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TO VOTE for the new bridge', mark a cross in the square at the the right hand end of the line entitled "Yej," below the word "Bridges" at the bot tom of the Republican column. JUT Scmnton 3BSB: tobirae. TO VOTE for the new park, mark a erosa in the square at the the right hand end of the line entitled "Yes," below the wordi "Park" at the bottom of the Democratic column. eight PA(;i:s--rt; columns. SCBANJON, PA.. MONDAY MOWN NO. FEBllUA It V . 1804. rHVO CENTS A COPY. MUTTONUM 11 IE MAN SERV PC FOR Btrl 5 m PARKS MAPPING OUT THE BUTTLE Plans for the Great Talk of the Week la Congress. SWEETNESS TO BE DISCUSSED The Finance Committee of the Senate Will Report the Free Sue;ar Sched ule in the Wilson Bill- Mr. Bland Expects to Keep the Seigniorage Bill Before the Hous3 Until the Robins Nest Again The O'Neill Joy Contest Threatens to Finish the Sessions. Washington. Fab. 18 THE Indication tonight are that tbe sugar schedule of the Wil son bill, with absolutely fre sutfnr and no bounty will bp re lorttd by the senate tinance committee without change, but with the under standing that the question is to be fought out on the seunte floor, the committee standing in the attitule of making bo recomiuetidition on th subject. NO CHANHK OF BILL IN THE HoL'SE. There appears DO prenent prospect of a variatiou from the iirograimuj fol lowed by the boUM of representatives the last few days. Mr. Bland has Speaker Crisp's earnest Support in his intention to ktiep the seigniorage bill before the house until it shall have been disposed of in some way. After adjournment on Saturday last, the speaker was conversing with several persongjinclnding one or two members, regarding the business for the coming week. "We shall go right along, " he aid in his heHrty fashion, "just as we have bsen going until a quorum voUs upon the question of closing debate, and remains until the vote on the pass age of the lull is taken." How many days the Blao 1 bill will occupy this week cannot, of course, be definitely stat-d now, but its supprt ers eonfidently expect that it will be out of tho way by Tuesday night at the furthest. Iu answer to a question why the committee ou rules was not asked to bring in an ord-r tixing the time for taking a vote, Mr BUn 1 exalained that under existing conditions such a pro cteding would be useless. THE O'NEILL JOY CONTEST. After the bill to coin the seigniorage of the treasury silver bullion has been disposed of, R prsentitive Brown, chairman of the committee on elections will ask the houss to take up tlie re port in the contest of O'Neill vs Joy, from the Eleventh distriot of Missouri. Joy, a Republican, is the sitting mem ber and the committe--by a straight party vote, have r-comm -tided that O'Neill, a linoerat, and a former member of congress, be given the seat The speaker has Stated that he favors action upon the subject next in order, bnt Chairman Havers, of the appro priation committee, will antagonize the motion with tee fortirtostions ap propriation hill, nnis Representative O'Neill, of Massachusetts, asks to have the pension impropriation bill takeu on Mr. O'Neill is chairman of th sub-committee in chargo of that mens lire. Mr. Sayers said Saturday: "I am get ting a little bit anxious about our bill, and.although I promised Speaker Crisp to let the O'Neill-Joy election case Cniue up last Week, in case the Bland bill was out of the way, I think I must now insist upon having at least one of the bills disposed of." So, whether it is to be the election case or the appropriation bills, that will follow the Bland bill, the tun of the bonse this week promisos to be pretty well occupied. COUNTERFEITERS BAGGED. Shovsrs of the (ii--r la th Toils at Altoona. Ai.Toona, Pa., Feb. H The secret service officers are still at work in this city and three more arrests ot counter feiters were made today. The officers are very reticent as to their operations and refuse to give any names. Two ot the parties wore men and one woman. The latter, it is known, is Mrs. Sue Feeney, who has not been living with her husb.ind for a year or more and who bus been leading a dissolute life. These three were giving a quiet hear ing this evening before United States Commissioner Ambrose, at which time all wero able to furnish bail in the sum of $2,000. The detectives are still at work, and before they are thrnngh it is expected quite a number will be added to the seven already arrested, and one of the most extensive counterfeiting opera tions in the state unearthed. RAILROAD INTERESTS. The Rnport of Various Crmpinios of Business of the Past Year. Hahkisbuku, Pa., Feb. 18. The Pat riot will tomorrow publish a compila tion of the annual report of the steam railroad companies reporting to the de partment of internal affairs In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1803, which shows that the total number of passen gers carried dnring the year was lo2, -460,840 as against 140.1911,599 the pre vious rear. The number of passengers carried for one mile was 2. 