Pittston Gazette

              nn^'ViAHT fmiwton, pa./ wkontohay/m a y_:D:s, mm. " Jr." WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE DOME PAPER Forecast Until 8 p. m. Tomorrow for I "or the People of Plttston and Eastern Pennsylvania. Vicinity. Fair tonight and Thursday. ALL TIIE HOME NEWS. S3 i \ 8 PAGES 56TH YEAH. I W1SKKLY K8' 1 DAILY EST. BY T* HELD FOR TAKING A NEW BORN CALF Tliree Men Humid Over For Court on HUGHES' SPEECH. IlisU fc ' " JKUWNtU. TALE OF HORROR. HORRIBLE DEATH. TO LICENSE CORPORATIONS. LEPROSY CURED. A K\'M" ' r , , Body of Creator of )'u __ "Custer's Last Bill Providing For National Supervi- sion to Be Laid Before Congress. New V ork, Muy 23.—Pound floating Id the East river, tlie body of John Mulvany, painter and poet, was identified. In the pockets of ids clothing was a miniature of his most famous painting of "Custer's Last Itally" and the rough draft of a poem. Mystery surrounds the death. Rally" Found In East River. t'liusuni Cliiirge^—Animal Foiiiid Washington, May 28.—Tne administration is preparing to lay a corporation license bill lief ore congress before the close of tills session. W New York Murderess Talis Insurance Inquisitor Tells in the House Automobile Crashed Into Remedy for Dread Disease .Three foreigners, George Hice, John Umliskie a*id William Moleski, were held" under bail at a hearing before Alderman ijoyie last evening, charged with the larceny of a calf. Klee was asked iCD furnish $1,000 and the other men $500 each. They secured bondsmen. The prosecutor In the ease is James O&Magher, of Upper Pittston, and his story was to the effect that a cow owned by iiim gave birth to a calf In a field and that next morning, whein lie went to see the calf It had disappeared. He saw footprints, however, anil with some others traced them over the Karnum culm dumf and to the house of Rice. By right of a search warrant the house was gone through and the calf found in a rear room. The defense was that the calf had wandered to the home of Klce. The story of the defendants failed to convince the alderman, hC»w-t-ver, ahd he bound them over. Fast Moving Train. The president won Id be pleased if the bill that will be introduced shortly were passed at this session, but it Is pretty well understood that the leaders lu congress will insist that it shall go over until next fall. , Discovered. of Results. Her Story ' VOICE MADE HER KILL OCCUPANTS KILLED. FEATURES OF CURE. NEW YORK'S EXAMPLE. John Mulvany, rising from errand boy to a painter of such repute as to gain a decoratlort from the king of Bavaria, known throughout the world for his vivid buttle scenes, hud gained for himself a most comfortable competence. Despite this he chose to live in n squalid section of Williamsburg, chiefly inlmblted by Italians, lie disappeared six weeks ago. According to the bill, corporations having a capital stock in excess of and dealing in meats and their products, coal and their products, iron and steel anil their products, oil and its product, etc.. shall be required to take out licenses from the bureau of corporations and shall consent to examinations by the federal government at regular Intervals. Will be Followed by Various Says God Influenced Her to Two Employes of Robert Three Patients Discharged States Seek Revenge Collier Met Death. as Healed. New Orleans, May 23.—News that would, have been welcome when the world was young and which even today will briiitf joy to thousands of sufferers the world over was given out by the board of control of the State Houie For Lepers in an announcement to Governor Hlancliard that at last a positive cure for leprosy had been found and that three patients afflicted with the disease for years had lieen discharged. All three cures had been effected in the home, it was reported, and eleven others were on the road to New York, May 23.— Charles E. Hughes, for the tirst time since he was appointed counsel of the Armstrong legislative committee, publicly discussed the work of reforming the life insurance business. It was at a banquet at the Hotel Bavoy given by the Life Underwriters of New York to the executive committee of the national assocln- A niece of Mr. Mulvany told of her uncle's career. He came when twelve years old to this country from Ireland. I£e obtained employment as an errand boy, but spent most of his time drawing pictures and making skeletons of anything that came to hand. One day a visitor in the store saw him at work, was attracted by it and became Ills patron. He sent the young Irish lad to Munich. Paris. Amsterdam and The Hague, where he attracted wide attention by his rapid progress. New York, May 23.