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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-18
SCALDED BY STEAM.
Five Men in the Engineers Department
In tho Torpedo Boat Excursion Are
Terribly Injured.

Five Men In the Engineers Department
In tho Torpedo Boat Excursion Are
Terribly Injured.
New London, Conn.,, July 17.-Shortly
after noon today. the light house
steamer Cactus came steaming up the
harbor at the top of her speed, and the
cause Of 1t was made known as soon
as the vessel reached the pier. She had
on board five men from the engineers
department of the torpedo boat Erics-
son, who had been terribly scalded by
the bursting of the exhaust steam pipe,
while the vessel waws trying her speed
off Bartlett's reef this morning. The
Cactus was within hailing distance
when the accident happened. and she
responded at once to the signal Of the
Ericsson.
The sufferers were taken on board
the Cactus and their bodies were paint
ed with white lead to exclude the air
from their exposed flesh, from which
the cuticle had been removed in great
patches on body, back and limbs. Their
sufferings We're excruciating. The men
We're lifted from the Cactus and carried
on shore and quickly transferred to the
Marine hospital.
Willing hands helped to carry the
poor fellows up the stairs and to q large
airy room In the rear Of the house,
where five beds were ready for their re-
ception. The injured men are:
Austin Williams, junior engineer,
New York: Joseph Hamilton. Junior en-.
gineer, New York; David Cody. Junior
engineer, Jersey City; William Merwin,
! nlauhiEist, Dubuque. Iowa; Jack Strink-
lar, engineer, Dubuque, Iowa.
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NEW SUPERIOR COURT.
The Judges Meet ut Philadelphia for Or.
ganixntion-Bnsi mess ofthc Session Not
Made Public


nization-Bns incss ofth Session Not
Made Public.
Philadelphia, July f.-President
Judge Charles Il. Rice and Judges
James \. Beaver, Howard j, Reeder.
George Il. Orlady, Johs j. WicEaam, f.
v. Willard and Henry J. McYe Ithy, OF
the new Superior court. met in the city
hall today and had social meeting
with the judges of the supreme court In
the private rooms OF the latter.
The Superior court judges afterward
began the consideration of rules for
their goverrnnce and that of members
of the bar in the transaction of the
business of the court, the arrangement
Of the differe'st districts from which
appeals will be heard. the terms of the
sittings of the court, the method in
which the lists of cases should be made
up and all phe mnutae of the courts
proceedings.
The conference began in the morning
and was 'ryt concluded until late in the
afternoon. and the announcement was
made that no hing as to what they had
agreed upon would be made public un-
Ill the court would meet at harrisburg
for organization on July q.
The ten coun;ies in the Philadelphia
district have a population Of 2,006,36i,
biced on the census of 1890. The eleven
counties in the Scranton district con-
tain population of 6lO1i2. The thr-
teen counties in the Williamspor't dis
trct. 4Sj,3lS: the thirteen counties in
the Harrisburg district, 594,457, and the
twenty counties in the Pittsburg dis
trict, l.Gl1 ,O77 inhabitants.
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lowhill street house. this city, was
Pietzels. and he is now preparing to
try Holmes here on the charge of mur-
dering Pietzel.
Detective Geyer. who unearthed the
bodies of the Pietzel girls In Toronto,
is in almost hourly communication with
the district attorney. Late this after
noon District Attorney Graham re-
ceived "A telegram from him dated To-
ronto. which said: II am going to De-
trolt to look for Howard Pietzel."
Holmes is believed to have murdered
Howard in that city, and Geyer Is going
there to endeavor to discover the body.
Holmes must feel the ground growing
shaky under his feet. In the interroga
ton to which he was subjected yester
day by District Attorney Graham.
Holmes shifted his position regarding
PietZel. Holmes has heretofore con-
tended that Pietzel Is alive, but yester-
day he acknowledged that the body
found in the Oallowhll street house
was Pietzel. but asserted that the lat
ter must have committed suicide.
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TELEGRApHIC SPARKS.

