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SCKANTON, PA.t WEDNESDAY MOltNING, MARCH 4, 1896.
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&L'OB.E
CUBANS ARE BUTCHEMED
Awful Example of Spanish Cruelty
at Guatao.
AX AMERICAN IS MURDERED
In tbe Haat for Blood Spanish Soldiers
Slaughter Several of Their Own
Countrymen and m Cltlxca
of tbe I'nltod States.
Havana, Feb. 27. The affair at Gua
tao will not down. Captain General
Weyler, after officially announcing
that nothing outside of the ordinary
combat between troops of Spain and
armed rebels occurred, has begun an in
vestigation. He was waited upon yes
terday by a delegation of women from
the little hamlet at Ouatao and the
town of Punta Brava and heard with
his own ears the 'story of the killing
from wives, mothers und sisters of the
dead, and listened to the appeal for the
lives and liberty of the fifteen prison
ers. He has also received omVlul no
tice from Consul General Wllliums I hut
unioug the prisoners taken from the
uufurtuitute town und now lodg-d In
Alolo Castle Is an American citizen,
who was shot in the arm while hiding
In his own lion.se 1 it the presence of his
wife, and though ununited und guilty
of no act against Spain, was taken
prisoner and held for the military tri
bunal. The story of the killing of eighteen
pacitlcus by the troops is continued be
yond u question of a doubt. In the en
deavor to prevent It from being pro
claimed to the world the authorities
made the hud blunder of arresting
Charles Allchelson, correspondent of
the New York Journal, and his inter
preter, Lorenzo Uettnncourt. They
were taken from their beds. at 2 a. in.
on Tuesday, lodged in Morn Castle "In
cominunliude" until Wednesday after
noon, by which time the officials dis
covered (hat they had the wrong man.
All the other American correspondents
have been shadowed since, hut even If
the two who did go to Ouatao are
found out. It Is doubtful if they will be
attested for the reason that another
arrest would be a confession that the
first was a mistake.
OI'ATAO BUTCHERY.
The affair at Punta lirava and
Guatuo, however, was within twelve
miles of this city, and two American
correspondents went to the two towns
us soon us rumors of the nature of the
occurrence was received. The killing
took place Saturday afternoon, the
bodies had been burled on Sunday, but
the eurth was still muist on the graves
when the correspondents reached the
scene. They walked about the town
which was well nigh deserted, talked
with neighbors and relatives of the
deud. Inspected the houses in which
unarmed men hud been shot and bay
oneted to death, and women who
prayed on their Knees for the lives of
husbands and sons had bee.i knocked
InseiiKilile. The fronts Ot the houses
showed no signs of having been fired
Upon as would have been the cas If in
surgents foutfht from tr.ci.i. No outer
doors or windows were broke:). All but
hulf a dozen houses were thatched root
huts, affording no protection and from
which no resistance could be mad;.
The only building which could have
been used for defense thu stone church
had not been entered. There was
every visible evidence that the stories
of citizens, of wives and of mothers,
most of whom were eye-witnesses, were
correct, and further proof was furn
ished by Spanish volunteers who were
present and helped lay out the dead.
The correspondents took photographs
of the streets, houses and cemetery at
lluatao, and these are indisputable
proof that no battle occurred In the
town as Is now claimed by the Span
ish authorities.
Putting together such facts as are
verified, the affair at Ouatao wis plain
ly nothing but a butchery. The Span
ish troops under Captain Culvo met and
dispersed a handful of insurgents at
the eastern entrance to the town of
Punta Urava, with no losses on either
side. Some of the Insurgents huving
taken the direction of Uuatao, one mile
south, the troops moved upon the town
shooting right und left as they entered,
killing the inhabitants who ran from
their huute.i In alarm upon hearing
the firing. Others concealed themselves
in bedrooms and In any place which
seemed likely to help them avoid beln;T
discovered, men and women reuched
the woous in safety. About, forty men
were left in the town, some were too
old und Infirm to run, some were loyul
Spanlurds und others were Cubans, who
had taken no part In the rebellion.
