The Scranton Times from Scranton, Pennsylvania • 1

WEEKLY EDITH. EDITION. 27TII YEAH- NO. 51. SCll ANTON.

SATURDAY. DECRMRKK 1) lPwi. PflTOR FIVE CKNTS. 'I i HERE'S YOUR 0 PORTDNITY. GIRLS ARE KISSED BY THE PREACHER Rev.

Thomas P. Hughes Loves TRUSTED EMPLOYE SORELY ACCUSED L. and W. Ticket Agent Charged With Embezzlement. NEW YORK VISITED BY A BLIZZARD The Worst Storm Since the One Eight Years Ago.

Heavy Snow. Blown by a Piercing Wind, Fell MI Day Two Persons Are Rcpartcd to Have Been Killed Many Ships Are Overdue Heavy Fog. A HOT FIGHT FOR STATE SENATOR Quay Realizes the Formidable Strength of Wananiaker. The Senator's Significant Speech Suppiri ers of the Boss Who Ar: Arriving in Harrisburz Worried Over the Outlook. Followers Are Breaking Away.

Harrisburg, Dec. 17. The speech i of Senator Quay In the I'nited Stat sj senate Tuesday on the election of a i senator in this state is regarded by politicians here learned that his true friends have been trying to make him i for some time that he has the hardest right of his life before him, and that he is beginning to realize that he is a defeated man. Quay people from all over the state who come to Harrisburg to learn the real situation are astonished at what they hear, and when they come to an- I alyze the information they receive con- corning the opposition to Quay they arc forced to acknowledge that the outlook for him is gloomy Indeed. They learn that legislators who are on the Quay list and counted upon to stand by him through thick and thin are not for him ami will not vote for his candidate i for I'nited States senator, and they wonder hy these men have not been "lined up" for the Quay side.

i The answer to this is that they wer-counted upon as being "lined up" all the time, and it was not considered necessary to go after them. That th -y have gotten away is certain. Then there are a great many on. the fence, some i of them who have in previous leg- islatures followed aJl the directions and i orders given thm by the Beaver sen- ator. The Penrose headquarters were opened for business Tuesday at the Lochiel hotel in charge of Senator! Thomas, and there were a few legisla- tive callers, among them Westmoreland, who were here arranging to get their seats.

i EARTHQUAKE. IN ENGLAND. Houses Violently Shaken. Beds Moved and Doors Forced Open. I London.

Dec. 17. Two earthquakes occurred early this morning in Wales and Midland and the southern counties of England. The houses were violent- ly shaken. Beds were moved, doors forced open, and furniture overturned, The first shock lasted thirty seconds.

and was followed by a loud, rumbling sound and minor tremblings of the earth. The second shock was shorter, but severer. Many people rushed out of their houses, but nobody was nurt. The cathedral at Hereford was damaged somewhat, but there was no other serious damage. TENTH ANNUAL REPORT.

Of the Interstate Commerce Commis sion in the Brown Case. Washington, Dec. 17. The tenth annual report Of tht Interstate c-omme-e commission referring to the supreme court's decision in the Brown Case, which involved the right of the com-misinii to comnel the to testify says: "This decision seems to have effectually removed embarrasments hitherto encountered in obtaining testimony from unwilling witnesses in penal cases, and little difficulty is now experienced in securlnc the attendance and testimony of such witnesses in the! proceedings before the commission, and their seems to be no special difficulty in convicting: the transgressors." andre gjardmg the ticket brokerage report, it says this illegimitate traffic vill become a positive scandal. It rec-cominends legislation to stop it: Free passes are also denounced.

A number of technical amendments to the interstate commerce law are also recommended. I FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. The prices of active stocks in the i New York Stock market and of in the Chicago are corrected daily for The Times by Breck Sears, brokers, 223 Centre street, Scranton. Open Clii in inj? American Cotton Oil Atchison Santa Ke Hultimor Sr Ohio Canada Southern Ctaes. Ohio Chiriasro.

Hur. Quincy C. C. Chicago ja Chicago Chicago, H. 1.

