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Defence Closes Its Case in the
Lattimcr Shooting".
ARGUMENTS BEGIN TON-DAY
Council for the Defence Will Ask the
Court to Dispose of the Case Without
Letting It Go to the Jury—The Final
Arguments.
\Vilkesbarre, Pa., March 5.——The de-
fense in the case of Sheriff Martin and
his deputies closed finally at 11 o’clock
yesterday morning, after recalling
some of the Commonwealth witnesses
to ascertain whether, at the prelim1~
nary hearing last September, they tes-
tified that at the meeting of the strik-
ers at Harwood, on the night before the
shooting, they all agreed not to carry
clubs or weapons of any'kind. Wit-
nesses said they did not think they said'
anything about this feature.
The closing of the defense was then
announced and the Commonwealth’s
witnesses in'rebuttal began their tes-
timony at 12 o’clock.
T. P.: Ryder, I. H. Strauss, and C. R.
Keck, who met the Sheri-ff a. few min-
utes after he reached this city from
the scene of the shooting, said they saw
no mark, or discoloration, or bruise on
the Sheriff’s face.
Joseph Costello was then called. “I
was helping a. wounded striker,” he
said, “when Hess came up. I said:
‘It’s a shame to treat these poor fellows
this way.’ ‘Shut up,’ cried Hess, ‘or
I’ll treat you the same way,’ and he
leveled his gun at me.”
This ended the case for the people.
The counsel for the defense then sub-
, mitted the points which they asked the
Judge to incorporate in his charge.
There were sixteen points.
Judge Woodward then asked the law-
yers how many closing speeches they
desired to make. Each side asked for
two.
It was arranged that James Scarlett
special counsel for the prosecution, will
speak first, beginning this morning. He
will be followed by Messrs. Palmei and
Lenahan‘ for the defense, and the last
. speech will be ,made by District—Attor-
ney Martin.
These will be concluded to-day un-
doubtedly, and then Judge Woodward
will deliver his charge to the jury the
first thing Monday morning.
It is said that after closing their ar-
guments the counsel for defense will
ask the court to dispose of the case
without letting it go to the jury.
Judge Vfoodward’s charge will be
short. “I shall speak for only an hour
and a half,” he said, “and I expect to
commence on Tuesday morning or af-
ternoon.
Then the fate of the rich and p1 ospei—
ous employees cf the millionaire coal
operators who‘ are charged with
slaughtering nineteen half-starved
miners will be left with the jury. What
the verdict will be, of course, n'One can
tell; but the popular impression among
the townspeople, as well as among
those who have been constant attend-
ants at the trial, is that it will be ac-
quittal.
TO PASS THE ARTILLERY BILL.
Committee on Rules to Fix a Time for
Consideration of the hIeasure.
W'ashington, March 5.-—The House
Military Committee has had as-
surances that a. rule will be re-
ported gra'nting time for the discussion
of the bill increasing the artillery by
two regiments, which passed the Sen-
ate some days ago. The Military'Com-
mittee is certain that the bill will be
passed in a short time.
While the Speaker has consented to
the taking up of this bill, be and his
trusted folowers are still determined
to do all they can to counteract the war
spirit in the House. During the past
week Mr. Reed has been talking a great
deal with members, and some of the
Republicans
in resisting the anti-Spanish sentiment,
which is very strong.
It is said that he is making individual
appeals to Republicans not to permit
themselves to be carried away by sen-
timent and emotion, but to stand up
consistently to the policy which has
thus far been followed of holding the
Cuban agitation in check. The grum—
‘blings that have recently been heard on
,“the Repubican side of the House cause
the leaders some uneasiness, and it is
felt that it will prove the most severe ,
strain discipline has yet experienced to ‘
to hold the minorisy of the party in
strict line with the Speaker. It is
believed by some that eventually the ,
managers will be compelled to yield to
popular sentiment.
that the House can be held back
when the report of the Maine Board of
'Inq’uiry has been laid before it.
Senator Hanna Gives a Dinner.
Washington, March 5.—-—Senator
T11»;- tablc was decorat—
nnd mignonette and
lington Hotel.
ed with plumes
wer used to beautify the apartment on
all sides. The guests were Postmaster- ;
Secretary .
General and Mrs.- Gary,
Bliss, Secretary and Miss Wilson, Jus—
tice and Mrs. McKenna, Senator and
Mrs. Cullom, Senator and Mrs. Lodge,
Senator and Mrs. Wetmore, Senator
and Mrs. Burrows. Judge: and Mrs.
