ISE END IS NOT YET III SIGHT.
CUBAN WAR WILL CONTINUE.
lash It th Opiaiea of Special Commiiiton
r Calhoun to th leland.
' "The Spaniards aay tbat war to over. Tbe
Cuban say they will continue to fight. The
Spaniards claim that the Cuban army Is di
minishing. Tbe Cuban deny thu statement.
There U nothing but a war ot contradic
tion. "
So epnke Special Commissioner Calhoun,
who bus just returned from Cuba, whether
be bud been sent to investigate the cir
cumstances surrouuditig the death of I'r.
Hirhartlo lluls. ltula was an American, who
It has been churned wua murdered in n Span
ish prison I y the order of Col. Fonsdevulo.
"Hub. died iu a evil," suid Mr. Calhoun.
"He remuined there till his death and no one
w him save a few Spnulnrds. When bis
body was tnkeu out of bis fell it whs seen
thut there wax a bail wuuad on tbe head. It
was Impossible to secure proper witnesses,
although the Spaniards to all appearances
tried to be fair. Alter a few duya 1 came to
the conclusion that it would not bo possible
to get lit tbe naked films,
ltegnrdiug American prisoners in Cuba
Mr. Calhoun said that he visited a number
of tlieiu and found Unit they were being well
treated while bo was in Cuba.
"(leu. I.ee," bo said, "Is takinK very ef
fective measures for their protection. In
fact, be is looking after the interests of all
Americans down there with great zeal. No
man could be more loyal or patriotic iu this
res poet. "
Mr. Calhoun said that he found very few
native Americans in Cuba who were in ac
tual want. Thero were a considerable num
ber of naturalized Americans thero, and
Gen. l.ee was looking alter them.
Mr. Calhoun did not see General Weyler,
although It was previously arranged that
tbe captain general would go to Havana.
He In no way took personal cognlzauco of
the special commissioner's presence In Hav
ana, although Mr. Calhoun was thero iu an
i.nicial capacity from the I'ulted States gov
ernment and as tint personal representative
of the president of tbe tinted States.
Marquis Aliumadii, Mr. Calhoun said,
treated him with marked courtesy. The
Spanish ofllcers received him with a blare of
trumpets and a blaze of apparent hypo
crisy. It was carried so fur that the com
missioner bad to cry enough, and then the
Spaniards felt injured. Mr. Calhoun told
them plainly hu was not there to be wlncd
and dined.
The devastation of Cuba, Mr. Calhoun de
clared, was terrible. Unless the war was
quickly terminated, absolutely nothing would
be left of the interior. Kvery business man
who bus survived on the island is praying
for tlio termination of the war. They nro all
nearly ruined. The Spanish planters, of
course, are loyal to the government, but
they are disgusted with the trend of affairs.
CUBANS IN GOOD CONDITION.
Will Accept nothing But Indepen
dence. Cuptnln W. P. Smith, of tbo Cuban array,
spent considerable time again with the Sen
ate Committee on Foreign ltelntloiis. Inn
brief Interview with a representative of the
Associate, 1 I'resshe said:
"The Cuhun army is now In better con
dition In resist th Spaniards und to main
tain the fight for Independence than It has
been since the beginning of tbo war. Gener
al Gomez has a well disciplined army of
about 40,000 men who are determined to hold
out until their efforts shall bo crowned with
victory. Our soldiers lire rapidly procuring
arms, ami every day servos to put thuin on u
better feotmg in this respect.
"The troops enjoy a vast advantage over
the Spaniards, iu..tliktl4xiy liNf not in
juriously affected by the climate. I may
statu that I have uot seen n case of yellow
fever or smallpox among tbo Cuban soldiers
since 1 have been on the island, and thnt I
buvo not been sick a day myself. Further
more, we buvo no difficulty In feeding our
troops. In the portion or tlio country in
which the Cuban troops are In contrul tho
provisions aro protected, and wo draw our
supplies from this source. Our commissary
is therefore regularly renewed und our sup
plies lire received in quantities, quite sut
llcient to meet ail our wunts. "
In reply to a question Captain Smith said:
"All talk about autonomy and of Spanish re
forms for Cuba is so much breath wasted
There Is not u man in the Cuban army who
will agree to accept anything short of abso
lute Independence."
Captain Smith is an American. Ho has
been in ( uba for a year mid is uu officer iu
Gcuerul Gomez's body guard.
Now Plan for Cuba.
Sennr I'upuy de Lome, tho Spanish Mlnlf
tur to this country, lias resented to Secre
tary of State Shermuu a new plan for tho au
tonomy of Cuba, just agreed to by the Span
ish Government, secretary Shermun has
given tho proposed plan careful consider
ation and approves It, and will use all bis In
fluence and that of tbe l'epartnieut of State
to Induce the Cuban leaders to accept tbe
proposal of the Spanish Government for tbe
settlement of tho pending difficulties.
The proposed plan for Cuban autonomy.ln
brief, is as follows: Spain is willing to give
the Cubans 31 delegates to the Spanish
Cortee.wtth the provision that seven of those,
delegates are to represent tho trades anil
cemmercial Interests of tbe Islind.
WIRES UNNECESSARY.
Telegraphic Xeasafe U be Transmittal
Through the Air.