Pacific Chicago, Milwaukee St. Paul t'bicngo, t. Paul Col. Fuel and Iron Vrdane Cordage, pref Ilist. Cattle Feeding Co Dflaware and Hudson Lacka.

fe West General Klectric I.ak Shore bead l.eait. pref Leather Leather, pref. Louisville Nashville Manhattan Missouri Pacific Kan. Tex Kan. fc pref New Ontral 1H--6 i 74 LI 74-n 4 -7 1 74 loa4 tiK-Vj 7- 4SVo 5, 11 31 124 OH 15114 sow loss New 1 ore Central New York.

Lake Erie Western New York, Ontario and Western. New York and New England. North American Northern Pacific Northern Pacific, pref Pacific Mail Philadelphia and Reading Hubner Southt-rn Southern Railroad. Tiref 24 244 27 Susquehanna and Western Susquehanna and Western, Sugar Trut ....112 Texas Pacific Tenn C. I.

-11 Tohacco 741 Pn ion Pacific HV Wabash W'ahasb, pref Western Union W. L. W. fc L. pref 112t6 VA CHICAGO GRAIN-AND PROVISION MARKET.

May 74 75 74 UK Wheat Opening Highest AH Lowest 7WW Closing K'i Oorn Opening Highest. Lowest. 27la Closing iftfcj Oats Opening ...20 Highest E0fc lowest li Closing 316 Jan. Pork Opening .87 70 Highest 7 70 Is west 7 7 Lard Opening 3 87 3 Lowest 9 3 83 Short 8 87 Highest 3 AO Lowest 3 Closing 3 May S7 ft. 8 00 7 7 7 87 4 05 4 07 4 0- 4 03 4 00 4 00 4 IX) 4 00 PROF.

HERMANN, THE MAGICIAN, IS DEAD He Expired on a Train at Great Valley, N. Y. While Enrocte for Bradford, He Became Very III and Medical Aid was SummonedEnd of Great Career Mystified Many People Appeared Here About Two Weeks Ago. Rochester, N. Dec.

17. Hermann, the great magician, died this morning on the train as it approached Or -at Valley while en route for Bradford. Pa. He gave a performance here last night and was perfectly well when he on the 7.30 o'clock train this morning. At Salamanca he was taken suddenly ill.

His car was switched and medical aid was summoned, but it was of no avail, as he had expired. It apuears that Hermann passed tne night in his private car and was abed when word was sent from the station master of Great Valley that he was ill and a physician was desired. He expired before the physician could get to the car. The car was taken on to Salamanca with the body. The cause i vet unknown.

He was en tertained at the club last night and he cuomai ciii nirni wiifii 1 1 c-ompanied to the club by'friends. The well-known magician, appeareu in tie Frothingham, this city about two weeks ago, Monday evening. December 7. He attracted an immensely large house and his tricks were of a truly mystifying nature. began the evening's entertain-mentiwith thirty minutes of legerdT-maiif during which time he did a number of verv neat card tricks, caused watcbes to flv through the air in an astonishing way and in general prepared bis audience for themost mysterious events to follov-.

Then came his hypnotic wonder "Trilby." He placed Mme. Hermann on a board after having hypnotized. at least pretending to' hypnotize her, ''and then after a few passe wfth the hands the board con-tainini the body of the was drawn uDward from the chairs on which It rested and for sevral minutes remained suspended in mid-air without apparently anything to hold it. The Asatic trunk mystery which he alone can produce will be remembered by those who witnessed his work here as being one of the most wonderful of modern tricks of magic. Another trick which Hermann would have performed regular had he not the companies with which he was heavily insured objected and tnat was the dangerous matter of leaving a company of militia fire at him and catching the bullets hot on a plate without being injured in the least.

How he did it remains a mystery to this day, but he did it nevertheless. TEWi WHAT THEY WANT. "Depart ufient Heads Asked to Prepare An Estimate. Letters were prepared in the city controller's (fflee today advising all the heads of departments to submit a list of the probable expenses of the departments soon to lie sSent in to the estimate committee of coucils. It is said that the expenses next year will be the largest of acurrent run for several year, or perhaps int he history of the city.

