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i m r ' Jkn0' & tfi- EIGHT TAGES 5G COLUMNS. SCKANTOX, PA., FRIDAY MOHNIXG, IttAllOlI SO, 1897. TWO CJJTNTS A COPY Vt,'T'- 7 t v J These Valines Are Simply Marvelomis Explanations as to how anil why we me able to offer uch lecoid breaking falls ii so eaily in the season would be un less, In face of the fact that we've got every yaid of goods for youi In spection that we ndveitlbe, and we've got them at such 1)1 lees as would almost teem Impossible, but they'io heie In Just such quali ties, quantities and 1 dative values us nc state, so that theie Is no pos sible loom for doubt In an poition of TMs Remarkable tag ail Story- oocoooooxooooxo THE SALE BEGINS FRIDAY MORN ING, MARCH 261h, AND CONTINUES ONE 'WEEK, ooooooooooooooooo Ten Big Lots of Choice Spriig KoveMy Dress ooooooooooooooooo Lot 1 at 25c assotted as follows' Ten pieces 3S Inch fine all wool Houcle Suitings; fancy tnlxtuies In light spting shades, in pieces stiictly wool Cheviots, 3S Inches wide and O K. In eveiy lespect. 10 pieces 50 inch all wool Invisible Plaid Cheviots and 10 piecwv-4u-lnc4i now Mohair mlxtuies. Actual values In this lot lange fiom GOc. to 75c. Your choice. Sale Price 25c Lot 2 at 37)4 c 15 pieces 40 inch all wool Covert Mixtilies, in giey, blown, gieen and bluet tone combination. A leul good half-dollar clotn. Sale Price 374c Lot 3 at 35c P.O pieces 3S Inch silk wool nov elties, medium to ilmk giounds, with contrasting hair lines, orovei Sihot with llglit shades. Ve'e sold a slinllai weave not one whit better at GSc. Sale Price 35c Lot 4 at 39c ir nieces 10 inch novelty Twine Suitings, new velon weave. Shades blown, eciu, bluet, gurnet, gteens and slate mixtures. Another legu lai 5Sc. value. 5ale Price 39c LotS at 39c 2" pieces 3S Inch all wool Taffeta Blege Suitings. A lovely ci cation In mixed shadings as follows: Bluet, com, old lose, light and daik hi own and gteys. The best value tor 50c. on the maiket. Sale Price 39c Lot 6 at 59c IS pieces 13 inch heavy Twill and Wool Blege, in bluet, gieen, blown and iriuv mlxtuies. a high class stundaid value at 75c. Sale Price 59c Lot 7 at 59c 10 pieces 40 Inch snake-skin Suit ings In the nobbiest of vaii-coloied effects. Opening pi ice 75c. Sale Price 59c Lot 8 at 371c IS pieces ISS Inch all wool Cheviot Suitings. The latest eftects out In that popular weave, and a steillng 50c. value. Sale Price 372c Lot 9 at 374z 15 pieces 3S inch novelty Check Suitings. A veiy stylish GUc. weave. Sale Price 37y2c Lot 10. at 75c 15 pieces 40 Inch Metallic nips. A piesent season Paiislan ciaze differ ing from any other cloth on the maiket. Color blends In new biowns, modes, llzaid greens, bluet and heliotrope. Opening pi Ice $1.00. Sale Price 75c ooooooooooooooooo WAREHOUSE GLOBE CHRISTIANS ROUT THE TURKS IN CRETE They Force Moslems to fivaciialc the Fort of Malaa. TURKISH WARSHIPS OPEN FIRE England Draws the Lino and Kcdisus to Co-operate with the Power in the I!lockudool'Jiecc("-Sulibury's Mission. -I'.llcct oC Crcnt Hiitnin's Action. Canea, Island of Ciete, March 25 The in nu gents made a detet mined at tack uiion the blockhouse, 01 foil, at Malaxa, outside of Suda, tills mottl ing. Outing the night, 01 veiy caily mottling, the liuuigent foices wete pushed foiwaid until they occupied convenient positions for attack, and about (! a. in. the Insurgent attlllery opened lite upon the Tuiklsh block house. The pieces of the Clnlstlans weie senod with admit able ptotnpt ness and pteclslon. As soon as the lange had been ac cuiately aseeitalned, the insuigent shells plumped Into the toof of the lott and soon tendeied it untenable. Event ually, the the of the Insurgents was so well dltected that nothing tenialned to the Tuiks but extei initiation or evacuation. The Mussulmans pteleited the latter, and the ganlson left the fott nnd commenced a draggled ie tient upon Suda telylng upon the Tuiklsh wni ships In the ba to save them ftcim the Clnlstlans. WARSHIPS OPEN Finn. The wai ships of the sultan acted ptomptlj, opening a badly Judged lite upon the lnsui gents In older to cover the t client ot the Mussulmans. The Tuiklsh she'll fell either too shoit or far beyond the insuigent