LOVING TRIISOTJL Bomarkable Observances of th< Nation's Memorial Day. American Soldiers In the I'liltlpplnea uud lu 4 tiba Honored 'l'lielr Head —Ceremonies at <»eUy»burg aud at (icn. t. rant's Tomb —(lien. W Ueeler Ad dresses A, ll* ITlen. Manila. May 31.—Memorial day was celebrated at Battery Knoll, where Scott's guns were planted againsT the Filipino trenches in the first day a fighting at Manila. Nearly 300 sol diers lie buried there on a bleak mound surrounded by rice fields, rough boards marking the graves, which are Tanged in five unbroken rows. Be yond these are Spanish blockhouse* and bamboo hedges, which were mown by shells from the American guns. The few soldiers who could be spared from the trenches came to Battery Knoll bearing flowers with which to strew their comrades' graves. A silk flag was placed above each mound. The guns of the monitor Monad nock, bombarding Paranque, boomed a significant reminder of the nearness of Mar. Just as the Sixth artillery band began a dirge the thunder of the Monadnock's guns ceased, while taps sounded from the bugle. Col. Charles Denby, of the United States Philippine commission, presid ed at the exercises. lie spoke briefly of the peculiar solemnity of the day. The chaplain of the British cruiser Powerful made an invocation. Chap lain Pierce, of the Twenty-third in fantry, and Chaplain Cressey, of the Minnesota volunteers, delivered ora tions, and the soldiers sang appropri ate hymns. After taps had been sounded soldiers took the flags from the graves to send to relatives of the dead. Similar serv ices were held over the dead in the Pnco cemetery. Most of the business places in Ma nila were closed in observance of thb day. The American and many foreign flags were displayed at half-mast. Tile graves of soldiers and sailors buried at Cavite and Iloilo were also decorat ed yesterday. Havana, May 31.- —Decoration day was observed here in a notable man ner. At 0 a. m. a committee of women were taken in Pear Admiral Crom well's launch, escorted by a detach ment of marines. 1o the wreck of the battleship Maine, where they strung the skeleton of the unfortunate craft with ropes of la ireland wreaths of flowers. Mrs. T-ucien Young represented the navy at the decoration of the graves of the sailors and soldiers interred in the Colon cemetery. A great many flowers and wreaths were placed upon the graves of the heroes. Similar ex ercises took place at the Quemados cemetery. New York May 31. —The sarcopha gus of Gen. f.'rant in the tomb at Claremont was covered with flowers yesterday after Impressive ceremonies by U. S. Grant Post, of Brooklyn, an address by (lov. lloosevclt and a presi dential salute of 21 guns, fired from the err.if-'.r Brooklyn, which lay in the Hudson just below the hill. More Ihan 10,0' Mj persons witnessed the cere irony. Gettysburg, Pa., May 31. —Memorial day was observed at the National cem etery here with the usual elaborate ceremonies and the graves of fallen lews were decorated by school chil dren and veteran soldiers of the civil war. In the parade, Pennsylvania volunteers, who served during the wa~ villi Spain, marched as an escort to the ti. A. 1!. The principal speakc* was Hon. 1). 1). Woodmansce, of Cin cinnati. Boston. May 31. Yesterday for the first time an ex-officer of the Confed eracy delivered the Memorial day ad dress before a New Kngland Grand Army post. flcn. Joseph Wheeler, the cavalry leader who led the boys in grey at the famous charge at Sltiloh and. nearly 37 years later, beneath the stars and stripes, cheered on the vol unteers at Santiago, was the orator and guest of honor at the Memorial day services of I!. W. Kinsley post, G. A. P., at the Boston theater. The im mense auditorium was filled to its ut most capacity. When flcn. Wheeler arose to speak the applause was tumultuous, cheer upon cheer arose from thousands and it was nearly 15 minutes before the general could make himself heard. AN OIL WELL ABLAZE. .Six !t|en Terribly Knrned as tlic Re sult ol striking a II a tell. Marion. Ind.. May 31. —The striking of a match by a spectator near an oil well three miles east of Marion last right caused the oil surrounding the well to ignite and the flames instantly spread, consuming everything for sev eral squares. six men who were on the tank into which the oil was pour ing, were terribly burned. They are: Thomas McDonald) Bluff ton, owner of the well. T.. S. Gordon. Montpelier, foreman of the Indiana I'ipe Line Co. Samuel Spellacv. Lima, 0., an oil pro ducer. Mack Watts, Lima, a producer. Albert (I. Ford, Kokouio, traveling for the Daniel Stewart Drug Co. Fred