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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
BIG PIGEON SHOOT.
Several Ambitious Marksmcu Dropped
from the Lists.

Paterson, n. j., April 4.-The second
day of the big pigeon tournament of
the Interstate association at Willard
park opened before a good-sized audi
ence. In the grand American handi-
cap there We're sixty entries. squally
northwest wind arose about IL o'clock
and made many of the birds hard shots.
The birds We're of better quality than
those used yesterday and they made
sport lively.
Three rounds in the event were shot
off this morning. Yesterdays last
event, the sportsmen's handicap, was
continued this morning. There We're
forty-four entries in this event. When
the required seven rounds were shot
it was found that there were twenty
guns with clean scores.
The following ties divided the purse:
Clark, Arnold, Ingersol, Duston, May
hew, f. T.. Bennett and Captain Money.
The Highland sweepstakes opened
on the western traps with forty-two en-
tries. The conditions are seven birds,
81 entrance, class shooting, twenty
eight yards rise. There are thre4
moneys-50, so and 20 per cent.
Referee Pentz ordered an adjourn
ment until tomorrow in the big handi-
cap at the close of the tenth round. At
the close of the last round of the day
the following names We're posted as
having been dropped owing to the men
missing three birds: Duston, Ingersol-
Work, Sedan, Hoffman, Jones. Moore,
DAILY, jr., Swartz, Lenone, Young Post
and Il. E. Bennett. There are still
forty-three remaining in the shoot.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
Will CHAST|SE REBELS
Spain Reforms Her Penal Code for
Benefit of Cuba.
s WERE PENALTIES PROVIDED
Insurgents VIII DO Well TO Keep Out of
Sight OF Government Officials.
General SaleciO at San
tiago dc Cuba.

Madrid, April 4.-The chamber of
deputies today approved the proposed
reforms of the Penal Code AZ applica-
bic to Cuba, and providing the most
severe penalties for the promoters OF
the movement favoring separation
from Spain.
Marshal Martinez de Campos has
started for Cuba, where he will assume
supreme military command. The min
ister of state, large number of mill
tary officers and high officials, bade
him an enthusiastic farewell. There
was an immense crowd at the railway
station to witness his departure.
Havana, April 1.-At daybreak this
morning a battalion of Spanish troops
marched out from the fortress of Ca
bana, which lies westward on the hills
above Moro Castle. They were led to
the railway station, from which trains
travel south across the island to Bata-
bano. 1t is from that port that the gov
ernment troops are being forwarded to
eastern districts of Cuba; and, when
the battalion en- route today shall have
reached Santiago de Cuba. all the
troops newly arrived from Spain will
IL.
When all are there, there will be a
grand review, and then the hunt for
the insurgents will begin. Meanwhile
the organization of the troops by COM
mands is being affected There will
be two grand divisions, and two brig
ades in each division. The first dvi-
sion will be commanded by General
La Chambre, now military governor
of Man2anlllo. This will be his base
of operation, and for the present he will
be expected to preserve quiet, or make
battle against the rebels, in the districts
of Principe, Nuevitas, Tunas, BayamO,
and possibly part of Holguin. Within
this territory, chiefly in Principe (or
Camaguey, as it may be referred to-
some Of the bitterest business of the
last rebellion took place
General Salceio will have his base of
operations at Santiago de Cuba, and
his forces are expected to put down any
rebellion in the districts of Jiguani,
Cuba, Guantanamo, Baracoa and the
eastern port of Holguin. These two
commands with the forces indicated
will number something over 1000 men.
At the palace Of the governor general
the writer was today informed that
when all the troops that are now eX-
pected to come from Spain shall have
arrived there will be available against
the rebellion about $1,000 men. This
number covers troops already arrived
here, the standing army of Cuba and
all volunteers and Guerrillas. The last
named are not the Guerrillas familiar
in the states, but are separate COM
panies enlisted for definite time and
purpose. Regular army officers and
men are to be assigned among these
troops to drill and lead them in battle.
These officers receive for this service
$50 per month and the men receive S25.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
FIENDISH YOUTHS CRIME.
He Shoots Two Boy Playmatcs and As.
saults Their sister-She Escapes TO Give

