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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-20
TWO WORKMEN KILLED.
Terrible Results from the Fall Of a Der.
rick in Chicago Ship Yard.

Chicago, April l9.--.The lives Of two
workmen were instantly crushed out,
three others were fatally, injured and
one seriously hurt by the fall of great
derrick today In the yards of the South
Chicago Ship Building company. Three
others were hurt about the head and
arms, but were able to walk to their
homes.
The killed were: Harry Blake and
Patrick Harvey; fatally injured, John
Comfy. j. ]. Hand and William Nc
Gallon; seriously hurt, Michael Cusick
The accident occurred on the deck Of
the big steel merchantmen, Arcadia
which Is being built for John Corrigan
The derrick was used for hoisting the
steel beams and plates that were being
placed in the hull Of the vessel. One of
the guy ropes broke, having been
spliced yesterday, and the various parts
OF the hosting apparatus gave way be-
fore the victims employed under and
around the machinery could save them
selves. Harvey and Blake, who were
instantly killed, were together in a
STOPPING position riveting plates and n
lOO-foot iron beam caught them as they
rose. About thirty men were at work
on the deck, which resembled that of a
battleship after action.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-20
State OF OUR Finances
Treasurer Jackson Submits a Report
at Request Of House.
THE GREATER PITTSBURG BILL
1t VIII Come Up for Final Reading
on Wednesday Special Orders
Granted Discussion Aroused
BY the Smith Bill

Harrisburg, Pa, April 19.-The house
met at o'clock. State Treasurer jack
son submitted a statement in response
to a resolution from the house. show
ing balance in the treasury March 81.
nation regarding the state finances.
Treasurer Jackson reports the follow
ing balance In the treasury March 81,
1895, less advances made to the legis-
lature So, 2S4 ,3O5; the amounts still due
on account Of appropriations for 1893.
and which include the common school
appropriation balance for 1895 of $780,
900, amount to $7,370,321. In this total
sum there are appropriations to five
charitable associations and to the SOL
diers' orphans industrial schools, Of
which no part has been drawn from the
treasury, amounting to $103. 800. The
estimate Of the ordinary revenue Of the
state for the current year. ending Nov.
30. 1895, amounts to s9,S25, 100. From
this is to be deducted $S69,37l, trans
ferred to the sinking fund, leaving an
estimated revenue Of s9,455, 72S; total
for the two years ending Nov. 30 1885,
Of $lS.9ll,4 ASS. In reply to the fourth
question, as to the probable amount
of revenue which would be derived dur
ing each Of the next two years from a
tax Of l6 cents per barrel on malt
liquors brewed In the state, State
Treasurer Jackson says: II desire to
say am not in possession Of the data
necessary to make such an estimate.
The number of barrels brewed in Penn
sylvania annually could probably be had
from the internal revenue department
Of the general government"
Special Orders Granted.
Mr.. Culbertson, of Allegheny, offered
a resolution making the Greater Pitts
burg" bill a special order for second
reading next Tuesday and final pas
sage on Wednesday. 1t was agreed to.
Other special orders were granted as
follows: Increasing the salary of the
adjutant general from $500 to $4,000.
The senate bill providing that school
boards shall not be changed more than
once in five years; providing for the
taxation Of aliens.
The Smith bill. providing new
method for the distribution of the state
school fund, caused a great deal of dis
cussion when an effort was made to Sc
cure special order for it. 1t was Wig
orously opposed by the members from
the larger cities. and In order to prevent
advancing this bill an attempt was
made to stop all special orders, but the
roll call resulted in special order be-
ing granted to the Smith bill
Mr.. Rees. OF Luzerne, offered a reso-
luton. which was adopted, providing
for the appointment Of joint commit
tee Of six to wait upon the various coal
communities for the purpose of express
Ing the feelings and desires Of the mem
bers Of the house. assuring them of the
desire Of the house to cooperate in any
measure intended to promote the well
fare Of most needy and deserving
people. The committee must report not
later than May 16
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-20
NICARAGUA SITUATION.
It Will lie Absolutely Impossible for the
Country to Comply with Great Dritain's
Demands ,...


