late it-l aa a til. lnr trlct am Sny irli.nl a m irt. Ten mi ty 01 letU aeekl oron; the. aneff ml leant Con) re ret d dd ixtlcci L Party Leaders Bring the Civil War to an End. SOLDIERS TO BE WITHDRAWN And the Ueetlnsa of the Leajlalature to be Kramurd at the State Houae la Frankfort Kunrnl of the Mur dered Democratic Governor. Louisville, Feb. 6. A conference be tween accredited representatives; of the two state governments was held at the Gait House In this city last night as a step toward bringing about a peace ful settlement of the disturbed polltlcr.l conditions now existing. The Demo crats at first were inclined to press their demands to the limit, requiring the withdrawal of troops from the state buildings at Frankfort, the recog nition of Beckham as governor wit hum any further action by the legislature, on the reports of the contest boards by which Goebel and Beckham were de clared to have been elected, after which the main points In controversy were to be adjudicated by due process of law. The Republicans showed no disposi tion to make such extreme conces sions. They had elected to stand on the legality of Taylor's proclamation, though the statement to some extent of the belligerency of the authorities at Frankfort was reflected in their ar guments. This had been expected since the release of Alonzo Walker after Taylor's military officers had refused to recognize a writ of habeas corpus in Ms case. Shortly after midnight the con ferees came to an agreement. A sten ographer was summoned and a docu- WILLIAM E. GOEBEL. ment was drawn up for the signatures of the participants In the conference. It Is said the agreement is decidedly favorable to the Democrats. Taylor Is to withdraw the state troops from the state buildings at Frankfort and send them home. The order convening the legislature at London, Ky., is to be revoked and the regular sessions of the general assembly are to be resum ed at the state capital without molesta tion. It is believed the understanding I arrived at will result In an amicable settlement of the dispute between the two parties in this state and do away with the dual governments now as serting themselves. Taylor's representatives at the con ference were Lieutenant Governor John Marshall, Attorney David Fal- lelgh, General Dan Lindsey, T. H. Edelin, Judge Robert Barr and Post master T. H. Baker, of this "city. For the Democrats there were pres ent Senator-elect Blackburn, ex-Governor J. B. McCreary, Judge Robert J. Breckinridge and Colonel Phil Thomp son. A large number of telegrams and letters of congratulation have poured in upon Democratic Governor Beck ham, all addressed to the governor of Kentucky. One of these, from Colo nel C. E. Smith, of Culpepper, Va., of fers the services of 900 men "to see justice meted out." J. B. Gosborn, of the Kansas Democratic state commit tee, telegraphed: "The Democrats of the nation are at your back. Stick." In his office in the state house at Frankfort last night Republican Gov ernor Taylor made a distinct and pos- W. S. TAYLOR. lltlve offer to submit the merits of his lo'sjclalm to the gubernatorial chair of Kentucky to any three fair minded men in the world, these three men to be selected by the United States su preme court. He will allow them to arbitrate the case and will abide by their decision, lerifl' Since the shooting of Gobel by an Jan assassin hidden In a state building, on rifl Tuesday of last week, each day has ' 'brought some radical action on the part of both Republicans and Demo '"V)hv erts, each side claiming to support the a ej only legal governor. Two men are in fSnj ail at Louisville on suspicion, but nvnui nere scems to be no evidence against (lther. One of these is Harland Whlt Mell aker, a farmer of "Governor" Taylor's tors, tome county, and the other is James pmai Jutton, sheriff of Whlteley county, a sitter opponent of "Governor" Goebel. JJJ Phe swearing In of Goebel as governor, ralte lfter the majority of the legislature enfor lad declared him legally elected, took a Oct Wednesday night. At the ..... lame time J. C. W. Beckham was . ' iworn in as lieutenant governor. The iltiiortnn iicj ftirthor iwtm nl (rri t ml loot pieHMtiwu n uu l hi ill. i i wni..o ni' i nw.i Saturday night by the death of Goebel nd the swearing In of Beckham as overnor. The troops who were called 9 Frankfort by Taylor's order were rdered to disperse by Goebel as soon s the latter took the oath of office, but IS Goebel order has been ignored. Two c Taylor's official acts were Ignored on fcamday- President Rodman, of the fined to cash checks signed by the governor for