nc Shoots Two Boy Playmatcs and As.
saults Their sister-She Escapes to Give
Alarm.
Galena, Kan, April A crime OF al
most unparalleled enormity was perpe-
trated four miles from the city yester-
day. Newton Walters, aged 10, MUIR
dered in cold blood George and James
Cox, 10 and 12 years old, respectively,
and then attempted to outrage their
17-year-old sister, Dolly. She escaped
from the fiend, who disappeared.
The fathers of the youths, James
Walters and Samuel Cox, live on ad-
joining farms. Cox is widower, and
his daughter Dolly keeps house for him.
Young Walters was infatuated with
Dolly, but the latter did not care for
him.
Yesterday morning young Walters
went to the Cox place and asked the
two boys TO go to the river with him
after ducks. They started out, Taking
a gun with them. Mr.. Cox was absent
on business, and the girl was left at the
house alone.
About noon young Walters returned
to the house alone and attempted to as
SduIl lilc BIll, NHO tSCdpeu anu TAIL "
one of the neighbors.
Word was brought to town Of the
affair, and a party went in search of
the Cox boys, who We're still missing.
The body of the older boy was found
in sitting posture against q tree, with
a bullet hole in the back of his head
He was still alive, but unconscious. He
regained consciousness long enough to
tell that young Walters shot him.
Nearby We're traces of where the
younger boy had been shot, and his
body dragged to the river and thrown
in. The body has not been recovered.
The dead body of young Walters
was found yesterday hanging from a
tree, two miles from the scene of the
tragedy.
Whether he committed suicide or was
lynched is not known, but the former
seems more likely.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
SITUATION IN VENEZUELA
Inhabitants Believe They Should BE
Protected by United States.
POSITION OF GREAT BRITAIN
She VIII Not Arbltrate Her Control Of
tho Country Now Held by Her
at the Mouth of tho
Ornoco River.

Washington, April 4.-"Venezuela,"
said gentleman today who has lived
many years in South America, would
| rather be reduced to ashes than
permit Great Britain to occupy per-
manently the country in dispute be-
tween her and British Guiana. This
declaration seems correctly to express
the sentiment OF the Venezuelan peo-
pie with reference to this long mooted
question. What action Venezuela may
| ultimately take in the matter Is not
known, but it Is doubtful If the Crespo
administration is considering the prob
ability of war with Great Britain as a
result of the latter's refusal to abandon
this territory. The Venezuelans be-
lieve that their interests will be pro-
| tected by the United States, and they
are hopeful that the dispute between
themselves and Great Britain may yet
be referred to arbitration. They insist
strenuously that the territory belongs
to them and that Great Britain has
been encronching upon it for years, be-
cause of Venezuelan inability to pre-
vent her.
Great Britain, on the other hand, has
long maintained that while she will
arbitrate some of the points in dis
pute between the two countries, she
VIII not for moment arbitrate her
control OF the country now held by her,
which embraces about 10000 square
miles-a tract $50 miles long by 80 wide,
stretching from the coast eastward and
embracing a portion of the mouth of
the Orinoco river.
There is nothing new in this position
taken by Great Britain. In the CORE
spondence between Mr.. Bayard and the
Salisbury government as far back as
1888, when Mr.. Bayard filed the Office
of secretary Of state, Great Britain
then asserted that this territory was as
much q part of her country as any of
her colonial possessions and that she
could not, for that reason, permit her
right to occupyit to be arbitrated. Mooe
recently still the British representatives
have claimed that their ownership of
this land could be no more the subject
Of arbitration than Great Britain's
right to Surrey or Essex, or any other
of the counties in England.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
CONDENSED STATE TOPICS.

Since going to Media in 1881, Rev. w. r..
Patton has married 200 couples.
Thieves carted away $500 worth of shoes
from John Il. Slatterys Shenandoah store.
Young Robert Drummer is accused at
Reading Of stealing S475 from his grand
mother
Rental of cokers' houses in the Connells-
Vile region have not gone up, even though
wages did.
As yet only one bltuminous coal pit in
western Pennsylvania Is working on the
G0-cent. rate.
Miners at Silverton colliery, who struck
for an advance, returned to work In two
days at their old wages.
Governor Hastings commuted the death
sentence of Antonio Rizzuti, Schuylklll
county, to life Imprisonment
Lightning ran down the chimney In w.
II. Siliies' home, at Stroudsburg, and
Knocked stove litter from his hand
Democratic County Chairman B. ]. Mon
Afghan. of Schuylkill county, has appointed
George j. Wadlinger a state committee
man.
A Reading building and loan association
has purchased large tract of land on
Perkiomen avenue for s22,OOO and will
erect many houses there
Isaac Altenderfer, aged G5, some years
as' prominently identified with the Green
back party of Reading. was killed ON the
Reading railroad at Auburn today.
Charters were yesterday granted to the
Pittsburg Connecting railroad, capital
$2OO,OOo theAmerican Malleable Iron COM
pany, OF Testmoreland county, capital
$1,000
cierk OF quarter Session II. II. Holl,
aged W. diedsuddenly yesterday morning
at Heading rter a short Illness of pneu-
monia superpduced by grip. He Is the
third county official to die within two
years,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.

