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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-03

cheers. He rested one day, added
forty volunteers to his army and
marched on, after hoisting a Cuban
flag on the town hall and appointing n
local government, including alcalde,
secretary. etc. At Palaces. Banos.
Consolacon Del Sur, Manteu and nearly
a score of other towns the same scenes
were repeated. These are few of the
incidents which the press censor elm
mated from cablegrams to the United
States. He permitted an account of
the only serious engagements of the
campaign in Pinar Del Rf6 to he sent.
hut made 1t appear that 1t was u Span
ism victory when as n matter of fact
Maceo captured the convoy of 100. 900
rations which the troo.ps went out of
the capital to protect. Maceo probably
had all told twenty-five men killed and
fifty wounded in the conquest of the
western province.
From Cienfuegos comes news of in
surgent doings in the province of Santa
Clara. Business is at 4 stanstill in all
cities. Railroads operate only when
trains are guarded by detachments Of
troops. The grinding of sugar cane on
all but one OF the vast estates in that
region has been stopped and the will
of the insurgents is law. An American
mining prospector who had n quantity
of ore which he wished to shin to New
York for assay was told that his people
would be shot il they ATTEMPTED to haul
the ore to the railroad. one lumber
merchant who sent out a load of lumber
after receiving a similar warning had
his driver shot. Mills that had pre-
pared to grind sugar We're threatened
with destruction if Gomez's orders
We're diSobeyed. on the other hand
the government talked about removing
the small detachments of troops dis
tributed among the plantations unless
the lattetr began grinding. The own
ers of the estates are between the devil
and the deep sea
(Siundl T I'D NJ Cr Am,
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nerencelcss Men ard Women Arc Shot
nv Soanish Volunteer


Havana. Jan. %. via TAMPA, Fla.
Feb. 2.--The true story of what occurred
Wheh the insurgents entered Sabinalla
has never been told in print. The au-
thorit,as prevented the Havana papers
from lVblishing anything hut garbled
account of the affair and even that was
not allowed 70 be cabled to the United
States.
The true story is as follows:
Sabanilla. an important railroad town
IN Matanzas province, was entered hy
about 400 insurgents under Eduardo
Garcia at $40 a. m Jan. %. Fifty regu-
lars under Captain Juan Galan and ten
Guardia Cilviles smut themselves up in
the brracks and after being warned by
Garcia's men. they refrained from firing
upon the Invaders. A number of Span
ish volunteers fired uDon the rebels
from the church. which had been trans
formed into a fort. The rebels returned
the fire. killing three volunteers and
wounding two civil guards. One in
surgent was wounded by shot from
the church tower He was taken out
of town on horseback. and Is said to be
mortally hurt. The townspeople re-
ceiVed the insurgents with joy They
told Garcia that they were without food
and had eaten nothing but came from
nearby plantations for days. as there
was no work or money. The rebel lead
u tiicI lIe StcTthetptrS To open
their doors and told the people to help
themselves. one shODk eeper who re-
sisted was shot. As soon as they had
gone the Spanish volunteers issued
from .he church and fired into the de-
fenseless crowd of people in the streets.
killing twenty-four. including several
women and children.
Not satisfied with shooting these peo-
pie in the streets. the Spanish valun-
teers took the CubauS who had been
with the insurgents for IL time. but had
presented themselves to the A!calde n
day or two before the fight, and had
been set at liberty under the proclama-
ton of amnesty TO all rebels who sur
rendered their arms. These men were
shot in cold blood by the volunteers in
revenge for the losses sustained in the
fight around the church. These are
facts.
Garcia has threatened to return and
kill the volunteers and burn the town.
Fifteen hundred refugees from Saba
nilla reached Matanzas Monday. They
We're men, women and children. and
most of them said they fled for fear of
further Outrages by Spanish volunteers.
There are daily reports of arrests of sus-
poets in all the PROVINCES. Their grav-
est crime i'm many cases may be that
they sympathiZe with the rebels. Many
of them hold American citizenship pa
pers and speak good English.
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SCRANTON. PA. MONDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 8, 1896

accession of Formosa and the opening
of the island to foreign commerce.
The subjects ard citizens of powers
having commercial treaties with Japan
may reside and trade in Formosa. at
Tamsui. Keeling, Anping, Taiwanfu
and Takao. and the vessels of such
powers may visit and carry cargo to
and from the ports and harbors of Tam
sui. Keeling. Anping and Takao; the
treaties Of commerce and navigation
and the tariffs and arrangements eX-
isting between japan and the other
powers are. SO far as they are applicable
extended to Formosa, ii being under
stood that all persons availing them
selves of these facilities shall obey all
DEGREES and regulations which may at
any time be in force in Formosa.
No extra-territorial jurisdiction Is
contemplated. The United States Will
probably establish consular agencies at
the new open ports. Provision has al
ready been made for All agent at Ia
kaO,
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VIEWING THE ST. PAUL.
Thousands Of EXcursiOnists Gazc upon
the stranded Steamer OH the Beach at
Long Branch.