the pay of the militia. and warden Llller, of the Frankfort penitentiary, refused to release a pris oner pardoned by Taylor. Meantime, the legislature having been declared adjourned by Taylor, the Democratic majority has been prevented by the military from entering the state house. Today the body of Wtlliam E. Goe bel Is lying In state in Covington, and tomorrow it will lie in state In Frank fort. The interment will take place In Frankfort, In the cemetery where Vice President Richard Johnson and several Kentucky governors ar buried. The Democratic legislature wnl make an appropriation for a monument, and this will be udded to by private sub scriptions. NICARAQUA CANAL TREATY. Rniclnnd Aarrera That Our liovern mrnt Minll Have Absolute Control. Washington. Feb. 5. The United States and Great Britain have reached an amicable agreement respecting the operations of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty as affecting the right of con struction and control by the United States of the proposed Nicaragua canal. The result marks the termination of conferences between the officials of the state department and Lord Paunce fote of fully a year's duration, during which a number of meetings were held and the subject fully discussed by the representatives of the governments in terested. Great Britain agrees to a modification of the Clayton-Bulwei treaty, by which she practically relin quishes any claims respecting a dual control of the Nliaragun canal after It shall have been constructed. The re sult, therefore, Is to eliminate that feature of the treaty bearing on the subject of dual control and to leave thf United States free to construct and therefore lontrol this great inter oceanic waterway. The substitute treaty was formally signed today by Secretary Hay for the United States and Ambassador Pauncefote for Great Britain. Chlenuo'a inu BaiMimaj Strike nritnn Chicago, Feb. 6. At a meeting of the Building Trades council here yes terday labor difficulties reached what is thought to lie a crisis. The busi ness agents of the hod carriers and building laborers was ordered to call off the men at work on every building ; in Chicago where the new rules of the building contractors council were posted. As nearly every firm of build ing contractors In Chicago Is bound by the rules of the contractors' coun cil, this means that 6,000 men will be ordered to strike. In addition to this number 8,000 carpenters, it Is as serted, will walk out next Saturday. Already 2,000 plumbers are out. Dnlllnatun Booth Drnouneea r.naJanri Buffalo, Feb. 5. Ballington Booth, commander-in-chief of the Volunteers of America, said at a public meeting yesterday: "I do not believe the sun in Heaven ever shone on a more just war than that of the United States ! against Spain. But could it be said that the sun ever shone on a more unjust war than the one between Great Britain and the Transvaal ? I'm an Englishman by birth and education , and with all her faults I have some ' love for England still. But my respect 1 for her would be deeper and truer had she not entered Into this uncalled and unjust war." To I'revrnl Railroad Wnra. New York, Feb. 6 The Herald says: It Is the plan of Pennsylvania railroad and their allies, as represent ed by President A. X Cassatt, to ob tain a voice in the management of the Norfolk and Western railway. This Is a part of the general Vanderbllt-1 Pennsylvania's scheme which has for Its object an alliance of all the rail toads of the east having seaboard terminals, whereby the eastern rate Situation will be so securely held In the 1 hands, of the dominant interests that railroad wars will be impossible. Mr. Illakr'a Ambition. New York, Dec. 6. Mrs. LllliePever enux Blake last night announced her candidacy for the presidency of the National Woman Suffrage association at the national convention of the as sociation, which meets on Thursday at Washington. There have been only two elections In the association since it was founded in 1869, the election of Elizabeth Cady Stanton as the first president, and the endorsement of Miss Anthony, who had been acting as president for a long time and was chosen without any opposition. William E. Cotter Pardoned. Washington, Feb. 6. The president i has granted a pardon to William E. Cotter, who pleaded guilty in 1898 to the charge of defrauding the National Bank of Delaware at Dover, and was sentenced to 18 months In the penlten- tlary and to pay a fine of $5,000. The prisoner Is afflicted with an incurable disease of the heart, and his life would be endangered by further confinement. Sunk In a tiale and Two