Day, Mr. and Mrs. Beach, Mr. and Mrs.'
Huldekoper, Mr. and iurs. William El-
lery Curtis, Col. and Mrs. Bates, Sena-
tor Platt, Judge Thompson, Mrs. Lei-
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Miss Phelps
and Mrs. ares-.snor.
Hanged for the. 31‘: order of 1". Farmer.
Boston, March 5.-—-Lorenzo W. Barnes
was hanged in the East Cambridge jail '
yesterday for the umrder, on Dec. 17,
1896, of John Deane. a farmer, of May-
nard. Deane was 25 years old. ,Barnes
killed him with an ax and robbed the
body. Barnes made a. confession, with-
out going into details, saying he
couldn’t recollect them.
Luetgert Will Mill Make Sausage.
Chicago, March 5.——-Luetgert, the wife
murderer, has been told the task se-
lected for him during his life imprison-
ment. It- is the intention of the Joliet
Penitentiary officials to manufaceure
"sausage for use In the prison.and Laet-
gert will have charge of the work._'.l‘he
k
are authority for the i . . .
statement that he is making a. personal : country, about fifteen 1n all, are in the
canvass for recruits to support him combmation. . _
‘ not 1n the combination.
It is not thought ‘
and 3 . ,
Mrs. Hanna entertainedlast evening a ; me that the Italian, who rushed up to
party of thirty-two guests at the ,Ar- 1
i prowling
while potted plants ’
M’COY KNOWCKS outshiémvf"
Middle “’eight Champion Puts the Call-
fornian Out in the Second Round.
Memphis, Tenn., March S—Kid Mc-
Coy knocked Nick Burley out, in the
second round at. Hot Springs at 1.45
yesterday afternoon. The fighting was
fast and furious. The knockout blow
was a left hook on the neck, .which
floored Burley, and he was counted out.
’ The fight took place at Whittington
Park in the open air and was witnessed
by 1,200 spectators, including about 25
ladies. Bat Masterson of Denver was
the referee. .
. The seconds for McCoy \\ ere Doc
Payne, Billy Layton and Tom Galvin;
for Burley, Jack Grace, Fred Campbell
and Paddy 0’ Tool.
McCoy entered the ring at 12.30 p. m.
amid loud chering. He was followed
by Burley, and the cheers were divided.
The gong sounded at 12.40.
First Round—McCoy led and landed,
left.
was the aggressor.
jaw and stopped a. left lead. Burley
countered with a left-hand hook. Mc-
Coy forcing Burley across the ring.
Burley landed a heavy right over the
heart. An exchange of blows and
clinch followed. McCoy put three lefts
Burleyled and missed. McCoy
He landed left on
CHARLES (KID) M’COY.
on the jaw in quick succession. Bur-
ley landed a. left and McCoy a. right.
McCoy landed a right over the heart,
and swung hand on the mouth. First
blood for McCoy. The round ended in
a rally. McCoy was cool and confi—
dent. It was McCoy’s round.-
Second Round—McCoy led and miss-
ed. Burley' landed light on McCoy’s
jaw, but Burley was going. McCoy
led with his left and fell short, then
landed a left on the jaw. Burley was
bleeding profusely from the mouth. Mc—
Coy planted his left on the stomach
and repeated the dose twice. Burley
was groggy . Burley swung with his
left, but did no damage. Both were
fighting hard. McCoy feinted with his
'left and followed with a. heavy right
on Burley’s jaw. Burley fell and was
counted out. Time of last round one
minute and forty seconds.
The contest was to have been decid-
ed at the Hot Springs Athletic Club
Thursday .night for a purse .of $2,500, of
which the winner was. to ,receive_$2,000,
but. Thursday afternoon the Governor
of the State, having an idea that__the
contest was to be a prize fight, refused
to allow it to come off. and notified. the
Sheriff of Hot Springs, who in turn in-
formed the officials of the club that ,the
bout would not be allowed» to- take
place
The officials . of the club felt very
much disapointed at the sudden turn
of affairs, but notified the fighters that
they would surely pull off the contest
yesterday, and for the boxers .to be in
the vicinity of the clubhouse and to' be
ready at any time to fight.
BIG wens TRUST.
Rod and Nail Interests Are Concentrated
With $50,000,000 Capital.