HI'. NT FOR BLOOD.
The troops seemed bent upon a mad
hunt for blood, und shot down every
one in sight. Several Spaniards were
found among the deud. The mounted
guerrillas pursued fleeing iuhubitunts
across the- Ik-Ms. shooting at them, or
cutting Ihem down with their sabres.
Others rushed Into houses, clubbed
women, who impeded their entrirtiee.
shot men hiding under beds, killed one
man sick In bed. and dragged the bodies
of their Victims out Into the streets.
Some of the troops contented them
selves with making prisoners of all tho
Cubans they could find. After pinion
ing the arms of an inoffensive citizen
behind his back, his captors murched
him out to the centre of the town club
bing him and making him shout "Viva
Kspana" as he went. The cavalrymen
who killed men running across the
fields brought their bodies In, carrying
them across the horn of the saddle, oi
dragging thein If the . distance was
short.
The bodies were laid on the grounds
In front of the main store. One troop
er who was kicking and spitting at the
body of a man whom he had killed was
stopped by an officer who told him not
to abuse the dead.
AMERICAN KILLED.
One of the . Inhabitants of Ouatao
was Ladlslao Qulntera, an American
citizen. He had not been fighting with
the insurgents and had no arms. He
hid In his house, and though his wife,
with a two-months' old babe In her
arms, threw herself In front of the sol
diers, they forced their way In and
shot Qulntera, the ball passing through
his arm. He was made prisoner and
Is now In Moro Castle. His wife and
mother have made full statements of
the affair to the American consul,
which will be forwarded to Washington.
Twelve bodies were left in the street
for the inhabitants to bury. One oth
er, that of a milkman, who was shot
on his cart while filling milk cans In
front of his house, and afterward pur
sued into the house and finished, was
left where the man died. He was burled
back of the house. The twelve bodies
were hurled in the cemetery at Oua
tao. Five additional bodies. Indentltied
by neighbors as those of peaceful resi
dents of Ouatao, were found In a field
near Punta Brava and said to have
been taken prisoners at Ouatao and
afterward killed by the soldiers. Fif
teen prisoners were compelled to walk
to Marlanao, five miles away, and were
so badly bruised and cut from blows
received on the way that they required
medical attendance upon arrival.
The commandant of the post and Al
cade of Mara 1 no, the Marquis Ie Cer
vera, w'ho sent out the troopa. made a
report to Captain Oeneral Weyler Sun
day and one Havana paner issued an
extra on the "Cllorioua victory"." In his
otticlal report the Marquis says: "The
column I sent out has obtained a bril
liant result, thanks to the extraordin
ary efforts of the gallant Captain Culvo.
The bands of Villauova and Acostu
have been totally destroyed, twenty
dead have bet-n seen and delivered to
the mayor of Ouatao In the presence of
many neighbors In order to give them
proper burial: fifteen prisoners, one of
them woundtl with a ball, ten horses
witli saddles taken; sundry rllles,
machetes, etc. The number of wound
ed is great. In concluding his report
Cervera says:
"All are worthy of your excellency's
favor, for they have clone today what
your excellency so gloriously did at
Jarnla in Santo Domingo thirty years
ago."
Cubans say that the Jarnla Incident
was also a butchery.
SPAXIARpTpATBIOTIC.
Tbe novernmont Will Ue Cpheld in Its
Efforts to Keep Cuba as a Spanish
Colony .
Madrid. March 3. The government
bus received! u. number of offers, ot
pecuniary unci other uld In the event
or a war Willi the I'nlted States grow
ing out of the uttitude of, the lutter
on the Cuban question. The people ap
pear to be determined to uphold the
government in Its Intention to keep
Cuba a Spanish colony no mutter ut
what cost. The cabinet Is greatly en
couraged by the attitude of the con
tinental press, which, generally speak
ing, expresses much sympathy with
Spain In her determination to resent
what Is termed Yankee aggression. One
important factor in the support accord
ed the government which is sedulously
kept in the liai Kiiiound Is that Cuban
debentures and other securities depend
ing for their value uiion the income
derived from Cuba are held to a huge
amount by foreign capitalists.