The hay crop around Binyhamton, N.
Y, Ii a failure and the milk supply is run
ming short.
Thleving fishermen of Belle Island, Can,
tried to burn the wrecked City of Mexico
to plunder her cargo.
While sleeping on a fire-escape back of a
New York fiat, Thomas Dewitt, aged 10,
fell of and was killed.
BY fall on the steps OF Boston hotel,
John T. Ellis. a Washington correspond
ent. fractured his skull.
Falling out Of a boat at Ogdensburg. N.
Y, Captain John Saunders. a vessel owner
Of Kingston. Ont, was drowned
The council Of the French Legion of
Honor has resigned because Of the criti-
clsms made In the chamber Of deputies.
New York police are looking for Mike
Fox. a deranged tobacco grower OF Cheat
ham. Va. who has been missing two
weeks.
For his part In killing Dr. Horace T..
Pope, of Detroit, william Brusseau, Mrs.
Pope's paramour, gets twenty-five years
In prison,
BY tagging train near Mahoning.
Mich. S-year-old Gertrude Anderson saved
twenty lives from being lost In q subter-
raneuus washout..
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HEAD ON VERA'S SHOULDER.
Effective Manner in Which Heavy Weight
COrbctt Played Romeo at GAINESVILLE.


New York, July 1.-THE suit Of Mrs.
Ollie Corbett for an absolute divorce
upon the statutory grounds from her
husband, James j. Corbett,, the cham
pion heavy weight pugilist of the world,
came up again this afternoon before
Referee Edward Jacobs. Mrs. Corbett
was early on hand. She looked cheer
full and she chatted and laughed with
Mr.. Hummel, her lawyer, in an anima-
ted fashion.
Mr.. Hummel read an extract from a
Cincinnati paper, telling of the visit of
Pugilist Corbett and Mrs. Corbett to
that city on April % last. Mrs. Corbett
says she was in New York city at this
time. and that 1T was Vera who was
with her husband, and who passed as
his wife.
Miss King was again called Mr.
Hummel asked her If she remembered
and Mr.. Corbett.
Yes, sir" replied Miss King.
"Mr Corbett and l had adjoining
dressing rooms. A man came in one
day and l heard Corbett Introduce
Vera to him as his wife. On another
occasion, I think it was while We We're
going to GAINESVILLE, I saw Vera with
her head on Mr.. Corbett's shoulder"
did Corbett put his head on Vera's
shoulders"
Yes. sir, he did"
did Mr. Corbett hug and kiss Vera
on the train on that occasion?"
''Yes, SIR" he did"
Mr.. Hummel then asked that the ref
cree should decide that Mrs. Corbett
was entitled to an absolute divorce;
that 500 a week, the same sum as
allowed in the separation papers,
should be paid to her by Corbett dur
ing the term of her natural life.
Lawyer O'Sullivan offered nos objec-
tion to this.
Then Mr.. Hummel asked that the
hearing be adjourned until Friday. July
26, in order that he might apply for a
rowing commission to get evidence of
Corbetts improper acts in Pittsburg
and Cincinnati. The referee according
ly adjourned the case to that date.
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MOVING ON INSURGENTS.
CampOs Concentrating His TrOops-Ycl.
low Fever In the Army

tuHpOS concentrating Ills ITOOpS-N cI'
low Fever In the Army.
Havana, July 17.--Captain General
Martinez de Campos has arrived at
Bayamo, Province of Santiago de Cuba,
from Manzanillo, in the same province.
He has reconcentrated the troops in
that district, and Is continuing opera
tions against the insurgents.
Four hundred insurgents recently at
tackled detachment of the civil guard
at Cunao, near Sancti Espritu, Prov
ince at Santa Clara. The insurgents de-
manded the surrender of the garrison,
but the latter made a gallant defense,
and the enemy eventually retired. NJ
further details of the fighting have
been received.
During the month of June there were
400 cases of yellow fever throughout
the whole army, but only 22 per cent.
died. In July there was the same pro-
portion of cases of yellow fever and
deaths. Only six persons suffering from
yellow fever are in the military hospi-
tai at Havana today.
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clans. They walked In health within
the week. ard Mr.. Dowie now wears a
golden monogram the children gave
him as token. He confesses that he
was amazed. but amazement has
grown into conviction with him.
He says the power he received at the
iirst instance has never deserted him.
His claims embrace 5000 instances Of
equal popularity.
The next step in Mr. Dowie's theology
was to convince himself tIhat his pray-
ers had mo limit In effectiveness this
Side OF actual creation. He learned to
reason to his own satisfaction that 1t
was no harder for prayer to cool fever
than to change a limb from it's halt to
health or to give the pallsied arm its
natural cunning. He went through
Australia preaching and teaching. and
then came to California to cogatinue the
spreading of his doctrine. He prospered,
willing purses opening in return for his
offices, and to aid his fame In making
the circuit of the world he moved his
healing rooms and homes to the gate
of the exposition.
MdnculOus as was his experience
with an epidemic, as exploited by his
own words, his professed work In Chi
cago far surpasses 1t In the region Of
the mysterious. He bases his right to
live among the people of Edgerton ave-
nue. upon the character of his accom-
plishments. He defies his enemies to
prove that the cures effected in the lit
tie back room of the tabernacle are not
genuine in each detail, and SCOTS at the
sensftivemess of neighbors who are
shocked at the sight of "godly people
seeking their God for healing" He
calls 1t urrighteous prosecutions, the
meantime resolving not to move out of
town lest ne waive one point in his con-
tention that divine healing Is a part OF
the plan of the universe
Continued on Page 81
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BIC FIRE At Cincinnati
Firemen Arc Fatally Injured by
Failing Walls.
LIST or DEAD AND INJURED
Main Part of the shipping Quarter In q
Blnzc-Thc Entire Department
Called Out-LOsscs
Reported.