Nicola Tesla, the electrician, says that ha
baa practically perfected an apparatus by
which telegraphio messages can be trans
mitted without the use ot wire. After ex
perimenting with thU object In view for sev
eral years, Mr. Tesla now believes that be
hu found a way of sending meesage In any
direction, and to any distance, with no oth
er medium than the electrical currents. He
succeeded five yeara ago in demonstrating
tbat wires were not actually necessary for
tbe transmission of electrical currents from
point to point.
"In a very short time I will be able to as
tonish the world," said Mr. Tesla. "I have
of late ceutered my efforts in producing a
disturbance In the electrical forces of the
earth Itself, and I have succeeded. A single
electric signal can be set.t around the earth
by known ordinary means at tbe rata of one
slxteentU of a second. By my instruments
this cun be done at the rate of oue-forty-elghth
of a second. No wires are uecossury
to send telegraphio messages to any dis
tance. Tho message Is projected simply by
producing a disturbance of the electrle lluids
of the earth, and this is felt at all points of
tlio earth because the fluid Is incomprehen
sible. Anybody in any part ot the world
possessing a receiver aud the key to the code
can read the message."
The electrician remarked calmly that It
would, with bis new method, be quite easy
to communicate from any point with a ship
iu mid ocean or a traveler at the North pole,
Mr. Tesla is not ready to make public, any of
tbo details ot his perfected Instrument, but
in a few weeks he proposes to make an ex
traordinary demonstration of his mastery of
the electrical currents.
Ths Dauntless Captured.
The famous filibustering steamer l)aurit
lev was captured a few miles south ot Mi
ami by the United States cruiser Marble
bead. The Iiauutless was about to start for
Cuba with men and munitions of war. Af
ter the enpture the Imimtless was brought
to New York with an . nicer and crew from
tbe Murblebcad in charge.
GLAD NEWS FOE APPLICANTS.
Democratio Postmtiteri Wi'.l Not All Serve
Their Full Time.
Tbe ru.e announced shortly after the ad
ministration assumed charge, that post
masters would be allowed to servo out their
ull term unless removed (or cause, has been
uodllled, and It is expected that wholesale
Ippolmnients to poftolltcra will be msdo
soon. It was officially announced that the
('resident aud the Postmaster General will
rotmder as having expired all postnfllces
which are due to expire between now and
July 15.
It is understood that tbe matte was dis
cussed and tbe decision reached at the
Cabinet meetluir. The reason assigned for
the modulation of tbe announced policy of
the administration Is that it Is tbe uoslre of
tin rostufflcu department to 1111 as many of
fices as poBsitdo before tbe expiration of the
fiscal year, July 1, In order that accounts
may be begun with anew quarter.
Euioid of a Bank President
From a deputy marshal who had come to
arrest blin, it II. MeConnell asked permis
sion to go upstairs and get bis coat. A
moment later n shot was beard and the de
faulting I resident of the defunct Merchants
National Hank of Ocala, Fla., had sent a
bullet through his brain.
Fortunate Hen.
Tbe I'resident sent the following nomina
tions to the Senate: Andrew I), liurlow, of
Missouri, to be Consul General at the City of
Mexico; Harold 8. Van Burun, of New Jer
sey, to be Consul at Nice, France: ( art Bailey
Hurst, of tbe L 1st riot of Columbia (now
Consul at Prague), to be Consul General at
Henna, Austria;
CHLOEINE FOB DIPHTHERIA.
Jeney City Board of Health Is Testing
It
The Board of Health of Jersey City, at tbe
suggestion of aud at tbe personal expense ot
ex-United States Senator Mcpherson. Is test
ing tho chlorine treatment for diphtheria,
by inhalation, as given to tho medloal world
bv I'r. Bracelin. iu tbe published formula in
the medical journals of the country. Mr. J.
J. ltusscll, of Chicago, has been co-opernt-Ing
with the health officers and physicians
In applvlng tbe new remedy, the contention
being that it is superior to the autl-toxlne
given to the medical fraternity through the
Gorman specialists.
The dally papers print in detail tbe results
of the official tests now being made, and
cite that several remarkable cures have been
made where the antl-toxlue remedy had
failed. John I. Crlmmins, of New York,
has made an offer to supply certain of the
New York City hospitals with the chlorine
for experimental purposes, but thus fur they
have declined, on the ground that they are
entirely sutlslled with auli-toxlno treatment.
TERSE TELEGRAMS.
INt Hill WIS OVERPOWERED.
A NEGRO LYNCHED.
W. J. Bryan Is lecturing In Canada.
Three firemen lost their lives at u t 100,000
San Francisco lire.
A great many colored people attended
Negro Day lit the Nashville. Kx position.
Commissioner Calhoun left Havana for tho
United Stutcs on tho 3d by the steamer Sura
toga. Itichnrd Caldwell, n jealous lover, shot
mid killed his sweuthourt, Mury Jenkins, at
Cairo, 111.
Frauds Schlatter, the "Divine Honler," Is
re orted dead. It Is clulmed that bo died of
starvation.
Fifteen thousand people participated In
the New York bicycle parude. 100,001) people
witnessed it, ,
Henry Whito was hanged at Columbus,
Ga., for his share it. tho murder of three po
licemen on October 14.
