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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-01
Death Of Ex-Mnyor O'Brlcn.

SoMERvrLLE, Mass, August L.-Ex-
Mayor Hugh O'Brien of Boston, died
suddenly this morning at the home OF his
son. Rev. Father James O'Brien. Death
was caused by heart failure.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-01

MApRr. Angus 1. i.-Dispatches received
here from Havana, announce that the IN
surgents have been defeated with heavy
loss i'm the sagua district, and that the
s.Aurgent leader Rodriguez was killed
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-01
Jackson VIII Fight Corbett.

LONDON, August Levy, prominent
London sporting man, offers to back
Peter Jackson against James j. Corbett
in a glove contest for $4,000, the match
to come off in London in January or
February next.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-01
Twilight sold.

Boston, August I. - The steamer Twi-
light, which has run TO Harbor Point and
Nantasket Beach for 13 years, has been
sold to Philadelphia parties for about
$50. 900.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-01

Carrie Lawn fell from Pawtncket
electric car this morning on North MaIn
street and was injnred about the head
She was taken to the Rhode Island
Hospital
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-01
COTTON

Liverpool cotton futures opened steady de-
New York cotton futures opened hrm; sales
ZOO bales. January 36. February i;lA Au-
gust 6.sS. September Gs1, October bVo NO
vember G.9s, December 1.04.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-01

q : S......l4sA
'ExD-iv sEx-40 per cent In liquidation
PROVIDENCE CLEARING HOUSE.
The clearings OF the providence banks
today amounted to s76S, 300.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-26

Longfellow's Spanish Student" some
wearing the costumes which the male
parts demanded.
Yesterday Rev. l.. N. Pattison, pas
tor of the Methodist church, preached
a sermon on the "Stage, Its Use and
Abuse" He set forth a series of suppo-
sitions in which he suggested that the
ladies, some of them mothers, and none
under 20 years of age, had been i'm
modest in exhibiting themselves to the
public. He also paid his compliments
to the business men who had disguised
themselves as baldheads and sat in the
front row, and claimed that the bald
head row was an adjunct of low down
theater.
The ladies attacked are of Ostego's
best society. They are very indignant
and threaten to cause the arrest of Mr..
Pattison for SANDER.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-26
last week OF congress
Senate Considers the Purchase Of the
Blaine Property.
FILIBUSTERING IN THE HOUSE
sion in General Deficiency Appro.
priatiOn Bill to Pay Extra
Salary to Employees.
BY the limited Press.

BY the United Press.
Washington, Feb. 25-The senate be-
gan today the last week of the Fifty
third congress with the consideration
of the great appropriation bill to pro-
vide for the sundry civil expenses of
the government for the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1896.
The sundry civil bill covers 133 print
ed pages; and when the senate took a
recess till p. m, it had disposed of
about thirty-two pages.
No less than four hours time was
occupied in the discussion of the
amendment reported from the commit
tee on appropriations to acquire for the
government Mrs. Blane's interest in the
Blaine property on Lafayette Square
Washington, paying her sl5OOOO for it,
besides an indefinite amount for the
cancellation of the lease-estimated at
100000, but stated by the opponents Of
the measure at an amount equal to
the purchase money. Amendments re-
quiring "a complete and perfect title"
and a "fee simple title" We're voted
down: and finally the committee
amendment, slightly modified, was
agreed to.
An amendment was also agreed to for
the purchase of sites for public build
ings at the capitals of Wyoming, North
Dakota, Iowa. and Washington-the
cost of none of the buildings to exceed,
including site, $4,000
Senate today confirmed the follow
ing nominations among others: Sam
uel w. Thome, of Pennsylvania. to be
United States consul at Asuncion,
Paraguay.
Proceedings in the House.
Some filibustering, in aid of the effort
to defeat the provision in the general
deficiency appropriation bill for an ex-
ira months salary for all employees
of the house including clerks to mem
bers, was INDUCED in today, after the
bill had been reported to the house.
But the efforts We're futile, and by Il
vote of 125 to 10 a motion to re-commit
the bill was defeated, and it was
passed, 1i5 to 81.
The principal item under discussion
in committee of the whole was the
amendment offered by Mr.. Breckin-
r1uSe, III cnarpe OF tne Dill, 10 apprO-
pirate SAFE, 900 to carry out the agree
ment made by Secretary Gresham and
Sir Julian Pauncefote, British ambas-
sador last August, to pay the British
government for the claims on ac-
count of seizures and warnings of ves-
sells engaged in the fur seal traffic. In
committee of the whole the amendment
was agreed to by a small majority,
but in the house, on call of yeas and
nays, it was defeated, l43 to 112.
The conference report on the post
office appropriation bill, an agreement
on all but one unimportant item was
adopted by the house, matter in dispute
going over until tomorrow for action.
AS agreed upon the bill carries a total
appropriation for the year ending June
80, of SS9, ,545,99S.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-26
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.

