i Real tlsemcl items llshmcl North J tentlol P. m.l w VLtaii? k t T CENTS. v Onrrr pret ROUBLES OF THE GOLDITES feffersonian Democrats Are Unable to Agree on Course of Action. 4RE DIVIDED ON A TICKET The Committee Refuses to Put Up a List. Executive Committee Decides to Put Up a 1. 1st of Cnndldntc8--Tlio Con ference, After a Long Discussion Upon tho Above Kccommendntion, Decides Otherwise. Philadelphia, Sept. 2. The state ex ecutive committee of the Jeffersonian or I Gold Democrats, today decided by a vote of 17 to 10 not to place any can didate in the field for state treasurer and auditor general and immediately afterwards adopted by a viva voce vote resolutions to that effect which also reaffirmed tho principles and policies of the regular Democratic convention of Allentown and deploied the action of the recent Heading convention. The decision of the committee today was reached after a conference which was participated In by the members of the committee and a number of Gold Dem ocrats from all parts of the state. Tho conference, after a long session, de cided by a vote of 33 to 34 to place a ticket In the field, but the committee when called uoon to consider the con ference recommendation decided other wise. The state committee was called to or der shortly after noon by Chairman Given, of Lancaster, and the only ab sentee was John Blanchard, of the Twenty-eighth congressional district. After the roll call Mr. McCully, of this city, moved a recess until a general conference had been held between tho committees and other Gold Democrats of the state at present In favor of nomi nating a ticket. This was adopted and the conference begun at once by Mr. Hush, of Delaware, moving that candidates 'for auditor geneial and1 state treasurer be named. He strongly advocated Immediate organization for the election of congressmen next year. Mr. Hush stated further that It Is deslr ntile that cufTlclent votes be polled this year to give the Jeffersonian party a place In the ballot. The Rush resolution was supported by representatives from Lehigh, Mont gomery, Montour and Lancaster coun ties, James P. Marshal, of Lancaster, in strong terms sxld: "If th' - commit tee does not give us some .Jy to vote for I reserve the right io choose the lesser of two evils and vote as I see fit for the Republican ticket." Mr. Carpenter, of Pittsburg, ques tioned the wisdom of nominating a itlcket and was sustained by Mr. Ihoades, of Delaware, who said: I These Reading people were Demo- cats. They are coming to us gradual- Let us do all we can to get them llth us. I am a Gold Democrat, and orked against Bryan, but I don't see tint is to be gained by naming a Ikot of our own." limes D. Hancock, of Venango, fa red nominating a ticket and de- red that the so-called Democratic Fart In every state In the Union and Tn every county in every state was con trolled by Populists and anarchists, and that every good Democratic prin ciple had been eliminated from its ar ticle of faith. He finished a vigor ous speech by decla ring: "Let us nominate our candidates and stand by them." MR. WRIGHT'S RESOLUTION. Ex-Chairman Wright then submitted the following resolution: Tho national Democratic party of Penn sylvania, through Its state committees, reaffirms its adherence to tho principles nnd policies declared in the platform of the Allentown convention. In tho languago of that platform wo again declare that wo In a firm and In varying manner aro In favor of the gold Btundard. Whtlo wo favor tho most lib eral uso of silver, consistent with tlio en forcement of the gold standard, wo aro absolutely opposed to tho free colnago of sliver, and to tho compulsory pur chase of silver bullion by tho govern ment. Wo believe that tho interests of the peoplo demand that tho earnings of trade, agriculture, manufacture and com merce and especially tho wages of lubor should bo paid In money on tho great est value and the largest standard adopt ed by the civilized world. Wo are, there, for, unalterably opposed to all devices nnd schemes for the debasement of our currency, and to all evasions and com promise of a question so closely affect ing Individual and national credit and honor. Wo deplore tho action of tho recent convention at Reading in again fastening upon tho Dmocratlo organization tho ex ploded heresies of Populism, cheap money nnd repudiation. Tho action of that convention Is espe cially unwlso and unpatriotic at this time, in thnt It thrusts into tho stnto campaign an Issue that should have no pluce in this contest it divides again tho great Democratlo party at a time when unity of purpose and action Is most es sential to tho Interests of tho State, It invites defeat to the party that should havo been tho Instrument of reform In stato affairs and to adopt the recent ut terance of an honored Pennsylvania Democrat leaves this boss-ridden stato naked to tho scourge and raplno of Its plunderers. We deem It Inexpedient at this tlmo to nominate candidates for tho ofllco of au ditor general and state