5 cratttoft Sribitne. 10 10 PAGES PAGE$ 1& TWO CENTS. SORANTOX, PA., THURSDAY MORNING-, SEPTEMBER 9, 1897. TWO CENTS QUARANTINE IS EFFECTIVE A Check Placed on Yel low Fever at New Orleans. HEALTH OFFICERS CONTROL Arrangements Perfected for Prompt Reports. Throe Cnsos ltcporlcil nt - Illloxl. Placed Under Guurd--No Alnrm I'clt--()iinraiitiuo Against liny St. Louis mid tho Pass Raised. New Orleans, Sept. 8. The Louisiana board cf health Is today In lull con trol of the situation. Although perfect arrangements have been made for tho prompt report of either yellow fever or suspicious cases, up to 10 o'clock today there had not been a single case reported to the board, and the author ities frankly declare that nny more sickness of virulent type will be Im ported, In spite of New Orlean's clean bill of health, however, towns In Louis iana and Mississippi continue to de clare quarantine. There Is much more alarm outside than In this city, where confidence Is entirely restored. It Is confidently believed, however, that Im munity from yellow jack for eight or ten days will bring Mobile and the Mis sissippi and the Louisiana towns to their senses, and move them to tear down their barriers. There was a busy scene at the Louis ville and Nashville depot this morn ing when the early trains arrived. The raising of the quarantine against Hay St. Louis and the Pass had the effect of driving hundreds Into tho city, not because they feared the fever, but be cause they did not care to be hold up In those places Indefinitely if sporadic cases of fever should appear. Among those who have been detained at the Bay and the Pass for several days are many prominent business men, and they -are all glad to get back to tho city this morning. Owing to the fact that the operators at coast cities have been greatly overworked and almost smothered with private messages, gen eral news frorn these points trickles In slowly. CASES AT I1ELOXI. A dispatch from Blloxl received nt 10.30 o'clock today says that tho three cases reported last night are tho only ones that have so far developed at or around Blloxl. The people there are quiet and no excitement is expected. In the Immediate vicinity of Point Cadet it is not unlikely that there will be others ntrlcken besides those who are already on their backs. In the sec tion mentioned the conditions are such as to invite an increase in the number of cases. In tho meantime stringent measures are being taken to contlne the disease there. An effective cordon will be instituted; there will be general and efficient disinfection and expert yellow fever physicians will apply themselves to the task of treating the sick. Thus far there have been no pressing appeals from .Mississippi for physicians to aid the doctors who are there and unless there Is a wide spread of the disease, tho present force of Physicians at Blloxl and Ocean Springs will be able to handle all existing cases. Both towns, however, are In need of supplies and are appealing to the rail road company to promptly arrange for the sending to them of needed supplies. MAIL SERVICE. The mail service was gotten Into pretty fair shape yesterday. Postmas ter Daniels proposes to have all mails regularly handled very soon. There are still some seventy-five peo ple at Ocean Springs from other points, nmong them several prominent citizens of New Orleans now there. They were caught by the quarantine and unable to get out, and the barriers put up by the board of health there are so strong and so great that even high influence Is unable to get over them. Dr. Gulteras, the government expert, arrived In Ocean Springs this morning. Dr Sheedy, who attended the Tillman case In Ocean Springs, is reported sick with fever at Perklnston. Mayor Harry Howard Issued a proc lamation to the people of Blloxl, an nouncing three cases of yellow fever nnd three suspects. He says they nro all isolated and that no facts will bo withheld. Residents of North Back Bay have appealed to tho Blloxl council asking that quarantine be raised so that they may secure supplies. They say they are suffering. Blloxl people are Im patient to havo Dr. dulteras and other experts visit them, so as to determine if the fever In Blloxl Is really yellow Jack. THE LUETQERT TRIAL. Defense Is Surprised by n New Move of the Slnto. Chicago, Sept. 8. The defense In the trial of Adolph Luetgert, for wife mur der, were surprised by a innvo of tho state today. Mrs. Christine Feldt, Luetgert's one time sweetheart, Iden tified a pocket-knife, the blades of which were stained and rusted, as one Luetgert had given her for safe keep ing the day of his arrest. The prosecution asserted that It wns with this knife Luetgert murdered his wife before placing her body in the boiling potash, where It was dissolved. Tobacco Company Pn8i Distrolt, Sept. S.