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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-06
EXPLOSION AT NEW ORLEANS.
Five Persons Instantly Killed and Ell ght
Others Woundcd-List Of the Killed and
Iuiurcd

Five Persons Instantly Killed and FL ght
Others Woundcd-List Of the Killed and
Injured.
New Orleans, April 5.-At 2.30 o'clock
this morning an explosion Of gunpow-
der occurred in a grocery store belong
ing to Charles Salathe, completely de-
molishing the building and the neigh
boring saloon, known as the Fisher
mans Exchange, instantly killing five
and seriously wounding eight people.
Several persons are missing. The killed
are: Charles Salathe, Mrs. Charles Sa-
lathe, Charles Salath jr., Felix Regald,
James Edwards. Among the seriously
wounded are Charles Reiss, James
Murphy, J. Vallenoor, Charles A. Bal
lier, and David Labar
The market opposite was well filled
with people this morning when the ex-
plosion occurred and the next instant
the two buildings (Salathe's and the
salooD fell in complete collapse. The
ruins soon took fire and come of the
crowd rushed into the ruins and began
at once digging at the place where cries
were heard. They soon succeeded in
rescuing Lille and Edward Salathe,
who were precipitated from an
upper story, where they were sleeping
and buried deep under the debris. The
origin of the fire is a mystery. The
premises We're lighted by gas and a
small light was left burning in the store
at night, The powder which exploded
was Kept in two kegs of twenty-five
pounds each, and was usually kept in
an ice box. The clerk says the powder
was left under the counter last night.
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Detective UNDER arrest
An Amateur Sleuth Is harged with
the Murder Of a Girl.
IN DANGER or BEING LYNCHED
Marshall +. Price Appeared to Know Too
Much About the Murder OF Sallie
Dcan-Is Now In Prison
at Baltimore.

Baltimore, April 5.-Marshall +. Price,
charged with the murder of Sallie f..
Dean, the 14-year ola school girl. at
Harmony, Caroline county, on March
26, was brought to this city today to
protect him from mob violence. When
1t became generally known that Price
was in Jail at Denton yesterday, the
impression grew stronger and stronger
that he was the guilty party. The peo-
pie became so excited toward night that
the authorities were compelled to spirit
him out of town and remove him to
safer quarters.
1t Is almost universally believed now
that Price committed the dastardly
deed. He was a member of the coro-
ner's jury which investigated the death
of the girl, and first attracted sus-
picion to himself through his fondness
for talk. The detectives asked his CO.
operation, and made him believe that
he was a born Hawkshaw. He accom-
panied the officers to the spot where
the murdered girl was found, and said:
After three thousand people have
looked over this place for clues, it re-
mains for me to find the knife which
cut her throat
He then unearthed blood stained
knife within ten feet of where the body
was discovered. He also dug up a
bow of ribbon that had been worn by
the girl. Afterward he remarked: II
have found for you all except the club
with which the blow on her face was
dealt, and that / am unable to dis
cover"
Price Is d wheelwright and black
smith, % years old, Of Harmony. He
was married a year ago to Miss Brodis,
of Dorchester county.
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ATHLETIC EXHIBITION.
Pleasing Performance Given at Wilkes
Barre ArmOry.

Barre ArmOry'
Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Wilkes-Barre, April 5.-The athletic
exhibition given at the Ninth regiment
armory this evening under the auspices
of the Young Mems Christian associa-
tion was largely attended and was en-
joyable throughout. Gymnasts from
Scranton. Bucknell university, Pitts
ton, Lehigh university and Blooms
burg Noraml school assisted local cele-
brities in entertaining the audience.
One Of the features Of the evening
was the combination basket ball game
in which Kingston and Scranton played
again Wilkes Barre and Pittston. The
game resulted in victory for the lat
ter clubs, the score being l to 0. The
only basket thrown was in the second
half by Kern, of Wilkes Barre.
The high jump was won by Stuart,
of Wilkes Barre; the pole vault was
won by II. Sutherland and the mile
run by kid" Smith, also, of Wilkes
Barre.
The dumb bell drill by Pittston ath-
letes and the Indian club drill by
Wilkes-Barre men were very well exc
cuted. Music was furnished during the
evening by the Wilkes-Barre Young
Mems Christian Association orchestra.
The leaders of the gymnasium classes
were as follows: w. r. Harper, Buck
nell; r. L. Weston Scranton; J. N. Ty-
son, Pittston; C. w. Smith, Lehigh; A.
X. Aldinger. Bloomsbury, and A. F.
Wolfe. Wilkes Barre.
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PIGEON SHOOTING.
The Match Continued Yesterday-Eiuc
Records Made.