Cincinnati, O., July IA fatal fire
at o'clock this afternoon In the main
part of the shipping quarter of the city
resulted In the instant death of two
firemen and the probable fatal injury
of a half dozen others. The fatalities
were caused by the falling Of the walls
Of the burnings. The dead are:
CAPTAIN HEALY.
PlPEMAN JACK Wisely.
The injured are:
PIPEMAN ED NEWMAN.
CAPTAIN NEAL.
FIREMAN GROVE.
CAPTAIN PURCELL.
DRIVER BERT THOMPSON.
MIKE M'NALLY.
JOHN MULLEN.
LEtNN WESTCOTT
FRED CUNNINGHAM.
WILLIAM BEEBE.
VICTOR ENNIS.
EDWARD ANTHONY.
1t is impossible to tell at this hour
how many of the firemen will die.
They are all unconscious at midnight.
When the fire alarm sounded nearly
every engine in the city bottoms, as
that part of the city lying near the APP
proach to the big suspension bridge Is
called. was sent to the scene. The
block which was destroyed lies at
Front and Water streets. From the
time the alarm sounded until late at
night. scenes narrowing and pathetic
transpired in rapid succession.
Origin OF Fire No' Known.
The origin of the fire Is not positively
known. 1t burst forth from the sec
ond story of Hermesch Il Co.'S, at
Water and Walnut streets. 1t Is sup
posed by some to have started from a
cigar thrown carelessly on the floor,
which was covered with loose hay. In
ten minutes after the firemen reached
the scene the hansome five story build
ing was doomed. The flames jumped
to the adjoining buildings, rapidly de-
vourng the stores and warehouses Of
the Smith Coal and Sand company; the
Nelson Morris stables: the stores of
Klein and Kirk and Seaman & Co.
The fire was under control when the
walhs, of Kleip & Kinks building fell
They We're apparently safe and came
down without warning. The firemen
were fighting the fire without thought
of approaching danger when the crash
came. Ten thousand people witnessed
the disaster. For a moment both men
and women lost their heads completely
Then citizens came forward and aided
in the rescue of the buried firemen.
1T was over an hour before all the
firemen were eXtricated from the mass
Of brick. The losses are:
Seamar' & Co.. $4,000; w. A. Good
win. $4,000; George Brown & Co, $5O,-
600; Hermesch & Co., $4,000; Klein &
Kirk. $4,000. Smaller Losses will aggre-
gate $50 600
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SONS
WHY ?
1t would be difficult to believe that
the following superb lines of the
latest craZes in
Wash
Goods

Could be sold at such figures with
out satisfactory explanation,
therefore We'll tell you the why and
wherefore in a couple of sentences.
AS you are aware, the wash goods
season opened early this season and
stocks were quickly sold out. We
had to repeat orders. Manufactur-
ers and importers could not keep
pace with the demand and ship
ments have been made late. We've
compromised prices with our sup
pliers. and now were ready To sup
ply you with these high-class novel
ties at prices which under ordinary
conditions could not be touched even
at the close of the season. They
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-18
FIN LIE s
Special Sale of
SCOTCH
.GlNGHAMS.

Our reputation on Fine
Scotch Ginghams is un-
questioned and it is a we'll
known fact that for quail
ity and assortment our
stock cannot e matched
this side of New York.
AS we never care to carry
over goods from one season
to another, we will offer
the balance of our stock,
about $50 pieces, att lDc.
per yard.
This is an opportunity to
buy the genuine article at
a price generally asked for
domestic makes sold as
Scotch and French goods.
40 pieces fine Clan Plaid
Silk Ginghams, specially
suitable for waists and
children's wear and abso-
lutely fast colors.
About 35 DressPatterns,
extra choice, lace stripe
and printed brocade Trilby
Silks, all light ground and
u inches wide; IL yards
to g pattern; have been
S5c. Price to close, 39c.
per yard or $4.6S a Dress
Pattern.
A very attractive line of
fine Irish Dimities, French
Corded Piques and Organ
dies, White Persian Lawns
and White and Colored
Dotted !Swisses.
French Linen Batiste in
natural color with erm-
brOideries to match.
$40 AND 512
L.ACKAWAN H. VENUE
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Wreck on the Western.