DEATH OF ALFRED) F. HARPER Alfred F. Harper, of Dunmore. son of Mr. and Mrs John Harper, died at his home on Blakely street Tuesday, aged 32 years.

He had not been well since an injury, which he rec ived last March, but the immediate cause of his death was dropsy. He was an honest, law-abiding citizen, beloved and respected wherever he was known. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the late home on Blakely street. Services al the Dunmore Methodist Episcopal church. Interment in Dunmore cemetery.

ANOTHER DIVORCE GRANTED. Judge Edwards Handed Down the Decree in Lavo Case. Judge Edwards today handed down a decree in divorce as prayed for by Nettie M. Lavo from her husband, Eugene P. Lavo.

They were married July 5. 1S7S, in the city of Carbondale and lived together until February, 1887, when he deserted her. LEADERS CHOSEN. John Boyle O'Reilly Council Elect Officers. The John Boyle O'Reilly, Young Mens' Instituttat their last meeting elected the following officers: President.

John J. Collins; first vice-president, Edward Morris; second vice-president. Bart Leonard; financial secretary, John J. Varley; recording secretary, John J. Hurley, treasurer.

Geo. McMullen; -marshal, John J. Burke; executive committee, R. J. Bourke, J.

Scott, P. Kilcullen. LARGE NUMBER OF ILLS. Due to the Remarkably Mild and Spring-like Weather. Chicago, Dec.

16. Probably due to the remarkably mild and spring-like weather, the people of the Windy city are ajproaching Christmas with a larger share of the ills that afflict mankind, than they have any reason to expect. The epidemic of diphtheria, ton-silitis and kindred throat complaints has barely subsided, when rheumatism in all its various phases has turned itself loose, gind the number of cases in the city Is raid to run high up into the thousands. A peouliar feature of the plague, or whatever It may be called, is that it has seized upon muscular, athletic people, who have never before experienced its twinges, but who are now being made to feel the most acute phases rheumatism in its inflammatory and muscular stages. Physicians also comment upon the suddenness of the sieges, in numberless cases the victims going to bed without a suspicion of coming trouble, and waking up In.

the morning to find themselves practically hors de combat. POLICE DEPARTMENT EXPENSES. Chief Robling Preparing an Appropriation List. Chief- of Police Roblins was today engaged in looking over last year's appropriations for the police department and figuring1 on how much would be necessary to conduct the department this year. When asked by a reporter if he knew how much he would need, he answered In the negative, but volunteered the information that It would be much more than last year, i Chief Robllng would like to.

Increase the number of officers on the force and he should be supplied with a clerk, the eairle- as his 3 1 vtot a ii HUKltD WITHOUT CHRISTAIN RITES Girl Asphyxiated in Boston Buried in Kentucky. Fne Thinker Moses Kscif-naa Conducted a Service in the Cemetery Chapel Mrs. Henry, Wholes to Have V.cdc a Farewell Address, With tncf. Lexitigton. Dec.

burial A Midwav.Ky.. who died in Boston last Friday night ur.ucr mysterious circumstances, took le yesterday afternoon. Dr her venerable father, was prostrated Kri that he could not attend, but her moti.er. brother and sifter were present. r'tt lvit'(S wore held in the- cbf.pc 1 i and v.tre conducted bv Moses Kaufman, a flee thinker, of inis city, who was a friend of Miss Collins.

He said in part: "A brighter genius than Mav Collins never stirred m-n's souls. She" was nnyoody else. She patterned after She was a genius, and put lu-r soul into all she did and wrote, rough all her young years she found pLas-m only in scoring her mind with u. e-tul knowledge, so that she become use and benefit to her kind. "In this casket are the remains of one, unlike other great workers in the field of free thought, who passed when their life work was completed; whose work had but begun, but whose genius us felt on tw continents.

The pia.fi of May Collins will never tilled in the sphere she had chosen nor in the hearts of those who knew har When Mr. Kaufman had finished the lid was removed from the cotlin and th gill's mother rushed to the side of htr dead daughter. Amid sobs she exclaimed "My child, my sweet, beautiful child, you were a part of my very lifa. Your father cannot live without vou. 1 nose biautiful eyes, those, beautiful hands; we all worshipped her.