893, 1 12,855. The Pennsylvania carried the great est number of passengers last year. The returns of the interstate com merce commission for 1892 show that the roads operating in Pennsylvania carry 27 per cent, of the entire pas senger traffic of the oonntry. The fig ures of last year show a material in crease over those of the previous year. SCHEME TO BENEFIT SOCIETY. din, the anarchist killed by tho explo sion, was bis brnther-in law, and hal much to say in his favor, lljur.lin. he Mid, was one of several brave and de termined men who believed that the only wav to better society was to de stroy the present system and build up another, 1 he explosion at Greenwich, ne believed, was only the beginning nt an anarchist campaign which had heeu carefully settled and would he execut ed despite all precautious of the police. ine suspicion that London anarch ist made bombs for us in France an 1 Spain, ho said, was an old nu.l prob ably oorrect one. SILVER QUESTION IN INDIA. Belief in th Impossibility of an ItipDrt Duty on the Motal. London, Feb. 18 The Daily News in its financial article says: "The mar ket is disposed to anticipate, from re cent replies made in the house of com mons, a possible import duty on silver after tho financial year. Hence there will be a good demand for silver for delivery prior to the departure of the Indian mail next week." The Financial News says: "We are confident that the Indian government will impose an import duty on sil ver on the protract that it is merely furnishing a new entire of revenue for India, but every body will know that if tnere has been no currency muddling at Whitehall, there will be no silver duty iu India." H'KINLEY'S EARLY START. He Is Expected to Keep Even with Reed and Harrison in the Race tor the Nomination. Samutls, the London Anarohtat, Olvss Bis Refreshing- Views. London, Feb. 18 Samuels, the most bloodthirsty of London anarch ists, was interviewed today concern ing the explosion near the Greenwich obeervatory. He acknowledged the truth of the report that Martial Bonr- NlW York, Fob, is. The arrival of Governor McKinley iu the city ban set the presidential boom -rs talking. 1' ie hinted that from uow on the Republi can yarty'e chief exponent of the doc trine of a protective tariff will be seen frequently in public places. He is to make a compute circuit of the country during the next eighteen months, it is said, and the next stand is Chicago, whore the governor will speak at the Union league dinner on Washington's birthday. The governor declined to discuss the subject of Republican presidential nominees yesterday, but it is accpte 1 as a fact that tho governor is a candi date for the nomination. His friends expect him to have the Obio delegation olid, owing to the nlleged complais ance of extJovernor Foraker and the faction he leads, and his interests iu the Republican national committee will be looksd after by the executive member from Ohio, Mr. Hahn. In view of the fact that ex-Speaker Reed and ex-Proiident Harrison are also candidates by the declaration of ' ir political friends and each has his special representative on the na tional committee, the course of that institution when p- rniansnt headquar ters are established in New York city will be watched with unusual interest. Rarely have candid ites for presiden tial nomination gotten into the field so early, but the unusual situation is the reason given. i ne nepuMicans i. i i that this is a case where "the early bird" will reap the reward, ainl tnat the trouble in thu Democratic party becauss of the in come tax rider on the Tariff bill and the hostility to President Cleveland on the part of many senators and repre sentatives, make the chance of republi can national success bright. For that reoson, it is said, Governor McKinley s friends wish him to get promptly in the field and call general attention to himself as the original de i larertof the cry, "The foreigner pays the tax." Ex-hpeaker Reed possesses the ad vantage of leading the R -publican unuority in the house and can from time to time reach the Republican ear in an eft'-ctive manner, while ex-Presi dent Harrison has