treasurer. The Issues In Pennsylvania are local and not national and offer no fit occasion for tho discussions of federal policy. Our or ganization was formed by way of pro test against the position taken by tho late Democratlo convention nt Chicago on certain national Issues. In every elec. Hon in which these Issues nri directly Involved It has already afllrmcd our ad herence to the principles of the old tlmo Democratic party so admirably illustrated by tho administration of President Cleve land, so perfectly and comprehensively stated by tho national Democratlo con vention at Indianapolis. Wo uro com pelled tc do this If need be, and at tho proper time, by nominating and vot ing for a separate ticket. Wo cannot bollevo that the doctrines which we op. poso can long Influence tho Democratlo maBS, nor that tho men who now cham pion those doctrines can long retain con trol of tho Democratic organization sub dued If not Instructed by repeated at tacking and deserved defeat, they must eventually give up the unequal struggle and glvo opportunity for the real and so ber Judgment of Democratic principle to assert Itself. COMMITTEE'S REPORT. Mr. Wright supported his resolution in a vigorous speech. The conferees then entered upon a long discussion, which resulted In the recommendation to the committee that a ticket bo placed In tho field. Tho committee at once reconvened and George R. Bedford, of the Eleventh district, submitted the Wright resolu tion. Another discussion seemed Im minent when Chairman Given stated that tho real question to be de cided was whether a ticket was to be nominated or not. He told the com mittee of trouble he had In getting the present conference, out of 1,000 letters sent out ho only got three hundred re plies and today's attendance was less than one hundred. The question was then put, with tho result already men tioned. Those for a ticket were Messrs. Led erer, Wilson, Rush, S. McCormlck, Chalfont, Foote and Parquhar, Brooks, Smith and Hancock; total, 10. Against a ticket, Messrs. Lowrey, Bullitt, Ryan, Tracey.-Cope, Wright, Given, Bedford, Graham, Millensbury, McCorlck, Pow ell, Greevey, Jenks, Carpenter, Plulala, Fleeharty; total, 17. Murray Rush then submitted the Wright resolution, which were adopted unanimously. The committee then adjourned to meet at the call of the chair. AWFUL WRECK OF A VESTIBULE TRAIN A Dclnwnrc, Lnclcnwnnna and West ern Train Crashes Into tho Station House nt lllodgctt's Mllls--List oi Killed nnd Injured. Cortland, N. Y., Sept. 2. One person was killed and about a dozen badly in jured and several slightly bruised and cut by flying glass, In a wreck this morning on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western at Blodg ett's Mills, a small town several miles from this place. Mrs. McQuillan, of Overbrook, a suburb of Philadelphia, was almost Instantly killed. The In jured are: Mrs. J. II. McQuillan, a daughter-in-law of the dead woman, of Philadel phia; Price McQuillan and Daniel Mc Quillan, two grandchildren of Mrs. Mc Quillan; Mrs. Connell, Scranton, badly bruised; Miss Connell, Scranton, cut by flying debris, and slightly bruised; Deman Nell, aged 10 years, of Philadel phia, cut about the face and slightly bruised. The wrecked train was south-bound vestibule train No. 4, which left Syra cuse at 9 o'clock this morning. Nearlng the station at Blodgett's Mills the main track makes a sharp curve at a point a few feet north of the passenger station. The Pullman car left the track and plunged Into the corner of the little station. The build ing was knocked from Its foundation and tho Pullman car almost torn into splinters. The Injured were nearly all In the Pullman car. Superintendent Schwarz, of the Dela ware, Lackawanna and Western road, was in the wrecked train, but escaped with a few scratches. Mrs. McQuillan had been on a visit to relatives at Glen Haven. AMTCH AT MT. ORETNA. Result of Yesterday's Contest for tho Silver Cup. Mount Gretna. Pa., Sept. 2. Tho bri gado teams of the National Guard of Pennsylvania were engaged today In practice at the Btato rifle rango prepara tory to tomorrow's match for the. silver cup. Tho cup Is now held by tho Third brigade, but must bo won three times to bo permanently held. It was won twice by the First brigade, twlco by tho Second brigade and onco by the Third brigade. Tho following scores were made today: 200 yards, First brigade, 411; Second First brigade, 410; Second brigade, 43S; brigade, 421; Third brigade, 441. COO yards. First brigade, 410; Second brigade, 43.1; Third brigade, 431. 600 yards, First bri gade, 403; Second brigade, 3S3; Third bri gade, 401. Totals. First brigade. 1,230; Second brigade, 1,217; Third brigade, 1,273. JUDGE WILLARD'S SUCCESSOR. It Is Stntcd Thnt the Appointee Will Come from Philadelphia. Harrlsburg. Sept. 2. Tho successor to Judgo E, N. Willard, of Scranton, n member of the Superior court, has been determined upon by Governor Hastings, but tho appointment will not bo mndo for several days. Tho appointee will como from Philadelphia and Is said to be ono of tho moat prominent lawyers In tho state. Judge Wlllard's resignation was re ceived and accepted yesterday by tho governor, SEVEN W0RKA1EN KILLED. Hurled by it lulling Iluildingin JUou treiix, Near (Joncvn. Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 2. A dis patch from Montreux, fourteen miles from here, announces that an asylum for tho insane, which was in course of erestlon there, has collapsed, burying a number of workmen in the ruins, Tho bodies of seven deud men havo been recovered and seven others, trlously wounded, havo been removed from tho wrecked building. - . lliils for SliolU. Washington, Sept. 2. Tho ordlnanco bu reau of the war department today opened bids for 193 elght-lnch, C05 ten-Inch and IV) twelve-inch armor piercing shells, und 270 twelve-Inch mortar shells of ono thousand pounds each. Tho bidders tvera the Mldvalp company, of Philadelphia, the Flrth-Stlrllng company, tho Carpen ter Steel company and tho Drigga Schroeder company. Tho awards will not bo mode for some time, Hnmlle Factory Humid. Now York, Sept. 2. Tho works of the Le Metz Umbrella and nicycle Handle company at West Brighton, S. I., were burned today. Loss, JGO.OOO and $75,000. Fire In a I'npor Mill. Troy, N. Y Bept. J.-Flre In the paper mill of Manning Paine today damaged the building and machinery to the ex tent of 1100,000. SOKANTON, PA., DISPUTING THE YUKON BOUNDARY A Claim That Dawson City Is on Ameri can Soil. SECRETARY SHERMAN'S OPINION Officials of the United Stntes Govern ment Holer to Survoys--Tho Boun dary Linn Never Dctcrmlncd--Intcr-nntionnl Complications Possible. Port Townsend, Wash., Sept. 2. A letter Just received from John U. Smith, United States commissioner at Dyea, and Skaguay, intimates that govern ment ofllcals now on the way to the Upper Yukon may, by their official acts, bring on serious international compli cations with the Dominion government. In this letter Mr. Smith says: "It Is anounced here by a deputy United States marshal that the United States government Is to make claim to a large portion of the Yukon gold fields which have heretofore been supposed to be In British territory, and that th ter ritory which Is claimed as being within Alaska includes Dawson Cty. The bas is of the claim to be made by the United States oflicials to the disputed terri tory is In the fact that the boundary line has never been determined, and the United States authorities are claim ing to possess information as to tho surveys made by the CanaTdian govern ment that fix Dawson City and a large portion of the gold district within Alaska." Washington, Sept. 2. Secretary Sher man said today with reference to the publshed report that this country had sent men to the Klondike to assert American ownership of the cold fields, that thero was no truth at all in the tale. He continued: "We have no dispute with Canada so far as I know over the ownership of those fields. The Klondike, or what Is generally understood ns the Klon dike, where the largo discoveries of gold have been made,, belongs to Can ada. Some of the gold doubtless runs Into American territory west of the 141st meridian. But our boundary down to the southsrni part of Alaska is pretty well defined and I know of no controversy concerning it." SWEPT INTO A CREVASSE. Probnbly Tntnl Accident to Tour AN pino Tourists on Mont IMoiircur. Berne, Switzerland, Sept. 2. Further advices from La Salle, near Mont 1'leur eur, show that the reports of tho occi dent to a party of Alpine tourists In that vicinity were not exaggerated. Eight per sona. It appears, started from Slon, cap ital of tho Canton of Valais.'wtth the In tention of ascending Mont Plcureur. The latter Is 12,153 feet high and is not a very difficult ascent from Mauvoisln, by tho Gletrox, eight hours being generally occu pied in tho task. Tho tourists were led by Pastor Gonln, of Slon, and they mado tho ascent divided Into two parties of four each. Tho first of these parties reached 'ho summit and tho second was only a short distance behind when the four persons composing It were swept by an avalanche into a crevasse a thousand feet deep. All hope of resctiing some of the tourists alivo has not been given up. The miss ing party was composed of Pastor Gonln, two schoolboys from Lausanne and a young Englishman named Bernard, OQDEN GOELET'S BURIAL. The Place Will He Selected After His Body Benches Newport. Cowes, Isle of Wight, Sept. 2. The body of the late Ogden Goelet, who died August 27 on board his steam yacht, Mayflower, then at anchor In Cowes Roads, has been embalmed. The collln containing It has been sealed by the oflicials of the United States consulate at Southampton, and It has been placed In the stateroom which he occupied on board the Mayflower. The Mayflower will leave these waters for Southampton today, will coal thero and will start for Newport, R. I on Sat urday. On the Mnyflowcr's arrival thero the family of tho deceased will decide whether the body will bo burled at New