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LCCAL SPIES. CHICAGO'S FATAL BLAZE. K1XT FXLCCI3 IICUISITHX irsLiiosrurj. An eisteddfod will be held in the I' AbMlureiy f-ura STAY AWAY FROM KLONDIKE. JONES COMES HOME DISGUSTED AND SAYS THE COUN- T1Y IS Ai-REGULAR DEATH TRAP.

Sharon. March 11 Charle Jone. manager ot the Douglas Furnace, returned home yesterday from the Klondike. Mr. Jone la thoroughly dis.

gusted with the region. He said: "The newa from that God-forsaken region Is greatly exaggerated. There. Is scarcely any truth In the report tent out and it la a scheme of the transportation and land companies to picture only the bright side of the story. I waa In Seattle tor over a month and a good chance to Investigate the condition Of affairs.

The Klondike Is a veritable death trap, arid deliberate suicide would be aa sensible a thing to do as Jo travel either by the Chilkoot Pass or White Pass. More than 200,00 will go to the gold field this year and It 1 admitted by conser vative miner that one out of 600 will make their expenses. Out of this Immense army It Is hard to estimate how many will return. At Skaguay they are dying at the rate of J5 per day and at Lake Lindermaa 60 Is the average death rate a day. Claims have been taken up as far south as Juneau," Mr.

Jones advise all who have any Idea ot going to the Klondike to aban don it Powderly's Nomination Conflnned." Waahlnirton. March It T. V. Pow- derly waa confirmed by the Senate tn executive session to-day by a vote of 43 to 2a Senator Chandler wa the only Republican whocast hi vote against confirmation, while a large number of Democrats voted for Mr. Powderly.

Pegs Fight a Draw. Teungstown. March It Buc Stelser of Columbus, and Joe Mar tin of thla city foughi 20 rounds to draw before the Nile Athletic Riverside park. Mike Tunney ot Pittsburg and Jim Smith of thla itv fought a draw of four rounds. Bhode, lalaad Beeublle -Provldenee, -March llThe Republic an state convention met In Music hall today.

The old ticket was renominated, with the exception of the candidate tof lieutenant governor, the present lieutenant governor having declined to run ln-on aooount pressing buelneed C'TTT i L. 1 1 IT.i.sS.TS IN THS XE5BITT ET AN A1IATJXK CO.MFAXT. "I hive but ona request to ask at my departure from this world, it la The char-lty of aence. Let no man write my epitaph; for as no man who knows any motives dare bow vindicate them, prejudice or Ignorance asperse them. Let tnam and me rest la obscurity and peace.

and my tomb remain unlnacribed until other times and other meg can do Justice to my character. When my country takes ner place among the nations of the earth, thsa, and etot till then, let say epitaph be written, i nave done." These were the last word of the young Irish patriot. Robert Emmet before ha walked to the gallows and died for liberty. His tomb is still unlnacribed, but his epitaph is engraved on the hearts of hla countrymen. It was to see the story of this man's brilliant though rash attempt to strike a blow for Irish freedom enacted that an enthusiastic audience gathered in the Nesbltt last evening and applauded the efforts of the young ladies and gentle men who produced the romantlo Irish play that bears his name.

The good feel Ing extended to every member of the company and there--was a generous lot left, for the orchestra, which was vigorously applauded whenever it struck up a patriotle air. The performance was given under the auspices ot the SL Aloyslus Society ot this city, with attorney Laurence Man filng as manager. Mr. Manning, who has had considerable experience on the stage, also took the title Ab3 ha took it well, too, for be not-only resembles the immortal Emmett face and figure, but he possesses a good voice and an easy atage presence, One good feature of his Work Wse -its quiet effectiveness. Such a part holds great temptation to the amateur to overact, to rant and claw the air and "tear a passion to Utters." Mr.

Manning Is not an amateur, so he did none of these things, and the audience Uked him the better for it. at amateurs the cast was very satis factory throughout, the principal charac ters being Interpreted with superior intelligence, while the musical numbers In terjected here and there were.ot a high order of merit. As Darby O'Ooff John Lynch proved to be a most acceptable comedian. He not only livened up the eembrenesa ot the tragic story with ready wit, but. he has a tenor voice or great power and sweet-ness, and the few songs he sang were highly appreciated.

That voice of Mr. Lynch's should net be allowed to go to waste, it 'should be thoroughly cultl vated, and If It be. It will develop Into one ot tne nest in. this valley. James Hlnes essayed the part of O'Leary.

the old sailor and patriot, and did 1t well, as did also William Murphy as Dowdall, and John Featherstone as Kernan, the traitor. John Snee scored a success aa sergeant TepfaU, He haa good presence, and hla cockney accent was as good as any professional Imitator could make it. His part was not an easy one at all, but he acquitted himself very creditably Indeed. David Hackett as Cor poral Thomas, Patrick Kane as Lord Norbury. H.

