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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
SNAKES In A COW.
Remarkable Result OF q Post. Mortem
Examination-T -Thirty.Two Killed While
Several Escape

Examination -Thirty.Two Killed While
Several Escape.
New Castle, Pa, May S.-Nicho'as
Gradner, weil-known and prosperous
farmer of near Portersville. Butler
county, twelve miles from here, was in
the city this morning and told the fol-
lowing remarkable story which Is
vouched for by reliable people. He said
that seven days ago valuable cow be-
longing to the family was missing, and
that yesterday the animal was found
dead, lying among the cranberry bushes
in the swamp. A veterinary surgeon
named Portner happened along about
that time and said he had curiosity to
know the cause of the animals death.
He proceeded to hold post-mortem on
the body. While he was at work four
foot black snake crawled from the
mouth of the dead cow and succeeded
in escaping in the underbrush.
The doctor was considerably startled,
but he proceeded with his work and
when he had reached the stomach he
was Mortified to find that it was fairly
alive with little black snakes from to
inches in length ,Thirty-two of the
reptiles were slaughtered and a few
escaped. 1t is now supposed that the
mother snake in some manner crawled
into the interior of the cow while she
was eating. and that the little snakes
which are known to find refuge in the
interior of the old one, followed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
INVENTS A COMPASS.
New York Electrician Would Prevent
Collisions at Sea.

New York Electrician Would Prevent
Collisions at Sea.
New York, May S.-J. p. O'Brien, a
New York electrician, is negotiating
with the navy department about COM
pass which he has invented which, he
says, will avert all danger of collisions
at sea. Senator Hill has given him
financial aid. Mr.. O'Brien says:
1.-The compass is about 21a inches in
diameter and inches high. Under the
needle Is strip of metal. Beneath the
face of the compass is saucer in which
a chemical is placed. The whole is con-
nected electrically with an enlarged
horseshoe magnet ten feet long, made
of soft iron bars. The poles OF the mag
net are connected by wire with the
ships dynamo, thus giving us the elec-
trical power The moment a ship en-
ters the magnetic field of the vessel
which carries my compass, which ] cal
culate at six miles, the needle of the
compass Is DETECTED in the direction of
that ship. In turning It passes over the
metal plate on the face. and as 1t does
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
DOWN ON BICYCLES.
Lectures Young People for Looking nt
Them and They DO 1t Again.

Babylon Depot, l.. l., May S.-Rev.
George Adams, of the Babylon Method
ist church. surprised the young lady
members of the Sunday school Sunday
by reprimanding them for leaving the
church the previous Sunday before the
services closed to look at the hundred
bicyclers who passed through the vii
lage on their century run. He declared
that the village street was no place for
Christians to gather Sunday afternoon
to watch wheelmen, and said he hoped
they would never do the like again.
The young people remained quiet until
the service closed and then went in
body to where they could obtain a view
OF the wheelmen as they passed.
1t is generally thought the pastor will
speak with greater severity to the
young people. The latter do not ap-
pear to be squelched. and declare they
will leave the Sunday school again if
they desire.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.

Government officials of Manitoba are
trying to compromise the school question
in private conference.
Tho Hereshoffs. of Bristol, r. l., have
put in a bid to build six torpedo boats
for the Spanish government.
The pardon of Harry Featherstone,
notorious robber, by Governor Altgeld,
caused a sensation in Chicago.
Executors of the first Fair will won
victory at Frisco by securing n hearing
on it before the so-called pencil will.
A bill to prevent hotels or any public re-
sorts from discriminating against colored
people passed the New York assembly.
For agreeing to get a divorce from
Aaron Hershfield, the rich Helena (Mont.)
banker, Della Hershfield, his young wife,
will receive $4,000.
To save w. II. Benson from going to
Jail for stealing $2O5 from her, Mrs. Will
helmina Albers, of Brooklyn. married him
Just before the trial. but he was found
guilty.
On the ground Of defective application,
Judge Brown. of the federal supreme
court, refused to order Coils r. Hunt
ington's removal to California for trial
for issuing pass.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
TEXAS TREASURY is EMPTY.
Tho Great State Owes Half a Million and
Has No Money.

