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SORANTON, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 28, 1897.
TWO CENTS.
TWO CENTS
12 IS
WHEAT DROPS
FIVE CENTS
And Ten Cents Under the
Top Notch of the
Season.
RAPID DECLINE IN PRICES
Bitter Fight of the Bulls for
Recognition.
Wheat Furnishes Another Sensation
nt Chicngo--Corn Is Also Very Tur-bulcnt--Liverpool
News Causes
Further AgltnlionThc Sitiintion
nt Philadelphia.
New York, Aug. 27. Wheat lost five
cents a bushel today and the lowest
point was ubout ten cents under the
top notch for the season. There were
not enough Influential bulls left In the
market to make a respectable fight
against the declining tendency. They
have nearly all become Interested In
corn which everybody In the trade has
been educated to believe Is on the eve
of a bull movement. Consequently
when Liverpool opened away off this
morning and followed It up with fur
ther declines on later cables, the local
market simply went to pieces. It looked
for a time as If the bottom had dropped
out, so rapidly did prices slide down
hill In response to the rain of selling
orders which brokers bombarded the
market. There was practically no sup
port other than that afforded by a lit
tle buying against puts. The Decem
ber option settled to 95 cents on llrst
sales, which was a sheer break of four
cents a bushel from last night. Then
It skirmished around for a time, buffet-'
pd up and down by conflicting orders,
but soon settled Into a steady decline
which finally landed It half an hour
before the close at 93. From here It
rallied to 94, where It left off. Selling
was general during the day. Local
houses and foreign interests threw over
liberal quantities. In all 11,500,000
bushels were traded In. At the close
No. 1 northern wfteat was quoted nom
inally fl.OAU and No. 2 red $1.02Vi both
f. .o. b. afloat. Corn was not so active
as yesterday but showed plainly the
hand of strong bull leadership.
Philadelphia, Aug. 27. The decline
of 2,d. In Liverpool cables and lack of
export demand together with bearish
speculation In other grain centres,
broke prices here this morning from
$1.04 at the close last evening to $1.00
bid and $1.02 asked for cash and Aug
ust. Prices kept gradually gothg down
until the close when No. 2 red wheat
touched 9916c. bid and $1.00 askoH, mak
ing a not decline for the day of 4V4
cents per bushel. There was little or
no excitement here, everybody taking It
as a matter of course and at the same
time expressing confidence in a higher
market. There was nothing done for
export account and no transactions in
futures.
IN THE CHICAGO PIT.
Chicago, Aug. 27. Wheat furnished
another sensation today. This time it
was the' bulls who suffered, September
closing 5 cents lower and December
at a decline If 3 after a session re
markable for small trading and ex
tremely violent fluctuations. Weak
foreign markets and reports of re-selling
by foreigners were ostensibly the
reasons for the decline, but there were
plenty of rumors of a "bear" combina
tion formed to break the market. Corn
was also very turbulent and closed at
about a cent decline. Oats were weak
and declined fcc. Provisions closed
CulOc. lower.
All the enthusiasm had apparently
leaked out of holders of wheat at the
opening. Liverpool furnished a very
disagreeable surprise to them, starting
2ad. lower. This was entirely un
looked for after yesterday's 2c. ad
vance here and it fairly took the bulls'
breath away. There was practically
no demand for December wheat at the
opening. The consequence was that It
ntarted at 90& to 90, or a below yes
terday's close and dropped almost In
stantly to 89. A perfect flood of wheat
was poured on the market for a few
minutes, Including many stop loss or
ders. During that time there was an
almost total lack of buying orders, but
they made their uppearanco at S9?4 and
five minutes after December had rallied
to 91. September wheat was hardly
heard of for the first few minutes In the
excitement accompanying the unload
ing of December. It was fully as weak
at the Immediate opening, however,
starting all the way from 93', to 92, or
a drop of exactly UYi cents from the
highest point reached yesterday.
The excitement soon subsided, almost
altogether, and fluctuations from the
extreme narrowness of trading were
frequent and violent, one or two mod
erate trades being sufficient to send
the price up or down He. or more. That
some mysterious bear Influence was at
work on the market before the open
ing was the general opinion. It was
stated later on what was considered
reliable authority that a combination
Including CharlesCounselman and John
Cudahy had been formed to break the
alleged bull pool and that the eccen
tricity of today's market was due to
the manipulations of tho new combine.
Tho King of Slam in Gcrinnny.