Drowned. New York. Feb. 6 The barges Wil son and Mary Tyron were wrecked and sunk In Huntington bay, near Hunt- lngton, L. I., yesterday In a heavy northwest gale. The captain of the ! Wilson. John Flnley, and his wife were drowned. Captain J. A. Crora-1 well, his wife and two small shlldren, of the Mary Tyron, were rescued with difficulty. Reported Srrlooa W reck In Ohio. Flndlay, O., Feb. 6. Word has just been received that a freight and pas senger train on the Hocking Valley railroad collided at Carry, resulting in the death of a fireman, engineer, ex- press messenger and two others. No (Hither particulars are obtainable new. I Rlotona Convict (iunrda Killed. Little Rock, Feb. 6. Two convict guards, W. W. Harlan and A. J. Ral ford, attempted Sunday night to ter rorize the town of Portland, in Arthur eounty. They resisted the local of ficers and both guards were shot and killed. Labor Candidate Counted la. Winnipeg, Man., Feb. 6. The re count of ballots cast in the recent Winnipeg bye-election was concluded yesterday and the result is that Mr. K. D. Martin, independent, is counted out and Mr. Puttee, the labor candi date, is counted in by eight majority. A. Military Authority Thinks He Is Making a Wide Detour. ROBERTS REBUKES PRESIDENTS. Kroner mill Ptryn Had Complained of Urltlall leatruttlon of Properly. Dut Hip ili'ltlah t ommnndrr Ili-nlra the I'barie, London, Feb. 6. Military opinion in London continues to assume, from very slender muterials, that General Buller is again throwing his army against the lioer works. A retired general, Sir William Henry Green, whose distinguished career gives weight to his opinion, thinks that General Buller. with 25,000 men, is making a wide detour to the west and north in order to avoid the roughest parts of the country. As General Dul ler must have some thousands of wa gons. Sir William Green points out that the advance would necessarily be slow. No authentic word is at hand, save that the war office reaffirmed orally to newspaper Inquirers at a late hour that It could not confirm the reported advance. There the Natnl situation rests. It is from the western field that more definite statements come. Large oper ations are apparently about to begin. General French, who has now return ed to Kensburg from his conference with Lord Roberts, has sent what is described as nn overwhelming force of infantry to seize Norval's Point. This is where the railway, before it was destroyed, crossed the Orange river and connected with the Free State Trunk line with Bloemfontein. Norval's Point is 19 miles north of Colesburg and -.r miles from General French's headquarters at Kensburg. The Boers at Coles berg have been In danger of being surrounded by the largely reinforced and extending lines of the British. An occupation of Nor val's Point in force would presumably render Cblesberg untenable. The Boers are showing great act'.v Ity in the Nouuwpuort and Colesberg districts. Many of the guns hitherto facing Ixird Methuen are believed to have gone to Norval's Point. The British, therefore, may find formid able bodies of Boers there. The war office announces that 1fi transports will be dispatched between today and Monday with 13,000 troops, Including the Fourth cavalry brigade, militia battalions nnd 3,000 yeomanry, with 258 horses and six guns. These 13,000 aie not Included In the 180,000 due to be In South Africa on Feb. IS. The censorship seems to have completely shut down the correspond ents at Spearman's Camp. No dis patch from that point appears In this morning's papers and nothing has been allowed to issue since Sunday evening. According to a dispatch from Cape Town President Steyn and President Kruger have communicated with Field Marshal Lord Roberts, the British commander-in-chief, protest lug against the destruction of farm houses and the devastation of property. Iird Roberts, In replying, declared the charges were not sustained, adding that wanton de struction of property was contrary to British practices. Lord Roberts says further: "I regret to say that It Is the Republican forces which are in some cases guilty of carrying on the war In a manner not in accordance with civilized usage. I refer especially to the expulsion of loyal subjects of her majesty from their homes in the in vaded districts of this colony because they have refused to be commandeered by the invaders. It is barbarous to at tempt to force men to take sides against their own sovereign and coun try by threats of spoliation nnd ex pulsion." CONGRESSMAN SIBLEY EXCITf-D. Dc'clari-a III Seat f nnatructlvrl.v on the llrpiihllcnn