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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30
DISASTER At 1|LLY foster.
A Caye.in Results In the Loss oil
Several Lives. ~
BURIED UNDER TONS OF ROCK
Thirty-fivc Men Arc Caught at tho Bot
tom of Pit Three Hundred Feet
from tho Surface List Of
the Dead ana Injured.

Carmel, N. Y, A cave-in, resulting In
the loss of thirteen or fourteen lives.
occurred at the Tilly Foster mines after
3 o'clock this afternoon.
Foreman Patrick Lynch was de-
scending the pit to take the time of two
gangs of laborers, numbering about
thirty-five men, working at the bottom,
when q large amount of earth and rock
slid from the surface to the bottom Of
the pit, about 300 feet below.
Out of one gang of eleven men only
five came out alive The bodies of three
Of the other gang were recovered. More
bodies are under the tons Of earth and
rock. Several others We're more or less
injured.
List OF the Dend.
Among those known to be dead are
Michael Cannon, foreman: Patrick H.
Murtha, foreman: John Pagan, board
ing-house keeper; Thomas Dennis,
James Smith, an unknown Austrian.
No. 234. Cannon, Pagan and Murtha
were married and leave families. An
Austrian. known as 1874, received q
fracture Of the skull.
The work of recovering the bodies
was begun at once under the direction
of Superintendent Tompkins and Fore
man Lynch. Up to o'clock five dead
bodies had been brought up.
Murtha was taken out alive, but died
in about fifteen minutes.
At o'clock the work had to be
abandoned until tomorrow on account
Of darkness. The others remaining in
the pit are probably all Italians and
Austrians. Some of the bodies were
fearfully mangled.
Coroner T.. c. Penny and Undertake
ers Knox and Smith. of Brewster, were
on hand to take charge of the bodies.
which were placed In the carpenter
shop of the mines as fast as they were
brought uD. AS the lifeless, mangled
forms of the poor unfortunates were
one by one stretched in the impro-
vised dead house there was a rush of
friends and relatives to identify them.
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cussing the question of third term with
your correspondent a day or two ago
he said he would prefer to see the Demo-
cratic party defeated next year than to
have 1t establish the third term prece-
dent. Mr. CariiSle probably not only
voices his own sentiments in this oues-
ton, but those OF his father. the sccre-
tary of the treasury. Possibly ne Was
speaking the thoughts Of President
Clevelanu himself.
The president will send his message
to congress probably on Tuesday. II
will be read in both houses Immediate
ly after the opening of the session and
will be one of the most important docu-
ments Mr.. Cleveland has addressed to
the national legislature. 1t will have i'm
portant bearing on the governments
financial condition, it will contain rec
concentrations regarding glaring de-
fects in an imperfect currency system
and 1t will state the attitude of the ad-
ministration toward the Cuban insur-
gents. who are struggling for freedom
from the iron rule of Spain. A con-
spicuous feature of 1t will be recon-
raendation touching on bond issues. The
speculative world will receive with in
terest the notifications which Mr..
Cleveland will suggest respecting cer-
tain tariff schedules, notably the sugar
schedule. The president has, it Is un-
derstood, completed his message and
when the business preliminary to the
Organization of the house Is disposed
of he will be heard from.
CcTc.rniuG the Senate.
The senate will not be reorganized at
the opening of the session. 1t will be a
continuous body practically for the two
great parties are about on an equal
footing in numerical strength, and
1t will take time and politics to deter
mine whether the rule that shall prevail
shall be Democratic or Republican.
Secretary Morton. OF the agricultural
department, has abolished the seed di-
vision Of his department and thus
saves Uncle Sam a cool million dollars
a year. The abolishment of this use
less adjunct to the agricultural de-
partmept is generally commended, al
though 1t will be greatly missed by
members representing rural or farming
districts and country editors who used
the seeds to boom circulation. The
rural circulation of Congressman
Scranton's Mugwurnp Republican will
doubtless take downward course next
spring about "clantin' time"
W. r. Bell
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30
CHARLOTTE HowELLs TRIAL.
Tioga County Furnishes the Most Pecu.
liar Criminal Case Upon Record-A dc.
tcctiyc Accused.

