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'miipmtfF i SOBANTOiN', PA., MONDAY MOllNrtfG, MABOir 3 5, 1897. TWO CENTS A COPY EIGTII' rAGrES---5(i COLUMNS. l-Mr "-f As il vLUlUL 11 d(0)d tic Store Today Hotter stop nt one ot tho big Show windows and take a Imt aft tie New Trimmtags Spring Wear Wc'e gatheied thom In fiom the four comets or Hie eulth, and a liner dlsplaj has nevei bt en seen In this cit Yet, the window show while Intel estlng enough Is hut an Intiodtic tlon to the exhibition In side, to which eei ladj In Stianton Is eoidlallj Invited OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Laces Will undoubted! v leach the 7onIth of theli Dopulailt thlb jour Tine, tlu ate nevei out of stvle, but t'uie aie seasons when tliuv seem to cany eveij thing befoie them, and that is just wlint will happen dining the spilng and siimmei of 1S17 Among: the newer things .shown this season aie imc& Gaze aid Oriental Laces In eveij conceivable tint, shade and combination of colors, also white Widths, iw. to li Inches OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Mack Ctatllly Laces, Silk Freicl Valour Iisertiois, Eiy Yatoiir Iiseiriliois, ileiniaMy Aitwiie Vals; istaes, MS, Ei Emferoitoed Haiisoeks, All Oyer EmtoroMeries, Emtoitoies Si Sets, etc. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Trimramninini! In Boleros, Bands and Girdle. All shades and combinations. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Plaited CBiiffoini! 2 to 7 Inches wide Some oxeiui<e goods In ontliely new otte'Cts. oooooooooooooo ooo IRtinelhi n o in an endless vniletj light shade want Inn. and not a OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO These Are merely hints at what we've laid out for your inspection. The Real Importance Of the Show Cannot be guessed at howevei, till you've seen It. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WAIETOUSIE. OLOBE THE BLAME IS NOW PLACED 0N ENGLAND Germany Holds Lord Salisbury Raspon siblc for Existing Conditions. INrLUEN'CE OF QUEEN AND CZARINA Wctoilu's liiteilcronce Hns M ifliout Doubt lliul Its I. fleet I 'poll tho i:n lisli l'rriun'i--Tlio Tuikish Troops in a I)isuigtinii'd Condition-- Pro vision mi (I Clothing ecili'd. !ei1ln, Muich H Should tho coei clve musuiis taken bj the poweis against Giecce lesult in a geneiul Hu i opi-.m wat the Initial blame, nte ending to public and ollklal opinion heie, will fall upon Hnglnnd lively step In the ciltlcal negotiations which have been and ate still piocecdlng has been len deied unceitalii bj the vui Mating. II not opposing com se of action, taken by Loid hullshuiv If tin piuposals of the Husslan and Gentian governments, made tluee weeks ago, to blockade the coast of Gicece, had been acceded to bj the English pietnlei, the dangerous de velopments of the ptcsent time could nevei have occ until. So the olllcial papeis in Beilln leason, and llbeial politicians In full sjmputhj with Giecce think likewise Theie ate those behind the scenes who sa.v that fiom the outset of the Gteco Cretan cilsls, the pietendecl paitklpa tlon of the SjllsVuiv goveintnent hns been a blind, andfthat King Geoige up to a late point in the diplomatic con test was led to believe that eventttullj the Inlluence of deal Biltuln would b(unie the situation in favoi ot Guece The Inlluence of the Danish ioal family, with Its offshoots in I'uglund and ''ussl.i Is known to have been at woik and Is believed to have opeiatcd with success while least expected The dowagei i at ina who got ciedlt foi al most supieine )owei In the cnis coun cils has fulled to altei the undei stand ing betwtin the knlsei and the czar, though she liu had the active co-op- .eiatiun of Queen Vlctoila, who has stiong sjmpathks with Oieice, and an indent detestation ol the Tuiks Nei ther the hand of the ex-caiinn, not that of the iiuten can be made vlblble in thdsomo of dlplomucj wl ich is now being plaved, but It Is known heie that both have been suppoi ting King Genige, and JJt is believed that to the ((".ten's Intel feience much of hold Sal