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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-11-23
THE REFINERIES.

The MESSENGER for some time
past has been giving some atten-
ton to sugar cane, sugar and to
the refneries and have noted the
difference that exist between the
refneries. After carefully gone
through all the details we have
come to the conclusion that some
mills are able to pay more for
cane than others, because their
equipments are more complete,
thereby saving an immense
amount in running expenses.
The coal item for instance is re-
duced to nearly fifty per cent by
refineries using the double effect
process Of boiling, which is consi-
-derable.
A railroad is also a great convi-
nience and reduces the expense of
feeding the carrier nearly fifty
per cent.
We have also noted the item of
experts required to run a refinery,
which are nearly the same in a
small or large refinery, such as
engineers, sugar boilers, CHARTERS
etc.
To give a better illustration of
the difference in the houses we
will say the capacity of the Key
stcne is 300 tons per "a hours and
that of the st. John 600 to SOC
tons.
The price paid by Keystone this
week is 1925 st. John 2,38. We
do not believe it is necessary
documentary further on the sub.
ject, the reader can pay a person.
al visit to both refneries and
draw his own conclusion.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-08
MORE RIOTINC AT Chicago
Seven Hundred Steel Workers on the
Rampage.
ATTACK MILL COMPANY'S GATE
sharp Rattle Between Police aud Strikers
in Which Many Are Injurcd-Twcn.
Twilight of the Ringlcad.
crs Arc Arrested.

Chicago, May 7.--About seven hun
dred of the two thousand strikers at the
plant of the Illinois Steel company to-
night attacked the gate to the com
pany's enclosure at Eighty-sixth and
Green Bay streets, and in a struggle
with the police several were injured
The police, although greatly outnum-
bered, used their clubs to good purpose,
and, Notwithstanding the onslaught Of
the infuriated men, they more than held
their own. In a short time they had
scattered the crowd. The police sent
for reinforcements, and in half an hour
l0o officers were on the scene. Twenty
eight OF the ringlcaders, mostly Bo-
hemans and Poles, were placed under
arrest.
In both scrimmages eight policemen
ana number of strikers were hurt, but
none seriously. A heavy guard was
placed about the works tonight, and de-
tachments of police placed on duty in
every portion of the town No further
trouble occurred up to midnight. The
strikers have been employed by the
company less than n month.
Three weeks ago the wage schedule
was reduced from S2.1O a day to sl.GO
and the old men left. Their places were
taken by an importation of Hungarians
and Poles, who have been operating the
furnaces since the middle of April,
They have been meeting recently, and
nave decided that they were working
too hard and too long for too little
money
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-08
STATE SNAP SHOTS.

The forest fires in the western part of
the state continue. destroying much valu-
able timber
Compulsory education will necessitate
the erection of several new school houses
at Reading.
Charles and Henry Delaney, two of the
men connected with the blind pool expose,
have been convicted of conspiracy at
Pittsburg.
President II. d. Warfeld. of Lafayette
college, tomorrow makes an address be-
fore the students of Albright institute,
Myerstown.
A committee of Williamsport citizens
will try to devise plans for securing the
money to carry out Major Raymond's
flood protection plans.
A true bill was found against Poor Di-
rector Jacob Day. charged with a felon-
ious assault upon the wife of an employe
of the almshouse at Pottsville.
Harry Thatcher, a student at Lehigh
university, was seriously injured by an
explosion of sulphuric and ocetic acid
while experimenting in the laboratory.
An execution was placed in the hands
of Sheriff Vol yesterday against Good
man Bros. for nearly $1,000. The firm
has grocery stores in Pottsvulle and Ma
hanoy City.
Il. j. Erisman, grand patriarch of the
grand encampment of Pennsylvana and
one of the most prominent odd Fellows
in the state. fell down a flight of stairs
at store yesterday. fracturing his skull
and receiving fatal injuries. Mr.. Eris-
man is So years old. Erisman died late
this evening For many years he was a
merchant In this city.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-08
THE ELK CONTROVERSY.
Disputes Which Began IL Year Ago Have
Reached Crisis-Circular from the
Grand Lodge.

