fl-l 3 rtiMtf nit SSSSXIB fftiilhitiiri 'irf TWO CENTS. SCKANTOJ j PA., MONDAY MORNING, JULY 20. 1897. TWO CENTS FIGHT FOR THE TARIFF Review of the Struggle Which Ended on Satur day Afternoon. TIME WASTED IN SENATE Two Months Consumed in Con sideration of the Measure. At the Kml of tlio Time, 872 Amend ments Hurt Been Attached to the lllll That Had Passed the House. The Struggle Which Preceded the Adoption of the Conference Report. Appropriation It Ills lasscd-Tlic Indian Hill Settled. Washington. July 23. The extraordi nary session of congress which has Just closed was called by President McKIn ley two days after he took the oath of olllco on the steps of the cnpltol. It met In pursuance to his proclamation nt noon March 13. The special message transmitted liy him to lioth houbes on the opening day was. brief. It explained the deficiencies In the revenues, re viewed the bond Issues of the last ad ministration and urged congress promptly to correct the then existing condition by .passing a tariff bill that would supplyample revenues for the support of dp government and the liquidation wt' the public debt. No other subjeer of legislation was men tioned In the message and the tariff bill has been the all-absorbing feature of the session. The Republican mem bers of the ways and means committee of the preceding house had been at work throughout the short session which ended Mnrch 4, giving hearings and preparing the bill which was to be submitted at the extra session. Three days after the session opened the tariff bill was reported to the house by the ways and means committee and thir teen days later, March 31, 1897, It passed the house. It went to the senate, re ferred to the committee on finance and the Republican members of that com mittee spent a month and three days in Its consideration and In preparing the amendments which wero submitted to the senate May 4. Its consideration wns begun in the senate May 7 and exactly two months later, July 7, It passed the senate with 872 amend ments. The bill then went to confer ence, where after a ten days' struggle on July 17, a complete agreement was reached by which the senate receded from 118 amendments and the house from 511. The others, 243 In number, were compromised. The conference re port was adopted by the house July 19 at the conclusion of twelve hours of continuous debate. The report wns taken up in the senate July 20 and ndopted Saturday, July 24. The tariff bill was signed by the president the same day. APPROPRIATION BILLS. Congress did not devote its atten tion entirely to the tariff; though it did subordinate everything else to this one measure. The four appropriation bills which failed on Mnrch 4 last In themselves would have compelled President McKInley to call congress In extra session even If the necessity for a revision of the tariff had not existed. Those appropriation bills were the sun dry civil, the agricultural, the Indian and the general deficiency. These bills were Introduced and passed by the house In. the Identical form In which they existed nt the time of their fail ure of enactment Into law at the pre ceding congress, but they were amend ed In some Important particulars by the senate and when they finally became laws contained more or less new legis lation of Interest and Importance. The general deficiency carried a provision Accepting the Invitation to take part In the P.irls exposition In 1900 and ap propriated $25,000 to defray preliminary expenses, and appropriating $150,000 for a new Immigrant station nt New S'ork to replace the one destroyed by fire By far the most important piece of new legislation In the bill, how Hver, was that limiting the cost of ar mor plate for the three new battle ships to ?S00 per ton. In case the sec retary of the navy should find It impos sible to make contracts for armor within the price fixed, he was author ized by thlB provision to take steps to establish a government nrmor factory of sufficient capacity to make the ar mor In executing this authority he must prepare u description and plans and specifications of the land, buildings and machinery suitable for the factory; advertise for proposals and report to congress at its next session. INDIAN IJILL SETTLED. In the Indian bill, after a severo struggle In both houses, the question of sectarian schools was settled by the following declaration of the policy of the government; That the secretary of the interior may make contracts with contract schools np. portioning sb near as may bo tht amount 10 cciitructcd for among schools of various demomluntlons for the educa tion of Indian pupils during the lineal yeur, 1S93, but shall only make such con tracts at places whore non-sectarian reboots cani'ot bo piovlJeil for such In dian children and to m, amount not ex ceeding forty per centum of the umount so used for the fiscal year 1893. The question of opening to entry the rich gllsonlte deposits in the Uncom paghre reservation In Utah was nlso compromised by osenlng such agricul tural lands ns have not been allotted to the Uncompaghre Indians on April 1, 1SSS, to entry but reserving to tho United States title In all