The town of Foyll, nenr Chelsea, I. JT..
was laid in ruins by a tornado. Ono person
was killed aud ono injured.
The bill forbidding department stores wa"
defeated in tho Illinois llouso of Representa
tives by a vote of 77 to GJ.
Itepresentatlve Bailey, of Texas, the Demo
cratic leader of the House wunts lirvau
nominated for president in 1'JOO.
Uncertainty ns to the passogo of the tarilT
bill has nbligud eastern cotton manufacturers
to curtail the output of their mills.
Natives of the Solomon Islands, iu tho
South Fnclllc, killed throe of tho crew of tho
schooner Nuvaro and ate tlio bodies.
Secretary of State Sherman is considering
n now treaty to bo made with Spuin to settle
perplexing points regarding naturalization.
Theodore Duriuit will not bo hanged on
tbe Hth. His attorneys have gained for him
u now lease of life for four months ut least.
The clonk makers strike is assuming largo
proportions. Three weeks ago there wero
HO I men out, now tho number bus Increased
to 12,000.
Thirteen hundred Mormon missionaries
are now endeavoring to spread tbe faith of
"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints" In thli country.
Frances E. WUliud. the temperance advo
cate, who has been 111 for two months, Is Im
proving. She Is tbe guest of Mrs. Ole Bull,
ut Cambridge, Moss.
Tbe President will leave for the Nashville
exposition at noon ou Wednesday, the 9th,
reachlnit there on thu 11th. He will be back
In Washington on June 15th.
John Tyler Coopor. ex-mayor of Atlantr,
was found guilty of embezzlement. A short
age was found In his accounts as county
commissioner amounting to (2,860.
Beth Low.rresldent of Columbia University
and formerly May oi Brooklyn, hasbeou select
ed as a candidate for Mayor of Greater New
York by the Executive Committee of tho
Citizens' Union.
A special dispatch from Naples says that
Mount Yeruvlus Is in eruption. An area of
2,000 yards long bv 600 wide is covered with
luva, and it Is dangerous to approach within
400 yards of the principal crater,
Sennr Sagasta, the Spanish Liberal loader,
In an interview said that If bis party got into
power tbe first thing tbey would do would
be to oust Weyler from Cuba and change tue
entire policy of the wur on tbe Islaud.
Bichard M. Scruggs, tbe St. Louis million
aire, and his secretary, E. S. Lunghorn, were
held for the grand jury ut New York on a
charge of attempting to Binuggle (3.000
worth of jewelry, etc., Into tbe country from
England.
Tbe Federal Court at llolelgb. N. C. haa
been given judgment for tl2710, principal
and interest, against tbe lloanoke Water
Tower and Navigation Company, of Weldon,
In favor of ex-Senator J. Donald Cameron,
of Pennsylvania. It Is ordered paid In gold
coin.
From Havana It Is learned tbat Wendell
rhilllps, the Cuban war correspondent for
tho Loudon Chroulcle and several American
newspapers, ws formally released from
tho government prisou nt Matunzas, where
bv has been confined fur the past ten days,
uuder promise that be will depurt from
Cuba never to return.
Northern Texas was swept by a tremendous
wind and rain storm, doing great damago to
the wheat and oats crop. At Fort Worth 20
residence wero blown from their founda
tions ard a church was struck by lightning.
At Arlington S. G. Lasuter aud I. J. I'rose
wero caught In a house tbat was destroyed
aud both were seriously hurt.
While the directors of the First National
Bank ot Dover, Del., were in session ex
amlnlug the account of William N. Hoggs,
the paying teller, who has been In their em
ploy fur 15 years, they received a letter from
him saying that he am tflo.000 short and
bad left towa. Ha gave details of his Irreg
ularities, which bad extended over ten years,
Tbe loss will not affect the bank's depositors
nor tbe solveucy ot tbe bank.
Troops Tin lata aa Angry Bob at Ur
ban, Ohio.
"Cllok" Mitchell, a negro, who assaulted
Mrs. Gaumer. at 1,'rbsna, Ohio, a few days
ago, confessed to the crime and was sen
tenced to twenty yean In the penitentiary
June 3. Tbat nigbt a mob surrounded,the
jail. Two companies of militia were called
out At 1:30 o'clock the mob advanced on
tbe jail, and tor two hours the jail was sur
rounded by a howling mob of at least 1,000
to 1,500 people. Twenty rounds were fired
by tbe militia. Tbe volley resulted in Harry
Bell being Bbot through tbe head end killed
instantly. A young man named Haglns was
shot through the body and killed instantly.
Den nte Crancey, ot Urbana, was shot in the
right foot. Dr. Charles Thompson, of North
Lewisburg. received A slight wound on the
forehead. Wesley Bowen, of Cable, was shot
In the blp and died shortly after. Hay
Dickinson, living near Urbana, way shot In
the shoulder. Bay MeClure, of Urbana, waa
shot through the muscle of the right arm.
August Weiser, who was standing on the
street, received a slight wound on tbe face,
and John Wank was shot In the foot.
Tbe mob broke Into the jail, secured
Mitchell, and strung him up to a tree in the
court house yard. Every ope who could
took part in the work, and no attempt was
made at disguise. The military offered no
resistance in view of the feeling against
them.