Potsdam, Ave. 27. The king of 31am,
who arrlvo-1 hero yesterday evening and
who wan received with every mark or
honor by Emperor William, previous to
taking up his residence at tho palace,
placed a wreath .f flowers this morning
upon the tomb of the late Emperor Fred
erick of Germany,
Morocco Pirates Active,
Madrid. Aug. 27. The Portuguese bark
Roslta Faro has boon attacked aft the
coast of Morocco by pirates belonging to
the Bocoza. Kabyles, The captain and
four of the crew of the bark were car
ried oir.
LOVE AT THE THROTTLE.
Mrs. Chief Jiutlco Fuller ltnclng
Across the Continent.
St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 27. Mrs. Mel
ville W. Fuller, wife of the chief Jus
tice of the Supremo court, is traveling
ns fast as special trains can carry her
through the trans-Mlsslsslppl states on
her wav to tho bedside of her daugh
ter, Mrs. Hugh Wallace, who Is dan
gerously 111 with appendicitis at Ash
ford's Farm, near Mount Tacoma,
Washington.
Mrs. Fuller was at Bar Harbor, Me.,
when she received a telegram telling of
her daughter's Illness. With her young
est daughter Mrs. Fuller at once start
ed on the race against time across the
continent.
She passed through Chicago last
evening, after making arrangements to
get a special train at Bt. Paul, Minn.,
this morning to carry her with all pos
sible speed to her destination. The
special train will cost about $2,000, but
the anxious mother will save many
precioiiB hours by taking It.
By the regular train Mrs. Fuller
could not reach Tacoma until 10.30
o'clock Sunday morning. Her special
train will arrive there, It is calculated,
late Saturday afternoon.
At Tacoma Mrs. Fuller and her
daughter will take a stage coach, and,
with the aid of numerous relays of,
horses, will make the trip of B6 miles
to Mount Tacoma In les3 than .six
hours, so that she will be at her daugh
ter's bedside before the regular train
from the cast reaches Tacoma.
Mrs. Wallace, who Is so 111, Is the
fourth daughter of Justice and Mrs.
Fuller. She was famous as a beauty
In Washington society, where she made
her debut In the winter of 18S9-D0.
HELD FOR A PIKE'S PEAK MURDER.
A Former Oflicc Hoy with n Notable
Uncord.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 27. John 33.
Edmunds, of Kansas City, was arrested
today on suspicion of complicity In tho
murder on the top of Pike's Peak o
Herbert H. Kay, of Wlsner, Nob. Ed
munds gained a great deal of notoriety
during the pendency of tho famous In
surance case of Dr. G. W. Fraker, the
Excelsior Springs physician, who mys
teriously disappeared after securing
$.10,000 worth of life policies.
Edmunds was Fraker's office boy In
Missouri and swore on the stand that
he had seen the physician drown.
When Fraker was later found lldlng In
the Minnesota woods, and brought back
for trial, Edmunds disappeared. He
loomed up In Colorado Springs recently,
again as the office boy of Dr. Fraker,
who, after being discharged, had gono
to that state to practice.
Edmunds, It appears, disappeared
from Colorado Springs a few days be
fcre the Kay murder, after stealing the
doctor's revolver. Now Dr. Fraker has
given the Colorado officials damaging
evidence against the boy who formerly
ctoutly defended him.
Edmunds Insists that he can prove
an alibi, saying that a charge pf mur
der wan made against him by Dr. Fra
ker out of spite because he had left the
doctor's service.
SCORCHED AFTER A CHILD-BEATER.
A Doctor Causes the Arrest of an In
human I'nthcr.
Lambertvllle, N. J., Aug. 27. While
making professional calls last evening
Dr. F. W. Larlson heard a piercing
scream on Brunswick avenue, and saw
a man dragging a 6-year-old girl by
the hair across the street. On reaching
the house the man kicked the child,
pushed her roughly Into the room and
threw a brick at her. The doctor cen
sured the man for Micruelty and then
mounted his wheel and went after
Chief of Police Morse. When the of
ficer arrived the man had left. Larl
son jumped on his wheel and overtook
him running down the tow-patch.
Tho man, who gave the name of Jo
seph Prlatico, was locked up and later
given a hearing. He was fined and dis
charged. Today the authorities were
Informed that the child has been cruel
ly beaten and then strung up by the
heels and thumbs for an hour or more
at a time. An investigation is being
made.
A NEW EXPLOSIVE.
"JUircx" Successfully Tested In Lnko
.Michigan nt Chicago.