Horses were never so cheap on the Pa
cihc coast, good animals bringing only "
or SO head.
Mayor Strong will allow the body of
Frederick Douglass to lie in state at New
York city hall today.
Blood poisoning, caused by colored
stockings, ended the life of Baby James
Branagen, of New York.
After an hours courtshp, George M.
Whitney, drummer. welded Miss Grace
Grant, an Indianapolis belle, at Provi-
dence, r. l.
Love born in hospital will end in the
marriage of John w. Swain, of Newburg,
N. Y. and Miss Antoinette Davis, his for
mer nurse.
With n shotgun, Mrs. Minerva c. Tay-
lor, a, seamstress, of Guthrie. o. T., killed
William II. Harrison, who had been an
noying her.
On an attachment for $500 sworn out Ivy
Miss Viola Armstrong, Of John l.. Sulli-
wants company, the latter's trunks were
seized at Jacksonville, Fla
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-26
DEFENDED HIS GOSLINGS.
Mike kratky Draws Head Upon Miscre.
ants Who Had Invaded His Premises
with Fowl Intentions


Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Forest City Feb. 25.-Michael Kratky
keeps a kind of hotel on what is known
as the Warren Lot" between Forest
City and Richmondale, but has no
license. Sunday morning about
O'Clock he shot a man named Peter
koshnack twice, one bullet passing
through the knee and the other enter
ing the abdomen. Both men tell a diff
ferent story about the affair and it is
hard to get at the real facts in the
case.
Kratky says Koshnack broke into his
hen house and was carrying away sew
eral fowls; that he was awakened by
the noise. gave chase to two men,
whom he saw retreating to Forest City
and finally. instead of stopping as he
called on them to do, one of them
turned and shot at him. Kratky says
he was not hit and that he Immediate
ly returned the fire. The men then
scampered away as fast as they could
and he was unable to tell whether he
had hit them or not. When he reached
the point where they had been when
they shot at Kratky, he claims he
found four of his geese and one duck.
Koshnack says he was in Kratky's 5
place drinking Saturday night; that
he stayed late and got quite full.
Everybody had gone and Kratky wanted
him to so and would not give him any
more to drink. He says they then had
"a few words and KratlSy drew re-
volver and shot him twice. He then
managed to get to his boarding house,
on Lower Main street, in Forest City,
but did not send for "a doctor until
Sunday afternoon. The physician has
probed for the bullet in the obdomen
twice since. but so far has been un-
able TO find it. The chances are against
the man living.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-26
PENNSYLVANIA NOTES.

Pottsvllle will have gold cure league.
The eisteddfod of the Cambrian society,
of Schuylkill county, will be held on
March /.
All OF the collieries of the Lehigh Val
ley and Reading Coal companies will work
fun time this week.
Schuylkill county will lose 1900 popula-
ton and S3,533Gi6 In property II Quay
county goes through.
Since the blizzard the Philadelphia and
Reading co.hpany has shipped thousands
of carloads of coal to the west
After plunglng headlong from wagon
at Reading, Charles Groff walked about
for q while and then dropped dead.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-26
FOOL SHOUTED FIRE.
Panic Narrowly Averted in a Philadc lphia
Thcatcr.

lhGuter.
BY the United Press.
Philadelphia, Feb. 25.-A terrible
panic was narrowly averted at the
Chestnut Street Opera house tonight
at the presentation of "The War of
Wealth" At the conclusion of the
third act of the play quantity of cot
ton was set on fire upon the stage to
represent the burning of mill. and
the column of fire that shot up from
the stage and the volume OF smoke that
filled the house made the scene entirely
too realistic to be pleasant to the spec
tators. To add to the uneasiness of
the audience the asbestos curtain of the
house was sent down uopn the scene
and some one In the audience shouted
Fire" The nerves of the audience
had already been strung up to a high
pitch by the fire upon the stage, and
this ever terrible cry of Fire" in n
crowded theater pt'>yed too much for
the spectators at "a wild rush was
made to the doors./
Some of the cool heads in the audi
ence. however, shouted out that the
fire was a part of the piece and finally
the panic-stricken throng was quieted
and the people returned to their seats
and the performance proceeded. Dur
Ing the panic three women tainted, and
one was carried In an insensible condi-
tion from the house.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-26
SHE LEFT A LOCK OF HAIR.
A Philadelphia Lawyer Deserted in Gin.
cinnati by the Girl lie Was to Marry.
The Hook She Canght the Sucker On.
By the limited Press