V. Alley as Baron George, Patrick, Walsh as Baron Dally and Thomas Erwin as were well cast and acted their respective parts in a) satisfactory mannec fthr1adt Lulu Gaffney deserves special mention. A sweet and winsome colleen she was as Judy O'Dougherty and her voice was sweeter than her smile, which is saying a greatdeatrindeedhe capturedthe Lbfarts of the audience from the start and rsSld them fast till the finish. Her part gave opportunity for several songs, which she sang in a charming manner. Her voice is a pure soprano and her rendi tion of "The pretty maid milking her cow," 'Crulshkeen Lawn," "The harp that once thro' Tara's balls" and "Kll larney" waa received with enthusiastic Miss Maggie Collins, who appeared to such good advantage In "The Pirates of Penzance" a.

short time ago, gave satis faction in the trying part of Maria, Em' melt's wife. It Is regretted that the part did not give her an opportunity to sing, for she has a fine contralto voice. One of the young men in the cast, Ed' ward Lavln. is a mighty clever dancer and pleased the audience highly with his dainty steps on the kitchen floor. He was recalled several times.

The other members of the cast, who were all well trained, Included Miss Mame Rlnehart, Miss Helen Eckenrode, Miss Kate Lower, Miss Mary Eckenrode, Miss Anna Brennan. Miss Lotta Ecken rode, Matt Walsh, John Donohoe, Joseph McGlynn. Joseph Oolden. The piece waa prettily costumed and tne stage -setungs were gooa. jjuring tne evening tne orcnestra alter nated between Irish melodies and Ameri can airs, and was not easy to tell which aroused the greater amount ol enthusi asm.

The Irish-American Club of this city occupied one of the boxes and Co. A of the St. Aloyslus Society the Other, Normal Defeata' PltUton. rRloomsbursr Dally .1 Any one who saw the game of basket ball on Monday between the Plttston Y. M.

C. A. team and. the nor mal team will testify that it waa one of the most manly games ever played in the normal gymnasium. The visiting, team baa played only a few games this year and In consequence waa not as strong as It generally Is, but It gave the-normal boys a nice little tussle.

Anthony and Trax did the best work for Plttston. The normal men did some fine team work, the plays Of Aldlnger and Derr perhaps being the most no tlcable. Captain McGutne, as well as the faithful second team, deserve much credit for the successful season. The teams lined up as' follows: Plttston. Normal Anthony McGuffle Roberts Berry Dodge Aldlnger Evans Derr Trax Opllnger Summary Goals from field.

Aldlnger 3, Mcuume 2, Derr, Berry 1, Anthony Konerts l. Goals from fouls, Berry HOberts Referee. Butts, umpire. Evans. If otea from County Court The application of John H.

Woods of Plymouth for a hearing of his applica tion for a liquor license was refused by Judge Lynch yesterday. The applica tions of William Ambrose and Enoch Township, for rehearing were also refused. C. has been appointed auditor of New Columbus Borough to fill vacancy caused by a tie occurring at the last election. The rival candi dates refused to draw lota and hence the appointment John Beach has been appointed to act aa supervisor of Haale Township until the next election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Black-well.

Mr: Blackwell was elected Feb: 28 and died March The bond of EL W. Rutter. treasurer of Freeland Borough, was filed yesterday. The bond Is in the snm of $20,000 and the sureties are Patrick Burke. William Johnson, Daniel O.

Krommer, Joseph Newberger and Patrick Mahon. Stabbed While Out Walking. An Austrian named Antonio SartorL who lives at Cranberry, near Hasleton, was found on Tuesday with a number of stab wounds in his. body. A friend had called on him and they took a walk.

and be alleges that while he was walking slightly In the lead somebody knocked ltlm on the head and when he waa down stabbed htm. His condition Is quke serious The com paokm has die appeared. Victims of Mine Gas. -Andrew Cascavlch. a Russian, aaed 21 and living at Brookside, and Michael Malay, living at Plains, were burned yesterday by an explosion ot mine gaa in the Prospect mine.

They were taken to the City HospltaL-, Vincent Regarsk, aged 27. living- at Glen Lyon, was also burned and was taken to the hospital. i hay RUMORED SALE OF THE Eld COLE RAINS COLLIERY BUCK MOUNTAIN ACTIVITY. The recent tapping of the old and abandoned Buck Mountain colliery by Coxe Bros, at Co. haa developed that in six separate basins there still remain to be mined more than 20.110,000 tons of good coaL The water haa been drain ed from the old workings through tunnel a mile and a half long, the mouth of tt being in the Laurytown valley and the water empties into the Lehigh River.

The coal from several of the lifts will be Uken through this tunnel and then hoisted over a plane feet-in length, and by a -thirty one ton lokie hauled to the breaker, two ana one-nan miles distant, nrty to sixty cars In a trip being whirled that dis tance at the rate ot twenty miles an hour. The old deserted village of Buck Mountain ia assuming new life again. and many new blocks of houses, are being erected on the foundation ot those that were torn down a few years ago ana moved to a mining patch in Schuylkill County; In a month or two probably 00 men and boys will find work' at this colliery. A few days ago it waa told that the Croes Creek Coal Co. would dispose of its Beaver Meadow colliery to the Lehigh Valley Coal which was not taken very seriously, but now comes the more Important rumor, says the Hasleton Plain Speaker, that A.

8. Van Wickle will sell the Colerajne colliery, which tor three years has furnished employment to a greater number of men and worked ateadier than any other In the region. Mr. Van Wickle will not operate the colliery unless he can do so every day or nearly every day in the year. This week the employes expect to work two and a half days.