Chicago, Aug. 27. "MIrex," a new ex
plosive, which Its inventors claim will
revolutionize modern naval warfare,
was tested in Lake Michigan last night,
with satisfactory results. A brass cy
linder, measuring four by one and one
quarter Inches, was loaTJed and thrown
Into the water. At the depth of five
feet it exploded, sending a column of
water twenty feet Into the air. An
other one exploded at the depth of fif
teen feet with similar results, the depth
at which the explosion would occur be
ing announced In advance by the In
ventors. The Inventors claim that
"mirex" can be thrown from a cannon
to any distance and will explode In the
water at the depth desired. Tho In
gredients are a secret. John II. Edel-
man, a wealthy former PhllaHelphlan,
Is said to be backing the Inventors.
Rig Stcul Contract.
Nashville, Tfnn., Aug. 27. Jere Baxter,
president of tho Tennessee Contral Rail
way company, and W. J. Totten, repre
sentative of the Carnegie Steel company,
Pittsburg, closed a contract ror JIOO.UOO
worth of steel rails ,and fittings to bo
used In tho construction of tho road. Tho
delivery of tho material will begin In
about six weeks. Contractors for bulletins'
bridges, laying tracks, etc., are now here
filing bonds,
Univcrsnl Pence Union.
Mystic, Conn., Aug. 27. Tho Universal
Peace union convention elected the lol
lowlng officers today: President, Alfred
II. Love, Philadelphia; secretary and
treasurer, Charles P. Hastings, Philadel
phia; corresponding secretaries, Mrs.
llelva A. Ix)ckwood, Washington, and
Mrs. Christina V. W. Clark, Mystic; bus
iness manuger, Mrs. Amanda Dayo, Plill
aledphla, Steamship Arrivals.
New York, Aug. 27. Cleared: La Gas
cogne. .Havre; Ppaarndaifl. Rotterdam;
Umbria, Liverpool. Southampton Ar
rived: fjt. Louis, New York. Hamburg
Arrived: Fuerst Bismarck, New York.
Liverpool Balled; Nomadic, Now Yonc.
Arrived: Campanll, New York.
An Invasion of Porn.
Lima, Peru, via Clalvcstori, Aug. 37,
Colonel Pando, of n Jit via, with a. force of
six hundred men, has Invaded the Pe
ruvian province of Sandlo,
OUR RELATIONS
WITH SPAIN
Havana Journal Pronounces Woodford's
Mission a Failure;
THE SPEECH BY QEN. AZCARRAQA
Aniiouncos That the Government Ilns
Full Confidence in Gen. Wcylcr.
Snys That tho War in Cubn Is Near
ly Ovcr--A Hint for tho United
Stntcs to Keep OlT.
Madrid, Aug. 27. General Azcarraga,
the Spanish premier, at the cabinet
council over which he presided last
night, declared the government would
follow In tho footsteps of the late pre
mier, Senor Canovas del Castillo. Ho
announced that the government had
full confidence In Captain General
Weyler's political and military con
duct of affairs In Cuba. Personally
tho premier was aware that tho In
surrection In Cuba was approaching
an end, and If tho United States made
any demonstration, which he hoped
would not be the case, Spain would do
her duty. The premier closed his
speech by appealing for the good will
of the Conservatives.
Havana, Aug. 27. "DIaro de la Mar
ina" calls the mission of General Stew
art L. Woodford, the new United States
minister to Spain, a failure, .and says:
"Germany and France are entirely
hostile to American Intervention in
Cuban matters. England, skilled liko
an old diplomat, Is always evasive to
Woodford's Insinuations and has ex
pressed no opinion regarding Cuba.
But Great Britain is fortifying Can
ada and preparing against possible
trouble with the United States, owing
to American jingoism."
The DIaro de la Marina then makes
fun of the American "tourist minister,"
visiting in Europe and sounding for
eign cabinets and meeting with fail
ure so far as tho Cuban policy Is con
cerned. The paper adds: "Russia fol
lows the French policy and the Triple
Alliance will do the same. Spain, no
matter whether she Is backed or not
by the European powerB, will not al
low foreign intrusion Into her affairs,
mid the Infatuated Yankees will surely
not provoke a war which they know
will only end with total ruin to both
sides. War with the United States
would only raise Spain's patriotic en
thusiasm, and the people would con
front the foreigners as a nation, while
in thf- United States It would prove
only a preceding panic to a' coming
catastrophe. We must, however, bs
glad that the possibility Is past of an
evil which we do not fear, though we
are not anxious that It should come
upon us."
HAWAII WANTS JAPAN'S ANSWER.
The Mikndo Keeping n Watchfnl Eye
on the Islnnds.
San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 27. The
steamer Mariposa arrived this morning
from Sydney, via. Honolulu, with the
following Hawaiian advices.
The Hawaiian government has not
yet received an answer from Japan
regarding the offer to refer the im
migration trouble to arbitration. There
is no change in the situation here.