Disputes Which Began Year Ago Have
Reached n Crisis-Circuiar from the
Grand Lodge.
Baltimore May THE controversy
which began year ago in the order of
Elks has reached n crisis. Grand EX-
alted Ruler Edwin Il. Hay gave to the
United Press a copy of an official circu-
lar which will be forwarded to and read
in all the lodges of the United States. in
which 1t is stated that any subordn-
ate lodge or lodges refusing allegiance
to the grand lodge, defying it's author
ity, attempting or claiming to exercise
the right and functions Of Elks by
virtue of any pretended authority from
any other power or body shall be
deemed guilty of treason to this grand
lodge"
The occasion for the pronunciamento
is the proposed meeting of a self-consti
tuted body of E,lks to be held in Buffa-
10, n. Y, May 90. Mr.. May vigorously
refuses to contenance the meeting or its
purposes, and adds that it could ac-
cOmplish nothing more than to keep
alive the controversy which began over
the Jamestown-Atlantic City meetings
last June. He deploreS the attempt TO
Danish the old order. turn down its
landmarks, forsake its history, blot out
its dearest memories and forget its
founders and its traditions. All lodges
that have elected a delegate to go to
Buffalo are requested to reconsider
their action and reafIirm allegiance to
the grand lodge, which will meet in an
nual session at Atlantic City, N. j.,
July 8.
The grand exalted ruler quotes sec
tion 13 of the constitution, which says
that any body unlawfully assuming to
be the grand lodge of Benevolent Pro-
tective Order of Elks shall be suspend
ed from membership in the grand
lodge, and significantly adds that
while the order exists its laws must
be obeyed"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-08

about the feat Is that human eyes have
not been able to see where the light
comes from. When producing the phe-
nomena she seems to be charged with
all the electric energy of live wire,
ana II Is extremely dangerous for per-
son to touch her. The atmosphere that
surrounds her at such times repels and
thus has saved many from injury. A
large shepherd dog owned by the fam
lily rubbed his nose against her when
she was transmitting force to the
grindstone and received "A shock that
stretched him lifeless. In Illuminating
the cow stable one night "A vivacious
heifer kicked the girl on the hand. In
stantly the animal experienced q
shock that paralyzcd limb, and, not
recovering afterward, it was killed by
Mr. Birchall.
Ieke Harris, who lives over at Six
Town Point, came over to Investigate
the case the other day. He asserted his
Willingness to undergo the tormcntS Of
the girls power. He took hold of her
and at once began to experience shocks.
He did not withstand the ordeal long,
and at the end of a few seconds he was
unconscious.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-08
CLEANED FROM THE WIRES

Ex-Governor Robert Stockton Green, of
New Jersey, died at Elizabeth yesterday.
After a quarrel ut Selma, Ala, Silas Lee
murdered an unknown woman and killed
himself.
In attempting to alight from a train in
New York, C. M. Redstock, of Chicago,
H., fell and was cut to pieces,
About 10000 people will petition Pres-
dent Cleveland to pardon Van Leuven. the
ex-pension attorney, now dying in the
penitentiary near Webster City, Ia.
The report that John r. Mclean. of the
Cincinnati Enquirer. had purchased the
New York Morning journal is denied by
the business manager of the latter.
In a struggle to arrest James Taylor at
Little Rock, Ark. Ed Bohanner and David
Echols and Taylor himself, were all killed.
An unsuccessful attempt was made at
Waterbury, Conn. to wreck an express
train on the New York and New England
railroad.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-08
Japan Will accept Cash
And Will Relinquish Claims Upon
LiaO-Tung Peninsula.
TO RECEIVE FIFTY MILLION
In Consequence OF Increased Indemnity
ana Russian Interference Japan
win Evncuate Chinese Terri
tory-Trcaty of Peace Ratified.