liar Criminal Case Upon Record-A De-
tcctivc Accused.
Wellsboro, Pa, Nov. 29.-The county
court here has been occupied all this
week on the case of Mrs. Charlotte
Howell, who Is charged with the mur-
der of Miss Elizabeth Knapp, at Tioga
last May 1t will be remembered that
Miss Knapp died under mysterious cir
cumstances, and 1t was suspected that
she had been poisoned. Detectives We're
set to work and the more they in
vestigatcd the case. the more probable
II became that q foul deed had been
committed Miss Knapp lived with
Mrs. Howell and for months before her
death she received every day or two
threatening anonymous letter.
Libbie miss Knapp saved all the let
ters until she had about 100 These
are now to be offered in evidence and
an attempt is to be mae1 to establish
the fact that Mrs. Ifs yell was the
author of them all, and that she 1t
was who. from jealous motive gave
Iibbe Knapp poison. Mrs. Howell
was induced to write or print some let
ters in Roman capitals. dictated to her
from some of the originals. She made
these copies In the presence of several
witnesses, among them the detectives
The case has dragged along without
particular incident until this afternoon,
when Mrs. Howell was put upon the
stand to testify in her own behalf rela-
tive to her examination in the district
attorneys office before her arrest, when
she made the printed copies Of the let
ters. She stated that Dupignac, one OF
the New York detectives, was in the
room alone with her and that he made
an insulting proposal to her. offered her
s25 to accede to his request. She al
leges that the detectives told her that
If she would confess the whole thing
they would let her off free.
DuDignac took the stand and de-
clared that there was no truth In the
womans testimony regarding his words
and actions. The letters made by Mrs
Howell were then offered in evidence as
a ground upon which to establish the
fact that she brought the original notes
to Libbie Knapp, which contained vile
insinuations and threats. The court
ruled all these letters out and this
is considered q very strong point for
the defence. The case is very singu-
lar one in criminal annals. The EVIL
dence Is purely circumstant!al, but Is
deemed to be quite complete In every
point, EXCEPT on that OF motive for
poisoning the girl.
If the commonwealth is able to make
1t appear that Mrs. Howell was Jealous
of the girl the case will be strong one,
without this. 1t will. no doubt, be i'm.
possible to convict her.
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EVILS OF HUNGARIAN DIET.
Herr Andrcansky and Herr Won pcrczel
Arc Thirsting for Blood.

Buda Pest. Nov. 29.--In the lower
house of the Hungarian Diet today
Herr Andreansky reproached Herr Won
Perczel, minister OF the interior for
assisting in electoral abuses. In re-
plying to the charges made against
him the minister said that the actusa-
ton was insolent. and used Language
that was offensive to Herr Andreansky
and the house. The president of the
chamber finally intervened and called
the minister TO order.
After the sitting Herr Andreansky
sent to Herr Won Perczel q challenge to
fight duel, which was accepted, Herr
Won Perczel temporarily resigning his
ministerial rost in order to be able to
meet his adversary on the field Of
honor ts'F
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ing way the great opportunities for
profit which southern cotton mills af-
ford, and, finally, to show to the great
west that Chicago is the natural and
logical distributing center for $275, ,OOO,-
600 worth of cotton goods annually,
which the south must end will natur-
ally and logically make; and to offer to
Chicago the great prize of an immense
trade in exchange for Chicago's mighty
assistance in building up the south.
The exhibit, it's designers say, should
be as practical and business-like in it's
nature as eXpedient, with enough of the
picturesque element to make it attract
i've to the public,
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DUNS ARE DYSPEPTIC.
The Business Outlook Is Decidedly
Gloomy from the Standpoint of tho
Rcview of Trade.