The Hawaiian Star, commenting up
on the admission of Japanese that in
case of trouble all .the Japanese In
Honolulu were to meet at a rendez
vous, says:
"If wo look up the Japanese cor
respondence and tho articles in tho
Japanese press there is found frequent
allusion to an uprising in the Islands.
'it Is one of the excuses for the pres
ence of the Nanlwa In sur waters.
Should such a rising take place It
would be .very easy for the Japanese
government to repudiate It, If unsuc
cessful, and It would be very easy to
reap advantages were it successful."
WILL TELEGRAPH FROM HEAVEN.
A Penitent Negro Criminal's Last
Words on the Scnfl'old.
Richmond, Vn., Aug. 27. Joseph
Fife, convicted of attempted assault on
Mrs. Marks, a widow, and who subse
quently confessed to two other similar
crimes, was hanged in the city Jail to
day. He ascended the gallows penitent and
with the stolid Indifference about leav
ing this world which he had maintained
from the time of his sentence. His last
words to Deputy Sergeant Ralston
were: "I will send you a telegram from
Heaven on the 14th of Marco."
KILLED BY FALL OF SCAFFOLD.
Urick Layers nnd Hod Carrier Drop
Thrco Storios.
Rock Island, 111., Aug. 27. By the fall
of a scaffold this afternoon C. J. W.
Schreiner, a contractor; W. H. Willis
and John Lowe, bricklayers, and Joe
Crudup, a colored hod carrier, were
precipitated from the third story of a
new building to the stone sidewalk.
Willis died within ten minutes,
Schreiner received a cut about the tem
ple and internal injuries, nnd Lowe and
Crudup were fearfully bruised. It Is
believed all will die.
WAR SHIPS BEING BUILT.
Summary of a Report Sent to the Navy
Department.
Washington, D. C, Aug, 27. The re
port submitted today .to the navy
department upon .the condition of work
on ships building show that there are
under construction now five battle
ships, ono gunboat, thirteen torpedo
vessels, a submarine boat and a navy
yard tug.
Not an unprotected cruiser or moni
tor is cither in course of building or
being remodeled.
Mines Will lie Worked.
Pittsburg, Aug. 27. It has been don
nltcly decided to start several mlrvfs
along Wio Wheeling division of the Balti
more and Ohio railroad. Tho preliminar
ies wore oil completed tonight and a de-,
clRlve move may be expected.
Ilnnk Mitnngor Buys n Gold Brick.
Montreal, Aug. 27. Manager Macoregor,
of the Calgary (Northwest Territory)
branch of Molson's bank, In Montreal,
has been discharged for 'buying a Klon-
J diko gold brick for $10,000.
'OIL TO PREVENT DUST.
The Pennsylvania Ilnllrond'sKxporW
mcntsAro Promising.
Philadelphia, Aug. 27. The Pennsyl
vania Kallroad company Intends to
sprinkle crude oil on various parts of
Its system, so as to prevent the rising
of dust, which has been a source of
complaints to all managers of rail
roads for a number of years. Early In
the season the company began experi
menting with the sprinkling of oil on
the roadbed and on each side of the
track of the West Jersey railroad.
From the start the plan has proved a
success, and It has been found that on
roadbeds that are composed of gravel
It will keep down the dust as well n3
turn, off the water.
The success of the experiment has led
the officers of the Pennsylvania Rail
road company to try It on other sec
tions of the road. During the last few
days the oil tank sprinkling cars have
been doing work on the Delaware divis
ion. This lino is very dusty, owing to
the sandy soli. The company is also
having the roadbed between Baltimore
and Washington similarly treated.
IGNORE THE UNION.
A Wire Nnil Company Refuses to Rec
ognize Organized Workmen.
Cincinnati, Aug. 27. A Commercial
Tribune special from Anderson, Ind.,
says the American Wire Nail company,
having expended $70,000 In Improving
its plants with machinery, has an
nounced the scale for the wire depart
ment, which is a slight Increase above
the average at like plants In the coun
try, but a cut on last year's scale,
and Is due to the Introduction of the
plate system. The company will treat
with the men only ns individuals, and
tho workers are deslrlous of having
their organization recognized. Walter
Glllett, an ofllclal of the National as
sociation, Is in Anderson and has been
active In the effort to have the asso
ciation recognized, but without avail.
A notice was posted yesterday by the
company notifying 300 men that they
would be given till Friday evening to
remove their tools and personal ef
fects from the factory.
AN ENGLISH GIRL'S HARDSHIPS.
Lord Salisbury Interests llimsclt in n
Cnso in California.