NccOruS MADE.
Paterson, N. j.. April 5-Contrary to
expectations not ote of the lowest
scorers in the great American handicap
shooting match, which was continued
at Willard park this morning, dropped
from the list. The shooting began
shortly before II o'clock on the eleventh
round.
In the Highland handicap sweep. af-
ter five rounds In the shoot off, the fol-
lowing divided first money: Fulford
Glass, Higginson, Brewer, Dubray, W.
Bennett and Dickey. j. d. Arnold was
withdrawn.
Coulston, Melct, Keller, Simpson,
Sweeney, Van Dyke. Wright, Sedan
and Thomas divided second money.
and third money was divided by White
and Morley.
In the Kitakinney handicap $3.50 was
divided among Captain Money Linds-
ley, Sedan and Sweeney.
The big handicap was won by ]. G.
Mesner, Of Pittsburg; j. A. r. Elliott.
of Kansas City, and Frank Glass, Of
Morristown, N. j., who tied for first
place. each killing twenty-five birds.
The men divided the purse which
amounted to $3.50.
Those who killed "a birds are Kelsey
and WINS.
Those who killed 23 are Leroy, N.
Mooney. Hyde. George and Taylor.
Although the purse was equally d.
vided. the men shot Off for place, as
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DIED FROM STARVATION.
Chicago Police Torture u Boy in Efforts
to Obtain a Confess ion.

Chicago, April 5.-Harry Kellogg, the
1S-year-old son of respectable parents
living in the suburb of Elsdon was to
have been tried in Judge Winde's court
yesterday on the charge of being inn
plicated in the shooting of two police
officers, but the only answer made to
the Judge when he called the case was
note from the boys mother saying
her son had been summoned before a
higher tribunal, having died that morn
ing.
The parents, friends, and physicians
in attendance on the boy accuse officers
of the Maxwell Street station of being
directly responsible for his death. The
doctor says typhoid pneumonia, from
which Kellogg, died, was superinduced
by insufficient food and exposure to
dampness in his cell; in fact, that he
was starved to death while being sub
jected to the "sweat box" process to
force a confession, although the died
saying he was innocent The police
say he died of consumption and was
well treated at the station.
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JUMPED THE TRACK.
Fatal Train Wreck Near GAINESVILLE,


Fatal Train Wreck Near GAINESVILLE,
Ohio.
GAINESVILLE, o., April Sat Whig-
vile this morning, five miles west Of
Summerfield, on the Bellaire, Zanes-
vile and Cincinnati railroad, coach
on the westbound passenger train
jumped the track just before reaching
trestle which spans a small stream.
The coach, after running along the ties
until almost across, dragged the en-
gine from the rails, and the trestle
went down.
Engineer Eli Lucas and Fireman
Jesse Johns remained at their posts.
The former was instantly killed and
the latter fatally injured. Henry
Brown, of Brownsville; Mrs. Nathan
Young, Of GAINESVILLE, and her infant
daughter, passengers on the train, were
also killed. Joseph Dennoon, of
GAINESVILLE, and Frank Hallard, of
Summerfield, o.. were fatally injured.
Nathan Young, husband Of the woman
killed. had his foot badly crushed.
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Is 1T CHAOS Or DEATH {?
Colonel A. X. Mcclure Points Out the
Weakness of Democracy. and Predicts
niSaStar