the prestige that at taches to the occupancy of the white house chair, Governor McKinley is not to be ob scured by the caprice of politics whicl retired him from the national arena to the limits of Ohio, his friends say, and as heroic measures are necessary at this time they are to be adopted. WHEELMEN LINE UP. Business at the Osnaral Assembly at Louisville, K -n tuck v. LoOnVTLLK Ky., Feb. 18 Nearly all the delegates to the general asssin bly of tho League of American Wheel men which meets in this city tomor row arrived today. Thu first business to come up after the rending of the re port! will be the election of officers Charles A. Luscomb, of New York. Will be elected president. J. he amateur question and color line question will come up next and to night the delegations are caucusing at a lively rate. Boston, Asbury Park and Denver are working to secure the annual league meet for next summer L.hancea favor Asbury Park. . STRIKE AT POTTSVILLE. Fifty-Two Carpvntera tin Vlotimo of a 4 Uisunderftaidlnsr. PomVlLLB, Feb. 18 Tyler. M Turk & Co., coal operators, are build ing a large coal washery at Eberdale and have fifty-two carpenters at work forty of whom are from Pottsville. The men had been prom is -id $2 a dsy by the boss, I'red Hchullz. On Satur day when they applied for thuir pay thry were offered $1 78 a day. This the men would not accept aud all went out on a strike. They had been working for some little time and blatno the superinten dent ot the company, A. M. i- letcher for the proposition to lower their wages. - IN OUR OWN COMMONWEALTH. Thirty seven Mansfield Valley miners ohargeu with not, were round guilty. Last summer Josoph C. Coulter at drove Ctiy, was killed by the Immkmir down of a bridge over which he was cros-ing With a threshing machine. Hult for SIO.OUO damages was brought by Coulter's widow Yesterday the jury awarded her 8,7'.i.l. An incendiary fire dostrovel tho wholo sale commis-don houses of J. D. Walton and P. Carey & Son at Chester. The buildings were owned by Jonathan Pen nell and were uninsured. Captain Jo seph Smith is also u loser to the extent of ia,(WU. BOMB THROWING ANARCHISTS Additional Facts in Reference to tbe Case of Entile Henry. LAMED A GREAT SLAUGHTER The Bomb Fiend Had Intended to Ex plode His Death-Dealing Missile in the Comedie Francaise, but Was Not Permitted to Enter the Place. The Disaster at Barcelona Vividly Recalled by the Recent Trouble. i'Aiils. Feb. 13. 1894. THE Echo do Paris says that it has received information that Emll Henry, who on Monday night last tnrtw a bomb in the cafe of the Hotel TeruiiniH. had idanned to ms an explosion in the Com-die Francaise. II- intended, the i miner 'Vs. to throw a bomb iu tho theatre last Monday night, when a large crowd wis in attendance watching the play its Cabotins ( The Strolling Play ers") Henry found it impossible to procure a seat, and taking an omnibus at the theatre proceeded to the Hotel rmiUUS, where be threw tho bomb that h intended to use iu the theatre. The latent developments in the Hotel i in, inn outrage rucalls tne outrage B ircelnna a short time ago. Ap parently Smile Henry's plan was simi lar to that of Salvador Franoh. and had it been carried out would have b'en just as disastrous. The Lyceum theater in Barcelona, one of the largest in Europe, wa filled almost to its cap-city one night when the anarchist hurled lug bomb into the stalls, killing about thirty persons and wounding a larger number, It was the most fright ful explosion of any in the recent his tory of anarchism. TBI CONFESSIONS OF FRANCE Franch was arrested in the begin niug of January and he made a confes sion, there were two bombs, he ex plained, of which only one exploded. For some reason which he could not understand the other failed to go off. Possibly there was some defect in its coustruction. He carried them into the theater iu his sash, in the folds of which the two infernal machines were easily concealed, for they were of small size. Taking his place in the second gallery, Franch waited quietly until the opera was approaching its con lusion and all eyes wero on the stage. Then ho moved out into the passage, where nobody was likely to observe him, and taking the bombs, 'one in each hand, he hurled them with all his force lown into the center of the closely packed stalls, where the bourgeois were siting. In the confusion and panic which followed the explosion, Franon, who was already clear of tho seats, had no difficulty in escaping from the thea ter, but knowing that the police, being BOgnlsant of Ins anarchistic ideas. would be sure to arrest him, he