lands contain ing cllsonlte, asphalt or other like sub stances, In tho sundry civil bill the most im poitnnt now provision was that sus. pending the older of President Cleve land setting aside about 21,000,000 acres ns forest reservations. The law also Includes a general scheme of legisla tion for tho government and protec tion of the forest reservations of the country. POLICY OP THE HOUSE. The Republican leaders of the house decided at the opening of the session to pursue a policy of Inaction In order to throw tho responsibility for delay ing the tariff bill upon the senate and, therefore, the committees were not an nounced until the close of the pesslon and only urgent matters were consid ered. Fifty thousand dollars were ap propriated for the relief of American citizens In Cuba nt the solicitation of the president; $200,000 was appropriated for the relief of the Mississippi flood sufferers; n resolution wns passed au thorizing the secretary of the navy to transport supplies contributed for the relief of the poor and famlRhlug in In dia, and $50,000 were appropriated for the entertainment and expenses of the delegates to the universal postal con vention, who met In this city. Tho only extensive piece of general legisla tion enacted by this congress, except the tariff bill, were the laws to prevent collisions at sea and to place In force regulations to prevent collisions upon certain harbors, rivers and Inland waters of the United States; and the 1)111 authorizing the president to sus pend discriminating duties on foreign vessels and commerce. The senate not being confined its to. the scope of Its legislation dealt with a number of Important subjects both in and out of executive session. One of these, which attracted world-wide at tention, wns the general arbitration treaty negotiated by President Cleve land with Oreat Britain.' After ex haustive consideration, despite the great presyiro brought to bear upon the senat by religious and commer cial bodies throughout the country.the senate rejected the treaty. The Ha waiian treaty of annexation, negotiat ed by President McKInley, wns still unacted upon when congress adjourn ed. In open session, after much de bate, the senate passed the Cuba bel ligerency resolution, a bankruptcy bill including both voluntary and Involun tary features, and the "free homes" bill. But none of these important questions received consideration In the house. HOUSE COMMITTEES NAMED BY MR. REED List of Pennsylvania .Members Ap pointed by tho Speaker Just Deforo the Adjournment. Washington, July 23. In the announce ment made by Speaker Reed yesterday It will be seen that Pennsylvania was well taken care of In the distribution of places. The following are tho assignments: Mr. Grow, chairman of tho committee on education; Mr. Davenport, on elections committee No. 1; Mr. Btnsham on appro priations and postofflccs and post roads: Adams, on foreign affairs and levees and improvement of the Mississippi; McAleer, on lnter-state and foreign commerce and territories. Mr. McAleer Is greatly disappointed at not receiving his old assignment to the committee on naval affairs. Mr. Young, on merchunt marine and fisheries and expenditures In tho war de partment; Mr. Harmer, chairman of li brary committee and on District of Col umbia; Mr. Butler, on naval affairs; Mr. Wagner, chairman of expenditures in tho postotllce department, and on lnter-state and foreign commerce; Mr. Klrkpatrlck, on elections No. 3 and Pacific railroads. Mr. Ermentrout, on banking and cur rency and postoltlces and post roads; Mr. Broslus, chairman of reform In the civil service and on banking and currency; Mr. Connell, on mlAes and mining and agri culture; Mr. Williams, on mines and mln lng and railways find canals; 'Mr. Brumm, chairman of claims; Mr. Olmsted, on elec tions No, 2, and accounts. Mr. Codding, on elections No. 3, and elec tion of president and vice president; Mr. Packer, on Indian affairs and expendi tures in tho state department; Mr. Kulp, on public lands and manufactures; Mr. Mahon, chalrrran of wttr claims; Mr. Benner, on revision of the laws and elec tion of president and vlco president; .Mr. Hicks, chairman of patents and on public buildings kml grounds; Mr. Bobbins, on militia and Immigration; Mr. Dalzell, on rules and ways and menns. W. A. Stone, on appropriations, private land claims and expenditures In tho treas ury; Mr. Acheson, on rivers and harbors; Mr. Showalter, on railways and canals and labor; Mr. Sturtevant, on Invalid pensions nnd claims; C. W. Stone, chair man of coinage, weights und measures and on private land claims; Mr. Arnold, on Pacific railroads and election of presi dent and vice president. EXODUS FROM WASHINGTON. Sonntors und Representatives I)e pnrtitig for Home. Washington, July 23. There has been a constant exonus from Washington of senators and representatives during '.ho past twenty-four hours. It began before the adjournmnnt of congress last night, many members leaving on tho early even ing trains, and it has continued uninter ruptedly during tho day. Most of tho travelers left for their homes, while oth ers have gono to the seaside and