-The American Tobac co company, successors to K, C. Barker & Co., assigned today without prefer ence, to tho Union Trust company. The, Hsscts are IKS.OOO; liabilities $115,000 There aro no preferred creditors. The t't-fuliinl Inroad of tho tobacco trust Is Civui en the main cause of tho failure. WAS IT A STOLEN FORTUNE ? Property with n Faco Value of Moro Than 9200,000 .Seized In n Valine. , Laredo, Tex., Sept. 8. On Aug. 8, 1897, a valise, heavily packed, arrived In this city on the Mexican National passenger train. Customs Inspector Naylor board ed this train nt the bridge and went through it, Inspecting all grips and packages. In tho second-class coach was a large, well dressed American, nrid on tho floor was a grip on which tho man was resting his feet. Inspector Naylor requested him to open the grip for In spection. The pnssenger said that it was not his. An effort was made to find the owner, but no one appeared to claim It. Today Deputy Collector of Customs Judge F. E. Thompson Bt.irted to make out a report of all seized goods on hand, nnd came to this grip. It was otKmed. It contalntd Jewelry, consisting of dia mond rings, breast pins, earrings, etc., valued by Mr. Funk at $2,500: gold coin, mostly $20 pieces, $000; Mexican currency, $220; several checks against a bank in San Luis Potosl, Mexico, In favor of A. S. Trueba, amounting in all 1o about $100,000; three rolls of mining and water works bonds, amounting on fuce value to about $100,000. The vallso Is supposed to have been stolen from u Spaniard named A. S. Trueba by tho American at whose feet it was found, and who was afraid to claim It because of the theft. DR. ANDREWS RESIGNS. Thinks Ills Influence at Ilrowu Is nt nn End, and lie Prefers to Take Chnrgc oi Walker's Now Schcino of Popular Education. Providence, R. I Sept. 8. President Andrews Is to sever his associations with tho Brown university. That deci sion was arrived at today during a con ference between Dr. Andrews and six members of the executive committee of the university. Dr. Andrews, It Is understood, declared that h'e believed his influence nt lirown was at an end. He expressed his desire to be presi dent of Mr. John Brlsben Walker's university In preference to remaining here. The committee has been some what prepared for this ever blnce Dr. Andrews hurried last week from this city to meet Mr. Walker. In fact, it is said here that after the recent meeting of the corporation the request to Dr. Andrews to withdraw his resignation vindicated the university and placed It all right before tne public. It was really immaterial what course Dr. An drews took, because the corporation was satisfied that the public would under stand that the charge that the univer sity was opposed to freedom of speech was unfoMnded. There were only six members of tho executive committee at the conferenco this afternoon and It la asserted that each agreed to keep mum about what happened at the meeting, as Dr. An drews was to send an official communi cation to the committee tomorrow morning. Nevertheless, the fact that Dr. Andrews was not to withdraw his resignation was whispered about town tonight and subsequently verified. Dr. Andrews positively declined to say any thing for publication. The members of the executive com mittee were not oillclally notified of the call for the meeting till this morning. It was called by Dr. Andrews, but he iw lit to first clve It out to the press while in New York and after his con ference with Mr. Walker. Most of the members of the committee say the an nouncement In the newspapers that they were to meet today, and were conse quently prepared for It. It was pretty generally understood that the corporation would not tolerate anything that would serve as a division of labor between educational schemes. The trouble over the presidency of Brown hai In no way Interfered with the enrollment of students, the number being fully up to that of last year. The college year will begin on Sept. 15, and It is altogether likely that Dr. An drews will remain until his successor Is elected. LOVED AND LOST FORTUNE. Cast Aside Thousands Tor a Railroad Itrnkeiniin. New York, Sept. 8. Because she lov ed a poor railroad brakeman and mnr- rled him against the wishes of her wealthy aunt, Mrs. Annie Russel Hart now finds herself cut off with a small Income by tho terms of her offended ount's will. The will of tho nunt, Mrs. Mary M. Gayer, a widow, who lived in Brooklyn, was filed today. It disposes of $242,000 