With a free Cuba these securities
would be practically worthless, and this
accounts in a very great measure for
the attitude of many of the foreign
newspapers, which speak not ho much
because they believe that the United
States have any ulterior motive in
recognizing the Cubans as belligerents,
as because they are defending the finan
cial interests of capitalists of their
countries. In Spain, itself, however,
the support of the government is due
to pure patriotism. Among the offers
of assistance the government has re
ceived. Is one from the Spanish trans
Atlantic company, which has offered
to place its entire Meet of steamships at
the disposal of the government, making
no conditions whatever. The offer has
been accepted, ntid eight of the steam
ers will be armed with from nine to
twelv; eentlnu-ter guns. Compressed
saw duet will be used as protection for
the guns, if events shall necessitate
bMch action, these vessels will be used
as cruisers and privateers.
ABYiSIMAN WAR.
Italians Defeated by the l'orcss of King
Menellk-llow the News of the Latest
Disaster Was Received.
Rome, March 3. The Italian cam
paign against the Abyssiulans
threatens to become one of the most
disastrous in which the Italian army
has ever taken part, and what the
final outcome will be it would be hard
to predict. It was rumored today that
the latest defeat of the Italians by the
forces of King: Menelik had compelled
the ministry to resign owing to the
popular disapproval of the govern
ment's policy, but tonight this reiort
Is denied.
Details received here today of the de
feat on Sunday of the Itullan army
show thut the Italian losses were very
heavy, they being placed by some at
3,000 killed. It is Mill Imuossible to as
certain the precise losses, but popular
opinion credits the report that the num
ber of killed is not overstated. Thus
far the reports make no mention of
the number of wounded. Among the
dead are Oeneral Albertone, command
er of the left brigade, and Oeneral
Dubormida, commander of the right
brigade.
The news of this latest disaster has
caused the greatest excltment
throughout' Italy, and the opposition
party Is takintf advantage of it to make
violent attack un the government's
policy in attempting to extend the
sphere of Italian influence In Abyssinia.
The scene In the street today were
very eXillliiH. the populace being
greatly Incensed against the govern
ment. DeiiunHutlous tjf the ministry
could be heard on every hund. The
pope is greatly disturbed by the news,
lie has ordered the suspension of the
Te Deum, and also the diplomatic ban
quet that wast to be given in connection
with the anniversary of his coronation.
FIRE AT ITICA.
Four Persons Lose Their Lives In an
Apartment House Confhigration-Many
Marrow I scnpes,
rtlca. March 3. The OrnoXse apart
ment house was burned this morning.
It was seven ntorles high and contained
sixty-three families, or about 250 in
mates, It was occupied by people In
good circumstances. The loss in house
hold effects Is large. The building cost
$30,000 four years ago.
The tire originated in the cellar.
Some escaped by the stairs and cithers
by the the escapes ut the rear, but sev
eral of the latter were severely burned.
About forty were unable to secure these
means of escape and were lowered from
the fifth, sixth and seventh floors by
ropes made from bed clothe. Mrs.
David Hushes, an aged lady, lost her
hold on the rone from the fifth floor
and was dashed to death. Mrs. John
Wood and daughter and Noble F. Hop
kins, occupying rooms on the seventh
floor, are missing and it Is feared that
they have perished. James Potter
Jumped from the second floor and broke
his leg.
It is learned later that it cost $120,000.
The total losa Is estimated at half a
million. It had ten flats on each floor.
About sixty were occupied by about
probably 200 persons.
It In now certain that four lives were
lost in the burning of the flenessee
flats this morning. They are: Mrs.
Hugh Hughes, who fell to the walk
while escaping and died soon after;
Mrs. John Wood, niece of the late Onv
ernor Seymour, her daughter. Mary,
15 years of age, and Noble Hopkins.
