Sribiuie.' 19 PAGES. TWO CENTS. SCRANTON, PA.. WEDNESDAY MOltNINU. AP1UL G. 180S. TWO CENTS. OTvi ATTOTI 01TTTT A TI flJiW JrAMMl MHMVXvn GROWS PUZZLING No One Can Divine What a Day May Bring Forth. That the President's Message Will Be Submit ted to Congress Today Seems Assured Gen eral Lee Apparently Not Apprehensive The Foreign Diplomats Pass a Busy Day. Washington, April 5. That the pies ldent s message will go to congress to moi row Is the best Information obtain able in Washington this evening though the kaleidoscope of Internal events appears to be moving ho ian tdlv at Madrid as to make possible noine new and possibly remnrkable change In the aspect of affairs that will prevent this statement holding j,ood. The message Is) ready, mukes about 7,000 words and has boon ap proved by the cabinet. It recommends Brmed Intervention, but so far as known without stating that this should be Immediate by the Cnlted States, to preent hostilities and succor the stag ing people. It mokes an uigument agulnst recognition of Independence at this time and haves It cluir that In the opinion of the administration It Is the duty of this government to sup ervise the nfCalrs of the Island until, In th light of fuller and later knowl edge, a stable government can be es tablished The attitude of congress on this policy cannot be fotetold in ad vance of its offlclol promulgation In the president's message. The day has been prolific of repot ts of mediation on the part of the Huio pean powers, but ti summary of all the news on this point Is that the pow ers of Euiope nnnot agree, and that their Interference would be unaccept able to the government of the United States GENERAL 1.EE NOT NERVOFS. The safety of General I.ee. our con suls and other Americans In Cuba is a mutter of concern to the state depuit ment, but advices from General Lee in dicate that tha liansuortatiuu of all Americans would take some time, und apparently showed that hi did not shaie fully in the appiehen slou felt here Throughout the day unusual activity was manifest at the foreign embassies and legations repre senting the great powers of Euiope These representatives aie the British ambassador, .Sir. Julian l'.umrefote, the Flench umb.issador, II. Cambun; the German ambassador, Dr. von Holle bon: the Italian charge d'affalies fount A ini I, and the Austrian minister, Mr von Hengenmuellcr. These officials were Kept fully advised lrom theli for eign ofllces, and It was expected that a concerted movement would be made almost any moment. About midduv Ihe British anibnssadot went to the French embassy and eonfened with M. Cambou on the situation, and short ly after Count Vinci was at the British embassy. Again at .1 o'clock It was un derstood that the French ambassador and Austilan minister eonfened with .Sir Julian at the BrltlBh embassy Hut while conferences wete thus going on and appiehensiou was keen ovei an anticipated move, u could not be learned up to a late hour that any actual offer of mediation had eventunt ed It certainly had not been made up to the close of office hours at the state department. The Germuu ambassador Di von Holleben, appears to be the onh one not actively pai tlcipatlng In the con ferences todav, but theie Is lenson to believe he Is kept fully advised on the sentiments at Benin concerning the Spanish situation. Aeeompanlng the diplomatic comment was an undercut, lent of suggestion that developments in Cuba wete not unlooked for. und i ! the piussuieof the powets and the in.pi on Spain might yit bring about hii a.mlftlee In which both Spanish troop? and insurgents would p.tttlci. pate Viewed from the otllclal stand point the time lor that has gone by and thete is little likelihood that the Insurgents .ould be Indue id to ljy dowit their aims even foi u time. bernabe takes no part. The Spanish mltilstet. Senor I'olo v Bernabe, did not takf pait In any of the diplomatic confei uncos nor did he have occasion to visit the state depart ment during tho day. If Uw negntla tlons have tnken any new dliection, It has been between Minister Woodfmd and the authorities at Madrid and not nt Washington. Tonight the Spanish minister dined with Postmaster Geueial Gary At tho cnpltol toda tiemendous ef. fort was made to have congress sup port the outlined pollcj of the presi dent A general belief was expifHsed when Ihe house adjourned that n majority of the house committer on foreign affalts wbb ready to support Mr. McKlnley'a plan und