Cotton growers in South Carolina will
reduce the acreage % per cent. from last
year.
Five of Abbey's "Holy Grail' paintings
for the Boston Public library have arrived
at the Hub.
Bogus checks drawn on New York banks
by a fictitious Empire state company, OF
Brooklyn, are circulating largely in Texas.
While resisting arrest, Mont Deskins, n
noted desperate, of Magnolia county, KY,
was shot dead by Deputy Sheriff How
ard
With his throat terribly cut by himself,
+. w. Glpperch, of Richmond, Va, was
found wandering about a Baltimore brick
yard.
BY vote of 23 to the Presbyterian
church at Chawmont N. Y, decided to
ask Rev. William Cleveland, brother Of
the president to resign.
Initiating the stamp chain" scheme A.
r. Jackson, of South Vancouver, u. c.,
buncoed many people on a mythical
church, but was caught
Rev. DIR. Pastorfeld, q 70-year-old re-
tired Methodist minister from Phiadel-
phia, dropped dead In Washington, ID. c.,
where he was visiting son.
murderer, who was taken from guards at
to a tree and riddled with bullets.
Terrible burns received in her Baltimore
home ten days ago, finally caused the
death of Mrs. r. b. Heath. daughter OF the
late Commodore Kittson, Of st. Paul.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
NOVEL THEATER.
Complete Music Hall Launched N
Boston,

Complete Music Hall Launched nt
Boston.
Boston, April 4.-There was a novel
kind of ship launch at East Boston this
afternoon, the launching of the float
which will carry the theater of the
Floating Palace Amusement company.
This is the very latest thing in theaters
and it is certainly unique, as the only
thing which approaches it are the
London Music Halls, which are moved
along the docks, or the old fiat boat
theaters Of the mississippi river.
The theater will be anchored off the
Marine pier South Boston, for part OF
the summer season and will also go to
Bar Harbor, Coney Island and other
summer resorts. In the winter it may
go south. This can be easily done, as
the float is broad and fiat, and will tow
easily. 1t is built a good deal like
a lighter, except that 1t has a rounded
bow, and is very strongly put together.
The stage will be at the stern and will
be 40x4S feet. The main floor of the
theater runs forward to the round of
the bow. 1t is arranged so that the
seats can be taken away and the floor
raised to level giving an ideal dance
hall. There will also be a gallery which
will be little above the deck
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
FOREST WEALTH OF CANADA.
Nearly $lO0,OO0O00 Invested in In.
dustricg Allied TO Wood.

Ottawa, Ont, April 4.-The depart
ment of agriculture has issued a re-
port on the forest wealth of the Domin-
ion, in which the statements made that
in Canada, in various industries depend
ing for their existence upon the supply
of wood, there is invested capital
amounting to nearly 500, 900, 900. and an
annual wage list of over $4,000, 900, with
an output valued at close upon $l1O,-
600 900.
From the mass of cited data the con-
clusion is drawn that Canada is now
within a measurable distance of the
time when, with the exception of
spruce, as to wood, and OF British Col
umbia, as to provinces, it shall cease
to be n wood-eXporting country.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
SHEEP HERDER SHOT.
Senator Hurt Puts Five Bullets Into
William Milne.