Gloomy from the Standpoint Of the
Review of Trade.
New York, Nov. OR. G. Dunn and
company will say tomorrow in their
weekly, review of trade:
The failures for the past week have
been 279 in the United States against
2S9 last year, and AZ in Canada against
Sc last year. Business has not i'm
proved, though there is very little
change except in the shrinkage of
prices which Is period of inaction
naturally caused. The movement OF
crops Is only fair. both cotton and
wheat being largely kept back in the
hope Of higher prices, and there Is u
prevalent feeling that foreign imports
will fall off. Exports show little gain
for the week although the small outgo
of cotton Is still threatening fact as
respects foreign exchange
Railroads reporting for November
show gain OF S4 per cent. In earning
compared with last year, and loss
of l per cent. compared with 1892.
There Is no especial gain attributed to
the Trunk Line agreement as yet. but
stocks have advanced an average of
A cents per share for railroads, while
declining 81 cents per share for trusts.
On the whole. the demand is nothing
like what 1t would be If general busi-
Tess We're in a normal condition. The
speculative markets have not helped,
for while wheat Is cent higher, with
corn unchanged, cotton is a shade
higher and held with much stiffness
in spite of all evidence of the abund-
ant supplies abroad, and the sagging
trade Of European spinners. Goods
here are q shade weaker, perhaps |
per cent on the whole, in spite of O
small advance in raw cotton.
Another sharp fall in hides at Chi
cargo has not been followed by leather,
which has declined only for grain, nor
proportionately by boots and shoes
The manufacturers are getting remark
ably little new business for the season
and many look for no material change
until after Januarylf. The woolen busl-
ness makes scarcely any gain.
The iron market Is decidedly weaker
again. and while Bessemer pig has de-
clined to $12S5 at Pittsburg and grey
forge to $1225 and plates to $1.6O at
Philadelphia, so that the average of al,
quotations is abou, half of one per cent
lower than last week. A sharp decline
Is noted in barbed wire. The bar asso-
citation and the two nail associations re-
fuse to reduce prices of their products,
although the demand has been surpri.,,
ingly reduced since the great advance
two or three months ago,and there were
rumors in the market that one of the
big combinations had gone to pieces be-
cause of underselling by members.
The western receipts of wheat con-
tinue larger than last year for the week
=, 5O,201 bushels against 3,565, ,404 a year
ago. AS before, Atlantic exports are
relatively small, and for four weeks
have been only S,26710 bushels, flour
included, aginst 6,742,396 last year. It is
evident that witt such movement high
er prices can hardly be expected, nor
can the exchange situation be favorably
affected
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30
BULLET IN HIS SKULL.
Albert Stern Shoots Himself While Dc
SpOndcut.

Long Island City, I. l., Nov. 29.-Al-
bert Stern was found with bullet in
his skull and another in the region Of
his heart. at the rear of the stair
case leading to offices of the Queens
county Jail this afternoon. Stern. when
questioned. said he had shot himself
and crawled in there to die.
Stern, who is "a years old, said he
was lately discharged from Bellevue
hospital, New York. where he under
went an operation, since which time
he has not been responsible for his ac-
tions.
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THE QUESTION SETTLED.
Mr.. weeks Says reas ,hs Nomination of
Mr.. IIarrison Wfinld DC UnMise.

Chicago, Nov. 29.-John d. Weeks, Of
Pennsylvania who was treasurer of the
Republican National committee during
the Blaine campaign, now editor of the
American Manufacturer and I.Tn
World, declared in an interview here to-
day that the nomination of Benjamin
Harrison for the presidency would be
exceedingly unwise because "he has for
his bitter enemies all the party leaders
in Pennsylvania"
Mr.. Weeks added: Say this enmity
to Mr.. Harrison's discourtesy. There
may be few party men In Pittsburg
who admire him, but he Is opposed by
the state at large. Reed, Mckinley, or
Allison would please the people of
Pennsylvania"
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Accidental Shooting,

Cumberland. Nd. Nov. 29-George Seay,
aged 10 years, son of Charles A. Seay and
brother OF Frankie Haines, the actress,
shot and almost instantly killed Walter
Carpenter. aged % years, at the residence
of Thomas j. Lowery. of Paca street, this
afternoon. A daughter Of Mr.. Lowery,
who was In the room at the time of the
shooting, says It was accidentally. Seay
has been arrested and is now In jail.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30
An Eight.Ciub League.

York. Pa, Nov. 29.--John ]. Hanlon,
president of last years State Base Bali
League, is in York. He Is trying to form
an eight-club league and wants York,
Hazleton. Carbondale, Lancaster, Read
ing. Philadelphia. Allentown and Harirs-
burg to go into 1t. A meeting will be held
here tomorrow to consider the formation
of q club.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30
Welded WHILE nYpNoTIzED
Sensational Complaint OF q Woman who
Applies for Divorce

Ann Arbor, Mich, Nov. eff the
story told by Mrs. George Partridge,
Of Ann Arbor, is true, George Is a bold,
bad Svengali. Mrs. Partridge was for
merly Miss Mary Lurfield. popular
young lady of this city. She was en-
gagged to marry a student named Weir
in the law department. In the bill for
divorce tied Tuesday she claims that
on Sept. Q, 1895, Partridge took her to
Ypsilanti, hyDnotizcd her and COM
pelled her to marry him under the
name of Mary French.
Then, she alleges. he took her to Kaia-
mazoo and maltreated her. Ten days
later she returned to her fathers home
in Ann Arbor, and now seeks q divorce.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30
MR.. REEDS PLANS.
II Is Said That lie iias Decided Upon
Several Appointments.