Three railroad companies furnish cars to the place, but over two roads the LehUrh Valley Jersey Central. The Philadelphia tt Reading Co. uses the tracks of the latter. The Coleralne colliery is among the best in the region, despite the report that on several different occasions tt has been said to be exhausted. Ex perts acquainted with the workings and history ot the place can testify to its worth.

'f Mr. Keenly'! Hew Position. That hustling newspaper man, Owen P. Keenly, haa become district manager for Wllkes-Barre and vicinity ot the Scranton Sunday Free Press, with headquarters at 24 West Market street The paper will be sold In this vicinity combined with the New York Sunday Journal. Mr.

Keenly may be- depended upon to get up an interesting Wllkes- Barre letter. He has a. good Idea ot ne ws. Young Kan's Death. J.

W. Miller, a respected young man of 25 Dana street died yesterday ot pneumonia. He was a member ot the Grove Street Evangelical Church and P. O. S.

of A. and leaves his wife and three Funeral on Sunday at 12:30 o'clock from the home and at o'clock at the church.Jnterment at 'Death of Elizabeth Sees. Elisabeth Rees, aged 22 years, daugh ter ot Edward Clocker. died yesterday at ner home at Wyoming. She was a native pf Wllkes-Barre and.

her many frlenda and relatives will be grieved to learn of her demise. The funeral will take place ta-day at 2 p. m. Interment a MoiienDack cemetery. i The Epworth League Sodal.

The Epworth League ot the Derr Me morial Church held an enjoyable social last evening at. which large number of: people, were present During 'the evening there were piano solos by B. H. Danlell and recitations by W. H.

SheD- nera ana tney were much enjoyed. All the mine are idle to-day. Yesterday George Smith, a miner In No. 1 South shaft, met with a serious accident Mr. Smith and his two labor ers were blasting bottom rock and the former waa a short distance away from his co-workers' when a piece of rock fell from the room and struck him on his side.

He was badly bruised and bad a narrow escape. Mrs. Oscar Ralph and son Flovd Nlcholsoffirar visiting Mrs. McAlarney; Yesterday T. F.

Jacob took nossesslon of the postofflce as postmaster. His son Edmund is his assistant and Miss Minnie Jacob Is the clerk. Following is the program of the en- tertainment to be given in the P. Church on Mafeh 22i Organist Benja min Bache; anthem, choir; selection on tne organ; solo, Samuel Pratt; trombone solo, G. Clothier; solo.

D. Will lams; recitation. Miss Elisa Richards; recitation, Harris; soio, car ter. Mrs. Joseph Pugh.

son Alexander and daughter Annie called on Scranton rrtenaa yesterday. superintendent Kennedy of the Nan, ucoko jMecino lAgat uo. met with a painful accident by falling off a lad der yesterday. An ankle waa sprained. The drama and social for the benefit of the Mercy Hospital wlU'be held in tne Broadway opera House this even Ing.

Everything points to a nice time at the A. O. H. banquet this evening in the Brick Halt The hall is nlcelv aecoratea. Mr.

and Mrs. Connell ot Luserne Bor ough will go to housekeeping in nart of Miss Stucker's block on Carey street undertaker M. J. Healey had charge of three funerals yesterday, that of Mrs. John Kane, aged 47 years: Mat thew Frells, aged 42 years; Rosa Gram-sis, aged years.

The Plains base ball club- will hold a social in Hooper Hall on Thursday evening, March 17. -i-s Mrs. Thomas Butts and Mrs. Henry Merrlt and daughter Florence spent yesterday in Wyoming. The funeral or Charles Bath, whose death was mentioned In yesterday's Record, will take place on Friday afternoon at 1:30 from his home, and at 2 o'clock from the P.

M. Church. Deceased was a member of the Thistle Band and the I. O. of this place.

Interment will be In Hollenback -V Dr. James Brooks returned, yesterday from a few days' visit to his mother at BInghamton. Theemployes of the Lehigh Valley Coal Co. will receive their February pay this Mrs. Charles Yahupchyh.

was burled yesterday morning with a mass by Rev. Father Balcewich of Wllkes-Barre. There, was a. high mass yesterday morning at St Charles i Borromeo's Church for the late Thomas Bradshaw. Misses Norah and Frances Caffrey of Ashley spent yesterday with friends nere.

Richard Pritchard left for Canada on Tuesday. Among other young men whs have left Sugar Notch to try and better themselves are Patrick Moore, to Pittsburg; Austin Bradshaw and Patrick Cuslck, to Nebraska. Mrs. John Finn, who haa been 111 for the past four months, visited the county seat on '-V" A large number of people here attended the funeral ot Mrs. John El liott or Warrior Run.

Mlssee Jennie and Bertha- Wltllams of Warrior Run spent yesterday with Mlos Jane Williams. The funeral of Mrs. John X. John son will take place on Friday at 2 o'clock. Services will be held in the Swedish Church LATER REPORTS PLACE THE DEAD AT FIFTEEN AND THE INJURED AT THIRTY MANY NARROW ESCAPES.

Chicago. March 11 It required Just twenty minutes this afternoon for one ot the most savage fires Chicago haa ever seen to take from five to fifteen hvtv niaaui ttmy people and reduce a six story brick building at Wabash avenue and Adams street to a pile ot biasing Umber. The number of dead is still In doubt and probably will not be definitely known until the debris of tne Duiming is surqciently cooled to admit of search being made for the bodiea of those who undoubtedly are in the ruins. This will be two days hence at least. Those known to be dead are: Samuel A.

