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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-30

been offered the place on the United
States supreme court bench made va
cant by the death of Justice Jackson.
The information came from a close
friend of Mr.. Bissell In this city. and
II Is stated that the ex-postmaster
general himself revealed the secret be-
fore he left Buffalo early this week.
Mr.. Bissell, SO 1t il stated, received a
communication direct from Mr.. Cleve-
land making an unconditional proifer
of the appointment. The communica-
ton further asked MIR. Bissell to come
to see him concerning the matter,
Mr. Bissell, II Is also stated, declared
he would not take the appointment.
In giving his reasons for declining the
honor, he is stated to have said: Il
have tried Washington life under fav-
orable circumstances, and prefer
Buffalo. | do not care to return to
Washington. and the offer of the
judeeship will not tempt me to do II.
/ will go to see Mr.. Cleveland, but l
will not accept the office. do not
want 1t. l would rather stay In Bur
falO."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-30
WON REGlMENTAL MATUH.
Thirtccnth's Rifle Team Is Doing Their
Usual Fine Work.

Thirtccnth's Rifle Team Is Doing Their
Usual Fine Work.
Special to the Scranton Tribune
Mt Gretna, Aug. 23.-The Thirteenth
regiments rifle team won the regi-
mental match here today.
The score of the members of the Thir-
teenth's team was 334; First regiment,
333; Eight regiment, 32S; Ninth regi-
ment, 322.
Mount Gretna, Pa, Aug. 29.-The
National Guard Of Pennsylvania held
the regimental shoot today, and some
good scores were made, although a
strong wind prevailed. The Thirteenth
regiment team won first place with a
total Of 334, but was pushed remark
ably close by the first regiment, of
Philadelphia, with score of 1888. The
brigade team shoot will be held to-
morrow. the teams having been chosen
this afternoon. The score follows:
Thirteenth regiment, 334; First regi-
ment. 1888; Eighth regiment 32s;
Ninth regiment, 322: Cav
airy, 81; Sixteenth regiment, $40
Tenth regiment. 3Oi; Fifteenth regi-
ment, 3O4; Second regiment. 1903; Four
teenth regiment. 302: Fifth regiment,
3O2; Fourth regiment. 302; Third regi-
ment. 301 Sixth regiment. 29S; Twelfth
regiment, 297; State Fencibles, 293;
Eighteenth. 249; artillery. 249 The re-
suit of the brigade practice follows:
Third brigade-30O yeards, 434; SOC
yeards. 341; 600 yards, 42l; total, I. .209
Second brigade--3OO yards, 403; SOC
yards, 455 600 yards, 1892; total, 1850
First brigade--3OO yards. All: 5Ot
yards. 445; 800 yards, 3s4; total, 1,226.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-30
AN UNPATRIOTIC POLICY.
Democrats Discourage Entcrprise-Ad.
ministratiOn TO GO Beyond the sugar
Bounty for Campaign Thunder.

Washington, Aug. 29.-No decision
has yet been made by Comptroller
Bowler In the louisiana sugar bounty
cases. There Is u fear among those inter-
estcd I'm this bounty that the comp
troller will remain firm in declaring
that the law appropriating the $5.OOO,-
900 for the payment of bOunties IL un-
constitutional.
There is pretty strong feeling in
certain quarters that this stand OF
Comptroller Bowler was not taken by
him without the authority of Secretary
Carlisle and President Cleveland and
that the declaration that the bounty
was unconstitutional was made for the
purpose of subsidies beside that given
to the Louisiana sugar growers.
1t Is said that this opposition to sub
sides and all forms Of aid to American
enterprises Is to form one of the feat
ures of the Democratic campaign next
year. The unparalleled expenditures
authorized by the last Democratic con-
gress gave the lie to the contention Of
the party that 1t would practice econ
Omy. 1t Is now believed that Mr.
Cleveland and his advisers have deter
hained to prevent the payment of ap-
preparations made by the Firty-third
congress wherever there is the slightest
pretext for so doing, the object being
to make the people believe that the ad-
ministration is economical If congress
was not.
1t Is declared that the refusal to nav
the So,OOO0OO bounty is likely to be fol-
lowed by the holding up of appropria-
tons made for the carrying of mails
under contract with the American line
of steamers. Postmaster General Bis
sell reduced the subsi allowed to
the Pacific Mail and the Brazilian
steamship companies and his successor
Is said to be looking into the Cuban and
Central American contracts with a view
ITO cutting them down. If the attitude
OF Comptroller Bowler is sustained it is
said that the payment of premiums to
builders of warships will cease.
1t Is the purpose of the Democrats TO
make use of these attempts at holding
up appropriations as proof that they
are eiidNavoring to administer the af-
fairs of the government economically.
1t has been suggested that while they
are explaining to the country how very
economical they are in refusing to pay
appropriations that congress has au-
thorized and to make subsidies that the
law requires. they should at the same
time offer some explanation for using
government property for private pur-
poses at the cost of thousands of dol
lars year.
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JOHN FAWCETT DEAD.
An Unknown Stranger Expires at a Pitts.
burg Hospital