"A PnlIadclphla Lawyer deserted III Cln-
cinnati by the Girl lie Was to Marry.
The Hook She Canght the Sucker On.
BY the United Press.
Cincinnati, Feb. 25.-The police are
considerably puzzled over an amusing
case that has just been presented to
their notice. Last evening we'll
dressed, good looking young man en-
tered the mayors office and after a
good deal of hesitation wanted to know
If the department would aid him in try
Ing to find young woman companion.
When told that her full name, age and
description would have to be furn-
ished, he said he would let the matter
drop and went away.
This morning he called again. and
after remarking he was now willing to
let the whole cat out of the bag, said
that his name was +. C. Meister, and
that he was a Philadelphia lawyer.
Some time ago he took a trip for health
and pleasure, and among other south
ern cities visited New Orleans. He car
ried letters of introduction to a number
of prominent families in the city and
in one of them was surprised as well
as delighted to meet Miss Anna NJ.
Herbert, a schoolmate of his in Phila-
delphia, who at the time was teaching
school in the Crescent City. She was
beautiful and he was impressonable.
They fell in love and at the end of three
weeks We're engaged to be married
When the time arrived for him to leave
for the North he persuaded the young
lady to accompany him to her home
where he would introduce her to their
old friends as his tiancee. Before leav-
ing New Orleans he purchased two
1,O00-mile tickets.
When they arrived in this city they
stopped at a prominent hotel. Thurs
day morning he found that the young
lady was gone. While looking around
for her he discovered that both of his
l,O00-mie tickets as well as $50 which
was in his purse the night before We're
missing. On the center table of his
room he found lock of her hair neat
ly folded.
Mr.. Meister took his SELL good-hu-
moredly. and remarked: 'The lock of
brown hair was curled up at one end
like hook. l guess that was the hook
she caught the sucker on"
Mr.. Meister says that the young wo-
man comes of one of the best families
in Philadelphia, and is the daughter
of an ex-congressman of Pennsylvania.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-26
GEORGE PROCTOR BOBS UP.
Begins His Old Tricks at the End of a
Nine Year Sentence.
BY the limited Press

Philadelphia, Feb. 25.-George Fl.
Proctor, alias L. +. Fessenden, aged
about so years, was arrested here to-
night on information of the authorities
of Bowdoinham, Me-, on the charge of
forgery. Proctor is an old thief and
has been arrested twice for robbing
banks. In 1884 he robbed a bank at
Susquehanna, Pa, of $4,000. for which
he received an Imprisonment of nine
years and six months. He also robbed
a bank in Massachusetts. He has
spent a great part of his life in jail
and has made several escapes.
His method of forgery was to go into
a store and obtain a letter head sheet
of the firm on the pretense of writing
a note and then forge an order on it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-26

rooms, painted on the wall in red let
ters, We're the words "Sandusky Joe,
1885"
In the thirties there was a gang of
Indian horse thieves in this vicinity,
and 1t is supposed they made this cave
their headquarters. on several of the
skeletons of the horses We're found
saddles and brides. Judge Wickham,
of Norfolk, who was deputy sheriff in
1885, remembers that the Indians stole
many of the settlers horses and no
trace of them could be secured.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-26
BURNED TO DEATH,

Charred Remains of an Aged Couple
Found in Ruins Of Their Home.
By the United Press.
Dayton, o., Feb. '25.-The home of G.
w. Weaver and wife, an aged couple
living two and one-half miles southwest
of Trottwood. Montgomery county, was
burned last evening. The charred bones
of Weaver and his wife were found in
the ruins.
1t is thought that robbers, after rob-
bing and numbering the aged couple,
fired the house to cover up their work.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-26
GUESTS BARELY ESCAPE.