CLEVELAND REFUSES AN OFFER.
Declines to bs Counsel for Veneiuela in the
Boundary Arbitration.
Ex-rresident Grover Cleveland has de
clined an urgent invitation to become one of
the counsel for tbe Venezuelan Government
to preser.t tbe case of tbnt country before
tbe tribunal of arbitration whlcb will deter,
mine the true divisional line between Venez
uela and British Guiana.
On tbe death of J. J. Storrow, who served
in tbe capacity of legal adviser when nego
tiations were pending for tbe reference of
the question to arbitration, It becamo neces
sary to secure the services of a lawyer whose
high standing and prestige would strengthen
Venezuela's presentation. President Crespo
wrote an autograph letter to Mr. Cleveland
und forwarded It to him by special messen
ger, W. L. Scruggs, specinl counsel for Veu
er.uelu. He took the letter to l'rluceton and
delivered it in person to the former Presi
dent. After giving the proposition due consider
ation, Mr. Cleveland Iu turn wrote an auto
graph letter to President Crespo. iu which
he thanked him for the offer, but said it
would bo Impossible for hiin to accept It. Iu
assigning reasons for his declination, Mr,
Cleveland suid that In view of big well
known friendship for Venezuela, and his be
lief that right Is ou her side of the contro
versy, as shown by various official acts and
representations during bis service ns Chief
Magistrate, he felt tbat It would be mani
festly improper for him to now perform
service for the country he had championed
and accept compensation for so doing.
Die position of counsel will bo tendered
some other lawyer of prominence and recog
nized standing.
HAWAII AGAIN IN TROUBLE.
Diplomatlo Relations May bo Severed
With Japan.
Tho Immigration question hat caused a
serious rupture between Japan and Hawaii.
Officers on board the Jupaneso cruiser Nunl
wai, now ut Honolulu, state that a second
man-of-wnr Is novveuroute to Honolulu, and
that n third vessel Is about to depart from
Yokuhumu for the islands.
Mrs. Slilmamura, wtfo ot the Japanese
minister, tins arranged to leave for Japan
June 0. The intended departure caused a
rumor in Honolulu to the effect that the
ministor would soon follow her He admitted
that he was not sntisllcd with the answer of
the Hawaiian government In regard to tho
Immigrant controversy, and ho gave close
friends to understand that unless a reply
satisfactory to him wero made ho would de
part for Toklo, thereby severing diplomatic
relations between Japan and Hawaii.
THE COWARDLY SULTAN.
To Avoid Responsibility He Leaves Import
ant Matters for His Ministers.
Desirous ot remaining popular with tho
people, and In no manner wishing to com
promise himself In regard to tho pending
peace negotiations, tho sultan lias left these
important inuilcrs to be urruuged by his
ministers.
"It is reported that the palnco party bus
entered into extensive stock exchange opera
tions, on tho theory that the market will
show a rise as tbe prospects of peac Increase.
The Ottoman ambassador at St. Petersburg
has Informed the porte that Count Muravleff,
the Itusslun foreign mluistcr.told bim he per
sonally objected to llussliin Intervention on
behalf of Greece, and bad counteracted the
feminine Intrigues started with that object,
but the holy synod Induced the czar to Inter
vene." Stole a Bailrosd Depot.
Ono nigbt some persons unknown stole tho
Pennsylvania railroad depot at Center, Ind.
It was a mere shuck of four walls and a tem
porary roof built to replace the building de
stroyed by fire three months ago. ,'i'here
had been much ludtgnatlon over tho poor
accommodations for passengers, and it is
thought that tho shod disappeared as a re
sult of this. Suit was brought against the
com puny for failure to provide a proper de
pot anil a flue ot $20 was imposed. The only
remnant ot tbo shed loft was a sign board
bearing tbe 'announcement that tho depot
had been "removed lrom Center to Circumference."
Almost a Panic,
The passenger steamer State of Ohio, of
the Buffalo Hue, blew out a cyliudor head
about 12 miles off Ashtabula, O., and her
machinery was badly wrecked before the
engines culd be stopped. She drifted for
about two hours before her signals were
heard. The tug Bed Cloud went out and
towed ber in. There were CO passengers
on board, who were awakened when the
accident occurred, aud nearly caused a
panic. The damage Is estimated at 10,000.
The passengers continued to their destina
tion by mil.
King George Hu Yielded.
King George, It Is understood, has yielded
several poluis, with a view of hastening the
negotiations and of bringing- about the Turk
ish uvucuutlon of T'liessaly. liussla will sup
port Greece. The Turkish military commis
sion continues to bold sittings at the Ytldlz
kiosk, and it Is tbo general Impression in
Constantinople thut the peace negotiations
will collapse and that the war will be re
newed. The plan ot sending Crown Prince Con
stantino to London bus been abandoned.
Tho likelihood Is that Prince Nicholas will
go in bis steod.
A Gift by Carnsgle.
Andrew Cnrneglo, learning rncontly
through General A. W. Greely, founder of
the Washington City free publlo library, thnt
It must soon be closed half of every day be
cause Its Increased expenses due to Its suc
cess had not been met by Increased subscrip
tions, made It a donation of 1,000 which
will enable It to keep open through tbe reg
ular hours lor tbe rest of tbe year.
SPANISH CRISIS.