Clark. Miles A. Smith and Edward Bins. Ot the Ldward Bins. Ot the missing nothing could be learned and most of them are without question buried in the wreck of the building.

The building waa six stories high, fronting on Wabash avenue. From the third story to the root was a light shaft which gave the flames every Chance and it waa bertuna nt thla ik.i the fire spread with such awful rapid- j. ine Duuaing was occupied by a number, of concerns, tame employing Urge numbers of people. Itvis estimated, that 400 persona were at Work in the building when the fire waa discovered. The origin of the fire ia in dispute.

It Is thought that an explosion tn the lower nart of th hniidinv for the flames shot up the light shaft. A panic followed and on several floors a wild stampede, for the stairways and elevators began. When they reached the top both elevators took on a load of frightened women and started for the bottom. The front elevator waa In charge of Harry Gleason, a boy, and mat in tne rear was handled bv Will- lam St John, a young man. Both of these kept their heads, showed much coolness and bravery and were Instrumental in saving many lives.

ine elevator in the front of the building waa in good order, but not calculated to produce' much speed In such an emergency as confronted It to-day. Gleason -made one trip to the seventh floor, carrying down a load of women, and although the smoke waa rolling through the building in dense clouds, he started up again. After reaching the bottom with hla load of girls, Gleason waa about to start up again, when the supports of the elevator machinery at the top of the shaft caught ere, and seeing that they would give way before hla alow elevator could make another trip, Glea son gave it up, At toe rear St John did eauallv rood work, but waa not able to mak mora than one trip, as the fire swept through that portion -of the building before' It attacked the front In lesa than ten minutes after the explosion that start ed the Are all escape for the Inmates by me stairs ana elevators waa cut off. There remained only the windows and tne single Are escape, a narrow iron structurer'iKir' over "eighteen inches from side to side. This was speedily covered with a string of people, some one side, some on the other.

As they scrambled down in frantic haste they trod upon one another'a tinners bumped into one another and progress was eiow ana aimcuit. Many of those wno couia not reacn tne nre eaeaoe maae tneir way to tne front windows. ana it was out or tnese tnat Clark. Smith and Bin hurled themselves to Q-eam. Clark was bookkeeper for the Olm.

stead Scientific Co. on the seventh floor apd remained to put the books in the sate, smith was a salesman for the Olmstead Scientific Co. He was Instantly killed, his body being horribly mangiea. According to some the Are started In the third floor of the bulldlnar. occu pied by Alfred Peats, dealer In wall paper.

This floor Is used as a store room for wan paper and is provided with gas -jets In swing brackets. One of these brackets had been turned in suco. a manner as to Ignite the wall paper. People acquainted with the interior arrangement of the building doubt -that any or tne employes on the fifth and sixth floors of the building made their escape, while there la a stairway lead Ing from the sixth to the fifth floor sim liar to those on the other floors, the passageway is so tortuous and closed in that persons coming down have to bo inruugn a passageway mat is often oarrea 4y wire gates. A PHILANTHROPIST'S DEATH.

JACOB TOME PASSES AWAY AT PORT DEPOSIT. Port Deposit March It-Jacob Tome, the millionaire philanthropist and founder of the "Jacob Tome Institute" at this place, died here to-day, after a brief illness, ne contracted pneumonia on Mon day last, began to sink on Tuesday morn ing and never rallied. Mr. Tome was born In Manhetm Town, ship, York County, Aug. 110.

His parents were in humble circumstances. and after a somewhat varied life, he settled In Port Deposit ag a clerk to a lumber firm at the age of 24. Soon thereafter he formed a partnership with a wealthy resident of Marietta, named Reinhart, the Arm doing a large business In lumber and shingles for seventeen years, upon the dissolution of the partnership Mr. Tome continued In the lum ber business, but added to it that of banking. In which he was very successful.

In 1869, he founded the Institute which bears his name, endowing it with a fund of $2,000,000, over which, however, ha retain ed control during his life. His estate is estimated at $4,000,000, and it Is said that his will contains a number of bequests to charitable institutions. Mr, Tome was married twice, but left no children. His second wife, to whom he waa wedded In 1884, when In hie seventy-fourth year, was Miss Webb of Port and sur vives him, i Movements of Ocean Steamships. ARRIVED AT NEW YORK.

Majestlo from Liverpool; Normannla from Gibraltar v. SAILED FROM NEW YORK. St Louie for' Southampton: Kensing ton for Antwerp; Britannic for Liverpool; La Normandle for Havre. ARRIVED OUT. St.

Paul at Southampton; Teutonic at Liverpool; Saale at Naples; Rotterdam at Rotterdam. Death ot Thomas HcKean. 16. Thomas Mo Kean, one of the wealthiest and prom inent citlsens of this city, died to-night His wealth Is estimated between and $20,000,000. He was presi dent of the North Pennsylvania Rail road, and a director of the Reading Railway, the Lehigh Valley Railroad.

and the Lehigh Coal A Navigation as well as of a number of financial Institutions. Bank Robbed of Mount Pleasant, Mich- March 16. The People's Savings Bank safety vault was robbed of $3,000 last night Duplicate keys were used. The bank is In the hands of a receiver. The People's Bank gained a wide notoriety In connection with the Farmers' Bank, at Shepard, the' cashier of which was rupposed'tor nave beefTinnrdered In August last Methodists Meet at Danville Danville, March 16.