The Glen Lyon Hotel Totally Destroyed
by Fire.
BY the United Press.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa, Feb. 25.-Hotel
Dunn, at Glen Lyon, a few miles from
here, together with the contents and
outbuildings, was destroyed by fire this
morning. The landlord, his family and
some of the guests barely escaped in
their night clothes.
The loss on building will reach $4,000;
on stock, $1,000. Partially insured.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-26
Suicide of Auditor HOwIand.

BY the United Press,
New York, Feb 25-David T. Rowland,
an auditor in the employ of the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western railroad and
resident of Summit, n. j., killed himself
in the Staten Island Athletic club house
today by cutting his throat An inquest
was held and verdict Of suicide while
temporarily insane returned.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-26
Against American Meat.

BY the United Press.
Washington, Feb. 25.-United Press
cable dispatches from Paris published this
morning announcing that France had
been persuaded to join Germany In the
retallatory interdiction on the importation
of American meats, was confirmed by an
official dispatch received today from
Henry Vignaud, secretary of the Ameri-
can embassy in Paris
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-26
SKELETONS IN A CAVE.

Strange Discovery Made by Citizens Near
Town In Northern Ohio.
BY the United Press.
Toledo, Feb 25.-J. p. Strange and
other citizens have been investigating "A
cave on l.. r. Reynolds farm, near
Norfolk. this state. They made several
interesting discoveries. Sixteen dead
horses, or rather their skeletons, Were
found, and three skeletons of human
beings. In another chamber were found
old clothes. masks, hats. pistols, knives,
etc. Altogether there are five COM
partments In this subterranean cham
ber. Above the door was the motto,
'.Home, Sweet Home" In one of the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-26
Clergyman Acquitted.

BY the United Press.
Philadelphia, Feb. 25.-Willam III. Bry-
ant. a colored clergyman and presiding
elder of the Lancaster district of the
African Methodist Episcopal church. was
acquitted in the United States district
court today of the charge of sending an
obscene letter through the malls.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-26
IRON WORKERS APPEAL.
The Belgian Experts object TO Being Sent
Out of the Country.

By the Jnlteu fresS.
Philadelphia, Feb 25.-The three Bel
gian iron workers who arrived here
last week and We're detained by the
immigrant commissioners on the sus-
picion that they had been brought here
under contract by the Kewanee Iron
mills, of Kewanee, ILL.,, to work in the
mills for 80 per week. have appealed to
the authorities at Washington against
their deportation.
Until this appeal Is acted upon the
men will not be returned to Belgium
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-26
THREE BOLD ROBBERS.

They Gag Watchmnn, Blow Open Safe
and Secure 81, 200.
BY the United Press.
st. Louis, Mo-, Feb. 25.-Three masked
men entered the Office of the Heitzberg
Pork Packing company at 3 o'clock this
morning and bound and gagged Charles
Harold, the watchman, in charge Of the
building.
The safe was blown open with heavy
charge of powder and nearly $1,000 Sc
cured by the robbers. The men escaped.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-26
NO ONE INJURED
Patients at Wcrnersville Insane Asylum
All Died of Old Age.

Reading, Pa. Feb. 25.-At this after
Moons session of the legislative com
nittce at the Wernersville asylum, the
e\ idence showed concusively that
there was not the slightest foundation
for the charges of i'll treatment of pa
tients. Those who claimed to have
been injured, it was shown by the
testimony of DR.. Ewing and others,
were hurt in trying to escape from the
institution and one of them after reach
ing Conshohocken, where he got into a
har room fight.
The committee was only in session a
snort time when 1t adjourned, appar-
entity satisfied that the charges were
groundless They went to Harrisburg
this afternoon.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-26
pnriD Casino Burned.

BY the United Press.
Paris, Feb. 25.-The Casino de Paris, a
large music hall. at 10 Rue Blanche,
caught fire shortly before midnight and
burned rapidly. All the spectators es-
capped Only the walls were standing at 2
o'clock this morning.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-26
CARNEGIE WORKS IDLE.
Fifteen Hundred Steel Workers Out Of
Employment

Homestead, Pa, Feb. 25.-About 1,5OO
employees of the Carnegie Steel works
were thrown out of employment today
by the closing down Of number of
departments in the plant
The converting MILL the 1!0-inch, 90
inch. S3-inch and 4O-inch mills are all
idle on account of scarcity OF orders.
Work will resume as soon as orders are
raceivpl
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-26
Mig Fire NJ Minneapolis.