Rose, Philadelphia, a silk mer chant. The injured men were brought to the hospital at Marion, Sil |>|>ok«'<l to Have* ffi-r n 4 api ii I'ffl. Manila, May 31. Two petty oflicem of the United States hospital ship Be lief went sailing in the harbor yester day. Their boat was afterward found in the possession of natives near their Paranaque lines by the monitor Mo nadnoek. The men are supposed to have been killed or captured. The cruiser Boston will soon sail for the I'nitcd Stares \\iih (apt. Barker, tem porarily in command of the squadron, and the departure of that officer will leave ( apt. George F. Wilde, now in command of the Boston, in supreme control until the arrival of Pear Ad miral Watson. A MODERN PASTORAL. It I* Spotted by a Prolate Irish W ork »<au itIIIi Kj'c for Ho it nee. They were waiting for the 5:45 p. m. New York train—live Italian boot blueks in a group on the platform of Mamaroneck station, says the New York Commercial Advertiser. \\ liy there and in such numbers with only himself —taking the season by the fore lock for summer board —the passing stranger could only wonder idly as he watched them seated in a dirty but at tentive semicircle, each on his blacking kit, before the eldest of them, a well grown, handsome lad of about 15. lie was seated flat upon the sta tion platform, braced against the warm red brick of the station wall, a pic turesque figure, picturesquely occu pied. lie had cut a branch from a tree and had fashioned it, dexterously PROF. ARTHUR T. HADLEY. i This talented scholar has heen rho.wn to succeed Dr Dwlsht aa president bfYala University. Prof. H&dley Is th»- son of James H&dley, the eminent philologist and Greek scholar. His npther, irbo VII Itlsi Anne Twining, passed through me full course of Vale ni:r.h» inalio* Viol. Hadley is about *l3 >-■ i r.s of rise, lie iai a Yale graduate, has sludin-t e»>nsively in Europe, anil has ln-i n professor of ecanomics ut Yale for some years, it* Is the author of a number of works on economical sul# Jects, which have been translated ifcio several foreign languages. enough, into that first of all musical j instruments, a shepherd's pipe. And he \ was playing on it, as the shepherd in "Tannhauser" plays wlurn he sings about the lovely May. It was May 1, too, as it happened, and a beautiful May 1, as this last one was. Spring in the air; on the trees about the station the first filmy shadowing of green; til lering through it the golden haze of the declining sun, and there, against the warm red background of the station wall the comely lad. dreamily tit ease, with the tattered flap of his soft hat flung back and liis bhuk-fringed eye lids pensively downcast, as he played his shepherd's pipe- hut did the real shepherd's pipes sound like that, the passing stranger wondered, on old llymettus' heights? "Say, boy," said a prosaic Irish work- | man, coming along, pulling with haste, and covered with the lime and plaster 1 I THE TREADMILL AT RANGOON, INDIA. The whole machinery of the enormous prison at Rangoon, the largest in the east is worked by human power generated by the treadmill seen in the picture, which will accommodate 100 men at one time. The wrists of the prisoners are chained to a bar, so that they cannot leave the mill until allowed to do so. if a convict Is re fraetory, and will not tread, he simply falls down as far as his wrist irons will let him, while tiie ever-moving wheel barks his shins at each revolution. of his day's job, "a little music goes a long way. Shut up." .lack Hie Tootli-I'tiilcr. In Bath, Kngland, there is a dentist's assistant w ho has a mania for tooth ex traction. He goes along the streets, and on meeting a little boy alone tells him to "open his mouth and shut his eyes." When the request is complied with, and before the unsuspecting ju venile is aware of what is going on, a pair of forceps is introduced between the open jaws and out comes a molar. Nobles lis Thick us l''lens. In ISSO it was estimated that there were 650,000 princes and other heredi tary noblesin Russia, and since then the number has increased. Dimmer in (lie Sultan's .lob. Of the 38 sultans who have ruled the Ottoman empire since the conquest of Constantinople by the Turks, 34 have died violent deaths. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1899. THE LATEST FAD. In London II I* Tel linK One'* For l»B| uiul Future by \ nriwuit Mcuim. Astrology, chiromancy and kindred sciences survived the middle ages, auc for aught we can tell many an anxious inquirer to-day is busily engaged, witl: the aid of retort and crucible, in quest of the philosopher's stone, or in seek ing to fix t* site of buried treasure bj means " .1 simple fumigation, sayi Iliac' .ood's Magazine. People paj money to have their characters told from their handwriting. No fancy ba zar is complete without its sootlisayei or spaewife. This adept Is, as a rule, more polite and discreet than t'adwat lader in "Peregrine I'ickff." But foi an adequate fee he or she is quite pre pared to frighten clients into fits bj predicting evils imminent or remote. In private life many ladies may b j fouii<l to road your hand with tlie per | spieacity of a lleyraddin Maugrabin, or | to construct your ephemeris with tlie | judgment of a Galeotti. They will dis course to yon fluently of lines of life ! and health, of .Jupiter, of Mercury and, above all, of Venus. If Saturn appear combust they will pull a long face and their alarm for your future will know no bounds if Mars have more dignity than is rightly his in the cusp of the j twelfth house. As for "scrying" in a crystal glove, do we not all know that Mr. Lang finds therein bis chief diver sion after golf and fishing? Toot Ii l*ii 11 iti « liy I'roiy, The sultan of Turkey is most in quisitive as to what is said and writ ten about him abroad. Every day translations are laid Ix'fore him from the newspapers of the world, and ?hese 1 are all closely perused. His majesty is a bad hand at suffering. At one time lie wauled to have an aching tooth re moved and dared irot. Kiglit .slaves had molars drawn out in his presence that he might have an opportunity of judg ing the extent of suffering entailed, an<j finally the sultan decided that he would rather bear the pain than under go such an ordeal. TiKlit l.»ciiiK In Sflxiiny. Saxony's minister of education ha* issued a decree that all young girls at tending public schools and colleges shall abandon the use of corsets* and stays, it is alleged that girls of ten and twelve years were addicted to tight lac ing. Waller* Deiimiitl Tljt*. The waiters of London, England, held a meeting recently, at whjell the unani mous opinion was expressed that tip ping showed the true gentleman, and that the man who refused to tip ought to have his food and drink iired at him ARBITRATION TRIBUNAL. Detail* of tlic I*l mi Submitted to tlie IlinariiiaDirnt < ong'-eM by Ainerl l>ll«, The Hague, June 1. —Both sections of the disarmament committee met yesterday and, as was anticipated, failed to agree with regard to the ques tions of new inventions in armaments. The drafting committee of the arbi tration committee made some advance. The American delegates submitted their scheme relating to an arbitration tribunal. The plan provides that eaeh country shall appoint a single arbitra tor to be selected by the supreme court of the signatory powers. The tribu nal shall have a permanent central seat and be com posed of at least three judges who shall not be natives or resi dents of countries belonging to the powers in disaccord. The general ex penses shall be shared proportionate ly. In the event of new facts arising within three months of a decision, the same tribunal shall have power to try again the question in dispute. l!e --eotirse to the tribunal shall be option al for the signatory powers. The tribunal shall not take cogniz ance of any dispute until assured that the parlies concerned will accept its decision. The convention shall come into force and the tribunal be estab lished when nine powers, eight of which shall be Kuropean or American, and four of which shall be signatories of the treaty of Paris in 1856, shall have adhered to the convention. Apart front the above project the Americans proposed a special scheme of mediation, providing that in the event of a difference arising between two powers, each shall choose anoth er power to act as its second. The powers thus selected shall do all they can to reconcile the opponents. These seconding powers shall, even when war has broken out, continue their efforts with a view of ending hostilities as soon as possible. THE CAUSES OF WAR. f*en. Oil* lC\|>lllill* the ( iri iiniklani l.eudlus to ■ lo»tllitle» ill the Philip pine*. Washington, .Tune I.—The secretary of war has made public the report of Hen. Otis on the operations around Manila up to \pril <>. Gen. Otis be gins with this statement: "The mili tary operations are fairly well repre sented in the reports and I have little to add thereto, but desire particularly to call attention to the rise of condi tions which resulted finally in war. This I deem to be essential to correct the somewhat prevailing impression that the government of the I'nited States is responsible through deceit or wrongful action for the present exist in c hostilities.'