—"Anything the voice told we to dq I felt that I must do.' The voice told me to kill my uncle and aunt, and I killed them." New York, May 23.—The crossing at the railroad depot In Westbury, L,. I., was the scene of a frightful accident yesterday afternoon when a 60-horse power afitomoblle belonging to Kobert J. Collier dashed beneath the Port Jefferson express, of the Island rail- road It is understood that the president Intends to push tor u federal license law. This was tha climax of Josephine Terranovn's recital ou the witness stand of the wrongs she had suffered, a narrative of such revolting details that members of the Jury which Is trying her for murder in part one of the criminal branch of the supreme court-covered their faces with their hands, More Facts Against Oil Trust. road Washington, May 'Si.—Commissioner of Corporations Jitines It. tint-field stated that lie would submit to the president further information on the result of his investigation of the oil industry. It has not yet been determined, however, whether this will be in one single report or several separate reports. tion. BAER'S ODD SPEECH. in the automobile \Vere George Bishop, the chauffeur, and Fred. Whitehead, valet of Mr. Collier. The two men were dragged under the train and their bodies were horribly mangled. The big automobile was smashed Into bits and that the train which was running at the rate of 60 miles an hour wasyi't derailed is considered miraculous by those who witnessed |he .accident. The members of this boily are the lending life Insurance agents of the Country, the inen who will lose immense sums through the reductions in commissions enforced by the Armstrong legislation. During the Investigation Mr. Hughes was exonerated by these meu, who regarded him as the destroyer of their livelihood. When he arose to speak at the banquet lie was cheered again aud again. Looking the twelve men who held her fate straight in the eyes and rising noxv ami again to flights of dramatic eloquence,' the girl defendrtnt, with no hesitancy and in a manner that drove every word s1hD uttered home, told lier story of the circumstances impelling her to murder her uncle, (iaetauo ltiggio, and his wife in the little bakeshop in the Bronx. In the nendeftiy In Munich ho outstripped all his fellows, and It was there that the king of Bavaria gavo him a gold medal. "Every Railroad is Rotten but Mine," He Says recovery. 'Hie board not only nnnouneed that the successful treatment had beeu dis covered, but divulged the drills em ployed—it'll thy 01, chlorate of potash, strychnine, salicylate of soda, chaul moogra oil and arsenic. It detailed also the other essential features. Including dally hot baths, nourishing food and open air life, so physlclaiis In all parts of the globd Immediately might begin curing leprous patients. His most famous works were "Custer's Last llally," "The Trial of a Horse Thief," "Love's Mirror," "Cavalry Fight of the Battle Aghrlin." "MacPherson and Revenge" and "I.o-gan Housing His Men at the Battle of Atlanta." CZAR TO PROCLAIM AMNESTY Ciiiii|Mires Ills Officials With Tliosc of The two men were speeding in the machine to the Meadow Bnook club with the polo trappings of Mr. Collier. A scrub or practice was scheduled and Mr. Collier had left his country place 011 the Whitney estate at Wheatl.v Hills and gone to the polo with his ponies and grooms. It was some time later that the valet got all of Mr. C'olliw'B things packed up and placed in the automobile. Only Terrorists Will Be Excluded In Oilier Lines nt. it Birthday Party Pardon Decree. Public Demands Economy. of the Heading Co.'s Secretary . St. Petersburg, May 23.—The long awaited political amnesty will, It is learned from a government source, be proclaimed on,May 27, the anniversary of the coronation of Emperor Nicholas II. In liis speech Mr. Hughes declared It would he Idle and fatuous 011 the part of the agents to strive for larger commissions, as the public was determined to have economy of management in the companies. He predicted that other states would regard the new insurance laws of New York as a model worthy of Imitation and would enact legislation which In the end would give uniformity throughout u greater part of the country. She told how her husband had driven her away when she confessed to hill) that ltigglo had ruined her. Held in Philadelphia Among the many papers found in one of the inside pockets of a second coat on the body was a rough draft of u poem, apparently written by the deceased, entitled "A Whisper From the Firing Line." JiUst Kveiling, Long Believed Incurable, "When my husband drove me out," Josephine testified, "and I was alone In the deserted flat I was-afraid. 