| Colonel n. N. McCiuTe POINTS Out inc
Weakness Of Democracy. and Predicts
Disaster.
philadelphia, April 5.-The Times
DemocraU, edited by Colonel A. X.
Mcclure. in a leading editorial tomor-
row, headed ut it Chaos or Death" will
say:
"The attitude of the Democritic or
ganization before the country today Is
that of utter chaos, and the only prob
lem for the leaders to solve Is whether
that once great party can be restored
to respect and usefulness, or whether
the sequel of its chaotic condition shall
efface 1t from the history OF American
politics. ...,....
Today the Democratic party has not
a single hopeful state north Of Mason
and Dixon's line; 1t has not single
hopeful state in the west. and the
southern states are all trembling In the
throes of threatened revolution.
The party has been condemned by
the people with an emphasis that has
never been approached in the history
of our political contests. and the over
whelming defeat of 1894, called out no
statesmanship in the Democratic coun-
ellis in congress and intensified the mad
ness of Democratic lawmakers, instead
of Christening and recalling them to the
lines Of patriotism. -.
But for the heroic integrity and pa
triotism of President Cleveland the
credit of the nation would have been
dishonored and business chaos and gem
eral distrust must have prevailed
throughout the land.
No party thus poisoned with dishon-
esty in it's way vitals can survive, and
If there is to be Democratic party in
the future 1t must be promptly organ
lied on the basis of honest government,
honest money, honest taxes and honest
elections.
Perfidy or blundering in Republican
craftsmanship will not restore the
Democracy to public confidence 1t
may destroy the Republican organiza-
ton, but 1t will not revive Democracy.
1t must be In position to command
the honest men Of every political faith
| or it must die and If it cannot retrieve
its honor and its fidelity to the coun-
try. the sooner it shall die the better it
will be for its followers. o.,
The time has come when intelligent
and considerate men will cast party
lines to the winds to sustain the in
tegrity of the ps,tional faith shd the
tranquility of business and trade. The
Times will support no man for presi-
dent in 1896 who is not squarely for
honest money, for that is the para
mount issue. The tariff question Is set
tied, not only for the present but for
| the future.
National and state credit must be
established so clearly and positively
that the whole world will accept 1t;
failing in that we must pay our thous-
ands of millions of obligations held
abroad, not one-half of which could
be paid with all the money of every
kind now in existence in this country.
This is the issue the Democracy must
face, and it must face 1t now. If 1t
fails to do so it must die. With the
Democratic leaders rests the solution
of the problem whether the present
overthrow of Democracy shall be tenn
porary chaos or death. Which shall 1t
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CANDY AND CIGARETTES.
The sublime Porte Blows HIMSELF in
Honor of Christian Tourists.

New York, April 5-The Hamburg
steamship Furst Bismarck arrived here
this afternoon after an extended cruise
Two months ago she sailed for the
Mediterranean with 200 tourists. She
brought back but fifty of the original
number. Those of her passengers who
We're seen today stated that their ex-
perience had been a delightful one.
While the steamer lay at Piraeus,
near Athens, she was boarded by King
George Of Greece, the crown prince. the
duke of Sparta, and the ladies of the
royal family, who lunched on board.
At Constantinople, the tourists were
enabled to witness the annual pro-
cession of the sultan, followed by the
women Of the harem, to the mosque of
Saint Sophia. After the ceremonies
the sultan presented to each woman on
the steamer tiny box of confections
and to each gentleman n package of
Turkish cigarettes and a box of smok-
ing tobacco.
Mr.. Clement, of the Boston Tran
script, is authority for the statement
that while the steamer was at Constan-
tinople the Mohammedans made dem
onstrations of unfriendliness against
the Christians Of the Bismarck.
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TO keep AN EYE ON TURKEY
American Ship Will Sail Immediately
for Smyrna.
OUR CITIZENS TO BE GUARDED
The sublime Porte Must Understand Tha
the United states Means Busi.
ness state OF Affairs
ut Nicaragua.

Washington, April 5.-Late last night
Secretary Herbert telegraphed orders
to Admiral Kirkland. of the flagship
San Francisco, now at Palermo. Sicily.
to sail Immediately for Smyrna. Asia.
TO have both the vessels of his squadron
visit Alexandretta and Adams to con-
fer with the United States consuls and
resident American citizens. and If 1t Is
found that there are good grounds for
the apprehensions expressed in those
vicinities concerning q possible mas
sacre of Christians. to intimate clearly
to the responsible local authorities that
the United States intends to afford full
protection to American citizens in that
territory under it's treaty guarantees.
This display OF force in Turkish
waters by the United States Is declared
at the state department to be due to the
unsatisfactory delays that result from
diplomatic negotiations at CONSTANT
nople.
The Nicaragua Situation.
The announcement Is made that
Great Britain will not seek. in her
present controversy with Nicaragua. TO
ACQUIRE any part of the latter's coun-
try. The Importance of this declaration,
OF which Secretary Gresham was ad-
vised yesterday, lies in the fact that
the belief has existed here for several
weeks that back of Great Britain's
claim for damages against Nicaragua
lay her purpose of taking forcible pos
session of certain of Nicaragua's terri
tory. 1t has been suggested that Great
Britain is driving a hard bargain with
Nicaragua and until her demands were
satisfied. would occupy such parts OF
her coast as would not only give her
foothold there, but would be menace
to the Nicaragua canal when built.
1t is authoritatively known that the
British minister of foreign affairs has
informed Mr. Bayard thatGreat Britain
does not desire an inch of Nicaraguan
territory and all she desires of Mica
ragua is that proper indemnity shall
be paid to the British Pro-Consul
Hatch and other of her majesty's sub
jects who were driven out of Bluefields
during the troubles in the Mosquito
reservation last autumn. Assurances
have also been given that, while Great
Britain will show an earnest determi-
nation to collect this indemnity, there
is little, if any, possibility that Grey
town will be bombarded by British
fleet in the event that Nicaragua shall
De slow in complying with Great Bril-
tain's request.
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OHMIT is MISSING.
Loan Agent Disappears in Company wi
Cash