port or at New York. The widow and her son and daughter accompany the remains to the United States. HEIR TO TWO MILLIONS. Young Western .Miller Suddenly Ac quires Great Wealth. Oakland, Cal., Sept. 2. Fred Horton, a young miller of Los Angeles, has fallen heir to a fortune amassed by his father, Philip Horton, tho news of whose sudden death three weeks ago has been received by relatives In Oakland through tho United States consul nt Guayamas. The father and son have been separated for many years. The youth, now about 19, was a child when his parents were di vorced. Tho mother, who subsequently married, took tho boy with her, and the father left California. He settled In a Mexican town near Guayamas, and thero established a flour milling business. By thrift and Industry he accumulated a largo estate, the value of which has been loported as J2,000,000. KING OF APPLES IN SIZE. Illinois Judge Raises One with the Weight of Twenty-one Ounces. Mascoutah, III., Sept. 2. Judge Pad field, residing near Si'mmerfleld, a half dozen miles north of here, has broken the big apples record with one Just picked In hlB orchard. It is of the, Belle-Dora variety, weighs twenty-one ounces, and is live and cne hulf inches in diameter. Fell from Brooklyn Hridgo. New York, Sept. 2. A man either Jumped or fell from the Brooklyn bridge this afternoon. He was picked up by a boat and taken to tho United States Mar ino hospital, where he Is gala to bo in a precarious condition,' He gave his name as William Orton and he is believed to bo a sailor. S m Gold Dctnocrnts Hob Up. Philadelphia. Pa., Sept. 2, The stato eNCcutlvn committee nf the Jcfferiionlu'i nr fnlil npmneriitH hv n vnta rt 17 ia today decided not to placo a stato ticket In the field. Sccrotnrv Dnvls nt Ebunshurg. Washington, Sept. 2. Assistant Seoro Uiy Davis, of tho Interior department, Ins gone to Kbensburg, Pa., his natlvo home, to deliver a speech at exorcises thero tomorrow. Brown Hold lor Trial. Altoona, Pa., Sept. 2. Today UnTted Slates Commissioner McLeod held George Brown for trial for using thu malls to defraud wholesale merchants. FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1897. Bid OAS SCHEME. l'rlvuto Corporation Desires to Illu minate Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Sept. 2. City councils upon reconvening today after tho sum mer recess received from the United Gas Improvement company a proposition to lease tho city gas works for a period of thirty years. Tho city under the prop osition submitted Is given tho right of terminating the contrnct at tho end of ten years upon tho payment of costs of extensions nnd Improvements, which may bo mado by tho company, Tho or dinance submitted by the company re quires the payment nt tho outset of $1, 000,000 for supplies on hand and an in demnity bond for a like amount and an nual payment aggregating $37,000,000 In thirty years, and tho retransfer to tho city of tho improved plant at tho end of tho period. The city Is' to bo furnished free light for Its streets and publlo buildings, and tho prico to private consumers Is to remain nt ono dollar, subject to changes by courfclls, which shall not, however, reduce it below 00 cents beforo Decem ber, 1907, S5 cents beforo 1908; SO cents beforo 1913; or 75 cents beforo 19R Ef forts have been made for years to se curo control of the gas works, but tho proposition of tho United Gas company Is the most Important that has yet been mado by a private corporation. NICARAGUA TIRED OF SILVER. Business Men Wnnt the Country Put on n (Sold Basis. Managua, Nicaragua, via Galveston, Tex., Sept. 2. Nicaragua business men aro tired of their depreciated silver dol lar. They want their country placed on a gold basis, At a meeting of merchants, which wns largely attended, resolutions were adopted deploring the present financial condition of Nicaragua and petitioning the govern ment to place the country on a gold basis, estimating tho present paper dollar or sil ver dollar at 30 cents gold, Tho meeting asked for tho Issuance of gold certificates in the nlace of tho sil ver dollar at this valuation and requested tho government to export and sell the present silver coinago of Nicaragua, HE RESEMBLED A PHOTO. A Strange Man, Supposed to Ho David Necks, Is Arrested. Clearfield. Pa., Sept. 2. Constable Woomer, of Morrisdale. this county, who arrested tho man suspected of being Da vid Weeks, ono of the murderers of George Marcus Nichols, of Trumbell, Fairfield county. Conn., stated today that the arrest of the suspect was brought about through circulars and descriptions given of the murderer. The constable also had a photograph of Weeks. He took a photograph from his pocket and compared It with his man and then placed Weeks under arrest. Tho constable stated that a man would bo In this city either tonight or tomor row morning for tho purpose of Identi fying tho prisoner. PRAYER CURE AFTER THREE YEARS'. Woman Confined to Hod, btit Got Up nnd Wnlkcd. Bellcfontaine, O., Sept. 2. Mrs. Re becca Hartman has been conllned