada and states that all the gold fields of any consequence which havo so far been discovered are on Canadian territory. Tho few claims that were being worked on the American side were very soon deserted for the Klon dike district, which Is well within the Canadian boundary line. Circle City, Ogilvlo says, Is also on Canadian soli, although American dispatches place It on the American side. Great Falls, Mont., July 23. Frank Moss ,an old-time miner in this section, who four years ago was one of a party of Americans to first visit the Klondike country, returned today and tells a story of horrors and starvation seldom equalled In modern novels. TWO THOUSAND GRAVES. In three years he saw over2,000 graves made in the Klondike basin, a large majority dying from starvation. The steamBhlp companies bring 'In all food and allow no private Importation. Con sequently It Is not uncommon to go for weeks with but a scant supply and for days entirely without food. The gold brought in last week to Seattle, Moss says, docs not repre sent the findings of Individual shippers, but a large proportion was confiscated from the effects of those 2,000 miners who fell a prey to the hardships. At the death of a man possessed of dust his body Is buried without a coffin and the dust divided among those who care for him. With proper reliefs es tablished by the government. Moss says gold can be taken out at the rate of $2,000,000 a month. ' A YOUTH'SFINJX. ... Tho richest strike Tia's been made by a' 21-year-otd youth named George Horr.blower, of Indianapolis. In the heart of a .barren .waste, known as Boulder Field he found, a, nugget, for which the transportation company gave him $5,700. He located his claim at the find, and In four months had tauen out over $100,000. The richest section of Alaska, Moss says, is yet undeveloped. It is 100 miles from Klondike and known as the Black Hole of Calcutta. It Is inhabited by ex-convlcts of Bohemia, and mur deis and riots take tho place of law and irder. A few months ago Klondike organ ized a justice committee, and its law Drevails there now. With the great crowds preparing to go to the scene now, Moss says hunger and suffering will be great when add ed to other hardships to be overcome by those who survive. Moss returned with $6,000 In dust, and leaves tomor row for his old home at Dubuque, Iowa, where he will spend the balance of his years. FIOHT WITH COUNTERFEITERS. United States ftlnrshnl nnd Posse Have a Buttle with Four Men. Belle Plalne, Iowa, July 23. United States Marshal Healy and a posse of deputies had a desperate running fight with four counterfeiters last night Just west of Belle Plalne over the Tama county line, resulting in the capture of the gang. Marshal Healy was fired upon by the leader of tne gang and narrowly es caped being shot dead. In the running dsht for nearly a mile many shots were rlred by both Bides. One of the counterfeiters was dangerously wound ed. When arrested a complete coun terfeiting outfit was found in their possession, and spurious quarters, half-dollars and dollars. Two of the prisoners gave their names as Robert Mason and Harry East, but the other two refused to re veal their Identity. Mason is well edu cated, and is evidently the leader of the gang. The prisoners were held to the federal grand Jury. FIRST SOUTHERN STEEL Hiruiinghnm by Successful Tost, Kilters Upon New Era. Blrmrnghami, Ala,, July 23. The first run of steel by the open hearth basic proceeds In Alabama was mode this afternoon at the plant of the Birming ham Rolling Mills In the presence of iron and steel experts from the prin cipal cities of the union. It was a thorough success, and the steel manufactured cost only $12 a ton. Birmingham low silicon Iron was used. The test was simply a reproduc tion of tho process In vogue at Chicago and Pittsburg plants, which make steel from tho same material in tho same kind of furnace. The stockholders met after the run and voted to increase their capital stock from $600,000 to $600,000. Birmi lngham has entered her era of steel making. KIDNAPPED THE AGED GROOM. The Bride Rescued Her Husband by ' Flourishing n Revolver. I New, Brunswick, N, J July 23. Be cause they did not approve of the marriage, a crowd of boys and young men made life miserable for William Hudson and Mrs. Etta Teggel, while they were being married at the bride's homo on Delatleld street last night. Hudson is wealthy and well along In years. The serenaders organized a cal lthumplan band and made so much noise that the officiating clergyman, the Rev. W. W. Knox, pastor of the I First Presbyterian church, had to ln- terrupt the ceremony to try to pacify the serenades. They had little respect for the dom inie, and tho ceremony was concluded amid a babel of shouts nnd Jeers, punc tuated by the rattle of sundry missiles against the house. In