Long Branch, N. j.. Feb. This ia
nous seaside resort in it's Dalmiest
days never say larger crowds than
those which have visited the Branch"
since the American line steamer st.
Paul has been aground. A conserva
tive estimate of today's visitors places
the number at $4,000 The Pennsyl-
vania railroad ran eight excursion
trains from Philadelphia. but these
could not accommodate the people who
wanted 10 see the stranded steamer.
Two special trains were run frCm
New York and the trolley cars from
Asbury Park brought thousands of pas
sengers. Farmers drove i'm from the
country. Liverymen had all their rigs
hired out, and bicycle riders were out
in large numbers.
Long Branch did not expect such Il
gathering and as q result the accom-
modations were exceedingly poor Res
taurantS ran out of edibleS before |
o'clock and Were compelled to turn
thousands away hungry. When 1t was
known, however. that the restaurants
could not entertain visitors. the baker
les and grocery stores were thrown
open and did land office business. sell
ing cakes, crackers and cheese.
The wind was strong from the north
west all day. and between 10 and II
o'clock in the morning it registered
forty eight miles an hour at the local
weather bureau. In the afternoon it
fell to twentyfour miles and when the
sun set il became very faint. The re-
suit of the northwest wind was an ex-
tremely low tide, lower in fact than at
any time since the liner stranded. At
o'clock this afternoon when the tide
was at its lowest there was not over
five feet of water on the bar. Sixteen
feet of the red water line of the st.
Paul showed. Indicating that the
steamer was i'm the sand and clay to the
depth of at least six feet. The two
screws were out of water nearly all day.
There was no attempt made to float
the vessel during the day on account OF
the low tide.
When the ship was moved at high
water last evening. Frederick Reilly.
who has charge Of the telephone on
board. was compelled to play out on the
wire to prevent it from swapping in two.
He estimated that the steamer moved
twenty feet.
Captain Merritt, one of those i'm
charge of floating the ship. says that
she Is below the sand I'm the sticky clay.
making 1t exceedingly hard to move
her. He further says that she is i'm
fairly easy position and will be pulled
off with two or three more tides.
Tonight the barometer is falling. an
evidence that the storm predicted is on
its way. Mr.. Martin. who is some
what of a weather sharp. said tonight
that in his opinion the st. Paul will be
fioated either tomorrow or Tuesday.
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CHEATED THE CHAIR,
Condemned Murderer Caesar Dies of
FATTY Degeneration OF the Heart

Sing Sing. n. Y. Feb. 2.-Willam
Caesar, the condemned murderer died
suddenly in the prison here last even
ing. He had been lying on his bed all
the afternoon reading newspapers,
when at a quarter of. five o'clock Il
guard. looking in the cell. saw his head
hanging Ove~ the side of the bed. He
was in great distress.
Warden Sage was called. and came
to She cell and found Caesar still un-
conscious. He gave him some whisky
which seemed to revive him for few
minutes. but he became unconscious
and died few minutes after o'clock.
Dr. Irvine arrived i'm a few minutes
after Caesar expired. He said the
symptoms We're of fatty degeneration
Of the heart.
Caesar was sentenced by Recorder
Goff fo- murder in the first degree on
June -. 1895. and was received at the
prison on the same day. His execution
was set foi July 30, 1895. but an appeal
was granted. His case is pending be-
fore the court Of appeals. Caesar was
32 years old. and born i'm British West
Indies. His crime was the murder of
his common law wife. An autopsy will
be held tomorrow.
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SENSATION AT LYNN.
Senator Tiiimnn's Maiden Speech Is I'm.
dOrscd by Il Church COngrcgatiOn