foices. Con sequently the Chtlbtinns pushed lor waid steadlli, pressing hatd upon thu rear of the Tin its and keeping up a con tinual lite upon the Mussulmans, to which the latter at times leplled bj making a stand and pouting a few ol- leys In the dliectlon of the insuigent skltmlsh lines. The insui gents suc ceeded In pushing on as lui as the vil lage of Tslkalathi, where they set Hie to some Tuiklsh houses. While this lighting was in pi ogress, a detachment of Tuiklsh tioops, being unawaie of the tact that the gairisou ol the fott at Malaxr had evacuated that place and was in tull tetteat upon Suda, closely piessed by the Clnlstlans, made a sot tie ftotn Canea with a con voy of punlslins Intended foi the gai nson at Malaxa. Fiom the .-oute fol lowed by the Tutks nothing could bo seen of the lighting in piogiess be tween Malaxa and Suda, and the Otto man tioops advanced half way up to the heights upon which the block-house of Keratldt Is situated But while the Tin Its wete unaware of the Insiugents' doings, the latter had cloaely followed the movements ot the Tuiklsh column escoitlng the piovlsions and ammuni tion tiains. FIERCE FIRING. Consequently, near Keiatidl, the Tuiks wete met by a body of insui- gents, who, fiom well selected positions, opened a fierce fne upon the advancing tioops. The lite of the Chilstl'ins stop ped the advance of the column, nnd the Tuikls,h commandoi took up the best position possible In oidei to ptotect the convoy and send it to the lear if necesj-ary. The Tuiklsh gittlson at Malaxa lost heaIly duiing the letteat fiom that place. The insui gents are numeious and oc cupy all the heights In the vicinity of Canea as lat as Pet holla, having cap tut ed the two last Tuiklsh foiti esses. Only the Heels of the powets pi event the entlte success ol the Insuigent cvuise. The blockade is in progress all along the Cietan coasts, but this has not Pi evented sivcial small Gieek vw-tels fiom i mining the blockade and land ing ammunition and piovlsions. The Guek vessel whlcn was accidentally taptuiod bv an Austiian gunboat which put Into a hatbor owing to the sevet it ol the weather, had on boaul sixty olunteci.s at.d a quantity of ammuni tion. HIGHLANDERS AT CANEA. Canea, Mai eh 23. A force of live hun dred htghlandeis wete landed at Candla today, and their appeal ante in the city caused the most intense excitement. The populace wete iadiantlj ignoiant of their cumins until thev weie In the town. The Tuiklsh tioops weie also nt a loss to account foi theli ptesence, and nppaiently thought that they weie about to be attacked The Tuiklsh olll cets had iniuh dllllcultv in pi eventing their men liom Hi lug on the Btltisli tioops. The gaulson troops lushed to the shoie fiom all dliections, loading their lilies as they ian and utteilug thtents against the Biltlsh. The latter lemalned perfectly cool, and eventu ally the litltatlou was calmed. All dangei Is not net. The Tuiklsh tioops do nut appear to giasp the tact that the ptesence of the foieigneis Is pinctlcally the only thlnir that saves them tiom nnnlhllation. Swarms of Tuiklsh sol diery aimed to the teeth aie patadlng about the stieets, giving voice to their fletce hatted of all Infidels. The slightest spin k may at any moment pioduce a fatal outbreak. It would be a queei coinmentno on the Tuiklsh giatitude to llnd the Moslems and their Chtlstlnn allies engaged in a bloody lellglous feud, and It .would further complicate the situation A number of Italian tioops have also ai lived at Candla. London, Maich 2" In the house of commons today, the patllamentnry sec letaiy of t'he foielgu olllce, Mr. Oeoigo N. CuiT.on, leplvitig to a question on the subject ot the Cietan blockade, as applicable to Biltlsh and American vessels, said that both Biltlsh and Ani eilian shins cuitylng eaigo belonging to Englishmen or Americans and de stined for the Interior of the Iblund of Ciete, weie lluble to be visited, seaiched, and the dellveiy of the cuigo piohlblted, If, In thu opinion of the ad mirals, such delivery was calculated to ptolong the dlsotdeis In Ciete. Mr. Cuizou udded that the sanction under which the admirals weie thus uctlng was that of the gieat poweis. The