the imptesslon ptevnlled that a resolution In lino with the icenmmen datlous or the piesldent would be re ported from the committee. There is a great deal of uncertainty legardlng the senate committee. An Important confeienco of consei vatlve sennlors was held during the day, when it was determined that In case the foreign iclatlons committee did not report In nccoidance with tho piealdent'H recommendations theie would be a long debate upon the t evo lution icpoited and unanimous action o"i by the senate could not be expected. General Miles said today that the only leglment thus far ordered to Chlckamaugua wns the Twenty-fifth regiment of colored Infantry, and so far as the present Intentions nre con cerned they are to stop there only tem porarily on their way to Key West and Dry Tottugas, to which placo they were originally ordered about ten days ago. KESCUE VESSELS. The llnche and lllnkr Arrive nt Ilu- vnnn iInrbur--Amaricuns Anxious lo ljult the Cuban Soil. Havana, April 5. The Bnche and the Blnke arrived this morning from Key West to take American citizens to tho United Statis, who desire to leave the island. It now appeals that the yellow fever prohibitions nie modified in Florida only so far as the Atueilians are concerned. The Olivette may not come here Thursday, as had been expected. All depends upon whether those who wish to go ptove numerous enough to requite mote boats than the Baihe, the Blake and the Mascotte. The knowledge of the arrival of these vessels and of the modification of the quaiuntlne rules was not genetnlly known among Americans In Havana, but when they aie aware of It thete nmv be a good ib al of crowding. Dr. Iltunner's office witnessed todn the same huge attendance as jester day of people eager to be vaccinated i if to be examined for health certifi cates. All the newspapers accept the re ported mediation of the pope as a cer tainly, believing that the danget of ilipttite Is theieby aveited. Washington, April .".Information received at the state department from Consul Geneiul Lee at Huvana does not indicate that he legaids himself or the other consular offitets In Cuba in any special danger at this time, and In leplj to the suggestion, that it might be expedient for him to hasten his departttte, he has informed the department that about ten days would be necessary for the consuls through out the Island to arrange for their de pat tuie. except in cane of emergency. No definite action has yet been taken In regat d to the removal of the con suls, but It stems piobnble that they will be tecalled within the next day or two The government has given Geneial Lee InstiurtioiiH to see to the safety of our counauls and all Ameri cans In Cuba, and has given him full authority to go to whatever expense is necessary to secure this end. Seeietary Ixing was asked this even ing It lie had received any advices mm Havana Indicating a necessity foi postponing the president's mes sage to which he replied: No, the message will go lo con giess tomoirovv," OUR GOODS DELIVERED. MililHir Purchase .Made lir Lieut. ( ommniiitor Nihlnrk Shipped. Betltn. April 5. All of the purchas es madt by Liuutenntit Commander Nlblack, the United States naval at tache here, in Germany and Austria, have been safely shipped The war materluls consist mainly of Schvvartz kopp torpedoes, which are to be fired fiom vessels They ate ptoved to be the most ellldent In the Get man navy Commandei Nlblaik has teeelved many offeis of vessels and materials, Including Ninth German Lloyd steain ets, but the ships ofteted will not be finished for months, so the negotia tions wete diopped. The torpedo boat Homers, purchased In Get many, wns experimentally fit ted with a quadiuplo expansion en gine, as likely to save the most coal. It has been successfully tested. Spain has not putchased any ves sels in Get many. kiinpp Cotiiuinnds thn Diogenes. London, April G Lieutenant John B Kn.ipii took con mund of the new Anion iuii crulbir Diogenes today, trhnsfirilns the command of the new American tor pedo boat Seniors to acting Ensign C W Htizeltlne. The Diogenes will pro ved to Wev mouth tomortovv and the two vessels will sail for New York to gether. They will probably not leave ho foi Tilda). Thr Uncord Again Lowered. Now York, April B Tho steamship Kaiser WUhilm der Grosse bus again loweied the lecoiel from Southampton. Him arrlvid todav, having made tho pass age In five das und twenty hours, which Is two hours and thirty-five