Madera, Cal., Aug. 27. About four
years ago there came to this country
from Rock Ferry, England, Mr. and
Mrs. Edward A. Tubbs, with a little
girl, daughter of one of their English
neighbors, named Emma Davis. They
purchased one of the finest vineyards
in the vicinity, and since then Emma
Davis has been compelled to work In
the vineyard by the side of men hired
off the public highways and has re
ceived no education.
The .British consul has. interested
himself In the matter at ihe request
of the Marquis of Salisbury, and tho
sheriff of the county being appealed to,
went to the Tubbs place for the girl,
but found she had been spirited away.
She is supposed to be In Fresno, nnd
the sheriff will try to find her today
and send her back to England.
A CALIFORNIA SETTLEMENT.
Colonization Society nnd tho Snlvn
tion Army Considering n Site.
Kan Francisco, Aug. 27. The Citi
zens' Colonization society, acting in
conjunction with th'e Salvation Army,
has taken into consideration the pur
chase of Ave hundred acres of land near
Soledad, In Monterey county, belonging
to C. T. Rowie. The owner has offered
to sell it for $50 an acre and will give
the Salvation Army and the colonists
ten years In which to pay It, charging
but 3 per cent. Interest.
The proposition to buy the Soberanes
property, offered by Claus Spreckles
has- been abandoned, as one of the con
ditions that it 1)0 ploughed duMng Aug
ust could not be fulfilled. The finance
committee reports promises of several
thousand dollars in subscriptions, in
cluding one from Mr. Spreckles.
SEARCH FOR AN ABSCONDER.
.May, the Fugitivo from Ucrmnny,
Supposed to Be in Australia.
San Francisco, Aug. 27. Frederick
May, who sailed from Germany with
nearly $1,000,000 entrusted to him by
clients, Is supposed to be in Australia.
The steamer Mariposa, hero from Aus
tralia, was carefully searched before
her departure, the Australian author
ities suspecting that the criminal would
attempt to escape to the United States.
He is thought to have reached Sydney
by the Arcadia or Australia, a man
answering his description having
boarded the latter vessel at Suez. It
Is also reported that ho was traced to
Brisbane, but there the detectives lost
track of him. Substantial rewards are
offered for his arrest. He Is a man of
culture and good presence.
WEST POINT EXAMINATION.
Cadets nnd Candidates for Admission
to Be I'hysicnliv Inspected.
Washington, Aug. 27. A board of
medical officers, consisting of Major
George II. Torney, Captnin Charles
Richard and Captain Charles F. Mason,
has been detailed to meet at West
Point today, to conduct a physical ex
amination of cadets and candidates for
oadetshlps.,
Instructions have been given to the
board by th'e surgeon-general, and tho
reports of tho proceedings are to bo
forwarded to the adjutant-general.
Special reports are to bo made In tho
cases of any cadets found physically
disqualified, and of any candlxtes ad
mitted on probation or rejected.
THE FAIR WILL CASE.
Questions to Bo rttibmlttod to tho
Jury Agreed Upon.
San FranclBco, Aug. 27. Mr. Delmas,
attorney for the defense In the Angus-Craven-Fair
will case, says the defense
will close today, The issues to bo sub
mitted to the jury have been settled.
They are three whether Fair wrote
the pencil deeds; whether ho acknowl
edged them before J. J. Cooney, the
notary, and whether Mrs. Craven, Mar
tin Kelly, Cooney and others entered
into a conspiracy. The lawyers have
agreed to limit arguments to the Jury
to two days for each side.
GRAND ARMY
IN RETREAT
Comrades of the Encampment at Buffalo
Are Homeward Bound.
STREETS TIIRONQED WITH VETERANS
They Wore Trudging Toward the
Stntlons--Lnst Session ot the Con
vention Wns Held Yesterday Morn
ing. Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 27. Night finds
the Grand Army in retreat from Buf
falo. The encampment" of 1837 Is over
nnd Its comrades are leaving town as
fast as the cars can carry them. Band
after band followed by weary men
trudging to the railroad stations passed
down the streets nt Intervals during
tho evening. "Home Sweet Home'"
was th'e usual selection and the crowds
which still fill the streets shouted good
bye after the departing comrades. The
last function on the long programme
of events was a reception of officers and
chairman of tho Women's Cltlzlnea'
committee at Women's headquarters at
8 o'clock. The commander-in-chiefs
headquarters were closed at 9 o'clock
and by 9:30 the adjutant general's ofllce
was dark. Tho bugler of the encamp
ment might well have sounded "lights
out."