libuij's hesitating pollcj Is due That the (iieeii does still exeieise an ovei sight of foielgn aftalis is pel haps bet tei known at the Gel man couit than It is in Hngland. Meanwhile uttei dlstiust of rhigland Is the dominant fpellng at tlie foielgn olllceheie, while the entente with Rus sia is complete Hut lor Ilussla the J Halkun peninsula would now lie In a bl.ie and Austiia. and Russia would be niobllllng theli lioupsfoi win Theie Is ule-olutelj lellable Into! inatlon that the tbtee Halkan states Sei v la, Rul gaila and Moiuenegio, have concluded an alliance which atfects not onlj Tui kej but the claims of Gieece and the nspliations of Austiia WHLL KNOWN TO RUSSIA Uniloiibtcdlv the whole ol the tiiple undt i standing Is peilnllj well known to the Russian government and was connived at, II not Insplied, bv Itusblu Monte negtei Is lin.im ed bv Russia and gets het .it in.imi ills suppllt d in p. Ud loi chiellj bj the St l'eteisbuig j,ov -ei nine nt The Seivian goveininent cleat 'v think thej can gtt nioie under the Aegis ol Russia than fiom Austiia, whose occupation ot Bosnia, the Sei vlans ii sent With the i (conciliation ol i'llncc reidlnand and the cai and the l etui n of liulgaila Panslavlsm tlie obstiulis in the wav ol an alliance of the Halkan states, undir Russian pio tettlou, have dlsappcaied and the en tente has been achieved. It depends upon Russia to let the dogs ol will slip lioill the hah tTp to the plesent time the whole pullcv ot the czai is to le slialn them and If thev aie let loose, the piotound c onv Ic tlon hei e Is that the consequent genual embiollnu nt ot the poweis will be lutgelj due to England's polle Some Gel man ollii ei s w ho li.tv e been stivlce, ate hel(ilng on the oignn uation of lellel battalions ol the Tink isli ai m lu the Vilaj ets of Salonlca and Monustll PtiVlltc letteis lecelvt d fiom these iiu.n teis slate that the mobili zation Is only paitlal and pioteeds with gieat dllllc ulty Clothing toi thetioops is budly nteded, their piovlslons aie cnntv and tin commlssailst lb disoi gunled Tlieie is nko a scan Itj of noises foi the aitillciv and things ate geneiallj In confusion, but IU-tialiud and Ill-fed at thi'J aie. the tioops will light. The Geinian olllceih tstlm.itc the Tuikish elfcctlve, nt Rlassotia, Moun stli mid Jiinlna, with di tnehmenls i lose to the Gieek liontlei at 77,000 men II this estimate Is neai the tiuth, sui h a foice could sweep ovei Gieeep, If numbeis count foi an.vthing. Thespii II ot the Gieek auny Is splendid, but late accounts give a bad ippoit as to the leseives, who aie as jet meiely a mob, undlllled and aimed with out-of-date weapons Thus lai only Geimany anil Austiia have accepted the Russian proposal to put the blockade of Gieeie Into Imme diate eflect and It Is believed that If the other poweis lefuse to ail lu con ceit the mm ships of the thleo poweis named will undeitake to eufmce com pliance with theli demands without lefeienco to the attitude of the othel time. Constantinople, Maich 14 ThePoite has ngieed to concentiute the Tuikish tioops now on the Island of Ciete In the foi tilled towns as soon as the Gieek foices aie wlthdi.iwn. PRESIDENT AT CHURCH. Hi. McKiulm Will Nor-hip in (lit; Pew I'ormcrlv Occuiiieil b (.unit. Washington Mauh II Piesldent Mc Klnley again ntlended set vices this iiioinlng at the Metiopolitau Methodisl ihuich, while Piesldint Giant was a communicant dutlng his lesldence in the white house. It Is now undei stood that the piesldent will become a inem bei of the Metiopolltun chuuh The Metiopolitau chinch Is located about a mile fiom the white house, In a init of the city that was once fashion able. When the piesldent ai lived at the (lunch this moinlng accompanied by Mis, Abnei MiKlnley, Mr. John Addl- son Poi tor and Mr Geoigc 12. Moise, of California, he found n huge ctowd of people awaiting tho opportunity of see ing him. A bqund of policemen undei a lieutenant, kept the pavement In fiont of the chinch cleat Mr. MeKlnlej bowed light and left to those who saluted him and pnbsed Into the