minutes less time than her best pievious rscoid fiom Southampton. Big Tito nt Johnstown. Johnstown, I'.i . April 15. A very lleiio mid stubborn tire occurred curly this morning at the e oku plant of the Cambria lion coinpnuv In 1'ianklln borough and did damage which will amount to between 1J fwi and il'.iiOo. Mmird o Eiilly. St. Louis April D. Jacob Hchnoter and "Napoleon" Finnic Ives began a six nun. drill-point is. Inch balk line gamn of bll Hauls at tin Grand llllllatd hull tonight. Tile wizard won easily by a scoro of :n0 to 163 for Ives. Neither played up to Ills usual foitu. MENACE TO CHINA. Mr. Hnllour llollarcs That Russia Ilns Pursued an Unwise Course. Ixindon, April 5 In tho house of commons today Mr. Balfour, acting secretary of state for foreign affairs, said the government thought Russia had pursued nn unfortunate course In taking Port Arthur, which, ns Russia herself said In 1S93, when Jupan pro posed to occupy It, would, In tho hands of any foreign power, constitute a men ace to the capltol of China. In further remarks, Mr. Balfour said: "I believe the time may come when the great commercial powers will fijln In an nlllance to prevent China !f lug a prey to any exclusive ' ..tlMm: Report ol 1'oroiun Rolnlion. at-i.t T ntn nvntiMnw1 lint i"? -aii II !. . r l" iuu m. (iii v.uiit ini cu i,iitii utcav iMii4 tt i hy continuing her present unselfish pol icy of opening to nil what she secutcs for hetself, will build up In Kurope, not less than In America, a bodv of public International opinion, which will be more powerful than any hasty ac tion Great Britain might take at the present moment." NAVY DEPARTMENTS. Wotk of Ncntlr All tho Bureaus Now Thoioughljr Undor H'nvNo .Nuiri oflho Torpedo J'leot. Washington. April f.. The work of I nearly nil the bureaus of the war and navy departments incident to war prepntutions Is now thoroughly under wny In the matter of carrying out di rections and policies already agreed upon. Conseepuently theie Is a lack of tho fenturcs which have made the-.e departments the source of so much news from day to day. In aeldltlon the officials have become decidedly secret ive. This was typically Illustrated to day when an Inqulty was made of Sec retary Long as to whether any oideis had been given to the Hying squadron. . The secretary declined to unswer nnd "ne of tho members of the foielgn le Intlmated that If they had It would not i letions committee Btlelly but scath be proper and the department would '"'J he le view eel the Spanish conduct not make them public. Naval officials "f Cuban affalis and declined in th believe that too much Information has suoiigest teims for Intervention that been given to the public und that more I would maintain something that vvould reticence than ever should be observed It was said there had been no news received concerning the movements of the Spanish torpedo lleet now at the Cape de Verde Islands, nor of the ships rendezvoused at Cadiz. The nnvy depaitment has leceived Innumerable requests fiom newspapeis throughout the country for pei mission to send representatives aboard the ships of the flying squndon under Com modore Schley and the Ninth Atlantic squadron under Captain Sampson. Sec retin y Long with his usual eouitesy was disposed at Hist to uceede to many of the requests, but has finally detei mlned that this will be Impossible This determination was reached ns a result of a communication from Commodore Schley In answer to a letter fiom the navy department, which repre.Hiited that there wen not adequate accom modation aboard for any gieat number of men, In addition to the oitleer.s of the ship. Consequently the secretary bus founel It necessary to restrict the privi lege of accompanying these seiundions to three persons, one of whom will be a lepiesentatlve of the Associated Press Tho feeling among naval men today Is that thn beglnlng of the end will occur within the next twenty-foui hours. The lleet Is icady to move, and nil hands were oideied aboaid tonight. Tho vessels have been stripped ot every unnecessaiy nitlcle, und are leady for instant action. Captain Sampson was ashore for a shoit time this afternoon, keeping In touch with the news from Washing ton. Seveial families left for the noith on the Miami boat. There has been little movement among the lleet todav. The Newport returned from the Tortugas, wheie she had been coaling, and Joined the Cas tlne In transmitting signals between the outllng ships and