IE! II ■HI Lively Scene at the Conven tion of the Sons of Con federate Veterans. NAME WAS WITHDRAWN. Row in French Chamber Over the Dreyfus Prosecution—Publication of War Office Letters. 11. l.iftieH makes a Furloui Onslaught Upon the CioTernment—Denounrel premier Utipuy and Foreign Minister Delcasse i« I.iars— Pelcasse litpils Jniiilt* With 11 is Foot— A Duel Will Probably Result. Charleston, S. May I.'3.—A lively -cone occurred :t t the convention of i lie Sons of Confederate Veterans when the election of officers was call id. 11. E. Lee, Jr., of Washington was nominated. James Mann of Virginia got up and bitterly opposed the nomi- , nation. He was applauded and hisseil. j The name of Lee was hissed . Commander-in-Chief Smythe of Charleston, who was presiding, was i hen nominated for re-election. He was also hissed. Smythe's own camp and State were instructed to vote against his nomination. The scene during the stir was exciting, and a member arose and said it was a shame in hiss the name of Lee. '"We are veterans," he shouted, "and not a mob. - ' Many of the speakers left the srage. Smyth withdrew his name. I'lic convention refused to accept Lee's withdrawal. A motion was made that all members hissing be put out of the hall. \V. 'J'. Colquit of Georgia was finally nominated and elected Commander of i lie Sons of Veterans, defeating Lee. Leo is a grandson of Gen. It. E. Lee. The Virginia Sons of Veterans opposed liis election because he was not con nected with their organization. He is :i member of a camp at Washington that, refused togo under the Virginia branch. The hisses aimed at Lee were from friends of Colquit and Smythe who feared that his name would sweep the convention. Lee was elected a member of the camp only yesterday, and it was asserted that he was not active enough in the work of ihi' general organization. The Committee on Resolutions of ihe Vnited Confederate Convention in session here made a report this morn insr expressing sincere appreciation of tin- utterances of President McKinle.v at Atlanta last December concerning i lie care of the graves of Confederate dead by the national Government. Appreciation is expressed of every kindly sentiment in this connection and any legislation is welcomed which will result in the care of the graves of Confederate soldiers in the Northern States by the Government, but in re- J spect to those buried in the Confeder acy and in Maryland, it is declared that the care of their linal resting place is a sacred trust dear to the hearts of Southern women, where it inn safely remain. Sympathy is expressed with the work of ttie Government in making ihe battlefields at Gettysburg, Cliiea matigua, Shiloh. Vicksburg and else where permanent memorials. The Southern States are urged to construct monuments on these iields. The ap pointment of a committee of three is recommended to consider the question . Tallant and party. Flyln« Mnrliine Stopped. Washington. May l:!.—Prof. S. 1\ l.angley Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the inventor of the aero drome, who was given $25,000 by the Board of Ordnance to experiment with his Hying machine for war purposes, made'his first test at Quantlco, Va. The machine was launched from the lop of ti house boat anchored in a broad sweep of the Potomac, about three-fourths of a mile from the island. The result was not so successful as were former experiments with the smaller machine. The machine soared aloft at a height of r.th» l'oet, but de scended after a liorizoni.il iliirht of 800 feet. Miol II unhand and .Self Franklin, Pa.. May 1,",. Mrs. Ellen Mcl.aughiin. a bride of eight weeks shot her husband. William, and then herself. Tlie pair were found dead, locked in each other's arms, by neigh-' bors. Airs. McLaughlin left a note staling that she had married her hus band for money and was in love with another man. also married. She realized the sin of her conduct, and. rather than her husband, who had been most kind to her. should dis cover tliK resolved to end his life and her own. They were buried together. New York Market*. Grain—Conflicting advices from abroad were largely responsible for sharp Hurt nations in domestic mark ets. Advices from Buffalo intimated that ihe strike was about settled. No. 2 red, Sl'ie. spot and so"v. to arrive 112. n. b. afloat. Corn—Corn occupied a firm position tvlth little pressure to sell: 10",e. 112. o. t>. afloat. flats-The market was dull and un changed. No. 2 oals closed :!l'je.: No. ! oats, :i; *lo.i lnediuin, choice, LSVtS, $1.3r.a1.37>1.: do.: pea. choice, .SI .32' _.a 1.3."i. Butter. —Creamery. Western, extras, per lb., 18c.; do.; firsts, 17a17'-jc.: do. thirds to seconds. l."ial(>';>c.: do. State extras. 17'i>al8c.; do. firsts, lie.: do. thirds to seconds. lon I State Jair.v, half-lirkin tubs, fancy. Hi'-.-alTe. 10.. tlrsts. ir.i_,al«',c. Cheese.- New Cheese. —State, full, cream, large, white, choice, do; colored, choice, 01-jaO-jkc. Old Cheese State, full cream, choice ll'ic. Eggs.—Jersey and nearby, fancy, per lozen. 1 Tie.: State. Pennsylvania, and nearby, average prime 14'lait'-je.; Kentucky, 12Vial3c. I'otatoes. Domestic old per ISO lbs. 11 lit— diictlou For tlie Nnl Two V«-nr«. (Special Coriv poiuU-nee.) Harriaburg,May 16.