build ing guided b an usher who made the mistake of pulling the jimtj In Mis John A. Logan's pew, dlicctly behind the one known as ' The pi t sklent's pew" whit h Geneial Giant had occupied and which was leseived foi Ml McKlnlev. Illshop lluist made the opening piaei. lie invoked the blessing of God on the sniggling Cubans and appealed to the Altnlghtv to stilke tne shackles fiom them He also piavcd foi the piotee tion of the Chilstluns in Ciete Rev. Hugh Johnson, pastoi of the clitnih, pleached tho senium His text vvus fiom sfiond Coiinthians- "We also be lieve and theiefoie we speak" TWELVE STORES BURNED. Result o) ii Dcviistntin I'iic nt ni.ins. Hlklns, W. Vtiv M.neh 1 1 A, devas tating Hie In oke out heie todav and befoie Its piogiess could be checked It had destrojed IL' stoics, the opcia house, a hotel, baibei shop, seveial taw olllces, a pi luting olllce and thiee dwell ings. Se.eial families lived in the apai t lneiits above the stoles, and lost their goods. The loss is heav, but cannot now bo estimated. It was the most destiuctive flic that evet occuned heie. PROSPEROUS YEAR. Report of the Insurance Commissioner Indicates a Good Year for Penn sylvania Companies. Hanlsburg Pa, Match II The (list pait of Hie twenti-touith annual te poit ol the insuinnce commissioner will be tiansmitted to the legislature tomoi iow It contains that much Inteiesting data conteinlng the tlie and mailne Itisuiaiice companies doing business in Pennsylvania. The assets of the foitj companies doing business lu this com monwealth In lS'JD amounted to $41, 07),!J1 and last jeai, $I3.8SJ,253 the lia bilities, except capital, wele J1,S4.,,C!'J In 1SU". and $.'.',01,414 last jeai The bin plus last eai was '$11,3.'4,.ICG as against $9,S77 S07 the jeai (lievlotis. The total lecelpts, losses and dividends paid did not-Taij much lot the hist two eais The llsks in toice in 1S9.1 amounted to $.' "dl.l'JJ.SOS and In 1SU0 the total was $J,13S,"iliJ.01iy Theie was a big lnc lease lu tne amount oi pie miunis received and llsks wiltten last eai as lompaied with lS'Jj The (lo ci ease In Hie losses last jeai was V. f2:,701 4S The total losses and expenses of Pennsjlvanla lompanits hist veai weie SlC.SS'l.bSJ 99 the total income, $17, 0;0'Uij"0, net income, jj 117, ISO 04, divi dends, $1 !2G i'm'i 4 ! 'f total losses palel In l'ennsjlvanla last eai b all camiianles wcie $7, Iril,(j47 10 It was a piospoious jeai for the Pennsvlvania companies, the piemlum tecclpts being ovei foul bundled thou- sand dollais inoie than In the pieceel ing j eat, while the losses wete onlj a little over $J00,000 gieatei Dill lug the jeai llfteen spei illative mutuals" weie diiveii bv the lUpailinent to the wall The insuianie cominlbslonei sajs that In eveij paitlculai pettalnliiK to these fiaudulent miitunls the atmospheie has been veij much denied within the past twelve months The hlstoij of these liauduknt opuatlons Is given In the lepoit. Hie depaitiuent lias also neen aftel the unlleenscel bioktt. Comnils slonei l.ambeit sajs evidence of the en tile willingness ol niiinj people to be cheated with cheat) insuianie hns ac cumulated in a lemaik.ible degiee. It is a unions lact, he adds, that men sliiewd enough in all othei matteis can be easilj tile keel lu all insuianie nego tiation. He calls attention to defects in existing laws and levlews lecommen dullons of the last lepoit. The lecelpts of tin dtpaitnient Inst jeai weie $34, .US Jo and the exiiendituies $14,Si'J0, leaving a lialiuue ot $3'i,4b9 Uli tinned into the state tieusuil GAME COCKS TOR CARSON. Koostei Mill M'ck to Divide! the Illinois with the Pugilists. Of,ikn, f'tah, Maich II Geoige T Gejsei, of this eit j, and well known as a pioinotci to cocking mains, left is tetdaj foi Caison Cltj, with .ll pun game cocks, wheie he will meet a like miiubei of Jap biids lioni Cnlltoinln loi $r,00 a side It will be an Inteistatc c.iamplonshlp m.iti h and will be con tinued loi tluee dajs, Mauh 10, 17 and IS The California blids ale the piop eity ol the ehlel of police, Gieen, of Sac