those heie. FLOOD VICTIMS. Twenty-three Ituown to bo Dead. I'iftee-n Hundred in eed. Shuwneetown, 111, April 5. Twenty three known dead, a possibility that tho list may reach thlitj, fifteen bun dled people In actual need of the neces saries of life, 700 people homeless and damage to the amount of $.'00,000 Is the net result of the Hood which swept through Shawneetown late Sunday af ternoon .MARY M ALL1STBR, e oloi ed RLLBN M ALLISTKR mother-in-law of Marj McAllister. MRS FLORA FLAKi:. CHARLBS RBI.NHOLT. II eals old. ANNII3 RIRNHOLT i yeurs old. CHARLES CLAYTON, SR. MRS CHARLRS CLAYTON. OBRTRUDi: CLAYTON, 7 years old. MAGGIR CLAiTON, 'I jcais old. MRYTLK CLAYTON 10 years old. GRANT CLAYTON. 8 years old RLLA RIRNIIOLT, 10 jears old. NOAH WELSH MRS NOAH WELSH MBS CHARLOTTE HOLLY VASHINGTON CALLICOTT. MRS WASHINGTON CALLICOTT. JOHN A. CALLICOTT, brother of Wath- Ington Cnlllcott MRS RILEY GALLOWAY MISS MARY GALLOWAY. MISS MAR1EN GALLOWAY. MRS. PAUL PHALEN MISS MINNIE PHALEN. Not one of tho bodies have been re covered and it Is not likely that they will bo until the waters subside, which will bo In ten dnjs or a furtnlght. The H reciters Arrive. Key West. April 5 The Men lit fir Chnpmjn Wrecking company's tug I. .1. Merrltt, with the Derrick Chief and th schooner F B. Sharp In tow, urrlved .o da) from Havana, having suspended work on the wreck of the Maine. Then left In pursuance of Instructions fiom the company, as matters were getting In too excitable a condition for them to be loll there lougei m Democrat Lend In Cnicaao. Chicago, April B In the city electionn today the Dcrrccrats weie generally suc cessful, electing four out of the six town tickets nnd iiturnlntr a Democratic ma Jot Ity to tho cltv council, Silvio Dcniocint-. t'rl ir m i li. Milwaukee, April 5. Election i etui us from half the precincts Indicate that Da vid S. Rose, silver Democrat, will carry the e!t) by about OK) nujoillj. WARLIKE TALK IN THE SENATE Air. Chandler, of New Hampshire, Slates Ills Position. VIGOROUS ACTION IS DEMANDED I'roloiind Attention is Attracted by Hpoeches Delivered on tho Cnbnn i (Jiirtloii--i:xecntiro Session De voted to the Question ot Coiuldcr- Committee, iu Upon bitsslon" Pro ceedings of tho House. Washington, April ". "The United States ought Immediately to declare war against Spain, and to maintain that war until the people of Cuba aro made free from Spanish starvation and ctuclty ond the government of the is land firmly established as in Inde pendent tepubllc." This utterance by Senator Chandler (N. II.) in a carefully prepared state ment of his position on the Cuban cnIs, was tho climax of an extended discussion of the subject participated in b several members In the senate this afternoon. Speeches had been de livered by Air. Turner (Wash.), Mr. llatrls (Kas.) nnd Mr. Kenney (Del.), all of whom took strong gtound for vigorous and Instant action bv the United States. Indeed Mr. Turner took substantially the same position as that of Mt. Chandler, basing his demand for nilion upon the Maine catastrophe Piofound attention was nttumcd bv u MPch dellve led bv Mr. Turple (Ind ), drive Spain fiom every foot of teirl torj In the western hemisphere. The -r.eeh was a clear, concise statement of til position in which this counfiv hid been placed by Spanish outiagea, insults and crimes At the conclusion of the speeehes on the Cuban iuestiun the senate te sumi'd consideration of the sundry civil bill, the only Important progress made hi Ing the adoption in slightly modified lot in of the committee amendment sus pending the foiestri leseivatlon pioc inumtlon of JS'i7. An executive session was devoted to tho consideration of the question w bethel the report of the foielgn rela tions committee should be considered In open session or in svoiitive session N ) i oneiuslon was uaUied HOUSE SESSIONS liie session of the house todav was devoted to the consideration of private bills After disposing of some minor bridge bills and pension bills coining over from the session last Friday night, tlie house icsumed consldeiatlon of the bib to pay JiJOOOO to the helis of John Roach on account of his ship contracts with the government The claim and lt Inanity were exhaustively discussed and tlu bill was passed The claim of O C Bosbyshell super intendent of the Philadelphia mint, for $17,uoo wns favoinbly acted upon as weie seveial other bills, and at C o'clock the house took a recess till S p in The evening session was