Oeversnwnt Xaoeksd Oat By ths Fil
- of Tetnaa.
The premier, Benor Canovaa del Castillo,
ha tendered to the queen regent toe resig
nation ot the cabinet, owing to the difficulty
the minister experience in carrying on the
government In view ot tbe parliamentary alt
nation caused by tbe refusal of tbe Liberal
to take part in tbe deliberation ul eorte.
TbU attitude ot tbe Liberate I due to the
personal encounter between tbe duke vtTe
tuan, tbe minister ot foreign affairs, and
l'xof. Comas, a Literal senator, on May 21,
when the duke slapped the fnce ot the anna
tor aud knocked bim down alter a heated
debate on the Morgan belligerency resolu
tion adopted by tbe United States senate.
Tbe Madrid correspondent ot tbe London
Times says:
"Tbe queen regent baa accepted the resig
nation of the cabinet of Honor Canovas del
Castillo. It has caused a profound sensation.
Before taking this stop her majesty begged
Senor Canovas to remuiu In office until to
morrow In order that she might have another
opportunity to consider the matter In
council. but this only meant thnt the resigna
tion would be accepted. Senor Canovas
tendered his resignation because he could
not again undertake to re-establish his re
lations wltn the Literals. He preferred to
leave the crown full liberty to decide as to
the best solution. Both houses of the cortes
voted without debate the financial supplies
necessary to enable the cortes to adjourn
slue die, and granted authority tor the issue
ot treasury bonds and the contraction of
loans guaranteed by the Spanisn treasury to
cover expenses of tlio wars in Cuba aud the
Philippine Islands with a special lien on the
revenues of Spain of the Cuian war loan.
"The queen regent then signed tbo decree
suspending the sittings, whereupon Senor
Canovaa Immediately tendered his resigna
tion. COKE PLANT PROJECTED.
Every Arrangement Made for a Gr;at
Concern.
An extensive new cuke plant is to be built
on the McCrenry farm iu the vicinity of
ouugwood, Pn. About ISO ovens will be
erected ut once und some 300 men will find
steady employment. The receutly Incorpor
ated Southwest Connecting liitilroud Com
pany will In a few days begin tbo construc
tion of a single track line from Ueutty.ontho
Pennsylvania Hitiiroad, to Traugar, ou tho
Youngwood branch, a distance of seveu
miles. The new railroad will be a passenger
and general tinlllc line, but thu ultimate pur
pose Is to transfer the coko to bo produced
at tlio new plant. The cost of tho construc
tion ot the railroad is estimated ut (150,000.
The new road will have ts own rolling
stock. Tho route for Eastern shipment will
be shortened about 25 miles. Several hun
dred men have been engaged tor the build
ing ot the road.
The McCrenry tract, upon which tho coko
plant will be locateii, contains 130 acres and
Is underlaid with uu eight-foot vein of tho
beet coking colli. One of tho finest coko
plants to b" found Iu the region will be built.
J'hero will bo 40 double tenement houses and
other building erected.
Tho Incorporators of tho road nro princi
pally Pittsburg men, among them Charles E.
Speer. President of the First National Bunk,
ami John W. Wilson, of Pittsburg. Mr.
Speer is President of tho company. Tho
coal tract was purchased for fci.0,000.
SWALLOW FOR TREASURER.
Pennsylvania Prohibitionist Nominate ths
Fighting Freachor.
With more enthusiasm than Pennsylvania
Prohibitionists huve manifested in recent
years, the 240 delegates at that pnrty's statu
convention in Altoona, nominate! for State
Treasurer l!ev. Dr. Silas C. Swallow, of
llarrisburg, editor of The Pennsylvania
Methodist, and for Auditor General," W. W.
Lathrop, ot I.ackiiwiiiinii county. Both
nominations were made by necluinutlon. A
regulation Prohibition platform was adopted
uud over ;4,000 was raised towurd the culu
palgii. llev. Illclmrd H. Gilbert, of Huntington,
presided over thn convention, and thero wero
u score of vice presidents. The business was
concluded promptly uud tbo convention clos
ed early.
After tho convention adjourned, tho Stnto
Central committee met mid appointed the
following executive committee: Chairman,
Charles li. Jones, Pbiliidelphiu: secretary,
George Hoffman, Montgomery county; trea
surer, Cleviin Dniges, Lycoming county; S.
W. Murray, Northumberland; A. G. Thiiias
son, Lackawanna; J 1 i rum DeWnlt, Philadel
phia; Kllsha Kent, Mchoiin; George ('. Mor
gan, Montgomery: John D. GUI, Venango;
J. T. Munscll, I.vcoming: Homer I- Castle,
Allegheny; It. II. Engle, Dauphin: Dr. T. M.
Johnson, Lebanon; William Macl'uuk, Wash
ington, The mass meeting In the evening was large
ly attended. Address wero mado by National
Chairman Dickie, ltev. C. S. Mead. Quiney
Morrow, Buv. Dr. Swallow und Mr. Lath
rop. SAFE COULD NOT BE OPENED.
Even an Expert Labored 24 Hours With
out Effect.
A safe, designed to resist the efforts cf
robbers, received a very satisfactory test iu
Chicugo.