| London, May 1.-THE Times today
says that 1t Is reported that in consid-
GRAFTON of Japan's abandonment of the
Liao-Tung Peninsula she will receive
an additional indemnity of $4,000. 900.
Che Foo, May 7.-Count Ito. piesi-
dent of the Japanese council of minis
ters. arrived here today in order to be
present at the exchange of the ratifi-
cations of the treaty of peace.
Hong Kong. May Five thousand
troops have started from Canton for
the island of Formosa in order to sup
press the anticipated opposition of the
Black Flags to the occupation of the
island by the japanese. according to
the terms of the peace treaty. Many
of the troops are unreliable, and may
join the Black Flags.
st. Petersburg, May 1.-THE following
extracts from Russian newspapers will
give am idea of the feeling in Russia
regarding the latest developments in
the far East. Commenting on Japan's
acquiescence to the representations of
the power, the Journal commends
"Japan's wise decision"
The Novoe Vremya considers Japan's
reply ITO the powers to be an equivocal
one, and says that it leaves the pend
Ing question open.
The Novosti admits the pacific effect
of Japan's concessions, but insists that
the japanese occupation of a portion
of the Chinese mainland must not be
unlimited.
The Grashdanin warns Russia to con-
solidate her position in the far East.
claiming that Japan will never forgive
her for her diplomatic defeat.
The Sviet regards Russia's diplomatic
triumph as a great defeat for Great
Britain.
The Bourse Gazette advocates the
three powers, Russia. France and Ger
many, becoming the guarantee for
China's paying the increased indemnity
in consideration of Japan's forthwith
evacuating Chinese territory.
Paris, May THE press, generally
speaking. is satisfied with the course
Japan has adopted in regard to the re-
monstrances of the powers as to the
terms of the treaty Of peace with China.
There are, however, n few dissenting
voices. The Lanterne, for instance,
says: I'VE shall be the dupes of Russia
unless the agreement of the three pow
ers also applies to a settlement of the
Egyptian question and Russia returns
on the banks of the Nile the service
she has just received from u.s. 81,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-08
WASHINGTON WAITS.

The navy department has ordered the
cruisers New York and Columbia to take
part in Germans naval demonstration at
Kiel beginning on June 10.
Supreme Justice Brewer has rendered
n decision in the highest tribunal, reject
ing the claim of the Catholic Bishop of
Nesgually to $40 acres of land adjoining
the town of Vancouver, Wash. 1t is held
that the bishop Is entitled to possession
of only so much land as the church and
the mission buildings occupy.
Long and undisputed possession is ten
points of the law, or valid title. so far as
twenty-five property owners in San Jose
Cal, are concerned. according to de-
cision of the United States supreme court
yesterday In the suit of Jane M. Teall
and others. of New York. to oust the
possessors by means of an ancient title.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-08

premium on gold bars in New York
market"
Mr.. Grant expressed himself as
strongly of the opinion that no gold
syndicate was operating in the west.
The low express rates are pointed out as
one of the agencies that have caused
the receipts of the Denver mint to fall
Off 80 per cent. within the last sixty
days.
A well-informed express agent esti-
mates that S5 per cent. of the silver pro-
duction of Colorado is going to San
Francisco on account of the demand
occasioned by the war between China
and Japan. The San Francisco quota
tions have ruled one-quarter to two
thirds of cent more than New York
quotations for three or four months
past The express rates have been
practically cut in two by the hard times
and close competition in business. One
express company in eight days recently
shipped $500, 600 in bars out of Denver.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-08

rett walked to the gallows firmly and
took his position on the scaffold without
saying word. He exhibited most re-
markable nerve and coolness and
seemed to defy justice to do her worst.
The drop fell at Ill. The moose was
not well adjusted and the murderer's
neck did not break. He slowly stran-
gled to death. and 1t was seventeen
minutes after the drop fell before life
was pronounced extinct. Blood gushed
from his nose and mouth. 1t was a
sickening sight. Garrett's father took
immediate charge of the remains.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-08
MRS. LEASE IN THE DEAL.
She Is Charged with Having Collected
Bogus Mileage Money.

Bogus Mileage Money.
Topeka, Kan, May 7.-Governor II. N.
Morrill, was not arrested today as was
promised yesterday by Attorneys Jo-
seph Waters and Frank Herald, on the
charge of obtaining money from the
state treasury under false pretenses.
They say this evening, however, that it
will be done tomorrow without a doubt,
and give as the reason for failure to
have a warrant served today that the
governors absence from the city made
it impracticable. The governor re.
turned from his home at Hiawatha this
afternoon.
He had heard of his threatened arrest,
but insisted that the vouchers by which
1t Is claimed he drew the money from
the state treasury without warrant of
law are all right, and he committed no
crime when he signed them. 1t is re-
ported tonight that similar charges will
be filed against Mrs. M. r.. Lease, who,
1t Is said, while on the state board of
charities, drew money from the state
for mileage for trip which she never
made.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-08
TRAGEDY AT AVONDALE.
Charles BOlnnd Pursucs His Wife with a
Revolver and Shoots Her.