rniiieuto. WALLING MAY HANG. The Stoiv 'I hut lie Jills lii'cii Res pitetl Was I nwaiianlcd. riankfoit, Kv . Maich 14 Goveinoi Biadkj has not icsplted Alono Wall ing The lepoits suit out that ,i lesplte of lour dujs had been gi anted the ac complice ol Scott Jackson in the mill -del ol Pi ml Hij.in aie nionounced bj the uovemoi as unwai lanted. He sajs he has not jet finished lend ing tho evidence lu the cuse and will not llulsh that woik befoie Mondaj He will not sav whethei oi not a le splte is piohnhlc. i Terrilic (iulo nt I. lie. 12ilc, Vi , "VIuicli H A teiillle gnlo stiiak Ihie this moinlng and tile hluli wind, slMj nillis an hout ut times, elld a gieat utnouul ot damage It Is lepoited tint Wuttbmg, a town In a remote pint of the counlj was destiojed by lite. The wins aie down and the puitlculuis can not be hud tonight '1 he tow n Is a small hamlet ot wooden liulldlncTH. Itrucgci Shoots Cooke). Rile, I'a, Match 11 Muck Conkey and a (nirtj of file ads met ut John It Ktueg ei'tf house this evening An ultercutlon msued which lesulted In Kiuegei bhoot Ing Conkej through the ubdonien Con kej will dlu before moinlng Kiuegei Is iliulei uiiest He ulleges Conke) und Ills f i lends we it lobbing him and he shot lu self-ilefenae It iu t.'icaincrj Willow- Grove, Pa lliirucil, Muich 14 -The woiks ot the Willow Glove CTeunitij eomimny were dtBtrojed by lite this morning. The loss Is $18,000. THEY HARVESTED AKERVWHISKERS High Old Time at a Meeting of Colorado Populists. CONVENTION ADJOURNED IN A ROW Ainiious to tlie I rout in n I'lglit Tliat I.nstcd Tlirco Hours--A lloilur Inspector lloiiuccd--rnto oi' tliu .linn Who Keiiiscd to "(Jo Out mill Choke IIiiuscll to Death." Denver, Col, Maich 14 The middle of the load Populists met heie jestei day and adjourned n'tei tiitee houis of lighting Wiirao.i weie In the thick ot the melee and thej Wete In seveial in stances Instigators of the attacu The Hist assault was piovoked bv Hie lenuiiks of n woman that she would not sit in a convention with th? hit clings of coipoiatloiis, Indicating one ot the dele gates The hittei leplled that the ac cusei was a llai and hei liusliand Ik w to the lesctie. while his wile end het women companions stood bv and cheeied the llchteis. Mis 12. Reed staited anntlit low bj sajlng that she had seen too mm It of politics to blush nn more; as that was a petfunetotv cfi'oit that did the pal tj no good Mis Alice raulkiu'i took a hand In the low an J elllogled Giaiul Old Man Wulte " hh giew ex cited and some one made a slighting lemaik that piecipltated lu-tln-i tiou ble. The event of the afternoon vva when MlbS Holmes leplled to tho attiuk ot the boilei Inspector, W R Tiazle- He said that the coiuoiatlons weie mole loweiful than the Populist pilnciplcM "That's a lie,' was shouted and half a doen men and women weie on tin ii lcet making foi the speakei. PASSING OP MR rRAI'.ir.R. "If the shoe Hts put It on, l .'totted Frazlet, 'iacliifr himself foi the lush He wns no match foi the etow.l and was dilven fiom his position, bill fought debpeuitelj to the doo Mi Akei next came in tor lough tieatment. On being asked bj Mm Reed If It was not time foi hlin to go out und choke himself to death," Akei letotted that Mis Reed had not added anj thing to hei leputation bj going out as a stieet singci. Miss Holmes demuneled the leason w hj the men stood sllentlj bj and saw the women In sulted None lesponiled, and then Mis Reed and Miss Holmes ndmlnisUicd the punishment themselves and ton most of Mi Akei's beaul out of hi" face, REBS AT ROANOKE. Ihcy Send Bishop Mallalieu, a Con federate Flag and a Little Note of Explanation. Roanoke, Va , Jlach 14 Some of Ro anoke's ex-Confedeiates took occasion todaj to mildly lemind Bishop Mal lalieu, of Boston, that his titteiances condemning the conledeiacj will not be loleialed In the south without piottst In a senium in Baltlmoie last Sun-daj- the liishop, who pieslded ovei the Baltlmoie confeience of the Methodist 12piscopal chinch, lefeiied to tlie cou fedeiate Hag as a ' dlsgiaceful, aboni in ilile and