6 years of age. The bodies of these
three have not been recovered. It Is
also believed that two persons who
were unconscious In the hall when some
of the Inmates escaped went down In
the ruins. It Is also rumored that one
or two servants, and possibly one lady,
who was visiting friends In the fiats,
were burned to death.
Hosier Mill Burned.
Bristol, Pa., March 1 The Providence
Hosiery mill was destroyed by fire early
this morning. The loss Is estimated ut
113.0111 and is thought to be fully covered
by Insurance. Three hundred hands are
thrown out of work by the fire.
PRESIDENT AS MISSIONARY
Delivers an Address at Carnegie
Hall.
HIS REMARKS APPLAUDED
The Immense Hall Is Paukeft with an
Audieuve of 5.00O People-Careful
Kcovlcw of the Mis
sionary field.
New York. March 3. President
Cleveland presided at a meeting to
night at Carnegie Music hall of the
board of home missions of the Presby
terian church. The meeting was the
first of a series to be held over the
United States to stir up public Interest
in home mission work and to raise funds
for completing the payments on the
new building of the society on Fifth
avenue. The Immense hall was packed
with 6,000 people, and the meeting was
very enthusiastic. President Cleve
land's address waa brief, and lie dwelt
upon the vulue to thu country of the
work of home missions.
Kev. Dr. John Hall. In Introducing
the president, suhl:
"My Christian friends: We have with
us here one who lias been twice culled
by the voice of his fellow-cllizeus to
the highest o till' la 1 position In this
I'nlted States and one who has. I un
derstand, some happy family associa
tions with our board of home missions.
1 have the pleasure, there fore, by the
direction of the board of home mis
sions, and I count it an honorable duty
to invite the president of the I'nlted
States to preside over our present
meeting."
President Cleveland then came for
ward, lie whs received very warmly,
but the cheering was by no means bois
terous, ills remarks were as follows:
CLEVELAND'S ADDKESS.
I desire to express my appreciation of
the privilege of partlrlpatlng In this con
ference und of the opporumty 'thus af
forded me of testifying to the value and
usefulness of the work undertaken by tho
Board of Home Missions of the Presby
terian church.
My Interest in this subject and my fa
miliarity with home missionary efforts cire
not newly acquired. They ewly came to
me in the surroundings of a ChrlMiau
Presbyterun home, and were stimulated
by u father's faithful abors In tho cause.
My early impressions are nut, however,
the only basis of the tretlmony 1 elve to
nlgli't in favor of home missions. As your
fellow-citizen, interested, I hope, in all
things t'ilut deepen the religious senil
meni of our people and enlarge Christian
InlliieiM-e, 1 fully realize the trunscendeiit
Importance of this agency in its opera
tion upon l he hearts of men for the salva
tion of their souls. The long roster of
those who have beer. Iwl into the way of
righteousness through the Instrumentulitv
of our home missions are rich trophies of
successful endeavor.
Kirt It Is not only as your fellow-citizen,
tint us the chief executive oflker of your
government that I desire 'to speak, for
I am entirely certain that t serve well
our entire people, whose servant I am,
when I here testify to .the benefit our
country has rceived through home mis
sionary effort, and when I Join you in
an attempt 4o extend and strengthen that
effort.