Today's session lasted from 9:15
o'clock this morning until 3:45 this af
ternoon without Intermission. Open
ing under the order of business the en
campment took up tho election of sen
ior vlce-commandor-ln-chlef. Alfred C.
Lythe, of Connecticut, was chosen
Junior vice-commander-ln-chlef; Dr.
David Mackaye, of Dallas, Tex., sur
geon general, and Rev. Frank C. Brun
er, of Chicago, chaplaln-ln-chief.
Among the reports receiving favora
ble conuldsratlon in the executive ses
sion of the encampment was that of
the pension committee. It recom
mended a readjustment of widows' pen
sions and presented a form of proof
and application In pension claims sub
stantially the same as that embodied
In the Plckler bill which has passed
the national house of representatives,
but has not passed the senate. The re
port of the committee on text books
used In the public schools was adopted.
The report deals severely with some of
the histories used In the south, charg
ing that they misstate the facts as to
the cause of the rebellion and present
them from a southern view point. Res
olutions urging the correction of the
evil were adopted.
RATCHFORD'S STATEMENT,
The Strikers Do Not Oppose Arbitra
tion. Columbus, O., Aug. 27. President
Ratchford, of the United Mine Work
ers, today issued a. statement replying
to the operators of the Pittsburg dis
trict. The statement. In part, says:
"i lad the operators really Intended to
bring about a satisfactory solution of
this trouble they would have first met
tho miners who are always ready to
meet with them. Detectives and gat
ling guns, if at all found necessary,
should only be resorted to when all
other guns fall, hut In this case they
were provided for before other means
were attempted or even thought of so
far as we are aware. Such action does
not Favor of a proper spirit for con
ciliation or arbitration. We have not
opposed arbitration and do not oppose
it, but rather oppose the basis upon
which it is offered.
"We are ready to rest our case in
the hands of a disinterested third
patty to adjudlate, but contend that
ho basis upon which It shall be ad
judicated must involve a living rate
cf wages.
"The charge that our organization
has the support of other operators and
that some of them have assessed the
miners to raise funds to continue the
strike or to Inaugurate It Is wholly
unfounded."
PROSPERITY'S MARCH.
Shoe Factories Hard nt Work in
Weymouth, iHnss.
Weymouth, Mass., Aug. 27. There
has been a decided revival in the busi
ness of manufacturing boots and shoes
here within tho past few weeks. At
the factory of Marshall C. Dlzer &
Company they are turning out 200 cases
of shoes a day, and the firm, It Is said,
Is looking for another factory, wh'ere
they can manufacture a finer grade of
phoes. At the factories of Edwin
Clapp, Strong & Oarfleld nnd Michael
Shcey, also, business Is booming.
John Carroll & Sons have started up
their factory after a, shut-down of
some weeks and tho firm of Evans,
Slattery & Bates, who w.ere burned out
a few weeks ago, having taken a floor
in the Carroll factory, are at work
filling the large orders they had on
li!and at tho time of tho Are.
BOMBS FOR CONSTANTINOPLE.
Number of Persons Roporlcd Going
Thither to Cause Explosions.
Constantinople, Aug, 27. The Turk
ish ambassador at Vienna, Mahmoud
Nedim Bey, telegraphs that a number
of persons are proceeding to Constan
tinople for tho purpose of causing bomb
explosions.
It Is announced that there were
eleven Armenians concerned In the re
cent bomb outrages here. Of this num
ber one man has committed suicide and
eight men have been arrested.
CENTRAL AMERICAN VISITORS.
On Their Wny to Washington from
Nlcnrnugun.
Managua, Nicaragua, via Galveston,
Aug, 27. Lewis Corea, secretary of the
Legation of tho Greater Republic of
Central America-, nnd Rudolf Welser,
agent of tho Nicaragua Canal company,
have started for Washington. J. D,
Rodriguez, the minister of the Greater
Republic of Central America, will fol
low the'm to Washington In a few days'
time,
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Nearly 0000 Ballots for Senntor.
Wlnfleld, la., Aug. 27. Five thousand
seven hundred ballots have been taken
In the senatorial contest that has been
on hero since Monday with no change.
j Palmer and Kopp etch have fifteen vote.
PRISONER ON A GOLD SHIP.
A Supposed Murdcror Being Brought
linck from tho Klondike
Port Townsend, Wash., Aug. 27. The
steamship Portland, duo from St.
Michael's, has on board a supposed
murderer who was chased by detec
tives half way around the world. Ho
is In Irons and under constant watch of
two Plnkerton detectives. The pris
oner, William Smith, was pursued over
the continent to Juneau, to Dyca, nnd
across Chllcoot Pass, over the Lake3,
and down the rivers, to the gold fields
of Klondike, where ho was taken Into
custody.