Austin, Tex, May S.-The treasury of
the rich state of Texas is empty. The
passage of the general appropriation
bill by the recent legislature made the
state liable at once for s6l4.OOO. To pay
this amount there was only 100000
The bill became effective yesterday,
and within six hours every cent of the
100000 in the treasury was taken out
There is now shortage of $514,OOO.
Treasurer Workman says it will be
January before the state will be on u
cash basis again.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
SETTLED OUT OF COURT.
Della IIcrshficld to Secure Divorce and
$4,000 AlimOny.


$4,000 AlimOny.
Helena, Mont, May S.-Della Hersh-
field, the former cashier in dry goods
store who married Aaron Hershfeld,
the rich banker, Is to get the snug sum
of 100000 because he was enticed away
from her, and is to get rid of her un-
willing and somewhat aged husband.
Mrs Hershfeld's suit against her hus-
bands brother, Lewis H. Hershfield,
the banker, and the latter's wife, for
damages in alternating the affections of
her husband, was brought to trial this
morning in the district court. The
morning was spent in trying to secure
jury. After recess a consultation was
held between the attorneys, in which
l.. II. Hershfield took part.
At its conclusionS Senator Carter asked
to have the case continued for two
weeks and added that there was little
probability of 1t being tried, an agree
ment having been reached. The court
granted the continuance and the jury
was discharged. The terms of the set
tlement are $4,000 and consent of Aaron
Hershfield to divorce. When the dam
age case is again reached it will be- dis
missed. Aaron Hershfield is now in
Chicago.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
Striking for q Raise.

Sharon, Pa, May S.-Twelve hundred
furnacemen are now out, the Sharpsvile
furnace employees having Joined the strike
this morning. The manufacturers of the
Sharon furnace today made an advance in
wages of 20 to 25 per cent. 1t Is expected
by the end of the week over 5000 furnace
men in the Mahoning and Shenango val
leys will be granted similar advance.
Employees of the Bailey foundry struck to-
day for a 2O-cent raise. The employees of
the Sharon Clay Manufacturing company
and American Steel works have asked for
a 10 and 2O-cent advance
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
YOUNG WARRIORS FOILED.
American Boys Who Started to Free Cuta
Brought Home in Disgrace.

New York, May Son the Ward
line steamship Seneca, which arrived
today from Havana, We're Gordon
Thomas and Travers Harman, students
at the University of Virginia, who went
to Cuba to join the insurgents. They
left New York on the Yumuri on April
27. and were hardly outside Sandy Hook
when their parents telegraphed to the
state department asking to have them
arrested.
When the Yumuri reached Havana
she was boarded by a file of Spanish
soldiers and Mr.. Dale, the United States
consular representative. Both boys
We're kent prisoners on the steamship
until transferred to the Seneca. Neither
set foot on Cuban soil.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
PIRATES LOOT A BRIG.
Board Dutch Vessel and Murder the
Captain Off the MOROCCO COnst.


Tangier, Morocco, May S.-The Dutch
brig Anna, becalmed off the Rinan
coast, was boarded by pirates. The
crew was overpowered, the captain was
killed, the mate was wounded. and the
brig looted. A breeze springing up later
the brig finally escaped and was towed
to Gibraltar, where the captains body
was buried. The German cruiser Alex
andrine Is here to support the demands
of the German minister, Count Won Tat
tenbach. for the punishment of the mur-
derers of German named r. Rock
stoDh, near Sahi.
The warship landed twelve marines
at Safil with arms and ammunition.
The Moorish governor protested when
they forced their way to the German
minister's encampment. Great excite
ment prevails. The murderers are not
yet arrested. Morocco City is still be-
leaguered. Many rebels have been
killed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09

ness pomptly. The report of Rev. T.
william Davidson, secretary Of the
board Of missions, recommended that
5000 be raised for missionary work by
the convocation in the diocese during
the current year. There was consider
able debate over the selection Of name
for diocesan house, which is now be-
ing erected in Philadelphia, and the
convention finally decided that the title
shall be The Church House of the Dio-
cese of Philadelphia.
The convention also decided that two
clergymen and three laymen, with the
bishop and treasurer of the diocese,
shall be the custodians of the church
house
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
DEATH FROM ONIONS, .
Child's Fatal Indulgence in the Vegetable
at IcffcrsonvuIc Ind