Pittsburg. Aug. 29-Last Saturday
evening the West Penn ambulance was
summoned to the Union station to re-
ceive a passenger on an incoming
through train on the Pennsylvania rail-
road, apparently suffering from a para
lytic stroke. He was removed to the
hospital. where he continued in coma
tose condition until his death today.
He was apparently a well-tO-do man,
but had no papers among his effects to
establish his identity. His possessions
consisted of Slss In bills and small sill
Yer.
His ticket had been lost. but the i'm
preston among the railroad officials Is
that he was a through passenger from
Fall River, Mass. to Beaver Falls. The
mayors of both cities have been wired
for information. The only clue to his
identity Is his linen, which Is marked
John Fawcett." The deceased was
about 70 years of age. slightly bald,
very gray hair He wore blue pilot
cloth coat and vest and black worsted
trousers. On his feet were new pair
Of laced shoes He wore black crush
hat.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-30
NOBLE MASONIC Project
Grand Scheme for the Benefit OF
MasOnS' Children.
UNIVERSITY TO BE ENDOWED
An Institution Where the Offspring Of
Master MasOns Nav Bc Educated at
Moderate Costa Site on tho
Ohio River Contemplated.

Boston, Aug. 29-In their pursuit Of
methods for putting into practical ef-
feet the principles of their order-fra-
ternity, tdelity, charity-some of the
prominent members of the Knights
Templar are developing a project
which. IN realized according to the
ideas of its originators, will prove to
be one of the grandest and most com
mendable outgrowths of the closing
years in this century. They are plan
ming the establishment of Il great ma
tional university for both sexes, to be
controlled by and in the interest of all
masons. with permanent endowment
of not less than $4,000, 900, at which the
children of all master masOns, what
ever their means, can secure COM
plete education from the age of 10
years and upward. along any line Of
instruction which they may desire.
The scheme contemplates the erec-
ton of sufficient number of fire.
proof university buildings to accom-
modate 10000 students, specially de-
signed for the purpose and equipped
with every facility and applian nee
known to be necessary or desirable; /;
the establishment and maintenance
under the most competent instructors
TO be secured of a preparatory or acad-
cihiS uepdi tHient, ana departments or
liberal arts, law, medicine, science and
theology and technology also an in
dustrial school, thus being a true uni
versity In which the student can Sc
cure an education and training along
any line which he may desire to pursue.
In No Sense Charitable Institution.
While the child of no living or dead
master mason will be refused admis-
sion to the institution ON account Of
lack of means. 1t will be in no sense
home or charitable institution, but
Is expected to be self-supporting after
the first construction from the tuition
fees, the products of the industrial
works shops and other revenues The
plan contemplates. further. uniforming
of all students, the boarding and room
ing of them within the university
ground, and the lea sing of grounds. for
nominal sum. for the erection of
homes to such parents as are not will
ing to be separated from their children
during the term Of their education; !;
such houses to be transferred to other
parents when no longer needed.
The location agreed upon for the in
stitution is a beautiful tract of elevat-
ed land on the Ohio river, near the
West Virginia line, facing the river for
three miles.
The projectors anticipate no diffl-
Guilty in securing the necessary endOw-
ment, in fact they assert that the idea
has met with such an enthusiastic re-
-ception from all knights who have
been consulted. that four times the
amount necessary could be secured.
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OF Illinois," said the governor. Il
have no direct interest In the fight In
Pennsylvania for political supremacy.
but. nevertheless. l am more than
pleased and much gratified over the
great victory achieved by Senator
Quay at yesterdays convention.
Continuing, he said the reason he
was SO elated was on ac-
count OF the stand Quay had
taken against the mighty monopolies
in the state. In the opinion of Cover
nor Altgeld, Quay's fight was beyond
all doubt the greatest battle ever won
by the people. From national stand
point. Governor Altgeld believes Cen
eral Harrison's presidential preten-
sions are at an end. for the state of
Pennsylvania, with Quay as leader OF
the delegates. will undoubtedly be for
eN-Speaker Reed as first choice and
Mckinley as next best man. The gov
ernor says he has met Senator Quay
several times, and was greatly i'm
pressed with him as an admirable
leader and an enemy to corruption
lists.
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ROBBER PERRY'S FRIEND.
Miss iiaswcll Taken Into CustOdy-Shc
says She simply Wanted to Reform