in personal property and $8,000 in real estate. The hulk of Mrs. Gayer's estate is bequeathed to two nleces-In-Iaw and two nephews-ln-law, who live at Nor wich, Conn., and to a score or more of charitable institutions in Brooklyn.New York and Connecticut. Mrs. Hart, who is the only surviving blood relation of the testatrix, Is left $8,000 In trust, the income from which Is to bo paid to her during her lifetime. COOPER STILL A PRISONER. lint a San l'rnuclsco Hotelkcepcr Tails to Prove Him n Linr. San Francisco, Sept. 8. "Sir" Harry Westwood Cooper uppeared before Po lice Judge I.owo on a charge of obtain ing money on false pretence from tho landlord of the Langham hotel, who tes titled that Cooper told him that he hal $S5,000 to his credit in a New South Wales bank. Tho landlord was forced to admit that ho did not know that Cooper's story was false. Tho charge, therefore, was dis missed. Two charges of forgery nro pending ngalnst Cooper, ono for having In his possession Instruments for ubo in counterfeiting and ono for trying to dispose of forged bills. He will' be ex amined on one of these charges today. Havana Prefers War. Madrid, Sept. S.-It Is ofllclally denied that Premier General Azcarrage has written to the leaders of tho political parties saying that tho government at Havana would prefer war with the United States to tho intervention of tho country in the affair of Cuba, . Child Cremated, Richmond. Va Sept. 8.-At Falrmount. a suburb of this city, the little son and daughter of Joseph Crecder, were this evening cremated by mo burning of an outbuilding In which they were ut play. GENERAL LEE ' BACK FROM CUBA Will Not Talk About the Political Affairs of the Island. PUNCTURES SOME CURRENT LIES Case of Kvnngcllnn Cisnoros Very Much I2xaggorntcd--Wcll Clothed and Well l'cd--llolicf for Ameri cans In Diitross on tho Island. New York, Sept. 8. General FItzhugh Lee, the United States consul general at Havana, returned from Cuba this morning In the Ward line steamship Seguranca. accompanied by his son, FItzhugh. Ho went at once to West Point to visit his son, George M., who is a student at the Military academy. The Seguranca reached her pier at 9.30 o'clock. General Lee was not nearly so spruco n man as when he first' went to tho Pearl of the Antilles. He wore an old black diagonal suit and a black silk string bow, very much frayed. Tho well-known "goatee" beard had been removed, and there remained but the luxuriant grny mustache. The general is very proud of his Spanish, and laughingly sandwiched it into his con versation. "I know what you want, boys," he said to the reporters, in reply to their questions about the condition of af fairs in Cuba. "I know exactly what you want, and If I wre not an ofllclnl 1 could swap stories about Cuba with you until the cows came home. As it Is my lips are sealed. I can't talk un til I get my English back," he added, facetiously. "There will be no prosperous times In Cuba," continued General Lse, "un til the war is over, and when that event is likely to occur I cannot say. There nro 1,400 distressed Americans in Cuba, and so far about $15,000 of the $50,000 appropriated by congress for their relief has been expended. THE FAKE STORY CASE. "There Is ono thing that I am at lib erty to speak about, and I do it cheer fully and anxiously, as I wish to cor rect a false and stupid impression which has been created by some news papers. I refer to Senorita Clsneros. This young woman has two clean rooms In the Casa Recohtdas, and Is well clothed nnd fed. It is all tommy-rot about her scrubbing floors nnd being subjected to cruelties and Indignities. She would have been pardoned long ago If it had not been for the hubbub created by American newspapers. "I do not believe the Spanish govern ment ever for one mornent Intended to send her to "the penal colony In Africa or elsewhere. I believe her name Is now upon the roll for pardon." When asked whether he would re turn to Cuba or not, he shook his head and said: "I cannot answer that, and I would rather not talk on Cuban af fairs until I make my report In Wash ington." General Lee will go to Washington on an evening train. Among other passengers on board the Seguranca were Robert L. Oliver, Uni ted States Consul at Merida, Mexico, and George W. Fishback, of this city, who was said to have been sent to Havana on business for the American government. Mr. Fishback said that this was not so, and that his trip to Havana was purely on private business. Mr. Fishback said there was a great deal of suffering all over Cuba, and that the condition of tho people was even worse than when he was there last as Secretary