I ish that she could have died in my arms." The ca-sket was tfiYn borne to the grave. Mis. Josephine K. Henry, tile Kciituclky advocate of fret' thought, equal rights for w'omen and temperance, had a compact with Miss Collins by which the survivor was to depv-r- a farewell address over the grave the tirst to die. Nat Collins, the dead gill's brother, hints at foul play in connection with his sister's death.

BAYARD AS A QUEST. The Ancient City of Bristol, is in Gay Attire in Honor of the Ambassador. Bristol. Dec. 17.

This ancient city, which is busily engaged in preparations for the anniversary next year of Cabot's departure fur tin exploration of the new world." has Minister Bayard as its special guest today. it is en fete in honor of the event. Flags are flying from principal struct-' tulips, the rigging of the ships in the hai "or is gay with dec-oral ions, and the Ouildhall. Town Hall and Corn Exchange, all which are close to each other at the intersection of Broad and ine streets, are gay with bunting. It was only recently that the fact was iievelip thut Minister Bayurd has diieet family associations with Bristol.

His mother's great-grandfather was at one time mayor of famous old town, while her grandfather, who was born in the Broad-Mead, an abbreviation of Broad Meadows, nearly two oeiituri-s ago. went to the- I'nited States, settled in Philadelphia and laid the foundation stone of the present American family of Bayard. The American minister was entertained at luncheon this aft moon by. the chamber of commerce, and this evening, in the presence of a distinguished gathering of five thousand people in Colston hall, he distributed the prizes to th graduates or" the Technical College of the Merchant Venturers, an organization which maintains schools in which orphans or children of indigent freemen 'ai''- raised and edueited without cost. Tomorrow Mr.

Bayard will be entertained at luncheon by the officials of that organization, and after holding a brief informal reception win r-cimii to London on tne lying. uuiciuu.iii of the Croat Western road. RAILROAD WRECK. Buffalo Pee. 17 Four persons wpre more or less seriously injured in a rear end collision on the Lehigh Valley railroad here this morning.

They were Rev William Hubb: 11. late pastor the North Presbyterian church here. He had an arm broken: Burton Towns-end express messenger. Philadelphia; Charles Scott. Buffalo.

Pullman porter, was badly bruised. None of the injuries are fatal. The accident was due to dense fog rendering the signals tne vis bb- The Chicago and Buffalo ex, ess over the Grand Trunk line, which Pft Chicago yesterday was coming in and struck train No. 7, which left for Tersev Citv last night. All were injured' on this train, but the damage was not serious.

SOCIETY WEDDING. The Marriage of Miss Fannie Taller and Mr. Sidney J. Smith Took Place in New York Today Largest of the Season. New York.

Dec. "17. The largest wed-din- of the season to date took place trds afternoon in Grace Episcopal church. Three thousand cards had beeri Sued to members of the four hundred and the svvell set general, and or an brhood of the edifice for squares al-ound was congested with carriages, The contracting parties were Miss Fan- nie Tailer. daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. vv.rf N. Tailer. of Washington Square, and one of the leading belles of the past two seasons, and Mr. Sidney Smith, a well-known club mS and who is extremely popular among the young set.

Rev. Dr. Huntington, of Grace church, officiated and wfs assisted by Rev, Dr. Percy Grant of the Church of the Ascension. Each of the ushers wore in his scarf a magnificat pin of diamond the gift of groom The ushers, who represented eight well-known families, were Dudley R.

Wln-throp, Theodore Frelinghuysen, Lis-mnard Stewart, Gordon Paddock. Rq-Und Smith. James W. Appleton. Richard TV Wilson, and Romalne Baldwin Miss Alice Blight was maid nf tonor and Andrew W.

Smith best man The bridal toilette was of white corded silk with embroidery of pearH and Valenciennes lace. MRS. DRAYON MARRIED. London, Dec. Drayton, the daughie? of Mrs.