says She simply Wanted to Reform
Perry.
Troy, N. Y, Aug. 29.-Amelia A. Has
well, the city missionary, accused OF
aiding in the escape of train robber
Oliver Curtis Perry from the Mattea-
wan Insane Criminal hospital, was
taken into custody on the arrival of the
OPS train over the Fitchburg road.
from Hoosick Falls. this morning The
arrest was made by Detective Keen
sky, of this city. and Miss Haswell was
turned over to Detective Furlong. of
the New York Central railroad service,
who started for Poughkeepsie with her
at 10 a. m.
Miss Haswell returned from Ocean
Grove yesterday morning. but instead
Of going to her home In this city went
to Hoosick Falls to arrange with rela-
tives for bail when her arrest should
be made. She came here willingly to-
day and surrendered quietly. She de-
clined to make any statement further
than that she had no part In the plot
for Perry's escape. and that her con-
nection with that noted criminal has
been entirely innocent and In the direc-
tion OF his reformation.
She was met at the depot by many
co-workers In the missionary field, and
by several of the criminals whom she
has befriended, one Of whom, Edward
Hinton, was released from Jail only
two days ago.
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NEMESIS WAS SWIFT.
Two Young Nebraska Train RObbcr.
RaiirOadcd to JatI


North Platte, Neb., Aug. 29.-Hans
and Knute Knuteson. the two young
Nebraska farmers who held up the
overland express on the Union Pacific
at Brady Island last week, are now en-
route to the penitentiary with a sem
tence OF ten years each for the crime.
b They pleaded guilty. The proof of
guilt was absolute. They said they
were impelled to do the work by the
knowledge that great fortune might
easily be made. They said they se-
cured less than $50 from the safe,
which they blew open In the express
car The through safes, which re-
sisted their efforts, We're filled with
treasure.
The boys have worked on farms In
the Sand Hills several years and were
not regarded as desperate characters
such as their bold act showed They
took the wheels off the wagon in which
they had been sleeping. and, together
with the booty. concealed them In the
woods near the camp. where they were
afterward discovered. Saddling the
two horses, they rode toward Brady
Island, at which point the train was
boarded. The horses We're concealed
in deserted barn about two miles
east Of the place where the robbery
afterward took place. Then they pro-
ceeded to hold up the train In the most
approved style.
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STATE SNAP SHOTS.

While working In a field near Bristol
yesterday, Peter Schall was sunstruck.
A train near Emaus struck wagon, in
jur,na the occupants, +. b. Kaufman and
Charles Stauffer.
For the alleged practice Of medicine
without diploma, Mrs. Estena Schwartz
was arrested at Pttsburg.
John Gallagher, who killed John Welsh,
two weeks ago at Scottdale. yesterday
surrendered to the sheriff of Westmore-
land couutys ,As N. f
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-30
FOREIGN FLASHES.

The pope will arbitrate to, settle the
Hayt.en-San Domingo dispute
Great Britain has greatly limited the
British seal-catch.ng zones In Bering sea.
In duel between rival candidates for
office In Corsica NJ Benecitti shot nj.
Alessandri dead.
The French dramat.st. H,ppolyte Ray
monds. committed suicide at the age of ii.
by shooting himself, In Paris.
When the German American veterans
reach Berlin each CT them will receive n
souvenir medal made of cannons captured
by the Germans from the French during
the war Of 1870.
Dissatisfied with Great Britain's de-.
mand concerning Armenian reforms, t,e
sultan has appealed to France and Russia
to use their good offices with Great Brit
ain to modify her present attitude.
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AFTER THE TOBACCO TRUST.
WheIan l. Co. Will Test the Legality OF
Its BUSINESS Transactions.