mountain resorts. Speaker Reed Is still here but he ex pects to leave during the eatly part of tho week whllo Chairman Dlnglcy started for Maine today. The president and those of his cabinet who Intend to leave Wash ington for a vacation will do so In tho next few days, so that by the end of tho week tho city, politically and officially speaking, will be deserted. HELEN GOULD'S GIFT. Sho Contributes I'ivo Hundred Dol lars to .lit. Holrnko College Special to Tho Tribune. Tunkhannock, July 25 Miss Helen M, Gould has Just given her check to Miss Hope Northtop. of this place, for fivo hundred dollars as a contribution to the endowment fund of Mt. Holyoko college. This sum will be accredited to tho class of , of whtoh MUs Northrop Is a mem ber. DAD BOILER EXPLOSION. Punxsutnwney, Pa.. July 25. A boiler explosion last evening In tho lumber mill of Klpp & Klsor at Cortez, Wiled Peto Duff and seriously Injured ten others. Tho mill Is badly wrecked. A fourteen foot pleco of boiler was blown 400 feet. Two hundred men will be thrown out of work. Drowned in tho l'otomne. Washington, July 25. William Laun man, 27 years old, and Palmer Launmnn, about 21, cousins, were drowned In tho eastern brnnrh of th Totomuo today, whllo out boating. Their skiff accident ally turned over and before aid could reach them they went down. JAPAN THROWS DOWN THE GLOVE Count Okumu Was Inclined to Be Saucy Alter All. MR. OSIII ALS$ TALKS PLAIN Thinks Thnt No Other Country but Jnpun Would Dnro Bluif Uncle Snm. They Think, However, Thnt No Incitement Should lie liaised Over the Adair. San Francisco, July 25. The steam ship China arrived from Hong Kong nnd Yokohama, bringing Japanese ad vices to July 7. The Japanese papers contain more fully an interview with Count Okumn, the Japanese minister of foreign nffalrs, a brief synopsis of which was telegraphed from Vancouv er a few days ago. In the interview which was published In tho Yomlkrl, Count Okuma Is quoted as saying rela tive to the proposed annexation of Ha waii by the United States: 'Japan must oppose to the utmost. The annexation must not le recog nized England has repeatedly at tempted to in a Ho Egypt dependent, but France being positively opposed to thnt arrangement, England Is obliged to abide by the statu quo. Just In the same way Japan must oppose the an nexation to the utmost and must stand by this decision resolutely. "Jnpan has communicated to Eng land, Germany and France the reasons for her protest against annexation. They may send their answers before long. After all no excitement should be raised ngalnst this affair." Mr. Oshl, prime minister of agricul ture and commerce, who Is regarded as one of the lieutenants of Count Okuma, according to the Japan Ga zette, Is said to have spoken on the annexation question In the following manner: "We have now made vigorous protests against the United States with a view to maintaining tho peace of th9 Pacific. This Is a great advance In Japan's diplomacy. Just see how many countries there are In the world which dare to prefer such a protest against America. Even the so-called powers of Europe, concede a step to the United States." By the snapping of a cable four flour boats near Canton were overturned late In Juno and 100 persons lost their lives. At Woo Sung, China, June 2S, seri ous trouble was threatened through practice firing from the fort, which the commander of H. M. S. Immortallto mistook for a bombardment of his ves sel. THANKS OF THE QUEEN. Subjects Who Colcbrutcd Her Jubilee Arc Recognized by Letter. Now 'iork, July 23. Through the British consulate here. Queen Victoria has sent her thanks to all her subjects In this country who celebrated her Jubilee. Jiibileo services were held In the Church of St. John the Evangelist, this city, and tho rector, Rev. Dr, DeCosta, has received the following letter: "New York. July 23, 1SS7. Sir: I have the honor to Inform you that I have today received a dispatch from the Marquis of Salisbury In which his lordship state-) that he has been commanded to express the queens' gratification at the manifes tation of respect nnd attachment dis played towatds her majesty on tho occas ion of tho special commemorative servlco held In New York on June 20 last, to cele brate tho sixtieth anniversary of her ma jesty's accession to the throne. "As I am glvon to understand that tho special services at St. John's church on the day In que sllon conceived and carried out by youmlf, It gives me much plets uro to convey to your her majesty's gra cious message, and nt the same time I would ask you to Impart the samo to all those whose participation in the ser vices contributed to make them so gieat a success. "A. Tercy 'Bennett, Acting Consul Gen eral." Dr. DeCosta read tho lptter containing tho queen's thanks to his congregation at the morning and evening services at St. John's today. YOUNG AGITATOR DEAD. Bcnjnmiu Simon Becomes Despond ent nnd Commits Suicide. New York, July 23. Benjamin Simon, a 14-year-old school boy, who at thnt early age aspired to be a labor agitator, be cause he failed to pass tho examination at the collego of tho city of Now York, being deficient In