at JcffersonvuIc, Ind.
Jeffersonvlle, Ind, May S-As a re-
suit of overindulgence in onions pur-
chased from a huckster Herman Will
son, aged years, died last night, and
Elmer Wilson and Paul Mpzier, two
other children. airy lying at the point
of death. During the day the children
purchased several punches of onions
and procuring some salt ate voracious-
ly. Almost Immediately they were
taken sick.
The physicians think that poison of
some kind must have become mixed
with the vegetables. Leonard Friend
and others residing in that vicinity
were taken violently sick after eating
onions few days ago, but have recov-
cred,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
STARTLING SUICIDE,
Ian Applies for Work and When Refused

Man Applies for Work and When Refused
Leaps Under n Train.
Cleveland, o., May Sat Collinwood,
a suburb, today an unknown man ap-
piled to the yard foreman of the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern railroad
for employment. On being informed
there was no work for him, he ex-
claimed:
MY God, is there nothing a man can
do to live? If not can at least die
A moment later he sang out: Good
bye, boys" and threw himself under a
passing train and was cut to pieces.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
LOVE SPURS TO MURDER.
Two Attempts of Husbands to Slay Their
Wives

New York, May S.-Two tragedies, re-
sulting from marital unhappiness,
marred the day in Greater New York.
Early this morning Thomas Hopper, n
waiter, cut his wife's throat with ra-
zor, but she is not likely to die. Hopper,
who was spurred to his act by jealousy,
was locked up.
In Brooklyn Gottlieb Meyer shot at
his wife, from whom he had separated,
and then put n bullet into his own
brain. One bullet grazed Mrs. Meyers
arm, but the others went wild. She
says he tried to shoot her four years
ago, but was prevented.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09

so 1t closes an electric circuit which
sets the alarm bells ringing, telling Of
the approach of the other vessel. l eX-
perimented In the bay two weeks ago
with the magnet and 1t worked per-
fectly. l shall soon experiment on
some craft furnished by the navy de-
Dartment
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
KILLED IN THE MINE.
A Fatal Accident Brought to Light BY
Dream.

A Fatal Accident Brought to Light BY n
Dream.
Kittanning, Pa, May S.-Two broth
ers named Hawk, who lived in n shanty
near Madison, with two other men,
went into the mine with them on Satur-
day morning to work. The brothers
did not come out in the afternoon. and
that night one of their companions
dreamed that they had been killed.
He descended into the mine Sunday
afternoon and found that his dream
was true. Under a great pile of fallen
slate he found the brothers, one dead
and the other just expiring. The latter
died soon after being brought out. He
had been under the slate for nearly
twenty four hours.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
DISPENSARY LAW ILLEGAL.
Decision Of United States Court Causes
Excitement in South Carolina.

Decision Of United States Court Causes
Excitement in South Carolina.
Columbia, s. c., May Sin the Unit
ed States circuit court today a deci-
sion was rendered in the test cases of
the state registration and election law
and the dispensary law, and both were
declared by the court to be illegal.
The entire state is in fomcnt to-
night over the decision of the United
States court and no one seems able to
give any idea as to what may be the
probable results. The governor as
serts that he will not call the legisla-
ture together to re-enact new law
and the dispensary system has been
practically killed.
Orders for liquor are being given in
all directions. A constable claiming
full knowledge of the mandate of the
court has already made seizure of
liquor in violation thereof.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
DISCRIMINATING CLERK.
Conspircs with an EIOping Couple. but
Checks Loves Young Dream.

tOHspIrcS WITH an EIOpIng Couple, but
Checks Loves Young Dream.
Terre Haute, Ind. May S.-Miss Mary
McLinden and William Mutt, of Green
castle, eloped and came to this city,
where they were married this morning
Miss McLinden said her parents OBJ
jected to the marriage.
Samuel Riley, a middle-aged farmer,
with Ella Mountjoy. 16 years old, drove
to this city from Marshall, ILL.,, today to
be married, but the county clerk re-
fused to issue a license.
The couple left saying they would go
to some other county in search of n
clerk who would overlook the would be
brides youth.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
Ex-Governor weston Dead.