* In the latter part of January the in surarents became aggressive, interfer ing with American troops and finally led fien. ()ii> to address a letter to \guinaldo calling attention to the arrest by Filipinos of some American soldiers and a newspaper correspon dent and requesting an explanation. Vgninaldo replied that the men were arrested inside his lines for breach of a decree forbidding foreigners to ap proach the insurgent lines. fien. Otis explains that the Ameri cans were not outside our lines and says he quotes the correspondence merely to show the efforts of the American authorities to maintain pence. lie next tells liow the Ameri can soldiers were openly insulted and how the insurgents had continually labored to strengthen their lines, threatening to drive the Americans out of the island and how finally, on the night of February -t. the demon stration was made which resulted in the killing of a Filipino by an Ameri can sentry and the firing on the Ameri cans by the insurgent troops. BIMETALLISTS MEET. A Convention of Silverlte* Sommloiim at l.oulMviile, Ky. Louisville, Ky., .Tunc I.—The Ohio Valley League of Bimetallic flubs, comprising the states of Ohio. Indi ana. Illinois and Kentucky, is holding its third annual convention in this city. Maeauley's theater, the scene of the gathering of the white metal hosts, was profusely decorated when the con vention was called to order Wednes day afternoon. When President Tar vin. of the league, began his annual address, the lower floor was only com fortably filled, while the balcony was only partially occupied and the gallery entirely deserted, but as the conven tion progressed the crowd increased until perhaps 1,000 persons were in the theater. At the conclusion of his address. Judge Tarvin was introduced and spoke at considerable length. His re marks were at times received with the greatest enthusiasm, any reference to a reaffirmation of the Chicago plat form or an indorsement of William Jennings Bryan as the presidential nominee being the signal for vocifer ous applause. Following Judge Tarvin. Congress man .lames Kobinson, of Indianapolis, made an impromptu speech. In ref erence to the coming campaign of 1000. the speaker said that it lay with the democratic party to name the vic tor and that they would make a good mistake if they did not select Bryan. l'lj iim Fox in* the Derby. London, .Inne I.—The Derby, other wise the 210 th renewal of the Derby stakes, was won yesterday by the Duke of Westminster's bay colt Flying Fox, at the second day of the Epsom meeting. Twelve horses ran. Armor .Makers Didn't ISM. Washington, June 1. Bids were to have been opened by the navy depart ment yesterday for armor for the bat tleships. monitors and armored cruis ers now authorized by law. but no bids were received within the price fixed by congress. The Carnegie Steel Co. and the Bethlehem Iron Co. submitted statements that they were unable to furnish armor of the character re quired at the price fixed by congress. A San Francisco firm made a blanket offer to furnish all the armor required for $450 per ton, which, however, 4a above the limit fixed by congress. TAXES AND IMMORALITY. Subject* Drought lie tore the lliijH Committee tlllllounlre* Kxupe the Tithe l.athi rrr. New York, .lune 2. —The sessions of the Ma/et committee yesterday were noticeably chiefly® for two points, one flu' turning at bay of Mr. Moss and the otber evidence regarding the exist ence in this city of the most frightful form of depravity. Mr. Moss opened the session with an outburst of indignation against the way in which witnesses had treated him. He demanded the protection of the committee and announced his in tention of bringing Police ('apt. Price before the committee to make him prove the charges he had made against Mr. Moss. During this heated ap peal from the committee's counsel Dr. O'Sullivan, who appears for the city departments, frequently interrupted, and in intense anger Mr. Moss de manded that O'Sullivan be denied tho privilege of participating in Hie pro ceedings. Mr. Mazet upheld Mr. Moss and Dr. O'Sullivan was rebuked, but al lowed to remain in the committed room. Joseph Dillon, who is an employ? of Mr. Moss, related the circumstance* of :*n attempt to serve a subpoena on Police ('apt. Price yesterday. He tes tified that Price said to him: "Go away from here or I'll throw you overboard, you crook." "You serve that subpoena this after noon,"' said Mr. Moss in a tone that signified his determination to males Price prove his accusations. The evidence regarding the