to Commissioner Calhoun, when the latter was investigating the Ruiz case. SH00TINQ AT HYDE PARK. Michael Leonard Badly Wounded nnd G. A. Cronwick Arrested. Hyde Park, Mass., Sept. 8. A mys terious and probably fatal shooting af fair occurred here about midnight. Michael Leonard, a middle-aged man, who, it is thought, lived at 70 Kossuth street, Providence, was shot In the ab domen and was taken to the Massachu setts General hospital in a dangerous condition. James A. Cronnlck Is in custody on suspicion of having shot him. When found Leonard was unable to tell who his assailant was. It was re ported, however, that previous to the shooting a dog's bark was heard, fol lowed by two shots. It was nlso learn ed that Cronnlck, who was Intoxicated at the time, had been seen in tho vic inity, accompanied by his dog. Cron nlck denies that he did the shooting. VANDERBILT, JR., STUDYING. Preparing willi a Tutor to Enter Har vard University This Fall. Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 8. W. K. Vanderbllt, Jr., has come to Cambridge to enter Harvard university. Ho has been here since Sept, 1 and Is now In the hands of his tutor, D. F, Camp bell. During the summer young Vander bllt took all tho "hours" of recitations necessary for examination, except one, which ho will take this month. Young Vanderbllt rooms at Beck hall, corner of Harvard street and Massachusetts avenue. THE INSURGENTS SUPPRESSED. Story Rolntlvo to I'iiiar Del Rio That I Not Confirmed. Havana, Sept. 8. A wealthy planter and land proprietory Spaniard by birth and a resident for over thirty years at Consnlaclon Del Sur, Senor Rodriguez San Pedro, civil governor of tho prov ince of Pinar Del Rto, Informed Captain General Weyler today that, In his opin ion, the government may withdraw tho regular troops from that province, as the gendarmes nnd volunteers aro suf ficient to suppress tho small groups of Insurgents scattered over that terri tory. Preacher Expelled lor Immorality. Seattle, Wash., Sept, 8. A special from Everett announces the conviction by a committee of the Pugot Sound Meth. odlst conference of Rev. W. T, Ford, formerly pastor of a church In thin city, on the chargo of Intimacy with his ser vant girl. ord has been expelled from tho church, tho voto being twclvo to ono. LYNCHED AN INNOCENT MAN. Henry Wnll Wns tho Victim of Unjust Simpleton. Richmond, Vn., Sept. 8. Henry Wall, a young white man about 22 years old, was lynched by a mob near Friend's Mission on Sunday for an alleged as sault upon Miss Sadie Cook on Satur day last. He was probably Innocent. Miss Cook was found In an unconscious condition with fourteen gashes on her body nnd head and her skull fractured. Further Investigation proved that sho had been assaulted. Young Wall was arrested on suspicion and was In charge of Constable Childress. Early in tho night Sheriff Woolwlno went to sleep within half a mile of where Childress was guarding tho pris oner. A mob came and took away the prisoner without encountering any re sistance on the part of the constable, and the latter did not report tho fact to tho sheriff until the next day. That wns Sunday night. Wall was lynched, simply a suspicion beini1tho ground for this cruelty. Tf On Monday further Investigation wns made, and there was practically no evi dence to convict Wnll of the crime. It Is now believed he was Innocent. There Is much Indignation In tho neighbor hood against the mob. A1AN WHO AVOIDED WOAIEN. .Undo Provision in Ills Will for n Steer ami n Black Horse. La Grange, Ind., Sept. 8. Tho will of George Hnrwood, a wealthy farmer, of Clear Springs township, has been admitted to probate. Harwood nlways had an aversion to women. His sole companion was a hired man named Frane, who assisted In all tho house hold duties. Tho will bequeaths to Franc the use of sixty acres of flue land on which Harwood resided, nnd In consideration of which Frnno Is to provide for a steer and a black horse which Har wood owned. When the two nnlmnls die they are to be buried in a five acre lot, which Is set aside ns Har wood's burying ground. An elaborate monument is to be erected at the head of the graves nnd Frane Is otherwise to beautify the spot. Harwood's last desire was that the burial services be omitted, he to be placed In an ordinary cheap coflln and hauled to tho grave in a lumber wag on. IN A BURNING BLANKET. Demented Michigan Womnn's Method of Ending IIci Existence. Awassa, Mich., Sept, 8. Miss Millie Comstock preferred death to spending the rest of her life In an insane asy lum. She adopted a sure method of ending her existence. Saturating a blanket with kerosene oil sho wrapped herself