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Exalted Ruler Approves, of the Recent Lodge of Sorrow. 1 The recent lodge of sorrow, held by Scranfou lodge of Elks, attracted th 1 attention of the grand lodge officers, as following letter from M. D. Detwcll-j cr, irand exalted ruW, will explain: I Office of the Grand Exalted Ruler of th Benevolent and Protective Order cf Elks. D.

Detweiler, Exalted Ruler. Harrisbiirtr. Dec. 12. Prod.

C. Hand. Serar.ion. Pa. Dear Sir and Brother: Your esteemed favor of recent date at hand, also copte of daily papers containing full reportu of your ela'borate and successful memorial services.

Permit me to congratulate yoia upon the excellent Judgment arid good taste displayed in arranging pronrammry I have read with pleasure and Brother Ross' oration, and it is a grtn. Extend to him, as well as others particle patlng in the exercises, my hourty thank for their efforts in upbuilding and elevating our order in northeastern Pennsylvania With kindest regards to all members I have the honor to remain Sincerely and fraternally, Meade U. Detwclletv ANOTHER UNHAPPY WOMAN. Sarah Scott Wishes to Be Divorcee! from Her Husband. Sarah Scott today filed a libel In dl vorce in the prothonotary'a office praying that she be granted a separation, from her husband, Michael Scott.

When--you see It In The Times ft Is so. Subscribe for It. One cent a copjr. Sunday School Pupils. The Hat it Gets the Venerable Rector Into Court Had no Age Limit and the Bible Class Misses Fared as Well as the Primary Department.

New York, Dec. 17. In his defense yesterday P.ev. Thomas P. Hugnes.

rector of the church of tile Holy Sepulchre was forced, unwillingly, to confess that it was- his custom to kiss the girls of his S.mday school, little and big, actuated by feelings of sympathy and latherly affection. Put he stoutly maintained that he never kiss young women. Dr. Hughes is being sued before Justice Daly, in the Supreme court, for 0to damages for assault by one of the form members of his Sunday school. Mary Siavak.

a 1 girl AND HE HAS SIX CHILDREN. Dr. Hughes was called to the stand early in the afternoon. He was married and had six children. He gave thiti acc.Mint of the interview with Siavak, when sh alleges the assault took place: "On the afternoon of March 31 met her outside the church.

The outer door of the church was open. I took her Pi and did not lock the idoor behind me. nor did I lock my study door. After w- were in the room I began to ask her about her age. rer studies and the conditions of life that surrounded her family life.

She told me about them." "Did you lay hands upon her?" "Certainly not." "Did you take hor in your lap?" did rot." ONLY A FATHERLY KISS. "What did you "I rave her one kiss." "How was that "She was standing beside ing. after she had told me me wet p-about her life, and how she feared lest she would have to go to a cigar factory, and I said: 'Poor, little and kissed her; that was all, absolutely all." Lawyer Palmer, for the prosecution, began his cross-examination by askinyr: "What sort of a kiss did you give to the little girl?" "A kiss of sympathy, such as I would give to any little s-virl "Do you consider kissing a little girl a part of your pastoral duty?" "No; I do not." NO ACE LIMIT KISS1NC. "What is your limit on age as to kissing, doctor?" "1 1 have none." "When does a child become a woman In kissing?" "I do not know. I make no inqui.

ies as to ape. "What kind of a kiss do "you give them?" "Such as a father gives to little child." "How many times kiss the girls?" in a year do ou "I do not know. "What ier cent get kisses and what per cent, escape? "I do not know." Witnesses were then called with a view to showing that the Slavaks wanted to blackmail Dr. Hughes. A statement has been issued by the v-stry of Dr.

Hughes' church, in which the charges against him are denounced as infamous. CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS. Vast Throngs Promenade the Streets and Viewed the Stores Many Clever Window Decorations to be Seen. While the approach of the holidays is usually heralded with an extra rush of business, this year has been an exception. in regard to the first two weeks of the month.