New York, March 5.—Plans for a
combination of the steel wire, rod and
nail manufacturers were, practically
completed at a’ meeting held in the
VValdorf—Astoria yesterday. The com-
bination will represent about $50,000,000
in capital, and be known as theAmeri-
can Steel and Wire Company. The larg-
est steel wire and rod companies in the
Five small concerns are
Although Judge E. H. Garry ofChi—
cago, who is the leader in the consoli-
dation, would not name the obdurate
concerns yesterday, he said they are
located in Oregon, Illinois, Ohio, Penn-
sylv anie and New York. About 20, 000
men will be employ c-- l by the combina-
: tion, but as the export trade in steel
wire, rods and nails is ,expected to be
largely increased through the combine;
tion it is likely that the number of
\\ mkmen will soon be inc1eased.
The final meeting of the projectors
of the combination will be held on April
1. Then the officers of the combination
will be selected. George T. Oliver of
Pittsburg is likely to become the presi-.
dent of the concern.
After Sagasta’s Life.
Madrid, March 5.—Great excitement
prevailed here yesterday over reports
that an attempt had been made to as-
sassinate Premier Sagasta. The facts
Sagastas caniage a month ago and
1111 eaten d hini’ with a. club, was found
and was arrested. The police believe
they have nipped an‘Anarchistic plot
in the bud. Suspected men are being
shadowed and a. number of houses have
already been searched.
3 No Currency Reform Bill.
Washington, March 5.——The House
Committee on Banking and Currecny
has ceased to have meetings. This
leads most of the members to conclude
that no currency reform bill will be re-
ported this session, in the face of the
fact that the big financiers of the
country have not given up all hope
that something will be done. It- is
claimed that a sub-committee are still
at work, and they promise to report
later a. measure to the full committee.
Boutelle’s Belief Bill Recommended.
Washington, March ‘5.—The House
Committee on Naval Affairs agreed
yesterday on the Boutelle bill for the
relief of the victims" and survivors of
the Maine disaster, and authorized the
chairman to report it to the House,
with a recommendation for its passage
Japan’s Strong Demand.
London, March 5.—~A dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Tien-tsin, China, says:
“J apan‘has addressed a. note to Rus- -
sia demanding an immediate and ex-‘
plicit statement on the question of the
continued occupation of Port Arthur.
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TACTICS THAT WON.
How Old Bluntly Won the Election with
a Whoop.
“I’ll nevei forget when we had
tl'c'l Bluntly at the head of our Gam-
oaign Committee,” said the ex-Con-
gressman, Who recently retired from
politics. “All -we put him there for
was as a figurehead. He was honest,
eti'aightforward and universally trust-
ed by the people. “’e simply wanted
:he benefit of his reputation, intending
:0 make the fight without any of his
1elp. -
.“But the old chap fooled us. He took
the thing in deadly earnest and
watched things with the care of a lo-
:omotive engineer hauling. :1. fast pas-
;enger train. He believed in doing
werything above board and was :1 bo-
nanza to reporters. When :1 1111111 of
some prominence on the other side pre-
tended to be converted to 0111's and
made :1 dramatic demonstration at 11.
his change .of
heart, Bluntly gave it out that 1110. fel-
‘ow had been hired to play the. part,
and was :1 rank hypocrite. When we
ind made terms with 11. lot of repeat-
ers to come in and help us out, Bluntly
exposed the scheme and called the at-
‘cntion of the nuthoities to it in a way
'hey could not ignore. When we
)011g11t up the leaders of 11 certain 01'—-
ionization promising so much for
each vote deliveredfrom that source,
Bluntly called attention to the conspir-
icy and declared that he would prose-
?utc bribers and bribed if it were, car-
'ied out.”
"Wliewl Did the fellows on your
:ic-kct know they were running?"
"Did tliey?We swept the board. Not
111 ofiice got away. Bluntly‘s 110n-
esty was so novel and refreshing that
the people were tickled beyond ex-
pression. They couldn’t, believe that
1, man of his nerve and integrity could
be indorsing the wrong ticket and it
went with a whoop.”~—Dctroit Free
Press. "
TO PREVENT “KNOCKING DOWN.”
3flow Street Car Fares Are Collect-ed in
Toronto.
01' the many devices employed by
street railway companies to compel
conductors to turn in all the fares
which they collect the self-registering
clock, operated by a cord, is the great
favorite. One of the least known
r1ieees of apparatus used for the. same
purpose is in service on the trolley
2211's in Toronto. The conductors there
are permitted to change a bill or coin,
11111 to sell :1 bunch of tickets, but not
'0 receive into their hands the fore it-
self. Instead they are required to ex-
1e11d toward the passenger an odd-look-
ing metallic receptacle into which he
)1- she thrusts the money or ticket.
