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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.
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