to her bed for three years with a complaint that has baffled physicians. A party of women called yesterday, and after pray ing and laying on of hands, Mrs. Hart man announced that she had been healed and arose from her bed and walked. She was also able to talk aloud, some thing which she had not done for a long time, having always made her wants known by writing on n slate. SCALE OF WAGES ADOPTED. Outcome of the Miners Convention Held nt Du Hois. Dubois, Pa., Sept. 2. Tho miners, con vention, which has been In session for two days, adjourned this nfternoon, af ter adopting a scale of wages. Tho rate OBked Is 32 cents for machine mining and 40 for pick. General Manager Robinson has already offered 40 cents for pick mining, and 24 cents for machine. It 'Is believed that tho difference of S cents per ton for mnchlno mining means a stubborn fight between tho operators and tho miners. OLD BULLET CAME TO LIGHT. Worked Out of Gettysburg Veteran's Bnck Alter .1 1 Yonrs. Shlppensburg, Pa,, Sept. 2. Isaac Kolho has Just been lelleved in a peculiar way of a bullet that lodged in his body on tho third day of the battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1SG3. Surgeons were unable to locato tho ball at tho time, and the wound healed. Several weeks ago a large carbuncle mado Its appearance on Mr. Koine's back, nnd when this was lanced today tho bul let dropped out. GIVES THE CHICORA'S LOCATION. Mrs. Hromwell Claims Io Know Just AVhoro the rock Lies. St. Joseph, Mich,. Sept. 2. Mrs. Sarah Bromwell, the Chicago spiritualistic me dium, who claims to havo discovered tho location of tho tpot hero tho steamer Chlcora was sunk, January 1, 1891, now de. scribes It as being one mile south of tho harbor ind five miles out In the lake. Sho says the steamer lies In ten fath oms of water. It Is reported that a diver has been sent for frcm Chicago. SWIFT JUSTICE IN THE SOUTH. Legal Punishment of n Girl's Negro Assnilnnt. Raleigh, N. C Sept. 2. The negro Brodlc, who assaulted n whito girl at Kittrcll ono month ago, was hange I yes terday at Henderson. He wns tried at a special term of tho court called by the governor under the ntw law, and was convicted by a Jury composed one-third of negroes in turee minutes. Silver Miners Accept Reduction. Leadvllle. Col,, Sept. 2. Owing to tho heavy fall In tho pi ice of sliver, tho Ma hala mluo, employing about fifty men, announce a reduction In wages from $3 to J2.50. The men have accepted the re duction. Tho Mahala Is ono of tho latg est silver producers In the district. Lo's Supplies cm on; Las Cruzes, N. M Sept. 2. The gov ernment has cut oft nil rations to Apaches Indians, except (lour. They are threat cuing an uprising, and tho settlers nenr tho reservation are very much excited, Theio aro to date about three hundred Indians on the Apache reservation. Hid for New Mint. Washington, Sept, 2. The treasury de partment today accepted tho bid of Al len II. Rorke, of Philadelphia, lor found ation of new Unltod States mint build. Ing.Mr. Rorko submitted several bids ranging from $128,000 to JWS.OOO. The one accepted Is $138,000 and provides for a foundation of hurricane Island granite BRITISH ROUT THE QRAKZAIS Dispersed, but Their Retreat Is Not Intercepted. NEWS FRAGMENTARY AND INDEFINITE Col. Abbott Attncks 1,500 of the Enciny--On the Hond from Ilnngu. Interest Thero nnd nt Slmbkndr. Hnddnli Mullah Threatens Shnkdr. Simla, Sept. 2. Col. Abbott, with two guns and a squadron of the Eighteenth Bengal Lancers and the First regiment of Sikhs, has attacked 1,500 of the en emy at Doaba, on the road from Hangu to Thull. Tho Orakzais fled, but the cavalry failed to cut off their retreat. Bombay, Sept. 2. There is no definite or decisive news from anywhere along the frontier this morning. The centres of interest are Hangu and Shabkadr, where serious lighting Is imminent. The Second regiment of Gourkhas, with Brigadier-General Yeatman-Blggs and his staff, has arrived at Hangu. There the camp, which was open and scat tered, has been transformed into a de fensible position, surrounded by shel tered trenches and breastworks of earth-bags. The camp has also been well supplied with stores and ammuni tion. According to reliable reports there are 10,000 hostile Orakzais on the hills surrounding Hangu. General Yeatman-Blggs has with him a mountain battery, the Royal Irish regiment and five native regiments at Hangu. The Eighteenth Bengal Lanc ers and the Ninth Field Battery are at Shipwarl, to cut off the retreat of the enemy. Advices from Shabkadr say that the Haddah Mullah is threatening the front of that place, where the enemy has collected in great numbers. Col onel Mills, who is in command at Shab kadr, has nt his disposal the Twentieth Punjab Infantry, the Thirty-ninth Gourkas, the Thirteenth Bengal Lan cers, a battery of field artillery and a wing of the Somersetshire Light In fantry. The balance of the Somerset shire regiment and the Twenty-sixth Punjab Infantry are on their way to reinforce Colonel Mills at Shabkadr. The