No one charged -with the duties and re
sponsibilities which necessarily weigh
upon your chief executive an full to ap
preciate the Importance of religious teach
ing and t'hrlttlan eudeavor in the newlv
settled portions of our vast domain. It is
there where hot and eiiibborn warfare
between the force of good and evil is con
stantly Invited. In these (lays the van
guard of occupation in a new settlement
is never without its vicious und criminal
element. Humbling- houses und drain
shops ure frequently among the first es
tablishments in a new community. It
might also be confessed that removal from
old homes ami associations to a ne.w and
more .primitive home has a tendency
among honest and respectable settlers to
smother scruples, and to bleed toleration
of evil and Indifference to Christianizing
and elevating agencies. These conditions,
It unchecked and uncorrected, tlx upon
the new community by their growth ami
expansion a character and disposition
which, while dHligelous to peace'tin.) order-ill
the early stages of settlement, de
velop Into badly regulated municipalities,
corrupt and unsafe territories, an J un
desirable slates. These are serious con
siderations in a country where the people,
good or bad, are its rulers, because the
conditions to which I have referred would
ceitalnly menace, within a circle constant
ly enlarging-, .the safety and welfare of the
entire body politic. If we could not hope
that churches and religoiia leaching
would from the llrst be on the ground to
oppose the evil Influences that are apt to
pervade the beginning of organized com
munities. These churches and this religious teach
ing were never more needed than now on
our distant frontiers, where the process
of forming new states la going on so rap
idly, and where newcomers who are to l.e
the citizens of new states are u rapidly
gathering together.
Kor these Instrumentalities that the out
pois of our population so vitally Impor
tant In the view of ChristUu men us
well as patriotic c-tizens. we musi de
pend to a very great extent on home mis
sionary exertion. How can we excuse our
selves if we permit this exertion to lan
guish for the luck of support?
Jf we turn from the objects of home mis
sionary labor to the situation of those
actually tolling In distant Melds, for lo.l
and hiinianiiy and u purer, better citi
zenship, our sympathy with their work
must be further si imiiluted. These are the
men and women who have left home slid
the association of fi lends under the di
rection of organized mission bosrds to
teucb Christianity in sparsely settled sec
tions tin I to oiganize churches where none
exist, enduring discomfort, hardship, pov
erty and danger for the saki- of a cause
to which in a very comfortable und Inex
pensive wuy we prof .to be attached.
These are our soldiers at the front, fight
ing our buttles; and we, which are fit
home, cannot escape the duty of provid
ing for them and reinforcing them In
every way If we are to continue them in
our service.
Our hearts huve recently beeen pro
foundly stirred by the dangers that threat
en t lie devoted men und women who have
gone from among us to preach and Hem h
Christianity In a foreign land. Our sym
pathy with them and those with whom
they labor and suffer Is made more Duinfiil
because the arm of complete relief has not
thus far been- able to reach them. Our
missionary impulse should fee large
enough for both.
While we will not turn away from them
nor allow discouragement to destroy ac
tivity in their behalf, let us net forget the
missionaries In our own land, who need
our aid, to whom we owe a duty, and who
can be reached.
It seems to me that If the Christian
people of our land estimate at its reel
value the work which the hoard of 'home
missions has In charge, and if they can
be made to realize its extreme Imoortance,
the means to carry on unit extend this
work will be easier; and I hope that such
an unusual interest may be aroitsed In
behulf of the cause, by the movement of
which this meeting is a part, as will sug
gest to many heretofore indifferent. 4 nut
among the most comforting of their pos
sessions will be a share in the triumphs
and achievements of home missions.
SPOTTERS" ARRESTKD.
Terr Haute Police Sele Two as Sus
picions Characters.
Terre Haute, Ind., March 3. Two of
the "spotters" sent here by the postof
fice department to spy on the letter
carriers were arrested by the police as
suspicious characters. They were seen
loitering about a particular neighbor
hood and the police took thein in. At
headquarters they showed their cre
dentials and were released. The car
rier learned their identity and their
THE NEWS THIS M0BX1KG.
Weather Indication Today I
Fair; Colder; Northerly Winds.
1 Horrible Butchery In Cuba.
Une iviegute Km oiled for Quay.
Hard Hlow to hallroads.
llig Kire at I' ilea.
Hemmed in u .Mine at Wilkei-Barre.
2 Congressional Proceedings.
S Mrs. Treat Lectures on Kindergartens.
Coroner's Jury Charge Tolil with Mur
der. 4 Kdltorlal Comment.
Tho Hypnotized Keporter.
5 Young Cilrl Killed at Steel Works
Crossing.
Mayor-Klect Bailey to Name His Own
Subordinates.