Syracuse, Aug. 29.-The legality of
the business being carried on by the
American Tobacco company, every
where known as the tobacco trust. is to
be tested through the medium of pro-
ceedings brought by c. A. Whelan. of
this city. Mr.. Whelan Is member of
the tobacco jobbing firm of c. A. Whe-
Ian & Co. in this city At his instance
a petition addressed to Attorney Cen
eral Hanock praying that official to
institute a suit to compel the trust to
suspend the transaction of business in
this state. was served on the officers of
the American Tobacco company in
New York yesterday. The petition is
reinforced by af1idavits showing the
methods which are observed by the
trust i'm the conduct of their business.
and which, 1t is said. are plainly in
controvention of the conspiracy laws.
1t Is expected the attorney general
will grant the petition. There is little
question that the American Tobacco
company will resist these proceedings
to the very last. The trust is one of
the richest combinations of capital in
the world. Its stock amounts to $685.
900, 900 and 1t Is held by manufacturers
If cigarettes whose private fortunes
amount up into the tens of millions
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-30
SHIRT WAS A BANK,
Family at Duluth Loses the Savings of
Many Years.


Duluth. MINI, Aug. 29.-The idea
that money tied up In handkerchief
and hidden In the sleeve of an old
shirt was safer than In a bank has Just
cost the family of Joseph Hamil the
savings of years. MIR. Hamirs wife
has for several years saved the money
given her by her husband, and hidden
1t In the sleeves of shirt kept hang
Ing In a closet. Today while Mrs.
Hamil was taking her husbands din
ner to him the shirt was given by
Mrs. Hamirs sister to Chinese
laundryman to be washed.
When Mrs Hamil returned and
found the garment gone, ditto the
money. amounting. II is Gained, to
several hundred dollars, there were
lively times for a while. The police
were called In and the laundryman
visited, but he denied having seen any
money. Mrs. Hamil's sister did not
know that the garment was a bank
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-30
FEAT OF A SUICIDE.
Man Fires One Bullet Into His Brain and
Another Into His Heart

Cincinnati, Aug. 29-Theodore May,
of Covington, KY. shot and killed
himself today. One ball pierced the
brain and another the heart. This is
the coroners autopsy. How the man
was able to fire the second shot was
a mystery. He lived with his nephew,
George Williams. at 276 Western ave-
nue.. Covington.
He was a brother-in-law of Samuel
Williams. whose domestic troubles had
often been before the public. May
brooded a great deal over his relatives 8
difficulties, which. added to his own
misfortunes, made him respondent. He
had been In business in Covington and
In Cincinnati. but failed. He was 80
years old and unmarried.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-30
AGAIN THE RED FLAG.
Chicago Anarchists Preparing for An
other Disturbance.

Chicago. Aug. 29.--Red flags will not
be allowed to be publicly displayed by
the Socialist labor agitators at the open
air demonstration and picnic which Is
to be addressed Sunday next by Keir
Hardie and John Swlnton, or in the pa
rade of the Socialists Monday, which Is
Labor Day. An order to this effect was
given the police department today by
Mayor Swift.
One of the committee In charge Of the
picnic Is Oscar lNeebe. one of the par
doned Haymarket anarchists. In his sa-
loon there is displayed big blood-red
banner. which 1t Is proposed 10 present
to the socialistic party at the picnic
and used In the meetings of that body.
The police may even prevent this much
display OF the emblem Of lawlessness.
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MR.. OUAY'S SECRETARIES.
Jcrc B. Rex and W. II. Andrews TO Serve
ON tho state Committees.

Harrisburg. Aug. Ex-senator Quay
accompanied by his son, Richard. State
Senator Edwards and ex-Sergeant-at-
Arms Harrah. left for his home at
Beaver this afternoon. He received
hundreds of callers at the residence Of
County Chairman Weiss today. He was
in good spirits, and expressed much
qualification over the work of yester-
days convention.
Before leaving Senator Quay an
nounced that he had appointed Jere b.
Rex, of Huntington and w. r. An
drews. of Meadville brother of state
Senator Andrews, as secretaries to the
state committee. He also announced
that he will call an early meeting of the
state committee to get II In working or
der The Senator will recommend the
selection of an executive committee
upon the plan pursued by the Republi-
can national committee and of this
executive committee Frank Willing
Leach will be chairman.
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BLASPHEMER STRICKEN.
william Wood Becomes SpccchIcss While
ScOffing az Religion.