Constantinople correspondent of the Dally Telegraph says that after careful inquiries he is convinced that the Sultan's personal influence among the Mussulmans In Northwest India is non-existent. There is no doubt, the correspondent says, that the sugges tion that the Sultan instigated the trouble is flattering to his vanity; but it Is quite clear that nothing can re store to the Sultan his preponderance In tho Mussulman world. PRESIDENT'S OUTING. A Dny of Pleasure nt Fromont--Mr. McKinley Meets War Comrades. Fremont, O., Sept. 2. This was a day of pleasuro for President McKinley. At 'J o'clock a breakfast party to Invited rep resentative guests of the city was g(ven at tho Hayes homestead In the president's honor. Tho rest of the day was bpent in renewing old friendship with his com rades of the Twenty-third Ohio. The president Is In tho pink of health. Ho says ho has greatly enjoyed the visit at Fremont. A number of guests from out of town called on him at the Hayes man sion to pay their respects and bid him good-bye. Tomorrow at 7 o'clock ho will start on his special train for Columbus, going by way of Ilellevuo and tho Sandusky Short lino to attend the state fair there. He will bo accompanied by Mrs. McKinley, Senator Hanna, Secretary and Mrs. Alger, Colonel and Mrs. M. T. Herrlck, of Cleve land; ex-Governor Foster, ot Astoria, and those from Columbus who havo been is Itlng tho Hayes family during the Hayes wedding and the reunion event3. SELECTING THE DESIGN. Thu Capitol Commission Appears to Have Troubles of Its Own. Harrlsburg, Sept. 2. The capltol com mission to stlcct a design for tho pro posed new state house will meet again next Tuesday afternoon. A meeting of tho commission was held today at which Robert Snodgrass, a Pittsburg lawyer, filed affidavits that J. M. Carraree, of New York, one of tho commission's ex perts, had told tho contents of the report of experts beforo it was submitted to tho commission and how the plans of Harding & Gooeh, of New York, whom Mr. Snod grass represented, had been discarded by the experts because It did not con foim strictly to the programmo of com petition. Professor W. P. Laird, professional ad viser of tho commission, promised to pre sent an affidavit from Mr. Carrareo to tho commission at its next meeting de nying tho allegations of Mr. Snodgruss' clients. RUINED BY THE FALL OF SILVER. Failure of a Hanker nnd Promoter in Central America. San Francisco, Sept. 2. Tho Evening Post says that private ndvlces havo been received here to tho effect that Enrico Mathon, tho well-known banker nnd pro moter of several gigantic schemes In Cen tral America, has failed for over , 000,000. Tho causo assigned for the fail ure is tho heavy depreciation of silver and tho collapse of the real estato boom Inaugurated by President Barrios sever al years ago. Mr. (inrninn nt Home. Wllkes-Barre, Sept. 2. State Chairman Garman arrived home from Reading this morning. He said In an Interview In an swer to a question as to what he thought of Mr. Harrlty's statement that ho was not bound by action of the Reading con vention that tho action of tho state com inltteo ratified by thi stato convention was final and that thtrro was nothing for Mr. Harrlty but to step down and out. Mr. Garman also felt confident that tho national Democratlo committee would up hold tho courso of tho Reading convention. Firemen's Contest. Waynesboro, Pa., Sept. i. The fire men's contest In tho morning and a trades display in tho afternoon were tho features of today's contennlal celebra tion. Tho weather was threatening n portion of tho day, and It Is estimated more than 20,000 visitors wero present during the day. Tonight was given up to enjoyment and an elaborate display of fireworks. DoArmitt Signs Uniformity Plan. Pittsburg, Sept. 2.-W. P. Do Armltt's signature to the uniformity plan has in duced six others to sign It. It Is nlso wild that nioro than tho 93 per cent, of tho coal operators necessary to make the agreement havo elgnef COOPER ASSERTS HIS INNOCENCE. A. Clinngo in tho Accusation Against the Alleged Baronet. San Francisco, Sept. 2. Tho man who says he Is Sir Harry Westwood Cooper, but whom Chief of Police Less thinks Is a swindler named II. C. McDonald, or W. 8. Jones, is still In tho city prison. A telgeram was received from the Pink, crtons nt Chicago, saying that the self styled Cooper was not wanted by tho Bankers' Protective association, but that his presence was rtrgently requested to answer a chargo of having passed n forged draft for $700 upon Mary F. Mur phy, of 629 Dearborn street. At this tlmo Sir Cooper Is supposed to havo been under the namo of Dr. Westwood. Cooper recently directed II. S. Cooper to print him 1.000 letters of credit and tho accompanying drafts for tho pur pose, as Chlof Less things, of beating tho banks In this city, Tho order1- was not filled nnd the house eventually re covered a perforating machlno which they had sold to him. Cooper was In San Francisco a few years ago, and ho has also been in Australia