Side. Washington, Feb. 6. The Democrats of the house continued their BSSnult upon the Philippine policy of the ad ministration during the genei-;:l de bate upon the diplomatic and con sular appropriation bill yesterday. Two speeches were made by Democratic members of the foreign affairs com mittee, Mr. Dinsmore of Arkansas and Mr. Champ Clark of Missouri, oppos ing the retention of the islands. The speech of Mr. Clark, which lasted nl most two hours, was a notable effort, replete with unique epigrams, and at tracted much attention. Mr. Sibley, of Pennsylvania, who was elected as a Democrat, but who made a speech last week defending expansion, was goaded yesterday Into the announcement that the Democrats could consider bis seat constructively on the Republican side. Wnwhlnitton'a Aneeatora' tirareatonea Washington, Feb. 6. Representative Knhn, of San Francisco, has received a letter from Dr. Robert Davies, of that city, telling of tho successful efforts he has made to secure from England the gravestone of Lawrence and Eliza beth Washington, ancestors of George Washington, which he desires to have deposited in the Washington monu ment or the Smithsonian Institution. Dr. Davies located the stone In the churchyard at Wiltshire, and has final ly overcome all obstacles to bringing the relics to America. Mr. Kahn will lay the matter before the authorities here. The Coat of War. Washington, Feb. 6. Responding to a senate resolution the secretary of wnr reported yesterday the expendi tures by the war department of the $50,000,000 defense fund. The war de partment expended $16,525,564, divid ed among the different bureaus, the principal amounts being: Ordnance, $6,849,459: engineering. $5,576,083; quartermaster's bureau, $1,987,427; pay department, $1,477,872. Called Statea Senator Bard. Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 6. A Becret freetlng of the Burns forces decided to throw the entire Republican support for the senatorohlp to Thomas R. Bard, who received the caucus nomination. This action of the Burns forces as sures Bard's election to the United States senate to succeed Stephen M. White. . WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSEr Wedneadny, Jnn. :tl. The Independent Order of Foresters has been placed In the hands of a re ceiver. 'nllwenza Is rampant In Italy. The qi;een is suffering slightly from the pi nvnlllng disease. Charles Franklin Dunbar, professor ef political economy at Harvard col lege, died In Cambridge. The population of Porto Rica is plac ed in the preliminary enumeration as fi."i7,C79. The last census, taken in 1S87, showed a population of 800,708. The electric plant nnd laboratories of the Bellaire lO. ) Steel works were destroyed by fire, and 2.010 men are thrown out of employment temporarily, During a tornado un express train on the New Foundland railroad was lifted off the track and deposited in n bog some distance away. Fire destroy ed the colonial inn 1 1 for Canada and the United States. Nobody was hurt. 'i'Iiurniln . Keli. I. Porto Kii() is to have a delegate in Contrast, Roberts, Mormonlte, rejected by congress, talks of suing for salary and mileage. The Naval Register discloses the fact that Schley precedes Sampson two numbers. The Republican national committee decides that state conventions should nominate all presidential electors. House elections committee No. 3, de cided In favor of seating Wise, the con testant, for the Second Virginia con gressional district. Senator Penrose yesterday introduc ed a bill to make the proceeding!! of the Grand Army of the Republic a part of the public records of the Uni ted States. Friday, Feb, . David 0. Watkins has been appoint ed United States district attorney foi New Jersey. Rev. Madison ('. Peters, of New York, is to join the Baptist church, as he opposes infant baptism. Fire in a parochial school In St. Louis resulted in the death of Sister Stanislaus and little Mary Foley. In Glamorganshire, Wales, a young woman has married her fifth husband In 18 months, the first four having died. Julius Schroeter is under arrest In New York, charged with securing loans aggregating $68,000 on forged Virginia bonds. The Virginia Democratic legislative caucus decided to order a vote on the question of calling a convention to frume a new constitution tor the slate. .Hnturday, Feb. a. The vote of trainmen on the Great Northern Pacific railway has averted the anticipated strike on that systi m. Mr. Adalbert S. Hay, the United States consul at Pretoria, left Lorenzo Marques yesterday on his way to his post. George N. Wlswell, of Milwaukee, has been selected as