drawing, drowned him self In the Hudson rtver on Saturday night. His body was recovered today. Before committing suicide tho lad mailed this note to his home: "My dear parents: I notify you that I will commit suicide. The reasons are that I had no opportunity to carry out my resolution to study, on account of our circumstances. I have but few re grets that I must part with tho world at such an age. Tho most Important Is that I have not held my resolution to agitate among tho working masses for their emancipation from wage slavery by tho overthrow of tho capitalistic system, and for the establishment of the co-operatlvo commonwealth advocated by the Socialist Labor party. I am grieved at tho Idea that you will grieve, although the hand that wrote It will then be cold and still. The resolution to commit suicide, though long delayed, will at last bo executed. I cannot write more; my hand Is trem bling, but If you want to do tho last re quest of your son, who Is now dead to you and to tho wholo world, grieve not. I am wholly prepared to die,, tho death I myself havo sentenced. Your son, "Benjamin Simon. Ovcrstudy doubtless affected the boy's brain. FROZEN TO DEATHBY AMMONIA. A Strange Fnlnllty in a Cold-Storage Warehouse in llufl'nlo. Buffalo, July ?. John arlflln, 1ft years old, a laboter employed at tho Buffalo Cold Storage company's warehouse, was frozen to death by ammonia last mgiit. So low was the temperatuie that the un fortunate man's body was blistered, Tnreo other men wero Injured, but not seriously. arlfiln was engaged In placing a band aiound tho top of ono of the coolers, and, losing his balance, fell twenty feet, break ing a glass guago In his fall. He made a cry as ho fell, and Herbeit Gardner, a boy who was employed on the same Moor, hurried to his aid. Gardner had almost reached tho man when he was driven back by tho fumes of the ammonia. He grabbed Griffin's leg and attempted to pull htm out, but was unable to do so, and had to run to escapo the fumes. He hur ried to the opening which led to the engine room and alarmed David Clarke, the en gineer, and John Clacber, the fireman. Tho latter was the first one to rench tho floor on which tho injured man was lying, nnd ho had to glvo up after his throat was badly blistered from tho Inhalation of the ammonia. Up managed to crawl out after almost reaching Grlllln. Clarke, fcuing thnt both of tho men had succumbed, hoisted a ladder to the side windows and opened them to let the gas out. He entered tho building, and by keeping closo to the floor found the lever on tho condenser and shut oft the pressure. When he reached Griffin he wns lying on his back, his head and all of the upper part of his body so badly froz?n that It seemed to havo been burned. Clarke took Griffin out on his shoulder to the window nnd down tho ladder to tho ground, where It wa found that life was not extinct, but ho died on tho way to tho hospital. . An examination showed that both of the cyys had been burned out and all of tho upjjer part of tho body had been terribly eaten by tho fumes. Tho doctors ex pressed the belief that he became uncon scious within on Instnilt after the fumes struck him. Gardner. Clarke and Claeber received Injuries from Inhaling tho fumes. HOTEL BURNED AT RiCHFIELD Tho Spring House Consumed by l'lnnies--(incsts Leave 'Jewelry Be hind Them iu the Rush from the Burning Building. Utlcn, N Y July 25. Fire soon after midnight this morning almost completely destroyed tho Spring house, at Richfield Springs, only a small part of tho west ern corner being left standing. Tho fire broke out In tho landing. At the tlmo there wero 1G0 guests In the house, sev enty of them from New York and Phila delphia, and 100 employes of the hotel. Every person In the building, ns far as known, escaped. Tho night before tho hotel was the scene of ono of tho sea son's most brilliant hops, which broke up nt midnight. An hour later the cry ot fire was heard. The flames progressed slowly through the various parts of the hotel, and except the employes, who oc cupied quarters In the vicinity of tho laundry, everybody had ample time to get out. Among the guests were: Dr. Joseph L. Anderson. Washington; Mrs. E. L. Beale and family, Philadelphia; ex-Consul Gon etnl P. A. Collins, Boston; Mrs. A. Coates, Miss Coates, Philadelphia; Judge and Mrs. Henry M. Clinton; Colonel and Mrs. Lawrence Kip. Mayor and Mrs. William L. Strong, New York. Mayor Strong was In the part of the hotel that was last burned. Tho flro reached his quarters three hours after It started. Ho took his tlmo dresstng and got out, as he afterward said "without losing a toothpick." As usual In such cases, many of tho guests saved their less valuable possessions, carrying out hand-boxes and leaving their Jewelry and money behind. Rev. Georgo R. Reynolds went through the hastily vacated rooms and literally filled his pockets with money, watches, diamonds and Jewelry ol all kinds. Prank Van Der Veer found eleven pocketbooks that had been left behind by their owners. They found claimants for most of the property. Colonels Magruder nnd Kip were early alarmed and wero among tho ilrst to