response to loud calls Mr. HudBon went out and scat tered $3 among the crowd In pennies, but this did not satisfy them and they seized him and were carrying him off when his bride rushed out with a re volver and made the crowd give up her husband. Later the serenaders got Into the house and locked the bride and bride groom In the front parlor whence they escaped by climbing out of a window. Mr. Hudson Anally went for the police and tho mob was dispersed. SHERMAN DENIES IT. Did Not Sign the Lcttcrto Hny Under Pressure. Washington July 23. The attention of Secretary Sherman was directed to the published statement that he had been Induced to sign the letter. of in structions to Ambassador Hay rela tive to the seal controversy, which has so excited the British press only un der seveie pressure, and against his own Judgment. He said there was r.ot a word of truth in it, ojid as a matter of fact, he had been in perfect accord with tho president In every step of the corres pondence relating to the seal question. EXPLOSION ON A STEAMBOAT Disnstrous Accident to the Nutmeg, of IIriUgeport--rour Men Dead. Alnny Others Aro Wounded. Bridgeport, Conn., July 23. At 6.30 o'clock this evening a dreadful explo sion occurred on the steamer Nutmeg of the Bridgeport Steamboat company's line, while she was lying at her slip at the foot of South street, and as a re sult four men aro dead, three others arc thought to be fatally Injured, and a number are In a .serious condition. The steamer was damaged about $1 000. The dead are: PATRICK MORAN. JERRY CONNORS. JEIRRY O'CONMJLL. UNKNOWN MAN. THE INJUREDI MICHAEL RBARDON, not expected to live. PATRICK QLBNNAN. deck hand; thought to be fatally burned. MICHAEL. MAOUIRB. probably fatally burned. EDWARD LYNCH. JOHN HARTWELU r , JOHN CONNOLLY. ' 1 1 Tho men are all conneoted with the boat. The explosion was probably caused by the igniting of naptha vapor. The stevedores were gating on the "supper" deck, Just over the hold when the explosion took place, and the men were thrown in all directions against tho woodwork. Two of the men were thrown overboard and were rescued uninjured, while none of the others escaped unharmed. The deck under tho supper table was blown open ten feet wide, while both sides of the boat, forward of the gangway, were torn Into splinters and thrown in all directions. The interior of the dining room on the forecastle was completely wrecked also. The officials are reticent as to the direct cause of the explosion. MARRIAGE A BAR TO TEACHING. Ono Maryland County Won't Have Women with Husbnnds. Baltimore, Md., July 23. Married wo men will, It Is believed, soon be barred from positions as teachers In many of the counties of Maryland, principal on tho Eastern shore. The board of Caroline county has refused to confirm the appointment of a married lady and passed an order making married women Ineligible as teachers In that county. It Is claimed that the position is such as to require the undivided time and attention of the teacher, and that mar ried women generally nifike teaching secondary to their domestic affairs. Ilig Tiro nt Pcorln. Peoria. III., July 23. The main buildlwr of tho Peoria Grape Sugar company was completely destroyed by flro this even ing. The loss Is $500,000; tho total Insur ance carried being $440,009, of which near ly $300,0(0 was on the burned building and contents. THE NEWS THIS 310RNING. Weather Indications Tody: Generally Pair. 1 General Exciting and Dramatic Tar iff Df-bate. Striking Miners Show a Determined Spirit. The Wily Turk Bends the Knee. Klondike Gold Fields Claimed by Canadians. " 2 Sport Eastern, National and Atlantlo League Ball Oames. Hints for Long Distance Bike Riders. General Sporting Miccellany. 3 State-Philadelphia Visited by a DIs- astrous Storm. British Steamships Race Against Time, Tide and Tariff. 4 Editorial. Let Annexation Be Our Answer. 6 Soslal and Personal. ItellglouB News of tho Week. 6 Local-Charley Hartley at Lake WI- nola. Arranelng for the C. T. A. U. Con vention. 7 Local North End Boy Dies from Hy drophobia, Boy Drowned Below Roaring Brook Dam. 8 Local West Side and City Suburban. 9 Lackawanna County News. 10 Story "How He Won Her." 11 Interests of Women and the Home. Sunday School Lesson for Tomorrow, 13 Beautiful Freston Park and Its En vironments, Songs of Sunset and Twilight. Rule to Prolong Life and Vigor. 1.1 Life in Dreamy Hawaii. Disadvantages of Life In London. Status of the Negro. H murdered by Courtiers. , Sensational Case of Helen Jewett. 