Inlanious lag." While piesldlng todaj ovei a mls sluuaij meetlnir In the Acndeinj of .Musk in this city the bishop lecelved fiom an unknown souice a neat little pai kage 'When opened the paicel was lound to contain a contedeiate Hag lilac aided, 'The abominable lag which iloated ovei the conft detacj ." A tjpe-wiltten note was also inclosed which lend as follows "The emblem undei which touht the noblest band of heioes the wiild evei piodueed. The folluweis of I.ee anil Jackson and otlieis eiiinllj gall int. contended loi foiu jeais with tout times their number, wtestlng vlctotj tioin them on mote than one hunched Ikbls, j hiding onlj when staivatlon and disease had thinned theli lanks to biich an extent that less than 8,000 sui tendeied to 120 000, and these In line of battle i cad j to die at tlieit leadei s wold Whose was the gloij ' Mlbhop Mallalieu made himself ac quainted w ith the contents of the pai k age but did not lelei to the Incident tioin the platloim Afteiwatd hi said he had consigned the contents of the panel to the Humes and imped that the mattei would end time If the agl latois deslie to go faithei' he said, thej maj heal tioin me ag.iln " - - JAMES 11. WARDEN SPEAKS. He Attacks the state Pisli Conimis siouei foi J.iivisli i:viendiliiii's. Hanlsbiug. Pa, Match 14 James H Wnich u, a nienibei ol the state huutd of gunie eonunlssioneis. Is out lu a state ment to the ncwspupeis suppoitltiK the Baldwin bill inovidlng loi a otate game and (lsh wai den, who shall have povvel to appoint dtputj waickns thioughout the state He attacks the btate llsh commlssloiieis foi spending dining the lust ten j eats $J04,000 without anj good lesults He says the commissions system of ptotecttoti is 'antliiuuted, bcltlsh, iuoi eiatlve and expensive and then pio ceeds to piove his assei tlon bj showing that the appointment of watet ballilfs' ill each lountj of the state at ten dol liuseaeh pet month as pioposed bj the llsh i ommlbslon would cieate mi annual expeiibe of nut less than $17,000, wheieas the Baldwin act limits the annual ex pense lu the state to $0,000 and luinlsh es Jl- llsh and game protecteus He points to the fact that such a law Is In successful opciatlon in Michigan, vvhete the teveuues fiom lines and costs for lb'JC-G exceeded the expenses of the wui den and his deputies, $2,1J4 4J Mr Waiden contends that the state game fish waiden would co-opeiato with the fish and tome commission in enfoiclng the laws. MISSISSIPPI RISING. Tho SIiimiiii Higher at .llcitiiihis Than It Hiin Been Since IHT'J. Memphis, Tenn., Maich 14. The Mis sissippi liver heie Is highei than since the establishment of the weather of fice in 1S7-', and piobably since the sinking of the lowlands of Mlssouil, Arkansas nnd Tennessee by eaith iiuakes The llso today was sllghtlj above halt a foot. On nil the Islands near heie nud In the lowlands of Aik tyisas theie Is gieat surfeilng and also gteat loss of stock and propel tj, but no lepoits have been lecelved of pei suns being di owned Seveial small levees or pilvate dikes niound towns and plantations have been bioken, but so fni as lienid thetu have been no bleaks In the main levee sj stems. They aie being ilnely wutched and tvventv shots weie 111 id todaj- at the stiainei Rluff Cltj be cause she went neai ei to the embankments that the guai ds thought she should PEPPERED HIS BROTHER. tlnrri Unison Poms n I.ontl of Shot Into I'clci's Itodv. Oxfoid. Pa, Maich 14 Petei and Han j Watson, Inotheis, nuaiieled last night and Hanj came off second best In theli light He said at the time that he would kill his bi othei and when lie met him this morning on the stieet he pouted a load of shot fiom a shot gun into Petei's bod Hunv was ui tested and committed to jail without ball Petet was taken to a hospital In Phil adelphia wheie 200 shots weie picked tioin his bodj. He can linidly suivlve his Injuiles. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. The New Tariff Bill Will Be Introduced in the House as Soon as the Or ganization Is Perfected. Washington, D C, Maich 14 The new tin Iff bill will be Intioduced in the house tomoitow as soon as the or ganization Is peifccted and will be le feiied to the wajs and means commit tee b whom it was piepaied It Is still incomplete The committee spent the bettei pott of today levlslng the bchedules and the woik will be con tinued tomoiiow noon Jinn J details leipilie a cat ef ill con sideration and aie liable to change at the last moment The bill w 111 be given to the in ess about noon Mondaj. Chaltman Dlnglej will, dutlng the af ternoon furnish the pi ess a statement which will luterpiet the vntlous pio so'is of tlie measuie, explaining the tuatellal changes that have been made theli effect and the leasons which led to them. A meeting of the lull com mittee will doubtless be called foi Tuesdaj at which time the Demoiiatle membeiH who have no connection with the piepuiation of the measuie will be picsei't. Full committee meetings will continue duilng the lemaindei of the week In oidei that the vailous bchedules maj be fully coiibldeied and an op poitunltj aftoided the mlnoiitj of of leilng theli amendineiits which, It Is safe to assume, will be piomptly voted down It is Mi Dlngjey's de she to le Ioi t the bill to the house the Hist of next week and to have It passed thiough that body at the eailiest piac tical moment No satlsfactoij expla nation has been given 1 the lommlt lee as to whj Incomplete and lnuccu mte di lifts ot the pioposed bill have been peimltted to be published HARD WORK HAS CEASED. Uoth Coibett nnd I'ltsimmons Will Rest Until (he Gient Tight. Caison, Nev , Match 14 I'itzslmmons contented hlmscll w 1th a plunge bath this moinlng and a dilve Into town with Is wlte The Coinlshinan took an uo daj and did no hard woik as a llmiv ot snow this moiniim softened the loads, whh h weie In a veij liuuldj condition 'I heie weie pkntj of vlsltois to Shaw's Spilngs, wheie Coibett did some lndooi woik which Tiainei Chailej White lishtened somewhat fiom the oidlnaij loutlne In fait both men have about concluded with the heuvj woik and will let up a good deal dining the next couple of dujs Captain Hinds, supeiiutendent of the Plnkeiton Detective Agencj, San fian cisco, who will have c lunge of the police iiiiangements at the ting side, was among the dnj's anlvals With him i ime Bolton Rogeis, ex-chlet ot police of Seattle, Wash , Jl J Couwaj, ol Chicago, and a nutnbei ot thief t ik eis with national lepututious Twcntj pie keel men sdecud tioni the huge! Plnkeiton agencies lu the east aie ex pected to nnlve tomoiiow The gam bling hoiibis aie being eloselj watched and .all i looks aie Invited to leave town dllectlj thej aie i ecogtilable De.llli ol Ills. Gill. Philadelphia, Mauh II Mis Wllllnni H GUI, wife ol VVIlliani Ii Gill, supeiin tcudent of the Western 1'nloti Tilegiaph tomimnj, died toduj ufte i a long lllne-s Mis Gill was a worn m whose noble Chils tlun cha aclet eiuleiiied het to a large click ol filemls and uiipi iliitniites. Tin' Uiuser ( ns No'llstovvn. I'a, Maich 14 Attotnej I.at? ilein. ihkf coiuibi 1 foi the delense lu the Kulsi i (use, btuted todaj that kalsel's coiuistl would stick to tliu (ills omi's stoij lh it hlghwaj men killed hi wife III itbiittlng the te.stlmonj of the toiumoiiwiuUli THK NEWS THIS .MOHNIN'U. VV cither Indications Today; Pair and Colder. 1 Coiignssman eJoiinell Will Rndeavoi to Have Coil Put on the Dutiable List RiigUnd Is Ik Id Jtesiioiibihle fot the Continued Tioubleh lu Ciete. Mlddle-of-tlii-Itoud Populibts Rtijoj Thenifcthes ut Iknvei. J Tliomis II Ueed Will 15o Re-elocted Sie.ikci. rinuuelul and Commeielul, 3 (Local) Colonel l'attle Walkins-Lind. sa Visits the City. Six Bundled and Two Llgenses Grunted. 