It is fastened to the lloor of thn car, nnd
not even tlio expri'ss messenger knows the
combination ly which It may be opened.
This knowledge is Intrusted only to the ox
press agents stationed nt different points be
tween New York nnd Chicago which ordl
narly consign large sums of money.
Night Agent llarpo was greatly surprised
upon going to the safe which contained
100,000 to find thut tho combination would
not work. Day Agent Vudicun was sum
moned from bis homo, but hu also fulled.
Telegram to those points at which tho safo
had been opened proved that It had been
successfully operated as far as Detroit, but
somewhere U-tweeu Detroit and Chicago the
mechanism bud become disarranged.
A safe export was 'called In, und tin began
work on it nt dawn Saturday und labored
all day and all night. He was still at work
with bit and drill, when a delayed letter ar
rived from Now York containing tbe new
combination.
THE LITEST HI
WORK OF A MADMAN.
H Attempted to Kill Hi Four Children
and Himself.
Edgar Harris, a letter currier, 82 year ot
ago, living at 1724 Ashland arenuo, Balti
more, shot and killed his 12-year-old son
Goorge, and bis C-y ear-old daughter Ada,
wounded his daughter Ella, aged 14, and
then turned the pistol on himself. He Is now
lying at the point of death In the Johns
Hopkins hospital.
Little Edgar Harris, Jr., aged 0 years, was
the only member ot tbo family who escaped
uninjured. He wit lying in 'bed beside bis
brother Goorge in the frout aocond-etory
room. His father fired at him, but the bullet
missed bi bead by n half Inch and burled It
self in the pillow. The insane father then
rushed into the back room to kill the girl,
and the little fellow lied down stair and es
caped. Harris I thought to have been mentally
unbulanced by the recent (tenth ot Ills wlfu,
to whom be wn deeply devoted. He had
always been a devoted husband and father.
ANGELL AND THE TURK. ' J
Objection t th Saw KiaUttr Wlthdrawm
ty Ot fort.
The objection ot the Sultan to receiving
Pr. Jame & Angell, ot Michigan, as minis
ter of tbe United States ha been withdrawn.
Tbe state department waa so notified by Mr.
Terrell, tbe present diplomatlo representa
tive ot the country In Constantinople, Mr.
Terrell ha sought from the 11 ret to disabuse
the minds of tbe Turkish nuthorltle ot
prejudice against Dr. Angell. It was be wno
notified the state department of the feeling
of the porte against the new minister, which
brought forth an explanation from Dr. An
gell tbat was transmitted to Turkey through
Ibis government
The principal complaint ot the porte
against Dr. Angell waa based on an erone
ou idea ot the Congregational church, of
which tbe pone understood Dr. Angell was
a member. Tbo. representations made to
the Turkish government, Mr. Terrell says,
were that tbe Cougregatlonalists were a
politlcnl-religiou body, likened by the
Turks to tbe Jesuits, and tbnt bad design
on the welfare of the Sultan' empire. The
Sultau was therefore advised to object to re
ceiving as the representative of a friendly
foreign power a man who wo a member ot
and in sympathy wit'.i, it not actually con
cerned In. a body that was working agnlnst
his Interests. This and the other objection
were explained away by Dr. A.igell, and
Turkey is now willing to welcome bim wltb
Ottoman cordiality.
CAMPOS HAS BEEN CALLED.
Quean Regent of Spain Hastily Send for
Cnba's Former Captain-General.
Tbe resignation ot tbe Spanish cabinet and
the general state of political uneasiness ab
sorb publlo attention. A cabinet council was
hold, the queen recent presiding. Tbe re
tiring premier, Senor Canovns del Castillo,
mado a long stutemeut regarding Cuba, the
Philippine Islands, the International situation
and tho relations between Spain und tbe
United Hlulus, which led to his resigna
tion. Her majesty declared herself satisfied
with the explanation of Senator Canovas,
and begged him to continue the government
until the crisis was solved.
Senor ( uiiovus, after the council, snid the
queen had asked him to telegraph Marshal
Martinez do Campos, asking him to como to
.M. id i id, and that the latter hud replied thut
ho would arrive hero to-morrow. Seuor
Canovas added thnt a solution ot the crisis
would tie difficult, aud depended upon thn
conferences between the iieen regent, Gen
eral CuinpoH und Senor Segnsta, the Liberal
leader. It Is suid the Hitter Is prepared to
apply extensive reforms to Cubu through tho
instrumentality of General Campos, who, it
Is believed, will shortly Biicceed Genural
Weyler us ciiptuin-geueriil of Cubu.
FOR CRETAN AUTONOMY.
Scheme Proposed by Francs That Seem to
be Approved.
The French government 1ms submitted to
the powers proposals on the subject of Cre
tan autonomy. Tbey comprise tho enroll
ment of a foreign gendarmerie and a loan to
puy the gendarmerie und provide for the In
itial expenses of thu administration of the
Island of Crete, llussla supports these pro
posals, and it is believed Great Britain also
favors them.
l-Mlicm Pasha has given all merchants IS
days in which to withdraw their goods from
the custom house nt Yolo. At the expira
tion of that time all goods remaining iu the
custom house will bo conllscated by thu
Turkish authorities.