Lynn. Mass, Feb. 2.-Therc was a
decided sensation at the services in
the Lynn Labor church today after the
sermon of Rev. Herbert n. Carson. who
condemned the administration of Presi
dent Cleveland in the strongest terms.
The speaker commented upon the re-
cent action of Senator Tillman and said
that his address and actions in the
national house of representatives
would never fade in the history of this
country. The following resolutions
We're proposed and unanimously adopt
ed at the services:
Resolved, That we heartily endorse
the brave and patriotic words of Sena-
tor Tillman, that we believe his charges
against the Democratic and Republi
can leaders to be true and easily prov
en- and that we pledge ourselves to up
hold him and his few colleagues so long
as they defend the rights Of the people
against the legal tyrannies and EN-
bezzlementS of the rich.
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BLOOMERS ARE PATENTED.
The New Woman Win Have TO Pay o
Royalty on Her Trousers to Brooklyn
Inventor.

inventor.
Washington. Feb. thereafter the
| new woman will have to pay royalty
on her "bloomers." Letters patent
covering that up-to-date article of fe-
male wearing apparel have just been
granted by Commissioner of Patents
Seymour to an enterDrising citizen of
Brooklyn. n. Y. Application for this
patent was filed some time ago, when
the bloomer craze was at its height.
He did not claim to be the originator
of this form of feminine trouserettes,
but his right to letters patent on the
ground that he was the inventor of
some of the most essential features
of the accepted style of boomers. He
also claimed to be the original appli-
cant for q patent right on the article
named.
The delay in granting letters patent
was due to long drawn and rather
humorous discussion among the patent
office examiners as to whether female
trousers. commonly known as boomers.
were patentable.
One examiner has held that trousers
in any shap or form. for either male or
female wear We're almost as ancient
as the fig leaf worn by mother Eve.
Another stated that trouserettes had
been worn by the women of Turkey,
Persia and other countries for ages. and
consequently. We're not an original in
vention' with Royce.
Numerous patterns of ancient and
modern pantalettes or trouserettes
We're taken before the examining board
by the Brooklyn inventor and sub
mitted for official investigation. The
flowing neither garment worn by the in
mates of Turkish harems and those of
the maidens of Persia We're compared
with the latest style of bicycle and
skating boomers worn by the new wo-
man of Uncle Sans" domain.
The applicant and his attorneys
claimed originality on the fact that
his invention of nineteenth century
blocmers was "a garment formed of two
pieces. or duplicates. of cloth or other
fabric. and several additional features.
He submitted a drawing of his inven-
ton. which resembled in miniature two
balloons, rampant, attached to each
other at the waistband of the garment.
The first set of claims filed in the de-
partment were voluminous. After
months of examination and discussion.
the matter was finally reduced to the
following, upon which letters patent
were issued:
Il claims as a now article of manufac-
ture bloomers. the same being formed
of two duplicate patterns or cuts, each
comprising a curved surface contig.-
Gus to inwardly converging lines, and
cuts Joined to each other to produce
the said boomers"
An interesting point in connection
with the granting of this patent was
the official decision and recognition of
the distinct word 'bloOmers," 1t being
held that the term was of novel Ameri-
can origination. without regard to the
apparel of females of the Old World or
ancient times.
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THIRTY DAYS FOR CHAPMAN.
The Unwilling Sugar Witness Will d,
Fined and Imprisoned.

Washington, Feb. 2.-Elverton r.
Chapman, the New York broker re-
Gently convicted in the criminal court
of the District Of Columbia of refusing
to answer questions asked by senate
committee in charge of the sugar trust
investigation. was this morning sem
fenced to thirty days Imprisonment in
the district jail and fine of 500.
Notice Of appeal to the court Of ap-
peals was at once given, and Chap
man was released on bail pending the
result of the appeal.
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ENGLAND C0URTINC ITALY
Diplomatic Efforts Increase the III.
Feeling on Part of Germany.
THE BLUE BOOK on ARMENIA
troubles Mt Sassouu Said to Have Bcen
the Result OF tho Schc ming Of In.
serupulous Armenian AgiiutOrs.
Robbers Arrested in Hamburg.
Special Cable Letter.