—(iovernor Stunt 1B making a remarkable record by the courageous and unsparing use of I lie k'eto power vested in liini by the roim i tution. He is wielding tlie veto ;i\ right and left. He seems absolutely in different totlie influencoot thepolitlcal leaders when pausing upon matters of legislation. llis experience in congre. -i. where he was recognized as one of ibo most methodical ami painstaking mem ber! on the floor of the house, has be"n of invaluable service to him til par forming this important branch of his work us the state's executive officer, Governor Stone has been placed in a peculiar anil very embarrassing posi tion. The several measures which he advocated to raise revenue to meet thtj standing obligations and current ex penses of the state were all defeated in the house of representatives by a com bination between theKepubllcnn '■ gents anil the Democrats. The influ ences back of these IJfipublicnn guer rillas are now denouncing the governor because of 1118 vetoes of appropriation bills, which lie is obliged to do, by rea son of the failure of the legislature to carry out his various schemes for rais ing funds to men these very demands upon the geueroslty and rharitv of the commonwealth. Despite his hero|p na tion, the governor lias been unable to cut down these miscellaneous appro priations to allow the revenues to cover the full amount of ihe appropriations made to the schools, lie hfis found it necessary to reduce the general auhoo) appropriation $500,000 a year, and in doing so has written a veto message which gives in detail the history of the increase in the school appropriation from IS"*, when the sum was the mini mum fixed by the new constitution. 11,000,000 In 1887 an agitation was started that resulted la Increasing the annual appropriation of $1,500,000, and for the two years following the public schools received that amount each year. In 1889 the appropriation was in creased to $2,000,000 annually, and this was the amount of aid extended by the state for two years, when in 1 SHI the friends of the common achoolti were successful through agitation in having the anuuat appropriation increased la $3,000,000 MORE THAN ANY OTHER STATE. "This is a larger amount," says the governor,' "than is appropriated by auy other state in our great country for the support of common schools, and it was very generally supposed that no fur ther attempt to increase it would be made, in 1893, however, a bill was in troduced into the legislature which au thorized and required directors (o fur nish free text books to the pupils m our common schools. At that time a very large number of the districts throughout the state did not provide free text books for the pupils. The in troduction of free text books necessar ily involved the expenditure of large sunt of niouey. and the friends of the measure succeeded iu securing an addi tional $500,000 for this purpose. Fol lowing these precedents each succeed ing legislature has appropriated $5,- 500,000 annually for the support of the common schools. "It must not be forgotten," continues the governor, "in this connection thai the appropriation of $5,500,000 does not include the appropriations made for the maintenance and support of our or phan schools, normal schools and ex penses incident to the support of the department of public instruction, the payment of salaries of county superin tendents and the appropriations made from time to time to other worthy ed ucational Institutions. Adding the ap propriations made for the purposes last enumerated to the unnuai appropria tion for the support of the common schools we find that more than $C,000,- 000 are paid out of the state treasury each year in support of the cause of ed ucation. When we take into consider ation the fact that the net revenues of the state amount to little more than $11,000,000 each year it will be readily seen how generous the state has been in deling with the school question. i'KOI'D OF SCHOOLS, Bl'T EMBAU HASSED.. "These large and magnificent appro priations to the common schools have gone on from year to year until ot|i treasury is left in a condition of finan cial embarrassment and we are now confronted with the practical question whether or not we can continue to make these appropriations without se riously affecting the credit of the com monwealth. 1 am proud of our uom mon school system and in betterment of our schools. If a large deficit did not already exist in our treasury on account of these appropriations, and if the anticipated revenues of the Btate would Justify their continuance, I should most cheerfully give my ap proval to this section of the jeueraiap proprlation bill. 1 cordially com mend the Intelligent purpose and pa triotic devotion of our citizens to the common schools of the state, but every honest man must concede that it is im possible for the state to give away more money than it receives, no mat ter how worthy the purpose for which the money may be expended. It is ab solutely necessary to reduce the ap propriations made by the legislature, and it has seemed to me that since free text books have already been pro vided and paid for out of the geueral appropriations made since 1893, the annual appropriations could be reduced $500,000 