. Oettlnger-Levy Nuptials.
The Blow that Knocked Maher Out
New Bicycle Kace Track.
State League Troubles.
Pittsburg Phil Going.
7 Happenings In Scranton's Suburb,
tleiieral Market and Stock guotutlons.
S Street Car Taxes.
Tom Heed Is Chivalrous.
Muycvr I'lnsree, cif Detroit. I,
INew Swindling Scheme. ':
Model ot a Stulesiiian. 1 -
a
Story of Harrison's Retirement. .
Io Not Deserve Their Kume.
The Cllv of Marseilles. ti
Llew Llwyd's Literary -Methods,
10 "l.'lore," a Ttomiinee (continued). -Bill
Nye's Early Work. j"
(if Interest to All Households,
Cost of Producing a Pluy.
U Did Nansen Vlnd the North Pole. .
Odd Ti'sis of Hypnotism.
Their (llory Is Postponed.
13 News L'p and Down the Valley.
usefulness wns gone so far as catching
uny carriers unawares was concerned.
Postmaster Donham hua asked for
additional I etter carriers and It Is
thought the "spotters" were sent here
to learn if the present force wus doing
all it should do to cover the city.
QIAVS FIRST DKLEtlATE.
Candidacy Approved and Delegate Uarl
ington Is Instructed to Support Him t
tkcKeptibllcan National Convention,
West Chester. March 3. The Repub
licans of Chester county met In con
vention here today. 101 cielegutes being;
in attendance. Smedley Darlington
was elected as delegate to the national
Republican convention. The vote was:
Darlington, !':'; Thomas 1 loupes. 53;
L. it. Walters, 1. Thomas Spiickman
was chosen as alternate over Thomas
Milliard. The convention endorsed
Senator Quay for the presidency, and
Instructed Delegate Darlington to sup
port him. The following resolution to
this effect was adopted:
"The convention approves Quay'
candidacy because his native state
stands ready with its 250,000 Republi
can majority to vouch for his unf alter
ing Republicanism; because he has al
ways been faithful to nis stilts so will
he be always faithful to the nation;
because he hus always been an honor
to the state, so will he be an honor
to the nation; because he has always
stood for the good of the state, so will
he stand for the good of the nation;
because he has always been wise in the
counsels of his state, so will he manifest
the same wisdom In the counsels of the
nation.
"The same courage which hp exhibit
ed as a distinguished soldier ot the
country will be exhibited as the chief
magistrate of the nation. The same
leadership which has been assigned to
him aa senator of the United Sta tes will
be accorded him as president of the
whole people. The same unassuming
modesty of mnnner which has drawn
the people of Pennsylvania to him will
attend him as ruler-of the nation. His
understanding of the needs of the peo
ple and the means to be used to once
more restore prosperity to us, exhibit
ed by him In the i'nlted States senate,
recommend hint to the Republican
party as a candidate whose cause any
Republican might be proud to espouse.
"This Republican convention ap
proves of his candidacy because he has
never been disloyal to either his party
or his people; because he has led the
Republican armies to victory without
display, or shared in their defeats with
out complaint; because, while he is
learned in statesmanship and is skilled
In the art of politics, the foremost
companion of the foremost men of I he
day, he is but a modest man of the
people, and well acquainted with all
those things which bringr them comfort
and peace,
"Per these reasons and remermVrlns
that bis ancestors were of this county,
this convention instructs Its national
delegate to strive for the nomination
Hon. Matthew Stanley Quay for the
presidency, and to use all the means
within his power to accomplish this re
sult" MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
The Body of an uld Vetera on Street
Car Tracks.
Norrlstown, Pn. Marc h 3. The body
of Michael Lannon. who is supposed to
have been murdered, was struck by a
Main street trolley car about 11 o'cloc k
last night a short distance below Nor
rlstown. A the car slowly approached
a curve near un Italian settlement, the
motorman, Morris Brown, discovered a
dark object lying across the track a
few feet ahead.