In It. Then she placeda match to the blanket and drew her head into Its folds, complete ly enveloping herself In flame. She died In great agony. Miss Comstock was a music teacher. Shs had been In poor health for some time and preparations were being mndo to remove her to the pontiac asylum. OPPOSED TO BISHOP KEANE. Cardinals Resist Ills Appointment ns Archbishop ofNew Orleans. London, Sept. 8 The Daily Chron icle publishes a despatch from Rome saying that several members of tho Sacred College of Cardinals, particu larly Cardinal Ledochowski, Prefect of the Popaganda, strongly oppose the nomination of Bishop Keane, formerly rector of the Catholic university of Washington, and now consultor to tho congregations of the Propaganda and Studies, to tho archbishopric of Now Orleans. WESTERN DEMAND FOR CARS. Eastern Railroads Find It Hard to .Meet the Demand. Philadelphia, Sept. 8. On account of tho Immense shipments of grain from tho West, the Pennsylvania and Bal timore and Ohio uallroad companies are experiencing considerable trouble In furnishing enough freight cars to meet the demand. All cars that can be spared are for warded to such Western points as the business requires. SCRANTONIANS IN MIDDLETOWN. Two Hundred and Fifty of Them Ac company Century Hose Company. Mlddletown, N. Y., Sept. 8. Excur sionists, filling six Ontario and West ern cars, came here today with the Century Hose company, of Scranton. They arrived at 11.45 and spent seven hours as guests of the local firemen. The whole town turned out to do them honor, and hundreds went to Mid way Park to assist In entertaining tho visitors. BUSINESS IN A1EXIC0. Ilcmurknblo Activity Shown Since tho Dcclino in Silver. City of Mexico, Sent, 8. New York exchango is nt $1.39 premium. Re markable acttvlty Is shown In tho or ganization of new stock companies for manufacturing and also for trading. This has been especially noticeable slna? the sharp decline In silver. Snalie's Gluttony Brought Dentil. Glnssboro, N. J., Sept. S, Whllo wheel ing along a road on the outskirts of the town yesterday John Travers camo across n rattlesnake In tho act of swallow ing a squirrel. Tho reptilo had stuck on tho llttlo animal's hind quarters and lay helpless In tho road. Travers easily killed It. Just before that he had heard tho ominous warning of another rat tler, but was unablo to locate It. F.lnping Wlln Joyously Received. Lambertvllle. N, J., Sept. 8. Tho wlfo of Penbrook Hunt, of Brookvlllc, near hero, eloped In Juno of last year. Hunt found her nnd entreated her to return, but she steadfastly refused, A night or two ago Mrs. Hunt appeared at her home, expressed deep contrition and was freely forgiven. In celebration of tho re union a reception was held at tho house last night. . Cotton Mill Start on Full TJino. Mlllvllle, N, J Sept. 8. R. D. Wood & Co.'s largo cotton mill and bleachery havo started up, and. the superintend ents say, will run full time. An ndditlon will bo built to tho mill, and will give employment to uoveral hundred moro hands. BAD WRECK ON THE SANTA FE RAILROAD Twelve or Fifteen Persons Arc Killed in the Smash'Up. COLLISION OF TWO FAST TRAINS Tho Fnst Mail anil California Express Collldo Head On Tho Rollers or Thrco Engines Explodc--Scycn Postnl Clerks Klllcd-.W. J. liryan on the Train. Emporia, Kan., Sept. 8. One of the worst wrecks' In tho history of the San ta Fe railroad occurred three miles east of here at 7.30 o'clock tonight. Twelve or fifteen persons were killed and ns many more badly hurt. The fast mail train going east and the Mexico nnd California express, west bound, collided head on. Tho Mexico and California express was pulled by two locomotives and wlven they struck the engine draw ing tho fast mall, the boilers of all three engines exploded and tore a hole In the ground so deep that the smoking car of the west bound train went In on top of tho three engines and two mall cars nnd balanced there without turn ing over. The passengers In tho smok ing car escaped through the windows. The front end of this tar was enveloped In a volume of stifling smoke and steam rushing up ftom the wreck below nnd the rear door was Jammed tight In the wreck of the car behind. The wreck caught fire from the engines nnd tho cars In the hole nnd the smoking cars were quickly burned to nshes. In climbing out of tho smoking car sever al men fell through" the wreck below, nnd it Is impossible to tell whether they pscare-1 or were burned to death. The west bound carried seven or eight coaches and its passengers included many excursionists who had been to hear Hon. W. J. Bryan speak nt the county fair at Burlingame. Mr. Bryan himself