Washington, April 19.-Official con-
flrmation Of London dispatches that
Nicaragua had been informed that her
counter proposition was not regarded
as satisfactory by Great Britain was
received here today.
1t Is not doubted that In the end
Nicaragua will pay the indemnity de-
lieu of the $4,000, a part Of her terri
tory. The report has reached here that
Mr.. Gosling, the British minister to
Central America, declared in Guatemala,
a few days ago, that England especial
ly wanted some interest ina Nicaragua,
with view to preventing the Yankees
from controlling absolutely the Nicara-
qua canal"
This statement, 1t is said. was made
publicly and without reserve. The
particular patch of territory most
available for this purpose would be the
so-called Corn Islands,"
These islands are situated in the At
lantic Ocean, about forty miles from
Greytown. They would be Of great
value to Great Britain for a coaling
and naval station, and an effective
British sentinel over; the Nicaragua
canal. 1t Is said to- be absolutely i'm
possible for Nicaragua to Immediately
comply with Great Britains money de-
many, as. she has not $4,000 in her
treasury.
The proposition Of Pacific block
ade" Of Nicaragua ports to enforce
payment Is quietly laughed at. Mica
ragua," 1t Is said. has no ships, the
blockade would only hurt the COM
merce Of Germany, France and other
countries as well as the United States"
There are those who suggest that If
Nicaragua should propose to cede. the
Corn Island to Great Britain as an
equivalent for the smart money the
immediate payment of which is de-
manded. this proposal might be regard
ed as a 'sfrewd move to force the hand
of the United States. Nicaragua is not
suffering for lack of diplomatic adroit-
ness in her representatives, either
abroad or at home.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-20
CONDENSED STATE TOPICS.

On the road near Wrightsville. Joseph
Blotter shot himself to death wednesday
night
The International convention of the
Young Women's Christian association Is
in session at Pttsburg.
The last of five prisoners who escaped
from Smithport jail, Fred Maybe, has
been captured near Olean. N. Y.
Quick consumption is the ailment that
has brought Assemblyman M. B. Lemon.
Of Allegheny, to his deathbed In New York
city t,
The three buildings at Spring Grove
composing the Spring Grove Match works.
at York. owned by Glatfelter & Agent
khaft, were burned yesterday Loss, $40
0OO
The loom hands OF the silk mill of John
N. Stearns 4 Co., Wiilliamsport, were
granted an advance In wages yesterday of
one cent per yard. About 400 women oper-
atives Will be benefited by the advance.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-20
MURDER AT YATESVILLE.
Assassin-The Foreign Element Sus.
pcctcd.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa, April 19.-The
mining village of Yatesville was
thrown into a state of excitement last
night when it became known that John
Sartin, a popular young man of that
place, had been fatally shot.
He, in company with Miss McDer-
mott, left the house of Thomas Flem-
ing, in Browntown, and walked toward
Pittston. On the way down they sat
along side of the roadway with their
backs toward the road. Sartin was ac-
companied by small dog, who barked
at somebody who passed by. Some per-
son fired a shot, which struck young
Sartin about two inches from the base
of the skull and penetrating the brain
about four inches. He fell Frustrated
to the ground and was later removed
to his home, unconscious.
Sartin died about noon today. There
Is no suspicion as to who the person
Is that did the the shooting.
Miss McDermott's account of the af-
fair is substantially as follows:
I'VE had left Flemings, and were
walking along the road. when we heard
the Browntown drum corps out playing
and sat down on the log to listen to
them. After while Hungarian came
along toward Yatesville. He carried a
lantern in one hand, as the night was
very dark, and a pail of beer in the
other. Every few steps he would stop
and take drink of beer, and we were
laughing at him. He was about fifty
feet away from us, when our dog, which
was quite a distance away from the
log, growled at some one approaching.
Our backs We're toward the road, and
neither of us turned to see who 1t was.
The stranger was within three yards of
us, and just opposite me, dhe log lay
diagonally along the road when he
fired. Sartin shrieked and fell back,
and the stranger skulked away in the
darkness. He had to pass the Hun
garian, who was ahead of him on the
road" .
1t was learned today that Sartin had
an encounter with gang Of Italians.
near Sandy McDowelrs, about a year
ago. when one of the foreigners shot at
him, the ball just grazing his head.
The log on which the couple sat was
quite high, resting on broken limbs, so
that 1t would be next to impossible for
a person shooting at a small dog, prob
ably ten feet away, to hit Sartin in the
head. as his head was nearly If not as
high sitting, as If he were standing.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-20
LEI. GUM CONVICTED.
Verdict of Murder in the First Dcgrc
Against a Chinaman.