BY inc UNIItU TTtS5'
Minneapolis, Mimi, Feb. 25-Flre today
in the Crown Lithographing company's
establishment did damage estimated at
sG5, 900, fully insured. Several employees
jumped from the windows and were cut by
broken glass. Two men were slightly
burned.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-26
KLINE UNDER ARREST.

Ills Sworn Circulation Shrinks Upon
Investigation.
By the United Press.
Lebanon, Pa, Feb. 25.-Ira w. Kline,
manager of the Sunbeams Publishing
company, located at Annville, was ar
rested today on the charge of false pre-
tense. NJ. A. Myers, the prosecutor,
alleges that the defendant swindled
him and others out of $4,000 through
fraud and false pretense.
Myers claims that Kline represented
his publication to have monthly circu-
lation of 4O, 600 copies and that the COM
pany had no debts. He says he has
since ascertained that the circulation
never reached that figure and that the
company had numerous debts Kline
gave bail for court.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-26
SAID THEY WERE IMMODEST.

Rev. Pattison Attacks the Society Ladies
Who Appear In Male Attire.
BY the United Press.
Otsego, Mich, Feb 25.--The members
of the Ladies' Library club of this vii
lage recently gave q performance Of
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-26
King Mcnclek's Conqucsts.

BY the UHIItu TTesS'
Rome. Feb 25.-The Tribune says to-
day: "The recent expedition which King
Menelek sent against the Gala tribes In
South Abyssinia slew 10000 tribesmen and
captured 1900"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-26
funeral OF fred DOUGLASS
Many Prominent Persons Take Part
in the Services.
SUSAN b. ANTHONY'S ADDRESS
Requiem Solos Rendered by the Last of
the Hutchinson Family OF Abolition
Singcrs-Mrs. May Wright ScwalPs
Tribute-Othcr Addresses.
By the United Press.

By the United Press.
Washington, Feb. 25.-Shortly before
y o'clock this morning the remains of
Frederick Douglass We're removed from
his late residence to the Metropolitan
African Methodist Episcopal church,
where the body lay in state for some
hours and was viewed by immense
crowds of sympathetic mourners.
All the leading colored men of Wash
ington took active part in the cere-
monial observance. Ex-senator Blanche
X. Bruce, of Mississippi; Ex-Governor
Pinchback, of Louisiana: eX-Congress-
man Lynch, of Mississippi, and other
men of his race who have been promi-
nent in official life were among the
pall-bearers. Mrs. Cady Stanton, Miss
Susan b. Anthony. Mrs. Sewall and
other ladies identified with the Wo-
mems Rights movements We're demon
strative in their manifestations of es-
teen.
The funeral sermon was preached at
2 o'clock by Rev. j. c. Jenifer, pastor of
the church. He took for his text:
Know ye not that there is prince and
a great man fallen this day in Israel"
White church, in Anancostia, attended
by Mrs. Douglass, followed with brief
address at the request of members of
the family.
John Hutchinson, of Boston, white
haired and white-bearded the last of
the famous Hutchinson family of abol-
itionist singers, told some touching
stories of his lifelong friendship with
the deceased, and then sang two re-
QUEEN solos.
Secretary Nicholas. of the Haytien
legation in the United States repre-
senting Minister Haentjens, Il tall, very
black man, delivered a brief eulogy in
French.
All Honor to Maryland.
Bishop Wayman, in his eulogy mere
ly named the great men from a num-
Der of states of the Union and wound
up with, the remark: And last, but
not least, Maryland had her Frederick
Douglass
Miss Susan b. Anthony arose, amid q
stir of interest, to read a letter from
Mrs Elizabeth Cady Stanton highly eu-
logistic of the deceased. Miss Anthony
prefaced the reading of the letter with
some remarks of her own.
Mrs. May Wright Sewall spoke feel
ingly of DR.. Douglass, who, she said,
had not only opened up the, way to the
emancipation of his own people but to
the emancipation of women.
The hymn Seeking for Me- was fol-
lowed with an eloquent prayer by Rev
Anna II. Shaw. and then Bishop Will
Jams, of the Colored Methodist Episco-
pal church, delivered the benediction
The services lasted nearly three hours
The remains We're borne to the hearse
by eight colored letter carriers, and
after the family, friends and others had
entered the carriages waiting for them
the funeral procession moved to the
Pennsylvania railroad station, where
the casket was placed on board the
funeral train for Rochester, NJ Y,
where interment will take place.