The car shoved the bodyff the track,
breaking bo'.h legs and almost sever
ing the right limb. An examination
showed that in the back of the head
were a number of wounds, ns if made
by some blunt Instrument, and across
the forehead to the right 'was a wound
them for dead.
Lannon was aged fiu years, a veteran
of the late war. and a pensioner. The
coroner and district attorney will make
a rigid Investigation.
COUNTERFEITER GUILTY.
John S. McCleary Convicted of Making
Spurions (Jnarter.
Philadelphia. March 3. A Verdict of
guilty was rendered in the I'nlted
States district court today in the case
of John S. McCleary, who wus charged
with making counterfeit quarters and
five cent pieces. McCleary was en
gaged in making the spurious coin with
aged William Creger, at North Wales,
Pa.
Sentence -was deferred. Creger died
recently in prison while awaiting trial.
Valnable C attle Killed.
Lancaster. Pa., March 3. Dr. Pearson,
state veterinary surgeon, this morning
visited the tunn of Henry Wlsler. in West
ilemptield township, and killed ten valua
ble Hostein cattle that were kUfYerliiK
from tiibercolsls. Several other herds in
the vicinity are also afl'ec-ted.
Money Makers Jailed.
Pltteburg. March 3. James A. McDer
tnltt. proprietor of the Central hotel, ut In
diana, fa., and John Me Kane, a gust,
were brought to this city today by I'nlted
States Deputy Marshal Irons, and Jailed,
charged with being counterfeiters.
HARD BLQWATRAILROADS
Decision Putting Vigorous Life Into
the Interstate AcU
RATES MIST ALWAYS BE EQUAL
The Supreme Court Declares Strongly
Against Discrimination Witnesses
Can't Shirk-Failing to Answer They
Will Be Promptly Scat to Jail.
Washington, March 3. One of the
most important decisions ever made by
the Supreme court was handed down
today. It will put new life into the In
terstate commerce act and create a
great sensation In railway circles. The
power of the government to compel
witnesses to testify or to send them to
Jail will be established by this de
cision. The United States Supreme court to
day announced a decision In favor of
the government In the famous Brown
case from Pittsburg. This is an inter
state commerce case. I'pon the deci
sion rests the power of the government
to regulate commerce. Heretofore the
government has been unable to compel
witnesses to testify. Thus Its attor
neys were unable to secure evidence to
enforce the law regulating commerce.
Hereafter any man, no matter who he
Is, can be required to give evidence,
even if It incriminates himself. If he
refuses, he can be sent to Jail for con
tempt of court, to remain until lie
changes his mind.
A witness, however, giving testimony
against himself Is by tils own voice ab
solved from guilt and cannot be pun
ished, but his evidence ran bo used
against his associates. This was the
aim of the act of Feb. 11, 1893, which
was passed especially for the aid of
the Interstate commerce commission.
This net of Feb. 11 is wholly sustained
and declared constitutional by the
forthcoming decision. It was the real
point at issue.
STORY OF THE CASE.
Theodore F. Brown, of Pittsburg, au
ditor of the Allegheny Valley railroad,
was summoned before a grand Jury in
the I'nlted States district court at
Pittsburg May 7 lust to testify in rela
tion to charges of rate discrimination
made against Edwin B. Bates, general
freight agent, and Thomas R. Robin
son, treasurer of the Allegheny Valley
company. Brown rested on his alleged
constitutional privilege of silence and
was committed to Jail for contempt of
court.
A writ of habeas corpus was secured
from the Circuit court, and on the pro
duction of Brown's body before that
court Sept. 11, 1895, the court sustained
the district Judge, declared that Brown
was compelled to answer under the
act of Feb. 11, and recommitted him to
Jail. Then Brown appealed to the
United Slates Supreme court and gave
ball. On account of the far reaching
effect of the decision the case was ad
vanced on the docket and argued and
submitted Jan. '23. The decision sus
tains the ruling of the district and cir
cuit courts and recommits Brown to
Jail.