Caspar, Wyo., April 4.-State Senator
j. j. Hurt, who Is also mayor of Cas-
par. last evening shot and killed Will
lam Milne. a sheep herder who had
been in Mr.. Hurts employ for many
years The affair created a profound
sensation. Senator Hurt is one of the
largest sheep owners in the state. 1t Is
alleged that about a. year ago Hurts
l0-year-old son came home one even
ing Unexpectedly and found Milne sit
ting on his mothers lap. Mr.. Hurt
was away from home at the time, but
the boy wrote his father of the occur
renee.
Since the mayors return from Hot
Springs. Ark, where he has been Sc
riously i'll for some time. he has been
stopping at hotel. refusing to see his
wife, although he had frequent inter-
views with his son. Meeting Milne last
evening he began shooting. He shot
five bullets and every one of them took
effect. Milne was unarmed. People.
intimate with the family, believe that
Mrs. Hurt has been wrongfully ac-
cuSed. Senator Hurt was prominently
mentioned as a candidate for governor
on the Democratic ticket four years
ago.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
THE WEASEL WAS ASLEEP.
Dr. Kelley, of Equinunk. Was Rounded
Up by Deputy Sheriff Price Yesterday
Morning and Spent Last Night at the
County Jail

After all his toying with the law and
his superroyal contempt for the dignity
of the court of this county, the end has
at last come to the stretch upon which
DR., Carl NJ. Kelley has been spinning
in his grotesque handicap.
Deputy Sheriff Thomas ]. Price
reached Equinunk yesterday morning
and proceeded, after a short prelimin-
airy skirmish, to the doctors house. He
went inside without the formality of
rapping at the door and searched the
upstairs rooms first. Then Mr.. Price
returned to the lower floor and on cot
in an apartment off from the dining
room, he found the doctor indulging in
a deep Bacchanalian slumber.
No resistance was offered to the
deputy and both reached town yester-
day afternoon at 4.20. DR.. Kelley spent
last night in prison, and will be re-
uuired to do some explaining before
Judge Gunster this morning.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
DOCTOR BLED HIM.
Peter kosk Dies After Treatment by the
pcoplcs Physician

Wilkes-Barre, Pa. April 4.-Dr. John
Grigger, of Plymouth. who styles him
self as the peoples physician and
veterinary surgeon in all diseases was
arrested tonight on charge of NAL
practice, causing the death of Peter
kosz of that place.
a week ago last Sunday Kosz attend
ed christening and was taken sick.
He lay at his boarding place without
attendance until Wednesday, when DR.
Grlgger was called in and he proceeded
TO bleed him. on Saturday night the
doctor" was again called in and bled
his patient again. on the following
morning Sunday Kosz died at his
home. Grigger wrote out a burial per-
init and signed himself M. d.
DR.. Whitney examined the body on
the day of the funeral and gave it as
his opinion that the man had died from
exhaustion following loss of blood.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05

the thirtieth anniversary of the sur
render OF General Lee. The men COM
posing the divisions were those Penn
sylvania troops under Hartranft. who
We're in the battle of Fort Steadman.
Among the distinguished visitors will
be Major General John Park. who COM
manded the Ninth corps. General Levi
a. Dodd, of Baltimore, and General II.
ID. Cox, of Wellsboro. will also be there.
Mrs. Hartranft, with her sons and
daughters, will be present as guests Of
the Governor and Mrs. Hastings.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
LAKE ELECTROCUTED.
The Brutal Murderer OF Emma Hunt Dies
Easy

Auburn. N. Y, April 4.-William
Lake. the Albion murderer, was cleo
trocuted here this afternoon. Lake
was calm and collected and his death
was instantaneous. He left a state
ment confessing his crime. Lake was
executed for the brutal murder of En-
ma Hunt in October, 1894
The girl was employed as servant
in the household of farmer near AL
bion and Lake worked upon the farm
He accused the girl of trihing with his
effection and beat her brains out, cut
her throat and d!semboweled her in re-
venge for her conduct toward him.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
BAKERS FEAR AN OLD LAW,
Prosecuted for Not Selling Bread by
Weight

Lancaster, Pa, April 4.-The bakers
In this town are trembling lest an un-
limited number of lawsuits be brought
against them. f.. +. Althouse, baker,
sued William Helm for bread bill. and
In return Helm has prosecuted the
baker for violating the act of 1897,
which provides that bread must be sold
by weight instead Of by the loaf
Helm brought seven suits, one for
every time he made "A purchase. The
penalty Is fine of $40 for each viola
ton. As none Of the bakers in this
city observe this old law, they fear
prosecutions.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

Secretary Carlisle and Attorney General
Olney returned to Washington yesterday.
Champ" Clark, defeated for reelection
from Missouri, will lecture on 1.-THE Pic
turesque Men of the Fifty-thrd Con-
gress.''
Captain Louis N. Stodder of the reve-
nue. cutter service. has lost his valued
Monitor medal, presented by citizens Of
Boston.
General McCook has prohibited gamb-
ling within the limits or In the vicinity Of
any military reservation in the military
department of the Colorado.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
ROCK ISLAND HOLD.UP.
Train Robbers Compel Passengers TO
Empty Their Pockets.