A dispatch from Berlin says that the
Turkish government has opened negotiations
with an Kuglish firm for overhauling the en
ire Turkish licet. All the Ironclads will be
reconstructed and six new men-of-war built.
Chicago Held Liable.
Judge Grosecup of tbo federal court up
held tbe liability ot tbe City ot Cbloago tor
damage to railroetljproperty by reason ot
theiuikeotm. . .
Cretan Massaored.
Reports nro received nt Athens of further
massacres In Crete. Those advices say that
the Turks made n sortie from Heraklion
Friday night and murdered six Christians ut
tialifa, in the neutral zone. 'Die victims
were killed while asleep. At a point beyond
Galifa tho Turks murdered three men, three
women aud u child, after which they return
ed to Horakliou, where the governor tried
to place tho marauders.under arrest. Tho at
tempt to arrest them caused a riot, which
was quelled with difficulty.
FOREIGN ITEMS.
A battle ship of 11,000 tons Is to bo built
for Japan In England.
Thn British steamer Aral, from Now Y'ork
to Dover, collided with the schooner Pearl,
The captain's wif"j und two of the crew were
drowned.
During n pnrudn at Berlin, In which the
Emperor anil Empress participated, they
were hooted and not cheered by the German
populuce.
Chulalongkorn I, King of Siam, will visit
the United States. He will sail from Lon
don in his own yacht, immediately after the
jubilee festivities.
Floods In Southeastern France have
caused thn loss of f2,000,00'J worth of prop
erty. Four thousand factory employes are
thrown out of work.
President Fntiro of France Is about to visit
Iliissin. Emperor William, of Germany, I
desirous of sending a fleet to salute the
president, but the French object to tbla plan.
Five million people wish to see tbe jubilee
procession In Loudon and no more than 1,
500,000 can possibly be accommodated.
Consequently the queen is nervous, toaring
a calamity.
The Irish National League of Great Brit
ain requests Irishmen to take no part In the
coming Jubilee celebration. It is asserted
that lrelund bus received no benellts what
ever from tbe reign ot Queen Victoria.
In the cbnmbnr ot deputies nt Paris
Gerault ltlehnrd shouted for "Uovolutlou"
and was forcibly ejected. The revolutionary
ory was loudly applauded by thu Socialists
and the bouse adjourned In uproar.
Woman Burned to Death.
BctwtMu 12 aud 2 o'clock a. m., two men
discovered a lire on the roof of tbe home of
Ambrose Furmau, ot Strattnuvllle, Ta. The
iumates wore aroused, but the stairway wss
cut oft by the lire, and they bad to jump.
Of the six Inmates of tbo house, live escaped
with slight Injuries, while Mrs. Emma Liver
more waa burled under the roof when It fell
and was bruned to death. Furman, bis wife
and two children, and Llvermore, hushaud
of tho dead woman, escaped In their night
clothes. It Is thought Mrs. Llvermore went
back to get a dress when the roof foil In and
caught ber. Nothing waa saved from tbe
bouse.
A Feat n Photography.
William A. Eddy, of New York, ha Just
taken the first double photograph In mid air
that baa ever been secured. He did tbi
with special apparatus, after a year of study.
By this Invention It will be possible to take
from mid air a perfect photograph ot tbe
entire horizon line. With such an apparatus
Eddy claim that a photograph can be taken
at sea. which will show a ship approaching
when it Is 10 mile beyond tbe borizoj. Hue
ar seen from a ship's deck. Tbe inveutor Is
confident bis apparatus can be used to great
advoutnue in case of war. The photograph
waa taken with two camera, but it I pro
posed to arrange elght,so that tbey will pho-
tograpn iu entire noruon at once.
Off,
MUCH ENCOURAGE""
Dm U Oaly 6 eel U jv. .
itaati.a. M N
R a Dun A Ca'a weekly ttTfc
to-morrow aayat
The statement ot allure ta t
brancoea ot business gives nines,
ment In amount.of default
month waa the smallest sloes S
1896; in manufacturing liabilltiea tbe1"1
Inc November, 18KS, and In tredi
the smallest since September 1
month In lS'Ji. Failure ot B2a'
have not been a small in anyttLM?""
as only two month of tblny.fi, , I !
been smaller tullure in books sod k :
five in groceries and not one trsdir
tbat month baa reported tatlurw Tl
In tbe bait proceeding month, if'
furniture failure aie rather num.. t
The Matement tbat exct pt fur .
ary depression In prices tbe Volum!!'?
ness transacted is now larger th J 1
182-the year of greatest rl
been questioned by some. fiut . 7"J
of prices thl week In the lendv,?1-'
of manufacture not only eoiiiiruu To
but show a remarkable similariti v
course of price in the eariisr
1879. when the most wonder'ui ,7"
production and prices ever knuwn taf,'
any other couutry was close at ha-j
key of tbe situation Is the exemsij, V
Hon of some goods In advauce f m
ed Increase in demand. So in icsl i
tion gradually gained, month by ffi
til suddenly It was fouud thut th. 5 '
was greater than the possible tmk
know how price then advanced l
most marvelous progress in u,, h'J
any country resulted within tw0 i ''
ports from all parts of tlm
show that retail distribution of
unusually large and Increasing Vwl
'el
Improvement in tbe market for tjl
uuem. vuuouis uoi uignsr; and ik.J
thnt tha lull rnn 111 I... i. '
the floods, Is general, while tin .i.J
good does not ohauge.althotiKh In b,y
try It Is large enough. Xr ,h((
J 'tl'.ll'i IV, VtUOlPQ (rood,
-The Iron indastry is apparently tm.