Special Cable Letter.
Berlin, Feb 2.-The relations between
the governments of Germany and
Great Britain have not shown any sign
or Improvement within the last few
days and particularly since II became
known that the diplomatic efforts of
the latter have been directed toward
involving Italy in an agreement inde-
pendent of her present allies. The
treaty binding the triple alliance, AUS
tria. Germany and Italy--will fall re-
movable in 1897.
Hitherto Germany and Austria have
had no reason to suppose that there
would be any change in the relations
or the contracting governments which
would cause Italy to desire to alter the
terms OF the Dreibund Pact: but with
In the last two weeks Signor Crispi.
prime minister of Italy is reported to
nave sent instructions to the Italian
ambassadors at Vienna and Berlin to
sound the respective governments to
which these diplomats are accredited
as to their views in regard to important
modifications of the responsibilities of
ltaly. under the conditions of the pres
ent treaty and as the result of Crspi's
correspondence with his representa-
tivcs at foreign courts Count Nigra.
ltalian ambassador to Austria, are ar
dent supporters of the triple alliance.
mas gone to Rome to influence the
maintenance of the Dreibund. In Off
cial circles here no alarm is felt that
ltalys entire withdrawal from the
terms of the treaty upon it's expiration
Will be sought and accomplished, IL be-
ing held that as long as Crispi is i'm
power that would be improbable If not
impossible.
Ar,7cninn Situation
Tho f2ritish blna h,,l. nv, tho .,.,,.
tion in Armenia, which has lust been
issued. ,as in the meantime become a
surfat, motive for q German attack
upon Ena and. The North German Ga
zette finds in this official publication a
reason easily arrived at that the British
government delayed publicity of the
report contained in the hook. not be-
cause England did not desire to further
arouse the public against the Turk, but
because the current stories of the mas
sacres I'm Armenia were found upon in
Nestigation to have been greatly minim-
lied. The conflicts between thes Ar
menians and Turks or Kurds at Sassoon
have been known to have had their
origin in the deviltry of Armenian agi-
tators who hatched pots involving vo-
lence in order to obtain the sympathy of
the credulous Christian world
Among the persons arrested in Ham
burg for an attemnt to rob the North
German bank ir that city are three
Americans. Two of them gave their
names as Tits, claiming to be brothers,
and the dther gave the name OF Taylor
All of them claim to be commission
merchants in New York
London. Feb. THE Observer claims
to have authority for the statement
that Germany recently invited Russia
and other powers tn cooperate with
her i'm plan hostile to the British occu-
patton of Egypt. Russia refused to ac-
cept the proposal.
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In the right makes, widths and
colorings.
30 pieces 27-inch Wool Eiderdowns, in
the following popular shades. Pink
Baby Blue. Cream. Navy, Grey
Slate. Fawn and Tan. Capital. sic.
quality
SALE PRICE, zoe.
p pieces 3G-inch Eiderdowns. A little
heavier than the above number but
in the same color range. Usually 45c.
SALE PRICE, Gle.
j. pieces fancy Eiderdown Cloakings.
Camel's hair effect or Zebra stripe
ground. Our former price was 6jc.
SALE PRICE, soc.
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Sentenced To Meetings.

Burlington, n. j.. Feb. 2.-Charles Burr
was sentenced by Magistrate Smith to
attend thirty meetings of the Temperance
Rescue organization, which Is now hold
ing meetings here. For every meeting
which Burr fails to attend he will he
compelled to serve day in the county
s,sI
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MACEO'S VICTORIES.
His Army Has increased to 5000 Men.
business at o StandstilI.

fltSs.)
Havana. Jan. %. via Tampa. Fla,
Feb Only brief items about insur-
gent operations in Pinar Del Rio. the
most westerly of Cuba's five provinces.
have been cabled from here. Taken
separately they haHa only given a
vague idea Of what has occurred during
the past three weeks. Now that the
conquest of the province has practical
ly been completed q review of the cam
paign may not be embarrassing.
1t will be remembered that when
Maximo Gomez and Antonio Maceo
with two large columns of mounted
men invaded. Havana province. COM
ing almost to the gates of the capitol
city, and burning cane fields. destroy
ing railway bridges, stations and cars
all over the province, that the two rebel
leaders separated at the Pinar Del Rio
line. Gomez passed the line of troops
thrown across the island south of the
city. Maceo began the conquest Of the
western province. Spanish official re-
ports have had him fleeing before the
columns of General Luque. General
Navarro and eneral Alizon and being
driven toward the jumping off place
at the west end of the island. Accord
ing to these reports Maceo's band has
been defeated many times. As a mat
ter of fact, he entered the province
with 1000 men and he now has 5000.
All are mounted. armed and well
equipped. He also has plenty of am
munition. He obtained II. 200 rounds at
Cabanas. and a large quantity from
Gunae. He secured one mule train.
containing 100000 rations. on it's way
from Coloma to Pinar Del Rio city. and
food has been scarce In the capital ever
since.
Welcomed with Cheers
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EuyOrs Free silver.