Media. Pa. May THE residents of
the quiet little village of Avondale, near
here, were startled last evening by the
spectacle of woman fleeing along the
streets screaming murder and pursued
by man who was firing at her with
revolver. The woman was Mrs. Charles
Boland and her pursuer was her hus-
band. Boland fired five times at his
wife, and one bullet passed through
her head. When the woman fell Bo-
land escaped and has not yet been ar
rested.
Boland's wife is a servant in the
household of a gentleman at Avondale,
and Boland has been separated from
her for some time. He called upon her
last night, and it is supposed that they
had quarrel, and then, when he drew
the revolver and began firing, the wo-
man fled until she was struck by a
bullet. Mrs. Boland is not expected to
recover,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-08
COCKRAN'S NEW AMBITION.
Wants to Represent an Irish District in
the British Parliament.

New York, May w. Bourke Cock
ran, 1t is said, has an ambition to be a
member of parliament. lie is now in
Ireland and recent advices indicate that
his newest hope is soon to be realized
and that twelve months will see him
campaigning through some borough
district of the country of his birth. and
shrewd guessers predict that the divi-
sion of the voters will be overwhelm-
ingly in his favor.
Some of the big Tammany men We're
last night inclined to doubt Cockran's
ability to win place in Irish politics.
One man thought that Croker's influ-
ence might be potent in matter of the
kind and that he would seek to defeat
Cochran If he ran for office. Others,
however, thought he would not carry
his enmity this far. Mr. Cochran, If
chosen, will be a McCarthyite.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-08
THE CUBAN CONFLICT.
Insurgents Attack the Village of Cristo
and Burn Buildings

Santiago De Cuba, May IA party of
insurgents attacked the village of
Cristo. twelve miles from this city.
and burned a number of buildings in
the place. A train sent with troops
to relieve the villagers was stopped by
the insurgents and in the fight that fol-
lowed the captain in command of the
troops was wounded.
General Martinez Campos started for
Guantanamo at o'clock this morn
ing.
Manuel Fuentes, the Cuban CORE
spondent of the New York World, who
was arrested on the charge of having
aided the insurgents has been released
from prison. but has been ordered to
leave the island.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-08

County Detective Leyshon. Mr.. Clancy
stated that his brother had a knife an
swering a similar description, and he
believes from all the evidence in the
case that the dead man was his brother.
He has not taken any steps yet to
exhume the remains from the Olypfant
cemetery, where the body has been in
tered among the unknown dead. The
wife and four children of the deceased
live in Shamokin.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-08
CLOUD SUDDENLY APPEARS.
Ohio Town Visited hy Storm That
Covers Little Territory.

New Boston, o., Nay 7-Yesterday
the sun was shining brightly, with no
indication of rain. when suddenly n
cloud descended. 1t became more dense
and black as it came toward the earth,
when suddenly, just as it seemed to al
most touch the tree tops, it burst and
torrents of water flooded the village.
Every trace of the storm save the gull
leys washed by the water was dissipat-
ed in five minutes and the entire pro-
gress of the phenomenon did not cover
more than half an hour. The space COW
cred by the cloudburst was not more
than a quarter of a mile in diameter.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-08
NO WINE FOR FAIR JUDGES.
The w. C. T. U. Hunts Up n Law Against
Tonic Exhibits.

New York, May 7.-Wine and wine
jellies are to be excluded hereafter from
the exhibits and thep remium lists at
the fairs of the Queens County Agricul-
tural society.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
union of the county found there was a
law against such exhibits and called
attention to the inconsistency of offer
ing premiums FOR prescribed articles
which We're tasted by the judges also
in violation of the law.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-08
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
One Hundred and Eleventh Annual
Gathering at PHILADELPHIA.

Philadelphia, May THE one hun
dred and eleventh annual convention of
the Protestant Episcopal diocese of
Pennsylvania began today in st. Luke's
church, a large number of delegates
being in attendance. The opening SER
mon was delivered by Rev. Francis
Burgess, rector of the church of ST.
Asaph, Bala. The celebration of the
holy communion followed. Bishop
Whitaker was the celebrant.
The bishop formally called the con-
vention to order In his annual ad-
dress, Bishop Whitaker advocated a
proposed plan for the more efficient
carrying out of diocesan missions by
the appointment of a presbytery, who
shall be archdeaccn of the diocese and
have the direction of all missions.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-08
HUMAN STORAGE BATTERY.
Mary BirchalI, of Henderson. Credited
with Marvellous Powers.