Loan Agent Disappears in Company with
Cash.
Lebanon, Pa. April t.--B. C. Ohmit,
who was engaged In the loan and col
lection business in this city, is missing.
During the illness of his partner, o.
Detwiler, it is alleged Ohmit compelled
applicants for loans to pay certain
sum upon signing application. 1t is
said he took $500 with him belonging to
different parties. Ohmlt not only sue
ceeded In getting away with the cash,
but disappointed many people whom he
had promised to furnish with certain
sums of money, negotiated for by April
/. No loans had been made as far as
can be learned, but negotiations were
in progress which involved several
hundred thousand dollars.
The money which was to be used by
the firm was supposed to be furnished
by the Mutual Fire Insurance company,
of New York. through a lawyer of Phil
adelphia. The plan of the concern was
for the person who made application
for loan to advance $40 and upwards,
In proportion to the amount desired,
the money to be used to pay the ex-
penses of examining titles. etc. Ohmit
left note saying that he was obliged
to go to Columbia because Of the illneA,
of his wife,
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TRADE Is IMPROVING.
Dun Il Co.'s Weekly Review Shows Bust.
ness Increase All Along the Line-The
Outlook Is Encourag ing.

| New York. April 5.-R. G. Dun & Co. 5
weekly review of trade tomorrow will
say:
Returns of the highest impor-
tance given this week show the
condition OF retail trade in March
throughout the country, and the
distribution Of goods to final
consumers, in comparison with the
same month in 1894 and 1898. While the
returns fully given cannot be con-
densed into a single comparison. and in
view of widely differing condition in
different sections and branches, might
in that form be the less useful, there is
gratifying evidence that in most trades
and districts marked improvement over
1894 is realized, though on the whole,
trade is smaller than in 1898. Every
where, also, the occurrence of Easter in
March last year but in April this year,
is found to account for much difference
in the volume of retail trade. especially
in dry goods and millinery, and the Sc
we're weather and backwardness of the
season also retard recovery. While the
volume of trade, in quantities of goods
sold, is nevertheless larger than last
year, but on the whole smaller than in
1898. the main difference in compari-
son with 1898 Is found in the general de-
cline of prices, which makes trade in
value smaller even where it is clearly
as large or larger in quantity.
Accounts from the chief centers of
wholesale trade are also encouraging
this week There is not only hopeful
,irit L.,
not equally distributed geographically
or as to branches of trade. Payments
through principal clearing houses for
the first week of April have been per
cent. larger than last year. and 1873 per
cent. smaller than in 1893. Instructive
comparison of daily averages by
months show that all sections have
been gaining, but the east rather more
than others. Railroad earnings In
March were only per cent. larger than
last year and 13 per cent. less than in
1893. which isr scarcely better than the
report for February or January, but
the loss Is mainly on granger and south
western roads. while eastern roads
show handsome gain
The news from the industries Is that
labor troubles have been, settled or
avoided. Mahoning Iron and Eastern
Woolen mills are again active. Next in
Importance is the better demand for
many manufactured products, which
give greater reason to hope that recent
advances from the bottom may prove
successful. Following the rise in coke
there have been this week sales of two
million tons lake ore at about 10 per.
cent. advance, and finished products
are no longer inactive. Stocks have
made scarcely any advance, and specu-
lation In products has been dull Wheat
receipts at the west were small last
week and conflicting accounts give no
clear light as yet on the prospect for
the next crop. The demand for money
Is somewhat better, but since April 1
less increase is noted in commercial
loans.
There were 302 failures in the first
quarter of 1895. Among them were 81
bank failures with an average liability
of $500, 900 each.
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ELECTRIC ROAD MUDDLE.
Delaware Valley Franchise to BE pur'
chased BY MiddIetown Company.