1 could see my uncle In the spirit, I feared him. The voice called to me to kill him. Every night I saw him and every bight the voice came." George F. Baer, President of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway, last .evening in stinging words paid his respects to officers of all other railroad companies who, he said, while holding other people's money practically in trust, accepted gifts or bribes from other corporations. * A certain cure for consumption alone coy Id rival the importance of that for leprosy, and that only because the white plague affects a much larger number of persons than does the older scourge. Leprosy for thousands of years lias been regarded us Incurable. The Bible refers to It as the superla tive of uucleaullness, and cures by Jesus of Nazareth ranked among tile most marvelous of New Testameut The exact scope of the measure has not as yet been determined. It will, as anticipated, be limited, but the Constitutional Democratic party is prepared, though grudgingly, to accept the act of grace, from which terrorists are excluded, recognizing, though not publicly, that the government is justified in refusing to set at large men who will be as ready In the future as they have been ill the past to shoot down or blow to pieces hated representatives pf authority. The two were delayed in getting started and the driver sent the machine ahead at great speed. It shot through the village of Westbury. The automobile struck the tracks as the express train thundered by. The low front of the car ran right under the second coach of the train. There was a terrific roar and crash as the big machine was dragged under the rear trucks. The machine was torn into fragments, and the two occupants were dragged under the train for a distance of 300 yards, where their bodies were, found. BASEBALL So saying the girl clinched her hands and looked In mute appeal to the Jury- "All railroads are rotten but the Heading," was the burden of his cry. Mr. Hughes referred briefly to the investigation and then said: Results of Games Played In National, American and Eastern Leagues. men "Fundamentally the question was presented as to the proper control of our great life insurance companies. According to the law of their being, they are not or oligarchic; they are democratic, and nothing is of greater Importance than that every one connected with the administration of n mutual company should realize first and always Ills responsibility to the policy holders, who are the beneficiaries of his work. NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Chicago—New York, 8: Chicago, 2. McGlnnlty, Bresnahan; Wicker, Pfelnter, Kling, Moran. At Cincinnati—Brooklyn, 4; Cincinnati, 6. Mclntyre, Bi-rgen; Chech, Sohlel. At Pittsburg- Boston, 0; PlttHburg, 1. Dorner, Ntedhain; Leever, Gibson. At St. Louis—Philadelphia, 7; St. Louis, 0. Plttinger. Dooin; Thompson, Raub. "Did you talk to Qod all those days nights?" asked former Judge I'alniierl, the girl's counsel. Says 8he Talked to God. He declared thill the Heading company would not tolerate for one instant on the part of its officers graltuiting. and added that the Heading Is the most honest railroad system In the country. He almost shouted that if other railroad companies were as honest as his that there would not now be art investigation sweeping over the country arousing the people. miracles. Efforts to fight the dread disease have beet) recorded in history as the most glorious self sacrifices of auy age. The fate of Father I)amien, who gave his life to the lepers of a lonely island and died from the malady himself, tilled hundreds of columns in the newspapers of two hemispheres. One need seek no further than the convincing pages of "Ben-IIur" to sense the awful, hopeless isolation of lepers in ancient as in modern times. Koine's laws and those of other old countries required the leper on the approach of a sound man to wave him back With the warning, "Unclean!" "Yes," she replied. "I am a girl seventeen years old, with no father, no mother, no one to talk to but God; no one to listen to.but the voice. 1 prayed. 'Oh, my (Jod, if It is the devil's voice that speaks make it g;D away; if it Is yours I will obey.' Tlieu I went to; Itiggio, and he told me to go upstairs with him. The voice says 'CJo.' Then ltlgKio tokl me I am an outcast, and I stall my aunt and him." Kansas City, Mo., May 23.