Henderson, N. Y, May 1.-The latest
wonder here is an electrical girl, Mary
Brchall. who lives with her parents in
a dilapidated frame house on the lake
shore. One of her many alleged feats
Is that of transmitting n current Of
electricity to a sewing machine and a
grindstone. causing them to run at any
desired rate of speed. All the family
sewing is performed on an old-fash-
ioned affair driven from an electric cur
rem from the girls finger tips, while
the edged tools of the farm are sharp
ened on a grindstone revolved by the
same form. She can light up a dark
room at her will by her presence.
The most marvellous thing, however.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-08
FOREIGN NEWS FLASHES,

Ex-Premier William II. Gladstone Sc
verely condemns the action of the sultan
for the Armenian affear.
Pope Leo will issue u letter praising
the Episcopal Church of Canada for its
zeal in promoting Catholic schools.
Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria, has
refused to accept the resignation of Count
Kalnoky as imperial minister of foreign
affairs.
The return Of ex-Member of Parlia-
ment Jabez Spencer Balfour to England
from Argentine, where he was a fugitive,
created great excitement at Southampton
when he landed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-08
viii Race on the Hudson.

New York, May 7.-At a meeting today
of the committee appointed to select
course and date for the race between the
boat clubs of Columbia, Cornell and the
University of Pennsylvania, 1t was decid-
ed to hold the race in the Hudson river at
Poughlteepsie on June q. The course will
be a triangular one.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-08
FURNACE MEN STRIKE.
Twelve Hundred Men Quit Work at
Chicago

Chicago, May Twelve hundred
men employed in the blast furnace de-
partment of the Illinois Steel Company
mills, at South Chicago, quit work this
morning. Two furnaces are shut down
as a result and the strikers expect that
they have sympathi2ers enough to
spread the disaffection to other depart
ments
Two years ago the men claim they
were being paid $40 day for work
that they now do in twelve hours for
$l.60.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-08
FIRM YIELDS TO WORKERS.
Amalgnmatcd Association Wins Victory
nt pittShurg.

Pittsburg, May THE Amalgamated
association officials are greatly elated
today over the receipt of signatures Of
the management of the Sligo works to
the wage scale. The firm comedies the
demands of the workers in all depart
ments of the mill, and work will re-
sumo at once, giving employment to
about 400 men.
This is the third victory of the kind
within the past twenty-four hours for
the Amalgamated association, and it is
thought possible that the strike may
not extend much further.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-08
POCOHONTAS TROUBLES,
Strikers Receive Taste of Martial
Law.

Strikers Receive Taste of Martial
Law.
Bluetield, w. Va, May THE strik-
ers got taste of martial law this after
noon. A crowd of 200 Pocohantas
miners were held up at No. tunnel on
their way to the meeting at 2SO p. m.
by detail of eleven of the Lynchburg
home guards under the command of
Lieutenant Seabury. They were told
they could not go by without a pass,
and Major Simons refused the pass.
Lawless and his followers who were
expecting the crowd are enraged be-
cause they were not allowed to attend
the meeting. Quite an excitement
prevailed for an hour or two. The prin-
cipal meeting of the day was between
the two tunnels. close to the state line
though safely on the West Virginia
side
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-08
DYNAMITE FIEND'S WORK.
An Attempt Is Made to DcmoIi>h Peter
pattcus Hotel.

Crawford. N. j., May Peter Pat
tens new hotel at Fanwood was par
TALLY destroyed by dynamite at 4
o'clock this morning Holes were dug
on each side of the arch supporting the
building and a cartridge with fuse
attached placed inside. The earth was
replaced and the fuse lighted. The eff
feet of the explosion was to tear away
most of the weatherboards from the
house and to break all the windows in
the hotel. Landlord Patten and his
wife, the only occupants, We're unhurt.
The theory is that the outrage was
committed by jealous rival of Patten,
who failed to get a license in Fanwood.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-08
Eircmeu and Grcascrs Strike.

Joliet, ILL.,, May 7.-Firemen, laborers
and greasers to the number of 30o en-
ployed at the Illinois Steel companys
mills, have struck for an advance in their
wages of from % to so per cent The
strike of these men made it impossible TO
continue running the mills, and they were
closed down at midnight, throwing 100
men out of employment.