Maiquls of Sullsbuiy started to day for Clinics:, to see Queen Vletoilu, The piemler will travel via Pails, where he Is expected to have an Interview with M Hnnotaux, the Fiench minister for foielgn affalis, on the eastern sit uation. At this Interview, It Is be lieved, the question of the participation ot Fiance In the blockade of Gieeee will be decided. Bold Salisbury will not in live at Nice until Satuulay next. The Athens cortespondent of the Times says It Is believed at Canea that the blockade will be a fallllte as a cu es cive moasuie. ENGLAND'S CHANGE OF FRONT. Her Attitude n Check to thu Agres sion onttissiti. Constantinople, Match 23. The change In the policy ol C.ient Ihilaln, foieshad owed In tin se dispatches yestoidav, has assumed definite shape. The lecent niassacte of one bundled Armenians at Tokat, the danger of fuithci outbieaks In Anatolia, and the action of the porto in seinl-olliLlally pointing out to the Tuiklsh press and piovinclal olllclals that the bluckade of the Island of Ciete 11 the UeetJ of the poweis, and the suppoit given to the Tuiklsh foices by the foielgn lleets, was a tilumph for the policy of the sultan, intimating that the massacies of Clnlstlans would be w Inked nt, have had their effect, In cleaily showing that such a policy placed the Clnlstlans In Armenia In danger of extei initiation. Consequent ly it Is seini-olllclally stated heie, the Biitish admiral In Cretan wateis lias been notified not to send any vvatships of Great Biitaln to take part In the pioposed blockade of the pints of Gieeee. At the same time, however, in older, appaientlj, to avoid an open iup tute with tin poweis, and theieby show beyond doubt that the so-called "con ceit" of the powers is a mj th, Great Biitaln will "acquiesce" In the block ade of the Greek polls. According to the iepoits In diplomat ic eludes litre, the powets have already been notified to this effect, and the withdrawal of Great Biitaln from the blockade is the one subject discus -ed todaj In couit and other elides. The sultan's advisets aie making the best of the situation by pointing to the fact that Gieat Biitaln does not constitute the whole of Hurope, and that so long as the Sultan has the support of llus sla, Stance, Germany and Aastrla, he bus nothing to fear fiom Great Biitaln. But it is unnoted that Tranco will in all ptobabilitj tollovv the example ot Great Biitaln. THE TOKAT MASSACRE Constantinople, Match 23. The sul tan has otdeted thesummaiy dismissal and immediate an est ot the Tuiklsh olfielals In Toknt in Asia Minor, w'hete a few das ago 100 Aimonlans weie massacied and a special commission will be fottned before which they will be tiled Futther and piobably more accurate details of the lecent massacies of Ar menians al Tokat In the Slvoia llstilct of Anatolia, have been received nt the Auncnian 1'alilarc.hate heie. The news lecelved at the Patilarchate shows that the nutnbet of ictlni3 were fully seven bundled. Eight Armenians weie ar icsted heie todaj as a measuie of pie cautlon, the government feailng tint the news of the Tokat massacre might pteclpltate an outbieak. The piisoneis ate suspected of having been eimnged In an attempt to make a demonstration liei e. AUNE WORKERS ASK AID, Appeal fiom the Starving Workers in the Ohio Districts. Columbus, O., Maich 25. The nation al executive committee of the United Mine Woikets Issued an appeal to the public today foi s mrathy and llnan clal aid. The tiieular describes the miners as being l educed to miserable poveity, and quotes a Pittsbmg paper to the effect that mlneis' chlldien aie seen diiving dogs away from gatbago and eating it themselves In the mining legions theie. The committee blames the New York and Cleveland Coal company, and Its piesldent and dilectois, whose names ale also given, lot biinging about the demoralized condition of the coal min ing business. The miners announce that thev aie detet mined to end this state of alfaits at once, and to that end solicit aid The citculai Is en dot bed b Piesldent Samuel Compels. MAHER TO FIGHT SHARKEY. Ito Will Begin Tunning toi it Next .Honda) . Plltsbuig, Pa . Maich 21.