was on tho train, but wns rid ing In the rear Pullman. He states that nothing but a heavy Jolt was ex perienced by the passengers in his coach. Mr. Bryan wns one of the most en ergetic men In tho rescue. He helped to carry out the dead and wounded and gave the greatest attention to their care. One poor fellow who was badly maimed called to Mr. Bryan nnd said: "I went to hear you today; I am dying now and want to shake your hand and say God bless you. If you possibly can, Mr. Bryan, get mo a drink of water." Mr. Bryan went Into the fast mail car, one end of which was burning and came out with tho water. He brought out cushions for others of the injured nnd was everywhere present to min ister to the wants of the suffering. THE DEAD. It is feared that nearly all of tho sev en mall clerks perished in the disaster, but so far only six bodies have been taken from the wreck. Those dead are: JIM HHEN.VAN, engineer, Tcka. NATE HOLLISTKR, fireman. Topeka. J. F. SOUDEH.S, Kansas City, express messenger, body almost consumed by fire. WILLIAM FRISBY. engineer. R. A. DORAN. Kmporia. postal clerk. GONZALES, fireman west bound train. BRAGMAN, Topeka. UNKNOWN TRAMP. Among tho seriously Injured are: Claude Holiday, express messenger; D. C. Earler, express messenger, will die; John Dagan, J. T. Butler, may die; William F. Jones, B. F. Metik, Phil Schuer, C. A. Vanvll. , William Pat rick, C. D. Adams, Mike Sweeney. Ben Walters, St. Joseph, Mo., a fire man on the west-bound train, Is miss ing. The engineer of the west-bound train had received orders to meet the fast mall at Emporia and was making up lost time. These two are the fastest trains on the Santa Fe system and tho west-bound train must have been run ning at a speed of at least forty milco an hour. The west-bound express was going around a slight curve when tho collision occurred. On the seven or eight cars making up the Mexico and California express, only the mall, bacencre nml nvnrn and smoking cars were destroyed. The coach and smoker were badly splin tered. There was not more than a dozen passengers on the first mall, all In one coach, and while none of them was seriously Injured, their shaking up was terrible. Every seat fn tho mnnh was torn from the floor and many floor piani:s came up with the seats. One man. John Sweeney, was thrnn-n over three seats and out a wlnrimv i. escaped with onlv a scratch nnd uruises. tho ouier cars of tho fast mnll train, a baggage and express, were totally wrecked. GERMAN A1ERCHANTS OROANIZE. To Protect Interests When Commer cial Treaties Arc Renewed. Berlin, Sept. 8. A number of German manufacturers and merchants have formed a committee for the purpose of protecting tholr Interests when the time shall arrive for a renewal of Germany's commercial treaties. Among other things, tho committee Intends to establish a central office for the collection of useful Information re garding tho requirements of German industry after tha model of similar In stitutions In America, In regard to which Baron von Thlelmnnn made a highly approving report based on his experience as German ambassador to tho United States. MUTINY IN CONGO FREE STATE. Mnll Advices Believed to Refer to an Event Prnvioui.lv Reported. Brussels, Sept. 8. Mnll advices havo been received from Uganda stating that a mutiny has occurred among tho troops of the Congo Free state in the Toro district. Tho mutineers, it is said, killed fifty nine Belgaln officers and men and de stroyed all the forts, committing dep redations right and left. This report Is regarded In Brussels ns merely anoth er version of tho revolt of tho soldiers of Baron Dhanls' expedition to tho headwaters of tho Nile, HIS PAST IS A BLANK. A Stranger In Seneca Fnlls Mho Has Forgotten His Owu Name. Seneca Fnlls, N. Y., Sept. 5. A case of "lost Identity" has been puzzling tho police of this village for several days. On Thursday evening last about C o'clock a stranger stollcd Into police court and astounded the police Jus tice by saying; "Say, mister, who nm I nnd where do I come from?" Chief of Police Reynolds, who was present at tho time, questioned the man, and con cluded to lock him up. The stranger Is apparently 33 or 40 years old, 5 feet 2 or 3 Inches tall, with n smoothly shaven fnce, light complex ion and blue eyes. Ho was dressed In light grny trousers, brown checked cont and vest, blue plaid shirt, white 'col lar, brown Fedora hat, nnd "stogy" shoes, each with two buckles. Ho Is a trifle bald, nnd has the appearance of a laboring man, but from his Incoher ent talk ho has evidently been a waiter In a hotel or restaurant. He did not have tho appearance of a drinking man nnd there