The Central Pennsylvania Conference ot the Methodist Episcopal Church ia in seeslon here. Bishop J. G. Andrews presiding. L.

Wilcox was elected secretary and L. Miller and 3. F. Andrews aaalst- anta. General routine business was done to-day.

There are about 400 del egates present LawrencevUle Congregational Churc; this evening. The Liberty Cornet Band will partld pate in the parade at Plttston to-day. Miss Annie Callahan is in New York City selecting her spring stock ot mil llnery goods. Patrick MeNuIty, and son Will- lam are visiting In New Jersey, Mrs. Harker Wlntermute of Tunk hannock waa the guest ot Miss Esther JJavies this week.

Lisle Holllster will bid adieu to his many friends in this town to-day and leave for the Pacific coast where he Intends to better his situation. He will be accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. R. K.

Bailey, who will remain there a few months. Mrs. Finn of Scranton is spending la lew.aays at tne home of her sister. airs, josepn coae. Detective Crippen of the D.

R. R. haa been in town the past few days looking after the Interests of the D. H. Co.

regarding the electric wires crossing the tracks. He effected a contract with the electric light comi pany making it responsible for any In jury done to workmen orn passengers oy tne wires. Councllmen-elect O'Brien and Mun ley and school director -Reilley-have oeen notined that a petition haa been filed in the county court contesting tneir respective elections. charges are that the board -accepted Illegal votes, some not being citlsens. others under age and others who have not paid their taxes.

The. hearing is set own tor oiarcn The Lenten 1 services in St Mary's i.nurcn every Tuesday even nr are at. tended by crowded congregations. The last sermon was preached by Rev. of South Side, taking for his text "He that persevereth; he shall be Father Mofflt Is a gifted speaaer ana nia-aiscoume was beauti ruuy given.

Nellie, the twin daughter ot Mrs, Hugb Brawley. aged about 4 veara. oiea yesteraay morning at Bt. Pat lick's orphanage, after a "few weeks' illness of pneumonia. The remains were taken to the home of her sister.

Mrs. William Smith of Dupont, from wnicn piace interment win be made tn St Mary'a Cemetery on Friday after noon. Mrs. Brawley the sympathy or tne community in ner trouble. A few years ago her husband was killed in the mine, leaving her alone with twin babies.

The teachers of Marcy Townshln will hold an Institute session on Saturday morning. John Greeny attended the funeral at Bernard Lynch of Plttston on Tuesday. Mr. Lynch was a former resident of this place and waa esteemed by all who knew him. Miss Lizsie Geisier ot Ashley was the guest of Mrs.

Jacob Brong on Sunday. victor Tnomas spent Sunday with his parents at Gracedale. Miss E. G. Keeler spent several days ast ween tne guest or ner sisters, Mrs.

teiiar-and Mrs. -Walker -of Wllkes- Barre. George Leonard, of Gracedale waa a caller here yesterday. Patrick Boyle of Mountain Lake farm Is moving Into the house of Mrs. Stan ford until the first pf April.

7 Fred Eldrldge has gone to Con nectlcut to accompany his wife and son Percy and infant daughter on their return from a visit of several months. James Swartwood and wtfe returned from Plttston. accompanied by John Lynch. Mrs. Cavan is quite seriously 111.

Delia Gannon was a visitor at White Haven this week. Large crowds attend the Presbyterian Church every evening to hear evan gelist Pratt, and a great deal of Interest is being manifested in the meetings. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Bollinger of Mauch Chunk are visiting Mr.

and Mrs Frank Horn. Miss Nellie Tucker of Wllkes-Barre spent. Wednesday with Miss Ada Mat tnews. Miss Grace Saxton of Scranton is vis iting Sirs. Frank Simonson.

Miss Lena Smith is visiting relatives in uraceaaie. Joseph Reynolds has -returned from visit in Weatherly, E. Llndemuth'a new house rents for I1LE0 per month; "tndtome new paper, bath, hot and cold and James. Williamson and son Samuel went to Philadelphia yesterday to see the former's daughter, Maggie, who la aangerousiy in. MAINE BOARD'S WOk, SESSIONS TO BE CONTINUED AT v.

key west. Key West March It. The Maine Board of Inquiry -returned from Ha vana on the steamship Mangrove this morning, it la authoritatively stated that the board will continue its sessions from day to day at this place, in order to go carefully over the large amount of evidence before It. The board will not It Is said, begin to formulate its report for some days yet in fact some of the surviving officers of the Maine are to be called before the board for further examination, and It is not impossible that the board will return, to Havana once more to further verify certain details. Meantime Lieuts.

Holman and Blandin, Lieut, of Marines catnn, cadet Crenshaw and Boatswain Larkin have been detached and allowed to go home. The other survivors are detained to appear before the board. The report telegraphed from here that and others of the Maine's crew had returned here la untrue, but some of them are expected on the Plant Vine steamship from Havana to-night. Greater secrecy is now maintained in regard to the movements of the fleet than at anytime since the trouble began. It Is impossible to get any one In authority to tell anything about even Uo small a matter as the trip of a tor pedo boat to the Dry Tortugas.