coutrncts.iu part because of very I,,,
lo being made for beams.
stronger and irrav forirc
der pressure of southern sniiy ul
Tho rail mill ore all full, w mcI
v oiumujf imviuK uruers lor a rsiin.l
uiiuKi'B "uu mere is tjettr;.J
for plate and sheets, and from m.i-1
ricuiturnl Implements ut Chii-oso for J
nuiliujcuis 01 mm ore iroin Dulutt, li
ceed those of any previous tr K
Minnesota Iron Comnnnv mul ur..J
mills shipping over loo.uuu to,,,
......L. U'l.ll.. fhu -...I .. . . , "Ll
,,u,,u iuu COIIIUIIlSIIOlltli
yci uei-ii lormeii, expectation t,f lt ,
large uemunu lias ucivanoed prices o
Do per keg. 1 In is very firm in p.
visible supply of 114. 43tl tuns hi iu v
there are larger dealings iu cmm-I
above lie for luk'e. Lead j- u fUlt j.J
at 34c(uud tin plntes arc till wWiA
iui lull n cigub swt'ril ftn.
Crop prospec'saro s i gon.l tint ,
mor customary at this season have nu ll
tlon. It was stated a week ago tbftJ
me nonnwestern romis projects
mnrkubly bright, nnd higliiv fivin! J
ports buvo since appeared from KitiJ
irom lexas aro given in dispatches frr J
i acino coasi. ino receipts hem 1
points are 2,05S,7'J3 bushl. iicuu!:
475 last year, and the Atlantic cspirn l
inuiiiticu, wuro i,llj, in bushel),
i,6M,noi nisi year. J lie enorm ia
oi corn continues, receipts iiavins I
D.3H2.00O bushels, against iDWtaiJ
for the same week last year, J iJ
ports wore i,tu.&uti husuels, agaitst J
311! last year.
Failures for tho week linve ten2J
United States, against TM l;i-t year. J
iu iuuuuu, against zj lust yinr.
PEOPLE'S PARTY MEETS.
It Adopts a Platform and NoaiuUi
Officers.
The Pennsylvania state convention
National People's party wis heiiiinA;:
4.1 delegates, representing lOcountls,
present. Judge StovouBoiyjf Allegto
elected chairman.
Tho following ticket was nominate! 1
convention: For Btute treasurer, Dr. Hi
Ayers, of Columbus, Warren eouctyisl
general, nr. I.. L. iayior, ei raw:
statu chairman, Charles M. Miller, til
ville, editor of tho Sleditehamiw,
state orgnn ot the Populist putty.
The nlattorm adopted favurssalt
policy, including both Unmida! sod
systems. It ceusures the presenlsts.
ministration for extraviumnrt so;
creation of useless offices. Tlx IsH
lions aro denounced as having kenrij
ous. while nubile schools sutler Mifl
ntions. Mention Is mude In the t.M
ii bout favored bunks holding state fl'
nail niLvlnir no interest. uJ recoml
chunge. Official salaries ehoulJ be r
to correspond with the wages -sia j
Ingmen. Tbey urge all county wl 1"1
gaulzatious to their duty ofstuu'lini: W
nnrnnlmtioiiii until its 1111 UrUS'lllOM
irrafted with the public lnw. Ths p-M
ends by appealing to the citterns no
prosperity to vote with them thisM.
BEATEN ON AN APfWt
George M. Irwin toies Tet Ml N
York Courts.
George M. Irwin, Ine rituburgh 4
Whose "discretionary pool acoiewn
remembered reputation, was bnt1
appeal from a judgment of wn
trial term. After bis failure Inn wj.
by Henry Zeltner. of New ori
. a i i.M 36 sent W
Smith to Irwin concern fur IdwuJ
the discretionary pool, Jtiw "jjjn
.i..... .io....i ,....ivoi,r themos'l
held that the contract, if My-
execuieu in inn mum v.
that the state of New York In n
tion. Tbe trial Judge neiu
and dlreoted a verdict for th'P'jra
win promptly appealed. s.0""!!.
term sustains the action of tne
The decision is important n"j
fact that there are hundreds of Pn
sent money to Irwin under sib -stances,
and have only been
suits until they ''"''I''liw
general term regarding ' '"'i
win uu mo cumin v
ts d.cti on. .
DROWNED AT lMI(lSt
Wreck of th. Zelllk. t K
Twelve of the t".
Tbe low of tbe Hrlttob .blp ZeUW
from New York for Welling
ea in tne aeaiu vj
disaster to the ship was rer"
but at the time the nw'S"
... .I.,,-, I- .nra known. 'UC
"- " - - ,.,, turn"-:
Frldav. in Palllr.ee bay, uurlnK J
first uews of It reached Wy'rfd
pigeon, released from Ju,
i..niii,. 'i' in firnw uuw
ashore.
HwgedBTt",'
Jame. Lewis, oolored, W ' i
convicted of criminal
ot Fairfax, Ya.. "han
with her toq onH.Wle,-rw ;