flagrant existence of the worst forms of vice was given bv two of Mr. Moss' agents If established the fact that under the eyes of the police there were running on the Bowery the vilest of resorts Thomas L. Feitner. president of the tax board, testified that among his ap pointments were those of a number oj relatives at large salaries. Mr. Moss went into the assessments of John T). Rockefeller, Cornelius Van derbilt, J. I*. Morgan, Russell Sagfl and George Gould. In the case of Rockefeller. Sage and Vanderbilt the record merely showed that they were assessed in 1 SOS and 1809 after making no appearance. In the case of Mr, Morgan i1 showed that lie was assessed on $1,000,000 and that he consented tc an assessment on $400,000 after statins that he had no property upon which he could be assessed. "Do you mean to say," said Mr. Moss "that Mr. Morgan swore that he was not taxable and then volunteered tc pay on $400,000?" "That is what I mean to say," sale Mr. Feitner. In the case of George Gould the rec ord showed that lie was not assessed Mr. Moss asked if any effort had beer made to place him on the roll, and Mr. Feitner said that not as far as he knew. Mr. Feitner admitted that a tremendous amount of injustice re stilted from the personal tax system as it existed at present. LOST BABE FOUND. The Clark Child and Her Kidnaper) are ■Uncovered Near a New York \ illajfc. Garnerville, X. Y„ tfune 2.—Marior Clark, the 21-montbs-old infant kid naped from her parents' home in New York on May 21, was discovered twe miles south of Sloatsburg, a village about eight miles from here, Thursday afternoon. She was found at, the farnr house of Charles Voumnns and was ii: the custody of Mrs. Jennie Wilson, whe took the baby to that place during tin early part of last week. Mrs. Wilsor was accompanied by her husband and stated to Mrs. Youmans that she want ed board for the little girl for the sum mer. Mrs. Wilson said she had made arrangements with her husband tc send all correspondence to her by wa\ of the St. .lohiis post office, which is it few miles from Sloatsburg. The Clark baby attracted the coun try people by her appearance, her large blue eyes and pink complexion being noticeable. The curios ity which the child aroused made her captors grow uneasy and they kept her closely confined at the Youman home. As soon as the notices of the abduction reached the neighborhood the people began to suspect that the child was Marion Clark. They felt positive of it, because the child wore the same clothes as at the time when she was stolen. As soon as Deputy Sheriif Churlston learned e>f the ab duction he went to the farm house of Charles Youmans anel found Mrs. Wil son, from whom he demanded the child. Mrs. Wilson claimed she knew nothing whatever of the child. The deputy sheriff produced a warrant, ar rested the woman and demanded in formation as to the whereabouts of the child. At this Mrs. Wilson weakened and made a confession. The baby was then produced. Arthur Clark, the father of the ab ducted baby, arrived here last evening and identified the child as his l<*i! Marion. The arrest of the man giving the name of .lames Wilson, husband of the woman, took place scon after Mr. Clark had departed. He had come back and gave himself up to the justice who left him with his alleged wife. Asuinaldo Grt« SJOU.OOO, Seattle. Wash., June ?. —The Hong Kong Daily Press reports that the claim made upon the Hong Kong and Shanghai bank by Aguinaldei foi .*200,000 deposited with the bank, has been settled. The money has beer paid over to Aguinaldo's representa tives. Are Not Coutruet Laborer*. Washington, June 2. It has been dc cided to allow the company of Fili pino actors now detained at San Fran cisco :•> enter the I'nited States for tin purpose of giving exhibitions. The} will be required to furnish a bond that they w'.*l return to their homes after the expiration of their engagement. This case has been a diflicult one to de cide because these Filipinos came to country under contract to give exhi bitions. It will be held, however, that they are not contract laborers within the meaning of the contract la bor law. GERMANSGET'EM Spain Cedes the Caroline and Marianne Islands. THEY KEPT IT A SECRET. News of the Deal Surprised Ofli cials at Washington. BUT THEY DON'T GET GUAM. I.'nclc Sinn Will Itr-talu that Portion of tli*- t arollnt- <»rou|> Wlilcli %va» < a|)liiri'd l.ant Year by Atii<iri< ani l>('fi<rl|>tlon of Hit- lalaiida. Madrid, June 3. —In tlie speech from the throne at the opening of the cor tes yesterday it was announced that the Marianne, Caroline and Palaos islands were ceded to Germany by tho late cabinet. Washington, June 3.