devoted whol ly to the consldeiatlon of pension leg islation TWO ELEMENTS IN SENATE. One lot Independence with Interven tion, Other lor Intervention Alouc. Washington, April 5. A debate which oecuned In the executive ses sion of the senate late this afternoon would Indicate that no matter what was tho ehaiacter of the lesolutlon to come tiom the committee on foreign uiatlons the lesolutlon would cause a serious and peihaps piolonged discus sion. It emphasized the fact that thete aie two elements In the senate, one for independence with Interven tion and another for Intervention alone, anil these two (factions will fight vlgoiously for thelt Ideas. The iclatlons of the United States with Spain was the uppeimost topic In Ihe executive session and constituted the subject of main confidences aiming senntors. The activity was due to the an nouncement that the piesldent's mes sage would loconimend the adoption of a policy looking to Intervention In Cuba on the pari of the executive hi, inch of the government rathei than the lecognltlon of Independence, and to nn effort to make smooth the way for the leeeptlon of such a leport. The executive session was etevoted to a geneial discussion of the pollry to be pin sued tow aids Spnln nnd developed the fact thai much opposition would bo made to the acceptance of a policy In line with the piesldent's desires. Tho question was raised by Senator Allen who made a long speech predict ing much dissatisfaction in the coun try at large with a policy on the part of tho executive that did not go to the extent of giving the Cubans their entile Independence of the mother count! y, SPEECHES IN THE SAME LINK Senator Allen was followed by other speakers in the same line and the fuct was made veiy evident that If the committee on foielgn lelatlons should bring In a resolution meiely complying with the piesldent's icquest nnd stop ping shott of n decimation for Inde pendence theie would be nn e'ltoit In the senate to amend It so as to accom plish this end Indeed the announce ment was made by innie than one sen ator that he would offer an amend ment and bv many that they would stippoit nn effott In the direction of adding the Independence decimation to a resolution providing simply for In tel ventlon. The committee was there fore uiged not to yield to the wishes of the president, but to stand out strongly for complete action. The policy of the piesldent for executive intervention only was criticized ns one which would place the entire question In the hands of the president and thus leave the innttei whole it now Is, ex copt that It would be a voluntary re- llnqulshment of tho right of congress In the premises, the right among othets to declare war The greater part of the upeech-mak-Ing was In opposition to the executive and no one attempted to outline the piobnble action of the committee. There vvuh also n recti! rence to the Intention of the president to withhold the Cuban consular correspondence and a suggestion was made that If this matter was of a chatacter too Inllam mablc to permit of Its being made pub lic, It be given to the senate In secret session. BEHIND CLOSHD DOORS. A resolution was offered that the en- tlro Cuban question should be consid ered behind closed doots on account of tho probability of utterances which would afford Information to the enemy. This ptoposltlon was debated.but with out reaching n conclusion. While the senate vvus lit executive session a formidable element In the senate was considering what should be done In case lesolutlons should be le ported for recognition of Independence. This faction was composed of what Is known as the conservative element on the Republican side of the senate. Their confeience was held In Senator Ald llch's committee room and nmong those present were Senators Hunnn, Piatt, of Connecticut; Spooner, Hnle, Fall banks und Aldrlch. Senator Allison was ulso there for a brief time, A geneial purpose vvus expressed to oppose the adoption of any repoit that should recommend a lecognltlon of Cuban Independence, and which did not Indeed confine Itself to the suppott of the president's lecommendatlon for In tel ventlon only. This position was taken because of the generally ex pressed conviction among the senators present that In case of war with Spain and the triumph of the arms of the United States this count! y should be left fiee to dispose of Cuba as she might see proper. Man of them e piessed dissatisfaction with the