go down, leaving property that was after wards restored to them from the Im mense piles of articles thrown together In tho street. Judgo Henry Clifton felt at no time tho need of haste. Mrs. Clinton gathered her diamonds and went out coolly. John McCord, of Philadelphia, an aged man, was awanokened by pounding on his door nnd cries of fire In the corridors. Ho put on his wooden leg and clothing and went down tho elevator. Ex-Consul Gen eral Collins saved nearly all his ef fects. Few persons will leave Richfield on ac count of the flro. It Is probable that T. R. Proctor, tho proprietor of the hotel, will replace the burned structuro with a brick building The loss Is estimated at $200,- 000, Insurance, $73,000. "TONY" WAS A WOMAN. Annie Lccsn .Mnsquerndcd Three Years ns a .Man. Yonkors, N. Y., July 23. Three years ago a trim young chap, who gavo the name of Antonio Leesa, was hired as a helper In the finishing department of John T. Waring s hat factory In this city. It wa3 not long before Leesa becamo a favorlto among tho young women employed In the factory. "Tony," as the helper was fa- malllarly colled, made many conquests, but, strange to say, never popped tho question to any of the girls. Threo weeks ago "Tony" was discharged for some In fraction of the rules of tho factory. Tho girls wero dejected, but their depectlon ha? given place to amazement. The Information has Just reached the factory hands that "Tony," who for thiee years sported tho habiliments of a man, was In reality a woman. "Tony" put on attire becoming her real sex when she lft the factory, and under her real name, Annie Leesa. took to herself a husband. "Tony" Is now Mrs. Atcheflln and Is spending her honeymoon In Boston. SINGULAR ACCIDENT. Joseph Campbell's Neck Broken by n Tug Ilnwsor. Chester, Pa.. July 25. James B. Camp bell, ex-clty clerk of Chester, was killed this afternoon by a most peculiar acci dent. He was one of a flH'Vv standing on tho government pier ajSltlng the Wilm ington (Del.) passenger'stenmboat. A steam tug, which was lying at tho pier, with a hawser attached to a post, began to move and the hawser becoming taut, slipped over the top of tho post, and whirling rapidly through tho nlr. caught Campbell under tho chin. Tho rope encircled Itself tightly about his neck, lifted tne unfortunato man ten feet In tho air and then dropped him to the pier. His neck was broken and ho was found to be dead when tho horror-stlcken spectators ran to assist him. lynchedIn SOUTHCAROLINA. Dcpiity-Shcriiniud Time Fnougli to Save Him, but Neglected to Do It. Columbia, S. C. July 23,-SolIcltor T. S. Seaso telegraphed tho governor today In forming him that tho negro Gray was hanged by a mob nt Ora last night, and explaining his action in hastening the man out of Laurens, which was crowded with whites. Tho solicitor sayB the prisoner was Bplrlted away In plenty of tlmo to havo avoided the mob. Tho deputy Bherlft failed to catch one train ror un unex plained causu, and remained at Qoldvllle, sixteen miles from Laurens, ror eight hours. Tho fact of his being there was cotioveyed to the lynchers. Tho solicitor's statement is damaging to the deputy fcherlff. Gomez; Will Except No Compromise. Madrid, July 25. It Is stated that Gen eral Maximo Gomez, mo lender of tho Cuban Insurgents, has reaffirmed his de termination not to uccrpt a compromise with tho government, but to adhere to his demand for the absolute Independence of Cuba, i m i ' Steamship Arijvnls. Havre, July 25. Arrlvod; La Nor mandle, from Now York. Southampton Arrived: Frledrlch Der Grosse, from New York for Bremen. Liverpool Sallod:Lu canla, for New York. DEPUTY SHERIFFS AWAITING ORDERS Gathering of Oflicers at Pittsburg Arouses Apprehension. ANOTHER MARCH ON CANONSBURQ At a .Meeting Held nt Rcissing the miners Resolved to Take An other Trump Across tho Country. They Will Tuke Provisions and Re main Over TucHdny--r,ugcnc Debs Is Now Engngcd in Missionary Work Flttsburg, July 23. Sixty deputy sheriffs havo been ordered out and are now (midnight) at the Union station, awaiting orders to move. Their desti nation is kept a profound secret, hut it Is supposed thev are to be sent to the mines of tho New York and Cleveland Gas Coal .company, in anticipation of any raid that may be made. But as the strikers' officers declare thnt the contemplated march has been aban doned, no conlllct W expected. Another march on Canonsburg was begun to night. A big meeting of the miners was held at Relsslng at 3 o'clock this afternoon. They were Informed that tho Allison mine Intended to resume work this morning, and In a very short time It was decided to make another tramp across the country und reinforce the 100 strikers that have been on guurd. They will remain until Tuesday morn ing. There was a urent huirylng to and fro In all the mining settlements In that section before the sun went down. Every man decided to take two days' rations along. Women, as has been the case durlns the present strike, wero among the most active agi tators. They advised their husbands and sweethearts to take another irk some tramp across the country, In or der thnt their conditions