4 Hditotlul. CQininent of tho Press. C (IxieuD Rev. Hi. IlKon's Atralsn nient ot License Coeit. Stoij "The bow." Passing of the Ciojs- WeBt Side News and Goselp. V and Dow n the Vallej'. SEEKS PROTECTION FOR ANTHRACITE Air. Conncll Will Endeavor (o the Coal Schedule. Alter THE PLANS OF SPEAKER REED It Is liikclv That the New Membci lioni the Eleventh District Mill He 'I'a ken t'uic ol on Coininittees--Mr. 1'ovidcil) an Aliplicnut (oi Chief of Immigration ltiin,nu--A Ciiiiilidutc for (.riiut Herring's Keith. Special to the Scianton Tilbune Waslilngton, D C, Mauh 1 1 Con- giessman-elect Connell in lived heie hist evening in lime to take pai t In the Re publican caucus, which unanlmouslj le-eleeted Speakei Reed and the othei otllceis of the house. Ml. Connell and Speaku Reed ale stopping at the s ime hotel, The Shot chain, and aftei the cau cus last night thej had a shott talk about committee assignments. It Is llkelv that the new ineinbei from the !21cv until dlsli let w 111 be w ell taken care ot bj the speakei when he makes up his committees. Mi Connell will endeavoi to have the wotd 'bituminous" stiuck out of the coal schedule of the new tailft bill, so that anthracite will be piotected as well as soft coal Keeping anthiacite on the flee list will not altect the Pennsjl vanla ptoduct, but it will that tound In Coloiado, which comes In competition with hutd coal Impoited on the Pacitic slope T V. Powdetlj Is an applicant fni chief of the Immlgiatlon buieiiu L. T Kolu bac k, of Noi thumbei land, Is a can didate for collectot of Internal levenue of the Twelfth dlstiict, to take the place of Giunt llening. EXTRAORDINARY SESSION. Both Houses ol the 1'iltj -liftli Con li ess Will Convene Toiluv. Washington, Maich II Tomoiiow at noon both houses of the riftj-llfth con giess will c onv cue In extiaoidlnni j session' It is not likely that the stn ate will leinaln in tontlnuous session dining the week unless the piesldent Is much mote expeditious than he has been In making nominations Theie Is nothing befoie the senate and thete w 111 be nothing to leijulie clobe application to business until the committee on foi elgn lelntions lepoits the aibltiation ticatj with Gient Bi Haiti. A special meeting ot the committee foi the fui thei consldeiatlon of this subject has been called foi tomoiiow. When Sen atoi Davis' motion to lefer the treat j back to the committee was discusseil dining the leient special sebslon thete was a geneial expiession of opinion that the designation of judges of the I'nlted States Supieme couit as mem beis of the tiibunal should be elim inated It was thought that as Juilsts sitting In the couit of last tesoit In this count! the judges might be called upon to pass on questions similar to those that might aiise under this tieatj of aibltiation, and should this piove to be the case' the situation would be mote than embanassing us the opin ion of the judge nb a membei of oui own loutt might act ub an estoppel in, the exeitise ol his lights ns an Inde pendent membei of the ttlbunal It Is almost a cettalnly that the tieatj will be amended along the lines of the Tin pk amendment of the last session, so as to piovlde that eveiy ease oi eiuestlon Intended to be sub mitted to aibltiation undei this gen ual tieatj shall Hist be submitted to the senate loi Its Limitation It stems to be a geneial imptesslon that when the senium appointtd bv the goveinoi ol I'loiidu to succeed Mi. Call in lives he will be seated The leg islating of riot Id i does not convene until Am II 7 and six jeais ago the senate seated Ml Pasco ad Intel Im, undei Dieclselj slmllai conditions, The appointee lioni Oiegon, In the place ol Mi Mitchell has not jet ui 1'veii His claim to a sent Is legaided as les adjudkala by the decision ot the senate In the Montana, Washington and Wjomlng cases In the last congiebs Ills ciedentluls w 111 uueloubteillj be sent to the committee on pi Iv lieges and elec tions as weie those ol Majoi A T Woods the appointee of Goveinoi Biael ley, ol Kenuickv Meanwhile the Rmmblle ans lu the mattei of the oigauUations of the com mittee aie phivlng a walnut? Mime Thej will make no elfott to do moie than "11 theli own vacancies until the leglslatuies ol tin si two states elect It Is undei stood an nm cement has about been leatlml with the Deinocints to this end The nioposltlon to con holldale all elements opposed to the Republicans loi the put pose of cuptui