pies ent Cuban administration and the opln- Ion was given that the lecognltlon of , SOn, state veterinarian. Dr. Warren's Independence at this time would bind , portion of the pamphlet coveied 40 the United States to the support of the pages, and Di. Peaison's 77 pages present Cuban administration und to i During the governors absence his prl gutuanteelng Its bonds, giving to the, vnte secretary, Lewis E. Beltler, dls Cuban Junta a position of inlluence loveied that the wotk which Is being and power to which it Is not, In their ! done by foimer State Printer Busch opinion, entitled Hence a decision was I under his old contract, had been en reuihed to labor with the committee I larged to one thousand pages, of which on foiebjn relations not to repoit a Di. Wnuen contributed ItJ.1 pages and lesolutlon with a double purpose, and Dr. Peaison his original numbei. Dr the Intention was expressed on the part ' Wniien's poitlon of the pamphlet had of some to oppose Its adoption If re- I been enriched by the Inseitlon of 101 ported. In accordance with the action of this committee Senntois Allison and Aldrlch had a prolonged conference lat er with Senators Davis, Frye and Lodge, of the committee on foreign le-lutlons These members of the foielgn com- ' " t"l ,0nl c"st ' tlie Proposed mittee were able to assure the other I edition was estimated by the state senatois that no effott would be made 1 inter to be f.J.SOO. oi an nveiuse of to repott the lesolutlon tomoirovv or M 60 per copy. The entlie coat of the the same day on which the message' P-oposed edition Is 103 times the cost should be. leceived; but they could not I of thp riBirml edition Mr. Beltler give the same assurnnce as to the ' f'nferied with Secntary Mnitlu and churacter of tho resolution They did ' " nls 'ce. '' the authority of the not conceal from their visitors the fact I Kvernor. at once put a stop to fui tlint Hie committee ulremK l.n.1 nm-.,.! ' ther printing although almost all of upon a resolution providing both for Independence and Intervention and that It might be ellfllcult to change the rec ommendation But on this point no one could speak definitely until the com mittee could confer and the visiting senatois were compelled to withdraw without receiving any vety satisfac toty assuiance The pi ev ailing opinion among sena tors Is that the committee will leiede lrom Its position for both Independ ence and Intel ventlon and renort a lesolutlon In accoi dance with the ptes lelent's reeemimeiidation for Intel ven tlon alone, but this is not certain of tlnee membeis of the committee cen. all classed as pro-Cubnns, one, Sena tor Five announced himself satisfied with intervention, nnothei senator, Foraker, announced that he would not favor the change, and a thlicl. Senator Dav Is. refused to commit himself Sen ator Lodge had previously said that he would suppoit the piesldent's posi tion SPAIN'S XERVE. .Makes tho Roniovnl of the American I'leot nt Iter West the Condition ol mi Armistice. Washington, April 3. The stateinetit w.us made today by a public man In close touch with the administration that tho effort to secuie a settlement of the war between Spain and tho In surgent Cubans thiough an aimlsttce had eonie to a definite conclusion and failure, and that the failure wuh due to tho lefusal of the g-overnment of tho United Stntes to remove Its lleet from Key West Accoidlng to this state ment Spnln made lemoval a condition, precedent to her offering an armistice with the end In view of granting the Independence) of Cuba, and when tho pioposltlon was brought to the atten tion of the administration it was met with letusul, though not until after It had been seriously consldeied. The cnngiesslonnl opponents of a war policy who had counted upon the ac ceptance of this condition by the Unit ed States, admit that the outlook for peace has grown almost hopeless since tills determination was leached. I, ou in Hood Health. Iticlimond. Vii., April 5. Consul KHz hugh Lee cabled his wife today to fell no alarm e outlining his satet). He ad vised her that he was enjoying good health and outer tallied no fear of bodily harm. He has. however, expressed to lu-r In recent letters feats for the safety ot Amerleun tourists und other Ameri cans on the island flip Volunteer Reicrve'. Washington, April K. -Secietary Alger today received tho 1.111 piovldlnc for tho oiguulz.ition of thn volunteer ictivu to tho laud nr.d naval forcos of tin I'uited Statis. He endorsed It us lullovvs: "1 very gladly endorse this hill and billovn It will appeal to tho patriotism of all Aimrlcm citlvuu." THE NKWS THIS M0UN1NU Weather Indications Todsyt Fair) Northerly Winds. 