sergeant-at-urms of the Philadelphia Republican con vention. The conference of .miners and em ployers at Indianapolis agreed on a wage scale, thus averting a threatened monster strike. A partial strike of coal miners has broken out In the Wurm district of Germany, and it is thought thrs may become general in that locality. Walter L. Farnsworth, the bigamist, was seitenceu at Chicago to five years imprisonment and $1,00(1 fine, the ex treme penalty. He complains thru the papers charged him with having 40 wives, while he had "only eight." Monday. Feb, A. William Stanley Hazeltlne, the ma rine artist, died in New York, aged 64. Governor Poynter, of Nebraska, will fight the rich cattlemen's proposal to rent government lsnd to the highest bidders. Hon. R. J. Phelps, ex-minister to England, ill with pneumonia at New Haven, Is recovering. Mrs. White, wife of the United States ambassador at Berlin, Is con lined to her bed with Influenza. Rev. Booker Fox, one of the most noted negro evangelists In the west, died yesterday at Ottumwa, la., aged 104 years. Fire In St. Ijuls destroyed nearly four blocks, causing II, 500,000 to $2. 000,000 loss. Fireman Charles Mappes was killed. Arthur Sewall, who was candidate for vice president with Bryan, pre dicts the Nebraskan's renomination and defeat. In Buenos Ayres Saturday 102 sun strokes were officially reported, 93 be ing fatal. The temperature was 120 In the shade. Tueaday, Feb. IS. It Is reported in Peru that a cabinet crisis is imminent. South Carolina now ranks second in the cotton mill industry. The total number of men available for military duty In the United States, hut unorganized, is 10,343,150; aggre- Uumor8 of trouble In the Venezuelan cabinet give rise to the fear that an other revolution in that much dis turbed country Is Impending. A wreck on the Western New York and Pennsylvania railroad 15 miles from Buffalo resulted in the death of Engineer A. A. Parkhurst and serious Injuries to Fireman John Conley. TUB PRODCCB MARKKT1. Philadelphia, Feb. 6.-Flour In light de mand; winter superfine, l2.3tV32.60; Penn sylvania roller, clear, t-1.llVU3.20; city mills, extra, t2.50fa2.70. Rye flour quiet and steady at t-1.15W3.30 per barrel. Wheat steady; No. 2 red, spot, In elevator, "W 72c. Corn steady; No. 2 mixed, spot. In elevator, 38& 3X'Ac ; No. 2 yellow, spot, in elevator. lOIOc. Oats sold fulrly; No. 2 white, clipped. 3145i 32c. ; lower grades. 28 j30c. Hay Arm; choice timothy. S16.5U for large bales. Beef firm; beef hams, t22fi22.50. Pork firm; family. tUfcM.M. Lard Arm; western steamed, 16.35. Ilut ter firmer; western creamery, 21i26c.; do. factory, 16W18'c. ; June creamery, 191j 23c.; imitation creamery, 174i22c; New York dairy, WtiU'ic. ; do. creamery, 211t 26c.; fancy Pennsylvania prints Jobbing at 2730c. ; do. wholesale, 26c. Cheese Steady; fall made, fancy, large and small, 12013c.: late made, large, llftl2c.; do. do., small, 12'12Vc. Eggs steady; New York and Pennsylvania, 17c; western, ungraded, at mark, 1417c; western, 17c. Potatoes steady; Jersey, tl.251.62; New York, $l.5o1.7H: Long Island. tl.Sofrt; Jersey sweets, 8.2562.75. Tallow firm: city, 6Hc; country. &i6e. Cottonseed oil strong: . line crude, tSVic. AN EX-CONSLL'S SECRET KEYSTONE HAPPENINGS. I Mr. Macrum Will Keep It For a Few Days Longer. HAS GONE TO HIS OHIO HOME, Fnlle.l lit Meet Secretary liny and Uhl Net Peel Inclined to Submit His Mfkaaur lu Aaalaluut Seerrlnry inn. Washington. Feb, 6. Mr. Macrum hns conic and gone, and the reason for his leaving Pretoria when duty seemed to demand bis presence at that capital remains as deep a mystery as ever, and must so remain probably for another week. The cx-consui's appearance was awaited at the state department with interest. Just before noon yes terday Representative Tayler, of whose congressional district Mr. Macrum is a resident, called at the department and spent some lime In conference with As sistant Secretary Hill, and was follow ed late in the afternoon by Mr. Mp crum, who i sine alone. Secretaiy Hay. who bad an exhausting day. had gone, so the eX-COnsul was obliged to pay his respects to Dr. Hill. His stay was short, about L'o minutes perhaps, nnd be left Dr, Hill as much In the dark as he had been before as to Mr. Macrum's motive for leaving Pretoria. Nor did It develop whether or not Mr Macrum was the bearer of any mes sage from Kruger. He did not mention the subject to Dr, Hill. Mr. Macrum said nothing as to his reasons for appearing in Washington, but asked that he be permitted to go to his borne in East Liverpool, 0 . for a few days to attend to sonic mutters or