The effect of this decision on railway
can scarcely be realized. Year after
year with Increasing audacity, they
have violated the Interstate commerce
act. They have granted rebates to fav
ored shippers with Imounlty. They
have mtule special rates and conces
sions In deliance of the law.
INSOLKNCB SHOWN.
Vhen brought Into court they have
said: "We refuse to testify or produce
our books, because the evidence would
tend-to criminate ourselves." Without
this evidence the government has been
unable to convict, hence the Interstate
commerce act has been a dead letter
and the committee little more than a
bureau of railway statistics. The com
mittee has been able to report the mile
age of railways built each year and the
number of passengers killed, but
whether a nmnll and helpless shipper
wns getting the same rates as the
strong corporation It was unable to
know, and If It did know it was help
less to interfere.
So for all practical purposes the In
terstate commerce act was vitiated
and nullified. Its vital object, to pro
tect the weak shippers and Insure ab
solutely honest, open and fair rail
road rates, was Impossible of achieve
ment. hemsieFTnTmixe.
Terrible Situation of Two Miners at
Wllkes-Barre-Iraprlsoned Sine Mon
day. Wilkes-Barre, March 9. John and
Oeorge Qeroklo passed through a terri
ble ordeal In the Stanton mine since
Monday last. They were employed in
the Stanton colliery of the Lehigh and
Wllkes-Burre Coul company as miner
nnd laborer, respectively. Not coming
home since Monday suspicion was
aroused this morning and search was
made for tlicm today. Aftor some
hours exploring it was learned that a
cave-In had occurred and that the poor
fellows were hemmed in. Their lights
were extinguished by the fall and they
groped their way in darkness. The
cave extended up a breast about fifty
feet. The miner had intelligence enough
not to strike a light and thus prevent
ed an explosion.
Keeping a stout heart they waited
patiently till at lust tlcorge Gerokie
who hus been In this country only two
months, become exhausted by the gas
eous atmosphere und fell unconscious.
Ills brother John kept walking around
for hours, making soundings and try
ing to prevent himself from getting
drowsy. By this time Flroboss Daniels,
who whs making his rounds, discovered
the fall. To test the soundness of the
roof that had not fallen Daniels tapped
return tap from the rescuing partyshr
return tap from the exhausted miners
Inside. Daniels left the place to organ
ize a rescuing party from men in other
parts of the mine. The rescuing party
arrived on te shcene as quickly as pos
sible and worked from yesterday morn
ing till 4 o'clock this afternoon before
the prisoners were liberated. Their al
most lifeless forms were borne to the
company's ambulance at r. o'clock which
conveyed them to their home.
A rumor to the effect that fifty men
had been enuimbed wus the means of
assembling hundreds of people near the
shaft. The men who passed through
such n trying experience were resting
comfortably nt midnight tonight and
while the miner's recovery Is certain,
slight hopes are entertained for the
laborer.
Against Coul Combines.
Albany. N. Y March 3. In the assem
bly today Mr. ftobhlti's anti-coal trust
bills were passed. The bills empowers the
attorney general to proceed against trusts,
whenever he had reason to believe that
the law Is violated or whenever complaint
is made.
l or Greater snnbtirr.
Harrlsburg. Pa March a. Letters pat
ent were Issued today by the stute de
partment allowing the boroughs of Sun
bin y ajid Kast Hiinbiiry to be consolidated
In one borough under the name of Sun-bury-
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CANADA DKSIKES IMMIGRANTS
Convention nt Winnipeg to Promote Set
tlement of the Northwest.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, March 3 Del"
gates from the leading cities, towns,
and municipalities from Port Arthur CO
the Pucillo const, and also from com
men ial, railway and industrial organi
zations, are In the city In response to
a call for an Immigration convention
to discuss plans for booming the Canad
ian northwest as a desirable field Tot
settlement by all classes of Immigrants,
Tiie convention will appoint a per'
nianent committee of organization,
which will take steps to spread informa
tion concerning the northweet through
Knglund and continental countries.
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