1 Telegraph Pi esldent'rt Message Is Reaely for Congress. 'Jim Senate Becomes Warlike. An Expensive Bird Book. Cold Wave Throughout tho State. 2 The Tribune's Popular Want Columns. The Marketf. i Loral Second District Republican Convention. City Hall Gofslp. 4 Editorial. Comment of the P.es. 5 How a Battleship Behaves In Action, Anthtaclte In Naval Operations. fi Local Proceedings In Civil Couit. Beer and Blood Flowed Krenly. 7 Local No Verdict Reached In vlie (irceti Ridge Iron Woilts Case. tiorlous Charge Against a Trustee. S Local West Side and Suburban. 0 Lackawanna County News. 10 Tclegrr ph New Yorl, Methodist Con ference Is for War. Whitney's Weekly News Budget. TlRl) BOOK AGAIS. Governor Hastings Is liilorinsd ot n Scheme') to Publish un Expensive Edition ot the Uorlc. Hairlsburg, April B When Uovei nor Hastings ai lived home from the Pacific slope he found a curious tule awaiting hint. The legislatuie of last year authorized the lepiintlng by the ngtliuttuiul department of a paw phlet on the "Diseases and Enemies of Poultry," covering Us pages and piepmed by Di. II B Warren, econ omic zoologist, and Dr. Leonnid Pear- , beautifully finished plates of the blids and beasts of Pennsylvania Some have ns high us sixteen colois and there ute eight half-tone pictuies of Pennsylvania sceneiy The original edition of the pamphlet cost SIXS.IM, the pi ess woik with tne exception of Dr Peaison's poitlon had been done' and the book was virtually awaiting binding It was also found that the older for the printing had not been given by Secretary Edge, the head of the department, but by Dis. Wniren and Peaison. The copy tor the cu lm ged volume was not sent to the su perintendent of public printing as Is the custom but dliect to Mi. Busch, I the contiaetor for the printing. These facts weie laid before Governor Hast ings when he nil I veil home and he placed the mattei in the hands of the attorney geneial. who advised him to day that the lesolutlon furnished " wauunt for printing such a book; that the expensive coloied plates aie un vvai ranted, that the ticaties on llh, game and blids of the' state is lireve lant muttei ; that It did not contem plate oi authorize the expendltuie of $J t,000; that the volume pioposed Is without the authority of law and its printing was never authorized by the head of the depaitment. Secietary of Agileultuie Edge today by authority of the governor ordered the reprinting of the original pamphlet at thirteen cents each. Dr. Henry T. IVrnnld. of State college, was today appointed to the position of "conomie zoologist made acant by the ii'slgnntion of Dr. Wan en. KINQ OTTO DYING. Tho Eccentric Ruler of llttvnrln Be lieved to bo Near Ills End. Munich, April 3. The condition of the Insane King Otto of Bavaria has suddenly become vvoise-. nnd It Is be lieved that he Is dying King Otto wus boui In lMu and suc ceeded to the throne In 1SCC. Early In his reign ho began to display extraor ellnary eccentricities, which In time developed into halltu lnatlons and finally Into violent madness. On June 10, ISSG, the gov eminent pased Into the hands of tho present ii-gent. Prince Lultpold. TEXAS ELECTION. RokiiKs in the Itomli ol'Throo .Hen. A .Rob's Noil,. lliownsville, Tex., April o. The city election heie yesteidny has lesulted In bloodshed Os.a icsult of the contest between the two factions known as the le-els and the blues. In a fight on tho main street of the town, two men were killed and two wounded Shoitly after this a mob bioko Into the Jail, wheie one of the murdeieis was confined, and killed him. They dragged his body eiut Into the street and weie about to burn It when the cooler counsel pievalled, and It was taken to an undertakers. Hliiivvneetnwii Dcnth List, ilnrrlsburg. April .'