Fewer men and officers are seen ashore in the last day or so than formerly. It Is surmised that all this means still further preparation for any emergency. Among naval officers and others it Is generally believed that the Court of Inquiry haa come to the definite conclusion that the explosion was external and that the court Is now only busied over minor technical details. TENSION AT HAVANA. Havana, March It.

With the depar ture of the Court of Inquiry, after a second visit to the scene of the wreck ot the Maine, the tension grows serious. The court is nearly ready to report Unless there are new discoveries here, which Is unlikely, there Is nothing to be done but for the members to seclude themselves In the Iowa to formulate the convictions already firmly held. There Is no reason to change the be lief that the court will find the disas ter waa caused by an explosion out side the Maine. Capt Sampson Intimated to the cor respondent -yesterday that -the testimony was "gratifying complete." -V- i :.0 Methodist Lay Representation. -Chicago.

March 1C The returns of the first thirteen Methodist conferences votingitt'thsi question "of lay represen tatlon Indicate that proposition will be adopted. The vpte in these thirteen conferences last year was: For, 200; against, 769. This year the vote Is: For, 660; against 219. Honey ia Building linotypes. New York, March 16.

The Me'rgen- thaler Linotype-Co." has declared a quarterly dividend of 2 per cent and an extra dividend of 2Vi per cent, payable April Awral Blsn Ckleaga Kaneer eg taJittM S4 Tat Kawwsv. lci cago. March 11 A fierce fire broke out today at Wabaah avenue and Adams street across the street from the Wellington hotel, la a building occupied by a number ot business firms. The guests of the hotel were with dlffl. culty restrained from Jumping to the treet A number ot people la the burning building did jump, and four were killed outright.

Fifteen other were ia lured by jumping, but the greatest lose of life occurred among those who did not even have a chance to et ta tha windows or decide whether to take the siicrnaure Ol a jump to tB4 stone siaewaiks and street pavements. The flame soon envekcd tha at. tlon on the union loop ot the elevated raiiroaas. As a result all traffic oa ev. ery eievatea railroad in the business aisinct waa brought to a standstill Ambulance were summoned Immedi, ately after the explosions occurred, and several were soon on the scene.

Two of the dead were Identified a Allies Smith and SamueUL Clark. colored man named McDonald jumped irom a window and waa killed. A woman who jumped from a window, wa seriously Hurt It Is reported that seven persona were seen to fall back Into the flames. Three exploaiona occurred. nrsitmM.

bly from chemicals in the warehouse of tne sweet-Wallach comnanv. r-i. i cnurv ironi or ine DUUdinlVwaa loiown out by a terrinc.exffloaion fni towea by several others In rapid cession, and the entire building' was quicaiy covered With flames. The Are waa finally brought under control. It seems probable that the fa.

uuities will not be more than 15. Est! roatea as high as 60 were made, but It is oeueved these figures were much ex aggeratea. A TBA5STAAL SEHSATIOIT. President Krager Gives the Ue te Chief Jostle Ketse. Pretoria, March 16.

A widespread sensation haa been caused by the dec laratlon of former Chief Justice Kotse that when the case ot Mr. Brown, the, American engineer who had claims against the government waa awaiting ludgment President Kruger threaten, ed him (Judge Kotse) with dismissal unless he obeyed the volksraad resolu tion. At a special session Of the volksraad today President Kruger declared Judge Kotse's statement false and said. "The devil himself never spoke a greater He." President Kruger then, turning to the political situation, said that people were jealous of the country's Independ ence and the progress It waa making. No one knew what was going to happen, but they must stand together.

-The government he declared, had replied to the British dispatch, and the reply would be published directly. He knew that tt had reached the hands of Mr. Chamberlain. lPretldentKruger speech, exclaiming, "We shall show that we are a government!" His declaration left the Impression that the government's reply denies the British claim of suseralnty. Judge Kotse haa published his notes.

supporting his statement aa to the in tervlew with President Kruger. He de clares he regards himself as still the chief Justice of the supreme court until properly tried. He will first appeal to the people for redress, and If that falls him he says he Is bound to prosecute his rights In other quarters and to ap peal to tne queen's government 0EBMAK8 LEAVE 0BETE. Garrison at Caven Benders Military Hon. ore to Departing Forces.

Khanla. Island ot Crete, March li-r The German flag was hauled down today, and the German marines who have been doing duty ashore embarked on board the German battleship Oldenburg, The International troops composing the garrison rendered military honor to the departing German forces; Berlin, March Cologne Gai zette, commenting upon the hauling down of the German flag tn Crete, says the departure of the German battleship Oldenburg does not signify a cessation of the concert of the powers, but mere- ly means that now that lhaaffairaot the German creditors of Greece have been settled Germany "haa little inter. est in the destinies of Crete, which concern France, Russia and England." Important Raltroad Law. Albany, March 11 Governor Black today signed Senator Ellsworth' bill which exempts railroad companies from that provision of the corporation law which prevent corporations from In curring liabilities in excess of their paid up capital stock. It Is understood that this bill Is necessary to enable the con.

solldation of the Lake Shore and New York Central rallroada. The Wrecked Hew Tork. Half Moon Bay. CaU March 16. The wrecked ship New York Is rapidly sink.

Ing In her bed of sand. In a few day more she will be entirely covered. The swelling rice and tapioca In her hold have pushed up her deck and bid fair to tear the ship asunder. It Is now be-lleved that no freight can be saved. A Marshal ordered by a Burglar.