were no signs of liquor about him when tnken Into custody. When searched a lend pencil and n nickel were nil that wns found on his person. The Incidents of yesterday, with which ho was familiar nt the time, are all blank to him and he' continually asks where he Is. Ho refuses to eat and has lived on nothing but water since his arrival In town. He wns re moved to the county house, about two miles south of this village tonight, nnd will bo cared for th?re until he recov ers or is claimed by friends or rela tives. OPPOSE COMPROMISE. Miners' Delegates to Columbus Who Will Resist It--Not Willing to Ac cept the Operators' Oflcr. Bellalre, Ohio, Sept. 8. At the meet ing of the miners In this city and tho Wheeling Creek mines last night tho proposition to Instruct their delegates to the Columbus convention today to favor the ratification of the slxty-flve-cent basis of settlement was defeated by a large majority. There was a very large attendance at the Wheeling Creek meeting, and among the lot the only ones to vote to accept this scale wero the English-speaking miners, while all the foreigners voted against It, they being In the majority. Massllllon, Ohio, Sept. 8. The Mns slllon district miners held a mass con vention here yesterday and appointed John Adley, James Parks nnd J. J. Mossop delegates to the national con vention In Columbus, representing 2, 100 miners. These delegates were In structed to work and vote against the acceptance of the proposition to return to work nt sixty-five cents. The mass convention voter to re-enter the organ ization of the United Mine workers. Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 8. State Pres ident Carson, of Illinois, who Is one of tho few representatives of the min ers on hand to attend the national con vention today says that he cannot voto to accept the proposed settlement of the strike. He refused to sign tho proposition sent out to the miners nnd states he cannot do otherwise than oppose the settlement since the Illinois operators have notified him they will not abide by any agreement that will advance prices In that state. The Illin ois miners havo no hope except In a local strike, and that would be disas trous If work was resumed In other states. President Carson thinks that If the agreement Is accepted by the minors the action of the Illinois ope rators will soon force a reduction In Ohio and Pennsylvania. DuBols, Pa., Sept. 8. The striking miners of the Clearfield and Jefferson Coal Mining company held a meeting today and received the report of tho committee.which saw General Manager Robinson yesterday. The agreement entered Into by the committee and Mr. Robinson was ratified by the miners, and they will return to work tomor row morning. The committee appoint ed to ascertain the rate for machine mining will leave for Pittsburg tomor row morning. On their return a scale will be agreed upon by Mr. Robinson and the committee which the miners have agreed to accept. Tho resumption will include the mines at DuBols, Reynoldsvllle, Punx sutawney. Elcanora and Helvetia. There Is general rejoicing In the re gion that tho strike 13 at an end. BOLIVIAN TOWN SEIZED. 200 Paraguayan Invaders Take Pos session of It. Lima, Peru, via Galveston, Tex., Sept. 8. Advices' Just 'received here from Bo livia say that 250 Paraguayans, who re cently landed nt Port Pacheco, havo seized the Bolivian town of Chlquotos, In the Province of MoJos. General Lougstrcot .Married. Atlanta. Ga., Sc;t. 8. General James Longstrect, major general In the Confed eral army, United State3 mlnistor to Turkey and piofpectlvo commissioner of railroads, to succeed General Wado Hampton, was married at the cxeoutlvo mansion en Peachtrce street at 3.S0 o'clock this afternoon to Miss Ellen Portch, assistant librarian of the stato of Georgia. General Longstrcet is nearly 80 years of ago and tho brlle in still In tho twenties. THE NEWS THIS 3I0KNIN0. Weather Indications Today: Pair; Southerly Winds. 1 General Scheme on Foot to Frco Canada. Yellow Fever at Now Orleans Under Control. General Leo Returns from Cuba. Fatal Wreck on tho Santa Fe. 2 Sport Eastern National and Atlantis League. Baso Ball. Ryan-McCoy Fight Stopped by Police. 3 State Convention of tho State League of Republican Clubs. 4 Editorial. Comments of tho Press. B Postmlstrefses of tho White IIouso. 