Against u Chinaman.
Philadelphia, April 19.-For the first
time in the criminal courts of Philadel-
phia, Chinaman was today convicted
Of murder in the first degree. After a
trial lasting several days Lee Gum You,
a laundryman, was this afternoon con-
victed of the murder of Lee Hong
Quong, Chinese merchant and the
mayor Of Chinatown" on November
26 last.
Lee Gum was debtor of Lee Hong,
and the latter was unable to obtain the
money due him, and the laundryman
shot and killed the merchant in the
latters store during quarrel over the
debt. The defense of the accused man
was that he had been bounded by his
victim and driven to desperation by his
usurious demands. and that he killed
Lee Hong in self-defense while the
latter was attacking him with knife.
There was no evidence to bear out the
statement, and from the tesctimony the
murder was coolly and premediately
carried out. An appeal will be taken to
the supreme court of the state.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-20
BIG CUSTOMS FRAUDS.
Government Said TO Have Been Swjndled
Out OF Thousands of Dollars by an I'm.
porting House.

NONcTutucut ouiu 10 nave 0eeu SWJuuieu
Out OF Thousands of Dollars by an I'm.
porting House.
New York. April 19.-One Of the most
startling stories Of fraudulent evasion
OF customs duties which has developed
In the port Of New York for years,
came to light today. 1t involves the
name of one Of the best known bric-a-
brac dealers in the country and impli-
Gates possibly one or more customs
employees who have until now enjoyed
the unlimited confidence of the collec-
tor Of the port. and the heads Of the
various departments.
The discovery of the frauds came
from the former secretary. and more
recently head salesman Of the house Of
.. L. Sypher & Co., of Fifth avenue
and Twenty-sixth street. The inform
er is l.. H. Todd. who while the con-
Germ was corporation, acted as its
secretary, but who for the last year or
so. since the corporation dissolved. has
been it's head salesman. Todd was dis
charged in January last, 1t Is said, for
drunkenness. Two weeks ago he ap-
peared at Collector Kilbreth's Office and
astounded that official with information
so startling that he hardly credited the
mans statements. These statements,
however, have since been verified and
the customs authorities have gathered
indisputable evidence that Todd's state
ments are true, and that o. LSSypher
& Co.. have profited to the extent of
thousands Of thousands of dollars dur
ing the last fifteen years, at the expense
of the customs, and that with what
looks like collusion of one or more Gus
toms employees.
Todd claims that for the last fifteen
years Sypher has been importing into
the port bric-a-brac, tapestry, an
tiques. artistic silver articles and relics
at rate Of duty abnormally below
their proper valuation, and cites num-
liable silver articles from Great Britain.
Sypher has made strenuous efforts to
make light Of the charges. He, 1t was
learned today, had secured passage on an
outgoing steamship. which sails tomor-
row, but his counsel, ex-Judge Often
hoefer. prevailed upon him to stay here,
ana--facr- the matter. Ex-Judge Dit
tenhoefer assured the collector that
Sypher would be ready when called
upon by the authorities to meet the
charges
The amount Of money out Of which
the government has been swindled will
run into the hundreds of thousands of
dollars.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-20
Reading Is Still Defiant
The Tail Evinces a Disposition to
Wag the Anthracite Dog.
WANTS q PER CENT OF OUTPUT
Officials Of the Tcmpcst.Tossed Road
Will Not Recede from Origins De.
Tnands - Individual Operators
Combine for Protection.