.In response to n niesstiKi from Hnvernoi Hastings obeilng assistance to the Shawneetown flood suf ferers dovernor Tanner telegiaphs that the first report of the disaster weie nils. It-adlug nnd the diath list will not exce-ed fifty The conditions do not waiiunl him In appealing toolhei states Mute Hoard nt Allopathy. llnnisburg. April fi The state buanl ot allopathy elected Dr. H. U. .McCormiek, of Wllliiunsport. president, and Dr. W. S. Foster, of Pittsburg, vlcu piesidunt. The annual examinations will bo hold In Phil--dcliihla. and I'lUtUuut eu. 4jic )- EFFECTS OF COLD WAVE Philadelphia Covered with a Mantle of the Beautiful. PITTSBURG VERY CHILLY Mercury Falls to Twenty Four Degrees. All Records Sluco tho Coutonnial Year nru Passed nt Johnstown. Cold Wctithur at Altoonn, Wit linnisport nnd Other Pennsylvania i'oun--iiie H tor in Svvocps Alone the Jersey Shores ol the Atlantic Coast. Philadelphia. April 5. A snow storm ot unusuul severity pievalled In this city today. The snow began falling befoie daylight and continued until tho middle- of the afternoon. In uddltlon to the snow, a noitheast wind blow ing at the lute of thlity miles an hour added to the geneial discomfort. When the snow stopped falling the sky le muined overcast and it giew colder. Lnte tonight thete- is eveiy Indication of rain and fteezlng weather. Repoits from Delaware Breakwater and Cape Homy state that heavy rain pi ev alls along the southern coast, while between the Delawaie capes and Sandy Hook snow Is falling. Pittsburg, April 5 A seven- snow storm t age-el this morning when two li-ches of snow roll and the niercurv diopped to Jl degtees, the lowest on receitd for April in this section, Johnstown, Pa., April 5 A cold wnvei struck this place- this motnlng. Snow fell most all day. Tonight a regular winter gale pievalls up In the moun tains. It beats tho lecoid since the centennial year. Altoona. Pa., April 3. A small fall of snow accompanied by heavy winds stiuck tills city eaily this morning. The meiiury dropped several degrees, but the- snow stopped falling about 10 a. in. Tonight It is clear and cold. Wllliamspoit, Pa,, April ," The mei ouiy heie dropped sveiul degiees this morning, but the snow storm was of shin t diiiatlon. L0PER HELD TO BAIL. The Miinusci oi (iuarantois' 1'lnnnco Company I'neler Henry Bonds. Philadelphia. April r, Richaid V. Loper, vice piesldent and geneial man ager of the Guarantors' Finance com pany, wliii h len-ntlv made nn assign ment, was held in $.'5 000 ball toduv to answer at court the charge of conspii ae y to definud the Pe--ople's bank. The cashiei of the latter institution, John D. Hopkins, committed suicide on the clay of the assignment of the Guntnu tois' company, .mil the following' duv the People's bank suspended. Inves tigations slnee made led to the uuest of Loper. Evidence was piosented at the he-ai-Ing today to the eflect tBit at the time of the assignment of the Guarantois' company It owed to tho People's bank $306,075. This money hail been liot lowed by Loper thiough Cashier Hop kins, and It wiiH testified that the col lateral held by the People's bank for the loans had no jnaikeit value what ever. Loper furnished the Ji.i 000 ball, UOV'S CRAZY FREAK. Repoits lor Duty on a Ron! Not Yet llnilt. AVllmlngton, Del., April 3 A hand some youth about 17 yeuts old, weal ing a mllltuiy suit and carrying a big sabie, uppeaied at the yards of the Hnil.ui & Holllngsvvorth company this nfteinoon and told the gate tender that he had been oi del eel to leport for duty on tlie torpedo boat Stilughnni. When iutonned that onlv the keel had been laid, he said that he would s.e the piesldent about It. Later the boy appear ml among a crowd of negroes, telling them that he hail killed three- Cubans and would chop their heads off. Ho waved the sabie and tho negroes fled. The youth Is supposed to be a Dover public school seholai and a member of the Boys' brigade jeeently fanned theie. 1'exns Mill Sail Today. New York. April 5 Tho battleship To.es will sail tor Hampton Roiels to morrow moinliig. She was to have sailed today but her commander decided that It would be inadvisable to di-pait In the pievulllng heavy weather. Three Iliiudrnil .lieu Strike. Altoona, Pa . April I The Pattoti Coil company minus, at Pattou, CnniVli county, went on u strike of their own this morning because they were ordered u mine for 40 cents a enr Instead or to cents n ton. Thiie liundri-d men an- out. font Minors on n Strike. Pituuuig April r. -Coal miners in tin Plttsbuig district to thi number of 4,5iio are now on strike and tomorrow's mass meeting at West Elizabeth may lesult In a laigo addition to this number. Advice I'rom Andre. Victoria. B, C, April 3. Jack t'atr. ex United States mall larrler, has atriveet at Departure Bay fiom Si Michaels via Dawson, with advices fi ru Audi a, thn -Jln UsiJInbtilhU " tU lZL L -' " J- -- ---- ... --L MMiaAA.
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