and London Ho assorts his innocence of tno charges of swindling brought ngalnst him. Chicago, Sept. 2. Henry W. Cooper, who travels under tho name of Sir Harry Westwood Cooper, M. D and who was arrested In San Francisco for swindling, lived In Chicago for a tlmo under tho name of Mllward, and represented him self as an English physician. To a num ber of persons ho explained that ho was a member of tho English nobility, and claimed that ho was in receipt of n regu lar lncomo from somo of tho estates of his family. Ho lived expensively, spent money freely and for a time was enter tained by somo of tho best families In tho city. In addition to his swindling operations Cooper Is also suspected of being a blg amlst, a young woman In Detroit claim ing to have been married to him shortly ueiuro nis ueparturo ror Ban Francisco TROUBLES AT THE SOFT COAL MINES Demands Made nt the DuHois Con vention -- Pittsburg Operators Threaten to Employ Negro Lnbor- Dubols, Pa., Bept. 2. Tho mines rep resented at tho convention here today wero the Rochester, London and Sandy Lick of this place, and Adrian, Wnlston, Elcanora, Holvetla, Rahmet and Rey noldsvllle, which mines are on strike and aro operated by the Jefferson and Clear field Coal and Iron company. Tho dele gates represented from five to six thou sand miners and have formulated de mands. Tho demands mado by the convention are as follows: Twenty-five cents per ton for loading and 7 cents for machine, mak ing 32 cents now for machine mining and 40 cents for piece mining. The demand asks for (1 for clay. The fourth resolu tion calls for no discrimination and adds that no mine shall havo the power to set tle; also asks for tho appointment of a Joint committee to settle strike affairs. Tho last resolution Is a demand for 20 cents per hour for driving mules. Tho demands place tho miners and op erators apparently further apart than ever. General Manager Robinson on Sun day sent a communication to the minors making them the offer abovo stated. Yesterday he sent a second notice Baying his first was final, henco the prospect of settlement is remote. Pittsburg, Sept. 2. The Pittsburg coal operators were convinced today that a settlement of the strike was In sight, when Inquiries for coal begun to come In from Cleveland. Prices were asked and several contracts wero made at 20 cents above the price for mining whatever tho rate might be. Cleveland Is tho head quarters of tho big speculators and thesa people who tako In tho situation. Colonel Read gave his ultimatum to a commit teo of his miners today. He told them that if a proposal now under considera tion nt Columbus was rejected ho would start his mines at once. He had an of fer, ho said, of 500 colored men from the south who would work and who could not bo frightened nway. WATCHDOGS WITHDRAWN. .South Carolina .lag Constabulary Forces Havo Been Reduced. Columbia, S. C, Sept. 2. Governor El Icrslce said today that ho had given or ders withdrawing the state constabulary force from every village, town and city In tho State, Only a few constables will be retained In tho country districts, where thero arc no local oflicials to en force the dispensary law. This action removes tho causo of fric tion In enforcement of stato liquor law and will savo tho commonwealth $30,000 a year. REUNION OF OHIO VETS. Fremont, O., Sept. 2. Tho reunion of tho survivors of tho Twenty-third regi ment of Ohio Volunteers Infantry was held hero today. President McKinley, who was a member of this regiment, and many other distinguished survivors wero In attendance. Tho city was profusely decorated. The sunriso salute wns fol lowed at 10 a. m. with tho president's salute, und from that tlmo on tho com rades wero In the highest glee. At noon there was a grand parade, and nt 2 p. m. the exercises hegan in tho grovo, which adjoins the Hayes' mansion. Death ol Senator .Mulliii. Now York, Sept. 2. State Senator Jo seph Mullin, of Watertown, died hero today. In tho senate at Albany Mr. Mul lin took high rank as a man of ability. Ho was connected with several banking and manufacturing concerns, In his sec tion of the state. Sinm's King Visits Hisninrck. Frlcdrloihsruhe, Sept. 2. The king of Slam paid a visit to Prince BJsmarck to day. His majesty lunched with the ex chancellor and they remalnod In conver sation for a long tim,e. THE NEWS THIS 3I0KNIN0. Weather Indications Today: Generally Fair. 1 General Gold Democrats Will Not Name a State Ticket. Strikers Inaugurate a Reign of Terror In the Hazloton Region, Ono Killed nnd Several Injured in a D., L. & W. H. It. Wreck. News of tho War In India. 2 Sport Leaguo Season In Scranton Ended. Base Ball Games of a Day. Fltzslmmons Wins in tho Boxing Bout at Music Hall. 3 Local Councils Fall to Confirm tho New Park Commissioners. Great Water IlCbources of Scranton. 4 Editorial. Comments of the Press. 5 Local Eleven Scrantonlans Injured in tho D L. & W. Wreck. New Telephono Regulations. 0 Local West Side and City Suburban. 