might be bet tered. Before evening, more than BOO deter mined men from Cecil, Relsslng and Brldgevlllo were mobilized at Brldge vllle. Shortly after 7 o'clock they started on the march, with the Ameri can flag at their head. Nearly all the men carried a dinner pall, and they looked like a regiment of tollers going to their work. The whole country Bide along the line of march turned out to witness tho sight. They reached the Allison mine nt about 10 o'clock nnd made the best of their quarters. Nothing was done In the way of ar bitration yesterday. The commissioners rested, and expect to accomplish con siderable during tomorrow. They will endeavor to enlist more of the river operators and have every reason to hope that they will be successful. DEBS TO BE AT WHEELING. Wheeling, W. V July 26. Eugene V. Debs will be the first of the labor leaders arriving In Wheeling to attend the conference of executive oflicers of the various labor organizations of the country railed by President Ratchford, of the miners, to consider ways and means to bring success to the coal strike. He comes from Fairmont Mon day afternoon and will be met Ijy a committee of reception appointed this afternoon by the Ohio valley trades and labor assembly. Advices received by local labor leaders are that nearly all of the executive officials of the national labor organizations will come to Wheel ing for Tuesday's conference. As to the outcome of the conference there Is much certainty, though It Is claimed that the result will be the calling upon the firemen, brakemen and conductors to refuse to haul trains carrying West Virginia coal. There In no hope of ability to have the railroad engineers Join In this movement; In fact the en gineers brotherhood will not be repre sented nt the conference. All the mines are guarded by depu ties and no men are allowed on the company's grounds. A body of tho or ganized men will stay at each of the different mines tonight and a herculenn effort Is to be mado to Induce the men not to go to work tomorrow morning. Rumors of all kinds ax-i afloat tonight bJt no trouble Is expected. Tomorrow will certainly settle the strike one way or the other, so far as this region Is concerned. JAMES CLARKE SHOT BY TRAMPS Now Hovering Between Life nnd Death iu the I'ittston Hotpitnl--No Clue Ilus lleen Obtained of the PnrUcs Who Did tho Shooting. Special to Tho Tribune. Plttston, July 23. James Clarke, a tramp hailing from St. Louis, Is in the Plttston hospital dying from a bullet holo through his heart. He was found at 8.30 o'clock yesterday morning on tho platform of tho Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad company at Pltts ton Junction. Tho shooting seems to have been tho work of tramps. Clarke was recognized as a man who wus put oft n vnlley train late Saturday night near tho Junction. It Is supposed that ho fell In with tho gang of hoboes who In fest tho locality, and after a quarrell he was shot. Ho managed to drag himself to tho sta tion and fell prostrate to the platform, lie was noticed by tho watchman at C o'clock In tho morning, but ho was al lowed to rest undisturbed, the watch man thinking him intoxicated. Two hours afterward when Clarke was ex amined the bullet wound was found. Ho was taken to the hospital and tho authorities apprised of tho shooting. Clarke Is 28 years of age. Ho cannot live. Tho police have obtained no clue as to the murderers. Superstition Not n Crime. London, July 25. A dispatch from Mad rld says that additional Investigations Into the matter of tho finding of the Iwdles of twenty-six Infants In rough deal boxes In tho tower of St. Peter's church nt Sovllle shows that no erlmo was committed. Tho bodies weie hidden In tho tower by tho church warden, Orel lana, for tho purpose of pleasing families who Biiperstltlously preferred conceal ment there to Interment In the graveyard. Tho wife of the sacrltan, who wbb placed under arrest, has been released. Oil Can on the Htove. Wilmington, Del,, July 25. Sirs. Fran clska Sobcrtnskl poured oil on a slow lire today. Then sho set the oil can on the stove. An explosion followed and she was burned to death. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Second Cousin of Robert Ingcrsoll Takes Lnudauuni. Now York, July 25. Enoch Ingersoll, who Is said to bo second cousin of Rob ert G. Ingersoll, tonight attempted to commit suicide In a drug store In Bath Beach, Brooklyn, by taking an ounce of laudanum. Mr. Ingersoll was In a de spondent mocd on account of some trou bles the nature of whleh he would not dis close. This evening ho entered a drug storo nnd asked for an ounce of lauda num. After getting tho poison Mr. Inger soll turned ns If to leave th store, and on reaching the door called out: "Good-byo," and putting the bottle to his lips swallowed tho contents. Beforo TJle druggist could reach the man ho was unconscious. Antldotts wero adminis tered, and an ambulance summoned from Cnncy Island. After three hours hard work by several physicians who wero summoned, Mr. Ingersoll was restored to consciousness. SHOT SMALL BOYS. James O'Donncll, of Chicago, Nnr rowly Escapes Lynching. Chicago, July 