Nashville Tenn, Feb. 2.-oCngressman
Benton Mcmillan announces that he will
not race for the Democratic gubernatorial
nomination, but would stand for re-elec-
tion as representative from the Fourth
Tennessee district. He declares that he
is for the free and unlimited coinage of
silver at the ratio Of 16 to ]. This leaves
Comptroller James Harris the only
..nEcd raliidc Il. - Il
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That we'd sell everything out in
Cloakings, Eiderdowns, French
Flannels, etc. and we didn't al
though we came very near it, con-
sidering the immense stock of them
that we carry each season. Well,
to make the story short. we may
simply add that we were tempted
to buy "a few odds and ends at
awfully low figures. and between
the manufacturers odds and ends.
and the odds and ends we had left
over, we've gathered enough little
teresting sale.
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Fire NJ thc pcftibOuc

Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Feb. 1.-The latest
report at midnight tonight from the Pet
tebone shaft is to the effect that rhe fire
in the mine continues to burn fiercely
Four sreams of water are kept continu-
ally pouring into tn fire and il will be
many days yet before they can get it un-
dor control
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CoJIapsc Of n Church.

Paris. Feb "A terrible accident, re-
sulting in the killing of eight persons and
the wounding of sixty. occurred today at
Manevrier. "A village near Anglers. In the
apartment of Maine -Aat1I Loire. The ac-
cident was due to the collapse of the viii
lage church, in which mass was being
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MidOM,s Suicide.

brooklyn. n. V, Feb. Mrs. Augusta
Schwartz. a wealthy widow, AZ years of
age, residing at 1lO Berkley Place. COM
mitted suicide this morning by shooting
herself in the mouth with n revolver Mrs.
Schwarz has been despondent since the
death of her husband OH Dec. a last
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Senators Indicted.

Columbus. o.. Feb. 2.--The grand jury
has returned further indictments against
ex-senators as follows: John Abbott. of
McConnellsville: George 1den. OF Newark.
and W. G. Gear. OF Upper Sandusky. This
is the second one against Gear. The
oh iS bribery
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MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
No Clue TO the Identity of tho MutiIatcd
BODY Of Young Woman

Cincinnati. Feb. THE horribly mu-
tilated body of an unknown young
woman was found yesterday in a clus-
ter of bushes on John Il. Locks farm
on the Kentucky side of the river near
Fort Thomas and about 800 yards
from the street car line. The corpse
was thinly clad and the clothing torn.
indicating a struggle. The head was
severed from the body and is missing.
1t is believed that the girl was mur-
dered Thursday night.
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Eath Robe BLANKETS

full l1-4 size Bath Robe Blankets,
heavy make. Shades, Tan. Grey
Blue and Brown. Best former figure
$3.50.
SALE PRICE, $2.75.
8 extra heavy pure Wool Bath Robe
Blankets. very large size, hair line
effect In all the popular shades. Best
previous price, $3.50.
SALE PRICE, 1926.
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Mig Blaze mt Pittsbure.

Pittsburg. Pa, Feb. THE stock in tn,
dry goods store of Mrs. c. Weisser, ABS ant
437 Market street, was damaged to the ex
tent of $4,000 and the building to thu
amount of $500 by fire this afternoon.
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Meath Of a Princess

Berlin; Feb. 2.-Eiizabeth. grand duch-
daughter of Prince Joseph of Saxe-Alten.
burg. and was born March 2e. 1896 She
was married to the grand duke Of Olten-
burg Feb 10. 1852
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WEATHER REPORT.

For eastern Pennsylvania, rain; easterly
winds.
New York, Feb. 2.-Herald's weather
forecast: In the NIiddel states today fair
to partly cloudy. slightly warmor weather
will prevail with fresh and variable winds
possibly followed by rain on the coast.
will probably prevail with lower tempera.
ture and fresh variable winds, mostly
westerly.
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Embroidered
Skirt FlanneIS

!, pieces Of exceedingly handsome Skirt
Flannels in Black. Natural Wool.
Grey. Brown and Cardinal. with
heavy silk embroidered borders in
contrasting shades. Never before
bid under S71ac.
SALE PRICE, G9c.