Business was to all accounts very slow and merchants who had laid in heavy stocks were dubious over the fact, but with the commencement of tha present week it increased manv fold, until now the streets are filled with one large promenade of Christmas shoppers. Some stores have been forced to en gage extra help to tide them over holidays, and in all the stores the the throngs of buyers are very dense. Wyoming avenue has for two or three days presented a holiday appearance and bet thronged at almost all hours. The many charming window displays here are attracting attention from everybody. Christmas trees are in the market and on nearly every avenue they may be seen, while holly wreaths and bougns of mistletoe adorn the windows of many stores and residences in glad anticipation of the feast in honor of Christ's natality.

On the northeast corner of the Commonwealth building the Suburban Electric Light company have erected a large Christmas tree and decorated it with red white and blue lights. The effect at night time is very pretty. Among the stores that have charming window decorations are Lebeck Corin, Globe Warehouse, Williams McAnulty, Goldsmith's Bazaar, Mears Hagen. Kerr Son, Siebecker Watkins. Hill Connell, Gerson's, Collins Hacketf, Protheroe Watkins.

Muilen Peck, C. J. Weichel. Mer-cereau Connell. the Economy, and many others, too numerous to mention.

STRIKE CONTEMPLATED. The Scranton PHimers' Union Has Made a Demand. I Plumbing circles are all agog over the recent demand made by the Plumbers' union of this city for a uniform rate of $3 per day. They ask that the new scale take effect on January 1. This Is to include all men who have been out of their apprenticeship a year.

This affects about fifteen firms, embracing about seventy-five plumbers. A meeting will be held tomorrow night to take action on the demand. Harry Ounster, of tie firm of Gunster Forsyth, is chairman of the conference committee. If the demand is rejected the plumbers in all probability will go on a strike. GRANTED MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Bernard Ervin Harris, of North Carolina and Benfine Messenger, of Dunmore; Fred W. Messenger and Annie E. Wideman. of Scranton; and Mike Kost, of Forest City, and Maria Baucio, of Olypbant, were granted marriage licensese today. BOUNTY NOT COLLECTIBLE.

Lincoln, Dec. 17. The Supreme court has rendered an opinion on the beet sugar bounty law, which, while not passing: on the constitutionality act, declares the bounty not collectible, inasmuch as the legislature made no specific appropriation for its About $50,000 is involved. The Company Auditors and Inspectors Detected a Deficiency in W. H.

Coon's Accounts how He Has Been Refelving tbc Company of Cash for the Past Two or I Three Years. I W. H. Coons, of 1 401 Price street. wh for the past four years lias been day ticket agent of the Delaware, Lacka- wanna and Western station in this city, was arrested yesterday at the instance of the company.

He is charged with I mbczzlcment. It is claimed that Mr. Coons has defrauded the company out of about $1,500. He was taken into custody by the inspector and entered bail in the sum of $1,500 for his appearance 1 at court. The traveling auditors of the company visited Mr.

Coons' department some time ago and discovered he was 1 short in his accounts. On Monday he was dismissed, pending an investigation, and yesterday he was placed under arrest. The auditors are now working on the accounts, but it will be several days before the exact amount of the shortage will be known. Mr. Coons' methods of appropriating sums to his own account were said to be clever.

The tickets are arranged in the case in numerical order and th: agent is supposed to sell them in order. He, however, has bfen selling tickets from the middle of the stack and relying upon its ahuence being undiscovered, as the auditors scarcely ever inspect the stacks, but simply compute th? number of tickets sold by subtracting from the original number of tickets. As all the various stacks of tickets will have to be examined the exact amount of the shortage will not be known for some time. Mr. Coons admits that it is upwards of $1,300.

auditors think it is more. They also say that it was on account of Mr Coon's long and trusted connection with the company that the traveling auditors satisfied themselves with the cursory examination which permitted him to go undetected so long. On- Monday Mr. Coons was taken into custody by William Morris, inspector and special agent of the Guarantee Company of North America, which institution was on his bond for $5,000. Traveling Auditor A.

T. Brldgeman. of the Delaware, Lat-Kawanna and Western company, and Special Agent Morris, of the Guarantee company, are now going over the accounts to ascertain the exact amount of the shortage. Mr. Coons confessed to them that his pilferings cover a period of two or three years.