oklahoma City, April Alive men
stopped Rock Island train near
Dover, I. r., at a late hour last night,
and made desperate attempt to Sc
cure the contents OF the safe in the ex-
press car Express Messenger Jones
refused to open the door and was shot
through crack in the door, sustaining
a serious wound.
The robbers went through the cars,
which We're well filed with passengers,
and compelled them to empty their
pockets, securing in this way about
$780, six watches, two diamond rings,
and other articles of value.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
HARRISON AS A SENATOR.
The cx.presidcnt May Return TO Lesis
Iatiyc Work

Washington, d. c., April 4-Ex-Pres-
ident Harrison may return to the sem
nate If he does not return to the white
house next year. OF course, Senator
voorhees, is more interested in the mat
ter than any other person in Washing
ton. IL the legislature were to be DEM
ocratic, he would unquestonably be
ele cted to succeed himself.
If the Republicans have a majority in
the Legislature eX-President Harrison,
if hs has not been reelected to the
presidency, may be reelected to the
senate. 1t Is understood that he would
be entirely willing to return to con-
greSS.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
MILDRED V. LEE LOST.
Another Fishing Boat Added TO the List of
Missing.

Gloucester, Mass NDrII 4,-The
schooner Mildred V. Lee. one OF the
staunchest vessels OF the New Eng
land fishing fleet. with crew Of six
teen men. Is now to be added TO the
already large number of Gloucester's
lost fishermen.
On the afternoon Of January 80 she
sailed from this port on II fresh halibut
fishing trip to the grand banks, since
which time she has not been heard
from, and it Is supposed she was los.
in the great storm OF February 8, as
wreckage picked up in the vicinity of
Sable Island about that time by schoon-
er Henry stanley was identified as be-
longing TO her.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
BALL AT NEW YORK.
Season Opened by Giants and University
of penusylyuuin

New York, April 4.-The New Yorks
opened the local base ball season to-
day with the University OF Pennsyl-
vanla team at the Polo grounds. The
weather was clear but quite cold, and
the attendance did not exceed 1000.
The home players worked hard and
batted the college pitchers very freely,
but the Pennsylvanians made a most
excellent showing in the field. Rusie,
Meekin and German pitched three inn
ings apiece. The score: New York, q
University of Pennsylvania, A.
Batteries--Rusie, Meekin, German,
Farrell and Wilson; Gchoenhut, Dick
son and Brennan.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
POISON IN A WELL.
Dastardiy Attempt to Kill the Family of
Levi Reed,

Pottsville, Pa, April A large
quantity of paris green was found
down the pump to the well at Levi
Reeds farm on the top of Schuylkill
mountain, near Friedensburg. The
family was not at home, and the at
tempt to poison them was not discov-
cred until yesterday afternoon. A man
passing along the road stepped in the
garden to get a drink. He saw the
water was colored and on looking
around found a paper bag containing
some of the poison.
Mr.. Reed suspects some one who had
been in his employment. a thorough
investigation will be made.
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pose for a time and afterward the
court house was abandoned and the
ground became a public park.
Stuart claimed that it should have re-
verted back to the Penn possessions.
The case originally came up six years
ago and then also resulted in a verdict
for the city.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
prcyoort House to Bo Closed.

New York. April 4.-The announcement
was made this evening that the Brevoort
House, at the corner of Fifth avenue ana
Clinton place, will close on the 18th inst.
The Brevoort was formerly one of the
most prominent family houses in the city,
and in It's tme has been the point of con-
centration of more prominent people than
almost any other hotel of an exclusive
character in the city. The house was
originally opened in 1854.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
ELOPED WITH THE PASTOR.
The Aged DR.. Carter Creates Sensation
in NirGinin.

Lynchburg, Va, April 4.-The Rev.
DR.. George w. Carter, one of the most
prominent ministers in the Virginia
Methodist conference, and now pastor
of Portsmouth church, has left this
city for Washington in company with
Miss Virginia Staham, Il highly respect
ed lady of q years, with the avowed
purpose of getting married. DR.. Car
ter was at one time a prominent figure
in Washington. lie Is about 20 years
old.
Washington, April A marriage IL
cense was yesterday issued to the par
ties above named, but 1t is impossible
to ascertain whether a ceremony has
yet taken place