—The demurrer of the Burlington railway denying the jurisdiction of the government in export freight rates was overruled in the Uulted States circuit court. The decision is of great importance to shipping interests and of particular weight at present because it tends to destroy the contention of the railways that export rates need not be made public. It means, too, that the Burlington railwuy and the other railroads, corporations and persons indicted here iu December must stand trial on the charge of accepting rebates. The trial of the Burlington was set for May 31. Government Controls Export Freights. For some time after the accident Mr. Collier and the other polo players were at the Meadow Brook club grounds ignorant of what had happened. The game was delayed, as the most of the paraphernalia for the players was in the wrecked automobile. When the news of the accident reached the club the game was immediately Nailed oCL' and players and spectators hurried to the scene of the fatality In automobiles and on horse- STANDING OF THE CLUBS. W. L. PC. Chicago... 25 12 .076 Cincinnati 16 20 .4-11 Now York 1.2 11 St. Louiii. 14 19 .424 PittsburfeT- 1H 13 .581 Boston..«• VI 21 .3tD4 Phila'phia 10 15 .571 Brooklyn. 9 25 .205 W. I*. P.C The Heading is eagerly awaiting investigation, according to Mr. Haer, who said that while he realized that at the present time the people might be as suspicious' of the Heading as of other railroads, the time would sunn come when they would be able to compare Ihe'lnSfiesty of one management with the facts regarding the others. "It lias been the endeavor to put the insurance business on its own footing, to divorce It from other businesses with which It has no proper relation and to establish it as an Insurance business upon a proper foundation. An Important man In Insurance circles told me* the" other day that one of the great sources of wrongdoing had been uinbltlon for financial power. AMERICAN LEAGt.'F At New York—C'IiIcuko, 2: New York, S. Smith. Sullitun; Oi'th. Kiel now. At HoBtdrf-IVtrolt, «; Ronton, 3. Siover, Schmidt; Harris, CJrah«m "Which ill»l you stab first?" she was askeil "1 don't reinentber,*'Bile *tldied At. Philadelphia—Cleveland, 8; Phlladel phliq 5. joss, Clarke; Header, Schreck. At Washington—St. Louis, ti; Washing ton, 4. Smith, Rickey; SudliolY, Heydon. "You (lid not run iiwnj'V" Scores of prominent railroad men who had attended the 11 ft let h birthday dinner of \V. R. Taylor, secretary of the Philadelphia and Reading c«ynpany, at the Bellevue-Stratford, Philadelphia, last evening and who listened to Mr. Baer's after-dinner speech ,appeared (lasted. They realized that the comparison drawn by Mr. Haer must be aimed, among others, at the Pennsylvania railroad, which is regarded In railroad clVcles as the overlord of the Reading. back Three Patients Healed. "No. I bail iuD reason for running nwn.v, for God told me to avenge my honor, and I did. A few days later the police caine and not me at my mother's house. I have been in prison here pver since, and even in prison 1 have heard and I now hear the voice saying, 'Well done,' and 1 hear Itiggio and Ooncetta cr.i'lng 'Forgive, forgive.' I say 1 cannot forgive." The bodies of the two men were turned over to a local undertaker and prepared for buri'al. The board of the lepers' home withheld its report until certain not only that leprosy could be cured, but that the disease could be arrested at any stage. It knew two years ago that cures could be achieved In certain cases, but determined to avoid raising false hopes, so waited until the treat incut had been tested by patients of all ages and all degrees of the scourge. The three patients discharged as cured were thirteen, thirty and fifty years STANDING OF THE CUIUS Business Out of Politics. w. l. p.C\ w. I.. P.O. Phlla'phla 20 9 .690 St. Louis. 15 15 ,5ui Cleveland. 17 9 .054 Chicago... 13 14 .4X1 New York 15 13 ,53d Waah'ton. 13 1C» .44' Detroit...'. 15 13 .&3tD Oust on.... ti ii .19i The crossing where the accident occurred is one of the most treacherous on Ixmg Island. Automobillsts ordinarily are cautious In approaching It. It was at this same crossing that Henry Founder, the French driver, was injured with several others that were following W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., in marking out the course for the first Vanderbilt cup race two years ago. The two men who were killed were about 30 years old. Bishop, thu driver, was married. Both men were liked by Mr. Collier, who was greatly broken up over the accident. "It has also been sought to divorce tile life insurance business from polities. There is no reason why the life insurance companies should lie banded together lu a systematic effort to cjiii trol a large part of the legislation ol' this state or of other states. There is no reason why for fear of mischief through legislation there should be un oblique approach to legislators. Stole Wife's False Teeth, Tacoma. Wash., May 23—Tacomn claims to have one of the meanest men In the state ot Washington. Mrs. Ida A. Abelson