This collection-box is shaped sane-
thing like a pint pitcher or syrup cup,
without a spout. The: only visible
opening is through -a narrow chamber
which surmounts the cover. A slot,
lust long and wide enough to admit a
Canadian dime or half-dime or a ticket,
pierces the top of this chamber, which
serves as an ante-room to the main
reservoir below. The passenger hav—
’11g made his deposit, the conductor i11-
;pects it through the glass sides of the
51111111 compartment in which it tem-
porarily reposes, and then, it' satisfied,
'10 presses a button and thereby dumps
'he fare into the larger box un-
derneath. A side door, unlocked only
by some representative of the financial
department of the company, at the
close of the day’s service, provides for
the eventual authorized removal of the
contents.
A BAD TRAP FOR BURGLARS.
Horrible Devices for the Punishment of
‘ Safe Breakers.
Applications have been made to the
Patent Office in Washington for the
protection of three inventions to dis-
courage burglary and more especially
train robbery. They provide punish-
ments compared with which the.tor-
tures of the Inquisition were more pas-
times. ,
The penalties are electrical. Those
who make use of them may choose be-
tween scnlding a burglar to death, fill-
ing him full of lead, or merely shock- _
ing him into unconsciousness, if it is
not desired to execute him by machin-
cry.
The best device is quite original. It
provides for a kind of trap-door di-
rectly in iront of a safe. placed in
such a position that it will be impossi-
ble for the burglar to reach the safe
unless he steps upon it. Directly he
touches this trap the robber will be en
veloped in hissing blistering steam.
The purely electrical protector is
more interesting. It can be adjusted
so that it will paralyze maim or kill,
15 is desired. A powerful electric bat-
tery is connected with the safe. In
front of the safe is a steel mat. When
the thief stands on the mat and
touches the knob or any part of the
safe he will receive a shock that will
put an end to his energy—New York
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first of next week. We must make room for them, so we
will sell all our Winter Dress: Goods at—-—--r
Half Price.
290 Checks and Fancies,
Saturday and Monday, I so.
fi$1.25 Mohair and Wool
suitings, 50 inches wide,
63c.
Domestic Goods
12vlc mottled flanncls 7e.
8e white domet flannel 5c.
10c dress ginghams Ge.
70 brown sheeting 50.
Great Slaughter of Winter
Underwear. Good for next
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180 pieces of men’s odd ‘shirts' and
drawers, fleeced grey and white wool,
and some part W001—7W01'i1h 500, 65c and
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Men’s extra fine shirts and drawers,
all of our well known brands, none
worth less than $1.50 a few worth $2.00
in grey, white and scarlet, you can’t
make a mistake—all at one price, 750.
Kitchen Dept
750 Nickel plated tea kettle 53c.
$1.98 carpet sweepers warranted for
one year $1.29.
87c white ware ewers and basins, 590.
$1.98 Family size wringers $1.09.
350 N o. 2 oval chopping bowls 19c.
39c Wood fibre water pails 250.
First quality steel knives &. forks
ebony handle 750. set.
490 French rat traps 25c.
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Ladies wool vest-s, short sleeves.
Ladies scarlet pants and ladies merino
pants, regular price, 500, 75c and $1.00,
all at one price 380.
750 Blk. Fancies,Mohair
and Wool. It’s a shame to
sell them, 37 Inc.
490 Plaids and Mixtures,
25'c.
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Everything in Ladies and Misses
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$ 7.00 Collarette $ 3.50.
17.00 “ 8.50.
18.00 “ 9.00.
27.00 “ ‘ 16.00.
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Price
$15.00 Black Kerseys, $7.50.
15.00 Two toned boucle, $7.50.
_ 15.00 Rough Jackets, 7.50.
5.00 Capes, $2.50. 4
3.00 Capes, $1.50.
49.00 Electric seal, $25.00.
7.00 Kersey Jackets, 83.50. x
16.00 Tan Kersey'Jackets, $8.00.
17.00 Blouses, $8.00.
12.00 Blouses, $6.00.
18.00 Plush capes, $9.00.
24.00 Plush capes, $12.00.
10.00 Children’s Jackets, $5.00.
5.00 Children’s Jackets, $2.50.
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