made at ne-f for a place of concealment in a In ue near the omnetery. Here ho remained for twenty days, sud then, deeming that the vigilance of the police would have relax d. he left Barcelona, aud set out ou foot for his native province of Teruol. For a short time he stayed with his own family at Castelseras, aud then made his war to Saragossa to seek the hos pitality of a friend living in that city. Franch averred that Iu- made this full confession of his own gudt in order to s iv the innocent peoplu now in prison at Barcelona. to his wife, Taking her to the barn he t in 1 la-r in a stall aud left her to the "starving ordeal, 1 a means of grice. After she had been there a few hours ho went out to administer the "grace test" by beating her. The screams of the hslf-frnzsn woman brought relief and release from passers by. At the time the Oarterites were holding relig ious services In Carter's house. Carter's neighbors threaten to ad minister a "grace tost" to the fanatic il individual whieh he will have cause to remember, unless he ceases to apply his fiendish methods of conversion upon his helpless wife. OUTRAGES IN AFRICA. TROUBLE OVER THE TICKETS. Rural Printara Play Havoo Wlih the Baker Ballots. I'oTTSvn.I.E, Pa.. Feb. 18. Inspec tion of the specimen ballots prepared by order of the commissioners of Schuylkill for Inesdays election dis close many grave errors that are ef fected by tho penal claiue of the Baker ballot law and many of these errors in bo made to form the ground for contests and may in some cast s evon overihrow the whole election iu certain disiricts. The ballots in the middle ward of Pottsville contain sev eral errors. A number of surnames of candidate are abbreviated such as Jos. for Joseph and Then for Theodore. The ballots were printed by the Welt Bate Printing company, of Alleutown. Tho commissioners gave the contract to Messrs. Burron and Ilirtnim and James, of Ashland, for $4,600, and with out rescinding the original contract gave tbe work out two days later to the Allentnwn partv. This act has created a lawsuit and trouble is now expected over the errors in the ballots. BISSELL IS ECONOMICAL. Ho Will Accpt Cror.iad Bids on En velope Contract. Wasiiiniiton, Fob. 18. Postmaster Cenural Blssell has determined to see whether or not the government can save considerable money iu the stamped envelope contract during the next few years, and to that end has had the specifications prepared unusually early, with the intention of advertis ing tho o mtract ou or about March first and throwing open the competi tion to every one who can givo satisfac tory assurances of ability to ox-rate its terms. Heretofore, the spveific itions havo required bidders to be actual envelope linkers, or makers or certain paper which has. had the iffect of limiting the competiou to comparatively few concerns CARTER, THE FANATIC. A Rsllglous Crank Displays Fisndlsh Prr p -nsltlee. K a i, a ma .in i, Mich., Nob. 18 "Bev. Thornton Carter," who claims to be the MeBsiah, and is the leader of a number of religious fanatics calling themselves "The Chosen Seven," who was Seine time ago decorated with pitch and plu mage, has agaiu been raisiug Ned in his pecnliar manner. On Friday uight "Mssslah" Carter had a vision in which he was directed to administer toe "Holy Orace" test Thi Negroes in the Cameroon Shame fully Treated bv Oirmans. Berlin, Feb. 18, Tho Augsbnrjer Abend , iluug published on Friday several l"tters from the African ex plorer, Kullenberg, who confirm the worst stories aa to tin- ill treatment of negroes in the Cameroons The natives employed there in the official service, Kullenberg savs, aro lashed for the slightest offences. Iu instances that came under his personal observation black soldiers got M0 atrokeB each, lost consciousness and were cirried in a piiabls condition to their huts. August ltebel, the social Democratic leader, made a powerful attack in the reichltag last Friday upon the admin istration iu tbe Cameroons. Hj exhib ited whips ot ihiuocero3 hide which were used In punishing natives. Vice Governor List, of the Cameroons, he said, had enforced regulations that ev ery native must make a salaaui when ever a German passsd him. If sitting or reclining when the German sp proached it. the native must spring to to his feat in time to make the salute. - NEW JERSEY DEADLOCK A Confusion in State Affairs Likely to Follow the Troubls. TRENTON, N. J., Feb. IS The sev enth week of the legislative deadlock begins tomorrow without any better prospect of a termination of tbe diffi unity than that existing at tbe com mencement of tho trouble. Governor Wt-rts' anxiety to bring the trouble to an end Boemingly grows greater every day. He foresees tremendous confusion in state affairs if the muddle is not straightened out. The tying up of the courts of chan cery is well nigh a c -rtainty bringing nutold hardship to hundreds nu I prob ably thousands of litigants. Cuanoollor McGill's term expires May 1, aud no ad interim successor to him can be ap pointel so long as tho legislature is not in recess. KILLED BY MOONSHINERS. Two SD'Ulal Deputies Fall in a Conflict with Distillers. OBARLEEVON, W. Va., Fob. 18.