Smith was a storekeeper In a small
town near Cedar Rapids, la., up to
several months ago. Ono night the
store was burned, and In the ruins was
found the charred body of a man.
Smith's relatives claimed that he was
burned to death In the fire. His life
was Insured for $35,000, and a demand
wns made for the money. An Investi
gation led to tho belief that the body
was not that of Smith, but of a watch
man. The theory was at once ad
vanced that Smith had committed mur
der and burned his storo In the hope
that the body would bo roasted beyond
recognition, and his relatives obtain
the Insurance money after ho had dis
appeared. Plnkerton men were put on
the trail, and after one of the longest
chases on record, arrested Smith at
Dawson City on July 12. Ho was taken
to St. Michael's to await tho sailing of
the Portland.
FOUND LYINQ UNCONSCIOUS.
Stablemnn Kelly Supposed to Hnvo
Fnllcn from tho liny Loft.
James Kelly, 35 years old, was found
at 2 o'clock this morning lying in a
pool of blood upon the stone floor of
King's livery stable, on West Lacka
wanna avemae.
Kelly Is employed In tho place and
Is supposed to have fallen from the hay
loft.
The last seen of him last night was
when he entered the stable at 10 o'clock.
An ambulance was summoned from
the Lackawanna hospital. A hurried
examination was made by the hospital
surgeon, who thought it probable that
Kelly's skull was fractured.
GOOD TIMES FOR
THE FARMERS
Four to Fivo Hundred Million Dollars
Richer for Their Whent-8ecretnry
Brtgham's Predictions.
Washington, Aug. 27. Assistant Sec
retary Brlgham of the agricultural de
partment today expressed the opinion
that the American farmers this year
would receive in the aggregate from
$400,000,000 to $500,000,000 In excess of
that received last year for their wheat.
"This," he said, "means much to the
farmers. They have learned In the
season of hard times through which
they have passed to economize where
they could and to bo careful in buy
ing. They will use this money they
receive for their crops to pay oft their
debts, cancel mortgags and in making
Improvements on the farm and the
farm buildings. This seems like a vast
sum, but statistics sustain the claim."
Colonel Brlgham also predlctea that
the Increase In the price of farm pro
ducts would benefit the laboring cle
ment. "The price of labor," he said,
"did not decline with the price of farm
products, and for some time the farm
er was forced to pay as much for the
services of those who did this work ns
ever, while his receipts were cut In
two. Inasmuch as wages did not de
cline. I see no reason why they should
be expected to rise to correspond with
the advnnce of farm products, which
are now bringing only fair prices. Still,
the laboring man will be benefited by
this advance In prices.
"The farmer will discharge his In
debtedness and make Improvements
which will require labor. He will pur
chase more of the products of labor,
putting a vast amount of money in cir
culation, and this will create a de
mand for labor in all lines, and men
who have been without employment
or only partially employed will work
full time at fair wages."
MARRIAGE OP A PRINCESS.
Ingcborg Charlottn Frederick Weds
Prince Chnrlcs of Norway.
Copenhagen, Aug. 27. The Princess
Ingeborg Charlotte Frederica, second
daughter of the Crown Prince Chris
tian, of Denmark, was married at 2
o'clock today In the palace chapel hero
to Prince Charles, Duke of Westergot
land, third son of King Oscar II, of
Norway and Sweden, In the presence
of a brilliant assemblage of members
of the Danish and Swedish royal fam
ilies, the Dowager Empress of Rus
sia and the Princess of Wales.
The princess was born In 1878 and the
prince was born In 1861.
THE NEWS THIS MOBNINU.
Weather Indications Todays
Fair; Southerly Winds.
1 General Prlco of Wheat Falls Flvo
Cents a. Bishel.
Francc-Rufcslan Alliance.
Our Relations with Spain.
G. A. It. Encampment.
2 Sport Eastern, National and Atlantic
League Btso Ball.
Sporting Gossip,
3 State Ten Thousand Miners Idlo In
Hazleton Region.
4 Editorial.
For Uniformity in Stato Divorce Laws.
G Social and Personal.
Religious News of the Week.
Saucy Bess' Comments.
6 Local Programino of the Stato C. E.
Meeting.
Lackawanna Township School Board
Investigation.
7 Local Three Counterfeiters Arrested.
Vetter's Klondike Party Organized.
8 Local West Side and City Suburban.
9 Lackawanna County News.
10 Story "A Daughter of the Gods."
Ono Tear That Had ,No Bummer.
11 Sunday School Lesson for Tomorrow.
Gold "Strikes" of Earlier Times.