has been granted a divorce from her husband, Simon, who. she alleged, borrowed money to get the marriage license when they were married four years ago and who, when he deserted her a short tluie ago, borrowed all the money she had and then stole her false teeth to get a small amount of gold from the plates. EASTERN LEAGUE. At Montreal—Jersey City, 3; Montreal, 2. At Toronto—Providence, 3; Toronto, ti. At Buffalo—Baltimore, 4; Buff.ilo, 9. At Rochester—Newark, 2; Rochester, L Ro impressive was the seventeen year-old girl's manner In relating the story of her terrible degradation that within a few minutes after she began her testimony a woman reporter fainted and had to be assisted from the STANDING OF THE CLUBS. The "holler than thou" altitude taken by Mr. Haer recalled to some of thfc guests other famous utterances of the president of the Reading, and his letter upon "Divine right," and they believed that the echo of his speech would be heard far outside the walls of the dining room, especially at this time, when public attention is "centered upon the coal carry- w. l. r.«'- w i.. p.c. Buffalo.... 14 1/ .Gt!7 Jersey C'y 'J 1» 47. Newark... 13 n .019 Provi'ence 10 12 .4t£ Baltimore. 11 10 .524 Montreal.. 10 13 ,43c Rochester. 9 10 . 474 Toronto... 7 13 ,35( "There is no reason why efforts should be made by political contributions or by the purchase of those who are supposed, to have Influence In political affairs that the Insurance companies or thi»ir managers should seek to safeguard the interests of the policy holders. The |»olicy holders do not require It at their hands." In addition the board waited until the medical men of the institution said they had arrested eight other cases showing no symptom save pigmentation and three cases In which the destruction of flesh Clid bone already had set in when treatment was begun. room In lu*r testimony the young woman, jvho Is not yet seventeen, told how her Uncle and aunt for many years made her a slave by eonipelllftg her to do all the household work for them and a houseful of boarders. Before she was twelve, she said, her uncle mishandled her. Washington, May 23. — Disquieting advices received by the state department relative to revolutionary movements in the West Indies directed against the administration of President Caceres of Santo Domingo led to a conference between officials of the state and navy departments. Details of these movements are vague and are difficult of access, hut It is gathered that in substance they Indicate that ex President Morales, who for some time had disappeared from the scene of activity, is now at or near St. 'Thomas and is making a determined effort to expel Caceres and regain the presidency of Santo Domingo. Trouble Feared In Santo Domingo. TEMPLE IRON CO. RUMOR SPECIAL NOTICES WITH TOUR SPRING DRESS ing railroads. or shirt waist you'll doubtless want Additional local Importance Is added to the report by the fact that the spread of leprosy throughout the state Is mentioned. In fact, so serious Is the situation as regards not only Louisiana, but the country at large, that the establishment of a national hospital for lepers is suggested earnestly. By some of the officials Mr. Raer's frank claim .to superior honesty for his road was taken to Indicate that the railroads, dismayed by the prob; ing now in progrefts, have fallen out among themselves and that each Is scrambling to flean lis own skirts. That such a course might lead to farreaching results was "frequently "mentioned.Company May Take Over All Anthracite Holdings. pome new jewelry, belt buckles, shirt Mr. Hughes then explained why it was necessary to restrict the expenses of the companies and continued: waist sets fancy buttons or pins, beads, Our assortment at this "We have ■been fortunate despite the extravagances that have been disclosed, despite the evils that have been seen, in" having great solvent institutions brought under our observation. STARVING BABE POUND ON DOOR STEP season is much larger than we have The Scranton Truth says that on account of the agitation at present to prevent railroads from owning or dealing in any of the commodities they handle in their capacities as common carriers, the suggestion has been made that the coal lands of the anthracite railroads be separated from the latter companies and handled by the Temple Iron company. The new federal law divorces the coal carrier from the coal producer. If this law shall be adjudged to extend to the separation of Reading, Lackawanna, Lehigh Valley and the other railroads from the local lands, then a way must be found to hold these lands in- some other way. Hence the suggestion that the anthracite lands be pooled In a separate corporation. When Kcrnntoji Family Answered Door ever carried before and you will find many exclusive patterns among tbt Rockefeller's Stomach All Right. "1 believe that we are entering upon a new era in connection with this business. 