Philadelphia, April 19.-The report
that the Reading would recede from its
demand for 21 per cent. Of the coal out
put and settlement of the dispute be-
tween the anthracite coal carrying
companies would follow, Is apparently
without foundation, and from a state
ment made by President Harris today,
peace Is further off than ever. Mr.. Har-
ris was at his office today for the first
time for several days after an illness
that has confined him to the house, and
In answer to the question of Reading
receding from the position. he said that
his company would adhere to Its de-
mands of q per cent. of the output.
ing's unalterable decision was made by
one Of Mr.. Harris fellow receivers.
This gentleman said: You can have
no uneasiness about the Reading reced-
ing from its demand for 21 per cent. of
the output. Reading has been pushed
down and down. and If necessary we
will all go over the prec. oice. together.
We will get that q per cent, and the
other companies can divide the remain
ing 70 per cent. among themselves If
they please. We will adhere to our de-
mands IL 1t takes three years for US to
have them granted. 1t is better to
finance and reorganize the company un-
der existing conditions than to make
concessions and reorganiZe upon such
basis which at best can be but tenn
porary and which would in short time
again confront the company with in
solvency. Better lose the money now
than a greater amount later on
While the war is being waged be-
tween the anthracite companies rate
cutting goes merrily on. Upon the au-
thority of Lehigh operator it is stated
that the Lehigh Valley company is sell
ing stove coal in Philadelphia at LIS
per ton at the mines. cut of 65 cents
from open circular rates.
Operators Banding Together.
The individual operators of the Le-
high region are banding together for
mutual protection and against this rate
cutting of the great anthracite compa-
nies. They are endeavoring to make
arrangements with several of the COM
panies to haul their coal upon the same
basis as the Lehigh Valley does now.
The individual operators claim that it
is unfair in the Lehigh Valley railroad
to offer rates in the open market that
compels them to load cars at the mines
at the loss of 40 cents ton. A gentle
man in this city who is conversant with
the individual operators trade gave it
as his opinion that the Individual op-
orators would be unable to make any
arrangements apart from the Lehigh
Valley company. as fully so per cent.
Of them leased their lands from. the
railroad and are bound by their leases
to ship their coal over the Lehigh VAL
lev
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-20
WILDE AND TAYLOR HELD.
Committed for Trial ut Criminal Court
without Bail.

London, April l9-Oscar Wilde and
Alfred Taylor were arraigned in the
Bow street police court at noon today
for further examination. Wide looked
greatly fatigued and really Ill. Several
witnesses were called to the stand and
gave damaging testimony against the
accused.
At the conclusion of the examination
Wilde and Taylor were fully committed
for trial in the Central Criminal Court,
Old Bailey. Applications were made
for bail, but 1t was refused. Wilde. in
reply to the question whether he had
anything to say. said: mot at pres
ent."'
Counsel for Wildge announces his in
tention to apply to the court of queens s
bench for the admission of his client to
bail on the ground that the admission
to bail Of a prisoner charged with or in
dicted for misdemeanor is compulsory
under the statute law.
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JUSTIFY THE MURDER.
CrumpaCkcr Shot at the Man. hut Killed
Ills Wife,

Spokane, WASH, April 19.-At Pa
tacha City Wednesday evening David
Crumpacker a butcher, shot his wife
and man named Eben Johnson. Mrs.
Crumpacker and Johnson were stand
Ing near the door, and Crumpacker In
tended to kill Johnson, who had been
the despoiler Of his home. Crumpacker
had warned Johnson to keep away
from his house.
Wednesday evening when he saw
Johnson there Crumpacker procured a
shotgun, and as he took aim the woman
moved and one buckshot struck her In
the right breast and passed through
and went out at the back. Johnson
received one shot through the hand.
Crumpacker fired the other barrel, but
In the darkness Johnson escaped. Mrs
Crumpacked died today. No attempt
has been made to arrest Crumpacker,
who has the sympathy Of the COM
munity.
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get small check cashed. Her move
ments were watched by the highway
men, who saw her receive the money.
The men followed her until she had
reached lonely spot near the entrance
to her home, which is situated outside
the city limits, and there attacked her.
DR.. Ships said at o'clock this after
noon that his patients skull Is not frac-
tured and that her condition is much
improved. She had regained conscious
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-20
RECEIPTS FROM TAX,
Commissioner Miller Expects Fifteen
Million from Tax LAW

Washington. April 19.--Commisioner
Miller, of the internal revenue bureau,
gave to Secretary Carlisle his official
estimate of the returns under the in
come tax law. The commissioner says.
"Telegraphic advices received from
the collectors of the several Internal
revenue districts indicate that the ag-
gregate amount Of income tax shown
by the returns which were filed before
the 10th inst, will be about $l4,365 900.
Delayed returns and corrections It is
believed, will considerably increase this
amount The total expenditures on ac-
count of the work. including the nee
essary salaries and allowances, to the
end Of the present fiscal year will not
exceed S135.O0O.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-20
FOOLISH BOYS ACT.
Placed Distinctions on Railroad
Track.