--Peter Mai. ei in lived in Pittsburg tonight to cottier with his bucket and manage! . He will begin training at West Cluster, N. Y., next Monday for his light with Shaikej. John J. Qulnn telegraphed Sluukey at San Francisco tonight that Maker would like to have eight weeks lo train for the contest, l'aison Davies will in live In Pittsburg next week when Malwi s backti will cover Shut key's de posit and slL.ii the .ii tides of ngi cement. if Mnhcr dcleats Sharkey he will tight either C n bett oi Goddard if thfy dehlie a mateh, - -- SUSQUEHANNA TRAGEDY. I'liink Helann Attempts to Kill .11 1. Stallock, Then Commits Suicide. Susquehanna, Pa, Match 23 This moinlng Frank Melann, a lesldent of the Oakland side, went to the lesldence of his slstei -in-law, Mis. John Stal lock, to ste his wile, who had been liv ing npait fiom him. Being denied admission he sliot Mis. Stallock In the In east, Inllistlng a se ilous wound. He then shot himself tluough the lieiut and died Instantly. Jealousy Is said to be the cause of the act. Iihiiro Has Hccii Located. Reading, Pa., Maich 23, lufoiniutlon ie celveil hem this evening fiom Auburn is to the effect that Uevulljn Dilate is ut his fiithe! 'h residence. Uliaie Is the in in whoo mime was found signed to u note at Shoeiuukeisvillu thieutenlng suicide, The leslilcius theto hud been hesirehing the Hchull:lll for his boil). It Is leuined that he uaikil Into the ilvei and thtn changed his mind. - - Two Chinamen .dunlcred. Clayton, N. M., Muich 23 Hop and Wall, Chinaman, have been found ram deled hi trail l.iuudiy hue. Robufciy was the motive. Seveial unests have been made. Auti-Tiiiht Hills Pass in Assembly. Alban, N. Y March 23, loth mul tilist bills Introduced b the Lcixow tiust Investigating cotnmltUn have pnssed the assembly without amendment. They now go to the senate for milon. LAST DAY OF THE TARIFF DEBATE A Vote Will Be Taken on Wednesday Next. INTERESTING SPEECHES YESTERDAY Senate Spends Its Time in Secret Session Discussing the Pending Amendments to the Ailiitrutioii Ticutv.-llttnkriiptuv Iliu Is Ollcrcd in the Semite. Washington, March 23. The senate spent two hr.ui.s and fotty minutes to day In discussing, in seciet session, the pending amendments to the arbitration treaty. No sueclal piogtess was made towaul the llnal lesult. Hefore taking up that matter, the question of acting on the npi ointment of senatois by gov ernors of states where the state leirls latuie should have elected senatois, cume up In the case of John A. Hender son, appointed by the governor of Floi idall to fill the vuimucj caused by the expiration of the teim of Senator Call. Ml. Ho.ii, Mass, as ranking member of the committee on pilvileges and elec tions (theie being a vacancy lu the chaiimanshlp) explained that he had not called a meeting of that committee on account of the numeious vacancies on It; nnd that was the leason why no action had been taken in the matter ol these appointments, and he Indicated his hope that, very soon, the vacancies on all the standing committees would be tilled, Mr Hendei .son's ctedentlals weie lefmied to the committee on pilv ileges and elections. After the executive session, the bank ruptcy bill was taken up and lead lu full, utid then Mr. Nelson, Minn., offer ed a substitute foi It, which was also lead In full. The reading of the two bills occupied an hour and twenty min utes, and, when it was Mulshed, the sen ate at 4.20 p m , adjourned until to luol tow. EAST OF TARIFF DEBATE. This was the last day of genet al de bate on the tat Iff bill In the house uf lepiesentutlves undei the older adopted last week, but because Mr. B.ille's sote tin oat would not peitnlt him to speak this afternoon an ugieement was made to give two bonis to general de bate Just before taking the vote next Wednesday which time will be occupied by himself and Mr, Dlngley. The pioceedlngs today weie Inter esting and listened to generally by a laigo numhei of membets and ctowded galleiles Speeches against the bill weie made by Messis. Talbeit, South Ctuollna, Cl.uk, Mlssouil; Mnguiici, California; Gunn, Idaho, Slmpsv". Kansas; Cox, Tennessee; MeUue, Ai kansas; Buike, Texas? Lent?., Ohio; Dearmond, MW&oiul and in .favor by Messrs. Tavvnei, Minnesota; Dnlzell, Pennsylvania; Russell, Connecticut, and Payne, New Yoik, membeis of the committee on ways and means, and Grow, Pennsylvania; Curtis, Kansas, Colson, Kentucky, and Haw ley, Texas. At 5 o'clock the house took a iccess until S o'clock The night session wit nessed the last of the genet al debate, except the two hours on Wednesday next, just pi lor to taking vote on the 1)111. MARSHALL'S BIG SCORE. He Is the Winner of the Grand American Handicap nt Long HranchDr. Carver's Bad Luck. Long Blanch, Maich 23. Tom A. Mat shall, of Kelthsbuts. 