—The announce ment that Spain had ceded the Caro line islands and I'alaos and the Mari annes was received with surprise here. The cession marks the relinquishment of Spanish possessions in the far east save the island of Fernando Po and dependencies on the African coast. The dispatch containing the news was shown to the German embassy officials, but Ambassador Yon Holleben said that lie had no comments to make. He had received no information, he said, as to the cession and the German foreign office has not communicated the facts to him. IJeports have been current ime to time that Spain was figuring ». ■> ;t transfer of sovereignty of the Ck >• lines and that Germany had made ovt •- tnres looking to their acquisition in the extension of her colonial posses sions. Sovereignty over the Caro lines was formally adjudged by tho pope in 1885 to be in Spain and wai admitted by Germany and Great l'.ritain. This was after a rather pro longed dispute, opened up by Germany raising her flag over the island of Yap. Portugal first acquired the Carolina islands, but Spain soon wrested tho group from her. but until about ISSO bad paid little attention to the islands, German interests in the Carolines arj extensive and have Wen fostered by provision of the pope's award, he a< arbitrator awarding sovereignty to Spain, but reserved to the German gov ernment special trade facilities. Tho Marianne islands, which go with tho Carolines and I'alaos in the cession, of course do not include Guam, oven which the American flag now tiies. In cluding Guam the Mariannes, thfl Carolines and I'alaos have a total areo of almost 1,000 English square miles) and a combined population of about 45,000 people. Over all this, save thd American acquired island of Guam, tho German Hag is to be hoisted. Oave a Hall to l''ill|>liioN. v Manila, June 3.—The United States Philippine commission on Thursday night ga\e one of the most brilliant halls Manila had ever seen. It was one of a series of entertainments in tended to foster friendship between the Americans and natives. Tho commission has the handsomest resi dence in Manila, overlooking the fear, bor. The ground surrounding it was illuminated, while ifte house was deco rated with the American colors. Tho newly appointed judges. Gen. Otis, a number of other American officers and many wealthy natives were present. There was it display of gorgeous toi lets and many jewels were worn. I'.Kleriiay.}' Comedies lli» Guilt. London, June 3.—The Chronicle says Maj. Esterhazy called at its office last evening with a friend and after declar ing that the time had arrived when tho whole truth should be told, although hitherto by reason of constant orders and inducements he had kept silence on the essential point, made the fol lowing statement: "The chiefs of Ihe army h;.ve disgracefully abandoned me. M\ cup is full and I shall speak out. Tt was I who wrote the bordereau. 1 wrote it upon orders received from Sandherr." C'liewliiii <;■■■» fomblne Incorporated. New York, June 3.—Articles of in corporation of the American Chicle Co. were filed with the secretary of state at Trenton, N. .T.. yesterday with an authorized capital of $9,000,000. The American Chicle Co. is the consolida tion of six leading chewing gum con cents. The promoter of the enterprise is Thomas K. Harvey of Chicago. Mr, Harvey said that the consolidation would not be likeTy to result in tha closing of the factories, or any appri* ciable rise in the price of chewing, gnni. _ No NecfMit}' Now tor a full. Washington,.l ttjte 3.—The cabinet at its meeting Friday decided that there was no present necessity for the enlist ment of volunteers. The president stands ready to authorize the enlist ment of volunteers should more be deemed necessary. Gen. Otis is to bt> given tin' 30,000 men for whom he hits asked. The additional 5.000 or i>,00(! troops to make up the 30,000 are to be taken from the regulars now in Porte Uico, Cuba and this country. ll<'|>o*l'll (or HITCH). Windsor. Out., June 3. The trial ol Ttcv. Dr. 11. !'*. Austin, ex-principal ol Alma college. St. Thomas, on a charge of heresy, before the London .Metho dist conference, was sensational. Dr. Austin startled the conference by de claring himself an ardent believer in modern spiritualism. He said he had been converted by a woman mind rea der in Detroit. The conference titiani iuously deposed him. Minim* IN Dying. Vienna, .lime 3.—John tin Strauss, the r.unous Austrian composer, now in hii T4th year, is believed to be dying. 3
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