Williamsport, Pa, April 19.--The fool
ish desire of a boy to hear the whistle
of a locomotive might have cost a num-
ber of lives yesterday on the Beech
Creek railroad near Gillentown. The
crew of a switching engine found the
track obstructed with stones and rail-
road ties. The obstruction was at a
sharp curve on the edge of fifteen
feet embankment and passenger train
was due short time after the discov-
cry of the attempted wrecklng was
made.
Preston Watson, a half-grown boy,
was arrested today and confessed he OBJ
structed the track so that he could
hear the engine screech." Watson
was committed to Jail without bail.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-20
NEW OIL WELLS IN OHIO.
One at Bluffton Said TO Open Up an Ex.
tcnsiye Field.

Lima, o., April 19.-Oil was struck
near Bluffton yesterday, and the well
is flowing at the rate Of 100 barrels a
day. The well was regarded as wild
cat" and 1t opens up an extensive new
territory.
A special from Massillon says that oil
was struck in Pike township. Starl,
county, today at depth Of 800 feet.
Other wells will be put down at once,
and the land Is being rapidly leased,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-20
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.

Under the crazy Impression that enemies
were after him, J. Henry Doyle, a Chicago
Inventor, shot himself.
Dr. ]. p. Wall, of Tampa. Fla, dropped
dead while reading paper before the
State Medical association. s,.,
AS q last hope,. the counsel of DIR. Bu-
chanan, the New York wife murderer, Will
appeal to Governor Morton for clemency. I.
Judge Mcconnell. president Of theaIro-
quois club. Of Chicago. snverite. has re-
signed because Of his views on the cur
rency
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-20
VERDICT AGAINST DURANT.
lie Is Charged with the Murder Of Minnie
Williams,

San Francisco, April 10.-The coro-
ners jury today charged Theodore Du-
rant with the murder Of Minnie Will
liams, one Of the girls killed in Emanuel
Baptist church
Durant awoke this morning In a
cheerful and even fippant frame Of
mind. He laughed and cracked jokes
with the prison officials, to whom he
has hitherto shown an intense reserve,
and when Captain Douglas entered the
prison for the purpose Of escorting the
prisoner to the inquest, Durant greeted
him pleasantly and smiled as the hand
cuffs were snapped upon his wrists.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-20
Killed nm a Ircstln

Sharon. Pa. April ia catastrophe
that cost two lives occurred today near
here. Mrs. Ellen Hannah and Thomas
Fury while crossing trestle on the Erie
and Plttsburg branch Of the Pennsyl-
vania lines, were run down and instantly
killed. They were we'll known residents of
this place, and their ages were the same
"a years
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-20
wilkes n Choppiup Block

Boston, April ia 15-round contest be-
tween Kid Mccoy. of Memphis, and Jack
Wilkes, of st. Louis. was the principal
event at the meet of the Suffolk Athletic
club here tonight. Te bout was stopped in
the middle of the second round, as 1t was
becoming brutal. wilkes being mere
ehopping block for Mccoy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-20
nemord REGENERATION of priccs

Dubois, Pa, April 19.-Over forty dele
gates, representing northern and central
Pennsylvania miners met here today and
resolved to demand a restoration of the
prices In all classes of work which pre-
vailed previous to the last redunction.
The demand will be presented to operators
by the various delegates. and an answer
Is requested on or before April e.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-20
Murdered BY Ills Comradc,

Zacatecas, Mex. April 1s,-Thomas L.
Laford. an American civil engineer, who
has been In Mexico several months, was
killed west of here few miles by another
American named Gordon with whom he
was making prospecting trip. The kill
Ing occurred on Wednesday last and Cor
don escaped after robbing his victim of
all the money and vaulables he had.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-20
Fire at WiIliamsport.

Wllliamsport, Pa. April l9.-The plant
of the Williamsport Table works was to-
tally destroyed by fire at an early hour this
morning. The loss is estimated at from
$4,000 to 81. .OO0 partially covered by in
surance. Opinions are diverse as to the
origin Of the fire.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-20
MRS. PARNELL ASSAULTED.
Attacked by Highwaymen Who Secure
Her Cash.

Bordentown, N. j.. April .19.-At $50
o'clock last night Mrs. Della r. s. Par
nell, mother of the late Charles Stew
art Parnell, was murderously assaulted
by highwaymen. who robbed her of a
satehel and a smallsum of money.
. Mrs. Parnell was In a highly. hysteri-
cal state when help reached her. in an
swer to her screams. and was so
wrought up by the assault that she be-
came unconscious.
Mrs Parnell, who is nearly so years
old, had walked from her residence to
Bordentown. a distance Of one mile. to