a year without doing any in justice to the schools. "In my inaugural address I called the attention of the legislature to the financial condition of the common wealth and stated that there was an actual dettcii ot betweeu three ana tour million dollars on account of unpaid appropriations, and suggested that th>' legislature should either cut down th« appropriations or increase the reve nues. I urged tliia both privately and publicly upon different occasions, but the legislature has adjourned without providing any additional revenue ex cept possibly au increase estimated nt >200,000 per annum after the first year under the new mercantile lax law. The appropriations will amount to as much. If not more, than the estimated reve nues of the next two years. On the Ist of June- but a few weeks hence —the whole appropriation of $5,500,000 far the year ending at that time will be due. no part of which lias yet been paid. At that time there will not be u million dollars In the treasury to meet this obligation. In view of this finan cial condition it seems to me unwise to Accumulate one appropriation upon Another when there are no funds with which to pay them. I have carefully examined the general appropriation bill, as well as other appropriation hi'ls, and have in every instance with held my approval from items where i felt justified in so doing. In this way I hasc reduced the appropriations made by the legislature and withheld my Approval of bills amounting in round numbers to $500,000." MI ST ritKSKKVK STATIC CRKDIT "It Is ni) desire to pay the obliga tions of the state which have been heretofore made, and which it Is hon ori.bly bound to pay, to relieve the present embarrassment of the treas ury and preserve the credit of the state. No fair minded and impartial citizen will justify me in approving appropriation bills in excess of the unpaid appropriations made by prior legislatures and the estimated revenues of the state for the two fiscal yearn next following. "During the four years for which the people have honored me with the ex ecutive office 1 hope by economy and care, even in the absence of additional revenue, to see these unpaid appro priations liquidated and the stale placed upon it sound flnt'jcial basis, A slate, like an Individual. ?annot con* tinue to pay out year by year more than It receives and reniu'ii in a sol vent condition. My purpose Is to pay ,iil appropriations made by the present legislature which receive executive ap proval, and liquidate at least one and a 1 alf million dollars of the obligations remaining from former legislatures during the ne*t two years. In order to do this I aui compelled to reduce the Appropriation to the common schoote $500,000 a year, amounting to a mil lion dollars in two yearp. which, added to the $500,000 obtained by reducing other appropriations of the legislature of 1899, will enable the auditor gen eral and state treasurer to reduce what would be called the floating debt $1,500,000 during the next two years. |p my judgment 'be slate should pay Its pre-existing debts, incurred under the sanction and authority of law, be fore it assumes new burdens which jt Is Impossible to pay. "The authority of tlie governor to disapprove part of au item is doubted, but several of my predecessors in office have established precedents by with holding their upprovul from part of an item and approving other parts of the same item. Following these precedents, and believing thai the authority which (.onfers the right to approve the whole of an item necessarily includes the power to approve part of the same item. I therefore approve of so much of this Item which appropriates $5,000,000 an nually. making $10,000,000 for the two years beginning June 1, 1899, and with holding my approval from $500,000 an nually. making $1,000,000 for the two fiscal years beginning the first day of June, 1899." The governor has also vetoed a num ber of items in the general appropria tion bill providing payment for salaries of state officials and legislative em ployes tbat he regards as unnecessary, mui he gives « death blow to a number of schemes to cover expenses of certain pet Institutions and projects of some of the members of the legislature. The Democratic leaders throughout the state are feliciting themselves upon the fact that they may get a place on the bench of the superior court at the coming election, as well as upon that ot the supreme court, of which later ihey aie practically assured. Thla ia made possible by a bill enacted by the last legislature. The purpose ot tbia is to give representation on the su perior bench to the minority party when two or more judges are to be elected. The same stipulation in the law ap plies to the supreme court, in whicr two vacancies will occur to be filled i.. November. One of these will goto th< Republicans as the majority party and the second will probably be filled by the Democrats. On the auperloi court bench ouly one vacancy will oc cur by the expiration of tha term o! Justice Beeber, appointed by Governor Hastings to succeed the late Justicr Reeder. Superior Court Justice PeteP P. Smith, of Lackawanna, is among the Democratic candidates for the supreme court nomination. If nomlßfttad be would resign from the placa he OM holds ou the superior court baaalt, and this would make a second vacancy is the latter court, which, in view of th« recent legislation, would give the Democratic party an opportunity ta elect a member of this court. Th< frieuds of Justice Smith are partlcu* larly pleased over this new condition! as thev feel that it greatly strength ens the chances of their favorite. ""'g you grease the wagon wheels with ■ MICA Axlt Grata Oet a bo* and learn why It'l the best grease ever put on an axle. Hold everywhere. Made by V BTAXDAWD Oil. CO. ■ WILL MEET DEWEY *lii|it of Xnrtli Allnuti*' •<| 'Mil»•«»•» •« .