ScHcraI appointments.
Washington, Nov. 29.-It was report
ed at late hour tonight that Mr..
Reed has practically decided upon two
of the chairnlanships. which he will
give to the New York delegation. James
s. Sherman. of Utica, Is said to be
one of the lucky men, and the COM
mittee on which rumors place him is
of Indian affairs, over which Mr.. Hol-
man. of Indiana. presided at the last
congress. The Craftsmanship of the
committee on railways and canals, 1t
Is believed, will be given to Charles A.
Chickering, Of Copenhagen.
The impression is deepening that Sc
reno +. Payne. Of Auburn, the senior
Republican member of the committee
on ways and means, will not secure the
Craftsmanship of that important COM
mittee. but that 1t will be given to
Mr.. Dingley, of Maine. 1t Is also re-
ported tonight that the craftsmanship
OF the judiciary COMMITTEES Will be given
to Mr.. Dalzell, of Pittsburg.
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BALL PLAYER HANGED.
"pacer' smith Not In the Jurisdiction Of
Pcnnaylyania Pardon Donrd.

Decatur, Ills, Nov. &C.. N. Smith,
known in professional base ball as
PAGER" was hanged here at noon to-
law on Sept 20. The crime was de-
liberntely planned and executed. Smith
went to the home OF his father-in law,
where his wife and child were living,
for the purpose of killing them. but
his wife ESCAPED him, and he killed the
child and his sister-in.law.
The execution took place promptly
at IL O'Clock and the murderer's neck
was broken. and he was pronounced
dead in fifteen minutes.
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SATOLLI IS CARDINAL.
Tho Apostolic Delegate is Elevated by
tho COusistOry

Rome, Nov. ga secret consistory
was held at the Vatican today, over
which the Pope presided. The session
ended at noon, when 1t was announced
that His Holiness was In fair health
and had made a speech Of some length
.eulogixing the new cardinals whom the
consistory had elevated to the sacred
college. Among the prelates elevated
to the cardinalate by the consistory
was Archbishop Satolli. apostolic dele.
gate to the United States: The rope
also recognized four new italian bishs
ops.
The grand master of ceremonies aris
,nounced that the Pope would confer
the red hat upon the new cardinals ae
the next public consistory. The pros
ceedings Of the consistory lasted only
half an hour. owing to the Pope's be~
coming somewhat weak from fatigue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30
SANDOW HAS A RIVAL,

Strono Butcher OF Dcs MOincs Who Per.
forms Astonishing Fcats.
Des Moines. Iowa, Nov. 29.-Charles
Lloyd Barney, a butcher of this city,
q years old, is rival of Sandow. Only
his intimate friends knew of his won-
derful strength until yesterday.
He is accustomed to kill cattle with
blow of his first. He raises q beam
on which eight men are seated, and
holds 1t above his head. He recently
raised a horse weighing 800 pounds
on his shoulders, and performs many
Of the most remarkable feats Of San
dow
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lanes Ralicr,s snicide

Pittsburg. Pa. Nov. .@.-James Ralieg,
10s Taylor ayen ue, Allegheny. shot him
died few minutes later. Dependency
through inability to secure employment
In the supposed cause. Raleigh was 20 years
Of age He leaves widow and two chill
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Duel 10 Death.

Mt. Sterling. KY, Nov. 29.-John Will
Hams and David Rose, who were wealthy
stock traders Of Wolfe county, fought
savage duel to the death yesterday at
Rose died later. They had dispute over
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Fire st Johnatowu.

nesday night at Twin Rocks. up In the
mountains In this country. destroyed the
power house and machinery at the Charles
McFadden c2al mines. Loss stkooo; In
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business" said he, land would rather
nothing would be said about me-" Sew
eral persons who were said to have been
healed by him were seen. and they all
declare that he did heal them.
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BIG COTTON EXPOSITION.