1 lielievc most confidently that what has been done has not heenfdcstruetlve, but constructive; that the emotion ami excitement which have been stirred up have been converted into a power for the correction of evy." Hell Lust Night Tltcy Found Hiin- display. Prices range to suit, 'your New York, May 22k—For many years the public, and the cartoonists especially. have had an entirely erroneous notion of John D. Rockefeller's health, according to a statement made by his physician, lDr. Paul Allen. The popular notion has long been that the oil king Is a dyspeptic, a man who was growing thin and haggard, who could eat nothlug but milk, eggs or oatmeal and was a chronic Invalid. Nothing, according to lDr. Alleu, could be further from the truth. die Containing Baity Boy CASTLE WON'T GO OUT. purse. Whether you want somethln A month-olil male baby, weakened by hunger and lack of attention, was found last evening on the door Step of the residence of Thomas Mc- OoulUrlck, of Mulberry street. Scranton. The child was barely able to utter a cry, owing to Its weakness. It was clad In stylishly made garments. By Its side was a bottle half full of milk, List it was evident that the child had not touched it. About 11 o'clock last night the door bell of the McGouldrick house rang. A member of the family answered the bell and when she o|Dcned the door saw a white bundle on the doorstep. Investigation revealed the babe. The police were notified of the find, and the babe was taken to St. Joseph's Foundling Home. Efforts are being made by the police to discover who left the child on the doorstep. Evidently it came from a well-to-do family, as the clothes were qultesexpenslve. The child is In a very delicate condition and 11114' ,u'1 survive. However. It Is being given the best of oaro at the foundling home. high-priced or moderate-priced we can In a final effort to control the Prohibition convention and force the nomination of John Weaver for Governor, the political managers of the Mayor last night hastily summoned Homer L. Castle to Philadelphia to urge him to withdrafr In the interest of the Philadelphian. Mr. Castle has been indorsed fo* the Prohibition nomination for Governor by many county conventions throughout the State. A two hours' conference was held, at which Mr. Castle and L. 1«. Kavanson, one of the leaders of the out-and-out Prohibitionists, represented the Prohibition workers! and former Director Of Supplies Frederick J Shoyer and Albert E. Turner urged the cause of the Mayor., Mr. Castle absolutely declined to take himself out of the tield, and 1«D# for Hitrrlsburg. confident that he will head the cold water ticket. * please you. Costs you nothing to call and sjee the display Newport News, Va., May 211, - The first class battleship Louisiana left here for the Norfolk navy yard, where she will i»e turned over to the goviDrn meut. The Louisiana is the first to be delivered in competition between gov eminent and private yards in the building nice, which bus been on foi nearly two years. 'Hie Connecticut, a sister ship, is ltelng built by the government at the Brooklyn navy yard aud Is uot yet completed. Private Builders Beat Navy Yard, LEWIS, THE JEWELER, N. Main. opp. William St Rebate Trial Begun. Kansas City, Mo.. May 23,—The trial of George E. Crosby, former assistant freight trattli' manager of the Burlington; Ueorge L. Thomas, a freight broker of New York, ami his chief elerk, L. B. Taggitrt. who are under imlletment for alleged conspiracy in securing rebates for shi|D|Ders, was begun in tilt1 federal eourt here, with Judge Smith Mel'herson on the bench. Tuggart In 111 Itt New York. I * i I it* \ |S; A Mm: ' S\ ■w Bryan Indorsed For President. The railroads .vould. If the law means the utter separation of mines and railroads be forced to dispose of their mines In some way. Just how the roads could be permanently benefited by such a separation is not clear even if they received their quota of ownership In the UfW coal land pool. I.Una. O.. May 23. -William Jennings Bryau was indorsed for president here by the m»uu*-ratle Judicial couveutioB of ghtw'u vouutiea of north western Ohio. The resolution*, which were adopted with i-toeertug, declare that the national Democracy will noiuluate Mr. Hryau lu 11MKS by acclamation. 8 *- * London, May 23.