%»•- roinpatty t tie OUuipit I m Nr%%- loiin«l!aiieparuncnr iliat ifeftr I Admiral Sampson I tin- ships DfTffie North Atlantic Squadron shall meet ■ Admiral Dewey ami the Olyrnpla off tin? Newfoundland banks an i escort Dewey the rest of tin- wa; in Now York. Til. squadron of reception will |»r<.ii ably consist of the ••misers New > ..rk and Brooklyn anil the battleships In diana. Texas and MassHehnseiis and possibly the cruiser Itufl'alo. Thus the two notable eomnianders of the naval operations in the war with Spain will meet, and every ship pave tlie Massachusetts and I'ulTalo. will sail into New York Harbor with a proud war record to add to ili<- distinc tion of the escort. It is hoped that /lie < Hympia w ill suc ceed in reaching here by .Inly I. so that the dity will be one of the most notable of all the Nation's holidays. Secretary Long lias directed the Ad miral to turn tlie cotnand over to Cap tain Barker, of the Oregon. It is possible that Dewey will sail on Monday, lie will so to I long Kong Urst. stay there four days to have the Olympla's hotto mele.uicTl. Then lie will sail home by way of Singapore. Colombo, l'ort Said, tiibraltar and the Azores. No Sotniiil»-« in l'oi-lo Washington. May I."i. -After having :tn Investigation made of tin- reports from l'orto Uico that I'nited States volunteers had been discharged thetv and left penniless. AdJt.-tJen. t'orbin saiil that some of the volunteers had been discharged iti l'orto Uico at their own request. 'l'huae men. he said, had received trawl par to the I'nitcd Stales lii evi'ry case a considerable aniotmt. and if tlicy were penniless u was because ihc\ liail squandered the I money. The W'ai Department. how I aver, lias no information to confirm the reports of distress among these men. and the .Vdjutant-tieneral ha» telegraphed an Inquiry on the subject 10 Oeoi-jre W. Davis, corn mandiivi the Department of Porto Itico. } ' Infill' '* I?;mI € New \orU. May 13.—lack McAuliflV. 'ormerly lightweight champion pugil , >i. wa> arraigned in the l.ee Avenue | 'ollce Court on a charge of having j ;ivcti a worthless cheek for sl'ihi to lames \V. I la vey. 4 Itllkt'fll Midi ll]>ll|£*.|t | Washington May i:>. Kdward Smith ] olofcd. was t'nngcd for murder in |he corridor of the District jail. ilo efused t" tlio last to make any eon ession of lits crime Removed ! 4 to my new store in the GAREY BLOK where I will be pleased to meet all of my old pat rons and many new ones. We fit the young and old of all nationalities and color with Boots, Shoes, Rubbers, Fine Assortment at Popular Prices. CALL OUST TTS Remember BLOCK, the Place. DUSHORE. DUSHORE. J. S. HARRINGTON. 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Setli Low and Captain Mahan were Jined by Ambassador Cboate. The town of Oura Humora, Austria, i was completely destroyed by Are. , Ail asylum for orphan children of j he re-concent radon has been opened at ; Matanzas. The last $5,000,000 installment on ' the Spanish war indedraity will be I Dald Monday. ; The National Baking Company's •lam at Kochester. N. Y. burned; loss I SIOO,OOO. "Sockless" Simpson declares In his 'lewspaper that Eastern press ridicule •aused hi* political downfall. Itev. Dr. Briggs, formerly an in -truf tor iu the Tlnlon Theological Sem nary will be ordained as an Episcopal j iriesi by Bishop Potter of New York. | Sunday, May 14. ( l' ol 't. v mules are to be seut to the Fiji islands from San Francisco. , fhey are to be used on a large sugar ' limitation. This is the tirst shipment if the kind and Is regarded as an ex | pertinent. ' Three-year-old Lawrence Engein of j 'hlcago was playing on a porch when j lie noticed a clothesline witii a noose i lied on the end hanging down front I tbovc. in playing with the rope the j -hlld in some way placed the noose i ibout his neck and swung off the torch, lie was strangled to death. j I.'. s. Senator Sewall, of New Jersey, | mailed for Europe. j A warrant was issued iu Brooklyn j for the arrest of Mrs. Maria Mtiller, j the alleged faith curlst. The. Itritish-Venezuela arbitration. I which was to begin at Paris on May ■ .'4. has been postponed until June 10. Chief Justice Chambers. of Samoa, wrote his brother iu New York that the rebels looted his house last month, t'api. Coghlan wired the Nevy l)e --' partineui that the ltaleigh sustained j no damage in grounding off Charles ' ton. Mayor Van Wyck. of New York at henrlug on iln- Long island Itailroart 1 I'liuiie! bill, announced that lie would ■dun It. The employes on the railroad at San tamler, Spain, have struck, and the destruction of property is threatened. Troops have been sent for.