111., was the winner ot the gland Ameilcan handi cap, which was decided at Hlkwood paik this moinlng. Mai shall made a clean seine of 23 birds. Ills shate of the pilze money is $r,00 This Is In significant, howevet. compared to the lionoi of winning the gteatest shoot ing match' in the hlstoiy of the spuit. Dr. W. F. Caivei, of Chicago, and Hemy Koegle, of Newnik, who shoots undet the name of "Hemy Zee" had a good show of tlng Mat shall. They killed as many blids, but In each case one fell dead out of bounds. When tho niuiksmeii left the traps at six o'clock last nlsht 21 lounds ot the grand Amei lcan hundlcap had been shot. Mar shall, Cat v ei and Koegle weie tied with a straight suite. Theie veie 15 men who hud killed twenty, and twelve who had killed 10 out of their 21. The continuation of the match commenced at 10.20 o'clock this moinlng. At that time the sun was shining bilghtly, but a gale fiom the west was sweeping ov ei the giounds. The sportsmen knew what this meant. The binls weie a fast lot, and with the help ot the wind every one agieed that It would be dilllcult to kill them. Tho flif to fare the traps was W. Dunueil, whose scene was 1'J out of 21. Tluee blids went down beloie him. When Di. Caivei faced the Haps ho was choeied to the echo. An eas blid was his ptev. He picked a haidoi one on ai'uthei trap, nnd this also was ihl dled with bad. On the number three ttap while shouting his 21th lound, he had a toweling lucomei. The (list bur lel hit tile blid squue enough, but to make sine of his kill the doctoi sent another load uftet the pigeon. The high wind can led the dead blid out of its bounds. The doctoi was chagilned, but his it lends consoled hltn by saying that lu still hud a chance of winning (list money. Koegle hi ought down both ot his blids In the Hist and second traps. He went lo the thlid trap and diew a swift inconici and lllled it with shot. The blid however fell dead out of his bounds. This left only .Mai shall with straight kills He killed his 15th blid and the westerner was the winner of tho giand Atiieiicau handicap. The nine men who weie second with 21 kills were: Caivei, Vandyke, Will iamson, Koegle, Huikhatdt, Voils, Cub beily, Ainu mid Applegate. They di vided $1,010. The thlid men with 2.! kills weie- W. D. Duiinell. J3. D Al klle, P. W. Hudd, Cornelius Feigu squ, "AlkaiiMis Ttuvelet," O. R. Dickey and W S. King. These mwn divided $1,091. To Hee who wus entitled to fouith money oi the consolation pi Ize, each contestant In the handicap, excepting those who hud lecelved llrst, second and thlid moneys, was allowed to en ter. It wus inlsfc and out. After a number of lounds hud been shot the following divided fouith money; Grimm, Hamilton, Poweis, Moccasin, Thuiman, Pnimnlee, IMilstcr, Mooie, Outhile, C. Von Eengerke, Behrlg, Col dien and Colonel Anthony, Mr. Mnishnll, the winner of the grand American handicap, was botn In Ken tucky in 185". He commenced to shoot at an caily nge and Is now considered one of the best shots in the west. He hns been mayor of Kelthsburg, 111., for twelve years, and solved In the legls latute In 1SS') nnd 1S91. MINE IiLAZE EXTINGUISHED. The .Mennce to Wilkes-Harre Checked by Ingenuity of i'ireiucu. Wllkes-Barre, Pa., Maich 23 The Im mense volume of binning gas that has been Issuing from the bore hole over No. 2 mine lu the eastern poition of this city since yesteidny was subdued by the llienien late this .afternoon. The hole which led ftotn the surface to the mine below was filled with bngs ot sand and stone and follow lnir this up with a stieatn of water enabled them to extinguish the llame. SW ALLOW CASE ENDI D. Testimony on liclialf of Defense Com- pleted'-Jury