-A few days ago Ham Collins, of Pocohon tas county, with three companions named Jonss, Francis and Murdsugh, opened an illicit distillery in a cave near tbe Pendleton couuty line. Dep uty Marshal Kollingwood, with two special deputies, raided the place four davs ago. In the fight that ensued Jones aud Francis and the two special deputies were killed, and Ham Collins SO badly wounded that he was traee 1 five miles through il.-- snow by the 1 1 from his wounds, lie has not yet been taken. The story is related by lumbermen who have just arrived. - M'KINLEY NOT A CANDIDATE. Hs Has Nil Deelrs for a Seal in the TJnittd Stated feuste. COLUMBUS, O, Feb. 18 Governor McKinley! private secretary denies the story published this morning to the effect that the governor would ho a candidate for the United States senate to succeed Mr. Brice. From another source it is learned that many of thu radical anli-Foraker Republicans are urging the governor to he a candidate for the senate in order to dfest 1-oraker, wlio is anxious to secure the seat. 1 FIASHES FROM THE WIRES. liobbers held up Carroll A; ehber's faro game at San LrancHco anil t-ecured a,(HiU. Thu explosion of a holler at Keliy, la., killed John lanuer and fatally injured Vt illiam Sells. From excitement caused by the burning of his liolel, V ills im r.vans, or itushville, III., fell dead. Frank I hainhers, assistant chief clerk of the Tennessee senate, is Supposed to have committed suicide near Memphis. 1 ircctors cf the defunct North Kivor bank, of New York, will he sued for negli genre that caused the batik's failure. I-'or a second time, V. A. Kckoman, a Cleveland merchant, Sloped with LlEEM Casper, a school girl, and married her. Striking nkil workers attacked non union men at lroniou, ., badly beating thi-m and driving them home with pistole. At noon yesterday every mine in the Miteeillmi (O.) district shut down to re main closed, so the operators have form ally declared, until tho ll.lKIO miners du puiidunt upon them for employment cou code to the terms demauiloil. Another of the too frequent World's fair tires broke out yesterday afternoon iu the east wing of the Illinois state building. It was undoubtedly of incendiary origin, bat prompt response on the part of the tire department prevented its doing ilam age to any great extent. The carriage factory of kufus M. Stivers & Bros., 144 to l.VI h.ast 1 liirty-tlrst street .-Men in ; through to Thirtieth street New l ork, was damaged ItSO.Oiiii by lire yesterday morning Two hundred nur tially finished and 195 completed vehicles ot ull descriptions wore USStroysd. Archbishop KalO has created a stir aiming Catholics at St. I.ouis during the pa-t week by a letter which he hae sent to the clergy wherein he expresses tho desire that, all Catholic children who attend the public schools should be prepared for thuir first communion by their parish priests. More than loo, non persons gathered at BV i'ett-rs, Home, between 11.40 and II o'clock yesterday morning to see the pope i en mate uio last mass i ms jubilee yeai I nu nig the mass the pops Wore the mitre given linn by the Clermaii Btnpsror, and afterward the tiara presumed to him bv Emperor ItUI Joseph, of Austria-Hun gaiy. The Madrid correspondent of the Daily News says: "The Itlshop of Sogavln.upon learning that Lieau ifnmcz Was a 1- rue Ala sou and a K-muhlicau, compelled him t abjtlie Ills principles and swear repentance on the cruclllx. 