Athens, Ga, Aug. 2S.-While ridicul-
Ing religious services In connection
with "a revival In progress at High
Shoals. William Hogue Wood, a back
sliding Methodist, was stricken dumb.
lie was railing against religion Just
outside the meeting, In the presence of
large crowd, when he suddenly
stopped In the midst of sentence and
has not spoken since.
Every thing possible has been done
to restore his speech, but to no avail.
He went to the church and, taking
paper and pencil, wrote few lines to
the pastor, who read II to the meeting.
II was:
II am doomed to hell. now believe
there Is a hell. Pray for me-"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-30
SIGNAL FROM THE GRAVE.
Peculiar Invention to Aid People Who
May DC Buried Alive.

New York. Aug. 29.-'The grave
signaT is what the inventor calls a
patented affair just offered In the
mortuary market. 1t is designed to
enable man or woman buried alive.
as In a state of catalepsy, to notify
people above ground. The signal is
In a tube fitted with air valves. The
slightest revival of life in the grave. 1t
Is claimed. will be instantly indicated.
The stage exhibitions work very will
but undertakers are obtrusively skep-
tical. The contrivance has never been
vindicated in the case Of any actual
burial of live person.
The inventor accounts for the opposi-
tion of undertakers by saying that his
signal will revolutionize inhumation
and will put an end to the practice Of
embalmlng. A new cemetery. to be
located up the Hudson, and to be
called the Valley of Jehoshaphat, may
be established in order to give the
grave signal fair test.
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pcnusylynuia's Display at Atlanta

Harrisburg. Aug. 29--Everything is
progressing favorably at the state head
quarters Of the Atlanta exposition in the
main capitol building. Secretary Keenan,
has made several shipments OF exhibits
and the majority of the states .d,splay
will be sent south by the end of this week,
There WIN be a number of private exhibits
from Pennsylvania
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l.incnnn Killed.

Connellsvulle, Pa. Aug. 29.-George
walters, u l!ncman employed by the Con
nellsville Electric Light company, was in
stantly killed today while making re-
pairs ITO an arc light. The wire had been
crossed with another during last night =
storm. Walters was 30 years of aye ana
leaves a widow and one chh!d.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-30
SOUND MONEY DEMOCRATS.
They Open the Campaign In Missouri al
the State Capital.

Jefferson City. Mo-. Aug. 29.-The
sound money Democrats have
opened their campaign with a speech
delivered here by Fred w. Lehman. of
st. Louis. general attorney of the Bur-
iington railway. The address was
made under the auspices of the Sound
Money club, composed of very promi-
nent Democrats. Similar clubs will be
organized throughout the state.
the state officials. particularly those
VINO desire denomination, are either
openly opposing the Sound money"
move or are standing aloof from A.
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GOVERNOR ALTGELD TALKS.

Tho Friend Of the Anarchists Rcj0ices nt
the Triumph Of Senator Onay.
Altoona Pa. Aug. 20.-Governor Alt
geld, of Illinois. stopped here for q
short time today on his way to Maine
The governor spoke freely on the poll
tical situation In Pennsylvania, and
the great national significance the re-.
suit would have In relation to the pres-
idency In 1890. Coming from the state
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-30
We Invite You

To our opening witch takes place to-
morrow, Friday. and feel assured that
you will fully appreciate the treat that
is in store for you
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MIR. BIssELL DECLINES.

Prefers Buffalo 10 a Position on tho
United states Supreme Bench.
Buffalo, Aug 29.-It was learned late
this afternoon on authority which is
considered absolutely reliable that ex-
Postmaster General w. 8. Bissell has
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Its to Be a
Great Silk Season

and the des gners. weavers and print
erS have lett no stone unturned TO
mark the present year as forming a
new era in the manufacturing history
of the Queen of Textiles. New York or
Philadelphia may boast of larger col
lect.ons than ours, but We are war
ranted in saying that no collection,
however large, can more thoroughly
or perfectly represent all that is COR
rect and new in Dress silks.
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Black Ground GrOs Grain

with fancy satin and mHed edged
stripes in contrasting colors. A quiet
novelty for quiet people. but wonder
fully rich in effect
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Fancy Gros Grain Silks

with illuminated diagonal drop effects
on dark, seeded grounds, Will make up
as handsomely as anything that ever
came from the loom, while ii possesses
all the freshness and briiliancy of
youthful newness. Lots of color com
b!nat.ons, but didn't take time to count
them.