Agrees on a Verdict Wuich Will Be Given Today. ITnt tisbiirg, Pa., Maich 25 The tilal of Rev. Dr. Swallow, on n charge of libelling Captain John C. Delaney, su petlntedent of public giounds and buildings, vas tesunied this mottling. The Hist witness was Luthei R. Kelker, who, It was said by the defense had been tampeted with by the piosecutlon. Mi. Kelker denounced the stoty ns an Infamous falsehood and said he hud never been nppiouched by anybody in the piosecutlon, oi anybody else. Governor Hastings was called to dis pose of the stoty told by Contractor Coder that he had ofteied to make the alterations in the house of lepiesenta tives for $20,000 when the woik was given out foi $70,000. The governor said that Coder called on him nnd showed him plans for the alterations and wanted to make un expeilment for $2,000. Coder said that the peimiinent woik by his plan would cost about $20, 000. The covei nor told him that the matter was bejond experiment and the woik must be done at once. The con tract was iflven to Hodges, of New Yoik, with the express stipulation that If the acoustic piopeitles weie not mnde peifeet he would not be paid. Joseph Pme, from whom the clocks for the lieutenant governors loom weie purchased, said that ho did not give Captain Delaney a clock as a ptes ent This closed the testimony nnd Attor ney Scailett addiessed the Jury In be hulf of the defense, and Mr. Graham for the prosecution. At ten o'clock tonight the jury In the second tilal of Rev. Dr. S. C. Swallow, on chatges of criminal libel ngioed nnd sealed their vet diet for ptesentation to the couit tomonow. It Is undet stood that they have found him guilty. The speeches of James Scat let, of Danville, foi the defense and Geoige S Graham, dlsliict attorney of Philadelphia, for the commonwealth, were eloquent and effective Dr. Swallow was compelled to I ii the costs In the llrst case, the jury having thus compromised between guiltv and not guilty. OBJECT 10 PRIZE FIGHT ART. Hills introduced to Prevent the Ex hibition of ifiuoloscopc Pictures. Albany, N. Y March 23. Senator Koehler intioduced a bill In the senate today to pmhlbit klnetscope or othei pi Ize fight plctuies being exhibited In this slate. Concoid, N. H., Maich 23. In the house this afternoon the petition of the Manchester Mlnlsteilal association ask ing for legislation to prevent thu exhi bition ot any kind of plctuies of pi Ize lights was lefetied to the committee on national nffaiis. Augusta, Me., Match 25 In the sen ate today among the measuie passed to be engiossed was a bill ptohlhitlng photographic or other lepiesentatlons of pi Ize lluhts. Detective Punished. New Yoik, Mai cli 25 Chatles C. Gib sou, a pilvato detective, was tonight found gullt of peijuty In general ses sions. The Juiy recommended him to the meicy of the couit. Gibson was chatged witli giving false testimony In tlio tilal of (Uotge Bin ady for a dlvoice fiom bis wife, (ieoiglunu. Gibson, last Janu.ny, c hinged that the stale legislatots at 11m l labia g who being bilbed duiing the con ti"t to appoint a successor lo Senator Cuineinn. Gltson caused the in rest at Pottsville of 1". A. Van Valkenburg, po litical manager for John Wanaiiiiiker, Van Valkenbiug was nfteiwaid Indicted, but has not yet been tried. He will prob ably now be dlschaiged as his accusei has been convicted of porjuiv. Di. Xanseii fines to l'aiis. London, Maich 25. Dr. NanEcn, tho Noiweglau e.xploioi, left this eltj today on his way to Paris. Be will bo wel comed nt IlojlogiiL-sui-Mer by the muni cipal authoitties High Muter Good foi .Mills. Saratoga, Match 25 Owing to the high stage of water all mills on tho tippei Hud son liver and tl lbut.it y sti earns uio lun nlng to thdi full capacity. TIIK NEWS THIS MOIiNIXU. Weather Indications Today: Oenerally pjlri Rising Tcmperuture. 1 Judge Dillon's Opinion of the Snpienio eoiuis ice cent ueclHlun. Tuiks Aie Routed by Chllstluns In Ci ote. East General Debate on tho Tarllt Bill In the House. 2 State legislative Doings, Pliiiml.il and Commoiclal, 3 (Local) Opening Sessions of the Ger man M. E. Conference. Couit PioceedliiBS, 1 Editoiiul. Washington Gossip, 5 (Local) Common Council Votes to Up. move tho Stieot Commissioner ut Once. A One-Aimed lluulor-Pieacher. lleulth Statistics, fi (Stoiy) "Ja Maicho Punebre." 