1 lie bishop hogged tin dean's burn shoulders, tin) priests mean time chanting the Mi Mei. After ward the dean was publicly ubsolvod." FILETS LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S MUSLIH UHUERWEAR Lxquisite Material aud Finish. WHEELER H. PECKHAM, THE REJECTED. ALL HOPE IS ABANDONED. Rescuing Party at Plymouth Have Given Up the Thought of Find ing the Entombed Miners. Wll.KES- Daiike, Feb. 18, A visit to the scene of the mine horror at Ply mouth todav by the United Tress rep resentative disclosed the fact til h t ther- has been no cessation of t-lfort ou he half of the reseuers who are digging for the entomhod men. Bsing Sunday, the vicinity of the mine WAS crowded fnousanda ot people from narly every mining town in ths valiey had come to take a look at thu scene of the disaster. Many of them were miners employed in tiie various collisries hereab.ints, and the general opinion among the most experienced was that the thirteen victims would usver bo rescued alive A wild hone was borne iu the breasts of the victims' friends last night when word came that a supply ot blankets had been ordered to the shaft, but it soon died out upon investigation. The order was given merely us a precau tionary measure, in case the rescuers should come upon the doomed men unexpectedly. A'l day today the res cuers worked csaselssly, gang succeed ing gang at regular intervals. The task is not only hard and dangerous, but positively discouraging. No sooner do the men gain twenty feet or so, than the top settles down again and they are compelled to retreat. In this way only a few t-et at a time can be gamed and little progress is apparent to the casual observer. Tlietrescuing party have al ready had many close calls and the pre iiction is freely made by the old miners that more lives will be sacrificed be fore the vietims are reached. Although the air is tilled with ru mors of every description, the simple fact is that no one, not eveu the otfi einls, know when the men will be reached. The work of tunnelling through the fall is of such a uatnre that no cilciilations can be mule Were the rescuers driving through solid coal or rock the exact hour when they would reach a given point could easily be ascertained But with a mass of louse coal in front of th m, mi l a roof which threatens at any moment to crash down upon and bury them out of sight forevor. the men find it hard to foretell the result with any degree of confidence. Superintendent Ivlwards, who has charge of the night, shift of rescuers, did a heroic net this afternoon, at the same time taking. his lite in his own hands, He crawled through nu open place situated near the roof on the plane in the Gay lord mine ou his hands and knees with only a safety lamp banging by his sido to give what little light ther could bs had. He managed to get over 300 feet fur ther into the mine than any other per son who has so far dared to venture. Gn returniug tonight he said that he wiib of the opinion he had been near the spot where the men were supposed to be, hut others think that he no doubt passed over the bodies a he was on top of the debris and tho men un der. It is reported late tonight that the resonera have reached a place iu the shaft 350 feet from the foot of the plane, and they litid the cross-headings almost clear. Five brave miners at once went into this portion later on, and are now making a thorough search for the men. Superintendent Kosser, who has charge of the dav shift, is of the opinion that they will find the men very soon if they are in the place where ther are supposed to be. Superintendent MacFarlan snys from his, knowledge of the disaster the men are, beyond doubt, dead, and he can see no chance where they had any ave uue to escape from under the fall, THE POOL TOURNAMENT. Bssult It a Tin Iletwten K-ingh, Shtr man and Doug-hrty. PBILADBLPRta, Feb. 18. The state pool tournament which has been in progress for the past two weeks at the American Athletic club, Ninth and Arch struots, has been one of the best sporting events in the city for souie time and, contrary to expectation, it resulted In a tie bettween Keogh, Sherman and Dougherty. The game last night between Sherman and Kogh was of a very Interesting character, and so anxious was each of the men to win that it lasted nearly five hours. The tirat tio will be played off tomor row night and will be between Frank Sherman, of Athens, and hM Dough erty, of this city. Tuesday night the loser will play Jerome Keogh, of Scratiton, an I on Wednesday night the deciding game will b played. The score lust night w is as fftlloWl : Keogh, 1.10; S'liirm in, 183. Scr itch-s, Shsriiian, 7, K -ogh, 7, Referee, Moore; marker, David. KNIGHTS OF LABOR WAR. Mr. Wright Discucoes the Salary Suits and , Makes Bitter Remarks in Reference to Secretary Hayes. Philadelphia., Feb. 18. A. W. Wright, ex member of the general ex ecntive board of the Knights of Labor, wss seen today and questioned in re gard to the circulnr which General S-cretary Hayes has issnsd to tho order concerning the suits for salary which have been entered by the ex-general officers. Mr. Wright said that it was true that Mr. Powderly, Mr. Devlin and himself