Mr. Coons is 40 years of age, and resides with his wife and three children on the West He had been in the Company's employ for twenty-four years and had arisen to chief clerk In the freight department when 'four years ago he was promoted to the position of ticket agent. Mr. Roger Evans qttittr fled as bondsman for Mr. Coons.

WANTS A DIVISION. Joseph lianoick Brings Suit io Equity Against John F. Taylor Were at One Time Partners in the Lumber Business. Joseph Hannick, of Taylor, this morning filed papers in a case in equity against John F. Taylor, with Prothon-otary Pryor.

It seems from the allegations of Han-(nick that he and Taylor were in partnership in the lumber business togetha-r for a number of years, and that oil Jan. 20, they by mutual consent dissolved partnership. At the time of which then- were outstanding accounts on the books amounting to between $6,000 and $7,000. They agre-d to r-main in partnership until this money was collected, and which was to be divided equally between them. The books were turned over ti an attorney to make the collections, but in December, lsyti.

Hannick became dissatisfied with the manner in which th-collections were being made and going to the attorney's office he secured the books and turned them over to Andrew Doles, justice of peace with instructions to collect the money due Later the attorney secured a search warrant and took the books from the office of the justice and gave them into the care of Alderman C. C. Donavaii, who now refuses to give them up. The petitioner therefore prays that a preliminary Injunction be granted restraining the defendant from preventing the orator having access and control over partnership books. He also asks that a receiver be unpointed to receive the funds now outstanding.

SPANISH FLAG BURNED. Several Trained Nurses and Eighty Men Fighting for Cuba. New York. Dec. 17.

The effigy of Weyli and the -Spanish flag were, burned, at Union last night. Several trained nurses and eighty men so far are fighting in Volunteered. Minneapolis, for Cuba. A number of youngsters at Decatur, Michigan, have organized an expedition. A regiment of 1.200 at Tacoma have offered their services to the govern ment in the interest of Cuba's' freedom.

IRRIGATION CONGRESS. Fifteen Minute Addresses Relating to Water Storage in Certain States. Phoenix, Dec. 16. When the irrigation congress resumed its session this morning, minute addresses relating to water storage in the mountain states were delivered by Robert R.

Stanton, of New York; Edward F. Hobart, of Santa, Fe. N. and J. D.

Schuyler, of Los Angeles. Allied to this question was that of pumping or storing water on the plains, and hich was discussed by Professor D. M. Frost-and II. D.

Boyd, presidents respectively bf the Kansas State Board of Irrigation and the University of Oklahoma; W. S. Marshall, of Fort Worth, and Walter H. Graves, of the Crow-Agency in Montana. Of great interst also to those making a study of the question of water supply in arid regions, was the debate on the relation of forests to water supply, which was taken aart in by President George B.

Atherton, of the State college of Pennsylvania, and Professor B. E. Fernow, chief of the- Forestry Division at At tonisht's session the special order is a discussion of the bills submitted by the national executive committee. FIFTEEN PEOPLE KILLED. Munich, Dec.

16. Arr explosion In tho match factory at AschatTenburg, Bavaria, demolished the building and killed fifteen women and girls and seriously injured seven others. Dee. 17. This part of the is in the wicked grin of the blizzard since 1S.S.H.

Heavy snow, a piercing wind, l'ell nil day, Em coaster Dunn promises better today. ui'iiiaiio signals atv Ia i.n the and all ship-was warned to stay in port, as a fog is on the pea in addition to storm. The pour have suffered ter- y. Two deaths are report d. I.

aiis Bressler. one of the victims. at a svv atsliop at No. 7 Pelham last night to escape the sperm. was dressed in rags and was freez- yet he was turned out into the ui.t.

An hour later the night watt h-an who had turned him out heard coming from the dark hallway. tiding' there he found the uncoti- of the man in rags. He i- I to rouse him. but the man toppled and died almost instantly. The man as reeogn ized by the owner the sweatshop as une of his eni- pi James Cully's body was cut to pieces.

remains re all picked up cx-pl the face. This was missing1. subsequently found it. Ue. a.ught it was that of a man who had drunk and had been covered by snow.