business which were pressing, and to rest. Dr. Hill bad no objection, and Macrum left for Ohio last night He promised to be l ack here soon, per haps before the end of the present week, and said lie then would make a formal report to the state department. As he left the state department Mr. Macrum assured the newspaper men, who stopped him. If he bad any state ment at all to make to the press (and he was not sure that he would) he probably would make it public upon his return to Washington, Some of the persons here who are familiar with his appearance when be first went out to the Transvaal said that he looked very much broken nnd lacked the vim that formerly characterized him. A OIRL'S AWFUL SUICIDR Only Fifteen Tears Old. Her Path's Opnoard Her Choice. Albany, Feb. C. -Kate Farone, an Italian girl, 15 years old, committed suicide In a horrible manner at Me ehanlcsvllle Sunday because her father forbade her to marry Michael Rlccao. She had two lovers, RiccSO and Fran cesco Cervera. The two were at the house Sunday, and u heated argument ensued Suddenly the girl broke away and nn upstairs. . A few moments af ter a shot wus heard, and on nUMllBS to the girl's room she was found dead. She bad killed herself with u shotgun owned by Cervera. She had seated her self on the floor, raised the hammer of one of the barrels and placed the muz zle of the weapon against her abdo men, Then she had hooked the ringed end of a poker over the trigger and exploded the gun, sending a charge of bird shot through her body. The Internal Injuries were frightful. The casing enclosing the heart was rup tured, and pieces of corset steel were driven nearly through the body. Porto Rleo I'ollcriunn Shot A merlcnn Ponce, Porto Rico, Feb. 6. -During a band concert on the plaza Sunday evening native policemen arrested Jo seph S. Bigelow, Jr , of Boston, on nc count of leading a dog. At the jail. It is alleged, the native police made an attack on Bigelow, who was en tirely unarmed. Finally Policeman Angel Arlsmendl shot Bigelow in the cheek, and then fled. The guards per mitted him to escape, but stopped Fe lix A. McCarthy, nn Amerlcnn. who was hotly pursuing Arismendi. Resi dent Americans are excited over the affair, and claim that there have been other cases of reckless and needless shooting on the part of the policemen. Arlsmendl and Chief of Police Simon petrl were nrrested yesterday. Schooner t'apalaed. Five Drowned. Norfolk, Feb. fi. Collector of Cus toms Hahn, at Newbern, N. C, has been notified by R. E. Cox, captain of the schooner Mary C. Ward, that his vessel was capsized last week, and Henry Credle, white, and Ed Mackey, Squire Howard, Tom Collins and Frank Morris, all colored, drowned, Captain Cox nnd the two remaining members of the crew were completely exhausted when rescued. Cnnarrraanian llnntelle Kenrly Well. nangor, Me., Feb. 6. A letter re ceived yesterday by the friends of Con gressman Uoutelle convey the infor mation that the physicians say his im provement has been so marked that he will be able to leave the sanitarium in a few weeks, entirely recovered. Two Trentlea Rntined. Washington, Feb. 6. The senate in executive session ratified The Hague peace treaty, also the extradition treaty with Argentine Republic. Hotli were adopted without objection or di vision. 1900 FEBRUARY 1900 ju. Mo. Tu. We.lTh.lFri. Sat. LAJL AALJLM 111213 1416 1617 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 262728 MOON'S PHASES. Tint O 11:33 Full -i , SS Full 8:80 F Quarter O a.m. Mwa I'l a.m. fi Third r)r) 11' V. Quarter 44 a. 11:44 News Items of Interest From All Farts of the State. PHILADELPHIA BALLOT FRAUDS. Three of the Fraudulent "Flection Olllcera" fontlcteil hy a Jury Serl o ii m IiIiinIoii of Natural til. m au Oil Hamlet. Philadelphia. Feb. 3. Samuel R Marklcy and Joseph F. Hogan. white, and Frank Taylor, alias Pierce, col ored, were found guilty last night of conspiracy to make a false count and false return of votes cast at the No vember election, last year, lu th-J Twelfth division of the Fifth ward. Marklcy was the assessor of the di vision, and was charged with having nearly a hundred fraudulent names upon ills list of qualified voters The other two men acted in the places of the regularly elected election officers, who were shown by the prosecution to be myths. There were '1W1 votes re turned as cast, of which t'.O were sup posed to have been vouched for. but many of the vouchers were shown to be fraudulent. The prosecution also showed that a large number of persons whose names were on the registry list had not voted, yet were returned as having done so. II was nlso shown that n number of votes cast us Democratic nad been return ed as Republican. The return of the vote for Btnte treasurer made by these election officers was: Harnett iRep.l. 247; Creasy i Hem ). 