0 Local Teachers' Institute Topics. Two Traveling KvangolUts Visit Scranton, 7 Local Conference of tho Ablngton Baptist Association, FrotJilngham Portico Is Completed, 8 Local West Sldo and City Suburban, 9 Lackawanna County News, 10 NelghboijrCounty Happenings. inanciaiBtyommerclai, SCHEME JO FREE CANADA Organization of French men Which Promises Great Things. OATH-BOUND SECRET ORDER Said to Be Working with the Irish National Alliance. French People nt Lcwlston, Maine, Orgnnlzo'a Society Having for Its Object the rrccdom ot Canada. Claim to Havo Had a Part in tho Rebellion In Indln--Stnrtling Sen sations Are Promised. Lowlston, Me., Sept. 8. A secret or ganization which has for Its object tho liberation of! Canada and the adoption of a republican form of government has been organized by the French peo ple here and elsewhere in this state and In Canada. Tho members are bound bv oath to preserve nil secrets of tho order. They claim to have had a part in the rebellion in India, in the declaration recently made by Paul Kruger, and In other affairs. One of the members says they will yet startlo the world with sensations greater than any ever devised by the Fenians. Feeling Is being aroused against Eng land by sending literature through tha malls to French and English people In Canada. On the stationery used by tho society Is printed In flaming colors tho phrase "Dleu sauve Le Canada O. L. C," with mnple leaves the emblem of the order, under It. The stamp of the society Is put upon all documents sent through tho malls. A man connected with the society says that It Is working with the Irish National Alliance. -. . YORK LEAVES IRELAND. The Duke and Duchess Enthusiasti cally Greeted nt Belfast. Belfast, Sept. 8. This was a very busy day for tho Duke and Duchess of York, and It was the last of their stay In Ireland. In anticipation of their de parture, the city was in a stnto of holi day enthusiasm; flags and other decor ations were to bo seen on nearly all tho side streets, as well as on the main, thoroughfares. The party, on arriving here from Mount Stewart, the County Down resi dence of the Marquis ot Londonderry, drove to the town hall, where they re ceived no less than'elchteen addresses from different public bodies belonging to the Province of Ulster. The Duke and Duchess were then entertained at lunch by the Corporation of Belfast, after which they were present at tho formal opening of the new dock here. No sooner was that ceremony conclud ed than the royal travellers Inspected the famous ship-building yards of Harlan & Wolff. From there they were escorted to the grounds upon which tho lord mayor of Belfast gave a gar den party In their honor. After this they went to Belfast Lough, where they embarked on board a royal yacht for Glasgow, Scotland, thus ending a very successful and popular visit to this portion of Her Majesty's dominions. The procession wns greeted with enthusiasm by tho crowds of people who packed the main thoroughfares and crowded all the sldo streets running Into them. HE SOLD ST0LENB00TV. This Imprudoiico Led to Arrest ou Chargo of Robbery. Lancaster, Sept. 8. Last night rob bers entered the Jewelry store of H. C. Foehl, on West Vine street; the paper store of C. C. Donnelly, adjoining, and the barber shop of John C. LIcht, ran sacking the various places and secur ing several hundred dollars' worth of booty. This afternoon a man offered for salo In the cltv some of the stolen goods and wns arrested. He proved to bo Hazel Boos. The police then started after Howard Leaman and John E. Rlsman, two suspects, near the city. INDIAN TRIBESA1EN SUBSIDING. Satisfactory Evidence in Simla of Their Pacification. Simla, Sept. 8. In official circles hero It Is considered evident that the bottom Is dropping out of the rising of tho tribes-men against the British. The genernl officers commanding re port that the Afrldls have dispersed; the news that the Zakkakh'els aro re moving tholr families from tho Khyber district to Tlrah, is confirmed.and there Is no longer any doubt that tho enemy Is leaving tho Samaria territory. MME. SERGE DE NEIL RELEASED. Tho American "Duchess of Rio Grnndo" CSlvcs Bail in London. London, Sept. 8. Mine. Edgar Sorgo do Nell, otherwise known as tho "Duchess of Rio Grande," the Ameri can woman who was arraigned with her husband in tho Marylebono pollco court yesterday morning, charged by a hotelkeeper nnd two landladies with defrauding them, was released from, Holloway Jail today, ball In JCfiO having been furnished for her appearanco next Tuesday, . Wrisiht-McPersou Marriage. Marbleheftd, Mass., Sept. S. Wlss Cor nelia Harrulen Wright, daughter of Hon. and Mrs. Carroll D. Wright wiw mnrrin.i at 4 o'clock this afternoon to John Bruce. .MCJinerson, ot ucttysburg, Vd., a son ot Edward McPhcrson, for many years clerk of the national house ot representatives. Rov. Rui R. SMppen, of Brockfcon, Mass., officiated. i
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