Manchester, N. H., May Sex Governor
James A. Weston died this morning Ex-
Governor Weston was born in this city
Aug. e. 1927. In politics Mr.. Weston was
always Democrat and was the first Dem
ocratic mayor of this city. in 1862, serv-
Ing three terms.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09

Milwaukee, Wis, May 8.-The first ses-
sion of the seventh meeting Of the su-
preme council of the American Protective
association was called to order at 1890 a.
m. today in Liberty hall by Supreme Pres
ident Trainor
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
HER CORSET TOOK FIRE,
Was Made of Celluloid. and Sophia Marsh
Had a Narrow Escape from Death.

Had Narrow Escape from Death.
New York, May S.-The clothing of
Sophia Marsh 81 years old, a servant in
the family of DR.. Frederick Weygandt,
of 645 Bedford avenue, Williamsburgh,
caught fire from stove last Friday.
DR.. Weygandt wrapped sheet around
her, but could not put out the fire on
account of celluloid corset, which
burned fiercely.
He called his wife and they put the
girl in tub of water in the bathroom.
She was badly burned, but it is said she
would recover
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
Insurgents Fighting in Cuba.

Santiago De Cuba, May S.-A band of
insurgents has been attacked by the gov
ernment troops six miles from this place.
The railway trestles on the Songo branch
have been cut and traffic is stopped.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
ALLEGED STRANGER" Esca pcs.

Denver, May Sat o'clock this after
noon the case of Richard Demady, the al
legged STRANGER" was given to the jury
The jury brought in a verdict of mot
guilty" at 8 O'Clock this evening
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
RIOTERS ARRAIGNED.

Strikers at Chicago Steel Mills Are Held
to Bail.
Chicago. May S.-The strikers who
were arrested last night while making
a riotous demonstration at the gate of
the Illinois Steel company, We're az
raigned in court today, and eight of
them were bound over in $500 bail to
answer at court and the other fourteen
We're dismissed.
1t has been quiet today at the works
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
Mrs pornelI Improycs.

Bordentown, N. j., May S-Mrs. Par
nell continues to improve rapidly. Her
physician said today that she would re-
cover unless some unforeseen complica-
tons arise.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
WAD'NG AT MIDNIGHT.

Ballet Girls Indulge in Unreasonable
Mirth at Logansport, Ind.
Logansport, Ind, May S.-Eddie Foy
closed his season here Saturday night
with loft the Earth After the per-
formance the ballet girls went wading
in the Wabash river at midnight and
became so hilarious that the police cor"
rallied a score or more and took them
to headquarters.
All were finally discharged upon
promise to go to bed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
WILL MAKE RAPID TIME.

Michigan Mans Invention for Trans port.
ing the mains.
Ionia, Mich, May S.-After a half
dozen years of experimenting A. B.
Creil, Of this city, has perfected model
of postal car which will attain a speed
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
MAYS SAD SUICIDE.
An Aged Man Hangs Himself TO His Dc

An Aged Man Hangs Himself TO His DC nd
Wifc's Tombstone.
Hazleton, Pa, May 8.-Christian
May, aged 70, escaped from the county
home last night and entering the ceme-
terry at this place adjusted a rope
around his wife's monument and
hanged himself.
May was at one time quite wealthy,
but met with financial reverses some
time ago.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
CASPER THOMAS IS FREE.

Jury Find That He Stabbed Young Hayes
in Self Defense.
Bloomsbury, Pa, May Sin the case
of Casper Thomas, who stabbed and
killed Walter Hayes on the night of
April II, the grand jury has failed to
find true bill. Mr.. Thomas, who is SO
years old, was discharged.
In self defense he stabbed Hayes.
young base ball player, and the latter
bled to death.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
10 PIECES

46-INCH ALL WOOL HERRING
BONE SUITINGS IN TAN. GREY,
BLUE AND GREEN MIXTURES,
WITH A SLIGHT TOUCH OF THAT
EFFECT WHICH IS so MUCH
SOUGHT AFTER THIS SEASON.
THIS IS A LITTLE LOT OF 75c
GOODS.
Price to Close, 69c
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
Is PIECES

46-INCH ALL WOOL COvARLY
MIXTURES, QUIET TONE Eff
FECTS, IN THE FOLLOWING Ex-
QUISITE SHADINGS: GREENS,
TANS. BROWNS, BLUES AND
GREYS; 75c WAS THE PRICE
EARLIER IN THE SEASON.
Price to Close, 69c
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
WITHOUT MONEY.
Say They viii Reach New York If They
Have to Walk.