25. James O'Donnell, who lives tho life of a recluse, shot lnto'a crowd of email boys who wer.e playing ball nenr hlf homo this afternoon. Thomas Good, aged 12, and Frank Spears, aged 8, colored, wero badly wounded. Spears will probably die. As soon as the shooting became known, an angry mob of neighbors surrounded O'Donnell'B home, whero ho had hidden. Tho timely arrival of a patrol wagon saved his lite, but by a narrow margin as tho mob surrounded the wagon and- tho ofilcers were forced to fight to protect their prisoner. O'Donnell said the boys annoyed him with thelr'nolse. SUICIDE OF FIRST COUSINS Bnllicd iu Their Desire to Get Mar ried Pntiltk mid Aunle Sullivan Seek Death by Asphyxiation. Now York, July 23. At a small hotel in West Chester village, on the nothreast ern boundary of the city, Patrick Sullivan, 25 years of age, and his pretty first cousin, Annie Sullivan, were found dead this morning. They had been asphyxiated by Illuminating gas. Sullivan wan one of four brothers, who with their mother owned several of ttie best farms In Unlonport, In the newly annexed portion of the metropolis. An nie's father, Lawrence, had long been a watchman at Mount Morris race track and at times the young woman assisted in the housework at the club house. The couslnB had grown up together nnd from time to time there has been talk among the neighbors that young Patrick and Annie Sullivan, although close blood rela tives. Intended to marry each other. These stories wero confirmed recently when the young woman disclosed the se cret of her engagment to her farmer cousin to her f tther. She said that he had built a house like two other or his broth ers and was arxlous she should occupy It with him na his wife. Tho father declared the marriage impos sible. Tho village priest was consulted and ho declared that the church would never sanction such a union. Tho young couple seemingly bowed to this decision, and after that they wero not seen much together. Saturday eve ning Miss Sullivan left home for a short vacation. Whether by accident or design she met her cousin, Patrick, and after walking about for a time they finally stopped at Martin Rltz's little hotel, at West Chester. Thero they drank a glass of beer each and snt chatting until bed time. Then Sullivan, who was well ac quainted with the proprietor of the road house, said that he and his cousin had Just been married, nnd that they were gclng to leave Unlonport on account of the trouble It would cause In the two families. Rltz knew tho couple well, and on Sullivan's statement consent to glvo thi-.m a room for tho night. It was a dingy apartment, and this morning when the smell of gas was discovered the Sulllvans were found asphyxiated In the wlndowless room. The young woman lay dead upon the bed. Sho wns fully dressed, Sullivan's corpse was stretched on tho floor alongside tho bed. He was also fully drussed. The gas bracket was open and when the door was forced a chair which had been fastened under the knob for a time resisted pressure from thm outside. Tho lovers hud been ded some hours when the escaping gas attracted attention to them. Ran Into the River. Wllkes-Barre, July 25. Peter McAffee, a miner, aged 33, of Parsons, met his death under peculiar circumstances at 2 o'clock this morning. He was asleep on the river common when he was aroused by a policeman. Tho sight of the of ficer frightened him nnd ho started to run. In the darkness ho beenme confused and plunged down tho steep embank ment Into the Susquehanna. Beforo he could bo rescued ho wns drowned. Dentil of Dr. Dunn. New York. July 25. Rev. Dr. Malcom McGregor Dana died at his homo In Brooklyn today. He had been 111 for a long time with a complication of ailments nnd his death had been hourly expected for several weeks. Malcom McGregor Dana was born in Brooklyn about sixty years ago. Ho was graduated from Am herst college In 1859 and from the Union Theological seminary In 1663. He held pastorates In Connecticut until 1878. P.. Senator Doollttle III. Providence, R. I., July 23, Ex-Senator James Rood Doollttle, of Wisconsin, who Is lying dangerously 111 nt tho homo of Dr. Burge, his son-in-law, at Pawtucket, Is sinking ropldly und Is not expected to survivo the next twenty-four hours. Cnrllsts Active in Spnin. Madrid, July 23. In view of the univer sal unrest among all classes and politi cal parties In Spain, the Carllst leaders havo decided to begin an active political propaganda throughout tho whole coun-trv. THE NEWS THIS MOKXINU. Weather Indications Today) Partly Cloudy; Variable Winds. 1 Telegraph Review of the Extraordi nary Session of Congress. Klondike- Enthusiasm Still Increasing. Japan Inclined to Be Saucy. Status of the Coal 'Miners' Strike. 2 Sport Soranton Lost to Syracuse. Saturday and Sunday League Games. King Kclly'B Betting Proclivities. 3 LocalNew Transfer System Goes Into Effect on tho Street Railway Today, Woodland Beauty of This Region. i Editorial. The Decline of Home Influence, 5 Iical One Dead, tho Other Dying. Itinerary of Scranton Cyclists Bound for Philadelphia. C Local West Side and City Suburban. 