7 Lackawanna. County News. 8 Neighboring County Happenings. Financial and Commercial TWO CENTS STRIKERS ARE NOW FRENZIED In the Hazleton Coal Re gion a Reign of Terror Begins. STRIKERS ON THE MARCH Hungarian and Italian Miners Carry Red Flags. Collieries Arc Compelled to Shut Dovn--I''ircs Drawn from Hollers. Supt. Jones' Residence Wrecked. The Militia .liny Ho Called Out. Destruction of Property Feared. Hazleton, Sept. 2. The strike situa tion in the Hazleton region becamo very serious this morning. Thousands of Ignorant foreigners have begun a reign of terror, bave closed 'ip all tho collieries, wrjsked the house of tho superintendent und innrch. i fi"in ono mine to another umi'i llw wildest con fusion, a howling mob without aim or leader. Riot and bloodshed Ib feared, proivrty Is expected to be destroyed and it is very likely that the militia will be called out. The trouble began nt the Amlenrlpil colliery of the Lehigh and Wilkes. uarre woai company this morning. Tho company's officials refused to grant tho men the advances the latter asked and the conference which acted as a truco for several days was dtclared off last evening. This morning the men from the Au denried mine refused to return to work, but instead marched, 1,500 strong, to the Coleralne mine of the Van Wlcklo company. The men of that place Joined the strikers and the march was re sumed to the Yorktown mine of tho Lehigh Valley Coal company. Here the marchers compelled Super intendent Hayes to blow the whistle of the colliery, which called out the men. There were threats of violence unless the men there left their work. THE RED FLAG WAVES. Then the crowd, which numbered nearly 3,000, marched on the Beaver Brook collieries, operated by B. W. Dodson. The strikers carried red Hags, clubs and Iron bars, and weapons of all descriptions and the peaceful miners and citizens along the route were ter rorized. Five wnsherles were shut down, tho fires drawn from the boilers both thero and at the various collieries, and every man employed about them was forced to Join the marching strikers. The residence of Superintendent Gomer Jones was surrounded by tho mob. Luckily he was not at home. His residence was badly wrecked, every door and window in the house being; broken. At this writing the several thousand miners, Hungarians, Poles and Italians, are marching on the Silver Brook col lieries to compel all these to shut down. The column of men Is nearly a mile long. It is their Intention to close all the mines In that vicinity and they will march from Silver Brook to Jeanesvlllo and Hazleton. The residents of Hazleton aro very much aroused at the lawless turn of affairs In that region and fear blood shed unless the Ignorant foreigners aro controlled. PROGRAMME FOR TODAY. The striking miners held a meeting; nt McAdoo tonight and decided to con tinue the marching through tho region at 6 o'clock in the morning. They In tend stopping all the collieries in tho north side, Including Drlfton, Jeddo and Lattlmer, Citizens have started a movement to bilng about a meeting for arbitration. The coal operators, it Is exported, will hold a meeting shortly and agree upon a uniform wngc scale for the region. MR. II0BART RESIGNS. Is No Longer a Diroctor of New York, Susquehanna mid Western. New York, Sept. 2. The annual meeting of tho stockholders of the New York, Sus. quehanna and Western railroad was held today in Jersey City. The board of di rectors was re-elected with tho exception of Vico President Hobart. It was an nounced that Mr. Hobart declined to his re-election becau&e his duties as vico president mado It Imposslblo for him to give the railroad his attention. In nn Interview tonight Mr. Hobart raid ho resigned because of unjust criticism by tho press which charged that becauso tho road was a coal carrying road, he, as a director, was a member of the coal trust and could raise or lower tho prlco of coal. As a matter of fact he said tho road can led only 2 per cent, of tho coal tonnage. FUSION AT LINCOLN. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 2. Fusion was ef fected by tho three stnte conventions which met separately hero today, and the samo candidates wero nominated by all three conventions, tho Democrats, tho Populists and tho silver Republi cans. Tho candidates agreed upon are: Judge John J. Sullivan, a Democrats, for supreme Judge, and E. Von Forell, a Populist, and George T. Kenower, a sil ver Republican, for regents of tho Stato university. Two regents nro to bo elect ed this fall. Races Postponed. Hartford, Sept. 2. On account of the Inclement weather the races scheduled for Charter Oak this week have been postponed. HERALD'S WEATHER FORECAST. New York, Sept. 3, In the middle states and New England, today, clear weather will continue with slowly rising temper ature and fresh to light northerly and northeasterly winds, shirting to north easterdly. On Saturday, In both of theso sections, fair weather and light easterly, to southeasterly winds will prevail. y
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