7 Wi st Side News und Qoasly, Subutlmn Happenings, 8 l'p and Down tho Valley REGARDS IT AS A GREAT MISFORTUNE Judge Dillon's Opinion of the Trans Missouri Decision. WILL PROMOTE RATE CUTTING Nothing to Protect the Hallway Com panies oi the Public Against Kuiu ous Kitto W'tirs. -Thinks Relict' Should Come Through Action on Part ol' Congress. New York, Match 25. Peilvips the most thoioiiEli levievv of the decision against the Tinns-Mlssouil association ugieement and the most concise state ment of the effects of that decision was made today bv foi met' Judge John F. Dillon, himself a Juilst of note. Judge Dillon said that he had lead the opin ion of the majotUy of the couit In the case, but had not seen the dissenting opinion. He said: "I will not ciltlclse or discuss tho opinion of the court, but I am willing to state what It decides. On the Hist point, It decides that all combinations which aie In testtalnt of tiade or com nictce an- piohlblted by the anti-trust act, whether lu the foun of tl lists, or In any other foim whatever, nnd that the untl-tiust act covets, and. In the opinion of the majoilty of tho couit was Intended to cover, common cat iters by laTlroad. "The next point decided by the court Is that the paitlcular ugieement which wnsNtherefoio the couit, namely, the ngieement which constituted the Tians- Mlssouil Fi eight association, was an ugieement which violated the mul tilist act, because, as held by the couit, It was an agreement In lestialnt of trade or conimeite unions the several states, as the couit defines that ex piesslon. "It was admitted In the case that In point ol fact rates established under the nsteement weie not unieasonuble; also as stated above. It did not estab lish a 'pool' either of traffic or of earn ings, and that each company was left flee to compete foi and get all the bus iness It could, und. It was also admit ted that theie was no Intention of on the pait ol the companies In acting un der It to violate the statute or to secuto any other end than to pi event dlsas tious late vvais and to establish and maintain leasonable rates. "The question was whether under these eilcumstances the ugieement wus one which fell within the above-quoted piohlbltlon of the antl-tiust act. The iajoilty of the couit held that the antl-ttusi act did apply to such an ugieement and lendeied It Illegal. The defendants conceded that tl lists and contracts In lestialnt of trade weie not, In the absence of an act of congress in violation of anj lnvv ot the United States, that the antl-tiust act meiely enacted the common law on this sub ject; and nothing: more; nnd that an ugieement like the one in question pro viding simply for teasonable rates would not be Invalid at commnn law as being 'lu lestialnt of trade or corn met ce,' and theiefote was not Invalid under the statute. "I cannot tegaid the decision of the majoilty as holding anything less than that railroad companies cannot, under the antl-tiust net, make any ugieement, except possibly with connecting lines, for Hxing or maintaining rates for In tel state tiafllc, even though such rates aie leasonible, and although such In cidental lestraint as such agieement might put upon commeico Is a teason able one. "The couit held that the United Stnts under the net might btlng civil or cilmlnal pioteedings to enfoice Its piovlsions." EFFECT OF THE DECISION. Judge Dillon was asked what he thourht would be the effect of the de cision, ami leplled: "The gteat object ot such an ngiee ment on the pait of the rallioad com panies is not to secuie unieasonable rates, but to pi event the ptiv.ite and public loss and evils that How Horn se ciet iclmtes.iate cutting and rate vvais. Measurably these agieemeuts aftected that end. When such niji cements aie annulled theie la nothing to piotect the railway companies or the nubile ngains-t the giave evils ot late cutting and rate vvais, except the self interest of the companies, and possibly ceitaln piovl sions ot the intei state cntinuetco net, which tequltes notice of raising oi low eung rales. How tar this will operate to