15 Welsh Notes from Home and Abroad, 10 Neighboring County News. Financial and Commercial, FINAL VOTE ON TARIFF Will Be Taken in the Senate at 3 O'clock' Today. FINAL ENACTMENT CERTAIN An Afternoon of Exciting Drimatic Debate. Ilcntcd Personal Colloquy During the Consideration of tlio Measure Spoochcs Agnlnst tho Hilt Are Mndi by Scnntors White, Teller and Pot-tus--Mr. Allen's Charges of Fraud in Ohio Aroused a Lively Dobntd Adjournment Will Follow Vote. Washington, July 23. The final vote on the tariff conference report will be taken in the senate at 3 p. m. tomor row. An unanimous agreement to the effect was reached in the senate lata this afternoon, after an exciting and dramatic debate. The proposition foi the final vote came most unexpectedly from Democratic sources, tho senior senator from Alabama, Mr. Morgan, presenting It. It was greeted with shouts of "Good, good," from senators on the Republican side, who for the first time saw the path clear for tho final enactment of the tariff bill. Mr. Morgan's proposition was coupled with one that the senate meet at 10 a. m. to morrow in order that speeches may ba heard before tho vote is taken. This was accepted as a whole.and the agree ment was formally announced. Mr. Morgan expressed profound reluctance In submitting the proposition, but said he recognized the right of the major ity to register their will. The agreement was preceded by the rno-U heated personal colloquy that has oocurred during the consideration of the tariff bill. Senator Foralter, of Ohio, and Allen, of Nebraska, joining issue over Mr. Allen's charges of fraud in. tho Ohio elections of last year. It led '.) ouch epithets as "balderdash" and a pointed reference to the methods of court "pettyfoggers." The early part of the day was given, to speeches against the bill by Sena tors Teller, White and Pettus. Congress will probably adjourn Its extra session tomorrow night. This cpln'on Is had by most congressmen and unless an unexpected obstacle pre sents Itself tho onjnlon will be verl flcld. It Is Intended that the house shall first adopt the final adjournment resolution and though some objection may arise In the senate to Its imme diate consideration this Is not expected to bo prolonged. Speaker Reed will announce his committees tomorrow. With the tariff bill disposed of shortly, after 3 p. m. an adjournment could fol low within tho next two hours. TORTURED TO DEATH. Horrible Punishment Inflicted by a Vicious Murderer. Wheeling, W. Va., July 23. Edward Jones, colored, fifteen years old, has been placed In the state penitentiary at Moundsvllle to prevent a mob from lynching him for a terrible double mur der. Tuesday evening Stanley and Wil liam Mason, 10 and 4 years old, were found dead at home.whero their mother had left them. The murder was a mys tery till today, when Jones confessed It. He had a grudge against Stanley because he had told William Ellis of a theft by Jones. To avenge this Jones found the boys alone, stripped them, tied them to trees, lashed them with hickory switches till the blood ran from their backs; took a small sharp penknife and slashed their legs, nrms and bodies till one hundred and twelve gasheB had been made; cut their throats, beat their heads and hacked their necks and bodies with a sharp hoe. Stanley was dead when found and Willie died yesterday. BICYCLE PUPIL SEEKS DAMAQES. Turned Her Ankle After a Lesson nml Sues tho Instructor. Toms River, N. J., July 23. A suit has been begun by Mrs. Mary C. Scott, wife of Sylvester M. Scott, which is probably without parallel In the bicy cle world. The suit Is for $5,000 dam ages, and Is directed against Clarence H. Shinn, of Lakewood, a bicycle deal er, who also gives bicycle lessons. Lost bummer Mr. Shlnn had an establish ment at the Resort House, Point Pleas ant. Mrs. Scott, who was Bummcrinp: there, took a number of essons from his Instructors. As sne was alighting trom the wheel, she turned her ankle over by stepping on a stick, so It Is alleged, spraining it and preventing her from walking for somo time. Mr. Scott first presented his wife's bill for medical attendance to Mr. Shinn, who refused to pay It, as ha did not feel 'that he was responsible. Now Mrs. Scott has brought suit In the New Jersey supremo couit. Decorations for frenchmen. Paris, July 23 -Tho national fete list of honors Includes iM. Theebaut, French consul at Chicago, and M. Weill, presi dont of the French Benovolent society, of San Francisco. They are made chevaliers cf tho Legion of Honor. The Herald's Weather Forecast. Now York. July 24. In the middle states and Now England, today, fair, slightly warmer weather and fresh westerly winds will prevail except on tho coast, where It will be partly cloudy In the morning, prob ably with locul thundor storms, followed by clearing. On Sunday, in both of these sections, fair and warm weather will prevail, with variable winds, becoming southerly, followed by local rain in the lake region, and on Monday, fair to partly cloudy, warmer and sultry weather with lotwl thunder utorms, with maximum temperature above 80 degrees. ti-S
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