Cameron, Mo.r March 16. City Mar shal Georre H. Leonard waa murdM-ut today by a negro burglar whom he bad arrested. Leonard was searching the prisoner when the negro grabbed the marshal's revolver and ahot Leonard twice. Posses are in pursuit Outbreak of TarMsh Troops.

Constantinople, March 16. There wa great excitement at Ylldis palace ow ing to an outbreak among the Albanian and Kurdish troops In the barracks. The approaches to the palace were im mediately surrounded, and many ar rests were -e Prominent Ballroad Maa Dead. Chicago, March 16. W.

F. White. 47 years old, manager of the Atchison, To. peka and Saqta Fe railroad, I dead. He had with the 8anta Fe In different capacities tor 25 year.

He came to Chicago from Topeka nine year ago. A Verdict For 330,000. Deadwood. S. March 16.

Judge Amidown ha Instructed the Jury tn the case of the Buxton against the Golden Reward to return a verdict for $220,000 in favor of plaintiff. Valuable mining property is involved In, the suit Dfrtahaa Bepaised. March 1 large, party -ot dervishes crossed the Nile to 8heballya Island, but vera repulsed by the Egyp tian troopsjfvith the loss of SS men kilt- ed. The only wyptian caaualty waa the wounding of Major SltwelL Maae. Dreyfus' ratlUoa Bafeaeo.

Paris, March 11 The minister for the colonies, U. Loboa, haa refused the petition of Mme. Dreyfus, wife of Captain Dreyfus, to scare the letter's Imprison. ment on Devil's island, GLOSSARY CT IN LIAN NAMES ALONG TEB UP' rEH SUSQUEHANNA. 2 accompanying matter gives the ry Jpm Lukens, who tu sent by 6 Pennsylvania landholders to make a sarrey ol lands on she upper Susquehanna in lTTt.

Re was the boo. of tb surveyor rai or fanniylvania, and lost bia Ufa aa a member of Plunkett's expedl-on ag alnst Wyoming, The diary ta tn the i "seion or ilr. A. E. Cooper, Cooper' UIU1S.

H. ami nnaanH Inl h. vV'yeJualng Rocket Tb note bar been chiefly added by Rev. David Craft, thou tlx wo nart Deen added by the Record. i CHAPTER VX.

ina former chapter comprise the nlary and then follow the difficult task of recording the Indian names of the everal locaiitiea along the upper Sus- vurnanaa; Shemung Horn Tower. Th place Of a horn, Relchel. Opalaughton Kunk Apple Tree creek. 51 Lachawanlck Lackawanna The forks. Manachanunk Monockonock At ye uiiao.

Macbcataung Cake The red bank wnere Jacob Plains la. Machlowauraink XYVyomlng The ureal valley. Manamlchcake The gravelly Island wnere John Seacord Uvea. Monanannick uttie Creek, -on ye west aide tne river. The creek goe by the same name.

Tunkhannock. Saokapachkunk Ye flat atone place. Being a flat atone on ye opposite aide ye river. Mehootatomanataoch The Islands. Mamochcapolchcake The red rocks Buttermilk Falls.

Qualutemlnk Lost place. where Jones lives. Two miles below Butter milk Falls.l Enducbpometeachquamung Where they draw a seine across the river. Te first creek above Lahawanock, The uacKawanna.j Beshaxalaak Where ye water hangs. aiung springs.

Messlscunk The Rush Meadows, Hornets Ferry. Here the Wyaluslng Indians used to cut hay. See Craft's History of Bradford County, page 20, iwnere it is written uesnascngunk. Chunggotchelslng The Little Grave, I miles below Meaaescunk on ye opposite side Present Terrytown.f Wyalustnk Te Great Big Old Man's creek or Old Man's town. The name is spelled in a great variety of ways, wyaioosing, quihilooslng, joMachach loosing, Machlwlhllooalng, etc.

In Relchel' Indian names. M'chwlhllus Ing, signifies the place of the hoary veteran, from Mlhllusis, an old man. The popular tradition Is that the name ignlfles the good hunting ground, but this la doubtless an error, the English equivalent being as Mr. Lukens gives it. Old Man's town.

Bghwarnatunk The falls below iWyalusIng Tuscarora creek. Quenalachamtchcake The long bot torn where Vanderllp lives. "Wednesday, Aug. 4,1778, arriving at a place called Black Walnut Bottom oar tents were pitched for the night the river bank The main body encamped an a tract. formerly Improved by one Vanderllp; the light troops farther on where one tlon.

A' creek, vis: Machapendaare," ran ibetween the two encampments. William Roger's, D. Journal ot the' Sullivan expedition. It will be on served that Mr. Lukens gives another name to this stream, while the Mach apandaawake la farther down at Sea- cord's place, three miles above Tunk bannock.

1 Mushappewake The queer of (water, the same as ye Standing Stone. Hoopenlng Potato creek. Mehoop-any, from Hobbenlslnk, signifying where there are wild potatoes. Belch el's Indian names. Machapandaa wake Just above Sea-cord's, the English of it is, ye Long vend or Long Point.