Bradford. Pa. July ia special to the
Era from Olean says u disastrous wreck
occurred on the Rochester division of the
Western New York and Pennsylvania ut
I o'clock this afternoon. A north bound
freight train was descending Nunda hill
and as the locomotive was passing the
station Of Tuscarora, II left the rails and
rolled down an embanlsment, followed by
ten loaded cars. Engineer John Stout and
Fireman Marth. both OF Olean, were killed
almost instantly.
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WASHINGTON CHAT.

Robert Y. Conrad, OF Winchester, Va,
thre naval academy.
The immigration of the last fiscal year
was 276, 1886. or a decrease of 81, 476, AZ COM
pared with the previous year.
Mrs. Mary +. Hansel. an attorney OF
Ellenville. N. Y, has been disbarred from
practicing before the interior department,
because Of unlawful execution of pension
papers.
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CONDENSED STATE TOPICS.

The Grand Division, Sons of Temper
ance Of Pennsylvania, will meet at Jeanes-
Vile July "a.
Overcome by sulphurlc fumes from n
blast furnace. John II. Whitman dropped
daed at Lebanon.
The quarterly meeting Of the Father
Mathew Temperance societies In the Lee
high district will be held at Audenried
July 2S.
william Bell OF Minersvlle, fell over
an embankment on the Pennsylvania
railroad near that place and was fatally
injured.
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ADVANCE GUARD ARRIVES.
Delegates TO tho Convention of Baptist
Young PcOplc's Union ut baltimore


Baltimore. Nd. July 1.-THE ad-
vance guard of the great throng of 15,-
900 delegates and visitors who are ex-
pected from all parts of the country to
participate in the convention of the
Baptist Young Peoples Union of Amer
lea, which will open its sessions to-
morrow, arrived in large numbers this
morning. Every railroad station and
steamship pier presented a lively ap-
pearance as the crowds We're welcomed
by the numerous members of the re-
ception and registration committees.
The South Carolina delegation was
the first to be assigned quarters. Closely
following were 1000 members from ILL.,
nois, a good representation from Ala
bama. North Carolina, Virginia, Massa-
chusetts. Connecticut, Vermont, Indi-
ana, Missouri, Dakota. Texas and Ohio.
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RUsTLERS ARE DOOMED.
The Western vigiInnts win String Them

Up.
Butte, Neb., July 17.-Diligent inquiry
cannot elicit what has become OF the
men captured by the Kaya Paha Vigil
antes Sunday. The band passed through
Fairfax, s. d.. hast evenarg, going west,
stating 1t was their intention to pro-
ceed to point north of Spring View
before crossing the state line.
There Is little doubt now that the
rustlers will never reach Spring View.
as should they be turned over to the
authorities It would necessarily make
trouble for A!rapeker. who owns the
cattle. as they were being herded on the
IL'dlan reservation contrary to the in
struction from the Indian bureau.
The vigilantes told Dan Hall, a Holt
county stockman. that "a meeting would
be held In state line tonight, In which
all the members Of the old vigilantss
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THE NET ABOUT HOLMES.

There Is Iittlc Chance CT IFS i,ciug Tried
for Murder In Canada.
Philadelphia. July 17.-This afternoon
District Attorney Graham said there
was little chance Of Holmes being taken
to Torontoto be tried for the murder
OF the Pietzei girls. He has found evil
dence. he said, which leads to the con-
clusion that the body found In the Cal
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-18
TURKEY FEARS TROUBLE.
Uneasy Over the Attempted Assas ssinntiOn
Of StambuIOff

Of StambuIOff.
Constantinople, July 1.-THE attempted
assassination of ex-Premier Stambu-
loft at Sofia, Bulgaria, has caused a
great sensation here, and serious events
in Bulgaria are looked forward to. In
fact 1t Is predicted that the whole east
ern question will be reOpened.
The Turks are actively constructing
earthworks at several points In Rou-
melia. and a mountain battery has been
dispatched to Uskub district. Troops
have been sent from Salonlca to quell
a reported insurrection near Strumitza.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-18
BLACKBURN'S VICTORY,
The Kentucky Senator Gets Three Dele
gates at Lexington

Lexington. KY. July 17.-Senator
Blackburn's chances for being returned
to the United States senate were greatly
enhanced here today by his decided
victory in the primary contest for cam
didates for the legislature from this
city and county, although he had strong
opposition from Ex-Governor McCreary.
Blackburn nominated all three of his
candidates, which gives him big ma
jority of the legislative candidates so
far nominated by the Democratic pri-
maries.
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Gold in schuylkiIi County.