7 Lackawanna County News, Story "The Lead Pencil." S Neighboring County News Gleanings, Financial and Commercial, GOLD FEVER INCREASES The Excitement Over the Klondike Finds Still Continues. BIG FISH IN "THE SWIM New York Syndicate Prepar ing to Gobble the Cream. J. Kdwnrd Addicks, of Delaware, Heads n 95,000,000 CompnnyA LI no of Vessels to Bo Established Over a New Route--Tho Dlscotcr les Arouse Interest iu London nnd I'-uglsh Miners Have Turned Thcii Faces Toward Canada. Seattle, "Wash., July 25. It Is authori tatively stated here that ex-Governor J. H. McGraw and General E. M. Carr, who left Seattle Thursday on tho steamer Portland for tho Klondike, go ns representatives of a New York com pany with $5,000,000 capital, headed by J. Edwurd Addicks, of Delawaro. Tho company is to complete Incorporation In New York on Monday. The western directors are ex-Governor McGraw, General Carr and George B. Klttlnger, of this city. It Is also tald Senator John T. Wilson is Interested. It is to be Incorporated under the namo of tha Yukon, Carabou, British Columbia Gold Mining Development company, limited. George B. Klttlnger, Mr. Addicks' con fidential manager, will follow McGraw and Carr to the north in a few days. Moran Brothers' company, shipbuild ers, of this city, today secured a con tract for tho building of three vessels to ply on the Strlklne river In Alaska and British Columbia, two stern wheel steamers and a barge. These vessels are to be used In opening a new routo to the Klondike, by the way of Strlk lne river, the Casslar mines and tho trail now being opened by the domin ion government from Desea lake In the Casslar county to the headwaters of the Yukon. EXCITEMENT IN LONDON. London, July 25. Klondike discover ies promise to start a fever In London ns well us New York. The South Afri can successes have educated tho Lon doner up to the gold fevers, and the agents of the Atlantic Transportation company and other cheap lines tall of many applications from men wishing to go to Alaska. The new Canadian Trans-Atlantlo line Is actually hurrying work upon a line of new boats so as to get Its share of the rush. The tremendous number of experi enced gold miners In London who have worked In South Africa would mako formidable rivals to tho amateur Amer ican fortune-seekers. Most of the English miners are head ing for the Canadian diggings, as they express great- confidence In the English regulations concerning mineral in the discoveries and In the system of policy which the government will be sure to Introduce In the districts as soon as any great number of people are there. .MAY HAVE AN INDIAN WAR. The Chi Hints Do Not Propose to Put Up with Competition. Port Townsend, Wash., July 25. From a miner who came down from Alaska on tho Portland, It Is le.ircnu that 24b Indians of the Stick tribe wore contemplating com ing to tho coast at tho head of Dyea In let for the purpose of packing freight across the divide and rafting It across the lakes and down the Yukon river to tho mining field. If the Intention is carried out Alaska, will have a full fledged Indian war as tho Chllkat trlbo has always warned tha Sticks and other tribes not to como to the coast to engage In any Industries. Tho work of packing freight over tho divide has long been monopolized by the Chll kats. 0 SUES FOR LOSS OF SERVICES. Says His Daughter Wns Driven Insnno by .Mysterious Fumes. Lancaster, July 25. John B. Burkhart, of East Hcmplleld township, today brought suit for $3,000 damages against Elam H. Stoncr. for alleged loss ot his daighter's services. Burkhart, In his statement, sjys that on the evening of November !, 1SW. Stoner, tho defendent, called on his daughter, Amelia, and, whllo In her company, caused he to smell a bottle containing some liquid, tho name of which Is not stated. Its Immediate effect, ho charges, was to render her unconscious, with ths terrible after-effect of making her hope lessly Insane. ROBBERS TORTURE A WOMAN. They Got 151,500 but ."Hissed 8S000 Which She 1 1 nd Hidden. Wheeling, W. Va., July 23. News has Just reached hero of tho torturo and robbery by six masked men on Tues day night of Mrs. Shrevc, sixty years old, who lived ulone near Smlthfleld in the Slstervlllo oil legion. The man tied the old woman up by tho thumbs, beat her cruelly with switches und burned her feet with cnndles. Sho then told them where J1.500 was secreted. Tho robbers secured the money nnd left tho house. Mrs, Shreve had $3,000 In gold hidden In another part of tho housse, which tho men failed to got. Sho may not recover from tho effects of her Injuries. The Herald's Wcnthcr Forecast. New York, July 20. In tho middle states and Now England, today, fair, wanner weather will prevail with light to fresh wind 3. mostly southwesterly and souther ly nnd increasing sultriness, probably iol lowed by local rain In the western dis tricts and possibly on the coast, On Tues. day, In both of these sections, fair to part ly cloudy, slightly warmer and mora sultry weather wjll prevail, with light and , fresh sovtherly and southeaBteily winds, followed by local rain and thunder storms in this section.
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