Owegy, Owega A Mingo name. Maname Above Owegy, 7 miles, at the Turtle islands. Machcatawangake, or Mauchatawan-gum Red Bank, 11 miles below Owegy, a Creek, ye manor. Tioga The forks, 22 miles below Owegy. The gate, a place of entrance, 'AH persons from the south must enter the Iroquois country by this path or Kate, or be counted an enemy.

Shesheauenunk Calabash Town Sheshequol, or medicine man's rattle. Endowanhamlnk Lost creek, 2ty xnnes oeiow eneanequenuna. Mealnkslng The face of a man' paint' ed on ye rock opposite to this on ye In, dlan side is a creek called Skuehkunk. Tawandanunk Towanda, Conrad Welseer. the famous Indian interpreta-tor, spells it probably from the Iroquois Dawantaaga, signifying the tedious, slow moving, provoking by Its slow movement, the tedious.

Zeis berger Tawandamunk means where we bury the dead, referring to the (act that near the mouth of this stream was one of the national burial places, of the Nantlcokes.j Ye pur Wesaklng Pine Creek. Relchel says, from Wlsachgimi, signifying the place of wild grapes. In the old deeds It Is called Plum Vale. Oppollanaachshekunk A bald eagle's nest on an island, about miles below Wesaklng. Standing Stone Te Indian name Is Oasenepachtake.

Relchel says Asslnl lnk.1 To be continued. DESCENDANTS FROM ROTALTT. Now that the patriotic societies have occupied the ground so thoroughly it has remained to organise a society on similar lines, but the descent must be from royalty. The scheme is aa follows; Order of the Crown. Americans of royal descent are organising a new society, to be called "Order of the Crown," and the qualifications' for -such membership must be a llnanl riprpnt from rnVHltv The founder-general.

Miss Henrietta Lynde Farnsworth, of Detroit, is a lineal descendant of Alfred the Great. Mrs. Ferdinand P. Earle, of New York city, who! is a member of the founder's council, dates back to Ellseus, (19, also Egbert, King of all England, 825, and Alfred the Great. Other members of the founder's council are: Mrs.

Joshua Wilbur, Bristol, R. I. Miss Annie F. R. Walker, Richmond, Ta.

Mrs. Peter Rudolph Neff, O. i Mrs. Lucy W. Drexel, New Tork.

Miss Louise Rodney, Philadelphia, Mrs. Mary Perkins Qulncy, New Haven; 1 Mrs, Edward H. Coates. Philadelphia, Mrs. Charles H.

Brpwnlng, the historian, of Pennsylvania, also publisher of "Americans of Royal Descent," will act as registrar, Miss Farnsworth and Mrs. Earle are also descendants1 of the magna charter barons, who secured the greatest char ters of liberty from King John. MORAVIAN GRAVEYARD AT BETHLEHEM. Persona familiar with Bethlehem will be interested to learn that the Moravian Historical Society have Issued a namphlet containing all the epitaphs In the historic burying ground at that place. A supplementary pamphlet has also been Issued containing an Index, showing all the burials, many of which are of Indian converts who died a cen-tury and half y- 4, Death of George Gardner, George of Storm HUL Wllkes-Barre Township, son of George Gardner, of Parsons, died last rHght.

He' was married fo a daughter of Arnoid Williams and was aged 30 years. He Is survived by his wife and Jive William Gregory of North Kingstown waa substituted for Aram J. Pothler ot Woonsocket for the post tlon. Good. Beads Bill Passed.

Albany. March It The aasemblv tn. day passed the Higble-Armstrong good roads bill by a vote of to to Party line were obliterated, the atrdggie Imm Ing on of city against countrr. Th bill now goes to the governor. The Bad of Ellsworth's Bill Albany.

March 11 The Ellsworth newspaper bill was recommitted to the senate Judiciary committee today at th introducer's" request Thla practically kills th bilt MAGAZINES OF THE MONTH. One ot the most valued maraslnM of the day Is Self Culture (Akron, which deal with every topic ot current Importance, and devotes large space to artlclea on all Important state- menta, contributed by noted writer of both continents. One of the chief attractions of the magatlne Is the. "In. qulrles'Answered" department In which Information on all sort of topic ta given.

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Emerv: "Th Southern Vaht Club of New Orleans," by Lorlllard oampseu; "A Naturalist in Nicaragua," by J. Crawford: "A Wwk witw th Singhalese." by E. M. Allaire Th Fitting Out ot a Yacht," by A. J.

Ken- caiy. The March number- nf ninkni.a has for a frontiSDlee a Ar George Wharton Edwards, "A Milkmaid or iwarecni. The opening paper la by W. S. Harwood.

and la devoted tn The Great Lakes" Then i illustrations. including a nnmU. striking picture of lake navigation. contributes a character, lstio illuminated poem, "Th Snail's Dream." Meredith Nuarent rlv Leaves from the Nothnnfc ani mal-Artist." with a page of sketches. Tudor Jenka a-lves cholcejand use of "Reference Book for Boy and Girls." "A Giant Candle" a description of a apectaeular feature of the Swedish ExDoaitinn a for girl is begun tn the number, "A AetL Dents and Ned Toodles," by Jcson.

rrank R. Stockton tells Of the adventure fitting n5, taa famoua. French- pirate, Olonnol. In Clement Fesendio fairy tale of science, "tiihii.i, Earth," the hero experiences some remarkable effects of gravitation. Th TWO BlddlCUt BOVS" rsntli.il.

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