protect them, I am unable lo ay. "In view of the inipoitanee of stable rates nnd the evils of rate euttinir. I icgaicl the practical effei t of lite deci sion as an unmixed misfoitune. not only to tallioad companies, but nlo to the public, unless it should be tho means ot biinging congtesslonal icllef. ' That could be and ought to be In the form ot an act that will uuthoilze the making ot tate agreements und of pool ing, subject to tho tight and power of the Intel slate coinmoiee commission to set them aside If found atralnst tlid public lnteiest." M ishes to 5!i! a Citiou. New Yoik, Mutch 23 Mis. Emma Moss Ilootfi-Tuckoi, tho wite of Fiodeilck Rooth-Tuckui, of the Salvation Aimy, ap pealed betoie Cleik liiov.n, In the Natur alization Hureau ol the Supreme court, tod und declared her Intentions to be come a citizen of the United Stules. Mis. Uooth-Tuckei came heie with her hus band about a cai ago He bus nlieady taken out his that papers. ThuiVcw State Capitol, llaiilsbtug, Pa, Maich 25 Governor Hustings and the joint commlttiu of Hie senate and liou.su on putiUe buildings had a confidence today on the new capttol question. Practical ugieement has been leached and theie will bo no tuitlior de lay. The building will be euvted prac tically on the lines suggested by the gov ernoi. 'J'hien l'ritMuls in Ciistodv. Jacksonville, Pla., March 23. The steamer Tluee Pi lends was formally tak en Into tui-tody this moinlng by iho Unit ed States inaish.il upon oider of Judge Locke, of the United Slates court, and will remain in custody pending the llnal healing of the ease. i - i (.'unboat's Trial Aviiin Postponed. N'ew London, Conn., Mai eh 23. The tiliil of tho gunboat Wilmington has been imaln postponed. A alc Is blowing on the sound, whkh shows no signs of im mediate abatement, und the will bouid bus bee' u leluctuutl) obliged to d'. let tilt' trial, TT EY'S II 21 1U TT We (LDpesa Toiay a Mapi ceit Hew Stock M Ex clusive MeMes Mr reel from Paris, Two Tone Grena dines ('the latest), Snake Skin Noyelties, Pure French Mohairs, Lace Mohairs Two Tone Checks, Eping lines, Endora's, Et emlennes, Coverts, Etc. OUR STOCK OF Black Goods As Usual, 'Is Unsu2'passed, 530 AND 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE Always Biuisy SelliM Honest Sles0 Specials for March Ladles' VicI Kid Welts, $2. DO, Men's Calf Welts, $2,00, Spring Footwear for eyery member of the family. Wholesale and retail, Lewis, Reilly & Davies 111 and mi Wyoming Aenue. Telephone, ! 15'J. CONSIDERING THE TARIFF. An Vineuilmciit Which Mill Reduce Dulv on Coal. AVashlngton, Maich 25. Tlie Itepub llcan membeis ol the wns and means coinmittee aie lnformully consldeiing an amendment to tho tariff 1)111 whlc will reduce the cjuty on coal fiom It to CO cents n ton. Iho Canadian duty on coal Is sixty cents a ton nnd tho Intention of the committee Is to make the duty reciprocal. It is also aigind that the superior quality of the Ameii enn coal, Is, lu Itself a veiy cousldei able ptotectlon against the Nova Seu tla product. The Hupubllcan membeis of tho com mit tee aie also considering the advis ability of changing the paragraph ic lutlng to atiaw braids upon which a straight duty of 20 per cent, was fixed In the bill. It was purposed to vvilte In nu additional paragraph having espec -lnl lofeienee to straw braids dyed and puluted and on these Increasing the duty 5 or 10 per cent, jnobably the hit ter. - Steamship Airivals. New York, March 23. Airived: Steamers Palatla, fiom Humburg; J I. II. MeKr, from Hrcmen; Tiave, from lireuiun: Mix slaslppl, from London Sailed: Columbia, for llnmbuig; Welmm, for Hiemen Ar ilvcxl out. tlerniunlo', ut Queenstuw n; lluvel, at Hi eiuei haven Sailed foi ,Ni vv Vork: MaJuBtie, Horn ijneenstovvn SlglH ed: Massachusetts, from Ncvv Yoik for London, parsed Prawle Point. The Herald's Meuthur roiocnst. New Yoik, Match 2t!. la the Middle states today, eleai weather and fit di wuuteily winds will ptev all, pteeeded by loeul fiost with nliflitly lowut, tullowcvi by slowly tlslng teiniieiature. On Sutur dii), dear und consldi-iably w miner weather will pi. Mil with light vailably winds follow c 1 bv cloud) vuathta and piobabl) lulu at utuht. OK OSS GOODS