His instant thought was i. the man to get up. stooped wn to grasp the man's face. 1 1 liis hovroi there was no nead. 'I'lc was nothing- but a face.

The were missing: the scalp, tins- i i.iii were itit t. He turned the tind over to the police. The man's i had be cut off from the head a h. cl of the engine that passed over 1 MANYHIPS OVERDUE. There are nineteen steamships now here frmi European ports.

This i- an unusually large list, and it contains the names of nine boats that from two to six days overdue. The is moving seaward, directly in the of incoming European steam- Tli'J nnrm down the bay had subdued by 3 o'c lock this afternoon, and storm-bound steamers began to move. The first to pass CjuarinUne i.upviiril was the While Star Liner Ala jest ic. for Liverpool. Shortly thereafter the Noordland.

lor Antwerp, was r- ported passing, and then followed the St. louis. of the American Line, for South Hampton: California for Hamburg, and a number of coasters. The Morgan Line steamer wmcr, ireui -ev Orleans, teas the lirst inward vessel sighted at Sandy Hook. She passed at M.J p.

shortly afterward the Tauric. fr'oni Liverpool, and Mohawk. from London, were spied inside the bar. These two steamers are only a day or so be-vend their regular time. INDEMNITY TO DOCTORS.

A Hill Will Ue Introduced in the Illinois Legislature. Springfield. 111.. Dec. 17.

One of the til st bills to bo introduced at the coming s' ssion of the state legislature, and nevr inimfh. Will be a iiaasure granting the same indemnity to doctors in lnegal as is extended to members of the bar and to religious advisers. During the past two years there have been numbers of notable cases in which physii inns. their will, have- been compelled, while under a on the witness stand, to divulge fi-ssiona! secrets, and it is insisted 1 1 at they have as right to pro-i tion in this regard as have lawyers horn have been confided the sets of their clients or priests who ive been the recipients of confessions ade under pressure of sickness or of death. Considerable data concerning the iv ac corded the members of the ileal profession in this partic ular in states and in foreign countries en collected, and the course of '-islation ill be followed with in- ha ie by the profession throughout the 1 1 THE LIBERAL MINORITY.

Tli" policy to be Determined at the Conference. New York. Dee. 17. A dispatch from London says: The policy of the Lib- minority toward the Tory govern-tia -in during the ensuing session of Par-n ill .1.

termined at the Con ference that opened today at Liverpool i the treneral committee of the Na- tional Liberal Federation. This committee comprises representatives of the Liberal associations of every county in England, and corresponds, except that 1 nnfrt re, In reel. us i.iiweiw ciiiii inii with the national committees of the two great political parties in the Unit- The special object of the present meetnig is to bring the Liberals out of the chaos that has exisfd since the retirement from the leadership of Mr. Gladstone, and to this end the is to be united and more strongly organized, and unanimous support is to be given to whatever pol-iev mav be adopted by the leaders. By eemmo'n consent Sir William Vernon Harcourt is now recognized as the suc-c-snor in the leadership of Lord Rose-b-rv but it is contrary to the practice of the Federation to adopt resolutions declaring any one man the head of the English Liberals.

THE CASINO BURNED. It Was Considered the Finest Building in Pittsburg. Pittsburg. Dec. beautiful and costly Casino building and bridge, which spanned the four-mile run at the main entrance to Sehenley park at Oakland, was burned early this morn-itisr The Casino and contents represented an investment of about $540,000.

The bridge, which was atemporar structure, cos-t about $60,000. The Originated in the Casino from th. bursting of a large ammonia cylinder in the ice machine. The Casino was conceded to be the finest building In the eity. ESTATE OF EDWARD T.

JOHN. Will Admitted to Probate by the Register This Morning. The will of Edward T. John, late of the West Side of thJs city, was admitted to probate this morning: by Kegto-ter of Wills Hopkins, and letters of administration granted to Ann tu. John and John T.

John. The deceased died about a week ago very suddenly. He leaves an estate valued at $12,000 to $15,000. which was bequeathed to his six children in equal proportions..