A Scheme TO Make Ncw Customers for
Present Products.
Augusta, Ca, Nov. 3s-Augusta has
started d plan to include the whole
south for southern cotton exposition
in Chicago. It II proposed to have q
cotton exposition IN Chicago. whose
toners for present products: Sec
ond, to open direct lines Of distribution
between producer and consumer; third,
70 bring 70 the knowledge Of the CAP.
itali6to'ln euoet 4ofeible and convince
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WILLARD HOWARD SAFE.
The Man in Charge of the American Re
lief Fund Still Lives.

New York, Nov. 29.-The Christian
Herald in it's next issue will say:
News was received today of the safety
of William Willard Howard, who was
supposed to have been murdered by the
Kurds, while on a mission of mercy IN
Armenia. Mr.. Howard was sent to Van
several months ago by the Christian
Herald of New York to distribute re-
lief fund of $4,000, contributed by SYM
pathetic Americans in behalf of the
destitute survivors of the recent mas
sacres in Armenia.
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FIN LEY s
Blankets, COlnf0rtables
And EiderdOWnS .

Our stock of Blankets is
most complete i'm both size
and quality. The follow
ing prices prevail through-
out this week:
1914 White Cotton Blankets. COOS 50
10-4 White and Grey Cotton
biankets ....................... ~
ll-4 White and Grey Cotton
Blankets ....................... 1 30
lid White Extra Heavy Blankets 2 20,
12-4 White Extra Heavy Blankets. 2 9S
11-4 White All Wool and Shrunk.. S75
12-4 White and Scarlet All wool
and Shrunk. Observation-Disclosures. 81
1l-4 California, Plain and Damask
a., boruer .................... b %
12-4 California, Plain and Damask
.Border ................... ~
1874 Extra Heavy and Fine Cali
lorHid Observation-Disclosures 90
1874 Extra Fine California ......... 9 75
Fancy Blankets i'm plain
and figured centers, suit
able for Dressing Gowns
and Bath Robes at $500,
$2.0S, $3.45 and $3.8S.
Attractive prices i'm cotton
and down Comfortables.
Full Size Comfortable e............$ 98
Imported Sateen White Cotton.... 50
Imported sateen Best White Cot
crepon-Elaborate pom stitchine.. SS
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WEATHER REPORT.

For Eastern Pennsylvania. generally
showers in the morning; slightly colder.
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TALKING

WON'T BETTER THESE EXTRA
ORDINARY VALUES. so WE'LL
LET THE VARIOUS LOTS TELL
THEIR OWN STORY AS YOU SEE
THEM ON THE COUNTER.
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CHICAGO MARKETS.

CHICAGO, Ill, Aug. 16.-The pit bulls bought
wheat this morning, presuming that the market
should continue 1t ended yesterday. They found
encouragement in the fact that quite large
quantity. 3S1,140 bushels, was inspected out of
store. Fasteners and Northwesterners were not
in the same frame Of mind as the local talent how
ever and were willing to furnish the wheat called
for and when the demand was satisfied there were
still offerings on the market which caused
prices TO lose the grip and stiffness character
iZing the early trading.
The session WAS quiet one, and required but
slight excess OF buying or selling 10 move prices
either way Receipts at Chicago were light at
elxty-nlne cars and the Northwest had III. Liver
pool cables were quiet bat steady. Export clear
ances amounted to PIT ,610 bushels. Closing Con-
tlnental cables were lower for Antwerp and higher
for Berlin. This was a holiday in Paris. Septem-
per wheat opened at from $3.50 TO 9612c, sold be-
oo!2c-Hs@14c lower than yesterday. Estimated
receipts for tomorrow IL 3 cars
corn was easy part Of the morning, sympathizng
Win "heat. AT the beginning, however, there was
nrmness ana later on in the session 1t notice
able that the short interest was using considerable
d1igence IN covering. The belief that the market
has oeen oversold exists to some extent, and some
OF those who have need Of corn to fill their con-
tracts are not satisfied they will be able TO obtain
al that Is necessary before the September option
natures. Gables to-day were firm. Receipts were
667 cars, twenty-four more than expected with
drawals from store were 257,246 bushels and
u, 1858 bushels cleared at the seaboard September
corn opened at &c. sold between 3S1Sc and 37sl C.
closing az 3I%sc, unchanged from yesterday.
Estimated receipts for Tomorrow 72O cars
Oats-Withont much business being done oats
managed to hold firm and even to make some gain
through the aid extended by wheat and corn Re-
ceipts were 173 cars, 40 less than estimated
WITHDRAWALS from store amounted TO $4,000