—As the outcome ol suggestions at the national Ijorse show in New York iu 1!KXD and of couimunlcations received since that time from the secretary of the Natiouul Horse Show Association of Auierlcu a meet lug of promlueut- horse owners ol Great Hrltaiu haw ap|Doiuted a commit tea* to consider the matter of holding a similar show In London iu ltn»7. open to exhibitors from America, Cauada uud KurotDe. International Horse Show Proposed. Ikecatur, HI., May 23.—The legal con test instituted to prevent the uuiou ol the Cumberland I'resbyterlan church with the Creitbyterlan church has been decided In favor of the uuioulsts. Judge JoIiuh last night made public a decision IU which he refuses to gruut (he injunction prayed for by the uutt •uiouists and dismisses the bill. PresbyterlaH Churehes to Unite. In reference to the nimnwHil" that a great company be farmed to take* over all the. anthracite properties nowowned by various railroads, a prominent Philadelphia capitalist saKl: INJURED AT BARNUM. Big Petition For Tucker. Boston. May 'JH.—A |Detltiou kDeariiu; U)ore than U.YoUO uuuies was sent to tiovcruor Guild asking him to com* unite to life imprisonment the sentence of death iiu|iosed upon t'harles I.. Tucker for the murder of MaM IHu« at Westou iu March, tVMH. Peter Murray, a miner In Ha mum If. 3 shaft, was severely Injured this morning. while at his work. Uis faie and hands were badly eut and burned by u blast. He was removed to the hospital In an ambulance. "I think the Temple Iron cumpauy. which has a most liberal charter, grafted In the old days of apeclal legislation in this state, could be made th«D holding company, and each hard coal railroad company would have representation on its board. They have that now, but the Temple company might be broadened aligUlly so as to embrace thUi wider Held. I think there is no doubt that some such plan as thta muni be curried out so Utat the railroads cuu ininn themselves uuder the new law." \uothcr banker observed: " "I believe that v.ftbin the next CtD day* we shall hea«' eft a detlnlte deal affecting all the authrtcUc properties." SAVES TWO 8SRVANT8. i*wtvut I wUlu r k^M t*uu-ul «\4» t.uu \tiuU Vk-l Cull Syracuse, N. Y.. May 3S.—Hev. Jh»s. H- ikiy. chance lor of Syracuse I'nlverfclty. Whose attacks on president Hoosevelt have centered much attention on him. rescued two servants frout death yesterday mornin»; tn a tire that Kieatly daiuaifed his residence. The family was aroused by the screams o( a utalii and l»r. Uuy. after seeing to the safety of his wife and duushtcr. wrapped a towel about his i»cad and groped his way through lutense smoke to the third lloor, where the servants were helpless bevuusc of UifcUl. tic led theut dowustalrs to safety. ». Sanata Acta on Burton Casa. OBITUARY, Uor* Japan«&« Aid P«r Prt«c«. XYashlugton. May 23. The senate dl reeled the committee on privileges uud elections to iuveHtlgate the elfect of the declskui by the supreme court iu the case of Seuatur Iturton. convicted of taklug a lee fur practicing before the Ulterior department l-ynn, Muss.. May '23. 'I'he death ol Mrs. .leitule I*. Chase, a wealthy SwaiuiKscott woman, which was at teuded by suspicious circuuistuuccs. was ottkciaUy dec hired to have UDeu by her uwu baud- Mrs. Chase died last September. A fortune estimated at uearly a uillliou aud a halt dollurs was luvolveil Mra. Chase • Suicide Washington. May 33. -'|VD .ViuDrM« National KihI Cross Uas UUD Iwn 1H0 .lui'aut's*" KvU t'nw* (wr UiC- rvlu-f oJf lliv Sim Vvuuctsva vtu'tb nuakt sutt'vivra. TUis |W VMat His.1 vvutiibutiwus WlD %. *NU,OW. CMUI •VS IbtUKV Vv\e»t Sl\^. « * t-uui John |Duwson pawed away this morning at Kingston. He was formerly a resideut of this place. The body has becu taken to the home of 'gliomas Wakih. wf l\»rt Urlttith, Wheucv the tuneral WlU take place. The deceased li *urvi\ed hD his widow and ouv daughter. kaiaabclh. \U sUt«v M$\m \ IfM V'Wtr Q«nar«l «t Dead. |'orHand tire.. May '23 Wight Hev. Kraucls Xuvler ttluuchet. U U, vloui geueral of the archdiocese of tkicgou, to ifcu4 hew alter a prolonged illuess. aged seveuty years. Vte was a native of Cauuda aud to Vkrei|uu W UWfc W V» lfcoOUt'stvr. \ V \|H0( *C- KM**** Mi sinv.uA ussiKuav wuiwfl Cw v* Crupsvy. wWu is lu Ui.-i \'tlD * law ciOi -Cu.vs We v\ iu U»i- v'rny*i\v v*s# w% Mm **\\ Bonai»4rta «*ck at Washington. May 2a secretary tfcD uaparte ivsntued his duties at the uavg dcpailiueut after au abseuw of about ||M week* due to Uiuesa. ,\ie you thiukihg of bttiUMvui * house aud C*ave you tot % plan? M u«t. *o to \wrshUuCr & Outfeii. where yvt* can t»eI l¥e pUu aa4 nut- I ml l . build U |t is expen d thaji .lauivs MDTigui's new house, on Uroad stireet. will be computed by .tune I .SL 4 wUt uveup* ouc side aud Mt xjt 'l'igue tfce Other. V* URN* \«Vi in new quarters, second lloor, liiugh-iui Mouse, room over v)Vohe Ware- U.illSfl.