4. Berloaa utuml (.a Bsplosfon, Bradford. Pa., Feb. 5. Four persons were seriously injured, one fatally hurt and a hotel wrecked by a natural gas explosion at Rew City, an oil bim let in this vicinity. Saturday niuht. Has from a broken pipe connection had collected under the floor. A youth lighting a cigarette ignited the gas, which had worked up through a crnck. The explosion that followed threw the occupants of the room in various di rections. Walter Williams was hurled ngalnst the celling with terrific force. He has since been unconscious, nnd will not recover. Concussion of the brain, bruises and lacerations all over his body comprise bis Injuries. The front portion of the hotel was blown out and the Interior wrecked. 'lcrRman Itealatied hy lleiineaf. Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 6. Rev. Perry ,1, Robottom has resigned as rector i f St James' Episcopal church. Some lime ngo the vestry requested his n dgn-'tlon, alleging that his useful ni ' i to the church was at an end. The minister has been given unpleasant notoriety through his alleged relations with a young woman parishioner. This scandal, however, vestrymen of the church declare did not Influence their action, which they said was induced by his extensive Indebtedness to trft (... on, Including liquor dealers. Charted With Infanttelile. Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 3. Lena Koeh ler, u young single woman of this city, was arrested last night on n charge of murdering an infant child of hei sister Maggie, also single. The child wa born Thursday night, and apparently was healthy. Yesterday when the at tending physician called at the house the women said it had died of convul sions, and that they had given it to t man to bury. When officers went to the house the women produced the dead child. The mother will also b arrested. Dividend For Iliadlnc Stockholder. Philadelphia, Feb. 6.- The executive committee of the Rending company (the official title of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad system) yester day agreed to recommend to the board of directors that a semi-annual divi dend of 1 -2 per cent he declared on the first preferred stock of the company payable March 8. This is the first div idend declared on the preferred stock since 1893. There has been no divi dend on the common stock since 1876. Hot Mnrdered In I'ullndelnhin. Philadelphia, Feb. 5. A 12-year-old boy named Hugh Dugan was found dead late Saturday night with his skull crushed and about a dozen other wounds on the head. The police arrest ed Charles Welsenborn, aged 1& years, employed as a baker near the dead boy's home, on suspicion of knowing something In regard to flu gnn's death. Pagan's mother declares that Welsenborn had threatened to kill her son. Welsenborn has confessed. Two Batombed In n Mine. Pottsvllle, Pa., Feb. 6. Camel Popa. of Bibervate, and John Trivas. of Efatleton, were entombed In Oakdale colliery yesterday by a fall of rock. It Is believed that both are dead. The men, with others, were at work near the gangway when thousands of tons of rock caved In without warning. Sev eral other miners had narrow c;capes Popa leaves a wife and four children Trivas was unmarried. Reauiueil After Two Yearn- Idlenraa Hollidaysburg, Pa., Feb. 5. Thr Hollldaysburg Iron and Nail company, after two years' idleness, resumed operations this morning. Philadelphia capitalists have assumed control and will operate the Hollidaysburg hosiery factory. The two plants employ 300. PKWSVI.V IA "KWfl HHKVITIES. John Bherer, nf Philadelphia, in n fit of Jealousy, "hot his wife and killed him self. Fire hcisses of the Philadelphia and Reading mines huve hud their wages raised jr. a month. Charles Tyng. of Wllkesbnrre. who mysteriously disappeared from Cuba, hap been located in Mexico. The employes of Sh:imokln's silk mill are working 15 hours u day. A hundrec additional hands have been employed. John Cook, a Philadelphia Are en gine driver, was thrown from his en gine and killed by collision with a street car. Augusto Morel and Antonio Robert, an archists who wounded Policemen Kays and Snyder in Scranton last July, are under nrrest In Montreal. William Pasco, 52 years old, broke through the Ice while skating on thf BchuylklU at Philadelphia, and waa. drowned. His daughter was rescued un-, conscious. 1
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