13 Neighboring County Happenings,
Dun's Weekly Review of Trade.
Financial and Commercial.
AN ALLIANCE
IS PROBABLE
Paris Journals Are Agi
tated as to the Czar's
Meaning.
RESULTS SATISFACTORY
France and Russia Will Prob
ably Unite.
Various, interpretations Possible
Rclntlon to Alsncc-Lorraiuc--Tho
"Itndlcnl" Regrets It Is Only na
Allinnce for Pcnco.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 27. It was scm!
officially announced today that tho
conference between the French minis
ter for foreign affairs, M. Hanotaux,
and tho Russian minister for foreign
affairs, occurred first in the presenco
of the czar and afterwards in tho
presence of President Faure. It 13
added that the results are most sat
isfactory for the Interests of Franco
and Russia and for the peace of tho
world.
Paris, Aug. 27. The morning newspa
pers of this city express delight at the
fact that by the mention of tho word
"alliance" In the toasts of the czar
and President Faure on board tho
French cruiser Pothau, at Cronstadt
yesterday, the world has apparently;
been Informed that a distinct under
standing really exists between Franco
and Russia, and that this understand
ing is apparently In the nature of an:
alliance for the preservation of tho
peace of Europe, though some of tho
French papers, the Rappel, for In
stance, are inclined to believe that
the "alliance" means Russia's support
of France in tho event of the latter
attempting to reconquer Alsace and
Lorraine from Germany.
Tho Gaulols says of the use of tho
word "alliance:" "Such an expression:
was not Inserted in the toast for noth
ing. It was no mere verbal flourish.
There never are flourishes In the
czar's toasts, and we can only see Ire
It tho very soul and inspiration of the
alliance."
The Solell remarks: "Something la
changed In the world today. The Franco-Russian
alliance makes Its appear
ance as a great force in the worlds
International politics."
The Radical says: "We dreamed of
an alliance for revenge nnd wo have
an alliance or peace. We must bid
farewell to our patriotic hopes."
The Autorlte. however, takes a dif
ferent view of the question, saying:
"After the czar's reference to 'right
and equity' It is no longer forbidden
that France should think of Alsace
and Lorraine."
M'KINLEV AT CLEVELAND.
Came in Quietly nnd .Missed a Grand
Reception Thnt Wns Prepared.
Cleveland, O., Aug. 27. President Mc
Klnley arrived here from Buffalo sev
eral hours ahead of schedule time this
morning and tho elaborate prepara
tions made for his reception went for
naught. There was sore disappoint
ment when the social, pollticnl and
military organizations, who had been
marching and countermarching for
hours In readiness to give the distin
guished visitor a royal greeting.learned
that he had been In town a couple of
hours. The arrangements had been
made quietly with the Intention of giv
ing the president a great surprise
party.
As a sort of compensation it has been
arranged to hold a public reception to
morrow at 3 o'clock In the afternoon
at the Hollenden hotel. The president
nnd Senator Hanna regret that thero
should have been any disappointment.
The president was the guest of tho
American Bar association at its ban
quet this evening, though the fact that
he was to be there was kept very quiet.
He was accompanied by Secretary Al
ger and Senator Hanna. The execu
tive committee reported the election to
honorary membership In the associa
tion of "William McKlnley, ot Ohio."
Tho president expressed his thanks In
a brief speech.
FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKED.
One Person Fatally Injured und Sev
er til Others Seriously Hurt.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 27. A head
end collision took place on the South
ern Railway, three miles west of Eden,
last night, between two freight trains,
ono from Atlanta and tho other an ex
tra train going east.
Both engines wero badly damaged
and ten cars were broken up. John
Chreaves, of Atlanta, an engineer, was
fatally hurt. J. C. Sewlne, engineer of
the extra, was seriously bruised and
three other train men were injured.
A NEW FRENCH LOAN.
Report Thnt Ono of SOO,000,000
May Bo Issued.
London, Aug. 27. Tho Financial
News says tho French cabinet Is con
sidering floating a loan of 60,000,000
($300,000,000) In 2VS per cent, bonds,
partly for tho redemption of tho float
ing debt and partly for the reconstruc
tion of the French navy.
Tho Hornld's Wcnthor Forccnst.
Now York, Aug. 23. In tho mlddlo states
and New England, today, fair, slightly,
warmer weather will prevail with fresh
to light southwesterly to northwesterly
winds, followed by gllgiitly lower temper
ature at night. On Sunday, In both ot
these sections, fair, slightly warmer
weather and fresh southerly to south
westerly winds will prevail, followed by
threatening weather and local rain or
thunder storms In tho western and north
ern districts.
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