Have to Walk.
Pittsburg, May S.-Marie Worthing-
ton and Fannie Hassel, two WELL
dressed actresses, called at the office of
the department of charities and asked
for transportation to New York. The
superintendent said he was not au-
thorized to issue the tickets.
The young ladies, after weeping. said
they would get to New York If they had
to walk every step of the way. The
company they were with disbanded at
Marietta, o.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
CHURCH HOUSE NAMED.

Work of Convention Of Episcopal Diocese
of Pcunsylvania.
Philadelphia, May S.--The devotional
services which preceded the regular
session of the annual convention Of the
Protestant Episcopal diocese Of Penn
sylvania today were brief, and the gath
ering was enabled to get down to busl-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
WEATHER REPORT.

For eastern Pennsylvania. fair: pre-
ceded by showers in the early morning;
southerly winds.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
ROYAL ARCANUM MEETS.
Seventh Biennial Session of Grand COun.
Gil at Rcading.

CT Ht NVHuInE'
Reading, Pa, May S.-The seventh
biennial session of the grand council
of the Royal Arcanum of Pennsylvania
opened here today. About $50 delegates
are present, many of the latter being
accompanied by their wives. Grand
Regent Il. d. Doolittle, presided.
The address of welcome was delivered
by d. H. Wingert and was responded
to by Grand Orator c. e. Cornelius, of
Pittsburg.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-09
THEY'RE CHEAP.
Bit THEYR GOOD
And the Styles are
Right in Every
Yard Of the Goods
Offered Below.
NO MORE TO SAY ABOUT THEM.
LET THE GOODS TELL THEIR
OWN STORY.
20 PIECES

5O-INCH TEVIOT SUITINGS; A
ROUGH EFFECT CLOTH COMING
IN EIGHT DIFFERENT FANCY
MIXTURES. WE ASK 37Hc FOR
THE SAME CLOTH.
Price to Close, Zoe
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-09-11

to make 10000 crops of corn and cstton,
where the stalks were either burned or
left to rot upon the land.
We are told that there is but very little
of any Of the mineral elements in either
corn or cotton, outside Of the stalks.
Surely the fifteen or twenty crops of
corn, cotton or oats grown upon this
land, have not exhausted these mineral
elements? What then has become of
them?
One horse three inch blowing and the
exposing of the soil to the hot summer
and winter rains, leaves the mineral ele-
ments in the subsoil in their reverted
state. How will it be brought back?
[ sowed it in oats last spring, and as
soon as the oats we're cut, | turned
over the soil as deep as two good mules
could pull steel pillow, narrowed it and
planted the poorest of it IN peas; the
best of it, about thirty acres, | plowed
the same way for planting in Irish pota-
toes in August. When the potatoes are
dug, the whole of the land will be plowed
as deep as before, narrowed and sown in
red clover. Remember it is the shade
and not the warts on the roots Of the
clover am after. | wish to gather car
bonic acid and nitric acid from the at
mosphere. To dissolve the minerals
and form plant food in the soil, and
not in the air for the leaves. The land
where the potatoes have grown. will
show up results next year, above where
the peas grew, Notwithstanding the peas
will have warts Oh their roots (the vines
having been mown off. Our every day
crops do not take in any food through
their leaves, and we have just as much
to do with the gases Of the atmosphere
as the soil. We must bring them to-
gether.-Jeff D. Welborn in Southern
Cultivator.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-09-11

Mr.. D. F. Williams has arrived in
Orlando from Texas, after an overland
journey of three or four months. He
drove through with four wagons, and
brought his family and many household
effects with him. At cambridge, his
wife left the caravan and came on by
rail to see her brother, Col. G. D. Shep-
ard, and to satisfy herself as to the adj
visibility of trying to maze a home in
Florida. She was so we'll pleased that
she wrote to her husband, advising him
to come on. He is now here. and seems
90 VOL pleased 9TH the outlook rs was
MS vie upon hrr arr val They will
rest for few days md then set about
securing "a home. Mr.. Williams is rep
resented to be man of some means,