Stroudsburg, April 5.-Mr. Freidber-
ger. of the Delaware Valley Electric
road, was in this borough and stated
that he had sold the road to the Mid
dletown and Goshen Traction company.
AS he no longer had the power to sell,
receivers have been appointed by the
court here. He endeavored to enlist
them in the sale, that they would give
1t their sanction and, at the same time,
desire the consent of all the creditors
SO that all future legal proceedings
might be discontinued. The terms Of
fered the creditors stipulated that they
should receive about 50 per cent. of
their claims. Many of them signified
their consent to the arrangements
made, but no agreement was signed.
In the meantime the court ordered the
road sold at public auction.
On Tuesday suit was brought on sew
eral notes which had been given by the
company and were endorsed by Ellcott
Fisher. 1t is reported that there are
notes of this class eNtant, that aggre-
gate nearly Sc, 0OO
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-06
REPUBLICAN LEAGUE.
Fourth Annual Convention Held ut Grand
Rapids.

NuptuS.
Grand Rapids, Mich, April 5.-The
fourth annual convention of the Amer
lean Republican College league con-
yened this morning. There were sixty
five delegates present representing the
various colleges of the United States.
The convention was called to order by
President Cox, of the University OF
New York. Congressman William AL
den Smith delivered the address of well
come. +. T.. Debberville, of the Uni
versity Of Vermont, made a lengthy
speech on Harmony"
The afternoon session was warm
one and resulted in the defeat of l..
]. Henning, of the University of Wis
consin, who up to the forenoon adjourn
ment had the lead for the presidency.
During the recess Vaughan, OF Chica-
go, and his friends formed coalition
with the eastern delegates. and won
out. The election resulted rs follows:
President l.. b. Vaughan. University of
Chicago; first vice-president, Il. b. Deb
berville, University of Vermont; second
vice-president S. Il. Johnson, Univers-
ity of Nebraska; third vice-president,
c. Il. Colsand, of Earlham secretary,
r. L. Edenbrough, of the University of
Michigan; treasurer. l.. l.. Twitchell. of
the University of Minnesota; first vice.
president National League Republican
clubs, j. Howard Frye, of Princeton;
representative to the Republican Ma
tional league. w. ID. McWilliams, of
Kalamazoo college. Minneapolis was
selected as the next place Of meeting.
The platform adopted favors BIZ
metalllsm and the use of both gold and
silver.
The delegates Of the league were ban
quetted tonight by the Young Republi-
cans of the Lincoln club. plates being
laid for 500. Speeches were made by
ex-senator Warner Miller, of New
York; Senator Burrows, of Michigan;
Congressman Smith and ex-senator
Pattan. of this city
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STATE NEWS GLEANINGS.

A new breaker Is going up at Pine Hill
colliery, Mlnersville. that will employ GOO
hands.
Enterprise National bank. Of Allegheny
capital 100000, was authorized to begin
business. ,lE
After tracking his eloping wife over
three counties. L. w. Hart, of Morris,
found her at Jersey Shore.
Two OF the Flowerscheim mines in
southwestern Pennsylvania resumed yes
terday at the 69-cept rate.
Readings. leadings Republican newspa-
per. the Times, was yesterday 76 years old,
and is better than ever before.
About $50 witnesses were yesterday ex-
amined by the Heller-L Laubach senatorial
Investigators In Northampton county.
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LEGISLATIVE WORK.
The House Displays Spirit Of Gene
Osity.

OSlty.
Harrisburg. Pa. April 5.--The house
met at o'clock this morning and made
special orders for several bills. So gen
erous was the house in this respect tina t
Speaker Walton was constrained to re-
mark: The chair is Of the opinion
that senatorial courtesy Is undoubtedly
prevailing here this morning" He also
assured the house that the special cal
endars would soon be made for local
and special bills. so that there was no
necessity for interfering with the re-
gular order.
A special order was granted for the
bill authorizing two additIona,
draughtsmen in the department of in.
ternal affairs, and fixing the salary Of
the deputy secretary at $1,000.
The Andrews fence bill. which was
negatived. was placed on the calendar.
The calendar Of bills on first reading
was cleared.