ing the oiganlatlon and the loinmlt- ttcsnppeai to have fallen Ihioiigh ow ing to the inabilltv of tlitse elements te come togetllel The' Republican majoi Itj of the house hnv lug adopti'd in c am us w Ith uuuniui It j the old ticket the oi'jaiili'jUoii of that bodj will take but little time and then is no le.isou outside of his own possible deslie foi u cltiv's longei time whs the piesldent should not send In his message' to const ess on the opening daj which is lathei an unusual hap pening All the house has to elo after olganllngls to diaw loi s-eats and this call easilj be done while the joint committee Is on the way to the white house to iieitltv the piesldent that, the riftj-llflh conirict-s Is readv fot busi ness. Spain's Lenient Policj. London, Mutch H Tho Times tomoi iow will publish u dispatch from Ha vana dated Mauh I J sujlng that there aie fuither liidltutions that u tnoie leni ent pollej will be piit'iied foi the (impose uf avoiding complkutlons with the United Suites Thleo olllteis ot high milk, who wete iiaiged with limine seveiltj, have been lemovtd The dispatch adds that tluee mote Anieilcuns who aie now In custodj will shattlj be llbeiated without tlial lilockiulo Begins Wcdncsila). Iondon, Muich 14 The Cliionkle will, lu its issue tomoiiow, claim to have au thoiltj lo state that the block.ulo of Ciete und ceituln unnamed Gieek iioits will begin on Wednesduj, mi ultlmntum to th.it effect having been dellvcted to Oretce Nteotlutlotis urn pioceedlug tovvaids having Piunce und Itulj jolntlj oecuuj Crete, oi itulj alone with a nian- j date fiom the poweis, T T bi JLL J- A v TT YTV O Txi r i4 ILd We (flijpei Tedlay a Magil ceif Hew Stock of Ex clusive rect firon Two Tone dines (tlie Qrenn latest), Snake Sk5n Novelties, Pure French Mohairs, Lace IVlohalrs Two Tone Checks, Eplng lines, Enclora's, Et ernlennes, Coverts, Etc. OUR STOCK OF Black Goods As Usual, fs Unsurpassed. 510 AND 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE Always Bimsy test Sloes, Specials for March Ladles' Vlcl Kid Welts, $2.00. Men's Call Welts, $2.00. Spring Footwear "Jor eyery member of the -family. Wholesale and retail, Lewis, Reilly & Davies 114 and UO Wjomlng Avouue. OREW STRONGER LAST NIGHT. .1 nines Blair's Condition Showed tl Change for the Iietlui. Hailv jesteielaj moinlng It was be lieved that James lilall would die dut lng the daj He tallied how ovei and tow mil evening Ills condition was much impiovcd and theie was eveij' leason to exptct he would live thiough the night At 130 o'clock this moinlng a Tilbune icooitei called at the lioue and was told that Mi Blaii was lest ing nuletlj Ills puho leglsteied 10) and his condition was as favoiable as at anj time diiiing the day. He was coiibiious and hud asked loi a dilnk ol wntei a fevv minutes befoie n Til bune lepoitei's ImilliiJ lit the house Since the ciltlcal tin u of Mi Hlnlr's Illnebs about ten dajs ngo he hns ex pel leuc eel ieieated sinking bpdlls ami lalljings Yesteielaj moinlng ho was in the verie of a collapse, but last night he was so gieatlj improved that the lamlly letlied soon nltei the usual hoiu and left the putleut in chnigo of the night muse as has been custoumiy dining his Illness KILLED BY A TRAIN. Len Chntker unci H. C. C.irson .llect Death on Hie Lehigh Vulliiv. Tinikhantmck, Pa, Mnich 11 A wagon contninlnc two men, Lea Ch it kei and H C Caison, was stttiek by a tt.iln on the Lehigh Valley inlhoad at a ciosslng west of Wjaluslng.it Vi IS this moinlng and both theli bodies were so badlj mangled that they died within two houis Tho men hnd been ell Inking and had dtivtn lecklebslj on the Hack. Steamship Aiiivuls, New Voik, Match 14 Airlvod Olltt Lx GuseoRne ut Iluvie Sailed foi New Vorkl Canipuiiia fiom Cueeiistown. Tliu lleiald's entlior rorrenst. New Voik, Mnich 15 In the Middle Stutes toJuj, full vveuthoi will pixivall. with sllghtlj lowet timpeiaturo and vn tluble winds Uti Tuesdaj, pnitlj cloudy to fulr vvcuthei will pievall, with a slight Use of tempeiatute and wtsteilj winds. DRESS'" GOODS SelllM Ho w IM f