had entered suits as stated but if any harm were done by giving publicity to the tact the blame must be borne by Mr. Hayes, who had lor some purpose of his own oboseu to make it public. The pretense that be and Powderly and Devlin wore pressing for tho money due them for the purpose of in juring the order was untrue, Mr. Wright said, as be believes it to be perfectly solvent and able to pay the claims. Mr. Wright said some severe things about Mr. Hayes, aud iu cou clnding IBB interview, said that tho talk about ma-inf actureis bicking the ex-eneral officers was simply nonsen sical, as was also tho stulf about try ing to lead the Knights iutu any politi cal c imp ' Snch iioiiseufe," he mid, "arises cither from natural stupid ty, or is due to a chronic tendency to untruthlnl ness. There may be pi ople who belli ve ) hat workingiueii can b herded into political Oampa l y 1 adt rs, as I know tin-re are tl oe who have attempted it, but neither Mr Powderly, Mr. Devlin nor 1 belong to the class who believe this." HARRY HAAS MUrtDEREO. !. Result of an Altercation on the Le hlnh Vallsy Strike. TOWAVDA, Pa., Feb. 18 In an alter cation tit the Sayre hotel early this morning Edward Fallenger shot and instantly killed Harry Haas. The trouble grew nut of the bitter feeling o-twuen the Lehigh Valley strikers id last November and the men who took their places. The assassin came from Chicago duriug the strike. He is uow In jail. A Sayre officer undertook to arrest another man last night, when four of his friende drew rovolvers and the of ficer was obliged to retreat. Fallenger came to Sayre from the Chicago, Bnr lington and Quinoy railroad and was employed as a flagman. His victim, Harry Haas was a fireman, but had not been put to work since the strike. He was very popular with his associates and the feeling against Fallenger nnd all "scabs" is intense, Fallenger when arrested admitted tho shooting and claimed that it was done iu self de fense. BEASTLY BANTAMS FIGHT. Unknown Fugilisti Endeavor to Pound Tlnin-.-.-'.v s Into Fame. (J-ALTK8TOK, Tex., Feb 18. Last night, before the Island City Athletic club, Hurley Ssnford and young Mitch nil, this city, bantam weights, met in a fifteen -round coutest for the bantam weight championship of the southwest. It was a vicious fight from tbe start until it was stopped by the police at the end of the fourth rouud, and the fight was awarded to Sanford, who had the bust of it from the go. being tbo aggressor in every round. Mitchell's eyes were blackened, blood was flowing from his nose, and he was a gruesome spectacle (wheu carried from the ring, Sanford's left eye was slightly blackened and his neck aud shoulders lacerate I by the teeth of MltohelL RACINE IS BOOMING. Several Induetrine Will SprinR Into Ex istence in th Near Future, Kacisk, Wis., Feb 18 Two of Ha nine's largest factories will resume work on Monday morning. The J. 1. Case Threshing Machine works will start with BOO men, and work eight hours per day. and will soon put on thu fnll force of 1,0(10 men and work ten hours. Tbe factory has been closed since last Julv. during which time about 175,000 h i been expended in new buildings an. I improvements. The Mitchell and Lowia Wngon wofks Will also stnrt Monday with 4."0 men and will gradually increase the force. I COLD WEATHER FORECAST. Wakhinuton. Feb. IS. FoivcKif for Uondtty; tw eastern ."enn sytoaata, air, oofden i-uriui. MIIOI.S-, tn- ice.sleni Vntl.-uOa- inn, fair, (feofcietwy colder Monday nij'if, varMOte Nrtadi, im 'i 7( T'Ue-i I li Giving additional space and special attention to this department for one week we offer handsomely made GARMENTS at prices sel dom met with. These goods are of superior qual ity and at prices usually asked for medium grade. The Embroideries used in Trimming, the Muslin, the Sewing, all have been carefully examined, and nothing unworthy is of fered. During thi3 time we sell the "Queen" Night Gown, Tucked Yoke Val- encienes Lace Collar and Cuffs at 98c, regular price, $1-45. FIN LEY'S, 510 and 612 Lackawanna Av m GUTTA PERCHA & RUBBER KT'GCa'i FAMOUS Maltese Cross RUBBER EELTING AND HOSE. CHAS A. BCHIEREN & CO '8 PERFORATED ELECTRIO And Oak tanned Leather Belting, H. A. Kingsbury AOENT SI3 Spruce St., Scranton, Pa. Lewis, Reillf k Davies Reliable Footwear. S it, ,- iky W h)1 mm Feet of every deecription fitted at Lewis, Reilly & Davies. Will olofa cTory Tvnlnc nt 0.30 P.M. KMpt Niturtlay. We Examine Eyes Free of charge. If a doctor W needed you are promptly told no. We also guarantee a per fect nt. WATCHES AT COST for one week only. ARCADE JEWELER, 215 WYOMING AVt