Pottsvulle, Pa, July 17.-Shamokin and
Pottsville capitalists have had stamps
erected at Rough and Ready, Schuylkill
county, to prove ore which is pronounced
to be gold found on lands near that town.
The capitalists have very hopeful pros
Dectg
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-18
ENDS LIFE WITH A BULLET.

Daughter OF AtwoOd's Mayor Kills Her.
self Because OF u Lovers Quarrel.
Tuscola. H.. July 17.-Miss Carrie
Neon. the 1S-year-old daughter of w.
F.. Moon. mayor of Atwood. committed
suicide .hs morning by shooting her.
SELF through the heart in her room in
her fathers house. The cause Of her
suicide was quarrel with her lover,
w. d. Harshbarger.
They have been engaged for over q
year, but when he bid her good-by last
night he said he would never call again.
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Valley bonds Abroad.

New York, July Thrown, Shipley &
Co.. will offer in London on Friday next
s6.sOO,O00 first mortgage gold s per cent
bonds of the Lehigh Valley Coal company,
principal and interest guaranteed by the
Lehigh Valley Railroad company and
maturing in 1898. The price will probably
be 105.
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ROBBERS BIND BLIND COUPLE
Tho Woman Chcwcd tho Cords All
Night.

Ashland, O., July 17.--Four robbers,
one masked burst open the door of John
Milbim's house, at Orange. with fence
rail at II o'clock last night. bound and
gagged him and his wife with bed
clothes and tortured them with fire at
their feet. The robbers secured slS.
Milbim is blind and Mrs. Milbim near
ly so. They were not released until Q
O'Clock this morning, when the wife
chewed away the chords and informed
a neighbor. There is no clew to the
robbers,
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AT &c,
Best Egyptian Tissues
Fine INDIAN DinnitieS
Black Ground Organdies

These three numbers will fully fill
the bill with the average buyer of
fine wash dress stuffs. The first
two fabrics named come in white
grounds only, and the assortment Of
styles Is marvellous for its complete
ness. Not taking pattern is want
ing, and the pink and white. black
and white nile, and blue and white
nile and other popular shade con-
trasts are here in unlimited abund-
ance. The black ground organdies
are aniline dyed. and therefore
absolutely fast In color. The pat
terms are In white and dainty floral
effects. Nothing loud or obtrusive
about them, but gems Of modest
simplicity. They never were made
for the price we ask for them.
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NEW ANTHRACITE VEIN,
A Big Surprise Given the Coal Experts nt
ShnmOkin.

Pittsburg. Pa, July 17.--Anthracite
coal in % vein of four feet thick has been
discovered on the Line mountain which
bounds Schuylkill and Northumberland
counties on the south side near Pitman,
In the former county.
This is a surprise to coal experts, for
1t is five miles south of the Shamokin
coal basin. and was believed to be out
side the coal district.
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TROUBLE APPREHENDED.

Troops Were Sent to Assist in Receiving
aJnry's Verdict.
Richmond, Va, July 1.-THE jury in
the case of Mary Abernathh, one Of the
women on trial at Lunenburg court
house for the murder of Mrs. Pollard.
rendered a verdict of murder in the
first degree.
Trouble was expected in case the jury
brought In verdict Of acquittal. and
the fear of such a result was the cause
of troops being ordered to Lunenburg
last night by the governor. Two others
Nare to be tried for participation In this
murder.
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Tho English Elections.

London, July 1.-THE latest returns
show the election of 229 Conservatives, AZ
Unionists, C2 Liberals, 2S anti-Parnell-
ties and 6 Parnellites. The total gains
thus far are: Conservative, 10; Unionists,
"A, and Liberals. 10. making the net Union
list gain A seats.
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COTTON EXPOSITION,
Meeting of the Commission at Harrisburg
Yesterday.

Harrisburg. Pa, July ia meeting
Of the Pennsylvania Cotton States EX-
position commission met at the Execu-
tive department this afternoon to out
line the plan of work and arrange for
the Pennsylvania exhibit at Atlanta.
A majority Of the mombers were pres
ent and Governor Hastings presided.
Plans and specifications were pre-
sented for the state building, the cost
Of which Is to be 5000.
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committee would take part, and the
rustlers would be tried according to the
custom Of their regulations and that
the decision of the majority would be
sustained